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You’ve seen it once; you’ve seen it a thousand times – a team that does not get along does not play well. The missing ingredient is harmony.

In the famous sports movie “Remember the Titans,” head coach Boone aimed to integrate his high school football team. Throughout the film, multiple battles threaten to tear the team apart. They saw real success on the field only when the team came together.

It’s also true in real life. Many issues can tear a team apart. In 1971, the year the movie took place, the main problem was racial prejudice – maybe that’s still an issue that causes tension on your team. Pause for a minute and think of the main issues driving a wedge between you and your teammates. Maybe the struggle is with you and the coach or just one teammate. How is this tension affecting the team? How is it affecting you personally?

Psalm 133 calls us to rejoice when we live in harmony; we are not meant to have strife with our brothers and sisters. Throughout Scripture, we see Jesus teaching us to find a way to be at peace with those around us. He even goes so far as to ask us to forgive our enemies and find peace with them. (Luke 6:27-30) To continue strife with others is to make your heart hard toward another. It ends up hurting you more than you would think at the moment.

I challenge you to take time this week to flip through Scripture and see how often God calls us to make peace with those around us. In turn, decide today to make peace with the people with whom you are angry.