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"I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry" (2 Timothy 4:1-5).
This morning I went for a run. The air was crisp and the new sun was casting its beautiful, colorful rays upon the horizon. When I came to the end of my run, I walked a little bit to catch my breath. I literally thought I was going to die. My eyes were growing cloudy, my chest felt like an elephant was pushing down on me, and my mouth and lungs burned. The worst part about it was that I had run only one city block.