Getting Home Safely
Dave Klontz
Getting Home Safely
What is your “baseball”?
Dave Klontz
Getting Home Safely
What is your “baseball”?
Dave Klontz
Getting Home Safely
What is your “baseball”?
When is the first time (or
last time) you remember
feeling good about yourself?
Getting Home Safely
What is your “baseball”?
When is the first time (or
last time) you remember
feeling good about yourself?
Whatever your “baseball”
is, will your career just
end. . .or will you finish?
BASEBALL is like LIFE
1. It is simple, but never easy.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
2. You don’t have to be a “freak” to
be good at it.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
3. The rules aren’t changed every
year to keep it interesting.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
4. Potential is a great pacifier.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
5. It is the ultimate “team game”.
Every player must. . .
. . .take his turn “at bat”
. . .accept his role
. . .play his position.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
6. Practice makes permanent.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
7. “Champions” make the “routine
plays”, in the clutch situations.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
8. You can do everything right, and
come up empty-handed.
You can also do nothing wrong
and be out.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
9. How you deal with adversity will
determine the quality (and possibly
even the quantity) of your career.
BASEBALL is like LIFE
10.
EVERYONE IS JUST TRYING TO
GET HOME SAFELY.
The Rules of Winning
1. Don’t beat yourself.
The Rules of Winning
1. Don’t beat yourself.
a. Fundamentals
The Rules of Winning
1. Don’t beat yourself.
b. Forget the “last play.”
Philippians 3:13
Stay away from R.A.T.S.
John 10:27
The Rules of Winning
1. Don’t beat yourself.
b. Forget the “last play.”
Philippians 3:13
“. . .when we are ignorant, we do
what we know. . .when we know
better we do better.”
Maya Angelou
The Rules of Winning
2. Concentrate on what you control.
The Rules of Winning
2. Concentrate on what you control.
a. Two daily choices:
1. how we respond to what
happens to us.
2. what we choose to focus on.
The Rules of Winning
2. Concentrate on what you control.
b. Categories of issues we face:
1. nonsensical
2. nonessential
3. non-negotiable
The Rules of Winning
3. Keep perspective.
The Rules of Winning
3. Keep perspective.
a. We are never as good or as bad
as we think we are.
F.E.A.R.
The Rules of Winning
3. Keep perspective.
b. Significance is more important
than success.
Matthew 14:8
The Rules of Winning
4. Be a T.E.A.M. player.
The Rules of Winning
4. Be a T.E.A.M. player.
a. Life is a team sport:
“. . .the power of ‘we’ is greater
than the power of ‘me’.”
The Rules of Winning
4. Be a T.E.A.M. player.
b. M.A.G.I.C.
The Fundamentals of
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Forget
The Fundamentals of
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Forget
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The past
The Fundamentals of
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Forget
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Unproductive negative thoughts
The Fundamentals of
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Forget
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Discouraging people
John 10:4, 27 “my sheep know. . .
listen to my voice.”
The Fundamentals of
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The Fundamentals of
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Focus (Hebrews 12:2)
The Fundamentals of
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Focus (Hebrews 12:2)
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Know the situation
The Fundamentals of
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Focus (Hebrews 12:2)
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Never take your eyes off
the pitcher. (1 Peter 5:8)
The Fundamentals of
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Focus (Hebrews 12:2)
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Always look for opportunities
to advance.
(1 Thessalonians 5:6)
The Fundamentals of
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Focus (Hebrews 12:2)
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Listen to your “coaches”.
(John 14:6)
The Fundamentals of
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Fight (1 Timothy 6:12)
The Fundamentals of
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Fight (1 Timothy 6:12)
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100% of what you have that day.
Mark 14:8
The Fundamentals of
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Fight (1 Timothy 6:12)
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Choose the “good fights”.
The Fundamentals of
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Fight (1 Timothy 6:12)
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“Non-issues” of the “game”.
Nonsensical
Nonessential
Non-negotiable
The Fundamentals of
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Finish (2 Timothy 4:7)
The Fundamentals of
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Finish (2 Timothy 4:7)
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Success is not measured by how
we started, but what’s most
important is, did we finish?
The Fundamentals of
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Finish (2 Timothy 4:7)
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Others will be blessed when we
reach home safely. (Heb. 12:1)
The Fundamentals of
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Finish (2 Timothy 4:7)
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Every “run” counts. . .
to somebody (2 Peter 3:8-10)
The Fundamentals of
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Finish (2 Timothy 4:7)
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How we finish our “seasons” is of
utmost importance. . .in
everything we do, whether we
chose it or not, there will be a
“finish point”. . . (Matthew 25:21)
“Well done. . .”