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Today Keith Wahl leads us in prayer, a member of the Athletic Department at Valor Christian High School.
Today Keith prays with you for the mountain of family.
He’s speaking to you from the athletic facilities of Valor Christian High School, where they have created a sense of family in their baseball and softball programs.
They have done this using a simple acronym – UFO. UFO is an acronym for Unity, Family, and Others.
Jesus speaks to the unity He desires of us in John 17:21 when He says, “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.”
God’s Word contains so many references to Family, including the picture of God as the perfect Father.
Paul furthers this language in Corinthians 1:10 when he writes.
“I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other.
Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.”
The Gospel is centered on others and not our selves.
Again, Paul writes in Philippians 2:2-4,
“Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another and working together with one mind and purpose. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.”
We want to live out these ideas of Unity, Family, and others in our individual family units.
When we do, it is evidence of God at work in our homes. Please join me in prayer over the families in
our nation…
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, restore our union with you by drawing our families into unity.
Let us seek harmony in our homes and heal any divisions that exist in our first and most important ministry.
Let us find ways to agree, connect, and love one other well.
Let us think of others more than ourselves in our homes and be a representation of you in service to our husbands, wives, and children.
Lord, we are not of this world, we are meant for something far greater than this world has to offer.
Continue to draw us towards you in unity, family, and thinking of others.
We love you and honor your Word. Amen.
Be blessed and seek these things out in your family today.
Keith Wahl
After an original stint at Valor as head baseball coach and Assistant Athletic Director from 2007-2016, Coach Wahl served as the Athletic Director at Briarwood Christian before returning to Valor in 2019. Prior to his first appointment, he was the head baseball coach at Mountain Vista High School from 2001-2007. As a coach, he was named ABCA/Diamond Regional Coach of the Year (2011) and Colorado State Coach of the Year (2016). His teams enjoyed success as well. At Valor, he coached State Champions (2016), Regional/District Champions (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016), and League Champions (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016). At Mountain Vista, he coached a State Runner-Up team (2006) and League Champions (2006, 2007).
He has also written and published the Well Coached series, novels about the lessons and hardships of coaching. Coach Wahl has served the baseball community in many fashions, including serving on the Colorado Dugout Club Advisory Board from 2007-2015. In 2012, Coach Wahl started a baseball-themed Christian devotional called “Bottom of the Ninth” with a pair of Valor Baseball parents.
Coach Wahl’s purpose is to serve others so they can fulfill God’s destiny and design for their lives. He hopes to create cultures focused on building relationships, atmosphere, and habits through the living ideas of Jesus Christ. It means the world to have the support of his wife, Alyson, and two kids, Mia and Brady, as he pursues his calling
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