Newsletter Article Jan 26th
When I was in high school, my football coach used to talk about focused intensity. He used to say, “It doesn’t matter how hard you work or how fired up you get, if you can’t focus your energy we might as well go to the ballet on Friday night.” Now we would laugh at the image of this huge ex-marine talking about going to ballet, but as I think back on it he was right.
Our greatest effectiveness as a team was during times when we focused our intensity together. When all five linemen worked together to protect our quarterback, when our wide receivers ran the correct routes, and when our quarterback dropped back and made a good pass to the open receiver. But what happened when we lost focus? A linemen would miss a block and the quarterback would get sacked. Or perhaps the quarterback would lose focus and throw the ball into double coverage and be intercepted.
Now, what about our church? If the choir isn’t focus during the anthem, would they sound very good? What if the pastor wasn’t focused during the sermon? What happens when a group from church loses focus and doesn’t do their job? The church would not accomplish its mission very well. The last two weeks, we collected money for Haiti Relief. The total amount collected was $670. Thank you. Our church showed some great intensity, now let’s make sure that we keep it focused over the coming months!
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