Week 35 | Jesus Taught in Parables
Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas recently told a couple of young NBA players, “Coaches always want someone who they can rely on.” One of the simplest ways to become someone your coach can rely on is to listen and apply what they are teaching you. It’s amazing how many of our athletes don’t listen and don’t apply new information that their coaches give them. Coaches sometimes have to go over things or teach and reteach things over and over again before they can get some athletes to even try new skills, much less use them in the game or master them. We are often educated way beyond our level of obedience. How many times do we need to hear that we alone control our attitude and effort? The message won’t help us until we do it and live it. Some of the best coaches have some of the best quotes and one-liners. They can be powerful ways to say something important or to make a point in a different way. Jesus did this by speaking in parables. In Matthew 13, Jesus taught 6 different parables: Para...