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Thanks for providing this stage and the opportunity to lead you this morning and for all those that came out to support me and each other here today and everyday.

Having a rough week at work, I happened to start reading a book while on the train on Monday called, “Think Like A Warrior”  After reading through the first few chapters, there were messages and themes that came out of those chapters that seemed to be directed at me for that specific moment in time.  I hared a brief  message from the first few chapters.

Man was offensive coordinator with a new spread offense in the NFL got hired on as the youngest head coach in the NFL, where everything was going great, but he did not live up to expectations winning only a handful of games in his first few seasons before being fired.  Ultimately he took a head coach job at Wisconsin State, where his motto was Winning is Everything.  The team did not perform and he punished them for not winning through horrible workouts, but it did not change behaviors or his results.

He then has this dream where he meets John Wooden – winning head coach in NCAA history, winning 10 titles and having multiple undefeated seasons, and the longest winning streak.  John Wooden talks about his failures and it took him over 20 years in the high school and college level before he started to see success.  And through the conversation, the main point he stated was that the coach was focused on the wrong thing – winning is not everything.  You should only  focus on the things you have control over, your effort and your  attitude.  There are some things that are just out of your control that you should not focus on nor stress over.  You should focus only on ensuring you are giving your best effort and maintaining a positive attitude to all that you do and if you can say that you have done that you should feel a sense of success and accomplishment.  The coach instituted this philosophy with his team and they won a game before facing a #4 ranked Michigan State team.  The team on paper was clearly overmatched, outmanned and were 28 point underdogs.  However the team fought and played their best game of the year while falling just short of delivering a great upset.  Although they did not win the game, the team gave their best effort and fought until the very end, and for that the coach was happy and praised his team for their efforts – whereas prior he would have focused on any negative part of the game and the fact that they lost.

So the point is some things are out of your control.  You cannot control everything.  Don’t waste a single minute on worrying about them.  Only focus on the things you can control, your effort and your attitude.

Let us pray

Lord thank you for bringing these men together this fine morning to better themselves. Every day brings with it new challenges and opportunities. Give us the strength to overcome, learn and grow.  Help us all cast a shadow of influence on those we touch. We give prayers to those that are suffering, lost and searching for their way in life. Look over those that are traveling this weekend.  Special prayers to Bump’s family, Noonan’s family, those PAX in the middle of job search/change, and our own personal unspoken needs. These words we pray.