Episode 24 - Demond Wilson‪!‬ Lead 12:12

He is a true Hollywood legend, star of TV's Sanford and Son, Demond Wilson! Demond shares his calling from God and his experiences in Hollywood as a Christian.
Hey everybody. Welcome back to Lead 12:12. We're excited that you're hanging out with us. We have a great speaker today. We're so excited about Chris. Tell us about our speaker today.
We are here with a true legend, the star of my favorite TV show Sanford and son.
It's my honor to introduce. Demond Wilson! Thank you so much for joining us today.


It's my pleasure in that.


I say hi to, to all of your listeners and the woman that you said was your wife to just.


We weren't supposed to talk about that.


Yeah.


Yeah,


so Demond, I would love to hear your salvation story. Can you share that with us?


I'm so far beyond that, I grew up. Totally. Ensconced in Catholicism. I was an acolyte and my whole life is from the age of eight was centered around the church.


But I brought my mom. And my dad. Out of.


The dark side into the light, through the Catholic church now. One might say.


But you went from the dark side to a lighter, dark side which is true, but it, there are many roads that lead to to the most high and what the Lord saw in me. That I was born with was a talent. For entertaining. As a dancer and a singer and all of that. And. The love in my heart for him


so the Lord's call was on my life. My kids were in private parochial school. We were living in. In Bel air. Beverly Hills and I have six adult progeny. I took the Lord. A little as a, literally when he said go forth. Be fruitful and multiply.


did


that. Yeah, you


We think so I have four adult.


Daughters. And two adult. My oldest is 48, Nicole. My, my second born Melissa, and they both live in Atlanta with my granddaughter. My second, Melissa is 40. Is 44. My oldest son, Christopher who hits a golf ball, 320 yards. He's a beast. His kid. I put it off club in his hand when he was eight years old.


He is a monster and his brother Demonn Jr. Will never want it to be known as the Mon Jr. Until he started working in a corporate world and people say, Hey. Do you know who your dad is?


No. Do you know what whose name you have? And he said, yeah,


That's my dad and they said, wow, we're going to do business with you. So now he's Goodman Jr. The rescue and he's 41. Tabitha is 36. And my baby who's been married five years and has her doctorate. She is. 32. She's the one that I came off the road for and I. My personal touch was on her. She's a beast.


That's amazing.


Yeah, she, Sarah is 32 and she's married to a guy named Matt. Matthew Mahoney. Nice kid. Nice kid, but my baby girl, I still, I'm still, when he comes to my house, I do this.


I got ya. Yeah. Keep your eyes on him.


We've been married five years. So what happened to your base in your voice? It went up. We've been married. Mr. Wilson. I said, yeah. But I still. We've got you. And my scopes.


Then


Yeah, boy.


also back to what your original question was. I've always known. I came into the Catholic church to Christen my second born Melissa and my parents. I had sent to them. We had a rather large place. In Bel air and I came down the aisle of the church holding. My second born and my wife, my mother notch nudged my father.


And she said my dad's name was Grady Wilson. That's where the character


came from.


that's amazing.


And no, that's what his parents named him. So that's what he. What do you answered too? And my mom said But that's his nickname. The mine's going to preach. It's all over him.


And I turned down a lot of money after my third series. I was going to Florida to do my first. Revival. I had been studying, and I said to the Lord, Until I'm imbued with the with the paraklete, with the pneuma. The spirit of the living. Creator. I'm never going to eat again.


And I'm up.


And my tower in...