HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
ANN TYLER THOMPSON. AND I AM LAURA
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
WELL LAURA LYNN THERE WAS A
MOVIE OUT, I THINK IT WAS A
LITTLE WHILE BACK AND SAID, LIAR
LIAR.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT WITH JIM
CAREY?
YES I LOVE THAT MOVIE. HE CAL
A LIE
HE COULDN'T TELL A LIE, YES,
FOR CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. HAVU
EVER TOLD A LIE?
I HAVE. I HOPE SHE'S NOT
WATCHING
OH.
BUT MY GIRLFRIEND SHE HAD
BEAUTIFUL LONG HAIR. SHE CUT IT
SHORT.
I THINK WE TO PUT THAT
BLACKOUT THING THAT THEY DO
THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD O
ABOUT IT IF I TOLD HER THE
TRUTH THAT SHE LOOKED -- HOW WOD
THAT HELP? IS IT RIGHT TO LIE IS
IT CHRISTIAN TO TELL THE TRUTH
AT THAT MOMENT? IS IT KIND
YOU JUST GO WOW, WOW.
WOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT --
THAT SO DIFFERENT
YOU KNOW I'M GOING WOW WOW
NOW. THAT JUST ONE WAY IN
ANOTHER DIRECTION.
BUT I DO LOVE YOU, CINDY.
TODAY'S SHOW YOU MEET TWO MEE
LIVES WERE DRASTICALLY CHANGED
WHEN THEY LEARNED THE TRUTH
ABOUT JESUS.
ROBERT LEON WAS ON THE RUN
FROM THE LAW AND KNEW THAT HIS
LIFE HAD TO CHANGE. BUT BEFORE
HE COULD BELIEVE IN GOD HE CAME
UP WITH A FEW TESTS TO SEE IF
GOD REAL. ROBERT SHARES THE
AMAZING RESULTS OF THOSE TESTS
LATER ON.
BUT FIRST THIS IS HOW JOE
RHORE'S LIFE WAS CHANGED WHEN
HE LEARNED TRUTH ABOUT GOD.
REMIND ME, - WOW, TELLING YOUR
GIRLFRIEND
WOW
I GREW UP IN A COMFORTABLE
MIDDLE-CLASS SETTING AND THERE
WERE NO OTHER PEOPLE IN MY LIFE
EXCEPT OTHER JEWS AND
WASN'T ACTUALLY UNTIL I WAS 20 I
REALIZED
THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM
OTHER RELIGIONS, OTHER
BACKGROUNDS IN THE WORLD AND IT
SEEMED THAT FOR MANY MANY YEARS
I WAS KIND OF FLOATING ALONG
THE SURFACE OF JUDAISM.
SUDDENLY I FELT THAT THERE WAS N
EMPTINESS
IS IN MY LIFE THAT NEEDED
FILLING AND AT THE SAME TIME I
WAS GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF
CRISES; NAMELY A HEALTH CRISIS,D
FRIENDS PASSING AWAY. FAMILY
PASSING AWAY. SERIOUS
DEPRESSION SETTING IN AND I WAS
LOSING MY GRIP ON THE LIFE. AND
AFTER A WHILE I REALIZED I
NEEDED TO MAKE A SHIFT AND I
DROPPED IN A CHRISTIAN
BOOKSTORE, AND I WAS VERY
DEPRESSED. THERE WERE THESE
TWO LADIES IN WHO WERE CHEERFUL,
JOYFUL, JOAN AND JOYCE, AND THEY
GAVE ME SOME SPIRITUAL
MAGAZINES. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF
I DON'T KNOW IF CHRISTIANITY
WOULD EVER BE FOR ME, BUT YET I
HAD WALKED SOUTH ON YOUNG ST.
ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS AND I HEARD
THIS VOICE CALLING OUT, JOEL,
JOEL, AND I TURNED AROUND AND
IT WAS JOAN AND SHE SAID, YOU
KNOW, I WOULD REALLY REALLY
FEEL HONORED IF YOU WOULD COME
TO MY HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. I DIDT
NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY SO I SAID,
OKAY. AND SO I WENT AND IT WAS
A BEAUTIFUL DINNER WITH ABOUT EN
PEOPLE THERE AND THEY WERE ALL
DEVOUT CHRISTIANS. THERE ARE SO
MUCH LOVE EXPRESSED AND SO MUCH
UNDERSTANDING THAT I SAID TO
MYSELF, I THINK THIS IS WHERE I
NEED TO BE, AND I HAVE NEVER
LOOKED BACK SINCE.
THERE IS A TINY CHURCH ON
MY STREET. IT'S CALLED CHURCH
IN THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE WERE
SO LOVING AND I FELT SO AT
HOME, SO WELCOME, THAT I JUST
KNEW THIS WAS THE PLACE FOR ME.
I DID NOTICE THAT THEY HAD A
HOMEWORK CLUB AND MANY THE
CHILDREN WERE POOR FAMILIES
I THOUGHT IS THERE
SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR THIS
HOMEWORK CLUB, AND I REALIZED TY
DID NOT HAVE VERY MUCH IN THE
WAY OF SNACKS AND I REMEMBERED
AT THE ST. LOUIS MARKET THERE WA
FELLOW WHO MADE ORGANIC PIES.
SO I SAID TO HIM IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE A PIE LEFT
OVER AT THE END OF THE DAY
COULD I HAVE IT FOR THIS
CHILDREN'S CLUB. AND HE SAID
OKAY, YOU DROP BY AT THE END OF
THE DAY. SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS
THE FIRST DAY A MAGNIFICENT
RASPBERRY APPLE PIE WAITING FORI
BROUGHT IT TO THE CHURCH. AND
PASTOR VICKIE, HER EYES WERE
JUST SAUCERS. SHE COULD NOT
BELIEVE SUCH MAGNIFICENT
THING. THAT'S HOW IT ALL
STARTED FOR ME, THIS FOOD
MINISTRY.
I CART LARGE TRACTS OF
FOOD AND THERE I WAS WITH A
CAT STACKED UP WITHÃI DON'T KNO-
MAYBE SIXTY POUNDS
OF BREAD AND I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF MYSELF IN A STORE WINDOW AND
COMING FROM THE KIND OF
BACKGROUND I COME FROM, I SAID
TO MYSELF, LOOKING AT MY
REFLECTION, IS THIS WHAT YOU
REALLY WANT TO BE DOING WITH
YOUR LIFE? A VOICE INSIDE OF ME
WISTFULLY CALLED BACK
YES. IT SAYS, WHY JUST NURTURE
A COMMUNITY WHEN YOU CAN BE
NURTURING THE WORLD? GOD
HAS A PATH FOR ME AND IT'S
BETTER THAN ANYTHING I COULD
EVER CONCEIVE OF. I AM JUST IN
AWE OF HOW MY NEEDS ARE BEING
CARED FOR AND HOW MY PROJECTS
ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. I SAY
TO MYSELF WHY IS THIS HAPPENING
TO ME AND THE ANSWER I
CAME UP WITH IS BECAUSE MY
MOTIVES ARE SO STRAIGHT AND
IT'S FROM THE HEART BECAUSE
WHEN GOD WANTS IT TO HAPPEN IT
WILL.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID WAS
THAT THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM
IS THE ONE WHO SERVES THE
LEAST OF ALL. AND WHEN YOU LOOK
AT HIS LIFE, GIVING SO MUCH TO
THOSE WHO HAVE VIRTUALLY
NOTHING, SOME OF US OUT THERE
WE SAY WELL I WOULD JUST BE
AFRAID TO EVEN GO OUT ONTO
THOSE STREETS, BUT HERE IS JOEL
GIVING OF HIMSELF AND YOU KNOW
WHAT, GOD ASKS ALL OF US TO SERE
EACH OTHER AND TO BE BASICALLY
TO BE FEET WASHERS. HAVE YOU
EVER ACTUALLY GOTTEN DOWN AND
WASHED SOMEONE'S FEET. I
REMEMBER ONE TIME AS A YOUTH
GROUP WE DID THAT FOR EACH
OTHER AND WE ALL CHUCKLED AND
LAUGHED ABOUT IT BUT AT THE
HEART OF IT WHEN IT GOT RIGHT
DOWN TO IT TO PUTTING YOUR HEADS
AROUND SOMEBODY'S SMELLY FEET
AND JUST WASHING THEM, YOU
KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT THAT JUST BROUGHT ALL OF
US TO A DIFFERENT PLACE AND WE
SAID, IF WE CAN SERVE EACH
OTHER IN THIS LIFE IT GIVES YOU
A REALLY GREAT FEELING WHEN
YOU'RE NOT JUST OUT THERE DOING
THE GREAT THINGS AND ALL THE
SHINY THINGS AND THINGS
THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, BUT
SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. IT'S A
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND I LOVE
THAT STORY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS A TRUE
TESTAMENT THAT PEOPLE STILL DO
GOOD THINGS TODAY. YOU KNOW, I
WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING
INTO YOUR HANDS ALSO. KEYS TO
POWERFUL LIVING, LOVE. IT'S
WHAT JOEL WAS TALKING ABOUT. IF
YOU JUST CALL AND REQUEST KEYS O
POWERFUL LIVING, LOVE,
OPERATORS WILL GET THIS INTO
YOUR HAND BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY E
REASON I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
IS BECAUSE JOHN, FIRST JOHN 4:19
SAYS, WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE
FIRST LOVED US. DO YOU KNOW
THAT LOVE? DO YOU KNOW THE
LOVE THAT JOEL IS EXPRESSING TO
THOSE THAT ARE ON THE STREET?
MAYBE YOU NEED SOME LOVE
YOURSELF BECAUSE LOVE MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE. IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE
IN YOUR HEART THAT JESUS IS
LORD BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THE
HEART WANTS TO BELIEVE AND WHAT
THE MOUTH WANTS TO CONFESS. IF
YOU WILL DO THAT TODAY THAT LOVE
WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART
BRAND-NEW. IF YOU WANT TO DO
SOME BUSINESS WITH GOD PRAY
THIS PRAYER WITH ME. HE'S NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR WORDS.
HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR
HEART. WHY DON'T YOU INVITE HIM
IN. LET THE LOVE OF GOD NOW
RELEASE YOU. FATHER, I CONFESS
I NEED THAT LOVE. I HAVE BEEN
LIVING MY LIFE ON MY OWN. I AM
A SINNER. BUT I GIVE YOU MY
PERSONAL PERMISSION FOR YOUR
HEAVENLY INTERVENTION. COME
INTO MY LIFE AND MAKE ME WHAT
YOU WANT ME TO BE. I RECEIVE
YOUR LOVE IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAYER WITH BRIAN WOULD YOU
GIVE US A CALL AT
1-855-759-0700. OPERATORS ARE
STANDING BY.
TOO OFTEN WE CARRY BAGGAGE
FROM OUR CAST PAST. YOU KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT AFFECTS
EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IN OUR
LIVES. IT'S ALWAYS THERE WIGHTIS
DOWN AND KEEPING US IN
ACHIEVING TRUE HAPPINESS, BUT
DO YOU KNOW GOD NEVER MEANT FORS
TO BE TRAPPED IN THE PAST. YOU
CAN BE FREE OF YOUR BAGGAGE.
LEARN HOW GOD'S FORGIVENESS
LEADS TO CHANGE CHANGED LIVES
AND NEW BEGINNINGS. CALL
THE 700 CLUB
WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO GO.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON SCARS. WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THE
TRAGEDIES IN OUR LIFE, GOD CAN
USE THOSE AS A TOOL IN ORDER
TO, NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN US, BUT
ALSO TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS. TODAY
I WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN. YOU KNW
THE BIBLE SAYS SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING IN 2
CORINTHIANS AND IT SAYS IN THE
THIRD VERSE, BLESSED BE THE GOD
AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST, THE FATHER OF ALL
MERCIES AND GOD OF ALL COMFORT
WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OF OUR
TRIBULATION THAT WE MAY BE ABLE
TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY
TROUBLE. YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
YOUR SCARS, LET ME GIVE
YOU THE SECOND POINT AND THAT'S:
GOD IS FAITHFUL. THIS MAY BE
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR
PEOPLE GOING TO PAIN OR
LIVING WITH PAIN TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL. TO BE A
SOURCE OF POWER AND STRENGTH
IN OUR WEAKNESS, SECOND CORINTHS
CHAPTER 1:9 AND 10 SAYS IT
THIS WAY: IN FACT WE EXPECTED
TO DIE BUT AS A RESULT WE
STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES
AND LEARN TO RELY ON GOD WHO RAS
THE DEAD AND HE DID RESCUE US
FROM MORTAL DANGER. AND HE WILL
RESCUE US AGAIN. WE HAVE PLACED
OUR CONFIDENCE IN HIM AND HE
WILL CONTINUE TO RESCUE
US. NOW THE APOSTLE PAUL WHAT
HE IS READING RIGHT HERE AND
WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, HE
LETS US KNOW THAT EVEN WHEN HE
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE HE
RELIED ON THE POWER OF GOD TO
SUSTAIN HIM. THE WORST THING
THAT CAN HAPPEN TO US IF WE ARE
NOT TOTALLY YIELD IS THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING THAT GOES ON
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OUR
LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, AFTER
THIS LIFE, IF WE HAVE A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST THAT ALL COMES TO
AN END. JESUS CHRIST DIED SO
THAT WOULD NOT PAY THE PENALTY F
DEATH. THE GOD WHO WAS FAITHFULO
DELIVER US IN THE PAST CAN BE
TRUSTED IN OUR FUTURE. THEN NUM,
LET ME GIVE YOU THIS;
THIS IS THE SECOND PRINCIPLE. GD
DESIRES YOUR SCARS TO TELL A
STORY TO OTHERS. THIS IS WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS, AND YOU ARE
HELPING US BY PRAYING FOR US
THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL GIVE
THANKS BECAUSE GOD IS
GRACIOUSLY ANSWERED SO
PRAYERS FOR OUR SAFETY.
SECOND CORINTHIANS 1:11. WE
OFTEN THINK THAT THE WAY THAT
GOD CAN REALLY BE HONORED AND
GLORIFIED IS IF WE FAKE IT UNTIL
WE MAKE IT OR IF WE WE (INAUDIBR
WE SIMPLY LEARN TO BURY OUR
SCARS AND NEVER ALLOW ANYONE TO
SEE OUR WEAKNESS. BUT THE
APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US, AND HE EN
SPEAK IN THE CORINTHIANS THAT
DON'T ONLY TO THEIR PRAYERS
ENCOURAGE HIM, BUT THEY ALLOW
OTHERS TO HEAR HIS STORY. GOD
ISN'T ONLY A GOD OF HEALING. GOD
IS A GOD OF SUPPORTING. GOD IS
HONORED WHEN OUR LIVES ARE
LIVED OUT IN THE DAILY
RECOGNITION THAT HE IS THE ONLY
ONE THAT ENABLES US TO GET
THROUGH OUR DAY. WHEN OUR LIVES
ARE DEVOTED TO A NEED TO RELY
ON GOD WE REALIZE THAT WHAT IS
OUT OF OUR CONTROL IS UNDER HIS
CONTROL. GOD USES YOUR SCARS TO
TELL A STORY OF HIS FAITHFUL
LOVE. AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE TO
GO.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE YOU'RE
SITTING THERE TODAY AND YOU
FEEL THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT A
LOT OF PAIN GOING ON AND YOU
WONDER WHERE GOD IS. WHAT BRIAN
SAID IS TRUE. WHAT THE WORD OF
GOD SAYS IS TRUE. GOD IS
FAITHFUL AND HE SEES YOU,
AND HE WANTS YOU TO CALL OUT TO
HIM AND HE WILL ANSWER. WELL UP
NEXT WE HAVE A FEW IMPORTANT
TIPS TO STAY STAYING HEALTHY.
HI. I'M NICKI. WELCOME TO GET
UP AND GET MOVING SEGMENT. EACH
WEEK I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE
THREE MOVES WHICH WILL HELP YOU
TO GET YOUR HEART RATE UP,
INCREASE YOUR STRENGTH, AND
IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY. THESE
MOVES ARE DESIGNED TO BE
SIMPLE. THEY ARE FOR ANYONE TO
GET STARTED WITH. I WILL SHOW
YOU A BEGINNER MOVE A MORE
INTERMEDIATE MOVE, AND
SOMETHING MORE ADVANCED TO WORK
INTO. OKAY. YOU CAN DO THEM
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME THERE'S NO
EXCUSES TO GET UP AND GET MOVIN.
OKAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SCHEDULE IN YOUR WORKOUT INTO
YOUR DAILY LIFE JUST LIKE YOU
PUT AN APPOINTMENT FOR A
DENTIST, JUST LIKE YOU PUT IN
APPOINTMENT FOR A MEETING, PUT
IN YOUR WORKOUT INTO YOUR EVERYY
LIFE AND YOU'LL BE MORE LIKELY
TO STICK WITH IT IF YOU HAVE A
CONSISTENT TIME THAT YOU GET
YOUR EXERCISE IN, WHETHER IT'S
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AT
LUNCHTIME, OR IN THE EVENING.
IT IS UP TO YOU TO SCHEDULE
THAT TIME AND SO THAT YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE TO GET IT DONE. OKAY.
I ACTUALLY RECOMMEND DOING A
WORKOUT FIRST THING IN THE
MORE. IT WILL GET YOU THROUGH
YOUR DAY. IT HELPS YOU TO THINK
WELL ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE EATING
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT WT
YOU
WANT TO STICK WITH IT. YOU WANTO
STICK WITH THE GOOD CHOICES YOU
HAVE MADE. OKAY SO SCHEDULE AND
YOUR WORKOUT. THAT WILL HELP
YOU STAY MOTIVATED. LET'S GET
GOING. GRAB ONTO YOUR BALL AND
WE'RE STARTING TODAY WITH
HAMSTRING CURLS. SO, HERE WE
GO. SIMPLE BEGINNER MOVE, FEET
ARE COMING BEHIND YOU LIKE
YOU'RE KICKING HER SEAT. SIDE TO
SIDE HOLDING YOUR BALL OUT IN
FRONT OF RIGHT HAMSTRING CURLS.
ADDING SOME INTENSITY YOU ARE
GOING TO USE YOUR BALL FROM
SIDE TO SIDE. ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU ARE BRINGING BALANCE IN, COS
ENGAGED. THIS A LITTLE TOUGHER,
GETTING YOUR HEART RATE UP.
NEXT LEVEL UP BRING THE BALL ABE
YOUR HEAD. YOU ARE SWINGING THE
BALL SIDE TO SIDE. RIGHT HERE.
OKAY A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER I DONT
RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT UNTIL
YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME, KEEP IT
LOWER AND GRADUALLY MOVE UP.
OKAY THERE IS OUR CARDIO.
HAMSTRING CURLS. MOVING ON TO
THE GROUND, CONTINUING WITH
OUR HAMSTRINGS FOR TODAY,
YOU'RE GOING TO LIE DOWN. YOU
ARE GOING TO PUT THE BALL GET
IT BOUNCED ONTO YOUR HEELS.
OKAY. YOU ARE GOING TO BRING
YOUR HEELS IN TOWARDS YOUR SEAT
AND PUSHING IT BACK OUT. SO
YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THE BALL
IN AND OUT. HANDS ARE DOWN ON TE
GROUND AND YOU'RE PULLING IN
PRETTY SIMPLE. AGAIN LOOKS EASY
UNTIL YOU DO A COUPLE. TRY TO DO
12 TO 15 IN AND OUT AND TRY TO
BRING YOUR HEELS RIGHT INTO
YOUR SEAT. THEN FOR YOUR
STRETCH YOU ARE BRINGING THE BA,
STRETCHING ONE LEG UP TO THE
CEILING, HAMSTRING STRETCH.
REMEMBER TO BREATHE DEEPLY AND
HOLD EACH STRETCH FOR ABOUT 15
OR 20 SECONDS. OTHER SIDE.
HAMSTRING STRETCH GENTLY
PULLING DOWN. VERY GOOD. THAT'S
THAT FOR HAMSTRINGS TODAY.
REMEMBER TO GO TO 700CLUB.CA
FOR MORE EXERCISE MOVES AND
IDEAS TO STAY MOTIVATED, AND
COME TO MY SITE NIKKIKADILINE.CM
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
FROM YOU ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE; AND GET UP T
MOVING TODAY YOU BE SO GLAD YOU
DID. THANKS FOR COMING. SEE YOU
NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU, NIKKI. THANKS
FOR KEEPING US HEALTHY.
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YOU WILL LEARN THE
ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO
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YOU CAN PLAY IT OVER AND
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YOUR CHURCH AND IN YOUR BIBLE
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WELCOME BACK. UP NEXT HOW
ROBERT LEON PUT GOD TO THE
TEST AND HOW THE RESULTS
CHANGED HIS LIFE.
ROBERT LEON DAVIS WAS A
CROOKED COP.
JUST ABOUT EVERY CRIME YOU
COULD NAME WE DID AND ALL THE
WHILE WE WERE WEARING A BADGE.
SOMEONE WITH A BADGE HAS A LOT
OF POWER.
HE GREW UP A HARDHEADED
CHILD IN THE CARE OF HIS
CHRISTIAN GRANDMOTHER. SHE USED
BIBLE STORIES TO TEACH HIM
RIGHT FROM WRONG.
SHE SAID ONE DAY YOU WILL
REMEMBER, WHEN I'M GONE YOU WILL
REMEMBER THINGS I'M TELLING YOU
NOW.
HE JOINED THE NEW ORLEANS
POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH GOOD
INTENTIONS AND OUTSTANDING
ABILITY.
I WENT ON WITH THE, YOU
KNOW, WITH GOOD HOPES AND
TRYING TO AS MUCH AS ONE MAN
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. THAT WAS
ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THAT
ESPOUSED HONOR AND I WENT ON
THE FORCE WITH THE INTENTIONS
OF BEING HONORABLE.
BUT HIS IDEAS ABOUT
CHANGING THE WORLD WERE
CHALLENGED HIS FIRST DAY ON THE
JOB.
THE SENIOR OFFICER I'M
WRITING WITH 17 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE JUST STARTED
STOPPING GUYS FOR NO REASON AND
STARTED SEARCHING GUYS FOR NO
REASON. HE STARTED STOPPING
VEHICLES FOR NO REASON. I MEAN E
WAS JUST DOING CRAZY STUFF. YOU
KNOW, HE WAS DOING EVERYTHING
THAT THE ACADEMY SAID DON'T DO.
HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH
SUPERVISORS BUT THEY CONVINCED
THEM TO THINK TWICE BEFORE
BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON ANOTHER
OFFICER.
SO AT THAT VERY MOMENT I
REALIZED WHAT I WAS GETTING
INVOLVED IN. I REALIZED THAT
THIS PARTICULAR FORCE THAT I WAS
ON WAS CORRUPT BUT I REALIZED
THAT I TWO CHOICES TO MAKE.
EITHER I GET OUT OF THIS OR
EITHER I JOIN THE CLUB.
UNFORTUNATELY, I JOINED THE
CLUB. EVERYTHING GRANDMOTHER
TOLD ME IS OUT THE DOOR NOW.
CORRUPTION IS DEEP WITHIN ME. I
THINK AT THE RATE I WAS GOING I
COULD'VE WINDUP KILLING SOMEBOD.
ROBERT AND HIS PARTNERS
ADMINISTERED THEIR OWN FORM OF
STREET JUSTICE.
ROB SOMEONE MONDAY. YOU HAD
SEX WITH SOMEONE. UNWARRENTED
TUESDAY. YOU'RE TRANSPORTING
DRUGS WEDNESDAY. YOU'RE
PROTECTING DRUG ADICTS
THURSDAY. EVEN INTERNAL AFFAIRS
HAS TO MAKE A MOVE.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM
PILED UP. INTERNAL AFFAIRS SET
UP SURVEILLANCE AND CAUGHT
ROBERT BREAKING THE LAWS HE WAS
SWORN TO PROTECT.
I WAS LOOKING AT THIRY YEARS
IN ANGOLA AND I HAD ALREADY HADD
27
PEOPLE IN THE SAME PRISON. AND
THE WORD HAD CAME DOWN THAT
ONCE I WAS FOUND GUILTY THAT
THEY WOULD RAPE ME AND THEY WOUL
ME SO
I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE DEAD
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING PLACED
IN ANGOLA.
HE DECIDED TO RUN AWAY
BEFORE HE CAME TO TRIAL. WHILE
OUT ON BAIL HE STUDIED SURVIVAL
TECHNIQUES AND LEARNED HOW TO
LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS. HE MADE
HIS WAY INTO CANADA AND LIVED
AS A FUGITIVE.
I WAS JUST RUNNING A STAY IN
THE WOODS AND NOBODY WOULD BE AO
FIND. SO I MADE THAT DECISION
BUT SOMETIME I WOULD COME OUT
MAYBE TO EARN SOME MONEY, $20 OR
$30, GET SOME CANNED GOODS AND
GO BACK INTO THE WOODS. I MEAN
IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE I REALLY
ABSOLUTELY FEEL FELT SAFE AT.
FOR 22 YEARS HE CROSSED THE
US AND CANADIAN BORDERS USING
DIFFERENT NAMES AND DIFFERENT
CITIES. HE LIVED WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT HE COULD BE
CAUGHT AT ANY MOMENT AND HE
BLAMED GOD FOR HIS
CIRCUMSTANCES.
HOW COULD THERE BE A GOD?
THIS GOD THING IS, IT'S A
CHARADE. IT CAN'T BE TRUE. AND
PLEASE, DON'T MENTION JESUS
CHRIST. I REALLY DIDN'TÃI HAD AN
AN AFFINITY FOR DISLIKING HIM, ,
BECAUSE THIS GUY, YOU KNOW, HE'A
FARCE. I BECAME AN ATHEIST.
A HARD CORE ATHEIST.
AFTER YEARS OF LIVING ON
THE RUN HIS MIND WAS A MESS OF
EMOTIONS AND REGRET. ROBERT
THOUGHT OF KILLING HIMSELF. FOR
A STRETCH OF TIME TWO OR THREE
DAYS OF GOING BETWEEN SUICIDE
AND ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS. IT'S
JUST SO MANY THINGS STARTED
COMING UP AND I WAS PREPARED TOT
ALL.
I MEAN, I HAD A PISTOL WITH ME
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
YET PASSAGES FROM THE BIBLE
HIS GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT HIM CAME
TO MIND. ROBERT DECIDED TO TEST
GOD AND GOD ANSWERED.
I KEPT TESTING THEM WITH
MANY MANY THINGS. THERE WAS AN D
COFFEE CAN SITTING OUT THERE AND
I TOOK A ROCK AND A PLACED IT
ON TOP UPSIDE DOWN CAN AND I
SAID, WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING IF THAT ROCK IS
UNDERNEATH THAT CAN THEN I
BELIEVE YOU EXIST AND I WOULD
TURN MYSELF IN AND WHEN I WOKE
UP THE ROCK WAS NOT ON THE CAN.
I NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO LOOK
UNDER THAT CAN. WHEN YOU REALLY
THINK YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE
LIVING GOD IN PERSON IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WOODS IN
TENNESSEE, THAT'S A VERY VERY
SCARY FEELING. AND I INSTANTLY,
INSTANTLY, LOST ALL ATHEISTIC
VIEWPOINTS, INSTANTLY JUST LOST
IT. AND REACHED BACK OUT TO WHEE
I WAS BEFORE WITH MY
GRANDMOTHER, THEN VISIONS OF
BIBLE PASSAGES BEGIN TO COME
BACK INTO MY HEAD AND THAT VERY
NEXT DAY SURRENDERED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT. BUT I HAD FIRST
SURRENDERED TO GOD.
HE WENT BACK TO NEW ORLEANS
AND NEW MAN. READY TO FACE THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
I COULD NOT FATHOM A GOD
THAT WAS TELLING ME TO SURRENDER
ONLY TO BE SURRENDERING TO
DEATH. IT HAD TO BE SURRENDERING
TO LIFE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT
THE JUDGE WAS GOING TO RELEASE
ME. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WOULD
GET THE 30 YEARS BUT SHE FELT
THAT I HAD SERVED TIME AND THATE
WAS GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON
ME. SHE TOLD ME THAT. I'M GOING
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU.
ROBERT IS A FREE MAN. HE
TELLS HIS STORY TO POLICE
ACADEMY RECRUITS AND WORKS TO
BRING ROGUE COPS TO JUSTICE.
I FEEL THAT MY VERY REASON
FOR COMING BACK OUT OF THE
WOODS IS TO HELP PEOPLE AT
LEAST ASSIST ONE COP TO NOT DO
WHAT I DID. AND THAT IT WILL
CAUSE A COMMON CITIZEN TO
REPORT A COP THAT IS BAD.
AS HE LOOKS BACK ON HIS 22
YEARS ON THE RUN, FROM GOD AND
THE LAW HE NOW KNOWS THAT HE
WAS NEVER ALONE.
GOD WAS THERE FOR ME AND HE
IS THERE FOR ME NOW. I FORGOT
GOD AND I HATED HIM, BUT GOD
DID NOT FORGET ME. AS MUCH AS I
HATED HIM HE LOVED ME.
YOU KNOW THE THING THAT
REALLY AMAZES ME ABOUT ROBERT'S
STORY IS WE HEAR ABOUT
CORRUPTION AND, YOU KNOW, WE
KIND OF GLOSS OVER THAT, BUT HE
GAVE US THE REAL INSIDE STUFF
AND DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT JESUS? I HEAR THAT EVEN
TODAY. PEOPLE USE THE WORD JESUS
AND USE IT AS A SWEAR WORD. BUT
NOT KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO
OTHER NAME UNDERNEATH HEAVEN ON
EARTH WHEREBY MEN MUST BE SAVEDT
WAS ON THE RUN. HE WAS HERE IN E
WAS
ALSO IN TENNESSEE WOODS. HE WAS
FEARING BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
MESS THAT HE WAS IN, RAPE,
WOW. THUGGERY. CAN YOU
IMAGINE. WHY AM I SAYING THAT ?
BECAUSE NO ONE IS SO BAD
THAT GOD CAN'T SAVE THEM. AND I
BELIEVE THAT GOD IS SAYING TO
YOU TODAY YOU CAN TALK CLEAN
AND LIVE DIRTY BUT GOD WANTS TO
TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND. ROBERT
GOT A SECOND CHANCE. THE
SENTENCE WAS COMMUTED. CAN YOU
IMAGINE HE YOU WENT TO ANGOLA
WHAT IT WOULD HAVE MEANT BUT
IF HE DID I'M SURE GOD WOULD'VE
GOT HIM OUT OF THAT AS WELL.
SOME OF YOU ARE WATCHING FROM
PRISON RIGHT NOW AND LISTENING
TO THIS TESTIMONY AND SAYING, CN
GOD DO THAT TO ME. HE CAN TAKE
THE WORSE MESS AND MAKE IT INTO
A MASTERPIECE. I BELIEVE THAT
ROBERT LEON IS PROOF POSITIVE.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK OF TE
PEOPLE THAT JESUS CALLED
TO USE AS HIS DISCIPLES
INVOLVED INÃYOU KNOW BEING TAX
COLLECTORS,
A LOT OF FRAUD.
YES
WHO KNOWS WHAT WENT ON IN PES
LIFE
BEFORE HE ACTUALLY MET JESUS. I
MEAN HE WAS ALREADY ROUGH WHEN
HE KNEW JESUS, NEVER MIND WHAT
HAD HAPPENED BEFORE THAT. I
THINK GOD IS A REAL GOD. HE
KNOWS OUR LIVES. HE KNOWS OUR
BACKGROUNDS. HE KNOWS HOW TO
CLEAN US UP AND TO MAKE US FEEL
CLEAN FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND
THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
THING.
HEY, WHY DON'T YOUD DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD. INSTEAD OF
WAITING FOR A ROCK TO BE MOVED
WHILE YOU'RE WAKING UP ON THE
RUN, LET'S ACTUALLY GIVE GOD
THE OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN AFTER
WE DO THIS I WANT TO CALL THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN. IS IT
REAL? YES, IT IS REAL. ASK FOR
THIS PARTICULAR, IS IT REAL,
THAT BRIAN MENTIONED
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS SHOW AND
THEY ARE GOING TO GET RIGHT
INTO YOUR HANDS. LET'S DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD. GOD, HERE I
AM. I HAVE USED THE NAME OF
JESUS IN VAIN. I HAVE, LORD,
MESSED UP. I'M IN A ROUGH SPOT.
BUT I'M ASKING YOU, SAVE ME.
MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.
I'M A SINNER. I INVITE YOU,
JESUS, INTO MY LIFE IN JESUS
NAME. AMEN.
AMEN. WELL WE LOOK FORWARD
TO BEING WITH YOU ALL AGAIN
UNTIL NEXT TIME I'M LAUR- LYNN
TYLER THOMPSON
I'M BRIAN WARREN. GOD BLESS .
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