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The 700 Club - January 14, 2025

January 31, 2025 | S25:E23

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The 700 Club | The 700 Club - January 14, 2025 | January 31, 2025

- [narrator] the following program
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Is sponsored by cbn.
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- [narrator] coming up, hit by a bus.
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- they never told us that she would live.
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- [narrator] thrown 80 feet.
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- we just knew we had a long battle ahead of us.
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- [narrator] a young woman
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With multiple broken bones
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And a brain injury.
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- it just didn't even look like maggie.
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- [narrator] the fight to save her life.
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- i know that that was the holy spirit
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That was guiding me.
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- [narrator] and how she emerged
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Stronger than ever.
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- it was just the most beautiful thing.
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- [narrator] on today's 700 club.
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(gentle music)
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- well, welcome to the 700 club.
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Victims of sex trafficking suffer
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From trauma long after
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They're set free from the industry.
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- in tennessee, trafficking increased
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More than 30% in recent years,
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So now there are a growing number
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Of victims who need help.
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Charlene aaron visited one ministry
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That's providing much needed healing
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For a fresh start.
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- rest stop ministries
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Here in lebanon, tennessee is dedicated
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To restoring women who have been trafficked.
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It offers a long-term trauma recovery program,
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As well as, educational
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And job training opportunities in an effort
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To help victims heal.
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- it started when i was three actually.
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- [narrator] galia ahava meira's own grandfather
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Took that step by selling her for sex
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To his fellow members of the kkk.
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- that went on up until he passed away
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When i was almost seven.
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- [narrator] that trauma then led
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To a lonely life of drug and alcohol abuse.
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- actually, i had been on life support
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For nine days due to an overdose,
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And no one came to the hospital to see me.
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No one in my family at all.
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When i woke up
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After they had taken the machines off,
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There was a social worker there from cps,
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And that is how i got out.
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I got put in foster care.
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- [narrator] after aging out of foster care,
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Galia hoped marriage might provide a new start.
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Sadly, her husband continued the exploitation
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And even became her pimp.
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- he actually would sleep
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With a pistol under my pillow,
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With his finger on the trigger.
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For me to just be able to reach out to someone
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And say, this is happening wasn't possible.
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- [narrator] her breakthrough
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Came during a secret skype call
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With a trauma counselor
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Who told galia about rest stop ministries,
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Tennessee's first long-term program
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For female sex trafficking victims.
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- they partnered with another agency
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And sent a rescue team to ohio
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To get me out of that situation.
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- these women come to us broken body,
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Mind, soul, and spirit.
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We have, you know, a trauma-focused therapist,
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And we have clinical case managers
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Creating comprehensive healing plans
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That help these women deal
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With whatever they need to deal
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With to be completely rehabilitated.
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Made whole in christ.
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- [narrator] founder and executive director,
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Rondy smith explains
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The ministry's holistic approach.
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- we tell these women
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When they come through the door,
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"your life has been hard,
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But the bravest thing you've ever done is walk
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Through these doors.
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And the healing journey
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Is going to be just as hard.
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And if you'll come
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And just focus on doing
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The very hard work of healing,
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We're gonna take care of your every need."
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- [narrator] part of that healing includes
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A nine month curriculum called,
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Good hope farms that provides education
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And employment opportunities.
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- they are learning job skills,
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Paid hands-on, they're being paid to learn
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Because they need to be ready
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When they transition
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And when they start working and earning
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And it boosts their self-esteem
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And they realize there is hope for me
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To transform my life.
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- [narrator] hope came in the form
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Of the opportunity to purchase a 25 acre property
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That would allow the growing ministry
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To turn evil into good.
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- we have seen in our eight
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And a half years being open,
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57 souls who have come through
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And you might say, "well,
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That doesn't sound a like a lot for eight years."
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Remember, they can stay here two full years.
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So many of them now are living independently
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For the very first time.
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They get their driver's license
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For the first time when they're here.
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We had a resident who came here
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With no teeth because her pimp
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Had knocked them out with a bat
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And she got a new smile.
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- [narrator] due to this type of trauma,
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The ministry must take care in its approach
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To sharing the gospel.
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And smith says, testimonies
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Of lives changed are especially gratifying.
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- we have a group of women right now,
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They've claimed a church here in town.
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They go together as a community,
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They love it, they are on fire.
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They would all testify to you,
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If you could talk to each one of them today
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That they know that god has been their answer.
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- [narrator] that includes galia,
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Whose name in hebrew means,
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Beloved, redeemed, shining light.
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Since completing the program,
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She helps others at a short-term
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Rehab facility in nashville.
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- everyone at rest stop has walked beside me.
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When i was struggling,
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They were my legs so i could stand
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And they would hold me up
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Till i could walk on my own.
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Watching my clients come in broken,
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And hopeless, and helpless to the day they leave
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And watching that transformation is one
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Of the greatest blessings.
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- [narrator] a transformation
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She hopes to provide to other survivors.
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- there is love out there,
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The love of jesus
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And those people he put in the path.
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You don't have to do it alone.
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There's hope, there's healing, there's freedom.
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- [narrator] charlene aaron,
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Cbn news, lebanon, tennessee.
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- let me echo what was on that slide
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Above her head, let us stop shooting the wounded.
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In sex trafficking, there are absolute victims
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And anyone who has been trafficked is a victim.
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As a culture, as christians,
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We should reach out with love
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And compassion to let 'em know god
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Has a much different plan for you.
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You can be delivered from this
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And you can have a life once again.
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We'll be back with more
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Of the 700 club right after this.
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(gentle music)
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- when i was a young girl,
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I went to fetch water for my mother.
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The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad,
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I just poured the water out
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far
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And i go four times a day, i get home exhausted.
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I feel terrible drinking that water
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And giving it to my family.
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We often get intense stomachaches
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And vomit, when my son was three,
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He got very sick from the water.
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Thank you, impression blessing
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For giving us a new life.
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When you came, we were all
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So grateful we could not hold back our joy.
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I've never had this kind of water before.
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Every time i drink it,
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I feel good and healthy.
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With the well this close,
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Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- you considered yourself an atheist.
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- yeah. - what did you
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Specifically have against christianity?
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- my dad was a former music minister.
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You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
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- in 2015, walker lost his record deal
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And had their family van
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Repossessed by the label.
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That's when craig
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Decided to give their family van to walker.
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- their unconditional love,
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It was so different from what we were used to.
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I went and got a bible
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And just started reading,
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And reading, and reading.
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- it was amazing to watch, the transformation
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And just the power of the holy spirit.
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- [narrator] walker had given his life to christ
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And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
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I said, "i believe."
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- are you telling me that you believe
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That jesus is the son of god
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And that you wanna live your life for him?
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He said, "that's exactly what i'm saying."
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- giving to the 700 club is giving to the world.
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700 club are my feet.
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They're walking it there.
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All i'm doing is helping write the check.
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- it's just like planting a seed in the ground
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And the water comes
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And the sun hits it and it grows.
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- you can trust cbn,
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They're going to take your money
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And invest it wisely.
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You are saving souls through your giving.
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- the only way i can describe it is,
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I was supernaturally delivered
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From a nine year cocaine addiction.
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I loved jesus.
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I was a christian, but i was deeply in pain.
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I was physically addicted,
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I was mentally addicted.
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I was all of those things.
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I knew how bad off i was
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And what i felt him saying was,
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"i created you for more than this, my girl."
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God filled those holes
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With a beautiful message to say,
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"you are enough in me."
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- i didn't even give it a second thought
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That there could be a miscarriage.
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I don't think i really processed it
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Until we were driving home.
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That's when i finally cried about it.
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- god, if this doesn't happen, i still love you.
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- i was mad in the way
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Where you are boiling on the inside.
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I was surrendering myself,
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I felt held.
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- when we saw the heartbeat
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And that was like, okay.
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- we've never been this far.
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- eight years of wanting that moment.
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- my little girl is in my arms, finally.
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Have the guts to let go.
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That allows the lord to move in a way
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That we can't even imagine.
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- chicago has long been one of the worst examples
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Of gun violence in american cities.
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Much of it has taken place
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On the city's south side.
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A christian couple is now working in that area
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To build relationships with young people.
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Cbns, paul petitte shows how their ministry
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Is using flowers to bring hope to at-risk youth.
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- [paul petitte] in 2023,
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The city's 617 homicides led the nation
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For the 12th straight year,
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Often caught on the crossfire,
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Younger chicagoans.
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- so what you have are youth
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Who might not be seen past their 18th birthday,
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Might be struggling,
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Staying engaged in a school or work program.
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- [paul petitte] and one of the more
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Violent of poverty stricken areas,
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Something is being cultivated to change that,
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A flower shop called, southside blooms.
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- so this is a faith inspired project.
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You know, when i came to chicago,
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It was a moment of me basically
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Taking up my cross and following him.
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- [paul petitte] that journey led quilen
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And his wife hannah,
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To open their shop and hire a neighborhood
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At-risk youth like rashod.
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- i do a lot of bad stuff in the world, so
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It make me feel like i do stuff good.
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You know what i'm saying?
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We could just balance it out,
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Make me feel like i'm a good person, you know.
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I help other people instead of myself.
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(water running)
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- [paul petitte] southside blooms
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Is a nonprofit supported by the county's
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Gun violence and prevention grant.
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Many of the staff here grew up
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Around the worst society has to offer.
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- there's high violence, high crime,
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A lot of urban blight, a lot of gang activity.
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You know, just trying to get to school
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Can be a dangerous endeavor
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- [paul petitte] through their efforts,
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Not only are quilen
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And hannah training future florists,
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They're planting seeds of hope
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And accomplishment.
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- i go on events
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And then i see some i made, i say,
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"oh, i made that."
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- they're competing against the best.
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Like this isn't just, you know,
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Doing flowers, you know,
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For you know, your grandma or for prom.
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We are at some of the most exclusive venues
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In chicago, at the field museum,
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We're at mccormick,
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We're at the hyatt, the hilton.
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- and southside blooms
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Doesn't just arrange flowers here,
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They grow flowers here.
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In fact, they have six flower farms
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Just like this spread
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Out all over southwest chicago,
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Turning an empty lot into a field of beauty,
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Which often turns into a field of dreams.
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- it's a dream man.
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It's a dream, you know, it's meaningful.
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It's community
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And it's helping people.
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You know, you couldn't ask for more.
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- it's really the reason that we're here
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And the reason that we, you know,
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Are, you know, wanting to create opportunities
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For them is really because we believe that god
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Loves them and we want them
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To experience it in a real way
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And know that god is real
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And he is with them.
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- many of our youth, you know,
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People outside our community have written them
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Off and wouldn't expect you know,
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That much from them, but you know,
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Like our ministry
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And our work is really an example
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That no life is unimportant.
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No life is trash.
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- [paul petitte] although numbers remain high,
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Homicides here have been declining
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Since the pandemic, many city
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And county authorities credit programs
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Like southside blooms as one of the reasons.
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- and what you have with quilen
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And southside blooms is an organization
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Specifically committed to neighborhoods
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Where young people who have
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All sorts of potential just need the opportunity.
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They need the positive adults around them.
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- [paul petitte] whether it's sharing a timely
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Scripture or encouraging an employee
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With dreams of medical school.
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Hannah and quilen arranged southside blooms
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To grow inspiration
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And a part of chicago steeped in desperation.
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That's why their slogan is,
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"empowering lives with flowers."
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- the reason why we picked that slogan
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Is because you know, of all the problems
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That we're facing in chicago,
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You wouldn't have think that something
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As humble as a flower could be the key
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To empowering people to change that.
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And i really just think it's a great way
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To really show how god can use literally anything
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And the most unlikely things to solve
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Some of the greatest problems of our time.
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- [paul petitte] in chicago,
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Paul petite, cbn news.
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- well, let the lilies bloom.
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I like to remind people
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We were created for gardens
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And when you get in nature,
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When you get into blooming nature
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It just is so restful for your soul.
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What a wonderful thing to do.
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What a wonderful way to bring hope
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To a desperate and hurting neighborhood.
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Congratulations, that's a god idea.
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Let's create a garden.
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- yeah, don't you love hearing
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Those young people themselves able
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To express how this has changed
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The way they self-perceive, you know?
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- yeah, yeah, i want to be a good guy.
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- yes, i can do this. - yeah.
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- love it.
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- what a great message for the entire world.
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- absolutely.
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Well, still ahead, meet the policeman
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Known as the undercover pastor.
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And then up next, the prayers heard
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Halfway across the world,
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A young woman was overseas
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When she got into a terrible accident,
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Her parents hopped on a plane
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Praying the whole way,
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Hear why they say the holy spirit
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Was guiding them through the ordeal
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And see what saved their daughter's life.
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That's coming up.
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(gentle music)
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- melissa and her husband, rick
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Have come a long way from when they met.
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Melissa was in real estate.
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Rick had been living on credit cards
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Trying to start a number of businesses
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And was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while, the hinnant's were tithing
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And the newly married couple
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Started working their way out of the red.
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- i think i had bought into society saying,
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"here's what you should have."
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I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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I told god whether i make a lot of money
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Or not, i'm done striving.
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- [narrator] today, rick and melissa
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Have three children
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And choose to live way below their means
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So they can help the poor.
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They've already built 13 orphanages
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And a freedom house in india.
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- what i loved about operation blessing
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Is that we were really able to see
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The fruit of that gift.
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- now, i have the hunger to make more money
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So we truly can give to all of these places
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'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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- i just turned,
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And an excruciating pain
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Came in my knee on the inside
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And it was like a jabbing knife.
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I made it to the doctor,
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Found out it was a torn meniscus.
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So having the knee injury,
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Having to slow down was depressing.
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I was like, "lord, heal this."
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Sitting on the couch,
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The 700 club came on
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And that's when i saw gordon on.
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- we say out loud to it, be healed
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And be made whole.
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May all pain leave me
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In jesus' name.
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I receive it now.
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Now what you couldn't do before, do now.
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- by faith i'm going to do this.
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By faith, i'm gonna walk
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And i was walking, it wasn't hurting.
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I know that god healed me
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Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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- [kathy] we've always been tithers.
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We teach our children to tithe.
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- i can't explain to you
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How the bills would be here maybe,
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And the income here,
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But at the end of the month,
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It seemed that they would meet every single time.
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My stepfather who was a farmer
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Had 300 or 400 acres of melons he grew
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And so i took a old toyota pickup truck
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That i had and a trailer
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And would pick up a 100 to 200 watermelons
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And i started pedaling them out.
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Foodline was our first corporate client.
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Remember one year of sitting down
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Working on my taxes
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And my giving that year exceeded my adjusted
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Gross income just a few years before.
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Cbn has really meant a lot to us
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Over the years as we've watched the program
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And see and how god has blessed people.
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- we found that you just can't outgive god.
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- [narrator] if you have experienced
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A financial blessing as a result
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Of giving, tell us your story.
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Call 1-800-265-0793
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Or email us at tellusyourstory@cbn.org.
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Bless and be blessed.
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- i started drinking alcohol
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Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
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I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
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I felt completely defeated and broken.
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I was weak in my relationship with god
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And i was just a weak human being
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And god got further and further away.
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When you feel his presence
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And you walk away from it,
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There's guilt, there's shame,
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But there's also a sort of a sense
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That it'll never happen for you again.
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My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
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She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
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I want you to know jesus."
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God started to reveal himself to me again
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And he started to melt away
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The ice that was my heart.
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I'm trying to talk people into
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This life that is second to none.
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This life of feeling
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Christ's presence in your life.
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- i just couldn't keep anything down.
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The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
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As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
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My prayer was, "lord,
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Give me a diagnosis
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And give me a treatment plan
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And gimme a doctor who knows me
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And understands what's going on."
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And gordon said,
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"if you wanna be healed right now," he said,
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"you just put your hand on that body part."
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So i did, i put my hand, i said,
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"lord, i'm believe in you that you can heal me."
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And at that moment gordon said.
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- there's someone you're saying,
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Please say, crohn's disease.
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And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
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Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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But be restored now in jesus' name.
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- and i've had no issues since that time
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And i just give god the glory for that.
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What i know is that jesus touched
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Me and that i've been healed.
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(gentle music)
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- maggie swanson is an iron woman.
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She's a top finisher
00:22:59.787 --> 00:23:01.188
Of three grueling triathlons.
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It's an incredible feat for anyone,
00:23:03.991 --> 00:23:06.293
For maggie, downright miraculous
00:23:06.293 --> 00:23:09.129
Because a few years ago, maggie was in a coma
00:23:09.129 --> 00:23:12.233
In the icu fighting for her life.
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- [narrator] exchange student, maggie swanson
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Always loved her morning
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Runs through the streets of seville, spain.
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This one almost cost her her life.
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Maggie was crossing a street
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When a bus traveling 37 miles per hour
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Hit her, throwing her 80 feet.
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Seven hours later
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And over 4,000 miles away in minnesota,
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Tad weese got the phone call at work
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That his 19-year-old daughter was in the hospital
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Fighting for her life.
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- our life just got turned upside down
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In a matter of moments with one phone call.
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- [narrator] tad immediately
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Called his wife, wendy.
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- it was almost like an out of body experience.
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Packed the bags, grabbed the passports,
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Made my way to tad's office,
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Picked him up, got to the airport
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And i know that that was the holy spirit
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That was guiding me.
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- [narrator] wendy and tad say,
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Despite full flights, god paved the way
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For them to get last minute tickets to spain.
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They spent most of the journey praying.
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- praying to god during that time was
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Probably the only thing that we felt
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We could do that made a difference.
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- maggie was a believer in jesus christ
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And if the lord chose not to save her life,
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We knew that she would go to heaven.
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- [narrator] in seville,
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They rushed to the hospital
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Where they found maggie in the icu
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In a medically induced coma.
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It had been 25 hours since the accident
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- we were in shock.
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Due to all the swelling from the accident,
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It just didn't even look like maggie.
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- those first moments of seeing maggie,
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We just knew we had a long battle ahead of us.
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- [narrator] through translators,
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They learned that maggie
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Suffered a traumatic brain injury,
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Pelvic fracture, and broken ribs.
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Their main concern was
00:25:05.245 --> 00:25:06.480
The possibility of her brain swelling.
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The first 72 hours were critical.
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- they never told us that she would live
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Or that they had assurance that she would live
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And so we went through the first four days
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Wondering at any moment whether
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Or not we would hear from the hospital
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That she had taken a turn for the worse
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And we would be called in to say goodbye to her.
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- [narrator] now it was a waiting game.
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Tad and wendy spent every moment
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They could at maggie's bedside.
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After a week,
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Maggie was stable enough for surgery
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To repair her fractured pelvis.
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While doctors assured them maggie would live,
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They couldn't predict what her future would hold.
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- what if she is no longer able to
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Speak clearly or hold a job
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Or would she be able to be an adult
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Who is able to earn an income
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And get married and have a family?
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All of those thoughts raced through your mind.
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- [narrator] by then,
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Tad had set up a caringbridge page
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To post updates on maggie.
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Prayers and encouragement came pouring in.
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- people that came alongside of us
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Were such a part of this story
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And such a big part of maggie's recovery
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And we just can't thank them enough.
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- [narrator] by the end of three weeks,
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Maggie had been brought out of her coma
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And was stable enough to fly home.
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Psychiatrist and brain trauma specialist,
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Dr. bob sevenich was on the team
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That took over maggie's care in minneapolis.
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- when i first saw her,
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She was quite cognitively impaired,
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She was semi-awake
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And she was answering yes, no questions
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Inconsistently, even fairly simple questions.
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People that have traumatic brain injuries
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Often have ongoing difficulties with walking,
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With moving, with coordination,
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All those sorts of things.
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- [narrator] however, maggie would begin
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Defying the odds,
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Making great strides in physical therapy
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And on august 7th, she was up and walking.
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- she stood up out of that wheelchair
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And we walked her out of the hospital
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And it was just the most beautiful thing.
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- it felt so freeing to walk
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After i've been sitting around for months.
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- [narrator] although, she was improving
00:27:17.945 --> 00:27:19.146
Physically, maggie's emotional
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And mental healing took longer.
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- i just couldn't join my friends
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With a lot of things
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And i found that that was very isolating
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And very confusing.
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That led to me asking god a lot of questions
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Of why is this happening to me?
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Why am i alone?
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It was a very isolating time.
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I was wondering why god had taken my running,
00:27:38.065 --> 00:27:40.334
My academics, my social life,
00:27:40.334 --> 00:27:43.337
My ability to really do anything,
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To be a normal student.
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Romans 8:28 was a real encouragement
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During this time, god works all things
00:27:52.246 --> 00:27:54.648
For the good of those who love him,
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Who are called according to his will.
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- [narrator] those words would come true.
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That fall with therapy,
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Hard work and a lot of prayer,
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Maggie returned to college
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And was soon running again.
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A year after the accident,
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Maggie was back in spain as an exchange student.
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In may of 2016,
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She graduated from college on time.
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- the accident was quite severe
00:28:16.804 --> 00:28:18.305
And i think it surprised a lot of the providers,
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The medical professionals both in spain
00:28:21.341 --> 00:28:24.278
And here, how rapid her recovery
00:28:24.278 --> 00:28:27.614
Was and how well she did
00:28:27.614 --> 00:28:29.716
Considering the injuries that she sustained.
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- [narrator] married in 2019,
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Maggie went on to accomplish even more.
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Since then, she has competed
00:28:36.323 --> 00:28:37.825
In three ironman triathlons.
00:28:37.825 --> 00:28:40.460
2023, she placed 100 out of 2,000 women.
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As in everything, she gives god the glory.
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- it's just amazing what god
00:28:47.734 --> 00:28:49.803
Has done in her life.
00:28:49.803 --> 00:28:51.772
How she can use her story to help others
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Learn about jesus
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And about god and and how he can take
00:28:57.344 --> 00:29:00.714
The worst of events
00:29:00.714 --> 00:29:02.015
And turn them into incredible blessings.
00:29:02.015 --> 00:29:05.552
- be in the word, know the lord jesus
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In such a way that you can stand on his
00:29:08.589 --> 00:29:12.960
Foundation of truth when the storm comes.
00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:16.196
- i'm grateful that the accident happened
00:29:16.196 --> 00:29:18.599
And that he did turn what was initially
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Meant for evil to something beautiful
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And all the things that happened to me,
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God did mean it for good
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And god brought so much good from it.
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Keep the faith that god is with you
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And that god wants the best for you.
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- all things work together for good,
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For those who are called
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According to his purposes.
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Those are not just words on a page,
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That's a promise.
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That's a promise from god to us.
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A promise from god to you.
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He takes the worst of things
00:29:52.966 --> 00:29:55.736
And if we'll give them to him,
00:29:55.736 --> 00:29:57.471
He turns them around.
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The bible says, he gives us beauty for ashes.
00:29:58.772 --> 00:30:01.108
The oil of joy for mourning,
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A garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness.
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In this scenario, i mean,
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I think you could say maggie got her life back.
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Maggie got her life back
00:30:10.584 --> 00:30:12.119
Under the most extreme conditions that would
00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:15.289
Have robbed her of everything she knew,
00:30:15.289 --> 00:30:17.524
Everything that made life legit for her.
00:30:17.524 --> 00:30:20.928
God knows your need right now.
00:30:20.928 --> 00:30:22.896
You know, one of the things that her parents did
00:30:22.896 --> 00:30:25.132
That i think is so important is they didn't wait
00:30:25.132 --> 00:30:28.735
For signs of things to turn around.
00:30:28.735 --> 00:30:31.438
They got into the word,
00:30:31.438 --> 00:30:32.873
They declared they were the word,
00:30:32.873 --> 00:30:34.741
They prayed the word over her.
00:30:34.741 --> 00:30:36.510
They spent every moment they could
00:30:36.510 --> 00:30:38.278
With her reaffirming who god is,
00:30:38.278 --> 00:30:41.181
What he said and who we are in him.
00:30:41.181 --> 00:30:43.684
We're his kids.
00:30:43.684 --> 00:30:45.085
We have legacy with him.
00:30:45.085 --> 00:30:47.087
We have connection with him.
00:30:47.087 --> 00:30:48.822
He sees us, he knows us
00:30:48.822 --> 00:30:50.157
And we wanna take some time
00:30:50.157 --> 00:30:51.358
To pray for you today.
00:30:51.358 --> 00:30:53.193
Everybody has something that they would like
00:30:53.193 --> 00:30:56.330
Or are even asking god to do for them.
00:30:56.330 --> 00:30:59.166
God knows what's best for you.
00:30:59.166 --> 00:31:00.934
That's the crux in the whole thing is,
00:31:00.934 --> 00:31:04.004
Are you willing to surrender it to him,
00:31:04.004 --> 00:31:06.373
If the outcome isn't what you want it to be,
00:31:06.373 --> 00:31:09.076
Because he knows you, he loves you.
00:31:09.076 --> 00:31:11.745
He sees your tomorrow even when you cannot.
00:31:11.745 --> 00:31:15.048
We wanna pray together for god's kingdom
00:31:16.183 --> 00:31:17.918
Purposes, today, for all of us.
00:31:17.918 --> 00:31:21.021
This is first of all,
00:31:21.021 --> 00:31:22.189
A answer to prayer from angela.
00:31:22.189 --> 00:31:24.358
She had inflammation
00:31:24.358 --> 00:31:25.625
And pain in her knee for an entire year.
00:31:25.625 --> 00:31:27.894
Nothing she tried brought relief
00:31:27.894 --> 00:31:29.997
And then gordon, you prayed,
00:31:29.997 --> 00:31:31.565
Someone's laying your hands on your right knee,
00:31:31.565 --> 00:31:33.667
God has heard your cry,
00:31:33.667 --> 00:31:35.102
He's able to take away all the pain right now.
00:31:35.102 --> 00:31:37.971
Just receive it in jesus' name.
00:31:37.971 --> 00:31:40.374
Angela exercised her faith in god
00:31:40.374 --> 00:31:43.210
And she was totally healed.
00:31:43.210 --> 00:31:45.178
- [gordon] well, here's a tremendous miracle
00:31:45.178 --> 00:31:46.446
From susan, in the late 1980s,
00:31:46.446 --> 00:31:49.249
So a long time ago, i was in a car accident.
00:31:49.249 --> 00:31:52.886
Since then, i've struggled with chronic back
00:31:52.886 --> 00:31:56.056
Pain, if you know anyone with chronic back pain,
00:31:56.056 --> 00:31:58.692
You know how horrible that is.
00:31:58.692 --> 00:32:01.094
The doctor said,
00:32:01.094 --> 00:32:02.763
He was surprised i was even able to walk.
00:32:02.763 --> 00:32:06.733
Well, watching the 700 club, terry prayed
00:32:06.733 --> 00:32:09.903
For someone injured in a car accident,
00:32:09.903 --> 00:32:12.639
I immediately knew the prayers were for me.
00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:15.976
The pain left my spine.
00:32:15.976 --> 00:32:18.912
All i could feel was love.
00:32:18.912 --> 00:32:22.716
Thank you, jesus.
00:32:22.716 --> 00:32:24.818
Isn't that wonderful? - [terry] yeah.
00:32:24.818 --> 00:32:26.186
- all you can feel is love.
00:32:26.186 --> 00:32:28.388
For anyone, you know, like maggie,
00:32:28.388 --> 00:32:30.657
You've been in an accident
00:32:30.657 --> 00:32:32.359
And it's okay to pour out your complaint
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:34.728
Before the lord, but you know,
00:32:34.728 --> 00:32:37.097
In that, realize all things
00:32:37.097 --> 00:32:39.866
Do work together for good.
00:32:39.866 --> 00:32:42.135
Now, for maggie, i would say,
00:32:42.135 --> 00:32:44.137
God didn't take those things from you,
00:32:44.137 --> 00:32:46.473
The bus did.
00:32:46.473 --> 00:32:48.241
In god's creation,
00:32:48.241 --> 00:32:50.277
Time, chance happened to us all.
00:32:50.277 --> 00:32:54.448
So there was a decision to run.
00:32:54.448 --> 00:32:56.516
There was a decision to drive the bus.
00:32:56.516 --> 00:32:58.685
There were all these decisions
00:32:58.685 --> 00:33:00.587
That god didn't make, people made
00:33:00.587 --> 00:33:03.824
And accidents happen in god's universe,
00:33:03.824 --> 00:33:08.762
But here's the great news.
00:33:08.762 --> 00:33:10.897
In that accident, he is able to
00:33:10.897 --> 00:33:14.034
Work all things together for your good.
00:33:14.034 --> 00:33:16.670
Isn't that wonderful?
00:33:16.670 --> 00:33:18.405
That's the great promise.
00:33:18.405 --> 00:33:22.309
Don't blame the healer.
00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:24.444
Look to the healer for the answer.
00:33:24.444 --> 00:33:27.180
Look to how he's working all things
00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:29.249
Together for your good.
00:33:29.249 --> 00:33:31.017
And for maggie, what a great persevering story.
00:33:31.017 --> 00:33:34.488
You say, it was so great to get up and walk.
00:33:34.488 --> 00:33:37.023
You know, okay, it's so great to get up and run.
00:33:37.023 --> 00:33:39.226
It's so great to get up and ride a bike.
00:33:39.226 --> 00:33:41.294
It's so great to do all these things
00:33:41.294 --> 00:33:43.096
Because god is working all things together
00:33:43.096 --> 00:33:45.532
For my good.
00:33:45.532 --> 00:33:46.933
Let that same resolution be deep within you
00:33:46.933 --> 00:33:50.070
Right now, that we are going to look to him,
00:33:50.070 --> 00:33:53.540
The author and the finisher of our faith.
00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:55.942
We're gonna look to the healer,
00:33:55.942 --> 00:33:57.611
Not the causer of the problem,
00:33:57.611 --> 00:33:59.112
He's not that.
00:33:59.112 --> 00:34:00.213
He is the solution,
00:34:00.213 --> 00:34:02.182
The answer to every human problem.
00:34:02.182 --> 00:34:05.785
When we look to him with that attitude,
00:34:05.785 --> 00:34:08.421
We get everything that he's promised.
00:34:08.421 --> 00:34:11.691
So let's pray right now.
00:34:11.691 --> 00:34:14.127
Lord god almighty, we come to you
00:34:14.127 --> 00:34:16.029
And we come to you, know that you want
00:34:16.029 --> 00:34:18.398
To shower us with your love.
00:34:18.398 --> 00:34:21.067
You want to just baptize us in that.
00:34:21.067 --> 00:34:24.771
And so lord, we just turn now from every
00:34:24.771 --> 00:34:28.675
Complaint, we turn now from every pain,
00:34:28.675 --> 00:34:32.879
Every disease, every symptoms,
00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:35.415
We turn from all of that
00:34:35.415 --> 00:34:37.417
And we look to you for you are the answer.
00:34:37.417 --> 00:34:41.721
You are the author
00:34:41.721 --> 00:34:43.523
And the finisher of our faith.
00:34:43.523 --> 00:34:46.059
We look to you and we look to heaven
00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:48.962
And the finished work of the cross
00:34:48.962 --> 00:34:51.798
And we say, may your will be done
00:34:51.798 --> 00:34:54.701
In our bodies as it is in heaven.
00:34:54.701 --> 00:34:57.971
Stretch forth your hand to heal now
00:34:57.971 --> 00:35:01.775
For we ask it in jesus' name.
00:35:01.775 --> 00:35:04.778
There's someone, you've had a fall,
00:35:04.778 --> 00:35:06.646
You've got deep pain in your right shoulder.
00:35:06.646 --> 00:35:10.116
God is reknitting that together.
00:35:10.116 --> 00:35:14.154
He's able to take all of that trauma off of you.
00:35:14.154 --> 00:35:17.357
Take all of that pain,
00:35:17.357 --> 00:35:18.825
It is lifting off of you right now.
00:35:18.825 --> 00:35:21.361
In the name of jesus,
00:35:21.361 --> 00:35:22.996
Do what you couldn't do before
00:35:22.996 --> 00:35:25.232
And receive your healing, terry.
00:35:25.232 --> 00:35:28.902
- there's someone, you have an arthritic
00:35:28.902 --> 00:35:31.538
Condition in not just your foot,
00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:34.407
But your ankle as well.
00:35:34.407 --> 00:35:35.508
It's not from an accident,
00:35:35.508 --> 00:35:37.010
It's just begun in your life,
00:35:37.010 --> 00:35:39.179
But it's actually deforming your foot
00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:42.849
And the way you walk
00:35:42.849 --> 00:35:43.950
And it's quite painful as well.
00:35:43.950 --> 00:35:46.019
God's healing you from that right now,
00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.954
You're just gonna see it slowly revert back
00:35:47.954 --> 00:35:50.357
To its normal state in jesus' name.
00:35:50.357 --> 00:35:53.994
- there's somebody who've got pain
00:35:53.994 --> 00:35:55.362
In your right jaw
00:35:55.362 --> 00:35:56.496
And it's an inflammation in the gums
00:35:56.496 --> 00:35:58.465
And you're not even praying for it
00:35:58.465 --> 00:36:00.267
And you're saying,
00:36:00.267 --> 00:36:01.234
"what, he's saying that?"
00:36:01.234 --> 00:36:03.336
In jesus' name, may that infection,
00:36:03.336 --> 00:36:05.538
All of that gum irritation,
00:36:05.538 --> 00:36:07.440
All of the pressure in your right jaw,
00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:09.776
May it leave you right now
00:36:09.776 --> 00:36:11.678
And be healed in jesus' name.
00:36:11.678 --> 00:36:14.080
- and there's a young woman,
00:36:14.080 --> 00:36:15.315
You're watching this program.
00:36:15.315 --> 00:36:16.449
You have a chronic acne problem
00:36:16.449 --> 00:36:18.485
And it's not just frustrating to you,
00:36:18.485 --> 00:36:20.854
It's embarrassing.
00:36:20.854 --> 00:36:22.289
God is clearing that for you,
00:36:22.289 --> 00:36:24.157
Just like changing the chemistry
00:36:24.157 --> 00:36:26.459
And the makeup of what's causing that
00:36:26.459 --> 00:36:29.362
And it's gonna clear up in jesus' name.
00:36:29.362 --> 00:36:31.731
- someone, you've got a torn retina
00:36:31.731 --> 00:36:33.300
In your left eye
00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.701
And the treatment program that's been prescribed
00:36:34.701 --> 00:36:39.439
For you is just terrifying for you
00:36:40.407 --> 00:36:41.341
And god has heard your cry,
00:36:41.341 --> 00:36:43.910
He's able to restore your retina.
00:36:43.910 --> 00:36:45.879
He is able to heal that tear.
00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:47.947
Go back and get rechecked.
00:36:47.947 --> 00:36:49.616
God has done an amazing miracle
00:36:49.616 --> 00:36:52.218
For you right now in jesus name.
00:36:52.218 --> 00:36:54.888
Lord, we thank you for you are the healer,
00:36:56.056 --> 00:36:58.291
You are the answer, you are the solution
00:36:58.291 --> 00:37:01.227
To every one of our problems.
00:37:01.227 --> 00:37:03.296
We look to you
00:37:03.296 --> 00:37:04.898
And we thank you for your promise
00:37:04.898 --> 00:37:08.068
And your love towards us.
00:37:08.068 --> 00:37:10.070
Be with us now for we ask it in jesus name,
00:37:10.070 --> 00:37:13.940
Amen and amen. - [terry] amen.
00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.809
- if you've been healed, let us know.
00:37:15.809 --> 00:37:17.744
Let us share in your good rapport
00:37:17.744 --> 00:37:19.412
And if you need prayer, we're here for you.
00:37:19.412 --> 00:37:21.414
We are here 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
00:37:21.414 --> 00:37:24.317
It's our honor, our privilege to pray with you.
00:37:24.317 --> 00:37:27.087
So call us, 1-800-700-7000, terry.
00:37:27.087 --> 00:37:31.758
- well, still ahead,
00:37:31.758 --> 00:37:32.726
He used to lock 'em up,
00:37:32.726 --> 00:37:34.160
Now he's setting them free.
00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:36.196
The undercover pastor
00:37:36.196 --> 00:37:37.764
Reveals his secret identity, that's coming up.
00:37:37.764 --> 00:37:41.835
(gentle music)
00:37:41.835 --> 00:37:44.471
- it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
00:37:45.638 --> 00:37:48.375
- it was a condition called,
00:37:48.375 --> 00:37:49.376
Acute tubular necrosis.
00:37:49.376 --> 00:37:51.111
- they kept saying, "septic, septic,
00:37:51.111 --> 00:37:52.812
I think she's getting septic."
00:37:52.812 --> 00:37:53.980
- they sent this lady in to prepare us
00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:56.783
For a lifetime of dialysis
00:37:56.783 --> 00:37:59.052
And this medicine was going to destroy
00:37:59.052 --> 00:38:00.687
Every dream my girl could possibly have.
00:38:00.687 --> 00:38:02.856
- thousands and thousands,
00:38:02.856 --> 00:38:04.391
Literally around the world were praying for her.
00:38:04.391 --> 00:38:06.926
- mom runs out into the hallway
00:38:06.926 --> 00:38:07.927
And she's like,
00:38:07.927 --> 00:38:09.429
"he just told me he canceled your surgery.
00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:13.233
He was like,
00:38:13.233 --> 00:38:14.534
"your kidney biopsy came back completely clean.
00:38:14.534 --> 00:38:17.170
I stood up on my hospital bed with my iv bag,
00:38:17.170 --> 00:38:19.706
Just we were hugging and screaming.
00:38:19.706 --> 00:38:21.541
It was like just the biggest celebration.
00:38:21.541 --> 00:38:24.244
- i know there were a lot of people
00:38:24.244 --> 00:38:25.578
Praying for her,
00:38:25.578 --> 00:38:26.780
I think those prayers were answered.
00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:28.648
- hi, yay.
00:38:28.648 --> 00:38:32.051
I am beyond thankful
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.853
That i have been singing nonstop,
00:38:33.853 --> 00:38:36.723
Prayers work, they work.
00:38:36.723 --> 00:38:38.525
Ask people to pray for you
00:38:38.525 --> 00:38:39.926
And like really believe,
00:38:39.926 --> 00:38:41.461
Really believe that anything is possible.
00:38:41.461 --> 00:38:44.464
(gentle music)
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- i wanted to be a boy one week.
00:39:15.695 --> 00:39:16.896
I wanted to be a girl next week.
00:39:16.896 --> 00:39:18.498
It was constantly like that.
00:39:18.498 --> 00:39:19.699
Confusion always in my mind.
00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:21.201
I always felt like
00:39:21.201 --> 00:39:22.335
I was more in tune to femininity.
00:39:22.335 --> 00:39:24.571
- [narrator] at 16, tommy decided,
00:39:24.571 --> 00:39:26.139
It was time to give in to those desires.
00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:29.008
Now addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
00:39:29.008 --> 00:39:31.878
And began frequenting
00:39:31.878 --> 00:39:32.979
Gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
00:39:32.979 --> 00:39:34.681
- [tommy] i had an internal knowing
00:39:34.681 --> 00:39:36.182
That it was just wrong.
00:39:36.182 --> 00:39:37.550
- [narrator] despite his doubts,
00:39:37.550 --> 00:39:38.718
Tommy started taking female hormones
00:39:38.718 --> 00:39:41.421
And making plans to have a sex change operation.
00:39:41.421 --> 00:39:44.524
Tommy was doing drugs
00:39:44.524 --> 00:39:45.792
With his brother and sister
00:39:45.792 --> 00:39:47.861
When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
00:39:47.861 --> 00:39:51.231
- [narrator] terrified, tommy left the house
00:39:51.231 --> 00:39:53.066
And went to his mom
00:39:53.066 --> 00:39:54.467
Who had recently committed her life to christ.
00:39:54.467 --> 00:39:57.036
- i had to cry out to god because
00:39:57.036 --> 00:39:58.438
I just knew in that moment that
00:39:58.438 --> 00:39:59.739
He was the only one that was able to help me.
00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:01.241
So i remember just telling him,
00:40:01.241 --> 00:40:02.876
I'm sorry of the lifestyle that i was living.
00:40:02.876 --> 00:40:05.044
I just went into this deep place
00:40:05.044 --> 00:40:06.880
Of repenting and asking for forgiveness.
00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.816
If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
00:40:09.816 --> 00:40:12.218
We all need a savior.
00:40:12.218 --> 00:40:13.453
We all come from a place of brokenness.
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- for me, it constantly left me
00:41:16.182 --> 00:41:17.650
In a state of fear, am i enough?
00:41:17.650 --> 00:41:19.586
Being able to make it all the way there
00:41:19.586 --> 00:41:21.554
On the world stage
00:41:21.554 --> 00:41:22.689
And still come up short,
00:41:22.689 --> 00:41:23.990
I think was just devastating for me.
00:41:23.990 --> 00:41:26.392
It was reading colossians 3,
00:41:26.392 --> 00:41:28.494
Flipped a switch for me.
00:41:28.494 --> 00:41:29.996
God, you have not failed me.
00:41:29.996 --> 00:41:32.599
Even when i lose, i still win
00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:34.734
Because i learn.
00:41:34.734 --> 00:41:35.935
The girl who wants to cross the line
00:41:35.935 --> 00:41:37.370
And still feel empty inside.
00:41:37.370 --> 00:41:39.505
I now have joy,
00:41:39.505 --> 00:41:41.207
Even in the midst of any circumstance.
00:41:41.207 --> 00:41:46.045
- hannah and emmaus have been go-getters
00:41:47.180 --> 00:41:49.082
From an early age, both started their own
00:41:49.082 --> 00:41:51.351
Companies while they were still teenagers.
00:41:51.351 --> 00:41:54.087
They work hard
00:41:54.087 --> 00:41:55.221
And have tons of technical know-how.
00:41:55.221 --> 00:41:57.223
Still, they're quick to say,
00:41:57.223 --> 00:41:58.725
That's not the reason for their success.
00:41:58.725 --> 00:42:01.661
Instead, they give all the credit to god.
00:42:01.661 --> 00:42:06.666
- [narrator] 22-year-old,
00:42:07.433 --> 00:42:08.735
Emmaus vanderbilt owns silver fox productions,
00:42:08.735 --> 00:42:10.870
A video production company
00:42:10.870 --> 00:42:12.338
Located in north carolina.
00:42:12.338 --> 00:42:14.374
His wife hannah,
00:42:14.374 --> 00:42:15.708
Owns and operates her own cleaning company,
00:42:15.708 --> 00:42:17.677
Joyful cleaning.
00:42:17.677 --> 00:42:19.145
From the beginning, they made tithing a priority.
00:42:19.145 --> 00:42:22.548
- i credit that to my parents.
00:42:22.548 --> 00:42:23.750
They've always modeled that for me,
00:42:23.750 --> 00:42:25.218
God just gets the first 10%.
00:42:25.218 --> 00:42:26.886
- i want to honor god as best as i can.
00:42:26.886 --> 00:42:29.722
And so from that first job when i was 14,
00:42:29.722 --> 00:42:33.159
Ever since, i've just always
00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:34.861
Tithed 10% of what i made
00:42:34.861 --> 00:42:36.663
And it's just been a habit that i'm joyful to do.
00:42:36.663 --> 00:42:40.166
- [narrator] emmaus has learned valuable lessons
00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:42.769
About finances, at 18, his income had grown
00:42:42.769 --> 00:42:46.039
To six figures as a startup
00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:48.207
Video business, shooting destination weddings.
00:42:48.207 --> 00:42:51.344
- i just believe there were different times
00:42:51.344 --> 00:42:52.378
In my life where i slipped
00:42:52.378 --> 00:42:53.546
And i said that this is something
00:42:53.546 --> 00:42:54.814
That i've been able to do.
00:42:54.814 --> 00:42:56.182
Look what i did.
00:42:56.182 --> 00:42:57.717
I won't ever say that i totally cut
00:42:57.717 --> 00:42:59.852
God outta the equation 'cause i still
00:42:59.852 --> 00:43:01.120
Tithed on it, i thank the lord for it.
00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:03.389
But what i realized was that no,
00:43:03.389 --> 00:43:05.558
The lord was the one
00:43:05.558 --> 00:43:06.893
Who put the breath in my lungs this morning.
00:43:06.893 --> 00:43:08.094
The lord was the one
00:43:08.094 --> 00:43:09.028
Who provided these opportunities
00:43:09.028 --> 00:43:10.897
And god has just allowed me to manage this money.
00:43:10.897 --> 00:43:13.599
God's just allowed me
00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.567
To manage this video project.
00:43:14.567 --> 00:43:16.602
- [narrator] when covid hit in 2020,
00:43:16.602 --> 00:43:19.172
Emmaus experienced god's faithfulness
00:43:19.172 --> 00:43:21.441
As his business weathered the storm.
00:43:21.441 --> 00:43:23.743
- some people they were dropping by 50%
00:43:23.743 --> 00:43:26.379
Of their weddings, 60% of their shoots
00:43:26.379 --> 00:43:28.414
And just the lord continued providing.
00:43:28.414 --> 00:43:30.049
Even whenever a few weddings canceled,
00:43:30.049 --> 00:43:31.918
We saw that 85% to 90%
00:43:31.918 --> 00:43:33.319
Of our weddings still hire us
00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:34.887
And even for those 10% that had to cancel,
00:43:34.887 --> 00:43:37.023
We had local government organizations
00:43:37.023 --> 00:43:38.691
Reach out and ask us to film videos for them,
00:43:38.691 --> 00:43:40.860
Different corporate groups
00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.228
And we never went without.
00:43:42.228 --> 00:43:44.163
I totally attribute tithing to the fact
00:43:44.163 --> 00:43:46.065
That we stayed safe during that storm.
00:43:46.065 --> 00:43:47.834
- [narrator] soon after he met
00:43:47.834 --> 00:43:49.235
And married hannah in 2021, she became co-owner
00:43:49.235 --> 00:43:52.672
Of the production company.
00:43:52.672 --> 00:43:54.040
And in 2022, she started
00:43:54.040 --> 00:43:56.109
Her in-home cleaning business.
00:43:56.109 --> 00:43:58.111
The couple then got serious about debt.
00:43:58.111 --> 00:44:00.513
She had school loans
00:44:00.513 --> 00:44:01.581
And they both had car payments,
00:44:01.581 --> 00:44:03.182
Which in all totaled $90,000.
00:44:03.182 --> 00:44:05.852
They began paying it off,
00:44:05.852 --> 00:44:07.153
Working long hours, tithing the whole time
00:44:07.153 --> 00:44:10.056
And their businesses thrived.
00:44:10.056 --> 00:44:11.824
- there's no other answer, but the lord did that.
00:44:11.824 --> 00:44:14.527
Having a month where we're having less weddings,
00:44:14.527 --> 00:44:16.596
But more cleaning clients.
00:44:16.596 --> 00:44:17.864
So it all balances out
00:44:17.864 --> 00:44:19.932
And the only answer for it is god.
00:44:19.932 --> 00:44:21.634
He's the one providing it all.
00:44:21.634 --> 00:44:23.402
- [narrator] today, they are debt free.
00:44:23.402 --> 00:44:25.505
Looking back on all god has accomplished
00:44:25.505 --> 00:44:27.440
This year, the couple is grateful
00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:29.275
For their two businesses growing
00:44:29.275 --> 00:44:30.877
At a rate of 40%
00:44:30.877 --> 00:44:32.411
And many more opportunities awaiting them.
00:44:32.411 --> 00:44:34.981
- and whenever we don't have debt,
00:44:34.981 --> 00:44:36.649
We don't have payments,
00:44:36.649 --> 00:44:37.917
We have more money to invest,
00:44:37.917 --> 00:44:39.452
Save, and ultimately give.
00:44:39.452 --> 00:44:41.020
We could be more generous.
00:44:41.020 --> 00:44:42.288
- emmaus and hannah
00:44:42.288 --> 00:44:43.389
Say, it all starts with generosity.
00:44:43.389 --> 00:44:45.792
- the lord provided for us.
00:44:45.792 --> 00:44:47.260
It says in (indistinct),
00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:48.694
The only time in the bible
00:44:48.694 --> 00:44:49.695
That we can test god in something
00:44:49.695 --> 00:44:52.131
And it's in tithes and offerings
00:44:52.131 --> 00:44:53.866
And god just completely
00:44:53.866 --> 00:44:55.101
Overflowed our storehouses.
00:44:55.101 --> 00:44:57.103
- i say when you give 10%,
00:44:57.103 --> 00:44:59.672
That god's gonna bless you
00:44:59.672 --> 00:45:01.607
Because you're obeying him
00:45:01.607 --> 00:45:03.142
And you're doing what his word says.
00:45:03.142 --> 00:45:06.913
- when you give, he gives back
00:45:07.747 --> 00:45:10.149
And that's the word from jesus.
00:45:10.149 --> 00:45:12.218
Give and it'll be given unto you.
00:45:12.218 --> 00:45:14.921
And then he adds,
00:45:14.921 --> 00:45:16.122
It'll be heaped up, pressed down,
00:45:16.122 --> 00:45:17.623
Running over will be poured into your lap,
00:45:17.623 --> 00:45:20.526
But you have to recognize it's from him
00:45:20.526 --> 00:45:23.262
And it is all from him.
00:45:23.262 --> 00:45:24.997
Your talent, your ability,
00:45:24.997 --> 00:45:27.967
Deuteronomy is quite specific,
00:45:27.967 --> 00:45:29.936
It's god who gives you the power to get wealth.
00:45:29.936 --> 00:45:33.239
So when you honor him with your first fruit,
00:45:33.239 --> 00:45:35.575
You honor him with your tithes and offerings,
00:45:35.575 --> 00:45:38.244
You get even more wonderful blessings from him.
00:45:38.244 --> 00:45:42.582
Just imagine living a life where you know
00:45:42.582 --> 00:45:44.650
That god has your future.
00:45:44.650 --> 00:45:46.452
He's protecting you, he's watching over you.
00:45:46.452 --> 00:45:50.056
He's going to rebuke the devourer for your sake.
00:45:50.056 --> 00:45:53.392
He is going to open the windows of heaven
00:45:53.392 --> 00:45:55.528
And pour out blessings.
00:45:55.528 --> 00:45:57.129
This isn't a get-rich-quick thing,
00:45:57.129 --> 00:45:59.365
But it is a way to live life securely
00:45:59.365 --> 00:46:03.169
Knowing you're in the will of god.
00:46:03.169 --> 00:46:05.671
When you do that, wonderful things happen.
00:46:05.671 --> 00:46:09.041
If you wanna start a life of tithing again,
00:46:09.041 --> 00:46:12.078
This isn't an on again off again thing.
00:46:12.078 --> 00:46:14.113
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00:46:14.113 --> 00:46:16.115
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- well, coming up, he's a preacher
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Who spoke on holiness while moonlighting
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As a drug-buying pimp.
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The undercover pastor gives us
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The inside story on his double life.
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- it was so intense with the sinus pressure
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That it was to the point where my jaws
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Were even hurting from coughing so intensely.
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It was a battle, it really was.
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He kept saying to me, "this too will pass."
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So i just stand up
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And say, "i'm waiting on you lord."
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I just kept confessing.
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God is my healer, he is my healer.
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They were to the section
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Where they were talking about
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People receiving healings.
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They were gonna pray for anyone who was sick.
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- there's someone, you heard the report
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About sinus conditions
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And you're saying please say, sinus conditions.
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So for you, i'm saying, sinus condition,
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All of that inflammation,
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Everything that seems to be swollen
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And closed up, open now in jesus' name.
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- i jumped up
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And my spirit just kind of leaped
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And i said, "that's for me lord, that's it."
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You think maybe, he's not mindful
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Of those things, but he's mindful of everything.
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He's just faithful
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And he is our healer.
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(gentle music)
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♪ oh, you wear the shoulders action ♪
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♪ it starts a chain reaction ♪
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♪ almost satisfaction ♪
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♪ i love the way that joy makes me move ♪
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♪ i got the joy ♪
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♪ i'm dancin' around the heels because i love it ♪
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♪ joy, i move around because i got it ♪
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♪ joy, joy to your heart ♪
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♪ joy, i dance around because i love it ♪
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♪ joy, i move around because i got it ♪
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♪ joy, joy to your heart ♪
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♪ joy, joy to your heart ♪
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♪ joy ♪
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- [narrator] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
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Jesus said it.
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I came to give you life.
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Life to the fullest.
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Life in your family,
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Life in your finances,
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Life in your body, mind, and spirit,
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Life in your everyday.
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At cbn.com, we're taking
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What jesus said, seriously,
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We're here to help you discover life.
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Life,
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Live it fully, cbn.com.
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- god, i can't stop.
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I'm gonna wreck my marriage.
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I'm gonna wreck my family.
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I had this just lust, this physical dependency
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That i had to these drugs.
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- i just couldn't be with him
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The rest of my life, i decided to leave.
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- i just remember him doing the altar call
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And if you're not sure
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That you're gonna go to heaven,
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You've gotta confess with your mouth.
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Say that you're a sinner.
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You gotta believe that christ died for your sins.
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There's only one way.
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There's only one hope and that's christ.
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- it's all the revolution against christianity.
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- once you have the foundation,
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Man determines truth, anything goes.
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- show me the downside of loving god
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And loving each other.
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- i wanted to take a step back.
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Who is jonathan isaac?
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What has changed his life?
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- the only one that's going get me
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Through this tragedy is jesus.
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- [narrator] faith vs culture,
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Mondays at 8:30 pm on the cbn news channel.
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- in the last five minutes of my labor
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And delivery was
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When i noticed something was wrong.
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They put her on my chest
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And right away, they took her away
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And she wasn't crying
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And she looked sort of gray.
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I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
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Then they came back in the room
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And said, "she's had a brain injury."
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That's when i really started praying,
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"god, please, please let her mind be okay."
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Turned on the tv
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And just randomly flipping the channels,
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Here's cbn, it really lifted me up.
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It gave me that little bit
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Of hope i needed at the time.
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After that, i really felt
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Like things started moving even more.
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She went from being
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Behind to advanced for her age.
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I could never deny the power of prayer.
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I would always just say, pray
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And pray more and just keep trusting.
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I thought would happen to my daughter
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And he healed her.
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Psalms 34:4, i sought the lord
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And he answered me.
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He delivered me from all of my fears.
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- dale sutherland would go from a drug bust
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To a youth group often in the same day.
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For years, he put his life on the line
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As an undercover narcotics officer
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And after he busted the bad guys,
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He made sure they knew he was also a pastor.
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- [narrator] for 12 years,
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Dc native dale sutherland lived a double life.
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During the day,
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He was a youth pastor at his church.
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At night, he was putting his life on the line
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As an undercover narcotics police officer.
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- so i would be pastoring during the day
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And then during the day,
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I'd be in the office, counseling,
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Working and then in the evening,
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I'd go to the police department
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And come in and you know, buy drugs
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And arrest bad guys.
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- [narrator] the job required dale
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To immerse himself in the dark,
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Dangerous underworld of inner city crime.
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He found walking the line between duty
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And faith, often challenging.
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- it was especially difficult for me
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To have both jobs and to walk with the lord.
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I was a pimp for a while
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And i was introduced as a pimp.
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So i had these girls around me all the time
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And i would be able to try to convince guys
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To trust me because if they could sell drugs
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To me because i was a pimp,
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I was in another kind of role.
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I was doing that
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And i was at the same time,
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Preaching on holiness at church
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And trying to keep myself holly
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At the same time, which is always a challenge.
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- [narrator] in his early 20s,
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Dale felt the call to minister to urban youth.
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However, growing in a christian home
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Within a safe and secure neighborhood,
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Dale didn't have much experience
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With life on the streets.
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So after a few years in bible college,
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He enrolled in the washington dc police academy.
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- i wanted to be a policeman 'cause i figured,
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I could get to know the street,
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Maybe understand people better
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And i'd have a better testimony.
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- the plan was to work on the force
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For a few years,
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Then move into full-time ministry,
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That would change.
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Shortly after graduating the police academy,
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Dale worked his first undercover case.
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Not only did it lead to an arrest,
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It gave dale a new perspective
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On his work as an officer and his faith.
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- i constantly knew this was sin,
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It was ruining their life
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And the lives of others.
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And so there was a big picture thing here
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And each individual mattered.
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So when i got a drug dealer,
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I was keeping him from hurting all the families
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And everything else that he was selling drugs to.
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So i saw it as related to my faith as well.
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- so he stayed with the force.
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In the coming years,
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Dale would arrest hundreds of criminals
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And every so often,
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He'd share the gospel with them.
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Then in 1993, he and an informant
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Showed up late to a drug deal.
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- one day,
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I think it was about our seventh purchase
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From these guys, i pulled up
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And we were supposed to meet
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About 45 minutes earlier,
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He got outta the car to go find the guys
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And then after he had got outta the car,
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They ended up killing him.
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Planned, we later found out,
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I mean, it was in washington post,
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That they had planned to kill both of us
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Had we been on time because they thought,
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I was an informant as well.
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You realize the mortality
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And him feeling terrible
00:55:26.932 --> 00:55:29.435
And wanting another chance to talk to him
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About the lord.
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- [narrator] dale then decided he wasn't going
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To miss another opportunity to be sure
00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:37.743
That he shared the love of christ.
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- i could control the body,
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You know, i could put 'em in a cell block.
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I couldn't change the heart.
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The truth is,
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Whether it's a drug dealer, a prostitute,
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A victim, a criminal, a murderer,
00:55:47.686 --> 00:55:50.088
I've met 'em all.
00:55:50.088 --> 00:55:51.089
I've talked to all of 'em
00:55:51.089 --> 00:55:52.090
For long periods of time,
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And the truth is they need christ
00:55:53.792 --> 00:55:55.894
And they are very open to the gospel,
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If people would just talk to 'em.
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- [narrator] while many he arrested
00:56:00.566 --> 00:56:01.700
Would reject his message of hope,
00:56:01.700 --> 00:56:03.669
Others would ultimately,
00:56:03.669 --> 00:56:05.003
Find faith in jesus christ.
00:56:05.003 --> 00:56:06.939
One was javier, a former drug dealer.
00:56:06.939 --> 00:56:10.242
- i wanted to get out of there.
00:56:10.242 --> 00:56:11.577
I start, "god, i don't wanna do this no more.
00:56:11.577 --> 00:56:13.612
I don't want to die selling drugs."
00:56:13.612 --> 00:56:15.514
And then like after like three months,
00:56:15.514 --> 00:56:17.349
I get arrested and it's how i met dale,
00:56:17.349 --> 00:56:19.685
This guy from narcotics.
00:56:19.685 --> 00:56:21.253
He started telling me about jesus
00:56:21.253 --> 00:56:23.155
And then everything in my life started changing.
00:56:23.155 --> 00:56:25.757
We got to be good friends
00:56:25.757 --> 00:56:26.959
And we even do ministry together now.
00:56:26.959 --> 00:56:28.961
- [narrator] after 12 years
00:56:28.961 --> 00:56:29.828
Of working undercover,
00:56:29.828 --> 00:56:31.196
Dale would get the opportunity
00:56:31.196 --> 00:56:32.664
To become a full-time youth pastor.
00:56:32.664 --> 00:56:35.000
For 12 years, he balanced both jobs.
00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:38.470
- it'd be wednesday night,
00:56:39.238 --> 00:56:40.172
I'd go speak at the youth group
00:56:40.172 --> 00:56:42.174
And wednesday, i'd make an arrest.
00:56:42.174 --> 00:56:44.042
And so i'd drive right over to church
00:56:44.042 --> 00:56:45.911
And i'd tell him about the arrest.
00:56:45.911 --> 00:56:47.045
Tell 'em how it relates to something
00:56:47.045 --> 00:56:48.580
Hopefully in their life
00:56:48.580 --> 00:56:49.882
To help 'em understand the word of god better.
00:56:49.882 --> 00:56:52.017
- [narrator] after 22 years
00:56:52.017 --> 00:56:53.285
On the force, dale retired.
00:56:53.285 --> 00:56:55.387
Today, he's an associate pastor
00:56:55.387 --> 00:56:57.623
At his local church in washington dc
00:56:57.623 --> 00:57:00.092
Where he became known as the undercover pastor.
00:57:00.092 --> 00:57:02.895
He's also the founder of code 3,
00:57:02.895 --> 00:57:05.330
A nonprofit organization that provides training
00:57:05.330 --> 00:57:07.966
And programs to police
00:57:07.966 --> 00:57:09.635
And citizens so they can work together
00:57:09.635 --> 00:57:12.104
To build safer more connected communities.
00:57:12.104 --> 00:57:15.474
His goal of sharing the gospel remains the same.
00:57:15.474 --> 00:57:19.011
- i need to preach the gospel
00:57:19.845 --> 00:57:21.346
Is what matters, is what really matters.
00:57:21.346 --> 00:57:23.482
The only thing that matters
00:57:23.482 --> 00:57:24.850
Is that i can reach more people
00:57:24.850 --> 00:57:26.451
For christ, for eternity.
00:57:26.451 --> 00:57:28.287
So that's why now i say,
00:57:28.287 --> 00:57:29.454
We used to lock people up
00:57:29.454 --> 00:57:30.989
And now, we're trying to set people free.
00:57:30.989 --> 00:57:33.692
- you know when god calls you to something,
00:57:34.826 --> 00:57:36.628
He equips you for whatever it is
00:57:36.628 --> 00:57:38.497
He's asking you to do.
00:57:38.497 --> 00:57:39.731
Trust him with your life and listen
00:57:39.731 --> 00:57:41.767
Because he's got purpose in the call, gordon.
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- well, here's a word from psalm 71.
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My lips will shout for joy
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When i sing praise to you.
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I whom you have delivered,
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May your lips sing praise to god today.
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God bless you.
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(gentle music)
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- i had a drug test that was coming up.
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I had the drugs in my hand
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And i was thinking that if i use this today,
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I'm going to lose my kids.
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So i got on my knees
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And i went down a list of everything
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That i could think of that i had done wrong
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Both outwardly and inside.
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I just told him,
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"i'm sorry that i did these things
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And jesus, i want you to come into my heart
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And be the lord of my life."
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And it was real.
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- [narrator] we get it,
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Your life is crazy right now.
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You've got a lot going on.
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So who has time to change the world?
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Well, guess what?
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You do.
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When you become a cbn partner,
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You make an impact on lives all around the world.
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For just $20 a month,
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You help provide safe water,
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Good food for hungry tummies,
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Life-changing surgeries,
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And a helping hand to someone in need.
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You're helping to preach the gospel
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All across the globe.
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You're sharing the love of jesus
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And building the kingdom of god
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Right from your living room
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Or your car or from work or wherever you are.
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It's a big impact for just $20 a month.
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That's about the price of four lattes
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Or three, if you're really fancy.
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It's easy to sign up, just go to cbn.com
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Or call us at one 1-800-700-7000.
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Become a cbn partner today
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And start changing the world.
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- [narrator] changing lives is now easier
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Than ever with text to join,
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Text cbn to 71777
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And tap on the secure link
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To transform a life, you'll feed the hungry,
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Heal the sick, bring water to the thirsty,
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Hope to the hopeless and so much more.
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It only takes a moment
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To make a huge difference in someone's life.
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Text cbn to 71777
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The 700 Club - January 14, 2025

January 31, 2025 | S25:E23

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