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The 700 Club

January 15, 2026

January 15, 2026 | 57:59

January 15, 2026
The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.
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The 700 Club | January 15, 2026 | January 15, 2026
  • This is a cbn closed captioning audio/video test.
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  • - [announcer 2] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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  • - [gordon] coming up.
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  • - [drew] i heard some noise in the living room.
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  • - [gordon] a home invasion.
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  • - there's somebody in my living room.
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  • - [gordon] this man goes chasing a robber.
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  • - i move him out of the way pretty easily.
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  • - [gordon] and runs straight into two more.
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  • - and the last noise that i remember hearing
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  • Was the gunshot go off.
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  • (gun fires)
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  • - [gordon] then he takes a bullet in the face.
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  • - [drew] you should not be alive.
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  • - his story on today's "700 club".
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  • Well, welcome to "the 700 club".
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  • Countries can rise or fall on a piece of technology
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  • That fits on the tip of your finger.
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  • Semiconductors are critical
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  • For everything from weapon systems to microwaves.
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  • Currently the world's biggest manufacturer
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  • Of these chips is taiwan,
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  • Although china is set on taking over global production.
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  • As brody carter reports,
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  • That could mean a chip war in the making.
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  • - the key to dominating international technology
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  • And computing power rests in semiconductor chips,
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  • Basically the brains of modern electronics.
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  • And you might be surprised
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  • The united states isn't the world leader
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  • In this multi-billion dollar industry,
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  • It's not even second.
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  • The us government's goal is simply to stay ahead of china.
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  • - when we look at the world's most advanced chips,
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  • Taiwan makes 92% of them.
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  • Matter of fact, one company in taiwan makes 92%.
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  • - [brody] the small island of taiwan clearly dominates
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  • The world's semiconductor market.
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  • That single manufacturer chang refers to is tsmc,
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  • Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company,
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  • And apple is its biggest customer.
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  • - so if it were knocked offline,
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  • We'd face a huge economic crisis
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  • Because our inability to get the chips we need.
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  • - [brody] tufts university professor chris miller
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  • Is the author of "chip war:
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  • The fight for the world's most critical technology".
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  • He says the taiwanese company's dominance in semiconductors
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  • Makes opec's 40% share of world oil production
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  • Pale by comparison.
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  • - today china spends as much money importing semiconductors
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  • As it spends importing oil
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  • And it buys those chips in large part from us firms
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  • That make a great business selling to china.
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  • - [brody] the chip industry is made possible
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  • By a symbiotic relationship among key countries
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  • That forms a very complex supply chain.
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  • America, the world's largest market, also makes up 40%
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  • Of the total value of this international supply machine.
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  • - today, if you wanna make an advanced chip,
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  • The most cutting-edge chips
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  • That you'd find in a smartphone or data center,
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  • It's simply impossible to do
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  • Without using software from the us,
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  • Machine tools from the netherlands, the us, and japan,
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  • Ultra-purified chemicals from japan,
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  • As well as manufacturing capabilities in taiwan.
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  • It's an international process.
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  • - [brody] just a few years ago,
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  • China's tech giant huawei was tsmc's number two customer.
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  • Then the trump administration tightened restrictions
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  • Preventing huawei from getting chips developed by the us
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  • Due to espionage and national security concerns.
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  • - huawei is something that's very dangerous.
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  • You look at what they've done from a security standpoint,
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  • From a military standpoint, it's very dangerous.
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  • - if taiwan were taken over
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  • Or even if taiwan wasn't taken over,
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  • But there was a war in the taiwan strait
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  • That taiwan repelled,
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  • Even still the shock to semiconductor supply chains
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  • Would cause a deep depression
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  • In manufacturing industries worldwide,
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  • And the reason is that today all types of goods
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  • Require semiconductors.
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  • It's not just smartphones or pcs,
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  • Sort of high-tech goods that you might think of,
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  • It's your car
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  • Which might have hundreds of semiconductors inside,
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  • Your coffee maker, your microwave.
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  • Almost anything with an on/off switch today
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  • Has semiconductors inside of it.
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  • - [brody] more importantly, miller told cbn news
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  • Microchips have revolutionized american warfare.
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  • Semiconductors made in taiwan are used in f-35 fighter jets
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  • And a wide range of us military-grade weapons
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  • And defense systems.
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  • Since the world's entire tech ecosystem can't function
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  • Without these chips,
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  • That makes the sovereign island ground zero
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  • For a chip war between the us and china.
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  • - and that means that the world's made-to-order chips
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  • Are made on china's doorstep.
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  • Both south korea and taiwan are vulnerable
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  • And it is not inconceivable
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  • That china could take over both of them.
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  • - [brody] that's what makes the communist government's
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  • Made in china 2025 plan to make the country dominant
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  • In global high-tech manufacturing a true threat to the us,
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  • Both economically and militarily.
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  • - as china's become stronger,
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  • It's become more belligerent,
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  • More provocative, more aggressive.
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  • This is perhaps the greatest mistake
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  • America has made throughout its history
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  • And it's a mistake that we may not survive.
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  • - [brody] it's one reason the us followed suit
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  • With the chips act,
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  • Pouring out billions to bring chip manufacturing
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  • And research back to the us.
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  • - if you wanna build a cutting-edge chip-making facility,
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  • It'll cost 20 or $25 billion for just one plant.
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  • These are the most expensive factories in human history.
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  • - [brody] tsmc has committed at least 12 billion
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  • To build a chip fabrication plant in arizona.
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  • Still, neither china nor the us can overtake taiwan
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  • And achieve self-sufficiency anytime soon.
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  • - we should care about where they're made
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  • Because we need them to drive our economy,
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  • And it is the case increasingly
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  • That things that are further away,
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  • Things that are at the hands of geopolitical adversaries,
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  • May not be attainable at all times,
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  • And that provides a concern of vulnerability for us,
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  • It also provides our adversaries
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  • A strength that they can use.
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  • - while taiwan has maintained its sovereignty
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  • For more than 70 years,
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  • China still considers the island nation its property
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  • And regularly provokes it militarily.
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  • Given china's authoritarian use of technology
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  • Against its own people
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  • And the potential power of semiconductors,
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  • Who controls the world's technology and data is paramount.
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  • This evolving technology makes semiconductors
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  • Even more of a national security concern,
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  • Especially with progress in artificial intelligence
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  • And quantum computing.
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  • The chip war is well underway
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  • And exactly how hostile this war becomes remains to be seen.
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  • Brody carter, cbn news.
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  • - well, at any kind of strength/weakness analysis,
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  • You always look at single points of failure.
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  • If taiwan semiconductor would fail,
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  • You literally wipe out 90% of the world's production.
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  • That's why it's important for us to stand for taiwan
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  • And to stand for taiwan's independence.
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  • Literally everything that we use to run the world
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  • Is dependent on that one company.
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  • We'll be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this.
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  • Can only be found in christ.
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  • Across our platforms.
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  • - mommy wine culture.
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  • Well, that's a catchphrase
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  • Of a marketing campaign targeting young mothers.
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  • It aims to convince them that they need alcohol
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  • To cope with the pressures of raising children.
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  • Social media memes make it sound like it's harmless fun.
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  • Now, cbn medical reporter lorie johnson
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  • Shows us why it's deadly serious.
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  • - wine gets better with age,
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  • I get better with wine.
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  • (people laugh) okay, guilty.
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  • You girls know that's true.
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  • - we do.
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  • - [lorie] the troubling messages often try to be humorous
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  • And appear on a number of products
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  • From baby clothes with "mommy drinks because i cry"
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  • To wine glasses with "mommy's sippy cup,"
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  • T-shirts reading, "coffee, hockey mom, wine, repeat,"
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  • And even memes like, "the most expensive part of having kids
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  • Is all the wine you have to drink."
  • 00:11:54.625 --> 00:11:57.094
  • - i think this messaging that is everywhere,
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  • It normalizes this behavior
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  • Of drinking to survive parenthood
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  • And it normalizes this idea
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  • That drinking a lot is no big deal.
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  • - [lorie] as it turns out,
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  • The messaging sadly reflects reality.
  • 00:12:13.010 --> 00:12:16.547
  • Kelly manley turned to alcohol to fit in with her peers
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  • Who she observed drinking everywhere
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  • At kids' birthday parties, soccer practices, you name it.
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  • - people would show up to the park
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  • With little discreet glasses of wine to have at 4:00 pm
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  • On a play date at the park.
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  • You know, you go to the zoo,
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  • And for a small upcharge, you can buy a flight of beer,
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  • Not just a beer,
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  • But a flight of beer to enjoy
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  • While you're pushing your kid around the zoo.
  • 00:12:44.108 --> 00:12:46.010
  • - [lorie] and like other events these days,
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  • It's going digital
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  • Like the moms who need wine facebook group.
  • 00:12:49.614 --> 00:12:53.017
  • - alcohol has been sold as the ultimate way to decompress,
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  • To cope, and to bond with other women,
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  • And it's very dangerous.
  • 00:13:00.424 --> 00:13:02.760
  • - [lorie] the alcohol industry has certainly played a part.
  • 00:13:02.760 --> 00:13:06.764
  • Back in the '90s,
  • 00:13:06.764 --> 00:13:08.199
  • It ushered in this so-called pinking of the market,
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  • Making and advertising booze aimed specifically at women.
  • 00:13:11.335 --> 00:13:16.407
  • - drink these sweetened,
  • 00:13:17.074 --> 00:13:18.376
  • Pre-sweetened, gorgeous, attractive pink drinks
  • 00:13:18.376 --> 00:13:21.679
  • That will end you into drinking spirits,
  • 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:25.983
  • Drinking pretty wine,
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  • Drinking wine with names like, you know, french rabbit.
  • 00:13:27.451 --> 00:13:32.523
  • - and it worked.
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  • While historically men consumed the most alcohol,
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  • Women are now catching up.
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  • In the last 15 years,
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  • The greatest increase in consumption has been among women
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  • In their 30s and 40s.
  • 00:13:45.536 --> 00:13:47.471
  • However, because of biological differences,
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  • Women absorb more alcohol
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  • And take longer to metabolize it than men.
  • 00:13:52.243 --> 00:13:55.513
  • That means the same amount of alcohol
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  • Typically damages the female body more than the man's.
  • 00:13:57.682 --> 00:14:02.286
  • After drinking the same amount of alcohol,
  • 00:14:02.286 --> 00:14:05.056
  • Women tend to have higher blood alcohol levels than men
  • 00:14:05.056 --> 00:14:09.260
  • And the effects usually occur more quickly
  • 00:14:09.260 --> 00:14:11.996
  • And last longer in women.
  • 00:14:11.996 --> 00:14:14.465
  • Alcohol also makes women more susceptible than men
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  • To liver disease, heart disease, cancer,
  • 00:14:18.135 --> 00:14:21.138
  • And cognitive decline.
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  • Us health officials recommend women should drink no more
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  • Than five ounces of wine a day.
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  • Canadian health officials go further
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  • Saying only two five-ounce glasses per week.
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  • - this is a women's health issue.
  • 00:14:36.087 --> 00:14:38.422
  • It's, in fact, a big public health issue.
  • 00:14:38.422 --> 00:14:40.825
  • - [lorie] and it's not just physical,
  • 00:14:40.825 --> 00:14:42.960
  • Alcohol affects mental health too,
  • 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.997
  • Which is why kelly gave it up.
  • 00:14:45.997 --> 00:14:48.299
  • - it just exacerbated my feelings of anxiety and depression
  • 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:53.371
  • And i felt like i was betraying myself every time i drank.
  • 00:14:54.739 --> 00:14:58.576
  • - [lorie] she's not alone,
  • 00:14:58.576 --> 00:15:00.077
  • More moms are rejecting mommy wine culture
  • 00:15:00.077 --> 00:15:03.714
  • And turning to groups like sober mom squad.
  • 00:15:03.714 --> 00:15:07.051
  • - having a safe space where you can talk to other moms
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  • About the questions you're having about alcohol
  • 00:15:09.387 --> 00:15:12.123
  • Or how difficult it is to navigate in this culture
  • 00:15:12.123 --> 00:15:16.293
  • Where everyone tells you you need to drink to be a parent
  • 00:15:16.293 --> 00:15:19.530
  • And not have to justify
  • 00:15:19.530 --> 00:15:21.065
  • That you should just be grateful to have kids.
  • 00:15:21.065 --> 00:15:23.534
  • - [lorie] many moms are also saying no
  • 00:15:23.534 --> 00:15:26.003
  • Because they're concerned about the culture's impact
  • 00:15:26.003 --> 00:15:28.873
  • On their child's self-esteem.
  • 00:15:28.873 --> 00:15:31.308
  • - most problematic part of it is,
  • 00:15:31.308 --> 00:15:34.311
  • What is it saying to your kids?
  • 00:15:34.311 --> 00:15:36.213
  • Again, if it's tongue-in-cheek jokes like between friends,
  • 00:15:37.648 --> 00:15:40.985
  • That's one thing,
  • 00:15:40.985 --> 00:15:42.119
  • But when you're wearing the t-shirt
  • 00:15:42.119 --> 00:15:43.320
  • That said mommy needs wine,
  • 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.955
  • You know, saying that i have to drink
  • 00:15:44.955 --> 00:15:47.324
  • Because you're difficult,
  • 00:15:47.324 --> 00:15:49.160
  • I think that leads into something that's even more damaging.
  • 00:15:49.160 --> 00:15:53.264
  • - [lorie] so while pop culture and big alcohol
  • 00:15:53.264 --> 00:15:56.500
  • Try to convince new moms life is better with booze,
  • 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:00.571
  • A growing number are rejecting that message
  • 00:16:00.571 --> 00:16:03.674
  • For the sake of their own health,
  • 00:16:03.674 --> 00:16:05.743
  • As well as their families'.
  • 00:16:05.743 --> 00:16:08.079
  • Lorie johnson, cbn news.
  • 00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:10.047
  • - i wish being sober were somehow cool in our culture,
  • 00:16:11.415 --> 00:16:14.952
  • But unfortunately there's no industry behind sobriety.
  • 00:16:14.952 --> 00:16:18.089
  • There's plenty of industry behind the wine industry,
  • 00:16:18.089 --> 00:16:21.892
  • Behind the alcohol industry,
  • 00:16:21.892 --> 00:16:24.228
  • And all they're trying to do
  • 00:16:24.228 --> 00:16:25.629
  • Is encourage you to drink more of their product.
  • 00:16:25.629 --> 00:16:28.232
  • But here's the problem.
  • 00:16:28.232 --> 00:16:29.700
  • If you drink to solve your problems,
  • 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:34.205
  • All you're doing is irrigating them
  • 00:16:34.205 --> 00:16:36.540
  • And you're making them worse.
  • 00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:38.776
  • Alcohol,
  • 00:16:38.776 --> 00:16:40.044
  • Medical science says alcohol is a depressant.
  • 00:16:40.044 --> 00:16:43.747
  • So if you're sad,
  • 00:16:43.747 --> 00:16:45.182
  • If you're overcome by what's going on in your life
  • 00:16:45.182 --> 00:16:48.552
  • And you add alcohol to the mix,
  • 00:16:48.552 --> 00:16:50.688
  • All you're doing is making it worse,
  • 00:16:50.688 --> 00:16:53.791
  • It's not helping you at all.
  • 00:16:53.791 --> 00:16:56.026
  • So if you see someone wearing that t-shirt,
  • 00:16:56.026 --> 00:16:58.796
  • If you see someone with that throw pillow,
  • 00:16:58.796 --> 00:17:02.066
  • It's a warning sign,
  • 00:17:02.066 --> 00:17:03.367
  • It's a wake up call for all the friends,
  • 00:17:03.367 --> 00:17:06.036
  • All the family around that individual,
  • 00:17:06.036 --> 00:17:08.139
  • They need help.
  • 00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:09.673
  • And wouldn't it be wonderful
  • 00:17:09.673 --> 00:17:11.275
  • If the community came around mothers and said,
  • 00:17:11.275 --> 00:17:14.612
  • How can we help you?
  • 00:17:14.612 --> 00:17:16.080
  • How can we relieve your burden today?
  • 00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:19.617
  • Instead of that glass of wine,
  • 00:17:19.617 --> 00:17:21.185
  • How about having a spa day and i'll help you with the kids
  • 00:17:21.185 --> 00:17:24.788
  • And you go have a moment where you can decompress
  • 00:17:24.788 --> 00:17:28.592
  • And do so very healthily with health behind it,
  • 00:17:28.592 --> 00:17:32.630
  • Not with something that's going to make it worse.
  • 00:17:32.630 --> 00:17:35.933
  • Terry.
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  • A desperate prayer from a man with an aortic dissection.
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  • ♪ where there's joy, there's action ♪
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  • Because that was the epitome.
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  • And at that moment i knew
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  • - god, i can't stop.
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  • I'm gonna wreck my marriage,
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  • I'm gonna wreck my family.
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  • I had this lust,
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  • This physical dependency that i had to these drugs.
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  • - i just couldn't be with him the rest of my life.
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  • I decided to leave.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • - i just remember him doing the altar call.
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  • And if you're not sure that you're gonna go to heaven,
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  • You've gotta confess with your mouth,
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  • Say that you're a sinner.
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  • You gotta believe that christ died for your sins.
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  • There's only one way, there's only one hope,
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  • And that's christ.
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  • - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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  • That really frustrated me
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  • Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
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  • I could just say, just lord, i need your help.
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  • - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
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  • - i can feel that air
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  • Going clear down to my stomach and back.
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  • He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
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  • - drew anderson said he needed two things in life,
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  • The first, a heartbeat,
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  • Drew said the drug gave him a feeling of invincibility,
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  • Then the night three men broke into his house,
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  • All that came crashing down.
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  • - one night i was asleep and it was early in the morning
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  • And i heard some noise in the living room,
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  • And i got up out of bed
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  • And there's somebody in my living room.
  • 00:22:40.904 --> 00:22:43.941
  • So i go after him,
  • 00:22:44.575 --> 00:22:45.676
  • I move him out of the way pretty easily,
  • 00:22:46.810 --> 00:22:48.946
  • What i didn't see was two other people
  • 00:22:48.946 --> 00:22:51.648
  • And they stood up and one of them had a gun.
  • 00:22:51.648 --> 00:22:53.283
  • And i remember looking at the gun being pointed at me
  • 00:22:53.283 --> 00:22:57.788
  • And the last noise that i remember hearing
  • 00:22:57.788 --> 00:22:59.890
  • Was the gunshot go off.
  • 00:22:59.890 --> 00:23:01.625
  • (gun fires)
  • 00:23:01.625 --> 00:23:03.927
  • - [narrator 1] drew anderson was on a crash course
  • 00:23:03.927 --> 00:23:05.929
  • With destruction long before he was shot in the face
  • 00:23:05.929 --> 00:23:09.333
  • During a random home invasion.
  • 00:23:09.333 --> 00:23:11.835
  • He was adopted from korea by military parents
  • 00:23:11.835 --> 00:23:14.238
  • When he was a child.
  • 00:23:14.238 --> 00:23:15.639
  • They moved frequently,
  • 00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:17.241
  • Leaving drew longing for a sense of identity.
  • 00:23:17.241 --> 00:23:20.611
  • - you know, i was given up at birth
  • 00:23:20.611 --> 00:23:23.013
  • And so i just really struggled to identify
  • 00:23:23.013 --> 00:23:26.650
  • With where i belonged and who i was,
  • 00:23:26.650 --> 00:23:29.219
  • And so i just literally became a kid who existed
  • 00:23:29.219 --> 00:23:33.390
  • Until it was time to exist somewhere else.
  • 00:23:33.390 --> 00:23:35.893
  • - [narrator 1] when he was 14,
  • 00:23:35.893 --> 00:23:37.461
  • His parents retired in san antonio.
  • 00:23:37.461 --> 00:23:39.997
  • Desperate for friendships,
  • 00:23:39.997 --> 00:23:41.431
  • Drew quickly got in with a rough crowd.
  • 00:23:41.431 --> 00:23:44.201
  • - i wanted to belong to something good,
  • 00:23:44.201 --> 00:23:46.103
  • And so i started to look for that
  • 00:23:46.103 --> 00:23:48.372
  • And it ended up being the people
  • 00:23:48.372 --> 00:23:50.407
  • Who wanted to take advantage of my vulnerability
  • 00:23:50.407 --> 00:23:54.077
  • And my emotional situation
  • 00:23:54.077 --> 00:23:57.381
  • Where i was literally just desperately searching
  • 00:23:57.381 --> 00:24:00.851
  • For somebody to accept me.
  • 00:24:00.851 --> 00:24:02.719
  • You know, i went from being a pretty innocent, silent kid
  • 00:24:02.719 --> 00:24:05.722
  • To being very vocal, very aggressive, very outspoken,
  • 00:24:05.722 --> 00:24:09.860
  • Smoking weed, drinking,
  • 00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:12.829
  • Small criminal stuff like theft
  • 00:24:12.829 --> 00:24:15.766
  • And breaking into people's homes.
  • 00:24:15.766 --> 00:24:17.634
  • And it moved very, very quickly
  • 00:24:17.634 --> 00:24:20.370
  • Because i was finally getting acceptance, affirmation,
  • 00:24:20.370 --> 00:24:23.307
  • And i felt as if i belonged to something.
  • 00:24:23.307 --> 00:24:25.842
  • - [narrator 1] drew left home at 17
  • 00:24:25.842 --> 00:24:27.778
  • And felt empowered to explore his new identity.
  • 00:24:27.778 --> 00:24:30.747
  • Cocaine use became a daily obsession.
  • 00:24:30.747 --> 00:24:33.483
  • - i became lawless,
  • 00:24:33.483 --> 00:24:34.585
  • Drugs all day, high on cocaine.
  • 00:24:34.585 --> 00:24:36.853
  • You know, now i'm going to rob people,
  • 00:24:36.853 --> 00:24:38.622
  • Now i'm going to sell at a higher ratio.
  • 00:24:38.622 --> 00:24:40.891
  • I'm gonna sell more, i'm gonna make more money,
  • 00:24:40.891 --> 00:24:42.926
  • And so the floodgates of criminal activity
  • 00:24:42.926 --> 00:24:46.430
  • Just opened all the way up.
  • 00:24:46.430 --> 00:24:48.999
  • - [narrator 1] cocaine fueled him
  • 00:24:48.999 --> 00:24:50.367
  • And gave drew a feeling of invincibility.
  • 00:24:50.367 --> 00:24:53.136
  • - people respect me more when i'm on this stuff.
  • 00:24:53.136 --> 00:24:56.206
  • People take me more seriously when i'm on this stuff.
  • 00:24:56.206 --> 00:24:58.909
  • And so it felt as if, next to a heartbeat,
  • 00:24:58.909 --> 00:25:02.145
  • That it was the second most necessary thing in my life
  • 00:25:02.145 --> 00:25:05.115
  • To be on.
  • 00:25:05.115 --> 00:25:06.016
  • I was definitely addicted,
  • 00:25:06.016 --> 00:25:07.351
  • But addiction wasn't even how i felt it,
  • 00:25:07.351 --> 00:25:09.653
  • It was just, i need this because it makes me who i am.
  • 00:25:09.653 --> 00:25:13.857
  • - [narrator 1] then in 2012,
  • 00:25:13.857 --> 00:25:15.325
  • Drew confronted the men who broke into his home.
  • 00:25:15.325 --> 00:25:18.161
  • The bullet to his face lacerated his brain
  • 00:25:18.161 --> 00:25:20.831
  • Instead of traveling right through it.
  • 00:25:20.831 --> 00:25:23.333
  • He woke days later in the hospital, broken and helpless.
  • 00:25:23.333 --> 00:25:27.671
  • - when i woke up, i couldn't hear out of my right ear,
  • 00:25:27.671 --> 00:25:31.742
  • I couldn't open my mouth and speak.
  • 00:25:31.742 --> 00:25:34.344
  • The first question i had
  • 00:25:34.344 --> 00:25:36.079
  • That i wrote on my little board was, what happened?
  • 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:40.017
  • You know, and they're like,
  • 00:25:40.017 --> 00:25:41.251
  • "you got shot with a 45-caliber handgun
  • 00:25:41.251 --> 00:25:44.187
  • From nearly point blank range
  • 00:25:44.187 --> 00:25:46.556
  • And you should not be alive."
  • 00:25:47.391 --> 00:25:49.026
  • I had a nurse that was assigned to my room
  • 00:25:50.193 --> 00:25:51.962
  • One of the very first days i was there.
  • 00:25:51.962 --> 00:25:54.064
  • She sat in a chair next to me and started to read the bible
  • 00:25:54.064 --> 00:25:59.136
  • And started to pray.
  • 00:25:59.803 --> 00:26:01.304
  • And i wish i could have told her to leave or to get out
  • 00:26:01.304 --> 00:26:05.409
  • Because that's definitely what i wanted her to do,
  • 00:26:05.409 --> 00:26:08.478
  • But i couldn't because my mouth was wired shut.
  • 00:26:08.478 --> 00:26:11.982
  • - [narrator 1] his nurse continued to visit drew
  • 00:26:11.982 --> 00:26:14.384
  • And read the bible faithfully for the next 90 days.
  • 00:26:14.384 --> 00:26:18.055
  • - she just stayed consistent.
  • 00:26:18.055 --> 00:26:20.257
  • Came in, told me, "i've looked at your chart,
  • 00:26:20.257 --> 00:26:22.626
  • I know what you've been through.
  • 00:26:22.626 --> 00:26:23.994
  • I know that you got this going on.
  • 00:26:23.994 --> 00:26:25.529
  • You shouldn't be alive,
  • 00:26:25.529 --> 00:26:26.830
  • But you're alive and god has plans for you.
  • 00:26:26.830 --> 00:26:29.633
  • You know, god wants to do something in your life."
  • 00:26:29.633 --> 00:26:31.802
  • And you know, over time as it passed
  • 00:26:31.802 --> 00:26:33.804
  • And her consistency grew,
  • 00:26:33.804 --> 00:26:35.939
  • I just submitted to it.
  • 00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:37.174
  • By the time i left the hospital,
  • 00:26:37.174 --> 00:26:39.409
  • She asked me a question and she was like,
  • 00:26:39.409 --> 00:26:41.778
  • "promise me that you're gonna go find a church."
  • 00:26:41.778 --> 00:26:45.215
  • She had earned my trust
  • 00:26:45.215 --> 00:26:46.616
  • And she had earned my respect in her consistency
  • 00:26:46.616 --> 00:26:48.685
  • And so i told her i would.
  • 00:26:48.685 --> 00:26:50.554
  • - [narrator 1] the very next day,
  • 00:26:51.555 --> 00:26:52.489
  • Drew stepped into a church.
  • 00:26:52.489 --> 00:26:54.191
  • In a moment he found what he had longed for his entire life.
  • 00:26:54.191 --> 00:26:58.762
  • - i walk into this church and i got watery eyes
  • 00:26:58.762 --> 00:27:02.599
  • And i don't really understand why.
  • 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:04.468
  • But then the pastor at the time has an impromptu altar call
  • 00:27:04.468 --> 00:27:09.539
  • Right in the middle of worship,
  • 00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.641
  • Offering people the chance to accept jesus
  • 00:27:11.641 --> 00:27:15.378
  • As their lord and savior.
  • 00:27:15.378 --> 00:27:16.546
  • And i just wept, man,
  • 00:27:16.546 --> 00:27:18.348
  • I accepted jesus as my lord and savior.
  • 00:27:18.348 --> 00:27:21.651
  • I felt just this weight come off of me
  • 00:27:21.651 --> 00:27:24.121
  • And i was just crying, unexplainably crying.
  • 00:27:24.121 --> 00:27:27.991
  • Full peace had come over me.
  • 00:27:27.991 --> 00:27:31.962
  • - [narrator 1] drew was set free from cocaine
  • 00:27:33.130 --> 00:27:35.732
  • And his identity was redefined
  • 00:27:35.732 --> 00:27:37.567
  • As he immersed himself in the bible
  • 00:27:37.567 --> 00:27:39.603
  • And his new church community.
  • 00:27:39.603 --> 00:27:41.605
  • - when i started to read his word, i felt different.
  • 00:27:41.605 --> 00:27:44.141
  • When i started to pray,
  • 00:27:44.141 --> 00:27:45.442
  • I felt the peace that i had always looked for.
  • 00:27:45.442 --> 00:27:47.744
  • I started to read my identity in a book
  • 00:27:47.744 --> 00:27:50.747
  • And found my identity in the lord.
  • 00:27:50.747 --> 00:27:53.617
  • - [narrator 1] drew says he is thankful his life was spared
  • 00:27:53.617 --> 00:27:56.820
  • And for a second chance to find meaning and purpose
  • 00:27:56.820 --> 00:28:00.357
  • In the time he's been given.
  • 00:28:00.357 --> 00:28:02.459
  • - i lost so much time,
  • 00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:04.327
  • I lost a lot of people,
  • 00:28:04.327 --> 00:28:06.696
  • I lost time even with my parents,
  • 00:28:06.696 --> 00:28:09.099
  • And man, god has restored it all.
  • 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:12.035
  • You know, i had a beautiful wife, ministry,
  • 00:28:12.035 --> 00:28:15.238
  • Tons of spiritual kids now because i'm a youth pastor.
  • 00:28:15.238 --> 00:28:17.908
  • And i'm so grateful that jesus stepped in
  • 00:28:17.908 --> 00:28:22.212
  • And that jesus made himself known to me
  • 00:28:23.346 --> 00:28:25.949
  • When i would never have sought him out.
  • 00:28:25.949 --> 00:28:29.853
  • - he comes after us.
  • 00:28:30.520 --> 00:28:32.088
  • He comes after us because he loves us,
  • 00:28:32.088 --> 00:28:34.624
  • Because he sees us in our lostness
  • 00:28:34.624 --> 00:28:37.828
  • Trying to figure out who we are.
  • 00:28:37.828 --> 00:28:40.530
  • Don't you think everybody goes through that
  • 00:28:40.530 --> 00:28:42.399
  • At some point in their life?
  • 00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.667
  • It's not just, what is my life about?
  • 00:28:43.667 --> 00:28:45.735
  • It's, who am i?
  • 00:28:45.735 --> 00:28:46.736
  • Why am i here?
  • 00:28:46.736 --> 00:28:48.572
  • I mean, i think most of us ask that question at some point.
  • 00:28:48.572 --> 00:28:51.474
  • Some of us take a longer journey than others finding it
  • 00:28:51.474 --> 00:28:54.344
  • And some don't ever find it,
  • 00:28:54.344 --> 00:28:56.980
  • But you are meant to find it.
  • 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:59.382
  • I love the fact that drew says
  • 00:28:59.382 --> 00:29:01.751
  • As that faithful nurse read the word of god,
  • 00:29:01.751 --> 00:29:04.955
  • He began to hear who he was.
  • 00:29:04.955 --> 00:29:07.524
  • You know, god doesn't keep a secret from us,
  • 00:29:07.524 --> 00:29:09.860
  • He wants us to know him.
  • 00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:11.795
  • We are the ones who shy away from coming to him,
  • 00:29:11.795 --> 00:29:14.931
  • Shy away from his words,
  • 00:29:14.931 --> 00:29:16.499
  • Shy away from even the message of his love
  • 00:29:16.499 --> 00:29:19.469
  • Because we wanna do it our way,
  • 00:29:19.469 --> 00:29:21.404
  • Because we think we've got the answers,
  • 00:29:21.404 --> 00:29:23.340
  • Because we think we've figured out how to belong,
  • 00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:25.842
  • How to feel special,
  • 00:29:25.842 --> 00:29:27.143
  • How to feel like our lives are significant.
  • 00:29:27.143 --> 00:29:29.379
  • The search for significance is in all of us.
  • 00:29:30.513 --> 00:29:34.184
  • Why are we here?
  • 00:29:34.184 --> 00:29:36.419
  • You know, until you really meet the one
  • 00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:39.089
  • Who created you to be here,
  • 00:29:39.089 --> 00:29:40.991
  • Who created you with intention and purpose,
  • 00:29:40.991 --> 00:29:43.493
  • It's hard to get an answer to any of that.
  • 00:29:43.493 --> 00:29:46.463
  • You are a creation of the living god.
  • 00:29:46.463 --> 00:29:49.833
  • "he saw you," the bible says,
  • 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.669
  • These are the kinds of bits of information
  • 00:29:52.669 --> 00:29:56.206
  • That put the whole picture together.
  • 00:29:56.206 --> 00:29:57.874
  • He saw you while you were being formed
  • 00:29:57.874 --> 00:29:59.910
  • In your mother's womb.
  • 00:29:59.910 --> 00:30:01.344
  • "he knew you before then
  • 00:30:01.344 --> 00:30:03.513
  • And had ordained your days," it says.
  • 00:30:03.513 --> 00:30:06.249
  • And then it talks about a god who loved you enough,
  • 00:30:06.249 --> 00:30:09.286
  • Seeing you in your lostness,
  • 00:30:09.286 --> 00:30:11.955
  • Who came himself to suffer so that you wouldn't have to,
  • 00:30:11.955 --> 00:30:16.426
  • To die so that you wouldn't have to,
  • 00:30:17.494 --> 00:30:20.363
  • To pay the price so that you could have eternity with him,
  • 00:30:20.363 --> 00:30:23.967
  • With this one who loves you
  • 00:30:23.967 --> 00:30:25.969
  • Beyond anything the world can offer you.
  • 00:30:25.969 --> 00:30:29.339
  • If you are someone today who is searching for significance,
  • 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:33.076
  • If you don't understand why you're here,
  • 00:30:33.076 --> 00:30:35.812
  • Come to jesus.
  • 00:30:35.812 --> 00:30:37.480
  • I know that can sound so simple,
  • 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:39.249
  • But what a difference it makes in your life,
  • 00:30:39.249 --> 00:30:41.484
  • And what have you got to lose?
  • 00:30:41.484 --> 00:30:43.320
  • When i made a commitment to christ,
  • 00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:44.888
  • It was pretty, pretty raw.
  • 00:30:44.888 --> 00:30:47.223
  • I just said, "jesus, if you're there,
  • 00:30:47.223 --> 00:30:48.892
  • I give you what's left of my life,
  • 00:30:48.892 --> 00:30:50.427
  • And if you're not, i'm no worse off
  • 00:30:50.427 --> 00:30:52.128
  • Than i was before i said this prayer."
  • 00:30:52.128 --> 00:30:53.997
  • But i meant it and he knew i meant it
  • 00:30:53.997 --> 00:30:56.866
  • And he came and he waited while i read his word,
  • 00:30:58.168 --> 00:31:01.271
  • While i grew,
  • 00:31:01.271 --> 00:31:02.539
  • While i recognized the things in my life
  • 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:04.474
  • That i needed to change.
  • 00:31:04.474 --> 00:31:05.775
  • God never took anything from me,
  • 00:31:05.775 --> 00:31:07.877
  • He changed me and i got rid of the junk in my life.
  • 00:31:07.877 --> 00:31:11.314
  • He'll do that for you too.
  • 00:31:11.314 --> 00:31:13.283
  • He loves you so much,
  • 00:31:13.283 --> 00:31:14.951
  • More than you could ask for or imagine.
  • 00:31:14.951 --> 00:31:19.155
  • Just pray this prayer.
  • 00:31:19.155 --> 00:31:20.757
  • Jesus, i want to know you.
  • 00:31:20.757 --> 00:31:24.694
  • I wanna know who i am and why you created me.
  • 00:31:24.694 --> 00:31:27.697
  • I wanna know where we fit together in this world
  • 00:31:27.697 --> 00:31:31.434
  • And the life that you've given me.
  • 00:31:31.434 --> 00:31:33.770
  • I wanna be forgiven because i've made a lot of dumb choices
  • 00:31:35.171 --> 00:31:37.907
  • And i've done many foolish things.
  • 00:31:37.907 --> 00:31:39.642
  • I've hurt others, i've hurt myself.
  • 00:31:39.642 --> 00:31:41.811
  • And jesus, i'm asking you to forgive me.
  • 00:31:42.946 --> 00:31:45.915
  • There's no other name under heaven by which men may be saved
  • 00:31:45.915 --> 00:31:50.153
  • And i declare your name today.
  • 00:31:50.153 --> 00:31:52.055
  • Jesus, be my savior, be my lord,
  • 00:31:52.055 --> 00:31:55.191
  • Show me how to live, teach me your ways,
  • 00:31:55.191 --> 00:31:57.761
  • Fill me with your holy spirit
  • 00:31:57.761 --> 00:31:59.763
  • So that i can live differently,
  • 00:31:59.763 --> 00:32:01.631
  • Live for you, live with you.
  • 00:32:01.631 --> 00:32:04.267
  • I'm asking this in your mighty name, jesus.
  • 00:32:04.267 --> 00:32:07.771
  • Amen.
  • 00:32:07.771 --> 00:32:08.872
  • If you've prayed that prayer,
  • 00:32:09.706 --> 00:32:11.107
  • Then life is about to begin for you
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  • In a really special way.
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  • The word of god will change your life.
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  • Say i prayed that prayer
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  • And i'd like the new day packet send it to you.
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  • And only one thing could help him.
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  • See how their prayers led this man to make a full recovery.
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  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:32:50.713 --> 00:32:56.920
  • - i start drinking alcohol
  • 00:32:57.687 --> 00:32:59.622
  • Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
  • 00:32:59.622 --> 00:33:02.258
  • I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
  • 00:33:02.258 --> 00:33:05.662
  • I felt completely defeated and broken.
  • 00:33:05.662 --> 00:33:08.231
  • I was weak in my relationship with god
  • 00:33:09.265 --> 00:33:11.434
  • And i was just a weak human being
  • 00:33:11.434 --> 00:33:14.137
  • And god got further and further away.
  • 00:33:14.137 --> 00:33:16.339
  • When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
  • 00:33:17.674 --> 00:33:20.443
  • There's guilt, there's shame,
  • 00:33:20.443 --> 00:33:22.245
  • But there's also sort of a sense
  • 00:33:22.245 --> 00:33:24.013
  • That it'll never happen for you again.
  • 00:33:24.013 --> 00:33:27.150
  • My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
  • 00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:29.486
  • She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy,
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  • I want you to know jesus."
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  • God started to reveal himself to me again
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  • And he started to melt away the ice that was my heart.
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  • I'm trying to talk people into this life
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  • That is second to none,
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  • This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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  • - [narrator 1] melissa and her husband rick
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  • Have come a long way from when they met.
  • 00:33:58.915 --> 00:34:01.117
  • Melissa was in real estate.
  • 00:34:01.117 --> 00:34:02.652
  • Rick had been living on credit cards,
  • 00:34:02.652 --> 00:34:04.854
  • Trying to start a number of businesses
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  • And was $80,000 in debt.
  • 00:34:07.157 --> 00:34:09.626
  • All the while, the hinnants were tithing
  • 00:34:09.626 --> 00:34:12.295
  • And the newly married couples started working their way
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  • Out of the red.
  • 00:34:14.697 --> 00:34:15.999
  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • Here's what you should have.
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  • I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
  • 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:26.809
  • I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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  • I'm done striving.
  • 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:32.615
  • - [narrator 1] today, rick and melissa have three children
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  • And choose to live way below their means
  • 00:34:35.185 --> 00:34:37.387
  • So they can help the poor.
  • 00:34:37.387 --> 00:34:39.155
  • They've already built 13 orphanages
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  • And a freedom house in india.
  • 00:34:41.524 --> 00:34:43.393
  • - what i loved about operation blessing
  • 00:34:43.393 --> 00:34:45.161
  • Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
  • 00:34:45.161 --> 00:34:49.165
  • - now i have the hunger to make more money
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  • So we truly can give to all of these places
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  • 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - the only way i can describe it
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  • Is i was supernaturally delivered
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  • From a nine-year cocaine addiction.
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  • I loved jesus, i was a christian,
  • 00:35:35.078 --> 00:35:37.447
  • But i was deeply in pain.
  • 00:35:37.447 --> 00:35:39.182
  • I was physically addicted, i was mentally addicted,
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  • I was all of those things.
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  • I knew how bad off i was,
  • 00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:45.688
  • And what i felt him saying was,
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  • I created you for more than this, my girl.
  • 00:35:48.691 --> 00:35:51.294
  • God filled those holes with a beautiful message to say,
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  • You are enough in me.
  • 00:35:54.931 --> 00:35:57.634
  • - i just turned and excruciating pain came in my knee
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  • On the inside and it was like a jabbing knife.
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  • I made it to the doctor,
  • 00:36:08.077 --> 00:36:09.812
  • Found out it was a torn meniscus.
  • 00:36:09.812 --> 00:36:11.748
  • So having the knee injury,
  • 00:36:11.748 --> 00:36:14.584
  • Having to slow down was depressing.
  • 00:36:14.584 --> 00:36:17.820
  • I was like, "lord, heal this."
  • 00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:20.156
  • Sitting on the couch, "the 700 club" came on
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  • And that's when i saw gordon on.
  • 00:36:22.692 --> 00:36:26.863
  • - we say out loud to it,
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  • Be healed and be made whole.
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  • May all pain leave me in jesus' name.
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  • I receive it now.
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  • Now, what you couldn't do before, do now.
  • 00:36:41.577 --> 00:36:44.547
  • - by faith i'm gonna do this.
  • 00:36:44.547 --> 00:36:46.082
  • I'm, by faith i'm gonna walk,
  • 00:36:46.082 --> 00:36:48.084
  • And i was walking, it wasn't hurting.
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  • I know that god healed me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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  • - one meal a day,
  • 00:36:59.996 --> 00:37:01.464
  • That's all isabel and her son could afford to eat.
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  • Sometimes they went the whole day with no food at all,
  • 00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:08.538
  • Then operation blessing came to their village
  • 00:37:08.538 --> 00:37:11.140
  • And now this mother and son eat three meals a day.
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  • Here's how you help make that happen.
  • 00:37:14.544 --> 00:37:18.181
  • - [narrator 2] isabelle is a single mother
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  • Raising her son marco in iquitos, peru.
  • 00:37:20.750 --> 00:37:23.586
  • To support him, she grows and sells chili peppers
  • 00:37:23.586 --> 00:37:26.756
  • And she makes and sells corn tamales
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  • On the main street of her community.
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  • 5-year-old marco likes to help.
  • 00:37:31.527 --> 00:37:34.030
  • - i help my mom to make the tamales and with the housework.
  • 00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:37.600
  • - [narrator 2] but the money isabel earned
  • 00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:39.035
  • Working seven days a week
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  • Was often not enough to restock the business
  • 00:37:41.003 --> 00:37:43.539
  • And buy food for the day.
  • 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:46.242
  • - i typically only make enough for us to eat one meal a day.
  • 00:37:46.242 --> 00:37:50.580
  • - [narrator 2] there were times when marco said
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  • They went the whole day without eating.
  • 00:37:52.115 --> 00:37:54.550
  • - i remember a day when i didn't have anything to eat,
  • 00:37:54.550 --> 00:37:58.755
  • Then a neighbor gave us some food.
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  • I decided to give it to my son.
  • 00:38:01.023 --> 00:38:03.693
  • That night i tried to make him fall asleep
  • 00:38:03.693 --> 00:38:07.296
  • So that he would not ask me for food.
  • 00:38:07.296 --> 00:38:10.066
  • - [narrator 2] then operation blessing came to the community
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  • And trained isabel how to raise and sell broiler chickens.
  • 00:38:12.802 --> 00:38:16.606
  • After the training, operation blessing built a coop
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  • And gave her 100 broiler chickens
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  • To start the poultry business.
  • 00:38:22.011 --> 00:38:23.846
  • - they not only gave me a shed,
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  • But feeders for food and water,
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  • Everything needed to raise the chickens.
  • 00:38:27.917 --> 00:38:30.953
  • - when mom sells chickens, she buys food for me.
  • 00:38:30.953 --> 00:38:34.257
  • Now we eat three times a day.
  • 00:38:35.091 --> 00:38:37.894
  • - i have now been raising
  • 00:38:37.894 --> 00:38:39.262
  • And selling chickens for two years.
  • 00:38:39.262 --> 00:38:41.831
  • With the profits,
  • 00:38:41.831 --> 00:38:43.065
  • I am increasing the business.
  • 00:38:43.065 --> 00:38:45.435
  • Thanks to god and the people who have blessed my family.
  • 00:38:45.435 --> 00:38:50.373
  • - and that thank you goes to your home and to you
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  • If you're a member of "the 700 club".
  • 00:38:54.844 --> 00:38:57.480
  • Just imagine all across the globe,
  • 00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.882
  • People giving thanks to god because you cared,
  • 00:38:59.882 --> 00:39:03.119
  • Because you came to them in their hour of need,
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  • Not with some temporary handout,
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  • But with a hand up to say, we believe in you,
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  • We know that god has a hope and a future for you,
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  • We wanna give you the dignity
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  • Of making your own way in life,
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  • And here we'll provide so that you can do that.
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  • If that's you,
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  • I invite you to become a member of "the 700 club".
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  • If you wanna be a part of this,
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  • Just imagine tens of thousands of people saying,
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  • Yes, let's make a difference,
  • 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.682
  • Let's reach out with hands of love and compassion,
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  • Let's help those in need,
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  • Let's be a blessing to them,
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  • Let's preach the good news,
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  • The good news that god is not mad at you,
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  • He wants good things for you.
  • 00:39:43.426 --> 00:39:45.828
  • Let's have the good news go all around the world.
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  • You can help by being a member of "the 700 club".
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  • Some of you can give more,
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  • So we have upper clubs,
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  • We call 'em 700 club gold at $40 a month.
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  • - well, coming up later,
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  • Tubes and cords sticking out of his body.
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  • Doctors told this man's family to brace for the worst.
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  • - when i was a young girl,
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  • The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
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  • I just poured the water out
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  • And went home with an empty container.
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  • The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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  • I get home exhausted.
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  • I feel terrible drinking that water
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  • And giving it to my family.
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  • We often get intense stomachaches and vomit.
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  • When my son was three,
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  • He got very sick from the water.
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  • Thank you operation blessing for giving us a new life.
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  • When you came, we were all so grateful,
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  • We could not hold back our joy.
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  • Every time i drink it,
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  • With the well this close,
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  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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  • We are healthy and we are happy.
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  • Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  • That's when i finally cried about it.
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  • - [husband] god, if this doesn't happen, i still love you.
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  • - i was mad in the way where you are boiling on the inside.
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  • - well, we saw the heartbeat and that was like, okay.
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  • - i got into a serious relationship,
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  • But his family was like involved in santeria.
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  • They would do like ouija boards and like,
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  • I mean, everything that you can think of like occult,
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  • Like they were in it.
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  • I was like shaking, crying.
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  • From that moment,
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  • He was lucky just to make it to the hospital.
  • 00:45:19.061 --> 00:45:22.097
  • The fact that he walked out is nothing short of a miracle.
  • 00:45:22.097 --> 00:45:27.837
  • - [latroy] the pain that i felt was so sharp and so sudden
  • 00:45:29.205 --> 00:45:33.309
  • That it felt like i'd been shot in the chest.
  • 00:45:33.309 --> 00:45:35.811
  • - [narrator 3] latroy dixon was at work
  • 00:45:36.946 --> 00:45:38.447
  • When the chest pain started.
  • 00:45:38.447 --> 00:45:40.416
  • At home later that night, the pain had gotten worse
  • 00:45:40.416 --> 00:45:43.619
  • And he drove himself to the er.
  • 00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:46.021
  • Tests showed he had an aortic dissection,
  • 00:45:46.021 --> 00:45:48.724
  • A tear in the main artery that carries blood from the heart
  • 00:45:48.724 --> 00:45:52.261
  • That was causing massive internal bleeding.
  • 00:45:52.261 --> 00:45:55.197
  • Latroy, a nurse's aide, knew it could be fatal.
  • 00:45:55.197 --> 00:45:58.500
  • - i knew by this point i was in a lot of trouble.
  • 00:45:58.500 --> 00:46:01.704
  • Then i began to appeal to god
  • 00:46:01.704 --> 00:46:03.005
  • 'cause i thought i was gonna die, i really did.
  • 00:46:03.005 --> 00:46:04.874
  • God, just don't let me die like this.
  • 00:46:04.874 --> 00:46:07.710
  • - [narrator 3] latroy got word out to relatives
  • 00:46:07.710 --> 00:46:09.612
  • And told them he was scheduled for surgery the next morning.
  • 00:46:09.612 --> 00:46:13.249
  • As soon as his aunt sharon heard,
  • 00:46:13.249 --> 00:46:15.284
  • She went to the hospital, praying the whole way.
  • 00:46:15.284 --> 00:46:19.188
  • - that was the scariest thing to me in my life,
  • 00:46:19.188 --> 00:46:21.323
  • To see him like that,
  • 00:46:21.323 --> 00:46:22.458
  • 'cause this was always a strong guy
  • 00:46:22.458 --> 00:46:24.193
  • That prayed over everybody.
  • 00:46:24.193 --> 00:46:26.161
  • - [narrator 3] the next morning, just before the surgery,
  • 00:46:26.161 --> 00:46:28.564
  • Latroy's younger brother, tremayne, arrived.
  • 00:46:28.564 --> 00:46:32.067
  • - i was terrified to see him laying on that bed
  • 00:46:32.067 --> 00:46:34.737
  • With all those cords,
  • 00:46:34.737 --> 00:46:36.572
  • And it was tough.
  • 00:46:36.572 --> 00:46:38.941
  • And this is my brother,
  • 00:46:38.941 --> 00:46:40.910
  • He has to make it.
  • 00:46:40.910 --> 00:46:42.244
  • You don't understand, he cannot not make it,
  • 00:46:42.244 --> 00:46:44.446
  • He has to make it.
  • 00:46:44.446 --> 00:46:45.981
  • - [narrator 3] doctors told the family
  • 00:46:45.981 --> 00:46:47.416
  • To be prepared for the worst.
  • 00:46:47.416 --> 00:46:50.052
  • Half the people who experience this condition
  • 00:46:50.052 --> 00:46:52.621
  • Don't live more than 48 hours.
  • 00:46:52.621 --> 00:46:54.990
  • In fact, doctors were shocked
  • 00:46:54.990 --> 00:46:57.059
  • Latroy was able to get himself to the hospital
  • 00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:59.828
  • Before having a stroke.
  • 00:46:59.828 --> 00:47:02.064
  • - based on what they were saying,
  • 00:47:02.064 --> 00:47:03.933
  • I'll be honest, i had some doubts,
  • 00:47:03.933 --> 00:47:06.368
  • Not so much in what christ could do,
  • 00:47:07.369 --> 00:47:11.240
  • More of this could be it.
  • 00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:14.143
  • I just kinda had to give it over to him,
  • 00:47:15.277 --> 00:47:16.812
  • But that was tough.
  • 00:47:16.812 --> 00:47:17.947
  • - [narrator 3] it took doctors 12 hours
  • 00:47:19.081 --> 00:47:21.183
  • To repair the torn artery.
  • 00:47:21.183 --> 00:47:23.585
  • During the procedure, latroy had a stroke
  • 00:47:23.585 --> 00:47:26.455
  • Which complicated his condition even further.
  • 00:47:26.455 --> 00:47:29.692
  • Latroy's life was still in danger
  • 00:47:29.692 --> 00:47:32.227
  • And doctors put him in a medically induced coma.
  • 00:47:32.227 --> 00:47:35.731
  • They told the family that if he survives,
  • 00:47:35.731 --> 00:47:38.767
  • He might be permanently disabled,
  • 00:47:38.767 --> 00:47:41.103
  • Unable to walk or even talk.
  • 00:47:41.103 --> 00:47:43.872
  • - they're saying that it's very possible he can wake up,
  • 00:47:43.872 --> 00:47:47.042
  • He just won't be that latroy.
  • 00:47:47.042 --> 00:47:50.346
  • That's the part that i feared the most
  • 00:47:50.346 --> 00:47:52.414
  • 'cause i need him back.
  • 00:47:52.414 --> 00:47:54.984
  • Me and god tuggled with that part.
  • 00:47:54.984 --> 00:47:56.952
  • I'm saying, "lord, i want him back this way."
  • 00:47:58.087 --> 00:48:00.622
  • - everything is done on god's time, it's his will,
  • 00:48:00.622 --> 00:48:03.125
  • So it's the only thing we could do,
  • 00:48:03.125 --> 00:48:05.160
  • But for god to have his will, and not give up.
  • 00:48:05.160 --> 00:48:08.464
  • - [narrator 3] finally, his family could see him.
  • 00:48:08.464 --> 00:48:11.266
  • - the hardest moment was seeing him laying on his back
  • 00:48:11.266 --> 00:48:15.504
  • And his chest going up and down.
  • 00:48:15.504 --> 00:48:18.107
  • He didn't look like my nephew.
  • 00:48:18.107 --> 00:48:20.376
  • I tried to stand there.
  • 00:48:20.376 --> 00:48:23.479
  • I can see him right now.
  • 00:48:24.146 --> 00:48:28.951
  • It was scary.
  • 00:48:29.518 --> 00:48:32.221
  • And i tried not to show fear
  • 00:48:30.953 --> 00:48:35.324
  • Because i wanted to be a strong one,
  • 00:48:35.324 --> 00:48:38.694
  • But it was hard, it was.
  • 00:48:39.395 --> 00:48:41.430
  • - [narrator 3] in the following days,
  • 00:48:42.564 --> 00:48:43.699
  • It became clear latroy would live.
  • 00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:46.368
  • Meanwhile, other relatives, friends,
  • 00:48:46.368 --> 00:48:48.670
  • And church members gathered at the hospital,
  • 00:48:48.670 --> 00:48:51.273
  • Joining in prayer for latroy's complete healing.
  • 00:48:51.273 --> 00:48:55.210
  • - there's nothing else to do but talk to god.
  • 00:48:55.210 --> 00:48:58.180
  • Thank god for the deliverance
  • 00:48:59.048 --> 00:49:01.917
  • And thank god for being the almighty,
  • 00:49:01.917 --> 00:49:04.820
  • That's all we had to do.
  • 00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:06.755
  • - [narrator 3] eight days after his surgery,
  • 00:49:07.890 --> 00:49:09.425
  • Latroy was brought out of the coma.
  • 00:49:09.425 --> 00:49:12.194
  • The stroke had left him paralyzed on his right side.
  • 00:49:12.194 --> 00:49:15.898
  • Then latroy, who's also a pastor,
  • 00:49:15.898 --> 00:49:18.700
  • Realized something else was wrong.
  • 00:49:18.700 --> 00:49:21.904
  • - it's a scary feeling to open your mouth to say something
  • 00:49:21.904 --> 00:49:26.975
  • And literally nothing came out.
  • 00:49:27.776 --> 00:49:30.712
  • I was asking god, what happened?
  • 00:49:30.712 --> 00:49:32.047
  • Like, what's going on?
  • 00:49:32.047 --> 00:49:32.881
  • Why did this happen?
  • 00:49:32.881 --> 00:49:34.483
  • He just communicated,
  • 00:49:34.483 --> 00:49:36.485
  • He communicated, trust to me,
  • 00:49:36.485 --> 00:49:39.321
  • Trust.
  • 00:49:39.321 --> 00:49:40.222
  • - [narrator 3] with latroy now in rehab
  • 00:49:41.356 --> 00:49:43.325
  • Relearning how to walk and talk,
  • 00:49:43.325 --> 00:49:45.694
  • The prayers continued.
  • 00:49:45.694 --> 00:49:47.796
  • - we know prayer changes things,
  • 00:49:47.796 --> 00:49:49.064
  • First of all, we know that.
  • 00:49:49.064 --> 00:49:50.532
  • And we would pray that he would get better,
  • 00:49:50.532 --> 00:49:52.801
  • And we could see progress,
  • 00:49:52.801 --> 00:49:53.936
  • It was little,
  • 00:49:53.936 --> 00:49:55.237
  • It wasn't a whole lot, just a little bit,
  • 00:49:55.237 --> 00:49:57.473
  • But we trust god.
  • 00:49:57.473 --> 00:49:59.208
  • - [narrator 3] after three weeks,
  • 00:50:00.242 --> 00:50:01.510
  • They knew god had answered their prayers.
  • 00:50:01.510 --> 00:50:04.613
  • - as he started to do things normally,
  • 00:50:04.613 --> 00:50:08.150
  • That's when god started to show me that he's gonna be okay.
  • 00:50:08.150 --> 00:50:11.487
  • - i remember coming up there
  • 00:50:11.487 --> 00:50:13.088
  • And him saying that he wanted chicken.
  • 00:50:13.088 --> 00:50:15.290
  • He started talking about food he wanted.
  • 00:50:16.425 --> 00:50:17.793
  • I said, "oh yeah, i know you're getting better now,
  • 00:50:17.793 --> 00:50:19.294
  • You're talking about food."
  • 00:50:19.294 --> 00:50:21.196
  • - [narrator 3] after another two weeks in rehab,
  • 00:50:21.196 --> 00:50:23.699
  • Latroy walked out of the hospital on his own.
  • 00:50:23.699 --> 00:50:26.969
  • - [sharon] he's on his way out.
  • 00:50:26.969 --> 00:50:28.270
  • Y'all, look at him,
  • 00:50:28.270 --> 00:50:29.104
  • He walking ahead of me.
  • 00:50:29.104 --> 00:50:30.906
  • (indistinct)
  • 00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:32.908
  • - [narrator 3] now back at work,
  • 00:50:32.908 --> 00:50:34.076
  • Latroy has regained full mobility
  • 00:50:34.076 --> 00:50:36.545
  • And has had no complications.
  • 00:50:36.545 --> 00:50:38.814
  • He and his family are thankful for the care he received
  • 00:50:38.814 --> 00:50:42.618
  • And for the prayers they believe were key
  • 00:50:42.618 --> 00:50:45.287
  • To his survival and complete recovery.
  • 00:50:45.287 --> 00:50:48.757
  • - i've seen god do miraculous things with prayer
  • 00:50:48.757 --> 00:50:52.628
  • And my story is one of them.
  • 00:50:52.628 --> 00:50:55.497
  • - he is a miracle, he's a walking miracle.
  • 00:50:55.497 --> 00:50:58.267
  • I want people to know that when you,
  • 00:50:58.267 --> 00:51:00.836
  • Anything you go through,
  • 00:51:00.836 --> 00:51:01.937
  • Nothing is too tough for god.
  • 00:51:01.937 --> 00:51:04.740
  • - the power of god is just, it's amazing.
  • 00:51:05.908 --> 00:51:07.743
  • I'm at a point where god can do anything.
  • 00:51:07.743 --> 00:51:11.013
  • - this is what he does,
  • 00:51:11.013 --> 00:51:12.781
  • This is the work that he does.
  • 00:51:12.781 --> 00:51:15.083
  • He's accessible if we reach out to him.
  • 00:51:15.083 --> 00:51:17.920
  • He's not lying when he says,
  • 00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:19.555
  • "i'm a very present help in the time of trouble,"
  • 00:51:19.555 --> 00:51:21.523
  • Like, that's not a lie.
  • 00:51:21.523 --> 00:51:25.460
  • - and it's not a lie for you,
  • 00:51:26.295 --> 00:51:27.896
  • He is our very present help in time of trouble.
  • 00:51:27.896 --> 00:51:31.733
  • He stands, he watches over his word to perform it.
  • 00:51:31.733 --> 00:51:36.705
  • And who is he going to perform it for?
  • 00:51:36.705 --> 00:51:39.741
  • Well, he's looking for trust,
  • 00:51:39.741 --> 00:51:42.110
  • He's looking for faith,
  • 00:51:42.110 --> 00:51:44.646
  • And trust is another way to say faith.
  • 00:51:44.646 --> 00:51:48.717
  • For latroy,
  • 00:51:48.717 --> 00:51:50.118
  • Here he is lying, but he can't talk,
  • 00:51:50.118 --> 00:51:53.522
  • He's paralyzed,
  • 00:51:53.522 --> 00:51:54.923
  • And of course, within himself he's going,
  • 00:51:54.923 --> 00:51:58.527
  • Why did this happen?
  • 00:51:58.527 --> 00:52:00.462
  • And we do that,
  • 00:52:00.462 --> 00:52:01.563
  • We get stuck in, was there some sin that i did
  • 00:52:02.798 --> 00:52:06.635
  • Or was there something i did wrong?
  • 00:52:06.635 --> 00:52:08.804
  • All of these things are running through our heads.
  • 00:52:08.804 --> 00:52:11.840
  • And is this fair?
  • 00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:14.176
  • You know, all of these questions.
  • 00:52:14.176 --> 00:52:17.012
  • Why, why, why?
  • 00:52:17.012 --> 00:52:18.614
  • For latroy,
  • 00:52:18.614 --> 00:52:20.215
  • God responded to those questions with trust.
  • 00:52:20.215 --> 00:52:24.486
  • Trust me.
  • 00:52:24.486 --> 00:52:25.954
  • And you hear it from latroy's wife,
  • 00:52:25.954 --> 00:52:29.558
  • "we trust god.
  • 00:52:29.558 --> 00:52:32.861
  • In our prayers, we're going to realize we trust god."
  • 00:52:32.861 --> 00:52:38.500
  • Trust, reliance,
  • 00:52:39.034 --> 00:52:41.870
  • Those are other words
  • 00:52:41.870 --> 00:52:43.739
  • That can translate the wonderful greek word behind faith.
  • 00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:48.176
  • That when you call it faith,
  • 00:52:48.176 --> 00:52:51.146
  • You're looking at something spiritual
  • 00:52:51.146 --> 00:52:52.781
  • That you have to drum up.
  • 00:52:52.781 --> 00:52:54.249
  • When you trust god,
  • 00:52:54.916 --> 00:52:56.485
  • That's not something you drum up.
  • 00:52:56.485 --> 00:52:58.220
  • When you rely on god,
  • 00:52:58.220 --> 00:53:00.455
  • That's not something you have to drum up,
  • 00:53:00.455 --> 00:53:02.057
  • That's just something that you do,
  • 00:53:02.057 --> 00:53:04.359
  • And in that, you walk into miracle power.
  • 00:53:05.527 --> 00:53:08.830
  • The eyes of the lord go to and fro over the whole earth
  • 00:53:10.198 --> 00:53:14.503
  • To show him himself strong
  • 00:53:14.503 --> 00:53:17.439
  • To those whose hearts are loyal to him.
  • 00:53:17.439 --> 00:53:21.943
  • That's another way to say faith.
  • 00:53:21.943 --> 00:53:24.413
  • Are you loyal to god?
  • 00:53:24.413 --> 00:53:26.348
  • Are you trusting god?
  • 00:53:26.348 --> 00:53:27.883
  • Are you relying on god?
  • 00:53:27.883 --> 00:53:30.118
  • Do you realize god watches over his word to perform it?
  • 00:53:30.118 --> 00:53:33.922
  • Do you say yes, yes, yes, yes,
  • 00:53:33.922 --> 00:53:36.591
  • Yes and amen?
  • 00:53:36.591 --> 00:53:38.193
  • When you have the wonderful promises of god
  • 00:53:38.193 --> 00:53:41.797
  • Flowing through your innermost being,
  • 00:53:41.797 --> 00:53:44.433
  • Well, then you have all the trust and all the reliance
  • 00:53:44.433 --> 00:53:47.602
  • And all that you need to walk into the reality
  • 00:53:47.602 --> 00:53:52.040
  • That he is our very present help in time of trouble.
  • 00:53:52.040 --> 00:53:57.112
  • Now, we're going to pray for you.
  • 00:53:57.979 --> 00:53:59.715
  • Before we pray, here are some other miracles
  • 00:53:59.715 --> 00:54:01.917
  • That have happened to people just like you.
  • 00:54:01.917 --> 00:54:04.586
  • What god has done for others, he will do for you.
  • 00:54:04.586 --> 00:54:07.889
  • He's no respecter of persons,
  • 00:54:07.889 --> 00:54:09.925
  • All he is looking for is, are you loyal?
  • 00:54:09.925 --> 00:54:13.061
  • Do you trust him?
  • 00:54:13.061 --> 00:54:14.029
  • Do you believe his word?
  • 00:54:14.029 --> 00:54:15.797
  • Well, here's deidre by email.
  • 00:54:15.797 --> 00:54:17.366
  • "i was watching 'the 700 club' for the first time.
  • 00:54:17.366 --> 00:54:21.169
  • I've been dealing with left jaw pain
  • 00:54:21.169 --> 00:54:22.838
  • And swelling for two and a half weeks,
  • 00:54:22.838 --> 00:54:24.906
  • Taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen every four to five hours,
  • 00:54:24.906 --> 00:54:28.877
  • Day and night.
  • 00:54:28.877 --> 00:54:30.545
  • I heard them specifically pray
  • 00:54:30.545 --> 00:54:32.414
  • For someone dealing with left jaw pain and swelling.
  • 00:54:32.414 --> 00:54:35.751
  • I wondered if it could have possibly been me.
  • 00:54:35.751 --> 00:54:40.021
  • It was," all caps.
  • 00:54:40.021 --> 00:54:41.690
  • "it was.
  • 00:54:41.690 --> 00:54:43.058
  • I've had no pain whatsoever since that prayer.
  • 00:54:43.058 --> 00:54:45.193
  • I'm still in shock.
  • 00:54:45.193 --> 00:54:47.562
  • God is good."
  • 00:54:47.562 --> 00:54:49.798
  • - [terry] that's revelation, right?
  • 00:54:49.798 --> 00:54:51.867
  • Well, this is an answer to prayer also.
  • 00:54:51.867 --> 00:54:54.436
  • "for a year, fawn, who lives in san francisco,
  • 00:54:54.436 --> 00:54:57.038
  • Suffered with chronic neck pain,
  • 00:54:57.038 --> 00:54:58.874
  • Had two bulging or a bulging disc.
  • 00:54:58.874 --> 00:55:01.176
  • She was in so much pain,
  • 00:55:01.176 --> 00:55:02.544
  • She was ready to follow the doctor's advice
  • 00:55:02.544 --> 00:55:04.513
  • And have surgery.
  • 00:55:04.513 --> 00:55:05.881
  • While she was texting a question
  • 00:55:05.881 --> 00:55:08.016
  • About the cost of the surgery,
  • 00:55:08.016 --> 00:55:09.484
  • She had this program on,"
  • 00:55:09.484 --> 00:55:10.819
  • And gordon, she heard you say,
  • 00:55:10.819 --> 00:55:12.454
  • "'there's someone,
  • 00:55:12.454 --> 00:55:13.722
  • You've had stiffness on both sides of your neck.
  • 00:55:13.722 --> 00:55:15.223
  • You've been diagnosed with a bulging disc
  • 00:55:15.223 --> 00:55:17.225
  • And you're weighing options right now.
  • 00:55:17.225 --> 00:55:19.161
  • Here's the option for you,
  • 00:55:19.161 --> 00:55:20.595
  • Believe right now,
  • 00:55:20.595 --> 00:55:21.963
  • In jesus' name, he's touching that neck.
  • 00:55:21.963 --> 00:55:24.566
  • That disc is going back into place.
  • 00:55:24.566 --> 00:55:26.835
  • The vertebrae are coming into alignment.
  • 00:55:26.835 --> 00:55:28.870
  • You are healed in jesus' name.'
  • 00:55:28.870 --> 00:55:31.039
  • Fawn claimed the word,
  • 00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:32.307
  • Since then, she hasn't suffered
  • 00:55:32.307 --> 00:55:33.775
  • Or experienced any neck pain.
  • 00:55:33.775 --> 00:55:35.610
  • She is praising the lord."
  • 00:55:35.610 --> 00:55:37.212
  • - all right, well, let's praise god together with her,
  • 00:55:37.212 --> 00:55:39.981
  • And in that prayer,
  • 00:55:39.981 --> 00:55:41.616
  • In that praise, let's just have prayer for you.
  • 00:55:42.884 --> 00:55:45.053
  • Let's pray together.
  • 00:55:45.053 --> 00:55:46.688
  • Jesus, we come to you,
  • 00:55:46.688 --> 00:55:48.390
  • We come to you with thanksgiving for what you've done,
  • 00:55:48.390 --> 00:55:51.693
  • The miracles that you've done,
  • 00:55:51.693 --> 00:55:53.862
  • How you've released people from paralysis,
  • 00:55:53.862 --> 00:55:56.498
  • How you've cured a left jaw,
  • 00:55:56.498 --> 00:55:59.468
  • How you've healed a bulging disc and a vertebrae.
  • 00:55:59.468 --> 00:56:02.971
  • We know that you're able and we rely right now
  • 00:56:02.971 --> 00:56:08.043
  • That you are our very present help in our need,
  • 00:56:09.311 --> 00:56:13.281
  • In our time of trouble.
  • 00:56:13.281 --> 00:56:15.851
  • So stretch forth your hand to do miracles.
  • 00:56:15.851 --> 00:56:19.955
  • We are loyal to you.
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  • We love you.
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  • We rely on you.
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  • We rely on your promise.
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  • Your promise has caused us to hope
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  • And we believe right now.
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  • Do miracles, lord god,
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  • For we ask it in jesus' name.
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  • Terry, god's giving you something.
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  • - yeah, there's someone,
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  • On the right side of your mouth, in the back,
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  • You've lost a couple of teeth.
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  • I mean, not in a good way,
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  • Like the dentist hasn't taken them out,
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  • They've fallen out.
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  • You have some dental issues going on.
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  • God's healing that for you right now.
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  • Not just the teeth,
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  • The bone, the gums,
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  • The whole thing is just being healed now in jesus' name.
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  • Receive that.
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  • - there's someone,
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  • You've been having recurring heart trouble,
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  • And in that, you now have a weakened heart muscle,
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  • It's specific to the left ventricle.
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  • God is healing your heart now.
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  • He's strengthening you,
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  • Giving you new life, new vitality,
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  • New breath, new strength.
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  • In jesus' name be healed and be made whole.
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  • - yeah, there are others,
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  • Some of you don't live in this country,
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  • But you have worked so hard in your life,
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  • Your back is like bowed over.
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  • God's healing that for you just right now.
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  • Stand up straight,
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  • Let your shoulders drop and lift your hands
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  • And begin to worship and thank the lord.
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  • - someone else with pins and needles pain
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  • In your right hand and right arm,
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  • God's healing you as well.
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  • If you've been healed, let us know,
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  • Give us a call.
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  • 1-800-700-7000.
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  • Faith shows the reality of what we hope for,
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  • It is the evidence of things we cannot see.
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  • God bless you.
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