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Baseball Team Devotions‐ Baseball Characters Baseball Team Devotions‐ Baseball Characters Scripture Lesson: Luke 17: 11‐19 In baseball history there have been a lot of characters, guys who were quirky in their behavior. One of the most beloved characters in baseball history was Mark Fidrych, know as the Bird because he looked like Sesame Streets Big Bird. Fidrych pitched for the Detroit Tigers and in his brief career made an impact on the city of Detroit and upon Major League Baseball. Fidrych would stoop down on the mound and smooth out cleat marks with his hands. He would talk to the baseball telling it where to go on each pitch. He walked around the mound after every out and would throw out a baseball that was hit for a base hit, he didn’t like those at all. One of the things that set the Bird apart was how he thanked his teammates. If they made a good play behind him, he would run toward them clapping and thanking them. After the games he pitched he would shake his teammates’ hands thanking them for all they did for him. Injury cut short his career but anyone who saw him pitch will never forget Mark “The Bird” Fidrych. In today’s Scripture lesson Jesus has just healed 10 lepers. Leprosy was the worst disease of all in the ancient world. Lepers could not live with other people, they were set out from society in general. Lepers had no quality of life and were in constant pain. When Jesus had mercy on the 10 lepers and healed them, they had to go themselves to the local priest to get show they were diseased no more. This would enable them to return to a normal life. Only 1 out of 10 came back to thank Jesus for what He had done in healing him. How many times has Jesus done something for us and we didn’t thank Him? When is the last time a teammate did something great in the game, did we thank him? Too many times we go through life without being grateful for our blessings? When is the last time you thanked your coach for all the time he puts into your team? We should all learn a lesson from Mark “The Bird “Fidrych and be grateful for all our blessings! The challenge today is to live with an attitude of gratitude. Why not thank God for His blessings, your parents for all they have done for you, and your teammates forall they have done for your team. “The Bird “was grateful. How about you? Visual aid: you tube video is great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMSDo3BX5Ds Baseball Team Devotion‐ Batting Practice Scripture Lesson: Luke 8:19‐21 One of the neatest things about going to a Major League game is getting there early enough to watch batting practice or BP. It is poetry in motion. There are infielders taking ground balls, outfielders catching flies, hitters taking their turn in the batting cage by groups. It is constant motion, all at the same time. BP is just that, it is practice. You see the players working on every aspect of the game, fielding, throwing, running, and hitting. This pregame practice helps prepare them each day for the game that is to be played. It is not enough to know how to hit. One has to practice how to hit to become better. The best Major League players are the ones who work the hardest at BP, for they are prepared to play the game by all their hard work during the practice time called BP. In our Scripture lesson today, Jesus is once again teaching. By this time in His ministry, Jesus has started drawing very large crowds. Not only is His teaching wonderful, but people have seen and heard about His healing ministry as well. Jesus is told that His mother and brothers are outside and they want to see Him. Jesus says something then that seems a little strange to us. He says,” My mother and my brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice. What He is saying to us is His family is the family of God, fellow believers. But He gives a definition for what it means to be a part of God’s family, to put into practice God’s word. Jesus is telling us to not just read and know what the Bible says, we are to practice it. What would happen if a major League player never practiced hitting? He might know everything there is to know about hitting, but that is not enough is it? Without practice in baseball, players cannot master the skills to become a great player. Without living what the Bible teaches us we cannot become a great Christian. I bet you can tell me when your last baseball practice occurred. Can you tell me when your last Bible practice occurred? It’s time to hit the Christian practice field and take a little BP, Bible Practice. Visual aid: Borrow a Coach’s practice plan and bring a Bible. Baseball Team Devotion‐ Catcher’s Interference Scripture Lesson: Hebrews 12:1‐2 Can you name the six ways a runner can reach base safely? There is by a base hit, a walk, an error, dropped third strike, hit by a pitch and the last and probably the one we see the least, catcher’s interference. Catcher’s interference occurs when the catcher hinders the batter as he is trying to hit the ball. This usually occurs when the catcher reaches out to catch the pitch and as the batter swings, he strikes the catchers mitt. This is an automatic awarding of first base and it counts as an error on the catcher. Can you imagine how hard it would be to hit a pitch after even barely hitting the catcher’s mitt? Have you ever had that happen to you? How about it catchers, ever been called for that in a game? Have you ever hindered the batter? In today’s Scripture lesson the writer of Hebrews talks to us about getting rid of what hinders us in running the race called life. In ancient times runners would often run without clothes which might entangle them as they ran. Remember they wore long flowing robes and outer garments, much like what is worn in the Middle East today. There were no Nikes and running clothes. The race is the life we are to live. The Christian life is not a sprint, it is a life‐long marathon that ends when we get to heaven. We are to get rid of sin or anything else that keeps us from running the race called life for God. The writer gives us the key for running the right and only way. We are to keep our eyes on Christ the author and perfecter of our lives. In other words, if we focus on Jesus and living for Him, we will run the race of life as a winner. I don’t know about you, but I want to be a winner in the Christian life. The only way to do that is to get rid of the Devil’s interference (sin) and keep my eyes on Christ and living for Him. Visual aid: Ask the catcher and a hitter to demonstrate catcher’s interference. This is NOT to be done at full speed. Baseball Team Devotion‐Errors Scripture Lesson: Psalm 103:11‐12, 1John 1:9 Have you ever made an error? If you play this great game of baseball long enough you will have made numerous errors: missing a ground ball, overthrowing a base, dropping a fly ball, missing a pitch, not backing up a play, missing your spot and leaving a pitch right over the heart of the plate. There are many errors in baseball. An error is a mistake, a play that should have been made. The error that stands out perhaps more than any in World Series history occurred in the 1986 World Series between the Boston Red sox and the New York Mets. Let me set the stage. It is game six the Red Sox hold a 3‐2 lead in games and in the top of the tenth they score 2 runs to take a 5‐3 lead going into the bottom of the tenth. With 2 outs, the Mets rally with 3 straight singles, plating a run to make the score 5‐4. With runners on first and third with still 2 outs, Red Sox pitcher Bob Stanley uncorks a wild pitch. Kevin Mitchell scores the tying run and Ray Knight moves to 2nd base. Mookie Wilson works the count to 3‐2 and then hits a routine groundball to first baseman Bill Buckner. The ball goes right through Buckner’s legs and Knight scores the winning run. The Mets go on to win game 7, 8‐5 to capture the World Series. Buckner was called a goat and left Boston in disgrace. Our Scripture lesson teaches us that we all make mistakes, the Bible calls that sin. But if we confess our mistakes/sins God is faithful, because of his immeasurable love for us, to forgive us. He removes the sin as far as the east is from the west. Made any errors in the game of life? Is there some confessing we need to do to God? Oh by the way there is more to the Bill Buckner story. On Opening Day 2008, Buckner threw out the opening pitch for the Red Sox and received a long loud standing ovation.
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