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Eric Liddell:

You came to see a race today. To see someone win. It happened
to be me. But I want you to do more than just watch a race. I want you to
take part in it. I want to compare faith to running in a race. It's hard. It
requires concentration of will, energy of soul. You experience elation when
the winner breaks the tape - especially if you've got a bet on it. But how
long does that last? You go home. Maybe you're dinner's burnt. Maybe you
haven't got a job. So who am I to say, "Believe, have faith," in the face of
life's realities? I would like to give you something more permanent, but I
can only point the way. I have no formula for winning the race. Everyone
runs in her own way, or his own way. And where does the power come from, to
see the race to its end? From within. Jesus said, "Behold, the Kingdom of
God is within you. If with all your hearts, you truly seek me, you shall
ever surely find me." If you commit yourself to the love of Christ, then
that is how you run a straight race.

Eric Liddell: I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.
And when I run I feel His pleasure.