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50trust and obedience. We want to run in a way that's honorable to that calling all the way to the finish line.Observe, there are three kinds of motivation in life.There is:a) internal -when you motivate yourself.b) external -when people or things are catalysts to motivate you.c) eternal -when a heavenly reward that never disappears motivates you.The key to finishing the race in the maximum Christian life is to keep your eyes on the finish line and what's just on the other side of it.\ fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.\verse, \an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.\every day and think, I'll make the most of my journey in this tent, but I really have got my eye on that mansion? The key to persistence is perspective. Do you want to finish? You've got to concentrate on your purpose and not your problems. \take your eyes off the goal.\Incorporate good habits.You know we have talked about deliberately and systematically choosing your course in life, and all that's true. But frankly, some of you, a lot of you won't try the steps to the maximum life because you're thinking that's too much work and too much trouble. But as you become consistent in your choices and as you become disciplined in your decisions, it almost becomes automatic. In other words, you develop good habits. Frankly, life would be too tedious, it would be too overwhelming if we had to break down and analyze every thought and action. What if you had to think about every breath, inhale and now exhale, think how terrible. What if you had to think about everything you went through? God didn't make us that way. He created us to become creatures of habit.Back to the analogy of a marathon runner. When he starts for that first half-mile or mile, he concentrates on setting a pace and getting his breathing in rhythm. But after about a mile, he doesn't have to think about that anymore. In fact, he will go mileswithout thinking about his pace or his breathing. Most of them let their minds wander a thousand miles away. Why? Because they have developed a pace and set good running habits. Then they're actually able to relax. Inevitably, you will develop habits. Make sure that you are developing the habits that lead to the maximum life.