>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>I PRAISE GOD
BECAUSE I WAS A SLAVE.
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IT CONTROLLED MY
TIME. IT TOOK MY MONEY.
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IT - AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT HAD TO BE PART OF MY DAY.
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IT WAS LIKE I
ASSOCIATED IT WITH COMFORT.
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IT WAS ALMOST
EMOTIONAL. BUT I WAS ADDICTED.
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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 TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS ADDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>I'M GOING TO BE SHARING
SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL WITH YOU
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AND MAKING A CONFESSION. YOU'VE
HEARD IT SAID BEFORE, CONFESSION
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IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL BUT
VERY BAD FOR THE REPUTATION.'
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AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE TODAY.
BUT YOUR PASTOR WAS ADDICTED AND
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INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE
ABUSE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
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YEAH, THEY'VE GOT THE SUBSTANCE
THERE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
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(LAUGHTER) NOW YOU THINK
I'M KIDDING, BUT I HAD A VERY
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SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH
AN ADDICTION TO ICE CREAM.
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NOW, WHEN I GET DONE, YOU
DESCRIBE - YOU LET ME KNOW WHAT
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YOU THINK - THAT IF
IT FITS THE DEFINITION.
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NOW I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT
BEGAN, BUT I KNOW IT STARTED A
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LONG TIME AGO AND - MY SUBSTANCE
ABUSE STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH
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AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, I'M
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NOT SAYING THAT ICE
CREAM IS A SIN. IS THAT CLEAR?
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BUT IT GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE IT
WAS, FOR ME. THE BIBLE SAYS, IN
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1 CORINTHIANS 10:31, "THEREFORE,
WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK,
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DO ALL TO THE GLORY
OF GOD." AND I CERTAINLY
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WAS NOT DOING IT TO THE GLORY OF
GOD. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF
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YOU REMEMBER A DAY WHERE, YEARS
AGO, THEY HAD AN ICE CREAM MAN
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THAT WOULD GO UP AND DOWN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND A BELL WOULD
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RING AND A SONG WOULD PLAY - I
DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SONG IS.
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ANYONE REMEMBER
THE GOOD HUMOR MAN?
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>>YES. >>DO YOU
HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES?
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ON THOSE HOT SUMMER DAYS AND
YOU'D HEAR THAT MUSIC - IT WAS
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LIKE THE GATES OF HEAVEN HAD
OPENED UP, RIGHT? AND YOU'D HEAR
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THAT MUSIC PLAYING AND THIS
LITTLE WHITE TRUCK WOULD COME
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OUT AND ALL THE KIDS WOULD CROWD
INTO CERTAIN SET SPOTS IN THE
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STREET AND JUST ABOUT THROW
THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF THIS
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VEHICLE AND HE WOULD STEP OUT
AND USUALLY HE WAS FRIENDLY AND
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THERE IN THE TRUCK HE HAD
HIS DRY ICE. IT WAS ALWAYS SO
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AMAZING TO ME - HE SHOWED ME A
PIECE OF THE DRY ICE AND THE FOG
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BILLOWING OUT AND HE'D
PULL OUT THESE EXOTIC TREATS.
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AND I REMEMBER SOME OF MY
FAVORITES WERE - THEY HAD ONE
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CALLED A 'RAINBOW ROCKET' - IT
WAS A DOUBLE POPSICLE - IT HAD
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TWO STICKS THAT
WENT UP THROUGH IT.
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YOU COULD BREAK IT IN HALF
AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND, SO I
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OFTEN WOULD
SPLIT A RAINBOW ROCKET.
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I'M SURE IT WAS FULL OF COLORS
AND CHEMICALS AND THINGS, BUT IT
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WAS DELICIOUS. IT WAS
PROBABLY ALL CORN SYRUP.
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THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS
ORANGE WITH VANILLA INSIDE - IT
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WAS AN ORANGE POPSICLE WITH
VANILLA - ANYONE? (INAUDIBLE)
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THEY STILL MAKE
THOSE? >>YES. DREAMCICLES.
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(LAUGHTER) >>BUT
IT GOES WAY BACK.
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AND I REMEMBER THAT IT WAS
SO IMPORTANT TO ME - I COULDN'T
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UNDERSTAND WHY IT MY GRANDMOTHER
WOULD NOT GIVE ME TEN OR
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, THAT'S
ALL IT WAS BACK THEN, EVERY DAY.
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AND SHE SAID, 'IT'S A TREAT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT EVERY DAY.'
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AND I'M ASHAMED TO TELL YOU
THAT I VIVIDLY REMEMBER STEALING
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MONEY FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.
SHE - THIS IS ONE OF
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MY EARLIEST MEMORIES.
SHE HUNG HER BLACK LEATHER
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PURSE OVER THE DOORKNOB OF HER
BEDROOM, AND INSIDE HER PURSE
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SHE HAD ANOTHER LITTLE
PURSE THAT HAD ONE OF THOSE VERY
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DIFFICULT SNAPS ON IT
THAT YOU HAD TO TWIST.
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IT WAS THE CHANGE PURSE
AND SHE CAUGHT ME ONE DAY.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
IT DID IT - MORE THAN ONCE.
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THAT'S WHERE MY LIFE OF CRIME
BEGAN, IT WAS FOR ICE CREAM
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MONEY. (LAUGHTER) YOU SEE?
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AND THEN I WENT TO LIVE WITH
DAD AND THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY
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STARTED TO GET SERIOUS IS - IN
FLORIDA WE ACTUALLY HAD - I KNOW
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YOU DON'T THINK OF MIAMI BEACH
HAVING MILKMEN, BUT WE HAD A
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MILKMAN AND I LOOKED IT UP
ONLINE TO SEE - THEY'RE STILL IN
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BUSINESS. THE COMPANY WAS CALLED
MCARTHUR DAIRY AND THEY WOULD
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BRING THE MILK TO THE DOOR AND
MY STEP-MOTHER WOULD FILL OUT A
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FORM AND - IT WASN'T EVERY
DAY, BUT LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY HE
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WOULD BRING THE
ORDER. BUT - THIS WAS
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REALLY NEAT - IN MIAMI BEACH,
THE MILKMEN NOT ONLY BROUGHT
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MILK, THEY BROUGHT FRESH
SQUEEZED TROPICANA ORANGE JUICE
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IN A JAR - A GLASS JAR - AND
THEY WOULD SQUEEZE IT THAT DAY
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AND YOU'D GET FRESH ORANGE JUICE
AND THEY BROUGHT ICE CREAM.
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NOW, WE ALWAYS KNEW WHEN HE WAS
COMING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LEAVE
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YOUR ICE CREAM OUT ON
THE PORCH FOR VERY LONG.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T - I
WAS LIVING WITH MY DAD AND MY
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STEP-MOTHER AND MY STEP-BROTHER
- MY BROTHER WAS SICK - AND I
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WAS STRUGGLING DURING THOSE
YEARS AND ONE OF THE TREATS, FOR
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ME, WAS I WOULD TAKE A HALF
A PINT OF ICE CREAM AND POUR IN
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TROPICANA ORANGE
JUICE AND MIX IT ALL.
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IT REMINDED ME OF THOSE ORANGE
THINGS THE GOOD HUMOR MAN HAD.
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IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
BUT IT GOT TO WHERE MY
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STEP-MOTHER STARTED SAYING,
'WHO ATE ALL THE ICE CREAM?'
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BECAUSE I WAS EATING
ALL OF THE ICE CREAM.
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I MEAN, I STARTED
DOING IT EVERY DAY.
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AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. IT
WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY.
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BUT THEN THINGS REALLY TURNED
FROM BAD TO WORSE BECAUSE SUMMER
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CAME AND I NEEDED TO FIND A JOB.
AND GUESS WHERE I GOT A JOB.
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I GOT A JOB
WORKING AT BASKIN ROBBINS.
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KAREN AND I WERE IN
MIAMI BEACH NOT TOO LONG AGO.
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I TOOK HER BY - TRIED TO FIND
WHERE THE OLD ICE CREAM SHOP
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WAS, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT
THERE ANYMORE IN LINCOLN MALL.
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BUT I WORKED AT 31 FLAVORS AND
THE OWNER WAS LEE SCOTT AND I
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REMEMBER WHEN HE HIRED ME I WAS
ONLY LIKE 14, 15 YEARS OLD AND I
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SAID, WHEN HE WAS HIRING ME, I
SAID, 'NOW, I'M JUST WONDERING,
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ARE WE ALLOWED
TO EAT THE PRODUCT?'
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(LAUGHTER) HE SAID, 'NO
PROBLEM.' HE SAID, 'YOU CAN EAT
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AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
YOU'LL GET TIRED OF IT.'
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(LAUGHTER) I NEVER EVEN GOT
CLOSE TO GETTING TIRED OF IT.
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(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) HE HAD -
NOW, YOU KNOW, BASKIN ROBBINS IS
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CALLED '31' NOT BECAUSE THEY'VE
GOT 31 FLAVORS; THEY GUARANTEE
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HAVING 31 FLAVORS IN
THE STORE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
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THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF FLAVORS
AND WE HAD NEW FLAVORS ROTATING
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IN ALL THE TIME. AND
I'M NOT KIDDING YOU, I WOULD
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EAT A PRALINES AND CREAM BANANA
SPLIT FOR LUNCH AND THEN I WOULD
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HAVE A HOT FUDGE
JAMOCHA SUNDAE FOR DINNER.
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AND IT'S AMAZING, WHEN YOU'RE
A TEENAGER, WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
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YOURSELF.
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU FEEL
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INDESTRUCTIBLE - BUT I
REALLY WAS - IT WAS GETTING BAD.
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I MEAN, I ATE A LOT OF ICE
CREAM. AND THE PROBLEM WAS, I
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WAS NOT ONLY NOW A USER, I
WAS A DEALER. (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
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BUT I WORKED THERE
UNTIL I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
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AND THEN IT WAS HIT AND MISS
ON THE ROAD FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
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WITH ICE CREAM, BUT EVEN WHEN I
MOVED UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS IN A
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CAVE - NO REFRIGERATION,
OBVIOUSLY - IT - VERY LONG WAY
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TO TOWN - GRUELING HIKE
- BUT IT WAS THE DESERT.
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BACK THEN THEY HAD
THRIFTY'S DRUGSTORES EVERYWHERE.
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I DON'T SEE - THRIFTY'S
DRUGSTORE IS EVIDENTLY OUT OF
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BUSINESS. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN STILL
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GET THRIFTY'S ICE CREAM, BUT
IN ALL THEIR DRUG STORES THEY
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HAD AN ICE CREAM
COUNTER. DO YOU REMEMBER?
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>>YES. >>WELL, I'M
NOT KIDDING, DO ANY
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OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN
IT WAS A NICKEL A SCOOP?
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(LAUGHTER) AND YOU COULD GET A
TRIPLE SCOOP FOR FIFTEEN CENTS!
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GO TRY AND FIND THAT. BUT
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN A CAVE
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IN A DESERT AND YOU'VE GOT NO
REFRIGERATION, THE HIGHLIGHT FOR
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ME WAS TO GO PANHANDLE AND SEE
IF I COULD GET FIFTEEN CENTS.
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I WOULD BEG ON THE STREET
AND SAY, 'COULD I PLEASE HAVE
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FIFTEEN CENTS FOR
SOMETHING TO EAT?'
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I DIDN'T TELL THEM WHAT I
WAS GOING TO EAT, BUT IT'S TRUE.
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I WOULD SPEND MY LAST
FIFTEEN CENTS ON ICE CREAM.
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AND I REMEMBER, I
WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.
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A LOT OF THE STREET
PEOPLE - IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
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AND THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WERE
LIVING IN THE DESERT - MOST OF
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THEM LIVED IN THE FIRST VALLEY.
I LIVED WAY BACK IN THE CANYON.
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AND I REMEMBER, I WAS HANGING
OUT ON THE STREET ONE DAY WITH
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MY FRIENDS, AND SOME KID HAD
WALKED OUT OF THRIFTY'S WITH A
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TRIPLE SCOOP OF ICE CREAM AND HE
WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION AND THE
00:10:13.34\00:10:17.61
ICE CREAM GUY AT THE COUNTER -
YOU KNOW, WHEN THRIFTY'S - WHEN
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YOU GOT YOUR ICE CREAM, THE
SAME GUY THAT WORKED THE CASH
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REGISTER, HE WORKED THE COUNTER
- AND HE DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT
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TO DO WITH ICE CREAM AND SO HE
DIDN'T PRESS - THAT FIRST SCOOP
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HAS TO GET PRESSED DOWN INTO THE
CONE OR IT CAN BECOME DETACHED.
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AND HE HAD A TRIPLE SCOOP
AND THIS KID WALKED OUT ON THE
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STREET AND HE TURNED AND
THE THING FELL OFF THE CONE.
00:10:34.60\00:10:38.73
BUT IT LANDED, NOT FLAT, IT
LANDED STILL INTACT WITH THREE
00:10:38.77\00:10:42.17
SCOOPS - LIKE THE TOWER OF
PISA, STICKING STRAIGHT UP.
00:10:42.20\00:10:45.51
AND THE KID BEGAN TO CRY AND THE
PARENTS, 'OH, COME ON IN, WE'LL
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GET YOU ANOTHER ONE.'
AND THEY WALKED IN THE STORE.
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I'M STANDING THERE WITH MY
FRIENDS (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) AND
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WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND
I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, ONLY PART
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OF THAT HIT THE GROUND' - KID
DIDN'T EVEN LICK IT YET (MORE
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LAUGHTER) AND IF HE DID
LICK IT, THE PART HE LICKED IS
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THE PART ON THE GROUND.
THE OTHER STUFF IS STILL GOOD.
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AND WHILE WE WERE PROCESSING
THAT, BEFORE I COULD ACT ON MY
00:11:05.56\00:11:09.43
THOUGHT, MY FRIEND RITCHIE GOT
DOWN ON ALL FOURS AND HE BEGAN
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TO EAT THE ICE CREAM
OFF THE STREET LIKE THAT.
00:11:13.23\00:11:17.01
(LAUGHTER) REALLY, I DIDN'T
DO IT, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT
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BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S SOME
PERFECTLY GOOD ICE CREAM THAT'S
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GOING TO WASTE RIGHT
NOW. AND I WAS MAD THAT
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RITCHIE DID IT FIRST. (LAUGHTER)
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>>YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HUMANS,
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE
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ALL STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION.
INDEED, THE DEVIL EVEN
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YOU KNOW, I USED TO WONDER,
'WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT TO ME?'
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AND I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THERE
WAS A STUDY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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THERE IS MEDICAL
RESEARCH - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL
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INVESTIGATION - THIS
WAS A STUDY DONE IN 2011.
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A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS, LED BY
LUCAS VAN OUDENHOVE, UNIVERSITY
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OF BELGIUM, THEY WERE PUBLISHING
IMAGES OF BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING
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TIMES OF SADNESS, AND THEY HAD
TWELVE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAD THEIR
00:12:40.22\00:12:44.49
BRAINS SCANNED WITH AN MRI AND
ALSO AGREED TO HAVE A FEEDING
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TUBE PUT INTO THEIR STOMACH.
THEN THEY WERE SHOWN IMAGES AND
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PLAYED SOME NEUTRAL OR SAD MUSIC
AND SHOWN NEUTRAL OR SAD IMAGES
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AND THEY WOULD RATE HOW THEY
FELT ON A SCALE OF ONE TO NINE.
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AND WHEN THEY WERE FEELING SAD,
THEY WOULD THEN INJECT IN THEIR
00:13:01.78\00:13:04.85
STOMACHS A SOLUTION. SOME
OF THEM GOT A SALT SOLUTION
00:13:04.88\00:13:07.78
- THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING IN THEIR STOMACH.
00:13:07.82\00:13:10.32
SOME OF THEM WOULD GET A FAT
SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR
00:13:10.35\00:13:13.46
TO WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN
ICE CREAM, AND THEN THEY WOULD
00:13:13.49\00:13:17.03
EVALUATE THEM AFTERWARD.
AND THEY FOUND OUT, IN ALMOST
00:13:17.06\00:13:19.73
EVERY CASE, THOSE WHO WERE SAD
- AFTER BEING GIVEN THE FATTY
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SOLUTION - IT SAYS,
THE EFFECT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
00:13:23.60\00:13:27.14
IN A PHARMACOLOGICAL SENSE,
THE FATTY SOLUTION REDUCED THE
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INTENSITY OF SAD EMOTIONS BY
ALMOST HALF, WHICH IS ABOUT AS
00:13:31.17\00:13:35.24
MUCH AS ANY PRESCRIPTION
ANTIDEPRESSANT CAN ACHIEVE.
00:13:35.28\00:13:39.58
AND SO, YOU WERE WONDERING
WHY YOU THOUGHT ICE CREAM WAS
00:13:39.61\00:13:42.48
COMFORT FOOD. THEY'VE
FINALLY DONE RESEARCH TO
00:13:42.52\00:13:45.62
SAY THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES
WORK AS AN ANTIDEPRESSANT.
00:13:45.65\00:13:50.36
SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I
WAS ADDICTED TO ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
00:13:50.39\00:13:54.23
BUT IT CAME IN THE
FORM OF HAAGEN DAZS.
00:13:54.30\00:13:56.67
(LAUGHTER) AND IT
WAS PRETTY SERIOUS.
00:13:56.70\00:14:00.74
NOW YOU THINK I JEST. YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT A
00:14:00.77\00:14:06.74
LITTLE BIT OF CERTAIN THINGS IS
OKAY, BUT SOMETHING CAN BE TAKEN
00:14:06.78\00:14:11.45
TO AN EXTREME
AND IT BECOMES SIN.
00:14:11.48\00:14:15.38
ECCLESIASTES 10:17, "BLESSED ARE
YOU, O LAND, WHEN YOU'RE YOUR
00:14:15.42\00:14:19.55
KING IS THE SON OF NOBLES, AND
YOUR PRINCES FEAST AT THE PROPER
00:14:19.59\00:14:22.26
TIME - FOR STRENGTH
AND NOT FOR DRUNKENNESS!"
00:14:22.29\00:14:26.63
I MEAN, IT WAS
TO EXCESS WITH ME.
00:14:26.66\00:14:29.56
AND THEN, EVEN WHEN I MOVED OUT
OF THE CAVE - I LIVED FOR AWHILE
00:14:29.60\00:14:32.27
- I HAD A MEAT BUSINESS AND
LIVED IN PALM SPRINGS - I AM NOT
00:14:32.30\00:14:35.64
KIDDING YOU, I WOULD EAT ICE
CREAM EVERY NIGHT AND I WOULD,
00:14:35.67\00:14:39.51
MORE THAN ONCE, EAT A HALF A
QUART. AND THEN, EVEN AFTER I
00:14:39.54\00:14:45.15
MOVED INTO THE HILLS IN COVELO,
AND I GOT BAPTIZED - THIS IS
00:14:45.18\00:14:48.35
WHEN IT, I THINK, GOT REALLY
SERIOUS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE
00:14:48.38\00:14:53.62
UP YOUR ADDICTIONS AND
YOU'VE ONLY GOT A FEW LEFT, YOU
00:14:53.66\00:14:56.83
OVERCOMPENSATE. AND, AS I GAVE
UP DRUGS AND THE SMOKING AND THE
00:14:56.86\00:15:01.83
DRINKING, ALL I HAD
LEFT WAS THE ICE CREAM.
00:15:01.86\00:15:06.77
THEN, YOU REALLY GO OVERBOARD,
AND I REMEMBER LIVING UP IN
00:15:06.80\00:15:12.31
COVELO, I WOULD QUOTE THE BIBLE
AND I'D SAY, 'GOD IS TAKING US
00:15:12.34\00:15:18.08
TO A LAND FLOWING
WITH MILK AND HONEY.
00:15:18.11\00:15:21.05
GOD BELIEVES IN
ICE CREAM.' (LAUGHTER)
00:15:21.08\00:15:25.05
'THIS IS HEAVENLY FOOD. I
MEAN, WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT
00:15:25.09\00:15:27.79
HE'S GOING TO TAKE THEM
TO A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY?'
00:15:27.82\00:15:29.76
AND THEN, I WENT TO THE STORE
AND I FOUND HAAGEN DAZS HONEY
00:15:29.79\00:15:32.59
VANILLA. (LAUGHTER) I SAID,
00:15:32.63\00:15:33.93
'PRAISE THE LORD!'
(LAUGHTER) 'THIS IS BIBLICAL!'
00:15:33.96\00:15:37.53
(LAUGHTER) AND I
HAD SCRIPTURE FOR IT.
00:15:37.57\00:15:42.60
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERSE
THAT SAYS, 'IF YOU FOUND HONEY'
00:15:42.64\00:15:46.21
- PROVERBS 25:16,
"HAVE YOU FOUND HONEY?
00:15:46.24\00:15:48.98
EAT ONLY AS MUCH AS YOU NEED,
LEST YOU BE FILLED WITH IT AND
00:15:49.01\00:15:54.08
VOMIT." SOME
THINGS THAT ARE GOOD THAT
00:15:54.12\00:15:58.05
ARE MEANT TO BE A TREAT,
THAT GOD WOULD BLESS, YOU
00:15:58.09\00:16:00.59
CAN DO TO EXCESS. NOW,
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
00:16:00.62\00:16:04.16
PRINCIPLE OF WHAT I'M
SHARING WITH YOU TODAY.
00:16:04.19\00:16:06.53
AND I KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING AND
I'M MEANING FOR YOU TO, AND SOME
00:16:06.56\00:16:09.53
OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, BUT I'M SHARING
00:16:09.56\00:16:12.10
THIS ODYSSEY WITH YOU
BECAUSE IT RELATES TO REAL LIFE.
00:16:12.13\00:16:15.24
WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS
TRUE. I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP.
00:16:15.27\00:16:18.11
I MEAN, I WAS ADDICTED.
NOW, I'M EMBARRASSED TO TELL YOU
00:16:18.14\00:16:22.81
THIS BUT, WHEN I TRAVEL AND
I STAY AT A HOTEL, ONE OF THE
00:16:22.84\00:16:31.85
FIRST THINGS I'D DO IS
I'D FIND OUT WHERE IS A 7-11.
00:16:31.89\00:16:35.26
WHEN I WAS GOING TO A HOTEL
TO DO A MEETING AND BONNIE SAID,
00:16:35.29\00:16:39.46
'WELL, THEY'VE GOT A SHUTTLE
THAT GOES TO THE AIRPORT.' I
00:16:39.49\00:16:42.33
SAID, 'WELL, I'M GOING TO NEED
A RENTAL CAR.' 'WELL, YOU WON'T
00:16:42.36\00:16:45.97
NEED...' I SAID, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NEED TO GET
00:16:46.00\00:16:47.44
SOMETHING TO EAT AND...'
YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING?
00:16:47.47\00:16:51.84
HOTEL WAS TOO FAR
AWAY FROM ICE CREAM.
00:16:51.87\00:16:54.84
I WAS AT THIS CONFERENCE CENTER,
AND I NEEDED A CAR SO THAT I
00:16:54.88\00:16:59.78
COULD GET ICE CREAM. AND
THEN, WHEN I REALIZED THAT
00:16:59.81\00:17:03.55
HERE I HAD RENTED A CAR AND
AMAZING FACTS SUPPORTERS WERE
00:17:03.59\00:17:06.49
PAYING FOR ME TO HAVE A RENTAL
CAR SO I COULD GET ICE CREAM,
00:17:06.52\00:17:09.29
I FELT GUILTY AND SO
I REFUNDED THE MONEY.
00:17:09.32\00:17:11.63
AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT
ICE CREAM COST ME THIRTY-FIVE
00:17:11.66\00:17:14.13
DOLLARS A PINT. (LAUGHTER) I'M
NOT KIDDING. IT WAS THAT BAD.
00:17:14.20\00:17:22.24
ONLY ONCE OR TWICE DID I ORDER
ROOM SERVICE - EIGHT DOLLARS FOR
00:17:22.27\00:17:27.41
ICE CREAM AND THEN YOU WANT
TO TIP THE PERSON WHO BRINGS IT,
00:17:27.44\00:17:30.71
BECAUSE I'D TELL THEM, 'PLEASE
HURRY.' BECAUSE THEY'D BRING IT
00:17:30.75\00:17:32.85
TO YOU ALL MELTED
AND THEN IT'S NO GOOD.
00:17:32.88\00:17:36.48
AND I REALIZED, THIS IS JUST
STARTING TO - THIS HAS GONE TOO
00:17:36.52\00:17:39.52
FAR. I THOUGHT,
'I'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
00:17:39.55\00:17:42.02
AND SO, I
STARTED PRAYING ABOUT IT.
00:17:42.06\00:17:44.63
I SAID, 'LORD, I'VE GOT TO STOP
EATING ICE CREAM.' CERTAINLY,
00:17:44.66\00:17:47.96
ANYTHING THAT IS
PREOCCUPYING MY DAY.
00:17:48.00\00:17:51.27
YOU KNOW, MY FATHER WAS AN
ALCOHOLIC AND I THINK I'VE GOT
00:17:51.30\00:17:54.04
THAT NATURE. MY FATHER WOULD
PLAN HIS DAY AROUND ALCOHOL.
00:17:54.07\00:18:00.44
WHEN HE MADE LUNCH APPOINTMENTS,
HE WOULDN'T JUST TAKE A PERSON
00:18:00.48\00:18:03.91
TO A RESTAURANT BECAUSE HE LIKED
THE FOOD; THE RESTAURANT HAD TO,
00:18:03.95\00:18:07.68
FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAVE
ALCOHOL. THEN HE'D FIGURE OUT
00:18:07.72\00:18:10.75
WHAT ELSE THEY HAD.
AND THEN, AFTER WORK
00:18:10.79\00:18:13.72
HE'D STOP AT THE BAR. AND
IF HE WENT ON VACATION, IT
00:18:13.76\00:18:16.79
HAD TO BE SOMEWHERE
WHERE THERE WAS A BAR.
00:18:16.83\00:18:19.23
AND IF HE WENT ON A FISHING TRIP
OR IF HE WENT RACING, WHATEVER
00:18:19.26\00:18:21.90
HE DID, THERE WAS ALWAYS
THE ICE CHEST WITH ALCOHOL.
00:18:21.93\00:18:24.30
HIS WHOLE LIFE THAT WAS JUST -
HAD TO BE THERE IN THE PICTURE.
00:18:24.33\00:18:28.10
AND I WAS REALIZING ICE
CREAM WAS DOING THAT TO ME.
00:18:28.14\00:18:31.74
I'D GET ON TV IN FRONT OF
EVERYBODY, PREACH ABOUT THE
00:18:31.77\00:18:34.14
HEALTH MESSAGE, DO A BACK HAND
SPRING, AND THEN GO HOME AND EAT
00:18:34.18\00:18:36.68
A PINT OF HAAGEN
DAZS. YES, SOMETIMES I'D
00:18:36.71\00:18:40.52
EAT A WHOLE PINT. THE
AVERAGE AMERICAN EATS 42
00:18:40.55\00:18:45.25
PINTS OF ICE CREAM A
YEAR. I WAS EATING ABOUT 120.
00:18:45.29\00:18:51.43
I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.
AND THEN I'D GO TO THE DOCTOR
00:18:51.46\00:18:54.73
AND HE'D SAY, 'DOUG,
CHOLESTEROL LOOKS GOOD.
00:18:54.73\00:18:57.03
BLOOD PRESSURE - OKAY.' I'D SAY,
'NOT BOTHERING ME.' AND I HAD
00:18:57.07\00:19:03.24
ALL THESE RATIONALIZATIONS.
BUT I KNEW I WAS ADDICTED.
00:19:03.27\00:19:08.51
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP.
00:19:08.54\00:19:11.11
I'D SPEND MY LAST
FIFTEEN CENTS ON ICE CREAM.
00:19:11.15\00:19:18.95
YOU KNOW, JESUS TALKS ABOUT
THIS WHERE HE SAID, 'WOE TO YOU
00:19:18.99\00:19:21.59
SCRIBES AND
PHARISEES! HYPOCRITES!
00:19:21.62\00:19:23.49
YOU DEVOUR WIDOW'S HOUSES
AND FOR A PRETENSE YOU MAKE LONG
00:19:23.53\00:19:26.06
PRAYERS.' IN LUKE 11, 'WOE TO
YOU LAWYERS, YOU LOAD MEN WITH
00:19:26.09\00:19:31.40
BURDENS HARD TO BEAR AND
YOU YOURSELVES DO NOT TOUCH THE
00:19:31.43\00:19:34.67
BURDENS WITH ONE OF YOUR
FINGERS.' SO I'D PREACH A SERMON
00:19:34.70\00:19:37.34
ON GAINING THE VICTORY
OVER SIN, WHEN I WAS A SLAVE.
00:19:37.37\00:19:41.51
YOU KNOW, THE REASON I PICKED
THIS SUBJECT - AND I PRAYED
00:19:41.54\00:19:43.75
ABOUT THIS - I THINK THE LORD
WANTED ME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.98
THIS. THE SAME DYNAMICS THAT
I STRUGGLED WITH ARE REAL IN OUR
00:19:46.01\00:19:52.42
LIVES ON SOMETHING
THAT IS A LOT MORE SERIOUS.
00:19:52.45\00:19:55.79
SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE IT'S NOT
ICE CREAM, MAYBE IT'S ALCOHOL.
00:19:55.82\00:20:00.93
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GO TO
CHURCH AND THEY GO THROUGH THE
00:20:00.96\00:20:04.17
MOTIONS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN,
AND THEY'VE GOT AN ADDICTION TO
00:20:04.20\00:20:07.07
SHOPPING. THEY CAN'T CONTROL IT.
00:20:07.10\00:20:11.14
THEY DO IT FOR
COMFORT. IT COULD BE SOME DRUG.
00:20:11.17\00:20:14.54
SOME PEOPLE SIT AT THE COMPUTER
AND THEY'RE ADDICTED TO OTHER
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.68
THINGS. IT MIGHT BE PORNOGRAPHY.
00:20:16.71\00:20:20.28
AND IT'S LIKE YOU
LIVE A SECRET LIFE.
00:20:20.32\00:20:23.79
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT IS PLAYS OUT.
00:20:23.82\00:20:26.35
JESUS DOESN'T JUST COME TO SAVE
US IN OUR SIN, HE COMES TO SAVE
00:20:26.39\00:20:30.03
US FROM OUR SIN - AND HE CAN
- AND YOU'LL HAVE A PEACE AND
00:20:30.06\00:20:33.36
JOY, WHEN HE DOES, THAT'S
UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:20:33.40\00:20:36.33
ROMANS 6, VERSE 12 - THIS WAS
OUR MEMORY VERSE - "THEREFORE DO
00:20:36.36\00:20:40.74
NOT LET SIN REIGN" - NOW
GOD DIDN'T SAY THAT WE'RE NEVER
00:20:40.77\00:20:44.87
GOING TO STUMBLE AND FALL.
HE SAID, 'IF ANY MAN SIN, WE
00:20:44.91\00:20:48.28
HAVE AN
ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.
00:20:48.31\00:20:50.01
WHAT HE DOES SAY, THOUGH, IS
"SIN SHOULD NOT REIGN OVER YOU
00:20:50.05\00:20:54.38
IN YOUR MORTAL BODY, THAT
YOU SHOULD OBEY IT IN ITS LUSTS.
00:20:54.42\00:20:57.22
AND DO NOT PRESENT YOUR
MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF
00:20:57.25\00:20:59.69
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS TO SIN, BUT
PRESENT YOURSELVES TO GOD AS
00:20:59.72\00:21:03.56
BEING ALIVE FROM THE DEAD, AND
YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF
00:21:03.59\00:21:06.59
RIGHTEOUSNESS [TO GOD.] FOR
SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER
00:21:06.63\00:21:09.76
YOU, FOR YOU ARE NOT UNDER LAW
BUT UNDER GRACE." JUMP DOWN TO
00:21:09.80\00:21:14.20
VERSE 17 IN ROMANS 6, "BUT GOD
BE THANKED THAT THOUGH YOU WERE
00:21:14.24\00:21:20.18
SLAVES OF SIN, YET YOU OBEYED
FROM THE HEART THAT FORM OF
00:21:20.21\00:21:22.94
DOCTRINE TO WHICH YOU WERE
DELIVERED. AND HAVING BEEN SET
00:21:22.98\00:21:26.31
FREE FROM SIN, YOU
BECAME SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:21:26.35\00:21:29.38
I SPEAK IN HUMAN TERMS BECAUSE
OF THE WEAKNESS OF YOUR FLESH.
00:21:29.42\00:21:32.95
FOR JUST AS YOU PRESENTED
YOUR MEMBERS AS SLAVES OF
00:21:32.99\00:21:35.82
UNCLEANNESS, AND OF LAWLESSNESS
LEADING TO MORE LAWLESSNESS, SO
00:21:35.86\00:21:40.03
NOW PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS
AS SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR
00:21:40.06\00:21:44.07
HOLINESS." AND HE
GOES ON TO SAY, IN VERSE
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.57
23, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS
DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS
00:21:46.60\00:21:50.54
ETERNAL LIFE IN
CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD."
00:21:50.57\00:21:53.21
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK UP HIGHER
IN THE SAME CHAPTER, PAUL SAYS,
00:21:53.24\00:21:57.25
IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10,
'ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL FOR ME,
00:21:57.28\00:22:03.65
BUT NOT ALL
THINGS ARE EXPEDIENT.'
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.99
YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND SOMETHING
THAT INHERENTLY MAY NOT BE BAD,
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.12
BUT IT IS OUT OF
BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE.
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.59
>>AMEN. >>AND IT'S
TAKING UP YOUR TIME.
00:22:10.63\00:22:13.63
SOME PEOPLE, THEY ARE
ADDICTED TO A TV PROGRAM.
00:22:13.66\00:22:19.50
I KNOW, IT'S HARD TO - FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND IT, BUT SOMETIMES THE
00:22:19.53\00:22:23.81
THINGS THAT TEMPT
YOU MAY NOT TEMPT ME.
00:22:23.84\00:22:26.21
YOU MIGHT LAUGH AT WHAT WAS
A PROBLEM FOR ME AND SAY, 'OH,
00:22:26.24\00:22:28.91
YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM? I
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.' BUT IT'S
00:22:28.94\00:22:31.35
NOT YOUR PROBLEM, IT WAS
MY PROBLEM. WHO KNOWS WHY?
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.95
BUT THOSE SAME PEOPLE - I KNOW
PEOPLE THAT ARE CHRISTIANS - A
00:22:34.98\00:22:42.16
LOT OF THEM - AND AT A CERTAIN
TIME EVERY DAY, THEY'VE GOT TO
00:22:42.19\00:22:46.06
BE WHERE A TV IS OR THEY TAPE
IT - AND THEY'VE GOT TO WATCH A
00:22:46.09\00:22:49.83
SOAP OPERA BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOTTEN SUCKED INTO THIS
00:22:49.86\00:22:52.97
ARTIFICIAL -
NOW, I LAUGH AT THAT.
00:22:53.00\00:22:55.50
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE
WILL LOOK AT THESE ACTORS GOING
00:22:55.54\00:22:58.87
THROUGH THESE BIZARRE THINGS ON
TV, SAYING, 'OH NO, WAS IT WITH
00:22:58.91\00:23:02.94
HER?' 'YES, IT'S WITH HER.'
'OH, BUT DID YOU KILL HIM?'
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.65
'NO, I KILLED...' AND
THEY'RE GOING, 'OOOOH!'
00:23:05.68\00:23:08.12
AND THEY'RE CRYING AND
THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THIS.
00:23:08.15\00:23:10.25
I TRIED TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO
PEOPLE WHO, THEY'VE GOT THE SOAP
00:23:10.29\00:23:12.62
OPERA ON AND
SAY, 'JUST A MINUTE.
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.09
OHHH.' I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT,
BUT IT GETS A HOLD OF THEM AND
00:23:14.12\00:23:21.40
THEIR LIVES REVOLVE AROUND THAT
PROGRAM AS MY STOMACH TURNS -
00:23:21.43\00:23:25.83
OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED -
AND IT TAKES OVER THEIR LIFE.
00:23:25.87\00:23:30.84
AND FOR MOST
PEOPLE IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
00:23:30.87\00:23:33.48
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
PET TEMPTATION IS - WE'RE ALL
00:23:33.51\00:23:36.78
DIFFERENT. SOME OF
YOU ARE PETER, SOME ARE
00:23:36.81\00:23:39.31
JAMES, SOME ARE JOHN,
SOME ARE MARY, SOME ARE MARTHA.
00:23:39.35\00:23:43.45
THE DEVIL KNOWS WHAT IT IS AND
HE WANTS TO GET AHOLD OF YOU SO
00:23:43.49\00:23:48.39
THAT IT CONTROLS YOU - SO
THAT IT BECOMES THE DEFINING
00:23:48.42\00:23:51.23
INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE INSTEAD
OF JESUS BEING THE ONE WHO'S IN
00:23:51.26\00:23:55.60
CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE.
AND, AT SOME POINT, THE FIRST
00:23:55.63\00:23:58.77
STEP IS YOU'VE GOT TO,
LIKE I DID, YOU'VE GOT TO SAY,
00:23:58.80\00:24:00.90
'THIS IS OUT OF
CONTROL. I'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
00:24:00.94\00:24:04.51
AND, LORD, I NEED YOUR HELP.'
AND IT'S NOT A GOOD WITNESS.
00:24:04.54\00:24:10.85
YOU KNOW, WHEN - UP IN THE HILLS
NEAR OUR CABIN, WE'VE GOT A FEW
00:24:10.88\00:24:17.59
TREES THAT ARE NICE LOOKING
TREES AND I WAS OUT WALKING ONE
00:24:17.62\00:24:21.82
DAY AND I REMEMBER SEEING
THAT THIS POISON OAK VINE WAS
00:24:21.86\00:24:27.10
BEGINNING TO GO UP A RATHER
PICTURESQUE OAK TREE UP THERE IN
00:24:27.13\00:24:31.77
THE HILLS AND I
DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT.
00:24:31.80\00:24:34.67
NOW, USUALLY POISON OAK IT JUST
- IT JUST KIND OF CRAWLS ALONG
00:24:34.70\00:24:37.27
THE GROUND - IT'S NOT VERY BIG -
OR IT MIGHT GET IN THE MANZANITA
00:24:37.31\00:24:39.91
BUSHES A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY
ARE VINES AND, UNENCUMBERED THEY
00:24:39.94\00:24:43.35
WILL CONTINUE TO GROW
AND THEY GET PRETTY MASSIVE.
00:24:43.38\00:24:47.25
AND A FEW YEARS LATER, I WENT
WALKING BY THAT SAME TREE AND I
00:24:47.28\00:24:51.05
NOTICED THAT THE POISON OAK VINE
HAD WRAPPED AROUND AND WAS GOING
00:24:51.09\00:24:54.52
UP INTO THE TREE AND IT WAS
CREATING A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THE
00:24:54.56\00:24:58.26
BRANCHES, TAKING OVER THE WHOLE
LOWER HALF OF THIS VERY BIG
00:24:58.29\00:25:01.46
MAJESTIC OAK TREE, WHICH
NORMALLY WOULD BE VERY STRONG
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.97
AND INDEPENDENT. AND I
REALIZED THAT SOMETHING
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.87
HAD TO BE DONE OR WHEN THE
SNOW CAME, THE WEIGHT WAS GOING
00:25:07.90\00:25:10.07
TO TAKE THAT TREE DOWN.
ALL IT TOOK WAS A CHAINSAW AND
00:25:10.11\00:25:16.11
ONE CUT AND I KNEW IT WOULD DIE.
EVEN THOUGH I MADE THE CUT, THE
00:25:16.14\00:25:23.42
VINE WAS STILL HANGING THERE,
BUT I WASN'T WORRIED ANYMORE,
00:25:23.45\00:25:26.05
BECAUSE ONCE I KNEW I MADE
THE CUT, IT WAS GOING TO DIE.
00:25:26.09\00:25:29.76
AND, SURE ENOUGH, AS TIME WENT
BY, THE VINE ROTTED - IT BLEW
00:25:29.79\00:25:33.43
OUT OF THE TREE - THE TREE
CONTINUED TO FLOURISH AND STAND
00:25:33.46\00:25:36.67
STRONG. SOME OF
US KNOW WE'VE GOT
00:25:36.70\00:25:39.30
TENDRILS - AND THEY START
SMALL IN OUR LIVES, BUT THEY'LL
00:25:39.33\00:25:42.74
CONTINUE TO GROW AND WRAP
THEMSELVES AROUND YOUR LIFE
00:25:42.77\00:25:45.37
AND START SAPPING THE STRENGTH
AND DISTRACTING YOUR ENERGY AND
00:25:45.41\00:25:49.28
YOUR TIME FROM WHAT GOD WANTS
YOU TO DO. NOW, I'LL INTERPRET
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YOUR SILENCE TO MEAN THAT MAYBE
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING TO
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YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S
THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE
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OUT OF BALANCE. IT
MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS
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OUTWARDLY AS
HARMLESS AS ICE CREAM.
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IT MAY BE SOMETHING MORE
SERIOUS - IT MIGHT BE A SERIOUS
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR PRACTICE OR
RELATIONSHIP THAT IS UNHEALTHY.
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AND YOU NEED TO SAY, 'LORD,
I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR
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HELP.' AND YOU COME TO JESUS
AND YOU CONFESS THAT YOU NEED
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SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION
AND THE LORD CAN GIVE YOU THE
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VICTORY AND YOU WILL REJOICE AND
- AND IT IS SO NICE WHEN YOU CAN
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LOOK BACK AND SAY, 'FREE AT
LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD
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ALMIGHTY I'M FREE AT LAST.'
IT IS SO NICE TO KNOW THAT THING
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DOESN'T HAVE
DOMINION OVER YOU ANYMORE.
00:26:44.57\00:26:46.97
IT'S NOT CONTROLLING
AND DEFINING YOUR LIFE.
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HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE THAT
FREEDOM AND THAT EXPERIENCE.
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>>AMAZING FACTS
HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE.
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>>AND I JUST PRAISE
GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS.
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>>AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY
DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
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>>THIS WHOLE PROCESS -
GETTING WHERE I AM TODAY -
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>>I FELT GOOD ABOUT
THAT. I DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED.
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>>I BEGAN
READING THE BIBLE AND -
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>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -
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>>I REALIZED THAT
THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE.
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>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.49
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO
POWERFUL. >>I'LL FOLLOW CHRIST
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.36
WHEREVER HE GOES.
>>AMAZING FACTS. MORE THAN 45
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YEARS OF PROCLAIMING
GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
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>>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS
ACROSS AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS
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WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
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I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND
ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE
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NEVER HEARD THIS
BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK
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THROUGH AND FIND
THIS. THEN I JUST
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COULDN'T GET
ENOUGH. >>AND SO I STARTED
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DOING BIBLE STUDIES.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS
00:27:41.19\00:27:44.59
STARTED BEING
CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF.
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.66
>>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY
DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?'
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THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS
00:27:51.03\00:27:54.24
A FATHER. >>I LOST
EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS
00:27:54.27\00:27:57.84
WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT
WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
00:27:57.87\00:28:01.08
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT.
00:28:01.11\00:28:04.78
THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL
AND SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT,
00:28:04.81\00:28:09.22
'THIS IS REAL. THIS
IS - THIS IS AMAZING.'
00:28:09.25\00:28:14.46
>>LET'S FACE IT: IT'S NOT ALWAYS
EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
00:28:14.49\00:28:17.49
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE.
WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
00:28:17.53\00:28:20.93
CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE
CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
00:28:20.96\00:28:25.33
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