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Key Bible Verse: Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:18-6:2

If you watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots in 2008's Super Bowl you'll remember the catch made by Giants receiver David Tyree. Eli Manning, the Giants quarterback, threw a desperate pass. Tyree jumped above defensive coverage to pick the ball out of the air, pinned it to his helmet, and fell to the ground for a completion. The Giants won, 17-14.

The newly famed Tyree talked openly about a troubled past. He started drinking in junior high. By his junior year in high school, he was regularly consuming 40 ounces of malt liquor plus a half a pint of Jack Daniel's, and smoking marijuana in the same sitting. The habits continued throughout college. After Tyree was arrested for selling drugs to pay off a fine he'd incurred during his rookie season with the Giants, his pregnant girlfriend threatened to leave him. "I had no peace," Tyree says. "My life was in disarray."

Then he picked up a Bible and read its message of redemption, started attending church for the first time in a long time, and decided to never drink again.A sober and married Tyree says of his life so far, "It's more than just a feel-good story. It's about destiny and purpose."

—Brian Lowery & Kevin Miller in Preaching Today

My Response: Who do you know whose life has been radically changed by Jesus?

Thought to Apply: Once I was dead … and now I am alive. And the difference is Jesus.—Walter Brueggemann

Adapted from PreachingToday.com (4/1/08)

Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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