The 700 Club

January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026 | 57:59

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 16, 2026 | January 16, 2026

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- [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [announcer] today, hit by a van running a red light.
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- we don't know if he's gonna make it.
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- [announcer] and he wasn't wearing a helmet.
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- we didn't know if we would make it to the hospital
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Before he died.
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- [announcer] one biker's family gets the call
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They always feared.
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- they said, "you and your children need to say goodbye."
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- [announcer] and sees the resurrection they prayed for.
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- i felt like the holy spirit just said, "believe for life."
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- today on "the 700 club."
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- hi, everyone, welcome to "the 700 club."
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The epidemic of school shootings has parents
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Demanding action to keep their children safe.
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School security has become a $3 billion-a-year industry
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With much of that cost invested in high-tech equipment.
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- experts say the money would be better spent
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On training staff and students to recognize
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And respond to threats.
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National security correspondent caitlin burke explains.
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- [caitlin] school security has grown
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To a $3 billion industry with investments
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From video surveillance technology
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To bulletproof doors and electronic locks.
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And while technology is important,
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Experts say it likely would not prevent the next attack.
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- when people are the problem,
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People are always gonna be the solution.
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- [caitlin] jimmy graham is the ceo and founder
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Of able shepherd, an elite active shooter training program
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In denver, colorado.
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- hey! (gun popping)
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Stay there, hands!
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(graham speaking faintly) - graham says it's people
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Knowing exactly what to do in an emergency that saves lives.
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- so i'll walk into an institution and i'll say,
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"can i talk to this lady right here?"
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And i say, "ma'am, what would you do if you heard gunshots?"
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She says, "i don't know."
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I said, "well, that's where we need to start."
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- [caitlin] drawing on his background
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As a navy seal (graham speaking faintly)
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And involvement with the cia's global response staff,
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Graham developed d.e.f.e.n.d.
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The acronym stands for defense, evacuate, fortify,
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Emergency medical aid, notify others, and dial 9-1-1,
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A strategy based on international safety protocols.
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- there's an unbelievably efficient model
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For protecting our diplomats overseas but not our children.
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Right, so why is that?
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'cause it's the same model.
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That model, what i've done is i've scaled it and said,
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"some of this stuff is not applicable,
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But to bring that back home and place the principles,
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Here's the defensive principle.
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To get to them, you have to go through me."
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- able shepherd also provides training
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For those likely to respond to active shooter situations,
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Whether that be an individual, a security team,
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Law enforcement, or even faculty.
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The training is reality-based,
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Allowing those who go through it
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To experience live scenarios.
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(gun popping) - gun shot!
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Gun out, and be ready, be ready.
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Be ready. (shouts)
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- get down, get down! - don't shoot!
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(graham shouting) - get down!
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- are you okay? - tell him to stay down.
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- i'm gonna kill you! - get down, get down!
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- [graham] whoa! (guns popping)
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Tell him to get down now! - graham stresses
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That even with all the right tools,
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Security plans won't work if school leaders
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Don't maintain the proper environment.
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- the best way to describe it would be this.
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I get a whole faculty together and i say,
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"whose job is it to protect this place?"
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And everybody at the same time says, "mine."
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- in 1999, as a first responder at columbine,
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Deacon ernie martinez experienced the moment
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The country realized children weren't safe at school.
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- the big wake-up call was twofold, i think.
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Number one is evil does exist
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Without any reasons for it, right?
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And number two is it woke us up to,
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As not only a law enforcement community,
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But as a community in a whole that everybody
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Should participate in.
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- [caitlin] martinez, now retired after 40 years
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In law enforcement,
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Is the director of deacons for the archdiocese of denver.
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Among his roles, helping schools in the archdiocese
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Come up with security plans.
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- the important thing is collaboration,
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Leveraging assets, partnering with local law enforcement,
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Because we have parishes and churches and schools
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All across northern colorado,
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And everybody is in their own different
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Financial statuses, right?
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So you need to partner with your local law enforcement.
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You need to partner with local schools,
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Whether they're public schools or not.
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- [caitlin] it's common sense steps like training
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And collaboration that experts believe provide schools
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The best chance at stopping an active shooter,
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Since preventing them entirely is highly unlikely.
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- we're unique, right?
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What does america have that other countries don't have?
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Two things.
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One, a second amendment, and two, more guns than people.
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By most accounts, there's over 450 million guns
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For just over 300 million people.
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- back in 2016, research from johns hopkins university
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Found even the highest-price technology did nothing
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To help stop mass shootings.
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Researchers writing, quote, "there is no universal
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School safety solution.
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No one technology will solve all school safety
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And security issues.
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The sheer number of schools and school districts
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Across the country with different geography, funding,
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Building construction, and layout, demographics,
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And priorities make each one different."
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- what does school safety look like in our country?
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It looks as bad as uvalde, and as good as tennessee,
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And everything in the middle,
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- [caitlin] former dc homeland security chief donell harvin
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Says it's important that people keep talking
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About school security even after the news cycle moves on.
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- many people are apathetic and have given up,
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And many people are desensitized,
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And we can't allow that apathy and that kind of,
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You know, mindset to take hold the fact
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That the next shooter is planning,
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And there's kids in that classroom.
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- when it comes to school security,
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Parents can also make a difference.
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The key is communication.
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Ask your child's school what they're doing,
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What they're not,
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And then don't stop asking until you get the right answer.
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Caitlin burke, cbn news, denver, colorado.
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- thank you, caitlin.
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You heard that security experts say that many folks
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Are desensitized at this point.
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However, most, if not all parents
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Who see their children go off to school on the bus,
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Or they drop them off at the front entrance of the school,
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Pray or are concerned that day about the safety
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Of their children in this country.
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We shouldn't live that way,
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So i'm so glad to hear these trainings going on.
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Interesting, too, the technology really is not
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The difference maker.
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It's parents, and students, and faculty, and teachers
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Being vigilant and aware.
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We'll be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this.
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- when i was a young girl, (water whooshing)
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I went to fetch water for my mother.
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The weight of the water
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Made my neck hurt so bad. (water splashing)
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I just poured the water out, (birds singing)
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far, (water whooshing)
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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, he got very sick from the water.
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(screen whooshing) thank you, operation blessing
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For giving us a new life.
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When you came, we were all so grateful
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We could not hold back our joy.
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I've never had this kind of water before.
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Every time i drink it, (water splashing)
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I feel good and healthy.
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With the well this close, even my daughter
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Can easily fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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- [narrator] life.
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It's meant to be lived fully.
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Life to the fullest.
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Life in your body, mind, and spirit.
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(children shouting playfully) we're here
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- [narrator] melissa and her husband, rick,
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Have come a long way from when they met.
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Melissa was in real estate.
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Rick had been living on credit cards,
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Trying to start a number of businesses,
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And was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while, the hinnants were tithing,
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And the newly-married couple started working their way
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Out of the red.
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- i think i had bought into society, saying,
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"here's what you should have."
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I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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I told god, "whether i make a lot of money or not,
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I'm done striving."
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- [narrator] today, rick and melissa have three children
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And choose to live way below their means
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So they can help the poor.
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They've already built 13 orphanages
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And a freedom house in india.
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- what i loved about operation blessing
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Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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- 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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- i started drinking alcohol under the pretense
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Of i'm celebrating.
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I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
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I felt completely defeated and broken.
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I was weak in my relationship with god,
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And i was just a weak human being,
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And god got further and further away.
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When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
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There's guilt, there's shame,
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But there's also a sort of a sense
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That it'll never happen for you again.
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My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
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She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
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I want you to know jesus."
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(dramatic music)
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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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- there's a new weapon on the rise in modern warfare.
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Us air force leaders point to small drones
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As one of the top threats in combat.
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Mark martin traveled to the top military site
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Tasked with meeting this challenge.
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Here's his report from grand forks air force base
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In north dakota.
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(screen whooshing)
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(drone whirring)
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- [mark] russia's war on ukraine is bringing drone warfare
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Front and center,
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Showcasing how these unmanned aerial vehicles
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Are used for surveillance (gun popping)
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And combat.
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This footage reportedly released by ukrainian special forces
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Appears to show a drone destroying
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A russian armored vehicle and tank.
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Then there's actually drone-on-drone combat.
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This video depicts a drone dogfight,
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Reportedly involving equipment used for surveillance
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By ukrainian and russian armed forces.
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- there's very little protection in the way
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Of anti-drone measures and-
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- [mark] and it's not just in the air.
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Here you see what appears to be a ukrainian sea drone
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Attacking a russian tanker ship in the black sea.
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(drone whirring)
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At north dakota's grand forks air force base,
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They're not taking the use of drones lightly.
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The 319th reconnaissance wing small uas program
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Is the first in air combat command to utilize such a program
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With operators from multiple units.
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- you don't have to go far to look at what's happening
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Around the world, right?
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It is no secret what our adversaries
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Are doing with these things.
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- [mark] captain matthew crowell is the vice chairman
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For small unmanned aerial systems operations here.
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- these things can be weaponized,
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And they can be used to hurt people and things,
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And unfortunately, what that means is we
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As the department of defense in the united states air force
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Have to go out there and counter that threat.
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- one drone that airmen train on
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Is the quadcopter style skydio x2d.
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The security forces unit employs it to defend the base
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Through perimeter scans (drone whirring)
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Or identifying threats from the sky.
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That use can also transfer to overseas bases.
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- that goes even beyond into the deployed missions
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That we serve,
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Where our commanders are constantly under threat
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From the outside-of-the-wire threat.
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Those threats are immediately answered
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By this type of technology.
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- senior airman tavi effron (tavi speaking faintly)
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Operates the drone and says,
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(drone whirring) "it's pretty impressive
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What they can do."
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- for instance, maybe active shooters, you know,
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There's something locating an individual
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In that aspect to get eyes on so somebody else
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Who is in part of that mission control
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Can see what's going on and maybe redirect us
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In ways that we didn't think on the ground could be done.
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(drone whirring) - crowell says they also
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Use it for aircraft recovery training, and if required,
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Could fly it to survey a crash site.
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- you would see whatever the camera sees
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On the aircraft itself.
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- [mark] members of the aircraft maintenance unit
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Gave us a demo (drone whirring)
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Of the skydio x2d.
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- [matthew] so i'm gonna get a little bit of altitude here
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To get away from things, change over to my waypoint mission,
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And then i'll just hit play,
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And then the aircraft does what it's already told to do.
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I was part of process - master sergeant
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Matthew roberts says, - that brought this.
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- "using a system like this
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To survey and assess damages (matthew speaking faintly)
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Saves time, money and resources."
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- it eliminates a lot of boots on the ground, in a sense,
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To do what we need to in a short time
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And capture what we need to without spending
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A lot of resources ahead of time to make the job
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And the mission happen quickly and safely.
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- there are actually two active-duty military missions
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Involving unmanned aerial systems operating here
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At grand forks air force base.
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In addition to the skydio, which you already saw,
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Another unit operates what's called the rq-4,
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Or global hawk.
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(drone whooshing)
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You're looking at the world's largest drone.
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The 348th reconnaissance squadron here
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Flies the global hawk.
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The long-endurance aircraft can reach
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Extremely high altitudes of 50 to 60,000 feet.
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Captain mark cochrane remotely pilots the large-scale system
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That provides global day or night intelligence,
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Surveillance, and reconnaissance.
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- the rq-4 global hawk is a premier intelligence asset
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That is one of the only assets that's capable
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Of giving such a long collection time
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Without needing aerial refueling,
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And i feel like that's its biggest bring to any kind of aor
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Or combatant commander.
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(interviewer speaking faintly) - brad bowman
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Of the foundation for defense of democracies
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Calls these drone systems "fundamentally important
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To the us military."
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- we really are unfortunately continue to be in an arms race
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Against adversaries that are building drones.
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Obviously, russia has drones.
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They're working with iran on their drones.
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China is a major developer and exporter of drones.
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The country that has the most advanced drones,
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The right quantity of drones, and employs them effectively,
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It's gonna have life (water whooshing)
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And death consequences on the battlefield.
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- [mark] and airmen at the grand forks air force base
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Are fully aware,
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Describing this tech (matt speaking faintly)
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As a game-changer in a time of war
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And another way americans can feel safe.
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Mark martin, cbn news, (drone whooshing)
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Grand forks, north dakota.
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- well, indeed, warfare has certainly changed,
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Less boots on the ground,
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And to think that that global hawk goes 60,000 feet
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In altitude, incredible.
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It's a great look at how our us military,
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Particularly the air force, is seeking
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To combat international threats.
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Thank you so much, mark.
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Terry? - mm-hmm, amazing.
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Well, coming up, an ultimate fighter
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Is given an ultimatum by his wife:
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"if you wanna live your life, leave your ring."
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See his choice later on today's program.
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And first, (screen whooshing)
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Her husband was being life flighted to a hospital
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An hour away and she didn't know
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If he was going to survive the trip.
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You'll hear the prayer she prayed over him before he left,
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And see how it changed his life.
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Plus, we'll be praying for you, so don't go away.
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We'll be right back.
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- it was so intense with the sinus pressure
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That it was to the point where my jaws
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Were even hurting from coughing so intensely.
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It was a battle, it really was.
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They kept saying to me, "this, too, will pass,"
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So i just stand up and say, "i'm waiting on you, lord."
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I just kept confessing.
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"god is my healer, he is my healer."
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They brought to the section where they were talking
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About people receiving healings.
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They were gonna pray for anyone who was sick.
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- oh, there's someone, you heard the report
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About sinus conditions,
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And you're saying, "please say sinus conditions,"
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So for you, i'm saying sinus conditions.
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All of that inflammation,
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Everything that seems to be swollen and closed up,
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Open now in jesus' name.
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- i jumped up, and my spirit just kind of leaped,
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And i said, "that's for me, lord, that's it."
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You think maybe he's not mindful of those things,
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But he's mindful of everything.
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He's just faithful, and he is our healer.
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- when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
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That was only a year older than me.
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I became very sexualized.
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I started going all over the state
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Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
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Nothing was satisfying anymore,
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And so i began to remember all the fantasies
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I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
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I began to transition, i began to take the hormones,
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And at first, it was the greatest thing ever.
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I was really excited about the results,
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And i liked how it looked physically.
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I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man,
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And that was devastating to me.
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But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
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Night after night after night,
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I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
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Getting down on one knee.
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He reached his hand into the pit,
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And he said, "do you trust me?"
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I took his hand, i walked away from my entire identity.
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You are who god created you to be,
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And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
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God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
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- bill remembers two things from his accident.
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First, the pain, that's understandable,
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Considering that he had multiple broken bones.
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The second thing he remembers, the prayers from his family,
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And that, he says, is what saved his life.
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- [narrator] it had been hours
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Since phyllis phelps' husband, bill,
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Left her on a quick errand before they went on vacation.
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Finally, she called him.
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(suspenseful music)
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- and i thought, "what in the world?"
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She said, "bill's been in a bad accident.
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We don't know if he's gonna make it."
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- [narrator] the woman who phyllis knew had seen it happen.
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(motorcycle rumbling) bill was going
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Through an intersection on his motorcycle
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When a van ran a red light.
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Swerving to avoid a collision, (siren wailing)
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He lost control and was thrown 40 feet across the pavement.
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He wasn't wearing a helmet.
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- it was so many emotions at one time that hit you.
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My first instinct is always to pray.
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- [narrator] when phyllis arrived at the local hospital,
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The staff was prepping bill for a medevac flight
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To dartmouth hitchcock (helicopter whirring)
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Medical center in lebanon, new hampshire.
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- my prayer was, "oh god, just let him live."
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Bill was out, and i just touched his foot,
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And i prayed to the lord,
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And i felt like the holy spirit, not an audible voice,
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But just said, "believe for life."
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- [narrator] soon after, phyllis and her adult children
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Began the 70-mile drive to dartmouth medical center.
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- we didn't know if we would make it to the hospital
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Before he died.
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- [narrator] after they arrived, phyllis learned bill
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Had numerous injuries that included several broken ribs,
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Punctured lung, and a nearly severed spine.
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One injury, however, was life threatening,
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A level four brain trauma that would require
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Immediate surgery to get the brain swelling under control,
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If phyllis agreed.
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- the doctor said to me, "if we don't do this surgery,
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He will surely die.
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If he does live, he would probably be a vegetable,"
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So that was to be factored in on my decision.
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"are you ready to take care of someone
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For the rest of their life?"
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As i said, "of course, do what you can to save him."
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They said, "you and your children need to say goodbye,"
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And so i brought the kids in the room, and i said,
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(suspenseful music)
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"god has the final say."
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- [narrator] doctors removed heart of bill's skull
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To alleviate the pressure on his swollen brain.
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Now, as bill lay in a medically-induced coma,
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All they could do was wait.
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- it wasn't hopeful,
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And i didn't know how much of him i would get back.
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- [narrator] soon, the waiting room was full
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Of people praying for bill and the family.
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- even though i was in such sorrow, in such shock,
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I never felt away from the presence of the lord.
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- [narrator] because it was a frontal lobe injury,
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Bill's doctors gave phyllis little hope
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That bill's memory would recover.
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By day 12, the brain swelling had gone down enough
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That they were able to bring him out of the coma.
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- he didn't know who we all were.
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I didn't know if he would ever remember us.
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- i remember an extraordinary amount of pain.
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I remember my family praying for me.
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- [narrator] two days later, bill transferred
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To catholic medical center in manchester, new hampshire
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For rehab.
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There, he started relearning how to eat, speak, and walk.
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Even then, doctors didn't expect bill
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Would make a full recovery.
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- the doctors took me in and told me
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That i wouldn't get my husband back.
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He will be a very different man than i'm used to,
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And that i needed to prepare myself.
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- [narrator] meanwhile, bill had more
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Than just physical struggles.
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- i've had a walking, talking relationship with god.
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How could he let this happen to me?
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Frustration turned into anger,
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Mostly because i couldn't understand.
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- and he would say to me, "i can't find myself."
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And i would tell him, "god knows where you're at.
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God knows exactly where you're at and he will find you."
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- [narrator] by now, people all over the world
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Were praying for bill.
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Over the next month, he slowly improved,
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And on september 10th he was released to go home.
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- getting him home was great victory,
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But having him there was great challenge.
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You could feel their prayers.
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It gave me a lot of hope.
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- a lot of determination, mostly because of the love
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That i was surrounded by, by my family,
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All those praying for me.
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- [narrator] while bill continued with outpatient rehab,
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He says his perspective toward god began to change.
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- my anger has turned into being thankful.
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I don't like what happened to me, i never will.
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I don't understand, i never will understand.
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I try now to thank him for the things that are happening,
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The blessings that i get to enjoy every day.
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I have eight grandchildren,
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Six of them, i would've never met
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If god didn't spare my life.
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- [narrator] bill would still need multiple surgeries
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And rehab over the next two years.
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With the help of physical therapy,
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He is almost back to his normal life.
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- 'cause he kept improving, he did walk again.
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He sat at the supper table, he mowed a lawn,
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He learned to drive again.
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It's been a long, long haul,
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And it's not been easy for either one of us.
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- [narrator] today, bill and phyllis believe
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That it was the power of prayer that brought him back
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To the life he loves.
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- god's a miracle worker.
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He's still in the miracle working business.
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- jesus christ is faithful.
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No matter what you face, don't turn from god, run to him.
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He's worthy to put your trust in.
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He doesn't want you to walk through this life alone.
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Whatever injuries you sustain in life,
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You need jesus christ.
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That's the answer.
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(inspirational music)
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- it is the answer, isn't it?
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You know, life is full of suddenlys when we least expect it.
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Things happen that we didn't see coming,
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And they are life changing, very often,
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And yet i love what his wife said,
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"god has the final word."
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And so today, i don't know what your need is,
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I don't know what your petition to the lord is about or for,
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But i know this, he has the final answer,
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And i also know that just like bill, he knows your name.
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He knows where you are, he knows what you're going through,
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And he has that promise he's made to all of us,
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That all things, not some things,
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But all things, maybe especially the difficult,
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Negative, challenging things work together for good
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To those who love god.
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That's you, that's you.
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So today, we wanna join hearts, join hands with you.
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We wanna pray for you right in the midst
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Of your circumstance,
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And ask god to make a difference
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In what it is you're facing.
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So let's do that.
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- yeah. - together, okay, ready?
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Let's pray.
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Well, father, we love you.
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We know that you are bigger than anything we can imagine.
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We know that involved in all of this,
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What you're asking us to do is to surrender
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To your goodness, to trust your heart,
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Especially when we can't see anything,
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Especially when we don't understand
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Why things have happened.
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To believe that your heart is good all the time,
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And that your goodness is chasing after us
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As your children, god,
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Promising to bring good out of negative,
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To bring life out of death, to bring hope out of darkness.
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Move in our circumstances today, god.
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Show us what it is you want to do,
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And give us the heart, give us the will, give us the mind.
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Give us the spirit to receive exactly
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What you want to give us today, lord.
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We thank you in advance for your goodness.
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- someone's been battling dizziness.
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In fact, you're sitting, watching this program
00:29:43.326 --> 00:29:45.028
Because you need to sit,
00:29:45.028 --> 00:29:46.563
Because when you walk, you need to put your hand
00:29:46.563 --> 00:29:49.366
On furniture to stabilize yourself,
00:29:49.366 --> 00:29:51.301
And that dizziness is gonna go away now
00:29:51.301 --> 00:29:53.003
In the name of jesus.
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God wants to do something mighty in your life.
00:29:54.404 --> 00:29:56.539
Thank you, lord.
00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:58.108
- you know, someone else, you've damaged through a fall
00:29:58.108 --> 00:30:00.543
Or some kind of accident the bridge of your nose?
00:30:00.543 --> 00:30:03.079
And ever since that's happened,
00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.748
You've had almost daily migraines,
00:30:04.748 --> 00:30:07.617
And just a sense of a band around your head
00:30:07.617 --> 00:30:10.220
That's so pressured and uncomfortable,
00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:12.455
God's healing that right now in jesus' name.
00:30:12.455 --> 00:30:15.859
Feel it just come off of you and be set free.
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- this is not a physical condition,
00:30:19.763 --> 00:30:21.464
But there's someone, i believe it's a man,
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Who needs wisdom from god,
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And he's nervous or fearful of asking god for wisdom
00:30:24.167 --> 00:30:28.071
For his life or the direction he should go,
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Because he feels like he's just made so many mistakes
00:30:30.106 --> 00:30:32.375
And dishonored god so much, he has no right to ask it.
00:30:32.375 --> 00:30:35.245
And james, we read, if you need wisdom,
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Ask god for it, who will give it freely,
00:30:37.013 --> 00:30:38.915
But don't doubt, believe.
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God wants to give us wisdom,
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And for this man in particular,
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He wants to impart wisdom upon you.
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Get ready for him to speak to you now in jesus' name.
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- you know, someone else, you have a very,
00:30:47.691 --> 00:30:49.693
Very severe tailbone injury.
00:30:49.693 --> 00:30:51.962
I mean, it has left you with so much pain,
00:30:51.962 --> 00:30:54.531
And your mobility is affected by it.
00:30:54.531 --> 00:30:56.566
You've been told that there's nothing more that can be done.
00:30:56.566 --> 00:30:59.402
God has the final word.
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You're being healed today in jesus' name.
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Just lift up your hands and begin to praise him
00:31:03.173 --> 00:31:05.475
And thank him.
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- someone, i don't know if it's a man or a woman,
00:31:07.577 --> 00:31:09.012
But is out of rehab, either for drugs or alcohol,
00:31:09.012 --> 00:31:11.715
Substance abuse,
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And it was a long addiction, and you're out,
00:31:13.049 --> 00:31:14.684
And now, it's "now what?
00:31:14.684 --> 00:31:15.986
Where do i go now?
00:31:15.986 --> 00:31:17.620
Who do i speak to?"
00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:19.222
And the now what, the next is jesus,
00:31:19.222 --> 00:31:21.558
And he just wants to say, "focus on me."
00:31:21.558 --> 00:31:24.294
The lord says, "that is the direction.
00:31:24.294 --> 00:31:27.063
Focus on the father, and he will lead you in jesus' name."
00:31:27.063 --> 00:31:32.135
Thank you for that word of comfort, lord.
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- yeah.
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Someone else, you have a condition that just keeps
00:31:35.972 --> 00:31:38.675
Coming up with spots, like it's on your tongue,
00:31:39.943 --> 00:31:42.579
It's even around your mouth on the outside.
00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:45.081
I don't really know what it is,
00:31:45.081 --> 00:31:46.516
But god's healing that condition for you right now.
00:31:46.516 --> 00:31:48.418
You'll be able to taste again.
00:31:48.418 --> 00:31:50.854
You're not gonna have the discomfort of that,
00:31:50.854 --> 00:31:52.789
The pain of that.
00:31:52.789 --> 00:31:53.757
In jesus' name, be made whole.
00:31:53.757 --> 00:31:55.692
- there was a a couple, a husband and wife
00:31:56.826 --> 00:31:58.728
Watching that miracle story as they're in the er,
00:31:58.728 --> 00:32:01.364
And their faith was inspired,
00:32:01.364 --> 00:32:02.732
And the stories concluded, and now, we're praying,
00:32:02.732 --> 00:32:04.968
And they're starting to feel that faith
00:32:04.968 --> 00:32:08.238
Just kind of go down a little bit,
00:32:08.238 --> 00:32:09.472
And the lord wants to speak to you
00:32:09.472 --> 00:32:10.907
And get your attention again, and say, "i am with you.
00:32:10.907 --> 00:32:13.576
I am with your child.
00:32:13.576 --> 00:32:14.878
My holy spirit is present with you.
00:32:14.878 --> 00:32:18.348
I ask for a mustard seed of faith.
00:32:18.348 --> 00:32:20.784
Don't lose sight of the lord in this situation.
00:32:20.784 --> 00:32:23.787
He is powerful."
00:32:23.787 --> 00:32:25.855
Thank you, father.
00:32:25.855 --> 00:32:26.923
- sometimes god is working more when we can't see him,
00:32:28.291 --> 00:32:31.094
And doing things that we couldn't begin
00:32:31.094 --> 00:32:33.797
To understand or accept.
00:32:33.797 --> 00:32:35.165
Just today, lift up your hands and begin to praise
00:32:35.165 --> 00:32:38.268
And thank the lord for what he's doing in your life.
00:32:38.268 --> 00:32:41.337
Even if you don't have any kind of a serious physical,
00:32:41.337 --> 00:32:44.140
Or financial, or psychological need, just thank him.
00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:47.811
You know, god inhabits the praises of his people.
00:32:47.811 --> 00:32:50.914
Just invite him into that moment, that place in your life,
00:32:50.914 --> 00:32:53.817
In jesus' name. - yes.
00:32:53.817 --> 00:32:55.752
- thank you, god, for your goodness.
00:32:55.752 --> 00:32:58.021
We worship you today.
00:32:58.021 --> 00:33:00.256
Amen. - amen, amen.
00:33:00.256 --> 00:33:01.291
- i want you to know that if you have a need of any kind,
00:33:02.692 --> 00:33:05.195
We'd love to pray for you.
00:33:05.195 --> 00:33:07.564
Not here on the air right now,
00:33:07.564 --> 00:33:09.165
But our phones are always open to you,
00:33:09.165 --> 00:33:10.867
And so feel free to call 1-800-700-7000.
00:33:10.867 --> 00:33:14.671
There's always a friend standing by
00:33:14.671 --> 00:33:16.372
To pray for whatever your need is,
00:33:16.372 --> 00:33:18.241
And they'll do it specifically, so call now.
00:33:18.241 --> 00:33:21.311
Well, up next, this mma hopeful wanted
00:33:21.311 --> 00:33:24.314
To be the ultimate fighter.
00:33:24.314 --> 00:33:26.082
His wife just wanted him to fight for his marriage.
00:33:26.082 --> 00:33:29.219
Go inside the epic battle that nearly knocked them both out.
00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:33.556
That's later on today's show.
00:33:33.556 --> 00:33:36.226
(bright music)
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- in the last five minutes of my labor and delivery
00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.303
Was when i noticed something was wrong.
00:33:47.303 --> 00:33:49.606
They put her on my chest,
00:33:49.606 --> 00:33:51.074
And right away, they took her away,
00:33:51.074 --> 00:33:52.842
And she wasn't crying, and she looked sort of gray.
00:33:52.842 --> 00:33:55.745
I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
00:33:56.913 --> 00:33:58.748
Then they came back in the room and said,
00:33:59.916 --> 00:34:01.084
"she's had a brain injury."
00:34:01.084 --> 00:34:03.520
That's when i really started praying,
00:34:03.520 --> 00:34:05.688
"god, please, please let her mind be okay."
00:34:05.688 --> 00:34:09.125
Turned on the tv and just randomly flipping the channels,
00:34:09.125 --> 00:34:11.661
Here's cbn.
00:34:11.661 --> 00:34:12.695
It really lifted me up.
00:34:12.695 --> 00:34:14.230
It gave me that little bit of hope i needed at the time.
00:34:14.230 --> 00:34:16.599
After that, i really felt like things
00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.001
Started moving even more,
00:34:18.001 --> 00:34:19.736
And she went from being behind to advanced for her age.
00:34:19.736 --> 00:34:24.140
I could never deny the power of prayer.
00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:26.242
I would always just say, "pray and pray more,
00:34:26.242 --> 00:34:28.878
And just keep trusting god."
00:34:28.878 --> 00:34:31.548
His word is true.
00:34:31.548 --> 00:34:33.149
He saw me through all the bad things
00:34:33.149 --> 00:34:34.884
I thought would happen to my daughter, and he healed her.
00:34:34.884 --> 00:34:37.987
Psalms 34:4, "i sought the lord and he answered me.
00:34:37.987 --> 00:34:41.658
He delivered me from all of my fears."
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- giving to the 700 club
00:34:44.327 --> 00:34:46.462
Is giving to the world. (children shouting playfully)
00:34:46.462 --> 00:34:48.731
700 club are my feet, they're walking it there.
00:34:48.731 --> 00:34:51.734
All i'm doing is helping write the check.
00:34:51.734 --> 00:34:54.037
(dramatic music)
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- it's just like planting a seed in the ground,
00:34:55.438 --> 00:34:57.607
And the water comes and the sun hits it, and it grows.
00:34:57.607 --> 00:35:02.145
- you can trust cbn, they're gonna take your money
00:35:02.145 --> 00:35:04.847
And invest it wisely.
00:35:04.847 --> 00:35:06.583
- [attestant] you are saving souls through your giving.
00:35:06.583 --> 00:35:09.719
(dramatic music continues)
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- i just couldn't keep anything down.
00:35:14.057 --> 00:35:16.826
The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath,
00:35:16.826 --> 00:35:20.363
As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
00:35:20.363 --> 00:35:22.699
My prayer was, "lord, give me a diagnosis,
00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:26.302
And give me a treatment plan,
00:35:26.302 --> 00:35:27.604
And give me a doctor who knows me
00:35:27.604 --> 00:35:29.138
And understands what's going on."
00:35:29.138 --> 00:35:30.807
And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
00:35:30.807 --> 00:35:33.810
He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
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So i did, i put my hand, and i said,
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"lord, i believe in you, that you can heal me,"
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And at that moment, gordon said-
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- there's someone, you're saying,
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"please say crohn's disease,"
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And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
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Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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But be restored now in jesus' name.
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- and i've had no issues since that time,
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And i just give god the glory for that.
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What i know is that jesus touched me
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And then i've been healed.
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- i was muslim for four years.
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I had spells cast on me,
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And just everything you can think of.
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I never got what i was looking for.
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There was no real power to change my life.
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I had tried everything.
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It just came to a point where it was like, "you know what?
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I don't want to do this anymore."
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The little, old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
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She prayed for me, and all i know is i felt
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The love of god.
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We would read from genesis to revelation,
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And we just went deep in the word of god.
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Everything about me, even my very continents
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Began to change after that point.
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And now, i just have a desire to see them
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Experience the loving kindness of god
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That i have experienced,
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To see that true change is possible,
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And that what you thought that you were looking for
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Can only be found in christ.
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- when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
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That was only a year older than me.
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I became very sexualized.
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I started going all over the state
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Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
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Nothing was satisfying anymore,
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And so i began to remember all the fantasies
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I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
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I began to transition.
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I began to take the hormones,
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And at first, it was the greatest thing ever.
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I was really excited about the results,
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And i liked how it looked physically.
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I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man,
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And that was devastating to me.
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But after about a month of just crying out the lord
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Night after night after night,
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I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
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Getting down on one knee.
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He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
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"do you trust me?"
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I took his hand, i walked away from my entire identity.
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You are who god created you to be,
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And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
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God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
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(dramatic music)
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- kc dreamed of becoming an mma fighter.
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He trained nearly every day,
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He sparred with other professional fighters,
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Even making some of them tap out.
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Still, there was one fight he couldn't win,
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And it nearly cost him his marriage.
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- as a married man, i had no business being in there, none,
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And i just fell to lust, and lust is heavy.
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I always used to judge david until i became him.
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- [narrator] kc miles was a champion high school wrestler
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With a rough past.
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During his junior year, he fell in love with his classmate,
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Melissa, who was a devout christian.
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- we became friends first, and at the same time,
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My spanish teacher introduced to me the bible.
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He started reading me scripture,
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And asking me if i knew who jesus was.
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So i started doing bible study with him,
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And melissa saw that,
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And that gave her some confidence to date me.
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Those seeds that were planted in me by my spanish teacher
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Were important, very important.
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- they got married when they were 19 years old.
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Kc wrestled in junior college,
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Then began training for mma cage fighting.
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- when we were young and at that stage in our life,
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Fighting was relatively new,
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So i didn't know really what to expect as far as lifestyle
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And how it would affect our marriage.
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- i wanted to win.
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I wanted to show people that the underdog could win
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Like the "rocky."
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I wanted to live that story.
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I wanted to get in that cage, and i wanted to fight.
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I was tapping pro fighters.
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You know, once i seen that,
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I was like, "this is me, i'm a fighter."
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- [narrator] in his hometown in california,
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Kc poured himself into mma training nearly every day.
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On the weekends, he trained in las vegas
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With a goal of fighting in the ufc.
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- my wrestling coach, rocky, he warned me
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Against training with certain people in mma,
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And he told me how it'll change you, and he meant morally.
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This is when the problem started for me.
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I didn't know how professional athletes were.
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You know, i went to the strip clubs with him,
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And at first, when i went, my hand shook violently,
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And it only did that three times,
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And after the third time, my hand didn't shake anymore.
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I knew it was wrong being in there, but it was so exotic.
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Like, just seeing all that, i was like, "what the heck?"
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I mean, there are all kinds of girls,
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Every shape and color, and that flesh is powerful,
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Absolutely powerful.
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That temptation was heavy, heavy,
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And i did not like it, because i knew it was wrong.
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Every time i left, i literally looked up and said,
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"i'm sorry, god."
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I knew what i was doing was wrong, but i couldn't stop.
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I kept going the back to those strip clubs.
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- [narrator] before long, kc gave into temptation
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And began having an affair with a dancer.
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Melissa found out what was going on and was devastated.
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- i couldn't bear it anymore.
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I was at the ends of my rope.
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I was constantly sad, depressed,
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And i just, i asked him to choose, you know?
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He was a fighter, and i wanted him to fight for us.
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(soft dramatic music)
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- i was trying to buy time,
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Because i was trying to get on the "ultimate fighters" show.
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And she went to the bank and got half the money
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Out of the bank account,
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And she comes home and she divvies it out,
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And she says, "no, no, you have a choice.
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Half this is yours.
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If you want that life, you go.
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Take this money and leave your ring.
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I'm within my right to divorce you."
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And when she said that, it scared me,
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Because melissa's truly, in my mind,
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The only person that loved me unconditionally.
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And that's when i called up my spanish teacher
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And i asked him, "what do i do?"
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And he says, "you get down on your knees
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And you cry out to god."
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And i was like, "i don't have time for this crap."
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I had become so egotistical, i didn't have time for god.
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I didn't have time for jesus.
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It was all about me, i was so selfish.
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I wanted to be in the ufc, i wanted to be a champion.
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He came up and he showed me who i was in the bible,
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And i'm like, "that's not me."
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He said, "what are you gonna do?"
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I picked melissa, i picked my wife,
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And when she came home from work that day, i was still home,
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And she goes, "good, now, you're moving."
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- kc moved in with his high school spanish teacher
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And avoided outside influences from the mma world.
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Instead, he began reading the bible.
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- when i started reading about jesus,
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There's nothing else i wanted.
00:43:03.426 --> 00:43:05.094
I was hooked from the very second i opened that bible.
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I had nothing else.
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There's nothing else i could do.
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I couldn't go to the gym, i was working at home,
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But i just went in the bible and i'm like, "why?"
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I would just look up and say, "why do you do this for us?"
00:43:14.837 --> 00:43:17.707
Like, "i know who i am, i'm selfish,"
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And i just started falling in love with jesus.
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And i just started to miss my wife,
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And i spent six months alone without her,
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And that's when i started to grow with the lord.
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- [narrator] melissa saw the changes taking place
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In kc's heart and character.
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- he was turning the tables.
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He was thinking more about us
00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:41.363
As a couple in our marriage and god's plan
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Than his plan, than his own plan.
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- as i got closer to jesus, i was getting closer to melissa.
00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:55.177
We would read bibles together,
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We'd read scripture together, and then go work out together,
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And she became my training partner.
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She became my best friend.
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I fell in love with melissa different.
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I fell in love with her soul.
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- [narrator] kc committed his life to christ.
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They moved back in together, and soon after,
00:44:08.758 --> 00:44:11.193
Started a family.
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Today, their marriage is solid with jesus as the foundation.
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- man, we were just two young people.
00:44:17.533 --> 00:44:20.069
It was real love, it really was,
00:44:20.069 --> 00:44:21.670
But i was in love with myself, too.
00:44:21.670 --> 00:44:23.272
Now, i'm in love with her and not me,
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And that's what picking up a cross
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And carrying it daily means, is you pick him,
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And you pick your wife over yourself.
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- god came in, back into my life,
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Back into my husband's life,
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And we both had to really just trust and rely on him
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And grow in him,
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And i think that's one of the most important things,
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Is that we both chose to stay together
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And grow towards god.
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- i have a good life, and i don't deserve it,
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But i'm grateful.
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- if your marriage is struggling,
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Be encouraged by that wonderful testimony.
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Listen, kc was a tough dude in brutal fights,
00:45:06.682 --> 00:45:11.520
A tough guy with big goals,
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And as tough as he was, he acknowledged,
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And he admitted he was not tough enough
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To overcome the lust of the flesh, and that's a struggle.
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It is really for our entire lives.
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Galatians 5 talks about it.
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The flesh, the spirit, they're in combat with each other.
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It's a war, and you don't need to be frightened of that.
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There's hope in in christ, for sure,
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Because through christ,
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"those fleshly desires are crucified," we read in galatians,
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But no, this is gonna be a thing in our lives,
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Fighting against the flesh.
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But when he surrendered to jesus,
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Not only did he conquer these things,
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He became a better husband,
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Because when you focus on jesus, you become a better spouse.
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There's no doubt about it.
00:45:57.533 --> 00:45:59.068
But i was so struck when kc said he went into this club,
00:45:59.068 --> 00:46:01.570
He knew he shouldn't be there,
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And he was literally trembling.
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Remember, he said that, "my hand was shaking,"
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Because his spirit knew this was not for him.
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His spirit was disturbed.
00:46:10.412 --> 00:46:13.015
And that's a good thing when your spirit speaks
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And says, "no."
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I mean, that's the spirit of god saying,
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"this is not what i have for you."
00:46:17.853 --> 00:46:19.488
And he finally began to listen to the voice of god
00:46:20.723 --> 00:46:23.292
And the holy spirit and saying,
00:46:23.292 --> 00:46:24.560
"i need to submit these things to you."
00:46:24.560 --> 00:46:26.462
Even paul talked about it in scripture.
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Obviously, different circumstances for paul,
00:46:28.097 --> 00:46:30.332
The apostle paul,
00:46:30.332 --> 00:46:31.700
But he said, "the things i want to do, i don't do,
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And the things i don't want to do, i find myself doing."
00:46:34.870 --> 00:46:38.440
So this is a natural part of the human condition,
00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:41.310
But the great news is when we bring these things
00:46:41.310 --> 00:46:43.946
Under the submission of jesus,
00:46:43.946 --> 00:46:45.848
The holy spirit steps in in a powerful way
00:46:45.848 --> 00:46:48.617
And brings these lusts under control,
00:46:48.617 --> 00:46:50.619
Under the authority of christ.
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And he takes our sin and he makes us clean
00:46:52.888 --> 00:46:55.524
Because of the sacrifice of christ on the cross.
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I wanna pray for two things in just a couple
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Of minutes here.
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I wanna pray for marriages briefly,
00:47:02.231 --> 00:47:03.732
And also for those of you struggling with a lust problem.
00:47:03.732 --> 00:47:07.102
Many people, many people who love jesus,
00:47:07.102 --> 00:47:10.406
Succumb to this issue of lust,
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So i'm gonna pray for these things now.
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If you're struggling with lust, pray with me,
00:47:13.609 --> 00:47:15.911
Or if you're in a marriage that needs a touch
00:47:15.911 --> 00:47:18.580
And anointing from the holy spirit of god,
00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:20.716
Let's just go before the lord now.
00:47:20.716 --> 00:47:23.218
Father god, first, i pray for marriages,
00:47:23.218 --> 00:47:26.155
And for husbands and wives who are struggling, lord,
00:47:26.155 --> 00:47:28.624
I pray your holy spirit will teach them
00:47:28.624 --> 00:47:31.827
To get our pride out of the way and just focus on jesus,
00:47:33.228 --> 00:47:36.365
And as we love our first love, jesus, more,
00:47:36.365 --> 00:47:39.668
We will become better spouses, father.
00:47:39.668 --> 00:47:43.172
And i pray for those struggling with lust,
00:47:43.172 --> 00:47:45.641
The lust of the flesh, lord.
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I pray they hear your voice today
00:47:47.376 --> 00:47:49.378
And understand the hope that's in the grace of jesus christ.
00:47:49.378 --> 00:47:54.450
And no matter how filthy dirty we feel we are,
00:47:55.617 --> 00:47:57.686
Or we know we are, we're never too far gone.
00:47:57.686 --> 00:48:01.156
We're never too dirty for the loving arms of jesus
00:48:01.156 --> 00:48:04.793
To embrace us, accept us, and change us.
00:48:04.793 --> 00:48:08.797
And lord god, i pray right now
00:48:08.797 --> 00:48:10.899
That those struggling in these areas
00:48:10.899 --> 00:48:12.368
Will just feel your holy spirit's love upon them
00:48:12.368 --> 00:48:14.970
In a powerful and mighty way,
00:48:14.970 --> 00:48:17.673
And they stop listening to the voice of darkness
00:48:18.807 --> 00:48:22.578
And hear the voice of god clearly.
00:48:22.578 --> 00:48:24.213
Thank you for the hope, the grace,
00:48:24.213 --> 00:48:26.115
And forgiveness found at the cross of christ.
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For these things, i pray in jesus' name, amen.
00:48:29.284 --> 00:48:31.720
And i wanna let you know for any concern
00:48:31.720 --> 00:48:33.789
You have in these areas,
00:48:33.789 --> 00:48:35.057
You can give us a call at 1-800-700-7000.
00:48:35.057 --> 00:48:37.893
We'd love to pray for you,
00:48:37.893 --> 00:48:39.661
And we talked about marriage a bit, too.
00:48:39.661 --> 00:48:41.397
We have a great resource for you.
00:48:41.397 --> 00:48:42.765
It is called "love & marriage."
00:48:42.765 --> 00:48:44.366
We'd love to send it out to you.
00:48:44.366 --> 00:48:45.534
If your marriage is tough right now,
00:48:45.534 --> 00:48:47.336
You can download a free copy of this information at cbn.com,
00:48:47.336 --> 00:48:50.372
Or call us at 1-800-700-7000, and just say,
00:48:50.372 --> 00:48:53.342
"can you send me the 'love & marriage' book?"
00:48:53.342 --> 00:48:54.843
And we think it'll really speak to you
00:48:54.843 --> 00:48:56.278
And provide great assistance.
00:48:56.278 --> 00:48:57.780
1-800-700-7000.
00:48:57.780 --> 00:49:00.149
Terry?
00:49:00.149 --> 00:49:01.583
- well, up next, a child bride at 13.
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Find out how a voice helped her escape her abusive husband,
00:49:05.120 --> 00:49:09.058
And how people like you are giving her a bright future.
00:49:09.058 --> 00:49:13.429
(bright music)
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- i was muslim for four years.
00:49:21.303 --> 00:49:23.672
I had spells cast on me,
00:49:23.672 --> 00:49:26.141
And just everything you can think of.
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I never got what i was looking for.
00:49:28.844 --> 00:49:31.647
There was no real power to change my life.
00:49:31.647 --> 00:49:35.451
I had tried everything.
00:49:35.451 --> 00:49:37.152
It was just came to a point where it was like,
00:49:37.152 --> 00:49:39.321
"you know what?
00:49:39.321 --> 00:49:40.422
I don't want to do this anymore."
00:49:40.422 --> 00:49:41.990
The little, old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
00:49:41.990 --> 00:49:45.360
She prayed for me, and all i know is i felt
00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:49.064
The love of god.
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We would read from genesis to revelation,
00:49:50.866 --> 00:49:53.268
And we just went deep in the word of god.
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Everything about me, even my very continents begin to change
00:49:56.238 --> 00:50:00.342
After that point.
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And now, i just have a desire to see them
00:50:01.877 --> 00:50:05.547
Experience the loving kindness of god
00:50:05.547 --> 00:50:08.517
That i have experienced,
00:50:08.517 --> 00:50:10.285
To see that true change is possible,
00:50:10.285 --> 00:50:13.088
And that what you thought that you were looking for
00:50:13.088 --> 00:50:15.591
Can only be found in christ.
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(inspirational music)
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- [narrator] melissa and her husband, rick,
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Have come a long way from when they met
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Melissa was in real estate.
00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:25.934
Rick had been living on credit cards,
00:50:25.934 --> 00:50:28.137
Trying to start a number of businesses,
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And was $80,000 in debt.
00:50:30.405 --> 00:50:32.875
All the while, the hinnants were tithing,
00:50:32.875 --> 00:50:35.544
And the newly-married couple started working
00:50:35.544 --> 00:50:37.513
Their way out of the red.
00:50:37.513 --> 00:50:39.047
- i think i had bought into society saying,
00:50:39.047 --> 00:50:42.351
"here's what you should have."
00:50:42.351 --> 00:50:43.785
I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
00:50:43.785 --> 00:50:47.122
I asked god to forgive me instantly.
00:50:47.122 --> 00:50:50.092
I told god, "whether i make a lot of money or not,
00:50:50.092 --> 00:50:54.163
I'm done striving."
00:50:54.163 --> 00:50:55.931
- [narrator] today, rick and melissa have three children,
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And choose to live way below their means
00:50:58.500 --> 00:51:00.702
So they can help the poor.
00:51:00.702 --> 00:51:02.371
They've already built 13 orphanages
00:51:02.371 --> 00:51:04.740
And a freedom house in india.
00:51:04.740 --> 00:51:06.608
- what i loved about operation blessing
00:51:06.608 --> 00:51:08.377
Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
00:51:08.377 --> 00:51:12.381
- now, i have the hunger to make more money
00:51:12.381 --> 00:51:14.816
So we truly can give to all of these places,
00:51:14.816 --> 00:51:18.086
'cause there's a lot of need out there.
00:51:18.086 --> 00:51:20.389
- i was muslim for four years.
00:51:21.223 --> 00:51:23.592
I had spells cast on me,
00:51:23.592 --> 00:51:26.061
And just everything you can think of.
00:51:26.061 --> 00:51:28.764
I never got what i was looking for.
00:51:28.764 --> 00:51:31.600
There was no real power to change my life.
00:51:31.600 --> 00:51:35.370
I had tried everything.
00:51:35.370 --> 00:51:37.072
It was just came to a point where it was like,
00:51:37.072 --> 00:51:39.241
"you know what?
00:51:39.241 --> 00:51:40.342
I don't want to do this anymore."
00:51:40.342 --> 00:51:41.910
The little, old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
00:51:41.910 --> 00:51:45.280
She prayed for me and all i know is i felt the love of god.
00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:50.352
- when i was a young girl, (water whooshing)
00:51:51.553 --> 00:51:52.688
I went to fetch water for my mother.
00:51:52.688 --> 00:51:54.356
The weight of the water made my neck
00:51:54.356 --> 00:51:55.991
Hurt so bad. (water splashing)
00:51:55.991 --> 00:51:57.226
I just poured the water out and went home
00:51:57.226 --> 00:51:59.027
With an empty container.
00:51:59.027 --> 00:52:00.762
The stream is very far, (water whooshing)
00:52:00.762 --> 00:52:02.464
And i go four times a day.
00:52:02.464 --> 00:52:04.566
I get home exhausted.
00:52:04.566 --> 00:52:06.134
I feel terrible drinking that water
00:52:06.134 --> 00:52:08.270
And giving it to my family.
00:52:08.270 --> 00:52:09.972
We often get intense stomachaches and vomit.
00:52:09.972 --> 00:52:13.508
When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
00:52:13.508 --> 00:52:17.412
(screen whooshing) thank you, operation blessing
00:52:17.412 --> 00:52:19.214
For giving us a new life.
00:52:19.214 --> 00:52:21.350
When you came, we were all so grateful
00:52:21.350 --> 00:52:24.119
We could not hold back our joy.
00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:26.521
I've never had this kind of water before.
00:52:26.521 --> 00:52:29.291
Every time i drink it, (water trickling)
00:52:29.291 --> 00:52:30.692
I feel good and healthy.
00:52:30.692 --> 00:52:33.028
With the well this close,
00:52:33.028 --> 00:52:34.830
Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
00:52:34.830 --> 00:52:37.266
We are healthy and we are happy.
00:52:37.266 --> 00:52:39.835
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:52:39.835 --> 00:52:43.005
(screen whooshing) (bright music)
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- [announcer] partner with cbn for $20 a month
00:52:44.306 --> 00:52:46.508
And be part of the miracle for people all around the world.
00:52:46.508 --> 00:52:50.712
- my head was just killing me.
00:52:50.712 --> 00:52:52.914
I never experienced it to that magnitude,
00:52:52.914 --> 00:52:55.584
Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
00:52:55.584 --> 00:52:57.753
- the doctor who was on call, he said,
00:52:57.753 --> 00:53:00.789
"it looks like a brain bleed."
00:53:00.789 --> 00:53:02.891
We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
00:53:02.891 --> 00:53:04.860
The holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:06.862
"the bleeding has stopped."
00:53:06.862 --> 00:53:08.397
We were just all rejoicing when we heard,
00:53:08.397 --> 00:53:10.565
"she's going to be fine."
00:53:10.565 --> 00:53:12.267
- i'm grateful every single day,
00:53:12.267 --> 00:53:13.635
'cause if god brought me through that,
00:53:13.635 --> 00:53:15.971
God can bring you through anything.
00:53:15.971 --> 00:53:17.839
I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
00:53:17.839 --> 00:53:20.976
- hadija was only 13 years old when she was forced
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Into an arranged marriage.
00:53:25.881 --> 00:53:27.549
What's worse, the child bride's husband beat her repeatedly.
00:53:27.549 --> 00:53:32.087
Hadija still bears the physical scars of his abuse,
00:53:32.087 --> 00:53:35.490
But now, thanks to you, she and her young daughter
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Have a happy home and a future full of hope.
00:53:38.627 --> 00:53:42.898
- [narrator] at the tender age of 13,
00:53:43.999 --> 00:53:46.301
Hadija was forced to marry against her will.
00:53:46.301 --> 00:53:49.905
- my husband was very abusive.
00:53:50.739 --> 00:53:53.342
I went back to my parents and told them i couldn't stay
00:53:53.342 --> 00:53:56.678
Because he beat me often.
00:53:56.678 --> 00:53:58.880
I have scars from what his abuse did to me.
00:53:58.880 --> 00:54:01.783
They told me to be patient and to persevere,
00:54:01.783 --> 00:54:04.853
That he would change.
00:54:04.853 --> 00:54:06.488
I endured the pain until it was just too much to bear.
00:54:06.488 --> 00:54:10.492
One day, i was in our house,
00:54:10.492 --> 00:54:12.661
And something kept telling me to get up and go.
00:54:12.661 --> 00:54:15.597
I couldn't resist the voice.
00:54:15.597 --> 00:54:17.499
I stood up, walked away,
00:54:17.499 --> 00:54:19.501
And came to a home of a christian lady.
00:54:19.501 --> 00:54:22.137
She opened her door to me and introduced me to her pastor.
00:54:22.137 --> 00:54:26.541
They prayed with me and led me to christ.
00:54:26.541 --> 00:54:29.378
With my husband being a muslim, i knew i wouldn't survive
00:54:29.378 --> 00:54:33.081
Going back after i became a christian.
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- [narrator] a pastor connected her
00:54:35.817 --> 00:54:37.152
With christian faith ministries,
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Which is partly supported by cbn's orphans promise.
00:54:39.254 --> 00:54:43.125
Now, 18-year-old hadija and her daughter
00:54:43.125 --> 00:54:46.161
Stay in our crisis care home.
00:54:46.161 --> 00:54:48.830
They have everything they need to grow and prosper.
00:54:48.830 --> 00:54:53.168
- [hadija] before coming here, i felt so lost.
00:54:53.168 --> 00:54:56.171
You opened your arms to me and helped me heal.
00:54:56.171 --> 00:54:59.341
This is a family and this is our home.
00:54:59.341 --> 00:55:01.810
Through your christian discipleship program,
00:55:01.810 --> 00:55:04.613
You've helped me grow in my relationship with god.
00:55:04.613 --> 00:55:08.049
I talk with him and he answers me.
00:55:08.049 --> 00:55:10.619
Everything in me is happy because of jesus.
00:55:10.619 --> 00:55:14.589
- many different vocational (machine whirring)
00:55:14.589 --> 00:55:16.091
Programs are offered here.
00:55:16.091 --> 00:55:17.859
Hadija enrolled in sewing classes.
00:55:17.859 --> 00:55:21.163
- i make dresses for myself and my daughter.
00:55:21.163 --> 00:55:23.932
Sometimes she'll sit on my lap,
00:55:23.932 --> 00:55:26.001
And it's like we are doing it together.
00:55:26.001 --> 00:55:28.036
It's so exciting to say, "i made this."
00:55:28.036 --> 00:55:31.106
- [narrator] both of them also attend school here.
00:55:31.106 --> 00:55:34.476
- it's an indescribable joy learning to read
00:55:34.476 --> 00:55:37.345
And write in english.
00:55:37.345 --> 00:55:39.080
It's like magic.
00:55:39.080 --> 00:55:40.715
My world has changed completely.
00:55:40.715 --> 00:55:43.285
In nigeria, a lot of young girls are given as child brides
00:55:43.285 --> 00:55:47.422
Against their will.
00:55:47.422 --> 00:55:48.690
Sometimes i wonder why god saved me
00:55:48.690 --> 00:55:51.393
And gave me this place of refuge.
00:55:51.393 --> 00:55:53.762
I want to become a lawyer so i can help young girls
00:55:53.762 --> 00:55:56.832
And give them a future.
00:55:56.832 --> 00:55:59.100
I'm amazed at how much mercy and grace
00:55:59.100 --> 00:56:01.870
I have been blessed with here.
00:56:01.870 --> 00:56:03.839
Thank you for your kindness and heart for god.
00:56:03.839 --> 00:56:06.908
May god give you the grace and strength
00:56:06.908 --> 00:56:09.077
To keep doing his good work.
00:56:09.077 --> 00:56:11.079
May he continue to open doors for you to help others,
00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:15.016
And may your blessings never end.
00:56:15.016 --> 00:56:17.519
(bright music)
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- jesus said he came to set the captives free,
00:56:20.555 --> 00:56:23.692
And when you support this kind of work,
00:56:23.692 --> 00:56:25.794
It's happening not just in nigeria
00:56:25.794 --> 00:56:27.963
But in other parts of the world as well,
00:56:27.963 --> 00:56:29.965
And it's happening because of your generosity.
00:56:29.965 --> 00:56:32.167
We are able to bring the truth of who jesus is
00:56:32.167 --> 00:56:34.870
Into the lives of people who are truly trapped,
00:56:34.870 --> 00:56:37.739
Trapped by culture, trapped by things
00:56:37.739 --> 00:56:40.876
That have been taught to them over the years
00:56:40.876 --> 00:56:42.577
That are not true,
00:56:42.577 --> 00:56:43.512
Trapped by religious trappings.
00:56:43.512 --> 00:56:45.647
We say thank you, 700 club members,
00:56:45.647 --> 00:56:47.949
When you support the work of orphans promise,
00:56:47.949 --> 00:56:49.885
We're cbns outreach to children around the world
00:56:49.885 --> 00:56:53.154
Who are vulnerable and orphaned.
00:56:53.154 --> 00:56:54.723
And this young woman was, so thank you for helping us
00:56:54.723 --> 00:56:57.759
To be there for her, to be there for her daughter.
00:56:57.759 --> 00:57:00.395
She's just one of thousands.
00:57:00.395 --> 00:57:02.664
You make that happen.
00:57:02.664 --> 00:57:04.099
Join the 700 club today, will you do that?
00:57:04.099 --> 00:57:06.334
65 cents a day, $20 a month makes you a 700 club member,
00:57:06.334 --> 00:57:11.106
And it means you're joining with thousands of us
00:57:11.106 --> 00:57:12.974
Who are out to change the world
00:57:12.974 --> 00:57:14.943
With the love of jesus christ.
00:57:14.943 --> 00:57:17.612
Number's toll free, it's right there on your screen.
00:57:17.612 --> 00:57:20.315
1-800-700-7000.
00:57:20.315 --> 00:57:22.350
You just call and say, "i'd like to join the 700 club."
00:57:22.350 --> 00:57:25.787
We welcome you to the family of ministries
00:57:25.787 --> 00:57:27.956
That's going out from this place around the world
00:57:27.956 --> 00:57:30.559
Every single day.
00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:32.427
Listen, when you call and join today,
00:57:32.427 --> 00:57:33.929
We wanna send you "power for life" teachings.
00:57:33.929 --> 00:57:35.964
When you use pledge express,
00:57:35.964 --> 00:57:38.633
That's electronic monthly giving,
00:57:38.633 --> 00:57:40.135
Means your bank does all the work,
00:57:40.135 --> 00:57:41.403
But you'll get one of these every month.
00:57:41.403 --> 00:57:42.971
This one is by gordon,
00:57:42.971 --> 00:57:44.272
Called "the power of knowing your destiny."
00:57:44.272 --> 00:57:46.608
Here's a word to reinforce that, ephesians 2:10,
00:57:46.608 --> 00:57:49.344
"for we are god's handiwork created in christ jesus
00:57:49.344 --> 00:57:52.447
To do good works,
00:57:52.447 --> 00:57:53.782
Which god prepared in advance for us to do."
00:57:53.782 --> 00:57:56.451
God bless you.
00:57:56.451 --> 00:57:57.485
(bright music)
00:57:57.485 --> 00:58:00.000

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