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Darryl Strawberry shares powerful testimony at CIU

Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry speaks at CIU (Photos by Renee Laine)

Darryl Strawberry speaks at CIU (Photos by Renee Laine)

By Bob Holmes

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One of Major League Baseball鈥檚 legendary power hitters says 鈥渂aseball is just a game. It will pass. But one thing I do know, God鈥檚 Word is going to be here forever.鈥

Darryl Strawberry, who played with four Major League teams over 17 years in the 1980s and 鈥90s, shared his Christian testimony in 小猪视频鈥檚 Shortess Chapel as part of a .

Referring to himself as a former womanizer with drug and alcohol addictions, who also did jail time and faced bankruptcy, says God has transformed him to bring a message for God鈥檚 glory as an evangelist.

鈥淚f I had not gone through struggles, I probably would have made another $70 million playing baseball and I would have never met Jesus,鈥 Strawberry told local reporters after the event.

But he says his mother and wife at different times in his life prayed that 鈥淕od would knock him off his own throne,鈥 adding that people need to come to the truth about God despite distractions from Satan. 听

鈥淭hey鈥檙e lost. That鈥檚 what the enemy wants,鈥 Strawberry said. 鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 want people to come to know the truth, come to know God because if they do, their life can be changed just like my life was changed.鈥 听听听听听听听

Despite winning Rookie of the Year in 1983, four World Series rings, making eight All-Star appearances and crowned National League Home Run King in 1988, Strawberry admits that he doesn鈥檛 follow Major League Baseball closely these days.

鈥淲hen God changed me and called me into the ministry, I got serious about it,鈥 Strawberry told the reporters. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 straddle the fence with God. You鈥檝e got to make a commitment. You鈥檝e got to surrender yourself. God was very persistent and I surrendered myself to His will and I鈥檓 glad I did.鈥

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