WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:09.276 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Stephen McWhirter: I would see him physically, violently abuse 00:00:09.276 --> 00:00:11.845 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% my mom for most of my childhood. 00:00:11.845 --> 00:00:14.281 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: The trauma of an abusive household hardened 00:00:14.281 --> 00:00:17.284 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Stephen McWhirter to any mention of Jesus. 00:00:17.284 --> 00:00:19.419 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Stephen: At a young age, you know, I just decided, well, if 00:00:19.419 --> 00:00:22.856 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God's real, he's not good, and I don't want anything to do with 00:00:22.856 --> 00:00:24.758 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% this Jesus guy. 00:00:24.758 --> 00:00:28.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so at a very young age, my earthly father and my heavenly 00:00:28.228 --> 00:00:31.698 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Father became the villains in my story. 00:00:31.698 --> 00:00:33.033 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% announcer: God broke through pain 00:00:33.033 --> 00:00:35.369 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% and radically restored him, next. 00:00:36.403 --> 00:00:46.413 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.413 --> 00:00:53.754 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.754 --> 00:00:56.556 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson, and 00:00:56.556 --> 00:00:58.792 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% I have a guest for you. 00:00:58.792 --> 00:01:01.361 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Many of you have heard Stephen McWhirter. 00:01:01.361 --> 00:01:04.097 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Over 100 million views just on one song. 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:09.937 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He's a Dove Award winner, a Grammy nominee, but he has not 00:01:09.937 --> 00:01:13.640 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% just a great voice, but a great testimony. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.575 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% So I'm excited for you to hear that today. 00:01:15.575 --> 00:01:17.077 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% It will encourage you wherever you're at. 00:01:17.077 --> 00:01:19.913 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Maybe you have a loved one that is far from God. 00:01:19.913 --> 00:01:23.183 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When Jesus shows up, it changes everything, and you're gonna 00:01:23.183 --> 00:01:24.518 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% hear about it. 00:01:24.518 --> 00:01:26.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Stephen, welcome to "Life Today." 00:01:26.086 --> 00:01:27.454 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Stephen: Ah, it's good to be here, man. 00:01:27.454 --> 00:01:28.789 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Thanks for having me. 00:01:28.789 --> 00:01:32.292 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: How long have you been--how long since you came 00:01:32.292 --> 00:01:33.627 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% out of-- 00:01:33.627 --> 00:01:34.995 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Stephen: Stopped doing bad things? 00:01:34.995 --> 00:01:36.330 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Stopped doing, yeah. 00:01:36.330 --> 00:01:39.566 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Stephen: Never, no, I--yeah, it's been over 20 years since I 00:01:39.566 --> 00:01:40.934 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% gave my life to Jesus. 00:01:40.934 --> 00:01:43.737 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Did you ever think you'd be the place that you're at on a 00:01:43.737 --> 00:01:46.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Christian TV show standing in front of people? 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:48.108 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Stephen: No, furthest thing from it. 00:01:48.108 --> 00:01:52.212 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I thought I'd be dead or in prison or something like that. 00:01:52.212 --> 00:01:54.781 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% That sounds dramatic, but it's totally real. 00:01:54.781 --> 00:01:58.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: So, take us back, because you grew up a preacher's kid, 00:01:58.752 --> 00:02:00.087 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% like me. 00:02:00.087 --> 00:02:02.055 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Stephen: Yeah, I don't know if it's worse or what, but an 00:02:02.055 --> 00:02:07.094 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% evangelist's son, so EK, I guess, but you know, my dad was 00:02:07.094 --> 00:02:09.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% a traveling evangelist, and we would go from church camp to 00:02:09.763 --> 00:02:13.667 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% church camp, but the guy that I saw get up and preach on a 00:02:13.667 --> 00:02:17.671 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% pulpit was different than the guy I saw behind closed doors. 00:02:17.671 --> 00:02:21.808 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I would see him physically, violently abuse my mom for most 00:02:21.808 --> 00:02:26.646 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% of my childhood, and there was a lot of trauma in that, right? 00:02:26.646 --> 00:02:30.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But at a young age, you know, I just decided, well, if God's 00:02:30.083 --> 00:02:33.487 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% real, he's not good, and I don't want anything to do with this 00:02:33.487 --> 00:02:35.088 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% Jesus guy. 00:02:35.088 --> 00:02:38.558 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so at a very young age, my earthly father and my heavenly 00:02:38.558 --> 00:02:41.762 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Father became the villains in my story. 00:02:41.762 --> 00:02:46.233 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so at 11 years old I started smoking, drinking, marijuana, 00:02:46.233 --> 00:02:47.601 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% that kind of stuff. 00:02:47.601 --> 00:02:50.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% By the time I was 15, it was cocaine, pills, I'm selling 00:02:50.404 --> 00:02:52.439 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% drugs, you name it. 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:55.509 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% By the time I was 17, I was a full-out crystal meth addict, 00:02:55.509 --> 00:03:00.247 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and I was using every day for many years, and throughout this 00:03:00.247 --> 00:03:04.684 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% time, I was the guy who hated Christianity, hated Jesus, like 00:03:04.684 --> 00:03:07.921 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% would have cussed you out if you mentioned his name around me or 00:03:07.921 --> 00:03:10.123 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% tried to knock you out, because I told you, you know, I was a 00:03:10.123 --> 00:03:12.192 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% meth addict, so I weighed like 100 pounds, so if I threw my 00:03:12.192 --> 00:03:14.561 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% whole body at you, you might have got a paper cut, you know 00:03:14.561 --> 00:03:15.896 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% what I'm saying? 00:03:15.896 --> 00:03:19.066 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% But, you know, but God was after me, man. 00:03:19.066 --> 00:03:22.969 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% People were praying for me, I mean, really praying for me to 00:03:22.969 --> 00:03:24.304 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% come to Jesus. 00:03:24.304 --> 00:03:25.672 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: Were you singing during this time? 00:03:25.672 --> 00:03:28.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Stephen: I was in metal bands screaming my head off, you know, 00:03:28.675 --> 00:03:31.678 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% like that every night, people beating themselves up in front 00:03:31.678 --> 00:03:36.817 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% of me, but yeah, I was--music's kind of always been there, 00:03:36.817 --> 00:03:38.151 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:03:38.151 --> 00:03:43.023 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But, yeah, I mean, and these people were praying for me, and 00:03:43.023 --> 00:03:46.893 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I believe, you know, God, like was after me, right? 00:03:46.893 --> 00:03:48.361 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: Yeah, well no, yeah, absolutely. 00:03:48.361 --> 00:03:51.531 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I mean, the hound of heaven, right? 00:03:51.531 --> 00:03:55.235 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's a beautiful thing, but the trauma there, I mean, I 00:03:55.235 --> 00:03:56.603 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% get it. 00:03:56.603 --> 00:03:59.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Fortunately, you know, the guy that everybody's seeing on TV 00:03:59.406 --> 00:04:02.442 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% with my dad of the evangelist is the guy you have at home. 00:04:02.442 --> 00:04:05.745 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Now, he's not perfect, and you have to kind of reconcile that, 00:04:05.745 --> 00:04:12.018 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% but to put God onto our earthly fathers is a thing that a lot of 00:04:12.018 --> 00:04:13.386 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% people do. 00:04:13.386 --> 00:04:14.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% In other words, we have an imperfect earthly father, we 00:04:14.955 --> 00:04:18.959 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% think God's, in your case, the villain. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:20.794 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% How did that break in you? 00:04:20.794 --> 00:04:22.996 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Stephen: Yeah, you can't underestimate the significance 00:04:22.996 --> 00:04:26.233 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% of a parent's role in your life, right? 00:04:26.233 --> 00:04:27.601 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% And many of us do. 00:04:27.601 --> 00:04:31.271 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We see our parents, or we see not just our parents, we see God 00:04:31.271 --> 00:04:35.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% through these broken people, and we say that's what God's like, 00:04:35.675 --> 00:04:39.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% but he's the source of goodness, it's not just something he does. 00:04:39.646 --> 00:04:41.882 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% When Moses goes up in the mountain, he says, "Show me 00:04:41.882 --> 00:04:43.216 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% your glory." 00:04:43.216 --> 00:04:44.951 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Of all that God could have said, he said, "I'll let all my 00:04:44.951 --> 00:04:46.686 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% goodness go before you." 00:04:46.686 --> 00:04:48.989 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you've ever wanted something good in your life, you've wanted 00:04:48.989 --> 00:04:51.625 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% God and didn't know it, it's him, he's the source. 00:04:51.625 --> 00:04:55.328 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I didn't know that then, I didn't even believe it. 00:04:55.328 --> 00:04:59.266 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I thought that I should want what God wants for my life 00:04:59.266 --> 00:05:03.069 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% because it's good for him, but it's a bummer for me, right? 00:05:03.069 --> 00:05:05.906 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So I should want it, but I didn't understand that he's 00:05:05.906 --> 00:05:07.240 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the source. 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:08.608 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Randy: What changed it? 00:05:08.608 --> 00:05:10.343 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Stephen: Well, you know, as I said, people were praying for 00:05:10.343 --> 00:05:14.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% me, and somebody came and gave me this book called "The Case 00:05:14.047 --> 00:05:16.483 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% for Christ" by Lee Strobel. 00:05:16.483 --> 00:05:19.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Lee wrote that great book that's about, you know, evidence for 00:05:19.753 --> 00:05:21.454 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% the resurrection of Jesus. 00:05:21.454 --> 00:05:24.457 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Now, having told you how much I hated Jesus, and if anybody out 00:05:24.457 --> 00:05:26.793 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there watching knows what I'm talking about, that person that 00:05:26.793 --> 00:05:29.462 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you look at him, you go if there was ever an enemy of the cross, 00:05:29.462 --> 00:05:31.598 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% it's that guy, that was me. 00:05:31.598 --> 00:05:33.433 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So this is the most miraculous part of the story, because when 00:05:33.433 --> 00:05:36.002 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% they offered me the book, I didn't like cause an episode and 00:05:36.002 --> 00:05:37.337 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% kick him out of my house. 00:05:37.337 --> 00:05:40.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I was like, cool, whatever, give me this stupid book, and threw 00:05:40.473 --> 00:05:41.841 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% it in this room. 00:05:41.841 --> 00:05:44.244 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Fast forward, 3 o'clock in the morning, nobody's playing music 00:05:44.244 --> 00:05:47.013 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% softly in the corner, making everything I say sound more 00:05:47.013 --> 00:05:48.615 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% spiritual, you know? 00:05:48.615 --> 00:05:51.551 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% But it's the kindness of a very real God. 00:05:51.551 --> 00:05:54.487 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I mean, I had drugs on the side table next to me. 00:05:54.487 --> 00:05:57.190 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It is seemingly the most impossible place for somebody to 00:05:57.190 --> 00:06:00.026 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% get saved, might even be offensive to some. 00:06:00.026 --> 00:06:02.395 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% But in this room I knew God was there. 00:06:02.395 --> 00:06:05.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, I knew he was in the room, and I just remember being like, 00:06:05.198 --> 00:06:08.335 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God, I wanna give you my life, I wanna quit all this addiction, 00:06:08.335 --> 00:06:11.771 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% all this darkness, all this anger, all this depression. 00:06:11.771 --> 00:06:15.108 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I've known for so long, God, I want to, but there's no way, I 00:06:15.108 --> 00:06:16.476 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% can't do it. 00:06:16.476 --> 00:06:18.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And you have to understand at this point I've been in 00:06:18.845 --> 00:06:23.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% addiction for almost, you know, 12 years, over 11 years. 00:06:23.083 --> 00:06:26.987 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I couldn't imagine who I was without this, you know? 00:06:26.987 --> 00:06:30.657 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% This world that I've built around myself. 00:06:30.657 --> 00:06:33.260 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So when I said God I want to, but I can't, I meant it, and he 00:06:33.260 --> 00:06:38.765 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% knew it, and in a thought more powerful than words, I knew the 00:06:38.765 --> 00:06:41.101 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Holy Spirit was speaking something into me that changed 00:06:41.101 --> 00:06:45.472 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% me for the rest of my life, and it was this, "Stephen, you won't 00:06:45.472 --> 00:06:47.907 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% do it, I'll do it." 00:06:47.907 --> 00:06:50.277 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I didn't know it then, I know it now, this is Ephesians 00:06:50.277 --> 00:06:53.179 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% 2:8, you're saved by grace, this isn't something you can boast 00:06:53.179 --> 00:06:56.249 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% about, it's a work of God, he does it. 00:06:56.249 --> 00:06:57.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Now, there's something we can do. 00:06:57.751 --> 00:07:01.354 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% John 6:29 says the only work the Father asks of you, this is 00:07:01.354 --> 00:07:04.257 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus saying this, the only work the Father asks of you is 00:07:04.257 --> 00:07:05.625 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% to believe. 00:07:05.625 --> 00:07:06.960 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Randy: Believe, that's right. 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:08.328 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Stephen: And in that moment, that's what I did. 00:07:08.328 --> 00:07:11.831 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I mean, I took God at his word, I believed him like I believe 00:07:11.831 --> 00:07:16.069 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I'm breathing air right now, Randy, you know? 00:07:16.069 --> 00:07:18.571 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I fell on my knees, and I gave my life to Jesus, and I 00:07:18.571 --> 00:07:21.474 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% went from addiction to redemption, from meth addict to 00:07:21.474 --> 00:07:25.412 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% worship leader, from death to life, ugly crown on the floor, 00:07:25.412 --> 00:07:30.784 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% boogers coming out of my nose, and I just--the rest 00:07:30.784 --> 00:07:32.152 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% is history. 00:07:32.152 --> 00:07:34.921 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I literally went from this moment in this room where I quit 00:07:34.921 --> 00:07:37.624 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% everything overnight, which people hear that, and they say 00:07:37.624 --> 00:07:39.526 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you can't, you don't--I've had some people say you can't 00:07:39.526 --> 00:07:40.894 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% say that. 00:07:40.894 --> 00:07:43.129 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Oh, I can't lie either, this is what happened, but I will say 00:07:43.129 --> 00:07:45.098 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% this, be encouraged. 00:07:45.098 --> 00:07:48.034 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you're seeing this, and you're somebody who's struggling 00:07:48.034 --> 00:07:52.572 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% in addiction or whatever it is, if it takes you 6 times, 11 00:07:52.572 --> 00:07:55.175 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% times, whatever it is, and you fall at the feet of Jesus, and 00:07:55.175 --> 00:07:59.713 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you mean it, he's gonna use your story to draw people to him, 00:07:59.713 --> 00:08:02.749 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% because if you read the Gospels, Jesus never healed anyone the 00:08:02.749 --> 00:08:04.150 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% same way twice. 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:07.320 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Every story has a purpose, so be encouraged by that. 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:10.423 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: And, you know, I've seen with whether it's healing from 00:08:10.423 --> 00:08:14.694 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% trauma or freedom from drug addiction, all the things that 00:08:14.694 --> 00:08:19.099 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we struggle with, I've seen the instantaneous, and I've also 00:08:19.099 --> 00:08:24.237 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% seen that long walk like the Israelites took from their 00:08:24.237 --> 00:08:27.907 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% deliverance from slavery in Egypt, to get to the promised 00:08:27.907 --> 00:08:30.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% land they had to go through a desert, and it's because God had 00:08:30.343 --> 00:08:31.711 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% to teach them, so it doesn't-- 00:08:31.711 --> 00:08:34.914 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Stephen: I may have quit drugs overnight, but there was still 00:08:34.914 --> 00:08:37.917 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% plenty of other messed-up things to deal with me for years to 00:08:37.917 --> 00:08:42.288 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% come, but you know, probably the craziest thing is this. 00:08:42.288 --> 00:08:44.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% You give your life to Jesus, right? 00:08:44.157 --> 00:08:48.495 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's like a pebble in the ocean in that moment that begins to 00:08:48.495 --> 00:08:52.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% ripple out and becomes like a tsunami of grace and restoration 00:08:52.665 --> 00:08:55.969 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% hitting parts of your life you would have never imagined. 00:08:55.969 --> 00:08:59.339 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I knew that God was calling me in this moment to forgive 00:08:59.339 --> 00:09:00.673 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% my father. 00:09:00.673 --> 00:09:03.443 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now, at this moment, my dad hadn't physically like abused my 00:09:03.443 --> 00:09:06.679 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% mom or anything like that for over almost, you know, 10 years, 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% 11 years, that did not matter to me. 00:09:09.716 --> 00:09:13.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I honestly wish my mom would've left my dad, which you'll see in 00:09:13.086 --> 00:09:14.454 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% this book, right? 00:09:14.454 --> 00:09:17.223 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But she didn't for whatever reason, and if you're not safe, 00:09:17.223 --> 00:09:20.260 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% get safe if anybody's hearing this, I don't condone it, but 00:09:20.260 --> 00:09:22.996 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% she stayed with him, and I knew I needed to forgive him. 00:09:22.996 --> 00:09:24.364 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I went to forgive my dad. 00:09:24.364 --> 00:09:28.234 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It was not a--it's not a moment you'd put in a movie, okay? 00:09:28.234 --> 00:09:29.636 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% 'Cause I was--it was super-awkward. 00:09:29.636 --> 00:09:32.305 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I was just like, hey dad, we gotta talk, I forgive you for 00:09:32.305 --> 00:09:33.673 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% all the things. 00:09:33.673 --> 00:09:36.242 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He looks at me like a deer in headlights, and it's like, okay, 00:09:36.242 --> 00:09:37.744 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% thanks, and I leave the room. 00:09:37.744 --> 00:09:39.112 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% It was just totally awkward. 00:09:39.112 --> 00:09:40.847 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% There's no beam of light or a bird on my shoulder. 00:09:40.847 --> 00:09:42.415 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% It was just weird, right? 00:09:42.415 --> 00:09:45.452 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And fast forward, I knew God had done something, though, beyond 00:09:45.452 --> 00:09:46.986 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% what I experienced that moment. 00:09:46.986 --> 00:09:50.089 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My fiancée, which is my wife now, said, "Hey, I want your dad 00:09:50.089 --> 00:09:51.524 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% to baptize us." 00:09:51.524 --> 00:09:54.394 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And I'm like, I hate this idea, okay. 00:09:54.394 --> 00:09:57.130 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% On our way to get baptized, my wife and I got in the biggest 00:09:57.130 --> 00:10:02.001 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% screaming, cussing match ever on our way to get baptized. 00:10:02.001 --> 00:10:03.603 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% We knew God was up to something. 00:10:03.603 --> 00:10:05.472 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% We go, my dad baptizes us. 00:10:05.472 --> 00:10:10.376 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% My mom tells me later that my dad wept all night, because he 00:10:10.376 --> 00:10:14.214 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% was thinking can God actually restore what I've broken? 00:10:14.214 --> 00:10:17.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Fast forward a little bit more, my fiancée, about to be my wife, 00:10:17.183 --> 00:10:19.085 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% wants my dad to perform our wedding ceremony. 00:10:19.085 --> 00:10:21.287 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I'm starting to think this marriage is not gonna work 00:10:21.287 --> 00:10:23.022 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% out, Randy. 00:10:23.022 --> 00:10:25.258 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Anyways, my dad does it. 00:10:25.258 --> 00:10:28.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now, at this point, at the point of this interview with you right 00:10:28.228 --> 00:10:33.233 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% now, my dad's been passed from cancer, gosh, 12 years ago or 00:10:33.233 --> 00:10:37.637 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something, and I sat in the hospital room with him as--the 00:10:37.637 --> 00:10:39.072 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% hospice, and he's in a coma. 00:10:39.072 --> 00:10:41.274 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You know that point where people--if you know anybody 00:10:41.274 --> 00:10:44.377 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that's ever gone through this, they're in the state of a coma 00:10:44.377 --> 00:10:47.080 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% for some time, and the nurses and the doctors will tell you, 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:51.017 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hey, tell them it's okay to let go, and they usually will pass 00:10:51.017 --> 00:10:52.385 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% not too long after that. 00:10:52.385 --> 00:10:54.420 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% It's a really difficult moment. 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:58.124 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We've been doing this with my dad for a week or so, and I was 00:10:58.124 --> 00:11:00.927 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the only person in the room with him at one moment, and I see him 00:11:00.927 --> 00:11:04.664 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% struggling to breathe, and I think about when Peter comes to 00:11:04.664 --> 00:11:08.234 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus, and he says how many times should I forgive someone 00:11:08.234 --> 00:11:09.602 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% who's done something wrong? 00:11:09.602 --> 00:11:10.937 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Is it seven times? 00:11:10.937 --> 00:11:12.305 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% That seems like a lot. 00:11:12.305 --> 00:11:15.508 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jesus is like, no, 7 times 77, you just do it, you don't stop, 00:11:15.508 --> 00:11:18.244 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% you let it be complete, and you let it keep going. 00:11:18.244 --> 00:11:21.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So, I leaned into my dad one last time as he's in a coma, 00:11:21.514 --> 00:11:25.084 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with tears in my eyes for real, I just said, "Dad, I love you, 00:11:25.084 --> 00:11:29.956 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and I forgive you, really," and he breathed his last breath in 00:11:29.956 --> 00:11:33.826 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% that moment and left this--soul left his body. 00:11:33.826 --> 00:11:38.298 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And in that moment I knew that God was like--the most 00:11:38.298 --> 00:11:42.268 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus-like thing you and I can do on this side of eternity is 00:11:42.268 --> 00:11:43.803 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% to forgive. 00:11:43.803 --> 00:11:47.640 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It doesn't mean we condone things, but it means we take a 00:11:47.640 --> 00:11:50.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% debt, a legitimate debt that somebody owes us, and we rip 00:11:50.977 --> 00:11:52.345 align:start line:69% position:50% size:16% it up. 00:11:52.345 --> 00:11:54.113 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That doesn't always mean you're gonna be in a relationship with 00:11:54.113 --> 00:11:55.448 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% that person. 00:11:55.448 --> 00:11:58.151 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% That doesn't mean you have to keep doing life with them, but 00:11:58.151 --> 00:12:02.455 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% the most like Jesus you can be is to actually forgive. 00:12:02.455 --> 00:12:05.458 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, well, that's the greatest miracle that we have 00:12:05.458 --> 00:12:09.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that Jesus performed, because sin is what keeps us separated 00:12:09.095 --> 00:12:12.231 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% from God, and when Jesus came in and said that he had the power 00:12:12.231 --> 00:12:16.135 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% to forgive our sins, that's how we're--we are radically 00:12:16.135 --> 00:12:17.804 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% restored to God. 00:12:17.804 --> 00:12:19.172 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% So, yeah, absolutely. 00:12:19.172 --> 00:12:21.107 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I wanna show people your book real quick, because I didn't 00:12:21.107 --> 00:12:24.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% mention it at the top, "Radically Restored." 00:12:24.410 --> 00:12:26.179 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% This is Stephen's story. 00:12:26.179 --> 00:12:28.648 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% You can pick it up wherever you get books. 00:12:28.648 --> 00:12:31.417 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I love the foreword, it's by Lee Strobel, great guy, right? 00:12:31.417 --> 00:12:32.785 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Stephen: I read Lee's book, man. 00:12:32.785 --> 00:12:35.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I gotta tell you, imagine going back 20 years to the guy in that 00:12:35.455 --> 00:12:39.258 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% room, 3 o'clock in the morning, and being like, hey--like God's 00:12:39.258 --> 00:12:41.494 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% like, "Hey, 20 years or more from now you're gonna write a 00:12:41.494 --> 00:12:44.764 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% book, and the guy whose book you're reading will write the 00:12:44.764 --> 00:12:48.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% foreword, and I'm gonna use your story to reach more people." 00:12:48.368 --> 00:12:49.736 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% This is the kingdom. 00:12:49.736 --> 00:12:51.671 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Okay, now God's using your music to reach a lot of 00:12:51.671 --> 00:12:56.809 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people, and there's one song in particular that has really made 00:12:56.809 --> 00:12:58.211 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% an impact, "Come Jesus Come." 00:12:58.211 --> 00:13:01.080 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I would love to send you over to our other set 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.216 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% and let us hear that song, can we do that? 00:13:03.216 --> 00:13:04.651 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Stephen: Sure. 00:13:04.651 --> 00:13:06.252 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Randy: All right, this is "Come Jesus Come" 00:13:06.252 --> 00:13:08.421 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% by Stephen McWhirter. 00:13:08.421 --> 00:13:13.326 align:middle line:74% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:13:13.326 --> 00:13:18.898 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% ♪ Sometimes I fall ♪ 00:13:20.366 --> 00:13:24.037 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% ♪ To my knees and pray ♪ 00:13:27.674 --> 00:13:31.411 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:13:33.813 --> 00:13:38.017 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% ♪ Let today be the day ♪ 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:45.258 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Sometime I feel ♪ 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:52.265 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% ♪ Like I'm gonna break ♪ 00:13:54.167 --> 00:13:58.037 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% ♪ But I'm holding on ♪ 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:04.544 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% ♪ To a hope that won't fade ♪ 00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:12.552 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:14:13.953 --> 00:14:19.592 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% ♪ We've been waiting so long ♪ 00:14:20.727 --> 00:14:24.731 align:start line:85% position:50% size:65% ♪ For the day You return ♪ 00:14:24.731 --> 00:14:27.934 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% ♪ To heal every hurt ♪ 00:14:27.934 --> 00:14:34.474 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ And right every wrong ♪ 00:14:34.474 --> 00:14:39.612 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ We need you right now ♪ 00:14:40.880 --> 00:14:46.252 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% ♪ Come and turn this around ♪ 00:14:48.221 --> 00:14:51.791 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% ♪ Deep down I know ♪ 00:14:51.791 --> 00:14:55.061 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ This world isn't home ♪ 00:14:55.061 --> 00:15:00.900 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:15:01.734 --> 00:15:05.605 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:15:08.407 --> 00:15:12.445 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% ♪ One day He'll come ♪ 00:15:14.781 --> 00:15:18.785 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% ♪ And we'll stand face to face ♪ 00:15:21.487 --> 00:15:24.924 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% ♪ Come and lay it all down ♪ 00:15:27.794 --> 00:15:31.097 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% ♪ 'Cause it might be today ♪ 00:15:34.834 --> 00:15:39.572 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ The time is right now ♪ 00:15:41.374 --> 00:15:46.078 align:start line:85% position:46% size:68% ♪ There's no need to wait ♪ 00:15:48.181 --> 00:15:52.451 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% ♪ Your past will be washed ♪ 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.758 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% ♪ By rivers of grace ♪ 00:16:01.427 --> 00:16:05.865 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus Come ♪ 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:14.073 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% ♪ We've been waiting so long ♪ 00:16:14.073 --> 00:16:18.344 align:start line:85% position:50% size:65% ♪ For the day You return ♪ 00:16:18.344 --> 00:16:21.247 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% ♪ To heal every hurt ♪ 00:16:21.247 --> 00:16:27.954 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ And right every wrong ♪ 00:16:27.954 --> 00:16:34.160 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ We need you right now ♪ 00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:39.765 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% ♪ Come and turn this around ♪ 00:16:41.434 --> 00:16:44.537 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% ♪ Deep down I know ♪ 00:16:44.537 --> 00:16:48.040 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% ♪ This world isn't home ♪ 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:53.646 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:16:54.513 --> 00:17:00.052 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:05.758 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪ 00:17:11.030 --> 00:17:16.669 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% ♪ Come Jesus come ♪♪ 00:17:17.536 --> 00:17:27.546 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:17:27.546 --> 00:17:33.419 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:37.123 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Randy: Wow, Stephen, man, where'd that come from? 00:17:37.123 --> 00:17:40.960 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Stephen: My wife and I literally sat in our basement in 2020 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.664 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% weeping and reading Revelation, the last chapter. 00:17:44.664 --> 00:17:47.500 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That was during the pandemic, so maybe we were like this feels 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:50.436 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% like the end time, let's cram for the test, right? 00:17:50.436 --> 00:17:54.941 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But we were in Revelation 22, verse 20, where Jesus says, 00:17:54.941 --> 00:17:56.809 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% "Behold, I'm coming soon." 00:17:56.809 --> 00:17:59.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And then right after it says come Lord Jesus, and we were 00:17:59.645 --> 00:18:02.648 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% worshiping and just weeping, and we were singing what was the 00:18:02.648 --> 00:18:05.451 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% first verse of that song and all this stuff, and we were learning 00:18:05.451 --> 00:18:08.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% what it means to like really long for Jesus to return, like 00:18:08.354 --> 00:18:11.624 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% to love people better here and now towards that day, to build 00:18:11.624 --> 00:18:14.527 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% things that matter more here and now towards that day. 00:18:14.527 --> 00:18:16.996 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And we ended up finishing the song off with some really good 00:18:16.996 --> 00:18:19.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% friends of ours, Hank Bentley, Bryan Fowler. 00:18:19.198 --> 00:18:21.334 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% That was 6 years ago, right? 00:18:21.334 --> 00:18:23.703 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% At the time I was with a record label, and I brought them a 00:18:23.703 --> 00:18:25.538 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% song, and I was like, "Man, I feel like God's breathing 00:18:25.538 --> 00:18:26.872 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% on this." 00:18:26.872 --> 00:18:28.240 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% And they're like, "Nah, we'll pass." 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.642 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And they actually dropped me from my deal. 00:18:29.642 --> 00:18:31.010 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We will not mention who they were. 00:18:31.010 --> 00:18:32.611 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They dropped me from my deal like a couple of weeks later. 00:18:32.611 --> 00:18:35.214 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'm like, "Okay, Jesus, I just-- I guess this is just you and 00:18:35.214 --> 00:18:36.549 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% me," right? 00:18:36.549 --> 00:18:38.584 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And so that's what I did, singing to Jesus. 00:18:38.584 --> 00:18:42.288 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But we were putting like, you know, clips on TikTok and 00:18:42.288 --> 00:18:46.025 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Instagram and all these things, and at one point, like 4 years 00:18:46.025 --> 00:18:49.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% later after me just not giving up on what God wanted to do with 00:18:49.095 --> 00:18:51.030 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the song, and I mean I sent it to radio people, all kinds of-- 00:18:51.030 --> 00:18:55.067 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% crickets, nothing, and just some acoustic version of me singing 00:18:55.067 --> 00:18:58.270 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% goes viral, and next thing you know we're starting to get like 00:18:58.270 --> 00:19:01.040 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% 100 million views of this song, it's crazy. 00:19:01.040 --> 00:19:04.276 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so it was really a longing for Jesus to return. 00:19:04.276 --> 00:19:06.679 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Interesting, you know, and here's the beauty of it. 00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:10.249 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jesus, when he left, he sent the Holy Spirit to be with you, so 00:19:10.249 --> 00:19:12.585 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% the Holy Spirit's with you. 00:19:12.585 --> 00:19:16.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you want someone to pray with you, we've got people who would 00:19:16.222 --> 00:19:18.958 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% love to just pray with you, but God is with you, he hasn't 00:19:18.958 --> 00:19:20.326 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% left you. 00:19:20.326 --> 00:19:22.028 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% He'll never leave you or forsake you. 00:19:22.028 --> 00:19:24.563 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% That's the beauty of what Jesus has done for us. 00:19:24.563 --> 00:19:27.199 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But again, that phone number right there, if you just wanna 00:19:27.199 --> 00:19:29.668 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% talk to somebody, pick that up. 00:19:29.668 --> 00:19:34.040 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But I wanna show you an opportunity to be the expression 00:19:34.040 --> 00:19:39.045 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% of God in this world to help heal every hurt. 00:19:39.045 --> 00:19:41.013 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% You can do that today. 00:19:41.013 --> 00:19:44.683 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% By following Christ's example, reaching out and saying to 00:19:44.683 --> 00:19:50.656 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% someone that we care and we're gonna put our faith into action, 00:19:50.656 --> 00:19:52.658 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% watch this and you'll see how. 00:19:53.592 --> 00:20:01.600 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:04.537 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:20:04.537 --> 00:20:06.539 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:27.927 --> 00:20:30.963 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% announcer: Every day thousands of children are born with or 00:20:30.963 --> 00:20:35.501 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% grow up with physical conditions that are entirely correctable. 00:20:35.501 --> 00:20:38.337 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% For families, the impact is profound. 00:20:38.337 --> 00:20:41.740 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% Simple activities become discouraging, hope feels 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:45.911 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% distant, but the solution is not unknown. 00:20:45.911 --> 00:20:50.116 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Corrective surgeries can restore function, dignity, and hope. 00:20:50.449 --> 00:20:52.818 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Peter Kyalo: CURE does a lot of things, and one of them is 00:20:52.818 --> 00:20:58.157 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% really to touch people's lives, both spiritually, physically, 00:20:58.157 --> 00:21:02.995 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% just the ability to give people hope, the ability to be able to 00:21:02.995 --> 00:21:06.799 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% come to CURE, and the first thing that we do is actually 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:11.137 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% invite you in, give you a hug, say that we love you, and we do 00:21:11.137 --> 00:21:15.274 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% this because, actually, Christ asks us to do this. 00:21:15.274 --> 00:21:17.576 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% announcer: Our medical mission partners who perform these 00:21:17.576 --> 00:21:21.547 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% life-changing surgeries face a critical challenge, the urgent 00:21:21.547 --> 00:21:24.750 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% need to expand their surgical facilities so that children 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:28.521 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% requiring corrective care are not forced to wait. 00:21:28.521 --> 00:21:32.124 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% That is why Life Outreach International needs your help, 00:21:32.124 --> 00:21:35.661 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% so that together we can provide the resources necessary for this 00:21:35.661 --> 00:21:39.932 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% expansion and ensure that no child in need of surgery is ever 00:21:39.932 --> 00:21:41.934 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% turned away. 00:21:43.569 --> 00:21:47.940 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Randy: I want you to take a look again at those two children, 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:50.676 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% because what you saw at the end there was before and after. 00:21:50.676 --> 00:21:55.781 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% When you look at the before, you see how difficult it is for 00:21:55.781 --> 00:21:57.149 align:start line:85% position:48% size:38% those children. 00:21:57.149 --> 00:21:59.385 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% I don't know how they're walking, but they get around. 00:21:59.385 --> 00:22:00.819 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% But you know what? 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.188 align:start line:85% position:48% size:38% It's difficult. 00:22:02.188 --> 00:22:06.859 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% When you see those after pictures, the children running, 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:11.530 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% that is such a beautiful picture of what's happening right now 00:22:11.530 --> 00:22:15.134 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% with our partners there in Zimbabwe at that hospital. 00:22:15.134 --> 00:22:21.340 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% But listen, they need more space, they need more surgical 00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:24.043 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% rooms so that they can accommodate more children. 00:22:24.043 --> 00:22:27.880 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% Those doctors are so dedicated. 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:31.150 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Those brothers and sisters in Christ with you and I who are 00:22:31.150 --> 00:22:35.321 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% followers of Jesus, the first thing they do with a child who's 00:22:35.321 --> 00:22:40.793 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% coming in for surgery is they pray with them, they share God's 00:22:40.793 --> 00:22:45.531 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% love in word and deed, and that's why I so love 00:22:45.531 --> 00:22:47.066 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% this outreach. 00:22:47.066 --> 00:22:50.569 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% That is the calling of Life Outreach International, the word 00:22:50.569 --> 00:22:51.937 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% and the deed. 00:22:51.937 --> 00:22:55.007 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% We pray, we give them the medical attention that 00:22:55.007 --> 00:22:56.375 align:start line:85% position:50% size:25% they need. 00:22:56.375 --> 00:23:00.813 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% I love those doctors who say we are tools in God's hands, and 00:23:00.813 --> 00:23:02.181 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% you know what? 00:23:02.181 --> 00:23:07.786 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Their skill, their time, their expertise, they give freely. 00:23:07.786 --> 00:23:12.691 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Those children, the families of those children, they don't pay a 00:23:12.691 --> 00:23:14.493 align:start line:85% position:50% size:65% thing for those surgeries. 00:23:14.493 --> 00:23:19.031 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Their lives are changed because of the love of God and the 00:23:19.031 --> 00:23:21.700 align:start line:85% position:50% size:81% support of people just like you. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:25.204 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% But right now they are not able to have the full impact that 00:23:25.204 --> 00:23:30.109 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% they could have, and that's why we're coming to you today. 00:23:30.109 --> 00:23:35.514 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We want you to be a part of a $600,000 project, because that's 00:23:35.514 --> 00:23:39.818 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% what it'll take to renovate this hospital so that they can 00:23:39.818 --> 00:23:41.820 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% accommodate more children. 00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:43.889 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% They come from all over. 00:23:43.889 --> 00:23:48.160 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Zimbabwe is situated in southern Africa, right in the middle. 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:54.800 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% It has the potential to be a place of even greater impact if 00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:56.702 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% we can complete this project. 00:23:56.702 --> 00:24:00.973 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We're calling it the Hope for Children project, because that's 00:24:00.973 --> 00:24:03.075 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% exactly what it is. 00:24:03.075 --> 00:24:05.944 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% That's what I'm asking you to give today. 00:24:05.944 --> 00:24:08.681 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Will you go online, go to the phone, make the best gift 00:24:08.681 --> 00:24:10.015 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% you can? 00:24:10.015 --> 00:24:11.817 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% We have some gifts we'd love to put in your hands if you'd 00:24:11.817 --> 00:24:16.822 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% request it, but I want you to be a part of giving hope to so many 00:24:16.822 --> 00:24:19.558 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% children that desperately need it. 00:24:19.558 --> 00:24:23.529 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% It's somewhat simple for you and I, those doctors are doing the 00:24:23.529 --> 00:24:25.130 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% hard part. 00:24:25.130 --> 00:24:29.568 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We just need to come together right now quickly and say yes, 00:24:29.568 --> 00:24:31.303 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% we will reach that goal. 00:24:31.303 --> 00:24:34.473 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I'd love to reach it before the end of the television campaign. 00:24:34.473 --> 00:24:38.177 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Some of you can really help knock that out, but I pray that 00:24:38.177 --> 00:24:43.148 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% you would just say a quick prayer and do as God leads you. 00:24:43.148 --> 00:24:51.590 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% You can give hope, you can give a new opportunity at life for so 00:24:51.590 --> 00:24:53.325 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% many children. 00:24:53.325 --> 00:24:54.693 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Will you do it right now? 00:24:54.693 --> 00:24:57.262 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We really need to hear from you. 00:24:57.262 --> 00:25:00.933 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift that you can. 00:25:02.301 --> 00:25:04.636 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 00:25:04.636 --> 00:25:07.539 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:10.976 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:25:10.976 --> 00:25:14.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:25:14.413 --> 00:25:15.781 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:25:15.781 --> 00:25:17.983 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:25:17.983 --> 00:25:21.854 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 00:25:21.854 --> 00:25:26.158 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of renovation and expansion. 00:25:26.158 --> 00:25:29.828 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% With a $600,000 goal and only a 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