Listen With Your Eyes
“Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.” – Proverbs 2:2 (ESV) “Give me your eyes! As coaches, how many times have we challenged our athletes with these words? With another practice in the books, we stand in front of our team...
Crossroads
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and greatness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of Spirit in the bond of peace.” –...
Friendship
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17 (ESV) Friendships built through sport can last a lifetime. Athletes spend hours of practice time and game situations with their teammates. They compete for playing time, they...
How We Talk Matters
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as it fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” – Ephesians 4:29 (ESV) We talk to ourselves all day long. If that’s true and it is, what are we talking...
Expectations
As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ… - Luke 3:15 (ESV) As coaches, we know all too well about expectations. An expectation is defined as “a strong belief that something will...
The Value of Today
Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. – Matthew 6:34 (ESV) “To live in the past is easy. To live in the present is like threading a needle.” These words by Walker Perry in...
Driving the Bus
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. – Proverbs 28:26 (ESV) Have you ever thought too highly of yourself? I was guilty of falling into that trap as a young coach working with a very successful high school program....
New Beginnings
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. he old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV) Every season brings new players, new chemistry, new goals, and new experiences. No matter how long we’ve been coaching, there is...
The Caring Coach
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. – Psalm 32:8 (ESV) In my opinion, the most important profession in the world is parenting and the second is teaching. As coaches, that statement should stop up in...
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New Devotion by Charles Gee
All coaches understand the call to “Huddle Up.” Though not everyone coaches on the field, court, or diamond, most of us gather to share ideas, address challenges, or plan strategies. In the corporate world, it’s a staff meeting. In the military, a briefing. When parents want to clear the air, it’s a family conference. We’re all coaching in some way, and there will always be a time to “Huddle Up.”
The Christ- centered principles in these studies help coaches and competitors reconnect, refocus, and reboot to meet daily challenges.
Charles Gee is Chaplain for the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association and has served with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for over 15 years. Drawing from personal coaching experiences, he writes weekly devotions encouraging coaches to use their platform to impact lives for Jesus Christ (scfcacoaches.org). A retired Master Sergeant from the U.S. Army Reserves, Charles lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC, with Kathy, his wife of 52 years. He has two sons, Jeff and Chris, two daughters- in-law, Kristin and Megan, and three amazing, competitive grandchildren.