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game

Said 204 times, in 88 of 378 sermons, across 30 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: game 145, games 59.

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Romans 169 68
Let Us 20 11

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. Maybe we can get to three, four, five, just so we can get a game plan together. Like you're helping God, right? Get the game p
a game plan together. Like you're helping God, right? Get the game plan together. He goes, take step one. But, but, but, but, bu
ecause it's the only thing that's going to save. This isn't a game . This isn't a country club. Souls are in the balance. And in
ot, dude. He goes, you're not moving enough. You used to play games , used to work out, used to do all this stuff. You need to wor
serves worship and praise. It just reminds us that the Tigers game on Friday. And there is a guy who sits in the very front row
very front row behind the. If you've ever been in the Tigers game , he sits there and he is right. I know some of your Tigers, r
u find out the character of a team, not when it wins a lot of games , but you find out the character of a team when it loses. You
ething. I'm thinking of this guy that they have at the Tigers game or at Disney. You're like, wow, this is crazy, the power we c
ion when we go on a long road trip, we play the license plate game . And so, if you play the license plate game, if you don't kno
the license plate game. And so, if you play the license plate game , if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's, we used to p
e. And so, lots of fun with that. But not about the road trip game , but maybe in your family you have someone that is the person
it's alcohol. Let me just have a cold. Hold beer and put the game on and I can just forget about my troubles. And we try to, as
and spear, and bow days, that typically, what there is, is a game of rock, paper, scissors that is being played. So, in most ar
g through the lines, right? And so, there's this kind of this game of rock, paper, scissors that armies typically play in those
ve their own Bible studies and they hear a message. They play games . It's a lot of fun. If you know any middle schoolers or high

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kind of hang out before the kids start school and play board games . And so someone suggested we play wiffle ball. And so if you
i i really have no it's all good it's just a fun wiffle ball game and somehow in my brain i'm thinking you know what he's not g
w and so i somehow my reaction i used to be able to play that game not anymore my reaction was to head first slide into third ba
third base when you probably shouldn't in a kid's wiffle ball game i realize that but it's giving everything you have it's all t
ring that you want to use a word that we use culturally? Am I game planning? Am I thinking through, Hey, you know what, God, I k
ve had a lot. So I haven't been able to make it to any of the games for the last three months. I really wanted to, but you know,
, right? So, well, we went back last week and it was the last game of the season and I got there late again. I'm mad at myself t
I got there late again. I'm mad at myself that I did, but the game had already started. And what was crazy is that hardly anyone
f what I love. But also right now. Sydney is playing a soccer game in Brighton. And if they win or tie. They make the final. So
ing to have a bounce house with the kids. We're going to play games . But let us not leave next week neglecting this call. Do not
u. Appreciate it, Jessica. You're the best. You're playing my games . Nobody else is. All right. The Romander. All right. There yo
ing any progress. Example, the Bible doesn't call out playing games on your phone or scrolling social media or whatever. It doesn
n. It's of sin. That's not what this is. These aren't playing games on your phone or scrolling endlessly social media. That's not
than that, because I know you're going to go to a volleyball game and a band concert. Those are terrible. And going to those th
the picture of running the race. It's a picture of the Roman games . So when the reader, the original reader would read, they go,
me, and I had some fun. Man, I had a men's and women's soccer game at Oakland University, got to announce there. I'm doing some
re running their race to hopefully win the football or soccer games that I got to announce this week. And I get to be one of the
r here in Hebrews is calling to is actually the ancient Greek games where we get our modern day Olympics from. And so it's using
they run and apply that to our lives. So these ancient Greek games that give us now the Olympics. And as I was reading it, he go
ly here would refer to the great national assemblies. And the games of the Greeks, the sport idea again. The idea is that everyon

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ted every day to go to our kids' practice because we love the game . We're motivated every day to go to the gym because we've los
what is the quickest way to get out of here? Doesn't know the game of golf, right? There's, there's white balls flying all over
I think about my son going, oh, I'll tell you all about this game . It's a wonderful, I'll explain it to you. And once you learn
what God's plan is, then I'm just a pastor up here playing a game . So I must be a pastor who rightly divides the word of truth
f you ever traded cards when you were kids. Sometimes you got games . Sometimes you got good deals. Sometimes you got bad deals. T
o heaven. It's salvation, right? A lot of people can play the game . I can turn on the TV any day and find a televangelist that I
V any day and find a televangelist that I feel is playing the game . You can get rich if you send me so much money. You can do th
erciful. I had noticed this in my own life. I was playing the game . I was playing the pieces. I always did the right things. Gav
nine years ago. I was hard. I was a pastor's kid. There was a game to play. Church was business, right? God's made it real for m
find me when you seek me with all of your heart. Stop playing games with God. Today, He will forgive you just as He is, that He's
g money from people. You're lying. You're corrupt. It's all a game . And the world sees that and they glory in it because the inc
ant to go to hell. So I'm going to kind of play the religious game . No, we should be overwhelmed and fall on our faces before a
o, no, no, no, not today. You know, I've got a big basketball game on TV tonight. Oh, golf on Sunday, all these exciting things.
we were slapping each other's hands, just playing some goofy game . And I mean, I made sure that I showed I'm 40. I'm alpha male
hurch, and we were actually just at a Detroit Tigers baseball game . I was driving a church bus. And so we got down to the baseba
was driving a church bus. And so we got down to the baseball game in Detroit, and there was a state cop waiting there, and he g
etroit, right? I give some worship to them when I go to their games . That's what we do. When we go to cheer for our teams, we are
ed basketball when I was in college. Basketball is kind of my game . That's what I played. I've played, I've coached, I've offici
've coached, I've officiated. You might all think soccer's my game . I love soccer and it has become a game that I love, but I ne
all think soccer's my game. I love soccer and it has become a game that I love, but I never played it. I coached up to U10, all
And I can't do practices. I just love soccer. I love coaching game days, really. Just so you know, we're in mourning at our hous
I'm just going to throw it out there. My daughter played the game of her life on Thursday and just played awesome. But the real
I have. Everybody else has too. But basketball is kind of my game . It's always been, I mean, I love all sports, but basketball
ust the way it is. And so I go out there and I'm reffing this game . And when you reff lower levels, I was still learning. You al
ther things. But the reality is, me and a partner reffed both games . And we always talk as referees that if you call a tech, you
out. He can just get mad at one reff, right? And so the first game , this coach for SIO was just going nuts, right? He was just b
ust every call. It didn't matter what it was. We go to the JV game , come to find out that was the JV coach yelling at us. And so
this guy to leave the gym. I was this close to forfeiting the game . Then we go into the locker room after the game. He will not
orfeiting the game. Then we go into the locker room after the game . He will not open the locker room for us. Fans are going nuts
ed hearing the words of my daughter on Thursday crying over a game that we lost. God even cares about stupid, strict, final socc
enjoy it. And so some 15 years ago, the Tigers were playing a game and we had a pitcher on the mound. His name was Armando Galar
e, in 150 years in Major League Baseball, that's some 240,000 games of Major League Baseball have been played. In 2010, 22 times
22 times something had been done. Now, if you have that many games and it only happens 22 times, it is a rarity. And there's som
times, it is a rarity. And there's something called a perfect game . Armando Galarraga was pitching the perfect game. It has only
ed a perfect game. Armando Galarraga was pitching the perfect game . It has only happened 20, I believe now 24 times in 240,000 g
e. It has only happened 20, I believe now 24 times in 240,000 games . Perfect game. That means you give up no hits. You give up no
happened 20, I believe now 24 times in 240,000 games. Perfect game . That means you give up no hits. You give up no walks. Your t
up no walks. Your team gives up no errors. It is the perfect game . And Armando Galarraga was through the first inning, fifth in
w it. The first base player at first is out. He has a perfect game , except the umpire decided to call the guy safe instead of ou
When you go to the history books and you look up the perfect games in Major League Baseball, you know whose name you won't see?
o get a jumpstart on what's going on, you can be ahead of the game , if you will. And so we are going to be in Romans chapter 4,
life, having an anchor in life. I mean, to be sure of this is game changer in life. Where do you even find truth anymore? Right
not in your ability. Does this make sense? This is so, it's a game changer because if you don't know this, you think that glorif
all. He's going to be our number one. Or if you're playing a game of basketball and your friend goes, I got a friend coming. Wh
realness of what god is doing in your life faith isn't a solo game that's why it depends on faith if i ask you i already can see
d what I mean by that, like, have you ever gone to a baseball game or a concert? To have access to go, you gotta first get a tic
. Yeah, mm-hmm. You even got a baseball, all right? You got a game baseball here? Like, sometimes we put it like, I'm with God.
hey your boy they're six years old they're playing a baseball game today can I you need to enjoy that because you're gonna blink
hing about it. Now you take me to a stadium. Is it the Tigers game a few weeks ago? Full count, someone gets up and hits a home
be honest with you. The thing that made me smile most at the game , this is how dumb I am, was the wave. I just feel like it's,
r something that we're, we're anticipating. We anticipate the game . We anticipate the bottom of the night. We anticipate the con
t now he wants us to look into the future. It's almost like a game show host who says, you know, here are the prizes, but wait,
pay your employees. There is a sacrifice. There's skin in the game that happens in these transactions. But that abounding grace
ek it was often just Coach. It was in the kids area and doing games , and it was just, this is Coach. All right. I can take that.
ive in a way that pleases the Lord. Romans chapter eight is a game changer. And so the most used word, the key word of Romans ei
him with my life. This is how you die to the law. This is the game changer. We become law keepers because we want to. We want to
comes out of that because we want to please God. This is the game changer folks. Religion will crush you. It will kill you ever
just a great worker. I think back to that time and before the game one of the coach's sons who had graduated came up to me and g
e working really hard don't shoot the ball. So I got into the game and I touched the ball and about three seconds later a shot w
because God says don't do it. Why do you think there's video games out there? Video games out there for our kids that are all ab
do it. Why do you think there's video games out there? Video games out there for our kids that are all about breaking the law an
d doing evil wrong things. Why do you think they're the video games out there for our kids that are all about out there that are
bout out there that are just like hey you can go in the video game and all the things you're forbidden to do here you can do in
he things you're forbidden to do here you can do in the video game . And you wonder why is that game so attractive? Why is that o
here you can do in the video game. And you wonder why is that game so attractive? Why is that one of the most selling games? Why

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