Getting personal

Our staff devotion and coaches training this week focused on an intimate and personal relationship with Jesus.  As we celebrate the birth of our Savior by getting together with family and friends, don't forget to spend some "alone time" with Christ the Lord.  This should be a daily discipline, but all too often the worries and events of the day cause us to skip the one thing that will enpower and protect us.

Another suggestion to keep the holy days bright is to focus on others.  If you're a Christian, you already have everything you need.  Try giving the gift of eternal life to every one of your family and friends who has yet to receive Jesus as Lord.  They may not "accept" it, but you should at least offer, hence the word present.

Check out this testimony from the team mom reporting on the middle school boys soccer game:

Neal Sevant scored one goal for CCA against a much older Hillel team. At the end of the game one of the players from the other team wanted to pray with Coach Licata and accepted Christ!

What you may not know is that Hillel is a Hebrew school.  But, coach Licata purposed in his heart to get personal and invited all the players to pray.  Most of them did not, but for the one who did, it will be a Christmas to remember.

Are you ready to get personal?