Message, Pastor Mike Halstead

In it to Win it!

I Corinthians 9

I. The Care of Church Workers

– The opposition plays the money card   (1 Cor. 9:1-6)

– The agrarian point of view (1 Cor. 9:7-10)

– The worker in the Temple (1 Cor. 9:13-14)

II. The Priorities of Paul  (1 Cor. 9:19)

– Flexible . . . but not phony

– The Jews  (1 Cor. 9:20-21)

– Those under the law (Philippians 3:4-6) and (Galatians 1:13-14)

– The weak (1 Cor. 9:22)

III. The Most Important Race  (1 Cor. 9:24)

– Strict training  (1 Cor. 9:25)

– A crown that will last _______

– Beating the air & running aimlessly  (1 Cor. 9:26-27)

Take Away

– In what way are we just beating the air?

– How can we make our relationship w/Christ the main thing we do

– “By all means possible . .  I might____________ some” -Paul