Since his death, many have also learned of Bryant’s faith and his attendance at a Los Angeles-area Catholic church.Īfter speaking about Bryant’s accomplishments, Carr shifted his focus to the fragility of life and the need for salvation. He credited his own work ethic to the example Kobe set and called him his “favorite athlete of all time.”īryant won five championships with the Lakers along with a slew of other accomplishments. He’s also been open about his relationship with Bryant, who he said reached out to him when he suffered an ankle injury in his rookie season.

'Today is the day to get it right.' #Raiders /VOrSzamA5WĬarr just finished his sixth season as the Raiders quarterback and he’s often used his platform during his career to share his faith. Now is the day we wash away all those sins. Now is the day that we wash away all those things. Now is the time to get those things right. God is saying today - He sent me here to say this - today is the day to get it right.

“You may be at a place right now where you think you can manage it - I can do this, I can do that. The only thing you’re going to be able to do is turn to God. You’re going to keep going month after month, year after year, until you find yourself at a place that is going to be so hard to get up from. Because if you continue to let that stuff fester, let me tell you what’s going to happen. You’ve been offered this free gift of God the Father, of Jesus Christ, to live in your heart and live in your life, to clean out the stuff that doesn’t need to be in it. “You’ve been offered this free gift of salvation. I don’t want us to be the people that walk into somewhere we’re invited and leave without something we’ve been offered every single time,” Carr said. “I don’t want us to be the people that get swept away by the flood. > Subscribe to Sports Spectrum Magazine for more stories where sports and faith connect <<Ĭarr spoke recently at Brave Church near Oakland, Calif., and, after sharing a bit about his relationship with Bryant and what he meant to him, he urged the congregation to not ignore the promise of salvation that’s been presented to them. Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr took a step further and said now is the time for people to make a decision on their salvation. The tragic death of former Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in January caused people to start thinking about their own mortality.

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