The 700 Club

May 25, 2026

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- the following program is sponsored by cbn
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- today, remembering an american hero. the
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- water's over peace has come - who met hitler,
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- shook my hand, kind of flimsy, like
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- was shot down over the ocean - in a bad situation
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- and survived a japanese prison camp.
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- and then they start all over again. and even worse,
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- the unbroken story of louis zini.
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- i just some kind of a miracle
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- on today's 700 club.
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- well, welcome to the special memorial day edition
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Of the 700 club.
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Today we remember our military men
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And women who have lost their lives
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And service to our country.
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We also honor members of the armed forces
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Who have seen the cost of service up close.
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- national security correspondent kaitlyn burke brings us
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The story of one former para rescue man.
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After the devastating loss of his friend
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And comrade, he found new purpose
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And rediscovered his faith.
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- for those who serve on the front lines,
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There's a common belief
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That coming home means the fight is over.
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But for many veterans, it's actually
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Where a new battle begins.
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- i was always preparing for the next thing.
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I was always getting ready. what's the next appointment
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Or contending with the things that i just dealt with
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- for over a decade, para rescue
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And steven nesbitt was the one others called in their most
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Critical moments,
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- the special operations need to call 9 1 1.
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In some, some regard, we are that 9 1 1 service for them
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- as he risked his life to save others.
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However, the loss that came with the job piled up
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And those effects surfaced each time he went home.
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- i was okay getting shot at. i could manage that.
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I can control my actions, what i could not control.
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My kids screaming and fighting with each other
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And dealing with death all the time.
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I was always afraid that one of 'em was gonna get hurt
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So bad that they were gonna die.
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And because the other one was causing that,
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- his response was to lash out.
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That combined with other
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Concerning behaviors led his wife ashley to take action.
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- after one particular evening of my kids screaming me,
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Getting loud and aggressive
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And coming downstairs feeling serious shame about
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What i just did, my wife came down
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And told me that like, hey, i love you and
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But i, your boys are afraid of you.
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- you don't wanna ever be scared of the person you love.
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And i didn't know how to have that conversation.
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How do you tell your husband?
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Your children are afraid of you?
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- her courage to speak up led nesbitt
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To realize it was time to seek help.
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- fortunately, we have those embedded
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Resources within the squadron.
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So i was able to see the psychologist ask some questions, do
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That cognitive test, and then sit with the the therapist
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And talk about all the other things that piled up
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- access to that kind of support made all the difference.
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Nesbitt began to see improvement without having
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To give up his para rescue career.
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Then in october, 2019, a training mission ended in tragedy.
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- the guy that was on the rope fell probably he got about
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Halfway down, so he fell about 30 or so feet.
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But peter was doing what he was trained to do
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And was tied into that anchor system itself.
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He was totally hooked in.
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So the weight of one
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Of the guys falling pulled him off of the very top.
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And so i watched him slide by me
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And fly over.
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- after several resuscitation attempts, including nesbit
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And first responders,
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His teammate peter was pronounced dead.
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- there was a police officer there,
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And he had been in the service before.
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He had been a veteran himself.
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And he said, hey, i have an american flag in my cruiser,
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And would you guys like to pin it on his body?
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And i said, yep. and i pin it on his body
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And we saluted him as he was placed in the ambulance.
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And i said, this is the last flag i'm gonna put on a friend.
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- and one
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Of the most gut-wrenching experiences i've ever had is being
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Next to steve when they brought beater's body home.
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That was, i can't hear taps anymore
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Because it brings me back to that day
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- for nesbit.
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The grief turned inward.
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- how do i get myself not feeling like
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The biggest failure on the planet,
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Not feeling this depression, this guilt,
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This shame, this blame.
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Everything you could possibly think of was
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What was going through my mind.
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- he pulled himself off the team
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And again, took advantage of support services.
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Then at peter's funeral,
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Nesbitt saw something he couldn't explain.
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- peter was a very well known christian.
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They have peace and i don't have peace.
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How do i, how do i get that peace?
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So one of my good friends who had retired outta that unit
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That i was at, he was a pastor,
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And i went up to him the next day
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And i said, will you teach me
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What peter believed helped me believe
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That you have this one opportunity?
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- those interactions led to a turning point,
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Bringing him back to a faith he'd walked away from.
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As nesbit put down the shame
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And guilt, a new purpose emerged.
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- i, the psychologist, the strength coaches, the dieticians,
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The physical therapist, anybody, any, any bit of care
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That i wanted, i started to realize not everybody gets that.
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Those things, those tools really gave me resources
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To prevent me from becoming a, a statistic from
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Taking my own life.
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And i knew that the first responder community didn't get it.
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And i knew that the regular veteran,
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Conventional veteran folks didn't get it.
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- in 2021,
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After medically retiring from the air force
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With a post-traumatic stress diagnosis,
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Nesbitt launched shields and stripes.
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It's a program providing veterans
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And first responders, the kind
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Of specialized care he'd received as an elite operator,
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While also including a spiritual component.
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- so shields and stripes on a biblical perspective,
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The shield represents the shield of faith
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And protecting those around us.
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And then the stripes represents
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By his stripes, we are healed.
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- participants accepted to the program receive three months
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Of onsite treatment, free of charge.
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They're then discharged
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To continue working from home while still having access
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To the program's network.
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It's a model. nesbitt beliefs will save lives.
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- if peter's accident didn't take place, i wouldn't,
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This organization would've never been found.
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This. i believe this was our mission
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- for nesbitt.
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The uniform may now be off,
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But his purpose remains the same that others may live.
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Caitlyn burke, cbn news, clarksville, tennessee.
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- well, this memorial today, let's remember our veterans.
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Let's remember those who lost their lives in service,
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Whether in in battle or in a training exercise.
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When, when you're in the military, things get very dangerous
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And can get very dangerous very quickly.
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We need to honor their service.
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So if you know a veteran, if you, if you know someone
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That has been in service on this special day,
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On memorial day
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And through throughout this week, remember them and,
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And be gracious to them and,
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And tell them very upfront, thank you for your service.
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I appreciate what you've done,
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Your sacrifice for our nation.
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If you want to know more information about
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That wonderful organization, shield
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And stripes, all you have to do is go to cbn news.com.
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We'll give you more information.
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I don't like calling it a disorder. post-traumatic stress.
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When you see things like are seen in battle,
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When you see things where your, your comrades are killed,
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It leaves a mark on you.
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And it's not a disorder.
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It's a natural reaction to what you've seen.
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And let's lift them up in prayer
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And let's give them the support they need.
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So if you want more information, go to cbn news.com. terry.
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- well, coming up, he earned the nickname lucky louie,
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For cheating death as a bombardier.
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Then from 800 feet above the sea,
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His plane crashed into the pacific ocean.
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See how this legendary hero survived 47 days at sea,
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Only to be taken captive by the japanese.
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Stay tuned for the epic story
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Of louis zamperini ahead on today's 700 club.
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And then up next, join us as we kick off 40 days
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Of praying for america.
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We'll humbly come together in prayer, asking the lord
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To heal and bless our land.
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After this,
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- the battle was fought with muskets and defiance,
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But our nation's independence was one with prayer.
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- now, father god, we come before you in the name of jesus,
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And we ask for your holy spirit
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To reign upon the united states.
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- be a part of the movement to pray for america
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With cbn starting may 25th through july 4th,
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Join cbn hosts for 40 days
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Of daily prayer and encouragement.
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- my hope and my prayer is that people will come away
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After 40 days of praying for america with a renewed sense
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Of hope and a renewed call to the mission of intercession.
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- as we celebrate 250 years, be a part
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Of this nation changing event.
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Event, sign up to pray for america.
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Call 1 800 700 7,000
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Or go to pray for america.com.
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- well, today is our kickoff on the 40 days of praying
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For america.
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On may 17th, there was a prayer rally at the mall,
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At the nation's capitol.
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And we heard from the speaker of the house,
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We heard from the president of the united states.
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We heard from the department of war.
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We, we heard from our, our nation's leaders.
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And i just love what our speaker said. mike, mike johnson.
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He rededicated america to god.
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And in that he invoked the history of our nation.
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Let's go back to the first permanent english settlement
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In north america.
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It was right here in virginia beach, just miles from
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Where i'm sitting right now, where this tiny band,
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They had traveled across the atlantic seeking a new world,
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A new life they had brought across with them, made
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Of english oak.
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Now imagine the forethought that you're going to go
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For months across the ocean in a tiny vessel
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Where space is a premium.
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But you say, no, we're taking a cross
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'cause this is the first thing we want to do.
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So reverend robert hunt led that group.
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He wouldn't let them leave the ship
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Because there was so much sin among them
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During that passage.
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There were so many quarrels and disputes.
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He said, you've gotta get right with god
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Before you can step foot on this land.
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So he led them in a period of prayer and fasting.
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And then they had communion.
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And now he said, okay, we can land. so they came ashore.
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It's first landing state park
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And there's still a cross there.
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It's not one made of wood, it's made of concrete.
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And you can go there today and see it.
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It's the beginning
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Of the english settlements in north america.
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In that beginning, they didn't bring a english flag.
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They didn't dedicate the land to the king of england.
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What they did is they dedicated the land to jesus.
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They planted across, they bowed their knee and they prayed.
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So today, as we pray for america,
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Let's renew the covenant that was made,
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That we dedicate this land
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And they proclaim that from the shores,
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The gospel would go around the world.
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Let's do that now and, and let's pray together
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And let's ask god to once again.
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God bless america. lord, we come to you.
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We come to you humbly.
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And just as those early english settlers, as
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As they were preparing to land, they realized
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That they weren't fit.
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So lord, we realize our nation has turned far from you,
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And we humbly repent.
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And we ask that you would cause your face to shine upon us.
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Once again, we turn to you.
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You are our salvation. we can't accomplish this on our own.
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We have no merit to come before you.
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All we have is what we've done wrong in our sin.
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And we ask that you would forgive us,
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That you would cleanse us,
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That you would restore righteousness to us.
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We have strayed so far.
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Many of us don't even see a way back.
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So lord, call to us, show us the way back to you.
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And in that cause, our hearts to turn to you so
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That we would clinging to you.
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We would not take pride in all of our accomplishments
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Or in our wealth, or in our ability, or in our military,
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Or in our democracy, or in our freedoms.
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We would acknowledge all of it came from you.
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And without you we're lost.
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But with you, we can do all things.
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Lord, in your mercy, don't abandon us.
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We ask that you would fulfill for each one of us the promise
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That you would never leave, that you would never forsake us.
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We have done so many things worthy of you forsaking us,
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But we ask now.
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No, jesus, can you come and be with us once again?
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Can you heal our land?
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So lord, do this
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And be with us once again, so that we can be one nation
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Under god, indivisible, with liberty
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And justice for all.
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Hear our prayer, lord god, for we ask it
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In jesus' name.
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Amen. amen and amen.
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Well, to join us in praying for america, all you have
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To do is sign up@prayforamerica.com.
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Every day during our 40 days of prayer,
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We'll send you a daily email with an inspiring scripture,
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A message about how to pray effectively, a prayer prompt
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And a video link to pray with one of our hosts.
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With join again to join with us
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And praying there's no financial obligation at all.
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Just go to pray for america.com
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Or call 1 800 707 7,000.
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Or you can scan the qr code on your screen. terry,
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- well, to support you as you pray with us for america,
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The hosts of this program, the 700 club
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Of prepared 40 prayers,
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They follow the topics in the 40 days of praying
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For america booklet.
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So to get us started, here's gordon's prayer for day one.
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Prepare to pray in the spirit.
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Prepare to pray in the spirit.
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- well, today begins our 40 days of prayer for america.
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The journey starts in the spirit
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Where true intercession begins.
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Ephesians six, verse 18 calls us to pray always
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With all prayer
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And supplication in the spirit, being watchful
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With perseverance for all the saints to pray
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For our nation effectively, we must first align our hearts
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With the holy spirit, listening, waiting,
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Letting his compassion guide our words.
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As we begin, let's invite the spirit of god
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To prepare us body, mind,
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And soul for the 40 days ahead.
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Let his strength sustain us as we intercede
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For america's healing and revival.
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Here's the prayer, father, fill me with the spirit
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Of intercession and supplication for america.
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My homeland.
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Grant me strength and perseverance to come
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Before you faithfully for 40 days.
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Let your spirit pray through me for your will
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To be done in this land.
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Amen.
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- call 807 1 7 4 2 6 1.
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- well, andrew knox first brought us the story
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Of louis zini all the way back in 2003.
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Since then, louis has gone on to heaven still.
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His memory and his sacrifice
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For our country remained larger than life.
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- the son of italian immigrants, louise zini,
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Was born in 1917, soon
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After his family moved from new york to the west coast.
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And torrance, california inherited quite a character.
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- i couldn't speak english. i'm in kindergarten garden.
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And the, the only reason i got
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To the first grade is 'cause i cheated
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- a smoker by age five.
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Louis was a tough young man.
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- the kid started teasing me to get me to swear in italian
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Two or three months, and i started retaliating
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And i found out i could whip these guys.
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And so i was always fighting, getting even.
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And even the girls in school when they gave me trouble i'd,
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I'd take clove of garlic and chew it
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And then blow my breath element in school.
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And so my whole life became my life of, of, of getting even
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- his favorite trick, stealing beer from bootleggers.
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He was such a menace. the police intervened
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- my brother and the, and the chief of police
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And the principal got together
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And said, what are we gonna do with this kid?
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- thinking he could use his speed for something
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Besides stealing.
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They talked him into track, his first race
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- and a 660 yard run.
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And i came in last, and of course i suffered
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'cause i've been smoking and hijacking booze,
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And i was in lousy shape.
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And ah, i never suffered so much in my life,
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- a slow start.
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But in 1934,
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Louis broke the world's interscholastic mile record.
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His time of four minutes, 21 seconds, stood for two decades,
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- and then i got the shock of my life.
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I got a call from the olympic committee that i had qualified
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For the olympic tryouts.
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- the torrance tornado finished the 5,000 meter olympic
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Trials in a dead heat
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And qualified for a place on the american olympic team team.
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Louis was off to berlin, the capital of nazi germany.
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- i gained about 10 or 12 pounds on the boat going across.
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This is during the depression. so, and this is all free food
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- in the 5,000 meter olympic final.
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Louis finished eighth,
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But ran the last quarter mile in just 56 seconds.
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So fast that adolf hitler himself insisted on meeting him.
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- i went over to see him and he just reached down
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And shook my hand, kind of flimsy like,
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And just said, ah, the boy with the fast finish,
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- the boy with a fast finish, went on to star at usc
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And ran the mile in four minutes, eight
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And three, 10 seconds.
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An ncaa record for 15 years.
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He hoped for another shot at olympic gold in 1940,
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But the games were canceled due to the war.
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Louie joined the military.
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- i ended up in the army air corps
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And in the pacific operating out of kahua field in hawaii.
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- over the next two years,
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He earned the nickname lucky louie for cheating.
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Death is a bombardier.
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So the search and rescue mission on may 27th
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Of 43 should have been routine.
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- and the only plane available was a green hornet,
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Which was green.
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The plane was, it was used
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For salvage salvaging parts from it.
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It couldn't go on a mission
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Because it couldn't carry a bomb load.
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And we were reluctant to take it.
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But they said, well, it passed inspection
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And it should be all right.
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- 800 feet above the sea. the mission turned deadly.
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The green hornet's, two left engines cut out, and the plane
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And its crew crashed into the ocean,
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800 miles south of hawaii.
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What were you thinking when you were
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Seeing the ocean get closer and closer
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And you're spiraling down to it?
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- well, i've got to say that is the, the highest emotion
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Of the human experience is going down a
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Plane, knowing you're gonna die.
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But out of 11 men aboard the plane, three of us survived.
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And it seemed like forever getting to the surface.
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And on the way up, i'm swallowing oil, gasoline,
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Blood, and i got to the surface.
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I just threw up everything.
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And i saw the pilot and tail gunner hollering help.
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Then i saw life wrapped drifting away from the wreckage
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Area, which was vital for our survival.
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- louis reached the raft
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And picked up the other survivors tail gunner francis
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Mcnamara and pilot russell phillips.
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They were now floating in the middle
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Of 65 million square miles of water.
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- and that's when the tail gunner,
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After about 20 minutes, he panicked
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And screamed, you know, we're all gonna die.
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We're gonna die, and all that stuff.
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And i said, mac, nobody's gonna die. settle back.
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And he kept screaming and screaming. and
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- did you believe that? did you believe you'd be rescued?
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- no. no. i i'd believe we'd be rescued.
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We rescued people,
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Especially when they know you're out of fuel.
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They're gonna come out and look for you
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- the next day.
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They spotted a rescue plane.
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- it's, it's weird from the sky.
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A thousand feet up raft looks like a white count, you know?
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And they didn't see us
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- one week later, no more planes
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And nature was taking its toll.
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- the sun is your friend early in the morning when you're
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Cold, and then it's brutal the rest of the day.
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Yeah. and then at night you're cold.
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When you're on a life raft at sea,
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It's much worse than being in a foxhole.
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And they say there's no such thing
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As an atheist in a fox hole where you can multiply
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That a few times on a raft.
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That's all you do on a raft.
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I don't care if you're an atheist
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Or what you are, when you each reach the end of your rope
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And you got nowhere else to turn,
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Your atheism isn't gonna help you.
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You're gonna turn and look up.
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And so that's all we did on the wrap, was pray morning,
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Noon, and night.
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And then we had to start, you know, learning how
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To survive off of the ocean.
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There's some things that are not part of our food chain,
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But when you're starving, you'll eat it.
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- over the next three weeks, the men survived
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By killing albatross that landed on the raft
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And using it as bait to catch small fish.
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But soon that bait looked too good to waste.
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- eventually another albatross landed,
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And i told the guys we got to try to eat it.
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And this one, we devoured it like, like a hot fudge sundae,
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You know, just delicious.
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- they also survived on liver from small sharks.
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They caught with their bare hands.
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While louis drifted across the pacific in the us,
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President roosevelt signed a death certificate
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For first lieutenant louis zamperini.
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According to the file, louie was dead
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After 27 days at sea.
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Hope came alive. the men spotted an aircraft,
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- they came down real low, far away,
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And they came in low right by us.
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And all of a sudden machine gun firing.
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My first thought, well, those, those are b 25,
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Those are idiots.
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- but those were not us planes. it was the japanese.
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- you got the bullets coming up from above
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And you got the sharks hungry below.
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It was a bad situation.
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- after a 30 minute assault thinking louis
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And his crew were dead.
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The japanese left miraculously, none of the men were hit
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With a single bullet.
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But six days later, their 33rd day at sea
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Tail gunner mcnamara died.
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Louis said a brief eulogy
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And slipped him into the sea for two more weeks.
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Louis and pilot russell phillips drifted.
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Suddenly they saw land,
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But the raft was spotted by the japanese.
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They had spent 47 days in the south pacific,
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Drifting nearly 2000 miles to the marshall islands
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Before being rescued by the enemy.
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- we were taken to the island of je
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And weighed in at 30 kilo, which is about 65 pounds.
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We still couldn't walk. we had to crawl
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- within 48 hours, they were transferred to lene
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Execution island.
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- i come from the vast pacific wide open, the sky wide open.
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I opened up my eyes. i'm in a little cell
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- guard's, delighted in telling louie about the previous us
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Marines who visited the island.
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- he said, well, they've all been executed
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By decapitation ized style.
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And he said, that's what they do
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To all prisoners that come here.
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The worst part, i think about being in the cell, those
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Submarines, a submarine came in.
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Of course, they never see prisoners, so they can't wait
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For the lineup in of your cell.
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75 80 men lined up like going to a movie premier.
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And every one of 'em is either swearing at you,
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Throwing rocks at you, jabbing with sticks, spitting on you,
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You know, and here you are, 65 pounds.
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You got constant diarrhea, you're starved.
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They throw a rice ball, they don't give it to you.
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It falls on the floor.
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You have to spend hours picking up every grain
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Of rice mixed in with the dirt.
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And i, i i, it just seemed like that line would never end.
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- and on three occasions, louis was injected, used
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As a guinea pig for experiments. and
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- i said, well, i'm getting dizzy.
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Ah, they put down, you know, how much, how much time?
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And now i feel prickly spots all over my body.
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And then i said, and,
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And now i'm gonna pass out. and then they stop.
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- but he made it off execution island alive.
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After 43 days of captivity, he
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And phillips were sent to a pow camp in japan.
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Then louis was quickly sent to amari.
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It was here where he met matsu, hiro watanabe,
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Aka, the bird.
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The bird was so relentless in his torture of the captives.
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Louis chose not to speak with us about it.
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Near the end of 1944, the japanese took advantage
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Of their famous prisoner star power.
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After an initial radio broadcast proving louis was alive,
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He refused to read a second broadcast filled
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With japanese propaganda.
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- i said, there's no way i can read this.
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Because of that, i'm sent to a slave labor camp.
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- that camp was no tsu.
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- i'm standing at attention watching the guard shack,
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And the door opens and out stepped the bird.
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So i knew what they did to me to get even,
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Because i refused to do the broadcast.
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And boy, that blew me, my knees
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Buckled, and i almost went down.
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And then it started all over again. and even worse,
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- louis was back under the control of the bird.
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And the torture resumed
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- the water's over.
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Peace has come. americans celebrate
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As americans have never celebrated before
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- september, 1945.
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And louis zini was liberated.
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He arrived in the us within the month
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- until the war's over, i'm alive.
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But now it's a whole new life.
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- the american hero was busy being a celebrity,
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But found the time to fall in love with cynthia applewhite.
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He proposed 10 days after meeting her,
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But couldn't shake his demons.
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- now i got married and i have a little girl,
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And i'm still suffering nightmares, waking up, screaming,
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Strangling the, the bird.
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And one night i accidentally strangled my wife in my
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Dream, and she got scared
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- doing some drinking too.
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- oh, that's all i did. i drank.
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I just figured the more i drank the, the the better.
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I'd sleep at night. so without every night drunk,
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My wife refused to go with me.
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And she decided on a divorce and had rights for a divorce.
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And then somebody had talked her into going
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To hear a new evangelist,
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A young evangelist called billy graham.
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- i asked you tonight, are you prepared to meet god?
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Are you prepared to meet god the moment you die?
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- his wife came to christ at the crusade, run down
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And had good news for louie.
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- she said, and because of my conversion, louie,
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I'm not gonna get a divorce.
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Boy, i was happy then.
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She and her newly found christian friends were all over me,
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And i avoided him like a plague.
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- but he was desperate to save his marriage.
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So he reluctantly agreed
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To attend the next billy graham meeting.
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- he talks about one person, only a person
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Of jesus christ for 30 minutes.
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And you know, he read the scriptures for all have sin
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And come short of the glory of god
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And the ways of the sin is death.
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But the gift of god is the eternal life
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Through jesus christ our lord.
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Well, i knew i was just an urban.
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I didn't like the idea of someone else reminding me.
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You know? well, if anybody had ever asked me if i believed
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That christ was the son of god,
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I would've said yes all my life.
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I believed it. but the heart, no, i never,
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I knew somehow if i believed it in my heart,
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My life would've been different.
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So i knew i didn't possess the savior, and,
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But i still didn't wanna do it.
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And i think the best description of that is the bible says
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That men prefer darkness rather than light.
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And here i was preferring my rotten life to,
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To, to the light.
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And then i started having a flashback to the life raft
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And prison camp.
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All those thousands and thousands of prayers.
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God spare my life through the war
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And i'll seek you and serve you.
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And i kept thinking, i came back from the war alive.
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And i never even thought about those prayers,
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Never even tried to keep one prayer.
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- that night, louis gave his life to jesus christ.
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- i got off of my knees somehow.
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I knew i was still getting drunk. i knew it.
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I also knew that i forgave all
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Of my guards, including the bird.
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I knew it. and i think proof of
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That is i had nightmares every night
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About the birds since the war and after the war
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And the night i made my decision for christ.
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I haven't had a nightmare since 1949 till now.
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And that just some kind of a miracle.
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- and the young boy who grew up always wanting to get even
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Came full circle in 1950, louis traveled back to japan
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To forgive the prison guards that tortured him.
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He couldn't meet with the bird,
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But spoke with many of the former guards,
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Some even accepted christ as their savior.
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And in 1998, louis again returned to japan to run
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With the olympic torch before the winter games in nagano.
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- i believe it with all my heart,
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That all things work together for good, for those
00:31:58.178 --> 00:32:00.313
Who love the lord, for those
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Who are called according to his purpose.
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Christ told us in the scriptures, i am the way,
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I am the truth, and i am the life either cometh to me,
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I will no, i cast out.
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Christ is the way to god. the way is the truth.
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People are always seeking truth.
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Well, the truth is christ and he is the life.
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But i think our eternal life starts now
00:32:22.936 --> 00:32:25.271
By faith in jesus christ.
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And so that is the strength we live by.
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And death no longer has a stain not to the christian.
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- i hope louis's story inspires you.
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And if you're not following god,
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I'll ask you the same question
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That he was asked so long ago.
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If you were to die today, would you go and be with god
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Or would you go somewhere else?
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For louis, he had to get honest with himself
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That he loved the darkness more than he loved being in the
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Light, more than he loved righteousness.
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And for most of his life, you can see, well,
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He had pretty good reason for that.
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And, and you know, what is it about
00:33:12.285 --> 00:33:15.588
Constantly trying to seek revenge was preventing him from
00:33:16.956 --> 00:33:21.427
Saying, well, no, i want to leave live free from that.
00:33:21.427 --> 00:33:24.063
But you saw him, you saw the smile on his face.
00:33:25.231 --> 00:33:29.569
What happened to him was absolutely horrific.
00:33:29.569 --> 00:33:32.839
So horrific that he couldn't come to terms with i i need to,
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I i i can tell an interview interviewer what happened,
00:33:37.710 --> 00:33:41.214
What the bird did to me.
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He, he couldn't even do that.
00:33:43.082 --> 00:33:45.485
But he found it within his heart.
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Instead of looking for revenge, he offered forgiveness
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To the very men who had tortured him.
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The very men who had imprisoned him, the very men
00:33:54.561 --> 00:33:57.397
Who were trying very hard to break him.
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How do you do that? well, in the natural you can't.
00:34:02.101 --> 00:34:05.872
But with god, you can do all things.
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And one of the things you can do is just
00:34:09.342 --> 00:34:11.844
As jesus did on a cross, father, forgive them
00:34:11.844 --> 00:34:16.449
For they know not what they do.
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Now, if you want this,
00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.454
And it is something that just amazing to me,
00:34:21.454 --> 00:34:24.791
People don't want, so they, they don't want to know.
00:34:24.791 --> 00:34:29.596
They don't want to know jesus is real, that god is real,
00:34:29.596 --> 00:34:34.000
That the bible is true.
00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.169
They, they literally don't want to know that.
00:34:36.169 --> 00:34:38.538
But if you want to know, if you really want to know,
00:34:39.806 --> 00:34:42.942
Can i be changed?
00:34:42.942 --> 00:34:45.044
Is there a savior? is there a god who loves me?
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The the prayer is very simple and,
00:34:49.249 --> 00:34:51.784
And he'll hear it if you ask it with all of your heart.
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This is something where you do it as a joke.
00:34:55.321 --> 00:34:58.157
But if you're all in the bible says, when you seek me
00:34:59.425 --> 00:35:02.228
With all of your heart, then you'll find me.
00:35:02.228 --> 00:35:05.164
For louis, it was, well,
00:35:05.832 --> 00:35:07.967
I i'm gonna get divorced if i don't go to this meeting.
00:35:07.967 --> 00:35:11.037
And, and in that he, he heard the good news.
00:35:11.037 --> 00:35:13.840
You're hearing the good news
00:35:14.641 --> 00:35:15.942
And you're hearing it directly from louis
00:35:15.942 --> 00:35:18.378
What it did for him.
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It can do for you. the prayer's simple.
00:35:20.346 --> 00:35:23.449
Jesus, if you're real, if you really are there,
00:35:24.617 --> 00:35:28.888
If you really can't forgive me,
00:35:29.689 --> 00:35:31.424
If you can really change my heart, if, if you can
00:35:31.424 --> 00:35:34.994
Give me life again, could you do that?
00:35:36.095 --> 00:35:41.000
Could you show up for me?
00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.302
Could you forgive me of the things that i've done wrong?
00:35:43.703 --> 00:35:46.673
Can you set me free from the memory of it?
00:35:46.673 --> 00:35:49.976
Can you change my heart?
00:35:49.976 --> 00:35:51.811
I i if you, if you pray that with all
00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:55.081
Of your heart, he'll answer.
00:35:55.081 --> 00:35:56.582
If you want help with this prayer, we're here for you.
00:35:57.950 --> 00:36:00.186
We have people standing by a phone right now who have prayed
00:36:00.186 --> 00:36:03.523
That same prayer, met that same jesus,
00:36:03.523 --> 00:36:06.326
Had the same transformation you just saw with louis.
00:36:06.326 --> 00:36:09.562
They want to share it with you.
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All you have to do is call 1 800 700 7,000.
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I really want you to have those. it's called a new day.
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It's a packet. you can get it as a download.
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If you want a cd in a booklet, we can mail that to you.
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But it, it, it explains,
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How do i know my sins are forgiven?
00:36:31.718 --> 00:36:34.120
How do i live the christian life? what do i do?
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How do i get these things? it's absolutely free.
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No financial obligation at all.
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Call us one eight hundred seven hundred 7,000.
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Terry, over to you.
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- well still ahead meet america's patriotic vocalist. amea.
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Nico joins us live.
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She's gonna be performing her signature rendition
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Of the star spangled banner.
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So stay with us,
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Now,
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- alicia is an army soldier.
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She's not only fighting for her country, she's also fighting
00:37:16.328 --> 00:37:19.765
For her young daughter.
00:37:19.765 --> 00:37:21.300
Yet when the bills piled up
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And she lost her car, alicia needed someone
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To fight for her.
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- when e four soldier alicia joined the army,
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She knew she'd made the right choice.
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She is a single mom and has to budget very carefully.
00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:38.050
- you trying to manage how to decide things like groceries,
00:37:38.050 --> 00:37:42.621
Buying clothes for your baby,
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Because at this point it's not about me
00:37:44.590 --> 00:37:46.025
Anymore. it's all about her.
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- when alicia needed furniture, she had to take out a loan
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And make payments each month.
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Then her car was impounded over back property taxes.
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- i was shocked. i was upset. i was angry. i was confused.
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At the same time, i was just like, i,
00:38:01.774 --> 00:38:03.642
Why haven't i gotten anything in the mail?
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- alicia paid the back taxes.
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However, she didn't have the $1,200
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To get her car out of impoundment.
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She had no choice but to rent a car.
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- my faith is very strong without
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The lord, i don't know where i'd be.
00:38:17.956 --> 00:38:20.125
- manna church outside fort liberty heard about alicia
00:38:21.527 --> 00:38:24.630
And contacted cbns helping the home front.
00:38:24.630 --> 00:38:27.333
Pastor tommy cartwright told her ccb m was paying
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For her furniture and the rental car.
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Plus he had one more surprise
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- when this interview was over.
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We're gonna get your car out of impoundment so
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That you can drive it off the lot and take it home.
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- thank you. - that day cbn paid the
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$1,200 impoundment fee.
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She picked up her vehicle and dropped off the rental car.
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Alicia can now focus on her duties
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And her daughter without financial worry.
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Thanks to your support.
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- i'm grateful for the cbn partners.
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My prayers haven't answered thanks to cbn.
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- you know, sometimes in life you just come up on
00:39:08.474 --> 00:39:11.043
That brick wall and you can't go any further.
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And it's so easy to just feel so discouraged.
00:39:13.312 --> 00:39:15.781
You don't know what to do. you don't see an answer.
00:39:15.781 --> 00:39:18.417
What a privilege we have to step right into the lives
00:39:18.417 --> 00:39:21.754
Of someone like alicia
00:39:21.754 --> 00:39:23.188
And say, let us help you over this bump in the road.
00:39:23.188 --> 00:39:26.592
There's wonderful life on the other side of it.
00:39:26.592 --> 00:39:29.395
This is a single mom, hardworking, defending our country.
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And there are so many people in the military
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Who wind up sometimes just a little bit short in the month.
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And we wanna be there for them. you help us do that.
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When you join the 700 club, 65 cents a day,
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$20 a month makes you a 700 club member.
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Would you join with the rest of us?
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Helping the home front is just one of the things you do.
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If you're a 700 club member,
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But you're actually at work every day all around the world,
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Touching people right at their point of need
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And making a difference, we'd love
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For you to be a part of that.
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It's easy to join you.
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Call our toll free number
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You can also go to cbn.com if you prefer to join that way.
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Or you can text your giving to ccb n at 7 1 7 7 7.
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When you join right now,
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I wanna tell you we have a great gift for you.
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And it's starting today.
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This project, this program, 40 days of praying
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For america in my lifetime.
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The country's never needed it more than it does right now.
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And we'd love for you to join us on that as well.
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We're gonna send you this wonderful booklet when you join
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The 700 club and invite you to be a part each day
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For the next 40 days of praying for our nation.
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The bible says, when we pray together, when we're in unity,
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God hears our prayer and it moves his heart.
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So we want you to be a part of that. will you do that?
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You'll be helping people like alicia.
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You'll be helping others in the military.
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You'll be doing work around the world
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And we'll all be joining together as americans
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To pray for our nation.
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So will you let us hear from you.
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Now, we'd love to send this to you. gordon
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- coming up, america's patriotic vocalist joins us live am
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Nico will share her prayer for our nation on the advent
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Of our 250th anniversary.
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And she'll sing the national anthem when we come back.
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- join with cbn for 40 days of praying for america.
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- we are called to this season.
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We are strategically positioned
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To recognize our own personal need
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And the need of our nation.
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So let's lay down all of our agendas
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And determine to be a part
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Of changing the spiritual landscape in our country
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By returning to our first love.
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- get your copy of 40 days of praying
00:41:54.673 --> 00:41:57.242
For america available now.
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Call now
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- from performing at mar-a-lago
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To pac stadium events ea niko is known
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For her soaring renditions of patriotic songs.
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- ea niko is known as america's patriotic vocalist,
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A classical crossover soprano.
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She combines technical mastery with spiritual depth.
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Amia is a specialist in wholeness music,
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Which integrates health
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And wellness to create performances
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That do more than entertain.
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They restore as a cultural contributor
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To the us 250th anniversary.
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Amea sees her music as a tribute of honor for inspiration,
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Renewal, and national unity.
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- please welcome to the 700 club amea.
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Nico, it's wonderful to have you here. it's
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- so wonderful to be here with you as well.
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- tell me how, how
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As a singer did you wind up being gravitated toward
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Patriotic songs?
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- well, it started with a dream.
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I was in my living room with my husband about
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To watch an nfl football game,
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And individual came up, sang the national anthem,
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And i was inspired as an american.
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I just loved that performance
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And i said, you know what, i would love
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To be able to do that. i'd like to do that.
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- and you have, we just saw a picture there of you
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Or a video there of you singing before a packed stadium.
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And recently, was it just last year you went to mar-a-lago?
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That had to be an experience.
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- yes. it was incredible.
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It was this past december
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And it was like coming to a palace.
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It is a palace, isn't it? yes. it reminded me of heaven.
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I mean, the tall ceilings,
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Even the bathroom sinks were inlaid with gold.
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It was amazing.
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- you described the kind of music that you do emea
00:43:47.438 --> 00:43:50.407
As wholeness music. what do you mean by that?
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- yes, yes. that's another aspect of singing that i do.
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And it's where i believe the power
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Of the holy spirit residing in me as i yield my voice
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To the lord as i sing.
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I have witnessed others receive healings and wow, peace
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And words.
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Just, it's a, they, they experience a sense
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Of comfort from god. yeah,
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- that's, you know, just before we, we came out
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Of commercial break, you told me that you actually came to,
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The lord found salvation
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Through this program. is that correct?
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- yes ma'am. and it was actually you. oh.
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Where you were the one
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And it which this is so amazing that we get
00:44:31.915 --> 00:44:34.585
To be together here we are together.
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Yes. yes. and these years later.
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And yes, i was searching for love, searching
00:44:39.123 --> 00:44:42.493
For the lord in peace,
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And god led me to the 700 club.
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Wow. and i prayed the prayer of salvation with you.
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- well, that's an honor.
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Here we are sitting together talking about the nation's
00:44:51.702 --> 00:44:56.473
Big anniversary coming up.
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What's in your heart with that?
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Because your heart is so strongly for america, for
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What we stand for, for what our nation has always stand for.
00:45:02.946 --> 00:45:06.517
What does god speaking to at this time?
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- yes. well thank you for that question.
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So the scripture says in psalm 33 12,
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Blessed is the nation who's god is the lord love that.
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And i want to see america blessed, blessed by god, me,
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Our founding fathers founded this nation upon
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Godly principles.
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And i see a real need for christians to stand up
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And take their place and to be a light
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And a witness in this nation.
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- may it be so, it's the hour and the time, isn't it?
00:45:35.379 --> 00:45:38.015
- that's right. - you not only sing, you write.
00:45:38.015 --> 00:45:41.251
That's right. and you have written,
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I understand more than 200 songs,
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And one of the songs
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That you've written is entitled simply
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America. talk about that.
00:45:49.293 --> 00:45:50.861
- that's right, yes. it's my newest song
00:45:50.861 --> 00:45:53.864
That i have written.
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Spent several months coming up with the lyrics,
00:45:55.232 --> 00:45:57.201
Praying over it, practicing getting the melody down,
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All coming from the lord inspirationally.
00:46:00.737 --> 00:46:03.473
Sure. and yes, i'm very excited about it
00:46:03.473 --> 00:46:06.910
And i'm offering it as a free gift to all of our listeners
00:46:06.910 --> 00:46:11.548
And they can visit my website@amianiko.com
00:46:11.548 --> 00:46:14.651
And download it for free.
00:46:14.651 --> 00:46:16.053
- that's wonderful. well, so you can get your
00:46:16.053 --> 00:46:17.821
Copy friends, there you go.
00:46:17.821 --> 00:46:19.223
Amia spells her name, a mia amia nico.com.
00:46:19.223 --> 00:46:23.060
You can, or you can scan the qr code that's on your screen.
00:46:23.060 --> 00:46:26.930
You're gonna sing for us today in just a little bit.
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But the national anthem was what inspired you,
00:46:30.234 --> 00:46:33.570
And you have your own rendition of that.
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What, what is that like for you?
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- yes, it's a very powerful special rendition.
00:46:38.742 --> 00:46:42.613
About six minutes,
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And it just is a reminder to this nation,
00:46:44.114 --> 00:46:48.051
How great it is.
00:46:48.051 --> 00:46:51.255
- you know, you have, i think amia come from a background
00:46:51.255 --> 00:46:55.225
Where clearly your family must have raised you
00:46:55.225 --> 00:46:57.361
To love the country that you're in.
00:46:57.361 --> 00:47:00.030
Where did that passion for america come from?
00:47:00.030 --> 00:47:02.532
I know you were touched when you heard the national anthem,
00:47:02.532 --> 00:47:05.903
But still there had
00:47:05.903 --> 00:47:07.337
To have been a strong feeling in your heart about the
00:47:07.337 --> 00:47:10.140
Country before that.
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- well, yes. my grandfather was actually in world war ii,
00:47:11.742 --> 00:47:16.613
But i just love this country.
00:47:17.481 --> 00:47:20.584
I love being in the land of the free
00:47:20.584 --> 00:47:23.620
And the home of the brave where you can grow up to be
00:47:23.620 --> 00:47:27.424
Who god's called you to be.
00:47:27.424 --> 00:47:29.126
Yes. it's an amazing feeling to be in this nation
00:47:29.126 --> 00:47:33.630
- when you write.
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I mentioned that you've written over 200 songs when you sit
00:47:35.165 --> 00:47:38.468
Down to write a song, how do you work with the lord in that?
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- yeah, so i just usually pray
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And the holy spirit gives me a word.
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Maybe it starts with a scripture
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And he'll help me just piece it together little by little.
00:47:51.348 --> 00:47:56.186
- are all your songs patriotic
00:47:56.186 --> 00:47:58.088
Or are some of them scriptural and oh yes. spiritual.
00:47:58.088 --> 00:48:02.359
- yes. most of my songs are faith-based. yeah.
00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:06.263
Christian and the other songs are patriotic. yes.
00:48:06.263 --> 00:48:10.701
- when you have a chance to sing the national anthem
00:48:10.701 --> 00:48:12.936
And you're about to do that for us, what do you want people
00:48:12.936 --> 00:48:15.138
To take away from that?
00:48:15.138 --> 00:48:16.473
- well, my hope and my prayer is
00:48:16.473 --> 00:48:18.775
That when they hear the singing of the national anthem,
00:48:18.775 --> 00:48:21.812
That their hearts will be turned back to god
00:48:21.812 --> 00:48:25.082
And back to the service of this nation.
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- that's awesome. that's what we all need right now.
00:48:27.751 --> 00:48:29.987
I'm gonna release you to get up and go over there
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And get ready to sing, if you will.
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While i tell all of our friends that amia is going to go
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To the music set.
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We wanna thank all of you so much for being with us today.
00:48:39.730 --> 00:48:42.532
Just a reminder, she's offering her new song, america
00:48:42.532 --> 00:48:45.669
As a free gift to all of us.
00:48:45.669 --> 00:48:47.637
So to get your copy, all you have to do is go
00:48:47.637 --> 00:48:49.773
To amia nico.com or you can scan the qr code on your screen.
00:48:49.773 --> 00:48:54.578
And we wanna thank you for joining us
00:48:54.578 --> 00:48:56.513
For this very special edition of the 700 club.
00:48:56.513 --> 00:48:59.383
We wish you and your family a blessed memorial day.
00:48:59.383 --> 00:49:02.919
And now to close our show.
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Here is america's patriotic vocalist
00:49:04.955 --> 00:49:07.424
To mia nico singing the star spangled banner.
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- oh say, can you
00:49:42.426 --> 00:50:00.644
What?
00:50:01.078 --> 00:50:01.611
So proud
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Spot stripes
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And bright stars through the
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The we want.
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So
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The home
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- america, our flag still stands
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Because of god's grace upon our nation.
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Mayor hope always remain in jesus christ alone.
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God bless the united states of america.
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- see and see
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As he
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Land, but
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Burning
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The shine
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To its
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The,
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May 25, 2026

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