God On the Tennis Courts
Game.
Set.
Scripture.
Tennis and the Bible make a winning team. If you love both, join me as we examine how they complement each other in daily life.
Game. Set. Scripture. Grab you racket and favorite Bible and “game on.”
God is everywhere, of course, so let’s find Him in sports like tennis. Why? Simply because it demonstrates, quite literally, that not only can He be found but what it means when we find Him. So, let’s see some examples.
Does Your Game Need To Be Brought Back From The Dead?
All things human die. All things of God live forever. Attach yourself—and your game—to God.
Are You Needed?
Where are you on the depth chart? Don’t play often. Everyone on God’s depth chart play everyday.
Who Is Equal To These Champions?
There are winners and losers in life. No one is a loser on God’s court. Play on His team.
Where Are You On Your Team’s Depth Chart?
Everyone on God’s team plays in eternity. There is no depth chart. All are equal in His kingdom.
Do You Underestimate Your Opponent?
I learned an important tennis lesson yesterday, one that equally applies to life and one that I should have learned many times before: “Don’t underestimate your opponent.” The story line is so simple. I arrived at the courts with a touch of arrogance after some very…
Do You Trust Your Partner?
You’re up at the net and a ball zings by you, headed down the middle—do you risk lunging for it or letting it pass to your partner? Or a lob begins to float over your head—do you go for it, even awkwardly, or will your partner cover it? At my level of play there’s a…
Focus On The Solution
As I watched my wife’s tennis team taking practice with the team’s coach, prior to a morning match, I noticed the disconnect between what the coach wanted the players to focus on and what they primarily focused on. And you guessed it; they focused on errors. The…
The Tennis Mountaintop
The “tennis mountaintop” is a metaphorical expression of the highest level of tennis enlightenment. What/where could this be? How is it to be attained? I don’t think it’s about the highest, ultimate success such as number of victories and worldwide ranking. I don’t…
Tennis: Macro and Micro Views
My tennis perspective tends to be day-to-day focused (a micro focus) with some mid-term planning thrown in, such as using video, better conditioning, and more coaching lessons. It’s not even close to what the pros focus on: winning majors, getting into the top 10…
Does Your Game Need To Be Resurrected?
Crash and burn. These words seem to describe my tennis journey. One day I am up. The next day down. Amazingly, I have the energy and desire to greet each new match with energy and the hope that the game that died may be resurrected with better results. There is a…