I call these short devotionals “Mound Visits because usually a coach will either encourage a pitcher, challenge him or share important information with the him that will help him get the next hitter out in a crucial situation. I believe that’s what God wants for us. He wants to encourage, challenge and help us. ”The …
If our hearts aren’t right, our lives will not be right. We spend so much time “fixing” our outward circumstances but if we ask God to help us get our hearts right, the circumstances will look better, feel better or they will get better. Hear what King David said about this: ”Search me, God, and …
It’s easy to lose perspective on what matters most. We see this in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. The priest and the Temple assistant who were so focused on their OWN agenda they didn’t have time to do what was best and what was right. If we are too caught up in our OWN …
This morning, consider all that God has done for us through His son, Jesus: “The life we couldn’t live, He lived for us. The death we should have died, He died for us. The new life we need, He gives to us.”-Paul David Tripp ”God made him who had no sin to be sin for …
My toughest mound visit as a coach was Joe Blanton. It seemed that when I approached the mound, it was as if Joe was saying, “This is my mound and my baseball. You’re going to have to rip this ball out of my hand. I loved his competitiveness, but didn’t enjoy the mound visits. Overall, …
Most of the people who receive these “Mound Visits” are coaches, but my next statement applies to anyone in a leadership position: “How you lead yourself will determine how you lead your team.” We are all a work in progress. The key word in the previous sentence being “progress.” If coaches don’t grow in character, …
There is a myth in the world that says, “If I’m good, maybe when I die I’ll go to heaven.” In our strife to become good, using our own effort, we become self-righteous and judgmental. God has a plan for all who fall in to this trap…Jesus. ”God made Him who had no sin to …
In our Bible Study this morning we talked about divine appointments. If we focus on people instead of things, we will lead better and be more aware of people in our lives who are seeking. ”So he (Zacchaeus) ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way. When …
After helping conduct a two hour baseball clinic in the blistering sun in the Dominican Republic several years ago, a group of boys surrounded me. All the boys were shouting “pelota, pelota!” All except one, he was weakly asking, not for a baseball, but for aqua. He was sick, thirsty and probably dehydrated. This boy …
“But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’He said, ‘But I will be with you…’”(Exodus 3:11-12a) ”But I will be with you.” These words that God spoke to Moses should be all we need. Whatever you must go through or whatever …