Something we can all learn from basketball, that gets little attention when it comes to our relationship with God, is the importance of an offense and defense to beat burnout.
God doesn’t want us to feel like we have to conform in order to be accepted, and wants to help us become strong enough to stand for what we believe and who we are.
What motivates you? Are you more motivated to please people or to please God? Do you believe it’s possible to care more about pleasing God than pleasing people?
How do you think greater spiritual depth could make a church strong? What can you do in your own life, family, and house church to make the church strong?
