Run the race
Rev. Dennis Lee exhorts believers to actively pursue the Christian life with full devotion and energy, drawing on Hebrews 12:1-2 to emphasize that running the race of faith is a lifelong marathon requiring continuous trust in God's providence and submission to His rule. The article challenges readers to examine whether they are living as vibrant, whole-hearted Christians fully engaged in love toward God and neighbor, or whether they have grown complacent in their spiritual walk.
Rev. Dennis Lee, pastor of Kalamazoo Protestant Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God....
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