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The 700 Club

January 29, 2025

January 29, 2025 | 60:0

January 29, 2025
In "The Chosen", a groundbreaking streaming series, the life of Christ is brought to life like never before. Through the eyes of the people he chose to follow him, viewers witness the miracles, teachings, and humanity of Jesus Christ in a deep and meaningful way. As the series unfolds, the characters' stories intertwine, revealing the transformative power of Jesus' love and his impact on their lives. With stunning visuals and powerful storytelling, "The Chosen" invites audiences to experience the life of Christ in a fresh and compelling manner.
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The 700 Club | January 29, 2025 | January 29, 2025
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  • - [narrator] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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  • - [gordon] today.
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  • - [narrator] getting stories from the battlefield
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  • Can be harrowing, even deadly.
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  • - [gordon] the world's most dangerous paper route.
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  • - people have died delivering this paper to the troops.
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  • - [gordon] plus.
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  • - he was on a ventilator since his kidneys stopped working.
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  • - [gordon] struck down by covid.
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  • - [patient] i saw the face of god
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  • And he was reaching out his hand to me.
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  • - [gordon] a dying man sees a vision.
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  • - [lady] he could have died.
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  • - [gordon] on today's "700 club".
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • Welcome to "the 700 club".
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  • It's an internet sensation.
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  • Millions of people have downloaded and been watched
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  • A series about the life of christ called "the chosen".
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  • - and even more remarkable,
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  • Season one was funded entirely by private donations.
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  • Ephraim graham takes behind the scenes
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  • Of this unique production.
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  • (animation music)
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  • - are you the messiah?
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  • Are you the messiah?
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  • - no, i'm not.
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  • - [ephraim] bible characters and stories come to life
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  • In the streaming series "the chosen"
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  • With dallas jenkins in the writer and director's chair.
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  • - how do we arrive with the name, "the chosen".
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  • - three things actually.
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  • We look at, and have used the term for christ
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  • As the chosen one,
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  • So it refers to christ in many ways.
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  • The jews are god's chosen people,
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  • Even as an evangelical i believe that.
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  • And the people that christ chose to follow him
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  • And to be in his team as like to say,
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  • It's a little bit of a nod to that.
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  • - he performs miracles and seeks no credit.
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  • What does he look like?
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  • Is he a member of sanhedrin?
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  • Would you at least know him if you saw him again?
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  • - how would you say doing a series about the life of christ
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  • Is different than the films we've seen,
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  • On the bible, the resurrection of christ?
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  • How's it different?
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  • - yeah, that's a great question.
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  • So when you do a movie about the life of christ,
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  • You've got 90 to 120 minutes
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  • To try to cover quite a lot of ground.
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  • And so oftentimes it goes from miracle to miracle,
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  • Bible story to bible story.
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  • Jesus is typically the main character,
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  • And so you're just seeing things through his eyes
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  • And you're encountering these people
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  • For a very brief amount of time.
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  • In a show, a multi-season show,
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  • The kinds of shows that we binge watch
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  • Usually together as families,
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  • We're able to really explore in depth these people.
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  • - put that down for a catch.
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  • A little bit farther out.
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  • - i don't have a quarrel with you teacher.
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  • We've been doing this all night, nothing.
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  • - [ephraim] seen here with peter
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  • In the miracle of the fish,
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  • Jonathan roumie is a familiar face in the leading role.
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  • - grab the, grab the net!
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  • Grab it.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - what is it like to play the role of jesus christ?
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  • - it's life changing in a couple of words.
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  • It's something that i've been doing now for about six years.
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  • It's humbling, it's overwhelming, it's inspiring.
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  • It's faith inducing,
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  • Faith strengthening.
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  • Yeah, it's kind of indescribable.
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  • - how is this particular series different for you?
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  • What's special about it?
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  • - it's different in that we're getting to see sides
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  • Of jesus's ministry that's never been
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  • Depicted on film before.
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  • - on the day that i visited the set of "the chosen",
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  • Preparation is being made to shoot a pivotal scene
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  • Just beyond that wall, the wedding at cana
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  • Where jesus performed his very first miracle.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - they have no idea who sits before them.
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  • (pots clunking)
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  • (children laughing)
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  • - to be a child again, yes?
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  • - we're exploring what it's like to be
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  • At a first century wedding.
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  • What it might have been like
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  • To have jesus as a guest at a wedding.
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  • It's a very joyous occasion,
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  • And again, one that i can scarcely recollect
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  • Ever having seen put to film before.
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  • We're getting access to a humanity
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  • That people often i think forget.
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  • He felt the things that we feel,
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  • He experienced loss and sadness
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  • And frustration and happiness and joy,
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  • And all those things.
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  • Temptation, but without conceding to that.
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  • - the role intimidating in any way.
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  • - oh yeah, oh yeah.
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  • Any anybody that says otherwise
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  • Either is not familiar with who christ is or was,
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  • And will be,
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  • Or they're letting their ego answer that question.
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  • - how do you prepare?
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  • - i pray a lot.
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  • I read, i go to church.
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  • Mostly through prayer.
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  • - i did not come to deliver the people from rome.
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  • - and from what?
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  • - from sin, from spiritual death.
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  • (crickets chirping)
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  • God loves the world in this way,
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  • That he gave his only son.
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  • - [ephraim] god began answering prayers for this series
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  • Even before production began.
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  • - lock it up.
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  • - [ephraim] "the chosen" is the number one
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  • Crowdfunded media project of all time,
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  • With donations of more than $10 million.
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  • What's it like to take the pages of scripture
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  • And bring them to life?
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  • I can't imagine the feeling of reading the pages
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  • And then seeing what we get to see.
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  • - yeah, that's really cool how you just phrased it.
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  • Bringing them to life and then seeing them.
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  • That's how i feel.
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  • Even though i'm the one who's doing it,
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  • I'm the director
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  • And i'm the one who's literally writing the words
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  • And seeing them come to life,
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  • And i'm even dictating how they come to life,
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  • And yet i still feel like i'm following along
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  • And i'm just listening.
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  • - god did not send his son into the world
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  • To condemn it nicodemus.
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  • He sent him to save it through him.
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  • - [ephraim] ephraim graham, cbn news, dallas, texas.
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  • - on the pole.
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  • - well, you too can see scripture come alive
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  • And get a visual representation of the words of the gospels.
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  • It's a wonderful series,
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  • I'm really excited about how well it was done,
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  • How it was crowdfunded,
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  • And all the reactions i'm hearing are,
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  • "yes, this is a great thing."
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  • The creators of "the chosen" are now working on season two,
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  • And if you wanna find out how you can watch
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  • Season one for free,
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  • And let me underline f-r-e-e,
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  • All you have to do is go to cbnnews.com.
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  • We'll be right back with more of "the 700 club" after this.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [narrator] wanna be a part of a community
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  • Enjoy conversation starters with friends and family
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  • And collect points to win prizes.
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  • The all new my cbn app,
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  • Grow, connect, have fun.
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  • - the only way i can describe it is
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  • I was supernaturally delivered from
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  • A nine year cocaine addiction.
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  • I loved jesus, i was a christian,
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  • But i was deeply in pain.
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  • I was physically addicted,
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  • I was mentally addicted,
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  • I was all of those things.
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  • I knew how bad off i was.
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  • And what i felt him saying was,
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  • "i created you for more than this my girl."
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  • God filled those holes with a beautiful message
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  • To say, "you are enough in me."
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  • (gentle 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.
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  • - [patient] they kept saying, "septic, septic.
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  • I think she's getting septic."
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  • - they sent this lady in to prepare us
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  • For a lifetime of dialysis,
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  • And this medicine was gonna destroy
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  • Every dream my girl could possibly have.
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  • - thousands and thousands,
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  • Literally around the world were praying for her.
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  • - mom runs out into the hallway and think she's like,
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  • "he just told me he canceled your surgery."
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  • He was like, "your kidney biopsy
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  • Came back completely clean."
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  • I stood up on my hospital bed with my ivy bag,
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  • Just, we were hugging and screaming.
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  • It was like just the biggest celebration.
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  • - 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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  • - [mother] hi, yay!
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  • You did it!
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  • - i am beyond thankful that i have been singing nonstop.
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  • Prayers work, they work.
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  • Ask people to pray for you
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  • And like really believe,
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  • Really believe that anything is possible.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - [narrator] melissa and her husband rick
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  • Have come a long way from when they met.
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  • Melissa was in real estate,
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  • Rick had been living on credit cards
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  • Trying to start a number of businesses
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  • And was $80,000 in debt.
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  • All the while, the henens were tithing
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  • And the newly married couple
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  • Started working their way out of the red.
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  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • "here's what you should have."
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  • I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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  • I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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  • I'm done striving.
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  • - [narrator] today, rick and melissa have three children
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  • And choose to live way below their means
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  • So they can help the poor.
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  • They've already built 13 orphanages
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  • And a freedom house in india.
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  • - what i loved about operation blessing
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  • Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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  • - now i have the hunger to make more money
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  • So we truly can give to all of these places
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  • 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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  • - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
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  • I think cbn ends up touching many of the areas of the world
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  • That you as an individual cannot touch.
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  • - it allows me to be a part of
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  • Such an amazing body of christ.
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  • - i mean, this thrilled us.
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  • We love to give.
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  • - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
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  • To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - [james] i started 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,
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  • There's guilt, there's shame,
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  • But there's also a sort of a sense that
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  • It'll never happen for you again.
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  • My daughter who was 12 at the time,
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  • She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
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  • I want you to know jesus."
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  • (gentle music)
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  • God started to reveal himself to me again
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  • And he started to melt away
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  • The ice that was my heart.
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  • I'm trying to talk people into
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  • This life that is second to none.
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  • This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - well, not on my watch.
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  • That's what president trump tweeted
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  • About cutting funding for "stars and stripes".
  • 00:11:39.140 --> 00:11:41.709
  • It's been the newspaper of record
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  • For the us military for more than a century,
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  • And people have died delivering this paper to the troops.
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  • Well, now a filmmaker hopes his documentary
  • 00:11:51.486 --> 00:11:54.189
  • On "stars and stripes" will become a call to action.
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  • Eric phillips explains.
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  • (animation music)
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  • - when steven barber first came up with the idea
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  • For his film, "the world's most dangerous paper route",
  • 00:12:03.598 --> 00:12:06.534
  • He believed it would be wildly popular,
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  • Especially among service members worldwide.
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  • He did not expect it to play a role
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  • In keeping the newspapers presses printing.
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  • - [narrator] this is their hometown paper away from home.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - it's about being connected to home,
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  • Because a lot of times these guys once they're gone,
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  • They're gone and they can't make phone calls,
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  • They can't send emails,
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  • And the only thing they have is the "stars and stripes".
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  • - [erick] steven barber has made
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  • Several military themed films,
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  • But admits this one is his favorite.
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  • - i've seen this movie 10 times.
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  • - [erick] told and documentary style,
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  • "the world's most dangerous paper route"
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  • Focuses on the 150-year-old "stars and stripes."
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  • - [narrator] getting stories from the battlefield
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  • Can be harrowing, even deadly.
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  • - a lot of journalists have been killed in these wars.
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  • - [erick] something former reporter, linda roush
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  • Knows all too well.
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  • - when you see that, you're...
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  • Sorry, god, it's just hard for me to go back.
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  • - [erick] every single day the paper is distributed
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  • To us military installations.
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  • - the "stars and stripes" paper route
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  • Is all over the middle east.
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  • Kuwait, iraq, bahrain,
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  • Qatar, saudi arabia.
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  • - [erick] hence the title of the film,
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  • Suggested to barber by one of the papers reporters.
  • 00:13:22.377 --> 00:13:25.580
  • - and he just looked at me and he said,
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  • "i got the great, great title.
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  • Mike will call it "the world's most dangerous paper route"".
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  • And i was like, "oh my god!"
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  • I mean, i'd love to tell you
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  • That i came up with the title, but i didn't.
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  • And that was what really blew my mind,
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  • Was it's not very often you get a title
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  • That draws you in immediately.
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  • - [erick] little did barbara know that during production
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  • The defense department would plan
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  • To stop publishing the paper,
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  • Moving its $15 million budget to other areas.
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  • A group of bipartisan lawmakers lobbied to stop it however,
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  • Including senator lindsey graham.
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  • - but when i went to germany,
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  • It was a big deal when the paper came.
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  • When you're in iraq and afghanistan,
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  • It was a really huge deal.
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  • - and he told me,
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  • Well, i interviewed him a couple years ago,
  • 00:14:10.224 --> 00:14:11.592
  • "there's no way that this paper's ever going down.
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  • Not on my watch, i won't let it happen."
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  • Lindsey graham got it to the white house,
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  • The president saw it.
  • 00:14:17.265 --> 00:14:18.766
  • - [erick] and that led to a presidential tweet that said,
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  • "the united states of america
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  • Will not be cutting funding to "stars and stripes" magazine
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  • Under my watch.
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  • It will continue to be a wonderful source of information
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  • To our great military."
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  • The pentagon rescinded its order to stop the presses.
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  • - you know, 'cause anybody who would watch the film,
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  • There's no way they'd shut this newspaper down.
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  • People have died delivering this paper to the troops.
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  • I don't think any other publication
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  • In the world can say that.
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  • And a movie is like a cake.
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  • You know, you put in the flour,
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  • You put in the sugar,
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  • You put in the baking pottery,
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  • And it doesn't always rise.
  • 00:14:54.268 --> 00:14:56.304
  • But in this particular case,
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  • This film rose to the occasion.
  • 00:14:57.805 --> 00:14:59.607
  • - though the paper is still being published for now,
  • 00:14:59.607 --> 00:15:01.876
  • The question over its funding remains.
  • 00:15:01.876 --> 00:15:04.679
  • Lawmakers have indicated
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  • Congress may directly fund the paper,
  • 00:15:05.847 --> 00:15:08.149
  • Though that line was not included in its initial budget.
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  • "the world's most dangerous paper route"
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  • Is available on amazon prime.
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  • Eric phillips, cbn news.
  • 00:15:16.491 --> 00:15:18.893
  • - well, all of the "stars and stripes"
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  • Is part of the department of defense budget
  • 00:15:21.529 --> 00:15:23.698
  • And also must earn most of its operating budget.
  • 00:15:23.698 --> 00:15:26.934
  • And that's what helps keep the paper independent
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  • And then free from censorship.
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  • If you wanna support the mission of "stars and stripes",
  • 00:15:31.839 --> 00:15:34.742
  • All you have to do is go to cbnnews.com
  • 00:15:34.742 --> 00:15:37.178
  • And we'll give you a link to the paper, terry.
  • 00:15:37.178 --> 00:15:40.448
  • - well still ahead.
  • 00:15:40.448 --> 00:15:41.783
  • Septic, undergoing dialysis and on a ventilator.
  • 00:15:41.783 --> 00:15:46.120
  • This man was losing his battle against covid-19.
  • 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.657
  • So how did a song sustain him?
  • 00:15:49.657 --> 00:15:52.527
  • Stay tuned to find out.
  • 00:15:52.527 --> 00:15:54.595
  • And then up next a high roller
  • 00:15:54.595 --> 00:15:56.931
  • Gets sacked by sickness and hit with $84,000 of debt.
  • 00:15:56.931 --> 00:16:02.003
  • What does he do next?
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  • He'll tell you himself, right after this.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • (bright music)
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  • - [narrator] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
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  • (bright music)
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  • Jesus said it.
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  • "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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  • (bright music)
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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 every day.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • At cbn.com we're taking what jesus said seriously.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • We're here to help you discover life.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • Life, live it fully.
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  • Cbn.com.
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  • (bright 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.
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  • It was constantly like that,
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  • Confusion always in my mind.
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  • 'cause i always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
  • 00:17:19.780 --> 00:17:23.117
  • - [narrator] at 16, tommy decided it was time
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  • To give in to those desires.
  • 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.622
  • Now addicted to meth,
  • 00:17:27.622 --> 00:17:29.423
  • He dropped out of school
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  • And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
  • 00:17:30.892 --> 00:17:33.728
  • - had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
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  • - [narrator] 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.
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  • Tommy was doing drugs with his brother and sister,
  • 00:17:43.070 --> 00:17:46.374
  • When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing, fear.
  • 00:17:46.374 --> 00:17:49.744
  • - [narrator] terrified, tommy left the house
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  • And went to his mom,
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  • Who had recently committed her life to christ.
  • 00:17:53.014 --> 00:17:55.583
  • - i had to cry out to god
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  • Because i just knew in that moment
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  • That he was the only one that was able to help me.
  • 00:17:58.052 --> 00:17:59.787
  • So i remember just telling him
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  • I'm sorry of the lifestyle that i was living.
  • 00:18:01.389 --> 00:18:03.658
  • I just went into this deep place of repenting
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  • And asking for forgiveness.
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  • If jesus did it for me,
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  • He could do it for you.
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  • We all need a savior.
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  • We all come from a place of brokenness.
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  • - [narrator] 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,
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  • Heal the sick, 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 7177
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  • And change the world right from where you are.
  • 00:18:40.628 --> 00:18:44.398
  • - it was so intense with the sinus pressure
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  • That it was to the point where
  • 00:18:47.501 --> 00:18:50.071
  • My jaws were even hurting from coughing so intensely.
  • 00:18:50.071 --> 00:18:53.274
  • It was a battle, it really was.
  • 00:18:53.274 --> 00:18:55.076
  • He kept saying to me, "this tube will pass."
  • 00:18:55.076 --> 00:18:57.445
  • So i just stand up and say,
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  • "i'm waiting on you, lord."
  • 00:18:59.247 --> 00:19:00.448
  • I just kept confessing.
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  • "god is my healer.
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  • He is my healer."
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  • They were to the section where they were talking about
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  • People receiving healings.
  • 00:19:08.456 --> 00:19:09.890
  • They were gonna pray for anyone who was sick.
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  • - there's someone you heard the report
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  • About sinus conditions
  • 00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:14.428
  • And you're saying, "please say sinus conditions."
  • 00:19:14.428 --> 00:19:16.364
  • So for you i'm saying sinus condition.
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  • All of that inflammation,
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  • Everything that seems to be swollen and closed up,
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  • Open now in jesus' name.
  • 00:19:24.338 --> 00:19:26.707
  • - i jumped up and my spirit just kind of leaped
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  • And i said, "that's for me lord, that's it."
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  • You think maybe he's not mindful of those things,
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  • But he's mindful of everything.
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  • He's just faithful and he is our healer.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - my head was just killing me.
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  • I never experienced it to that magnitude.
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  • Like, i'm gonna have to go to the er.
  • 00:19:49.330 --> 00:19:51.532
  • - the doctor who was on call he said,
  • 00:19:51.532 --> 00:19:54.502
  • "it looks like a brain bleed."
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  • We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
  • 00:19:56.704 --> 00:19:58.739
  • The holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
  • 00:19:58.739 --> 00:20:00.675
  • "the bleeding has stopped."
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  • We were just all rejoicing when we heard,
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  • "she's gonna be fine."
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  • - i'm grateful every single day
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  • Because if god brought me through that,
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  • God can bring you through anything.
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  • I believe in prayer.
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  • The power of prayer.
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  • - for me as a musician and my identity,
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  • That was like the ultimate validation.
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  • Just literally going out and like living the rock star life.
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  • It was a darkness that started to wear on me.
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  • I realized how fake it was,
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  • So without talking to anybody,
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  • I silently left hollywood
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  • With my dreams shattered because that was the epitome.
  • 00:20:28.436 --> 00:20:31.806
  • And i said, "god, i need help."
  • 00:20:31.806 --> 00:20:34.308
  • And at that moment i knew
  • 00:20:34.308 --> 00:20:36.243
  • I needed to figure out who jesus is.
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  • I found that acceptance i was looking for.
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  • The only thing that can fill that hole is jesus christ.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - louis medina could buy whatever he wanted,
  • 00:21:21.889 --> 00:21:25.126
  • And what he wanted was luxury cars.
  • 00:21:25.126 --> 00:21:27.762
  • Lots of them.
  • 00:21:27.762 --> 00:21:29.163
  • Ultimately, the spending caught up with him
  • 00:21:29.163 --> 00:21:31.732
  • And he couldn't keep up with the bills.
  • 00:21:31.732 --> 00:21:34.368
  • Then louis was blindsided by something he never saw coming.
  • 00:21:34.368 --> 00:21:38.606
  • Oh, what was it?
  • 00:21:38.606 --> 00:21:39.807
  • Take a look.
  • 00:21:39.807 --> 00:21:40.941
  • - so it was when i was interviewing for a project,
  • 00:21:42.176 --> 00:21:45.012
  • The owner of the business said,
  • 00:21:45.012 --> 00:21:46.747
  • "you're like a red ferrari on the highway,
  • 00:21:46.747 --> 00:21:48.616
  • You can write your own ticket.
  • 00:21:48.616 --> 00:21:49.950
  • You can write your own pass."
  • 00:21:49.950 --> 00:21:51.919
  • - [narrator] louis medina was a successful
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  • Self-taught it contractor.
  • 00:21:53.654 --> 00:21:55.823
  • He made six figures and bought everything he,
  • 00:21:55.823 --> 00:21:58.392
  • His wife, yvette, and two children wanted.
  • 00:21:58.392 --> 00:22:01.529
  • - it felt really good
  • 00:22:01.529 --> 00:22:02.863
  • Knowing that i could go anywhere in the industry
  • 00:22:02.863 --> 00:22:05.833
  • And so i began to buy cars, bmws,
  • 00:22:05.833 --> 00:22:09.970
  • Every model you can imagine back then i bought.
  • 00:22:09.970 --> 00:22:12.606
  • My wife had mercedes and infinity,
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  • And i got caught up in my job.
  • 00:22:15.443 --> 00:22:19.547
  • At the same time we were
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  • Slowly drifting away from the church.
  • 00:22:21.549 --> 00:22:24.051
  • - [narrator] spending got even more out of hand
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  • When the couple on the advice of a bank representative,
  • 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.823
  • Switched from using cash to credit cards.
  • 00:22:28.823 --> 00:22:31.792
  • - and the gentleman,
  • 00:22:31.792 --> 00:22:32.960
  • In order to build credit,
  • 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.728
  • You need to have a credit card
  • 00:22:34.728 --> 00:22:37.531
  • And then that we maxed that credit card out.
  • 00:22:37.531 --> 00:22:40.601
  • Well, we'll get another one.
  • 00:22:40.601 --> 00:22:42.736
  • - [narrator] ultimately, the medinas couldn't keep up
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  • With their monthly bills.
  • 00:22:44.672 --> 00:22:46.440
  • - and i was always thinking,
  • 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.475
  • "geez, why?
  • 00:22:47.475 --> 00:22:48.476
  • He makes such good money."
  • 00:22:48.476 --> 00:22:50.578
  • Why are we always,
  • 00:22:50.578 --> 00:22:51.912
  • It seems like we never end up with anything.
  • 00:22:51.912 --> 00:22:55.115
  • - we weren't good stewards of our money.
  • 00:22:55.115 --> 00:22:57.751
  • It's like a sewer pipe if you not careful.
  • 00:22:57.751 --> 00:23:00.287
  • It starts to leak,
  • 00:23:00.287 --> 00:23:01.755
  • But eventually it's just gonna bust
  • 00:23:01.755 --> 00:23:04.892
  • And then it's gonna seep into everything.
  • 00:23:04.892 --> 00:23:08.395
  • Maybe even my health.
  • 00:23:08.395 --> 00:23:09.864
  • - [narrator] louis was diagnosed
  • 00:23:09.864 --> 00:23:11.232
  • With stage four liver cirrhosis.
  • 00:23:11.232 --> 00:23:13.667
  • It shocked him since he worked out and didn't drink alcohol.
  • 00:23:13.667 --> 00:23:16.971
  • Doctors said all of his organs
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  • Would likely shut down and he'd die.
  • 00:23:18.706 --> 00:23:21.509
  • The couple drained all of their savings
  • 00:23:21.509 --> 00:23:23.477
  • And still ended up with over $84,000 of debt.
  • 00:23:23.477 --> 00:23:27.081
  • It was a wake up call for both louis and yvette.
  • 00:23:27.081 --> 00:23:29.683
  • - i said, i'm about to potentially face a holy god
  • 00:23:29.683 --> 00:23:35.489
  • And there was shame.
  • 00:23:36.123 --> 00:23:37.391
  • You know, i felt like i hadn't lived up
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  • To who i should have been as a believer.
  • 00:23:40.327 --> 00:23:43.364
  • - i had my moments where i was just like,
  • 00:23:43.364 --> 00:23:45.366
  • "god, i want my husband."
  • 00:23:45.366 --> 00:23:48.636
  • I wanted to grow old of him.
  • 00:23:48.636 --> 00:23:51.205
  • Louis has always been the provider,
  • 00:23:51.205 --> 00:23:53.374
  • But god gave me like a peace.
  • 00:23:53.374 --> 00:23:56.944
  • It's like he reminded me,
  • 00:23:56.944 --> 00:23:58.345
  • "louis isn't your provider,
  • 00:23:58.345 --> 00:24:00.581
  • I'm your provider."
  • 00:24:00.581 --> 00:24:02.349
  • - [narrator] so during this crisis,
  • 00:24:02.349 --> 00:24:03.918
  • The couple stopped putting their confidence in paychecks
  • 00:24:03.918 --> 00:24:05.853
  • In their possessions,
  • 00:24:05.853 --> 00:24:07.321
  • And chose to return to god, to church and to tithing.
  • 00:24:07.321 --> 00:24:10.658
  • - it brought us to a point where it was just,
  • 00:24:10.658 --> 00:24:12.993
  • I surrender my pride,
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  • I surrender my money.
  • 00:24:14.628 --> 00:24:16.297
  • It's not my money to begin with, it's yours.
  • 00:24:16.297 --> 00:24:18.999
  • We just began to study his word and stand on his promises,
  • 00:24:18.999 --> 00:24:22.670
  • And we just did that outta obedience.
  • 00:24:22.670 --> 00:24:26.173
  • - the focus wasn't on how we were gonna make the money,
  • 00:24:26.173 --> 00:24:29.977
  • It was just it depending on god.
  • 00:24:29.977 --> 00:24:32.680
  • - man, we just began to see god's hand move.
  • 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:35.816
  • - [narrator] louis underwent 35 surgeries in 15 months.
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  • The medina's continued giving throughout that time,
  • 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:42.556
  • And louis eventually recovered from his sickness,
  • 00:24:42.556 --> 00:24:45.693
  • Allowing him to once again enjoy life with yvette
  • 00:24:45.693 --> 00:24:48.228
  • And their grown kids.
  • 00:24:48.228 --> 00:24:50.097
  • Then within a year and a half,
  • 00:24:50.097 --> 00:24:51.699
  • They paid off their $84,000 debt.
  • 00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:54.602
  • - and i could finally put on that spreadsheet paid in full
  • 00:24:54.602 --> 00:24:59.406
  • For all of our accounts.
  • 00:24:59.406 --> 00:25:00.674
  • We cut up the credit card.
  • 00:25:00.674 --> 00:25:02.910
  • - the hospital forgave a big portion of their medical bills,
  • 00:25:02.910 --> 00:25:06.146
  • And louis started a family owned it business with his son.
  • 00:25:06.146 --> 00:25:09.350
  • That's been doing well even during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • 00:25:09.350 --> 00:25:12.987
  • - it feels so liberating.
  • 00:25:12.987 --> 00:25:14.655
  • We have our priority straight now.
  • 00:25:14.655 --> 00:25:17.057
  • Number one is god.
  • 00:25:17.057 --> 00:25:18.892
  • - now, instead of buying things for themselves,
  • 00:25:18.892 --> 00:25:21.495
  • They prefer to give to others through ministries like cbn.
  • 00:25:21.495 --> 00:25:25.232
  • - [yvette] we love donating to orphans and widows.
  • 00:25:25.232 --> 00:25:29.136
  • You look at people differently.
  • 00:25:29.136 --> 00:25:31.005
  • There's so much love.
  • 00:25:31.005 --> 00:25:32.573
  • It's not about you.
  • 00:25:33.207 --> 00:25:34.942
  • It's like, what can i do for somebody else?
  • 00:25:34.942 --> 00:25:37.845
  • - life does not consist of the abundance
  • 00:25:37.845 --> 00:25:40.047
  • And the things that you possess.
  • 00:25:40.047 --> 00:25:42.716
  • And that piece i thought i could get
  • 00:25:42.716 --> 00:25:45.486
  • With another 740 or a mercedes,
  • 00:25:45.486 --> 00:25:48.088
  • You just can't buy it.
  • 00:25:48.088 --> 00:25:49.923
  • It's from god.
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  • (gentle music)
  • 00:25:51.358 --> 00:25:53.994
  • - it's something i learned from my father a long time ago,
  • 00:25:53.994 --> 00:25:57.131
  • That the purpose of money
  • 00:25:57.131 --> 00:25:58.565
  • Is to give us the ability to help other people.
  • 00:25:58.565 --> 00:26:01.835
  • It's to give us the ability
  • 00:26:01.835 --> 00:26:03.270
  • To preach the gospel around the world.
  • 00:26:03.270 --> 00:26:05.506
  • It's all about that.
  • 00:26:05.506 --> 00:26:07.641
  • If it becomes about our consumption
  • 00:26:07.641 --> 00:26:10.277
  • And somehow we feel better by having the bigger car
  • 00:26:10.277 --> 00:26:13.681
  • Or the bigger whatever,
  • 00:26:13.681 --> 00:26:15.716
  • No, it's not that.
  • 00:26:15.716 --> 00:26:17.418
  • And it follows what paul instructed timothy.
  • 00:26:17.418 --> 00:26:20.421
  • Here you find it in 1 timothy 6.
  • 00:26:20.421 --> 00:26:23.290
  • "tell those who are rich not to be proud
  • 00:26:23.290 --> 00:26:27.327
  • And not to trust in their money,
  • 00:26:27.327 --> 00:26:29.430
  • Which will soon be gone,
  • 00:26:29.430 --> 00:26:32.066
  • But their pride and trust should be in the living god
  • 00:26:32.066 --> 00:26:35.969
  • Who always richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
  • 00:26:35.969 --> 00:26:41.041
  • Tell them to use their money to do good.
  • 00:26:42.142 --> 00:26:44.545
  • They should be rich in good works
  • 00:26:44.545 --> 00:26:47.081
  • And should give happily to those in need,
  • 00:26:47.081 --> 00:26:50.150
  • Always being ready to share with others
  • 00:26:50.150 --> 00:26:53.353
  • Whatever god has given them."
  • 00:26:53.353 --> 00:26:55.989
  • You saw the change in louis
  • 00:26:55.989 --> 00:26:57.524
  • How god transformed his heart,
  • 00:26:57.524 --> 00:27:01.228
  • And he goes from debt,
  • 00:27:01.228 --> 00:27:02.863
  • He goes from poverty,
  • 00:27:02.863 --> 00:27:05.332
  • Into a wonderful, happy life.
  • 00:27:05.332 --> 00:27:08.869
  • All because he made a decision that i will give.
  • 00:27:08.869 --> 00:27:13.240
  • I will give to others,
  • 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.742
  • I will help others in need.
  • 00:27:14.742 --> 00:27:16.643
  • I'll use what god gives to me
  • 00:27:16.643 --> 00:27:19.046
  • And i will use that to help others.
  • 00:27:19.046 --> 00:27:21.448
  • When you have that attitude,
  • 00:27:21.448 --> 00:27:23.517
  • When you have that joyous generosity,
  • 00:27:23.517 --> 00:27:26.353
  • God loves a cheerful giver.
  • 00:27:26.353 --> 00:27:29.156
  • Wonderful things can happen.
  • 00:27:29.156 --> 00:27:31.191
  • You'll be put in relationship,
  • 00:27:31.191 --> 00:27:33.494
  • Your heart will be filled with love,
  • 00:27:33.494 --> 00:27:35.496
  • Your life will be filled with joy.
  • 00:27:35.496 --> 00:27:37.898
  • If you wanna start doing that, give us a call,
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  • 1-800-700-7000
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  • And say, "i wanna start a life of giving.
  • 00:27:42.636 --> 00:27:45.105
  • Not a one time thing,
  • 00:27:45.105 --> 00:27:46.607
  • But i wanna do this on a regular basis."
  • 00:27:46.607 --> 00:27:49.877
  • Now, when you give to the 700 club,
  • 00:27:49.877 --> 00:27:51.979
  • Realize you're helping people around the world.
  • 00:27:51.979 --> 00:27:54.982
  • You're also preaching the gospel around the world.
  • 00:27:54.982 --> 00:27:57.684
  • A portion of every gift to the 700 club
  • 00:27:57.684 --> 00:28:00.287
  • Goes into the work of operation blessing.
  • 00:28:00.287 --> 00:28:02.689
  • Another portion goes into the work of cbn international
  • 00:28:02.689 --> 00:28:06.326
  • To do just those things.
  • 00:28:06.326 --> 00:28:07.895
  • We want to see the gospel go around the world
  • 00:28:07.895 --> 00:28:10.497
  • And we want to help people.
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  • Here at home and around the world.
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  • And you're a part of all of it when you join.
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  • How much is it?
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  • It's just $20 a month,
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  • That breaks out to 65 cents a day.
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  • Some of you can join at 700 club gold,
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  • That's $40 a month.
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  • We also have a 1,000 club,
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  • That's a $1,000 a year.
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  • That breaks out to $84 a month.
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  • At whatever level when you call,
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  • Make sure you ask for pledge express.
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  • That's electronic monthly giving,
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  • And you know that bank's gonna take care of everything.
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  • Your gift is gonna come every single month.
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  • When you join pledge express,
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  • We send as our gift to you,
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  • "power for life" monthly teaching cds.
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  • So if you'd like those,
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  • Ask for pledge express when you call
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  • Or when you go to the donation page of cbn.com
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  • And you give monthly,
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  • You automatically sign up for pledge express.
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  • Either way, do it now.
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  • 1-800-700-7000, terry.
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  • - well still ahead.
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  • A serious case of covid-19.
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  • This man was near death when he saw a vision.
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  • What was it and how did it lead to a miracle?
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  • You'll see for yourself that's coming up.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • - [narrator] give to cbn the easy way with pledge express.
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  • Pledge express lets you give via your credit or debit card
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  • 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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  • It 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.
  • 00:29:44.958 --> 00:29:47.995
  • - when i was eight years old,
  • 00:29:48.829 --> 00:29:49.763
  • I was molested by a boy
  • 00:29:49.763 --> 00:29:50.964
  • That was only a year older than me.
  • 00:29:50.964 --> 00:29:52.966
  • I became very sexualized.
  • 00:29:52.966 --> 00:29:54.768
  • I started going all over the state
  • 00:29:55.769 --> 00:29:57.471
  • Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
  • 00:29:57.471 --> 00:30:01.241
  • Nothing was satisfying anymore.
  • 00:30:01.241 --> 00:30:03.710
  • And so i began to remember all the fantasies
  • 00:30:03.710 --> 00:30:06.480
  • I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
  • 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:09.750
  • I began to transition,
  • 00:30:09.750 --> 00:30:11.084
  • I began to take the hormones
  • 00:30:11.084 --> 00:30:13.020
  • And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
  • 00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:15.522
  • I was really excited about the results
  • 00:30:15.522 --> 00:30:17.024
  • And i liked how it looked physically.
  • 00:30:17.024 --> 00:30:19.293
  • I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
  • 00:30:19.293 --> 00:30:22.129
  • And that was devastating to me.
  • 00:30:22.129 --> 00:30:24.131
  • But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
  • 00:30:24.131 --> 00:30:26.233
  • Night after night after night,
  • 00:30:26.233 --> 00:30:27.801
  • I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
  • 00:30:28.902 --> 00:30:30.804
  • Getting down on one knee.
  • 00:30:30.804 --> 00:30:32.239
  • He reached his hand into the pit
  • 00:30:32.239 --> 00:30:33.774
  • And he said, "do you trust me?"
  • 00:30:33.774 --> 00:30:35.876
  • I took his hand,
  • 00:30:35.876 --> 00:30:37.077
  • I walked away from my entire identity.
  • 00:30:37.077 --> 00:30:39.379
  • You are who god created you to be
  • 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.781
  • And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
  • 00:30:40.781 --> 00:30:43.383
  • God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
  • 00:30:43.383 --> 00:30:45.953
  • (gentle music)
  • 00:30:45.953 --> 00:30:48.789
  • - [reporter] you considered yourself an atheist.
  • 00:30:48.789 --> 00:30:51.191
  • - yeah.
  • 00:30:51.191 --> 00:30:52.693
  • - what did you specifically have against christianity?
  • 00:30:52.693 --> 00:30:54.628
  • - my dad was a former music minister.
  • 00:30:54.628 --> 00:30:57.397
  • You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
  • 00:30:57.397 --> 00:31:00.500
  • - in 2015, walker lost his record deal
  • 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:03.470
  • And had their family van repossessed by the label.
  • 00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:06.707
  • That's when craig decided to give
  • 00:31:06.707 --> 00:31:08.842
  • Their family van to walker.
  • 00:31:08.842 --> 00:31:11.244
  • - their unconditional love.
  • 00:31:11.244 --> 00:31:12.879
  • It was so different from what we were used to.
  • 00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:17.084
  • I went and got a bible
  • 00:31:17.084 --> 00:31:18.352
  • And just started reading and reading and reading.
  • 00:31:18.352 --> 00:31:20.721
  • - it was amazing to watch.
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  • The transformation and just the power of the holy spirit.
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  • - i just couldn't keep anything down.
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  • The nausea and the fatigue,
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  • Shortness of breath.
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  • As a nurse i knew it wasn't just a flu.
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  • My prayer was, "lord, give me a diagnosis
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  • And give me a treatment plan,
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  • And give a doctor who knows me
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  • And understands what's going on."
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  • And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
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  • He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
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  • So i did.
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  • I put my hand and i said, "lord, i'm believing you
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  • That you can heal me."
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  • And at that moment gordon said...
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  • - there's someone you're saying,
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  • Please say crohn's disease.
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  • And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
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  • Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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  • But be restored now in jesus' name.
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  • - and i've had no issues since that time
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  • And i just give god the glory for that.
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  • What i know is that jesus touched me
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  • And that i've been healed.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - james' story went in and out of consciousness
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  • As covid-19 ravaged his body.
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  • His condition was so dire
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  • Doctors were considering a tracheostomy and a feeding tube.
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  • Then james had a vision that he was already in the grave.
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  • What happened next
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  • And how did it lead to a miracle?
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  • Watch.
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  • - the first time i heard about covid,
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  • We were in a staff meeting at church
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  • At gallatin first united methodist church
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  • In gallatin, tennessee.
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  • The administration from the bishop's office had sent down
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  • Some recommendations of how to prepare
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  • For this pandemic that we were about to experience.
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  • - [narrator] james story, a retired high school
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  • And college music professor in tennessee
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  • Began feeling ill in march of 2020.
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • - i started to have them chills and fever,
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  • And i had gone to the emergency room
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  • And they had sent me home.
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  • But over the weekend i had gotten worse.
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  • I went to my regular pc
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  • And he did some blood work.
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  • Of course there was no mark at that point in time
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  • To distinguish that you have covid
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  • At this point in time.
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  • - he called and asked me if i could take him
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  • To the hospital, to the er.
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  • So the doctors, his blood work had come back
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  • And the doctors wanted him to go to the er.
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  • We didn't know what was gonna happen.
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  • I was getting the calls every day
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  • And i was seeing what was going on with his vitals
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  • And everything that was going wrong with him.
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  • So yeah, it was scary.
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  • - i had become septic.
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  • I had started dialysis because the kidneys failing,
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  • And from there it was pretty much downhill.
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  • - [narrator] james spent several weeks
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  • Going in and out of consciousness as his condition worsened.
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  • - he was on a ventilator for 15 days.
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  • He required beginning hemodialysis
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  • Because his kidneys stopped working.
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  • So his covid case would've been considered
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  • A severe case of covid-19
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  • - [narrator] james friend set up a facebook page
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  • And began a prayer vigil for him.
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  • Meanwhile, james decided to use this time
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  • To grow spiritually.
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  • - i took advantage of the time that i had a way
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  • To meditate and read scriptures
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  • And become closer to god.
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  • - [narrator] at one point, james saw a vision.
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  • - i felt like i was in a grave
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  • And i was trying to pull myself up to the sunlight.
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  • I felt as though i saw the face of god
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  • And he was reaching out his hand to me
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  • And all i could do is bow down and worship.
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  • My friends, my church members, my family
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  • And people around the world were praying for me.
  • 00:37:50.009 --> 00:37:52.345
  • - there were a few days where
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  • We wondered if we were going to be able
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  • To wean him from the ventilator,
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  • Or if his family was going to have to
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  • Make a decision regarding,
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  • Considering a tracheostomy feeding tube,
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  • Things of that nature.
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  • - [narrator] several months before
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  • James had written a song for his deceased sister
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  • That he says actually helped sustain him.
  • 00:38:11.231 --> 00:38:13.833
  • - our pastor james johnson
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  • Had used as our mission statement, the love now,
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  • Let us love not only in words and deeds,
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  • But in truth and action.
  • 00:38:23.410 --> 00:38:25.011
  • So i set up my piano
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  • And using the mission statement of love now,
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  • The song wrote itself.
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  • There were times that i was fighting
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  • Not wanting to have the vent taken out,
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  • But over a series of few days that song was playing,
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  • I finally calmed down
  • 00:38:43.062 --> 00:38:44.998
  • And they were able to remove the ventilation
  • 00:38:44.998 --> 00:38:48.201
  • And i was breathing pretty much on my own.
  • 00:38:48.201 --> 00:38:51.171
  • How could i have known that that song
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  • Written for my sister
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  • Would be part of the miraculous healing for me?
  • 00:38:56.843 --> 00:38:59.913
  • - [narrator] james began to turn the corner.
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  • He was taken off the ventilator.
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  • His kidneys began functioning better
  • 00:39:04.384 --> 00:39:06.486
  • And he was transferred to another facility.
  • 00:39:06.486 --> 00:39:08.822
  • In all, he had been hospitalized for 71 days.
  • 00:39:08.822 --> 00:39:12.525
  • - i truly believe that prayer was part of it.
  • 00:39:12.525 --> 00:39:14.594
  • Every wednesday night we did that at seven o'clock
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  • 'cause that was our choir practice time.
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  • So yeah, i believe it was truly a part of it,
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  • Of his healing.
  • 00:39:23.069 --> 00:39:24.504
  • - [narrator] since james was released
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  • From hendersonville tristar hospital,
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  • He has made a near full recovery.
  • 00:39:28.074 --> 00:39:30.443
  • - i'm just overcome with joy and his recovery.
  • 00:39:30.443 --> 00:39:34.347
  • You know, he could have died
  • 00:39:34.347 --> 00:39:36.549
  • And i think that god spared him
  • 00:39:36.549 --> 00:39:39.953
  • And he's just a wonderful success story to his faith
  • 00:39:39.953 --> 00:39:45.024
  • And also the excellent healthcare that he received.
  • 00:39:46.292 --> 00:39:48.962
  • - there was a group of choir members
  • 00:39:48.962 --> 00:39:50.396
  • And some of his friends that had gathered
  • 00:39:50.396 --> 00:39:52.031
  • And they were singing "oh happy day".
  • 00:39:52.031 --> 00:39:53.666
  • So i think there couldn't have been a more
  • 00:39:53.666 --> 00:39:56.002
  • Appropriate song for that day 'cause it was a happy day.
  • 00:39:56.002 --> 00:39:58.905
  • - not only is there a miracle that happened to me,
  • 00:39:58.905 --> 00:40:02.008
  • There is a miracle within every one of us
  • 00:40:02.008 --> 00:40:04.978
  • If we seek and find.
  • 00:40:04.978 --> 00:40:08.982
  • I know it was his healing, grace and power
  • 00:40:08.982 --> 00:40:12.151
  • That gave me a second chance.
  • 00:40:12.952 --> 00:40:16.089
  • I don't consider myself lucky,
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  • But i consider myself blessed.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • - boy, you just rejoice with him, don't you?
  • 00:40:25.064 --> 00:40:27.100
  • As you listen to the story of what james went through,
  • 00:40:27.100 --> 00:40:30.169
  • I mean that was a lot.
  • 00:40:30.169 --> 00:40:32.572
  • I love the part of his vision
  • 00:40:32.572 --> 00:40:34.574
  • Where he said god was reaching down toward me
  • 00:40:34.574 --> 00:40:37.710
  • And all i could do was bow down before him.
  • 00:40:37.710 --> 00:40:41.381
  • Because the power of god
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  • Is beyond our understanding really.
  • 00:40:43.750 --> 00:40:47.887
  • But he has the power to touch us right at our point of need.
  • 00:40:47.887 --> 00:40:51.691
  • He has the power.
  • 00:40:51.691 --> 00:40:53.092
  • Scripture says he reaches down and lifts us up,
  • 00:40:53.092 --> 00:40:57.196
  • Sets our feet on a rock,
  • 00:40:57.196 --> 00:40:59.165
  • Pulls us out of the mire pit.
  • 00:40:59.165 --> 00:41:01.801
  • Gives us hope in the future,
  • 00:41:01.801 --> 00:41:03.803
  • Gives us life in james' scenario.
  • 00:41:03.803 --> 00:41:06.606
  • You know, we all have needs,
  • 00:41:07.373 --> 00:41:09.275
  • And i know many of you watch this program specifically
  • 00:41:09.275 --> 00:41:12.579
  • For this point in time where we pray together,
  • 00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:15.381
  • Where we commit to you to stand with you
  • 00:41:15.381 --> 00:41:18.551
  • In whatever your need is,
  • 00:41:18.551 --> 00:41:19.886
  • And where we ask god to hear us all
  • 00:41:19.886 --> 00:41:21.854
  • As we come before him
  • 00:41:21.854 --> 00:41:23.089
  • And as we bow down and worship who he is.
  • 00:41:23.089 --> 00:41:27.360
  • So we wanna take some time to pray for you today
  • 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:29.996
  • And to encourage you in your faith.
  • 00:41:29.996 --> 00:41:32.265
  • If james story hasn't done it,
  • 00:41:32.265 --> 00:41:33.866
  • We've got a couple of others here to share with you.
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  • Gordon, this is duncan who lives in bellevue, nebraska
  • 00:41:36.703 --> 00:41:39.772
  • Clearly remembers the day in 1965
  • 00:41:39.772 --> 00:41:42.575
  • When he seriously injured his shoulder.
  • 00:41:42.575 --> 00:41:44.811
  • More than 50 years later he was still in agonizing pain.
  • 00:41:44.811 --> 00:41:49.882
  • He was watching this program
  • 00:41:50.650 --> 00:41:51.884
  • And he heard you gordon describe his injury
  • 00:41:51.884 --> 00:41:53.987
  • And proclaim god's healing during prayer.
  • 00:41:53.987 --> 00:41:56.689
  • So duncan stood with you in that claimed his healing.
  • 00:41:56.689 --> 00:42:00.226
  • Today, after 50 years he's pain-free
  • 00:42:00.226 --> 00:42:03.296
  • And giving god all the glory.
  • 00:42:03.296 --> 00:42:05.331
  • - [gordon] praise god.
  • 00:42:05.331 --> 00:42:06.566
  • Here's linda from north carolina.
  • 00:42:06.566 --> 00:42:09.335
  • She had two very serious conditions,
  • 00:42:09.335 --> 00:42:11.704
  • What brought her to tremendous pain, discomfort.
  • 00:42:11.704 --> 00:42:15.441
  • Her doctors did all they could,
  • 00:42:15.441 --> 00:42:17.944
  • But they couldn't heal her.
  • 00:42:18.711 --> 00:42:20.647
  • And so linda learned to live with chronic symptoms.
  • 00:42:20.647 --> 00:42:23.449
  • She was watching "the 700 club".
  • 00:42:23.449 --> 00:42:25.785
  • Terry you said, "someone named linda."
  • 00:42:25.785 --> 00:42:28.721
  • Called her by name.
  • 00:42:28.721 --> 00:42:30.023
  • "i don't know your condition,
  • 00:42:30.023 --> 00:42:31.524
  • But this is what i feel you are to know.
  • 00:42:31.524 --> 00:42:33.860
  • You've been diagnosed with some serious things
  • 00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:36.663
  • And you have accepted it as part of life.
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  • God is healing your condition right now.
  • 00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:42.969
  • You are being made completely whole
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  • And everything bothering you is healed now."
  • 00:42:46.406 --> 00:42:51.477
  • Well, linda believed, was healed,
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  • And her doctor has confirmed her healing.
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  • - [terry] praise god.
  • 00:42:58.017 --> 00:42:59.252
  • - wow, wow, these are wonderful miracles
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  • Because it's a wonderful god.
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  • Now, ask yourself this question.
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  • How does faith work?
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  • How does it work?
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  • Well, the bible's very clear.
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  • It works through love.
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  • And you saw in james' story
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  • How much he dwelt on love,
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  • How he sang about it,
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  • How his church community surrounded him with love,
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  • To let him know that they were there with him.
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  • They were going to go through it with him.
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  • You heard it from the doctors,
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  • From all the medical professionals who surrounded,
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  • They surrounded him with love.
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  • In that environment faith works.
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  • Faith works through love.
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  • So right now, ask for the love of god to surround you.
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  • When you have that,
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  • You know how much he cares for you.
  • 00:43:48.034 --> 00:43:50.536
  • And faith becomes very easy in that environment.
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  • You know that you don't have to bargain,
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  • You don't have to beg,
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  • You just have to receive.
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  • You have to receive what he's already done.
  • 00:44:00.046 --> 00:44:02.548
  • Now, this is love that while we were yet sinners,
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  • Christ died for us.
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  • That means he died for you
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  • Even when you were alienated from him in your own heart.
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  • Leave all that alienation.
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  • Turn your thinking to the love of god,
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  • How his love was poured out for you
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  • As his blood was poured out for you.
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  • His love is all around you,
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  • Let it be in you,
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  • Let it be in your every breath, your every thought.
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  • Jesus loves me this i know
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  • For the bible tells me so.
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  • Let's pray, let's believe,
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  • And let's let god's love do all the rest.
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  • Lord, we just come to you
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  • And we thank you.
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  • We thank you for your sacrifice.
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  • We thank you that you took all our sin.
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  • You've forgiven all our transgressions.
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  • While we were alienated from you,
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  • You made a way back.
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  • So we turn and we're reconciled to you,
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  • We want to be in your presence.
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  • We want to feel your love,
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  • Your overwhelming, overflowing love.
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  • Pour it out on us lord god.
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  • Let us dwell in it,
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  • Let us know the greatness of your love.
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  • Be with us now
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  • And now in your love we reach out.
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  • We ask for those who are injured,
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  • We ask for those who have chronic illness,
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  • We ask for all those who are having difficulty breathing.
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  • We ask for everyone who is sick,
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  • Who has any kind of infirmity.
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  • We bring them to you
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  • And we lay them at your feet
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  • And we ask for them to be healed.
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  • Stretch forth your hand to do miracles now,
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  • For we ask it in jesus' name, amen.
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  • Terry, god's given you something.
  • 00:46:08.074 --> 00:46:09.342
  • - yes, someone, you have a...
  • 00:46:09.342 --> 00:46:11.277
  • I don't know if the hemorrhaging has started
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  • Or there's a fear of hemorrhaging
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  • In the back of your eye and the loss of your eyesight.
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  • God is stopping that right now.
  • 00:46:18.284 --> 00:46:20.620
  • Whatever the condition is
  • 00:46:20.620 --> 00:46:21.854
  • That's causing all of this concern
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  • And the potential diagnosis, god is stopping that.
  • 00:46:23.956 --> 00:46:26.993
  • Your sight is being restored to you,
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  • Receive it in jesus' name.
  • 00:46:28.961 --> 00:46:31.397
  • - there's someone named mary.
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  • You've been praying for a child
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  • And the the picture i have is that
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  • You have your left hand
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  • Under the child's head and shoulders,
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  • Neck and the other hand under their legs,
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  • And you've been literally lifting them to god,
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  • Asking for healing for your baby.
  • 00:46:47.013 --> 00:46:49.849
  • God is healing right now.
  • 00:46:49.849 --> 00:46:52.551
  • He's answering that prayer right now in jesus' name.
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  • Your child will be restored,
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  • Will be completely healed.
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  • Just receive it, believe it in jesus' name.
  • 00:47:00.493 --> 00:47:04.931
  • There's someone else you've sustained an unusual fracture
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  • Above your eye and it goes into your forehead.
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  • God's going to knit that bone together properly
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  • And all the pain, all the discomfort
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  • Is gonna be leaving you right now.
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  • In jesus' name, just receive that,
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  • Believe that, receive it
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  • And experience his healing touch right now.
  • 00:47:31.357 --> 00:47:34.527
  • That pain's leaving you,
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  • It's going away now in jesus' name.
  • 00:47:36.128 --> 00:47:39.231
  • - there's someone else you've been experiencing
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  • For a long time hostility in your family.
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  • You'll know this as you because earlier this week
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  • You came across the scripture where it says,
  • 00:47:48.808 --> 00:47:51.410
  • "before we come to him for anything,
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  • If we have odd against any,
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  • Go back and resolve that."
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  • God is going to open some doors for you
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  • To walk through, to resolve the hostility in your family.
  • 00:48:01.087 --> 00:48:05.157
  • Don't be afraid to walk through that door.
  • 00:48:05.157 --> 00:48:06.993
  • He's gonna give you all the wisdom,
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  • All the words, all the the peace of heart and peace of mind.
  • 00:48:08.861 --> 00:48:13.466
  • Do what he leads you to do in jesus' name.
  • 00:48:13.466 --> 00:48:16.602
  • - lord, we thank you.
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  • We thank you that you are the healer,
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  • You are the savior.
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  • You are our peace.
  • 00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:23.509
  • And lord, let your love dwell in us.
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  • Let it be in us.
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  • Let every word that comes from us
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  • Be spoken in love, in your anointing,
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  • In your spirit,
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  • For we ask it in jesus' name, amen and amen.
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  • If you've been healed, let us know,
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  • We'd love to share the story
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  • Of what god is doing in the world today.
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  • So call us 1-800-700-700.
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  • The prayer that doesn't rest until it gets an answer.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • - i was muslim for four years.
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  • I have spells cast on me
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  • And just everything you can think of.
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  • I never got what i was looking for.
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  • There was no real power to change my life.
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  • I had tried everything.
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  • It was just came to a point where it was like,
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  • 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,
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  • She'd come and get me.
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  • 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 begin to change after that point.
  • 00:49:55.267 --> 00:49:59.505
  • And now i just have a desire 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 that you were looking for
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  • Can only be found in christ.
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  • - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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  • It really frustrated me because my quality of life
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  • Had drastically changed.
  • 00:50:26.765 --> 00:50:28.067
  • I could just say, "just lord, i need your help."
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  • - there's someone else you have breathing issues,
  • 00:50:30.803 --> 00:50:32.938
  • Take a complete breath and exhale
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  • As jesus christ heals you completely.
  • 00:50:35.407 --> 00:50:38.244
  • - i can feel that air going clear
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  • Down to my stomach and back.
  • 00:50:41.347 --> 00:50:43.816
  • He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
  • 00:50:43.816 --> 00:50:48.254
  • - god, i can't stop.
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  • I'm gonna wreck my marriage,
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  • I'm gonna wreck my family.
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  • I had this just lust,
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  • This physical dependency that i had to these drugs.
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  • - i just couldn't be with him the rest of my life.
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  • I decided to leave.
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  • - i just remember him doing the altar call,
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  • And if you're not sure that you're gonna go to heaven,
  • 00:51:05.971 --> 00:51:08.674
  • You've gotta confess with your mouth.
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  • Say that you're a sinner.
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  • You gotta believe that christ died for your sins.
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  • There's only one way,
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  • There's only one hope and that's christ.
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  • ♪ boy, and where there's joy there's passion ♪
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  • ♪ it like a grade of trashing ♪
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  • ♪ that's stops a chain reaction ♪
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  • ♪ but with an almost satisfaction ♪
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  • ♪ i love the way this joy makes me move ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause i got the ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around 'cause i know ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around 'cause i got it ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in my whole heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around 'cause i know ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around 'cause i got it ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in my whole heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in my whole heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • - i remember just walking through the wilderness
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  • And just mesmerized by the nature.
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  • The beauty, the silence,
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  • But in the midst of that silence,
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  • God began to reveal himself to me.
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  • God showed me what i had become.
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  • I just got up and i said,
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  • "i need something greater than me."
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  • When you've tried everything and nothing's worked,
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  • Cry out to jesus.
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  • - [narrator] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
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  • Jesus said it.
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  • "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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  • - i had a drug test that was coming up.
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  • I had the drugs in my hand and i was thinking that,
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  • "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,
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  • 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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  • - in the last five minutes of my labor and delivery
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  • 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 sort of gray.
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  • I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
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  • Then they came back in the room
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  • And said she's had a brain injury.
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  • That's when i really started praying,
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  • "god please, please let her mind be okay."
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  • Turned on the tv
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  • And just randomly flipping the channels here at cbn,
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  • It really lifted me up.
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  • It gave me that little bit of hope i needed at the time.
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  • After that i really felt like
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  • Things started moving even more.
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  • She went from being behind to advance for her age.
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  • I could never deny the power of prayer.
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  • I would always just say, "pray and pray more
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  • And just keep trusting god."
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  • His word is true.
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  • He saw me through all the bad things
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  • I thought would happen to my daughter,
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  • And he healed her.
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  • Psalms 34:4,
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  • "i sought the lord and he answered me.
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  • He delivered me from all of my fears."
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  • (upbeat music)
  • 00:54:48.927 --> 00:54:53.298
  • - well, it's time for some questions and honest answers.
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  • Gordon, this first one comes from greg
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  • Who says, "i have a question for gordon.
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  • It seems as if in the new testament
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  • When jesus quotes scripture,
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  • He mainly quotes the greek translation of the text
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  • Instead of the hebrew versions.
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  • Why- especially when speaking to jewish followers?
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  • And if jesus quoted the septuagint,
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  • Couldn't we base our old testament translations
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  • Off of this instead of the masoretic text?" hello.
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  • - that's a theology seminary question.
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  • Let me give you the short answer.
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  • The greek writers of the new testament,
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  • There's some indication that matthew
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  • May have been written in hebrew,
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  • But the other gospels were all written in greek
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  • Including the gospel of john.
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  • Because that was the greek speaking world.
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  • That was the language of the world in the first century.
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  • And so they're doing it in order to communicate effectively
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  • With the audience who is receiving it.
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  • The primary text for the old testament,
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  • Even in israel in the first century was the septuagint.
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  • It was the greek text
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  • Because that was the one that they read.
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  • So when the greek writers of the greek new testament
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  • Are using quotes from the old testament,
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  • They're using quotes from the septuagint.
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  • Now, a wonderful thing happened
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  • And it's called a renaissance.
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  • In the renaissance people got the idea
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  • We need to go back to the original text.
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  • They had been using jerome's vulgate
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  • And jerome was a great scholar,
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  • But frankly his greek translation into latin
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  • Had some flaws in it,
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  • As well as his translation
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  • From hebrew into latin had flaws in it,
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  • And there was a drive,
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  • Let's go back to the original text.
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  • That in turn launched the reformation.
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  • When people started reading in the monasteries,
  • 00:56:53.952 --> 00:56:56.855
  • They were learning greek primarily,
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  • But some also were learning hebrew.
  • 00:56:59.558 --> 00:57:02.528
  • They came to the conclusion,
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  • "well, we've got this thing wrong.
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  • There's great freedom,
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  • There's great liberty here.
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  • Let's go back to the original language,
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  • The original intent.
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  • Let's have that be our drive."
  • 00:57:15.240 --> 00:57:17.042
  • And the wonderful thing for all as protestants
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  • Is that we have these wonderful translations,
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  • And now there are a whole bunch of them.
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  • But we look back to the original text
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  • And that has been the drive since the renaissance.
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  • Go back to what was originally written
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  • As the earliest versions you can find,
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  • And let's use those as our inspiration.
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  • Now, if you want to read the septuagint,
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  • It's available, it's wonderful.
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  • We have all these things available,
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  • Wonderful translations.
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  • I encourage people read them all,
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  • But primarily read the original if you can.
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  • Here's a word from matthew 5.
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  • "let your light so shine before men
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  • That they may see your good works
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  • And glorify your father in heaven."
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