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>> I was falsely accused
of rape and attempted murder.
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And I had a decision
to make.
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I could go to prison,
or I could take my life.
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I opted to take
my life.
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I jumped headfirst out of
a third-story loft window.
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My foot clipped the awning
and changed my fall.
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I severed my spine,
broke both my arms,
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and collapsed my lung,
but God showed up.
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Rob Decker shares his journey
from addiction,
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trauma, and brokenness
to healing
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through faith
in Jesus Christ. Next!
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♪
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JAMES: Betty and I welcome you
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to Life Today.
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It's always a joy to us
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to be with you.
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I wish we could see you.
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You may say, "No.
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You don't want to see me."
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Yeah! We would love you
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no matter what.
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Thank you for watching
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Life Today because
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you find exactly what
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the title implies.
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You find life today.
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Well, you're going
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to meet someone right now
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who is an amazing person,
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Rob Decker.
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I've been glancing down here
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at how much of his life
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was like mine.
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Betty, I lived with
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a foster couple
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that weren't my parents.
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Then my mother dragged me
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out from under the bed
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when I was five, and told me
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I was going with her.
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We hitchhiked all the way
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across the state.
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Many have heard the story.
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Well, Rob Decker.
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Rob, welcome to Life Today.
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ROB: Thank you.
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JAMES: I've kind of started
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with this story because
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you found out that you had
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a man living with you that
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you thought was your father,
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and found out it wasn't.
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Somehow, that made an impact
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on you and you made
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some not-so-good decisions.
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Tell us about it.
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ROB: Yeah. When I was
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in kindergarten, I found out
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that my dad wasn't
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my biological father.
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I came home with a diploma
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from kindergarten, and
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it had his last name on it.
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My parents sat me down
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to tell me that he wasn't
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my real dad.
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So, he wasn't my real dad,
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and my sister wasn't
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my full-blooded sister.
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And then I started
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asking questions like,
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well, who's my real dad
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and where is he?
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I truly believe that
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that just started sending me
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down a path of destruction
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based on the neglect
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and abandonment that
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I was feeling from
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that conversation.
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JAMES: So did the full impact
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of the negative aspect
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of that hit you
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when you were like
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in your teens and you began
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to make bad decisions?
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ROB: Well, I think a lot
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of things compounded on that.
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I got into pornography
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when I was very, very young.
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I was molested when I was
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eight years old
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by a neighborhood kid.
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JAMES: By the way,
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I want to say, I think
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that's probably one of
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the most damaging things
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in the whole world.
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I don't think people
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with natural appetites
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and then we get attracted
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to the fabulous beauty
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that's there
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and what God did.
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But I believe it hits
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so deeply and I believe
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it twists.
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Would you agree?
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It twists your whole
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thought process to where
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you can be sowing
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suicidal seeds
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and destructive seeds,
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or losing your capacity
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to even think straight
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and walk straight.
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Do you agree?
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ROB: Absolutely 100%.
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I think that my mental health
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and my development were
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tampered with at
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a very young age,
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with being molested, and
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then being around violence
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all the time.
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Abuse.
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Following the molestation,
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I started getting
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into pornography that
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started to ruin my thought
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process on intimacy.
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Then when I was a teenager,
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the first girl that
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I ever really cared about,
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I watched another man
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take advantage of her
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in front of me.
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It was the first time
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I'd ever drank,
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and he got us drunk.
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I think that just really
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sent me down the wrong path.
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So, for 20 years,
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I was battling these issues
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with my family, my dad,
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my real dad,
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and just all the trauma that
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I was constantly exposed to
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all the time.
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JAMES: When you met
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your real dad,
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what effect did that have?
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ROB: Well, I met him at 16
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when my dad who raised me
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left the house, and my mom
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thought it'd be a good idea
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to bring him in.
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And I ended up walking in
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on him as he was
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smoking drugs.
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He was smoking meth.
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And that was at 16 years old.
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So, between the relationship
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between my mom and dad,
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and then what I saw
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with my biological father,
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I didn't have any of
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that fatherhood guidance
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in my life.
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JAMES: I want you to tell me
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how you got to this
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interesting title on a book,
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God's Awning: A Story
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of Rejection and Redemption.
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He works with people
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who are very challenged,
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and he gets them in shape.
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He'll help get the body
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of Christ, the temple of God
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where it's a little bit
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more useful.
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But tell me about this
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God's Awning and tell me
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about the ministry that God
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and how he moved you into it,
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how God moved you into
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the ministry you're in,
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and what you're doing now.
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ROB: Yeah.
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So God's Awning was named
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because I was falsely accused
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of rape and attempted murder.
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And I had a decision to make.
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I could go to prison
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or I could take my life.
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I opted to take my life.
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I jumped headfirst out of
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a third-story loft window.
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My foot clipped the awning
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and changed my fall.
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I severed my spine,
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broke both my arms,
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collapsed my lung;
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went to the hospital.
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After a ten-hour surgery,
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I was arrested
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in the hospital.
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But God showed up.
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God showed up
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in the midst of all that.
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I was highly medicated,
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and I heard the Lord's voice
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loud and clear.
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He said, "The charges
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will be dropped,
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bills will be paid,
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and you will walk again."
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And all those things happened.
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But I ran back to my old ways
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and continued to drink
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and use because there was
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a lot of stuff I wasn't
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handing over to the Lord.
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And so, my ministry hinges
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off of being delivered from
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drug and alcohol addiction;
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understanding what
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it's like to grow up
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without a good relationship
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with your father,
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or having a great father
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figure around,
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just battling my own demons.
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The suicidal ideations,
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all the time.
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Jumping out of the window
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was one thing, but
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battling suicide was
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something that I suffered
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from my whole life because
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I didn't feel like I had
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a purpose or a place
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or anything like that.
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And so everything that
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I do now in my community
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through Rise as Lions
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and Recovery Rebel Softball
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is trying to create
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that space for people
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to be able to share
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the harder topics in life.
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A lot of us men are
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not taught to share
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and express our feelings.
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We want to be able
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to create that, and let men
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feel safe so that they can
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start their own
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healing journey.
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JAMES: Why do you call
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your ministry,
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was it Rising Lions?
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ROB: Rise as Lions.
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It's to resurrect
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like Christ.
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It's about resurrection
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and restoration.
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So, it was a play off
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of Jesus because
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that's who I serve
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and that's who I love.
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He's done a lot for me.
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JAMES: What all has been
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going on in this ministry
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you've got now?
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ROB: Well, I get to mentor
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and help a lot of people.
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I've kind of become
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the individual who when
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folks are struggling
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with addiction or suicidal
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ideation, people just
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send them my way.
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We start to get
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to the root of the issue
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with a lot of them.
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They feel safe and comfortable
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having those conversations
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with me.
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And then with the sports,
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we're just providing
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a resource in our community
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for people to gather
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with the same idea in mind.
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We're here to support
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each other
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and lift each other up.
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And recovery looks different
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for everybody.
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It's not just drug
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and alcohol abuse.
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Drug and alcohol abuse
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tends to be
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the self-medicator.
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It's usually the brokenness,
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the neglect, the abandonment,
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the trauma, whatever it is
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that a lot of us
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haven't addressed.
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So, we just create that space
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so those conversations
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can be had.
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BETTY: You help a lot
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of people now.
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At what point in your life
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did God send someone in your
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life to help you change?
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ROB: The Holy Spirit!
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I will say this.
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I was very blessed to have
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people on my journey
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who cared enough about me
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to bring me to their home,
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to love on me,
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to take care of me,
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especially after I broke
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my back but it was a journey.
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It was a journey for me.
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I had to walk it out
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with the Lord myself.
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I had to make a lot
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of mistakes.
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I think for me, I became
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a survivalist.
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I didn't know how to thrive.
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So, a lot of times when
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life got hard, I reverted
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to old behaviors where
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I wasn't trusting in God,
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I was trusting
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in what I knew.
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God just walked it all out
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with me.
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But I had a great group
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of individuals that were
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praying over me a lot.
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BETTY: It is a journey.
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It definitely is that
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we're all still on.
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ROB: Well, I've been sober
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for about 12 years now.
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God delivered me from drug
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and alcohol abuse
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just like that.
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Through repentance
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and surrender,
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He took it away from me.
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I believe everyone
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can have that.
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So, part of my mission
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is to meet people
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where they're at
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and to let them know
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that there's freedom
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in Christ and there's
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freedom from drug
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and alcohol abuse.
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JAMES: You're based
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in Colorado Springs.
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ROB: I am.
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JAMES: If someone wanted to
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know how to get ahold of you,
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see what you're doing,
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maybe want to somehow
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be a part of that process
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you're taking them through,
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where would they go?
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Where would they look?
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ROB: RiseAsLions.org.
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JAMES: I hope
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you'll look at that.
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Check that out.
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Is it something that
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people are able to do,
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of course, if they come
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to where you are in person?
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Do you do things during
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the week on certain days
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that you're having a group?
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ROB: Well, we have
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four softball teams now.
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So, there's a lot
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of softball being played.
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But, I always give people
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access to me so if someone
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hears my message today
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and says, that's the guy
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I need to talk to because
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I resonate with his story,
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I always leave myself open
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to have those conversations.
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And so, a lot of times
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what I do personally
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is one-on-one counseling
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or mentorship or conversing
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with whoever
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may be struggling.
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That's just become part
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of the ministry
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at this point.
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JAMES: There was a pretty
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bad accident that could
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have been worse than it was,
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a car accident.
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Tell us about it.
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ROB: Oh, the car accident.
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Yeah, I got behind
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the wheel of a car.
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So, after my suicide attempt,
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I was still running back
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to drugs and alcohol,
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and I got a hernia.
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So, God had given me
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my life back.
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I was working out
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all the time.
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I had a great job.
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I met a beautiful,
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young woman who's now
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my wife, Alyssa.
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I was kind of having
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a temper tantrum and pouting
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and playing the victim.
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I decided to go get drunk,
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and I got behind the wheel
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of a car and ran into
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somebody's property.
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I ended up having to flee
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the scene of the crime.
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But the beauty of that
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incident was, with all
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the physical damage that
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could have taken place,
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I didn't hurt anybody,
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I didn't hurt myself but
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I ended up under a porch
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at someone's house.
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That's when I gave drug
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and alcohol abuse
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to the Lord, and I apologized
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to him because I realized
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that he really loved me,
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that he was being
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patient with me, and that
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I was holding on to trying
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to fix the problem
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in my own way
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through drugs and alcohol.
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In that moment, through
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repentance and surrender,
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he delivered me from
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drug and alcohol abuse.
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JAMES: You indicated
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to my staff,
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and just briefly to me
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that you crossed paths
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with me and Betty somewhere.
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ROB: Yes! Yes!
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JAMES: It had some
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kind of an effect.
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I'm curious about it.
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ROB: When I found out
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that I was going to sit
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across from you two,
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I almost broke down crying.
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But I'm too macho
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for that, right?
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So, when I first gave
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my life to the Lord,
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I was watching your show
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all the time.
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I looked at you two like
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an amazing Christian couple;
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like your marriage
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and ministry, the way
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you serve and give back,
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and your love.
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I'm like, it's possible!
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And so, you carried me
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through the very first
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few years of
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my Christian walk.
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I am so grateful for that.
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Don't make me cry on TV.
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JAMES: Thank you, Rob.
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I'm saying thank you, Rob,
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for giving the testimony
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but hey, thank those of you
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who not only watch Life Today
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but share literally,
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not the title of a program,
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you share life today through
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the program Life Today
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because we can't pay to feed
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the 350,000 children
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that we're trying
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to feed right now.
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We found them
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and they're starving.
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You are the miracle
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their mothers
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and their families
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are hoping and praying for.
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You're the only miracle hope
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that they have.
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They're starving!
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And you can be
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the miracle provider.
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You can give them the future.
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That's what we ask you to do.
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Here he is telling
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how Life Today,
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which these viewers,
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as surely as they give food
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and give water,
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you were given the water
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of life and food,
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which we try to share
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with you every day,
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and you were giving it
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to people like Rob.
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It does make an impact.
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I can tell he liked us.
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You saw what we were doing
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to help people.
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Did that inspire you
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in any way to see
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the importance
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of helping people?
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ROB: You taught me
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how to serve.
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I think that's been
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the greatest gift.
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Everything that I do now
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is to give back to others
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because people are in need.
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And so, I thank you
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for that again.
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JAMES: If somebody
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got your book and got
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into God's Awning,
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what do you think
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they would see
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and take from it?
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What's your prayer that
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they take from this book?
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ROB: There's hope
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for healing and it will
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always be through Christ.
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Sometimes, what we have
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to hear as humans
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is that other humans
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went through it and made it
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out on the other side.
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And so, I want people
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to find hope, help,
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and healing in that book
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and draw closer to Christ
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because of it.
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JAMES: You can go online
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and get it.
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Rob is praying that
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it'll be a tremendous
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blessing to you,
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and probably, to somebody
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they know.
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Invariably, we find people
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who are in a predicament
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that we haven't been in,
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but we see someone who was,
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and we pass something
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on to them.
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I hope and pray
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they'll do that.
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What's your prayer for
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being on the show today?
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What do you want to come out
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of being with two people?
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You say that we ministered
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and helped you through
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this process.
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What do you want
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to see happen?
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ROB: I just want seeds
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of hope to be planted
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in somebody today
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who is going through
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a very tough time mentally,
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physically, emotionally,
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and spiritually.
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I want them to feel
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full and renewed.
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I want them then to take that
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and give it to other people.
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That would be my prayer.
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That's how we can serve
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each other, is to pour
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what's been poured into us
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into other people.
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JAMES: How do you want
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people to see God
00:15:05.571 --> 00:15:06.739 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60%
in some way like you did
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as an awning?
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You say the awning
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broke your fall
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to where you weren't killed.
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You were certainly hurt badly.
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How do you see people
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finding an awning
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in their life?
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ROB: So, awning means
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protection, right?
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So, what I realized
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in my process, in coming out
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of all of it,
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and it's all hindsight,
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20/20 for me,
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is that he was always there
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even in the hard times.
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What I appreciate
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about the trials
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and tribulations that
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James speaks about
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is finding joy in the trials
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and tribulations, because
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that's what builds us up.
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That's Romans 5:3.
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That's what builds character
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in us.
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So, a lot of times
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we're in a lot of pain,
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but a lot of times we can
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use that, build from that
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so that we have the ability
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to heal and give back
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to others.
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Without those trials
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and tribulations,
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we can't build strength.
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We're fitness guys, right?
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How do we get stronger?
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We go to the gym
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and lift weights.
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It doesn't always feel good.
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We add weight
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to get stronger.
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God does that with us
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spiritually as well.
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So, some of the stuff
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that's being poured onto us,
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it's because he has
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a special plan for us,
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and he wants to use us
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in a very powerful way.
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JAMES: You were a beautiful
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little church girl
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who did everything right
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and came out of
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the choir to get saved.
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Nobody in the church
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could believe it.
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But when you see people
00:16:30.122 --> 00:16:32.991 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
like Rob, like me,
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what do you think about,
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Betty?
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BETTY: I was sitting here
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thinking as I listened
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to your story, and I know
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our stories, of course.
00:16:39.298 --> 00:16:40.332 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40%
The journey that
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God carries us on is not
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always a smooth journey.
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Actually, it probably
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won't be but we have
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our ups and downs.
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But I just want you to know,
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as you're watching today,
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you listened to Rob's story,
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he had setbacks but
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God always picked him up.
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God's always there.
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You say, "Where is God?"
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He's right here in your heart.
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If you haven't received him,
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all you have to do is say,
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Jesus, come into my heart
00:17:06.191 --> 00:17:07.826 align:start line:63% position:10% size:30%
and save me.
00:17:07.893 --> 00:17:09.261 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55%
If you are a Christian
00:17:09.328 --> 00:17:10.796 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55%
but you feel far away,
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he's right there at your back.
00:17:12.731 --> 00:17:14.299 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60%
He's ready to cover you.
00:17:14.366 --> 00:17:15.701 align:start line:63% position:10% size:45%
He's ready to walk
00:17:15.768 --> 00:17:17.069 align:start line:63% position:10% size:48%
ahead of you and be
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your protection as
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the awning was for you, Rob.
00:17:20.372 --> 00:17:21.840 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58%
So please don't give up
00:17:21.907 --> 00:17:22.975 align:start line:63% position:10% size:35%
on yourselves.
00:17:23.041 --> 00:17:24.243 align:start line:63% position:10% size:28%
God hasn't.
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Turn to him right now.
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JAMES: Well, that's
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an invitation from God,
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not from Betty.
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We've been married
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for 62 years.
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We dated for four years,
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so we've been together
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for 66 years.
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I'm just telling you this,
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Betty, all over the world,
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we've watched people
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come to Jesus and see
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their lives changed.
00:17:43.061 --> 00:17:44.797 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75%
And every day on this program,
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hundreds of lives,
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even thousands are saved.
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We've had the joy
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of bringing millions
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and millions of people
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to Christ.
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We found out the other day
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from one mission outreach,
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that 100 million people
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have come to Christ,
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we'd sponsored all of it
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and had signed up and
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taken a full Bible study.
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That's miraculous.
00:18:03.682 --> 00:18:04.683 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
Well, that's what
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Life Today does,
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and that's what you provide.
00:18:07.286 --> 00:18:08.287 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30%
Our viewers,
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just like the supporters
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of what you're doing,
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and all you're doing with
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your outreach are supported
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by people's prayers
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and by their finances.
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I hope you will
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check Rob out.
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I want you to watch
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the son of
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our mission partner,
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Peter Pretorius.
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We lost him a few years ago,
00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:29.508 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35%
but we had led
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tens of millions of people
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to Christ all over Africa.
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Listen to him.
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Our son is actually
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with him on this trip.
00:18:37.749 --> 00:18:38.717 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38%
I just listened
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to him talking.
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I know Randy, our son
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was kind of listening
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at a distance, but listen
00:18:43.555 --> 00:18:44.523 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50%
to him talking about
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what they're seeing at
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the hospital area clinic,
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and then what they're
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seeing out in the bush.
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Listen to the need
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and know you're the miracle
00:18:53.332 --> 00:18:54.333 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38%
that is needed.
00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:55.501 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38%
You really are.
00:18:55.567 --> 00:18:57.002 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
Watch prayerfully.
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Villages in South Sudan
are experiencing
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severe
food insecurity.
00:19:03.041 --> 00:19:05.377 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
News reports tell us that
over half the population
00:19:05.444 --> 00:19:08.013 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
are facing
crisis-level hunger.
00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:11.617 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73%
Desperate mothers are doing
whatever they can to survive.
00:19:11.683 --> 00:19:14.419 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
They forage for anything
to feed their families
00:19:14.486 --> 00:19:17.155 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
in an effort to stave off
the pain of hunger.
00:19:17.222 --> 00:19:19.658 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65%
The result? Their children
are not receiving
00:19:19.725 --> 00:19:22.294 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
the proper nutrients
for their developing bodies
00:19:22.361 --> 00:19:24.429 align:center line:10% position:50% size:65%
and there has been
an explosion in the number
00:19:24.496 --> 00:19:28.433 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
of children suffering
from severe malnutrition.
00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:30.435 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
If not treated in time,
00:19:30.502 --> 00:19:35.507 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
many will end up
in an early grave.
00:19:35.574 --> 00:19:37.709 align:start line:58% position:25% size:48%
ISAK: These mothers
with their children
00:19:37.776 --> 00:19:39.745 align:center line:58% position:50% size:40%
have come
great distances.
00:19:39.811 --> 00:19:42.080 align:start line:58% position:13% size:73%
Some of them have walked one,
even two days to get here.
00:19:42.147 --> 00:19:44.116 align:center line:58% position:50% size:43%
The reason
they've come here
00:19:44.182 --> 00:19:46.184 align:center line:79% position:50% size:68%
is because we have
a malnutrition clinic here.
00:19:46.251 --> 00:19:48.253 align:start line:79% position:20% size:58%
We're doing
malnutrition screening.
00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:50.923 align:start line:79% position:20% size:60%
We're able to provide
these children with what
00:19:50.989 --> 00:19:54.226 align:center line:79% position:50% size:63%
they so desperately need,
which is food.
00:19:54.293 --> 00:19:57.062 align:start line:79% position:25% size:48%
Food that will save
and sustain life.
00:19:57.129 --> 00:19:59.565 align:start line:79% position:25% size:48%
You're just getting
a small picture
00:19:59.631 --> 00:20:01.633 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55%
of some of the mothers
that are here
00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:03.669 align:center line:79% position:50% size:48%
that have come from
all over this area.
00:20:03.735 --> 00:20:06.305 align:start line:74% position:20% size:60%
But this clinic is
a much larger clinic
than what you're seeing,
00:20:06.371 --> 00:20:09.207 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65%
that is filled to capacity
with children.
00:20:09.274 --> 00:20:11.743 align:start line:79% position:18% size:63%
The screening areas just
have mothers and children
00:20:11.810 --> 00:20:13.812 align:center line:79% position:50% size:40%
literally
sitting outside.
00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:16.915 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70%
Inside the buildings,
there are many who are here,
00:20:16.982 --> 00:20:19.885 align:center line:79% position:50% size:73%
which is the true devastation
of this story.
00:20:19.952 --> 00:20:23.789 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70%
Because the crisis of
all those mothers being here
00:20:23.855 --> 00:20:26.725 align:center line:79% position:50% size:40%
is the crisis
of malnutrition,
00:20:26.792 --> 00:20:28.894 align:center line:79% position:50% size:40%
of the fact that
these mothers
00:20:28.961 --> 00:20:31.997 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45%
have come
in desperate hope,
00:20:32.064 --> 00:20:36.234 align:center line:79% position:50% size:63%
hope that we will be able
to answer what they need.
00:20:36.301 --> 00:20:40.172 align:start line:79% position:18% size:65%
I need you to please be
an answer to prayer today.
00:20:40.238 --> 00:20:42.407 align:center line:79% position:50% size:48%
I need you
to open your heart.
00:20:42.474 --> 00:20:44.843 align:start line:79% position:23% size:55%
I need you
to express God's heart
00:20:44.910 --> 00:20:48.246 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65%
and to extend his hands
to the children like this,
00:20:48.313 --> 00:20:51.783 align:center line:74% position:50% size:68%
to the malnutrition clinics
that so desperately need
our assistance.
00:20:51.850 --> 00:20:54.453 align:start line:79% position:25% size:50%
But to the mothers
out in the villages,
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that if they get
those resources,
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can keep their children
from ending up here
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and battling that battle
of life and death.
00:21:08.367 --> 00:21:09.568 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
JAMES: When I look
00:21:09.635 --> 00:21:12.037 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
at those little children,
00:21:12.104 --> 00:21:13.372 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
I can feel myself
00:21:13.438 --> 00:21:15.907 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33%
holding them.
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The missionaries warned us
00:21:17.643 --> 00:21:19.077 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
that we shouldn't hold
00:21:19.144 --> 00:21:20.078 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33%
the children.
00:21:20.145 --> 00:21:21.113 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
Many of them have
00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.748 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63%
very contagious diseases.
00:21:22.814 --> 00:21:23.815 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45%
But we never could
00:21:23.882 --> 00:21:25.183 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38%
help it, Betty.
00:21:25.250 --> 00:21:26.551 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
Don't you find it easy
00:21:26.618 --> 00:21:28.420 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
to love those children
00:21:28.487 --> 00:21:29.821 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
and want to be the miracle
00:21:29.888 --> 00:21:30.889 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
prayer that mothers
00:21:30.956 --> 00:21:31.957 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40%
are praying for?
00:21:32.024 --> 00:21:33.025 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
Don't you want that
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for them?
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BETTY: Absolutely.
00:21:35.227 --> 00:21:36.228 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
James, the thing that
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blesses me so much is
00:21:37.396 --> 00:21:38.463 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
when I see the lines,
00:21:38.530 --> 00:21:39.531 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
the children lining up
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to get a bowl of porridge
00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.300 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
or whatever nutrition
00:21:42.367 --> 00:21:43.468 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
that they need that
00:21:43.535 --> 00:21:44.870 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55%
we've sent over there.
00:21:45.203 --> 00:21:46.471 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
Maybe you've helped us.
00:21:46.538 --> 00:21:47.639 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
You probably have.
00:21:47.706 --> 00:21:48.907 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
Please don't stop!
00:21:48.974 --> 00:21:50.742 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
These children need care.
00:21:50.809 --> 00:21:51.910 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
The mothers have done
00:21:51.977 --> 00:21:53.145 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
all they can do.
00:21:53.211 --> 00:21:54.279 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
They have nothing
00:21:54.346 --> 00:21:55.781 align:start line:10% position:10% size:35%
to offer them.
00:21:55.847 --> 00:21:57.749 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
But hopefully, we do.
00:21:57.816 --> 00:21:59.518 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
I hope you'll join with us,
00:21:59.584 --> 00:22:00.786 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
and let's feed these
00:22:00.852 --> 00:22:01.853 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
precious little ones
00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:03.655 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
that God has given
00:22:03.722 --> 00:22:05.390 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
these mothers to care for.
00:22:05.457 --> 00:22:06.758 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
JAMES: As I was watching
00:22:06.825 --> 00:22:08.860 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
the video and I saw
00:22:08.927 --> 00:22:10.529 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
the desperate situation
00:22:10.595 --> 00:22:11.963 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
in those children,
00:22:12.030 --> 00:22:13.031 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
many of them had reached
00:22:13.098 --> 00:22:14.199 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
a clinic that
00:22:14.266 --> 00:22:15.333 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
we helped establish,
00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.668 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
which is a last-ditch effort
00:22:16.735 --> 00:22:17.803 align:start line:10% position:10% size:35%
you might say,
00:22:17.869 --> 00:22:19.071 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
to save them.
00:22:19.137 --> 00:22:20.205 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
And they'd walk for days,
00:22:20.272 --> 00:22:21.573 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
sometimes, to get there.
00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.674 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
But we like to meet them
00:22:22.741 --> 00:22:23.942 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
in the field, and
00:22:24.009 --> 00:22:25.110 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
right where they are,
00:22:25.177 --> 00:22:26.178 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
and take the food to them.
00:22:26.244 --> 00:22:27.245 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
Which is what we do
00:22:27.312 --> 00:22:28.413 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
when we drill a water well.
00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.581 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28%
We drill it
00:22:29.648 --> 00:22:30.716 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
right in the midst
00:22:30.782 --> 00:22:32.017 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75%
of the pain and the suffering.
00:22:32.084 --> 00:22:33.185 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
But I was looking at that
00:22:33.251 --> 00:22:34.419 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
and thinking how many of them
00:22:34.486 --> 00:22:36.488 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
we watched come to get
00:22:36.555 --> 00:22:38.490 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
the food, and we put it
00:22:38.557 --> 00:22:40.392 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
in whatever they brought.
00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:41.493 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
Sometimes, they'd bring
00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.794 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
a plastic bag
00:22:42.861 --> 00:22:44.329 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
and it would burn through it.
00:22:44.396 --> 00:22:45.664 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
Sometimes, little children
00:22:45.731 --> 00:22:47.299 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
would hold their hands out
00:22:47.365 --> 00:22:48.600 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
and they couldn't hold it.
00:22:48.667 --> 00:22:50.102 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28%
It was hot.
00:22:50.168 --> 00:22:51.336 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
And then we watched
00:22:51.403 --> 00:22:52.504 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
many of them with
00:22:52.571 --> 00:22:53.805 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
old dirty tin cans.
00:22:53.872 --> 00:22:55.006 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
Something like that.
00:22:55.073 --> 00:22:56.041 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
This would have been
00:22:56.108 --> 00:22:57.242 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28%
a nice one.
00:22:57.309 --> 00:22:58.510 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
But when I was watching
00:22:58.577 --> 00:22:59.845 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
the video and I saw
00:22:59.911 --> 00:23:02.914 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
those little bowls,
00:23:02.981 --> 00:23:04.282 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
I remember where
00:23:04.349 --> 00:23:05.784 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
these came from.
00:23:05.851 --> 00:23:07.085 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
Someone like you
00:23:07.152 --> 00:23:08.720 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
watching said, why?
00:23:08.787 --> 00:23:09.988 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
Why are you giving
00:23:10.055 --> 00:23:11.289 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
those children that porridge
00:23:11.356 --> 00:23:13.759 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
in that dirty container?
00:23:13.825 --> 00:23:15.026 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Why are you pouring it
00:23:15.093 --> 00:23:16.128 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
in that plastic bag
00:23:16.194 --> 00:23:17.195 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
and it burns through?
00:23:17.262 --> 00:23:18.263 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Why don't we give them
00:23:18.330 --> 00:23:19.331 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
a nice plastic bowl?
00:23:19.397 --> 00:23:20.398 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
And the missionaries said,
00:23:20.465 --> 00:23:21.466 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
"We can't afford that.
00:23:21.533 --> 00:23:22.734 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
We can only afford the food.
00:23:22.801 --> 00:23:23.802 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
We can't afford
00:23:23.869 --> 00:23:24.870 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
a plastic bowl."
00:23:24.936 --> 00:23:25.937 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
Do you know what
00:23:26.004 --> 00:23:27.005 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
our viewers said?
00:23:27.072 --> 00:23:28.340 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
Do you know what you said?
00:23:28.406 --> 00:23:29.407 align:start line:10% position:10% size:35%
"Well, we can!
00:23:29.474 --> 00:23:30.709 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
We want to give them bowls."
00:23:30.776 --> 00:23:31.777 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
We've given out
00:23:31.843 --> 00:23:32.844 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
millions of these, Betty.
00:23:32.911 --> 00:23:33.912 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
And there was –-
00:23:33.979 --> 00:23:35.213 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
did you see that long line?
00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:36.281 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
Did you see how far
00:23:36.348 --> 00:23:37.349 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28%
it reached?
00:23:37.415 --> 00:23:38.416 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
Every one of those children,
00:23:38.483 --> 00:23:39.484 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
they'll stand there
00:23:39.551 --> 00:23:40.552 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
for two hours or more.
00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.620 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
Thousands, sometimes
00:23:41.686 --> 00:23:42.687 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
we'll start feeding 2,000
00:23:42.754 --> 00:23:43.755 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
or 3,000 in an area
00:23:43.822 --> 00:23:45.023 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
and 2,000 will show up
00:23:45.090 --> 00:23:46.224 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
three or four days later
00:23:46.291 --> 00:23:47.325 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
because they'll walk
00:23:47.392 --> 00:23:48.994 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
50 miles to 100 miles.
00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:51.229 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75%
They found out there was food,
00:23:51.296 --> 00:23:53.265 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
and it was in a plastic bowl
00:23:53.331 --> 00:23:54.599 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
that love provided.
00:23:54.666 --> 00:23:55.867 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
Betty, that's what
00:23:55.934 --> 00:23:57.102 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
our viewers are!
00:23:57.169 --> 00:23:58.170 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
They're expressions of love.
00:23:58.236 --> 00:23:59.404 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Would you right now go
00:23:59.471 --> 00:24:00.672 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
and get your bank card
00:24:00.739 --> 00:24:01.740 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
and use it like
00:24:01.807 --> 00:24:02.808 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
a check, please?
00:24:02.874 --> 00:24:04.075 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
If you write a check,
00:24:04.142 --> 00:24:05.277 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75%
make it to LIFE but do it now!
00:24:05.343 --> 00:24:06.344 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
Call us and tell us
00:24:06.411 --> 00:24:07.379 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
you're mailing it.
00:24:07.445 --> 00:24:08.647 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
Go online and make the best
00:24:08.713 --> 00:24:10.148 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
gift you possibly can.
00:24:10.215 --> 00:24:12.417 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
$30, $50, or $100,
00:24:12.484 --> 00:24:14.152 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
you feed three, five, or ten
00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:16.521 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
children for the next months.
00:24:16.588 --> 00:24:17.956 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
Could you give $1,000
00:24:18.023 --> 00:24:20.192 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
or more and feed 100?
00:24:20.258 --> 00:24:22.694 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
Father, please, please move
00:24:22.761 --> 00:24:25.931 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
those viewing with your love,
00:24:25.997 --> 00:24:27.632 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
your compassion,
00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:30.969 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
and your help in Jesus' name.
00:24:31.036 --> 00:24:33.939 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
We are his hands
00:24:34.005 --> 00:24:35.807 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
and his arms.
00:24:35.874 --> 00:24:37.709 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
Would you reach out,
00:24:37.776 --> 00:24:39.010 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
put his arms around
00:24:39.077 --> 00:24:40.512 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
someone right now,
00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.847 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
and give them life?
00:24:41.913 --> 00:24:43.748 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
Please do it.
00:24:44.749 --> 00:24:47.385 align:start line:58% position:20% size:60%
Right now, across
the continent of Africa,
00:24:47.452 --> 00:24:50.388 align:center line:58% position:50% size:68%
children are suffering,
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and even
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00:24:52.557 --> 00:24:54.526 align:start line:10% position:20% size:60%
With food reserves gone,
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and many areas experiencing
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we urgently need
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JAMES: Thank you for
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being the miracle
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some mother prayed
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so fervently for,
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faithfully.
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You know the books
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we're offering to bless you
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and those you love
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from Jordan Rubin.
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Rob, I pray for you
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and your ministry.
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ROB: Thanks for having me.
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JAMES: Keep sharing it. Okay?
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ROB: Thank you
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for inspiring me.
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JAMES: Love you.
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Thank you for helping us
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love so many with his love.
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God bless you.
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