Author: Steven Ryhne (Page 4 of 10)

We had a good turnout at the Sword this morning, most ran, a couple rucked! We all circled up for some scripture at 6!
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

grief- deep sorrow

Worldly grief produces death!
it’s when someone is sad or deeply sorrowful over consequences, most of the time with no true intentions of repentance, although Hebrews 12:17 speaks of says “Esau found no chance of repentance, though he sought it with tears”.

Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation!
It produces a true change of heart and mind! Away from evil and towards God! A great example of godly grief is Psalm 51, where David is completely broken over his sin and turns to God to cleanse him and restore him!

Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.”

Prayer requests- Sister Acts daughter and family, men on the ir, teachers/Seuss, school staff and students, community.

Announcements- CSAUP, JJ5K, Hike, Golf

Thanks again for allowing me to lead!

Some ran! Some stayed at the truck and did 500 merkins! For real 😳, everyone got better!

Todays scripture is 2 Corinthians 5:21

” For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Wow!! God is truly that good, and sooo many times I take the sacrifice he made for granted!

I found some words from Piper describing this verse.
“ How will you worship your redeemer if you do not know what he has done for you? “

God laid our sin on Christ and punished them in him!

God credits to us what we don’t deserve, through Christ obedience!

Christ is Gods answer to our greatest problem!

👆that’s the gospel!

Announcements- PT test this Saturday at Gashouse for all of those who want to attend!
Prayer request- Purple Haze friend, Newtons friend, each other!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in jars of Clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not us!

I pulled in to ingles parking lot around 10 till 6, shins are giving me a little bit of trouble so I didn’t run this morning but I have the privilege this week to bring a good word to those who came!
when I pulled up I saw Big Pappys son, F3 Nothing waiting, he had started early this morning and had already finished his run. Then I see Wichita running in, shortly after here comes Rabbit Ears, Newton, and Mr Pibbs!
they get in, catch there breath and we get started!

I shared the verse, which was part of yesterday’s message at church, explaining that we are the jars of Clay, in the verse, and the treasure is the gospel! The good news of Of salvation through Jesus! But a lot of times the church is more worried about the jars then the treasure! We tend to at times take our focus off of Christ and turn it towards ourselves! This is something we have to fight to keep from happening, and it’s not complicated! But sometimes hard to do! It’s not complicated in that all we need to do is chase after Christ, seek his glory in what we do, this will keep our eyes on Him and us in check as we go about life. But… hard to do in that we are prone to wonder, get prideful, bite the hook of temptation at times, rely on ourselves and not God. But I am thankful I know a God who can flood the jars with grace and forgiveness wash the junk out! Remember men, tomorrow is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life! I just put my oldest son to bed for the night and we talked about this awesome forgiveness that the Lord gives us, it’s like having a new day, a fresh start! He doesn’t hang to what you done, and doesn’t want us to either, nope, he says put your eyes back on me and let’s roll! hope you all have a good week!
Prayer request- Roscoe, AT, Stone cold, our country, Roundup Wife , Huck

Announcements- AOs are open!

Pulled into the Sword a couple minutes early to see the Mayor and Purple Haze ready time go, 530 hits and we each get in a couple miles!
600 we meet back at the truck for a verse, and Wichita is there waiting!

Luke 23:43 And he said to him, “truly I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Those are the words Jesus said to the thief that hung on the cross next to him, who had lived his whole life in sin and disobedience, until this point! In the last hours of his life, he truly repented of his sins and trusted Jesus to save him! And Jesus did!
God is staggeringly merciful!

But… There is a “too late” that is spoken of in scripture. In Hebrews 12:17, it spoke about Esau, it says “He found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.”  He could not repent.

And there are there are others who never seek repentance, this life is all the good they will ever see.

Today is the day of repentance, don’t let it pass.

Prayer requests- SAs daughter and family, James Gudlock, our nation!

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/59/php.3.13.esv