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Uche Anizor: Overcoming Apathy

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Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Wishing you cared more about your faith? Uche Anizor gets it. He dialogues about the nuts and bolts of overcoming apathy and morphing from lethargy to zeal.

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0:00.5

So I don't know if I've ever told you about this,

0:02.5

but when I was coaching high school football,

0:04.9

back in Michigan, I had this one kid,

0:08.1

this one year on the team,

0:09.8

who was this outspoken Christian.

0:13.6

No, I don't even know this.

0:14.6

You don't even know what I'm gonna tell you.

0:15.8

Actually, I'm pretty sure his dad was a pastor,

0:18.8

but here's what happened.

0:20.4

At the same time, he was the laziest, most apathetic,

0:27.0

and I remember I confronted him one day

0:29.7

about that, because I'm like, dude, you show up late,

0:34.2

you don't care, you don't work.

0:36.8

I said to him, I literally said these words.

0:38.5

I said, don't tell anybody you're a Christian.

0:42.3

What?

0:43.8

That's what I said.

0:44.8

Now, I didn't mean it exactly as it came out,

0:47.2

but what I meant is if you're gonna call yourself a Christian

0:50.2

and you're gonna be a lazy, I don't care,

0:53.2

you are not representing the heart of God.

0:56.6

Welcome to Family Life today,

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