HELLO.
I'M BRIAN WARREN.
I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
WELCOME TO TODAY'S SHOW.
YOU KNOW, LAURA-LYNN, I THINK
IT HAS BEEN PROBABLY AROUND 72
HOURS SINCE WE SEEN EACH OTHER
LAST.
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?
A LOT HAPPENS IN 72 HOURS.
WELL, I'VE BEEN ON A PLANE,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT, BRIAN.
HUH-UH, IS THAT LIKE JOHN
CANDY, PLANES, TRAINS AND
AUTOMOBILES?
IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT,
THAT'S BEEN MY LIFE LATELY.
YOU KNOW, I'M BECOMING A PLANE
SNOB.
I USED TO LOVE TO GET ON
A PLANE, SIT DOWN BESIDES
SOMEBODY AND TALK TO THEM AND
THE ENTIRE TRIP.
I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
I WOULD BE LIKE YOUR PERSONAL
NIGHTMARE.
IT WOULD BAD ENOUGH YOU HAVE TO
TALK TO ME HERE FOR A NEW
MINUTES A DAY, NEVER MIND ON AN
ENTIRE PLANE TRIP.
DID YOU BAKE A BREATH?
I TOOK A BREATH AND A LADY
SAT BESIDE ME.
I HAVE LEARNED TO KICK BACK AND
USE THE TIME FOR MYSELF.
I TALK TO GOD, I LISTEN TO SOME,
YOU KNOW, SOME STUFF ON MY
iPOD, BUT THIS WOMAN JUST
STARTED TALKING AND WE SHARED.
WE TALKED ABOUT MARRIAGE AND
RELATIONSHIP AND KIDS.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL, NOW SHE IS MY
facebook FRIEND.
UH-HUH.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THOSE FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS
INTERESTING.
VERY TRICKY, LAURA-LYNN.
ON TODAY'S SHOW, YOU WILL SEE
HOW POWERFUL LOVE CAN BE.
NOT JUST ON PLANES, BUT ALSO
WE'LL SEE THE STORY OF BOB AND
AUDREY.
THESE BIBLE COLLEGE SWEETHEARTS
FOLLOWED THE CALL INTO MINISTRY,
WHICH LED THEM TO 17 YEARS OF
SHARING GOD'S LOVE OVER-THE-AIR
WAVES.
THAT ALL CAME TO A SUDDEN
HALT WHEN AUDREY SHARED WITH BOB
A VERY DARK SECRET THAT SHE KNEW
COULD TEAR THEIR LIVES A PART.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME,
BUT SHARING HER SECRET WAS ONLY
THE BEGINNING OF A WILD RIDE
THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK
ON.
THAT STORY IS COMING UP SHORTLY.
SECRETS ARE ALWAYS TRICKY.
A FEW MONTHS AGO JEREMY LIN
CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF NEW YORK
LOVERS AND SPORTS FAN AROUND THE
GLOBE AND WE CAPTURED HIS
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY AND HOW
JEREMY FEELS FAITH IS THE KEY TO
HIS SUCCESS.
THIS IS JEREMY LIN'S WILD RIDE
TO WHAT HAS BEEN COINED
LINSANITY.
CALL IT LINSANITY.
NUMBER 17, JEREMY LIN HAS NEW
YORK KNICKS FANS AND PLAYERS
CHEERING AGAIN.
I'VE SEEN IT EVERYWHERE, I
HAVE SEEN IT EVEN BACK HOME.
I'M FROM THE WEST COAST.
SO IT IS SWEEPING THE NATION.
THE NEW YORK PHENOMENA WHO
HAS THE KNICKS ON A WINNING
STREAK GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA.
GRADUATED FROM HARVARD AND IS
THE FIRST AMERICAN BORN PLAYER
OF TAIWANESE DESCENT IN THE NBA.
IT'S HUGE BACK IN TAIWAN.
PEOPLE ARE CRAZY ABOUT HIM RIGHT
NOW.
EVERYWHERE YOU SEE ON TV,
INTERNET, RADIO STATIONS,
NEWSPAPERS.
HE'S HUGE.
PLAYING THE GAME IS A DREAM
COME TRUE FOR THE 23-YEAR-OLD.
GOD IS FAITHFUL.
HE PUT US ON HIS UNBELIEVABLE
JOURNEY.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ENJOY
EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
AT 6'3", THE NEW NBA PLAYER
STILL SLEEPS ON THIS BROTHER'S
COUCH IN NEW YORK.
HE WENT UNDRAFTED UNTIL INJURIES
PLAGUED THE KNICKS AND THE COACH
GAVE HIM A SHOT.
HE'S JUST A SOLID GUARD.
YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S WALKING
AROUND HERE.
HE HASN'T CHANGED.
HE'S THE SAME GUY THAT CAME HERE
EARLIER, FIGHTING FOR A TEN DAY
CONTRACT.
LIN NOW HAS A GUARANTEED
CONTRACT, BUT A HEART THAT
REMAINS AS HUMMABLE AS IT WAS
BEFORE ALL OF THE LINSANITY
ERUPTED.
BASICALLY JUST TRY TO TRUST
IN GOD AND HAVE FAITH IN WHAT
EVER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I'M
GOING THROUGH.
TRY TO GROW AS A PERSON AND
LEARN AND, BECOME TOUGHER.
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME GROW IN MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO FOCUS ON
WHEN I'M IN A TOUGH TIME.
CBN NEWS.
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SO COOL.
LINSANITY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO APOLOGIZE,
LAURA-LYNN TO ALL OF THE RAPTORS
FAN, I'M RIDING THE LINSANITY, I
HAVE HIS POM-POMS ON, ONE OF THE
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS, GOD
WILL PUT A PLATFORM THERE FOR
A PERSON WHO HAS A HARD TIME, HE
WILL PREPARE A PLATFORM.
THAT'S WHAT WE SEE WITH JEREMY
LIN.
I HOPE,BECAUSE CFL IS STARTING
RIGHT NOW.
THAT YOUNG GUYS ARE COMING BACK.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY ARE MOVING
INTO A PLACE.
I PRAY THAT YOU LOOK AT THIS AND
LET JEREMY AND HIS EXAMPLE BE AN
EXAMPLE TO YOU ABOUT NOT BEING
AFRAID.
I SEE TIM TEBOW THESE DAYS AND
SEE THE OUTSPOKENNESS OF
ATHLETES AND THIS REALLY MAKES
MY HEART GLAD TO SEE THESE YOUNG
GUYS.
I KNOW BEING IN PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETICS.
WE HAVE A NAME FOR THAT, IT IS
LIKE THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT
THAT IS -- BUT WHAT THEY ARE
SHOWING IS MY SOUL IS NOT FOR
SALE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN BOUGHT
BY THE LAMB OF GOD.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR BUSINESS
MEN AND BUSINESS WOMEN WHO ARE
WATCHING AS WELL.
I HOPE THAT YOU GET NOT THIS
LINSANITY, BUT CHRISTSANITY
INSIDE OF YOU.
BECAUSE THAT'S IT.
AND I LOVE THE PART OF THE
STORY WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE KEPT
ON TRYING.
HE WAS KIND OF REJECTED.
THEY WOULDN'T REALLY GIVE HIM
A SHOT.
HE WAS HOPING FOR TEN DAYS AND
NOW HE HAS A CONTRACT.
GOD HAS A WAY OF STEERING
US THIS
WAY AND THAT WAY.
RIGHT INTO AN AMAZING DESTINY.
6'3" IS NOT REALLY BIG IN THE
NBA.
SO, HE'S REALLY HAS TO HAVE --
BE OUTSPOKEN.
WELL, UP NEXT, A WOMAN AFRAID
OF HER HUSBAND STANDS BEFORE HIM
WITH NEWS THAT SHE'S BEEN
CHEATING.
WE HAD THE KIND OF MARRIAGE
THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT AND GO
I WANT A MARRIAGE LIKE THAT WHEN
I GROW UP.
WE LOVED TO BE TOGETHER AND
LOVED EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.
WE WERE LEADERS IN CHURCH.
WE WERE LEADERS IN OUR WHOLE
CITY.
BOB AND AUDREY MET IN BIBLE
COLLEGE.
WE WOULD TALK ABOUT
EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME.
JUST SHARING OUR LIVES AND
DREAMS AND HOPES TOGETHER.
I WAS COMPLETELY
ENTHRALLED BY HER.
I FELT SO SAFE WITH BOB,
BECAUSE HE LOVED GOD.
I FELT THAT I COULD LOVE HIM
FOREVER.
THEY MARRIED, STARTED
A FAMILY AND DOVE INTO MINISTRY
WORK.
THEY HAD BIG DREAMS FOR THE
FUTURE.
WITH OUR DESIRES TO BE WORLD
CHANGERS, WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IS
WORK.
WE WERE PACKING THE CHURCH
AND ALSO WORKING FOR MY MOM AND
DAD AND OUR TV MINISTRY.
I HAD NO IDEA HOW HARD IT
WOULD BE.
A FEW MONTHS INTO THE
MARRIAGE, AUDREY REALIZED THAT
BOB'S COMMUNICATION STYLE WAS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
HE COULD EASILY CONFRONT ME
IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I MADE A VOW IN MY HEART, I'M
GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
SO HE WILL NEVER YELL AT ME
AGAIN.
I BECAME THE ULTIMATE PERFORMER
AND THE ULTIMATE PLEASER.
BY NOW THEY WERE HOSTING
THEIR OWN TELEVISION PROGRAM.
THE HARD WORK OF MINISTRY TOOK
A TOLL ON AUDREY.
WHO WAS AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
THE BUSIEST GOT SO TIRING AND
SO EXHAUSTING.
SO, I REMEMBER STUFFING DOWN
THOSE FEELINGS, BECAUSE I KNEW
BOB LOVED THE CHURCH.
I COULD NEVER TELL HIM HOW I
REALLY FELT.
THIS CONTINUED FOR YEARS AND
THEN A FAMILY FRIEND FROM CHURCH
BEGAN SPENDING MORE TIME WITH
THEM.
HE WAS EXTREMELY ENERGETIC
AND PLAYFUL AND LIKED TO BE WITH
OUR KIDS.
HE WAS FUN.
HE WAS YOUNG AND HE REMINDED ME
OF BEING A KID AGAIN.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY.
IT WAS VERY NATURAL, AT THE
BEGINNING.
WE WOULD INVITE HIM TO BE IN
HOLIDAYS WITH US AND SO FORTH.
BUT THIS NEW FAMILY FRIEND
BEGAN GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO
AUDREY.
HE WOULD OVERLY FLIRT WITH
ME, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.
I WANT TO FIND SOMEONE IN THIS
WORLD WHO COULD BE HALF AS
AMAZING AS YOU.
SOMETHING IN MY HEART GRAVITATED
TOWARDS THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
OVERTIME THEIR RELATIONSHIP
GREW CLOSER.
I KNEW SOMETHING CHANGED IN
MY HEART WHEN I KNEW THAT HE WAS
COMING OVER AND I WANTED TO LOOK
REALLY GOOD WHEN HE GOT THERE.
I FELT I WAS IN CONTROL.
I FELT THAT I COULD HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH A YOUNG GUY
IN A CHURCH AND JUST HELP HIM
OUT.
I HAD NO REASON, YOU KNOW, TO
DOUBT HER LOVE FOR ME, I MEAN,
WE WERE STILL EXTREMELY INTIMATE
WITH EACH OTHER.
LOVING WITH EACH OTHER.
SO, I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS
FINE.
BUT AUDREY'S DESIRE FOR THE
OTHER MAN GREW STRONGER.
YOU KNOW OUR SHOULDERS
WOULD BUMP OR HIS HANDS WOULD
TOUCH MINE AND WOULD NOTICE MY
REACTION.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT FELT GOOD
THAT HE TOUCHED ME.
I REALLY TOLD MYSELF I CAN HAVE
IT ALL.
THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT
AFFECT THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I BEGAN TO NOTICE MYSELF LYING
SO THAT I COULD BE ALONE WITH
HIM.
I DOVE IN, I HAVE GONE THIS FAR
ANYWAY.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME SEXUAL.
OUR RELATIONSHIP BECAME SEXUAL.
THE AFFAIR CONTINUED FOR
THREE WEEKS.
JUST LIED TO THE PEOPLE I
LOVED THE MOST.
IN ORDER TO GET AWAY WITH THIS
GUY AND BE INAPPROPRIATE
SEXUALLY AND HAVE AN AFFAIR.
THIS IS NOT ME.
AUDREY REALIZED SHE COULD NOT
CONTINUE LIVING THE DOUBLE LIFE
AND ENDED THE AFFAIR.
NOW, SHE HAD TO TELL HER HUSBAND
OF 17 YEARS WHAT SHE HAD DONE.
I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND.
I WAS SHAKING.
IF IT CAME DOWN TO A CHOICE OF
WHO I WOULD CHOOSE.
THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION IN MY
MIND, I WANTED MY HUSBAND AND MY
KIDS.
I HAVEN'T CONFRONTED HIM IN 17
YEARS ABOUT LITTLE THINGS, NOW
I'M GOING TO TELL HIM THE MOST
BETRAYING MESSAGE I COULD EVER
IMAGINE.
I SAT VERY CLOSELY AND WHISPERED
IN HIS EAR AND SAID I HAVE DONE
SOMETHING EXTREMELY
INAPPROPRIATE.
I SAW JUST THIS EXTREME RAGE AND
HATRED COME INTO THIS EYES.
THIS WAS NOT A LITTLE MISTAKE
OR A OOPS OR HICCUP, I WANTED TO
PUNCH HOLES IN WALLS, SLAM
DOORS, EXPRESS SOME ANGER OR
RAGE.
I FELT SO MUCH SHAME FOR WHAT
I DID.
AND SO MUCH DEEP REGRET.
ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GET
HER FIXED.
SHE'S THE PROBLEM.
SHE HAD THE AFFAIR.
EVERY HAPPY MEMORY OF 17 YEARS
OF MARRIAGE WAS GONE.
MY HEAD WAS SCREAMING WITH WORDS
SHE DOESN'T LOVE YOU.
SHE'S NEVER LOVED YOU.
YOUR MARRIAGE HAS BEN A FARCE.
BOB CALLED A MARRIAGE
COUNSELOR WHO HAD BEEN A GUEST
ON THEIR TELEVISION PROGRAM.
THE COUPLE FLEW TO PHOENIX THE
NEXT DAY TO MEET WITH HIM.
WELL, HE STARTS WITH ME,
BEGINS TO RIP ME UP ONE SIDE AND
THE OTHER AND SAID THIS TO ME,
BOB, YOUR SPIRITUALLY LAZY.
I GOT, YOU KNOW, DAILY CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION, I'M PASTURING
A CHURCH.
I'M A FATHER.
I'M A COUNSELOR, I HAVE ALL OF
THESE ACTIVITIES GOING ON AND
YOU CALL ME SPIRITUALLY LAZY.
HE SAID, AUDREY, ANYONE THAT
HAS DONE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE
DOES NOT RESPECT THEIR HUSBAND.
I WANT YOU TO GET ONE WITH GOD
AND ASK YOU THE MOMENT YOU
STARTED DISRESPECTING HIM.
HE SAID BOB, WHAT IS DONE IS
DONE.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS WHETHER
OR NOT YOU WILL BECOME THE MAN
OF GOD THAT YOU NEED TO BE TO
KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER.
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU WILL
GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND YOU
WILL PRAY WITH EACH OTHER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME
WE HAD PRAYED WITH EACH OTHER.
THE ONLY WORDS THAT WE COULD GET
OUT WERE GOD, WE NEED YOU AND WE
CRIED AND WE CRIED.
EVERY PART OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP HAD TO COME TO
A NEW LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR ANY SECRETS.
BUT ONE BIG SECRET WAS YET TO
BE REVEALED.
A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY RECEIVED
NEWS FROM THE DOCTOR -- AUDREY
WAS PREGNANT.
I HAD A VASECTOMY.
SO I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T ME.
HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE FEAR ALL
OVER OUR FACES.
BECAUSE HE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED
THAT STATEMENT WITH THE
QUESTION -- DO YOU WANT TO
CONTINUE THE PREGNANCY.
I, IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED YES.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND.
YET, THAT WAS THE FIRST MOMENT I
FELT STRENGTH FROM BOB.
BEFORE EVERY SIDE OF ME
WANTED TO PUNISH HER.
NOW I RECOGNIZE THAT SHE'S
CARRYING A BABY.
THAT SHE NEEDED MY HELP.
THIS BABY IS GOING TO NEED
PARENTS.
I WANT TO BE THAT DAD.
BOB AND AUDREY RESIGNED FROM
THEIR POSITIONS, MOVED TO
PHOENIX AND TOLD THEIR CHILDREN
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE KNEW THAT IT WAS
A BIRACIAL SITUATION AND THAT
OUR CHILDREN NEEDED TO KNOW.
I WAS SO SCARED.
THAT MY KIDS WOULD BE MESSED UP.
I'M ONE OF THE MOMS THAT LOVE
THEIR KIDS MORE THAN LIFE
ITSELF.
THEY WALKED IN SEEING A MOM
AND DAD SITTING ON THE FLOOR
CRYING.
I SPOKE TO THEM HOW I LOVED
THEIR MOM AND THAT WE'RE
A FAMILY.
THAT WE BELONG TOGETHER.
THAT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WITH HER HELD IN MY ARMS AND
COVERED I LOOKED AT THEM AND
SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY
BROTHER.
5 MONTHS LATER, BOB AND
AUDREY RUSHED TO THE DELIVERY
ROOM.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF MY LIFE.
THIS LITTLE BOY WAS NOTHING BUT
A GIFT.
AN ABSOLUTE GIFT.
WHEN OUR SON WAS BORN,
I GAVE HIM MY NAME.
ROBERT.
MIDDLE NAME, THEODORE.
THEN MISNER.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY SON TO
EVER QUESTION ONE DAY IN HIS
LIFE WHO'S BOY HE IS.
THEODORE MEANS DIVINE GIFT.
TEN YEARS LATER BOB AND
AUDREY'S MARRIAGE IS STRONGER
THAN EVER.
OUR RELATIONSHIP BECAME
DYNAMIC LIKE IT HAD NEVER BEEN
BEFORE.
NOW I'M BEING HONEST AND HE'S
BEING HONEST.
THERE NEEDED TO BE
A TRANSPARENCY, A VENERABILITY
TO BE WILLING TO BE KNOWN BE THE
OTHER PERSON.
THIS WAS NEW TERRITORY FOR US.
IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE
FEARS THAT KEEP YOU FROM
COMMUNICATING AND THE FEARS THAT
KEEP YOU IN THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL
DANCE AND REALLY START HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH NO SECRETS.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE FUN THAN
THAT.
OUR LITTLE ROBERT IS OUR NUT
CAKE.
HE IS SO MUCH FUN.
SO FULL OF PERSONALITY.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
THOSE THREE OLDER KIDS LOVE HIM
WITH EVERY PART OF THEIR BEING.
IF YOU SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER.
THERE IS SO MUCH LAUGHTER.
FOR THE EXTENT THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED HIS LOVE AND HIS
GRACE.
I'M THE MOST THANKFUL PERSON YOU
WILL EVER MEET.
I DON'T GET WHAT I DESERVE
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
HE PAID THIS HIGH PRICE.
TO REALLY TAKE MY SIN AND TO
REALLY TAKE MY SHAME AND BECAUSE
HE LIVES INSIDE OF ME, I DON'T
GET WHAT I DESERVED, I GET WHAT
HE DESERVES.
THAT'S AMAZING LOVE.
I LOVE WHAT AUDREY SAID
THERE, I DON'T GET WHAT I
DESERVE BECAUSE HE PAID THE
PRICE TO TAKE MY SHAME.
MOST MARRIAGES WOULD NOT SURVIVE
WHAT BOBBY AND AUDREY HAVE BEEN
THROUGH.
I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AND THEY
ARE THE MOST AMAZING, ASTOUNDING
COUPLE.
IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE A COUPLE
GO THROUGH THE FIRE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS STORY MEANS?
IT MEANS NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH TODAY.
WHATEVER STRUGGLES YOU'RE
HAVING.
YOU CAN BET THAT GOD, THE SAME
GOD THAT INTERVENED IN THEIR
RELATIONSHIP CAN INTERVENE IN
YOUR LIFE.
GOD A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
WHEN WE PRACTICE THOSE GREAT
PRINCIPLES OF FORGIVENESS, OF
REPENTANCE, THOSE ARE THE VERY,
VERY BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT BIND
A COUPLE TOGETHER.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL GO OUT, IF
YOU ARE STRUGGLING AT ALL AND
GET THEIR BOOK.
IN THE BOOK, BOB DESCRIBES HOW
THEY HAD TO TELL THE KIDS.
WHEN I READ THAT PART OF THE
BOOK I JUST CRIED.
I WAS SITTING, YOU KNOW, IN MY
CHAIR.
I JUST SOBBED AT HOW GOD GAVE
BOB SUCH FORGIVENESS IN HIS
HEART.
HOW HE TOOK A BLANKET AND HE
COVERED AUDREY.
THE SAME WAY THAT JESUS COVERS
US.
OUR SIN IS REMOVED FROM US
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH TODAY.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE
STRUGGLING WITH.
JESUS ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT
PAIN AND ALL OF THE SHAME.
HE'S ABLE TO BRING HEALING.
HE'S ABLE TO BRING WHOLENESS AND
YOU NEVER HAVE TO LOSE HOPE.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT, LAURA-LYNN.
THIS IS REALLY A TOUCHY SUBJECT.
AS A PASTOR ONE OF THE THINGS I
KNOW
INFILDELITY, BETRAYAL,
IT HAPPENS
IN A MOMENT.
BUT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE OVER
TIME.
EVEN HEALING IS OVER TIME AS
WELL.
I'VE GOT SOME TOOLS THAT I KNOW
ARE GOING TO HIT HOME, OVER
COMING ANGER AND ALSO, OVER
COMING TEMPTATION.
HOW TO HAVE REALLY THE MARRIAGE
THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO, BUT
BEFORE YOU HAVE THAT, EPHESIANS
SAYS THE THIS WAY IN THE 4th
CHAPTER IN THE 27th VERSE, IT
SAYS THE ANGRIEST IS NOT.
NOW, AS A PASTURE SEE PEOPLE
THAT ARE REALLY ANGRY ABOUT
THIS, EVEN IF YOU STUFF YOUR
ANGER, YOUR STOMACH STILL KEEPS
THE SCORE.
BUT GOD CAN LITERALLY TAKE THAT
AWAY AS WELL, BUT IT HAS TO
START WITH GOD FIRST.
THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAVE TO
ASK YOU.
THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT I ASK
EVERY COUPLE I'M COUNSELING.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT GOD'S WAY?
I KNOW THAT IS A DIFFICULT ONE.
WAIT FOR THE ANSWER.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THIS
MOMENT, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO SAY, IF I WANT TO DO IT
GOD'S WAY, THIS IS WHERE WE
START.
BECAUSE IF GOD IS NOT THE CENTER
OF YOUR MARRIAGE, LITERALLY
YOU'RE THE CENTER AND YOU HAVE
TO KEEP YOUR MARRIAGE AND DO
EVERYTHING, BUT IF GOD IS THE
CENTER OF YOUR MARRIAGE.
GOD WILL KEEP YOUR MARRIAGE
BECAUSE IT IS A COVENANT.
LET'S DO SOME BUSINESS WITH GOD
RIGHT NOW.
AFTER I PRAY THIS PRAYER, I WANT
YOU TO CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN BECAUSE I WANT TO GET
THIS INTO YOUR HANDS.
RIGHT NOW ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST
INTO YOUR HEART.
WOULD YOU DO THIS WITH ME?
PRAY THIS PRAYER.
FATHER, I RECEIVE YOUR GIFT OF
YOUR SON.
I AM A SINNER.
I HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
GOD, I WANT YOUR FREE GIFT OF
SALVATION.
I ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST INTO MY
LIFE.
MAKE ME THE KIND OF MAN, THE
WOMAN YOU WANT ME TO BE, IN
JESUS' NAME.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
I'M GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU RIGHT
NOW.
FATHER, WOULD YOU SEAL THAT MAN
AND THAT WOMAN AND NOW BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF WALKING THEM THROUGH
THEIR DELIVERANCE AND
RESTORATION IN JESUS' NAME.
1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY NOW.
DON'T WAIT, CALL NOW.
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DADDY?
YEAH, BUDDY.
HOW MANY NICKELS ARE IN
A DOLLAR?
THERE ARE 20 NICKELS IN
A DOLLAR.
HOW DO BIRDS FLY?
DOES MILK REALLY MAKE MY BONES
STRONGER?
YEAH.
DADDY?
WHEN WE DIE, WILL WE GO TO
HEAVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO
LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTION?
CALL "THE 700 CLUB CANADA."
WE'LL HELP YOU FIND ANSWERS TO
THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS LIFE
BRINGS YOUR WAY.
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WE ALL FACE OUR OWN GIANTS,
DON'T WE?
THEY ARE BRUTAL, MONODICAL,
DIABOLICAL AND OUT TO DESTROY
US.
THEY COME AGAINST OUR GOD, OUR
FAITH, OUR FAMILY, OUR PEOPLE,
OUR VERY LIVES.
WITH SUCH AN ARROGANT, BULLYING
DISPOSITION THAT IT MAKES MOST
OF US COWER IN FEAR.
THERE ARE SECRETS WE CAN LEARN
TO BECOME A GIANT SLAYER FROM
ONE SMALL READY BOY WHO DARED TO
TAKE ON A 9-FOOT DEFIANT ARMORED
STRONG DISRESPECTFUL GIANT.
YOUR GIANT MIGHT LOOK TOO BIG TO
CONQUER.
YOU MIGHT FEEL OVERWHELMED BY
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.
BUT REMEMBER DAVID WAS JUST
A SHEEP HERDER.
GOD LOVES TO USE THE SMALL AND
ASSUMING, UNQUALIFIED, SEEMINGLY
UNSKILLED AMATEUR TO BRING ABOUT
THE GREATEST DEFEATS AGAINST THE
ENEMY.
GOD TAKES PRIDE IN USING THE ONE
WHO APPEARS TO BE INCOMPETENT OR
TOO WEAK FOR THE TASK AT HAND.
DAVID HEARD THE GIANT DEFYING
THE ARMIES OF GOD.
HE WAS INDIGNANT THAT GOLIATH
HAD BEEN LEFT UNCHARGED.
DAVID BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHO INTENDED TO FIGHT THIS
GUY?
THEN IN FIRST SAMUEL 17:28 IT
SAYS, WHEN DAVID'S OLDEST
BROTHER HEARD DAVID SPEAKING
WITH THE MAN HE BURNED WITH
ANGER WITH HIM AND ASKED WHY
HAVE YOU COME DOWN HERE AND WITH
WHO DID YOU LEAVE THE FEW SHEEP
IN THE WILDERNESS?
DAVID'S BROTHER SAID GET BACK TO
YOUR BUSINESS.
GO TAKE CARE OF THE SHEEP.
I KNOW HOW CONCEDED YOU ARE AND
HOW WICKED YOUR HEART IS.
YOU CAME DOWN ONLY TO WATCH THE
BATTLE.
YOU KNOW, DAVID WAS THE GUY WHO
GOD EVENTUALLY CALLED A MAN
AFTER HIS OWN HEART.
YET HIS OWN FAMILY HAD NO REGARD
FOR HIS ABILITIES, BUT DAVID,
THOUGH, UNKNOWN, HAD ALREADY
FOUGHT SOME GIANTS IN THE BACK
40.
HE HAD KILLED A LION AND A BEAR.
WHEN THEY CAME AGAINST HIM IN
THE DESERT.
HE TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.
HE HAD FAITH THAT GOD WOULD COME
THROUGH AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT
KING SAUL CAUGHT WIND OF THIS
YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SPEAKING UP SO
COURAGEOUSLY AND HE SENT FOR HIM
DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE
A MAN OR WOMAN OF EXTRAORDINARY
COURAGE AND 78, WE'RE GOING TO
BE NOTICED BY OTHERS OF
SIGNIFICANCE?
SAUL WANTED TO DRESS HIM IN HIS
ARMER.
DAVID COME AND PUT THIS ON.
OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T FIT.
IN THE COURSE OF LIFE THOSE
AROUND YOU WILL WANT YOU TO
FIGHT THE BATTLE THEIR WAY, WITH
THEIR TOOLS.
THEIR WEAPONS OF WARFARE, BUT
YOU'RE UNIQUE.
GOD IS GOING TO EMPOWER YOU TO
TAKE DOWN YOUR GIANT WITH WHAT
HE HAS ALREADY EQUIPPED YOU
WITH.
SOMETHING THAT IS IN YOUR HAND
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT GOD TAUGHT YOU IN YOUR
DESERT EXPERIENCE ALL OF THOSE
LONELY DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS,
FIGHTING SMALLER BATTLES WITH
JUST THE TALENTS HE HAD GIVEN
YOU.
LIKE A SMALL SLING AND PERHAPS
FIVE LITTLE STONES.
IN FIRST SAMUEL 5:45.
DAVID SAID TO, YOU COME AGAINST
ME WITH SWORD AND SPHERE AND
JAVELIN, BUT I COME AGAINST YOU
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
ALMIGHTY.
DAVID WENT ON TO SAY ALL THOSE
WHO GATHER HERE WILL KNOW THAT
IT IS NOT BY SWORD OR SPHERE,
THAT THE LORD SAVES.
FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S.
GOD, IS ALL YOU NEED WHEN YOU
FACE YOUR MOUNTAIN.
HE WILL TAKE WHAT HE HAS ALREADY
EQUIPPED YOU WITH, WHAT HE HAS
TAUGHT YOU IN THE DESERT.
HE WILL PUT THAT TOOL INTO YOUR
HAND AND BRING ABOUT THE DEFEAT
OF THE GIANT THAT TAUNTS YOU.
YOU COULD ALWAYS RECOGNIZE
A GIANT, BECAUSE A GIANT IT
STANDS IN YOUR WAY AND SAYS WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
IT'S A BULLY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW
DAVID LITERALLY BECAME A GIANT
KILLER?
PSALMS 34 SAYS, YOUR PRAISE
SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY
MOUTH, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL SEE
IT AND BE GLAD.
LITERALLY IT STARTED OFF WITH
STINKY PRAISE.
DAVID WAS WITH THE SHEEP.
PRAISING GOD ALL BY HIMSELF.
BECAUSE HE SMELLED LIKE THE
SHEEP, BECAUSE HE WAS A SHEPHERD
AND WHEN THAT BEAR CAME AND THAT
LION, WHICH WAS 300-POUNDS AND
WAS 3-FOOT, JUST STANDING IN AND
9 FEET HIGH, IF HE STOOD ON HIS
HIND FEET, DAVID GRABBED HIM BY
THE THROAT AND SAID GIVE ME THAT
SHEEP BACK.
YOUR STINKY PRAISE CAN START
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LIFT UP YOUR
HANDS AND SAY GOD I'M YOURS.
I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL
TIMES AND HIS PRAISE SHALL
CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH.
IT STARTS TODAY.
THIS IS HENRY'S STORY AND HE
SHARES WITH LAURA-LYNN HIS PAIN
AND IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
VERY WELL, THANK YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
KATHERINE.
KATHERINE?
HENRY.
AND HENRY.
I WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER.
THEIR FAITH, THEIR HOPE, WHERE
THEY PUT THEIR HOPE WHEN WE HEAR
ALL OF THIS IS BAD NEWS ON TV
SOMETIMES ABOUT TERRIBLE THINGS
HAPPENING.
OKAY.
WHERE DO YOU?
OKAY.
HMM.
IT IS A BIG QUESTION.
MY HOPE, I HAVE A LOT OF
HOPE.
YEAH.
HOW COME, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
A LOT OF HOPE?
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, BAD STUFF
HAPPENS A LOT.
WHO DO YOU BELIEVE IN?
I BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.
UH-HUH.
AND HE HAS A DESTINY FOR YOU.
UM, YEAH.
WELL I'M ALL FOR BELIEVING OR
HOPING FOR A DESTINY, YOU KNOW.
YES.
I DO BELIEVE IN DIVINE
APPOINTMENTS AND DIVINE
DESTINIES.
SURE.
I GUESS, I -- I KIND OF --
EVERYONE WANTS TO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND -- I WISH
I COULD FEEL LIKE I WAS
IMPORTANT.
YOU ARE IMPORTANT.
I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE I KNOW.
I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW
IMPORTANT YOU ARE.
YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT AS I
SCANNED THE BEACH AND I SAID,
GOD WHO'S NEXT, YOUR, YOU WERE
RIGHT THERE AND MY HEART BEAT
AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO SPEAK TO
YOU.
YEP.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
MAYBE YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT
OF ENCOURAGEMENT, BECAUSE YOU
ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO GOD.
HMM.
YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO
HIM.
HMM.
HE HAS SEEN YOU.
IN FACT THE WORD AS YOU WELL
KNOW, SAYS THAT BEFORE YOU WERE
FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB HE
KNEW YOU AND HE HAD A PLAN FOR
YOU.
YOU ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND
A REASON.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN
HIM, HE BELIEVES IN YOU.
I KNOW GOD LOVES YOU.
MAY HE REVEAL HIS TRUTH TO YOU.
CAN I PRAY FOR YOU?
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.
YEAH.
SURE.
WHY NOT.
OKAY.
FATHER I JUST PRAY IN JESUS'
NAME THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL
YOURSELF TO MY FRIEND AND TO HIS
FRIEND OVER HERE AS WELL.
YOU WOULD SHOW YOURSELF TO BE
WHO YOU ARE AND THAT YOU WOULD
REVEAL HOW VERY SIGNIFICANT HE
IS TO YOU.
EVEN THROUGH THIS MEETING.
ON AND ON AND ON.
MAY HE BE, MAY HE BE A GOD WHO
REVEALS HIMSELF TO YOU EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOUR WELCOME.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
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COOL, LAURA-LYNN, YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE A VERY INTERESTING
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PEOPLE TO BE TRANSPARENT.
BECAUSE -- IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME HENRY WAS ABLE TO
REALLY ALLOW YOU TO PRAY
FOR HIM.
WHAT DID YOU SENSE IN THE
MOMENT?
WELL, I SENSE THAT WE'RE ALL
HUMAN BEINGS AT THE CORE OF US.
LIKE HE SAID, I WANT TO FEEL
IMPORTANT.
THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT YOU
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AND THE BEAUTY IS, WE ARE ALL
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I'M BRIAN WARREN.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, CANADA.
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