HELLO.
I'M BRIAN WARREN.
I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WOW.
TODAY I LOVE WHAT GOD IS GOING
TO DO.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, BUT
THIS IS AMAZING.
IT'S A GOOD JOB.
YEAH.
IT'S A GOOD JOB.
TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS AND HOW
PEOPLE MAKE IMPACTS IN OUR
LIVES.
AND HOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE
MENTORS IN OUR LIVES.
HAS ANYBODY MADE A DEEP IMPACT
IN YOUR LIFE AND GUIDED YOU
ALONG.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT MADE IMPACTS IN MY
LIFE.
MY MOM AND DAD THE MOST.
I MEAN, I JUST LOVE THAT.
THEY'RE MY HEROES.
THERE WAS ONE MAN IN PARTICULAR,
IT WAS IN MY LIFE GOING IN
A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
HE WAS A CAMPUS COP.
HE SAID JESUS WAS -- HE WAS
INCREDIBLE AND, I SAID, WOW.
TELL ME ABOUT HIM.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT A JESUS AND IT
CHANGED MY LIFE.
IT DID, AYE.
UH-HUH.
PRETTY COOL.
ON TODAY'S SHOW, YOU WILL SEE
HOW GOD IS IMPACTING LIVES AND
AS A RESULT HOW PEOPLE ARE
MAKING RADICAL CHANGES.
FIRST YOU WILL SEE ONE GROUP
IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL TO SOME
OF THE DARKEST PLACES IN NORTH
AMERICA AND SEE HOW GOD IS DOING
THERE.
YOU WILL SEE HOW THE TEAM AT
NIGHT STRIKE ARE LEANING ON GOD
TO KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY SPEAK
TO THE HEARTS OF THE HOMELESS.
AND BEN CARLSON WHO WAS ON
HIS DREAM TO PLAYING IN THE
MAJOR LEAGUES, THAT IS UNTIL ONE
FOUL BALL CHANGED THE COURSE OF
HIS LIFE.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED THAT
SUMMER DAY TO BRING A BALLPLAYER
HIS KNEES.
FIRST, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THOSE OF HAVE BEEN
FORGOTTEN.
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WE GO WITH -- ADDICTS.
WE SEE PROSTITUTES AND ALL SORTS
OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERS OF
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
WE WILL FIND THE DARKEST PART IN
THE DARKEST CITY AND THAT'S
WHERE WE WILL GO.
WE BRING THE LIGHT OF JESUS
CHRIST INTO THE DARKNESS.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE
PEOPLE THAT COME OUT.
WHETHER IT'S A MAN OR A WOMAN OR
A YOUNG GIRL OR A YOUNG BOY THE
WAY, THAT GOD USES THOSE PEOPLE
TO BRING HIS WORD.
WHETHER IT IS JUST A HUG OR
ACKNOWLEDGE OR A LOT OF PATHETIC
GOES ON OUT HERE, BUT HE LOVES
THE HECK OUT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE.
I GO TO WALMART NOW AND I BUY
THE GREAT VALUE LOAFS OF BREAD
FOR $1.50 PIECE, I BUY TWO LOAFS
OF THOSE AND I BUY THE TURKEY ON
THE TUNA FISH AND I GO TO AND
BUY 10 BAGS OF SOCKS AND THOSE
FOR $7 A PIECE AND YEAH,
MINISTRY WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE
STREET AND DO GOOD OUT THERE.
I DO THAT EVERY TIME AND TELL
PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED A LOT.
YOU JUST NEED SOMETHING TO
ENGAGE CONVERSATION.
A LOT OF TIMES THE SANDWICH AND
THE SOCKS FOR A HOMELESS PERSON
THAT IS GOLD.
OFTENTIMES YOU FIND YOURSELF
ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION THAT
YOU COULDN'T HAVE STARTED
WITHOUT THE FOOD.
I WENT TO CHURCH, I PRAYED,
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS REALLY LIKE, I REALLY
FEEL A CONNECTION, I DIFFERENT
KIND OF CONNECTION WITH GOD WHEN
I'M OUT HERE WITH, WITH THIS
GROUP.
THAT YOU WOULD LOVE.
YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.
OKAY?
YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.
YOU SEE A LOT OF HEALING.
YOU SEE PEOPLE BREAKDOWN AND
JUST START CRYING BECAUSE
SOMEBODY DELIVERS THE WORD FROM
GOD.
MAYBE THEY LOST FAITH OR
WHATEVER.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE, BUT YOU
ALSO HAVE THE BOLDNESS TO WALK
IN THE HOLY SPEAR "KNOW HE IS
GOING TO PROTECT YOU.
YOU SEE PEOPLE AND THEIR
FACES ARE COMPLETELY CHANGED.
IT IS JUST, WHATEVER WAS GOING
ON AT THAT TIME IN THEIR LIFE,
ALL OF THE SUDDEN SOMETHING CAME
IN.
SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL.
SOMETHING UNDENIABLE CAME IN AND
JUST WIPED EVERYTHING AWAY, EVEN
FOR THAT SPLIT SECOND.
MAN, JUST USE IT FOR WHO HE
IS AND WHAT HE IS AND SEE THE
DARKNESS AND BRING HIM INTO THE
DARKNESS.
IT IS VERY POWERFUL.
I BELIEVE LIVES ARE CHANGED.
YOU KNOW, IN THE INSTANT.
ALL IT TAKES IS AN INSTANT AND
LIVES ARE CHANGED.
SMILE, TOO.
SMILE.
ALL RIGHT.
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WHAT A GREAT STORY.
GOD BLESSED THOSE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, MY MOM AND HER FRIENDS
USED TO GO DOWN THE MAIN AND
HASTINGS AND THE CORDOVA STREET
AVENUE IN VANCOUVER SIXTY YEARS
AGO AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS.
THEY WOULD SING SONGS.
MY MOM WOULD PLAY AN ACCORDION
AND LEAD PEOPLE TO JESUS RIGHT
ON THE STREET THERE MIGHT BE
SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
AND YOU'RE THINKING ARE THESE
PEOPLE CRAZY.
GOING OUT ONTO THE STREETS WITH
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND PRAYING WITH
THEM, GIVING THEM WORDS FROM GOD
AND FEEDING THEM?
IN LUKE 14, THERE IS A WONDERFUL
PARABLE THAT JESUS HIMSELF TOLD.
IT WAS ABOUT A MAN, A MASTER.
HE THROW A GREAT BANQUET, BUT
HIS GUESTS KEPT GIVING HIM
EXCUSES WHY THEY COULDN'T COME.
SO THE MASTER TOLD HIS SERVANTS
IN VERSE 21, GO OUT COOK FOOD.
GO INTO THE STREETS AND THE
ALLEYS OF THE TOWN.
BRING IN THE POOR, THE CRIPPLED,
THE BLIND AND THE LAME.
THEN THE SERVANT REPORTED BACK,
WE DID THAT AND THERE IS MORE
ROOM.
SO THE MASTER TOLD HIS SERVANT
GO OUT TO THE ROADS AND COUNTRY
LANES AND COMPEL THEM, COMPEL
THEM TO COME IN SO MY HOUSE WILL
BE FULL.
WELL, WE'RE NOT CRAZY.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED
A SAVIOR AND DEEP INSIDE OF YOU,
YOU KNOW THERE IS A PLACE THAT
NEEDS THE SAVIOR, TOO.
MAY I QUOTE THE MOST REPEATED
AND PROFOUND VERSE IN THE BIBLE.
JOHN 3:16.
FOR GOD SO LOVED, HE SO LOVED
THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE
AND ONLY SON THAT WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH,
BUT HAS ETERNAL LIFE.
YOU MAY NOT BE HOMELESS AND
LIVING ON THE STREETS, BUT YOU
MIGHT BE VERY LOST.
BRIAN, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE
EVERY DAY.
TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS HOPE.
THERE IS A WAY.
THERE IS A TRUTH.
HIS NAME IS JESUS.
AMEN.
I BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY ARE
THEIR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT TO CHRIST, THOSE NUMBERS
ARE ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU FOR
ANY TIME TO CALL.
I BELIEVE JUST LIKE MIKE AND
THOSE OWN NIGHT STRIKE, YOU
MIGHT FEEL THAT YOU HAVE A CRAZY
IDEA.
IT WAS NOT A BIG ORGANIZATION,
IT WAS ONE MAN OBEYING THE WORD
OF GOD AND LOVING PEOPLE.
GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT GOD
TELLS YOU, GOD BLESS.
TOO OFTEN WE CARRY BAGGAGE
FROM OUR PAST.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND
EVERYONE IN YOUR LIVES.
IT IS ALWAYS THERE, WEIGHING US
DOWN AND KEEPING US FROM
ACHIEVING TRUE HAPPINESS.
BUT DO YOU KNOW GOD NEVER MEANT
FOR US TO BE TRAPPED IN THE
PAST?
YOU CAN BE FREE OF YOUR BAGGAGE.
LEARN HOW GOD'S FORGIVENESS
LEADS TO CHANGED LIVES AND NEW
BEGINNINGS.
CALL "THE 700 CLUB CANADA."
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THE WISEST MAN WHO EVER
LIVED, KING SOLOMON, WROTE IN
ECCLESIASTICS THAT RAIN COMES ON
THE JUST AND THE UNJUST.
GOOD AND BAD, IT HAPPENS TO THEM
ALL.
HE EVEN SAYS THAT HE FOUND IT TO
BE A MOST UNFAIR THING THAT TIME
AND CHANCE COME UP ON THE
RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS.
I HAVE LIVED THROUGH DAYS IN MY
LIFETIME AND I KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE, TOO.
WHERE WE GET THROWN A CURVEBALL.
THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS
FAMILY FRIENDS GAVE BIRTH TO
A DOWN SYNDROME BABY, THAT'S
A CURVEBALL.
LET'S YEAR MY FRIEND'S
15-YEAR-OLD BOY DIED SUDDENLY IN
THE NIGHT AND MY FRIEND LOST HER
HUSBAND WITHIN EIGHT DAYS OF
A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
STILL ANOTHER FRIEND'S SON,
RECENTLY COMMITTED SUICIDE,
THOSE ARE CURVEBALLS THAT WE
DON'T SEE COMING.
YOU FIND YOURSELF DEALING WITH
PAIN THAT YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE
AND IT LEAVES YOU REELING WITH
FEAR, ANGER CONFUSION AND AN
ACHE IN YOUR HEART THAT DOESN'T
GO AWAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER HOW TO
FEEL IN YOUR HEART AT THOSE
TERRIBLE MOMENTS, I KNOW ONLY
ONE THING, OUR HOPE IS IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD.
LIFE CAN BE PAINFUL.
GOD IS THERE.
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT WE
CAN RELY ON SO ASSUREDLY AS THAT
ONE STATEMENT.
IT BECOMES A LIFE PRESERVER ON
THE OCEAN OF DESPAIR.
HE IS A TETHER IN THE FALL.
HE IS ROCK WHEN WE FIND
OURSELVES SINKING IN QUICK SAND.
HE HAS THE ARMS WE FALL INTO,
WHEN OUR LEGS CAN'T RUN ANYMORE.
JESUS HE IS OUR COUNSELOR IN THE
LATE HOURS OF THE NIGHT WHEN NO
ONE ELSE IS UP.
HE IS THE COMPANION, CONSOLER,
COMFORTER, CHERISHED FRIEND WHO
STAYS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER IN
TIMES OF DISASTER.
HE UPHOLDS HIS STRENGTH AND
FORTIFIES.
HE SECURES AND REINFORCES OUR
VERY LIFE, WHEN WE MAY NOT KNOW
HOW TO LIVE ONE MORE DAY.
HE'S THE PROVIDER OF SOLUTIONS
AND THE SUSTAINERS OF OUR
COURAGE TO TAKE JUST ONE MORE
STEP.
I KNOW THERE IS SOME OF YOU OUT
THERE TODAY AND YOU'RE DEALING
WITH A CURVEBALL THAT YOU DID
NOT SEE HEADING YOUR WAY.
I REALIZE THAT YOU CAN BE A VERY
DESPERATE PLACE.
MY WORDS, THEY CAN DO-NOTHING TO
SOLVE YOUR PAIN, BUT CAN I TELL
YOU, THERE IS A MAN, HIS NAME IS
JESUS, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN
YOU COULD EVER, EVER KNOW.
HE IS NOT A DISTANT GOD.
HE IS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT BESIDE
YOU.
HE IS THE WARMTH THAT YOU FEEL
NOW COMING OVER YOUR BODY.
IF YOU WILL DARE TO JUST TRUST
HIM.
WOULD YOU JUST GIVE HIM ONE
CHANCE TO HELP YOU RIGHT NOW?
FATHER, I PRAY FOR THAT ONE
WHO'S HURTING SO TERRIBLY, THEY
FEEL THEY WILL NOT MAKE IT.
I ASK YOU JESUS TO REACH INTO
THE DEPTHS OF HIS UNIMAGINABLE
PAIN.
I PRAY, HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOU
WILL EMBODY, EMBRACE AND HOLD
TIGHTLY THIS ONE WHO NEEDS YOU.
YOU ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF HOPE
THAT WE CAN CLING TO IN SUCH
TIMES OF TROUBLE.
WE SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS AND
RISE UP IN THE POWER TO ACCEPT
THE PROVISION THAT ONLY GOD CAN
BRING.
THANK YOU, LAURA-LYNN.
YOU KNOW, AS A PASTOR, EVEN IN
HIS MOMENTS PEOPLE ASK WHERE IS
GOD DURING THESE TIMES?
THERE IS A FAMOUS POEM CALLED
"FOOTPRINTS."
LORD WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST
I ONLY SAW ONE SET OF
FOOTPRINTS.
GOD, REPLIES, IT IS BECAUSE IN
THAT ONE SET, I WAS CARRYING
YOU.
A VERY FAMOUS VERSE, JOBE,
19:25, I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES
AND I WILL SEE HIM IN THE FLESH.
TRUST IN GOD.
CALL THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
THAT PRAYER, IF YOU PRAYED WITH
LAURA-LYNN AND RECEIVED THAT
PRAYER, 1-855-759-0700.
YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
BECAUSE IT CAME TO PASS AND NOT
TO STAY.
GOD SEES DEATH COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAN WE DO.
HE'S WITH YOU AND WILL NEVER
LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU.
COMING UP NEXT, NIKI SHOWS US
HOW TO IMPACT THOSE AROUND US.
HI.
I'M NIKI.
WELCOME TO THE GET UP AND GET
MOVING SEGMENT.
EACH WEEK I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE
THREE MOVES DESIGNED TO GET YOUR
HEART RATE UP.
INCREASE YOUR STRENGTH AND
IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
THESE ARE SIMPLE EXERCISES.
THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY GOOD FOR
ANYBODY TO DO ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT.
OR A GYM MEMBERSHIP, JUST GET UP
AND GET GOING.
OKAY.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED THINK
ABOUT SCHEDULING YOUR TIME
AROUND WORKING OUT EVERY DAY.
MANY OF US COMPLAIN, WE HAVE
KIDS, WE HAVE REALLY BUSY LIVES.
EXERCISE SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST
THING THAT GETS CHOPPED OUT, BUT
WE REALLY NEED TO SET A GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR OUR KIDS.
TODAY ESPECIALLY WE'RE SEEING
RISING OBESITY RATES WITH KIDS.
KIDS ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE
TV.
IF THEY SEE YOU MOVING AND
MAKING EXERCISE A PRIORITY IN
YOUR LIFE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT
TO DO THE SAME THING.
OKAY?
SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.
GET MOVING TODAY.
SO, LET'S GET GOING.
OUR EXERCISE TODAY FOR CARDIO IS
THE V STEP.
REALLY EASY.
SO STARTING JUST LIKE THIS AND
STEP OUT INTO A V AND BRING YOUR
FEET BACK TOGETHER.
STEPPING OUT AND COMING BACK
TOGETHER.
OKAY.
REALLY SIMPLE.
OUT, OUT, IN, IN.
SO, SPEEDING UP.
SO, THIS IS OUR SIMPLE OPTION TO
BEGIN WITH.
MOVING OUT, OUTED AND BRINGING
YOUR FEET BACK TOGETHER.
ADDING INTENSITY, GRAB ONTO
A WEIGHT.
OKAY.
GET LOWER AS YOU COME FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT AWAY, YOU WILL FEEL THAT
IS MUCH HARDER.
TRY IT WITH ME.
GET LOW AND COME BACK.
LOW, LOW.
ALL RIGHT.
ONE MORE OPTION, ADDING IN A HOP
TOGETHER.
ALL RIGHT?
IF THAT WAS WAY TOO EASY FOR
YOU, THIS WILL GET YOUR HEART
RATE UP.
OKAY.
ONE MINUTE JUST LIKE THAT.
KEEP GOING.
YOU'VE GOT IT.
OKAY?
MOVING ALONG -- MOVING DOWN TO
THE FLOOR.
YOU'VE DONE THE PLANK WITH ME
BEFORE.
I LOVE THE PLANK.
REALLY SIMPLE MOVE.
IT'S GOING TO GET YOU STRONGER.
REALLY WORKING ON YOUR CORE.
COMING DOWN TO THE GROUND.
ONCE AGAIN, ELBOWS ARE STACKED
UNDER YOUR SHOULDERS AND PULLING
YOUR BELLY BUTTON UP TO YOUR
SPINE.
COMING UP ONTO YOUR TOES.
YOU'RE GOING TO LIFT ONE LEG AT
A TIME.
THIS IS GIVING YOU A GLUT
WORKOUT.
YOUR SEAT MUSCLES.
YOU'RE BRINGING ONE LEG UP AND
ONE LEG UP.
NOW THIS IS TOUGH.
IF YOU FIND THIS TOO TOUGH, JUST
HOLD IT HERE.
YOU GOT ABOUT 45 SECONDS TO AT
YOUR PLANK FOR.
OTHERWISE, ADDING INTENSITY ONE
LEG AT A TIME.
UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
KEEP GOING, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE.
VERY GOOD.
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED YOUR PLANK,
THIS IS A GREAT STRETCH.
YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT BACK ON
YOUR HEELS, PUTTING YOUR HEAD
DOWN ON THE GROUND AND
STRETCHING OUT.
THEY CALL THIS CHILDS POSE.
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR BREATHE
THROUGH YOUR STRETCH.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
VERY GOOD.
YOU CAN HOLD THAT FOR 15 OR 20
SECONDS.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT THERE A
LITTLE BIT LONGER IT FEELS SO
NICE.
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT 700CLUB.CA
FOR MORE EXERCISE MOVES.
START PUTTING THESE TOGETHER AND
GETTING YOUR 30 MINUTE WORKOUT
TOGETHER.
THAT'S ALL THAT YOU NEED IS 30
MINUTES.
OKAY?
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS COME TO
NIKICANTELON.COM, I WOULD LOVE
TO HEAR FROM YOU AND REMEMBER TO
GET UP AND GET MOVING, YOU'LL BE
SO GLAD THAT YOU DID.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
THANKS, NIKI.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH BEING
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, BRIAN, THAT'S WHY I
PUT AWAY THE CHIPS UNTIL THIS
SHOW IS DONE.
UH-HUH.
WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE
A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
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HE ASKED GOD FOR THREE THINGS,
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WELCOME BACK.
UP NEXT -- A YOUNG BOY'S LIFE
HANGS IN THE BALANCE AFTER
A FOUL BALL STRIKES HIM DIRECTLY
IN THE HEAD.
ALL I KNEW THAT, THAT I DID
WAS HURT SOMEBODY.
I IMMEDIATELY JUST STARTED
CRYING IN THE BOX.
I SAW A LIMP KID OVER HIS
PARENT'S SHOULDER.
AT THAT MOMENT WHEN I HIT THAT
BASEBALL EVERYTHING CHANGED.
BEN CARLSON LOVED BASEBALL.
HIS POWERFUL SWING HAD MAJOR
LEAGUE POTENTIAL.
HE BECAME AN ALL AMERICAN AT
MISSOURI STATE.
THE SLUGGING FIRST BASEMAN WAS
DRAFTED TO THE CLEVELAND INDIANS
AND ASSIGNED TO THEIR FARM TEAM,
THE SCRAPPERS.
HE WAS GROOMED TO BE A PART OF
THE FRANCHISES FUTURE.
BEN BELIEVED NOTHING COULD STOP
HIM.
YOU BASICALLY FELT
INVINCIBLE, YOU HAD THE WORLD IN
YOUR HANDS.
YOU COULD SEE THE BIG LEAGUES
RIGHT AHEAD OF YOU AND ANYBODY
TELLING YOU HOW GREAT OF A
BASEBALL PLAYER YOU ARE.
YOU HAVE A BASEBALL CARD THAT
COMES OUT WITH YOUR PICTURE ON
IT.
SO, YOU FEEL PRETTY SPECIAL
ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING IN LIFE.
BASICALLY I WAS LEAVING THE
DREAM.
BUT JUST THREE MONTHS INTO
HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER, THE
DREAM SUDDENLY CAME TO AN END.
IT WAS A NIGHT GAME IN SEPTEMBER
OF 2009.
CHAD AND NICOLE SAT WITH THEIR
4-YEAR-OLD BOY, LUKE, IN THE
FRONT ROW DOWN THE FIRST
BASELINE WHEN BEN CAME TO BAT.
GOT UP TO THE BATTER'S BOX.
OF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS THINKING
I'M GOING HIT A HOME RUN EVERY
TIME I GET UP TO THE PLATE.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW THE
PITCHER THROWS A CURVEBALL.
AS A LEFT-HANDER I WAS A LITTLE
AS A LEFT-HANDER I WAS A LITTLE
BIT OUT IN FRONT OF IT.
I HIT A FOUL BALL INTO THE
STANDS.
THAT'S WHEN THE BALL -- HIT LUKE
IN THE HEAD.
CHAD STARTED REACTING I GUESS
I REALLY DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER IT
DAWNED ON ME HE HAD GOTTEN HIT
BY THE BASEBALL.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS JUST PANIC
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG
OTHER THAN HE WAS NOT
RESPONDING.
SEE HIS PARENTS PICK HIM UP
AND IMMEDIATELY JUST RUN UP THE
STAIRS OF THE STADIUM AND RUN
OUT OF THE BALLPARK.
I NEVER HEARD A -- STADIUM SO
QUIET.
BEN MANAGED TO FINISH HIS AT
BAT.
HE STRUGGLED THROUGH THE REST OF
THE GAME AS HOSPITAL UPDATES
ABOUT LUKE'S CONDITION WERE
PASSED ONTO THE DUGOUT.
AFTER THE GAME, BEN LEARNED THAT
LUKE MIGHT NOT LIVE THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
I REMEMBER JUST PRAYING,
PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM,
THAT'S WHEN THEY COME TO GOD.
I SAID, LORD, JUST SAVE HIS
LIFE.
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
WE WERE IN THE ER.
THE DOCTORS CAME OUT AND SAID
THAT HE WAS IN EMERGENCY
SURGERY.
THINGS JUST WENT FROM BAD TO
WORSE.
YOU'RE WONDERING WOW, HOW CAN
THIS BE.
IT WAS JUST A BASEBALL.
LUKE'S VITAL SIGNS FINALLY
STABILIZED, BUT HE REMAINED IN
A COMA.
BEN WAS OVERCOME WITH GUILT AND
WENT TO CHECK ON LUKE AND HIS
FAMILY IN THE HOSPITAL.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE MET
HIM FACE-TO-FACE.
COME DOWN THE HALLWAY.
YOU COULD TELL HE WAS A BASEBALL
PLAYER WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY.
HE CAME AND GAVE US A BIG HUG.
HE WAS IN TEARS.
WE WERE IN TEARS.
THEY ACCEPTED ME INTO THEIR
FAMILY RIGHT THERE.
FOR THEM TO DO THAT WAS SO
AMAZING BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE
MIGHT BLAME ME.
MOST PEOPLE MIGHT -- YOU KNOW,
THEY MIGHT JUST REJECT ME.
BUT LUKE'S PARENTS DIDN'T
BLAME BEN INSTEAD, THEY FORGAVE
HIM.
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A DEEP
FRIENDSHIP.
LUKE'S CONDITION IMPROVED AND HE
WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
BEN CONTINUED TO PONDER WHAT
HAPPENED.
FORCING HIM TO EVALUATED HIS
LIFE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU'RE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE.
YOU'RE EXPECTED TO SHOW YOUR
TALENT, TO, TO SHOW THAT THEIR
INVESTMENT IS PAYING OFF FOR
THEM.
WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY THAT
AND -- THINGS AREN'T GOING SO
WELL, UM, YOU START REALLY KIND
OF LOOKING AT WHO YOU ARE AS A
PERSON.
I HAD JUST HAD TO BE HONEST WITH
MYSELF.
THAT BROKE ME EVEN MORE BUT THAT
GAVE ME FREEDOM.
I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING THAT
I WAS DOING DIDN'T MATTER.
YOU REALIZE THAT YOU NEED GOD.
YOU REALIZE THAT YOU NEED
SOMEBODY -- BIGGER AND BETTER
THAN YOURSELF.
TO LIVE THROUGH YOU AND HELP YOU
WITH THINGS OF THIS LIFE.
THE INDIANS PROMOTED BEN TO
THEIR SINGLE-A TEAM.
HIS HITTING SLUMP CONTINUED AND
HIS DRIVE TO REACH THE MAJOR
LEAGUES SEEM TO FADE.
ONE DAY BEN SHOWED UP EARLY FOR
HIS PREGAME ROUTINE.
I REMEMBER GOING OUTSIDE FOR
ONE REASON AND I SAT OUTSIDE OF
THE LOCKER ROOM AND I JUST
STARTED BALLING, I SAID JESUS
SAVE MY LIFE.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ELSE
TO TURN.
HE WAS THE ONLY ONE I COULD CALL
ON.
SO, HE WAS THE ONLY TRUTH THAT I
KNEW TO CALL OUT TO.
THAT DAY WAS -- LIFE-CHANGING.
I TRULY, TRULY, TRULY BELIEVE
THAT WAS THE DAY THAT GOD GOT
A HOLD OF MY HEART.
BEN'S CONTRACT WAS NOT
RENEWED FOR THE 2010 SEASON AND
HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE GAME
THAT HE LOVED.
HE MARID AND RECENTLY BECAME
A DAD.
BEN RETURNED TO SCHOOL TO FINISH
HIS DEGREE WHERE HE PLAYS
FOOTBALL AS THE HORNETS MIDDLE
LINEBACKER.
WHILE LUKE CONTINUES HIS
RECOVERY.
HE AND BEN CONTINUE THEIR
FRIENDSHIP.
ALONG THE WAY, BEN HAS FOUND
ANOTHER FRIEND WHO HAS CHANGED
HIS LIFE.
YOU DO GET TO THAT POINT
WHERE YOU NEED HIM MORE THAN
ANYTHING, BUT WHEN YOU TRULY
EXPERIENCE HIM FOR YOURSELF AND
THOSE MOMENTS OF DESPERATION
WHERE YOU NEED A SAVIOR, THROUGH
THE LAST -- YEAR AND A HALF,
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM, IT'S
BEEN THE MOST AMAZING JOURNEY I
HAVE EVER TAKEN IN MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
I WOULD GIVE UP EVERYTHING OF MY
PAST LIFE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
HIM.
WOW.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW GOD IS ABLE
TO TURN SOME OF THE MOST
NIGHTMARISH CONDITIONS AROUND --
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT BEN,
HE WAS THAT BIG SLUGGER, BUT
WHEN HE HIT LITTLE LUKE, THAT
REALLY TOOK THE AIR OUT OF ALL
OF HIS, HIS DREAMS OF, OF -- OF
EVEN JUST BEING THIS --
INVINCIBLE SLUGGER.
DID YOU NOTICE WHAT GOD DID IN
THAT MOMENT AS WELL?
HIS HEART WAS OVERCOME AT THAT
MOMENT WITH INCREDIBLE GUILT.
I BELIEVE TODAY SOME OF YOU ARE
PROBABLY DEALING WITH THE SAME
PROBLEMS YOURSELF OF GUILT OF
THE PAST.
MAYBE YOU DID SOMETHING HAD A
BONE HEAD EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU
JUST KNEW IT WAS NOT RIGHT WHAT
YOU DID.
YOU DRANK SOMETHING, YOU WENT
SOMEWHERE, YOU DID SOMETHING,
MAYBE YOU LEFT YOUR FAMILY.
YOU GOT TO COME BACK.
GOD IS THE GOD OF TO THE COME
BACK.
I BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS YOU TO
COME BACK.
JUST LIKE THAT PARODICAL TODAY.
ANOTHER THING THAT I LOVE IS THE
SCRIPTURE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT THIS.
IT ALSO COMES FROM THE BOOK OF
JOBE.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE OLD BOOKS IN
THE BIBLE.
A VERY SIMPLE BOOK.
IT TALKS ABOUT A MAN WHO WENT
THROUGH STRUGGLES.
BUT I LOVE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
14th CHAPTER IN THE 7 THROUGH
9 VERSE.
IT SAYS THERE IS HOPE FOR A TREE
IF IT IS CUT DOWN, IT SHALL BUD
AGAIN AT THE SCENT OF WATER.
I BELIEVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS BLOWING RIGHT NOW AND
IT IS TELLING YOU I'M GIVING YOU
SECOND CHANCE.
TAKE IT, RUN WITH IT.
YOU SEE HE IS A LINEBACKER NOW.
HE'S GOING AFTER THE OPPOSITION
AND GOD WANTS YOU TO DO THE
SAME.
COME ON IN, LAURA-LYNN.
YOU KNOW, BRIAN, SO OFTEN
WHEN GOD DOES ALLOW A CURVEBALL
INTO OUR LIVES IT CAN RADICALLY
CHANGE US.
SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT'S REALLY
BAD AND NEGATIVE.
WE CAN'T SEE HOW THE OUTCOME IS
GOING TO BE POSITIVE.
YET GOD MAKES ALL THINGS NEW AND
TAKES EVERYTHING THAT THE ENEMY
MEANS FOR, FOR EVIL IN YOUR LIFE
AND HE TURNS IT AROUND INTO
SOMETHING GOOD.
SO WHEN THE ENEMY HAS COME
AGAINST YOU AND DECEIVED YOU AND
WALKED IN SOME OF THE WAYS BRIAN
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, LEAVING YOUR FAMILY.
GOING OFF IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
GOD, IF YOU WILL JUST FALL TO
YOUR KNEES AND GIVE IT TO HIM,
GOD WILL TURN EVERYTHING AROUND
AND YOU WILL HAVE A MAGNIFICENT
FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.
AMEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING IN
YOUR HANDS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO
SOME BUSINESS WITH GOD, BECAUSE
IF YOU HIT A FOUL BALL IN YOUR
LIFE AND IT IS HURT SOME PEOPLE,
TODAY I REALLY BELIEVE GOD IS
SAYING THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU AND
YOU NEED TO COME BACK AS WELL.
HEY, LET'S DO SOME BUSINESS WITH
GOD AND THEN CALL THE NUMBER ON
THE SCREEN AFTER YOU HAVE PRAYED
THIS PRAYER WITH ME.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY TOO
LONG.
THERE IS A GAME TO BE PLAYED.
IT IS THE GAME OF LIFE THAT YOU
HAVE TO GET BACK INTO.
PRAY WITH ME.
FATHER GOD, I HAVE MESSED UP.
I HAVE BLOWN IT.
I ACCEPTED YOU, JESUS, AT ONE
TIME BUT I PUT YOU ON THE SHELF
AND LIVED MY LIFE.
NOW I SEE WHAT IS THE PROPHET OF
MAN TO GAIN THE WORLD AND LOSE
HIS SOUL.
I'M NOW COMING BACK TO YOU.
I ASK YOU, WOULD YOU COME INTO
MY LIFE.
I AM A SINNER.
I CONFESS IT.
I TURN FROM MY SIN AND TURN TO
YOU AND GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL
PERMISSION FOR YOUR
HEAVENLY INVENTION.
PLEASE MAKE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO
BE IN, JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
WITH BRIAN WOULD YOU GIVE US
A CALL AT 1-855-759-0700?
YOU KNOW, OPERATORS ARE
STANDING BY.
WE'VE GOT SOME INCREDIBLE PRAYER
REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING
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WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE PRAYER
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UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M BRIAN
WARREN.
I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
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