Our youth football team is playing for the league championship this Saturday, which is quite the accomplishment for a team that didn't win a single game last year. The young boys have worked hard and have performed well. However, as we approach another week of practice, another week of going through the same plays, the boys have lost some interest.
It is hard to keep momentum and interest of older folks but it is really hard when you are talking about 6, 7, and 8 year olds. It doesn't help that the team we are playing for the championship is the one (1) lose we have suffered this year. Some of our boys are concerned about the outcome before we even begin.
Today's word is a passage we have used before but is a good reminder that we have no reason to fear. 2 Timothy 1:7, ESV, reads, "For GOD gave us a spirit, not of fear, but of power and love and self-control."
Whenever we are afraid, which is a natural response to stimuli, that fear is not coming from GOD. GOD has given us the spirit of power! IF we would just plug into Him, and I am talking to me, I thing we would be amazed at what He can accomplish through us. Plus, you can't focus on the task at hand if you are constantly fearing what is around you, and what may or may not happen. Focus on the power that GOD has given you, the power to talk to the LORD of lords.
We are playing for the league championship, and I want our young players to fight. I want them to take the field confident and courageous. I want them to look over at the opponent and think, "LORD, with you on my side, I've got this!" GOD gives us the spirit of power!
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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