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December 31, 2025

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The 700 Club | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2025

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The following program is sponsored by cbn.
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Sponsored by cbn. coming up in a fatal accident
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Coming up in a fatal accident the silence made panic at 55
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The silence made panic at 55 miles per hour.
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Miles per hour. is she alive is she dead?
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Is she alive is she dead? >> a teenager in critical
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>> a teenager in critical condition.
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Condition. i don't know how how bad this
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I don't know how how bad this is.
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Is. >> i don't even know if she's
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>> i don't even know if she's alive.
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Alive. how she survived the night.
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How she survived the night. has to hear that right.
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Has to hear that right. >> and made a full recovery.
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>> and made a full recovery. there's no way.
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There's no way. >> there's no way.
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>> there's no way. but god.
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But god. on today's 700 club welcome to
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On today's 700 club welcome to the 700 club.
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The 700 club. for most of us, smartphones are
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For most of us, smartphones are a key of our lives and that can
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A key of our lives and that can cause issues for many families
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Cause issues for many families .
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. >> a growing number of parents
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>> a growing number of parents want to say no to screens while
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Want to say no to screens while their kids are younger.
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Their kids are younger. and a new book called the tech
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And a new book called the tech exit is them to do just that.
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Exit is them to do just that. jenna browder has the details.
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Jenna browder has the details. >> phones phones phones they
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>> phones phones phones they the center of nearly everything
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The center of nearly everything we do.
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We do. and more and more studies
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And more and more studies they're often more harmful than
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They're often more harmful than helpful especially young minds.
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Helpful especially young minds. >> most of the parenting books
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>> most of the parenting books on technology kind this premise
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On technology kind this premise that at some point your child
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That at some point your child will get a smartphone and
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Will get a smartphone and social media.
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Social media. >> so here's how to mitigate
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>> so here's how to mitigate the damage.
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The damage. claire morrell flips on its
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Claire morrell flips on its head in her new book the tech
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Head in her new book the tech exit a practical guide to
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Exit a practical guide to freeing kids and teens from
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Freeing kids and teens from smartphones.
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Smartphones. >> but my had shown me that
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>> but my had shown me that screen time limits and parental
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Screen time limits and parental controls really weren't enough
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Controls really weren't enough to fully and sufficiently
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To fully and sufficiently protect kids from the harms out
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Protect kids from the harms out there.
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There. so i had this hypothesis of i
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So i had this hypothesis of i think this is possible want to
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Think this is possible want to find out if people have done
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Find out if people have done this?
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This? how had they done this?
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How had they done this? so because didn't exist i i
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So because didn't exist i i wrote it a of three morals set
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Wrote it a of three morals set out to find those who made the
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Out to find those who made the change.
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Change. so i had four teenagers
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So i had four teenagers altogether i kind of just
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Altogether i kind of just through those four.
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Through those four. and now i have our baby is
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And now i have our baby is coming up as a teenager she's
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Coming up as a teenager she's 14 now.
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14 now. >> maureen ferguson and her
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>> maureen ferguson and her family potomac, maryland are
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Family potomac, maryland are among claire's featured
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Among claire's featured families.
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Families. maureen could see the dangers
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Maureen could see the dangers of smartphones and social media
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Of smartphones and social media early on and made the decision
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Early on and made the decision to say no getting their
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To say no getting their children board started with
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Children board started with education.
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Education. >> i had all of my kids the
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>> i had all of my kids the movie the social dilemma in
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Movie the social dilemma in which these tech executives how
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Which these tech executives how they affect kids.
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They affect kids. so my kids kind of have the
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So my kids kind of have the attitude of okay, i don't want
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Attitude of okay, i don't want to be manipulated and i now how
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To be manipulated and i now how the social media companies are
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The social media companies are trying to addict me and how
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Trying to addict me and how they're trying to manipulate me
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They're trying to manipulate me and manipulate my thinking.
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And manipulate my thinking. >> they also found friends who
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>> they also found friends who didn't have smartphones.
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Didn't have smartphones. i teamed up with other moms to
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I teamed up with other moms to say hey, let's make this easy.
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Say hey, let's make this easy. know we're entering the teenage
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Know we're entering the teenage years.
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Years. how can we this easier on all
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How can we this easier on all of us?
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Of us? it's easier on the kids and
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It's easier on the kids and it's easier on the parent to
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It's easier on the parent to just keep your kids off
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Just keep your kids off entirely at least until they're
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Entirely at least until they're older at least their brains are
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Older at least their brains are kind of wired up a little bit
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Kind of wired up a little bit more.
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More. each kids got a dumbed down
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Each kids got a dumbed down phone or simple flip phone when
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Phone or simple flip phone when they high school.
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They high school. i asked if their social lives
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I asked if their social lives suffered for it.
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Suffered for it. >> to the contrary.
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>> to the contrary. i mean here in our backyard
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I mean here in our backyard they would have spiked ball
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They would have spiked ball tournaments or they would go
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Tournaments or they would go for hikes or you know i got a
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For hikes or you know i got a ping pong table for the
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Ping pong table for the basement and you know, like
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Basement and you know, like lots of mamas and soda that my
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Lots of mamas and soda that my kids would hang out in my
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Kids would hang out in my basement and whatever to play
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Basement and whatever to play board games, that kind of
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Board games, that kind of thing.
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Thing. so i think i helped them to
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So i think i helped them to develop a really rich in-person
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Develop a really rich in-person social life so that they didn't
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Social life so that they didn't feel the loss of this sort of,
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Feel the loss of this sort of, you know, fake social media
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You know, fake social media life.
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Life. >> they completed their college
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>> they completed their college applications.
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Applications. maureen gave them smartphone
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Maureen gave them smartphone usually in their final semester
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Usually in their final semester of high school for families
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Of high school for families that have already given their
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That have already given their kids these devices but want to
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Kids these devices but want to give the tech expert a try.
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Give the tech expert a try. >> claire recommends a 30 day
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>> claire recommends a 30 day digital detox.
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Digital detox. >> so setting aside 30 days on
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>> so setting aside 30 days on your calendar and coming up
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Your calendar and coming up with a plan activities of what
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With a plan activities of what you're going to be doing those
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You're going to be doing those 30 days instead like actually
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30 days instead like actually making it fun and exciting for
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Making it fun and exciting for your family something to look
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Your family something to look forward to.
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Forward to. we're going to do these
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We're going to do these excursion ins or we're going to
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Excursion ins or we're going to do these family game nights
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Do these family game nights trying to actually structure
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Trying to actually structure the time and and replace the
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The time and and replace the screens with real life
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Screens with real life activities.
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Activities. the next is to follow maureen's
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The next is to follow maureen's example of finding other
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Example of finding other families who might join in the
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Families who might join in the effort whether that's at your
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Effort whether that's at your kids school or even church.
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Kids school or even church. >> the book also includes a
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>> the book also includes a section on engaging your faith
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Section on engaging your faith community and finally finding
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Community and finally finding those alternatives be it a
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Those alternatives be it a dumbed phone or something else.
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Dumbed phone or something else. >> i have this hypothesis going
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>> i have this hypothesis going into book that this was
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Into book that this was possible and i kind of wanted
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Possible and i kind of wanted to learn how.
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To learn how. but what i came out all these
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But what i came out all these families thinking was just not
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Families thinking was just not only is this possible, this the
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Only is this possible, this the best possible thing we can do
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Best possible thing we can do for our kids and that the
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For our kids and that the benefits just overwhelmingly
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Benefits just overwhelmingly positive that the technique is
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Positive that the technique is really a positive.
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Really a positive. these families saying no to the
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These families saying no to the smartphones and social media
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Smartphones and social media are saying yes to so much more
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Are saying yes to so much more in real life.
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In real life. >> i asked claire how parents
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>> i asked claire how parents should participate in in this.
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Should participate in in this. she says you can keep your
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She says you can keep your smartphone but to be mindful
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Smartphone but to be mindful about you use it in front of
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About you use it in front of your kids and to set a good
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Your kids and to set a good example.
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Example. >> jenna browder, cbn news.
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>> jenna browder, cbn news. well if you're like me you get
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Well if you're like me you get a report on your hours on your
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A report on your hours on your smartphone to how many hours
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Smartphone to how many hours you've spent on it for the week
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You've spent on it for the week and i applaud the company that
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And i applaud the company that said that's a good idea.
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Said that's a good idea. let's let's let people know how
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Let's let's let people know how much time every single week or
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Much time every single week or every single day you're
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Every single day you're spending on this machine and
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Spending on this machine and you'll understand it rewires
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You'll understand it rewires your brain.
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Your brain. it's time to shut it off and
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It's time to shut it off and put it away.
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Put it away. .
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. the book is called the tech
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The book is called the tech exit a practical guide to
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Exit a practical guide to freeing kids and teens from
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Freeing kids and teens from smartphones.
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Smartphones. there's still time for you to
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Sorrow, terror and war and still she stands.
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Still she stands. but today she remains
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Surrounded by enemies determined to wipe her off the
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Determined to wipe her off the map.
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>> share the gospel in one of the most dangerous places on
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The most dangerous places on earth in woman is quietly
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Earth in woman is quietly building an army not with
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Building an army not with weapons but with prayer.
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Weapons but with prayer. carol ward has created a
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Carol ward has created a missionary school train locals
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Missionary school train locals to spread the gospel.
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To spread the gospel. george thomas reports the
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George thomas reports the southern edge of the sahara
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Southern edge of the sahara desert in the sahel region of
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Desert in the sahel region of africa isn't the kind you just
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Africa isn't the kind you just wander into.
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Wander into. you're called here.
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You're called here. it's very dry.
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It's very dry. it's very sandy dusty it's
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It's very sandy dusty it's desert.
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Desert. it can be 100, and 50 degrees
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It can be 100, and 50 degrees year round.
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Year round. >> this vast stretch of land
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>> this vast stretch of land cuts across ten african nations
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Cuts across ten african nations from senegal to eritrea.
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From senegal to eritrea. it's a land of extremes
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It's a land of extremes scorching, shifting sand and
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Scorching, shifting sand and deadly danger.
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Deadly danger. more than half of the world's
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More than half of the world's terror related happen here.
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Terror related happen here. it's the front line in a
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It's the front line in a spiritual physical battle.
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Spiritual physical battle. and now here you are in the
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And now here you are in the middle of one of the most
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Middle of one of the most dangerous swaths of land in
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Dangerous swaths of land in africa.
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Africa. >> what is wrong with the call
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>> what is wrong with the call of the wild?
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Of the wild? i don't know.
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I don't know. >> i think it's in the blood.
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>> i think it's in the blood. carol ward toward the fire.
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Carol ward toward the fire. she's been doing it for decades
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She's been doing it for decades starting in northern uganda
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Starting in northern uganda during the height of the lord's
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During the height of the lord's resistance army.
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Resistance army. then came south sudan civil.
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Then came south sudan civil. war destroyed villages, broken
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War destroyed villages, broken hearts while.
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Hearts while. others fled carol state
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Others fled carol state bringing healing hope and the
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Bringing healing hope and the relentless love of jesus.
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Relentless love of jesus. you can't live.
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You can't live. >> you've already died.
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>> you've already died. and then?
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And then? then.
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Then. what do you mean by that you've
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What do you mean by that you've died to yourself?
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Died to yourself? >> the devil can't kill a
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>> the devil can't kill a dead man because your isn't
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Dead man because your isn't your own.
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Your own. >> this kind of courage runs
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>> this kind of courage runs deep.
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Deep. >> so this map was my father's
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>> so this map was my father's map on the wall of his of our
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Map on the wall of his of our missionary house actually in
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Missionary house actually in the philippines and he hisnt
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The philippines and he hisnt hands particularly on muslim
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Hands particularly on muslim areas just weeping and weeping
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Areas just weeping and weeping .
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. her parents spent 62 years
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Her parents spent 62 years preaching the gospel in regions
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Preaching the gospel in regions terrorized by sayyaf in the
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Terrorized by sayyaf in the philippines.
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Philippines. her grandparents served as
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Her grandparents served as missionaries in china for 30
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Missionaries in china for 30 years following wasn't just a
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Years following wasn't just a decision.
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Decision. it was their legacy.
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It was their legacy. >> i realized then fear is
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>> i realized then fear is contagious but so is faith.
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Contagious but so is faith. and so i grew up in a home that
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And so i grew up in a home that even though abu sayyaf for my
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Even though abu sayyaf for my own father's head for 45 years
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Own father's head for 45 years he had no fear.
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He had no fear. he absolutely loved the people
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He absolutely loved the people that burned and threw them back
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That burned and threw them back in his face and he was willing
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In his face and he was willing his life to lay his life down.
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His life to lay his life down. >> today carol's mission
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>> today carol's mission continues here chad, a country
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Continues here chad, a country shadowed by the presence of
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Shadowed by the presence of boko haram, isis and al qaeda.
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Boko haram, isis and al qaeda. >> my heart is is to move
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>> my heart is is to move farther and farther north into
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Farther and farther north into more islamic darkness with the
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More islamic darkness with the gospel because if we're not
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Gospel because if we're not advancing as rapidly as they
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Advancing as rapidly as they are, we've lost more than
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Are, we've lost more than anybody.
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Anybody. >> she's launched a nationwide
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>> she's launched a nationwide prayer movement raising up
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Prayer movement raising up local chadians who know the
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Local chadians who know the land language cost of following
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Land language cost of following and sharing christ.
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And sharing christ. >> we've had some boko haram
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>> we've had some boko haram come to jesus in our missionary
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Come to jesus in our missionary training school we've done five
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Training school we've done five of them in chad now and are
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Of them in chad now and are launching missionaries.
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Launching missionaries. we have over 150 launched in
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We have over 150 launched in chad.
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Chad. >> these are chadian
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>> these are chadian missionaries.
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Missionaries. some of those missionaries gone
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Some of those missionaries gone east into the flood of sudanese
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East into the flood of sudanese refugee escaping war.
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Refugee escaping war. >> many believers baptized 202
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>> many believers baptized 202 of them.
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Of them. the first missionary training
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The first missionary training school they.
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School they. these aren't outsiders.
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These aren't outsiders. they're locals trained,
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They're locals trained, equipped and ready to go where
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Equipped and ready to go where few others ready to go.
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Few others ready to go. >> people like barker saleh, a
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>> people like barker saleh, a street evangelist he doesn't
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Street evangelist he doesn't just preach he rides straight
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Just preach he rides straight into the chaos.
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Into the chaos. >> sometimes people are not
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>> sometimes people are not very receptive.
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Very receptive. >> at times it gets a little
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>> at times it gets a little confrontational.
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Confrontational. but afterwards when people see
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But afterwards when people see that you persist with the word
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That you persist with the word of god then they get used to
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Of god then they get used to you.
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You. and when you preach at the end
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And when you preach at the end there are people that start
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There are people that start giving their lives to christ
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Giving their lives to christ and that's extraordinary.
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And that's extraordinary. >> for the past five years
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>> for the past five years pastor barr has been his
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Pastor barr has been his motorcycle to ride to the
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Motorcycle to ride to the streets of chad's capital city
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Streets of chad's capital city and jermaine and at different
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And jermaine and at different locations he would set up his
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Locations he would set up his system and get his microphone
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System and get his microphone out and and he would open his
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Out and and he would open his bible in either french arabic
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Bible in either french arabic and he would boldly proclaim
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And he would boldly proclaim the gospel of jesus christ.
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The gospel of jesus christ. >> chad is more than 50% muslim
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>> chad is more than 50% muslim but that doesn't stop from
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But that doesn't stop from openly talking about jesus.
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Openly talking about jesus. >> his voice echoing through
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>> his voice echoing through market squares and busy roads.
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Market squares and busy roads. people stop, they listen and
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People stop, they listen and many respond.
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Many respond. >> then there's malanga,
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>> then there's malanga, another missionary who once
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Another missionary who once followed islam.
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Followed islam. >> i was a fervent muslim.
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>> i was a fervent muslim. i prayed five times a day.
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I prayed five times a day. i fasted during ramadan and i
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I fasted during ramadan and i did not like christians at all
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Did not like christians at all .
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. his father trained with islamic
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His father trained with islamic extremists in the sahel to
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Extremists in the sahel to target christians.
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Target christians. now abdullahi walks into the
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Now abdullahi walks into the same regions not with hate but
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Same regions not with hate but with hope.
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With hope. while world sees terror here he
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While world sees terror here he sees something else.
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Sees something else. >> there is hope because many
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>> there is hope because many muslims in these countries are
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Muslims in these countries are open today to listening to the
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Open today to listening to the gospel.
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Gospel. god is really working in the
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God is really working in the sahel.
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Sahel. they are coming to jesus in
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They are coming to jesus in large numbers and their lives
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Large numbers and their lives transformed.
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Transformed. >> carol calls abdullahi dig
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>> carol calls abdullahi dig bah and other chadian believers
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Bah and other chadian believers the tip of the spear through
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The tip of the spear through prayer, sacrifice and the
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Prayer, sacrifice and the reckless love of god.
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Reckless love of god. >> they are reshaping the
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>> they are reshaping the spiritual map of one of the
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Spiritual map of one of the most dangerous places here on
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Most dangerous places here on the continent.
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The continent. >> prayer transforms us to be
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>> prayer transforms us to be willing to lay our lives and
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Willing to lay our lives and fulfill the great commission no
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Fulfill the great commission no matter the cost.
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Matter the cost. prayer gives us the burden.
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Prayer gives us the burden. we actually get maps out and we
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We actually get maps out and we map where are the unreached
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Map where are the unreached people groups?
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People groups? >> where's terrorism?
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>> where's terrorism? where are wars and bloodshed?
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Where are wars and bloodshed? >> let's go.
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>> let's go. george thomas cbn news.
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George thomas cbn news. >> jimena.
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>> jimena. chad.
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Chad. a wonderful christian witness
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A wonderful christian witness and carol ward you go i mean
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And carol ward you go i mean it's just it will ring in my
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It's just it will ring in my ears forever.
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Ears forever. the devil can't kill a dead man
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The devil can't kill a dead man when you've already resolved
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When you've already resolved that you're dead to your life
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That you're dead to your life and you're just living for
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And you're just living for christ that you're crucified
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Christ that you're crucified with him.
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With him. it's it's beginning of
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It's it's beginning of revealing god's glory.
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Revealing god's glory. it's incredible to see it in
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It's incredible to see it in action.
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Action. follow her example and follow
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Follow her example and follow the example of prayer the
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The example of prayer the example that she learned from
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Example that she learned from her father.
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Her father. it's a wonderful to start
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It's a wonderful to start praying.
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Praying. if you can't go to chad,
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If you can't go to chad, burkina faso and these
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Burkina faso and these dangerous places you can
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Dangerous places you can definitely pray over them and
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Definitely pray over them and pray that these spiritual would
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Pray that these spiritual would be broken.
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Be broken. sub-saharan africa the battle
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Sub-saharan africa the battle zone right now between
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Zone right now between christianity and islam, the
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Christianity and islam, the northern part of africa has
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Northern part of africa has been islam for muslim for
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Been islam for muslim for centuries and they're trying to
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Centuries and they're trying to break it to take the whole
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Break it to take the whole continent.
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Continent. well, let's get a whole prayer
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Well, let's get a whole prayer army saying not on our watch
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Army saying not on our watch you don't get to do that.
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You don't get to do that. we're going to reverse this.
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We're going to reverse this. and northern africa which used
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And northern africa which used to to be christian, you go back
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To to be christian, you go back to the second, third, fourth
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To the second, third, fourth century it was all christians.
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Century it was all christians. this is where saint augustine
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This is where saint augustine out of let's let's reclaim it
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Out of let's let's reclaim it for for the king of kings and
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For for the king of kings and let's pray it through until we
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Let's pray it through until we see the the victory turn.
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See the the victory turn. >> coming up later, the
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>> coming up later, the international superstar gerardo
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International superstar gerardo mejia best known as the singer
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Mejia best known as the singer behind the mega-hit rico suave.
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Behind the mega-hit rico suave. hear why he says he got big too
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Hear why he says he got big too fast and how his family paid
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Fast and how his family paid the price for his taste of
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The price for his taste of fame.
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Fame. >> and then up next a teenage
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>> and then up next a teenage cheerleader who suffered ten
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Cheerleader who suffered ten brain bleeds after an atv
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Brain bleeds after an atv crash.
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Crash. doctors hopeful that she'd
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Doctors hopeful that she'd survive let alone walk or talk.
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Survive let alone walk or talk. >> see how she miraculously
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>> see how she miraculously returned to the sport she loved
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That's what we want to do. >> that's what cbn does she
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Our identity in it will let us down this house and and so
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Down this house and and so continue to rely on him for
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Continue to rely on him for jesus i wouldn't be where i am
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Jesus i wouldn't be where i am just thank god that i'm not
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Just thank god that i'm not where i was before and i just
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Where i was before and i just think that's the process.
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Think that's the process. sanctification is is an ongoing
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Sanctification is is an ongoing thing.
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Thing. it's just an an ongoing process
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It's just an an ongoing process of wanting to become more like
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Christ just the words says you know if we draw near to god
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Know if we draw near to god he'll he'll join it.
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He'll he'll join it. so when i start my day and
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So when i start my day and coming to work i have a
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Coming to work i have a heavenly perspective in a way
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Heavenly perspective in a way to impact somebody's life to to
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It's easy to you know, to freak out to be something going wrong
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Out to be something going wrong or something like that.
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Or something like that. but he really keeps me calm and
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After all, she's a cheerleader .
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. >> yet not long ago layla was
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>> yet not long ago layla was in a terrible accident she
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In a terrible accident she suffered brain bleeds and
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Suffered brain bleeds and massive injuries.
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Massive injuries. no one was sure if she'd ever
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No one was sure if she'd ever be able to make it back home
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Be able to make it back home again.
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Again. i was so scared of like what
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I was so scared of like what are we walking into she's
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Are we walking into she's unconscious and i can't i don't
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Unconscious and i can't i don't even how to put in words.
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Even how to put in words. >> oh, is she alive?
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>> oh, is she alive? is she you're right now alison
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Is she you're right now alison and jeremiah rogen, parents of
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And jeremiah rogen, parents of lively 15 year old layla had
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Lively 15 year old layla had just learned she was in with a
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Just learned she was in with a friend.
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Friend. what they didn't know was the
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What they didn't know was the details.
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Details. >> i was like you just need to
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>> i was like you just need to pray like everybody tell
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Pray like everybody tell everyone you can.
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Everyone you can. >> they need to pray.
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>> they need to pray. the reagans had dropped off
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The reagans had dropped off layla the night before to stay
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Layla the night before to stay at a friend's.
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At a friend's. they were at the beach with
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They were at the beach with their youngest callie when they
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Their youngest callie when they found out layla and her friend
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Found out layla and her friend struck the back of a parked
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Struck the back of a parked vehicle while driving an atv
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Vehicle while driving an atv that five miles per hour.
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That five miles per hour. >> and then i called a friend
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>> and then i called a friend who lived near that spot.
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Who lived near that spot. >> he called me back and said
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>> he called me back and said they're loading her up you need
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They're loading her up you need to get to st mary's right now.
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To get to st mary's right now. he said 201 is really serious,
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He said 201 is really serious, the other one is awake and
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The other one is awake and talking not as serious.
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Talking not as serious. the silence made me panic like
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The silence made me panic like calling us.
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Calling us. i couldn't get phone numbers
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I couldn't get phone numbers out fast enough and nobody was
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Out fast enough and nobody was telling us anything which it's
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Telling us anything which it's like almost like no one wanted
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Like almost like no one wanted to say it.
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To say it. we knew she was the one in
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We knew she was the one in critical condition at saint
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Critical condition at saint mary's hospital in west palm
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Mary's hospital in west palm beach, florida.
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Beach, florida. the reagans drove up in time to
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The reagans drove up in time to see the aircraft.
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See the aircraft. >> we get there and they all i
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>> we get there and they all i tried to run towards the
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Tried to run towards the helicopter but that's they were
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Helicopter but that's they were screaming at me you need to go
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Screaming at me you need to go inside you need to go inside.
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Inside you need to go inside. i was like i don't even know
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I was like i don't even know what i'm what i say like what
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What i'm what i say like what do you say you're here like my
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Do you say you're here like my kid just landed in the
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Kid just landed in the helicopter.
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Helicopter. >> i don't know why i'm here i
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>> i don't know why i'm here i don't know how bad this is.
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Don't know how bad this is. i don't even know if she's
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I don't even know if she's alive.
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Alive. i mean, the last time like you
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I mean, the last time like you just their mind is gone so
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Just their mind is gone so fast.
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Fast. >> medical staff told the
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>> medical staff told the family that their daughter
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Family that their daughter suffered a traumatic brain
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Suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma.
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Injury and was in a coma. the next 72 hours for layla was
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The next 72 hours for layla was critical.
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Critical. i mean i can hear that like now
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I mean i can hear that like now i don't know her.
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I don't know her. she's tough and so beat this
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She's tough and so beat this layla survived the night but
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Layla survived the night but doctors weren't hopeful.
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Doctors weren't hopeful. news quickly spread of the
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News quickly spread of the accident and the next day
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Accident and the next day friends and family of layla
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Friends and family of layla started gathering outside
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Started gathering outside window at the hospital hosting
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Window at the hospital hosting prayer vigils.
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Prayer vigils. i was stunned like all these
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I was stunned like all these people are here for my
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People are here for my daughter.
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Daughter. and then you know, there's a
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And then you know, there's a part of me that thought like,
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Part of me that thought like, well, god has to hear that
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Well, god has to hear that right like maybe he didn't hear
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Right like maybe he didn't hear me but he had to hear all
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Me but he had to hear all people ten days after the
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People ten days after the accident and still a coma,
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Accident and still a coma, layla underwent three
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Layla underwent three surgeries.
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Surgeries. her dad kept his faith alive.
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Her dad kept his faith alive. i was like this going to come
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I was like this going to come back?
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Back? she's going to like walk and
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She's going to like walk and talk and dance again.
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Talk and dance again. >> she's always loved
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>> she's always loved cheerleading.
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Cheerleading. she loves performing.
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She loves performing. i mean the kid could just get
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I mean the kid could just get in front of an audience and
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In front of an audience and like she's home finally two
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Like she's home finally two weeks later layla woke up and
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Weeks later layla woke up and up come see me, look at me open
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Up come see me, look at me open your eyes look at me i love
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Your eyes look at me i love you.
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You. >> we were so excited like a
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>> we were so excited like a little bit of hope like just
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Little bit of hope like just breathe a little bit of hope
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Breathe a little bit of hope into us time she opened her
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Into us time she opened her eyes, you know you think like
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Eyes, you know you think like oh my gosh, there's those blue
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Oh my gosh, there's those blue eyes kids.
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Eyes kids. >> that was like a little
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>> that was like a little miracle in herself.
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Miracle in herself. >> within weeks the feeding
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>> within weeks the feeding tube was removed and layla was
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Tube was removed and layla was eating and walking some froot
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Eating and walking some froot loops were were well, i was oh,
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Loops were were well, i was oh, thank god she spent only three
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Thank god she spent only three months in rehab before she was
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Months in rehab before she was discharged.
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Discharged. there wouldn't be any way i
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There wouldn't be any way i would have made this great
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Would have made this great recovery if god wasn't by my
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Recovery if god wasn't by my side.
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Side. >> layla yes.
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>> layla yes. yeah, we were because there's
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Yeah, we were because there's like nothing to explain.
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Like nothing to explain. i had all these doctors looked
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I had all these doctors looked over my reports like there's no
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Over my reports like there's no way there's no way but god.
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Way there's no way but god. >> layla gave her life to jesus
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>> layla gave her life to jesus christ as a result of this
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Christ as a result of this event today she's a college
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Event today she's a college with an instagram page titled
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With an instagram page titled layla's tbi journey in hopes to
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Layla's tbi journey in hopes to reach others who have also
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Reach others who have also experienced traumatic brain
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Experienced traumatic brain injury and encouraged them to
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Injury and encouraged them to trust god and believe in
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Trust god and believe in miracles and you realize all
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Miracles and you realize all you have god you know no
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You have god you know no doctor, no textbook.
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Doctor, no textbook. >> you know nothing's going to
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>> you know nothing's going to save a person in ukraine for
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Save a person in ukraine for you.
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You. my god god doesn't us anything
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My god god doesn't us anything we can't handle like that's not
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We can't handle like that's not true.
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True. he does and there's typically a
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He does and there's typically a reason for it and that was my
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Reason for it and that was my that was my bigger than i could
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That was my bigger than i could handle and it brought it did
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Handle and it brought it did exactly what i think it's
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Exactly what i think it's designed to you know it drew me
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Designed to you know it drew me closer to god god saved my life
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Closer to god god saved my life my angel my life show christ
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My angel my life show christ love is like show how great our
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Love is like show how great our god is by layla's story the
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God is by layla's story the beginning is every parent's
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Beginning is every parent's nightmare isn't it?
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Nightmare isn't it? that phone call that you get it
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That phone call that you get it you just can't possibly imagine
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You just can't possibly imagine and.
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And. then god walked with them
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Then god walked with them through all of that they had
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Through all of that they had wonderful, miraculous, joyful
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Wonderful, miraculous, joyful outcome.
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Outcome. some of you are going through
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Some of you are going through very hard times right now.
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Very hard times right now. you don't have any any fast
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You don't have any any fast answers.
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Answers. you don't know what the outcome
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You don't know what the outcome would be that fills us with
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Would be that fills us with when we're not sure which way
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When we're not sure which way things are going but god is
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Things are going but god is faithful.
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Faithful. he's faithful.
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He's faithful. he is good all the time and
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He is good all the time and he's with us.
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He's with us. we want to take some time to
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We want to take some time to pray for you today.
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Pray for you today. let me encourage your faith
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Let me encourage your faith further.
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Further. this is rachelle.
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This is rachelle. she wrote in and said she
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She wrote in and said she battled fibromyalgia olga.
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Battled fibromyalgia olga. her muscle weakness and chronic
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Her muscle weakness and chronic fatigue kept getting
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Fatigue kept getting progressively worse and more
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Progressively worse and more debilitating.
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Debilitating. she was watching this program.
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She was watching this program. >> she heard you say somebody
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>> she heard you say somebody you have muscle fatigue
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You have muscle fatigue throughout, your body god's
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Throughout, your body god's given you life and life more
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Given you life and life more abundantly.
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Abundantly. he's re-energizing you be
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He's re-energizing you be healed now in jesus rachelle
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Healed now in jesus rachelle cried tears of joy as she
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Cried tears of joy as she exercised her faith in god she
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Exercised her faith in god she continues to feel better and
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Continues to feel better and gives the glory to her great
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Gives the glory to her great physician.
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Physician. >> amen.
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>> amen. well, there's a testimony from
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Well, there's a testimony from our prayer center.
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Our prayer center. aimee's doctor felt a lump
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Aimee's doctor felt a lump during a routine physical exam
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During a routine physical exam right after calling to schedule
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Right after calling to schedule a mammogram she called the 24
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A mammogram she called the 24 seven prayer line there
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Seven prayer line there received scriptural emphatic
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Received scriptural emphatic prayer for complete healing.
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Prayer for complete healing. >> well went ahead, got tested.
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>> well went ahead, got tested. pleased to report that the
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Pleased to report that the doctors the results were
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Doctors the results were completely normal.
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Completely normal. >> she and her husband give all
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>> she and her husband give all glory to god for her healing.
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Glory to god for her healing. >> you look at at layla's story
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>> you look at at layla's story and you go how big is possible
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And you go how big is possible ?
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? you know as the stories playing
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You know as the stories playing the crew had to explain to me
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The crew had to explain to me what a front was.
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What a front was. i didn't know what that meant
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I didn't know what that meant but.
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But. >> it it's it's just
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>> it it's it's just incredible.
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Incredible. you see just the athletic all
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You see just the athletic all being restored all completely
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Being restored all completely restored when it seemed to be
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Restored when it seemed to be impossible.
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Impossible. now that can happen to you.
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Now that can happen to you. all you have to do is is
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All you have to do is is believe in the scripture is
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Believe in the scripture is quite clear these signs show
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Quite clear these signs show follow them that believe they
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Follow them that believe they shall lay hands on the sick and
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Shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
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They shall recover. >> these are wonderful shower
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>> these are wonderful shower words and it's all up to to us
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Words and it's all up to to us what do we believe now in in
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What do we believe now in in that belief don't get trapped
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That belief don't get trapped in some kind of theological
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In some kind of theological whirlpool?
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Whirlpool? do you have enough faith and
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Do you have enough faith and those kinds of things because
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Those kinds of things because that always unfortunately leads
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That always unfortunately leads to condemnation it's actually a
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To condemnation it's actually a tool that resists healing.
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Tool that resists healing. here's what do you rely on
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Here's what do you rely on jesus relies another word for
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Jesus relies another word for faith and that greek word in
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Faith and that greek word in the new testament can be
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The new testament can be translated and rely makes it so
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Translated and rely makes it so easy that it's not something
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Easy that it's not something that you try to drum up but you
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That you try to drum up but you something where you acknowledge
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Something where you acknowledge jesus has this another to
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Jesus has this another to translate it is trust and so
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Translate it is trust and so ask yourself this question do
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Ask yourself this question do you rely on jesus?
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You rely on jesus? do you trust him and in that
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Do you trust him and in that trust is there is this complete
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Trust is there is this complete a where you say lord mayor be
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A where you say lord mayor be done on earth as it is in
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Done on earth as it is in heaven i see you in heaven i
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Heaven i see you in heaven i see what what happens in heaven
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See what what happens in heaven and i know you want that for me
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And i know you want that for me and you want it from me now i
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And you want it from me now i trust you to deliver i trust
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Trust you to deliver i trust the cross i trust that by your
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The cross i trust that by your stripes am healed i trust in
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Stripes am healed i trust in the resurrection.
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The resurrection. when you do that you make jesus
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When you do that you make jesus your faith and then everything
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Your faith and then everything gets very easy let's pray,
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Gets very easy let's pray, let's believe god and these
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Let's believe god and these shall follow lord god almighty
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Shall follow lord god almighty we come together in agreement
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We come together in agreement now and as people are praying
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Now and as people are praying as people are laying hands on
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As people are laying hands on themselves as are believing and
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Themselves as are believing and trusting and relying on you we
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Trusting and relying on you we come into agreement with them
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Come into agreement with them right now and we say be healed
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Right now and we say be healed and be made whole from the top
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And be made whole from the top of your head to the soles of
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Of your head to the soles of your feet may all pain all
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Your feet may all pain all disease, infirmity, all injury
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Disease, infirmity, all injury leave your body now we claim it
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Leave your body now we claim it now in jesus name there's
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Now in jesus name there's someone you've got excruciating
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Someone you've got excruciating waiting pain in your left
00:29:36.011 --> 00:29:36.611
Waiting pain in your left kidney it's absolutely you just
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Kidney it's absolutely you just felt a pulse go through that
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Felt a pulse go through that small your back on the left
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Small your back on the left side you felt that go go in
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Side you felt that go go in deep into that tissue that pain
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Deep into that tissue that pain just left you raise your hands
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Just left you raise your hands to right now receive all the
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To right now receive all the blessings that he has for you
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Blessings that he has for you now you'll be overwhelmed with
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Now you'll be overwhelmed with this spirit right now in the
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This spirit right now in the name of jesus you are healed
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Name of jesus you are healed and made whole terry and
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And made whole terry and there's someone else have
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There's someone else have crippling arthritis.
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Crippling arthritis. you've had it for many many
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You've had it for many many years your fingers, your
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Years your fingers, your joints, your thumbs, your toes
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Joints, your thumbs, your toes even your are in constant
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Even your are in constant chronic pain and actually
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Chronic pain and actually becoming god's healing that for
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Becoming god's healing that for you right now all that
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You right now all that inflammation and swelling
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Inflammation and swelling everything that's been formed
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Everything that's been formed there, the crystallization and
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There, the crystallization and all the wrong places god's
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All the wrong places god's healing that is setting you
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Healing that is setting you free just begin move your feet
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Free just begin move your feet and your hands and begin to
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And your hands and begin to thank him even as you're
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Thank him even as you're experiencing his healing in
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Experiencing his healing in jesus name and just echo on
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Jesus name and just echo on that and here's how you know it
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That and here's how you know it you you've you've described as
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You you've you've described as i've become creaky in name all
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I've become creaky in name all that creaky leaving you and
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That creaky leaving you and departing forever and all the
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Departing forever and all the inflammation all the source of
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Inflammation all the source of that be gone from your body now
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That be gone from your body now there's someone else just now
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There's someone else just now you suffer with debilitating
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You suffer with debilitating migraine and you have to sit in
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Migraine and you have to sit in dark rooms.
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Dark rooms. you can't go out in the
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You can't go out in the sunlight.
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Sunlight. god has healing of your view of
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God has healing of your view of that.
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That. he's restoring your life so
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He's restoring your life so that you can have life and have
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That you can have life and have it more abundantly be healed
00:31:12.707 --> 00:31:13.308
It more abundantly be healed now in name and someone else
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Now in name and someone else you've had some hearing loss
00:31:17.145 --> 00:31:17.712
You've had some hearing loss and think it's your right ear
00:31:17.846 --> 00:31:20.482
And think it's your right ear and you you're not deaf and
00:31:20.615 --> 00:31:21.349
And you you're not deaf and that ear but you've noticed so
00:31:21.483 --> 00:31:23.919
That ear but you've noticed so much lately you miss a lot of
00:31:24.052 --> 00:31:24.853
Much lately you miss a lot of conversation and it's you
00:31:24.986 --> 00:31:27.822
Conversation and it's you haven't gone for help with the
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Haven't gone for help with the god's healing that you right
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God's healing that you right now in jesus name just feel
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Now in jesus name just feel hear that open up as sound
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Hear that open up as sound becomes full and whole to you
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Becomes full and whole to you again lord we thank you for all
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Again lord we thank you for all you do for us how you saved how
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You do for us how you saved how you redeemed us with your own
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You redeemed us with your own blood we thank you for it we
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Blood we thank you for it we receive all that you have for
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Receive all that you have for us in jesus name amen if you've
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Us in jesus name amen if you've been healed let us know if you
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Been healed let us know if you need prayer let us know i have
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Need prayer let us know i have is call us and we'd be glad to
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Is call us and we'd be glad to stand with you in prayer
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Stand with you in prayer numbers on the screen
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Numbers on the screen one hundred 707,000.
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One hundred 707,000. >> still ahead the
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>> still ahead the international star who took the
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International star who took the world by storm and left his
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World by storm and left his wife.
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Wife. rico suave a story of betrayal
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Rico suave a story of betrayal and what's his marriage?
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And what's his marriage? >> that's later on today's show
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>> that's later on today's show .
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. >> my head was just killing me.
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>> my head was just killing me. >> i never experienced it.
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>> i never experienced it. to that with you i'm going to
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To that with you i'm going to have to go to the e.r. the
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Have to go to the e.r. the doctor who was on call.
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Doctor who was on call. >> he said it looks like a
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>> he said it looks like a brain bleed.
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Brain bleed. >> we begin to plead the blood
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>> we begin to plead the blood of jesus and holy spirit spoke
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Of jesus and holy spirit spoke to me, said the bleeding has
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To me, said the bleeding has stopped.
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>> we were just all rejoicing when we heard she's going to be
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When we heard she's going to be fine.
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Fine. >> i'm grateful every single
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>> carlos was diagnosed with heart disease when was a year
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Heart disease when was a year old.
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Old. then his doctor lowered the
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Then his doctor lowered the boom without open heart
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Boom without open heart surgery.
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Surgery. carlos was facing certain
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Carlos was facing certain death.
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Death. >> carlos his mom knew
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>> carlos his mom knew something was with her baby.
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Something was with her baby. >> he was not gaining weight.
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>> he was not gaining weight. he was already on supplementary
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He was already on supplementary formula and vitamins and he
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Formula and vitamins and he still wasn't growing.
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Still wasn't growing. >> around his first birthday a
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>> around his first birthday a trip to a specialist in el
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Trip to a specialist in el salvador where they live
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Salvador where they live finally shed some light on the
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Finally shed some light on the problem.
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Problem. a cardiologist said he had a
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A cardiologist said he had a hole in his heart and that his
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Hole in his heart and that his heart was enlarge.
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Heart was enlarge. then the doctor him about a
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Then the doctor him about a second problem.
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Second problem. the very little blood was
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The very little blood was flowing to to their baby's
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Flowing to to their baby's lungs.
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Lungs. >> at that moment he said to me
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>> at that moment he said to me do you know how dangerous this
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Do you know how dangerous this is?
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Is? your child could collapse at
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Your child could collapse at any moment because the right
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Any moment because the right side of his heart is
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Side of his heart is functioning.
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Functioning. >> the doctor then said the
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>> the doctor then said the only way to save carlos his
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Only way to save carlos his life was open heart surgery.
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Life was open heart surgery. >> there was no way family
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>> there was no way family could afford to pay for that
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Could afford to pay for that operation and suddenly you feel
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Operation and suddenly you feel this fear the fear that at any
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This fear the fear that at any moment the child could die
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Moment the child could die because he does not have enough
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Because he does not have enough oxygen.
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Oxygen. all because we could not afford
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All because we could not afford surgery.
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Surgery. >> that's when operation
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>> that's when operation blessing provided the surgery
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Blessing provided the surgery needed to save carlos's life.
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Needed to save carlos's life. >> after surgery, carlos has
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>> after surgery, carlos has gained weight and is growing.
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Gained weight and is growing. now he's a a very, very active
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Now he's a a very, very active child and there are no signs of
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Child and there are no signs of any problems with his heart.
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Any problems with his heart. his lips and skin longer turn
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His lips and skin longer turn blue and he can play all day
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Blue and he can play all day without resting to the people
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Without resting to the people who support operation.
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Who support operation. we can never repay you but we
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We can never repay you but we are truly grateful.
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Are truly grateful. >> thank you.
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>> thank you. those smiles go from el
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Those smiles go from el salvador over all the way to
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Salvador over all the way to your home.
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Your home. >> if you're a member of the
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>> if you're a member of the hundred club because of your
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Hundred club because of your faithfulness, because of your
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Faithfulness, because of your gift.
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Gift. that boy has a hope.
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That boy has a hope. he has a future.
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He has a future. he has life now and it's all
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He has life now and it's all made possible because people
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Made possible because people like care enough to give.
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Like care enough to give. >> if you're not a member of
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>> if you're not a member of the 700 club i invite you right
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The 700 club i invite you right now to join with us.
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Now to join with us. we're doing much so many
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We're doing much so many different places around the
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Different places around the world.
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World. that story was from el salvador
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That story was from el salvador but it could have just as
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But it could have just as easily been china or india or
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Easily been china or india or indonesia or africa where we're
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Indonesia or africa where we're reaching out with hands of love
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Reaching out with hands of love and compassion to people in.
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And compassion to people in. where we're providing free
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Where we're providing free surgeries we're providing fresh
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Surgeries we're providing fresh water wells and we're doing it
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Water wells and we're doing it in your name when you're a
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In your name when you're a member of the 700 club.
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Member of the 700 club. so join with us and call 800
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So join with us and call 800 707,000 just say i want to be a
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707,000 just say i want to be a member 700 club.
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Member 700 club. how much is that?
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How much is that? well, $20 a month.
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Well, $20 a month. that's $0.65 a day.
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That's $0.65 a day. some of you can join at higher
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Some of you can join at higher levels and if you're already a
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Levels and if you're already a member of the 700 club i
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Member of the 700 club i encourage you to increase can
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Encourage you to increase can go to 700 club gold at $40 a
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Year. that's $84 a month.
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That's $84 a month. .
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. we have 2500 club we have found
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Being a latin lover who juggled multiple women at a time.
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Multiple women at a time. turns out he wasn't kidding.
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Turns out he wasn't kidding. >> the heartthrob behind rico
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>> i started drinking alcohol under the pretense of i'm
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I wasn't celebrating i was medicating myself.
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Medicating myself. i felt completely defeated and
00:40:50.803 --> 00:40:54.073
I felt completely defeated and broken.
00:40:54.206 --> 00:40:54.407
Broken. i was weak in my relationship
00:40:54.540 --> 00:40:55.174
I was weak in my relationship with god and i was just a weak
00:40:55.308 --> 00:40:58.110
With god and i was just a weak human being.
00:40:58.244 --> 00:40:58.544
Human being. and god got further and further
00:40:58.678 --> 00:41:01.714
And god got further and further away when you feel his presence
00:41:01.847 --> 00:41:05.084
Away when you feel his presence ,you walk away from it.
00:41:05.217 --> 00:41:05.818
,you walk away from it. there's guilt.
00:41:05.952 --> 00:41:06.285
There's guilt. there's shame.
00:41:06.419 --> 00:41:08.587
There's shame. there's also sort of a sense
00:41:08.721 --> 00:41:09.355
There's also sort of a sense that it'll never happen to you
00:41:09.488 --> 00:41:12.425
That it'll never happen to you again.
00:41:12.558 --> 00:41:12.725
Again. my daughter who was 12 at the
00:41:12.858 --> 00:41:13.492
My daughter who was 12 at the time she daddy, i want you to
00:41:13.626 --> 00:41:16.562
Time she daddy, i want you to be happy.
00:41:16.696 --> 00:41:16.929
Be happy. i want you to know jesus.
00:41:17.063 --> 00:41:19.465
I want you to know jesus. >> god started to reveal
00:41:19.598 --> 00:41:20.299
>> god started to reveal himself again and he started to
00:41:20.433 --> 00:41:24.103
Himself again and he started to melt away the ice.
00:41:24.236 --> 00:41:27.673
Melt away the ice. >> that was my heart.
00:41:27.807 --> 00:41:28.341
>> that was my heart. i'm trying to talk people into
00:41:28.474 --> 00:41:31.077
I'm trying to talk people into this life that is second to
00:41:31.210 --> 00:41:34.347
This life that is second to none in this life a feeling
00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.916
None in this life a feeling christ presence in your life.
00:41:37.049 --> 00:41:44.523
Christ presence in your life. >> pop star gerardo mejia lived
00:41:44.657 --> 00:41:45.291
>> pop star gerardo mejia lived in the spotlight.
00:41:45.424 --> 00:41:45.791
In the spotlight. kept his wife kathy in the dark
00:41:48.294 --> 00:41:49.228
Kept his wife kathy in the dark as he was chasing fame.
00:41:49.362 --> 00:41:52.164
As he was chasing fame. >> he was chasing other women
00:41:52.298 --> 00:41:52.932
>> he was chasing other women and one day he learned that had
00:41:53.065 --> 00:41:55.401
And one day he learned that had a secret of her own.
00:41:55.534 --> 00:41:59.872
A secret of her own. the year years 1990.
00:42:00.006 --> 00:42:00.439
The year years 1990. rico suave.
00:42:00.573 --> 00:42:00.840
Rico suave. the song promoting is an
00:42:00.973 --> 00:42:03.709
The song promoting is an international hit do the artist
00:42:03.843 --> 00:42:04.477
International hit do the artist gerardo.
00:42:04.610 --> 00:42:07.680
Gerardo. >> it wasn't just a song.
00:42:07.813 --> 00:42:08.447
>> it wasn't just a song. it defined who he was.
00:42:08.581 --> 00:42:11.817
It defined who he was. i saw others doing drugs.
00:42:11.951 --> 00:42:12.518
I saw others doing drugs. i saw others drinking and i
00:42:12.651 --> 00:42:13.452
I saw others drinking and i wasn't that guy.
00:42:13.586 --> 00:42:15.187
Wasn't that guy. you know my sin that stopped me
00:42:15.321 --> 00:42:18.758
You know my sin that stopped me .
00:42:18.891 --> 00:42:18.991
. >> my relationship with god was
00:42:19.125 --> 00:42:22.628
>> my relationship with god was was fornication.
00:42:22.762 --> 00:42:23.129
Was fornication. >> that wasn't the only
00:42:23.262 --> 00:42:23.763
>> that wasn't the only relationship that suffered.
00:42:23.896 --> 00:42:26.732
Relationship that suffered. a couple of years after his
00:42:26.866 --> 00:42:27.600
A couple of years after his mega-hit gerardo kathy who'd
00:42:27.733 --> 00:42:30.669
Mega-hit gerardo kathy who'd had their first child.
00:42:30.803 --> 00:42:31.270
Had their first child. by then the 26 year old who
00:42:31.404 --> 00:42:33.572
By then the 26 year old who gave his life to christ at age
00:42:33.706 --> 00:42:35.941
Gave his life to christ at age 17 was deep in the world of pop
00:42:36.075 --> 00:42:36.809
17 was deep in the world of pop music and stardom.
00:42:36.942 --> 00:42:39.678
Music and stardom. >> you're being surrounded by
00:42:39.812 --> 00:42:40.413
>> you're being surrounded by beautiful girls the whole time.
00:42:40.546 --> 00:42:41.147
Beautiful girls the whole time. friends with power watched you
00:42:42.915 --> 00:42:43.716
Friends with power watched you around.
00:42:43.849 --> 00:42:44.050
Around. you know, as far too much too
00:42:44.183 --> 00:42:49.255
You know, as far too much too soon.
00:42:49.388 --> 00:42:49.555
Soon. >> messed me up.
00:42:49.688 --> 00:42:52.825
>> messed me up. we had what i thought was
00:42:52.958 --> 00:42:56.128
We had what i thought was perfect family man in my in my
00:42:56.262 --> 00:42:56.962
Perfect family man in my in my eyes at that time maybe that's
00:42:57.096 --> 00:43:01.067
Eyes at that time maybe that's that's what i thought it was
00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:01.767
That's what i thought it was right after i got married, man,
00:43:01.901 --> 00:43:02.535
Right after i got married, man, i went on the road again be
00:43:02.668 --> 00:43:04.336
I went on the road again be married never stopped me.
00:43:04.470 --> 00:43:04.970
Married never stopped me. i on her from day one but i did
00:43:05.104 --> 00:43:11.877
I on her from day one but i did value my family like it was the
00:43:12.011 --> 00:43:12.845
Value my family like it was the only good thing that i had.
00:43:12.978 --> 00:43:16.415
Only good thing that i had. i feel like maybe he didn't
00:43:16.549 --> 00:43:17.216
I feel like maybe he didn't love me so much to not cheat on
00:43:17.349 --> 00:43:20.453
Love me so much to not cheat on me but i felt like he loved god
00:43:20.586 --> 00:43:23.456
Me but i felt like he loved god so much that he wouldn't do
00:43:23.589 --> 00:43:24.223
So much that he wouldn't do that and i would take my wife
00:43:24.356 --> 00:43:25.057
That and i would take my wife to church because i wanted her
00:43:25.191 --> 00:43:28.427
To church because i wanted her to be right and i wanted thated
00:43:28.561 --> 00:43:31.330
To be right and i wanted thated there.
00:43:31.464 --> 00:43:31.730
There. >> over the next five years,
00:43:31.864 --> 00:43:32.498
>> over the next five years, gerardo, whose career had had
00:43:32.631 --> 00:43:35.434
Gerardo, whose career had had faded.
00:43:35.568 --> 00:43:35.734
Faded. he continued chasing fame and
00:43:35.868 --> 00:43:36.435
He continued chasing fame and other women as that assumptions
00:43:36.569 --> 00:43:39.738
Other women as that assumptions continued.
00:43:39.872 --> 00:43:40.106
Continued. >> going to the studio went out
00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:42.441
>> going to the studio went out to the club, waking up, you
00:43:42.575 --> 00:43:46.712
To the club, waking up, you know, in a hotel room i do too.
00:43:46.846 --> 00:43:50.616
Know, in a hotel room i do too. like i carried my bible with me
00:43:50.749 --> 00:43:51.484
Like i carried my bible with me everywhere i went and i wake up
00:43:51.617 --> 00:43:54.053
Everywhere i went and i wake up in the morning i just see the
00:43:54.186 --> 00:43:54.820
In the morning i just see the bible.
00:43:54.954 --> 00:43:55.121
Bible. thanks a lot better go, man.
00:43:55.254 --> 00:43:59.091
Thanks a lot better go, man. i said i got it.
00:43:59.225 --> 00:43:59.758
I said i got it. i got to get it right.
00:43:59.892 --> 00:44:01.026
I got to get it right. i got to get back.
00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:01.660
I got to get back. but i always what of let me
00:44:01.794 --> 00:44:05.030
But i always what of let me finish got let me get bigger
00:44:05.164 --> 00:44:05.731
Finish got let me get bigger bigger because that one moment
00:44:05.865 --> 00:44:08.934
Bigger because that one moment that i'm on top that's when i
00:44:09.068 --> 00:44:09.902
That i'm on top that's when i tell the world that who you are
00:44:10.035 --> 00:44:13.072
Tell the world that who you are and that i just after ten years
00:44:13.205 --> 00:44:16.275
And that i just after ten years of marriage gerardo had become
00:44:16.408 --> 00:44:19.745
Of marriage gerardo had become weary of the lies and hiding
00:44:19.879 --> 00:44:20.613
Weary of the lies and hiding feeling like he had nothing to
00:44:20.746 --> 00:44:21.413
Feeling like he had nothing to lose he told kathie everything.
00:44:21.547 --> 00:44:24.083
Lose he told kathie everything. >> i remember first reaction
00:44:24.216 --> 00:44:27.620
>> i remember first reaction and probably the complete wrong
00:44:27.753 --> 00:44:28.387
And probably the complete wrong reaction what did i do wrong?
00:44:28.521 --> 00:44:31.991
Reaction what did i do wrong? >> why wasn't i good enough?
00:44:32.124 --> 00:44:32.858
>> why wasn't i good enough? didn't throw anything at me.
00:44:35.828 --> 00:44:36.529
Didn't throw anything at me. >> she didn't trust me.
00:44:36.662 --> 00:44:37.163
>> she didn't trust me. i should know she was just
00:44:37.296 --> 00:44:38.030
I should know she was just fired as she walks off and i
00:44:38.164 --> 00:44:40.232
Fired as she walks off and i just remember being in that
00:44:40.366 --> 00:44:40.966
Just remember being in that room up at the ceiling going
00:44:41.100 --> 00:44:43.702
Room up at the ceiling going okay lord, let's go from there
00:44:43.836 --> 00:44:47.106
Okay lord, let's go from there because i know to restore my
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:50.976
Because i know to restore my family.
00:44:51.110 --> 00:44:51.310
Family. >> the couple decided to stay
00:44:51.443 --> 00:44:52.044
>> the couple decided to stay together and gerardo started
00:44:52.178 --> 00:44:54.413
Together and gerardo started sharing in churches how god had
00:44:54.547 --> 00:44:55.181
Sharing in churches how god had made him a new man saved his
00:44:55.314 --> 00:44:58.117
Made him a new man saved his marriage while he was being
00:44:58.250 --> 00:44:58.784
Marriage while he was being celebrated.
00:44:58.918 --> 00:44:59.185
Celebrated. kathy felt like an isolated
00:44:59.318 --> 00:45:01.787
Kathy felt like an isolated victim.
00:45:01.921 --> 00:45:02.121
Victim. >> every time i went to hear
00:45:02.254 --> 00:45:05.524
>> every time i went to hear his testimony and every time i
00:45:05.658 --> 00:45:06.258
His testimony and every time i was in a church listening to
00:45:06.392 --> 00:45:06.992
Was in a church listening to him tell his story it was
00:45:07.126 --> 00:45:09.495
Him tell his story it was hurting me a little bit more
00:45:09.628 --> 00:45:13.465
Hurting me a little bit more more and i'd just sometimes be
00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.233
More and i'd just sometimes be sitting in the back and i'd
00:45:14.366 --> 00:45:15.067
Sitting in the back and i'd hear like just applauding him
00:45:15.201 --> 00:45:17.469
Hear like just applauding him for coming clean and oh, you
00:45:17.603 --> 00:45:18.170
For coming clean and oh, you did the right thing and look
00:45:18.304 --> 00:45:21.340
Did the right thing and look how god's restoring your
00:45:21.473 --> 00:45:21.974
How god's restoring your marriage.
00:45:22.107 --> 00:45:22.341
Marriage. >> and i was just kind of in
00:45:22.474 --> 00:45:25.811
>> and i was just kind of in the shadows and and just
00:45:25.945 --> 00:45:28.647
The shadows and and just getting a little bit chipped
00:45:28.781 --> 00:45:29.415
Getting a little bit chipped away little by little gerardo
00:45:29.548 --> 00:45:32.952
Away little by little gerardo spent more and more time away
00:45:33.085 --> 00:45:33.719
Spent more and more time away from home sharing his testimony
00:45:33.852 --> 00:45:37.389
From home sharing his testimony while kathy's loneliness led
00:45:37.523 --> 00:45:38.090
While kathy's loneliness led her to adultery.
00:45:38.224 --> 00:45:38.591
Her to adultery. >> i heard ding ding and my
00:45:38.724 --> 00:45:42.628
>> i heard ding ding and my wife saw him sort of reading
00:45:42.761 --> 00:45:43.329
Wife saw him sort of reading the messages.
00:45:43.462 --> 00:45:43.762
The messages. i can't you how how betrayed i
00:45:43.896 --> 00:45:45.764
I can't you how how betrayed i felt she was.
00:45:45.898 --> 00:45:46.198
Felt she was. what are you doing?
00:45:46.332 --> 00:45:48.968
What are you doing? and i just remember throwing
00:45:49.101 --> 00:45:49.735
And i just remember throwing over the phone.
00:45:49.868 --> 00:45:50.202
Over the phone. i know.
00:45:50.336 --> 00:45:52.571
I know. >> my whole world just crumbled
00:45:52.705 --> 00:45:53.472
>> my whole world just crumbled at that point because gerardo
00:45:53.606 --> 00:45:56.208
At that point because gerardo he didn't have the same
00:45:56.342 --> 00:45:56.842
He didn't have the same reaction i had.
00:45:56.976 --> 00:45:57.309
Reaction i had. >> he gone.
00:45:57.443 --> 00:46:00.112
>> he gone. >> he was done.
00:46:00.246 --> 00:46:00.646
>> he was done. the couple separated.
00:46:00.779 --> 00:46:01.247
The couple separated. went home to kentucky while
00:46:03.148 --> 00:46:03.983
Went home to kentucky while gerardo went home to ecuador.
00:46:04.116 --> 00:46:07.019
Gerardo went home to ecuador. >> i was at the all time lowest
00:46:07.152 --> 00:46:08.120
>> i was at the all time lowest point of my life.
00:46:08.254 --> 00:46:10.656
Point of my life. >> i i remember sitting on
00:46:10.789 --> 00:46:14.426
>> i i remember sitting on rooftops and thinking i'd just
00:46:14.560 --> 00:46:15.160
Rooftops and thinking i'd just be better.
00:46:15.294 --> 00:46:17.896
Be better. >> i just jumped off.
00:46:18.030 --> 00:46:18.664
>> i just jumped off. i'd physically myself like i
00:46:18.797 --> 00:46:21.734
I'd physically myself like i would i don't even know if it's
00:46:21.867 --> 00:46:22.534
Would i don't even know if it's even possible to yourself a
00:46:22.668 --> 00:46:25.137
Even possible to yourself a black eye but i would beat up
00:46:25.271 --> 00:46:25.904
Black eye but i would beat up myself with my own hands
00:46:26.038 --> 00:46:28.941
Myself with my own hands because i was just in such a
00:46:29.074 --> 00:46:29.908
Because i was just in such a dark place.
00:46:30.042 --> 00:46:32.544
Dark place. a few months later at a men's
00:46:32.678 --> 00:46:33.512
A few months later at a men's retreat, gerardo had heart and
00:46:33.646 --> 00:46:36.682
Retreat, gerardo had heart and went to see kathy.
00:46:36.815 --> 00:46:37.216
Went to see kathy. i really sorry i said.
00:46:37.349 --> 00:46:40.486
I really sorry i said. i understand it's you know i'm
00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:44.657
I understand it's you know i'm the culprit.
00:46:44.790 --> 00:46:45.090
The culprit. i'm to blame for a lot of it.
00:46:45.224 --> 00:46:47.860
I'm to blame for a lot of it. >> gerardo had had you a come
00:46:47.993 --> 00:46:51.664
>> gerardo had had you a come to jesus moment with our
00:46:51.797 --> 00:46:52.298
To jesus moment with our marriage.
00:46:52.431 --> 00:46:52.665
Marriage. i think he finally took
00:46:52.798 --> 00:46:55.367
I think he finally took responsibility for.
00:46:55.501 --> 00:46:59.038
Responsibility for. >> the state that i was in
00:46:59.171 --> 00:46:59.905
>> the state that i was in wasn't all brought about by
00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:02.941
Wasn't all brought about by that.
00:47:03.075 --> 00:47:03.242
That. >> i didn't get there alone.
00:47:03.375 --> 00:47:03.942
>> i didn't get there alone. it was little by little my
00:47:04.076 --> 00:47:04.743
It was little by little my little sister as she met me and
00:47:04.877 --> 00:47:07.713
Little sister as she met me and now we're both in that path
00:47:07.846 --> 00:47:10.983
Now we're both in that path that god wanted us to be.
00:47:11.116 --> 00:47:14.553
That god wanted us to be. if you knew us from back then
00:47:14.687 --> 00:47:18.023
If you knew us from back then all bets were against us.
00:47:18.157 --> 00:47:21.694
All bets were against us. >> all our friends said oh,
00:47:21.827 --> 00:47:22.461
>> all our friends said oh, this is never last.
00:47:22.594 --> 00:47:25.731
This is never last. >> this year we've been married
00:47:25.864 --> 00:47:28.701
>> this year we've been married years.
00:47:28.834 --> 00:47:29.101
Years. 30 and i gave him credit.
00:47:31.870 --> 00:47:36.208
30 and i gave him credit. >> we spent so many years of of
00:47:36.342 --> 00:47:39.411
>> we spent so many years of of our lives just chasing after
00:47:39.545 --> 00:47:40.212
Our lives just chasing after god but until we finally just
00:47:40.346 --> 00:47:43.682
God but until we finally just surrendered.
00:47:43.816 --> 00:47:46.719
Surrendered. god, could we really see what
00:47:46.852 --> 00:47:47.486
God, could we really see what he could do?
00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:47.886
He could do? i only god could take a
00:47:48.020 --> 00:47:50.589
I only god could take a marriage that was so messed up
00:47:50.723 --> 00:47:55.060
Marriage that was so messed up like our marriage and turn it
00:47:55.194 --> 00:47:55.828
Like our marriage and turn it into this.
00:47:55.961 --> 00:47:58.864
Into this. i won't say perfect but i
00:47:58.997 --> 00:48:02.034
I won't say perfect but i imagine.
00:48:02.167 --> 00:48:02.468
Imagine. sometimes i look around the
00:48:02.601 --> 00:48:03.168
Sometimes i look around the people in my life each other as
00:48:03.302 --> 00:48:06.271
People in my life each other as much as we do like we have to
00:48:06.405 --> 00:48:07.172
Much as we do like we have to love each other more than any
00:48:07.306 --> 00:48:09.708
Love each other more than any body else loves each other and
00:48:09.842 --> 00:48:10.576
Body else loves each other and that's only god.
00:48:10.709 --> 00:48:13.412
That's only god. >> a story of god's redemption.
00:48:13.545 --> 00:48:17.483
>> a story of god's redemption. you know it's never too late.
00:48:17.616 --> 00:48:20.552
You know it's never too late. i'm sure there are some of you
00:48:20.686 --> 00:48:21.620
I'm sure there are some of you who are in relationships right
00:48:21.754 --> 00:48:24.790
Who are in relationships right now where you think well that
00:48:24.923 --> 00:48:25.524
Now where you think well that worked for them but it couldn't
00:48:25.657 --> 00:48:29.061
Worked for them but it couldn't possibly work for me.
00:48:29.194 --> 00:48:31.964
Possibly work for me. you know jesus is in the
00:48:32.097 --> 00:48:32.731
You know jesus is in the restoration business.
00:48:32.865 --> 00:48:33.298
Restoration business. it's happened at the cross
00:48:33.432 --> 00:48:36.335
It's happened at the cross actually where we get set from
00:48:36.468 --> 00:48:39.805
Actually where we get set from our selfishness from our self
00:48:39.938 --> 00:48:40.606
Our selfishness from our self focus, from our woundedness,
00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:44.009
Focus, from our woundedness, the things that drive us to do
00:48:44.143 --> 00:48:44.843
The things that drive us to do foolish things.
00:48:44.977 --> 00:48:48.080
Foolish things. you know, gerardo said all that
00:48:48.213 --> 00:48:51.450
You know, gerardo said all that time that he was becoming more
00:48:51.583 --> 00:48:52.251
Time that he was becoming more and more successful, more
00:48:52.384 --> 00:48:55.487
And more successful, more famous that he would say oh
00:48:55.621 --> 00:48:56.188
Famous that he would say oh god, when i get to this i'm
00:48:56.321 --> 00:48:59.525
God, when i get to this i'm going to be ready to really
00:48:59.658 --> 00:49:00.359
Going to be ready to really declare who you are.
00:49:00.492 --> 00:49:04.029
Declare who you are. it's funny how we lie to
00:49:04.163 --> 00:49:04.797
It's funny how we lie to ourselves when we're living in
00:49:04.930 --> 00:49:07.132
Ourselves when we're living in our sin isn't it?
00:49:07.266 --> 00:49:07.633
Our sin isn't it? because we don't want to face
00:49:07.766 --> 00:49:11.270
Because we don't want to face how broken we really are
00:49:11.403 --> 00:49:11.937
How broken we really are underneath all of that
00:49:12.070 --> 00:49:14.640
Underneath all of that underneath the unfaithfulness
00:49:14.773 --> 00:49:15.340
Underneath the unfaithfulness underneath the deceit under all
00:49:15.474 --> 00:49:19.344
Underneath the deceit under all of that is just the fear of the
00:49:19.478 --> 00:49:23.215
Of that is just the fear of the ugliness of who we are all
00:49:23.348 --> 00:49:26.418
Ugliness of who we are all alone by ourselves.
00:49:26.552 --> 00:49:26.985
Alone by ourselves. we are sinners in need of a
00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:30.222
We are sinners in need of a here you are.
00:49:30.355 --> 00:49:30.722
Here you are. >> i am.
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>> i am. we all are.
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We all are. >> and yet the god who created
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>> and yet the god who created who breathed life into us the
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Who breathed life into us the bible says knew how many days
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Bible says knew how many days we would live before we were
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We would live before we were ever born what we were going to
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Ever born what we were going to be while we were being formed
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Be while we were being formed in our mother's stomach.
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In our mother's stomach. i mean he had plan and purpose
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I mean he had plan and purpose for us and how foolishly we
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For us and how foolishly we stumble along for a long time
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Stumble along for a long time sometimes thinking we can make
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Sometimes thinking we can make all of that come together.
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All of that come together. we cannot and yet amazing god
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We cannot and yet amazing god creator of all that is waits
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Creator of all that is waits for you and for me he waits for
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For you and for me he waits for us to the end of ourselves.
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Us to the end of ourselves. >> you know in this instance
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>> you know in this instance both people had to come to the
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Both people had to come to the end of themselves.
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End of themselves. it's why we say that we
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It's why we say that we surrender our lives to jesus.
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Surrender our lives to jesus. >> we let go.
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>> we let go. we it all to him we say god
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We it all to him we say god make me what you created to me
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Make me what you created to me to me to be make something
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To me to be make something signet contorts my life
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Signet contorts my life wouldn't you like that for your
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Wouldn't you like that for your life?
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Life? >> i think one of the things we
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>> i think one of the things we hunger after in our lives is to
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Hunger after in our lives is to know that we have purpose.
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Know that we have purpose. you'll never know what your
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You'll never know what your purpose if you're trying to
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Purpose if you're trying to define all of that on your but
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Define all of that on your but the moment you surrender and
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The moment you surrender and come to jesus christ he begins
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Come to jesus christ he begins to reveal who he is first and
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To reveal who he is first and then who he wants to be to you
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Then who he wants to be to you and he invites you to surrender
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And he invites you to surrender all of your life to you can't
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All of your life to you can't earn it any other way.
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Earn it any other way. you can't good you can't you
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You can't good you can't you can't manage enough things be
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Can't manage enough things be able to receive what he wants
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Able to receive what he wants to give you.
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To give you. he to give you him jesus is the
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He to give you him jesus is the end.
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End. he's the end gift.
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He's the end gift. ask him to come into your life
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Ask him to come into your life today it doesn't matter how far
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Today it doesn't matter how far you are there's always life.
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You are there's always life. there's always him.
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There's always him. you just come to him and
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You just come to him and humility and you say god, i not
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Humility and you say god, i not only need you, i you you thank
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Only need you, i you you thank him for waiting for you you ask
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Him for waiting for you you ask him to forgive your sin and
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Him to forgive your sin and then you just give it to him
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Then you just give it to him god, here's my life i give you
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God, here's my life i give you all that i am and all that i
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All that i am and all that i have make something out of me
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Have make something out of me that honors you i want to leave
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That honors you i want to leave you today with these words from
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You today with these words from the book of nahum the lord is
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The book of nahum the lord is good a refuge in times of
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Good a refuge in times of trouble he for those who trust
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December 31, 2025

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