We added a new exercise ‘Carry the Burden’ which ties in well with the topic talk of the session and was a very personal talk for me. My training notes for the exercise and topic talk are below:

NOTES:

We all carry burdens in this life. Sometimes it feels like we can’t go on, but we find the strength within us to keep going..

Kids   – 3 @ 10lbs Women 3 @ 25lbs Men 3 @ 45lbs. Men = outside perimeter of velodrome 1x Women = inside perimeter circle 2x Kids = radius of inside circle back & forth 1x

WOD:

Agreements with this world

I made the carry the burden exercise after this being on my mind.. How many of you have struggled to let go of something in life that you desperately wanted to let go of but can’t. Something that feels like a huge burden in your life that no matter how hard you try, how much you plead and beg with God, you can’t put that burden down and walk away from it?

Maybe its an addiction, maybe its hate or anger, maybe its a hurt you experienced in your life etc. Regardless of what it is, it always feels the same – like a crushing weight that you can’t put down. If you are a person of faith, how many times have you begged God to take that burden from you, give you the strength to let it go, etc. Over and over and over.. that’s how it plays out doesn’t it?

Why didn’t God answer you? Why all those times were your prayers never answered? Because your agreement’s not with God, but with this world and your burden. Think about it.. Why would God help you if you don’t have an agreement with him? That’s a tough statement but it is 100% true. I’ll say it again – you have an agreement with this world and with that burden and not an agreement with God.

Until you end your agreements with this world and form an agreement with God you will not receive his power in your life, and you will not be able to put that burden down. That’s a big statement, but its true.. I know this because I lived with those agreements with this world for 50 years. And I tried for 50 years to escape those burdens and failed every time. Until I stepped up and made my agreement with God. Everything changed in an instant. Not kidding.. Everything. In a moment I knew he was there and everything I had struggled with, had been at war with for 50 years, had finally been defeated. Clear as day. I put those burdens down that day and walked away because I no longer had an agreement with those things. Think about your own life and what you have agreements with?