You know, it's fortunate to have a lot of success in the game, but the biggest part of things is how many people can associate with my story and the fact that life doesn't always play out as you want it to and

sometimes their struggles and perseverance that you have to have along the way to

ultimately accomplish your goal. So through all those ups and downs,

finally got that second chance in the league

and was fortunate to turn it into a pretty good career

and finishing up just a couple years ago by being selected into the Hall of Fame.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.

Today we talk with two men who followed their dreams in the world of sports and how God guided them in his timing to exactly

where they needed to be to fulfill his purposes. Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner and

CBS Sports Personality James Brown.

Kurt Warner's dream of playing in the NFL didn't come as soon as he expected.

A series of twists and turns left him wondering if he would ever achieve his goals.

When he finally did see his dream come to light, he was able to look back and see how God

was preparing him not only athletically, but spiritually as well.

You know what a lot of people recognize. athletically but spiritually as well.

You know what a lot of people recognize about me is not so much what I did on the field,

but the kind of journey that got me there, a guy that had the dream like most kids to play in the National Football

League and be a superstar and all that stuff. But got a little sidetracked in college.

I sat on the bench for four years in college, got cut from my

first NFL team, found myself working in a grocery store before trying to get back into

football, playing arena football and in Europe and got my second chance

in the league at 28 years old.

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