Workouts and Devotionals

Arrival, just a bit before 0700.  Brought my neighbor Trivago along with his son and friend and we had two more FNG’s to add to the collection of HIM’s.  Even pulling in last minute the parking lot looked a little bare, mainly a couple of Painlab enthusiasts (thinking VooDoo and Hunkajunk) but as the clock neared the looming hour the PAX appeared.  Started off with the Pledge since that is always what I leave out.

Pledge:

Disclaimer:

Warm Up:

SSH / 20 IC

LBC / 20 IC

Merkins / 10 IC

Monkey Humpers / 20 IC

Painlab off with VooDoo, I’ll take the Bootcamp.  Up to FPC we stroll, Roscoe leading the pack and my two FNG’s who just happen to be college soccer players just inching to stroll faster.

We’re going to blend exercise and devotionals today boys’.

Step’s at the FPC Pad:

Partner 11’s:

Bottom is 1 Booyah merkin counting up, top is partner derkins counting down

At finish we:

Read 1 Corinthians 15:  35-43 (well, I read what I could through my foggy spectacles)

A message from Billy Graham:

As we approach the celebration of Good Friday, I’m reminded of the seven sayings of Jesus from the cross and the glory and the power in each saying.

Jesus was alone. He had come to His own, and His own did not receive Him. When He was being arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, we are told that “all the disciples deserted him and fled” (Matthew 26:56). The crowds who had so recently shouted, “Hosanna!” would soon shout, “Crucify him! … Crucify him!” (Matthew 21:9, 27:22–23).

Now even His loyal Twelve had left. And at last we hear Him cry out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). Not only had He been forsaken by His human companions, but now in that desperate and lonely hour, He—because He was bearing our sins in His own body on the cross—had been forsaken by God. Jesus was enduring the suffering and judgment of Hell for you and for me.

How can you show your gratitude to God for allowing His Son to endure the shame and suffering of the cross?

Four Corner Hurlers:

Corner 1 – Merkins / Corner 2 Squats / Corner 3 SSH’s / Corner 4 LBC’s – 20 at each and after each corner return to center to knock out 5 Burpees.  Rinso/Repeato

Read:  1 Corinthians 15:44-49

A message from Billy Graham:

Good Friday celebrates the day our Lord died for our sins on the cross. I have often sat by the hour and tried to imagine the agony and suffering He went through because of our sins. At one point He said from the cross, “It is finished” (John 19:30). He meant that God had accepted His work on the cross as the penalty for our sins.

Christ’s death on our behalf is the reason God can forgive us and still be just. And His death teaches us the depth and breadth that there should be in our forgiveness of one another.

While that holy Friday was tremendous, it was only a prelude to Sunday morning when He was raised from the dead. Godly women had come to see His tomb, but angels made the glorious announcement, “He has risen!” (Luke 24:6). His resurrection guaranteed that we, too, will be raised, if we are believers and obeyers of His Word.

As you celebrate the truth that Jesus came from Heaven to redeem you, are you reflecting His likeness to those around you?

Triple Nickel:

5 of each, run short distance:

Heels to Sky / Run / CDD’s

Read:  1 Corinthians 15:50-54

A message from Billy Graham:

From Genesis to Revelation, we are warned that “it is later than you think.” Paul writes to Christians in Romans 13:11–12: “The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

There are millions of people around the world who do not have peace at this moment because they have never found the secret of peace. Some of them may have riches today as a result of greed and covetousness; but their souls are lean, their hearts are cold toward God, their consciences are dulled, and their minds are blinded.

They need to know that there is a God of marvelous love who sent His Son Jesus Christ to this world. And as a demonstration of His mercy, Christ—who is the Prince of Peace—went to the cross to make a way for peace between God and mankind.

Are you living in the reality of Jesus’ victory over death? In what tangible ways can you share that victory with others so that they, too, can have life?

Holding Stances:

Pax kept feet at 6″ or planked while one at a time ran to top of hill, a few burpees I think and back down to relieve the next.

Read:  1 Corinthians 15: 55-58

A message from Billy Graham:

Easter is a season of great gladness for those who know Christ. But for those who are without “the light of the knowledge of God’s glory” (2 Corinthians 4:6), there is nothing to rejoice over.

Jesus left us with the great hope and certainty that He is going to return to bring a new Heaven and a new earth where, we are told, there will be no more sorrow, trouble, or death for those who have believed and followed Him. There will be trouble, sorrow, and suffering for those who have neglected or rejected Him.

As Christians, our great task is to obey the command to tell the whole world about Christ crucified, buried, yet risen again. My prayer for you during this season of the year, when we meditate on our Savior’s great sacrifice for us on the cross, is that you will be filled with great peace and hope, because “He is risen!” That is the Good News.

As you follow Christ, are you obeying His command to tell others that He is risen indeed?

Back to the Schiele:

Time:

Announcements and Concerns:

May 5 is Gastone’s hike / Mt. Mitchell

April 27 – 2nd F at Lewis Farm

No QSource at Coconut Horse this weekend

COT/Name-o-rama/Prayer

Welcome FNG’s Show Me The Money and ETrade

We spent the morning basking in God’s beautiful creation, glorifying him in fitness and devotion.  My honor to lead the Pax this morning.  Happy Easter to all, yes and knowing that this is late.

Aye…..Linus