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The 700 Club | May 23, 2025 | May 23, 2025
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- - [narrator 1] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- - [reporter 1] today, hit by a van running a red light.
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- - we don't know if he's gonna make it.
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- - [reporter 1] and he wasn't wearing a helmet.
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- - we didn't know if we would make it to the hospital
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- Before he died.
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- - [reporter 1] one biker's family gets the call
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- They always feared.
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- - they said you and your children need to say goodbye.
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- - [reporter 1] and sees the resurrection they prayed for.
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- - i felt like the holy spirit just said believe for life.
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- - [reporter 1] today on "the 700 club".
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- - hi everyone, welcome to "the 700 club".
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- The epidemic of school shootings
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- Has parents demanding action to keep their children safe.
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- School security has become a $3 billion a year industry
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- With much of that cost invested in high tech equipment.
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- - experts say the money would be better spent
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- On training staff and students
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- To recognize and respond to threats.
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- National security correspondent caitlin burke explains.
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- - [caitlin] school security has grown
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- To a $3 billion industry,
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- With investments from video surveillance technology
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- To bulletproof doors and electronic locks.
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- And while technology is important,
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- Experts say it likely would not prevent the next attack.
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- - when people are the problem,
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- People are always gonna be the solution.
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- - [caitlin] jimmy graham is the ceo and founder
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- Of able shepherd, an elite active shooter training program
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- In denver, colorado.
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- (door squeaks) (gunshot cracks)
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- - stay there, hey!
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- - [caitlin] graham says it's people knowing
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- Exactly what to do in an emergency that saves lives.
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- - so i'll walk into an institution and i'll say,
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- "can i talk to this lady right here?"
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- And i say, "ma'am, what would you do if you heard gunshots?"
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- She says, "i don't know."
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- I said, "well, that's where we need to start."
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- - [caitlin] drawing on his background as a navy seal
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- And involvement with the cia's global response staff,
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- Graham developed defend.
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- The acronym stands for defense, evacuate, fortify,
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- Emergency medical aid, notify others, and dial 911.
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- A strategy based on international safety protocols.
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- - there's an unbelievably efficient model
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- For protecting our diplomats overseas but not our children.
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- Right, so why is that?
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- Because it's the same model.
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- That model, what i've done is i've scaled it
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- And said, we don't need,
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- Some of this stuff is not applicable,
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- But to bring that back home and place the principles,
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- Here's the defensive principle.
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- To get to them, you have to go through me.
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- - [caitlin] able shepherd also provides training
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- For those likely to respond to active shooter situations,
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- Whether that be an individual, a security team,
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- Law enforcement, or even faculty.
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- The training is reality based,
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- Allowing those who go through it
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- To experience live scenarios.
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- - gun shot, gun out, be ready.
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- Be ready, be ready.
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- - get down, get down.
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- - [jimmy] tell him to stay down.
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- Tell him to go down.
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- (gunshot cracks)
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- - [caitlin] graham stresses
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- That even with all the right tools,
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- Security plans won't work if school leaders
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- Don't maintain the proper environment.
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- - the best way to describe it would be this.
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- I get a whole faculty together and i say,
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- "whose job is it to protect this place?"
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- And everybody at the same time says, "mine."
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- - [caitlin] in 1999 as a first responder at columbine,
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- Deacon ernie martinez experienced the moment
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- The country realized children weren't safe at school.
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- - the big wake up call was twofold, i think.
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- Number one is evil does exist
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- Without any reasons for it, right?
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- And number two is it woke us up to
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- As not only a law enforcement community
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- But as a community a whole
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- That everybody should participate in.
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- - [caitlin] martinez now retired
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- After 40 years in law enforcement
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- Is the director of deacons for the archdiocese of denver.
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- Among his roles, helping schools in the archdiocese
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- Come up with security plans.
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- - the important thing is collaboration.
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- Leveraging assets, partnering with local law enforcement
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- Because we have parishes and churches and schools
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- All across northern colorado
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- And everybody is in their own different
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- Financial statuses, right?
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- So you need to partner with your local law enforcement.
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- You need to partner with local schools,
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- Whether they're public schools or not.
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- - [caitlin] it's common sense steps
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- Like training and collaboration
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- That experts believe provide schools the best chance
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- At stopping an active shooter,
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- Since preventing them entirely is highly unlikely.
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- - we're unique, right?
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- What does america have that other countries don't have?
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- Two things.
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- One, a second amendment and two, more guns than people.
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- By most accounts, there's over 450 million guns
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- For just over 300 million people.
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- - [caitlin] back in 2016,
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- Research from johns hopkins university
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- Found even the highest price technology
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- Did nothing to help stop mass shootings.
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- Researchers writing quote,
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- "there is no universal school safety solution.
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- No one technology will solve
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- All school safety and security issues.
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- The sheer number of schools and school districts
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- Across the country with different geography,
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- Funding, building construction and layout,
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- Demographics, and priorities make each one different."
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- - what does school safety look like in our country?
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- It looks as bad as uvalde and as good as tennessee,
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- And everything in the middle.
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- - [caitlin] former dc homeland security chief,
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- Donell harvin, says it's important
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- That people keep talking about school security
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- Even after the news cycle moves on.
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- - many people are apathetic and have given up
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- And many people are desensitized,
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- And we can't allow that apathy
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- And that kind of, you know, mindset to take hold,
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- The fact that the next shooter is planning
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- And there's kids in that classroom.
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- - when it comes to school security,
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- Parents can also make a difference.
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- The key is communication.
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- Ask your child's school what they're doing,
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- What they're not, and then don't stop asking
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- Until you get the right answer.
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- Caitlin burke, cbn news, denver, colorado.
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- - thank you caitlin.
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- You heard that security expert say
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- That many folks are desensitized at this point.
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- However, most if not all parents
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- Who see their children go off to school on the bus
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- Or they drop them off at the front entrance of the school,
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- Pray or are concerned that day
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- About the safety of their children.
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- In this country, we shouldn't live that way.
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- So i'm so glad to hear these trainings going on.
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- Interesting too, the technology
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- Really is not the difference maker.
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- It's parents and students and faculty and teachers
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- Being vigilant and aware.
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- We'll be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this.
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- - [narrator 2] when i was a young girl,
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- I went to fetch water for my mother.
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- The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
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- - [reporter 2] melissa and her husband rick
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- Have come a long way from when they met.
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- Melissa was in real estate.
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- - i think i had bought into society saying,
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- I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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- I'm done striving.
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- - [reporter 2] today, rick and melissa have three children
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- And choose to live way below their means
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- They've already built 13 orphanages
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- - what i loved about operation blessing
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- - now i have the hunger to make more money
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- Tasked with meeting this challenge.
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- Here's his report from grand forks air force base
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- In north dakota.
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- (drone whirring)
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- - [mark] russia's war on ukraine
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- Is bringing drone warfare front and center,
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- Showcasing how these unmanned aerial vehicles
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- Are used for surveillance and combat.
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- This footage reportedly released by ukrainian special forces
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- Appears to show a drone destroying
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- A russian armored vehicle and tank.
- 00:12:08.842 --> 00:12:11.277
- Then there's actually drone-on-drone combat.
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- This depicts a drone dogfight,
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- Reportedly involving equipment used for surveillance
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- By ukrainian and russian armed forces.
- 00:12:19.953 --> 00:12:22.655
- - there's very little protection
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- In the way of anti-drone measures.
- 00:12:23.890 --> 00:12:26.259
- - [mark] and it's not just in the air.
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- Here you see what appears to be a ukrainian sea drone
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- Attacking a russian tanker ship in the black sea.
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- At north dakota's grand forks air force base,
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- They're not taking the use of drones lightly.
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- The 319th reconnaissance wing small uas program
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- Is the first in air combat command to utilize such a program
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- With operators from multiple units.
- 00:12:48.715 --> 00:12:51.084
- - you don't have to go far to go look
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- At what's happening around the world, right?
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- It is no secret what our adversaries are doing
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- With these things.
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- - [mark] captain matthew crowell is the vice chairman
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- For small unmanned aerial systems operations here.
- 00:13:02.128 --> 00:13:05.465
- - these things can be weaponized,
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- And they can be used to hurt people and things,
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- And unfortunately, what that means is we
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- As the department of defense in the united states air force
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- Have to go out there and counter that threat.
- 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:16.376
- - [mark] one drone that airmen train on
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- Is the quadcopter-style skydio x2d.
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- The security forces unit employs it to defend the base
- 00:13:21.881 --> 00:13:25.385
- Through perimeter scans or identifying threats from the sky.
- 00:13:25.385 --> 00:13:28.955
- That use can also transfer to overseas bases.
- 00:13:28.955 --> 00:13:32.325
- - that goes even beyond
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- Into the deployed missions that we serve,
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- Where our commanders are constantly under threat
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- From the outside of the wire threat.
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- Those threats are immediately answered
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- By this type of technology.
- 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:44.337
- - [mark] senior airman tavi effron operates the drone
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- And says it's pretty impressive what they can do.
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- - for instance, maybe active shooters.
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- You know, there's some locating an individual
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- In that aspect to get eyes on,
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- So somebody else who is in part of that mission control
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- Can see what's going on and maybe redirect us in ways
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- That we didn't think on the ground could be done.
- 00:14:05.458 --> 00:14:09.128
- - [mark] crowell says they also use it
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- For aircraft recovery training, and if required,
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- Could fly it to survey a crash site.
- 00:14:13.967 --> 00:14:16.536
- - you would see whatever the camera sees
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- On the aircraft itself.
- 00:14:19.205 --> 00:14:20.707
- - [mark] members of the aircraft maintenance unit
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- Gave us a demo of the skydio x2d.
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- - [matthew] so i'm going to get a little bit of altitude
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- Here to get away from things,
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- Change over to my waypoint mission,
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- And then i'll just hit play,
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- And then the aircraft does what it's already told to do.
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- - [mark] master sergeant matthew roberts says
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- Using a system like this to survey and assess damages
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- Saves time, money, and resources.
- 00:14:43.396 --> 00:14:45.665
- - it eliminates a lot of boots on the ground
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- In a sense to do what we need to in a short time
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- And capture what we need to
- 00:14:52.305 --> 00:14:53.673
- Without expending a lot of resources ahead of time
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- To make the job and the mission happen quickly and safely.
- 00:14:56.376 --> 00:14:59.846
- - there are actually two active duty military missions
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- Involving unmanned aerial systems
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- Operating here at grand forks air force base.
- 00:15:05.151 --> 00:15:07.887
- In addition to the skydio, which you already saw,
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- Another unit operates what's called the rq-4,
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- Or global hawk.
- 00:15:13.426 --> 00:15:15.128
- You're looking at the world's largest drone.
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- The 348th reconnaissance squadron here
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- Flies the global hawk.
- 00:15:21.534 --> 00:15:23.169
- The long-endurance aircraft
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- Can reach extremely high altitudes of 50 to 60,000 feet.
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- Captain mark cochrane remotely pilots the large-scale system
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- That provides global day or night intelligence,
- 00:15:32.912 --> 00:15:35.715
- Surveillance, and reconnaissance.
- 00:15:35.715 --> 00:15:37.784
- - the rq-4 global hawk is a premier intelligence asset
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- That is one of the only assets
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- That's capable of giving such a long collection time
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- Without needing aerial refueling,
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- And i feel like that's its biggest bring to
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- Any kind of aor or combatant commander.
- 00:15:51.964 --> 00:15:55.101
- - [mark] brad bowman, of the foundation
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- For defense of democracies,
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- Calls these drone systems fundamentally important
- 00:15:58.638 --> 00:16:01.474
- To the us military.
- 00:16:01.474 --> 00:16:03.009
- - we really are, unfortunately,
- 00:16:03.009 --> 00:16:04.911
- Continue to be in an arms race against adversaries
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- That are building drones.
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- Obviously, russia has drones,
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- They're working with iran on their drones.
- 00:16:10.750 --> 00:16:13.052
- China is a major developer and exporter of drones.
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- The country that has the most advanced drones,
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- The right quantity of drones and employs them effectively,
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- It's going to have life and death consequences
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- On the battlefield.
- 00:16:24.664 --> 00:16:26.132
- - [mark] and airmen at the grand forks air force base
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- Are fully aware, describing this tech as a game changer
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- In a time of war and another way americans can feel safe.
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- Mark martin, cbn news, grand forks, north dakota.
- 00:16:36.042 --> 00:16:39.879
- - well indeed warfare has certainly changed
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- Less boots on the ground.
- 00:16:43.649 --> 00:16:45.451
- And to think that that global hawk
- 00:16:45.451 --> 00:16:46.853
- Goes 60,000 feet in altitude, incredible.
- 00:16:46.853 --> 00:16:50.323
- It's a great look at how our us military,
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- Particularly the air force
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- Is seeking to combat international threats.
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- Thank you so much, mark.
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- Terry? - amazing.
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- Well, coming up, an ultimate fighter
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- Is given an ultimatum by his wife.
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- If you wanna live your life, leave your ring.
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- See his choice later on today's program.
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- And first, her husband was being life flighted
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- To a hospital an hour away
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- And she didn't know if he was going to survive the trip.
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- You'll hear the prayer she prayed over him before he left
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- And see how it changed his life.
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- Plus we'll be praying for you, so don't go away.
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- We'll be right back.
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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.
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- He is my healer."
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- They were to the section where they were talking about
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- People receiving healings.
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- They were gonna pray for anyone who was sick.
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- - oh, 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 conditions.
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- All of that inflammation,
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- Everything that seems to be swollen and closed up,
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- Open now in jesus' name.
- 00:18:13.272 --> 00:18:15.675
- - 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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- - 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.
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- Nothing was satisfying anymore
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- And so i began to remember all the fantasies
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- I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
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- I began to transition.
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- 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.
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- I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
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- And that was devastating to me.
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- But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
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- Night after night after night,
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- I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
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- Getting down on one knee.
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- He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
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- "do you trust me?"
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- I took his hand.
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- 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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- - bill remembers two things from his accident.
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- First, the pain, that's understandable
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- Considering that he had multiple broken bones.
- 00:21:45.651 --> 00:21:48.687
- The second thing he remembers, the prayers from his family
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- And that he says is what saved his life.
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- - [reporter 3] it had been hours
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- Since phyllis phelps' husband, bill,
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- Left to run a quick errand before they went on vacation.
- 00:21:59.765 --> 00:22:03.169
- Finally, she called him.
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- - and i thought, what in the world?
- 00:22:06.405 --> 00:22:08.507
- She said, "bill's been in a bad accident."
- 00:22:08.507 --> 00:22:11.076
- We don't know if he's gonna make it.
- 00:22:11.076 --> 00:22:13.179
- - [reporter 3] the woman, who phyllis knew,
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- Had seen it happen.
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- Bill was going through an intersection on his motorcycle
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- When a van ran a red light.
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- Swerving to avoid a collision,
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- He lost control and was thrown 40 feet across the pavement.
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- He wasn't wearing a helmet.
- 00:22:28.394 --> 00:22:30.196
- - it was so many emotions at one time that hit you.
- 00:22:30.196 --> 00:22:32.832
- My first instinct is always to pray.
- 00:22:32.832 --> 00:22:35.734
- - [reporter 3] when phyllis arrived at the local hospital,
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- The staff was prepping bill for a medivac flight
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- To dartmouth hitchcock medical center
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- In lebanon, new hampshire.
- 00:22:43.409 --> 00:22:44.977
- - my prayer was, "oh god, just let him live."
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- Bill was out and i just touched his foot
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- And i prayed to the lord.
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- And i felt like the holy spirit,
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- Not in an audible voice, but just said, "believe for life."
- 00:22:54.987 --> 00:22:58.424
- - [reporter 3] soon after, phyllis and her adult children
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- Began the 70 mile drive to dartmouth medical center.
- 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:04.897
- - we didn't know if we would make it to the hospital
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- Before he died.
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- - [reporter 3] after they arrived,
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- Phyllis learned bill had numerous injuries
- 00:23:10.436 --> 00:23:12.805
- That included several broken ribs, a punctured lung,
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- And a nearly severed spine.
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- One injury, however, was life threatening,
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- A level four brain trauma
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- That would require immediate surgery
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- To get the brain swelling under control, if phyllis agreed.
- 00:23:25.818 --> 00:23:30.222
- - the doctor said to me, "if we don't do the surgery,
- 00:23:30.222 --> 00:23:33.292
- He will surely die.
- 00:23:33.292 --> 00:23:34.860
- If he does live, he would probably be a vegetable."
- 00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:38.831
- So that was to be factored in on my decision.
- 00:23:38.831 --> 00:23:42.501
- Are you ready to take care of someone
- 00:23:42.501 --> 00:23:44.570
- For the rest of their life?
- 00:23:44.570 --> 00:23:46.272
- I said, "of course, do what you can to save him."
- 00:23:46.272 --> 00:23:49.108
- They said, "you and your children need to say goodbye."
- 00:23:49.108 --> 00:23:53.579
- And so, i brought the kids in the room and i said,
- 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:58.951
- "god has the final say."
- 00:23:59.618 --> 00:24:01.954
- - [reporter 3] doctors removed part of bill's skull
- 00:24:01.954 --> 00:24:04.890
- To alleviate the pressure on his swollen brain.
- 00:24:04.890 --> 00:24:07.993
- Now, as bill lay in a medically induced coma,
- 00:24:07.993 --> 00:24:10.429
- All they could do was wait.
- 00:24:10.429 --> 00:24:12.164
- - it wasn't hopeful and i didn't know how much of him
- 00:24:12.164 --> 00:24:15.401
- I would get back.
- 00:24:15.401 --> 00:24:16.802
- - [reporter 3] soon, the waiting room was full of people
- 00:24:16.802 --> 00:24:19.371
- Praying for bill and the family.
- 00:24:19.371 --> 00:24:21.707
- - even though i was in such sorrow, in such shock,
- 00:24:21.707 --> 00:24:25.511
- I never felt away from the presence of the lord.
- 00:24:25.511 --> 00:24:29.682
- - [reporter 3] because it was a frontal lobe injury,
- 00:24:29.682 --> 00:24:31.984
- Bill's doctors gave phyllis little hope
- 00:24:31.984 --> 00:24:34.386
- That bill's memory would recover.
- 00:24:34.386 --> 00:24:36.855
- By day 12, the brain swelling had gone down enough
- 00:24:36.855 --> 00:24:40.793
- That they were able to bring him out of the coma.
- 00:24:40.793 --> 00:24:42.995
- - he didn't know who we all were.
- 00:24:42.995 --> 00:24:45.431
- I didn't know if he would ever remember us.
- 00:24:45.431 --> 00:24:48.067
- - i remember extraordinary amount of pain.
- 00:24:48.067 --> 00:24:51.837
- I remember my family praying for me.
- 00:24:51.837 --> 00:24:54.206
- - [reporter 3] two days later, bill transferred
- 00:24:54.206 --> 00:24:55.975
- To catholic medical center
- 00:24:55.975 --> 00:24:57.209
- In manchester, new hampshire for rehab.
- 00:24:57.209 --> 00:25:00.145
- There he started relearning how to eat, speak, and walk.
- 00:25:00.145 --> 00:25:04.550
- Even then, doctors didn't expect bill
- 00:25:04.550 --> 00:25:07.252
- Would make a full recovery.
- 00:25:07.252 --> 00:25:09.021
- - the doctors took me in
- 00:25:09.021 --> 00:25:10.422
- And told me that i wouldn't get my husband back.
- 00:25:10.422 --> 00:25:15.194
- He will be a very different man than i'm used to
- 00:25:16.462 --> 00:25:18.497
- And i needed to prepare myself.
- 00:25:18.497 --> 00:25:20.633
- - [reporter 3] meanwhile, bill had more
- 00:25:20.633 --> 00:25:22.568
- Than just physical struggles.
- 00:25:22.568 --> 00:25:24.570
- - i had a walking and talking relationship with god.
- 00:25:24.570 --> 00:25:27.606
- How could he let this happen to me?
- 00:25:27.606 --> 00:25:30.109
- Frustration turned into anger.
- 00:25:30.109 --> 00:25:32.344
- Mostly because i couldn't understand.
- 00:25:32.344 --> 00:25:37.282
- - and he would say to me, "i can't find myself."
- 00:25:37.282 --> 00:25:40.753
- And i would tell him, "god knows where you're at.
- 00:25:40.753 --> 00:25:44.323
- God knows exactly where you're at and he will find you."
- 00:25:45.724 --> 00:25:50.796
- - [reporter 3] by now, people all over the world
- 00:25:52.064 --> 00:25:52.898
- Were praying for bill.
- 00:25:52.898 --> 00:25:54.166
- Over the next month, he slowly improved
- 00:25:54.166 --> 00:25:56.902
- And on september 10th he was released to go home.
- 00:25:56.902 --> 00:26:00.572
- - getting him home was great victory,
- 00:26:00.572 --> 00:26:03.142
- But having him there was great challenge.
- 00:26:03.142 --> 00:26:06.145
- You could feel the prayers.
- 00:26:06.145 --> 00:26:08.847
- It gave me a lot of hope.
- 00:26:08.847 --> 00:26:10.716
- - a lot of determination.
- 00:26:10.716 --> 00:26:13.185
- Mostly because
- 00:26:13.185 --> 00:26:15.287
- Of the love that i was surrounded by my family.
- 00:26:16.455 --> 00:26:20.292
- All those praying for me.
- 00:26:20.292 --> 00:26:22.061
- - [reporter 3] while bill continued with outpatient rehab,
- 00:26:22.061 --> 00:26:25.130
- He says his perspective toward god began to change.
- 00:26:25.130 --> 00:26:29.101
- - my anger has turned into being thankful.
- 00:26:29.101 --> 00:26:32.604
- I don't like what happened to me.
- 00:26:32.604 --> 00:26:34.473
- I never will.
- 00:26:34.473 --> 00:26:35.808
- I don't understand, i never will understand.
- 00:26:35.808 --> 00:26:37.843
- I tried now to thank him for the things that are happening,
- 00:26:37.843 --> 00:26:41.580
- The blessings that i get to enjoy every day.
- 00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:44.516
- I have eight grandchildren,
- 00:26:44.516 --> 00:26:46.151
- Six of them i would've never met
- 00:26:46.151 --> 00:26:48.153
- If god didn't spare my life.
- 00:26:48.153 --> 00:26:50.122
- - [reporter 3] bill would still need multiple surgeries
- 00:26:50.122 --> 00:26:52.357
- And rehab over the next two years.
- 00:26:52.357 --> 00:26:54.560
- With the help of physical therapy,
- 00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:56.528
- He is almost back to his normal life.
- 00:26:56.528 --> 00:26:59.398
- - because he kept improving.
- 00:26:59.398 --> 00:27:00.532
- He did walk again.
- 00:27:00.532 --> 00:27:01.800
- He sat at the supper table, he mowed a lawn,
- 00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:06.872
- He learned to drive again.
- 00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:09.475
- It's been a long, long haul
- 00:27:09.475 --> 00:27:12.377
- And it's not been easy for either one of us.
- 00:27:12.377 --> 00:27:15.948
- - [reporter 3] today bill and phyllis believe
- 00:27:15.948 --> 00:27:17.750
- That it was the power of prayer
- 00:27:17.750 --> 00:27:19.918
- That brought him back to the life he loves.
- 00:27:19.918 --> 00:27:22.554
- - god's a miracle worker.
- 00:27:22.554 --> 00:27:24.323
- He's still in the miracle working business.
- 00:27:24.323 --> 00:27:27.726
- - jesus christ is faithful.
- 00:27:27.726 --> 00:27:29.895
- No matter what you face,
- 00:27:29.895 --> 00:27:31.263
- Don't turn from god, run to him.
- 00:27:31.263 --> 00:27:34.933
- He's worthy to put your trust in.
- 00:27:34.933 --> 00:27:37.035
- He doesn't want you to walk through this life alone.
- 00:27:37.035 --> 00:27:39.872
- Whatever injuries you sustain in life,
- 00:27:39.872 --> 00:27:43.408
- You need jesus christ.
- 00:27:43.408 --> 00:27:46.478
- That's the answer.
- 00:27:46.478 --> 00:27:49.448
- - it is the answer, isn't it?
- 00:27:50.282 --> 00:27:51.850
- You know, life is full of suddenlies
- 00:27:51.850 --> 00:27:53.786
- When we least expect it,
- 00:27:53.786 --> 00:27:55.120
- Things happen that we didn't see coming
- 00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:57.089
- And they are life changing very often.
- 00:27:57.089 --> 00:27:59.792
- And yet i love what his wife said, "god has the final word."
- 00:27:59.792 --> 00:28:04.863
- And so today, i don't know what your need is.
- 00:28:06.031 --> 00:28:07.499
- I don't know what your petition to the lord is about
- 00:28:07.499 --> 00:28:10.302
- Or for, but i know this, he has the final answer.
- 00:28:10.302 --> 00:28:12.971
- And i also know that just like bill, he knows your name,
- 00:28:12.971 --> 00:28:16.809
- He knows where you are, he knows what you're going through,
- 00:28:16.809 --> 00:28:20.512
- And he has that promise he's made to all of us.
- 00:28:20.512 --> 00:28:23.448
- That all things, not some things, but all things,
- 00:28:23.448 --> 00:28:26.451
- Maybe especially the difficult, negative, challenging things
- 00:28:26.451 --> 00:28:30.422
- Work together for good to those who love god.
- 00:28:30.422 --> 00:28:33.725
- That's you, that's you.
- 00:28:33.725 --> 00:28:35.527
- So today we wanna join heart, join hands with you,
- 00:28:35.527 --> 00:28:38.764
- We wanna pray for you
- 00:28:38.764 --> 00:28:40.165
- Right in the midst of your circumstance
- 00:28:40.165 --> 00:28:42.067
- And ask god to make a difference
- 00:28:42.067 --> 00:28:44.269
- In what it is you're facing.
- 00:28:44.269 --> 00:28:46.104
- So let's do that. - yeah.
- 00:28:46.104 --> 00:28:47.973
- - together, okay?
- 00:28:47.973 --> 00:28:49.508
- Ready, let's pray.
- 00:28:49.508 --> 00:28:52.211
- Well, father, we love you.
- 00:28:53.011 --> 00:28:54.613
- We know that you are bigger than anything we can imagine.
- 00:28:54.613 --> 00:28:58.483
- We know that involved in all of this,
- 00:28:58.483 --> 00:29:00.652
- What you're asking us to do
- 00:29:00.652 --> 00:29:02.120
- Is to surrender to your goodness, to trust your heart,
- 00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:05.757
- Especially when we can't see anything,
- 00:29:05.757 --> 00:29:08.393
- Especially when we don't understand
- 00:29:08.393 --> 00:29:10.128
- Why things have happened.
- 00:29:10.128 --> 00:29:11.763
- To believe that your heart is good all the time,
- 00:29:11.763 --> 00:29:14.233
- And that your goodness is chasing after us as your children,
- 00:29:14.233 --> 00:29:18.370
- God, promising to bring good out of negative,
- 00:29:18.370 --> 00:29:21.607
- To bring life out of death, to bring hope out of darkness.
- 00:29:21.607 --> 00:29:25.811
- Move in our circumstances today, god,
- 00:29:25.811 --> 00:29:28.247
- Show us what it is you want to do
- 00:29:28.247 --> 00:29:30.082
- And give us the heart, give us the will, give us the mind,
- 00:29:30.082 --> 00:29:34.386
- Give us the spirit to receive
- 00:29:34.386 --> 00:29:36.021
- Exactly what you want to give us today, lord.
- 00:29:36.021 --> 00:29:39.124
- We thank you in advance for your goodness.
- 00:29:39.124 --> 00:29:42.394
- - someone's been battling dizziness.
- 00:29:43.395 --> 00:29:45.163
- In fact, you're sitting watching this program
- 00:29:45.163 --> 00:29:46.865
- Because you need to sit
- 00:29:46.865 --> 00:29:48.400
- Because you've been, when you walk,
- 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.968
- You need to put your hand on furniture to stabilize yourself
- 00:29:49.968 --> 00:29:53.138
- And that dizziness is gonna go away now,
- 00:29:53.138 --> 00:29:54.840
- In the name of jesus.
- 00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:56.241
- God wants to do something mighty in your life.
- 00:29:56.241 --> 00:29:58.377
- Thank you, lord.
- 00:29:58.377 --> 00:29:59.645
- - there's someone else you've damaged
- 00:29:59.645 --> 00:30:01.747
- Through a fall or some kind of accident,
- 00:30:01.747 --> 00:30:03.548
- The bridge of your nose.
- 00:30:03.548 --> 00:30:05.017
- And ever since that's happened,
- 00:30:05.017 --> 00:30:06.652
- You've had almost daily migraines
- 00:30:06.652 --> 00:30:09.554
- And just a sense of a band around your head
- 00:30:09.554 --> 00:30:12.157
- That's so pressured and uncomfortable.
- 00:30:12.157 --> 00:30:14.393
- God's healing that right now in jesus' name.
- 00:30:14.393 --> 00:30:17.763
- Feel it just come off of you and be set free.
- 00:30:17.763 --> 00:30:20.666
- - this is not a physical condition,
- 00:30:21.667 --> 00:30:23.368
- But there's someone, i believe it's a man
- 00:30:23.368 --> 00:30:24.670
- Who needs wisdom from god
- 00:30:24.670 --> 00:30:26.071
- And he's nervous or fearful of asking god for wisdom
- 00:30:26.071 --> 00:30:30.008
- For his life or the direction he should go
- 00:30:30.008 --> 00:30:32.044
- Because he feels like he's just made so many mistakes
- 00:30:32.044 --> 00:30:34.279
- And dishonored god so much.
- 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.547
- He has no right to ask it.
- 00:30:35.547 --> 00:30:37.149
- In james, we read, "if you need wisdom, ask god for it.
- 00:30:37.149 --> 00:30:39.851
- He will give it freely."
- 00:30:39.851 --> 00:30:40.819
- But don't doubt, believe.
- 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.821
- God wants to give us wisdom.
- 00:30:42.821 --> 00:30:44.222
- And for this man in particular,
- 00:30:44.222 --> 00:30:45.357
- He wants to impart wisdom upon you.
- 00:30:45.357 --> 00:30:47.092
- And get ready for him to speak to you now, in jesus' name.
- 00:30:47.092 --> 00:30:50.262
- - yeah, someone else,
- 00:30:50.262 --> 00:30:51.463
- You have a very severe tailbone injury.
- 00:30:51.463 --> 00:30:53.865
- I mean, it's left you with so much pain
- 00:30:53.865 --> 00:30:56.468
- And your mobility is affected by it.
- 00:30:56.468 --> 00:30:58.503
- You've been told that there's nothing more that can be done.
- 00:30:58.503 --> 00:31:01.340
- God has the final word.
- 00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:03.075
- You're being healed today.
- 00:31:03.075 --> 00:31:04.309
- In jesus' name, just lift up your hands
- 00:31:04.309 --> 00:31:06.378
- And begin to praise him and thank him.
- 00:31:06.378 --> 00:31:08.347
- - someone, i don't know if it's a man or a woman,
- 00:31:09.581 --> 00:31:11.016
- But it's out of rehab either for drugs or alcohol,
- 00:31:11.016 --> 00:31:13.719
- Substance abuse, and it was a long addiction
- 00:31:13.719 --> 00:31:16.088
- And you're out and now it's now what?
- 00:31:16.088 --> 00:31:17.990
- Where do i go now?
- 00:31:17.990 --> 00:31:19.624
- Who do i speak to?
- 00:31:19.624 --> 00:31:20.792
- And the now what the next is jesus.
- 00:31:20.792 --> 00:31:23.528
- And he just wants to say, "focus on me."
- 00:31:23.528 --> 00:31:26.264
- The lord says that is the direction.
- 00:31:26.264 --> 00:31:29.034
- Focus on the father and he will lead you in jesus' name.
- 00:31:29.034 --> 00:31:34.106
- Thank you for that word of comfort, lord.
- 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.308
- - yeah, someone else.
- 00:31:36.308 --> 00:31:38.110
- You have a condition that just keeps
- 00:31:38.110 --> 00:31:40.679
- Coming up with spots like it's on your tongue,
- 00:31:41.913 --> 00:31:44.549
- It's even around your mouth on the outside.
- 00:31:44.549 --> 00:31:47.085
- I don't really know what it is,
- 00:31:47.085 --> 00:31:48.520
- But god's healing that condition for you right now,
- 00:31:48.520 --> 00:31:50.422
- You'll be able to taste again.
- 00:31:50.422 --> 00:31:52.858
- You're not gonna have the discomfort of that,
- 00:31:52.858 --> 00:31:54.760
- The pain of that.
- 00:31:54.760 --> 00:31:55.727
- In jesus' name be made whole.
- 00:31:55.727 --> 00:31:57.863
- - there was a couple,
- 00:31:58.597 --> 00:32:00.032
- A husband and wife watching that miracle story
- 00:32:00.032 --> 00:32:02.367
- As they're in the er
- 00:32:02.367 --> 00:32:03.935
- And their faith was inspired and the stories concluded,
- 00:32:03.935 --> 00:32:06.204
- And now we're praying.
- 00:32:06.204 --> 00:32:07.439
- And they're starting to feel that faith
- 00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:10.275
- Just kind of go down a little bit.
- 00:32:10.275 --> 00:32:11.543
- And the lord wants to speak to you
- 00:32:11.543 --> 00:32:12.944
- And get your attention again and say, "i am with you.
- 00:32:12.944 --> 00:32:15.614
- I am with your child.
- 00:32:15.614 --> 00:32:16.915
- My holy spirit is present with you."
- 00:32:16.915 --> 00:32:20.385
- I ask for a mustard seed of faith.
- 00:32:20.385 --> 00:32:22.821
- Don't lose sight of the lord in this situation.
- 00:32:22.821 --> 00:32:25.857
- He is powerful.
- 00:32:25.857 --> 00:32:27.893
- Thank you, father.
- 00:32:27.893 --> 00:32:28.960
- - sometimes god is working more when we can't see him
- 00:32:30.295 --> 00:32:33.198
- And doing things that we couldn't
- 00:32:33.198 --> 00:32:35.467
- Begin to understand or accept.
- 00:32:35.467 --> 00:32:37.235
- Just today, lift up your hands
- 00:32:37.235 --> 00:32:39.271
- And begin to praise and thank the lord
- 00:32:39.271 --> 00:32:41.306
- For what he's doing in your life.
- 00:32:41.306 --> 00:32:43.375
- Even if you don't have any kind of a serious
- 00:32:43.375 --> 00:32:45.644
- Physical, or financial, or psychological need,
- 00:32:45.644 --> 00:32:48.580
- Just thank him.
- 00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.981
- You know, god inhabits the praises of his people.
- 00:32:49.981 --> 00:32:52.951
- Just invite him into that moment, that place in your life.
- 00:32:52.951 --> 00:32:55.887
- In jesus' name. - yes.
- 00:32:55.887 --> 00:32:57.789
- - thank you god for your goodness.
- 00:32:57.789 --> 00:33:00.092
- We worship you today.
- 00:33:00.092 --> 00:33:01.526
- Amen. - amen, amen.
- 00:33:01.526 --> 00:33:03.028
- - i want you to know that if you have a need of any kind,
- 00:33:04.496 --> 00:33:07.332
- We'd love to pray for you.
- 00:33:07.332 --> 00:33:09.668
- Not here on the air right now,
- 00:33:09.668 --> 00:33:11.269
- But our phones are always open to you.
- 00:33:11.269 --> 00:33:13.004
- And so feel free to call 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:33:13.004 --> 00:33:16.775
- There's always a friend standing by
- 00:33:16.775 --> 00:33:18.443
- To pray for whatever your need is
- 00:33:18.443 --> 00:33:20.545
- And they'll do it specifically.
- 00:33:20.545 --> 00:33:21.947
- So call now.
- 00:33:21.947 --> 00:33:23.448
- Well, up next, this mma hopeful
- 00:33:23.448 --> 00:33:26.017
- Wanted to be the ultimate fighter.
- 00:33:26.017 --> 00:33:28.186
- His wife just wanted him to fight for his marriage.
- 00:33:28.186 --> 00:33:31.356
- Go inside the epic battle that nearly knocked them both out.
- 00:33:31.356 --> 00:33:35.694
- That's later on today's show.
- 00:33:35.694 --> 00:33:37.796
- (lively music)
- 00:33:37.796 --> 00:33:45.003
- - in the last five minutes of my labor and delivery
- 00:33:46.238 --> 00:33:49.441
- Was when i noticed something was wrong.
- 00:33:49.441 --> 00:33:51.710
- They put her on my chest and right away they took her away
- 00:33:51.710 --> 00:33:54.946
- And she wasn't crying and she looked sort of gray.
- 00:33:54.946 --> 00:33:57.849
- I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
- 00:33:59.017 --> 00:34:00.852
- Then they came back in the room and said,
- 00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:03.255
- "she's had a brain injury."
- 00:34:03.255 --> 00:34:05.690
- That's when i really started praying,
- 00:34:05.690 --> 00:34:07.859
- "god, please, please let her mind be okay."
- 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:11.296
- Turned on the tv and just randomly flipping the channels
- 00:34:11.296 --> 00:34:13.832
- Here's cbn.
- 00:34:13.832 --> 00:34:15.333
- It really lifted me up, gave me that little bit of hope
- 00:34:15.333 --> 00:34:17.102
- I needed at the time.
- 00:34:17.102 --> 00:34:18.803
- After that, i really felt like things started
- 00:34:18.803 --> 00:34:20.672
- Moving even more.
- 00:34:20.672 --> 00:34:22.040
- She went from being behind to advanced for her age.
- 00:34:22.040 --> 00:34:26.311
- I could never deny the power of prayer.
- 00:34:26.311 --> 00:34:28.413
- I would always just say, "pray, and pray more,
- 00:34:28.413 --> 00:34:31.082
- And just keep trusting god."
- 00:34:31.082 --> 00:34:33.685
- His word is true.
- 00:34:33.685 --> 00:34:35.353
- He saw me through all the bad things
- 00:34:35.353 --> 00:34:37.088
- I thought would happen to my daughter, and he healed her.
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- Psalms 34:4, "i sought the lord and he answered me.
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- He delivered me from all of my fears."
- 00:34:43.828 --> 00:34:46.031
- - giving to "the 700 club" is giving to the world.
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- 700 club are my feet.
- 00:34:50.335 --> 00:34:52.504
- They're walking it there.
- 00:34:52.504 --> 00:34:53.939
- All i'm doing is helping write the check.
- 00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:56.374
- - it's just like planting a seed in the ground
- 00:34:57.609 --> 00:34:59.945
- And the water comes and the sun hits it, and it grows.
- 00:34:59.945 --> 00:35:04.416
- - you can trust cbn, they're going to take your money
- 00:35:04.416 --> 00:35:07.118
- And invest it wisely.
- 00:35:07.118 --> 00:35:08.853
- - you are saving souls through your giving.
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- (lively music)
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- - i just couldn't keep anything down.
- 00:35:16.294 --> 00:35:19.064
- The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
- 00:35:19.064 --> 00:35:22.634
- As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just the flu.
- 00:35:22.634 --> 00:35:24.970
- My prayer was, "lord, give me a diagnosis
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- And give me a treatment plan
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- And give me a doctor who knows me
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- And understands what's going on."
- 00:35:31.376 --> 00:35:33.044
- And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now."
- 00:35:33.044 --> 00:35:36.248
- He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
- 00:35:36.248 --> 00:35:38.450
- So i did, i put my hand.
- 00:35:38.450 --> 00:35:39.951
- I said, "lord, i believe in you that you can heal me."
- 00:35:39.951 --> 00:35:43.622
- And at that moment, gordon said,
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- - there's someone you're saying,
- 00:35:46.124 --> 00:35:47.092
- "please say crohn's disease."
- 00:35:47.092 --> 00:35:49.527
- And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
- 00:35:49.527 --> 00:35:52.464
- Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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- But be restored now in jesus' name.
- 00:35:55.767 --> 00:35:59.971
- - and i've had no issues since that time,
- 00:35:59.971 --> 00:36:03.441
- And i just give god the glory for that.
- 00:36:03.441 --> 00:36:06.878
- What i know is that jesus touched me
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- And that i've been healed.
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- (lively music)
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- - i was muslim for four years.
- 00:36:17.055 --> 00:36:19.391
- I had spells cast on me
- 00:36:19.391 --> 00:36:21.893
- And just everything you can think of.
- 00:36:21.893 --> 00:36:24.596
- I never got what i was looking for.
- 00:36:24.596 --> 00:36:27.432
- There was no real power to change my life.
- 00:36:27.432 --> 00:36:31.202
- I had tried everything.
- 00:36:31.202 --> 00:36:32.904
- It just came to a point where it was like, you know what?
- 00:36:32.904 --> 00:36:35.874
- I don't want to do this anymore.
- 00:36:35.874 --> 00:36:37.642
- The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
- 00:36:37.642 --> 00:36:41.079
- She prayed for me.
- 00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.380
- And all i know is i felt the love of god.
- 00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:46.551
- We would read from genesis to revelation
- 00:36:46.551 --> 00:36:48.987
- And we just went deep in the word of god.
- 00:36:48.987 --> 00:36:51.923
- Everything about me, even my very continents began to change
- 00:36:51.923 --> 00:36:56.061
- After that point.
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- And now i just have a desire
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- To see them experience the loving kindness of god
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- That i have experienced.
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- To see that true change is possible
- 00:37:06.071 --> 00:37:08.907
- And that what you thought that you were looking for
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- Can only be found in christ.
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- - when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
- 00:37:46.778 --> 00:37:48.947
- That was only a year older than me.
- 00:37:48.947 --> 00:37:50.915
- I became very sexualized.
- 00:37:50.915 --> 00:37:52.751
- I started going all over the state
- 00:37:53.718 --> 00:37:55.420
- Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
- 00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:59.190
- Nothing was satisfying anymore
- 00:37:59.190 --> 00:38:01.693
- And so i began to remember all the fantasies
- 00:38:01.693 --> 00:38:04.429
- I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
- 00:38:04.429 --> 00:38:07.732
- I began to transition.
- 00:38:07.732 --> 00:38:09.100
- I began to take the hormones,
- 00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:11.002
- And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
- 00:38:11.002 --> 00:38:13.505
- I was really excited about the results
- 00:38:13.505 --> 00:38:15.006
- And i liked how it looked physically.
- 00:38:15.006 --> 00:38:17.275
- I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
- 00:38:17.275 --> 00:38:20.111
- And that was devastating to me.
- 00:38:20.111 --> 00:38:22.080
- But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
- 00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:24.215
- Night after night after night,
- 00:38:24.215 --> 00:38:25.784
- I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
- 00:38:26.918 --> 00:38:28.787
- Getting down on one knee.
- 00:38:28.787 --> 00:38:30.255
- He reached his hand into the pit and he said,
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- "do you trust me?"
- 00:38:32.090 --> 00:38:33.892
- I took his hand.
- 00:38:33.892 --> 00:38:35.126
- I walked away from my entire identity.
- 00:38:35.126 --> 00:38:37.362
- You are who god created you to be
- 00:38:37.362 --> 00:38:38.830
- And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
- 00:38:38.830 --> 00:38:41.399
- God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
- 00:38:41.399 --> 00:38:46.538
- - kc dreamed of becoming an mma fighter.
- 00:38:47.572 --> 00:38:50.308
- He trained nearly every day.
- 00:38:50.308 --> 00:38:51.876
- He sparred with other professional fighters,
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- Even making some of them tap out.
- 00:38:54.446 --> 00:38:56.314
- Still there was one fight he couldn't win
- 00:38:56.314 --> 00:38:59.184
- And it nearly cost him his marriage.
- 00:38:59.184 --> 00:39:01.719
- - as a married man, i had no business being in there, none.
- 00:39:03.188 --> 00:39:06.458
- I just fell to lust.
- 00:39:06.458 --> 00:39:09.027
- And lust is heavy,
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- I always used to judge david, until i became him.
- 00:39:11.129 --> 00:39:14.632
- - [reporter 4] kc miles was a champion high school wrestler
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- With a rough past.
- 00:39:17.101 --> 00:39:18.903
- During his junior year he fell in love
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- With his classmate, melissa, who was a devout christian.
- 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:24.576
- - we became friends first.
- 00:39:24.576 --> 00:39:26.311
- And at the same time,
- 00:39:26.311 --> 00:39:28.012
- My spanish teacher introduced to me the bible.
- 00:39:28.012 --> 00:39:31.716
- He started reading me scripture and asking me
- 00:39:31.716 --> 00:39:34.052
- If i knew who jesus was.
- 00:39:34.052 --> 00:39:35.753
- So, i started doing bible study with him,
- 00:39:35.753 --> 00:39:37.989
- And melissa saw that,
- 00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:40.391
- And that gave her some confidence to date me.
- 00:39:40.391 --> 00:39:43.761
- Those seeds that were planted in me
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- By my spanish teacher were important, very important.
- 00:39:45.396 --> 00:39:48.833
- - [reporter 4] they got married when they were 19 years old.
- 00:39:48.833 --> 00:39:51.436
- Kc wrestled in junior college,
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- Then began training for mma cage fighting.
- 00:39:53.404 --> 00:39:56.541
- - when we were young and at that stage in our life,
- 00:39:56.541 --> 00:39:59.611
- Fighting was relatively new.
- 00:39:59.611 --> 00:40:01.613
- So, i didn't know really what to expect as far as lifestyle
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- And how it would affect our marriage.
- 00:40:05.650 --> 00:40:08.286
- - i wanted to win.
- 00:40:08.286 --> 00:40:09.654
- I wanted to show people that the underdog can win,
- 00:40:09.654 --> 00:40:11.456
- Like the rocky.
- 00:40:11.456 --> 00:40:12.390
- I wanted to live that story.
- 00:40:12.390 --> 00:40:13.791
- I wanted to get in that cage, and i wanted to fight.
- 00:40:13.791 --> 00:40:15.627
- I was tapping pro fighters, you know?
- 00:40:15.627 --> 00:40:17.862
- Once i seen that, i was like, "this is me, i'm a fighter."
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- - [reporter 4] in his hometown in california,
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- Kc poured himself into mma training nearly every day.
- 00:40:24.135 --> 00:40:28.139
- On the weekends he trained in las vegas
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- With a goal of fighting in the ufc.
- 00:40:30.542 --> 00:40:33.144
- - my wrestling coach, rocky,
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- He warned me against training with certain people in mma,
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- And he told me how it'll change you.
- 00:40:38.950 --> 00:40:41.152
- And he meant morally.
- 00:40:41.152 --> 00:40:42.554
- This is when the problem started for me.
- 00:40:42.554 --> 00:40:45.356
- I didn't know how professional athletes were.
- 00:40:45.356 --> 00:40:47.225
- You know, i went to the strip clubs with them.
- 00:40:47.225 --> 00:40:49.260
- And at first when i went, my hand shook violently.
- 00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:52.564
- And it only did that three times.
- 00:40:52.564 --> 00:40:54.098
- And after the third time, my hand didn't shake anymore.
- 00:40:54.098 --> 00:40:56.501
- I knew it was wrong being in there.
- 00:40:56.501 --> 00:40:58.036
- But it was so exotic.
- 00:40:58.036 --> 00:40:59.871
- Like just seeing all that, i was like, "what the heck."
- 00:40:59.871 --> 00:41:03.942
- I mean, there were all kinds of girls.
- 00:41:03.942 --> 00:41:06.010
- Every shape and color and flesh is powerful,
- 00:41:06.010 --> 00:41:10.515
- Absolutely powerful.
- 00:41:10.515 --> 00:41:11.716
- That temptation was heavy, heavy.
- 00:41:11.716 --> 00:41:14.419
- And i did not like it, because i knew it was wrong.
- 00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:18.022
- Every time i left, i literally looked up and said,
- 00:41:19.324 --> 00:41:21.459
- "i'm sorry, god."
- 00:41:21.459 --> 00:41:22.994
- I knew what i was doing was wrong, but i couldn't stop.
- 00:41:22.994 --> 00:41:25.229
- I kept going back to those strip clubs.
- 00:41:25.229 --> 00:41:27.031
- - [reporter 4] before long kc gave into temptation
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- And began having an affair with a dancer.
- 00:41:29.834 --> 00:41:32.470
- Melissa found out what was going on and was devastated.
- 00:41:32.470 --> 00:41:36.641
- - i couldn't bear it anymore.
- 00:41:36.641 --> 00:41:38.376
- I was at the ends of my rope.
- 00:41:38.376 --> 00:41:41.312
- I was constantly sad, depressed.
- 00:41:41.312 --> 00:41:45.516
- And i just, i asked him to choose.
- 00:41:45.516 --> 00:41:48.186
- You know, he was a fighter and i wanted him to fight for us.
- 00:41:48.186 --> 00:41:53.925
- - i was trying to buy time,
- 00:41:54.726 --> 00:41:56.294
- Because i was trying to get on the ultimate fighters show.
- 00:41:56.294 --> 00:41:58.730
- And she went to the bank
- 00:41:58.730 --> 00:42:00.965
- And got half the money out of the bank account.
- 00:42:00.965 --> 00:42:03.001
- And she comes home, and she divvies it out.
- 00:42:03.001 --> 00:42:04.702
- And she says, "no, you have a choice.
- 00:42:04.702 --> 00:42:07.171
- Half of this is yours.
- 00:42:07.171 --> 00:42:08.139
- If you want that life, you go.
- 00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.574
- Take this money and leave your ring.
- 00:42:09.574 --> 00:42:11.376
- I'm within my right to divorce you."
- 00:42:11.376 --> 00:42:13.144
- And when she said that it scared me,
- 00:42:13.144 --> 00:42:14.879
- Because melissa is truly, in my mind,
- 00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:17.815
- The only person that loved me unconditionally.
- 00:42:17.815 --> 00:42:20.451
- And that's when i called up my spanish teacher
- 00:42:20.451 --> 00:42:22.787
- And i asked him, "what do i do?"
- 00:42:22.787 --> 00:42:24.055
- And he says, "you get down on your knees
- 00:42:24.055 --> 00:42:25.356
- And you cry out to god."
- 00:42:25.356 --> 00:42:26.724
- And i was like, "i don't have time for this crap."
- 00:42:26.724 --> 00:42:29.193
- I had become so egotistical, i didn't have time for god.
- 00:42:29.193 --> 00:42:31.896
- I didn't have time for jesus.
- 00:42:31.896 --> 00:42:33.364
- It was all about me.
- 00:42:33.364 --> 00:42:34.265
- I was so selfish.
- 00:42:34.265 --> 00:42:36.000
- I wanted to be in the ufc, i wanted to be a champion.
- 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:38.736
- He came up and showed me who i was in the bible.
- 00:42:38.736 --> 00:42:41.205
- And i'm like, "that's not me."
- 00:42:41.205 --> 00:42:42.874
- He said, "what are you gonna do?"
- 00:42:42.874 --> 00:42:44.308
- And i picked melissa.
- 00:42:44.308 --> 00:42:48.479
- I picked my wife.
- 00:42:48.479 --> 00:42:50.014
- And when she came home from work that day, i was still home.
- 00:42:50.014 --> 00:42:52.583
- And she goes, "good.
- 00:42:52.583 --> 00:42:54.719
- Now you're moving."
- 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:56.220
- - [reporter 4] kc moved in
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- With his high school spanish teacher
- 00:42:57.355 --> 00:42:58.790
- And avoided outside influences from the mma world.
- 00:42:58.790 --> 00:43:02.026
- Instead, he began reading the bible.
- 00:43:02.026 --> 00:43:04.962
- When i started reading about jesus,
- 00:43:04.962 --> 00:43:06.130
- There is nothing else i wanted.
- 00:43:06.130 --> 00:43:07.832
- I was hooked from the very second i opened that bible.
- 00:43:07.832 --> 00:43:11.335
- I had nothing else.
- 00:43:11.335 --> 00:43:12.437
- There was nothing else i could do.
- 00:43:12.437 --> 00:43:13.905
- I couldn't go to the gym, i was working out at home,
- 00:43:13.905 --> 00:43:15.339
- But i just went in the bible and i'm like, "what?"
- 00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:17.108
- I would just look up and say, "why do you do this for us?"
- 00:43:17.108 --> 00:43:20.411
- Like i know who i am, i'm selfish.
- 00:43:20.411 --> 00:43:23.514
- And i just started falling in love with jesus.
- 00:43:23.514 --> 00:43:25.450
- And i just started to miss my wife.
- 00:43:25.450 --> 00:43:29.620
- And i spent six months alone without her.
- 00:43:29.620 --> 00:43:32.190
- And that's when i started to grow with the lord.
- 00:43:32.190 --> 00:43:34.292
- - [reporter 4] melissa saw the changes taking place
- 00:43:34.292 --> 00:43:36.294
- In kc's heart and character.
- 00:43:36.294 --> 00:43:38.596
- - he was turning the tables.
- 00:43:38.596 --> 00:43:40.198
- He was thinking more about us as a couple and our marriage,
- 00:43:40.198 --> 00:43:45.570
- And god's plan than his plan, than his own plan.
- 00:43:46.704 --> 00:43:52.744
- - as i got closer to jesus,
- 00:43:53.544 --> 00:43:55.947
- I was getting closer to melissa.
- 00:43:55.947 --> 00:43:57.915
- We would read bibles together.
- 00:43:57.915 --> 00:43:59.484
- We'd read scripture together and then go work out together.
- 00:43:59.484 --> 00:44:01.686
- And she became my training partner.
- 00:44:01.686 --> 00:44:04.122
- She became my best friend.
- 00:44:04.122 --> 00:44:05.423
- I fell in love with melissa differently.
- 00:44:05.423 --> 00:44:07.792
- I fell in love with her soul.
- 00:44:07.792 --> 00:44:09.193
- - [reporter 4] kc committed his life to christ.
- 00:44:09.193 --> 00:44:11.529
- They moved back in together and soon after started a family.
- 00:44:11.529 --> 00:44:15.533
- Today their marriage is solid with jesus as the foundation.
- 00:44:15.533 --> 00:44:20.304
- - man, we were just too young people,
- 00:44:20.304 --> 00:44:22.840
- It was real love, it really was,
- 00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:24.041
- But i was in love with myself, too.
- 00:44:24.041 --> 00:44:26.077
- Now i'm in love with her and not me.
- 00:44:26.077 --> 00:44:28.446
- And that's what picking up your cross
- 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:31.315
- And carrying it daily means,
- 00:44:31.315 --> 00:44:32.583
- Is pick him and you pick your wife over yourself.
- 00:44:32.583 --> 00:44:35.486
- - god came in back into my life,
- 00:44:35.486 --> 00:44:39.123
- Back into my husband's life,
- 00:44:39.123 --> 00:44:41.492
- And we both had to really just trust and rely on him
- 00:44:41.492 --> 00:44:44.796
- And grow in him.
- 00:44:44.796 --> 00:44:46.464
- And i think that's one of the most important things
- 00:44:46.464 --> 00:44:49.400
- Is how we both chose to stay together and grow towards god.
- 00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:56.207
- - i have a good life, and i don't deserve it,
- 00:44:57.375 --> 00:45:00.211
- But i'm grateful.
- 00:45:00.211 --> 00:45:05.049
- - if your marriage is struggling,
- 00:45:06.050 --> 00:45:07.351
- Be encouraged by that wonderful testimony.
- 00:45:07.351 --> 00:45:09.520
- Listen, kc was a tough dude in brutal fights,
- 00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:14.358
- A tough guy with big goals.
- 00:45:14.358 --> 00:45:16.594
- And as tough as he was,
- 00:45:16.594 --> 00:45:18.529
- He acknowledged and he admitted he was not tough enough
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- To overcome the lust of the flesh.
- 00:45:23.167 --> 00:45:27.205
- And that's a struggle.
- 00:45:27.205 --> 00:45:28.472
- It is really for our entire lives.
- 00:45:28.472 --> 00:45:30.074
- Galatians five talks about it,
- 00:45:30.074 --> 00:45:32.310
- The flesh and the spirit, they're in combat with each other.
- 00:45:32.310 --> 00:45:35.179
- It's a war.
- 00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:36.848
- And you don't need to be frightened of that.
- 00:45:36.848 --> 00:45:39.717
- There's hope in christ, for sure.
- 00:45:39.717 --> 00:45:42.119
- Because through christ those fleshly desires are crucified,
- 00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:46.357
- We read in galatians.
- 00:45:46.357 --> 00:45:47.959
- But no, this is gonna be a thing in our lives,
- 00:45:47.959 --> 00:45:50.228
- Fighting against the flesh.
- 00:45:50.228 --> 00:45:52.163
- But when he surrendered to jesus,
- 00:45:52.163 --> 00:45:54.265
- Not only did he conquer these things,
- 00:45:54.265 --> 00:45:56.167
- He became a better husband.
- 00:45:56.167 --> 00:45:57.702
- Because when you focus on jesus, you become a better spouse.
- 00:45:57.702 --> 00:46:00.371
- There's no doubt about it.
- 00:46:00.371 --> 00:46:01.906
- But i was so struck when kc said he went into this club,
- 00:46:01.906 --> 00:46:04.508
- He knew he shouldn't be there.
- 00:46:04.508 --> 00:46:06.544
- And he was literally trembling.
- 00:46:06.544 --> 00:46:08.012
- Remember he said that my hand was shaking
- 00:46:08.012 --> 00:46:09.614
- Because his spirit knew this was not for him.
- 00:46:09.614 --> 00:46:13.317
- His spirit was disturbed.
- 00:46:13.317 --> 00:46:15.920
- And that's a good thing
- 00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:17.088
- When your spirit speaks and says, "no."
- 00:46:17.088 --> 00:46:19.257
- I mean, that's the spirit of god saying
- 00:46:19.257 --> 00:46:20.691
- This is not what i have for you.
- 00:46:20.691 --> 00:46:22.393
- And he finally began to listen to the voice of god
- 00:46:23.628 --> 00:46:26.197
- And the holy spirit and saying,
- 00:46:26.197 --> 00:46:27.465
- "i need to submit these things to you."
- 00:46:27.465 --> 00:46:29.367
- Even paul talked about it in scripture,
- 00:46:29.367 --> 00:46:31.002
- Obviously different circumstances for paul,
- 00:46:31.002 --> 00:46:33.237
- The apostle paul.
- 00:46:33.237 --> 00:46:34.605
- But he said, the things i want to do, i don't do.
- 00:46:34.605 --> 00:46:37.808
- And the things i don't want to do, i find myself doing.
- 00:46:37.808 --> 00:46:41.345
- So this is a natural part of the human condition.
- 00:46:41.345 --> 00:46:44.215
- But the great news is when we bring these things
- 00:46:44.215 --> 00:46:46.851
- Under the submission of jesus,
- 00:46:46.851 --> 00:46:48.786
- The holy spirit steps in in a powerful way
- 00:46:48.786 --> 00:46:51.522
- And brings these lusts under control,
- 00:46:51.522 --> 00:46:53.524
- Under the authority of christ.
- 00:46:53.524 --> 00:46:55.793
- And he takes our sin and he makes us clean
- 00:46:55.793 --> 00:46:58.429
- Because of the sacrifice of christ on the cross.
- 00:46:58.429 --> 00:47:02.300
- I wanna pray for two things
- 00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:03.367
- In just a couple of minutes here.
- 00:47:03.367 --> 00:47:04.635
- I wanna pray for marriages briefly
- 00:47:04.635 --> 00:47:06.504
- And also for those of you struggling with a lust problem.
- 00:47:06.504 --> 00:47:10.041
- Many people who love jesus
- 00:47:10.041 --> 00:47:13.377
- Succumb to this issue of lust.
- 00:47:13.377 --> 00:47:15.313
- So i'm gonna pray for these things now.
- 00:47:15.313 --> 00:47:16.580
- If you're struggling with lust, pray with me.
- 00:47:16.580 --> 00:47:18.916
- Or if you're in a marriage that needs a touch
- 00:47:18.916 --> 00:47:21.552
- And anointing from the holy spirit of god,
- 00:47:21.552 --> 00:47:23.688
- Let's just go before the lord now.
- 00:47:23.688 --> 00:47:25.456
- Father god, first i pray for marriages
- 00:47:26.557 --> 00:47:29.226
- And for husbands and wives who are struggling, lord,
- 00:47:29.226 --> 00:47:31.629
- I pray your holy spirit will teach them
- 00:47:31.629 --> 00:47:34.832
- To get their pride out of the way and just focus on jesus.
- 00:47:36.267 --> 00:47:39.337
- And as we love our first love jesus more,
- 00:47:39.337 --> 00:47:42.673
- We will become better spouses, father.
- 00:47:42.673 --> 00:47:46.143
- And i pray for those struggling with lust.
- 00:47:46.143 --> 00:47:48.612
- The lust of the flesh, lord.
- 00:47:48.612 --> 00:47:50.381
- I pray they hear your voice today and understand the hope
- 00:47:50.381 --> 00:47:54.552
- That's in the grace of jesus christ.
- 00:47:54.552 --> 00:47:57.488
- And no matter how filthy, dirty we feel we are,
- 00:47:57.488 --> 00:48:00.691
- Or we know we are, we're never too far gone,
- 00:48:00.691 --> 00:48:04.161
- We're never too dirty for the loving arms of jesus
- 00:48:04.161 --> 00:48:07.765
- To embrace us, accept us, and change us.
- 00:48:07.765 --> 00:48:11.802
- And lord god, i pray right now
- 00:48:11.802 --> 00:48:13.871
- That those struggling in these areas
- 00:48:13.871 --> 00:48:15.373
- Will just feel your holy spirit's love upon them
- 00:48:15.373 --> 00:48:17.808
- In a powerful and mighty way.
- 00:48:17.808 --> 00:48:20.644
- And they stop listening to the voice of darkness
- 00:48:21.779 --> 00:48:25.549
- And hear the voice of god clearly.
- 00:48:25.549 --> 00:48:27.218
- Thank you for the hope, the grace,
- 00:48:27.218 --> 00:48:29.086
- And forgiveness found at the cross of christ.
- 00:48:29.086 --> 00:48:32.289
- For these things i pray in jesus' name, amen.
- 00:48:32.289 --> 00:48:34.692
- And i wanna let you know
- 00:48:34.692 --> 00:48:35.960
- For any concern you have in these areas,
- 00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:37.728
- You can give us a call at 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:48:37.728 --> 00:48:40.865
- We'd love to pray for you.
- 00:48:40.865 --> 00:48:42.933
- And we talked about marriage a bit too.
- 00:48:42.933 --> 00:48:44.368
- We have a great resource for you.
- 00:48:44.368 --> 00:48:45.803
- It is called love and marriage.
- 00:48:45.803 --> 00:48:47.371
- We'd love to send it out to you.
- 00:48:47.371 --> 00:48:48.539
- If your marriage is tough right now,
- 00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:50.307
- You can download a free copy of this information at cbn.com
- 00:48:50.307 --> 00:48:53.344
- Or call us at 1-800-700-7000 and just say,
- 00:48:53.344 --> 00:48:56.414
- Can you send me the love and marriage book
- 00:48:56.414 --> 00:48:57.848
- And we think it'll really speak to you
- 00:48:57.848 --> 00:48:59.250
- And provide great assistance.
- 00:48:59.250 --> 00:49:00.785
- 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:49:00.785 --> 00:49:03.120
- Terry?
- 00:49:03.120 --> 00:49:04.622
- - well, up next, a child bride at 13,
- 00:49:04.622 --> 00:49:08.192
- Find out how a voice helped her escape her abusive husband
- 00:49:08.192 --> 00:49:12.129
- And how people like you are giving her a bright future.
- 00:49:12.129 --> 00:49:16.634
- (lively music)
- 00:49:16.634 --> 00:49:23.541
- - i was muslim for four years.
- 00:49:24.375 --> 00:49:26.710
- I had spells cast on me
- 00:49:26.710 --> 00:49:29.146
- And just everything you can think of.
- 00:49:29.146 --> 00:49:31.882
- I never got what i was looking for.
- 00:49:31.882 --> 00:49:34.685
- There was no real power to change my life.
- 00:49:34.685 --> 00:49:38.489
- I had tried everything.
- 00:49:38.489 --> 00:49:40.191
- It just came to a point where it was like, you know what?
- 00:49:40.191 --> 00:49:43.194
- I don't want to do this anymore.
- 00:49:43.194 --> 00:49:44.962
- The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
- 00:49:44.962 --> 00:49:48.399
- She prayed for me.
- 00:49:48.399 --> 00:49:49.733
- And all i know is i felt the love of god.
- 00:49:49.733 --> 00:49:53.904
- We would read from genesis to revelation
- 00:49:53.904 --> 00:49:56.340
- And we just went deep in the word of god.
- 00:49:56.340 --> 00:49:59.276
- Everything about me, even my very continents began to change
- 00:49:59.276 --> 00:50:03.380
- After that point.
- 00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:04.982
- And now i just have a desire
- 00:50:04.982 --> 00:50:06.817
- To see them experience the loving kindness of god
- 00:50:06.817 --> 00:50:11.622
- That i have experienced.
- 00:50:11.622 --> 00:50:13.424
- To see that true change is possible
- 00:50:13.424 --> 00:50:16.193
- And that what you thought that you were looking for
- 00:50:16.193 --> 00:50:18.729
- Can only be found in christ.
- 00:50:18.729 --> 00:50:20.564
- (lively music)
- 00:50:20.564 --> 00:50:23.834
- - [reporter 2] melissa and her husband rick
- 00:50:23.834 --> 00:50:25.236
- Have come a long way from when they met.
- 00:50:25.236 --> 00:50:27.338
- Melissa was in real estate.
- 00:50:27.338 --> 00:50:29.039
- Rick had been living on credit cards,
- 00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:31.242
- Trying to start a number of businesses
- 00:50:31.242 --> 00:50:33.544
- And was $80,000 in debt.
- 00:50:33.544 --> 00:50:35.980
- All the while, the hinnants were tithing.
- 00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:38.649
- And the newly married couple
- 00:50:38.649 --> 00:50:39.950
- Started working their way out of the red.
- 00:50:39.950 --> 00:50:42.153
- - i think i had bought into society saying,
- 00:50:42.153 --> 00:50:45.456
- "here's what you should have."
- 00:50:45.456 --> 00:50:46.924
- I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
- 00:50:46.924 --> 00:50:50.227
- I asked god to forgive me instantly.
- 00:50:50.227 --> 00:50:53.230
- I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
- 00:50:53.230 --> 00:50:57.301
- I'm done striving.
- 00:50:57.301 --> 00:50:59.036
- - [reporter 2] today, rick and melissa have three children
- 00:50:59.036 --> 00:51:01.605
- And choose to live way below their means
- 00:51:01.605 --> 00:51:03.807
- So they can help the poor.
- 00:51:03.807 --> 00:51:05.543
- They've already built 13 orphanages
- 00:51:05.543 --> 00:51:07.912
- And a freedom house in india.
- 00:51:07.912 --> 00:51:09.780
- - what i loved about operation blessing
- 00:51:09.780 --> 00:51:11.549
- Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
- 00:51:11.549 --> 00:51:15.553
- - now i have the hunger to make more money
- 00:51:15.553 --> 00:51:17.988
- So we truly can give to all of these places
- 00:51:17.988 --> 00:51:21.292
- 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
- 00:51:21.292 --> 00:51:23.627
- - i remember just walking through the wilderness
- 00:51:24.895 --> 00:51:26.463
- And just mesmerized by the nature, the beauty, the silence.
- 00:51:26.463 --> 00:51:31.202
- But in the midst of that silence,
- 00:51:31.202 --> 00:51:33.204
- God began to reveal himself to me.
- 00:51:34.238 --> 00:51:36.373
- God showed me what i had become.
- 00:51:37.174 --> 00:51:40.578
- I just got up and i said,
- 00:51:41.345 --> 00:51:43.013
- "i need something greater than me."
- 00:51:43.013 --> 00:51:44.915
- When you tried everything and nothing's worked,
- 00:51:46.183 --> 00:51:47.618
- Cry out to jesus.
- 00:51:47.618 --> 00:51:49.119
- (gentle music)
- 00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:52.890
- - [narrator 2] when i was a young girl,
- 00:51:54.024 --> 00:51:55.526
- I went to fetch water for my mother.
- 00:51:55.526 --> 00:51:57.561
- The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
- 00:51:57.561 --> 00:52:00.064
- I just poured the water out
- 00:52:00.064 --> 00:52:01.398
- And went home with an empty container.
- 00:52:01.398 --> 00:52:03.968
- The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
- 00:52:03.968 --> 00:52:07.838
- I get home exhausted.
- 00:52:07.838 --> 00:52:09.440
- I feel terrible drinking that water
- 00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:11.542
- And giving it to my family.
- 00:52:11.542 --> 00:52:13.244
- We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
- 00:52:13.244 --> 00:52:16.780
- When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
- 00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:21.085
- Thank you operation blessing for giving us a new life.
- 00:52:21.085 --> 00:52:24.588
- When you came, we were all so grateful
- 00:52:24.588 --> 00:52:27.358
- We could not hold back our joy.
- 00:52:27.358 --> 00:52:29.793
- I've never had this kind of water before.
- 00:52:29.793 --> 00:52:32.529
- Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
- 00:52:32.529 --> 00:52:36.267
- With the well this close,
- 00:52:36.267 --> 00:52:38.068
- Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
- 00:52:38.068 --> 00:52:40.537
- We are healthy and we are happy.
- 00:52:40.537 --> 00:52:43.040
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- 00:52:43.040 --> 00:52:46.810
- - [narrator 3] partner with cbn for $20 a month,
- 00:52:46.810 --> 00:52:49.747
- And be part of the miracle
- 00:52:49.747 --> 00:52:51.282
- For people all around the world.
- 00:52:51.282 --> 00:52:53.984
- - my head was just killing me.
- 00:52:53.984 --> 00:52:56.120
- I never experienced to that magnitude,
- 00:52:56.120 --> 00:52:58.856
- Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
- 00:52:58.856 --> 00:53:00.991
- - the doctor who was on call, he said,
- 00:53:00.991 --> 00:53:04.028
- "it looks like a brain bleed."
- 00:53:04.028 --> 00:53:06.196
- We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
- 00:53:06.196 --> 00:53:08.198
- And holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
- 00:53:08.198 --> 00:53:10.167
- "the bleeding has stopped."
- 00:53:10.167 --> 00:53:11.702
- We were just all rejoicing when we heard
- 00:53:11.702 --> 00:53:13.937
- She's going to be fine.
- 00:53:13.937 --> 00:53:15.572
- - i'm grateful every single day.
- 00:53:15.572 --> 00:53:16.940
- 'cause if god brought me through that,
- 00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:19.276
- God can bring you through anything.
- 00:53:19.276 --> 00:53:21.178
- I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
- 00:53:21.178 --> 00:53:24.682
- - khadijah was only 13 years old
- 00:53:25.482 --> 00:53:28.052
- When she was forced into an arranged marriage.
- 00:53:28.052 --> 00:53:30.854
- What's worse, the child bride's husband beat her repeatedly.
- 00:53:30.854 --> 00:53:35.392
- Khadijah still bears the physical scars of his abuse.
- 00:53:35.392 --> 00:53:38.829
- But now thanks to you,
- 00:53:38.829 --> 00:53:40.631
- She and her young daughter have a happy home
- 00:53:40.631 --> 00:53:43.167
- And a future full of hope.
- 00:53:43.167 --> 00:53:46.637
- At the tender age of 13,
- 00:53:47.304 --> 00:53:49.673
- Khadijah was forced to marry against her will.
- 00:53:49.673 --> 00:53:53.077
- - [translator] my husband was very abusive.
- 00:53:54.278 --> 00:53:56.647
- I went back to my parents and told them
- 00:53:56.647 --> 00:53:58.949
- I couldn't stay, because he beat me often.
- 00:53:58.949 --> 00:54:02.186
- I have scars from what his abuse did to me.
- 00:54:02.186 --> 00:54:05.155
- They told me to be patient and to persevere,
- 00:54:05.155 --> 00:54:08.258
- That he would change.
- 00:54:08.258 --> 00:54:09.860
- I endured the pain until it was just too much to bear.
- 00:54:09.860 --> 00:54:13.864
- One day, i was in our house,
- 00:54:13.864 --> 00:54:16.066
- And something kept telling me to get up and go.
- 00:54:16.066 --> 00:54:18.969
- I couldn't resist the voice.
- 00:54:18.969 --> 00:54:20.871
- I stood up, walked away,
- 00:54:20.871 --> 00:54:22.873
- And came to the home of a christian lady.
- 00:54:22.873 --> 00:54:25.542
- She opened her door to me and introduced me to her pastor.
- 00:54:25.542 --> 00:54:29.913
- They prayed with me and led me to christ.
- 00:54:29.913 --> 00:54:32.750
- With my husband being a muslim,
- 00:54:32.750 --> 00:54:34.852
- I knew i wouldn't survive going back
- 00:54:34.852 --> 00:54:37.087
- After i became a christian.
- 00:54:37.087 --> 00:54:39.189
- - [terry] a pastor connected her
- 00:54:39.189 --> 00:54:40.557
- With christian faith ministries,
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- Which is partly supported by cbn's orphan's promise.
- 00:54:42.626 --> 00:54:46.530
- Now, eighteen-year-old khadijah and her daughter
- 00:54:46.530 --> 00:54:49.533
- Stay in our crisis care home.
- 00:54:49.533 --> 00:54:52.202
- They have everything they need to grow and prosper.
- 00:54:52.202 --> 00:54:56.540
- - [translator] before coming here, i felt so lost.
- 00:54:56.540 --> 00:54:59.543
- You opened your arms to me and helped me heal.
- 00:54:59.543 --> 00:55:02.713
- This is a family, and this is our home.
- 00:55:02.713 --> 00:55:05.282
- Through your christian discipleship program,
- 00:55:05.282 --> 00:55:08.051
- You've helped me grow in my relationship with god.
- 00:55:08.051 --> 00:55:11.488
- I talk with him and he answers me.
- 00:55:11.488 --> 00:55:14.057
- Everything in me is happy because of jesus.
- 00:55:14.057 --> 00:55:18.028
- - [terry] many different vocational programs
- 00:55:18.028 --> 00:55:20.063
- Are offered here.
- 00:55:20.063 --> 00:55:21.398
- Khadijah enrolled in sewing classes.
- 00:55:21.398 --> 00:55:24.601
- - [translator] i make dresses for myself and my daughter.
- 00:55:24.601 --> 00:55:27.371
- Sometimes she'll sit on my lap,
- 00:55:27.371 --> 00:55:29.440
- And it's like we are doing it together.
- 00:55:29.440 --> 00:55:31.475
- It's so exciting to say, "i made this."
- 00:55:31.475 --> 00:55:34.545
- - [terry] both of them also attend school here.
- 00:55:34.545 --> 00:55:37.915
- - [translator] it's an indescribable joy
- 00:55:37.915 --> 00:55:39.750
- Learning to read and write in english.
- 00:55:39.750 --> 00:55:42.553
- It's like magic.
- 00:55:42.553 --> 00:55:44.154
- My world has changed completely!
- 00:55:44.154 --> 00:55:46.757
- In nigeria, a lot of young girls
- 00:55:46.757 --> 00:55:49.092
- Are given as child brides against their will.
- 00:55:49.092 --> 00:55:52.129
- Sometimes, i wonder why god saved me
- 00:55:52.129 --> 00:55:54.832
- And gave me this place of refuge.
- 00:55:54.832 --> 00:55:57.201
- I want to become a lawyer, so i can help young girls
- 00:55:57.201 --> 00:56:00.270
- And give them a future.
- 00:56:00.270 --> 00:56:02.539
- I'm amazed at how much mercy and grace
- 00:56:02.539 --> 00:56:05.409
- I have been blessed with here.
- 00:56:05.409 --> 00:56:07.344
- Thank you for your kindness and heart for god.
- 00:56:07.344 --> 00:56:10.447
- May god give you the grace and strength
- 00:56:10.447 --> 00:56:12.683
- To keep doing his good work.
- 00:56:12.683 --> 00:56:14.585
- May he continue to open doors for you to help others,
- 00:56:14.585 --> 00:56:18.522
- And may your blessings never end.
- 00:56:18.522 --> 00:56:20.924
- (lively music)
- 00:56:20.924 --> 00:56:24.094
- - jesus said he came to set the captives free
- 00:56:24.094 --> 00:56:27.231
- And when you support this kind of work,
- 00:56:27.231 --> 00:56:29.299
- It's happening not just in nigeria
- 00:56:29.299 --> 00:56:31.502
- But in other parts of the world as well.
- 00:56:31.502 --> 00:56:33.437
- And it's happening because of your generosity.
- 00:56:33.437 --> 00:56:35.706
- We are able to bring the truth of who jesus is
- 00:56:35.706 --> 00:56:38.408
- Into the lives of people who are truly trapped,
- 00:56:38.408 --> 00:56:41.278
- Trapped by culture,
- 00:56:41.278 --> 00:56:42.579
- Trapped by things that have been taught to them
- 00:56:42.579 --> 00:56:45.382
- Over the years that are not true,
- 00:56:45.382 --> 00:56:47.050
- Trapped by religious trappings.
- 00:56:47.050 --> 00:56:49.152
- We say thank you, 700 club members.
- 00:56:49.152 --> 00:56:51.488
- When you support the work of orphans promise,
- 00:56:51.488 --> 00:56:53.457
- Or cbns outreach, to children around the world
- 00:56:53.457 --> 00:56:56.660
- Who are vulnerable and orphaned,
- 00:56:56.660 --> 00:56:58.295
- And this young woman was.
- 00:56:58.295 --> 00:56:59.830
- So thank you for helping us to be there for her,
- 00:56:59.830 --> 00:57:02.366
- To be there for her daughter.
- 00:57:02.366 --> 00:57:03.901
- She's just one of thousands.
- 00:57:03.901 --> 00:57:06.236
- You make that happen.
- 00:57:06.236 --> 00:57:07.671
- Join the 700 club today.
- 00:57:07.671 --> 00:57:09.139
- Will you do that?
- 00:57:09.139 --> 00:57:10.674
- 65 cents a day, $20 a month makes you a 700 club member.
- 00:57:10.674 --> 00:57:14.678
- And it means you're joining with thousands of us
- 00:57:14.678 --> 00:57:16.547
- Who are out to change the world
- 00:57:16.547 --> 00:57:18.549
- With the love of jesus christ.
- 00:57:18.549 --> 00:57:21.184
- Number's toll free.
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- It's right there on your screen, 1-800-700-7000.
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- You just call and say, "i'd like to join the 700 club."
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- We welcome you to the family of ministries
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- That's going up from this place
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- Around the world every single day.
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- Listen, when you call and join today,
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- We wanna send you power for life teachings.
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- When you use pledge express,
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- That's electronic monthly giving.
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- Means your bank does all the work,
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- But you'll get one of these every month.
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- This one is by gordon
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- Called "the power of knowing your destiny".
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- Here's a word to reinforce that ephesians 2:10,
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- "for we are god's handiwork
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- Created in christ jesus to do good works,
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- Which god prepared in advance for us to do."
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