{"id":5237,"date":"2022-11-07T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:07:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:07:27","slug":"self-control-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"Self-control?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please permit me one more sports blog – a valuable lesson on self-control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the October 30 game between NFL’s Charlotte Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, the Falcons scored a touchdown with just over two minutes left and a field goal with just 36 seconds left to lead the Panthers by 6 points, 34 – 28. But the Panthers came right back and completed a stunning 62-yard touchdown pass<\/a> to tie the game with only 12 seconds left. They were one (nearly) automatic extra point from winning the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 12 seconds left means the game isn’t over. The receiver, #2 in the picture, ripped off his helmet in celebration. There’s a rule against that (which this veteran receiver would know), and the Panthers were penalized 15 yards, making the extra-point attempt 48 yards instead of 33 yards. The kicker missed. The Panthers lost in overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. (2 Timothy 2.5, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9.25 – 27, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please permit me one more sports blog – a valuable lesson on self-control.  In the October 30 game between NFL’s Charlotte Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, the Falcons scored a touchdown with just over two minutes left and a field goal with just 36 seconds left to lead the Panthers by 6 points, 34 – 28. … Continue reading Self-control?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1mt","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5239,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237\/revisions\/5239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}