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Series: Halftime
Steve Jones
John 21
INTRODUCTION: There have been many inspiring half-time speeches given in the history of sports. Perhaps the most famous of all is the half-time speech given by Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne to the fighting Irish in the their game against Army in 1928. Here is part of what he said: ''And the last thing he said to me -- 'Rock,' he said - 'sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the (who?) Gipper.'''
George Gipp was one of the greatest players in Notre Dame history. Notre Dame emerged from the locker room after the inspirational speech and won the game.
In sports, half-time is an opportunity to pause for a few minutes, reflect on where you've been, how you're doing, make any necessary adjustments, renew your motivation and then re-enter the game.
There are times when we can do that spiritually as well. As a church, we're in a ''half-time'' so to speak. We're midway through our calendar year, and we're mid-way through a building project. It's a good time to step back and take stock of where we are as a church, how we're doing on our goals, make any necessary adjustments, renew our motivation, and get back to the game.
As individuals Christians, it's not a bad idea to take a ''half-time'' moment to think about where we've been spiritually, how we're doing, make some adjustments and then re-enter the game. There are many scriptures in the Bible encouraging us to do just that.
II Cor. 13:5 ''Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves.''
Rom. 12:3 ''Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.''
Self-evaluation is hard work. It's hard work because it requires us to look at ourselves with brutal honesty. And because we're all members of the fallen and cursed race of Adam, the biggest room in t ...
Series: Halftime
Steve Jones
John 21
INTRODUCTION: There have been many inspiring half-time speeches given in the history of sports. Perhaps the most famous of all is the half-time speech given by Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne to the fighting Irish in the their game against Army in 1928. Here is part of what he said: ''And the last thing he said to me -- 'Rock,' he said - 'sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the (who?) Gipper.'''
George Gipp was one of the greatest players in Notre Dame history. Notre Dame emerged from the locker room after the inspirational speech and won the game.
In sports, half-time is an opportunity to pause for a few minutes, reflect on where you've been, how you're doing, make any necessary adjustments, renew your motivation and then re-enter the game.
There are times when we can do that spiritually as well. As a church, we're in a ''half-time'' so to speak. We're midway through our calendar year, and we're mid-way through a building project. It's a good time to step back and take stock of where we are as a church, how we're doing on our goals, make any necessary adjustments, renew our motivation, and get back to the game.
As individuals Christians, it's not a bad idea to take a ''half-time'' moment to think about where we've been spiritually, how we're doing, make some adjustments and then re-enter the game. There are many scriptures in the Bible encouraging us to do just that.
II Cor. 13:5 ''Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves.''
Rom. 12:3 ''Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.''
Self-evaluation is hard work. It's hard work because it requires us to look at ourselves with brutal honesty. And because we're all members of the fallen and cursed race of Adam, the biggest room in t ...
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