(MUSIC).
HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON, THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
LAURA LYNN, I'M INTO THE
SUMMER GROOVE, I'VE BEEN
BARBECUING, GOLFING AND
BARBECUING AND WEARING MY
CROCKS AS WELL AS, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I GET EVERY OUNCE OF
THIS SUMMER.
THAT'S WHAT SUMMER MEANS TO
YOU?
TO ME, IT MEANS MY
DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION IS COMING
UP, HEADING TO THE MALL FOR
SOME NEW SUMMERWARE, GETTING
SOME NEW CROCKS -- I WOULD NOT
WEAR THOSE.
NO?
I'M GETTING YOU SOME CROCKS.
THEY'RE RIDICULOUS LOOKING,
BUT COMFORTABLE.
NOT THAT I'M DOING
ADVERTISING FOR IT, AFTER
GOLFING A FEW TIMES.
I HEARD THEY'RE REALLY COOL
BUT THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD, I
PREFER HEELS.
YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING THAT
GOD ONLY GIVES US AND GIVES YOU
WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE, ON TODAY'S
SHOW, WE'LL SHOW YOU TWO
AMAZING STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT OF
WHAT THEY COULD HANDLE SO THEY
TURNED TO GOD FOR A LITTLE HELP
AND HANDLE IT HE DID, YOU'LL
SEE WHAT WE MEAN BY IT A LITTLE
LATER IN THE SHOW.
CURT SCHILLING WILL GO DOWN
AS THE GUTSIEST PITCHERS TO
EVER PLAY BASEBALL, BUT HIS
GREATEST CHALLENGE CAME AT HOME
WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE SHONDA
FOUND THAT ONE OF THEIR
CHILDREN BECAME UNMANAGEABLE,
THEY'RE SHARE WHAT IT DID TO
THEIR MARRIAGE AND TO THEIR
FAITH.
NOW, GABRIEL
MACANANO'S STORY ISN'T ABOUT A
TROUBLED CHILD, IT WAS ABOUT A
TROUBLED DAD AND THAT DAD WAS
HIM, YOU'LL SEE WHY HIS KIDS
FEARED HIM AND WHAT HE DID TO
TURN HIS LIFE AROUND, BUT
FIRST, CURT SCHILLING TALKS
ABOUT BEING A MAJOR LEAGUE
PITCHER AND A DAD.
FOR 20 YEAR, MAJOR LEAGUE
PITCHER CURT SCHILLING WAS A
FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, HE
LED THREE TEAMS WITH -- TO FOUR
WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES WITH
THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS, A NOTABLE
PERFORMANCE WAS DURING THE 2004
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AGAINST THE
NEW YORK YANKEES WHEN HE
PITCHED WITH A BLOODY SUCK DUE
TO A TORN TENDON IN HIS ANKLE,
BUT WITH THE PRESSURE THAT
COMES WITH BEING A BIG LEAGUE
PITCHER, CURT AND HIS WIFE WILL
TELL YOU THEIR BIGGEST STRUGGLE
WITH AT HOME WITH THEIR THIRD
CHILD, GRANT.
WOW, THE JUMP FROM ONE TO
TWO AND TWO TO THREE IS LIKE
GOING FROM ONE TO TWO TO TWO
AND 700, NOW THAT THERE'S THREE
KIDS IN THE HOUSE, MAN TO MAN
DEFENSE NO LONGER APPLIES, YOU
HAVE TO PLAY ZONE AND THERE'S
ALWAYS ONE IN PLAY, WE COULDN'T
HAVE PICKED A THIRD ONE -- I
MEAN, HE'S A PING-PONG BALL,
RIGHT, HE'S IN PLAY ALL THE
TIME.
THREE YEARS AGO, GRANT WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH ASPERGER'S
SYNDROME, A FORM OF AUTISM IN
WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR, BUT FOR THE
FIRST 7 YEARS OF HIS LIFE,
NEITHER CURT NOR SHONDA KNEW OF
HIS CONDITION.
WHEN WAS IT THAT YOU BEGAN
TO NOTICE THAT NUMBER THREE WAS
A LITTLE DIFFERENT?
THERE WERE LITTLE THINGS HE
DID WHEN HE WAS DIFFERENT, IF
HE FELL, I COULDN'T PICK HIM UP
AND HUG HIM.
HE WOULD CRY AND I WOULD TOUCH
HIM TO SAY ARE YOU OKAY, AND HE
WOULD SAY STOP, STOP, YOU COULD
NOT COMFORT HIM AT ALL.
IN 2000, THE PHILLIES TRADED
HIM TO ARIZONA AND SHONDA
HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS
AND THE MOVE, THINGS WITH GRANT
GOT WORSE.
YOU WANT TO HELP HIM BUT
HE'S PUSHING YOU AWAY, HOW DID
THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I FELT DEFEATED, I DIDN'T
KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO CONNECT
AND BE A MOTHER TO HIM BECAUSE
I WAS DOING EVERYTHING IN MY
POWER THAT I KNEW HOW TO BE A
LOVING MOTHER AND NONE OF IT
WAS WORKING.
CURT HELPED LEAD THE DIAMOND
BACKS TO THE 2001 WORLD SERIES
AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE
SCHILLINGS HAD ANOTHER IN
ADDITION TO THE FAMILY, THEIR
YOUNGEST SON, GARRISON.
THEN IN 2004, CURT WAS TRADED
TO THE RED SOCKS BUT BY THIS
TIME, GRANT'S BEHAVIOR WAS
TAKING ITS TOLL ON THEIR
MARRIAGE.
IT MADE ME FEEL SAD, ALONE,
IT MADE ME FEEL CRAZY AND NOT A
GOOD MOTHER BECAUSE I WOULD
CALL HIM ON THE ROAD AND HE
WOULD SAY, HE DOESN'T RESPECT
YOU, YOU NEED TO DISCIPLINE HIM
MORE, AND I FELT THAT I WAS
DOING EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY
COULD, SO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
US WAS I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL
HIM ANYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR HIS QUICK FIX-ALL
THING WHEN HE WASN'T HERE TO
SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I
NEVER GOT THE PHONE CALL OF HOW
WE JUST HAD THE GREATEST DAY
EVER, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN, YOU
KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE
HAVE AS A LIFE AND THINKING,
WE'RE THE MOST BLESSED, LUCKY
HUMAN BEINGS IN EXISTENCE AND
MAKING MILLIONS DOLLARS OF YEAR
TO PLAY BASEBALL, WE GET TO
TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD, I
ONLY GET TO WORK 6 MONTHS A
YEAR AND EVERY PHONE CALL WAS A
FIGHT, IT WAS AN ARGUMENT.
THEY BELIEVE GRANT HAD ADHD
AND WENT TO SEE A DR,, AFTER
TESTING, NOT ONLY WAS HE
DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD BUT HE WAS
ON THE SPECTRUM OF AUTISM AND
THE SCHILLINGS WERE IN DENIAL.
WE'VE KNOWN AUTISTIC KIDS.
RAIN MAN, WHEN YOU THINK
AUTISM.
SO, WHEN I WENT DO THAT
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT WHICH I
THOUGHT I WAS GETTING THE ADHD
ONE, I GOT THAT, AND THEN HE
SAID HE'S ON THE SPECTRUM OF
AUTISM, AND I COULDN'T HAVE
FELT MORE NUMB THAN I FELT AT
THAT MOMENT.
DID YOU FEEL BAD AT ALL?
IMMENSE GUILT BECAUSE MUCH
LIKE SHE SAID, GRANT, FOR HIS
ENTIRE LIFE WAS GETTING
PUNISHED FOR THINGS HE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS GETTING
PUNISHED FOR, WE WERE PUNISHING
HIM FOR THINGS WE COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND FROM THE FLIP SIDE.
WITH HELP FROM THE DOCTOR
AND THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST, THEY
BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND GRANT'S
CONDITION AND LEARNED HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT AND TODAY, THE
SCHILLINGS HAVE FOUND PEACE,
SHONDA HAS WRITTEN A BOOK, THE
BOOK IS BIGHTED THE BEST KIND
OF DIFFERENT AND THEY HOPE
THEIR STORY WILL HELP BRING
PEACE TO OTHERS WHO HAVE
SIMILAR STRUGGLES.
I REALIZE THAT I HAD TO
CHANGE MY APPROACH AND I HAD TO
LEARN HOW TO BRING THE BEST OUT
OF GRANT.
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE MADE PEACE
IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS BY
UNDERSTANDING THE LORD WILL
NEVER PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR
PLATE YOU CAN'T HANDLE.
CURT SCHILLING, YOU KNOW
WHAT, WHAT A GUY, AND TO
RECOGNIZE WHAT HE'S GONE
THROUGH AND BEING ON THE ROAD,
I KNOW AS A PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE, YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF
DIFFERENT TOWNS BUT HIS WIFE
HAD THE LION SHARE OF DEALING
WITH THEIR CHILD, ASPERGER'S
SYNDROME, BEING AUTISTIC, IT'S
A DIFFICULT THING.
I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME
DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN MY SISTER
HAD PASSED, THEY GIVE US
SENSITIVITIES AND THEY CAUSE US
TO FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE IN
OURSELVES, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY
PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PASSIONS
IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THE
APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN FIRST
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 WHICH HE
HAD ASKED THREE TIMES FOR THIS
TO BE TAKEN AWAY, GOD SAID THIS
TO HIM, MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT
FOR YOU, FOR MY GRACE, MY
GRACE, MY GRACE IS MADE PERFECT
IN YOUR WEAKNESS.
AS LAURA LYNN COMES IN RIGHT
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
WOMEN THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF
THOSE CHILDREN AND THE DADS ARE
ON THE ROAD.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT
TUGS ON OUR HEARTS WHEN OUR
KIDS ARE STRUGGLING AND
SOMETHING IS WRONG FM
GOD HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT OFF
GUARD WITH THIS, HE WANTS TO
HELP YOU BUT HE WANTS TO GIVE
YOU SOME RELIEF, LAURA LYNN,
WHY DON'T WE PRAY FOR SOMEONE.
AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
GOD LOVES YOUR KIDS MORE THAN
YOU DO, HE REALLY LOVES THEM.
AND BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING
HARD AND DOING WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, YOU KNOW, GOD KNOWS THAT
AS WELL, HE GIVES YOU THE TIME
THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO
ESTABLISH WHAT YOU HAVE TO.
LET'S PRAY, FATHER, WE JUST
THANK YOU LORD FOR EVERY FAMILY
THAT'S REPRESENTED BY EVERY
VIEWER THAT'S WATCHING RIGHT
NOW, I PRAY BLESSING INTO THE
FAMILIES, FATHER, WHEN THERE ARE
ISSUES WITH FAMILY, THEY BE
CLEARED UP, I PRAY YOUR GRACE
BE SUFFICIENT IN THAT SITUATION
AND YOU GIVE WISDOM TO THE
PARENTS, I PRAY, FATHER THAT
YOU WOULD TOUCH EVERY FAMILY,
BLESS EVERY FAMILY AND BRING
BLESSING OVER THIS ENTIRE
COUNTRY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE A
COUNTRY THAT SEEKS YOU AND
CALLS OUT TO YOU, FATHER, WE
ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU LOVE US
AND WE SUBMIT THIS TO YOU IN
JESUS NAME, AMEN.
HEY, THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN, IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA
HELP, 1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS 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.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THE
DISCIPLES DID WHEN THEY WERE IN
A BOAT AND A FURIOUS STORM CAME
UP, THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND YET
JESUS, HE WAS ASLEEP ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE BOAT, IN MATTHEW
8, IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW
THE DISCIPLES WENT AND THEY
WOKE HIM SAYING LORD, SAVE US,
WE'RE GOING TO DROWN, JESUS
REPLIED, YOU HAVE LITTLE FAITH,
WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID, HE GOT
UP, HE REBUKED THE WINDS AND IT
WAS COMPLETELY CALM, THE MEN
WERE AMAZED AND ASKED, WHAT
KIND OF MAN IS THIS THAT EVEN
THE WINDS AND THE WAVES OBEY
HIM.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT JESUS
ACTUALLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD
LITTLE FAITH AND HE ASKED THEM,
WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID, BUT I'M
THINKING, WASN'T THAT OBVIOUS?
I MEAN, THESE MEN WERE
FISHERMEN AND THEY SPENT THEIR
WHOLE LIVES ON THIS WATER, THEY
HAD SEEN SEVERAL STORMS, YET
THIS ONE PANICKED THEM, JESUS
KNEW WHO HE WAS AND
THE POWER HE CARRIED.
THIS STORM DIDN'T SCARE HIM,
BUT TO THE DISCIPLES, THE STORM
REVEALED THEIR UNBELIEF BECAUSE
YOU SEE, IF THEY HAD TRULY
KNOWN WHO THIS JESUS WAS, THEY
WOULD NOT HAVE WOKEN HIM IN
THAT MANNER, THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE SPOKEN THOSE DESPERATE
WORDS OF TERROR, WE'RE GOING TO
DROWN, THEIR DREAD AND ANXIETY
EXPOSED THEIR CORE AND JESUS
KNEW, THEY DON'T TRUST ME, THEY
DON'T KNOW ME AND THEY DO NOT
BELIEVE I AM WHO I SAY I AM,
THE HEALER, THE DELIVERER AND
THE SAVIOR, IF THEY UNDERSTOOD
THE REVELATION AND THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE AUTHORITY AND
POWER THAT THIS MAN CARRIED IN
JUST THE BREATH OF HIS WORDS,
THEIR REACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THEN THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT
JESUS' VERY PRESENCE, IT BORE
THE WEIGHT AND INFLUENCE OF ALL
OF HEAVEN'S SUPREMACY, THEY MAY
HAVE INSTEAD AWOKEN JESUS AND
SAID, THERE'S A BIT OF A STORM
OUTSIDE BUT DON'T GET UP, JUST
SAY THE WORD, WOULD YOU JUST
SAY THE WORD AND CALM THIS
RAGING TEMPEST, YOU MAY BE IN
THAT PLACE TODAY WITH A TORNADO
BEARING DOWN ON THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR LIFE AND
YOU MAY WONDER WHERE GOD IS AND
IT MAY SEEM LIKE HE'S JUST
ASLEEP AND NOT PAYING ANY
ATTENTION TO YOUR ANGUISH.
MY FRIEND, THE QUESTION TODAY
IS DO YOU KNOW WHO JESUS IS, DO
YOU KNOW THAT WITH ONE WORD
FROM HIS MOUTH, YOUR STORM CAN
BE OVER, THOUGH WE DO NOT
ALWAYS UNDERSTAND HIS TIMING,
HIS POWER IS UNDENIABLE, HIS
PLANS ARE PROFOUND AND CAN BE
TRUSTED, HIS STRATEGIES DEFY
HUMAN COMPREHENSION AND GOD'S
PROMISE IS THAT HE WILL NEVER
LEAVE YOU, HE WILL NEVER
FORSAKE YOU, THERE IS NO WISDOM
THAT CAN FORM AGAINST HIM, NO
ARROGANCE THAT WILL OUT WIT
HIM, HE IS MAGNIFICENT IN
BEAUTY AND RENOWNED FOR HIS
EXCELLENCE, HE IS YOUR ALL IN
ALL, THE ONLY ONE WOULD WILL
MAKE YOU GREAT, HE'S YOUR
BACKUP IN THE HEAT OF THE FRAY
AND THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING
MAGNIFICENT, HE IS IN THE MIDST
OF YOUR STORM AND YOU CAN TRUST
HIM.
YOU SURE CAN TRUST HIM, AND
LAURA LYNN, IT'S SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN
JESUS IS IN THE BOAT, HEY,
EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT.
YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN JESUS GOT
UP, REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE
WAVES, HE'S GOT TO GET IN YOUR
BOAT, YOU MAY HAVE SOME STORMS
IN YOUR LIFE BUT I'M GOING PRAY
FOR YOU AND I WANT YOU TO CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN, DON'T
TRY TO HANDLE IT BY YOURSELF,
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, FATHER,
I PRAY EVEN IN THIS MOMENT AS
YOU'RE STRENGTHENING SOMEONE'S
FAITH THAT YOU WOULD GRANT
THEM, LORD, THE ABILITY TO
TRUST YOU, SAY THIS WITH ME,
JESUS, BE JESUS IN ME, AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
1-855-759-0700, I'D LOVE TO
HEAR FROM YOU, LAURA LYNN TAKES
IT TO THE STREET AND TAKES THE
SPIRITUAL PULSE OF CANADA.
HI, GUYS.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FROM?
FROM GERMANY.
FROM GERMANY, YOU'RE SO
PRETTY.
IS THAT WHY YOU GUYS ARE
HANGING OUT WITH THIS PRETTY
GERMAN GORGEOUS GIRL.
NO, NO.
THAT'S NOT IT, DO YOU HAVE
ANY FAITH.
I BELIEVE IN GOD, YES, I'M A
CHRISTIAN.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, GOOD LOOKING
MAN.
YOU'RE ALL GOOD LOOKING BY THE
WAY.
THANKS FOR MENTIONING IT,
FINALLY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, ARE YOU
CHRISTIAN?
I DO BELIEVE IN GOD BUT I'M
NOT GOING THE CHURCH QUITE
OFTEN BUT I DO BELIEVE IN GOD
AND THE BIBLE.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS THEN?
NOT THAT MUCH LIKE I BELIEVE
IN GOD.
DO YOU THINK HE WAS LYING?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
HE WAS LYING, HE BELIEVED
THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD AND
SO ARE WE, WE'RE ALL GOD'S
CHILDREN.
JESUS COULD HAVE BEEN THE
SON OF GOD.
YEAH, HE COULD HAVE BEEN
DEFINITELY FOR SURE.
IF HE BELIEVED HE WAS THE
SON, HE EITHER WAS OR HE'S KIND
OF CRAZY, SO WHICH ONE IS IT?
SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.
SOMETHING IN BETWEEN?
HOW CAN YOU HAVE IN BETWEEN?
YOU GO AHEAD, YOU TELL ME, HOW
DO WE HAVE IN BETWEEN?
I DON'T THINK HE'S
NECESSARILY CRAZY IF HE'S NOT
THE SON OF GOD BUT TELLS PEOPLE
HE'S THE SON OF GOD BECAUSE --
ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE
SON OF GOD BUT HE'S NOT, THAT'S
KIND OF A CRAZY THING.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BEING
THE SON OF GOD?
HOW DOES --
SON OF GOD CAME TO EARTH,
BORN OF A VIRGIN SO HE WOULD
LIVE AND DIE TO TAKE AWAY THE
SINS OF THE WORLD, THAT'S THE
TRUE SON OF GOD.
I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY IN
ORDER TO BE BORN THAT A MAN AND
A WOMAN HAVE SEX AND THE --
SO, YOU DON'T BELIEVE
THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE
A MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION.
IF THERE WAS A GOD, COULD HE
NOT DO A MIRACLE.
OF COURSE.
THEN WHY COULDN'T IT BE
POSSIBLE.
IT COULD BE POSSIBLE, OF
COURSE.
IF THERE IS A GOD, HAVE YOU
EVER PRAYED THAT HE WOULD MAKE
HIMSELF REAL TO YOU?
ALL THE TIME, NOT ALL THE
TIME BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I
REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
AND I'M LIKE, PLEASE MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
SO, YOU DO ASK FOR
MIRACLES.
YES, SURE.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE PRAY AND
ASK GOD THAT HE WOULD REVEAL
HIMSELF TO YOU IF HE'S REAL.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE OF
HIM.
FATHER, I JUST PRAY IN JESUS
NAME THAT YOU WOULD HELP DAVID
AND ELLY TO REALLY AND TRULY
UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS, AND IF
THERE IS A GOD, YOU WOULD
REVEAL THAT TO THEM AND FROM
THIS DAY ON, THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR TRUE SIGNS THAT THERE IS A
GOD AND THAT HE WOULD
MIRACULOUSLY INTERVENE IN YOUR
LIFE AND HE WOULD MAKE IT THE
BEST POSSIBLE LIFE EVER.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
YES, I WOULD LOVE THAT.
YOU WOULD LOVE THAT?
IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE, SO
I'VE DONE HIM LIKE THE BIGGEST
FAVOR, I SET HIS LIFE FREE,
WELL, I MEAN GOD DID, BUT I WAS
HIS MOST EXCELLENT TOOL.
YES, YOU WERE.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
THANKS, YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU.
SO COOL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN
YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
THE SPIRITUAL PULSE, YOU FIND A
LOT OF DIFFERENT BELIEFS AS FAR
AS ENERGY, HIGHER POWER, WHAT
DO YOU NOTICE WITH THE GERMANS?
SO MUCH, THIS ONE FELLOW
BEING A CHRISTIAN FROM GERMANY,
THAT WAS REALLY NEAT AND THEN
YOU COULD TELL THE OTHER GUY IS
SORT OF A CHRISTIAN, DOES
BELIEVE IN JESUS BUT STILL NOT
TOTALLY SURE OF WHAT ALL OF
THAT MEANS AND THEN THE OTHER
FELLOW IS SAYING, I AM A
CHRISTIAN BUT I DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE IN JESUS, SO, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES IT'S ALL OVER THE MAP
AND WHAT I FIND IN CANADA IS
THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY HAVE
SOMETHING CONCRETE THAT THEY
BELIEVE IN, THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE
UNIVERSE AND THEY BELIEVE IN
ENERGY BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT IS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE
BELIEVE IN ABSOLUTE FIRST, IT'S
GOT TO BE THE TRUTH AND WE
TAKE IT AS THE TRUTH, HERE AT
THE 700 CLUB CANADA, WE ARE
COMMITTED TO HELPING THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN BROKEN BY PAST
EXPERIENCES AND NEED A NEW
BEGINNING IN LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO AND LAURA
LYNN TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
IF YOU DESIRE TO HELP THOSE IN
NEED AND CHANGE LIVES, THEN
CALL TODAY AND BECOME A PARTNER
WITH THE 700 CLUB CANADA AND
WHEN YOU DO, YOU'LL BE A PART
OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS,
THOSE STREETS, THE SPIRITUAL
PULSE OF CANADA RIGHT HERE.
FOR 20 DOLLARS A MONTH, YOU
CAN BECOME A 700 CLUB CANADA
PARTNER OR IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
GIVE MORE, YOU CAN JOIN AT A
HIGHER LEVEL SUCH AS THE 700
CLUB CANADA GOLD MEMBER, WHICH 0
40 DOLLARS A MONTH, WHATEVER YOU
ARE ABLE TO GIVE, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR GIFT AND AS A THANK YOU
FOR THAT GENEROSITY, WE'LL SEND
YOU THIS DVD ENTITLED THE QUEST
FOR GOD.
THIS IS A DVD THAT TRACES THE
HISTORY OF MAN'S DESIRE TO GET
CLOSER TO GOD AND EXPLAINS THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER
RELIGIONS.
SO, CALL NOW, 1-855-759-0700
, AND BECOME A PART OF THIS
GROWING ARMY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO BE LIFE CHANGERS RIGHT HERE
IN CANADA.
I LOVE GORDON'S STYLE OF
TEACHING, HE IS VERY
TRANSPARENT IN THE EXAMPLES
THAT HE GIVES.
IT REALLY ENCOURAGED ME TO
SEEK MORE FROM GOD, TO DESIRE A
MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT GOD,
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT JESUS,
THE MORE GRACE AND PEACE YOU'RE
GOING TO GET.
THE TEACHING HAS HELPED ME
SEE HOW MUCH GOD LOVES HIS
CHILDREN AND WANTS TO BLESS
THEM AND OTHERS AROUND THEM.
EVERYBODY NEED TO WATCH THIS
DVD.
WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB
CANADA, UP NEXT, GABRIEL MACANAO
LEARNS THE GREATEST
GIFT ABOUT LOVE.
MY MOM WOULD TELL ME SHE
LOVED ME AND THE NEXT MINUTE
SHE WOULD BEAT ME OVER THE HEAD
WITH THE BAMBOO WITH ONE OF
MY DAD'S KARATE STICKS, AND I
FELT IF THAT'S WHAT LOVE WAS
ALL ABOUT, I DIDN'T WANT NO
PART OF IT.
BOTH OF GABRIEL MACANANO'S
PARENTS WERE ALCOHOLICS
AND THEY BOTH ABUSED HIM
THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD.
IT WAS LIKE CHAOS INSIDE
THAT HOUSE.
WHEN THEY WOULD LEAVE AND LEAVE
US IN THE HOUSE, I WOULD PRAY
THAT THEY WOULD NEVER COME BACK.
GABRIEL STARTED
DRINKING WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS
OLD, HE STARTED SMOKING
MARIJUANA WHEN HE WAS 8.
ONCE IT GOT INTO MY BODY AND
SYSTEM, IT'S LIKE I STEPPED OUT
OF REALITY AND INTO MY OWN
WORLD.
WHEN HE GOT OLDER, GABRIEL
ESCAPED HIS VOLATILE HOME
FOR AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS
PLACE, A GANG, AND GABRIEL
LOVED TO FIGHT.
I GOT MORE PRAISE AT BEATING
PEOPLE UP WHEN I GOT HOME THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT FELT GOOD, I WOULD
GO GET DRUNK AND WE'D END UP IN
A FIGHT SO MY FRIENDS LOVED
COMING TO THE HOUSE, WE'RE
GOING TO GO OUT, WE'RE GOING TO
GO WHEREVER AND EVERY TIME WE'D
GO OUT, WE'D END UP IN A FIGHT.
HE WAS SOON SELLING DRUGS
AND GABRIEL GOT ADDICTED TO
COCAINE AND METH, DRUG ABUSE,
DUI'S, BURGLARY AND VANDALISM
BECAME A LIFE FOR GABRIEL, HE
WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL FOR 12
YEARS.
WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE
STREETS OR WITH MY FRIEND, IF I
BEAT UP ONE OF MY FRIENDS, IT
WAS BECAUSE I LOVED YOU SO I
HAD A TWISTED WAY OF WHAT LOVE
WAS ALL ABOUT.
GABRIEL MET KIM IN 1993 AND
THEY MARRIED A FEW YEARS LATER,
THEY HAD TWO SONS BUT GABRIEL'S
KIDS WERE AFRAID OF HIM.
WHAT HURT ME THE MOST WAS MY
KIDS DIDN'T WANT -- THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO GET IN THE CAR WITH ME
AND GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE THEY
KNEW DAD WAS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE
AND WHEN WE GOT PULLED OVER
THAT DAD WENT IN THE POLICE CAR
AND THEY WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
GABRIEL GOT IN A BRUTAL
FIGHT WITH HIS BROTHER WHO WAS
ALSO ON DRUGS AND DRINKING.
HIS BROTHER ENDED UP IN THE
HOSPITAL.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTER AND
MY MOM ENDED UP GOING OVER
THERE TOO TO GO SEE HIM AND HE
WAS PRETTY BANGED UP AND THEY
WERE CALLING ME FROM OVER THERE
AND ASKED ME HOW I COULD DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I SAID,
MAN, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'VE BEEN THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE
AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH HIM AND
TO THINK THAT AFTER THIS THAT
HE MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK AND
WHOOP ON ME AGAIN AND THAT
WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
I WENT TO THE GOLF COURSE OUT
HERE, THERE WAS A LITTLE SPOT
WHERE THERE WAS LIKE A DIRTIED
AREA WITH SOME TREES WHERE NO
ONE COULD SEE ME WHEN I'M THERE
AND I GOT DONE SMOKING SOME
METH AND I PUT MY GUN IN MY
MOUTH AND IT DIDN'T GO OFF, YOU
KNOW, AND I WAS MAD.
AFTER HIS FAILED SUICIDE
ATTEMPT, GABRIEL WENT BACK TO
HIS OLD WAYS, DRUGS, VIOLENCE
AND JAIL.
I WAS IN THE CELL BY MIAMI
-- MYSELF AND I WAS SO MAD AT
GOD, I CURSED AT HIM, I SAID
YOU AIN'T NOTHING, YOU'RE
NOBODY, I GOT TO A POINT WHERE
I WAS DONE AND I FELT HIS
PRESENCE IN MY ROOM, MY CELL,
AND I KID YOU NOT, HE WAS LIKE
THIS IN MY ROOM AND ASKED ME IF
I WAS FINISHED AND I TOOK A
DEEP BREATH AND LET IT OUT, I'M
SO DOWN BUT YOU HAVE -- DONE,
BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME YOU'RE
REAL, YOU'RE NOT SHOWING ME
ANYTHING.
AFTER HIS RELEASE, GABRIEL
MADE A DECISION.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING I
DID WAS GO TO A MEETING AND
RAISE MY HAND, I SAID, I NEED
HELP BECAUSE IF I DON'T GET
HELP TODAY, I'M GOING TO LEAVE
THIS ROOM AND DO SOMETHING
STUPID.
A FRIEND HELPED HIM GET ON
THE RIGHT TRACK.
THIS GUY TOOK ME UNDER HIS
WING AND REALLY STARTED SHOWING
ME WHAT LIFE CAN BE LIKE AND
WHO GOD WAS.
GABRIEL'S SEARCH CONTINUED
UNTIL THE DAY HE WAS FLIPPING
THROUGH THE CHANNELS WATCHING
T.V.
I WAS WATCHING THE 700 CLUB
ONE DAY AND I WAS WATCHING PAT
ROBERTSON AND I FOLLOWED THAT
PRAYER THAT HE SAYS, HE DOES
THE SINNER'S PRAYER AND I
FOLLOWED THE PRAYER AND I FELT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT ME
AND I STARTED ATTENDING CHURCH
REGULARLY AND STARTED REALLY
WORKING ON MYSELF TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT WHO I
WAS.
BUT GABRIEL HAD A PROBLEM.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BE
ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE
PERSON I USED TO BE.
SO, HE STARTED READING HIS
BIBLE.
IN SO MANY WAYS, IT WAS
SHOWING ME WHAT I NEEDED TO DO
FOR HIM, IN TURN, WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO DO FOR ME AND IT WOULD
BE FOR HIS GLORY AND IT GAVE ME
A DIFFERENT MEANING OF WHAT MY
LIFE WAS ABOUT AND THAT IS TO
SERVE HIM AND TO SHOW OTHER
PEOPLE WHAT HE DOES WITHIN ME
BECAUSE ALL I KNOW HOW TO BE IS
ANGRY, DECEITFUL, UNWORTHY
INDIVIDUAL BUT GUIDED BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT, I GET TO TALK, I
GET TO SHARE WITH OTHERS ABOUT
WHO GOD IS.
GABRIEL HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR 8
YEARS AND HE LOVES TO TALK WITH
KIDS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF GANGS
AND HOW TO AVOID THEM.
IT'S A PASSION, NOT A JOB,
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING THAT GOD WANTS ME TO
DO, JUST LEARNING TO BE
OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE WANTS FROM
ME KNOWING THESE KIDS NEED A
LOT OF HELP.
HE SHOWED ME WHAT UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE IS, THERE'S NO STRINGS
ATTACHED TO LOVE, IT'S JUST
LOVE NO MATTER WHAT, ALL IT
TAKES IS SOME WORDS SAYING GOD,
I WANT TO KNOW YOU AND NO
MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT, HE WILL
GRAB YOU AND HOLD YOU AND TELL
YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
GABRIEL MACANANO REALLY
FOUND OUT THAT LOVE NEVER
FAILS, I LOVE GOD AND THE WAY
HE WORKS, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT
HIM ENOUGH, I LOVE JESUS SO
MUCH AND HIS REDEEMING POWER,
YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN
CORINTHIANS 130, HE BECAME
WISDOM FROM GOD, RIGHTEOUSNESS
FROM GOD, REDEMPTION AND
SANCTIFICATION, AS LONG AS YOU'E
IN CONTACT WITH THEM, YOU
BECOME WHATEVER YOU'RE IN
CONTACT WITH, IT'S AMAZING
THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS WITH OUR
LIVES, HOW THEY CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND THEY CAN CAUSE A
LOT OF OTHER THINGS, A CHAIN
REACTION IN OUR LIVES, BUT LOVE
NEVER FAILS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THE LOVE OF
GOD IS HERE.
I'M GOING TO ASK LAURA LYNN TO
COME IN EVEN NOW BECAUSE WHAT
GABRIEL LEARNED IS THERE WAS A
NEW DAY WAITING ON HIM, AND
THIS IS SOME INFORMATION THAT I
WANT TO GET INTO YOUR HANDS
RIGHT NOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT
THINK, I NEED A DO-OVER, I NEED
A TURN AROUND, I NEED GOD TO DO
ANOTHER WORK, SOMETHING IN MY
LIFE THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE, WOULD YOU CALL THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
1-855-759-0700 BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN THE
RIGHT POSITION FOR GOD TO JUST
BLOW INTO YOUR LIFE WITH A
MIRACLE.
AND YOU KNOW ON THE OTHER
END OF THAT NUMBER ARE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE POWERFUL FAITH, THAT
THEY JOINED IN THEIR FAITH WITH
YOURS FOR WHATEVER MIRACLE,
WHATEVER DIFFICULTIES THAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, WE ARE
HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, THAT'S WHY
WE DO THIS EVERY DAY, THAT'S
WHY BRIAN AND I ARE HERE EVERY
DAY, TO JOIN WITH YOUR FAITH,
TO BUILD YOUR FAITH AND TO
INSPIRE YOU THAT THERE IS A GOD
AND HE DEEPLY LOVES YOU.
AND, FATHER, FOR ALL OF
THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT NOW LIKE
GABRIEL, THEY ARE FEELING THEY
ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU, I
THANK YOU THAT IN THIS MOMENT
RIGHT NOW IS THE VERY MOMENT OF
TRUTH, FATHER, WOULD YOU PLEASE
GRAB HOLD OF THEM AND MOVE THEM
INTO THE PURPOSE THAT YOU HAVE
IN THEIR LIFE IN JESUS NAME.
IN JESUS NAME.
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN, 1-855-759-0700.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH
YOU ALL AGAIN.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M LAURA
LYNN TYLER THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN WARREN.
HAVE A GREAT DAY, CANADA.
GOD BLESS.