Shalee Lehning-Atlanta Dream
Stand Strong in Your Faith

Key Verse: "These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." - 1 Peter 1:7

• Shalee has been asked many times about giving up.  Why would athletes want to give up in their sport?  Is this a common feeling?  Explain.

Pray

Begin by thanking God for the new day and then ask Him to help you learn from what you read. Prepare yourself by:

• Clearing your mind and being quiet before the Lord
• Asking God to settle your heart
• Maybe listening to worship music
• Asking God for a teachable heart

Read

Read the chapter below. You can either read below or read your physical Bible. Read it slowly, take it all in.

Examine

Ask yourself the following questions after reading your chapter for the day. Write your answers down in a journal or notebook you can use just for your time with God.

Risk and danger go hand-in-hand. Taking a risk usually implies a positive or negative reward depending upon the outcome. Coaches take risks all the time, although some coaches are more risky than others. Going for it on a fourth down, shooting a threepointer when down by only two and starting the freshman player instead of the senior are all risks. If the decision does not work, there are plenty of questions to answer, but if the decision does work, then you look like a genius.

Can you recall a time that you took a risk in coaching? How did it work out?

An icebreaker that gets the group to move towards various parts of the room and to find others with shared interests and preferences, based on various interesting categories.

The first part of the game is the "Sorts" game.  You will throw out two contrasting choices and the group has to move either East or West of the room (e.g. "Do you prefer Target or Walmart?").  Then you throw out two more choices and have them move South and North.  That way, they are all having to move somewhere and can't get "lost" in the crowd.  Sorts that work well include:  movie or book; salty or sweet; dress up or casual; inside or outside; be on the stage performing or in the audience watching, etc.

Key Verse: "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.  If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, 'Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.'" -  Proverbs 3:27-29

• This hiker had issues.  What were his main problems?

• He kept saying, “I’m not this, or I’m not that.”  He could have done something.  What story in the Bible does this clip remind you about?