HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
LAURA LYNN, KIDS ARE THE
FUNNIEST, I GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HELP ABOUT 60,000 KIDS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND I LOVE THAT
CHILDREN ARE THE MOST HONEST,
THEY COME OUT WITH THINGS
THAT COME OUT OF LEFT FIELD AND
I LOVE THE POWER OF THE
IMAGINATION OF A CHILD.
YEAH, I KNOW, I CAN THINK OF
SOME FUNNY THINGS THAT MY KIDS
SAID WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG AND
IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE
TO SAY, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THEY WERE SAYING.
I CAN'T PUT IT ON THE SHOW.
ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE FEATURE
STORIES THAT ARE OF CHILDREN AND
HOW THE LESSONS WE LEARN EARLY
IN LIFE STAY WITH US.
WE'LL FOLLOW AN
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AS THEY
REPORT ON THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGES
OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN INDIA AND
CAPTURE THE HEART BREAK OF A
YOUNG GIRL AS SHE'S SEPARATED
FROM HER FAMILY.
ALSO YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN TODD HOWARDSON, IN THE
AFTER MATH OF A HIGH SPEED
SHOOT OUT, NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE
HOW TODD ESCAPED, BUT HOW GOD HD
TODD
ESCAPE THE PAIN OF A CHILDHOOD
SECRET.
AND I'LL BE BACK LATER WITH E
INTERVIEWS ON THE STREETS AS WE
FIND OUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
CANADA, TODAY MY INTERVIEW WITHA
PERSIAN GIRL WHO LEARNED A FEW S
ABOUT JESUS, BUT FIRST, SECRET
WEDDINGS OF CHILD BRIDES.
RAJASTHAN IS THE EPICENTER
OF INDIA'S CHILD MARRIAGE, MORE
THAN HALF OF THE GIRLS BORN IN
THIS STATE BECOME CHILD BRIDES
BEFORE THE AGE OF 15.
THE LIFE OF A CHILD BRIDE IS
VERY SAD.
PREN DOBBY IS STUDYING ITS
IMPACT ON THIS ON INDIAN SOCIET.
AS SHE GETS
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, HER
LIFE BECOMES CHALLENGING.
MOST OF INDIA'S RURAL POOR
LIVE OFF LESS OF A DOLLAR A
DAY, SO MARRYING OFF A DAUGHTER
MEANS ONE LESS MOUTH TO FEED.
GIRLS ARE SEEN AS A
LIABILITY AND BURDEN, THE
GIRL'S FAMILY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYING THE DOWRY SO THE LONGER
THEY WAIT TO GET THE GIRL MARRID
OFF, THE MORE THEY HAVE TO PAY
THE FUTURE IN-LAWS.
APRIL AND MAY ARE POPULAR
MONTHS FOR MARRIAGES, THEY WILL
HOLD THOUSANDS OF MARRIAGES.
EVERY YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THE
IMAGES OF PARENTS HOLDING THEIR
CHILDREN, SOMETIMES AS YOUNG AS
4 OR 5 YEARS OLD IN THEIR LAP
AS THEY GET MARRIAGE.
INDIA FIRST INTRODUCED LAWS
AGAINST MARRIAGE BACK IN 1929, D
BACK THEN, THE LEGAL AGE FOR MAE
WAS SET AT 12, IT WAS EVENTUALLY
INCREASED TO 18 YEARS OLD IN
1978.
TO EVADE THE LAW, FAMILIES
WILL OFTEN PERFORM MARRIAGES
IN SECRET, USUALLY LATE AT NIGH,
IT'S SHORTLY AFTER 9:00 IN TE
EVENING, VERY BUSY STREETS AS
YOU CAN SEE BUT WHERE WE'RE
GOING IS INTO THE INTERIOR
VILLAGES OF THIS PART OF
RAJASTHAN.
OUTSIDERS ARE RARELY ALLOWED
TO ATTEND THESE CEREMONIES LET
ALONE FILM THEM.
RAJMA PATELL'S PARENTS MADE AN
EXCEPTION, GIVING US PERMISSIONO
FILM THEIR SON BUT ONLY THE NIGT
BEFORE HIS WEDDING.
I AM BECOMING A MAN TOMORROW.
HIS PARENTS INSIST HE'S 21
BUT HIS FRIENDS TOLD US OFF
CAMERA HE'S ONLY 10, HIS YOUNG
FACE COVERED IN TRADITIONAL
MAKE-UP, HE WEARS A SPECIAL
SUIT WITH FLASHING COLORED LIGH.
I WANT THE YOUNGSTERS IN MY
VILLAGE TO FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE.
THE WHOLE VILLAGE SPENDS THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING DRINKIG
AND DANCING.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL, THESE DANCE RITUALS
BECOME SEXUALLY CHARGED, OFTEN
YOU WILL SEE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRS
CHIME IN.
OUR TEAM ISN'T ALLOWED TO
FILM PATELL'S BRIDE WHO IS
SAID TO BE NO MORE THAN 8 OR 9
YEARS OLD.
THE PARENTS ALWAYS LIE ABOUT
THE CHILD'S AGE, BECAUSE OF
CULTURE AND ECONOMIC REASONS,
THE PARENTS WILL MARRY THEIR
KIDS OFF AT A YOUNG AGE.
CBN NEWS, HOWEVER, IS ALLOWED
TO FILM VENA ASURE'S WEDDING, IT
TAKES PLACE DURING THE DAY WHICS
VERY UNCOMMON.
WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR
THIS WEDDING FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
VENA IS TRYING TO LOOK HER BT
AS SHE PREPARES TO TEETER DOWN E
AISLE OF HER HOUSE.
I HAVE INVITED THE ENTIRE
VILLAGE TO COME FOR THIS HAPPY
OCCASION.
BUT VENA IS ANYTHING BUT
HAPPY, IN BETWEEN COMBING HER
HAIR AND PUTTING ON JEWELRY,
SHE SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY, HER
FAMILY TRIES TO CONSOLE HER.
WE ASKED HER WHY SHE'S CRYING.
WHY IS SHE SAD?
SHE REFUSES TO TALK.
SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A WIFE, HOW TO TAKE
CARE OF A FAMILY BUT BECAUSE
THIS HAS BEEN FORCED UPON HER,
SHE HAS TO GO ALONG WITH IT, I
THINK SHE'S A LITTLE SCARED.
VENA'S FAMILY INSISTS
THEIR DAUGHTER IS 18 BUT SHE
ALSO LOOKS 7 OR 8.
I ALSO GOT MARRIED VERY
YOUNG, SHE WILL ADJUST.
INDIA IS ONLY ONE OF MANY
COUNTRIES WHERE CHILD MARRIAGES
ARE THRIVING, EACH YEAR, SOME
10 MILLION GIRLS ARE MARRIED
BEFORE THEY TURN 18.
THE PRACTICE IS
MOST COMMON IN AFRICA, THE
MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA.
THE GIRL IS MARRIED AND
MOVES IN WITH THE HUSBAND'S
FAMILY, SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO
GO TO SCHOOL AND GET AN
EDUCATION, AS SOON AS SHE
REACHES PUBERTY, HE IS EXPECTED
TO HAVE CHILDREN.
AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT GIRL
BRIDES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE
DURING PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
AND LOSE THEIR CHILD BEFORE IT
IS BORN, BE INFECTED WITH HIV,
HAVE MULTIPLE BIRDS AND UNDERGO
MULTIPLE ABORTIONS.
HER HUSBAND ARRIVES ON THE BUS
WITH HIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY,
WEARING A SPECIAL CROWN WITH
SPECIAL LIGHTS, HE MAKES A
PROCESSION OF VILLAGES, HIS
FACE IS PARTIALLY COVERED BY A
MULTICOLORED MASK THAT HE WILL
WEAR UNTIL THE CEREMONY IS
OVER, HE TOO LOOKS VERY YOUNG
BUT HIS FAMILY INSISTS HE IS
ABOUT THE LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE.
I AM READY TO BE A HUSBAND.
VENA IS READY TO MAKE
HER APPEARANCE, BUT INSTEAD OF
WALKING DOWN THE COURTYARD, SHE
HAS TO BE CARRIED IN BY HER
FATHER.
WEAK AND EXHAUSTED, SHE IS
OVERCOME WITH EMOTIONS.
SHE SOBS THROUGH THE TWO HOUR
CEREMONY.
IT IS HEART BREAKING TO
WATCH.
THESE ARE CHILDREN, LITTLE
CHILDREN GETTING MARRIED.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
YOU KNOW, LAURA LYNN, I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IN
GENIAH, INDIA FIRST HAND WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH THE ARRANGED
MARRIAGES, AND YOU KNOW, WE IN
WESTERN CIVILIZATION DO THINGS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND IT IS
GOING ON SO WE CAN'T BURY OUR
HEADS BUT IT REMINDS US THAT WE
NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM.
WELL, WE CERTAINLY DO, BRIAN.
I JUST CAN'T FATHOM THE MINDSET
BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T LIVE
THERE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO EVER
UNDERSTAND, YOUR DAUGHTER, THAT
YOU WOULD BE HANDING HER OFF,
SHE'S 15.
THE ENEMY PLANTS SEEDS OF
DECEPTION AND EVIL.
WHEN THOSE SEEDS SPROUT,
WITHOUT JESUS, THEY TURN INTO
CHAOS, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
WHAT'S HAPPENED.
UP NEXT, TODD HOWARDSON
DODGES BULLETS WHILE SPEEDING
DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
MY BACK GLASS BROKE AND I
KNEW THEY'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO
SCARE ME, THEY'RE TRYING TO
KILL ME.
TODD HOWARDSON HAD ROBBED
HIS DRUG DEALER AND NOW THE MAN
WAS SHOOTING AT TODD.
I REMEMBER THINKING, GOD,
THIS IS HOW I'M GOING TO DIE
AND I WAS WONDERING WHETHER I
WAS GOING TO FEEL THE GUNSHOT
AND FEEL THE PAIN BEFORE I
HEARD THE SHOT.
TODD STARTED USING DRUGS AT
AGE 13 TO ESCAPE A SHAMEFUL
SECRET.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO
RESCUE ME, AND I CAN REMEMBER
LOOKING AROUND AND JUST FEELING
SO ALONE.
WHEN HE WAS 8, TODD HAD BEEN
PLAY NRG THE WOODS NEAR HIS
HOUSE.
HE DIDN'T KNOW A MAN HAD
FOLLOWED HIM THERE TO MOLEST
HIM.
I JUST REMEMBER HIM ASKING
ME TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND I
DIDN'T -- I FELT WEIRD, I FELT
-- I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY DIRTY.
I HAD TO HAVE A CONFUSED LOOK
ON MY FACE, AND HE SAID, WELL,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I SAID
NO, I DON'T, AND SO HE SAID,
I'LL SHOW YOU.
TODD NEVER SAW THE MAN
AGAIN, BUT THE MEMORY OF THAT
DAY CONTINUED TO HAUNT HIM.
HE HAD RECURRING NIGHTMARES AS
A RESULT OF THE ABUSE.
A MAN THAT I COULD NEVER SEE
HIS FACE WAS TAKING ME OUT OF
MY HOUSE AND I WAS TRYING TO
SCREAM FOR HELP AND I COULDN'T.
SOUND WOULDN'T COME OUT.
FIVE YEARS LATER WHEN TODD
WAS 13, HIS PARENTS DIVORCED.
THAT SAME YEAR, HE STARTED
EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS AND
SEX.
AND I REMEMBER THINKING, I'M
NORMAL BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT
ADDED LEVEL OF SHAME WHEN I WAS
MOLESTED BECAUSE IT WAS A GUY.
TODD'S DRUG ADDICTION
ESCALATED.
HE BEGAN USING COCAINE,
INCLUDING CRACK.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT
I HAD FELT GOOD SINCE I COULD
REMEMBER.
BUT THE HIGH WAS ONLY
TEMPORARY.
TODD HAD ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE TO
HIS MOM, SO WHEN SHE DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY, TODD DECIDED TO
END HIS LIFE TOO.
I TOOK A RAZOR AND I SLIT MY
WRISTS AND THE NEXT THING YOU
KNOW, AFTER THEY STITCHED ME UP
AND TOLD ME HOW LUCKY I WAS TO
BE ALIVE, THEY PUT ME IN A
PSYCHIATRIC WARD AND THAT WAS
ANOTHER DARK TIME.
TODD WAS RELEASED TWO DAYS
LATER FROM THE HOSPITAL.
HE BEGAN WORKING AT A CALL
CENTER WHERE HE MET DANA.
WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT,
THEY MARRIED SIX MONTHS LATER.
SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT TODD
CONTINUED TO DO DRUGS.
WHEN TODD'S SON WAS BORN, HE
WENT COLD TURKEY.
I SAW HIS LITTLE FINGERS AND
TOES AND THE DOCTOR LET ME CUT
THE CORD, AND I REMEMBER
THINKING IF I EVER NEEDED A
REASON TO STAY CLEAN, THIS IS
IT.
BUT THE NAGGING DESIRE TO
USE COCAINE ALWAYS STAYED WITH
HIM.
ONE NIGHT HE GAVE IN AND WENT
ON AN 8 DAY DRUG BINGE, THAT'S
WHEN HIS WIFE DANA REALIZED HOW
MUCH OF A DRUG PROBLEM HE HAD.
HE EXPLAINED THERE WAS
COCAINE USE AND I HAD NEVER
BEEN AROUND THAT, I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT HE
PROMISED IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
AGAIN, HE WANTED US TO BE A
FAMILY AND CONTINUE IN OUR
MARRIAGE, OF COURSE I BELIEVED
HIM.
TODD DIDN'T KEEP HIS PROMISE
AND LOST HIS JOB AND AFTER
STEALING DRUGS FROM HIS DEALER,
HE ENDED UP IN A HIGH SPEED
CHASE WHERE HE ALMOST LOST HIS
LIFE.
I PRAYED THAT MY WIFE
WOULDN'T TELL MY CHILDREN HOW I
DIED.
IN FACT, TODD WASN'T EVEN
INJURED
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT
WOULD BE MY BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, I
JUST HAD A SHOOTOUT, GOD JUST
SPARED YOUR LIFE, AND YOU NEED
TO GET ON YOUR KNEES AND THANK
GOD AND GO GET STRAIGHTENED
OUT, BUT ALL I COULD THINK
ABOUT WAS MY NEXT HIT.
A FEW DAYS LATER, TODD WENT
TO A CRACK HOUSE TO GET HIGH
AGAIN, THE POLICE RAIDED THE
PLACE AND TODD WAS ARRESTED.
THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO A
CHRISTIAN REHAB CENTER.
I GOT ON MY KNEES AND
STARTED TO PRAY AND STARTED
BEGGING GOD TO FORGIVE ME AND
HEAR MY PRAYERS, BEGGING HIM TO
TAKE THE PAIN AWAY.
I FELT HE REACHED DOWN AND I
FELT LIKE HE HUGGED ME AND I
FELT LIKE SUNSHINE WAS SHINING
ON ME, IT'S A WARM FEELING ALL
OVER
TODD ASKED GOD TO BE THE
SAVIOR OF HIS LIFE.
MY LIFE WAS WORTHLESS, HE
SAID MY LIFE WAS WORTH HIS SON,
SO TO HIM, IT WAS THE MOST
PRECIOUS THING ON EARTH, SO IT
WAS EASY AT THAT POINT, IT'S
THE DEAL.
TODD BEGAN READING THE WORD
EVERY DAY AND ASKED GOD TO
DELIVER HIM FROM HIS ADDICTIONS
FOR GOOD.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE GOD
REACHED DOWN WITH SCISSORS AND
CUT THAT THING THAT'S BEEN
CHASING ME SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS
OLD.
AND THEN TODD FELT LIKE GOD
WAS ASKING HIM TO DO SOMETHING
HE FELT HE COULD NEVER DO,
FORGIVE THE MAN THAT MOLESTED H.
GOD NEVER SAID THAT IT WAS,
WHAT THAT MAN DID FOR ME, JESUS
DIED FOR HIM TOO.
HE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT THAT
MAN WAS GOING TO DO AND HE
STILL DIED FOR HIM, AND SO I'VE
BEEN FORGIVEN A WHOLE LOT SO I
NEEDED TO FORGIVE.
TODD WAS IN REHAB FOR THREE
MONTHS, DANA ASKED HIM TO MOVE
BACK HOME.
I SEE MY HUSBAND AS A MAN
AFTER HIS OWN HEART AND I SEE
HIM AS A FATHER WHO CHOSE ARE
CHILDREN THE WAY TO GO.
I'M SO PROUD OF HIM.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED AND I
COULD NEVER HAVE ENVISIONED MY
LIFE, WHAT IT IS TODAY.
THERE IS FREEDOM AND THERE'S
POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS,
HE DIED FOR OUR SINS, HE DIDN'T
JUST DIE FOR THE LITTLE ONES,
HE DIED FOR ALL OF THEM, HE'S
OUR STORM, GOD, AND HE'S THE
GOD OF THE REDEEMED AND THE
MORE IMPOSSIBLE IT LOOKS, THE
MORE GLORY HE'S GOING TO GET.
I LOVE THAT PART OF THE
STORY WHERE TODD SAYS HE FELT
LIKE GOD GAVE HIM A HUG, HE
FINALLY REALIZED THAT HIS LIFE
WAS WORTH GOD GIVING THE LIFE
OF HIS SON FOR HIM, A
STAGGERING THOUGHT, HE SAID
CASH FOR CLUNKERS, HE KNEW HE
WAS A CLUNKER, HE KNEW HE HAD
FAILED, THAT HE HAD TURNED FROM
ALL THAT IS RIGHT, HE
DISAPPOINTED HIS WIFE AND BEEN
IN JAIL, HE HAD BEEN ABUSED SO
TERRIBLY, IT'S HARD TO EVEN
IMAGINE THAT STORIES LIKE THIS
HAVE HAPPENED BUT GOD IN HIS
LOVE JUST WRAPPED HIS ARMS
AROUND TODD AND HE KNEW THAT
HIS LIFE WOULD NEVER BE THE
SAME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE FACING TODAY, PERHAPS
YOU'RE FACING SOMETHING THAT'S
REAL BAD, YOU HAVE SOME PAIN
FROM YOUR PAST THAT KEEPS
AFFECTING YOUR PRESENT AND IT
WILL AFFECT YOUR FUTURE.
UNTIL YOU STOP IT DEAD IN ITS
TRACKS.
YOU WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS,
YOU WERE BORN FOR A PURPOSE,
GOD SAID WHEN HE PUT YOU AS A
LITTLE SEED IN YOUR MOTHER'S
WOMB, HE HAD A PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE, THE ENEMY HAS COME IN AND
CAUSED EVIL TO COME ABOUT AND
TRIED TO DISTRACT YOU AND
PERHAPS EVEN GOTTEN YOU HOOKED
ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND ALL
KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL NEVER
BRING TRUE JOY, BUT JESUS,
JESUS IS THE ANSWER, AND YOU
KNOW WHAT, GOD DID GIVE HIS SON
FOR YOU, YOU ARE THAT VALUABLE,
THAT SIGNIFICANT, THAT
IMPORTANT THAT HE WOULD GIVE
HIS OWN SON SO THAT YOU COULD
BE ABSOLUTELY FREE AND THAT YOU
COULD FORGIVE THOSE FOR THOSE
WHO MAY HAVE HURT YOU.
THAT'S SO STRONG, I BELIEVE
THIS IS A NEW DAY FOR YOU.
YOUR LIFE CANNOT BE BRAND NEW.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME BUSINESS
WITH GOD.
IT'S TIME FOR US AND I'M GOING
TO GIVE YOU THIS, IT'S A NEW
DAY, IT'S A DVD AND IT'S GOT
SOME INFORMATION, BUT I
REMEMBER THE LEAD SINGER KORN,
AND GOD DID A WONDERFUL THING
IN HIS LIFE, AND IT'S THE SAME
AS THIS, IT TURNED HIM INTO A
HIGH SPEED GUY AND GAVE HIM A
HOLY HUG, TODAY IT CAN HAPPEN,
YOU READY FOR IT?
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD
YOURSELF RIGHT NOW, YOU MAY
NOT HAVE A PROPHET COME TO YOUR
HOUSE BUT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK A
WORD TO YOURSELF, YOU'RE IN A
STRAIGHT JACKET RIGHT NOW,
AFTER YOU LET THESE HANDS DOWN,
YOU REACH FOR THE PHONE, PRAY
THIS WITH ME, GOD, I AM A
SINNER, I KNOW I'VE SINNED, I
MESSED UP, I'VE BLOWN IT, I
NEED YOU, I'M ASKING YOU FOR
HELP, THROW ME A BONE, GOD.
I CONFESS MY SIN AND I TURN FOR
MY SIN AND I TURN TO YOU,
JESUS, COULD YOU STEP OUT OF
HEAVEN AND INTO MY HEART, I
GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL PERMISSION
FOR YOUR HEAVENLY INTERVENTION
IN JESUS NAME, NOW LET IT GO,
FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
EVERYONE WHO HAS PRAYED THAT
PRAYER AND LET GO, I'M ASKING
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
LOOK INTO THOSE HOMES AND
HEARTS AND ROOMS, AND LET THE
BLOOD OF JESUS COVER THAT THEIR
PAST WOULD BE COVERED AND THEIR
FUTURE WOULD BE UNLOCKED IN
JESUS NAME.
IN JESUS NAME.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH
BRIAN, WOULD YOU GIVE US A
CALL, 1-855-759-0700, OUR
PARTNERS ARE STANDING BY.
TOO OFTEN, WE CARRY BAGGAGE
FROM OUR PAST.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND
EVERYONE IN OUR LIVES.
IT'S 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.
WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO GO,
I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT
BEING IN THE ZONE, YOU KNOW I
PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL,
ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATED
IS NO MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THE CROWD, I WAS ABLE TO
FOCUS ON MY PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY BY BEING IN THE
ZONE, THAT COULD BE ANY NUMBER
OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT THAT
WASN'T BOTHERING ME BECAUSE I
KNEW WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS AND I
KNEW WHAT MY ASSIGNMENT WAS AS
WELL.
YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF US IS
BORN WITH AN UNLIMITED
POTENTIAL AND AN UNTAPPED
PURPOSE, FROM THE DAY WE'RE
CREATED, GOD WANTS US TO
REALIZE THE BEST FOR OUR LIVE,
YET SO OFTEN, WE SPEND FAR TOO
MUCH TIME ASKING QUESTIONS
LIKE, HOW DO I DISCOVER MY
PURPOSE, WHEN WILL I REACH MY
POTENTIAL, WHERE IS THE PATH
THAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR ME?
ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE ASKING HOW
DO I LIVE IN THE ZONE?
HOW DO I GET FROM A TO B?
NOW, TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO
GIVE YOU JUST SOME OF THE
HINDRANCES AND THEN I'M GOING
TO PRAY FOR YOU AND I BELIEVE
GOD IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THE
REST OF THE WAY, HINDRANCE IS
TO FOLLOWING AND FINISHING THE
WILL OF GOD, LOOKING TOO FAR
AHEAD, TOO MANY PEOPLE AS A
PASTOR, I SEE THIS, TOO OFTEN,
WE NEED TO SOP LOOKING FOR A
ROAD MAP AND START LOOKING FOR
THE NEXT TURN, IT'S THE BABY
STEPS AS WE START MOVING ALONG
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
PURPOSE, LIVE FOR GOD GAY TO
DAY AND YOU WILL LIVE IN HIS
WILL FOR THE FUTURE, BUT B,
BIBLE BENDING, YEAH, OR
SCRIPTURE MANIPULATION,
INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE THE WAY
YOU WANT TO SHOE HORN GOD
INTO YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA,
REVOLUTION 218 AND 19 SAYS IT
THIS WAY, DON'T ADD TO OR TAKE
AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD, IN
ORDER TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO
OVERRIDE THE GPS, THE GOD
POSITIONING SYSTEM, THAT'S THE
HOLY GHOST, YOU HAVE TO SAY,
I'M IN CONTROL, WHO IS
PROGRESSIVELY OPERATING INTO
THE ANOINTING, THERE'S NO
SAVING WITHOUT A SAVIOR, THE
ANOINTING OF THE WORD IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF
TRUTH, BUT THIS IS THE LAST
THING, SEE SELFISH MODE, JAMES
SAID IT THIS WAY IN JAMES 4,
YOU ASK AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVE,
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU ASK WITH THE WRONG
MOTIVES SO THAT YOU MAY SPEND
IT ON YOUR OWN PLEASURE.
WANTING GOD TO BLESS OUR
SELFISH DESIRES, LORD, LET IT
BE YOUR WILL THAT I DATE SUCH
AND SUCH, LORD, LET IT BE YOUR
WILL THAT I GET SUCH AND SUCH,
THIS ISN'T SEEKING GOD, IT'S AN
ATTEMPT TO CONTROL GOD, YOU
WANT A PUPPET, NOT GOD, AND
THIS IS THE LAST ONE, LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S LOVE
WHICH LEADS TO A WRONG BELIEVE
THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE
UNHEALTHY, THEREFORE, YOU DON'T
WANT GOD TO KNOW TO DO.
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU, HIT
THOSE OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, I
PRAY THAT YOUR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS FOLLOW AND FINISH THE
WILL OF GOD, AND NOW THEIR GPS,
THEIR GOD POSITIONING SYSTEM
WILL MOVE THEM IN THE RIGHT
DECISION, AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE
TO GO.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE ONE
OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT BRIAN WAS
TALKING ABOUT AND YOU DON'T
KNOW YOUR PURPOSE AND IN FACT
YOU MAY FEEL SOME REJECTION
BECAUSE MAN HAS REJECTED YOU.
CAN I TELL YOU, GOD HAS NEVER
REJECTED YOU.
LISTEN TO THIS, ROMANS 11,
VERSE 2, NO, GOD HAS NEVER
REJECTED AND DISOWNED HIS
PEOPLE WHOSE DESTINY HE HAS
MARKED OUT AND APPOINTED AND
FAR KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING,
THAT'S A PROMISE TO YOU, IT'S A
GREAT PROMISE.
I HEADED OUT ON TO THE STREETS
AND I MET ALAHI.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
ALAHI.
WHAT NATIONALITY IS THAT?
IT'S PERSIAN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CANADA?
IT'S GREAT.
IT'S REALLY MULTICULTURAL AND
ACCEPTING OF EVERY CULTURE AND
NATION, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE
TO LIVE.
YES, AND SO WHAT WERE YOU
RAISED AS YOUR RELIGION?
MUSLIM.
MUSLIM?
YES.
HOW DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN AT
THE END OF ALL OF THIS?
WELL, IF YOU READ THE KORAN,
IT'S SIMILAR TO THE BIBLE AND
JUST BEING A GOOD PERSON AND
LIVING YOUR LIFE AS A GOOD
PERSON AND DOING WHAT'S RIGHT
AND STUFF, THAT'S REALLY THE
WAY TO GO TO HEAVEN.
AND WHAT ABOUT IF YOU DO
SOME BAD THINGS?
HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE SOME BAD
THINGS?
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I HAD
ALREADY DONE SOME BAD THINGS BY
THE TIME I WAS YOUR AGE?
I DON'T THINK SO
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
BAD, HAVE YOU LIED?
MAYBE LITTLE WHITE LIES.
BUT NOT STOLEN?
NO.
HOW ABOUT GOSSIPED?
HAVE YOU EVER GOSSIPED
EVERY GIRL GOSSIPS.
SO, YOU'VE GOT A FEW LITTLE
BAD THINGS.
YES.
SO, HOW DO YOU GET ATONEMENT
FOR THAT.
I THINK MY FAITH
IS BE A GOOD PERSON, DO GOOD
DEEDS.
IF YOU FAIL AND IF YOU
GOSSIP AND TELL A LIE HERE AND
THERE, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO MAKE IT
TO HEAVEN?
PRAY I GUESS.
PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS, YEAH.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD
ABOUT JESUS?
WELL, HE'S THE VIRGIN MARY'S
SON, AND THAT'S ALL BASICALLY I
KNOW ABOUT JESUS.
HE CLAIMED TO BE THE SON OF
GOD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS TOO BUT
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S THE
SON OF GOD.
BUT IF HE CLAIMED TO BE THE
SON OF GOD AND YOU DON'T THINK
HE IS, WHAT WAS HE SAYING THEN?
WELL, I KNOW THAT IN THE
KORAN, IT DIDN'T SAY THAT AND I
BELIEVE IN THE KORAN AND I
DON'T KNOW IF IT SAYS THAT IN
THE BIBLE.
IT DOES.
IF IT DOES, I THINK THAT'S
HOW THE KORAN AND THE BIBLE ARE
SIMILAR, BUT --
YES, THEY DO HAVE
DIFFERENCES.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, HOW CAN
WE GIVE HIM RESPECT IF WE DON'T
BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, THAT WOULD
MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE A MAD MAN
OR, YOU KNOW, OR HE WAS?
MAYBE I'LL JUST DO MORE
RESEARCH.
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