TIM TEBOW AT TOGETHER 2016 URGES THOUSANDS TO LOVE JESUS AND LOVE PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

By Daniella Chen

Tim Tebow Speaking at the National Mall "Together  2016"

Tim Tebow may not be speaking at the Republican National Convention, but the NFL star captured the hearts of thousands of Christians at the Together 2016 at the National Mall, where over 40 speakers gathered to pray for the nation.

"It's a way of showing the country and the people that God is still with us and we will get better," Craig Tabor said of the gathering organized by Pulse and its founder Nick Hall.

Tebow challenged the audience to show the love of Christ to everyone around them.

Speaking of his college years in University of Florida where head coach Urban Meyer challenged his team to "finish strong," Tebow also recalled his later experience when Gators he led the Gators to a victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game, when Meyer told him how proud he was of Tebow for finishing strong, The Christian Post reported.

"That night, after all the celebrations and everything, I was sitting in my hotel room thinking about everything that had transpired in my life. ... That is really where I came up with my ultimate goal of what I want my life to be and what I want my life to represent," Tebow said.

"I thought how cool would it be for one day when I am standing before my Heavenly Father - who has given us a task, He has given us a command, He has asked us to do something - how cool would it be when I leave this Earth and I am standing before the God that created every single one of us, for Him to pull up His headsets that run this world and walk up to me with His arms open wide and say, 'Timmy, I just want you to know I love you, I am proud of you, you finished strong.'"

"The reason I tell that is because we have been given a command, we have been asked to do something," the 28-year-old quarterback added. "You know what? You can hear a lot of people give dissertations on this and this and this. But I will tell you what, for me, I will break it down into two things - loving Jesus and loving people."

Tebow then spoke to those in the crowd who did not know Jesus and His love shown on the cross, "He loves you so much that He died for you. If you were the only person on this Earth, He would have died for just you. That is how much He loves you."

Tim then also asked those in the audience who had accepted Jesus, saying, "I am going to challenge you to love every single person in your life. I am going to challenge you to love your husband, your wife, to love your kids, to love your families, to love your communities, to love your neighbors, to love every single person you come in contact with. So many times, we can get confused - 'what do I do and how do I do it?' I'll tell you what. Let's break it down and make it real simple. When we love Jesus and we love people, we are going to make a difference and make an impact."

"If this body of people right here decides that we are going to take on that challenge to love people and love Jesus with everything that we have, we can changed our communities, we can changed our neighborhoods, we can changed the Kingdom of God," he concluded.