Software Beatdown

The Thang Team DORA on the hill. We teamed up in groups of 3. One Pax went up and down hill, another performed Coupon Squats, while the other did merkins. The PAX continued to switch places.After a few slips on the hill, we made an audible to just doing some exercises and scrapping the hill.

We performed:
Lunges
Surrenders
Side straddle hops
Burpees

For many of us men, our default is go-it-alone. We prefer to work alone, make decisions alone, muscle through struggles alone, get credit for our accomplishments alone. Go-it-alone gives us control and allows us to avoid vulnerability. The problem is, our King, Jesus Christ, doesn’t think much of the go-it-alone approach, especially in the service of others. He didn’t go-it-alone during his time of ministry; he doesn’t go-it-alone now. And when he sent followers to preach and do miracles, he sent them in pairs, so they wouldn’t go-it-alone either. Clearly this is important. But, why are pairs or groups better than one man on his own?

First, Jesus is uniquely present when two or more people join together in his name (Matthew 18:20).
Secondly, two or more people, joined together, working together, in friendship and trust, are often more confident and more impactful, than is just one man.

Lastly, two or more people, joined together, who know one another, who pray together and pray for one another, are more supported and more protected (from sin and from opposition), than is that same man, on his own.