“My athletics were not surrendered to God.” – Aaron Faro

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SHOW NOTES:

• • This week we continue our Faith in Sports Series with Messiah University Associate Head Coach of soccer, Aaron Faro
  • He is an alum of Messiah and has been there for 16 years
  • Grew up in upstate New York, athletics have been my background his whole life
  • Messiah 11 National Championships as a soccer program, 2 as a player and 5 as a coach
  • Grew up with a strong faith foundation and a a deep desire to see faith and sports run together
  • “If you want to find personal glory, sports is a good place to look.”
  • Aaron said that his identity was wrapped up in his athletic accomplishments
  • “My athletics were not surrendered to God.”
  • Aaron describes his years at Messiah University as some of the most significant years of growth
  • “As I loved the Lord more he reordered my loves.”
  • “It led in to my desire to be in coaching, to help other athletes grow through some of those same things.”
  • As Aaron gave sports back to the Lord, he gave sports back to him
  • “I wanted those experiences for all the athletes I work with.”
  • Proverbs 27:17 has been a foundational verse for Messiah soccer
  • Your college years are very foundational, and who you surround yourself with is huge
  • Messiah wants its to be an environment where men grow and are sharpened, where they grow closer to the Lord
  • “We are talking constantly about the value of relationships.”
  • Deep relationships is something that we were created for
  • Being vulnerable, sharing one another’s burdens, being real with one another and submitting to accountability
  • That is not very common in our culture, especially for guys
  • “As a coach it’s important that I am fighting for community in my own life, that is core to me being the man that I was called to be.”
  • Any type of ministry needs to flow from relationships, we see that in the life of Jesus
  • It’s important to be upfront about who you are as a business or team
  • You have to be constantly be putting the vision and values in front of them and holding them to a standard
  • You have to be relentless in protecting culture
  • The best discipleship that happens in our program is peer to peer
  • “That title is not something that’s attractive to me compared to the impact I get to have with something I believe in.”
  • Sports is such a powerful tool for connecting with people
  • It lends itself so well to building deep relationships
  • At the core of the Gospel is right relationships with God and with people
  • If sport can get you into a place with you can develop a deep relationship with somebody, you can talk about the things that are most important in life
  • When we surrender all things to the Lord he can use them
  • He created everything foe the purpose of His glory so sports must be for the purpose of His glory
  • “When I think of my legacy, I think of the life of Jesus and the way that he poured into people.”
  • I want my legacy to be that I helped people move closer to Jesus
  • The coach in me desires to see them reach their potential and use that to impact others
  • There is a huge need in our culture for men to be all of who God’s created them to be
  • When men aren’t all that God’s created them to be there is a huge gap and a huge ripple in every sector of our culture
  • As we see the building of community and men sharpening each other, we avoid so many pitfalls that men fall into and see men at their best
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