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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  • (lively music)
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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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  • I just poured the water out
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  • And went home with an empty container.
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  • The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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  • I get home exhausted.
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  • I feel terrible drinking that water
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  • And giving it to my family.
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  • We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
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  • When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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  • When you came, we were all so grateful
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  • We could not hold back our joy.
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  • I've never had this kind of water before.
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  • Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
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  • With the well this close,
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  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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  • We are healthy and we are happy.
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  • - [narrator 4] life it's meant to be lived fully.
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  • Jesus said it, "i came to give you life.
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  • Life to the fullest."
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  • Life in your family.
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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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  • Rick had been living on credit cards,
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  • Trying to start a number of businesses
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  • And was $80,000 in debt.
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  • All the while, the hinnants were tithing.
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  • And the newly married couple
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  • Started working their way out of the red.
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  • - i think i had bought into society saying,
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  • "here's what you should have."
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  • I simply asked god, "do i have money before you?"
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  • I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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  • I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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  • I'm done striving.
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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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  • So they can help the poor.
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  • They've already built 13 orphanages
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  • And a freedom house in india.
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  • - what i loved about operation blessing
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  • Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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  • - now i have the hunger to make more money
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  • So we truly can give to all of these places
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  • 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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  • - i start drinking alcohol
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  • Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
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  • I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
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  • I said i felt completely defeated and broken.
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  • I was weak in my relationship with god
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  • And i was just a weak human being,
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  • And god got further and further away.
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  • When you feel his presence and you walk away from it,
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  • There's guilt, there's shame,
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  • But there's also a sort of a sense that
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  • It'll never happen for you again.
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  • My daughter who was 12 at the time, she said,
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  • "daddy, i want you to be happy.
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  • I want you to know jesus."
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  • God started to reveal himself to me again
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  • And he started to meld away the ice that was my heart.
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  • I'm trying to talk people into this life
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  • That is second to none.
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  • This life of feeling christ's presence in your life.
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  • - there's a new weapon on the rise in modern warfare.
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  • Us air force leaders point to small drones
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  • As one of the top threats in combat.
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  • Mark martin traveled to the top military site
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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.
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  • 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.
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  • - there's very little protection
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  • In the way of anti-drone measures.
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  • - [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.
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  • - 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.
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  • - [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
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  • Through perimeter scans or identifying threats from the sky.
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  • That use can also transfer to overseas bases.
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  • - 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.
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  • - [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.
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  • - you would see whatever the camera sees
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  • On the aircraft itself.
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  • - [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
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  • Without expending a lot of resources ahead of time
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  • To make the job and the mission happen quickly and safely.
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  • - 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • 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.
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  • - [mark] brad bowman, of the foundation
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  • For defense of democracies,
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  • Calls these drone systems fundamentally important
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  • To the us military.
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  • - we really are, unfortunately,
  • 00:16:03.009 --> 00:16:04.911
  • Continue to be in an arms race against adversaries
  • 00:16:04.911 --> 00:16:07.447
  • That are building drones.
  • 00:16:07.447 --> 00:16:08.981
  • Obviously, russia has drones,
  • 00:16:08.981 --> 00:16:10.750
  • 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,
  • 00:16:16.789 --> 00:16:19.859
  • 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.
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  • - [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.
  • 00:16:31.804 --> 00:16:36.042
  • 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,
  • 00:16:50.323 --> 00:16:52.291
  • Particularly the air force
  • 00:16:52.291 --> 00:16:53.593
  • Is seeking to combat international threats.
  • 00:16:53.593 --> 00:16:55.428
  • Thank you so much, mark.
  • 00:16:55.428 --> 00:16:56.496
  • 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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  • (lively music)
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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."
  • 00:17:46.345 --> 00:17:49.348
  • 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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  • 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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  • ♪ where there's joy, there's action ♪
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  • ♪ it's like a great attraction ♪
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  • ♪ that starts a chain reaction ♪
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  • ♪ moving on to satisfaction ♪
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  • ♪ i love they way this joy makes me move ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, i got the joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around because i got joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got it ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy in my heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i dance around because i know it ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ i move around because i got it ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy in my heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • ♪ joy in my heart ♪
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  • ♪ joy ♪
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  • - bill remembers two things from his accident.
  • 00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:43.182
  • First, the pain, that's understandable
  • 00:21:43.182 --> 00:21:45.651
  • 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.
  • 00:21:52.224 --> 00:21:55.928
  • - [reporter 3] it had been hours
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  • Since phyllis phelps' husband, bill,
  • 00:21:57.963 --> 00:21:59.765
  • Left to run a quick errand before they went on vacation.
  • 00:21:59.765 --> 00:22:03.169
  • Finally, she called him.
  • 00:22:03.169 --> 00:22:05.438
  • - 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,
  • 00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:15.247
  • Had seen it happen.
  • 00:22:15.247 --> 00:22:16.849
  • Bill was going through an intersection on his motorcycle
  • 00:22:16.849 --> 00:22:19.919
  • When a van ran a red light.
  • 00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:22.021
  • Swerving to avoid a collision,
  • 00:22:22.021 --> 00:22:24.056
  • He lost control and was thrown 40 feet across the pavement.
  • 00:22:24.056 --> 00:22:28.394
  • 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,
  • 00:22:35.734 --> 00:22:38.137
  • The staff was prepping bill for a medivac flight
  • 00:22:38.137 --> 00:22:41.173
  • To dartmouth hitchcock medical center
  • 00:22:41.173 --> 00:22:43.409
  • In lebanon, new hampshire.
  • 00:22:43.409 --> 00:22:44.977
  • - my prayer was, "oh god, just let him live."
  • 00:22:44.977 --> 00:22:47.580
  • Bill was out and i just touched his foot
  • 00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:51.283
  • And i prayed to the lord.
  • 00:22:51.283 --> 00:22:52.818
  • And i felt like the holy spirit,
  • 00:22:52.818 --> 00:22:54.987
  • 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
  • 00:22:58.424 --> 00:23:01.460
  • 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
  • 00:23:04.897 --> 00:23:07.333
  • Before he died.
  • 00:23:07.333 --> 00:23:09.134
  • - [reporter 3] after they arrived,
  • 00:23:09.134 --> 00:23:10.436
  • Phyllis learned bill had numerous injuries
  • 00:23:10.436 --> 00:23:12.805
  • That included several broken ribs, a punctured lung,
  • 00:23:12.805 --> 00:23:16.442
  • And a nearly severed spine.
  • 00:23:16.442 --> 00:23:19.011
  • One injury, however, was life threatening,
  • 00:23:19.011 --> 00:23:21.881
  • A level four brain trauma
  • 00:23:21.881 --> 00:23:23.916
  • That would require immediate surgery
  • 00:23:23.916 --> 00:23:25.818
  • 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
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  • For what he's doing in your life.
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  • Even if you don't have any kind of a serious
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  • Physical, or financial, or psychological need,
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  • Just thank him.
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  • You know, god inhabits the praises of his people.
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  • Just invite him into that moment, that place in your life.
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  • In jesus' name. - yes.
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  • - thank you god for your goodness.
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  • We worship you today.
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  • Amen. - amen, amen.
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  • Well, up next, this mma hopeful
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  • Wanted to be the ultimate fighter.
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  • His wife just wanted him to fight for his marriage.
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  • Go inside the epic battle that nearly knocked them both out.
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  • That's later on today's show.
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  • - in the last five minutes of my labor and delivery
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  • Was when i noticed something was wrong.
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  • And she wasn't crying and she looked sort of gray.
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  • I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
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  • Then they came back in the room and said,
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  • "she's had a brain injury."
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  • That's when i really started praying,
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  • "god, please, please let her mind be okay."
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  • After that, i really felt like things started
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  • Moving even more.
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  • She went from being behind to advanced for her age.
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  • I could never deny the power of prayer.
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  • I would always just say, "pray, and pray more,
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  • And just keep trusting god."
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  • His word is true.
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  • He saw me through all the bad things
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  • 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."
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  • - giving to "the 700 club" is giving to the world.
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  • 700 club are my feet.
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  • They're walking it there.
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  • All i'm doing is helping write the check.
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  • - it's just like planting a seed in the ground
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  • And the water comes and the sun hits it, and it grows.
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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."
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  • So i did, i put my hand.
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  • 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,
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  • "please say crohn's disease."
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  • And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
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  • Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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  • But be restored now in jesus' name.
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  • - and i've had no issues since that time,
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  • And i just give god the glory for that.
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  • What i know is that jesus touched me
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  • And that i've been healed.
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  • - i was muslim for four years.
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  • I had spells cast on me
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  • And just everything you can think of.
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  • I never got what i was looking for.
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  • There was no real power to change my life.
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  • I had tried everything.
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  • It just came to a point where it was like, you know what?
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  • I don't want to do this anymore.
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  • The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
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  • She prayed for me.
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  • And all i know is i felt the love of god.
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  • We would read from genesis to revelation
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  • And we just went deep in the word of god.
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  • Everything about me, even my very continents began to change
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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.
  • 00:38:20.111 --> 00:38:22.080
  • But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
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  • Night after night after night,
  • 00:38:24.215 --> 00:38:25.784
  • 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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  • - kc dreamed of becoming an mma fighter.
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  • He trained nearly every day.
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  • He sparred with other professional fighters,
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  • Even making some of them tap out.
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  • Still there was one fight he couldn't win
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  • And it nearly cost him his marriage.
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  • - as a married man, i had no business being in there, none.
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  • 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.
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  • - [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.
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  • And at the same time,
  • 00:39:26.311 --> 00:39:28.012
  • My spanish teacher introduced to me the bible.
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  • He started reading me scripture and asking me
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  • If i knew who jesus was.
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  • So, i started doing bible study with him,
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  • And melissa saw that,
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  • And that gave her some confidence to date me.
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  • Those seeds that were planted in me
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  • By my spanish teacher were important, very important.
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  • - [reporter 4] they got married when they were 19 years old.
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  • Kc wrestled in junior college,
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  • Then began training for mma cage fighting.
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  • - when we were young and at that stage in our life,
  • 00:39:56.541 --> 00:39:59.611
  • Fighting was relatively new.
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  • So, i didn't know really what to expect as far as lifestyle
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  • And how it would affect our marriage.
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  • - i wanted to win.
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  • I wanted to show people that the underdog can win,
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  • Like the rocky.
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  • I wanted to live that story.
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  • I wanted to get in that cage, and i wanted to fight.
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  • 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,
  • 00:40:33.144 --> 00:40:34.979
  • He warned me against training with certain people in mma,
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  • And he told me how it'll change you.
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  • And he meant morally.
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  • This is when the problem started for me.
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  • 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.
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  • 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."
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  • I mean, there were all kinds of girls.
  • 00:41:03.942 --> 00:41:06.010
  • Every shape and color and flesh is powerful,
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  • 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
  • 00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:57.355
  • 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.
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  • I was hooked from the very second i opened that bible.
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  • I had nothing else.
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  • 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.
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  • And i just started to miss my wife.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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,
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  • 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,
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  • 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
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  • - well, up next, a child bride at 13,
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  • Find out how a voice helped her escape her abusive husband
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  • And how people like you are giving her a bright future.
  • 00:49:12.129 --> 00:49:16.634
  • (lively music)
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  • - i was muslim for four years.
  • 00:49:24.375 --> 00:49:26.710
  • I had spells cast on me
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  • And just everything you can think of.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • To see that true change is possible
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  • 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)
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  • - [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
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  • 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.
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  • (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.
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  • 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.
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  • With the well this close,
  • 00:52:36.267 --> 00:52:38.068
  • Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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  • We are healthy and we are happy.
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  • Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  • - 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.
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  • And holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
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  • "the bleeding has stopped."
  • 00:53:10.167 --> 00:53:11.702
  • We were just all rejoicing when we heard
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  • 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
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  • I couldn't stay, because he beat me often.
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  • I have scars from what his abuse did to me.
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  • They told me to be patient and to persevere,
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  • That he would change.
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  • I endured the pain until it was just too much to bear.
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  • One day, i was in our house,
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  • And something kept telling me to get up and go.
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  • I couldn't resist the voice.
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  • I stood up, walked away,
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  • And came to the home of a christian lady.
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  • She opened her door to me and introduced me to her pastor.
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  • They prayed with me and led me to christ.
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  • With my husband being a muslim,
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  • I knew i wouldn't survive going back
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  • After i became a christian.
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  • - [terry] a pastor connected her
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  • With christian faith ministries,
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  • Which is partly supported by cbn's orphan's promise.
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  • Now, eighteen-year-old khadijah and her daughter
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  • Stay in our crisis care home.
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  • They have everything they need to grow and prosper.
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  • - [translator] before coming here, i felt so lost.
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  • You opened your arms to me and helped me heal.
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  • This is a family, and this is our home.
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  • Through your christian discipleship program,
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  • You've helped me grow in my relationship with god.
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  • I talk with him and he answers me.
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  • Everything in me is happy because of jesus.
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  • - [terry] many different vocational programs
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  • Are offered here.
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  • Khadijah enrolled in sewing classes.
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  • - [translator] i make dresses for myself and my daughter.
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  • Sometimes she'll sit on my lap,
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  • And it's like we are doing it together.
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  • It's so exciting to say, "i made this."
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  • - [terry] both of them also attend school here.
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  • - [translator] it's an indescribable joy
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  • Learning to read and write in english.
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  • It's like magic.
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  • My world has changed completely!
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  • In nigeria, a lot of young girls
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  • Are given as child brides against their will.
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  • Sometimes, i wonder why god saved me
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  • And gave me this place of refuge.
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  • I want to become a lawyer, so i can help young girls
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  • And give them a future.
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  • I'm amazed at how much mercy and grace
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  • I have been blessed with here.
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  • Thank you for your kindness and heart for god.
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  • May god give you the grace and strength
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  • To keep doing his good work.
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  • May he continue to open doors for you to help others,
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  • And may your blessings never end.
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  • (lively music)
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  • - jesus said he came to set the captives free
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  • And when you support this kind of work,
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  • It's happening not just in nigeria
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  • But in other parts of the world as well.
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  • And it's happening because of your generosity.
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  • We are able to bring the truth of who jesus is
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  • Into the lives of people who are truly trapped,
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  • Trapped by culture,
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  • Trapped by things that have been taught to them
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  • Over the years that are not true,
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  • Trapped by religious trappings.
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  • We say thank you, 700 club members.
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  • When you support the work of orphans promise,
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  • Or cbns outreach, to children around the world
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  • Who are vulnerable and orphaned,
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  • And this young woman was.
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  • So thank you for helping us to be there for her,
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  • To be there for her daughter.
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  • She's just one of thousands.
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  • You make that happen.
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  • Join the 700 club today.
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  • Will you do that?
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  • 65 cents a day, $20 a month makes you a 700 club member.
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  • And it means you're joining with thousands of us
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  • Who are out to change the world
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  • With the love of jesus christ.
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  • 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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