Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Fourth Quarter Victories - #8381

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Our sons used to come home from high school football practice hurting in places that they didn't even know they had places. Their coach worked his teams hard, and even in the August heat. But he built champions! He told them he was building a "fourth quarter team" - the kind of team who is still strong in the last quarter when other teams would be fading. You could hear it on the sidelines when it was clear that the fourth quarter was going to decide the game, "The fourth quarter is ours!"

I'm Ron Hutchcraft, and I can tell you that the Coach we Christians play for tries to build players who will not give out in the fourth quarter. Jesus really does it the same way every great coach does it - putting you through the heat, pushing you to lift more than you've lifted before, putting you through exercises that build endurance, because those are the kind of people who win when it really counts.

God says: "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus...Endure hardship like a good soldier of Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 2:1 , 3). Hebrews tells us to "run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus" (Hebrews 12:1-2 ). There's an important secret of playing all four quarters - keeping your eyes focused on Jesus.

Maybe you've been taking a battering on the field lately; it's been a painful, maybe even a discouraging quarter. But the game isn't over and the final score is yet to be determined. In God's words, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for...we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9 ). Download all Jesus has for you! The fourth quarter is yours!

This radio program references: 2 Timothy 2:1 ; 2 Timothy 2:3 ; Hebrews 12:1-2 ; Galatians 6:9