HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN
TYLER THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, LAURA-
LYNN, WE ALL NEED GOD
ON A DAILY BASIS.
YES.
BUT, UM, I REMEMBER
BECAUSE I'M CANADIAN
BY CHOICE, NOT BY BIRTH.
AND, UH, SOMETIMES WE--
WE NEED GOD SORT OF
LIKE THEY NEED HIM IN
TEXAS. INSTEAD OF R-I-G-
H-T, RAT, RAT NOW. HAVE
YOU EVER NEEDED GOD
RIGHT NOW?
OH, SO MANY TIMES. I'M
TELLING YOU, YOU DON'T
GET TO BE LIKE THIS--THIS
GIRL AND NOT HAVE
NEEDED GOD MANY,
MANY, MANY TIMES. UM, I
HAVE CRIED OUT TO HIM,
UH, IN BROKENNESS, FROM
BROKEN PLACES, IN
FAILURE, JUST KNOWING
THAT HE WAS MY ONLY
HOPE AND HE HAS BEEN
BRIAN, HE'S BEEN MY
ONLY HOPE AND I THANK
HIM THAT HE HAS MET MY
NEED. HE HAS MET MY
PRAYER EVERY TIME I
PRAYED IT. TODAY,
YOU'LL MEET TWO WOMEN
WHO REALIZED THAT GOD
IS THERE RIGHT WHEN YOU
NEED HIM MOST.
UM-HUM. LEE RAY
LEEMEZ LEARNED THAT
GOD CAN TURN EVEN THE
MOST DIRE
CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND
AS SHE LAY SLEEPLESS IN
HER HOSPITAL BED THE
NIGHT BEFORE MAJOR
SURGERY WITH HER LIFE
HANGING IN THE BALANCE,
YOU'LL SEE THE MIRACLE
THAT OCCURRED JUST AS
THE DOCTORS WERE
ABOUT TO OPERATE.
HMM. FOR FAYTINE
GRAZEKI'S EATING
DISORDER, IT WAS
COMPLETELY OUT OF
CONTROL. WITH HER
HEALTH FAILING, SHE PUT
HER TRUST IN GOD AND
HER STORY IS PROOF THAT
EVEN IF YOU'VE
STRUGGLED WITH
SOMETHING FOR YEARS,
THERE IS HOPE.
AND JOE AMAROL IS
BACK TO SHOW YOU MORE
HIDDEN SECRETS FOUND IN
THE BIBLE IN HIS
COMPELLING NEW SERIES.
BUT FIRST, LEE RAY
LEEMEZ GETS A MIRACLE
RIGHT WHEN SHE NEEDED
IT THE MOST.
THE LORD HAS BLESSED
ME WITH SO MANY THINGS,
'98 WE GOT MARRIED, '99
WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE,
2000 MY SON WAS BORN.
AND I SAID LORD, WHAT
MORE COULD I ASK FOR?
I'M SO BLESSED. BUT THEN
AGAIN, TRIAL COMES. I
WENT TO THE WASH ROOM
AND I SAW THAT THERE IS
BLOOD IN MY URINE. AND
IT SCARED ME. SO THE
DOCTOR, THE SPECIALIST
AT SUNNYBROOK
RECOMMENDED BIOPSY ON
MY KIDNEY AND THEY DID
A BLOOD COUNT, I'M
LOSING BLOOD. SO RIGHT
AWAY, THEY ADMITTED ME
AT SUNNYBROOK. AND
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO. I WAS KIND OF
SCARED. IT WAS A LIFE-
THREATENING THING. SO
THEY DID AN ULTRASOUND
HOUR, EVERY HOUR OF THE
DAY. AND THEY DID SOME
BLOOD COUNT AS WELL.
THEY TOOK BLOOD OF ME.
AND SOMEHOW, IT SEEMS
LIKE I'M LOSING BLOOD
AND THE KIDNEYS, THEY
FINALLY FOUND OUT THAT
THE VEINS AROUND THE
KIDNEY BURST. AND
THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING
THE--THE BLOOD COMING
OUT FROM MY URINE. SO
THEY THOUGHT OF TWO
PROCEDURE, ONE IS
THROUGH INTRAVENOUS
IV AND THAT WILL TAKE A
LONG TIME. THE LAST
RESORT WAS THE
OPERATION. AND THEY
SPOKE TO MY HUSBAND A
DAY BEFORE THAT THEY
WILL DECIDE ON WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO
ME. THEY SAID MR.
LEEMEZ, I'M SORRY TO
TELL YOU THAT BOTH
PROCEDURE HER CHANCES
OF SURVIVAL IS 40%. SO
IT'S LIKE TELLING MY
HUSBAND YOUR WIFE IS
GOING TO DIE. IT'S NOT
EVEN 50%, NO HOPE AT
ALL. THE NIGHT BEFORE
THERE IS THIS VOICE IN ME
THAT'S SAYING TURN ON
THE TV. THERE'S A SHOW
ABOUT HEALING. AND
EXACT WORDS THE
MINISTER SAID THERE IS
SOMEBODY IN THE
HOSPITAL BLEEDING IN
HER KIDNEY AND THE
LORD IS TOUCHING YOU
RIGHT NOW. SO I DIDN'T
EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT
THAT IT WAS FOR ME. I
DIDN'T EVEN CLAIM IT,
RIGHT? BUT SOMEHOW
THERE IS THIS WARMTH
CAME INTO MY BACK AT
THAT TIME. I REMEMBER
VIVIDLY SAYING TO THE
LORD, LORD, IF YOU'RE
TAKING ME HOME, I'M
READY BECAUSE I KNOW
WHERE I'M GOING. BUT
FOR MY SON'S SAKE, HE
WAS JUST A YEAR AND A
HALF AT THAT TIME. IF
YOU WANT--IF YOU WANT
ME TO LIVE, THEN PLEASE,
DO IT--DO IT FOR MY SON.
SO THEY CAME, THERE'S
FOUR OF THEM, AND THIS
DOCTOR JUST LOOK AT ME
AND SAYS WHY ARE YOU
SO SAD? AND I THOUGHT
HE MUST BE JOKING. I'M
DYING AND HE'S ASKING
ME WHY AM I SO SAD? AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAID
YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING
HOME TOMORROW. AND I
THOUGHT, I SAID WHAT'S
HE TALKING ABOUT? AND
THEN HE SAID YOUR LAST
ULTRASOUND AN HOUR
AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE THE
VEIN IS STARTING TO
CONNECT. AND HE SAID I
DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT THEY'RE
CONNECTING. BUT IN MY
HEART I KNOW. I KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED, IT WAS
GOD.
(MUSIC)
I WAS LEAVING, THERE'S
THIS LADY WHO SPOKE
WITH ME WHO IS MY, UH,
ROOMMATE AT THE
HOSPITAL. AND SHE SAID
TO ME THAT I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE THE ONE GOING
HOME. I'VE BEEN HERE
FOR THREE WEEKS AND
YOU'RE ONLY BEEN HERE
FOR FOUR DAYS. AND
THEN BEFORE I COULD
ANSWER HER, SHE SAID
BUT I KNOW WHY YOU'RE
GOING. BECAUSE I
ALWAYS HEAR YOU AND
YOUR HUSBAND EVERY
NIGHT PRAYING AND
CRYING TO THE LORD. AND
I SAID LORD, YOU SPOKE
TO THIS WOMAN. I--AND
SOMEHOW IN MY HEART
THE LORD SAYS THAT'S
WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE
TO SAVE HER. AND
SOMEHOW I JUST CRIED
AND I SAID LORD, THAT IS
SUCH A VERY HARD WAY
OF, YOU KNOW, WINNING A
SOUL. RIGHT? BUT GOD
HAS A WAY. OKAY? YEAH.
HE HAS A WAY. SO WHEN I
SPOKE TO HER AND I SAID,
UM, OH YOU HAVE HEARD
US PRAYING? I SAID, WELL,
YOU COULD DO THE SAME,
I SAID. AND IF YOU WANT
BEFORE I GO, I COULD
PRAY FOR YOU. AND I DID.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER, BUT I
KNOW THE LORD DOES.
IT'S AMAZING IN HOW GOD
WORKS IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS IN OUR
LIVES. AND BECAUSE IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN MY PRAYER,
LORD, USE ME. USE ME.
AND I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT THE LORD WILL DO IT
THAT WAY IN A VERY
DIFFICULT WAY,
CHALLENGING WAY, BUT,
UM, GOD IS FAITHFUL. YOU
KNOW? GOD IS FAITHFUL,
HE NEVER LEAVES US NOR
FORSAKE US
YOU KNOW WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT LEE RAY'S
STORY IS THIS TESTIMONY
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN IN
CANADA. AND IT SHOWS
THAT JESUS SPEAKS
TODAY. AND THIS ISN'T
SOMEONE WHO HASN'T
BEEN FOLLOWING CHRIST,
BUT THIS IS SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN A FAITHFUL
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
AND SHE WAS LOOKING AT
THE TELEVISION CRYING
OUT TO GOD, NEVER
LETTING IT GO OF HER
FAITH AND SHE GOT
AHOLD OF GOD AND
THOSE--THOSE VERY VEINS
THAT WERE IN HER
KIDNEYS THAT--THAT
NEEDED TO BE FUSED
TOGETHER, THAT NEEDED
TO BE SURGICALLY
CONNECTED NOW WERE
FUSED TOGETHER
SUPERNATURALLY AT 11:59
BEFORE THE SURGERY. IT
REMINDS ME WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS, THE WISEST
MAN, IN ECCLESIASTES
CHAPTER 9, IT SAYS, "AND I
RETURNED AND SAW
SOMETHING UNDER THE
SUN. THE RACE IS NOT TO
THE SWIFT, NOR IS THE
BATTLE TO THE STRONG
NOR BREAD TO THE WISE
NOR RICH RICHES TO MEN
OF UNDERSTANDING." AND
I LOVE THIS ONE, "NOR
FAVOR TO MEN OF SKILL."
DID YOU GET THAT? THE
FAVOR OF GOD THAT'S ON
YOU, IF YOU'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING GOD FOR SUCH
A LONG TIME, FAVOR IS
NOT FAIR BECAUSE FAVOR
COMES BY GRACE. IT
DOESN'T COME BY SKILL
NOR FAVOR TO MEN OF
SKILL. BUT LOOK WHAT IT
SAYS RIGHT HERE. "LIKE
FISH TAKEN IN A CRUEL
NET, LIKE BIRDS CAUGHT
IN A SNARE. SO THE SONS
OF MEN ARE SNARED IN AN
EVIL TIME." THINGS
HAPPEN IN OTHER WORDS.
IT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT
HAPPENS TO ME. BUT
THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO
LET GO OF YOUR FAITH
LIKE LEE RAY, THAT'S THE
TIME WHEN YOU GET THAT
PIT BULL, (MAKES NOISE)
AND SAY JESUS, I BELIEVE
YOU NOW AND I SHALL
LIVE AND NOT DIE AND
DECLARE THE WORKS OF
THE LORD. SOMEBODY, I
KNOW YOUR FAITH JUST
STOOD UP TO ATTENTION.
UM-HUM. IT REALLY
DID. AND YOU KNOW
WHAT? WHEN BRIAN DID
THAT (MAKES NOISE)
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT
TENACITY INSIDE OF YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TO LET THAT
FAITH RISE UP. YOU'VE
GOTTEN SOME KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, DOCTOR'S
WORD THAT THERE IS NO
HOPE.
YEAH.
THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT'S GOING ON THAT IS
BIGGER THAN YOU. THAT
IS WHEN GOD STEPS IN. HE
IS POWERFUL. HE IS
MIRACULOUS. AND WE
WILL JOIN OUR FAITH WITH
YOURS TO SEE YOUR
MIRACLE COME ABOUT.
AMEN. I'M GOING TO
PRAY RIGHT NOW BUT
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE AT THE 70
CLUB CANADA. WE
BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN
GIVEN A SPECIAL WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS
SEASON TO DO EXACTLY
WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
CALL AND ASK FOR THIS
PARTICULAR, UH,
RESOURCE: FAITH. I NEED
MY FAITH STIRRED, LAURA-
LYNN NEEDS HER FAITH
STIRRED. BUT NOW WE'RE
GOING TO JOIN TOGETHER
AND LIKE (MAKES NOISE).
YES.
LIKE JUST CABLES THAT
JUST ALLOW THE POWER
OF GOD TO COME IN.
FATHER, FOR THAT MAN
AND THAT WOMAN, I
DECLARE THE FAVOR OF
GOD IS UPON THEM. LET IT
NOW, LORD, ELECTRIFY
THEIR SPIRIT, LET THEIR
FAITH STAND UP TO
ATTENTION AND NOW
WHATEVER THAT SPIRIT OF
DISCOURAGEMENT AND
LORD THAT SPIRIT OF
INTIMIDATION, WE BREAK
IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND I DECLARE THEY
SHALL LIVE AND NOT DIE
AND DECLARE THE WORKS
OF THE LORD. IN JESUS'
NAME.
HMM, AMEN. IF YOU
JUST PRAYED THAT WITH
BRIAN--WITH BRIAN,
WOULD YOU GIVE US A
CALL AT 1-855-759-0700. WE
WOULD LOVE TO JOIN OUR
FAITH WITH YOURS.
IT'S THE FAVOR OF GOD.
UM-HUM.
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
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BEGINNINGS. CALL THE 700
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(MUSIC)
THERE'S A STORY I LOVE
IN THE BOOK OF LUKE
WHEN JESUS TOLD PETER
TO PUT HIS FISHING NET
DOWN INTO THE DEEP
WATERS. PETER WAS
EXHAUSTED. HE--HE HAD
BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT AND
YET HAD NOT CAUGHT ONE
FISH. BUT IN LUKE 5:5,
PETER SAID, "BUT ON THE
GROUND OF YOUR WORD, I
WILL LOWER THE NETS
AGAIN." HE MEANT, THIS
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I'VE ALREADY TRIED IT. I
KNOW HOW TO FISH. I
HAVE A LOT OF
KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
AND IT DIDN'T WORK
WHEN I TRIED IT. BUT
BECAUSE YOU SAY SO, I'LL
DO IT BECAUSE YOU SAY
SO. ONE WORD FROM
JESUS CHANGES
EVERYTHING. HAVE YOU
ALREADY TRIED TO DO
SOMETHING IN YOUR OWN
STRENGTH WITH YOUR
OWN EXPERIENCE AND
WISDOM AND IT JUST
DIDN'T WORK? WHAT
WOULD YOU DO IF JESUS
SAID TRY IT AGAIN? DO IT
ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE
THIS TIME IT'S NOT BY
YOUR MIGHT AND IT'S NOT
BY YOUR POWER, BUT IT
WILL BE BY MY SPIRIT
THAT IT WILL COME TO
PASS. ABOUT THE TIME
THAT YOU HAVE
EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW TO DO, JESUS
STEPS IN AND HE BRINGS
ABOUT YOUR GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT. LUKE 5
VERSE 6 SAYS THEY
CAUGHT A GREAT NUMBER
OF FISH AND AS THEIR
NETS WERE AT THE POINT
OF BREAKING, THEY
SIGNAL TO THEIR
PARTNERS IN THE OTHER
BOATS TO COME, TAKE
HOLD WITH THEM AND
THEY CAME AND THEY
FILLED BOTH THE BOATS
SO THAT THEY BEGAN TO
SINK. WHEN JESUS DOES
THAT THING THAT ONLY
HE CAN DO, YOU ARE
GOING TO NEED AN ARMY
TO HELP YOU PULL IN THE
HAUL. YOU ARE GOING TO
NEED HELP TO GET THE JOB
DONE. THAT YOU ONCE
WERE MORE THAN ENOUGH
TO DO ON YOUR OWN.
PEOPLE WILL COME
RUNNING AS YOU SAY I
DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT JESUS
TOLD ME TO DO THIS JUST
ONE MORE TIME AND NOW
I CAN'T BEAR THE WEIGHT
OF THE SUCCESS ON MY
OWN. THE STORY GOES ON
TO SAY THAT WHEN SIMON
PETER SAW THIS, HE FELL
DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES
SAYING, "DEPART FROM ME
FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN OH
LORD." HE WAS GRIPPED
WITH BEWILDERING
AMAZEMENT AND ALL
WHO WERE WITH HIM AT
THE HAUL OF FISH WHICH
THEY HAD MADE. WHEN
JESUS, WHEN HE STEPS IN,
HE IS GOING TO DO SUCH A
PROFOUND AND GREAT
WORK WITH YOUR TALENT
AND YOUR ABILITY. HE IS
GOING TO SHOW OFF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT YOU CAN DO
WITHOUT HIM AND HOW
MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO
WITH HIM. IT'S GOING TO
MAKE YOU FALL DOWN ON
YOUR KNEES BEFORE GOD
ALMIGHTY IN WORSHIP
AND IN AWESTRUCK
WONDER OF WHAT HE IS
CAPABLE OF. LIKE PETER,
WE'LL FEEL UNWORTHY OF
CHRIST'S INTERVENTION IN
OUR LIVES. IT CAN'T HELP
BUT HIGHLIGHT OUR OWN
HUMANITY AND FAILINGS.
BUT JESUS, HE DOESN'T
NEED YOU TO BE PERFECT,
HE NEEDS YOU TO BE
OBEDIENT AND THEN JUST
STAND BACK IN
BREATHLESS WONDER AT
WHAT HE DOES.
SO GOOD LAURA-LYNN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THIS TESTIMONY IS
PETER WAS THE HEAD OF A
FISHING COMPANY AND HE
NEEDED HELP. HE KNEW
REALLY HOW TO EMPLOY
MEN, BUT HE NEEDED HELP
TO BRING IN THIS CATCH
AND HE KNEW THAT HE
WAS A SINFUL MAN, I
CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THIS
BLESSING. I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A
BLESSING LIKE THIS. I BET
THE SAME THING IS
HAPPENING WITH YOU. IF
YOU TRUST GOD NOW, YOU
CAN CALL THE NUMBER ON
SCREEN AND SAY GOD,
TODAY I TURN THIS OVER
AND I STOP TRYING, I
START TRUSTING, WATCH
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WELL, UP NEXT, MORE
BIBLE SECRETS EXPOSED
WITH JOE AMORAL.
SOMETIMES THINGS
HAPPEN IN THE BIBLE AND
WE DON'T ALWAYS
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY
HAPPEN. WE READ WHAT
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE,
AND JOHN WRITE AND WE
JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE
IT FOR GRANTED. HEY, IT
HAPPENED THIS WAY AND
WE JUST TAKE IT. BUT A
LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T
FACTOR IN THE
BACKGROUND, THE
CULTURE, THE RELIGION,
THE RELIGION, THE
TRADITIONS, ALL THE
THINGS GOING ON. FOR
INSTANCE, WHY DOES
JESUS COME INTO
JERUSALEM? WHY DOES
HE COME INTO THE
EASTERN GATE? WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THAT IN AN UPCOMING
SEGMENT. AND WHY DOES
HE RIDE A DONKEY? EVEN
HIS--HIS CHOICE OF HIS
METHOD OF
TRANSPORTATION
ACTUALLY HAS MEANING
TO IT AND A LOT OF TIMES
WE DON'T EVEN PAY
ATTENTION TO THAT. NOW
I GO TO ISRAEL ALL THE
TIME AND MY GROUPS
ALWAYS COME WITH ME
TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
AND, UM, FOR A FEW
BUCKS YOU CAN PAY A
GUY, HE'LL GIVE YOU A
CAMEL RIDE AND THEN
THERE'S ANOTHER GUY
WHO ALWAYS COMES
THAT THIS--THIS DEAR
MUSLIM BROTHER, HE
COMES UP WITH THIS OLD
DONKEY WHO I THINK IS
FROM THE TIME OF JESUS
AND HE SAYS, HEY, WHO
WANTS TO TAKE A RIDE ON
THE JESUS TAXI? WHY
DOES HE SAY THAT?
BECAUSE EVERYBODY
KNOWS THAT JESUS RODE
A DONKEY BUT WHY A
DONKEY? THERE--THERE--
THERE WERE RULES THAT
WERE SET IN THE FIRST
CENTURY. ISRAEL IS IN
THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE
EAST AND THERE'S
NATIONS TO THE NORTH,
TO THE SOUTH, TO THE
EAST THAT ARE ALWAYS
AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER
AND THEY ALWAYS WANT
TO FIGHT. SO WHAT IF
YOU'RE A PERSON WHO
LIVES IN ISRAEL, YOU'RE IN
JERUSALEM, YOU COME
OUT OF THE CITY DOING
YOUR SHOPPING AND YOU
LOOK WAY UP IN THE
HORIZON AND THERE'S A
GREAT ARMY. YOU WANT
TO ASK YOURSELF A
QUESTION. IS THAT ARMY
COMING TO ATTACK US OR
ARE THEY JUST PASSING
THROUGH? ARE THEY
GOING TO REFUEL THEIR
ANIMALS? ARE THEY
GOING TO HAVE A NIGHT
OF REST AND THEN GO
ALONG AND ATTACK
SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO
THEY PUT IN PLACE THIS
RULE: IF YOU WERE A KING
AND YOU WERE COMING
JUST TO REFUEL BUT YOU
WEREN'T ACTUALLY
COMING TO ATTACK
ISRAEL, AS A SIGN TO THE
PEOPLE, YOU WOULD COME
RIDING ON A DONKEY ON A
MISSION OF PEACE. LOOK
AT ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 9
VERSE 9, "REJOICE
GREATLY DAUGHTER OF
ZION, SHOUT DAUGHTER OF
JERUSALEM. SEE YOUR
KING COMES TO YOU
RIGHTEOUS AND
VICTORIOUS, LOWLY, AND
RIDING ON A DONKEY ON A
COLT, THE FOAL OF A
DONKEY." SO IF YOU CAME
OUT OF THE CITY AND
THERE WAS A KING RIDING
A DONKEY AND YOU SAID
OH, THANK YOU, LORD,
THEY'RE NOT HERE TO
ATTACK US. BUT WHAT IF
THAT KING WAS THERE TO
ATTACK YOU? WHAT IF
YOU CAME OUT OF THE
CITY AND THE KING
WASN'T SITTING ON A
DONKEY? SO IF THE KING
WAS COME TO GO MAKE
WAR AGAINST THE CITY, IF
HE WAS COME TO GO MAKE
WAR AGAINST THE
COUNTRY, THE KING
WOULD ALWAYS COME
AHEAD RIDING ON A
HORSE. LOOK AT
REVELATION CHAPTER 19
VERSE 11. IT SAYS, "I SAW
HEAVEN STANDING OPEN
AND THERE BEFORE ME
WAS" WHAT? "A WHITE
HORSE WHOSE RIDER IS
CALLED FAITHFUL AND
TRUE. WITH JUSTICE HE
JUDGES AND HE WAGERS
OR MAKES WAR." AND A
LOT OF TIMES WE READ IT
AND THAT HIS FIRST
COMING, HE RODE ON A
DONKEY AND THE SECOND
TIME HE'S COMING ON A
HORSE. WHAT'S WITH ALL
THE ANIMALS? WE DON'T
FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY
HE MAKES THOSE CHOICES,
BUT AS WE UNDERSTAND
THE CULTURE OF THE
TIMES, YOU SEE HOW
MUCH SENSE IT MAKES?
THE FIRST TIME JESUS
CAME, HE CAME ON A
MISSION OF PEACE. BUT
THE NEXT TIME HE COMES,
HE COMES TO JUDGE AND
MAKE WAR.
(MUSIC)
THAT IS SO COOL. I
HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING
THAT AS MUCH AS WE ARE.
THE KINGLY ENTRANCE.
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WELCOME BACK. UP
NEXT, AFTER YEARS OF
BATTLING AN EATING
DISORDER, FAYTINE
GRAZEKI FINALLY FINDS A
WAY OUT.
WELL, I WENT TO
CHURCH BECAUSE MOM
AND DAD BROUGHT ME TO
CHURCH AND THEY WERE
AWESOME. BUT I CAN
REMEMBER BEING BORED.
I CAN REMEMBER KIND OF
FEELING THAT GENERAL
DISCONNECT BETWEEN,
UH, WHAT WAS BEING SAID
AND KIND OF WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH MY
BRAIN AND I COULDN'T
REALLY RELATE TO SORT
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AROUND ME IN A CHURCH
CONTEXT. AND SO, YOU
KNOW, I THINK
EVENTUALLY IF
SOMETHING DOESN'T
REALLY CONNECT WITH
YOU, IF IT DOESN'T REALLY
FEEL RELEVANT, THEN YOU
JUST END UP KIND OF
WALKING AWAY. WELL, I
THINK THERE'S A, UH,
GENERAL NEED THAT WE
ALL HAVE TO BE LOVED
AND TO BE ACCEPTED.
AND TO BE AFFIRMED AND
I THINK PROBABLY FOR
MOST OF US, WE SPEND
MOST OF OUR LIFE, YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO FIND
THAT--THAT PLACE OF
ACCEPTANCE AND FOR ME,
WHEN I WAS IN GRADE 7, I
HAD A BIT OF A CRISIS
POINT WHERE, UM, I WAS
BULLIED FOR AN ENTIRE
YEAR. YOU KNOW, THAT
KIND OF STUFF
COMPOUNDS AND, YOU
KNOW, EVENTUALLY, BY
THE TIME I WAS IN GRADE
8, GRADE 9, YOU KNOW, I
WAS JUST LOOKING, I WAS
STARVED FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I BELIEVED,
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS
JUST SUBLIMINALLY OUT
THERE OBVIOUSLY
THROUGH THE MEDIA WAS
THAT IF I WAS BEAUTIFUL
THAT I WOULD BE
ACCEPTED. AND SO I
DEVELOPED IN GRADE 8,
GRADE 9 A REALLY SEVERE
EATING DISORDER
ANOREXIA. AND I WAS
ACTUALLY AT A TIME
WHERE NOBODY WAS EVEN
TALKING ABOUT IT. I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
ANOREXIA WAS. IT
ACTUALLY DEVELOPED
INTO BULIMIA, BUT IT WAS
ALL ON THIS INTENSE
QUEST FOR APPROVAL.
UM, YOU KNOW,
EVENTUALLY I STARTED
HAVING, UH, IMMORAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND, YOU
KNOW, LOOKING FOR LOVE
IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
WHICH IN SOME WAY IS
JUST A NATURAL THING IF
YOU DON'T KNOW GOD.
YOU'RE--YOU'RE GOING TO
LOOK FOR THOSE--THAT
WAY TO FILL THAT VOID
AND I WAS DEFINITELY
THROWING ALL MY
ENERGY INTO TRY TO FIND
SOME SENSE OF SECURITY.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT
OBVIOUSLY LED TO THE
EATING DISORDER. I HID
THE EATING DISORDER
PRETTY GOOD, UH, FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS. BUT,
YOU KNOW, I WAS ABOUT
5'4, 5'5 AND PRETTY SOON I
WAS PRESSING 90, 95
POUNDS SO YOU CAN ONLY
HIDE THAT FOR SO LONG,
RIGHT? AND I BEGAN
SLOWING DOWN, I WAS IN
A LOT OF SPORTS AND
STUFF. PEOPLE BEGAN TO
NOTICE IT LIKE ON THE ICE
AND ON THE COURTS AND
STUFF. AND SO, YOU
KNOW, EVENTUALLY
PEOPLE FIGURED IT OUT
AND STARTED
CONTACTING MY PARENTS,
AND, UH, YOU KNOW,
AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, I
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW LONG, PROBABLY
PRESSING A YEAR, YOU
KNOW, THEY CONFRONTED
ME AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD
TO BE HONEST AND SAY,
YEAH, I'VE BEEN, YOU
KNOW, A LITTLE BIT
OBSESSIVE ABOUT THIS
AND BY THAT POINT, I WAS
ACTUALLY ALREADY
THROWING UP AND
BINGING AND PURGING,
UM, SO IT WAS PRETTY OUT
OF CONTROL AND
UNDENIABLE.
(MUSIC)
BY THE TIME I
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL,
I THINK I ACTUALLY WAS A
WALKING CONTRADICTION
BECAUSE, ON THE OUTSIDE,
I LOOKED REALLY PUT
TOGETHER BUT ON THE
INSIDE, HONESTLY, I--I WAS
A MESS. AND I KNEW THAT
SOMETHING WAS MISSING.
AND I KNEW THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE LIFESTYLE I
WAS LIVING, ESPECIALLY
IN--IN REFERENCE TO THE
EATING DISORDER, IT WAS
JUST A BIG FAÇADE, YOU
KNOW? AND, AND BY THE
TIME I WAS IN MY FIRST,
SECOND YEAR OF
UNIVERSITY, UM, YOU
KNOW, ALL OF THE
SECURITIES OF LIVING AT
HOME, BEING IN A
FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT
IN A SMALL TOWN, YOU
KNOW, I HAD, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING AT THAT
POINT WAS KIND OF
STRIPPED AWAY. AND I
WAS FACED WITH THE
REALITY OF WHO I WAS
UNDERNEATH MY SKIN.
AND I KNEW THAT
UNDERNEATH MY SKIN, I
WAS, UM, A PERSON WHO
DESPERATELY NEEDED
SOMETHING MORE.
(MUSIC)
AND THEN THERE WAS
THE DREAM THAT I HAD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I
SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO
JESUS, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
UH, YOU KNOW, I STEPPED
OUT OF MY OLD SKIN INTO-
-INTO THIS NEW PERSON
REALITY. I LITERALLY
BECAME A NEW PERSON.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT
CONTINUED TO REALLY
HARASS ME I'LL SAY OR
REALLY BIND ME WAS THE
EATING DISORDER. AND
THAT NIGHT WHEN I HAD
THE DREAM, LITERALLY,
UM, THE FATHER CAME TO
ME IN THIS DREAM AND HE
BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME
ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR MY
LIFE. I'VE SHOWED YOU
THE PLANS THAT I HAVE
FOR YOU DECLARES THE
LORD. UM, BUT THEN HE
BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME
ABOUT HOW IF I WAS
TRULY GOING TO STEP
INTO EVERYTHING THAT
HE HAD FOR ME, THEN I
NEEDED TO STEP OUT OF
THE COMPROMISE OF
GOING TO FOOD FOR
COMFORT INSTEAD OF TO
HIM. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE
POWER OF GOD AND I
WANT TO SAY THIS, THE
POWER OF GOD'S TRUTH
HIT ME IN THAT DREAM
ENCOUNTER WHERE I
REALIZED THAT JESUS HAD
PAID THE PRICE FOR MY
FREEDOM. YOU KNOW, SO
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO, I
JUST HAD TO START
WALKING IN IT. AND SO
WHERE COUNSELORS JUST
COULDN'T DO IT, WHERE
MY OWN EVEN DESIRE, MY
OWN PERSONAL
WILLPOWER VOID OF
GOD'S GRACE AND
EMPOWERMENT, YOU
KNOW? JUST COULDN'T
CUT IT. YOU KNOW, THE
PRESENCE OF GOD AND
THE LOVE OF GOD WAS
ABLE TO SET ME FREE
WHEN NOTHING ELSE
COULD. ENCOUNTERING
GOD CHANGES
EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE IT
RESETS YOUR COMPASS. IF
YOU DON'T TRULY KNOW
GOD, YOU WILL
INTUITIVELY LIVE YOUR
LIFE FOR SELF
SATISFACTION. AND WHEN
YOU MEET GOD AND YOU
KNOW HIS LOVE, THERE IS
NO COMPETITION. AND I
CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT
I'M DONE, I'M TOAST. AND
NOBODY CAN CONVINCE
ME THAT I HAVEN'T MET
THIS MAN NAMED JESUS
BECAUSE I DID. AND HE'S
REAL.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS
SOMEONE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW AND THIS
STORY HAS HIT HOME.
PERHAPS YOU'RE
STRUGGLING WITH
BULIMIA OR ANOREXIA
AND YOU'VE HIT A WALL,
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
GET PAST IT. YOU'RE
STRUGGLING WITH ALL
THOSE FEELINGS SHE HAD,
YOU KNOW, AM I WORTHY?
WHO'S GOING TO LOVE ME?
FEELINGS OF BEING
REJECTED. I'M NOT
BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH. LET
ME TELL YOU WHAT THE--
THE BIBLE SAYS AND I--I
PRAY THAT AS I SPEAK
THESE WORDS, THAT IT
WASHES OVER YOU LIKE
RAIN, LIKE HEALING RAIN
OVER YOUR SOUL. YOU
NEED TO KNOW
SOMETHING TODAY THAT
GOD LOVES YOU. THE
WORD OF GOD SAYS IN
ROMANS 8:35 "WHO SHALL
SEPARATE US FROM THE
LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL
SUFFERING AND
AFFLICTION AND
TRIBULATION OR
CALAMITY OR DISTRESS OR
PERSECUTION, HUNGER, OR
DESTITUTION, PERIL, OR
SWORD." VERSE 37, "YET
AMID ALL THESE THINGS,
WE ARE MORE THAN
CONQUERORS AND GAIN A
SURPASSING VICTORY
THROUGH CHRIST WHO
LOVED US." TODAY HE
LOVES YOU. HE LOVES
YOU IF YOU HEAR NOTHING
ELSE FROM THIS PROGRAM,
WOULD YOU HEAR THAT
HE LOVES YOU. HE IS HERE
TO HEAL YOU. HE HAS
SEEN YOU IN YOUR
BROKENNESS AND YOU
KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T
MATTER. HE ACCEPTS YOU
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
AND HE IS HERE TO DO A
PHENOMENAL WORK IN
YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, LAURA-
LYNN WAS RIGHT AND ONE
OF THE THINGS I LOVE
ABOUT FAYTINE GRAZEKI
AND, UH, THIS WOMAN OF
GOD HAS GONE ON TO, UH,
DO POWERFUL THINGS FOR
THE LORD. AND IT'S
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE
ZEAL THAT'S INSIDE OF
HER AS WELL.
YES.
UH, NOW SHE'S WITH MY
CANADA AND DOING
PHENOMENAL THINGS. I'D
LIKE TO GET SOME THINGS
INTO YOUR HANDS.
OVERCOMING EATING
DISORDER AND ALSO
OVERCOMING GUILT
BECAUSE MANY TIMES
THAT GUILT IS THE THING
THAT CONTINUES TO EAT
AT US. CALL 1-855-759-0700.
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR
YOU NOW. WE'RE GOING
TO BELIEVE GOD TO BREAK
THAT OFF OF YOU AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD AND YOU
MAKE THE CALL, ALL
RIGHT? FATHER, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, WE ASK
FOR THAT DEBILITATING
DISEASE NOW TO BE
SHRIVELED BY THE BLOOD
OF JESUS IN THE NAME OF
JESUS NOW. IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING WITH
YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M
LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN
WARREN. HAVE A GREAT
DAY CANADA.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS.
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