HELLO I AM BRIAN WARREN. AND I AM LAURA LYNN TYLERTHOMPSON,WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW,WE GET OURSELVESINTO SOME SITUATIONSLAURA LYNN, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A
SITUATION THAT YOUTHAT YOU COULDN'T SEE YOUR WAY TOF? I HAVE, BRIAN.
MANY MANY TIMES.I'VE BEEN PLACESWHERE I DIDN'T KNOWHOW GOD WILL FIX IT.
I CERTAINLY DID NOT KNOW HOW GODFIX IT.I FELT VERY POWERLESS.IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
ONLY GET THROUGH WITH PEACEAND JOY IF YOU TRUST GOD. IMEAN IT JUST BRINGS YOU TO THATPLACE OF COMPLETE SURRENDER.
I REMEMBERWHEN I LEFT PROFESSIONALFOOTBALL,I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE GOD
WAS GOING TO TAKE ME.AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEDIRECTION THAT I WAS GOING.HE TOOK ME INTO FULL-TIME
MINISTRY.BUT THEN WHILE I WAS OUT OFFOOTBALL,GOING AFTER THE HEART OF THIS
NATION,I SAID GOD I DON'T UNDERSTANDWHAT YOU ARE DOING.EVERY TIME GOD WAS GETTING
READY TO TAKE ME TO A NEW LEVELIT WAS ALMOST LIKE A LIGHT WERETFOR A TIME.AND THEN I SAW THE GREEN LIGHT
THAT MADE SENSE.HINDSIGHT IS 2020.50/20,GENESIS 50:20,
WHAT MAN MEANS FORYOU,WHAT GOD MEANS FOR GOOD.NOW WE'VE
GOT A POWERFULSHOW FOR YOU TODAY.YOU WILL SEETWO INCREDIBLE STORIES OF
PEOPLE STUCK IN SITUATIONSWHERE THE ONLY WAY OUT REQUIREDA LOT OF FAITH. TROY EVANS DISCUSSES HOW
HE FELL INTO THE TRAPOF EASY MONEY AND VIOLENT GANGLIFE.YOU WILL SEE WHAT IT TOOK TO
GET THEM OUTAS WELL AS SOME STARTINGSTATISTICSABOUT GANGS IN NORTH AMERICA.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT SOME OF EPLACES THEY'RE POPPING UP ALSO WE WILL SEE EMILY MEECHMAND HOW SHE
WAS ABLE TO DANCE AGAINAFTER LIVING WITH PIERCINGPAIN FOR OVER FOR OVER 15 YEARS.YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT HOW WHERE SE
FOUND HER CURE. AND JOE AMARALIS BACK TO UNCOVERMORE HIDDEN SECRETS
FOUND IN THE BIBLE,IN HIS ONGOING SERIES.BUT FIRST EMILY MEECHAMFINDS HER MIRACLE CURE.
EMILY MEECHAM NEVERKNEW WHENSHE WOULD FEELA STABBING PAIN IN HER SIDE
SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE IN THEMIDDLE OF SLEEP.AND I WOULDAWAKE,
IT WOULD FEEL LIKE A KNIFE WENTTHROUGH MY RIBSAND I COULD NOT MOVE.USUALLY I WOULD GO,
OOOH,AND FEEL THE PAIN AND DEAL WITHTBUT BEING AN ACTIVE PERSON,DANCE TEACHER,
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR IT HURTS.SOMETIMES JUST NOTHING YOU CANDO ABOUT ITIT JUST HURT.
IT HAD BEEN THAT WAYFOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS,EVER SINCE HER CAR WAS HIT BY ADRUNK DRIVER WHEN SHE WAS A
TEENAGER. AND THE SEATBELTPULLED MY RIBSOUT OF PLACE.
AND THERE WASN'T MUCHTHEY COULD DOABOUT THAT.IT WAS JUST KIND OF LEFT THAT
WAY.IN THE YEARS AFTER THAT ITCAUSEDA LOT OF PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF
BREATH.IT WOULD LAST A GOOD 10,15 MINUTES.AND THAT'S A
LONG TIME WHEN YOU ARE IN PAIN. SHE WENT TO NUMEROUS DOCTORSAND CHIROPRACTORSBUT THEY ALL TOLD HER
SHE WOULD SIMPLY HAVETO LIVE WITH THE OCCASIONAL PAINFOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. AND I WOULD PRAY AND SAY GOD,
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO?IT HURTS.IT IS A HINDRANCE.A LOT OF TIMES I WOULD STAND
ON WHAT HAPPENED TO PAUL. HE HAD A THORN IN HIS FLESH,AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEALWITH THIS.
HER HUSBAND DOUG WANTED TOHELP. IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TOSEE HER IN PAIN LIKE THAT,
TO FEEL HELPLESS.LIKE I COULDN'TDO SOMETHING FOR HER.I KNEW IT WAS OUT OF MY HANDS.
ALL I COULD DO WAS PRAY. THEN EMILY STARTEDWATCHING700 HUNDRED CLUB
USUALLY WHILE SHE WORKED OUT. IT WAS HURTING AT THE TIMEAT THE VERY TIMETHAT I WAS LISTENING TO THE 700
CLUB.I SAID,LORD LET IT BE ME JUST FOR ONETIME
AND THAT IS WHEN I GOT THE WORDOF KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS AN OLD INJURY.IT WAS A BROKEN RIBS,
I BELIEVE WHEN YOU WERE ATEENAGER.AND YOU JUST HAVE SORT OF LIVEDWITH IT.
PAIN WHEN YOU BREATHE.PAIN WHEN IT GETS COLD.GOD HAS JUST HEALED THAT. I RECEIVED THE WORD AND
HAVE NOT HAD THE PAIN SINCE.IT WAS ODD TO HAVE HAD THATPAIN FOR ALL THOSE YEARSAND FOR IT TO JUST BE GONE.
SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND TOTELL HER THE GOOD NEWS. IT WAS AN EXCITING CALL.IT WAS SOMETHING WHERE SHE WAS
EXCITEDAND YOU COULD HEAR IT IN HERVOICE.SURE ENOUGH IT WAS
THAT SHE RECEIVED HER HEALING. WE HAD BEEN PRAYING ABOUTIT. I BEGAN TO JUMP.
I ACTUALLY DID BACK BENDS.WHICH YOU KNOW I CAN DO TO THISDAY NOWBECAUSE OF THAT INJURY BEING
HEALED. EMILY SAYSTHAT WORD OF KNOWLEDGECHANGE THE WAY
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT GOD. I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIM,AS A GOVERNOR OF PEOPLE,KEEPING ORDER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN AWESOMETHING ABOUT GOD.HOW HE DOESKEEP ORDER.
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM ASYOUR BEST FRIEND,OR SOMEONE WHO LISTENS TO YOUAND SAYS,
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU WHAT ISBEST FOR YOU.AND THEN HE BRINGS BE TO HIM.YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO COME UP
ALL THE WAY TO HIM, HE COMES DOYLEVEL. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THEPOWER OF GOD,
AND WHAT HE CAN DO IN JUST ANINSTANT LIKE THAT.THAT'S WHAT WAS EXCITING FOR US.THE HEALING CAME AND IT IS
STILL THERE TODAY. SO COOL.DID YOU SEE EMILY,THIS DANCE TEACHER,
DANCE INSTRUCTOR IS DOINGBACK BENDS WITH HER STUDENTSSHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GETTINGREADY TO BREAKDANCE.
THE PERSON WAS PROBABLY THEHAPPIESTIS DOUG HER HUSBAND BECAUSE HEIS LOOKING
AND HE SAYS,YOU KNOW WHAT?SHE HAS CHANGED AND SHE HASSTAYED AND
IS LIVING IN HER CHANGE.YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING,I KNOW YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKINGTHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
AWARD OF KNOWLEDGE.WILL YOU KNOW WHEN WE FIRST CAMETO CANADA, CBA,700 CLUB CANADA,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PRAYED,SPENT A YEAR PRAYING FOR,WAS THAT WORD OF KNOWLEDGETO BE TRANSFERRED
HERE IN CANADAAS WELL.I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS THECOUNTRY.
I HAVE SEEN THE POWER OF GODMOVEAND JESUS SPEAKS TODAY.BUT I WANT TO SEE THE SAME
GRACE THAT HAS BEENON THE 700 CLUB US.IT IS OPERATING HERE IN CANADA.THE BIBLE SAYS SOMETHING SO
POWERFUL.I WANTED TO HOLD ON TOSCRIPTURE VERSE AS WELL.AND IT ISN'T PSALMS CHAPTER
90:12.IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYSTHAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF
WISDOM.WHAT IT IS SAYING IS THATIF YOU KEEP NUMBERING YOUR DAYS,IF YOU KEEP TELLING HOW LONG
YOU'VE BEEN IN THATTIME.IT'S GOING TO COME TO PASS,AND IT IS NOT GOING TO STAY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVETO KEEP PRAYING.SOMETIMES WE GET WEARYBECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
IN A SITUATION FOR SO LONG.BUT TODAY I REALLY BELIEVETHAT GOD IS TALKINGTO SOMEONE TODAY THAT THAT
HIP PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE BEENBOTHERED WITH,TODAY GOD IS PUTTING HEATRIGHT IN THAT AREA.
LAURA LYNN IS GOING TO COME INSHORTLYBUT I FEEL THE POWER OF GODRIGHT NOW .
I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS YOUTO GET UP ANDSHOW AN ACT OF FAITH BYSTEPPING IN
INTO YOUR MIRACLE.COME ON LAURA LYNN. WELL BRIAN THAT IS GOOD.WE JUST JOINED FAITH
RIGHT NOW BY THE POWERIN THE NAME OF JESUSFATHER THAT YOU WOULD SETTLE INTHE LIVING ROOM
BUT YOU WOULD TOUCH THATPERSONS HIP GOD AND THAT THEYWOULD BE HEALEDAND SET FREE ON THIS VERY DAY.
FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR IT.YOU KNOW WHAT?WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE IS,IN MAY BE A HEART PROBLEM,
YOU MIGHT HAVEA BROKEN HEART.YOU MAY BE GROWING THROUGHEMOTIONAL TURMOIL.
GOT NOT ONLY HEALS OUR BODIES.HE HEALS OUR SOULS, OUR MINDS,HE GIVES US STABILITY.WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE
IS TODAY,WOULD YOU BRING IT TO THEFATHER,HE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
AMEN AND REMEMBER IT'S NOT ALOT OF COUNSELING.IT IS NOT EVEN REHEARSING YOURPAST.
THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO BE BORNAGAIN.THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST,AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WHOM THE SON SETS FREEIS FREE INDEED.I DON'T KNOW IFYOU KNOW SALVATION TODAY
BUT YOU WOULD PROSPER EVEN ASYOUR SOUL PROSPERS.WHY DON'T WE DO SOME BUSINESS WHGOD RIGHT NOW?
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO OPENUP YOUR HEART.DECISION ALREADY HAS BEEN MADEBUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE
TO RECEIVE YOUR GIFT.IF YOU'VE NEVER COMMITTED YOURLIFE TO CHRISTWHY DON'T YOU DO
THAT RIGHT NOW?PRAY THIS PRAYER.JESUS I SURRENDER.I TURN AWAY FROM
LIVING MY LIFE MY WAY.THAT IS SEND.BUT NOT GIVE YOU MY PERSONALPERMISSION
FOR YOUR HEAVENLY INTERVENTIONTHAT YOU COME INTO MY HEARTAND BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE.NOW FATHER THAT PERSONÃLET US
PRAY THATI PRAY NOW BY THE FINISHED WORKOF THE CROSSIN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT THEY
ARE SAVED.NOT PRAY THAT YOU ALLOW HEALINGIN THEIR EMOTIONS AND EVENCOVER OVER THEIR PAST
AND OPEN UP THEIR FUTURE NOWIN JESUS NAME.AMEN. AMEN.
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYERWITH BRIAN,WOULD YOU JUST GIVE US A CALL?1-855-759-0700.
PRAYER PARTNERS ARE WAITING TOTALK TO YOU. AMEN.(MUSIC)
HEY WELCOMETO THIS HOPE TO GO.TODAY WE ARE TALKINGABOUT BEING UNLEASHED,
REMOVED FROM THE HINDRANCES OFTHE PAST,BREAKING FREEFROM YOUR PAST.
ALLOW THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSETHE BIBLE SAYSIT'S SHARPER THAN A DOUBLE EDGESWORD,
CUTTING SOUL,SPIRIT, JOINT,MARROW.AND PIERCING EVERY THOUGHT, INTT
OF THE HEART.THAT IS HOW GOD MOVES.THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GIVE YOUTHE WORD OF GOD EVERYDAY,
IN ORDER TO FEED YOUR SPIRIT.COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3:1-4 SAYS,SINCE THEN YOU HAVE BEEN RAISEDWITH CHRIST.
SET YOUR HEARTS ON THEM THINGSABOVE WHERE CHRISTIS SEATEDAT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NEARTHLY THINGS.FOR YOU DIEDAND YOUR LIFE
IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRISTIN GOD.WHEN CHRIST WHO IS YOUR LIFEAPPEARS,
THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITHHIM IN GLORY.AND THISIS AN AMAZING PORTION RIGHT NOW,
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE POWEROF SCRIPTURETHAT TELLS US THAT ALMIGHTY GODHAVE AN AMAZING PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE.BUT FIRST,THE FIRST STEP TO MAKING A NEW,GOD HAS TO FIRS OF ALL ALLOW US
TO BE BORN AGAIN,THEN HE CHANGES TO LIVE AS NEWPEOPLE.IN SHORT,
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE WEHAVE ALWAYS BEEN.YOU CAN BREAK FREE FROM YOURPAST
AND IT HAPPENS THIS WAY.IF YOU HAVE THREE THINGS INYOUR LIFEYOU CAN BREAK FREE.
NUMBER ONE YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP.INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON YOURPROBLEMS WHEN I FIRST LOOK UP.LISTEN TO WHAT COLOSSIANS 3
SAYS AGAIN:IT SAYSSINCE THEN YOU HAVE BEEN RAISEDWITH CHRIST,
THE BORN AGAIN NOW SET YOURHEARTYOUR HOLY GPS SYSTEMON THE THINGS ABOVE
WHERE CHRIST IS SEATEDAT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.AND SET YOUR MIND ON THE THINGSABOVE,
NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS.WHEN YOU DIEDAND YOUR LIFEIS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN
GOD.THEREFORE,THE SECOND THINGYOU'VE GOT TO SET YOUR HEART.
IF YOU BEGIN TO LOOK UP,NOW YOU'VE GOT TO SET THATHEART.YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY DRIVE IT
IN.THAT'S WHY PAUL WRITES,SET YOUR HEART ON THINGS ABOVE.IF WE TRULY SET OUR HEARTS ON
THINGS ABOVE,WE'LL EXPERIENCE THE POWER ANDTHE FREEDOM HERE ON EARTH.NOW THE WORD SAYS
THE WORD "SET" MEANS TO SEEKSOMETHINGOUT WITH THE DESIRE TO POSSESSIT.
JESUS PUT IT THIS WAYIN MATTHEW 6:21.FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE ISTHERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.
HE ALSO SAID IN MATTHEW 6:33,SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OFGOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE ISCOMING.
IF OUR FOCUSIS IN THE THINGSTHAT WILL ULTIMATELYRUST, TARNISH,
BREAKDOWN OR BURN UP,OUR ENERGY AND EMOTIONS WILL BEMISPLACED.IF WE SEEK FIRST
AND ALLOW HIM TO BECOMEOUR ULTIMATE TREASURE IN OURHEARTEVERYTHING ELSE WILL FOLLOW.
KNOWING THAT CHRIST IS SEATEDAT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.NOW THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.PSALMS 1:10 SAIDÃTHIS IS
PROBABLY THE MOST QUOTED OLDTESTAMENTPASSAGE IN THE NEW TESTAMENTTHE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
SIT AT MY RIGHT HANDUNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOURFOOT STOOL.JESUS IS ON HIGH.
HE SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OFTHE FATHERWHICH SHOWS US THATHIS REDEMPTIVE WORK
IS NOT COMPLETED,IT'S A DONE DEAL.THE IMPERATIVE NOW IS TO SETOUR HEARTS ON THE THINGS ABOVE,
TO BREAK FREE FROM THE PAST.WHEN YOU SET YOUR MIND ANDTHOSE THINGS ABOVE,THAN THE REST OF YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCESARE GOING TO FOLLOW.AND THAT WILL UNLEASH YOU,AND THAT IS YOUR HOPE TO GO.
HMM. THAT IS INCREDIBLE.THERE IS TRUE FREEDOM IN JESUS.FREEDOM FROM ENVYING,FREEDOM FROM SHAME,
FROM GUILT,FROM HATRED OF OTHERS,FROM UNFORGIVENESS IN YOURHEART.
EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU AREPOSSIBLYGOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW,THERE IS FREEDOM FROM IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT,WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FREEDOMIT'S LIKE CARRYING A REALLY BIGBACKPACK,
ALL THE TIME.YOU MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OFTHAT IT'S THERE.IT'S JUST THAT YOU ARE HEAVY,
YOU ARE HEAVY WITH PAIN,HEAVY WITH EMOTIONAL THINGSTHAT ARE BOGGING YOU DOWN ANDKEEPING YOU FROM WALKING IN
VICTORY.WHEN YOU FIND JESUSCHRIST,HE IS ABLE TO TAKE A BACKPACK
RIGHT OFF OF YOUAND BRING YOU FREEDOMAND IT IS SO PROFOUNDAND SO AMAZING THAT IT WILL
ABSOLUTELY CHANGE YOUR LIFEFROM THIS MOMENT ONIF YOU WILL RECEIVE IT.UP NEXT,
MORE HIDDEN SECRETS FOUND INTHE BIBLE. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL SEGMENTSWE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
FEAST OF PASSOVER;WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOTOF HIDDEN MEANINGIN THE TEXT AS WE LOOK
AT THE CULTURE OF JESUS.AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TOSWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BITAND LOOK AT ANOTHER FEAST.
A VERY IMPORTANT FEAST.TODAY IT'S KNOWN AS ROSHHASHANAH.OR HEAD OF THE YEAR.
IT'S BASICALLY THE JEWISH NEWYEAR.DURING THE TIME THE BIBLE,IT WAS CALLED THE FEAST OF
TRUMPETSBECAUSEÃYOU GUESSED ITTHE TRUMPET WAS THE MOSTIMPORTANT
PIECE OR SYMBOL IN THAT FEAST.THE TRUMPET PLAYED A VERYIMPORTANT ROLEIN THE FIRST CENTURY
JEWISH WEDDING.YOU MIGHT BE ASKINGWHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUTA WEDDING WHEN YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS?TRUST ME.YOU WILL SEE THE SIGNIFICANCEAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US
AS BELIEVERS TODAY.BACK IN THE FIRST CENTURY,IF A MAN WAS INTERESTED IN AWOMAN
IT WASN'T ON THE WAY THAT WE DOTODAY.YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO JUSTGO UP TO THE GIRL AND ASK HER
OUT OR BEGIN TO TALK TO HER.BUT THERE WAS A SET;THERE WAS AN ORDER THAT WAS INPLACE.
AND YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT TOTHE T IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK.WE ARE CALLED "THE BRIDE OFCHRIST"
ALL THE TIME IN THE BIBLE.AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUTAS A MAN IT IS VERY AWKWARDFOR ME TO THINK OF MYSELF
AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.IS THAT JUST FLOWERY LANGUAGE?IS IT SYMBOLIC?DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN ANYTHING?
TO UNDERSTANDTO GET THE FULL BACKGROUND,TO GET THE SUBTEXT,WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WEDDINGS
WERE DONE AT THAT TIME.WE CAN'T LOOK AT HOWWEDDINGS ARE DONE TODAYBECAUSE TODAY THE BRIDE IS THE
STAR OF THE WHOLE SHOW.IF WE ARE THE BRIDE,DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE THESTAR?
OF COURSE NOT.WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND SEEHOW IT WAS DONEIN THE FIRST CENTURY.
NOW, IN THE FIRST CENTURYIT WAS THE MANWHO DID EVERYTHING.HE DID ALL THE PREPARATION.
HE DID THE INVITATIONS.HE PICKED THE FOOD.HE SET EVERYTHING.IT WAS EVEN HIS JOB TO DECORATE
THE FAMILY HOMEAND SO DURING THIS WHOLEWEDDING PROCESSTHERE WAS A STAGE KNOWN AS
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.AFTER PRESENTING MY PLEA TO THEFATHERAND AFTER BEING APPROVED
BY THE FATHER,THE NEXT STAGEWAS TO SIT DOWNWITH A GIRL THAT I WANTED TO
MARRYAND I HAVE TO PRESENT SOMETHINGTO HER TO SEE IF SHE WOULD TAKEMY PROPOSAL.
THE FATHER WOULD GOINTO THE ROOM WHERE THEDAUGHTER WAS SITTING,WHERE SHE PREPARED A MEAL
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE COVENANTTHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE,AND WHEN THE FATHER WOULD SAYTO THE GUY,
GO-AHEAD TO THE DOORYOU CAN MAKE YOUR APPEAL TO MYDAUGHTER,THE MAN WOULD STAND AT THE DOOR
AND HE WOULD NOCK.AND THEN HE WOULD WAIT.AND AS HE WAS KNOCKINGTHE GIRL GET UP FROM WHERE SHE
WAS SEATEDSHE WOULD COME UP TO WHERE HEWAS.SHE WOULD OPEN THE DOOR JUST A
LITTLE BITGO BACK AND SIT DOWN.AND THEN HE WOULD COME IN.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT
REVELATION CHAPTER 3VERSE 20REALLY SOUNDS FAMILIAR.JESUS, THE GROOM, SAYS HERE I
AM.I STAND AT THE DOOR AND I KNOCK.AND IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICEAND OPENS THE DOOR
I WILL COME INAND EAT WITH THAT PERSONAND THEY WITH ME.YOU SEE
HE STANDS AT THE DOOR AND HEKNOCKS.THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO DO ISOPEN THE DOOR
AND HE WILL DO HE WILL COME INHE'LL SIT AND HE WILL SITWITH US. SO GOOD JOE.
HE'S KNOCKING AND I AM OPENINGTHE DOOR.I DO KNOW ABOUT YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT BRIAN
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE JOBTOGETHER.WE GET TO BE HERE EVERY DAYAND TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
THE POWER OF JESUS CHRISTTO TELL THEM ABOUT THE BIBLEAND ITS LIFE-CHANGING WORDS.LITERALLY
HAS AN INHERENT ABILITYTO CHANGE OUR LIVESWHEN WE WILL RECEIVE.AND EVERY DAY WE ARE HERE
TELLING YOU VERSESAND SCRIPTURES THATWILL INSPIRE YOUAND IGNITE PASSION
WITHIN YOUTO FOLLOW YOUR DESTINY AND YOUPURPOSE.YOU KNOW
WE ASK YOU IF YOU BELIEVEIN WHAT WE DOIF YOU ENJOY WHATWE DO
IF YOU LIKE TO TUNE INAND TO SEE WHATBRIAN AND LAURA LYNN ARETALKING ABOUT
AND WHAT ALL THE STORES ARE ALLABOUTAND IF YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE ISIMPACTED BY THIS
WOULD YOU JOIN US?BECOME PART OF700 CLUB CANADA FAMILYBECAUSE WE CAN'T DO
THIS ALONE.IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES.IT TAKES A LOT OF PRAYER.IT TAKES ALL OF US,
JOINING OUR HEARTSAND OUR SOULS TOGETHERTO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOUHAVE DONE TO THIS DATE.AND WE'RE ASKING YOUIF YOU HAVEN'T,
FOR JUST $20 A MONTHYOU CAN BECOME A 700 CLUBCANADA CLUB PARTNER.IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
GIVE MOREYOU CAN JOINAT A HIGHER LEVEL SUCH AS THE700 CLUB CANADA
GOLD PARTNERWHICH IS 40 DOLLARS A MONTH.AS A THANK YOU FOR YOURPARTNERSHIP
WE'LL THAN YOU THIS AMAZING DVDTHAT ANSWERS MANY OF YOURQUESTIONSABOUT THE AFTERLIFE.
LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE PART TWOIS FULL OF FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTSOF ORDINARY PEOPLEWHO HAVE DIED AND COME BACK TO
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MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST REACHALL CANADIANS.(MUSIC) I COULD HEAR
THESE MOANS IN THESE CRIES. AND I COULD FEEL MY BODYLEAVING. IT WAS PITCH BLACK DARK.
THAT IS A MOMENT WHEN IUNDERSTOODWHAT DEATH WAS.(MUSIC)
WELCOME BACK.UP NEXT,STARTING NEW REVELATIONSIN THE FIGHT AGAINST STREET
GANGS. IT IS A LIFESTYLE GLAMORIZEDBUT TODAY'SHIP-HOP CULTURE
AND MADE POPULAR ON SITES LIKEYOUTUBE AND MYSPACE.FOR TROY EVANS OF GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN,
THE FIRST STEP TO THIS LIFESTYLEWAS NOT THAT UNUSUAL. I GUESS I RAN AROUND15 YEARS OLD
WHEN I STARTED SKIPPING SCHOOL.DOING SOME OF THE NORMAL THINGSTHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN KIDSHEADED DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
THE PATH THAT EVENTUALLY LEDTROYINTO THE GANG LIFEWHERE HE WAS WELCOMED WITH OPEN
ARMS. THEY WERE VERY LOVINGAND THEY ACCEPTED ME FOR WHO IWAS.
I QUICKLY JOINED BECAUSE OF AFRIEND,MY BEST FRIEND.HE JOINED AND WE DECIDED
TOGETHER TO GET INVOLVED. TROY QUICKLYLEARN THE WAYSOF HIS NEW FAMILY.
THE DRUGS WERE MY BIG THING. STREET GANGHAVE BEENBIG THINGS IN CITIES LIKE LA.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.ACCORDING TO THE FBI.THERE ARE SOME30,000
VIOLENT STREET GANGS,MOTORCYCLE GANGS,AND PRISON GANGS IN THE US.SOME OF THE MORE ORGANIZED AND
INFAMOUSARE THE CRIPS AND THE BLOODS.THE LATIN KINGSWITH AS MANY AS 50,000 MEMBERS
AND MS 13A GROUP SO NOTORIOUSTHAT THE FBI HAS ASSIGNEDAN ENTIRE TASK FORCE TO IT.
MS 13 OUT OF EL SALVADORHAS COST A LOT OF HAVOC,A LOT OF HARM THROUGHOUT MANYCOMMUNITIES.
IT HAS 13,000 GANG MEMBERSBUT IS PREVALENT IN 34STATES.THAT IS A NATIONAL CONCERN.
MANY ARE EXPANDING THEIRTERROR AND OPERATIONSTO CITIES AND TOWNSWHERE RESIDENTS ARE ACCUSTOMED
TO LEAVING THEIR DOORS UNLOCKED.HERB GROUND,HEAD OF THE CRIMINAL GANGSDIVISION
FOR THE FEDERAL BUREAU OFINVESTIGATION. WHAT WE STARTED TO SEE MAYBEFIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO
IS THAT GANG STARTED TO SPREADTHE SMALLER COMMUNITIES INAMERICAMOVING TO THE WEST COAST TO THE
OMAHA REGIONAND THEN GOING ON FROM DENVER ONTO CHARLOTTE. DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA IS HOME
TO ABOUT 10,000. WE HAD SOME MS 13 MEMBERSFROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIESTHAT ACTUALLY TAGGED
THE SIDE OF THIS OLD AUTO PARTSBUILDINGON THE SIDE AND ON THE OPPOSITESIDE.
AND ALONG WITH SOME OTHER AREASIN TOWNTHAT THEY TAGGED WITH. RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED.
IT REALLY UPSETS MEBECAUSE THE GANGSA REALLY TAKING OVER.YOU LOOK AT CERTAIN PARTS OF
TOWNAND SEE HOW IT'S GONE DOWN.AND IF YOU RIDE, LOOK,YOU SEE IT'S NOTHING BUT GANGS.
IT MAKES ME FEEL UPSETTHAT IT IS AROUND HEREBECAUSE I'VE GOT LITTLEBROTHERS AND SISTERS.
A LITTLE FURTHER UP THESTATE IN ELIZABETH CITYOFFICER GARY BREYSAYS NATIONAL GANGS HAVE BECOME
A MENACE. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGOWE HAD THREE GUYSCOME IN FROM NEW YORK.
THEY ALL MOVED HERE TO ELIZABETHCITYPROBABLY TO ESCAPESOME TYPE OF PROSECUTION IN
NEW YORK.AND THAT IS WHERE WE STARTED TOSEETHE BLOOD GANGS OPEN UP.
WE HAD ABOUT55,000 GANG MEMBERSIN 1975.FAST-FORWARD
TWO 2008WE HAVE 960,000 GANGMEMBERS. BROWN SAYS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONSIS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THEINTERNETBOTH TO COMMUNICATE AND RECRUIT.
THAT BRINGS US BACK TOTROY EVANS.AFTER BECOMING A CHRISTIANHE WALKED AWAY FROM THE GANG
LIFE.TODAY HE TRIES TO STEERAT RISK KIDS AWAY FROM GANGS.THE SUBJECT OF THE RECENT
WORKSHOP HE HOSTEDIN GRAND RAPIDS. IT REALLY STARTED BECAUSE ISEE THE NEED
IN THE CHURCH SPECIFICALLY INSMALLER URBAN COMMUNITIES. EVENIN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIESWHERE THE LACK OF INFORMATION,
NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS EPIDEMICNOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS HIDEOUSDISEASE CALLED GANGS. MEMBERS OF TROY'S FORMER GANG
ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP. WHY DID YOU WANT TOBECOME A MEMBER? I JUSTÃI JUST DIDN'T HAVE
NOTHING TO DO AT THE TIME.JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY. 33-YEAR-OLD JOHN MCKINNEYHAS BEEN A MEMBER SINCE HE WAS
12. I HAD PROBLEMS AT HOME.MY DAD WAS A DRUG ADDICT;MY MAMA WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
AND A DRUG ADDICT.I GREW UP IN THE RANKS.I CAME UP IN THE RANKSAND I BECAME A LEADER.
BUT JOHN ARGUES HIS GANGIS NOT A BAD INFLUENCE. WE ARE A PEACEFULORGANIZATION.
OKAY?WE ARE NOT NEGATIVE PEOPLE.BELIEVE US OR NOTI AM A CHRISTIAN.
IT IS CRAZY TO SAYTHIS IS A VICE --HOW CAN YOU BE A CHRISTIAN?WE ARE CHRISTIANS!
MEANWHILE GUN SPECIALISTSBLAME CERTAIN THINGS IN THEMEDIAIN THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILIES
FOR RISING GANG MEMBERSHIP. KIDS ARE WATCHING TVAND EVERY DAY THERE WATCHING TVAND THIS IS GLORIFIED
AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T WANTTO BE WITHUSED TO BE ON TVTHEY DON'T WANT TO BE
THE BILL COSBY KIDS ANYMORE.THEY WANT TO BEE WHAT THEY SEEON TV,WHICH IS 50 CENTS
SNOOP DOGAND WHOEVER ELSE IS OUTTHERE. FORMER GANG MEMBER
JOSÉ VELEZ OF CHICAGO ILLINOISOFFERS THIS WARNINGTO THOSE WHO THINK THAT WAY. I TELL THEM,
IF YOU THINK IT'S CUTEGO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MORGUEAND LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS CUTEWHEN YOU SEE THAT BODY WITH
THREE ARE FOR BULLET HOLES,AGES 16 AND 17. AS FOR TROY,HE'S JUST THANKFUL THAT HE MADE
IT OF THE GANG ALIVE. GOD HAS BLESSED MESO THAT I CAN MAKE IT OUTTO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLETHAT HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT,TO LIVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.OR, THEY ARE BEHIND BARS
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES,TO CONSIDER MORE THAN JUST ADAY. CHARLENE ISRAEL,
CBN NEWS. YOU KNOW I'VE HAD THE OPPORTYTO WORK WITH HIGH-RISK YOUTHFOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THATCONTINUE TO SAYJUST AS IN THE PIECE WE JUSTSAW
WAS THAT I WANTED TO FEELLIKE I BELONGED.I WANTED A FAMILY.AND BECAUSE THEY FEEL
DISCONNECTEDPERHPAS THE FAMILY HAS BROKENUPOR THEY DON'T COME FROM A CLOSE
FAMILYTHEY END UP GOING TO THE STREETAND FINDING OTHERSTHAT WILL LEAD THEM DOWN THE
WRONG PATHAND YOU KNOW IN OUR SITUATIONWE HAVE SEEN TWO DEATHSOF THESE YOUTH.
ONE VIOLENTLY STABBED AND KILLEDON AN EVENINGFOR JUST NOTHING,THERE WAS NO GOOD REASON
AT ALLTHE WORD OF GOD SAYS THATGOD HATES VIOLENCE,HE HATES IT,
AND IF SOMEONE IS ENTICING YOUINTO A LIFESTYLE THATWILL CAUSE VIOLENCE,STEALING AND DOING
ALL OF THESE THINGSTHAT END UP WITH YOU BEINGINCARCERATEDOR POTENTIALLY BEING WORSE,
BEING DEADTHAT IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.THAT IS NOT THE WAY YOUR FAMILY.PSALMS 11:5 SAYS,
THE LORD TESTS AND PROVESTHE RIGHTEOUSBUT HIS SOULABHORS THE WICKED AND HIM WHO
LOVES VIOLENCE.IT MEANS GOD HATES VIOLENCE.HE HATES WHEN WE FOLLOW A PATHTHAT LEADS TO THAT.
HIS WAYS ARE PEACE.HIS WAYS ARE JOY.AND CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?GOD FORMED YOU FOR FAR GREATER
THAN THIS CHAOSTHAT IS CALLING YOU NOW.GOD HAS A PURPOSEAND THE DESTINY
AND IF YOU GO THAT WAYYOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT.TODAY'S THE DAYWHEN YOU NEED TO
BRING IT BACK AND GIVE YOUR LIFOJESUS. AMEN.YOU KNOW LAURA LYNN
AND I DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUTWHAT SHE WAS GOINGTO THE VERSEBUT THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORDROSE UP IN MEIN PSALMS 11:3 SAYS,IF THE RIGHTEOUS
FOUNDATIONS,ARE DESTROYED WHAT SHALL THERIGHTEOUS DO?BUILDING AGAIN.
NOT SO MUCH TALKINGOF THOSE THAT NEED SALVATIONTODAYBUT I'M TALKING
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST NEEDSALVATION.THAT WE AS CANADIANS NEED TORISE UP
AND LET OUR VOICE BE HEARD.IN FEBRUARY THIS YEARI HAD TO BURY ONE OF THE YOUNGPEOPLE,
ONE OF THE OVER 100,000 KIDSTHAT WE WORK WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF COMPLEXITY,KEYSHAWN.
HE WAS SITTING,WATCHING TV,NINE-YEAR-OLD BOYAND THEY SPRAYED HIS HOME WITH
BULLETS.AND I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT NOWAS A FATHER AND ALSOASS A SPIRITUAL LEADER
IN THIS NATION.LET US BEGIN TO PRAYAND LET OUR VOICE BE HEARDAND NOT SIT BACK ANY LONGER
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.PRAY WITH ME.GOD,RELEASE OUR SPIRIT,
OR GOD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ACROSSTHIS NATION.LORD, WE ARE NOTPLAYING ANYMORE.
AND WE ARE ASKING YOU LORD TURNOUR HEARTS BACK TO YOU.BUT GIVE OUR CHILDREN LORDTHE RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN OURSELVESLET REVIVAL COME ACROSS THISNATION IN JESUS NAME.AMEN.
AMEN.I KNOW THAT TOUCHEDSOMEBODY'S HEART TODAY.WE SURE DO LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING YOU ALL AGAIN.UNTIL NEXT TIMEI AM LAURA LYNN TYLER THOMPSON. AND I AM BRIAN WARREN.
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