For the love of Christ constraineth us… 2 Corinthians 5:14 Wouldn’t it be nice if, instead of eating to stay alive, we could eat just for the pleasure of eating when it was convenient for us? Wouldn’t it be great if you never had to take a shower to stay clean; we could just shower when we felt like enjoying it. I think it would be wonderful if we only had to sleep when we had the time or when we felt like experiencing the satisfying feeling of sleep rather th

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13 Most of the inspiring sports stories we hear today go something like this: “Against seemingly insurmountable odds, the athlete persevered and won an astounding victory.” Whether it was their poor upbringing, a nagging sickness or injury they were forced to endure, or just a lack of natural skills they had to compensate for, many amazing athletes have shown that when a person sets his min

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law… turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:7 It is no secret that many people, especially guys, enjoy “working out” their muscles. I am one of them. I am certainly not as obsessed as the hard-core body-builders, but I enjoy trying to strengt

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth…So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him. 1 Samuel 17:33,50 The “David and Goliath” analogy has been around in sports for quite so

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Glenn Cunningham was a remarkable man. At eight years old, his job was to use kerosene to start the fire in the pot-bellied stove in the one-room schoolhouse he attended. When someone mistakenly replaced the kerosene with gasoline, the explosion started a fire from which he was rescued unconscious. His