And A Prayer Meeting Broke Out

Another CHCS Hoops season is complete.  The Red guys and the Purple girls got the last "W" of the season - that means they won.

There was a lot of good playing by Teal and Purple in the first game.  I'm really glad Leah has not challenged me to a game of one-on-one; I'm not real sure how that game would come out.

The Red against Tan game was a "nail-biter!"  That means it was close.  Red came out on top by one point, and they had to come from just a little behind to win in the fourth period.  CJ was the man!  What a great game he played, and he kept his cool under pressure.  The neat thing was that CJ, Caleb and Andrew have been talkin' about winning a boys CHCS championship for three years, and they did it!  Good job Red guys!

Red against Tan, like I said was very close.  When a game is that close, it can also get very tense for the players, coaches and even us spectators, you know, us watching the game.  When the final buzzer sounded, our ref, Mr. Calhoun breathed a sigh of relief, a few of us wept, some of us laughed for joy, some hugged and some did all of the above and couldn't decide which one to stay with.

One guy had a job to do.  John P.  Yep, that's what his teammates called him this year.  He had decided on his own that a prayer after the game would be a good way to end the season.  He had Coach Sumner call all the boys together with the coaches, and he prayed a prayer of thanksgiving and blessing for both teams.  There were a lot of great feats performed in the gym that night, but that was the greatest and the hardest.  It made me very proud, in a godly way, to be related to Chapel Hill Christian School!

And of course it got me to thinkin' about how I am supposed to live my life.  One author has said, "With God, prayer is not everything, but everything is by prayer!"  Talking with God should be like breathing. Yes, our lives should be lived like a prayer.


Ephesians 6:18 may say it best.  John Stott, who just went home to see His Lord, called this passage the four alls of prayer.  Pray 1) all in the Spirit 2) at all times 3) with all kinds of prayers and requests 4) for all the saints.  


Thanks, John P., for letting a prayer meeting break out at the end of a basketball game.  Yep, it was in the Spirit at that specific time.  It was a kind of prayer and it was for us basketball saints.  You got all four!


Well, since we're talkin' about prayer, we better have a good one.  Dear Lord, thank You for making Yourself available to us 24/7!  And thank You that before, during and after even a game of hoops YOU ARE THERE!  In Jesus' name, Amen.


Proud of you,
Pastor Wilson 


PS Mrs. Calhoun wrote me today.  She is asking for prayer for Mr. Calhoun.  He is at the Cleveland Clinic and needs God's help in his body.  Let's do the "four alls" for our favorite referee, Mr. Calhoun.