{"id":8904,"date":"2023-01-05T09:27:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:04:33","slug":"actress-danica-mckellar-says-shes-thankful-for-her-new-relationship-with-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/01\/actress-danica-mckellar-says-shes-thankful-for-her-new-relationship-with-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Actress Danica McKellar Says She&#8217;s Thankful For Her New Relationship With Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8913\" style=\"width: 733px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/01\/danica-mckellar-credit-filmmagic.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8913\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/01\/danica-mckellar-credit-filmmagic.png\" alt=\"danica mckellar\" width=\"733\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kapaloff\/FilmMagic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWonder Years\u201d star Danica McKellar recently discussed her faith and how her life was changed forever this year after receiving Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old joined Great American Family actress Candace Cameron Bure on Bure\u2019s podcast to discuss faith and how they celebrate Christmas. They didn\u2019t get far into the conversation before McKellar thanked Bure for a small gift that hugely impacted her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandace, I don\u2019t wanna brush over the huge, huge impact that you\u2019ve had on my life this year,\u201d McKellar said. \u201cI don\u2019t even know how to call that like friendship; it\u2019s more than that. Because of you helping me to find my relationship with God and Jesus, it\u2019s been like a revolution in my life. It\u2019s been a revelation in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cYou gave me this Bible that I read all the time, and I love it so much, and I go to church now, and I just talk to Jesus all the time every day. It\u2019s unbelievable. And you were like my guide. You were just an angel in my life, and you still are. And I just wanna thank you for that publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2022\/may\/wonder-years-star-discovers-the-wonder-of-salvation-through-jesus-christ-gods-love-is-bigger-than-any-human-love\">CBN News<\/a>\u00a0reported, McKellar posted an Instagram live video in April where she admitted to being skeptical about Christianity for much of her life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L5CVc3CuCfU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In that video, she shared she had a change of heart after talking with Bure. \u201cIt all started one evening when I was struggling with the idea of forgiveness, and DM\u2019d my good friend @candacecbure about a passage from the Bible she had read on her instastories, and then she sent me a Bible and invited me to church,\u201d she shared at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to McKellar\u2019s post, Bure wrote, \u201cGod\u2019s love is bigger than any human love, and when He sweeps you up in understanding how powerful it is because He is, it\u2019s undeniable. Praying for you on your journey and relationship with Jesus, my sweet friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKellar, who grew up around religion, says she only experienced the negative side of it. \u201cIn my life, starting in childhood, I had been made aware of all the hypocrisy in the various religions of Christianity, it being used for evil, power, and control throughout history, and that had definitely biased me,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything powerful we use and corrupt it from time to time. And so that was my association with it, and I was missing out on all the amazing, beautiful stuff. Like all the good stuff. I wasn\u2019t open-minded to it before,\u201d she stated while on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>But her outlook has changed since falling in love with Jesus. She says she sees things differently now and understands God\u2019s love for humanity is limitless. \u201cI can tell you I\u2019m experiencing a relationship with God and Jesus that I\u2019ve never had before, and it feels miraculous.\u201d\u00a0McKellar, known for her role as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years, recently switched from starring on the Hallmark Channel to Great American Family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWonder Years\u201d star Danica McKellar recently discussed her faith and how her life was changed forever this year after receiving Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. The 47-year-old joined Great American Family actress Candace Cameron Bure on Bure\u2019s podcast to discuss faith and how they celebrate Christmas. 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