NFL veteran and fullback for the New Orleans Saints, Heath Evans talks about his faith and being a husband and father in the Elementz cover story.

“Everything in my life was really based around raising me up in a home where I knew that Jesus was real,” says Heath Evans in the sixth issue of Elementz of Life™, which is American Bible Society's magazine for at-risk youth. In the cover story, Evans also reveals a series of setbacks, from which he learned firsthand that it was all part of a bigger plan God had for his life.

Additional stories in this issue (September 2010) feature people
who searched for purpose and found it through the life-changing message of the Gospel. Their journeys were not always smooth, but God's love helped them persevere.

Editor-in-chief Tonya Wilder-Butts says, “As I worked on this issue, I was reminded of God's promise that ‘God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose.' Romans 8.28 (CEV) The plans God has for our lives can often be found as we develop the habit of daily Bible reading and exploring the Scriptures.”

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