BASIC REQUIREMENTS

     If you want to be considered a good basketball player, certain basic abilities and skills are required.  There are 3 areas that are important if you want to be good.  They include ball handling, shooting, and playing defense.
 
      Let’s talk about handling the ball.  Dribbling and ball handling are considered basic elements in being a good ball handler.  These skills can be developed through many hours of drills and repetition.  Some ball handling drills include: figure eight dribbling, circle dribbling, spider dribbling, two-ball dribbling, and even speed passing against a wall.
 
    The goal is to go through a set of drills everyday and make handling the ball second nature, or become something you don’t have to think about.
 
     Jesus also gives us basic requirements in becoming more Christ like.  In Matthew 22: 37-40, He gives us 2 important commandments.  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself”.  These basic requirements of our Christian life can help us to grow as believers and  Show our Godly attitudes by our obedience in becoming more Christ like.
 
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