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We can easily see how important a sense of belonging is in the world of sport. There is nothing quite like the joy of being part of a highly skilled team in perfect synch with each other as they outmaneuver their opponents. And being a part of a spec
Even the joy that comes from being a star begins to fade… Since being special in sport is the only thing such athletes have going for them, winning becomes the focus of their life. If they don’t perform well, they punish themselves emot
"Sport, no matter how good you are at it, can’t solve your problems in life... ...No, Christian sportspeople look to God for something far more important than just as an insurance policy for winning. They look to God to give them at long l
Sporting success cannot solve your personal problems. If you ignore developing yourself as a person while you develop yourself as an athlete, you are simply building castles in the sand. When the storms of life beat against you, everything you&rsquo
"Jesus will give you more fulfillment than you have ever had before, even more than sport... and the more you experience the joy he gives, the more you will love him." #RealJoy
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"Once you come to depend on sport to make you feel special, it stops being an escape from pressure. Instead, sport becomes the very focus of that pressure. As a result, sport ceases to be about play and becomes all about performance. Sport ceas
You can regularly make other athletes feel important… not because of their performance in sport, nor even because of their willingness to listen to things of the Spirit, but …solely because of God's love for them. #RealJoy
#RealJoy
Without God in their lives, human beings are trapped into using their talent to find some reason to like themselves. They expect their accomplishments to make them feel good about themselves. But God has reserved this role for himself alone. #RealJoy