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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  • But in the midst of that silence,
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  • God showed me what i had become.
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  • - i was muslim for four years.
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  • I had spells cast on me
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  • - mommy wine culture.
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  • Well that's a catchphrase
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  • Of a marketing campaign targeting young mothers.
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  • It aims to convince them that they need alcohol to cope
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  • With the pressures of raising children.
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  • Social media memes make it sound like it's harmless fun.
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  • Our cbn medical reporter, lorie johnson,
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  • Shows us why it's deadly serious.
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  • - wine gets better with age.
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  • I get better with wine.
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  • Okay, guilty.
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  • You girls know that's true.
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  • - we do.
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  • - [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."
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  • And even memes like the most expensive part
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  • Of having kids is all the wine you have to drink.
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  • - 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.
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  • - [lorie] as it turns out,
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  • The messaging sadly reflects reality.
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  • Kelly manley turned to alcohol to fit in with her peers
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  • Who she observed drinking everywhere,
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  • At kids' birthday parties, soccer practices, you name it.
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  • - 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.
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  • 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.
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  • - [lorie] and like other events these days,
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  • It's going digital.
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  • Like the moms who need wine facebook group.
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  • - 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.
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  • - [lorie] the alcohol industry has certainly played a part.
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  • Back in the nineties it ushered in this
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  • So-called pinking of the market,
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  • Making and advertising booze aimed specifically at women.
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  • - drink these sweetened, pre-unsweetened, gorgeous,
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  • Attractive pink drinks that will
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  • End you into drinking spirits, drinking pretty wine,
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  • Drinking wine with names like you know,
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  • French rabbit.
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  • - [lorie] and it worked.
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  • While historically men consumed the most alcohol,
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  • Women are now catching up.
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  • In the last 15 years,
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  • The greatest increase in consumption has been
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  • Among women in their thirties and forties.
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  • However, because of biological differences,
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  • Women absorb more alcohol
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  • And take longer to metabolize it than men.
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  • That means the same amount
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  • Of alcohol typically damages the female body
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  • More than the man's.
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  • After drinking the same amount of alcohol,
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  • Women tend to have higher blood alcohol levels than men
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  • And the effects usually occur more quickly
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  • And last longer in women.
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  • Alcohol also makes women more susceptible than men
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  • To liver disease, heart disease,
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  • Cancer and cognitive decline.
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  • Us health officials recommend women should drink no more
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  • Than five ounces of wine a day.
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  • Canadian health officials go further saying
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  • Only two five ounce glasses per week.
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  • - this is a women's health issue.
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  • It's in fact a big public health issue.
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  • - [lorie] and it's not just physical.
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  • Alcohol affects mental health too,
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  • Which is why kelly gave it up.
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  • - it just exacerbated my feelings of anxiety
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  • And depression and i felt like i was betraying myself
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  • Every time i drank.
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  • - [lorie] she's not alone.
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  • More moms are rejecting mommy wine culture
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  • And turning to groups like sober mom squad,
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  • - having a safe space where you can talk
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  • To other moms about, you know,
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  • The questions you're having about alcohol
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  • Or how difficult it is to navigate in this culture
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  • Where everyone tells you you need to drink to be a parent
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  • And not have to justify
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  • That you should just be grateful to have kids.
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  • - [lorie] many moms are also saying no
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  • Because they're concerned about the culture's impact
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  • On their child's self-esteem.
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  • - most problematic part of it
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  • Is what is it saying to your kids?
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  • Again, if it's, you know, tongue in cheek jokes like
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  • Between friends, that's one thing,
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  • But when you're wearing the t-shirt
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  • That said "mommy needs wine," you know,
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  • Saying that you have to, you know,
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  • I have to drink because you're difficult.
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  • I think that leads into something that's even more damaging.
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  • - [lorie] so while pop culture
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  • And big alcohol try to convince new moms
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  • Life is better with booze,
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  • A growing number are rejecting that message
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  • For the sake of their own health as well as their families.
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  • Lorie johnson, cbn news,
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  • - i wish being sober were somehow cool in our culture,
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  • But unfortunately there's no industry behind sobriety.
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  • There's plenty of industry behind the wine industry,
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  • Behind the alcohol industry,
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  • And all they're trying to do is encourage you
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  • To drink more of their product.
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  • But here's the problem.
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  • If you drink to solve your problems,
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  • All you're doing is irrigating them
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  • And you're making them worse.
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  • Alcohol, medical science says, alcohol is a depressant.
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  • So if you're sad,
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  • If you're overcome by what's going on in your life
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  • And you add alcohol to the mix,
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  • All you're doing is making it worse.
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  • It's not helping you at all.
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  • So if you see someone wearing that t-shirt,
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  • If you see someone with that throw pillow,
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  • It's a warning sign.
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  • It's a wake up call for all the friends,
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  • All the family around that individual, they need help.
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  • And wouldn't it be wonderful if the community came
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  • Around mothers and said, how can we help you?
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  • How can relieve your burden today?
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  • Instead of that glass of wine,
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  • How about having a spa day and i'll help you with the kids
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  • And you go have a moment where you can decompress
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  • And do so very healthily with health behind it,
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  • Not with something that's going to make it worse, terry,
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  • Then staring down the barrel of a .45,
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  • The last thing this man remembers is the sound of a gunshot.
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  • See how he survived getting shot in the face after this,
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  • And then later a desperate prayer from a man
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  • With an aortic dissection.
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  • God, just don't let me die like this.
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  • See how this man miraculously beat the odds
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  • And walked out of the hospital.
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  • (upbeat music)
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  • ♪ where there is joy there is action ♪
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  • ♪ it's like a great attraction ♪
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  • ♪ it starts a chain reaction ♪
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  • ♪ it's almost satisfaction ♪
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  • ♪ i love the way, the joy ♪
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  • ♪ makes me move ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around 'cause i know ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got him ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in the heart ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around because i know it ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got it ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in the heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy is in the heart ♪
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  • - for me as a musician and my identity,
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  • That was like the ultimate validation,
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  • Just literally going out and like living the rockstar life.
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  • It was a darkness that started to wear on me.
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  • I realized how fake it was, 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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  • - 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.
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  • - 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.
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  • He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
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  • - drew anderson said he needed two things in life,
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  • The first, a heartbeat, the second, cocaine.
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  • 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.
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  • What i didn't see was two other people.
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  • 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
  • 00:22:55.286 --> 00:22:59.257
  • And the last noise that i remember hearing
  • 00:22:59.257 --> 00:23:02.227
  • 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.
  • 00:23:10.768 --> 00:23:13.338
  • He was adopted from korea
  • 00:23:13.338 --> 00:23:14.706
  • 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,
  • 00:23:37.395 --> 00:23:38.963
  • 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
  • 00:23:50.141 --> 00:23:53.411
  • 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,
  • 00:24:09.894 --> 00:24:14.432
  • 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.
  • 00:32:15.146 --> 00:32:17.148
  • We've got something to help you grow.
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  • It's called "a new day."
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  • It's a packet put together just for you.
  • 00:32:20.184 --> 00:32:22.420
  • Wanna encourage you also to get ahold of a bible.
  • 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:24.922
  • The word of god will change your life.
  • 00:32:24.922 --> 00:32:28.259
  • If you'd like to get ahold of our "new day" packet,
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  • 00:32:31.562 --> 00:32:32.830
  • So is the number to get it, 1-800-700-7000.
  • 00:32:32.830 --> 00:32:36.233
  • Just call now.
  • 00:32:36.233 --> 00:32:37.802
  • Say i prayed that prayer and i'd like the "new day" packet.
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  • Send it to you, gordon
  • 00:32:39.637 --> 00:32:41.539
  • - coming up later, their loved one was in the hospital
  • 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:44.575
  • And only one thing could help him.
  • 00:32:44.575 --> 00:32:47.111
  • 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.
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  • This life of failing christ's presence in your life.
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  • (soft music)
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  • - [narrator] melissa and her husband rick,
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  • Have come a long way from when they met.
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  • Melissa was in real estate.
  • 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
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  • And was $80,000 in debt.
  • 00:34:09.326 --> 00:34:11.795
  • All the while the hinnant were tithing
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  • And the newly married couple started working their
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  • Way out of the red.
  • 00:34:16.567 --> 00:34:17.935
  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • Here's what you should have.
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  • I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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  • I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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  • I'm done striving.
  • 00:34:33.083 --> 00:34:34.818
  • - today, rick and melissa have three children
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  • And choose to live way below their means
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  • So they can help the poor.
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  • They've already built 13 orphanages
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  • And a freedom house in india.
  • 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
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  • So we truly can give to all of these places,
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  • 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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  • (soft music)
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  • - the only way i can describe it is i was supernaturally
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  • Delivered from a nine year cocaine addiction.
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  • I loved jesus.
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  • I was a christian, but i was deeply in pain.
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  • I was physically addicted.
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  • I was mentally addicted.
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  • I was all of those things.
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  • I knew how bad off i was
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  • And what i felt him saying was,
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  • I created you for more than this my girl.
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  • God filled those holes with a beautiful message to say,
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  • You are enough in me.
  • 00:35:57.167 --> 00:36:00.037
  • - i just turned and excruciating pain
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  • Came in my knee on the inside
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  • And it was like a jabbing knife.
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  • I made it to the doctor.
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  • Found out it was a torn meniscus.
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  • So having the knee injury,
  • 00:36:14.084 --> 00:36:16.854
  • Having to slow down was depressing.
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  • I was like, lord, heal this.
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  • 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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  • (soft music)
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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.
  • 00:37:06.970 --> 00:37:10.908
  • Then operation blessing came to their village
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  • And now this mother and son eat three meals a day.
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  • Here's how you help make that happen.
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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
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  • 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.
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  • - [interpreter] i typically only make enough for us
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  • To eat one meal a day.
  • 00:37:50.848 --> 00:37:52.983
  • - [narrator] there were times when marco said
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  • They went the whole day without eating.
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  • - [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.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • And trained isabel how to raise and sell broiler chickens.
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  • After the training, operation blessing built a coop
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  • And gave her 100 broiler chickens
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  • To start the poultry business.
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  • - [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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • If you're a member of the 700 club,
  • 00:38:57.214 --> 00:38:59.850
  • Just imagine all across the globe,
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  • People giving thanks to god because you cared,
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  • Because you came to them in their hour of need.
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  • Not with some temporary handout,
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  • But with a hand up to say, we believe in you.
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  • We know that god has a hope and a future for you.
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  • We want to give you the dignity
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  • Of making your own way in life
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  • And here we'll provide so that you can do that.
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  • If that's you, i invite you to become a member
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  • Of the 700 club.
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  • If you want to be a part of this,
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  • Just imagine tens of thousands of people saying,
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  • Yes, let's make a difference.
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  • Let's reach out with hands of love and compassion.
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  • Let's help those in need.
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  • Let's be a blessing to them.
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  • Let's preach the good news,
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  • The good news that god is not mad at you.
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  • He wants good things for you.
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  • Let's have the good news go all around the world.
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  • You can help by being a member of the 700 club.
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  • Tubes and cords sticking out of his body.
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  • Doctors told this man's family to brace for the worst.
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  • - [speaker] when i was a young girl,
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  • I went to fetch water for my mother.
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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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  • And giving it to my family.
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  • We often get intense to make eggs and vomit.
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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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  • We could not hold back our joy.
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  • I've never had this kind of water before.
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  • Every time i drink it,
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  • I feel good and healthy.
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  • With the world this close,
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  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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  • We are healthy and we are happy.
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  • Thank you.
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  • Thank you you.
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  • Thank you.
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  • I don't think i really processed it
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  • That's when i finally cried about it.
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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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  • Where you are boiling on the inside.
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  • (soft music)
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  • That we can't even imagine.
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  • (soft music)
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  • 00:45:10.287 --> 00:45:14.024
  • - latroy dixon knew he was in a world of trouble
  • 00:45:15.292 --> 00:45:18.295
  • When he felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest.
  • 00:45:18.295 --> 00:45:21.898
  • He was lucky just to make it to the hospital.
  • 00:45:21.898 --> 00:45:24.935
  • The fact that he walked out is nothing short of a miracle.
  • 00:45:24.935 --> 00:45:29.706
  • (soft music)
  • 00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:32.075
  • - the pain that i felt was so sharp
  • 00:45:32.075 --> 00:45:34.611
  • And so sudden
  • 00:45:34.611 --> 00:45:36.146
  • 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
  • 00:45:39.749 --> 00:45:41.284
  • When the chest pain started.
  • 00:45:41.284 --> 00:45:43.253
  • At home, later that night, the pain had gotten worse
  • 00:45:43.253 --> 00:45:46.456
  • And he drove himself to the er.
  • 00:45:46.456 --> 00:45:48.892
  • Tests showed he had an aortic dissection,
  • 00:45:48.892 --> 00:45:51.561
  • A tear in the main artery that carries blood from the heart
  • 00:45:51.561 --> 00:45:55.098
  • That was causing massive internal bleeding.
  • 00:45:55.098 --> 00:45:58.034
  • 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,
  • 00:46:04.641 --> 00:46:05.642
  • 'cause i thought i was gonna die.
  • 00:46:05.642 --> 00:46:07.010
  • 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
  • 00:46:25.395 --> 00:46:27.130
  • 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.
  • 00:46:42.345 --> 00:46:43.813
  • He has to make it.
  • 00:46:43.813 --> 00:46:44.781
  • You don't understand.
  • 00:46:44.781 --> 00:46:45.615
  • 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
  • 00:46:48.885 --> 00:46:50.320
  • To be prepared for the worst.
  • 00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:52.989
  • Half the people who experience this condition
  • 00:46:52.989 --> 00:46:55.525
  • 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
  • 00:46:59.963 --> 00:47:02.732
  • 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
  • 00:47:22.052 --> 00:47:24.187
  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • 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,
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  • They knew god had answered their prayers
  • 00:50:04.614 --> 00:50:07.750
  • - as he started to do things normally,
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  • That's when god start to show me
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  • 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,
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • I'm a very present help in the time of trouble,
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  • Like that's not a lie.
  • 00:51:24.694 --> 00:51:28.665
  • - and it's not a lie for you.
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  • 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.
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  • He's looking for faith
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  • 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,
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  • How you've released people from paralysis,
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  • How you've cured a left jaw,
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  • How you've healed a bulging disc and a vertebrae.
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  • We know that you're able
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  • And we rely right now
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  • That you are our very present help in our need,
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  • In our chime of trouble.
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  • So stretch forth your hand to do miracles.
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  • We are loyal to you.
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  • We love you.
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  • We rely on you.
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  • We rely on your promise.
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  • Your promise has caused us to hope
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  • And we believe right now.
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  • Do miracles, lord god,
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  • For we ask it in jesus' name.
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  • Terry, god's giving you something.
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  • - yeah, there's someone on the right side
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  • Of your mouth in the back.
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  • You've lost a couple of teeth.
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  • I mean, not in a good way,
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  • Like the dentist hasn't taken them out.
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  • They've fallen out.
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  • You have some dental issues going on.
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  • God's healing that for you right now.
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  • Not just the teeth, the bone, the gums,
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  • The whole thing is just being healed now in jesus' name.
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  • Receive that
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  • - there's someone you've been having recurring heart trouble
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  • And in that you now have a weakened heart muscle.
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  • It's specific to the left ventricle.
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  • God is healing your heart now.
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  • He's strengthening you, giving you new life, new vitality,
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  • New breath, new strength in jesus' name.
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  • - [terry] yeah.
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  • - be healed and be made whole.
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  • - yeah, there are others.
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  • Some of you don't live in this country,
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  • But you have.
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  • You have worked so hard in your life.
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  • Your back is like bowed over.
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  • God's healing that
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  • For you just right now.
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  • Stand up straight,
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  • Let your shoulders drop and lift your hands
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  • And begin to worship and thank the lord.
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  • - someone else with pins and needles,
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  • Pain in your right hand and right arm.
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  • God's healing you as well.
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  • If you've been healed, let us know.
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  • Give us a call.
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  • 1-800-700-7000.
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  • "faith shows the reality of what we hope for.
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  • It is the evidence of things we cannot see.
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  • God bless you."
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