at free agency and a potentially significant raise in his second contact. willis earned roughly $3 million in his first three seasons and also walked away from 2.54 million in salary in 2022. tell us why. a little over two years ago i was in one of the darkest places in my life and jesus came and spoke to my heart if he saved me and delivered me from a life of sin and ever since then i ve been kind of seeking and searching what his will is for my life and what direction he wanted me to go in and through much prayer, much thought, much counsel, eventually i found out and so i ve tried to wrestle, try to as long as i possibly could, but eventually i knew to follow that voice and so god led me through much prayer, much thought, much counsel, to walk away. i felt like now was the time. i felt like my affections, my desires were much more focused on things above, they brought me more joy, more peace, more happiness than the game of football, so i felt very
the list goes on. i would first like to thank everybody that gave me that opportunity. it was a spectacular opportunity, i learned and grew so much and i m excited to connect and grow in our relationship even more in the future but just in a different capacity. like i told the organization, like i told the team when i made my decision, i announced to them first that are not going to be this is just a turning point, i m in a different capacity but i will still be here and i feel that they know that and i sense that they do because we are still in contact. i m excited for the future. as far as what it holds, right now i m seeking god on what direction i will going but i do know this, i have a burden. a burden for my generation that s struggling and dealing with suicide, depression, mass shootings. i believe that politics and finances have their role, but i ultimately believe that the result of the problem that they have goes much deeper and i think that the result will be found through
be the light of the world. all of the problems that you have all the buffalo those shootings were caused by wrong hearts. racism and bitterness they can be legislated away. they are done away with by the gospel of jesus christ. christians are trying to push back against evil but we are also to share the gospel which is our only hope for people. we have to be balanced it s not one or the other, it s both. motivated by love serving other people there we knew we are christians by our love and doing that humility. believe in god in the us is dipping to a new low the mass majority of adults believe in god but the 81 percent do so is down six percentage points from 27p is the lowest between 1944 in 2011 more than 90 percent of americans believed in god. what do you make of that trend?
is building its first u.s. factory. the governor announcing the plan for the facility on twitter. i m thrilled to officially welcome will he go to virgin. they will invest over $1 billion to construct its first u.s. manufacturing plant creating over 1,760 new jobs. we look forward to a long and successful partnership. no screening has been set yet for construction but they re accepting online application for its future staff. an nfl player is hanging up his uniform to pursue a calling from god. he has retired from the league at 26 years old to go into ministry. he wrote in a statement, i have elected to officially retire from the nfl as i endeavor to devote the remainder of my life to the further advancement of the gospel of jesus christ.
know what s in this book is the antidote and has the answer to change the world for the better and so right now, the world is so divisive and heated but i know the one thing that can bring us together is the love that was demonstrated by jesus christ and if we re willing to share it and walk that message out, we can change the world one soul at a time. shannon: it seems to give you great strength for living by your convictions. thank you so much, shannon. shannon: jonathan, i think the book is why i stand a fascinating the book is why i stand a fascinating read. thank you so much. great to have you. thank you so much for having me. again, please, y all, support this book. it s not something for numbers or just pushing the book. i know this book is going to encourage the next generation to stand up for what they believe in and give them the tools to do so. shannon: i know you write from the heart. jonathan, god bless you. thank you so much. appreciate it. shannon: af