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Pro-Wrestler Sting Chooses Christ Over Center Ring

For more than 20 years, Steve Borden's fans have known him as Sting, a nine-time World Championship Wrestling title holder known for trademark wrestling moves like the Stinger Splash and the Scorpion Death Lock. By the mid-1990s, Borden had reached the height of success within the wrestling world, a multi-million-dollar industry -- enjoying international fame, money and everything he'd ever wanted. But something was missing.

Traveling away from home and his family for months at a time, Borden turned to pain medication and alcohol to escape the issues that were building in his life and within his marriage.

For two years he was desperate to find God, he says. He went forward at a Promise Keepers rally and prayed the sinner's prayer, and again at an evening church service. But he says his expectations of God were wrong.

"I wanted God to wave a magic wand and make everything better, but my life just continued on the way it was and things got worse and worse," Borden explained. "God couldn't work in my life because I wasn't surrendered to Him. I needed something supernatural to happen in my life; I needed God."

Borden's wife accepted Christ a month after he did. "The joy and peace is just so amazing in my marriage now. I look at my wife with eyes that I never knew I could look at her with."

While he considers himself semi-retired, Borden still makes his way back to the ring when he's called -- both in the states and overseas -- and enjoys surprising the fans with an appearance. As his alter ego Sting is known for saying: "The one thing you know about Sting is you never know about Sting."

And the one thing Steve Borden knows is this: "Don't walk in mediocrity with one foot in the world; go for it [with God] and watch what happens."

Borden's book and DVD, "Sting: Moment of Truth" are available at LifeWay Christian Stores. He will make appearances at the following LifeWay Store locations: Birmingham, May 14; Monroe, La., June 3, and Jackson, Miss., June 4.

ATTENTION EDITOR/NEWS DIRECTOR: For store appearance times and to see the complete story and hear a portion of Borden's interview, go to lifeway.com/news. For interview requests, contact kathy@theaccessgroupinc.com.

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