Posted on 01/13/2023 1:02:40 PM PST by rey
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Transcript: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/evelknievelccfaithstestimony.htm
I never thought that I would be here — ever. I just was a person who always believed in God — there was a God Power. But I always had trouble believing in the Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I — I don’t know why I fought it so hard. I just did. But I — I think maybe it was the power of prayer. Maybe God just got sick and tired of me fighting it so much. He reach out and grabbed me and said, “Look, I just want you. You’ve got to stop this nonsense. You just — You just come with Me.”
Anyway, before the Daytona Bike Week this year, I — I started thinking about God more and more. And I called people and talked to them. I don’t know why. I just did. I called a friend I hadn’t — I hadn’t talked to in 30 years. His name is Eldon Wright and he belongs to the New Hope Community Church in Portland, Oregon. I talked to him and he called me back a week later. He said, “I’ve had my whole church praying for you. The whole church is praying for you.”
And I said, “Well, that’s not the first time that this has happened. My daughter’s had her entire church praying for me in Bozeman, Montana. And my ex-wife, Linda, she’s had her whole church praying for me in Butte, Montana” — and she’s has prayed for me for 25 or 30 years that I would become a Christian. I — Oh, I get letters from people, hundreds of letters from people saying we read an article about you where you don’t believe in organized religion. You’ve got to believe in Jesus Christ.
So, I don’t know what in the world happened. I don’t know if it was the power of the prayer or God himself, but it just reached out, either while I was driving or walking down the sidewalk or sleeping. And it just — the power of God in Jesus just grabbed me. It just took a hold of me. So strong. I can’t tell you how strong it was. And I became a persona who was filled, was just filled with Christianity.
All of a sudden, I just believed in Jesus Christ. I did. I believed in him! I just — I don’t know what happened to me! I just — I rose up in bed in Daytona, the second night I was there. I rose up in bed and, I was by myself, and I — I said, “Devil, devil, you bastard! You, get away from me! I — I cast you out of my life.” I went to the balcony of my hotel room. I said, “I will take you and throw you! — throw you on the beach. You will be dead. You will be gone. I don’t want you around me anymore.”
I — I did everything I could. I — I just got on my knees and prayed that God would put his arms around me and never, ever, ever let me go. I just — all of a sudden was just overcome by the Spirit of God, Almighty.
And my wife, Crystal, she had been trying to help me with things I wanted, even though she didn’t believe at the time. She doesn’t believe like I do. She went out and got me a Bible I could read that had passages underneath the verses so you could better understand them. She went and got me a videotape called Jesus of Nazareth, which is a wonderful videotape. She got me a book called The Case for Christ, which is a wonderful book to read. And I — I’ve had so much help from my — my whole family.
I know that there’s more to life than what I’ve had. I read — I...wrote a book called, Evel Ways. I said I’ve had a life better than any king, any president, or any prince. Hogwash. I didn’t have Jesus Christ in my life. I was talking about the Rolls Royces I had — 5 of them. The Ferraris I’ve had — 5 of them. The Stetsons. The Lamborghinis. The — The jet airplanes — 2 of them. I flew one alongside of the other so I could read my name on the side. Yeah, “Evel Knievel.” My dad said, “Who are you going to impress at 40,000 feet, at 600 miles an hour? Why don’t you go down and buy a truck, drive along the freeway.” I — I just — the — the diamonds, and the gold, and the race horses, and the women, and the booze.
I want to tell you something: I’ve been a sinner. You’re looking at a real sinner. But not any more. You’re not looking at a sinner any more. And I’ve had everybody — I’ve had everybody in my family trying to help me. My son and my wife came here today from Montana and Las Vegas, and friends that came to see and be with me. I just — I just — I’m so happy.
I’ll tell you the difference between a Christian and an atheist. A Christian wants to believe. They want to believe everything about Christianity and Jesus. An atheist does not believe in God because he doesn’t want to. He stays away from it. He gets mad. He doesn’t want to hear about it. That’s what an atheist is.
Do not let us come with any patronizing thoughts in our minds and say, “Oh, yes, Jesus was a minister of his time” or a- a “biblical person,” a “person who believed in God who taught us.” “He was a teacher,” “a great human being.” Jesus did not offer us that. He didn’t offer us that. He was the Son of God. He is the Son of God. And if you don’t believe that Jesus Christ is what He says He is, you will surely die. You’ll die in your sins, believe me. You’ve got to believe. Oh, you’ve got to believe in Jesus Christ.
A very compelling speech!
yup
Amen.
Definitely AMEN!!
Nope: Dirty Harry
Of the things that ol’ Clint has said,
While pointing a gun at yer head,
The ones you remember,
those cold nights in December
were the ones that he spoke while you bled.
In all the excitement he lost count.
Play Misty for me.
GOD bless you.
I’ll say a prayer.
I think he knew exactly how many he fired. 🤗☺️😜😆
Yes, RIP, Daniel.
Here’s a partial list of my pancreas history:
• Severe-acute pancreatitis. Horrible pain in stomach, both sides and lower back. Put on Oxycodone and morphine.
• Grapefruit-sized pseudo-cyst growing on pancreas, compressing stomach to golf ball size. I could only eat 1-2 teaspoons of applesauce at a time, before they rushed me to York Hospital, when ‘dry’ CT Scan showed it as pancreatic cancer tumor(s).
• ‘Wet’ CT Scan showed no cancer, just the very large pseudo-cyst.
• Large stone found in gall bladder. During one ERCP-endoscopy, they went thru stomach to gall bladder to open-up blockage. Stone
remains but isn’t interferring with daily activity.
• Spent 23 days in York hospital, fed/watered intravenously in L/R neck veins, 4 antibiotic IVs in both arms, plus nutrient IVs living on only 4 cups of ice chips/ day.
• Died 2x in York Hospital during 23 day stay; once in OR and once in my private room, on Oncology floor. Revived both times.
• Lost 131 lbs; down from 265 to 134 lbs when I was discharged. I looked like a freaking cadaver. Went from size 38 Lee jeans to size 32. As of todays PCP (Primary Care Physician) app’t, I’m up to 169lbs, and it’s because I eat dinner at 6-7pm, which basically goes to fat, which doesn’t stay around long. I should be at 175-180lbs, so I’m getting closer to where I should be.
• 15 ERCP operations (endoscopies) to insert/remove drainage stents from stomach into pseudo-cyst, at PSU-Hershey Med Ctr.
• 2 MRIs, 17 CT Scans; 13 X-rays, so far... another CT-Scan coming in Jan 2019 at PSU-Hershey.
• Discovery of AFIB/congestive heart disease.
• 5 stents placed in arteries leading to heart, thru groin. Operation took 2hrs.
• 911 ambulance rushed me to York Hospital, with massive stomach bleed from stent in stomach coming loose while I was on Plavix blood thinner for heart stents; taken off that med immediately. 10gal black blood pumped from stomach, which almost burst. I spent 11 days after being transferred by ambulance to PSU-Hershey Med Ctr/Hospital, losing 11 more lbs.
• Stomach stents removed, as pseudo-cyst shrunk to zero.
• Unknown infection in left foot’s big toe bone (Osteomyletis); antibiotics and tetracyclines were ineffective, so decision was made to amputate toe before infection spread into rest of foot, ankle and up leg bones, No cancer detected. 13 stitches out back in June ‘19, and toe area has healed nicely.
• Since pancreas took such a beating, it has now shut down, now making me Type 1 Diabetic. My BSL was 584/ A1C 16, when I was
rushed to York Hospital for treatment. I have 4 finger sticks to get BSL (Blood Sugar Level) reading and 4 varying insulin shots/day, on a sliding scale, which I do myself. A1C now down to 6.8; much better.
• I take 22 Rxs, 6 OTC (Over The Counter) meds everyday.
• Massive pinched nerve pain in right neck, moving to shoulder and down arm, feeling like 1,000 needles. Unrelenting pain feels like an
icepick sticking in my neck, right shoulder, and then the needles in right arm. Am now again on Oxycodone HCl 20mg, until I get into
Neurosurgery Dept at Wellspan, and PT (Physical Therapy) Dept. MRI upcoming to pinpoint source/cause of excruciating pain.
• York Hospital bill: $887,315.49, which Geisinger Gold Preferred and Medicare covered, with me paying $6,500 deductible. PSU-Hershey Med Ctr/Hospital bill: $227,575.82 which Geisinger Gold Preferred and Medicare covered all, since I met deductible. I have one entire file drawer in my sunroom office, filled with medical folders, of so many Drs, specialists, hospitals, etc.
• I’m up to 187lbs, now. Still wearing 34” Lee Jeans, after size 38” at 265lbs in 2017.
• Off all Oxycodene and Morphine painkillers as of Sept 1; found CBD Hemp Level 5 Pro-Sport Ointment and am getting restorative
neck/shoulder massage, 2x/ month. ZERO PAIN!
• Many tests still ongoing, especially for heart, w/ new meds all the time. Pancreas is kaput.
• Now using Entresto 97/103mg, which has immensly improved my heart problems. Latest ECHO Cardiogram showed massive
improvement over 3mos ago. Ejection Fraction in left ventricle is up from 20-25% to 50-55%.
• Diagnosed 12/20/20 with Peripheral Neuropathy in both feet. Having noticeable balance problems.
• Endocrinologist downgraded me to Diabetes 2 from Diabetes 1, put me on 1000mg Metformin 2x/day 1/5/21 and reduced insulin to
single nightly shot; BSLs (Blood Sugar Levels) are now under control and on even-keel.
• Diagnosed 1/27/21 with Stage 2 (Mild) Kidney Disease.
• Fell backward off 6ft ladder, and severely injured tailbone on Feb 2; trying to nurse myself back to be able to sit. Can only stand or lay down right now. Fully recovered after 2mos.
• SUCKS TO BE ME! LOL.
My quick diagnosis and chemo has arrested the tumor and elimenated the pain. Appetite slowly coming back. 210 down to 185lbs in one month. Always trying to sleep. Chemo resumes next week
Thanks Freeper for your prayers. They bring great comfort
Great news!
We’re all in God’s Waiting Room.
He just hasn’t called you into His Office, yet.
You’re lucky.
My husband died from a gallstone that caused acute pancreatitis.
Went thru much of what you did....died after six weeks.
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BINGO!
Florida?
LOL.
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