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Now, as a good football coach prepares his high school players for the season, he's going to bring up the dangers of what he will call playing tentatively. I know no one's anxious to get hurt, and so there's a natural tendency to hold back a little in a contact sport; to hold back when you hit, when you block, when you tackle. But the coach is going to tell you that the best way to get hurt is to play tentatively, half-heartedly. Either give it all you've got or don't play.

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "The Winning Number - 100%."

Now, our word for today from the Word of God is from Ecclesiastes 9:10 - a verse that could be one of those life-principle verses like maybe a good wall plaque. It's almost a motto that you could repeat to yourself at work, and in sports, or while you're doing your homework, while you're doing dirty work, while you're listening to someone, or you're trying to finish a job. It's one of those repeat over and over statements. Okay, why don't we find out what it is? Ecclesiastes 9:10, "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."

Well, that's consistent with four words that appear over and over in the Bible, "with all your heart." Whatever you do, do it with all your heart, or in this case with all your might. One of my personal heroes is Jim Elliott, who was a missionary that in the 1950s was one of five American missionaries martyred as they went to a tribe that had never even heard the name of God. And out of that martyrdom came a flow of missionaries and people in Christian service. Honestly, I'm one of them.

Well, one of Jim Elliott's mottos went like this - you ready? "Wherever you are, be all there." Somebody may have said to you, "You're not all there." Well, yes, wherever you are, be all there. If you've got something to do anyway, why not do it with all you've got? If you've got to be there, why not be there with all your heart?

There's a little wisdom up on a plaque in our kitchen. It says, "Lord, help me do with a smile the things I have to do anyway." Got to do them anyway, might as well really do them. A Christian should be known as a 100-percenter in everything he or she does. You listen with all your might. When it's time to work, you work with all your might. When you pray, you pray with all your might. When you play, you play with all your might. When you goof off, you goof off with all your might. When you help somebody, you help with all your might. When you study, oh yeah, you know by now, yeah, you do it with all your might.

You can do that because you know that you are leading a God-planned life. Psalm 37 says, "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in His way." Psalm 16 says, "The Lord has assigned me my portion and my cup." Now, you know that every situation has been brought into your life by a God who loves you and knows best. So you make every situation the best it can be. And you do that when you tackle it with all your might; not just the things you like to do or not just the things you feel like doing.

This says "everything your hand finds to do." Don't play tentatively. Do it with intensity. In football, in everyday life, playing tentatively invites injury and defeat. Either give it all you've got or don't play.

A French sailor, along with his cat, was sailing from Dutch Harbor—located on an island south of Alaska—to San Diego, California, when his yacht was capsized by a huge wave. The vessel righted itself, but the mariner lost his rudder and rigging to the violent swells. He reported his dire situation to the Coast Guard, saying he was stranded, had no control, and his boat was “pretty much dead in the water.” Eventually, the Coast Guard contacted an oil drilling ship nearby, and they came to the sailor’s rescue. However, he still had to make a literal leap of faith—with his cat tucked under his jacket—from his boat to the rescue vessel.

In Ephesians 2, Paul described the sinful and hopeless condition of humanity—dead in the water spiritually and separated from God (v. 1). Moreover, we were disobedient to all that He desires (v. 2) and depraved—unable to do anything to merit salvation (v. 3). But “by grace,” Jesus made it possible for us to be “saved, through faith,” and this salvation is a “gift of God” (v. 8).

We were all stranded in the raging seas of sin and death, but praise God that we have a Savior who made it possible for us to leap into His saving arms by faith. Christ alone can rescue us and carry us to safety.

Our money soundtrack—what plays on repeat in our heads—will either help or hinder our financial decisions. We all know the power of overthinking—but the good news is, we can change the tune of those money soundtracks playing in our minds. On the next Faith & Finance Live, Rob West and Jon Acuff show us how. Then, it’s on to your calls. That’s Faith & Finance Live—biblical wisdom for your financial decisions. That’s weekdays at 4pm Eastern/3pm Central on Moody Radio.

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Segment 1

• Voddie Baucham’s legacy: a gospel preacher who made much of Christ, not himself.

• His words at Shepherd’s Conference remind us that preaching must center on Jesus.

• The loss of giants like Voddie raises a question: are we valuing our local pastors as we should?

Segment 2

• Voddie left strong opinions that challenged us, from Lord’s Supper to worship practices.

• His challenges forced believers to weigh Scripture over cultural norms.

• Regulative vs. normative worship — his teaching pressed Christians toward biblical clarity.

Segment 3

• Above all, Voddie loved proclaiming the gospel.

• His appearances on The Biggest Question alongside Ray Comfort and E.Z. captured his heart for evangelism.

• His passion was pointing people to Christ, not himself.

Segment 4

• Voddie’s teaching on righteousness: Christ’s robe covers us completely.

• He emphasized both Christ’s active and passive obedience securing our salvation.

• Repentance and faith remain central — essentials we too easily overlook today.

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Many Christians live like someone who owns a smartphone but only uses it to make calls - missing powerful features at their fingertips. Dr. John Neufeld explores the "spiritual apps" of salvation we often overlook, starting with election. From Ephesians 1:3-6, he shows how understanding God's eternal choice brings unshakeable confidence, worship filled with gratitude, and boldness in evangelism. This isn't abstract theology - it's practical truth that eliminates anxiety and revolutionizes daily Christian living.

Making the Most of Your Salvation: In a world of endless technology, the opportunity for learning, communicating, and creating is at an all-time high. But for many of us, we don’t take full advantage of all of the resources at our fingertips. We know that many of us aren’t using technology to its full capacity, but did you know that many of us view our salvation in the same way? Join Dr. John Neufeld in the 10-message series, Making the Most of Your Salvation, as we learn about a sad reality that many Christians face: We don’t appreciate all that our salvation has to offer us. All too often, we see salvation as something that is there, that we understand, but we don’t take full advantage of. We go to church, we try to read the Bible, and we know that we’re going to heaven when we die. But there are so many other benefits of salvation that have the power to revolutionize our lives!