HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
LAURA LYNN, YOU KNOW THE
SCRIPTURES SAY THAT COLOSSIANS
210, WE'RE COMPLETING CHRIST
JESUS, THERE'S A LOT OF
SHAKE-UPS IN BETWEEN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE
NOT CONFIDENT ABOUT?
ANYTHING I'M NOT CONFIDENT
ABOUT?
YES.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT
SHOW, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A
FIFTH GRADER?
THAT DOES NOT GIVE ME
CONFIDENCE WHEN I DON'T KNOW
ANY OF THE ANSWERS THAT ALL THE
LITTLE FIFTH GRADERS SEEM TO
KNOW ABOUT.
IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING GOOD,
LADIES, DO NOT SIT DOWN WITH
YOUR FAMILY TO WATCH THAT SHOW,
IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU.
I KNEW THIS WAS A BLACK
COUCH MOMENT, ANYBODY GOT THEM
ON SPEED DIAL.
LATER ON, WE HAVE A STORY
ABOUT AN ACTRESS AND SHE DID
NOT FEEL SMART ENOUGH OR PRETTY
ENOUGH OR GOOD ENOUGH AND
SOMETIMES WE ALL JUST DON'T
THINK THAT WE GOT WHAT IT TAKES
BUT CAN I TELL YOU THAT GOD
JUST TAKES OUR LITTLE BIT AND
HE ANOINTS IT AND HE MAKES YOU
POWERFUL IN WHATEVER HE CALLS
YOU TO DO, AND THAT'S WHAT
TODAY'S SHOW IS ABOUT.
IT'S BASICALLY WHEN YOU
STAND UP TO FIFTH GRADERS.
ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE'RE GOING TO
HELP THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED A
LITTLE CONFIDENCE BOOST AND
HELP REORIENT YOUR FOCUS ON
GOD.
WE VISIT HOLLYWOOD TODAY AS
ANDREA LOGAN WHITE GIVES A
BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HER
LIFE BEFORE THE CAMERAS STARTED
ROLLING.
AND LAURA LYNN IS HERE WITH
ANOTHER EDITION OF WHAT YOU
BELIEVE CANADA AS SHE HITS THE
STREETS TO ASK MORE BIG
QUESTIONS ABOUT FAITH.
BUT FIRST, NAVIGATING THE
DATING SCENE CAN BE A CONFUSING
AND FRUSTRATING JOURNEY AND
CHRISTIANS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
KRISTI WATTS CONTINUES HER
SERIES ON RELATIONSHIPS AS SHE
LOOKS AT SOME EYE-OPENING
TRUTHS ABOUT CHRISTIAN DATING.
CONFIDENCE.
DATING SHOULD BE ABOUT
ENJOYING LIFE, HAVING FUN,
DEVELOPING EXPERIENCES WITH THE
OPPOSITE SEX, BUILDING THAT
PART OF YOU THAT'S ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND SOMEONE OF THE
OPPOSITE SEX.
IF YOU ARE DATING JUST TO GET
MARRIED, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
PROBABLY SAY YES TO THE FIRST
THING THAT COMES ALONG, AND
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO
VERY WELL.
I REALLY BELIEVE IF YOU WANT TO
HONOR GOD IF YOUR DATING LIFE,
YOU OUGHT TO BE LOOKING TO BE
FRIENDS FIRST AND FRIENDS FOR A
LONG TIME BEFORE YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT KISSING THAT PERSON AND
GETTING ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED.
IF I DON'T LEARN HOW TO BE A
FRIEND OF SOMEONE OF THE
OPPOSITE SEX, I'M PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO BE A GOOD FRIEND WHEN
I'M MARRIED AND IF I DON'T HAVE
THAT FOUNDATION OF FRIENDSHIP
IN MARRIAGE, IT PROBABLY WON'T
BE A GOOD MARRIAGE.
ONE OF THE BIG MISTAKES IS
SOMEONE HEARS SOMEONE SAY,
WELL, I'M A CHRISTIAN, OKAY,
GREAT, THAT'S EQUALLY YOKED
AND LET'S HAVE A DATE AND MOVE
FORWARD WHEN IN REALITY,
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
SAY THEY ARE CHRISTIANS BUT
THEY DON'T TREAT PEOPLE LIKE
THE WAY CHRIST WOULD TREAT
SOMEONE, THEY ARE NOT CHRIST
FOLLOWERS IN THE DATING WORLD
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE THAT SAYS I'M A
CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE THAT HAS A SPIRITUAL
FOUNDATION, A BIBLICAL
FOUNDATION FOR THEIR LIFE
WHERE THEY'RE FOLLOWING AFTER
CHRIST, NOT JUST SAYING I HAVE
THE LABEL OF CHRIST.
IF THERE IS A LACK OF ANYTHING
IN DATING, IT IS A LACK OF THIS
ACCOUNTABILITY TO OTHER PEOPLE
WHERE YOU'RE TALKING TO FOLKS,
WHERE YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO ASK
THEM REVIEW WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT
KEEP YOU SEXUALLY PURE, KEEP
YOUR INTEGRITY IN PLACE AND
HONOR THE OTHER PERSON YOU'RE
IN.
MOST GODLY WOMEN ARE LOOKING
FOR ONE WORD ABOVE ALL WORDS
AND THAT IS RESPONSIBILITY, AND
THAT MEANS RESPONSIBLE TO GOD,
RESPONSIBLE TO ME AND
RESPONSIBLE TO THOSE WHO COME
AFTER US.
I THINK MEN WANT TO FEEL LIKE
HEROES, THEY WANT TO BE
RESPECTED, THEY WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE
TRUE AND FAITHFUL TO THEM.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A
WOMAN WHO REALLY DOES PRIZE THE
SEXUAL DIMENSION IN A
RELATIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE, THAT
THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF THAT,
THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF IT, AND
THEY'VE WORKED OUT WHATEVER
ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED
OUT FOR THEM TO BE FREE
SEXUALLY ONCE THEY ARE MARRIED.
THE WORST THING THAT I SEE
HAPPENING FOR WOMEN IS DATING
IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.
I THINK DESPERATION LEADS TO
SOME REALLY HORRIBLE MARRIAGES.
YOU NEED TO NOT DATE FOR A
WHILE UNTIL YOU GET YOURSELF TO
A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT
DESPERATE, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT
YOURSELF, YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT
SINGLE LIFE.
IF YOU'RE NEVER MARRIED, YOU
WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SATISFIED
AND HAPPY AND FULFILLED, THAT'S
HOW WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
DATING, ESPECIALLY FOR A FEMALE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S JUST ONE
PERFECT MATCH AND IT'S THE ONLY
ONE AND IF YOU HIT IT, YOU'RE
GOOD, IF YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE
MISERY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT
OF CHOICES THAT COULD WORK.
KNOWING THE PERSON IS THE ONE,
IT'S MORE THAN A FEELING, I
MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE
A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THE
RELATIONSHIP AND ASK YOURSELF,
DO I FEEL LOVED BY THIS PERSON,
DO I FEEL RESPECTED, DO I FEEL
FREE IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, DO I
FEEL LIKE OUR RELATIONSHIP
HONORS GOD, DO WE HAVE THINGS
IN COMMON THAT WE WANT TO DO IN
LIFE, WE'RE NOT GOING OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS?
ARE WE ABLE TO SOLVE CONFLICT
TOGETHER AND NOT BE AT EACH
OTHER'S THROATS OVER THE AT
LEAST LITTLE THINGS, ARE WE
ABLE TO BE FRIENDS TO EACH
OTHER.
DO WE GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THE
OTHER PERSON AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I THINK IS SO
IMPORTANT IS IF IT'S THE ONE,
THEN I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
ACCEPT THAT PERSON'S WOUNDS AND
I WANT TO BE PART OF THE
HEALING OF THAT PERSON'S WOUNDS
ALSO.
WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER,
YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS
PERSON IS THE ONE.
ALL OF THAT TO ME IS PART OF
THE SURRENDERING MY DATING LIFE
TO GOD, IT ISN'T JUST SITTING
BACK AT HOME WAITING FOR GOD TO
DELIVER SOMEONE TO ME, IT IS
BOTH I DO WHAT I CAN TO MAKE A
GOOD DECISION WHILE I TRUST GOD
TO PROVIDE FOR ME THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
GOD-HONORING OPPORTUNITIES TO
EITHER MEET OR NOT MEET, DATE
OR NOT DATE, MARRY OR NOT
MARRY, GOD LOVES YOU, HE WANTS
THE BEST FOR YOU AND HE'S GOING
TO FULFILL SOME DESIRES AS WELL
AS NEEDS WHEN YOU MARRY THE
RIGHT PERSON.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE, DON'T
DATE WITH YOU'RE DESPERATE.
MANY OF US FEEL LIKE WE'RE
GOING BE THE LAST ONE STANDING
AT THE DANCE AND NOBODY'S GOING
TO ASK US TO DANCE SO WE GO
THROUGH THIS HYPER SENSE OF
ANXIETY, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME
THINGS IN YOUR HANDS,
OVERCOMING A CRITICAL SPIRIT
AND ALSO OVERCOMING GUILT, I
REALLY BELIEVE AND IF I COULD
GIVE YOU SOME PASTORAL ADVICE,
THAT A LOT OF US OVERCOOK IT,
WE TRY TO OVERTHINK IT AND
OVERLIVE IT INSTEAD OF GIVING
IT TO GOD AND NOT WAITING TO
LIVE BUT LIVE WHILE WE'RE
WAITING.
THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WAIT UPON
THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR
STRENGTH IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 40,
WHEN WE'RE IN THAT SINGLE PLACE
IN OUR LIFE, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE FULFILL THAT FULLNESS
OF THAT SINGLE, THAT WE BECOME
WHOLE AND BECOME CONNECTED TO
THAT OTHER HALF AND BECOME A
WHOLE, SO MANY OF US SPEND SO
MUCH TIME IN OUR DESPERATENESS
DEALING WITH REJECTION ISSUES.
LAURA LYNN?
WHILE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, I HAD A SENSE THAT
THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE, YOU
HAVE AT TIMES PAST WALKED IN
DESPERATION, EVEN WORRY THAT
GOD IS NOT GOING TO BRING THAT
BEAUTIFUL PERSON TO YOUR LIFE
TO COME TOGETHER WITH YOU, BUT
CAN I TELL YOU, HE IS WORKING
IT OUT.
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT A MAN
WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS A GOOD
THING, A GOOD THING AND THERE
IS SOMEONE THAT GOD IS PREPARED
-- AND I FEEL IT, I KNOW IT'S
TRUE, YOU HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR THAT PERSON AND I THINK
IT'S A HERE, GOD IS GOING TO
BRING THAT IN YOUR PATH AND THE
WAY THAT YOU GO WHEN YOU ARE
FOLLOWING HARD AFTER GOD, WHEN
YOU SEEK HIM FIRST, HE WILL ADD
ALL THESE THINGS TO YOU, GOD
HAS IT COVERED, GOD HAS
SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOU.
HE HAS YOUR BACK, YOU'VE
BEEN TRYING TO KISS TOO MANY
FROGS TRYING TO GET TO YOUR
PRINCE CHARMER.
LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE GALATIANS
20:10, WE BLEND FAITH
AND CALL IT SO IN JESUS NAME.
IN JESUS NAME, 1-855-759-0700,
GIVE US A CALL.
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.
HEY, WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO
GO, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
AND THIS IS THE FINAL SEGMENT
OF THAT, WALKING TALL IN TOUGH
TIMES AND USUALLY TOUGH TIMES
COME BECAUSE WE HAVE IN
OPPOSITION, WE WRESTLE NOT
AGAINST FLESH AND GOD BUT
SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH
PLACES IN OTHER WORDS,
SPIRITUAL WARFARE, WHEN WE
ACCEPT QUA JESUS CHRIST DID ON
THE CROSS WITH US, WE ARE ABLE
TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD, BUT WE SELDOM TAP INTO ALL
THE BENEFITS OF THAT
RELATIONSHIP, THROUGH CHRIST,
WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME
POWER THAT CONQUERED THE GREAT,
DID YOU GET THAT, THAT IS THE
SECRET OF OUR SUCCESS, FINDING
AND STAYING IN TOUGH TIMES,
WALKING IN THAT PLACE WITH GOD.
NOW, WE'RE REMINDED THAT
STAYING ON THE PATH OF LIFE HAS
MORE TO DO WITH OUR HEARTS THAN
OUR WANTS, YESTERDAY YOU CAME
IN PRINCIPLE ONE, WALKING TALL
IN TOUGH TIMES, YOU HAVE TO
STAY FOCUSED ON GOD AND YOUR
PASSION AND YOUR DESIRE FOR THE
PRESENCE OF GOD, FOR IT'S THE
PRESENCE OF GOD THAT REALLY
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
TODAY I WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS
AND THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE, MAKE
SURE YOU WRITE THIS DOWN, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO WALK TALL IN
TOUGH TIME, EMBRACE AND FACE
THE UPS AND DOWNS, EVERYBODY
HAS THEM, LISTEN TO WHAT THE
PSALM SAYS, REMEMBER PSALMS 27,
8 THROUGH 10 SAYS THIS, YOU
HAVE SAID SEEK MY FACE, MY
HEART SAYS TO YOU, MY FACE LORD
WILL I SEE, INQUIRE FOR AND
REQUIRE, VERSE 9, HIDE NOT YOUR
FACE FROM ME, TURN NOT YOUR
SERVANT AWAY IN ANGER, YOU WHO
HAVE BEEN MY HELP CAST ME OFF,
OH GOD OF MY SALVATION,
ALTHOUGH MY MOTHER AND FATHER
HAS FORSAKEN ME, THE LORD WILL
TAKE ME UP, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE
UNRIGHTEOUS, THE RIGHTEOUS GET
UP EVERY TIME, IF YOU HAVE TO
WALK TALL, YOU HAVE TO GET UP,
THIS IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE,
GETTING UP, THEY SHAKE IT OFF,
PROVERBS 24:16 SAYS IT THIS
WAY, THOUGH A RIGHTEOUS MAN
FALLS 7 TIMES, HE RISES AGAIN.
THE ENEMY WANTS YOU, THE
ACCUSER WANTS TO MAKE YOU FEEL
USELESS AND DEFEATED, THE BIBLE
REVEALS ABOUT OUR ENEMY IS
THIS, HE IS A LIAR, THE DEVIL
IS A LIAR AND SO IF YOU'VE
MESSED UP AND YOU'VE TOTALLY
BLOWN IT, CRY OUT TO GOD AND
GET UP, GET BACK ON THE PATH OF
LIFE AND YOU WILL BE THE
VICTOR, IT TELLS US THAT IN
37:22 BUT THIS IS THE BIG HOPE O
GO TRUTH, STAY ON THE PATH OF
LIFE AND JUST BELIEVE, YOU'VE
GOT TO LIVE IN AUTHENTIC AND
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A FAKE
PHONY, A CHRIST CENTERED LIFE,
AS CHRISTIANS, OUR HEART'S
DESIRE MUST BE TO LIVE ON THE
STRAIGHT PATH AND THE ONLY WAY
WE'RE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOCIETY'S
-- THAT FORCES US TO COMPROMISES
TO GO AFTER DAVID'S DESIRE, WE
MUST LOOK TO THE LORD AND HIS
WORD AND NOT THE SOCIETY AROUND
US BECAUSE WHAT WE DO WITH WE
GET KNOCKED DOWN IS WE GET UP
AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE TO GO.
I LOVE WHAT BRIAN WAS JUST
SAYING BECAUSE HE'S TALKING
ABOUT NEVER GIVING UP AND YOU
KNOW WHAT ROMANS 3 SAYS, MORE
EVER, LET US TRIUMPH IN OUR
TROUBLES AND KNOWING THAT
AFFLICTION AND HARDSHIP PRODUCE
PATIENCE AND UNENDING
ENDURANCE, THAT'S BA WE NEED.
WELL, COMING UP, CHRISTOFF AND
I TALK ABOUT LIFE'S TRIALS.
SO, CHRISTOFF, TELL ME A BIT
ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AND SOME
THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH AND MAYBE STRUGGLING
THROUGH TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY.
THE CHALLENGE SORT OF BEGAN,
I'VE BEEN PLAYING SOCCER PRETTY
MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE, I'M 28
YEARS OLD, I'VE BEEN PLAYING
SINCE I WAS 7 AND EARLIER THIS
SEASON WHILE I WAS BASICALLY
FEELING AT THE PEAK OF MY
ENTIRE SOCCER CAREER, LOVE FOR
THE GAME, I SUFFERED A BAD
CONCUSSION, I GOT ELBOWED IN
THE TEMPLE AND THIS HAPPENED A
FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT'S AN
ISSUE THAT HASN'T RESOLVED
ITSELF YET SO IT'S A STRUGGLE
THAT I LIVE THROUGH DAY-TO-DAY
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT THERE'S NO CLEAR END SO
EVERY DAY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE --
IT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE AND IT'S
A PROBLEM THAT IS SORT OF
PERVASIVE IN SO MANY WAYS SO
YOU HAVE TO FIND MANY WAYS TO
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES AND SO
IT'S BEEN A HUGE LEARNING
PROCESS AND I'M REALLY HOPING I
COME OUT OF IT.
DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOUR
LIFE, CHRISTOFF, DO YOU BELIEVE
IN GOD, DO YOU BELIEVE IN
HEALING?
NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT I DO.
YEAH.
YEAH.
EVEN WHEN SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HAPPENS, HAVE YOU SAID
EVEN ONE PRAYER, LIKE, IF
YOU'RE OUT THERE, GOD, WOULD
YOU FIX THIS OR HELP ME?
NO, I HAVEN'T, I'VE ALWAYS
SORT OF BELIEVED IN THE POWER
OF ONE'S SELF TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME CHALLENGES.
BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU HIT P
THIS PROBLEM THAT YOU JUST
CAN'T FIX?
WELL, THEN I SUPPOSE THAT'S
JUST THE WAY IT IS AND THAT'S
ANOTHER ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
OR ANOTHER ONE OF THE LESSONS
LEARNED.
THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A SOLUTION
TO EVERYTHING, AND SOMETIMES WE
JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT IS.
WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE LIKE
YOU'RE AT, CHRISTOFF, I MEAN,
IF THERE WERE A GOD, THIS WOULD
BE A GOOD TIME FOR HIM TO SHOW
UP.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A
QUESTION THAT I HAVE EXPLORED A
FAIR BIT AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S DEFINITELY A GREAT --
I'M SURE A POWER, A PERSONAL
POWER IN FAITH, BUT I CAN'T SAY
THAT --
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU'VE EMBRACED OR BEEN ABLE TO
ACCEPT?
NO, I ALSO THINK THAT YOU
CAN ALSO FILL THAT POWER THAT
EXISTS IN SOME PEOPLE TO FIND
IT THROUGH FAITH AND I CAN FIND
IT THROUGH -- LIKE I SAY, LIKE
THE BELIEF IN ONE'S SELF THAT I
DO ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE LIKE
A LIFE ENERGY THAT CONNECTS US
ALL, SOME PEOPLE MAY CALL THAT
GOD.
I KNOW IT AS SOMETHING SORT OF
DIFFERENT.
WOW, THANK YOU, CHRISTOFF.
YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
CAN CHANGE OUR LIVES AT ANY
GIVEN MOMENT.
YOU'RE GOING ABOUT YOUR DAILY
BUSINESS, DOING WHAT YOU LOVE
AND SUDDENLY SOME KIND OF
INJURY, SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN SO
DRAMATICALLY.
THERE IS A GOD WHO INTERCEPTS
THESE THINGS AND HIS NAME IS
JESUS AND WE ARE HERE EVERY DAY
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THAT LORD
AND SAVIOR.
AMEN.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTOFF TALKED
ABOUT LIFE ENERGY, AND I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT ENERGY, THE NAME
OF THAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
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UP NEXT, THE JOURNEY TO
SUCCESS IN HOLLYWOOD HITS A FEW
BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR ONE
DETERMINED ACTRESS.
I HAD EXTREMELY LOW
SELF-ESTEEM AND NEVER FELT GOOD
ENOUGH, PRETTY ENOUGH, SMART
ENOUGH.
ANDREA LOGAN WHITE FELT
INVISIBLE, AS THE MIDDLE CHILD
OF TWO CAREER DRIVEN AFFRONTS,
SHE WAS HUNGRY FOR AFFECTION
AND ATTENTION.
MY FATHER WAS A POLICE
OFFICER AND MY MOTHER, YOU
KNOW, STARTED WORKING QUITE
OFTEN IN FULL TIME JOBS AND WE
GREW UP IN AN EMOTIONALLY
STERILE ENVIRONMENT SO THERE
WAS NOT A LOT OF AFFECTION OR
ATTENTION.
WHEN ANDREA TURNED 13 YEARS
OLD, HER PARENTS DIVORCED AND
HER GRANDPARENTS DIED.
I WAS HOPE LESS AND WAS
DIAGNOSED AT DEPRESSION AT 13,
I WAS THREATENING SUICIDE
BECAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE TO
HAVE SOMEBODY PAY ATTENTION TO
ME AND TO LOVE ON ME.
WHEN ANDREA'S CRIES FOR HELP
WERE IGNORED, SHE REALIZED BY
CONTROLLING HER EATING HABITS,
SHE COULD TAKE CHARGE OF HER
LIFE.
THE EATING DISORDER STARTED
IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED TO
CONTROL MY ENVIRONMENT, IF I
COULD DO THIS ONE THING AND BE
STRONG IN THIS AREA, THEN I'LL
BE DIFFERENT, AND I THINK THAT
WAS THE ONE THING THAT MADE ME
ODDLY ENOUGH FEEL STRONG.
SOON, ANOREXIA CONSUMED
ANDREA'S LIFE.
I REMEMBER AT THE WORST
POINT OF THE EATING DISORDER, I
THINK I WAS EATING 500 CALORIES
OR LESS SO I WOULD COUNT EVERY
STICK OF GUM AND EVERYTHING I
WOULD PUT IN MY MOUTH AND EVEN
WHAT 78 POUNDS, 85 POUNDS, 90
POUNDS, I WOULD SEE A FAT, UGLY
PERSON.
I WAS ALIVE BUT I WAS SO DEAD
INSIDE, AND SO BROKEN AND IT
WAS JUST ALL CONSUMING, THE
OBSESSION, THE COMPULSION AND
IT TAKES EVERY PART OF YOUR
LIFE AWAY FROM YOU.
WHEN SHE WAS 18, ANDREA WENT
TO AN OUT-PATIENT FACILITY FOR
TWO WEEKS TO GET HELP WITH THE
ANOREXIA, SHORTLY AFTER HER
TREATMENT ENDED, ANDREA WENT TO
LOS ANGELES TO PURSUE HER DREAM
OF ACTING.
I WAS AROUND SEX AND DRUGS
AND EVERYTHING YOU COULD
IMAGINE AND MONEY AND IT BECAME
NORMAL TO ME AND THAT WAS
SCARY, I WOULD RELAPSE IN AND
OUT OF THE ANOREXIA BECAUSE
AGAIN, I HAD NO SUPPORT, NO
FOUNDATION BECAUSE I WAS
LOOKING AT PEOPLE WITH PLASTIC
SURGERY, AND LOOKING WHAT
APPEARED TO BE THE PERFECT LIKE
ESTHETICALLY.
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS IN
HOLLYWOOD, THE COMPETITION FOR
JOBS AND FEAR OF REJECTION
BEGAN TO WEAR ON ANDREA, THAT'S
WHEN SHE STARTED WORKING A SIDE
JOB AS A PERSONAL TRAINER,
SEVERAL OF HER CLIENTS WERE
CHRISTIANS
I WAS EXHAUSTED PHYSICALLY,
MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, I WAS
AT THAT PLACE WHERE MY EYES
WERE OPEN, I WAS READY FOR IT
AND I STARTED SEEING THE JOY
AND THE PEACE THAT THESE OTHER
CHRISTIANS THAT I WAS WORKING
WITH AND I COULD SEE THE
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE
DAY, ANDREA PRAYED TO GOD WHEN
SHE STOPPED AT A LIGHT.
I GOT TO ROCK BOTTOM AND I
REMEMBER CRYING OUT TO GOD IN
MY CAR, I WAS SOBBING, SOMEBODY
HAD BEEPED MY HORN, I HESITATED
TO LOOK OVER AND HELD UP A
SIGN AND IT WAS A SIGN TO A
RADIO STATION, I TURNED THE
RADIO STATION ON AND THERE WAS
A PASTOR REPEATING THE PRAYER
THAT I HAD JUST CRIED OUT, GOD
USED THAT AND HE WAS CRYING OUT
THE SAME WORDS, IT WAS A HUGE
SIGN, SYMBOLICALLY OF GOD
SAYING, LISTEN, YOU'RE HERE FOR
A REASON, I HAVE A PLAN FOR YOU
AND I AM HERE AND I AM REAL,
AND REALLY THAT'S WHEN MY LIFE
MADE A DRAMATIC CHANGE AND I
ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR, I
JUST REMEMBER FEELING THAT
PEACE AND THAT JOY AND KNOWING
THAT IT WAS REAL.
IN 20003, ANDREA MARRIED
DAVID WHITE, ANDREA CONTINUED
STRUGGLING WITH EATING
DISORDERS AFTER GETTING MARRIED.
SHE SLIPPED INTO
BULIMIA.
THE OTHER PART, KNOWING IS
THAT WE STILL HAVE THE
EMOTIONAL WOUNDS AND THE SOUL
WOUNDS AND I THINK BEING A
CHRISTIAN AND LEARNING YOUR
IDENTITY, IT'S ONGOING.
FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT, MY
HUSBAND AND I WERE ON OUR KNEES
AND CRYING OUT TO GOD, ASKING
GOD FOR HIS MERCY.
THROUGH CONSISTENT PRAYER
AND BIBLE STUDY, ANDREA BEGAN
TO SEE A BREAK THROUGH.
GOD IS SO GOOD, HE HEALS YOU
AND SOME, GOD HEALED ME OF
BULIMIA, I STOPPED THROWING UP
DOCTORS TOLD HER SHE WOULD
NOT GET PREGNANT BECAUSE OF THE
RAVAGES OF ANOREXIA, WHEN SHE
BECAME PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST
SON, SHE KNEW HER HEALING WAS
COMPLETE.
HE BLESSED ME WITH A STRONG
HEALTHY CHILD SO I FEEL LIKE I
GOT DOUBLE HEALING.
TODAY, ANDREA HAS TWO
HEALTHY CHILDREN AND HAS BEEN
LIVING FREE FROM HER EATING
DISORDER FOR 6 YEARS, SHE WORKS
ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND, A FAITH
AND FAMILY COMPANY.
SINCE I'VE BEEN SAVED, 99%
OF MY WORK HAS BEEN IN THE
CHRISTIAN MARKET AND IT'S JUST
BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO DO A
STORY, TO HAVE PART OF IT AND
REDEMPTION IN IT, HE IS
FAITHFUL EVERY TIME HE SEES
YOU, WHETHER IT'S ANOREXIA OR
BULIMIA OR DEPRESSION, HE IS
RIGHT THERE TO CRADLE YOU AND
I'M TELLING YOU, HE WILL NOT
LET YOU DOWN.
I WOULD SAY CRY OUT TO HIM AND
BE RELENTLESS.
WHAT A POWERFUL STORY.
YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNOW WHERE
SOMEONE HAS COME FROM, YOU CAN
SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, YOU
KNOW, ACTING ON THE SCREEN AND
YET NOT KNOW THAT SHE FACED
ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA, GOD
HELPED HER IN A NIGHT, SOME OF
YOU ARE FACING THIS, YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO GET CONTROL OVER
THIS THING THAT IS CONTROLLING
YOU.
GOD IS YOUR ANSWER, JESUS
CHRIST IS THE ANSWER, WHAT HE
DID FOR ANDREA IN HEALING HER
IN A DAY, HE CAN DO FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
I'M ASKING YOU TO JUST CALL OUT
TO GOD, DO YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE
HERE EVERY DAY, BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE THIS STUFF, BRIAN AND I
DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK BECAUSE
THIS IS A PAYCHECK AND THIS IS
SOMETHING WE DO FOR A CAREER,
THIS IS A CALL OF GOD BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT HE IS OUR HEALER,
OUR MASTER AND I'M ASKING YOU
TO PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW,
FATHER IN JESUS NAME, I BRING
THIS WOMAN OUT THERE WHO IS
JUST STRUGGLING, OH, GOD, SHE'S
THROWING UP, SHE'S NOT EATING,
SHE'S ABUSING HER BODY, SHE
DOESN'T KNOW WHERE ANSWERS ARE
COMING FROM, I PRAY IN JESUS
NAME THAT THIS CURSE IS BROKEN
AND THAT IS GONE FROM HER FROM
THIS MOMENT ON IN JESUS NAME,
WE THANK YOU FOR IT, LORD.
AMEN, AND LET THE CHURCH SAY
AMEN, IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
OR RECEIVED THAT PRAYER,
1-855-759-0700, YOU KNOW, IT'S
SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CLAIM
THAT BECAUSE THE GIFT IS NOT
YOURS UNTIL YOU RECEIVED IT, WE
NEED YOU TO CALL THAT NUMBER ON
THE SCREEN.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY CELEBRATE
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE
700 CLUB CANADA AND IT IS SUCH
A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE
ABLE TO COME INTO YOUR HOMES
AND ALSO RECEIVE YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS AS WELL, THEY'RE
COMING IN FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WE KNOW THAT GOD IS
MOVING IN THIS NATION RIGHT NOW
WITH REVIVAL POWER, SO CONTINUE
TO PRAY, BUT DON'T GET SETTLED
IN THAT PLACE OF SAYING I'VE
BEEN IN THIS PLACE FOR SO LONG,
IT CAN'T CHANGE, BELIEVE THAT
JESUS SPEAKS TODAY AND WE'LL
TAKE YOU THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE
700 CLUB CANADA DOES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
WITH YOU ALL AGAIN, I'M LAURA
LYNN TYLER THOMPSON.
AND UNTIL THEN, I'M BRIAN
WARREN, GOD BLESS.
GOD BLESS.
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