Key Points:

• I have fought the good fight. - Persevere in your Purpose.
• I have finished the race. - Stay on your Path for the Prize.
• I have kept the faith. - Proclaim the truth of God's Promises.

Reflection Questions:

1. What prizes am I over-valuing that will have greater value the minute I die?
2. What pain am I avoiding or under-valuing that will have greater value the minute I die?

Scriptures:

• 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Key Points:

• Team One (Winning): "The Lord's servants." This team is pursuing God.
  • "Good Team Player" qualities: sincere faith, love, peace, righteousness, purity of heart, kindness, knowledge, gentleness, selflessness
• Team Two (Losing): "Opposers of truth." This team is pursuing pleasure.
  • "Bad Team Player" qualities: lovers of self & money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, etc
  • "Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God - having a form of godliness but denying its power" (2 Tim. 3:4-5)
• "Be what you need"
• Accountable Discipleship: Christian formation where believers join small groups to mutually encourage, support, and hold one another accountable to living out their faith in daily life
• Mothers are "Generation Shapers."

Reflection Questions:

• Is your home team pursuing God, or pursuing pleasure?
• Are the people in your life pursuing God, or pursuing pleasure?

Scriptures:

• 2 Timothy 1:3-5
• 2 Timothy 2:22 - 3:9
• Proverbs 22:6