SCRIPTURE UNION ASSEMBLY
It is a new day, a new beginning, a new ray of hope, a new opportunity to work towards making your life the way you want to. Good Morning School, today’s assembly will be conducted by the students of the Scripture Union. The topic for today’s assembly is Integrity.
The Scripture portion will be read by….. Joe Israel
A short story will be narrated by….. Rizpah Samson
The thought for the day will be given by….Sharlin Devadoss
The prayer will be recited by… ……….Naysa Share
The Lords prayer will be said by …….Sidelle Lobo
Today’s scripture portion is taken from the book of Proverbs chapter 11, verse 3:
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the transgressors shall destroy them.
To highlight more on this topic we have …… with a short story
In May of 2005 American professional tennis player Andy Ruddick was playing against Fernando Verdasco, of Spain, in the round of 16 at the Italia Masters tennis tournament in Rome, Italy. Ruddick was the number one seed in the tournament and a heavy favorite to win the match and advance.
Ruddick, one of the top players in the world, was at the top of his game. Indeed, just one month later he would make it to the finals at Wimbledon before losing to Roger Federer.
Roddick dominated as expected and had triple match point when something extremely unusual happened. Roddick couldn’t return Verdasco’s hard second serve but the linesman called the serve out and awarded Roddick the point and the match.
With the crowd cheering Verdasco ran to the net to shake Roddick’s hand and congratulate him on his victory. However, Roddick knew something that the linesman, the umpire, the cheering crowd, and Verdasco himself didn’t know. The serve had not been out, but had hit on the line, making it in.
Roddick could have kept this information to himself and accepted the victory. Indeed, honor calls are not expected in tennis. Instead he informed the umpire that the ball had been in and offered to show him the mark on the clay where the ball had hit to prove his point. The umpire reversed the call and awarded the point to Verdasco.
Having been given a second chance Verdasco made the most of it. He came back to win the game, the set, and the match giving him a highly improbable victory, especially considering not long before he had been standing at the net ready to concede.
Andy Roddick lost a tennis match that day but won something much more important, and in the process set a great example of sportsmanship for competitors everywhere.
Thought for the day:
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Let us Pray:
Our Heavenly Gracious Father we thank and praise thee for blessing us with a new day in our lives. Dear Lord ,give us the grace to live a life of integrity and honesty. May our lives be a living sacrifice, our actions and motives selfless not bound by circumstances and people. We pray for our school, staff, our Principal and all the administrative heads bless them . We ask this prayer in the sweet name of our Lord Jesus Christ Amen.
Let us continue with the Lord’s prayer….
Kindly stand to attention for the School Song.