{"id":22391,"date":"2025-06-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=22391"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:03:50","slug":"thunder-up-and-rise-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=22391","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Up…..and Rise Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Oklahoma gal (for over 40 years) had her pom-poms ready Sunday night as the Oklahoma City Thunder faced off against the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, the drama and the ups and downs of basketball! One minute we were up, the next minute they were. But in the end? Thunder brought it home — 103 to 91. It was Thunder’s first championship!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a heart-thumper of a game. But what impressed me most wasn\u2019t just the scoreboard. It was the youth — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a 26-year-old youngster — scored 29 points and dished 12 assists. Named MVP, he didn\u2019t just soak in the spotlight. He shared it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a win for me,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a win for my family\u2026 my friends\u2026 everyone who was in my corner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Can we just pause and amen that? Because isn\u2019t that exactly what we do, day after day? We may not be slam-dunking on national TV, but we show up — early, tired, faithful. We pray for our families. We love our neighbors. We choose to forgive, to bless, to smile even when the game of life gets tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t just about youth and championships. It\u2019s about purpose. It’s about choosing not to sit in the stands but to play — even if we\u2019re limping, creaky, or lacing up Velcro instead of Nikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romans 8:37 says, \u201cIn all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Galatians 6:9 reminds us, \u201cLet us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So no matter our age or stage, if we’re still breathing, were not done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take it up a notch! Be encouragers. Be God-lovin\u2019, people-liftin\u2019, joy-spreading teammates. Because God\u2019s glory team? It never loses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll say it again: I\u2019m not giving up until I\u2019m taken up. Let\u2019s stay in the game. Thunder up. Kingdom strong. Victory ahead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may not wear jerseys, but we\u2019re still in the game! Let\u2019s rise up, love loud, and live like the champions we are in Christ. Don\u2019t give up \u2014 show up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Oklahoma gal (for over 40 years) had her pom-poms ready Sunday night as the Oklahoma City Thunder faced off against the Indiana Pacers. Oh, the drama and the ups and downs of basketball! One minute we were up, the next minute they were. But in the end? Thunder brought it home — 103 to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3539,6924,1210,10832,1769,1392,32040,3677,32037,40,41,1929,313,8125,32039,2488,32041,32043,32042],"class_list":["post-22391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-basketball","tag-bless","tag-blog","tag-championship","tag-christian","tag-facebook","tag-first-championship","tag-forgive","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-inspiration","tag-joy","tag-more-than-conquerors","tag-mvp","tag-okc-thunder","tag-rise-up","tag-romans-837","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-slam-dunk","tag-win-for-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22394,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22391\/revisions\/22394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}