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High School Football Player Prays with Opponent Whose Mom Has Cancer, Photo Goes Viral

Will Maule : Nov 8, 2019
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"It was meant for just me and him to have a moment and to pray over his family and for his mom. I just wanted to let him know there are other people thinking about him and his family, and let him know he has somebody to turn to." -Gage Smith to TODAY

[ChristianHeadlines.com] A high school football player has been praised for his compassion after stopping to pray with an opponent after their game. Texas players Gage Smith and Ty Jordan were pictured kneeling down together in prayer following the game between Sherman and Mesquite High Schools. (Image source: Sherman High School /via TODAY)

Smith reportedly asked Jordan if he could pray with him after learning that his mother had stage 4 lung and bone cancer.

"It was meant for just me and him to have a moment and to pray over his family and for his mom,'' Smith told TODAY. "I just wanted to let him know there are other people thinking about him and his family, and let him know he has somebody to turn to."

An incredible image of the pair kneeling on the football field seeking the Lord together was snapped by the wife of Smith's head coach, before... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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