SAMPLE from 2024: Talking About Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football Fellowship
Nov 26, 2024
5 min read

Updated: May 28

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Talking About Fantasy Football

If you’re like me, you love playing Fantasy Football and talking about it!

It’s fun to tell other people about our team, how we did in our most recent matchup, and discuss the players who contributed to our team’s success. We especially get excited when we bring up how bad our team was to start the season and how we turned things around.

We’ll talk about Fantasy Football with other Fantasy managers in our league or friends in other leagues, and sometimes even with strangers, because there are plenty of aspects from the season that we can relate to. We speak the same language, know what it’s like to face the same injuries to star players, and understand how exciting it is to experience a close win that was clinched during Monday Night Football.

As easy as it is to have Fantasy conversations with other people who play Fantasy, it can be challenging to bring up the topic with people who don’t currently participate. Sometimes, people are hostile toward Fantasy Football because they don’t believe it’s something they would be interested in. Other times, people have no understanding of what it’s all about.

However, in these situations, we get to passionately tell them why we love Fantasy Football, why it’s been so important in our lives, and why it’s worth the commitment. It might initially sound foreign or foolish to those who don’t play, but we can help them comprehend it so they're no longer confused.

We might also find out that the reason they don’t play is that they’ve never been invited to a league or they have a false understanding of Fantasy Football.

These are opportunities to encourage more people to play Fantasy and experience the same joy we have from our involvement. We can explain why they should play and participate in the Fantasy Football community.

We have to help them realize that it will give them a new perspective on the NFL and that being in a Fantasy league will provide worthwhile relationships. We need to do our part to ensure that people don’t continue missing out on everything that Fantasy offers.

This approach to spreading the word about Fantasy Football will hopefully get us thinking about what’s much more important to tell others about: Jesus! If we love Him, then we love talking about Him.

Our gratitude and love toward Him give us the desire to share the Gospel. It's the Good News that Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection allow us to be saved from our sins and given eternal life through faith in Him.

As much as we love talking about Fantasy Football, do we love talking to others about Jesus? What if we got excited about sharing the many ways we once “had a bad team” and how He helped us turn things around?

We’ll most likely talk about our faith with other believers in our church or from other churches because we speak the same language, face similar “injuries,” and have plenty of other aspects we relate to.

These conversations might be easy, but we know how challenging it can be to discuss Jesus and the Bible with people who don’t currently follow Him. Sometimes, people are hostile toward God because they don’t believe in Him, aren’t interested, or don't understand what being a Christian is all about.

Romans 10:14-15 (NLT) says, “But how can they call on Him to save them unless they believe in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him? And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, 'How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!'”

We get to passionately tell others who Jesus is, how He loves us, why we love Him, why He’s been so important in our lives, and why it’s worth the commitment to follow Him. People see something different about us because He lives within us, so we must always be ready to talk about Him.

1 Peter 3:15 (AMP) tells us, "But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect.”

We might find out that sometimes people don’t believe because they’ve never been invited to a church or because they have a false understanding of Christianity. It sounds foreign or foolish at first to those who don’t yet believe, but we can help them understand what it truly means to know God and be forgiven so they're no longer confused.

These are opportunities to encourage more people to trust in Jesus and experience the same joy we have from following Him. We can explain to them why they should turn to Him and be a part of the family of God.

2 Corinthians 5:20 (ESV) explains, "Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you, on behalf of Christ, to be reconciled to God.”

We have to help them realize how it will give them a new perspective on life and eternity and how being in a local church will provide worthwhile relationships. We need to help ensure that people don’t continue missing out on everything that God offers us—Himself, His love, grace, mercy, and peace.

We can help other people come to faith in Christ by telling them about the truth of God’s Word, the transformation He’s made in our lives, and how we’ve experienced His presence and power. But ultimately, the Holy Spirit’s work changes hearts and minds and empowers people to surrender their lives to Jesus.

When we consider how He’s worked in our lives, how could we not talk about it?

As Psalm 105:1-2 (NLT) puts it, “Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done. Sing to Him; yes, sing His praises. Tell everyone about His wonderful deeds.”

What do you love most about Fantasy Football?
What kind of conversations do you regularly have with others about Fantasy Football?

What makes it hard to talk to people about Fantasy who have never played before?
What do Fantasy outsiders have difficulty understanding about Fantasy?
Have you ever invited someone to play Fantasy Football for the first time?