We made a decision as a family, that you know, the best thing was God was calling me to do is take a couple steps back, spend some time with the family.Marks/Scars/Tattoos: tattoo on face (top of left eyebrow "intellectual") tattoo on face (below left eye "connie and a heart with a drip on it") tattoo on neck (front of neck heart with wings) tattoo on neck (left side of neck "mom's lips") tattoo on neck (right side of neck "music note") tattoo on r_hand ("forever" on right pinky finger) tattoo on r_hand ("promise" on right ring finger) tattoo on r_hand ("fuck love" on right middle finger) tattoo on r_wrist ("king") tattoo on r_arm ("rodriguez" under right forearm) tattoo on r_arm ("chicago bulls logo" inside right elbow) tattoo on l_hand ("always" on left pinky finger) tattoo on l_hand ("marriage" on left ring finger) tattoo on l_hand ("happiness" on left middle finger) tattoo on l_hand (steeler's logo on back of left hand) tattoo on l_arm (full sleeve of dc comics characters) When Angelina was born my wife needed me, she needed me home, my daughter, both of them actually, my daughters needed me to be home. A couple things here and there, but not a whole lot. “In the last couple of years, you may not have seen a lot from me. There was a season in Amaya’s life where he spoke and preached instead of acting in front of the camera. “The way I resolve it is by understanding that what God is teaching us is that our first ministry is our family.” “Some people say, you know, the order should be first your family and then your ministry, I kind of always wrestled with that,” Amaya shared. This is fitting for him because he always puts his family before his career. “ love them, absolutely love them.”Īmaya has played several roles where he was a father, including MOM’S NIGHT OUT with Kevin Downes, Sean Astin and Sarah Drew. “I was born to be a girls Daddy, and I didn’t know it until my first daughter was born,” Amaya beamed. The absolute best way to wake up on your birthday!Ī post shared by Robert Amaya on at 2:48pm PST Now the couple have two daughters, Sophia and Angelina. Instead, he could just be himself.Īmaya married his high-school sweetheart, who’s also an actress, in July 2004. However, the dream changed Amaya’s need to perform for the Lord. On top of that I knew how to perform when I went into churches.” “As I grew up, I didn’t do drugs, you know, wasn’t with girls, I was clean on the outside, I was beautiful, beautifully clean, and nobody could ever like point a finger at me. “At a very young age, I learned that Christians are supposed to look a certain way, act a certain way, behave a certain way, you know, and so I became what I like to call the poster child for Christianity,” Amaya said. Two months later, the Kendrick Brothers cast Amaya in COURAGEOUS.Ī picture from way back! #courageous #snakekingĪ post shared by Robert Amaya on at 4:28pm PDTĪccording to Amaya, although he grew up in a Christian home as the son of a pastor, his early days in the Christian culture left him with a need to perform rather than have a personal relationship with Jesus. Now, when everyone looks at you, they won’t look at your failures. Take my crown, I’m going to put it on top of you. Take my leaves, take my tinsel, take my ornaments, all this color, take it, and put it upon yourself. The holidays were fresh in his mind, and in the dream Amaya saw himself as a Christmas tree in disarray next to Jesus, the Christmas tree in full Glory.Īmaya described the message God impressed on his heart: “Give me your broken ornaments. He was a father of a newborn and felt the pressure to provide. He felt like a failure and sobbed into his carpet. Facebook Tweet Pin Email Photo Courtesy of Robert Amaya on InstagramĬOURAGEOUS Actor Robert Amaya’s Faith Changed in a Dreamīy Tess Farrand, Associate Content EditorĬOURAGEOUS Actor Robert Amaya fully understood the gravity of Jesus’ sacrifice in a dream, a dream about a Christmas tree.ĭuring a rare frigid Miami day in January 2010, Amaya received a visit from the electric company to collect an overdue bill.
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