HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR E
SAY IT ALL THE TIME. NO PRAYER,O
POWER; SOME PRAYER, SOME POWER;
MUCH PRAYER, MUCH POWER.
YES.
DO YOU REMEMBER A TIME LAURAN
WHERE A TERRIBLE SITUATION WAS
TURNED AROUND BECAUSE OF PRAYER?
WELL, YOU KNOW, BRIAN,
INTERESTINGLY THIS MONTH I WENT
OUT ONTO THE STREETS TO A
REALLY REALLY DEPRESSED AREA IN
THE GREATER VANCOUVER AREA.
OKAY.
I WENT AND TALKED SOME PEOPLE
LITERALLY LIVING ON THE STREETS,
AND WENT OUT IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT WAS ALREADY GETTING COLD. I
TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD
BE SPENDING THE NIGHT RIGHT
THERE. THAT HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO
GO, AND WE JUST BEGAN GOING
THROUGH THERE. SOME PEOPLE
WOULD NOT TALK TO US BUT WE
BEGAN GOING HERE AND THERE AND
ASKING DOES ANYBODY WANT PRAYER
TODAY. WOULD YOU LIKE GOD TO
INTERVENE INTO YOUR SITUATION, D
ONE BY ONE WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH
OF PEOPLE TO TALK TO US. WE
WILL SEE SOMEBODY LATER TODAY
AND ALL THROUGH THE MONTH WE
WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE
THINGS. AND PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS. ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW AS A PASTOR I GET
A CHANCE TO SEE PRAYER ALL THE
TIME IN ACTION. TODAY YOU WILL
SEE THAT WHEN ANY SITUATION IS
PUT IN GOD'S HANDS IT CAN BE
TURNED AROUND. NOW, IF YOU HAVED
IN TODAY AND ARE STRUGGLING
TO FIND HOPE IN YOUR LIFE, WE
HAVE TWO AMAZING STORIES THAT
WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE TO
LOOK.
MARYANNE COOK'S DOCTORS HAD
VERY LITTLE HOPE FOR ANY
RECOVERY AFTER A DEBILITATING
STROKE LEFT HER IN A COMA.
TODAY YOU WILL SEE HOW PRAYER AD
MARYANNE TO BEAT THE ODDS AND BE
DOCTORS.
ALSO, LAURA-LYNN, AS SHE WAS
TALKING EARLIER, HITS THE STREES
AGAIN AS PART OF HER FASCINATING
SERIES ENTITLED, WHAT YOU
BELIEVE, CANADA,
WELL, UP FIRST A GROUP OF
CHRISTIANS KNOWN AS THE BIBLE
PEOPLE ARE BRINGING HOPE TO
WAR-TORN SYRIA.
GOVERNMENT WARPLANES BOMB
NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH OF ALEPPO.
CLAIMING MORE VICTIMS. SYRIA
IS NOW MARKED BY DEATH,
DESTRUCTION, AND DARKNESS. TENS
OF THOUSANDS FLEE FOR THEIR
LIVES EITHER ACROSS BORDERS
OR INSIDE SYRIA. CBN NEWS
OBTAINED THIS RARE LOOK INTO
THE PLIGHT OF ONE CHRISTIAN
FAMILY. THEIR HOME DESTROYED,
THEY NOW LIVE WITH FRIENDS IN
ANOTHER CITY.
IT IS SO HARD TO BE OUT OF
OUR HOME.
I'M SAD THAT WE LEFT ALL
OUR MEMORIES BEHIND. OUR CHURCH
WAS ALSO DESTROYED. MY CHILDREN
WERE BAPTIZED THERE AND WE WERE
MARRIED THERE. WE HOPE GOD WILL
KEEP US SAFE AND EVERYTHING
WILL BE OKAY.
MOST CHRISTIANS REMAIN IN
SYRIA. OTHERS, ALAWITES,
AND SUNNI MUSLIMS ARE LEAVING.
THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATES
THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED SYRIAN
REFUGEES AT MORE THAN 170,000.
THEY HAVE SCATTERED ACROSS THE
REGION ENDING UP IN TURKEY,
LEBANON, IRAQ, AND JORDAN. TENS
OF THOUSANDS MORE ARE
UNREGISTERED.
THEIR NEEDS ARE
OVERWHELMING BUT JORDANIAN
CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES LIKE
THIS ONE ARE DOING WHAT THEY
CAN TO HELP.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE GET TO
JORDAN WITH JUST THE SHIRT ON
THE BACK. THEY HAVE NO FOOD, NO.
TOM DOYLE OF EVETREE PARTNERS
WORKS WITH JORDANIAN CHRISTIANSG
HEALTH AND HOPE TO THE
REFUGEES. HE SAYS MANY OF THE
SYRIANS HAVE MOVED FROM BORDER
CAMPS TO APARTMENTS.
THEY HAVE NOTHING IN THERE.
NOTHING EVEN ON THE FLOOR BUT
THEIR EMPTY APARTMENTS; NOT IN
THE BEST PLACES IN TOWN, THAT'S
FOR SURE. SO THAT IS WHERE
THEY'RE GOING IN THE MAJOR
CITIES.
WE MET ONE FAMILY HELPED BY
THE EFFORT. THEIR FACES ARE
COVERED TO PROTECT THEIR
IDENTITIES. WE WILL CALL THIS
REFUGEE, HAMZA. HE'S A
SUNNI MUSLIM WHO SERVED AS A
MEDIC FOR THE FREE SYRIA ARMY
OR REBEL MOVEMENTS. HE SAYS
THAT LED GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO
TORTURE AND IMPRISON HIM.
THEY MADE IT WORSE FOR US
MEDICS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT
REBELS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL HELP.
THEY WERE SEEKING INFORMATION
ABOUT MY FRIENDS AND THEIR
MOVEMENTS. I REFUSED TO TELL
THEM ANYTHING. IT WAS TERRIBLE.
THEY BEAT ME SO BADLY. I COULD
NOT LIE DOWN FOR ONE WEEK.
HAMZA SAYS HIS CAPTORS LET
HIM GO AFTER HE PAID THEM
MONEY. HE AND HIS FAMILY LATER
FLED TO JORDAN, AND NOW LIVE IN
THIS APARTMENT. HAMZA IS
UNEMPLOYED SO HIS SYRIAN FRIEND
PAYS THE RENT, BUT IT IS FOOD
DELIVERIES AND REGULAR VISITS
FROM CARING CHRISTIANS THAT
HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON
HIS FAMILY.
THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP
TO US. I SEE THEM AS BROTHERS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THEM BEING FROM A DIFFERENT
FAITH.
SOME OF THE REFUGEES ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES LIKE THIS ONE.
GOING TO THE CHURCH WE ARE
RESPECTED. WE MEAN MAINTAIN OUR
PRIDE AND DIGNITY. MOST OF THE
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT
PROVIDING HELP. THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHURCH
AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS
THE LOVE AND FEELING THAT
CHRISTIANS HAVE FOR US.
AS THE BELIEVERS GET A
CHANCE TO FEED THEM, AND THEN TY
ARE TRUSTED AS SAFE PEOPLE THEYE
HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE
THE GOSPEL WITH SOME OF THESE
REFUGEES. THERE ARE EVEN A
ENOUGH OF THEM THAT THEY'VE
STARTED SOME SMALL HOUSE
CHURCHES. SO, GOD IS BEING
GLORIFIED IN THE MIDST OF THIS
MESS.
DOYLE TOLD US HOW HE SAW
THE EFFORT PERSONALLY AFFECT
THE LIFE OF THE REFUGEES.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE, YOU
KNOW, PUSHING THEM AROUND AND IT
WAS JUST MASS CHAOS AND
THIS WOMAN LOOKED AT ME AND SHE
SAID BUT IT WAS THE BIBLE
PEOPLE THAT CAME TO US AND GAVE
US FOOD AND CLOSE AND LOVED US
AND PLAYED WITH OUR CHILDREN.
IT WAS THE BIBLE PEOPLE THAT
WERE THERE FOR US AND WHEN SHE
GOT DONE SHARING HER STORY THEN
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, AND
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I LOVE
JESUS NOW.
SO OUT OF WARTIME TRAGEDY
COMES HELP FROM THE BIBLE
PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS SHARING THE
LOVE OF CHRIST, SHINING LIGHT
INTO THE LIVES OF A PEOPLE
FLEEING CHRONIC DARKNESS. GARY
LANE, CBN NEWS AMMAN, JORDAN
YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY,
LAURA- LYNN, WHEN YOU SEE
CONFLICT COME, AND WE LIVE IN AH
OF THE COMFORT IN NORTH AMERICA
RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE CONFLICT
IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. DID
YOU HEAR HOW THEY WERE DESCRIBEE
BIBLE PEOPLE ARE HELPING US.
NOW THEY MAY NOT BECOME CHRISTIN
BUT THEY ARE RECOGNIZING AS
MUSLIMS THAT JESUS IS THE WAY,
THE TRUTH, AND THE LIGHT AND
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE. WHEN WE SEE
THE -- JOHN 1:14, THE WORD BECOG
FLESH AND DWELLING AMONG US
WITH JUST GROCERIES IT CAN GO A
LONG WAY. THAT LOVE IS A
POWERFUL WITNESS.
YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD
SAYS THAT THEY WILL KNOW THAT
THEY WE'RE CHRISTIANS BY OUR
LOVE.
THAT'S RIGHT
NOT OUR DOGMA, NOT OUR
PREACHING, NOT THE WAY THAT WE
SAY THINGS, BUT BY HOW WE LOVE
OTHERS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SPHERE
OF INFLUENCE. JUST BY SHOWING
LOVE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
IT SO COOL TO SEE HOW JORDANS
WORKING IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.E
BEEN THERE SO
MANY TIMES.
YES, WONDERFUL. UP NEXT A
DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS IS NO MATCH
FOR THE POWER OF PRAYER.
I FELT REALLY DIZZY ALL
OF A SUDDEN AND THE NEXT THING
I KNOW SOMEONE WOKE ME UP A FEW
HOURS LATER TELLING ME TO GET
OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND GO CALL
SOMEBODY. I MADE IT TO MY
BEDROOM FLOOR AND I DON'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THAT.
MARYANNE COOK HAD SUFFERED A
MASSIVE STROKE, AND LAY ON THE
FLOOR OF HER APARTMENT
UNCONSCIOUS. SHE WASN'T FOUND
UNTIL TWENTY HOURS LATER WHEN
NEIGHBORS BELOW HER CALLED THE
LANDLORD TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WATER
RUNNING INTO THEIR APARTMENT.
THE LANDLORD CALLED MARYANN'S
MOTHER.
THIS LADY TOLD ME SHE WAS
THE MANAGER OF MARYANNE'S
APARTMENT AND THAT MARYANNE
HAD BEEN FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND
THE AMBULANCE WAS THERE TO TAKE
HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
WILMA WAITED ANXIOUSLY
WHILE DOCTORS TRY TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SHE WAS
SHOCKED WHEN SHE GOT THE
DIAGNOSIS.
HE SAID, SHE HAS CLOTS; WE
DON'T KNOW WHY. HE SAID THAT
SHE'S BASICALLY BRAIN DEAD. IF
SHE LIVES HER BRAIN IS ALREADY
COTTAGE CHEESE. SHE'S GOING TO
BE A VEGETABLE. SHE'S GOING TO
BE BLIND IN BOTH EYES. SHE'S
GOING TO LOSE BOTH LEGS AND
SHE'S GOING TO BE PARALYZED.
IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST AND S
TO SIGN A DO
NOT RESUSCITATE.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED MARYANNE
WITH ATRIAL MYXOMA, A RARE TUMOT
ATTACHES TO THE HEART.
EVENTUALLY PIECES OF IT BREAK
OFF AND TRAVEL THROUGH THE
BLOODSTREAM TO OTHER PARTS OF
THE BODY. ONE PIECE HAD REACHED
MARYANNE'S BRAIN CAUSING A
MASSIVE STROKE. ANOTHER WAS
LODGED IN HER HEART. WILMA KNEW
HER DAUGHTER WAS NEAR DEATH.
SHE ALSO KNEW HER DAUGHTER WASNT
A CHRISTIAN, SO SHE BEGAN
PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE.
THAT WAS OUR PRAYER. GOD,
DON'T TAKE HER LOST; DON'T LET E
LOST.
MARYANNE WAS AIRLIFTED TO
CLEVELAND CLINIC. DOCTORS
WANTED TO OPERATE IMMEDIATELY.
THE DOCTOR TOLD US THAT WITH
SURGERY SHE STOOD A CHANCE.
HE COULD NOT PROMISE ANY QUALITY
OF LIFE WHATSOEVER BUT SHE
WOULD AT LEAST STAND A CHANCE
TO LIVE. WITHOUT SURGERY
IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF
HOURS AND SHE'LL BE DEAD.
DR. MARK GILENOFF WAS IN
CHARGE OF THE INITIAL PROCEDURE.
SHE HAD A TUMOR IN HER
HEART AND PIECES OF THE TUMOR
HAD BROKEN OFF AND GONE ALL
THROUGHOUT THE BLOODSTREAM TO
HER BRAIN, ARMS, LEGS,
KIDNEYS; ALL THE ORGANS IN HER Y
CAUSING DAMAGE WERE EVER PIECES
WENT BUT THE BIG PICTURE IS IF
PIECES ARE BREAKING OFF WE HAVE
GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE TUMOR,
REMOVE IT FROM INSIDE THE
HEARTS SO NO MORE PIECES CAN
BREAK OFF.
I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID,
DOCTOR, YOU'RE IN HER HANDS AND
HE TURNED AROUND AND HE SAID, ME
ALL IN GOD'S HANDS.
THE INITIAL SURGERY WAS A
SUCCESS, BUT THERE WERE STILL
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
WE TOOK HER TO A THE ICU
AND SHE IS STILL ON LIFE SUPPOR.
SHE'S NOT HAVING ANY MORE BITS
OF TUMOR BREAK OFF, BUT SHE IS
STILL COMATOSE AND WE DON'T
KNOW. IS SHE GOING TO WAKE UP?
MARYANNE NEEDED A SECOND
PERILOUS PROCEDURE TO REMOVE
THE PIECES OF TUMOR THAT WERE
LODGED IN HER LEGS. DR. SEAN
LIDEN WAS THE LEAD SURGEON.
YOU KNOW WHEN WE FIRST SAW
HER, I GOT TO ADMIT, I REALLY
DIDN'T THINK SHE HAD ANY CHANCE
OF SURVIVAL. ONE, JUST FROM AN
NEUROLOGIC STANDPOINT WOULD SHE
EVER WAKE UP. THE OTHER ISSUE
THAT HER BLOOD FLOW TO HER LEGS
WAS SO BAD I WASN'T REALLY SUREE
WAS GOING TO BE ANY CHANCE TO
SAVE HER LEGS. I THOUGHT THAT
EVEN IF SHE HAD SOME NEUROLOGIC
RECOVERY THAT THERE WAS A GOOD E
WE WOULD HAVE TO AMPUTATE HER
LEGS ABOVE THE KNEE ON BOTH SID.
THE SURGEONS FACED
ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS.
SHE HAD A CLOT THAT
STARTED AT THE GROIN BUT EXTENDD
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
LEVEL OF THE TOES. SO THE
CONCERN WAS, WERE WE ABLE TO GET
THE CLOT OUT OF HER LEGS, GET
ENOUGH OF THE CLOT OUT TO RESTOE
BLOOD FLOW AND WOULD SHE HAVE
ANY FUNCTIONAL MUSCLE OR
NERVES WHEN WE GOT DONE DOING T.
MARYANNE SURVIVED NEARLY TWEE
HOURS OF SURGERY BUT THE
DOCTORS HAD LITTLE HOPE FOR HER
RECOVERY. THROUGH IT ALL WILMA
CONTINUED PRAYING.
ALL I COULD DO WAS HOLD ON
AND HOPE THAT GOD WAS IN CONTROI
KNEW THATÃTHAT I COULD NOT
LOSE HER. I JUST ABSOLUTELY COU.
THE NEXT MORNING DR. LIDEN
RECEIVED AMAZING NEWS
ACTAULLY, THE NEXT DAY MY
FELLOW CALL ME AT 6:00
IN THE MORNING. HE SAID, YOU HAO
COME
SEE MARYANNE, YOU HAVE TO COME E
MARYANNE, AND I WAS LIKE
YOU, KNOW, I KNOW HER LEGS ARE O
LOOK BAD.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CE
WORKED ON HER FOR OVER TWELVE HU
KNOW,
I'M SORT OUT OF MY BAG OF
TRICKS. HE SAID NO, NO. HER LEGE
BETTER. THEY ARE ALL PINKED UP.
THEY HAVE BLOOD FLOW, THEY HAVE.
YOU
KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUSTY
JUST UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH SHE
TURNED AROUND OVERNIGHT.
AFTER TEN DAYS IN A COMA
MARIANNE WOKE UP. SHE LOST TWO
OF HER TOES DUE TO POOR
CIRCULATION AND LOST VISION IN
HER LEFT EYE, BUT SHE WAS ALIVE
AND HER MOM KNEW THAT GOD HAD
ANSWERED HER PRAYERS.
SHE WOKE UP AND I COULD
TELL SHE WAS AWARE. PRAISE THE
LORD, HALLELUIAH, THANK YOU
JESUS.
OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS
MARYANNE WENT THROUGH REHAB TO
REGAIN THE ABILITY TO WALK AND
FUNCTION NORMALLY. HER REHAB
REALLY TOOK OFF WHEN SHE MADE A
BIG DECISION.
GOD IS HELPING. I DO NOT
HAVE TO BE ON MY ONE ANYMORE. TE
WAS
ALWAYS THERE WITH ME. I SAID,
GOD, I WANT YOU IN MY LIFE. I
NEED YOU IN MY LIFE, AND I
ACCEPTED HIM AS MY LORD, SAVIOR.
MARYANNE ASTONISHED DOCTORS
DOCTORS
WITH HER QUICK RECOVERY. SHE
BEGAN WALKING AFTER ONLY TWO
WEEKS AND WENT HOME AFTER ONLY
THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. TODAY S
A
NORMAL LIFE.
THE FACT THAT SHE TURNED
AROUND IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME AND THEN WOUND UP TO
BE TOTALLY NORMAL, I THINK,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME
DIVINE INTERVENTION HELPED
THAT. I KNOW IT WAS TOTALLY
MIRACULOUS
IN EVERY CASE BUT PARTICULARY
IN A CASE LIKE THIS, THERE'S GOO
BE AN EXTRA SPECIAL
INGREDIENT THAT GOES INTO IT
THAT WE CAN'T DEFINE COME ; WE
CAN'T PREDICT. SOME PEOPLE
WOULD CALL IT FATE. SOME PEOPLE
WOULD CALL IT GOD. SOME PEOPLE
WOULD CALL IT MAN'S NATURAL
TOUGHNESS AND RESILIENCE. I
PERSONALLY WOULD CALL IT GOD.
SO, GOD, I CHERISH EVERY
MINUTE WITH MY MOM. PLEASE LET
ME SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH HER
AS POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE
BOY, HAVE WE.
IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING
EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH OF US. IT
HAS BEEN A BONDING EXPERIENCE
LIKE YOU COULD NOT EVER BELIEVE.
THERE IS NO WAY TO DESCRIBE
THE THANKFULNESS I HAVE IN MY
HEART THAT SHE SITS HERE
BESIDE ME NOW.
WELL, I WILL TELL YOU I
OFTEN FIND DOCTORS TO BE A
LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL. YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND
THERE IN THE SCIENCES AND THEY
LIKE THINGS TO MAKE SENSE, YOU
KNOW MEDICALLY, AND WHAT THE
FACTS ARE. FOR THIS DOCTOR TO
SAY, THIS DID NOT MAKE SENSE.
THERE HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF
SPECIAL INGREDIENT THAT MADE
MARIANNE WELL. YOU KNOW WE KNOW
WHAT THAT SPECIAL INGREDIENT
IS. LET ME READ TO YOU WHAT ACT3
VERSE 16 SAYS. IT SAYS,
AND HIS NAME THROUGH AND BY
FAITH IN HIS NAME HAS MADE THIS
MAN WHOM YOU SEE AND RECOGNIZE
WELL AND STRONG. YES, THE FAITH
WHICH IS THROUGH AND BY HIM,
JESUS HAS GIVEN THE MAN THIS
PERFECT SOUNDNESS OF BODY
BEFORE ALL OF YOU. THERE IS
POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THE
REASON THAT BRIAN AND I GATHER
HERE EVERYDAY TO PRAY WITH
YOU, TO BELIEVE WITH YOU, TO
GIVE YOU FAITH AND HOPE IS THAT
WE BELIEVE THE MIRACULOUS NAME
OF JESUS IS POWERFUL. AND WHEN
YOU WILL INVOKE IT, WHEN
YOU WILL HAVE FAITH IN IT,
WHEN YOU WILL BELIEVE IN
THE SON OF GOD, HE IS ABLE TO
DIVINELY INTERCEDE ON YOUR
BEHALF AND INTERSECT YOUR LIFE.
YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING. A LOT OF YOU OUT
THERE, YOU WRITE TO US. YOU ARE
FACING CANCER. YOU ARE FACING
TUMORS IN YOUR BODY. WE KNOW
THAT GOD IS A HEALING GOD. WE
BELIEVE IT. WE HAVE SEEN IT.
AND WE COME HERE TODAY SAYING,
THERE IS POWER IN THE POWERFUL
AMAZING NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN. YOU KNOW, LAURA-LYNN,
AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ACTS
CHAPTER 3 I WAS JUST TAKEN BY
THAT MAN WHO WAS SITTING AT THE
VERY TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE
TIME OF PRAYER. COULD NOT GET
IN BECAUSE HE WAS LAME, AND THE
DISCIPLES --IT WAS PETER AND
JOHN, SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S
NOT THE MONEY. IT'S NOT THE
HOOKUP. SILVER AND GOLD I
HAVE NOT BUT WHAT I HAVE I
GIVE. YOU KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. I
BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO
HEAL SOMEONE OF ANXIETY. I'VE
BEEN PRAYING THAT WHOLE THING,
THE WHOLE SHOW, THAT GOD WAS
GOING TO JUST LIFT OFF CHRONIC
ANXIETY. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU
ARE BUT I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE
BEEN BATTLING THIS AND THIS
FEAR THAT KEEPS COMING OVER YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING IR
HAND, THE POWER OF PRAYER. THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN IS 1 -8
555-759-0700. I WANT YOU TO
CALL. OPERATORS ARE STANDING
BY. IT COULD BE MANY PEOPLE BUT
TODAY I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS
TO BREAK SOMEONE FREE FROM THE
GRIP OF THAT INFIRMITY. LET'S
BEGIN TO PRAY RIGHT NOW. FATHER,
PRAY THIS WITH ME. I
SURRENDER. I CAN'T DO THIS ANY
LONGER. OUT OF MY WEAKNESS AND
INTO YOUR STRENGTH. GOD, I GIVE
YOU MY PERSONAL PERMISSION FOR
YOUR HEAVENLY INTERVENTION. GODE
PRAYED BEFORE BUT TODAY I'M
SERIOUS. I SURRENDER ALL TO YOU
AND I PUT YOU FIRST IN JESUS'
NAME. AMEN.
AMEN, AND IF YOU PRAYED
THAT PRAYER WOULD YOU GIVE US A
CALL AT 1-855-759-0700.
WE HAVE
MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH STANDING
BY TO PRAY WITH YOU.
THIS IS YOUR BEST DAY.
DADDY?
YES, BUDDY.
HOW MANY NICKELS ARE IN A DO?
THERE ARE TWENTY NICKELS IN
A DOLLAR.
HOW DO BIRDS FLY?
DOES MILK REALLY MAKE MY BONES ?
YEAH. YES.
DADDY, WHEN WE DIE WILL WE
GO TO HEAVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO
LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTION? CALL
THE 700 CLUB. WE WILL HELP YOU
FIND ANSWERS TO THE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS LIFE BRINGS YOUR WAY.
HEY, WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO.
TODAY WERE TALKING ABOUT
HELP TO THE HURTING. HAVE YOU ER
GONE THROUGH A SITUATION WHERE T
FELT LIKE, IT'S JUST, MAN, I JUT
THE
WIND KNOCKED OUT OF ME. WELL, IH
26:3
IT HAS A GREAT VERSE. IT
SAYS, YOU WILL KEEP HIM, HER IN
PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS
STAYED ON YOU. THAT'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITE VERSES. I HOPE YOU
WRITE THAT DOWN; CIRCLE IT; BUTS
A
STORY THAT I HAVE AS WELL. TALK
ABOUT GETTING THE WIND KNOCKED
OUT OF YOU. IT TALKS ABOUT CHIPY
THE PARAKEET. CHIPPY WAS A HAPPY
LITTLE BIRD CONTENT TO SIT ON
HIS PERCH SWINGING AND SINGING
TO HIS LITTLE HEART'S CONTENT,
BUT ONE DAY, OH YES THERE IS A
DAY, CHIPPY'S OWNER STARTED TO
CLEAN OUT THE CAGE. SHE TOOK A
LOT OF TIME AND BUT SHE PUT AN
ATTACHMENT ON THE END OF HER
VACUUM HOSE AND STUCK THE HOSE N
THE CAGE TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM
AND JUST THEN THE PHONE RANG.
SHE TURNED TO PICK UP THE PHONE
AND BARELY HAD SHE SAID HELLO
AND CHIPPY GOT SUCKED UP IN THE
HOSE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE LADY GASPED, DROPPED THE
PHONE, AND TURNED OFF THE
VACUUM. SHE RIPPED OPEN THE BAG
JUST TO FINE CHIPPY LYING IN JUT
DUST. HE WAS ALIVE, BUT TOTALLY.
THE OWNER DID THE ONLY
THING THAT SHE COULD DO AND THE
ONLY THING SHE COULD THINK OF:
SHE PICKED HIM UP. SHE
RAN TO THE BATHROOM SINK AND
YES, YOU GUESSED IT, SHE TURNED
ON THE WATER FULL BLAST, COLD
WATER. SHE STUCK HIM UNDER THE
WATER AND THEN STARTED TO SCRUB
THE DUST OFF FROM HIMS AS FAST E
COULD, OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT
THAT CHIPPY WAS NEARLY DROWNING.
THEN REALIZED THAT POOR LITTLE Y
WAS
SOAKED AND SHIVERING, SHE DID
WHAT ANY GOOD BIRD OWNER WOULD
DO. SHE REACHED FOR THE
HAIRDRYER AND BLASTED THE
LITTLE GUY WITH HOT AIR. NOW
POOR CHIPPY NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT
HIM. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE
PERSON WHO HAD CALLED ORIGINALL-
ÃI DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A GOOD -
BUT CALLED AGAIN AND SHE ASKED,
HOW IS THE LITTLE BIRD DOING.
THE OWNER SAID, WELL, INSTEAD OF
SINGING LIKE HE USED TO HE JUST
SITS THERE AND STARES OFF INTO
SPACE. NOW MOST OF US CANNOT
CAN IDENTIFY WITH LITTLE CHIPPY,
CAN'T WE. THINGS SEEM TO
BE GOING GOOD AND THEN OUT OF
NOWHERE BAM, WE GET HIT WITH
SOMETHING. THEN LIFE BECOMES
HARD TO COPE WITH. WE HAVE
SCARS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD
IS A PERFECT STEWARD. HE USES OR
SCARS. TODAY I WANT TO GIVE YOU
JUST A TRUTH TO HOLD ONTO. LIFE
CAN BE OVERWHELMING, BUT GOD IS
ALWAYS GOOD. ALMIGHTY GOD NEVERA
HURT.
THEOLOGIANS BELIEVED THE APOSTLE
PAUL HIMSELF STRUGGLED AND
SUFFERED WITH SOME AFFLICTION,
NOT ONLY EMOTIONALLY BUT OF HIS
EYES. AND HE PRAYED OVER
AND OVER FOR THIS TO BE
RELEASED. HE HAD A MAJOR
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN SCRIPTURE
PAUL USED THE TERM OR THE IDEA E
FELT
SO OVERWHELMED THAT HE JUST
FELT LIKE GIVING UP. HE
SUFFERED FROM SOME TYPE OF
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS THAT PLAGUED
HIM THROUGHOUT HIS MINISTRY AND
WE LOOK ALL THROUGH THE
SCRIPTURES AND WE SEE THAT PAUL
IS NO DIFFERENT THAN US TRYING
TO FIND A WAY OF ESCAPE TO KEEP
HIM FROM BECOMING CONCEITED HE D
BECAUSE OF
THESE GREAT, SURPASSINGLY GREAT,
REVELATIONS THAT WAS GIVEN ME
A THORN IN MY FLESH. A
MESSENGER OF SATAN TO TORMENT
ME. THREE TIMES I BEGGED, GOD, T
AWAY, TAKE IT AWAY, BUT
GOD SAID THIS: MY GRACE IS
SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. WHEN LIFE
HURTS, AND LIFE IS
OVERWHELMING, GOD IS GOOD.
STAND ON THE WORD. AND THAT IS
YOUR HOPE TO GO.
OKAY, BRIAN, WELL THAT WAS A
PRETTY FUNNY STORY ABOUT CHIPPY.
I HAVE NEVER SUCKED MY PARAKEET
UP INTO THE VACUUM BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THAT I DID OVERFEED A
LEMMING. WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN
TUKTOYAKTUK
AS A YOUNG GIRL WE FOUND A
LITTLE MOUSE THING THAT RUNS
THROUGH THE SNOW. WE WERE SO
EXCITED, MY BROTHER AND I. WE
JUST WANTED TO BLESS IT AND
BLESS IT, SO WE GOT SOME GRAIN
YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY GOOD
BREAKFAST AND CERIAL AND WE
JUST FED IT AND FED IT. OH, IT
LOVED THE GRAIN. BUT IN THE
MORNING IT HAD PASSED ON TO
LEMMING HEAVEN TO A PLACE OF
PEACE BECAUSE WE HAD OVERFED IT.
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD
OF GOD SAYS THAT GOD IS THE
PRINCE OF PEACE AND HE WILL CARY
YOU THROUGH STORM AFTER STORM AR
STORM NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO
YOUR PETS. GOD IS YOUR PEACE.
WELL, WE HAVE A SEGMENT CALLED
WHAT YOU BELIEVE CANADA AND YOUE
GOING TO LOVE THIS AMAZING MAN.
HIS NAME IS JAMES.
BUT JAMES WHAT PUTS THAT IN
YOUR HEART TO COME DOWN AND TO
MINISTER AND TO CARE FOR THE
STREET PEOPLE. LIKE WHAT GIVES
YOU THAT INSIDE?
THIS IS GOING TO MESS YOU UPE
YOU HAVE NOT IDEA WHAT I'M COMIG
WITH.
OKAY
I USED TO BE A
UNITED STATES NAVAL COMBAT
SWIMMER.
WOW.
WHEN I FOUND THAT WHEN I
WAS FIGHTING FOR WAS NOT MY
COUNTRY AN FOR SAY, DOW CHEMICAR
FRICKEN CHEVRON OIL I DECIDED TT
OUT AFTER SIX YEARS.
JAMES YOU GOT GOD IN YOUR
LIFE?
OF COURSE I ALWAYS HAVE GOD
I WAS BAPTIZED WHEN I WAS SIX.
SO WHERE IS HE NOW? ARE
YOU SERVING HIM? IS HE ON THE
THRONE OF YOUR HEART, JAMES?
THAT IS A VERY GOOD
QUESTION. I DON'T THINK I'M
ABLE TO ENTER THAT RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I'M HAVING A WEAK TIME
IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I'M HAVING
MY OWN TRIALS BUT SEE, BY COMING
DOWN HERE, IT MAKES MY TRIALS
SEEM A LITTLE BIT LESS,
RIGHT?
WELL, IF I CAN HELP SOMEBODYE
ELSE WITH THEIRS IT LIGHTENS MIR
IT SEEMS TO
PUT IT ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.
I LOVE WHO YOU ARE JAMES. I
MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE AND LIFE
THEY GOT SO MUCH BUT THEY DON'T
REACH OUT AND JUST GIVE A PART
OF THEMSELVES. YOU COME
DOWN HERE TWO IN THE MORNING TO
MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE
GIRLS ON THE STREET, THE
WORKING GIRLS, ARE PROTECTED AN.
THERE IS A CREW OF US THAT
DO THIS. I FEEL THAT WHAT I DO
FULFILLS ME AT THIS MOMENT .
LIKE IT IS LIKE --EVERY SECOND E
ARE BLESSED TO BE HERE. I MEAN
WE CAN BE GONE THE NEXT SECOND
JUST LIKE THAT. I AM VERY BLESSE
GOT AN ANGEL
ON MY SHOULDER EVERY SECOND OF
THE WAY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU I
HAVEÃBECAUSE I FEEL IT.
NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE I KNOW IT
BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THERE
IS NO WAY, THERE IS NO WAY THAT
A GUY LIKE ME SHOULD BE LASTING
AS LONG AS I AM IN THE SHAPE
THAT I AM AND TO BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT I DO AND NOT HAVE ANY
REPERCUSSIONS AND STILL KEEP
KEEP KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE ABOUTT
WELL GOD LOVES YOU, RIGHT
I'M TELLING YOU.
CAN I PRAY FOR YOU, JAMES. LE
PRAY FOR YOU.
RIGHT NOW?
YES, MAN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ?
RIGHT NOW? YOU'RE GOING TO ME
BLUSH AND YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT S
FOR ME TO GET THIS GOING ON HER.
FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU
FOR JAMES. I THANK YOU FOR THIS
BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT. I THANK YOU
FOR HIS HEART, OH GOD, THAT HE
WOULD BE SO GIVING TO THOSE
THAT HAVE NOTHING. I THANK YOU
LORD THAT YOU HAVE WATCHED HIM
IN THE QUIET DAYS AND IN THE
DOWN DAYS AND EVEN IN HIS
BETTER DAYS, GOD, THAT YOU HAVE
WATCHED OVER HIM. I PRAY BY THE
POWER AND THE NAME OF JESUS
THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE THE MEANS
FOR A JOB FOR HIM. I PRAY THAT
YOU WOULD PROVIDE FOR A PLACE FR
HIM. I PRAY, GOD, THAT HE WOULD
SENSE YOUR OVERWHELMING LOVE
TODAY, THAT HE WOULD KNOW THAT
YOU SEE HIM; YOU KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE HE'S GOING THROUGH. YOU HE
EVERY ANSWER FOR HIM. AND HE IS
PRECIOUS TO YOU. YOU LOVE YOUR
BOY. YOU LOVE JAMES. HE IS SO
PRECIOUS TO YOU. THANKS FOR
WATCHING OVER HIM IN JESUS NAME
AMEN
AMEN
WELL, I WILL TELL YOU
SOMETHING JAMES I HAVE
CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR YOU. WE
DO PRAY FOR YOU HERE AND IT'S
REALLY WONDERFUL BECAUSE SOME
OF THE VIEWERS WILL WRITE IN AND
SAY THAT, OH I WAS PRAYING FOR
SO-AND-SO AND THEY WILL CONTACT
ME ON FACEBOOK AND WE LOVE
HEARING FROM THE REAL PEOPLE
OUT THERE IN CANADA AND, JAMES,
YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON. GOD
BLESS YOU.
I AM REALLY ENJOYING THOSE
PIECES THAT YOU'RE DOING LAURA-
LYNN AND WE DO PRAY FOR YOU. WE
THANK YOU FOR ALSO PRAYING WITH
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