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We're going to have to have him back on these shows to talk more about his story. Your path to purpose begins with people. Well on that note it is Q&A with Kolof David so I do want to give you the opportunity to throw a couple questions my way and so I have no idea what you might ask but let's go ahead and launch your first question.
Absolutely Nikita. So you obviously have a strong relationship with Jesus. You know your Lord and Savior and you've helped so many in relation to Jesus. You've saved so many souls.
Has that always been the case? I know you had a very successful career in wrestling and the wrestling world is not historically known for being a soul saving profession. Right, if anything it may be more on what you might call the darker side of life.
In fact there's a show out there, I did several interviews for them, I think it's called The Dark Side of Wrestling or something like that. They're based out of Canada. But no, in fact growing up in Minnesota where life began for me and because you're not a native North Carolinian either. I'm from New York City. So you're a New York City guy, I'm a Minneapolis, Minnesota guy and here we are both transplanted here in the Carolinas now right and our paths cross. It's warmer here. I mean it is a lot warmer here. I still have family I go visit up there but I get to leave.
My brother's crazy, he moved from Dallas after 30 years back to Minneapolis. I'm like what are you thinking? So anyway, but no it's not always been like that. Let me clarify what one thing is words matter right. So I have been fortunate to see and I don't know if I was, I try to be very conservative but over the 30 plus years that I've been walking with the Lord serving him I've seen at this point I guess you might say thousands of people make some level of decision for Christ. So clearly it's Jesus doing the saving. I'm just a mouthpiece right. I'm just a vessel.
He gets all the credit. I tell people I've ministered to an audience of one just sitting down across the table from one individual leading him to the foot of the cross. In fact it was a former wrestler dude and to date the largest audience I've had the privilege of ministering in front of was over 73,000 in the island of Jamaica and it was there within a 36 hour window while we evangelized the island that over 25,000 people filled out a decision card in a 36 hour window.
Yeah and Lex Luger was with me. We got to do some prison ministry. He and I shared our testimonies at an outdoor crusade that they did there in pouring rain. People stood all day in pouring rain and didn't care.
Didn't care about the rain right. Sting and I did an outreach in a dramatization in 2002 in the Indianapolis dome, the old dome that used to be there to over 43,000 teenagers. And that night he and I got to witness over 10,000 of them respond to the altar. So I say all that to say and again clearly hear me out there in Listening Land that I'm just a vessel.
I'm just a conduit. You know I'm reminded the scripture says don't be ashamed of your testimony. All of us as believers, those who are true believers in Christ, true disciples and followers of Jesus Christ are really compelled. We should be compelled to want to go out and tell our story. And so you're out there in real estate in the marketplace. You know you're not shy of your faith and and I'm not going to shy away whether it's social media, radio shows and podcasts or or anything else.
You know conferences or business conferences. I have, you'll appreciate this. Do you know the name Jeffrey Gitimer? Oh yeah. You know that name? Sales guy, yeah. Jeffrey's a dear friend. We wrote a book together called Wrestling with Success and a very successful book and just recently and and he's you know he's he respects the fact that I love Jesus but he has yet to come to Christ.
Remember that name? Jeffrey Gitimer out there. Pray for him. I've been praying for him for years and we've known each other for about a quarter of a century but he brought me in to his business conference and wanted me to share with his audience and talk about prayer and the power of prayer. Just recently the power of prayer and that's one of several times he's had me into his business conferences and share my and share my faith and just and just share share parts of of the gospel. So God I believe is working on him. Absolutely. He has just yet to make that decision.
His daughter Gabrielle at age 14 is is sold out for Jesus. So we're praying for him. So a long-winded answer. All right. All right. Next question. I hope that answers your question. That was a great answer and you know and so you used your platform coming out of the marketplace of wrestling with some of your friends and colleagues to just save so many souls. Next question is the other end of the spectrum. You know in in the world it's easy for someone I'll use myself as an example to see someone who reached some type of success like yourself Nikita you know regardless if it was in wrestling or now with your platform of communication and for someone to say well must be easy now because you know you're reaching the peaks or you've reached the peaks and and and how about me you know I'm not married I don't have a beautiful family I don't have this great career I don't have a name you know what's my platform what's my purpose you know it's easy to give God the glory when I'm successful but what about what I'm in the valleys could you share maybe a time either recent or even in your wrestling days when it seemed like it was all glorious where you felt like you weren't enough and you had to either turn to God to know that he was always the only one right right or maybe you challenged him either way maybe just share like a challenge in your life yeah I just feel like you know and thinking through that question that you know the creator of the universe who created all who who who knew us even before even before we were in our mother's room you know this whole debate about six weeks 15 weeks well when does life begin well I got news I according to the bible life begins even before you're ever in your mother's womb go read psalm 139 I think it's verses 13 through 16 and you'll find that the creator of the universe knew you before you were in your mother's womb uh had a plan for you right and so you know when I when I gosh I just think about my own life and the opportunities and the opportunity I say influence others but to just again share my story share my testimony um yes it's easy well you're this famous successful pro wrestler guy but you know what every one of us has a purpose has a holy calling every one of us go go you know go read second timothy uh every one of us has a holy holy calling a higher purpose for our being here even if you don't have a quote famous name um you know some of the I believe some of the most famous guys some of the most famous people in heaven will be those that we we knew least on earth and some of the ones who had the biggest names on earth will know least in heaven I really believe that's biblical it almost sounds biblical it doesn't it actually and it is but right you know jesus said you know those who you want to be the greatest then be the least yeah right so it's not about achieving a big name or achieving social status or success it's really at the core it comes down to your heart having a heart for jesus and then it's going out and it could be david it could be you're you're listening to this show right now you're at home you're you're a stay-at-home mom two of my daughters are stay-at-home moms so it's my bride yeah and they they they're minute in their mind and and one has a business degree from from unc greensboro she has a business degree but she's chosen she sees that raising her children is her business that my wife was so successful but now yeah she's living out proverbs 26 yeah right exactly and and so and then my other daughter she's she was a nurse for years and years and years and she's got five babies at home that and you know what she just told me recently she got she got rid of her quote smartphone because it was so time consuming and she went with some just real basic all you can do is talk and text or something on it because she was feeling convicted of how much time she was spending scrolling on that phone and she said i'm taking away time from my babies and so she made that decision just recently right so you don't have to have a famous name to make an impact and a difference your impact you you may not speak before 73 000 people like i had the privilege of doing but if you just speak before an audience of one or just take care of your family sir just just be a model of jesus for your wife and children and and so if you'll focus on that and at the end of the day make sure your heart's in the right place and and you're loving the lord so amen thank you so well thank you a great great questions relationships over rules david hoffman i want to make sure you go out go out and pick up a copy of this book i assure you in the time i've spent with him just today that you will be blessed by by reading this book guided by true stories and application exercises watch your life transform as you pour yourself into those around you relationships over rules david thank you for being with me today thank you for having me incredible and thank all of you for tuning in to another show of q a with koloff until next time go out and live a god-filled god-blessed day this podcast is made possible by the grace of god and your faithful prayers support and generous gifts may god bless you for your continual contributions go to koloff.net and donate today nakita koloff here if you're needing to buy a car and have marginal credit and considering using buy here pay here that's worse 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