The devil is continuously throwing his little darts at you and you’ve got to put on that armor of Christ. “It’s a battle when you’re fighting for Christ. “He wants us to go hurt somebody - but not really hurt ’em. ‘He’s the Reason Why I’m Here’: NFL Hall of Fame Inductees Credit ‘Almighty God’ for Their Success McKenzie, also a Christian, reminded Carr that playing football would provide him with a large platform to preach, and share his story from. While Carr’s parents headed to Napa to pick him up, the Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie tried to sway Carr’s decision. “He didn’t take it too great, obviously,” Carr recalled. The rookie quarterback could not shake the feeling and eventually went to talk to the head coach, Dennis Allen, about possibly leaving. “The thought was, ‘You need to stop playing football and preach.’ I’m thinking, ‘I’ve dreamed of being an NFL quarterback my whole life, so chill out.’” “In my heart, I’d never had this feeling where I was so overcome with my thoughts that I was like, ‘I can’t do anything right now,’” Carr said. It was the first week of training camp in 2014, Carr recalled when he began to feel like there might be a different calling on his life, and it wasn’t the calling to play football he had had since he was a child. NFL Star Derek Carr Reveals Risk He Took in Front of Entire Church After Feeling Holy Spirit Move Him
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