{"id":4169,"date":"2023-10-04T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlie22outdoors.com\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:16:23","slug":"october-4-devotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlie22outdoors.com\/?p=4169","title":{"rendered":"October 4 Devotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I grew up playing sports. Football, baseball, basketball, track, etc. I even played soccer when we lived in Germany. After I graduated college, I coached basketball through the school system and privately for 20+ years. So pretty much my entire life, I have been part of different sports teams. But it wasn\u2019t until my young adulthood that I truly learned about the only team that really matters. God\u2018s team. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I learned a lot about life playing sports. I thought life lessons through sports. And I still love watching sports. So I am not disparaging those at all. But when we get down to it, God\u2018s team is really what\u2019s important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we think of it that way, we realize there are two teams competing against each other. God\u2019s. And Satan\u2019s. They\u2019re not just competing. They are in a full-fledged war. And I have played on both of them. Not proud of it. But I was on Satan\u2019s team for quite a while. I\u2019m not really sure I knew that I was, until I became part of God\u2018s team. That\u2019s pretty crazy. But it\u2019s the truth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s another truth that I am 100% certain about. The truth that we find in the Bible. The truth that we feel through the Holy Spirit. The truth that comes from God\u2018s grace. The truth that I\u2019m talking about is that Jesus loves you. He loves me. He even loves our enemies. His love is never ending. It\u2019s all encompassing. He loved us before we were created. He loves us now. And he will always love us. It is through his love that we will receive eternity of peace in heaven. And that\u2019s not crazy. That\u2019s just the truth. He loves you. Always has. Always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up playing sports. Football, baseball, basketball, track, etc. I even played soccer when we lived in Germany. After I graduated college, I coached basketball through the school system and privately for 20+ years. So pretty much my entire life, I have been part of different sports teams. 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