Everybody knew what was coming Tuesday morning…rain. What all of Natville, save 5, knew would accompany the rain was pain. Or maybe these 5 just didn’t want to take a day off from getting better. Knowing these men, it was definitely the latter.
While the rains came strong, the pax matched its intensity and went all-in on every hand. Starting at the flag and welcoming Natville veteran Tetanus, a fence line first-timer, we hit the pavement with a mosey right into the:
***3rd F Highlights*** Bird’s Nest Q***Notes Below
Warm-a-rama
- Mosey up to Cornwallis
- SSH x 15 IC
- Mosey – Hamilton – Sunset
- Slow Windmills x 15 IC
- String Rippers x 20 IC
- Mosey to front of school under awning
- Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
- Hillbilly x 20 IC
- Mosey to basketball court
- Incline lunges with Sun Gods
The Thang
Section 1 – grab a friend (resistance band)
- Mosey back to front of school under awning, find a pole
- Circuit 1
- Bicep Curls x 40
- Front Straight Arm raise x 20
- Lateral Raise x 20
- Carolina Dry Docks x 20
- Circuit 2
- Line Jumps
- Forward x 10 IC
- Lateral x 10 IC
- Split steps x 10 IC
- Scissors x 10 IC
- Line Jumps
- Circuit 3
- Back Rows x 40
- Straight Arm pull down x 30
- Chest Press x 40
- 20 Merkins
- Circuit 4 ( no resistance)
- 20 squats
- 20 split lunges
- 20 ice-skaters
- 5 frog jumps
- Circuit 5
- Chest Press x 30
- Double Arm Kick Backs x 30
- Overhead tricep-extension x 30
- 20 Diamond Merkins
- SSH x 10
- mosey back to basketball court
Section 2
Pax formed a circle facing out, elbow-to-elbow. A 10lb med ball was introduced. We started by passing it right. After each pass:
- 1 burpee x 5 rounds
- 1 double merkin burpee x 5 rounds
- 1 triple merkin burpee x 3 rounds
Pax were relieved by an onslaught of heavy rain. We were disappointed the circle wasn’t complete by going left. Having 6 men made this particularly fun. Pax quickly made our way to the upper part of the school for some step work.
Section 3
- Foot displacement 30 seconds
- Step-ups (picnic table) 30 seconds
- Split Step 30 seconds
- Step-ups (picnic table) 30 seconds
Mary
- LBCs x 20 IC with resistance
- Knees-to-chest while maintaining core with resistance x 20 IC
- Flutter Kicks x 20 IC – no break
- Freddie Mercuries x 20 IC – no break
- LBCs x 20 IC with resistance
- Knees-to chest while maintaining core with resistance x 20 IC
- LBCs x 15 IC
- Rockys x 20
- Monkey Crunches x 30
- Rope pulls x 20 IC
Moleskin
- T-claps to Tetanus for posting and trying something new
- also for reminding YHC not to leave the sacred shovel flag onsite in the rain
- Welcome back to Man-eater (He likes Debbie Gibson tunes)
- Appreciative of Gilligan staying in town and doing battle with the Pax in the rain
Announcements
- 3rd F immediately following – Tuesday workouts – Search Office led by Bird’s Nest
- 3rd F Fridays at Panera – Everest Site Q
- Prayers for Gilligan and his family. Lost his aunt last week. (omission of group prayer, but privately launching prayers) (Sorry bro!)
COT
- YHC took us out asking for Christ to keep His hand on these men and this community
Blessing to lead the men as always
Aye!
~ Big Mitt
***3rd F Highlights*** Bird’s Nest Q
Studying Chapters 8 & 9
Chapter 8 is dialogue leading up to the next miracle, found in Chapter 9
- Jesus refers to Himself as “the light of the world”
- referencing a spiritual light to the people
- People “Who are you?” Find testimony invalid
- referencing a spiritual light to the people
- vs 14-18
- gives identity and lays into Pharisees a little bit
- further identifies with God as His father
- lets people know – since they don’t know Him, they don’t know His Father”
- vs 44
- Jesus launches onslaught
- refers to people belonging to devil
- “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.”
- vs 59
- – people attempt to stone Him – Jesus slipped away from temple grounds
Chapter 8 – Jesus forgives an adulterous woman
- Question
- teachers are so intent on upholding the law- where is the man?
- History – 100s of years since last stoning
- – Solomon’s reign
- Law – 1 purpose – 4 categories
- 1 Civil Law
- relate and justice hand out
- passed away when Israel passed away
- church state
- 2 Religious law
- Sacrificial system
- 3 Cleanliness
- food, molds, hygiene
- sin separates us from God
- reminder of coming Savior
- passed away at Christ’s arrival
- 4 moral law
- still standing
- sermon on the mount (Matthew Chapter 5)
- 1 Civil Law
- Israel was under Roman Law – had Jesus stoned the woman, He would have been turned over to Roman authorities for murder (Civil Law)
- Discussion on purpose of light
- Remove Darkness
- Darkness is not the OPPOSITE of Light, it is rather the ABSENCE of Light
- Jesus speaks about God’s True Children
- special right
- Abraham’s children
- speaks of freedom – people get offended
- book of Romans -Chapter 6
- free and slave of Christ
- or slave to sin
- sin controls you
- one or the other
- special right
- vs 58 Jesus takes on the name of God, once more
- “I am”
- Jews knew, God revealed Himself to Moses in Exodus Chapter 3: 14 as:
- “God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
Bird’s Nest prayed us out. Next week we will take a look at the miracle in Chapter 9 as Jesus heals a man born blind.
PAX: Big Mitt
QIC: 05/03/16
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