Train to Win the Prize!

Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize? Everyone who competes goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will NOT last; but we do it to get a crown that will last FOREVER! I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air-- I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have talked to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)