1 – Many people misunderstand our purpose in conducting a chapel for our team.

• Some think that if we pray it will result in a win.
• Some think that if we go to chapel we are more likely to win.
• Some think that if we pray we get God on our side.
• So what’s the point?
• Does God even care about who wins today?

2 – Joshua 5:13-15 sheds some light on such questions (read the text aloud).

Discussion:

1. About which of your sport accomplishments are you normally too humble to openly speak?
2. Why is it important for you to maintain such humility?
3. Who are some players you’ve known who showed real humility?
4. Let’s look for evidence of humility in this story.  Let’s read Mark 1:6-11.
5. What are some indicators of humility in John the Baptist from this passage?
6. Why do you think John acts and speaks so humbly?
7. How similar is your expression of humility to John’s?
8. What are some ways that we can express true humility in the world of sport?

Summary:

Discussion:

1. What part of your sport requires the most self-control?
2. What happens if you play in an out-of-control way?
3. Tell us about a player you know who shows great self-control.
4. Let’s read about someone who demonstrated tremendous self-control.   Read Matthew 4:1-11.
5. How is Jesus’ self-control evident in this story?  Over what factors does he exercise self-control?
6. In what situations in your game do you struggle to maintain self-control?
7. How might Jesus’ example here affect your approach to the game with respect to self-control?

Summary:

• The opportunity is that we, a strong, developing, ambitious team get to compete against another strong, developing, ambitious team. This makes for a great match up.
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Day 2
God’s goals for me as a competitor are to play to honor Him and to live to honor Him. I am to bring Him joy in all I do – on and off the field of competition. That is the challenge.

Warm-Up
What do you need to do in order to become the best athlete you can be? What specific goals would you need to set in order to achieve this? In order to play at your best, you need to set goals in areas of your life other than sports. List some goals in the following areas of your life: athletics, academics, and spirituality.

Workout

Wisdom for a Young Head Coach
Week 21

II Timothy 2:20-26

Discussion Questions:

Wisdom for a Young Head Coach
Week 6

I Timothy 3:1-13

Read the text aloud.

Discussion Questions:

Chapel – Breakthrough

1 – Games with this opponent have been ones where our team has made breakthroughs over the last few years. What will it be today?
• Breakthrough victory story 1 – Commitment to teammates
• Breakthrough victory story 2 – Commitment to winning
• Breakthrough victory story 3 – Commitment to being champions
• What will it be this year? Our breakthrough will be determined by our commitments.

1 – The recent injuries we have experienced serve to remind us of a very important truth.

Wisdom for a Young Head Coach
Week 2

I Timothy 1:8-14

Read the text aloud.

Discussion Questions:

1 – Today we will discuss ironic nature of rewards in sport.

• The rewards are the same for the freshman playing his first season as for the senior playing his last season.
• The rewards for the first year coach are the same as for the twenty year veteran of coaching.
• At the end of the game or the end of the season, the rewards are the same.

2 – Jesus told a story about this in Matthew 20:1-16 (read the text aloud).

Chapel – Attitudes

1 – I’ve been very pleased with the attitudes of this team thus far.
• Valuing the team over individualism
• Making sacrifices rather than demands
• Expressed on the field, between teammates, with coaches and even in the media

2 – This reminds me of Philippians 2:3-4 (read the text aloud).
• Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit.
o Don’t draw attention to yourself – deflect praise to others.
o Don’t take offense to trash talk or cheap shots – respect your team and the sport.
o Don’t overestimate your importance – there are other players ready to step into your spot.