Commercial and bureaucratic hindrances collided with an uncontrollable reality: the faith of many players.

Yerry Mina, Cuadrado and Falcao are some of the Christian players who shared Bible verses and made faith statements during the World Cup.

Players at the World Cup are not allowed to express religious messages on the field. But Thiago Silva, Neymar and other stars of the Brazilian team used Instagram to thank God.

A team of Steiger mission is starting conversations about the gospel in the middst of the football celebration in Russia.

All players of the squad kneeled and prayed together on the pitch after losing 6-1 to England. It is the first time the country plays a football World Cup.

Romelu Lukaku of Belgium and Fidel Escobar of Panama knelt on the field to pray at the end of the game. Social media users described it as “the image of the day”.

The God “who played the cosmos into being” delights himself in the World Cup but delights in higher things still.

Christians set up a fan zone in a church in the city centre. A Steiger mission team will start conversations about Jesus through creative activities.

God says that he will exalt the humble and reject the proud. And there is nothing worse in approaching God than to go in a proud way.

We should not turn back in the face of seemingly impossible difficulty. God takes charge of solving impossible problems.

When we want everything to finish quickly, it's because we are afraid of losing our victory in the last moments.