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Sports Spectrum Podcast

Mike Fisher - "I ONCE WAS"

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

Sports

4.9684 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Today Sports Spectrum continues a seven week series called "I ONCE WAS" where athletes share their transformation story of going from lost to found.

This podcast takes you deeper into each athlete's "I ONCE WAS" story and today we continue our series with longtime NHL player Mike Fisher. 


You can watch Mike's "I ONCE WAS" video here.

You can order "I ONCE WAS" merchandise here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is a production of Sports Spectrum.

0:05.5

He knew I was struggling, and he said, let's do this Bible study.

0:08.9

And we're working through this Bible study, and we come to Luke 9.

0:12.7

It says, you want to be a follower of me.

0:14.4

You must put aside your own selfish ambitions.

0:16.9

Pick up your cross daily and follow me.

0:19.1

If you want to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it.

0:21.3

But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.

0:32.4

Hey friends, welcome in to Sports Spectrum.

0:35.0

I'm Jade Bacarthe.

0:35.9

We continue this series here I once was.

0:39.0

And you just heard Mike Fisher, long time NHL veteran, talking about several verses that really struck him when it was a friend and a family member who dove into a Bible study with him.

0:53.0

And those verses just really, they really hit him.

0:56.3

They were convicting for him. They stayed with him. They held on his heart and they continue

1:02.0

to hold on his heart to this day. And we talked a little bit about why they were so meaningful

1:07.8

for him and how he continues to share those verses to this very day.

1:13.8

Well, wonderful to have Mike Fisher with us here now to expand upon his story about that best day for him.

1:21.6

Mike, can you just take me back to that point in your life?

1:24.5

You talked about how it was a really challenging time for you, even though the

1:30.3

world would say it was or should have been the greatest time. What was that like for you?

1:37.3

Well, you know, sometimes you never know what people are really going through, you know, on the

1:42.3

outside, especially men, you know, we have a tendency to keep everything in and, you know, pretend that everything's fine, but really

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