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James Merritt
... said, "I want to ask you a question. Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ?" José, who had taken a stand for Jesus shortly before that World Series, said, "Yes I do." Later José said he would never forget the sight of Bobby Richardson's face, and the sound of his voice, asking him right in the middle of a World Series game if he knew the Lord Jesus Christ. Now that is what I call a good fisherman. III. Freeing the Spirit Notice again Jesus says, "If you follow Me I will make ...
2. Hear, Hear
Acts 8:26-40
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Paul W. Kummer
... you are and help you and he together to tell the world about Jesus. It was the seventh game of the 1962 World Series. The San Francisco Giants had a man on second base, which put him near New York Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson. When the Yankees decided to change pitchers, Richardson, who was a Christian, saw a unique opportunity. While the new pitcher was warming up, he walked over to the man on second and asked him if he knew Jesus as his Savior. When the runner reached the dugout later, he asked ...
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King Duncan
... Few players accomplished all the things Mickey Mantle did. His life after baseball wasn’t as successful. He turned to drinking heavily and alienated his family and friends. He hurt a lot of people who cared about him. But one of Mantle’s teammates, Bobby Richardson, never gave up on him. He shared the message of Jesus with Mantle on many occasions and visited him in the hospital when Mantle was recovering from a liver transplant. In 1995, however, as Mickey Mantle lay dying, he finally gave his heart to ...
4. Leaving Home
Genesis 12:1-8
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King Duncan
... more about the cost of committing ourselves to Jesus. So many people today think they can follow Jesus and it not make any difference in the way they live their lives. That’s absurd. At a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes years ago, Bobby Richardson, former New York Yankee second baseman, offered a prayer that says it all: “Dear God, Your will, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. Amen.” God told Abram to leave his home and go to a new country. God spoke and Abram obeyed. And God ...
5. Brevity Prayer
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At a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bobby Richardson, former New York Yankee second baseman, offered a prayer that is a classic in brevity and poignancy: "Dear God, Your will, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. Amen."
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King Duncan
... more importantit's the will to prepare. It's the will to go out there every day training and building those muscles and sharpening those skills!" (3) No wonder Bobby Knight has been so successful as a coach. Another famous coach believed the same thing. "Hurry Up" Yost was the football coach at the University of Michigan. A player ... Stuber and Clark, p. 659. 5. Jon Johnston, WALLS OR BRIDGES, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1988). 6. David W. Richardson, "The Christian Century", 12/3/86, p. 1092.
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