You know, in the sports arena, there is a winning team and there is a losing team.

And even in individualized sports, somebody has to win and somebody has to lose.

There is a winner and there is a loser.

In the battlefield, the same thing.

And you know, the spiritual life, it is exactly the same same there are winners and there are losers it depends

on who is your coach which coach you play for if you play on satan's team and he's your coach then you are a loser you're on the's team and he's your coach, then you are a loser.

You're on the losing team.

If you play on Jesus' team, then you are on the winning team.

You're always going to be on the winning team.

No matter what it looks like at halftime, no matter what the scoreboard says at half time, no matter how things appear

in the middle of the game. If you are on Jesus' team, you are a winner. And you will always be

a winner. Why? Because in the spiritual arena, we know the final score. We read the last chapter of the book

and we know we win. In the spiritual realm, we know who is the final winner and who is the final

loser. And that is why, as long as those of us who are on Jesus' team, as long as we have a

breath, as long as we can talk, we are to intercede, we are to plead, we are to contend for

the souls of those who are on the losing team. We are to plead with them to change direction.

We are to plead with them to follow the right coach. We are to plead with them to join the winning

team. We are to cry out to them and ask them to wise up while they can. We are to contend

with them to reverse course. Why? Because in the spiritual realm,

it is more than just a game. It is not just a matter of a few hours of playing in the game,

and then it's all over, but, the consequences of winning or losing will continue throughout eternity.

The game results will decide whether you'll spend eternity with God in heaven or in hell.

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