How Billy Graham Helped Johnny Cash Rediscover the Power of Christ by Shawn A. Akers for Charisma News
Iconic musician Johnny Cash became a born-again Christian in 1972, 31 years before his death. Ironically, he rededicated his life to the Lord in the same “little country church” where he had given his heart to God at the age of 12 in 1944.
After years of sinking into the depths of drug and alcohol abuse, Cash rediscovered Jesus, and it is that miraculous story of restoration that is told in a new documentary titled “Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon,” set for release in theaters Dec. 5-7.
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Cash, known as “The Man in Black,” sold more than 90 million records during a life that saw him in trouble with the law on multiple occasions. But his story of how his determination led him to rediscover Christ and shun a life of substance abuse that is truly inspiring, his sister, Joanne Cash, told Fox News Digital.
Joanne Cash, who rededicated her life to the Lord in 1970, says the forthcoming film is “the best documentary I have ever seen.”
“Your dreams can come true and then [also can fall] away and get to death’s door,” she told Fox News Digital. “[But through] the Lord Jesus Christ, there is hope. … even if you’re at your very lowest point. Johnny proved that.”
Joanne Cash said her brother indeed came to a low point in 1972, and he had only one place to turn: Jesus.
“He, like all of us, was not perfect,” she said of her brother. “We are not perfect. That’s why we need a Savior. Johnny knew he wasn’t perfect. He fell. He went into the dark side.
“And in the drug years, he almost lost his life. But God showed him some sort of light. And I believe that was the Lord. It was the Holy Spirit leading him out of that darkness. And it changed his life.
