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*TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE* \\ \\
/GOD WANTS US TO TAKE CONTROL /
/OF OUR LIVES AWAY FROM OTHERS AND GIVE IT TO HIM./
\\ *THE STORY OF RUDY RUETTIGER.
(ROOT A GER)*
*RUDY GREW UP IN A CATHOLIC FAMILY *
*IN A SMALL TOWN IN ILLINOIS.
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*HE WAS ONE OF 14 CHILDREN.
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*RUDY'S DREAM WAS *
*TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME *
*AND PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE FIGHTING IRISH.
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*ALL HIS LIFE HE WAS TOLD HE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE—*
*HE WAS TOO SMALL AND TOO DUMB.
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*IN FACT, RUDY WAS ONLY 5'6" *
*AND HE GRADUATED THIRD IN HIS CLASS—*
*THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM!** *
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*AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE WENT INTO THE NAVY *
*AND THEN SPENT FOUR YEARS WORKING A UNION JOB AT A POWER PLANT.
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*IT WAS A GOOD JOB—SECURE, GOOD BENEFITS, DECENT PAY.
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*BUT SOMETHING IN RUDY TOLD HIM IT WASN'T RIGHT FOR HIM.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE HE WANTED TO DO WITH HIS LIFE.
**HE WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE FIGHTING IRISH!** *
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*OF COURSE, IT WAS A RIDICULOUS DREAM, AND EVERYONE TOLD HIM SO.
STILL, HE REFUSED TO LET IT GO. *
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*FINALLY, RUDY MADE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF HIS LIFE: *
*HE MADE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
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*HE CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THIS IS HIS LIFE, *
*HE WAS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.*
*NO ONE ELSE COULD LIVE IT FOR HIM.
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*SO HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE CONTROL OF HIS LIFE *
*AWAY FROM OTHERS, *
*AND GIVE IT TO GOD.
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*HE QUIT HIS JOB AND MOVED TO SOUTH BEND.** *
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*OF COURSE, NOTHING HAD CHANGED FOR HIM ACADEMICALLY.
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*HE STILL HAD A POOR HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT, *
*AND HE WAS DENIED ADMISSION TO NOTRE DAME.
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*THE ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR AT NOTRE DAME TOLD HIM *
*HE SHOULD ATTEND HOLY CROSS JUNIOR COLLEGE.
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*IF HE MADE STRAIGHT A'S FOUR SEMESTERS IN A ROW AT HOLY CROSS, HE WOULD BE ADMITTED TO NOTRE DAME.
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*AT THIS POINT IN HIS ACADEMIC CAREER, RUDY HAD NEVER MADE ANYTHING BETTER THAN A C! *
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*HOWEVER, HE THREW HIMSELF INTO HIS STUDIES, AND MADE THE NECESSARY GRADES.
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*/(IN THE PROCESS HE DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS DYSLEXIC, /*
*/AND HE LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS CONDITION.)/**/
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*AFTER GETTING ACCEPTED AT NOTRE DAME, *
*HIS FACED HIS NEXT CHALLENGE: *
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*HE TRIED OUT FOR THE FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL TEAM.
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*BEING 5'6" AND 190 POUNDS, HE KNEW HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE OF MAKING VARSITY—*
*BUT ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE THE SQUAD.
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*YOU SEE, EVEN THOUGH A COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM DRESSES OUT ABOUT 60 PLAYERS EACH GAME, *
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*THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 40 OR SO WHO ARE ON THE TEAM, *
*AND WHO PRACTICE EVERYDAY WITH THE TEAM, *
*BUT THEY NEVER GET TO WEAR A UNIFORM. *
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*BASICALLY, THEY SERVE AS "PUNCHING BAGS" FOR THE VARSITY PLAYERS IN PRACTICE.
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*THIS IS THE SQUAD RUDY HOPED TO MAKE.
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*AND HE DID MAKE IT.*
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*HE MADE IT AHEAD OF PLAYERS WHO WERE BIGGER, FASTER, AND STRONGER, THAN HIM*
*HE MADE IT BECAUSE HE HAD MORE HEART.**
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*FOR TWO YEARS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RUDY WORKED OUT WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY.
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*ON SATURDAY, THE BEST 60 PLAYERS SUITED UP AND RUDY WATCHED THE GAME FROM THE STANDS, LIKE ANY OTHER FAN.** *
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*IN THE LAST HOME GAME OF HIS SENIOR YEAR, *
*RUDY WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUIT UP. *
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*WHAT HAD SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE YEARS BEFORE HAD BECOME REALITY.
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*RUDY'S HARD WORK AND INTENSE ENTHUSIASM HAD CAUSED HIM TO BECOME SOMETHING OF A LOCAL HERO AMONG THE OTHER PLAYERS, *
*AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS, AND FANS IN SOUTH BEND.
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*TOWARD THE END OF THE GAME, *
*WITH NOTRE DAME LEADING BY MORE THAN A TOUCHDOWN, *
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*THE PLAYERS AND FANS BEGAN CHANTING, "RUDY!
RUDY! RUDY!" *
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*COACH DAN DEVINE SENT RUDY IN TO PLAY *
*WITH 27 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME.
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*ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME, RUDY BROKE THROUGH THE LINE AND SACKED THE GEORGIA TECH QUARTERBACK.
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*THE FIGHTING IRISH PLAYERS SPONTANEOUSLY LIFTED RUDY TO THEIR SHOULDERS AND CARRIED HIM OFF THE FIELD.
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*IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL, NO PLAYER HAS BEEN CARRIED OFF THE FIELD ON THE SHOULDERS OF OTHERS PLAYERS—*
*EXCEPT RUDY RUETTIGER.**
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RUDY'S LIFE DIDN'T END WITH A 27-SECOND COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAREER.
HE SOLD HOLLYWOOD ON THE IDEA OF PRODUCING HIS LIFE STORY,
TODAY, HE MAKES HIS LIVING BY WRITING AND SPEAKING TO SALES ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUTH GROUPS.
HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL
MAKES A PERSONAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
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WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE OUR LIVES ENSLAVED TO THE THOUGHTS, OPINIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF OTHERS.
THIS ISN'T THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE;
HE WANTS US TO BE INDEPENDENT.
SIMPLY PUT, *THAT MEANS TAKING THE CONTROL OF OUR LIFE AWAY FROM OTHERS *
*AND GIVING THAT CONROL TO GOD*.
*NOW REALIZE THAT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES IN TOTAL DISREGARD OF OTHERS FEELINGS; *
WE MUST ALWAYS BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OTHERS.
BUT WE CAN'T GIVE OTHERS
THAT WHICH BELONGS TO GOD.
MAKING A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
FREES US FROM THE EXPECTATIONS OF OTHERS,
AND EMPOWERS US TO LIVE A LIFE, COMMITTED TO GOD.
JESUS GAVE US A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF INDEPENDENCE.
EVEN THOUGH JESUS LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS,
WHEN YOU READ THE GOSPELS,
YOU REALIZE THAT HE WAS "HIS OWN MAN."
ACTUALLY HE WAS GOD'S OWN MAN.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE IN THE LIFE OF JESUS THAT WILL SHOW US HOW TO MAKE OUR OWN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES.
WE'RE GOING TO THE SIXTH CHAPTER OF MARK,
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