The 700 Club

January 19th, 2026

January 19, 2026 | 57:59

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The 700 Club | January 19th, 2026 | January 19, 2026

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- [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [narrator] coming up.
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"chosen" actor nick shakoour.
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- how am i playing that so well,
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If it isn't him inspiring me to do that?
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- [narrator] and the miracle you won't see on the hit show.
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- once this happens to you, there's no going back.
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- [narrator] and.
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(tires skid)
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An out of control car flips at 100 miles an hour.
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- [christy] they just saw the car
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And then i saw the ambulance.
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- [narrator] a young woman is thrown from the wreck.
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- [madison] can you hear me? can you open your eyes?
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Can you blink?
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Can you do anything?
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- [narrator] now watch as she makes a stunning recovery.
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- she was a miracle.
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- [narrator] on today's 700 club.
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- hi everyone, and welcome to the 700 club.
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The sky is the limit.
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For some cadets at the us air force academy,
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That saying no longer applies.
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They're training to join the space force
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And push the boundaries of an endless frontier.
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- their goals include producing resources in space
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And one day expanding mankind's horizons
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To live on other planets.
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Mark martin reports from colorado springs.
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- frame stats is scrolling.
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- [mark] cadet first class james foran
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Commands this operation.
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He and his crew check the health of a satellite,
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Upload a list of instructions for it to follow
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And download data.
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- [speaker] so were there any issues with this?
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- not at all, that was the perfect pass.
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- [mark] the us air force academy falconsat program
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Is just one aspect of a rigorous education path.
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Transforming cadets like foran into space force officers.
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- a nominal pass is what we always want.
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That's the great thing.
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However, the things that kind of excite me
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Is when things aren't going perfectly
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And yet to problem solve on the spot.
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- cadets can actually build and operate
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And fly the satellites.
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And these satellites are not the qc satellites
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Where we were just demonstrating a little technology.
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No, these satellites are performing a mission
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For the air force and the space force
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And other dod customers.
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- [mark] colonel luke sauter says
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Having a space force is critical
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To protect key us interests in space
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And to ensure equal access for the nations of the world
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To utilize this frontier.
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- whether it's your cell phone
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And the gps connection, whether it's the timing
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Of your banking signals, whether it's the weather
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That you're expecting to see
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For the forecast in the next few days, space is everywhere.
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Well, if we're seeing our commercial assets going to space
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And the money and the benefit to the economy
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From a space economy,
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There's the advent that somebody else will want
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To also take advantage of that
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Or maybe rob us of that advantage.
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That's where we need a space force
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To defend our equities in space.
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- [mark] sauter says cadets learn space by doing space.
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From glasses and space war fighting
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And operations to the brand new summer azimuth program
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- [luke] from flying in the vomit comet
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And experiencing what weightlessness is like for real,
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To doing some underwater immersion
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To actually getting a briefing
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And tours of all of this surrounding space infrastructure
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And architecture that we have in this area.
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It's a very rich area for the space force.
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- [mark] the academy also teaches astrobiology
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To build the science
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Of growing food plants and other resources in space.
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- we're building an astrobiology program very quickly
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That will incrementally do new and innovative experiments.
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And each one has a unique angle looking at different aspects
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Of what biology means out in space
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And how that biology relates back to us here on earth.
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- [mark] cadet fourth class jordan moore works
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To make the perfect mushroom.
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- if we want independent space travel, right?
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We wanna go to mars, we wanna go
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To the moons of jupiter, right?
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We need to have a source of food that is able to be grown
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And be sustained without having earth resources.
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- [mark] cadet second class madelyn letendre
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Plants mustard seeds in phyto gel
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With the ultimate goal of producing plants
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That can grow in space without sunlight.
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- it's super cool.
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I mean, this research project is new
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And so it's really interesting to be at the start
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Of something and see this process, the trial and error
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And seeing the end goal being something
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Super cool up in space.
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- the air force academy is the top commissioning source
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For space force officers.
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About 400 have graduated from the school since 2020,
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And the expectation is that around 10%
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Of every graduating class will go
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Into the newest branch of the military.
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- of our 40 cadets squadrons,
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We have five air officer commanding
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Who are space force officers as well,
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And a group commander too.
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So we really, i think, are doing a good job of embedding
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The space force leaders
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And mentors into just about every aspect of cadet life.
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- [mark] and colonel sauter welcomes prayers for guidance.
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- we have leadership that is trying to understand
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How to step forward into this new domain for the good
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Of society and the good of the human population,
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Expand our presence in space, expand to the moon and to mars
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And to other locations,
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And really be able to leave this planet
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And become a multi-planet species.
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- [mark] cadet first class james foran says,
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Having faith while executing a secular mission
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Is right for him.
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He believes it's what he was charged to do.
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- my mom would always say that before i was born,
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I was set apart.
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She would say that all the time, hi mom.
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But with that, i think that this is a calling
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Of some kind and i don't think
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I can see myself anywhere else honestly.
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It's hard here, it's not easy.
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But i can't see myself at any other institution.
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- [mark] and in a world where the sky's the limit,
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Space force cadets becoming officers push that boundary.
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Echoing their military branches song,
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Which says, "there's no limit to our sky."
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♪ where the space force from on high ♪
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- [mark] mark martin, cbn news, colorado springs, colorado.
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- thank you, mark. the space force for a lot of us,
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It's our first look into this
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And many don't even know about it.
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It was established in 2019
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And when it was, it was the first new branch
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Of the military in 73 years.
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And now it's a critical part of our defense.
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And you think of all the conveniences we enjoy
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Thanks to this technology.
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Mark referred to it banking, gps, weather services,
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Our cellular phones, all these things.
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A lot riding on this.
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So mark, we appreciate updating us on what's going on.
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Ashley.
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- well, coming up the ancient city of shiloh unearthed.
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This is where the tabernacle stood for more than 400 years.
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Hannah prayed to god here asking for a son
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Who became the prophet samuel.
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Cbn news heads to the site
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Of this groundbreaking discovery next.
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And later, surprising words from one of the actors
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Of, "the chosen" nick shakoour says he was ready
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To sweep god under the rug.
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But stay tuned to hear about the radical encounter
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That changed his life.
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- when i was a young girl, i went
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To fetch water for my mother.
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The weight of the water made my neck hot so bad.
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I just poured the water out
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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I get home exhausted.
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I feel terrible drinking that water
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And giving it to my family.
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We often get intense stomachaches and vomit.
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When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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Thank you appreciate and bless him
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For giving us a new life.
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When you came,
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We were all so grateful we could not hold back our joy.
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I've never had this kind of water before.
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Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
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With the world is close,
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Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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- in recent years, fascinating biblical discoveries
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Have been uncovered at ancient shiloh.
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This is where joshua divided the land between the 12 tribes
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Where hannah prayed for his son
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And where the tabernacle stood for 400 years.
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Chris mitchell brings us a firsthand look
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At how these discoveries are bringing the bible to life.
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- in 2019, cbn news interviewed dr. scott stripling,
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The director of the excavation going on
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In ancient shiloh.
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Four years later, stripling brought us up-to-speed
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On what's happened here since we first visited this project.
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Tell us we were there at season one.
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What's new?
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What's happened since then?
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- well, in season one,
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Our hypotheses were just formulating.
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We thought that we had a monumental building up here
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From the pier to the tabernacle.
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We thought that this could be a gate complex
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Because there was no glossy in this section.
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Since then, we've come way down five meters or so,
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Maybe six meters in some places.
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And so now, we can see the various structures that are here.
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And indeed, we can now say that this is very likely
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The gate that's referred to in the bible.
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And that's pretty big stuff.
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- [chris] and what happened at the gate?
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Why is this so important?
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- well, the bible tells us that eli is in the gate
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Of shiloh when he gets the news that the arc
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Of the covenant has been captured,
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That his sons have been killed.
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He falls over backwards and dies in the gate.
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So it's a function that's mentioned in the bible
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So we were very curious if we would come across it.
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- [chris] shiloh was not only where eli lived and died,
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But also the place where joshua divided the promised land
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Between the 12 tribes, where hannah prayed for a son
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Who became the prophet samuel.
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And where the tabernacle of the lord stood
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For nearly 400 years.
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Stripling gave us a tour of the site
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And took us to perhaps their most significant discovery.
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- this is where you came to connect with god.
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Jerusalem remains a pagan city for another 300 years.
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The arc is here, the tabernacle is here,
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And this is where you came to connect with god.
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- and you believe you've found actually the tabernacle?
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- well, you know, i'm not ready to say i know
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For certain, but i'll tell you what we do have is a building
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That is matching the dimensions of the tabernacle.
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It's from the iron one period,
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Which is the tabernacle period of eli and samuel.
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And you're actually standing right now, chris,
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On this wall right here.
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So this entire area is this massive monumental building
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Orients east west.
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And it's divided on a two to one ratio
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Like the tabernacle was.
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- so east west is what the bible says it faced?
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- that's right. the bible says that.
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- and two to one, what does that mean?
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- well, the holy place and the most holy place.
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So the holy of holies, if we're correct in our theory,
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Would be right in here.
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Between these walls
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Would be where the arc of the covenant was.
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- can we go in?
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- let's go.
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Come on.
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- [chris] so what are we walking into right now?
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- this is the wall
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That would separate the holy from the most holy.
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Okay?
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So you're entering into the holy of holies.
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All right?
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So there's this big wall on your right.
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Down here, you can see where we've reached the bottom.
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This is preserved to 2.1 meters and this is floor level.
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So this whole area in here about where we're standing.
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Come on with me here.
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All right, you're probably standing
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Where the arc of the covenant was.
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Why does that suit you?
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- it makes feel well profound for one.
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- [scott] well me too.
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- [chris] yeah, how do you feel when you're here?
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- there's a sense of awe.
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I just have to tell you, professionally as an academic,
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I'm in awe.
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And then as an evangelical christian, i'm in awe, you know,
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To have the privilege to be able
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To excavate a site like this.
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What i take from this is that god did something in history.
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He recorded it for us in the bible.
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We have evidence of it here.
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One of the great things about our faith
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Is that you can question it.
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You know, god's ego isn't bruised.
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People have questions, viewers do that's honest,
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You know, express those.
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And i would just invite people to look at that evidence.
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And if they've bought into the idea
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That the bible's mythology
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Or it's not historical, i would encourage them
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To look at what we're finding here at shiloh.
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Read the text, pray about it.
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Decide for themselves.
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- [chris] and so this is where the bible comes to life.
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- [scott] this is what we do.
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We don't just walk the bible,
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We dig the bible here at ancient shilah.
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As we dig into the soil,
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We are literally seeing the evidence
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Of what life was like in biblical times.
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- and nearby, you also have a bone,
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A site of bones coming through.
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- well, i'll tell you what.
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We're in the bone business, chris.
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Come on, i'll show you what it's all about.
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- okay.
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Explain too.
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- and this path is gonna lead us to where the bone deposit
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Is that we've been talking about.
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So the people working over here are doing something
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They'll never forget the rest of their lives.
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I mean, they are uncovering evidence
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Of the sacrificial system.
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These were animals that brought expiation.
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I mean, it brought about the forgiveness of sin for people
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As they connected with god in this manner.
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So you'll see it for yourself the pottery and the bones.
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They tell an unmistakable story that matches
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What we read in the biblical text.
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This entire area underneath our feet, chris.
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This is unexcavated.
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Underneath your feet and my feet is about this much
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Of solid bone waiting to be excavated.
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Bone on top of bone, on top of bone.
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And we have micro stratigraphy in this area.
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So we can see that the deposition is laid down
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Over a long period of time, just like the bible says.
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- [chris] and what kind of bones would we find here?
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- [scott] sheep, goat, cattle.
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And disproportionately from the right side of the animal.
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It's like just this morning we're seeing disproportionate
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Jawbones from the right side as opposed to the left.
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- you described it before,
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But why is the right side so significant?
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- well, the priest are the ones
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Who live here in leviticus seven, tells us
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That the right side of the animal is the priest's portion.
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So i can't make this stuff up.
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You know, you got 100,000 bones
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And they're disproportionate.
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Give me another explanation.
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Just happens to coordinate with what the bible says.
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(shofar honking)
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- [chris] a shofar sounds to mark the end of the workday.
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This year's day is over,
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But they expect to be back on site digging
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For several more years.
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Chris mitchell, cbn news, ancient shiloh.
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- thank you, chris, for that amazing report.
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And it just continues.
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You know, so many archeological discoveries continue
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To come out of israel proving the truth of god's word
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And really bringing the bible to life.
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So thank you so much for that report, chris.
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Andrew.
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- all right, everyone, we're still ahead.
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A frantic young woman
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Leaves a friend's house in the middle of the night.
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She's found hours later thrown from her car.
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See how her miraculous recovery
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Inspired an entire community.
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And ashley, and i'll be praying for you later on the show.
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And up next, the actor in a role downloaded to him by god,
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"the chosen" nick shakoour
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Thought he had bombed his audition.
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Instead, he got the role of the father of james and john.
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Nick shares how his character radically transformed
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His real life.
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That's right after this stay with us.
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(bright music)
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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 were even hurting
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From coughing so intensely.
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It was a battle, it really was.
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He 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 were 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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- 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 condition.
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All of that inflammation,
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Everything that seems to be swollen
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And closed up, 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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(bright music)
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- i start 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
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And you walk away from it, 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, she said, "daddy,
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I want you to be happy.
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I want you to know jesus."
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God started to reveal himself to me again
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And he started to meld away the ice that was my heart.
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I'm trying to talk people into this life
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That is second to none.
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This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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(gentle music)
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- well, he's the father
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Of the sons of thunder, james and john.
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Nick shakoour plays the role of zebedee on the chosen.
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And recently, i had the chance to sit down with nick.
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And he told me how playing this role has literally changed
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His life and led
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To a powerful personal encounter with jesus.
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- i'll take the fish into market
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And settle up simon's debt.
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I'll get some help to fill both of these pots.
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- are you sure?
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- yes, go.
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- what will you tell ima?
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- you've just been called by the man
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We prayed for our entire lives
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And you ask me what will i say when you miss supper?
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Go. go.
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- nick, thank you so much for chatting with me.
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I've been sharing with individuals
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That i am like a super fan of the show, so i'm so excited
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To just chat with you today.
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- that's so cool. - yeah.
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And how has this role playing zebedee, the father of james
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And john, two disciples of jesus,
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How has that affected you personally?
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- it gave me insight that i never thought i'd have
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Into what it's like to be a dad.
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I'm not a dad in real life,
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But when i stepped into the role
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And i've told people, he was downloaded
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To me from god, like it was a literal download when i got
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The script, i didn't do script analysis.
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Actually, i was careless in the audition
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And i thought i bombed it.
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And playing him has given me a strong taste
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Of what it's like to step into the shoes of a loving father.
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And that's why i kind of, i give all credence
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And credit to god because i don't know what it's like.
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So how am i playing that so well
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If it isn't him inspiring me to do that?
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- okay, so talk about your faith.
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I mean, has your faith really grown
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As you've been a part of "the chosen?"
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- when i was younger, my grandfather was a greek priest,
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So i grew up greek orthodox.
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But as life does, it takes you through a series
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Of challenges and trials
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And it causes your heart to start to turn into a rock
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And you start to experience an inner battle.
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When i first signed up to do "the chosen"
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And had a conversation with god
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And told him, "you probably don't even exist
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Because of where i was at."
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And something in me opened up,
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It was like a black hole started to open up
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And swallow me alive.
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And i heard my heart call out, say, "if you don't call out
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To god right now, this is about to get really bad."
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And i'm invited to this conference by two
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Of our construction blueprint designers, seth and brandon.
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And i thought, "well, what is it?"
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And they're like, "you know, we get together, we pray."
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And i'm like, "okay."
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And my heart said, "you should go."
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And so i went, i walk in
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And i'm like, okay, people are twirling around
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Like ballerinas and swing side to side.
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This is so weird.
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- [ashley] oh man.
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- and i was kind of jaded at that point.
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So that's how i was seeing all of it.
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I was like, "okay, we're an hour in.
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I'm gonna put my head down and i'm gonna pray."
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And i started in my heart asking god to remove this burden
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That was, i feel transferred to me from my family
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Because of the war
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And torn country that we're from in beirut, lebanon.
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And so i said, "lord, whatever this is i'm carrying,
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I want it off of me."
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20 minutes doesn't even go by.
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My buddy seth who invited me, his son comes over behind me
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From like 40 feet away, tap me on the shoulder
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And says, "i want you
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To know i was praying for you from back there.
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And god told me to tell you that..."
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It's crazy.
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"by showing up tonight,
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You broke your family's generational curse."
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- wow. wow.
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- and that was the first kind of like peg
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That knocked me off my balance that i lost it.
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I was like, of all the things he could have told me, what?
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And then later on the pastor, she got up on stage
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And said, "okay, i want everybody to get on their knees
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And bury their idols."
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And i stood there, i was like, "i don't have any idols."
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And then the heart came in
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And this voice came through really strongly this time
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And said, "yeah, you do actually.
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Your acting career,
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Your voiceover, your mom, your dad, your brother-in-law,
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Your sisters, your sister, your other sister's boyfriend,
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Your bank accounts, oh your jeep commander,
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Your car," da da da da.
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"and you've put them all before me."
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I was like, "ouch.
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That really hurt."
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I got on my knee.
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For the first time in my life,
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I genuinely gave them all to god,
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As in, "this is my offering to you
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Because i've been on this show, i've been hearing about you,
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I've been hearing about these parables
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And i just wanna be with you now."
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So i gave him everything.
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It amalgamated into nine people placing their hands on me,
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Kind of ganging up on me.
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And they're one of their elders coming up
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With anointing oil, like the irony.
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- wow.
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- anointing my forehead, my palms.
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Next thing i know he was praying over me in tongues.
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And from the bottom of my feet to the top
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Of my head, it was like fire was passing through
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And burning everything that i had in me away
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To where i was gonna ask them to call 911.
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It was like, "whoa, i'm getting dizzy.
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What's going on?"
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And it was frightening.
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It wasn't like, "oh, i felt good."
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And it was no, it was, i felt god's presence
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And it was frightening.
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- wow.
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- so i understood what it meant
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To fear of the lord.
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It was like- - yeah.
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- he could kill me at any second
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Like this if he wanted to.
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He could just evaporate me.
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And it got to a point where i felt like
00:24:17.767 --> 00:24:19.735
I was being microwaved and vibrated at the same time.
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And then eventually just dipped into water
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Before my body couldn't handle any more burning.
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I felt like my skin was gonna explode off my body.
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And then i was submerged in an ocean
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And then all the prayers went very muffled
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And then all of a sudden, i was just pulled up, it felt,
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And then everything was just still.
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And it felt so weird
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Because i didn't feel like myself anymore.
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And since then, it's been one encounter after the next.
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And it went from, "oh, i have faith"
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To, "i don't have faith anymore.
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I don't need it 'cause like i met him."
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And i jokingly say like,
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- yes. - i know the guy.
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- come on. - like i know him.
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- that's so powerful. - because he's in me.
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He's around me
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And all i have to do is address him.
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And he's literally right there.
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He's literally right there.
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And i've never experienced god like that.
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So took it from, you know, from what it was
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To relationship where it's like now i want nothing
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But to be around him all day long.
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- so we heard that something really special, really amazing
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And cool happened in zebedee's house.
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Tell us more about that.
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- yeah, so after the encounter happens,
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I'm just discombobulated
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'cause i'm searching for the anger and the frustration
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And the hurt and i'm like, it's not there anymore.
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To the construction guys hear what happened to me.
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John hart and michael sing
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And they were the lead construction guys
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For the biblical town that we shot in.
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And john tells me, he says, "you know, you've heard
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That we've written scripture all over the walls
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In the homes, right?
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Do you know it was one of my guys that heard from god
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To write the scripture on the walls?"
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And i said, "yeah, yeah,
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I think i heard something like that."
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And he said, "you know whose home it started in?"
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And i said, "no."
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He was like, "it started in zebedee's home."
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- wow.
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- and i said, "what?"
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And we're sitting there eating steak at prime 115s.
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We could spot.
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And i said, "what?"
00:26:16.886 --> 00:26:19.321
And he said, "it started in your home
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And then the scripture spread
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To the other character's homes."
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And i'm just sitting there frozen.
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I couldn't eat anymore
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Because i'd already been through so much.
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I'm like, "i don't need to hear this right now
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Because this is now too much."
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- i can't eat my steak.
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- like i couldn't even finish.
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And he said, "you know, we got together
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As a crew when we broke round to build those homes
00:26:40.476 --> 00:26:44.013
That we prayed for one of the actors
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To receive the holy spirit
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And would become the seed to spread the gospel."
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And he points at me with tears in his eyes,
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This big burly bearded guy.
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And he goes, "and you're gonna be that seed and you're..."
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It gets me worked up
00:27:04.767 --> 00:27:06.068
Because i was about to sweep god onto the rug.
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And for this to happen is...
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Has blown my mind beyond belief.
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God did this
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To the loudmouth voice actor who's blabbing it on set
00:27:21.917 --> 00:27:25.254
In between takes.
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(ashley laughs)
00:27:26.489 --> 00:27:27.323
Because i can't help
00:27:27.323 --> 00:27:28.657
But to talk about how mind blowing this was.
00:27:28.657 --> 00:27:30.793
So i know people that might be watching it,
00:27:30.793 --> 00:27:33.229
It might sound absolutely crazy.
00:27:33.229 --> 00:27:34.964
And i identify with that
00:27:34.964 --> 00:27:36.699
Because i was the one, back in the day,
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Even though i believed,
00:27:42.238 --> 00:27:43.539
But i would sort of poke fun at people
00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:46.075
That were so into jesus.
00:27:46.075 --> 00:27:47.910
And why are you so into him like that?
00:27:47.910 --> 00:27:50.312
I didn't understand.
00:27:50.312 --> 00:27:52.448
People should know, even when i confronted him
00:27:52.448 --> 00:27:54.583
And i said, while i'm talking to him,
00:27:54.583 --> 00:27:56.652
"you probably don't even exist."
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He still came after me in this way.
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So if people think, "oh, i'm not good enough for him to..."
00:28:01.290 --> 00:28:08.097
It's like, he wants you because you are not good enough.
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- yeah. yeah.
00:28:12.334 --> 00:28:13.502
- so then he can make you good enough.
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Once this happens to you, there's no going back.
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- amen. there's no going back.
00:28:19.008 --> 00:28:20.910
- there's no going back.
00:28:20.910 --> 00:28:22.144
- you're different, you're different.
00:28:22.144 --> 00:28:24.346
- yeah, it's mind blowing.
00:28:24.346 --> 00:28:26.615
- thank you so much, nick.
00:28:26.615 --> 00:28:27.883
- yeah. - wow.
00:28:27.883 --> 00:28:28.851
- [ashley] thank you so much.
00:28:28.851 --> 00:28:29.718
- yeah. - god bless you.
00:28:29.718 --> 00:28:31.620
That is actually one of my favorite interviews
00:28:32.788 --> 00:28:34.924
I've ever done.
00:28:34.924 --> 00:28:36.192
The holy spirit was just in that room.
00:28:36.192 --> 00:28:38.127
And i don't know about you, but i can just feel the joy
00:28:38.127 --> 00:28:41.697
Of the lord when i'm watching that.
00:28:41.697 --> 00:28:44.200
And if you're watching this right now
00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.768
And maybe you don't have a relationship with god,
00:28:45.768 --> 00:28:48.904
You've heard about god.
00:28:48.904 --> 00:28:50.506
Maybe you're like nick, you grew up in a certain orthodox
00:28:50.506 --> 00:28:53.843
Or you've heard about jesus, you've heard about god,
00:28:53.843 --> 00:28:56.178
But you've never had a personal encounter
00:28:56.178 --> 00:28:59.248
With him like nick has,
00:28:59.248 --> 00:29:01.283
Or you've never had a personal relationship
00:29:01.283 --> 00:29:03.786
With your creator.
00:29:03.786 --> 00:29:05.955
Nick said, "i was ready to sweep god under the rug."
00:29:05.955 --> 00:29:11.026
And then he was handed this job to be the father
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Of the disciples, james and john.
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And it literally transformed his life.
00:29:18.467 --> 00:29:21.370
And prayers were answered
00:29:21.370 --> 00:29:22.905
And it was like a snowball effect of one thing
00:29:22.905 --> 00:29:25.541
After the other, after the other.
00:29:25.541 --> 00:29:27.076
And here he is, these words coming out of his mouth, the guy
00:29:27.076 --> 00:29:30.946
Who said, "i was ready to sweep god under the rug."
00:29:30.946 --> 00:29:33.215
He's saying, "i don't even need faith anymore
00:29:33.215 --> 00:29:36.118
Because i know god.
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I met him."
00:29:37.853 --> 00:29:39.421
He has that much assurance in our heavenly father,
00:29:39.421 --> 00:29:44.493
In our savior, jesus christ.
00:29:45.327 --> 00:29:46.629
My friends, you can have that confidence too.
00:29:46.629 --> 00:29:50.032
It doesn't matter how far you've gone,
00:29:50.032 --> 00:29:52.835
How much you've sinned, how hard your heart is.
00:29:52.835 --> 00:29:56.572
I believe god is literally softening your heart right now
00:29:56.572 --> 00:30:00.509
By the power of the holy spirit.
00:30:00.509 --> 00:30:02.177
And he's using this moment, he's using nick's testimony
00:30:02.177 --> 00:30:06.482
To draw you closer and closer to him.
00:30:06.482 --> 00:30:10.886
I wanna read you some scripture
00:30:10.886 --> 00:30:12.388
Because the word of god says that scripture is powerful
00:30:12.388 --> 00:30:15.424
And it's as sharp as a two-edged sword.
00:30:15.424 --> 00:30:17.326
It pierces our hearts.
00:30:17.326 --> 00:30:19.295
This is ezekiel 36:26.
00:30:19.295 --> 00:30:21.430
"i will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.
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I will remove from you your heart of stone
00:30:27.670 --> 00:30:30.439
And give you a heart of flesh."
00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:33.976
Is your heart hardened from all of the pain,
00:30:33.976 --> 00:30:37.613
All of the suffering, all of the sin,
00:30:37.613 --> 00:30:40.416
All of the brokenness in your life?
00:30:40.416 --> 00:30:42.751
Listen, god wants to put those broken pieces together.
00:30:44.053 --> 00:30:47.723
He wants to make you whole.
00:30:47.723 --> 00:30:49.725
He wants to redeem you.
00:30:49.725 --> 00:30:51.660
He wants to give you a heart of flesh.
00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:55.130
That's what we were created for.
00:30:55.130 --> 00:30:57.166
Not a heart of stone,
00:30:57.166 --> 00:30:58.934
Not lives completely separated from our heavenly creator.
00:30:58.934 --> 00:31:02.504
No, jesus came and died on the cross
00:31:02.504 --> 00:31:05.374
And resurrected three days later
00:31:05.374 --> 00:31:07.576
And sits at the right hand of the father so that you
00:31:07.576 --> 00:31:10.679
And me can go boldly to the throne room of grace
00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:15.417
And cry out, "abba."
00:31:15.417 --> 00:31:17.686
And have that confidence
00:31:17.686 --> 00:31:19.655
That your heavenly father hears you.
00:31:19.655 --> 00:31:21.957
He will answer you because he loves you.
00:31:21.957 --> 00:31:25.361
He set this plan in motion even before you were born,
00:31:25.361 --> 00:31:29.064
Even before the foundations of the world were set in place.
00:31:29.064 --> 00:31:33.469
So if you want a personal relationship with your savior,
00:31:33.469 --> 00:31:38.007
Now is the time.
00:31:38.007 --> 00:31:40.209
Today is the day where you can give god your heart
00:31:40.209 --> 00:31:45.114
Of stone and you can receive a heart of flesh.
00:31:45.114 --> 00:31:48.083
You can receive the holy spirit,
00:31:48.083 --> 00:31:50.519
You can receive your savior in your heart like never before.
00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:55.424
Pray this simple prayer with me right now.
00:31:55.424 --> 00:31:58.293
Position your heart to surrender.
00:31:58.293 --> 00:32:00.729
Maybe get on your knees, get on the floor, bow your head,
00:32:00.729 --> 00:32:03.766
Open your hands ready to receive what god has for you,
00:32:03.766 --> 00:32:08.637
Which is himself.
00:32:08.637 --> 00:32:10.205
So pray with me right now.
00:32:10.205 --> 00:32:12.241
Heavenly father, i cry out to you, lord jesus.
00:32:12.241 --> 00:32:17.479
I surrender to you.
00:32:18.147 --> 00:32:20.582
God, i am done living life my way,
00:32:20.582 --> 00:32:24.820
Living a life without you.
00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:27.890
Jesus, i believe in my heart
00:32:27.890 --> 00:32:31.593
That you died on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins
00:32:31.593 --> 00:32:35.097
And the sins of this world.
00:32:35.097 --> 00:32:37.166
And i believe that you resurrected three days later
00:32:37.166 --> 00:32:40.769
And that you're seated at the right hand
00:32:40.769 --> 00:32:42.438
Of the father interceding for me right now,
00:32:42.438 --> 00:32:45.974
Even in this moment.
00:32:45.974 --> 00:32:47.209
Heavenly father, i give my life to you.
00:32:47.209 --> 00:32:49.845
I don't wanna sweep you under the rug anymore.
00:32:51.013 --> 00:32:53.749
I wanna know without a shadow of a doubt that you are real
00:32:53.749 --> 00:32:58.353
And that you love me and you will never leave me
00:32:58.353 --> 00:33:02.024
Or forsake me.
00:33:02.024 --> 00:33:03.258
I declare with my mouth, jesus is lord
00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.863
And i believe in my heart that he resurrected.
00:33:09.098 --> 00:33:11.700
So thank you, jesus, for saving me.
00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.769
Thank you, jesus, for setting me free.
00:33:13.769 --> 00:33:16.004
Today, i am yours forevermore.
00:33:16.004 --> 00:33:18.440
Continue to transform my mind, transform my heart, my body,
00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:23.512
To be in alignment with your will.
00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.648
Thank you, jesus, for what you're doing in my life.
00:33:26.648 --> 00:33:29.485
Continue to speak through me through the holy spirit
00:33:29.485 --> 00:33:32.321
That now lives inside of me.
00:33:32.321 --> 00:33:34.590
Thank you, god. i love you, lord.
00:33:34.590 --> 00:33:37.359
I choose you from this moment forward.
00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:41.196
In the name of jesus, i ask and pray all this.
00:33:41.196 --> 00:33:44.066
Amen and amen.
00:33:44.066 --> 00:33:46.201
My friends, today is a new day.
00:33:46.201 --> 00:33:48.837
The very best is yet to come for you.
00:33:48.837 --> 00:33:51.173
Listen, this is a faith journey.
00:33:51.173 --> 00:33:53.208
It doesn't just stop with this prayer
00:33:53.208 --> 00:33:55.310
And we have some amazing resources
00:33:55.310 --> 00:33:57.379
That are gonna help you on this new faith journey.
00:33:57.379 --> 00:34:00.449
So please give us a call,
00:34:00.449 --> 00:34:01.917
1-800-700-7000.
00:34:01.917 --> 00:34:04.052
If you need prayer for anything at all,
00:34:04.052 --> 00:34:05.587
We've got some amazing prayer warriors on the other side
00:34:05.587 --> 00:34:07.623
Of that phone call who just wanna pray for you.
00:34:07.623 --> 00:34:09.758
We also have some free resources such as "a new day."
00:34:09.758 --> 00:34:13.262
You can get a pdf version
00:34:13.262 --> 00:34:14.696
Or you can get this physical copy.
00:34:14.696 --> 00:34:16.765
Whatever it is that you want, prayer, these free resources.
00:34:16.765 --> 00:34:19.535
Give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
00:34:19.535 --> 00:34:22.638
Or you can also go to cbn.com.
00:34:22.638 --> 00:34:24.673
God bless you guys.
00:34:24.673 --> 00:34:25.874
Andrew.
00:34:25.874 --> 00:34:26.775
- amen. thank you, ashley.
00:34:26.775 --> 00:34:27.876
Powerful interview.
00:34:27.876 --> 00:34:29.444
And so many people today have found hope in jesus christ.
00:34:29.444 --> 00:34:32.381
Amen.
00:34:32.381 --> 00:34:33.682
Well, up next, she was so stressed about money.
00:34:33.682 --> 00:34:35.384
She got shingles and lost her job.
00:34:35.384 --> 00:34:37.886
Her husband was struggling to get a start in real estate.
00:34:37.886 --> 00:34:40.822
Watch how they closed on a whopping $5 million in sales
00:34:40.822 --> 00:34:45.227
By the end of the year.
00:34:45.227 --> 00:34:46.328
That's coming up after this.
00:34:46.328 --> 00:34:47.829
(uplifting music)
00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:51.300
- [interviewer] you considered yourself an atheist.
00:34:52.601 --> 00:34:55.003
- yeah.
00:34:55.003 --> 00:34:56.505
- what did you specifically have against christianity?
00:34:56.505 --> 00:34:58.440
- my dad was a former music minister.
00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:01.176
You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
00:35:01.176 --> 00:35:04.246
- [speaker] in 2015, walker lost his record deal
00:35:04.246 --> 00:35:07.182
And had their family van repossessed by the label.
00:35:07.182 --> 00:35:10.485
That's when craig decided to give
00:35:10.485 --> 00:35:12.588
Their family van to walker.
00:35:12.588 --> 00:35:15.023
- their unconditional love,
00:35:15.023 --> 00:35:16.592
It was so different from what we were used to.
00:35:16.592 --> 00:35:20.862
I went and got a bible and just started reading
00:35:20.862 --> 00:35:23.298
And reading and reading.
00:35:23.298 --> 00:35:24.566
- it was amazing to watch the transformation
00:35:24.566 --> 00:35:28.036
And just the power of the holy spirit
00:35:28.036 --> 00:35:31.573
- [speaker] walker had given his life to christ
00:35:31.573 --> 00:35:33.675
And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
00:35:33.675 --> 00:35:36.545
- i said, "i believe."
00:35:36.545 --> 00:35:38.180
- are you telling me that you believe
00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:39.915
That jesus is the son of god
00:35:39.915 --> 00:35:42.618
And that you wanna live your life for him?
00:35:42.618 --> 00:35:46.455
He said, "that's exactly what i'm saying."
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(gentle music)
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Life to the fullest.
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Life in your body, mind, and spirit.
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- amber lost her job just before she married john.
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And that put the couple in a financial bind
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Right from the start.
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Still, both of them agreed 90% of their income
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With god was better than 100% without them.
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- [narrator] after college, john
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And amber mccann met a church in new orleans.
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A short time later, amber was on a cruise with friends
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When john flew out to surprise her
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And proposed at a port of call.
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- i was on the beach as she got off the boat
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And i had big signs asking her will she marry me?
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She looked like she saw a ghost
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'cause she wasn't expecting to see me there.
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- [narrator] now engaged, john was transitioning
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From a marketing position into real estate.
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Amber was doing well in the restaurant business.
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Then right before they married, the pandemic hit.
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Amber lost her job.
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- new orleans is big on hospitality
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And so all of that was affected
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So i couldn't even go out and find a new job.
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- [narrator] soon they were married and living
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On just one income.
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For john, it was a challenge.
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He was working 60 to 80 hours a week
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And had over $100,000 of student loans looming.
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- at the end of the month,
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There literally was like a few dollars left.
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There was like no margin between the bills that we had
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And the income that i was making.
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So it was very stressful for me as a husband, as someone
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That wants to be able to provide for their household.
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I mean, i literally got sick.
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I got shingles because i was so stressed out.
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- [narrator] despite their financial instability,
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They never stopped tithing, a concept
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They both learned growing up.
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- one thing that we always believe is like 90% of our income
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With god is better than 100% of our income without god.
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So we always wanted to make sure that we tithe
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And i do believe that i was being tested with my giving.
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Am i still gonna give?
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Although i still haven't sold my first house yet, you know?
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- it goes against your comfort.
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But i can honestly say that each time i've had to do that,
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God has always met me on the other side.
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- [narrator] so they continue to give with expectation.
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And after several months, john sold his first home
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As a licensed real estate agent.
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- it was just like, "oh, we could breathe.
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Thank you, jesus."
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And then after that, within that first sale by the end
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Of the year, had closed on nearly 5 million in sales.
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- i don't think that john and i
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Would be in the financial position we are
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If we hadn't given and if we hadn't tithe.
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- [narrator] today, amber helps john with real estate
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And has a successful faith and lifestyle youtube channel.
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The couple is doing better than ever.
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They continue to tithe
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And give while building a substantial savings account.
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Plus they've paid off thousands of dollars
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Of john's school loan with plans
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To completely wipe their student debt out
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In the next two years.
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- i just remember the holy spirit telling me, "you're part
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Of my kingdom and i'm gonna take care of you."
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We literally went from like month to month situation
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To like, you know, just the overflow of god's blessings
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And provision for us financially to now
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Where we are in a place to where we are able
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To help other people.
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- i have such a heart permission
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And i know john has that same sentiment.
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And that's why we give and that's why we continue to do it.
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It's an opportunity
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To not just make a difference in someone's life,
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But to make an impact for the kingdom.
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- [narrator] they believe that following god
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Leads to abundant life.
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- there are promises there are attached to giving.
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They all belongs to him ultimately.
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As he says, "yes give and it will be given to you."
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So if we want it to be given to us, we have to obey.
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I've always believed that my responsibility is obedience.
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God's responsibility is outcome.
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But when you show him that, "hey god,
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I trust you, i'm gonna give to you."
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That's the key to unlock the abundance of heaven.
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- every time i give, i'm receiving something
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So much greater in return.
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And the more i practice generosity
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And the more i give, the closer i am to god
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And the more thankful i am.
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- what an inspiring story.
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So appreciate them sharing
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Their financial journey with us.
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You heard john say,
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And maybe you've experienced this too, the stress
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Of his finances was so high on him,
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It literally made him sick.
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The stress was so bad but they made a key decision.
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Maybe you've heard someone say this before,
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That 90% of their finances
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With god is better than managing 100% without him.
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Now amber said that took them out of their comfort zone,
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But god does that to us sometimes.
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Doesn't in a lot of areas of our life, he'll call us
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Out of our comfort zone to trust him.
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And that happens in our finances as well
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As we show trust in god
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And we say, "lord, i want you
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To literally be my financial advisor.
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Get in the nitty gritty of my finances
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And i'm gonna manage my money
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Or let you manage my money the way the kingdom
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Of god has set up principles that i can help other people
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And be blessed."
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A second chance at life, a teenager dodges death
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After flipping her car in a high speed crash.
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Stay tuned to see how she was healed in more ways than one.
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- i got into a serious relationship,
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But his family was like involved
00:43:55.877 --> 00:43:58.346
In (speaks in foreign language).
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They would do like ouija boards
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And like, i mean everything that you can think of like,
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Occult, like they were in it
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And i feel like something just like, like sit on me like,
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I was like shaking, crying.
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I just called out to jesus.
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From that moment, i felt like god took it
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And was like, "i'm gonna heal you."
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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, trying
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To start a number of businesses and was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while, the hennans were tithing
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And the newly married couples started
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Working their way out of the red.
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- i think i had bought into society saying,
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"here's what you should have."
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I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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I told god whether i make a lot of money
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Or not, 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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- when madison arrived at the scene of the accident,
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She could not believe what she saw.
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A mangled car and the driver who'd been thrown 40 yards
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Into a cornfield.
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The woman was unconscious
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With multiple fractures and injuries.
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Even more shocking,
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That driver was madison's 16-year-old sister.
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(solemn music)
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- i came over the top of that hill
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And the first thing i saw was her car.
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- when i got there i was like, "oh my gosh,
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Layla could be severely injured.
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She could be dead."
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(tires skid)
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- i didn't see a body, i didn't even look for a body.
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I just saw the car and then i saw the ambulance.
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- [madison] i got in the back of the ambulance.
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I just put my hands on her and i said, you know, "i'm here.
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Can you hear me?
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Can you open your eyes?
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Can you blink?
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Can you do anything?"
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- [christy] i ran to the ambulance
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And opened the door to her sister, prepping her
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To be lifelined to iu methodist hospital.
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- [narrator] layla knotts frantically left a party
00:46:44.245 --> 00:46:46.381
In the middle of the night.
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She was found in a field thrown from her mangled car
00:46:47.782 --> 00:46:50.685
The next morning.
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She had flipped her car several times
00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.888
And now lay unresponsive as her sister madison
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Helped prep her to be life flighted
00:46:57.258 --> 00:46:58.893
To a level one trauma center.
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- met with a couple different doctors there, a team
00:47:03.164 --> 00:47:06.935
That had assessed her
00:47:06.935 --> 00:47:08.303
And he told us that things did not look good.
00:47:08.303 --> 00:47:11.406
Broken bones and fractures, ribs, fractures in her back,
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A chip in her skull.
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They said that they would potentially need
00:47:17.645 --> 00:47:19.280
To drill a hole in her head to relieve any pressure
00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.150
That she may have in there.
00:47:22.150 --> 00:47:23.952
We knew it was gonna be a moment by moment process.
00:47:23.952 --> 00:47:27.722
- diagnosed, you know, with a skull fracture,
00:47:27.722 --> 00:47:29.524
With a spinal fracture and with swelling of the brain.
00:47:29.524 --> 00:47:32.460
You know your thought,
00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.628
"is she gonna be mentally handicapped?
00:47:33.628 --> 00:47:35.330
Is she gonna be able to care for herself?
00:47:35.330 --> 00:47:36.965
Is she gonna be in a wheelchair?
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Is she gonna be able to comprehend conversations?"
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- [narrator] in small town indiana,
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Almost everyone knew layla was struggling to survive.
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The community lifted the family up in prayer.
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- i was in the storm but had peace
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Because i knew people were praying
00:47:56.851 --> 00:47:58.286
And the prayers are what was carrying us
00:47:58.286 --> 00:48:01.489
Through that moment and through the whole entire thing.
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- that first day was pretty rough.
00:48:04.592 --> 00:48:06.294
We found out about all the injuries, it was pretty shocking.
00:48:06.294 --> 00:48:08.663
They thought that she was gonna have to go to surgery
00:48:08.663 --> 00:48:10.331
To get operated on her hand.
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And then like the next day we woke up,
00:48:11.933 --> 00:48:14.268
Decided not to do surgery on the hand,
00:48:14.268 --> 00:48:15.903
Said it was gonna be able to heal on its own.
00:48:15.903 --> 00:48:17.939
They decided not to do any burr holes
00:48:17.939 --> 00:48:20.208
To relieve any intercranial pressure.
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So that was crazy.
00:48:22.410 --> 00:48:23.678
They were able to wean her off the vent,
00:48:23.678 --> 00:48:25.413
Which is pretty remarkable.
00:48:25.413 --> 00:48:27.315
I would've thought she would've been probably on the vent
00:48:27.315 --> 00:48:29.350
For a week or two or maybe even trached at some point
00:48:29.350 --> 00:48:32.620
Because she was gonna be on the vent for so long.
00:48:32.620 --> 00:48:35.156
- she had continued to heal miraculously.
00:48:35.156 --> 00:48:38.826
To be thrown as far as she was thrown out of her vehicle
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Through we believe the driver's side window
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And for her not to have lacerations all over her
00:48:46.367 --> 00:48:50.004
And need sutured was miraculous in itself.
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- when we were talking with the police,
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We kind of got a synopsis of, yeah,
00:48:57.478 --> 00:48:58.980
She was probably traveling over 100 miles per hour.
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There was a telephone pole
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And like i think an electrical box
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Or something on the corner of the road
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And she drove right between the two somehow.
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If she would've collided with one of those,
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It probably would've been 100% fatality, i would assume.
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But it's just really a miracle
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That everything played out the way it did.
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Speaking of in the field, i mean,
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She laid out there from like 1:00 am till almost 7:00 am,
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So like six hours out in the cold in 20 degree weather.
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It just, you would've thought she would've died
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Of hypothermia or something.
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- i was very cautiously guarded, you know,
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As to what her future looked like in terms of, you know,
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Cognitively and physically.
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Because she did have a traumatic brain injury.
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- she was progressing through things one time after another
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And it was really just remarkable to see
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How she transitioned through every step
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And every phase of it.
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And she wanted to do things.
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She wanted to write, she wanted to eat on her own.
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She was pretty resilient through all of that.
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- during the course of her treatment over the weeks
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That i saw her, i was moved to tears many times
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Just because the things that she was able to do as quickly
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As she was able to do them
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And as easily as she was able to do them, was amazing.
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So yeah, i really, she was a miracle.
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(crowd cheers)
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- [narrator] layla's remarkable healing
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Wasn't her only miracle.
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She also experienced a spiritual one too.
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- one of the conversations i had with her was,
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"do you remember speaking to god
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When you were in that field?"
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And she said, "yes, i do."
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I asked her if she wanted to recommit her life to the lord
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And she said yes.
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- i know that recommitting my life to jesus
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In that hospital is one of the best decisions
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That i will ever make in my life.
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I would've went to hell if i would've died.
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I know for a fact i was not living for the lord at all.
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But now i am.
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And i'm thankful
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Because i love the lord and i know that he forgives me.
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- it has reset layla, it has strengthened her faith.
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It has strengthened us as a family.
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It has strengthened our relationship
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Ultimately with the lord.
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So for that, we are thankful.
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- i would do it over again because it has changed my life.
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He has given me a second chance at life.
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(gentle music)
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- i can't imagine as layla looks at
00:51:32.733 --> 00:51:34.735
Over that cornfield what she must think.
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Certainly she's declaring to us all the power
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And love of god, her gratitude to the lord
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And for people who were praying for her.
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Now, you may be in crisis now
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Or someone you love is in crisis.
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And you may think, "i don't have the faith
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To believe that strongly."
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Listen, jesus said, "truly i say to you."
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That's how the verse starts.
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"truly, i say to you."
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If you have faith the size
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Of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,
00:52:00.595 --> 00:52:03.231
Move from here to there and nothing
00:52:03.231 --> 00:52:04.765
Will be impossible for you.
00:52:04.765 --> 00:52:06.100
Have you ever seen a mustard seed?
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It's almost undetectable to the human eye.
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It is so small, minuscule.
00:52:08.869 --> 00:52:11.772
And jesus said, "truly, i say to you,
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If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
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Nothing shall be impossible for you."
00:52:17.979 --> 00:52:20.314
The apostle paul said that god can do more than we imagine,
00:52:20.314 --> 00:52:23.284
Can ask or think thanks to the power of god working in us.
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The kingdom of god has great authority and power.
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And ashley and i believe that it is today,
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Powerful in your life and we are gonna pray for you.
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We believe in the healing power of jesus
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And we're gonna pray for you first.
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A couple of quick reports we wanna share.
00:52:44.038 --> 00:52:46.507
Mrs. helen of lubbock, texas suffered many years
00:52:46.507 --> 00:52:48.876
With a swallowing issue.
00:52:48.876 --> 00:52:50.244
One day she heard ashley mention in prayer,
00:52:50.244 --> 00:52:52.780
Someone having problems swallowing.
00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:54.782
Ashley said, "go ahead and drink water
00:52:54.782 --> 00:52:56.651
And received your healing."
00:52:56.651 --> 00:52:58.386
Helen claimed her healing.
00:52:58.386 --> 00:52:59.920
And since then, she can eat and drink without any problems.
00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:02.456
She also recalls another time when ashley mentioned those
00:53:02.456 --> 00:53:05.326
Who were having spinal problems.
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Helen exercised her faith in god
00:53:07.228 --> 00:53:09.196
And never needed the procedure.
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Her doctor was gonna do.
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Ashley, a lot of power in your prayers, we know that.
00:53:12.166 --> 00:53:13.434
- [ashley] that's amazing.
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Well, here's another answer to prayer.
00:53:14.669 --> 00:53:15.970
Terry of tulsa, oklahoma was walking on gravel
00:53:15.970 --> 00:53:18.873
When she stepped on a sharp piece
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That instantly made her left heel hurt.
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For days, it continued to cause agonizing pain.
00:53:23.077 --> 00:53:26.347
Terry was watching the 700 club when she heard andrew say,
00:53:26.347 --> 00:53:29.283
"someone is having a problem with your heel.
00:53:29.283 --> 00:53:31.786
I don't know if it was injured in an accident
00:53:31.786 --> 00:53:34.288
Or if something's been growing inside,
00:53:34.288 --> 00:53:36.190
But you've had terrible problems with your heel.
00:53:36.190 --> 00:53:38.626
The lord god is just taking the pain away right now.
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That is being healed in jesus name."
00:53:42.596 --> 00:53:45.366
By faith, terry claimed her healing.
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She stood on her left heel
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And the pain was gone.
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Praise god. - amen, that is great, terry.
00:53:52.473 --> 00:53:54.141
Helen, thank you for letting us know these praise reports
00:53:54.141 --> 00:53:56.477
Are so encouraging to us, and i hope our audience.
00:53:56.477 --> 00:53:59.146
So whatever your need is now,
00:53:59.146 --> 00:54:00.414
Let's lift them up before the lord.
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Heavenly father, ashley and i
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And the audience come before you now
00:54:06.253 --> 00:54:07.922
In the powerful name of jesus.
00:54:07.922 --> 00:54:10.491
We bring our mustard seed faith, some of us.
00:54:10.491 --> 00:54:13.961
Others are just walking in strong
00:54:13.961 --> 00:54:16.230
And mighty faith and belief, lord god.
00:54:16.230 --> 00:54:19.266
And i ask them to pray for others now who are in crisis.
00:54:19.266 --> 00:54:23.204
Lord god, we ask holy spirit to move in power, authority,
00:54:23.204 --> 00:54:26.707
And might now in jesus' name.
00:54:26.707 --> 00:54:29.577
There's someone who's had really bad cramping
00:54:29.577 --> 00:54:32.179
On your right side and your chest and your arm,
00:54:32.179 --> 00:54:35.983
And you don't know what it's been causing it.
00:54:35.983 --> 00:54:37.451
But now in the name of jesus, that cramping
00:54:37.451 --> 00:54:39.954
And those spasms are subsiding, decreasing,
00:54:39.954 --> 00:54:42.723
And going away in jesus' name.
00:54:42.723 --> 00:54:45.059
- i just believe a lot of people are watching
00:54:45.059 --> 00:54:46.761
And you've just been in a cycle of habitual sin.
00:54:46.761 --> 00:54:49.597
Maybe it's with alcohol
00:54:49.597 --> 00:54:50.998
And drugs, promiscuity, whatever it is, thoughts,
00:54:50.998 --> 00:54:55.903
Anxiousness, i believe god is breaking chains right now.
00:54:55.903 --> 00:55:00.775
You've been crying out to the father asking when?
00:55:00.775 --> 00:55:03.944
When is there gonna be a breakthrough?
00:55:03.944 --> 00:55:05.713
When am i going to be free?
00:55:05.713 --> 00:55:07.481
And i just believe god is asking you
00:55:07.481 --> 00:55:09.250
To invite him into those temptations.
00:55:09.250 --> 00:55:12.219
When you begin to feel tempted to take a drink, take a hit
00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:16.090
Of something, do something that you know you're not supposed
00:55:16.090 --> 00:55:18.259
To do or it's not good for you.
00:55:18.259 --> 00:55:20.094
I just believe god is asking you to invite him in.
00:55:20.094 --> 00:55:23.063
Say, "father, help me in this moment."
00:55:23.063 --> 00:55:25.466
And by the power of the holy spirit, i believe god is going
00:55:25.466 --> 00:55:28.736
To break those chains that have held you bound
00:55:28.736 --> 00:55:32.173
For so long in the name of jesus,
00:55:32.173 --> 00:55:34.208
Holy spirit, will you just flow over these individuals
00:55:34.208 --> 00:55:36.677
Right now assuring them
00:55:36.677 --> 00:55:38.446
And giving confidence that you are with them
00:55:38.446 --> 00:55:40.948
And you want to be with them even in those moments
00:55:40.948 --> 00:55:43.784
Of desperation and temptation.
00:55:43.784 --> 00:55:45.853
That's what you died for.
00:55:45.853 --> 00:55:47.655
So, lord, i just pray that you speak
00:55:47.655 --> 00:55:48.989
To their hearts right now
00:55:48.989 --> 00:55:50.524
And they receive this word from you in the name of jesus.
00:55:50.524 --> 00:55:53.327
- amen.
00:55:53.327 --> 00:55:54.562
And in compliment to what ashley prayed
00:55:54.562 --> 00:55:55.663
And what the lord was giving her,
00:55:55.663 --> 00:55:56.597
He wants abundant life for you.
00:55:56.597 --> 00:55:59.133
It's not just about restricting yourself from things
00:56:00.401 --> 00:56:02.970
Of the flesh and the worldly things,
00:56:02.970 --> 00:56:04.338
But jesus wants to give you a more abundant life.
00:56:04.338 --> 00:56:06.807
He has things for you.
00:56:06.807 --> 00:56:08.142
He has blessings for you.
00:56:08.142 --> 00:56:09.543
He has a path for you to walk that will surprise you
00:56:09.543 --> 00:56:12.446
And delight you with what he has in store.
00:56:12.446 --> 00:56:15.015
But we need to listen to the voice of the shepherd.
00:56:15.015 --> 00:56:18.385
So i encourage you, as ashley pray, just be submissive
00:56:18.385 --> 00:56:21.021
To what god wants.
00:56:21.021 --> 00:56:22.857
It's for his glory and your joy.
00:56:22.857 --> 00:56:26.360
There's someone who's had a terrible cough for weeks
00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:28.929
And it's causing great pain on the left side of your body
00:56:28.929 --> 00:56:31.565
And your chest should lift your hands now.
00:56:31.565 --> 00:56:35.035
And god's gonna take that coughing away in jesus' name.
00:56:35.035 --> 00:56:38.772
- yeah, i just believe a lot of people are almost like,
00:56:38.772 --> 00:56:41.175
Just so shameful to even come to the father.
00:56:41.175 --> 00:56:45.246
It's like you believe that god doesn't even wanna come
00:56:45.246 --> 00:56:47.648
Near you because you're so dirty and so sinful.
00:56:47.648 --> 00:56:50.784
But my friends, i'm here to tell you
00:56:50.784 --> 00:56:52.286
That that is the complete opposite of our heavenly father.
00:56:52.286 --> 00:56:55.856
There is no one too sinful or too dirty for him to come to.
00:56:55.856 --> 00:56:59.226
His arms are open wide for you.
00:56:59.226 --> 00:57:01.595
Come into the light of your savior, jesus christ.
00:57:01.595 --> 00:57:05.232
Cry out to him today, even right now
00:57:05.232 --> 00:57:07.434
In this very moment, i believe he's going to answer you
00:57:07.434 --> 00:57:10.838
And lift you out of that dark and deep pit.
00:57:10.838 --> 00:57:14.008
He's reaching out to you.
00:57:14.008 --> 00:57:16.877
Just grab his hand.
00:57:16.877 --> 00:57:18.779
Grab his hand, and just welcome him into your life.
00:57:18.779 --> 00:57:22.082
- yeah, and i don't usually receive words
00:57:22.082 --> 00:57:24.351
From the spirit like this, but i just think we should.
00:57:24.351 --> 00:57:26.420
He wants the audience to read luke 15
00:57:26.420 --> 00:57:28.556
And how the love of the father is unconditional
00:57:29.690 --> 00:57:33.794
And he wants people to come home
00:57:33.794 --> 00:57:35.796
To his father's heart today.
00:57:35.796 --> 00:57:36.997
In jesus' name we pray, amen.
00:57:36.997 --> 00:57:39.099
If you've received a miracle,
00:57:39.099 --> 00:57:40.634
You can express a report to us.
00:57:40.634 --> 00:57:42.269
Please give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
00:57:42.269 --> 00:57:45.873
We leave you with these words from mark 11.
00:57:45.873 --> 00:57:48.142
"whatever you ask for in prayer, believe you've received it
00:57:48.142 --> 00:57:51.145
And it will be yours."
00:57:51.145 --> 00:57:52.346
Thanks for being with us.
00:57:52.346 --> 00:57:53.180
We'll see you next time.
00:57:53.180 --> 00:57:54.782
(bright music)
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January 19th, 2026

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