Faith to Tackle Life’s Biggest Challenges: Devon Still and Keni Thomas

Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith

Jesus Calling

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🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Devon Still and Keni Thomas have braved life-or-death moments. Now they strive to set an example for others and show them how they trusted God for His life-giving presence. First up, Devon Still is an All-American defensive end who spent his NFL career playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, and New York Jets. In 2014, just weeks after his faith in God was re-ignited, Devon discovered Leah was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. He recounts a pivotal moment in a hospital chapel that changed the way he viewed his new faith and his daughter’s disease. Our next guest, country music artist and former Army Ranger Keni Thomas, was impressed with a strong sense of duty to serve in the military. In 1993 he was deployed to Somalia, where he found himself entrenched in the horrific events portrayed in the book and movie Black Hawk Down. Today Keni is a motivational speaker who draws on his military experience to inspire audiences worldwide. He reflects on the fateful day in Mogadishu and describes the work he does now to help veterans transition back into civilian life, while demonstrating how gratitude can drastically change your perspective.

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0:00.0	And as we started going throughout this battle with cancer, I really started to gain a closer relationship with God because I really realized that he had already shaped me and gave me that playbook that I needed for
0:16.6	Leah to beat this disease.
0:18.1	So just to see the work that he was doing in our lives, the work that he was doing in other people's lives, and how he was using us to really make an impact on the world.
0:27.0	I've never saw God move that way before in my life, and there's nothing, like absolutely nothing I can go through in my life
0:34.4	that can strip me of my faith that I have in God.
0:38.4	Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. Today's guests have braved life and death moments and now strive to set an example for others as they trusted God for his life-giving presence.
0:50.0	Former NFL football player, Devon Still, and former Army Ranger and Blackcock Down Survivor, Kenny Thomas.
0:57.0	First up, Devon Still is an All-American defensive end who spent his NFL career playing for the Cincinnati
1:03.5	Bangles, the Houston Texans, and the New York Jets.
1:07.3	In 2014, Devon and his four-year-old daughter, Leah, captured hearts all over the
1:11.9	world as they shared about Leah's cancer journey through
1:14.8	Devon's Instagram account.
1:17.5	Devon gives us a glimpse into his early years, a rocky childhood, and how he found a real relationship with God and adulthood.
1:25.0	Within just weeks of his faith being reignited, Devon discovered Leah was diagnosed with stage
1:30.3	four cancer.
1:32.0	He also recounts a pivotal moment in a hospital chapel that
1:35.2	changed the way he viewed his new faith and his daughter's disease.
1:38.8	My name is Devon Steele. I'm a former professional football player. I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and I attended the Penn State University and now I spend my time traveling the world giving motivational talks and inspirational talks
1:54.8	teaching people my playbook on how they can get back into the game and sharing my story
1:59.3	about my faith and how it really helped me overcome every obstacle that I faced in my life.
2:04.2	So when I was growing up, God didn't really play a big part of my life.
2:08.3	I lived with my mom and dad up until I was in the third grade and they ended up getting a divorce and neither one of them really went to church or had a solid foundation in God.
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