‘Pick Up [Your] Cross and Follow Jesus,’ Says Pittsburgh Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick While Accepting Bart Starr Award

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In conclusion, Fitzpatrick encouraged everyone to sit at the foot of the cross and allow God to always be working on their hearts.

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“I’m thankful for my peers for voting me to [receive] this award,” he said. “But you know, if you want to be a good man, if you want to be a great brother, a great son, a great husband, [then] sit at the feet of the cross, sit in silence with Jesus, sit in silence with God and let him mold you and let him work on your heart, and you’ll be everything that you’ll want to be.”

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Jesse T. Jackson
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