A Message of Hope For You! (NKJV)

Hi, My name is Richard Valerio. I am 43 years old. I am an evangelist, but though I grew up in church, and knew about Jesus, I didn’t know Him personally. I spent my childhood watching everybody spend money they didn’t have, to buy things they didn’t need, to impress people they did not like. Then I got into the martial arts to try to be somebody. I knew that to really be somebody, I would have to win a world title. It took about 2 years, but in 1987 I made it! I was sitting on top of the world for a few days, but then what? I found out that there has to be more to life. About two months later, I lost the title and found that my friends were not really my friends. I mean I just wanted someone to talk to, but I had let everybody down, even my parents. No one cared about me. I could say that I gave it my best and that I held a title for a short while. I did learn that there is always someone better than you. I also learned it is really hard to please everybody because the media and my “f