HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
LAURA-LYNN, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO
CHRISTMAS AND I'M KIND OF
GETTING GIDDY HERE.
YEAH.
WHAT WAS THE BEST SURPRISE
YOU EVER HAD AT CHRISTMAS?
THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A BIT OF
A SURPRISE.
WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING CHURCH SIX
YEARS --
IS THAT A SURPRISE?
THAT'S NOT THE SURPRISE.
WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING WITH A
WOMAN NAMED CATHY.
THE LORD WHISPERED IN CATHY'S
EAR JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, WHY
DON'T YOU ASK LARISSA, WHO IS
MY DAUGHTER, WHO HER FATHER IS?
COME TO FIND OUT THEY ARE
COUSINS.
CATHY'S GRANDMOTHER AND MY
CHILDREN'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER
ARE THE SAME PERSON AND WE'VE
BEEN ALL TOGETHER.
SO, WE GOT A COUSIN FOR
CHRISTMAS.
WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
YOU LIKE IT?
VERY COOL, ADDING TO THE
FAMILY.
YEAH.
SO, WHEN AMBER NESBITT WAS
GIVEN ZERO CHANCE TO LIVE BY
DOCTORS, HER FAMILY CAME
TOGETHER AND PRAYED FOR A
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT THEIR
CHRISTMAS SURPRISE.
ALSO PATTY MASON EXPLAINS
WHY ALL THE SUCCESS THAT SHE
ACHIEVED IN HER LIFE MADE HER
DEPRESSED AND SHE'LL SHARE HOW
SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FIND
PEACE AND WHY CHRISTMAS HAS NEW
MEANING FOR HER.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU ONE OF MY
FAVORITE INTERVIEWS FROM THIS
PAST YEAR WHEN I WENT OUT TO
SEE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT
FAITH, CANADA.
BUT FIRST, PATTY MASON HAPPILY
WALKS AWAY FROM SUCCESS.
UM-HM.
CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME OF
YEAR FOR PARTIES, PRESENTS AND
FUN WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
CHRISTMAS HAS SPECIAL MEANING
FOR PATTY MASON NOW.
BUT AS A CHILD, SHE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF
CHRISTMAS.
DISCONTENT, SHE COULDN'T WAIT
TO LEAVE HOME AND SPREAD HER
WINGS.
SHE TOOK AN EXCITING JOB AS A
TRAVEL AGENT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
IN THE TRAVEL.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN
THE SUCCESS.
BUT WHEN PATTY RETURNED HOME
FROM EACH OF HER EXOTIC TRIPS,
THE GLAMOUR OF HER LIFE-STYLE
NEVER SEEMED TO BE ENOUGH.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT
PURSUING THE THINGS OF THIS
WORLD, PURSUING MEN, PURSUING
MONEY, PURSUING SUCCESS,
PURSUING A CAREER, PURSUING
FAMILY, THAT ALL THESE THINGS
WERE SOMEHOW GOING TO VALIDATE
ME AND FILL THAT EMPTY VOID.
PATTY DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN
AND START A FAMILY, THINKING IT
WAS THE MISSING PIECE TO A
FULFILLING LIFE.
BY THE TIME SHE WAS 35 SHE HAD
A HUSBAND, THREE KIDS, AND A
FLOURISHING SALES CAREER.
BUT THE REALITY OF HER
EMPTINESS HIT HER AT A COMPANY
AWARDS BANQUET.
I WAS ON STAGE IN DALLAS,
TEXAS, RECEIVING AN AWARD, ONE
OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
ACHIEVEMENT IN THE COMPANY.
AND AS I WAS STANDING ON THAT
STAGE SURROUNDED BY ALL KINDS
OF WHAT I CALL HOOPLA, BUT
THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF MUSIC,
THERE WAS THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE
IN THE AUDIENCE.
IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS A MOMENT
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE PEAK
OF LIFE.
THAT WAS THE MOMENT IT HIT ME
THAT SUCCESS, FAMILY, TRAVEL,
NONE OF IT WAS GOING TO FILL
ME, WAS GOING TO GIVE ME WHAT I
WAS LONGING FOR.
PATTY PLUNGED INTO A DEEP
DEPRESSION.
A LOT OF TIMES -- MY CHILDREN
WERE VERY YOUNG THEN -- AND,
SO, I WOULD PUT THE GIRLS IN
FRONT OF THE TV AND PLOP IN A
VIDEO.
I PUT MY SON IN HIS CRIB.
AND I WOULD GO AND SLEEP
OFF ANOTHER DARK DAY.
PATTY STARTED DRINKING.
AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A GLASS OF
WINE.
AND ONCE I BEGAN TO REALIZE
THAT THE ALCOHOL TOOK A LITTLE
OF THE EDGE OFF OF THE SADNESS,
THEN I BEGAN TO DRINK A LITTLE
BIT MORE, AND A LITTLE EARLIER,
AND TILL FINALLY IT GOT TO A
POINT WHERE I STARTED DRINKING
AROUND 2:00, 3 O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PATTY HID HER DEPRESSION
FROM HER HUSBAND AND FRIENDS.
ALONE AND HELPLESS, PATTY BEGAN
TO HAVE THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.
IN AN ACT OF FINAL DESPERATION,
PATTY CRIED OUT TO GOD.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT
WENT OFF IN MY MIND AS TO WHY I
WENT TO GOD.
HE WASN'T A PART OF MY LIFE.
HE WASN'T VITAL IN MY LIFE.
HE WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
THAT I DID ON SUNDAY MORNINGS
WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
AND, SO, FOR ME HE WAS A LAST
RESORT.
I BEGAN TO CRY OUT TO GOD.
I SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN
HELP ME.
NOW I WAS ASKING HIM FOR A
MIRACLE.
ONE WEEK LATER, PATTY SAW AN
ADVERTISEMENT FOR A CHRISTMAS
PLAY.
SHE WANTED TO TAKE HER
CHILDREN.
IT WAS A FOUR-PART PLAY.
THEY DID WITH A LOT OF SINGING
IN THE OLD CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND
THE NEWER CONTEMPORARY
CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
I WAS ENTHRALLED.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS SEEING IT ALL
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THE LAST SECTION THEY DID A
REENACTMENT OF THE BIRTH OF
JESUS.
BUT THIS TIME IT WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS SEEING IT FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
AT THE END OF THE CHRISTMAS
PLAY, THE SENIOR PASTOR CAME
FORWARD AND BEGAN TO EXPLAIN
SALVATION.
NOW, THIS WAS FOREIGN TO ME,
EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP IN
CHURCH, I HAD NEVER HEARD THE
PLAN OF SALVATION.
SO, WHAT HE WAS SHARING WITH
ME WAS NEW, BUT IT WAS ALSO
VERY WONDERFUL, AND I WANTED IT.
I WANTED TO MAKE JESUS A PART
OF MY LIFE.
SO, AS THE PASTOR PRAYED, I
REMEMBER ECHOING HIS EVERY WORD.
I CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
BUT INSTEAD, THESE WERE TEARS
OF JOY.
HE CHANGED MY LIFE IN THAT
MOMENT.
TODAY PATTY HAS TOTAL
FREEDOM FROM HER DEPRESSION AND
HER FAMILY IS CLOSER THAN EVER.
SHE SHARES HER STORY WITH WOMEN
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR
ANYTHING ELSE TO FILL YOU,
WHETHER IT'S THE THINGS OF THIS
WORLD, MONEY, SUCCESS, CAREER,
YOU ARE PURSUING THINGS THAT
YOU THINK ARE GOING TO FILL THE
EMPTINESS IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO COME UP
DISSATISFIED.
THE ONLY PURE JOY, THE ONLY
ANSWER, THE ONLY HOPE IS IN
JESUS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, PATTY DISCOVERED
SOMETHING IN THAT MOMENT ON
THAT STAGE THAT SOONER OR LATER
WE ALL FACE.
WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN, IT
SAYS IN MARK 8:36, IF WE GAIN
THE WHOLE WORLD BUT LOSE OUR
SOUL?
WHEN IS THAT MOMENT WHEN WE
REALIZE THAT ALL OF THE
ACCOLADES, ALL OF THE SUCCESS,
ALL OF THE MONEY DOESN'T MAKE
US HAPPY?
AND IF YOU THINK IT DOES
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH
MONEY RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE
THINKING, WELL, IF I -- I'D
LIKE TO TRY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW HAPPY I CAN
GET WITH MONEY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LEARN FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.
LEARN FROM ALL THE MOVIE STARS
OR THE VERY WEALTHY WHO STILL
END UP GETTING CAUGHT IN
ADDICTION WITH DRUGS, WHO STILL
END UP COMMITTING SUICIDE.
THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT STUFF.
THEY'VE GOT THE MONEY AND THE
FAME AND ENOUGH TO GO AROUND,
AND ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH
EVERYONE THEY KNOW, AND YET
THEY DID NOT FIND THAT HOPE
THAT NEEDS TO LIE INSIDE OF US.
THERE IS A HOPE THAT ONLY GOD
CAN GIVE US.
AND, BRIAN, I THINK FOR EVERY
ONE OF US, WE GET TO THAT PLACE
WHERE WE SAY, THIS STUFF, IT'S
JUST NOT ENOUGH.
I NEED SOMETHING REAL.
AND PATTY FOUND THAT.
YOU KNOW, LAURA-LYNN, IT'S
FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAY IF THIS PERSON OR
THAT PERSON, THIS ENTERTAINER
OR THIS ATHLETE GETS SAVED AND
I'LL REALLY KNOW IT'S REAL.
BUT I FIND IT INTERESTING
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO
YOU, IN MY HEART IT WAS SAYING,
TELL THEM THAT BEING IN THE
HALL OF FAME -- THEY PUT ME IN
THE HALL OF FAME BECAUSE THEY
SAID I WAS A VIOLENT HITTER AND
I WAS GOOD AT WHAT I DID.
BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT I WAS
EMPTY AND I WAS TIRED INSIDE AS
WELL BECAUSE I GOT TIRED OF
TRYING.
I NEEDED TO TRUST.
AND I WONDER IF THAT'S YOU
TODAY, THAT GOD IS SAYING, QUIT
TRYING, START TRUSTING ME AND
WATCH HOW I'M GOING TO CHANGE
YOUR LIFE.
I'VE NOT GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU
RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT YOU TO CALL THE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY, AND
SAY, I'M TIRED AND NOW I WANT
TO TRUST.
DADDY?
YEAH, BUDDY.
HOW MANY NICKELS ARE IN A
DOLLAR?
THERE ARE 20 NICKELS IN A
DOLLAR.
HOW DO BIRDS FLY?
DOES MILK REALLY MAKE MY
BONES STRONGER?
YEAH, YEAH.
DADDY, WHEN WE DIE, WILL WE
GO TO HEAVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO
LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTION?
CALL THE 700 CLUB.
WE'LL HELP YOU FIND ANSWERS TO
THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS LIFE
BRINGS YOUR WAY.
HEY, WELCOME TO THIS "HOPE
TO GO".
OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE
CRIB.
NOW, AS CHRISTIANS GETTING
READY FOR CHRISTMAS, NOW, THIS
IS A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO GO
TO.
NOW, IT'S THE THE GREATEST
MYSTERY OF ALL TIMES.
HO YOU WILL THE GAP BETWEEN GOD
AND MAN EVER BE BRIDGED?
AND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS MAN
HAS ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE THE
GREAT MYSTERY BY BUILDING
STAIRCASE AFTER STAIRCASE TO
GOD, BUT NO HUMAN HAS EVER
BRIDGED THE GAP OR SOLVED THE
MYSTERY.
GOD, THOUGH, HAS BUILT HIS OWN
STAIRCASE AND ON THAT FIRST
CHRISTMAS NIGHT HE WALKED DOWN
THAT STAIRCASE WITH A BABY IN
HIS ARMS AND SOLVED THE MYSTERY
FOR ALL ETERNITY, THE CRIB FOR
CHRIST IS A PLACE OF DEEP
INTERNAL AND OUTWARD SEARCHING.
NOW, THIS IS WHAT MATTHEW'S
GOSPEL SAYS IN THE SECOND
CHAPTER, 10 AND 11 VERSE.
WHEN THEY SAW THE STAR, THEY
REJOICED WITH EXCEEDINGLY GREAT
JOY.
AND WHEN THEY HAD COME INTO THE
HOUSE, THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD
WITH MARY HIS MOTHER AND FELL
DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM.
AND WHEN THEY HAD OPENED THEIR
TREASURE, THEY PRESENTED GIFTS
TO HIM OF GOLD, FRANKINCENSE
AND MYRRH.
NOW, AT THE CRIB, WE DISCOVER
WHAT HAS BECOME THE MOST
RENOWNED SEARCH OF ALL TIMES.
IT SERVES AS OUR MODERN DAY
MODEL OF WHAT IT MEANS HE TO BE
COMMITTED.
THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST
SOUGHT A KING AND BY EXAMINING
THEIR DEVOTION, DEDICATION, AND
DIRECTION, BEING LED BY A
MYSTERIOUS STAR, AND WHAT THEY
DID AT THE CRIB, IT'S A LESSON
FOR ALL OF US AND ETERNITY HOW
TO FIND, FOLLOW, AND FINISH THE
WILL OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
NOW, THE WISE MEN SOUGHT OUT
THE PROPHESIED KING AND ENDED
UP AT A MOST UNEXPECTED PLACE,
DISCOVERING A HIGH PRIEST.
NOW, IT'S ONE THING TO FIND A
KING, BUT A HIGH PRIEST IN A
CRIB?
LISTEN TO WHAT HEBREWS SAYS IN
THE FOURTH CHAPTER, 12 THROUGH
16 VERSES.
IT SAYS, FOR THE WORD OF GOD --
NOW, THAT'S JESUS CHRIST -- IS
ALIVE AND POWERFUL.
IT IS SHARPER THAN ANY
TWO-EDGED SWORD, CUTTING
BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT AND
JOINT AND MARROW, IT EXPOSES
OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND
DESIRES.
NOTHING FROM ALL OF CREATION IS
HIDDEN FROM GOD.
EVERYTHING IS NAKED AND EXPOSED
BEFORE HIS EYES AND HE IS THE
ONE WHOM WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE.
SO, THEN, SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT
HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS ENTERED
HEAVEN, JESUS THE SON OF GOD,
LET US HOLD FIRMLY TO WHAT WE
BELIEVE.
NOW, THIS HIGH PRIEST OF OUR
CONFESSION, HE UNDERSTANDS OUR
WEAKNESS BECAUSE HE FACED
WEAKNESS AS A CHILD.
SO, LET US COME BOLDLY TO THE
THRONE OF GRACE AND THERE WE
WILL RECEIVE MERCY AND WE WILL
FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR
TIME OF NEED.
NOW, THE PRIESTS, THEY WERE
SONS OF PRIESTS, BUT CHRIST,
THIS HIGH PRIEST, IS THE SON OF
GOD.
PRIESTS DIED, CHRIST LIVES
ETERNALLY.
PRIESTS WERE RESTRICTED IN
THEIR ACCESS TO GOD.
CHRIST IS GONE INTO HEAVEN
ITSELF.
THE PRIESTS WERE THE FIRST ONES
TO ATONE.
JESUS IS MAKING US AT ONE WITH
GOD.
AT THE CRIB, WE FIND, FOLLOW
AND FINISH THE WILL OF GOD BY
RECOGNIZING THIS PRIEST TAKES
ALL OF OUR NEEDS AND GIVES US
THE GREAT EXCHANGE, GREAT JOY.
AND THAT IS YOUR "HOPE TO GO".
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
YOU KNOW, HOW PROFOUND THAT GOD
IN HEAVEN WOULD SEND HIS ONLY
SON TO SUCH A SIMPLE AND HUMBLE
PLACE.
NOT EVEN A BEAUTIFUL PALACE,
JUST A CRIB IN A MANGER, IN A,
YOU KNOW, IN A STABLE.
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS IN PSALMS
4 VERSE 8 THAT IN PEACE I WILL
BOTH LIE DOWN AND SLEEP FOR
YOU, LORD ALONE, MAKE ME DWELL
IN SAFETY AND CONFIDENT TRUST.
IN A WAY, WHEN WE FIND JESUS,
WE FIND THAT SAFE CRIB AND HE
HIDES US THERE.
> WELL, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU
NOW SOME OF MY FAVORITE
INTERVIEWS FROM 2012 ON THE
STREET.
ARE YOU GUYS HANGING OUT
TOGETHER TODAY?
WE ARE.
WE ARE MARRIED.
OH, YOU'RE MARRIED?
OKAY.
TWO YEARS.
HOW DID YOU MEET?
I WAS IN AUSTRALIA IN 2007
AND I HAD A VERY TOXIC
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY
EX-BOYFRIEND.
AND I REALLY TRIED TO COMMIT
SUICIDE ACTUALLY.
I KNOW IT WAS A LOW MOMENT OF
MY LIFE, BUT IT WAS RIGHT AT
THAT TIME THAT GOD RESCUED ME
AND PUT ME RIGHT ON THE RIGHT
PLACE WHERE I WAS MEANT TO BE
BELONGING TO.
WOW.
AND MY MOM ASKED ME TO GO
BACK HOME BECAUSE I'M FROM
BRAZIL.
SO, SHE SAID, COME HOME, AND
WE'RE GOING TO FIX YOU.
AND SHE DID WITH GOD'S PRAYERS
AND MY FAITH.
AND SHE ASKED ME TO SIT DOWN
WITH A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PEN.
AND SHE SAID, JUST WRITE DOWN
EVERYTHING, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL
THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR FUTURE
HUSBAND.
AND I SAID, HOW COME SHE'S
ASKING ME THIS?
COME ON, I'M SO HURTING.
I DON'T WANT TO EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT.
SHE GOES NOW IS THE TIME, GOD
IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND A FUTURE HUSBAND.
IF YOU ASK HIM FOR IT.
AND I DID.
I WRITE DOWN EVERY LITTLE THING
AND --
WHEN YOU WERE MAKING YOUR
LIST, WERE YOU PRAYING ABOUT
IT, TOO?
I WAS.
WERE YOU SAYING GOD, WHAT
ARE THE RIGHT QUALITIES I NEED?
I ASKED TO BE LOYAL FIRST.
LOYAL, UM-HM.
A GOOD LISTENER.
UM-HM.
THAT I THINK IS A MAN IS A
GOOD LISTENER BECAUSE WE TALK
TOO MUCH SO --
I KNOW THAT.
YEAH, ASK MY HUSBAND.
HE THINKS I TALK TOO MUCH FOR
SURE.
AND ALL THE OTHER LITTLE
DETAILS, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL,
EVEN HIS HEIGHT, I PUT 192 AND
HE'S 193.
SO GOD GAVE ME ONE MORE, TWO
METERS JUST TO BE SURE.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE QUALITY
ABOUT HER?
ALL OF THEM.
REALLY?
SO, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES GOD
MAKE IN A MARRIAGE, THEN, WHEN
YOU PUT HIM FIRST?
THE FOUNDATION, HE'S THE
FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING
ACTUALLY.
IF GOD IS NOT THE FOUNDATION, I
THINK WE JUST CRUMBLE.
UM-HM.
RIGHT, BUDDY?
YEAH, FAITH?
YEAH.
AND IT HELPS YOU TO FACE
CRISIS, I GUESS, BECAUSE LIFE
SOMETIMES THROWS YOU A CURVE
BALL.
YEAH, IT DOES.
IT WILL BE BEST EVERYTHING WILL
WORKOUT.
I REALLY, REALLY LOVE
MEETING PEOPLE OUT ON THE
STREETS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT
WE CAN JUST PASS SOMEBODY,
LET'S SAY, AT A HOT DOG STAND
AND THEN JUST BEGIN QUESTIONING
THEM ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND THEIR
BELIEFS AND ALL THAT IS GOING
ON.
AND I GET TO DO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, BRIAN, IT'S
PRETTY FUN WHAT WE GET TO DO
HERE EVERY DAY.
OH, IT IS.
YOU KNOW, TO MEET REAL
PEOPLE.
AND MAKING FRIENDS AS WELL.
YES.
YOU KNOW, THE 700 CLUB
CANADA IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING
YOU STORIES OF FRESH NEW
BEGINNINGS FOUND IN JESUS
CHRIST.
WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE
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NOW, IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO
HELP THOSE IN NEED AND CHANGE
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NOW, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
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AND AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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EXPECTATION."
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE TO
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NOW, THE ADDITIONAL EPISODES
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UM-HM.
HI, I'M GORDON ROBERTSON.
JESUS TOLD US THAT IF WE HAVE
FAITH, WE CAN SPEAK TO THE
MOUNTAIN AND IT WILL MOVE.
ARE THERE MOUNTAINS IN YOUR
LIFE THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY
FACING?
HOW DO YOU BREAK THROUGH THE
LIMITS OF YOUR FAITH AND SEE
THE MIRACLES GOD HAS PROMISED
YOU IN HIS WORD?
MY FATHER AND I HAVE PUT
TOGETHER A SPECIAL TEACHING,
THE LAW OF EXPECTATION.
IN IT YOU'LL DISCOVER HOW TO
TRAIN YOUR HEART AND MIND TO
EXPECT GREAT THINGS.
IN THIS LATEST DVD, THE LAW
OF EXPECTATION, PAT AND GORDON
ROBERTSON BRING YOU POWERFUL
PRINCIPLES OF THOUGHT AND
BEHAVIOR THAT CAN TRANSFORM
YOUR LIFE.
YOU'LL DISCOVER THE POWER OF
EXPECTATIONS IN YOUR LIFE, HOW
TO BREAK THROUGH THE LIMITS OF
YOUR FAITH, AND WHAT IT MEANS
TO AGREE WITH GOD AND RECEIVE
HIS FAVOR AND ABUNDANCE.
GET THE LAW OF EXPECTATION
AND LEARN TO EXPECT AND
EXPERIENCE THE WONDERFUL
BLESSINGS GOD HAS FOR YOU.
WELCOME BACK.
UP NEXT, A FAMILY PRAYS FOR AND
RECEIVES A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
A WINTER STORM WAS MAKING
DRIVING TOUGH.
AMBER NESBITT SWERVED TO AVOID
A DEER IN THE ROAD.
SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR AND
SLAMMED INTO A TREE AT 60 MILES
PER HOUR.
RESCUE WORKERS HAD LITTLE HOPE
THAT SHE WOULD EVEN SURVIVE THE
TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL.
HER PARENTS, JOHN AND JOANN
NESBITT, REMEMBER GETTING A
CALL.
WHAT THE WOMAN SAID AT THE
HOSPITAL WAS, YOU NEED TO GET
HERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN, BUT
DRIVE AS SAFE AS YOU CAN.
IT WAS THE LONGEST RIDE OF
MY LIFE.
BUT EVEN GETTING TO THE
HOSPITAL WAS A CHALLENGE.
JOHN AND JOANN HAD TO TRAVEL
THE SAME ICY ROADS THAT CAUSED
AMBER'S WRECK.
I SAID, GOD, I WANT TWO
WARRING ANGELS.
NOT ANGELS PLAYING HARPS
SINGING SONGS.
I WANT TWO WARRIORS, WARRIORS
BY MY DAUGHTER'S HEAD.
AND I COULD FILL IT.
I STILL FEEL IT.
I KNEW THAT GOD WOULD WATCH
OVER MY DAUGHTER.
I JUST KNEW IT.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE
HOSPITAL, THEY GOT BAD NEWS.
AMBER HAD MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA,
A NECK FRACTURE, MULTIPLE
FACIAL FRACTURES, A FRACTURED
HIP AND A COLLAPSED LUNG.
SHE WAS IN A COMA.
BUT MOST OF ALL, AMBER'S
DOCTORS WORRIED ABOUT THE
SWELLING OF HER BRAIN.
THEY PUT AMBER ON HIGH DOSES OF
MEDICATION TO KEEP THE SWELLING
DOWN, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE
WORKING.
THE THREAT OF THE BRAIN
SWELLING WAS THAT IT WOULD
SWELL SO MUCH AND PUSH DOWN ON
THE BRAIN STEM AND THEN THAT
CREATES DEATH.
AND NORMAL PRESSURES IN THE
BRAIN ARE LIKE FROM 15 TO 20,
AND SOME OF AMBER'S SPIKES WERE
UP AT 65.
THEY WERE REALLY
CONDITIONING US THAT SHE WAS
GOING TO PASS ON, THAT SHE WAS
GOING TO DIE.
AGAINST THE ODDS, AMBER
SURVIVED THE FIRST FEW CRITICAL
DAYS.
HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY SPENT
CHRISTMAS AT THE HOSPITAL.
FOR AMBER'S FRIEND DR. CHASE
MILLER, IT WAS AN ESPECIALLY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
TO KNOW HOW SERIOUS HER
CONDITION WAS, IT WAS A
FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AND I
WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE WERE
GOING TO LOSE HER.
TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS,
AMBER'S DOCTOR PULLED THE
FAMILY ASIDE.
HE SAID, MY BEST PERCENTAGE
SHE'LL EVER SPEAK ANOTHER WORD.
OR REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS.
OR REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS IS
ZERO.
I SAID I KNOW YOU'RE TELLING ME
THE TRUTH, YOU'RE TELLING ME
STRAIGHT OUT, YOU'RE NOT LYING
TO ME, BUT I SAID TO HIM, I
SAID HEAVEN IS MY SOURCE.
AND I COULD FEEL INTIMIDATION
COME OFF OF ME.
I KNEW THAT I HAD TO BELIEVE IN
GOD'S PROMISES.
AND THE OPPOSITE IS UNBELIEF.
AND, SO, I SAID MY DAUGHTER IS
GOING TO BE HEALED IN JESUS'
NAME.
AND I CAN REMEMBER TALKING
TO CHRISTOPHER, MY SON-IN-LAW,
AND I JUST SAID, THIS IS NOT
GOD.
HE IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW HER TO
LAY IN A NURSING HOME HOOKED UP
TO A VENTILATOR.
SO, WHAT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THE
PROGNOSIS WAS?
YOU KNOW, WE KNEW WHAT THEY
WERE SAYING.
WE KNEW WHAT IT WAS LEADING
TOWARDS, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING,
WITH THE BRAIN SWELLING WAS
GETTING WORSE.
THEY COULDN'T KEEP THE NUMBERS
DOWN TO CONTROL IT, THEY WERE
DOING ALL THEY COULD TO CONTROL
IT.
I JUST HAD A PEACE ABOUT IT.
WHEN I PRAYED FOR HER, YOU
KNOW, I KNEW THE WORD OF GOD
WAS TRUE.
AMBER'S SISTER GEN AND HER
HUSBAND CHRISTOPHER ALSO
BELIEVED.
AND MY WIFE LOOKED AT MY
FATHER-IN-LAW, LOOKED AT ME, HE
SAID, WELL GOOD, NOW WE HAVE
SOMETHING TO PROVE THEM WRONG
ABOUT.
AND IT JUST WAS LIKE A 2 BY 4
IN MY SPIRIT.
AND I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS
THIS DETERMINATION THAT WE'RE
GOING TO GO FORWARD NO MATTER
WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
AMBER'S LOVED ONES FILLED
HER HOSPITAL ROOM WITH
SCRIPTURE, PRAISE, AND PRAYER.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD PRAYED AND BELIEVED GOD
FOR HER HEALING.
WE WERE SENDING OUT E-MAILS
TO OUR CONNECTIONS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
AND NATIONS WERE PRAYING,
CONFERENCES WERE PRAYING FOR
HER.
AND IT WAS AMAZING HOW GOD USED
TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THAT RIPPLE
TO REALLY TOUCH THE WHOLE BODY,
THE BODY OF CHRIST GLOBALLY.
THEN ON DECEMBER 30TH...
THE NURSE SPOKE SOMETHING
LOUDLY, YOU KNOW, AND AMBER WENT
, AND LOOKED AT ME AND SHUT HER
AYES.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I
HAD SEEN HER OPEN HER AYES.
-- EYES.
AND WAS JUST LIKE THIS
MOMENT WHERE THINGS TURNED.
IT WAS A GOD MOMENT.
AMBER WAS WAKING UP.
THE PROCESS WAS SLOW AND
AMBER'S DOCTORS WERE CONFUSED.
ALL THE SCANS STILL SHOWED
INTERRUPTED BRAIN ACTIVITY.
BUT EACH DAY BROUGHT
IMPROVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST --
EVERY DAY IT KEPT GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
WE COULD SEE IT.
ON JANUARY 6, AMBER BEGAN
BREATHING ABOVE HER VENTILATOR.
SOON HER INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
DROPPED TO NORMAL LEVELS AND
REMAINED THERE.
THEN ON JANUARY 19TH, AMBER DID
SOMETHING THE DOCTORS SAID
WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
SHE SPOKE.
LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, SHE WAS
TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AT ST.
MARY'S HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS AT A PLACE WHERE WE
AS DOCTORS COULD HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER.
THERE WAS -- EVERYTHING WAS
GOING WRONG.
IT WAS AT THIS POINT WHERE HIS
GLORY WAS REVEALED AND SHE WAS
HEALED.
THE GIRL WHO HAD A ZERO
PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL HAD
DEFIED THE ODDS AND THE
PROGNOSIS OF THE DOCTORS.
AND SHE HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING
TO SHARE WITH HER DAD.
I REMEMBER WAKING UP AND
SEEING TWO ANGELS, ONE ON EACH
SIDE OF MY BED.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY DAD HAD
PRAYED FOR ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
AND NO ONE TOLD ME THAT.
WHEN I WOKE UP, I JUST SAW
THEM.
AFTER SPENDING 35 DAYS IN
INTENSIVE CARE, AMBER WENT
THROUGH NINE WEEKS OF REHAB.
ON FEBRUARY 20TH, AMBER TOOK
HER FIRST STEPS WITH ASSISTANCE.
SHE SPENT THE NEXT THREE WEEKS
IN OUTPATIENT REHAB.
AT THE END OF MARCH 2006, AMBER
WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE
HOSPITAL FOR GOOD.
LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE
ACCIDENT.
WHAT THE DEVIL MEANT FOR
EVIL, THE LORD MEANT FOR GOOD.
SO, EVEN THOUGH WE WONDER WHY
THINGS HAPPEN, GOD IS GOING TO
USE IT FOR HIS GLORY.
MY FAVORITE VERSE IS JEREMIAH 29
:11 FOR I KNOW THE PLANS
DECLARES THE LORD, TO GIVE YOU
HOPE AND A FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS NO
GREATER LOVE HAS A MAN THAN HE
LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE AND JESUS
LAID IT ALL DOWN FOR US SO WE
COULD HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO, AMBER COULD BE HEALED AND
WHOLE.
I'M JUST AT AWE AT HIS
WONDERFUL LOVE FOR US.
YOU KNOW, THIS TESTIMONY
REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART BECAUSE
WHEN JOHN AND JOAN HEARD THE
NEWS, IMMEDIATELY, I KNOW THE
HEART OF A FATHER.
HE SAID, GOD, I DON'T NEED ANY
LITTLE JINGLING ANGELS.
I NEED THE MIGHTY WARRING ANGELS
FOR MY BABY AND I NEED THEM
THERE.
I'M LIKE, WOW.
THE DOCTORS, EVEN HER FRIENDS
SAID, THEY DON'T GIVE HER A
CHANCE OF SURVIVING.
AND I LOOK AT AMBER NOW AND
JEREMIAH 29 AND 11, SHE GAVE
THIS TESTIMONY ON THE 700 CLUB.
DR. CHRIS MEAN MARTIN AND ROMAN
MARTIN WERE ALSO GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING SIMILAR AFTER THIS.
WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE, THEY GOT
A MIRACLE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW JOHN 29 AND 11, FOR
I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR
YOU, PLANS OF PEACE, NOT OF
EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND
A HOPE, SOMEONE, YOUR MIRACLE
HAS JUST COME.
YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE FOR
YOU TODAY.
YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND YOU'RE
SAYING, SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN
MY LIFE AND I, I JUST NEED
SOMEBODY TO JOIN MY FAITH WITH.
YOU FEEL ALONE AND YOU FEEL
THAT MAYBE GOD IS NOT HEARING
YOU.
GOD KNOWS YOUR SITUATION AND
HE'S HERE TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER
TODAY.
FATHER, I'M OVERWHELMED WITH
THIS BECAUSE I JUST FEEL THAT
YOUR SPIRIT IS MOVING ON
SOMEONE NOW.
AND, JESUS, I THANK YOU FOR
THAT VERSE THAT IS GOING TO
BECOME LIFE TO THAT PERSON EVEN
NOW.
I KNOW THE PLANS THAT I HAVE
FOR YOU, PLANS OF PEACE, NOT OF
EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND
A HOPE.
SO, WE BLEND FAITH TOGETHER AND
WE PRAY NOW FOR THIS MIRACLE OF
CHRISTMAS THAT YOU HAVE
RELEASED THIS DAY, IN THE
STRONG NAME OF JESUS, AND WE
PRAY NOW THAT THEIR FAITH WOULD
NOT FAIL.
INTIMIDATION WOULD BREAK OFF.
AND LIFE WOULD COME FORTH.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
WE BELIEVE WITH YOU.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
WITH YOU ALL AGAIN.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M LAURA-LYNN
TYLER THOMPSON.
I'M BRIAN WARREN.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
GOD BLESS.
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