>> THIS PRESENTATION IS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS
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OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>> ONE DAY I THOUGHT,
'I JUST WANT TO GO TO SLEEP
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AND NEVER WAKE UP
AGAIN. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE?
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WHY NOT GET IT OVER WITH?
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WHY NOT KILL YOURSELF AND
SAVE YOURSELF ALL THE GRIEF
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THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH?'
AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE
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QUITE A BIT -
EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A
RISK WHEN ANYBODY STANDS UP AND
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SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME TALKING
ABOUT THEMSELVES - THAT THEY CAN
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SQUEEZE GOD OUT OF THE PICTURE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
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MY POINT IN DOING
THIS IS REALLY REDEMPTIVE.
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I'VE MADE A LOT OF MTAKES AND
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE WHAT
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I'VE FOUND IN MY SEARCHING.
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FIRST OF ALL, LET'S ESTABLISH
A FACT: EVERYBODY WANTS
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TO BE HAPPY AND
THAT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.
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GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY.
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WHEN GOD FIRST MADE THE
WORLD EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, GOOD,
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VERY GOOD.
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YOU READ IT THERE IN
GENESIS CHAPTERS 1 AND 2.
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THAT'S HIS PLAN.
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BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
HAPPINESS COMES FROM RICHES AND
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FAME - OR AS WE SOMETIMES
SAY, 'FAME AND FORTUNE.'
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WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM
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FAME AND FROM FORTUNE.
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I GREW UP IN AN UNUSUAL FAMILY
WITH SOME VERY OPPOSITE PARENTS.
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THEY HAD A PRETTY FIERY
RELATIONSHIP - LASTED LONG
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ENOUGH FOR MY
BROTHER AND I TO COME ALONG.
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BUT MAYBE I'LL START WITH
DAD. HE LEFT HOME VERY YOUNG,
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GOT INVOLVED DURING
WORLD WAR - WELL HE LEARNED TO
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FLY BEFORE THE WAR, SO AS THE
WAR BEGAN HE ALREADY ENTERED IN
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THE AVIATION BUSINESS AND HE
WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE AIR FORCE
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DURING WORLD WAR II, HE
WAS FLYING ON D-DAY, AND -
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A VERY TALENTED PILOT.
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HE NOT ONLY WAS AN
INSTRUCTOR, BUT HE COULD FLY
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JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
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AFTER THE WAR HE BEGAN TO
BUY AND SELL AIRPLANES AND
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HE STARTED A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES.
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HERE'S AN ARTICLE 'GEORGE
BATCHELOR MOST - PRESIDENT OF
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INTERNATIONAL AIR LEASES MOST
INFLUENTIAL PERSON OF THE YEAR.'
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THAT WAS 1995. YOU'D
THINK WITH ALL THAT MONEY
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THAT HE'D BE HAPPY,
BUT HE WASN'T HAPPY.
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THERE WAS A LOT OF
STRESS IN HIS LIFE.
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IT SEEMS LIKE YOU NEVER THINK
IT'S ENOUGH. YOU'RE DRIVEN.
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YOU MAKE MONEY AND THEN YOU
END UP BEING A SLAVE TO YOUR
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BUSINESSES AND A SLAVE TO YOUR
MONEY AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO
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TAKE IT AND IT JUST
BECOMES A VERY STRESSFUL LIFE.
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JESUS SAID, 'A MAN'S LIFE DOES
NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE
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OF THINGS HE POSSESSES.
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WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU
GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE
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YOUR SOUL?'
HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM
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EARTHLY TREASURE - YOU WON'T
KEEP IT, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH
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YOU, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
A HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL.
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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH Y.
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NOW, MY MOTHER, ON THE
OTHER HAND, LIKE I SAID,
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VERY DIFFERENT.
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SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
- JEWISH - BORN IN NEW YORK,
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MY MOTHER WAS IN SHOW BUSINESS
AND SHE WAS A FILM CRITIC FOR
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'GOOD MORNING AMERICA'
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SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE FILM CRITICS ORGANIZATION
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THAT'S STILL - FOUNDED
IT AND WAS PRESIDENT AND -
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WELL, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT
MOM WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
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CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK CITY.
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I WAS BORN IN BURBANK,
CALIFORNIA - THAT'S WHERE DAD
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HAD HIS AIRCRAFT BUSINESS
- AND BY - THEY DIVORCED
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WHEN I WAS THREE.
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LIKE I SAID, THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WAS VERY TEMPESTUOUS.
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SO MOM MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY,
MY BROTHER AND I MOVED THERE TO
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JOIN HER AND WE LIVED RIGHT
IN MANHATTAN - 81ST STREET,
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ON THE WEST SIDE AND 51ST STREET
ON THE EAST SIDE AND MOM WAS SO
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BUSY THAT WE OFTEN
ROAMED THE STREETS BY OURSELVES.
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I MEAN, I REMEMBER BEING SEVEN
- EIGHT YEARS OLD - NINE YEARS
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OLD, JT GOING UP TO 42ND
STREET BY MYSELF AND PLAYING.
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THEY USED TO HAVE THESE
PENNY ARCADES BACK THEN WHERE
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YOU COULD PLAY.
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MOM WAS SO BUSY - SINGLE MOTHER
TRYING TO DEVELOP HER CAREER AND
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WORKING VERY HARD - THAT I BEGAN
TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL.
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I WENT TO 14
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS GROWING UP.
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BUT IN SPITE OF ALL THAT
WAS GOING ON, I WAS ALWAYS
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WONDERING, 'WHAT IS
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?'
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AND I REMEMBER THAT I THOUGHT,
'LOOK, MONEY DOESN'T MAKE YOU
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HAPPY, FAME DOESN'T MAKE YOU
HAPPY' - I'D SEE ALL THE PEOPLE
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RUNNING AROUND IN NEW YORK
CITY - THEY ALL LOOKED UNHAPPY.
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I THOUGHT, 'WE JUST DIE
AND TURN BACK INTO FERTILIZER.
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WHAT'S THE PURPOSE?
WHY NOT GET IT OVER WITH?
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WHY NOT KILL YOURSELF AND
SAVE YOURSELF ALL THE GRIEF THAT
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PEOPLE GO THROUGH?' AND
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE
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QUITE A BIT EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER.
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FINALLY, I STARTED THINKING,
'LOOK, INSTEAD OF DOING
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SOMETHING BORING LIKE JUST
KILLING YOURSELF, WHY DON'T YOU
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DIE WITH SOME EXCITEMENT?'
AND SO I THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING
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TO DO AS MANY EXCITING
THINGS AS I CAN BEFORE I DIE.
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AND SO, MY WHOLE
PHILOSOPHY CHANGED.
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I JUST THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING TO
SEE HOW CLOSE TO THE EDGE I CAN
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GET' AND I STARTED
BEING AS CRAZY AS I COULD BE.
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I WAS JUST TRYING
TO FIND SOME PURPOSE.
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I WAS ABOUT AS MIXED UP
AS ANY KID COULD BE BACK
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DURING THIS TIME.
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AND THE VALUES I WAS GETTING
FROM HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT I WAS
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SEEING AT HOME WERE NOT HELPING.
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WELL, THE FIRST TIME I
RAN AWAY FROM HOME I WAS 13.
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AND I WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL
- AND I'M CONDENSING A LOT OF
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THINGS - I GOT INTO A LOT OF
TROUBLE - DRINKING AND DRUGS.
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LAST TIME I LEFT HOME I WAS 15
AND I MOVED UP TO BOSTON - GOT
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INVOLVED WITH ALL THE
WRONG PEOPLE - USING DRUGS AND
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DRINKING AND
ALCOHOL AND STEALING.
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I WAS NOW STEALING CARS.
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I MEAN, I'D STEAL A CAR AND WE'D
PULL UP TO A POLICEMAN AND ASK
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FOR DIRECTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE
THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FUN TO GET
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INTO A HIGH-SPEED CHASE AND
WE WERE JUST LIVING RLLY CRAZY
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BACK THEN.
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AND I HAD A PART-TIME JOB WHILE
I WAS IN BOSTON - I'M ONLY 16
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YEARS OLD NOW - AS A SECURITY
GUARD, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.
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HERE I AM BREAKING INTO HOMES
AND ON THE SIDE - I'VE GOT A
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DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT SAYS
I'M 18 - AND I'M WALKING AROUND
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FEELING LIKE A BIG SHOT IN
BOSTON AND BREAKING INTO HOMES
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AND STEALING AND I MET A FRIEND
WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS AND HE
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WAS A SECURITY GUARD AND HE
FOUND OUT THAT I WAS STEALING -
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HIS NAME WAS JERRY - I
SAID, 'OH JERRY, ARE YOU GOING
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TO TURN ME IN?' I
NEVER STOLE FROM THE PLACES
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I WAS GUARDING BECAUSE
THEY PAID ME AND TRUSTED ME -
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I HAD SOME ETHICS.
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WELL, THIS FRIEND TOLD ME,
'EVERYTHING YOU DO GOD SEES AND'
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- HE SAID - 'YOUR
KARMA'S GOING TO GET YOU.'
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HE WAS INTO THESE
EASTERN RELIGIONS.
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I SAID, 'AH, THERE'S NO GOD.'
I SAID, 'I STOLE THAT TV AND
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I GOT RID OF IT AND NOTHING
HAPPENED TO ME AND NOTHING'S
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GOING TO HAPPEN.'
HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.'
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AND NOT TOO LONG AFTER HE
TOLD ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY
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APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND MY DOOR
WAS OPEN AND I LOOKED AND MY
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TELEVISION WAS
GONE - AND MY RADIO.
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AND I WAS MAD.
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I CALLED THE POLICE RIGHT AWAY.
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I WANTED TO FIND OUT - AND I
STARTED WATCHING AND EVERYTHING
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I DID SEEMED TO BACKFIRE.
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I'D BREAK INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE
AND I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND
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I'D BRING IT BACK - AND
MY FRIENDS WERE ALL THIEVES -
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THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME.
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EVERYTHING I'D DO WAS
HAPPENING BACK TO ME AND I SAID,
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'THERE MUST BE A GOD.'
I COULD TELL YOU A HUNDRED
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STORIES LIKE THAT - WHERE
THE LORD WAS LETTING ME KNOW
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THAT HE WAS THERE.
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SO I BEGAN TO SURF AROUND THE TV
CHANNELS SUNDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT
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CHRISTIANITY HAD TO
OFFER AND I'D HEAR ALL THESE
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TELEVANGELISTS BEGGING FOR MONEY
AND GOING THROUGH THESE PHONY -
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WHAT LOOKED LIKE PHONY
HEALING SERVICES TO ME.
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AND YOU KNOW, MY
MOTHER WAS IN SHOW BUSINESS.
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SHE WAS AN ACTRESS AND SO IT WAS
A LITTLE EASIER, MAYBE FOR ME,
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TO SPOT WHEN SOMEONE WAS ACTING
AND SOME OF THIS STUFF SEEMED
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A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS.
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SO I JUST KEPT SEARCHING AND
THEN I BEGAN TO GET INVOLVED IN
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SOME OF THE EASTERN RELIGIS.
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AND I JUST TOOK OFF AND
GOT INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING -
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I MEAN I GOT INVOLVED
IN BUDDHISM - TRIED TO
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LEARN WHAT I COULD AND I READ
ABOUT THE BUDDHA AND SIDDHARTHA.
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GOT INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT
IN TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION
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AND HINDUISM.
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I GOT INVOLVED IN YOGA AND I
CAN STILL DO SOME OF THOSE YOGA
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EXERCISES - TRYING TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH WAS.
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I ALREADY HAD SOME JEWISH ROOTS
SO I TOSSED IN A LITTLE BIT OF
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JUDAISM - I SORT OF MADE
A POTLUCK - INVENTED MY OWN
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RELIGION.
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BECAUSE I FIGURED, 'YOU KNOW,
THERE'S PROBABLY SOME GOOD IN
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ALL OF THEM AND I'M GOING TO
JUST TAKE THE GOOD FROM ALL OF
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THEM AND MAKE MY OWN.' BUT
MY BRAIN WAS NOT A VERY GOOD
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GUIDE OF WHAT TRUTH WAS AND
I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL SO I
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SPRINKLED IN A
LITTLE CATHOLICISM INTO IT.
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AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS TRUTH?
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AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL.
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I WOULD BE IN A BAR TALKING
ABOUT GOD ALL NIGHT LONG.
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OR BE HIGH WITH MY
FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT GOD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING
BACK NOW IT'S SORT OF ABSURD
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TO THINK ABOUT IT.
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DURING THIS TIME, WHILE I WAS
LIVING IN BOSTON, MY DAD STOPPED
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IN BOSTON - HE WAS ON A BUSINESS
TRIP - AND HE CAME AND I TOOK
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HIM TO LUNCH AND HE
SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE WASTING
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YOUR LIFE.' HE SAID,
'YOU'RE BROTHER'S SICK.' -
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HE SAID - 'I'VE
GOT THIS BUSINESS.
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I'M SUCCESSFUL.' - HE
SAID - 'YOU'RE HEALTHY.'
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU'RE
THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO GET AN EDUCATION.
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PLEASE GO BACK TO SCHOOL.' -
HE SAID - 'LOOK, LET ME TELL YOU
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WHAT I FOUND.' - HE
SAID - 'YOU'RE JUST LIVING
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LIKE THIS IN
BOSTON - IT'S A MESS.' -
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HE SAID - 'I'VE FOUND A SCHOOL.'
AND HE SAID, 'THIS SCHOOL
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IS ON A BOAT.
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THERE'S GIRLS ON THE BOAT'
- HE SAID - 'YOU GET TO SAIL
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AROUND THE WORLD.
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YOU GO WATER
SKIING AND SCUBA DIVING.'
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU WON'T HAVE
TO WORK YOURSELF TO DEATH LIKE
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YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. -
HE SAID - 'I'LL PAY FOR IT.' -
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VERY EXPENSIVE SCHOOL.
AND HE WAS PLEADING WITH ME.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I
JUST COULDN'T TELL HIM NO.
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HE THEN PUT ME ON A
PLANE WITH HIM TO MILAN, ITALY.
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FLEW ME TO ITALY, TOOK ME TO
THIS BOAT, HANDED ME OVER TO THE
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CAPTAIN - THE SCHOOL YEAR
HAD ALREADY STARTED - IT WAS
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PARTWAY THROUGH THE YEAR ALREADY
- AND AFTER HE LEFT I FOUND OUT
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I HAD BEEN TRICKED.
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THIS SCHOOL - AND IT HAD A LOT
OF WHAT HE HAD ADVERTISED - BUT
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IT WAS A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN
OF VERY WEALTHY POLITICIANS AND
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PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA WHOSE
KIDS MAYBE WERE GETTING MIXED UP
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IN DRUGS OR SOME KIND OF CULT
TO TRY AND HELP ISOLATE THEM
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FROM THESE BAD INFLUENCES
AND TO ALSO TEACH THEM
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AND STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT -
SET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
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AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I'D
BEEN TRICKED LIKE THIS - THEY
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TAKE AWAY YOUR PASSPORT -
AND IF YOU GET ARRESTED IN
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TURKEY OR ITALY AND - THERE'S
NOTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO.
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SO THEY PUT THE FEAR IN
US - I COULDN'T RUN AWAY -
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AS SOON AS I GOT BACK TO FLORIDA
- OH DAD DID TAKE ME - AS SOON
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AS I GOT BACK HE WAS IN A
GOOD MOOD BECAUSE HE HEARD I WAS
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DOING VERY WELL - HE TOOK
THE WHOLE FAMILY SNOW SKIING IN
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CANADA AND THEN AFTER THE WINTER
TRIP, WHEN IT GOT TIME TO GO
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BACK TO THE SCHOOL, I SOLD MY
BROTHER EVERYTHING I HAD, WHICH
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WASN'T MUCH, GOT SOME MONEY AND
I LEFT FLORIDA AND I TOOK OFF -
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TOOK A BUS PART OF THE WAY -
I GOT STUCK IN - OH WHERE WAS I?
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I WAS IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
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I HAD BEEN DRINKING AND PLAYING
POOL AND I LOST ALL MY MONEY -
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VERY RELIGIOUS - GOT
STUCK IN OKLAHOMA AND I STOOD ON
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ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES
THAT CROSSES NORTH AMERICA -
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IT'S CALLED INTERSTATE 40.
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AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT
HITCHHIKING IS - YOU STAND OUT
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THERE ON THE ROAD AND YOU
GO LIKE THIS AND YOU BASICALLY
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BEG FOR A RIDE. AND I
STOOD THERE FOR HOURS.
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NOW I'M WEARING FLORIDA
CLOTHING AND IT'S WINTERTIME.
00:12:25.97\00:12:28.38
AND IT'S VERY COLD.
00:12:28.41\00:12:30.55
AND IT'S FREEZING WEATHER
AND I'M JUST SHAKING VIOLENTLY.
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I'M 16 YEARS OLD.
I'M SICK FROM DRINKING.
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I'VE GOT NO MONEY LEFT.
00:12:36.69\00:12:37.85
I'M ALL ALONE ON THIS HIGHWAY
AND I STOOD THERE FOR HOURS.
00:12:37.89\00:12:41.16
AND YOU GET SO DESPERATE AT
TIMES, I JUST ABOUT GOT ON MY
00:12:41.19\00:12:43.96
KNEES - I WOULD - I'D GO LIKE
THIS AND I'D BEG WHEN PEOPLE
00:12:43.99\00:12:45.93
WENT BY - FOR A RIDE.
00:12:45.96\00:12:48.30
AND FINALLY I PRAYED AND I
ASKED THE LORD FOR FOUR THINGS.
00:12:48.33\00:12:57.17
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
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I KNEW A COUPLE OF MEMORIZED
JEWISH PRAYERS AND I KNEW THE
00:13:01.88\00:13:05.05
LORD'S PRAYER AND HAIL MARY BUT,
I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
00:13:05.08\00:13:07.78
HOW TO PRAY ON MY OWN.
00:13:07.82\00:13:09.48
AND SO - AND I DIDN'T REALLY
FEEL RIGHT APPROACHING GOD
00:13:09.52\00:13:13.92
BECAUSE I SAID, 'LORD, FIRST
THING IS I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE
00:13:13.96\00:13:17.69
A LOT OF BAD THINGS,
BUT I NEED YOUR HELP.'
00:13:17.73\00:13:20.53
AND I'M NOT UNDERSTATING IT,
I WAS A ROTTEN KID - SELFISH -
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I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
CARED ABOUT ME SO I DIDN'T
00:13:26.67\00:13:29.14
CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.
00:13:29.17\00:13:30.81
SO I PRAYED - I
SAID, 'LORD PLEASE HELP ME.
00:13:30.84\00:13:33.54
I NEED SOME MONEY' - I WAS BROKE
- I SAID, 'I NEED SOME FOOD.
00:13:33.58\00:13:39.98
I'M HUNGRY.' AND I'M TOO PROUD,
TOO STUBBORN TO ASK MY DAD FOR
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ANYTHING NOW - I DIDN'T
WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SCHOOL.
00:13:43.45\00:13:45.79
AND I PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD GIVE
ME A RIDE TO WHERE I WAS GOING.
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AND THE FOURTH THING I
PRAYED FOR WAS A RIDE WITH
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SOMEONE NORMAL.
00:13:51.96\00:13:53.53
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE
ON THE ROAD HITCHHIKING - I GOT
00:13:53.56\00:13:55.36
PICKED UP BY SOME REAL ZINGERS.
00:13:55.40\00:13:57.03
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
HITCHHIKE THEY'VE GOT A SAYING,
00:13:57.07\00:13:59.73
'ONLY CRAZY PEOPLE AND
CHRISTIANS WILL PICK YOU UP.
00:13:59.77\00:14:02.50
SO I PRAYED.
00:14:02.54\00:14:03.94
I SAID, 'LORD, PLEASE GIVE
ME A RIDE WITH SOMEONE NORMAL.'
00:14:03.97\00:14:06.47
I'D BEEN STANDING
THERE FOR EIGHT HOURS.
00:14:06.51\00:14:08.18
THE NEXT VEHICLE
TO GO BY STOPPED.
00:14:08.21\00:14:10.18
IT WAS A WHITE VAN.
00:14:10.21\00:14:11.65
THE MAN PICKED ME UP, HE TOOK ME
2,000 MILES TO THE DOOR OF WHERE
00:14:11.68\00:14:16.72
I WAS GOING IN CALIFORNIA.
00:14:16.75\00:14:18.39
HE FED ME ALL THE WAY OUT - I
DIDN'T ASK HIM TO - HE GAVE ME
00:14:18.42\00:14:23.43
$40.00 WHEN HE DROPPED ME OFF
- THAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR - I ALSO
00:14:23.46\00:14:27.50
DID NOT ASK HIM TO PREACH TO
ME ALL THE WAY FROM OKLAHOMA TO
00:14:27.50\00:14:30.80
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
00:14:30.83\00:14:32.97
HE WAS A BORN-AGAIN
CHRISTIAN AND HE THOUGHT
00:14:33.00\00:14:35.24
I SHOULD BE ONE TOO.
00:14:35.27\00:14:36.84
AND SO, HE WAS JUST
PREACHING AWAY AND TELLING ME
00:14:36.87\00:14:39.37
ABOUT THE LORD.
00:14:39.41\00:14:41.31
BUT I THOUGHT THE
BIBLE WAS A FAIRY TALE.
00:14:41.34\00:14:43.28
I SAID, 'MY MOTHER USED TO SAY
THAT'S A COLLECTION OF FABLES.'
00:14:43.31\00:14:45.28
SO NOW I WAS GOING TO
FIND GOD THROUGH NATURE.
00:14:45.31\00:14:48.18
SO I MOVED UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS
OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS,
00:14:48.22\00:14:52.22
CALIFORNIA.
00:14:52.25\00:14:53.42
THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE
MY BROTHER TOOK WHEN HE CAME TO
00:14:53.46\00:14:55.56
VISIT ME ONE TIME. WAY BACK
UP IN THESE DESERT MOUNTAINS -
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THERE WAS A CAVE.
00:14:59.39\00:15:02.03
I HAD FOUND IT WHEN I WAS
HITCHHIKING AROUND WHEN I WAS 15
00:15:02.06\00:15:04.73
- WHEN I WAS ROAMING AROUND
THE COUNTRY WITH A FRIEND.
00:15:04.77\00:15:07.74
BUT THE MIRACLE IS THAT
WHEN I MOVED UP INTO THE CAVE,
00:15:07.77\00:15:11.14
THERE WAS A BIBLE IN THE CAVE.
00:15:11.17\00:15:13.64
AND WHEN I FIRST SAW IT UP THERE
I THOUGHT, 'WELL, LOOK AT THAT.
00:15:13.68\00:15:16.81
SOMEONE LEFT A BIBLE'
- THIS IS NOT THE BIBLE -
00:15:16.85\00:15:19.05
I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S INTERESTING.'
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER LIVING
00:15:19.08\00:15:23.42
THERE I KEPT RUNNING INTO THESE
HALF HIPPIE HALF CHRISTIANS IN
00:15:23.45\00:15:27.76
PALM SPRINGS - WE CALLED THEM
JESUS FREAKS BACK THEN - AND
00:15:27.79\00:15:30.83
THEY'D COME UP TO YOU AND
SAY, 'DO YOU KNOW THE LORD?
00:15:30.86\00:15:33.19
HAVE YOU BEEN
WASHED IN THE BLOOD?'
00:15:33.23\00:15:34.73
AND I'M GOING, 'I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IN THE WORLD THESE GUYS
00:15:34.76\00:15:36.43
ARE TALKING ABOUT.' SO
I THOUGHT, I'D BETTER READ
00:15:36.46\00:15:38.47
THE BIBLE SO I CAN ARGUE WITH
THEM BECAUSE I FELT IGNORANT.
00:15:38.50\00:15:40.57
I'D GOTTEN INTO ALL THESE OTHER
RELIGIONS AND I READ WIDELY
00:15:40.60\00:15:42.60
ON ALL THE DIFFERENT
EASTERN RELIGIONS, BUT I'D NEVER
00:15:42.64\00:15:45.64
READ THE BIBLE.
00:15:45.67\00:15:46.98
I THOUGHT I KNEW
ABOUT IT BUT I DIDN'T.
00:15:47.01\00:15:48.64
AND SO, I WENT BACK UP TO
THE CAVE AND I STARTED READING
00:15:48.68\00:15:52.68
GENESIS AND EXODUS AND I
GOT A LITTLE BOGGED DOWN WHEN I
00:15:52.71\00:15:55.95
GOT TO NUMBERS.
00:15:55.98\00:15:58.29
AND I TALKED TO A CHRISTIAN AND
THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU OUGHT TO
00:15:58.32\00:16:01.06
GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.'
AND THEY HELPED ME LOCATE THAT
00:16:01.09\00:16:03.16
AND THEN I READ
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN.
00:16:03.19\00:16:06.73
AND AFTER READING THROUGH
THE GOSPELS - AND I WENT TO THE
00:16:06.76\00:16:09.33
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND I
SAID, 'DID JESUS REALLY LIVE?
00:16:09.36\00:16:11.67
I THOUGHT HE WAS A
MYTH.' ALL OF THEM SAY
00:16:11.70\00:16:14.14
HE'S A REAL FIGURE OF HISTORY.
HISTORY IS DATED FROM HIS BIRTH.
00:16:14.17\00:16:17.67
AND I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING
BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'I'VE ONLY
00:16:17.71\00:16:20.64
GOT A COUPLE OF CHOICES HERE.'
AND SO AS I WAS GOING ALONG
00:16:20.68\00:16:26.82
I FINALLY SAID, 'I'VE
GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.
00:16:26.85\00:16:29.12
EITHER JESUS WAS
CRAZY, OR HE WAS A LIAR,
00:16:29.15\00:16:36.16
OR HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
00:16:36.19\00:16:37.79
YOU'VE ONLY GOT
THOSE THREE OPTIONS.'
00:16:37.83\00:16:39.33
I SAID, 'WELL,
HE CAN'T BE CRAZY.'
00:16:39.36\00:16:43.26
BECAUSE AS I'M READING
THROUGH THE BIBLE THE GREATEST
00:16:43.30\00:16:45.07
WISDOM OF THE AGES WAS
IN THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
00:16:45.10\00:16:48.30
AND HE CAN'T BE A LIAR BECAUSE
HE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE
00:16:48.34\00:16:54.84
TRUTH AND SAVE HIMSELF IF HE
WANTED TO LIE, BUT HE TREASURED
00:16:54.88\00:16:59.55
THE TRUTH SO MUCH THAT HE WAS
WILLING TO DIE RATHER THAN TO
00:16:59.58\00:17:03.92
SPEAK A FALSEHOOD.
00:17:03.95\00:17:06.02
AND JUST - YOU KNOW AS YOU READ
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS IT JUST
00:17:06.05\00:17:08.09
RESONATES WITH EVERYBODY
- HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
00:17:08.12\00:17:12.63
SO MY ONLY OPTION WAS
THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD.
00:17:12.66\00:17:17.73
AND THEN I REALLY HAD A STRUGGLE
- I THOUGHT, 'WHAT DO I DO
00:17:17.77\00:17:21.00
WITH THIS?' I
READ WHERE PILATE SAID,
00:17:21.04\00:17:22.67
'WHAT WILL I DO WITH JESUS?'
AND I REALLY HEARD THE LORD
00:17:22.70\00:17:25.77
ASKING ME THAT - WHAT AM
I GOING TO DO WITH JESUS?
00:17:25.81\00:17:28.74
IT WAS KIND OF A STRUGGLE
FOR ME BECAUSE WITH MY JEWISH
00:17:28.78\00:17:30.81
BACKGROUND, WE THOUGHT
CHRISTIANS - THEY WERE ALWAYS
00:17:30.85\00:17:33.28
PERSECUTING THE JEWS AND YOU'RE
SORT OF DISOWNED FROM YOUR
00:17:33.31\00:17:35.25
JEWISH FAMILY IF YOU ACCEPT
CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST
00:17:35.28\00:17:37.99
LIKE A BETRAYAL.
00:17:38.02\00:17:40.16
BUT I SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, THIS IS THE TRUTH.
00:17:40.19\00:17:43.16
HE WAS THE MESSIAH.'
AND SO, I GOT ON MY KNEES UP
00:17:43.19\00:17:47.13
THERE IN THE CAVE AND I SAID,
'LORD, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING.
00:17:47.20\00:17:51.40
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.'
- I SAID - 'MY LIFE'S
00:17:51.43\00:17:53.03
A BIG ZERO.' AND
I'LL TELL YOU FRIENDS,
00:17:53.07\00:17:54.84
I'M NOT EXAGGERATING - YOU THINK
ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE, YOU DON'T
00:17:54.87\00:17:57.57
GET MUCH LOWER THAN I WAS.
00:17:57.61\00:17:59.27
I'M LIVING LIKE A HERMIT UP
IN THE MOUNTAINS - I'D GO DAYS
00:17:59.31\00:18:01.98
WITHOUT SEEING ANYBODY.
00:18:02.01\00:18:03.41
I WANTED TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM
PEOPLE AS I COULD BECAUSE I JUST
00:18:03.45\00:18:05.65
COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE.
00:18:05.68\00:18:07.75
SO THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE I WAS
LEFT WITH IS I GOT ON MY KNEES
00:18:07.78\00:18:10.29
AND SAID, 'LORD, WILL
YOU COME INTO MY HEART?
00:18:10.32\00:18:13.19
WILL YOU CHANGE ME?
00:18:13.22\00:18:14.96
WILL YOU GIVE ME
SOME PURPOSE FOR LIVING?'
00:18:14.99\00:18:16.66
AND RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED,
I KNOW THE LORD ACCEPTED ME
00:18:16.69\00:18:19.33
AND I FELT SO EXCITED.
00:18:19.36\00:18:22.00
I JUST KNEW THAT I HAD PEACE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LIFE
00:18:22.03\00:18:24.30
JUST COMPLETELY BEGAN TO
TURN AROUND - AND I SAW SO MANY
00:18:24.33\00:18:26.67
MIRACLES, FRIENDS.
00:18:26.70\00:18:28.17
I'D BE PANHANDLING ON THE
STREET AND I'D SAY, 'LORD,
00:18:28.20\00:18:31.47
I HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.
00:18:31.51\00:18:32.94
YOU SAID THAT IF WE PRAY THAT
YOU'LL GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT.
00:18:32.97\00:18:36.78
AND LORD, IT WOULD BE NICE,
WHILE I'M ASKING, IF WE COULD
00:18:36.81\00:18:39.85
GET FOUR DOLLARS SO THAT WE
COULD MAYBE GO TO A RESTAURANT.'
00:18:39.88\00:18:42.12
A LADY WALKS UP, HANDS US
FOUR DOLLARS, AND WALKS AWAY.
00:18:42.15\00:18:44.82
CATCH THIS - I'M UP IN THE
CAVE AND I SAY, 'LORD, THIS IS
00:18:44.85\00:18:51.49
SUCH GOOD NEWS I
WANT TO TELL THE WORLD.
00:18:51.53\00:18:52.99
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE
REAL AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
00:18:53.03\00:18:56.03
AND I SAID, HOW
CAN I TELL EVERYBODY?
00:18:56.06\00:18:58.23
I'M A HERMIT, I LIVE IN A
CAVE BUT LORD, IF YOU GIVE ME A
00:18:58.27\00:18:59.90
CHANCE I'LL TELL PEOPLE
WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
00:18:59.93\00:19:01.80
SO I GO TO TOWN AND I CALL MY
MOM WHO LIVES IN BEVERLY HILLS -
00:19:01.84\00:19:05.51
I USED TO CALL HER EVERY NOW AND
THEN - COLLECT BECAUSE I DIDN'T
00:19:05.54\00:19:08.94
HAVE A PHONE - AND SHE SAYS,
'DOUG, ARE YOU GOING TO BE UP AT
00:19:08.98\00:19:12.58
YOUR CAVE FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS?'
00:19:12.61\00:19:14.32
AND I SAID, 'YEAH,
WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?'
00:19:14.35\00:19:15.55
SHE SAID, 'I'VE GOT A PRODUCER
FROM NBC THAT WANTS TO FLY UP TO
00:19:15.58\00:19:19.52
YOUR CAVE AND DO AN
INTERVIEW.' I SAID, 'WHAT?'
00:19:19.55\00:19:23.79
SHE SAID, 'YEAH, I WAS HAVING
LUNCH WITH TOM APPLEGATE AND I
00:19:23.83\00:19:26.49
TOLD HIM THAT MY SON'S DAD'S
A MILLIONAIRE AND HE'S LIVING
00:19:26.53\00:19:30.63
IN A CAVE.' HE SAID,
'OH, THAT'D BE A GREAT
00:19:30.67\00:19:33.27
HUMAN INTEREST STORY.' SO
I MEET MY MOM AT THE AIRPORT,
00:19:33.30\00:19:36.47
THEY CLIMB IN A HELICOPTER, FLY
UP THERE - THIS IS THE NEWS CREW
00:19:36.50\00:19:40.48
IN MY CAVE - THEY VIDEOTAPE, FOR
NBC, THIS HUMAN INTEREST STORY
00:19:40.51\00:19:44.58
AND THEY ASK YOU, 'SO
WHY ARE YOU LIVING UP HERE?'
00:19:44.61\00:19:46.92
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE GOT
THIS WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:19:46.95\00:19:49.18
SHARE MY TESTIMONY
- RIGHT AFTER I PRAY.
00:19:49.22\00:19:51.39
AND IT WAS ON TV
THREE TIMES THAT DAY.
00:19:51.42\00:19:55.19
I HAD TO GO BACK DOWN TO TOWN
AND FIND A HOTEL LOBBY TO WATCH
00:19:55.22\00:19:57.26
IT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A TV.
00:19:57.29\00:19:59.79
AND I KNOW IT WAS ON THREE
TIMES THAT DAY BECAUSE ONE OF MY
00:19:59.83\00:20:03.57
FRIENDS IN JAIL SAID,
'DOUG, I SAW YOU ON TV
00:20:03.60\00:20:05.07
THREE TIMES TODAY.'
AND SO, GOD IS REAL.
00:20:05.10\00:20:10.44
HE'LL GIVE YOU THESE
OPPORTUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW,
00:20:10.47\00:20:12.51
SINCE THEN I SAID,
'LORD, I WANT TO SERVE YOU.
00:20:12.54\00:20:14.94
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I'VE
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.38
DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND,
YOU KNOW, MY LIFE'S A BIG ZERO.'
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.95
AND HE JUST BEGAN TO WORK A
SERIES OF MIRACLES - AND THEY'RE
00:20:20.98\00:20:24.45
IN THE BOOK AND MAYBE ANOTHER
DAY I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT IT.'
00:20:24.49\00:20:26.69
I'VE HIKED UP TO THE
CAVE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN.
00:20:26.72\00:20:28.89
THIS IS OUR FAMILY GOING UP
THERE IN, I DON'T KNOW, 1999 OR
00:20:28.92\00:20:32.06
SOME TIME AROUND THERE.
00:20:32.09\00:20:34.66
THIS IS A PICTURE OF - THE
ONLY PICTURE I'VE REALLY GOT.
00:20:34.73\00:20:38.57
CAN YOU TELL I'M THE
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY?
00:20:38.60\00:20:40.97
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING - I DIDN'T
EVEN HAVE A SUIT SO I FLY OUT
00:20:41.00\00:20:44.57
LOOKING LIKE A CAVEMAN AND THEY
JUST KIND OF PIN SOME CLOTHES
00:20:44.61\00:20:48.11
ON ME.
00:20:48.14\00:20:49.41
THAT'S MY DAD AND MY MOM - THEY
JUST HAD TO GRIT THEIR TEETH TO
00:20:49.44\00:20:53.01
GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE
- THEY'VE ALL SUBSEQUENTLY
00:20:53.05\00:20:56.22
PASSED AWAY.
00:20:56.25\00:20:57.65
AND PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY
BECAUSE BACK WHEN MY DAD PASSED
00:20:57.69\00:21:01.16
AWAY THEY SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
HIS ONLY SURVIVING BLOOD SON.
00:21:01.19\00:21:05.63
YOU CAN GO BACK AND GET AN
ATTORNEY AND YOU CAN TAKE OVER
00:21:05.66\00:21:07.86
THE FOUNDATION AND YOU
COULD HAVE ALL THIS MONEY.
00:21:07.93\00:21:10.40
AND THINK OF WHAT
YOU COULD DO THEN.'
00:21:10.43\00:21:12.17
AND I SAW THAT
IT WAS A BIG TRAP.
00:21:12.20\00:21:15.20
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT THEN
I REALIZED GOD'S CALLED ME TO
00:21:15.24\00:21:17.54
PREACH THE GOSPEL.
00:21:17.57\00:21:19.17
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE
BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE IN COURT
00:21:19.21\00:21:21.91
DISTRACTED FROM
PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.11
AND WHAT PROFIT IS IT
IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD
00:21:24.15\00:21:26.45
AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?
00:21:26.48\00:21:28.18
SO I BASICALLY JUST WALKED
AWAY AND KEPT ON PREACHING.
00:21:28.22\00:21:31.09
I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK
THAT'S CRAZY, BUT I KNOW THAT
00:21:31.12\00:21:33.89
LIFE - I CAME FROM THAT LIFE
- AND THEY'RE ALL MISERABLE AND
00:21:33.92\00:21:35.82
THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING AND CLAWING
AND MISERABLE - FOR MONEY
00:21:35.86\00:21:37.66
OR FOR FAME OR FOR FORTUNE.
00:21:37.69\00:21:40.10
IF YOU WANT HAPPINESS IT COMES
FROM JESUS AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT
00:21:40.13\00:21:43.73
TONIGHT BEFORE
YOU LEAVE BY ASKING.
00:21:43.77\00:21:47.27
YOU CAN DO THE SAME
THING I DID UP IN THE CAVE.
00:21:47.30\00:21:49.47
YOU CAN JUST TAKE THE WORD
OF GOD, BELIEVE ITS PROMISES
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.51
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW
HEART, HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR SINS,
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AND HE'LL GIVE YOU
A PURPOSE FOR LIVING.
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WOULD YOU LIKE
TO HAVE THAT GIFT?
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>> STAY TUNED.
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PASTOR DOUG WI BE RIGHT BACK
WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER.
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(MUSIC)
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>>IN APRIL 2001, THE LORD HAD
OPENED SOME DOORS FOR US TO DO A
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FULL CITY-WIDE EVANGELISTIC
MEETING HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
00:22:23.10\00:22:26.61
WE HAD AN ARENA AND WE WERE
MEETING IN AN AUDITORIUM AND
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THOUSANDS WERE COMING
AND PEOPLE WERE RESPONDING.
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WE WERE VERY EXCITED. THE
PLAN WAS FOR KAREN TO JOIN
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ME ON THE 30TH OF APRIL AND ONE
MORNING I WOKE UP AND I GOT THE
00:22:37.82\00:22:43.99
PHONE CALL THAT NO PARENT EVER
WANTS TO GET - THAT OUR SON HAD
00:22:44.03\00:22:47.93
BEEN IN A SERIOUS
CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT.
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AND I HAD TO PICK UP KAREN AT
THE AIRPORT AND I JUST REMEMBER
00:22:50.70\00:22:53.80
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WAITING
AT THE AIRPORT DOING A LOT OF
00:22:53.84\00:22:57.01
PRAYING, NOT KNOWING
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MICAH.
00:22:57.04\00:22:59.51
AND WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET A
CALL THROUGH TO THE HOSPITAL AND
00:22:59.54\00:23:02.74
THEY SAID HE WAS IN SURGERY
- HE WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
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AND GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM
AND DISCOVERED THAT HE DID NOT
00:23:05.55\00:23:11.55
SURVIVE THE SURGERY.
WELL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE
00:23:11.59\00:23:14.86
ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
HOW DEVASTATING THAT IS AND SO I
00:23:14.89\00:23:17.89
KNEW I WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
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I KNEW HOW THE DEVIL HATED
EVANGELISM, BUT I NEEDED TO TELL
00:23:20.40\00:23:23.80
THE LEADERS HERE THAT HAD PUT
SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY INTO THE
00:23:23.83\00:23:26.90
SERIES THAT I
JUST HAD TO GO HOME.
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.27
AND I PROMISED THEM - I SAID,
'YOU KNOW, GOD WILLING, I WILL
00:23:29.30\00:23:32.07
COME BACK AND I
WILL DO ANOTHER SERIES.'
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>>PROMISE FULFILLED.
PASTOR DOUG HAS RETURNED TO THE
00:23:42.72\00:23:45.25
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CONTINUE
THE WORK HE BEGAN YEARS AGO.
00:23:45.29\00:23:49.26
>>JESUS SAID - WHO?
WHO DID I SAY? - JESUS SAID
00:23:49.29\00:23:53.13
THE SABBATH WAS MADE
FOR MAN. THAT MEANS MANKIND.
00:23:53.16\00:23:58.13
DO WE STILL NEED
WHAT GOD MAKES FOR MAN?
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>>CROWDS OF PEOPLE REACHING
CLOSE TO 2,000 GATHERED EACH
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NIGHT TO LISTEN. MANY
PEOPLE SIMPLY WALKING BY
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STOPPED TO HEAR THE
TRUTH FROM GOD'S WORD.
00:24:06.84\00:24:09.94
>>ONE THING THAT MADE THIS
MEETING ESPECIALLY EXCITING AND,
00:24:09.98\00:24:12.65
WE THINK, FRUITFUL, IS
THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING
00:24:12.68\00:24:15.05
EVANGELISTIC
TRAINING PROGRAM WITH PAFCOE.
00:24:15.08\00:24:17.99
PAFCOE IS THE PHILIPPINE AMAZING
FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM.
00:24:18.02\00:24:21.29
IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT
ARMY OF ADDITIONAL WORKERS THAT
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WERE DOING EVERYTHING FROM
HELPING WITH THE OFFERING TO
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.20
SETTING UP FOR THE MEETING TO
TAKING DOWN AND ALSO FOLLOWING
00:24:28.23\00:24:31.43
UP WITH THE BIBLE STUDIES -
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.
00:24:31.47\00:24:34.00
THEY WERE LIKE A
SMALL ARMY OF BIBLE WORKERS.
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>>LAST YEAR OUR STAFF AND
STUDENTS DID 50 EVANGELISTIC
00:24:36.60\00:24:40.34
MEETINGS AND
BAPTIZED ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE.
00:24:40.38\00:24:43.45
AND SO PAFCOE IS HELPING TO
RETURN MANY OF OUR LAYPEOPLE TO
00:24:43.48\00:24:47.52
THE VISION FOR EVANGELISM - THE
DESIRE TO WIN SOULS - AND WHEN
00:24:47.55\00:24:52.65
STUDENTS COME FROM AN ISLAND AND
THEN GO BACK TO THE ISLAND AND
00:24:52.69\00:24:56.89
DO AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, IT
HAS AN EFFECT NOT JUST ON THAT
00:24:56.93\00:25:00.46
LOCAL CHURCH BUT
TOUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
00:25:00.50\00:25:03.03
AND SO, THE IMPACT
OF PAFCOE IS TREMENDOUS.
00:25:03.06\00:25:06.84
>>AMAZING FACTS IS SPREADING
GOD'S TRUTH THROUGHOUT THE
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.37
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
>>EACH NIGHT OF THE MEETINGS,
00:25:09.40\00:25:17.28
THE CROWDS GREW
LARGER AND LARGER.
00:25:17.31\00:25:19.58
ON THE FINAL DAY, THE MEETINGS
WERE HELD IN A LARGE SPORTS
00:25:19.61\00:25:22.32
ARENA. NEARLY
8,000 PEOPLE CROWDED IN
00:25:22.35\00:25:25.29
TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD'S
WORD. >>I SAT ON THE PLATFORM
00:25:25.32\00:25:28.46
YESTERDAY - SAW ALL THE PEOPLE
FILLING THE STANDS - THOUSANDS
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.56
OF PEOPLE - AND IT
JUST MOVED ME TO TEARS.
00:25:31.59\00:25:33.83
AND I JUST REALLY
THOUGHT, 'LORD, YOU'RE HERE.
00:25:33.86\00:25:35.03
THAT YOU HONORED YOUR PROMISE TO
BLESS AND WORK THINGS TOGETHER
00:25:35.06\00:25:39.00
FOR GOOD.' IT
REALLY DID GIVE A SENSE OF
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.17
CLOSURE AND COMPLETION AND
VICTORY TO WHAT WE HAD STARTED
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.41
OUT BEFORE.
>>BECAUSE OF YOUR DECISION WE
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.64
BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF
GOD THE FATHER, HIS SON JESUS
00:25:47.68\00:25:51.08
CHRIST, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.
00:25:51.11\00:25:55.75
>>IT WAS A JOYFUL DAY.
143 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED.
00:25:55.78\00:26:02.99
>>A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE DECISIONS
THAT WILL BE MEASURED IN
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ETERNITY. I
THINK ONE OF THE MOST
00:26:05.33\00:26:08.46
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE AMAZING
00:26:08.50\00:26:11.77
FACTS MINISTRY AND THE GOSPEL
GOING FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY IS
00:26:11.80\00:26:16.04
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MEDIA. WE
SAW DURING THE ALTAR CALL, AS
00:26:16.07\00:26:21.41
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME FORWARD,
THE PASTORS VISITED WITH THEM
00:26:21.44\00:26:24.68
AND ONE PASTOR SAID, 'MANY OF
THESE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN TO
00:26:24.71\00:26:27.85
CHURCH.' AND I
SAID, 'HOW DID YOU HEAR
00:26:27.88\00:26:29.58
ABOUT THESE THINGS?' THEY
SAID, 'WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.82
'AMAZING FACTS'
ON THE INTERNET.'
00:26:31.85\00:26:33.56
OR 'WE'VE SEEN PROGRAMS ON
3ABN AND SOME OTHER STATIONS.'
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.79
AND SO WE REALLY
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MEDIA.
00:26:36.83\00:26:39.46
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
GOSPEL WHERE THEY ARE WATCHING
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.93
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE PLACE
IS STILL RIPE - THE HARVEST IS
00:26:41.96\00:26:45.23
GREAT HERE, THE
PROGRAMS ARE FEW.
00:26:45.27\00:26:48.74
>>THE COMING OF THE AMAZING
FACTS AND THE COMING OF PAFCOE,
00:26:48.77\00:26:52.74
ESPECIALLY HER IN OUR
CHURCH, IS REALLY A BLESSING.
00:26:52.77\00:26:56.04
IT NOT ONLY REVIVED THE WHOLE
CHURCH, BUT IT ENCOURAGED EVERY
00:26:56.08\00:27:00.78
MEMBER OF E CHURCH TO
PARTICIPATE IN SPREADING THE
00:27:00.82\00:27:04.62
GOSPEL. >>WE ARE
GOING HOME, FOLLOWING
00:27:04.65\00:27:07.82
THIS SERIES, WITH A NEW
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WORK IN THIS
00:27:07.86\00:27:12.06
COUNTRY. WE JUST
THANK THE LORD - WE
00:27:12.09\00:27:14.36
PRAISE THE LORD THIS SERIES
REACHED OUR HIGHEST EXPECTATION.
00:27:14.36\00:27:17.83
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU,
OUR FRIENDS WHO MADE IT ALL
00:27:17.87\00:27:20.20
POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM
IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY FOLKS LIKE
00:27:20.24\00:27:24.87
YOU WHO BELIEVE IN AMAZING FACTS
AND BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE THAT
00:27:24.91\00:27:28.14
WE'RE SHARING AROUND THE WORLD.
AND OUR FAMILY WANTS TO THANK
00:27:28.18\00:27:31.38
YOU PERSONALLY, FOR MAKING THIS
TRIP POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE
00:27:31.41\00:27:34.85
TO COME BACK AND TO FULFILL
A PROMISE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL
00:27:34.88\00:27:37.35
HERE. AND, OF
COURSE, WE THANK AND
00:27:37.39\00:27:40.16
PRAISE GOD AND
GIVE HIM THE GLORY.
00:27:40.19\00:27:52.93
>> SO WHAT IS THE TRUTH? WHERE
DO WE GO TO FIND THE ANSWERS
00:27:52.97\00:27:56.30
REGARDING THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
I SEARCHED TRYING EVERYTHING
00:27:56.34\00:27:59.94
I COULD FIND. I LOOKED THROUGH
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
00:28:00.04\00:28:02.74
AND WHAT REALLY MADE
THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.81
IS WHEN I FINALLY
PICKED UP A BIBLE.
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.22
I THOUGHT IT WAS A COLLECTION
OF FAIRY TALES. I CAME TO FIND
00:28:08.25\00:28:10.82
OUT THERE'S A REASON THIS IS THE
BEST-SELLING BOOK IN THE WORLD
00:28:10.85\00:28:14.99
AND WE'D LIKE YOU
TO KNOW WHY THE BIBLE
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.06
IS STILL CHANGING LIVES TODAY.
00:28:17.09\00:28:19.13
I HAVE A BOOK I'VE SPECIFICALLY
WRITTEN ABOUT THE BIBLE -
00:28:19.16\00:28:22.06
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE AND
UNDERSTAND IT AND GET THE MOST
00:28:22.10\00:28:24.77
OUT OF IT. IT'S CALLED
'THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE'.
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IN IT YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF
VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.94
THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
AND HOW TO APPROACH BIBLE STUDY.
00:28:30.97\00:28:34.84
IF YOU'D LIKE A FREE COPY, JUST
GO TO THE WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN
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00:28:38.05\00:28:41.22
AND REQUEST OFFER #104
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I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.29
BE ENCOURAGED AND COMFORTED
BY THIS STUDY AND THAT'S WHY
00:28:46.32\00:28:50.03
WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE
AT AMAZING FACTS BECAUSE
00:28:50.06\00:28:52.56
GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
00:28:52.59\00:28:57.20
>> THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
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SPECIAL FREE OFFER. THERE IS
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>> THIS
PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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