HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
YOU KNOW, LAURA LYNN, THERE
ARE SITUATIONS IN LIFE THAT
CAN CAUSE US TO GET TO THE
WHITE KNUCKLES AND SHAKY KNEES,
WHERE YOU SAY, GOD,
CAN YOU GET ME OUT OF HERE, CAN
YOU REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE
SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE?
I REMEMBER OUR CAMERA MAN
SAYING, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
SERIES ON WHAT YOU THINK
CANADA, I WAS WITH TWO CAMERA
MEN AND A COUPLE OF PRODUCTION
ASSISTANTS AND WE STARTED
WALKING THE STREETS, AND I'LL
TELL YOU, THEY DON'T LIKE
THE CAMERAS DOWN THERE AND WE
GOT SOME WATER BOTTLES THROWN
AT US SO THE CAMERA MAN WAS
LIKE, GET ME OUT OF HERE AND I
SAID, HEY, WE ARE COVERED BY
GOD, LET'S GO, SO WE GOT SOME
EXCELLENT INTERVIEWS THAT DAY,
AND YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO
BE STRONG.
I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS WHEN I WAS IN DARK, AND
I SAID, GOD, GET ME OUT OF HERE.
WAS THERE A SPIDER?
NO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH SPIDERS, I GOT BIT WHEN I
WAS A CHILD, SO IF YOU'RE GOING
TO EXPLOIT THAT, PRAY FOR HER.
YOU'LL SEE TWO STORIES WHERE
ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE AT A POINT
IN THEIR LIVES WHERE ONLY GOD
COULD HELP THEM.
KATIE SOUSA'S STORY PROVES
THAT GOD CAN REACH YOU, EVEN IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, THE
AMAZING WAY GOD PREPARED HER
FOR HER NEW LIFE OF FREEDOM.
YOU'LL SEE WHEN LAURA LYNN
HIT THE STREETS, WHEN SHE ASKED
WHAT YOU BELIEVE CANADA AS PART
OF HER ONGOING SERIES.
ALSO THE COREYS SHARE WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THEY
BECAME TRAPPED IN THE STORM OF
THE CENTURY, THIS IS HOW THEIR
DRAMATIC RESCUE UNFOLDED.
ON MAY 1, 2010, THE CITIZENS
OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE BRACED
THEMSELVES FOR HISTORIC
FLOODING.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE STORM
OF THE CENTURY.
JOE AND COLLEEN COREY
CHECKED THEIR PANTRY AND
REALIZED THEY HAD VERY LITTLE
FOOD AND WEREN'T PREPARED FOR
THE STORM, THEY THOUGHT THEY
COULD OUTRUN THE STORM SO
THEY RUSHED TO A NEARBY GROCERY
STORE WITH THEIR SON, CLAY.
WENT SHOPPING ON THE WAY
BACK, WE ENCOUNTERED 10 TO 15
INCHES OF WATER.
IT SURGED FROM 10 INCHES TO
A MATTER OF THREE MEET IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.
IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE SURGE OF
WATER.
AT THAT POINT, I ROLLED THE
WINDOW DOWN AND TOLD MY WIFE
AND MY SON TO GET OUT AND ON
THE HOOD, I PULLED THEM OUT AND
GOT ON MY HOOD MYSELF.
I KNEW I HAD TIME TO MAKE
ONE PHONE CALL AND I KNEW I HAD
TOO TELL ME MOTHER ONE LAST
TIME THAT I LOVED HER IF WE
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
MY MOTHER SAID WHEN SHE GOT THE
CALL FOR ME THAT SHE
IMMEDIATELY CALLED PEOPLE IN
OUR CHURCH, THEY STARTED A
PRAYER CHAIN, OUR MINISTER, SHE
SAID ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS A
POWER OF PRAYER.
A SECOND SURGE SLAMMED THE
VEHICLE.
THAT SECOND SURGE SLAMMED ME
AGAINST THE VEHICLE, I LOOKED
AT MY SON AND MY WIFE AND I
SAID, I LOVE YOU, STAY WITH THE
VEHICLE.
I WATCHED THAT VEHICLE SUCK
HIM UNDERWATER AND HE
DISAPPEARED BEFORE MY VERY EYES
AND AS CLAY AND MY 12 YEAR-OLD
SON AND I WERE SITTING ON TOP
OF THAT CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER, I
THOUGHT I'M GOING TO BECOME A
WIDOW.
MY SON WAS SAYING THE LORD'S
PRAYER OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND
THE STRENGTH IN HIS VOICE WAS
UNBELIEVABLE.
I SAID A PRAYER ON THE HOOD
OF THE CAR AND I KEPT ON
PRAYING THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE
I KNEW IF I PRAYED, THEN WE
MIGHT BE A BETTER CHANCE OF
GETTING OUT.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS ABOUT A
MINUTE LATER THAT I HEARD MY
HUSBAND SCREAMING OUR NAME, I
TURN TODAY THE RIGHT AND I SAW
JUST JOE'S HEAD JUST ABOVE AND
THIS SWIRLING WATER.
JOE HAD GRAB ADD TREE AND
COULD SEE THE WATER WOULD
SOON OVERTAKE THE TRAIL BLAZER.
THE CURRENT KEPT GETTING
STRONGER AND KEPT RISING.
SEEING THE FEAR IN HIS FACE,
HE KEPT LOOKING AT ME
AND SAID I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO
BE OKAY, I KNOW YOU AND CLAY
AREN'T GOING TO KEEP MUCH
LONGER.
COLLEEN AND CLAY JUMPED OFF
OF THE CAR.
HE HAD ONE CHANCE TO RESCUE
ME, HE PULLED ME OUT OF THAT
WATER WITH HIS ARM AND THREW ME
ON THIS BRANCH ABOVE HIS HEAD,
AT THAT SPLIT SECOND, I TURNED
MY HEAD TO CHECK AND SEE WHERE
MY SON WAS AND MY SON HAD
DISAPPEARED, CLAY WAS GONE AND
ALL I COULD THINK WAS HE WAS
UNDER THAT WATER.
THAT'S THE POINT I THOUGHT
I'M GOING TO DIE.
HIS FACE WAS UNDER THE
SURFACE OF THE WATER AND HIS
HAND WAS UP AND I REACHED UP
AND GRABBED HIM AND THREW HIM
ABOVE ME.
AFTER FIGHTING THE
WATER FOR AFTER AN HOUR, THE COY
FAMILY SAW THREE EMS WORKERS
WORKING THE WATER.
THE WATER THAT DAY WAS
ROUGHER THAN ANY WATER I HAVE
SEEN, I'VE GROWN UP ON THE
WATER AND NEVER HAVE I SEE SEEN
WATER THIS ROUGH.
I REMEMBER THINKING, LORD,
GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH AND THE
ABILITIES TO GET TO US IN THIS
WATER.
I REMEMBER LIEUTENANT SAM CLARK
SAID WE HAVE ONE CHANCE TO MAKE
THIS WORK, WE HAVE SECONDS, HE
SAID THIS BOAT ISN'T GOING TO
LAST MUCH LONGER.
JOE, COLLEEN AND CLAY ALL
CAUGHT THEIR LIFE JACKETS AND
WERE PULLED INTO THE BOAT WITH
A DRAG LINE, AFTER THE RESCUE,
18 MEN OR SHORE HEAVED THE ROW
BOAT BACK IN WITH A ROPE.
MY SON WAS CLINGING ON THOSE
THOSE VINES AND CLINGING ON.
WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
IT IS, GOD CAN HELP YOU GO
THROW IT AS -- THROW IT
THROUGH IT AS LONG AS YOU ASK
FOR HIS HELP.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE FEELINGO
EXPERIENCE THAT KIND OF LOVE.
WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A
DOUBTED, GOD IS THERE, WITHOUT
A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, HE CARES
ABOUT HIS CHILDREN.
IT WAS DEVINE INTERVENTION AT
ALL POINTS IN TIME AND I CAN
TELL YOU, THAT DAY IN THAT
WATER, THOSE PRAYERS WERE
ANSWERED.
YOU KNOW THE THING THAT
REALLY AMAZES ME IS HOW THINGS
CAN SHIFT LIKE THAT, IN
NASHVILLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
REMEMBER THAT FLOOD, THE WATER
ROSE WITHIN TEN SECONDS ALL THE
WAY TO THE TOP OF THAT CAR AND
JOE AND COLLEEN AND CLAY WERE
JUST TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A
RAGING RIVER BED, WOW, YOU KNOW
THE THING THAT REALLY TOUCHED
ME, EVERY TIME I SEE THE
TESTIMONIES THAT COME IN, IT
JUST LEVELS ME TO THE GROUND,
WHERE LITTLE CLAY IS, HE'S
PRAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER AND
HE GOT STRONGER AND STRONGER
AND STRONGER, MY GOD, TO THE
POINT HE SAW HIS DAD GET SUCKED
UNDER AND HE JUST KEPT PRAYING,
COLLEEN WAS LOSING IT BUT CLAY
KEPT PRAYING AND THEN JOE POPS
UP OUT OF THAT MURKY WATER ONLY
TO SEE CLAY GET SUCKED UNDER AS
WELL AND HE COULDN'T FIND HIM.
I'VE BEEN IN THOSE TYPE OF
STORMS BEFORE, MONSOON SEASON
IN ARIZONA, JESUS IS DOING THAT
TO SOME DEEP WATT AND HER
SAYING HOW DOES IT HAPPEN SO
QUICK.
YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
BECAUSE WHEN COLLEEN, JOE AND
CLAY WERE ON THE ROOF, IT TOOK
18 EMERGENCY WORKERS TO PULL
THEM TO SAFETY, BUT JOE GRABBED
HIS SON, HE GRABBED HIS WIFE
AND HE GOT SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS NOW
DOING THE SAME THING IN YOUR
LIFE.
YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I THINK
ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, OUR LIVES
SOMETIMES ARE JUST -- WE NEED
TO BE RESCUED, WE'VE GOT A
RAGING STORM GOING ON IN OUR
LIVES AND SOMEBODY OUT THERE,
YOU KNOW WHEN THIS IS TALKING
ABOUT, THIS MAY NOT BE A
PHYSICAL STORM, THIS IS A STORM
INSIDE OF YOU AND EVERYTHING
HAS GONE WRONG.
I'LL TELL YOU WHOSE HAND,
THE HAND OF YOUR FATHER REACHES
OUT TODAY AND HE WILL GRAB YOU,
HE WILL GRAB YOU IN ANY MESS
THAT YOU HAVE DUG YOURSELF, HE
IS YOUR RESCUING AND HE IS
THERE FOR YOU TODAY.
JUST LIKE PRAYER, JUST LIKE
PLAY, THE LORD ANSWERS PRAYER,
THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE
BIBLE IS LORD SAVE ME, THAT'S
WHAT PETER PRAYED, LET'S PRAY
THAT, I WANT YOU TO PRAY THAT
PRAYER BUT AFTER YOU PRAY IT,
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
TODAY'S YOUR RESCUE ON THE
COUNT OF THREE, ONE, TWO,
THREE, LORD, SAVE ME, NOW CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
1-855-759-0700.
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LOOK, HOW DO BIRDS FLY?
DOES MILK REALLY MAKE MY BONES
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YEAH, YEAH
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I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT ONE OF THE MAJOR
PRINCIPLES IN THE WORD OF GOD
FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING AND THAT
IS OBEDIENCE, ECCLESIASTES 58
SAYS THAT OBEYS GOD, THEY WILL
KNOW THE RIGHT TIME AND
PROCEDURE, THEY DID NOT HAVE
THE WISDOM TO USE PROPER TIME
AND PROCEDURE, YOU SEE, BEFORE
JESUS CAME AS THE FINAL
SACRIFICE ON THE ALTAR FOR
MANKIND, THERE ARE SACRIFICIAL
OFFERINGS NECESSARY TO ATONE
FOR HUMANITY'S SIN, CANE AND
ABEL WERE TO BRING THESE
SACRIFICES BEFORE GOD, ABEL, HE
HONORED THE PROPER GIFT THAT
GOD ASKED HIM TO BRING, THE FIRT
OF HIS FLOCK, CANE DIDN'T
GET IT, HE WAS NOT OBEDIENT AND
HE DID HIS OWN THING, HE
BROUGHT A SACRIFICE THAT SEEMED
GOOD TO HIM, SOME FRUIT FROM
THE GROUND BUT IT WAS NOT WHAT
GOD HAD ASKED FOR, THE BIBLE
SAYS GOD HAS RESPECT AND REGARD
FOR ABEL'S SACRIFICE BUT NOT
FOR CANE'S, IN GENESIS 4 VERSE
6, THE LORD SAID TO CANE WHY
ARE YOU ANGRY AND WHY DO YOU
LOOK SAD AND DEPRESSED AND
DEJECTED, IF YOU DID WELL OR
GOD'S SAYING IF YOU JUST OBEY,
WILL YOU NOT BE ACCEPTED, THIS
IS A SIMPLE CONCEPT, JUST OBEY,
NEXT GOD SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS
A PROFOUND TRUTH, IT'S AN
INCREDIBLE INSIGHT, HE SAID IN E
NEXT VERSE, IF YOU DO NOT DO
WELL OR DON'T OBEY, SIN
CROUCHES AT YOUR DOOR, ITS
DESIRE IS FOR YOU, BUT YOU MUST
MASTER IT.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
SIN CROUCHES AT YOUR DOOR, ITS
DESIRES FOR YOU BUT YOU MUST
MASTER IT.
THE ENEMY, HE IS ALWAYS LURKING
AND PROWLING AT YOUR DOOR
ENTICING YOU TO WALK IN
DISOBEDIENCE, HE HATES YOU,
WANTS TO DESTROY YOU BY PUTTING
ALL THESE QUESTIONS IN YOUR
MIND ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD DO
THIS OR THAT, SOME PEOPLE
SAYING SERVING GOD IS JUST SO
HARD, LOOK AT ALL THOSE DUMB
RULES THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW,
WELL, I HAVE A FRIEND, HE SPENT
MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN
LAWLESSNESS, HE WAS A PIMP AND
A DRUG ADDICT, COCAINE, HEROIN
AND ALCOHOL RA RAVAGED HIS
WORLD, HE SCHEMED AND STOLE AND
HE DID EXACTLY AS HE PLEASED,
AFTER YEARS AND JAIL AND BEING
HOMELESS, HE DID NOT FIND THAT
DISOBEDIENCE WAS THE SIMPLE
WAY, TODAY HE IS HEARING GOD'S
VOICE, HE'S WORKING FULL TIME
IN A RECOVERY HOME LEADING
OTHERS IN A LIFE OF SERVICE TO
JESUS.
HE WOULD TELL YOU THIS, OBEYING
GOD IS LIVING THE GOOD LIFE,
IT'S EASY COMPARED TO THE PAIN
AND SHAME OF SIN.
YOU SEE, HE HAS LEARNED THE
SECRET OF MASTERING HIS WILL,
WHEN SIN CROUCHES AT YOUR DOOR
AND DESIRES TO DESTROY YOU, YOU
MUST MASTER IT, OBEDIENCE IS
MASTERING YOUR WILL TO DISOBEY,
IT IS THE ULTIMATE YIELDING OF
YOUR WILL TO GOD'S WILL.
YOU KNOW WHEN GOD LOOKS AT
YOUR SACRIFICE, IT REALLY
MASTERS WHAT YOU GIVE TO GOD
BECAUSE GOD LOOK AT THE END
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HE
LOOKS AT EVERY SACRIFICE AND
THE PERFECT SACRIFICE AND THAT
IS THE PERFECT SACRIFICE OF HIS
SON, THE BIBLE SAYS ABEL GAVE
THE CHOICE CUT, HE GAVE THE FAT
OF THE LITTER, HE GAVE THE
BEST, AND WHAT CANE DID, HE
GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FRUIT
SAYING I'M GOING TO GIVE GOD
ANYTHING, WE TRY TO LIVE THE
SAME WAY AND WE RUN FROM CHURCH
TO CHURCH, PLACE TO PLACE,
MINISTRY TO MINISTRY BUT GOD IS
SAYING ALL ON YOUR KNEES, OBEY
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
DOORS OPEN UP.
WELL, IN JESUS NAME.
UP NEXT, LAURA LYNN IS BACK ON
THE STREET AND NOW SHE TALKS
WITH WEBSTER.
YOUR NAME IS WEBSTER, AND
YOU GOT CANCER?
YES.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN
ABOUT THAT?
SINCE I WAS 3.
WOW, THAT'S AN AWFUL LONG
TIME, YEAH.
SO, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU
FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO
PASS AWAY SOON, LIKE YOU'VE GOT
THAT FEELING?
I DON'T KNOW, THE PAIN IS A
LOT OF PAIN, RIGHT.
I TRY TO IGNORE IT BUT IT'S
STILL THERE, RIGHT.
YEAH.
SOMETIMES THEY SAY, YOU
KNOW, DO THE RIGHT THING OR
WHATEVER AND YOU BELIEVE IN
GOD, MAYBE THE PAIN WILL GO
AWAY, BUT IT'S HARD TO SEE.
WHERE'S YOUR PAIN?
ALL OVER MY BODY, IT'S LIKE
ARTHRITIS, IT'S LIKE BODY
ARTHRITIS OR SOMETHING, IT'S
WORSE NOW.
SO, WEBSTER, DO YOU FEEL
THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOUR
ETERNITY IS SECURE, THAT YOU
KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING AFTER
YOU PASS AWAY?
YEAH, I'M CONFIDENT.
I PRAY A LOT, I BELIEVE IN A
STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THAT
THERE'S A STRUCTURE IN THE
WORLD AND WHATEVER BASED ON
EDUCATION OR HOWEVER, AND, YOU
KNOW, TRY TO BELIEVE IN GOD I
GUESS.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S
-- YOU KNOW, GODLY FORCES AND
THERE'S SATANIC FORCES AND THEY
COME AGAINST YOU AND YOU WERE
MENTIONING THAT YOU BATTLE WITH
SOME SERIOUS ISSUES IN YOUR
MIND AND I'M WONDERING,
WEBSTER, WOULD IT BE ALRIGHT IF
I PRAY WITH YOU FOR THAT.
YEAH, YOU COULD PRAY.
THANK YOU, BROTHER.
FATHER, I JUST PRAY FOR
WEBSTER, I PRAY, JESUS, THAT
YOU WOULD DELIVER HIM, OH, GOD,
THAT YOU WOULD TEACH HIM THAT
YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, THAT YOU
WOULD LET YOUR LOVE BECOME SO
REAL AND POWERFUL TO HIM,
FATHER, I PRAY IN JESUS NAME THU
WOULD JUST SET HIS MIND AND HIS
SOUL FREE, I PRAY, GOD, THAT HE
WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SET FREE
TODAY, AND THAT HE WOULD KNOW
THAT YOU LOVE HIM, I PRAY THIS
IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN,
AMEN.
WEBSTER, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND
ALL OF CANADA, THOSE OF FAITH,
JOIN WITH YOU RIGHT NOW FOR
THAT CANCER IN YOUR BODY AND
ALL THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING
WITH, GOD IS OUR HEALER AND WE
PRAY FOR YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE
RIGHT NOW THAT GOD WOULD JUST
TOUCH YOUR BODY, THAT YOU WOULD
FEEL THE WARMTH OF HIS
PRESENCE, WE BELIEVE IN A
MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
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WELCOME BACK, UP NEXT, KATIE
SOUSA ENCOUNTERS GOD IN THE
MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
KATIE SOUSA WANTED THE
GOOD LIFE.
I HAD ALL THESE DIFFERENT
PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ABOUT WHAT
THE GOOD LIFE IS, I THOUGHT IF
I'M WORKING IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, THAT'S
THE GOOD LIFE, IF I'VE GOT
MONEY, THAT'S THE GOOD LIFE, IF
I'M FAMOUS, THAT'S THE GOOD
LIFE.
KATIE PURSUED HER DREAMS Z.
I REALLY LOVED RADIO BECAUSE
I LOVED MUSIC SO MUCH AND I
THOUGHT RADIO WOULD BE FUN SO I
GOT INTO RADIO WHEN I WAS
YOUNG, 17 YEARS OLD, I WAS ON
THE AIR, I GOT A JOB AT WORKING
AT CBS TELEVISION, STARTED
DOING CAMERA WORK THERE AND RAN
AUDIO.
ACTING AND MODELING
OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWED, BUT
DRUG USE THAT BEGAN IN HER
TEENS BECAME A FULL FLEDGED
ADDICTION THAT THREATENED
EVERYTHING.
I WAS DOING ALL THESE GREAT
THINGS ON ONE HAND, AND I'M
STILL EMPTY AND HORRIBLE EVEN
THOUGH I HAD THIS GREAT THING
HAPPENING TO ME.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS SO MISERABLE
AND EMPTY AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHY, I WAS FILLING MY CELLS UP
WITH DRUGS AND DOING ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE
MYSELF FEEL SATISFIED.
KATIE WAS CHOSEN FOR A ROLE
WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIO, JUST
BEFORE HER CALL-BACK, SHE WENT
IN A DRUG BINGE.
I WENT INTO THIS MEETING
WASTE AND HAD THE HIGH GUY AT
UNIVERSAL LOOKED AT ME AND SAID
YOU LOOK AO LIKE A HEROIN
ADDICT, GET OUT OF MY OFFICE
RIGHT NOW.
I BLEW ALL MY OPPORTUNITIES, SO
I FELL FACE FIRST INTO CRIME
AND I BECAME A FULL TIME SELLER
BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY SELLING
DRUGS TO EVERYBODY AND I
STARTED COOKING METH.
SHE WAS ARRESTED 12 TIMES IN
ONE YEAR MULTIPLE TIMES FOR
MULTIPLE FELONY, FINALLY SHE
WAS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CRIMES
MANUFACTURING NARCOTICS AND
WEAPONS VIOLATIONS, SHE WAS
SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON.
I'M FIGHTING WITH THE COPS,
I ATTACKED AN OFFICER, I'M
GETTING SHOOK DOWN EVERY DAY BY
THE C.O.'S THAT ARE IN THE
FACILITY BECAUSE I AM JUST
STARTING UP PROBLEMS EVERY DAY
WITH ALL THE OFFICERS AND OTHER
INMATES THERE AND I GOT THROWN
IN THE HOLE OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WHILE I'M THERE.
FINALLY AFTER A YEAR OF
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BEHIND BARS,
KATIE REACHED HER BREAKING
POINT.
I HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THIS
LOCK DOWN CELL THAT WASN'T LIKE
A REGULAR LOCK DOWN CELL, IT
WAS BOOKING, YOU DIDN'T GET A
MATTRESS, IT WAS COVERED WITH
URINE AND VOMIT AND FECES AND
RIGHT THERE, I GOT A
REVELATION, THIS IS GOD'S WAY
OF DEALING WITH YOU, IT TOOK
THIS LEVEL OF A LOCK DOWN CELL
TO GET YOU TO BREAK.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SAVE
YOU OUT OF THIS AND I
REMEMBER FINALLY HAVING IT, I
REMEMBER SLUMPING DOWN AND
THINKING I CAN'T TAKE THIS
ANYMORE.
I MEAN, I HAD BEEN FIGHTING
EVERYBODY ON THE STREETS AND
NOW I'M FIGHTING EVERYBODY INSIE
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS
FIGHTING GOD HIMSELF, AND RIGHT
THEN, THE LORD SPOKE TO
ME, HE SAID I WANT YOU TO
SURRENDER TO YOUR CAPTIVITY
BECAUSE THIS IS MY PLAN AND
IT'S PERFECT.
KATIE PRAYED TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN, SHE READ THE BIBLE
AND SHARED WHEN SHE READ WITH
HER INMATES.
THE ONLY BOOK IN THE WHOLE
PLACE WAS THE BIBLE, I REMEMBER
PICKING IT UP AND READING
THROUGH IT AND I THOUGHT, THIS
IS THE COOLEST THING I EVER
READ IN MY LIFE, I WENT FROM
THE FRONT TO THE BACK AND THE
FRONT TO THE BACK OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN TO
POINT OUT THESE SCRIPTURES.
AS I READ THEIR STORY, THEIR
STORY IS MY STORY, IT'S A STORY
OF EVERY CON THAT I HAD EVER
KNOWN AND I STARTED GETTING
EXCITED ABOUT IT AND TEACHING
IT TO EVERYBODY I COULD TEACH
IT TO.
HER TOUGH GIRL AND
REPUTATION STARTED TO CHANGE.
EVERYBODY'S WORSHIPPING GOD,
WE'RE BAPTIZING PEOPLE
IN THE SHOWER, THIS AMAZING
BREAK OUT OF GOD IS HAPPENING
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
CAPTIVITY.
AFTER SERVING FIVE YEARS OF
HER 13 YEAR SENTENCE, KATIE WON
HER APPEAL AND WAS RELEASED
EARLY, SHE'S FREE NOW AND HER
VIEW OF THE GOOD LIFE HAS
CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
THE GOOD LIFE IS HAVING YOUR
PURPOSE AND HAVING YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
THERE'S BEEN SO MANY AMAZING
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO ME
BECAUSE I'VE HAD MY PURPOSE,
FOR ONE, WHEN I GOT OUT OF
PRISON, I QUICKLY DISCOVERED
THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO DRUGS
ANYMORE, YOU KNOW, I'M SO
FILLED UP WITH THIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, SO
EXCITED ABOUT THIS SPECIAL
THING THAT GOD'S GIVEN ME TO
DO, THIS MISSION, THE BOOK, THE
MINISTRY, THAT I HAD NO DESIRE
TO DO DRUGS.
KATIE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE
LESSONS SHE LEARNED ABOUT TIME
IN CAPTIVITY AND HOW GOD CAN
PREPARE PRISON FOR THEIR
PURPOSE.
HE HAS AN AMAZING PLAN WHERE
HE WANTS TO USE CAPTIVITY TO
TOTALLY GIVE US OUR DREAMS, TO
GIVE US OUR FUTURE.
HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE'S
GOT A PLAN FOR IT AND IT'S WAY
BIGGER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT
WAS GOING TO BE, IT'S AWESOME.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY
GOT A LETTER FROM A FELLOW IN
THE KINGSTON JAIL AND I WON'T
SAY YOUR NAME FOR YOUR PRIVACY,
BUT I READ YOUR STORY, I READ
ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
YOUR CONVICTION AND ALSO THE
SHAME AND THE REGRET THAT YOU
ARE LIVING WITH EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING,
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, EVERY
ONE OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS
FILTHY RAGS BEFORE GOD, THE
MOST PERFECT PEOPLE, MAYBE THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE THINKING
THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING
RIGHT, THAT'S LIKE FILTHY RAGS
BEFORE GOD, GOD FORGIVES THOSE
WHO HAVE REPENTED FOR WHAT
THEY'VE DONE, GOD HAS ALREADY
PAID THE PRICE TO COMPLETELY
WIPE AWAY YOUR SHAME, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO SPEND ONE MORE DAY IN
SHAME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE
REGRET BECAUSE SOMEBODY LOST
THEIR LIFE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU CAN'T GET THOSE DAYS BACK
BUT CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING,
WHAT YOU DO TODAY WITH YOUR
LIFE WILL MATTER FOR ETERNITY,
THERE IS AN ETERNITY WHERE ALL
TEARS WILL BE WIPED AWAY,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY
SORRY PERSONALLY ONE DAY AND
GIVE THEM A HUG AND FEEL THE
REDEMPTION AND THE FORGIVENESS,
THE AWESOME POWER OF GOD AT
WORK IN YOUR LIFE TODAY IS
MAGNIFICENT AND YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO FEEL LIKE A SECOND CLASS
CITIZEN BECAUSE YOU'RE IN JAIL
AND BECAUSE YOUR LIFE SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM YOU, YOU
CAN TURN IT ALL AROUND, GOD IS
YOUR SOURCE, HE IS YOUR HOPE,
HE IS YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR
REDEEMER TODAY AND THAT IS FOR
YOU, YOU CAN BANK ON IT FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SO TRUE,
LAURA LYNN, I WANT TO REMIND
YOU AS A PASTOR, WITH EVERY
ACTION, THERE IS A REACTION,
AND MANY TIMES, GOD CAN CLEAR
OUR PATHS BUT SOMETIMES HE
DOESN'T ALLOW THAT BECAUSE HE
WANTS US TO LIVE GRATEFUL EACH
DAY, THAT IT WAS ONLY BY HIS
GRACE -- I'VE SEEN SO MANY
PEOPLE, I GO TO THE DON JAIL
AND I GO INTO THESE PRISONS
ACROSS CANADA AS WELL AND TALK
TO MEN AND WOMEN AND THE
REALITY, GOD IS THERE BECAUSE
HE'S EVERYWHERE, NO MATTER
WHERE YOU ARE, WE REALIZE THE
POWER OF GOD IS CAPABLE OF
DOING FAR MORE THAN WE COULD
DO, AND LET ME GIVE YOU
SOMETHING ELSE, JESUS IS A
FRIEND OF SINNERS, IF HE CAME
JUST TO STOP YOU FROM SINNING,
HE FAILED, BUT IF HE STOPPED
YOU FROM DOING WORK FROM THE
THE DEVIL, IT WAS A MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED, I'M WONDERING IF
YOU'RE HURTING RIGHT NOW, AN
ISSUE THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE
PAST, CALL US RIGHT NOW,
1-855-759-0700, OPERATORS ARE
STANDING BY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING WITH YOU ALL AGAIN.
WE SURE DO, UNTIL NEXT TIME,
I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN WARREN, HAVE A
GREAT DAY, CANADA.
GOD BLESS.
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