HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN, YOU KNOW WE GET
OURSELVES INTO SOME FUNNY AREAS.
YES.
SOME STUFF THAT IS --
OKAY, FINALLY.
IT'S NOT FINALLY. I MEAN
THE STUFF
I'M GOING TO SHUT DOWN IF
YOU KEEP GOING.
OKAY, NO, GO AHEAD.
I MEAN RIGHT THERE, IT STOPS.
I'M EVEN
QUESTIONING HOW I SHOULD REALLY
PHRASE THIS --
JUST SAY IT.
AS
SO INTACT BEFORE WE ARE
I WAS PREACHING -- AND I'M NOT
CITY, OR
THE TIME, OR THE YEAR BECAUSE
SAW IT --
BUT I WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE DELIVERING A MESSAGE AND IT
WAS A REAL SERIOUS TIME.
YES
AND, SO I KIND OF EXCUSED MYSELF
AND I WALKED AND I RAN OUT BUT
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I GOT
TO THE BATHROOM I BROKE MY
ZIPPER AND I SAID, NO, THIS
CANNOT BE AND I CAME BACK AND
PULPIT THE WHOLE TIME AND I JUST
HAD A LOT OF (INAUDIBLE)
RIGHT. [LAUGHTER]
THAT'S MY STORY. THAT'S IT.
THAT IS A GOOD STORY,
BRIAN. THANK YOU FOR SHARING
PART OF YOUR --
DON'T TELL THAT AGAIN.
YES, NO, ITS BETWEEN US.
ON TODAY'S SHOW
WE WILL SEE THE AMAZING WAY
THAT GOD MOVES WHEN CHRIST
CRISIS HITS IN OUR LIVES
HOPEFULLY NOT LIKE MINE.
NOT LIKE THAT. WHEN SCOTT
SMILEY WAS BLINDED IN COMBAT NO
ONE EXPECTED HIM TO BECOME AN
ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER. YOU WILL
SEE HOW GOD GAVE SCOTT A NEW
LEASE ON LIFE.
BUT FIRST, AN INSIDE LOOK
AT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING
SPAIN. AND HOW THE MIDDLE CLASS
IS ALL BUT BEING WIPED OUT IN
THAT COUNTRY. YOU KNOW WHAT I
SHOULD'VE TOLD THAT STORY.
NO, I'M GLAD YOU DID.
IN TERRASSA NEAR BARCELONA
SQUATTERS OCCUPY AN EMPTY
APARTMENT BUILDING. THEY HAVE
NOWHERE ELSE TO LIVE SO THEY
LIVING HERE, ILLEGALLY. THE
FATHER OF ANTONIO SAYS IT'S
THEIR ONLY CHOICE. THEY'RE
OCCUPYING THIS GLEAMING NEW
APARTMENT OWNED BY THE SAME
BANK THAT ORDERED THEIR
FAMILY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE OCCUPYING WHO ARE
KICKING THE DOORS OF THE
BUILDINGS DOWN BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
LIKE THE OTHER SQUATTERS IN
PALOMCO LOST HER JOB AS A
NURSE'S ASSISTANT. THEN SHE
LOST HER HOME.
YOU CAN'T JUST LIVE ON THE
STREET. THERE ARE SO MANY EMPTY
BUILDINGS THAT WILL NEVER HAVE
OCCUPANTS WHETHER THROUGH
SELLING OR RENTING.
SPAIN IS NOT GREECE. IT IS
THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN
EUROPE, BUT LIKE GREECE,
SPAIN'S MIDDLE-CLASS IS FALLING
INTO ITS OWN ECONOMIC ABYSS.
LOOKING AT SPAIN YOU SEE A
MODERN WEALTHY PRODUCTIVE
NATION. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE
UNDER THE SURFACE IS THAT SPAIN
FACES ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. THE
EUROPEAN UNION HAS CRAFTED A
BAILOUT TO TRY TO PREVENT IT.
ECONOMIST JUAN RAMON RIA
BUT ALSO THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR
IS ABOUT TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY.
A COLLAPSED REAL ESTATE
BUBBLE CREATED A BANKING CRISIS
UNITS. THE NUMBER OF BAD LOANS
ONE COLLECTION AGENCY SENDING
OUT DEBT COLLECTORS DRESSED AS
MONKS TO APPEAL TO THE
CONSCIENCES OF DEBTORS IN THIS
HISTORICALLY CATHOLIC NATION.
BUT SPAIN'S PROBLEMS ARE MUCH
DEEPER THAN A BANKING CRISIS.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT THE
DEPRESSION LEVEL OF ALMOST 25%
WITH AN ASTOUNDING JOBLESS
53%. THE ECONOMY SHRANK FOR THE
THIRD STRAIGHT QUARTER AND
VITAL CAPITAL IS LEAVING THE
BANKING SECTOR. WITH ONE IN
FOUR UNEMPLOYED MORE AND MORE
FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR
HOMES. NEAR BARCELONA GROUP
CALLED PLATFORM OF PEOPLE
AFFECTED BY MORTGAGES IS TRYING
TO PREVENT EVICTIONS AND FORCE
THE BANKS TO ALLOW THE HOMELESS
TO LIVE IN UNSOLD HOUSING.
WHO
CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE
BANKS. THE BANKS HAVE DESTROYED
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE
BEEN LEFT ON THE STREET,
HOMELESS AND IN DEBT FOR LIFE.
MANY SPANIARDS HAVE SIGNED
MORTGAGES THAT THEY MUST PAY
OFF EVEN AFTER THEY'VE LOST
THEIR HOMES TO FORECLOSURE. IT
MEANS FINANCIAL RUIN FOR MANY
LIKE THIS WOMAN WHO TOLD US SHE
WAS DESPERATE TO SAVE HER HOME.
IF THEY TAKE MY HOUSE I'LL
GO BACK INTO IT IS IF I HAVE TO
PAY THE MORTGAGE FOR THE REST
OF MY LIFE ANYWAY THEN I WILL
STAY IN MY HOUSE AND THEY CAN
THROW ME IN JAIL.
CUTS IN WELFARE HAVE
ALREADY SPARKED SOME GREEK
STYLE STREET BATTLES. THE
ECONOMIST RIO SAYS MUCH OF
PREVENTED IF THE SPANISH
GOVERNMENT HAD NOT GONE ON A
SPENDING BINGE DURING THE BOOM
YEARS NEAR THE TURN OF THE
CENTURY.
IF WE HAD NOT INCREASED
SPENDING FROM 2002 TO 2007,
HAVE A DEFICIT EVEN THOUGH THE
FALLING OF OUR REVENUES AND
EVEN THOUGH THE INCREASE IN
UNEMPLOYMENT.
NOW SPAIN IS PAYING THE
PIPER, OR MORE PRECISELY
SPANISH FAMILIES ARE PAYING.
SHORTLY AFTER WE VISITED MANUEL
BARWAY AND HIS FAMILY NEAR
CASTELLON THEY WERE EVICTED AND
LEFT WITH A MORTGAGE THEY WILL
STILL HAVE TO PAY. THEY'RE
DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP LONG
GONE.
WE WERE THINKING THIS WOULD
BE OUR HOUSE FOR LIFE BUT IT'S
NOT. AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN
DO. GOD WILL SAY WHAT HAPPENS.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS, MADRID.
LAURA LYNN, YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WAS TAKING
PLACE IN SPAIN PEOPLE LOSING
THEIR HOMES BUT STILL HAVING TO
PAY, YOU KNOW, THEIR MORTGAGE
AND ALSO THEIR DEBT THEY WILL
NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT. WE DON'T
JUST SEE A GOVERNMENT THAT'S IN
CRISIS. WE SEE A FAILED STATE
AND WE ARE HEARING THIS ALSO
IN GREECE AND WE ARE HEARING
THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH
THE EURO AND SOME OF THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON
AND WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THE UNITED STATES VERY
CLOSE TO HOME AS WELL.
SURE. PRINTING MONEY AS IF
THERE'S REALLY NO RECKONING
TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY
WE ARE HERE. BECAUSE WITH ALL
THAT NEWS WE NEED TO FILTER THAT
CAN RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS IN
CONTROL WHEN MAN SEEMS TO BE
OUT OF CONTROL.
YES.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
THAT
WONDER
PEOPLE OUT OF THIS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE'S GOT PLAN FOR US
AND THATS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY
TROUBLED.
THAT'S RIGHT.
UP NEXT, TO SEE HOW GOD HAS
HIS LIMITATIONS.
THAT WILL PREPARE YOU
SEEING YOUR BUDDIES WOUNDED. ON
APRIL 6 OF 2005 WE RECEIVED
INTELLIGENCE IN THE MORNING
THAT THERE WAS CAR BOMBS AND
MEN WILLING TO BLOW THEMSELVES
UP. I YELLED AT HIM TO GET OUT
OF HIS CAR AND HE JUST RAISED
HIS HANDS UP AT ME AND LOOKED
AT ME LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG.
THAT'S WHAT I SHOT TWO ROUNDS
IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE AND IN
MY WORLD WENT BLACK.
SCOTTY SMILEY'S LEFT EYE.
SHREDDED HIS RIGHT OPTIC NERVE
IN AN INSTANT HIS LIFE
TURNED A CORNER THAT HE NEVER
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN. PRIOR TO
THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT SCOTT
STORY READ LIKE A DREAM. RAISED
IN A LOVING CHRISTIAN HOME, A
WEST POINT GRAD, AN ARMY RANGER
WITH A BRIGHT CAREER AHEAD. HE
WAS ALSO NEWLY MARRIED TO HIS
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, TIFFANY.
SCOTTY AND I MET IN JUNIOR
HIGH. I HAD A CRUSH ON HIM AND
LIKED HIM. HE ASKED ME ON A DATE
YEAR, AND THEN DATED THROUGH
WEST POINT AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY,
SCOTTY YOU ARE THE ONE FOR ME.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE OUT HERE
LIKE YOU.
SCOTTY AND TIFFANY MARRIED
ON December 20TH 2003
IN OCTOBER OF 2004 I WAS
DEPLOYED TO MOSU, IRAQ.
IRAQ?
GIVING THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ
ELECTRICITY, ENSURING THAT
GASOLINE WAS BEING PROVIDED,
EACH AND EVERY DAY BROUGHT
SOMETHING NEW AND I REALLY SAW
NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT IN MY MEN
TESTED THROUGH FIRE AND IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO SEE MY SOLDIERS
GET INJURED. SEVERAL OF MY
SOLDIERS WERE SHOT. SEVERAL OF
MY SOLDIERS WERE INJURED BY
EXPLOSIVES.
THEN IT HAPPENED TO SCOTTY.
I GOT A PHONE CALL AROUND
KNOW, TIFFANY, SCOTTY'S BEEN
HURT AND HE'S BEEN HURT REALLY
BAD. THEN I GOT UP PHONE CALL
FROM THE DOCTOR IN BALAD AND HE
SAID WE REMOVED HIS EYE AND I
AM REALLY SORRY MA'AM BUT WERE
EYE IN BUT WE ARE PROBABLY
COULD'VE RECEIVED.
DOCTORS OPERATED ON SCOTTY
AND SENT HIM HOME TO THE US.
LEARNING TO LIVE AS A BLIND MAN
WAS MORE PAINFUL THAN EITHER HE
OR TIFFANY COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
IT WAS A HARD TIME. I WAS --
I DEFINITELY WAS IN THE BOTTOM
OF MY LIFE. I WAS LOW AS LOW AS
LOW CAN BE. I DIDN'T WANT TO
HOW TO PRAY. I DID NOT KNOW IF
GOD WAS EVEN ALIVE OR EVEN IN
MY LIFE.
HIS FRIEND ASKED HIM, YOU
KNOW, SCOTTY WILL YOU PRAY AND
HE SAID NO, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO GOD IS ANYMORE. THAT
CRUSHED ME. AND THAT NIGHT I
REMEMBER GOING BACK TO MY
EYESIGHT WHICH I HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR, BUT I WENT BACK
AND PRAYED FOR HIS HEART.
MY MIND WAS STILL IN IRAQ
NOT WITH THEM, THAT I FELT I
WAS NOT DOING MY JOB, THAT I
HAD LEFT THEM, THAT I WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL AND I WAS
AFRAID THAT MY WIFE, YOU KNOW,
WHO HAD MARRIED ME AND SAID TO
DEATH DO YOU PART WAS JUST
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME; THAT
I WAS NOW JUST A BURDEN IN HER
LIFE, A BURDEN IN MY FAMILY AND
FRIENDS LIFE AND THAT WAS NOT
SOMETHING THAT I EVER WANTED TO
BE.
THERE WERE DEFINATELY DAYS
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
WAS WALKING BY MYSELF.
SCOTTY WAS NOT WALKING WITH
AND SAY I JUST NEED YOU TO GET
ME THROUGH THE DAY. JUST HELP
ME GET THROUGH THE DAY, GIVE ME
THE GRACE TO BE A GOOD WIFE TO
SCOTTY.
WHAT TURNED THAT AROUND?
WHAT GOT YOU OUT OF THE HOLE?
IT WAS THE PRAYER THAT MY
WIFE CONTINUALLY WAS GIVING FOR
ME. IT WAS HER READING THE
BIBLE TO ME. IT WAS MY BROTHER
QUOTING SCRIPTURES. MY BROTHER
TAKING CARE OF ME.
FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS INJURY
SCOTTY'S LIFE HAS IN SOME WAYS
COME FULL CIRCLE. HE'S NOW BACK
HERE AT WEST POINT NOT AS A
CADET BUT AS A COMMANDER.
SCOTTY'S JOB NOW IS HELPING
OTHER WOUNDED SOLDIERS RECOVER
AND GET THEIR LIVES BACK.
I'M THE COMPANY COMMANDER
OF THE WEST POINT WAR
TRANSITION UNIT. I WAS
INJURED. I WENT THROUGH
DEPRESSION. I WENT THROUGH THE
MENTAL, PHYSICAL ,AND SPIRITUAL
RECOVERY PROCESS AND I THINK
I'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH.
NOW CAPTAIN SCOTTY SMILEY HAS
TURNED HIS STORY INTO A BOOK
SHARING HOW HE'S LEARNED TO
TRUST THE LORD. OH, AND IN HIS
SPARE TIME HE'S MANAGED TO EARN
AN MBA, CLIMB MOUNT RAINIER,
SKYDIVE, AND SURF TOO.
GETTING UP AND STANDING ON
THAT BOARD WAS IN EXHILARATING
FEELING AND TO DO SOMETHING ON
MY OWN, OF MY OWN STRENGTH, GAVE
ME THE ABILITY TO KNOW THAT GOD
STILL IS WITH ME AND THAT HE
CAN STILL ALLOW ME TO DO THINGS
THAT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I
WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
THE SMILEY'S ARE NOW THE
PROUD PARENTS OF TWO LITTLE
BOYS.
I HAVE TO HELP OUT AND
WHETHER THAT MEANS CLEANING A
DIRTY DIAPER, GIVING MY SON'S
FOOD, GIVING THEM BATHS,
PUTTING THEM TO BED, PLAYING
WITH THEM AT THE PARK, GOD
STILL HAS A PLAN FOR ME AND
BEING A FATHER IS ONE OF THOSE
AWESOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
HE'S BLESSED ME WITH.
HE EVEN PLANS TO USE HIS
PROSTHETIC EYES FOR A LITTLE
FUN.
WHEN MY BOYS FRIENDS COME
OVER I CAN JUST PLACE THEM ON
THE COUNTERTOP AND SAY I'M
WATCHING EVEN WHEN I'M NOT IN
THE ROOM.
TELL ME HOW YOUR
LOVE FOR YOU WIFE
HAS DEEP THROUGH ALL THIS.
TIFFANY IS THE MOST AMAZING
PERSON THAT I COULD EVER IMAGINE
GOD BLESSING MY LIFE WITH. HER
ATTITUDE, HER PERSONALITY, HER
PERSEVERANCE, HERE
DETERMINATION TO NOT ONLY HELP
ME, HELP OUR RELATIONSHIP, HAS
JUST BEEN AN AMAZING BLESSING
IN OUR LIVES. I DON'T KNOW IF I
CAN EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I LOVE HER
AND HOW MUCH SHE MEANS TO ME.
I THINK AT FIRST IT
BOTHERED ME MORE THAN IT DOES
NOW. LIKE HE CANT SEE ME AS WE
START TO CHANGE WE STARTED TO
TOGETHER, HE KIND OF JUST
COVERED AND HEALED ALL OF THAT
TO WHERE, LIKE, OUR RELATIONSHIP
IS STRONGER NOW PROBABLY THEN IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH HIS SIGHT ,
WHICH IS CRAZY TO SAY, BUT I
STILL DRESS UP. I STILL WEAR
YOU BETTER COMB YOU HAIR BECAUSE
MY HAIR LOOKS GOOD. THE WARS
THAT I READ IN THE BIBLE
PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS BECAME
PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW; THIS IS
THE HOPE THAT CARRIES YOU
THROUGH. SO IT ALL CAME TO LIFE
FOR ME. THEY'RE STILL TIMES
WHERE YES, WE WISH SCOTTY COULD
SEE, BUT WHAT GOD HAS TAUGHT US
THROUGH HIS WORD AND GOING
THROUGH THIS
I WOULD NOT TRADE THAT FOR
ANYTHING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE
EVENTS IN MY LIFE AS A HUGE
TRAGEDY AND I DON'T
NECESSARILY. I THINK GOD HAS
GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO
UNDERSTAND HIM MORE AND TO
UNDERSTAND HIS PURPOSE THROUGH
MY BLINDNESS. THE FIRST PERSON
THAT I'M GOING TO SEE IS GOING
TO BE JESUS CHRIST REACHING
DOWN TO ME AND I JUST HOPE THAT
HE SAYS, GOOD JOB, GOOD AND
FAITHFUL SERVANT.
WITH IS THE SECOND THING YOU
WANT TO SEE?
OH, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
YOU KNOW THIS IS AN AMAZING
TESTIMONY. ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE
COMING ON TO REMEMBRANCE DAY
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 1.5
MILLION CANADIAN SOLDIERS AND
PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN THE
THE KOREAN WAR AND ALSO
THE CLASH IN AFGHANISTAN.
SCOTTY HAD EVERYTHING. THIS IS
A REAL-LIFE SUPERHERO AND YOU
HE AND TIFFANY READY TO SET THE
WORLD ON FIRE AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN HE LOSES HIS SITE. AND
HE ALSO LOSES SOMETHING
VALUABLE. HE LOSES -- HE LOSES
HIS BEARINGS AND THAT CAN HAPPEN
TO A LOT OF US. I MEAN YOU KNOW
THE THING I LOVE ABOUT HIS
TESTIMONY IS TIFFANY, WHEN SHE
RECEIVED THOSE PAPERS, REFUSED
TURNED IT AROUND AND NOW HE IS
SURFING AND NOW HE IS CAPTAIN
SCOTTY. THE FIRST BLIND ACTIVE
OFFICER, BUT YOU KNOW HE ALSO
REMINDED OF A MAN NAMED MOSES
BECAUSE HE WAS A DELIVER. HE
WAS A MAN THAT WAS ACTUALLY
MOVING THE PEOPLE OF GOD. ITS
SAID THAT IN THE 11TH CHAPTER
OF NUMBERS, IN THE 14TH VERSE,
HE SAYS, I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR
ALL THESE PEOPLE ALONE BECAUSE
OF THE BURDEN. IT'S TOO HEAVY
FOR ME. KIND OF LIKE WHAT
SCOTTY SAID. AND THIS IS WHAT
HE SAID: IF YOU TREAT ME LIKE
THIS PLEASE KILL ME NOW. IF I
AND HE SAYS AT THE END,
ON VERSE 15,, DON'T SHOW ME MY
WRETCHEDNESS. WELL, TIFFANY
RECOGNIZED THAT SCOTTY'S
BIGGEST ISSUE WAS NOT GETTING
HIS SIGHT BACK, BUT RECOGNIZING
HIS FAITH NEEDED TO BE
RECALIBRATED AND YOU CAN SEE AS
A RESULT OF THAT. WOW, WHAT A
TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD CAN DO
ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, BRIAN,
SOMETIMES WE SEE OURSELVES AS
SMALL AND OUR OWN EYES.
YES.
WE THINK THAT WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE DISABILITIES, YOU KNOW,
WE DEAL A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
DYSLEXIA SO THEY DISCOUNT
IS A GOD WHO TAKES OUR --
WHATEVER OUR TALENT IS AND HE
GROWS IT --
THAT'S RIGHT.
TO PHENOMENAL PLACES. SO
WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT
CUTS US OFF AT THE KNEES AND
MAKES US FEEL THAT WE ARE
INADEQUATE, THAT'S JUST THE
TIME TO START LOOKING TO YOUR
MIRACLE WORKING GOD TO DO
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IN YOUR
LIFE BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY IS
LOOKING AT THIS MAN AND SAYING
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW IT HE CAN DO ALL
OF THIS WITHOUT HIS EYES, WHAT
CAN I DO WITH WHAT GOD HAS
GIVEN ME.
YES.
YOU KNOW IT'S A TESTIMONY.
WHAT SCOTTY IS DOING RIGHT
NOW, HE'S HELPING OTHERS THAT
HAVE DISABILITIES SO I BELIEVE
HE'S HELPING US TODAY AS WELL.
HE IS SAYING, WHY ARE YOU
HOLDING ONTO THAT PAST WHEN GOD
HAS A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE FOR YOU
YES.
LET'S DO SOME BUSINESS
WITH GOD BECAUSE SCOTTY IS
TO TAKE
MY EYES OUT AND LET MY KIDS
FRIENDS AND SEE THEM ON THE
TABLE BUT HE ALSO SAID THE
SEE JESUS AND THEN MY WIFE.
WHY DON'T YOU SEE JESUS RIGHT
NOW. PRAY THIS PRAYER. JESUS, I
OPEN MY HEART, I'VE BEEN SO
DISAPPOINTED AND SO ANGRY BUT I
ASK YOU NOW AS AN ACT OF MY
WILL, I AM A SINNER. COME INTO
MY LIFE. LORD, MAKE ME WHAT YOU
WANT TO BE. I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF ME. YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING. DO IT IN ME. YOU DID
IT WITH SCOTTY. I GIVE YOU MY
LIFE AND I ASK YOU NOW IN
JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAYER WITH BRIAN WOULD YOU
CALL WHEN 1-855 759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.
YOU KNOW LOOKING BACK I SEE
THE DELIBERATE HAND OF GOD
OPENING EVERY DOOR THAT OPENED
AND SOMETIMES SHUTTING MANY IN
FRONT OF ME. I REMEMBER ASKING
WHY HE WOULD SHUT THE VERY
DOORS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE
THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MY
CALLING. MY PASTOR ONCE SAID OF
A SITUATION THAT HE WAS GOING
THROUGH THAT HE FELT LIKE GOD
WAS REJECTING HIM WHEN IN FACT
LATER HE REALIZED THAT GOD WAS
PROTECTING HIM. ROMANS 11:2
SAYS SOMETHING AMAZING. IT SAYS
NO, GOD HAS NOT REJECTED AND
DISOWNED HIS PEOPLE WHOSE
DESTINY HE HAS MARKED OUT AND
APPOINTED AND FOREKNOWN FROM
THE BEGINNING. GOD HAS MARKED
OUT YOUR DESTINY. HE ORDAINED
IT SINCE YOU WERE IN YOUR
MOTHER'S WOMB. GOD HAS GOT
THESE SCHEMATICS, THE
ARCHITECTURE, AND THE DESIGN ON
YOUR LIFE TO MAKE AND IT
INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
THE DESERT EXPERIENCE IT MIGHT
SEEM LIKE HE'S UNAWARE OF WHAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. EVERY
DOOR THAT YOU THINK MIGHT LEAD
YOU OUT SEEMS BARRED
SHUT. BUT THEN SUDDENLY
ON CERTAIN UNEXPECTED DAYS A
SWIFT TWIST OF DIVINE FATE WILL
REVEAL REDEMPTION, RESTORATION,
AND A VINDICATION SO
MAGNIFICENT THAT IT COULD ONLY
BE THE HAND OF GOD INTERVENING
ON YOUR BEHALF. A PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE IS PLACED SO
STRATEGICALLY BY GOD THAT IT
UNVEILS A MASTERFUL PICTURE
THAT YOU DID NOT SEE BEING
FORMED. IN AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT
YOU WILL STAND BACK SHOCKED AT
HIS WORK, STAGGERED AT HIS
POWER, AND THE CREATIVE FORCE
WHICH RESIDES IN JUST ONE WORD
FROM HIS LIPS. BUT UNTIL GOD
UNLOCKS THAT DOOR DON'T TRY TO
CLIMB IN A WINDOW. THATS
CALLED BREAK AND ENTER. PSALMS
37:7 SAYS BE STILL AND REST IN
THE LORD. WAIT FOR HIM. WAIT
FRET NOT YOURSELF BECAUSE OF
HIM WHO PROSPERS IN HIS WAY.
BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO BRINGS
WICKED DEVICES TO PASS. THERE
IS A TEMPTATION WHEN WE ARE
FACING A MOMENTARY CLOSED DOOR
AND NOTHING IS WORKING OUT FOR
US TO LOOK AT OTHERS AND TO SEE
THAT THEY SEEM TO BE DOING OKAY.
THEY'RE PROSPERING REAL WELL
AND GOD KEEPS OPENING EVERY
DOOR IN FRONT OF THEM AND YOU
MIGHT EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
SECRETS IN THEIR CLOSETS AND
YOU WONDER WHY ON EARTH WOULD
AT THIS MOMENT WHEN YOU NEED
TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS AND
NOT MAN. YOU SEE EPHESIANS 6:10,
IT SAYS IN CONCLUSION BE STRONG
YOUR UNION WITH HIM. DRAW YOUR
STRENGTH FROM HIM. THAT
STRENGTH WHICH IS BOUNDLESS,
HIS BOUNDLESS MIGHT PROVIDES.
IT IS A MYSTERY THAT OUR PLIGHT
AT TIMES SEEMS GRIEVOUS AND YET
WITHIN THIS VERY ADVERSITY IS
BORN THE CHARACTER THAT MUST BE
PRESENT TO WALK DOWN YOUR
PROVIDENTIAL ROAD AND PURPOSE.
GOD KNOWS WHO AND WHAT YOU WILL
BECOME. HE SIMPLY HAS TO GET
YOU READY TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF
THE GLORY THAT HE LONGS TO
BESTOW. TRUST IN HIM WITH EVERY
DETAIL UNTIL HE SEES THIS
POSTURE HE CANNOT TRUST YOU
WITH THE ENORMITY OF THE CALL
THAT RESIDES WITHIN YOU. IT
WILL COST US OUR EGO, OUR
PRIDE, OUR SELF WILL AND OUR
STUBBORNNESS AND IS WELL WORTH
THE PRICE BECAUSE ONE OF THESE
DAYS YOUR DOOR WILL OPEN.
YOU KNOW THE REALITY THAT
LAURA-LYNN IS TALKING ABOUT. GOD
ENTRUSTS
THOSE THAT TRUST. AND
WHATEVER YOUR ADVERSITY IS
THE GREATER THE ADVERSITY THE
GREATER THE REWARD. THERE'S
SOMETHING GREAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE. YOU PROBABLY NEED JUST
SOMEONE TO COME ALONGSIDE YOU
AND PRAY WITH YOU. THE NUMBER
IS ON THE SCREEN
1-855-759-0700. LET'S SOMEONE
ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY AND TELL
THEM, I'VE GOT A DREAM. AH, PRAY
LAURA-LYNN MEETS JAMES AND
TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
CANADA.
JAMES, I KNOW YOU'RE DOWN
HERE. YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH
WHAT BEEN GOING ON?
I'M TERMINALLY ILL WITH
CANCER AND MY WIFE HEARD IT AND
MARRIAGE. SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT
AS SHE DOESN'T LOVE ANYTHING.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW.
A PEDOPHILE. SHE SAID SIX
MONTHS AGO SHE WAS GOING HOME
TO BE WITH HER FATHER BACK TO
HIS HOUSE AND I SAID, WELL, YOUR
YEARS. HE'LL LET NEVER LET ME
LIVE IN HIS HOUSE. SHE SAID NO
I JUST MEAN ME. I'LL BE IN MY
FATHER'S HOUSE WHEN HE DIES.
TWO DAYS LATER I WENT TO THE
HOUSE TO TALK TO HER BECAUSE I
HEARD FROM ONE OF MY SONS THAT
SHE IS NOT COMING BACK. I GOT
ARRESTED AT GUN POINT FOR
SOMETHING I NEVER DID. ONE OF
MY CHILDREN WERE PRESENT. I'M
FIGHTING THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
GOVERNMENT, BUT --
JAMES, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, I HAD
AT THE END OF A SYRINGE. I WOKE
UP IN THE MORGUE.
YOU WOKE UP IN THE MORGUE.
CORRECT.
YOU HAD DIED.
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU THE KEYS OF THE LIFE AND
AND I HEARD A YOUNG BOY PRAYING.
THAT WAS YOUR BOY PRAYING
FOR YOU.
YOUR BOY HAS REQUESTED THAT I
RETURN YOU.
WOW.
AGO. HE'S NOW TWENTY-SEVEN.
WOW. THAT'S A GREAT
JAMES.
OKAY.
LET ME PRAY FOR YOUR
SITUATION. FATHER, I JUST
PRAY IN JESUS NAME, LORD,
IS HURTING HIM WITH HIS WIFE. I
PRAY LORD THAT YOU WOULD
INTERVENE IN THESE REAL
SITUATIONS THAT CAUSE PEOPLE A
LOT OF PAIN. FATHER, YOU LOVE
YOUR KIDS, YOU LOVE US NO
MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH. YOU -- FATHER, YOU SEE
EVERYTHING WE FACE. SO I PRAY
BY THE POWER AND IN THE NAME OF
JESUS THAT YOU WOULD ABSOLUTELY
FILL JAMES WITH YOUR LOVE RIGHT
NOW, THAT YOU WOULD ENCOMPASS
HIM AND HOLD HIM CLOSE TO YOU,
O GOD, AND CARRY HIM TO THIS
TIME IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JAMES.
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED MY
TIME GOING OUT ONTO THE STREETS
TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
CANADA, AND SOME OF THE SHOOTS
THAT WE DO ARE A LITTLE BIT
TOUGHER THAN OTHERS. YOU KNOW
WE STOPPED TO PRAY BEFORE WE
WENT OUT JUST TO PRAY THAT GOD
WOULD LEAD US TO THE RIGHT
PEOPLE AND THAT WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO BLESS THEM WITH A
PRAYER, AND ON THIS PARTICULAR
DAY, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US ARE
BLESSED. WE SIT IN OUR VERY
COMFORTABLE LIVING ROOMS AND
WITH ALL THE AMENITIES AND WE
ARE WARM AND ON THIS DAY MANY
OF THOSE PEOPLE SLEPT ON THE
STREET. I JUST REALIZED THAT
THE POWER OF GOD JUST CAME OVER
US. WE FELT HIS PRESENCE. GOD
LOVES BROKEN, HURTING, WOUNDED
PEOPLE AND HE LOVES YOU TODAY.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE
HERE AT THE 700 CLUB CANADA ARE
COMMITTED TO SHARING STORIES OF
HOPE TO THE HURTING ACROSS THIS
GREAT NATION. AND WE WANT TO
INVITE YOU BE PART OF WHAT WERE
DOING RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO
HELP THOSE IN NEED AND CHANGE
LIVES AND CALL TODAY BECOME A
700 CLUB CANADA PARTNER AND
AMAZING THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY
FOR JUST $20 DOLLARS A
MONTH YOU CAN BECOME A 700
CLUB CANADA PARTNER OR IF YOU'RE
ABLE TO GIVE MORE YOU CAN JOIN
AT A HIGHER LEVEL SUCH AS A 700
CLUB CANADA GOLD PARTNER WHICH
IS $40 A MONTH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR MONTHLY
GIFT AND AS A THANK YOU FOR
YOUR GENEROSITY WE WILL SEND
YOU THIS DVD ENTITLED,
FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH. IN THIS
DYNAMIC TEACHING SERIES PAT
ROBERTSON ANSWERS YOUR TOUGHEST
QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND
EXPLAINS BIBLICAL TRUTHS
YOUR FAITH EVEN IN THE MOST
UNCERTAIN TIMES.
ALSO IF YOU JOIN PLEDGE
EXPRESS WHICH ELIMINATES
PAPERWORK WITH YOUR AUTOMATIC
MONTHLY DONATION OR YOUR BANK
CARD, YOUR CREDIT CARD, YOU WILL
RECEIVE THE JEWISH JESUS BY
GORDON ROBERTSON. NOW IS A NEW
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES THAT
TELL THE STORY OF JESUS LONG
BEFORE HE WALKED THE EARTH.
SO CALL RIGHT NOW AND BECOME
PART OF THIS GROWING ARMY OF
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE LIFE
CHANGERS RIGHT HERE IN CANADA.
IF YOU'VE MISSED ANYTHING
ON TODAY SHOW OR YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CHECK OUT PAST EPISODES OF
THE 700 CLUB CANADA VISIT OUR
WEBSITE AT 700CLUB.CA.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
YOUR STORY WITH US, WE WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT CALL THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR WRITE
TO US. THE ADDRESS WILL APPEAR
AFTER THE SHOW.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
WITH YOU ALL AGAIN REAL SOON.
WONDERFUL DAY, CANADA.
I'M BRIAN WARREN. GOD BLESS.
THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST
WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
NOW A SPIRIT DOESN'T HAVE A
BODY AND A SPIRIT GOES ON
FOREVER. DENNIS BENNETT QUOTED
SOMETHING I JUST LOVE. WE HAVE
SINNED AND GROWN OLD. OUR
FATHER IS YOUNGER THAN WE. HE
IS EVER YOUNG. HE IS ALWAYS,
ALWAYS YOUNG.
TO CONTACT US PHONE
1-855-759-0700, OR BY
E-MAIL,
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