30 Daily Football Devotionals

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When its witness in society is diminishing so quickly, we should keep our eyes peeled for those institutions and practices that promote it, albeit imperfectly.

Today, I especially thank You for [allow team members to give thanks for specific strengths represented on the team.Legendary Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant was reported to tell his teams, “It is not the will to win the matters—everybody has that. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you. David used opportunities as a shepherd—a low-level job—to prepare himself for bigger moments, like when he faced Goliath in battle. When athletes have vision burning in their eyes, they become an unstoppable force for the Lord’s work. Our hope is that over the next seven months we will be able to assist you in beginning a new prayer life, creating a Christian-based relationship with your athletes, or give you something to think about and meditate on every month.

SportsFaith is a Christ centered ministry that is focused on introducing people to God through sports. The author, a professional educator and head football coach, wrote the book about spiritual principles drawn from football situations.

My hope is that these examples will help you to think more intentionally and profitably as a Christian about your interaction with sports and doing so will be a catalyst toward sanctification. I have heard another coach say that growth comes from making yourself do what you need to do when you do not want to do it, and to do so consistently enough that you want to do it. Each must endure hardship, consistently and agonizingly striving in preparation and disciplined training. She said: “He has said very publicly that he’s driven by his personal experience of growing up in poverty but also by his faith. I found that something like a quarter of all clubs that have played in English football over the past five years have a close connection with the church.

The church lives as the outpost of the kingdom of Christ in the time of the overlap of the ages, the already/but not yet of the kingdom. When the church began and a man named Paul traveled around to help churches get started, he worked with a variety of people to share the message of Jesus. It started Sunday night with players and coaches from BYU’s athletic department speaking inside the Marriott Center for a devotional.Published in 2006, his book charts the religious roots of many big clubs, among them Aston Villa and Barnsley. We understand how easily it is to be caught up in a hundred little things which, in the end, are just trifles.