We had a String of Pearls style workout this beautiful Gloom!!!! So we moseyed around Lewes and stopped for the exercises.
Mosey
25 E2Ks each leg
Mosey
20 War Hammers
Mosey
10 Marionettes
Mosey
10 Outlaws L and R
Mosey
Protractors all different angles because well because the Q struggles with some stuff but the PAX is always so graceful anyway back to it.
Mosey
20 – BBSU-UPS
Mosey back to the A/O
3rd F
We did 3rd F back at the A/O and I took a quote from Stan Lee
THAT PERSON WHO HELPS OTHERS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT SHOULD OR MUST BE DONE, AND BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IS INDEED WITHOUT A DOUBT, A REAL SUPERHERO. – Stan Lee
This quote speaks for it self and for all of us HIM that are F3. The men in F3 are true Superheros in our Homes, Community and Workplace.
Bolt 45’s…er…Bolt 51’s – IC (4 Count) – 17 squats to halfway down. 17 squats halfway to full down. 17 full squats.
Windmills – 17 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 18 IC – Q was Daydreaming
The Thang – Q had provided this beat-down about a year ago, and with Baseball season underway, felt it appropriate to bring it back.
Mosey to open lot at Shipbuilders. PAX counted off and paired up. As one PAX worked on each leg of the Cycle, the other PAX worked on the Super 21 routine rotating after each base of the Cycle was completed.
Super 21 Routine – 1 Merkin & 1 Big Boy Sit up, 2 Merkins & 2 Big Boy’s, 3 Merkins & 3 Big Boy’s, repeat until reaching 21 of both. Equals 231 of each exercise.
The Cycle – From home plate, bear crawl to 1st base, 3 burpees, crawl bear back to home…. from home plate, bear crawl around the bases to 2nd base, 6 burpees, crawl bear back to home…. from home plate, bear crawl around the bases to third base, 9 burpees, crawl bear back to home…. from home plate, bear crawl around the bases to home plate. FYI…bases are 90 ft. apart.
Toy Soldier Set – 50 LBC’s, 25 E2K’s x2, 25 Big Boys OYO. If PAX completed the Super 21 prior to their partner completing the natural cycle, then a toy soldier set would fill the down time.
Wosey back to AO with F3 Message en-route as time was a factor.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayer.
Chris Sperry is a baseball consultant who develops players and amateur coaches, assists professional scouts, and counsels families of prospective college-bound student-athletes. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Portland, the same institution at which he served as head baseball coach for 18 years. His key interests are in player and personal development as they pertain to a life in and beyond sports.
In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA convention. Nineteen times since, many of the same professional, college, high school, youth, and a slew of international coaches from passionate and developing baseball nations have gathered at various convention hotels across the country for two-and-half days of clinic presentations and industry exhibits. Sure, many members of the American Baseball Coaches Association have come and gone in those years; the leadership has been passed, nepotistically, from Dave Keilitz to his son, Craig; and the association — and baseball, in general — has lost some of its greatest coaches, including Rod Dedeaux, Gordie Gillespie, and Chuck “Bobo” Brayton. I have attended all but three conventions in those nineteen years, and I have enjoyed and benefited from each of them. But ’96 was special — not just because it was held in the home of country music, a town I’d always wanted to visit. And not because I was attending my very first convention. Nashville in ’96 was special because it was there and then that I learned that baseball — the thing that had brought 4,000 of us together — was merely a metaphor for my own life and those of the players I hoped to impact. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present during the weekend. One name, in particular, kept resurfacing, always with the same sentiment — “John Scolinos is here? Oh man, worth every penny of my airfare.” Who the hell is John Scolinos, I wondered. No matter, I was just happy to be there. Having sensed the size of the group during check-in, I woke early the next morning in order to ensure myself a good seat near the stage — first chair on the right side of the center isle, third row back — where I sat, alone, for an hour until the audio-visual techs arrived to fine-tune their equipment. The proverbial bee bee in a boxcar, I was surrounded by empty chairs in a room as large as a football field. Eventually, I was joined by other, slightly less eager, coaches until the room was filled to capacity. By the time Augie Garrido was introduced to deliver the traditional first presentation from the previous season’s College World Series winner, there wasn’t an empty chair in the room. ABCA conventions have a certain party-like quality to them. They provide a wonderful opportunity to re-connect with old friends from a fraternal game that often spreads its coaches all over the country. As such, it is common for coaches to bail out of afternoon clinic sessions in favor of old friends and the bar. As a result, I discovered, the crowd is comparatively sparse after lunch, and I had no trouble getting my seat back, even after grabbing a plastic-wrapped sandwich off the shelf at the Opryland gift shop. I woke early the next morning and once again found myself alone in the massive convention hall, reviewing my notes from the day before: pitching mechanics, hitting philosophy, team practice drills. All technical and typical — important stuff for a young coach, and I was in Heaven. At the end of the morning session, certain that I had accurately scouted the group dynamic and that my seat would again be waiting for me after lunch, I allowed myself a few extra minutes to sit down and enjoy an overpriced sandwich in one of the hotel restaurants. But when I returned to the convention hall thirty minutes before the lunch break ended, not only was my seat not available, barely any seats were available! I managed to find one between two high school coaches, both proudly adorned in their respective team caps and jackets. Disappointed in myself for losing my seat up front, I wondered what had pried all these coaches from their barstools. I found the clinic schedule in my bag: “1 PM John Scolinos, Cal Poly Pomona.” It was the man whose name I had heard buzzing around the lobby two days earlier. Could he be the reason that all 4,000 coaches had returned, early, to the convention hall? Wow, I thought, this guy must really be good. I had no idea. In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching career that began in 1948. He shuffled to the stage to an impressive standing ovation, wearing dark polyester pants, a light blue shirt, and a string around his neck from which home plate hung — a full-sized, stark-white home plate. Seriously, I wondered, who in the hell is this guy. After speaking for twenty-five minutes, not once mentioning the prop hanging around his neck, Coach Scolinos appeared to notice the snickering among some of the coaches. Even those who knew Coach Scolinos had to wonder exactly where he was going with this, or if he had simply forgotten about home plate since he’d gotten on stage. Then, finally. “You’re probably all wondering why I’m wearing home plate around my neck. Or maybe you think I escaped from Camarillo State Hospital,” he said, his voice growing irascible. I laughed along with the others, acknowledging the possibility. “No,” he continued, “I may be old, but I’m not crazy. The reason I stand before you today is to share with you baseball people what I’ve learned in my life, what I’ve learned about home plate in my 78 years.” Several hands went up when Scolinos asked how many Little League coaches were in the room. “Do you know how wide home plate is in Little League?” After a pause, someone offered, “Seventeen inches,” more question than answer. “That’s right,” he said. “How about in Babe Ruth? Any Babe Ruth coaches in the house?” Another long pause. “Seventeen inches?”came a guess from another reluctant coach. “That’s right,” said Scolinos. “Now, how many high school coaches do we have in the room?” Hundreds of hands shot up, as the pattern began to appear. “How wide is home plate in high school baseball?” “Seventeen inches,” they said, sounding more confident. “You’re right!” Scolinos barked. “And you college coaches, how wide is home plate in college?” “Seventeen inches!” we said, in unison. “Any Minor League coaches here? How wide is home plate in pro ball?” “Seventeen inches!” “RIGHT! And in the Major Leagues, how wide home plate is in the Major Leagues?” “Seventeen inches!” “SEV-EN-TEEN INCHES!” he confirmed, his voice bellowing off the walls. “And what do they do with a a Big League pitcher who can’t throw the ball over seventeen inches?” Pause. “They send him to Pocatello!” he hollered, drawing raucous laughter. “What they don’t do is this: they don’t say, ‘Ah, that’s okay, Jimmy. You can’t hit a seventeen-inch target? We’ll make it eighteen inches, or nineteen inches. We’ll make it twenty inches so you have a better chance of hitting it. If you can’t hit that, let us know so we can make it wider still, say twenty-five inches.’” Pause. “Coaches …” Pause. ” … what do we do when our best player shows up late to practice? When our team rules forbid facial hair and a guy shows up unshaven? What if he gets caught drinking? Do we hold him accountable? Or do we change the rules to fit him, do we widen home plate? The chuckles gradually faded as four thousand coaches grew quiet, the fog lifting as the old coach’s message began to unfold. He turned the plate toward himself and, using a Sharpie, began to draw something. When he turned it toward the crowd, point up, a house was revealed, complete with a freshly drawn door and two windows. “This is the problem in our homes today. With our marriages, with the way we parent our kids. With our discipline. We don’t teach accountability to our kids, and there is no consequence for failing to meet standards. We widen the plate!” Pause. Then, to the point at the top of the house he added a small American flag. “This is the problem in our schools today. The quality of our education is going downhill fast and teachers have been stripped of the tools they need to be successful, and to educate and discipline our young people. We are allowing others to widen home plate! Where is that getting us?” Silence. He replaced the flag with a Cross. “And this is the problem in the Church, where powerful people in positions of authority have taken advantage of young children, only to have such an atrocity swept under the rug for years. Our church leaders are widening home plate!” I was amazed. At a baseball convention where I expected to learn something about curveballs and bunting and how to run better practices, I had learned something far more valuable. From an old man with home plate strung around his neck, I had learned something about life, about myself, about my own weaknesses and about my responsibilities as a leader. I had to hold myself and others accountable to that which I knew to be right, lest our families, our faith, and our society continue down an undesirable path. “If I am lucky,” Coach Scolinos concluded, “you will remember one thing from this old coach today. It is this: if we fail to hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard of what we know to be right; if we fail to hold our spouses and our children to the same standards, if we are unwilling or unable to provide a consequence when they do not meet the standard; and if our schools and churches and our government fail to hold themselves accountable to those they serve, there is but one thing to look forward to …” With that, he held home plate in front of his chest, turned it around, and revealed its dark black backside. “… dark days ahead.” Coach Scolinos died in 2009 at the age of 91, but not before touching the lives of hundreds of players and coaches, including mine. Meeting him at my first ABCA convention kept me returning year after year, looking for similar wisdom and inspiration from other coaches. He is the best clinic speaker the ABCA has ever known because he was so much more than a baseball coach. His message was clear: “Coaches, keep your players — no matter how good they are — your own children, and most of all, keep yourself at seventeen inches.” He was, indeed, worth the airfare.
Proverb 22:6 New King James Version (NKJV) – 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, [a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Matthew 7: 13-14 New King James Version (NKJV) – 13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Warmup: All In Cadence – 25 SSH 20 Cherry Pickers 18 Windmills 18 Moroccan Night Clubs 18 Mountain Climbers Mosey to Willow to Union and back to CHOP
The Thang 1: Super Toy Soldier Set. 50 LBCs 35 E2Ks 20 Big Boys. Bring Sally Up Merkin Challenge. Bring Sally Up Squat Challenge. Hurley Merkins – OYO 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Hand Release Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Diamond or Ranger Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys OYO 25 Merkins.
F3 Mesaage. Giving Thanks. Need to concentrate on what we have to be thankful for rather than what we dont have or what we want. Psalm 118:19. I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. …Psalm 34:1-3. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I sing praise to you before the gods. …Psalm 138: 1-2. I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
The Thang 2: Suicides. Sprint to 1st line and Luitenant Danger Back Sprint to 2nd line Nur back. Sprint to grass Bear crawl to 2nd line and sprint back. Karoake to grass and back. 50 Merkins. 10 Burpees.
Circle of Trust: Number-O-Rama, Name-O- Rama, Announcements & Prayers
Catch me if you can… partner up, person A runs to bottom of hill while person B does 7 burpees then runs to bottom of hill. If person B catches person A before the bottom of the hill person A has to do 13 burpees. (we will rotate on way back to AO.)
March Merkin Madness. 10 tricep extensions. 20 rangers. 30 hand release merkins. 40 merkins for a total of 100 merkins, ouch!
Crawl bear up Milton hill and bear crawl down just for fun.
Catch me if you can back to AO. (switch positions, same format.)
3rd F talked about a post I saw on instagram from a Pastor who’s instagram name is dad.tired. title was ‘God is using your wife and kids to make you more like him.’
Ultimate football. when team in possession drops ball they have to do 1 burpee before resuming play. at the end of the game the winning team has to do X amount of ranger merkins while losing team does twice the amount but in regular merkins. MVP was the dynamic duo of Doubtfire and Fireplex. Great push HIM!
Another double-digit Saturday at the Aegis AO in Georgetown, DE. Hey, this is starting to look like a habit. Now, its time to start getting in some regular coffeeteria. YHC, along with Doubtfire and his 2.0 (FNG Fly Catcher) enjoyed some o’ that 2ndF following Saturday’s workout. Always well worth it!
11 PAX posted for what turned out to be a sunny Saturday at the Aegis–a rare sunny day, albeit rather breezy. It seems to rain more often than not at the Aegis, so we’ll take the sun any day. It went a little something like this:
DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – 18 IC
Moroccan Night Club’s – 18 IC
Italian Night Club’s – 18 IC
Cherry Picker, Crab Flipper, Hairy Chigger – 18 IC (CPCFHC’s)
Planks Jacks – 18 IC
Imperial Walker’s – 18 IC
THE THANG:
PAX led to YHC’s vehicle where each one received a paver & a frisbee (seriously, a frisbee).
Mosey to North Bedford Street Park carrying said coupons, holding paver OH every other block. Once arriving at the park, PAX placed pavers spread out along a line perpendicular to the swing set.
From the line of Pavers, PAX tossed their frisbee. Goal: Toss frisbee to distant picnic table in as few throws as possible (like in disc golf). Number of throws = the number of Swerkin Rounds per PAX. First 3 rounds = 25 Swerkins, subsequent rounds = 10 Swerkins (see video above for Swerkin demo). About half the PAX hit the picnic table in 3 throws (3 rounds), other half in 4 throws (4 rounds).
Frisbee Seal Crawl back to paver line.
Swerkin Round 1 – 25 Swerkins
Paver Drag to park bench, OH Press back to line.
Swerkin Round 2 – 25 Swerkins
*Frisbee Seal Crawl to picnic table was planned, but due to the number of broken frisbees from the first round YHC had to Omaha: Paver Drive to picnic table. *Apparently frisbees have a weight limit.
OH Lunge Press return to line.
Swerkin Round 3 – 25 Swerkins (those things carry some suck factor!)
Paver Drag to park bench, mosey return to line.
Subsequent Round – 10 Swerkins, while 3-Round PAX did a varied mosey around perimeter of field: Nur, Karaoke, mosey. Upon completion of Swerkins, other PAX caught up on perimeter mosey.
In midst of Swerkin rounds, PAX took a 3rd F breather. Because of sore throat and oncoming head-cold, YHC had to abbreviate his 3rdF. Here’s the full account of what was prepared/borrowed from the Q Source:
PAX stacked the pavers and frisbees for post-workout pick-up. Shout out thanks to Chattahoochee for the reload assistance!
Still time on the clock, so we circled up for a little introduction of Jack Webb (1/4 ratio).
Mosey return to AO
NUMBER-RAMA: 11 PAX, nice double-digits again! Let’s keep up the EH’ing; it’s that time of year when it’s a little easier to get new PAX to post. Hit ’em up men! Great push by all, especially Doubtfire’s 2.0 FNG!
NAME-O-RAMA: Welcome to Doubtfire’s 2.0, Harrison, now known as Fly Catcher. This young HIM is, in his own words, a “bird nerd.”
BOM:
Announcements
Prayers
Coffeeteria followed at Dunkin. Nor worries, we ate healthy and had some good fellowship between Doubtfire, Fly Catcher, and YHC.
Another damp morning at the georgetown circle but that didn’t slow us from hitting double digits for the first time at the AEGIS! Great push by all men!
Warmup-
Merkins IC
Arm circles forwards / backwards
SSH ICCherry Picker IC
Windmill IC
Moroccan NC IC
Mountain Climbers IC
The Thang-
North-
Mosey to church lot for Abs
Super Toy Soldier Set -In Cadence
25- lbc, 10 e2k, 10 Big boys
Flutter kicks 15 IC
American Hammers – 25 IC
Mosey back to Circle
East-
Mosey to Masonic Lodge parking lot.
Aiken legs set
20 squats
20 wall jumps
20 lunges (forward, 10 each leg)
20 split jacks
Wrap up with each pax runs up 2 flights of stairs and back down
Mosey back to circle
Break for 3rdF- ‘Say Not’
South-
Mosey to opposite side of Fire Hall
Partner up -one partner holds plank while other partner does merkins. Switch for each set of 20.
Merkins-
20 reg
20 wide
20 hand release
20 ranger
20 reg
Mosey back to circle.
West-
Mosey to M&T bank lot –
Partner up one partner does dips while other partner does merkins. Switch for each set of 10 Merkins-
10 reg
10 wide
10 hand release
10 ranger
10 reg
Mini Aiken legs
10 squats
10 curb jumps
10 lunges (forward, 10 each leg)
10 split jacks
Mosey back to circle.
Wrap up with toy soldier set
30 lbc. 15 e2k, 10 big boy
CoT
3rdF- ‘ Say Not’ from Mark Battersons book ‘Play the Man’ The hardest part of the body to subdue is the tongue. So, let’s issue a gentleman’s challenge. What we refer to as locker room talk, the Bible calls sin. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk of course joking, which are out of place. Here’s a simple rule of thumb: don’t say something about someone that you wouldn’t say if they were standing here. And above all, honor your wife with your words. If you’re going tot all about her behind her back, make sure you are bragging! There is a powerful little phrase repeated in Scripture: “ say not” Whatever you verbalize, you give power to. When you voice negative thoughts, you’re reinforcing what’s wrong. Over time, it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Instead of verbalizing negativity, speak words of faith. Instead of verbalizing complaints, speak words of praise. When God called Jeremiah to be a prophet, Jeremiah felt overwhelmed and under qualified. He used inexperience as an excuse, and God rebuked his excuse. Say not, I am a child. So Quit making excuses!I’m too old. I’m too young. I had bad parents. I’ve made too many mistakes. I don’t have the education. I don’t have the experience. SAY NOT! What needs to go on your “say not” list? You can start with obscenities, foolish talk and course joking. While you are at it, add gossiping and lying. And to top it off, quit insulting others or bragging about yourself. If we can subdue our tongues, there is no part of our bodies we cannot control. James likened the tongue to the rudder of a boat— it turns the whole ship. “ When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.”Say not!
Only a few brave HIM showed for this chilly beat down.
Warm up
SSH – 15
Calf Raises -15
Imperial Walkers – 15
Arm Circles – 10 Forward- 10 backwards
SSH – 20
The Thang
Mosey away from the courts to get out of the wind and landed in the Citizens Bank Parking lot for some upperbody
20 Merkins I/C 20 Thigh Taps I/C 20 Carolina Dry Docks 20 Should Taps I/C 20 Staggered Merkins 10 L and 10 R
We picked up and went for a mosey to the Post Office for some lower body.
20 Squats I/C 20 Forward Lunges 10 each leg 20 Cannon Ball Squats 20 Sumo squats Mosey over to a knee wall for 10 step ups each leg
Mosey to M and T Bank for some Mid Section
20 LBC’s 20 Leg Raises 20 Flutter kicks I/C 20 American Hammers 20 Big Boys
We took a break there so we could get the F3 Message in I will post at the end.
Finished off with a quick partner Workout and due to time we had to cut short and mosey back to the A\O.
P1 did 5 burpees while P2 held the wall ( wall sits) we did 3 rounds each before time was up.
Once we were back to the A/O Chairman recommended we do 5 more burpees since we had 30 seconds left so Q bit and we did 5 more burpees.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust.
QUOTE :You Will never always be Motivated, o you must learn to be disciplined. -Unknown
The Message was taken from a website sourcesofinsight.com
Discipline vs. Motivation
“Only the disciplined are truly free. The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and passions.” — Stephen Covey
What’s the difference between motivation and discipline?
I like to think of discipline as “what to do” and motivation as “why to do.”
Discipline has a Latin root, but the gist is it’s about teaching. So I think of self-discipline as teaching yourself self-control and shaping your behavior, so that you’re not a slave to your motivations.
Use Discipline to Bring Out Your Best
Primal motivations served us at one point, but society’s changed what survival means. For more precision, you can think of discipline as shaping your thinking, feeling, and doing to adopt a new behavior.
Discipline serves you most when motivation says do otherwise. At the end of the day though, I think a key is to find ways to link things to feeling good.
You do more of what makes you feel good and less of what makes you feel bad.
Motivation is “Why to Do”
Motivation is the why behind the goal. It’s your little engine that says you can, when the rest of you says you can’t.
It’s also the same force that can help you move mountains, on a good day.
Motivation is a life-long skill that you can improve through self-awareness and proven strategies. The better you know your own drivers and levers, the more effective you’ll be at getting the results you want in your life.
Discipline is “What to Do”
Then there’s self-discipline. Self-discipline is the ability to correct your behavior (Self-discipline is simply correcting or regulating your behavior for the sake of improvement.
Will is based on thinking and reason to create action – motivation is more from emotion.)
It helps you get back on your course when you fall off your path.
It helps you do the right thing in the moment for your long-term benefit, when you may want to do something else.
According to Stephen Covey, “Only the disciplined are truly free. The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and passions.”
Self-discipline is a muscle that gets stronger the more you flex it.
Motivation and Discipline Work Hand in Hand
Motivation and self-discipline work hand in hand. Motivation can be your initial inspiration. When you lose your initial inspiration, self-discipline can help keep you going. To commit to self-discipline, it’s your initial motivation that says it’s worth it.
I think you find your motivations when you ask questions such as “What do you want to do?” and “What do you want to avoid?” and “Why do you want to do that?”
I think you encourage discipline when you yourself “What’s the best thing for you to do?”
How to Make Discipline Actionable
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It’s easy to do what you’re motivated for. It’s not easy to do what you’re not motivated for. How do you transition to the right behaviors?
There are a few things you can do:
What’s the right thing for you. Get clarity on what the right things for you to do are. You can’t discipline or correct course if you don’t know what to change to.
Treat motivations as input. What does your mind want, what do your emotions want? What does your body want?
Decide up front. This is the key. Decide on your behaviors before hand. Once you’re in the thick of things, it’s easier to react than respond. You can respond more effectively if you committed to a decision.
Ask yourself questions. Get in the habit of asking yourself “what do you want to do?” and “what’s the right thing do to?” What you want to do is your motivation, what’s right for you will take discipline.
Make motivation work for you. Discipline lights up your way, but motivation is your fuel. Progressively shape your thinking, feeling, and doing until it’s a habit. You can start a question or thought at a time. Remember that your thoughts change your feelings.
Link it to good feelings. Remember to link things to good feelings for the long run. This can be as simple as changing how you think about something or internalizing how you value something. Acknowledge and reward your good decisions and actions.
Don’t be a slave to your motivations.
Free yourself up through discipline.
Use discipline and motivation together to realize your potential and bring out your best.
Captain Therkins at CHOP – 1 big Boy to 4 American Hammers; 5 Merkins . 2 Big Boys to 8 American Hammers; 5 Merkins….You see the pattern…. complete in ratio up to 10:40 with 5 Merkins for each cycle.
The Sheldon Cooper Routine (Big Bang Beatdown) at the CHOP. 10 Burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, 10 Big Boys. A lap around the block @.25 miles. 9 Burpees, 9 squats, 9 merkins, 9 big boys. A lap around the block @.25 miles. PAX worked the descending routine until all HIM completed the round of 6 of each exercise.
F3 Message – See Below
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Prayers were offered for multiple needs within the attending PAX including healing prayers for Waterfall’s Grandfather and Chairman’s Mom and Dad. Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.
Q provided the F3 Message from the internet as copied and utilized from the Ron Hutchcraft Ministries Website. Q was on call for the past two weeks for jury duty in the Superior Court of Delaware and was able to find a strong word from Mr. Hutchcraft. Q tried to tie it all together as it pertains to having a Savior that paid for our sins when we are all guilty and not worthy of the gift of eternal salvation that Jesus provided for us by way of the Cross. All we have to do is accept, receive and trust Him as our Lord and Savior and live a life that keeps him in the center of all we do.
NOT GUILTY by Ron Hutchcraft Ministries
“There are verdicts given in court rooms all over the country every day, but most of them don’t affect you. One verdict that really does affect you is the one that determines where you’ll spend eternity.
It’s God’s verdict. You ask: “Was I good
enough? Will I make it to heaven when I die? Was I guilty or not guilty with
God?” The verdict is not in a sealed envelope. It’s in an open book, and
you don’t have to wait to find your verdict from God.
The Word of God in Romans 3:19 says, “Every mouth will be silenced. The whole
world held accountable to God. No one will be declared righteous in His sight
by observing the law…” That means doing good things. Chapter 3:10 says,
“There is no one righteous, not even one…” Everyone is guilty.
Verses 22-23 say, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God.” ( Romans 3)
The verdict is in on each of us – Guilty before
God. We have broken His laws over and over. We’ve hijacked the life our Creator
gave us and run it ourselves. We’ve been our own god. Not only is the verdict
in, the sentence has been pronounced. In Romans 6:23 it says, “The wages of sin is death.” Some
are going to try to plead the good they have done. It’s not enough. No one is
righteous, not even one.
A death penalty cannot be paid by doing good.
Someone has to die. Our sin leaves us condemned in the court room of God. Our
sentence is described in one word – hell. This reading of the verdict is
followed by an amazing offer of a pardon. It says in the next verses that we
are justified freely by God’s grace through the redemption that came by Christ
Jesus through faith in His blood. In other words, someone has come to pay your
death penalty – God’s own Son.
Our only hope of ever being right with God, of ever going to heaven, is placing all our hope in Jesus Christ, the One who died as our substitute. If you think that your religion or your goodness is going to satisfy God’s verdict, the Bible says it won’t. Jesus died so He could forgive your sin and erase it from God’s book, and trade the death penalty you deserve for the eternal life you don’t deserve. You just have to put your total trust in Him to be your Savior. If you never have, if you’re not sure you have, don’t risk another day without Him. The bad news is that you’re guilty before God. We all are, and the sentence is death. If you belong to Jesus Christ, because you have put your trust in Him, you can have the Son of God as your defense attorney before His Father, and a guaranteed verdict of “Not Guilty” – free to go home to the heaven He has prepared for you.”
