HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN WHEN YOU LOOK AT
MODERN-DAY HEROES WHO INSPIRES
YOU?
YOU KNOW, BRIAN, MY
MODERN-DAY HERO TODAY IS MY VERD
FRIEND SANDY. SHE IS A FOOT
DOCTOR. YOU KNOW THAT JESUS
SERVED MANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS.
HE ACTUALLY WASHED THEIR FEET.
SHE TOUCHES PEOPLE'S FEET, BRIA,
AND WHEN WE WENT TO AFRICA
TOGETHER FOR THREE HOURS SHE
MINISTERED TO THE WOMEN IN
UGANDA WITH THEIR FEET AND SHE
IS MY HEROINE. TODAY SHE'S
RUNNING AROUND DELIVERING
TICKETS FOR AN EVENT THAT I'M
DOING AND I LOVE HER. THANK YOU
SANDY. SHE'S A GOOD WOMAN.
VERY COOL.
YES. LEBANESE IMMIGRANT ELI I
(SP?)
NEVER DREAMED THAT HE'D BE
LIVING IN MILWAUKEE AND HE
CERTAINLY NEVER IMAGINED THAT
HE BE RUNNING A MARATHON.
YOU'LL SEE HOW ONE CATASTROPHIC
EVENT HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR ELI
TO INSPIRE THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS.
IS SO COOL. NOW TO FATIMA
SHAMBOUSA (SP?) OF ETHIOPIA. ONE
DAY STANDS OUT MORE THAN ANY
OTHER DAY THAT SHE DIED. NOW ITE
DAY THAT SHE CAME BACK TO LIFE
AND YOU ARE GOING HEAR THIS INCE
STORY A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THEA
WOMAN THAT CAME BACK TO LIFE.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT
ONE OF MY FAVORITE INTERVIEWS FE
PAST YEAR AS PART OF MY SERIES
CALLED, WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
CANADA, BUT FIRST ELI HASVANI LS
LEG BUT GAINS SO MUCH MORE.
LEBANESE-AMERICAN ELI HESPANI
NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD LIVE IN
MILWAUKEE AND HE NEVER
IMAGINED HE'D BE RUNNING A
MARATHON.
MY MAIN INSPIRATION
IS JESUS. THAT'S
WHY I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE OF
HIM. AND BECAUSE HE CHANGED MY
LIFE.
HIS LIFE JOURNEY BEGAN HALF D
AWAY IN LEBANON.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. ITS
MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE MANY TIM.
AND THE CEDAR OF LEBANON IS
GORGEOUS AND THIS COUNTRY IS
REALLY IN MY HEART.
RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN CULTURE
GREW UP PEACEFULLY WITH HIS
MUSLIM NEIGHBORS.
THESE
PEOPLE, THEIR CHILDREN
WERE MY BEST FRIENDS. WE JUST
LOVE TO BE TOGETHER AND HAVE FU.
SOME WERE PALESTINIAN, NOT
LEBANESE.
PALESTINIANS CAME TO OUR
COUNTRY AS REFUGEES. WE HOSTED
THEM. WE LIKED THEM. WE SIT
BESIDE THEM AND NOW THEY TURNED
AGAINST US, AND THEY WANT TO KIL
US.
CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT IN 1975
WHEN THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION
ORGANIZATION AND ITS MUSLIM
BACKERS ATTACK ISRAEL AND CHRISN
VILLAGES IN LEBANON. ELI
JOINED THE ISRAELI SUPPORTED
SLA, SOUTH LEBANON ARMY.
I WANT TO PROTECT MY
FAMILY. I WANT TO PROTECT MY
IDENTITY AS A LEBANESE OR AS A
CHRISTIAN AT THAT TIME, AND THE
PEOPLE OF MY COUNTRY.
> THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR TOOKS
TOLL, SURROUNDING HIM WITH
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL
DIE TODAY OR TOMORROW. SO I
START HATING MYSELF NOT ONLY
MY ENEMY, SO I START
DRINKING TO FORGET. I DIDN'T
CARE ABOUT LIFE. I DIDN'T CARE
ABOUT IF I WILL DIE OR LIVE.
ELI'S THINKING CHANGED
QUICKLY AFTER HIS COMMANDER
ORDERED HIM TO DISARM ENEMY
ROCKETS. THAT'S WHEN A LANDMINE
EXPLODED BENEATH HIS FEET.
I START THINKING I'M GOING
TO DIE. HOW CAN I FACE GOD
RIGHT NOW. HE'S GOING TO JUDGE
ME. I WAS SO AFRAID. JESUS, IF
YOU ARE ALIVE, SAVE ME. I DON'T
WANT TO GO TO HELL.
ELI'S LIFE WAS SPARED.
HE LOST HIS LEFT LEG BUT
GAINED SALVATION. CALLED TO
MINISTRY HE EVENTUALLY JOINED
YOUTH WITH A MISSION AND LATER
ATTENDED THE ARAB BAPTIST
SEMINARY AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE N
BEIRUT THAT ELI STUDIED AND
HE FIRST PREACHED THAT HE LEARND
IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE FOR HIM
TO REMAIN IN LEBANON. SO HE PACD
UP HIS FAMILY AND HE LEFT THE
COUNTRY OF HIS BIRTH AND HEADED
FOR AMERICA. HE NOW SERVES AS
NATIONS PASTOR AT MILWAUKEE'S
EASTBROOK CHURCH HOME TO
CHRISTIANS FROM SIXTEEN COUNTRI.
TRYING TO EQUIP THE CHURCH,
HAVE THE CHURCH UNDERSTAND MORE
HOW TO WORK CROSS CULTURALLY,
HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND.
ELI SAYS GOD GAVE HIM A
VISION TO DO SOMETHING BIGGER, O
SHARE HIS HEART FOR THE NATIONS,
NOT ONLY WITH THE PEOPLE OF
EASTBROOK CHURCH BUT WITH THE
ENTIRE MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY.
EACH YEAR HE SPONSORS AND
PARTICIPATES IN A CHARITABLE
MARATHON RACE CALLED RUNNING
FOR HOPE. THE IDEA CAME AS
ELO PLAYED SOCCER WITH HIS
SONS.
WHY I DON'T RUN? I DON'TÃWHYI
DON'T START AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED RUNNING BUT FOR HOPE,
AND DO THIS FUNDRAISING, AND SED
SHIP A CONTAINER OF WHEELCHAIRS
CRUTCHES, WALKERS.
CBN NEWS TALKED WITH SOME
OF THIS YEAR'S PARTICIPANTS.
I RUN WITH ELI BECAUSE HE'S
SO INSPIRATIONAL. HE RUNS WITH
ONE LEG AND IF I HAVE TWO I FEEE
I CAN HELP HIM OUT AND HELP HIS
CAUSE. IT'S CALLED RUNNING FOR
HOPE AND I FEEL LIKE WE GIVE HOA
LOT OF PEOPLE.
ELI HOPES TO RETURN TO
LEBANON SOMEDAY TO PERSONALLY
DELIVER WHEELCHAIRS AND OTHER
HELP. THAT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN
AS LONG AS THE MILITANT ISLAMIC
GROUP HEZBOLLAH DOMINATES THE
COUNTRY.
I WANT TO OFFER SOMETHING
FOR THEM. I WANT TO SHARE MY STY
BECAUSE
THESE PEOPLE NEED GOD MORE
THAN ANY BECAUSE WE HAD WAR.
THESE PEOPLE ARE BROKEN,
SUFFERING. THEY ARE SO
SUFFERING AND THERE'S A LOT OF
HATE, ENMITY, AND PEOPLE REVENG,
AND WE ARE -- WE NEED GOD.
IN THE MEANTIME ELI SAYS HE
WILL CONTINUE THE ANNUAL
MARATHON. HE ALSO WANTS TO
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WIN LIFE'S
SPIRITUAL RACE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE
AND HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
CHRIST IN ORDER TO WIN THE
RACE. HE WAS THERE FOR ME WHEN
I WAS DYING ON THE GROUND AND I
KNEW THAT IN HEAVEN NOW MY LEG
WILL COME BACK AND NOT ONLY I
HAVE IT IN LIFE I WILL HAVE A
NEW BODY AND I CAN RUN AND I
CAN FLY. I CAN ENJOY THIS BODY.
THAT'S MY HOPE.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS,
MILWAUKEE.
LAURA-LYNN THAT IS SO COOL. W
WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT ELI IS THAT HE'S PLAG
SOCCER WITH HIS KIDS. HE'S NOT
ALLOWING HIS HANDICAP OR WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST TO HOLD
HIM BACK, BUT HE'S INSPIRING NOT
ONLY MILWAUKEE BUT HE IS INSPIRG
MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD.
GOOD ON HIM AS WELL FOR HELPINGS
THAT
ARE EXPERIENCING HANDICAP WITH
WHEELCHAIRS, CRUTCHES, AND
ALL THE OTHER TOOLS THAT THEY
NEED IN ORDER TO GET ON WITH
LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
GOD, BRIAN, IS THAT HE TAKES EVY
TRAGEDY AND HE TURNS IT INTO
SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
FOR ALL OF US, WE MIGHT
HAVE A TRAGEDY. WE MIGHT HAVE SG
THAT'S
HAPPENED THAT WE WERE NOT
EXPECTING. WE HAVE TO LIVE
WITH SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW,
DEBILITY AND OUR LIFE BUT
DISABILITY IN OUR LIFE, BUT
GOD TAKES THAT AND HE MAKES
SOMETHING JUST OUTRAGEOUS WITH
IT.
ONE THING THAT I'VE
LEARNED THE GREATER THE
ADVERSITY THE GREATER THE
REWARD.
I AGREE.
WE'RE SEEING THAT AS
WELL. I MEAN HE WAS DEAD INSIDEE
CAME ALIVE AND NOW IS LIVING LIE
NEVER BEFORE.
IT'S COOL. WELL, UP NEXT TO A
SHABOUSA
SHARES HOW SHE DIED AND THE
MIRACLE THAT BROUGHT HER BACK
TO LIFE.
FATIMA SHABOUSA WORKS
HARD TO PROVIDE FOR HER AND HER
HUSBAND'S NINE CHILDREN. SHE
LIVES IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF
ELELU (SP?) IN RURAL ETHIOPIA. E
CONSIDERS HER SIMPLE LIFE A
GIFT FROM GOD BECAUSE IT WAS
GOD HIMSELF WHO RAISED HER FROM
THE DEAD.
FOR TWO MONTHS I WAS VERY
VERY SICK.
ONE DAY FATIMA'S MOTHER
CAME TO CARE FOR HER DAUGHTER,
BUT HER DAUGHTER PASSED AWAY.
SHE CAME AND TOUCHED MY FACE.
I WAS COLD AND MY EYES WERE
OPEN AND SHE CLOSED MY EYES AND
SHE STRAIGHTENED BY LEG. MY
MOTHER CRIED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT
THAT I WAS DEAD AND BECAUSE OF
THAT EVERYBODY CAME AND STARTED
CRYING.
THE PAIN FATIMA FELT DURING
HER LONG SICKNESS WAS FINALLY
OVER. FATIMA GREW UP MUSLIM BUT
HAD CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY.
SHE SAYS AFTER SHE DIED
SHE FELT HERSELF BEING DRAWN TO
HEAVEN.
I WAS VERY HAPPY AND I WAS
GOING WITH A VERY MERRY HEART.
A LONG THE WAY FATIMA SAW
SOMEONE SHE RECOGNIZED. IT WAS
HER HUSBAND'S BROTHER WHO HAD
DIED TWO YEARS EARLIER.
THAT BROTHER OF MY HUSBAND
CAME AND TOOK MY HAND AND HE
TOOK ME AWAY. I FELT LIKE THE
EARTH WAS LIKE AN OPEN DITCH
BUT I HAD GONE UP VERY HIGH.
WHEN I CROSSED OR WENT AWAY
FROM THE DITCH I REACHED A
PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY WAS
DRESSED WITH GOLD. I
LOOKED AT THIS THE EARTH AS
VERY DUSTY. BUT WHERE I WAS, WAS
REALLY VERY FREE AND CLEAN.
BACK AT HER HOME MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE WERE COMING TO
MOURN FATIMA'S PASSING.
MY RELATIVES HAD COME FROM
FAR AND THEY WERE
NON-CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND
THEY WERE CRYING VERY MUCH, BUT
A FEW CHRISTIANS WERE PRAYING.
A MISSIONARY NAMED WAS WARSAA
(SP?)
WAS WALKING NEARBY.
AFTER MY SALVATION GOD
TOLD ME I WILL RAISE THE DEAD
THROUGH YOU. WITH THAT WORD I
WAS PRAYING FROM THAT DAY ONWAR.
WHEN HE WAS PASSING BY HE
HEARD THAT SOMEBODY DIED SO HE
CAME. HE STARTED PRAYING.
THE NON-CHRISTIANS CAME AND
THEY WERE ASKING, WHY IS THIS
PENTECOSTAL MAN PRAYING OVER A
DEAD BODY.
AS WARSA PRAYED FATIMA'S
VISION OF HEAVEN CONTINUED.
MY HUSBAND'S MOTHER WAS
DEAD AND SHE WAS THERE IN THAT
PLACE AND SHE WAS BEGGING THEM
TO SEND ME BACK SO THAT I CAN
RAISE MY CHILDREN. THOSE PEOPLE
WHO WERE IN GOLD SAID SHE IS QUE
YOUNG, SO SEND HER BACK. SEND
HER BACK.
BY NOW FATIMA HAD BEEN DEAD
A FULL TWELVE HOURS WARSA KEPT
PRAYING.
I HAD FAITH THAT THE LORD
WORKED THROUGH ME. I PRAYED AS
PETER PRAYED. FATIMA, BE RAISED.
I ASK YOU IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD, COME TO LIFE. WHEN I
PRAYED THAT PRAYER FATIMA
RAISE IN THE NAME OF JESUS, SHE
SET UP IN THE BED.
IMMEDIATELY I FOUND MYSELF IN
MY BODY. I SAT UP IN MY BED AND
STARTED SAYING, WHAT IS THIS;
WHAT'S HAPPENING; WHAT'S GOING
ON. THEN EVERYBODY WAS
SURPRISED. SOME WERE
COMMENTING SO PENTIC (SP?P CAN K
A
DEAD BODY, A DEAD PERSON, A DEAO
A
BODY. IF THIS IS REAL THEN WE
ALL WILL BECOME PENTICS, THAT I,
CHRISTIANS AND
THEY WERE SHOUTING. I WAS A
CHRISTIAN AND MY HUSBAND WAS AN
EVANGELIST AND WHEN I DIED I
DIED AS A CHRISTIAN. THESE
PEOPLE CALLED WARSA AND THEY
STARTED COMMENTING, YOUR GOD IS
A VERY POWERFUL GOD. NOW MAKE
US BELIEVE. I CAME BACK
BECAUSE IT WAS THE WILL OF GOD
FOR ME TO LIVE WITH MY CHILDREN.
BUT I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO GO
BACK THERE. NOW I HAVE SEEN
WHEN A CHRISTIAN DIES HE GOES
TO A BETTER PLACE AND HIS BODY
GOES BACK TO DUST. FOR A
NONBELIEVER THAT IS A PLACE OF
SADNESS BUT WHEN A CHRISTIAN DIS
HE GOES TO A SEPARATE PLACE
WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOOD, WERE
EVERYTHING IS VERY VERY HAPPY.
HEY, DON'T MISS WHAT JUST
HAPPENED. FATIMA WAS DEAD AND
SHE'S NOW ALIVE. GOD IS RAISING
THE DEAD. DID YOU HEAR THAT,
CANADA? I MEAN THIS THING JUST E
AWAY. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS
I WAS SAYING GOD, YOU KNOW, I B-
HELP MY UNBELIEF, GOD, BECAUSE E
PRAY FOR TOOTHACHES, WE PAY FOR
ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WARSA,
THIS MISSIONARY CAME IN AND HE
STOOD BY THAT BEDSIDE AND HE
BEGAN GO IN THERE, LAY HANDS,
AND THEY SAID THE PENTECOSTAL
HAS COME. NOW THAT'S NOT A
DENOMINATION. THAT'S A
DISTINCTION OF SOMEONE WHO
BELIEVES IN THE SIGNS AND
WONDERS OF THE FIRST CENTURY
CHURCH IN THIS 21ST-CENTURY
CANADIAN SOCIETY OR ETHIOPIAN
SOCIETY. IT REMINDS ME OF A
TIME THAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN
ACTS CHAPTER 9, VERSE 36 TO 43,
IT TALKS ABOUT A WOMAN NAMED
DORCAS. NOW I'VE GOT A GREAT
FRIEND NAMED DORI. AND DORCAS IN
THE SAME WAY THIS WOMAN WAS
SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO HER
COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE FATIMA, THT
WHEN SHE DIED GOD DID NOT ALLOW
HER TO STAY DEAD BECAUSE OF THE
LOVE OF THE PEOPLE NOT JUST THE
LOVE OF DORCAS BUT IT WAS THE
LOVE OF THE PEOPLE. THIS IS
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND I LOVE E
39, THEN PETER AROSE AND WENT
WITH THEM, JUST LIKE WARSA, AND
WHEN HE HAD COME AND THEY
BROUGHT HIM TO THE UPPER ROOM
AND ALL THE WIDOWS STOOD BY
WEEPING. IT'S THE SAME THING.
HE BEGAN TO PRAY AND THEN GOD
RAISED DORCAS FROM THE DEAD AND
JUST LIKE THOSE WIDOWS, THEY
SAID, WOW, THIS IS THE REAL
POWER. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS IN
ISLAM. I WANT TO KNOW THIS GOD.
GOD ALLOWED THAT WHOLE VILLAGE,T
LIKE IN
FATIMA, TO COME TO THE SAVING
KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, OH, THAT WE WOULD
HAVE THE FAITH TO BELIEVE FOR T.
WE DO. I DO.
YOU KNOW I HAD SOME GOOD
FRIENDS AND THEY LOST THEIR SON
AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY JUST HAD
SO MUCH FAITH THAT EVEN THE
VERY DAY THAT THEIR SON DIED
THEY SAID, GOD, WE KNOW YOU CAN
DO. WE TRUST YOU IT WAS NOT
GOD'S WILL THAT DAY THAT THIS
YOUNG MAN WOULD COME BACK TO
LIFE, BUT I WAS SO, I WAS SO
INSPIRED BY THEIR FAITH THAT
THEY WOULD EVEN JUST CALL OUT
TO GOD IN THAT MOMENT BECAUSE
WE CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE GOD.
GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD
AND WHEN HE DECIDES THAT IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN BECAUSE THE SAME SPIRIT
THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE
DEAD DWELLS IN US. WHEN WE
RECEIVE JESUS, WE RECEIVE THE
POWER OF ALL OF HEAVEN. SO
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE WHAT GOD
CAN DO.
HE'S DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
THE GREATEST MIRACLE IS
SALVATION WHEN ONE COMES TO
CHRIST. I'M TELLING YOU, MY
FAITH IS SUPERCHARGED BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING,
SOMEBODY IS COMING ALIVE RIGHT
NOW. GOD IS GOING TO DO A WORK N
YOUR LIFE BUT I NEED YOU TO
STEP OUT WITH FAITH AS WELL.
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN AFTER WE PRAY THIS
PRAYER. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN SITTIG
THERE AND GOD HAS BEEN GETTING
YOUR ATTENTION. HE'S BEEN
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR BUT TODAY
YOU ARE SEEING THIS MISSIONARY
IN CANADA SAY IT'S YOUR TIME.
THIS IS YOUR SEASON. SAY THAT:
THIS IS MY SEASON. PRAY THIS
PRAYER WITH ME. LET'S DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD. SAY THIS,
FATHER, I OPEN UP MY HEART. I
WANT TO BE SURE WHEN I DIE THAT
I WILL LIVE IN ETERNITY WITH
JESUS CHRIST. I'M ASKING NOW, I
CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THAT
JESUS IS LORD ACCORDING TO YOUR
WORD AND I ASK YOU AS I GIVE
YOU MY PERSONAL PERMISSION FOR
YOUR HEAVENLY INTERVENTION TO
MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.
IN JESUS CHRIST NAME I PRAY.
NOW FATHER I PRAY THAT THE
SUPERNATURAL POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON THAT MAN
AND WOMAN WHO HAVE PRAYED THIS R
AND THIS DAY YOU WOULD DO A
SUPERNATURAL WORK IN THEIR LIFE
AND IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THEY
SEE YOUR FACE TO FACE IN JESUS
NAME.
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYH
BRIAN
WOULD YOU GIVE US A CALL
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[MUSIC]
I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT
THE TWELVE SPIES SENT OUT BY MOS
TO SURVEY THE PROMISED LAND. I
WANT TO REVISIT THIS STORY AND
THEN CONTINUE WITH WHAT
HAPPENED YEARS LATER. YOU MAY
REMEMBER THAT ONLY TWO SPIES
CAME BACK WITH A POSITIVE
REPORT. THE OTHER TEN SAID, WEL,
THE FRUIT IS ABUNDANT;
LAND IS FLOWING WITH MILK AND
HONEY, BUT OH THOSE GIANTS.
IN NUMBERS 13:33 THEY SAID WE
WERE LIKE GRASSHOPPERS IN OUR
OWN SIGHT AND SO WE WERE IN
THEIR SIGHT. HERE'S AN
INTERESTING THING. NOT ONLY DID
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SEE
THEMSELVES AS SMALL INSECTS,
BUT THEY SAID THAT THE ENEMY
SAW THEM AS GRASSHOPPERS TOO.
HOWEVER THE BIBLE GIVES NO
INDICATION THAT THE ENEMY EVEN
SPOTTED THEM OR THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN CHASED DOWN AND KILLED.
SOMETIMES TODAY WE BELIEVE IN
OUR OWN MINDS WHAT WE THINK OUR
ENEMY PERCEIVES ABOUT US
INSTEAD OF WHO GOD HAS TOLD US
THAT WE ARE. MOSES REMINDED
THEM OF ALL THE MIRACLES THAT
GOD HAD DONE FOR THEM IN THE
LAST FORTY YEARS AS THEY WENT
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, AND
THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM TO
WORRY BUT THEY WOULD NOT HEAR
IT. IN THEIR HEARTS THEY WERE
GRIPPED WITH FEAR AND SAW
THEMSELVES AS GRASSHOPPERS
INSTEAD OF DELIVERS. THIS WAS
GRIEVOUS TO THE LORD. THEY
LOOKED THROUGH THE LENS OF
THEIR OWN REASONING. THEY DID
NOT TRUST GOD. NOW THIS NEXT
PART IS REALLY
THOUGHT-PROVOKING. I HOPE YOU
WILL FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU SEE AFTER MOSES HAD DIED
JOSHUA BECAME THE LEADER AND HE
AGAIN SENT SPIES TO SCOUT OUT
THE CITY OF JERICHO WHICH GOD
HAD PROMISED TO GIVE TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. UNDER COVER
OF NIGHT THE SPIES CAME TO THE
PROSTITUTES HOUSE, REHAB'S HOME.
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE
TOLD THEM. YOU SEE IN JOSHUA 2:9
SHE SAID, I KNOW THAT THE LORD
HAS GIVEN YOU THE LAND THAT THE
TERROR OF YOU HAS FALLEN ON US
AND THAT ALL THE INHABITANTS OF
THE LAND ARE FAINTHEARTED
BECAUSE OF YOU. DO YOU HEAR WHAT
SHE IS SAYING? THE TERROR OF
YOU HAS FALLEN ON US. THIS WAS
THEIR ENEMY. THEIR ENEMY WAS
FAINTHEARTED BECAUSE THEY HAD
HEARD ABOUT WHAT THE GOD OF
ISRAEL HAD DONE PARTING THE RED
SEA AND BRINGING THEM VICTORIES
AGAINST OTHER ENEMIES. REHAB
GOES ON TO SAY AS SOON AS WE
HEARD THESE THINGS OUR HEARTS
MELTED; NEITHER DID THERE REMAIN
ANY MORE COURAGE IN ANYONE
BECAUSE OF YOU FOR THE LORD
YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN
ABOVE AND ON THE EARTH BENEATH.
DO YOU SEE THE UTTER IRONY OF
THE SITUATION? THE ISRAELITES
COWERED IN FEAR SEEING
THEMSELVES AS GRASSHOPPERS ALL
THOSE YEARS WHEN IN FACT THEIR
ENEMIES MELTED IN FEAR AND LOST
THEIR COURAGE. TO THIS DAY, OUR
ENEMY KNOWS EVEN MORE THAN WE DO
WHO WE ARE AND HOW POWERFUL
OUR GOD IS. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO
UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF
ALMIGHTY GOD IN OUR LIVES. WE
ARE NOT GRASSHOPPERS. WE WERE
BORN TO BE DELIVERERS IN THE
MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
AND GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU
AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I LOVE
JOSHUA AND CALEB. THEY SAID THE
TEN GOT IT WRONG. THEY WEREN'T T
ÃIT WASN'T A COMPLETE
WASHOUT. THEY KNEW THAT GOD HAD
A PLAN FOR THEM AND THEY SAID
GOD, WE ARE WELL ABLE TO
TAKE THE LAND. WHEN YOU SAY
YES, WHEN YOU ACT, GOD WILL REA.
BE ENCOURAGED. CALL THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN. TODAY IS
YOUR GREATEST DAY TO SEE A
MIRACLE. YOU KNOW COMING UP, LA-
LYNN TAKES IT TO THE STREET ANDE
LOOK BACK ON 2012'S GREATEST
MOMENT AND HERE'S A
CONVERSATION WITH SHEA.
WERE OUT HERE ASKING PEOPLE
WHERE THEY PUT THEIR FAITH WHEN
THINGS ARE DOWN. HAVE YOU EVER E
DOWN MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE, SHAE?
I SURE HAVE.
YES?
I GUESS MY FATHER IS DYING
OF CANCER RIGHT NOW SO THAT'S
KIND OF NOT THE COOLEST THING.
DO YOU PRAY TO GOD AT ALL?
YES, I GUESS SO BUT IT'S NOTA
CHRISTIAN OR I DO KNOW ANY
RELIGION I GUESS. I'M GOING ON E
MY OWN BELIEFS, YOU KNOW.
GOING THROUGH SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IT MUST BRING LIFE A
LITTLE BIT MORE REAL.
YES. IT DEFINITELY DOES. IT S
YOU KIND OF VALUE IT A LOT
MORE AND REALIZE THAT TIME
IS SHORT. LIFE IS SHORT AND
JUST KIND OF MAKE THE BEST OF
IT. HE'S VERY CHRISTIAN AND
HE'S
HE IS?
HE'S PRETTY RELIGIOUS, YES.
SO YOUR DAD HAS A LOT OF
FAITH?
HE DOES, YES.
HAS THAT GIVEN HIM A LOT OF T
THIS TIME?
IT HAS, YES, THAT AND OUR FAR
FAMILY IS VERY
CHRISTIAN AS WELL.
BUT NOT YOU?
YES I GUESS SO. I DON'T KNOW.
HOW COME?
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS --
I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT'S
PUSHED ON YOU AS A KID AND WHEN
YOU GET OLDER YOU KIND OF HAVE
THE CHOICE TO MAKE YOUR OWN
DECISIONS I GUESS THEN YOU, I DT
TO SAY
REBEL AGAINST IT BUT I KIND OF
LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS RATHER
THAN THAT.
WHAT IF YOUR FAMILY IS
RIGHT? WHAT IF IT'S JESUS?
IT COULD BE JESUS. IT COULD .
HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOUR
LIFE AND A PLAN.
YES, IT COULD BE HIM.
IS THERE COMFORT KNOWING
THAT YOUR DAD OF AT LEAST FEELS
VERY SECURE ABOUT WHERE HE'S GOG
WHEN HE PASSES ON?
IT'S NICE BECAUSE IT KIND
OF PUTS HIS MIND AT EASE, I
GUESS. I MEAN I THINK THAT
RELIGIONS LIKE CHRISTIANITY AND
YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF THINGS
THAT ARE JUST THEY'RE GREAT FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO
BELIEVE IN YOU KNOW LIKE YOU'RE
SAYING WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH THEN
IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO
FALL BACK ON OR SOMETHING TO
SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY
BECAUSE THIS IS HERE. I'M NOT
AGAINST CHRISTIANITY OR ANYTHINE
THAT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE PEOPE
THAT BELIEVE IN IT AND YOU KNOW.
IF YOU GOT THAT KIND OF
DIAGNOSISÃIT'S A TERRIBLE THINGO
THINK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU DID
WOULD THAT CHANGE YOUR QUEST
FOR FINDING OUT WHAT THERE IS
PAST THIS LIFE?
I'M SURE IT WOULD BE ON MY MA
LOT. JUST LIKE ANY DYING PERSON
I'M SURE IT IS. I DON'T KNOW. I
GUESS IT DOES MAKE ME SO THINK
OF THE AFTERLIFE.
NO?
NO, BUT JUST HOW-- BECAUSE
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS FOR
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THANK YOU.
THAT HE BE AT PEACE.
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THIS LAST TIME AND THAT YOU HAVA
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THANK YOU.
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