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One of my favorite times to gather with friends and family is the Super Bowl. Not so much for the game itself, but for the camaraderie. It’s amazing to watch athletes at the professional level. Their drive, their tenacity, their perseverance is truly remarkable and there is definitely a reason why they call them professionals. Statistically, Payton Manning is one of the top quarterbacks to ever play the game. However, in his career he has thrown 8,452 passes but only completed 5532 (Payton has had 219 intercepted) which is a 65.4% success rate. To look at it another way… Payton fails about 35% of the time. But no one would dare call him a failure! Why is it that in the secular realm, we tend to get down on ourselves for setbacks? If we get sacked… we have the same options as Payton. Either stay down or get up, learn from the setback and run a smarter play.

I’ve come to realize that success is rarely a single event in life or football – it is often many small events and efforts occasionally interrupted by set-backs and temporary defeats. The trophy is won, dreams are realized, goals are achieved, potential is reached, success and prosperity is obtained only by those who do not become discouraged by the necessary and inevitable failures that lie along the path of success. It is these failures, road blocks, and challenges that cause others to quit and the prosperous individual to persevere. We all should think of ourselves as “Pros”.  Sometimes we have to drop back 10, punt and play some defense until we get the ball back. We should heed to the words of Vince Lombardi; “I would say that the quality of each man’s life is the full measure of that man’s commitment of excellence and victory – whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.”
As Prosperous Christians, In the football game of life we already know how the game ends …we win! Don’t fret over a couple of fumbles.

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