The Winter Olympics athletes come from different countries, different cultures, different races, different religions and different sports. But perhaps the one thing they all have in common – the one thing that got them to this elite level – is their tenacious commitment to personal training. This morning, we will learn the kind of commitment to spiritual training it takes if we are to grow in our walk with the Lord.

In the movie "City Slickers", Billy Crystal and two buddies are experiencing a mid-life crisis and decide to go on a cattle drive to “find themselves.” One day, Curly – the old, leathery cattle drive lead – asks Billy, “Do you know what the secret to life is?” Billy responds, “No, what?” Holding up one finger, Curly says, “It’s this. One thing. You figure out what that one thing is, and the rest of life don’t mean nothing.”
Have you ever wondered what the “one thing” for the Church would be?