HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. THANKS FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
LAURA-LYNN, YOU KNOW,
SCARY MOVIES, WHEN WE
WERE KIDS, AND I KNOW YOU
GUYS ARE IN YOUR JAMMIES
RIGHT NOW, BOXING DAY,
GETTING READY TO GO OUT
AND SHOP. BUT, YOU KNOW,
CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE
SOUL, BAD FOR THE
REPUTATION.
YEAH.
I REMEMBER MY MOM TOLD
ME DO NOT WATCH THOSE
SCARY MOVIES. BUT I USED TO
LIKE THE NIGHT GALLERY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
KIDS LOVE THAT.
LIKE BELA LUGOSI AND
BORIS KARLOFF A CLUE. AND
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT
AGAIN. BUT I'M JUST TELLING
YOU.
YEAH.
BUT WHAT WAS YOUR
SCARIEST MOVIE?
WELL, I WATCHED, UM, ONE
OF THE HANNIBAL LECTER
MOVIES. YOU KNOW, SILENCE
OF THE LAMBS. OH, JUST--
YOU'RE JUST BRINGING BACK
BAD MEMORIES. OH. I NEVER--
NEVER WILL WATCH THAT. IN
FACT, I REFUSE TO WATCH
SCARY MOVIES NOW. BECAUSE
IT JUST FEEDS MY WORST SIDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ALL
THE FEAR. I REFUSE TO WATCH
IT. SO--
I AGREE.
BUT ON TODAY'S SHOW.
WE'LL MEET GIGI ERNETA. SHE
WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE
SCREAM QUEEN FOR HER ROLES
IN SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S
SCARIEST MOVIES. TODAY,
SHE'LL SHARE WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THE DARKNESS ON SET
MOVED INTO HER REAL LIFE.
THANKFULLY GIGI'S STORY
HAS A HAPPY ENDING AND SO
DOES DOROTHY HARTLINGS
BUT SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE
TO TELL HER STORY IF IT
WEREN'T FOR A KNOCK, A
MYSTERIOUS KNOCK AT HER
DOOR.
HMM. AND WE TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK BACK AT THE
BEST OF 2012 AS I WENT OUT
AND ASKED CANADIANS WHAT
THEY BELIEVED ABOUT FAITH.
BUT FIRST, DO ANGELS
REALLY EXIST? DOROTHY
HARTLING'S STORY WILL
PROVIDE YOU WITH THE
ANSWER.
I THINK THEY DO.
UM-HUM. I KNOW THEY DO.
I HAD, UH, PRIOR LIKE
BEEN ON CHEMOTHERAPY AND
RADIATION AND IT WAS, UH,
BREAST CANCER AND BLADDER
CANCER. AND, UH, YEAH. THEY
WANTED TO OPERATE ON ME
BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO RE--
REMOVE THEM, YOU KNOW,
MULTIPLE CYSTS THAT WERE
OBVIOUSLY, UM, UH, OH BOY,
CANCEROUS. SO I ASKED FOR A
SECOND OPINION AND THEY
SENT ME TO SUNNYBROOK
HOSPITAL IN TORONTO AND,
UH, THEY OPERATED BUT THEY
DID NOT FIND THE MULTIPLE
CYSTS. SO, UM, UH, WE
DECIDED WE WOULD HAVE A
LITTLE TREAT FOR OURSELVES.
SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD,
UM, UH, GET, UM, YOU KNOW,
LOOK INTO HAVING, UM, UH, A
FIREPLACE INSTALLED IN OUR
HOME. AND, UH, AND SO
HOWEVER THE, UH,
INSPECTORS, THEY CAME AND
INSPECTED EVERYTHING AND,
AND, UH, SAID THEY WERE JUST
AS THEY WERE LEAVING, THEY
SAID NOW YOU CAN TURN ON
THE GAS. AND SO WE WERE
ABOUT TO TURN ON THE GAS
AND, UH, AND THERE WAS AN
INTERRUPTION OF SOMEBODY
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. AND,
UH, AND WE WERE WONDERING,
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE
OPENED THE DOOR AND, UH,
THE INSPECTORS WHO HAD
JUST FINISHED INSPECTING THE
GAS, THEY WERE JUST PULLING
OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND
THIS OTHER PERSON AT THE,
UH, FRONT DOOR SAYING WE
NEED TO CALL THE
CONSUMER'S GAS AND HAVE
THEM COME BACK OVER
QUICKLY. AND HE SPOKE WITH
AUTHORITY. WE COULDN'T
QUESTION LIKE WE JUST--HE
JUST SEEMED TO HAVE
AUTHORITY THAT WE MUST
PHONE THE CONSUMER'S GAS.
AND HE, UM, UH, HE JUST
SHONE. I SAW THIS GLOW ON
HIS FACE AND I WANTED TO
ASK HIM ARE YOU A
CHRISTIAN? BUT I THINK HE
WAS SENT BY THE LORD. I WAS
THINKING ABOUT, OH, YOU
KNOW, HE--HE LOOKS SO
DIFFERENT LIKE HE WAS FILLED
WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION.
AND, UH, AS SOON AS WE
CLOSED THE DOOR I, UH, LIKE
WE HAVE THESE HUGE
WINDOWS RIGHT BESIDES THE
DOOR AND, UH, AND SO MY
HUSBAND AND I--WELL I DID
PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW,
LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A
BIG WINDOW. AND, UH, AND
HE--HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE
SEEN. LIKE WE HAD THIS HUGE
BIG DRIVEWAY AND STEPS, A
BIG VERANDA. AND, YOU
KNOW, AND, UH, UH, HE DID
NOT WALK DOWN THE STEPS OR
DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THERE
WAS NO CAR AND HE JUST
DISAPPEARED. SO HE WOULD
HAVE HAD TO JUMP OVER THE
RAILS SO WHY WOULD HE DO
THAT? AND, UH, HE, UM, WE
HAVE A HUGE VERANDA,
RIGHT? LIKE ABOUT OH, EIGHT
CEMENT STEPS TYPE OF THING
OFF THE VERANDA AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO TAKE FIVE OR SIX
STEPS BEFORE YOU GET TO THE
STEPS ITSELF, YOU KNOW?
AND, UM, UH, AND THEN WE
HAVE A HUGE DRIVEWAY.
OKAY, MAYBE POSSIBLY HE
DOESN'T OWN A CAR. BUT, I
MEAN, WHERE COULD HE GO? I
MEAN, WE MOVED WITHIN A
SECOND, LESS THAN THAT
GOING FROM THE DOOR TO THE
WINDOW. SO WHERE COULD HE
GO? WE WERE BOTH AT THE
DOOR, AND WE CLOSED THE
DOOR AND I SAID TO MY
HUSBAND COULD HE HAVE
BEEN AN ANGEL? AND MY
HUSBAND QUICKLY RAN TO THE
PHONE AND HE PHONED, UH,
THE CONSUMER'S GAS AND
THEY SENT SOMEBODY OVER
VERY QUICKLY. AND, UH, THEY
CAME OVER AND THEY SAID
THE FUMES FROM THE GAS
WERE SURROUNDING THE
HOUSE. THERE COULD HAVE
BEEN AN EXPLOSION. AND, UM,
SO WE JUST PRAISED THE LORD.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING
BECAUSE WE HAD A FIRE PRIOR
TO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW?
SOME WHILE AGO PRIOR. AND,
UM, OH YEAH. HE WAS
DEFINITELY AN ANGEL. GOD
DOES SEND ANGELS. LIKE I
JUST--YES, THERE WAS A FIRE
AND I WAS GOING THROUGH
CANCER AT THE SAME TIME.
MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.
THE TRUTH IS, WHAT THE DEVIL
MEANS FOR EVIL, I MEAN, GOD
DIDN'T CAUSE THE CANCER, IT--
CANCER CAME ABOUT. SO IF I
HAD TO GO INTO DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY, THINGS COULD
HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. UH, THE
BLESSINGS, ALL THE BLESSINGS
THAT WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH
HAVE COME FROM GOD. EVERY
BLESSING WE HAVE, AND WE'VE
GOT TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY
BECAUSE THERE ARE ANGELS.
I'VE SEEN MANY ANGELS BUT
I'VE GIVEN THIS ONE TODAY AS
AN EXAMPLE.
I LOVE THAT STORY. YOU
KNOW, I'M CONVINCED THAT
THERE IS GOING TO BE MOVIE
NIGHTS IN HEAVEN AND IT
AIN'T GOING TO BE NO SCARY
MOVIES. IT'S GOING TO BE
ABOUT HOW ALL OF THE TIMES
THAT GOD INTERSECTED OUR
LIVES. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
COULDN'T FIND YOUR KEYS
AND YOU WERE JUST SO
FRUSTRATED? MAYBE THAT
WAS AN ANGEL JUST PUTTING
YOUR KEYS UNDER THAT
PILLOW SO THAT YOU WOULD
BE DELAYED JUST A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO
BE AN ACCIDENT ON THAT
HIGHWAY 1 AND NOBODY
WANTED YOU TO BE RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT. THINK
ABOUT ALL THE TIMES THAT
THINGS JUST WERE A LITTLE
WEIRD AND YOU'RE LIKE AM I
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE? I
MEAN, I ROUTINELY KIND OF
LIVE IN THAT WORLD LIKE
WHAT'S GOING ON? I LOSE
STUFF AND THEN I FIND IT IN
THE STRANGEST PLACES. I JUST
WONDER, THE WORD OF GOD
SAYS TO BE CAREFUL TO
ENTERTAIN STRANGERS
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE
ANGELS AND YOU'RE UNAWARE
OF IT. THIS CAUSES ME TO BE
KIND TO THE--THE MOST, YOU
KNOW, TO THE LOWLIEST
PEOPLE THAT YOU FIND
AROUND YOU. TO THAT
BEGGAR ON THE STREET, TO
THAT ONE WHO NEEDS, YOU
KNOW, A BITE TO EAT OR IS
BEGGING FOR MONEY. YOU
KNOW, ONCE IN A WHILE, I
WONDER IF GOD JUST DOESN'T
TEST THE COMPASSION IN OUR
HEARTS. IT'S NOT THAT WE
WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP
PEOPLE TO STAY IN ADDICTION
BY GIVING THEM CASH, BUT
DOES GOD EVER WANT TO JUST
TEST US BY PUTTING AN ANGEL
THAT'S NOT EVEN ATTRACTIVE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US? WE
NEVER KNOW WHO IT IS. AND,
UH, I LOVE THAT MOVIE BRUCE
ALMIGHTY. DO YOU
REMEMBER THE END OF THAT
MOVIE WHERE, UM, WHERE
THE--THE FELLOW WHO PLAYED
GOD AND BRIAN'S GOING TO
REMIND ME OF HIS NAME IN A
MOMENT. BUT AT THE END HE'S
A BEGGAR ON THE STREET
HOLDING ONE OF THOSE CRAZY
SIGNS AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S
CRAZY BUT IT'S THE FACE OF
GOD. AND, UH, SO OFTEN BRIAN
I THINK ABOUT IN LIFE WE
LOOK TO THE NATURAL.
YEAH.
AND WE--YOU KNOW, WE
FEEL--I KNOW YOU'RE REAL,
YOU'RE NOT AN ANGEL. BUT
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND
WE DON'T SEE AROUND US?
GOD'S GOT ANGELS WATCHING
OVER US.
WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING LAURA-LYNN BE AND
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW,
MORGAN FREEMAN IS THE GUY
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S IT. YEAH. MORGAN
FREEMAN.
BUT WHAT--WHAT PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS
WE'RE JUST--WE'RE NOT JUST
PHYSICAL BEINGS HAVING A
TEMPER OR SPIRITUAL
EXPERIENCE JUST WATCHING
THIS TIME. BUT WE ARE
SPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A
TEMPORARY PHYSICAL
EXPERIENCE. I'D LIKE TO GET
SOMETHING INTO YOUR HANDS.
THIS IS SUPERNATURAL. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE MORE
REPORTED SITES OF ANGELS IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT,
ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME WHEN
JESUS WAS BORN AND THE
ANGELS SPOKE TO THE
SHEPHERDS AND GOING
BEYOND. SO ANGELS ARE WITH
US NOW. AND GOD SPEAKS
TODAY. WE BELIEVE THAT. I
WANT YOU TO CALL THAT
NUMBER ON SCREEN. 1-855-759-
0700. BUT I WANT TO PRAY
WITH YOU THAT GOD WOULD
OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND
ALLOW YOU TO NOW MOVE
INTO THE PLACE. FATHER, IN
JESUS' NAME, I PRAY THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO
COINCIDENCE, NO LONGER
WILL WE USE THAT WORD BUT
WE WILL SAY IT'S A DIVINE
INCIDENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A PLAN FOR OUR LIVES. NOW
PLEASE OPEN THE EYES OF
YOUR SONS AND YOUR
DAUGHTERS THAT THEY COULD
RECEIVE YOUR PURPOSE AND
PLAN IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN, IF YOU PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN. 1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.
ASK FOR THE
SUPERNATURAL.
DADDY?
YEAH BUDDY.
HOW MANY NICKELS 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.
(MUSIC)
I RECENTLY TRAVELED TO
MY BIRTH PLACE UGANDA EAST
AFRICA ON ONE OF THOSE LONG
OVERNIGHT FLIGHTS. WE ATE
OUR MEAL AND THE CLEAN UP
WAS DONE AND THE LIGHTS
WERE TURNED OFF IN THE
CABIN SO THAT EVERYONE
COULD GET SOME REST. I
FOUND MYSELF WIDE AWAKE
AND DRAWN TO LOOK OUT AT
THE BLACKNESS OF THE NIGHT
SKY FROM MY WINDOW SEAT. I
HAD NEVER SEEN A SIGHT LIKE
THIS BEFORE. THE STARS WERE
THE MOST BRIGHT AND MOST
BEAUTIFUL THAT I HAD EVER
WITNESSED. PSALMS 8:3-5
CAME TO MY MIND. "WHEN I
VIEW AND CONSIDER YOUR
HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR
FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE
STARS WHICH YOU HAVE
ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED.
WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE
MINDFUL OF HIM OR THE SON
OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR
HIM. YET YOU HAVE MADE HIM
BUT A LITTLE LOWER THAN
GOD OR THE HEAVENLY BEINGS
AND YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM
WITH GLORY AND HONOR." I
WAS SO SMALL IN COMPARISON
TO THIS VAST SKY AND ON THIS
INCREDIBLE EVENING, THE BIG
DIPPER WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ME AT THE VERY CENTER OF
MY VIEW. MY EYES TOOK IT IN
ITS MAJESTY. IN FACT, ALL THE
STARS IN THE HEAVENS WERE
STUNNINGLY BRIGHT. I FELT
USHERED INTO A SERENITY I
REALLY NEEDED IN LIGHT OF
MY BUSY SCHEDULE. AND I
NOTED THAT I COULDN'T SEE
THE GROUND MOVING BENEATH
US IN ITS USUAL WAY. IT WAS
PITCH-BLACK. I LOOKED IT THE
WING OF THE PLANE AND AS IT
STRETCHED MOTIONLESS
AGAINST THE BACK DROP OF
THE STARLIT EXPANSE AND IT
WAS A VERY STRANGE SITE AS I
FOLLOWED THE TIP OF THE
WING STRAIGHT UP TO THE
HANDLE OF THE
CONSTELLATION AND THERE
WAS NO WAY TO TELL THAT WE
WERE IN MOTION. I COULDN'T
SEE ANYTHING MOVING. I
CHECKED OUR AIR SPEED
THROUGH THE FLIGHT
TRACKING SYSTEM ON THE TV
CONSUL IN THE SEAT IN FRONT
OF ME AND WE WERE MOVING
AT 883 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.
THAT'S REALLY FAST AND YET
IT APPEARS AS IF THE AIRCRAFT
WAS SUSPENDED MOTIONLESS
WITH THE STARS TWINKLING
LIKE DIAMONDS ALL AROUND. I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IT'S AS IF
I'M JUST A SPECK OF DUST
FLOATING. IN COMPARISON TO
THIS BREATHTAKING DISPLAY, I
KNEW THAT I WAS JUST ONE
TINY PIECE OF GOD'S
CREATION. I PONDERED THAT
NO MATTER HOW FAST I MIGHT
BE GOING PERHAPS AT
BREAKNECK SPEED THROUGH
LIFE, GOD, HE STAYS THE SAME.
THIS WAS A VISUAL FOR ME. HE
NEVER CHANGES.
CONSIDERING THE SOMETIMES
TURBULENT, INCREDIBLY RAPID
RIDE THROUGH LIFE, I REALIZE
THAT GOD IS THE UNWAVERING
HOPE THAT WE CAN CLING TO
DURING THIS JOURNEY.
PSALMS 36:7 SAYS, "HOW
PRECIOUS IS YOUR STEAD FAST
LOVE, OH GOD. THE CHILDREN
OF MEN TAKE REFUGE, THEY
PUT THEIR TRUST UNDER THE
SHADOW OF YOUR WING." THAT
NIGHT, I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF
HOW GOD CARRIES AND HE
COVERS US. YES, THERE IS A
VAST DISTANCE THAT WE WILL
TRAVEL. BUT IF WE REMAIN
CONFIDENT IN HIS STEADFAST
LOVE, AND IN HIS POWERFUL
ABILITY TO GUIDE US AND
HOLD US IN PLACE, WE WILL
NOT BE MOVED. WE WILL STAY
FIXED AND ATTACHED TO THE
COURSE THAT HE HAS
DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR
US.
AMEN. YOU KNOW, AS
LAURA-LYNN WAS SHARING
ABOUT HER TRIP TO AFRICA,
YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HELP
BUT THINK ABOUT THE 119TH
PSALM. OH THAT OUR WAYS
WERE DIRECTED TO KEEP YOUR
STATUTES, THEN WE WOULD
NOT BE ASHAMED WHEN WE
LOOK INTO ALL YOUR
COMMANDMENTS. SAID LORD, I
DELIGHT IN YOUR WILL. YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU DELIGHT IN
GOD'S WILL, GOD DELIGHTS IN
US. AND THERE'S A VERY
SIMPLE WAY EVEN DURING THIS
TIME WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR
JAMMIES AND YOU TALK
ABOUT BOXING DAY,
ACKNOWLEDGE GOD. PUT HIM
FIRST. MAKE THAT YOUR
RESOLUTION THIS YEAR
BEFORE YOU EAT, BEFORE YOU
DRINK, BEFORE YOU GO OUT,
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING
AND WATCH WHAT GOD'S
GOING TO DO. YOU MAY FEEL
LIKE IT'S MOTIONLESS, BUT
HE'S GOING TO MOVE YOU WITH
LOCOMOTIVE POWER. WELL,
COMING UP NEXT, SOME OF OUR
FAVORITES FROM THE YEAR OF
2012. THIS IS RYAN AND LAURA-
LYNN.
SO RYAN, YOU'RE OUT HERE
AT, UH, WHITE ROCK. HOW IS
YOUR DAY GOING?
UM, YEAH. NO. IT'S BEEN
COOL. I ACTUALLY GOT BACK
FROM WORK, WE HAD DINNER,
AND I CAME DOWN HERE AND
SPENT SOME TIME WITH GOD
AND, UH, A LOT OF STUFF'S
GOING IN MY LIFE IS THAT, UM,
JUST KIND OF TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M
SUPPOSED TO DO IN LIFE AND
JUST SOME SITUATIONS GOING
ON AND, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY
COOL BECAUSE I JUST KIND OF
KEPT REBELLING AGAINST GOD
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MESSING
UP AND STUFF. AND, UH, BUT I
KNEW THAT IN MY HEART I
NEED TO GET IT RIGHT WITH
GOD BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP
LEAVE--LIVING THE WAY I
WANTED TO LIVE MY LIFE AND
NEVER REALLY WORKS OUT SO
WELL. SO I JUST KNEW THAT I
HAD TO MAKE A DECISION OF
NO MATTER, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE,
UM, TO CHOOSE GOD OVER
EVERYTHING EVEN IF IT'S BAD
OR GOOD AND JUST TRUST GOD
AND SO--
NOW WHAT KIND OF THINGS
DO YOU DO TO REALLY, UM,
INVEST IN THE FAITH THAT YOU
HAVE? LIKE READING THE
WORD AND--
YEAH. I THINK LIKE YEAH.
FOR ME IT'S READING THE
WORD AND WHICH I'VE BEEN
DOING LATELY SO I NEED TO--
THAT'S WHAT I JUST SORT OF
MADE TODAY IS I JUST--
YOU MADE THAT DECISION
TODAY?
WELL, A LONG TIME AGO
BUT YES, RESTARTING AGAIN.
RESTARTING AGAIN?
YES, AGAIN, YEAH.
YEAH. BECAUSE YOU GOT A
LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK, RIGHT?
EXACTLY. YEAH.
WHAT IS THE MOST
PROFOUND THING THAT--THAT
GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU WHEN
YOU'VE BEEN IN A TIME OF
CRISIS?
UM, I THINK HE'S JUST GIVEN
ME A PEACE LIKE TODAY
INCIDENTALLY, IT'S JUST LIKE I
WAS WORKING AND I JUST--HE'S
LIKE RYAN, DO YOU WANT TO
LIVE THIS WAY? OR IT'S LIKE
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE MY
WAY? BECAUSE YOUR WAY'S
NOT WORKING OUT. AND--AND
I JUST GO LIKE THERE'S NO
WAY I CAN LIVE THIS LIFE
WITHOUT GOD. I MEAN,
THERE'S JUST NO POINT. AND
GOD'S MY EVERYTHING AND,
UM, I THINK HE JUST BRINGS
THAT PEACE AND HE'S KIND OF
SPEAKS IN THAT STILL, SMALL
VOICE OF LIKE I AM HERE AND
LIKE I AM ALIVE AND I LIVE IN
YOU AND YOU'RE AMAZING
AND LIKE I LOVE YOU AND JUST
THAT KIND OF--THAT KIND OF
COMES OVER YOU AND YOU
JUST KIND OF EXPERIENCE
THAT.
WOW, WOW.
YEAH. SO--
WELL, YOU ARE AMAZING
RYAN. YOU ARE AMAZING AND
GOD LOVES YOU. YOU ARE--
YOUR SPIRIT IS SO LARGE IN
HIM.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING THOSE BEAUTIFUL
WORDS.
NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS.
(MUSIC)
YOU KNOW, AT THE END
THERE WHEN I TOLD RYAN
THAT, UH, HIS SPIRIT JUST FELT
SO LARGE. IT WAS SO TRUE.
LIKE YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE
LOVE OF GOD EMANATING
FROM THIS YOUNG MAN AND I
APPRECIATE HIM TALKING TO
ME AND THAT HE IS MAKING A
RENEWED COMMITMENT TO
FOLLOW GOD AND TO FOLLOW
HIM MORE INTENSELY.
ESPECIALLY THIS IS A NEW
YEAR.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW? COMING UP.
AND WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE,
UH, THE WAY THAT WE PURSUE
GOD THIS YEAR.
LAURA-LYNN, IT'S SO GREAT
TO SEE YOU MOVE OUT INTO
THE STREETS OF CANADA AND
SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE.
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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
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BLESSINGS GOD HAS FOR YOU.
(MUSIC)
WELCOME BACK. UP NEXT,
SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
HOLLYWOOD SCREAM QUEEN
BEGAN NOTICING HER WORK
WAS GOING HOME WITH HER.
I REMEMBER SITTING THERE
AND--AND THE CURTAIN
OPENED AND IT--IT WAS LIKE I
REALIZED AT THAT MOMENT
THIS WAS IT FOR ME. THIS IS
WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
GIGI ERNETA WAS BORN IN
NEW YORK AND BEGAN HER
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING
CAREER AT THE AGE OF 8.
WHEN HER PARENTS MOVED TO
HOUSTON. SHE JOINED THE
HOUSTON BALLET COMPANY
AND WAS CHOSEN FOR A LEAD
CHILD ROLE IN THE
NUTCRACKER.
I GOT MY FIRST DANCING
CONTRACT WHEN I WAS 14. I
AUDITIONED FOR MY FIRST
COMMERCIAL WHEN I WAS 15
AND I DID IT IN ENGLISH AND
SPANISH FOR MCDONALD'S.
AND, UH, THAT'S HOW IT
STARTED.
GIGI CONTINUED HER
ACTING AND DANCE UNTIL THE
END OF HIGH SCHOOL. SHE
RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS
AND RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
DRAMA DEPARTMENT. DURING
HER TIME IN COLLEGE, GIGI
WORKED IN RADIO AND
MARRIED. AS HER CAREER
DEVELOPED, SHE FELT IT WAS
TIME TO MOVE TO
HOLLYWOOD.
HI, IT'S ME, HOLLYWOOD'S
GOSSIP PRINCESS AND DO I
HAVE A SCOOP FOR YOU.
I REALIZED THAT
HOLLYWOOD WAS REALLY
HARD AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
WHO KEPT SAYING, OH, YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN DO THAT, IT
WON'T HURT YOUR CAREER,
YOU KNOW, IT'S WORK. AND I
HAD STARTED TO TAKE JOBS
THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
TAKING. THEY WERE LATE
NIGHT AND THEY WERE THESE
REALLY RACY MOVIES THAT,
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT
PORNOGRAPHY BUT THEY'RE
REALLY PUSHING THE
THRESHOLD. I DID ZOMBIE
FILMS, I DID VAMPIRE FILMS.
SOON GIGI WAS KNOWN FOR
HER EXTENSIVE WORK IN
HORROR FILMS AND WAS
QUICKLY LABELED A SCREAM
QUEEN.
I--I THINK THAT THE
DARKNESS THAT I WAS
EXPERIENCING ON THE SET
STARTED TO MANIFEST ITSELF
IN--IN MY LIFE. PEOPLE WERE
DYING AND EVERYTHING IN
THESE MOVIES AND THERE WAS
A LOT OF BLOOD AND GUTS. IT
WAS ALL DARKNESS.
IN 2007 WHILE GIGI'S CAREER
AS A SCREAM QUEEN WAS
FLOURISHING, AT HOME, HER
MARRIAGE FELL APART.
MY LIFE GOT REALLY OUT OF
CONTROL. AND IN MY DIVORCE,
IT--IT BLEW UP. AND I NEEDED
HELP AFTER MY DIVORCE. I
WAS RAISED CATHOLIC, I
UNDERSTOOD THE PRIEST
DOING, UM, COMMUNION, BUT I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHO
CHRIST WAS. I USED TO SAY TO
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I KEEP
CALLING GOD AND HE'S GIVING
ME THE BUSY SIGNAL. I JUST
KNEW THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING MISSING BETWEEN
ME AND GOD. I HAD PEOPLE
COMING INTO MY LIFE, HAD
THE CASTING DIRECTOR COME
INTO MY LIFE. I HAD ANOTHER
GIRL WHO WAS A WARDROBE
LADY, UM, COME INTO MY LIFE
AND TELL ME, YOU KNOW, YOU
REALLY OUGHT TO READ THE
BIBLE AND WHERE--WHERE ARE
YOU WITH GOD?
DURING THIS TIME, A FRIEND
OFFERED GIGI A PLACE TO STAY
WHILE SHE GOT BACK ON HER
FEET. ONE NIGHT, SHE TRIED
READING THE BIBLE.
ALL THROUGH ALL THIS I
WAS CRYING OUT TO THE LORD
AND I SAID THIS ISN'T MAKING
ANY SENSE. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING HERE. AT THAT POINT
WAS MY COMPLETE
RESIGNATION. I SAID I CAN'T
DO THIS ANY MORE, THAT'S IT.
AND I WOULD JUST KEPT
CRYING AND CRYING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THAT SAME NIGHT, GIGI
NOTICED A NOISE IN THE
BEDROOM. THE NEXT
MORNING, SHE ASKED HER
FRIEND TO COME TO HER
ROOM AND LISTEN FOR THE
NOISE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A
GARGLING NOISE AND SHE
GOES GOSH, IT SOUNDS LIKE--IT
SOUNDS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A
WHALE.
GIGI CALLED HER CHRISTIAN
FRIEND AND TOLD HER ABOUT
THE NOISES.
SHE'S LAUGHING, SHE SAYS
READ--READ JONAH. JUST READ
JONAH AND CALL ME BACK.
SHE OPENED TO THE BOOK
OF JONAH WHICH TOLD OF A
MAN WHO HAD DISOBEYED GOD
AND BEEN SWALLOWED IN THE
BELLY OF A WHALE FOR THREE
DAYS.
EVERY SINGLE WORD CAME
OUT AND JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN
MY HEART AND THAT WAS IT.
IT WAS LIKE I KNEW THE
ANSWER WAS RIGHT IN FRONT
OF ME. I REALIZED THAT
READING THE BIBLE AND--AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT CHRIST
DIED FOR MY SINS THAT I
COULD BE HERE FOR MY WHOLE
LIFE REALLY IT JUST CHANGED.
JUST BAM. AND I WAS SO
EXCITED. UH, I DIDN'T--I
REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT I
WAS--I WAS READY FOR CHRIST.
AFTER THAT, IT WAS LIKE THAT
BUSY SIGNAL WENT AWAY AND
THE CONNECTION WAS DIRECT.
GIGI HAD SOME HARD
DECISIONS TO MAKE ABOUT
HER CAREER. SEVERAL
MONTHS LATER, SHE LEFT HER
HORROR ROLES AND MOVED
BACK TO TEXAS.
WHEN I LEFT CALIFORNIA, I
IMMEDIATELY GOT IN A BIBLE-
BASED CHURCH AND STARTED
TO SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH
THE LORD. I REALIZED IT
WASN'T JUST MY WORK THAT
HAD TO CHANGE, BUT IT--THE
WAY I LIVED HAD TO CHANGE.
AND IT WAS AMAZING RIGHT
AWAY I STARTED GETTING
BLESSED WITH WORK THAT
WAS QUALITY, QUALITY WORK
AND THINGS I WOULDN'T
AUDITION FOR, THEY WOULD
JUST COME TO ME.
GIGI CO--STARS WITH
WILLIAM DEVANE AND JOHN
SCHNEIDER IN HER MOST
RECENT FILM FLAG OF MY
FATHER. THE FAITH-BASED
FILM TACKLES THE ISSUE OF
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER IN SOLDIERS. IT WAS
RECENTLY AWARDED BEST
NARRATIVE FEATURE AT THE GI
FILM FESTIVAL.
I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE
THEATER WITH SOLDIERS AND
SOME OF THEM WEEPING AND I
REALIZED THAT THE HEALING
WAS HAPPENING. I REALIZED
THAT MY WHOLE LIFE I WAS
SUPPOSED TO--TO BE DOING
THIS. I ALWAYS WANTED
PEOPLE TO KNOW A DEEPER
FEELING INSIDE. A DEEPER
EMOTION, A DEEPER
UNDERSTANDING. AND NOW IT
WAS ACTUALLY COMING
THROUGH, IT WAS HAPPENING.
SO NOW I'M REACHING OUT A
LOVE, IT'S A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT THING. AND THAT'S
ONLY GOING TO COME FROM
CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, THE AMAZING
THING ABOUT THIS TESTIMONY
IS GIGI, SHE KEPT GETTING
BUSY SIGNALS UNTIL SHE
REALLY HEARD FROM THE
WORD OF GOD WHAT GOD WAS
SAYING. AND THEN IT BECAME
CRYSTAL CLEAR FIBER OPTIC,
SHE WAS ABLE TO HEAR
EXACTLY WHAT GOD WANTED
OF GIGI. AND GOD TURN IT
AROUND. AND I BELIEVE THAT
HE'S GOING TO DO THAT FOR
YOU AS WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU
MIGHT BE SITTING AROUND IN
YOUR JAMMIES RIGHT NOW
AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN GOING
SO WELL. BUT I WANT MY 2013
TO BE BETTER THAN MY 2012.
NOW LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT--
WHAT GIGI RECEIVED AS WELL
BECAUSE SHE HEARD A
GURGLING SOUND THAT
SOUNDED LIKE WHALES AND,
UH, AND SHE WAS IN A WHALE
OF A MESS. SO HER FRIEND
TOLD HER GO TO THE BOOK OF
JONAH AND THIS IS WHAT IT
SAYS. IN THE BOOK OF JONAH,
ACTUALLY THE PROPHET IS
TOLD GO TO NINEVEH. BUT HE
GOES TO TIMBUKTU AS FAR
AWAY FROM WHERE GOD TOLD
HIM TO GO AS POSSIBLE. AND
GOD ALLOWED A SHIP TO BE
WAITING FOR JONAH AND IT
SAYS NINE TIMES IN THAT FIRST
CHAPTER HE WENT DOWN,
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
AND THAT SHIP STARTED GOING
DOWN AND THESE SEASONED,
UH, SEAMEN STARTED CRYING
OUT AND THEY SAW HIM
SLEEPING AND THEY SAID
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE
SCREAMING JUST LIKE WE ARE
RIPPING YOUR HAIR OUT. YOUR
HAIR SHOULD BE ON FIRE. BUT,
UH, HE SAID IT'S ME WHY THIS
IS GOING ON. YOU MIGHT BE
THE JONAH IN THE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH,
GOD'S GETTING YOUR
ATTENTION. IT SAID IN THE
SECOND CHAPTER IN THE FIRST
VERSE, IT SAYS, "I CRIED OUT
TO THE LORD BECAUSE OF MY
AFFLICTION AND HE ANSWERED
ME." THAT SIMPLE. IF YOU CRY
OUT TODAY, HE'LL ANSWER
YOU AND HE'LL TURN YOUR
WHALE OF A MESS INTO A
MASTERPIECE.
HMM, I THINK EVERY ONE OF
US, BRIAN HAVE, UM, BEEN IN A
PLACE IN LIFE WHERE, UH, WE
ARE RUNNING TO TIMBUKTU
WHEN GOD HAS CALLED US TO
ANOTHER PLACE. FOR US, OUR
FAMILY, WE WENT TO
TUKTOYAKTUK, BUT THAT
HAPPENED TO BE WHERE GOD
ACTUALLY CALLED US WAS
TUKTOYAKTUK.
BUT IT'S A REAL PLACE,
THOUGH?
YEAH, IT'S A REAL PLACE.
AND, UH, WHEREVER GOD
WANTS YOU TO GO, YOU MIGHT
AS WELL JUST GET THERE.
YEAH.
BECAUSE HE WILL PURSUE
YOU RELENTLESSLY BECAUSE
HE LOVES YOU AND HE HAS A
GREAT PLAN. AND IF WE ARE
OBEDIENT TO HIM AND WE
FOLLOW HARD AFTER HIS CALL,
WE ARE GOING TO END UP IN
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT PLACES.
WHY DON'T YOU DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD RIGHT
NOW AND JUST SAY GOD, HELP
ME, IN JESUS' NAME. HE HEARD
YOU. 1-855-759-0700. WE SURE
LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
WITH ALL OF YOU AGAIN SOON.
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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