The 700 Club

January 30, 2025

January 30, 2025 | S25:E21

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The 700 Club | January 30, 2025 | January 30, 2025

- [narrator] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [gordon] coming up later, a prison guard
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Is gunned down in his own home.
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- i said, "lord, in the name of jesus, god let bobby live."
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- [gordon] six bullets ripped through his body.
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- he was bleeding profusely.
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- [gordon] see what kept him alive.
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- i said, "the lord is bringing him through."
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- [gordon] and hear his stunning words
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For his attacker, on today's 700 club.
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- hatred and bitterness put you in.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- welcome to the 700 club, one of france's
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Largest evangelical churches is named after
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An american icon, it's also a thriving community center.
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- anyway, you look at it, the martin luther king church
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Is a foretaste of heaven.
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George thomas traveled to paris to see firsthand
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How this church is changing one of europe's most
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Famous cities.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- [george] in a communist, socialist
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And conservative suburb of paris.
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A song of reconciliation and unity is rising.
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And with it a message that's attracting people
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From diverse backgrounds.
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- i don't have to build a church, i have to build a place
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Where people will be love, will be changed by
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The holy spirit and by the power of god.
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- i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia,
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The sons of former slaves and the sons of former
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Slave owners will they be able to sit down together
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At the table of brotherhood, i have a dream.
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- french pastor ivan carluer founded
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Martin luther king church here in paris's
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Creteil neighborhood after drawing inspiration
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From the civil rights leaders message of unconditional love.
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- loving people as they are and don't try to make them
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Look like you are, but just love them and introduce them
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To a god will change them.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- every ballet shall be exalted.
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- [george] like martin luther king carluer says,
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He too had a dream to create a space where blacks,
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Whites and people of other racial backgrounds
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Could come together and reflect the diversity of paris.
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- when god asked me to ministry, he asked me to be
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A minister in paris area.
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So when i came, i realized that more than 50%
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Of the kids in paris area or have an african dad or mother,
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So more than 50% of the newborn babies are mixed
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And i love it.
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- [george] carluer dream is now a reality.
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- we have now like 20% all black, 10%, all white,
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10% asian and 60% cannot be defined,
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Jesus color.
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- ♪ we are the children. ♪
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- [george] and that message of love shared
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Across racial lines has been a unifying force
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For positive change.
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- this is what i think is the most touching
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And most extraordinary aspect of this church,
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Everyone is mixed, all cultures are represented.
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- i've been here since the church first launched
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And to see how much it's grown is amazing,
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The work is enormous and it's a blessing to many people.
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- [george] mlk is now one of the country's
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Largest evangelical churches prompting french newspaper
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Le monde to call ivan carluer, a rising figure
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In france's protestant movement.
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Mlk, which is about seven miles southeast of paris,
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Is rather remarkable for its size.
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You see in all of france there are about 2,500 evangelical
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Churches and the average church has about 100 people.
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Mlk went from 20, 17 years ago to over 3000 people today.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- [george] during a recent weekend service
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76 people from different walks of life
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And racial backgrounds professed faith in jesus christ
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In water baptism.
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- and we haven't seen so many people coming to jesus
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Like now god is moving in france, like never.
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- [george] evangelicals make up just 2% of the population
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Here and their numbers are growing.
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A recent report found evangelicals becoming
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A majority within the french protestant movement,
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Carluer says the pandemic led to even greater numbers,
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As new people flocked to the churches online services.
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- we already reach more than 30 to 40,000 every week.
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And when you look at google analytics, we see what is
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Very good that a lot of non-believer are watching.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- because of the growth.
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Carluer says the church needed a bigger place to meet.
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So in september, 2021, the new martin luther king space
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Opened here in the southeastern suburbs of paris
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At a cost of $30 million.
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A foundation operates it as part church,
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Part community center, and because of its
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Community influence, pastor carluer says
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Local government authorities were all too happy
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To chip in more than $3 million toward the building's fund.
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- that's why we can have money from to stay the government,
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The county, et cetera.
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They all give to the foundation, the foundation is the
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Owner of the building and the church rent the building.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- church services are held saturday and sunday
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In the building's 1000 seat auditorium,
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The rest of the week it's open to the community for rent.
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Companies have held fashion shows,
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Car shows and music concerts.
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Members of other religious groups have also held
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Their events here, carluer sees it as a model for people
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Not typically drawn to a church building per se,
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To be introduced to the gospel.
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- my goal for me is i want jewish, muslim, atheist,
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Political, artists, all of them, they all need to be loved
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By god.
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To be transformed by your holy spirit and to become a loving
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Of each other like martin luther king did.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- [george] in spite of its staunchly secular traditions,
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Pastor carluer says god is on the move in france
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And takes heart in what he's doing in churches like mlk.
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- so now it's really a foretaste of heaven.
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- [george] george thomas, cbn news paris.
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- i love it, i love what he said.
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We 20% black, 10% white, 10% asia
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And 60% the color of jesus, a foretaste of heaven.
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When you read the book of revelation,
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You see it all languages, all tribes, all tongues.
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Everyone coming together singing is one a new song
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To the lamb.
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We'll be right back with more the 700 club after this.
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- [female speaker] when i was a young girl,
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I went to fetch water for my mother, the weight of the water
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Made my neck hurt so bad, i just poured the water out
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far and i go four times a day,
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I get home exhausted.
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I feel terrible drinking that water and giving it
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To my family.
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We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
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When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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Thank you (indistinct) blessing for giving us a new life.
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When you came, we were all so grateful
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We could not hold back our joy, i've never had this kind
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Of water before.
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Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
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With the well so close, even my daughter can easily
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Fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- you considered yourself an atheist.
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- yeah.
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- what did you specifically have against christianity?
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- my dad was a former music minister.
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You know, i saw a lot of hurt in that church.
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- in 2015, walker lost his record deal
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And had their family van repossessed by the label,
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That's when craig decided to give their family van
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To walker.
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- their unconditional love, it was so different
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From what we were used to.
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I went and got a bible and just started reading and reading
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And reading.
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- it was amazing to watch the transformation and the,
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Just the power of the holy spirit.
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- walker had given his life to christ and couldn't wait
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To share the news with craig.
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- i said, i believe.
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- are you telling me that you believe that jesus is the
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Son of god and that you wanna live your life for him?
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And he said, that's exactly what i'm saying.
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- well, zachary levi is well known for his roles in shazam,
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American underdog and the marvelous mrs. maisel.
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Now he's using his fame as a platform to tell his
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Personal story and to shed light on the issue
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Of mental health.
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The actor sat down with efrem graham to talk about his
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Childhood trauma, his healing, and how it all led
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To the role of a lifetime.
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- shazam.
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- [efrem] from superhero.
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- i don't know where we go from here, i don't know
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What comes next, but this, we did this.
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- [efrem] to super bowl champ.
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- yeah, yeah, man, i know who you are, i'm kurt.
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- [efrem] zachary levi lands larger than life
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Acting roles quite regularly.
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How would you describe the childhood
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Or the life of zachary levi pugh?
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- how much time do you got?
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I mean, i think like most kids in the moment
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When i was a kid, it was normal.
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There wasn't anything, you know particularly traumatic
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Or that i could point to and say like,
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"oh, i'm living a traumatized life."
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You don't realize that until far later in life, hopefully.
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A lot of people don't ever realize that.
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Looking back on it, i can assure you an incredibly
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Traumatizing childhood.
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There was just lots and lots of unhealthy toxic behavior
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That was going on.
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Again, i could tell you that there were things
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That were making me cry on a regular basis or things
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That i was afraid of on a regular basis,
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But i didn't necessarily see those as being anything
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Other than, well, i guess this is normal.
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I guess this is what other kids probably deal with as well,
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You know, so that would be, you know a snapshot
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Into my life, i suppose.
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- what do you think childhood for you did to your adulthood?
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- young zach was this, i don't know, little boy kind of just
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Lost in a sea of estrogen between my sisters,
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My mom, my aunts, my grandma.
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But fortunately and this is the grace of god,
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Not just the grace of god, but the plans of god.
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I figured out very early on in life, probably around four,
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Was when i was first truly cognizant of the idea
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That i could make someone laugh intentionally
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Before that every kid makes people laugh accidentally,
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You don't know why?
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Around four i think i was finally smart enough to go,
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Oh, i can do this thing.
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I can do x or y and that will make somebody laugh.
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And i also knew, 'cause i think at four you're emotionally
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Intelligent enough to know that a laughing,
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Smiling person feels good and i never ever wanted
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To stop doing that.
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I was immediately called to, addicted to not realizing also
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That because i was lost in this world
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And trying to find identity and worth and value
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And all that jazz, i was both, you know fulfilling a calling
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I think in my life, but also figuring out very quickly
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How to run away from metabolizing my pain.
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Figuring out how to be the clown, be the guy,
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Bring the happy, bring the joy.
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You don't wanna have a tape in here.
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- but it's digital.
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- [efrem] being a quick study earned levi,
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A starring role early and an escape from real life.
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Abuse a mom with mental struggles and an absent father.
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- i was running from pain my whole life,
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I was running from pain.
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I'm grateful that i was able to find what i loved to do
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And what i was good at doing at such a young age,
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Because i think a lot of people don't,
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Even though that was also something that was,
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I think, you know insulating me from doing a lot of the work
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That i needed to do, that eventually led me to having
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A massive breakdown later on in life.
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- [efrem] he shares his story with us
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And even more in his memoir, radical love,
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Learning to accept yourself and others.
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- you talk about going from suicidal to superhero.
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- mm-mm.
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- and then suicidal again.
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- mm-mm, mm-mm.
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- take me back to the rock bottom moment, what happened?
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- i felt like i was failing ultimately.
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- mm. - like most of my life,
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I've felt like a failure even though i,
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Even though from the outside it looks like
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I'm very much succeeding, but i'm not succeeding
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On the level that i feel like i'm supposed to
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Or that i was called to.
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♪ she's a little artsy. ♪
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- [efrem] with music.
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Broadway, the big and small screens on his resume,
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He left hollywood
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- with a head full of steam and dreams.
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I moved out to austin and i didn't know anyone out there
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And all of a sudden after 15 years of living in los angeles
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And having community and support structure and all of those
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Things, i was now, you know geronimo, let's go.
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Oh, wait a minute now i'm alone.
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Oh, wait a minute, this isn't happening the way that i felt
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Like god was calling me out here to do this
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And why aren't the doors opening?
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Oh my gosh, i have blown up my life.
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I have now entirely failed my life, there is no coming back
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From this failure or i would say if suicide is a,
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You know climbing a 10 rung ladder.
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I was at rung nine and thankfully i have family and friends
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That surrounded me, supported me, were there for me
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And just enough for me to get up and go to therapy,
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This lifesaving therapy.
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But you know it was a perfect storm but it was 37 years
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Of lots and lots and lots and lots of trauma.
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Unhealed trauma, a real testament of how i think,
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You know god works and what we ought to prioritize.
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I was not prioritizing the most important thing,
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Which was to actually invest in myself
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And to care for myself and love myself,
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'cause i didn't understand that.
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So to go away and do this therapy finally and really figure
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Out, oh my gosh, i haven't loved myself my entire life,
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I've never even understood what that meant.
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And also, oh, this feeling that i feel inside
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That i felt my whole life, that's anxiety.
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Oh, i'm glad i finally know what anxiety is.
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- [efrem] therapy began his healing,
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A rebirth of his faith and the role of a lifetime.
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- say my name.
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Shazam literally happened while i was still like
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Finishing up my therapy, but only you know because god
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Was like, good, now you've done the thing.
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Now i can give you the blessing,
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You would've self-destructed had i given you this blessing
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Before you did the work and that's the work.
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- how does it feel sitting here now knowing,
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I think at one point i'm reading that you felt
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You lost god and he was gone.
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- oh man and i was driving around in austin recently
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Driving up this road that was kind of near the house
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That i was staying in when i was having this breakdown
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And this cilantro restaurant where i was
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Having this breakdown and i was driving by it
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And it just all flooded back.
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I was like, oh wow.
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Like i remember being right here and thinking
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There is no hope and there's no way i'm moving beyond this,
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There is no way i'm going to live beyond this month.
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And i was very much alive and i was very much
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Living my dreams as i was now driving by the same road
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And i was so grateful, oh man, so grateful that i didn't
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Do something so stupid and so drastic
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And that i get to sit here and talk about this book
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That hopefully, hopefully if nothing else helps
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At least one person walk through the flames that i was
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Able to get through.
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- [efrem] efrem graham, cbn news, washington dc.
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- what an incredible story and incredible journey
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And i'm glad he made it through and made it through
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To help others.
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If you had trauma in your childhood, if you had trauma
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Any time in your life and you're wondering, what do i do?
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Where do i go?
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I encourage you to get his book, it's called radical love.
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You find it wherever books are sold
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And hopefully his journey can help you on your journey.
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Terry?
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- well, up next wounds to his chest, abdomen,
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(upbeat ambient music)
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Liver and lungs.
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This wife was told repeatedly there was no hope
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For her husband's survival.
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Hear how she battled for his life in prayer
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And see the series of miracles that saved him.
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Plus we're gonna be praying for you, so stay with us,
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We'll be right back.
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- [male speaker two] melissa and her husband rick
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Have come a long way from when they met,
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Melissa was in real estate.
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Rick had been living on credit cards trying to start
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A number of businesses and was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while the (indistinct) were tithing
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And the newly married couples started working their
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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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- [male speaker two] today rick and melissa have
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Three children 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 and a freedom house
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In india.
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- what i loved about operation blessing is that
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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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- [narrator] life it's meant to be lived fully.
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Jesus said it, "i came to give you life."
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Life to the fullest.
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Life in your family.
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Life in your finances.
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Life in your body mind and spirit.
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Life in your every day.
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At cbn.com we're taking what jesus said, seriously.
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Were here to help you discover life.
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Life live it fully, cbn.com.
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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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- they kept saying septic, septic, i think she's getting
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Septic.
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- they sent this lady in to prepare us for a lifetime
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Of dialysis and this medicine was going to destroy
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Every dream my girl could possibly have.
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- thousands and thousands, literally around the world
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Were praying for.
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- her mom runs out into the hallway and 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 came back completely clean.
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I stood up on my hospital bed with my iv bag
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Just we were hugging and screaming, it was like
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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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- hi, yay.
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- i'm 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 and like really believe,
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Really believe that anything is possible.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- giving to the 700 club is giving to the world,
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700 club are my feet, they're walking it there,
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All i'm doing is helping write the check.
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- it's just like planting a seed in the ground
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And the water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
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- you can trust cbn, they're gonna take your money
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And invest it wisely.
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- you are saving souls through your giving.
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- captain contraband, how prison guard robert johnson
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Was known behind bars.
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He and his team seized drugs, guns, knives and cell phones
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That were smuggled into the prison.
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The job put a big target on robert's back
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And a hit on his life.
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- [female speaker] it was an early morning in march, 2010.
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Mary johnson heard gunshots, she frantically ran through
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The house looking for her husband robert.
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- i kept praying, let him live, let him be alive.
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- [female speaker] she found him on the bathroom floor.
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He had been shot six times by a man who broke into
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Their home.
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- i grabbed the towel and i pressed it against his chest,
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'cause he was bleeding profusely.
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- [female speaker] doctors at a nearby hospital
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Couldn't stop the bleeding and robert was life flighted to
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Richland memorial hospital in columbia, south carolina.
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When mary arrived, robert was in surgery where doctors tried
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To repair the wound to his chest, abdomen, liver and lungs.
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A chaplain was sent to talk to mary
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About robert's condition.
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- he said, "well the doctor want me to let you know
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That he wasn't gonna make it, they can't get a handle
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On the bleeding from the liver."
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So i yell, "god will get a handle on the bleeding."
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And i walked off.
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- [female speaker] moments later the lead surgeon
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Came out and told her the same thing,
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He allowed mary to come into the operating room
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To say goodbye.
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- and the doctor took me around to the head and said,
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"kiss him."
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So i grabbed his head and i kissed him.
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He was swollen beyond recognition and i said,
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"lord, in the name of jesus, god let bobby live."
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- when mary left the or, she began calling family
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And church friends to pray.
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- how about two hours or so later, the doctor came out,
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The head surgeon came out smiling and he hugged me.
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In that time i knew things had turned around
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And i said, "god did it, god did it." and he kept smiling
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- [female speaker] while doctors had stopped the bleeding,
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They still didn't expect robert to live much more
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Than two weeks.
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If he did, he'd lost so much blood,
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He would likely have permanent brain damage.
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- one male nurse came back a week later
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And he's like, "oh, he's still here." and i got upset.
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I'm like, "what do you mean he's still here?"
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I said, "the lord is bringing him through."
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- [female speaker] with robert in a medically induced coma
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To minimize brain swelling.
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Mary prayed by her husband's bedside every day.
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- i would go with his whole body and said,
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"lord, let everything work and be heal in his body."
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- [female speaker] two weeks came and went,
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Robert was still alive and in a coma and mary
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And a multitude of people were still praying.
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Week three would bring more bad news, robert's heart
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Developed afib, where chaotic heart signals
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Cause a rapid erratic heartbeat.
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In addition, blood clots had formed in robert's leg
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And his lungs were collecting fluid, he was back
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In surgery again.
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- they told me and my son said, "he could die on the table."
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You know that really scared me.
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I said, "lord."
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I said, "no, he's not gonna die."
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I said, "you brought him this far, he's gonna live."
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I trust god.
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I said, "i trust you lord, i trust you."
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- [female speaker] again, robert pulled through,
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But doctors still warned mary that his prognosis was poor.
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- and he was just weak and you know, like they thought
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He was gonna die.
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Things were going through my mind,
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"lord, why does this happen?"
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Started crying, said he didn't deserve this.
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I said, is this working together for our good?
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Lord you said in everything give thanks.
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So i just started praising him, i just thank the lord.
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I said, "lord, no matter what it looks like,
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I give you the honor, the glory and the praise
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And i thank you."
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- [female speaker] after more than a month of surgeries,
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Doctors had fixed everything they could, but robert wasn't
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Coming out of the coma.
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They asked mary to try to a rouse him.
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For days, she and her son kenneth tried
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With no success until one day.
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- kenneth was on one side, i was on the other side
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And i was calling him bobby, bobby wake up.
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He said, "daddy." his eyes popped open.
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We grabbed hands and he just pulled up close to us
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Like that.
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And of course tears came, you know from us.
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- robert would spend many weeks in rehab
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Regaining his physical strength and ability to talk.
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- it was a slow process i would say.
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He would talk some and then it just came back like natural,
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His mind was coming together more.
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- as robert regained his memory, he realized there were
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Some things doctors couldn't fix.
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Robert worked as a prison guard captain at
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Lee correctional institute.
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He and his team seized contraband, the illegal drugs, guns,
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Knives and cell phones smuggled inside the prison.
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He had made some enemies and they wanted him dead.
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Ex-con sean eccles had been sent to do the job
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Even though eccles was convicted and sentenced to prison,
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Robert struggled with anger.
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- 'cause i was thinking, they said, these guys,
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They hunted me down.
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They tried to kill me and my wife and bitterness
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Was starting to build.
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One morning about three in the morning, sounded like someone
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Was speaking to me and it said, "forgive."
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'cause i couldn't let this root of bitterness grow up in me.
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It just, it's a great freedom.
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Hatred and bitterness put you in.
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- [female speaker] after three months in the hospital,
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Robert went home where he continued his recovery.
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Although he still has pain and sometimes walks with a cane,
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He's grateful for every day.
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- i take each day as precious, it's a precious time to me.
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- [female speaker] today he's a pastor,
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Author and public speaker.
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Telling other victims of violent crime about the power
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Of prayer and the loving god who saved his life.
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- do not give up, when those doctors were ready to
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Give up on me, my wife did not give up, she trusted god.
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- it is taught me that god is there.
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Don't ever doubt, no matter what happens, god is the
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Only hope that anyone could ever have.
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- prayer is powerful, it's not over till he says it's over.
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- do not give up, prayer is power.
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We believe that as well and that's why we set aside time
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During our program to pray for you.
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We know that many of you are struggling with things
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That just like robert and mary's situation,
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You know they might look impossible.
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There might even be people like some of the
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Medical people in this scenario that are telling you
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It's not gonna work out.
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It might be financial people telling you you're never
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Gonna get out of this hole that's been dug.
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Listen, it can be many, many things.
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Maybe it's an addiction you struggle with yourself,
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Always, always there is hope and always god is there
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And he is the one who has the power to touch
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And to change and to make a difference in your lives.
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So we wanna pray to that end with you today,
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Joining with you asking god to do the impossible
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For you in your circumstance.
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This is tammy who lives in high point, north carolina,
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Gordon.
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She started having significant pain in her right shoulder,
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She was watching this program and she heard you say
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Someone else has a frozen shoulder and you're saying,
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"please say that."
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So i'm saying frozen shoulder is just for you,
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It's your right shoulder.
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Do what you could not do before, lift your arm up
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And realize the pain is gone now.
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Without hesitation, tammy claimed it, she raised her arms
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And tammy was instantly healed.
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- thanks god, here's margaret from sarasota, florida.
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She began seeing double, one day she turned on the tv
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And terry was praying.
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Someone you have an eye condition, it's something to do with
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The muscles of your eye, not having enough tension in them
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And it is affecting your vision.
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God is correcting that for you right now,
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Your eyesight will be perfect.
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Well by faith, margaret agreed with terry.
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Immediately the double vision was gone, her sight was clear.
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Believe in god that's the fundamental message,
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Believe in god.
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That's what jesus taught in matthew chapter 11,
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"if you want to see miracles, have faith in god."
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Don't have faith in your prayer, don't have faith
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In other things.
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Don't have faith in how much you've read the bible
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Or how much you haven't read the bible.
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Have faith in god, believe in him.
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Believe in his power.
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Believe he sent jesus.
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Believe that jesus is the messiah.
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Believe that by his blood you are forgiven,
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You are set free from all unrighteousness
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And by his stripes you are healed.
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Believe that you can rest in it, it's secure.
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It's set for all time, for all eternity, it's set.
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Jesus said it's finished and when he said that, he meant it.
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All we have to do is to walk into the finished work
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Of the cross.
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When you have that faith, you leave your symptoms behind,
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You leave the reports behind.
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You leave any thought that you're righteous enough
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To enter into his presence, he is the one who
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Makes you righteous.
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He is the one who heals you, he is your all in all.
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Go all in and get your healing, your need,
00:32:45.105 --> 00:32:50.043
Your answer to prayer.
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Let's pray and do it right now.
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Lord, we come to you.
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We come to you believing just as little children.
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We come to a loving heavenly father who wants to take care
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Of every single need.
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So lord, we walk into the finish work of the cross.
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We see you, we look to you for you are the author
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And the finisher of our faith.
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We receive all that you have for us now in jesus name, amen.
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There's someone, you've got searing pain in your right lung
00:33:28.081 --> 00:33:30.484
With every single breath.
00:33:30.484 --> 00:33:32.419
God is healing that you just felt that, that pain
00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:36.223
Is leaving you now and the wonderful news,
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It's never going to come back.
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You are healed, completely healed in jesus name, terry?
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- the word that comes is entwined and i believe this
00:33:47.367 --> 00:33:50.003
Is somebody you have some kind of a mass in your head
00:33:50.003 --> 00:33:55.075
And it's operable, but the problem is it's entwined
00:33:56.309 --> 00:33:59.279
With other things that make it very, very difficult.
00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:02.482
God is creating pathways to healing for you right now.
00:34:03.884 --> 00:34:07.254
Just lift up your hands and begin to receive that
00:34:07.254 --> 00:34:10.790
As he solves this dilemma that doctors can't seem to solve
00:34:10.790 --> 00:34:14.794
Just right now receive it, god is healing you
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In powerful ways.
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- there's someone you're involved in an
00:34:19.966 --> 00:34:22.135
Abusive relationship and you just can't seem to get
00:34:22.135 --> 00:34:26.706
Free from it and god just wants to give you the boldness
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To get free that he just wants to assure you,
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You don't have to take this.
00:34:32.946 --> 00:34:35.315
You can get up and leave it and so do that right now.
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Just have the faith to believe that he has made
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A way for you, he will provide for you,
00:34:43.790 --> 00:34:46.393
He will be your all in all.
00:34:46.393 --> 00:34:48.461
He never intended this for you, he wants to set you
00:34:48.461 --> 00:34:51.364
Free from it now in jesus name.
00:34:51.364 --> 00:34:55.068
- yes, someone else.
00:34:55.068 --> 00:34:56.403
You have had severe infection in your kidneys
00:34:56.403 --> 00:34:59.539
And problems with your liver as well,
00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.474
This is the same person.
00:35:01.474 --> 00:35:03.843
God's healing that condition for you, you've had it
00:35:03.843 --> 00:35:06.213
For a while and it's been so frustrating, he's healing it
00:35:06.213 --> 00:35:09.316
For you now.
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Just feel that warmth come across your back
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And the side of your body as he heals you.
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- so when you scratch your cornea in your left eye
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And it's very painful for you, god is able to heal
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That cornea.
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He's able to make it whole again, give you everything
00:35:23.597 --> 00:35:26.433
That you've lost, give you vision, give you everything
00:35:26.433 --> 00:35:29.936
That's been taken in jesus name, be healed and be
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Set free from it.
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Lord, we thank you.
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We thank you for your wonderful power.
00:35:36.743 --> 00:35:40.780
We thank you for your wonderful love towards us.
00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:44.651
You forgive all our iniquities, you heal all our diseases.
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We receive everything now in jesus name, amen.
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If you've been healed, if you've been set free,
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Give us a call 1-800-700-7000.
00:35:57.831 --> 00:36:01.234
If you need prayer, we're here for you.
00:36:01.234 --> 00:36:03.003
We're here for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
00:36:03.003 --> 00:36:06.339
All you have to do is pick up the phone and call
00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:08.675
1-800-700-7000, terry?
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- well still ahead 17 credit cards and proud of them,
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This woman was born to shop, her husband not so much.
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See how this spender and this saver finally wind up
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On the same page, plus fighting, drinking, womanizing
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A bareback champion was drowning in debauchery.
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See what finally tamed this bronco that's coming up.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- i didn't even give it a second thought
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That there could be a miscarriage.
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I don't think i really processed it until
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We were driving home, that's when i finally cried about it.
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- god, if this doesn't happen, i still love you.
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- i was mad in the way where you are boiling on the inside.
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I was surrendering myself, i felt held.
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- well we saw the heartbeat and that was like, okay.
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- we've never been this far.
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- eight years of wanting that moment.
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- my little girl is in my arms.
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- finally have the guts to let go, that allows the
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Lord to move in a way that we can't even imagine.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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(indistinct)
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♪ action it's like a great attraction. ♪
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♪ there's a lot of chain reaction. ♪
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♪ a lot of normal satisfaction. ♪
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♪ i love the way the joy makes me move. ♪
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(indistinct) (upbeat ambient music)
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(indistinct) (upbeat ambient music)
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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
00:38:54.507 --> 00:38:57.744
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 and said,
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"she's had a brain injury."
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That's when i really started praying, god, please,
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Please let her mind be okay.
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Turned on the tv and just randomly flipping the channels,
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Here's cbn, 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 things started
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Moving even more.
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She went from being behind to advanced 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 i thought
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Would happen to my daughter and he healed her.
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Psalms 34:4, "i sought the lord and he answered me.
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He delivered me from all of my fears."
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- jason was a saver, his wife angie was a spender.
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Angie had an arsenal of 17 credit cards at her fingertips
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In one day she dug through her wallet,
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Took out all her credit cards and cut them all up.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- i just like to spend, at the last point,
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I had 17 credit cards.
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A lot of them were department stores, jewelry stores
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Or american express, visa those kind.
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- any kind of debt stressed me out and we had
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A couple of car payments at that time also.
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That really stressed me out, i didn't like it.
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- [narrator three] like many couples, jason and angie kabler
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Had conflicting views about money.
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- when we fought, we fought about money.
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I think if we would have had open communication
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In the beginning, i think our first seven years
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Of marriage would not have been so hard.
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- [narrator three] jason grew up not quite sold on tithing.
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- you know, if somebody asked me to share my money
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Or to give my money for something, it was like, yeah,
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No, i'm not gonna do that.
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This is my money, i want it.
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- [narrator three] however, by the time he married angie,
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Jason had warmed up to the idea of tithing
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While she managed the checkbook,
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He focused on building up his dental practice.
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- i was trying to figure out how to run a practice,
00:41:39.005 --> 00:41:40.873
Run a business and it was very stressful,
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So i gave all that over to her, but when it came down to it,
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It wasn't her natural inclination to want to deal with that.
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- [narrator three] the stress of handling their bills
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Finally got to angie.
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- he started just questioning me and i got
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Very offensive like, why are you questioning what i'm doing?
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So much to the point that one night i threw the checkbook
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At him and i told him, you will take care of it,
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I will no longer pay the bills.
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At that point, he took the lead, he became more of
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The head of our household.
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- [narrator three] jason then began paying the bills.
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He also suggested the couple enroll in a financial strategy
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Program through their church.
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- the first few sessions that she went to, she basically
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Sat there with her arms crossed and doing this number,
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But as time went, she started catching the vision a little
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Bit and so did i, i started learning a lot of things
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That i didn't know.
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- [narrator three] at the end of one of the classes,
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Angie surprised jason.
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- the coordinator would always, at the end of the night,
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He would say, is there anybody that wants to cut
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Up their credit cards tonight?
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Angie stood up and started digging through her billfold,
00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:58.117
Took out all of those credit cards.
00:42:58.117 --> 00:43:00.386
I believe it was 17, and cut every last one of 'em up
00:43:00.386 --> 00:43:05.124
And i had no idea this was gonna happen.
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- [narrator three] the kablers also took marriage
00:43:07.994 --> 00:43:10.897
Counseling to help them communicate better about money.
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- i had to really go through a transition to learn how
00:43:13.032 --> 00:43:15.735
To let go and learn that really it all belongs to god
00:43:15.735 --> 00:43:19.906
And that it's mine to manage and it's more of a joy
00:43:19.906 --> 00:43:23.609
Now to be able to give rather than a stress
00:43:23.609 --> 00:43:27.413
And obviously that's gotten much easier over the years.
00:43:27.413 --> 00:43:30.817
- once we got on the same page with money and finances,
00:43:30.817 --> 00:43:35.888
I think that's where our marriage did a 180
00:43:36.989 --> 00:43:39.425
And we started flourishing.
00:43:39.425 --> 00:43:41.394
- [narrator three] today, the kablers have no credit
00:43:41.394 --> 00:43:44.263
Cards and no debt other than their mortgage.
00:43:44.263 --> 00:43:45.965
Jason's practice has grown as well and he even writes
00:43:45.965 --> 00:43:49.135
A weekly blog about finances.
00:43:49.135 --> 00:43:51.738
- a blessed 90% is always greater than an unblessed 100%.
00:43:51.738 --> 00:43:57.210
It's not the kind of math we learned in school,
00:43:58.444 --> 00:44:01.013
But when you exercise that faith, he will bless
00:44:01.013 --> 00:44:05.551
That 10% and multiply it.
00:44:05.551 --> 00:44:08.621
- be obedient with your finances and tithing and trust god.
00:44:08.621 --> 00:44:13.693
If i could encourage someone to just step out on faith
00:44:15.027 --> 00:44:17.797
And do it, try it for 90 days, go ahead and give that 10%
00:44:17.797 --> 00:44:22.869
And trust god and watch the miracles that will take place.
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- trust god and watch the miracles that will take place
00:44:29.208 --> 00:44:33.446
In your life when you just trust him and one of
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The best ways to trust him is to trust him
00:44:36.682 --> 00:44:38.785
With your finances, it's the only time you get to prove god.
00:44:38.785 --> 00:44:41.487
He says it very clearly in malachi, "test me now on this.
00:44:41.487 --> 00:44:45.224
Prove me now on this, if i will not open for you
00:44:45.224 --> 00:44:48.895
The windows of heaven."
00:44:49.562 --> 00:44:51.063
You live life his way, wonderful things can happen.
00:44:51.063 --> 00:44:55.001
You just saw it with jason and angie.
00:44:55.001 --> 00:44:56.836
The first thing they had to do is get rid of
00:44:56.836 --> 00:44:58.604
The credit cards.
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Consumer spending is an absolute curse on you,
00:44:59.906 --> 00:45:04.043
Because it puts you into debt and then it gets you
00:45:04.043 --> 00:45:06.479
Into interest payments and it seems like you can never
00:45:06.479 --> 00:45:09.515
Catch up, but when you live his way,
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Say, i'm going to live within my income,
00:45:13.286 --> 00:45:16.222
I'm going to tithe 10%, i'm going to save 10%,
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I'm going to do it that way, wonderful things can happen.
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- when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
00:47:22.848 --> 00:47:25.551
That was only a year older than me,
00:47:25.551 --> 00:47:26.752
I became very sexualized.
00:47:26.752 --> 00:47:29.021
I started going all over the state just for random
00:47:29.021 --> 00:47:32.224
Sexual encounters that i would find online.
00:47:32.224 --> 00:47:34.660
Nothing was satisfying anymore and so i began to
00:47:34.660 --> 00:47:38.764
Remember all the fantasies i had as a child
00:47:38.764 --> 00:47:41.667
Of feeling like a boy, i began to transition,
00:47:41.667 --> 00:47:44.937
I began to take the hormones and at first
00:47:44.937 --> 00:47:47.573
It was the greatest thing ever.
00:47:47.573 --> 00:47:49.342
I was really excited about the results and i liked
00:47:49.342 --> 00:47:51.377
How it looked physically.
00:47:51.377 --> 00:47:53.112
I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
00:47:53.112 --> 00:47:55.948
And that was devastating to me.
00:47:55.948 --> 00:47:57.950
But after about a month of just crying out to the lord night
00:47:57.950 --> 00:48:00.386
After night after night, i had a clear vision
00:48:00.386 --> 00:48:03.356
Of jesus christ himself getting down on one knee.
00:48:03.356 --> 00:48:06.092
He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
00:48:06.092 --> 00:48:07.960
"do you trust me?"
00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:09.729
I took his hand, i walked away from my entire identity.
00:48:09.729 --> 00:48:13.232
You are who god created you to be and you are put
00:48:13.232 --> 00:48:15.401
On this earth for his purpose.
00:48:15.401 --> 00:48:17.203
God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
00:48:17.203 --> 00:48:22.274
(upbeat ambient music)
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- it was so intense with the sinus pressure
00:48:24.176 --> 00:48:25.511
That it was to the point where my jaws
00:48:25.511 --> 00:48:28.714
Were even hurting from coughing so intensely.
00:48:28.714 --> 00:48:31.283
It was a battle, it really was.
00:48:31.283 --> 00:48:33.119
He kept saying to me, this to will pass,
00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:35.454
So i just stand up and say, "i'm waiting on you, lord."
00:48:35.454 --> 00:48:38.457
I just kept confessing, god is my healer, he is my healer.
00:48:38.457 --> 00:48:42.928
They were to the section where they were talking about
00:48:42.928 --> 00:48:46.532
People were receiving healings, they were gonna pray
00:48:46.532 --> 00:48:48.701
For anyone who was sick.
00:48:48.701 --> 00:48:50.102
- there's someone, you heard the report about sinus
00:48:50.102 --> 00:48:52.772
Conditions and you're saying, please say sinus conditions,
00:48:52.772 --> 00:48:54.473
So for you, i'm saying sinus condition,
00:48:54.473 --> 00:48:57.309
All of that inflammation, everything that seems to be
00:48:57.309 --> 00:49:00.513
Swollen and closed up, open now in jesus name.
00:49:00.513 --> 00:49:04.817
- i jumped up and my spirit just kind of leaped
00:49:04.817 --> 00:49:07.486
And i said, "that's for me, lord, that's it."
00:49:07.486 --> 00:49:09.388
You think maybe he's not mindful of those things,
00:49:09.388 --> 00:49:11.490
But he's mindful of everything, he's just faithful
00:49:11.490 --> 00:49:13.926
And he is our healer.
00:49:13.926 --> 00:49:22.601
(upbeat ambient music)
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- i was muslim for four years.
00:49:24.270 --> 00:49:26.806
I had spells cast on me and just everything
00:49:26.806 --> 00:49:29.275
You can think of.
00:49:29.275 --> 00:49:30.776
I never got what i was looking for, there was no real power
00:49:30.776 --> 00:49:35.481
To change my life.
00:49:35.481 --> 00:49:37.249
I had tried everything, it was just came to a point
00:49:37.249 --> 00:49:40.519
Where it was like, you know what?
00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.921
I don't want to do this anymore.
00:49:41.921 --> 00:49:43.689
The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
00:49:43.689 --> 00:49:46.725
She prayed for me and all i know is i felt the love of god.
00:49:46.725 --> 00:49:51.797
We would read from genesis to revelation
00:49:52.932 --> 00:49:55.134
And we just went deep in the word of god.
00:49:55.134 --> 00:49:58.170
Everything about me, even my very continents
00:49:58.170 --> 00:50:00.739
Begin to change after that point, and now i just have
00:50:00.739 --> 00:50:04.743
A desire to see them experience the loving kindness of god
00:50:04.743 --> 00:50:09.782
That i have experienced.
00:50:10.449 --> 00:50:12.151
To see that true change is possible
00:50:12.151 --> 00:50:14.954
And that what you thought that you were looking
00:50:14.954 --> 00:50:17.790
For can only be found in christ.
00:50:17.790 --> 00:50:22.862
- the horse bucks leaps in the air and then jerks
00:50:24.096 --> 00:50:27.366
In the opposite direction.
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Bareback rodeo is a wild ride and anthony thomas
00:50:29.101 --> 00:50:33.339
Is one of the top champions.
00:50:33.339 --> 00:50:35.207
So at the peak of his career, why was anthony at the lowest
00:50:35.207 --> 00:50:39.545
Of lows and how did a supernatural date
00:50:39.545 --> 00:50:43.215
Totally transform him?
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Just watch.
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- [narrator four] anthony thomas has lived life much like
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How he rides a horse, some by saddle, some by bareback.
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- i was a troubled kid that ran away from home,
00:50:56.896 --> 00:51:00.299
That had a dream to be a cowboy.
00:51:00.299 --> 00:51:02.701
God definitely placed horses in my life and in my heart,
00:51:02.701 --> 00:51:05.771
I was able to connect with a horse.
00:51:05.771 --> 00:51:07.273
As a young kid, i've chased wild horses all over the world.
00:51:07.273 --> 00:51:11.076
They're definitely a soulful creature that comes from god
00:51:11.076 --> 00:51:14.380
And did save my life.
00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:16.382
- [narrator four] the rodeo cowboy and professional bareback
00:51:16.382 --> 00:51:19.818
Competitor left home in australia at 12 years old,
00:51:19.818 --> 00:51:22.321
Surviving a difficult family life.
00:51:22.321 --> 00:51:24.890
- i had a pretty traumatic childhood.
00:51:24.890 --> 00:51:26.625
My parents had me doped up pretty bad on several
00:51:26.625 --> 00:51:29.628
Types of drugs.
00:51:29.628 --> 00:51:31.163
I knew that i was troubled and confused and i would've ended
00:51:31.163 --> 00:51:33.966
Up in organized crime or in jail or dead
00:51:33.966 --> 00:51:35.901
If i had have stayed there in that situation,
00:51:35.901 --> 00:51:38.003
Probably better off for me to stay away and being with
00:51:38.003 --> 00:51:41.106
The horses and the cows and the sheep,
00:51:41.106 --> 00:51:42.675
I knew that that's what gave me a sense of belonging.
00:51:42.675 --> 00:51:45.878
- [narrator four] that belonging came at a ranch,
00:51:45.878 --> 00:51:47.780
A cattle station near the boarding school where he was sent.
00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:50.916
Young anthony found stability identifying with the
00:51:50.916 --> 00:51:53.786
Unbroken horses.
00:51:53.786 --> 00:51:55.287
- i think the immediate connection that i had
00:51:55.287 --> 00:51:57.022
With those wild horses that god placed me in front of,
00:51:57.022 --> 00:52:00.025
Like me, they were confused and they had used their
00:52:00.025 --> 00:52:03.662
Defense mechanisms to protect themselves and i could
00:52:03.662 --> 00:52:06.865
Definitely relate to 'em in every way just because of
00:52:06.865 --> 00:52:09.301
The similarities in the way that we thought
00:52:09.301 --> 00:52:11.370
And the circumstances that were brought to us.
00:52:11.370 --> 00:52:14.773
(upbeat ambient music)
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- [narrator four] working long hours, seven days a week,
00:52:16.976 --> 00:52:19.578
Anthony learned the art of breaking horses.
00:52:19.578 --> 00:52:21.046
- establishing full trust between man versus beast.
00:52:21.046 --> 00:52:23.349
The horse has gotta be in the mindset that he
00:52:23.349 --> 00:52:25.851
Trusts you enough to want to do that for you.
00:52:25.851 --> 00:52:28.721
You can make these big creatures do things,
00:52:28.721 --> 00:52:30.656
But they're only gonna give you probably 70% of what they
00:52:30.656 --> 00:52:33.959
Can do, and when you can gain that full trust and have
00:52:33.959 --> 00:52:36.595
A full sense of understanding with the horse,
00:52:36.595 --> 00:52:38.697
Then you'll get close to a hundred percent out of your horse
00:52:38.697 --> 00:52:41.600
Every time.
00:52:41.600 --> 00:52:42.835
- [narrator four] the connection to horses
00:52:42.835 --> 00:52:43.969
Provided anthony opportunities on them.
00:52:43.969 --> 00:52:46.138
He's learned instincts and neglected upbringing
00:52:46.138 --> 00:52:48.674
Prepared him as a bareback rider.
00:52:48.674 --> 00:52:50.943
- they say bareback riding is taking control
00:52:50.943 --> 00:52:53.212
Of a completely uncontrollable situation.
00:52:53.212 --> 00:52:56.048
You know, the horse buck jumps in the air as wild
00:52:56.048 --> 00:52:58.884
Changes directions, and we just have to react and respond
00:52:58.884 --> 00:53:02.187
And i think god prepared me to be a professional
00:53:02.187 --> 00:53:04.790
Bareback rider, because i need to trust the lord
00:53:04.790 --> 00:53:07.459
And the holy spirit's playing a hundred percent surrendering
00:53:07.459 --> 00:53:10.029
To the lord's that it's not up to me what happens.
00:53:10.029 --> 00:53:12.698
- [narrator four] as a teen anthony look forward
00:53:12.698 --> 00:53:15.401
To the occasional weekend rodeos in the australian outback.
00:53:15.401 --> 00:53:18.003
- all the crews in all of the keen young cattle hands,
00:53:18.003 --> 00:53:20.673
We call 'em ringers, would enter the rodeos
00:53:20.673 --> 00:53:22.975
And use their skills that they would use at their job
00:53:22.975 --> 00:53:25.611
Every day, like riding bucking horses and catching bulls
00:53:25.611 --> 00:53:28.047
And showcase their talents.
00:53:28.047 --> 00:53:29.481
When i would go to those local rodeos, i ended up
00:53:29.481 --> 00:53:31.350
Doing really well and all the events that i entered
00:53:31.350 --> 00:53:33.852
And got caught, the rodeo buck.
00:53:33.852 --> 00:53:35.821
- [narrator four] in 2011, anthony won
00:53:35.821 --> 00:53:37.923
The australian bareback title.
00:53:37.923 --> 00:53:39.658
The following year he moved to canada aiming
00:53:39.658 --> 00:53:42.261
For a north american title.
00:53:42.261 --> 00:53:44.263
- the horses are so much bigger and stronger
00:53:44.263 --> 00:53:47.566
And more athletic.
00:53:47.566 --> 00:53:48.801
The bucking horses in canada and in the us
00:53:48.801 --> 00:53:51.270
Is second to none.
00:53:51.270 --> 00:53:52.671
You know, the bright lights and the big stadiums
00:53:52.671 --> 00:53:55.040
And and the huge crowds.
00:53:55.040 --> 00:53:57.242
Everything was just so much different and obviously
00:53:57.242 --> 00:53:59.912
It pushed you to be far more of a professional athlete.
00:53:59.912 --> 00:54:03.716
- [narrator four] injuries and surgeries mounted,
00:54:03.716 --> 00:54:06.552
So did distractions that came with the touring territory.
00:54:06.552 --> 00:54:09.188
- you're in a different city, in a different town
00:54:09.188 --> 00:54:11.190
And there's always a bar.
00:54:11.190 --> 00:54:12.324
There's always womanizing and partying
00:54:12.324 --> 00:54:14.326
And making bad decisions and for probably a good 10 years
00:54:14.326 --> 00:54:17.363
Of my life, i was as guilty as any man on earth fighting
00:54:17.363 --> 00:54:21.367
And drinking and just all of the debauchery that comes
00:54:21.367 --> 00:54:24.536
With being in a party scene all the time.
00:54:24.536 --> 00:54:27.172
As i remember being down in the dumps at the
00:54:27.172 --> 00:54:30.409
Lowest of low's.
00:54:30.409 --> 00:54:31.877
- [narrator four] in 2018, anthony worked his way up
00:54:31.877 --> 00:54:34.480
Among the world's best 15 bareback riders,
00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:37.416
But his life felt meaningless.
00:54:37.416 --> 00:54:39.485
On a second date, at the request of his now wife, amanda,
00:54:39.485 --> 00:54:42.921
They visited a church service at hope city in houston.
00:54:42.921 --> 00:54:46.525
- the presence of the holy spirit just almost
00:54:46.525 --> 00:54:48.961
Knocked me off my feet, i started crying.
00:54:48.961 --> 00:54:51.530
I didn't know where it comes from and god was just
00:54:51.530 --> 00:54:54.166
Speaking to me.
00:54:54.166 --> 00:54:55.701
It was an undeniable sense of conviction, hope and renewal,
00:54:55.701 --> 00:55:00.239
Transformation of my life to become a actual kingdom man.
00:55:01.573 --> 00:55:04.143
Realizing how much of a relationship that i have with jesus
00:55:04.143 --> 00:55:07.279
That i can talk to him as a friend, that he's always
00:55:07.279 --> 00:55:09.982
Gonna be there for me, he's always gonna provide for me
00:55:09.982 --> 00:55:12.518
- [narrator four] while the pandemic shut down rodeos,
00:55:12.518 --> 00:55:14.453
Anthony opened a farm to table natural beef business,
00:55:14.453 --> 00:55:17.890
The pasture also brought him a new perspective
00:55:17.890 --> 00:55:20.325
With empathetic strength.
00:55:20.325 --> 00:55:22.227
- 2020 really opened my eyes to some underlying racism.
00:55:22.227 --> 00:55:26.865
I think that empathy is so important.
00:55:26.865 --> 00:55:28.867
The western industry is a predominantly white culture,
00:55:28.867 --> 00:55:32.304
It's not judgemental to anybody, it's just the way it is.
00:55:32.304 --> 00:55:35.240
Even though i am a different color to everybody else
00:55:35.240 --> 00:55:39.178
In the bareback riding sport, you would hope that
00:55:39.178 --> 00:55:41.914
The judges in the sport have everybody
00:55:42.981 --> 00:55:44.616
In their best interest, but it's not something
00:55:44.616 --> 00:55:47.686
That i can allow myself to think about,
00:55:47.686 --> 00:55:49.922
And i do believe that god's put me in rodeo,
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Showing that people of all different colors
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Can get along and be brothers and sisters and be family.
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- [narrator four] the rodeo, bareback, cowboy, ranched
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In humble texas embraces his story, journey with humility.
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- be loyal to him and show him all the glory
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For everything he's done for me.
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God has placed me in every situation,
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And i can't even explain how that happened.
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God is true and god is real and he's a real savior
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And he's saved my life and he's provided for me
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In every situation, every one of us has a platform
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Right where they are and teach them about
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The love of jesus no matter what, that there's a god
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That's always there for you that has more for you
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Than you could ever imagine.
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- what a message anthony brings us, what a life
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He has lived, that's a amazing testimony.
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Well, we have a minute here for some email,
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So let's hear from patricia, gordon.
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She says, "hi, gordon. when i was 13 or 14,
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I was saved and baptized. throughout my adulthood,
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I backslid. i'm 60 now and have come to know the lord again.
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Do i need to get saved and baptized again,
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Please help because it really troubles my heart."
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- you can, patricia, if you want to get baptized again,
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Please do.
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If married couples can reaffirm their vows
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And go through the ceremony again, because they want to
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Show the world we love each other, we're committed to
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Each other.
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You can go through baptism again and say, i want to show
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The whole world that i am dead to my sins and my trespasses.
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I'm raised again into newness of life with jesus christ,
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And it doesn't matter what age you are.
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I know some denominations disagree over this,
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(upbeat ambient music)
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But you know, getting re-baptized in my view is a wonderful
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Thing, and if it will make you feel better,
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Then absolutely do it, do it as soon as you can.
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We leave you today with these words from psalm 91,
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"for he shall give his angels charge over you
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To keep you in all of your ways."
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For terry, for me, for all of us here.
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God bless you, we'll see you again.
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(upbeat ambient music)
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- i remember just walking through the wilderness
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And just mesmerized by the nature, the beauty, the silence,
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But in the midst of that silence, god began
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To reveal himself to me, god showed me what i had become.
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I just got up and i said, 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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(upbeat ambient music)
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- [female speaker two] we get it, your life is crazy
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Right now, you've got a lot going on,
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So who has time to change the world?
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Well, guess what you do.
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When you become a cbn partner, you make an impact on lives
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And a helping hand to someone in need.
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You are helping to preach the gospel all across the globe.
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You're sharing the love of jesus and building the
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It's a big impact for just $20 a month.
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- i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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That really frustrated me because my quality of life
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Had drastically changed.
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I could just say, "just lord, i need your help."
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- there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
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Take a complete breath and exhale as jesus christ
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Heals you completely.
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- i can feel that air going clear down to my stomach
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And back, he will always be there walking this out
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January 30, 2025

January 30, 2025 | S25:E21

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