The 700 Club

September 15, 2025

September 15, 2025 | 62:0

The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.

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The 700 Club | September 15, 2025 | September 15, 2025

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- [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [gordon] coming up, view the works of the sistine chapel
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Without booking a trip to rome.
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- [woman] it gives me the chills.
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- [gordon] then he had music royalty in his blood.
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- growing up in the cassidys was its own unique experience.
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- [gordon] and cocaine in his veins.
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- [jack] my heart started uncontrollably
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Pounding outta my chest.
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- [gordon] jack cassidy shares the story of his rise,
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Fall and rebirth.
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- [jack] god was literally breathing life into me.
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- on today's "700 club".
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Well, welcome to the 700 club.
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To alleviate a little bit of suffering
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In some small corner of the world.
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Well, those are the words that set one american couple
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On a journey to a remote part of eastern africa.
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- this couple has dedicated their lives
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To serving the poorest of the poor.
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George thomas traveled to kenya
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To bring us their inspiring story.
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- [george] i traveled some 7,300 miles
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(horn beeping)
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To this remote outpost in northwest kenya
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To find out why a group of african medical professionals
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Working with american missionary doctors
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Would choose a life of selfless service
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To bring desperately needed medical care
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To one of the poorest regions of this country.
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- is sitting on the mountain of mount sinai,
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He's gone back to where it all began.
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- [george] i discovered why in fairly short order.
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- lord is reiterate.
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- everything you do, you do it
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As unto the lord, for god's glory.
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- [george] that plus a deep desire to demonstrate the saving
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And healing ministry of christ to this community.
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- we feel very, very fortunate to be able to do what we do.
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There's nothing else that we would rather do.
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- [george] americans bill and laura rhodes
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Moved to this corner of kenya
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To work at kapsowar mission hospital.
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- that was a close one. - that was a close one!
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Located near the ugandan border,
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The 140 bed christian hospital opened its doors
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Back in 1963.
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When bill and laura rhodes
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Moved to this part of northwestern kenya,
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Getting up to the mission hospital,
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I guess we'll have to wait for the cow to pass the road.
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There we go.
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Getting up to the mission hospital was no easy task.
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Why?
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Because, well, you had to traverse across roads like this.
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I mean the dirt path-
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- it was not like it is now.
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It was so much more rustic and rural
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And isolated and difficult to reach.
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- rhodes, who had no medical background,
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Was pursuing a master's degree
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In biblical hebrew in jerusalem when he and his wife
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Picked up two christian medical students
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Hitchhiking through israel.
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- bill said, "so why as believers
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Do you wanna practice medicine?"
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And the answer of one of those young medical students,
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Whom we've never seen since, never even knew his name,
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Changed the trajectory of our lives.
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- he said, "i would just like to see
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If i couldn't alleviate a little bit of suffering
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In some small corner of the world someday
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In the name of jesus."
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- that set rhodes on a 16 year odyssey
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With numerous setbacks in preparation for a surgical career
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That would change the lives of the african continent.
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You failed to get into med school three times.
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Did it not dawn on bill rhodes
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That maybe i should try something different?
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I mean maybe plumbing or architecture, maybe be a lawyer.
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- just because you decide to do something
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That you think will honor god or be pleasing to god
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Or be helpful in moving the kingdom of god forward
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Doesn't mean that you have a guaranteed easy path
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To get there.
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In fact, you should probably buckle up tight
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Because it's probably gonna be challenging.
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- when bill and laura moved here to kenya
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In january of 1999, some 23 years ago,
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They knew without a shadow of a doubt
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That this was a lifetime commitment
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To serve the people of this country.
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But more importantly, to come to a region of the nation
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That had some tremendous needs.
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And today, bill, his team, his wife and children
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Are all committed to serve
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The people of kapsowar and beyond.
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- when we see the staggering disparity
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In this world of the people who have
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And those on the other end who have not,
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The disparity is only growing wider.
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And for all of our days,
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However many we have, we want to try
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And bring healing and wholeness.
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- in recent years, dr. rhode's vision
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To bring medical care has gone beyond the valleys
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That surround kapsowar to include other countries.
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So for example, he along with his wife
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And members of the mission hospital,
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Often travel to countries
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Like liberia, chad and south sudan.
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Accompanying him is kenyan thomas kiptoo,
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Who heads up kapsowar's anesthetist department.
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Kiptoo came from a very poor family
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And a missionary doctor acting as a mentor
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Urged him to pursue the medical field.
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- i couldn't imagine that i could come all the way
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To this position at that moment.
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Looking back, i never had a future.
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But since i believed in god
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And i'm a product of a missionary,
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This is why i have become what i am.
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- [george] dr. rhode's passion
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Is to train and equip the next generation
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Of african health professionals.
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36-year-old kenyan, patricia chesang has worked closely
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With rhodes in the last three years.
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- he is going to leave a wonderful legacy.
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He's left his family all the comfort that he could afford,
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But he has given of his life, of himself,
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To come and serve here.
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So for me, it's really humbling.
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- [george] dr. rhodes is honored with
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The amh gerson l'chaim prize
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For outstanding christian medical missionary service.
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The annual prize comes with a $500,000 award,
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Which will go toward the hospital,
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Surgical work and training.
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- he envisions the opportunity to train
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And raise up whole surgical teams, not just surgeons,
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But anesthetists, nurses, to go to these hard places
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Where he's now going just periodically
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And go and stay there.
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- you wanna spend the rest of your life
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Either here in northwest kenya
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Or somewhere on the continent.
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- yeah, this is the end of the rainbow for us.
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Very few people get to do
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Really what they really want to do.
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And we bless god every day
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Because we know we actually are in that little minority
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That actually is getting to do
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Exactly what we want it to do.
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- [george] george thomas, cbn news, kapsowar, kenya.
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- well you can be part of that little minority.
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How?
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By just following what god tells you to do
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When you do life his way and according to his design.
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And here's a wonderful prayer for you.
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God, can i be part of your plan?
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Well then you'll find that you walk into things
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That satisfy the desires of your heart,
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That it's something you've wanted to do all along.
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We'll be right back with more
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Of "the 700 club" right after this.
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- when i was a young girl,
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I went to fetch water for my mother.
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The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
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I just pour the water out
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And went home with an empty container.
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The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
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I get home exhausted.
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I feel terrible drinking that water
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And giving it to my family.
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We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
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When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
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Thank you operation blessing for giving us a new life.
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When you came, we were all so grateful.
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We could not hold back our joy.
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I've never had this kind of water before.
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Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
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With a well this close,
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Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
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We are healthy and we are happy.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- melissa and her husband rick have come a long way
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From when they met.
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Melissa was in real estate.
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Rick had been living on credit cards
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Trying to start a number of businesses
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And was $80,000 in debt.
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All the while the hinnants were tithing
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And the newly married couple
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Started working their way out of the red.
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- i think i had bought into society saying,
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Here's what you should have.
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I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
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I asked god to forgive me instantly.
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I told god whether i make a lot of money or not,
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I'm done striving.
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- [announcer] today rick and melissa have three children
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And choose to live way below their means
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They've already built 13 orphanages
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And a freedom house in india.
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- what i loved about operation blessing
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Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
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- now i have the hunger to make more money
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So we truly can give to all of these places.
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'cause there's a lot of need out there.
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- giving to "the 700 club" is giving to the world.
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"700 club" are my feet.
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They're walking it there.
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All i'm doing is helping write the check.
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- it's just like planting a seed in the ground
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And the water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
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- imagine being able to enjoy the beauty and wonder
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Of the sistine chapel right in your own city.
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People in more than 60 cities across the globe
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Can do exactly that.
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A traveling exhibit is giving visitors a unique look
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At michelangelo's vision of the creation.
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Cbn's gabe lamonica has the story.
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- when michelangelo brought the bible to life
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Some 500 years ago, it's hard to imagine
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He thought his masterpiece on the ceiling
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Of the sistine chapel would ever make its way
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From the vatican to a shopping mall in richmond, virginia.
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But here we are.
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The agony and the ecstasy.
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♪ gloria ♪
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- [gabe] in 1965, charlton heston's portrayal
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Of a 33-year-old michelangelo buonarroti
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Transported the sistine chapel to the silver screen.
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- i wanted to paint man as he was first created.
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- [gabe] now a roving global exhibit is bringing visitors
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Face to face with the italian artist's visualization
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Of the book of genesis.
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- it's almost as if we're looking at god creating the world,
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The beginning of genesis.
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And we're seeing the the cornucopia,
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The richness of god's creation unfolding in front of us.
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- [gabe] from adam's creation.
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- it gives me the chills.
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It truly gave me anxiety to see how close,
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But not quite touching their fingers were.
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- showing that tangible space
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Between man and god to the downfall.
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A pained look banished from paradise.
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Soon michelangelo's sistine chapel,
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The exhibition will hit 80 cities
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Bringing to life nine scenes from the bible.
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Tiffany, i feel like you are living proof
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That you don't need to know anything
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About michelangelo or the sistine chapel
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To appreciate his paintings.
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- absolutely. - which is your favorite?
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- so my favorite one is over here
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In the ancestors of christ room.
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There's a guy in the back that's back here.
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You won't be able to see that 60 feet up in italy.
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- [gabe] no need for a deep background in art history
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To appreciate this masterpiece.
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- many of them say that they were weren't able
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To see the ceiling clearly because it was so high up
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Or they didn't have enough time
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To really look at the ceilings.
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- [gabe] the cracked fresco shown in vivid relief,
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Even revealing the great flood.
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- [attraction narrator] there we can see the ark,
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Which noah builds at the instruction from god.
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- [gabe] a level of access to the world famous paintings
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That even connoisseurs can appreciate.
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- you've been once and you haven't never forgotten it.
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And it astonished you when you saw it.
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I think i've been 55 times in my life
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And it never fails to astonish me every time i go in.
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- [gabe] professor william wallace,
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Who's written eight books on the sculptor turned painter.
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Michelangelo is an artist who goes from zero to 60
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In less than a second.
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He just is capable of undertaking monumental tasks
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And carrying them out so that suddenly the artist
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Who's never made painted a fresco
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Paints the most important fresco in the world.
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- [gabe] some of the brass tacks,
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The vault is nearly seven stories high
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With some 5,000 square feet of painting
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And even on a curved ceiling,
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Michelangelo achieves a three dimensional effect.
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The technical challenges are astronomical
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And it's just amazing how well he solved all of them.
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The first being, you know,
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How do you get a scaffold up there?
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But then how do you paint 14 foot,
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Seated figures that are 14 feet high,
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That are on that curve and yet make 'em look like
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They're just properly proportioned and sitting,
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Not in some kind of mirror-like thing.
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- yeah, yeah.
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It could have been,
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It could have looked like a house of mirror-
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- up on a mirror. yes, exactly.
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House of horrors.
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- [gabe] instead of horror, the awe of god.
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- would you have painted there my son,
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Is not a portrait of god.
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It's a proof of faith.
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- whether you're religious or not,
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This image of god creating man
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Is the ultimate symbol of the creation story.
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That's the legacy michelangelo left
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When he created one of the most famous works of art
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In the world.
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Gabe lamonica, cbn news, richmond, virginia.
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- well if you ever get a chance to go to rome
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And actually see it in person,
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You'll walk away absolutely astounded.
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But here, not 60 feet away, looking up, craning your neck,
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But right there in front of you,
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All the detail come to life.
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If you'd like to have more information
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On the michelangelo exhibit, just go to cbn news.com
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Terry? - well still ahead,
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A member of the partridge family's extended family,
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David cassidy's nephew, jack.
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Stay tuned to see how he's becoming a star in his own right.
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And then up next, a matter of life and death.
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This young woman's vitals were crashing
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And her brain was swelling.
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See the mad rush to the hospital
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And the miracle that saved her life.
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Plus, we're gonna be praying for you after this.
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- i just turned, an excruciating pain came in my knee
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On the inside and it was like a jabbing knife.
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I made it to the doctor.
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Found out it was a torn meniscus.
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So having the knee injury,
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Having to slow down was depressing.
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I was like, lord, heal this.
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Sitting on the couch a "700 club" came on
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And that's when i saw gordon on.
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- we say out loud to it, be healed and be made whole.
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May all pain leave me in jesus' name.
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I receive it now.
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Now what you couldn't do before, do now.
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- by faith i'm going to do this.
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By faith i'm gonna walk.
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And i was walking, it wasn't hurting.
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I know that god healed me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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- an hour long drive made in 25 minutes.
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Tonya morrison's father drove 110 miles per hour
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To get her to a hospital.
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That's because tonya's doctor
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Had given her just one hour to live.
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(somber music)
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- i was terrified the thought of her dying in an hour's time
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Is something to be concerned about.
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- [reporter] tonya morrison and her husband paul,
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Had been attending church with her parents,
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Dwayne and kay for years.
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That sunday their pastor
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Had an unusual and ominous message for tonya.
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- and suddenly the spirit gave me tonya's name
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And said to tonya
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That the lord was holding her in the palm of his hand.
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She was going to face some problems in her life
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That she really wasn't even aware of.
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- we just couldn't imagine what it was gonna be.
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And we did not know that within 24 hours
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That this would happen.
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- when i heard what brother walter said,
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I thought it was amazing blessing for tonya.
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I certainly didn't think it was anything to do
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With a medical condition that she had.
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- [reporter] in 2017,
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Tonya was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus,
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An uncommon disorder that causes an imbalance
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Of fluids in the body.
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The day after receiving a message from her pastor,
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Tonya woke up not feeling well.
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Her doctor was concerned about some recent lab results
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And insisted tonya get another test.
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Then on her way home, she became very ill
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And could barely move.
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Her doctor called with urgent news.
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- i heard the urgency in her voice.
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She said, "daddy, i need your help real badly.
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The doctor just told me i have water poisoning,
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That i need to get to
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The murfreesboro hospital within an hour.
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It is a matter of life and death."
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I remember her using those terms, matter of life and death.
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- [reporter] tonya's father, dwayne, who lives nearby,
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Swung into action and raced her
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To the murfreesboro hospital to get her there
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Before it was too late.
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- i would look in the rear view mirror
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And see my daughter basically unconscious.
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And i was praying for her
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And i'd say, "lord, i know you've got her
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In the palm of your hand."
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And one of my favorite scriptures that was coming to me,
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He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high
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Shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
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And we knew that the almighty had our daughter in his hand.
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- they made an hour long drive in just 25 minutes.
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And when they got off the highway,
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They hit seven green lights in a row
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Before arriving at the hospital.
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- they pulled up to the emergency room.
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I opened the back door.
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She was unresponsive in the backseat.
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It was completely scary to see her just unconscious
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- doctors determined that due to her diabetes,
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Tonya's sodium had dropped to a life-threatening 112,
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Causing her brain to swell and lose consciousness.
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- nobody else had ever left the hospital
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With her condition alive is what they told us.
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So we were really praying for her.
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Just praying for the lord to take care of her,
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To bring her back to us.
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And we were not ready to lose her.
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- we were depending on the power of prayer
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And knew that we were asking for a miracle.
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And we knew we had a lot of praying people that could pray
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And that the lord could answer prayer
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And that he had all power
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And that he was gonna keep her in the palm of his hand
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And perform that miracle.
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We needed one.
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- i immediately thought back to the words
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That brother walter had spoken over her sunday.
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So i felt comfortable.
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I knew that she was in god's hands
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And nothing could really be bad.
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But i was concerned.
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- [reporter] over the next three days in the hospital,
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Tonya's sodium levels came back to a safe range.
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And she began her recovery.
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- when i came to i knew beyond a shadow of a doubt
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It was the hand of the lord and that he'd spared my life.
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And that that was what brother walter,
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When he had that word of knowledge the day before,
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I knew exactly that's what it meant
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And that god had spared my life.
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- he came through for us that time
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In such a magnificent way.
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And we are so thankful that the lord demonstrated his power
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By saving our daughter.
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- it was wonderful seeing her,
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Knowing that she was still alive
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And that she was a miracle.
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She was a miracle.
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- i think one of her favorite songs is,
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I can't even walk without you holding my hand,
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Referring to the hand of the lord.
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And paul, her husband had her one hand
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And the lord had her other hand.
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- i'm thankful that god carried us through that
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And that he gave me a life with tonya.
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- tonya remains thankful for god's encouraging word
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That provided a source of hope during a terrible situation.
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- it's hard to describe the gratitude and the love you feel
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And just knowing the love he has for you, that he did this.
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He spared your life for a reason
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And now he has your life, in his hand.
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And he had me in the palm of his hand.
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It's just a miracle
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Because when you watch how it played out
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And that the day before,
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In 24 hours from the time that was spoken by my pastor,
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I was in the backseat of that car hanging on to life
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And how he can turn that around and heal you
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And it brings glory to him.
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And that's what's important.
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It was all for his glory.
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He had a plan and it was all for his glory.
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- i love the tender heart of god
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That he gave that word to their pastor.
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That they could stand on that
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In the midst of what was a really difficult situation.
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Some of you are standing today in the midst
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Of very difficult situations and we want to stand with you.
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God is not just gracious, he's powerful,
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And he loves us in a way that extends that power
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To us in our place of need when we come to him.
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And so let's do that together.
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Because when we join together, there is in our unity
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Just an opening of the doors of heaven.
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God's heart is open to us at that time.
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We wanna pray for you today.
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To further enhance your faith before we pray,
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Here's a word from nicole.
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She lives in baltimore, maryland.
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She was experiencing chronic urinary tract infections
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While watching this program a few months ago.
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Gordon, she heard you say "someone is suffering
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With kidney problems and urinary issues.
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You are going to be healed."
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Immediately she knew you were talking about her.
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She started crying and thanking god.
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She called to tell us that she's not had
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Any infections since.
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And she is praising jesus for that healing.
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- yay.
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For 17 months, minnie of san antonio, texas
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Suffered with daily headaches, some of which were severe.
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Her doctor prescribed pain medication which helped some.
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Watching "the 700 club", terry said,
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"there is someone who is having headaches,
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God is healing you, receive it now."
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Minnie immediately claimed her healing
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And she started crying.
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For weeks now she hasn't had any more headaches.
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She can't wait to see her doctor,
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To tell him all that god, tell him that god healed her.
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She gives all praise to her lord and savior, jesus christ.
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You can give that same praise.
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Psalm 91 is for you.
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It's a psalm of moses.
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And moses knew a lot about god
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And he begins it with he who dwells in the secret place.
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How do you do that? how do you dwell in the secret place?
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Well, you just come to jesus.
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He's the secret.
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He's the answer to every human need.
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You'll dwell under his shadow.
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You'll be with him.
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And then here's a great illustration from that same psalm.
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He'll cover you with his feathers, with his wings.
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Get that image.
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It's the same image that jesus used
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When he prayed over jerusalem.
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"oh jerusalem, i wanted to gather you
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As a hen, gathers her chicks."
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When does a hen do that?
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When there's trouble.
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Come and and come underneath my wings and i'll protect you.
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I'll be with you.
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But then at the end of psalm 91,
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Here's some great i wills.
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I will deliver them.
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Isn't that great?
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These are the i wills of god.
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They're wonderful to memorize,
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To know that it's his will.
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I will deliver when you call, i will answer.
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It's one thing to pray.
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It's another thing to pray
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Believing that you'll get an answer.
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On that long ride, and it had to be a long ride
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To the hospital that father was believing for an answer.
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He was praying psalm 91 over his daughter.
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The pastor had given them a word.
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They were holding on to the word
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Because they knew that the word would sustain them.
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That they would get an answer to their prayer.
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They weren't praying some ritual thing.
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They weren't praying with no faith, no expectation.
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When you pray with the promise of psalm 91,
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I will answer them.
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Isn't that what you have the answer to every human need.
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So terry and i are going to agree with you in prayer.
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What do we ask you to do?
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We ask you to demonstrate
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That you're going to get an answer.
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That you believe that, that you're going to cry out to god
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And he is going to answer you in an act of faith.
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'cause faith can be a verb, in an act of faith.
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Lay your hand on that area of the body that needs healing.
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Terry and i will join with you.
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The bible says when two or more agree touching anything,
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It shall be done for them by my father in heaven.
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These are the words of jesus.
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"ask and it will be given to you."
00:30:43.652 --> 00:30:45.554
These are the words of jesus.
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"seek and you will find.
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Knock, it will be open to you."
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When you call to him, he will answer you
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Because that's his promise.
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Let's believe it and let's ask him right now.
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Lord god almighty, we come to you.
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We come to you believing.
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And now for everyone who is reaching their hand
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On that area of the body that needs healing,
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We join with them in agreement, now, touching it.
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We declare over them that the time is fulfilled.
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The kingdom of god is at hand.
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We believe the good news, we receive your salvation,
00:31:27.563 --> 00:31:32.201
Your deliverance, your healing.
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We receive every promise that you have for us now.
00:31:34.837 --> 00:31:39.475
So in jesus' name, i say out loud to my own body,
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Be healed now, sickness, disease,
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Infirmity, pain depart from me.
00:31:48.117 --> 00:31:51.120
In the name of jesus, from the top of my head
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To the soles of my feet, i am healed now
00:31:54.923 --> 00:31:58.861
By the stripes of jesus christ.
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He is restoring me.
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He's giving me new energy, new life, new vigor.
00:32:03.265 --> 00:32:07.503
In jesus' name i receive all of it now.
00:32:07.503 --> 00:32:12.107
And i give you praise and thanksgiving
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For what you've done for me.
00:32:16.812 --> 00:32:19.048
Terry, god's given you something.
00:32:19.048 --> 00:32:20.382
- there's someone, you have a condition.
00:32:20.382 --> 00:32:22.484
It's very grave actually, you're developing these tumors
00:32:22.484 --> 00:32:26.422
That are just, they're visible it's disfiguring.
00:32:26.422 --> 00:32:30.692
Those are melting away.
00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.761
Jesus is healing you right now
00:32:32.761 --> 00:32:35.631
From something that is untreatable.
00:32:35.631 --> 00:32:38.834
God is healing that.
00:32:38.834 --> 00:32:40.269
Just begin to praise him and receive that.
00:32:40.269 --> 00:32:42.671
- there's someone, you've got a weak heart muscle
00:32:43.906 --> 00:32:45.407
And you're not getting full compression on your heart.
00:32:45.407 --> 00:32:48.944
And as a result you've got swelling
00:32:48.944 --> 00:32:52.881
Particularly in your feet,
00:32:53.649 --> 00:32:55.050
Particularly in your right leg, your right foot.
00:32:55.050 --> 00:32:57.820
And god is restoring your heart
00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:59.655
And he's restoring your circulation.
00:32:59.655 --> 00:33:01.590
And in jesus' name may everything
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With your vascular system,
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May everything with your heart muscle,
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May everything with every single valve,
00:33:07.262 --> 00:33:09.898
Every chamber in jesus' name, be healed and be made whole.
00:33:09.898 --> 00:33:14.970
New energy is coursing through you right now.
00:33:16.171 --> 00:33:18.207
New vitality, new oxygen levels.
00:33:18.207 --> 00:33:21.510
Go back and get checked
00:33:21.510 --> 00:33:22.911
And give praise to god for what he's done for you.
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- yeah, someone else you have a problem with oxygen levels
00:33:27.983 --> 00:33:30.152
And you actually get at the base of your fingernails,
00:33:30.152 --> 00:33:33.322
Almost a grayish bluish color.
00:33:33.322 --> 00:33:36.525
God's healing that condition for you right now.
00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.728
Just breathe deeply as your lungs completely open up
00:33:39.728 --> 00:33:43.665
And your body is able to process all of that appropriately.
00:33:43.665 --> 00:33:47.236
- there's someone you've had some kind of discharge
00:33:48.470 --> 00:33:50.873
Out of your left ear.
00:33:50.873 --> 00:33:52.774
I don't know if it's spinal fluid
00:33:52.774 --> 00:33:56.245
Or just from an infection.
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But you'll know it
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Because i'm saying discharge from your left ear.
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God is healing that right now.
00:34:01.850 --> 00:34:04.153
Whatever that condition is, in jesus' name,
00:34:04.153 --> 00:34:07.556
Be healed and be made whole.
00:34:07.556 --> 00:34:09.291
- and someone else, you have an issue
00:34:09.291 --> 00:34:11.193
With chronic stys in your eye.
00:34:11.193 --> 00:34:13.362
I mean it just, you hardly get one healed
00:34:13.362 --> 00:34:15.531
And another one is present.
00:34:15.531 --> 00:34:17.432
That whole thing that's out of balance,
00:34:17.432 --> 00:34:19.434
Out of order is being made right now in jesus' name.
00:34:19.434 --> 00:34:24.006
- someone with recurring eye infections
00:34:24.006 --> 00:34:26.575
And god is healing your eyes,
00:34:26.575 --> 00:34:28.377
Cleansing you from all that bacteria,
00:34:28.377 --> 00:34:30.646
Everything that's wrong with it in jesus' name.
00:34:30.646 --> 00:34:33.782
Be healed and be made whole.
00:34:33.782 --> 00:34:36.885
Lord god, we thank you.
00:34:36.885 --> 00:34:38.253
We thank you for all that you're doing for us.
00:34:38.253 --> 00:34:40.522
We receive everything
00:34:40.522 --> 00:34:42.191
And every promise that you have in jesus' name.
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Amen.
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If you've been healed, let us know.
00:34:47.763 --> 00:34:49.598
Let us share in your good report.
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Just give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.
00:34:51.233 --> 00:34:54.469
And if you need prayer, let me remind you.
00:34:54.469 --> 00:34:56.705
Ask and it will be given.
00:34:56.705 --> 00:34:58.273
Seek and you will find.
00:34:58.273 --> 00:34:59.808
Knock and it will be open to you.
00:34:59.808 --> 00:35:01.777
That's why we believe in prevailing prayer.
00:35:01.777 --> 00:35:04.446
The prayer that doesn't give up until you get the answer.
00:35:04.446 --> 00:35:08.617
So if you want someone to stand with you in prayer,
00:35:08.617 --> 00:35:10.786
Call us, 1-800-700-7000.
00:35:10.786 --> 00:35:14.056
Terry.
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- well still ahead, the grandson of hollywood royalty,
00:35:15.490 --> 00:35:18.160
Jack cassidy, talks about his stint in the spotlight
00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:21.730
On "the voice".
00:35:21.730 --> 00:35:23.165
Find out what happened
00:35:23.165 --> 00:35:24.533
When his dream of winning the contest was dashed.
00:35:24.533 --> 00:35:27.769
And then also ahead, a baby's life is in constant danger
00:35:27.769 --> 00:35:31.940
And her mother has no way to afford the brain surgery
00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:35.010
Her daughter needs to survive.
00:35:35.010 --> 00:35:37.179
See how this mom turns to prayer
00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:39.514
And watch the miracle that follows.
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That's coming up.
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(bright music)
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- my head was just killing me.
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I never experienced it to that magnitude.
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Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
00:35:56.398 --> 00:35:58.600
- the doctor who was on call, he said,
00:35:58.600 --> 00:36:01.603
"it looks like a brain bleed."
00:36:01.603 --> 00:36:03.839
We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:05.807
Holy spirit spoke to me when he said
00:36:05.807 --> 00:36:07.776
"the bleeding has stopped."
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We were just all rejoicing
00:36:09.278 --> 00:36:10.779
When we heard she's gonna be fine.
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- i'm grateful every single day.
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'cause if god brought me through that
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God can bring you through anything.
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I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
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- i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
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It really frustrated me
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Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
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I could just say, just "lord, i need your help."
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- there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
00:37:04.266 --> 00:37:06.435
Take a complete breath
00:37:06.435 --> 00:37:07.936
And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
00:37:07.936 --> 00:37:11.740
- i can feel that air going clear down
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To my stomach and back.
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He will always be there, walking this out for your benefit.
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- when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
00:37:22.150 --> 00:37:24.353
That was only a year older than me.
00:37:24.353 --> 00:37:26.321
I became very sexualized.
00:37:26.321 --> 00:37:28.123
I started going all over the state
00:37:29.091 --> 00:37:30.792
Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
00:37:30.792 --> 00:37:34.563
Nothing was satisfying anymore.
00:37:34.563 --> 00:37:37.099
And so i began to remember all the fantasies
00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:39.801
I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
00:37:39.801 --> 00:37:43.105
I began to transition.
00:37:43.105 --> 00:37:44.473
I began to take the hormones
00:37:44.473 --> 00:37:46.375
And at first it was the greatest thing ever.
00:37:46.375 --> 00:37:48.910
I was really excited about the results
00:37:48.910 --> 00:37:50.412
And i liked how it looked physically.
00:37:50.412 --> 00:37:52.647
I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
00:37:52.647 --> 00:37:55.517
And that was devastating to me.
00:37:55.517 --> 00:37:57.486
But after about a month of just crying out the lord
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Night after night after night,
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I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself
00:38:02.324 --> 00:38:04.159
Getting down on one knee.
00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:05.627
He reached his hand into the pit
00:38:05.627 --> 00:38:07.129
And he said, "do you trust me?"
00:38:07.129 --> 00:38:09.264
I took his hand.
00:38:09.264 --> 00:38:10.499
I walked away from my entire identity.
00:38:10.499 --> 00:38:12.768
You are who god created you to be
00:38:12.768 --> 00:38:14.436
And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
00:38:14.436 --> 00:38:16.772
God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
00:38:16.772 --> 00:38:21.109
- the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
00:38:22.477 --> 00:38:26.448
- i think cbn ends up touching
00:38:26.448 --> 00:38:28.417
Many of the areas of the world
00:38:28.417 --> 00:38:29.851
That you as an individual cannot touch.
00:38:29.851 --> 00:38:32.754
It allows me to be a part of such an amazing body of christ.
00:38:32.754 --> 00:38:37.626
- i mean this thrilled us. we love to give.
00:38:37.626 --> 00:38:40.662
- it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
00:38:40.662 --> 00:38:43.131
To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
00:38:43.131 --> 00:38:47.602
(dramatic music)
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- for me as a musician and my identity,
00:38:52.040 --> 00:38:54.042
That was like the ultimate validation,
00:38:54.042 --> 00:38:55.844
Just literally going out and living the rockstar life.
00:38:55.844 --> 00:38:58.580
It was a darkness that started to wear on me.
00:38:58.580 --> 00:39:01.082
I realized how fake it was so without talking to anybody,
00:39:01.082 --> 00:39:04.319
I silently left hollywood with my dreams shattered
00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:07.689
Because that was the epitome.
00:39:07.689 --> 00:39:09.291
And i said, god, i need help.
00:39:09.291 --> 00:39:11.760
And at that moment i knew i needed to figure out
00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.763
Who jesus is.
00:39:14.763 --> 00:39:16.064
I found that acceptance i was looking for.
00:39:16.064 --> 00:39:18.400
The only thing that can fill that hole is jesus christ.
00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.269
- i wanted to be a boy one week.
00:39:22.070 --> 00:39:23.271
I wanted to be a girl next week.
00:39:23.271 --> 00:39:24.906
It was constantly like that.
00:39:24.906 --> 00:39:26.107
Confusion always in my mind.
00:39:26.107 --> 00:39:27.642
I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
00:39:27.642 --> 00:39:31.012
- [reporter] at 16, tommy decided it was time
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To give in to those desires.
00:39:33.181 --> 00:39:35.450
Now addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
00:39:35.450 --> 00:39:38.286
And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
00:39:38.286 --> 00:39:41.957
- [tommy] i had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
00:39:41.957 --> 00:39:43.992
- [reporter] despite his doubts,
00:39:43.992 --> 00:39:45.126
Tommy started taking female hormones
00:39:45.126 --> 00:39:47.896
And making plans to have a sex change operation.
00:39:47.896 --> 00:39:50.966
Tommy was doing drugs with his brother and sister
00:39:50.966 --> 00:39:54.269
When he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
00:39:54.269 --> 00:39:57.606
Terrified, tommy left the house and went to his mom,
00:39:57.606 --> 00:40:00.876
Who had recently committed her life to christ.
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- i had to cry out to god
00:40:03.478 --> 00:40:04.713
Because i just knew in that moment
00:40:04.713 --> 00:40:06.081
That he was the only one that was able to help me.
00:40:06.081 --> 00:40:07.649
So i remember just telling him i'm sorry,
00:40:07.649 --> 00:40:09.818
Of the lifestyle that i was living.
00:40:09.818 --> 00:40:11.486
I just went into this deep place
00:40:11.486 --> 00:40:13.321
Of repenting and asking for forgiveness.
00:40:13.321 --> 00:40:16.258
If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
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We all need a savior.
00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.895
We all come from a place of brokenness.
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- heaven light is a little girl with a glow about her
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That matches her name.
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Her mother is devoted to her.
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Yet not long ago heaven light was in constant danger
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Every single day.
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(gentle music)
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- [reporter] when heaven light was two months old,
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Her mother found a bump on her head.
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As time went by, it grew bigger.
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(woman speaking in foreign language)
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- [translator] when she plays,
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I make sure she does not hurt herself or bump her head.
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She often touches her head and says, "mommy, get this off."
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I realized how dangerous it was
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And went all over to find help.
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- the plates in her skull
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Didn't fuse the way they should have.
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So she's had fluid from her brain accumulate here
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Just under the skin.
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Left untreated, over time her brain
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Would eventually start to grow through that hole
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And she'd probably develop mental disabilities.
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- [translator] when i learned heaven light needed surgery,
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I lost all hope because i couldn't afford it.
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I worried for her future
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Because daily activities are dangerous for her.
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I prayed god would make a way for us
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Because there was nothing i could do.
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- [reporter] heaven light's mother kept searching for help
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And learned about arusha lutheran medical centre,
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A hospital supported by operation blessing.
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We soon arranged and paid for heaven light's surgery.
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- [translator] she recovered completely.
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I am so relieved and at peace now.
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Afterward she felt her head
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And said "it is gone now." and smiled.
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She will be able to go to school safely.
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She can interact and play like other children.
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- well coming up next a fall from "the voice"
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That sent this singer into a cocaine fueled addiction.
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Find out who he called for help
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And what he learned about coming clean.
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- i was muslim for four years.
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I had spells cast on me
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And just everything you can think of.
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I never got what i was looking for.
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There was no real power to change my life.
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I had tried everything.
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It was just came to a point
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Where it was like, you know what?
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I don't want to do this anymore.
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The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
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She prayed for me.
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And all i know is i felt the love of god.
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We would read from genesis to revelation
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And we just went deep in the word of god.
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Everything about me, even my very countenance
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Begin to change after that point.
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And now i just have a desire
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To see them experience the loving kindness of god
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That i have experienced.
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To see that true change is possible
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And that what you thought that you were looking for
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Can only be found in christ.
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(dramatic music)
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- i just couldn't keep anything down.
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The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
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As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
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My prayer was, lord, give me a diagnosis
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And give me a treatment plan and gimme a doctor who knows me
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And understands what's going on.
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And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
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He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
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So i did. i put my hand.
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I said, "lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me."
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And at that moment gordon said-
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- there's someone you're saying, please say crohn's disease.
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And so we're saying crohn's disease for you.
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Let your body no longer fight against itself,
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But be restored now in jesus' name.
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- and i've had no issues since that time
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And i just give god the glory for that.
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What i know is that jesus touched me
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And that i've been healed.
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- it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
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- it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
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- they kept saying "septic, septic,
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I think she's getting septic."
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- they sent this lady in to prepare us
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For a lifetime of dialysis
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And this medicine was going to destroy
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Every dream my girl could possibly have.
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- thousands and thousands,
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Literally around the world were praying for her.
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- mom runs out into the hallway and she's like,
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"he just told me he canceled your surgery."
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He was like, "your kidney biopsy
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Came back completely clean."
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I stood up on my hospital bed with my iv bag,
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Just, we were hugging and screaming.
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It was just the biggest celebration.
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- i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
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I think those prayers were answered.
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- hi! - yay!
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- you did it.
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I am beyond thankful
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That i have been singing nonstop.
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Prayers work. they work.
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Ask people to pray for you
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And really believe, really believe
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That anything is possible.
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- i was told for so many years by my dad
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That i was worthless, that i was no good.
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I did not like myself very much at all.
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And i started asking god to help me.
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I heard this voice say to me, "can you forgive?"
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And then i said, "i can forgive."
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In that moment, i found everything i was looking for.
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He will transform your life like you wouldn't believe.
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- jack cassidy was 17 years old when he was selected
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To be a contestant on "the voice".
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He was in his element and convinced he could win it all.
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So when jack was cut from the contest,
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His dreams were dashed
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And his life was soon hanging in the balance.
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- i did one line that night that was too much
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And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold
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And my heart started uncontrollably pounding out my chest.
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- [reporter] jack cassidy is the grandson
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Of actress, shirley jones.
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He grew up in a musical family with his dad patrick
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And his uncles david and shaun cassidy.
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- growing up in the cassidys was interesting.
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It was definitely, its own unique experience.
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My parents tried to keep me very, very grounded
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And really instill what was important,
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Which is just normal family life and love.
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And mom sent me to a church camp called forest home.
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She thought me and our family needed christ
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'cause we were going through some rough stuff
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And she's like, hopefully my kids can find jesus.
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- [reporter] that summer he encountered
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The unconditional love of christ at camp
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And gave his life to jesus.
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- i just said yes.
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But from there my prayer became a prayer for evidence.
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And over the next few years i just got flooded
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With those evidences.
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Jesus showing up in very miraculous ways in my life
00:49:40.755 --> 00:49:43.991
And giving me peace in the midst of chaotic circumstances.
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And just definitely affirmed for me
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That there was power in the name of jesus
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- [reporter] in high school,
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Jack was a talented singer and worship leader.
00:49:53.668 --> 00:49:56.070
When he was 17, he was selected
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To be a contestant on "the voice".
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Jack was thrilled to have a platform to share jesus.
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- i had never done anything in the music business before.
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And you know, trying to succeed on that show
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Or win that show was definitely the goal.
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It was like, oh, i definitely belong here.
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I was working with other artists
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And working with the coaches
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And it was like, this is where i fit in.
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This is who god created me to be.
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- [reporter] jack's time on "the voice"
00:50:23.664 --> 00:50:24.932
Took him to the top 12,
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But his dreams of winning it all were dashed
00:50:26.734 --> 00:50:29.036
When he was voted off.
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- i let that show get the better of me
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And i just got caught up in that world.
00:50:33.541 --> 00:50:36.410
So when things returned to a state of normalcy
00:50:36.410 --> 00:50:39.147
It was a much bigger fall
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And i guess i was chasing that high again
00:50:42.617 --> 00:50:44.519
And i was allowing myself to let my christian guard down
00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:48.689
And went to a lot of parties
00:50:48.689 --> 00:50:50.725
And interacted with a lot of worldly type things,
00:50:50.725 --> 00:50:53.861
Which was temporarily soothing the depression
00:50:53.861 --> 00:50:56.564
And the fall from that show that i was experiencing.
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- [reporter] at one of those parties,
00:51:00.501 --> 00:51:02.069
Jack was introduced to cocaine.
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- from the first time i tried cocaine,
00:51:04.472 --> 00:51:06.541
I got pretty instantly hooked.
00:51:06.541 --> 00:51:09.644
It started to become every day, all day,
00:51:09.644 --> 00:51:13.047
And it completely destroyed my life in every aspect.
00:51:14.315 --> 00:51:18.886
It drained my bank account completely.
00:51:19.987 --> 00:51:21.822
It made me start to steal just to get drugs.
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- [reporter] for the next year and a half,
00:51:28.596 --> 00:51:30.565
Jack isolated himself from friends and family
00:51:30.565 --> 00:51:33.501
As his drug addiction took over his life,
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- found a new batch of drugs that was just a lot stronger.
00:51:36.304 --> 00:51:39.707
And i did one line that night that was too much
00:51:39.707 --> 00:51:43.344
And i felt my whole body start to shut down and go cold.
00:51:44.745 --> 00:51:48.149
And my heart started uncontrollably pounding outta my chest
00:51:48.149 --> 00:51:51.485
And it felt like it was right on the verge of a heart attack
00:51:51.485 --> 00:51:55.323
And i felt like i couldn't really call the ambulance
00:51:55.323 --> 00:51:59.527
Or get any help.
00:51:59.527 --> 00:52:01.796
- [reporter] alone and desperate, jack remembered
00:52:01.796 --> 00:52:03.931
The power of jesus' name he experienced earlier in life
00:52:03.931 --> 00:52:07.168
And cried out for help.
00:52:07.168 --> 00:52:08.903
- even though i had buried god really deep in that season,
00:52:08.903 --> 00:52:12.940
I hit my knees in the midst of that full blown chaos
00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:17.245
And i just cried out to him
00:52:17.245 --> 00:52:18.646
And asked him to let me live,
00:52:18.646 --> 00:52:21.649
To save my life in a moment of total brokenness,
00:52:21.649 --> 00:52:24.719
Total darkness, did not deserve to be saved.
00:52:24.719 --> 00:52:27.121
I got myself here.
00:52:27.121 --> 00:52:29.156
I felt the spirit coming in that moment
00:52:29.156 --> 00:52:30.958
And completely overpower the chaos
00:52:30.958 --> 00:52:34.228
And the drugs that i'd put in my body.
00:52:34.228 --> 00:52:36.063
And the drugs were warring against me,
00:52:36.063 --> 00:52:37.798
Trying to make my body shut down.
00:52:37.798 --> 00:52:40.268
But god was literally breathing life into me.
00:52:40.268 --> 00:52:43.437
His power in my spirit, in the midst of all that
00:52:43.437 --> 00:52:46.374
Is what was keeping me in a place of real peace
00:52:46.374 --> 00:52:48.976
And calming my heart down
00:52:48.976 --> 00:52:51.312
And keeping me literally alive.
00:52:51.312 --> 00:52:54.849
- [reporter] jack realized how far he had fallen
00:52:54.849 --> 00:52:57.652
From the calling he once had.
00:52:57.652 --> 00:53:00.087
- after that experience, it really exposed what cocaine was.
00:53:00.087 --> 00:53:04.959
It was not a friend, it was not a helper
00:53:04.959 --> 00:53:07.261
To get me out of those places.
00:53:07.261 --> 00:53:08.529
It was leading me to a place of death.
00:53:08.529 --> 00:53:10.698
And when jesus showed up in such a radical way
00:53:10.698 --> 00:53:12.833
In the midst of that, it really made it really real
00:53:12.833 --> 00:53:16.437
And tangible that he was the way to life.
00:53:16.437 --> 00:53:19.674
Jesus showed that, no, i'm lord over that
00:53:19.674 --> 00:53:22.243
And i can be lord over all these things in your life.
00:53:22.243 --> 00:53:24.845
So it really established this deep rooted trust in god.
00:53:24.845 --> 00:53:29.383
- [reporter] jack has been free from drugs since 2018
00:53:29.383 --> 00:53:33.054
And shares his deep appreciation for god's love
00:53:33.054 --> 00:53:36.290
In his music.
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♪ jesus, i'm learning to let go ♪
00:53:37.992 --> 00:53:40.695
♪ and let god show me how to be me ♪
00:53:40.695 --> 00:53:44.732
♪ i'm learning to let go and let god ♪
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♪ show me how to be free. ♪
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He is willing to meet us in whatever place that we're in.
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And that varies for everyone.
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For me, the darkest moments i walked through,
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He wanted to meet me and redeem me in that place.
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And he came with a spirit of kindness, a spirit of love
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And a spirit of, i just want to help you
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And he's willing to do that
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In whatever scenario people walk through.
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♪ i'm letting go, let god ♪
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♪ so i can be the real me ♪
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- that's an odd thing, isn't it?
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We almost have to unlearn what's taught us
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From the time we're small,
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Which is pick yourself up, dust yourself off,
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Get moving, you've got this.
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But when we come to these places in our lives as adults
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Where the rubber meets the road
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And we are not enough, where do we go?
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Where do we go?
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You know, thankfully jack's family
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Had invested some time
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And sending him places
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Where at an early time in his life
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He did find out about the power of the name of jesus.
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Because it really does change everything,
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Really does change everything.
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You know in us there is this thing
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That has to continually be surrendered to the lord
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That says, i can do this.
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You know, let me, i can manage this.
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And it's for some of us, sometimes it's a survival technique
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That we wind up getting caught up in.
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But for the most part, until you know
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How trustworthy jesus is, beyond that,
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That he has always had a plan and a purpose for your life.
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And it's your choice to tap into that.
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You know, as difficult a journey as this was for jack,
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Really, it was a gift from god to him to come to the place
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Where he had to surrender and let go of all that he knew
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How to manage and control in his life
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And say, jesus, i'm crying out to you.
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And he was right about what he said.
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You know, he didn't deserve
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To have jesus do a thing for him.
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I mean, his life was a mess.
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He'd gotten himself into that.
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He'd made choices that backfired
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And that really were costing him his life at that point.
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You know, you can't earn the love
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Or the presence or the power of god.
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There's nothing you can do to earn that.
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But you can call upon the name of the lord.
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You can call out to him in your misery,
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In your lostness, in your panic, in your sickness,
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And god will be present with you.
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It's who he is.
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It's not about who you are.
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It's not about what you've done.
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It's not about having some kind of a spiritual ability
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To tap into things.
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He wants the real you.
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He wants you just to call upon his name,
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Because like jack,
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You know there's power in the name of jesus.
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I don't know what you're facing today.
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Could be many, many things,
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But the power in jesus' name never changes, never changes.
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Will you call on him today to come right into the midst
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Of whatever you're dealing with
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And to make a difference, to give you, first of all,
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Salvation, you need it.
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We all do.
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We're sinners in need of a savior.
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Call upon the name of jesus.
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Just say, jesus, come into my heart, my life.
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Teach me your ways.
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Forgive my sins.
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Fill me with your holy spirit.
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He will come.
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We leave you today with these words from 1st peter 5:7.
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Give all your worries and cares to god
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For he cares about you.
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Thanks for joining us today.
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If you need prayer, call our toll free number.
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There's always a friend there.
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God bless you.
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September 15, 2025

September 15, 2025 | 62:0

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