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The 700 Club | May 21, 2025 | May 21, 2025
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- - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- - [gordon] coming up.
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- - [drew] i heard some noise in the living room.
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- - [narrator] a home invasion.
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- - there's somebody in my living room.
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- - [gordon] this man goes chasing a robber.
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- - i move him out of the way pretty easily.
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- - [gordon] and runs straight into two more.
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- - and the last noise that i remember hearing
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- Was the gunshot go off.
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- - [gordon] then he takes a bullet in the face.
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- - [drew] you should not be alive.
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- - [gordon] his story on today's 700 club.
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- Well welcome to the 700 club.
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- Countries can rise or fall on a piece of technology
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- That fits on the tip of your finger.
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- Semiconductors are critical
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- For everything from weapon systems to microwaves.
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- Currently the world's biggest manufacturer
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- Of these chips is taiwan,
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- Although china is set on taking over global production.
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- As brody carter reports,
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- That could mean a chip war in the making.
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- - the key to dominating international technology
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- And computing power rests in semiconductor chips.
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- Basically, the brains of modern electronics.
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- And you might be surprised the united states
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- Isn't the world leader
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- In this multi-billion dollar industry.
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- It's not even second.
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- The us government's goal is simply to stay ahead of china.
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- - when we look at the world's most advanced chips,
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- Taiwan makes 92% of them.
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- Matter of fact, one company in taiwan makes 92%.
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- - [brody] the small island of taiwan
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- Clearly dominates the world's semiconductor market.
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- That single manufacturer chang refers to is tsmc,
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- Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company
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- And apple is its biggest customer.
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- - so if it were knocked offline,
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- We'd face a huge economic crisis
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- Because our inability to get the chips we need.
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- - [brody] tufts university professor chris miller,
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- Is the author of "chip war: the fight for the world's
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- Most critical technology.
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- He says the taiwanese company's dominance in semiconductors
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- Makes opec 40% share of world oil production
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- Pale by comparison.
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- - today china spends as much money importing semiconductors
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- As it spends importing oil
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- And it buys those ship in large part from us firms
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- That make great business selling to china.
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- - [brody] the chip industry is made possible
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- By a symbiotic relationship among key countries
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- That forms a very complex supply chain.
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- America, the world's largest market,
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- Also makes up 40% of the total value
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- Of this international supply machine.
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- - today, if you wanna make an advanced chip,
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- The most cutting edge chips that you'd find
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- In a smartphone or data center,
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- It's simply impossible to do without
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- Using software from the us,
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- Machine tools from the netherlands,
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- The us and japan ultra purified chemicals from japan,
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- As well as manufacturing capabilities in taiwan.
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- It's an international process.
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- - [brody] just a few years ago,
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- China's tech giant huawei was tsmcs number two customer.
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- Then the trump administration tightened restrictions
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- Preventing huawei from getting chips developed by the us
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- Due to espionage and national security concerns.
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- - huawei is something that's very dangerous.
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- You look at what they've done from a security standpoint,
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- From a military standpoint, it's very dangerous.
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- - if taiwan were taken over
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- Or even if the taiwan wasn't taken over,
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- But there was a war on the taiwan strait
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- That taiwan repelled,
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- Even still, the shock that semiconductor supply chains
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- Would cause a deep depression
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- In manufacturing industries worldwide.
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- And the reason is that today all types
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- Of goods require semiconductors.
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- It's not just smartphones or pcs,
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- Sort of high tech goods that you might think of.
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- It's your car which might have
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- Hundreds of semiconductors inside,
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- Your coffee maker, your microwave,
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- Almost anything with an on/off switch today
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- Has semiconductors inside of it.
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- - [brody] more importantly, miller told cbn news
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- Microchips has revolutionized american warfare.
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- Semiconductors made in taiwan are used in f35 fighter jets
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- And a wide range of us military grade weapons
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- And defense systems.
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- Since the world's entire tech ecosystem can't function
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- Without these chips, that makes the sovereign island
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- Ground zero for a chip war between the us and china.
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- - and that means that the world's made
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- To order chips are made on china's doorstep.
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- Both south korea and taiwan are vulnerable
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- And it is not inconceivable
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- That china could take over both of them.
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- - [brody] that's what makes the communist governments
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- Made in china 2025 plan
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- To make the country dominant
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- In global high-tech manufacturing,
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- A true threat to the us,
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- Both economically and militarily.
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- - as china's become stronger, it's become more belligerent,
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- More provocative, more aggressive.
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- This is perhaps the greatest mistake america
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- Has made throughout its history
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- And it's a mistake that we may not survive.
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- - [brody] it's one reason the us followed suit
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- With the chips act pouring out billions
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- To bring chip manufacturing and research back to the us.
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- - if you wanna build a cutting edge chip making facility,
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- It'll cost 20 or $25 billion for just one plant.
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- These are the most expensive factories in human history.
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- - [brody] tsmc has committed at least 12 billion
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- To build a chip fabrication plant in arizona.
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- Still, neither china nor the us can overtake taiwan
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- And achieve self-sufficiency anytime soon.
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- - we should care about where they're made
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- Because we need them to drive our economy
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- And it is the case increasingly that things
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- That are further away,
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- Things that are at the hands of geopolitical adversaries,
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- May not be attainable at all
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- Times and that provides, you know,
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- A concern of vulnerability for us.
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- It also provides our adversaries,
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- A strength that they can use.
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- - [brody] while taiwan has maintained its sovereignty
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- For more than 70 years,
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- China still considers the island nation its property
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- And regularly provokes it militarily.
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- Given china's authoritarian use
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- Of technology against its own people
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- And the potential power of semiconductors,
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- Who controls the world's technology
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- And data is paramount.
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- This evolving technology makes semiconductors even more
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- Of a national security concern,
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- Especially with progress and artificial intelligence
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- And quantum computing.
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- The chip war is well underway
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- And exactly how hostile this war becomes,
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- Remains to be seen.
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- Brody, carter, cbn news,
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- - well any kind of strength/weakness analysis,
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- You always look at single points of failure.
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- If taiwan semiconductor would fail,
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- You literally wipe out 90% of the world's production.
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- That's why it's important for us to stand for taiwan
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- And to stand for taiwan's independence.
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- Literally everything that we use
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- To run the world is dependent on that one company.
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- We'll be back with more of the 700 club right after this.
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- God showed me what i had become.
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- - i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
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- I had spells cast on me
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- To see them experience the loving kindness of god
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- - we do.
- 00:11:31.303 --> 00:11:32.738
- - [lorie] the troubling messages often try to be humorous
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- And appear on a number of products
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- From baby clothes with "mommy drinks because i cry,"
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- "to wine glasses with mommy's sippy cup."
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- T-shirts reading, "coffee hockey mom, wine, repeat."
- 00:11:47.186 --> 00:11:51.323
- And even memes like the most expensive part
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- Of having kids is all the wine you have to drink.
- 00:11:54.126 --> 00:11:57.830
- - i think this messaging that is everywhere,
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- It normalizes
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- This behavior of drinking to survive parenthood
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- And it normalizes this idea
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- That like drinking a lot is no big deal.
- 00:12:09.541 --> 00:12:12.611
- - [lorie] as it turns out,
- 00:12:12.611 --> 00:12:13.846
- The messaging sadly reflects reality.
- 00:12:13.846 --> 00:12:17.349
- Kelly manley turned to alcohol to fit in with her peers
- 00:12:17.349 --> 00:12:21.053
- Who she observed drinking everywhere,
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- At kids' birthday parties, soccer practices, you name it.
- 00:12:23.589 --> 00:12:27.693
- - people would show up to the park with little, you know,
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- Discrete glasses of wine to have at, you know,
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- 4:00 pm on a play date at the park.
- 00:12:33.265 --> 00:12:35.467
- You know you go to the zoo
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- And for a small upcharge you can buy a flight of beer,
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- Not just a beer,
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- But a flight of beer
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- To enjoy while you're pushing your kid around the zoo.
- 00:12:45.310 --> 00:12:46.845
- - [lorie] and like other events these days,
- 00:12:46.845 --> 00:12:49.014
- It's going digital.
- 00:12:49.014 --> 00:12:50.482
- Like the moms who need wine facebook group.
- 00:12:50.482 --> 00:12:53.852
- - alcohol has been sold as the ultimate way to decompress,
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- To cope and to bond with other women
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- And it's very dangerous.
- 00:13:02.461 --> 00:13:04.029
- - [lorie] the alcohol industry has certainly played a part.
- 00:13:04.029 --> 00:13:07.699
- Back in the nineties it ushered in this
- 00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:09.768
- So-called pinking of the market,
- 00:13:09.768 --> 00:13:12.271
- Making and advertising booze aimed specifically at women.
- 00:13:12.271 --> 00:13:17.342
- - drink these sweetened, pre-unsweetened, gorgeous,
- 00:13:18.577 --> 00:13:20.612
- Attractive pink drinks that will
- 00:13:21.413 --> 00:13:23.448
- End you into drinking spirits, drinking pretty wine,
- 00:13:24.783 --> 00:13:28.353
- Drinking wine with names like you know,
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- French rabbit.
- 00:13:32.724 --> 00:13:33.792
- - [lorie] and it worked.
- 00:13:33.792 --> 00:13:35.193
- While historically men consumed the most alcohol,
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- Women are now catching up.
- 00:13:39.097 --> 00:13:41.433
- In the last 15 years,
- 00:13:41.433 --> 00:13:43.068
- The greatest increase in consumption has been
- 00:13:43.068 --> 00:13:45.737
- Among women in their thirties and forties.
- 00:13:45.737 --> 00:13:48.373
- However, because of biological differences,
- 00:13:48.373 --> 00:13:50.842
- Women absorb more alcohol
- 00:13:50.842 --> 00:13:53.178
- And take longer to metabolize it than men.
- 00:13:53.178 --> 00:13:56.448
- That means the same amount
- 00:13:56.448 --> 00:13:57.883
- Of alcohol typically damages the female body
- 00:13:57.883 --> 00:14:01.253
- More than the man's.
- 00:14:01.253 --> 00:14:03.255
- After drinking the same amount of alcohol,
- 00:14:03.255 --> 00:14:06.024
- Women tend to have higher blood alcohol levels than men
- 00:14:06.024 --> 00:14:10.228
- And the effects usually occur more quickly
- 00:14:10.228 --> 00:14:12.965
- And last longer in women.
- 00:14:12.965 --> 00:14:15.467
- Alcohol also makes women more susceptible than men
- 00:14:15.467 --> 00:14:19.104
- To liver disease, heart disease,
- 00:14:19.104 --> 00:14:21.239
- Cancer and cognitive decline.
- 00:14:21.239 --> 00:14:24.176
- Us health officials recommend women should drink no more
- 00:14:24.176 --> 00:14:27.879
- Than five ounces of wine a day.
- 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:30.782
- Canadian health officials go further saying
- 00:14:30.782 --> 00:14:33.752
- Only two five ounce glasses per week.
- 00:14:33.752 --> 00:14:37.089
- - this is a women's health issue.
- 00:14:37.089 --> 00:14:39.391
- It's in fact a big public health issue.
- 00:14:39.391 --> 00:14:42.260
- - [lorie] and it's not just physical.
- 00:14:42.260 --> 00:14:43.929
- Alcohol affects mental health too,
- 00:14:43.929 --> 00:14:46.965
- Which is why kelly gave it up.
- 00:14:46.965 --> 00:14:49.301
- - it just exacerbated my feelings of anxiety
- 00:14:49.301 --> 00:14:52.838
- And depression and i felt like i was betraying myself
- 00:14:52.838 --> 00:14:57.909
- Every time i drank.
- 00:14:58.577 --> 00:14:59.578
- - [lorie] she's not alone.
- 00:14:59.578 --> 00:15:01.046
- More moms are rejecting mommy wine culture
- 00:15:01.046 --> 00:15:04.783
- And turning to groups like sober mom squad,
- 00:15:04.783 --> 00:15:08.086
- - having a safe space where you can talk
- 00:15:08.086 --> 00:15:09.755
- To other moms about, you know,
- 00:15:09.755 --> 00:15:11.423
- The questions you're having about alcohol
- 00:15:11.423 --> 00:15:13.191
- Or how difficult it is to navigate in this culture
- 00:15:13.191 --> 00:15:17.362
- Where everyone tells you you need to drink to be a parent
- 00:15:17.362 --> 00:15:20.565
- And not have to justify
- 00:15:20.565 --> 00:15:22.134
- That you should just be grateful to have kids.
- 00:15:22.134 --> 00:15:24.569
- - [lorie] many moms are also saying no
- 00:15:24.569 --> 00:15:27.039
- Because they're concerned about the culture's impact
- 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:29.941
- On their child's self-esteem.
- 00:15:29.941 --> 00:15:32.377
- - most problematic part of it
- 00:15:32.377 --> 00:15:34.413
- Is what is it saying to your kids?
- 00:15:34.413 --> 00:15:37.282
- Again, if it's, you know, tongue in cheek jokes like
- 00:15:38.617 --> 00:15:41.153
- Between friends, that's one thing,
- 00:15:41.153 --> 00:15:42.687
- But when you're wearing the t-shirt
- 00:15:42.687 --> 00:15:44.389
- That said "mommy needs wine," you know,
- 00:15:44.389 --> 00:15:46.358
- Saying that you have to, you know,
- 00:15:46.358 --> 00:15:47.626
- I have to drink because you're difficult.
- 00:15:47.626 --> 00:15:50.195
- I think that leads into something that's even more damaging.
- 00:15:50.195 --> 00:15:54.332
- - [lorie] so while pop culture
- 00:15:54.332 --> 00:15:55.834
- And big alcohol try to convince new moms
- 00:15:55.834 --> 00:15:59.371
- Life is better with booze,
- 00:15:59.371 --> 00:16:01.606
- A growing number are rejecting that message
- 00:16:01.606 --> 00:16:04.776
- For the sake of their own health as well as their families.
- 00:16:04.776 --> 00:16:09.181
- Lorie johnson, cbn news,
- 00:16:09.181 --> 00:16:11.149
- - i wish being sober were somehow cool in our culture,
- 00:16:12.517 --> 00:16:16.054
- But unfortunately there's no industry behind sobriety.
- 00:16:16.054 --> 00:16:19.191
- There's plenty of industry behind the wine industry,
- 00:16:19.191 --> 00:16:23.095
- Behind the alcohol industry,
- 00:16:23.095 --> 00:16:25.363
- And all they're trying to do is encourage you
- 00:16:25.363 --> 00:16:27.199
- To drink more of their product.
- 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:29.334
- But here's the problem.
- 00:16:29.334 --> 00:16:30.969
- If you drink to solve your problems,
- 00:16:31.970 --> 00:16:35.307
- All you're doing is irrigating them
- 00:16:35.307 --> 00:16:37.642
- And you're making them worse.
- 00:16:37.642 --> 00:16:39.878
- Alcohol, medical science says, alcohol is a depressant.
- 00:16:39.878 --> 00:16:44.850
- So if you're sad,
- 00:16:44.850 --> 00:16:46.952
- If you're overcome by what's going on in your life
- 00:16:46.952 --> 00:16:49.654
- And you add alcohol to the mix,
- 00:16:49.654 --> 00:16:51.790
- All you're doing is making it worse.
- 00:16:51.790 --> 00:16:54.893
- It's not helping you at all.
- 00:16:54.893 --> 00:16:57.129
- So if you see someone wearing that t-shirt,
- 00:16:57.129 --> 00:16:59.898
- If you see someone with that throw pillow,
- 00:16:59.898 --> 00:17:03.235
- It's a warning sign.
- 00:17:03.235 --> 00:17:04.536
- It's a wake up call for all the friends,
- 00:17:04.536 --> 00:17:07.239
- All the family around that individual, they need help.
- 00:17:07.239 --> 00:17:10.876
- And wouldn't it be wonderful if the community came
- 00:17:10.876 --> 00:17:13.778
- Around mothers and said, how can we help you?
- 00:17:13.778 --> 00:17:17.249
- How can relieve your burden today?
- 00:17:17.249 --> 00:17:20.819
- Instead of that glass of wine,
- 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:22.387
- How about having a spa day and i'll help you with the kids
- 00:17:22.387 --> 00:17:25.991
- And you go have a moment where you can decompress
- 00:17:25.991 --> 00:17:29.794
- And do so very healthily with health behind it,
- 00:17:29.794 --> 00:17:33.832
- Not with something that's going to make it worse, terry,
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- Just literally going out and like living the rockstar life.
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- I realized how fake it was, so without talking to anybody,
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- I silently left hollywood with my dreams shattered,
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- Because that was the epitome.
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- And i said, god, i need help.
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- And at that moment i knew i needed to figure out
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- Who jesus is.
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- I found that acceptance i was looking for.
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- The only thing that can fill that hole is jesus christ.
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- (upbeat music)
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- - god, i can't stop.
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- I'm gonna wreck my marriage.
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- I'm gonna wreck my family.
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- I had this just lust, this physical dependency
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- That i had to these drugs.
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- - i just couldn't be with him the rest of my life.
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- I decided to leave.
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- (soft inspirational music)
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- - i just remember him doing the altar call.
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- And if you're not sure that you're gonna go to heaven,
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- You've gotta confess with your mouth.
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- Say that you're a sinner.
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- You gotta believe that christ died for your sins.
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- There's only one way.
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- There's only one hope, and that's christ.
- 00:21:42.981 --> 00:21:45.483
- - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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- That really frustrated me
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- Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
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- I could just say, just lord, i need your help.
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- - there is someone else, you breathing issues.
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- Take a complete breath
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- And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
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- - i can feel that air going clear down
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- To my stomach and back.
- 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:10.909
- He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
- 00:22:10.909 --> 00:22:15.480
- - drew anderson said he needed two things in life,
- 00:22:16.714 --> 00:22:19.651
- The first, a heartbeat, the second, cocaine.
- 00:22:19.651 --> 00:22:23.822
- Drew said the drug gave him a feeling of invincibility.
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- Then the night three men broke into his house,
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- All that came crashing down.
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- - one night i was asleep and it was early in the morning
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- And i heard some noise in the living room.
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- And you know, i got up out of bed
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- And there's somebody in my living room.
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- So i go after him.
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- I move him out of the way pretty easily.
- 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:50.381
- What i didn't see was two other people.
- 00:22:50.381 --> 00:22:53.117
- And they stood up and one of them had a gun.
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- And i remember looking at the gun being pointed at me
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- And the last noise that i remember hearing
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- Was the gunshot go off.
- 00:23:02.227 --> 00:23:03.094
- (loud gunshot)
- 00:23:03.094 --> 00:23:05.463
- - [narrator] drew anderson was on a crash course
- 00:23:05.463 --> 00:23:07.432
- With destruction long before he was shot in the face
- 00:23:07.432 --> 00:23:10.768
- During a random home invasion.
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- He was adopted from korea
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- By military parents when he was a child.
- 00:23:14.706 --> 00:23:17.141
- They moved frequently,
- 00:23:17.141 --> 00:23:18.776
- Leaving drew longing for a sense of identity.
- 00:23:18.776 --> 00:23:21.513
- - you know, i was given up at birth
- 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:24.549
- And so i just really struggled, you know,
- 00:23:24.549 --> 00:23:27.719
- To identify with where i belonged and who i was.
- 00:23:27.719 --> 00:23:30.722
- And so i just literally became a kid who existed
- 00:23:30.722 --> 00:23:34.893
- Until it was time to exist somewhere else.
- 00:23:34.893 --> 00:23:37.395
- - [narrator] when he was 14,
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- His parents retired in san antonio.
- 00:23:38.963 --> 00:23:41.533
- Desperate for friendships,
- 00:23:41.533 --> 00:23:42.967
- Drew quickly got in with a rough crowd.
- 00:23:42.967 --> 00:23:45.703
- - i wanted to belong to something.
- 00:23:45.703 --> 00:23:47.605
- And so i started to look for that
- 00:23:47.605 --> 00:23:50.141
- And it ended up being the people who wanted
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- To take advantage of my vulnerability
- 00:23:53.411 --> 00:23:55.547
- And my emotional, you know, situation,
- 00:23:56.648 --> 00:23:58.883
- Where i was literally just desperately searching
- 00:23:58.883 --> 00:24:02.353
- For somebody to accept me.
- 00:24:02.353 --> 00:24:04.289
- You know, i went from being a pretty innocent, silent kid,
- 00:24:04.289 --> 00:24:07.292
- To being very vocal, very aggressive,
- 00:24:07.292 --> 00:24:09.894
- Very outspoken, smoking weed, drinking,
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- Small criminal stuff like theft
- 00:24:14.432 --> 00:24:16.868
- And breaking into people's homes.
- 00:24:17.835 --> 00:24:20.004
- And it just, it moved very, very quickly
- 00:24:20.004 --> 00:24:21.940
- Because i was finally getting acceptance, affirmation,
- 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.909
- And i felt as if i belonged to something.
- 00:24:24.909 --> 00:24:27.445
- - [narrator] drew left home at 17
- 00:24:27.445 --> 00:24:29.347
- And felt empowered to explore his new identity.
- 00:24:29.347 --> 00:24:32.350
- Cocaine use became a daily obsession.
- 00:24:32.350 --> 00:24:35.053
- - i became lawless.
- 00:24:35.053 --> 00:24:36.154
- Drugs all day, high on cocaine.
- 00:24:36.154 --> 00:24:38.423
- You know, now i'm going to rob people,
- 00:24:38.423 --> 00:24:40.425
- Now i'm going to sell at a higher ratio.
- 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.860
- I'm gonna sell more, i'm gonna make more money.
- 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:45.296
- And so the floodgates
- 00:24:45.296 --> 00:24:46.531
- Of criminal activity just opened all the way up.
- 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:50.602
- - [narrator] cocaine fueled him
- 00:24:50.602 --> 00:24:51.936
- And gave drew a feeling of invincibility.
- 00:24:51.936 --> 00:24:54.706
- People respect me more when i'm on this stuff.
- 00:24:54.706 --> 00:24:57.775
- People take me more seriously when i'm on this stuff.
- 00:24:57.775 --> 00:25:00.478
- And so it felt as if next to a heartbeat
- 00:25:00.478 --> 00:25:03.781
- That it was the the second most necessary thing
- 00:25:03.781 --> 00:25:06.050
- In my life to be on.
- 00:25:06.050 --> 00:25:07.318
- I was definitely addicted,
- 00:25:07.318 --> 00:25:09.921
- But addiction wasn't even how i felt.
- 00:25:09.921 --> 00:25:11.322
- It, it was just, i need this because it makes me
- 00:25:11.322 --> 00:25:14.258
- Who i am.
- 00:25:14.258 --> 00:25:15.526
- Then in 2012,
- 00:25:15.526 --> 00:25:16.928
- Drew confronted the men who broke into his home.
- 00:25:16.928 --> 00:25:19.797
- The bullet to his face lacerated his brain instead
- 00:25:19.797 --> 00:25:23.034
- Of traveling right through it.
- 00:25:23.034 --> 00:25:24.936
- He woke days later in the hospital,
- 00:25:24.936 --> 00:25:26.938
- Broken and helpless.
- 00:25:26.938 --> 00:25:29.340
- - when i woke up, i couldn't hear out of my right ear.
- 00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:33.411
- I couldn't open my mouth and speak.
- 00:25:33.411 --> 00:25:36.014
- The first question i had
- 00:25:36.014 --> 00:25:37.749
- That i wrote on my little board was, what happened?
- 00:25:37.749 --> 00:25:41.352
- You know, and they're like,
- 00:25:42.153 --> 00:25:43.621
- You got shot with a .45 caliber handgun
- 00:25:43.621 --> 00:25:45.857
- From nearly point blank range
- 00:25:45.857 --> 00:25:48.192
- And you should not be alive.
- 00:25:48.993 --> 00:25:50.662
- I had a nurse that was assigned to my room,
- 00:25:51.829 --> 00:25:53.631
- One of the very first days i was there.
- 00:25:53.631 --> 00:25:55.700
- She sat in a chair next to me and started to read the bible
- 00:25:55.700 --> 00:26:00.772
- And started to pray.
- 00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:03.241
- And i wish i could have told her to leave,
- 00:26:04.342 --> 00:26:05.877
- Or, you know, to get out
- 00:26:05.877 --> 00:26:07.245
- Because that's definitely what i wanted her to do.
- 00:26:07.245 --> 00:26:10.181
- But i couldn't, 'cause my mouth was wired shut.
- 00:26:10.181 --> 00:26:13.685
- - [narrator] his nurse continued to visit drew
- 00:26:13.685 --> 00:26:16.120
- And read the bible faithfully for the next 90 days.
- 00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:19.791
- - she just stayed consistent.
- 00:26:19.791 --> 00:26:21.993
- Came in, told me, i've looked at your chart.
- 00:26:21.993 --> 00:26:24.328
- I know what you've been through.
- 00:26:24.328 --> 00:26:25.697
- I know that you got this going on.
- 00:26:25.697 --> 00:26:27.231
- You shouldn't be alive, but you're alive
- 00:26:27.231 --> 00:26:29.133
- And god has plans for you.
- 00:26:29.133 --> 00:26:31.302
- You know, god wants to do something in your life.
- 00:26:31.302 --> 00:26:34.405
- And you know, over time as it passed
- 00:26:34.405 --> 00:26:35.773
- And her consistency grew, i just submitted to it.
- 00:26:35.773 --> 00:26:38.910
- By the time i left the hospital, you know,
- 00:26:38.910 --> 00:26:41.112
- She asked me a question
- 00:26:41.112 --> 00:26:42.780
- And she was like, you know, promise me
- 00:26:42.780 --> 00:26:44.148
- That you're gonna go find a church.
- 00:26:44.148 --> 00:26:46.951
- She had earned my trust
- 00:26:46.951 --> 00:26:48.386
- And she had earned my respect and her consistency.
- 00:26:48.386 --> 00:26:50.388
- And so i told her i would.
- 00:26:50.388 --> 00:26:52.256
- - [narrator] the very next day, drew stepped into a church.
- 00:26:53.658 --> 00:26:55.927
- In a moment, he found what he had longed
- 00:26:55.927 --> 00:26:57.995
- For his entire life.
- 00:26:57.995 --> 00:27:00.465
- - i walk into this church and got watery eyes
- 00:27:00.465 --> 00:27:04.368
- And i don't really understand why.
- 00:27:04.368 --> 00:27:07.038
- But then the pastor at the time
- 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:09.474
- Has an impromptu altar call right in the middle of worship,
- 00:27:10.875 --> 00:27:13.244
- Offering people the chance to accept jesus
- 00:27:13.244 --> 00:27:17.148
- As their lord and savior.
- 00:27:17.148 --> 00:27:18.883
- And i just wept man.
- 00:27:19.550 --> 00:27:20.918
- I accepted jesus as my lord and savior.
- 00:27:20.918 --> 00:27:23.421
- I felt this just this weight come off of me
- 00:27:23.421 --> 00:27:26.290
- And i was just crying, unexplainably crying.
- 00:27:26.290 --> 00:27:29.794
- Full peace had come over me.
- 00:27:29.794 --> 00:27:33.731
- - [narrator] drew was set free from cocaine
- 00:27:34.932 --> 00:27:37.502
- And his identity was redefined
- 00:27:37.502 --> 00:27:39.370
- As he immersed himself in the bible
- 00:27:39.370 --> 00:27:41.372
- And his new church community.
- 00:27:41.372 --> 00:27:43.407
- - when i to to read his word, i felt different.
- 00:27:43.407 --> 00:27:45.910
- When i started to pray, i felt the peace
- 00:27:45.910 --> 00:27:48.045
- That i had always looked for.
- 00:27:48.045 --> 00:27:49.514
- I started to read my identity in a book
- 00:27:49.514 --> 00:27:52.517
- And found my identity in the lord.
- 00:27:52.517 --> 00:27:55.419
- - [narrator] drew says he is thankful his life was spared
- 00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:58.589
- And for a second chance to find meaning
- 00:27:58.589 --> 00:28:00.958
- And purpose in the time he's been given.
- 00:28:00.958 --> 00:28:04.262
- - i lost so much time.
- 00:28:04.262 --> 00:28:06.097
- I lost a lot of people.
- 00:28:06.097 --> 00:28:08.466
- I lost, you know, time even with my parents,
- 00:28:08.466 --> 00:28:11.803
- And man, god has restored it all.
- 00:28:11.803 --> 00:28:13.738
- You know, beautiful wife, ministry,
- 00:28:13.738 --> 00:28:17.041
- Tons of spiritual kids now 'cause i'm a youth pastor
- 00:28:17.041 --> 00:28:19.844
- And i'm so grateful that jesus stepped in
- 00:28:21.012 --> 00:28:24.248
- And that jesus made himself known to me
- 00:28:25.383 --> 00:28:27.618
- When i would never have sought him out.
- 00:28:27.618 --> 00:28:31.656
- - he comes after us.
- 00:28:32.323 --> 00:28:33.858
- He comes after us because he loves us,
- 00:28:33.858 --> 00:28:36.427
- Because he sees us in our lostness trying
- 00:28:36.427 --> 00:28:40.097
- To figure out who we are.
- 00:28:40.097 --> 00:28:42.300
- Don't you think everybody goes through
- 00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:43.968
- That at some point in their life?
- 00:28:43.968 --> 00:28:45.469
- It's not just what is my life about?
- 00:28:45.469 --> 00:28:47.505
- It's who am i?
- 00:28:47.505 --> 00:28:48.506
- Why am i here?
- 00:28:48.506 --> 00:28:50.374
- I mean, i think most of us ask that question at some point.
- 00:28:50.374 --> 00:28:53.244
- Some of us take a longer journey than others finding it
- 00:28:53.244 --> 00:28:56.113
- And some don't ever find it, but you are meant to find it.
- 00:28:56.113 --> 00:29:01.152
- I love the fact that drew says,
- 00:29:01.986 --> 00:29:03.487
- "as that faithfulness nurse read the word of god,
- 00:29:03.487 --> 00:29:06.791
- He began to hear who he was".
- 00:29:06.791 --> 00:29:09.360
- You know, god doesn't keep a secret from us.
- 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:11.729
- He wants us to know him.
- 00:29:11.729 --> 00:29:13.664
- We are the ones who shy away from coming to him,
- 00:29:13.664 --> 00:29:16.801
- Shy away from his words, shy away from even the message
- 00:29:16.801 --> 00:29:19.971
- Of his love because we wanna do it our way,
- 00:29:19.971 --> 00:29:23.241
- Because we think we've got the answers.
- 00:29:23.241 --> 00:29:25.176
- Because we think we've figured out how to belong,
- 00:29:25.176 --> 00:29:27.678
- How to feel special,
- 00:29:27.678 --> 00:29:28.980
- How to feel like our lives are significant.
- 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:31.449
- The search for significance,
- 00:29:32.250 --> 00:29:33.951
- It's in all of us.
- 00:29:33.951 --> 00:29:36.020
- Why are we here?
- 00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:38.289
- You know, until you really meet the one
- 00:29:38.289 --> 00:29:40.925
- Who created you to be here,
- 00:29:40.925 --> 00:29:42.827
- Who created you with intention and purpose,
- 00:29:42.827 --> 00:29:45.363
- It's hard to get an answer to any of that.
- 00:29:45.363 --> 00:29:48.332
- You are a creation of the living god.
- 00:29:48.332 --> 00:29:52.069
- He saw you.
- 00:29:52.637 --> 00:29:53.938
- The bible says these are the kinds of of bits
- 00:29:53.938 --> 00:29:57.174
- Of information that put the whole picture together.
- 00:29:57.174 --> 00:29:59.710
- He saw you while you were being formed
- 00:29:59.710 --> 00:30:01.746
- In your mother's womb.
- 00:30:01.746 --> 00:30:03.314
- He knew you before then
- 00:30:03.314 --> 00:30:05.416
- And had ordained your days, that says.
- 00:30:05.416 --> 00:30:08.119
- And then it talks about a god
- 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:10.121
- Who loved you enough seeing you in your lostness,
- 00:30:10.121 --> 00:30:13.858
- Who came himself to suffer so that you wouldn't have to,
- 00:30:13.858 --> 00:30:18.329
- To die so that you wouldn't have to,
- 00:30:19.397 --> 00:30:22.266
- To pay the price so that you could have eternity with him,
- 00:30:22.266 --> 00:30:25.903
- With this one who loves you
- 00:30:25.903 --> 00:30:27.872
- Beyond anything the world can offer you.
- 00:30:27.872 --> 00:30:30.508
- If you are someone today who is searching for significance,
- 00:30:31.943 --> 00:30:34.946
- If you don't understand why you're here, come to jesus.
- 00:30:34.946 --> 00:30:39.383
- I know that can sound so simple,
- 00:30:39.383 --> 00:30:41.185
- But what a difference it makes in your life
- 00:30:41.185 --> 00:30:43.421
- And what have you got to lose?
- 00:30:43.421 --> 00:30:45.256
- When i made a commitment to christ,
- 00:30:45.256 --> 00:30:46.824
- It was pretty, pretty raw.
- 00:30:46.824 --> 00:30:49.160
- I just said, jesus, if you're there,
- 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.795
- I give you what's left of my life.
- 00:30:50.795 --> 00:30:51.996
- And if you're not, i'm no worse off
- 00:30:51.996 --> 00:30:54.031
- Than i was before i said this prayer,
- 00:30:54.031 --> 00:30:55.900
- But i meant it
- 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.501
- And he knew i meant it and he came
- 00:30:57.501 --> 00:31:00.905
- And he waited while i read his word, while i grew,
- 00:31:00.905 --> 00:31:04.041
- While i recognized the things
- 00:31:04.041 --> 00:31:05.676
- In my life that i needed to change.
- 00:31:05.676 --> 00:31:07.778
- God never took anything from me.
- 00:31:07.778 --> 00:31:09.914
- He changed me and i got rid of the junk in my life.
- 00:31:09.914 --> 00:31:13.284
- He'll do that for you too.
- 00:31:13.284 --> 00:31:15.286
- He loves you so much more than you could ask for or imagine.
- 00:31:15.286 --> 00:31:20.424
- Just pray this prayer.
- 00:31:21.125 --> 00:31:22.927
- Jesus, i want to know you.
- 00:31:23.694 --> 00:31:26.664
- I wanna know who i am and why you created me.
- 00:31:26.664 --> 00:31:29.667
- I wanna know where we fit together in this world
- 00:31:29.667 --> 00:31:33.337
- And the the life that you've given me.
- 00:31:33.337 --> 00:31:35.740
- I wanna be forgiven because i've made a lot of dumb choices
- 00:31:37.141 --> 00:31:39.877
- And i've done many foolish things.
- 00:31:39.877 --> 00:31:41.612
- I've hurt others.
- 00:31:41.612 --> 00:31:42.546
- I've hurt myself and jesus,
- 00:31:42.546 --> 00:31:45.449
- I'm asking you to forgive me.
- 00:31:45.449 --> 00:31:48.019
- There's no other name under heaven by which men may be saved
- 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:52.123
- And i declare your name today.
- 00:31:52.123 --> 00:31:54.025
- Jesus, be my savior.
- 00:31:54.025 --> 00:31:55.559
- Be my lord.
- 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.161
- Show me how to live.
- 00:31:57.161 --> 00:31:58.396
- Teach me your ways.
- 00:31:58.396 --> 00:31:59.730
- Fill me with your holy spirit
- 00:31:59.730 --> 00:32:01.832
- So that i can live differently, live for you, live with you.
- 00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:06.337
- I'm asking this in your mighty name.
- 00:32:06.337 --> 00:32:08.773
- Jesus, amen.
- 00:32:08.773 --> 00:32:10.574
- If you've prayed that prayer, then life is about to begin
- 00:32:12.009 --> 00:32:15.146
- For you in a really special way.
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- We've got something to help you grow.
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- It's called "a new day."
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- Wanna encourage you also to get ahold of a bible.
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- The word of god will change your life.
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- 00:32:32.830 --> 00:32:36.233
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- 00:32:36.233 --> 00:32:37.802
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- And only one thing could help him.
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- See how their prayers led this man to make a full recovery.
- 00:32:47.111 --> 00:32:52.850
- (soft music)
- 00:32:53.384 --> 00:32:58.522
- - i start drinking alcohol under the pretense
- 00:32:59.723 --> 00:33:02.526
- Of i'm celebrating.
- 00:33:02.526 --> 00:33:04.361
- I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
- 00:33:04.361 --> 00:33:07.498
- I felt completely defeated and broken.
- 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:11.268
- I was weak in my relationship with god
- 00:33:11.268 --> 00:33:13.537
- And i was just a weak human being
- 00:33:13.537 --> 00:33:16.240
- And god got further and further away.
- 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.609
- When you feel his presence
- 00:33:19.376 --> 00:33:20.911
- And you walk away from it, there's guilt, there's shame,
- 00:33:20.911 --> 00:33:24.348
- But there's also a sort of a sense that
- 00:33:24.348 --> 00:33:27.017
- It'll never happen for you again.
- 00:33:27.017 --> 00:33:29.253
- My daughter, who was 12 at the time, she said,
- 00:33:29.253 --> 00:33:31.956
- "daddy, i want you to be happy.
- 00:33:31.956 --> 00:33:34.225
- I want you to know jesus."
- 00:33:34.225 --> 00:33:36.427
- God started to reveal himself to me again
- 00:33:37.595 --> 00:33:40.664
- And he started to melt away the ice that was my heart.
- 00:33:40.664 --> 00:33:45.269
- I'm trying to talk people into this life
- 00:33:46.403 --> 00:33:49.440
- That is second to none.
- 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.675
- This life of failing christ's presence in your life.
- 00:33:51.675 --> 00:33:56.614
- (soft music)
- 00:33:57.148 --> 00:33:59.617
- - [narrator] melissa and her husband rick,
- 00:33:59.617 --> 00:34:01.051
- Have come a long way from when they met.
- 00:34:01.051 --> 00:34:03.220
- Melissa was in real estate.
- 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.855
- Rick had been living on credit cards,
- 00:34:04.855 --> 00:34:07.057
- Trying to start a number of businesses
- 00:34:07.057 --> 00:34:09.326
- And was $80,000 in debt.
- 00:34:09.326 --> 00:34:11.795
- All the while the hinnant were tithing
- 00:34:11.795 --> 00:34:14.465
- And the newly married couple started working their
- 00:34:14.465 --> 00:34:16.567
- Way out of the red.
- 00:34:16.567 --> 00:34:17.935
- - i think i had bought into society saying,
- 00:34:17.935 --> 00:34:21.372
- Here's what you should have.
- 00:34:21.372 --> 00:34:22.706
- I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
- 00:34:22.706 --> 00:34:26.010
- I asked god to forgive me instantly.
- 00:34:26.010 --> 00:34:28.979
- I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
- 00:34:28.979 --> 00:34:33.083
- I'm done striving.
- 00:34:33.083 --> 00:34:34.818
- - today, rick and melissa have three children
- 00:34:34.818 --> 00:34:37.388
- And choose to live way below their means
- 00:34:37.388 --> 00:34:39.557
- So they can help the poor.
- 00:34:39.557 --> 00:34:41.358
- They've already built 13 orphanages
- 00:34:41.358 --> 00:34:43.694
- And a freedom house in india.
- 00:34:43.694 --> 00:34:45.596
- - what i loved about operation blessing
- 00:34:45.596 --> 00:34:47.331
- Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
- 00:34:47.331 --> 00:34:51.335
- - now i have the hunger to make more money
- 00:34:51.335 --> 00:34:53.804
- So we truly can give to all of these places,
- 00:34:53.804 --> 00:34:57.074
- 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
- 00:34:57.074 --> 00:34:59.677
- (soft music)
- 00:35:00.211 --> 00:35:29.673
- - the only way i can describe it is i was supernaturally
- 00:35:31.075 --> 00:35:33.544
- Delivered from a nine year cocaine addiction.
- 00:35:33.544 --> 00:35:37.314
- I loved jesus.
- 00:35:37.314 --> 00:35:38.649
- I was a christian, but i was deeply in pain.
- 00:35:38.649 --> 00:35:41.418
- I was physically addicted.
- 00:35:41.418 --> 00:35:42.953
- I was mentally addicted.
- 00:35:42.953 --> 00:35:44.021
- I was all of those things.
- 00:35:44.021 --> 00:35:45.055
- I knew how bad off i was
- 00:35:45.055 --> 00:35:48.292
- And what i felt him saying was,
- 00:35:49.093 --> 00:35:50.928
- I created you for more than this my girl.
- 00:35:50.928 --> 00:35:53.497
- God filled those holes with a beautiful message to say,
- 00:35:53.497 --> 00:35:57.167
- You are enough in me.
- 00:35:57.167 --> 00:36:00.037
- - i just turned and excruciating pain
- 00:36:01.138 --> 00:36:04.341
- Came in my knee on the inside
- 00:36:04.341 --> 00:36:08.078
- And it was like a jabbing knife.
- 00:36:08.078 --> 00:36:10.381
- I made it to the doctor.
- 00:36:10.381 --> 00:36:12.149
- Found out it was a torn meniscus.
- 00:36:12.149 --> 00:36:14.084
- So having the knee injury,
- 00:36:14.084 --> 00:36:16.854
- Having to slow down was depressing.
- 00:36:16.854 --> 00:36:20.391
- I was like, lord, heal this.
- 00:36:20.391 --> 00:36:22.459
- Sitting on the couch, the 700 club came on
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- And that's when i saw gordon on.
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- - we say out loud to it, be healed,
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- And be made whole.
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- May all pain leave me,
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- In jesus' name.
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- I receive it now.
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- Now what you couldn't do before, do now.
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- - [speaker] by faith i'm going to do this.
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- By faith, i'm gonna walk
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- And i was walking.
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- It wasn't hurting.
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- I know that god healed me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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- - one meal a day,
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- That's all isabelle and her son could afford to eat.
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- Sometimes they went the whole day with no food at all.
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- - [narrator] isabel is a single mother raising
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- Her son marco in iquitos, peru.
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- To support him, she grows and sells chili peppers
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- And she makes and sells corn tamales on the main
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- Street of her community.
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- Five-year-old marco likes to help.
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- - [interpreter] i help my mom
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- To make the tamales and with the housework.
- 00:37:37.668 --> 00:37:40.137
- - [narrator] but the money isabel earned
- 00:37:40.137 --> 00:37:41.505
- Working seven days a week was often not enough
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- To restock the business
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- And buy food for the day.
- 00:37:45.909 --> 00:37:48.645
- - [interpreter] i typically only make enough for us
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- To eat one meal a day.
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- - [narrator] there were times when marco said
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- They went the whole day without eating.
- 00:37:54.485 --> 00:37:56.920
- - [interpreter] i remember a day
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- When i didn't have anything to eat.
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- Then a neighbor gave us some food.
- 00:38:01.125 --> 00:38:03.394
- I decided to give it to my son.
- 00:38:03.394 --> 00:38:06.096
- That night, i tried to make him fall asleep
- 00:38:06.096 --> 00:38:09.700
- So that he would not ask me for food.
- 00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:12.436
- - [narrator] then operation blessing came to the community
- 00:38:12.436 --> 00:38:15.172
- And trained isabel how to raise and sell broiler chickens.
- 00:38:15.172 --> 00:38:19.009
- After the training, operation blessing built a coop
- 00:38:19.009 --> 00:38:22.146
- And gave her 100 broiler chickens
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- To start the poultry business.
- 00:38:24.348 --> 00:38:26.250
- - [interpreter] they not only gave me a shed,
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- But feeders for food and water,
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- Everything needed to raise the chickens.
- 00:38:30.287 --> 00:38:33.323
- - [interpreter] when mom sells chickens,
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- She buys food for me.
- 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:36.794
- Now, we eat three times a day.
- 00:38:37.628 --> 00:38:40.264
- - [interpreter] i have now been raising
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- And selling chickens for two years.
- 00:38:41.665 --> 00:38:44.234
- With the profits,
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- I am increasing the business thanks to god
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- And the people who have blessed my family.
- 00:38:48.772 --> 00:38:52.643
- - and that thank you goes to your home and to you.
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- - well, coming up later,
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- Tubes and cords sticking out of his body.
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- - [speaker] when i was a young girl,
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- The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
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- I just poured the water out
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- And went home with an empty container.
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- The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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- I get home exhausted.
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- I feel terrible drinking that water
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- When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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- Thank you operation blessing
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- For giving us a new life.
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- When you came, we were all so grateful
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- - [speaker] god, if this doesn't happen, i still love you.
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- - i was mad in the way
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- - latroy dixon knew he was in a world of trouble
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- When he felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest.
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- He was lucky just to make it to the hospital.
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- The fact that he walked out is nothing short of a miracle.
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- (soft music)
- 00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:32.075
- - the pain that i felt was so sharp
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- And so sudden
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- That it felt like i had been shot in the chest.
- 00:45:36.146 --> 00:45:38.648
- - [narrator] latroy dixon was at work
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- When the chest pain started.
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- At home, later that night, the pain had gotten worse
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- And he drove himself to the er.
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- Tests showed he had an aortic dissection,
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- A tear in the main artery that carries blood from the heart
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- That was causing massive internal bleeding.
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- Latroy, a nurse's aide, knew it could be fatal.
- 00:45:58.034 --> 00:46:01.571
- - i knew by this point i was in a lot of trouble.
- 00:46:02.706 --> 00:46:04.641
- Then i began to appeal to god,
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- 'cause i thought i was gonna die.
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- I really did.
- 00:46:07.010 --> 00:46:08.245
- God, just don't let me die like this.
- 00:46:08.245 --> 00:46:10.614
- - [narrative] latroy got word out to relatives
- 00:46:10.614 --> 00:46:12.515
- And told them he was scheduled for surgery the next morning.
- 00:46:12.515 --> 00:46:16.186
- As soon as his aunt sharon heard,
- 00:46:16.186 --> 00:46:18.188
- She went to the hospital praying the whole way.
- 00:46:18.188 --> 00:46:22.125
- - that was the scariest thing to me in my life
- 00:46:22.125 --> 00:46:24.227
- To see him like that.
- 00:46:24.227 --> 00:46:25.395
- 'cause this was always the strong guy
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- That prayed over everybody.
- 00:46:27.130 --> 00:46:29.099
- - [narrator] the next morning, just before the surgery,
- 00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:31.501
- Latroy's younger brother, tremaine, arrived.
- 00:46:31.501 --> 00:46:34.971
- - i was terrified to see him laying on that bed
- 00:46:34.971 --> 00:46:37.641
- With all those cords and it was,
- 00:46:37.641 --> 00:46:40.877
- It was tough.
- 00:46:40.877 --> 00:46:42.345
- And this is my brother.
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- He has to make it.
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- You don't understand.
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- He cannot not make it.
- 00:46:45.615 --> 00:46:47.350
- He has to make it.
- 00:46:47.350 --> 00:46:48.885
- - [narrator] doctors told the family
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- To be prepared for the worst.
- 00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:52.989
- Half the people who experience this condition
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- Don't live more than 48 hours.
- 00:46:55.525 --> 00:46:57.894
- In fact, doctors were shocked
- 00:46:57.894 --> 00:46:59.963
- Latroy was able to get himself to the hospital
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- Before having a stroke.
- 00:47:02.732 --> 00:47:05.068
- - based on what they were saying, i'll be honest,
- 00:47:05.068 --> 00:47:07.671
- I had some doubts.
- 00:47:07.671 --> 00:47:09.339
- Not so much in what christ could do,
- 00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:14.244
- More of this could be it.
- 00:47:14.244 --> 00:47:17.080
- I just kind of had to give it over to him.
- 00:47:18.248 --> 00:47:19.783
- But that was tough.
- 00:47:19.783 --> 00:47:21.051
- - [narrator] it took doctors 12 hours
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- To repair the torn artery.
- 00:47:24.187 --> 00:47:26.523
- During the procedure, latroy had a stroke,
- 00:47:26.523 --> 00:47:29.459
- Which complicated his condition even further.
- 00:47:29.459 --> 00:47:32.662
- Latroy's life was still in danger
- 00:47:32.662 --> 00:47:35.198
- And doctors put him in a medically induced coma.
- 00:47:35.198 --> 00:47:38.735
- They told the family that if he survives,
- 00:47:38.735 --> 00:47:41.771
- He might be permanently disabled,
- 00:47:41.771 --> 00:47:44.074
- Unable to walk or even talk.
- 00:47:44.074 --> 00:47:46.876
- - they're saying that it's very possible he can wake up.
- 00:47:46.876 --> 00:47:50.046
- He just won't be that latroy.
- 00:47:50.046 --> 00:47:53.350
- That's the part that i feared the most,
- 00:47:53.350 --> 00:47:55.385
- 'cause i need him back.
- 00:47:55.385 --> 00:47:57.921
- Me and god tuggle with that part.
- 00:47:57.921 --> 00:47:59.889
- I'm saying, lord, i want him back this way.
- 00:48:01.024 --> 00:48:03.626
- - everything is done on god's time.
- 00:48:03.626 --> 00:48:05.161
- It's his will.
- 00:48:05.161 --> 00:48:06.363
- So that's the only thing we could do.
- 00:48:06.363 --> 00:48:08.098
- But for god to have his will and not give up.
- 00:48:08.098 --> 00:48:11.468
- - [narrator] finally, his family could see him.
- 00:48:11.468 --> 00:48:14.270
- - the hardest moment was seeing him laying on his back
- 00:48:14.270 --> 00:48:18.508
- And his chest going up and down.
- 00:48:18.508 --> 00:48:21.077
- He didn't look like my nephew.
- 00:48:21.077 --> 00:48:23.580
- I tried to stand there.
- 00:48:24.247 --> 00:48:26.583
- I can see him right now.
- 00:48:27.250 --> 00:48:31.955
- It was scary.
- 00:48:32.522 --> 00:48:35.658
- And i tried not to show fear
- 00:48:34.090 --> 00:48:37.827
- 'cause i wanted to be a strong one.
- 00:48:38.795 --> 00:48:42.065
- But it was hard.
- 00:48:42.632 --> 00:48:44.000
- It was.
- 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:45.301
- - [narrator] in the following days,
- 00:48:45.301 --> 00:48:47.404
- It became clear latroy would live.
- 00:48:47.404 --> 00:48:49.372
- Meanwhile, other relatives, friends,
- 00:48:49.372 --> 00:48:51.641
- And church members gathered at the hospital
- 00:48:51.641 --> 00:48:54.277
- Joining in prayer for latroy's complete healing.
- 00:48:54.277 --> 00:48:58.181
- - there's nothing else to do but talk to god.
- 00:48:58.181 --> 00:49:01.017
- Thank god for the deliverance
- 00:49:01.885 --> 00:49:04.954
- And thank god for being the almighty.
- 00:49:04.954 --> 00:49:07.857
- That's all we had to do.
- 00:49:07.857 --> 00:49:09.826
- - [narrator] eight days after his surgery,
- 00:49:10.927 --> 00:49:12.462
- Latroy was brought out of the coma.
- 00:49:12.462 --> 00:49:15.198
- The stroke had left him paralyzed on his right side.
- 00:49:15.198 --> 00:49:18.935
- Then latroy, who's also a pastor,
- 00:49:18.935 --> 00:49:22.305
- Realized something else was wrong.
- 00:49:22.305 --> 00:49:24.941
- - it's a scary feeling to open your mouth,
- 00:49:24.941 --> 00:49:29.145
- To say something, and literally nothing came out.
- 00:49:29.145 --> 00:49:33.783
- I was asking god, what happened?
- 00:49:33.783 --> 00:49:35.085
- Like, what's going on?
- 00:49:35.085 --> 00:49:35.952
- Why did this happen?
- 00:49:35.952 --> 00:49:37.787
- He just communicated.
- 00:49:38.488 --> 00:49:39.522
- He communicated trust to me.
- 00:49:39.522 --> 00:49:42.358
- Trust
- 00:49:42.358 --> 00:49:43.259
- - [narrator] with latroy now in rehab,
- 00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:46.396
- Relearning how to walk and talk,
- 00:49:46.396 --> 00:49:48.731
- The prayers continued.
- 00:49:48.731 --> 00:49:50.834
- - we know prayer changes things.
- 00:49:50.834 --> 00:49:52.102
- First of all, we know that.
- 00:49:52.102 --> 00:49:53.570
- And we would pray that he would get better
- 00:49:53.570 --> 00:49:55.872
- And we could see progress.
- 00:49:55.872 --> 00:49:57.440
- It was little, it wasn't a whole lot, just a little bit,
- 00:49:57.440 --> 00:50:00.510
- But we, you know, we trust god.
- 00:50:00.510 --> 00:50:02.445
- - [narrator] after three weeks,
- 00:50:03.279 --> 00:50:04.614
- They knew god had answered their prayers
- 00:50:04.614 --> 00:50:07.750
- - as he started to do things normally,
- 00:50:07.750 --> 00:50:11.287
- That's when god start to show me
- 00:50:11.287 --> 00:50:13.056
- That he's gonna be okay.
- 00:50:13.056 --> 00:50:14.591
- - i remember coming up there
- 00:50:14.591 --> 00:50:16.192
- And him saying that he wanted chicken.
- 00:50:16.192 --> 00:50:18.394
- He started talking about food he wanted.
- 00:50:19.529 --> 00:50:20.830
- I said, oh yeah, i know you getting better now.
- 00:50:20.830 --> 00:50:22.432
- You talking about food.
- 00:50:22.432 --> 00:50:24.300
- - [narrator] after another two weeks in rehab,
- 00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:26.836
- Latroy walked out of the hospital on his own.
- 00:50:26.836 --> 00:50:30.106
- - [speaker] he's on his way out y'all, look at him.
- 00:50:30.106 --> 00:50:32.008
- He walking ahead of me.
- 00:50:32.008 --> 00:50:33.743
- Ooh.
- 00:50:33.743 --> 00:50:34.577
- (people clapping)
- 00:50:34.577 --> 00:50:36.012
- - [narrator] now back at work,
- 00:50:36.012 --> 00:50:37.180
- Latroy has regained full mobility
- 00:50:37.180 --> 00:50:39.649
- And has had no complications.
- 00:50:39.649 --> 00:50:41.951
- He and his family are thankful for the care he received
- 00:50:41.951 --> 00:50:45.722
- And for the prayers they believe were key to his survival
- 00:50:45.722 --> 00:50:49.759
- And complete recovery.
- 00:50:49.759 --> 00:50:51.861
- - i've seen god do miraculous things with prayer
- 00:50:51.861 --> 00:50:55.498
- And my story is one of them.
- 00:50:56.332 --> 00:50:58.535
- - he is a miracle.
- 00:50:58.535 --> 00:50:59.702
- He's a walking miracle.
- 00:50:59.702 --> 00:51:01.371
- I want people to know that when you,
- 00:51:01.371 --> 00:51:03.940
- Anything you go through, nothing is too tough for god.
- 00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:07.944
- - the power of god is just, it's amazing.
- 00:51:09.112 --> 00:51:10.914
- I'm at a point where god can do anything.
- 00:51:10.914 --> 00:51:14.184
- - this is what he does.
- 00:51:14.184 --> 00:51:16.452
- This is the work that he does.
- 00:51:16.452 --> 00:51:18.254
- He's accessible, if we reach out to him.
- 00:51:18.254 --> 00:51:21.090
- He's not lying when he says,
- 00:51:21.090 --> 00:51:22.792
- I'm a very present help in the time of trouble,
- 00:51:22.792 --> 00:51:24.694
- Like that's not a lie.
- 00:51:24.694 --> 00:51:28.665
- - and it's not a lie for you.
- 00:51:29.499 --> 00:51:31.067
- He is our very present help and time of trouble.
- 00:51:31.067 --> 00:51:34.904
- He stands, he watches over his word to perform it,
- 00:51:34.904 --> 00:51:39.876
- And who is he going to perform it for?
- 00:51:39.876 --> 00:51:42.912
- Well, he's looking for trust.
- 00:51:42.912 --> 00:51:46.082
- He's looking for faith
- 00:51:46.082 --> 00:51:47.817
- And trust is another way to say faith.
- 00:51:47.817 --> 00:51:51.921
- For latroy, here he is lying in bed.
- 00:51:51.921 --> 00:51:54.991
- He can't talk.
- 00:51:54.991 --> 00:51:56.693
- He's paralyzed and, of course,
- 00:51:56.693 --> 00:51:59.629
- Within himself he's going,
- 00:51:59.629 --> 00:52:01.698
- Why did this happen?
- 00:52:01.698 --> 00:52:03.633
- And we do that.
- 00:52:03.633 --> 00:52:05.201
- We get stuck in,
- 00:52:05.735 --> 00:52:07.804
- Was there some sin that i did
- 00:52:07.804 --> 00:52:09.872
- Or was there something i did wrong?
- 00:52:09.872 --> 00:52:12.041
- All of these things are running through our heads
- 00:52:12.041 --> 00:52:15.345
- And is this fair?
- 00:52:15.345 --> 00:52:17.213
- You know, all of these questions,
- 00:52:17.213 --> 00:52:20.283
- Why, why, why?
- 00:52:20.283 --> 00:52:21.851
- For latroy, god responded to those questions with trust.
- 00:52:21.851 --> 00:52:27.257
- Trust me.
- 00:52:27.757 --> 00:52:29.192
- And you hear it from latroy's wife,
- 00:52:29.192 --> 00:52:33.596
- We trust god.
- 00:52:34.163 --> 00:52:36.099
- In our prayers, we're going to realize we trust god.
- 00:52:36.099 --> 00:52:41.738
- Trust reliance.
- 00:52:42.272 --> 00:52:45.141
- Those are other words
- 00:52:45.141 --> 00:52:47.043
- That can translate, the wonderful greek word behind faith.
- 00:52:48.611 --> 00:52:51.981
- When you call it faith,
- 00:52:52.649 --> 00:52:54.384
- You're looking at something spiritual that you have
- 00:52:54.384 --> 00:52:56.486
- To drum up.
- 00:52:56.486 --> 00:52:57.520
- When you trust god.
- 00:52:58.187 --> 00:52:59.722
- That's not something you drum up.
- 00:52:59.722 --> 00:53:01.457
- When you rely on god.
- 00:53:01.457 --> 00:53:03.693
- That's not something you have to drum up.
- 00:53:03.693 --> 00:53:05.361
- That's just something that you do.
- 00:53:05.361 --> 00:53:07.697
- And in that, you walk into miracle power.
- 00:53:08.865 --> 00:53:12.335
- The eyes of the lord
- 00:53:13.002 --> 00:53:14.370
- Go to and fro over the whole earth
- 00:53:14.370 --> 00:53:17.840
- To show himself strong
- 00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:20.710
- To those whose hearts are loyal to him.
- 00:53:20.710 --> 00:53:25.281
- That's another way to say faith.
- 00:53:25.281 --> 00:53:27.717
- Are you loyal to god?
- 00:53:27.717 --> 00:53:29.652
- Are you trusting god?
- 00:53:29.652 --> 00:53:31.187
- Are you relying on god?
- 00:53:31.187 --> 00:53:33.423
- Do you realize god watches over his word to perform it?
- 00:53:33.423 --> 00:53:37.060
- Do you say yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and amen.
- 00:53:37.060 --> 00:53:41.531
- When you have the wonderful promises of god flowing
- 00:53:41.531 --> 00:53:45.702
- Through your innermost being,
- 00:53:45.702 --> 00:53:47.737
- Well, then you have all the trust and all the reliance
- 00:53:47.737 --> 00:53:50.973
- And all that you need to walk into the reality
- 00:53:50.973 --> 00:53:55.345
- That he is our very present help in time of trouble.
- 00:53:55.345 --> 00:54:00.416
- Now, we're going to pray for you.
- 00:54:01.284 --> 00:54:03.019
- Before we pray, here's some other miracles
- 00:54:03.019 --> 00:54:05.288
- That have happened to people just like you.
- 00:54:05.288 --> 00:54:07.957
- What god has done for others, he will do for you.
- 00:54:07.957 --> 00:54:11.327
- He's no respecter of persons.
- 00:54:11.327 --> 00:54:13.329
- All he is looking for is, are you loyal?
- 00:54:13.329 --> 00:54:16.432
- Do you trust him?
- 00:54:16.432 --> 00:54:17.400
- Do you believe his worth?
- 00:54:17.400 --> 00:54:19.235
- Well, here's deidre by email.
- 00:54:20.069 --> 00:54:21.337
- "i was watching the 700 club for the first time.
- 00:54:21.337 --> 00:54:24.540
- I've been dealing with left jaw pain
- 00:54:24.540 --> 00:54:26.242
- And swelling for two and a half weeks,
- 00:54:26.242 --> 00:54:28.311
- Taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen
- 00:54:28.311 --> 00:54:30.880
- Every four to five hours, day and night.
- 00:54:30.880 --> 00:54:33.950
- I heard them specifically pray for someone dealing
- 00:54:33.950 --> 00:54:36.753
- With left jaw pain and swelling.
- 00:54:36.753 --> 00:54:39.155
- I wondered if it could have possibly been me.
- 00:54:39.155 --> 00:54:43.426
- It was," all caps.
- 00:54:43.426 --> 00:54:45.962
- It was.
- 00:54:45.962 --> 00:54:47.330
- "i've had no pain whatsoever since that prayer.
- 00:54:47.330 --> 00:54:48.598
- I'm still in shock.
- 00:54:48.598 --> 00:54:50.933
- God is good.
- 00:54:50.933 --> 00:54:52.935
- Isn't it?
- 00:54:52.935 --> 00:54:54.103
- - [terry] that's revelation, right?
- 00:54:54.103 --> 00:54:55.471
- Well, this is an answer to prayer also for a year.
- 00:54:55.471 --> 00:54:58.374
- Fawn who lives in san francisco
- 00:54:58.374 --> 00:55:00.443
- Suffered with chronic neck pain,
- 00:55:00.443 --> 00:55:02.278
- Had two bulging or a bulging disc.
- 00:55:02.278 --> 00:55:04.647
- She was in so much pain.
- 00:55:04.647 --> 00:55:05.982
- She was ready to follow the doctor's advice
- 00:55:05.982 --> 00:55:07.984
- And have surgery.
- 00:55:07.984 --> 00:55:09.352
- While she was texting a question
- 00:55:09.352 --> 00:55:11.454
- About the cost of the surgery,
- 00:55:11.454 --> 00:55:12.922
- She had this program on and, gordon,
- 00:55:12.922 --> 00:55:14.724
- She heard you say,
- 00:55:14.724 --> 00:55:16.125
- "there's someone, you've had stiffness on both sides
- 00:55:16.125 --> 00:55:18.161
- Of your neck.
- 00:55:18.161 --> 00:55:19.495
- You've been diagnosed with the bulging disc
- 00:55:19.495 --> 00:55:20.730
- And you're weighing options right now.
- 00:55:20.730 --> 00:55:22.632
- Here's the option for you, believe right now in jesus' name.
- 00:55:22.632 --> 00:55:26.536
- He's touching that neck.
- 00:55:26.536 --> 00:55:28.004
- That disc is going back into place.
- 00:55:28.004 --> 00:55:30.306
- The vertebrae are coming into alignment.
- 00:55:30.306 --> 00:55:32.308
- You are healed in jesus' name."
- 00:55:32.308 --> 00:55:34.510
- Fawn claimed the word.
- 00:55:34.510 --> 00:55:35.745
- Since then, she hasn't suffered
- 00:55:35.745 --> 00:55:37.213
- Or experienced any neck pain.
- 00:55:37.213 --> 00:55:39.081
- She is praising the lord.
- 00:55:39.081 --> 00:55:41.284
- - all right, well, let's praise god together with her
- 00:55:41.284 --> 00:55:42.885
- And in that prayer, let's have,
- 00:55:42.885 --> 00:55:45.955
- In that praise,
- 00:55:45.955 --> 00:55:46.856
- Let's have prayer for you.
- 00:55:46.856 --> 00:55:48.491
- Let's pray together.
- 00:55:48.491 --> 00:55:50.126
- Jesus, we come to you.
- 00:55:50.126 --> 00:55:51.828
- We come to you with thanksgiving for what you've done,
- 00:55:51.828 --> 00:55:55.164
- The miracles that you've done,
- 00:55:55.164 --> 00:55:57.300
- How you've released people from paralysis,
- 00:55:57.300 --> 00:55:59.969
- How you've cured a left jaw,
- 00:55:59.969 --> 00:56:02.738
- How you've healed a bulging disc and a vertebrae.
- 00:56:04.040 --> 00:56:06.676
- We know that you're able
- 00:56:07.343 --> 00:56:09.912
- And we rely right now
- 00:56:09.912 --> 00:56:12.315
- That you are our very present help in our need,
- 00:56:12.315 --> 00:56:16.853
- In our chime of trouble.
- 00:56:16.853 --> 00:56:19.489
- So stretch forth your hand to do miracles.
- 00:56:20.656 --> 00:56:23.459
- We are loyal to you.
- 00:56:23.459 --> 00:56:25.628
- We love you.
- 00:56:25.628 --> 00:56:26.729
- We rely on you.
- 00:56:26.729 --> 00:56:28.564
- We rely on your promise.
- 00:56:28.564 --> 00:56:30.600
- Your promise has caused us to hope
- 00:56:30.600 --> 00:56:33.069
- And we believe right now.
- 00:56:33.069 --> 00:56:36.105
- Do miracles, lord god,
- 00:56:36.105 --> 00:56:38.274
- For we ask it in jesus' name.
- 00:56:38.274 --> 00:56:41.010
- Terry, god's giving you something.
- 00:56:41.010 --> 00:56:42.245
- - yeah, there's someone on the right side
- 00:56:42.245 --> 00:56:43.646
- Of your mouth in the back.
- 00:56:43.646 --> 00:56:45.715
- You've lost a couple of teeth.
- 00:56:46.549 --> 00:56:48.017
- I mean, not in a good way,
- 00:56:48.017 --> 00:56:49.352
- Like the dentist hasn't taken them out.
- 00:56:49.352 --> 00:56:51.020
- They've fallen out.
- 00:56:51.020 --> 00:56:52.154
- You have some dental issues going on.
- 00:56:52.154 --> 00:56:53.656
- God's healing that for you right now.
- 00:56:53.656 --> 00:56:55.558
- Not just the teeth, the bone, the gums,
- 00:56:55.558 --> 00:56:58.227
- The whole thing is just being healed now in jesus' name.
- 00:56:58.227 --> 00:57:01.197
- Receive that
- 00:57:01.197 --> 00:57:02.798
- - there's someone you've been having recurring heart trouble
- 00:57:02.798 --> 00:57:05.167
- And in that you now have a weakened heart muscle.
- 00:57:05.167 --> 00:57:08.771
- It's specific to the left ventricle.
- 00:57:08.771 --> 00:57:11.974
- God is healing your heart now.
- 00:57:11.974 --> 00:57:14.110
- He's strengthening you, giving you new life, new vitality,
- 00:57:14.110 --> 00:57:18.214
- New breath, new strength in jesus' name.
- 00:57:18.214 --> 00:57:21.984
- - [terry] yeah.
- 00:57:21.984 --> 00:57:22.952
- - be healed and be made whole.
- 00:57:22.952 --> 00:57:24.387
- - yeah, there are others.
- 00:57:24.387 --> 00:57:26.322
- Some of you don't live in this country,
- 00:57:26.322 --> 00:57:27.156
- But you have.
- 00:57:27.156 --> 00:57:29.258
- You have worked so hard in your life.
- 00:57:29.258 --> 00:57:31.761
- Your back is like bowed over.
- 00:57:31.761 --> 00:57:33.062
- God's healing that
- 00:57:33.062 --> 00:57:34.096
- For you just right now.
- 00:57:34.096 --> 00:57:35.865
- Stand up straight,
- 00:57:35.865 --> 00:57:37.266
- Let your shoulders drop and lift your hands
- 00:57:37.266 --> 00:57:39.402
- And begin to worship and thank the lord.
- 00:57:39.402 --> 00:57:41.370
- - someone else with pins and needles,
- 00:57:41.370 --> 00:57:43.372
- Pain in your right hand and right arm.
- 00:57:43.372 --> 00:57:46.175
- God's healing you as well.
- 00:57:46.175 --> 00:57:48.110
- If you've been healed, let us know.
- 00:57:48.110 --> 00:57:49.278
- Give us a call.
- 00:57:49.278 --> 00:57:50.079
- 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:57:50.079 --> 00:57:52.648
- "faith shows the reality of what we hope for.
- 00:57:52.648 --> 00:57:55.651
- It is the evidence of things we cannot see.
- 00:57:55.651 --> 00:57:58.688
- God bless you."
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