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Rush: Iron Sharpens Iron (Proverbs 27:17)

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In Rush, James Hunt and Niki Lauda are rivals who despise each other—and make each other better. Hunt's recklessness pushes Lauda's precision; Lauda's discipline challenges Hunt's chaos. Neither would be champion without the other. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. The friction is the point. Hunt and Lauda were not comfortable friends; they were grinding rivals. But the grinding made them both sharper. Sometimes the people who challenge us most are the people we need most. Comfort does not sharpen; conflict does.

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rivalrysharpeninggrowthironchallenge

Scripture References

Proverbs 27:17Hebrews 10:24Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

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