Chapel - (Insert team name) are Resilient

Chapel - (Insert team name) are Resilient.

Prayer.

Introduction: today's game, like every game, will test our resilience. Will we have what it takes to bounce back after a momentary set back? Can we respond well to a momentum shift?

The attitude demonstrated in James chapter 1, verses 2-4 is a key part of resilience. (Read James 1:2-4 aloud.) James wrote to his teammates as they faced life and death struggles. He shared three big ideas:

1. Consider it joy when adversity comes.
2. Strongly dealing with adversity produces endurance.
3. Endurance results in completion, fully developing our character.

For (insert team name and sport) today:

1. Greet the arrival of adversity as an ally. Don't fear it; embrace it.
2. Strongly deal with the adversity and watch your team develop endurance.
3. Help your team's character development by enduring adversity resiliently.

Prayer.