PATIENCE, THE TRAIT OF CHAMPIONS (41 OF 50)
Scripture: Genesis 41:1-57, Genesis 41, Genesis 41
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Patience, the Trait of Champions (41 of 50)
Series: Genesis
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 41:1-57
Theme: ‘‘Joseph teaches us about the value of being patient
I - The Date (1a)
II - The Dreams (1b - 7)
III - The Dilemma (8)
IV - The Declaration (9 - 13)
V - The Deliverance (14)
VI - The Discussion (15 - 16)
VII - The Discernment (17 - 37)
VIII - The Deliverer (38 - 49)
IX - The Descendents (50 - 52)
X - The Directive (53 - 57)
Leon Lett 2 out of 3 of ESPN’s Top 25 Greatest Sports Blunders
Thanksgiving football is synonymous with the Dallas Cowboys. There aren’t a whole lot of Thanksgiving-Day football conversations involving the Dallas Cowboys where Leon Lett isn’t mentioned. Lett’s blunder in the snow proved costly during the 1993 holiday game against the Miami Dolphins. It was a play that allowed the Dolphins to pull out a 16-14 win, but it’s not a play that should define Lett as a player or a person.
Leon Lett’s costly mistake on Thanksgiving
It has to go down as the wildest and weirdest finish in Thanksgiving-Day football or maybe any football game, for that matter. The Dallas Cowboys were hosting the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 25, 1993 and seemingly had the victory after Dolphins kicked missed a 40-yard field goal with 15 seconds and the Cowboys leading 14-13.
The field conditions were brutal. Snow and ice were all over the field. Traction was awful and Pete Stoyanovich’s missed field goal was clearly no gimme in those conditions.
Stoyanovich’s kick was actually blocked by Jimmie Jones and the ball spun wildly on the turf. Several Cowboys ran from the ball, knowing the game was over if nothing else happened.
Leon Lett, however, ran past some Dolphins players surrounding the ball, slipped, and kicked the ball which was recovered by the Dolphins, giving them possession with three seconds left.
Stoyanovich then made a 19-yard field goal, giving the Dolphins an improbable 16-14 victory. ‘‘I just made a mistake,’’ Lett told ESPN in ...
Series: Genesis
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 41:1-57
Theme: ‘‘Joseph teaches us about the value of being patient
I - The Date (1a)
II - The Dreams (1b - 7)
III - The Dilemma (8)
IV - The Declaration (9 - 13)
V - The Deliverance (14)
VI - The Discussion (15 - 16)
VII - The Discernment (17 - 37)
VIII - The Deliverer (38 - 49)
IX - The Descendents (50 - 52)
X - The Directive (53 - 57)
Leon Lett 2 out of 3 of ESPN’s Top 25 Greatest Sports Blunders
Thanksgiving football is synonymous with the Dallas Cowboys. There aren’t a whole lot of Thanksgiving-Day football conversations involving the Dallas Cowboys where Leon Lett isn’t mentioned. Lett’s blunder in the snow proved costly during the 1993 holiday game against the Miami Dolphins. It was a play that allowed the Dolphins to pull out a 16-14 win, but it’s not a play that should define Lett as a player or a person.
Leon Lett’s costly mistake on Thanksgiving
It has to go down as the wildest and weirdest finish in Thanksgiving-Day football or maybe any football game, for that matter. The Dallas Cowboys were hosting the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 25, 1993 and seemingly had the victory after Dolphins kicked missed a 40-yard field goal with 15 seconds and the Cowboys leading 14-13.
The field conditions were brutal. Snow and ice were all over the field. Traction was awful and Pete Stoyanovich’s missed field goal was clearly no gimme in those conditions.
Stoyanovich’s kick was actually blocked by Jimmie Jones and the ball spun wildly on the turf. Several Cowboys ran from the ball, knowing the game was over if nothing else happened.
Leon Lett, however, ran past some Dolphins players surrounding the ball, slipped, and kicked the ball which was recovered by the Dolphins, giving them possession with three seconds left.
Stoyanovich then made a 19-yard field goal, giving the Dolphins an improbable 16-14 victory. ‘‘I just made a mistake,’’ Lett told ESPN in ...
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