Chapel – Finish Well

Chapel – Finish Well

1 – What does it take to finish well?

·      To finish well in today’s game…

·      To complete this season as champions?

·      To finish strongly so as to gain a favorable situation in the playoffs?

·      To finish well will require a particular attitude.

2 - This attitude is seen in the words of the Apostle Paul in Acts 20:24.

          (Read the text aloud emphasizing the first half.)

·      Background – Paul is leaving Ephesus (Turkey) and boarding a boat for Jerusalem. 

·      He knows trouble and pain await him.

·      He goes anyway.

3 – Attitude number 1 is selflessness.

·      My life is of no account.

·      My life is not dear to me.

·      My life is focused on one purpose.

4 – Attitude number 2 is absolute resolve.

·      To finish my course.

·      To fulfill my destiny.

5 – Our team can finish well if we will maintain and even grow stronger in these two attitudes.

·      Play selflessly today.  Think more of your team and your teammates than yourself.

·      Strengthen your resolve today.  Accept nothing less than the goals we agreed up on in pre-season.

6 – We have a job to finish.  Let’s finish it with selflessness and absolute resolve.