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“If This Turns Positive, It Is Freaking Baby Jesus”: Wife Breaks Shocking News to Husband After Bringing Home Adopted Newborn

"One stick turned positive and a different kind of vomit happened… word vomit… ‘OHHH SH**!!!’ I guess I said it loud enough for Sam to hear me, because he opened the door and asked to look at the test. He then started reading the box saying aloud, ‘Noooo!'"

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Denzel Washington Relies on ‘Experienced Shepherds’ for Guidance About Serving God & Others

At last Saturday’s annual Better Man Event, held in Orlando, Fla., and streamed globally, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington discussed his faith and how he wants to spend “the rest of my days on this earth.” In a one-on-one discussion with Pastor A.R. Bernard of Brooklyn’s Christian Cultural Center, the 66-year-old actor and devout Christian revealed what God has been repeating to him lately.

“In every prayer, all I hear is ‘Feed my sheep,’” Washington says. “That’s what God wants me to do.” While trying to understand that biblical command, he says he’s realized “there are all kinds of sheep. So that’s why I talk to experienced shepherds to help guide me.” Bernard is a spiritual mentor to Washington, who encourages other Christian men to “lift them faith weights” and “refill your bucket” regularly.

Denzel Washington Tells Men to Cherish God’s Gifts

Before Denzel Washington’s mother died recently, he says he “made a promise to her and to God, not just to do good the right way, but to honor my mother and my father by the way I live my life… I’m here to serve, to help, to provide.”

To participants in the Better Man Event, which launched in 2005, Washington offered encouragement for living as a Christian in today’s changed world. “The John Wayne formula is not quite a fit right now,” he says. “But strength, leadership, power, authority, guidance, patience are God’s gift to us as men. We have to cherish that, not abuse it.”

The actor reminds men to “stay on your knees” in prayer, to “inspire who you can,” and to “seek advice”—from church leaders as well as from “the One that can do something about it.” Godly habits, says Washington, are especially crucial in a culture where everyone wants to “be influential” and famous and rich. He assures listeners that worldly fame doesn’t insulate people from problems but “just magnifies” them.

God Is Always Faithful, Actor Says

During a recent Instagram Live appearance with Pastor Bernard, Denzel Washington described how prayer and the Holy Spirit have protected and sustained him. The celebrated actor, who strongly considered becoming a pastor, has been transparent about his spiritual struggles, however. “What I played in the movies is not who I am,” he told listeners on Saturday. “I’m not going to sit or stand on any pedestal…because the fact of the matter is, in the whole 40-year [faith] process, I was struggling for my own soul.”

Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance journalist, has worked in Christian publishing for 27 years. She’s active at her church in Lakewood, Colorado, where she lives with her husband and two teenage daughters.

“If This Turns Positive, It Is Freaking Baby Jesus”: Wife Breaks Shocking News to Husband After Bringing Home Adopted Newborn

"One stick turned positive and a different kind of vomit happened… word vomit… ‘OHHH SH**!!!’ I guess I said it loud enough for Sam to hear me, because he opened the door and asked to look at the test. He then started reading the box saying aloud, ‘Noooo!'"

To the Man Who Video Taped a Toddler Screaming as Her Mom Overdosed on Heroin

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This Grandma Waved to These Students Every Day—When She Wasn’t There, They Had to Find Her

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