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Christ is the reason for the incredible victory: McDowell, the NASCAR winner, publicly confessed his faith

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Entering Sunday’s NASCAR season-opening Daytona 500 — the “Great American Race” — driver Michael McDowell was a 100-1 underdog. After the race, which ended shortly after midnight in Florida thanks to two fiery crashes on either side of a rain delay that lasted nearly six hours, it was McDowell celebrating in victory lane.

The win marked his first in the Cup Series after only four top-five finishes in 357 previous Cup Series starts during his first 13 seasons.

“I just can’t believe it,” McDowell said on the track immediately following the race. “I’ve just got to thank God. So many years just grinding it out and hoping for an opportunity like this.”

In the No. 34 car for Front Row Motorsports, McDowell was involved in the first crash on lap 15, but his car didn’t sustain enough damage to slow him down. He was third on the final lap when the two leading cars collided, causing another massive crash. McDowell emerged as the leader, and he held on to win. The final lap was the only lap he led.

During his press conference following the race, McDowell was asked if winning this race matches the dream.

“It does, but whether I win this race or not, it’s not what defines you,” he said. “It’s unbelievable and I’m so thankful, but I’m thankful to have a happy, healthy family and a beautiful wife and a great family. Not everybody makes it to victory lane and for 14 years I didn’t, so just to be here now is just so amazing.”

It was Joey Logano who held the lead down the final stretch of the final lap, but his Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski tried to pass on the inside, and instead caused both to spin out. Logano was upset that he didn’t win the famed Daytona 500, but he was happy for McDowell.

“I feel like we had a great shot being where we were and leading on the last lap, but if we couldn’t win I’m really happy to see McDowell win this thing,” Logano told FOX. “He’s a great guy, a great person, a good leader in life and has helped me a lot in my life, so it’s very cool to see him win the Daytona 500.”

McDowell’s win also essentially secures him a spot in the playoffs this fall for the first time in his career. For the 36-year-old McDowell, his success to begin 2021 is a sweet reward for his countless hours of work without a win to show for it.

“There’s been lots of years where I was wondering what the heck am I doing and why am I doing it? I always knew if I just kept grinding that one day everything will line up and go right,” McDowell said after the race.

He later expounded, saying, “When you show up to the race track, and you know that you’re — I don’t even know how to say it — you’re just in the way, taking up space, it’s hard to do that year after year and week after week. So you’ve got to have a bigger purpose than that. For me, it was knowing that I would get an opportunity eventually.”

McDowell told the Sports Spectrum Podcast in early 2019 that he has relied on his faith in God throughout his career, and he wants others to know about the love of Jesus too.

“I’m passionate about people coming to know Christ,” McDowell said. “Part of that is just a realization that you’re either alive in Christ or you’re dead. There’s no in-between.”

McDowell explained that he did not grow up learning about Christianity. When some of his racing mentors introduced him to the faith, it was unlike anything he’d encountered before. Soon after, McDowell sustained a horrific accident in qualifying at the 2008 Samsung 500 in which his car slammed against the wall before barrel-rolling to a stop. Amazingly, McDowell walked away from the wreckage unscathed and went on to race that weekend.

Through his brush with death, God revealed to McDowell the true power of the racing platform he’d been given.

“Once I fully surrendered, I realized that I love speaking and I love talking with people,” he said on the podcast, “and if I’m going to do that, then I need to be doing it, 1) to glorify God, and 2) to lead people to Christ. … That area between your feet, that’s your mission field.”

In 2014, McDowell also spoke with Sports Spectrum about his faith, how he sees his position in NASCAR and what he feels God is calling him to:Now with a Daytona 500 victory to his name, McDowell will try to win again at NASCAR’s next scheduled race, the O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona on Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. ET.
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ജേഴ്സിയില്‍ ബൈബിൾ വചനം പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ച് ക്രിസ്തീയ സാക്ഷ്യവുമായി പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗ് താരം

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നോട്ടിംഗ്ഹാം: ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗ് മത്സരത്തിൽ ഗോൾ നേട്ടത്തിന് പിന്നാലെ ജേഴ്സിയിലെ ക്രിസ്തീയ വിശ്വാസവും ബൈബിൾ വചനവും ടെലവിഷൻ കാമറകൾക്കും, കാണികൾക്കും മുന്നിൽ പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ച് പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗ് താരത്തിന്റെ സാക്ഷ്യം. തൈവോ അവോനിയി എന്ന നോട്ടിംഗ്ഹാം ഫോറസ്റ്റ് ടീമിന്റെ താരം ദൈവത്തിന് കൃതജ്ഞത അര്‍പ്പിച്ചുക്കൊണ്ട് നടത്തിയ സമർപ്പണം സമൂഹ മാധ്യമങ്ങളില്‍ വലിയ രീതിയില്‍ പങ്കുവെയ്ക്കപ്പെടുകയാണ്. ശനിയാഴ്ച വെസ്റ്റ് ഹാമിനെതിരെ നടന്ന മത്സരത്തിലെ ഗോൾ നേട്ടത്തിന് പിന്നാലെയാണ് അദ്ദേഹം തന്റെ ജേഴ്സിയിലൂടെ അനേകരുടെ ശ്രദ്ധയാകര്‍ഷിച്ചത്.

”എല്ലാ അന്ധകാര കാലത്തിലും നീ വെളിച്ചമായി. യേശുവിന്റെ മഹത്വം അത്യുന്നതമായി ഉയർത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു.” ഇതോടൊപ്പം സഭാപ്രസംഗകന്റെ പുസ്തകം പന്ത്രണ്ടാം അധ്യായം പതിമൂന്നാം വാക്യവും അവോനിയി ജേഴ്സിയില്‍ പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. വചനത്തില്‍ ഇങ്ങനെ പറയുന്നു, ” ദൈവഭയമുള്ളവനായിരിക്കുക, അവിടുത്തെ കല്‍പനകള്‍ പാലിക്കുക; മനുഷ്യന്റെ മുഴുവന്‍ കര്‍ത്തവ്യവും ഇതുതന്നെ..” മത്സരത്തിൽ രണ്ട് ഗോളുകൾക്കാണ് ഫോറസ്റ്റ് ടീം വിജയിച്ചത്. ചെറുപ്പത്തിൽ താരം ഏറെ പിന്തുണച്ചിരുന്ന പ്രമുഖ ക്ലബ്ബായ ആർസണലിനെ ഇക്കഴിഞ്ഞ ജനുവരിയില്‍ തോൽപ്പിച്ചിരിന്നു. ശേഷം ജേഴ്സിയിൽ പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ച ബൈബിൾ വചനം തന്നെയാണ് ദൈവത്തോടുള്ള നന്ദി സൂചകമായി തൈവോ അവോനിയി ഇത്തവണ കുറിച്ചത്.

കഴിഞ്ഞ സെപ്റ്റംബറിൽ ദേശീയ ടീമായ നൈജീരിയയ്ക്ക് വേണ്ടി ഗോളടിച്ചതിനുശേഷം കുരിശ് അടയാളമുള്ള ഷിൻപാഡ് താരം കൈകളിൽ ഉയർത്തി പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ചതും ശ്രദ്ധ നേടിയിരുന്നു. ആഗോള തലത്തില്‍ തന്നെ ശ്രദ്ധ നേടുന്ന വിവിധ മത്സരങ്ങളില്‍ താരങ്ങള്‍ ക്രൈസ്തവ വിശ്വാസത്തിന് സാക്ഷ്യം നല്‍കുന്നത് സമീപകാലത്തായി വര്‍ദ്ധിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ്. ഖത്തറിൽ നടന്ന ഫുട്ബോള്‍ ലോകകപ്പില്‍ ഫ്രാന്‍സിനെ അട്ടിമറിച്ച് അർജന്റീന സ്വന്തമാക്കിയ ലോകകപ്പ് കിരീടം പ്രശസ്തമായ ലുജാൻ മരിയന്‍ ബസിലിക്ക ദേവാലയത്തിൽ സമര്‍പ്പണം നടത്താന്‍ ടീം മൊത്തമായി എത്തിയത് നേരത്തെ ചര്‍ച്ചയായിരിന്നു.
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Super Bowl QB Brock Purdy starts off every day reading this Bible passage

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During media availability this week ahead of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy shared how he has leaned on Psalm 23 this season by reading the passage daily to “start off with some solitude.”

“The Lord is my shepherd. I have what I need. He lets me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters,” Purdy said, paraphrasing Psalm 23:1 during a Sports Spectrum interview posted to YouTube on Wednesday.

“For me, playing this game, playing this sport, there is a lot that goes into it. It’s easy to get wrapped up in wanting and feeling, wanting to be loved — obviously by your teammates and everybody, but like the world. For me, in that passage, its talking about I already have what I need from the Good shepherd in Jesus.”

The 24-year-old NFL athlete, who played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, said that he refers back to the psalm in moments when he needs it most.

“It’s what I start off with, actually, every single day. I just read off Psalm 23 to myself before I start, start off with some solitude, and then, I go about my day.”

In addition to reading the Bible, Purdy said he also prays before and while he plays.

“It’s not ‘God, can we win here? Can we do something great here?’ It’s more just to have that peace, that steadfastness in all the chaos. That’s really what it is,” he said.

“And sink it back into like, ‘Holy Spirit, you know, take over and, and lead me here in this moment and allow me to think clearly, allow me to obviously go through my reads and like I said, have a even keel state of mind that I get from Holy Spirit.”

In his second season in the NFL, Purdy has stayed true to his faith and doesn’t seem afraid to share how it impacts his daily life both on and off the field.

In late January, Purdy made a post-game comment praising God after the Sunday victory that allowed his team to advance to Super Bowl LVIII.

“First of all, Glory to God. He’s given us this opportunity … and for us, it’s a team sport,” Purdy said. “You know, we knew we had [a] half left. Defense did their job. Boys on offense took care of business. Coach called a great game, and we had the faithful behind us the whole way. We love you guys.”

Last January, Purdy suffered a UCL tear in the elbow of his right throwing arm in the last game of his rookie season.

In a press conference last year, head coach Kyle Shanahan called his starting quarterback “pretty steady” and admired Purdy’s faith, saying his beliefs are what seems to drive him to great success.

“He’s a very faith-based person. I think that gives him his foundation as much as anyone I’ve been around,” Shanahan said. “He’s taken this whole off-season as good as you can. … He handles the pressure well and really doesn’t change.”

“I think that’s why the guys love him, and I think that’s why he’ll continue to get better.”
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Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh Reveals ‘Mini Revival’, 70 Players Baptized Last Season

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University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh revealed a stunning stat last week while joining the 51st annual March for Life Rally in Washington DC. The coach of this year’s college football championship team said 70 of his players had been baptized over the past season.

In an interview with faith and sports commentator Jon Root, on the sidelines of the pro-life rally, Harbaugh shared the surprising news.

“There’s a spiritual mission to our team,” Harbaugh said. “I’m inspired by them…[it’s] inspirational. The young players on our team are incredible examples.”

There are more than 100 players on the roster for the 2024 College Football Champs. Root said that indicates “a mini revival” has been underway this past season with more than half of the Michigan Wolverines declaring their faith in Jesus by getting baptized in 2023.

Several of the players are outspoken Born-Again Christians who aren’t afraid to talk about their faith in Christ.

As CBN News reported, Wolverines running back, Donovan Edwards, continually gives glory to God.

At the end of winning their first national championship since 1997, Edwards told WXYZ-TV, “I’m blessed. I’m able to do that because I can revert back to the situation that I did today and not worry myself and just let everything flow. But God played through me and that’s what I did today, you know, for the success that I had, it was nothing but God, you know. Trust in the process, the process with Him.”

Later, he publicly expressed more about his faith during the game’s post-press conference.

“I just thank God that He’s allowed me to [play football]… He showed me the ups, the downs, and it’s about what I do with it. It’s about if I’m going to fall from it or continue to rise from adversity and trials and tribulation,” the Michigan junior said.

Edwards told the WolverinesWire that God really changed his life before he committed to Michigan.

“I was living with my grandma when I was like 17 or 18 years old, and just me and her were talking about the Bible, and would read the Bible together all the time,” he told the outlet. “That kind of kicked off everything for me. And before I committed to Michigan, I heard a voice saying, ‘Do not worry, everything will be all right.’ And I figured out it was God talking to me.”

“After I heard that voice, I’ve always believed,” Edwards explained. “I had a spiritual vision, just God giving me the ability to see what He has planned has always allowed me to stay grounded.”

“My ultimate goal in life is not about the riches or the possessions,” he noted. “My ultimate goal in life is to get the ‘Well done, My loyal servant’ from the Most High.”

And he’s not the only player who was vocal about his faith in Jesus this season.

Running back Blake Corum says he is a firm Believer in Christ and expresses that he was put on this earth to bless others.

“God has blessed me not only with athletic abilities but the ability to give. The ability to put smiles on people’s faces. The ability to make people laugh. That’s what it’s all about. Life is about the small things—the smiles, the laughs, the get-togethers. That’s what I believe,” Corum said during his acceptance speech for the Collegiate Social Service Award he received.

He added, “Serving is what I believe God put me on this earth to do. I will continue to serve and bring communities together as long as I’m on this earth.”

Coach Harbaugh has said that God and His Holy Spirit are responsible for the team’s success.

“Thanks to God, first. He’s had His hand on this team the entire year. Been a spiritual journey for us, so all thanks to God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to say this, you talk about some of the—it’s a galvanized team,” Harbaugh told ESPN before heading into the playoffs. “Some may think it’s galvanized by adversity, it’s not. It’s galvanized by choice. Choice to play for each other.”

Harbaugh Speaks Out for Life

Meanwhile, Harbaugh has never shied away from the pro-life cause and on Friday he championed the right to life at the annual March for Life in Washington.

He explained to Root his message is this: “Have the courage to let the unborn be born.”

Harbaugh also told the crowd of tens of thousands that their commitment on that cold day was a “testimony for the sanctity of life.”

He made the comment while addressing pro-lifers gathered at the National Mall before introducing retired NFL tight end and pro-life advocate Benjamin Watson.

He described Watson as “talented, courageous, fearless leader.”

“He is making a difference in the lives of so many,” Harbaugh added. “It’s my pleasure to introduce somebody who speaks truth, clarity, and grace. Who combines bold conviction with kindness. [He is] fearless, humble and courageous. Proud father of the Watson seven, and a helpful warrior for the sanctity of life.”
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