As a lover of combat sports, I decided to pick one of the greatest boxers of all time for this month's Celebrity Prayer Project: Muhammad Ali. I first discovered him on ESPN as a child, where I saw a rerun of his boxing match against Ken Norton and was blown away by his speed and skill. Now that my friend, Juan, has gotten me into boxing again, I've seen a documentary on Ali on Netflix and read more about his life. I will watch another documentary involving him (which covers his fight with Chuck Wepner) as soon as I am done with this post. I really think that God is working on his heart because Ali is much more humble and mature than he was as a young man. In particular, I am impressed by the way that he sought to make amends for the way that he treated his rival, Joe Frazier. Ali is one of the most entertaining and charismatic figures that this world has ever known and it would be a shame if "the Greatest" did not get to spend eternity with the one who made him so great: Jesus Christ. For that reason, I will be praying for fifteen minutes every day that Ali has an encounter with the Lord who knocked humanity's sin down for the count 2,000 years ago.
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