WARM-UP
Ever heard the saying, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes”? Wouldn’t we love it if all the parents of our players or fans in the stands would take that to heart? We serve a God who did just that. He surrendered the peace and perfection of His Father’s presence to come to this world and experience criticism and accusations from others. He understood the crowd pressing in on Him, all wanting something from him. As a coaching family, we can trust Jesus because He can relate to us; after all He is the “pioneer and perfecter of our faith”
What was one thing from the Warm-Up that stood out to each one of you?
As a coaching couple, how do you need to take a reset in your faith?
WORKOUT
As a coach telling your players to dig deeper or teaching your own kids how to swim in the deep end is uncomfortable and sometimes even scary. Jesus is telling Simon Peter, if you want to catch fish, you have to go deeper. When it comes to our faith, God wants us to go deeper in our relationship with Him. He wants our trust in Him to be deeper, our relationship with Him to be stronger. Often this can feel overwhelming because we want to grow deeper, but we don’t know how. The key to growing deeper in our faith and, in turn, going from overwhelmed to overflowing is: Do more of what matters most.
Be Still: Stop talking. Be in God’s Word daily.
And Know: Stop doubting. Seek God in prayer continuously.
I am God: God is all-knowing. God is all-powerful. God is my rock, hope and fortress. Connect to the body of Christ intentionally.
What Jesus is trying to teach Peter is the same thing He tells us:
Like the fisherman Peter, when it comes to our profession or our role in our home, we need to seek Jesus first, listen to Jesus first, do what Jesus says first. God can do more with our greatest surrender than we can do with our best effort. Is it hard? Yes. Can it be scary? Probably. You are in good company; Jesus tells the fisherman,
We are not just a coaching family seeking wins but a Christian family seeking hearts for Christ, and this takes faith willing to go deeper.
WRAP-UP
To grow in your faith, what area do you need to go deeper (reading God’s Word more consistently, praying intentionally, or attending church faithfully?)
Write down steps to hold yourself accountable.
Pray with your spouse.