Pass It On
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of passing on comfort and encouragement, illustrated through a soccer penalty shootout and biblical teachings.
After a fifty-five year wait, England’s soccer team finally made it to the European Football Championship Cup finals. Locked in a tie with Italy, the game was decided by a penalty shootout. England’s last chance fell to a young player named Bukayo Saka. But as Saka kicked the penalty shot, Italy’s goalkeeper deflected it. England fans wept; the Cup was lost. Few will forget what happened next, though. England’s manager, Gareth Southgate, walked over to the devastated Saka and embraced him. Southgate knew how Saka felt. In 1996 it was he, as a young player, who had missed the penalty shot that cost England a place in the semi-finals, and England’s then-manager Terry Venables had comforted him in the very same way. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Paul says, “who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3–4). Just as Southgate passed on to Saka what he’d received from Venables, Paul discovered that God’s comfort in his distress enabled him to comfort others in theirs, building…
People in this episode
Host: Our Daily Bread Ministries
Topics covered
- comfort
- encouragement
- sports
- faith
- endurance
Keywords
- comfort
- encouragement
- soccer
- Bukayo Saka
- Gareth Southgate
- 2 Corinthians
- faith
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: 2 Corinthians 1:3–4
Places: England, Italy
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