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The 700 Club | May 19, 2025 | May 19, 2025
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- - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- - [gordon] coming up, view the works of the sistine chapel
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- Without booking a trip to rome.
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- - [woman] it gives me the chills.
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- - [gordon] then he had music royalty in his blood.
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- - growing up in the cassidys was its own unique experience.
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- - [gordon] and cocaine in his veins.
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- - [jack] my heart started uncontrollably
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- Pounding outta my chest.
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- - [gordon] jack cassidy shares the story of his rise,
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- Fall and rebirth.
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- - [jack] god was literally breathing life into me.
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- - on today's "700 club".
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- Well, welcome to the 700 club.
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- To alleviate a little bit of suffering
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- In some small corner of the world.
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- Well, those are the words that set one american couple
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- On a journey to a remote part of eastern africa.
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- - this couple has dedicated their lives
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- To serving the poorest of the poor.
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- George thomas traveled to kenya
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- To bring us their inspiring story.
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- - [george] i traveled some 7,300 miles
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- To this remote outpost in northwest kenya
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- To find out why a group of african medical professionals
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- Working with american missionary doctors
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- Would choose a life of selfless service
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- To bring desperately needed medical care
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- To one of the poorest regions of this country.
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- - is sitting on the mountain of mount sinai,
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- He's gone back to where it all began.
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- - [george] i discovered why in fairly short order.
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- - lord is reiterate.
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- - everything you do, you do it
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- As unto the lord, for god's glory.
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- - [george] that plus a deep desire to demonstrate the saving
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- And healing ministry of christ to this community.
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- - we feel very, very fortunate to be able to do what we do.
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- There's nothing else that we would rather do.
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- - [george] americans bill and laura rhodes
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- Moved to this corner of kenya
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- To work at kapsowar mission hospital.
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- - that was a close one. - that was a close one!
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- Located near the ugandan border,
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- The 140 bed christian hospital opened its doors
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- Back in 1963.
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- When bill and laura rhodes
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- Moved to this part of northwestern kenya,
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- Getting up to the mission hospital,
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- I guess we'll have to wait for the cow to pass the road.
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- There we go.
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- Getting up to the mission hospital was no easy task.
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- Why?
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- Because, well, you had to traverse across roads like this.
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- I mean the dirt path-
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- - it was not like it is now.
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- It was so much more rustic and rural
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- And isolated and difficult to reach.
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- - rhodes, who had no medical background,
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- Was pursuing a master's degree
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- In biblical hebrew in jerusalem when he and his wife
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- Picked up two christian medical students
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- Hitchhiking through israel.
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- - bill said, "so why as believers
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- Do you wanna practice medicine?"
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- And the answer of one of those young medical students,
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- Whom we've never seen since, never even knew his name,
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- Changed the trajectory of our lives.
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- - he said, "i would just like to see
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- If i couldn't alleviate a little bit of suffering
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- In some small corner of the world someday
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- In the name of jesus."
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- - that set rhodes on a 16 year odyssey
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- With numerous setbacks in preparation for a surgical career
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- That would change the lives of the african continent.
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- You failed to get into med school three times.
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- Did it not dawn on bill rhodes
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- That maybe i should try something different?
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- I mean maybe plumbing or architecture, maybe be a lawyer.
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- - just because you decide to do something
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- That you think will honor god or be pleasing to god
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- Or be helpful in moving the kingdom of god forward
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- Doesn't mean that you have a guaranteed easy path
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- To get there.
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- In fact, you should probably buckle up tight
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- Because it's probably gonna be challenging.
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- - when bill and laura moved here to kenya
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- In january of 1999, some 23 years ago,
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- They knew without a shadow of a doubt
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- That this was a lifetime commitment
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- To serve the people of this country.
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- But more importantly, to come to a region of the nation
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- That had some tremendous needs.
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- And today, bill, his team, his wife and children
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- Are all committed to serve
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- The people of kapsowar and beyond.
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- - when we see the staggering disparity
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- In this world of the people who have
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- And those on the other end who have not,
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- The disparity is only growing wider.
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- And for all of our days,
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- However many we have, we want to try
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- And bring healing and wholeness.
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- - in recent years, dr. rhode's vision
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- To bring medical care has gone beyond the valleys
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- That surround kapsowar to include other countries.
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- So for example, he along with his wife
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- And members of the mission hospital,
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- Often travel to countries
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- Like liberia, chad and south sudan.
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- Accompanying him is kenyan thomas kiptoo,
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- Who heads up kapsowar's anesthetist department.
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- Kiptoo came from a very poor family
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- And a missionary doctor acting as a mentor
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- Urged him to pursue the medical field.
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- - i couldn't imagine that i could come all the way
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- To this position at that moment.
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- Looking back, i never had a future.
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- But since i believed in god
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- And i'm a product of a missionary,
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- This is why i have become what i am.
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- - [george] dr. rhode's passion
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- Is to train and equip the next generation
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- Of african health professionals.
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- 36-year-old kenyan, patricia chesang has worked closely
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- With rhodes in the last three years.
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- - he is going to leave a wonderful legacy.
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- He's left his family all the comfort that he could afford,
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- But he has given of his life, of himself,
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- To come and serve here.
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- So for me, it's really humbling.
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- - [george] dr. rhodes is honored with
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- The amh gerson l'chaim prize
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- For outstanding christian medical missionary service.
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- The annual prize comes with a $500,000 award,
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- Which will go toward the hospital,
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- Surgical work and training.
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- - he envisions the opportunity to train
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- And raise up whole surgical teams, not just surgeons,
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- But anesthetists, nurses, to go to these hard places
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- Where he's now going just periodically
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- And go and stay there.
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- - you wanna spend the rest of your life
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- Either here in northwest kenya
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- Or somewhere on the continent.
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- - yeah, this is the end of the rainbow for us.
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- Very few people get to do
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- Really what they really want to do.
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- And we bless god every day
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- Because we know we actually are in that little minority
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- That actually is getting to do
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- Exactly what we want it to do.
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- (machine beeping)
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- - [george] george thomas, cbn news, kapsowar, kenya.
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- - well you can be part of that little minority.
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- How?
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- By just following what god tells you to do
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- When you do life his way and according to his design.
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- And here's a wonderful prayer for you.
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- God, can i be part of your plan?
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- Well then you'll find that you walk into things
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- That satisfy the desires of your heart,
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- That it's something you've wanted to do all along.
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- Of "the 700 club" right after this.
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- - imagine being able to enjoy the beauty and wonder
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- Of the sistine chapel right in your own city.
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- People in more than 60 cities across the globe
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- Can do exactly that.
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- A traveling exhibit is giving visitors a unique look
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- At michelangelo's vision of the creation.
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- Cbn's gabe lamonica has the story.
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- - when michelangelo brought the bible to life
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- Some 500 years ago, it's hard to imagine
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- He thought his masterpiece on the ceiling
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- Of the sistine chapel would ever make its way
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- From the vatican to a shopping mall in richmond, virginia.
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- But here we are.
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- The agony and the ecstasy.
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- ♪ gloria ♪
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- - [gabe] in 1965, charlton heston's portrayal
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- Of a 33-year-old michelangelo buonarroti
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- Transported the sistine chapel to the silver screen.
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- - i wanted to paint man as he was first created.
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- - [gabe] now a roving global exhibit is bringing visitors
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- Face to face with the italian artist's visualization
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- Of the book of genesis.
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- - it's almost as if we're looking at god creating the world,
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- The beginning of genesis.
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- And we're seeing the the cornucopia,
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- The richness of god's creation unfolding in front of us.
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- - [gabe] from adam's creation.
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- - it gives me the chills.
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- It truly gave me anxiety to see how close,
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- But not quite touching their fingers were.
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- - showing that tangible space
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- Between man and god to the downfall.
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- A pained look banished from paradise.
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- Soon michelangelo's sistine chapel,
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- The exhibition will hit 80 cities
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- Bringing to life nine scenes from the bible.
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- Tiffany, i feel like you are living proof
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- That you don't need to know anything
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- About michelangelo or the sistine chapel
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- To appreciate his paintings.
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- - absolutely. - which is your favorite?
- 00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:45.775
- - so my favorite one is over here
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- In the ancestors of christ room.
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- There's a guy in the back that's back here.
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- You won't be able to see that 60 feet up in italy.
- 00:13:53.783 --> 00:13:56.852
- - [gabe] no need for a deep background in art history
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- To appreciate this masterpiece.
- 00:13:59.455 --> 00:14:01.557
- - many of them say that they were weren't able
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- To see the ceiling clearly because it was so high up
- 00:14:05.361 --> 00:14:10.366
- Or they didn't have enough time
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- To really look at the ceilings.
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- - [gabe] the cracked fresco shown in vivid relief,
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- Even revealing the great flood.
- 00:14:17.673 --> 00:14:20.343
- - [attraction narrator] there we can see the ark,
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- Which noah builds at the instruction from god.
- 00:14:22.078 --> 00:14:23.813
- - [gabe] a level of access to the world famous paintings
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- That even connoisseurs can appreciate.
- 00:14:27.283 --> 00:14:30.152
- - you've been once and you haven't never forgotten it.
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- And it astonished you when you saw it.
- 00:14:32.722 --> 00:14:35.791
- I think i've been 55 times in my life
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- And it never fails to astonish me every time i go in.
- 00:14:38.995 --> 00:14:41.964
- - [gabe] professor william wallace,
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- Who's written eight books on the sculptor turned painter.
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- Michelangelo is an artist who goes from zero to 60
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- In less than a second.
- 00:14:49.472 --> 00:14:51.107
- He just is capable of undertaking monumental tasks
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- And carrying them out so that suddenly the artist
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- Who's never made painted a fresco
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- Paints the most important fresco in the world.
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- - [gabe] some of the brass tacks,
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- The vault is nearly seven stories high
- 00:15:03.185 --> 00:15:05.955
- With some 5,000 square feet of painting
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- And even on a curved ceiling,
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- Michelangelo achieves a three dimensional effect.
- 00:15:10.893 --> 00:15:14.563
- The technical challenges are astronomical
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- And it's just amazing how well he solved all of them.
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- The first being, you know,
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- How do you get a scaffold up there?
- 00:15:22.171 --> 00:15:24.373
- But then how do you paint 14 foot,
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- Seated figures that are 14 feet high,
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- That are on that curve and yet make 'em look like
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- They're just properly proportioned and sitting,
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- Not in some kind of mirror-like thing.
- 00:15:36.252 --> 00:15:39.555
- - yeah, yeah.
- 00:15:39.555 --> 00:15:41.090
- It could have been,
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- It could have looked like a house of mirror-
- 00:15:42.358 --> 00:15:43.292
- - up on a mirror. yes, exactly.
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- House of horrors.
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- - [gabe] instead of horror, the awe of god.
- 00:15:46.295 --> 00:15:49.698
- - would you have painted there my son,
- 00:15:50.733 --> 00:15:53.035
- Is not a portrait of god.
- 00:15:53.035 --> 00:15:55.237
- It's a proof of faith.
- 00:15:55.237 --> 00:15:57.573
- - whether you're religious or not,
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- This image of god creating man
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- Is the ultimate symbol of the creation story.
- 00:16:01.444 --> 00:16:04.080
- That's the legacy michelangelo left
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- When he created one of the most famous works of art
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- In the world.
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- Gabe lamonica, cbn news, richmond, virginia.
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- - well if you ever get a chance to go to rome
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- And actually see it in person,
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- You'll walk away absolutely astounded.
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- But here, not 60 feet away, looking up, craning your neck,
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- But right there in front of you,
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- All the detail come to life.
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- If you'd like to have more information
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- On the michelangelo exhibit, just go to cbn news.com
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- Terry? - well still ahead,
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- A member of the partridge family's extended family,
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- David cassidy's nephew, jack.
- 00:16:39.815 --> 00:16:42.051
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- - an hour long drive made in 25 minutes.
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- Tonya morrison's father drove 110 miles per hour
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- To get her to a hospital.
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- That's because tonya's doctor
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- Had given her just one hour to live.
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- (somber music)
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- - i was terrified the thought of her dying in an hour's time
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- Is something to be concerned about.
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- (pensive music)
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- - [reporter] tonya morrison and her husband paul,
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- Had been attending church with her parents,
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- Dwayne and kay for years.
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- That sunday their pastor
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- Had an unusual and ominous message for tonya.
- 00:21:34.810 --> 00:21:37.780
- - and suddenly the spirit gave me tonya's name
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- And said to tonya
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- That the lord was holding her in the palm of his hand.
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- She was going to face some problems in her life
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- That she really wasn't even aware of.
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- - we just couldn't imagine what it was gonna be.
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- And we did not know that within 24 hours
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- That this would happen.
- 00:21:58.567 --> 00:21:59.868
- - when i heard what brother walter said,
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- I thought it was amazing blessing for tonya.
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- I certainly didn't think it was anything to do
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- With a medical condition that she had.
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- - [reporter] in 2017,
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- Tonya was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus,
- 00:22:09.178 --> 00:22:12.181
- An uncommon disorder that causes an imbalance
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- Of fluids in the body.
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- The day after receiving a message from her pastor,
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- Tonya woke up not feeling well.
- 00:22:19.555 --> 00:22:22.124
- Her doctor was concerned about some recent lab results
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- And insisted tonya get another test.
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- Then on her way home, she became very ill
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- And could barely move.
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- Her doctor called with urgent news.
- 00:22:32.868 --> 00:22:35.170
- - i heard the urgency in her voice.
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- She said, "daddy, i need your help real badly.
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- The doctor just told me i have water poisoning,
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- That i need to get to
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- The murfreesboro hospital within an hour.
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- It is a matter of life and death."
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- I remember her using those terms, matter of life and death.
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- - [reporter] tonya's father, dwayne, who lives nearby,
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- Swung into action and raced her
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- To the murfreesboro hospital to get her there
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- Before it was too late.
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- - i would look in the rear view mirror
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- And see my daughter basically unconscious.
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- And i was praying for her
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- And i'd say, "lord, i know you've got her
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- In the palm of your hand."
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- And one of my favorite scriptures that was coming to me,
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- He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high
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- Shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
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- And we knew that the almighty had our daughter in his hand.
- 00:23:18.847 --> 00:23:23.919
- - they made an hour long drive in just 25 minutes.
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- And when they got off the highway,
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- They hit seven green lights in a row
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- Before arriving at the hospital.
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- - they pulled up to the emergency room.
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- I opened the back door.
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- She was unresponsive in the backseat.
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- It was completely scary to see her just unconscious
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- - doctors determined that due to her diabetes,
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- Tonya's sodium had dropped to a life-threatening 112,
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- Causing her brain to swell and lose consciousness.
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- - nobody else had ever left the hospital
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- With her condition alive is what they told us.
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- So we were really praying for her.
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- Just praying for the lord to take care of her,
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- To bring her back to us.
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- And we were not ready to lose her.
- 00:24:05.427 --> 00:24:07.496
- - we were depending on the power of prayer
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- And knew that we were asking for a miracle.
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- And we knew we had a lot of praying people that could pray
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- And that the lord could answer prayer
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- And that he had all power
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- And that he was gonna keep her in the palm of his hand
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- And perform that miracle.
- 00:24:22.578 --> 00:24:23.645
- We needed one.
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- - i immediately thought back to the words
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- That brother walter had spoken over her sunday.
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- So i felt comfortable.
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- I knew that she was in god's hands
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- And nothing could really be bad.
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- But i was concerned.
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- - [reporter] over the next three days in the hospital,
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- Tonya's sodium levels came back to a safe range.
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- And she began her recovery.
- 00:24:42.998 --> 00:24:45.233
- - when i came to i knew beyond a shadow of a doubt
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- It was the hand of the lord and that he'd spared my life.
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- And that that was what brother walter,
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- When he had that word of knowledge the day before,
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- I knew exactly that's what it meant
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- And that god had spared my life.
- 00:24:58.413 --> 00:25:00.582
- - he came through for us that time
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- In such a magnificent way.
- 00:25:03.318 --> 00:25:04.853
- And we are so thankful that the lord demonstrated his power
- 00:25:04.853 --> 00:25:08.323
- By saving our daughter.
- 00:25:08.323 --> 00:25:09.825
- - it was wonderful seeing her,
- 00:25:09.825 --> 00:25:11.293
- Knowing that she was still alive
- 00:25:11.293 --> 00:25:13.261
- And that she was a miracle.
- 00:25:13.261 --> 00:25:14.997
- She was a miracle.
- 00:25:15.631 --> 00:25:16.865
- - i think one of her favorite songs is,
- 00:25:16.865 --> 00:25:19.034
- I can't even walk without you holding my hand,
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- Referring to the hand of the lord.
- 00:25:21.203 --> 00:25:22.904
- And paul, her husband had her one hand
- 00:25:22.904 --> 00:25:25.807
- And the lord had her other hand.
- 00:25:25.807 --> 00:25:27.709
- - i'm thankful that god carried us through that
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- And that he gave me a life with tonya.
- 00:25:29.945 --> 00:25:32.180
- - tonya remains thankful for god's encouraging word
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- That provided a source of hope during a terrible situation.
- 00:25:35.550 --> 00:25:39.554
- - it's hard to describe the gratitude and the love you feel
- 00:25:39.554 --> 00:25:42.290
- And just knowing the love he has for you, that he did this.
- 00:25:42.290 --> 00:25:46.228
- He spared your life for a reason
- 00:25:46.228 --> 00:25:48.330
- And now he has your life, in his hand.
- 00:25:48.330 --> 00:25:50.399
- And he had me in the palm of his hand.
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- It's just a miracle
- 00:25:52.534 --> 00:25:53.802
- Because when you watch how it played out
- 00:25:53.802 --> 00:25:56.505
- And that the day before,
- 00:25:56.505 --> 00:25:58.340
- In 24 hours from the time that was spoken by my pastor,
- 00:25:58.340 --> 00:26:02.511
- I was in the backseat of that car hanging on to life
- 00:26:02.511 --> 00:26:06.081
- And how he can turn that around and heal you
- 00:26:06.081 --> 00:26:09.685
- And it brings glory to him.
- 00:26:09.685 --> 00:26:11.687
- And that's what's important.
- 00:26:11.687 --> 00:26:13.655
- It was all for his glory.
- 00:26:13.655 --> 00:26:14.956
- He had a plan and it was all for his glory.
- 00:26:14.956 --> 00:26:19.327
- - i love the tender heart of god
- 00:26:20.128 --> 00:26:21.897
- That he gave that word to their pastor.
- 00:26:21.897 --> 00:26:24.099
- That they could stand on that
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- In the midst of what was a really difficult situation.
- 00:26:26.168 --> 00:26:29.504
- Some of you are standing today in the midst
- 00:26:29.504 --> 00:26:32.174
- Of very difficult situations and we want to stand with you.
- 00:26:32.174 --> 00:26:36.778
- God is not just gracious, he's powerful,
- 00:26:36.778 --> 00:26:40.749
- And he loves us in a way that extends that power
- 00:26:40.749 --> 00:26:44.252
- To us in our place of need when we come to him.
- 00:26:44.252 --> 00:26:46.655
- And so let's do that together.
- 00:26:46.655 --> 00:26:48.623
- Because when we join together, there is in our unity
- 00:26:48.623 --> 00:26:52.561
- Just an opening of the doors of heaven.
- 00:26:52.561 --> 00:26:55.530
- God's heart is open to us at that time.
- 00:26:55.530 --> 00:26:57.766
- We wanna pray for you today.
- 00:26:57.766 --> 00:26:59.668
- To further enhance your faith before we pray,
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- Here's a word from nicole.
- 00:27:02.804 --> 00:27:04.339
- She lives in baltimore, maryland.
- 00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:06.641
- She was experiencing chronic urinary tract infections
- 00:27:06.641 --> 00:27:10.112
- While watching this program a few months ago.
- 00:27:10.112 --> 00:27:12.114
- Gordon, she heard you say "someone is suffering
- 00:27:12.114 --> 00:27:14.149
- With kidney problems and urinary issues.
- 00:27:14.149 --> 00:27:16.885
- You are going to be healed."
- 00:27:16.885 --> 00:27:18.954
- Immediately she knew you were talking about her.
- 00:27:18.954 --> 00:27:21.723
- She started crying and thanking god.
- 00:27:21.723 --> 00:27:24.059
- She called to tell us that she's not had
- 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.061
- Any infections since.
- 00:27:26.061 --> 00:27:27.329
- And she is praising jesus for that healing.
- 00:27:27.329 --> 00:27:29.765
- - yay.
- 00:27:29.765 --> 00:27:31.099
- For 17 months, minnie of san antonio, texas
- 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:34.069
- Suffered with daily headaches, some of which were severe.
- 00:27:34.069 --> 00:27:37.873
- Her doctor prescribed pain medication which helped some.
- 00:27:37.873 --> 00:27:41.676
- Watching "the 700 club", terry said,
- 00:27:41.676 --> 00:27:44.246
- "there is someone who is having headaches,
- 00:27:44.246 --> 00:27:45.781
- God is healing you, receive it now."
- 00:27:45.781 --> 00:27:48.784
- Minnie immediately claimed her healing
- 00:27:48.784 --> 00:27:51.520
- And she started crying.
- 00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:53.655
- For weeks now she hasn't had any more headaches.
- 00:27:53.655 --> 00:27:56.958
- She can't wait to see her doctor,
- 00:27:56.958 --> 00:27:58.894
- To tell him all that god, tell him that god healed her.
- 00:27:58.894 --> 00:28:01.997
- She gives all praise to her lord and savior, jesus christ.
- 00:28:01.997 --> 00:28:05.600
- You can give that same praise.
- 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:07.602
- Psalm 91 is for you.
- 00:28:07.602 --> 00:28:09.137
- It's a psalm of moses.
- 00:28:09.137 --> 00:28:10.806
- And moses knew a lot about god
- 00:28:10.806 --> 00:28:12.941
- And he begins it with he who dwells in the secret place.
- 00:28:12.941 --> 00:28:18.013
- How do you do that? how do you dwell in the secret place?
- 00:28:19.414 --> 00:28:22.617
- Well, you just come to jesus.
- 00:28:22.617 --> 00:28:24.719
- He's the secret.
- 00:28:24.719 --> 00:28:26.188
- He's the answer to every human need.
- 00:28:26.188 --> 00:28:28.857
- You'll dwell under his shadow.
- 00:28:28.857 --> 00:28:31.026
- You'll be with him.
- 00:28:31.026 --> 00:28:33.428
- And then here's a great illustration from that same psalm.
- 00:28:33.428 --> 00:28:36.431
- He'll cover you with his feathers, with his wings.
- 00:28:36.431 --> 00:28:41.002
- Get that image.
- 00:28:41.002 --> 00:28:42.170
- It's the same image that jesus used
- 00:28:42.170 --> 00:28:44.272
- When he prayed over jerusalem.
- 00:28:44.272 --> 00:28:46.007
- "oh jerusalem, i wanted to gather you
- 00:28:46.007 --> 00:28:48.310
- As a hen, gathers her chicks."
- 00:28:48.310 --> 00:28:50.946
- When does a hen do that?
- 00:28:50.946 --> 00:28:52.247
- When there's trouble.
- 00:28:52.247 --> 00:28:54.182
- Come and and come underneath my wings and i'll protect you.
- 00:28:54.182 --> 00:28:59.221
- I'll be with you.
- 00:28:59.888 --> 00:29:01.456
- But then at the end of psalm 91,
- 00:29:01.456 --> 00:29:03.859
- Here's some great i wills.
- 00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:05.760
- I will deliver them.
- 00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:08.530
- Isn't that great?
- 00:29:08.530 --> 00:29:10.398
- These are the i wills of god.
- 00:29:10.398 --> 00:29:12.534
- They're wonderful to memorize,
- 00:29:12.534 --> 00:29:14.669
- To know that it's his will.
- 00:29:14.669 --> 00:29:17.939
- I will deliver when you call, i will answer.
- 00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:23.511
- It's one thing to pray.
- 00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:25.647
- It's another thing to pray
- 00:29:25.647 --> 00:29:27.148
- Believing that you'll get an answer.
- 00:29:27.148 --> 00:29:30.285
- On that long ride, and it had to be a long ride
- 00:29:30.285 --> 00:29:33.221
- To the hospital that father was believing for an answer.
- 00:29:33.221 --> 00:29:36.725
- He was praying psalm 91 over his daughter.
- 00:29:36.725 --> 00:29:40.695
- The pastor had given them a word.
- 00:29:40.695 --> 00:29:42.898
- They were holding on to the word
- 00:29:42.898 --> 00:29:45.367
- Because they knew that the word would sustain them.
- 00:29:45.367 --> 00:29:48.904
- That they would get an answer to their prayer.
- 00:29:48.904 --> 00:29:52.440
- They weren't praying some ritual thing.
- 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.542
- They weren't praying with no faith, no expectation.
- 00:29:54.542 --> 00:29:58.280
- When you pray with the promise of psalm 91,
- 00:29:58.280 --> 00:30:01.650
- I will answer them.
- 00:30:01.650 --> 00:30:03.652
- Isn't that what you have the answer to every human need.
- 00:30:03.652 --> 00:30:08.690
- So terry and i are going to agree with you in prayer.
- 00:30:10.058 --> 00:30:12.460
- What do we ask you to do?
- 00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.828
- We ask you to demonstrate
- 00:30:13.828 --> 00:30:15.797
- That you're going to get an answer.
- 00:30:15.797 --> 00:30:17.899
- That you believe that, that you're going to cry out to god
- 00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:21.536
- And he is going to answer you in an act of faith.
- 00:30:21.536 --> 00:30:25.674
- 'cause faith can be a verb, in an act of faith.
- 00:30:25.674 --> 00:30:29.044
- Lay your hand on that area of the body that needs healing.
- 00:30:29.044 --> 00:30:32.847
- Terry and i will join with you.
- 00:30:32.847 --> 00:30:34.849
- The bible says when two or more agree touching anything,
- 00:30:34.849 --> 00:30:38.219
- It shall be done for them by my father in heaven.
- 00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:41.556
- These are the words of jesus.
- 00:30:41.556 --> 00:30:43.658
- "ask and it will be given to you."
- 00:30:43.658 --> 00:30:45.560
- These are the words of jesus.
- 00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.895
- "seek and you will find.
- 00:30:46.895 --> 00:30:48.496
- Knock, it will be open to you."
- 00:30:48.496 --> 00:30:51.299
- When you call to him, he will answer you
- 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:54.970
- Because that's his promise.
- 00:30:54.970 --> 00:30:57.706
- Let's believe it and let's ask him right now.
- 00:30:57.706 --> 00:31:01.543
- Lord god almighty, we come to you.
- 00:31:01.543 --> 00:31:04.346
- We come to you believing.
- 00:31:04.346 --> 00:31:06.047
- And now for everyone who is reaching their hand
- 00:31:07.215 --> 00:31:10.552
- On that area of the body that needs healing,
- 00:31:10.552 --> 00:31:13.288
- We join with them in agreement, now, touching it.
- 00:31:14.556 --> 00:31:19.160
- We declare over them that the time is fulfilled.
- 00:31:20.428 --> 00:31:24.599
- The kingdom of god is at hand.
- 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:27.569
- We believe the good news, we receive your salvation,
- 00:31:27.569 --> 00:31:32.207
- Your deliverance, your healing.
- 00:31:32.207 --> 00:31:34.843
- We receive every promise that you have for us now.
- 00:31:34.843 --> 00:31:39.481
- So in jesus' name, i say out loud to my own body,
- 00:31:39.481 --> 00:31:43.985
- Be healed now, sickness, disease,
- 00:31:43.985 --> 00:31:48.123
- Infirmity, pain depart from me.
- 00:31:48.123 --> 00:31:51.126
- In the name of jesus, from the top of my head
- 00:31:51.126 --> 00:31:54.929
- To the soles of my feet, i am healed now
- 00:31:54.929 --> 00:31:58.867
- By the stripes of jesus christ.
- 00:31:58.867 --> 00:32:01.569
- He is restoring me.
- 00:32:01.569 --> 00:32:03.271
- He's giving me new energy, new life, new vigor.
- 00:32:03.271 --> 00:32:07.509
- In jesus' name i receive all of it now.
- 00:32:07.509 --> 00:32:12.113
- And i give you praise and thanksgiving
- 00:32:13.148 --> 00:32:16.818
- For what you've done for me.
- 00:32:16.818 --> 00:32:19.054
- Terry, god's given you something.
- 00:32:19.054 --> 00:32:20.388
- - there's someone, you have a condition.
- 00:32:20.388 --> 00:32:22.490
- It's very grave actually, you're developing these tumors
- 00:32:22.490 --> 00:32:26.428
- That are just, they're visible it's disfiguring.
- 00:32:26.428 --> 00:32:30.698
- Those are melting away.
- 00:32:31.366 --> 00:32:32.767
- Jesus is healing you right now
- 00:32:32.767 --> 00:32:35.637
- From something that is untreatable.
- 00:32:35.637 --> 00:32:38.840
- God is healing that.
- 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:40.275
- Just begin to praise him and receive that.
- 00:32:40.275 --> 00:32:42.677
- - there's someone, you've got a weak heart muscle
- 00:32:43.912 --> 00:32:45.413
- And you're not getting full compression on your heart.
- 00:32:45.413 --> 00:32:48.950
- And as a result you've got swelling
- 00:32:48.950 --> 00:32:52.887
- Particularly in your feet,
- 00:32:53.655 --> 00:32:55.056
- Particularly in your right leg, your right foot.
- 00:32:55.056 --> 00:32:57.826
- And god is restoring your heart
- 00:32:57.826 --> 00:32:59.661
- And he's restoring your circulation.
- 00:32:59.661 --> 00:33:01.596
- And in jesus' name may everything
- 00:33:01.596 --> 00:33:03.798
- With your vascular system,
- 00:33:03.798 --> 00:33:05.300
- May everything with your heart muscle,
- 00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:07.268
- May everything with every single valve,
- 00:33:07.268 --> 00:33:09.904
- Every chamber in jesus' name, be healed and be made whole.
- 00:33:09.904 --> 00:33:14.976
- New energy is coursing through you right now.
- 00:33:16.177 --> 00:33:18.213
- New vitality, new oxygen levels.
- 00:33:18.213 --> 00:33:21.516
- Go back and get checked
- 00:33:21.516 --> 00:33:22.917
- And give praise to god for what he's done for you.
- 00:33:22.917 --> 00:33:26.554
- - yeah, someone else you have a problem with oxygen levels
- 00:33:27.989 --> 00:33:30.158
- And you actually get at the base of your fingernails,
- 00:33:30.158 --> 00:33:33.328
- Almost a grayish bluish color.
- 00:33:33.328 --> 00:33:36.531
- God's healing that condition for you right now.
- 00:33:37.765 --> 00:33:39.734
- Just breathe deeply as your lungs completely open up
- 00:33:39.734 --> 00:33:43.671
- And your body is able to process all of that appropriately.
- 00:33:43.671 --> 00:33:47.242
- - there's someone you've had some kind of discharge
- 00:33:48.476 --> 00:33:50.879
- Out of your left ear.
- 00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:52.780
- I don't know if it's spinal fluid
- 00:33:52.780 --> 00:33:56.251
- Or just from an infection.
- 00:33:56.251 --> 00:33:57.952
- But you'll know it
- 00:33:57.952 --> 00:33:59.354
- Because i'm saying discharge from your left ear.
- 00:33:59.354 --> 00:34:01.856
- God is healing that right now.
- 00:34:01.856 --> 00:34:04.159
- Whatever that condition is, in jesus' name,
- 00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:07.562
- Be healed and be made whole.
- 00:34:07.562 --> 00:34:09.297
- - and someone else, you have an issue
- 00:34:09.297 --> 00:34:11.199
- With chronic stys in your eye.
- 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:13.368
- I mean it just, you hardly get one healed
- 00:34:13.368 --> 00:34:15.537
- And another one is present.
- 00:34:15.537 --> 00:34:17.438
- That whole thing that's out of balance,
- 00:34:17.438 --> 00:34:19.440
- Out of order is being made right now in jesus' name.
- 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:24.012
- - someone with recurring eye infections
- 00:34:24.012 --> 00:34:26.581
- And god is healing your eyes,
- 00:34:26.581 --> 00:34:28.383
- Cleansing you from all that bacteria,
- 00:34:28.383 --> 00:34:30.652
- Everything that's wrong with it in jesus' name.
- 00:34:30.652 --> 00:34:33.788
- Be healed and be made whole.
- 00:34:33.788 --> 00:34:36.891
- Lord god, we thank you.
- 00:34:36.891 --> 00:34:38.259
- We thank you for all that you're doing for us.
- 00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:40.528
- We receive everything
- 00:34:40.528 --> 00:34:42.197
- And every promise that you have in jesus' name.
- 00:34:42.197 --> 00:34:46.167
- Amen.
- 00:34:46.601 --> 00:34:47.769
- If you've been healed, let us know.
- 00:34:47.769 --> 00:34:49.604
- Let us share in your good report.
- 00:34:49.604 --> 00:34:51.239
- Just give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:54.475
- And if you need prayer, let me remind you.
- 00:34:54.475 --> 00:34:56.711
- Ask and it will be given.
- 00:34:56.711 --> 00:34:58.279
- Seek and you will find.
- 00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:59.814
- Knock and it will be open to you.
- 00:34:59.814 --> 00:35:01.783
- That's why we believe in prevailing prayer.
- 00:35:01.783 --> 00:35:04.452
- The prayer that doesn't give up until you get the answer.
- 00:35:04.452 --> 00:35:08.623
- So if you want someone to stand with you in prayer,
- 00:35:08.623 --> 00:35:10.792
- Call us, 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:35:10.792 --> 00:35:14.062
- Terry.
- 00:35:14.062 --> 00:35:15.496
- - well still ahead, the grandson of hollywood royalty,
- 00:35:15.496 --> 00:35:18.166
- Jack cassidy, talks about his stint in the spotlight
- 00:35:18.166 --> 00:35:21.736
- On "the voice".
- 00:35:21.736 --> 00:35:23.171
- Find out what happened
- 00:35:23.171 --> 00:35:24.539
- When his dream of winning the contest was dashed.
- 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:27.775
- And then also ahead, a baby's life is in constant danger
- 00:35:27.775 --> 00:35:31.946
- And her mother has no way to afford the brain surgery
- 00:35:31.946 --> 00:35:35.016
- Her daughter needs to survive.
- 00:35:35.016 --> 00:35:37.185
- See how this mom turns to prayer
- 00:35:37.185 --> 00:35:39.520
- And watch the miracle that follows.
- 00:35:39.520 --> 00:35:41.956
- That's coming up.
- 00:35:41.956 --> 00:35:43.725
- (bright music)
- 00:35:43.725 --> 00:35:50.732
- - my head was just killing me.
- 00:35:51.566 --> 00:35:53.735
- I never experienced it to that magnitude.
- 00:35:53.735 --> 00:35:56.404
- Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
- 00:35:56.404 --> 00:35:58.606
- - the doctor who was on call, he said,
- 00:35:58.606 --> 00:36:01.609
- "it looks like a brain bleed."
- 00:36:01.609 --> 00:36:03.845
- We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
- 00:36:03.845 --> 00:36:05.813
- Holy spirit spoke to me when he said
- 00:36:05.813 --> 00:36:07.782
- "the bleeding has stopped."
- 00:36:07.782 --> 00:36:09.284
- We were just all rejoicing
- 00:36:09.284 --> 00:36:10.785
- When we heard she's gonna be fine.
- 00:36:10.785 --> 00:36:13.187
- - i'm grateful every single day.
- 00:36:13.187 --> 00:36:15.556
- 'cause if god brought me through that
- 00:36:15.556 --> 00:36:16.858
- God can bring you through anything.
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- I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
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- - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
- 00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:54.495
- It really frustrated me
- 00:36:54.495 --> 00:36:55.963
- Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
- 00:36:55.963 --> 00:37:01.035
- I could just say, just "lord, i need your help."
- 00:37:02.303 --> 00:37:04.272
- - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
- 00:37:04.272 --> 00:37:06.441
- Take a complete breath
- 00:37:06.441 --> 00:37:07.942
- And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
- 00:37:07.942 --> 00:37:11.746
- - i can feel that air going clear down
- 00:37:11.746 --> 00:37:15.249
- To my stomach and back.
- 00:37:15.249 --> 00:37:17.285
- He will always be there, walking this out for your benefit.
- 00:37:17.285 --> 00:37:22.156
- - when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
- 00:37:22.156 --> 00:37:24.359
- That was only a year older than me.
- 00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:26.327
- I became very sexualized.
- 00:37:26.327 --> 00:37:28.129
- I started going all over the state
- 00:37:29.097 --> 00:37:30.798
- Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
- 00:37:30.798 --> 00:37:34.569
- Nothing was satisfying anymore.
- 00:37:34.569 --> 00:37:37.105
- And so i began to remember all the fantasies
- 00:37:37.105 --> 00:37:39.807
- I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
- 00:37:39.807 --> 00:37:43.111
- I began to transition.
- 00:37:43.111 --> 00:37:44.479
- I began to take the hormones
- 00:37:44.479 --> 00:37:46.381
- And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
- 00:37:46.381 --> 00:37:48.916
- I was really excited about the results
- 00:37:48.916 --> 00:37:50.418
- And i liked how it looked physically.
- 00:37:50.418 --> 00:37:52.653
- I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
- 00:37:52.653 --> 00:37:55.523
- And that was devastating to me.
- 00:37:55.523 --> 00:37:57.492
- But after about a month of just crying out the lord
- 00:37:57.492 --> 00:37:59.627
- Night after night after night,
- 00:37:59.627 --> 00:38:01.195
- I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
- 00:38:02.330 --> 00:38:04.165
- Getting down on one knee.
- 00:38:04.165 --> 00:38:05.633
- He reached his hand into the pit
- 00:38:05.633 --> 00:38:07.135
- And he said, "do you trust me?"
- 00:38:07.135 --> 00:38:09.270
- I took his hand.
- 00:38:09.270 --> 00:38:10.505
- I walked away from my entire identity.
- 00:38:10.505 --> 00:38:12.774
- You are who god created you to be
- 00:38:12.774 --> 00:38:14.442
- And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
- 00:38:14.442 --> 00:38:16.778
- God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
- 00:38:16.778 --> 00:38:21.115
- - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
- 00:38:22.483 --> 00:38:26.454
- - i think cbn ends up touching
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- Many of the areas of the world
- 00:38:28.423 --> 00:38:29.857
- That you as an individual cannot touch.
- 00:38:29.857 --> 00:38:32.760
- It allows me to be a part of such an amazing body of christ.
- 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:37.632
- - i mean this thrilled us. we love to give.
- 00:38:37.632 --> 00:38:40.668
- - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
- 00:38:40.668 --> 00:38:43.137
- To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
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- (dramatic music)
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- - for me as a musician and my identity,
- 00:38:52.046 --> 00:38:54.048
- That was like the ultimate validation,
- 00:38:54.048 --> 00:38:55.850
- Just literally going out and living the rockstar life.
- 00:38:55.850 --> 00:38:58.586
- It was a darkness that started to wear on me.
- 00:38:58.586 --> 00:39:01.088
- I realized how fake it was so without talking to anybody,
- 00:39:01.088 --> 00:39:04.325
- I silently left hollywood with my dreams shattered
- 00:39:04.325 --> 00:39:07.695
- Because that was the epitome.
- 00:39:07.695 --> 00:39:09.297
- And i said, god, i need help.
- 00:39:09.297 --> 00:39:11.766
- And at that moment i knew i needed to figure out
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- Who jesus is.
- 00:39:14.769 --> 00:39:16.070
- I found that acceptance i was looking for.
- 00:39:16.070 --> 00:39:18.406
- The only thing that can fill that hole is jesus christ.
- 00:39:18.406 --> 00:39:21.275
- - i wanted to be a boy one week.
- 00:39:22.076 --> 00:39:23.277
- I wanted to be a girl next week.
- 00:39:23.277 --> 00:39:24.912
- It was constantly like that.
- 00:39:24.912 --> 00:39:26.113
- Confusion always in my mind.
- 00:39:26.113 --> 00:39:27.648
- I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
- 00:39:27.648 --> 00:39:31.018
- - [reporter] at 16, tommy decided it was time
- 00:39:31.018 --> 00:39:33.187
- To give in to those desires.
- 00:39:33.187 --> 00:39:35.456
- Now addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
- 00:39:35.456 --> 00:39:38.292
- And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
- 00:39:38.292 --> 00:39:41.963
- - [tommy] i had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
- 00:39:41.963 --> 00:39:43.998
- - [reporter] despite his doubts,
- 00:39:43.998 --> 00:39:45.132
- Tommy started taking female hormones
- 00:39:45.132 --> 00:39:47.902
- And making plans to have a sex change operation.
- 00:39:47.902 --> 00:39:50.972
- Tommy was doing drugs with his brother and sister
- 00:39:50.972 --> 00:39:54.275
- When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
- 00:39:54.275 --> 00:39:57.612
- Terrified, tommy left the house and went to his mom,
- 00:39:57.612 --> 00:40:00.882
- Who had recently committed her life to christ.
- 00:40:00.882 --> 00:40:03.484
- - i had to cry out to god
- 00:40:03.484 --> 00:40:04.719
- Because i just knew in that moment
- 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:06.087
- That he was the only one that was able to help me.
- 00:40:06.087 --> 00:40:07.655
- So i remember just telling him i'm sorry,
- 00:40:07.655 --> 00:40:09.824
- Of the lifestyle that i was living.
- 00:40:09.824 --> 00:40:11.492
- I just went into this deep place
- 00:40:11.492 --> 00:40:13.327
- Of repenting and asking for forgiveness.
- 00:40:13.327 --> 00:40:16.264
- If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
- 00:40:16.264 --> 00:40:18.666
- We all need a savior.
- 00:40:18.666 --> 00:40:19.901
- We all come from a place of brokenness.
- 00:40:19.901 --> 00:40:21.936
- - heaven light is a little girl with a glow about her
- 00:40:23.271 --> 00:40:26.340
- That matches her name.
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- Her mother is devoted to her.
- 00:40:28.142 --> 00:40:30.545
- Yet not long ago heaven light was in constant danger
- 00:40:30.545 --> 00:40:34.248
- Every single day.
- 00:40:34.248 --> 00:40:37.418
- (gentle music)
- 00:40:37.985 --> 00:40:40.154
- - [reporter] when heaven light was two months old,
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- Her mother found a bump on her head.
- 00:40:42.023 --> 00:40:44.125
- As time went by, it grew bigger.
- 00:40:44.125 --> 00:40:47.528
- (woman speaking in foreign language)
- 00:40:48.596 --> 00:40:50.064
- - [translator] when she plays,
- 00:40:50.064 --> 00:40:51.599
- I make sure she does not hurt herself or bump her head.
- 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:55.503
- She often touches her head and says, "mommy, get this off."
- 00:40:55.503 --> 00:41:00.107
- I realized how dangerous it was
- 00:41:00.107 --> 00:41:03.044
- And went all over to find help.
- 00:41:03.044 --> 00:41:06.013
- - the plates in her skull
- 00:41:06.013 --> 00:41:07.248
- Didn't fuse the way they should have.
- 00:41:07.248 --> 00:41:09.116
- So she's had fluid from her brain accumulate here
- 00:41:09.116 --> 00:41:11.752
- Just under the skin.
- 00:41:11.752 --> 00:41:13.187
- Left untreated, over time her brain
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- Would eventually start to grow through that hole
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- And she'd probably develop mental disabilities.
- 00:41:17.959 --> 00:41:20.928
- - [translator] when i learned heaven light needed surgery,
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- I lost all hope because i couldn't afford it.
- 00:41:23.664 --> 00:41:27.602
- I worried for her future
- 00:41:27.602 --> 00:41:29.470
- Because daily activities are dangerous for her.
- 00:41:29.470 --> 00:41:33.107
- I prayed god would make a way for us
- 00:41:33.107 --> 00:41:35.876
- Because there was nothing i could do.
- 00:41:35.876 --> 00:41:38.613
- - [reporter] heaven light's mother kept searching for help
- 00:41:40.047 --> 00:41:42.283
- And learned about arusha lutheran medical centre,
- 00:41:42.283 --> 00:41:44.719
- A hospital supported by operation blessing.
- 00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:47.722
- We soon arranged and paid for heaven light's surgery.
- 00:41:47.722 --> 00:41:52.994
- - [translator] she recovered completely.
- 00:41:54.128 --> 00:41:56.897
- I am so relieved and at peace now.
- 00:41:56.897 --> 00:42:00.601
- Afterward she felt her head
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- And said "it is gone now." and smiled.
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- She will be able to go to school safely.
- 00:42:06.974 --> 00:42:09.977
- She can interact and play like other children.
- 00:42:09.977 --> 00:42:13.714
- Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible.
- 00:42:13.714 --> 00:42:17.885
- You have changed our lives
- 00:42:17.885 --> 00:42:22.390
- - and that thank you goes all the way to your home,
- 00:42:23.724 --> 00:42:26.460
- If you're a member of "the 700 club"
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- Because you made it possible.
- 00:42:28.863 --> 00:42:30.931
- Because of your faithful giving,
- 00:42:30.931 --> 00:42:32.767
- We're able to have these centers around the world
- 00:42:32.767 --> 00:42:35.136
- Where operation blessing can help people in need.
- 00:42:35.136 --> 00:42:38.606
- We're able to distribute medical care,
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- We're able to distribute food, disaster relief,
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- Clean water, all because you care enough to give.
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- If you're not a member, i invite you to join with us.
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- It's real simple.
- 00:42:50.051 --> 00:42:51.352
- All you have to do is call us, 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:42:51.352 --> 00:42:54.388
- Say i wanna become a member of "the 700 club".
- 00:42:54.388 --> 00:42:57.224
- How much is that?
- 00:42:57.224 --> 00:42:58.159
- Well, it's just $20 a month.
- 00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:59.794
- That breaks out to be 65 cents a day.
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- Some of you can give at higher levels.
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- We have "700 club" gold for you
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- And we have a 1000 club,
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- Which is a $1000 a year.
- 00:43:08.302 --> 00:43:10.771
- That breaks out to $84 a month.
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- If you're already a "700 club" member,
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- Consider increasing going to "700 club" gold
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- Or going to 1000 club.
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- When you call, make sure you ask for pledge express.
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- That's electronic monthly giving.
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- The bank is doing all the work.
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- And we send as our gift to you,
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- "power for life" monthly teaching cds.
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- You can ask for pledge express when you call,
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- Or you can give monthly on cbn.com
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- When you give monthly on the internet,
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- You automatically sign up for pledge express.
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- We also have a text to give option
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- Terry?
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- - well coming up next a fall from "the voice"
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- That sent this singer into a cocaine fueled addiction.
- 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:02.356
- Find out who he called for help
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- And what he learned about coming clean.
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- - i was muslim for four years.
- 00:44:47.735 --> 00:44:49.603
- I had spells cast on me
- 00:44:49.603 --> 00:44:52.106
- And just everything you can think of.
- 00:44:52.106 --> 00:44:54.809
- I never got what i was looking for.
- 00:44:54.809 --> 00:44:57.645
- There was no real power to change my life.
- 00:44:57.645 --> 00:45:01.415
- I had tried everything.
- 00:45:01.415 --> 00:45:03.017
- It was just came to a point
- 00:45:03.017 --> 00:45:04.652
- Where it was like, you know what?
- 00:45:04.652 --> 00:45:06.120
- I don't want to do this anymore.
- 00:45:06.120 --> 00:45:07.888
- The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
- 00:45:07.888 --> 00:45:11.292
- She prayed for me.
- 00:45:11.292 --> 00:45:12.593
- And all i know is i felt the love of god.
- 00:45:12.593 --> 00:45:16.764
- We would read from genesis to revelation
- 00:45:16.764 --> 00:45:19.200
- And we just went deep in the word of god.
- 00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:22.136
- Everything about me, even my very countenance
- 00:45:22.136 --> 00:45:24.839
- Begin to change after that point.
- 00:45:24.839 --> 00:45:27.875
- And now i just have a desire
- 00:45:27.875 --> 00:45:29.743
- To see them experience the loving kindness of god
- 00:45:29.743 --> 00:45:34.548
- That i have experienced.
- 00:45:34.548 --> 00:45:36.283
- To see that true change is possible
- 00:45:36.283 --> 00:45:39.119
- And that what you thought that you were looking for
- 00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:41.655
- Can only be found in christ.
- 00:45:41.655 --> 00:45:44.091
- (dramatic music)
- 00:45:44.091 --> 00:45:46.760
- - i just couldn't keep anything down.
- 00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:49.396
- The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
- 00:45:49.396 --> 00:45:52.933
- As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
- 00:45:52.933 --> 00:45:55.236
- My prayer was, lord, give me a diagnosis
- 00:45:55.236 --> 00:45:58.873
- And give me a treatment plan and gimme a doctor who knows me
- 00:45:58.873 --> 00:46:01.642
- And understands what's going on.
- 00:46:01.642 --> 00:46:03.344
- And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
- 00:46:03.344 --> 00:46:07.047
- He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
- 00:46:07.047 --> 00:46:08.749
- So i did. i put my hand.
- 00:46:08.749 --> 00:46:10.251
- I said, "lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me."
- 00:46:10.251 --> 00:46:13.888
- And at that moment gordon said-
- 00:46:13.888 --> 00:46:16.390
- - there's someone you're saying, please say crohn's disease.
- 00:46:16.390 --> 00:46:19.827
- And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
- 00:46:19.827 --> 00:46:22.796
- Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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- But be restored now in jesus' name.
- 00:46:26.066 --> 00:46:30.271
- - and i've had no issues since that time
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- And i just give god the glory for that.
- 00:46:33.674 --> 00:46:37.177
- What i know is that jesus touched me
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- And that i've been healed.
- 00:46:38.746 --> 00:46:45.552
- - it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
- 00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:49.723
- - it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
- 00:46:49.723 --> 00:46:52.493
- - they kept saying "septic, septic,
- 00:46:52.493 --> 00:46:54.094
- I think she's getting septic."
- 00:46:54.094 --> 00:46:55.262
- - they sent this lady in to prepare us
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- For a lifetime of dialysis
- 00:46:58.098 --> 00:47:00.234
- And this medicine was going to destroy
- 00:47:00.234 --> 00:47:02.036
- Every dream my girl could possibly have.
- 00:47:02.036 --> 00:47:04.271
- - thousands and thousands,
- 00:47:04.271 --> 00:47:05.739
- Literally around the world were praying for her.
- 00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:08.242
- - mom runs out into the hallway and she's like,
- 00:47:08.242 --> 00:47:10.711
- "he just told me he canceled your surgery."
- 00:47:10.711 --> 00:47:14.581
- He was like, "your kidney biopsy
- 00:47:14.581 --> 00:47:16.583
- Came back completely clean."
- 00:47:16.583 --> 00:47:18.485
- I stood up on my hospital bed with my iv bag,
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- Just, we were hugging and screaming.
- 00:47:21.055 --> 00:47:22.890
- It was just the biggest celebration.
- 00:47:22.890 --> 00:47:25.726
- - i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
- 00:47:25.726 --> 00:47:27.528
- I think those prayers were answered.
- 00:47:27.528 --> 00:47:30.064
- - hi! - yay!
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- - you did it.
- 00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:34.234
- I am beyond thankful
- 00:47:34.234 --> 00:47:35.235
- That i have been singing nonstop.
- 00:47:35.235 --> 00:47:38.038
- Prayers work. they work.
- 00:47:38.038 --> 00:47:39.873
- Ask people to pray for you
- 00:47:39.873 --> 00:47:41.241
- And really believe, really believe
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- That anything is possible.
- 00:47:43.577 --> 00:47:45.946
- - i was told for so many years by my dad
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- That i was worthless, that i was no good.
- 00:47:49.917 --> 00:47:52.720
- I did not like myself very much at all.
- 00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:54.755
- And i started asking god to help me.
- 00:47:55.756 --> 00:47:59.460
- I heard this voice say to me, "can you forgive?"
- 00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:04.298
- And then i said, "i can forgive."
- 00:48:04.298 --> 00:48:07.701
- In that moment, i found everything i was looking for.
- 00:48:07.701 --> 00:48:11.672
- He will transform your life like you wouldn't believe.
- 00:48:11.672 --> 00:48:17.378
- - jack cassidy was 17 years old when he was selected
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- To be a contestant on "the voice".
- 00:48:22.282 --> 00:48:24.718
- He was in his element and convinced he could win it all.
- 00:48:24.718 --> 00:48:28.922
- So when jack was cut from the contest,
- 00:48:28.922 --> 00:48:31.325
- His dreams were dashed
- 00:48:31.325 --> 00:48:33.127
- And his life was soon hanging in the balance.
- 00:48:33.127 --> 00:48:36.797
- - i did one line that night that was too much
- 00:48:37.965 --> 00:48:41.135
- And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold
- 00:48:41.135 --> 00:48:45.072
- And my heart started uncontrollably pounding out my chest.
- 00:48:45.072 --> 00:48:48.776
- - [reporter] jack cassidy is the grandson
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- Of actress, shirley jones.
- 00:48:51.779 --> 00:48:53.580
- He grew up in a musical family with his dad patrick
- 00:48:53.580 --> 00:48:56.550
- And his uncles david and shaun cassidy.
- 00:48:56.550 --> 00:49:00.087
- - growing up in the cassidys was interesting.
- 00:49:00.087 --> 00:49:04.124
- It was definitely, its own unique experience.
- 00:49:04.124 --> 00:49:06.560
- My parents tried to keep me very, very grounded
- 00:49:06.560 --> 00:49:08.862
- And really instill what was important,
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- Which is just normal family life and love.
- 00:49:11.265 --> 00:49:13.967
- And mom sent me to a church camp called forest home.
- 00:49:13.967 --> 00:49:17.671
- She thought me and our family needed christ
- 00:49:17.671 --> 00:49:20.974
- 'cause we were going through some rough stuff
- 00:49:20.974 --> 00:49:22.609
- And she's like, hopefully my kids can find jesus.
- 00:49:22.609 --> 00:49:25.279
- - [reporter] that summer he encountered
- 00:49:25.279 --> 00:49:27.147
- The unconditional love of christ at camp
- 00:49:27.147 --> 00:49:29.850
- And gave his life to jesus.
- 00:49:29.850 --> 00:49:32.419
- - i just said yes.
- 00:49:32.419 --> 00:49:33.854
- But from there my prayer became a prayer for evidence.
- 00:49:33.854 --> 00:49:36.890
- And over the next few years i just got flooded
- 00:49:36.890 --> 00:49:39.326
- With those evidences.
- 00:49:39.326 --> 00:49:40.761
- Jesus showing up in very miraculous ways in my life
- 00:49:40.761 --> 00:49:43.997
- And giving me peace in the midst of chaotic circumstances.
- 00:49:43.997 --> 00:49:48.435
- And just definitely affirmed for me
- 00:49:48.435 --> 00:49:49.903
- That there was power in the name of jesus
- 00:49:49.903 --> 00:49:52.272
- - [reporter] in high school,
- 00:49:52.272 --> 00:49:53.674
- Jack was a talented singer and worship leader.
- 00:49:53.674 --> 00:49:56.076
- When he was 17, he was selected
- 00:49:56.076 --> 00:49:58.245
- To be a contestant on "the voice".
- 00:49:58.245 --> 00:50:00.581
- Jack was thrilled to have a platform to share jesus.
- 00:50:00.581 --> 00:50:05.252
- - i had never done anything in the music business before.
- 00:50:05.252 --> 00:50:07.554
- And you know, trying to succeed on that show
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- Or win that show was definitely the goal.
- 00:50:09.890 --> 00:50:12.192
- It was like, oh, i definitely belong here.
- 00:50:12.192 --> 00:50:13.994
- I was working with other artists
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- And working with the coaches
- 00:50:15.496 --> 00:50:17.731
- And it was like, this is where i fit in.
- 00:50:17.731 --> 00:50:21.335
- This is who god created me to be.
- 00:50:21.335 --> 00:50:23.670
- - [reporter] jack's time on "the voice"
- 00:50:23.670 --> 00:50:24.938
- Took him to the top 12,
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- But his dreams of winning it all were dashed
- 00:50:26.740 --> 00:50:29.042
- When he was voted off.
- 00:50:29.042 --> 00:50:30.777
- - i let that show get the better of me
- 00:50:30.777 --> 00:50:33.547
- And i just got caught up in that world.
- 00:50:33.547 --> 00:50:36.416
- So when things returned to a state of normalcy
- 00:50:36.416 --> 00:50:39.153
- It was a much bigger fall
- 00:50:39.153 --> 00:50:41.522
- And i guess i was chasing that high again
- 00:50:42.623 --> 00:50:44.525
- And i was allowing myself to let my christian guard down
- 00:50:44.525 --> 00:50:48.695
- And went to a lot of parties
- 00:50:48.695 --> 00:50:50.731
- And interacted with a lot of worldly type things,
- 00:50:50.731 --> 00:50:53.867
- Which was temporarily soothing the depression
- 00:50:53.867 --> 00:50:56.570
- And the fall from that show that i was experiencing.
- 00:50:56.570 --> 00:51:00.507
- - [reporter] at one of those parties,
- 00:51:00.507 --> 00:51:02.075
- Jack was introduced to cocaine.
- 00:51:02.075 --> 00:51:04.478
- - from the first time i tried cocaine,
- 00:51:04.478 --> 00:51:06.547
- I got pretty instantly hooked.
- 00:51:06.547 --> 00:51:09.650
- It started to become every day, all day,
- 00:51:09.650 --> 00:51:13.053
- And it completely destroyed my life in every aspect.
- 00:51:14.321 --> 00:51:18.892
- It drained my bank account completely.
- 00:51:19.993 --> 00:51:21.828
- It made me start to steal just to get drugs.
- 00:51:21.828 --> 00:51:27.434
- - [reporter] for the next year and a half,
- 00:51:28.602 --> 00:51:30.571
- Jack isolated himself from friends and family
- 00:51:30.571 --> 00:51:33.507
- As his drug addiction took over his life,
- 00:51:33.507 --> 00:51:36.310
- - found a new batch of drugs that was just a lot stronger.
- 00:51:36.310 --> 00:51:39.713
- And i did one line that night that was too much
- 00:51:39.713 --> 00:51:43.350
- And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold.
- 00:51:44.751 --> 00:51:48.155
- And my heart started uncontrollably pounding outta my chest
- 00:51:48.155 --> 00:51:51.491
- And it felt like it was right on the verge of a heart attack
- 00:51:51.491 --> 00:51:55.329
- And i felt like i couldn't really call the ambulance
- 00:51:55.329 --> 00:51:59.533
- Or get any help.
- 00:51:59.533 --> 00:52:01.802
- - [reporter] alone and desperate, jack remembered
- 00:52:01.802 --> 00:52:03.937
- The power of jesus' name he experienced earlier in life
- 00:52:03.937 --> 00:52:07.174
- And cried out for help.
- 00:52:07.174 --> 00:52:08.909
- - even though i had buried god really deep in that season,
- 00:52:08.909 --> 00:52:12.946
- I hit my knees in the midst of that full blown chaos
- 00:52:12.946 --> 00:52:17.251
- And i just cried out to him
- 00:52:17.251 --> 00:52:18.652
- And asked him to let me live,
- 00:52:18.652 --> 00:52:21.655
- To save my life in a moment of total brokenness,
- 00:52:21.655 --> 00:52:24.725
- Total darkness, did not deserve to be saved.
- 00:52:24.725 --> 00:52:27.127
- I got myself here.
- 00:52:27.127 --> 00:52:29.162
- I felt the spirit coming in that moment
- 00:52:29.162 --> 00:52:30.964
- And completely overpower the chaos
- 00:52:30.964 --> 00:52:34.234
- And the drugs that i'd put in my body.
- 00:52:34.234 --> 00:52:36.069
- And the drugs were warring against me,
- 00:52:36.069 --> 00:52:37.804
- Trying to make my body shut down.
- 00:52:37.804 --> 00:52:40.274
- But god was literally breathing life into me.
- 00:52:40.274 --> 00:52:43.443
- His power in my spirit, in the midst of all that
- 00:52:43.443 --> 00:52:46.380
- Is what was keeping me in a place of real peace
- 00:52:46.380 --> 00:52:48.982
- And calming my heart down
- 00:52:48.982 --> 00:52:51.318
- And keeping me literally alive.
- 00:52:51.318 --> 00:52:54.855
- - [reporter] jack realized how far he had fallen
- 00:52:54.855 --> 00:52:57.658
- From the calling he once had.
- 00:52:57.658 --> 00:53:00.093
- - after that experience, it really exposed what cocaine was.
- 00:53:00.093 --> 00:53:04.965
- It was not a friend, it was not a helper
- 00:53:04.965 --> 00:53:07.267
- To get me out of those places.
- 00:53:07.267 --> 00:53:08.535
- It was leading me to a place of death.
- 00:53:08.535 --> 00:53:10.704
- And when jesus showed up in such a radical way
- 00:53:10.704 --> 00:53:12.839
- In the midst of that, it really made it really real
- 00:53:12.839 --> 00:53:16.443
- And tangible that he was the way to life.
- 00:53:16.443 --> 00:53:19.680
- Jesus showed that, no, i'm lord over that
- 00:53:19.680 --> 00:53:22.249
- And i can be lord over all these things in your life.
- 00:53:22.249 --> 00:53:24.851
- So it really established this deep rooted trust in god.
- 00:53:24.851 --> 00:53:29.389
- - [reporter] jack has been free from drugs since 2018
- 00:53:29.389 --> 00:53:33.060
- And shares his deep appreciation for god's love
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- In his music.
- 00:53:36.296 --> 00:53:37.998
- ♪ jesus, i'm learning to let go ♪
- 00:53:37.998 --> 00:53:40.701
- ♪ and let god show me how to be me ♪
- 00:53:40.701 --> 00:53:44.738
- ♪ i'm learning to let go and let god ♪
- 00:53:44.738 --> 00:53:48.742
- ♪ show me how to be free. ♪
- 00:53:48.742 --> 00:53:50.344
- He is willing to meet us in whatever place that we're in.
- 00:53:50.344 --> 00:53:53.947
- And that varies for everyone.
- 00:53:53.947 --> 00:53:55.949
- For me, the darkest moments i walked through,
- 00:53:55.949 --> 00:53:58.518
- He wanted to meet me and redeem me in that place.
- 00:53:58.518 --> 00:54:01.421
- And he came with a spirit of kindness, a spirit of love
- 00:54:01.421 --> 00:54:04.858
- And a spirit of, i just want to help you
- 00:54:04.858 --> 00:54:08.662
- And he's willing to do that
- 00:54:08.662 --> 00:54:10.964
- In whatever scenario people walk through.
- 00:54:10.964 --> 00:54:13.367
- ♪ i'm letting go, let god ♪
- 00:54:14.201 --> 00:54:17.971
- ♪ so i can be the real me ♪
- 00:54:17.971 --> 00:54:22.175
- - that's an odd thing, isn't it?
- 00:54:22.175 --> 00:54:23.744
- We almost have to unlearn what's taught us
- 00:54:23.744 --> 00:54:27.848
- From the time we're small,
- 00:54:27.848 --> 00:54:29.182
- Which is pick yourself up, dust yourself off,
- 00:54:29.182 --> 00:54:32.018
- Get moving, you've got this.
- 00:54:32.018 --> 00:54:34.488
- But when we come to these places in our lives as adults
- 00:54:34.488 --> 00:54:39.593
- Where the rubber meets the road
- 00:54:40.394 --> 00:54:42.462
- And we are not enough, where do we go?
- 00:54:42.462 --> 00:54:46.633
- Where do we go?
- 00:54:46.633 --> 00:54:47.801
- You know, thankfully jack's family
- 00:54:47.801 --> 00:54:50.470
- Had invested some time
- 00:54:50.470 --> 00:54:52.439
- And sending him places
- 00:54:52.439 --> 00:54:55.976
- Where at an early time in his life
- 00:54:55.976 --> 00:54:57.477
- He did find out about the power of the name of jesus.
- 00:54:57.477 --> 00:55:01.715
- Because it really does change everything,
- 00:55:01.715 --> 00:55:04.751
- Really does change everything.
- 00:55:04.751 --> 00:55:07.120
- You know in us there is this thing
- 00:55:07.120 --> 00:55:09.890
- That has to continually be surrendered to the lord
- 00:55:09.890 --> 00:55:12.659
- That says, i can do this.
- 00:55:12.659 --> 00:55:14.027
- You know, let me, i can manage this.
- 00:55:14.027 --> 00:55:16.630
- And it's for some of us, sometimes it's a survival technique
- 00:55:16.630 --> 00:55:20.967
- That we wind up getting caught up in.
- 00:55:20.967 --> 00:55:23.703
- But for the most part, until you know
- 00:55:23.703 --> 00:55:26.673
- How trustworthy jesus is, beyond that,
- 00:55:26.673 --> 00:55:30.510
- That he has always had a plan and a purpose for your life.
- 00:55:30.510 --> 00:55:35.582
- And it's your choice to tap into that.
- 00:55:36.683 --> 00:55:38.518
- You know, as difficult a journey as this was for jack,
- 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:42.956
- Really, it was a gift from god to him to come to the place
- 00:55:44.391 --> 00:55:47.694
- Where he had to surrender and let go of all that he knew
- 00:55:47.694 --> 00:55:51.565
- How to manage and control in his life
- 00:55:51.565 --> 00:55:53.733
- And say, jesus, i'm crying out to you.
- 00:55:53.733 --> 00:55:58.038
- And he was right about what he said.
- 00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:00.941
- You know, he didn't deserve
- 00:56:00.941 --> 00:56:02.409
- To have jesus do a thing for him.
- 00:56:02.409 --> 00:56:04.845
- I mean, his life was a mess.
- 00:56:04.845 --> 00:56:06.880
- He'd gotten himself into that.
- 00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:09.549
- He'd made choices that backfired
- 00:56:09.549 --> 00:56:12.285
- And that really were costing him his life at that point.
- 00:56:12.285 --> 00:56:16.356
- You know, you can't earn the love
- 00:56:17.390 --> 00:56:20.994
- Or the presence or the power of god.
- 00:56:20.994 --> 00:56:24.598
- There's nothing you can do to earn that.
- 00:56:24.598 --> 00:56:27.934
- But you can call upon the name of the lord.
- 00:56:27.934 --> 00:56:31.505
- You can call out to him in your misery,
- 00:56:31.505 --> 00:56:34.140
- In your lostness, in your panic, in your sickness,
- 00:56:34.140 --> 00:56:39.145
- And god will be present with you.
- 00:56:40.113 --> 00:56:42.682
- It's who he is.
- 00:56:43.216 --> 00:56:44.417
- It's not about who you are.
- 00:56:44.417 --> 00:56:46.253
- It's not about what you've done.
- 00:56:46.253 --> 00:56:47.821
- It's not about having some kind of a spiritual ability
- 00:56:47.821 --> 00:56:51.458
- To tap into things.
- 00:56:51.458 --> 00:56:53.927
- He wants the real you.
- 00:56:54.628 --> 00:56:56.596
- He wants you just to call upon his name,
- 00:56:56.596 --> 00:56:59.933
- Because like jack,
- 00:56:59.933 --> 00:57:02.035
- You know there's power in the name of jesus.
- 00:57:02.035 --> 00:57:05.405
- I don't know what you're facing today.
- 00:57:05.405 --> 00:57:07.607
- Could be many, many things,
- 00:57:07.607 --> 00:57:10.410
- But the power in jesus' name never changes, never changes.
- 00:57:11.845 --> 00:57:16.449
- Will you call on him today to come right into the midst
- 00:57:17.817 --> 00:57:20.153
- Of whatever you're dealing with
- 00:57:20.153 --> 00:57:21.621
- And to make a difference, to give you, first of all,
- 00:57:21.621 --> 00:57:24.491
- Salvation, you need it.
- 00:57:24.491 --> 00:57:26.893
- We all do.
- 00:57:26.893 --> 00:57:27.994
- We're sinners in need of a savior.
- 00:57:27.994 --> 00:57:30.664
- Call upon the name of jesus.
- 00:57:30.664 --> 00:57:33.333
- Just say, jesus, come into my heart, my life.
- 00:57:33.333 --> 00:57:36.603
- Teach me your ways.
- 00:57:36.603 --> 00:57:38.505
- Forgive my sins.
- 00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:40.907
- Fill me with your holy spirit.
- 00:57:40.907 --> 00:57:43.243
- He will come.
- 00:57:43.243 --> 00:57:44.778
- We leave you today with these words from 1st peter 5:7.
- 00:57:44.778 --> 00:57:48.014
- Give all your worries and cares to god
- 00:57:48.014 --> 00:57:50.884
- For he cares about you.
- 00:57:50.884 --> 00:57:53.954
- Thanks for joining us today.
- 00:57:53.954 --> 00:57:55.255
- If you need prayer, call our toll free number.
- 00:57:55.255 --> 00:57:57.157
- There's always a friend there.
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- God bless you.
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