(Dedicated to the men and women who grind every day to keep this great nation free – Thank a Veteran) “Therefore, my brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. “ – 1 Corinthians 15:58 Coaches love “grinders”! A grinder is an athlete who succeeds through hard work and determination rather than exceptional talent or skill. Grinders show up every day, they are eager to work and they place team before self.
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your way My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9 Sometimes we’re too close to a situation to see what’s really going on. Most coaches like being on the sidelines.
“And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who lives in you.” – Romans 8:11 As coaches, we are affected by unique pressures and stresses in our lives. Coaches are busy people! Thinking back on my early years in coaching, I remember teaching five classes each day, coaching a sport each afternoon and then going home to prepare lesson plans and coaching schedules for the…
“For God so loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” – John 3:16-17 Sometimes as coaches, we find ourselves in hopeless situations. Watching the final seconds tick off the clock and being on the wrong end of a 62-0 beat down in football.
Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some days. Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.” – Acts 9:20 Early in my coaching career, I was given the opportunity to become head coach of a small high school that had never had a football program. As I look back on that experience, I shake my head at how little I knew about what I was getting into.