After a harrowing near-death experience in 2015, former NBA star Lamar Odom said he’s been saved. Odom says that Pastor R.A. Vernon of the Word Church in Warrensville, Ohio, helped him understand God’s salvation, according to the Christian Post.
“Nowadays I’m doing the best I can in walking with the Lord,” he said in an Instagram post. “Thanks to Pastor Vernon, I got saved at the Word Church this weekend.”
His girlfriend, Sabrina Parr, stood beside him at the service and later praised him on Instagram for his commitment.
“Nothing better than a man of God!” she said. “Keep pushing through life baby!! God willing I’ll be right here by your side!!!!”
Odom credits God for keeping him alive after he overdosed on drugs at a Nevada brothel in 2015. He was found unconscious and placed on life support. Doctors only gave him a 50 percent chance to survive. But the athlete rallied and is now back to good health.
As he recovered, he began to open up about his struggles to The Players’ Tribune in 2017 and credited his teenagers for encouraging him to go to rehab and stay sober.
“My daughter, Destiny, is 18. She’s beautiful and smart…When I was able to talk again, she told me straight up, ‘Dad, you need to get yourself help or I’m not going to talk to you again.’
“So I went to rehab, and in rehab…
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