{"id":27923,"date":"2023-08-30T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27923"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:21:34","slug":"football-legend-deion-sanders-believes-jesus-will-satisfy-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/football-legend-deion-sanders-believes-jesus-will-satisfy-your-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Football Legend Deion Sanders Believes Jesus Will &#8216;Satisfy Your Heart&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27941\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Deion-Sanders_credit-April-Visuals-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27941\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Deion-Sanders_credit-April-Visuals-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Visuals \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former NFL cornerback turned University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders recently took a stand for his faith in an Instagram post. He captioned the photos, \u201cJESUS!\u201d The first photo declared, \u201cSex won\u2019t satisfy you. Fame won\u2019t satisfy you. Drugs won\u2019t satisfy you. Money won\u2019t satisfy you. Alcohol won\u2019t satisfy you. Success won\u2019t satisfy you. Life is empty without Jesus. He is the only one who can satisfy your heart. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second photo said, \u201cPray until you see a breakthrough. Pray until the chains fall off. Pray until you hear God\u2019s voice.\u201d Sanders, nicknamed \u201cPrime Time\u201d during his NFL career, usually discusses his faith on social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cvw21IEuEST\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=3dfcd82a-1b36-479e-b99a-3862ebee497c\">In another post to his 3.4 million Instagram followers<\/a>, \u201cLord, I thank u for yesterday because if it weren\u2019t for yesterday, I wouldn\u2019t be prepared for today. I\u2019m appreciative for the ups, downs, comings, goings, the light, the darkness, the good and the bad. I thank u for it all!\u201d The caption read, \u201cLord, I thank u for every day that ends with a \u201cY\u201d\u00a0\u00a0#CoachPrime!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvYRu-8rE6Y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvYRu-8rE6Y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by @COACHPRIME (@deionsanders)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sanders joined the University of Colorado as head coach in December 2022. After the announcement, he said in a press conference, \u201cDon\u2019t you ever tell me where God ain\u2019t. Don\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 continued, \u201cOut of all of the persons in the world, God chose me. For that, I thank Him. 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<\/p>\n<p>Colorado athletic director Rick George stated in a press release, \u201cThere were a number of highly qualified and impressive candidates interested in becoming the next head football coach at Colorado, but none of them had the pedigree, the knowledge and the ability to connect with student-athletes like Deion Sanders.\u201dHe concluded, \u201cNot only will Coach Prime energize our fanbase, I\u2019m confident that he will lead our program back to national prominence while leading a team of high quality and high character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was drafted as a first-rounder in 1989 by the Atlanta Falcons out of Florida State and played in the league for 14 seasons with several franchises. He won two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers and was inducted into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\/news\/2011\/02\/news-pro-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2011-announced\/\">Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfbhall.com\/about\/blog\/deion-sanders-and-the-road-to-the-college-football-hall-of-fame\/\">College Football Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u00a0also played for five different Major League Baseball\u00a0teams in 11 years. He is the first athlete to have competed in a Super Bowl and a World Series.\u00a0Sanders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7joodCVB6Fw&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/&amp;source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&amp;feature=emb_imp_woyt\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0that in 2021, he had blood clots that threatened his life. However, after eight surgeries and the amputation of two toes on his left foot, Sanders recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL cornerback turned University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders recently took a stand for his faith in an Instagram post. He captioned the photos, \u201cJESUS!\u201d The first photo declared, \u201cSex won\u2019t satisfy you. Fame won\u2019t satisfy you. Drugs won\u2019t satisfy you. Money won\u2019t satisfy you. Alcohol won\u2019t satisfy you. 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