Values

"A boy does not just become a man, he is taught how to be one, and the tests that follow the teaching are not written."

To instill Christian values in our young men and equip them with tools to use on and off the field, we will use a set of 12 Christian values and morals for weekly discussion.

These Christian moral messages will be interjected at the beginning of and throughout practices/games. We will use moments when the players are putting equipment on, during drills, before competition etc. Christian moral message repetition is important. Examples from football, school, family and friends will be emphasized.

We will discuss a different topic each week for 12 weeks. Below are the Christian morals, mated with bible versus and quotes from famous people, to help us push the importance of being a good man who is part of something bigger than himself for the Glory of God.

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Week 1: Learning - "I will determine to have a teachable spirit."

Proverbs 8:10  -- Take my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than choicest gold.

“I find four great classes of students: The dumb who stay dumb. The dumb who become wise. The wise who go dumb. The wise who remain wise." Dr. Martin H. Fischer.

“If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust. But, if we work upon men’s immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just awe of God, with the love of their fellowmen, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface and which will brighten and brighten to eternity.” Daniel Webster.

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Week 2: Courage - "I will do what is needed in spite of my fear."

Deut. 31:6: -- Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.

"Without courage, all other virtues lose their meanings." Winston Churchill.

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." C.S. Lewis.

"One man with courage makes a majority." President Andrew Jackson. 

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Week 3: Responsibility - "Amid the adversity, I will show up, mount-up, train hard, and never quit."

I Cor. 7:24  -- Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God has called  him to.

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” Winston Churchill.

“Prayer itself is a reaffirmation of both freedom and responsibility.” Secretary of State James A. Baker, III.

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Week 4: Goal Setting - "I will set my vision on higher things and strive after them."

Phil. 3:14  -- I Press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.” Albert Einstein.

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Week 5: Sportsmanship - "I will be gracious in victory and hold my head high in defeat."

Gal. 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.” General Douglas Mac Arthur.

“We confide in our strength without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.” President Thomas Jefferson.

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Week 6: Self Control - "I will be the master of my own actions."

Titus 2:12 -- ...say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and live a life self controlled.

“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” President Abraham Lincoln.

“If passion drives you, let reason hold its reins.” Benjamin Franklin.

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Week 7: Reverence - "I will hold God in highest esteem."

Eccl. 12:13 -- ...fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” General Douglas Mac Arthur.

" Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly." President Thomas Jefferson.

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Week 8: Teamwork - "I will put the team's best interest ahead of my personal desires."

Col. 2:2 -- My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love so that they may have the full riches and complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.

“Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence upon one another and of strength to be derived by unity.” Vince Lombardi.

“In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first—ahead of personal glory.” Paul Bear Bryant.

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Week 9: Leadership - "I will set the example and lead where I am able, with a servants heart."

I Peter 5:2 -- Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve.

“Leadership is confidence . . . but, far more important, leadership is character.” General Norman Schwarzkopf.

“Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Week 10: Perseverance - "I will not quit on God, my family, my team, or myself"

Gal. 6:9 -- Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap a harvest if we do not lose heart.

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi.

“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do.” General George S. Patton, Jr.

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Week 11: Integrity - "I will do the right thing even when no one is looking."

Prov. 10:9 -- A man of integrity walks without fear, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity." General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

"The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart." Unknown.

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Week 12: A more excellent way - "I am a champion of faith, hope & love."

1 Cor. 12: 29b -- And yet I will show you a more excellent way.

1 Cor. 13 -- ...And now these three remain: faith, hope & love. But the greatest of these is love.

Faith is the entire person in the right relationship with God through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ." Oswald Chambers.

"When you say a situation or person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God." Charles L. Allen.

"A friend is a brother your heart chooses." Author Unknown.

Adapted from: CFPO-PAL Youth Sports