{"id":14379,"date":"2019-12-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frn.wtb.mybluehost.me\/?p=14379"},"modified":"2021-06-17T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T21:37:21","slug":"ministry-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/ministry-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry &amp; The NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My husband, Demario Davis, and I use his platform in the NFL as our ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you must understand that a lot of times when we think of missionaries, we automatically think of people who are going to the poorest of places to share the Gospel. But that\u2019s not the <em>only<\/em> way God moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God has elevated us for a mission that is not normal in the eyes of most. He has said to us, \u201cNot only do poor people need Jesus but also people who think they have everything \u2014 but yet they have nothing because they don\u2019t wholeheartedly have Me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14380\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s true. There is missionary work to be done on different levels, in different places. It doesn\u2019t all look like work in the slums of cities. Spreading the Gospel is about using the platform given to you, wherever that might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our platform allows us to reach and encounter both individuals and entire communities that we typically wouldn\u2019t have been exposed to. It has elevated our voice, giving us a place to be heard by people who wouldn\u2019t normally listen to us share God\u2019s truth. As people often fix their eyes on us, we boldly (in love), attempt to shift their eyes to Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, here, amongst wealthy athletes and high-profile entertainers, I walk alongside my husband in ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I encourage you to use your platform to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband, Demario Davis, and I use his platform in the NFL as our ministry. How is that? First, you must understand that a lot of times when we think of missionaries, we automatically think of people who are going to the poorest of places to share the Gospel. But that\u2019s not the only way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,30],"tags":[32,31],"class_list":["post-14379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","category-football","tag-ministry","tag-nfl"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14654,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14379\/revisions\/14654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefword.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}