FCA Impact Play: A Winning Recipe
READY: “If you do these things you will never stumble” –2
Peter 1:10
SET: I like to cook and I like simple recipes – for example:
Open Can; Pour contents into pan; heat until hot; serve in bowl
– now that’s my kind of recipe. Coach Lou Holtz gave a recipe of
a winner, he said, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well
you do it.” Ability, motivation and attitude are the ingredients
of a winner that cannot be omitted or substituted.
Peter gave us the recipe for effective Christian living. The
two main ingredients the Lord provides are His power (2 Peter
1:3) and His precious promises (vs.4). As we mix His power and
promises into our believing and living, He’ll strengthen our
ability, inspire our motivation, and empower our attitude.
Then Peter listed the ingredients we must add to our faith:
virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness,
brotherly kindness, and love (vs.5-7). Adding these in our mix
will make us fruitful and we’ll not stumble in our walk with
God. Omitting any of these vital ingredients will have a
profound effect in us.
Don’t change the Lord’s ingredients and then blame His recipe
when things don’t go your way. Instead, follow His instructions
diligently and you’ll find that His recipe will bring spiritual
growth and success in your life. Remember, “If you do these
things you will never stumble” (2 Peter 1:10).
GO: 1. Ability – Motivation – Attitude – which of these do
you struggle the most with? 2. How about virtue, knowledge,
self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and
love – is there one or two of these that you need God’s help in?
WORKOUT: Psalm 25:12 Psalm 32:8 Proverbs 3:6
OVERTIME: “Lord, mix into my believing and living all the
ingredients that will make my life pleasing to You. Amen.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Coach Pat Street is the Huddle Coach at
River Valley High School in Marion, Ohio. He writes a weekly
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