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The 700 Club | May 22, 2025 | May 22, 2025
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- - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- - [presenter] coming up...
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- - i saw what was about to happen.
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- - [presenter] a boy walks into oncoming traffic,
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- - "fisher, look right."
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- - [presenter] and is hit by a car going 30 miles an hour.
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- - the thought crossed my mind,
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- "you just watched your son die right in front of you."
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- - [presenter] he's thrown 15 feet in the air
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- And lands on his head.
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- - [paris] he landed in a crumple.
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- - [presenter] how he survived the accident.
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- - there is nobody but god that can help you at that point.
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- - [presenter] today on "the 700 club."
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- - hi, everyone. welcome to "the 700 club."
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- I'm andrew knox, in for gordon robertson today.
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- People of all ages flocked to asbury university
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- When revival broke out, an 11-year-old girl named helen
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- And her family were among them.
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- - the family was worshiping god
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- When helen experienced a miracle.
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- Abigail robertson brings the story of her amazing healing.
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- - when the white family heard about the revival
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- At asbury university, they canceled their weekend plans,
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- Loaded up their rv, and drove 10 hours to kentucky
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- To witness the move of the holy spirit for themselves.
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- - it was. literally, it was the best night of my life.
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- I loved it.
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- - [abigail] 11-year-old helen white,
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- The oldest of four children,
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- Described her experience inside the revival.
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- - it was beautiful.
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- It was such simple worship,
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- But it felt so holy.
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- I pray every night and thank the lord that i got to go.
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- - [abigail] while there, helen says
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- God miraculously healed her from celiac disease
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- And eosinophilic esophagitis or eoe.
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- - this one guy, he prayed for me of my eoe,
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- And i just felt this tingling in my hands and my feet
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- And my whole body, and i actually was healed.
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- - [abigail] helen's mom, christina, joined in the prayer
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- For her daughter's healing.
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- - i'm just praying quietly and (indistinct) watching her
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- Interact with this prayer minister
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- And she's saying, "my hands are tingling.
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- Okay, now i feel it to my elbows."
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- And we would thank god and keep praying, and then she said,
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- "my whole body feels like it's electric."
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- I don't have to know what was happening in that moment
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- 'cause i know god was there.
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- I know that was a touch from the spirit
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- And i know that he is moving.
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- - [abigail] the first miracle god performed
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- Involved getting the family and friends past the lines.
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- Then some of them inside the chapel.
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- As they pulled their rv into the small town of wilmore,
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- Signs greeted them with a message to turn around
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- Because the revival was at capacity.
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- - we just started praying and said,
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- "lord, you've gotten us this far.
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- If we need to watch the livestream, we will.
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- But would you just make a way?
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- Would you make a way for us to come and encounter you
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- And to be in your presence?"
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- - [abigail] four of them set out on foot
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- And were led to a door for students and children.
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- - we walked up and they immediately were like,
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- "is there any party of four here?"
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- And we were right there and we walked right in.
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- It was one of those moments where jesus was saying like,
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- "let the little children come to me,"
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- Like, "let the children come to me."
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- And i kind of knew right then,
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- "i think we're here for my girls to be here."
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- - [abigail] they stayed in the chapel for five hours
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- Soaking in the presence of the holy spirit,
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- And helen even had an opportunity
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- To read her favorite verse aloud, psalm 91.
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- - "i will say of the lord he's my refuge
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- And my fortress, my god in whom i trust."
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- - what have you taken from this experience?
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- - i mean, i've always known the lord my whole life,
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- But really i feel like i met him at asbury
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- And really devoted my life to him here,
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- And so i feel like i definitely took that home.
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- And the hunger and boldness, that too.
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- And the healing.
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- - [abigail] christina believes the asbury revival
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- Is just the beginning.
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- - there is a purification that's happening
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- And a holiness that's coming.
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- I think that this younger generation
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- Has a huge part to play.
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- I can't be the same after i've encountered
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- A genuine touch from the lord.
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- And i know that that's true for the other people
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- Who are in the room, and honestly just for everywhere
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- That the lord is moving.
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- - [abigail] all of christina's kids say they felt
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- God's power and presence.
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- - i think the holy spirit was definitely there and it's...
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- Yeah, it was really cool.
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- - [abigail] even the ones who didn't make it inside.
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- - it just felt like god was in that place.
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- Even he didn't have to be in that exact room,
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- But he was also sharing his love outside of the room.
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- - christina tells cbn news
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- She has a sense of expectancy without expectation
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- That god is going to keep spreading this revival
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- Around the country.
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- While the whites are glad they went to kentucky,
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- They believe revival can break out anywhere.
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- They're hoping and expecting it continues to spread
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- To more college campuses,
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- Like right here at regent university.
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- Reporting from virginia, abigail robertson, cbn news.
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- - well, that revival at asbury was an exciting time,
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- And it's so great to hear about the experience from children
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- Who were there and we're celebrating helen's healing.
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- Loved that sign on the highway, "revival over capacity,"
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- Which is kind of funny because revival still continues.
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- The holy spirit is still alive and moving
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- And wants to do things in your life
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- Whether you are at asbury or not.
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- Well, we will be back with more
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- Of "the 700 club" right after this.
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- Please stay with us.
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- - [narrator] life. it's meant to be lived fully.
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- And delivery was when i noticed something was wrong.
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- They put her on my chest, and right away they took her away
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- And she wasn't crying and she looked sort of gray.
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- I didn't know if she was going to live or die.
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- Then they came back in the room and said
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- She's had a brain injury.
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- That's when i really started praying,
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- "god, please, please let her mind be okay."
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- After that, i really felt like things started
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- Moving even more.
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- She went from being behind to advanced for her age.
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- I could never deny the power of prayer.
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- I would always just say, "pray and pray more
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- And just keep trusting god.
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- His word is true."
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- He saw me through all the bad things i thought would happen
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- To my daughter, and he healed her.
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- Psalms 34:4, "i sought the lord and he answered me.
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- He delivered me from all of my fears."
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- - the only way i can describe it
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- Is i was supernaturally delivered
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- From a nine-year cocaine addiction.
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- I loved jesus, i was a christian. but i was deeply in pain.
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- I was physically addicted, 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, and what i felt him saying was,
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- "i created you for more than this, my girl."
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- God filled those holes with a beautiful message
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- To say, "you are enough in me."
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- - it was so intense with the sinus pressure
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- That it was to the point where my jaws were even hurting
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- From coughing so intensely.
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- It was a battle. it really was.
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- He kept saying to me, "this too will pass."
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- So i just stand up and say, "i'm waiting on you, lord."
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- I just kept confessing, "god is my healer. he is my healer."
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- They were to the section where they were talking
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- About people receiving healings.
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- They were going to pray for anyone who was sick.
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- - there's someone, you heard the report
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- About sinus conditions and you're saying,
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- "please say sinus conditions."
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- So for you, i'm saying sinus condition.
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- All of that inflammation,
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- Everything that seems to be swollen
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- And closed up, open now in jesus' name.
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- - i jumped up and my spirit just kind of leaped
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- And i said, "that's for me, lord. that's it."
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- You think maybe he's not mindful of those things,
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- But he's mindful of everything.
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- He's just faithful and he is our healer.
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- - climbing steep hills and navigating rocky paths,
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- Hiking in the holy land can be challenging.
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- The tough terrain has made it nearly impossible
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- For the disabled to enjoy all the sites israel has to offer.
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- But that's changing thanks to a ministry called
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- Luke 5 adventures.
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- Paul strand has the story.
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- (animation whooshing)
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- - israel's many things to many people.
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- Well, one thing it's not really
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- Is all that handicapped-accessible?
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- What with the rough ground, the slippery rocks,
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- The big steep slopes everywhere?
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- But there's a group right now working on making sure
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- That the handicapped can go anywhere
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- In this land that anyone else can.
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- Dr. john delancey leads tours combining israel's archeology,
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- History, and the bible.
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- But he couldn't include tour-goers
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- With physical disabilities.
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- - we offer multiple israel trips a year,
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- But no accessibility for people who can't walk.
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- - [paul] then delancey discovered luke 5 adventures,
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- A ministry grown to nine us chapters that helped those
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- With disabilities experience the rugged outdoors
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- Using joelette chairs like this one.
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- - we just completed our 800th hike in the last three years.
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- - [paul] cbn news hit the trail with them in ohio in 2021
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- And more recently, israel as they partnered
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- With delancey's ministry.
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- - i thought right away this was an answer to prayer.
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- God orchestrated this.
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- This opens the whole new door for really going anywhere.
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- - [paul] delancey and luke 5 adventures tested that idea
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- In israel with victoria odom.
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- She's fought her way back from traumatic brain injury
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- And total paralysis...
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- - i've relearned step by step.
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- - [paul] though not enough to tackle certain terrain.
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- - [victoria] i can never walk on slippery rocks
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- Or climb up trails.
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- - and for people like victoria it's not even a dream
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- To go from here over there because it's not possible.
- 00:11:11.716 --> 00:11:14.986
- But what we're doing makes the impossible possible.
- 00:11:14.986 --> 00:11:18.289
- - [paul] whitney blackston came along
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- To help odom, since blackston had witnessed
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- How luke 5 adventures helped transform the life
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- Of her daughter, emerson.
- 00:11:24.061 --> 00:11:25.630
- - she's completely blind and hearing impaired, non-verbal.
- 00:11:25.630 --> 00:11:28.766
- - [paul] on hikes in the joelette,
- 00:11:28.766 --> 00:11:30.067
- Emerson came to know god's wonders in nature.
- 00:11:30.067 --> 00:11:32.670
- - we could tell her what a tree is. she's blind.
- 00:11:32.670 --> 00:11:34.572
- She really doesn't have a concept of what that is.
- 00:11:34.572 --> 00:11:37.074
- But now she can get out there and feel the tree
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- And actually feel the the leaves and the wind in her face.
- 00:11:39.977 --> 00:11:43.648
- - [paul] or for the first time, touch water in the wild
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- At a place emerson revisited in fall of 2022.
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- - and as i was telling her that jesus is her rock,
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- She said, "jesus, i want."
- 00:11:53.024 --> 00:11:56.027
- And so we baptized her that day.
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- - [paul] beginning their israel tour,
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- Blackston and the others aiding odom
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- Came upon an immediate challenge.
- 00:12:00.965 --> 00:12:02.900
- - that first day we stepped off
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- And there's this steep, deep cavern
- 00:12:04.235 --> 00:12:07.638
- That you couldn't even see the bottom.
- 00:12:07.638 --> 00:12:08.940
- Victoria wanted to go, so we tackled it.
- 00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:10.842
- - just to see that, i go, "this is amazing, a god thing.
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- And victoria, wow, she's experiencing exactly what we are."
- 00:12:15.213 --> 00:12:19.317
- - masada was a really nice challenge as well.
- 00:12:19.317 --> 00:12:21.853
- - [paul] masada, the steep mountain where jewish rebels
- 00:12:21.853 --> 00:12:24.088
- Made their stand against roman legions
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- Almost 2000 years ago.
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- - [pastor schwieger] to relentlessly get uphill
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- For a long, long, long time.
- 00:12:29.293 --> 00:12:31.229
- - it's probably 5 or 600 feet in elevation,
- 00:12:31.229 --> 00:12:35.299
- And they conquered it just amazingly.
- 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:38.636
- - it was incredible
- 00:12:38.636 --> 00:12:40.104
- And will go down as one of the most amazing memories.
- 00:12:40.104 --> 00:12:44.976
- - talk about the uniqueness of this ministry.
- 00:12:46.210 --> 00:12:47.612
- I don't think any other type of wheelchair apparatus
- 00:12:47.612 --> 00:12:50.882
- Ever made it up the roman ramp there at masada.
- 00:12:50.882 --> 00:12:54.418
- - [paul] other days, the group raced odom and the joelette
- 00:12:54.418 --> 00:12:56.420
- Like a chariot in a place real chariots once raced.
- 00:12:56.420 --> 00:12:59.357
- And they took her on a pre-dawn hike with headlamps.
- 00:12:59.357 --> 00:13:02.159
- - [victoria] it just opened everything.
- 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:05.129
- I was like, "i can do this. everyone can do this."
- 00:13:05.129 --> 00:13:07.765
- - don't dismiss your dreams.
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- - [paul] now delancey is ready to make
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- Dreams come true for others.
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- - to offer trips to israel on a regular basis
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- With this amazing one-wheel wheelchair
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- - [paul] delancey's ministry hopes to buy at least
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- One joelette and keep it in israel for his tours and others.
- 00:13:22.413 --> 00:13:26.150
- And luke 5 adventures founder points out 99.99%
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- Of god's creation is outside
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- Of where most severely disabled people can reach it.
- 00:13:32.290 --> 00:13:35.259
- - [delancey] and that's not acceptable.
- 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:37.161
- - so everyone should be able to do this.
- 00:13:37.161 --> 00:13:40.798
- - and now they can get their chance.
- 00:13:40.798 --> 00:13:42.533
- The bottom line of victoria's adventure
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- Here in the holy land is never tell yourself,
- 00:13:44.268 --> 00:13:46.470
- No matter what shape you're in,
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- That something's impossible for you.
- 00:13:47.805 --> 00:13:50.508
- Paul strand, cbn news, reporting from jerusalem.
- 00:13:50.508 --> 00:13:53.678
- - thank you, paul. people helping people.
- 00:13:53.678 --> 00:13:55.846
- Inspiring. it does your heart good, doesn't it?
- 00:13:55.846 --> 00:13:58.015
- I don't know how many of us consider the challenges
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- And how much of the world is off limits to those folks
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- Who have physical limitations and disabilities.
- 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:05.289
- But that's changing thanks to luke 5 ministries,
- 00:14:05.289 --> 00:14:07.458
- And i'm sure you've maybe figured out
- 00:14:07.458 --> 00:14:09.226
- Luke 5 has the story of the paralytic lowered
- 00:14:09.226 --> 00:14:11.796
- Through the roof by the four friends who desperately wanted
- 00:14:11.796 --> 00:14:14.699
- That paralytic to see jesus.
- 00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:16.834
- The effort is underway with luke 5 ministries as well.
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- Terry? - what a great idea.
- 00:14:19.937 --> 00:14:21.505
- Well, up next, sexually abused at the age of seven,
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- This rodeo star couldn't shake the ghosts of his past.
- 00:14:25.876 --> 00:14:29.280
- His body took a beating on the circuit,
- 00:14:29.280 --> 00:14:31.382
- And so he turned to drugs.
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- See what happened next after this.
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- (thrilling music)
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- - i just turned, an excruciating pain
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- Came in my knee on the inside
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- And it was like a jabbing knife.
- 00:14:50.901 --> 00:14:53.204
- I made it to the doctor. found out it was a torn meniscus.
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- So having the knee injury,
- 00:14:56.907 --> 00:14:59.710
- Having to slow down was depressing.
- 00:14:59.710 --> 00:15:02.980
- I was like, "lord, heal this."
- 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:05.282
- Sitting on the couch, "the 700 club" came on,
- 00:15:05.282 --> 00:15:07.818
- And that's when i saw gordon on.
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- - we say out loud to it,
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- "be healed and be made whole.
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- May all pain leave me in jesus' name.
- 00:15:18.496 --> 00:15:24.101
- I receive it now."
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- Now what you couldn't do before, do now.
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- - [interviewee] by faith, i'm going to do this.
- 00:15:29.673 --> 00:15:31.442
- By faith, i'm going to walk.
- 00:15:31.442 --> 00:15:33.210
- And i was walking. it wasn't hurting.
- 00:15:33.210 --> 00:15:35.346
- I know that god healed me, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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- (uplifting music)
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- - i wanted to be a boy one week,
- 00:16:44.281 --> 00:16:45.516
- I wanted to be a girl next week.
- 00:16:45.516 --> 00:16:47.118
- It was constantly like that. confusion always in my mind.
- 00:16:47.118 --> 00:16:49.820
- I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
- 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:53.157
- - [narrator] at 16, tommy decided it was time
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- To give in to those desires.
- 00:16:55.359 --> 00:16:57.628
- Now addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
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- And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
- 00:17:00.498 --> 00:17:03.300
- - [tommy] i had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
- 00:17:03.300 --> 00:17:06.170
- - [narrator] despite his doubts,
- 00:17:06.170 --> 00:17:07.304
- Tommy started taking female hormones
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- And making plans to have a sex change operation.
- 00:17:10.040 --> 00:17:13.144
- Tommy was doing drugs with his brother and sister
- 00:17:13.144 --> 00:17:16.447
- When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
- 00:17:16.447 --> 00:17:19.783
- Terrified, tommy left the house and went to his mom,
- 00:17:19.783 --> 00:17:23.053
- Who had recently committed her life to christ.
- 00:17:23.053 --> 00:17:25.623
- - i had to cry out to god
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- Because i just knew in that moment
- 00:17:26.790 --> 00:17:28.159
- That he was the only one that was able to help me.
- 00:17:28.159 --> 00:17:29.827
- So i remember just telling him,
- 00:17:29.827 --> 00:17:31.328
- "i'm sorry of the lifestyle that i was living."
- 00:17:31.328 --> 00:17:33.664
- I just went into this deep place of repenting
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- And asking for forgiveness.
- 00:17:36.367 --> 00:17:38.469
- If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
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- We all need a savior.
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- We all come from a place of brokenness.
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- (energizing music)
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- 00:18:34.391 --> 00:18:43.667
- - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
- 00:18:45.069 --> 00:18:49.006
- - i think cbn ends up touching many of the areas
- 00:18:49.006 --> 00:18:51.775
- Of the world that you as an individual cannot touch.
- 00:18:51.775 --> 00:18:55.312
- - it allows me to be a part
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- Of such an amazing body of christ.
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- - i mean, this thrilled us. we love to give.
- 00:19:00.184 --> 00:19:03.120
- - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
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- To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
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- (inspirational music)
- 00:19:09.893 --> 00:19:14.898
- - andy was molested at the age of seven.
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- What's worse, when he told his parents,
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- They refused to believe him.
- 00:19:21.238 --> 00:19:22.740
- And that trauma caused his life to spin out of control.
- 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:26.510
- And for years, he was haunted by flashbacks from his past.
- 00:19:26.510 --> 00:19:31.215
- - [narrator] andy bronkhorst put in many miles
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- And years behind the wheel of a semi,
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- Alone with his thoughts and memories.
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- Many were good, especially those
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- From his 17 years in the rodeo
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- And the people there who touched his life.
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- - they cared about you.
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- If you got hurt, they came up and they consoled you.
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- And you knew from town to town
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- When you were going from rodeo to rodeo,
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- And the same people were there, and so they became a family.
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- - [narrator] the memories of his own family
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- Told a different story.
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- His father, also a truck driver, was always on the road.
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- His mom, an alcoholic,
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- Was constantly bringing people home to party.
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- - i felt hurt. i felt abandoned.
- 00:20:15.526 --> 00:20:19.330
- - [narrator] of all the memories,
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- There was one that haunted him.
- 00:20:20.998 --> 00:20:23.133
- The time his uncle sexually abused him when andy was seven.
- 00:20:23.133 --> 00:20:27.471
- Adding to this shame, his parents didn't believe him.
- 00:20:27.471 --> 00:20:31.475
- - it crossed me.
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- Yeah, it crossed me.
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- Because i was telling the truth
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- And i would never make that up.
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- And i felt like i had to gain control.
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- I felt like i had to do something to fix the situation.
- 00:20:48.492 --> 00:20:52.062
- But at that age, i didn't know what to do.
- 00:20:52.062 --> 00:20:54.264
- I just thought i could...
- 00:20:54.264 --> 00:20:55.399
- If you can't beat them, join them.
- 00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:57.634
- - [narrator] so at 10 years old, andy started drinking.
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- By then, he was a rising star in junior rodeo.
- 00:21:00.938 --> 00:21:04.441
- There he found his family and a reason for living.
- 00:21:04.441 --> 00:21:08.379
- He worked hard to be the best.
- 00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:10.581
- - i didn't feel like i was anybody already.
- 00:21:11.749 --> 00:21:14.318
- I felt like i needed to prove myself.
- 00:21:14.318 --> 00:21:17.488
- I felt like i wasn't good enough.
- 00:21:17.488 --> 00:21:19.490
- - [narrator] while andy enjoyed the attention and success,
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- The years of bull-riding took a heavy toll on his body.
- 00:21:22.426 --> 00:21:26.296
- He started abusing painkillers and, eventually, meth.
- 00:21:26.296 --> 00:21:30.534
- The addiction forced andy to drop out of rodeo
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- At 22 years old.
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- - i felt like, why was i even here?
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- And i just kept building on that.
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- And the more negative that happened,
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- The more negative i thought about myself,
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- And the more negative i thought
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- That was going to happen in the future.
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- - [narrator] by the time he quit, he had divorced twice
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- And had four children.
- 00:21:55.225 --> 00:21:57.327
- To pay child support, he became a truck driver.
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- The road gave andy an escape from life.
- 00:22:00.664 --> 00:22:04.435
- - and since i had so many bad relationships,
- 00:22:04.435 --> 00:22:06.537
- Nobody wanted to be with me.
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- So i was alone, you know?
- 00:22:07.571 --> 00:22:09.039
- And so that's how i led my life.
- 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:13.010
- I was always a rambler.
- 00:22:13.677 --> 00:22:15.712
- I always had to get out of town. i always left.
- 00:22:15.712 --> 00:22:19.082
- - [narrator] andy would spend 14 lonely years on the road,
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- In and out of rehab.
- 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:24.588
- Then at 36, he lost his commercial driver's license
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- Because of addiction.
- 00:22:27.991 --> 00:22:29.960
- Out of work, he joined a notorious biker gang.
- 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.363
- Still, the outlaw in him couldn't chase
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- The haunting visions of abuse away.
- 00:22:36.033 --> 00:22:39.536
- - and it just got worse from...
- 00:22:39.536 --> 00:22:41.205
- For every time i thought about it,
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- I would just put more drugs and alcohol into my system,
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- Or do something worse that would...
- 00:22:45.042 --> 00:22:48.045
- I mean, even if i had to go to jail
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- To get somebody's attention, i did it.
- 00:22:49.413 --> 00:22:51.548
- - [narrator] he became so volatile,
- 00:22:51.548 --> 00:22:52.950
- Even the gang had enough and kicked him out.
- 00:22:52.950 --> 00:22:55.919
- Worse, his kid's sister told him to stay away
- 00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:58.856
- From her home and her family.
- 00:22:58.856 --> 00:23:01.425
- - yeah, everything at that point,
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- I just tried to tear it down.
- 00:23:03.227 --> 00:23:04.595
- I didn't want to be alive,
- 00:23:04.595 --> 00:23:06.096
- And there was points where i thought that i needed
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- To probably take my life too.
- 00:23:08.532 --> 00:23:10.667
- - [narrator] two years later, in september of 2012,
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- Andy was living out of his pickup truck in a campground
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- In washington state, out of money and having withdrawals.
- 00:23:18.375 --> 00:23:23.447
- One day while walking along a creek,
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- He remembered something from his rodeo days,
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- The messages he heard at cowboy church about jesus.
- 00:23:28.652 --> 00:23:32.756
- It wasn't until now he realized jesus was his only hope.
- 00:23:32.756 --> 00:23:37.828
- - i laid in the water to cool it off,
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- And i just started sobbing.
- 00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:44.501
- (water running)
- 00:23:44.501 --> 00:23:46.103
- And i asked god,
- 00:23:46.103 --> 00:23:49.072
- I said, "lord, i need you right now.
- 00:23:50.073 --> 00:23:54.077
- I can't do this alone.
- 00:23:54.077 --> 00:23:55.512
- If you help me out, lord, i promise i'll change my life."
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- (water running)
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- I felt like somebody was standing there with me,
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- And i like had this...
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- Like somebody came and hugged me. i felt it.
- 00:24:05.989 --> 00:24:09.693
- - [narrator] that same day, his sister called,
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- Inviting him to stay with her family.
- 00:24:11.929 --> 00:24:14.798
- While there, andy started watching christian television
- 00:24:14.798 --> 00:24:18.135
- And prayed with pastor robert morris
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- To accept jesus into his life.
- 00:24:20.571 --> 00:24:23.273
- - i started hearing that still small voice inside me.
- 00:24:23.273 --> 00:24:26.009
- And when i found out that that was the holy spirit,
- 00:24:26.009 --> 00:24:29.513
- Boy, i let it rip.
- 00:24:30.147 --> 00:24:31.615
- And i just talked to that little still small voice,
- 00:24:31.615 --> 00:24:36.753
- And i just knew, i just had this feeling
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- That came over me that everything was going to be okay.
- 00:24:41.592 --> 00:24:45.262
- - [narrator] andy went back into aa,
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- And with god's help conquered his addictions.
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- He also met and married trina.
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- As andy grew in christ,
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- He was able to forgive those who hurt him.
- 00:24:54.471 --> 00:24:57.574
- - the lord told me that that wasn't my fault.
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- He also made me...
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- He has taken those visions away.
- 00:25:01.311 --> 00:25:03.847
- I don't have the the visions anymore,
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- And i feel like i've been heard.
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- - [narrator] today, as he works on the relationships
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- With his children and grandchildren,
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- Andy leans on his faith in jesus christ.
- 00:25:13.390 --> 00:25:16.593
- - i feel blessed. i feel redeemed.
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- I feel loved.
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- I feel honored to be a husband, a father, a grandfather.
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- And i don't have the emptiness anymore.
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- (soft dramatic music)
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- - well, i see that smile on andy's face,
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- With all that pain and turmoil from his past
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- And the sexual abuse he went through,
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- And betrayal of his parents as he told them
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- And they didn't believe him, and he carried that.
- 00:25:43.987 --> 00:25:46.289
- So many of us hurt for so long
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- And we carry this hurt around.
- 00:25:49.393 --> 00:25:51.628
- And there andy was, he said to the lord,
- 00:25:52.763 --> 00:25:55.766
- In an admission to god, "i need you. i can't do this alone."
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- A simple statement, but profound.
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- It was his heart cry,
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- "lord, i can't do this alone and i need you."
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- Look, you were not designed
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- To live life apart from your creator,
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- Apart from your heavenly father,
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- Apart from jesus who loves you.
- 00:26:17.087 --> 00:26:20.157
- As he said that prayer,
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- He learned to hear god's voice.
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- I don't think there was anything special
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- About andy's pursuit.
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- He didn't go to seminary.
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- He wasn't involved in all these bible studies.
- 00:26:32.669 --> 00:26:34.371
- He just cried out and said, "lord, i need you.
- 00:26:34.371 --> 00:26:36.673
- I can't do this alone."
- 00:26:36.673 --> 00:26:39.309
- Maybe that's where you are today.
- 00:26:39.309 --> 00:26:41.111
- And we see jesus in the bible, and he says,
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- "those who come to me, all who come to me,
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- I will never drive away.
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- All you who are burdened
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- And feel heavy burdens and are weary,
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- All of you come to me," jesus said,
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- "and i will give you rest."
- 00:26:59.830 --> 00:27:03.133
- And he goes on to say that rest is rest for your soul.
- 00:27:03.133 --> 00:27:06.603
- And jesus said, "i'm humble and gentle in heart."
- 00:27:07.904 --> 00:27:12.609
- Jesus understands that the way we cope with our pain
- 00:27:13.944 --> 00:27:17.714
- In this world will not assist us, it will not help us.
- 00:27:17.714 --> 00:27:22.285
- It will leave us unsatisfied and in worse condition.
- 00:27:22.285 --> 00:27:25.355
- Because as we have pain, as we have trauma,
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- We may try alcohol, we may try drugs.
- 00:27:28.291 --> 00:27:31.728
- Whatever we look to fill the void
- 00:27:31.728 --> 00:27:33.663
- And take our mind off what we're dealing with,
- 00:27:33.663 --> 00:27:36.333
- It actually gets us in a cycle of more pain and more shame,
- 00:27:36.333 --> 00:27:39.736
- And then we seek more of this to cope
- 00:27:39.736 --> 00:27:41.972
- And it just exhausts us and leaves us empty.
- 00:27:41.972 --> 00:27:45.675
- If you find yourself there today, i have good news.
- 00:27:45.675 --> 00:27:48.979
- The same jesus who helped andy and has helped me
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- And has helped so many find hope and salvation
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- And meaning and identity in life
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- Desires you to reach out to him today.
- 00:28:00.791 --> 00:28:04.895
- So what i'd like to do is pray with you
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- To start your journey.
- 00:28:07.731 --> 00:28:09.699
- It's just a first step, but it's a crucial one.
- 00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:12.102
- It's acknowledging before god your need and how you're hurt,
- 00:28:12.102 --> 00:28:17.174
- And how you need his loving embrace.
- 00:28:18.175 --> 00:28:21.511
- So pray with me now.
- 00:28:21.511 --> 00:28:22.445
- If you're feeling that tug,
- 00:28:22.445 --> 00:28:23.747
- That's the holy spirit of god speaking to you,
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- That he desires relationship with you.
- 00:28:29.586 --> 00:28:31.154
- Nothing can separate you from his love. pray with me now.
- 00:28:31.154 --> 00:28:34.691
- Lord jesus, i come before you and you know all that i carry.
- 00:28:34.691 --> 00:28:39.763
- You know what i've been a victim of.
- 00:28:40.864 --> 00:28:42.532
- You know the decisions i've made.
- 00:28:42.532 --> 00:28:44.634
- You know how i've made my circumstances worse
- 00:28:45.869 --> 00:28:48.471
- As i've sought to cope.
- 00:28:48.471 --> 00:28:50.440
- Lord god, this day, today,
- 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:52.876
- I come before the throne and i say, "lord, i need you.
- 00:28:54.277 --> 00:28:58.515
- Jesus, i don't just come before you
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- So my circumstances change.
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- I desire you and my life.
- 00:29:01.985 --> 00:29:03.653
- I want to give my soul, my very being to you,
- 00:29:03.653 --> 00:29:07.757
- Because i realize i was created
- 00:29:07.757 --> 00:29:10.060
- In the image of god for a purpose.
- 00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:12.963
- And it's not to be an addict, it's to live for you.
- 00:29:12.963 --> 00:29:16.867
- So lord jesus, today i repent of my sins
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- And i commit my life to you.
- 00:29:21.238 --> 00:29:23.173
- And now, lord, i ask you to lead me and guide me
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- By the holy spirit."
- 00:29:26.576 --> 00:29:28.578
- And lord, for those who just prayed with me,
- 00:29:29.713 --> 00:29:31.281
- I do pray your holy spirit acts and moves
- 00:29:31.281 --> 00:29:34.050
- In a loving, gentle, compassionate, and powerful way
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- As you reveal your love to them.
- 00:29:38.588 --> 00:29:39.956
- In jesus' name i pray, amen.
- 00:29:39.956 --> 00:29:42.392
- Now, as i said, this is just the start of a journey
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- For you and we'd like to help you.
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- We have something we want to offer you.
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- 00:29:51.468 --> 00:29:54.537
- And what's next, and remind you
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- And teach you about god's love for you.
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- Give us a call, 1-800-700-7000,
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- You can go to cbn.com/anewday,
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- And we will rush this out to you.
- 00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:05.548
- I'm so glad you've made that decision
- 00:30:05.548 --> 00:30:07.918
- To have jesus in your life.
- 00:30:07.918 --> 00:30:09.219
- God bless you. terry?
- 00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:10.620
- - well, coming up later, their business was tanking
- 00:30:11.855 --> 00:30:14.391
- And a variable mortgage was taking them down with it.
- 00:30:14.391 --> 00:30:18.061
- So how did this couple get out of debt?
- 00:30:18.061 --> 00:30:21.031
- Well, stay tuned to find out.
- 00:30:21.031 --> 00:30:23.266
- And then also ahead, he stepped into oncoming traffic,
- 00:30:23.266 --> 00:30:27.237
- Was hit by a car, and sent flying into the air.
- 00:30:27.237 --> 00:30:30.740
- His horrified mother witnessed it all.
- 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:33.276
- See what she does to save her son.
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- Plus, andrew and i are going to be praying for you.
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- That's later on today's "700 club."
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- (thrilling music)
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- - when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
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- That was only a year older than me.
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- I became very sexualized.
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- I started going all over the state
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- Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
- 00:30:57.667 --> 00:31:01.404
- Nothing was satisfying anymore.
- 00:31:01.404 --> 00:31:03.873
- And so i began to remember all the fantasies i had
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- As a child of feeling like a boy.
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- I began to transition. i began to take the hormones.
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- And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
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- I was really excited about the results,
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- And i liked how it looked physically.
- 00:31:17.153 --> 00:31:19.422
- I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man.
- 00:31:19.422 --> 00:31:22.258
- And that was devastating to me.
- 00:31:22.258 --> 00:31:24.260
- But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
- 00:31:24.260 --> 00:31:26.396
- Night after night after night, i had a clear vision
- 00:31:26.396 --> 00:31:29.699
- Of jesus christ himself getting down on one knee.
- 00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:32.402
- He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
- 00:31:32.402 --> 00:31:34.270
- "do you trust me?"
- 00:31:34.270 --> 00:31:36.039
- I took his hand. i walked away from my entire identity.
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- You are who god created you to be,
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- And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
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- God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
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- "i came to give you life."
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- - i just couldn't keep anything down.
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- The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
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- As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
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- My prayer was, "lord, give me a diagnosis
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- And give me a treatment plan and give me a doctor
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- Who knows me and understands what's going on."
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- And gordon said, "if you want to be healed right now,"
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- He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
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- So i did. i put my hand.
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- I said, "lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me."
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- And at that moment, gordon said...
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- Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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- - and i've had no issues since that time.
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- And i just give god the glory for that.
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- What i know is that jesus touched me,
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- And that i've been healed.
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- - rent, two car payments, daily living expenses,
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- And a whopper of a mortgage on a land purchase.
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- That's what larry and stephanie larson were juggling
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- When their business began to tank.
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- Here's what they did to wipe out all their debt
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- And to build more business than ever.
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- - [narrator] larry and stephanie larson lived
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- A comfortable life in southern california
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- The first few years of their marriage,
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- Larry was an aerospace engineer with a dream
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- Of branching out and having his own business,
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- And soon he founded coaction consulting.
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- - i remember just sensing the lord say,
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- "this is what you should do."
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- We've done ventilators, consumer electronics
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- Like iphone accessories,
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- Connected devices that connect to the cloud.
- 00:35:32.375 --> 00:35:35.945
- - [narrator] then, several of larry's partners bowed out
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- And business dwindled,
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- Slashing the larson's once six-figure income.
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- Stephanie continued to get work as a hairstylist,
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- Which allowed her to build into the couple's savings.
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- Yet the bills kept coming.
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- Rent, two car payments, daily living expenses,
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- And the biggest one, a variable monthly mortgage
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- On land they bought to build a home.
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- - when i saw what i was putting into principle
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- Versus what i was paying an interest,
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- I got sick to my stomach and i felt like,
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- "oh my gosh, what if we never pay this off?"
- 00:36:07.176 --> 00:36:10.480
- - [narrator] later when one of larry's projects failed,
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- He had no income to report on his taxes.
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- He had to use his company credit card
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- To keep the business going.
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- Still, in the midst of the uncertainty,
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- The couple tithed from stephanie's income.
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- - i actually loved doing it.
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- I loved tithing. i loved being able to give to the lord.
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- It's a form of worship to him.
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- - that was just a way in which i saw that blessing
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- Could come back, and i wanted blessing in my life
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- - [narrator] as they tithed, stephanie's business prospered
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- And they saw god provide their basic needs.
- 00:36:41.878 --> 00:36:44.580
- Yet larry still questioned why his company was struggling,
- 00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:47.650
- And the couple was in a financial slump.
- 00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:49.952
- - i just got to the point where i'm like,
- 00:36:49.952 --> 00:36:51.587
- "you know? i'm not going to realize my dreams in life."
- 00:36:51.587 --> 00:36:55.692
- Like, "they're just not going to happen."
- 00:36:55.692 --> 00:36:58.194
- - [narrator] he began reading and studying the bible
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- More in depth.
- 00:37:00.029 --> 00:37:01.264
- Larry says, as his mind was being renewed,
- 00:37:01.264 --> 00:37:03.833
- He figured out what his problem was.
- 00:37:03.833 --> 00:37:06.502
- - i was trying to get god's blessing by being obedient
- 00:37:06.502 --> 00:37:10.907
- Versus receiving god's blessing by promise.
- 00:37:10.907 --> 00:37:14.344
- He was always there.
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- Even in moments that i didn't experience peace or joy,
- 00:37:16.412 --> 00:37:21.217
- It was there, it was accessible.
- 00:37:21.217 --> 00:37:23.353
- It was like a bank account that i wasn't drawing on.
- 00:37:23.353 --> 00:37:26.556
- And i began to just rely on god's promise.
- 00:37:26.556 --> 00:37:29.258
- "no, this situation's not going to mess things up
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- In the business.
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- He's going to take care of this situation."
- 00:37:33.429 --> 00:37:35.732
- - [narrator] meanwhile, stephanie was going
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- Through some serious esophagus issues.
- 00:37:37.333 --> 00:37:40.336
- It was during that time that she discovered "the 700 club"
- 00:37:40.336 --> 00:37:43.539
- And started watching continually.
- 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:46.042
- - i couldn't find any other ministry that was putting out
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- Hope, hope testimonies where something impossible happened.
- 00:37:49.879 --> 00:37:54.951
- I remember one day i came across a video
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- Through youtube of cbn.
- 00:37:58.554 --> 00:38:01.023
- Terry said, "there's someone out there right now.
- 00:38:01.023 --> 00:38:03.826
- You have been having an issue with your stomach
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- And the acids in your stomach.
- 00:38:06.896 --> 00:38:08.464
- Something isn't right there
- 00:38:08.464 --> 00:38:10.366
- And it's caused a lot of problems for you.
- 00:38:11.534 --> 00:38:13.035
- The doctors don't really know what it is,
- 00:38:13.035 --> 00:38:15.405
- But the lord's healing you
- 00:38:15.405 --> 00:38:17.106
- And you're going to be able to eat again."
- 00:38:17.106 --> 00:38:18.674
- I said, "i'm claiming this."
- 00:38:18.674 --> 00:38:20.209
- I haven't had one issue ever since.
- 00:38:20.209 --> 00:38:24.180
- - [narrator] the couple became cbn partners.
- 00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:26.816
- - i felt so blessed by them that i wanted to give to them.
- 00:38:26.816 --> 00:38:29.452
- I remember i called their prayer hotline
- 00:38:29.452 --> 00:38:32.021
- And they asked me,
- 00:38:32.021 --> 00:38:33.456
- "oh, like do you want to become, you know, a partner?"
- 00:38:33.456 --> 00:38:37.326
- And i was like, "yeah."
- 00:38:37.326 --> 00:38:38.828
- I was like, "why hasn't anyone asked me this before?"
- 00:38:38.828 --> 00:38:42.398
- You know?
- 00:38:42.398 --> 00:38:43.833
- - cbn's ministry really renewed her mind and got her...
- 00:38:43.833 --> 00:38:47.437
- I watched it happen, got her in an atmosphere of faith
- 00:38:47.437 --> 00:38:50.907
- That i really believe released god's healing over her.
- 00:38:50.907 --> 00:38:55.378
- I feel like it washed over to me too.
- 00:38:55.378 --> 00:38:58.648
- As she was having more faith,
- 00:38:58.648 --> 00:39:00.049
- I was starting to have more faith.
- 00:39:00.049 --> 00:39:02.018
- - [narrator] stephanie's healing led them both
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- To surrender control,
- 00:39:03.853 --> 00:39:05.421
- Putting no faith in their savings account
- 00:39:05.421 --> 00:39:07.356
- Or earning potential and totally trusting god
- 00:39:07.356 --> 00:39:09.659
- With their future and their finances, especially their debt.
- 00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:13.729
- - the lord said, "you're going to keep tithing,
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- You're going to keep giving, but now i want you
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- To become aggressive about paying off your debt.
- 00:39:18.134 --> 00:39:21.070
- And then as you're doing that, i'm going to help you."
- 00:39:21.070 --> 00:39:24.774
- I immediately believed.
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- I just put everything toward debt.
- 00:39:26.709 --> 00:39:29.312
- And then within three to four months
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- Of making that commitment,
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- I somehow had 12,000 extra dollars
- 00:39:33.115 --> 00:39:38.187
- That i honestly can't tell you where it came from.
- 00:39:39.422 --> 00:39:42.391
- I'm like, "god is in this." you know?
- 00:39:42.391 --> 00:39:45.161
- - [narrator] it wasn't long before the mortgage
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- On the larson's land and all of their other debt
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- Was completely wiped out.
- 00:39:48.965 --> 00:39:50.933
- Larry got a new contract and their savings was replenished.
- 00:39:50.933 --> 00:39:54.470
- They moved to tennessee,
- 00:39:54.470 --> 00:39:55.872
- And today larry is getting more business than ever,
- 00:39:55.872 --> 00:39:58.374
- Stephanie doesn't have to work unless she wants to,
- 00:39:58.374 --> 00:40:00.877
- And now the couple has the home they always wanted.
- 00:40:00.877 --> 00:40:03.980
- - now it's almost like
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- Some of my dreams have happened so quickly,
- 00:40:06.282 --> 00:40:09.118
- It's caused another problem where it's like,
- 00:40:09.118 --> 00:40:11.420
- "oh great, what should i dream about next?"
- 00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:14.357
- - the more that we have stepped out in faith
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- And risked with the lord,
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- The more he has shown himself faithful.
- 00:40:19.996 --> 00:40:24.133
- If you want to get out of debt,
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- The way to get out faster is to give.
- 00:40:25.434 --> 00:40:29.338
- Anything that you're giving,
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- You are giving him an opportunity to bless it
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- And multiply it and use it for his kingdom.
- 00:40:34.210 --> 00:40:36.879
- (inspirational music)
- 00:40:36.879 --> 00:40:39.649
- - one of the things that this couple talked about
- 00:40:39.649 --> 00:40:42.018
- That's so significant is that, in following god,
- 00:40:42.018 --> 00:40:45.555
- In seeking after him to find his ways, they let go.
- 00:40:45.555 --> 00:40:49.625
- When we let god be in charge of our lives,
- 00:40:50.793 --> 00:40:53.095
- It's so much richer, so much more satisfying,
- 00:40:53.095 --> 00:40:56.132
- So much more fulfilling.
- 00:40:56.132 --> 00:40:57.900
- So through truth, biblical truth that they learned,
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- They began to change the way that they manage their money.
- 00:41:01.504 --> 00:41:04.874
- In giving following god's word,
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- They began to meet the needs of other people.
- 00:41:07.910 --> 00:41:09.845
- God puts us in family for a reason.
- 00:41:09.845 --> 00:41:12.882
- We just want to say we'd love to have you be part
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- Of the cbn family because our goal is to stop controlling,
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- Let god reach out, meet the needs of others,
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- And draw closer to jesus christ.
- 00:41:22.592 --> 00:41:24.393
- Let's do that together,
- 00:41:24.393 --> 00:41:25.795
- Because we can change the world when we do that.
- 00:41:25.795 --> 00:41:28.531
- If you join the 700 club, it's 65 cents a day, $20 a month.
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- That's a general club membership.
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- We have lots of club levels you can join at.
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- You see them there.
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- That top line is the general membership.
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- Maybe you're already a 700 club member,
- 00:41:40.009 --> 00:41:41.811
- Why don't you go up to 700 club gold?
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- You can't imagine the difference it makes.
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- Or you could become a 1000 club member at $84 a month.
- 00:41:46.115 --> 00:41:49.285
- You can see we have a 2500 club level, a founder's level.
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- Ask god what he'd have you do and then pick up your phone,
- 00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:56.525
- Call our number, it's toll-free, it's 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:41:56.525 --> 00:42:01.130
- Just say, "i want to join the 700 club.
- 00:42:01.130 --> 00:42:03.699
- We welcome you to the family of ministries here.
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- And when you call and do that,
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- We want to say thank you to you
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- By sending you powerful life teachings
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- When you use pledge express.
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- This is what pledge express does.
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- I use it, it's wonderful. it's electronic monthly giving.
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- It means your bank does all the work.
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- You don't need stamps or envelopes or to remember anything.
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- But it does save us some administrative costs
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- So even more of your gift can go right into the lives
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- Of people in need.
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- They're teachings we get here
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- Just say, "i'd like to join the 700 club."
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- - all right, well up next, severe brain damage.
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- That's the doctor's greatest fear when a boy hit by a car
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- Is admitted to the emergency room.
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- See how the results of his brain scan astound everyone
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- When we come back.
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- And terry and i are going to be praying for you
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- We want you to join us, please, so stay with us.
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- (uplifting music)
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- - [announcer] give to cbn the easy way with pledge express.
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- - [announcer] we get it. your life is crazy right now.
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- You've got a lot going on.
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- So who has time to change the world?
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- Well, guess what? you do.
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- When you become a cbn partner, you make an impact
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- On lives all around the world.
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- For just $20 a month, you help provide safe water,
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- And a helping hand to someone in need.
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- You're helping to preach the gospel all across the globe.
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- You're sharing the love of jesus
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- And building the kingdom of god right from your living room,
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- Or your car, or from work, or wherever you are.
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- It's a big impact for just $20 a month.
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- Become a cbn partner today and start changing the world.
- 00:44:36.085 --> 00:44:38.988
- - i started drinking alcohol
- 00:44:39.789 --> 00:44:41.757
- Under the pretense of "i'm celebrating."
- 00:44:41.757 --> 00:44:44.426
- I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
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- I felt completely defeated and broken.
- 00:44:47.863 --> 00:44:50.366
- I was weak in my relationship with god
- 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:53.602
- And i was just a weak human being.
- 00:44:53.602 --> 00:44:56.305
- And god got further and further away.
- 00:44:56.305 --> 00:44:58.541
- When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
- 00:44:59.875 --> 00:45:02.578
- There's guilt, there's shame,
- 00:45:02.578 --> 00:45:04.413
- But there's also sort of a sense
- 00:45:04.413 --> 00:45:06.215
- That it'll never happen for you again.
- 00:45:06.215 --> 00:45:09.351
- My daughter, who was 12 at the time,
- 00:45:09.351 --> 00:45:11.687
- She said, "daddy, i want you to be happy.
- 00:45:11.687 --> 00:45:14.290
- I want you to know jesus."
- 00:45:14.290 --> 00:45:15.724
- (soft dramatic music)
- 00:45:15.724 --> 00:45:17.626
- God started to reveal himself to me again,
- 00:45:17.626 --> 00:45:20.729
- And he started to melt away the ice that was my heart.
- 00:45:20.729 --> 00:45:25.334
- I'm trying to talk people into this life
- 00:45:26.468 --> 00:45:29.505
- That is second to none.
- 00:45:29.505 --> 00:45:31.740
- This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
- 00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:35.611
- (gentle music)
- 00:45:35.611 --> 00:45:38.647
- - [interpreter] when i was a young girl,
- 00:45:39.782 --> 00:45:41.317
- I went to fetch water for my mother.
- 00:45:41.317 --> 00:45:43.319
- 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 stomachache and vomit.
- 00:45:59.001 --> 00:46:02.571
- When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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- Thank you operation blessing for giving us a new life.
- 00:46:06.876 --> 00:46:10.379
- 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, i feel good and healthy.
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- With the well 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, thank you, thank you.
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- - [announcer] partner with cbn for $20 a month
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- - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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- It really frustrated me because my quality of life
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- Had drastically changed.
- 00:46:48.350 --> 00:46:49.718
- I could just say, just, "lord, i need your help."
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- - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
- 00:46:52.388 --> 00:46:54.556
- Take a complete breath and exhale,
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- As jesus christ heals you completely.
- 00:46:57.026 --> 00:46:59.795
- - 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,
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- (indistinct) this out for your benefit.
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- (gentle music)
- 00:47:38.434 --> 00:47:41.036
- - "i just watched my son die right in front of me."
- 00:47:41.036 --> 00:47:44.807
- That's what paris fisher thought when her son was hit
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- By a car on the highway.
- 00:47:47.509 --> 00:47:49.178
- Panic ensued, and this mom went into overdrive
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- Pleading for her son's life.
- 00:47:53.048 --> 00:47:55.851
- - [narrator] august 8th, 2021.
- 00:47:56.685 --> 00:47:59.388
- The routh family were on their way to their annual vacation,
- 00:47:59.388 --> 00:48:02.358
- Camping in myrtle beach, south carolina.
- 00:48:02.358 --> 00:48:04.827
- As always, they prayed before getting on the road.
- 00:48:04.827 --> 00:48:08.397
- - and we would just pray for travel (indistinct),
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- That we would be a bold witness
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- For everybody that would come in contact
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- While we're out and on vacation and everything else.
- 00:48:14.670 --> 00:48:17.006
- - [narrator] almost two hours into the trip,
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- They stopped for gas in a bite to eat.
- 00:48:19.141 --> 00:48:21.744
- While there, the father, mike,
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- And their oldest daughter stayed at the gas station
- 00:48:23.779 --> 00:48:26.982
- As the mom, paris, started across the busy intersection
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- With their younger children.
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- After crossing the first two lanes safely,
- 00:48:32.054 --> 00:48:34.690
- Paris and calais stopped when they saw oncoming traffic.
- 00:48:34.690 --> 00:48:38.060
- However, fisher didn't look
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- And stepped in front of an oncoming car.
- 00:48:39.928 --> 00:48:42.031
- (car tires screeching)
- 00:48:42.031 --> 00:48:43.399
- - i saw what was about to happen and i said,
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- "fisher, look right."
- 00:48:46.201 --> 00:48:47.569
- And he was thrown to the air.
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- He landed on his head. he landed in a crumple.
- 00:48:49.171 --> 00:48:51.507
- I thought to myself, the thought crossed my mind,
- 00:48:52.674 --> 00:48:55.411
- "you just watched your son die right in front of you."
- 00:48:55.411 --> 00:48:58.814
- - [narrator] frantic, paris called 911.
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- By now, mike and rebecca had run to their side.
- 00:49:01.850 --> 00:49:05.554
- - you go immediately thinking the worst.
- 00:49:05.554 --> 00:49:07.389
- (thrilling music)
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- What would he look like? would i be able to talk to him?
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- He was anguishing in pain and crying,
- 00:49:13.896 --> 00:49:15.597
- And it's a time that you realize there is nobody
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- But god that can help you at that point.
- 00:49:19.068 --> 00:49:21.303
- - i was just praying and begging god for his life.
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- (thrilling music)
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- And just saying, "please don't take him from me."
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- - [narrator] the paramedics arrived within minutes.
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- After stabilizing fisher,
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- They put him along with his mom in an ambulance
- 00:49:32.948 --> 00:49:35.617
- And headed toward mcleod regional medical center,
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- A trauma 1 facility.
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- By now, friends, family, and their church
- 00:49:40.355 --> 00:49:43.058
- Had been told to pray for fisher.
- 00:49:43.058 --> 00:49:45.294
- - i wanted to let him know
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- We had many people praying for him.
- 00:49:46.395 --> 00:49:48.597
- (soft dramatic music)
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- And then the other thing that was really on my heart,
- 00:49:50.065 --> 00:49:54.069
- I said, "fisher, i love you."
- 00:49:54.069 --> 00:49:55.771
- - [narrator] in the er, doctors' biggest fear
- 00:49:56.972 --> 00:49:59.007
- Was that he'd suffered severe brain damage.
- 00:49:59.007 --> 00:50:01.510
- - [paris] we waited for those test results to come back,
- 00:50:01.510 --> 00:50:03.946
- And that was anguishing time to wait.
- 00:50:03.946 --> 00:50:06.815
- - [narrator] finally, the results.
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- Other than a mild concussion, bruises,
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- And road rash, fisher would be fine.
- 00:50:10.853 --> 00:50:14.289
- - there was no broken bones, no skull fracture,
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- No brain bleed.
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- There was no problems shown on the ct scan.
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- Just never say thank you enough to god
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- That we're able to all be together
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- And that we still have fisher with us.
- 00:50:28.704 --> 00:50:32.107
- - i just started thinking about the goodness
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- Of god in our life.
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- All the glory, all the credit, everything was to him.
- 00:50:37.746 --> 00:50:41.950
- - [narrator] seven hours later, fisher was released.
- 00:50:41.950 --> 00:50:44.887
- Although bandaged up, in some pain, and a little foggy,
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- He and the family were able to continue their vacation.
- 00:50:48.357 --> 00:50:51.593
- After a couple of days' rest,
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- Fisher was enjoying all the activities he loved.
- 00:50:53.295 --> 00:50:56.431
- He even went swimming.
- 00:50:56.431 --> 00:50:58.133
- - i realized how much worse it could have been
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- And what i was protected from,
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- And i was thankful to god that i was alive
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- And that i was able to go on vacation still.
- 00:51:06.842 --> 00:51:10.279
- - as i looked at him, i just kept going back
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- To the goodness of god
- 00:51:13.749 --> 00:51:15.284
- In that there was so many things that had to be aligned
- 00:51:15.284 --> 00:51:20.989
- For him to be able to be standing there like he was.
- 00:51:22.257 --> 00:51:26.061
- - [narrator] since then, fisher has completely healed
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- And has no residual effects from the concussion.
- 00:51:28.397 --> 00:51:31.433
- Police reports would later conclude the car was going
- 00:51:31.433 --> 00:51:34.102
- Almost 30 miles an hour
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- And he was thrown 15 feet in the air
- 00:51:35.938 --> 00:51:38.373
- Before landing on his head.
- 00:51:38.373 --> 00:51:40.409
- The doctors said it was a miracle he survived.
- 00:51:40.409 --> 00:51:43.946
- - prayer definitely had something to do
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- With me just being okay.
- 00:51:47.182 --> 00:51:50.686
- If you pray and are sincere about what you are praying,
- 00:51:50.686 --> 00:51:56.258
- You will receive an answer.
- 00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:58.760
- - we put god in a box, and if we'll trust him
- 00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:02.297
- And we'll put our life in his hands fully, he will bless us.
- 00:52:02.297 --> 00:52:07.035
- - we can never say thank you enough for god
- 00:52:07.035 --> 00:52:10.239
- To heal our son, to give us this miracle.
- 00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:14.843
- God is faithful. he is trustworthy.
- 00:52:14.843 --> 00:52:18.747
- (uplifting music)
- 00:52:18.747 --> 00:52:21.516
- - what an answer to prayer.
- 00:52:21.516 --> 00:52:23.452
- I think of that worship song that we sing,
- 00:52:23.452 --> 00:52:25.420
- "his goodness is running after me."
- 00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:27.889
- His goodness ran after that family
- 00:52:27.889 --> 00:52:29.925
- And it's running after you as well.
- 00:52:29.925 --> 00:52:32.160
- I don't know what your needs are today,
- 00:52:32.160 --> 00:52:33.795
- But we love to take some time on this program
- 00:52:33.795 --> 00:52:36.398
- To just ask god to meet you right where you're at,
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- To speak into that place of need.
- 00:52:39.034 --> 00:52:41.403
- I want you to know you don't have to have
- 00:52:41.403 --> 00:52:42.971
- Your condition mentioned to receive healing from the lord.
- 00:52:42.971 --> 00:52:46.441
- When we pray at this time all together,
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- We're coming before the throne of god, coming to our father,
- 00:52:49.077 --> 00:52:51.847
- And we're asking him to meet us at our point of need
- 00:52:51.847 --> 00:52:55.050
- To touch us with the power that only he has to give.
- 00:52:55.050 --> 00:52:58.854
- And so pray expectantly with us today.
- 00:52:58.854 --> 00:53:01.823
- But first here's another answer to prayer.
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- For about three weeks, wayne,
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- Who lives in seneca, south carolina,
- 00:53:05.060 --> 00:53:06.828
- Experienced intermittent severe pain in his neck
- 00:53:06.828 --> 00:53:10.032
- Accompanied by a clogging in his left ear.
- 00:53:10.032 --> 00:53:12.601
- One day, his walk through his neighborhood
- 00:53:12.601 --> 00:53:14.169
- With his dog was cut short by severe neck pain
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- And he had to stop at a park bench.
- 00:53:16.772 --> 00:53:18.940
- Wayne arrived back home in time to watch "the 700 club"
- 00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:22.077
- And, andrew, you gave a word of knowledge
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- About someone with severe neck pain.
- 00:53:23.812 --> 00:53:25.447
- You described his symptoms perfectly.
- 00:53:25.447 --> 00:53:28.450
- Wayne received the word, began praising god,
- 00:53:28.450 --> 00:53:30.719
- And was suddenly pain-free.
- 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.654
- As he turned his head back and forth as you asked him to do
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- Or asked the person to do,
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- He felt a small popping sound in his left ear
- 00:53:37.526 --> 00:53:39.895
- And it immediately opened.
- 00:53:39.895 --> 00:53:41.163
- So both conditions answered like that.
- 00:53:41.163 --> 00:53:44.232
- - well, wayne, thank you for letting us know.
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- We celebrate with you.
- 00:53:46.034 --> 00:53:47.369
- We're humbled to play even a small part
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- In communicating what god is doing.
- 00:53:49.471 --> 00:53:51.640
- Here's another. terry, this one really struck me.
- 00:53:51.640 --> 00:53:54.910
- Esther of rockledge, florida,
- 00:53:54.910 --> 00:53:56.578
- Was sick with severe stomach pain.
- 00:53:56.578 --> 00:53:58.647
- She was lying down with her right hand on her stomach.
- 00:53:58.647 --> 00:54:01.416
- "the 700 club" was on and she heard terry say,
- 00:54:01.416 --> 00:54:03.785
- "there's a lady by the name of esther.
- 00:54:03.785 --> 00:54:06.154
- She has her right hand on her stomach.
- 00:54:06.154 --> 00:54:08.890
- God is healing her."
- 00:54:08.890 --> 00:54:10.792
- Esther jumped up from the couch and said, "that's me."
- 00:54:10.792 --> 00:54:13.495
- She started praising god and speaking in the holy spirit.
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- All her stomach pain left.
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- Praise the lord. we want to pray for you now.
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- We want to pray for you now. please join with us.
- 00:54:23.638 --> 00:54:26.308
- Heavenly father, we come before you in the name of jesus.
- 00:54:27.676 --> 00:54:31.580
- And there is a massive army now
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- Watching this show and praying together.
- 00:54:35.150 --> 00:54:37.853
- A massive army.
- 00:54:38.387 --> 00:54:39.521
- And we raise our sword of the spirit
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- And we combat the enemy now in jesus' name.
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- You tell us to wear the armor,
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- So we have our sword of the spirit,
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- Which is the word of god.
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- And lord, you tell us you are the god of the impossible.
- 00:54:50.132 --> 00:54:54.503
- You make things possible.
- 00:54:55.270 --> 00:54:57.672
- And lord, we believe today for healing for people.
- 00:54:57.672 --> 00:55:01.209
- In the name of jesus.
- 00:55:01.209 --> 00:55:03.345
- Where it looks bleak, where it looks dark,
- 00:55:03.345 --> 00:55:06.081
- Where the medical diagnosis is grim,
- 00:55:06.081 --> 00:55:08.116
- Father god, we have hope today that you're on the throne,
- 00:55:08.116 --> 00:55:12.287
- You listen, you care, and you will act and move
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- In the name of jesus.
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- Thank you, father.
- 00:55:18.527 --> 00:55:19.795
- - yeah, there's someone, you have a condition
- 00:55:19.795 --> 00:55:21.096
- With your hair follicles.
- 00:55:21.096 --> 00:55:22.664
- It's not alopecia, though. i don't really know what it is.
- 00:55:22.664 --> 00:55:25.600
- But your hair is falling out and become very thin.
- 00:55:25.600 --> 00:55:29.337
- God's healing that condition for you.
- 00:55:29.337 --> 00:55:31.440
- You're just going to notice that it's starting to fill in,
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- To grow again, and that condition is gone.
- 00:55:34.876 --> 00:55:37.946
- Someone else, you have all of the glands in your neck
- 00:55:37.946 --> 00:55:41.349
- And down into your shoulders are swollen.
- 00:55:41.349 --> 00:55:44.319
- Some kind of infection that you're dealing with.
- 00:55:44.319 --> 00:55:47.422
- God's just healing that for you right now.
- 00:55:47.422 --> 00:55:49.157
- You're going to feel that warmth come in,
- 00:55:49.157 --> 00:55:50.692
- You can turn your neck again without it hurting
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- Because of that swelling.
- 00:55:52.761 --> 00:55:54.196
- You're healed in jesus' name.
- 00:55:54.196 --> 00:55:56.565
- - father god, i speak the words of isaiah,
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- That no weapon formed against families,
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- Against people in this audience shall prosper.
- 00:56:02.270 --> 00:56:04.706
- No weapon formed by the enemy shall prosper.
- 00:56:04.706 --> 00:56:08.009
- And church and people watching, it's time to rise up.
- 00:56:09.311 --> 00:56:12.681
- It's time to rise up and pray
- 00:56:13.515 --> 00:56:15.650
- And have bold confidence in your god.
- 00:56:15.650 --> 00:56:18.386
- Thank you, jesus. there's someone watching.
- 00:56:18.386 --> 00:56:20.088
- I think you're next to your husband who's in a hospital bed
- 00:56:20.088 --> 00:56:21.857
- And you're looking at him and you're almost detecting
- 00:56:21.857 --> 00:56:23.959
- Or feeling like he's a mangled mess.
- 00:56:23.959 --> 00:56:25.494
- God's going to restore him. - [terry] thank you, jesus.
- 00:56:25.494 --> 00:56:27.195
- - in the name of jesus, he hears your cry.
- 00:56:27.195 --> 00:56:30.198
- He's a compassionate god
- 00:56:30.198 --> 00:56:31.666
- And you're going to see a mighty work
- 00:56:31.666 --> 00:56:33.034
- In your husband's life and body in jesus' name.
- 00:56:33.034 --> 00:56:35.971
- - very young couple, you have two young children,
- 00:56:35.971 --> 00:56:38.173
- And you are facing a financial crisis.
- 00:56:38.173 --> 00:56:41.376
- Believe god.
- 00:56:41.376 --> 00:56:43.411
- Give what you're able to, but trust him, let go,
- 00:56:43.411 --> 00:56:46.948
- Stop trying to control it,
- 00:56:46.948 --> 00:56:48.517
- And just receive his provision for you.
- 00:56:48.517 --> 00:56:51.219
- He is jehovah jireh, the lord your provider.
- 00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:54.122
- - someone with a stabbing, stabbing pain in your lower back.
- 00:56:55.590 --> 00:56:59.995
- It's debilitating. you're just unable to be mobile.
- 00:57:01.329 --> 00:57:04.432
- And jesus is healing you now.
- 00:57:04.432 --> 00:57:06.034
- You've been praying earnestly for healing,
- 00:57:06.034 --> 00:57:08.436
- And he's healing you now.
- 00:57:08.436 --> 00:57:10.038
- Someone else has an issue, when they're bleeding,
- 00:57:11.306 --> 00:57:13.909
- The bleeding just doesn't stop
- 00:57:13.909 --> 00:57:15.911
- And it goes on and on and on,
- 00:57:15.911 --> 00:57:17.445
- And you're being healed of that condition.
- 00:57:17.445 --> 00:57:19.648
- And someone else is crying out
- 00:57:20.482 --> 00:57:22.217
- That they're just not holy enough to pray.
- 00:57:22.217 --> 00:57:23.985
- They're not good enough to participate in prayer
- 00:57:23.985 --> 00:57:26.555
- Or receive a touch from god.
- 00:57:26.555 --> 00:57:27.989
- And the lord wants to point you to the cross
- 00:57:27.989 --> 00:57:30.425
- Where jesus sacrificed himself on your behalf.
- 00:57:30.425 --> 00:57:33.995
- He is worthy. he is worthy.
- 00:57:33.995 --> 00:57:36.598
- And we can participate in his love and his kingdom
- 00:57:36.598 --> 00:57:38.934
- Because of his sacrifice and resurrection.
- 00:57:38.934 --> 00:57:41.469
- Thank you, jesus, for hope in you.
- 00:57:41.469 --> 00:57:42.938
- It's in jesus' name we pray. amen.
- 00:57:42.938 --> 00:57:44.839
- If you've experienced a miracle, we want to hear from you.
- 00:57:44.839 --> 00:57:46.808
- You know that 1-800-700-7000 is the number to call
- 00:57:46.808 --> 00:57:50.011
- And let us know.
- 00:57:50.011 --> 00:57:51.279
- Or if you need prayer, call that number.
- 00:57:51.279 --> 00:57:52.714
- Here words from jeremiah,
- 00:57:52.714 --> 00:57:54.015
- "behold, i am the lord, the god of all flesh.
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- Is there anything too hard for me?"
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- God bless.
- 00:57:58.386 --> 00:57:59.287
- (uplifting music)
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