Guest Speaker David Hood: The Christian Life is a Marathon
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In today's message, which originally aired on August 21, 2022, we heard from great friend of The Gathering, David Hood. David is the Lead Pastor at Southeast City church, our sister church in the Alta Vista area of Ottawa.
David’s message is called “The Christian Life is a Marathon.” The preacher to the Hebrews likens the Christian life to a marathon, a marathon of every day becoming more like and living more like Jesus in the world. This is incredibly hard, and like any marathon, we need to run with endurance, but how do we endure? How do we keep going and not give up? And what's at the finish line?
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