Psalm 18:2 – God is Your Fortress
How does your locker room make you feel? Or your dugout, or the bench? These are the places you and your team gather to rest, strategize with your coach, or get a pep talk before you go back out into the game. These places are safe like fortresses. Your opponents can’t reach you here. José and Francoise have come to…
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Philippians 2:3–5 – Being Humble When It’s Hard
When you’ve played your sport for a while, watched a lot of games, and analyzed strategies, it can be easy to think that you know the next best play to make when you’re in the game. And maybe you do. But when your coach has a different idea, do you listen? Do you talk back? Does playing your best mean…
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Jeremiah 29:11 – When You Don’t Get What You Want
One day, it could happen: you don't get picked for the team. Suddenly, you wonder what all your hard work has been for. You wonder if a university will offer you a scholarship now. Your dream of being a professional athlete seems to be over. You were just on top of the world, and now, it feels like the world…
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Matthew 22:37–40 – Use Your Sport to Love God
Some days, it's hard to love your sport. You might rather sleep in than go to early morning practice. Or maybe every season you get beaten by the same team and don't want to lose again. For Alo, day after day of slow work made it hard to love his sport. It was hard for Sofija to love her sport…
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Philippians 4:12–13 – When an Injury Brings You Low
Sports can take us to the highest of highs. Your team comes back against all odds and wins the championship. The crowd roars. You’ve never felt more alive. But sports can also take us to the lowest of lows. You get injured in front of everyone, and it hurts. It costs your team the win they need to advance. You’re…
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1 John 3:1 – The Best Kind of Love
It must be hard being a professional athlete. It might feel like everyone loves you for your skill or what you can do for the team. We can feel like that too sometimes, like our friends or family love us because of how much we succeed. That’s true in life and sports. There is someone who loves us regardless of…
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