The 700 Club

January 22, 2025

January 22, 2025 | S25:E16

The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.

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The 700 Club | January 22, 2025 | January 22, 2025

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- [narrator] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [narrator] coming up, "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 (car brakes squealing)
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An out-of-control car flips at 100 miles an hour.
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- [christy] i just saw the car and then i saw the ambulance.
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- [narrator] a young woman is thrown from the wreck.
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- [maddison] can you hear me? can you open your eyes?
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Can you blink? 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. - 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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- the frame stats is scrolling.
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- [mark] cadet 1st 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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- [mark] 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 the problem solve on the spot.
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- the cadets can actually build,
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And operate, and fly the satellites,
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And these satellites are not the qz satellites
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Where we're 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 having a space force
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Is critical 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 and a gps connection,
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Whether it's the timing of your banking signals,
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Whether it's the weather that you're expecting to see
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For the forecast for the next few days,
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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
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To the economy from a space economy,
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There's the advent that somebody else
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Will want 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 classes in space warfighting and operations
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To the brand-new summer azimuth program.
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- [sauter] 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 of growing food, plants,
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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,
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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 4th 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 want to go to mars,
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We want to go 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 2nd class madelyn letendre
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Plants mustard seeds in phytagel,
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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
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To be at the start of something and see this process,
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The trial and error,
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And seeing the end goal being something super cool
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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
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Will go into the newest branch of the military.
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- of our 40 cadet squadrons,
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We have five air officer commandings
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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
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Of embedding these space force leaders and mentors
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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
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For the good of society
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And the good of the human population,
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Expand our presence in space, expand to the moon,
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And to mars, 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 1st class james foran says having faith
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While executing a secular mission 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 of some kind,
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And i don't think
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I could see myself anywhere else, honestly.
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It is 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 branch's song, which says,
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"there's no limit to our sky."
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♪ we're 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.
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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,
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It was the first new branch 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,
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Asking for a son 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."
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Nick shakoour says he was ready 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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- [narrator] when i was a young girl,
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I went to fetch water for my mother.
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The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad,
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I just poured the water out
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far, and i go four times a day.
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I get home exhausted.
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I feel terrible drinking that water
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And giving it to my family.
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We often get intense stomachache and vomit.
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When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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Thank you, operation blessing, for giving us a new life.
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When you came,
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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 well this close,
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Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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- in recent years,
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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 a 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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(graphic whooshes)
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- in 2019, cbn news interviewed dr. scott stripling,
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The director of the excavation going on 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, 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 glace 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 the gate
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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 of shiloh
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When he gets the news
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That the ark of the covenant has been captured,
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That his sons have been killed.
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He falls over backward 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 is 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 israel's 12 tribes,
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Where hannah prayed for a son 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 ark is here, the tabernacle is here,
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And this is where you came to connect with god.
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- you believe you've found actually the tabernacle.
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- well, you know, i'm not ready to say i know for certain,
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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, and it's divided on 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-
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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 ark of the covenant was.
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- can we go in? - 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, okay?
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So you're entering into the holy of holies.
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All right, 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 ark of the covenant was.
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- wow. - how does that suit you?
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- it makes feel, well, profound for one.
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- well, me too. - yeah.
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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,
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I'm in awe, you know, to have the privilege
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To be able 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, you know?
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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 or it's not historical,
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I would encourage them to look
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At what we're finding here at shiloh,
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Read the text, pray about it, and decide for themselves.
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- [chris] and so this is where the bible comes to life.
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- [dr. stripling] 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 shiloh.
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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 site of bones.
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Can we see that? - 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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- and this path is gonna lead us
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To where the bone deposit is that we've been talking about.
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So this, 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.
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The pottery and the bones.
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They tell an unmistakable story
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That matches 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
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Is about this much 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 microstratigraphy in this area,
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So we can see that the deposition
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Is laid down over a long period of time,
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Just like the bible says.
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- [chris] and what kind of bones would we find here?
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- [dr. stripling] 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,
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We're seeing disproportionate jawbones
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From the right side as opposed to the left.
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- you described it before,
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But again, why is the right side so significant?
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- well, the priest are the ones who live here,
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And leviticus 7 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, you know?
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You got a 100,000 bones, and they're disproportionate.
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Gimme another explanation.
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Just happens to coordinate with what the bible says.
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(shofar trumpeting)
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- [chris] a shofar sounds to mark the end of the workday.
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This year's dig 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,
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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, well, still ahead.
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A frantic young woman leaves a friend's house
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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 inspired
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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's" 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
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Radically transformed his real life.
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That's right after this. stay with us.
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(uplifting 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, "god is my healer. he is my healer."
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They were to the section
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Where they were talking about people receiving healings.
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They were gonna pray for anyone who was sick.
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- there's someone,
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You heard the report 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 and closed up,
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Open now in jesus' name.
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- i jumped up, and my spirit just kind of leaped.
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And i said, "that's for me, lord. that's it."
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You think maybe he's not mindful of those things,
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But he's mindful of everything.
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He's just faithful, and he is our healer.
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(uplifting music)
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- i start drinking alcohol
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Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
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I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
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I felt completely defeated and broken.
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I was weak in my relationship with god,
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And i was just a weak human being.
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And god got further and further away.
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When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
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There's guilt, there's shame,
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But there's also a sort of a sense
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That it'll never happen for you again.
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My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
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She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
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I want you to know jesus."
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God started to reveal himself to me again,
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And he started to melt away the ice that was my heart.
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I'm trying to talk people into this life
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That is second to none.
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This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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(uplifting music)
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- well, he's the father of the sons of thunder,
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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
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Has literally changed his life
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And led to a powerful, personal encounter with jesus.
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(graphic whooshes)
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- i'll take the fish into market and settle up simon's debt.
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I'll get some help to fill both of these boats.
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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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- we've just been called
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By the man 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, now.
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(waves lapping) (gentle music)
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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,
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So i'm so excited to just chat with you today.
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- that's so cool.
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- yeah, and how has this role playing zebedee,
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The father of james 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 it was downloaded to me from god,
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Like it was a literal download when i got the script.
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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,
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I give all credence and credit to god
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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,
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It takes you through a series 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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I had a conversation with god and told him,
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"you probably don't even exist," 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,
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"if you don't call out to god right now,
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This is about to get really bad."
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And i'm invited to this conference
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By two of our construction blueprint designers,
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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, and i'm like,
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"okay, people are twirling around like ballerinas
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And swaying side to side.
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This is so weird." - 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-torn country that we're from
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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,
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His son comes over behind me from like 40 feet away,
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Taps me on the shoulder, and says,
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"i want you 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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(exhales sharply) 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've told me, what?"
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And then later on, the pastor,
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She got up on stage and said,
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"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 and 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, your voiceover, your mom,
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Your dad, your brother-in-law, your sisters,
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Your other sister's boyfriend, your bank accounts,
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Oh, your jeep commander, your car," da da da da,
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"and you've put them all before me."
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And i was like, "ouch, 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,
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I've been hearing about you,
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I've been hearing about these parables,
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And i just want to be with you now.
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So i gave him everything.
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(gentle music) (nick cries)
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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 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, (exhales sharply)
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From the bottom of my feet to the top of my head,
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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, what's going on?"
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And it was frightening.
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It wasn't like, "oh, it felt good and it was."
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No, it was, i felt god's presence, and it was frightening,
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So i understood what it meant, oh, the fear of the lord.
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It was like, 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
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Like 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, i don't need it
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'cause, like, i met him.
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And i jokingly say, like, "i know the guy.
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Like, i know him." - that's so powerful.
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- because he's in me, 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, what it was to relationship
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Where it's like now,
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I want nothing but to be around him all day long.
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- so we heard that something really special,
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Really amazing, 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 because i'm searching for the anger
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And the frustration and the hurt,
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And i'm like, "it's not there anymore."
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Two of 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,
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"you know, you've heard that we've written scripture
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All over the walls in the homes, right?
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Do you know it was one of my guys that heard
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From god 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. - and i said, "what?"
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And we're sitting there eating steak at prime 115,
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Really good spot.
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And i said, "what?"
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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 as a crew
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When we broke ground to build those homes
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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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(gentle music continues) (nick cries)
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It gets me worked up
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Because i was about to sweep god under 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 to the loudmouth voice actor
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Who's blabbing it on set in between takes
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Because i can't help but to talk
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About how mind-blowing this was.
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So i know people that might be watching,
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It might sound absolutely crazy.
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And i identify with that
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Because i was the one (exhales sharply) back in the day,
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Even though i believed,
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But i would sort of poke fun at people
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That were so into jesus,
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And why are you so into him like that?
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I didn't understand.
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People should know, even when i confronted him,
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And i said while i'm talking to him,
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"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 too."
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(nick cries and exhales deeply)
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It's like he wants you because you're not good enough.
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- yeah, yeah.
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- 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.
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- there's no going back.
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- you're different, you're different.
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- yeah, it's mind-blowing.
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- thank you so much, nick.
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- yeah. - wow, thank you so much.
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- yeah. - god bless you.
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That is actually one of my favorite interviews
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I've ever done.
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The holy spirit was just in that room.
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And i don't know about you,
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But i can just feel the joy of the lord
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When i'm watching that.
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And if you're watching this right now
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And maybe you don't have a relationship with god.
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You've heard about god,
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Maybe you're like nick, you grew up in a certain orthodox
00:28:52.274 --> 00:28:55.611
Or you've heard about jesus, you've heard about god,
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But you've never had a personal encounter with him
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Like nick has,
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Or you've never had a personal relationship
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With your creator.
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Nick said, "i was ready to sweep god under the rug."
00:29:07.790 --> 00:29:12.862
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.
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And prayers were answered,
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And it was like a snowball effect
00:29:24.773 --> 00:29:26.709
Of one thing after the other, after the other.
00:29:26.709 --> 00:29:28.878
And here he is, these words coming out of his mouth,
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The guy who said i was ready to sweep god under the rug.
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He's saying, "i don't even need faith anymore
00:29:35.150 --> 00:29:37.953
Because i know god.
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I met him."
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He has that much assurance in our heavenly father,
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In our savior, jesus christ.
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My friends, you can have that confidence too.
00:29:48.430 --> 00:29:51.867
It doesn't matter how far you've gone,
00:29:51.867 --> 00:29:54.670
How much you've sinned, how hard your heart is.
00:29:54.670 --> 00:29:58.407
I believe god is literally softening your heart right now
00:29:58.407 --> 00:30:02.344
By the power of the holy spirit.
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And he's using this moment,
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He's using nick's testimony
00:30:05.547 --> 00:30:08.417
To draw you closer and closer to him.
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I wanna read you some scripture
00:30:12.821 --> 00:30:14.323
Because the word of god says that scripture is powerful
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And it's as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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It pierces our hearts.
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This is ezekiel 36:26.
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"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
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And give you a heart of flesh."
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Is your heart hardened from all of the pain,
00:30:35.911 --> 00:30:39.548
All of the suffering, all of the sin,
00:30:39.548 --> 00:30:42.318
All of the brokenness in your life?
00:30:42.318 --> 00:30:44.653
Listen, god wants to put those broken pieces together.
00:30:45.955 --> 00:30:49.625
He wants to make you whole.
00:30:49.625 --> 00:30:51.660
He wants to redeem you.
00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.562
He wants to give you a heart of flesh.
00:30:53.562 --> 00:30:57.066
That's what we were created for.
00:30:57.066 --> 00:30:59.101
Not a heart of stone,
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Not lives completely separated from our heavenly creator.
00:31:00.836 --> 00:31:04.473
No, jesus came and died on the cross
00:31:04.473 --> 00:31:07.343
And resurrected three days later
00:31:07.343 --> 00:31:09.678
And sits at the right hand of the father
00:31:09.678 --> 00:31:11.981
So that you and me can go boldly to the throne room of grace
00:31:11.981 --> 00:31:17.052
And cry out abba
00:31:17.586 --> 00:31:19.655
And have that confidence
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That your heavenly father hears you.
00:31:21.623 --> 00:31:23.926
He will answer you because he loves you.
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He set this plan in motion even before you were born.
00:31:27.329 --> 00:31:31.033
Even before the foundations of the world were set in place.
00:31:31.033 --> 00:31:35.437
So if you want a personal relationship with your savior,
00:31:35.437 --> 00:31:39.975
Now is the time.
00:31:39.975 --> 00:31:42.211
Today is the day where you can give god your heart of stone
00:31:42.211 --> 00:31:47.282
And you can receive a heart of flesh.
00:31:48.384 --> 00:31:50.085
You can receive the holy spirit,
00:31:50.085 --> 00:31:52.488
You can receive your savior in your heart like never before.
00:31:52.488 --> 00:31:57.393
Pray this simple prayer with me right now.
00:31:57.393 --> 00:32:00.295
Position your heart to surrender.
00:32:00.295 --> 00:32:02.731
Maybe get on your knees, get on the floor, bow your head,
00:32:02.731 --> 00:32:05.834
Open your hands, ready to receive what god has for you,
00:32:05.834 --> 00:32:10.706
Which is himself.
00:32:10.706 --> 00:32:12.241
So pray with me right now.
00:32:12.241 --> 00:32:14.276
Heavenly father,
00:32:14.276 --> 00:32:16.245
I cry out to you, lord jesus, i surrender to you.
00:32:16.245 --> 00:32:21.583
God, i am done living life my way,
00:32:22.618 --> 00:32:26.855
Living a life without you.
00:32:26.855 --> 00:32:29.958
Jesus, i believe in my heart
00:32:29.958 --> 00:32:33.662
That you died on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins
00:32:33.662 --> 00:32:37.166
And the sins of this world.
00:32:37.166 --> 00:32:39.201
And i believe that you resurrected three days later
00:32:39.201 --> 00:32:42.838
And that you're seated at the right hand with the father
00:32:42.838 --> 00:32:45.207
Interceding for me right now, even in this moment.
00:32:45.207 --> 00:32:49.178
Heavenly father, i give my life to you.
00:32:49.178 --> 00:32:51.914
I don't want to sweep you under the rug anymore.
00:32:53.182 --> 00:32:55.818
I wanna know without a shadow of a doubt that you are real,
00:32:55.818 --> 00:33:00.422
And that you love me,
00:33:00.422 --> 00:33:02.024
And you will never leave me or forsake me.
00:33:02.024 --> 00:33:05.360
I declare with my mouth, jesus is lord,
00:33:06.495 --> 00:33:10.833
And i believe in my heart that he resurrected.
00:33:10.833 --> 00:33:13.802
So thank you, jesus, for saving me.
00:33:13.802 --> 00:33:15.871
Thank you, jesus, for setting me free.
00:33:15.871 --> 00:33:18.140
Today, i am yours forevermore.
00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.576
Continue to transform my mind,
00:33:20.576 --> 00:33:23.145
Transform my heart and my body
00:33:23.145 --> 00:33:25.848
To be in alignment with your will.
00:33:25.848 --> 00:33:28.750
Thank you, jesus, for what you're doing in my life.
00:33:28.750 --> 00:33:31.587
Continue to speak through me through the holy spirit
00:33:31.587 --> 00:33:34.456
That now lives inside of me.
00:33:34.456 --> 00:33:36.725
Thank you, god. i love you, lord.
00:33:36.725 --> 00:33:39.461
I choose you from this moment forward.
00:33:39.461 --> 00:33:43.298
In the name of jesus, i ask and pray all this.
00:33:43.298 --> 00:33:46.201
Amen and amen.
00:33:46.201 --> 00:33:48.303
My friends, today is a new day.
00:33:48.303 --> 00:33:51.373
The very best is yet to come for you.
00:33:51.373 --> 00:33:53.308
Listen, this is a faith journey.
00:33:53.308 --> 00:33:55.310
It doesn't just stop with this prayer,
00:33:55.310 --> 00:33:57.346
And we have some amazing resources
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That are gonna help you on this new faith journey.
00:33:59.481 --> 00:34:02.551
So please give us a call 1-800-700-7000
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If you need prayer for anything at all.
00:34:06.221 --> 00:34:07.689
We've got some amazing prayer warriors
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On the other side of that phone call
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We also have some free resources, such as a new day.
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You can get a pdf version
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Give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
00:34:21.737 --> 00:34:24.840
Or you can also go to cbn.com. god bless you guys.
00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:28.076
Andrew. - amen.
00:34:28.076 --> 00:34:29.311
Thank you, ashley. powerful interview.
00:34:29.311 --> 00:34:31.046
And so many people today have found hope in jesus christ.
00:34:31.046 --> 00:34:34.583
Amen.
00:34:34.583 --> 00:34:35.884
Well, up next, she was so stressed about money,
00:34:35.884 --> 00:34:37.586
She got shingles and lost her job.
00:34:37.586 --> 00:34:40.088
Her husband was struggling to get a start in real estate.
00:34:40.088 --> 00:34:42.991
Watch how they closed on a whopping $5 million in sales
00:34:42.991 --> 00:34:47.396
By the end of the year.
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That's coming up after this.
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(uplifting music)
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- [will] you considered yourself an atheist.
00:34:54.770 --> 00:34:57.239
- [walker] yeah.
00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.740
- what did you specifically have against christianity?
00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.609
- my dad was a former music minister.
00:35:00.609 --> 00:35:03.412
You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
00:35:03.412 --> 00:35:06.481
- [will] in 2015, walker lost his record deal
00:35:06.481 --> 00:35:09.418
And had their family van repossessed by the label.
00:35:09.418 --> 00:35:12.721
That's when craig decided
00:35:12.721 --> 00:35:14.223
To give their family van to walker.
00:35:14.223 --> 00:35:17.259
- their unconditional love.
00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.860
It was so different from what we were used to.
00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:23.098
I went and got a bible
00:35:23.098 --> 00:35:24.366
And just started reading and reading and reading.
00:35:24.366 --> 00:35:26.702
- it was amazing to watch the transformation and the,
00:35:26.702 --> 00:35:31.273
Just the power of the holy spirit.
00:35:32.241 --> 00:35:33.842
- [will] walker had given his life to christ
00:35:33.842 --> 00:35:35.944
And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
00:35:35.944 --> 00:35:38.780
I said, "i believe."
00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:40.349
- "are you telling me that you believe
00:35:40.349 --> 00:35:42.184
That jesus is the son of god
00:35:42.184 --> 00:35:44.486
And that you wanna live your life for him?"
00:35:44.486 --> 00:35:48.690
He said, "that's exactly what i'm saying."
00:35:48.690 --> 00:35:54.329
- [narrator] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
00:35:55.464 --> 00:35:59.468
(gentle music)
00:35:59.468 --> 00:36:01.737
Jesus said it, "i came to give you life.
00:36:01.737 --> 00:36:05.207
Life to the fullest."
00:36:05.907 --> 00:36:08.076
Life in your family, life in your finances,
00:36:09.244 --> 00:36:14.516
Life in your body, mind, and spirit.
00:36:15.584 --> 00:36:20.188
Life in your everyday.
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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 with god
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Was better than 100% without him.
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- [narrator] after college,
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John and amber mccann met at a church in new orleans.
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A short time later,
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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
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And living 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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- 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
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As someone that wants to be able to provide
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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,
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A concept they both learned growing up.
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- one thing that we always believe is, like,
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90% of our income with god is better
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Than a 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
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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 continued to give with expectation.
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And after several months,
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John sold his first home as a licensed real estate agent.
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- it was just like (gasps) we could breathe.
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Thank you, jesus.
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And then after that, within that first sale,
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By the end of the year,
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I had closed on nearly 5 million in sales.
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- i don't think that john and i would be
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In the financial position we are if we hadn't given
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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 and give
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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,
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"you're part 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
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Of god's blessings and provision for us financially
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To now where we are in a place
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To where we are able to help other people.
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- i have such a heart for missions,
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And i know john has that same sentiment,
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And that's why we give,
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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 leads
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To abundant life.
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- there are promises that are attached to giving.
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It 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, i trust you,
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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,
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I'm receiving something so much greater in return.
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And the more i practice generosity and the more i give,
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The closer i am to god and the more thankful i am.
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- what an inspiring story.
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So appreciate them sharing their financial journey with us.
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You heard john say,
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And maybe you've experienced this too,
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The stress of his finances was so high on him,
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It literally made him sick the stress was so bad,
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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 with god is better
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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, doesn't he?
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In a lot of areas of our life,
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He'll call us 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 and we say,
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"lord, i want you 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 of god
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Has set up principles that i can help other people
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And be blessed."
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A teenager dodges death
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After flipping her car in a high-speed crash.
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- [narrator] melissa and her husband rick
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Have come a long way from when they met.
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Melissa was in real estate.
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Rick had been living on credit cards
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Trying to start a number of businesses
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And was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while the hinnants were tithing,
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And the newly married couples started working their way
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Out of the red.
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- i think i had bought into society saying,
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"here's what you should have."
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I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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I'm done striving.
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- [narrator] today rick and melissa have three children
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And choose to live way below their means
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So they can help the poor.
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They've already built 13 orphanages
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And a freedom house in india.
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- what i loved about operation blessing
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Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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- now i have the hunger to make more money
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So we truly can give to all of these places
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'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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- when maddison 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
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And the driver who'd been thrown 40 yards 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 maddison's 16-year-old sister.
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(pensive music)
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(crickets chirping) (engine humming)
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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,
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"oh my gosh, layla could be severely injured.
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She could be dead."
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(tires screeching)
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(car banging)
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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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(crickets chirping)
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(paramedics chattering)
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- [maddison] 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? can you open your eyes?
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Can you blink? 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,
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Prepping her to be lifelined to iu methodist hospital.
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- [narrator] layla knotts frantically left a party
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In the middle of the night.
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She was found in a field
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Thrown from her mangled car the next morning.
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She had flipped her car several times
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And now lay unresponsive,
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As her sister maddison helped prep her to be life-flighted
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To a level one trauma center.
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- met with a couple different doctors there,
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A team that had assessed her,
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And he told us that things did not look good.
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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
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Need to drill a hole in her head to relieve any pressure
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That she may have in there.
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We knew it was gonna be a moment-by-moment process.
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- diagnosed, you know, with a skull fracture,
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With a spinal fracture, and with swelling of the brain,
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You thought, "is she gonna be mentally handicapped?
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Is she gonna be able to care for herself?
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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,
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But had peace because i knew people were praying,
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And the prayers are what was carrying us
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Through that moment and through the whole entire thing.
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- that first day was pretty rough.
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We found out about all the injuries.
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It was pretty shocking.
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They thought that she was gonna have to go to a surgery
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To get operated on her hand,
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And then, like, the next day that we woke up,
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Decided not to do surgery on the hand,
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Said it was gonna be able to heal on its own.
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They decided not to do any burr holes
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To relieve any intracranial pressure.
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So that was crazy.
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They were able to wean her off the vent,
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Which is pretty remarkable.
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I would've thought she would've been
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Probably on the vent for a week or two
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Or maybe even trached at some point
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Because she was gonna be on the vent for so long.
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- she had continued to heal miraculously.
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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
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And need sutured was miraculous in itself.
00:48:52.974 --> 00:48:58.012
- when we were talking with the police,
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We kind of got a synopsis of,
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"yeah, she was probably traveling over 100 miles per hour."
00:49:02.050 --> 00:49:04.719
There was a telephone pole
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And, like, 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,
00:49:13.895 --> 00:49:16.831
But it's just really a miracle
00:49:16.831 --> 00:49:18.833
That everything played out the way it did.
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Speaking of in the field,
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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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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,
00:49:34.682 --> 00:49:38.319
As to what her future looked like
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In terms of, you know, 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, she wanted to write,
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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,
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Over the weeks that i saw her,
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I was moved to tears many times
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Just because the things that she was able to do
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As quickly 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, she was a miracle.
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(staff clapping and cheering)
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(bell dinging)
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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.
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I was not living for the lord at all, but now i am,
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And i am thankful because i love the lord
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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 out over that cornfield,
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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
00:51:49.016 --> 00:51:50.418
Or someone you love is in crisis.
00:51:50.418 --> 00:51:52.353
And you may think,
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"i don't have the faith 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 of a mustard seed,
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You can say to this mountain,
00:52:05.433 --> 00:52:06.500
'move from here to there'
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And nothing will be impossible for you."
00:52:07.768 --> 00:52:09.337
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.
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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."
00:52:21.215 --> 00:52:23.551
The apostle paul said
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That god can do more than we imagine, can ask,
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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
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That it is today powerful in your life,
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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.
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First, a couple of quick reports we wanna share.
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This is "helen of lubbock, texas,
00:52:49.744 --> 00:52:51.579
Suffered many years with a swallowing issue.
00:52:51.579 --> 00:52:53.481
One day she heard ashley mention in prayer,
00:52:53.481 --> 00:52:56.017
Someone having problems swallowing.
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Ashley said, 'go ahead and drink water
00:52:58.019 --> 00:52:59.887
And receive your healing.'
00:52:59.887 --> 00:53:01.622
Helen claimed her healing,
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And since then she can eat and drink without any problems.
00:53:03.190 --> 00:53:05.793
She also recalls another time
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When ashley mentioned those who were having spinal problems.
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Helen exercised her faith in god
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And never needed the procedure her doctor was gonna do."
00:53:12.533 --> 00:53:15.136
Ashley, a lot of power in your prayers.
00:53:15.136 --> 00:53:16.971
We know that. - that's amazing.
00:53:16.971 --> 00:53:18.205
Well, here's another answer to prayer.
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"terri of tulsa, oklahoma, was walking on gravel
00:53:19.607 --> 00:53:22.176
When she stepped on a sharp piece
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That instantly made her left heel hurt.
00:53:23.778 --> 00:53:26.380
For days, it continued to cause agonizing pain.
00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:29.650
Terri was watching "the 700 club" when she heard andrew say,
00:53:29.650 --> 00:53:32.186
'someone is having a problem with your heel.
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I don't know if it was injured in an accident
00:53:35.089 --> 00:53:37.591
Or if something's been growing inside,
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But you've had terrible problems with your heel.
00:53:39.493 --> 00:53:41.929
The lord god is just taking the pain away right now
00:53:41.929 --> 00:53:45.900
That is being healed in jesus' name.'
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By faith, terri claimed her healing.
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She stood on her left heel, and the pain was gone."
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Praise god. - amen.
00:53:55.843 --> 00:53:56.911
That is great.
00:53:56.911 --> 00:53:58.179
Terri, helen, thank you for letting us know.
00:53:58.179 --> 00:53:59.480
These praise reports are so encouraging to us,
00:53:59.480 --> 00:54:01.148
And i hope our audience,
00:54:01.148 --> 00:54:02.483
So whatever your need is now,
00:54:02.483 --> 00:54:03.751
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
00:54:09.623 --> 00:54:11.325
In the powerful name of jesus.
00:54:11.325 --> 00:54:13.861
We bring our mustard seed faith, some of us.
00:54:13.861 --> 00:54:17.331
Others are just walking in strong
00:54:17.331 --> 00:54:19.600
And mighty faith and belief, lord god,
00:54:19.600 --> 00:54:22.670
And i ask them to pray for others now who are in crisis.
00:54:22.670 --> 00:54:26.574
Lord god, we ask your holy spirit to move in power,
00:54:26.574 --> 00:54:29.477
Authority, and might now in jesus' name.
00:54:29.477 --> 00:54:32.947
There's someone who's had really bad cramping
00:54:32.947 --> 00:54:35.583
On your right side in your chest and your arm,
00:54:35.583 --> 00:54:39.353
And you don't know what it's been causing it.
00:54:39.353 --> 00:54:40.821
But now in the name of jesus,
00:54:40.821 --> 00:54:42.556
That cramping and those spasms are subsiding, decreasing,
00:54:42.556 --> 00:54:46.093
And going away in jesus' name.
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- i just believe a lot of people are watching,
00:54:48.429 --> 00:54:50.131
And you've just been in a cycle of habitual sin.
00:54:50.131 --> 00:54:52.967
Maybe it's with alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, whatever it is,
00:54:52.967 --> 00:54:58.038
Thoughts, anxiousness.
00:54:58.739 --> 00:55:00.808
I believe god is breaking chains right now.
00:55:00.808 --> 00:55:04.178
You've been crying out to the father asking, when?
00:55:04.178 --> 00:55:07.415
When is there gonna be a breakthrough?
00:55:07.415 --> 00:55:09.150
When am i going to be free?
00:55:09.150 --> 00:55:10.918
And i just believe god is asking you
00:55:10.918 --> 00:55:12.653
To invite him into those temptations.
00:55:12.653 --> 00:55:15.656
When you begin to feel tempted to take a drink,
00:55:15.656 --> 00:55:18.959
Take a hit of something,
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Do something that you know you're not supposed to do
00:55:20.428 --> 00:55:22.363
Or it's not good for you,
00:55:22.363 --> 00:55:23.798
I just believe god is asking you to invite him in.
00:55:23.798 --> 00:55:26.534
Say, "father, help me in this moment."
00:55:26.534 --> 00:55:29.203
And by the power of the holy spirit,
00:55:29.203 --> 00:55:31.105
I believe god is going to break those chains
00:55:31.105 --> 00:55:34.308
That have held you bound for so long.
00:55:34.308 --> 00:55:36.544
In the name of jesus, holy spirit,
00:55:36.544 --> 00:55:38.212
Will you just flow over these individuals right now,
00:55:38.212 --> 00:55:41.048
Assuring them and giving confidence that you are with them
00:55:41.048 --> 00:55:44.452
And you want to be with them even in those moments
00:55:44.452 --> 00:55:47.221
Of desperation and temptation.
00:55:47.221 --> 00:55:49.290
That's what you died for.
00:55:49.290 --> 00:55:51.091
So, lord, i just pray that you speak
00:55:51.091 --> 00:55:52.426
To their hearts right now
00:55:52.426 --> 00:55:53.961
And they receive this word from you in the name of jesus.
00:55:53.961 --> 00:55:56.464
- amen, and in compliment to what ashley prayed
00:55:56.464 --> 00:55:58.766
And what the lord was giving her,
00:55:58.766 --> 00:56:00.034
He wants abundant life for you.
00:56:00.034 --> 00:56:02.570
It's not just about restricting yourself from things
00:56:03.838 --> 00:56:06.507
Of the flesh and the worldly things,
00:56:06.507 --> 00:56:07.875
But jesus wants to give you a more abundant life.
00:56:07.875 --> 00:56:10.311
He has things for you.
00:56:10.311 --> 00:56:11.679
He has blessings for you.
00:56:11.679 --> 00:56:13.080
He has a path for you to walk that will surprise you
00:56:13.080 --> 00:56:15.983
And delight you with what he has in store.
00:56:15.983 --> 00:56:18.519
But we need to listen to the voice of the shepherd.
00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:21.922
So i encourage you, as ashley prayed,
00:56:21.922 --> 00:56:23.524
Just be submissive to what god wants.
00:56:23.524 --> 00:56:26.427
It's for his glory and your joy.
00:56:26.427 --> 00:56:29.897
There's someone who's had a terrible cough for weeks,
00:56:29.897 --> 00:56:32.433
And it's causing great pain
00:56:32.433 --> 00:56:33.868
On the left side of your body and your chest.
00:56:33.868 --> 00:56:36.537
Lift your hands now,
00:56:36.537 --> 00:56:38.539
And god's gonna take that coughing away in jesus' name.
00:56:38.539 --> 00:56:42.309
- yeah, i just believe a lot of people are almost like
00:56:42.309 --> 00:56:44.712
Just so shameful to even come to the father.
00:56:44.712 --> 00:56:48.782
It's like you believe
00:56:48.782 --> 00:56:50.084
That god doesn't even wanna come near you
00:56:50.084 --> 00:56:51.619
Because you're so dirty and so sinful.
00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:54.321
But, my friends, i'm here to tell you
00:56:54.321 --> 00:56:55.823
That that is the complete opposite of our heavenly father.
00:56:55.823 --> 00:56:59.360
There is no one too sinful or too dirty for him to come to.
00:56:59.360 --> 00:57:02.763
His arms are open wide for you.
00:57:02.763 --> 00:57:05.199
Come into the light of your savior, jesus christ.
00:57:05.199 --> 00:57:08.802
Cry out to him today, even right now in this very moment.
00:57:08.802 --> 00:57:12.206
I believe he's going to answer you
00:57:12.206 --> 00:57:14.408
And lift you out of that dark and deep pit.
00:57:14.408 --> 00:57:17.611
He's reaching out to you. just grab his hand.
00:57:17.611 --> 00:57:22.349
Grab his hand, and just welcome him into your life.
00:57:22.349 --> 00:57:25.653
- yeah, i don't usually receive words
00:57:25.653 --> 00:57:27.955
From the spirit like this, but i just think we should.
00:57:27.955 --> 00:57:29.990
He wants the audience to read luke 15
00:57:29.990 --> 00:57:32.126
And how the love of the father is unconditional,
00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:37.264
And he wants people to come home
00:57:37.264 --> 00:57:39.366
To his father's heart today.
00:57:39.366 --> 00:57:40.568
In jesus' name, we pray, amen.
00:57:40.568 --> 00:57:42.670
If you've received a miracle,
00:57:42.670 --> 00:57:44.238
You can express a report to us.
00:57:44.238 --> 00:57:45.839
Please give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
00:57:45.839 --> 00:57:49.443
We leave you with these words from mark 11.
00:57:49.443 --> 00:57:51.745
"whatever you ask for in prayer,
00:57:51.745 --> 00:57:53.414
Believe you've received it, and it will be yours."
00:57:53.414 --> 00:57:55.916
Thanks for being with us. we'll see you next time.
00:57:55.916 --> 00:57:58.619
(uplifting music)
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January 22, 2025

January 22, 2025 | S25:E16

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