Chapel – Attitude

Chapel – Attitude

1 – Attitude:

·      It can be our greatest asset.

·      It can be our greatest liability.

·      Your attitude will affect how you perceive your teammates, your coaches, your opponents, the officials and your team’s support staff.

2 – Luke 18:9-14 (read the text) Listen for attitudes as I read this scripture.

·      The parable is told to whom?  (The self-righteous and those who look down on others.)

·      Two men went up to pray…

o   One a Pharisee (religious big shot)

o   One a Tax Collector (most hated person in the culture)

·      How are their respective attitudes described?

o   Pharisee – proud, boastful, superior

o   Tax Collector – humble, contrite, seeking mercy

·      What were the results of their prayers?

o   Only one went home justified.

3 – Here’s the bottom line – Attitude

·      Raise yourself by putting others down – you will be humbled.  (God may bring you down and possibly others with you.)

·      Humble yourself and God will raise you up.

·      Guard your attitudes today and thus feel God’s hand of favor and elevation.