HELLO I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN?
HMM?
YOU CAN'T HAVE A LOT TO
THINK ABOUT, BUT I'M GOING
TO GIVE IT TO YOU. WHAT'S
YOUR DIVINE CALLING?
MY DIVINE CALLING? I AM
CALLED TO BE A POSTER GIRL
FOR THE GRACE OF GOD.
HMM.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO
SPEND A LIFE, YOU KNOW?
WOW.
LIKE SOME OF US JUST KIND
OF SHOW THE GRACE OF GOD A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
OTHERS? WE ALMOST HAVE A
NEON SIGN--
YES.
THAT WE NEEDED
REDEMPTION. THAT'S MY LIFE.
WHAT'S YOUR CALLING?
YOU KNOW WHAT? UM,
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I
THINK MY--THE DIVINE
CALLING IS TO BE A
REVIVALIST.
HMM, YOU LOVE THAT.
AND, UH, TO BE A GREAT--TO
BE A GREAT DAD.
UM-HUM.
A GREAT DAD AS WELL AS A
GREAT HUSBAND. BUT TO, UH,
TO DECLARE TO A GENERATION
THAT THE LORD OMNIPOTENT
REIGNS.
YES. YOU KNOW? I LOVE
THAT ABOUT YOU, BRIAN.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR HEART.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A--
WELL OVER A YEAR WORKING
TOGETHER NOW AND YOU LOVE
THE LORD MORE THAN
ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. AND
THAT CALLING IS SO
SIGNIFICANT AND POWERFUL.
YEAH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PRAISE
GOD THAT HE'S CALLED US
TOGETHER AND I--I JUST--
AMEN.
I--I LOVE YOUR CALLING,
BRIAN. IT'S A GOOD--
GIVE ME THE BOMB.
THERE YOU GO.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON
TODAY'S SHOW, WE'LL TAKE A
FASCINATED LOOK AT ONE OF
THE RICHEST MEN IN THE
WORLD. BUT AS YOU'LL SEE,
WALTER WANG'S BILLION
DOLLAR PLASTICS COMPANY IS
MORE THAN JUST A CAREER TO
HIM. WALTER SEES IT AS A
DIVINE CALLING. AND YOU'LL
SEE HOW HIS COMPANY IS
SAVING LIVES.
AND MANY CHOOSE TO LIVE
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL
BEAUTY AND LIFESTYLE. BUT
IT'S WHAT'S BREWING UNDER
THOSE MAJESTIC PEAKS THAT
HAS SCIENTISTS CONCERNED.
THIS IS A LOOK AT SOME OF
NORTH AMERICA'S MOST
ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN
RANGE LINES THE UPPER HALF
OF THE U.S. WEST COAST.
THESE MASSIVE PEAKS LIKE
MOUNT RAINIER IN
WASHINGTON AND OREGON'S
MOUNT HOOD REPRESENT SOME
OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
BEAUTY ON THE SURFACE THAT
IS. UNDERNEATH THE ROCKY
TERRAIN LIES DESTRUCTIVE
HOT MAGMA BECAUSE THE
CASCADES ARE ALSO ACTIVE
VOLCANOES.
THEY'VE ERUPTED BEFORE
AND THEY--THEY WILL ERUPT
AGAIN. AND WHEN THEY
ERUPT, THEY WILL PRESENT A
VERY REAL HAZARD TO THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY.
THIS IS ALSO HOME TO
MOUNT ST. HELENS, THE
VOLCANO THAT EXPLODED
VIOLENTLY IN 1980. IN MINUTES
THE INFAMOUS ERUPTION TOOK
THE LIVES OF 57 PEOPLE,
CAUSING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE AND DESTROYED
EVERY LIVING THING WITHIN
230 SQUARE MILES. STILL A
DANGER TODAY, MOUNT SAINT
HELENS IS CONSIDERED THE
MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO IN THE
CASCADES.
THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT
SAINT HELEN'S IN 1980 WAS A
PIVOTAL POINT IN THE SCIENCE
OF VOLCANOLOGY. THE
MASSIVE EXPLOSION PUT
VOLCANO MONITORING ON THE
FAST TRACK. FOR EXAMPLE, AT
THE TIME, THERE WAS ONLY
ONE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
IN THE ENTIRE U.S. TODAY
THERE ARE FIVE. THEY CAN BE
FOUND IN YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA,
ALASKA, HAWAII, AND HERE IN
THE CASCADES.
BECAUSE SAINT HELENS
CONTINUED TO ERUPT ON AND
OFF UNTIL 1986, IT BECAME A
LABORATORY FOR SCIENTISTS
AND ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP
NEW INSTRUMENTATION TO
DEVELOP THE COMPUTER, UH,
SOFTWARE, THE ALGORITHMS
THAT COULD BE USED TO
AUTOMATICALLY PROCESS THE
INCREASINGLY, UH, LARGE
AMOUNTS OF DATA WE WERE
ABLE TO BRING OFF THE
VOLCANOES.
JOHN YUWART AND HIS
TEAM GAVE CBN NEWS AN UP
CLOSE LOOK AT THE
TECHNOLOGY MONITORING
MOUNT SAINT HELENS AND THE
OTHER 168 ACTIVE U.S.
VOLCANOES OF WHICH MORE
THAN HALF COULD BE
POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE.
WHAT THESE INSTRUMENTS
ALLOW US TO DO IS TO LOOK
AT, UM, DATA IN REAL TIME
AND GET THE DATA TO OUR
COLLEAGUES SO WE CAN BUILD
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM,
MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW
OF WHAT THE VOLCANO IS
DOING DURING UNREST.
SCIENTISTS EXAMINE THREE
PRIMARY SIGNS WHEN
FORECASTING ERUPTIONS.
HOW MUCH A VOLCANO IS
SHAKING BECAUSE OF
EARTHQUAKES OR VIBRATIONS
DUE TO FLUID. IF IT'S
SWELLING OR CHANGING SHAPE
BECAUSE OF MAGMA PUSHING
ON ITS SIDES. AND THE
AMOUNT AND TYPES OF
VOLCANIC GASES IT'S SENDING
OUT.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE,
UH, ULTIMATELY, VOLCANIC
GASES DRIVE VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS. AND SO
UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC
GASES IS FUNDAMENTAL TO
UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY.
TODAY'S EQUIPMENT IS
MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO
THAT ACTIVITY. AND
PORTABLE, ALLOWING IT TO GO
WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT. TAKE,
FOR INSTANCE, THE SPIDER.
WELL, IT'S REALLY NICE
BECAUSE WE CAN--WE SET IT
DOWN WERE A HELICOPTER SO
WE CAN REALLY GET IT CLOSE
TO A VOLCANO WHERE WE
HAVE A REALLY HIGH SIGNAL
WITHOUT ALL THE NOISE FROM
TOWNS AND SUCH.
THAT NOISE GETS CLOSER,
HOWEVER, AS THE
DECEPTIVELY PICTURESQUE
SCENERY LURES NEW
RESIDENTS LEADING TO THE
GROWTH OF AREA TOWNS AND
POPULATION CENTERS.
IN THE CASCADES AS THE--
AS A WHOLE, THE ONE THAT WE
WORRY ABOUT THE MOST IS
MOUNT RAINIER BECAUSE OF
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING
IN THE VALLEYS ON THE--ON
THE WEST SIDE.
LOOK AT ALL THE HOMES
PICTURED HERE AT THE BASE
OF MOUNT RAINIER. IF YOU
THINK THEY'RE SAFE, THINK
AGAIN. GEOPHYSICIST ANDY
LOCKHARDT SAYS AN
ERUPTION CAN SEND DEADLY
MUD FLOWS OR LAHARS FILLED
WITH ROCK, SAND, AND WATER
AT HIGH SPEEDS DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN ACROSS A GREAT
DISTANCE, DESTROYING
EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATHS.
HE BELIEVES A LAHAR
BROUGHT THIS MASSIVE
BOULDER TO ITS RESTING
PLACE 10 TO 15 MILES FROM
MOUNT HOOD NEAR PORTLAND
OREGON AFTER IT LAST
ERUPTED AROUND 200 YEARS
AGO. JUST ACROSS THE STREET,
A POPULATION CENTER.
LOCKHARDT INTERPRETS THIS
AS A WARNING THAT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST CAN
HAPPEN AGAIN.
I DIDN'T SEE THE ERUPTION
OF ST. HELENS IN 1980, BUT I
WAS AT THE ERUPTION OF
MOUNT PINATUBO IN 1991. AND
IT'S JUST LIKE HAVING A HOLE
BLOWN IN YOUR WORLD. IT
WAS JUST SO MUCH BIGGER
AND FASTER THAN ANYTHING
I'D EVER SEEN.
I'M HERE IN THE TOWN OF
GOVERNMENT CAMP WHICH IS
ONLY ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM
THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT HOOD.
WHEN SCIENTISTS DETERMINE
THE RISK OF A PARTICULAR
AREA, THEY MOST DEFINITELY
CONSIDER DEVELOPMENTS LIKE
THIS WHICH ARE SO CLOSE TO
THE MOUNTAIN.
SOME OF THE HIGHEST
THREAT VOLCANOES WE HAVE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
ACTUALLY, THE MAJORITY OF
THE HIGHEST THREAT
VOLCANOES. AND THAT'S
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NEARBY.
AND THAT, ACCORDING TO
YUWART PUTS THE PRESSURE
ON FOR GREATER ACCURACY IN
PREDICTIONS AND ALSO
IMPROVED MONITORING
TECHNOLOGY. SCIENTISTS
ALSO URGE RESIDENTS TO
CONSIDER POTENTIAL
HAZARDS, EVEN HIDDEN ONES,
BEFORE CHOOSING WHERE
THEY LIVE. MARK MARTIN, CBN
NEWS, THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
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THAT IS SO FASCINATING
LAURA-LYNN.
YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DID
MY STUDY, THERE ARE OVER
200 ACTIVE VOLCANOES HERE
IN CANADA. I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU KNOW THAT.
OH.
BUT ALSO, AND I KNOW YOU
JUST FOUND THIS OUT BECAUSE
I WAS HOLDING THIS UNTIL WE
GET ON AIR SO SHE'S FREAKING
OUT.
I'M FREAKING OUT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
PRINCE RUPERT, UH, B.C.
YUKON, ON THE ALASKAN
BORDER AND SEPARATE
ONTARIO. SO ONTARIO ONLY
HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THEM
WHERE I LIVE BUT ALL OF THEM
ARE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS
THREE PAGES WORTH OF
ACTIVE, UH, VOLCANOES.
LITTLE--WHAT?
I THOUGHT YOU'D
APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST--I'VE GOTTA MOVE.
I'M FEELING JUST A LITTLE
STRESSED OUT ABOUT THAT.
NO. YOUR FAITH LEVEL JUST
NEEDS TO GO UP A WHOLE LOT
MORE.
OKAY. PROTECT ME, GOD. I
HOPE THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CELL
PHONE? OH.
THERE YOU GO. YOU SEE?
LIKE THAT'S NOT FOR REAL.
IT'S CRAZY.
NO, IT'S REAL. IT'S REAL.
YOU KNOW, MOUNT RAINIER,
WHO KNEW?
MOUNT HOOD IN OREGON.
AND ALSO IN THE PACIFIC
SOUTHWEST.
WOW.
SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT I'D
SPRING THAT ON HER RIGHT
NOW. SO YOU'RE SEEING A
BREAK DOWN RIGHT BEFORE
YOUR VERY EYES.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, IT
MIGHT BE BEAUTIFUL THERE,
BUT IN ONTARIO, WE'D BE
SAFER; OKAY? I DO LOVE MY
MOUNTAINS THOUGH.
NOW, THAT IS THE WEST
ACTUALLY SAYING THAT THEY
WANT TO MOVE TO THE EAST. I
THINK WE HAVE JUST SAW
RECONCILIATION AT ITS BEST
AND IT WAS A VOLCANO THAT
CAUSED IT.
OH, I DO LOVE B. C.
UM-HUM. ME TOO.
WELL, UP NEXT, HOW
CANCER MAY HAVE BEEN THE
BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO
WALTER WANG.
TO MOST, WALTER WANG
HAS APPEARED TO LIVE A
CHARMED LIFE. A SUCCESSFUL
CEO, WANG GREW UP UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS
FATHER, THE LATE WANG YUNG
CHING WHO WAS THE FOUNDER
OF FORMOSA PLASTICS IN
TAIWAN AND ONE OF THE
WORLD'S RICHEST MEN.
WALTER WANG ALSO GREW UP
IN A CHRISTIAN HOME.
BUT IT WAS A U.S.
MISSIONARY THAT, UM,
TRAVELED TO TAIWAN TO
SPREAD GOD'S GOSPEL AND MY
GRANDFATHER RECEIVED.
THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY
IMMIGRATED TO CALIFORNIA
WHERE THEIR SUCCESS IN
BUSINESS CONTINUED.
HOWEVER, FIVE YEARS AGO,
THEIR WORLD TOOK A MAJOR
HIT. DOCTORS DIAGNOSED
WANG WITH A RARE FORM OF
NASAL CANCER.
IT'S A FOUR-STAGE BECAUSE,
UM, THE CANCER HAS ALREADY
SPREAD TO THE SKULL BASE.
HE UNDERWENT HOURS OF
CHEMOTHERAPY AND
RADIATION TREATMENT, BUT IT
WAS AFTER ADVICE FROM A
CHRISTIAN FRIEND AND AN
ENCOUNTER WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT THAT TRUE HEALING
BEGAN TO TAKE PLACE. THE
FRIEND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS
DEALING WITH
UNFORGIVENESS.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
WALTER, JESUS CAME TO
FORGIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US. GOD'S CHARACTER IS
LOVE. SO THEREFORE, HE
FORGAVE. HE ONLY SENT--HE
SENT HIS BEGOTTEN SON AND
HE DIED FOR US ON THE CROSS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING AGAINST
GOD'S HEART AND CHARACTER,
YOU WILL NEVER GET HEALING,
YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE
HEALING.
WANG WROTE DOWN NAMES
OF PEOPLE HE NEEDED TO
FORGIVE AND THEN FORGAVE
THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.
AND IT WAS A MIRACLE UP
TO THAT. WE WERE PRAYING IN
A SMALL ROOM. IT WAS ME,
THIS FRIEND RICHARD, AND MY
WIFE. AND I BEGAN--I FELT THIS
WARMTH JUST INJECTED FROM
MY HEAD ALL THE WAY TO MY
TOES. AND I COULDN'T
CONTROL, UH, THIS WILD
LAUGHTER. UP TO TEN
MINUTES OF LAUGHTER
NONSTOP. I FELT THIS BURDEN
THAT IS LIKE LOCKED UP IN MY
HEART FOR MAYBE EVEN
DECADES, GONE. RELEASED,
JUST RELEASED AND GONE.
I GUESS LAUGHTER IS THE
BEST MEDICINE, GOD KNOWS
WHAT IS BEST FOR HIM AND,
YOU KNOW, HE GOT--YOU
KNOW, HE BECAME A CHANGED
MAN.
AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF
TREATMENT, WALTER SAYS
GOD HEALED HIM.
GOD ALLOWED ME--
ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH
THIS TRIAL AND TRIBULATION
BECAUSE HE HAS A BIGGER
CALLING FOR ME.
BEING THE CEO OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURER OF PLASTIC
PIPE MAY SOUND LIKE ALL
BUSINESS TO YOU, BUT FOR
WALTER WANG, IT'S SO MUCH
MORE. IN FACT, HE SAYS HIS
WORK IS A DIVINE CALLING.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
PIPE BRINGS THE ESSENCE OF
LIFE TO PEOPLE.
JAY AMIGO HAS DONATED
MILES AND MILES OF PIPE TO
BRING CLEAN WATER TO
VILLAGES ALL OVER THE
WORLD, INCLUDING MANY IN
AFRICA TO FIGHT AGAINST
ILLNESS AND POVERTY.
AFRICA IS NOT WATER
DEFICIENT, IT'S
INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE
ARE CLEAN WATER SOURCES IN
AFRICA, BUT LIMITED WAYS TO
GET THAT WATER TO PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT. ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S TO BENEFIT FROM
THIS GENEROSITY IS SENEGAL.
JAY AMIGO SUPPLIED 70 MILE
OF PLASTIC PIPE TO TRANSPORT
WATER TO DOZENS OF
VILLAGES IN THE AFRICAN
COUNTRY, HELPING MORE
THAN 13,000 PEOPLE.
HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC WATER
TAPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO
VILLAGERS ELIMINATING THE
NEED FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN TO WALK FOR HOURS
TO A CONTAMINATED WATER
SOURCE.
YOU TURN ON THE WATER,
WATER COMES OUT, 30-SECOND
WALK.
THIS YEAR, WANG'S
COMPANY SHIPPED ANOTHER
200 MILES OF PIPE TO SEVEN
OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE
COMPLETE, AROUND 150,000
PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
CLEAN WATER. WANG SAYS HIS
PARENTS INSTILLED IN HIM
EARLY ON THE BIBLICAL
PRINCIPAL OF GIVING.
ALWAYS DO GOOD FOR
OTHERS AND THAT GOOD
ULTIMATELY WILL COME BACK
TO YOURSELF.
AS HIS COMPANY CONTINUES
TO GROW, WANG BELIEVES GOD
HAS PLACED HIM IN HIS
LEADERSHIP POSITION TO NOT
JUST PIPE IN PHYSICAL WATER
TO PEOPLE. HE SAYS GOD IS
USING HIM TO FUNNEL IN
LIVING WATER TO
COMMUNITIES BY SHARING THE
GOSPEL AND TELLING OTHERS
ABOUT GOD'S MIRACULOUS
POWER.
AFTER THIS LAST, UM, FOUR
YEARS, I HAVE--I HAVE BEEN
GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD
TO GIVE MY TESTIMONY. THAT-
-THAT IS LIVING WATER. IT
FLOWS.
LIVING WATER WHICH HAS
BROUGHT ABOUT HEALINGS IN
OTHERS AND CONVERSIONS TO
CHRISTIANITY. WANG'S WIFE,
SHIRLEY, A FORMER BUDDHIST,
ACCEPTED CHRIST AFTER
WITNESSING THE POWER OF
GOD TRANSFORM HER
HUSBAND.
AT THE ALL--END OF THE
DAY, IT IS FAITH. IT IS THE
FAITH TO CARRY ON AND IT'S
FAITH THAT WALTER WILL GET
HEALED. FAITH THAT I WALK
OUT THAT DOOR AND I WON'T
GET HIT BY A BUS. FAITH THAT,
YOU KNOW, THINGS WILL BE
WELL.
LIKE JESUS SAY JOHN 10:10
"THE CUP OVERFLOWS." I
THINK GOD'S GIFT FOR US THAT
CUP THAT GIFTS WILL
OVERFLOW EVERY DAY. SO WE
JUST HAVE TO--WE JUST HAVE
TO KNOW HOW TO FIND IT.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS,
LOS ANGELES.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MAN
AND AN INCREDIBLE MINISTRY
THAT GOD HAS OPENED FOR
HIM. I MEAN, SO UNEXPECTED
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE
THE WAY THAT HE TALKED
ABOUT GOD JUST HELPING HIM
TO LAUGH OUT LOUD AS HE
WROTE DOWN THE NAMES OF
EVERYONE THAT HE HAD HELD
RESENTMENT TOWARDS. YOU
KNOW, WE NEED YOU TO JOIN
WITH US TO BECOME A TORCH
BEARER FOR THE MESSAGE OF
JESUS CHRIST. IF YOU SEE THE
POWER THAT THE MEDIA HAS
TO REACH INTO HOMES, PLEASE
KNOW THAT IT TAKES ALL OF
US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE
NEED OUR PARTNERS, WE LOVE
OUR PARTNERS. WHEN YOU
JOIN WITH US, YOU GET CDS IN
THE MAIL OF BOTH PAT AND
GORDON ROBERTSON'S
POWERFUL TEACHINGS. WE
SEND YOU UPDATES AND
PRAYER CARDS SO THAT YOU
CAN LET US KNOW WHAT TO
PRAY FOR IN YOUR LIFE. WE'RE
ASKING YOU TODAY TO
BELIEVE IN THIS MINISTRY. THE
MINISTRY OF THE 700 CLUB
CANADA AND TO PUT YOUR
SEAL OF APPROVAL ON US BY
BACKING US WITH YOUR
FINANCES. IT WON'T BREAK
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, NOT AT
ALL. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE
YOUR PIECE AND THEN WE JOIN
IT ALL TOGETHER, WE'RE ABLE
TO KEEP BRINGING YOU THESE
INSPIRING STORIES OF HOPE.
THE ENEMY GETS ANGRY WHEN
HE SEES THIS STUFF BECAUSE
HE KNOWS THAT WE ARE
TAKING BACK WHAT HE HAS
STOLEN. WOULD YOU BE PART
OF THIS FORCE THAT IS GOING
INTO ENEMY TERRITORY?
MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT.
CALL US NOW. WE'RE SO
BLESSED BY YOUR LOVE AND
KINDNESS FOR THE 700 CLUB
CANADA.
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
YOU KNOW, YOU SAID IT SO
RIGHT.
YEAH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
PRAYING FOR YOU AS WELL.
THE LORD HAS GIVEN US SUCH
A GREAT GIFT AND A GREAT
CALLING AS WELL. YOU KNOW,
AND I WONDER IF THERE'S
SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
ARE SAYING JUST LIKE WALTER
THAT CAN GOD HEAL ME? I'D
LIKE TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE
TO YOU AS WELL. CAN I BE
HEALED? 1-855-759-0700 AND,
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE IN
THAT PLACE, I'D LIKE TO PRAY
WITH YOU IN THIS MOMENT.
JOHN CHAPTER 9 VERSE 2 AND 3.
THERE WAS A MAN AND THE
DISCIPLES ASKED WHO SINNED,
LORD, THAT HE WAS BORN
BLIND? HE WAS BORN WITH NO
EYES. AND JESUS SAID NEITHER
BUT THAT GOD WOULD BE
GLORIFIED. MANY THINGS
THAT HAVE COME INTO OUR
LIFE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS,
IT'S THAT GOD WOULD RECEIVE
THE GLORY. NO TEST, NO
TESTIMONY. YOU MIGHT BE IN
A TEST RIGHT NOW. I'D LIKE TO
PRAY WITH YOU BUT I'D LIKE
YOU TO CALL THE NUMBER ON
THE SCREEN. AND LET'S
BELIEVE GOD BECAUSE HE'S--
JESUS SPEAKS TODAY. HE'S THE
SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
FOREVER. FATHER, I THANK
YOU THAT, UH, LIKE WALTER,
YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW
SOMEONE TO HAVE A RIP
ROARING BUST-A-GUST LAUGH
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
HEALED THIS VERY DAY. I
PRAY NOW, LORD, FOR THAT
PERSON THAT HAS BEEN
BATTLING SPECIFICALLY WITH
BREAST CANCER, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, WE PRAY THAT THE
BLOOD OF JESUS WOULD EVEN
COVER AND THAT YOU WOULD
DELIVER NOW. LORD, THAT
PLACE WHERE--WHERE CANCER
HAS EVEN COLON CANCER OR--
AND STOMACH CANCER, WE
TAKE AUTHORITY OVER IT AND
WE DECLARE FIRST PETER 2:4,
THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR
STRIPES, THAT PERSON HAS
BEEN HEALED. IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN. CALL US RIGHT NOW
AT 1-855-759-0700 AND, YOU
KNOW, I FEEL TO MENTION
AGAIN THAT IF YOU ARE ALSO
DEALING WITH RESENTMENT
AND UNFORGIVENESS IN YOUR
HEART, IF THAT HAS BUILT UP A
WALL, UH, AROUND YOU, YOU
KNOW, THEY SAY THAT STRESS
AND UNFORGIVENESS, THAT
THAT CAN CAUSE DISEASE IN
YOUR BODY. RELEASE
WHOMEVER HAS WOUNDED
YOU TO THE POWER OF GOD
AND SEE WHAT HE'LL DO IN
YOUR LIFE.
AND IF YOU IDENTIFY WHAT-
-WHAT LAURA-LYNN JUST SAID
ABOUT FORGIVENESS,
1-855-759-0700, CALL NOW.
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
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HEY, WELCOME TO THIS
HOPE TO GO. TODAY WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, LIFE HAS A WAY OF
PRESENTING ONE CHALLENGE
RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. IF THE
SITUATION YOU'RE FACING
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE OR JUST
TOO HARD TO DEAL WITH,
YOU'RE IN THE PERFECT SPOT
FOR A GOD-SIZE MIRACLE.
TODAY'S HOPE TO GO REMINDS
US THAT OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS
A BIG DEAL. AND WE ALSO
LEARN HOW TO TRUST GOD
WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE AND
FIND OUT HOW TO KEEP OUR
FOCUS AND OUR COOL ON HIM
IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULTY.
WHENEVER THE CHALLENGE,
WHATEVER THE CHALLENGE,
REMEMBER THAT NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.
NOTHING'S TOO HARD FOR GOD.
NOW THESE ARE THREE
TIMELESS LESSONS FROM THE
LIFE OF THE PROPHET ELISHA.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THE SITUATION, THE
EXAMINATION, AND THE
EVALUATION. THIS IS KING
JEHOASH, THIS IS THAT GROSS
CAPITALIST KING AND THIS IS
THE SITUATION. SECOND KINGS
CHAPTER 13 AND 14 WHEN
ELISHA WAS IN HIS LAST
ILLNESS, KING JEHOASH OF
ISRAEL VISITED HIM AND WEPT
OVER HIM. MY FATHER, MY
FATHER, I SEE THE CHARIOTS
AND THE CHARIOTEERS OF
ISRAEL, HE CRIED. AND KING
JEHOASH WAS AFRAID IN THIS
MOMENT OF LOSING HIS
SECURITY. IT HAD BEEN 60
YEARS SINCE THE GREAT
PROPHET ELIJAH'S RAPTURE
AND THE PROPHET ELISHA IS ON
HIS DEATHBEAD. NOW, KING
JEHOASH WASN'T REALLY A
GOOD KING. HE WAS A KING OF
QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER.
BUT IN THIS MOMENT, HE IS
CRYING OUT TO GOD AND HE IS
LOOKING FOR HELP LITERALLY
SAYING WITH FEAR IN HIS--IN
HIS HEART. YOU'RE ON YOUR
DEATHBED AND I CAN SEE THE
ANGELS WAITING, KNOCKING
AT THE DOOR AND YOU'RE
ABOUT TO DIE. WHAT AM I
GOING TO DO? HE WAS
THINKING ABOUT HIMSELF.
NOW PROPHETS AT THIS TIME
WERE THE VOICE OF GOD. THE
VERY WORD OF GOD TO THE
PEOPLE OF GOD. AND ELISHA
WAS THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH
OF ISRAEL. SO KING JEHOASH,
THIS CARNAL KING, IS DOING
WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED
PRAYING FOR REVIVAL. AND I
BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE ALL OF
OUR PRAYER. REVIVE US
AGAIN, OH GOD. AND
INDIVIDUALLY, GOD, I NEED A
REVIVAL IN MY SOUL. KING
JEHOASH APPEARS TO BE
SERIOUS AND PASSIONATE OR
REALLY IS HE? THIS IS THE
EXAMINATION SECOND KINGS
13:16. ELISHA TOLD HIM PUT--
OPEN UP THE EAST WINDOW,
PUT YOUR HAND ON THE BOW
AND ARROW AND THEN THE
PROPHET PUT HIS HAND ON THE
BOW AND ARROW AND THEN HE
SAYS NOW SHOOT. ELISHA
TELLS JEHOASH WHAT HE MUST
DO IN ORDER TO HAVE VICTORY
FOR IT TO BE WON OVER THE
ENEMY OF HE MUST BE JUST
LIKE THESE ARROWS,
STRAIGHT, HE MUST FOLLOW IN
OBEDIENCE IF ISRAEL IS GOING
TO WIN. PSALMS 144:1 SAYS
"BLESSED BE THE GOD, THE
LORD MY ROCK WHO TRAINS
MY HANDS FOR WAR AND MY
FINGERS TO FIGHT FOR
BATTLE." THIS BATTLE WAS
NOT GOING TO BE WON WITH
ANY, UH, ANY--ANY VERY
DISTRACTED PERSON WORKING.
YOU HAD TO HAVE AN
INTERCESSOR THAT WOULD
POINT THE ARROW. KING
JEHOASH WOULDN'T EVEN SEE
THE ENEMY, BUT HE WOULD
OPEN THE WINDOW AND IT'S
THE SAME WITH US TODAY.
GOD IS SAYING NO PRAYER, NO
POWER, SOME PRAYER, SOME
POWER, MUCH PRAYER, MUCH
POWER. THE EVALUATION,
SECOND KINGS 13:17. HE ONLY
SHOOTS THREE TIMES, BANG,
BANG, BANG. HISTORY TELLS
US IN THAT 45TH VERSE THAT HE
WON THREE TIMES BUT ELISHA
SAID YOU WEREN'T SERIOUS.
YOU JUST GAVE LIP SERVICE TO
IT. I PROCLAIM VICTORY BUT
YOU ONLY WANTED
TEMPORARY SATISFACTION.
WHEN WE OBEY GOD AND GIVE
HIM OUR ALL, THEN VICTORY IS
ASSURED. BUT PARTIAL
OBEDIENCE IS NO OBEDIENCE
AT ALL. IT'S DISOBEDIENCE.
OBEY GOD AND SEE HIS POWER
AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE TO GO.
HMM, YOU KNOW, NO
MATTER WHAT SITUATION YOU
ARE FACING TODAY, JUST LIKE
BRIAN WAS SAYING, GOD IS
YOUR HOPE AND YOUR
STRENGTH. YOU CANNOT
AFFORD TO GET YOUR MIND ON
YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
RATHER STAND IN FAITH. YOU
KNOW, PSALMS 31 VERSUS 7
SAYS "I WILL BE GLAD AND
REJOICE IN YOUR MERCY. FOR
YOU HAVE CONSIDERED--
CONSIDERED MY TROUBLE.
YOU HAVE KNOWN MY SOUL IN
ADVERSITIES AND HAVE NOT
SHUT ME UP INTO THE HAND OF
THE ENEMY. YOU HAVE SET MY
FEET IN A WIDE AND SPACIOUS
PLACE." GOD HAS A SPACIOUS
PLACE FOR YOU TO COMMAND
TODAY. HE WANTS YOU TO
REIGN IN THIS LIFETIME, BUT
SOMETIMES CIRCUMSTANCES
COME AGAINST US AND WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
GOING ON. TRUST GOD IN THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE AND HE WILL
BRING YOU THROUGH. UP
NEXT, MORE OF WHAT YOU
BELIEVE CANADA.
SO DO YOU GOT A COUPLE
MINUTES TO SHARE AN
INSPIRING STORY? HAVE YOU
BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING
THAT--THAT YOU HAD TO
OVERCOME, UM, THAT WOULD
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU
KNOW, TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S
LIFE?
UM, NOT NECESSARILY ONE
THAT I HAD TO OVERCOME.
YEAH?
BUT, UH--
ANYTHING.
BUT WE BOTH JUST GOT
BACK FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
YEAH.
AND IT WAS AN AMAZING
TRIP. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE
AREA AND AS SOON AS WE STEP
BACK IN THE AIRPORT OF
CANADA INTO VANCOUVER.
YEAH.
IT WAS AMAZING HOW MUCH
WE BOTH LOOKED AROUND
AND REALIZED JUST HOW
LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE HERE.
OH. SO WAS THERE A
PROFOUND MOMENT LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE OUT
SOMEWHERE IN ECUADOR?
ECUADOR. YEAH.
UM, AND, AND YOU SEE
SOMETHING THAT IS, UH,
ABSOLUTELY LIKE WOULD--
WOULD BE TO CANADIANS
UNACCEPTABLE LIVING
CIRCUMSTANCES OR A
DIFFICULT PLACE. DID--DID
YOU--WHAT--WHAT CAME TO
YOUR MIND AT THAT MOMENT?
UM, THAT YOU DON'T NEED
ALL THE SUPER--ALL THE
SUPERFICIAL STUFF THAT WE
GET WRAPPED UP IN A LOT OF
THE TIME. TO BE INCREDIBLY
HAPPY. WE MET A FAMILY
THAT WAS--THEY LIVE ON THE
ACTUALLY THE AMAZON RIVER
AND THERE'S 11 KIDS AND A
SMALL--SMALL LITTLE HOUSE.
AND A SOCCER FIELD THAT
THEY HAD BUILT FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEY
PLAYED THERE AND THEY
KNEW THE JUNGLE BETTER
THAN THE GUIDES THAT WE
WERE WITH.
YEAH.
AND THEY WERE--THEY
WERE HAPPIER THAN MOST OF
US THAT WERE THERE. AND IT
WAS JUST--IT WAS JUST FUN TO
PLAY WITH THEM AND--AND
REALIZE THAT--THAT SIMPLE
LIVING ACTUALLY CAN WORK
BETTER SOMETIMES. YEAH.
SO YOU CAME HOME WITH A
NEW APPRECIATION? DO YOU
THINK THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
TODAY, UM, HAVE A SENSE OF
ENTITLEMENT?
THAT'S AN
UNDERSTATEMENT. YEAH.
IT'S--I DON'T KNOW WHY. BUT
YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY AN
UNDERSTATEMENT. IT'S, UM,
I'VE TRIED TO FIGURE IT OUT. I
KNOW I WORK HARD TO--TO
KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN
LIFE AND I HAVE FOR A LONG
TIME AND I WAS RAISED VERY
WELL WITH MY PARENTS AND
THAT'S OUR STORY, I LIKE TO
WORK HARD. AND I--I HAVE A
TOUGH TIME FINDING PEOPLE
TO--THAT WANT TO WORK
HARD. AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ALL THIS.
IT'S, UH, IT IS EASY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE. AND, UM, FOR
SOME REASON, UM, MAYBE
COLLECTIVELY WE'RE NOT
HANDLING THAT AS WELL AS
WE SHOULD BECAUSE THERE IS
A GENERATION, I DEAL WITH
SOME YOUTH AND--
YEAH.
AND, UH, THERE'S A
GENERATION THAT DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF
THAT.
VERY MUCH SO.
AND REALLY FEELS THAT
LIFE KIND OF OWES THEM.
YEAH. DON'T GET ME
WRONG, I HAVE COME ACROSS
A FEW THAT ARE ON THE OTHER
END OF THE SCALE. BUT
MAJORITY OF--OF THAT WOULD
DEFINITELY BE ON THE--ON THE
OTHER END.
YEAH.
YEAH.
HMM, WELL, THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR, UH, STORY
WITH ME. UH, THAT WAS SOME
REALLY GOOD IN SIGHT AND
IT'S TRUE THAT WE SHOULD,
UM, WE SHOULD JUST BE
GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IN CANADA.
YEAH.
YEAH.
WELL, I SURE APPRECIATED
HIS PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S TRUE WHEN YOU TRAVEL
YOU DO APPRECIATE HOME A
LOT. EXCEPT I'VE GOT TO SAY
THAT WHEN BRIAN EXPLAINED
HOW MANY VOLCANIC, YOU
KNOW, PLACES THERE ARE IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA, I--UH, I'VE
BEEN HAVING A LITTLE
TROUBLE WITH THAT. YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I
MEAN, BRIAN, THAT'S--THAT
WAS STAGGERING NEWS TO ME
TODAY. I'M STILL COPING WITH
IT.
I NOTICED YOU WERE--YOU
WERE--YOU WERE ROCKED
WITH THAT A BIT. BUT, YOU
KNOW, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL
THING ABOUT THAT?
YEAH.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BAD
NEWS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
TRUE. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS
PART BECAUSE WE GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
YES.
AND WE GET SO MANY
PRAYER REQUESTS AND YOU
PROBABLY SEE THIS. I MEAN,
THERE ARE--THERE ARE SO
MANY PRAYER REQUESTS THAT
JUST KEEP COMING IN AND
TODAY I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT,
UH, JOSEPH AND--IN OAKVILLE,
PRAYER FOR HIS FRIEND WHO
HAS CANCER.
YEAH.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE
PRAYING TODAY. WOULD YOU
JOIN WITH US? LET'S TOUCH
AND AGREE. AND I'M ASKING
YOU NOT JUST WHILE WE'RE
PRAYING NOW, BUT CONTINUE
AFTER THIS. JOSEPH FOR HIS
FRIEND, UH, SUSAN FROM
OSHUA, A HUSBAND, UH, DRUG
AND ALCOHOL AND ALSO FOR
SEAN IN LONDON WHO NEEDS
FORGIVENESS, HE NEEDS TO
FORGIVE HIMSELF. FATHER, WE
THANK YOU AND WE BLEND
FAITH TOGETHER. WE DON'T
TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT
IT'S--IT'S THE POWER OF YOUR
SPIRIT. IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S
NOT BY POWER, BY MY SPIRIT
SAYETH THE LORD THAT HEALS.
SO WE'RE PRAYING IN
AGREEMENT WITH JOSEPH, WE
BLEND FAITH TOGETHER AND
WITH SUSAN. AND LORD WE
BLEND TOGETHER WITH SEAN
AND WE ASK YOU THAT YOU
WOULD HEAL THIS CANCER,
THAT YOU WOULD MOVE ON
THIS HUSBAND AND THAT YOU
WOULD ALLOW HIM TO
FORGIVE HIMSELF. WE JOIN
FROM SEA TO SEA, FROM
ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC, FROM
THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
TO (INAUDIBLE) AND ASK YOU
FOR THIS IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN.
AMEN.
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SURE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
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SOON. UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M
BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. HAVE A
WONDERFUL DAY CANADA.
GOD BLESS.
[MUSIC]
PAT IS A WONDERFUL
TEACHER. HE HAS SUCH AN
INCREDIBLE GIFT TO EXPLAIN
THE BIBLE, COMPLICATED
THEOLOGY IN SIMPLE TERMS
THAT ANYONE CAN
UNDERSTAND.
GOD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT
YOU. AND GOD SAYS I LOVE
YOU AND HERE'S WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE
SEEING WHAT GOD HAS FOR
YOU, LET PAT SHOW YOU HOW
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I REALLY THINK YOU NEED
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