Running the Race for Joy

Obsticles that keep us from running

1. We do not hear the testimony of the cloud of witnesses surrounding us
2. We load our lives down with encumbrances that lower our efficiency of running
3. We ignore any urgency and walk, or meander
4. We lose our focus and lose sight of Jesus
5. We begin to waiver in our own striving against sin
6. We fail to submit to the Lord's discipline
7. We get overwhelmed by the sorrow of his discipline
8. We grow impatient and fail to be trained by it