The Truth catches up with the Superstar Power, Money and sex didn't give sports sensation Deion Sander fullfillment, but God did. by Rob McKinney    Power, money and sex.    While many hunger for more, there's never enough to truly feel fulfilled, says sports superstar Deion Sanders.    "I had everything that power, money and sex could give me," Sanders says in his new book Power, Money, & Sex by Word Publishing, "but it just wasn't enough."    "I had the biggest, the best, the fastest, the baddest, and the meanest stuff anybody could want and it didn't satisfy me. I realized that I was empty inside. Desperately empty."    Sanders has been paid millions to play not one, but two professional sports — football and baseball. He once released a rap album, with a top-10 hit fittingly titled "Must Be the Money!" and was paid millions more to endorse an array of products for companies like Nike.    Besides his fame and fortune, his smooth talk and fancy dress helped attract more women than he could have imagined.    Sanders was living a life that many dream of. Yet, in 1996 he tried to end it all by intentionally driving his black Mercedes Benz over a cliff. The painful divorce demanded by his wife as a result of his infidelities had brought him to the brink. It also brought him to his knees.    In June of 1997 he surrended his life to Jesus Christ and experienced a life-changing transformation.    "I had a hole in my life that needed filling, and God supplied just what I needed," he says in his book.    In an interview with EP News he said: "I've buried the old Deion Sanders; there is a new one walking strong and healthy because of what the Lord has done in my life."    Despite his carefully planned cocky and flamboyant image (to help garner him more visibility and money) Sanders says he was a clean-cut kid growing up. He's never been a drinker, smoker or drug user. And, even before becoming a Christian Sanders says he prayed before games, wore a cross and read the Bible everyday.    "But I always knew I needed a relationship with God." he says.    Sanders told USA Today: "All my life, I was thinking football, baseball, finances, women, personal accomplishments could bring peace in my life ... It didn't. It never would. Be a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams. Be in a World Series. You'd think the man has peace. But I never had it until now. I wake up every morning, rejoicing."    All of the royalties from his book — already said to exceed $1 million — will be given to his church The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, home of well-known preacher T.D. Jakes.    As a member of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, the defensive cornerback and punt returner is known for his blinding speed. He once moved pretty fast off the field too, chasing just about everything the world had to offer. Finding the Lord, however took a while longer.    "Success almost ruined my life," he writes in the last paragraph of his book, "but thank God, I came to Him just in the nick of time." [LLN-Online] [Adopt-a-Block] [Newsbriefs][Event Calendar] [Lifestyles] [Juke Box] [Cover to Cover] [Movieguide][Casting the Net] [Viewpoints] [General Info] [Rates & Sizes][Marketplace/Classifieds] [Volunteer Ops] [Writing Guidelines] [Contact Us] [Subscribe][Archives][Good News] [About Us][Links]