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They had read an article in the Tampa Tribune newspaper about my Yoga classes at four universities. They knew I was a seeker of truth, hungry for reality.
I remember getting up out of the chair and walking around the living room just saying; “Wow! Something just happened.”
When I was about thirteen or fourteen I wanted some answers for my life. So, I started tossing the I Ching.
"I had just felt the hand of God touch my heart!"
"I was on a road before I got saved that would have led me probably to my death."
When I was twelve years old I felt the Holy Spirit speak to me in the church. I heard these words. ‘Joe, I have called you to preach.’
We felt a confirmation in our heart that this was going to be a son and that we should name him Judah, which means Praise.
He kept using Bible verses, and I would say, “I don’t believe the Bible. Why do you keep quoting the bible? Why can’t you quote another book?”
I would take guys into restaurants and everybody knew to take off their hats. One of the guys, who I still talk to, asked me, “Why do you pray? You know what we do here, right? We sell drugs. Why do you pray? Our business is ...
So I started playing the guitar, which came out of nowhere. I didn’t even know how to play the guitar at the time. I would spend every Friday and Saturday in my room at night just learning how to play and learning to sing wor...