The 700 Club

January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025 | S25:E11

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The following program is
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The following program is sponsored by cbn.
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Sponsored by cbn. >> today a baby.
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>> today a baby. >> and suddenly i knew something
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>> and suddenly i knew something was wrong.
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Was wrong. >> born at just 23 weeks the
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>> born at just 23 weeks the issues went on and on.
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Issues went on and on. >> as you can imagine we were
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>> as you can imagine we were completely filled with fear. the
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Prognosis for this child could
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Prognosis for this child could be blind. they could be deaf.
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Be blind. they could be deaf. they could never walk. they
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They could never walk. they could never talk.
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Could never talk. >> and the prophecy.
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>> and the prophecy. >> i knew that god had a really
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>> i knew that god had a really big plan for her.
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Big plan for her. >> today on the 700 club.
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>> today on the 700 club. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to
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>> hi, everyone, and welcome to the 700 club. as a child, jose
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The 700 club. as a child, jose hernandez was a migrant farm
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Worker. and that hard labor
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Worker. and that hard labor fueled big dreams. jose wanted
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Fueled big dreams. jose wanted to be an astronaut.
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To be an astronaut. >> over the years, he refused to
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>> over the years, he refused to give up on his dream, even
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Give up on his dream, even though nasa turned him down
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Though nasa turned him down nearly a dozen times. efrem
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Nearly a dozen times. efrem graham brings us his
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Graham brings us his extraordinary success story.
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Extraordinary success story. >> somehow, old, faded
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>> somehow, old, faded photographs paint a clear
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Photographs paint a clear picture of jose hernandez
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Picture of jose hernandez journey from a child working in
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Journey from a child working in the fields of california in the
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The fields of california in the 1960s and 70s to a field of
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1960s and 70s to a field of dreams that launch him into
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Dreams that launch him into space in 2009. booster ignition
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Space in 2009. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery.
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And liftoff of discovery. >> celebrating its 25th birthday
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>> celebrating its 25th birthday by racking up science and
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By racking up science and supplies.
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Supplies. >> take me back to where it all
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>> take me back to where it all began. in terms of the idea that
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Began. in terms of the idea that you, a kid on a farm, a migrant
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You, a kid on a farm, a migrant farm worker could go to outer
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Farm worker could go to outer space.
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Space. >> the stars always attracted
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>> the stars always attracted me. i was when i was a kid, you
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Me. i was when i was a kid, you know, star trek, the first run
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Know, star trek, the first run series was coming on captain
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Series was coming on captain kirk. and then when we would
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Kirk. and then when we would go out in the fields, we
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Go out in the fields, we would go away from the
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Would go away from the pollution of light of the
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Pollution of light of the city, and it was still dark.
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City, and it was still dark. and, man, you can see
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And, man, you can see constellations up above and
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Constellations up above and brighter stars from.
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Brighter stars from. >> what are stars for? well,
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>> what are stars for? well, that is one tough question,
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That is one tough question, sir. you know what? i think
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Sir. you know what? i think you're going to be one of
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You're going to be one of those people who can actually
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Those people who can actually come up with an answer for that
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Come up with an answer for that kind of question.
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Kind of question. >> hernandez is a million miles
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>> hernandez is a million miles story is now a feature film.
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Story is now a feature film. >> when i was a ten year old, i,
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>> when i was a ten year old, i, i see on a black and white tv
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I see on a black and white tv the very last apollo mission,
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The very last apollo mission, apollo 17, gene cernan walking
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Apollo 17, gene cernan walking on the moon. and man, that's
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On the moon. and man, that's when it hit me. that said,
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When it hit me. that said, that's what i want to be. i want
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That's what i want to be. i want to be like that guy. i want to
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To be like that guy. i want to go to space. and i told my dad,
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Go to space. and i told my dad, and my dad did something
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And my dad did something incredible. i mean, he only
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Incredible. i mean, he only has a third grade education,
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Has a third grade education, but he had the wisdom to
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But he had the wisdom to empower me to believe it
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Empower me to believe it because he told me, i think
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Because he told me, i think you can do it. as a ten year
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You can do it. as a ten year old, i never looked back. as
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Old, i never looked back. as i grew up. i just had
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I grew up. i just had perseverance because you
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Perseverance because you guys know the story. i got
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Guys know the story. i got rejected by nasa not once,
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Rejected by nasa not once, not twice, but 11 times.
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Not twice, but 11 times. >> and then is this is going
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>> and then is this is going to be your 11th attempt. and
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To be your 11th attempt. and i appreciate your persistence.
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I appreciate your persistence. and i thank you for coming all
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And i thank you for coming all the way down here, but i really
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The way down here, but i really wish you'd have saved yourself
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Wish you'd have saved yourself the airfare, sir.
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The airfare, sir. >> sir, if i may, if i may. this
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>> sir, if i may, if i may. this is my strongest application yet.
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Is my strongest application yet. and this would be my 12th
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And this would be my 12th attempt, not my 11th.
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Attempt, not my 11th. >> so you get rejected 11 times.
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>> so you get rejected 11 times. what makes you get up the
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What makes you get up the 12th time?
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12th time? >> well, you know, you
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>> well, you know, you really want it. but the
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Really want it. but the thing i always tell people
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Thing i always tell people is when you select something
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Is when you select something that you're going after, you
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That you're going after, you know, make sure you enjoy
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Know, make sure you enjoy the journey because that's
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The journey because that's about 80%, 90% of your
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About 80%, 90% of your effort. and so i was
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Effort. and so i was enjoying the journey.
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Enjoying the journey. >> what's changed? what's
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>> what's changed? what's different this time?
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Different this time? >> i over the course of the last
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>> i over the course of the last ten years, every academic,
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Ten years, every academic, professional and personal
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Professional and personal decision i've made, i've made
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Decision i've made, i've made with the space program in mind.
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With the space program in mind. sure, i have my master's in
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Sure, i have my master's in electrical engineering. i i'm a
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Electrical engineering. i i'm a pilot now with over 800 hours
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Pilot now with over 800 hours under my belt. i have my scuba
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Under my belt. i have my scuba diving certificate. i just ran
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Diving certificate. i just ran the san francisco marathon and i
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The san francisco marathon and i speak russian, sir.
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Speak russian, sir. >> so clearly you are not afraid
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>> so clearly you are not afraid of hard work. what role does
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Of hard work. what role does faith play in moving you from
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Faith play in moving you from the farm as a little boy to what
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The farm as a little boy to what you've accomplished today?
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You've accomplished today? >> a lot, a lot. you know, we
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>> a lot, a lot. you know, we grew up going to church. a lot
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Grew up going to church. a lot of people always argue with me
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Of people always argue with me and say, wait, wait, isn't that
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And say, wait, wait, isn't that kind of like a contradiction
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Kind of like a contradiction in life? you know, science
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In life? you know, science and religion? and i said,
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And religion? and i said, no, quite the contrary. i
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No, quite the contrary. i said, you know, science
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Said, you know, science explains you how things
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Explains you how things work. so religion, i said,
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Work. so religion, i said, explains why things happen,
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Explains why things happen, not how things happen, but why
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Not how things happen, but why they happen. and so it fills you
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They happen. and so it fills you in spiritually as to why things
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In spiritually as to why things happen. and so i think they go
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Happen. and so i think they go hand in hand.
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Hand in hand. >> i've applied 12 times and
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>> i've applied 12 times and yes, sir, i've been on the verge
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Yes, sir, i've been on the verge of giving up after each and
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Of giving up after each and every rejection. but you know
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Every rejection. but you know what, sir? here i am. so you
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What, sir? here i am. so you could turn me down again. but
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Could turn me down again. but rest assured, i'll be standing
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Rest assured, i'll be standing here again in a year.
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Here again in a year. >> how does it feel to watch
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>> how does it feel to watch your story now play on
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Your story now play on screen for other people to
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Screen for other people to see?
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See? >> it's kind of like it's
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>> it's kind of like it's surreal. it's kind of like
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Surreal. it's kind of like an open book. it's almost
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An open book. it's almost like i opened my door to my
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Like i opened my door to my house, to the public, and
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House, to the public, and they're all in here now
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They're all in here now watching me, you know? and
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Watching me, you know? and it's good in the sense that
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It's good in the sense that i want people to see my story,
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I want people to see my story, to understand where i came from,
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To understand where i came from, such that they get empowered to
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Such that they get empowered to say, hey, if he had it that bad
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Say, hey, if he had it that bad and he was able to accomplish
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And he was able to accomplish this, then why can't i
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This, then why can't i accomplish my own goals?
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Accomplish my own goals? >> you've got children now of
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>> you've got children now of your own. do you see yourself in
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Your own. do you see yourself in them a lot?
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Them a lot? >> i got five kids. yes, my
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>> i got five kids. yes, my oldest four weeks ago graduated
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Oldest four weeks ago graduated from purdue university in
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From purdue university in aerospace engineering. phd.
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Aerospace engineering. phd. i told him why purdue? he
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I told him why purdue? he said, did you know that
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Said, did you know that purdue graduates the most
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Purdue graduates the most astronauts? so that's how he
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Astronauts? so that's how he told me he wants to be an
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Told me he wants to be an astronaut.
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Astronaut. >> nice. and as josie
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>> nice. and as josie supports his son space
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Supports his son space dreams, he's also back on the
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Dreams, he's also back on the farm, working alongside his dad
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Farm, working alongside his dad in the vineyard their family
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In the vineyard their family owns. efrem graham cbn news,
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Owns. efrem graham cbn news, washington ephram, thank you so
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Washington ephram, thank you so much for that inspiring story.
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Much for that inspiring story. >> when you think about it, he
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>> when you think about it, he was rejected by nasa 11 times.
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Was rejected by nasa 11 times. but then you reflect back. and
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But then you reflect back. and the empowering word from his
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The empowering word from his father combined with jose's own
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Father combined with jose's own perseverance helped him achieve
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Perseverance helped him achieve what he thought was impossible.
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What he thought was impossible. so us seeing that story is a
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So us seeing that story is a real shot in the arm. devote
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Real shot in the arm. devote your life to christ and say,
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Your life to christ and say, lord, use me how you see fit. he
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Lord, use me how you see fit. he can often do incredible things
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Can often do incredible things we've never imagined. we'll be
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We've never imagined. we'll be back with more of the 700 club
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Back with more of the 700 club right after this. stay with us.
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Right after this. stay with us. >> cbn news.
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>> the un says more than a million people so far have
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Million people so far have escaped from the central and
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>> when i was a young girl i went to fetch water for my
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Went to fetch water for my mother. the weight of the water
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Made my neck hurt so bad. i just
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Made my neck hurt so bad. i just poured the water out and went
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Poured the water out and went home with an empty container.
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Home with an empty container. the stream is very far and i go
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The stream is very far and i go four times a day. i get home
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Four times a day. i get home exhausted. i feel terrible
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Exhausted. i feel terrible drinking that water and giving
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Drinking that water and giving it to my family. we often get
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It to my family. we often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
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Intense stomach aches and vomit. when my son was three. he got
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When my son was three. he got very sick from the water. thank
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Very sick from the water. thank you operation blessing for
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You operation blessing for giving us a new life. when you
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Giving us a new life. when you came, we were all so grateful we
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Could not hold back our joy.
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Could not hold back our joy. i've never had this kind of
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I've never had this kind of water before. every time i drink
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Water before. every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy
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It, i feel good and healthy with. the world is close. even
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With. the world is close. even my daughter can easily fetch
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My daughter can easily fetch water. we are healthy and we are
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Water. we are healthy and we are happy. thank you, thank you,
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Happy. thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Thank you. >> partner with cbn for $20 a
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Month and be part of the miracle
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Month and be part of the miracle for people all around the world.
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For people all around the world. >> you considered yourself an
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>> you considered yourself an atheist. yeah. what did you
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Atheist. yeah. what did you specifically have against
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Specifically have against christianity.
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Christianity. >> my dad was a former music
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>> my dad was a former music minister. you know i saw a lot
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Minister. you know i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
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Of hurt in that church. >> in 2015, walker lost his
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>> in 2015, walker lost his record deal and had their family
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Record deal and had their family van repossessed by the label.
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Van repossessed by the label. that's when craig decided to
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That's when craig decided to give their family van to walker.
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Give their family van to walker. >> their unconditional love. it
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>> their unconditional love. it was so different from what we
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Was so different from what we were used to. i went and got a
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Were used to. i went and got a bible and just started reading
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Bible and just started reading and reading and reading.
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And reading and reading. >> it was amazing to watch the
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>> it was amazing to watch the transformation and the just the
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Transformation and the just the power of the holy spirit.
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Power of the holy spirit. >> walker had given his life to
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>> walker had given his life to christ and couldn't wait to
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Christ and couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
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Share the news with craig. >> i said, i believe, are you
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>> i said, i believe, are you telling me that you believe that
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Telling me that you believe that jesus is the son of god, and
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Jesus is the son of god, and that you want to live your life
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That you want to live your life for him? he said, that's exactly
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For him? he said, that's exactly what i'm saying.
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What i'm saying. >> giving to the 700 club is
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>> giving to the 700 club is giving to the world. 700 club
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Giving to the world. 700 club are my feet. they're walking it.
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They're all i'm doing is helping
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They're all i'm doing is helping write the check.
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Write the check. >> it's just like planting a
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>> it's just like planting a seed in the ground. and the
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Seed in the ground. and the water comes and the sun hits it
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Water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
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And it grows. >> you can trust cbn. they're
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>> you can trust cbn. they're going to take your money and
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Going to take your money and invest it wisely.
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Invest it wisely. >> you are saving souls through
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>> you are saving souls through your giving.
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Your giving. >> the only way i can describe
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>> the only way i can describe it is i was supernaturally
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Delivered from a nine year
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Delivered from a nine year cocaine addiction. i loved
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Cocaine addiction. i loved jesus, i was a christian, but i
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Jesus, i was a christian, but i was deeply in pain. i was
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Was deeply in pain. i was physically addicted, i was
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Physically addicted, i was mentally addicted. i was all of
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Mentally addicted. i was all of those things. i knew how bad off
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Those things. i knew how bad off i was and what i felt him saying
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I was and what i felt him saying was, i created you for more than
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Was, i created you for more than this, my girl. god filled those
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This, my girl. god filled those holes with a beautiful message
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Holes with a beautiful message to say, you are enough in me.
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To say, you are enough in me. >> cavalry temple is india's
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>> cavalry temple is india's largest church with more than
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Largest church with more than 300,000 members. pastor satish
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300,000 members. pastor satish kumar is now on a mission to
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Kumar is now on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in
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Build 40 more megachurches in the next ten years. george
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The next ten years. george thomas brings us the story from
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Thomas brings us the story from hyderabad.
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Hyderabad. >> most roads in hyderabad on
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>> most roads in hyderabad on sundays lead to calvary temple.
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Sundays lead to calvary temple. it's a little after four in the
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It's a little after four in the morning and side streets around
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Morning and side streets around the church are already jammed as
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The church are already jammed as church volunteers coordinate
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Church volunteers coordinate traffic, shuttle busses, auto
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Traffic, shuttle busses, auto rickshaws and motorcycles ferry
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Rickshaws and motorcycles ferry thousands of people all trying
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Thousands of people all trying to get here some two hours ahead
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To get here some two hours ahead of calvary's first of five
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Of calvary's first of five services that begin at six. by
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Services that begin at six. by sunrise, the faithful have taken
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Sunrise, the faithful have taken their seats. the main sanctuary
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Their seats. the main sanctuary holds 18,000 people, supported
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Holds 18,000 people, supported by adjacent bethlehem hall, with
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15,000 and a third structure
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15,000 and a third structure accommodating more than 3000.
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Accommodating more than 3000. hundreds more watching on
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Hundreds more watching on television screens scattered
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Around the sprawling calvary
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Around the sprawling calvary campus. pastor satish kumar
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Campus. pastor satish kumar preaches all five services, with
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Preaches all five services, with the last one ending at 8 p.m.
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The last one ending at 8 p.m. >> i be given grace to pastor
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>> i be given grace to pastor this church, which practices the
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This church, which practices the word of god, which is beyond my
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Word of god, which is beyond my dream and imagination.
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Dream and imagination. >> calvary temple started in
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>> calvary temple started in 2005 with about two dozen
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2005 with about two dozen people. well, today it boasts
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People. well, today it boasts more than 300,000 members,
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More than 300,000 members, making it this nation's biggest
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Making it this nation's biggest church and one of the largest in
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Church and one of the largest in the world. they have 11
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The world. they have 11 satellite churches with plans of
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Satellite churches with plans of more nationwide expansion.
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More nationwide expansion. >> god put a burden in my heart
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>> god put a burden in my heart to establish 40 mega churches,
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To establish 40 mega churches, just like what you see here
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Just like what you see here during next ten years, pastor
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During next ten years, pastor kumar says.
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Kumar says. >> the church adds some 3000 new
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>> the church adds some 3000 new believers each month in a sign
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Believers each month in a sign that the lord is moving mightily
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That the lord is moving mightily across the country.
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Across the country. >> god's hand is upon india.
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>> god's hand is upon india. it's a time for india to reach
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It's a time for india to reach the lost. not only within the
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The lost. not only within the country. across the globe.
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Country. across the globe. >> in addition, the church
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>> in addition, the church produces over 650 television
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Produces over 650 television programs each month in 17 of the
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Programs each month in 17 of the country's major languages for
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Country's major languages for broadcast on national
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Broadcast on national television, not only within the
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Television, not only within the nation, even bangladesh, nepal,
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Nation, even bangladesh, nepal, sri lanka, afghanistan,
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Sri lanka, afghanistan, pakistan, gulf countries.
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Pakistan, gulf countries. millions more follow on social
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Millions more follow on social media. the reason for the
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Media. the reason for the church's success preaching the
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Church's success preaching the pure word of god is what
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Pure word of god is what attracts people and practicing
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Attracts people and practicing the word of god is what keeps
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The word of god is what keeps people within the church. that
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People within the church. that practical demonstration on full
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Practical demonstration on full display here each sunday.
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Display here each sunday. narayana podili works as a civil
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Narayana podili works as a civil engineer during the week. on
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Engineer during the week. on sunday, he leads an army of 150
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Sunday, he leads an army of 150 church volunteers who spend
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Church volunteers who spend hours chopping, slicing, peeling
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Hours chopping, slicing, peeling and stirring, all to prepare
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And stirring, all to prepare free breakfast, lunch and dinner
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Free breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for 50,000 people.
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Meals for 50,000 people. >> we are committed to come here
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>> we are committed to come here every sunday at 3:34 a.m. in the
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Every sunday at 3:34 a.m. in the morning, and we keep working
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Morning, and we keep working till evening.
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Till evening. >> nagavalli mandir has served
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>> nagavalli mandir has served in the cavalry kitchen for seven
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In the cavalry kitchen for seven years. after making a promise to
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Years. after making a promise to god that if he healed her
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God that if he healed her cancerous tumor, she would serve
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Cancerous tumor, she would serve the church in this capacity.
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The church in this capacity. >> because i made that promise,
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>> because i made that promise, god healed me completely without
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God healed me completely without surgery. god cleared the tumor
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In my chest as a thanksgiving to
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In my chest as a thanksgiving to him. i serve here at the lord's
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Him. i serve here at the lord's house.
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House. >> she and volunteers feed more
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>> she and volunteers feed more than 200,000 people each month.
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>> in india, we say service to
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>> in india, we say service to mankind is service to god. so
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Mankind is service to god. so that is what we try to practice.
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That is what we try to practice. we try to show god's love in
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We try to show god's love in action in every possible way
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Action in every possible way that we find.
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That we find. >> calvary also has an on campus
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>> calvary also has an on campus hospital where members get free
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Hospital where members get free medical treatment on sundays and
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Medical treatment on sundays and medicines at reduced cost.
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Medicines at reduced cost. >> the majority of people who
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>> the majority of people who come here are poor and cannot
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Come here are poor and cannot afford a treatment.
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Afford a treatment. >> members also have access to
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>> members also have access to church facilities to hold
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Church facilities to hold marriages, and when a church
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Marriages, and when a church member passes away, calvary
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Member passes away, calvary handles all funeral, burial and
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Handles all funeral, burial and meal arrangements again, all for
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Meal arrangements again, all for free.
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Free. >> and one of the things you do
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>> and one of the things you do is when somebody is having a
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Is when somebody is having a birthday, yes, you send them a
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Birthday, yes, you send them a cake. that's a lot of cakes.
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Cake. that's a lot of cakes. yes, 350,000 people.
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Yes, 350,000 people. >> absolutely, yes.
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>> absolutely, yes. >> in 2007, calvary temple
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>> in 2007, calvary temple created an access card system,
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Created an access card system, the first of its kind to follow
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The first of its kind to follow up with members and their
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Up with members and their families.
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Families. >> i've got thousands of people.
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>> i've got thousands of people. how do i know that? who hasn't
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How do i know that? who hasn't showed up on sunday? as i was
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Showed up on sunday? as i was praying god put access card into
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Praying god put access card into my mind.
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My mind. >> each member must swipe their
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>> each member must swipe their card when attending any one of
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Card when attending any one of the five sunday services without
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The five sunday services without fail.
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Fail. >> if we don't show up to
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>> if we don't show up to church, we get a call. they'll
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Church, we get a call. they'll ask me why i didn't come to
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Ask me why i didn't come to church, and after they find out,
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Church, and after they find out, they will pray for me. i'm happy
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They will pray for me. i'm happy when i received that call, the
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When i received that call, the fact that they care for us is
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Fact that they care for us is really special, and because of
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Really special, and because of that, we will surely come to the
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That, we will surely come to the next service.
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Next service. >> pastor kumar says prayer has
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>> pastor kumar says prayer has always been an integral part of
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Always been an integral part of their success. the church has
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Their success. the church has held 40 days of prayer and
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Held 40 days of prayer and fasting since 2005, drawing tens
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Fasting since 2005, drawing tens of thousands of young
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Of thousands of young participants to stadiums around
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Participants to stadiums around the country.
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The country. >> during this 40 days fasting
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>> during this 40 days fasting prayers i teach from genesis to
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Prayers i teach from genesis to revelation. every book i try to
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Revelation. every book i try to explain hundreds and thousands
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Explain hundreds and thousands of young kids read bible each
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Of young kids read bible each month.
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Month. >> the church, along with its
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>> the church, along with its satellite campuses, holds a
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Satellite campuses, holds a night with god as members pray
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Night with god as members pray for revival.
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For revival. >> about 25,000 to 30,000 people
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>> about 25,000 to 30,000 people join together, and that has been
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Join together, and that has been the biggest, largest all night
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The biggest, largest all night prayers in our nation.
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Prayers in our nation. >> in recent years, however,
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>> in recent years, however, india has witnessed an
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India has witnessed an unprecedented uptick in violence
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Unprecedented uptick in violence against christians.
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Against christians. >> the more the persecution, the
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>> the more the persecution, the more the church growth. and
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More the church growth. and that's what is happening in
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That's what is happening in india.
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India. >> most attacks carried out by
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>> most attacks carried out by hindu extremist groups who
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Hindu extremist groups who accuse christians of forcibly
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Accuse christians of forcibly converting people to
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Converting people to christianity. pastor kumar, a
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Christianity. pastor kumar, a hindu convert to christianity
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Hindu convert to christianity himself, says resistance
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Himself, says resistance produces power.
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Produces power. >> it's my passion, my burden,
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>> it's my passion, my burden, that before i die, i want to see
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That before i die, i want to see every indian will hear the
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Every indian will hear the gospel and know the savior.
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Gospel and know the savior. >> george thomas cbn news,
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>> george thomas cbn news, hyderabad, india.
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Hyderabad, india. >> wow terry, i certainly feel
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>> wow terry, i certainly feel convicted. showing up ten
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Convicted. showing up ten minutes late for the 10:00
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Service. i mean 430 in the
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Service. i mean 430 in the morning. these folks are the
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Morning. these folks are the volunteer effort. it's
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Volunteer effort. it's incredible. i mean, i was
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Incredible. i mean, i was smiling the whole time watching
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Smiling the whole time watching it and what a he's such an at
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It and what a he's such an at ease guy. the pastor, well, he's
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Ease guy. the pastor, well, he's thought of everything that form.
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Thought of everything that form. >> he's thought of everything.
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And he's ministering to so many
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And he's ministering to so many people who have not. i mean,
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People who have not. i mean, that's so what jesus did and
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That's so what jesus did and would do. but, you know, i also
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Would do. but, you know, i also was thinking about how, you
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Was thinking about how, you know, scripture says that in the
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Know, scripture says that in the last days, there will be a
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Last days, there will be a mighty outpouring of the holy
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Mighty outpouring of the holy spirit persecution, which we've
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Spirit persecution, which we've covered this week. yeah. and in
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Covered this week. yeah. and in persecution there, you know,
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Persecution there, you know, comes this new birth and this
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Comes this new birth and this power.
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Power. >> it's remarkable preaching
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>> it's remarkable preaching five services on a sunday, but
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Five services on a sunday, but seem to get just as excited
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Seem to get just as excited about the birthday cakes going
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About the birthday cakes going out. so just really sweet. and
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Out. so just really sweet. and what a holistic approach to
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What a holistic approach to ministry. everything covered.
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Ministry. everything covered. really precious, inspiring
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Really precious, inspiring stuff.
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Stuff. >> wonderful to see that
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>> wonderful to see that happening in india. well up
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Happening in india. well up next, at 23 weeks, this woman
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Next, at 23 weeks, this woman went into labor. doctors said
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Went into labor. doctors said they could, quote, almost
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They could, quote, almost guarantee the baby could be born
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Guarantee the baby could be born blind or deaf, would never walk
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Blind or deaf, would never walk or talk, and might have cerebral
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Or talk, and might have cerebral palsy. watch what happened
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Palsy. watch what happened instead. that's coming up. plus,
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Instead. that's coming up. plus, andrew and i are going to be
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Andrew and i are going to be praying for you and with you
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Today. >> melissa and her husband rick
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>> melissa and her husband rick have come a long way from when
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Have come a long way from when they met. melissa was in real
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Estate. rick had been living on
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Estate. rick had been living on credit cards trying to start a
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Credit cards trying to start a number of businesses and was
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Number of businesses and was $80,000 in debt. all the while
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$80,000 in debt. all the while the tenants were tithing and the
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The tenants were tithing and the newly married couple started
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Newly married couple started working their way out of the
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Working their way out of the red.
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Red. >> i think i had bought into
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>> i think i had bought into society saying, here's what you
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Society saying, here's what you should have. i simply asked god,
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Should have. i simply asked god, do i have money before you? i
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Do i have money before you? i asked god to forgive me.
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Asked god to forgive me. instantly, i told god whether i
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Instantly, i told god whether i make a lot of money or not.
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Make a lot of money or not. >> i'm done striving today. rick
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>> i'm done striving today. rick and melissa have three children
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And melissa have three children and choose to live way below
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And choose to live way below their means so they can help the
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Their means so they can help the poor. they've already built 13
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Poor. they've already built 13 orphanages and a freedom house
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Orphanages and a freedom house in india.
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In india. >> what i loved about operation
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>> what i loved about operation blessing is that we were really
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Blessing is that we were really able to see the fruit of that
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Gift.
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Gift. >> now i have the hunger to make
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>> now i have the hunger to make more money so we truly can give
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More money so we truly can give to all of these places, because
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To all of these places, because there's a lot of need out there.
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There's a lot of need out there. >> i just turned and the
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Excruciating pain came in my
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Excruciating pain came in my knee on the inside, and it was
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Knee on the inside, and it was like a jabbing knife. i made it
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Like a jabbing knife. i made it to the doctor, found out it was
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To the doctor, found out it was a torn meniscus, so having the
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A torn meniscus, so having the knee injury, being having to
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Knee injury, being having to slow down was depressing. i was
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Slow down was depressing. i was like, lord, heal this. sitting
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Like, lord, heal this. sitting on the couch at 700 club came on
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On the couch at 700 club came on and that's when i saw gordon on
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And that's when i saw gordon on we say out loud to it, be healed
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We say out loud to it, be healed and be made whole.
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And be made whole. >> may all pain leave me in
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>> may all pain leave me in jesus name i receive it now. now
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Jesus name i receive it now. now what you couldn't do before, do
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What you couldn't do before, do now by faith i'm going to do
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Now by faith i'm going to do this.
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This. >> i'm by faith i'm going to
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>> i'm by faith i'm going to walk. and i was walking. it
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Walk. and i was walking. it wasn't hurting. i know that god
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Wasn't hurting. i know that god healed me beyond a shadow of a
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Healed me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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Doubt. >> we've always been tithers. we
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>> we've always been tithers. we teach our children to tithe.
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Teach our children to tithe. >> i can't explain to you how
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>> i can't explain to you how the bills would be here, maybe,
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The bills would be here, maybe, and the income here, but at the
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And the income here, but at the end of the month it seemed that
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End of the month it seemed that they would meet every single
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They would meet every single time. my step father was a
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Time. my step father was a farmer, had 3 or 400 acres of
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Farmer, had 3 or 400 acres of melons he grew. and so i took an
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Melons he grew. and so i took an old toyota pickup truck that i
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Old toyota pickup truck that i had and a trailer, and would
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Had and a trailer, and would pick up i'm your announcer to
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Pick up i'm your announcer to 200 watermelons, and i started
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200 watermelons, and i started peddling them out. food lion was
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Peddling them out. food lion was our first corporate client. i
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Our first corporate client. i remember one year sitting down
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Remember one year sitting down working on my taxes, and my
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Working on my taxes, and my giving that year exceeded my
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Giving that year exceeded my adjusted gross income just a few
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Adjusted gross income just a few years before. cbn has really
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Meant a lot to us over the years
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Meant a lot to us over the years as we've watched the program and
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As we've watched the program and seen how god has blessed people,
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Seen how god has blessed people, we found that you just can't
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We found that you just can't outgive god.
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Outgive god. >> if you have experienced a
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Today. >> spinal meningitis a hole in
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>> spinal meningitis a hole in her heart and a brain bleed
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Her heart and a brain bleed madeline faced a host of life
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Madeline faced a host of life threatening challenges when she
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Threatening challenges when she was born at 23 weeks. she
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Was born at 23 weeks. she weighed a little over a pound
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Weighed a little over a pound and her parents had already lost
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And her parents had already lost one baby.
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One baby. >> at first i didn't even know
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>> at first i didn't even know how to take it. i mean, the
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How to take it. i mean, the death of a baby, it destroyed
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Death of a baby, it destroyed us.
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Us. >> when your child dies, nothing
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>> when your child dies, nothing matters anymore. everything goes
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Matters anymore. everything goes away. and the only thing that
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Away. and the only thing that mattered at that point in time
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Mattered at that point in time was god.
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Was god. >> jacob and jenny lee meyer
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>> jacob and jenny lee meyer lost their baby girl, ray at 26
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Lost their baby girl, ray at 26 weeks. two months later, they
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Weeks. two months later, they were pregnant again.
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Were pregnant again. >> obviously, i was, like,
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>> obviously, i was, like, riddled with fear. but i know
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Riddled with fear. but i know that fear doesn't come from the
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That fear doesn't come from the lord. and so i really tried to
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Lord. and so i really tried to lean on that, attended a revival
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Lean on that, attended a revival service, and they prayed over
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Service, and they prayed over me, and i just had a
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Me, and i just had a supernatural encounter with the
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Supernatural encounter with the lord and the holy spirit in that
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Lord and the holy spirit in that moment. it's like as if he
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Moment. it's like as if he reached down and touched me, and
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Reached down and touched me, and just parts of me began to heal,
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Just parts of me began to heal, and the preacher was praying
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And the preacher was praying over us, and he had prophesied
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Over us, and he had prophesied over her as well. so that gave
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Over her as well. so that gave me a very good that gave me a
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Me a very good that gave me a lot of confidence, kind of in
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Lot of confidence, kind of in our journey forward.
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Our journey forward. >> the meyer's renewed faith and
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>> the meyer's renewed faith and prayer was sustaining them. then
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Prayer was sustaining them. then at the 20 week ultrasound they
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At the 20 week ultrasound they received concerning news the
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Received concerning news the doctor was going through, and
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Doctor was going through, and toward the end, he began to ask
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Toward the end, he began to ask me a lot of questions, and
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Me a lot of questions, and suddenly i knew something was
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Suddenly i knew something was wrong.
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Wrong. >> and he told me that my cervix
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>> and he told me that my cervix looked as though it was 100%
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Looked as though it was 100% effaced. the severity of the
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Effaced. the severity of the circumstance became very real to
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Circumstance became very real to us, that if my cervix really was
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Us, that if my cervix really was 100% effaced, that we were going
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100% effaced, that we were going to lose another baby.
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To lose another baby. >> we were, i mean, super
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>> we were, i mean, super devastated to know that it could
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Devastated to know that it could potentially not, you know, be
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Potentially not, you know, be born. our child couldn't be
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Born. our child couldn't be born. we were heartbroken.
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Born. we were heartbroken. >> they prayed for god to
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>> they prayed for god to protect their baby. and then a
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Protect their baby. and then a doctor was able to close her
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Doctor was able to close her cervix. two weeks later, she
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Cervix. two weeks later, she went into labor.
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Went into labor. >> just prior to the delivery,
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The neonatologist had come and
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The neonatologist had come and sat with us that day and began
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Sat with us that day and began to explain to us what it would
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To explain to us what it would look like to give birth to a 23
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Week baby. they basically told
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Week baby. they basically told us that you can almost guarantee
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Us that you can almost guarantee that this child will could be
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That this child will could be blind. they could be deaf. they
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Blind. they could be deaf. they could never walk. they could
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Could never walk. they could never talk. they may need long
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Never talk. they may need long term breathing assistance or
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Term breathing assistance or feeding tubes. they could have
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Feeding tubes. they could have cerebral palsy. they may never
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Cerebral palsy. they may never be able to eat on their own. i
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Be able to eat on their own. i mean, the issues went on and on.
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Mean, the issues went on and on. so as you can imagine, we were
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Completely filled with fear. but
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Completely filled with fear. but i knew that god had a really big
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I knew that god had a really big plan for her.
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Plan for her. >> madeline was born a 23 weeks
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Weighing a little under 1 pound,
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Weighing a little under 1 pound, four ounces. doctor sarah krause
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Four ounces. doctor sarah krause was her neonatologist to start
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Was her neonatologist to start with.
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With. >> 23 weeks has a high risk of
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>> 23 weeks has a high risk of mortality, and it was during her
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Mortality, and it was during her first week of life that we found
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First week of life that we found out she had severe infection and
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Out she had severe infection and meningitis. it makes it very
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Meningitis. it makes it very difficult for such small babies
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Difficult for such small babies to survive.
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To survive. >> seeing my wife suffer and
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>> seeing my wife suffer and knowing that she just, you know,
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Knowing that she just, you know, she just delivered another baby,
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She just delivered another baby, that may not make it. it was
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That may not make it. it was hard, but just continue to give
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Hard, but just continue to give it all to god and somehow helped
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It all to god and somehow helped me get through it.
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Me get through it. >> i knew that i wasn't going to
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>> i knew that i wasn't going to lose with jesus on my side. i
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Lose with jesus on my side. i began to play worship songs over
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Began to play worship songs over her and plead the blood of jesus
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Her and plead the blood of jesus over her.
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Over her. >> i remember madeleine's
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>> i remember madeleine's parents being at the bedside and
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Parents being at the bedside and mentioning that they were
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Mentioning that they were praying for her, that these
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Praying for her, that these results would not be to her
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Results would not be to her devastation or for her bad
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Devastation or for her bad outcome, and i just encouraged
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Outcome, and i just encouraged them to continue praying.
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Them to continue praying. >> they did find e.coli.
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>> they did find e.coli. normally when they they do that
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Normally when they they do that type of test and they find that
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Type of test and they find that in the chances of the baby's
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In the chances of the baby's survival is basically minimal.
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Survival is basically minimal. at that point in time, it was
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At that point in time, it was all family members on deck
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All family members on deck praying, praying as much as we
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Praying, praying as much as we could, praying life over the
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Could, praying life over the baby that this wasn't going to
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Baby that this wasn't going to happen. and lo and behold. it
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Happen. and lo and behold. it was gone. it was gone.
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Was gone. it was gone. >> she stopped me and said, we
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>> she stopped me and said, we got the results from the test
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Got the results from the test back and the fluid is completely
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Back and the fluid is completely clear. she's like, i don't even
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Clear. she's like, i don't even see any signs of the meningitis.
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See any signs of the meningitis. and i just broke down crying.
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And i just broke down crying. and i hugged her and i said,
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And i hugged her and i said, i've been praying. and she said,
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I've been praying. and she said, i know you have and it's
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I know you have and it's working, so keep doing it.
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Working, so keep doing it. >> we prayed, i mean, harder
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>> we prayed, i mean, harder than we ever did. and yeah, no
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Than we ever did. and yeah, no medical explanation. even the
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Medical explanation. even the doctors couldn't explain it. so
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Doctors couldn't explain it. so it was definitely a miracle. it
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It was definitely a miracle. it was a miracle.
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Was a miracle. >> and the preceding couple of
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>> and the preceding couple of weeks, she just started
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Weeks, she just started miraculously turning around. she
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Miraculously turning around. she was actually taken off the
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Was actually taken off the ventilator at only 18 days old,
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Ventilator at only 18 days old, so she was only about 25 weeks
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So she was only about 25 weeks gestational, and she only
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Gestational, and she only weighed 1 pound, seven ounces.
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Weighed 1 pound, seven ounces. and she was breathing on her own
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And she was breathing on her own with just a cpap machine, which
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With just a cpap machine, which is just miraculous for a baby
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Is just miraculous for a baby that small. and toward the end
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That small. and toward the end of her stay, her heart pda
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Of her stay, her heart pda closed on its own with no
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Closed on its own with no intervention.
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Intervention. >> god was faithful in helping
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>> god was faithful in helping her overcome the barriers, and
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Her overcome the barriers, and she was able to go home even
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She was able to go home even earlier than any of us could
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Earlier than any of us could have ever expected well before
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Her due date, which is quite
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Her due date, which is quite remarkable from a medical
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Remarkable from a medical standpoint. so we recognize that
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Standpoint. so we recognize that god's hand was on her life and
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God's hand was on her life and on this family's life, and it's
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On this family's life, and it's such a joy to partake in
00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.697
Such a joy to partake in watching that miracle happen.
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Watching that miracle happen. >> the hospital told us that she
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>> the hospital told us that she was a record that they had never
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Was a record that they had never had a 23 weeker leave that early
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Had a 23 weeker leave that early and with no breathing tubes. no
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And with no breathing tubes. no feeding tubes, really no major
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Feeding tubes, really no major medical intervention throughout
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Her stay.
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Her stay. >> today, madeline is a thriving
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>> today, madeline is a thriving toddler with no deficits from
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Toddler with no deficits from her premature birth.
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Her premature birth. >> with maddie being a miracle
00:28:48.283 --> 00:28:49.751
>> with maddie being a miracle baby, and through everything
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Baby, and through everything that she's she's been through,
00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:52.888
That she's she's been through, and to sit here and just to give
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And to sit here and just to give a testimony on it, we're super
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A testimony on it, we're super strong in our faith.
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Strong in our faith. >> now, prior to this
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>> now, prior to this experience, i did pray and i
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Experience, i did pray and i believed in god, but i never
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Believed in god, but i never really saw a lot of miracles in
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Really saw a lot of miracles in front of my eyes. and so seeing
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Front of my eyes. and so seeing this happen and knowing that it
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This happen and knowing that it was an undeniable miracle, it
00:29:09.538 --> 00:29:11.873
Was an undeniable miracle, it just became very real to me. so
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Just became very real to me. so when i pray now, i know that he
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When i pray now, i know that he is real, and i know that he can
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Is real, and i know that he can do whatever he says he can do,
00:29:20.949 --> 00:29:22.751
Do whatever he says he can do, and there are no limits. and
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And there are no limits. and when i pray for someone, i
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When i pray for someone, i actually believe with everything
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Actually believe with everything inside of me that it's going to
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Inside of me that it's going to happen.
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Happen. >> well, she's right, that's
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>> well, she's right, that's what we're supposed to believe,
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What we're supposed to believe, that when we pray the king of
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That when we pray the king of the universe hears our prayers
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The universe hears our prayers and comes to our needs. at that
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And comes to our needs. at that moment, he invites us. he says,
00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:47.142
Moment, he invites us. he says, come to me, all of you who labor
00:29:47.209 --> 00:29:49.711
Come to me, all of you who labor and are heavy laden, and i will
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And are heavy laden, and i will give you rest. you know, this is
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Give you rest. you know, this is an incredible story of a
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An incredible story of a miraculous move of god in a
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Miraculous move of god in a situation that shouldn't have
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Situation that shouldn't have had that outcome. i hope that's
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Had that outcome. i hope that's encouraging to you today,
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Encouraging to you today, because i know there are many of
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Because i know there are many of you who are facing things right
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You who are facing things right now, and you're saying it's
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Now, and you're saying it's impossible. how can this be? we
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Impossible. how can this be? we serve a god that is filled with
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Serve a god that is filled with possibilities. when i saw this
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Possibilities. when i saw this little girl at the end, i
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Little girl at the end, i thought of how when my kids were
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Thought of how when my kids were in sunday bible school years
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In sunday bible school years ago, they used to sing this
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Ago, they used to sing this song. i'm a promise, i'm a
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Song. i'm a promise, i'm a possibility. and i thought,
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Possibility. and i thought, there she is. she's a promise
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There she is. she's a promise fulfilled. she's a possibility
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Fulfilled. she's a possibility that has come to pass. we want
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That has come to pass. we want to pray for you right in the
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To pray for you right in the midst of your need. and we have
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Midst of your need. and we have others who have written in to
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Others who have written in to encourage you with how god has
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Encourage you with how god has answered their prayers. this is
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Answered their prayers. this is douglas. he wrote by email, and
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Douglas. he wrote by email, and he said andrew had a word about
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He said andrew had a word about someone who had spasms on the
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Someone who had spasms on the right side. he described the
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Right side. he described the exact location and nature of
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Exact location and nature of what i'd been experiencing. so
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What i'd been experiencing. so it really struck me. he said it
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It really struck me. he said it was not an immediate healing,
00:30:48.236 --> 00:30:49.671
Was not an immediate healing, but that the spasms would
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But that the spasms would diminish and then be healed
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Diminish and then be healed completely. this was encouraging
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Completely. this was encouraging to me because they didn't
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To me because they didn't completely disappear right away,
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Completely disappear right away, but did over the next two weeks.
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I'm deeply thankful to jesus
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I'm deeply thankful to jesus because they were tormenting me.
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Because they were tormenting me. wonderful, douglas.
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Wonderful, douglas. >> we know the holy spirit is
00:31:04.552 --> 00:31:06.488
>> we know the holy spirit is the one who provided the detail.
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The one who provided the detail. thank you lord. here's rosemarie
00:31:08.023 --> 00:31:09.024
Thank you lord. here's rosemarie by email. i've been suffering
00:31:09.090 --> 00:31:10.325
With right rib pain for quite a
00:31:10.392 --> 00:31:11.726
With right rib pain for quite a while. i was watching the club
00:31:11.793 --> 00:31:13.495
While. i was watching the club when terry said someone has
00:31:13.561 --> 00:31:14.529
When terry said someone has right rib pain, god is healing
00:31:14.596 --> 00:31:16.531
Right rib pain, god is healing it. i knew it was me. i thanked
00:31:16.598 --> 00:31:18.366
It. i knew it was me. i thanked and praised god. i haven't had a
00:31:18.433 --> 00:31:19.634
And praised god. i haven't had a problem with it since. glory be
00:31:19.701 --> 00:31:21.636
Problem with it since. glory be to god. and that's right, the
00:31:21.703 --> 00:31:23.772
To god. and that's right, the honor and the praise goes to
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Honor and the praise goes to god. we want to go to the lord
00:31:25.573 --> 00:31:27.676
God. we want to go to the lord on your behalf today. please
00:31:27.742 --> 00:31:29.444
On your behalf today. please pray with terry and i. it's our
00:31:29.511 --> 00:31:31.646
Pray with terry and i. it's our privilege to go to the throne on
00:31:31.713 --> 00:31:32.781
Privilege to go to the throne on your behalf. father, we come
00:31:32.847 --> 00:31:34.849
Your behalf. father, we come before you in the name of jesus
00:31:34.916 --> 00:31:36.685
Before you in the name of jesus and we thank you for this
00:31:36.751 --> 00:31:38.486
And we thank you for this miraculous testimony we have
00:31:38.553 --> 00:31:39.187
Miraculous testimony we have seen. and now, lord god, people
00:31:39.254 --> 00:31:40.822
Seen. and now, lord god, people in the audience have needs for
00:31:40.889 --> 00:31:42.757
In the audience have needs for themselves or for loved ones.
00:31:42.824 --> 00:31:43.692
Themselves or for loved ones. lord god, we pray for the
00:31:43.758 --> 00:31:45.293
Lord god, we pray for the miraculous now in jesus name.
00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:47.796
Miraculous now in jesus name. and we think of how jesus said,
00:31:47.862 --> 00:31:49.397
And we think of how jesus said, if you have faith the size of a
00:31:49.464 --> 00:31:51.433
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to
00:31:51.499 --> 00:31:52.701
Mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move and it will
00:31:52.767 --> 00:31:54.436
This mountain, move and it will move. he didn't say, if you have
00:31:54.502 --> 00:31:56.471
Move. he didn't say, if you have faith the size of a mountain,
00:31:56.538 --> 00:31:57.739
Faith the size of a mountain, you can move a mustard seed. so,
00:31:57.806 --> 00:31:59.374
You can move a mustard seed. so, lord god, we take our mustard
00:31:59.441 --> 00:32:01.142
Lord god, we take our mustard seed faith now and we pray for
00:32:01.209 --> 00:32:03.378
Seed faith now and we pray for miracles for this audience in
00:32:03.445 --> 00:32:05.814
Miracles for this audience in jesus name. i think the lord
00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:08.450
Jesus name. i think the lord just wants to remind us. think
00:32:08.516 --> 00:32:09.884
Just wants to remind us. think of peter in prison. and the
00:32:09.951 --> 00:32:11.987
Of peter in prison. and the angel visited and the chains
00:32:12.053 --> 00:32:13.788
Angel visited and the chains fell off of peter, and many are
00:32:13.855 --> 00:32:17.359
Fell off of peter, and many are chained and bound to addiction.
00:32:17.425 --> 00:32:19.494
Chained and bound to addiction. >> jesus, oh god, and raise your
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>> jesus, oh god, and raise your hands because the chains are
00:32:22.397 --> 00:32:24.065
Hands because the chains are falling off.
00:32:24.132 --> 00:32:24.833
Falling off. >> you've been praying for
00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:26.468
>> you've been praying for healing and release from this
00:32:26.534 --> 00:32:28.503
Healing and release from this bondage, and god's doing a
00:32:28.570 --> 00:32:29.871
Bondage, and god's doing a mighty work of love for you
00:32:29.938 --> 00:32:31.773
Mighty work of love for you today. just raise your hands and
00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:33.875
Today. just raise your hands and let those chains of bondage drop
00:32:33.942 --> 00:32:36.077
Let those chains of bondage drop in jesus name.
00:32:36.144 --> 00:32:37.812
In jesus name. >> there's somebody else you
00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.513
>> there's somebody else you have an issue with your liver.
00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:40.382
Have an issue with your liver. it's actually shutting down. but
00:32:40.448 --> 00:32:43.118
It's actually shutting down. but it's just one of many things
00:32:43.184 --> 00:32:44.886
It's just one of many things that you're facing right now.
00:32:44.953 --> 00:32:46.888
That you're facing right now. would you just lift your hands
00:32:46.955 --> 00:32:48.690
Would you just lift your hands and before you see a sign of
00:32:48.757 --> 00:32:50.892
And before you see a sign of anything, begin to thank god for
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Anything, begin to thank god for your healing. he's healing your
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Your healing. he's healing your liver right now and your other
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Liver right now and your other organs will follow. thank him
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Organs will follow. thank him and receive that. let him know
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And receive that. let him know you receive that. just say yes
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You receive that. just say yes to his healing in jesus name.
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To his healing in jesus name. >> someone has literally been
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>> someone has literally been saying out loud, i'm done, i'm
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Saying out loud, i'm done, i'm done. i don't know if it's
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Done. i don't know if it's regarding a marriage or with
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Regarding a marriage or with life itself. god hears you and
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Life itself. god hears you and he wants you to know you're not
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He wants you to know you're not done. and he's got a mighty plan
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Done. and he's got a mighty plan and purpose for your life, not
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And purpose for your life, not for calamity, but for your
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For calamity, but for your welfare. you are not done. give
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Welfare. you are not done. give god the freedom to move and work
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God the freedom to move and work in your life. don't restrict him
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In your life. don't restrict him because he moves out of love for
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Because he moves out of love for you, someone else.
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You, someone else. >> you have tinnitus like you
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>> you have tinnitus like you have this, this kind of hollow
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Have this, this kind of hollow cave, like ringing in your ears
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Cave, like ringing in your ears all the time. it's so annoying.
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All the time. it's so annoying. god is touching that, removing
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God is touching that, removing it from you. it's just going to
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It from you. it's just going to go away. you're going to be
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Go away. you're going to be startled by quiet for the first
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Startled by quiet for the first time in a long time. thank him
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Time in a long time. thank him for that.
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For that. >> lord is healing people of
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>> lord is healing people of depression and anxiety and we
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Depression and anxiety and we just pray now the peace that
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Just pray now the peace that surpasses understanding
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Surpasses understanding overwhelms you now in jesus
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Overwhelms you now in jesus name. lord god, teri and i come
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Name. lord god, teri and i come against depression that people
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Against depression that people are experiencing. some people
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Are experiencing. some people literally do not want to get out
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Literally do not want to get out of bed and god has a mission for
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Of bed and god has a mission for you and he has life for you. he
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You and he has life for you. he loves you. and lord, we rebuke
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Loves you. and lord, we rebuke the spirit of the enemy who
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The spirit of the enemy who seeks to keep them down. we
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Seeks to keep them down. we speak life and joy to the
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Speak life and joy to the audience.
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Audience. >> and now, if you're one of
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>> and now, if you're one of those people suffering that
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Those people suffering that depression, you say, i rebuke
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Depression, you say, i rebuke the devourer in my life, in my
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The devourer in my life, in my heart, in my mind, and my
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Heart, in my mind, and my spirit. in jesus, i receive your
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Spirit. in jesus, i receive your healing.
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Healing. >> thank you lord. lord, we just
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>> thank you lord. lord, we just continue to lift the audience
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Continue to lift the audience long after we say amen, that
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Long after we say amen, that you'll continue to heal and
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You'll continue to heal and touch with your precious love.
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Touch with your precious love. it's in jesus name we pray.
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It's in jesus name we pray. amen. if you've experienced an
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Amen. if you've experienced an answer to prayer or you need
00:34:50.111 --> 00:34:51.779
Answer to prayer or you need prayer, give us a call one 800
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Prayer, give us a call one 800 707,000 and let us know how we
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707,000 and let us know how we can pray for you. terry.
00:34:56.484 --> 00:34:58.286
Can pray for you. terry. >> well, coming up shortly after
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>> well, coming up shortly after the wedding, this groom said out
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The wedding, this groom said out loud, i've made the biggest
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Mistake of my life. find out why
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Mistake of my life. find out why he said that and what happened
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He said that and what happened next. that's later on today's
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Next. that's later on today's 700 club and then also ahead,
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700 club and then also ahead, raising a family of six with
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Raising a family of six with only $20 a week for groceries.
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Only $20 a week for groceries. for years this couple was just
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For years this couple was just scraping by. so how did they set
00:35:19.741 --> 00:35:22.177
Scraping by. so how did they set themselves up for a comfortable
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Themselves up for a comfortable retirement? you'll find out
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Retirement? you'll find out that's coming up.
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That's coming up. >> it was alarming how much i
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Was vomiting.
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Was vomiting. >> it was a condition called
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>> it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
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Acute tubular necrosis. >> they kept saying septic,
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>> they kept saying septic, septic. i think she's getting
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Septic. i think she's getting septic.
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Septic. >> they sent this lady in to
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>> they sent this lady in to prepare us for a lifetime of
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Prepare us for a lifetime of dialysis. and this medicine was
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Dialysis. and this medicine was going to destroy every dream. my
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Going to destroy every dream. my girl could possibly have.
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Girl could possibly have. >> thousands and thousands
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>> thousands and thousands literally around the world were
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Literally around the world were praying for her. mom runs out
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Praying for her. mom runs out into the hallway and she's like,
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Into the hallway and she's like, he just told me he canceled your
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He just told me he canceled your surgery. he was like, your
00:35:58.313 --> 00:36:00.081
Surgery. he was like, your kidney biopsy came back
00:36:00.148 --> 00:36:01.849
Kidney biopsy came back completely clean. i stood up on
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Completely clean. i stood up on my hospital bed with my i.v.
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My hospital bed with my i.v. bag. just we were hugging and
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Bag. just we were hugging and screaming. it was like just the
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Screaming. it was like just the biggest celebration.
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Biggest celebration. >> i know. there were a lot of
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>> i know. there were a lot of people praying for her. i think
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People praying for her. i think those prayers were answered. hi.
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Those prayers were answered. hi. yay!
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Yay! >> you did it!
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>> you did it! >> i am beyond thankful that i
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>> i am beyond thankful that i have been singing nonstop
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Have been singing nonstop prayers. work. they work, ask
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Prayers. work. they work, ask people to pray for you and like,
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People to pray for you and like, really believe. really believe
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Really believe. really believe that anything is possible.
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And.
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And. >> i wanted to be a boy one
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>> i wanted to be a boy one week. i wanted to be a girl next
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Week. i wanted to be a girl next week. it was constantly like
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Week. it was constantly like that confusion always in my
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That confusion always in my mind. i always felt like i was
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Mind. i always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
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More in tune to femininity. >> at 16, tommy decided it was
00:37:10.351 --> 00:37:11.819
>> at 16, tommy decided it was time to give in to those
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Time to give in to those desires. now addicted to meth,
00:37:14.088 --> 00:37:16.057
Desires. now addicted to meth, he dropped out of school and
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He dropped out of school and began frequenting gay chat rooms
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Began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
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And nightclubs. >> had an eternal knowing that
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>> had an eternal knowing that it was just wrong.
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It was just wrong. >> despite his doubts, tommy
00:37:23.264 --> 00:37:24.499
>> despite his doubts, tommy started taking female hormones
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Started taking female hormones and making plans to have a sex
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And making plans to have a sex change operation. tommy was
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Change operation. tommy was doing drugs with his brother and
00:37:30.538 --> 00:37:32.674
Doing drugs with his brother and sister when he felt an
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Sister when he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
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Oppressive, paralyzing fear. terrified, tommy left the house
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Terrified, tommy left the house and went to his mom, who had
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And went to his mom, who had recently committed her life to
00:37:40.214 --> 00:37:42.016
Recently committed her life to christ.
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Christ. >> i had to cry out to god
00:37:42.317 --> 00:37:43.518
>> i had to cry out to god because i just knew in that
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Because i just knew in that moment that he was the only one
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Moment that he was the only one that was able to help me. so i
00:37:46.754 --> 00:37:48.556
That was able to help me. so i remember just telling him i'm
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Remember just telling him i'm sorry of the lifestyle that i
00:37:50.258 --> 00:37:51.459
Sorry of the lifestyle that i was living. i just went into
00:37:51.526 --> 00:37:53.328
Was living. i just went into this deep place of repenting and
00:37:53.394 --> 00:37:54.696
This deep place of repenting and asking for forgiveness. if jesus
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Asking for forgiveness. if jesus did it for me, he could do it
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Did it for me, he could do it for you. we all need a savior.
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For you. we all need a savior. we all come from a place of
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We all come from a place of brokenness, want to be a part of
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Brokenness, want to be a part of a community that inspires your
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A community that inspires your spiritual growth while winning
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Or the itunes app store. >> well, from living paycheck to
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>> well, from living paycheck to paycheck to receiving promotion
00:39:04.132 --> 00:39:05.967
Paycheck to receiving promotion after promotion, jack and gina
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After promotion, jack and gina bradford have seen an amazing
00:39:08.302 --> 00:39:10.138
Bradford have seen an amazing financial turnaround in their
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Financial turnaround in their lives. and it all started with a
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Lives. and it all started with a question will god really
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Question will god really provide? here's how they found
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Provide? here's how they found the answer. jack and gina
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The answer. jack and gina bradford of spokane, washington,
00:39:20.381 --> 00:39:22.417
Bradford of spokane, washington, love blessing others the way god
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Love blessing others the way god has blessed them.
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Has blessed them. >> reciprocity is basically
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>> reciprocity is basically god's nature. he's a god who
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God's nature. he's a god who wants to bless. he calls us to
00:39:29.323 --> 00:39:31.492
Wants to bless. he calls us to bless, and as we bless, he gives
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Bless, and as we bless, he gives us more opportunity to bless
00:39:33.828 --> 00:39:36.431
Us more opportunity to bless more.
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More. >> they first learned about the
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>> they first learned about the law of reciprocity from pat
00:39:38.933 --> 00:39:39.967
Law of reciprocity from pat robertson's teaching on the 700
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Robertson's teaching on the 700 club.
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Club. >> every time i would watch cbn,
00:39:42.236 --> 00:39:43.704
>> every time i would watch cbn, i would trust in his heart. his
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I would trust in his heart. his heart was good. he was wise.
00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:47.942
Heart was good. he was wise. >> seeing other couples that
00:39:48.009 --> 00:39:49.143
>> seeing other couples that were going through hard times,
00:39:49.210 --> 00:39:50.711
Were going through hard times, we could identify with that.
00:39:50.778 --> 00:39:52.547
We could identify with that. >> jack worked as a counselor
00:39:52.613 --> 00:39:54.015
>> jack worked as a counselor with the washington state
00:39:54.081 --> 00:39:55.116
With the washington state department of corrections. gina
00:39:55.183 --> 00:39:56.951
Department of corrections. gina ran a daycare in their home for
00:39:57.018 --> 00:39:58.786
Ran a daycare in their home for extra money. their family of six
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Extra money. their family of six was barely surviving on their
00:40:00.888 --> 00:40:03.391
Was barely surviving on their $2,100 a month income.
00:40:03.458 --> 00:40:04.859
$2,100 a month income. >> i was trying to provide
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>> i was trying to provide groceries for $20 a week for the
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Groceries for $20 a week for the family. that's what i had $20 a
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Family. that's what i had $20 a week and i would go up and down
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Week and i would go up and down the aisle of the store. of all
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The aisle of the store. of all the things i know i couldn't
00:40:15.536 --> 00:40:17.638
The things i know i couldn't buy. so it was a lot of
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Buy. so it was a lot of potatoes, a lot of beans.
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Potatoes, a lot of beans. >> since they lived paycheck to
00:40:20.875 --> 00:40:23.010
>> since they lived paycheck to paycheck with no savings, they
00:40:23.077 --> 00:40:23.678
Paycheck with no savings, they were terrified at the thought of
00:40:23.744 --> 00:40:24.712
Were terrified at the thought of tithing.
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Tithing. >> the biggest part of it for us
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>> the biggest part of it for us was a trust issue. would god
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Was a trust issue. would god really provide?
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Really provide? >> after two years of watching
00:40:31.552 --> 00:40:32.787
>> after two years of watching the 700 club, jack and gina took
00:40:32.854 --> 00:40:34.822
The 700 club, jack and gina took a chance. they tied to their
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A chance. they tied to their church and gave to cbn. that's
00:40:37.058 --> 00:40:39.126
Church and gave to cbn. that's when they say they started to
00:40:39.193 --> 00:40:40.461
When they say they started to see god provide for their
00:40:40.528 --> 00:40:42.230
See god provide for their family. first, gina was awarded
00:40:42.296 --> 00:40:44.265
Family. first, gina was awarded a full ride college scholarship
00:40:44.332 --> 00:40:46.400
A full ride college scholarship to complete her bachelor's
00:40:46.467 --> 00:40:47.502
To complete her bachelor's degree and become a teacher. she
00:40:47.568 --> 00:40:49.203
Degree and become a teacher. she went on to get her master's and
00:40:49.270 --> 00:40:50.571
Went on to get her master's and with it a substantial wage
00:40:50.638 --> 00:40:53.274
With it a substantial wage increase.
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Increase. >> we were flourishing. it
00:40:53.741 --> 00:40:54.942
>> we were flourishing. it wasn't steak every night, but it
00:40:55.009 --> 00:40:56.644
Wasn't steak every night, but it was still a wonderful increase
00:40:56.711 --> 00:40:58.446
Was still a wonderful increase for the family. the fear was
00:40:58.513 --> 00:40:59.914
For the family. the fear was leaving. the fear of not having
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Leaving. the fear of not having enough was leaving.
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Enough was leaving. >> then gina had a health crisis
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>> then gina had a health crisis that forced her to quit her job.
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That forced her to quit her job. that meant they would be without
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That meant they would be without a second income.
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A second income. >> i went to the lord and just
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>> i went to the lord and just told him, i don't know what to
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Told him, i don't know what to do, but the lord spoke to me
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Do, but the lord spoke to me very clearly and he said, gina,
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Very clearly and he said, gina, i want to take care of you.
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I want to take care of you. >> almost immediately, god
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>> almost immediately, god provided. jack received a
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Provided. jack received a promotion and three pay
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Promotion and three pay increases over the next year.
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Increases over the next year. >> it was just god's way of
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>> it was just god's way of speaking to me, jack. i'm going
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Speaking to me, jack. i'm going to provide. don't. don't worry
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To provide. don't. don't worry about it.
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About it. >> a few years later, gina
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>> a few years later, gina recovered and returned to
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Recovered and returned to teaching as an adjunct professor
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Teaching as an adjunct professor and student teachers supervisor
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And student teachers supervisor at a local university. since
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At a local university. since then, jack and gina have
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Then, jack and gina have continued to support the 700
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Continued to support the 700 club by becoming cbn thousand
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Club by becoming cbn thousand club members.
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Club members. >> you can trust cbn, you can
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>> you can trust cbn, you can trust that they're going to take
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Trust that they're going to take your money and invest it wisely.
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Your money and invest it wisely. they're going to invest it in
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They're going to invest it in people.
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People. >> we know that when a big
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>> we know that when a big tornado rips through the south,
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Tornado rips through the south, operation blessing is going to
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Operation blessing is going to be there. we know that when
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Be there. we know that when people need medical care their
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People need medical care their needs are going to be met by
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Needs are going to be met by cbn.
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Cbn. >> jack and gina are now retired
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>> jack and gina are now retired and continuing to bless others
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And continuing to bless others through their giving.
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Through their giving. >> god is completely
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>> god is completely trustworthy. he's good. and i
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Trustworthy. he's good. and i can't trust anyone else. like i
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Can't trust anyone else. like i can trust him to direct my life.
00:42:19.193 --> 00:42:24.599
Can trust him to direct my life. >> jack and gina talked a lot
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>> jack and gina talked a lot about trust. i was reading my
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About trust. i was reading my favorite chapter in the bible
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Favorite chapter in the bible the other day, john 14. and it
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The other day, john 14. and it starts with jesus saying, you
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Starts with jesus saying, you trust in god, trust also in me.
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Trust in god, trust also in me. and i'm realizing more and more
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And i'm realizing more and more this is in all areas of our
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This is in all areas of our lives, including our finances,
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Lives, including our finances, because as we trust god more,
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Because as we trust god more, even when we're terrified to do
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Even when we're terrified to do it and give him what we think is
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It and give him what we think is ours or should be ours, he'll
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Ours or should be ours, he'll draw us closer to his heart. and
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Draw us closer to his heart. and the main reason is so our
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The main reason is so our finances can be used to bless
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Finances can be used to bless others, not just us receiving
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Others, not just us receiving blessings, but giving helps
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Blessings, but giving helps other people. and jack and gina
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Other people. and jack and gina give to cbn as a way to do that.
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Give to cbn as a way to do that. i made that decision decades ago
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I made that decision decades ago to give to cbn to help other
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To give to cbn to help other people. i encourage you to join
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People. i encourage you to join us on this journey, trusting god
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Us on this journey, trusting god with what? maybe you're a little
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With what? maybe you're a little initially afraid to do. let him
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Initially afraid to do. let him work in your finances and also
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Bless people along the way when
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Bless people along the way when you do. i encourage you to join
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Teaching here from our from gordon robertson. great
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Gordon robertson. great stuff. you'll hear his
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Stuff. you'll hear his lessons he gives to us and
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To 71777 and join the 700 club terry.
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Club terry. >> well up next he wanted a
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>> well up next he wanted a divorce almost from the
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Divorce almost from the moment they married. for
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Moment they married. for five years she kept praying
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Five years she kept praying for a miracle. watch how he
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For a miracle. watch how he supernaturally transformed
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Supernaturally transformed overnight and see why they both
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Overnight and see why they both burned their divorce papers
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Burned their divorce papers after this.
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After this. >> give to cbn the easy way with
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Cbn.com and click give. >> now it was so intense with
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>> now it was so intense with the sinus pressure that it was
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The sinus pressure that it was to the point where my jaws were
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To the point where my jaws were even hurting from coughing so
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Even hurting from coughing so intensely. it was a battle. it
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Intensely. it was a battle. it really was. he kept saying to me
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Really was. he kept saying to me this too will pass. so i just
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This too will pass. so i just stand up and say, i'm waiting on
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Stand up and say, i'm waiting on you, lord. i just kept
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You, lord. i just kept confessing. god is my healer. he
00:44:53.614 --> 00:44:55.616
Confessing. god is my healer. he is my healer. they were to the
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Is my healer. they were to the section where they were talking
00:44:57.918 --> 00:44:59.687
Section where they were talking about people receiving healings.
00:44:59.754 --> 00:45:01.922
About people receiving healings. they were going to pray for
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They were going to pray for anyone who was sick.
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Anyone who was sick. >> there's someone you heard the
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>> there's someone you heard the report about sinus conditions
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Report about sinus conditions and you're saying, please say
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And you're saying, please say sinus condition. so for you i'm
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Sinus condition. so for you i'm saying sinus condition. all of
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Saying sinus condition. all of that inflammation, everything
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That inflammation, everything that seems to be swollen and
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That seems to be swollen and closed up, open. now in jesus
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Closed up, open. now in jesus name, i jumped up and my spirit
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Name, i jumped up and my spirit just kind of leaped and i said,
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Just kind of leaped and i said, that's for me, lord.
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That's for me, lord. >> that's it. you think maybe
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>> that's it. you think maybe he's not mindful of those
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He's not mindful of those things, but he's mindful of
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Things, but he's mindful of everything. he's just faithful
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Everything. he's just faithful and he is our healer.
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And he is our healer. and with his joy, there's
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And with his joy, there's action.
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Action. >> it's like the great
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>> it's like the great attraction that starts a chain
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Attraction that starts a chain reaction, pulling up more
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Reaction, pulling up more satisfaction. i love the way
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Satisfaction. i love the way this joy makes me move. i got
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This joy makes me move. i got the joy, i dance around because
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The joy, i dance around because i'm loyal. i'm moving around
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I'm loyal. i'm moving around because i got it. y'all. joy jim
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Because i got it. y'all. joy jim harden. joy when i dance around.
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Harden. joy when i dance around. because i know for sure i'm
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Because i know for sure i'm moving around. because i got it.
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Moving around. because i got it. y'all. joy jim harden. your.
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Y'all. joy jim harden. your. love and joy to the heart. you.
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Have done life.
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Have done life. >> it's meant to be lived fully.
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Jesus said it. i came to give
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Jesus said it. i came to give you life. life to the fullest.
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You life. life to the fullest. life in your family, life in
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Life in your family, life in your finances, life in your
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Your finances, life in your body, mind and spirit. life in
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Body, mind and spirit. life in your everyday. at cbn.com, we're
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Your everyday. at cbn.com, we're taking what jesus said
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Taking what jesus said seriously. we're here to help
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Seriously. we're here to help you discover life. life, live it
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You discover life. life, live it fully cbn.com. god, i can't
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Fully cbn.com. god, i can't stop.
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Stop. >> i'm going to wreck my
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>> i'm going to wreck my marriage.
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Marriage. >> i'm going to wreck my family.
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>> i'm going to wreck my family. i had this just lust, this
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I had this just lust, this physical dependency that i had
00:47:43.050 --> 00:47:43.584
Physical dependency that i had to these drugs.
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To these drugs. >> i just couldn't be with him
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>> i just couldn't be with him the rest of my life. i decided
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The rest of my life. i decided to leave.
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To leave. >> i just remember him doing the
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>> i just remember him doing the altar call. and if you're not
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Altar call. and if you're not sure that you're going to go to
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Sure that you're going to go to heaven, you've got to confess
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Heaven, you've got to confess with your mouth. say that you're
00:47:58.132 --> 00:47:59.500
With your mouth. say that you're a sinner. you got to believe
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A sinner. you got to believe that christ died for your sins.
00:48:01.535 --> 00:48:03.170
That christ died for your sins. there's only one way. there's
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There's only one way. there's only one hope, and that's
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Only one hope, and that's christ.
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Christ. >> jason and tatum's wedding day
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>> jason and tatum's wedding day was a dream come true for her.
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Was a dream come true for her. for him, it was a nightmare that
00:48:12.279 --> 00:48:14.081
For him, it was a nightmare that began as soon as the ceremony
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Began as soon as the ceremony ended. jason had a secret
00:48:16.317 --> 00:48:18.786
Ended. jason had a secret addiction and wanted out of the
00:48:18.852 --> 00:48:20.921
Addiction and wanted out of the marriage. still, tatum hung in
00:48:20.988 --> 00:48:23.023
Marriage. still, tatum hung in there, fortified by prayer.
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There, fortified by prayer. >> tatum was in the other room,
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>> tatum was in the other room, getting changed out of her
00:48:27.795 --> 00:48:29.163
Getting changed out of her wedding dress. and i said out
00:48:29.229 --> 00:48:30.965
Wedding dress. and i said out loud, i just made the biggest
00:48:31.031 --> 00:48:32.399
Loud, i just made the biggest mistake of my life.
00:48:32.466 --> 00:48:34.234
Mistake of my life. >> by the look of their wedding
00:48:34.301 --> 00:48:36.403
>> by the look of their wedding photos, jason and tatum
00:48:36.470 --> 00:48:37.237
Photos, jason and tatum bilborough should have a picture
00:48:37.304 --> 00:48:38.572
Bilborough should have a picture perfect marriage. he was a
00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:40.341
Perfect marriage. he was a career navy officer who grew up
00:48:40.407 --> 00:48:42.142
Career navy officer who grew up in a strong christian family.
00:48:42.209 --> 00:48:44.712
In a strong christian family. tatum, who was a new christian,
00:48:44.778 --> 00:48:46.513
Tatum, who was a new christian, had recently gone through a
00:48:46.580 --> 00:48:47.614
Had recently gone through a painful divorce and thought
00:48:47.681 --> 00:48:49.350
Painful divorce and thought she'd found the spiritual
00:48:49.416 --> 00:48:50.951
She'd found the spiritual partner she'd longed for.
00:48:51.018 --> 00:48:52.219
Partner she'd longed for. >> i knew i wanted to marry a
00:48:52.286 --> 00:48:54.421
>> i knew i wanted to marry a christian, he knew all the right
00:48:54.488 --> 00:48:56.256
Christian, he knew all the right things to say, and he knew all
00:48:56.323 --> 00:48:57.358
Things to say, and he knew all about the bible.
00:48:57.424 --> 00:48:58.459
About the bible. >> i was just head over heels in
00:48:58.525 --> 00:49:01.095
>> i was just head over heels in love with him very quickly.
00:49:01.161 --> 00:49:01.929
Love with him very quickly. >> jason wasn't the spiritual
00:49:01.996 --> 00:49:03.731
>> jason wasn't the spiritual man he projected. he had a
00:49:03.797 --> 00:49:06.000
Man he projected. he had a secret life he wasn't about to
00:49:06.066 --> 00:49:07.501
Secret life he wasn't about to share with tatum, and right away
00:49:07.568 --> 00:49:10.237
Share with tatum, and right away he told her he wanted out of the
00:49:10.304 --> 00:49:12.406
He told her he wanted out of the marriage.
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Marriage. >> being a preacher's kid, i
00:49:12.740 --> 00:49:13.807
>> being a preacher's kid, i knew all the stories. i could
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Knew all the stories. i could talk the talk. and so i was
00:49:15.409 --> 00:49:18.178
Talk the talk. and so i was really, i guess, in some ways, a
00:49:18.245 --> 00:49:19.380
Really, i guess, in some ways, a wolf in sheep's clothing. and i
00:49:19.446 --> 00:49:21.215
Wolf in sheep's clothing. and i began to talk about divorce,
00:49:21.281 --> 00:49:22.616
Began to talk about divorce, like routinely, like regularly
00:49:22.683 --> 00:49:23.684
Like routinely, like regularly like it was it was my answer.
00:49:23.751 --> 00:49:25.285
Like it was it was my answer. the constant thought in my head
00:49:25.352 --> 00:49:27.888
The constant thought in my head was, how do i end this? so i can
00:49:27.955 --> 00:49:30.324
Was, how do i end this? so i can just go back to doing what i
00:49:30.391 --> 00:49:31.658
Just go back to doing what i want? really? like in hindsight.
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Want? really? like in hindsight. like i really lived in the
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Like i really lived in the darkness and i and i didn't like
00:49:36.897 --> 00:49:38.532
Darkness and i and i didn't like the light that she represented.
00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:40.401
The light that she represented. >> tatum wasn't convinced
00:49:40.467 --> 00:49:41.935
>> tatum wasn't convinced divorce was the answer.
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Divorce was the answer. >> i felt like the enemy had
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>> i felt like the enemy had taken my first marriage, and so
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Taken my first marriage, and so i didn't want him to take my
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I didn't want him to take my second marriage.
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Second marriage. >> and so this faith rose up in
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>> and so this faith rose up in me to fight. i'm going to do
00:49:51.512 --> 00:49:53.380
Me to fight. i'm going to do everything i can. i'm going to
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Everything i can. i'm going to stand before the lord and know i
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Stand before the lord and know i did what i could. and if i get
00:49:56.450 --> 00:49:58.485
Did what i could. and if i get divorced, then i'm divorced. but
00:49:58.552 --> 00:49:59.853
Divorced, then i'm divorced. but it's not because i didn't do my
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It's not because i didn't do my part. it's not because i didn't
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Part. it's not because i didn't try.
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Try. >> they eventually separated,
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>> they eventually separated, and jason served tatum divorce
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And jason served tatum divorce papers during that time. tatum
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Papers during that time. tatum found peace as she pressed into
00:50:09.963 --> 00:50:11.865
Found peace as she pressed into her relationship with christ.
00:50:11.932 --> 00:50:14.101
Her relationship with christ. still praying for a miracle.
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Still praying for a miracle. >> okay, god, but your word says
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>> okay, god, but your word says that nothing is impossible with
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That nothing is impossible with you. like you can do this. and i
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You. like you can do this. and i would read the bible and i'd
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Would read the bible and i'd say, this is who you say you
00:50:22.443 --> 00:50:24.378
Say, this is who you say you are. my prayer life really
00:50:24.445 --> 00:50:25.646
Are. my prayer life really shifted from god. will you save
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Shifted from god. will you save my marriage to praying that
00:50:27.748 --> 00:50:29.883
My marriage to praying that jason would have have what i
00:50:29.950 --> 00:50:31.885
Jason would have have what i had? i wanted him to have the
00:50:31.952 --> 00:50:33.487
Had? i wanted him to have the freedom that i had, the peace
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Freedom that i had, the peace that i had, the joy that i had.
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That i had, the joy that i had. i knew that he was so tormented,
00:50:38.025 --> 00:50:39.126
I knew that he was so tormented, and i really just wanted him to
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And i really just wanted him to have peace. i would still have
00:50:41.095 --> 00:50:42.696
Have peace. i would still have liked god to save my marriage,
00:50:42.763 --> 00:50:44.331
Liked god to save my marriage, but it was not as important to
00:50:44.398 --> 00:50:45.632
But it was not as important to me as him. knowing jesus like i
00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:48.435
Me as him. knowing jesus like i did, jason lived in constant
00:50:48.502 --> 00:50:50.938
Did, jason lived in constant tension and internal conflict
00:50:51.004 --> 00:50:52.806
Tension and internal conflict due to his secret addiction to
00:50:52.873 --> 00:50:55.375
Due to his secret addiction to online pornography.
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Online pornography. >> what i desired at the core of
00:50:59.513 --> 00:51:01.482
>> what i desired at the core of my being was connection. i
00:51:01.548 --> 00:51:02.583
My being was connection. i wanted to be connected with
00:51:02.649 --> 00:51:03.617
Wanted to be connected with tatum, but i couldn't be
00:51:03.684 --> 00:51:05.152
Tatum, but i couldn't be connected with her because of my
00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:07.321
Connected with her because of my shame, because of what i was
00:51:07.387 --> 00:51:07.921
Shame, because of what i was doing. because to bring that
00:51:07.988 --> 00:51:09.556
Doing. because to bring that into the light would be too
00:51:09.623 --> 00:51:10.591
Into the light would be too painful. and so the lie that i
00:51:10.657 --> 00:51:12.226
Painful. and so the lie that i believed was that if i confess,
00:51:12.292 --> 00:51:14.795
Believed was that if i confess, if i was vulnerable with her,
00:51:14.862 --> 00:51:15.863
If i was vulnerable with her, that she she could never love
00:51:15.929 --> 00:51:18.065
That she she could never love me. right. that's the that's the
00:51:18.132 --> 00:51:19.867
Me. right. that's the that's the lie of shame. like if you knew,
00:51:19.933 --> 00:51:22.369
Lie of shame. like if you knew, if you really knew what was
00:51:22.436 --> 00:51:23.737
If you really knew what was beneath here, what was going on
00:51:23.804 --> 00:51:25.239
Beneath here, what was going on in here, what i was doing behind
00:51:25.305 --> 00:51:27.141
In here, what i was doing behind closed doors. when you when you
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Closed doors. when you when you were at home. you couldn't love
00:51:29.243 --> 00:51:31.011
Were at home. you couldn't love me, right? that's the. that's
00:51:31.078 --> 00:51:32.779
Me, right? that's the. that's the lie. i didn't realize that.
00:51:32.846 --> 00:51:36.717
The lie. i didn't realize that. but that was the lie that i
00:51:36.783 --> 00:51:38.218
But that was the lie that i lived with for the entirety of
00:51:38.285 --> 00:51:42.523
Lived with for the entirety of our marriage.
00:51:42.589 --> 00:51:44.324
Our marriage. >> then one night, he watched a
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>> then one night, he watched a youtube video about
00:51:45.826 --> 00:51:47.294
Youtube video about pornography's destructive
00:51:47.361 --> 00:51:48.295
Pornography's destructive effects on the human brain and
00:51:48.362 --> 00:51:49.997
Effects on the human brain and intimacy. jason stopped viewing
00:51:50.063 --> 00:51:52.533
Intimacy. jason stopped viewing porn and decided to tell tatum
00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:54.868
Porn and decided to tell tatum his secret, even though he still
00:51:54.935 --> 00:51:57.571
His secret, even though he still wanted a divorce.
00:51:57.638 --> 00:51:58.906
Wanted a divorce. >> what do you say to the person
00:51:58.972 --> 00:52:00.641
>> what do you say to the person that you've made your worst
00:52:00.707 --> 00:52:02.676
That you've made your worst enemy, that you've disparaged,
00:52:02.743 --> 00:52:05.379
Enemy, that you've disparaged, that you've, you know, tried to
00:52:05.445 --> 00:52:09.149
That you've, you know, tried to get away from for five years?
00:52:09.216 --> 00:52:12.553
Get away from for five years? and so i just blurted it out. i
00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:14.521
And so i just blurted it out. i said, i've been addicted to porn
00:52:14.588 --> 00:52:15.756
Said, i've been addicted to porn for 23 years.
00:52:15.822 --> 00:52:18.492
For 23 years. >> i'm going, oh, this fits.
00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:20.694
>> i'm going, oh, this fits. like it felt like a puzzle piece
00:52:20.761 --> 00:52:22.563
Like it felt like a puzzle piece that had been missing the whole
00:52:22.629 --> 00:52:23.964
That had been missing the whole time, that i didn't know was
00:52:24.031 --> 00:52:26.033
Time, that i didn't know was missing. and i started. all the
00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:28.635
Missing. and i started. all the pieces started to come together
00:52:28.702 --> 00:52:30.871
Pieces started to come together for me.
00:52:30.938 --> 00:52:31.104
For me. >> jason believed the marriage
00:52:31.171 --> 00:52:32.206
Was at its end, but then one
00:52:32.272 --> 00:52:34.908
Was at its end, but then one night, alone in his apartment,
00:52:34.975 --> 00:52:37.244
Night, alone in his apartment, he prayed and i said, god, i
00:52:37.311 --> 00:52:39.413
Don't know.
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Don't know. >> you're out there if you're
00:52:41.248 --> 00:52:42.849
>> you're out there if you're listening. i said, but if it's
00:52:42.916 --> 00:52:44.384
Listening. i said, but if it's your desire for me to learn to
00:52:44.451 --> 00:52:45.686
Your desire for me to learn to love my wife, that i want to
00:52:45.752 --> 00:52:47.721
Love my wife, that i want to learn to love her like you love
00:52:47.788 --> 00:52:49.556
Learn to love her like you love her and see her like you see
00:52:49.623 --> 00:52:51.925
Her and see her like you see her. and i said, amen. the next
00:52:51.992 --> 00:52:54.461
Her. and i said, amen. the next morning when i woke up,
00:52:54.528 --> 00:52:56.964
Morning when i woke up, everything had changed.
00:52:57.030 --> 00:52:59.499
Everything had changed. everything. i've never quite
00:52:59.566 --> 00:53:00.634
Everything. i've never quite found the words to explain what
00:53:00.701 --> 00:53:02.903
Found the words to explain what it's like to be born again. it's
00:53:02.970 --> 00:53:03.971
It's like to be born again. it's kind of like waking up in
00:53:04.037 --> 00:53:05.639
Kind of like waking up in someone else's body for the next
00:53:05.706 --> 00:53:06.840
Someone else's body for the next month.
00:53:06.907 --> 00:53:07.474
Month. >> he didn't want to leave
00:53:07.541 --> 00:53:09.042
>> he didn't want to leave tatum's side sleeping on her
00:53:09.109 --> 00:53:10.410
Tatum's side sleeping on her couch and eventually winning
00:53:10.477 --> 00:53:12.079
Couch and eventually winning back her trust.
00:53:12.145 --> 00:53:13.947
Back her trust. >> i cannot express to you in
00:53:14.014 --> 00:53:16.450
>> i cannot express to you in words how overjoyed i was just
00:53:16.516 --> 00:53:20.420
Words how overjoyed i was just to go and like, like be in her
00:53:20.487 --> 00:53:23.056
To go and like, like be in her presence.
00:53:23.123 --> 00:53:23.323
Presence. >> he was like, gushing. like he
00:53:23.390 --> 00:53:26.226
>> he was like, gushing. like he was so in love with me. he just
00:53:26.293 --> 00:53:28.729
Was so in love with me. he just wanted to be near me. it was
00:53:28.795 --> 00:53:31.265
Wanted to be near me. it was very foreign. but you couldn't
00:53:31.331 --> 00:53:35.168
Very foreign. but you couldn't deny that it was. something was
00:53:35.235 --> 00:53:37.371
Deny that it was. something was very different. jason was
00:53:37.437 --> 00:53:39.840
Very different. jason was actually being honest, like with
00:53:39.906 --> 00:53:42.075
Actually being honest, like with himself and with god for like
00:53:42.142 --> 00:53:43.610
Himself and with god for like the first time in his life. and
00:53:43.677 --> 00:53:46.313
The first time in his life. and that that was actually something
00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:48.448
That that was actually something to build on.
00:53:48.515 --> 00:53:50.651
To build on. >> they burned their divorce
00:53:50.717 --> 00:53:52.252
>> they burned their divorce papers and rebuilt their
00:53:52.319 --> 00:53:53.520
Papers and rebuilt their relationship with christ as the
00:53:53.587 --> 00:53:55.756
Relationship with christ as the foundation, thankful for the
00:53:55.822 --> 00:53:57.124
Foundation, thankful for the miracle of a restored life and
00:53:57.190 --> 00:53:59.693
Miracle of a restored life and marriage.
00:53:59.760 --> 00:53:59.960
Marriage. >> she fought for me when i was
00:54:00.027 --> 00:54:02.129
>> she fought for me when i was at my worst, you know, at my
00:54:02.195 --> 00:54:04.331
At my worst, you know, at my most unredeemable through her
00:54:04.398 --> 00:54:06.133
Most unredeemable through her faith, through her persistence,
00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:07.501
Faith, through her persistence, through her trust in god, she
00:54:07.567 --> 00:54:09.369
Through her trust in god, she got to see the miracle that she
00:54:09.436 --> 00:54:11.171
Got to see the miracle that she believed that he was capable of.
00:54:11.238 --> 00:54:13.373
Believed that he was capable of. >> i would do it all again,
00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:15.642
>> i would do it all again, because going through that, i
00:54:15.709 --> 00:54:18.011
Because going through that, i wouldn't know jesus the way that
00:54:18.078 --> 00:54:19.413
Wouldn't know jesus the way that i know him. had i not gone
00:54:19.479 --> 00:54:21.214
I know him. had i not gone through the hard things. so it
00:54:21.281 --> 00:54:24.151
Through the hard things. so it was absolutely worth it. i'm
00:54:24.217 --> 00:54:25.919
Was absolutely worth it. i'm very thankful.
00:54:25.986 --> 00:54:30.557
Very thankful. >> tatum's right about that.
00:54:30.624 --> 00:54:31.658
>> tatum's right about that. life is full of hard things,
00:54:31.725 --> 00:54:33.527
Life is full of hard things, hard places, struggles,
00:54:33.593 --> 00:54:36.730
Hard places, struggles, challenges, and we would not be
00:54:36.797 --> 00:54:38.632
Challenges, and we would not be who we are if we didn't allow
00:54:38.699 --> 00:54:40.267
Who we are if we didn't allow god to be who he is, right in
00:54:40.334 --> 00:54:42.536
God to be who he is, right in the midst of all of that. but i
00:54:42.602 --> 00:54:44.504
The midst of all of that. but i want to talk to you about what
00:54:44.571 --> 00:54:47.507
Want to talk to you about what jason said. you know, you can
00:54:47.574 --> 00:54:53.347
Jason said. you know, you can feel like you can't get out of
00:54:53.413 --> 00:54:54.748
Feel like you can't get out of the hole you're in. you have dug
00:54:54.815 --> 00:54:57.617
The hole you're in. you have dug it so deep, god can't love you.
00:54:57.684 --> 00:55:00.821
It so deep, god can't love you. nobody could forgive you. you
00:55:00.887 --> 00:55:02.689
Nobody could forgive you. you can't forgive yourself. but i
00:55:02.756 --> 00:55:04.091
Can't forgive yourself. but i want to tell you a truth. this
00:55:04.157 --> 00:55:07.227
Want to tell you a truth. this is what it says in god's word.
00:55:07.294 --> 00:55:09.096
Is what it says in god's word. and oh, my friend, this is a
00:55:09.162 --> 00:55:11.665
And oh, my friend, this is a promise to you. it says, if any
00:55:11.732 --> 00:55:15.569
Promise to you. it says, if any man, any man is in christ, he's
00:55:15.635 --> 00:55:18.505
Man, any man is in christ, he's a brand new creation. that old
00:55:18.572 --> 00:55:20.640
A brand new creation. that old things pass away and all things
00:55:20.707 --> 00:55:24.611
Things pass away and all things become new. that's what you saw
00:55:24.678 --> 00:55:26.113
Become new. that's what you saw happen to jason. jason didn't
00:55:26.179 --> 00:55:28.715
Happen to jason. jason didn't make that happen. jason didn't
00:55:28.782 --> 00:55:31.585
Make that happen. jason didn't know how to make that happen,
00:55:31.651 --> 00:55:33.687
Know how to make that happen, but he gave everything he had to
00:55:33.754 --> 00:55:36.323
But he gave everything he had to god. he came to him humbly. he
00:55:36.390 --> 00:55:39.059
God. he came to him humbly. he came to him. having been honest
00:55:39.126 --> 00:55:41.928
Came to him. having been honest about his sin, about what he
00:55:41.995 --> 00:55:44.064
About his sin, about what he struggled with, about his shame.
00:55:44.131 --> 00:55:45.766
Struggled with, about his shame. he said, god, will you do
00:55:45.832 --> 00:55:48.835
He said, god, will you do something miraculous in me?
00:55:48.902 --> 00:55:51.938
Something miraculous in me? don't keep living in darkness.
00:55:52.005 --> 00:55:53.774
Don't keep living in darkness. when you were created to live in
00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:56.276
When you were created to live in life. light the light of christ.
00:55:56.343 --> 00:55:59.479
Life. light the light of christ. you can be set free not because
00:55:59.546 --> 00:56:02.149
You can be set free not because you're capable, but because god
00:56:02.215 --> 00:56:04.217
You're capable, but because god loves you that much. when jesus
00:56:04.284 --> 00:56:06.353
Loves you that much. when jesus died on the cross, he became our
00:56:06.420 --> 00:56:09.990
Died on the cross, he became our sin. our sin was covered. you
00:56:10.056 --> 00:56:13.326
Sin. our sin was covered. you don't have to bear that anymore,
00:56:13.393 --> 00:56:15.662
Don't have to bear that anymore, but you have to choose. so today
00:56:15.729 --> 00:56:21.334
But you have to choose. so today i'll. i'm asking you, give god
00:56:21.401 --> 00:56:24.738
I'll. i'm asking you, give god the same chance you've given all
00:56:24.805 --> 00:56:26.473
The same chance you've given all the junk in your life. just say,
00:56:26.540 --> 00:56:31.278
The junk in your life. just say, jesus, i'm lost. i'm a sinner in
00:56:31.344 --> 00:56:34.514
Jesus, i'm lost. i'm a sinner in need of a savior. and today i'm
00:56:34.581 --> 00:56:36.983
Need of a savior. and today i'm just. i'm coming, i'm coming
00:56:37.050 --> 00:56:39.119
Just. i'm coming, i'm coming with all my junk. and i'm asking
00:56:39.186 --> 00:56:42.656
With all my junk. and i'm asking you to make me a new creation.
00:56:42.722 --> 00:56:46.359
You to make me a new creation. when we pray that prayer, all of
00:56:46.426 --> 00:56:49.229
When we pray that prayer, all of heaven sings. it's why jesus
00:56:49.296 --> 00:56:52.265
Heaven sings. it's why jesus came. don't pass up the gift of
00:56:52.332 --> 00:56:54.968
Came. don't pass up the gift of eternity. not just for then, but
00:56:55.035 --> 00:56:57.504
Eternity. not just for then, but the gift of life for now. jesus
00:56:57.571 --> 00:57:00.574
The gift of life for now. jesus said, i came that you might have
00:57:00.640 --> 00:57:03.243
Said, i came that you might have life and have it abundantly.
00:57:03.310 --> 00:57:05.745
Life and have it abundantly. it's yours for the asking. if
00:57:05.812 --> 00:57:08.248
It's yours for the asking. if you need to pray with someone
00:57:08.315 --> 00:57:10.083
You need to pray with someone today, call our toll free
00:57:10.150 --> 00:57:11.852
Today, call our toll free number. if you're watching this
00:57:11.918 --> 00:57:14.054
Number. if you're watching this story and you're in a marriage
00:57:14.120 --> 00:57:15.455
Story and you're in a marriage that you think cannot be saved,
00:57:15.522 --> 00:57:17.290
That you think cannot be saved, i want you to call and ask for
00:57:17.357 --> 00:57:19.426
I want you to call and ask for prayer. and when you do ask for
00:57:19.493 --> 00:57:21.261
Prayer. and when you do ask for the love and marriage brochure,
00:57:21.328 --> 00:57:22.662
The love and marriage brochure, we'll send this to you. it's
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We'll send this to you. it's full of what does god's word
00:57:24.264 --> 00:57:25.499
Full of what does god's word have to say about marriage?
00:57:25.565 --> 00:57:27.367
Have to say about marriage? it's not just something that
00:57:27.434 --> 00:57:29.336
It's not just something that he expects us to endure. god
00:57:29.402 --> 00:57:32.005
He expects us to endure. god is the god of romance. he
00:57:32.072 --> 00:57:33.773
Is the god of romance. he expects us to walk in the
00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:36.343
Expects us to walk in the fullness of love that he
00:57:36.409 --> 00:57:38.111
Fullness of love that he created marriage for
00:57:38.178 --> 00:57:40.780
Created marriage for intimacy. that's what he's
00:57:40.847 --> 00:57:42.048
Intimacy. that's what he's about. i want to share with
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About. i want to share with you a word from first peter.
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You a word from first peter. above all things have
00:57:46.052 --> 00:57:48.255
Above all things have fervent love for one
00:57:48.321 --> 00:57:49.756
Fervent love for one another, for love will cover a
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Another, for love will cover a multitude of sins. god bless
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Multitude of sins. god bless you. have a great weekend.
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January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025 | S25:E11

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