HEART of a Champion - "Hope"

HOPE is the "H" in the HEART of a Champion. Hope can be defined as the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled, believing that something is good, or a reason to be positive in every situation. Many people hope for many different things. Religiously, I hope for everyday that I am doing the right things to receive salvation from Jesus Christ. Athletically, I always hope that I am doing everything in my power to be the best I can be and hope that my team wins.

Hopewell FCA - HEART of a Champion

As part of Hopewell's FCA, we have developed the 5 pieces of the Heart of a Champion. During the summer basketball camp run by FCA we preached about the Heart of a Champion to the kids. Instead, we taught the kids a different form of it that we developed which is Hope, Endurance, Actions, Respect, and Trust. Now, monthly we preach the other form of the HEART of a Champion for each FCA meeting. In the next 5days, I will be going over each piece individually that we use for our FCA meetings. Here are the 5 pieces of the Heart of a Champion that we use:

HEART OF A CHAMPION

H - Hope

E - Effort

A - Attitude

R - Responsibility

T - Teamwork

Hopewell vs. Monaca

Tonight, my basketball team played the Monaca Indians, Single A, in an exhibition game at home. Both teams knew coming into the game that we were a much better team. Monaca more or less scheduled us just to play a tough Triple A team for experience. In the first quarter, we were up 23 to 2. Then, going to halftime we increased are lead even more. In the second half, the starters only played for the first 4 minutes, and we sat on the bench the rest of the game. Juior forward, Christian Farris, had a big game with 20 points, a career high. The final score of the game was 58-36.

Biblical Principles for Godly Verbal Communication

LISTEN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Listen Before You Respond:

He who answers before listening--that is his folly and his shame (Proverbs 18:13).

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him (Proverbs 29:20).

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry (James 1:19).

Biblical Principles for Godly Verbal Communication

LISTEN BEFORE YOU SPEAK

Listen to the counsel of others:

He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise (Proverbs 15:31).

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding (Proverbs 15:32).

Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise (Proverbs 19:20).

Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge (Proverbs 19:27).

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips (Proverbs 22:17,18).

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear (Proverbs 25:12).

For waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers (Proverbs 24:6).

A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke (Proverbs 13:1).

Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin (Proverbs 10:14).

Hopewell vs. Peters Township

Tonight, my basketball team played Peters Township, a Quad A school, at Ambridge Area High School. Having already faced a Quad A school, Shaler, we knew this would be another tough game. Also, without Dayne playing again we knew it would be even tougher. Once again we struggled to score tonight. Defensively we couldn't stop them. They hit almost every three they took. In the first half, 30 out of their 33 points came from three pointers. We had no answer to their very good shooting offense. But, once again, it was an exhibition game, and has no affect on our section record. Our next game is another non-section game against Monaca.

Happy New Year