Video of the Day: Scene from the 2011 film “Undefeated”
Bible Verse of the Day:
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock,” Matthew 7:24-25.
Biblical Connection:
Some high school athletic programs are a lost cause. This was the condition that Coach Bill Courtney found the Manassas football team in when he began volunteering. Due to severe underfunding, Undefeated is a documentary that follows the journey of underprivileged students that comprised the student body of Manassas High School located in Memphis. Once considered the worst football program in the state of Tennessee, Coach Courtney’s leadership began to give locals hope. When a new core group of 8th graders show up in the weight room, these upcoming players provide the building blocks Coach Courtney uses to transform Manassas into winners.
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, detailed in Matthew 5-7, Jesus concludes this moving message with a call to action. While speaking on a mountainside overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Jesus uses an analogy, likely pointing to rock on this mountain and toward the sand on the shoreline. Using common sense, Jesus doesn’t want those in attendance to leave this place and forget everything that He taught. Rather, Jesus urges this crowd to put into practice the words spoken. Jesus highlights teaching in the Old Testament and demonstrates how these commands can be lived out in the first century. This is how modern-day Christians can develop a spiritual foundation of faith built upon the words of the Bible.
Closing Song:
May today’s song inspire you to develop a faith built upon the Word of God, the Bible.
by Jay Mankus
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