My Men's Bible Study Class at 7am at Panera Bread this morning was AMAZING! Only two of us today...me and Rocky Smith (one of my top 5 and one of my best friends of all time)! Rocky is an amazing person...a man of God and he knows the bible inside and out and I learn so much being around him! He has amazing energy and a passion for people and to preach the word (he is a preacher also)! Our study today was on Chapter 4 of Dare to be Uncommon! Basically, what is your FULL POTENTIAL in life...not in your career...BUT IN YOUR LIFE! Put aside your career...Moses, Peter, Paul, and others put aside their careers for GOD...what is your potential in your life to help the Kingdom of the Lord? We were asked to complete the following exercise and I would love for you to do it also!
Secondly, we got off subject as we usually do...LOL...we talked about struggles in our christian lives! I won't share with you what our subjects/concerns were because these are private among us but I will tell you this...we all have struggles and test that are put in front of us everyday. Whether its the love of money, impure thoughts, addictions, lust, temptations, unforgiveness, gossiping about people, etc....WE ALL HAVE THEM! We talked about this and here is the deal as I said to Rocky...we are all like a big tube of tooth paste and we are solid or we look solid...our sins and tempatations,etc are known by Satan...he knows us as well as GOD does and he knows what our strongholds are and how to temp us and he is like a needle that puts a hole in the tooth paste...the hole is unseen to most but when the tube is squeezed the tooth paste will come out...he knows how to squeeze us (temp us)! When we are tempted we have to be around Christians and THE WORD to stay the course (to keep the hole plugged)...when we are not...we have the temptation to go backwards in our christian life! I know my temptations...I don't put myself in a position to fail...I know where I am vulnerable, however, there are times that situations are things happen that put me in a position that I can't help because of business or whatever...ITS AT THAT TIME I HAVE TO BE CONCIOUS OF MY PRESENT SITUATION...pray...or remove myself from that position...SO I WILL NOT FAIL! I will tell you because if not it would be a pride thing for me and I have no pride now that Jesus is in my heart...Sex just like in many men is a tempatation for me...impure thoughts, TV, movies, commercials, anything...as a godly man told me the other day...many men are dealing with this all the time...even pastors...now you may not believe this but trust me it is TRUE...if people are really honest with you they will tell you IT IS TRUE! There is an article recently published that says 1 out of every 2 men that enter a church on Sunday morning is dealing with it in some way...either physical or mentally! Which honestly is the same..even though some of us might not consider it the same! So here is what I have learned when you are put in this position to think or act on your stronghold (whatever it is)...then pray for that individual and for their soul....IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PRAY FOR SOMETHING AND FANTASIZE ABOUT THEM AT THE SAME TIME! This may not be a popular subject but it is REAL!!!! Many men deal with it daily...christian and non christian men!
I met a good friend in Oak Ridge around noon and had a nice 5 mile run...part of the 5 miles was the 3.2 miles of The Catch The Leprechaun 5K course that we will run Saturday at 4pm! It was a nice run and my friend Mandy Stephens really did well...it is not a flat course...should be fun to race it! I just love Mandy and she has great passion for fitness and running...she had made great strides in the past year with running and P90X and has become a fitness friend...awesome how God has put people like her in my life! Afterwards, I went to National Fitness Center and worked CORE and Triceps...I always do sit ups, push ups, and crunches everyday!
Drank my recovery drink and ate a protein bar at the gym...that put me at 872 Calories for the day so far and already 87g of protein and only 73 carbs! I will eat again before M and M Fit Club tonight at 6:40 because we are gonna do P90X Core Synergistics and I will need some carbs in my system to get in a good workout!
Well I'm gonna grab a bite to eat and head to M and M Fit Club in a bit! Then home to wach the Vols! I trust your day has been a good one! Just remember guys live everyday like its your last one...thats the only way to live....WHAT IF IT IS! Don't leave anything you want to do undone! I was thinking today what if this was the last run I ever did...WOW...why not go all out...well you get the thinking...LOL!
Peace and Love
Mike Edenfield
1 Timothy 1 15-17
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