HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
WELL, LAURA LYNN, IT'S
ALMOST THAT TIME, I'M PACKING
BACKPACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
9,000, TO BE EXACT, 9,500, AND
GETTING KIDS READY FOR SCHOOL.
AND YET YOU'RE HERE.
WELL, IT'S ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, HALIFAX, VANCOUVER,
EDMONTON, AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT SITES.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT FOR
THE KIDS, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING SHOW FOR YOU
TODAY, WITH TWO POWERFUL
STORIES WHERE GOD CAME THROUGH
EVEN IN THE MOST EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU'LL SEE THE INCREDIBLE
STORY OF PHYLLIS LAWLER, HER
LIFE WAS A LONG TRAIL OF ABUSE
DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO HER
CHILDHOOD, YOU'LL SEE HOW ONE
WOMAN'S PRAYERS LED TO A
RADICAL CHANGE IN PHYLLIS'
LIFE, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE IF GOD
IS REAL OR ABLE TO SAVE YOU,
THEN YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS
THIS UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF
REDEMPTION.
ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU'LL SEE
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MARILYN
GILMORE TOOK THE ADVICE OF A
STRANGE VOICE AT THE OTHER END
OF THE PHONE AND YOU'LL BE
AMAZED AT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
MARILYN PUT FAITH BEFORE
UNDERSTANDING.
AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT YOU BELIEVE, CANADA, AS I
MET UP WITH MR. WORLD, 2011 AT
THE BEACH AND YOU WON'T WANT TO
MISS IT, BUT FIRST, MARILYN'S
MARRIAGE GETS TOUCHED BY AN
ANGEL.
I LIVED IN A LITTLE
FARMHOUSE AND IT WAS VICIOUSLY
COLD, AND THE PHONE RANG AND IT
WAS BOB AND HE SAID, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO TALK, I WANT YOU TO
LISTEN, I'VE LEFT YOU, I HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE, I DON'T LOVE YOU
ANYMORE, I'M NOT COMING HOME,
DON'T TRY TO GET A HOLD OF YOU
AND WORK, AND DON'T TRY TO
BOTHER ME, I'LL TRY TO CONTACT
YOU ABOUT MY THINGS.
AND THEN I SAID, BOB, I LOVE
YOU, I WAS JUST DEVASTATED, I
WAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED, AND ON
SATURDAY, I TURNED ON THE
TELEVISION AND WE DIDN'T GET
VERY MANY STATIONS OUT IN
VINELAND BUT WE DID GET THE 700
CLUB AND PAT WAS SAYING THAT NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR
LIFE, THAT JESUS IS REAL AND HE
IS THERE AND THAT THERE'S SO
MUCH POWER IN PRAYER AND I
THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL THAT
NUMBER AND I'M GOING TO GET
PRAYER SO I DIALED THE NUMBER
AND THIS LITTLE OLD LADY CAME
ON AND I SAID MY HUSBAND'S LEFT
ME AND I JUST NEED PRAYER, AND
SHE SAYS, I'M GOING TO PRAY A
PRAYER THAT YOU MAY NEVER HEARD
BEFORE, IT WASN'T THE VOICE OF
AN OLD LADY, AND IT WAS A
POWERFUL VOICE AND IT SAID IN
THE JESUS COME OF NAZARETH, I
COME AGAINST YOU SATAN, I COME
AGAINST YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST AND I COMMAND YOU
TO TAKE YOUR CLAWS OUT OF THIS
MAN THIS HAVE DAY, AND I PRAY
THAT THIS VERY DAY THAT THIS
MAN WILL CALL HIS WIFE AND HE
WILL TELL HER HE LOVES HER AND
HE WILL BEFORE HIS CLOCK
STRIKES MIDNIGHT, HE WILL GO
DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND GIVE HIS
HEART TO JESUS.
AND I THOUGHT, THANK YOU, VERY
MUCH, SO ALL DAY LONG, I WAS
PRAYING AND FINALLY AT 9:00 AT
NIGHT, HE PHONED ME AND HE
SAID, MARILYN, AND I SAID, YES,
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING, I SAID WHAT, AND HE
SAID, I LOVE YOU, I DO LOVE
YOU, AND HE SAID, THIS MIGHT
SOUND REALLY WEIRD, BUT BEFORE
WE TALK, I THINK WE SHOULD
PRAYER, AND I TOOK HIM TO THE
CENTER'S PRAYER AND HE SAID IT
AND I COULD HEAR HIM SOBBING
AND HE CRIED AND HE CRIED, AND
HE CRIED AND I TURNED THE LIGHT
ON AND THE TEARS WERE POURING
DOWN HIS FACE, AND I HUGGED HIM
AND WHEN I HUGGED HIM I COULD
SEE MY WATCH AND IT WAS FIVE
MINUTES TO 12:00.
SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LORD,
AND HE SAID, I WANT TO COME
HOME.
I'M BORN AGAIN, YOU'RE BORN
AGAIN AND I WANT TO LIVE FOR
THE LORD.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I CALLED
THE 700 CLUB LAST WEEK.
HE SAID, YOU DID, AND I TOLD
HIM, I HAD A LITTLE OLD LADY
PRAY AND SHE PRAYED YOU WOULD
COME BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
AND HE SAID, OH, WE SHOULD
PHONE HER AND THANK HER, SO I
CALLED THAT NUMBER AND A YOUNG
MAN ANSWERED AND HE SAID,
HELLO, THIS IS PAUL, 700 CLUB,
CAN I HELP YOU, AND I SAID A
LITTLE OLD LADY PRAYED FOR ME
LAST WEEK AND HER PRAYERS WERE
ANSWERED AND WE WANT TO LET HER
KNOW.
WELL, WHAT WAS HER NAME, AND I
SAID, SHE DIDN'T ANSWER WITH A
NAME.
HE SAID, ARE YOU SURE, WE
ALWAYS ANSWER WITH A NAME, AND
I SAID, NO, SHE JUST SAID 700
CLUB, AND HE SAID, ARE YOU
ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU PHONED THIS
PHONE, AND IT WAS LAST
SATURDAY, I SAID, YES, AND HE
SAID, THAT'S VERY STRANGE, WE
DIDN'T HAVE ANY LITTLE OLD
LADIES ANSWERING PHONES LAST
SATURDAY, NOT AT ALL.
HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU
WERE TALKING TO BUT THEY SURE
HAD A PIPELINE THROUGH TO GOD.
WE WERE MARRIED A TOTAL OF 21
YEARS WHEN HE PASSED AND HE WAS
VERY, VERY SICK AT THE END AND
HE LAID IN BED AND HE THANKED
ME, HE THANKED ME FOR LEADING
HIM TO JESUS AND HE SAID, MY
BODY IS WASTING AWAY AND MY
BODY IS GETTING WEAKER BUT MY
SPIRIT IS GETTING STRONGER, AND
I KNOW WHERE HE IS THANKS TO
THE 700 CLUB.
MARILYN'S STORY IS PROOF
POSITIVE THAT GOD STILL SPEAKS
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M SO THRILLED ABOUT
WHAT GOD WAS ABLE TO DO AND
RESTORE THAT MARRIAGE BECAUSE
SHE GOT THE CALL AND THAT
DREADED CALL DIDN'T EVEN GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER, JUST
HEARD HER HUSBAND ON THE OTHER
END SAYING, MARILYN, I'M
LEAVING YOU, I FOUND SOMEONE
ELSE, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
ANYTHING, CLUNK, AND SHE WAS
DEVASTATED, BUT I THANK GOD,
HER FAITH KICKED IN BECAUSE SHE
HAD INSIDE OF HER HEART THAT
STILL SMALL VOICE THAT SAYS
REACH OUT, DON'T BEAR THIS BY
YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE
GOD IS SPEAKING TO US TODAY AS
WELL BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER
MARY, NOT A MIR LIN THAT HAD
SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
HAPPENED, SHE SPOKE TO AN ANGEL
AND HE SAID, YOU WILL GIVE
BIRTH TO THE SON OF GOD, OUR
SECRET TO OUR HAS ARE E MANUAL,
GOD IS WITH US.
THAT IS SO TRUE, BRIAN, AND
THERE IS SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW WHO
IS REALLY BROKEN HEARTED,
SOMEONE HAS BETRAYED YOU AND
YOU ARE FEELING HELPLESS.
IF YOU HAVE NOBODY ELSE OR EVEN
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THERE'S A NUMBER YOU CAN CALL,
1-855-759-0700.
THERE ARE OPERATORS STANDING
BY, THESE ARE NOT ORDINARY
PEOPLE, THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH
POWERFUL PRAYER LIVES THAT WILL
RISE IN FAITH FOR YOUR
SITUATION.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO FEEL ALONE,
YOU DON'T WALK ALONE, GOD IS
ALWAYS THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AS
WELL, I HAVE SOME GREAT
RESOURCES FOR YOU IF YOUR
MARRIAGE IS IN THAT PLACE, GOD
WAS ABLE TO RESTORE THAT
MARRIAGE BECAUSE HER HUSBAND
SAID I THINK WE NEED TO PRAY
AND LED HIM WITH THE
CENTER'S PRAYER, SOMEBODY IS
STANDING RIGHT BY TO PRAY WITH
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WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO GO,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKED TODAY
ABOUT UP, AND THAT'S THE FOCUS
OF OUR TIME HERE, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A TWO-PART SERIES WHERE
I HOPE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE
POWER OF GOD TO GET PAST MAYBE
EVEN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN
YOUR LIFE AND MOVE FORWARD LIKE
A SLINGSHOT, I LOVE JUST FOR
LAUGHS, IT IS SO FUNNY,
SOMETIMES I SIT THERE ALL BY
MYSELF OR WHETHER I'M ON PLANES
AND THERE WAS ONE SKIT JUST FOR
LAUGHS, HE WAS BRILLIANT, HE
WAS LOOKING AT THE GROUND AND
HE WAS LOOKING AROUND AND
PEOPLE STARTED COMING AROUND
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
STARTED LOOKING AT HIM SORT OF
STRANGE AND THEY WERE DOING
WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE WAS ON
HIS KNEES AND THEN PRETTY SOON,
YOU HAD LINE LIKE THIS FLASH
MOB OF PEOPLE ON THEIR KNEES
AND HE GETS OUT OF THERE AND
EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR KNEES AND
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON,
NO ONE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT
ARE WE LOOKING FOR.
WELL, WHAT WE BELIEVE
DETERMINES IN A LARGE PART HOW
WE BEHAVE, THAT'S WHAT THIS
SHOWS US, FOR THAT REASON, IF
WE GET CHRIST RIGHT, WE GET
EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT.
THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE OF HOW
MANY PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES
TODAY BUSY SEARCHING FOR
SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE FOR LIFE
BUT THEY'LL NEVER FIND IT IF
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
THEY'RE MISSING, THIS IS THE
BIGGEST THING, WHAT WE BELIEVE
WILL DETERMINE IN A LARGE PART
HOW WE BEHAVE.
FOR THAT REASON, IF WE GET
CHRIST RIGHT, EVERYTHING ELSE
IS GOING TO BE RIGHT.
LISTEN TO WHAT THE SCRIPTURE
SAYS, I WANT YOU TO LOCK IN ON
THIS, SINCE YOU HAVE RAISED
WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR HEART ON
THE THINGS ABOVE WHERE CHRIST
IS SEATED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF
GOD AND SET YOUR MIND ON THE
THINGS ABOVE, FOR YOU DIED AND
YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST
IN GOD AND WHEN CHRIST WHO IS
YOUR LIFE APPEARS, THEN YOU
WILL ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN
GLORY.
THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PREVIOUS
CHAPTERS IN CHAPTER 3 TELLS US,
HE WAS ARGUING THAT WE ARE SET
FREE FROM THE POWERS AROUND US
AND NOW HE TELL US WE HAVE BEEN
SET FREE OF LIVING A LIFE OF
PURPOSE OF LIVING UP ABOVE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
NOW, GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF US TO MAKE US
NEW.
THEN HE CHALLENGES US TO LIVE
AS NEW PEOPLE, IN SHORT, WE
DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE WE'VE
ALWAYS BEEN, WE CAN BREAK FREE
FROM THE PAST IF WE KNOW WHERE
TO LOOK.
THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS THIS,
LOOK UP, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE
TO DO, STOP LOOKING DOWN AND
STOP LOOKING HORIZONTALLY, BUT
LOOK UP AT GOD, LOOK UP WHERE
YOU ARE SEATED WITH CHRIST IN
HEAVENLY PLACES INSTEAD OF
GAZING AT THE GROUND.
WE HAVE TO LOOK UP AND THAT IS
YOUR HOPE TO GO.
BRIAN TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU
BELIEVE WILL DETERMINE HOW YOU
BEHAVE, LET ME READ YOU A VERSE
THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE IN, IT'S
IN ROMANS 3, VERSE 24, ALL OUR
JUSTIFIED AND MADE UP RIGHT AND
IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD,
FREELY AND GRATUITOUSLY BY HIS
GRACE, HIS UNMERITED FAVOR AND
HIS MERCY THROUGH THE
REDEMPTION WHICH IS PROVIDED IN
CHRIST, JESUS, IF YOU BELIEVE
THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO WALK IN
SUCH FREEDOM, SUCH GLORIOUS AND
ABSOLUTE VICTORY, YOU'RE NOT
EVEN GOING TO BELIEVE IT.
MR. WORLD AND I TALKED ABOUT
RELIGION AT THE BEACH.
YOU'RE FROM WHERE ORIGINALLY.
WE'RE FROM PRUSSIA, IRAN.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO NOTE AT
HOME YOU'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU DO AND WHY ARE YOU
SO BUFF?
I DO EXERCISE EVERY DAY, I'M
THE CHAMP ON -- CHAMPION OF
THE WORLD IN 2011.
OF THE WORLD?
OF THE WORLD, YEAH, EXACTLY,
AND ALSO CHAMPION FOR MY
COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS AND
BODY BUILDING AND BODY CLASSIC.
I HAVE A TOUGH JOB.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
FAITH, ARE YOU A MUSLIM MAN?
YES, I AM A MUSLIM.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO
YOU WHEN ALL OF THIS IS OVER,
THIS BODY HAS TURNED BACK TO
DUST, WHERE WILL YOU SPEND YOUR
ETERNITY?
I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE
DIE, THERE IS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING ELSE, NOBODY KNOWS,
MY RELIGION SAYS WE GO TO
PARADISE AND HELL.
YES, THERE'S TWO PLACES,
PARADISE AND HELL, THAT'S LIKE
CHRISTIANITY AND I BELIEVE IN
JESUS.
WHEN YOU DIE, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
AFTER LIFE.
SO, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU
JUST TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT
YOU CAN ON THIS EARTH?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO
THEIR BEST BUT WE ALL FAIL, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, WE ALL
MAKE SIN, WE MAKE MISTAKES, WE
COVET, WE WANT THINGS, WE'RE
GREEDY, WE LUST, RIGHT, AND
WHAT IS IT THEN THAT GIVES YOU
HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO
GET INTO ETERNAL LIFE?
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IT
MYSELF, I DID LOTS OF MISTAKES,
THE MOMENT I DID THAT MISTAKES,
I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT AFTER THAT,
I THOUGHT THE HORRIBLE THINGS I
DID.
I KNOW THE MUSLIM RELIGION
HAS A TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR
JESUS, RIGHT?
YES.
WHO DO YOU THINK HE WAS?
I DON'T KNOW THIS GUY, BUT I
DO RESPECT THESE PEOPLE.
JESUS BECAME THE EMBODIMENT
OF GOD AND CAME TO DIE AND TO
SHED -- GIVE HIS LIFE SO THAT
WE WOULD BE FREE OF OUR SIN.
DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE?
I SAW LOTS OF MOVIE ABOUT
JESUS, BUT I THINK IT'S A LONG
TIME AGO AND NOBODY CAN SAY
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF FOR
EXAMPLE SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW SAID
I'M THE SON OF GOD, CAN YOU
JUST BELIEVE THAT?
DO YOU BELIEVE?
IT WOULD EITHER BE A CRAZY
CLAIM OR THEY'D HAVE TO SHOW
SOME PROOF OF IT, WOULDN'T THEY?
ANYBODY CAN CLAIM IT.
I'M A LOGICAL MAN.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THE
FACT THAT JESUS CAME AND THEY
DID DIE, THEY NEVER FOUND HIS
BODY, AND THAT HIS DISCIPLES,
EVEN HIS CLOSEST DISCIPLES DIED
A MARTYR'S DEATH BECAUSE THEY
WENT TO THEIR DEATH SAYING THIS
WAS JESUS.
I DO RESPECT PEOPLE THAT
THEY DON'T HURT THE OTHERS,
MAYBE YOUR IDEA, YOUR RELIGION,
WHATEVER YOU THINK IS TO HURT
THE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN
THAT.
I DON'T RESPECT THAT AND I'M
GOING TO STAND.
DO YOU WANT TO DO AN ARM
WRESTLE AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN
TAKE YOU.
YES.
LET'S TRY.
OH MY GOD.
I KNOW, I'M TOUGHER THAN I
LOOK, RIGHT.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, MY JOB
IS NOT EASY, BRIAN, BEING OUT
THERE WITH ALL THE BUFF GUYS,
BUT I APPRECIATED HIS HONESTY.
HE SHARED FROM THE HEART ABOUT
HIS BELIEFS AND WE HAD AN
EXCELLENT EXCHANGE, I LOVED IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I BELIEVE YOU
DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
YEAH.
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UP NEXT, PHYLLIS LAWLER'S
EXTREME CHILDHOOD LEADS TO AN
EXTREME ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
MANIC DEPRESSIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA,
THEY TREATED HER WITH ALL
KINDS OF MEDICINE BUT IT WASN'T
THE RIGHT STUFF, I'M SURE OF IT.
I REMEMBER NOT HAVING ENOUGH
FOOD, I WOULD BE ABOUT 3 OR 4
AND THERE WAS FOUR OR FIVE OF
US IN A BED IN THE WINTER IN
OUR SNOW SUITS, IN OUR BOOTS
UNDERNEATH THE BLANKET.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE 4 OR
5 THAT THE ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN
TURNED OFF AND THERE'S NO HEAT.
MY STEPFATHER THAT MY MOTHER
GOT WITH WAS AN ALCOHOLIC, HE
WASN'T A HAPPY CAMPER, SO
THAT'S WHERE THE PHYSICAL AND
SEXUAL ABUSE STARTED COMING IN.
HE WOULD GRAB YOUR PONY TAIL
AND SAY, DON'T MOVE AND YOU
WOULD CRY AND YOU WOULD CRY
BECAUSE IT HURTS, AND HE'D SAY,
DON'T MOVE, IF YOU DON'T MOVE,
IT WON'T HURT.
IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE
GIRL TO STAND THERE FOR 20
MINUTES AND NOT MOVE.
HE STARTED RAPING ME, I WAS
MAYBE 6 OR 7, WHEN I WAS 8 OR
9, I TOLD MY MOTHER, I SAID,
THIS FAMILY MEMBER HAS BEEN
RAPING ME FOR YEARS, AND I'M
TALKING SEVERE, SHE WENT, WELL,
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WHAT DID YOU DO, WHAT DID YOU
SAY?
I SAID, MA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN --
SHE SAID, HE WON'T DO IT
ANYMORE, YOU'RE TOO OLD NOW
ANYWAY.
WHEN I WAS 14, I LAID IN A
FIELD RIGHT BY MY FAMILY
MEMBER, I WAS REALLY ANGRY AT
GOD AND I SAID, LORD, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND, I KNEW THIS GOD
THAT MY MOTHER HAD TAUGHT ME
ABOUT, THIS ANGRY GOD, I
THOUGHT, OKAY, I THOUGHT, I
CAN'T TAKE MY LIFE BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL
BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY LIVED IT
AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IT
ANYMORE, SO THAT'S NOT AN
OPTION.
I WAS LAYING THERE AND I
THOUGHT, WHY DON'T YOU KILL ME,
I'M NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR
YOU TO KILL, YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T
WASTE YOUR TIME ON ME, SO IT
JUST MADE ME ANGRIER AND
ANGRIER.
WHEN I WAS 17 AND HOMELESS
AGAIN FOR THE THIRD OR FOURTH
TIME, I WAS DIRTY AND I WAS
STINKY, I HADN'T HAD A BATH IN
A COUPLE OF DAYS, SOMEBODY SAID
THAT THERE'S A LADY, SHE'LL
GIVE A HOMELESS PERSON A BED, I
SAID, SURE, I DIDN'T KNOW SHE
WAS ON FIRE BORN AGAIN FOR GOD,
AND SHE SAID, MY ONLY
REQUIREMENT IS THAT I GET TO
PRAY ON YOU, AND I SAID, OH,
LORD, AND SHE PUT HER HAND ON
MY HEAD AND I REMEMBER HER
GOING LIKE THIS, THE RIGHT HAND
OF GOD, SHE PUT MY HAND ON MY
HAND AND I SAID, SAVE THIS
LITTLE ONE, OKAY, YOU CAN EAT
NOW, THAT'S ALL SHE SAID, AND I
THOUGHT, IS THAT ALL, SHE SAID,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT A BIG,
LONG PRAYER.
TWO YEARS LATER, MY MOTHER WAS
GOING TO A RETREAT IN RODE
ISLAND, SHE SAID ONE OF HER
FRIENDS WAS GOING FOR A
DIVORCE, SHE GETS ME UP ON A
SUNDAY MORNING AND WAKES ME UP
OUT OF BED AND SHE SAID, YOU
HAVE TO GET READY TO GO TO
CHURCH, I SAID, NO, MY MOM
PROMISED ME I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CHURCH, AND
SHE SAID, NO, THIS GIVES ME
RIGHTS TO YOU, SO UP, SO I SAW
THESE PEOPLE UP ON THE STAGE
AND I SAID TO HER, I SAID, HOW
COME THEY'RE HAPPY, I SAID,
THEY'RE ALL SMILING, AND THERE
WAS SOME PEOPLE PRAYING AND
LAUGHING, AND SHE SAID, THAT'S
THE WORSHIP TEAM.
I SAID, THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE
HERE, I'VE ONLY SEEN PEOPLE
REALLY, REALLY SAD IN CHURCH.
WE GOT TO HER PLACE AT NIGHT, I
WENT TO BED AND I ALWAYS SLEPT
IN A DARK ROOM BECAUSE THAT WAY
I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS COMING IN
AT ME AND SHE CAME IN AT THE
CORNER AND SAT IN A ROCKER AND
SHE STARTED PRAYING IN TONGUES
AND I SAID STOP THAT, SHE SAID
NO, SHE PUT HER HAND ON HER AND
STARTED TO PRAY ON ME, I SAID,
IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR HANDS
OFF ME, I'M GOING TO HURT YOU.
SHE SAID, I CAN'T, GOD TOLD ME
TO PRAY BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT'S
WHAT I NEEDED, I DIDN'T NEED TO
COME TO THE ALTAR AND NOW IS
THE TIME, JUST COME GIVE YOUR
LIFE TO LORD, I NEEDED RADICAL
SAVING.
AND I SAW JESUS STANDING THERE
AS MUCH AS YOU'RE SEEING ME AND
HE PUT HIS ARMS OUT TO ME AND I
SAID, DON'T TOUCH ME, STAY
AWAY, AND HE SAID, I WANT TO
SAVE YOU, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME
YOUR LIFE, AND I SAID, JUST
TAKE IT, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS,
THEY'VE TAKEN MY VIRGINITY AND
THEY'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING, HE
SAID, THEY DIDN'T TAKE YOUR
SOUL, I WOULDN'T BE ASKING THAT
IF THEY TOOK IT, YOU HAVE THAT.
I SAID, OKAY, SO JUST TAKE IT,
HE SAID, I CAN'T, THE RULES SAY
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME, BUT
IF YOU DO, HE SAID, I'LL GIVE
YOU MY WORD, I WILL HEAL YOUR
PAIN.
I WAS SAVED, I WENT FROM BEING
BEAT TO UPBEAT, IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU BATTERED,
BRUISED, BEATEN, HE'S THERE,
THERE'S NOTHING YOU'VE DONE,
THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU'VE
THOUGHT THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW.
I SAY TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THE
SITUATION YOU'RE IN, I ABOVE
ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS, BUT GOD'S
GOING TO GET YOU THROUGH IT,
THAT'S THE POINT, THERE'S A
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
JUST WAIT.
I DON'T HAVE THE FEAR THAT I
HAD, THAT IS GONE.
I'VE PRAYED, BELIEVE YOU ME,
I'VE PRAYED FOR THE SALVATION
OF THE PEOPLE THAT HURT ME,
MOST ARE DEAD THAT I KNOW OF,
BUT GOD CAN GET YOU TO THAT
POINT WHERE YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
THE SALVATION OF SOMEONE WHO
HURT YOU SO TERRIBLY AND
CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW, I DIDN'T
DO IT, I DIDN'T DESERVE IT, I
DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, YOU CAN TAKE
MY BODY, YOU CAN'T TAKE MY
SOUL.
THERE'S ALWAYS REDEMPTION.
GOD SAYS THERE'S ALWAYS
REDEMPTION.
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY.
YOU KNOW, IT CAN ONLY BE GOD
WHO CAN HELP US TO FORGIVE
SOMEBODY WHO HAS ABUSED US AND
HURT US AND BETRAYED US.
IT CAN ONLY BE GOD.
GOD ASKS US TO FORGIVE THOSE
WHO HAVE WRONGED US, DO YOU
KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE HE HAS FORGIVEN US, HE
KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S LIKE,
HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
FORGIVE PEOPLE THAT WERE
ACTUALLY MURDERING HIM AS HE
HUNG ON A CROSS, HE KNOWS WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE TO BE BETRAYED
AND HE KNOWS IT IS RIGHT TO
FORGIVE AND THE THING ABOUT IT,
YOU COULD SEE THE FREEDOM IN
HER EYES, COULDN'T YOU?
SHE WAS NO LONGER CARRYING ALL
OF THAT WEIGHT AND THAT BURDEN
OF BEING UPSET AND HURT OVER
WHAT SOMEONE HAD DONE, SHE WAS
ABLE TO RELEASE IT, THAT'S THE
BEAUTY OF WHAT FORGIVENESS
DOES, IT LETS YOU TAKE ALL OF
THAT PAIN AND RELEASE IT TO GOD
AND HE IS OUR VINDICATE, HE'S
THE ONE WHO WALKS WITH US
THROUGH THIS LIFE, HE CAN SET
US COMPLETELY FREE.
WHEN PHYLLIS WAS YOUNG AND
THIS TRAUMA STARTED, I'VE SEEN
A PATTERN HAPPENING OVER AND
OVER, WHEN THE ENEMY COMES
AFTER A CHILD AT THAT AGE, HE
IS LITERALLY TRYING TO KNOCK
THE VERY BLESSING OUT OF THEM
BECAUSE --
THEIR DESTINY.
THEIR DESTINY, AND WHAT
PHYLLIS DID, SHE SAID SOMEONE
IS GOING TO COME IN ON ME
AGAIN, AND JESUS, JUST TAKE IT,
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TAKEN IN,
AND HE SAID, NO, YOU HAVE TO
GIVE IT TO ME.
HE TOOK HER FROM BEING A VICTIM
TO A VICTOR AT THAT MOMENT
BECAUSE SHE RECOGNIZED SHE HAD
SOMETHING TO GIVE AND HE WOULD
NEVER ALLOW IT TO BE MISUSED.
YOU MAY BE JUST LIKE PHYLLIS
TODAY, HE'S SAYING GIVE ME THAT
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD.
LET'S PRAY.
SOMEONE LAID HANDS ON HER, LAY
HANDS ON YOURSELF AND JUST
BELIEVE WITH US RIGHT NOW,
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
WE ASK YOU THAT YOU WOULD BY
THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT BREAK
THIS SPIRIT, OH, GOD, OF
PERVERSION THAT HAS COME
AGAINST YOUR CHILDREN, THE
BLOOD OF JESUS IS AGAINST YOU,
SATAN, AND REBUKE YOU NOW IN
JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
WOULD YOU CALL US AT
1-855-759-0700.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH
YOU ALL AGAIN, UNTIL NEXT TIME,
I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER THOMPSON.
I'M BRIAN WARREN, I'M
PRAYING FOR YOU.
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