Just as the highest honor in sports rewards those who help others, the highest honor in heaven also goes to those who help others by sharing the gospel with them.

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Bible Lessons
For Youth -
Sports’ Highest
Honor
Just as the highest honor in
sports rewards those who
help others, the highest honor
in heaven also goes to those
who help others by sharing
the gospel with them.

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A String of Ducklings
In the 1992 Olympics Henry Pearce of
Australia was competing in the single
scull rowing event at the 1928
Olympics. He was leading when a duck
and her string of ducklings came into
view up ahead. They were on a
collision course and Pearce reckoned
that his scull would cut the string in
two and sink a few ducklings in
the process, so he pulled in his oars.
When the ducks passed, Pearce again
bent his back to the task. There’s a
happy ending to the story. Pearce
won. Usually, acts of sportsmanship
result in defeat. Remember Leo
Durocher’s pronouncement, “Nice
guys finish last”?

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A Broken Rudder
It happened a couple of years ago in
the marathon tandem kayak
racing event at the world
championships in Copenhagen. Danish
paddlers were leading when their
rudder was damaged in a portage.
British paddlers, who were in second
place, stopped to help the Danes fix it.
The Danes went on to defeat the
British by one second in an event that
lasted nearly three hours. But there’s a
happy ending to this story too.
According to The Wall Street Journal,
the British kayakers won what
many people regard as the highest
honor in sports. They became the
winner of the Pierre de Coubertin
International Fair Play Trophy.

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The trophy is named for the founder
of the modern Olympic Games, and
it has been awarded annually for the
past 28 years to people in sports who
have demonstrated nobility of spirit.
It is big news in Europe, but it has
not been given much recognition in
the United States. In the past,
the trophy has gone to a Hungarian
tennis player who pleaded with
officials to give his opponent more
time to recover from a cramp, and to
a high school basketball coach
who forfeited the Georgia (US) state
championship after he found out
that one of his players was
scholastically ineligible.

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A Broken Bolt
The first trophy went to an Italian
bobsledder named Eugenio Monti for
a gesture that exhibited a touch of
class. In the two-man bobsled event at
the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics, Monti
was the leader after his final run. The
only one given a chance to beat him
was Tony Nash of Great Britain. As
Nash and his teammate got ready for
their final run, they discovered that a
critical bolt on their sled had snapped
at the last moment. Monti was
informed of the problem
and immediately took the
corresponding bolt from his own sled
and sent it up to Nash. Nash fixed his
sled, came hurtling down the course
to set a record and won the
gold medal.

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As a Christian, our Highest
Honor is to appear before
God and have him proclaim,
“Well Done, my good and
faithful servant.”
(Matthew 25:23)

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Other related Bible Verses
“Blessed is the man who remains
steadfast under trial, for when he has
stood the test he will receive the
crown of life, which God has
promised to those who love him.”
(James 1:12)
His master said to him, ‘Well done,
good and faithful servant. You have
been faithful over a little; I will set
you over much. Enter into the joy of
your master.’ (Matthew 25:21)

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“And we know that for those who
love God all things work together
for good, for those who are called
according to his purpose. For those
whom he foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the
image of his Son, in order that he
might be the firstborn among many
brothers.” (Romans 8:28-29)
“By this all men will know that you
are my disciples, if you love one
another.” (John 13:35)

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Creative Youth Ideas
Go for the Gold
Need an evangelistic Youth Camp/ Bible
Study Series with an Olympic Theme?
What is salvation all about? What does it
mean to be saved? This sports themed
Bible Study / Camp Curriculum uses the
Olympic Flag to introduce the concepts of
sin (black circle), forgiveness (red circle),
purity (white background), spiritual growth
(green circle), heaven (Yellow Circle) and
(Baptism) blue circle.
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Destined to Win
Need a Youth Camp/ Bible Study Series
on ”Running the Christian Race”?
The race as a metaphor for the Christian
life is used in several places in the Bible.
This series is a great follow up for new
Christians or to re-emphasize the basics of
our spiritual Journey in the Faith. This
Bible Study / Camp Curriculum has a
sports theme and is great for athletes as
well as a tie in to the youth Olympic
Games.
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