As spouses, we need prayer. As parents, we need prayer. As a coach, we need prayer. We need the Spirit of wisdom to know what to say, when to say, what to do and when to do it. Author BJ Thompson said it this way, “I would argue the greatest sign of pride is not the presence of boasting but the absence of prayer.” How prideful are we to think we can have a godly marriage, raise godly children and get through this coaching profession without seeking God in prayer to help us love and forgive our family in our home or our team.
WARM-UP
On a scale from 1-10 rate your individual prayer life.
How can praying together as a family reset your faith?
WORKOUT Prayer humbles us before God. Prayer teaches us the wisdom from God. Prayer connects us to the power of God.
As a coaching couple we should have a desire to have influence: influence in our home, on our team and in our communities. But it takes a prayer life in private to have Christlike influence in public. Praying for one another and praying with one another. Jesus set the example for this as the “pioneer and perfecter of our faith.” In Matthew 14, Jesus had sent His disciples in a boat ahead of Him, and when He decides to join them, He walks on water to get to them. JESUS WALKS ON WATER. Not only that, but Peter walks on water too. Something nobody has done before or since. In verse 32, Jesus and Peter got back into the boat the storm stopped, “Then those in the boat worshiped him and said, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.’” Jesus’s moment of influence didn’t start when He walked on water in front of the disciples; it started in verse 23 when He was by Himself: “After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountainside by himself to pray” (Matthew 14:23).
He teaches us that what we do when nobody is watching (prayer by ourselves—integrity) prepares us for when everyone is (influence). Jesus not only shows us we need to pray but tells how to pray in the Lord’s Prayer
What God wants to do through us as a coaching family must first be shown to us through prayer.
WRAP-UP
Go through the Lord’s prayer together as a couple or family line by line talking about the prayer Jesus taught us to pray.
How can you plan to pray as a way to refuel your marriage/family?
Pray together.