We added another W last night. Weird game. We couldn’t buy a shot the first three quarters! We only made four shots in three quarters. Then we hit four shots in a row right at the beginning of the fourth quarter!

Basketball is such a microcosm on life. I feel like there are life lessons within every game. The kids were frustrated that our shots weren’t falling. But I told them to keep hustling and keep taking shots and eventually good things will start happening. Sure enough!

I get asked alot of questions about our early years at NCC. There was nothing spectacular about our growth. It was good old-fashioned hard work. But I honestly feel like my basketball lessons paid off–keep hustling and keep taking shots. I knew that if we kept doing the right things eventually things would go our way.

To put it in spiritual terms: work like it depends on you and pray like it depends on God. Keep planting and watering and eventually God will give the increase!