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Hi, I'm Jim Dennis of a Denison Forum and this is the Daily Article podcast

for Friday, August 6th, 2021. The title is, Olympic athlete praises God after he loses. The latest on

Jane Marchesky and God's invitation to make him a refuge and strength. Unlike most

Olympic athletes making headlines these days, Daniel Jervis

did not win a medal at the Tokyo Games. In fact, he came in fifth in the men's 1500-meter

freestyle. After the event, however, he said something that is worthy of global attention.

He began. I want to thank my village of Resolvin. I want to thank my church, Sardis Baptist Church,

and Amonford, Church and Ammonford, who have been really supportive of me. Everyone back home has been

praying for me. Then he added, the thing I'm most proud of in my life is that I'm a Christian,

and obviously God was with me tonight, and I'm just really grateful to be representing him.

It's fairly common to see competitors win and then thank God for their success.

However, skeptics can dismiss such faith, no matter how sincere it is, as the natural result of success.

They often claim, as Satan said of Job to God in Job chapter 1, you have blessed the work of

his hands and his possessions have increased in the land, but stretch out your hand and touch all that

he has, and he will curse you to your face. For this reason, it can be especially powerful

when believers glorify God before they achieve success. For example,

South African Olympic swimmer Tachiana Shonmaker posted on Instagram a prayer for God's will to be done

no matter what the outcome, days before she won a gold medal and set a new world record

in the women's 200-meter breaststroke. And it can be even more

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