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The 700 Club

January 13, 2026

January 13, 2026 | 62:0

January 13, 2026
The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.
#News #Media #Government #Politics #Culture #Humaninterest #Testimony #Healing #Miracles #Prayer #GordonRobertson

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The 700 Club | January 13, 2026 | January 13, 2026
  • (long beep)
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  • - [reporter 1] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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  • - [gordon] coming up,
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  • View the works of the sistine chapel
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  • Without booking a trip to rome.
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  • - [reporter 2] it gives me the shields.
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  • - [gordon] then he had music royalty in his blood.
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  • - growing up in the cassidy was its own unique experience.
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  • - [gordon] and cocaine in his veins.
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  • - [jack] my heart started
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  • Uncontrollably pounding outta my chest.
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  • - [gordon] jack cassidy shares the story of his rise,
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  • Fall and rebirth.
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  • - [jack] god was literally breathing life into me.
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  • - [gordon] on today's 700 club.
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  • (bright music)
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  • Well, welcome to "the 700 club."
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  • To alleviate a little bit of suffering
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  • In some small corner of the world.
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  • Well, those are the words
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  • That set one american couple on a journey
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  • To a remote part of eastern africa.
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  • - this couple has dedicated their lives
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  • To serving the poorest of the poor.
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  • George thomas traveled to kenya
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  • To bring us their inspiring story.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [george thomas] i traveled some 7,300 miles,
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  • (car hooting)
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  • To this remote outpost in northwest kenya
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  • To find out why a group of african medical professionals,
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  • Working with american missionary doctors
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  • Would choose a life of selfless service,
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  • To bring desperately needed medical care
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  • To one of the poorest regions of this country.
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  • - the sitting on the mountain of mount sinai,
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  • He's gone back to where it all began.
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  • - [george thomas] i discovered why in fairly short order.
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  • - lord is reiterated.
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  • - everything you do, you do it as unto the lord,
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  • For god's glory. - mm-hmm.
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  • (singing in foreign language)
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  • That plus a deep desire to demonstrate
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  • The saving and healing ministry of christ to this community.
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  • (singing in foreign language)
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  • - [dr. bill rhodes] we feel very, very fortunate
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  • To be able to do what we do.
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  • There's nothing else that we would rather do.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [george thomas] americans, bill and laura rhodes,
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  • Moved to this corner of kenya
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  • To work at kapsowar mission hospital.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [dr. bill rhodes] that was a close one.
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  • - that was a close one.
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  • Located near the ugandan border,
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  • The 140 bed christian hospital,
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  • Opened its doors back in 1963.
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  • When bill and laura rhodes moved
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  • To this part of northwestern kenya getting up
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  • To the mission hospital,
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  • I guess we'll have to wait for the cow to pass the road.
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  • There we go.
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  • Getting up to the mission hospital was no easy task.
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  • Why?
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  • Because, well, you had to traverse across roads like this.
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  • I mean the dirt path.
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  • - it was not like it is now.
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  • It was so much more rustic
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  • And rural and isolated
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  • And difficult to reach.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [george thomas] rhodes, who had no medical background,
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  • Was pursuing a master's degree
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  • In biblical hebrew in jerusalem,
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  • When he and his wife picked up
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  • Two christian medical students
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  • Hitchhiking through israel.
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  • - bill said, so why as believers
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  • Do you wanna practice medicine?
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  • And the answer of one of those young medical students
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  • Whom we've never seen since,
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  • Never even knew his name,
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  • Changed the trajectory of our lives.
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  • - he said, i would just like to see
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  • If i couldn't alleviate a little bit of suffering
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  • In some small corner of the world someday
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  • In the name of jesus.
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  • (bight music)
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  • - that set rhodes on a 16 year odyssey
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  • With numerous setbacks in preparation for a surgical career
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  • That would change the lives of the african continent.
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  • You failed to get into med school three times.
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  • Did it not dawn on bill rhodes that maybe
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  • I should try something different.
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  • I mean maybe plumbing or architecture, maybe be a lawyer.
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  • - just because you decide to do something
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  • That you think will honor god or be pleasing to god
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  • Or be helpful in moving the kingdom of god forward,
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  • Doesn't mean that you have a guaranteed easy path
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  • To get there.
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  • In fact, you should probably buckle up tight
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  • Because it's probably going to be challenging.
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  • - when bill and laura moved here to kenya
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  • In january of 1999,
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  • Some 23 years ago,
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  • They knew without a shadow of a doubt
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  • That this was a lifetime commitment
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  • To serve the people of this country.
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  • But more importantly, to come to a region of the nation
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  • That had some tremendous needs.
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  • And today, bill, his team, his wife and children,
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  • Are all committed
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  • To serve the people of kapsowar and beyond.
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  • (stretcher creaking)
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  • - when we see the,
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  • Staggering disparity in this world
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  • Of the people who have and those on the other end
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  • Who have not,
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  • The disparity is only growing wider.
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  • And for all of our days,
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  • However many we have,
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  • We want to try and bring healing and wholeness.
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  • - in recent years, dr. rhode's vision
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  • To bring medical care has gone beyond the valleys
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  • That surround kapsowar,
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  • To include other countries.
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  • So for example, he along with his wife
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  • And members of the mission hospital,
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  • Often travel to countries like liberia,
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  • Chad and south sudan.
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  • (speaking in foreign language)
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  • Accompanying him is kenyan thomas kiptoo,
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  • Who heads up kapsowar's at a status department.
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  • Kiptoo came from a very poor family
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  • And a missionary doctor acting as a mentor urged him
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  • To pursue the medical field.
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  • - i couldn't imagine
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  • That i could come all the way to this position
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  • At the moment.
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  • - [george thomas] mm-hmm.
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  • - looking back,
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  • I never had a future.
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  • - mm-hmm. - but since i believed in god,
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  • And i'm a product of a missionary-
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  • - mm-hmm. - this is why
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  • I've become what i am.
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  • - [george thomas] dr. rhode's passion
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  • Is to train and equip the next generation
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  • Of african health professionals.
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  • (speaking in foreign language)
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  • 36-year-old kenyan, patricia chesang,
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  • Has worked closely with rhodes in the last three years.
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  • - he is going to leave a wonderful legacy.
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  • He's left his family all the comfort that he could afford,
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  • But he is given of his life of himself
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  • To come and serve here.
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  • So for me, it's really humbling.
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  • (hands scrubbing)
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  • - [george thomas] dr. rhodes is honored
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  • With the amh gerson lehrman prize
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  • For outstanding christian medical missionary service.
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  • The annual prize comes with a $500,000 award,
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  • Which will go toward the hospital,
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  • Surgical work and training.
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  • - he envisions the opportunity to train
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  • And raise up whole surgical teams, not just surgeons,
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  • But anesthetists nurses, to go to these hard places
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  • Where he's now going just, you know, periodically
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  • And go and stay there.
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  • - you wanna spend the rest of your life,
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  • Either here in northwest kenya
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  • Or somewhere on the continent.
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  • - yeah, this is the end of the rainbow for us.
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  • Very few people get to do really
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  • What they really want to do.
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  • And we bless god every day
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  • Because we know we actually are in that little minority
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  • That actually is getting to do exactly what we want to do.
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  • (indistinct)
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  • - [george thomas] george thomas,
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  • Cbn news, kapsowar, kenya.
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  • - well you can be part of that little minority.
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  • How?
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  • By just following what god tells you to do,
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  • When you do life his way and according to his design.
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  • And here's a wonderful prayer for you.
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  • God, can i be part of your plan?
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  • Well then you'll find that you walk into things
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  • That satisfy the desires of your heart,
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  • That it's something you've wanted to do all along.
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  • We'll be right back
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  • With more of "the 700 club" right after this.
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  • (bright music)
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  • (energetic music)
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  • - when i was a young girl,
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  • I went to fetch water for my mother.
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  • The weight of the water made my neck hot so bad.
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  • I just pour the water out
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  • And went home with an empty container.
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  • The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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  • I get home exhausted.
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  • I feel terrible drinking that water
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  • And giving it to my family.
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  • We often get intense stomachache and vomit.
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  • When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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  • Thank you operation blessing for giving us a new life.
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  • When you came, we were all so grateful
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  • We could not hold back our joy.
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  • I've never had this kind of water before.
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  • Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
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  • With the well this close,
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  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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  • We are healthy and we are happy.
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  • Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  • - [reporter 1] partner with cbn for $20 a month
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  • And be part of the miracle for people all around the world.
  • 00:10:06.749 --> 00:10:11.187
  • Melissa and her husband rick have come a long way
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  • From when they met,
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  • Melissa was in real estate.
  • 00:10:14.657 --> 00:10:16.292
  • Rick had been living on credit cards,
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  • Trying to start a number of businesses
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  • And was $80,000 in debt.
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  • All the while the hinnant's were tithing
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  • And the newly married couples started working
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  • Their way out of the red.
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  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • Here's what you should have.
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  • I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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  • I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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  • I'm done striving.
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  • - [reporter 1] today rick and melissa have three children
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  • And choose to live way below their means
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  • So they can help the poor.
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  • They've already built 13 orphanages
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  • And a freedom house in india.
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  • - what i loved about operation blessing
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  • Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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  • - imagine being able to enjoy the beauty and wonder
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  • Of the sistine chapel right in your own city.
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  • People in more than 60 cities across the globe
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  • Can do exactly that.
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  • A traveling exhibit is giving visitors a unique look
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  • At michelangelo's vision of the creation.
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  • Cbns gabe lamonica has the story.
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  • - when michelangelo brought the bible
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  • To life some 500 years ago,
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  • It's hard to imagine,
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  • He thought his masterpiece
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  • On the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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  • Would ever make its way from the vatican
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  • To a shopping mall in richmond, virginia.
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  • But here we are, "the agony and the ecstasy."
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  • (catholic music)
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  • In 1965, charlton heston's portrayal
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  • Of a 33-year-old michelangelo buonarroti,
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  • Transported the sistine chapel to the silver screen.
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  • - i wanted to paint man as he was first created.
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  • - [gabe] now a roving global exhibit
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  • Is bringing visitors face to face
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  • With the italian artist visualization
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  • Of the book of genesis.
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  • - it's almost as if we're looking at god creating the world,
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  • The beginning of genesis.
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  • And we're seeing the cornucopia,
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  • The richness of god's creation unfolding in front of us.
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  • - [gabe] from adam's creation.
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  • - it gives me the shield,
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  • It truly gave me anxiety
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  • To see how closed, but not quite touching
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  • Their fingers were.
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  • - showing that tangible space
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  • Between man and god to the downfall.
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  • A pained look banished from paradise.
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  • Soon michelangelo's sistine chapel, the exhibition,
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  • Will hit 80 cities,
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  • Bringing to life nine scenes from the bible.
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  • Tiffany, i feel like you are living proof
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  • That you don't need to know anything about michelangelo
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  • Or the sistine chapel to appreciate his paintings.
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  • - absolutely. - which is your favorite?
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  • - so my favorite one is over here
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  • In the ancestors of christ room,
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  • There's a guy in the back that's back here.
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  • You won't be able to see that, 60 feet up in italy.
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  • - [gabe] no need for a deep background in art history
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  • To appreciate this masterpiece.
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  • - many of them say that they were able
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  • To see the ceiling clearly because it was so high up
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  • Or they didn't have enough time
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  • To really look at the ceilings.
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  • - [gabe] the cracked fresco shown in vivid relief,
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  • Even revealing the great flood.
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  • - barely can see the ark,
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  • Which no one built at the instruction from god.
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  • - [gabe] a level of access to the world famous paintings
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  • That even connoisseurs can appreciate.
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  • - you've been once and you haven't never forgotten it.
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  • And it astonished you when you saw it.
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  • I think i've been 55 times in my life
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  • And it never fails to astonish me every time i go in.
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  • - [gabe] professor william wallace,
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  • Who's written eight books on the sculptor turned painter.
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  • - nick landro is an artist who goes from zero to 60
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  • In less than a second.
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  • He just is capable of undertaking monumental tasks
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  • And carrying them out so that suddenly
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  • The artist who's never made painted a fresco
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  • Paints the most important fresco in the world.
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  • - [gabe] some of the brass tacks,
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  • The vault is nearly seven stories high,
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  • With some 5,000 square feet of painting.
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  • And even on a curved ceiling,
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  • Michelangelo achieves a three dimensional effect.
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  • - the technical challenges are astronomical,
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  • And it's just amazing how well he solved all of them.
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  • The first being, you know,
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  • How do you get a scaffold up there?
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  • But then how do you paint 14 foot seated figures
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  • That are 14 feet high, that are on that curve
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  • And yet make them look like
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  • They're just properly proportioned and sitting,
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  • Not in some kind of mirror-like thing.
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  • - yeah, yeah.
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  • Like not, it's like it could have been like,
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  • It could have looked like a house
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  • Up on the mirror. - of mirror, yes, exactly.
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  • House of horrors.
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  • - [gabe] instead of horror, the awe of god.
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  • - i would have painted there my son,
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  • He's not a portrait of god.
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  • It's a proof of faith.
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  • - whether religious or not,
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  • This image of god creating man
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  • Is the ultimate symbol of the creation story.
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  • That's the legacy michelangelo left
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  • When he created one of the most famous works of art
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  • In the world.
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  • Gabe lamonica, cbn news, richmond, virginia.
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  • - well if you ever get a chance to go to rome
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  • And actually see it in person,
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  • You'll walk away absolutely astounded.
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  • But here, not 60 feet away, looking up, craning your neck,
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  • But right there in front of you
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  • All the detail come to life.
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  • If you'd like to have more information
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  • On the michelangelo exhibit, just go to cbn news.com, terry.
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  • - well still ahead,
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  • A member of the partridge family's extended family,
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  • Stay tuned to see how he's becoming a star in his own right.
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  • I was like, lord, heal this.
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  • Sitting on the couch, a 700 club came on
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  • An hour long drive made in 25 minutes,
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  • Tanya morrison's father drove 110 miles per hour
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  • - i was terrified.
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  • - [reporter 1] tanya morrison and her husband paul,
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  • Have been attending church with her parents,
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  • Dwayne and kay for years.
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  • That sunday their pastor had an unusual
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  • And ominous message for tanya.
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  • - and suddenly the spirit gave me tanya's name
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  • And said to tanya that the lord was holding her
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  • In the palm of his hand.
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  • She was going to face some problems in her life
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  • That she really wasn't even aware of.
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  • - we just couldn't imagine what it was gonna be.
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  • And we did not know that within 24 hours
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  • That this would happen.
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  • - when i heard what brother walters said,
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  • I thought it was amazing blessing for tanya.
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  • I certainly didn't think it was anything to do
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  • With a medical condition that she had.
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  • - [reporter 1] in 2017,
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  • Tanya was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus,
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  • An uncommon disorder
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  • That causes an imbalance of fluids in the body.
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  • The day after receiving a message from her pastor,
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  • Tanya woke up not feeling well.
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  • Her doctor was concerned about some recent lab results
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  • And insisted tanya get another test.
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  • And could barely move.
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  • Her doctor called with urgent news.
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  • - i heard the urgency in her voice.
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  • She said, daddy, i need your help,
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  • Real badly the doctor just told me i have water poisoning
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  • That i need to get to the murfreesboro hospital
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  • Within an hour, it is a matter of life and death.
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  • I remember her using those terms matter of life and death.
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  • - [reporter 1] tanya's father, dwayne, who lives nearby,
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  • Swung into action and raced her to the murfreesboro hospital
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  • To get her there before it was too late.
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  • - i would look in the rear view mirror
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  • And see my daughter basically unconscious.
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  • And i was praying for her and i'd say, lord,
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  • I know you've got her in the palm of your hand.
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  • And one of my favorite scriptures that was coming to me,
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  • "he that dwelleth in the secret place
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  • Of the most high shall abide of the shadow of the almighty."
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  • And we knew that the almighty had our daughter in his hand.
  • 00:23:17.005 --> 00:23:22.043
  • - [reporter 1] they made an hour long drive
  • 00:23:23.178 --> 00:23:24.412
  • In just 25 minutes.
  • 00:23:24.412 --> 00:23:26.081
  • And when they got off the highway,
  • 00:23:26.081 --> 00:23:27.616
  • They hit seven green lights in a row
  • 00:23:27.616 --> 00:23:29.551
  • Before arriving at the hospital.
  • 00:23:29.551 --> 00:23:31.720
  • - they pulled up to the emergency room.
  • 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:33.788
  • I opened the back door.
  • 00:23:33.788 --> 00:23:35.223
  • She was unresponsive in the backseat.
  • 00:23:35.223 --> 00:23:37.158
  • It was completely scary to see her.
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  • Just unconscious.
  • 00:23:38.927 --> 00:23:40.896
  • - [reporter 1] doctors determined that due to her diabetes,
  • 00:23:40.896 --> 00:23:43.164
  • Tanya's sodium
  • 00:23:43.164 --> 00:23:44.332
  • Had dropped to a life-threatening 112,
  • 00:23:44.332 --> 00:23:46.601
  • Causing her brain to swell and lose consciousness.
  • 00:23:46.601 --> 00:23:50.238
  • - nobody else had ever left the hospital
  • 00:23:50.238 --> 00:23:52.807
  • With her condition alive is what they told us.
  • 00:23:52.807 --> 00:23:56.811
  • So we were, you know, really praying for her.
  • 00:23:56.811 --> 00:24:00.482
  • You know, just praying for the lord to take care of her,
  • 00:24:00.482 --> 00:24:02.150
  • To bring her back to us.
  • 00:24:02.150 --> 00:24:03.852
  • And we were not ready to lose her.
  • 00:24:03.852 --> 00:24:05.854
  • - we were depending on the power of prayer
  • 00:24:05.854 --> 00:24:08.690
  • And knew that we were asking for a miracle.
  • 00:24:08.690 --> 00:24:10.692
  • And we knew we had a lot of praying people that could pray
  • 00:24:10.692 --> 00:24:15.530
  • And that the lord could answer her prayer
  • 00:24:15.530 --> 00:24:17.532
  • And that he had all power
  • 00:24:17.532 --> 00:24:19.034
  • And that he was gonna keep her in the palm of his hand
  • 00:24:19.034 --> 00:24:21.002
  • And perform that miracle.
  • 00:24:21.002 --> 00:24:22.037
  • We needed one.
  • 00:24:22.037 --> 00:24:23.271
  • - i immediately thought back to the words
  • 00:24:23.271 --> 00:24:25.440
  • That brother walter had spoken over sunday.
  • 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.809
  • And so i felt comfortable.
  • 00:24:27.809 --> 00:24:29.911
  • I knew that she was in god's hands
  • 00:24:29.911 --> 00:24:31.580
  • And nothing could really be bad but i was concerned.
  • 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:36.251
  • - [reporter 1] over the next three days in the hospital,
  • 00:24:36.251 --> 00:24:38.420
  • Tanya's sodium levels came back to a safe range.
  • 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:41.423
  • And she began her recovery.
  • 00:24:41.423 --> 00:24:43.658
  • - when i came to i knew beyond a shadow of a doubt
  • 00:24:43.658 --> 00:24:46.728
  • It was the end of the lord and that he'd spared my life.
  • 00:24:46.728 --> 00:24:49.998
  • And that that was what brother walter,
  • 00:24:49.998 --> 00:24:51.700
  • When he had that word of knowledge
  • 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.802
  • The day before, i knew exactly that's what it meant
  • 00:24:53.802 --> 00:24:56.805
  • And that god had spared my life.
  • 00:24:56.805 --> 00:24:58.974
  • - he came through for us that time
  • 00:24:58.974 --> 00:25:01.676
  • In such a magnificent way.
  • 00:25:01.676 --> 00:25:03.211
  • And we are so thankful that the lord demonstrated his power
  • 00:25:03.211 --> 00:25:06.681
  • By saving our daughter.
  • 00:25:06.681 --> 00:25:08.149
  • - it was wonderful seeing her,
  • 00:25:08.149 --> 00:25:09.618
  • Knowing that she was still alive
  • 00:25:09.618 --> 00:25:11.620
  • And that, i mean, she was a miracle.
  • 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:14.055
  • She was a miracle.
  • 00:25:14.055 --> 00:25:15.156
  • - i think one of her favorite songs
  • 00:25:15.156 --> 00:25:16.591
  • Is, i can't even walk without you holding my hand
  • 00:25:16.591 --> 00:25:19.527
  • Referring to the hand of the lord.
  • 00:25:19.527 --> 00:25:21.262
  • And paul, her husband had her one hand
  • 00:25:21.262 --> 00:25:24.332
  • And the lord had her other hand.
  • 00:25:24.332 --> 00:25:26.034
  • - i'm thankful that god carried us through that
  • 00:25:26.034 --> 00:25:28.303
  • And that he gave me a life with tanya.
  • 00:25:28.303 --> 00:25:30.538
  • - [reporter 1] tanya remains thankful
  • 00:25:30.538 --> 00:25:31.973
  • For god's encouraging word,
  • 00:25:31.973 --> 00:25:33.875
  • That provided a source of hope during a terrible situation.
  • 00:25:33.875 --> 00:25:37.879
  • - it's hard to describe the gratitude and the love you feel
  • 00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:40.649
  • And just knowing the love he has for you, that he did this.
  • 00:25:40.649 --> 00:25:44.586
  • He spared your life for a reason
  • 00:25:44.586 --> 00:25:46.688
  • And now he has your life, you know, in his hand.
  • 00:25:46.688 --> 00:25:48.757
  • And he had me in the palm of his hand.
  • 00:25:48.757 --> 00:25:50.859
  • It's just a miracle
  • 00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.127
  • Because when you watch how it played out
  • 00:25:52.127 --> 00:25:54.863
  • And that the day before in 24 hours
  • 00:25:54.863 --> 00:25:57.732
  • From the time that was spoken by my pastor,
  • 00:25:57.732 --> 00:26:00.835
  • I was in the backseat of that car hanging on to life
  • 00:26:00.835 --> 00:26:04.339
  • And how he can turn that around and heal you
  • 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:07.976
  • And it brings glory to him.
  • 00:26:07.976 --> 00:26:09.978
  • And that's what's, you know, important.
  • 00:26:09.978 --> 00:26:11.613
  • You know, it was all for his glory.
  • 00:26:11.613 --> 00:26:13.081
  • He had a plan and it was all for his glory.
  • 00:26:13.081 --> 00:26:15.550
  • (bright music)
  • 00:26:16.117 --> 00:26:18.420
  • - i love the tender heart of god
  • 00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:20.155
  • That he gave that word to their pastor.
  • 00:26:20.155 --> 00:26:22.390
  • That they could stand on that in the midst
  • 00:26:22.390 --> 00:26:25.126
  • Of what was a really difficult situation.
  • 00:26:25.126 --> 00:26:27.796
  • Some of you are standing today
  • 00:26:27.796 --> 00:26:29.798
  • In the midst of very difficult situations
  • 00:26:29.798 --> 00:26:32.767
  • And we want to stand with you.
  • 00:26:32.767 --> 00:26:35.070
  • God is not just gracious, he's powerful
  • 00:26:35.070 --> 00:26:39.040
  • And he loves us in a way that extends that power
  • 00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:42.510
  • To us in our place of need when we come to him.
  • 00:26:42.510 --> 00:26:44.946
  • And so let's do that together
  • 00:26:44.946 --> 00:26:46.881
  • Because when we join together, there is in our unity,
  • 00:26:46.881 --> 00:26:50.852
  • Just opening of the doors of heaven,
  • 00:26:50.852 --> 00:26:53.822
  • God's heart is open to us at that time.
  • 00:26:53.822 --> 00:26:56.057
  • We wanna pray for you today.
  • 00:26:56.057 --> 00:26:57.926
  • To further enhance your faith before we pray,
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  • Here's a word from nicole.
  • 00:27:01.029 --> 00:27:02.564
  • She lives in baltimore, maryland.
  • 00:27:02.564 --> 00:27:04.833
  • She was experiencing chronic urinary tract infections.
  • 00:27:04.833 --> 00:27:08.336
  • While watching this program a few months ago,
  • 00:27:08.336 --> 00:27:10.338
  • Gordon, she heard you say someone is suffering
  • 00:27:10.338 --> 00:27:12.340
  • With kidney problems and urinary issues,
  • 00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:15.076
  • You are going to be healed.
  • 00:27:15.076 --> 00:27:17.145
  • Immediately she knew you were talking about her.
  • 00:27:17.145 --> 00:27:19.948
  • She started crying and thanking god.
  • 00:27:19.948 --> 00:27:22.250
  • She called to tell us
  • 00:27:22.250 --> 00:27:23.485
  • That she's not had any infection since.
  • 00:27:23.485 --> 00:27:25.720
  • And she is praising jesus for that healing.
  • 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.956
  • - yeah, for 17 months,
  • 00:27:27.956 --> 00:27:30.158
  • Minnie of san antonio, texas,
  • 00:27:30.158 --> 00:27:32.293
  • Suffered with daily headaches, some of which were severe.
  • 00:27:32.293 --> 00:27:36.097
  • Her doctor prescribed pain medication
  • 00:27:36.097 --> 00:27:38.466
  • Which helps some.
  • 00:27:38.466 --> 00:27:39.868
  • Watching "the 700 club,"
  • 00:27:39.868 --> 00:27:41.402
  • Terry said, there is someone who is having headaches,
  • 00:27:41.402 --> 00:27:44.005
  • God is healing you receive it now.
  • 00:27:44.005 --> 00:27:46.975
  • Minnie immediately claimed her healing
  • 00:27:46.975 --> 00:27:49.744
  • And she started crying.
  • 00:27:49.744 --> 00:27:51.880
  • For weeks now she hasn't had any more headaches.
  • 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:55.183
  • She can't wait to see her doctor
  • 00:27:55.183 --> 00:27:57.085
  • To tell him all that god,
  • 00:27:57.085 --> 00:27:58.787
  • Tell him that god healed her.
  • 00:27:58.787 --> 00:28:00.355
  • She gives all praise to her lord and savior jesus christ.
  • 00:28:00.355 --> 00:28:03.825
  • You can give that same praise.
  • 00:28:03.825 --> 00:28:05.794
  • Psalm 91 is for you.
  • 00:28:05.794 --> 00:28:07.362
  • It's a psalm of moses.
  • 00:28:07.362 --> 00:28:09.030
  • And moses knew a lot about god
  • 00:28:09.030 --> 00:28:11.132
  • And he begins it with "he who dwells in the secret place."
  • 00:28:11.132 --> 00:28:16.204
  • How do you do that?
  • 00:28:16.871 --> 00:28:18.106
  • How do you dwell in the secret place?
  • 00:28:18.106 --> 00:28:20.842
  • Well, you just come to jesus.
  • 00:28:20.842 --> 00:28:22.911
  • He's the secret.
  • 00:28:22.911 --> 00:28:24.379
  • He's the answer to every human need.
  • 00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:27.081
  • You'll dwell under his shadow.
  • 00:28:27.081 --> 00:28:30.185
  • You'll be with him.
  • 00:28:30.852 --> 00:28:32.554
  • And then here's a great illustration from that same psalm.
  • 00:28:32.554 --> 00:28:34.622
  • He'll cover you with his feathers, with his wings.
  • 00:28:34.622 --> 00:28:39.227
  • Get that image.
  • 00:28:39.227 --> 00:28:40.395
  • It's the same image
  • 00:28:40.395 --> 00:28:41.729
  • That jesus used when he prayed over jerusalem.
  • 00:28:41.729 --> 00:28:44.232
  • "oh jerusalem, i wanted to gather you
  • 00:28:44.232 --> 00:28:46.534
  • As a hen gathers her chicks."
  • 00:28:46.534 --> 00:28:49.170
  • When does a hen do that?
  • 00:28:49.170 --> 00:28:50.505
  • When there's trouble, you know, come, come
  • 00:28:50.505 --> 00:28:53.374
  • And come underneath my wings and i'll protect you.
  • 00:28:53.374 --> 00:28:57.846
  • I'll be with you.
  • 00:28:57.846 --> 00:28:59.681
  • But then at the end of psalm 91,
  • 00:28:59.681 --> 00:29:02.016
  • Here's some great i wills,
  • 00:29:02.016 --> 00:29:03.818
  • "i will deliver them."
  • 00:29:03.818 --> 00:29:06.688
  • Isn't that great?
  • 00:29:06.688 --> 00:29:08.556
  • These are the i wills of god.
  • 00:29:08.556 --> 00:29:10.692
  • They're wonderful to memorize,
  • 00:29:10.692 --> 00:29:12.827
  • To know that it's his will.
  • 00:29:12.827 --> 00:29:16.097
  • I will deliver when,
  • 00:29:16.097 --> 00:29:18.299
  • "when you call, i will answer."
  • 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:22.303
  • It's one thing to pray,
  • 00:29:22.303 --> 00:29:23.805
  • It's another thing to pray believing
  • 00:29:23.805 --> 00:29:26.007
  • That you'll get an answer.
  • 00:29:26.007 --> 00:29:28.443
  • On that long ride and it had to be a long ride
  • 00:29:28.443 --> 00:29:31.379
  • To the hospital,
  • 00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.814
  • That father was believing for an answer.
  • 00:29:32.814 --> 00:29:34.849
  • He was praying psalm 91 over his daughter.
  • 00:29:34.849 --> 00:29:38.853
  • The pastor had given them a word.
  • 00:29:38.853 --> 00:29:41.055
  • They were holding on to the word,
  • 00:29:41.055 --> 00:29:43.491
  • Because they knew that the word would sustain them.
  • 00:29:43.491 --> 00:29:47.061
  • That they would get an answer to their prayer.
  • 00:29:47.061 --> 00:29:50.565
  • They weren't praying some ritual thing.
  • 00:29:50.565 --> 00:29:52.667
  • They weren't praying with no faith, no expectation.
  • 00:29:52.667 --> 00:29:56.437
  • When you pray with the promise of psalm 91,
  • 00:29:56.437 --> 00:29:59.807
  • I will answer them.
  • 00:29:59.807 --> 00:30:01.743
  • Isn't that what you have the answer to every human need.
  • 00:30:01.743 --> 00:30:06.781
  • So terry and i are going to agree with you in prayer.
  • 00:30:08.149 --> 00:30:10.551
  • What do we ask you to do?
  • 00:30:10.551 --> 00:30:11.986
  • We ask you to demonstrate that you're going
  • 00:30:11.986 --> 00:30:14.689
  • To get an answer.
  • 00:30:14.689 --> 00:30:15.957
  • That you believe that,
  • 00:30:15.957 --> 00:30:17.592
  • That you're going to cry out to god
  • 00:30:17.592 --> 00:30:19.594
  • And he is going to answer you.
  • 00:30:19.594 --> 00:30:22.230
  • In an act of faith,
  • 00:30:22.230 --> 00:30:23.731
  • 'cause faith can be a verb.
  • 00:30:23.731 --> 00:30:25.300
  • In an act of faith,
  • 00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:27.101
  • Lay your hand on that area of the body that needs healing.
  • 00:30:27.101 --> 00:30:30.939
  • Terry and i will join with you.
  • 00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:32.907
  • The bible says when two or more agree touching anything,
  • 00:30:32.907 --> 00:30:36.311
  • It shall be done for them by my father in heaven.
  • 00:30:36.311 --> 00:30:39.614
  • These are the words of jesus.
  • 00:30:39.614 --> 00:30:41.749
  • "ask and it will be given to you."
  • 00:30:41.749 --> 00:30:43.618
  • These are the words of jesus.
  • 00:30:43.618 --> 00:30:44.986
  • "seek and you will find,
  • 00:30:44.986 --> 00:30:46.554
  • Knock, it will be open to you."
  • 00:30:46.554 --> 00:30:49.424
  • When you call to him, he will answer you,
  • 00:30:49.424 --> 00:30:53.061
  • Because that's his promise.
  • 00:30:53.061 --> 00:30:55.797
  • Let's believe it.
  • 00:30:55.797 --> 00:30:57.298
  • And let's ask him right now.
  • 00:30:57.298 --> 00:30:59.634
  • Lord god almighty, we come to you.
  • 00:30:59.634 --> 00:31:02.370
  • We come to you believing.
  • 00:31:02.370 --> 00:31:04.038
  • And now for everyone who is reaching their hand
  • 00:31:05.206 --> 00:31:08.576
  • On that area of the body that needs healing,
  • 00:31:08.576 --> 00:31:11.312
  • We join with them in agreement now touching it.
  • 00:31:12.547 --> 00:31:17.185
  • We declare over them that the time is fulfilled.
  • 00:31:18.453 --> 00:31:22.623
  • The kingdom of god is at hand.
  • 00:31:22.623 --> 00:31:25.593
  • We believe the good news,
  • 00:31:25.593 --> 00:31:27.695
  • We receive your salvation, your deliverance, your healing.
  • 00:31:27.695 --> 00:31:32.767
  • We receive every promise that you have for us now.
  • 00:31:34.002 --> 00:31:37.472
  • So in jesus' name, i say out loud to my own body,
  • 00:31:37.472 --> 00:31:41.976
  • Be healed now, sickness, disease,
  • 00:31:41.976 --> 00:31:46.080
  • Infirmity, pain, depart from me in the name of jesus,
  • 00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:51.152
  • From the top of my head to the soles of my feet,
  • 00:31:52.286 --> 00:31:54.789
  • I am healed now by the stripes of jesus christ,
  • 00:31:54.789 --> 00:31:59.594
  • He is restoring me.
  • 00:31:59.594 --> 00:32:01.229
  • He's giving me new energy, new life, new vigor,
  • 00:32:01.229 --> 00:32:05.466
  • In jesus' name i receive all of it now.
  • 00:32:05.466 --> 00:32:10.071
  • And i give you praise and thanksgiving
  • 00:32:11.105 --> 00:32:14.776
  • For what you've done for me.
  • 00:32:14.776 --> 00:32:17.011
  • Terry, god's given you something.
  • 00:32:17.011 --> 00:32:18.312
  • - there's someone, you have a condition.
  • 00:32:18.312 --> 00:32:20.448
  • It's very grave actually.
  • 00:32:20.448 --> 00:32:22.283
  • You're developing these tumors that are just,
  • 00:32:22.283 --> 00:32:25.286
  • They're visible like it's disfiguring.
  • 00:32:25.286 --> 00:32:29.290
  • Those are melting away.
  • 00:32:29.290 --> 00:32:30.691
  • Jesus is healing you right now.
  • 00:32:30.691 --> 00:32:33.561
  • From something that is untreatable,
  • 00:32:33.561 --> 00:32:36.798
  • God is healing that.
  • 00:32:36.798 --> 00:32:38.199
  • Just begin to praise him and receive that.
  • 00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:40.868
  • - if someone, you've got a weak heart muscle
  • 00:32:42.003 --> 00:32:43.304
  • And you're not getting full compression
  • 00:32:43.304 --> 00:32:45.473
  • On your heart and as a result
  • 00:32:46.307 --> 00:32:48.342
  • You've got swelling in your,
  • 00:32:48.342 --> 00:32:50.812
  • Particularly in your feet, particularly in your right leg,
  • 00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.881
  • Your right foot.
  • 00:32:53.881 --> 00:32:55.383
  • And god is restoring your heart
  • 00:32:56.184 --> 00:32:57.618
  • And he's restoring your circulation.
  • 00:32:57.618 --> 00:32:59.520
  • And in jesus' name,
  • 00:32:59.520 --> 00:33:00.855
  • May everything with your vascular system
  • 00:33:00.855 --> 00:33:03.157
  • May everything with your heart muscle,
  • 00:33:03.157 --> 00:33:05.159
  • May everything with every single valve,
  • 00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:07.762
  • Every chamber in jesus' name,
  • 00:33:07.762 --> 00:33:10.264
  • Be healed and be made whole.
  • 00:33:10.264 --> 00:33:12.900
  • New energy is coursing through you right now.
  • 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:16.104
  • New vitality, new oxygen levels.
  • 00:33:16.104 --> 00:33:19.407
  • Go back and get checked
  • 00:33:19.407 --> 00:33:20.808
  • And give praise to god for what he's done for you.
  • 00:33:20.808 --> 00:33:24.779
  • - yeah, someone else.
  • 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.681
  • You have a problem with oxygen levels
  • 00:33:26.681 --> 00:33:28.182
  • And you actually get at the base of your fingernails,
  • 00:33:28.182 --> 00:33:31.185
  • Almost a grayish, bluish color.
  • 00:33:31.185 --> 00:33:34.422
  • God's healing that condition for you right now.
  • 00:33:35.656 --> 00:33:37.592
  • Just breathe deeply as your lungs completely open up
  • 00:33:37.592 --> 00:33:41.329
  • And your body is able to process all of that appropriately.
  • 00:33:41.329 --> 00:33:45.399
  • - there's someone,
  • 00:33:46.033 --> 00:33:47.535
  • You've had some kind of discharge out of your left ear.
  • 00:33:47.535 --> 00:33:50.671
  • I don't know if it's spinal fluid
  • 00:33:50.671 --> 00:33:54.142
  • Or just from an infection,
  • 00:33:54.142 --> 00:33:55.810
  • But you'll know it because i'm saying discharge
  • 00:33:55.810 --> 00:33:58.613
  • From your left ear.
  • 00:33:58.613 --> 00:33:59.747
  • God is healing that right now.
  • 00:33:59.747 --> 00:34:01.983
  • Whatever that condition is in jesus' name,
  • 00:34:01.983 --> 00:34:05.386
  • Be healed and be made whole.
  • 00:34:05.386 --> 00:34:07.088
  • - and someone else,
  • 00:34:07.088 --> 00:34:08.489
  • You have an issue with chronic styes in your eye.
  • 00:34:08.489 --> 00:34:11.159
  • I mean it just, you hardly get one healed
  • 00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:13.327
  • And another one is present.
  • 00:34:13.327 --> 00:34:15.229
  • That whole thing that's out of balance,
  • 00:34:15.229 --> 00:34:17.265
  • Out of order is being made right now in jesus' name.
  • 00:34:17.265 --> 00:34:21.202
  • - someone with recurring eye infections
  • 00:34:22.236 --> 00:34:24.372
  • And god is healing your eyes,
  • 00:34:24.372 --> 00:34:26.174
  • Cleansing you from all that bacteria,
  • 00:34:26.174 --> 00:34:28.476
  • Everything that's wrong with it in jesus' name
  • 00:34:28.476 --> 00:34:31.579
  • Be healed and be made whole.
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  • Lord god, we thank you.
  • 00:34:34.715 --> 00:34:36.083
  • We thank you for all that you're doing for us.
  • 00:34:36.083 --> 00:34:38.352
  • We receive everything
  • 00:34:38.352 --> 00:34:39.987
  • And every promise that you have in jesus' name.
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  • Amen.
  • 00:34:44.058 --> 00:34:45.393
  • If you've been healed, let us know.
  • 00:34:45.393 --> 00:34:47.395
  • Let us share in your good report.
  • 00:34:47.395 --> 00:34:49.030
  • Just give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:34:49.030 --> 00:34:52.099
  • And if you need prayer, let me remind you.
  • 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.435
  • "ask and it will be given.
  • 00:34:54.435 --> 00:34:56.070
  • Seek and you will find, knock and it will be open to you."
  • 00:34:56.070 --> 00:34:59.574
  • That's why we believe in prevailing prayer.
  • 00:34:59.574 --> 00:35:02.210
  • The prayer that doesn't give up until you get the answer.
  • 00:35:02.210 --> 00:35:06.347
  • So if you want someone to stand with you in prayer,
  • 00:35:06.347 --> 00:35:08.549
  • Call us 1-800-700-7000.
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  • Terry.
  • 00:35:11.786 --> 00:35:12.620
  • - well still ahead.
  • 00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:14.021
  • The grandson of hollywood royalty, jack cassidy,
  • 00:35:14.021 --> 00:35:16.991
  • Talks about his stint in the spotlight on "the voice."
  • 00:35:16.991 --> 00:35:20.928
  • Find out what happened when his dream
  • 00:35:20.928 --> 00:35:22.797
  • Of winning the contest was dashed.
  • 00:35:22.797 --> 00:35:25.533
  • And then also ahead,
  • 00:35:25.533 --> 00:35:27.068
  • A baby's life is in constant danger
  • 00:35:27.068 --> 00:35:29.670
  • And her mother has no way to afford the brain surgery
  • 00:35:29.670 --> 00:35:32.773
  • Her daughter needs to survive.
  • 00:35:32.773 --> 00:35:34.942
  • See how this mom turns to prayer
  • 00:35:34.942 --> 00:35:37.278
  • And watch the miracle that follows.
  • 00:35:37.278 --> 00:35:39.680
  • That's coming up.
  • 00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:41.616
  • (bright music)
  • 00:35:41.616 --> 00:35:48.456
  • - my head was just killing me.
  • 00:35:49.290 --> 00:35:51.459
  • I never experienced it to that magnitude.
  • 00:35:51.459 --> 00:35:54.161
  • Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
  • 00:35:54.161 --> 00:35:56.364
  • - the doctor who was on call, he said,
  • 00:35:56.364 --> 00:35:59.433
  • It looks like a brain bleed.
  • 00:35:59.433 --> 00:36:01.502
  • We began to plead the blood of jesus.
  • 00:36:01.502 --> 00:36:03.471
  • Holy spirit spoke to me when he said
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  • The bleeding has stopped.
  • 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.941
  • We were just all rejoicing
  • 00:36:06.941 --> 00:36:08.442
  • When we heard she's going to be fine.
  • 00:36:08.442 --> 00:36:10.845
  • - i'm grateful every single day.
  • 00:36:10.845 --> 00:36:13.214
  • 'cause if god brought me through that,
  • 00:36:13.214 --> 00:36:14.548
  • God can bring you through anything.
  • 00:36:14.548 --> 00:36:16.450
  • I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
  • 00:36:16.450 --> 00:36:19.253
  • - i got into a serious relationship,
  • 00:36:20.321 --> 00:36:23.090
  • But his family was like involved in santeria.
  • 00:36:23.090 --> 00:36:26.527
  • They would do like ouija boards
  • 00:36:26.527 --> 00:36:28.596
  • And like, i mean everything
  • 00:36:28.596 --> 00:36:29.864
  • That you can think of like occult,
  • 00:36:29.864 --> 00:36:31.232
  • Like they were in it.
  • 00:36:31.232 --> 00:36:32.600
  • And i feel like something just like,
  • 00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:35.536
  • Like sit on me like.
  • 00:36:35.536 --> 00:36:37.338
  • I was like shaking, crying.
  • 00:36:37.338 --> 00:36:39.006
  • I just called out to jesus.
  • 00:36:39.006 --> 00:36:42.310
  • From that moment i felt like god took it
  • 00:36:42.310 --> 00:36:46.514
  • And was like, i'm gonna heal you.
  • 00:36:46.514 --> 00:36:49.550
  • - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
  • 00:36:49.550 --> 00:36:52.153
  • It really frustrated me
  • 00:36:52.153 --> 00:36:53.654
  • Because my quality of life
  • 00:36:53.654 --> 00:36:57.191
  • Had drastically changed.
  • 00:36:57.191 --> 00:36:59.193
  • I could just say, just lord, i need your help.
  • 00:36:59.193 --> 00:37:01.862
  • - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
  • 00:37:01.862 --> 00:37:04.031
  • Take a complete breath
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  • And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
  • 00:37:05.566 --> 00:37:09.003
  • - i can feel that air going clear down
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  • To my stomach and back.
  • 00:37:12.873 --> 00:37:14.909
  • He will always be there,
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  • Walking this out for your benefit.
  • 00:37:16.844 --> 00:37:19.780
  • - when i was eight years old,
  • 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.349
  • I was molested by a boy that was only a year older than me.
  • 00:37:21.349 --> 00:37:23.918
  • I became very sexualized.
  • 00:37:23.918 --> 00:37:25.753
  • I started going all over the state
  • 00:37:26.721 --> 00:37:28.422
  • Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
  • 00:37:28.422 --> 00:37:32.193
  • Nothing was satisfying anymore.
  • 00:37:32.193 --> 00:37:34.695
  • And so i began to remember
  • 00:37:34.695 --> 00:37:36.597
  • All the fantasies i had as a child of feeling like a boy.
  • 00:37:36.597 --> 00:37:40.701
  • I began to transition.
  • 00:37:40.701 --> 00:37:42.069
  • I began to take the hormones,
  • 00:37:42.069 --> 00:37:44.004
  • And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
  • 00:37:44.004 --> 00:37:46.507
  • I was really excited about the results
  • 00:37:46.507 --> 00:37:48.008
  • And i liked how it looked physically.
  • 00:37:48.008 --> 00:37:50.244
  • I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
  • 00:37:50.244 --> 00:37:53.114
  • And that was devastating to me.
  • 00:37:53.114 --> 00:37:55.082
  • But after about a month of just crying out to the lord,
  • 00:37:55.082 --> 00:37:57.218
  • Night after night after night,
  • 00:37:57.218 --> 00:37:58.786
  • I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
  • 00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.789
  • Getting down on one knee.
  • 00:38:01.789 --> 00:38:03.224
  • He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
  • 00:38:03.224 --> 00:38:05.192
  • Do you trust me?
  • 00:38:05.192 --> 00:38:06.894
  • I took his hand, i walked away from my entire identity.
  • 00:38:06.894 --> 00:38:10.364
  • You are who god created you to be
  • 00:38:10.364 --> 00:38:12.032
  • And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
  • 00:38:12.032 --> 00:38:14.368
  • God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
  • 00:38:14.368 --> 00:38:18.739
  • - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
  • 00:38:20.107 --> 00:38:24.078
  • - i think cbn ends up touching many of the areas
  • 00:38:24.078 --> 00:38:26.814
  • Of the world that you as an individual cannot touch.
  • 00:38:26.814 --> 00:38:30.384
  • - it allows me to be a part
  • 00:38:30.384 --> 00:38:31.819
  • Of such an amazing body of christ.
  • 00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:35.222
  • - i mean this thrilled us, we love to give.
  • 00:38:35.222 --> 00:38:38.259
  • - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
  • 00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:40.761
  • To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
  • 00:38:40.761 --> 00:38:45.166
  • (bright music)
  • 00:38:45.166 --> 00:38:48.569
  • - for me as a musician and my identity,
  • 00:38:49.637 --> 00:38:51.639
  • That was like the ultimate validation.
  • 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.441
  • Just literally going out and like living the rock star life.
  • 00:38:53.441 --> 00:38:56.177
  • It was a darkness that started to wear on me.
  • 00:38:56.177 --> 00:38:58.646
  • I realized how fake it was,
  • 00:38:58.646 --> 00:39:00.281
  • So without talking to anybody,
  • 00:39:00.281 --> 00:39:01.882
  • I silently left hollywood with my dreams shattered
  • 00:39:01.882 --> 00:39:05.219
  • Because that was the epitome.
  • 00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:06.854
  • And i said, god, i need help.
  • 00:39:06.854 --> 00:39:09.323
  • And at that moment i knew
  • 00:39:09.323 --> 00:39:11.225
  • I needed to figure out who jesus is.
  • 00:39:11.225 --> 00:39:13.627
  • I found that acceptance i was looking for.
  • 00:39:13.627 --> 00:39:16.063
  • The only thing that can fill that hole is jesus christ.
  • 00:39:16.063 --> 00:39:19.633
  • - i wanted to be a boy one week,
  • 00:39:19.633 --> 00:39:20.868
  • I wanted to be a girl next week.
  • 00:39:20.868 --> 00:39:22.470
  • It was constantly like that.
  • 00:39:22.470 --> 00:39:23.671
  • Confusion always in my mind.
  • 00:39:23.671 --> 00:39:25.172
  • I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
  • 00:39:25.172 --> 00:39:28.542
  • - [reporter 1] at 16, tommy decided
  • 00:39:28.542 --> 00:39:30.110
  • It was time to give into those desires.
  • 00:39:30.110 --> 00:39:33.013
  • Now addicted to meth,
  • 00:39:33.013 --> 00:39:34.815
  • He dropped out of school
  • 00:39:34.815 --> 00:39:36.283
  • And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
  • 00:39:36.283 --> 00:39:39.520
  • - [tommy] i had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
  • 00:39:39.520 --> 00:39:41.522
  • - [reporter 1] despite his doubts,
  • 00:39:41.522 --> 00:39:42.723
  • Tommy started taking female hormones,
  • 00:39:42.723 --> 00:39:45.459
  • And making plans to have a sex change operation.
  • 00:39:45.459 --> 00:39:48.496
  • Tommy was doing drugs with his brother and sister,
  • 00:39:48.496 --> 00:39:51.799
  • When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
  • 00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:55.169
  • Terrified tommy left the house and went to his mom
  • 00:39:55.169 --> 00:39:58.439
  • Who had recently committed her life to christ.
  • 00:39:58.439 --> 00:40:01.041
  • - i had to cry out to god
  • 00:40:01.041 --> 00:40:02.209
  • Because i just knew in that moment
  • 00:40:02.209 --> 00:40:03.577
  • That he was the only one that was able to help me.
  • 00:40:03.577 --> 00:40:05.145
  • So i remember just telling him i'm sorry,
  • 00:40:05.145 --> 00:40:07.281
  • Of the lifestyle that i was living.
  • 00:40:07.281 --> 00:40:08.983
  • I just went into this deep place of repenting
  • 00:40:08.983 --> 00:40:12.019
  • And asking for forgiveness.
  • 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:13.754
  • If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
  • 00:40:13.754 --> 00:40:16.090
  • We all need a savior.
  • 00:40:16.090 --> 00:40:17.391
  • We all come from a place of brokenness.
  • 00:40:17.391 --> 00:40:19.560
  • - heavenlight is a little girl
  • 00:40:20.394 --> 00:40:22.463
  • With a glow about her that matches her name.
  • 00:40:22.463 --> 00:40:25.633
  • Her mother is devoted to her.
  • 00:40:25.633 --> 00:40:28.002
  • Yet not long ago,
  • 00:40:28.002 --> 00:40:29.703
  • Heavenlight was in constant danger every single day.
  • 00:40:29.703 --> 00:40:34.942
  • (bright music)
  • 00:40:35.509 --> 00:40:37.611
  • - [reporter 1] when heavenlight was two months old,
  • 00:40:37.611 --> 00:40:39.513
  • Her mother found a bump on her head.
  • 00:40:39.513 --> 00:40:41.582
  • As time went by, it grew bigger.
  • 00:40:41.582 --> 00:40:45.152
  • (speaking in foreign language)
  • 00:40:45.986 --> 00:40:47.521
  • - when she plays,
  • 00:40:47.521 --> 00:40:48.689
  • I make sure she does not hurt herself
  • 00:40:48.689 --> 00:40:51.625
  • Or bump her head.
  • 00:40:51.625 --> 00:40:53.193
  • She often touches her head and says, mommy, get this off.
  • 00:40:53.193 --> 00:40:57.565
  • I realized how dangerous it was,
  • 00:40:57.565 --> 00:41:00.534
  • And went all over to find out.
  • 00:41:00.534 --> 00:41:03.404
  • - the plates in her skull
  • 00:41:03.404 --> 00:41:04.638
  • Didn't fuse the way they should have.
  • 00:41:04.638 --> 00:41:06.540
  • So she's had fluid from her brain accumulate here
  • 00:41:06.540 --> 00:41:09.143
  • Just under the skin.
  • 00:41:09.143 --> 00:41:10.611
  • Left untreated over time,
  • 00:41:10.611 --> 00:41:12.813
  • Her brain would eventually start to grow through that hole
  • 00:41:12.813 --> 00:41:15.382
  • And she'd probably develop mental disabilities.
  • 00:41:15.382 --> 00:41:18.352
  • - when i learned heavenlight needed surgery,
  • 00:41:18.352 --> 00:41:21.088
  • I lost all hope because i couldn't afford it.
  • 00:41:21.088 --> 00:41:24.992
  • I worried for her future
  • 00:41:24.992 --> 00:41:26.860
  • Because daily activities are dangerous for her.
  • 00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:30.531
  • I prayed god would make a way for us
  • 00:41:30.531 --> 00:41:33.233
  • Because there was nothing i could do.
  • 00:41:33.233 --> 00:41:36.003
  • - heavenlight's, mother kept searching for help
  • 00:41:37.137 --> 00:41:39.673
  • And learned about arusha lutheran medical center,
  • 00:41:39.673 --> 00:41:42.109
  • A hospital supported by operation blessing.
  • 00:41:42.109 --> 00:41:45.112
  • We soon arranged and paid for heavenlight surgery.
  • 00:41:45.112 --> 00:41:50.718
  • - she recovered completely.
  • 00:41:51.518 --> 00:41:54.321
  • I am so relieved and at peace now.
  • 00:41:54.321 --> 00:41:57.992
  • Afterward she felt her head and said,
  • 00:41:57.992 --> 00:42:01.395
  • It is gone now and smiled.
  • 00:42:01.395 --> 00:42:04.331
  • She will be able to go to school safely.
  • 00:42:04.331 --> 00:42:07.301
  • She can interact and play like other children.
  • 00:42:07.301 --> 00:42:11.071
  • Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible.
  • 00:42:11.071 --> 00:42:15.242
  • You have changed our lives.
  • 00:42:15.242 --> 00:42:18.345
  • (bright music)
  • 00:42:18.345 --> 00:42:21.048
  • - and that thank you goes all the way to your home.
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  • If you're a member of "the 700 club"
  • 00:42:23.817 --> 00:42:26.220
  • Because you made it possible.
  • 00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:28.255
  • Because of your faithful giving,
  • 00:42:28.255 --> 00:42:30.090
  • We're able to have these centers around the world
  • 00:42:30.090 --> 00:42:32.459
  • Where operation blessing can help people in need.
  • 00:42:32.459 --> 00:42:35.963
  • We're able to distribute medical care,
  • 00:42:35.963 --> 00:42:38.265
  • We're able to distribute food,
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  • Disaster relief, clean water,
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  • All because you care enough to give.
  • 00:42:42.102 --> 00:42:44.705
  • If you're not a member, i invite you to join with us.
  • 00:42:44.705 --> 00:42:47.374
  • It's real simple.
  • 00:42:47.374 --> 00:42:48.676
  • All you have to do is call us 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:42:48.676 --> 00:42:51.712
  • Say i wanna become a member of "the 700 club."
  • 00:42:51.712 --> 00:42:54.581
  • How much is that?
  • 00:42:54.581 --> 00:42:55.516
  • Well, it's just $20 a month.
  • 00:42:55.516 --> 00:42:57.117
  • That breaks out to be 65 cents a day.
  • 00:42:57.117 --> 00:43:00.254
  • Some of you can give at higher levels.
  • 00:43:00.254 --> 00:43:02.156
  • We have 700 club gold for you
  • 00:43:02.156 --> 00:43:03.924
  • And we have 1000 club,
  • 00:43:03.924 --> 00:43:05.592
  • Which is $1000 a year.
  • 00:43:05.592 --> 00:43:08.062
  • That breaks out to $84 a month.
  • 00:43:08.062 --> 00:43:10.064
  • If you're already a 700 club member,
  • 00:43:10.064 --> 00:43:12.199
  • Consider increasing going to 700 club gold
  • 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.402
  • Or going to 1000 club.
  • 00:43:15.402 --> 00:43:17.204
  • When you call, make sure you ask for pledge express.
  • 00:43:17.204 --> 00:43:20.307
  • That's electronic monthly giving.
  • 00:43:20.307 --> 00:43:21.942
  • The bank is doing all the work
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  • And we send as our gift to you,
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  • Power for life monthly teaching cds.
  • 00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:28.816
  • You can ask for pledge express when you call,
  • 00:43:28.816 --> 00:43:30.984
  • Or you can give monthly on cbn.com there.
  • 00:43:30.984 --> 00:43:33.987
  • When you give monthly on the internet,
  • 00:43:33.987 --> 00:43:35.756
  • You automatically sign up for pledge express.
  • 00:43:35.756 --> 00:43:37.991
  • We also have a text to give option,
  • 00:43:37.991 --> 00:43:40.627
  • Where you can text the letter cbn to 71777,
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  • And you'll automatically sign up for pledge express.
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  • Either way, do it now.
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  • 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:43:49.269 --> 00:43:52.005
  • Terry.
  • 00:43:52.005 --> 00:43:53.307
  • - well coming up next a fall from "the voice"
  • 00:43:53.307 --> 00:43:55.976
  • That sent this singer into a cocaine fueled addiction,
  • 00:43:55.976 --> 00:43:59.613
  • Find out who he called for help
  • 00:43:59.613 --> 00:44:01.749
  • And what he learned about coming clean.
  • 00:44:01.749 --> 00:44:05.085
  • (bright music)
  • 00:44:05.085 --> 00:44:12.960
  • - [reporter 3] give to cbn the easy way with pledge express.
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  • Pledge express lets you give via your credit or debit card
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  • Or directly from your bank.
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  • It saves you time and money,
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  • And your gift is sent automatically each month.
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  • You can cancel or make changes to your gift at any time.
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  • It's safe, secure, and convenient.
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  • Plus, pledge express users
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  • Receive inspirational resources each month.
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  • To sign up, just call 1-800-700-7000,
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  • Or go to cbn.com and click give now.
  • 00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:43.223
  • - i started drinking alcohol under the pretense
  • 00:44:44.458 --> 00:44:46.927
  • Of i'm celebrating.
  • 00:44:46.927 --> 00:44:48.796
  • I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
  • 00:44:48.796 --> 00:44:52.166
  • I felt completely defeated and broken.
  • 00:44:52.166 --> 00:44:54.735
  • I was weak in my relationship with god
  • 00:44:55.769 --> 00:44:57.938
  • And i was just a weak human being.
  • 00:44:57.938 --> 00:45:00.641
  • And god got further and further away.
  • 00:45:00.641 --> 00:45:02.810
  • When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
  • 00:45:04.144 --> 00:45:06.847
  • There's guilt, there's shame,
  • 00:45:06.847 --> 00:45:08.682
  • But there's also a sort of a sense that,
  • 00:45:08.682 --> 00:45:11.351
  • It'll never happen for you again.
  • 00:45:11.351 --> 00:45:13.587
  • My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
  • 00:45:13.587 --> 00:45:15.956
  • She said, daddy, i want you to be happy.
  • 00:45:15.956 --> 00:45:18.525
  • I want you to know jesus.
  • 00:45:18.525 --> 00:45:20.727
  • God started to reveal himself to me again
  • 00:45:21.895 --> 00:45:24.998
  • And he started to meld away the ice that was my heart.
  • 00:45:24.998 --> 00:45:29.603
  • I'm trying to talk people into this life
  • 00:45:30.737 --> 00:45:34.007
  • That is second to none,
  • 00:45:34.007 --> 00:45:36.376
  • And this life's of feeling, christ's presence in your life.
  • 00:45:36.376 --> 00:45:40.547
  • (bright music)
  • 00:45:40.547 --> 00:45:43.217
  • - i just couldn't keep anything down.
  • 00:45:44.318 --> 00:45:46.520
  • The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath,
  • 00:45:46.520 --> 00:45:50.090
  • As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
  • 00:45:50.090 --> 00:45:52.392
  • My prayer was, lord,
  • 00:45:52.392 --> 00:45:53.827
  • Give me a diagnosis and give me a treatment plan,
  • 00:45:55.062 --> 00:45:57.297
  • And gimme a doctor who knows me
  • 00:45:57.297 --> 00:45:58.799
  • And understands what's going on.
  • 00:45:58.799 --> 00:46:00.500
  • And gordon said, if you wanna be healed right now,
  • 00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:03.971
  • He said, you just put your hand on that body part.
  • 00:46:03.971 --> 00:46:06.340
  • So i did.
  • 00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.641
  • I put my hand, i said, lord, i'm believing you
  • 00:46:07.641 --> 00:46:09.042
  • That you can heal me.
  • 00:46:09.042 --> 00:46:10.978
  • And at that moment gordon said.
  • 00:46:10.978 --> 00:46:13.480
  • - there's someone you're saying, please say crohn's disease.
  • 00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:16.617
  • - mm-hmm. - and so we're saying
  • 00:46:16.617 --> 00:46:17.851
  • Crohn's disease for you.
  • 00:46:17.851 --> 00:46:19.853
  • Let your body no longer fight against itself,
  • 00:46:19.853 --> 00:46:23.156
  • But be restored now in jesus' name.
  • 00:46:23.156 --> 00:46:27.361
  • - and i've had no issues since that time,
  • 00:46:27.361 --> 00:46:30.764
  • And i just give god the glory for that.
  • 00:46:30.764 --> 00:46:34.268
  • What i know is that jesus touched me
  • 00:46:34.268 --> 00:46:35.903
  • And that i've been healed.
  • 00:46:35.903 --> 00:46:37.571
  • (bright music)
  • 00:46:38.138 --> 00:46:43.043
  • - it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
  • 00:46:44.211 --> 00:46:46.813
  • - it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
  • 00:46:46.813 --> 00:46:49.583
  • - [patient] they kept saying septic, septic,
  • 00:46:49.583 --> 00:46:51.184
  • I think she's getting septic.
  • 00:46:51.184 --> 00:46:52.352
  • - they sent this lady in to prepare us
  • 00:46:52.352 --> 00:46:55.188
  • For a lifetime of dialysis.
  • 00:46:55.188 --> 00:46:57.457
  • And this medicine was going to destroy every dream
  • 00:46:57.457 --> 00:46:59.826
  • My girl could possibly have.
  • 00:46:59.826 --> 00:47:01.295
  • - thousands and thousands,
  • 00:47:01.295 --> 00:47:02.729
  • Literally around the world were praying for her.
  • 00:47:02.729 --> 00:47:05.265
  • - mom runs out into the hallway and she's like,
  • 00:47:05.265 --> 00:47:07.834
  • He just told me he canceled your surgery.
  • 00:47:07.834 --> 00:47:11.571
  • He was like, your kidney biopsy came back completely clean.
  • 00:47:11.571 --> 00:47:15.509
  • I stood up on my hospital bed with my iv bag,
  • 00:47:15.509 --> 00:47:18.045
  • Just, we were hugging and screaming.
  • 00:47:18.045 --> 00:47:19.880
  • It was like just the biggest celebration.
  • 00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:22.749
  • - i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
  • 00:47:22.749 --> 00:47:25.018
  • I think those prayers were answered.
  • 00:47:25.018 --> 00:47:27.020
  • - hi, yay.
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  • You did it.
  • 00:47:30.424 --> 00:47:31.258
  • I am beyond thankful
  • 00:47:31.258 --> 00:47:32.259
  • That i have been singing nonstop,
  • 00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:35.062
  • Prayers work, they work.
  • 00:47:35.062 --> 00:47:36.897
  • Ask people to pray for you
  • 00:47:36.897 --> 00:47:38.231
  • And like really believe,
  • 00:47:38.231 --> 00:47:39.766
  • Really believe that anything is possible.
  • 00:47:39.766 --> 00:47:42.970
  • - i was told for so many years by my dad
  • 00:47:44.104 --> 00:47:46.940
  • That i was worthless, that i was no good.
  • 00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:49.710
  • I did not like myself very much at all.
  • 00:47:49.710 --> 00:47:51.745
  • And i started asking god to help me.
  • 00:47:52.746 --> 00:47:56.450
  • I heard this voice say to me, can you forgive?
  • 00:47:56.450 --> 00:48:01.288
  • And then i said, i can forgive.
  • 00:48:01.288 --> 00:48:03.857
  • In that moment, i found everything i was looking for.
  • 00:48:05.158 --> 00:48:08.695
  • He will transform your life like you wouldn't believe.
  • 00:48:08.695 --> 00:48:14.835
  • - jack cassidy was 17 years old
  • 00:48:15.635 --> 00:48:18.171
  • When he was selected to be a contestant on "the voice."
  • 00:48:18.171 --> 00:48:21.708
  • He was in his element and convinced he could win it all.
  • 00:48:21.708 --> 00:48:25.912
  • So when jack was cut from the contest,
  • 00:48:25.912 --> 00:48:28.348
  • His dreams were dashed,
  • 00:48:28.348 --> 00:48:30.117
  • And his life was soon hanging in the balance.
  • 00:48:30.117 --> 00:48:33.820
  • - i did one line that night that was too much,
  • 00:48:34.988 --> 00:48:38.158
  • And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold
  • 00:48:38.158 --> 00:48:42.095
  • And my heart started uncontrollably pounding out my chest.
  • 00:48:42.095 --> 00:48:46.099
  • - [reporter 1] jack cassidy,
  • 00:48:46.933 --> 00:48:48.235
  • Is the grandson of actress shirley jones.
  • 00:48:48.235 --> 00:48:50.604
  • He grew up in a musical family with his dad, patrick,
  • 00:48:50.604 --> 00:48:53.540
  • And his uncles david and shaun cassidy.
  • 00:48:53.540 --> 00:48:57.110
  • - growing up in the cassidy's was interesting.
  • 00:48:57.110 --> 00:49:00.213
  • It was, you know, it's definitely,
  • 00:49:00.213 --> 00:49:02.049
  • Its own unique experience.
  • 00:49:02.049 --> 00:49:03.517
  • My parents tried to keep me very grounded
  • 00:49:03.517 --> 00:49:05.819
  • And really instill what was important,
  • 00:49:05.819 --> 00:49:08.188
  • Which is just normal family life and love.
  • 00:49:08.188 --> 00:49:10.891
  • And mom sent me to a church camp called forest home.
  • 00:49:10.891 --> 00:49:14.594
  • She thought me and our family needed christ,
  • 00:49:14.594 --> 00:49:17.931
  • 'cause we were going through some rough stuff
  • 00:49:17.931 --> 00:49:19.566
  • And she's like, hopefully my kids can find jesus.
  • 00:49:19.566 --> 00:49:22.235
  • - [reporter 1] that summer he encountered
  • 00:49:22.235 --> 00:49:24.104
  • The unconditional love of christ at camp
  • 00:49:24.104 --> 00:49:26.807
  • And gave his life to jesus.
  • 00:49:26.807 --> 00:49:29.376
  • - i just said yes.
  • 00:49:29.376 --> 00:49:30.811
  • But from there my prayer became a prayer for evidence.
  • 00:49:30.811 --> 00:49:33.847
  • And over the next few years
  • 00:49:33.847 --> 00:49:35.315
  • I just got flooded with those evidences.
  • 00:49:35.315 --> 00:49:37.717
  • Jesus showing up in very miraculous ways in my life
  • 00:49:37.717 --> 00:49:40.954
  • And giving me peace in the midst of chaotic circumstances.
  • 00:49:40.954 --> 00:49:45.392
  • And just definitely affirmed for me
  • 00:49:45.392 --> 00:49:46.860
  • That there was power in the name of jesus.
  • 00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:49.196
  • - [reporter 1] in high school, jack was a talented singer
  • 00:49:49.196 --> 00:49:51.865
  • And worship leader.
  • 00:49:51.865 --> 00:49:53.333
  • When he was 17, he was selected to be a contestant
  • 00:49:53.333 --> 00:49:56.203
  • On "the voice."
  • 00:49:56.203 --> 00:49:57.704
  • Jack was thrilled to have a platform to share jesus.
  • 00:49:57.704 --> 00:50:02.142
  • - i had never done anything in the music business before.
  • 00:50:02.142 --> 00:50:04.411
  • And you know, trying to succeed on that show
  • 00:50:04.411 --> 00:50:06.780
  • Or win that show was definitely the goal.
  • 00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:09.082
  • It was like, oh, i definitely belong here.
  • 00:50:09.082 --> 00:50:10.884
  • I was working with other artists
  • 00:50:10.884 --> 00:50:12.385
  • And working with the coaches
  • 00:50:12.385 --> 00:50:14.621
  • And it was like, this is where i fit in.
  • 00:50:14.621 --> 00:50:18.225
  • This is who god created me to be.
  • 00:50:18.225 --> 00:50:20.560
  • - [reporter 1] jack's time on "the voice,"
  • 00:50:20.560 --> 00:50:21.828
  • Took him to the top 12,
  • 00:50:21.828 --> 00:50:23.630
  • But his dreams of winning it all were dashed
  • 00:50:23.630 --> 00:50:25.932
  • When he was voted off.
  • 00:50:25.932 --> 00:50:27.667
  • - i let that show get the better of me
  • 00:50:27.667 --> 00:50:29.703
  • And i just got caught up in that world.
  • 00:50:29.703 --> 00:50:33.306
  • So when things returned to his state enormously,
  • 00:50:33.306 --> 00:50:36.543
  • It was a much bigger fall,
  • 00:50:37.310 --> 00:50:38.545
  • And i guess i was chasing that high again
  • 00:50:38.545 --> 00:50:41.848
  • And i was allowing myself to let my christian guard down
  • 00:50:41.848 --> 00:50:45.619
  • And went to a lot of parties
  • 00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:47.587
  • And interacted with a lot of worldly type things,
  • 00:50:47.587 --> 00:50:50.724
  • Which was temporarily soothing the depression
  • 00:50:50.724 --> 00:50:53.426
  • And the fall from that show
  • 00:50:53.426 --> 00:50:55.829
  • That i was experiencing.
  • 00:50:55.829 --> 00:50:57.364
  • - [reporter 1] at one of those parties,
  • 00:50:57.364 --> 00:50:58.965
  • Jack was introduced to cocaine.
  • 00:50:58.965 --> 00:51:01.268
  • - from the first time i tried cocaine,
  • 00:51:01.268 --> 00:51:03.336
  • I got pretty instantly hooked
  • 00:51:03.336 --> 00:51:06.473
  • And started to become every day, all day.
  • 00:51:06.473 --> 00:51:09.876
  • And it completely destroyed my life in every aspect.
  • 00:51:11.144 --> 00:51:15.715
  • It drained my bank account completely.
  • 00:51:16.816 --> 00:51:18.652
  • It made me start to steal
  • 00:51:18.652 --> 00:51:23.523
  • Just to get drugs.
  • 00:51:24.157 --> 00:51:25.492
  • - [reporter 1] for the next year and a half,
  • 00:51:25.492 --> 00:51:27.360
  • Jack isolated himself from friends and family,
  • 00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:30.330
  • As his drug addiction took over his life.
  • 00:51:30.330 --> 00:51:33.099
  • - found a new batch of drugs that was just a lot stronger.
  • 00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:36.503
  • And i did one line that night that was too much,
  • 00:51:36.503 --> 00:51:40.240
  • And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold.
  • 00:51:41.641 --> 00:51:44.978
  • And my heart started uncontrollably pounding out of my chest
  • 00:51:44.978 --> 00:51:48.315
  • And it felt like it was right on the verge
  • 00:51:48.315 --> 00:51:51.284
  • Of a heart attack and i felt like i couldn't really call
  • 00:51:51.284 --> 00:51:55.088
  • The ambulance or get any help.
  • 00:51:55.922 --> 00:51:58.625
  • - [reporter 1] alone to desperate,
  • 00:51:58.625 --> 00:51:59.926
  • Jack remembered the power of jesus name
  • 00:51:59.926 --> 00:52:02.028
  • He experienced earlier in life and cried out for help.
  • 00:52:02.028 --> 00:52:05.665
  • - even though i had buried god really deep in that season,
  • 00:52:05.665 --> 00:52:09.669
  • I hit my knees in the midst of that full blown chaos
  • 00:52:09.669 --> 00:52:14.007
  • And i just cried out to him
  • 00:52:14.007 --> 00:52:15.375
  • And asked him to let me live,
  • 00:52:15.375 --> 00:52:18.378
  • To save my life in a moment of total brokenness,
  • 00:52:18.378 --> 00:52:21.481
  • Total darkness,
  • 00:52:21.481 --> 00:52:22.782
  • Did not deserve to be saved i got myself here.
  • 00:52:22.782 --> 00:52:25.919
  • I felt the spirit come in that moment
  • 00:52:25.919 --> 00:52:27.721
  • And completely overpower the chaos
  • 00:52:27.721 --> 00:52:30.957
  • And the drugs that i'd put in my body
  • 00:52:30.957 --> 00:52:32.792
  • And the drugs were warring against me trying
  • 00:52:32.792 --> 00:52:34.894
  • To make my body shut down.
  • 00:52:34.894 --> 00:52:37.063
  • But god was literally breathing life into me.
  • 00:52:37.063 --> 00:52:40.267
  • His power in my spirit, in the midst of all that,
  • 00:52:40.267 --> 00:52:43.103
  • Is what was keeping me in a place of real peace
  • 00:52:43.103 --> 00:52:45.905
  • And calming my heart down
  • 00:52:46.673 --> 00:52:48.208
  • And keeping me literally alive.
  • 00:52:49.009 --> 00:52:51.645
  • - [reporter 1] jack realized how far he had fallen
  • 00:52:51.645 --> 00:52:54.414
  • From the calling he once had.
  • 00:52:54.414 --> 00:52:56.816
  • - after that experience, it really exposed what cocaine was.
  • 00:52:56.816 --> 00:53:01.655
  • It was not a friend, it was not a helper
  • 00:53:01.655 --> 00:53:03.923
  • To get me out of those places.
  • 00:53:03.923 --> 00:53:05.191
  • It was leading me to a place of death.
  • 00:53:05.191 --> 00:53:07.360
  • And when jesus showed up in such a radical way
  • 00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:09.496
  • In the midst of that,
  • 00:53:09.496 --> 00:53:10.830
  • It really made it really real and tangible
  • 00:53:10.830 --> 00:53:13.867
  • That he was the way to life.
  • 00:53:13.867 --> 00:53:16.336
  • Jesus showed that, no, i'm lord over that,
  • 00:53:16.336 --> 00:53:18.938
  • And i can be lord over all these things in your life.
  • 00:53:18.938 --> 00:53:21.541
  • So it really established this deep rooted trust in god.
  • 00:53:21.541 --> 00:53:26.079
  • - [reporter 1] jack has been free from drugs since 2018,
  • 00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:29.749
  • And shares his deep appreciation for god's love
  • 00:53:29.749 --> 00:53:32.986
  • In his music.
  • 00:53:32.986 --> 00:53:34.287
  • ♪ he says ♪
  • 00:53:34.854 --> 00:53:36.122
  • ♪ i'm learning to let go and let god ♪
  • 00:53:36.122 --> 00:53:39.659
  • ♪ show me how to be me ♪
  • 00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:41.695
  • ♪ i'm learning to let go and let god ♪
  • 00:53:41.695 --> 00:53:45.565
  • ♪ show me how to be free. ♪
  • 00:53:45.565 --> 00:53:47.167
  • - he is willing to meet us in whatever place that we're in.
  • 00:53:47.167 --> 00:53:50.637
  • And that varies for everyone.
  • 00:53:50.637 --> 00:53:52.605
  • For me, the darkest moments i walked through,
  • 00:53:52.605 --> 00:53:55.208
  • He wanted to meet me and redeem me in that place.
  • 00:53:55.208 --> 00:53:58.111
  • And he came with a spirit of kindness, a spirit of love
  • 00:53:58.111 --> 00:54:01.681
  • And a spirit of, i just want to help you,
  • 00:54:01.681 --> 00:54:05.285
  • And he's willing to do that
  • 00:54:06.086 --> 00:54:07.587
  • In whatever scenario people walk through.
  • 00:54:07.587 --> 00:54:09.789
  • ♪ oh, let go, oh, let go ♪
  • 00:54:10.590 --> 00:54:13.693
  • ♪ so i can be the real me ♪
  • 00:54:13.693 --> 00:54:17.997
  • - that's an odd thing, isn't it?
  • 00:54:18.798 --> 00:54:20.367
  • We almost have to unlearn
  • 00:54:20.367 --> 00:54:23.403
  • What's taught us from the time we're small,
  • 00:54:23.403 --> 00:54:25.605
  • Which is pick yourself up,
  • 00:54:25.605 --> 00:54:27.507
  • Dust yourself off, get moving, you've got this.
  • 00:54:27.507 --> 00:54:31.111
  • But when we come to these places in our lives as adults
  • 00:54:31.111 --> 00:54:35.682
  • Where the rubber meets the road and we are not enough,
  • 00:54:37.050 --> 00:54:41.888
  • Where do we go?
  • 00:54:41.888 --> 00:54:43.256
  • Where do we go?
  • 00:54:43.256 --> 00:54:44.424
  • You know, thankfully jack's family
  • 00:54:44.424 --> 00:54:47.060
  • Had invested some time
  • 00:54:47.060 --> 00:54:49.896
  • And sending him places
  • 00:54:49.896 --> 00:54:52.565
  • Where at an early time in his life he did find out
  • 00:54:52.565 --> 00:54:54.868
  • About the power of the name of jesus.
  • 00:54:54.868 --> 00:54:58.304
  • Because it really does change everything,
  • 00:54:58.304 --> 00:55:01.307
  • Really does change everything.
  • 00:55:01.307 --> 00:55:03.643
  • You know in us there is this thing
  • 00:55:03.643 --> 00:55:06.446
  • That has to continually be surrendered to the lord,
  • 00:55:06.446 --> 00:55:09.182
  • That says, i can do this.
  • 00:55:09.182 --> 00:55:10.550
  • You know, i can manage this.
  • 00:55:10.550 --> 00:55:13.186
  • And it's for some of us, sometimes it's a survival technique
  • 00:55:13.186 --> 00:55:17.524
  • That we wind up getting caught up in.
  • 00:55:17.524 --> 00:55:20.226
  • But for the most part,
  • 00:55:20.226 --> 00:55:22.162
  • Until you know how trustworthy jesus is,
  • 00:55:22.162 --> 00:55:26.065
  • Beyond that, that he has always had a plan and a purpose
  • 00:55:26.065 --> 00:55:30.303
  • For your life.
  • 00:55:30.303 --> 00:55:32.071
  • And it's your choice to tap into that.
  • 00:55:32.071 --> 00:55:35.074
  • You know, as difficult a journey as this was for jack,
  • 00:55:36.376 --> 00:55:39.546
  • Really, it was a gift from god to him,
  • 00:55:40.580 --> 00:55:42.916
  • To come to the place where he had to surrender
  • 00:55:42.916 --> 00:55:45.618
  • And let go of all that he knew,
  • 00:55:45.618 --> 00:55:48.087
  • How to manage and control in his life and say, jesus,
  • 00:55:48.087 --> 00:55:52.859
  • I'm crying out to you.
  • 00:55:52.859 --> 00:55:54.594
  • And he was right about what he said.
  • 00:55:55.595 --> 00:55:57.464
  • You know, he didn't deserve
  • 00:55:57.464 --> 00:55:58.965
  • To have jesus do a thing for him.
  • 00:55:58.965 --> 00:56:01.301
  • I mean, his life was a mess, he'd gotten himself into that.
  • 00:56:01.301 --> 00:56:06.005
  • He'd made choices that backfired
  • 00:56:06.005 --> 00:56:08.741
  • And that really were costing him his life at that point.
  • 00:56:08.741 --> 00:56:12.712
  • You know, you can't earn the love or the presence
  • 00:56:13.847 --> 00:56:18.918
  • Or the power of god.
  • 00:56:19.586 --> 00:56:21.054
  • There's nothing you can do to earn that,
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  • But you can call upon the name of the lord.
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  • You can call out to him in your misery,
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  • In your lostness,
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  • In your panic, in your sickness,
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  • And god will be present with you.
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  • It's who he is, it's not about who you are.
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  • It's not about what you've done.
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  • It's not about having some kind of a spiritual ability
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  • To tap into things.
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  • He wants the real you.
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  • He wants you just to call upon his name
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  • Because like jack,
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  • You know there's power in the name of jesus.
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  • I don't know what you're facing today.
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  • Could be many, many things,
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  • But the power in jesus' name never changes.
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  • Never changes.
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  • Well, you call on him today to come right
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  • Into the midst of whatever you're dealing with
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  • And to make a difference,
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  • To give you, first of all, salvation, you need it.
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  • We all do.
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  • We're sinners in need of a savior.
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  • Call upon the name of jesus.
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  • Just say, jesus, come into my heart, my life.
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  • Teach me your ways.
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  • Forgive my sins.
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  • Fill me with your holy spirit.
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  • He will come.
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  • We leave you today with these words from 1 peter 5:7.
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  • "give all your worries and cares to god,
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  • For he cares about you."
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  • Thanks for joining us today.
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  • If you need prayer, call our toll free number.
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  • There's always a friend there.
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  • God bless you.
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  • (bright music)
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