Monday 4.4.11

Wake Up: 4:30 am

Daily Reading: Matthew 5-8 (Beattitudes)

Devotion: Streams in the Desert

Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes to he may see." (2 Kings 6:17)

This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and one another: "Lord, open our eyes so we may see." Once our eyes are opened by God, we will see all the events of our lives, whether great or small, joyful or sad, as a chariot for our soles. Everything that comes to us becomes a chariot the moment we treat it as such. On the other hand, even the smallest trial may become an abject crushing everything in its path into misery and despair if we allow it.

The difference then becomes a choice we make. It all depends not on the events themselves but on how we view them. If we simply lie down, allowing them to roll over and crush us, they become an uncontrollable car of destruction. Yet, if we climb into them, as riding in a car of victory, they become the chariouts of God to triumphantly take us onward and upward.

There is not much the Lord can do with a crushed soul. That is why the Adversary attempls to push God's people toward despair and hopelessness over their condition or the condition of the church. It has often been said that a discouraged army enters a battle with the certainty of defeat.

We need to better understand these attacks of the Enemy on our spirit and how to resest them. If he can dislodge us from our proper position, he then seeks to wear out the saints most High. through a prolonged seige, until we finally, out of sheer weakness, surrender all hope of victory.

Workout:
Sealfit: Motivate
Baseline:

• 3x5 HSPU
• 3x5 15 sec Frog stand holds
• 3x5 Pistol progressions
• 4 rounds for quality: BB Complex
• 6 x DL
• 6 x Hang squat clean
• 6 x Squat
• 6 x Push Press
• 6 x Squat
• 6 x Pushup

Work Capacity:

• 3 rounds of 1 min max effort, 1 min rest between rounds
• Pushup: (65,50,51)
• Bent Over Row: (30,30,40)
• DB Swing: (26,28,24) using 35lb db
• Jump Rope: (154, 127, 144)
• Burpee: (18,18,16)
• Rest 5 min 
• 3 rounds of 1 min max effort, 1 min rest between rounds (using 2 35lb db's for each)
• Deadlift: (26,29,25)
• Hang Squat Clean: (11,11,11)
• Front Squat: (12,12,13)
• Push Press: (27,27,30)
• Back Squat: (11,12,15)

Stamina:

• 3 rounds for quality:
• 20 Pushups
• 12 Kipping Pullups (still mastering this skill)

Durability:

• 1 x 400 m sprint
• 3 x 200 m sprint
• 5 x 100 m sprint
• 1 x 800 m jog
• 35 min walk
• Active Stretch

Notes:

• Body: Good, weight = 190lbs in the a.m.
• Nutrition: clean
• Workout: The work capacity was tough but glad I pushed through. Still working on mastering the kipping pullup. The movement is still kind of awkward. The second portion of the wc was mentally exausting.