{"id":22161,"date":"2022-12-15T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=22161"},"modified":"2022-12-16T14:06:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:06:07","slug":"former-nfl-star-and-colorado-coach-deion-sanders-praises-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2022\/12\/former-nfl-star-and-colorado-coach-deion-sanders-praises-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star and Colorado Coach Deion Sanders Praises God"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22170\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2022\/12\/deion-sanders_credit-dfree-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22170\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2022\/12\/deion-sanders_credit-dfree-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFree \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deion \u201cPrime Time\u201d Sanders, former pro football star-turned-college football coach,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AcbRS2Lo8YU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">praised God<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at his first press conference as the new head coach for the Colorado Buffalos. Sanders had previously coached at Jackson State, where he coached for two winning seasons of 11-2 and 12-0. \u201cDon\u2019t you ever tell me what God aint\u2019,\u201d he said at the conference. \u201cDon\u2019t you ever tell me His limits. Don\u2019t you ever tell me what you\u2019re up against and what you can\u2019t do.\u201d He went on to acknowledge God\u2019s impact in his life, saying, \u201cOut of all the persons in the world, God chose me? For that, I thank you. For that, I love Him. For that, I magnify Him. For that, I glorify Him. For that, I praise Him. For that, I owe Him. Each and every day, I\u2019m trying to please Him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sanders grew up in a Christian home, yet in 1997 <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/andscape.com\/features\/for-deion-sanders-nfl-football-star-a-suicide-attempt-led-him-to-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he tried<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to end it all by driving off a cliff. \u201cI was going through the trials and tribulations of life. I was pretty much running on fumes. I was empty, no peace, no joy. Losing hope with the progression of everything,\u201d he recalled, writing about the situation in his autobiography\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Power, Money &amp; Success: How Success Almost Ruined My Life.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sanders\u2019s personal life was in turmoil with a pending divorce. However, despite falling nearly 30 or 40 feet, he escaped the incident without significant injury. The event brought him to Christ. \u201cI finally just got on my knees and gave it all to the Lord,\u201d he said. His career landed him not only in the NFL but also in the MLB as well, and he is the only player in history to play in both the World Series and Super Bowl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He faced more adversity during his stint as a coach at Jackson. In September 2021, he had surgery on his foot. The next month, he was hospitalized for complications and nearly lost his life. Speaking on the YouTube channel \u201c<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/footballscoop.com\/news\/deion-sanders-coach-prime-jackson-state-hospital-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Pregame Show<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u201d Sanders continued to praise God. \u201cI can\u2019t walk on my own, and people have to help me get in and out of everything, and I say, \u2018Lord, I thank you. You say, \u2018Prime, how can you say Lord, I thank you, and it\u2019s hard for you to help yourself?\u2019 Because I\u2019m alive,\u201d he said. He also acknowledged God\u2019s plan in all his hardships, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a beautiful thing when you see the story when you see the glory, it\u2019s going to be a beautiful thing when you see how all this plays out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sanders\u2019s spirit and enthusiasm are already shaking up the college football scene. Star prospect <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/colorado-football-news-dylan-edwards-recruiting-bombshell-deion-sanders-buffaloes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dylan Edwards<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has pulled out of a commitment to Notre Dame in order to follow Sanders to Colorado. He stated he would not be the only one, saying, \u201cI know a lot of guys are about to come here. I know a lot of guys that are about to flip their commitments. They are all big Power 5 guys with a lot of offers, guys that are four- and five-stars. Nobody is safe in this situation recruiting-wise. Coach Deion\u2019s plan here is worth coming to look at, and recruits are going to want to do that.\u201d Sanders will finish out the year with Jackson State at their final game of the season at the Celebration Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deion \u201cPrime Time\u201d Sanders, former pro football star-turned-college football coach,\u00a0praised God at his first press conference as the new head coach for the Colorado Buffalos. Sanders had previously coached at Jackson State, where he coached for two winning seasons of 11-2 and 12-0. \u201cDon\u2019t you ever tell me what God aint\u2019,\u201d he said at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":22170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former NFL Star and Colorado Coach Deion Sanders Praises God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deion Sanders praises God at his first press conference as head coach for the Colorado Buffalos.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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