Life is a Team Sport

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If you have ever played a team sport you know that winning and losing is not entirely up to you.  You may play really well but lose because others did not.  Of course the opposite is also true, you many win despite the fact that you were not at your best.  You win and lose as a team. This lesson was one of the reason we encouraged our kids to be in team sports. 

Turns out Life is a Team Sport.   Nobody makes it on their own.  Someone gave you life, someone gave you life, people have taught you along the way and unless you are a total hermit and completely off the grid you depend on other people for everything from a working environment to the food on your table and the electricity in your big screen TV! 

Truth is we all have a Life Team around us.  These are the people we partner with in order to build a meaningful and fulfilling life.  Some Life Team members don't have a lot of influence on how our life will work out.  Take the folks that deliver electricity to our houses.  So long as they keep the lights on and we pay our bills that is about all we need from them.  

22 players + The 12th Man! 

However there are other folks that have a huge impact on how our life and the lives of the ones we love will turn out.  The truth is who you connect with determines what you build in life.  If you connect with the wrong folks they can stall out your life or worse they can take you down a destructive path.  This concept is so pervasive that we even have sayings about it... "He fell in with the wrong crowd" or one of my favorites, "It's hard to sore with the eagles when you are surrounded by turkeys!"

Of course the opposite is also true.  Get connected with people who encourage you to excel, coach you and have your back in times of trouble and building a great life gets a lot easier.  These are the folks that really do help you sore with Eagles.  These folks make you a better husband or wife, a better parent, employee or boss.  They help keep you focused on what really matters and how to get there.  That's the kind of team we all want to be a part of.    

Now comes the probing question... how much thought and intentional action have you given to choosing the people who are in your life?  Put more crudely... Are there folks on your "Life Team" that are taking things the wrong way?  Is there some room in your life for some folks that will make you and the people you love better?  

This Sunday we start our September Sermon Series we are calling Lego.  It's all about connecting with people and building a meaningful life.  Some folks help us build, others not so much.  Join us this Sunday as we talk about - The importance of your Life Team.  

This sermons series will be available in both audio video formats.  You can hear the audio on iTunes or the church web page.  The video will be available on the our Facebook page, our YouTube page and the church web page