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MEMORY VERSE: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:9

1st – Warm-Up 2nd – Play Ball! DID YOU KNOW? Have you ever struck out playing baseball? It Hank Aaron of the doesn’t maer how great of a baseball player you are, you Atlanta Braves hit 755 will strike out……… a bunch of mes! home runs in his career. Did you know that the career record for strikeouts is He struck out 1,383 held by Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson with 2,597! Jim Thome mes. For each home is second with 2,548. Sammy Sosa is third with 2,306. On run he hit, he struck out average, a MLB player gets about 600 at bats per year. Do close to two mes. You are going to strike you realize that Reggie Jackson would have gone over 4 years out. What is important is how you respond of his career without hing the ball? The all me season in your next at bat! leader in strikeouts is Mark Reynolds. He struck out 223 mes in 2009. That is once every three at bats. Strikeouts are no fun for the baer—even though the pitcher loves 3rd – The 7th Inning Stretch them! Today’s verse reminds us that we all strike out every‐ Ask your parents to help. Go online and day in our daily lives. We all sin. We have all sinned today! Google “All‐Time MLB Strikeout Leaders.” We do the wrong thing or make poor decisions. The good Look at the top 10 players on that list. Now news is that God is faithful to forgive us. If we trust in the go and Google “MLB Hall of Fame List.” How Lord through a relaonship with Jesus Christ, He is faithful to many of the top ten strikeout leaders are in forgive us when we sin or strike out! 1 John 1:9 says that if the Hall of Fame? ______we confess our sins, He (Jesus/God) is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and then he will purify us from all un‐ righteousness. Read Mahew 19:16‐22. In this scripture, we hear about a young man who struck out with Jesus. It tells us about a man who loved his wealth more than he loved Jesus. He was not willing to give up his earthly possessions to have eternal wealth. Is there something in your life that you value more than a relaonship with Christ? Confess it today….be purified in Christ. SOURCE: hp://www.fcabaseball.org/team‐devoonals

HOME – Crossing the Plate! The Bible says we have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. It also says that while we were sll sinners, Christ died for us. If you have struck out (made mistakes or sinned), today you can erase those sins by simply praying to receive Christ. If you need to, go and talk to a parent or coach or someone at your church about this decision. If you are a Chrisan, GREAT! Now go and share the Gospel of Christ with someone who is not! Tell them about striking out. HOMEWORK – Work on memorizing 1 John1:9 ( printed at top of page ).