The First Down - Devotional - July 22nd 2014 - Football

The First Down

If there's one thing I know about football, it would be, the longer a team has the ball, the bigger the advantage for that team.  The enemy doesn't take over the power of the game all at once, it's a little bit at a time.  They are after the "first down", because they are rewarded with extra time to make the score.  That's why it's very important to stop the team before they get the "first down."  When they continue to have the control, they force the opposing team to go the wrong way down the field.

It's always fun to have your team regain control of the ball and start moving the ball in the right direction.  It's hard work and strategy, to regain the power of the game a little bit at a time.  It takes team work, endurance and going forward.

In the Christian life if we give up ground to the devil, the longer you let him have it the harder it is to get back.  The more you let him have the more he will take.  Don't give the devil a chance to gain the power of your life, by letting him get the "first down."  Fight and fight hard to maintain your Christian strength by being faithful in your heart and life to our Heavenly Father.  The closer you follow the plan of his Word and fellowship with OUR Father God, the more you will be able to resist the sin that so easily besets you.

When you see your going the wrong way, gain control.

When you have the ball, run with it in the right direction.  Pass it , to your teammates, and together make a score for  the cause of eternity and our Savior.

Hebews 12:1

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us

Susan Y Nikitenko

Devotional - July 22, 2014

Football

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Don't Drop That Ball - Bible Devotional - Football

Don't Drop That Ball

After sitting through football games all these years, better know, I know a little bit about the game.  I've learned endurance through rain, shine and cold.

I was thinking about how important the ball is in the game of football and realized without the ball there would not be a game.  The game ball is the object of everyone's attention and it is fought over, because both teams want to get hold of  the ball and bring it in for the score.

The ball is the lifeline in the game, without possession of it, you would have a no win situation.

Without the ball we might as well stay at home and hang up the pompoms, cause there wouldn't be anything to cheer about.  It's like chewing steak without teeth or driving a car without wheels.

Everyone would be standing around saying, "where in the world is the ball?"

As Christians, we have been given a job to do and the "ball" to the Christian is everything God has given us to win in Christian living.  The only thing is, the "ball' to the enemy is something entirely different.

The enemy is out to win, and is out to get the ball from you.  He wants you to fail.  He wants to run you over and  He doesn't care if you get spikes in your face while he's trying to take it.  He's going to do anything he can to get that ball.

We as Christians need to be prepared for the battle and hold onto that ball, hold it tucked under your arm where ever you go and whatever you do, don't drop that ball, stay with the fight, don't give the enemy an inch or He will take a mile.

Susan Y Nikitenko

July 21st, 2014

Bible Devotional - Football

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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