HELLO I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN, WE--YOU
KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD
SAYING.
YEAH.
YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY
THE COVER.
BY ITS COVER.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, UH,
BEEN WRONG ABOUT--ABOUT
SOMEONE THAT YOU SAW AND
YOU, UH, MADE A--
AND I MISJUDGED THEM?
UM-HUM.
YES. YOU KNOW, UH, MY
COUSIN DAVID STARTED
DATING A LOVELY WOMAN
NAMED CHRIS MANY, MANY
YEARS AGO. AND I
REMEMBERED HER FROM
GOING TO CAMP AND SHE WAS
THIS BLONDE, CUTE, PRETTY
LITTLE THING. BUT SHE WAS
REALLY QUIET. AND I MISTOOK
HER REAL QUIETNESS FOR
SNOOTINESS. SHE JUST--AND
SHE HAD--PLUS A REAL NOSE
LIKE KIND OF JUST A SMALL
LITTLE PRECIOUS NOSE. AND,
UH, SO--
I'M GLAD YOU SAID
PRECIOUS.
WELL, I HAVE A BIG,
PRECIOUS NOSE.
SHE'S PROBABLY WATCHING.
OH, SHE PROBABLY IS, YOU
KNOW. AND SO I JUST DIDN'T
LIKE HER. AND I REMEMBER
TELLING DAVE, DAVE ENDS UP
GOING TO AFRICA WITH HER ON
THIS MISSION'S TRIP AND
DECIDES HE'S GOING TO MARRY
HER AND I'M TELLING DAVE,
SHE--I DON'T THINK SHE'S THE
RIGHT GIRL FOR YOU. SHE'S
GOT THAT LITTLE BLONDE
QUIET LIKE LITTLE STUCK UP
NOSE.
YOU STUCK THE KNIFE IN
HER BACK? OH WOW.
YES. AND IT WAS SO WRONG
OF ME. I COMPLETELY
MISJUDGED HER. AND IN THE
FINAL END OF THE MATTER, SHE
HAS BECOME A WONDERFUL
FRIEND AND A BLESSING TO MY
LIFE. THEY--THEY WATCH MY
KIDS, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS
WHILE I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN
BROADCAST TO BECOME WHAT
I DO TODAY.
YEAH.
I WAS WRONG.
YEAH.
AND SO I HAVE HAD TO EAT
CROW ON THAT SO MANY
TIMES.
I WAS WRONG ABOUT YOU
WHEN I--WHEN I FIRST TOOK
THIS POSITION. I--I THOUGHT
THAT YOU WERE VERY QUIET
AND--
AND SNOOTY? WAS--WAS IT
MY NOSE?
YEAH.
WOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? ON
TODAY'S SHOW, YOU'LL SEE
HOW THE POWER OF PRAYER
TURNED ONE MAN'S LIFE
AROUND WHEN EVERYONE
ELSE HAD GIVEN UP ON HIM.
KELLY LORIC WAS ANGRY,
ALONE, AND ADDICTED TO
DRUGS. BUT WHEN A GROUP OF
STRANGERS IN A BIBLE STUDY
LAID EYES ON HIM, THEY KNEW
WHAT TO DO. HIS STORY IS
PROOF THAT NO ONE IS BEYOND
GOD'S REACH.
UM-HUM. AND EUROPE HAS
BEEN CALLED THE NEW DARK
CONTINENT. WHEN IT COMES
TO FAITH AND CHURCH
ATTENDANCE, NUMBERS HAVE
BECOME EXTREMELY LOW. IS
EUROPE OUT OF REACH? LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW REVIVAL
HAS COME TO SOME GERMAN
CHURCHES IN A MOST
UNEXPECTED WAY.
PARTS OF GERMANY ARE
AMONG THE MOST GODLESS
AREAS IN THE WORLD, POLLING
SHOWS THAT BELIEF IN GOD IN
THE OLD EAST GERMANY IS
ONLY 13 PERCENT. BUT
CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS
GROWING HERE THANKS TO
FORMER MUSLIMS FROM IRAN.
AT THE HOUSE OF GOD'S HELP
IN EAST BERLIN, PERSIAN
CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY
HAVE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF
THE CONGREGATION.
DEACONESS ROSE MARIE
GERTZ.
IT CAME LIKE AN
UNEXPECTED SUMMER RAIN.
SUDDENLY, NEW PEOPLE
STARTED COMING EVERY WEEK
AND ASKED TO BE BAPTIZED. IN
THE BEGINNING, ONLY FIVE OR
SIX IRANIANS CAME, THEY
WERE EASY TO SPOT AND WE
GOT TO KNOW THEM AND THEN
OVER TIME, THEY BROUGHT
THEIR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS.
GERMANY HAS
EXPERIENCED A SURGE IN
ISLAM THIS YEAR. MUSLIMS
CONDUCTED A NATIONWIDE
CAMPAIGN TO GIVE AWAY
KORANS IN A COUNTRY THAT
HAS LARGELY TURNED ITS
BACK ON BIBLICAL
CHRISTIANITY. BUT IRANIAN
IMMIGRANTS OR PERSIANS
HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED
THE DARKNESS AND
OPPRESSION OF ISLAM IN THEIR
NATIVE LAND AND THEY'RE
HUNGRY FOR THE FREEDOM
AND JOY OF CHRISTIANITY.
MICHAEL ASKED THAT WE
DISGUISE HIS FACE TO PROTECT
HIS FAMILY IN IRAN.
I MET A FEW TIMES WITH
FRIENDS IN TERAN IN AN
UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN A
FLAT. AND THERE WE SPOKE
ABOUT JESUS. AND WE TRIED
TO DO A BIBLE STUDY
SOMETIMES WITHOUT AN
ACTUAL BIBLE.
ALL OF THE PERSIANS WE
TALKED TO ACCEPTED CHRIST
IN IRAN AND THEN HAD TO
EITHER FLEE OR RISK PRISON
OR DEATH.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO A
HOUSE CHURCH MEETING WHEN
I SAW POLICE OUTSIDE THE
FLAT. SO I DIDN'T GO IN AND
LATER, I CALLED MY MOTHER.
SHE SAID THE POLICE WERE
HERE LOOKING FOR YOU. SO
MY FAMILY HELPED ME FLEE
THE COUNTRY.
WHEN I WAS IN IRAN, I
WANTED TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN, BUT IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT TO LEARN ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY IN IRAN. IT'S
FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM TO
BECOME A CHRISTIAN. IT WAS
REALLY DIFFICULT. I HAD TO
LEAVE MY PARENTS SO I LOST
MY HOME AND MY FAMILY.
ROSE MARIE SAYS THE
PERSIANS WERE SURPRISED TO
FIND SO MANY GERMANS
DISINTERESTED IN
CHRISTIANITY.
MOST OF THEM BECAME
CHRISTIANS IN IRAN AND KNOW
MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT.
THEY'RE AHEAD OF US IN A
SENSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN PERSECUTED
FOR CHRIST AND THEY FIGURED
OUT PRETTY QUICKLY THAT A
LOT OF GERMANS ARE
CHRISTIANS IN NAME ONLY
AND THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED
THAT GERMANS TAKE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR
GRANTED.
SOME GERMANS ARE
SUSPICIOUS OF THE
CONVERSIONS BECAUSE BEING
BAPTIZED CAN HELP A REFUGEE
STAY IN GERMANY RATHER
THAN BE DEPORTED SO SISTER
ROSE MARIE TAKES THE
PERSIAN CONVERTS THROUGH
A RIGOROUS SCHEDULE OF
BIBLE CLASSES.
I DID SUSPECT THAT SOME OF
THEM JUST WANTED TO BE
BAPTIZED SO THEY COULD GET
THEIR RESIDENCY IN GERMANY.
BUT THAT HAS TURNED OUT TO
BE THE CASE WITH ONLY A FEW.
IN FACT, SOME OF THEM WHO
HAVE ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED
HAVE COME BACK TO OUR
FAITH AND BAPTISM CLASS FOR
THE FOURTH TIME.
IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MANY
PERSIAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE
CONVERTED AND JOINED
CHURCHES IN GERMANY, BUT IT
HAS BECOME A NATIONWIDE
PHENOMENON AND IS
NUMBERING IN THE
THOUSANDS. AT THE HOUSE OF
GOD'S HELP, IT HAS
REINVIGORATED THE
CONGREGATION. DAYLE HERTZ
CBN NEWS, BERLIN.
WOW, THAT IS SO COOL,
LAURA-LYNN. AND I LOVE
WHAT SISTER ROSE MARIE SAID,
SHE SAID CHRISTIANS AND
EVEN NOW THIS IRANIAN, UH,
CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE IS LIKE
A SUMMER RAIN AND THEY'RE
NUMBERING IN THE
THOUSANDS NOW.
WOW.
YOU KNOW, DIETRICH
BONHOEFFER, ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THEOLOGIANS,
GERMAN THEOLOGIAN, UH, HE
PRAYED, UH, IT WAS DURING
THE TIME OF ADOLPH HITLER,
HE PRAYED THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE
REALITY OF THAT THAT THERE
IS A REVIVAL TAKING PLACE IN
GERMANY. SO LET'S CONTINUE
TO PRAY NOT ONLY FOR THE
IRANIAN CHURCH BUT ALSO
FOR THE, UH, THE GERMANS
THAT ARE THERE AS WELL.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, BRIAN,
THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE WHEN
YOU THINK THAT GOD IS NOT
MOVING BUT HE IS ALWAYS. HE
HAS A FIRE THAT--THAT, YOU
KNOW, BURNS LIKE AN EMBER
IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
YES.
AND EVEN HERE IN CANADA,
SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT I--I
DON'T KNOW IF GOD IS MOVING
HERE IN CANADA.
OH, HE'S MOVING.
BUT HE IS. HE'S MOVING
AND HE'S MOVING IN OUR
HEARTS AND HE'LL MOVE IN
YOUR LIFE AS WELL.
YEAH.
UP NEXT, A BUNCH OF
STRANGE THINGS START
HAPPENING TO KELLY LORIC
WHEN A GROUP OF STRANGERS
START PRAYING FOR HIM.
UM-HUM.
WELL, WHAT THEY CALLED
IT WAS HARD CORE PUNK ROCK.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF
GROUP OF GUYS I HUNG OUT
WITH.
KELLY LORIC LIVED TO
PARTY IN L.A.'S UNDERGROUND
PUNK ROCK SCENE.
TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO,
WHAT DID YOU LOOK LIKE?
DESCRIBE YOURSELF BACK
THEN?
OH, TORE UP LEVIS, LEATHER
JACKET, BLUE HAIR. I DYED MY
HAIR MORE THAN WOMEN
BACK THEN.
HEAVY DRUG USE FUELED
HIS LIFE.
IT JUST NEVER ENDED.
TAKING ACIDS TWO OR THREE
DAYS, SMOKING PCP, AND THEN
SOMEBODY HAD COCAINE, IT
WAS AN ESCAPE. IT WAS AN
ESCAPE FROM MY PROBLEMS, IT
WAS AN ESCAPE FROM
EVERYTHING.
NOTHING CALMED THE
SEETHING ANGER THAT SET IN
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
I WAS ANGRY AT
EVERYBODY. I HAD A LOT OF
ANGER INSIDE OF ME.
PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH A
VOID OF LONELINESS. MY DAD
LEFT MY MOM WHEN I WAS SIX
WEEKS OLD. AND, UH, I GREW
UP NOT HAVING A FATHER. MY
MOM WORKED LONG HOURS.
NO PARENT SUPERVISION SO MY
HOUSE BECAME THE HANG OUT.
KELLY'S AFTER SCHOOL
ROUTINE, GETTING HIGH WITH
HIS BUDDIES AND THROWING
WILD PARTIES.
SO YOU PRETTY MUCH
CONTROLLED THE HOUSE?
YEAH, I DID.
AND THINGS BETWEEN YOU
AND YOUR MOM TURNED
VIOLENT?
SHE TRIED TO, UH,
DISCIPLINE ME AND I'LL NEVER
FORGET THIS. IT WAS HARD TO
REMEMBER, BUT I REMEMBER
MY MOM, UH, YELLING AT ME
AND HIT ME AND THEN I
TURNED AROUND AND I HIT HER
BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
BLINDSIDED HIM. HE WANTED
TO SMOOTH THINGS OVER WITH
HIS MOM. HE THOUGHT
OPENING UP TO HER ABOUT HIS
DRUG HABIT WOULD HELP.
SHE JUST LIKE JUST FREAKED
OUT. MAN, IT WAS TOO MUCH.
WITHIN 24 HOURS, I WAS
LOCKED UP.
LOCKED UP WHERE?
AT A MENTAL INSTITUTION. I
WASN'T CRAZY, I WAS JUST ON
DRUGS. I WAS MORE HIGH IN
THERE THAN I WAS ON THE
STREETS. THEY WERE GIVING
ME THORAZINE AND
PERCODAN, IT WAS HARD
BECAUSE I WAS A YOUNG KID. I
CAME OUT WORSE THAN I WAS
WHEN I WENT IN. I CAME OUT
MORE ANGRY, MORE UPSET.
AND MORE RECKLESS. HE
SOLD DRUGS AND PARTIED
WITH HIS PUNKER FRIENDS DAY
AND NIGHT.
BUT IT BROUGHT A SENSE OF
FULFILLMENT BUT I WAS
ALWAYS EMPTY AT THE END.
I'D ALWAYS LEFT EMPTY. AND I
FELT I HAD IDENTITY,
REBELLION, YOU KNOW, DO
WHAT YOU WANT. DON'T
LISTEN TO GOVERNMENT,
DON'T LISTEN TO YOUR
PARENTS.
THAT ATTITUDE GOT HIM
KICKED OUT OF EVERY HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY AND
HIS OWN HOUSE. AT 16, KELLY
WAS ON HIS OWN.
I'M SHOOTING UP COCAINE,
KRYSTAL METH, PRETTY MUCH
WHATEVER I CAN STICK IN MY
ARM. I WAS SO ADDICTED. I'D
BEEN SICK, I HAD HEPATITIS.
LOST EVERYTHING. I HAD
NOTHING LEFT. THE GIRL I WAS
LIVING WITH LEFT ME. I
REMEMBER I NEEDED A PLACE
TO STAY. I HAD NOWHERE TO
GO. MY GRANDFATHER, UH,
HAD A HOUSE AND THERE IN
LOS ANGELES, HE HAD SOME
RENTERS THERE AND THEY
WERE CHRISTIAN.
KELLY'S GRANDFATHER
MADE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE FAMILY. ALBERT
MENCHAKA AND HIS WIFE
AGREED TO LET KELLY MOVE
INTO THE GARAGE APARTMENT
AND KELLY BROUGHT ALONG
HIS BAD HABITS.
WHEN I FIRST MET KELLY, I--
WE WERE DOING A BIBLE
STUDY IN OUR FRONT HOUSE. I
TOLD THE BIBLE STUDY FOLKS
THAT WE NEEDED TO PRAY FOR
KELLY THAT HE WAS EITHER
GOING TO GET SAVED OR HE
WAS GOING TO MOVE OUT
BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING TO
HAVE SOMEBODY LIVING IN
THE BACK LIKE THAT AND
THAT'S WHAT WE BEGAN TO
DO.
ALBERT AND HIS WIFE
YOLANDA BELIEVED GOD
WOULD INTERVENE.
THEN I'D BE GETTING HIGH
FOR A FEW DAYS AND NEXT
THING YOU KNOW I'D BE
HAVING THESE CRAZY
THOUGHTS, THESE CRAZY
DREAMS OF RAP--THE RAPTURE,
HEAVEN, HELL, AND I'M LIKE,
MAN, THIS IS JUST REALLY
MESSING MY FUN UP HERE.
THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT
THREE WEEKS.
THEN, ON A THREE-DAY
METH BINGE, KELLY'S PATH
TOOK A DARK TURN. HE
BECAME HOMICIDAL BEHIND
THE WHEEL.
IF I COULD PUT ALL THE
ANGER IN MY WHOLE LIFE IN A
BOTTLE OR FOR ONE DAY, IT
WAS THAT DAY. I WAS SO FULL
OF ANGER. I'M DRIVING ON THE
FREEWAY AND SOME CAR OR
SOME PEOPLE PULLED UP
BESIDE ME AND THEY'RE
LAUGHING AT ME, I RAN THEM
OFF THE FREEWAY. IT JUST--
JUST RAN THEM OFF. JUST
RAGE. I'M THINKING I'M GOING
TO HURT SOMEONE TONIGHT.
FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL
HOURS AS THE DRUGS WORE
OFF, THE STRANGE THOUGHTS
SUBSIDED AND KELLY DROVE
HOME.
I START COMING DOWN OFF
THE DRUGS AND I'M COMING
DOWN AND THIS HEAVINESS IS
HITTING ME LIKE A TON OF
BRICKS. BUT WHEN I OPEN UP
THAT GARAGE WHERE I LIVED,
SOMETHING HIT ME, THE
MINUTE I WALKED IN THERE, I
FELL TO MY KNEES AND I BEGIN
TO CRY AND I FELT MY BODY
WAS TINGLING AND I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT I
KNOW IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT
NOW AND I CRIED FOR TWO
HOURS SAYING GOD, I'M SO
SORRY, I CAN'T DO IT NO MORE,
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS NO
MORE. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS SAYING, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I
KNEW JESUS, I HEARD THAT
NAME, I KNEW GOD AND I WAS
JUST BEGGING CRYING OUT FOR
HIM.
KELLY IMMEDIATELY TOLD
ALBERT WHAT HAPPENED.
HE OPENED UP THE DOOR
AND HE SAID, HEY, YEAH,
WHAT'S UP, KELLY? AND I GO
DUDE, SOMETHING JUST
HAPPENED TO ME. I--I THINK I
JUST GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS.
WE--WE KNEW THE POWER
OF PRAYER. WHAT CAN I SAY?
AND GOD DID THE REST.
THE NEXT DAY, KELLY WENT
TO CHURCH WITH ALBERT'S
FAMILY. THE POWER OF GOD
SET KELLY FREE FROM HIS
ADDICTIONS.
I NEVER GOT HIGH ONE DAY
IN MY LIFE AFTER THAT DAY IN
THAT GARAGE. NEVER
SMOKED, NEVER DRANK,
NOTHING. AND I DIDN'T EVEN
WANT IT.
KELLY SAYS GOD HEALED
HIM FROM AN INCURABLE
DISEASE.
I HAD HEPATITIS. YOU
KNOW, THAT DON'T LEAVE
YOU. AND THEY PRAYED WITH
ME AND I GOT HEALED. THE
DOCTOR SAID IT WAS A
MIRACLE.
GOD BROUGHT DELIVERANCE BECAE
THAT'S
WHO HE IS. HE'S THE GREAT
DELIVERER AND HE BROUGHT
DELIVERANCE INTO KELLY'S
LIFE. WHAT I'VE SEEN GOD DO
IN HIM, YOU KNOW, GOD CAN
DO IN OTHER PEOPLE.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT
GOD HAD A DESTINY FOR MY
LIFE TO BE A PASTOR AND NOW
PREACHING ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
KELLY AND HIS WIFE,
ESTHER, LEAD THE
CONGREGATION AT PRAISE
CHAPEL CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS. THEY SHARE THE
ETERNAL HOPE FOUND IN JESUS
CHRIST.
GOD KNEW 20 YEARS AGO
WHO HE WAS GOING TO PUT
TOGETHER AND LITTLE DID I
KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOING
TO BE THE OUTCOME OF JUST
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
COMING TO CHRIST.
JESUS CAME TO REACH THE
WORST. AND HE WANTS TO USE
IMPERFECT PEOPLE, THE WEAK
PEOPLE HE MAKES STRONG. I
WAS JUST A PUNK ROCKER IN A
GARAGE THAT GOT SAVED
THAT EVERYONE GAVE UP ON
AND I GAVE UP ON MYSELF. I
DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE.
GOD IS A GOD OF GRACE AND
MERCY, SOMETIMES I LOOK UP
AND I SAY GOD, YOU'RE USING
ME. DO YOU REMEMBER WHO I
WAS? AND HE SAYS, NO, I
DON'T. I'VE FORGIVEN ALL
THAT.
WOW. COCAINE, PCP, AND
ACID. AND I LOVE WHAT KELLY
SAID AS WELL. HE SAID I--I
COLORED AND DYED MY HAIR
MORE THAN WOMEN DO. I
MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT
PURPLE, BLUE, PINK, AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HE
HAD IN HIS HAIR AND I ALWAYS
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN THE HEART OF
THAT--THAT PUNK ROCKER.
BUT, UH, NOW WE SEE. AND,
UH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT
WHAT GOD DID IN HIS LIFE, IT
WAS THROUGH YOLANDA AND
IT WAS THROUGH THE VERY
PRAYERS OF ALBERT THAT
CHANGED KELLY. BECAUSE
THEY STARTED PRAYING. THEY
SAID THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE'RE NOT GIVING UP OUR
HOUSE. WE ARE GOING TO
PRAY FOR REVIVAL AND THIS
YOUNG MAN IS GOING TO
EITHER GET SAVED OR HE'S
GOING TO GET OUT. AND YOU
KNOW WHAT? THAT REMINDED
ME OF HOW GOD ALSO
OPERATED IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT IN THE FIRST
CENTURY CHURCH. THE BIBLE
SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 10 AND
THERE WAS PETER, THE BIG
FISHERMAN. DO YOU
REMEMBER HE WAS THE HEAD
BUTTER? THE ONE THAT HAD
FOOT/MOUTH DISEASE BECAUSE
HE'D TAKE ONE FOOT OUT AND
PUT ONE FOOT BACK IN? I
MEAN, THIS PETER SAID I CAN'T
GO INTO A HOUSE OF A
GENTILE. HE FORGOT THAT HE
USED TO EAT HOT LINKS AND
CHITLINS HIMSELF. BUT NOW
HE'S TOLD DON'T CALL
ANYTHING UNCLEAN THAT GOD
HAS CALLED UNCLEAN. SOME
OF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET
THAT SOUTHERN, UH,
COLLOQUIALISM, BUT THIS IS
WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 15, AND
A VOICE SPOKE TO HIM AGAIN
SAYING THE SECOND TIME
WHAT GOD HAS CALLED CLEAN,
YOU MUST NOT CALL COMMON.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO
KELLY IN HIS LIFE AND NOW
HE'S A PASTOR, HE'S
WONDERFULLY SAVED AND
MULTITUDES OF PUNK
ROCKERS ARE GETTING SAVED
AS WELL BY GOD TURNING THIS
ONE MAN'S LIFE AROUND.
WOW, GO GOD.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW AND
YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
MARCHED TO THE BEAT OF A
DIFFERENT DRUMMER AND
THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE
THAT HAVE CALLED YOU OUT
ON SOME OF THE MISTAKES
THAT YOU'VE BEEN MAKING.
AND PERHAPS YOU'VE--YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE YOURSELF
GOTTEN INTO DRUGS AND
DRINKING AND IT HAS
BROUGHT SOME REAL
CONSEQUENCES INTO YOUR
LIFE. BUT THERE IS SOMEONE
WHO HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR DESTINY AND
YOU WERE--WERE FORMED IN
YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB
BECAUSE YOU ARE BORN FOR
GREAT PURPOSE. THE ENEMY
HAS COME IN, HE HAS TRIED TO
ROB AND TO STEAL FROM YOU
AND TODAY IS THE DAY. YOU
FEEL YOUR HEART BEATING
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR LIVING
ROOM, THIS IS GOD'S CALL TO
YOU, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO
DOWN A DISASTROUS ROAD,
GOD CALLS YOU TODAY TO
PURSUE YOUR DESTINY. HE--
YOU WERE BORN FOR GREAT
PURPOSE AND THIS IS YOUR
DAY.
AMEN. THIS IS WHAT IT
SAYS, EPHESIANS 2:8 AND 9.
AND IT SAYS IT'S BY GRACE
THAT YOU'RE SAVED.
YES.
NOT HOW HARD YOU WORK
OR HOW MUCH YOU DO THAT
NO ONE CAN BOAST, IT'S A FREE
GIFT OF GOD. IF YOU'LL JUST
ACCEPT IT TODAY, GOD IS
GOING TO COME INTO YOUR
LIFE. HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT
HE DID WITH KELLY. COME ON,
LET'S PRAY. LET'S DO SOME
BUSINESS WITH GOD. OPEN UP
YOUR HEART. SAY JESUS, I'M
TIRED OF THIS LIFE. I'M TIRED
OF THESE DRUGS. NO LONGER, I
WANT OUT. I CONFESS MY SIN, I
TURN FROM THEM AND I TURN
TO YOU. MAKE ME THE PERSON
YOU WANT ME TO BE.
YES, JESUS.
I GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL
PERMISSION FOR YOUR
HEAVENLY INTERVENTION. IN
JESUS' NAME. NOW FATHER, I
PRAY FOR THE POWER OF THE
HOLY GHOST (FOREIGN WORD)
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS
TO COME UPON THAT PERSON
AND WHERE DRUGS AND
WHERE EVEN VIOLENCE HAS
BEEN IN THEIR LIFE, I PRAY FOR
THE BAPTISM OF YOUR SPIRIT
AND THE POWER TO MOVE NOW
IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
AMEN. IF YOU JUST PRAYED
THAT PRAYER WITH BRIAN,
WOULD YOU CALL US RIGHT
NOW? 1-855-759-0700 PRAYER
PARTNERS ARE STANDING BY.
THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR
YOU.
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 CHANGED LIVES AND
NEW BEGINNINGS. CALL THE
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GOD IS NOT SURPRISED
TODAY BY YOUR LIFE. HE IS
NOT SHOCKED AND MORTIFIED
BY WHAT YOU'VE DONE. HE
KNEW WHAT YOU WOULD DO
BEFORE YOU DID IT. AND HE
HAS ALREADY DETERMINED IN
HIS HEART TO FORGIVE YOU
WHEN YOU REPENT BECAUSE
OF WHAT JESUS DID AS YOUR
ADVOCATE ON THE CROSS.
CONSIDER THE STORY OF PETER
WHEN HE DENIED KNOWING
WHO JESUS WAS JUST BEFORE
HE WAS CRUCIFIED. IN
MATTHEW 26 IT TELLS OF HOW
JESUS KNEW IN ADVANCE THAT
HIS DISCIPLES AND
SPECIFICALLY PETER WOULD
BETRAY HIM. IN VERSE 31, IT
SAYS JESUS TOLD THEM THIS
VERY NIGHT YOU WILL FALL
AWAY ON ACCOUNT OF ME FOR
IT IS WRITTEN I WILL STRIKE
THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP
ARE GOING TO SCATTER. IN
VERSE 33, INDIGNANTLY PETER
REPLIES, EVEN IF ALL FALL
AWAY ON ACCOUNT OF YOU, I
NEVER WILL. BUT JESUS KNEW
HOW PETER WOULD FAIL. AND
HE SAID TO HIM, "TRULY I TELL
YOU THIS VERY NIGHT BEFORE
THE ROOSTER CROWS, YOU'RE
GOING TO DISOWN ME THREE
TIMES." THE DISCIPLES HAD NO
IDEA THAT WITH--WITHIN A
FEW HOURS OF JESUS SPEAKING
THIS, HE WOULD BE ARRESTED
AND THAT FATAL NIGHT
WOULD BEGIN ITS DESTINED
END. AS JESUS WAS LED AWAY
BY THE GUARDS, PETER FOUND
HIMSELF ALONE AND
FRIGHTENED BY ALL THAT WAS
HAPPENING. AND AS THE
EVENING WORE ON, PEOPLE
BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS
THE ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS
WITH JESUS. BY THE TIME THE
THIRD PERSON SAID TO PETER
AND ACCUSED HIM, "YOU'RE
ONE OF JESUS' FOLLOWERS."
PETER SAID, "I AM NOT." AND
HE BEGAN TO CALL DOWN
CURSES AND HE SWORE AT
THEM. "I DON'T KNOW THAT
MAN." IMMEDIATELY, A
ROOSTER CROWED AND PETER
REMEMBERED THE WORDS
THAT JESUS HAD SPOKEN.
"BEFORE THE ROOSTER CROWS,
YOU WILL DISOWN ME THREE
TIMES." HE WENT OUTSIDE AND
HE WENT BITTERLY. CONSIDER
ALSO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
AT THE WELL WHOM JESUS
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION.
THIS WAS A WOMAN WELL-
KNOWN TO THE TOWN FOR
HAVING LIVED A WAY WARD
LIFE. IN JOHN 4 IT TELLS THE
STORY OF JESUS MEETING HER
AND ASKING FOR A CUP OF
WATER AND OFFERING HER THE
KIND OF WATER WHERE SHE
WOULD NEVER THIRST AGAIN.
SHE WANTED THAT FOR HER
LIFE BUT SHE KNEW, SHE KNEW
WHO SHE WAS. HE TOLD HER,
"GO, CALL YOUR HUSBAND AND
COME BACK." "I HAVE NO
HUSBAND." SHE REPLIED. AND
JESUS SAID TO HER, "YOU ARE
RIGHT. WHEN YOU SAY YOU
HAVE NO HUSBAND. THE FACT
IS THAT YOU HAVE HAD FIVE
HUSBAND'S AND THE MAN
THAT YOU NOW HAVE IS NOT
YOUR HUSBAND." HE THEN
REVEALED TO HER HIS TRUE
IDENTITY, THAT HE WAS THE
MESSIAH. LEAVING HER WATER
JAR, THE WOMAN WENT BACK
TO THE TOWN AND SHE SAID TO
THE PEOPLE, SHE BECAME LIKE
AN EVANGELIST, "COME AND
SEE A MAN WHO TOLD ME
EVERYTHING I EVER DID.
COULD THIS BE THE MESSIAH?"
OUR LIVES ARE NEVER A
SURPRISE TO HIM. MANY OF
THE SAMARITANS FROM THE
TOWN BELIEVED IN HIM
BECAUSE OF THE WOMAN'S
TESTIMONY. HE TOLD ME
EVERYTHING I EVER DID. HE
KNOWS WHO I AM AND YET HE
REACHED OUT TO ME AND
LOVED ME. TODAY GOD KNOWS
EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER
DONE. JESUS SPECIFICALLY
CHOSE PEOPLE WHO SHOW AN
EXTREME ABILITY TO FAIL AND
MISS THE MARK. HE KNEW
BEFOREHAND THAT YOU WERE
IMPERFECT AND IN NEED OF A
SAVIOR AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT
FOR ANY ONE OF US. COME TO
HIM JUST AS YOU ARE. YOU'RE
ACCEPTED, LOVED, AND
EMBRACED BY GOD. AND
NOTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE IS
A SURPRISE TO HIM.
AMEN. EVERYBODY LOVES A
COMEBACK. YOU KNOW, IT
SAYS IN LUKE'S GOSPEL IN THE
22ND CHAPTER IN THE 32ND
VERSE THAT JESUS SAID,
"SATAN HAS DESIRE TO SIFT
YOU BUT I PRAYED FOR YOU."
AND I BELIEVE HE PRAYED FOR
YOU AS WELL AND THIS IS
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AND LAURA-LYNN FINDS OUT
WHAT YOU BELIEVE CANADA.
I'VE LIVED IN VANCOUVER
FOR 56 YEARS, ALL MY LIFE.
56 YEARS? ALL YOUR LIFE?
YEAH. THAT'S TRUE.
WHAT I WORRY ABOUT ALL
THE ADDICTION AND THE
CRIME AND THE WAY THAT
VANCOUVER HAS CHANGED?
OH, IT'S--WELL, DOWN HERE
IT USED TO BE ALCOHOL,
REMEMBER?
YEAH, YEAH.
USED TO BE? IT'S NOT
ALCOHOL ANYMORE?
NO. IT'S ALL CRACK
COCAINE AND HEROIN AND, UH.
YEAH.
METHAMPHETAMINE.
EVERYTHING.
YEAH, IT USED TO BE
ALCOHOL. THE GUYS WOULD
SIT AROUND IN PIGEON PARK
AND THEY WOULD DRINK AND
THEY WOULDN'T BOTHER
ANYBODY.
SO WOULD YOU SAY YOU'VE
SEEN DETERIORATION IN
SOCIETY?
OH, WELL, YEAH. A
HUNDRED--HUNDRED FOLD.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS
HAS HAPPENED?
THE AVAILABILITY OF
DRUGS.
MMM.
THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT
AROUND. IN THE OLD DAYS,
DRUGS WERE HARD TO GET.
HARD DRUGS THAT WERE HARD
TO COME BY IN VANCOUVER.
UM-HUM.
I'VE DONE THEM MYSELF
BACK IN THE DAY.
HOW DID YOU BE FREE? DID
YOU--YOU SAW ADDICTION IN
YOUR LIFE THEN?
YEAH, YEAH. I--
HOW DID YOU GET OVER IT?
I'M AN ALCOHOLIC IN
RECOVERY MYSELF.
UM-HUM. UM-HUM.
AND THAT'S HOW BY, YOU
KNOW, THE 12-STEP.
SO GOD HAS PROBABLY
PLAYED A FOUNDATIONAL
ROLE IN THAT?
OH YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. I
HAVE A HIGHER POWER IN MY
LIFE AND--BUT YEAH. I'VE SEEN
IT CHANGE DOWN HERE FROM
LIKE I SAY, FROM ALCOHOL TO
HARD DRUGS. AND IT'S, UH, IT'S
JUST CRAZY HOW--HOW
DISPLAYED--AND PEOPLE ARE--
ARE MEAN NOW. THEY
WEREN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE.
THEY'RE MEAN NOW?
YEAH. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, GET STABBED
DOWN HERE AND THE FIGHTS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WILL
BUT IT'S (INAUDIBLE)
SORT OF A DIFFERENT
WORLD.
YEAH. YEAH. AND IT SEEMS
TO BE YOUNG--YOUNG PEOPLE.
I WONDER IF, UH, WHAT YOU
FOUND, THE HIGHER POWER. IF,
UH, THAT'S A SOLUTION THAT
IS BEING OVERLOOKED IN
THESE STREETS?
YEAH, WELL A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T--DON'T WANT IT,
RIGHT? THEY DON'T WANT TO
GIVE UP WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHY? THEY DON'T WANT TO
GIVE IT UP?
WELL, PEOPLE LIKE TO GET
HIGH. THE HUMAN BODY LIKES
TO--TO FEELINGS OF FREEDOM
OF THE--THE FEELING YOU GET
FROM DRUGS, RIGHT?
UM-HUM. I HEARD AN
ADDICT WHO WAS, UH, SET
FREE FROM HEROIN WHO WAS
DOWN HERE ON THESE STREETS
AND HIS FAVORITE THING TO
SAY TO ME WAS THERE AIN'T
NO HIGH LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW?
I WAS A HEROIN ADDICT
TOO.
YOU WERE?
OH YEAH.
HOW DID YOU GET FREE?
WAS IT GOD THAT DIVINELY--
SAME--SAME 12 STEPS, YEAH.
YEAH? HE INTERVENED IN
YOUR LIFE THEN.
YEAH.
ARE YOU A CHANGED MAN?
OH YEAH, FOR SURE.
YOU PRAY EVERY DAY?
EVERY DAY I PRAY AND, UM.
HE HELPS YOU?
YOU KNOW, MEDITATE AND
THERE'S, UH, A FEW THINGS TO
DO IT. AND YOU GO TO
MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
YES.
AND JUST HANG AROUND
PEOPLE THAT ARE--ARE CLEAN
AND SOBER.
UM-HUM. WELL, THANK
YOU.
THAT'S THE TRICK. YEAH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I HOPE THESE
STREETS GET BETTER.
YEAH. OH, OH I DO TOO:
I SURE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME TODAY.
FOR SURE. YES.
YEAH. APPRECIATE.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE KNOW
THAT MANY OF YOU OUT THERE
FOLLOW THE 12-STEP PROGRAM
AND THAT, OF COURSE, WAS
WRITTEN BY BILL W. AND SOME
OF YOU, UH, MAY NOT KNOW
THAT HISTORY WAS KIND OF
REWRITTEN AS TIME WENT ON,
IT BECAME THE HIGHER POWER.
WHEN BILL W. FIRST WROTE HIS
CURRICULUM FOR RECOVERY
FROM ALCOHOL, HE--HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST IS WHAT HAD CHANGED
HIS LIFE. HIS HIGHER POWER
WAS JESUS CHRIST. IN THIS
DAY AND AGE WHEN YOU
ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS,
THEY TALK ABOUT THE HIGHER
POWER, BUT BILL W., THE--THE
VERY MAN WHO, YOU KNOW,
PENNED ALL OF THE, UM, YOU
KNOW, THE MANY DIFFERENT,
UH, SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN
WHICH TO RECOVER FROM
ALCOHOL ACTUALLY, UH,
PROCLAIMED THAT JESUS WAS
THE ONE WHO HAD CHANGED
HIS LIFE.
AMEN. YOU KNOW THE
THING THAT I ENJOYED MOST
ABOUT THIS LAURA-LYNN WAS
THE--THE FACT THAT IT USED
TO BE ALCOHOL. NOW IT'S
BECOME DRUGS AND CRACK
COCAINE.
YES. METHAMPHETAMINES.
SO THE ENEMY TRIED TO
BATTLE IT BACK THEN.
YEAH.
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