Are you at the end of your rope?

9 HIM’s show to know and grow this chilly morning at Folsom.

Warm Up:

5 gravel pickers (IC)

5 burpees

The Thang:

Mosey to flag at entrance stopping at each light pole to get

1 burpee, 5 merkins, 10 LBC’s

pledge at flag

Mosey to first parking lot for a little 4 corners escalator style:

1st corner: 10 burpees

2nd corner: 10 burpees, 20 hand release merkins

3rd corner: 10 burpees, 20 hand release merkins, 30 Shoulder taps

4th corner: 10 burpees, 20 hand release merkins, 30 shoulder taps, 40 merkins

Mosey to back parking lot to the left near ballfields for more 4 corners escalators:

1st corner: 20 flutters

2nd corner: 20 flutters, 30 LBC’s

3rd corner: 20 flutters, 30 LBC’s, 40 Freddie Mercury’s

4th corner: 20 flutters, 30 LBC’s, 40 Freddie Mercury’s, 50 Big Boys

Mosey to bottom parking lot near the shelter taking back trail for more 4 corner escalators:

1st corner: 30 merkins

2nd corner: 30 merkins, 40 squats

3rd corner: 30 merkins, 40 squats, 50 arm press overhead

4th corner: 30 merkins, 40 squats, 50 arm press overhead, 60 CDD’s

Mosey back to the parking lot at tennis courts for:

20 mountain climbers (called by Wirenut)

22 merkins for the Vets (called by Handcuff)

3 rounds of picking cherries, dropping cherries and over head claps (called by YHC)

COT

We discussed “The End of the Rope”

I want you to think about you life. Think about it for just a moment, take your time and think about the moments of life that have shaped you the most. How many of those times, the decisions that shaped you the most, came when you were at the end of your Rope? What happened, did you cry out to God? That’s what happens often times when we find ourselves without any other possibility. This is what normally happens, when we come to the point of admitting our life is unmanageable. When we have exhausted all of our other possibilities we cry out. This is not a bad place to be, it’s uncomfortable yes – but bad no.

When we’re on the top of the world, when the system seems to work for us, when we have everything under control, what is there for God to do? Have you truly ever thought of crying out to God when everything is going great?

Often times, I’ve been guilty of saying, “God doesn’t give you more that you can handle.” Nothing is further from the truth. If that were true, why would anyone need God? That’s it – now you’re getting where I’m going with this. You see, when everything falls apart, we remember the One who can put it all together because there are things that simply go beyond our abilities. And we cry out to Him. That cry, truly is humanity admitting that we can’t do this on our own. And, it’s precisely the first step in redemption. It’s the beginning of becoming liberated from the power of canceled sin. Remember Jesus beat sin and death and hell and the grave – we today though can live bound to the power of canceled sin.

Proverbs 3:1-6 says, “My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will direct your paths. That’s it – it’s that simple, trust in God.

I shared when I was at the end of my rope and then gave each of the guys there something very special to me and made a commitment to them.

Prayer Request:

Sister Act’s daughter

Big Pappy’s mom

Kids taking the EOC, EOG