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The 700 Club

January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025 | S25:E17

January 27, 2025
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 27, 2025 | January 27, 2025
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  • - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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  • - [gordon] coming up.
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  • - i screamed (maurice screaming)
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  • And i fell to the floor.
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  • (body slams)
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  • - [gordon] slammed by a stroke.
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  • - [maurice] it felt like something exploded in my head.
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  • - [gordon] his life was slipping away.
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  • - i said, call 911.
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  • - [gordon] a patient is healed.
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  • - and i felt myself getting whole again.
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  • - [gordon] and his wasn't the only miracle.
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  • - she said, god must have sent you here for me.
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  • - [gordon] the story on today's "700 club".
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  • Welcome to "the 700 club".
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  • Michael molthan went from building luxury homes
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  • To being homeless, and then he served a stint in prison.
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  • - so, how did he wind up with a radio show
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  • That reaches an audience of more than half a million?
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  • Charlene aaron brings us his remarkable story
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  • From riches to rock bottom to better than ever.
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  • - five nights a week here in this studio in dallas,
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  • Michael molthan reaches an audience of people
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  • From all walks of life, tackling tough topics like drug
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  • And alcohol addiction, an issue he knows all too well.
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  • - gather round, gather round, gather round, clowns.
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  • Michael molthan, "m2 the rock",
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  • Coming to you live from dallas, texas.
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  • D town, baby.
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  • I never imagined in my life
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  • And what a great feeling it is,
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  • Is to help people, to help save their life.
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  • I get messages every day
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  • On how god is using me to touch people.
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  • We reach over half a million people a week.
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  • We have got a lot to talk about today.
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  • - [charlene] via his podcast and facebook shows
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  • Called "m2 the rock", molthan shares about his dark past
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  • As an alcoholic and drug addict,
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  • And how he went from building homes to being homeless.
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  • - when i had the home building company
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  • And i was married at the time,
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  • My behaviors were getting worse and worse.
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  • My consequences were getting worse and worse.
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  • And i will never forget in 2009,
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  • I got pulled over and i got arrested.
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  • I had a large amount of cocaine in my truck.
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  • I was intoxicated and i was arrested.
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  • And i'll never forget when they took me down to the jail,
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  • I had my very first mugshot.
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  • - [charlene] 26 mugshots later, molthan hit rock bottom.
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  • - when i look back, that's how the word powerless,
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  • I'm powerless over this deadly disease.
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  • - [charlene] agitated and facing three years behind bars,
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  • He experienced a spiritual encounter
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  • After an inmate asked him to read to him.
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  • - and i grabbed this book
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  • From a gangbanger, a black panther.
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  • And he used it as a pillow, brand new book.
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  • And it was the living recovery bible,
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  • New living translation.
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  • Now, these are black words on white paper at the time.
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  • They're not meaning anything to me.
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  • And the next thing i know, four days have passed by
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  • And i started thinking about this
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  • And i go, four days just went by
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  • And i wasn't anxious,
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  • I wasn't in fear,
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  • I was calm, and i was at peace.
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  • - [charlene] later that night, another life-changing moment.
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  • - i couldn't breathe. i was like, oh, oh, like that.
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  • And all a sudden, (exhales)
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  • I felt all this trash and hatred and anger and resentment
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  • And everything just coming out of my body like flies.
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  • All this stuff was just coming out.
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  • And i just took this breath and i just go,
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  • And something magical happened and i was full of love.
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  • And i was looking around and i loved everybody.
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  • - [charlene] that love motivated him
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  • To hold bible studies behind bars.
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  • - and i started preaching
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  • And i didn't realize what i was doing.
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  • And i did it at the end of every dinner.
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  • - [charlene] in 2017, a paperwork error
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  • Led to molthan's accidental release.
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  • So, with no money or food,
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  • He walked 300 miles to ask judge jennifer bennett
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  • To send him back to jail.
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  • - i walk in there to turn myself in and i'm excited.
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  • I'm like, i'm gonna go back to prison.
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  • I'm gonna go do my time
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  • And get this over with and get this behind me.
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  • I'm in complete acceptance. god is running the show, right?
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  • And i walk in there and judge bennett says,
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  • "mr. molthan, there's obviously someone
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  • A lot bigger working in your life than me,
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  • And i'm not gonna get in the way."
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  • And she set me free.
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  • And she says, "i want you to come back tomorrow
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  • With a self-correct program."
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  • And she goes, "i want you to go pay it forward."
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  • - [charlene] and molthan is doing just that
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  • By sharing his story of freedom and sobriety
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  • With those seeking help for addiction.
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  • - i was the biggest mess in the state of texas.
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  • Today, the judges call me to ask me for my advice.
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  • There are judges in the state of texas
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  • That have reached out to me
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  • That i have personally helped them with their family members
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  • To get them into treatment to get help.
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  • There are judges that family members
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  • Who have watched the show,
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  • That have reached out, that are now clean and sober today.
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  • - [charlene] judge bennett has even appeared as a guest.
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  • And the impact of molthan's work
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  • Is reaching around the globe.
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  • - i've been on podcasts all over the world,
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  • But we're getting,
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  • The majority of 'em are from america, but it's all over.
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  • - [charlene] in the end, molthan says his message is simple.
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  • If god changed him, he can change anybody.
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  • - i don't wake up
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  • In the middle of the night craving a drink.
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  • The mental obsession of drugs and alcohol has been removed.
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  • And my drug of choice today is god.
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  • I am grateful that through all the pain, my story,
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  • And everything that i've been through in my life
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  • Is that i finally understand better
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  • On what forgiveness means.
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  • - [charlene] charlene aaron, cbn news, dallas.
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  • - to become-
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  • - well, if you're like michael,
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  • You're struggling with addiction,
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  • You're struggling with who you are,
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  • Realize you are still a child of god.
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  • He will not reject you.
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  • If you turn to him, those black words on a white page
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  • Will become living in your life just as they did for him.
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  • Here's the prayer for you.
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  • Jesus, if you're real,
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  • If you really are my savior, could you show me?
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  • Could you show up for me?
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  • We'll be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this.
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  • Still ahead, a world-class musician
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  • From one of the most oppressed groups in europe.
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  • How did he wind up playing carnegie hall?
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  • And then, a man is rushed to the er after having a stroke.
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  • So, why is the hospital staff saying he healed them?
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  • (soft upbeat 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
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  • And you walk away from it, there's guilt, there's shame,
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  • But there's also a sense
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  • That it'll never happen for you again.
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  • My daughter, who was 12 at the time, she said,
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  • "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 meld away the ice that was my heart.
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  • I'm trying to talk people
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  • Into this life that is second to none.
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  • This life's of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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  • - i had a drug test that was coming up.
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  • I had the drugs in my hand
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  • And i was thinking that if i use this today,
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  • I'm going to lose my kids.
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  • So, i got on my knees
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  • And i went down a list of everything that i could think of
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  • That i had done wrong, both outwardly and inside.
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  • I just told him, i'm sorry that i did these things.
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  • And jesus, i want you to come into my heart
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  • And be the lord of my life.
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  • And it was real.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - when odon racz was born,
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  • His father brought a musical instrument
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  • To the hospital to put in his hands.
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  • And that was the beginning of a childhood steeped in music.
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  • Over the years, odon's amazing career
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  • Has taken him all over the world.
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  • Dale hurd brings us the story
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  • Of this remarkable musician from budapest, hungary.
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  • - [dale] as a member of hungary's roma or gypsy community,
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  • Odon racz has known discrimination and obstacles,
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  • But his tremendous musical ability has taken him
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  • From one of the lowest rungs in hungarian society
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  • To the pinnacle of european classical music
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  • As the principle double bass
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  • For the vienna philharmonic orchestra.
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  • (orchestral music)
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  • Born into a family of talented musicians,
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  • Odon's career path was already set before him at birth.
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  • - [voice-over] when i was born,
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  • My father brought a tiny musical instrument to the hospital
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  • To see if i would take it into my hands.
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  • From my childhood,
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  • Music was the most important thing in our family.
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  • Music surrounded us.
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  • - [dale] odon began to play the double bass at age nine.
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  • By 13, he had performed his first public solo concert
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  • At the music academy of budapest.
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  • He was a teenager when his cousin
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  • Shared with him the message of salvation.
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  • At first, he resisted.
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  • - [voice-over] i was not interested
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  • In what they were talking about,
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  • But my cousin started to pray.
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  • And when i started to pray too,
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  • I started crying and i couldn't stop crying.
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  • - [dale] and when he went to a church service
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  • And the altar call was given,
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  • He and his mother went forward.
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  • He asked us if he could play one
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  • Of his favorite gospel songs for us,
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  • "you are my hiding place".
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  • (double bass music)
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  • (double bass music continues)
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  • The romani have lived in hungary for centuries,
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  • Having migrated from northern india.
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  • They're the largest minority in hungary.
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  • They were victims of the holocaust
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  • And still face discrimination across europe.
  • 00:12:06.467 --> 00:12:09.904
  • - [voice-over] the roma people
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  • Should not be excluded from society, but included,
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  • So that we can share with them the love of god,
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  • So that they can be saved.
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  • - [dale] and odon says god
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  • Has given the romani special gifts.
  • 00:12:18.880 --> 00:12:22.083
  • - [voice-over] the roma people have a special talent
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  • For arts and dance and music,
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  • And especially for improvised music.
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  • This is something that can't be taught. we are born with it.
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  • (instrumental music)
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  • - [dale] his career has taken him all over the world.
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  • But he says one of his favorite cities is new york,
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  • Where at carnegie hall, he has met
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  • And worked with such names
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  • As yo-yo ma and michael tilson thomas.
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  • Odon says when he plays, he offers his music
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  • As a sacrifice to god
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  • And that makes a real difference in his performance.
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  • - [voice-over] when i go on stage, i tell the lord,
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  • I want to serve you with my music.
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  • Let it be a great sacrifice to you.
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  • And when an artist plays like this,
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  • It's a special experience for the audience.
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  • (double bass music)
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  • - [dale] dale hurd, cbn news, budapest.
  • 00:13:11.332 --> 00:13:15.470
  • - and amazing people, amazing gifts,
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  • Amazing spirituality in the roma communities.
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  • And whether that's the communities in india
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  • Or ukraine or russia or romania
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  • Or here from hungary, absolutely amazing.
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  • The gifting that has been given to them
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  • And the praise that they have.
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  • It's a wonderful story and it's a worldwide story.
  • 00:13:36.891 --> 00:13:40.628
  • - yeah, they perform and they dance with such,
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  • I don't know, (laughs) intensity.
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  • It's wonderful. (both laughing)
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  • Well, up next,
  • 00:13:48.069 --> 00:13:49.304
  • Like a transformer exploding in my head,
  • 00:13:49.304 --> 00:13:52.340
  • That's the sensation one man felt
  • 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:54.442
  • The moment he was having a stroke.
  • 00:13:54.442 --> 00:13:56.844
  • So, how was he able
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  • To walk out of a hospital just a day and a half later?
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  • You'll find out the answer.
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  • Plus, we're gonna be praying for you when we come back.
  • 00:14:03.618 --> 00:14:06.521
  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:14:06.521 --> 00:14:10.024
  • - [interviewer] you considered yourself an atheist.
  • 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:13.661
  • - yeah. - what did you specifically
  • 00:14:13.661 --> 00:14:15.530
  • Have against christianity?
  • 00:14:15.530 --> 00:14:17.098
  • - my dad was a former music minister.
  • 00:14:17.098 --> 00:14:20.101
  • I saw a lot of hurt in that church.
  • 00:14:20.101 --> 00:14:22.537
  • - [interviewer] in 2015, walker lost his record deal
  • 00:14:22.537 --> 00:14:25.907
  • And had their family van repossessed by the label.
  • 00:14:25.907 --> 00:14:29.210
  • That's when craig decided
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  • To give their family van to walker.
  • 00:14:30.712 --> 00:14:33.748
  • - their unconditional love,
  • 00:14:33.748 --> 00:14:35.350
  • It was so different from what we were used to.
  • 00:14:35.350 --> 00:14:39.587
  • I went and got a bible
  • 00:14:39.587 --> 00:14:40.855
  • And just started reading and reading and reading.
  • 00:14:40.855 --> 00:14:43.191
  • - it was amazing to watch the transformation
  • 00:14:43.191 --> 00:14:46.694
  • And just the power of the holy spirit.
  • 00:14:46.694 --> 00:14:50.298
  • - [interviewer] walker had given his life to christ
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  • And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
  • 00:14:52.400 --> 00:14:55.269
  • - i said, i believe.
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  • - are you telling me that you believe that jesus
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  • Is the son of god
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  • And that you want to live your life for him?
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  • He said, "that's exactly what i'm saying."
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  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:15:08.383 --> 00:15:11.686
  • - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
  • 00:15:11.686 --> 00:15:15.623
  • - i think cbn ends up touching many of the areas
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  • Of the world that you as an individual cannot touch.
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  • - it allows me to be a part
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  • Of such an amazing body of christ.
  • 00:15:23.364 --> 00:15:27.068
  • - this thrilled us. we love to give.
  • 00:15:27.068 --> 00:15:29.771
  • - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
  • 00:15:29.771 --> 00:15:32.306
  • To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - i wanted to be a boy one week.
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  • I wanted to be a girl next week.
  • 00:15:42.650 --> 00:15:44.118
  • It was constantly like that. confusion always in my mind.
  • 00:15:44.118 --> 00:15:46.754
  • I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
  • 00:15:46.754 --> 00:15:50.091
  • - [gordon] at 16, tommy decided
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  • It was time to give in to those desires.
  • 00:15:51.692 --> 00:15:54.262
  • Now, addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
  • 00:15:54.262 --> 00:15:57.465
  • And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
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  • - [tommy] had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
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  • - [gordon] despite his doubts,
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  • Tommy started taking female hormones
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  • And making plans to have a sex change operation.
  • 00:16:06.707 --> 00:16:10.078
  • Tommy was doing drugs with his brother
  • 00:16:10.078 --> 00:16:12.046
  • And sister when he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
  • 00:16:12.046 --> 00:16:16.717
  • Terrified, tommy left the house
  • 00:16:16.717 --> 00:16:18.586
  • And went to his mom
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  • Who had recently committed her life to christ.
  • 00:16:19.987 --> 00:16:22.523
  • - i had to cry out to god,
  • 00:16:22.523 --> 00:16:23.691
  • Because i just knew in that moment
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  • That he was the only one that was able to help me.
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  • So, i remember just telling him,
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  • I'm sorry of the lifestyle that i was living.
  • 00:16:28.396 --> 00:16:30.598
  • I just went into this deep place of repenting
  • 00:16:30.598 --> 00:16:33.634
  • And asking for forgiveness.
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  • If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
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  • We all need a savior.
  • 00:16:37.772 --> 00:16:39.006
  • We all come from a place of brokenness.
  • 00:16:39.006 --> 00:16:41.209
  • - my head was just killing me.
  • 00:16:41.209 --> 00:16:43.411
  • I never experienced it to that magnitude,
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  • Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
  • 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.249
  • - the doctor who was on call, he said,
  • 00:16:48.249 --> 00:16:51.285
  • "it looks like a brain bleed."
  • 00:16:51.285 --> 00:16:53.454
  • We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
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  • Holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
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  • "the bleeding has stopped."
  • 00:16:57.425 --> 00:16:58.960
  • We were just all rejoicing
  • 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.428
  • When we heard she's gonna be fine.
  • 00:17:00.428 --> 00:17:02.864
  • - i'm grateful every single day,
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  • 'cause if god brought me through that,
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  • God can bring you through anything.
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  • I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
  • 00:17:08.436 --> 00:17:11.439
  • - [narrator 1] melissa and her husband, rick,
  • 00:17:11.439 --> 00:17:12.840
  • Have come a long way from when they met.
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  • Melissa was in real estate.
  • 00:17:14.942 --> 00:17:16.644
  • 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.
  • 00:17:21.149 --> 00:17:23.584
  • All the while, the hinnants were tithing
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  • And the newly married couples
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  • Started working their way out of the red.
  • 00:17:27.522 --> 00:17:29.757
  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • Here's what you should have.
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  • I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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  • I told god whether i make a lot of money
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  • Or not, i'm done striving.
  • 00:17:43.771 --> 00:17:46.607
  • - [narrator 1] today, rick and melissa have three children
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  • And choose to live way below their means,
  • 00:17:49.210 --> 00:17:51.379
  • 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.
  • 00:17:59.187 --> 00:18:02.757
  • - now, i have the hunger to make more money,
  • 00:18:02.757 --> 00:18:05.626
  • So we truly can give to all of these places,
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  • 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
  • 00:18:08.896 --> 00:18:11.799
  • - when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
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  • That was only a year older than me.
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  • I became very sexualized.
  • 00:18:15.970 --> 00:18:17.805
  • I started going all over the state
  • 00:18:18.773 --> 00:18:20.441
  • Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
  • 00:18:20.441 --> 00:18:24.245
  • Nothing was satisfying anymore.
  • 00:18:24.245 --> 00:18:26.747
  • And so, i began to remember all the fantasies
  • 00:18:26.747 --> 00:18:29.483
  • I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
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  • I began to transition.
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  • I began to take the hormones
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  • And at first, it was the greatest thing ever.
  • 00:18:35.656 --> 00:18:38.593
  • I was really excited about the results
  • 00:18:38.593 --> 00:18:40.061
  • And i liked how it looked physically.
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  • I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
  • 00:18:41.996 --> 00:18:44.865
  • And that was devastating to me.
  • 00:18:44.865 --> 00:18:47.168
  • But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
  • 00:18:47.168 --> 00:18:49.604
  • After night after night,
  • 00:18:49.604 --> 00:18:51.305
  • I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself,
  • 00:18:51.305 --> 00:18:53.874
  • Getting down on one knee,
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  • He reached his hand into the pit
  • 00:18:55.343 --> 00:18:56.844
  • And he said, do you trust me?
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  • I took his hand. i walked away from my entire identity.
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  • You are who god created you to be
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  • And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
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  • God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
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  • (piano music)
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  • - [advertiser 2] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
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  • Jesus said it, "i came to give you life."
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  • Life to the fullest.
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  • Life in your family.
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  • Life in your finances.
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  • Life in your body, mind, and spirit.
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  • Life in your everyday.
  • 00:19:37.818 --> 00:19:39.587
  • (upbeat music)
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  • At cbn.com, we're taking what jesus said seriously.
  • 00:19:44.992 --> 00:19:48.829
  • (upbeat music)
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  • We're here to help you discover life.
  • 00:19:53.267 --> 00:19:55.503
  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:19:55.503 --> 00:20:00.174
  • Life,
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • Live it fully.
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  • Cbn.com.
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  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:12.186
  • (dramatic music)
  • 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:16.457
  • - maurice hilliard stumbled on his way back to bed.
  • 00:20:17.692 --> 00:20:20.961
  • His head felt like it had exploded.
  • 00:20:20.961 --> 00:20:23.898
  • His speech was slurred and his balance was shot.
  • 00:20:23.898 --> 00:20:27.401
  • Maurice had just suffered a stroke
  • 00:20:27.401 --> 00:20:30.338
  • And what followed next was nothing short of supernatural.
  • 00:20:30.338 --> 00:20:41.082
  • - i put my hand on the counter to steady myself,
  • 00:20:42.316 --> 00:20:44.285
  • And that's when it felt like something
  • 00:20:44.285 --> 00:20:46.253
  • Was happening in my head that like a transformer explodes.
  • 00:20:46.253 --> 00:20:51.125
  • It felt like something exploded in my head.
  • 00:20:51.125 --> 00:20:53.728
  • - [narrator 2] may 3rd, 2019,
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  • Maurice hilliard was going back to bed
  • 00:20:56.330 --> 00:20:58.132
  • After using the bathroom, but then...
  • 00:20:58.132 --> 00:21:01.001
  • - felt sparks coming all through my head
  • 00:21:01.001 --> 00:21:03.437
  • And i was totally out of control.
  • 00:21:03.437 --> 00:21:05.406
  • I screamed (maurice screaming)
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  • And i fell to the floor.
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  • (body slams)
  • 00:21:07.641 --> 00:21:08.876
  • - i woke up and i looked toward the bathroom.
  • 00:21:08.876 --> 00:21:10.378
  • There was my husband, maurice, on the floor,
  • 00:21:10.378 --> 00:21:14.215
  • And i noticed he couldn't speak, he couldn't move.
  • 00:21:14.215 --> 00:21:17.551
  • Immediately, i started praying.
  • 00:21:17.551 --> 00:21:19.553
  • I prayed the word of god for healing.
  • 00:21:19.553 --> 00:21:22.523
  • - [narrator 2] losing his ability to speak,
  • 00:21:22.523 --> 00:21:24.291
  • Maurice knew he was in trouble.
  • 00:21:24.291 --> 00:21:26.427
  • - i said, call 911.
  • 00:21:26.427 --> 00:21:28.963
  • - [narrator 2] paramedics rushed maurice and earlene
  • 00:21:30.297 --> 00:21:32.233
  • To nearby chesapeake general hospital in virginia.
  • 00:21:32.233 --> 00:21:35.569
  • Maurice was disoriented,
  • 00:21:35.569 --> 00:21:37.204
  • Had slurred speech, and chest pains.
  • 00:21:37.204 --> 00:21:39.974
  • - the main concern that doctors had
  • 00:21:39.974 --> 00:21:42.576
  • When they first brought me in,
  • 00:21:42.576 --> 00:21:44.612
  • They thought i'd had a stroke.
  • 00:21:44.612 --> 00:21:47.648
  • - i prayed that he'd be completely healed
  • 00:21:47.648 --> 00:21:49.383
  • From the top of his head to the soles of his feet
  • 00:21:49.383 --> 00:21:51.986
  • And that he would have no side effects
  • 00:21:51.986 --> 00:21:54.355
  • Or anything like that.
  • 00:21:54.355 --> 00:21:55.856
  • - i was beginning just to say, god, you got to help me.
  • 00:21:55.856 --> 00:21:59.160
  • - [narrator 2] maurice was wheeled back immediately
  • 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.961
  • For a ct scan.
  • 00:22:00.961 --> 00:22:02.863
  • Then, as the technician
  • 00:22:02.863 --> 00:22:04.465
  • Was injecting an imaging dye into his brain,
  • 00:22:04.465 --> 00:22:07.168
  • Maurice felt something change.
  • 00:22:07.168 --> 00:22:09.203
  • - i began as that dye went in to feel like,
  • 00:22:09.203 --> 00:22:12.640
  • Hey, i'm coming back again.
  • 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.509
  • That dye is washing and i felt myself getting whole again.
  • 00:22:15.509 --> 00:22:20.381
  • - [narrator 2] of course, he knew
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  • It wasn't the dye had work.
  • 00:22:22.650 --> 00:22:24.585
  • - i just said, lord, you've done this.
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  • Whatever happened to my body, yeah, i'm healed.
  • 00:22:26.454 --> 00:22:29.623
  • - [narrator 2] the preliminary ct scan was inconclusive,
  • 00:22:30.991 --> 00:22:33.327
  • So doctors kept maurice at the hospital for observation
  • 00:22:33.327 --> 00:22:36.330
  • And ordered an mri for that afternoon.
  • 00:22:36.330 --> 00:22:39.166
  • Meanwhile, maurice's speech
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  • And mind continued to clear
  • 00:22:40.901 --> 00:22:42.970
  • As he began telling everyone about his miracle..
  • 00:22:42.970 --> 00:22:46.173
  • - the nurses and people who came in to clean the room,
  • 00:22:46.173 --> 00:22:51.245
  • All i could just say were the good god that i served
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  • And how he healed me so.
  • 00:22:55.683 --> 00:22:58.986
  • - [narrator 2] the next day,
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  • The mri results confirmed maurice had had a stroke.
  • 00:23:01.222 --> 00:23:04.592
  • - it was on the left side of his brain,
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  • So that will affect the right side of your body typically.
  • 00:23:06.293 --> 00:23:09.396
  • When he came for his mri,
  • 00:23:09.396 --> 00:23:10.898
  • He really didn't have any deficits, they had all subsided.
  • 00:23:10.898 --> 00:23:14.201
  • - when i got the results, i had just rejoiced so much.
  • 00:23:14.201 --> 00:23:19.273
  • I was so thankful that god had healed me.
  • 00:23:20.374 --> 00:23:23.110
  • I even told the doctor, no, god has healed me.
  • 00:23:23.110 --> 00:23:27.882
  • - [narrator 2] then, someone else found healing,
  • 00:23:27.882 --> 00:23:29.750
  • But not in the physical sense.
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  • As maurice talked about god's goodness,
  • 00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:34.121
  • Ashley began to share her pain,
  • 00:23:34.121 --> 00:23:36.056
  • The pain of a troubled heart.
  • 00:23:36.056 --> 00:23:38.192
  • - she began to say, "i'm angry with god.
  • 00:23:38.192 --> 00:23:41.529
  • I lost my father.
  • 00:23:42.162 --> 00:23:44.331
  • God took my father."
  • 00:23:44.965 --> 00:23:47.067
  • - i was really unhappy with my relationship with god,
  • 00:23:47.067 --> 00:23:52.139
  • Because i didn't understand why my dad got taken from me.
  • 00:23:53.507 --> 00:23:56.443
  • I almost was so angry,
  • 00:23:56.443 --> 00:23:58.312
  • Like i could feel it every day
  • 00:23:58.312 --> 00:23:59.647
  • Like i was carrying it with me.
  • 00:23:59.647 --> 00:24:01.715
  • - and i say, oh, ashley, your father is still alive.
  • 00:24:01.715 --> 00:24:06.720
  • He's still in you.
  • 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.821
  • I just told her how much love god had for her.
  • 00:24:08.956 --> 00:24:12.893
  • - [narrator 2] after months of anger and resentment...
  • 00:24:12.893 --> 00:24:15.462
  • - like it just all washed away.
  • 00:24:15.462 --> 00:24:17.665
  • This man is here. this is your angel.
  • 00:24:17.665 --> 00:24:19.700
  • He's been sent to you to let you know that god is all around
  • 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:23.537
  • And everything has happened the way it's supposed to happen.
  • 00:24:23.537 --> 00:24:27.508
  • It was amazing.
  • 00:24:27.508 --> 00:24:28.642
  • - she says, "i'm not angry anymore."
  • 00:24:29.610 --> 00:24:32.980
  • She said, "god must have sent you here for me.
  • 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:35.716
  • God must have sent you here for me."
  • 00:24:36.784 --> 00:24:40.020
  • - [narrator 2] that afternoon, after several more tests,
  • 00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:42.489
  • Maurice was discharged with a clean bill of health.
  • 00:24:42.489 --> 00:24:45.960
  • - and the doctor says, "you got to go."
  • 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.796
  • I walked out of the hospital
  • 00:24:48.796 --> 00:24:51.198
  • That i had gone in 35 hours earlier.
  • 00:24:51.198 --> 00:24:56.136
  • - [narrator 2] today, maurice is symptom-free
  • 00:24:56.136 --> 00:24:57.871
  • And healthier than ever.
  • 00:24:57.871 --> 00:24:59.640
  • He thinks back to his time in the hospital
  • 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.775
  • As he continues to try and be an encouragement to others.
  • 00:25:01.775 --> 00:25:05.679
  • - he's still here,
  • 00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.947
  • He's still able to walk, he's still able to talk.
  • 00:25:06.947 --> 00:25:10.184
  • And that's what's so great about god
  • 00:25:10.184 --> 00:25:11.885
  • That you can give your testimony and encourage others.
  • 00:25:11.885 --> 00:25:16.290
  • - i know that god is with me every day
  • 00:25:16.290 --> 00:25:18.058
  • And you just never know
  • 00:25:18.058 --> 00:25:19.560
  • When something's gonna happen to you to change your life.
  • 00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:22.096
  • By me talking to mr. hilliard for a half hour maybe,
  • 00:25:22.096 --> 00:25:26.634
  • I helped him, but he changed my life forever.
  • 00:25:26.634 --> 00:25:31.705
  • - if ashley could say god sent you by here for me
  • 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.541
  • And i had a miracle,
  • 00:25:34.541 --> 00:25:35.843
  • And if took that god for you to get the glory,
  • 00:25:36.977 --> 00:25:41.949
  • God, it was worth it all, it was worth it all.
  • 00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:46.954
  • - for maurice to say it was worth it all,
  • 00:25:48.022 --> 00:25:50.324
  • To have that kind of devastating effect,
  • 00:25:50.324 --> 00:25:54.461
  • And then 35 hours later, get completely released,
  • 00:25:54.461 --> 00:25:58.899
  • That is absolutely a miracle.
  • 00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:02.636
  • But then, the greater miracle, to be able to be a witness
  • 00:26:02.636 --> 00:26:06.073
  • In the middle of what you're going through,
  • 00:26:06.073 --> 00:26:08.909
  • Maurice is saying, well,
  • 00:26:08.909 --> 00:26:10.544
  • This wonderful nurse is more important than me. (chuckles)
  • 00:26:11.912 --> 00:26:15.149
  • I've got to witness to her.
  • 00:26:15.149 --> 00:26:17.851
  • I've got to get her through this.
  • 00:26:17.851 --> 00:26:20.721
  • If you're suffering with any anger, resentment,
  • 00:26:20.721 --> 00:26:23.590
  • If you're blaming god for things,
  • 00:26:23.590 --> 00:26:25.693
  • Then just check your heart right now with this story
  • 00:26:25.693 --> 00:26:29.663
  • And realize god is your answer
  • 00:26:29.663 --> 00:26:32.166
  • And he is working all things together for your good,
  • 00:26:32.166 --> 00:26:37.071
  • For those that love him,
  • 00:26:37.071 --> 00:26:38.539
  • And are called according to his purpose.
  • 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:41.975
  • So, realize you're called.
  • 00:26:41.975 --> 00:26:43.877
  • Now, you need to know do you love him?
  • 00:26:44.878 --> 00:26:47.748
  • And when you do, suddenly, you break free.
  • 00:26:47.748 --> 00:26:50.884
  • You break free of anger,
  • 00:26:50.884 --> 00:26:52.820
  • Resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness,
  • 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:55.389
  • All of those things which are actually destroying you
  • 00:26:55.389 --> 00:26:58.625
  • And destroying your health,
  • 00:26:58.625 --> 00:26:59.893
  • Destroying your life, destroying your outlook.
  • 00:26:59.893 --> 00:27:03.097
  • Look to jesus. he is the author and finisher of your faith.
  • 00:27:03.097 --> 00:27:07.935
  • Does jesus know rejection? does jesus know doubt?
  • 00:27:07.935 --> 00:27:12.439
  • Does he know pain? the answer is absolutely yes.
  • 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:16.977
  • He's been through it all. he is been through worse.
  • 00:27:16.977 --> 00:27:20.247
  • So, look to him
  • 00:27:20.247 --> 00:27:21.982
  • And realize you can say just as he said,
  • 00:27:21.982 --> 00:27:25.185
  • "this is the day the lord has made.
  • 00:27:25.185 --> 00:27:28.021
  • I will rejoice and be glad in it."
  • 00:27:28.021 --> 00:27:30.891
  • You find that in psalm 118.
  • 00:27:30.891 --> 00:27:32.960
  • That's the last psalm of a seder service.
  • 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.330
  • Jesus and his disciples would've sung that psalm
  • 00:27:36.330 --> 00:27:39.800
  • At the last supper the night before he was crucified.
  • 00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:44.338
  • So, if jesus can do that, what can we do?
  • 00:27:44.338 --> 00:27:46.940
  • So, right now, just leave all that anger,
  • 00:27:48.041 --> 00:27:51.378
  • All that bitterness, turn it all over to him.
  • 00:27:51.378 --> 00:27:54.381
  • Look to him and realize he has resurrection power,
  • 00:27:54.381 --> 00:27:59.119
  • He has healing power,
  • 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:01.388
  • And by his stripes we were healed.
  • 00:28:01.388 --> 00:28:04.858
  • It's already happened.
  • 00:28:04.858 --> 00:28:07.194
  • It's not something you have to beg god for.
  • 00:28:07.194 --> 00:28:09.496
  • It's not something you have to bargain for.
  • 00:28:09.496 --> 00:28:11.899
  • The bargain has already been made.
  • 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:15.068
  • The covenant in his blood has already been made.
  • 00:28:15.068 --> 00:28:19.072
  • All we have to do is agree with it
  • 00:28:19.072 --> 00:28:21.675
  • And say, jesus, that's for me and that's for me today.
  • 00:28:21.675 --> 00:28:26.513
  • I claim it, i claim the heavenly breakthrough i need.
  • 00:28:26.513 --> 00:28:31.585
  • And when you do that, you're standing on very solid ground,
  • 00:28:32.953 --> 00:28:35.422
  • Because god watches over his word to perform it.
  • 00:28:35.422 --> 00:28:40.494
  • Now, terry and i are going to pray for you.
  • 00:28:41.628 --> 00:28:42.763
  • Before we pray,
  • 00:28:42.763 --> 00:28:44.164
  • We've got some wonderful miracles that have happened.
  • 00:28:44.164 --> 00:28:46.300
  • Here's albert from boston, kentucky.
  • 00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:48.669
  • He had severe kidney pain.
  • 00:28:48.669 --> 00:28:50.804
  • Watching this show, terry said,
  • 00:28:50.804 --> 00:28:53.173
  • "someone has kidney issues.
  • 00:28:53.173 --> 00:28:54.741
  • Be healed. in jesus' name, it is gone."
  • 00:28:54.741 --> 00:28:57.778
  • And then, i followed up, "it's in your right kidney.
  • 00:28:57.778 --> 00:29:00.180
  • It's inflamed and you're having terrible pain.
  • 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.950
  • God has healed you. he has taken all of it away.
  • 00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.086
  • You felt the touch go into your right kidney.
  • 00:29:06.086 --> 00:29:09.122
  • You are being healed and set free."
  • 00:29:09.122 --> 00:29:12.392
  • Well, albert, here's the secret.
  • 00:29:12.392 --> 00:29:14.127
  • Albert believed
  • 00:29:14.127 --> 00:29:16.730
  • Soon after he realized the pain
  • 00:29:16.730 --> 00:29:18.765
  • Was completely gone and hasn't returned.
  • 00:29:18.765 --> 00:29:22.102
  • - wow, that's wonderful.
  • 00:29:22.102 --> 00:29:23.604
  • Well, this is valda who lives in indianapolis, indiana.
  • 00:29:23.604 --> 00:29:26.340
  • She had a left eye that was red and puffy for weeks.
  • 00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:28.709
  • It wasn't getting any better, so she saw her doctor.
  • 00:29:28.709 --> 00:29:31.311
  • He wasn't able to diagnose any reason for it.
  • 00:29:31.311 --> 00:29:34.081
  • Valda was watching this program
  • 00:29:34.081 --> 00:29:35.649
  • And, gordon, you said,
  • 00:29:35.649 --> 00:29:37.117
  • "someone, you have a severe infection in your left eye.
  • 00:29:37.117 --> 00:29:39.219
  • God has taken that infection away. he's removed the redness.
  • 00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:42.723
  • Your eye will be completely healed and made whole now."
  • 00:29:42.723 --> 00:29:45.425
  • She believed the word was for her and went about her day.
  • 00:29:45.425 --> 00:29:48.528
  • The next morning, she woke up, the eye was perfect.
  • 00:29:48.528 --> 00:29:51.932
  • - god cares for you. realize that he cares for you.
  • 00:29:51.932 --> 00:29:55.135
  • He cares. he numbers every hair on your head.
  • 00:29:55.135 --> 00:29:58.238
  • He numbers every eyelash.
  • 00:29:58.238 --> 00:30:00.507
  • All you have to do is believe in his unfailing love.
  • 00:30:00.507 --> 00:30:05.545
  • Believe in the covenant that was made for you.
  • 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.017
  • It's made expressly for you.
  • 00:30:10.017 --> 00:30:12.786
  • Jesus leaves the 99 to go look for the one.
  • 00:30:12.786 --> 00:30:17.324
  • That means he's looking for you right now.
  • 00:30:17.324 --> 00:30:19.359
  • The eyes of the lord going to and fro
  • 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.862
  • Over the whole earth to show himself strong.
  • 00:30:21.862 --> 00:30:26.033
  • So, let's have that breakthrough now.
  • 00:30:26.033 --> 00:30:28.936
  • The bible says, "when two or more agree touching anything,
  • 00:30:28.936 --> 00:30:32.105
  • It shall be done for them by my father in heaven."
  • 00:30:32.105 --> 00:30:35.275
  • These are the words of jesus.
  • 00:30:35.275 --> 00:30:37.377
  • So, let's believe that.
  • 00:30:37.377 --> 00:30:39.112
  • What i want you to do, in an act of faith,
  • 00:30:39.112 --> 00:30:40.981
  • Touch that area of the body that needs healing.
  • 00:30:40.981 --> 00:30:44.251
  • We'll agree, you touch,
  • 00:30:44.251 --> 00:30:46.520
  • We'll all come together, god will do the rest.
  • 00:30:46.520 --> 00:30:49.456
  • Let's pray.
  • 00:30:49.456 --> 00:30:50.924
  • Lord, we just lift those who are reaching out right now,
  • 00:30:50.924 --> 00:30:54.895
  • Reaching out in an act of faith,
  • 00:30:54.895 --> 00:30:57.364
  • Laying hands on that area of the body that needs healing.
  • 00:30:57.364 --> 00:31:01.268
  • We join with them in faith
  • 00:31:01.268 --> 00:31:05.172
  • And we speak to these bodies now.
  • 00:31:05.172 --> 00:31:08.275
  • Be healed now in jesus' name. be every bit whole.
  • 00:31:08.275 --> 00:31:13.947
  • Let all disease, all cancer, all infirmity, all pain,
  • 00:31:15.182 --> 00:31:20.253
  • Leave your bodies now in the name of jesus.
  • 00:31:21.388 --> 00:31:25.726
  • There's a man, your name is leonard.
  • 00:31:26.693 --> 00:31:27.928
  • You're laying your hand on your left knee
  • 00:31:27.928 --> 00:31:29.696
  • And god has just healed that knee.
  • 00:31:29.696 --> 00:31:32.632
  • The pain, the discomfort,
  • 00:31:32.632 --> 00:31:34.468
  • The inability to move it, all of that is gone.
  • 00:31:34.468 --> 00:31:38.405
  • Just get up and realize you can test it,
  • 00:31:38.405 --> 00:31:41.341
  • You can lean on it, you can put your weight on it.
  • 00:31:41.341 --> 00:31:43.977
  • God has healed you and restored you in jesus' name. terry?
  • 00:31:43.977 --> 00:31:49.049
  • - yeah, there's someone else. this is odd.
  • 00:31:50.150 --> 00:31:51.318
  • You're a wine drinker
  • 00:31:51.318 --> 00:31:52.552
  • And you actually drink too much wine
  • 00:31:52.552 --> 00:31:55.355
  • And you've excused it, because you drink a white wine
  • 00:31:55.355 --> 00:31:58.058
  • And you feel like it's not the same as being an alcoholic,
  • 00:31:58.058 --> 00:32:01.762
  • But really, you are a social alcoholic.
  • 00:32:01.762 --> 00:32:03.964
  • God wants to set you free today.
  • 00:32:03.964 --> 00:32:06.500
  • Receive this in jesus' name. just lift your hands.
  • 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:10.237
  • It's done now.
  • 00:32:10.237 --> 00:32:12.672
  • - there's a woman named mary
  • 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.075
  • And you're suffering with confusion.
  • 00:32:15.075 --> 00:32:18.345
  • It's like there's this cloud in your thoughts
  • 00:32:18.345 --> 00:32:21.014
  • And you can't break through to clarity of thought.
  • 00:32:21.014 --> 00:32:25.018
  • There's also some memory lapses
  • 00:32:25.018 --> 00:32:27.020
  • And you're worried about dementia.
  • 00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:29.022
  • God is healing your brain and he's healing your mind.
  • 00:32:29.022 --> 00:32:32.959
  • He's giving you a right mind.
  • 00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:35.829
  • Clarity of thought, clarity of purpose,
  • 00:32:35.829 --> 00:32:38.265
  • Clarity of memory is yours right now in jesus' name.
  • 00:32:38.265 --> 00:32:42.803
  • Just receive it.
  • 00:32:42.803 --> 00:32:44.571
  • It's a miracle happening for you right now.
  • 00:32:44.571 --> 00:32:49.209
  • - there's someone else named alan.
  • 00:32:49.209 --> 00:32:50.510
  • You have a financial need for your business.
  • 00:32:50.510 --> 00:32:53.146
  • God has heard your request and the answer is in process.
  • 00:32:53.146 --> 00:32:56.917
  • Believe him for this and begin to worship
  • 00:32:56.917 --> 00:32:59.653
  • And thank him now even before you see it.
  • 00:32:59.653 --> 00:33:02.355
  • - lord, we thank you and we worship you
  • 00:33:02.355 --> 00:33:05.025
  • And we declare this is the day the lord has made.
  • 00:33:05.025 --> 00:33:09.329
  • We will rejoice and be glad in it.
  • 00:33:09.329 --> 00:33:12.399
  • Bring gladness to your people today, lord,
  • 00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:16.002
  • For we ask it in jesus' name.
  • 00:33:16.002 --> 00:33:18.905
  • Amen and amen. if you need prayer, we're here for you.
  • 00:33:18.905 --> 00:33:22.709
  • We're here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • 00:33:22.709 --> 00:33:25.378
  • All you have to do is pick up the phone and call us.
  • 00:33:25.378 --> 00:33:28.148
  • 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:33:28.148 --> 00:33:31.084
  • Terry?
  • 00:33:31.084 --> 00:33:32.352
  • - well, still to come, the secret to success
  • 00:33:32.352 --> 00:33:34.921
  • According to a pair of financial planners.
  • 00:33:34.921 --> 00:33:37.524
  • What is their number one piece of advice?
  • 00:33:37.524 --> 00:33:40.794
  • And then, doomed for eternity,
  • 00:33:40.794 --> 00:33:43.630
  • This young woman says, she did something so terrible,
  • 00:33:43.630 --> 00:33:46.867
  • She had no chance at salvation.
  • 00:33:46.867 --> 00:33:49.503
  • What did she do and how did she get a second chance?
  • 00:33:49.503 --> 00:33:53.173
  • You'll see it's all later on today's show.
  • 00:33:53.173 --> 00:33:56.042
  • (robust music)
  • 00:33:56.042 --> 00:33:59.379
  • - i just couldn't keep anything down.
  • 00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:01.781
  • The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
  • 00:34:01.781 --> 00:34:05.318
  • As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
  • 00:34:05.318 --> 00:34:07.654
  • My prayer was, lord, give me a diagnosis
  • 00:34:07.654 --> 00:34:11.258
  • And give me a treatment plan.
  • 00:34:11.258 --> 00:34:12.592
  • Give me a doctor who knows me
  • 00:34:12.592 --> 00:34:14.060
  • And understands what's going on.
  • 00:34:14.060 --> 00:34:15.762
  • And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
  • 00:34:15.762 --> 00:34:18.732
  • He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
  • 00:34:18.732 --> 00:34:21.134
  • So, i did, i put my hand.
  • 00:34:21.134 --> 00:34:22.602
  • I said, lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me.
  • 00:34:22.602 --> 00:34:26.306
  • And at that moment, gordon said-
  • 00:34:26.306 --> 00:34:28.775
  • - there's someone you're saying, please say crohn's disease.
  • 00:34:28.775 --> 00:34:31.645
  • - mm. - and so, we're saying
  • 00:34:31.645 --> 00:34:33.180
  • Crohn's disease for you,
  • 00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:35.148
  • But your body no longer fight against itself
  • 00:34:35.148 --> 00:34:38.485
  • But be restored now in jesus' name.
  • 00:34:38.485 --> 00:34:42.689
  • - and i've had no issues since that time
  • 00:34:42.689 --> 00:34:46.092
  • And i just give god the glory for that.
  • 00:34:46.092 --> 00:34:49.596
  • What i know is that jesus touched me
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  • And that i've been healed.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • ♪ oh ♪
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  • ♪ and when there's joy, there's action ♪
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  • ♪ it's like a great attraction ♪
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  • ♪ let's start some chain reaction ♪
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  • ♪ but with almost satisfaction ♪
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  • ♪ i love the way this joy makes me move ♪
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  • ♪ i got the joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around because i know joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got it, joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy to the heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around because i know joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got it, joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy to the heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy to the heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • - i was angry, hurt, out of control.
  • 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.968
  • It's like i didn't even care about life.
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  • I knew of god but i didn't know him.
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  • It has to be a better plan for my life than this.
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  • I'm tired. lord, help me.
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  • Help me lord, help me.
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  • My heart totally changed.
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  • I felt a overwhelming love now
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  • I had been set free from all the hurt.
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  • I started learning the love of god
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  • That changed everything within me.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • (soft upbeat music)
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - giving to "the 700 club" is giving to the world.
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  • "700 club" are my feet. they're walking it there.
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  • All i'm doing is helping write the check.
  • 00:37:08.335 --> 00:37:10.870
  • - it's just like planting a seed in the ground
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  • And the water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
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  • - you can trust cbn.
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  • They're gonna take your money and invest it wisely.
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  • - [citizen] you are saving souls through your giving.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - i was muslim for four years.
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  • I had spells cast on me
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  • And just everything you can think of.
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  • I never got what i was looking for.
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  • There was no real power to change my life.
  • 00:37:41.701 --> 00:37:45.472
  • I had tried everything.
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  • It was just came to a point
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  • Where it was like, you know what?
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  • I don't want to do this anymore.
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  • The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
  • 00:37:51.945 --> 00:37:54.914
  • She prayed for me
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  • And all i know is i felt the love of god.
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  • We would read from genesis to revelation
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  • And we just went deep in the word of god.
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  • Everything about me,
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  • Even my very continents began to change after that point.
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  • And now, i just have a desire
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  • To see them experience
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  • The loving kindness of god that i have experienced.
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  • To see that true change is possible
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  • And that what you thought
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  • That you were looking for can only be found in christ.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
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  • - it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
  • 00:38:33.686 --> 00:38:36.423
  • - [patient] they kept saying septic, septic.
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  • I think she's getting septic.
  • 00:38:38.057 --> 00:38:39.225
  • - they sent this lady in
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  • To prepare us for a lifetime of dialysis
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  • And this medicine was going to destroy
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  • Every dream my girl could possibly have.
  • 00:38:46.032 --> 00:38:48.168
  • - thousands and thousands,
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  • Literally around the world were praying for her.
  • 00:38:49.702 --> 00:38:52.238
  • - mom runs out into the hallway
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  • And she's like, "he just told me he canceled your surgery."
  • 00:38:53.807 --> 00:38:58.077
  • He was like,
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  • "your kidney biopsy came back completely clean."
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  • I stood up on my hospital bed
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  • With my iv bag just we were hugging and screaming.
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  • It was like just the biggest celebration.
  • 00:39:06.786 --> 00:39:09.322
  • - i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
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  • I think those prayers were answered.
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  • - [companion] hi, yay. (companion faintly speaking)
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  • - [companion] you do?
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  • - i am beyond thankful
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  • That i have been singing nonstop, prayers work.
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  • They work.
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  • Ask people to pray for you and like really believe,
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  • Really believe that anything is possible.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - christine halchak and her father, wallace,
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  • Are financial planners.
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  • They've spent their careers managing money
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  • And helping people plan for their future.
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  • Now, christine and wallace
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  • Want to tell you the secret to financial freedom.
  • 00:39:43.556 --> 00:39:47.694
  • - [narrator 3] wallace voege and christine halchak
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  • Are a father-daughter team
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  • At a successful financial planning firm in tampa, florida.
  • 00:39:52.499 --> 00:39:56.169
  • Both enjoy being partners at the firm.
  • 00:39:56.169 --> 00:39:59.272
  • - seeing the clients at different stages of their lives,
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  • And then helping them through some
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  • Of the choices that they need to make
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  • And we know we did our job
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  • And we took care of them and they're thankful,
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  • It's just a very rewarding profession.
  • 00:40:09.883 --> 00:40:12.886
  • - [narrator 3] christine is married
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  • With a family of her own now,
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  • But as a child, she remembers learning important lessons
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  • From her parents, including about tithing and giving.
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  • She noticed when they shared stories
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  • That couldn't be explained as coincidence,
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  • Like the time her father pledged
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  • To give a thousand dollars he didn't have.
  • 00:40:28.268 --> 00:40:31.337
  • - about two weeks later, i received a commission
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  • On an investment that i was unaware
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  • The gentleman was going to invest in that way.
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  • And it came out that i had a commission
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  • Of approximately a thousand dollars.
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  • So, it was return.
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  • The more we are blessed, the more we can give
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  • And it's more joyful to give than to receive.
  • 00:40:51.124 --> 00:40:53.960
  • - [narrator 3] one of the places
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  • Where wallace and christine give is cbn.
  • 00:40:55.228 --> 00:40:58.031
  • - it's phenomenal that they have the well project.
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  • It's just a wonderful gift
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  • To those communities that are very remote.
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  • - [wallace] operation blessing is always there.
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  • The trucks roll and people are helped.
  • 00:41:08.174 --> 00:41:10.743
  • - [christine] the program, helping the home front,
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  • Is a phenomenal new program
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  • To work with these military families
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  • And encourage their faith.
  • 00:41:18.151 --> 00:41:20.219
  • - [wallace] "superbook", i was very impressed
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  • On the spreading of the gospel throughout the world.
  • 00:41:22.455 --> 00:41:25.725
  • - [christine] orphan's promise is doing a beautiful job
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  • Of helping these orphans that otherwise would be left
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  • And instead, now they're chosen.
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  • - [narrator 3] this father-daughter team
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  • Plans to keep giving to cbn for a long time to come.
  • 00:41:36.436 --> 00:41:41.007
  • - the gift is for the giver.
  • 00:41:41.007 --> 00:41:42.842
  • It's not about the organization that's asking for the funds.
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  • It's about doing the right thing
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  • That the lord has put on your heart to do.
  • 00:41:49.182 --> 00:41:51.818
  • It's important to open your mind and open your pocketbook
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  • And let the lord in, because he's an amazing god.
  • 00:41:54.854 --> 00:42:00.026
  • - this is absolutely the time to test god
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  • With your tithes and your offerings.
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  • I encourage everyone to live by
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  • What i call the 80-10-10 rule
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  • Where you live on 80% of your income,
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  • You save 10% of your income,
  • 00:42:12.939 --> 00:42:15.708
  • And then most importantly, you give 10% of your income.
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  • You tithe, because when you tithe,
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  • You walk into this wonderful promise
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  • That god will open the windows of heaven
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  • And pour out a blessing you cannot contain.
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  • God always watches over his word to perform it.
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  • It's the only time we get to test him.
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  • We get to test him with our tithes and offerings.
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  • If you want to do that right now, call us.
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  • 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:42:43.536 --> 00:42:46.105
  • And say, i want to start giving.
  • 00:42:46.105 --> 00:42:48.374
  • If you're already a "700 club" member,
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  • I encourage you to consider increasing right now
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  • The opportunities that we have to preach the gospel
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  • To a hurting world
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  • Or the greatest that they've ever been in my lifetime.
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  • And we want to take advantage of these opportunities,
  • 00:43:03.322 --> 00:43:06.159
  • But we need finances to do it.
  • 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.794
  • So, if you wanna be a part of that effort,
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  • Whether it's "superbook", orphan's promise,
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  • Operation blessing,
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  • Provided food to people right here in america,
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  • Or preaching the gospel in local languages around the world,
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  • You're a part of all of it when you join "the 700 club".
  • 00:43:21.207 --> 00:43:24.444
  • Now, how much is it? it's just $20 a month.
  • 00:43:24.444 --> 00:43:27.413
  • That's 65 cents a day.
  • 00:43:27.413 --> 00:43:28.981
  • Some can join at $40 a month at 700 club gold.
  • 00:43:28.981 --> 00:43:33.152
  • And then, we have 1000 club,
  • 00:43:33.152 --> 00:43:34.921
  • That's $1,000 dollars a year.
  • 00:43:34.921 --> 00:43:36.289
  • That breaks out to $84 a month.
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  • At whatever level, do it now. 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:43:38.558 --> 00:43:43.196
  • Now, when you call, ask for a pledge express.
  • 00:43:43.196 --> 00:43:45.498
  • That's electronic monthly giving.
  • 00:43:45.498 --> 00:43:47.233
  • The bank doing all the work.
  • 00:43:47.233 --> 00:43:49.502
  • There's no checks to write, nothing to mail in,
  • 00:43:49.502 --> 00:43:52.038
  • And we can send as our gift to you,
  • 00:43:52.038 --> 00:43:53.940
  • Power for life, monthly teaching cds.
  • 00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:56.943
  • So, if you'd like those,
  • 00:43:56.943 --> 00:43:58.411
  • Ask for pledge express when you call or go to cbn.com.
  • 00:43:58.411 --> 00:44:02.415
  • When you give monthly on the internet,
  • 00:44:02.415 --> 00:44:04.050
  • You automatically sign up for pledge express.
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  • Do it now. 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:44:06.452 --> 00:44:09.822
  • Terry?
  • 00:44:09.822 --> 00:44:11.023
  • - well, up next, a cycle of addiction.
  • 00:44:11.023 --> 00:44:13.059
  • This woman endured years of drugs,
  • 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.895
  • Alcohol, and toxic relationships.
  • 00:44:15.895 --> 00:44:18.765
  • So, how did she end her pain overnight?
  • 00:44:18.765 --> 00:44:22.668
  • Find out after this.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - [advertiser 3] give to cbn the easy way
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  • With pledge express.
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  • Pledge express lets you give via your credit
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  • Or debit card or directly from your bank.
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  • It saves you time and money
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  • And your gift is sent automatically each month.
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  • You can cancel or make changes to your gift at any time.
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  • It's safe, secure, and convenient.
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  • Plus, pledge express users
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  • Receive inspirational resources each month.
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  • To sign up, just call 1-800-700-7000
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  • Or go to cbn.com and click give now.
  • 00:44:56.369 --> 00:44:59.172
  • - when i was a young girl,
  • 00:44:59.939 --> 00:45:01.474
  • I went to fetch water for my mother.
  • 00:45:01.474 --> 00:45:03.476
  • The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
  • 00:45:03.476 --> 00:45:06.512
  • I just poured the water out
  • 00:45:06.512 --> 00:45:07.713
  • And went home with an empty container.
  • 00:45:07.713 --> 00:45:09.816
  • The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
  • 00:45:09.816 --> 00:45:13.753
  • I get home exhausted.
  • 00:45:13.753 --> 00:45:15.388
  • I feel terrible drinking that water
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  • And giving it to my family.
  • 00:45:17.456 --> 00:45:19.125
  • We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
  • 00:45:19.125 --> 00:45:22.695
  • When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
  • 00:45:22.695 --> 00:45:27.033
  • Thank you, operation blessing, for giving us a new life.
  • 00:45:27.033 --> 00:45:30.136
  • When you came, we were all so grateful.
  • 00:45:30.136 --> 00:45:33.306
  • We could not hold back our joy.
  • 00:45:33.306 --> 00:45:35.308
  • I've never had this kind of water before.
  • 00:45:35.308 --> 00:45:38.477
  • Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
  • 00:45:38.477 --> 00:45:41.681
  • With the well this close,
  • 00:45:41.681 --> 00:45:43.983
  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
  • 00:45:43.983 --> 00:45:46.452
  • We are healthy and we are happy.
  • 00:45:46.452 --> 00:45:48.988
  • Thank you, thank you, thank you.
  • 00:45:48.988 --> 00:45:52.725
  • - [advertiser 2] partner with cbn for $20 a month
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  • And be part of the miracle for people all around the world.
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  • Changing lives is now easier than ever
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  • With text to join.
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  • Text cbn to 71777
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  • And tap on the secure link to transform a life.
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  • You'll feed the hungry, heal the sick,
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  • Bring water to the thirsty,
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  • Hope to the hopeless, and so much more.
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  • It only takes a moment
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  • To make a huge difference in someone's life.
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  • Text cbn to 71777
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  • And change the world right from where you are.
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  • - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
  • 00:46:30.229 --> 00:46:32.832
  • It really frustrated me,
  • 00:46:32.832 --> 00:46:34.300
  • Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
  • 00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:39.372
  • I could just say, just lord, i need your help.
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  • - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
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  • Take a complete breath
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  • And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
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  • - i can feel that air
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  • Going clear down to my stomach and back.
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  • He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
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  • - in the last five minutes of my labor
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  • And delivery was when i noticed something was wrong.
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  • They put her on my chest and right away, they took her away
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  • And she wasn't crying and she looked sorta gray.
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  • I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
  • 00:47:12.204 --> 00:47:15.274
  • Then, they came back in the room
  • 00:47:15.274 --> 00:47:16.642
  • And said, "she's had a brain injury."
  • 00:47:16.642 --> 00:47:19.578
  • That's when i really started praying,
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  • God, please, please let her mind be okay.
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  • - dana goodrum craved her father's attention
  • 00:49:03.015 --> 00:49:05.885
  • Until he showed up dead drunk at one of her softball games.
  • 00:49:05.885 --> 00:49:09.955
  • After that, dana started looking for love elsewhere,
  • 00:49:09.955 --> 00:49:13.159
  • Leading her to a toxic cycle of bad relationships and abuse.
  • 00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:18.964
  • - i had my master's degree.
  • 00:49:19.732 --> 00:49:22.268
  • I was exceptional when it came to education.
  • 00:49:22.268 --> 00:49:26.739
  • I was fantastic when it came
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  • To moving up the ranks in any profession,
  • 00:49:30.876 --> 00:49:34.580
  • But when it came to relationships, i was a disaster.
  • 00:49:35.815 --> 00:49:40.319
  • - [narrator 2] dana goodrum's life
  • 00:49:41.287 --> 00:49:42.588
  • Was torn between two worlds.
  • 00:49:42.588 --> 00:49:45.191
  • Raised catholic,
  • 00:49:45.191 --> 00:49:46.459
  • She understood what it meant to be and do good,
  • 00:49:46.459 --> 00:49:50.162
  • But more than that, there was a deep longing
  • 00:49:50.162 --> 00:49:52.231
  • To be seen and affirmed, especially by her alcoholic father.
  • 00:49:52.231 --> 00:49:56.235
  • - i constantly just tried to impress him.
  • 00:49:57.369 --> 00:49:59.672
  • I tried to get his approval. i did well in school.
  • 00:49:59.672 --> 00:50:03.542
  • My sports were exceptional. it wasn't enough.
  • 00:50:03.542 --> 00:50:08.581
  • - [narrator 2] however, it was one
  • 00:50:09.548 --> 00:50:10.783
  • Of her middle school softball games
  • 00:50:10.783 --> 00:50:12.985
  • That served as a turning point in her heart.
  • 00:50:12.985 --> 00:50:16.188
  • When she decided to look elsewhere for acceptance.
  • 00:50:16.188 --> 00:50:19.125
  • - he showed up so wasted and i was pitching
  • 00:50:20.226 --> 00:50:26.565
  • And he stood behind the backstop.
  • 00:50:27.533 --> 00:50:29.768
  • - [dana' dad] come on now. (cage rattles)
  • 00:50:29.768 --> 00:50:31.036
  • - [dana] and he was rattling the cage.
  • 00:50:31.036 --> 00:50:33.706
  • (dana's dad faintly speaking)
  • 00:50:33.706 --> 00:50:34.640
  • - [dana' dad] throw the ball.
  • 00:50:34.640 --> 00:50:36.108
  • - and he was like, "come on, dana jo, pitch the ball."
  • 00:50:36.108 --> 00:50:39.345
  • And he was cursing. - throw the ball in there.
  • 00:50:39.345 --> 00:50:42.581
  • - and i just thought about all the times
  • 00:50:42.581 --> 00:50:44.483
  • That i wished he was there and now he's there
  • 00:50:44.483 --> 00:50:46.785
  • And i wanted nothing but for him to just leave.
  • 00:50:46.785 --> 00:50:50.990
  • Because of that, i remember seeking approval elsewhere.
  • 00:50:52.324 --> 00:50:57.796
  • I was doing hard drugs at 14.
  • 00:50:58.631 --> 00:51:01.567
  • And the drinking group is unfortunately
  • 00:51:01.567 --> 00:51:04.904
  • Where i found my relationships with men.
  • 00:51:04.904 --> 00:51:08.440
  • - [narrator 2] from her early teens
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  • Until her sophomore year of college,
  • 00:51:10.509 --> 00:51:12.311
  • Dana struggled with drugs and alcohol,
  • 00:51:12.311 --> 00:51:14.780
  • But quit when she met a man
  • 00:51:14.780 --> 00:51:16.415
  • Whom she eventually had her son with and then married.
  • 00:51:16.415 --> 00:51:19.385
  • Despite his verbal abuse and cheating,
  • 00:51:19.385 --> 00:51:21.187
  • She stayed with him for two years until they divorced.
  • 00:51:21.187 --> 00:51:25.024
  • - [dana] this is the man who's supposed to protect me,
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  • Protect my feelings, my confidence,
  • 00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:31.197
  • And i completely just shrunk into myself.
  • 00:51:31.197 --> 00:51:36.268
  • It was that feeling of rejection
  • 00:51:37.069 --> 00:51:38.204
  • And i went right back into panic mode.
  • 00:51:38.204 --> 00:51:41.574
  • - [narrator 2] even though her world was shaken,
  • 00:51:41.574 --> 00:51:43.342
  • Dana went back to college
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  • And received her master's, which helped her land a good job.
  • 00:51:44.843 --> 00:51:48.314
  • She also landed in another abusive relationship
  • 00:51:48.314 --> 00:51:51.116
  • And had her daughter.
  • 00:51:51.116 --> 00:51:52.318
  • She left him after two years
  • 00:51:52.318 --> 00:51:53.786
  • And continued the cycle with yet another abusive man.
  • 00:51:53.786 --> 00:51:56.956
  • - i didn't care about anything.
  • 00:51:57.756 --> 00:52:00.626
  • I didn't think that life itself could get any worse.
  • 00:52:00.626 --> 00:52:04.930
  • - [narrator 2] unfortunately, it did. dana lost her job.
  • 00:52:04.930 --> 00:52:08.601
  • Then, shortly after ending
  • 00:52:08.601 --> 00:52:09.835
  • What would be her last toxic relationship,
  • 00:52:09.835 --> 00:52:12.338
  • She found out she was pregnant.
  • 00:52:12.338 --> 00:52:14.840
  • In desperation, she got an abortion.
  • 00:52:15.808 --> 00:52:18.877
  • - i knew at that moment, i was going to hell.
  • 00:52:18.877 --> 00:52:22.281
  • I think that people assume
  • 00:52:23.048 --> 00:52:25.251
  • That it is an easy decision and it is not.
  • 00:52:25.251 --> 00:52:29.455
  • I was in a fog, i was terrified.
  • 00:52:29.455 --> 00:52:33.058
  • - [narrator 2] jobless and at rock bottom,
  • 00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:36.528
  • She and her children
  • 00:52:36.528 --> 00:52:37.763
  • Were now living in a one bedroom apartment
  • 00:52:37.763 --> 00:52:39.498
  • In a bad neighborhood, just surviving.
  • 00:52:39.498 --> 00:52:42.735
  • - i had applied to 152 jobs
  • 00:52:42.735 --> 00:52:47.806
  • And got rejected by every single one.
  • 00:52:48.874 --> 00:52:52.177
  • - [narrator 2] finally, dana called her mom,
  • 00:52:52.177 --> 00:52:54.146
  • Who shared how jesus had recently changed her life.
  • 00:52:54.146 --> 00:52:57.716
  • Then, she told dana he could do the same for her
  • 00:52:57.716 --> 00:53:00.619
  • And all she had to do was lift up her hands
  • 00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:03.656
  • And give it all to god.
  • 00:53:03.656 --> 00:53:05.491
  • - i listened to my mom, i got down on my knees,
  • 00:53:05.491 --> 00:53:09.728
  • I lifted up my hands to the ceiling
  • 00:53:09.728 --> 00:53:12.965
  • And i just said, god, i know you are probably so mad at me.
  • 00:53:12.965 --> 00:53:17.836
  • I cannot do this on my own anymore. i said, i just can't.
  • 00:53:17.836 --> 00:53:22.541
  • And i started crying. everything was just coming out.
  • 00:53:22.541 --> 00:53:27.179
  • I was crying about the abortion.
  • 00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:29.048
  • I was crying about the guys. i was crying about my dad.
  • 00:53:29.048 --> 00:53:32.918
  • I was crying about my kids,
  • 00:53:32.918 --> 00:53:34.953
  • The people that i had let around them,
  • 00:53:34.953 --> 00:53:37.389
  • The situations that i had put them in,
  • 00:53:37.389 --> 00:53:40.926
  • And i just released it all.
  • 00:53:41.694 --> 00:53:45.297
  • I started to follow him that night.
  • 00:53:45.297 --> 00:53:50.069
  • I woke up the next day and i got two phone calls
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  • With job offers, the very next day.
  • 00:53:55.941 --> 00:53:59.912
  • But bigger than that, it was me knowing,
  • 00:53:59.912 --> 00:54:02.648
  • One, that god heard me, and, two, that he wasn't mad at me,
  • 00:54:02.648 --> 00:54:06.485
  • That i hadn't exceeded his grace,
  • 00:54:07.453 --> 00:54:10.422
  • That i hadn't surpassed his mercy,
  • 00:54:10.422 --> 00:54:13.392
  • That i wasn't going to hell.
  • 00:54:13.392 --> 00:54:15.994
  • And that was bigger than any job offer.
  • 00:54:15.994 --> 00:54:19.698
  • And all of a sudden,
  • 00:54:19.698 --> 00:54:20.933
  • My entire perspective and outlook shifted
  • 00:54:20.933 --> 00:54:24.336
  • And i started to understand his reckless pursuit for me.
  • 00:54:24.336 --> 00:54:28.941
  • - [narrator 2] dana began attending church, got baptized,
  • 00:54:30.309 --> 00:54:33.345
  • And now continually inspires others with her testimony.
  • 00:54:33.345 --> 00:54:37.416
  • Through giving her life to the lord,
  • 00:54:37.416 --> 00:54:39.618
  • She's come to understand the deep affirming love
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  • Of her father in heaven
  • 00:54:42.087 --> 00:54:43.655
  • And that there's no need to search
  • 00:54:43.655 --> 00:54:44.890
  • For any other approval than his.
  • 00:54:44.890 --> 00:54:47.793
  • - even though my earthly dad may have failed me,
  • 00:54:47.793 --> 00:54:52.865
  • My father in heaven was with me the entire time.
  • 00:54:53.999 --> 00:54:57.102
  • I can stand here firm in my faith
  • 00:54:57.102 --> 00:55:01.273
  • And be able to speak to other women
  • 00:55:01.273 --> 00:55:03.575
  • And speak to children who are in that place
  • 00:55:03.575 --> 00:55:05.711
  • And tell them confidently and boldly who their father is,
  • 00:55:05.711 --> 00:55:10.215
  • Even when their earthly parents fail them.
  • 00:55:10.215 --> 00:55:13.285
  • (gentle music)
  • 00:55:13.285 --> 00:55:16.054
  • - god is not mad at you.
  • 00:55:16.722 --> 00:55:20.526
  • He's not mad at you.
  • 00:55:20.526 --> 00:55:22.761
  • He waits for you.
  • 00:55:23.395 --> 00:55:24.763
  • Can you imagine that the one who created the universe
  • 00:55:24.763 --> 00:55:28.133
  • Waits for you and for me to decide,
  • 00:55:28.133 --> 00:55:31.303
  • We're done trying to do it ourselves.
  • 00:55:31.303 --> 00:55:33.572
  • We're done trying to find our own methods,
  • 00:55:33.572 --> 00:55:36.442
  • Our own roads of opportunity and never come to him.
  • 00:55:36.442 --> 00:55:42.181
  • He loved you so much that he gave everything,
  • 00:55:43.282 --> 00:55:47.085
  • Everything 2,000 years ago
  • 00:55:47.085 --> 00:55:50.589
  • When he suffered and died for you and for me.
  • 00:55:50.589 --> 00:55:54.326
  • The bible says he was so marred by the beating
  • 00:55:54.326 --> 00:55:58.096
  • And what had been done to him that he was recognizable.
  • 00:55:58.096 --> 00:56:03.368
  • Why did he do that?
  • 00:56:04.002 --> 00:56:05.537
  • He did it, because he loves you and he loves me
  • 00:56:06.772 --> 00:56:08.740
  • And because he has a plan for us, not just for here,
  • 00:56:08.740 --> 00:56:12.678
  • But a plan to be with him for eternity.
  • 00:56:12.678 --> 00:56:15.747
  • And he waits for us,
  • 00:56:16.381 --> 00:56:17.850
  • Because his mercy is beyond our understanding, really.
  • 00:56:17.850 --> 00:56:21.587
  • Who can know the heart and mind of god?
  • 00:56:21.587 --> 00:56:23.789
  • He's so different than we are.
  • 00:56:23.789 --> 00:56:25.824
  • And sometimes when we do what dana did,
  • 00:56:25.824 --> 00:56:29.161
  • We attribute anger to god or that he's going to reject us,
  • 00:56:29.161 --> 00:56:32.931
  • It's because we hate what we're doing ourselves.
  • 00:56:32.931 --> 00:56:37.202
  • And yet, in the middle of it, there he is,
  • 00:56:37.202 --> 00:56:39.371
  • Standing and waiting and this is the message that he says.
  • 00:56:39.371 --> 00:56:43.308
  • I stand at the door and knock.
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  • Anyone who opens the door,
  • 00:56:48.380 --> 00:56:51.383
  • I will come in and have fellowship with him.
  • 00:56:51.383 --> 00:56:55.120
  • He will live in your heart. he will change your thinking.
  • 00:56:55.120 --> 00:56:59.191
  • He will change your woundedness
  • 00:56:59.191 --> 00:57:00.859
  • And your need just like he did for dana.
  • 00:57:00.859 --> 00:57:03.362
  • And it's as basic as this.
  • 00:57:03.362 --> 00:57:05.964
  • Jesus, i am a sinner in need of a savior.
  • 00:57:05.964 --> 00:57:12.771
  • Be my savior.
  • 00:57:13.305 --> 00:57:15.440
  • And i want more than that,
  • 00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:16.975
  • God, for you to be the lord of my life.
  • 00:57:16.975 --> 00:57:20.112
  • Change me.
  • 00:57:20.112 --> 00:57:21.780
  • I want to belong to you and i give it all.
  • 00:57:21.780 --> 00:57:25.050
  • And i ask it in your name.
  • 00:57:25.050 --> 00:57:27.319
  • Pray that prayer.
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  • We wanna leave you with these words from psalm 91:11,
  • 00:57:45.137 --> 00:57:49.074
  • "for he shall give his angels charge over you
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  • To keep you in all your ways."
  • 00:57:52.210 --> 00:57:55.280
  • He is a good, good father and he loves you.
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  • God bless you. see you next time.
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  • (dramatic music)
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