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  • The Starting Line - Your New Life In Christ

    August 03, 2010

    The Starting Line - Your New Life In Christ

    Take The Challenge To Start Fast And Finish Strong!

    The Starting Line may be the most life-changing study you’ll ever complete. It will set the foundation for your relationship with Jesus. Whether you’re a new Christian or in need of a spiritual “jump start,” The Starting Line will bring focus and direction as you come out of the blocks in your “run” with Christ—both on and off the field of competition. Going through this study is just the starting point of a lifelong race of adventure, sacrifice, and commitment in your life with Jesus.

  • Session 1: The Big Win

    August 03, 2010

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    What Is Salvation All About?

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    Athletes have a strong desire to compete—whether we’re trying to make the team, set a personal best, win a championship, or simply outplay our buddies in a friendly game.

    1. What are some things that motivate you to compete? What does it mean to you when you’re successful in winning a competition?

    2.  How do you feel when you lose or fail to reach your competitive goals?

  • Session 2: The Final Buzzer

    August 03, 2010

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    How Can I Experience Eternal Life?

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    Time is always a major factor. We live in a world of 60-minute games, 30-second time-outs, 3-second lane violations, 2-minute warnings, and other time crunchers like having 2 outs and 2 strikes in the bottom of the 9th inning.

    1. Describe a situation when time played a role in the outcome of a competition. What adjustments were you or your team forced to make as the clock ran down?

    2. List three emotions that you’ve felt when under pressure. What impact did those emotions have on your ability to perform?

  • Session 3: Missing the Mark

    August 03, 2010

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     How Does God Forgive Me? How Can I Forgive?

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    Imagine that the game or match is on the line and your number is called. You make the free throw or you don’t. You make the penalty kick or you don’t. You make the hole big enough so the four yards can be gained or you don’t. You make a birdie or you don’t. If you succeed, you win; if you miss, you lose. You either become the hero or the “goat.“

    1. Describe a time when you dropped the ball, fell short, or really messed up when everybody was counting on you. What did it feel like to be the “goat”? What broke down?

    2. Why do you think we feel so bad when we fail or miss the mark?

  • Session 4: Mastering the Basics

    August 03, 2010

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    What Are The Basic Skills For Growth?

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    Every sport requires players to learn fundamental skills that lay the foundation for excellence. At times, the basics can be unexciting and unglamorous. They can even be difficult to learn. But in any sport, mastering these basics is always the key to success.

    1. What three basics have you mastered in your sport or your position?

    2. What has motivated you to work on the basics? How has this helped your performance?

  • Session 5: Power Up

    August 03, 2010

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    How Do I Walk In The Power Of The Spirit?

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    As athletes, many factors play into our success on the court or field of competition. Fitness, nutrition, rest, proper attitude, and mental focus are just some of the less visible factors that determine how we’ll perform. Even though these things are not as visible as skills training or weight training, they play a vital role in being game ready.

  • Session 6: Heart of a Winner

    August 03, 2010

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    What's The Secret To A Life Of Victory?

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    It seems most of us are born competitors, with the quest for challenge, adventure, and victory arising from deep inside us. As athletes, we’re willing to give our blood, sweat, and tears to defeat an opponent.

  • Session 7: Rise Into Glory

    August 03, 2010

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    How Can I Discover The Deeper Things of God?

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    What is it that allows some athletes to soar to the top of their sport? Many athletes have strong skills, are disciplined, and strive with determination, but a few rise above the crowds into glory and greatness.

    1. Describe a time when you found your authentic swing, when you were “in the zone,” or when you rose into a level of play beyond your normal experience. During that time, what was the focus of your heart, soul, mind, and strength?

    2. Which outside factors or internal beliefs tend to distract you from playing “in the zone” or playing out of your own glory?

  • Session 8: Take the Challenge

    August 03, 2010

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    What's My Role In The Great Commission?

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    With pride, we look back on past accomplishments. It will be even more fulfilling to look back at the end of the journey and know for sure that our lives counted for something big.

    1. How do you think it would feel to be accepted into the Hall of Fame for your sport?

    Read Hebrews 11:30-39 for God’s Faith Hall of Fame.

    If we allow fear—fear of change, the unknown, failure, ridicule, not following the crowd, our own inadequacies, or dozens of other things—to set the course for our lives, we’ll miss many rich, fulfilling opportunities. God has a spot in His Faith Hall of Fame waiting for you.

     

  • The Starting Line - Your New Identity In Christ

    August 03, 2010

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    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. –2 Corinthians 5:17

    What good news! If you’re a believer in Christ, you’ve become “new,” and the following is already true of you:

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