To you, it's just a Cracker Barrel parking lot. To me, it's where I gave my life to Jesus Christ.
I was 21 years old. I was working at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee after some of the worst years of my life. I'd made mistakes. Real ones.
I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, raised by a mom who worked hard and didn't accept excuses. But I made decisions that should have ended my story before it ever really started. By the grace of God, they didn't. But every day, I was carrying them.
One afternoon, a church group came into the restaurant, just back from a revival. I served them their meals like I served any other table. But something happened while I was serving them. I can't fully explain it to you. The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Stop running from Me.”
It knocked me back.
I went to find the table, and they were all gone. I could see through their windows that they were getting on their bus, and I knew deep down that if I let them drive away, I was going to keep running. So I went outside. The last woman, just as she was stepping onto the bus, turned to me and asked, “Are you okay?”
I told her, “No ma’am, I’m not okay.” I told her the Lord was telling me to stop running.
That whole bus emptied out, stood with me in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, Florida, and prayed over me right there.
I gave my life to Christ that day. Right there.
I still get emotional about it. Because I know what I was before that moment, and I know what He's done since. He gave me a wife who shares my faith. He gave me three sons. He gave me a career, a community, a calling I never would have dared to ask for. He took a kid from Crown Heights who’d run out of chances and gave him a life that doesn't make sense apart from grace.
People ask me sometimes why I talk about it. Why I bring up the parking lot. Why I don't just keep that part private and let folks see the polished version.
I'll tell you why.
Because there's a young man out there right now — maybe in Tallahassee, maybe in Tampa, maybe in Miami, maybe in a small town in the Panhandle — who thinks his story is already over. Who thinks the mistakes he's made disqualify him from the life he could have had. Who thinks God doesn't want anything to do with somebody like him.
I'm here to tell him: that's a lie.
In life, you're not who you are at the lowest point. You're who you choose to become after.
The Lord met me in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. He'll meet you wherever you are.
You just have to stop running.
@DawnsMission You are a horrible person. We all have free speech and we do love all, however, you are evil. I will pray for you!
Our President deserves respect! Even if you disagree with him personally, you still respect the officer!
@POTUS
🚨 PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST CALLED FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
“On May 17, I’m inviting every American to the National Mall for a day of prayer.”
AMEN! 🙏
We are ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
No matter your politics, your background, or where you stand — America needs prayer right now.
Pray for:
✅ Wisdom for our leaders
✅ Peace in our streets
✅ Strong families
✅ Truth & justice to prevail
✅ Hearts turned back to God
A nation is strongest when its people humble themselves and seek the Lord.
Mark your calendar — May 17th.
Pray at home, pray at church, pray with your family… or join us at the National Mall.
Let’s flood the heavens and this nation with prayer.
Who’s in? Drop a 🙏 below and share this!
#NationalDayOfPrayer #May17 #OneNationUnderGod #PrayForAmerica #Trump2024
As we prepare to celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, I am calling for 50 days of prayer—from this Friday, May 15, through July 4. We have one pastor from every state who will lead us in prayer for America at noon every day here on my X page or at https://t.co/kjOvqLJdJT. Let’s join together in PRAYER for our country! “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12).
Yesterday, @WhiteHouse@Franklin_Graham prayed a powerful prayer for the people of Iran:
“Let us pray. Father, you tell us in the book of Esther that the Persians — the Iranians — were wanting to kill every Jew — woman, child — and to do it all in one day. But, you raised up Esther to save the Jewish people. Father … today the Iranians — the wicked regime of this government — wants to kill every Jew and destroy them with an atomic fire. But you have raised up @POTUS@realDonaldTrump. You’ve raised him up ‘for such a time as this.’ Father, we pray that you’ll give him victory. Father, we pray for our military that you’d watch over and protect them. We pray for the people of Iran who want freedom, to be set free”
I gave my life to Christ at 21 years old.
I spent 12 years of my life as a youth leader at my church in Naples.
It was an honor to join King Jesus Ministry this morning in Miami.
LOVE THIS 👇 Nick Shirley on how his faith shaped him . After returning from a two-year church mission , he power- washed houses to raise $10,000 . He used that $ to fund his YouTube channel until it became profitable. He strongly believes that his faith has kept him “on the straight and narrow” and guided him toward success.
WORSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
—Yesterday 100 pastors and faith leaders lifted high the name of Jesus with faith for what God is going to do in 2026.
This NEVER gets old.