To be in healthy spiritual shape, we need to train for it.  What does training to serve the Lord look like?  Is merely attending worship occasionally and trying to be a good person enough?  NO!  What is required to serve the Lord is a life of love, faith and mercy.  God calls Christians to live a different life from the rest of the world.  We must strive and seek to live a holy life, as an example to those who are far from God.

As we begin a new year we turn to new opportunities and New Year's resolutions.  But probably more importantly we need to discern where we are in a relationship with God.  So many of us are focused on getting in physical shape as we start this new year, we forget we need to stay in spiritual shape as well.  Over the next three weeks we will talk about the content and character of our hearts, running the race for Jesus and how the cross fits in to our daily walk.