God’s People, Made In His Image, Working Together: Miles McPherson & Derek Evans
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Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 26 March 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The more we work and serve alongside people who are different from us, the more readily we see the image of God in everyone. Former San Diego Chargers player Miles McPherson shares how he got mixed up in drugs and the wrong lifestyle in the NFL, but was saved by God when he called out to Him in his lowest moment. Today Miles pastors the Rock Church in San Diego shares that we all have one very important thing in common: God made us in His image, which means we’re all neighbors regardless of skin color. Since he was a little boy, Derek Evans knew he wanted to lend a helping hand to many. After a series of obstacles led him to question his purpose, God helped Derek discover how a small t-shirt company he’d started called Project 615 could change the lives of not only his neighbors at home, but across the world.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
Jesus Calling for Easter
Jesus Calling episode, Heavenly Connections: Kristin Chenoweth, Joanne Rogers, & Montell Jordan
Rock Church in San Diego, CA
The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation book
Pop Warner football
The Good Samaritan story
Project 615
The Bridge Ministry
Made to Change the World book
Interview Quotes:
“Every NFL team has a Christian contingent. They all have chapels. They all have chapel before the game. They all have Bible study during the week. And so there was a group on our team, and I watched them and knew that what they had, I wanted.” - Miles McPherson
“The big difference for me was having people in my life to hold me accountable and just be there to be an example.” - Miles McPherson, on life after becoming a Christian
”Every race conversation is about us vs. them. And the third option is that we honor what we have in common.” - Miles McPherson
“Every time you see someone, rename them neighbor. You know, the greatest commandment is to love God with your heart, mind, and soul. And the second is just like it, to love your neighbor as yourself . . . If we would just start there and talk about people through the lens of a neighbor or brother or sister, we wouldn't say a lot of the things we say.” - Miles McPherson
“Anytime there's change in my life, I'm more excited than fearful because I know that God always uses those opportunities to really strengthen us.” - Derek Evans
“The beautiful thing about being at rock bottom is that God truly uses that time to mold you, to really speak to you, to really transform your life.” - Derek Evans
"As we're praying over [this homeless man], for the first time in my life, I felt God say, 'You're no different than this man you're praying for.'" – Derek Evans
“God calls us to different things, and not only does He call for different things, He plants different gifts and talents inside of us that He uses to further His kingdom.” - Derek Evans
“We must be the light, as Jesus calls us to be.” - Derek Evans
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| 0:00.0 | Spring 2020 brings exclusive editions of Jesus Always and Jesus Calling to your local Sam's Club. |
| 0:06.1 | Featuring a leather soft cover with comfortable print size and written out Bible verses, |
| 0:11.2 | find these exclusive editions of Jesus Always and Jesus |
| 0:14.7 | calling at your local Sam's Club today. |
| 0:19.3 | We're all made in the image of God and the image of God and me is the same image of God |
| 0:24.3 | and everybody around the world. God made us all in the same image of one God. |
| 0:27.8 | So we all have the ability to have a relationship with God to understand His word, to |
| 0:32.0 | hear His voice, to express His love. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:39.2 | Our guests this week have found power in recognizing that though we appear to be different, we are all created in God's |
| 0:45.2 | image and for His glory. |
| 0:47.2 | Pastor and former NFL player Miles McPherson, and entrepreneur Derek Evans. |
| 1:04.4 | First of, Miles McPherson is the founder and has pastored the vibrant rock church in San Diego, California for the last 20 years. During college, Miles played football and got drafted into the NFL. |
| 1:08.3 | During his time as a player, he hit a low with drug abuse that caused him to reassess the |
| 1:12.3 | direction his life was headed. |
| 1:14.2 | Miles knew he needed to give his life back to God and when he did, everything changed. |
| 1:18.7 | After he left the NFL, he went on to start his church and to become an important voice for racial unity in the world, especially |
| 1:24.5 | among Christians, which he talks about in his latest book. |
| 1:27.6 | The third option, Hope for a Racially Divided Nation. |
| 1:32.4 | I'm Miles McPherson, former NFL player now, Pastor to the Rock Church in San Diego. |
| 1:37.0 | Married three kids and one grandchild who's four years old and author of the third option. I went to Catholic school from |
| 1:46.1 | first to eighth grade and so I learned the fear of God in Catholic school and so I |
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