Mitch encouraged and challenged us for our journey with Jesus to "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us and run with perseverance the race marked out for us." (Hebrews 12:1) Mitch said when we get saved the journey begins but along this journey, we are being made holy.

The enemy is constantly trying to distract us to take our eyes off the prize. There are an infinite number of things this world is vying for our attention, our adoration, our time that are not of God; things that want to own us, distract us, and divert us from being plugged into our journey. He challenged us that perhaps we have some things we need to fast from or get rid of that are not of eternal value for us to pursue.

We want our lives to be nice and neat, but life can be messy. Things we don't like in ourselves bubble to the surface. But we won't be perfected this side of heaven. Mitch encouraged us that, it's okay to not be okay but also to not stay there being committed to always moving forward to our healer and savior, letting Him burn away all that we build in our lives that is not of Him. Jesus lives in us and is greater than our enemy! When we are weak in ourselves, that is when we are actually strong...to finish well.