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https://www.gameplanforlife.com/ OUR MISSON STATEMENTIt is the mission of Game Plan for Life to bring the message of Christ to all by equipping them to allow God to be their Head Coach and use the Bible as their playbook to guide them so that they can become leaders in their family, vocation and every area of their lives. By visiting game plan for life.com you can also see updates regarding their other projects game plan for Life men’s group study and a game plan for Life Bible along with a devotional.
Sports Spectrum Devotional: Dropping Dimes
https://mailchi.mp/sportsspectrum/sports-spectrum-devotional-gods-family-8690622?e=10be283cbb ‘”My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’” — Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) To give yourself the best chance at success in life, you must humble yourself and realize that God can and will make game-winning plays in your life that you could never make.
Sports Spectrum Devotional: From Injury To Inner Strength
https://mailchi.mp/sportsspectrum/sports-spectrum-devotional-gods-family-8690592?e=10be283cbb “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” — 2 Corinthians 4:16 Take time to thank God for the gift of movement, competition and physical activity, and for a body that allows you to do it, even if it’s not like it used to be.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” — Galatians 2:20 When we recognize our weak areas and invite God into those places — living for Him daily and fully surrendered — we will see Him use us mightily. Even our greatest spiritual heroes of the Bible struggled with weaknesses. For example, Moses is known as one of the greatest men who ever lived. He wrote the first five books of the Bible, led the Israelites safely across a barren wilderness, and the Lord worked many miracles through Moses on behalf of the people. However, Moses had a hot temper and his anger issues led him to kill an Egyptian and throw down the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, breaking them into pieces. He also hit a rock in anger when God told him to only speak to the rock to bring out water, and this prevented Moses from entering the Promised Land. Samson was another outstanding leader for Israel, but he forfeited the opportunity to do more good because lust ruled his life for several years. He allowed Delilah and several other women to turn his heart away from God. When Delilah found the secret of his strength and cut his hair, he lost his ability to fight the Philistines and they gouged out his eyes. The Lord was patient with Samson but finally had enough of his refusal to listen. In the last moments of Samson’s life, he humbled himself before God, destroyed the lust in his heart and won an amazing triumph for Israel. The only path to victory was to put away his consuming lust and live surrendered to God. Throughout Jesus’s ministry, Simon Peter was a spokesman for the 12 disciples, but Peter didn’t always make it easy on Jesus. As Jesus predicted His crucifixion and resurrection, Peter didn’t understand and rebuked Him. “‘Never, Lord!’ he said. ‘This shall never happen to you!’ Jesus turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns’” (Matthew 16:22-23). Even Peter, who spent years with Jesus, made mistakes with his words and actions. We are all like him in ways, and not one of us is perfect. We need the blood of Christ to cleanse us completely. Jesus wants us to crush our selfishness and sinfulness like we’d stomp on a roach, and He wants to live through us. We’re not capable of living the life God intended without supernatural help, and the apostle Paul urged us to put everything in God’s hands daily. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). When we recognize our weak areas and invite God into those places — living for Him daily and fully surrendered — we will see Him use us mightily. It is when we strive in our own strength, refusing to look at or work on our sins and weaknesses that we will miss all that God has for us. And we know what He has is greater than anything we can do on our own. — Bill Kent, Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, Sylvania, Georgia