I ONCE WAS: Former NFL Running Back Matt Forte

Sports Spectrum Media

Matt Forte grew up going to church because it was the “religious routine” and he viewed Christianity as an “accessory.” In the NFL, he quickly became an outward success — a Pro Bowl running back, a household name. But when he was invited to a Christian conference for NFL players, he became convicted that he wasn’t living the life God had designed for him. So he asked God to help him truly submit his entire life to God’s will. That began an inward transformation that now has Matt as a real disci…