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The 700 Club

January 14, 2025

January 14, 2025 | S25:E10

January 14, 2025
The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.
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The 700 Club | January 14, 2025 | January 14, 2025
  • - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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  • - [narrator] today, eat clean, train mean.
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  • - the gym was my best friend.
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  • - [narrator] leads to problems unseen.
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  • - this is an obsession.
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  • - [narrator] one woman's push for perfection backfires.
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  • - it really took a toll on my health.
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  • - [narrator] what happened when her body broke down?
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  • - everything i had built my life on was gone.
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  • - [narrator] and why she's now stronger than before.
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  • - haley shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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  • - [narrator] coming up on the 700 club.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - welcome to the 700 club.
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  • When tara-leigh cobble began her bible reading podcast,
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  • She asked god for 300 people to join her.
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  • Well five years later,
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  • The bible recap has more than 300 million downloads.
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  • - cbn's charlene aaron spoke with tara
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  • About this amazing response to the word of god.
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  • - for years, tara-leigh cobble felt a shallow faith within
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  • And lacked interest in reading the bible.
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  • Then a pastor challenged her to read the bible
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  • Through from beginning to end,
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  • Promising to answer any question she had along the way.
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  • Taking his advice led to
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  • A transformation of her understanding of scripture
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  • And a love for god like never before.
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  • - i fell in love with god through this conduit of his words.
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  • So something that i always knew
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  • And admired and respected and knew was true,
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  • I then fell in love with.
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  • - [charlene] cobble admits that
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  • After reading the entire bible for the first time,
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  • She didn't like it.
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  • When her pastor encouraged her to give it another try,
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  • She came to a startling realization,
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  • Seeing god for who he is, not for what he could give her.
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  • - i was looking for the character in the person of god
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  • Instead of my to-do list, my takeaway, my action step,
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  • My application points.
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  • The bible isn't about me.
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  • It's for me, but it's not about me.
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  • It's about god, it's about who he is.
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  • - [charlene] that revelation led to her launching
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  • The bible recap in 2019.
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  • It offers a chronological read
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  • Through the bible in a year plan
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  • With a daily commentary podcast that cobble hosts.
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  • Since 2019, it has seen more than 300 million downloads
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  • And recently topped apple's podcast charts
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  • And some 800,000 new subscribers
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  • Signing on for her bible reading plan in youversion.
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  • - we are blown away that people want to
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  • Read and understand and love god's word.
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  • And that they're finding this resource
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  • To be helpful to them.
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  • And my prayer when i started was that
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  • 300 people would do it with me.
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  • - 300? - 300.
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  • I prayed for 300 people to do it with me.
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  • And when i woke up on the day we launched january 1st, 2019,
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  • I woke up at 10:00 am,
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  • I woke up to 300 emails from listeners.
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  • And i was like, oh boy, wow.
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  • I mean ephesians 3:20,
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  • Exceedingly more all you can ask or hope we imagine.
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  • I was like, all right lord, we're doing this.
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  • - [charlene] cobble believes the increased interest
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  • Points to a growing spiritual appetite
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  • Among people from all walks of life,
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  • Including listeners in some 200 countries.
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  • - it's just this word of mouth like
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  • And obviously the spirit of god is doing
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  • Something in those communities
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  • That people are finding joy in the word of god
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  • And they can't stop talking about it.
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  • - the mission of the bible recap is
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  • Equipping people to read, understand, and love the bible,
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  • Which includes ensuring people read scripture
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  • In the proper context.
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  • What are some scriptures, i'm curious,
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  • That you've discovered that people often misquote
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  • Or take out of context?
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  • - so jeremiah 29:11,
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  • For i know the plans i have for you, declares the lord.
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  • And declares the lord.
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  • And he has plans to prosper us,
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  • And plans for a future, plans not to harm us.
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  • The people that that scripture was written to and about
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  • When jeremiah was writing that,
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  • They were about to go into 70 years of exile.
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  • Some of those people would die in exile.
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  • So what you see when you look at that as something
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  • Way more beautiful than my life isn't gonna be hard.
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  • Way more beautiful that the god of the universe is with me
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  • Through every struggle and has a long term plan.
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  • And he is fulfilling his plan.
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  • He does the doing.
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  • And so when you're in exile and you're despairing,
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  • He's with you and he's working things out in the long term.
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  • - [charlene] cobble who tells cbn news,
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  • While she's not sure of the exact number of those
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  • Who complete the year-long bible plan,
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  • She offers this encouragement for those who might fall off.
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  • - so if you fall behind, it's a 365-day plan.
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  • When you do the bible recap,
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  • The book, the podcast, the youtube,
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  • None of it says january 1, january 2.
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  • It says day one, day two.
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  • And if there's four days between those, it doesn't matter,
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  • Pick it back up, you're right on time.
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  • Lean back in.
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  • God is ready and waiting for you
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  • And has beautiful things for you in that space.
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  • - [charlene] meanwhile, cobble also encourages believers
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  • To turn to the word for help
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  • Living in today's often controversial culture.
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  • - i think the more people lean into the word,
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  • One of the things that i found that it does is
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  • It humbles me.
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  • The fruit of the spirit.
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  • It's one fruit, singular, with nine attributes.
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  • Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  • Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control,
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  • Those are things that as i lean in
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  • And i look for his character,
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  • We become what we behold.
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  • And so i want those things in a divisive world,
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  • In uncertain times.
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  • I want those things to be
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  • Ever increasing fruit in me and in my life
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  • So that i am calm and peaceful and joyful
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  • In a very chaotic and unsettled world.
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  • - [charlene] charlene aaron, cbn news.
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  • - i love tara's honesty
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  • That she was challenged to read the bible.
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  • She did it and said, well, i didn't like it.
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  • 'cause she was looking for the wrong thing.
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  • And take that journey, the same journey
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  • You find in the song of psalms.
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  • The shulamite starts at saying, my beloved is mine.
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  • And then after all the challenges she goes through,
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  • She comes to the realization i am my beloveds
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  • And i surrender to him.
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  • We'll be back with more of the 700 club right after this.
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  • We teach our children to tithe.
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  • But at the end of the month it seemed
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  • That they would meet every single time.
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  • My stepfather is a farmer had three
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  • Or 400 acres of melons he grew
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  • And so i took a old toyota pickup truck that i had
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  • And a trailer and would pick up a hundred to 200 watermelons
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  • And i started pedaling them out.
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  • Food lion was our first corporate client.
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  • And my giving that year exceeded my adjusted gross income
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  • - we found that you just can't outgive god.
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  • - well, mountain climbing is an extreme sport
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  • And one of the world's most dangerous.
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  • Climbers challenge their bodies, risk their lives.
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  • And for the two men you're about to meet, it's a means
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  • Of drawing closer to god.
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  • Cbns brody carter brings us their story
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  • From yosemite national park.
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  • - people travel worldwide
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  • Just to witness the beauty here at yosemite national park,
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  • It's breathtaking, but for one local rock climber,
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  • This is more of his sanctuary.
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  • It's a place of healing and he's growing in his faith
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  • One careful step at a time.
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  • - you gotta try it
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  • 'cause when you're hundreds of feet off the ground
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  • And you're looking at this, it becomes addicting.
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  • - [brody] as seen as the top rock climbing area in america,
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  • Yosemite valley offers death defying routes
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  • With views that marvel.
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  • - the bible says that the earth cries out the glory of god.
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  • You know, even the stones cry out.
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  • - [brody] ken johnson is a certified mountaineer
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  • And rock climber.
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  • - so this climb is called bishop's terrace.
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  • - [brody] he comes here often to exercise
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  • Both his physical and spiritual muscles,
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  • Conquering new climbing routes for fun.
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  • - if you're going through a difficult time,
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  • First of all, get outside.
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  • The pulse of the earth is different than
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  • What you're gonna have on your tv or in your phone
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  • Or in the city or whatever.
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  • And it's healing. - the mountains, however,
  • 00:11:27.833 --> 00:11:30.135
  • Can be unforgiving.
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  • The day before we arrived, an accident claimed
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  • The life of another climber.
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  • Between 12 and 15 deaths happen here each year,
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  • Mainly due to slips and falls.
  • 00:11:39.578 --> 00:11:41.547
  • - safety is an illusion.
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  • I think it's really easy
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  • To make a mistake if you're not being careful
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  • And methodical as you're climbing.
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  • And so you just really have to check yourself
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  • And also check your partner. - longtime climbing partner,
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  • Eric hagan has climbed more than 30 years,
  • 00:11:55.027 --> 00:11:58.063
  • Learning his craft by kent's example.
  • 00:11:58.063 --> 00:12:01.099
  • And safety is paramount.
  • 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:03.702
  • - there's definitely a macho culture around these kind
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  • Of activities and i think you know,
  • 00:12:06.338 --> 00:12:10.175
  • People when they become really good at something,
  • 00:12:10.175 --> 00:12:12.344
  • Put a lot of faith in themselves.
  • 00:12:12.344 --> 00:12:14.046
  • - [brody] kent's journey to that kind of faith,
  • 00:12:14.046 --> 00:12:15.881
  • However, began with him at rock bottom,
  • 00:12:15.881 --> 00:12:19.918
  • And addiction became his first major mountain to overcome.
  • 00:12:21.353 --> 00:12:25.123
  • - in high school, i played soccer, i partied a lot
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  • And ended up getting in trouble.
  • 00:12:30.996 --> 00:12:32.664
  • Ended up going to university in indiana
  • 00:12:32.664 --> 00:12:36.602
  • And was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
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  • And i had various addictions at the time.
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  • At the time i was in deep rebellion in my life.
  • 00:12:42.674 --> 00:12:45.344
  • - [brody] kent's life choices landed him
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  • In a drug recovery center in montana.
  • 00:12:47.045 --> 00:12:49.481
  • During rehabilitation, he fell in love with nature,
  • 00:12:49.481 --> 00:12:52.517
  • Learned about clean living
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  • And how to take responsibility for his life.
  • 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.722
  • - for me, i had to figure out what the purpose
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  • Of my life was and i got to a point, it's a crossroads,
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  • And i realized, you know what?
  • 00:13:03.095 --> 00:13:04.596
  • I believe there's a god in the universe.
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  • I believe it's jesus christ.
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  • I'm not running anymore. - kent traded his addictions
  • 00:13:08.934 --> 00:13:12.037
  • For the thrill of the mountain,
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  • Which helped him climb in his faith
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  • And make mountaineering a career.
  • 00:13:15.507 --> 00:13:17.809
  • Shortly after he met the love of his life, fern,
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  • And started a family.
  • 00:13:20.512 --> 00:13:22.080
  • - i think going to wilderness treatment center in montana.
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  • It broke me out of my world
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  • And it showed me the stunning, incredible beauty
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  • Of creation and i couldn't deny it.
  • 00:13:33.525 --> 00:13:36.194
  • - [brody] over time, life led kent and eric
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  • Down separate paths.
  • 00:13:38.463 --> 00:13:39.798
  • While eric also started a family
  • 00:13:39.798 --> 00:13:41.700
  • And became a school principal, he secretly wrestled
  • 00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:44.536
  • With god over a deep childhood trauma.
  • 00:13:44.536 --> 00:13:47.306
  • - i could see god forgiving the person
  • 00:13:47.306 --> 00:13:49.041
  • That did this horrible thing for me as a child,
  • 00:13:49.041 --> 00:13:52.744
  • But i don't think i had accepted
  • 00:13:52.744 --> 00:13:54.112
  • That same forgiveness in my own life.
  • 00:13:54.112 --> 00:13:57.082
  • And that was a transformative peace.
  • 00:13:58.150 --> 00:14:00.552
  • - so lord, we just thank you for a beautiful day.
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  • Keep us safe.
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  • - [brody] this climb is kent and eric's 20 year reunion.
  • 00:14:05.257 --> 00:14:07.826
  • Despite life's long and sometimes challenging ascent,
  • 00:14:07.826 --> 00:14:11.229
  • They both relied on god to get them through it
  • 00:14:11.229 --> 00:14:14.132
  • And found the view from the top totally worth it.
  • 00:14:14.132 --> 00:14:17.035
  • - [kent] and so that's why i love climbing
  • 00:14:17.035 --> 00:14:19.538
  • Because it's like a small metaphor of life.
  • 00:14:19.538 --> 00:14:23.041
  • - when you go to a camp
  • 00:14:23.041 --> 00:14:26.011
  • Or you get out into nature, it takes you out
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  • Of your normal routine.
  • 00:14:28.046 --> 00:14:29.114
  • And that's where god works.
  • 00:14:29.114 --> 00:14:30.716
  • - having faith in christ is critical for me, for, you know,
  • 00:14:30.716 --> 00:14:35.053
  • Living a life of wisdom.
  • 00:14:35.053 --> 00:14:37.389
  • And you know,
  • 00:14:37.389 --> 00:14:39.424
  • Obviously i use the wilderness as inspiration
  • 00:14:39.424 --> 00:14:43.996
  • To continue on for when i go through those struggles.
  • 00:14:43.996 --> 00:14:46.698
  • And i also go to the word.
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  • - [brody] reporting in yosemite national park, california,
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  • Brody carter, cbn news.
  • 00:14:51.803 --> 00:14:54.239
  • - well it's amazing what being out in nature will do
  • 00:14:55.507 --> 00:14:58.110
  • For you because the heavens truly do declare
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  • The glory of the lord.
  • 00:15:00.812 --> 00:15:02.447
  • There's nothing like a mountaintop experience
  • 00:15:02.447 --> 00:15:05.317
  • To convince you, wow, there is a creator.
  • 00:15:05.317 --> 00:15:08.387
  • This is absolutely awesome.
  • 00:15:08.387 --> 00:15:11.189
  • All that said, you're never gonna see me climbing a rock.
  • 00:15:11.189 --> 00:15:14.526
  • I'm not built for that. - i'll watch from below
  • 00:15:15.660 --> 00:15:17.629
  • With you.
  • 00:15:17.629 --> 00:15:19.097
  • - i do like hiking,
  • 00:15:19.765 --> 00:15:21.800
  • But these days hiking me are kind of strangers.
  • 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:25.871
  • But it is always great to get out into it.
  • 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.208
  • And now i bring a camera along with me to record it.
  • 00:15:30.208 --> 00:15:33.111
  • - exactly. it's magnificent.
  • 00:15:33.111 --> 00:15:34.679
  • I mean you can't deny that,
  • 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.314
  • It's just the top of the mountains high.
  • 00:15:36.314 --> 00:15:41.053
  • - and the rocks are really hard,
  • 00:15:41.053 --> 00:15:43.455
  • And if you fall, you're gonna hurt.
  • 00:15:43.455 --> 00:15:46.124
  • - that is correct.
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  • Well, still ahead.
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  • Prenatal screening reveals some devastating news.
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  • Find out what saved the life of this child.
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  • That's later on today's 700 club.
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  • I never experienced it to that magnitude.
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  • Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
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  • - i just couldn't keep anything down.
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  • The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
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  • As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
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  • My prayer was, lord, give me a diagnosis
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  • And give me a treatment plan and gimme a doctor who knows me
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  • And understands what's going on.
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  • So i did. i put my hand.
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  • I said, lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me.
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  • And at that moment, gordon said--
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  • And i just give god the glory for that.
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  • What i know is that jesus touched me
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  • And that i've been healed.
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  • - total obsession.
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  • That's how hailey erickson described her relationship
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  • With food and exercise.
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  • Her life was so consumed
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  • With counting calories and working out.
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  • There was little time for anything else.
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  • Then one day she injured her leg
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  • And all that exercise had to stop.
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  • Robbed of her obsession,
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  • Haley wasn't sure if she wanted to go on living.
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  • - [reporter] haley erickson had long lived by the motto,
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  • Eat clean, train mean.
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  • But it eventually took over her life.
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  • - where it was truly mentally enslaving.
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  • - [reporter] haley had never been happy with her body
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  • Or her weight, something she picked up from her mom.
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  • - i saw my mom always dieting ad talking about
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  • What her body looked like and needing to change her body.
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  • And so i know as like a young girl, like really looking up
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  • To my mom, i really thought that like, well, i must need
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  • To look a certain way to also be loved
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  • And accepted by others.
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  • - [reporter] so in high school,
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  • She started eating healthy, dieting
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  • And exercising constantly.
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  • - although i tried to play it off as i'm just super healthy,
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  • Like i just love to exercise and i love to eat healthy.
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  • In my heart i knew this is not healthy.
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  • This is an obsession.
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  • My life was totally revolved around food and exercise
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  • And what my body looked like.
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  • Every time i looked at myself in the mirror,
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  • There was always something that needed to be better.
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  • Whether it was fixing my body
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  • Or something about my face, it was never good enough.
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  • - [reporter] although she was considered underweight,
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  • She was healthy for the most part.
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  • Then her sophomore year in college, haley overheard some
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  • Of her sorority sisters talking about going to the beach
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  • For spring break and needing to lose weight.
  • 00:22:34.933 --> 00:22:38.503
  • - that seed was planted of, oh yeah, i need
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  • To lose weight too, and i know subconsciously it was,
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  • I just wanted to fit in with these girls and be loved
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  • And accepted and i wasn't even going on the trip
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  • With them, but i just wanted to belong.
  • 00:22:49.047 --> 00:22:51.516
  • - [reporter] now she took her obsession
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  • Of nonstop weight training
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  • And counting calories to a new unhealthy level.
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  • This led to many physical and mental health issues.
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  • - i would say just,
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  • Just very like lonely and sad
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  • And just felt very isolated
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  • And truly like the gym was my best friend,
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  • Which is really sad to say
  • 00:23:13.972 --> 00:23:15.406
  • Because i didn't have those solid relationships,
  • 00:23:15.406 --> 00:23:19.143
  • But also physically it really took a toll on my health,
  • 00:23:19.143 --> 00:23:22.213
  • Although i kept pushing past the pain.
  • 00:23:22.213 --> 00:23:24.516
  • - [reporter] then during christmas break of her junior year,
  • 00:23:24.516 --> 00:23:27.118
  • Haley slipped on black ice and injured her leg.
  • 00:23:27.118 --> 00:23:30.421
  • It wasn't broken, but doctors told her she couldn't
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  • Exercise for weeks.
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  • The now 20-year-old became desperate.
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  • - and i begged god to please show me the purpose of my life
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  • Because everything i was living for was gone
  • 00:23:41.766 --> 00:23:44.636
  • And i didn't know why i was here, what the purpose
  • 00:23:44.636 --> 00:23:47.539
  • Of my life was,
  • 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:49.040
  • And i honestly wasn't sure if i wanted to live anymore.
  • 00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:52.176
  • Like that's how dark it was.
  • 00:23:52.176 --> 00:23:53.545
  • It was everything i had built my life on was gone.
  • 00:23:53.545 --> 00:23:56.247
  • - [reporter] weeks later, as soon as the pain subsided,
  • 00:23:57.615 --> 00:23:59.851
  • Haley was back in the gym.
  • 00:23:59.851 --> 00:24:01.953
  • This time she met then 85-year-old mary jane.
  • 00:24:01.953 --> 00:24:06.057
  • The two hit it off and mary jane invited haley to her home
  • 00:24:06.057 --> 00:24:09.427
  • The next day.
  • 00:24:09.427 --> 00:24:10.361
  • When the conversation turned to families,
  • 00:24:11.529 --> 00:24:13.464
  • Haley shared a picture of hers
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  • Explaining she grew up in a christian home.
  • 00:24:15.466 --> 00:24:18.169
  • She didn't know her new friend was also a follower of jesus.
  • 00:24:18.169 --> 00:24:22.707
  • - i asked her, are you a christian?
  • 00:24:22.707 --> 00:24:25.076
  • And then she cried and i knew that something was missing
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  • And i thought, this is why she's here.
  • 00:24:29.047 --> 00:24:31.549
  • - [reporter] till then, hailey considered herself
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  • To be a christian.
  • 00:24:33.785 --> 00:24:35.753
  • - and right then and there,
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  • I heard the holy spirit's very clear conviction,
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  • Almost as if it was an audible voice like the lord
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  • Just say you poser.
  • 00:24:43.828 --> 00:24:45.630
  • Because here i was claiming to being a follower of christ
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  • Because i had gone to church when i was younger.
  • 00:24:49.867 --> 00:24:52.670
  • Occasionally, i went to christian camp in my youth years
  • 00:24:52.670 --> 00:24:56.507
  • And i thought that's what made me a christian,
  • 00:24:56.507 --> 00:24:58.876
  • But i definitely did not know jesus.
  • 00:24:58.876 --> 00:25:01.379
  • - [reporter] mary jane explained god's plan
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  • Of salvation through christ.
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  • - john 3:16.
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  • For god so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son
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  • That if you believe in him, you'll not perish
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  • But have everlasting life.
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  • And i put her name in it.
  • 00:25:15.827 --> 00:25:17.395
  • - for god so loved haley, that he gave his one
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  • And only son that if haley believes in him,
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  • Haley shall not perish, but have eternal life.
  • 00:25:23.101 --> 00:25:25.837
  • - [reporter] haley accepted christ into her life that day
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  • And began to grow in her faith.
  • 00:25:28.506 --> 00:25:30.842
  • However, she would continue to obsess over her body image
  • 00:25:30.842 --> 00:25:34.145
  • For another three years.
  • 00:25:34.145 --> 00:25:35.847
  • Then at 24 years old,
  • 00:25:36.547 --> 00:25:38.616
  • She completely surrendered it to jesus.
  • 00:25:38.616 --> 00:25:42.220
  • - lord, like i don't want anything to do with this anymore.
  • 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.689
  • Like i just asked for your healing
  • 00:25:44.689 --> 00:25:46.290
  • And that you would show me what it looks like
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  • To eat in a way that is glorifying to you.
  • 00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:51.729
  • Finally surrendering the food, controlling food
  • 00:25:52.897 --> 00:25:56.534
  • And exercise,
  • 00:25:56.534 --> 00:25:57.769
  • And really just letting god walk me
  • 00:25:57.769 --> 00:25:59.203
  • Through this healing journey.
  • 00:25:59.203 --> 00:26:00.705
  • The lord led me to really clinging to truth instead of
  • 00:26:00.705 --> 00:26:04.609
  • What i thought was my identity and what made me worthy.
  • 00:26:04.609 --> 00:26:08.012
  • - [reporter] now, a nutrition coach, personal trainer,
  • 00:26:08.012 --> 00:26:10.682
  • And public speaker, haley still likes to stay fit,
  • 00:26:10.682 --> 00:26:14.218
  • But she says she now sees herself through god's eyes.
  • 00:26:14.218 --> 00:26:18.589
  • - the lord really helped me renew my mind with seeing
  • 00:26:18.589 --> 00:26:21.359
  • Who he says i am instead of what this world
  • 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:24.562
  • Or what i thought made me worthy
  • 00:26:24.562 --> 00:26:26.731
  • And just seeing the truth of my identity in christ.
  • 00:26:26.731 --> 00:26:30.435
  • - what an honest, vulnerable story, isn't it?
  • 00:26:31.669 --> 00:26:35.106
  • You know, two things just strike me immediately after seeing
  • 00:26:35.106 --> 00:26:39.310
  • And hearing what haley had to say,
  • 00:26:39.310 --> 00:26:41.646
  • And one was how easy it is for us
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  • To say we're christian without living the life
  • 00:26:44.582 --> 00:26:48.319
  • That god intended us to live, to have, to be.
  • 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:52.523
  • You know, it's not about doing things,
  • 00:26:52.523 --> 00:26:54.992
  • It's not even about going to church, you know, really,
  • 00:26:54.992 --> 00:26:59.097
  • It's about relationship.
  • 00:26:59.097 --> 00:27:00.665
  • And if you don't know jesus,
  • 00:27:00.665 --> 00:27:02.500
  • What does she mean when she says that?
  • 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:04.235
  • She means, you know the word christian
  • 00:27:04.235 --> 00:27:06.637
  • Has the name christ in it,
  • 00:27:06.637 --> 00:27:07.972
  • But if you're not in relationship with him,
  • 00:27:07.972 --> 00:27:10.007
  • If you're not talking with him aware
  • 00:27:10.007 --> 00:27:12.110
  • Of his presence every day,
  • 00:27:12.110 --> 00:27:13.611
  • If you're not understanding the price he paid for you
  • 00:27:13.611 --> 00:27:16.681
  • Because of his great love for you, you're not a christian.
  • 00:27:16.681 --> 00:27:20.918
  • You know, we need to understand
  • 00:27:20.918 --> 00:27:22.920
  • That a christian is a disciple, a follower of jesus.
  • 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:26.524
  • We're following after him
  • 00:27:26.524 --> 00:27:28.493
  • To receive the forgiveness he's offered us
  • 00:27:28.493 --> 00:27:30.962
  • And to let him change our lives
  • 00:27:30.962 --> 00:27:32.497
  • And to let him give us exactly what she was looking for.
  • 00:27:32.497 --> 00:27:36.667
  • What's my purpose? why am i here?
  • 00:27:36.667 --> 00:27:39.103
  • You know, we all have
  • 00:27:39.103 --> 00:27:40.571
  • That question at some point in our lives i think.
  • 00:27:40.571 --> 00:27:43.708
  • The other thing i see in haley's life is
  • 00:27:44.842 --> 00:27:47.345
  • How easy it is for us.
  • 00:27:47.345 --> 00:27:49.680
  • Even when we are following
  • 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.215
  • After jesus to get caught up in something
  • 00:27:51.215 --> 00:27:53.851
  • That can become an idol in our lives.
  • 00:27:53.851 --> 00:27:56.788
  • You know, that's what happened to her with food,
  • 00:27:56.788 --> 00:27:58.923
  • With calories, with her working out,
  • 00:27:58.923 --> 00:28:01.659
  • The idol became perfection.
  • 00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:04.228
  • The idol became having a body that was admired by others,
  • 00:28:04.228 --> 00:28:08.199
  • So she would be acceptable.
  • 00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:10.668
  • You know, we don't have to do things
  • 00:28:10.668 --> 00:28:13.638
  • Or prove things to acquire friendship
  • 00:28:13.638 --> 00:28:16.607
  • Or relationship with other people either.
  • 00:28:16.607 --> 00:28:19.777
  • You know, that happens because we care,
  • 00:28:19.777 --> 00:28:22.013
  • Because we open our hearts,
  • 00:28:22.013 --> 00:28:23.514
  • Because we share just the same way
  • 00:28:23.514 --> 00:28:26.584
  • That we have a relationship with jesus christ.
  • 00:28:26.584 --> 00:28:29.587
  • I don't know whether there's an idol in your life or not.
  • 00:28:29.587 --> 00:28:32.190
  • You know, it can be many things.
  • 00:28:32.190 --> 00:28:34.258
  • I have a friend who is a young person who has an idol
  • 00:28:34.258 --> 00:28:38.563
  • With being successful with how much money he makes a year,
  • 00:28:38.563 --> 00:28:42.934
  • With how many jobs he has, how people perceive him.
  • 00:28:42.934 --> 00:28:47.972
  • You know, you get bound up in that
  • 00:28:48.973 --> 00:28:50.241
  • And pretty soon it defines who you are
  • 00:28:50.241 --> 00:28:52.977
  • And you're not who god created you to be anymore.
  • 00:28:52.977 --> 00:28:55.546
  • There's no freedom in it.
  • 00:28:55.546 --> 00:28:56.681
  • You're actually stuck in it.
  • 00:28:56.681 --> 00:28:58.216
  • That's what happened to haley.
  • 00:28:58.216 --> 00:28:59.984
  • She got stuck in the definition of her own success.
  • 00:28:59.984 --> 00:29:04.055
  • Idols can be many, many things,
  • 00:29:04.055 --> 00:29:06.891
  • But the bible says
  • 00:29:06.891 --> 00:29:08.192
  • That god will not have an idol in place of him.
  • 00:29:08.192 --> 00:29:11.863
  • He's jealous for your love in a good way.
  • 00:29:11.863 --> 00:29:15.499
  • He wants all of you, all of me,
  • 00:29:15.499 --> 00:29:18.369
  • Because he wants to be all to us.
  • 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:21.906
  • If you've never invited jesus christ into the core
  • 00:29:21.906 --> 00:29:25.109
  • Of your life, the core of your life, saying what it took,
  • 00:29:25.109 --> 00:29:29.113
  • It took her three years to really get to the place.
  • 00:29:29.113 --> 00:29:32.283
  • Even after hearing truth of saying, okay, god,
  • 00:29:32.283 --> 00:29:35.086
  • I'm waving the white flag, i surrender.
  • 00:29:35.086 --> 00:29:37.722
  • I'm giving it all to you.
  • 00:29:37.722 --> 00:29:39.924
  • That's not an easy thing to do
  • 00:29:39.924 --> 00:29:42.360
  • Because you can't see the future.
  • 00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:45.062
  • God reveals his plans one day at a time,
  • 00:29:45.062 --> 00:29:48.099
  • One purpose at a time,
  • 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.433
  • But when you walk with him, it's all good.
  • 00:29:49.433 --> 00:29:52.737
  • It's all as it was meant to be
  • 00:29:52.737 --> 00:29:54.338
  • And in your heart is that peace
  • 00:29:54.338 --> 00:29:57.074
  • That passes all understanding.
  • 00:29:57.074 --> 00:30:00.077
  • If you've never experienced that,
  • 00:30:01.078 --> 00:30:02.647
  • Let's pray together right now.
  • 00:30:02.647 --> 00:30:04.649
  • Would you be willing
  • 00:30:04.649 --> 00:30:06.050
  • To identify whatever the idol in your life might be?
  • 00:30:06.050 --> 00:30:09.553
  • Think about it for a moment.
  • 00:30:09.553 --> 00:30:11.555
  • Before we know jesus, we have them.
  • 00:30:11.555 --> 00:30:14.525
  • He wants to help you be free from that.
  • 00:30:14.525 --> 00:30:17.395
  • Let's pray together.
  • 00:30:17.395 --> 00:30:19.330
  • Jesus, you said you came
  • 00:30:19.330 --> 00:30:22.333
  • To set the captives free, sometimes, lord,
  • 00:30:22.333 --> 00:30:26.737
  • We are captive to things of our own making,
  • 00:30:26.737 --> 00:30:29.573
  • Our own doing, our own determination.
  • 00:30:29.573 --> 00:30:33.444
  • We wanna be free, more than we wanna be free,
  • 00:30:33.444 --> 00:30:36.681
  • We wanna know you, in you, there is freedom,
  • 00:30:36.681 --> 00:30:40.551
  • In you, there's light, in you, the darkness must flee
  • 00:30:40.551 --> 00:30:44.889
  • And so today we are coming to you saying, jesus, be the lord
  • 00:30:44.889 --> 00:30:49.660
  • Of my life.
  • 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.895
  • Be the savior of my soul.
  • 00:30:50.895 --> 00:30:53.864
  • Would you forgive my sins?
  • 00:30:53.864 --> 00:30:55.633
  • Would you eliminate the idols in my life?
  • 00:30:55.633 --> 00:30:59.403
  • Help illuminate them first so i can see them
  • 00:30:59.403 --> 00:31:02.306
  • And identify them and then i give them to you.
  • 00:31:02.306 --> 00:31:04.942
  • I'm just surrendering them to you right now.
  • 00:31:04.942 --> 00:31:07.878
  • Would you take them away?
  • 00:31:07.878 --> 00:31:09.914
  • Would you give me the freedom you created me to have
  • 00:31:09.914 --> 00:31:13.284
  • And oh god, would you become the center of my life?
  • 00:31:13.284 --> 00:31:17.288
  • I wanna know you.
  • 00:31:17.922 --> 00:31:19.357
  • I wanna understand what you created me for.
  • 00:31:19.357 --> 00:31:21.826
  • I wanna walk in your paths, know your ways,
  • 00:31:21.826 --> 00:31:24.562
  • Think your thoughts as i open your word
  • 00:31:24.562 --> 00:31:27.999
  • And read the bible with a new and a refreshed mind.
  • 00:31:27.999 --> 00:31:31.369
  • Would you open up truth to me?
  • 00:31:31.369 --> 00:31:33.704
  • Would you speak to me?
  • 00:31:33.704 --> 00:31:35.706
  • I'm asking all of this in jesus' mighty name.
  • 00:31:35.706 --> 00:31:39.944
  • Amen.
  • 00:31:40.378 --> 00:31:41.278
  • Listen, your life has forever changed
  • 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:44.849
  • If you've prayed that prayer, i wanna help you grow.
  • 00:31:44.849 --> 00:31:48.119
  • What do you do?
  • 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.020
  • You've prayed the prayer.
  • 00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:49.987
  • How do you follow after jesus?
  • 00:31:49.987 --> 00:31:51.822
  • We put this together just for you.
  • 00:31:51.822 --> 00:31:53.858
  • It's full of wonderful information on what does it mean
  • 00:31:53.858 --> 00:31:56.694
  • To be a disciple of jesus, to walk his paths with him.
  • 00:31:56.694 --> 00:32:00.731
  • This is yours for free, so is the phone call
  • 00:32:00.731 --> 00:32:03.267
  • To get it, 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:32:03.267 --> 00:32:05.770
  • Just call and say, i prayed that prayer
  • 00:32:05.770 --> 00:32:08.039
  • And i'd like the new day packet.
  • 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.540
  • We will send this out to you right away.
  • 00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:12.643
  • Just wanna tell you that god's got a great plan
  • 00:32:12.643 --> 00:32:15.546
  • For your life and freedom for everything that's ever tried
  • 00:32:15.546 --> 00:32:19.250
  • To stand in your path.
  • 00:32:19.250 --> 00:32:20.985
  • Ask him today.
  • 00:32:20.985 --> 00:32:22.953
  • Gordon?
  • 00:32:22.953 --> 00:32:24.188
  • - still to come.
  • 00:32:24.188 --> 00:32:25.456
  • A mother hears the voice of her unborn daughter.
  • 00:32:25.456 --> 00:32:29.160
  • Find out what her baby said
  • 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.995
  • And see how it led to her miracle birth and then terry
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  • And i will be praying for you.
  • 00:32:34.865 --> 00:32:36.534
  • That's all ahead on today's 700 club.
  • 00:32:36.534 --> 00:32:40.237
  • (bright music)
  • 00:32:40.237 --> 00:32:44.175
  • - [interviewer] you considered yourself
  • 00:32:45.309 --> 00:32:46.844
  • An atheist. - yeah.
  • 00:32:46.844 --> 00:32:48.245
  • - what did you specifically
  • 00:32:48.245 --> 00:32:49.580
  • Have against christianity?
  • 00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:51.248
  • - my dad was a former music minister.
  • 00:32:51.248 --> 00:32:53.918
  • You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
  • 00:32:53.918 --> 00:32:57.021
  • - [interviewer] in 2015, walker lost his record deal
  • 00:32:57.021 --> 00:32:59.957
  • And had their family van repossessed by the label.
  • 00:32:59.957 --> 00:33:03.327
  • That's when craig decided
  • 00:33:03.327 --> 00:33:04.795
  • To give their family van to walker.
  • 00:33:04.795 --> 00:33:07.798
  • - their unconditional love.
  • 00:33:07.798 --> 00:33:09.400
  • It was so different from what we were used to.
  • 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:13.637
  • I went and got a bible and just started reading
  • 00:33:13.637 --> 00:33:16.073
  • And reading and reading.
  • 00:33:16.073 --> 00:33:17.341
  • - it was amazing to watch the transformation
  • 00:33:17.341 --> 00:33:20.778
  • And just the power of the holy spirit.
  • 00:33:20.778 --> 00:33:24.381
  • - [interviewer] walker had given his life to christ
  • 00:33:24.381 --> 00:33:26.484
  • And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
  • 00:33:26.484 --> 00:33:29.320
  • I said, i believe.
  • 00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:31.021
  • - are you telling me that you believe
  • 00:33:31.021 --> 00:33:32.723
  • That jesus is the son of god
  • 00:33:32.723 --> 00:33:35.426
  • And that you wanna live your life for him?
  • 00:33:35.426 --> 00:33:39.230
  • He said, that's exactly what i'm saying.
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  • - giving to the 700 club is giving to the world.
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  • 700 club are my feet.
  • 00:33:49.773 --> 00:33:51.442
  • They're walking it there.
  • 00:33:51.442 --> 00:33:52.843
  • All i'm doing is helping write the check.
  • 00:33:52.843 --> 00:33:55.346
  • - it's just like planting a seed in the ground
  • 00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:58.883
  • And the water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
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  • - you can trust cbn, they're going to take your money
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  • And invest it wisely.
  • 00:34:06.056 --> 00:34:07.725
  • You are saving souls through your giving.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - i am regent's first rotc graduate student.
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  • (bright music)
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  • - it is all the revolution against christianity.
  • 00:35:17.928 --> 00:35:21.065
  • - once you have the foundation, man determines truth.
  • 00:35:21.065 --> 00:35:23.367
  • Anything goes.
  • 00:35:23.367 --> 00:35:25.336
  • - show me the downside of loving god and loving each other.
  • 00:35:25.336 --> 00:35:30.407
  • - i wanted to take a step back.
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  • - when sarah got the results of her prenatal screening,
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  • She knew exactly what it meant.
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  • Her child wasn't going to make it.
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  • Devastated, sarah cried out to god for help
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  • And that's when she heard the audible voice
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  • Of her unborn baby.
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  • - we did all those tests with the previous two,
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  • So we felt like our odds of that ever happening to us were,
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  • I mean pretty much non-existent.
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  • - [reporter] will and sarah mortison
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  • Had been looking forward
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  • To this day in november, 2017,
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  • Sarah, 38 years old
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  • And 10 weeks pregnant was getting the results
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  • Of her prenatal screening.
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  • Having had two healthy children,
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  • The couple expected a good report.
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  • They'd also find out if their new addition
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  • Was a boy or a girl.
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  • - i just was waiting at the phone to get that call
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  • And sure enough got the call
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  • And my doctor said, you know right away, sarah,
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  • I need to let you know that your baby tested
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  • Positive for trisomy 18
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  • And right away i knew what that meant.
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  • That was it.
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  • Basically, my child wasn't gonna make it.
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  • - [reporter] also known as edwards syndrome,
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  • Trisomy 18 is a birth disorder in which babies
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  • Carry an extra chromosome 18.
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  • Of those who do live full term,
  • 00:47:19.282 --> 00:47:21.952
  • 90 to 95% don't survive the first year.
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  • - like, oh my gosh, i'm gonna lose a child.
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  • How will i ever be the same?
  • 00:47:32.896 --> 00:47:34.397
  • How will i be able to tell my other children
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  • And how will this affect us?
  • 00:47:39.369 --> 00:47:40.704
  • - [reporter] before hanging up,
  • 00:47:40.704 --> 00:47:42.272
  • There was still one thing sarah needed to know.
  • 00:47:42.272 --> 00:47:45.342
  • - i said, wait a minute, what did it say
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  • That will and i are having?
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  • Are we having a boy or girl?
  • 00:47:49.879 --> 00:47:50.847
  • And she said, a girl, sarah.
  • 00:47:50.847 --> 00:47:52.716
  • - [reporter] later that day,
  • 00:47:52.716 --> 00:47:53.984
  • The couple met with sarah's doctor.
  • 00:47:53.984 --> 00:47:56.853
  • - it was a shock, that's all i remember
  • 00:47:56.853 --> 00:47:59.289
  • That moment like learning that information,
  • 00:47:59.289 --> 00:48:03.059
  • Learning what it was,
  • 00:48:03.059 --> 00:48:04.627
  • And preparing ourselves mentally for
  • 00:48:04.627 --> 00:48:06.496
  • What could lie ahead.
  • 00:48:06.496 --> 00:48:07.797
  • It was just a blur and just a shock.
  • 00:48:08.865 --> 00:48:10.300
  • - [reporter] will and sarah were already familiar
  • 00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:12.569
  • With edwards syndrome.
  • 00:48:12.569 --> 00:48:14.437
  • Each had friends whose babies had the disorder.
  • 00:48:14.437 --> 00:48:17.907
  • One died in the womb, the other had numerous challenges.
  • 00:48:17.907 --> 00:48:22.445
  • - so i think my biggest fear was that like, you know,
  • 00:48:23.713 --> 00:48:27.684
  • We're gonna be that family that has to live with this
  • 00:48:27.684 --> 00:48:31.221
  • Situation where we've got two healthy kids we're trying
  • 00:48:32.622 --> 00:48:34.891
  • To raise, but this third child that's requiring every ounce
  • 00:48:34.891 --> 00:48:38.728
  • Of our time and energy just to keep, you know,
  • 00:48:38.728 --> 00:48:41.865
  • Keep them alive and what's that gonna do
  • 00:48:41.865 --> 00:48:43.633
  • To our other children.
  • 00:48:43.633 --> 00:48:45.435
  • - [reporter] at the doctor's advice, they scheduled sarah
  • 00:48:45.435 --> 00:48:48.104
  • For an amniocentesis to verify the diagnosis
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  • And help them make an informed decision about whether
  • 00:48:52.108 --> 00:48:55.011
  • To terminate the pregnancy.
  • 00:48:55.011 --> 00:48:56.646
  • While abortion wasn't an option,
  • 00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:59.949
  • The couple wasn't sure they had the faith to turn it over
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  • To god and trust him for the outcome.
  • 00:49:03.319 --> 00:49:07.057
  • At home the next day, sarah poured her heart out to god.
  • 00:49:07.057 --> 00:49:12.128
  • - i'm just crying out to him saying, i need a word lord,
  • 00:49:13.530 --> 00:49:15.465
  • As to what me and will are supposed to do.
  • 00:49:15.465 --> 00:49:18.468
  • - [reporter] sarah says at that moment, god spoke to her
  • 00:49:18.468 --> 00:49:22.305
  • Through the voice of her unborn daughter.
  • 00:49:22.305 --> 00:49:25.175
  • - and then right then it was like so clear
  • 00:49:25.175 --> 00:49:28.244
  • Feeling her voice say like, mommy, tell them
  • 00:49:28.244 --> 00:49:32.282
  • To leave me alone, i'm just fine.
  • 00:49:32.282 --> 00:49:34.951
  • - [reporter] later when will came home from work.
  • 00:49:34.951 --> 00:49:38.321
  • - she was so excited when i got home,
  • 00:49:39.322 --> 00:49:41.157
  • It was the first thing she said to me
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  • That we're gonna have like we're not doing the amniocentesis
  • 00:49:42.692 --> 00:49:46.629
  • And i just said, god told me the same thing.
  • 00:49:46.629 --> 00:49:49.799
  • We're not and we just had so much peace after that.
  • 00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:53.837
  • - [reporter] sarah canceled the appointment.
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  • They even gave their daughter a name, lively rain,
  • 00:49:57.307 --> 00:50:01.444
  • But now they wouldn't know whether the baby had the disorder
  • 00:50:01.444 --> 00:50:04.647
  • Until she was born.
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  • If she lived that long.
  • 00:50:06.449 --> 00:50:08.118
  • For the next 33 weeks, the couple and their family prayed
  • 00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:12.956
  • As sarah continued getting checkups
  • 00:50:12.956 --> 00:50:15.058
  • And numerous ultrasounds.
  • 00:50:15.058 --> 00:50:17.460
  • Finally, the day came.
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  • On july 24th, 2018, lively rain
  • 00:50:20.864 --> 00:50:25.135
  • Was delivered by c-section with no sign
  • 00:50:25.135 --> 00:50:28.605
  • Of edwards syndrome.
  • 00:50:28.605 --> 00:50:30.540
  • In the words of sarah's obstetrician, the baby was perfect.
  • 00:50:30.540 --> 00:50:34.711
  • - such a great moment
  • 00:50:34.711 --> 00:50:36.246
  • Because i just knew that the lord had told me this was going
  • 00:50:36.246 --> 00:50:39.048
  • To be the outcome.
  • 00:50:39.048 --> 00:50:40.383
  • - i just saw this beautiful tiny little baby
  • 00:50:40.383 --> 00:50:42.919
  • And i saw 10 fingers, 10 toes,
  • 00:50:42.919 --> 00:50:45.221
  • And i just looked back to sarah
  • 00:50:45.221 --> 00:50:47.590
  • And i was like, she looks great babe.
  • 00:50:47.590 --> 00:50:49.459
  • We're good. you know?
  • 00:50:49.459 --> 00:50:50.927
  • - [sarah] god gave me a miracle.
  • 00:50:50.927 --> 00:50:53.296
  • He saved lively.
  • 00:50:53.296 --> 00:50:54.564
  • - [reporter] this is lively rain at five years old,
  • 00:50:55.865 --> 00:50:58.935
  • Healthy in every way through the power of prayer.
  • 00:50:58.935 --> 00:51:03.606
  • - i'm grateful for the blessings
  • 00:51:03.606 --> 00:51:05.475
  • That we've received from the lord
  • 00:51:05.475 --> 00:51:07.210
  • And i just live in that.
  • 00:51:07.210 --> 00:51:09.012
  • - god shows up for you
  • 00:51:09.012 --> 00:51:11.648
  • And if i could tell any parent out there
  • 00:51:11.648 --> 00:51:15.485
  • To just let god have the final say, gather your information,
  • 00:51:16.953 --> 00:51:20.056
  • Take it to him, lay it at his feet and expect to hear him.
  • 00:51:20.056 --> 00:51:26.362
  • - i love that.
  • 00:51:26.930 --> 00:51:28.331
  • Expect to hear him.
  • 00:51:28.331 --> 00:51:29.732
  • When you pray, pray expectantly.
  • 00:51:29.732 --> 00:51:32.702
  • God has given us so many promises, so many words
  • 00:51:32.702 --> 00:51:36.372
  • Of encouragement in his word,
  • 00:51:36.372 --> 00:51:38.441
  • And then he's with us every day
  • 00:51:38.441 --> 00:51:40.376
  • And he does speak in those moments to our hearts,
  • 00:51:40.376 --> 00:51:43.112
  • Just like he did to sarah as she was beseeching him.
  • 00:51:43.112 --> 00:51:46.583
  • Some of you today have things that you've been praying for
  • 00:51:46.583 --> 00:51:49.419
  • For a long time and you're longing to hear from god.
  • 00:51:49.419 --> 00:51:53.756
  • Let's pray expectantly together for you today.
  • 00:51:53.756 --> 00:51:57.860
  • Let's pray that god will respond in a way that will give you
  • 00:51:57.860 --> 00:52:01.197
  • That inner peace, that will give you that word of knowledge,
  • 00:52:01.197 --> 00:52:04.901
  • That will help you to say yes to healing from the lord.
  • 00:52:04.901 --> 00:52:08.738
  • Whatever your request might be.
  • 00:52:08.738 --> 00:52:11.374
  • We've got lots of people who have written in asking
  • 00:52:11.374 --> 00:52:14.777
  • Or telling us what god has done for them.
  • 00:52:14.777 --> 00:52:16.779
  • This is ronald.
  • 00:52:16.779 --> 00:52:17.747
  • He lives in wadena, minnesota.
  • 00:52:17.747 --> 00:52:19.282
  • For years he wrestled with high blood pressure.
  • 00:52:19.282 --> 00:52:21.684
  • One day he was taken to the er with a reading
  • 00:52:21.684 --> 00:52:24.153
  • Of 220 over 125.
  • 00:52:24.153 --> 00:52:26.389
  • Wow.
  • 00:52:26.389 --> 00:52:27.790
  • Another time his blood pressure spiked to 200/98
  • 00:52:27.790 --> 00:52:30.627
  • And he was sent back to the er.
  • 00:52:30.627 --> 00:52:33.062
  • Later at home, ronald turned on the 700 club.
  • 00:52:33.062 --> 00:52:35.565
  • Gordon, he heard you say there's someone,
  • 00:52:35.565 --> 00:52:37.934
  • You're suffering from high blood pressure,
  • 00:52:37.934 --> 00:52:39.669
  • Hypertension has been diagnosed over you.
  • 00:52:39.669 --> 00:52:42.972
  • God is able to release all of that
  • 00:52:42.972 --> 00:52:45.108
  • And relax every vein, every artery
  • 00:52:45.108 --> 00:52:47.277
  • And bring your blood pressure back into normal range.
  • 00:52:47.277 --> 00:52:50.146
  • Be healed now, in jesus' name, by faith, ronald believed god
  • 00:52:50.146 --> 00:52:54.550
  • For his healing, his blood pressure has come down
  • 00:52:54.550 --> 00:52:57.053
  • To normal range
  • 00:52:57.053 --> 00:52:58.621
  • And is staying down consistently, to god be the glory.
  • 00:52:58.621 --> 00:53:02.458
  • - [gordon] that's wonderful.
  • 00:53:02.458 --> 00:53:03.426
  • Here's william from oklahoma.
  • 00:53:03.426 --> 00:53:05.762
  • He had an ear condition.
  • 00:53:05.762 --> 00:53:07.597
  • His left ear was all stopped up.
  • 00:53:07.597 --> 00:53:10.300
  • He could hear an unusual sound like clunking
  • 00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:13.903
  • Or plopping.
  • 00:53:13.903 --> 00:53:15.171
  • It was extremely troublesome.
  • 00:53:15.171 --> 00:53:17.840
  • After about five weeks of this,
  • 00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:19.642
  • He was watching the 700 club.
  • 00:53:19.642 --> 00:53:21.477
  • He heard terry say a word
  • 00:53:21.477 --> 00:53:22.779
  • Of knowledge describing his condition to a t.
  • 00:53:22.779 --> 00:53:27.383
  • He claimed it by faith in the name of jesus
  • 00:53:27.383 --> 00:53:30.820
  • And his ear opened up immediately.
  • 00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:33.923
  • You have seen some miracles.
  • 00:53:33.923 --> 00:53:35.725
  • You've heard about miracles
  • 00:53:35.725 --> 00:53:37.694
  • And you're going, can that happen to me?
  • 00:53:37.694 --> 00:53:40.029
  • And the answer is absolutely.
  • 00:53:40.029 --> 00:53:42.965
  • You are a child of god.
  • 00:53:42.965 --> 00:53:45.368
  • Isn't that wonderful?
  • 00:53:45.368 --> 00:53:47.270
  • You were created by him.
  • 00:53:47.270 --> 00:53:49.405
  • He breathed you into being.
  • 00:53:49.405 --> 00:53:51.908
  • He spoke and you came to be
  • 00:53:51.908 --> 00:53:55.478
  • Before he laid the foundation of the world,
  • 00:53:55.478 --> 00:53:58.214
  • He thought about you.
  • 00:53:58.214 --> 00:54:00.350
  • Now, some people have trouble believing
  • 00:54:00.350 --> 00:54:02.618
  • That god can speak directly to them,
  • 00:54:02.618 --> 00:54:05.088
  • That somehow they're not holy enough
  • 00:54:05.088 --> 00:54:07.190
  • Or they haven't done enough good things
  • 00:54:07.190 --> 00:54:09.158
  • And all of this stuff.
  • 00:54:09.158 --> 00:54:10.960
  • Or maybe they're under some kind of doctrinal
  • 00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:14.397
  • That all of this stuff stopped
  • 00:54:14.397 --> 00:54:16.165
  • And god isn't speaking to people anymore.
  • 00:54:16.165 --> 00:54:19.035
  • Well, here's a verse for you
  • 00:54:19.035 --> 00:54:20.770
  • And i hope you really take it to heart
  • 00:54:20.770 --> 00:54:23.272
  • Because i call it god's phone number.
  • 00:54:23.272 --> 00:54:25.942
  • It's jeremiah 33 verse three.
  • 00:54:25.942 --> 00:54:29.779
  • Call to me and i will answer you
  • 00:54:29.779 --> 00:54:33.816
  • And show you great and mighty things that you do not know.
  • 00:54:33.816 --> 00:54:37.987
  • So we just saw the story of a mother praying
  • 00:54:37.987 --> 00:54:42.625
  • And calling out to god.
  • 00:54:42.625 --> 00:54:44.227
  • Show me what to do.
  • 00:54:44.227 --> 00:54:45.762
  • She's had a diagnosis pronounced over her baby.
  • 00:54:47.029 --> 00:54:49.432
  • That's devastating.
  • 00:54:49.432 --> 00:54:51.401
  • And she says, god, i need an answer.
  • 00:54:51.401 --> 00:54:54.270
  • Who does god pick?
  • 00:54:54.270 --> 00:54:56.205
  • Well, the very baby in her womb.
  • 00:54:56.205 --> 00:54:58.141
  • Mommy, tell them to leave me alone.
  • 00:54:58.141 --> 00:55:01.277
  • Isn't that wonderful?
  • 00:55:01.277 --> 00:55:04.213
  • God is able to do all things
  • 00:55:02.745 --> 00:55:07.083
  • And it just shows the power that that baby was thought of
  • 00:55:07.083 --> 00:55:10.853
  • Before he laid the foundation of the earth.
  • 00:55:10.853 --> 00:55:13.623
  • Isn't that incredible?
  • 00:55:13.623 --> 00:55:15.425
  • So take all of these power verses,
  • 00:55:15.425 --> 00:55:18.428
  • All of these power stories
  • 00:55:18.428 --> 00:55:19.996
  • And say, this could happen to me.
  • 00:55:19.996 --> 00:55:22.999
  • Let's pray and god will answer you.
  • 00:55:22.999 --> 00:55:27.136
  • Lord god, we come to you and we call on your name.
  • 00:55:27.136 --> 00:55:30.173
  • You are the healer, you are the deliverer.
  • 00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:34.677
  • You are the god who answers, so lord,
  • 00:55:34.677 --> 00:55:39.248
  • Here are our requests.
  • 00:55:39.248 --> 00:55:41.350
  • We say them out loud to you
  • 00:55:41.350 --> 00:55:44.153
  • And we ask that you would answer
  • 00:55:44.954 --> 00:55:47.957
  • And show us the way forward.
  • 00:55:47.957 --> 00:55:50.159
  • Stretch forth your hand to do signs, wonders, and miracles.
  • 00:55:51.627 --> 00:55:56.232
  • For we ask it in jesus' name.
  • 00:55:56.232 --> 00:55:58.901
  • Terry, god's given you something.
  • 00:55:59.902 --> 00:56:03.005
  • - there's someone, your name is rachel
  • 00:56:04.106 --> 00:56:06.676
  • And you have been praying for a long time.
  • 00:56:06.676 --> 00:56:08.811
  • God's answering your prayer right now.
  • 00:56:08.811 --> 00:56:10.780
  • Don't give up.
  • 00:56:10.780 --> 00:56:11.981
  • Wait for it.
  • 00:56:11.981 --> 00:56:12.949
  • Hang on to his promises.
  • 00:56:12.949 --> 00:56:14.784
  • It's in process,
  • 00:56:14.784 --> 00:56:16.719
  • And i don't know if this is connected to that or not,
  • 00:56:16.719 --> 00:56:18.988
  • But god's opening wombs today, just husbands
  • 00:56:18.988 --> 00:56:23.092
  • And wives who've been praying for babies
  • 00:56:23.092 --> 00:56:25.194
  • And not able to have them just receive that today.
  • 00:56:25.194 --> 00:56:28.231
  • God is giving that gift to you.
  • 00:56:28.231 --> 00:56:30.900
  • - there's someone, you have a fast growing tumor in your
  • 00:56:30.900 --> 00:56:33.002
  • Brain and god is healing it
  • 00:56:33.002 --> 00:56:35.471
  • And you've been crying out for relief.
  • 00:56:35.471 --> 00:56:36.973
  • God, where's the answer to this?
  • 00:56:36.973 --> 00:56:38.407
  • Where are you in this?
  • 00:56:38.407 --> 00:56:39.909
  • He's right there with you and he is shrinking
  • 00:56:39.909 --> 00:56:42.044
  • And dissolving that tumor now in jesus' name.
  • 00:56:42.044 --> 00:56:46.516
  • There many are crying out
  • 00:56:46.516 --> 00:56:47.917
  • For children and god's heard your prayer.
  • 00:56:47.917 --> 00:56:51.120
  • He is giving you the power to give life, the power
  • 00:56:51.120 --> 00:56:54.557
  • To have a normal pregnancy,
  • 00:56:54.557 --> 00:56:57.326
  • A normal birth in the name of jesus.
  • 00:56:57.326 --> 00:57:00.863
  • May everything be regulated and be normal and whole in you.
  • 00:57:00.863 --> 00:57:05.935
  • - and there are many of you who are struggling
  • 00:57:07.103 --> 00:57:08.604
  • With eating disorders, both kinds of eating disorder.
  • 00:57:08.604 --> 00:57:13.276
  • God is healing that for you right now.
  • 00:57:14.377 --> 00:57:15.878
  • Just ask him to come into the very core of your being
  • 00:57:15.878 --> 00:57:18.648
  • And change how you identify yourself.
  • 00:57:18.648 --> 00:57:21.417
  • Identify with him.
  • 00:57:21.417 --> 00:57:22.618
  • You're a child of god. receive that.
  • 00:57:22.618 --> 00:57:25.855
  • - there's someone you have just overwhelming grief.
  • 00:57:27.089 --> 00:57:30.192
  • It's like there's been blow after blow after blow.
  • 00:57:30.192 --> 00:57:33.963
  • May the god of all comfort come and comfort you now
  • 00:57:33.963 --> 00:57:37.266
  • And encourage you and give you hope for the future.
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  • We ask it in jesus name.
  • 00:57:41.671 --> 00:57:44.407
  • Amen and amen.
  • 00:57:44.407 --> 00:57:45.775
  • If you've been healed, let us know.
  • 00:57:45.775 --> 00:57:47.443
  • Call us and share your good report, 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:57:47.443 --> 00:57:52.214
  • Here's a verse from isaiah.
  • 00:57:52.214 --> 00:57:53.749
  • Your ears shall hear a word behind you saying,
  • 00:57:53.749 --> 00:57:57.653
  • This is the way, walk it.
  • 00:57:57.653 --> 00:57:59.889
  • (bright music)
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