GET IN THE GAME!

This is your Monday Short meditation, inspired by Pastor M.R. King in Sunday School yesterday. In basketball, only five players can be on the floor for your team at one time. In baseball, you can field nine players at a time. In football, the defense is allowed to have 11 players on the field at the same time. The same is true for the offense in football. In volleyball you are allowed six...

AT THE END OF THE DAY’S GAME…

“Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.  Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart.  Earn a reputation for living well in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people.” (Proverbs 3:3-4 The Message Bible) At some time in the past, I have shared stories about the two years I served as the Trainer for the basketball and football teams at a local high school, over fifty...

A CHILDHOOD GAME

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.” (I Corinthians 13:11a The Living Bible) As a child, sitting in the far pews with my peers, we made good use of the blank page, the back page, of the church bulletin during church service.  We had been to Sunday School and gave our undivided attention to the teacher, but being honest, we were not...

“FRIDAY! GAME TIME!”

“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?  Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?  (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)  No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who...