A Spiritual Leader is a good steward of his time.

• “We have each been entrusted with sufficient time to do the whole will of God and to fill out His perfect plan for our lives.” (136) “The problem is not that of needing more time, but of making better use of the time we have.”(137) “We cannot be held responsible for our capacity, [but] we are responsible for the strategic deployment of our time.” (137)

One year, Johnny’s family was having the “extended family” 4th of July cookout at their home. One of the special treats that year was the lighting of the fireworks (Roman candles, bottle rockets, missile batteries, etc.) they had bought out of state (they’re illegal in their state, of course!)

Someone once described a football game as twenty-two men on the field badly in need of rest being watched by seventy-two thousand people in the stands badly in need of exercise.

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere.

There are 32 professional football teams. Identify the 31 listed below and then name the 32nd.

American Football is a national past-time and it doesn’t get any better than the Superbowl. When the Superbowl comes around, why not take the opportunity to tackle a few games with your youth while you score a few goals for the kingdom of God. This is the first, of several ideas to take advantage of all the Superbowl hype to reach out the youth!

“I don’t understand the reasons for suffering and persecution. I don’t know why the churches in one part of the world bear terrible pain and deprivation while other churches are fat and rich and almost pain free. I don’t know why some of the young evangelists who gathered in Amsterdam in 1983 carry scars from where they have been beaten and burned for Christ’s sake while my life has been free from physical persecution. I don’t know why Corrie ten Boom watched her sister die in prison or Joni Eareckson Tada is paralyzed from the neck down–while I have never known a night in jail and I can run the beaches or walk the mountain trails freely.

They are not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture.

The attached picture has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress level at a local university.

Ever had done of those days when it seemed you couldn’t win no matter what you tried?

Characters

• a mechanical quick-draw cowboy dressed in full cowboy attire
• Three employees

Props
Two gun holsters and six-shooter play guns with blanks.

An ant was seen carrying a piece of straw much larger than he was. Upon seeing this, the man thought, “How interesting that the little ant can carry something so much larger than himself.” So he watched the ant in fascination.