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1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 [+/-]1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 [9]For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. [10]You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. [11]For you know how, like a father with his children, [12]we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. (ESV)

I love coaches.  We probably have as many coaches in this congregation per capita as any place I have ever served.  We have Fales and Fulcher and Wheeler.  We have Flowers and Dye.  We have Wiggins who left the sideline for the big time in broadcasting.  We have Adkins who went soft and entered into administration.  We have Scott who has invested so much in the lives of so many.  And I understand that Coach Sorrow has been among our guests in worship.  What bothers me even now is that I have left somebody out not to mention all of us who want to be and really think we are coaches.  So many of these men that I have named are not seen a lot during the Fall.  Most of them gather on Sundays right after lunch to review the film of the previous week, to watch the film of the upcoming opponent and to put together before practice begins on Monday a game plan.  Now it would seem to me though I have never been privy to any of these meetings that there are at least three components in every game plan.  First, and most importantly is the goal of the game plan which, of course, overall is to win the game.  But in that context there must be something that the coaches are after in this particular game with this particular game plan.  Second, I think that a game plan would include the strategies for accomplishing that goal and third some tools of assessing whether or not the goal was accomplished.

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Tags: Evangelism, witnessing, worship

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