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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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- 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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- I feel terrible drinking that water
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- And giving it to my family.
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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."
- 00:10:49.491 --> 00:10:52.193
- God filled those holes
- 00:10:52.193 --> 00:10:53.795
- With a beautiful message to say,
- 00:10:53.795 --> 00:10:55.764
- "you are enough in me."
- 00:10:55.764 --> 00:10:58.466
- - i didn't even give it a second thought
- 00:10:59.634 --> 00:11:02.737
- That there could be a miscarriage.
- 00:11:02.737 --> 00:11:05.573
- I don't think i really processed it
- 00:11:05.573 --> 00:11:07.442
- Until we were driving home.
- 00:11:07.442 --> 00:11:08.977
- That's when i finally cried about it.
- 00:11:08.977 --> 00:11:11.279
- - god, if this doesn't happen, i still love you.
- 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.716
- - i was mad in the way
- 00:11:14.716 --> 00:11:17.585
- Where you are boiling on the inside.
- 00:11:17.585 --> 00:11:26.561
- I was surrendering myself,
- 00:11:27.328 --> 00:11:30.732
- I felt held.
- 00:11:30.732 --> 00:11:35.403
- - when we saw the heartbeat
- 00:11:36.204 --> 00:11:37.372
- And that was like, okay.
- 00:11:37.372 --> 00:11:39.240
- - we've never been this far.
- 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.109
- - eight years of wanting that moment.
- 00:11:41.109 --> 00:11:43.878
- - my little girl is in my arms, finally.
- 00:11:43.878 --> 00:11:49.317
- Have the guts to let go.
- 00:11:49.984 --> 00:11:52.787
- That allows the lord to move in a way
- 00:11:52.787 --> 00:11:56.457
- That we can't even imagine.
- 00:11:56.457 --> 00:11:59.727
- - chicago has long been one of the worst examples
- 00:12:00.995 --> 00:12:03.531
- Of gun violence in american cities.
- 00:12:03.531 --> 00:12:06.034
- Much of it has taken place
- 00:12:06.034 --> 00:12:07.535
- On the city's south side.
- 00:12:07.535 --> 00:12:09.337
- A christian couple is now working in that area
- 00:12:09.337 --> 00:12:11.773
- To build relationships with young people.
- 00:12:11.773 --> 00:12:14.709
- Cbns, paul petitte shows how their ministry
- 00:12:14.709 --> 00:12:17.145
- Is using flowers to bring hope to at-risk youth.
- 00:12:17.145 --> 00:12:22.083
- - [paul petitte] in 2023,
- 00:12:22.851 --> 00:12:24.018
- The city's 617 homicides led the nation
- 00:12:24.018 --> 00:12:27.155
- For the 12th straight year,
- 00:12:27.155 --> 00:12:29.190
- Often caught on the crossfire,
- 00:12:29.190 --> 00:12:31.025
- Younger chicagoans.
- 00:12:31.025 --> 00:12:32.727
- - so what you have are youth
- 00:12:32.727 --> 00:12:34.996
- Who might not be seen past their 18th birthday,
- 00:12:34.996 --> 00:12:39.167
- Might be struggling,
- 00:12:39.167 --> 00:12:40.435
- Staying engaged in a school or work program.
- 00:12:40.435 --> 00:12:42.971
- - [paul petitte] and one of the more
- 00:12:42.971 --> 00:12:44.072
- Violent of poverty stricken areas,
- 00:12:44.072 --> 00:12:45.640
- Something is being cultivated to change that,
- 00:12:45.640 --> 00:12:48.543
- A flower shop called, southside blooms.
- 00:12:48.543 --> 00:12:51.613
- - so this is a faith inspired project.
- 00:12:51.613 --> 00:12:53.514
- You know, when i came to chicago,
- 00:12:53.514 --> 00:12:56.417
- It was a moment of me basically
- 00:12:56.417 --> 00:12:58.419
- Taking up my cross and following him.
- 00:12:58.419 --> 00:13:00.889
- - [paul petitte] that journey led quilen
- 00:13:00.889 --> 00:13:01.856
- And his wife hannah,
- 00:13:01.856 --> 00:13:03.224
- To open their shop and hire a neighborhood
- 00:13:03.224 --> 00:13:05.426
- At-risk youth like rashod.
- 00:13:05.426 --> 00:13:07.595
- - i do a lot of bad stuff in the world, so
- 00:13:07.595 --> 00:13:10.231
- It make me feel like i do stuff good.
- 00:13:10.231 --> 00:13:12.433
- You know what i'm saying?
- 00:13:12.433 --> 00:13:13.401
- We could just balance it out,
- 00:13:13.401 --> 00:13:14.702
- Make me feel like i'm a good person, you know.
- 00:13:14.702 --> 00:13:15.937
- I help other people instead of myself.
- 00:13:15.937 --> 00:13:18.606
- (water running)
- 00:13:18.606 --> 00:13:20.208
- - [paul petitte] southside blooms
- 00:13:20.208 --> 00:13:21.342
- Is a nonprofit supported by the county's
- 00:13:21.342 --> 00:13:22.977
- Gun violence and prevention grant.
- 00:13:22.977 --> 00:13:25.313
- Many of the staff here grew up
- 00:13:25.313 --> 00:13:27.181
- Around the worst society has to offer.
- 00:13:27.181 --> 00:13:29.751
- - there's high violence, high crime,
- 00:13:29.751 --> 00:13:32.186
- A lot of urban blight, a lot of gang activity.
- 00:13:32.186 --> 00:13:35.023
- You know, just trying to get to school
- 00:13:35.023 --> 00:13:37.125
- Can be a dangerous endeavor
- 00:13:37.125 --> 00:13:39.127
- - [paul petitte] through their efforts,
- 00:13:39.127 --> 00:13:40.028
- Not only are quilen
- 00:13:40.028 --> 00:13:41.162
- And hannah training future florists,
- 00:13:41.162 --> 00:13:43.331
- They're planting seeds of hope
- 00:13:43.331 --> 00:13:45.066
- And accomplishment.
- 00:13:45.066 --> 00:13:46.301
- - i go on events
- 00:13:46.301 --> 00:13:47.468
- And then i see some i made, i say,
- 00:13:47.468 --> 00:13:49.637
- "oh, i made that."
- 00:13:49.637 --> 00:13:51.105
- - they're competing against the best.
- 00:13:51.105 --> 00:13:52.206
- Like this isn't just, you know,
- 00:13:52.206 --> 00:13:53.708
- Doing flowers, you know,
- 00:13:53.708 --> 00:13:54.943
- For you know, your grandma or for prom.
- 00:13:54.943 --> 00:13:58.146
- We are at some of the most exclusive venues
- 00:13:58.146 --> 00:14:00.114
- In chicago, at the field museum,
- 00:14:00.114 --> 00:14:01.582
- We're at mccormick,
- 00:14:01.582 --> 00:14:02.917
- We're at the hyatt, the hilton.
- 00:14:02.917 --> 00:14:04.619
- - and southside blooms
- 00:14:04.619 --> 00:14:05.787
- Doesn't just arrange flowers here,
- 00:14:05.787 --> 00:14:07.355
- They grow flowers here.
- 00:14:07.355 --> 00:14:08.957
- In fact, they have six flower farms
- 00:14:08.957 --> 00:14:10.925
- Just like this spread
- 00:14:10.925 --> 00:14:11.859
- Out all over southwest chicago,
- 00:14:11.859 --> 00:14:14.128
- Turning an empty lot into a field of beauty,
- 00:14:14.128 --> 00:14:16.998
- Which often turns into a field of dreams.
- 00:14:16.998 --> 00:14:20.568
- - it's a dream man.
- 00:14:20.568 --> 00:14:21.836
- It's a dream, you know, it's meaningful.
- 00:14:21.836 --> 00:14:23.972
- It's community
- 00:14:23.972 --> 00:14:26.507
- And it's helping people.
- 00:14:26.507 --> 00:14:28.376
- You know, you couldn't ask for more.
- 00:14:28.376 --> 00:14:30.144
- - it's really the reason that we're here
- 00:14:30.144 --> 00:14:31.546
- And the reason that we, you know,
- 00:14:31.546 --> 00:14:33.781
- Are, you know, wanting to create opportunities
- 00:14:33.781 --> 00:14:36.184
- For them is really because we believe that god
- 00:14:36.184 --> 00:14:38.553
- Loves them and we want them
- 00:14:38.553 --> 00:14:40.421
- To experience it in a real way
- 00:14:40.421 --> 00:14:42.890
- And know that god is real
- 00:14:42.890 --> 00:14:44.058
- And he is with them.
- 00:14:44.058 --> 00:14:45.026
- - many of our youth, you know,
- 00:14:45.026 --> 00:14:46.694
- People outside our community have written them
- 00:14:46.694 --> 00:14:48.730
- Off and wouldn't expect you know,
- 00:14:48.730 --> 00:14:50.365
- That much from them, but you know,
- 00:14:50.365 --> 00:14:52.300
- Like our ministry
- 00:14:52.300 --> 00:14:53.401
- And our work is really an example
- 00:14:53.401 --> 00:14:54.702
- That no life is unimportant.
- 00:14:54.702 --> 00:14:57.505
- No life is trash.
- 00:14:57.505 --> 00:14:59.407
- - [paul petitte] although numbers remain high,
- 00:14:59.407 --> 00:15:00.908
- Homicides here have been declining
- 00:15:00.908 --> 00:15:02.777
- Since the pandemic, many city
- 00:15:02.777 --> 00:15:04.712
- And county authorities credit programs
- 00:15:04.712 --> 00:15:06.681
- Like southside blooms as one of the reasons.
- 00:15:06.681 --> 00:15:09.684
- - and what you have with quilen
- 00:15:09.684 --> 00:15:11.452
- And southside blooms is an organization
- 00:15:11.452 --> 00:15:15.757
- Specifically committed to neighborhoods
- 00:15:15.757 --> 00:15:18.393
- Where young people who have
- 00:15:18.393 --> 00:15:19.794
- All sorts of potential just need the opportunity.
- 00:15:19.794 --> 00:15:22.764
- They need the positive adults around them.
- 00:15:22.764 --> 00:15:25.099
- - [paul petitte] whether it's sharing a timely
- 00:15:25.099 --> 00:15:26.334
- Scripture or encouraging an employee
- 00:15:26.334 --> 00:15:28.403
- With dreams of medical school.
- 00:15:28.403 --> 00:15:30.238
- Hannah and quilen arranged southside blooms
- 00:15:30.238 --> 00:15:33.141
- To grow inspiration
- 00:15:33.141 --> 00:15:34.642
- And a part of chicago steeped in desperation.
- 00:15:34.642 --> 00:15:37.712
- That's why their slogan is,
- 00:15:37.712 --> 00:15:38.846
- "empowering lives with flowers."
- 00:15:38.846 --> 00:15:41.416
- - the reason why we picked that slogan
- 00:15:41.416 --> 00:15:43.151
- Is because you know, of all the problems
- 00:15:43.151 --> 00:15:45.319
- That we're facing in chicago,
- 00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:46.788
- You wouldn't have think that something
- 00:15:46.788 --> 00:15:48.723
- As humble as a flower could be the key
- 00:15:48.723 --> 00:15:50.458
- To empowering people to change that.
- 00:15:50.458 --> 00:15:53.394
- And i really just think it's a great way
- 00:15:53.394 --> 00:15:55.797
- To really show how god can use literally anything
- 00:15:55.797 --> 00:15:58.666
- And the most unlikely things to solve
- 00:15:58.666 --> 00:16:00.968
- Some of the greatest problems of our time.
- 00:16:00.968 --> 00:16:03.071
- - [paul petitte] in chicago,
- 00:16:03.071 --> 00:16:04.072
- Paul petite, cbn news.
- 00:16:04.072 --> 00:16:06.307
- - well, let the lilies bloom.
- 00:16:07.141 --> 00:16:09.077
- I like to remind people
- 00:16:09.077 --> 00:16:10.878
- We were created for gardens
- 00:16:10.878 --> 00:16:13.414
- And when you get in nature,
- 00:16:13.414 --> 00:16:16.150
- When you get into blooming nature
- 00:16:16.150 --> 00:16:19.987
- It just is so restful for your soul.
- 00:16:19.987 --> 00:16:22.690
- What a wonderful thing to do.
- 00:16:22.690 --> 00:16:24.025
- What a wonderful way to bring hope
- 00:16:24.025 --> 00:16:26.561
- To a desperate and hurting neighborhood.
- 00:16:26.561 --> 00:16:29.664
- Congratulations, that's a god idea.
- 00:16:29.664 --> 00:16:32.800
- Let's create a garden.
- 00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:34.969
- - yeah, don't you love hearing
- 00:16:34.969 --> 00:16:36.270
- Those young people themselves able
- 00:16:36.270 --> 00:16:38.439
- To express how this has changed
- 00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:40.241
- The way they self-perceive, you know?
- 00:16:40.241 --> 00:16:42.610
- - yeah, yeah, i want to be a good guy.
- 00:16:42.610 --> 00:16:44.545
- - yes, i can do this. - yeah.
- 00:16:44.545 --> 00:16:47.048
- - love it.
- 00:16:47.048 --> 00:16:48.382
- - what a great message for the entire world.
- 00:16:48.382 --> 00:16:51.152
- - absolutely.
- 00:16:51.152 --> 00:16:52.620
- Well, still ahead, meet the policeman
- 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:55.189
- Known as the undercover pastor.
- 00:16:55.189 --> 00:16:58.359
- And then up next, the prayers heard
- 00:16:58.359 --> 00:17:00.928
- Halfway across the world,
- 00:17:00.928 --> 00:17:02.597
- A young woman was overseas
- 00:17:02.597 --> 00:17:04.332
- When she got into a terrible accident,
- 00:17:04.332 --> 00:17:06.968
- Her parents hopped on a plane
- 00:17:06.968 --> 00:17:08.536
- Praying the whole way,
- 00:17:08.536 --> 00:17:10.338
- Hear why they say the holy spirit
- 00:17:10.338 --> 00:17:12.306
- Was guiding them through the ordeal
- 00:17:12.306 --> 00:17:14.709
- And see what saved their daughter's life.
- 00:17:14.709 --> 00:17:16.911
- That's coming up.
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- - melissa and her husband, rick
- 00:17:55.283 --> 00:17:56.751
- Have come a long way from when they met.
- 00:17:56.751 --> 00:17:58.819
- Melissa was in real estate.
- 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:00.521
- Rick had been living on credit cards
- 00:18:00.521 --> 00:18:02.757
- Trying to start a number of businesses
- 00:18:02.757 --> 00:18:04.992
- And was $80,000 in debt.
- 00:18:04.992 --> 00:18:07.461
- All the while, the hinnant's were tithing
- 00:18:07.461 --> 00:18:10.198
- And the newly married couple
- 00:18:10.198 --> 00:18:11.499
- Started working their way out of the red.
- 00:18:11.499 --> 00:18:13.601
- - i think i had bought into society saying,
- 00:18:13.601 --> 00:18:16.971
- "here's what you should have."
- 00:18:16.971 --> 00:18:18.406
- I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
- 00:18:18.406 --> 00:18:21.709
- I asked god to forgive me instantly.
- 00:18:21.709 --> 00:18:24.712
- I told god whether i make a lot of money
- 00:18:24.712 --> 00:18:27.648
- Or not, i'm done striving.
- 00:18:27.648 --> 00:18:30.484
- - [narrator] today, rick and melissa
- 00:18:30.484 --> 00:18:31.886
- Have three children
- 00:18:31.886 --> 00:18:33.154
- And choose to live way below their means
- 00:18:33.154 --> 00:18:35.256
- So they can help the poor.
- 00:18:35.256 --> 00:18:37.058
- They've already built 13 orphanages
- 00:18:37.058 --> 00:18:39.460
- And a freedom house in india.
- 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:41.295
- - what i loved about operation blessing
- 00:18:41.295 --> 00:18:43.064
- Is that we were really able to see
- 00:18:43.064 --> 00:18:44.999
- The fruit of that gift.
- 00:18:44.999 --> 00:18:47.068
- - now, i have the hunger to make more money
- 00:18:47.068 --> 00:18:49.537
- So we truly can give to all of these places
- 00:18:49.537 --> 00:18:52.807
- 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
- 00:18:52.807 --> 00:18:55.409
- - i just turned,
- 00:18:55.409 --> 00:18:56.244
- And an excruciating pain
- 00:18:56.244 --> 00:18:58.646
- Came in my knee on the inside
- 00:18:58.646 --> 00:19:02.416
- And it was like a jabbing knife.
- 00:19:02.416 --> 00:19:04.652
- I made it to the doctor,
- 00:19:04.652 --> 00:19:06.387
- Found out it was a torn meniscus.
- 00:19:06.387 --> 00:19:08.322
- So having the knee injury,
- 00:19:08.322 --> 00:19:11.158
- Having to slow down was depressing.
- 00:19:11.158 --> 00:19:14.462
- I was like, "lord, heal this."
- 00:19:14.462 --> 00:19:16.731
- Sitting on the couch,
- 00:19:16.731 --> 00:19:17.832
- The 700 club came on
- 00:19:17.832 --> 00:19:19.267
- And that's when i saw gordon on.
- 00:19:19.267 --> 00:19:23.471
- - we say out loud to it, be healed
- 00:19:23.471 --> 00:19:27.775
- And be made whole.
- 00:19:27.775 --> 00:19:29.944
- May all pain leave me
- 00:19:29.944 --> 00:19:33.080
- In jesus' name.
- 00:19:33.614 --> 00:19:35.549
- I receive it now.
- 00:19:36.183 --> 00:19:38.185
- Now what you couldn't do before, do now.
- 00:19:38.185 --> 00:19:41.155
- - by faith i'm going to do this.
- 00:19:41.155 --> 00:19:42.857
- By faith, i'm gonna walk
- 00:19:42.857 --> 00:19:44.692
- And i was walking, it wasn't hurting.
- 00:19:44.692 --> 00:19:46.794
- I know that god healed me
- 00:19:46.794 --> 00:19:48.729
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
- 00:19:48.729 --> 00:19:54.568
- - [kathy] we've always been tithers.
- 00:19:55.603 --> 00:19:57.171
- We teach our children to tithe.
- 00:19:57.171 --> 00:19:58.806
- - i can't explain to you
- 00:19:58.806 --> 00:20:00.041
- How the bills would be here maybe,
- 00:20:00.041 --> 00:20:01.976
- And the income here,
- 00:20:01.976 --> 00:20:03.010
- But at the end of the month,
- 00:20:03.010 --> 00:20:04.378
- It seemed that they would meet every single time.
- 00:20:04.378 --> 00:20:07.782
- My stepfather who was a farmer
- 00:20:07.782 --> 00:20:09.283
- Had 300 or 400 acres of melons he grew
- 00:20:09.283 --> 00:20:12.186
- And so i took a old toyota pickup truck
- 00:20:12.186 --> 00:20:14.889
- That i had and a trailer
- 00:20:14.889 --> 00:20:16.190
- And would pick up a 100 to 200 watermelons
- 00:20:16.190 --> 00:20:19.226
- And i started pedaling them out.
- 00:20:19.226 --> 00:20:21.095
- Foodline was our first corporate client.
- 00:20:21.095 --> 00:20:23.030
- Remember one year of sitting down
- 00:20:23.030 --> 00:20:24.465
- Working on my taxes
- 00:20:24.465 --> 00:20:25.833
- And my giving that year exceeded my adjusted
- 00:20:25.833 --> 00:20:28.969
- Gross income just a few years before.
- 00:20:28.969 --> 00:20:31.439
- Cbn has really meant a lot to us
- 00:20:31.439 --> 00:20:33.240
- Over the years as we've watched the program
- 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:35.309
- And see and how god has blessed people.
- 00:20:35.309 --> 00:20:38.012
- - we found that you just can't outgive god.
- 00:20:38.012 --> 00:20:40.147
- - [narrator] if you have experienced
- 00:20:40.147 --> 00:20:41.515
- A financial blessing as a result
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- Of giving, tell us your story.
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- 00:20:49.223 --> 00:20:53.461
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- 00:20:53.461 --> 00:20:55.763
- - i started drinking alcohol
- 00:20:55.763 --> 00:20:57.732
- Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
- 00:20:57.732 --> 00:21:00.401
- I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
- 00:21:00.401 --> 00:21:03.804
- I felt completely defeated and broken.
- 00:21:03.804 --> 00:21:06.340
- I was weak in my relationship with god
- 00:21:07.375 --> 00:21:09.543
- And i was just a weak human being
- 00:21:09.543 --> 00:21:12.279
- And god got further and further away.
- 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.615
- When you feel his presence
- 00:21:15.383 --> 00:21:16.584
- And you walk away from it,
- 00:21:16.584 --> 00:21:18.552
- There's guilt, there's shame,
- 00:21:18.552 --> 00:21:20.354
- But there's also a sort of a sense
- 00:21:20.354 --> 00:21:22.156
- That it'll never happen for you again.
- 00:21:22.156 --> 00:21:25.259
- My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
- 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:27.628
- She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
- 00:21:27.628 --> 00:21:30.231
- I want you to know jesus."
- 00:21:30.231 --> 00:21:32.433
- God started to reveal himself to me again
- 00:21:33.601 --> 00:21:36.670
- And he started to melt away
- 00:21:36.670 --> 00:21:39.807
- The ice that was my heart.
- 00:21:39.807 --> 00:21:41.308
- I'm trying to talk people into
- 00:21:42.143 --> 00:21:44.612
- This life that is second to none.
- 00:21:44.612 --> 00:21:47.681
- This life of feeling
- 00:21:47.681 --> 00:21:49.784
- Christ's presence in your life.
- 00:21:49.784 --> 00:21:54.622
- - i just couldn't keep anything down.
- 00:21:55.723 --> 00:21:58.359
- The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
- 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:01.896
- As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
- 00:22:01.896 --> 00:22:04.231
- My prayer was, "lord,
- 00:22:04.231 --> 00:22:05.766
- Give me a diagnosis
- 00:22:06.434 --> 00:22:07.835
- And give me a treatment plan
- 00:22:07.835 --> 00:22:09.103
- And gimme a doctor who knows me
- 00:22:09.103 --> 00:22:10.604
- And understands what's going on."
- 00:22:10.604 --> 00:22:12.306
- And gordon said,
- 00:22:12.306 --> 00:22:13.574
- "if you wanna be healed right now," he said,
- 00:22:13.574 --> 00:22:15.643
- "you just put your hand on that body part."
- 00:22:15.643 --> 00:22:17.711
- So i did, i put my hand, i said,
- 00:22:17.711 --> 00:22:19.113
- "lord, i'm believe in you that you can heal me."
- 00:22:19.113 --> 00:22:22.850
- And at that moment gordon said.
- 00:22:22.850 --> 00:22:25.319
- - there's someone you're saying,
- 00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.287
- Please say, crohn's disease.
- 00:22:26.287 --> 00:22:28.756
- And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
- 00:22:28.756 --> 00:22:31.692
- Let your body no longer fight against itself,
- 00:22:31.692 --> 00:22:35.029
- But be restored now in jesus' name.
- 00:22:35.029 --> 00:22:39.200
- - and i've had no issues since that time
- 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:42.670
- And i just give god the glory for that.
- 00:22:42.670 --> 00:22:46.140
- What i know is that jesus touched
- 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.875
- Me and that i've been healed.
- 00:22:47.875 --> 00:22:50.411
- (gentle music)
- 00:22:50.978 --> 00:22:56.417
- - maggie swanson is an iron woman.
- 00:22:57.384 --> 00:22:59.787
- She's a top finisher
- 00:22:59.787 --> 00:23:01.188
- Of three grueling triathlons.
- 00:23:01.188 --> 00:23:03.991
- 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.
- 00:23:12.233 --> 00:23:15.803
- - [narrator] exchange student, maggie swanson
- 00:23:16.971 --> 00:23:19.306
- Always loved her morning
- 00:23:19.306 --> 00:23:20.541
- Runs through the streets of seville, spain.
- 00:23:20.541 --> 00:23:23.410
- This one almost cost her her life.
- 00:23:23.410 --> 00:23:26.514
- Maggie was crossing a street
- 00:23:26.514 --> 00:23:28.082
- When a bus traveling 37 miles per hour
- 00:23:28.082 --> 00:23:31.418
- Hit her, throwing her 80 feet.
- 00:23:31.418 --> 00:23:34.388
- Seven hours later
- 00:23:34.388 --> 00:23:35.623
- And over 4,000 miles away in minnesota,
- 00:23:35.623 --> 00:23:38.492
- Tad weese got the phone call at work
- 00:23:38.492 --> 00:23:40.394
- That his 19-year-old daughter was in the hospital
- 00:23:40.394 --> 00:23:43.564
- Fighting for her life.
- 00:23:43.564 --> 00:23:44.899
- - our life just got turned upside down
- 00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:47.568
- In a matter of moments with one phone call.
- 00:23:47.568 --> 00:23:50.838
- - [narrator] tad immediately
- 00:23:50.838 --> 00:23:51.705
- Called his wife, wendy.
- 00:23:51.705 --> 00:23:53.707
- - it was almost like an out of body experience.
- 00:23:53.707 --> 00:23:55.943
- Packed the bags, grabbed the passports,
- 00:23:55.943 --> 00:23:58.045
- Made my way to tad's office,
- 00:23:58.045 --> 00:23:59.547
- Picked him up, got to the airport
- 00:23:59.547 --> 00:24:01.549
- And i know that that was the holy spirit
- 00:24:01.549 --> 00:24:03.717
- That was guiding me.
- 00:24:03.717 --> 00:24:05.052
- - [narrator] wendy and tad say,
- 00:24:05.052 --> 00:24:06.320
- Despite full flights, god paved the way
- 00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:08.856
- For them to get last minute tickets to spain.
- 00:24:08.856 --> 00:24:11.592
- They spent most of the journey praying.
- 00:24:11.592 --> 00:24:14.795
- - praying to god during that time was
- 00:24:14.795 --> 00:24:18.933
- Probably the only thing that we felt
- 00:24:18.933 --> 00:24:21.635
- We could do that made a difference.
- 00:24:21.635 --> 00:24:24.405
- - maggie was a believer in jesus christ
- 00:24:24.405 --> 00:24:27.408
- And if the lord chose not to save her life,
- 00:24:27.408 --> 00:24:31.045
- We knew that she would go to heaven.
- 00:24:31.045 --> 00:24:34.982
- - [narrator] in seville,
- 00:24:34.982 --> 00:24:36.050
- They rushed to the hospital
- 00:24:36.050 --> 00:24:37.685
- Where they found maggie in the icu
- 00:24:37.685 --> 00:24:39.687
- In a medically induced coma.
- 00:24:39.687 --> 00:24:41.689
- It had been 25 hours since the accident
- 00:24:41.689 --> 00:24:44.258
- - we were in shock.
- 00:24:44.258 --> 00:24:46.327
- Due to all the swelling from the accident,
- 00:24:46.327 --> 00:24:49.263
- It just didn't even look like maggie.
- 00:24:49.263 --> 00:24:51.599
- - those first moments of seeing maggie,
- 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.102
- We just knew we had a long battle ahead of us.
- 00:24:55.102 --> 00:24:58.339
- - [narrator] through translators,
- 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.306
- They learned that maggie
- 00:24:59.306 --> 00:25:00.474
- Suffered a traumatic brain injury,
- 00:25:00.474 --> 00:25:02.309
- Pelvic fracture, and broken ribs.
- 00:25:02.309 --> 00:25:05.245
- Their main concern was
- 00:25:05.245 --> 00:25:06.480
- The possibility of her brain swelling.
- 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:08.916
- The first 72 hours were critical.
- 00:25:08.916 --> 00:25:11.385
- - they never told us that she would live
- 00:25:11.385 --> 00:25:13.654
- Or that they had assurance that she would live
- 00:25:13.654 --> 00:25:16.123
- And so we went through the first four days
- 00:25:16.123 --> 00:25:18.792
- Wondering at any moment whether
- 00:25:18.792 --> 00:25:22.396
- Or not we would hear from the hospital
- 00:25:22.396 --> 00:25:25.099
- That she had taken a turn for the worse
- 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:28.335
- And we would be called in to say goodbye to her.
- 00:25:28.335 --> 00:25:30.771
- - [narrator] now it was a waiting game.
- 00:25:30.771 --> 00:25:32.873
- Tad and wendy spent every moment
- 00:25:32.873 --> 00:25:34.742
- They could at maggie's bedside.
- 00:25:34.742 --> 00:25:37.478
- After a week,
- 00:25:37.478 --> 00:25:38.679
- Maggie was stable enough for surgery
- 00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.280
- To repair her fractured pelvis.
- 00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:42.282
- While doctors assured them maggie would live,
- 00:25:42.282 --> 00:25:44.518
- They couldn't predict what her future would hold.
- 00:25:44.518 --> 00:25:46.820
- - what if she is no longer able to
- 00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:51.158
- Speak clearly or hold a job
- 00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:55.963
- Or would she be able to be an adult
- 00:25:55.963 --> 00:25:59.667
- Who is able to earn an income
- 00:25:59.667 --> 00:26:01.535
- And get married and have a family?
- 00:26:01.535 --> 00:26:03.971
- All of those thoughts raced through your mind.
- 00:26:03.971 --> 00:26:07.474
- - [narrator] by then,
- 00:26:07.474 --> 00:26:08.575
- Tad had set up a caringbridge page
- 00:26:08.575 --> 00:26:10.177
- To post updates on maggie.
- 00:26:10.177 --> 00:26:12.146
- Prayers and encouragement came pouring in.
- 00:26:12.146 --> 00:26:14.682
- - people that came alongside of us
- 00:26:14.682 --> 00:26:16.617
- Were such a part of this story
- 00:26:16.617 --> 00:26:19.219
- And such a big part of maggie's recovery
- 00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:21.855
- And we just can't thank them enough.
- 00:26:21.855 --> 00:26:24.258
- - [narrator] by the end of three weeks,
- 00:26:24.258 --> 00:26:25.459
- Maggie had been brought out of her coma
- 00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:27.428
- And was stable enough to fly home.
- 00:26:27.428 --> 00:26:29.630
- Psychiatrist and brain trauma specialist,
- 00:26:29.630 --> 00:26:32.366
- Dr. bob sevenich was on the team
- 00:26:32.366 --> 00:26:34.468
- That took over maggie's care in minneapolis.
- 00:26:34.468 --> 00:26:37.137
- - when i first saw her,
- 00:26:37.137 --> 00:26:38.338
- She was quite cognitively impaired,
- 00:26:38.338 --> 00:26:40.107
- She was semi-awake
- 00:26:40.107 --> 00:26:43.210
- And she was answering yes, no questions
- 00:26:43.210 --> 00:26:45.879
- Inconsistently, even fairly simple questions.
- 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:48.615
- People that have traumatic brain injuries
- 00:26:48.615 --> 00:26:50.918
- Often have ongoing difficulties with walking,
- 00:26:50.918 --> 00:26:53.821
- With moving, with coordination,
- 00:26:53.821 --> 00:26:56.857
- All those sorts of things.
- 00:26:56.857 --> 00:26:58.292
- - [narrator] however, maggie would begin
- 00:26:58.292 --> 00:26:59.793
- Defying the odds,
- 00:26:59.793 --> 00:27:01.095
- Making great strides in physical therapy
- 00:27:01.095 --> 00:27:03.530
- And on august 7th, she was up and walking.
- 00:27:03.530 --> 00:27:05.899
- - she stood up out of that wheelchair
- 00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:07.568
- And we walked her out of the hospital
- 00:27:07.568 --> 00:27:09.336
- And it was just the most beautiful thing.
- 00:27:09.336 --> 00:27:12.339
- - it felt so freeing to walk
- 00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:14.708
- After i've been sitting around for months.
- 00:27:14.708 --> 00:27:17.945
- - [narrator] although, she was improving
- 00:27:17.945 --> 00:27:19.146
- Physically, maggie's emotional
- 00:27:19.146 --> 00:27:20.748
- And mental healing took longer.
- 00:27:20.748 --> 00:27:22.716
- - i just couldn't join my friends
- 00:27:22.716 --> 00:27:23.817
- With a lot of things
- 00:27:23.817 --> 00:27:25.419
- And i found that that was very isolating
- 00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:27.888
- And very confusing.
- 00:27:27.888 --> 00:27:30.591
- That led to me asking god a lot of questions
- 00:27:30.591 --> 00:27:33.127
- Of why is this happening to me?
- 00:27:33.127 --> 00:27:34.895
- Why am i alone?
- 00:27:34.895 --> 00:27:36.230
- It was a very isolating time.
- 00:27:36.230 --> 00:27:38.065
- 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,
- 00:27:43.337 --> 00:27:46.707
- To be a normal student.
- 00:27:46.707 --> 00:27:49.510
- Romans 8:28 was a real encouragement
- 00:27:49.510 --> 00:27:52.246
- During this time, god works all things
- 00:27:52.246 --> 00:27:54.648
- For the good of those who love him,
- 00:27:54.648 --> 00:27:56.016
- Who are called according to his will.
- 00:27:56.016 --> 00:27:58.085
- - [narrator] those words would come true.
- 00:27:58.085 --> 00:28:00.454
- That fall with therapy,
- 00:28:00.454 --> 00:28:02.055
- Hard work and a lot of prayer,
- 00:28:02.055 --> 00:28:04.024
- Maggie returned to college
- 00:28:04.024 --> 00:28:05.626
- And was soon running again.
- 00:28:05.626 --> 00:28:07.594
- A year after the accident,
- 00:28:07.594 --> 00:28:09.196
- Maggie was back in spain as an exchange student.
- 00:28:09.196 --> 00:28:12.466
- In may of 2016,
- 00:28:12.466 --> 00:28:14.301
- She graduated from college on time.
- 00:28:14.301 --> 00:28:16.804
- - the accident was quite severe
- 00:28:16.804 --> 00:28:18.305
- And i think it surprised a lot of the providers,
- 00:28:18.305 --> 00:28:21.341
- 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.
- 00:28:29.716 --> 00:28:32.085
- - [narrator] married in 2019,
- 00:28:32.085 --> 00:28:34.021
- Maggie went on to accomplish even more.
- 00:28:34.021 --> 00:28:36.323
- 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.
- 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:44.998
- As in everything, she gives god the glory.
- 00:28:44.998 --> 00:28:47.734
- - 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
- 00:28:51.772 --> 00:28:56.076
- Learn about jesus
- 00:28:56.076 --> 00:28:57.344
- 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
- 00:29:05.552 --> 00:29:08.589
- 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
- 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:24.171
- Meant for evil to something beautiful
- 00:29:24.171 --> 00:29:26.073
- And all the things that happened to me,
- 00:29:26.073 --> 00:29:28.508
- God did mean it for good
- 00:29:28.508 --> 00:29:29.943
- And god brought so much good from it.
- 00:29:29.943 --> 00:29:32.613
- Keep the faith that god is with you
- 00:29:32.613 --> 00:29:34.681
- And that god wants the best for you.
- 00:29:34.681 --> 00:29:38.018
- - all things work together for good,
- 00:29:39.086 --> 00:29:41.288
- For those who are called
- 00:29:41.288 --> 00:29:42.522
- According to his purposes.
- 00:29:42.522 --> 00:29:44.591
- Those are not just words on a page,
- 00:29:44.591 --> 00:29:46.994
- That's a promise.
- 00:29:46.994 --> 00:29:48.528
- That's a promise from god to us.
- 00:29:48.528 --> 00:29:51.298
- A promise from god to you.
- 00:29:51.298 --> 00:29:52.966
- 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.
- 00:29:57.471 --> 00:29:58.772
- The bible says, he gives us beauty for ashes.
- 00:29:58.772 --> 00:30:01.108
- The oil of joy for mourning,
- 00:30:01.108 --> 00:30:02.709
- A garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness.
- 00:30:02.709 --> 00:30:06.046
- In this scenario, i mean,
- 00:30:06.046 --> 00:30:07.781
- I think you could say maggie got her life back.
- 00:30:07.781 --> 00:30:10.584
- 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)
- 00:38:45.064 --> 00:39:14.894
- - 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
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- And even for those 10% that had to cancel,
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- 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
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- 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,
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- You honor him with your tithes and offerings,
- 00:45:35.575 --> 00:45:38.244
- You get even more wonderful blessings from him.
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- Just imagine living a life where you know
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- That god has your future.
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- - it was so intense with the sinus pressure
- 00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:30.656
- That it was to the point where my jaws
- 00:47:30.656 --> 00:47:33.859
- Were even hurting from coughing so intensely.
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- It was a battle, it really was.
- 00:47:36.429 --> 00:47:38.297
- He kept saying to me, "this too will pass."
- 00:47:38.297 --> 00:47:40.599
- So i just stand up
- 00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.801
- And say, "i'm waiting on you lord."
- 00:47:41.801 --> 00:47:43.669
- I just kept confessing.
- 00:47:43.669 --> 00:47:45.371
- 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.
- 00:47:51.677 --> 00:47:53.112
- 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
- 00:47:56.282 --> 00:47:57.683
- 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.
- 00:48:06.325 --> 00:48:09.962
- - 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
- 00:48:14.533 --> 00:48:16.035
- Of those things, but he's mindful of everything.
- 00:48:16.035 --> 00:48:18.204
- He's just faithful
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- And he is our healer.
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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.
- 00:50:09.281 --> 00:50:15.821
- Life,
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- Live it fully, cbn.com.
- 00:50:18.524 --> 00:50:27.166
- - god, i can't stop.
- 00:50:27.833 --> 00:50:29.101
- I'm gonna wreck my marriage.
- 00:50:29.101 --> 00:50:30.569
- I'm gonna wreck my family.
- 00:50:30.569 --> 00:50:32.037
- I had this just lust, this physical dependency
- 00:50:32.037 --> 00:50:34.673
- That i had to these drugs.
- 00:50:34.673 --> 00:50:36.742
- - i just couldn't be with him
- 00:50:36.742 --> 00:50:38.043
- The rest of my life, i decided to leave.
- 00:50:38.043 --> 00:50:42.381
- - i just remember him doing the altar call
- 00:50:43.549 --> 00:50:45.518
- And if you're not sure
- 00:50:45.518 --> 00:50:47.052
- That you're gonna go to heaven,
- 00:50:47.052 --> 00:50:48.187
- You've gotta confess with your mouth.
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- Say that you're a sinner.
- 00:50:50.823 --> 00:50:52.224
- You gotta believe that christ died for your sins.
- 00:50:52.224 --> 00:50:54.293
- There's only one way.
- 00:50:54.293 --> 00:50:55.594
- There's only one hope and that's christ.
- 00:50:55.594 --> 00:50:58.597
- - it's all the revolution against christianity.
- 00:50:59.899 --> 00:51:03.602
- - once you have the foundation,
- 00:51:03.602 --> 00:51:04.870
- Man determines truth, anything goes.
- 00:51:04.870 --> 00:51:07.840
- - show me the downside of loving god
- 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:11.210
- And loving each other.
- 00:51:11.210 --> 00:51:13.078
- - i wanted to take a step back.
- 00:51:13.078 --> 00:51:14.146
- Who is jonathan isaac?
- 00:51:14.146 --> 00:51:15.214
- What has changed his life?
- 00:51:15.214 --> 00:51:16.782
- - the only one that's going get me
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- Through this tragedy is jesus.
- 00:51:18.617 --> 00:51:21.287
- - [narrator] faith vs culture,
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- Mondays at 8:30 pm on the cbn news channel.
- 00:51:22.621 --> 00:51:27.126
- - in the last five minutes of my labor
- 00:51:28.227 --> 00:51:30.396
- And delivery was
- 00:51:30.396 --> 00:51:31.564
- When i noticed something was wrong.
- 00:51:31.564 --> 00:51:33.499
- They put her on my chest
- 00:51:33.499 --> 00:51:34.934
- And right away, they took her away
- 00:51:34.934 --> 00:51:36.702
- And she wasn't crying
- 00:51:36.702 --> 00:51:37.803
- And she looked sort of gray.
- 00:51:37.803 --> 00:51:39.638
- I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
- 00:51:40.806 --> 00:51:42.775
- Then they came back in the room
- 00:51:43.576 --> 00:51:44.710
- And said, "she's had a brain injury."
- 00:51:44.710 --> 00:51:47.446
- That's when i really started praying,
- 00:51:47.446 --> 00:51:49.615
- "god, please, please let her mind be okay."
- 00:51:49.615 --> 00:51:53.085
- Turned on the tv
- 00:51:53.085 --> 00:51:54.353
- And just randomly flipping the channels,
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- Here's cbn, it really lifted me up.
- 00:51:55.588 --> 00:51:57.656
- It gave me that little bit
- 00:51:57.656 --> 00:51:58.624
- Of hope i needed at the time.
- 00:51:58.624 --> 00:52:00.626
- After that, i really felt
- 00:52:00.626 --> 00:52:01.894
- Like things started moving even more.
- 00:52:01.894 --> 00:52:03.762
- She went from being
- 00:52:03.762 --> 00:52:05.097
- Behind to advanced for her age.
- 00:52:05.097 --> 00:52:08.100
- I could never deny the power of prayer.
- 00:52:08.100 --> 00:52:10.202
- I would always just say, pray
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- And pray more and just keep trusting.
- 00:52:12.137 --> 00:52:17.876
- I thought would happen to my daughter
- 00:52:18.911 --> 00:52:20.813
- And he healed her.
- 00:52:20.813 --> 00:52:21.947
- Psalms 34:4, i sought the lord
- 00:52:21.947 --> 00:52:24.383
- And he answered me.
- 00:52:24.383 --> 00:52:25.584
- He delivered me from all of my fears.
- 00:52:25.584 --> 00:52:28.420
- - dale sutherland would go from a drug bust
- 00:52:29.555 --> 00:52:32.458
- To a youth group often in the same day.
- 00:52:32.458 --> 00:52:35.194
- For years, he put his life on the line
- 00:52:35.194 --> 00:52:37.296
- As an undercover narcotics officer
- 00:52:37.296 --> 00:52:39.999
- And after he busted the bad guys,
- 00:52:39.999 --> 00:52:42.201
- He made sure they knew he was also a pastor.
- 00:52:42.201 --> 00:52:46.705
- - [narrator] for 12 years,
- 00:52:47.473 --> 00:52:48.841
- Dc native dale sutherland lived a double life.
- 00:52:48.841 --> 00:52:51.677
- During the day,
- 00:52:51.677 --> 00:52:52.878
- He was a youth pastor at his church.
- 00:52:52.878 --> 00:52:54.446
- At night, he was putting his life on the line
- 00:52:54.446 --> 00:52:57.283
- As an undercover narcotics police officer.
- 00:52:57.283 --> 00:53:00.586
- - so i would be pastoring during the day
- 00:53:00.586 --> 00:53:02.755
- And then during the day,
- 00:53:02.755 --> 00:53:03.922
- I'd be in the office, counseling,
- 00:53:03.922 --> 00:53:04.923
- Working and then in the evening,
- 00:53:04.923 --> 00:53:06.158
- I'd go to the police department
- 00:53:06.158 --> 00:53:07.293
- And come in and you know, buy drugs
- 00:53:07.293 --> 00:53:09.461
- And arrest bad guys.
- 00:53:09.461 --> 00:53:11.130
- - [narrator] the job required dale
- 00:53:11.130 --> 00:53:12.364
- To immerse himself in the dark,
- 00:53:12.364 --> 00:53:14.366
- Dangerous underworld of inner city crime.
- 00:53:14.366 --> 00:53:17.202
- He found walking the line between duty
- 00:53:17.202 --> 00:53:19.471
- And faith, often challenging.
- 00:53:19.471 --> 00:53:21.974
- - it was especially difficult for me
- 00:53:21.974 --> 00:53:24.543
- To have both jobs and to walk with the lord.
- 00:53:24.543 --> 00:53:26.945
- I was a pimp for a while
- 00:53:26.945 --> 00:53:28.547
- And i was introduced as a pimp.
- 00:53:28.547 --> 00:53:29.848
- So i had these girls around me all the time
- 00:53:29.848 --> 00:53:31.383
- And i would be able to try to convince guys
- 00:53:31.383 --> 00:53:34.019
- To trust me because if they could sell drugs
- 00:53:34.019 --> 00:53:36.288
- To me because i was a pimp,
- 00:53:36.288 --> 00:53:37.256
- I was in another kind of role.
- 00:53:37.256 --> 00:53:38.257
- I was doing that
- 00:53:38.257 --> 00:53:39.525
- And i was at the same time,
- 00:53:39.525 --> 00:53:40.793
- Preaching on holiness at church
- 00:53:40.793 --> 00:53:43.262
- And trying to keep myself holly
- 00:53:43.262 --> 00:53:45.464
- At the same time, which is always a challenge.
- 00:53:45.464 --> 00:53:47.766
- - [narrator] in his early 20s,
- 00:53:47.766 --> 00:53:49.068
- Dale felt the call to minister to urban youth.
- 00:53:49.068 --> 00:53:51.403
- However, growing in a christian home
- 00:53:51.403 --> 00:53:53.539
- Within a safe and secure neighborhood,
- 00:53:53.539 --> 00:53:55.641
- Dale didn't have much experience
- 00:53:55.641 --> 00:53:57.142
- With life on the streets.
- 00:53:57.142 --> 00:53:58.644
- So after a few years in bible college,
- 00:53:58.644 --> 00:54:00.779
- He enrolled in the washington dc police academy.
- 00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:04.249
- - i wanted to be a policeman 'cause i figured,
- 00:54:04.249 --> 00:54:05.751
- I could get to know the street,
- 00:54:05.751 --> 00:54:07.052
- Maybe understand people better
- 00:54:07.052 --> 00:54:08.320
- And i'd have a better testimony.
- 00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:09.822
- - the plan was to work on the force
- 00:54:09.822 --> 00:54:11.256
- For a few years,
- 00:54:11.256 --> 00:54:12.491
- Then move into full-time ministry,
- 00:54:12.491 --> 00:54:14.259
- That would change.
- 00:54:14.259 --> 00:54:15.761
- Shortly after graduating the police academy,
- 00:54:15.761 --> 00:54:18.230
- Dale worked his first undercover case.
- 00:54:18.230 --> 00:54:20.799
- Not only did it lead to an arrest,
- 00:54:20.799 --> 00:54:22.868
- It gave dale a new perspective
- 00:54:22.868 --> 00:54:24.570
- On his work as an officer and his faith.
- 00:54:24.570 --> 00:54:28.107
- - i constantly knew this was sin,
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- It was ruining their life
- 00:54:30.342 --> 00:54:31.610
- And the lives of others.
- 00:54:31.610 --> 00:54:32.911
- And so there was a big picture thing here
- 00:54:32.911 --> 00:54:34.780
- And each individual mattered.
- 00:54:34.780 --> 00:54:36.515
- So when i got a drug dealer,
- 00:54:36.515 --> 00:54:38.350
- I was keeping him from hurting all the families
- 00:54:38.350 --> 00:54:42.521
- And everything else that he was selling drugs to.
- 00:54:42.521 --> 00:54:44.823
- So i saw it as related to my faith as well.
- 00:54:44.823 --> 00:54:48.327
- - so he stayed with the force.
- 00:54:48.327 --> 00:54:50.062
- In the coming years,
- 00:54:50.062 --> 00:54:51.330
- Dale would arrest hundreds of criminals
- 00:54:51.330 --> 00:54:53.265
- And every so often,
- 00:54:53.265 --> 00:54:54.199
- He'd share the gospel with them.
- 00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:55.868
- Then in 1993, he and an informant
- 00:54:55.868 --> 00:54:59.671
- Showed up late to a drug deal.
- 00:54:59.671 --> 00:55:01.940
- - one day,
- 00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:03.575
- I think it was about our seventh purchase
- 00:55:03.575 --> 00:55:05.244
- From these guys, i pulled up
- 00:55:05.244 --> 00:55:07.880
- And we were supposed to meet
- 00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:10.716
- About 45 minutes earlier,
- 00:55:10.716 --> 00:55:12.017
- He got outta the car to go find the guys
- 00:55:12.017 --> 00:55:14.386
- And then after he had got outta the car,
- 00:55:14.386 --> 00:55:16.255
- They ended up killing him.
- 00:55:16.255 --> 00:55:17.623
- Planned, we later found out,
- 00:55:17.623 --> 00:55:18.824
- I mean, it was in washington post,
- 00:55:18.824 --> 00:55:20.325
- That they had planned to kill both of us
- 00:55:20.325 --> 00:55:22.161
- Had we been on time because they thought,
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- I was an informant as well.
- 00:55:23.929 --> 00:55:25.464
- You realize the mortality
- 00:55:25.464 --> 00:55:26.932
- And him feeling terrible
- 00:55:26.932 --> 00:55:29.435
- And wanting another chance to talk to him
- 00:55:29.435 --> 00:55:31.470
- About the lord.
- 00:55:31.470 --> 00:55:32.938
- - [narrator] dale then decided he wasn't going
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- To miss another opportunity to be sure
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- That he shared the love of christ.
- 00:55:37.743 --> 00:55:39.611
- - i could control the body,
- 00:55:39.611 --> 00:55:41.013
- You know, i could put 'em in a cell block.
- 00:55:41.013 --> 00:55:42.281
- I couldn't change the heart.
- 00:55:42.281 --> 00:55:43.515
- The truth is,
- 00:55:43.515 --> 00:55:44.817
- 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,
- 00:55:52.090 --> 00:55:53.792
- And the truth is they need christ
- 00:55:53.792 --> 00:55:55.894
- And they are very open to the gospel,
- 00:55:55.894 --> 00:55:58.630
- If people would just talk to 'em.
- 00:55:58.630 --> 00:56:00.566
- - [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.
- 00:57:41.767 --> 00:57:44.770
- - well, here's a word from psalm 71.
- 00:57:44.770 --> 00:57:46.738
- My lips will shout for joy
- 00:57:46.738 --> 00:57:49.508
- When i sing praise to you.
- 00:57:49.508 --> 00:57:51.777
- I whom you have delivered,
- 00:57:51.777 --> 00:57:54.112
- May your lips sing praise to god today.
- 00:57:54.112 --> 00:57:57.115
- God bless you.
- 00:57:57.115 --> 00:57:58.717
- (gentle music)
- 00:57:58.717 --> 00:58:03.922
- - i had a drug test that was coming up.
- 00:58:05.057 --> 00:58:06.725
- I had the drugs in my hand
- 00:58:06.725 --> 00:58:08.226
- And i was thinking that if i use this today,
- 00:58:08.226 --> 00:58:11.830
- I'm going to lose my kids.
- 00:58:11.830 --> 00:58:14.499
- So i got on my knees
- 00:58:15.167 --> 00:58:17.202
- And i went down a list of everything
- 00:58:17.202 --> 00:58:18.770
- That i could think of that i had done wrong
- 00:58:18.770 --> 00:58:20.572
- Both outwardly and inside.
- 00:58:20.572 --> 00:58:23.275
- I just told him,
- 00:58:23.275 --> 00:58:24.409
- "i'm sorry that i did these things
- 00:58:24.409 --> 00:58:27.079
- And jesus, i want you to come into my heart
- 00:58:27.079 --> 00:58:29.848
- And be the lord of my life."
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