Howard points to Jesus as source of success
April 26th, 2007
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard says his success comes from the Lord.
Howard said one of his favorite Bible verses is James 2:26: “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
It’s easy to see that Howard takes that verse seriously and practices it in his life. He was the key note speaker at the Magic’s Faith and Family Night. He has hosted a prayer breakfast for 150 Central Florida high school students. He hosts an annual father/son basketball clinic in Atlanta.
In 2005, Howard received the Rich and Helen DeVos Community Enrichment award for Central Florida. He has a mentorship program and basketball camp.
Howard and the Magic are facing elimination tonight in their series against Detroit.
Great story! One note, though: Orlando isn’t facing elimination yet. Detroit leads 2-0 in a best of 7 series.
Oops. Good call, Adam. I was thinking it was best of 5.
The best was in this year’s slam dunk contest. He jumped super high, dunked the ball and with his other hand placed a sticker with a picture of himself near the top of the backboard, On the sticker he wrote Phil 4:13.