Hey PPN Family,

I love watching sports, and in sport there is a saying that a champion team will always beat a team of champions. The idea is that a team where everyone plays together as a unit, will often defeat a more talented team where everyone plays as individuals.

A perfect example of this is the Miami Heat NBA Basketball team. Even though they were just beaten in the NBA finals by the more talented Denver Nuggets, in order to make the finals they were able to defeat teams who were much more talented than them on paper, largely because they played hard and they played together as a unit with each person excelling in their individual roles.

This is a perfect picture of what our families, churches and communities should be like. In Romans 12:4-5 (NLT) Paul writes, “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.”

God has given all of us gifts and talents that the rest of the people in our families, churches and communities need. In the same way that we are very fond of having all of our limbs and body parts, every single one of us has a significant contribution to make and none of us are expendable.

So, a healthy and thriving family, church and community is one where everyone is using their God given gifts to bless and serve one another to the best of their abilities. This is the heart of a champion team.

God bless,

Roland Talamaivao-Amituanai