HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
INTO SOME HOT WATER SOMETIMES.
YES.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME THAT YOU WERE IN TROUBLE?
THE LAST TIME I WAS IN
TROUBLE. YOU KNOW I DON'T
REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS
IN REAL TROUBLE OTHER THAN MY
YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN OCCASIONAL
SPEEDING TICKET OR, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT, BUT
I KNOW WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I
WAS TIED WITH THE WORST KID IN
SCHOOL FOR THE MOST PADDLES.
OLD. I WOULD BE IN THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WEEK AFTER
GETTING,
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TALKING
TO AND HAVE TO GET A PADDLE AND
I REALIZED --
WAS YOUR NAME SIGNED ON
THE PADDLE?
DEDICATED TO ME AT ONE POINT,
BUT I REALIZED IF I AM TIED
WITH THE WORST KID IN SCHOOL
FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF PADDLES,
THAT KIND OF MADE ME THE WORST
KID IN SCHOOL.
WHAT DID THEY PADDLE YOU FOR?
TALKING?
FOR TALKING, FOR BEING LATE
TO MUCH TALKING?
A LOT OF TALKING, A LOT OF
TALKING. YES.
WILL PRAY FOR LAURA, THEN.
I TURNED IT INTO A CAREER
IS GREECE'S ECONOMIC CRISIS
BE ON THE POINT OF RESCUE?
TODAY WILL SEE THAT MANY
BELIEVE THAT THE WORST IS STILL
YET TO COME.
ALSO ESTHER LOURKE
STOOD ON A HIGHWAY BRIDGE READY
TO JUMP WHEN AN UNEXPECTED CAR
PULLED UP. YOU WILL SEE WHAT
DROVE HER TO THE BREAKING POINT
AND HOW THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR
HELPED HER FIND HEALING AND A
NEW BEGINNING IN LIFE.
BUT FIRST, SOME BELIEVE THE
MELTDOWN IN GREECE HAS YET TO
REACH THE BOILING POINT. LET'S
SEE WHAT THEY MEAN.
AT SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE
HOPES TO STOCKPILE FOOD
AND CLOTHING WILL HELP CONVINCE
A GROWING NUMBER OF DESPERATE
YOUNG MOTHERS THEY DON'T HAVE
TO ABANDON THEIR CHILDREN. HE
SAYS THE CASELOAD OF NEEDY
FAMILIES HAS DOUBLED FROM LAST
YEAR.
THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES AROUND TO
SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE.
AND HAS TO SEEK HELP.
WHEN YOU HAVE THREE
CHILDREN AND YOU HAVE NO JOB
YOU ARE FORCED TO SEEK AID FROM
SOMEWHERE.
SOME MOTHERS ARE SIMPLY
DROPPING OFF THEIR CHILDREN AT
ORPHANAGES BECAUSE THEY CANT
AFFORD TO FEED THEM ANYMORE.
GREECE IS ON THE EDGE OF A
FREEFALL. THE NATIONAL DEBT IS
LARGER THAN THE ECONOMY WHICH
CONTINUES TO SHRINK: 67,000
ALONE AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE HAS REACHED 24%. HUNGER
AND SHORTAGES ARE SPREADING AND
SOME ARE ASKING IF GREECE IS
ALREADY A FAILED STATE. AS ONE
GREEK JOURNALIST PUT IT, THE GRK
PEOPLE ARE DISILLUSIONED,
MISERABLE, EXASPERATED AND VERY
FRIGHTENED. GREEKS ON THE
STREET TOLD IS ALMOST
UNIVERSALLY THEY THINK THE
GOVERNMENT IS USELESS. OUR TAXI
DRIVER, ERASMUS, TOLD US GREECE
IS FINISHED. HOSPITALS DON'T
WORK. NOTHING WORKS. EVERYTHING
IS GOING BANKRUPT. GREECE WILL
HAVE TO BE REBUILT FROM THE
GROUND UP. THE CRISIS IS
SUCKING MORE AND MORE OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS INTO BANKRUPTCY
AND HOMELESSNESS. LEO ENJOYED A
SUCCESSFUL CAREER BEFORE THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS KILLED HIS
BUSINESS AND HE LOST EVERYTHING
LAST YEAR.
I FOUND MYSELF BY THE END
OF SEPTEMBER IN 2011
UNABLE TO BE THE RENT OF THE
STUDIO AND NOT HAVING ANY CASH
LEFT.
HE SLEPT ON PARK BENCHES
THE CLINIC A HOMELESS CENTER
FOR HELP. ALA ALAMANU
RUNS THE SHELTER.
WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
THE HOMELESS (INAUDIBLE) PEOPLE
THAT UP UNTIL RECENTLY THEY HAD
A GOOD STYLE OF LIVING.
AT THE MEDSONDS DU MOND
FREE MEDICAL CLINIC
MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS WHO ARE NOW UNABLE
TO GET MEDICAL CARE AND
LIFE-SAVING SAVING MEDICINE
FROM GREEK HOSPITALS.
WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT
HAVE COME HERE THAT HAVE BEEN
OFF THEIR MEDICATION FOR MONTHS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
MEANS TO BUY THEM.
GREECE'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IS
BREAKING DOWN. AS HOSPITALS RUN
OUT OF MONEY THEY ARE UNABLE TO
PAY FOR ME NEEDED MEDICINE.
GREECE REPORTEDLY OWES
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ONE
MEHELACHI HE CALLS IT A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. SHE SAYS
MANY OF HER PATIENTS HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING
THEMSELVES.
SUICIDE.
WHILE EUROPEAN UNION
LEADERS REGULARLY UNVEIL BIGGER
AND BETTER BAILOUT LANDS THERE
IS A GROWING CONSENSUS WITHIN
THE EU THAT GREECE IS A
HOPELESS CASE AND WILL HAVE TO
LEAVE THE EURO ZONE. MOST AGREE
THAT WILL TURN A BAD SITUATION
INTO A CATASTROPHIC ONE.
EXPECTS CHAOS.
COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY AND AT
LEAST IN THE FIRST MONTH WE
HAVE A COMPLETE CHAOS, NOT ONLY
ECONOMICALLY
BUT POLITICALLY AS WELL.
INFLATION WILL SOAR MAKING
BASIC FOOD ITEMS SCARCE AND
UNAFFORDABLE, AND GREEK
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY FEAR
CIVIL WAR.
IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
WERE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING AND
TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO A
SUPERMARKET, TO A SAFEWAY AND
THE ONLY THING YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND IS VINEGAR AND SALT.
FORMER GREEK GOVERNMENT
ADVISOR HELENA POTERITIES:
WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH A
FAILED ECONOMY. WE ARE DEALING
WITH A FAILED STATE, A
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WITH RULES
AND REGULATIONS THAT IS UNABLE
TO CONTROL ITSELF .
THATS WHAT WERE DEALING WITH.
THE FEAR IS THAT GREECE'S
PROBLEMS ARE SO DEEP NOTHING
WILL BE ABLE TO STOP AN
EVENTUAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
MELTDOWN. DALE HURT, CBN NEWS,
ATHENS.
LAURA LYNN, WHEN YOU SEE
MOTHERS DROPPING OFF THEIR
BABIES AND LEAVING THAT TELLS
YOU REALLY HOW DESPERATE
SITUATIONS ARE. YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT BEING A FAILED
STATE THAT MEANS IT'S JUST NOT
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TURN
AROUND BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT. THAT MEANS THAT
THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS
COMPLETELY BROKEN. WE REALLY
NEED TO PRAY FOR GREECE AND I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS SENDS
A SOBER MESSAGE OF WHAT IS
TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE WORLD.
ACROSS THE WORLD AND SOMETIMES
I KNOW, I WILL SIT AND
WONDER WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS AT
THE CORE AND ROOT OF THIS
ISSUE? IS IT GREED? IS IT
OVEREXTENDING?
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT IF WE
WILL HUMBLE OURSELVES AND PRAY
THAT HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND, AND
SECOND CHRONICLES 7:14
WE NEED THAT MORE THAN EVER
NOW.
OUT OF AN ABUSIVE
MARRIAGE.
ALL THE CARS
DRIVING AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S
PERFECT. YOU KNOW IT'S FAST AND
IT JUST TAKE YOUR LIFE AND
THAT'S ALL I KEPT GOING THROUGH
MY MIND.
JUMPING OFF OF A BRIDGE
INTO SPEEDING TRAFFIC WAS
THE ONLY WAY ESTHER LOURKE
THOUGHT SHE COULD ESCAPE HER
ABUSIVE MARRIAGE.
TELL YOUR FAMILY, IF YOU TELL
THE COPS, I WILL KILL YOU. AND
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD
HAVE DONE THAT .
SHE SUFFERED FOR YEARS FROM
HER HUSBAND'S ABUSE. IN THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP
SHE WAS IN LOVE.
HE WAS THE FIRST GUY THAT I
WAS INTIMATE WITH AND I GOT
PREGNANT, AND I COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT.
ESTHER'S PARENTS TOOK HER
TO THE ABORTION CLINIC TO END
HER PREGNANCY.
I JUST FELT SUCH GUILT,
SUCH SHAME THAT I HAVE DONE THIS
AND IT WAS TERRIBLE.
ESTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND
KEPT DATING AND TWO YEARS LATER
THEY MARRIED. THAT'S WHEN THE
ABUSE BEGAN.
I REMEMBER HIM JUST BEATING
ME UP, COMING HOME, AND HE WOULD
BE ANGRY ALREADY AND THROW ME
AGAINST THE WALL. I ASKED HIM
MANY TIMES, WHAT AM I DOING TO
YOU THAT IS CAUSING YOU TO HATE
ME SO MUCH? WHY DID YOU CHANGE?
AND HE NEVER GAVE ME AN ANSWER.
I FELT AT THE TIME IT WAS
JUST THE DRUGS.
THEN HER HUSBAND BEGAN TO
SOMETIMES FOR DAYS.
I REMEMBER JUST SITTING
THERE THINKING CRYING AND JUST
WONDERING WHAT HAVE I DONE. I
TRIED TO BE THE BEST WIFE FOR
HIM, TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT
HE TOLD ME TO DO AND IT WAS
JUST NEVER GOOD ENOUGH.
ESTHER NEVER TOLD ANYONE
ABOUT THE ABUSE. ONE DAY AFTER
HUSBAND LOCKED HER IN A CLOSET
AGAIN SHE CRIED OUT TO GOD FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE.
HELP ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO. I'M LIVING UNDER THIS
CONDEMNATION, LIKE I DESERVE
THIS, OR NO ONE IS GOING TO
UNDERSTAND.
ESTHER REACHED HER
BREAKING POINT WHEN SHE CAME
ONE DAY AND FOUND HER HUSBAND
IN BED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
HE PRETENDS HE DOESN'T EVEN
KNOW WHO I AM. AND HE BEGINS TO
YELL AT ME, WHO ARE YOU, GET
OUT OF MY HOUSE. THEY BOTH
GRABBED ME, THEY BOTH BEAT ME
UP AND HE OPENS THE DOOR AND HE
PUSHES ME OUT THE DOOR AND
THERE I AM, JUST STANDING
HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I FELT
LIKE SUCH A FAILURE.
ESTHER WAS BRUISED AND
BATTERED. SHE BEGAN TO WALK TO
HER PARENTS HOME. AS SHE
CROSSED OVER A HIGHWAY BRIDGE
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT ENDING
HER LIFE.
I REMEMBER JUST THINKING,
YOU KNOW, JUST END IT. ITS
BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IF YOU
JUST END YOUR LIFE. JUST TAKE
YOUR LIFE. NO ONE IS GOING TO
THE CARS ARE DRIVING AND I'M
LIKE, THAT'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW
IT'S FAST AND JUST TAKE YOUR
LIFE AND THAT'S ALL THAT KEPT
WAS ABOUT TO JUMP OVER THE
BRIDGE HER BROTHER DROVE BY AND
CONVINCED HER TO GET IN HIS
CAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME ESTER
REVEALED THE SECRET
SHAME OF HER ABUSIVE MARRIAGE.
I JUST TELL HIM EVERYTHING
THAT DAY. EVERYTHING THAT I
WAS HOLDING INSIDE, ALL THE
PAIN, ALL THE CONFUSED, ALL THE
TORMENTING
THOUGHTS I HAVE, I TELL HIM
EVERYTHING, AND HE HEARS ME OUT.
THAT'S WHEN ESTHER'S
BROTHER SHARED WITH HER THE
LOVE OF CHRIST AND HOW GOD
WANTED TO HEAL HER.
HE ASKS ME DO YOU WANT THIS
THIS JESUS. OF COURSE I DO. I
REMEMBER RECEIVING THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST INTO MY LIFE IN
THAT CAR AND THE MINUTE I SAID
THAT PRAYER, I'M TELLING YOU, MY
LIFE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. MY
LIFE --MY LIFE WAS NEVER EVER
THE SAME.
ESTHER LEFT HER HUSBAND AND
STARTED GOING TO CHURCH.
I WAS JUST SO HAPPY INSIDE,
WALKING IN, SEEING PEOPLE
WORSHIP GOD, AND I AM PART OF
THAT NOW AND JUST A JOY,
JUST LIKE A LIBERTY LIKE SUCH
WEIGHT LIFTED UP FROM ME.
DOING A CLEANSING IN MY LIFE.
AS ESTHER BEGAN TO READ HER
BIBLE AND SPEND TIME WITH HER
NEW FRIENDS SHE BEGAN TO SEE
WHAT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WERE
ALL ABOUT.
I STARTED NOT BEHAVING OR
THINKING OUT OF MY PAST BUT NOW
OUT OF MY PRESENT, THE WAY THE
LORD WANTED ME TO ACT.
THEN SHE MARRIED A MAN
NAMED KELLY AND THEY HAD A SON.
THEY PASTOR A CHURCH IN
KANSAS CITY.
I THANK GOD EVERY DAY THAT
THE LORD GAVE ME WHAT I WANTED
AND IT WAS HIS TIMING AND HE
GAVE ME THIS AWESOME HUSBAND
THAT I LOVE DEARLY AND NOT JUST
SO THAT WE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER
BUT TO DO THE WORK OF THE LORD,
TO DO THE WILL OF GOD.
ESTHER IS VERY THANKFUL TO
GOD FOR HEALING HER LIFE AND
GIVING HER A FRESH START.
I JUST THANK GOD FOR HIS
GRACE THAT HE KNOWS US AND NO
MATTER WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH
IN LIFE, HE RESTORES US. HE
GIVES US A NEW HEART. HE GIVES
US A NEW MIND AND A FRESH START
AND NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO THAT.
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE
STORY OF RESTORATION AND
REDEMPTION IN ESTHER'S LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT HUSBANDS ARE TO LOVE THEIR
WIVES AS CHRIST LOVES THE
CHURCH, NEVER ONCE HAS CHRIST
BEATEN THE CHURCH, NEVER ONCE
HAS HE CHEATED ON HIS CHURCH.
HE LOVES THE CHURCH AND, YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF WOMEN THESE DAYS
FIND THEMSELVES IN RELATIONSHIPS
IN MARRIAGES, EVEN CHRISTIAN
MARRIAGES AT TIMES, WHERE THERE
IS ABUSE GOING ON, AND THE
CHURCH IS TAKING A VERY SERIOUS
LOOK AT THIS. I KNOW THAT IN MY
AREA OF TOWN THERE HAVE BEEN A
LOT OF CONFERENCES ON HELPING
TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THESE VERY
ABUSIVE SITUATIONS. YOU CAN SEE
IN ESTHER'S STORY THAT GOD HAS
REDEMPTION. HE HAS A GOOD
LIFE FOR YOU. HE HAS ALL OF THE
HEALING THAT IS NECESSARY. WHEN
SHE WENT OUT THERE TO TAKE HER
OWN LIFE BECAUSE SHE FELT
REJECTED AND ABUSED AND FOUND
HER HUSBAND IN BED WITH ANOTHER
WOMAN, THAT WAS WHAT SHE
THOUGHT WAS THE END BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT WASN'T THE END.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE
NEXT WONDERFUL PHASE THAT GOD
WAS LEADING HER INTO. BECAUSE
WHEN YOU SUBMIT ALL OF THAT
ABUSE GOING ON, GOD, HE IS A
BIG THINKER. HE THINKS OUTSIDE
OF THE BOX. HE IS A MIRACULOUS
WORKING GOD AND HE WILL TAKE
ALL OF THAT DESTRUCTION IN YOUR
LIFE AND HE WILL ENLIGHTEN YOUR
PATH AND HE WILL GIVE YOU A
DESTINY THAT IS ABOVE AND
BEYOND ALL YOU CAN ASK OR THINK.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
LAURA LYNN, AND YOU KNOW, MANY
TIMES WE GET INTO THESE
FROM THE HEART OF A PASTOR. WE
MAKE CHOICES. WE CHOOSE PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW ARE NOT RIGHT FOR
US. OUR MOM MAY NOT LIKE IT,
OUR FRIENDS KNOW THAT THIS GUY
IS A MANIAC OR SHE'S A MANIAC,
BUT WE GO ANYWAY AND WE FIND
OURSELVES IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO TAKE YOU
TO HELL IN ORDER FOR YOU TO
FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND TO COME
OUT. WELL, TODAY THAT'S WHAT I
REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT. AND I WANT TO PRAY WITH
YOU AND THEN CALL THE NUMBER ON
THE SCREEN, 1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY AND
ASK FOR THIS ONE: KEYS TO
POWERFUL LIVING: FORGIVENESS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED, JUST LIKE
ESTHER. BECAUSE GOD WAS ABLE TO
TURN ESTHER'S LIFE COMPLETELY
AROUND BECAUSE NOW SHE FOUND
THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND LIKE
LAURA LYNN SAID HE WILL NOT
BEAT YOU. HE WILL NOT ABUSE
YOU. HE WILL NOT CHEAT ON YOU ,
BUT SHE HAD TO LOVE GOD BEFORE
SHE COULD LOVE ANYONE ELSE, AND
THEN SHE FOUND A PASTOR THAT
NOW REALLY LOVES HER AS WELL.
YOU READY TO SOME DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD? I BELIEVE
GOD IS GOING TO DO A MIRACLE IN
YOUR LIFE. HEY, LET'S PRAY. PRAY
THIS PRAYER: IT IS NOT TO BE
THE SAME WORDS BUT MAKE THESE
YOUR WORDS. GOD REALLY IS
CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR HEART.
JESUS, I MESSED UP. I KNOW. I'M
IN A MESS. AND I CONFESS MY
SINS. I HAVE BLOWN IT, GOD. BUT
WOULD YOU SAVE A MESS LIKE ME.
I GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL
PERMISSION FOR YOUR HEAVENLY
INTERVENTION. PLEASE COME INTO
MY HEART. SAVE ME LORD. MAKE ME
WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE. BE MY
LORD. LEAD MY LIFE. IN
JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
AMEN. AMEN. IF YOU JUST
PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH BRIAN
WOULD YOU CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN, 1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS WOULD LOVE TO PRAY
WITH YOU.
GOD IS TURNING IT AROUND.
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.
WELCOME TO THIS HOPE TO GO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOPE TODAY,
A FIRM EXPECTATION OF GOOD
THINGS TO COME. DID YOU KNOW
THAT HOPE FLOATS? IT RISES
ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES? WE ALL
AND
NECESSARY PART OF LIFE BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WE ALSO HAVE
ROUTINES THAT ARE LIFELESS EVEN
DESTRUCTIVE AND HAVE ROBBED US
OF JOY AND SUCCESS. INSTEAD
OF FORGING NEW GROUND WE LIVE
IN A LIFE OF CRUISE CONTROL
TRAVELING AROUND THE SAME FAILED
PATTERNS THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES.
IT'S CALLED HOPELESSNESS. BUT
HOPE IS WHO GOD IS. IT IS WHAT
HE DOES. HE IS THE GOD OF HOPE.
NATURE'S FULL OF HOPE. DAY
FOLLOWS NIGHT; CALM FOLLOWS A
STORM; SPRING FOLLOWS WINTER;
RAINBOWS FOLLOW THE RAIN; THE
MOON RULES THE NIGHT; THE SUN
CLAIM THE DARKEST
NIGHT, THERE IS NO HOPE,
THOUGH, APART FROM GOD. HOPE
INVOLVES TWO THINGS: WHAT WE
DESIRE AND, NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE. HOPE IS DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO THE UNSEEN AND THE
ETERNAL. THAT WHICH IS SEEN HAS
NO RELATION TO HOPE. THE SEEN
REPRESENTS THE TEMPORAL, THE
THINGS THAT ARE PASSING AWAY,
BUT HOPE IS BROUGHT FORTH OUT
OF THE INVISIBLE WOMB OF TIME.
NOW FAITH IS A SOIL FOR PEACE
AND JOY. DID YOU KNOW THAT
FAITH, PEACE AND JOY ARE ALL
DERIVATIVES OF HOPE? WITHOUT
FAITH THERE CAN BE NO
SCRIPTURAL JOY OR PEACE. NOW
STANDS AT THE DOOR AND
EXAMINES IT. UNBELIEF SEES A
DOOR AS A PART OF THE WALL BUT
FAITH SEES A WALL AS A POSSIBLE
DOOR. THE HUMAN SIDE IS
BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD. NOW
THE DIVINE SIDE, THAT IS
ILLUMINATION OF THE WORD. WE DO
SIDES. HE DEALS WITH THE UNSEEN
PRESENT. HOPE DEALS WITH THE
UNSEEN FUTURE. NOW HOPE IS
NECESSARY TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT
AS OXYGEN IS TO THE PHYSICAL
BODY. WHEN WE LOSE ALL HOPE, WE
ARE OVERCOME WITH FEELINGS OF
SENSELESSNESS, PURPOSELESSNESS,
AND ALSO DESPAIR. LACK OF HOPE
CAN DESTROY OUR VERY LIVES. WE
CAN LIVE SEVERAL WEEKS WITHOUT
FOOD, DAYS WITHOUT WATER, AND
ONLY MINUTES WITHOUT OXYGEN BUT
WITHOUT HOPE FOR GET IT. NOW
THAT'S WHAT CHUCK SWINDELL
TELLS US. NOW THIS IS REAL
HOPE. WE HOPE IN A PERSON,
JESUS CHRIST. WE KNOW WE CAN
ABSOLUTELY TRUST HIM TO DO WHAT
HE PROMISED AND HE NOT ONLY
CAME TO RESCUE US FROM SIN BUT
HE PLACED HIS HOLY SPIRIT
CHRIST IN
YOU IS THE HOPE OF GLORY . SO
YOU SAY WHAT ARE THE ABCS? THROW
ME A BONE PASTOR. WELL HERE IT
IS. HOPE IS BIBLICAL. CHRIST IN
YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY BUT IT'S
ALSO INTIMATE. CHRIST IN YOU
THE HOPE OF GLORY. WHEN WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE THINGS OF
THIS WORLD AREN'T GOING TO LAST
FOR EVER WE REALIZE THAT THERE
IS NO FULFILLMENT IN COLLECTING
IT AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE
INTO OTHERS' LIVES INSTEAD OF
JUST TRYING TO COLLECT
LISTEN TO WHAT 1 PETER 1:3
GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST IN HIS GREAT MERCY
HE HAS GIVEN US NEW BIRTH INTO
A LIVING HOPE THROUGH THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
FROM THE DEAD. HOPE IS
VITAL FOR OUR LIVING. IT
CAUSES US TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE TO GO.
WHAT BRIAN IS TALKING ABOUT
IS SO TRUE. I REMEMBER
TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN MY HEART
WAS LITERALLY SICK BECAUSE MY
HOPE HAD BEEN LOST. MY HOPE IN
A FUTURE, MY HOPE IN PEACE, MY
HOPING CONTENTMENT, MY HOPE
THAT GOD WOULD FULFILL HIS
DESTINY AND HIS PURPOSE IN MY
LIFE. IT WAS GONE. I LOST MY
HOPE. IT MADE ME FEEL SICK. BUT
HOPE COMES FROM THE LORD. I'M
TELLING YOU TODAY THAT IF YOU
WILL PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD HE
WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. AND
WHATEVER LIES THE ENEMY IS
FEEDING YOU TODAY THAT IT IS
DONE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NOTHING GOOD, GOING TO COME OUT
OF THIS IT'S A LIE. TELL HIM TO
GET LOST AND PUT YOUR HOPE IN
GOD. WELL UP NEXT, NIKKI SHOWS
YOU SOME OF HER FAVORITE
EXERCISES.
GET UP AND GET MOVING SEGMENTS.
EACH WEEK I'M GOING TO PRESENT
THREE MOVES THAT ARE DESIGNED
TO GET YOUR HEART RATE UP,
INCREASE YOUR STRENGTH, AND
IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY. THESE
ARE SIMPLE MOVES THAT ARE
DESIGNED FOR ANYBODY TO DO AT
ANY TIME. MOSTLY EQUIPMENT FREE;
YOU DON'T NEED THE GYM ; YOU
DON'T NEED TO GO ANYWHERE. YOU
CAN DO THIS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN
HOME, WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING,
ANYWHERE. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO
THE SITE FOR MORE IDEAS TO KEEP
MOVING. WERE GOING TO GET
STARTED TODAY. YOU SEE THAT I'M
HOLDING THIS NICE BALL HERE.
MANY OF US HAVE THESE IN OUR
HOMES OR HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE
THERE SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU
CAN USE THIS THAT IN YOUR
EVERYDAY LIFE CAN ADD STRENGTH,
ADD BALANCE. GREAT FOR YOUR
CORE STRENGTHENING. TODAY I'M
GOING TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND YOU
WILL NOTICE ANY AMOUNT OF, YOU
USE
THEM. I'M GOING USE THIS FOR
STARTING OUT WITH THE BALL IN
FRONT OF YOU. OKAY , WE ARE JUST
GOING TO TO STEP SIDE TO SIDE.
THIS IS OUR CARDIO FOR TODAY.
SIDE TO SIDE. OKAY. THIS IS THE
LOWEST LEVEL IF YOU JUST
STARTING OUT HOLD IT HERE,
OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO GO A
LITTLE BIT HIGHER I WANT YOUR
SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT TO GET A
LITTLE LOWER AND A
LITTLE BIGGER. THIS TIME THE
RIGHT HERE. SIDE TO SIDE MAKING
SURE YOUR ABDOMINALS ARE STRONG
BACK. SIDE TO SIDE. NEXT LEVEL
UP, TAKE IT UP A NOTCH OVER YOUR
HEAD, OKAY. SO YOU CAN START
LOW. YOU CAN BUILD; YOU CAN GET
MORE INTENSE. THIS IS
GOING TO GET YOUR HEART RATE
WITH THAT
BALL, SWING IT AROUND, GREAT
FOR CARDIO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING
DOWN TO THE GROUND. THIS IS A
CORE STRENGTHENING MOVE. YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND THAT THIS IS A
PRETTY TOUGH MOVE BUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TRY A
COUPLE OF TIMES AND GRADUALLY
JUST ADD REPS IN. SO YOU'RE
FINDING A POSITION THAT YOU CAN
BALANCE ON THE BALL AND YOU ARE
GOING TO BRING YOUR BUM RIGHT
UP AND DOWN. TRY AND DO THIS TEN
TIMES OR AS MANY TIMES AS YOU
CAN TO BEGIN WITH. OKAY, SO WE
ARE COMING UP IN THE AIR, HOLD
IT, AND BACK DOWN. UP , EXHALE,
AND COME BACK DOWN. UP, TWO
MORE, AND LAST ONE. COME UP
AND DOWN. AND NOW ONE OF MY
FAVORITE STRETCHES TO DO ON THE
BALL, SITTING DOWN ON THE BALL
LET YOUR ARMS DROP DOWN AND
YOU'RE GOING TO RELAX .
REMEMBER TO HOLD THAT STRETCH
SO REMEMBER TO
GO TO 700CLUB.CA FOR NEW
EXERCISE MOVES AND IDEAS. YOU
CAN BE PUTTING THESE TOGETHER
FOR YOUR FITNESS PLAN. MAKE
SURE TO GET UP AND GET MOVING
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
THANKS, NIKKI. YOUR
IRRESISTIBLE. GET IT?
YES, YES, RESIST THE BALL.
IRRESISTIBLE.
WELL, I KNOW YOU DON'T TUNE
IN FOR THE JOKES BUT HERE AT
THE 700 CLUB CANADA WE ARE
COMMITTED TO GIVING YOU STORIES
OF HOPE FOUND IN THE AMAZING
POWER OF JESUS CHRIST. AND WE
WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART
OF WHAT WERE DOING RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO
HELP THOSE IN NEED AND CHANGE
CLUB
CANADA PARTNER AND WHEN YOU DO
YOU WILL BE A PART OF ALL THE
AMAZING THINGS THAT GOD IS
DOING RIGHT HERE IN THIS
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FOUNDATION OF FAITH. IN THIS
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FOUNDATIONS OF THE FAITH BY
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