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Coming up, Marine Corps
F/A-18 Top Gun fighter pilot,
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Ed Rush
helps us forge
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a deeper connection
with God.
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>> That's the way
I could describe this.
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When I was in the military,
I did not go on a flight
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without talking with
the intelligence officer.
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They would give us
an intel brief
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every single time
I would fly.
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They would tell us
where the enemy was,
where the targets were,
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where the missions were,
any threats that were there,
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any surface-to-air missiles
in the area.
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In my view,
when I was talking to God,
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I was receiving my daily
intelligence briefing.
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♪
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JAMES: Betty and I are with
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some of the most
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important people in our lives,
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you the viewer.
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Those of you
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who love to put God's arms
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around the overlooked.
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Thank you for loving us.
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You know, you probably
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helped keep us together
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for 62 years
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in a meaningful marriage,
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a joyful marriage.
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All of you, you haven't been
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praying for us that long.
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Most of you are not anywhere
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as close as old as we are,
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and certainly not that old.
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The deal is you've blessed us
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and you've blessed
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so many people.
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We've got an armed service
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member here.
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We've got someone
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who had two swings in Iraq.
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He is a marine pilot,
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F/A-18 fighter pilot,
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and his name is Ed Rush.
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I'm telling you what,
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I look down at the title
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of his book,
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"How to have a friendship
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with God.
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Even if you've made
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a million mistakes,
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he'll talk to you."
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Ed, I want to shake your hand.
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Thank you for serving.
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I've got to ask you
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when you went
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as a marine pilot
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to the very unstable situation
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in Iraq,
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did you feel,
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I know there was nervousness,
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I know there was concern,
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but did you feel
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that you were going there
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on a mission
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to protect freedom,
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to protect people
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that were worthy
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and needed to be protected
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because an enemy
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was trying to destroy them?
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Did you feel that you were
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doing something like that?
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ED: So I was in Iraq
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in 2004 and 2005,
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two short trips there,
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as an F/A-18 pilot.
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First of all,
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I felt like we were doing
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a great thing over there.
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I really was committed
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to the mission that we had.
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I'll never forget
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the first night
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that I took off on the runway.
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It was Al Asad Airbase way out
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west of Fallujah in Iraq.
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Got on the runway, and put my
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throttles into afterburner.
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You take off
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in the F/A-18 in combat
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and you're a fully loaded,
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50,000-pound airplane,
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you take off,
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and you stay about
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ten feet off the ground.
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You keep the throttles
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in afterburner
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because you're trying
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to avoid getting hit
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by surface-to-air missiles
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and not climb out so fast.
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Take the throttles fully
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into afterburner.
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Stay about five feet
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above the runway
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until we get
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about 500 miles an hour,
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and literally,
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you pull the nose directly up
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and you fly vertically
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to about 10,000 feet
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while looking
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over your shoulder to see
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if you're getting shot at.
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It was the most terrified
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I'd ever been in my life.
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And about a month later,
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I was on the same runway,
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taking off again,
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still pulled the afterburner,
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still pulled directly
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into the vertical,
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and it had been so routine
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that I thought
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this was actually
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when I was more dangerous.
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I actually learned a lesson
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that night about vigilance.
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It's something
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we'll talk about
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during the time we're here.
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We're called as believers,
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today is the day
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to be vigilant.
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I know sometimes we feel like
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we've been at this before,
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been complacent.
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As we talk about
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hearing from God,
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I want to shake something new
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and put you
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back on that runway again
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for the very first time
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in that conversation with God.
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JAMES: Okay.
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Now you felt
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you were serving freedom,
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serving us.
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How do you think
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we should feel toward
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our armed service members,
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toward our law enforcement
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officers?
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How should we feel about them?
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ED: That's
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a wonderful question.
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So when I came back
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from my tour from Iraq,
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when I landed,
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I landed
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at the Los Angeles airport
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for the very first time
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and came through customs.
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The first person met me
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and said,
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"Thank you for your service."
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First person.
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I said,
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"Thank you for the gas."
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Because I was thankful
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that they paid
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their taxes to cover my --
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But I will just tell you,
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that was not the case
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in the '60s and the '70s
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for the warfighters
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that were coming back
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from Vietnam.
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I will tell you,
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I had people who disagreed
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with what we were doing
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in Iraq, who still said,
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"Thank you for your service."
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They honored
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what we do here in America
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for our service members.
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And I'll also say,
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people's opinions change
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over time.
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I look back
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at what we did there
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and I think
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a little differently now
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than I did at the time.
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It is okay
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as long as we're supporting
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our warfighters like that.
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JAMES: Okay.
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I want to ask you
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this question because
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you had some experiences
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that led you to the greatest,
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most important part
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of your life.
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You have a successful business
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but you brought everything
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that you've learned
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about God talking.
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And it is possible
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to hear God,
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is that right?
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ED: One hundred percent!
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JAMES: You can
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actually hear him.
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Now then, I want to know
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what it was
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that kind of moved you up
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to realize that
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this is very important,
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and I've got to perhaps
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the main focus of my life
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on this particular
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calling of God on my life.
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ED: So I'll set the context
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by telling you
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that 14 years ago
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I was what you would call
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a cessationist.
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I did not believe --
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I was a believer.
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I loved my Bible.
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I believed
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in the Holy Trinity,
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the Father, Son,
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and the Holy Bible.
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I was very diligent about that
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but I didn't believe
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that God spoke.
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I didn't believe
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in any of the gifts.
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All of a sudden --
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JAMES: Did you think
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they'd gone away?
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ED: I did!
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That was my belief system.
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JAMES: You were
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a cessationist.
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You believed it gone.
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ED: And I was sincere
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about that.
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I was just sincerely wrong.
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So one day I started having
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a conversation with God.
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I took it to my pastor
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at the time.
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We were sitting over
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a Starbucks cup of coffee
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like this.
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He said to me,
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"You shouldn't do that.
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It could get hokey."
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By the way, just so you know,
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he was right
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about the second part.
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JAMES: He wasn't talking
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about the coffee.
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He was talking about
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what you were talking about.
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ED: So it can get
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a little hokey.
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God likes to play around
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with you sometimes
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but he was wrong telling me,
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obviously, not to do that.
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I started cultivating that
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as a part of my life.
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But I wasn't telling anyone.
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I didn't even tell my family
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for a long time.
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I was having
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these intimate conversations
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with God where I was
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asking him questions
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about my life,
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about my family.
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I was asking him about money,
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I was asking him
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about my business.
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He was giving me downloads.
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Literally, he would show me
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business deals.
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I'm a teacher and speaker,
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I write books for a living
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and do events.
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So he was showing me,
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here's how
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you structure your business.
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Here's the kind of deals
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you should do.
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Here's the kind of pricing.
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I was receiving that
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in downloads from heaven.
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JAMES: Did you know
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it was him?
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ED: I did.
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I was training
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and I was learning
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how to discern
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and hear God's voice
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from my voice.
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JAMES: What made you
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want to learn
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that you could do that
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when you believed
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that it had all passed away,
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that kind of hokey stuff
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as the pastor
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was trying to tell you it was,
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that all this was gone?
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What made you decide
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to give that consideration?
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ED: I'll tell you,
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the best way
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I could describe this
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is when I was in the military,
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I didn't go on a flight
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without talking
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to the intelligence officer.
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They would give us
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an intel brief
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every single time I would fly.
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They would tell us
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where the enemy was,
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where the targets were,
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where the missions were,
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any threats that were there,
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any surface-to-air missiles
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in the area.
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In my view,
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when I was talking to God
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I was receiving my daily
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intelligence briefing.
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JAMES: That is a great way
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to look at it militarily.
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He's giving you
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the information
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you needed to know.
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How long did it take you
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to realize it was God?
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ED: I was told --
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people ask me this
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all the time.
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I've taught
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tens of thousands of people
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how to hear the voice of God.
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The number one question I get
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by the way,
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how do I know it is him?
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I get that question
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from brand-new people.
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I've heard that
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from atheists
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who I've taught
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how to hear from God.
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I've had that question
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from some of the most
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experienced people with God
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in the world.
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JAMES: Probably
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great preachers and pastors.
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ED: I think it is a common
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question because we're human
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and we are not God.
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We are spirit, of course,
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body and soul.
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But I always tell people,
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first of all, everything
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I did in the military,
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came with training.
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The first time
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I took off in an airplane
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I almost threw up.
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On my first landing,
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I almost killed myself
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and my instructor!
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You may have experienced
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the same thing.
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Like when you first learned
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to do something it is a little
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clunky but after a while,
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you're pulling seven G's,
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you're flying vertically,
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you're fighting
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against a MiG-29 like I did.
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You're winning
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against a MiG-29.
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There are a lot of things
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that happen with training and
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talking to God is just
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like that, it is a practice.
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It is something
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that you just get better at.
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I always tell people,
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if you're not sure it is God,
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get together with two
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or three people, share notes,
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and sometimes you'll find
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some commonalities.
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When you fly together in
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formation, you end up finding
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better answers as well.
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So just practice.
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JAMES: I try to teach people
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that they can hear God.
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I'll give them
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some suggestions when they'll
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just ask, in passing.
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I'm not doing in instruction
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like you are but I'll say,
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write things down
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you believe is God.
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If you believe it was him
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saying it, and you may have
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been asking or it may have
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just come to me, was it him,
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and then discuss it
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with some people?
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Is that a good idea?
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Is it good to write it down
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and then is it good
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to pass it by somebody
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and say,
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does this sound like God?
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ED: So to put it into context
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I never, not once,
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flew into combat alone.
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In fact, as a F/A-18 pilot,
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you always have a wingman.
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He's there to make sure
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you don't kill yourself,
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that somebody else doesn't
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try to kill you, that you're
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flying in the right place.
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You usually
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support each other.
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Unlike Top Gun, you're not
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right next to each other,
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you're three miles apart
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looking to make sure the enemy
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is not shooting at you.
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When you're a believer walking
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with God that fundamental
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principle works perfectly.
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Two or three people getting
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together, is the reason
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we build whole communities
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around the message of
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this book so that people can
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begin sharing the kind
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of things they're hearing.
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Because sometimes,
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God will drop something on you
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that is too big,
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even to believe.
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But when you bring it
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to your friends
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they can go, oh, come on.
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You can do that.
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You get that mutual
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encouragement and sometimes
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a little correction too.
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JAMES: I tell people
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that I think it is important
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to know the nature of God
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by knowing the Word of God.
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If you're a stranger
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to His Word, you will be
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a stranger to his nature.
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I think you would certainly
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agree with that.
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Do you think
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it is really important
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for people to be sure
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that they know the word
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and know his nature
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because that makes it
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so much clearer
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to know it's him?
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ED: One hundred percent
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central.
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So in the book, for example,
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the first few chapters,
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are much different --
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there are a lot of books
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that talk about hearing
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from God.
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One of the main differences
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in God Talks
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is the first few chapters
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I talk about
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how the brain works
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and the neurology
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with recoating
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and retraining your mind.
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This is why
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this is so important.
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God describes his voice
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as a still small voice.
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God, if you will,
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has a frequency,
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a carrier frequency
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that he communicates on.
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If you're staring at
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your social media platforms
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for four hours,
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if you're reading Twitter
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for four hours,
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you're not in the zone
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that you can typically
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hear God.
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By the way,
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he's speaking all the time.
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So your job is to tune
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into his frequency,
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not the other way around.
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I always tell people like,
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God's carrier frequency,
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the way he communicates,
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the love, the kindness,
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the compassion,
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is in His Word.
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So if you want to get better
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at hearing God,
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read God's Word because
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you're tuning yourself,
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if you will,
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to God's radio station
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or his frequency.
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BETTY: You know, growing up
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as a Baptist as I did
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and going to church,
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being faithful all the time
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I didn't have
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that personal relationship
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with Jesus, but I was doing
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all the right things.
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But I didn't think
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I was qualified
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to have that kind of
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relationship with God.
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I thought it was for ministers
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and everybody else.
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But through meeting him
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and God meshing
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our lives together
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and growing together,
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I found out
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that God wants to talk to me
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if I make myself available
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to him.
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It would be
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just like my children.
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I want to talk to my children.
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I want to communicate
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with them.
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Well, God feels that way too.
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So I think
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if we tune ourselves
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to his voice
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and learn to discern
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which is God's voice,
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it makes a big,
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big difference.
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ED: It's amazing
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how you just described that.
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So because we've done this
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with so many people,
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big groups, small groups,
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live Zoom training,
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big events, and small events,
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I will have people
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often write down and submit
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the answers they get.
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I will just tell you,
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60-70 percent of the lies
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that people believe --
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when you ask God,
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the book takes you
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through these seven exercises,
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when you ask God for example,
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what lies do I believe
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about me?
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What lies do I believe
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about you?
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What lies do I believe
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about my past?
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60 to 70 percent
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of the answers are the same.
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I'll give you an example.
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In the book, there is
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an exercise about money.
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When someone asks what lies
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do I believe about money?
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60 percent of the answers are
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I'm not worthy.
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These are good godly people
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who love God,
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have been walking with him
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their whole life, and have
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an embedded belief system
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that is trained
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into their neurology
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that says I'm not worthy.
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JAMES: Not worthy to hear him?
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ED: Not worthy to hear him,
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not worthy to receive
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God's blessing,
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not worthy to be a blessing.
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And what's crazy is
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so the enemy -- they just
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copy the same strategy
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over and over and over again.
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But we're starting to unfold
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what the enemy
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has been whispering
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into people's lives.
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That's one of them,
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you're not worthy.
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So you're not
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that famous person on TV,
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you're just a regular person.
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But you would be amazed --
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last week,
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we had a 75-year-old
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Southern Baptist woman
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who never believed
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that God spoke to her.
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Five minutes later,
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she is weeping
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as God brought her
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into an encounter.
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And after that, she said,
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"I guess God does speak to
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Southern Baptists after all."
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So you never know.
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JAMES: You tell, because
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I heard people talking
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about it, a story
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about an atheist that made
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a very deep impression on you.
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ED: So once God got me
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out of my comfort zone
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and having me teach
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this message, I was doing
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at the time business events.
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And at the business events
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I had everybody,
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all walks of life.
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I had Christians that came
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but I had atheists
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and Hindus and Buddhists
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and Muslims and skeptics
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and people pretending
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to believe something
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that they didn't.
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I have everybody
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because look, I'm happy
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to have everyone come
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and we can all
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have the conversation.
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They were business events.
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They were not God events,
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they were business events.
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But I always did
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these optional sessions
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where if anyone wanted to come
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and learn
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how to ask God questions
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about their business
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they could come
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to the optional session.
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So I'd have 250 people
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at an event
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and 249 people would come
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to the optional session
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the next morning.
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One of the women
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was an atheist and
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she walked in the room late.
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As she walked in the room,
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I said, "The first question
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I want you to ask God is
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what lies
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do you believe about you?"
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At that moment,
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she was standing at the door,
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she told me later,
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she was ready to just walk
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out the door but she didn't.
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She decided
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she was going to sit down.
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I don't mention this
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in the book but she said,
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"I thought I would just ask
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my subconscious a question
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instead of asking God
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a question."
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What little did she know
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that her encounter with God
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was just moments away.
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She sat down
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and she asked God
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the first question.
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She said, "What lies
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do I believe about me?"
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He said, "You're believing
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that you're ugly
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and that I hate you."
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And in that moment,
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he transports her mentally
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back to when
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she was five years old.
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From age 5 to age 17
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she was sexually abused
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by her dad.
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And in that moment,
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a software program
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ran in her mind
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that she was ugly and
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that God was done with her.
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Now just so you know,
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she is an atheist
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taking notes from God.
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I get it.
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I understand why an atheist
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who has such a horrible
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earthly father
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would not believe
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in a heavenly one.
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I get it.
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I have compassion for that.
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There is no judgment
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in my heart for that.
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I understand why she had
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that belief system.
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By the way,
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when she's doing the exercise
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she is in her 60s.
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She hasn't told this story
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to anyone.
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Then she asks God what's true.
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He says, "You're beautiful.
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I've always loved you and
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I've always cared for you."
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The next thing you know,
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she just begins weeping.
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We're passing
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these tissues around.
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She comes up to me afterward.
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She says,
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"Ed, I'm an atheist."
00:15:39.104 --> 00:15:40.272 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
But what happened next
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is she asked me a question
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which fundamentally
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is the evangelist question.
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She said, "What do I do now?
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What do I do now?"
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I said, "Let God father you.
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Just let God father you."
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And for the next few years,
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she just spent hours a day
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hearing from the Father.
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This is a person
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whose life was transformed.
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And three months
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after that event,
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she is on my stage standing
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in front of hundreds of people
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telling a story she hadn't
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told anyone for 40 years
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because God healed her heart.
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JAMES: Isn't that great?
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See, you have that happen
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over and over now.
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We're going to talk about
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how important prayer is now
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and hearing God.
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You can pray and ask God
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to do things.
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You can pray
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and share your heart.
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We need to do that.
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We've got a lot to pray about.
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We've got a lot of challenges.
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I think we're in grave danger
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right now all over the world
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that we're going
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to have to pray
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and see his power
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make supernatural adjustments
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and corrections.
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We're going to have
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to make correction
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and we're going
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to have to speak truth
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to people
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who have not heard truth,
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they've discarded it.
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They've actually changed
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the truth into a lie.
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According to Romans 1,
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when you do that,
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you're incapable
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of thinking straight.
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God called it
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a reprobate depraved mind.
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You can see people are living
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all over America
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and all over the world
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where it looks like they have
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a totally depraved mind.
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They can't seem
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to think straight.
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The fact is they can't.
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You've got to adjust
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by acknowledging
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that what God says is true
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and we're going
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to have to pray that in.
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So can we talk about
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how urgent prayer is
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and how important prayer is?
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Do you think
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that that is something
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people must hear
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and must heed?
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ED: Yes. So 100 percent.
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So Psalm 24 is the chapter
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for us as believers
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to focus on.
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Psalm 24 says,
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lift up your eyes,
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everlasting doors.
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By the way,
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that's you, God's people,
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the way that God moves
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through the earth.
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And right now God's people
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need to look up.
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We spend a lot of time
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getting our news.
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We spend a lot of time
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looking down at our phones.
00:17:38.957 --> 00:17:40.092 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
If we just understood
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we sit at God's right hand,
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according to Ephesians.
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We sit with him
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in an unbelievable place
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of authority
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if we simply look up.
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Like I said,
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the book shows you how to have
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that simple conversation
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with the King of kings
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who happens to have made
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a universe that is apparently
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13 billion light years old,
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and at the same time,
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he is happy to have
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a conversation with you.
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JAMES: I'm going to be happy
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to send you this book
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if you help us
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give some shoes to children
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who don't have shoes.
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They're the least of these
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that are really poor,
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and you would help us
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finish a neurological
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surgical center.
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If you will just make a gift
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to help us, you ask us
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and we'll say thank you
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by sending you this book.
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Because Ed,
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we've got to learn to pray
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and we have got
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to learn to hear God.
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He really does.
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Betty, can you hear God?
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BETTY: I can.
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JAMES: Can anybody hear God?
00:18:36.014 --> 00:18:37.015 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
BETTY: Anybody can.
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If I can, anybody can.
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JAMES: Do you enjoy
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hearing his voice?
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BETTY: I do.
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I love it.
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JAMES: Does he like
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to hear yours?
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BETTY: Yes, he does.
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JAMES: So y'all have
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a conversation?
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BETTY: We do.
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JAMES: I'll tell you what.
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Would you watch this, please?
00:18:51.230 --> 00:18:52.297 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68%
And say, God, I want to put
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your arms around somebody,
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give them some shoes,
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give them some smiles,
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give them new life.
00:18:58.804 --> 00:19:00.739 align:start line:85% position:10% size:15%
Watch.
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As the world celebrates
the birth of Jesus
this Christmas,
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LIFE Outreach International
is also celebrating
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nearly two decades
of spreading this good news
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in a very special way
with shoes!
00:19:18.156 --> 00:19:20.125 align:center line:85% position:50% size:28%
Yes! Shoes!
00:19:20.192 --> 00:19:22.160 align:start line:79% position:25% size:50%
We, along with
our mission partners
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located throughout the world,
have provided
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two and a half
million children with
a gift of shoes.
00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.102 align:start line:79% position:28% size:43%
Children who
in many instances
00:19:30.168 --> 00:19:33.639 align:center line:79% position:50% size:50%
have never had
a new pair of shoes.
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ISAK: We all celebrate
different holidays
around the world.
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The holiday that
is pretty common
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to most of us
is Christmas.
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That's what it feels like
here today.
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It feels like Christmas
for us
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because we're getting
to do one of the most
incredible things
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and that is to bless these
children with a pair of shoes.
00:19:49.988 --> 00:19:51.990 align:start line:79% position:23% size:53%
It is because of
friends like you that
00:19:52.057 --> 00:19:55.127 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70%
we have been able to reach
into remote areas every year
00:19:55.193 --> 00:20:00.165 align:center line:74% position:50% size:68%
providing the gift of shoes
and sharing the good news
of Jesus.
00:20:00.232 --> 00:20:03.068 align:start line:79% position:18% size:65%
This year we want to once
again see children's faces
00:20:03.135 --> 00:20:07.773 align:center line:74% position:50% size:65%
light up with smiles
as they receive a new pair
of shoes.
00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:09.841 align:start line:79% position:28% size:45%
Unfortunately,
there are children
00:20:09.908 --> 00:20:13.512 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70%
who can't smile because
they suffer from a condition
00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:16.315 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45%
known as cleft lip
or cleft palate.
00:20:16.381 --> 00:20:19.818 align:start line:79% position:15% size:68%
The good news is our annual
Christmas Smiles outreach
00:20:19.885 --> 00:20:21.887 align:center line:79% position:50% size:63%
allows us the opportunity
to minister
00:20:21.954 --> 00:20:24.056 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55%
to some of the world's
poorest children
00:20:24.122 --> 00:20:27.359 align:center line:74% position:50% size:73%
who have no hope
of correcting their condition
with surgery.
00:20:27.426 --> 00:20:29.428 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
>> But thanks
to James and Betty,
00:20:29.494 --> 00:20:31.563 align:center line:58% position:45% size:70%
and the friends of
LIFE Outreach International,
00:20:31.630 --> 00:20:34.333 align:center line:58% position:45% size:68%
we're able to make lasting
changes in children's lives
00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:36.101 align:center line:79% position:35% size:48%
through
corrective surgery.
00:20:36.168 --> 00:20:38.537 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65%
And this year,
LIFE Outreach is expanding
00:20:38.604 --> 00:20:41.073 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
our corrective surgeries
to include children
00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:42.941 align:center line:10% position:50% size:38%
of neurological
disabilities
00:20:43.008 --> 00:20:45.744 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
such as spina bifida
and hydrocephalus,
00:20:45.811 --> 00:20:49.214 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
commonly known as
“water on the brain.”
00:20:49.281 --> 00:20:51.016 align:start line:10% position:28% size:43%
To meet these
children’s needs,
00:20:51.083 --> 00:20:54.119 align:center line:10% position:50% size:65%
we need your help to build
a new surgical center.
00:20:54.186 --> 00:20:56.688 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65%
This new neurological
surgical center will allow
00:20:56.755 --> 00:20:59.524 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
our mission partner to
expand their capabilities
00:20:59.591 --> 00:21:02.828 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
and to perform even more
lifesaving surgeries
00:21:02.894 --> 00:21:05.497 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
for children and their
families who are waiting
00:21:05.564 --> 00:21:08.166 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
and so desperately need
our help.
00:21:08.233 --> 00:21:10.035 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
So this Christmas season,
00:21:10.102 --> 00:21:12.137 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as you gather with
your loved ones and friends
00:21:12.204 --> 00:21:14.506 align:center line:10% position:50% size:48%
to celebrate
the birth of Jesus,
00:21:14.573 --> 00:21:18.043 align:center line:10% position:50% size:75%
know that as you give to
our Shoes and Smiles emphasis,
00:21:18.110 --> 00:21:20.912 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
you will be providing
hope, dignity,
00:21:20.979 --> 00:21:23.281 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
and the opportunity
for a brighter future
00:21:23.348 --> 00:21:26.184 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
to thousands
of precious children!
00:21:31.456 --> 00:21:33.392 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
JAMES: Boy, I remember
00:21:33.458 --> 00:21:35.093 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
taking businessmen
00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.328 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30%
to a retreat
00:21:36.395 --> 00:21:37.663 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
and one of them came up to me
00:21:37.729 --> 00:21:38.797 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
and held up a little shoe
00:21:38.864 --> 00:21:39.965 align:start line:85% position:10% size:25%
like this.
00:21:40.032 --> 00:21:41.266 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40%
He said his life
00:21:41.333 --> 00:21:42.401 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
had been changed going to
00:21:42.467 --> 00:21:43.635 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68%
the various ministry events
00:21:43.702 --> 00:21:44.936 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30%
that we had.
00:21:45.003 --> 00:21:46.138 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
He said, "James, I can get
00:21:46.204 --> 00:21:47.339 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
little shoes like this
00:21:47.406 --> 00:21:48.473 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
for almost nothing;
00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.641 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35%
just like this
00:21:49.708 --> 00:21:50.776 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
and they'll last so long.
00:21:50.842 --> 00:21:51.910 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
Could we give shoes
00:21:51.977 --> 00:21:53.078 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
to little children
00:21:53.145 --> 00:21:54.179 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75%
who have never had any shoes?"
00:21:54.246 --> 00:21:55.380 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
I thought, man, I don't know.
00:21:55.447 --> 00:21:56.515 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70%
I've never thought about it.
00:21:56.581 --> 00:21:57.582 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
Boy, have we ever
00:21:57.649 --> 00:21:58.850 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50%
given it to millions
00:21:58.917 --> 00:22:00.018 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
and millions of children.
00:22:00.085 --> 00:22:01.319 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
We're doing that.
00:22:01.386 --> 00:22:02.621 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60%
I remember when my staff
00:22:02.688 --> 00:22:03.922 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50%
came to me and said,
00:22:03.989 --> 00:22:05.123 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68%
"We're going to give people
00:22:05.190 --> 00:22:06.324 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75%
a little Christmas shoe gift."
00:22:06.391 --> 00:22:08.994 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
I told that to Betty,
00:22:09.061 --> 00:22:10.328 align:start line:58% position:10% size:30%
do you think
00:22:10.395 --> 00:22:11.363 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
that would be really neat?
00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:12.464 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
She said -- by the way,
00:22:12.531 --> 00:22:13.532 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
we have a tree --
00:22:13.598 --> 00:22:14.666 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
we've got a whole tree
00:22:14.733 --> 00:22:15.801 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
that's got nothing,
00:22:15.867 --> 00:22:16.868 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
this is the decoration.
00:22:16.935 --> 00:22:18.036 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
And then we have these
00:22:18.103 --> 00:22:19.204 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
on the bigger tree,
00:22:19.271 --> 00:22:20.472 align:start line:58% position:10% size:40%
the family tree.
00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.640 align:start line:58% position:10% size:28%
By the way,
00:22:21.707 --> 00:22:22.708 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
you get this whole box
00:22:22.774 --> 00:22:23.942 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
of four of them
00:22:24.009 --> 00:22:25.077 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
if you give a gift of $100
00:22:25.143 --> 00:22:26.244 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
plus the other,
00:22:26.311 --> 00:22:27.446 align:start line:58% position:10% size:40%
get all of that.
00:22:27.512 --> 00:22:28.747 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
We're good givers.
00:22:28.814 --> 00:22:29.815 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
And by the way,
00:22:29.881 --> 00:22:30.982 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
if you give a gift
00:22:31.049 --> 00:22:32.117 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
of over $1,000,
00:22:32.184 --> 00:22:33.318 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
we send you the beautiful
00:22:33.385 --> 00:22:34.453 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
"Cup of Water" bronze
00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.754 align:start line:58% position:10% size:25%
with Jesus
00:22:35.821 --> 00:22:36.855 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
offering a cup of water.
00:22:36.922 --> 00:22:38.090 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
And you know how much water
00:22:38.156 --> 00:22:39.224 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75%
we've given by drilling wells.
00:22:39.291 --> 00:22:40.692 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
Well, we want to ask you
00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.993 align:start line:58% position:10% size:25%
right now,
00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:43.328 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
you make as great a gift
00:22:43.395 --> 00:22:44.529 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
as you can make
00:22:44.596 --> 00:22:45.764 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
because we're going to build
00:22:45.831 --> 00:22:46.965 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
a neurological center where
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we're going to give smiles.
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More than that, we're going
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to give brain surgery.
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We've got to have $1.2 million
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to finish it,
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and one of our donors
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gave $700,000.
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We need $500,000
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to complete that.
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So you talk about giving shoes
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and giving smiles
00:23:04.182 --> 00:23:05.584 align:start line:58% position:10% size:40%
and giving life,
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we can do it.
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Father, would you please
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give people joy
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at the thought
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that I can do that!
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I can give Shoes and Smiles.
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I can give children life.
00:23:16.628 --> 00:23:18.230 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
I can give them a future.
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And we can share you;
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in Jesus' name.
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Would you please
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go get your checkbook,
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go get your credit card,
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and use it like a check?
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Would you go online
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or would you call that number
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and make
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the best gift you can?
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Would you do that right now,
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please?
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It is easy to put it off.
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This is the last week.
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Don't put it off!
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If we're going to get it done,
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if we're going
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to meet the goal
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it needs to be now.
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Please, go get that bank card.
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If you write a check,
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call us and tell us
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what you're mailing;
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put it in the mail.
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Thank you so much
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for doing it.
00:24:01.807 --> 00:24:02.874 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
And we will send you
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God Talks
00:24:04.876 --> 00:24:06.077 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
because he wants
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to talk to you.
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Please do it.
00:24:09.481 --> 00:24:11.483 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
Thank you so much.
00:24:12.484 --> 00:24:15.387 align:start line:10% position:23% size:55%
For almost two decades
LIFE's Christmas Shoes
and Smiles
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has continued
to provide shoes
00:24:17.823 --> 00:24:20.058 align:center line:58% position:50% size:63%
for impoverished children
throughout the world,
00:24:20.125 --> 00:24:22.060 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
as well as
corrective surgeries
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for children with
cleft palate disorders.
00:24:24.296 --> 00:24:26.832 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75%
By responding today,
you can help provide new shoes
00:24:26.898 --> 00:24:30.402 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
for 150,000 children
in time for the holidays,
00:24:30.468 --> 00:24:33.305 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
and for some children
a beautiful new smile.
00:24:33.371 --> 00:24:35.307 align:start line:10% position:30% size:40%
Your gift of $36
00:24:35.373 --> 00:24:37.475 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
will help provide shoes
for 10 children.
00:24:37.542 --> 00:24:40.312 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53%
$72 will help provide
shoes for 20.
00:24:40.378 --> 00:24:43.215 align:start line:10% position:23% size:55%
$180 will help provide
shoes for 50.
00:24:43.281 --> 00:24:45.217 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45%
And a gift of $500
00:24:45.283 --> 00:24:48.186 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
will help provide
a corrective smile surgery.
00:24:48.253 --> 00:24:50.322 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
This year we have
an incredible opportunity
00:24:50.388 --> 00:24:52.657 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
to help construct
a new surgical center
00:24:52.724 --> 00:24:54.726 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
that will provide
lifesaving surgeries
00:24:54.793 --> 00:24:57.796 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
to children suffering serious
neurological conditions.
00:24:57.863 --> 00:25:00.065 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
This $1.2 million project
00:25:00.131 --> 00:25:02.334 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
is up and above
LIFE's normal budget
00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:05.136 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
but because of
one generous friend for LIFE,
00:25:05.203 --> 00:25:07.839 align:center line:10% position:50% size:33%
only $500,000
is needed.
00:25:07.906 --> 00:25:09.941 align:start line:10% position:20% size:60%
As a thank you
for your gift of support
00:25:10.008 --> 00:25:11.943 align:center line:10% position:50% size:48%
to this life-saving
outreach,
00:25:12.010 --> 00:25:14.479 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
be sure to request the blue
crystal shoe ornament,
00:25:14.546 --> 00:25:17.215 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
a treasure to display
each Christmas.
00:25:17.282 --> 00:25:19.317 align:start line:10% position:30% size:40%
With your gift
of $100 or more,
00:25:19.384 --> 00:25:21.987 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
you may request
this keepsake boxed set
00:25:22.053 --> 00:25:24.489 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
featuring four
crystal shoe ornaments.
00:25:24.556 --> 00:25:26.491 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
Finally, please
consider an extra gift
00:25:26.558 --> 00:25:28.493 align:center line:63% position:33% size:43%
of $1,000 or more
00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:30.929 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
to help construct
LIFE's new surgical center.
00:25:30.996 --> 00:25:33.899 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75%
And with this gift,
you may request this beautiful
00:25:33.965 --> 00:25:36.601 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
bronze sculpture,
"A Cup of Water."
00:25:36.668 --> 00:25:38.603 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
This is the last week!
00:25:38.670 --> 00:25:41.539 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
Please call, write, or make
your gift online!
00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.808 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
JAMES: Betty,
00:25:43.875 --> 00:25:45.076 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
we're going to give
00:25:45.143 --> 00:25:46.244 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
little shoes like this.
00:25:46.311 --> 00:25:47.579 align:start line:58% position:10% size:30%
We gave them
00:25:47.646 --> 00:25:48.980 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
to lots of kids ourselves.
00:25:49.047 --> 00:25:50.348 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
It's a little bit hard
00:25:50.415 --> 00:25:51.750 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
for us to travel to those --
00:25:51.816 --> 00:25:53.051 align:start line:58% position:10% size:30%
I don't know
00:25:53.118 --> 00:25:54.352 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
how many of you know
00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.687 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
but she hurt her back
00:25:55.754 --> 00:25:56.988 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
to the point that
00:25:57.055 --> 00:25:58.223 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75%
she could have been paralyzed,
00:25:58.290 --> 00:25:59.491 align:start line:58% position:10% size:28%
and God has
00:25:59.557 --> 00:26:00.592 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
miraculously healed her.
00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.793 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
Well, it's hard for us
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to go into those areas
00:26:03.128 --> 00:26:04.262 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
like we did for 25 years
00:26:04.329 --> 00:26:05.563 align:start line:58% position:10% size:20%
or more.
00:26:05.630 --> 00:26:07.799 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73%
And boy, we marched into hell
00:26:07.866 --> 00:26:10.702 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
to give Shoes and Smiles.
00:26:10.769 --> 00:26:12.470 align:start line:58% position:10% size:28%
By the way,
00:26:12.537 --> 00:26:15.240 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
God wants to talk to you.
00:26:15.307 --> 00:26:17.776 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
You never needed to hear him
00:26:17.842 --> 00:26:20.979 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
more clearly than right now.
00:26:21.046 --> 00:26:24.182 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
He wants to hear your heart.
00:26:24.249 --> 00:26:26.618 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
Will you let him share his
00:26:26.685 --> 00:26:28.219 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
and his wisdom
00:26:28.286 --> 00:26:29.988 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
and his direction?
00:26:30.055 --> 00:26:31.489 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
He will share it, won't he?
00:26:31.556 --> 00:26:32.824 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
BETTY: He will.
00:26:32.891 --> 00:26:34.059 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
JAMES: I love you.
00:26:34.125 --> 00:26:35.293 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
BETTY: Willing and able.
00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.461 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
JAMES: You don't know
00:26:36.528 --> 00:26:37.562 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
how pretty you are.
00:26:37.629 --> 00:26:39.664 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
Thank you, God.
00:26:39.731 --> 00:26:42.734 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73%
Ed, we're going to talk more.
00:26:42.801 --> 00:26:44.402 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
We're going to spend
00:26:44.469 --> 00:26:45.537 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
a lot of time together
00:26:45.603 --> 00:26:46.571 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
being friends
00:26:46.638 --> 00:26:47.639 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
and talking to God
00:26:47.706 --> 00:26:48.773 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73%
and seeing God work miracles.
00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.874 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
So we're glad
00:26:49.941 --> 00:26:51.042 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
to send this to folks.
00:26:51.109 --> 00:26:52.143 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
Thank you so much
00:26:52.210 --> 00:26:53.244 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
for watching.
00:26:53.311 --> 00:26:54.346 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
Thanks for sharing life.
00:26:54.412 --> 00:26:56.414 align:start line:58% position:10% size:23%
His love.
00:27:03.688 --> 00:27:10.929 align:end line:10% position:90% size:03%
♪
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♪
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♪
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For over 60 years,
00:27:49.234 --> 00:27:51.169 align:center line:58% position:50% size:68%
LIFE Outreach International
has shared
00:27:51.236 --> 00:27:53.171 align:center line:58% position:50% size:55%
the transforming truth
of God's love
00:27:53.238 --> 00:27:55.173 align:center line:58% position:50% size:30%
in both word
and deed.
00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.175 align:center line:58% position:50% size:45%
Call now to become
a Friend for Life.
00:27:57.242 --> 00:27:59.177 align:center line:58% position:50% size:53%
Your monthly support
will help us continue
00:27:59.244 --> 00:28:01.246 align:center line:58% position:50% size:48%
to bring God's love
to a world in need.
00:28:02.614 --> 00:28:05.183 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
Tomorrow, Dr. Don Colbert
explains the results
00:28:05.250 --> 00:28:07.886 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
of living in
the Healthy Gut Zone.
00:28:07.952 --> 00:28:12.557 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65%
>> So I go through what
to choose to heal the gut.
00:28:12.624 --> 00:28:16.061 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73%
LIFE Today is made
possible by the supporters of
LIFE Outreach International.
00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:19.164 align:center line:10% position:50% size:65%
Your gift will be used
exclusively for the exempt
purposes of LIFE.
00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.232 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53%
The ministry features
specific outreaches
00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.301 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as examples of the programs
it supports and conducts.
00:28:23.368 --> 00:28:25.370 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
Gifts are considered
to be without restriction
00:28:25.437 --> 00:28:27.505 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as to use unless explicitly
stipulated by the donor.
00:28:27.572 --> 00:28:29.808 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
The ministry is a member
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