Hugs to Encourage And Inspire Stories, Sayings, And Scriptures to Encourage And Inspire

Chapter One The Victorious Heart If I am for you, who can be against you? In all things, youare much more than a victorious conqueror through me. Nothing canstop me from loving you - not death or life, angels ordemons, current circumstances or anything in the future. Knowthat nothing and no one in all of the entire world can separateyou from my totally awesome and indescribable love. Love always and unconditionally, Your God of Victory Romans 8:31-39 Inspirational Message With tears staining your cheeks and pride swelling your heart,you smile for the cheering thousands. The TV cameras pan theaudience until they finally focus on your proud family, who ischeering encouragement to you and telling all within earshot thatyou belong to them. Most of us will never know the exhilaration of winning a goldmedal at the Olympics. But in our imaginations, we've allproudly stood on that top platform . . .If only it could be true. Your world may be filled with challenges just as trying asthose faced by top Olympic contenders, but no roaring crowdscheer you on, and no one offers you a gold medal for your valiantefforts to win this game called life. But wait . . . if you listen closely, you might just hear thefaint sound of cheering. And as you open your heart to thepossibilities, the cheers will become louder and louder as youdiscover their source. Hebrews 12 says that we have a great cloudof witnesses surrounding us, cheering us to run with perseverancethe race marked out for us. More than spectators, these witnessesare previous competitors, and they understand the sacrificesyou're making and the pain you've endured. And if you'll pan the crowd, you'll see your Father- he's the one leading the cheer. Arms raised, indexfinger extended, he's shouting to you, "You'renumber one! You're number one!" Beside him is yourbrother Jesus. He's turning to others in the crowd,excitedly telling all that you belong to him. You are declared the winner! The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are thethings that endure. These qualities are so much more importantthan the events that occur. --Vince Lombardi The Winner I was watching some little kids play soccer. These kids wereonly five or six years old, but they were playing a real game- a serious game - two teams, complete with coaches,uniforms, and parents. I didn't know any of them, so I wasable to enjoy the game without the distraction of being anxiousabout winning or losing - I wished the parents and coaches could have donethe same. The teams were pretty evenly matched. I will just call themTeam One and Team Two. Nobody scored in the first period. Thekids were hilarious. They were clumsy and terribly inefficient.They fell over their own feet, they stumbled over the ball, theykicked at the ball and misSmith, John E. is the author of 'Hugs to Encourage And Inspire Stories, Sayings, And Scriptures to Encourage And Inspire' with ISBN 9781416533986 and ISBN 1416533982.