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Eric Bigger, from Season 13 of the Bachelorette, gives us his life story growing up in Baltimore. Eric Bigger made a successful career out of the Bachelorette and later appeared on Bachelors in Paradise. But it wasn’t all glitz & glam for Eric. His early days dealt with a lot of tragedy and hard times. Prayer became one of the major turning points in his life that helped him through life. Listen to his life story on how Eric turned his tragedy to triumph on this week’s episode of the Pray podcast. “I didn’t grow up in the church, I wasn’t forced to go to church. But my spiritual side has grown over the years. Everything I’ve done in life and everything I’ve been through, pray has got me through it and I’m big on faith. My dad has always said ‘Son you know religion is great but its all about the relationship with higher power’ and prayer has really been my anchor.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about ho

Jill Castilla is the CEO and President of the Citizens Bank of Edmond in Edmond, Oklahoma. Their bank started in 1901 and has flourished with over $250 million in assets. Jill Castilla saved the bank in 2009 after a near-death-experience nearly took it out during the financial crises. Jill Castilla is known for taking social media seriously and helping her community get active on social media. She uses social media as a way to connect, create deeper customer relationships, help build local businesses, and spread positive community spirit in their town. On this episode, Jill Castilla from eastern Oklahoma finds a lit path out of darkness. Named Community Banker of the Year by American Banker, Jill tells us about the roadblocks and challenges that were the defining moments of her life. She explains how she gained perspective through her time in the military and how she guided a bank out of a near-death experience after the financial crises. Jill Castilla has been named “Most Admired CEOs in Oklahoma,” “

Jill Castilla is the CEO and President of the Citizens Bank of Edmond in Edmond, Oklahoma. Their bank started in 1901 and has flourished with over $250 million in assets. Jill Castilla saved the bank in 2009 after a near-death-experience nearly took it out during the financial crises. Jill Castilla is known for taking social media seriously and helping her community get active on social media. She uses social media as a way to connect, create deeper customer relationships, help build local businesses, and spread positive community spirit in their town. On this episode, Jill Castilla from eastern Oklahoma finds a lit path out of darkness. Named Community Banker of the Year by American Banker, Jill tells us about the roadblocks and challenges that were the defining moments of her life. She explains how she gained perspective through her time in the military and how she guided a bank out of a near-death experience after the financial crises. Jill Castilla has been named “Most Admired CEOs in Oklahoma,” “

Jill Castilla is the CEO and President of the Citezens Bank of Edmond in Edmond, Oklahoma. Their bank started in 1901 and has flourished with over $250 million in assets. Jill Castilla saved the bank in 2009 after a near death-experience nearly took it out during the financial crises. Jill Castilla is known for taking social media seriously and helping her community get active on social media. She uses social media as a way to connect, create deeper customer relationships, help build local businesses, and spread positive community spirit in their town. On this episode, Jill Castilla from eastern Oklahoma, finds a lit path out of darkness. Named Community Banker of the Year by American Banker, Jill tells us about the roadblocks and challenges that were the defining moments of her life. She explains how she gained perspective through her time in the military and how she guided a bank out of a near death experience after the financial crises. Jill Castilla has been named “Most Admired CEOs in Oklahoma,”

Pastor Benny Perez is the founding pastor of The Church LV in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Church began as a small gathering in his home with wife Wendy Perez and now today it is recognized as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation. Together, Benny and Wendy have devoted their lives to pursuing God, building their local church, and bringing Jesus to the city of Las Vegas. “I’ve wasted sometimes months, maybe even years putting myself down. I realized this, life puts us down, people put us down, but we don’t need to put ourselves down. So I’ve learned that I would not be so hard on myself.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: The Church LV Pastor Benny Perez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Benny Perez is the founding pastor of The Church LV in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Church began as a small gathering in his home with wife Wendy Perez and now today it is recognized as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation. Together, Benny and Wendy have devoted their lives to pursuing God, building their local church, and bringing Jesus to the city of Las Vegas. “I wanted to make sure as we move forward that we’re always going to have the right leader in place. Not just a person that has a leadership role but has a leadership capacity. And that we empower people to really make decisions and not micromanage.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: The Church LV Pastor Benny Perez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Benny Perez is the founding pastor of The Church LV in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Church began as a small gathering in his home with wife Wendy Perez and now today it is recognized as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation. Together, Benny and Wendy have devoted their lives to pursuing God, building their local church, and bringing Jesus to the city of Las Vegas. “I began to realize I could trust God. And really put my faith and hope in Jesus Christ. I remember many times that our family was barely going to make it and yet God would come through.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: The Church LV Pastor Benny Perez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Dr. Kent Ingle is the president of (SEU) Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. In his earlier career, Kent Ingle spent over 10 years as a sports anchor on television for NBC and CBS. He developed an establish career having covered many professional sports teams and interviewing many notable athletes including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, and Muhammad Ali. Now he is a frequent guest of Fox & Friends, The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, CBSN, and CNN. His frequent talks on leadership including his book Framework Leadership: Position Yourself for Transformational Change, has inspired many. “The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger coincide. I want to help people discover that place where their specific passions can meet the world’s unique needs.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted y

Dr. Kent Ingle is the president of (SEU) Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. In his earlier career, Kent Ingle spent over 10 years as a sports anchor on television for NBC and CBS. He developed an establish career having covered many professional sports teams and interviewing many notable athletes including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, and Muhammad Ali. Now he is a frequent guest of Fox & Friends, The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, CBSN, and CNN. His frequent talks on leadership including his book Framework Leadership: Position Yourself for Transformational Change, has inspired many. “As a leader you have to take time to sharpen your axe. You must continually hone your skills, steward your gifts, expand your thinking, increase your resources, empower your team, search for new trends to avoid plateauing and declining.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this po

Dr. Kent Ingle is the president of (SEU) Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. In his earlier career, Dr. Kent Ingle spent over 10 years as a sports anchor on television for NBC and CBS. He developed an establish career having covered many professional sports teams and interviewing many notable athletes including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, and Muhammad Ali. Now he is a frequent guest of Fox & Friends, The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, CBS, and CNN. His frequent talks on leadership including his book Framework Leadership: Position Yourself for Transformational Change, has inspired many. “When we understand how interconnected life is, we recognize the importance of discipline. I really consider discipline to be the systematic management of your life.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Li

Senior Pastor Diego Mesa is out of Abundant Living Family Church in Rancho Cucamonga California. Along with his wife Cindy, and under the direction of the lord, Diego Mesa has built a mega-church out of ALFC with a weekly attendance of over 6,000 members. ALFC is a non-denominational, multicultural, economically diverse family church. Senior Pastor Diego Mesa has found his purpose in helping others and committed to ministering spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. “My Legacy is, that all that I am will be passed on. They will make themselves better, I will not retain anything, and that there is a true multiplication and duplication taking place.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Abundant Living Family Church Pastor Diego Mesa Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Jon Schneider

Senior Pastor Diego Mesa is out of Abundant Living Family Church in Rancho Cucamonga California. Along with his wife Cindy, and under the direction of the lord, Diego Mesa has built a mega-church out of ALFC with a weekly attendance of over 6,000 members. ALFC is a non-denominational, multicultural, economically diverse family church. Senior Pastor Diego Mesa has found his purpose in helping others and committed to ministering spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. “Jesus was a great leader. It was never about him. It was always about the mission that his father had given him.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Abundant Living Family Church Pastor Diego Mesa Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Jon Schneider Pray.com

Senior Pastor Diego Mesa is out of Abundant Living Family Church in Rancho Cucamonga California. Along with his wife Cindy, and under the direction of the lord, Diego Mesa has built a mega-church out of ALFC with a weekly attendance of over 6,000 members. ALFC is a non-denominational, multicultural, economically diverse family church. Senior Pastor Diego Mesa has found his purpose in helping others and committed to ministering spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. “I had to reinvent myself. I had to find God a fresh and find God a new.” For more episodes of Life, Leadership, and Legacy please visit pray.com/podcast. Call (323)521-9791 to leave a voice message about how this podcast has impacted your life. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Abundant Living Family Church Pastor Diego Mesa Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Jon Schneider Pray.com

Pastor Obed Martinez is the founder and lead pastor of Destiny Church in Indio, California. Pastor Obed continues to reach a diverse community of people through creative and often humorous messages. It is his passion to train leaders who lead the next generation into salvation; it is his desire to see the local church spiritually renewed; and it is his objective to teach God’s people to live passionately and with purpose. He also grows, equips, and prepares pastors through his project Passionate Pastors. “A generous man who lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice, is a person who will be remembered forever.” For more episodes please visit pray.com/podcast. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Destiny Church Pastor Obed Martinez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Obed Martinez is the founder and lead pastor of Destiny Church in Indio, California. Pastor Obed continues to reach a diverse community of people through creative and often humorous messages. It is his passion to train leaders who lead the next generation into salvation; it is his desire to see the local church spiritually renewed; and it is his objective to teach God’s people to live passionately and with purpose. He also grows, equips, and prepares pastors through his project Passionate Pastors. “I believe that we have a generation today that are lacking the discipler and they’re longing to be discipled but they just don’t know.” For more episodes please visit pray.com/podcast. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Destiny Church Pastor Obed Martinez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Obed Martinez is the founder and lead pastor of Destiny Church in Indio, California. Pastor Obed continues to reach a diverse community of people through creative and often humorous messages. It is his passion to train leaders who lead the next generation into salvation; it is his desire to see the local church spiritually renewed; and it is his objective to teach God’s people to live passionately and with purpose. He also grows, equips, and prepares pastors through his project Passionate Pastors. “I truly believe that when you begin to tell your story, people begin to look into their own story as well. The reason why I love the Bible is because the Bible is full of stories. Jesus to me is one of the greatest story tellers.” For more Life, Leadership, and Legacy episodes visit pray.com/podcast. Links mentioned in this episode of Life, Leadership, and Legacy: Destiny Church Pastor Obed Martinez Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Linwood Dillard is a national evangelist, vision engineer, author, and 21st century ministry leader. He is the founding pastor of the Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tennessee. His church is one of the fastest-growing churches and rapidly emerging gospel choirs in the city. His vision and passion is to lead people and help them live a sound life. “The 10 commandments deal more with our relationship with others than directly to God himself. Although we honor God through our relationships with others.” For more episodes go to Pray.com/podcast. Download the Pray app and start praying with your community today. Links mentioned in this episode: Pastor Linwood Dillard Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ Pray for iOS Pray for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Linwood Dillard is a national evangelist, vision engineer, author, and 21st century ministry leader. He is the founding pastor of the Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tennessee. His church is one of the fastest-growing churches and rapidly emerging gospel choirs in the city. His vision and passion is to lead people and help them live a sound life. “Integrity, Character, are they driven. I like to be around people who are self starters and motivated. I like to be around people that are smarter than me. Because it helps me to aspire and it influences me.” For more episodes go to Pray.com/podcast. Download the Pray app and start praying with your community today. Links mentioned in this episode: Pastor Linwood Dillard Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ Pray for iOS Pray for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Linwood Dillard is a national evangelist, vision engineer, author, and 21st century ministry leader. He is the founding pastor of the Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tennessee. His church is one of the fastest-growing churches and rapidly emerging gospel choirs in the city. His vision and passion is to lead people and help them live a sound life. “After weeks of praying I was so serious about God and studying the word at 15 years old. And God began to deal with me in dreams and visions.” For more episodes go to Pray.com/podcast. Download the Pray app and start praying with your community today. Links mentioned in this episode: Pastor Linwood Dillard Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ Pray for iOS Pray for Android Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com

Pastor Scott Williams is out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As the CEO of NxtLevel Solutions, Pastor Scott travels the globe consulting and strategizing for some of the world’s largest mega-churches. He advises organizations on how to maintain excellence and pushing the envelope in order to become the best organization they can. Pastor Scott is an influential leader, author, speaker, and preacher with a massive following looking to make the world a better place. “I define empathy as being able to walk inside of someone elses shoes before you have an opinion about how they look and how they fit.” For more episodes go to Pray.com/podcast. Download the Pray app and start praying with your community today. Links mentioned in this podcast: Pray app for iOS Pray app for Android The Pray Podcast Music by Alexander Mark Pray.com