HELLO I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN, I LOVE
CANADA. YOU KNOW ONE OF
THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS
NATION?
YES?
THERE'S ALWAYS A
HOLIDAY AND THERE'S A
CELEBRATION EVERY MONTH.
THANK YOU CANADA.
THIS IS SO COOL.
THANK YOU PRIME MINISTER
HARPER.
TODAY BEING FAMILY DAY,
HAPPY FAMILY DAY, THANK
YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR
FAMILY WITH THE 700 CLUB.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT,
YOU KNOW, THIS FAMILY DAY--
YES.
THERE IS A SPECIAL GRACE
UPON US. TELL ME, WHAT IS
YOUR SORT OF YOUR THING
THAT YOU--YOU BELIEVE IS SO
SPECIAL ABOUT FAMILY DAY?
ABOUT FAMILY?
UM-HUM.
AND FAMILY DAY?
YEAH.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE FAMILY DAY REAL
IMPORTANT TODAY, BUT, UM, I
JUST LIKE THAT YOU TAKE TIME
AND YOU PUT AWAY ALL YOUR
ELECTRONICS, THAT MEANS
YOUR CELL PHONES. SO LIKE
WE TELL THE KIDS NO TEXTING
WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER. NO
TEXTING IT THE TABLE. LIKE
WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL NEW
ELECTRONIC RULES IN THIS
DAY AND AGE IN FAMILY TIME
BECAUSE IT TAKES OVER, YOU
KNOW? BUT JUST PUTTING
EVERYTHING ASIDE AND
SPENDING QUALITY TIME
TOGETHER AND HUGGING AND
LOVING EACH OTHER.
YEAH.
UM-HUM.
WE LIKE TO PLAY GAMES ON
FAMILY DAY.
DO YOU?
OR AT LEAST WATCH MOVIES
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH. THAT'S NICE.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A COOL
THING. TODAY YOU'LL SEE A
FEW STORIES OF FAMILIES
GOING THROUGH SITUATIONS
THAT ONLY GOD CAN GET THEM
OUT OF.
JENNIFER MAGGIO KNEW
HER LIFE COULD NOT GET ANY
WORSE FINANCIALLY. THAT'S
WHEN SHE MADE A TOUGH
DECISION THAT CHANGED HER
LIFE FOREVER. LISTEN TO HER
ADVICE ON WHAT NOT TO DO
WITH YOUR FINANCES. IT
COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE
TOO.
ALSO, PAUL AND JUDY
RUSSO TALK ABOUT THE
STRANGE ROLE THE CHURCH
PLAYED IN THEIR BREAK UP
BUT HOW GOD EVENTUALLY
HELPED THEM PUT THEIR
MARRIAGE BACK TOGETHER.
ALSO TODAY ANOTHER
FASCINATING LOOK AT HIDDEN
TRUTHS IN THE BIBLE AS JOE
AMARAL EXPLAINS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF WHERE JESUS
SAT IN THE TEMPLE.
BUT FIRST, FROM WELFARE
TO A FORTUNE 500 CAREER,
THIS IS JENNIFER MAGGIO'S
STORY.
JENNIFER MAGGIO WAS
VALEDICTORIAN OF HER HIGH
SCHOOL CLASS. BUT WHEN SHE
GOT PREGNANT, SHE HAD TO
GIVE UP HER COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP TO RAISE HER
BABY. EVENTUALLY, SHE
ENDED UP A SINGLE MOTHER OF
TWO LIVING ON WELFARE IN
THE PROJECTS. HER SITUATION
SEEMED HOPELESS.
I FELT LIKE I WAS
SURROUNDED BY POVERTY.
THAT'S ALL I SAW. I WAS AT
THE PLACE WHERE I THOUGHT
IT CANNOT GET MUCH WORSE
THAN IT IS IN THIS VERY
MOMENT. I WAS GOING TO
SCHOOL AT NIGHT WORKING
FULL-TIME DURING THE DAY
AND JUST WAS OVERWHELMED.
THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE THAT
I COULD LEAN ON
FINANCIALLY. LITERALLY HAD
NOTHING AND WAS SCRAPING
PENNIES TO GET BY.
THEN ONE SUNDAY JENNIFER
HEARD A MESSAGE IN CHURCH.
PASTOR PREACHED A
SERMON ON TITHING. AND I
KIND OF ROLLED MY EYES AS
THE PASTOR BEGAN TO PREACH
THIS. BECAUSE I THOUGHT
LORD, I HAVE NO MONEY. I AM
BARELY ABLE TO MAKE ENDS
MEET. I AM LIVING IN
GOVERNMENT HOUSING RIGHT
NOW AND I'M USING
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO
FEED MY KIDS AND YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT TITHING. BUT
THE THOUGHT WOULD NOT
LEAVE MY MIND. THAT
SERMON WOULD NOT LEAVE
MY THOUGHTS.
JENNIFER DECIDED TO GO
AHEAD AND GIVE 10% OF HER
INCOME. EVEN THOUGH SHE
ONLY EARNED ABOUT $400 A
MONTH.
I JUST WROTE IT. AND
WITHIN SIX MONTHS, GOD
BEGAN TO MOVE IN MY LIFE
FINANCIALLY. HE BEGAN TO
DO THINGS THAT ONLY GOD
COULD DO.
JENNIFER GOT A NEW JOB AS
AN OFFICE MANAGER, AND HER
INCOME DOUBLED. THAT JOB
LED TO ANOTHER POSITION AT
AN HSBC BANK, A FORTUNE 500
COMPANY AS A FINANCIAL
COUNSELOR. JENNIFER
WORKED HER WAY UP TO
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT.
I BEGAN TO THRIVE
FINANCIALLY AND IT'S JUST
AMAZING TO SEE HOW GOD
ORCHESTRATES THINGS FAR
BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE
EVER PLANNED AND HE
ORCHESTRATES THINGS IN A
WAY THAT WE COULD NEVER
EVEN THINK OR IMAGINE.
IN 2009, JENNIFER ALSO
DECIDED TO BECOME A 700
CLUB PARTNER. SHE BELIEVES
GIVING IS THE KEY TO HER
SUCCESS.
OVER AND OVER GOD'S
HAND AT WORK IN MY LIFE AND
I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OUT OF
THE TITHING, THE GENEROUS
GIVING, AND BEING A BLESSING
IN MINISTRY SUCH AS THE 700
CLUB.
TODAY, JENNIFER IS HAPPILY
MARRIED WITH THREE
CHILDREN. SHE AND HER
FAMILY ARE THRIVING EVEN
THOUGH JENNIFER LEFT HER
CORPORATE JOB TO DEVOTE
HER TIME TO HELPING SINGLE
MOTHERS.
MY CONVERSATION SO
MANY TIMES IS ABOUT GIVING
AND THE CONVERSATION
INEVITABLY LEADS TO, BUT,
JENNIFER, I ONLY HAVE ONE
INCOME AND I HAVE TWO OR
THREE CHILDREN THAT I'M
RAISING AND I HAVE ALL OF
THESE OBLIGATIONS THAT I
HAVE TO MEET FINANCIALLY. I
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO
TITHE. I CAN'T TITHE. AND I
WILL SAY TO THEM YOU
CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO TITHE.
[MUSIC]
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT
WONDER WHERE DOES IT TALK
ABOUT TITHING IN THE WORD?
AND IF YOU GO TO MALACHI 3,
YOU'LL SEE IN VERSE 10 WHERE
GOD COMMANDS US TO BRING
THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE
STOREHOUSE THAT THERE MAY
BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE. TEST
ME IN THIS. DO YOU KNOW
THAT THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I
BELIEVE IN THE WORD WHERE
GOD SAYS PROVE ME, TEST ME,
SEE IF I WILL NOT OPEN THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND
POUR OUT SO MUCH BLESSING
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE
ROOM ENOUGH TO STORE IT. I
WILL PREVENT PESTS FROM
DEVOURING YOUR CROPS AND
THAT MEANS LIKE PESTS IN
YOUR HOUSE. HE'S GOING TO
KEEP THEM OUT OF YOUR
HOUSE. AND THE VINES IN
YOUR FIELDS WILL NOT DROP
THEIR FRUIT BEFORE IT IS RIPE
SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY. DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S
TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE FAVOR OF
THE LORD BEING OVER YOUR
HOME AND YOUR CAREER AND
YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR LIFE
AND YOUR CHILDREN BECAUSE
YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED HIM
WITH YOUR FINANCES. AND,
YOU KNOW, FINANCES ARE A
FUNNY THING. THEY ARE A
GREAT GAUGE OF WHERE YOUR
HEART IS. BECAUSE IF YOUR
HEART IS NOT REALLY
TRUSTING GOD, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO GIVE HIM YOUR
MONEY. THINK ABOUT IT. IF
YOU DON'T TRUST HIM, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO HAND OVER
WHAT PRECIOUS MONEY YOU
ARE MAKING AND THE LORD
ASKS FOR A TENTH OF IT.
REALLY IT'S $10. AND IN MY
LIFE, I HAVE SEEN GOD DO
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. HE
SAID TEST ME, I TESTED HIM, HE
HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE
FAITHFUL OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. HE'S A TRUSTWORTHY
GOD. YOU CAN TRUST HIM
WITH THE GOODS IN YOUR
HAND AND--AND YOUR
FINANCES AND YOUR MONEY.
AMEN. AND I'D LOVE TO GET
SOMETHING INTO YOUR HAND.
HAVE YOU BEEN STRUGGLING
IN THIS AREA AND YOU SAY,
YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED
SOME HELP. I NEED SOME
SUPPORT. UM, THERE'S NO
HARM IN REACHING OUT AND
I'D LOVE TO GET THIS INTO
YOUR HANDS 1-855-759-0700.
AND FOR THIS, HELPING IN
YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT LAURA-
LYNN WAS SAYING IS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE. UM, IN
ORDER TO DO ANYTHING, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND
THEN GOD FROM BEGINNING TO
END ACTUALLY FROM GENESIS
TO REVELATIONS TALKS ABOUT
GIVING. IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT HE SAID 10%.
JESUS SAID GIVE IT ALL. SO IT'S
INTERESTING. IF WE WANT TO
GO BY THE LAW, WE SEE IT ONE
WAY, AND THERE ARE THREE
TIMES, SEED, TIME, AND
HARVEST. FAITH, WORD, FAITH
AND SUBSTANCE. YOU PUT
THEM TOGETHER, GOD WILL DO
THE REST. WATCH HOW HE
WILL BLESS YOU JUST LIKE HE
DID IN THE STORY. WHAT AN
AMAZING STORY.
[MUSIC]
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.
[MUSIC]
IS THERE SOMEONE IN YOUR
LIFE THAT SEEMS ABSOLUTELY
BLINDED TO THE TRUTH OF
WHO JESUS IS? SECOND
CORINTHIANS 4:4 SAYS FOR THE
GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS
BLINDED THE UNBELIEVER'S
MINDS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT
DISCERN THE TRUTH
PREVENTING THEM FROM
SEEING THE ILLUMINATING
LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE
GLORY OF CHRIST THE MESSIAH
WHO IS THE IMAGE AND
LIKENESS OF GOD. WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE NOT WRESTLING
AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD,
BUT RATHER PRINCIPALITIES OF
DARKNESS AND SPIRITUAL
WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE
TODAY WHO ARE DEALING
WITH A LOVED ONE CAUGHT IN
A DECEPTION AND BLINDED BY
THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, WE
STAND WITH YOU TO BRING
DOWN THAT STRONGHOLD OF
DISBELIEF AND FAITHLESSNESS.
SOME OF YOU OUT THERE HAVE
CHILDREN WHO HAVE WALKED
AWAY FROM GOD OR A SPOUSE
WHO'S BEEN FED A LIE FROM
THE ENEMY AND IS
THREATENING TO LEAVE YOUR
FAMILY. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL
BATTLE AND CANNOT BE
FOUGHT ON EARTHLY TERMS.
SECOND CORINTHIANS 10:3 TO 5
SAYS FOR THOUGH WE WALK,
LIVE IN THE FLESH, WE ARE NOT
CARRYING ON OUR WARFARE
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH AND
USING MERE HUMAN WEAPONS
FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR
WARFARE ARE NOT PHYSICAL
WEAPONS OF FLESH AND
BLOOD BUT THEY ARE MIGHTY
BEFORE GOD FOR THE
OVERTHROWING AND
DESTRUCTION OF
STRONGHOLDS. IT GOES ON TO
SAY THAT IN AS MUCH AS WE
REFUTE ARGUMENTS, THAT
MEANS WE TALK BACK TO
THEM AND THE THEORIES AND
THE REASONINGS AND EVERY
PROUD AND LOFTY THING THAT
SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE
TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, WE
LEAD EVERY THOUGHT AND
PURPOSE AWAY CAPTIVE UNTO
THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST THE
MESSIAH. YOU KNOW, WHEN
THOUGHTS COME AGAINST
YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
HAVE TO BELIEVE THEM,
THAT'S WHEN YOU STAND
STRONG AND YOU TELL THEM
TO LEAVE YOUR MIND. TODAY
YOU CAN BET THAT THE ENEMY
LOVES TO DEVISE SCHEMES TO
DESTROY US. BUT YOU CAN
TALK BACK TO HIM WITH THE
POWERFUL WORD OF GOD. YOU
CAN REFUTE THOSE LIES AND
THE FEAR THAT HE TRIES TO
INTIMIDATE YOU WITH. IF YOU
HAVE THOUGHTS THAT MAKE
NO SENSE, THEY SEEM TO BE
TELLING YOU TO DO THINGS
THAT WOULD BE DESTRUCTIVE
TO YOUR LIFE, MAYBE EVEN TO
TAKE YOUR LIFE, YOUR HOME
AND YOUR DESTINY. DON'T
JUST GO ALONG WITH THEM.
IDENTIFY, CAPTURE, AND THEN
REBUT THEM WITH THE
POWERFUL WORD OF GOD. NOT
LETTING ANYTHING THAT
DARES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD HAVE
ANY PLACE IN YOUR MIND.
DECEPTION TAKES HOLD OF US
WHEN WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY
AWARE OF THE ENEMY'S
SCHEMES. THE DEVIL CAN SEE
WHEN WE ARE PASSIVE AND HE
LOOKS FOR THAT OPENING TO
TAKE A HIT OUT AGAINST US.
WE CAN FIND OURSELVES
COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR
A SUDDEN ATTACK IN AN AREA
OF OUR LIFE, BUT GOD IS
GREATER, HE IS GREATER THAN
ANY ATTACK. HE IS GREATER
THAN THE DEVIL WHO HATES
YOU AND WHEN YOU START
WALKING ACCORDING TO THE
WAYS AND THE PURPOSES OF
GOD, THE ENEMY WILL BE
DEFEATED AND HE WILL RUN
THE OTHER WAY. RESIST THE
DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM
YOU. DON'T LET THE ENEMY
STEAL YOUR FAMILY OR ROCK
YOUR WORLD WITH HIS
PATHETIC LIES. WILL YOUR
LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN
GOD. STAND FIRM AND DON'T
BACK DOWN.
AMEN. SOUND TRUTH AND
GOOD ADVICE AS WELL. YOU
KNOW, IF YOU'RE HAVING SOME
PROBLEMS AND YOU NEED
SOME HELP AND YOU NEED
SOME AGREEMENT. THE
NUMBER ON SCREEN
1-855-759-0700. WE GOT SOME
VERY PRECIOUS INTERCESSORS.
PEOPLE THAT PRAY AND THEY
SPEND TIME CRYING OUT TO
GOD AND THEY CAN PRAY WITH
YOU. IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT IT IS. YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME.
BUT I KNOW EVEN MYSELF, I
THANK GOD FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT PRAY FOR ME ON
A DAILY BASIS AND I THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS
AS WELL. I BELIEVE GOD HAS
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.
AND REMEMBER LUKE 10:19
YOU'VE GOT AUTHORITY OVER
ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY.
SO WHENEVER YOU SEE A
CYCLE, BREAK IT AND DECLARE
IN JESUS' NAME I CHANGE IT.
AMEN. WELL, COMING UP NEXT
MORE HIDDEN SECRETS FROM
THE BIBLE AND HERE'S JOE
AMARAL.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
PASSAGES THAT'S FOUND IN
LUKE CHAPTER 4 VERSES 16
THROUGH 20. THERE'S A STORY
THERE THAT AS, AGAIN, AS
CANADIANS, AS NORTH
AMERICANS, WHEN WE READ IT,
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO
GET THE FULL IMPACT OR THE
INTENT OF THE STORY
WITHOUT KNOWING THE
BACKGROUND. IT SAYS IN--IN
LUKE, THAT JESUS WENT BACK
TO NAZARETH AND IT WAS THE
SABBATH AND IT WAS HIS
CUSTOM AND SO HE WENT
THERE. AND WE FORGET JESUS
ACTUALLY LEFT NAZARETH. IF
YOU REMEMBER, WHEN HE GOT
THERE, HE LEFT BECAUSE HE
SAID NOBODY BELIEVED IN HIM
AND HE COULD ONLY BUT A
FEW MIRACLES. SO HE LEFT
AND HE--HE WENT BACK TO
CAPERNAUM. SO WHY IN THE
WORLD WOULD JESUS GO BACK
TO NAZARETH? IT'S--IT'S A
VALID QUESTION. AND THEN
WHEN HE GETS THERE, HE
STANDS UP RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE, HE
WALKS UP TO THE FRONT. AND
THEY JUST--THEY HAND HIM
THE SCROLL OF ISAIAH AND HE
READS IT. NOBODY'S UPSET
THAT HE'S INTERRUPTING THE
SERVICE. AND A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN--WHEN WE READ THE
SCRIPTURE, WE DON'T TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION THE
CULTURE OF THE TIME. AND
THEN HE READS THE SCROLL
THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM, HE
ROLLS IT UP, HE PASSES IT
BACK TO THE TENANT AND
THEN HE SITS AND EVERYBODY
IN THE SYNAGOGUE IS LOOKING
AT HIM. AND EVERYBODY SAYS
IT'S BECAUSE THAT HE SAID
TODAY IN YOUR HEAR--YOUR
HEARING, THIS HAS BEEN
FULFILLED. BUT IF YOU GO
BACK AND LOOK IT THE TEXT
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT HE
HASN'T SAID ANYTHING YET.
ALL HE'S DONE IS HE'S STOOD
UP, HE'S READ THE SCROLL
THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM,
AND THEN HE SAT DOWN.
THAT'S IT. SO HOW DID HE SIT?
WHERE DID HE SIT? WHY IS
THAT SO IMPORTANT? FOR US
TO REALLY GET THE POWER
BEHIND WHAT WAS GOING ON,
WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND
UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE
OF WHAT A SYNAGOGUE
SERVICE WAS LIKE DURING THE
TIME OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
DURING, UH, THE BABYLONIAN
EXILE, THEY DESTROYED THE
CITY, THEY DESTROYED THE
TEMPLE. ALL THE JEWS WERE
TAKEN AS SLAVES AND
BROUGHT INTO BABYLON. AND
TO FURTHER SHAME THE JEWS,
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY
BURNED UP AND DESTROYED
ALL OF THE SCROLLS. AND SO
THE RABBIS WERE AFRAID
THAT THE PEOPLE WERE--WERE
GOING TO LOSE THE WRITTEN
WORD OF GOD. AND SO TO
PRESERVE THE WORD, THE
RABBIS BEGAN TO TAKE
PORTIONS OF THE BIBLE AND
ALLOCATE THEM TO CERTAIN
FAMILY MEMBERS. AND THEN
THAT FAMILY WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
PORTION OF SCRIPTURE. SO
THINK ABOUT THIS. WHY DOES
JESUS COME BACK TO THE
SYNAGOGUE THAT DAY?
BECAUSE ISAIAH, LISTEN, OF
ALL VERSES, ISAIAH 62 WAS
GIVEN TO THE FAMILY OF
JESUS. THEY WERE
RESPONSIBLE TO READ THAT
PORTION IN SYNAGOGUE EVERY
WEEK. SO AS YOU
UNDERSTAND THE
BACKGROUND, AS YOU
UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE,
YOU KNOW WHY HE WENT
THAT DAY. HE SAT IN THE
SPECIAL SEAT CALLED THE
SEAT OF MOSES RESERVED FOR
THE MESSIAH AND WHEN HE
SAT THERE, HE WAS DECLARING
HIMSELF TO BE THE MESSIAH.
AND SO MANY TIMES WE DON'T
GET THE FULL IMPACT OF THE
STORY BECAUSE WE DON'T
KNOW THE CULTURE. BUT AS
WE UNDERSTAND THE
CULTURE, AS WE UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE DID THINGS THE
WAY THEY DID, WHY--WHY THE
LAWS WERE IN PLACE, ALL--ALL
OF THESE THINGS, WHEN WE
GET THE CULTURE, WE
UNDERSTAND SO OFTEN WHY
JESUS DID WHAT HE DID AND IT
BRINGS GREATER
UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY
AND POWER TO HIS TEACHINGS.
[MUSIC]
THANKS JOE, YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS,
GOD IS SO SPECIFIC. HE IS SO
PARTICULAR AS WELL. HE
WASTES NO MOTION. YOU
KNOW, THE--THE MISSION OF
THE 700 CLUB CANADA IS TO
SEE THE LIFE-CHANGING
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
REACH EVERY CANADIAN. AND
WE CAN ONLY DO THIS WITH
YOUR HELP. CALL TODAY AND
BECOME A PARTNER, A 700
CLUB CANADA PARTNER AND
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
WITH ONE COMMON GOAL.
HMM, FOR JUST $20 A MONTH,
YOU CAN BECOME A 700 CLUB
CANADA PARTNER OR IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE MORE,
YOU CAN JOIN AT A HIGHER
LEVEL SUCH AS THE 700 CLUB
CANADA GOLD PARTNER WHICH
IS $40 A MONTH.
AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP, WE WILL SEND
YOU THIS DVD ENTITLED THE
LAW OF EXPECTATION. IN THIS
TEACHING, PAT AND GORDON
ROBERTSON BRING YOU
POWERFUL PRINCIPALS OF
THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR THAT
BREAK THROUGH THE LIMITS
OF YOUR FAITH AND
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.
2012 WAS AN INCREDIBLE
YEAR AS WE WERE ABLE TO
MAKE AN IMPACT IN
COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY. PLEASE JOIN
WITH US FOR THIS YEAR AS WE
CONTINUE TO SHARE GOD'S
LOVE FROM COAST TO COAST.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY.
1-855-759-0700.
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 PRINCIPALS 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.
[MUSIC]
WELCOME BACK. UP NEXT,
CAN A MARRIAGE WITHOUT
LOVE BE REVIVED? LET'S FIND
OUT.
I'D TELL MY WIFE THAT I
DIDN'T LOVE HER ANY MORE.
IT WAS MORE COMFORTABLE
FOR ME TO BE IN DENIAL AND
PRETEND HE HADN'T SAID IT
THAN TO REALLY LET THOSE
WORDS SINK IN.
FOR YEARS, JUDY
PRETENDED THE MARRIAGE
WAS OKAY. PAUL AND JUDY
RUSSO WERE HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEARTS AND MARRIED
YOUNG. THEY STARTED A
FAMILY BUT FELT SOMETHING
WAS MISSING. JUDY THOUGHT
THAT GOING TO CHURCH
WOULD FILL THE VOID.
CHURCH TO ME WAS, UM,
DOING GOOD THINGS, SINGING
IN THE CHOIR, WORKING AT THE
CHURCH SUPPERS, DOING NICE
THINGS FOR OLD PEOPLE, UM,
SITTING THERE COUNTING THE
MINUTES UNTIL THE SERVICE
WAS OVER.
YEARS EARLIER, WHEN JUDY
WATCHED A FILM DEPICTING
THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS,
SOMETHING CHANGED.
AND I SAID OH GOD, JESUS
DIED FOR ME AND I GIVE YOU
MY LIFE. YOU CAN TAKE IT
AND DO WITH ME WHATEVER
YOU WANT. PAUL HAD CALLED
FROM WORK. AND I ANSWERED
THE PHONE AND HE SAID
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
AND I SAID IT'S JESUS, HE DIED
FOR ME. AND I JUST GAVE HIM
MY LIFE.
PAUL WAS LESS THAN
THRILLED. IN FACT, AS THE
WEEKS WENT ON, HE BECAME
RESENTFUL OF THE NEW JUDY.
IT WAS A BIG CHANGE IN
JUDY. BEING A NEW CHRISTIAN,
SHE WAS GOING TO A LOT OF
MEETINGS. I FELT A BIT OF
NEGLECT ON MY, YOU KNOW,
SELFISHNESS ON MY PART. SHE
WAS BUSIER AND BUSIER AND
LESS TIME SPENT BEING IN A
MARRIAGE.
I ALWAYS FELT FOR SOME
REASON THAT GOD WAS MORE
PLEASED WHEN I DID THINGS
FOR OTHER PEOPLE DOWN THE
STREET OR STRANGERS THAN
WHEN I DID THE NECESSARY
THINGS FOR MY FAMILY.
PAUL FELT LIKE HE HAD
BEEN KICKED TO THE CURB.
I WOULD TAKE OFF ON MY
MOTORCYCLE. I PROBABLY
WOULDN'T COME BACK FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. PAUL
SOUGHT COMFORT IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL
SECRETARY.
SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE, SHE
WAS PLEASANT TO TALK TO.
BUT IT MADE ME FEEL, YOU
KNOW, THAT SHE CARED.
MEANWHILE, JUDY WORKED
FULL--TIME AND RAISED THEIR
FOUR KIDS.
I GOT ANGRY. I THINK IT
WAS MORE COMFORTABLE FOR
ME TO GET ANGRY AT THE
OTHER WOMAN.
PAUL'S AFFAIR CONTINUED
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND
JUDY PRESSED ON WITH
CHURCH WORK. EVENTUALLY,
PAUL MOVED OUT AND THE
RUSSO'S FILED FOR DIVORCE.
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF RELIEF
IN A SENSE BECAUSE THERE
HAD BEEN JUST SO MUCH
STRESS IN OUR HOME.
THE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
WERE HELD UP FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS IN THE LAWYER'S
OFFICE. WHEN JUDY FINALLY
ASKED HER LAWYER WHAT
WAS TAKING SO LONG, THE
RESPONSE STUNNED HER. SHE
SAID JUDY, I NEED TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU. I NEED TO
TELL YOU THAT I WALK WITH
GOD AND BECAUSE I WALK
WITH GOD, I CANNOT TAKE
YOUR CASE. I WILL NOT BE
PARTY TO BURYING
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DEAD.
I BELIEVE IF YOU WILL BE
PATIENT, YOUR MARRIAGE
WILL BE OKAY.
JUDY BEGAN TO WONDER IF
HER MARRIAGE COULD BE
SAVED.
I WAS JUST IN ABSOLUTE
MISERY. IT FELT LIKE THERE
WAS A BLACK CLOUD OVER MY
HEAD. I REALLY HAD NO PEACE
ABOUT GETTING A DIVORCE.
SUDDENLY ALL THAT
CONFUSION, ALL THAT
DESPAIR, ALL THAT NOT
KNOWING WHAT TO DO WAS
REDUCED TO A MISSION. I WAS
GOING TO PRAY FOR THIS
MARRIAGE.
JUDY'S FIRST THOUGHT WAS
THAT GOD WOULD INSTANTLY
CHANGE PAUL. BUT HE DIDN'T.
INSTEAD, HE SHOWED JUDY THE
CHANGES THAT SHE NEEDED TO
MAKE.
GOD POINTED TO ME AND
SHOWED ME THAT THE THINGS
THAT I WAS OFFERING MY
HUSBAND AND LABELING LOVE
WAS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF
CONDITIONAL, UM, TERMS. UH,
I'LL DO THIS IF YOU'LL DO
THAT AND I DID SO MUCH OF
THIS SO, UH, YOU NEED TO
LOVE ME. BUT GOD'S LOVE IS
NOTHING LIKE THAT. AND
DURING THOSE THREE AND A
HALF YEARS, I WAS TO COME TO
LEARN THAT LOVE IS NOT SO
MUCH IN THE RECEIVING, BUT
IT'S IN THE GIVING.
SHE PRAYED FOR PAUL AT
LEAST TWO HOURS A DAY,
SEARCHED HER BIBLE AND
UNDERLINED THE PROMISES OF
GOD. UNBEKNOWNST TO HER,
PAUL HAD ENDED HIS AFFAIR
AND WAS GRAPPLING WITH HIS
OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
HE EXPRESSED HIS THOUGHTS
TO JUDY IN A LETTER.
I FELT THAT SOMETHING
DEFINITELY REALLY CHANGED
WITHIN ME AND THEN I HAD TO
ASK THE FORGIVENESS OF MY
WIFE AND MY CHILDREN. AND,
UH, BUT I FELT WITH GOD
THROUGH HIS POWER, HE
WOULD GET ME THROUGH
THAT.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY WELL,
HOW CAN YOU TRUST YOUR
HUSBAND NOW THAT HE'S
DONE THIS? SOMEHOW, EVEN
WITH THE MIDST OF THE PAIN
AND ALL OF THIS, GOD GAVE
ME THAT SENSE OF IT'S ALL
GOOD, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE
OKAY.
SHE WAS DIFFERENT. WE
BECAME FRIENDS AGAIN FIRST
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR
MARRIAGE WAS JUST REBUILT
FROM THAT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR
24-YEAR MARRIAGE, PAUL AND
JUDY ATTENDED CHURCH
TOGETHER. PAUL'S NEWFOUND
FAITH IN GOD MADE HIM A
DIFFERENT PERSON.
I STARTED GETTING
INVOLVED WITH SCRIPTURE. I
STARTED GET--GOING BACK TO
CHURCH. AND--AND REALIZING
HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVED ME
AND FORGAVE ME. AND THAT
WAS THE HUGE THING AND GOD
FORGIVES YOU, IT'S A REAL
DEAL.
JUDY CHANGED ALSO AS SHE
LEARNED GOD'S PRIORITIES
FOR HER AS A WIFE.
I DID MAKE SOME CHANGES
BY BEING MUCH MORE
AVAILABLE AND EVEN TODAY,
HE STILL HAS TO REMIND ME TO
SIT DOWN AND--AND JUST TAKE
A TIME TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE
LITTLE THINGS.
THE RUSSO'S RENEWED
THEIR VOWS ON THEIR 30TH
ANNIVERSARY. THEY
CELEBRATED THIS MILESTONE
AND SHARED THEIR FULL
TESTIMONY WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
I WOULD ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT ON MY OWN, IT'S--IT'S HIM
THAT'S MAKING THAT CHANGE
WITHIN ME. SOMEONE'S
MARRIAGE THAT'S FALLING
APART, UM, THERE'S A
LONELINESS YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO TURN, UH, THE ONLY
SOURCE IS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THIS TESTIMONY
DOES IS IT REMINDS US THAT,
UH, WHEN WE START OFF AT
THE ALTAR AND WE SAY UNTIL
DEATH DO US PART, THERE IS
ALWAYS A LOOPHOLE. AND
THAT IS WE HAVE FREE CHOICE.
GOD NEVER GIVES THE
LOOPHOLE BUT MANY TIMES
WE DO. IT'S AMAZING WHAT
HAPPENED. THEY GREW
TOGETHER AND THEN THEY
GREW APART. YOU KNOW,
MARRIAGE IS THE ONLY
RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU
GROW IN AND OUT OF LOVE
WITH THE SAME PERSON OVER
AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE. JUDY GAVE HER
HEART TO THE LORD AND THEN
SHE WENT FULL HEAD LONG
INTO THAT. AND YOU CANNOT
KNOCK HER AS WELL. AND
PAUL, HE SAID I WAS SELFISH
AND HE HAD TO LEARN REALLY
WHAT FORGIVENESS WAS ALL
ABOUT AS WELL. THAT AFFAIR
THAT HE HAD, THE ONE THING
THAT I TELL A LOT OF COUPLES
THAT THERE'S REALLY NO
SHOW STOPPER. GOD CAN GET
YOU THROUGH ANYTHING BUT
IT'S REALLY YOUR CHOICE
AGAIN. LISTEN WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS AND THIS IS
EPHESIANS AND IT SAYS IN
CHAPTER FIVE, IT SAYS
THEREFORE, BE IMITATORS OF
GOD AS YOUR CHILDREN AND
WALK IN LOVE AS CHRIST ALSO
LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF
FOR US AS AN OFFERING AND A
SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A
SWEET SMELLING OFFERING.
AND THEN THAT 25TH VERSE IT
SAYS SOMETHING TO
HUSBAND'S AND WIVES THAT I
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO STATE ON THE AIR AND
THEY'RE HERE IN CANADA
BECAUSE HE SAYS THIS,
"HUSBAND'S, LOVE YOUR
WIVES JUST AS CHRIST LOVED
THE CHURCH AND GAVE
HIMSELF. AND WIVES, HONOR
YOUR HUSBAND." IN OTHER
WORDS, IF YOU'RE NOT DEAD
YET, YOU'RE NOT FINISHED
LOVING HER. AND GOD IS
REALLY CALLING US TO MAN
UP AND TO WOMAN UP AND
REALLY TO BE SONS AND
DAUGHTERS THAT SAY WE'RE
GOING TO FIGHT FOR
MARRIAGE. LAURA-LYNN?
HMM, YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I'M
THINKING ABOUT THAT WOMAN
OR THAT MAN THAT'S, THAT'S,
UH, SITTING IN THEIR LIVING
ROOM RIGHT NOW AND YOUR
SPOUSE HAS PERHAPS HAD AN
AFFAIR OR WALKED OUT OR
GROWN VERY, VERY COLD TO
THIS RELATIONSHIP, AND THE
FEAR IS BEGINNING TO ENGULF
YOU AND COME OVER YOU AND
YOU'RE THINKING THERE IS--I
CANNOT SEE THAT GOD CAN DO
ANYTHING HERE. I CANNOT SEE
HOW THIS CAN EVER BE OKAY
AGAIN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
CALL OUT TO GOD IN FAITH.
CALL OUT TO THE HEAVENLY
FATHER WHO KNOWS EXACTLY
WHAT IS NEEDED IN THIS
SITUATION. TRUST HIM, DON'T
LET FEAR BECOME PART OF
YOUR DIALOGUE. STOP
DECLARING THINGS THAT ARE
NOT TRUE. START DECLARING
WHO GOD IS AND THAT HE IS
ABLE TO WORK IN YOUR
SITUATION. YOU KNOW, GOD
LOVES MARRIAGES AND WHEN
YOU TAKE THAT VOW BEFORE
HIM, HE TAKES IT SERIOUSLY.
AND THEN HE FORMS A BOND
AND A PROTECTION AROUND
ABOUT THAT AND YES, YOU
KNOW, ANY ONE OF US CAN
WALK AWAY FROM THAT. BUT
GOD'S DESIRE IS THAT HE
WOULD LITERALLY--LITERALLY
BUILD A TENT OVER YOU AND
PROTECT THIS RELATIONSHIP.
SO IF SOMETHING'S GONE
WRONG, DECLARE IN FAITH
THAT GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL
THIS SITUATION.
LET'S PRAY BECAUSE I
KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY ONE
OF THOSE MESSAGES THAT JUST
SAY I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR
THAT TODAY BUT YOU NEEDED
TO HEAR IT. FATHER, FOR
THOSE THAT ARE EVEN
BATTLING WITH THEIR--THEIR
VOWS AND ONE OF THE SPOUSE
ARE NOT SERVING GOD AND--
AND THEY'RE FEELING
JUSTIFIED. I PRAY EVEN NOW
FOR THE LIGHT OF YOUR SPIRIT
AND YOUR LOVE TO OVERFLOW
AND SURROUND AROUND THIS
HOUSE. AND I'M ASKING GOD
THAT YOU WOULD DO A GREAT
WORK HERE IN CANADA AND
THAT YOU WOULD BEGIN TO
REBUILD THE SANCTITY OF
MARRIAGE. WE LOVE YOU
JESUS AND WE THANK YOU
THAT YOU'VE GIVEN YOURSELF
FOR US. NOW HELP US GIVE
OUR SELF FOR YOU. IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. WELL, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU
ALL AGAIN. UNTIL NEXT TIME,
I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN WARREN,
HAVE A GREAT DAY CANADA.
GOD BLESS YOU.
TO CONTACT US, MAIL
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING
ASSOCIATES INCORPORATE THE
700 CLUB CANADA, P. O. BOX 700
SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO
M1S4T4 OR VISIT US AT 700
CLUB.CA.
