Lost Letterman: Irving Fryar
Jim Weber LostLettermen.com
Lost Lettermen: This is Jim Weber of LostLettermen.com and I’m joined by Nebraska’s Irving Fryar, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. Thanks so much for joining us. My first question is a lot of people know that you became very spiritual and religious during your playing days.
Could you talk about how you started your new church, the New Jerusalem House of God?
Irving Fryar: (laughs) I started it … couldn’t have done it without the help of God and without the instruction and the command to do so. Never would’ve thought in my commitment to Christ I’d be directed by God to start a church but when I got the call, when I got the word and God spoke to my heart about starting a church, I knew nothing about being a pastor or directing people or all of the intricacies that comes with a ministry that needs to be in place in order for that ministry to function properly.
But when God calls you to do (something), He will bring you what you need to get it done, or He’ll bring people into your life that have the skills and the tools to help you accomplish it.
It’s been a very interesting journey; it’s been a gratifying and satisfying journey. A journey that is no where near complete but one that we continue to learn in and grow in. And we continue to see the fruits of our labor just from being obedient to God.
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