In the U.S., football is underway. Each year, 18 million of us crowd into stadiums to watch our favorite teams play. Another 100 million watch on television. And every one of us is convinced we could call plays better than the coaches for our team.
Legendary coach Bud Wilkinson once mused, “Each Saturday, our college football stadium is full of 80,000 fat slobs who scream at 22 finely tuned athletes for not doing a better job on the field.”
The funny thing is, only a fraction of us could ever get into the physical shape required to play in the NFL. But that shouldn’t keep us from being all we can be.
Rather than criticizing the ones on the field, start getting in shape yourself – physically, spiritually, financially, emotionally.
And in recovery
Recovery Step: “Anyone who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, to him it is sin.”
Author: Mark Denison
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
