GO SPORT
The impact of Jesus Christ on a sportsperson
Study 6
Ready
What motivates you to train, compete or coach in your sport?
As sportspeople it is easy to be motivated by the result, our performance, how our coach or team see us or our status within our sport or club. In Romans Chapters 1-11, the author, Paul, has explained to the Roman Church that ‘there is no-one righteous not even one.’
Just like we read in our previous study. He then shows that Christians are people from all walks of life who know that they have turned away from God and turn to his Son, Jesus Christ, to save them.
Our understanding of who God is and what He has done for us, shapes our motivation, behavior and attitude in all areas of life, including our sport.
Set
Read: Romans 12:1-2
1. What does verse 1 say true worship is? What does this look like in sport?
2. How does verse 2 encourage us to live? What does this look like in sport?
3. Think back to Genesis 1-3. Is what is described in Romans 12 more like Genesis 1-2 or Genesis 3?
How, according to Romans 12:1, has this been achieved? God’s mercy to us through Jesus Christ pays for our sin and enables us to live a new life. A life where we don’t use our talents and relationships to glorify ourselves, but we offer them as worship to God…this includes sport.
Go
Because of what Jesus Christ has done, we can understand our sport differently.
Now we can offer our sporting talents as worship to God when we compete. Now we look to honor him in the way we conduct our relationships in sport. We understand sport as worship!
Think through how you are going to approach your sport differently this week because of this.