Chapel - Complete Basketball Player

Chapel talk - Complete Basketball Player.

Prayer.

Introduction: What makes for a complete basketball player? Here's a list of qualities:

• Good footwork
• Can handle the ball
• Can shoot, pass, and rebound.
• Defends and can read defenses.
• Sets screens.
• Knows the game plan.
• Communicates.
• Plays with poise.
• Takes a charge.
• Can finish at the rim.
• Encourages, challenges, and leads his teammates.
• Continually develops:
• Physically
• Intellectually
• Socially
• Spiritually

This same sort of completeness and full development can be seen in Jesus' life at Luke 2:52. (Luke 2:52 aloud.) 

• Eighteen years of Jesus' life are wrapped up in this one verse.
• He grew in wisdom, that is intellectual development.
• He grew in stature, that is physical development.
• He grew in favor with God - that is spiritual development.
• He grew in favor with men - that is social development.

In the same way as Jesus continually developed to be a complete man, I would challenge each of you to commit to the same process. To be the person you were created to be, you must continue to develop throughout your lifetime.

Today, compete in a way that demonstrates your commitment to developing in wisdom, in stature, in favor with God, and in favor with man. 

Prayer.