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- Oh yes, stay right there.
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Stay right there
I'll be right back.
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Hey, welcome everybody to
Talking Donkey International
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and our new television
series, Country Wisdom.
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- Let's set the tone
for this new series of ours.
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It's found in Proverbs 4,
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"Let your eyes
look directly forward
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"and your gaze be
straight before you.
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"Ponder the path of your feet
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"and then all your
ways will be sure."
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- Join us now
for Country Wisdom.
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(sheep bleats)
(Dr. Randell laughs)
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- They say ma.
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- Ma huh, it's a ma.
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- Ma.
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- You know, I knew
that you raise sheep
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but I didn't know
how sweet they were.
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- Well, these are Jacob's sheep
and they're really special.
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I used to eat them Jim,
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but I don't eat
them anymore. (laughs)
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- Praise the Lord.
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- Yeah. (both laughs)
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Hey, I got to ask you I know...
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What, what happened?
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Look like somebody
hit you or something.
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- Well I, ate a lot
of candy when I was a kid
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and wrecked my teeth
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and they did a
lateral sinus lift
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and put two implants in,
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they had to raise
the the bone height
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so that I could...
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And a little swollen,
but it's getting better.
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- Oh, you're
looking pretty good.
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(Dr. Randell laughs)
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- Hey, I want to
introduce you to somebody here.
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- Sure.
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- Janice.
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I know you're
probably going to pay attention
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to the baby and not
to, - Oh my goodness.
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- this is Dr.
Elloway, - (laughs) Hi.
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- Janice Nelson. - Hi. (laughs)
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- Nice to meet you.
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- Ain't this a sweetheart?
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- Oh, I want to take 'em home.
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- They can see how Jesus made
so many references to sheep,
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you know, they're just
so sweet and they cuddle.
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- Yeah. And my
sheep know my voice.
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I can call him from
the other end of the field.
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- Really? - Yeah.
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- Wow. - And they'll come around
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- They'll come.
Yeah. Yeah. - to you?
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- My Pups don't
even obey like that.
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(Dr. Randell laughs)
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- Well, I'm well,
I could spend all day
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with this little guy.
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Matter of fact,
I'd take one home
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but I want to hear
the rest of your story.
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I'm sure Janice does too.
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- Right, he's been..
- So let's go find the.
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- He's told me a little
bit, but not nearly enough.
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I want to hear it all.
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- Let's find a
shady place. - Let's go.
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Let's do it.
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I love this place.
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The views and
everything they're beautiful.
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- Yeah. This place is just green
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and there's
birds and flowers and--
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- I am really struggling
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to not be breaking one of
the commandments about coveting.
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What I wouldn't
give for this deck,
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especially all this trees.
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It's just, I
wouldn't get anything done,
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I'd be sitting
on a bench all day.
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- But you know,
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we could probably be
looking at this all day long
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but you've got an
incredible story to tell them,
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we want to get right to it.
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Share with, take a big breath
and share with us. (laughs)
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- Well, it all
started when I was younger,
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my dad was interested in
thoroughbred horses and as a
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hobby. He was a
dentist, but on a hobby,
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he wanted some, I
guess some action in his life
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and he invested in
the thoroughbred horses.
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And of course he
liked to race them.
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And we had some
winners and at a young age,
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I learned... -
That's an expensive hobby.
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- Expensive hobby, there's
jockeys, there's trainers.
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And, and so we
would go to this Vancouver
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extubation racetrack in
British Columbia, Canada,
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that's where I grew up.
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And I can remember
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at a very young age
eating in the clubhouse.
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And then of course he'd
want to place a bet on your,
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your horse. -
How young were you?
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- Oh my goodness, I.
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At 12 years old,
they would allow gambling.
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(Janice laughs)
You could, you could,
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you could place
a bet for your dad
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at 12 years old.
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- So you always told him
it was for your dad, was it?
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- Well at
first, at first it was.
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And then I
realized, you know what?
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I could, I could,
maybe I could do this,
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because you watch the
horses go around the track
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and all you gotta
do is pick a winner.
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And it only had to come
in first, second or third.
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And for $2 bet, you could
end up with three or four or $5.
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And that was enough to
buy a hamburger, a hot dog,
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a milkshake and two chocolate
bars, you know, in those days.
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And so it was, it was a
hook at a very young age
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that got, that.
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- Now you were, you were a
Christian family at that time
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or? - Yes, we were
a Christian family.
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We attended church, you know,
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my dad would, would
attend periodically.
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My mom was
faithful, very faithful
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but this was my
dad, you know, he wanted
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he had this little side
thing going on and it was--
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- And did he have any
idea that you were gambling?
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- Well, he gambled.
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- Okay, so.
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- He would bet on his
horse as well, you know, so.
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It was, you know, some of
these things maybe aren't...
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As you're growing up,
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aren't weighed
in different homes
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as much as other homes but--
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- And I'm sure he never
thought it would be a problem.
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- It was just
something that was fun,
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- Yeah. Right -
for an afternoon.
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- Correct.
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And they revolved around
outside of, outside of the home
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and an event,
exciting event, you know,
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seeing if your
horse could win whatnot.
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- So where's this a little
bit of a gambling addiction go?
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- So, yeah, so it started there.
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And then I had another friend
who introduced me to roulette
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and blackjack.
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And Vancouver being a
port city, they brought in,
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you know, some gambling.
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And so we would
go to these places
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where you could play cards and--
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- How old were you by this time?
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- I'm at, I'm a
teenager high school.
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- How'd you get into that?
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- I know, I was
just thinking, - Yeah.
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you could go in
and play roulette?
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- So, so at 18, I
think 18, 19, 18, 19.
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You could, you could, you
could, you could play. (laughs)
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- But were you
playing before that?
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- While you, I...
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(Janice laughs)
- I don't think--
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- That's a yes--
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- Don't go -
No, No, I-- (laughs)
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- too much on
this one. (all laughs)
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- So mostly it
was the racetrack.
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Until, until I got, I got a
little bit older and in college.
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- So you play the racetrack
all the time kind of through?
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- Yeah. When I could, I mean,
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I didn't have it
when I go with my dad.
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And then when I
got my driver's license
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I found myself,
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going there.
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- Now you skipped
through this part a little bit
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but what was your
quote Christian experience
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during this time?
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- (coughs) Well, my
Christian experience was...
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You know it's difficult
to answer because you know
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you've got one
foot in the world and,
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and one foot doing that, but
you know, I, I love the Lord.
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I, I would read my Bible
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and I would have family
worship and things like that.
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So the outsider wouldn't,
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wouldn't had a
clue that, you know,
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that this was going on.
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And for probably most
of the family, I mean,
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I'm sure there's a lot
of people that go to church
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and they do things.
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They come on Sabbath
morning (birds chirping)
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and have no idea
what's going on in their life.
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- That's really what
you're, why you decided to
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share your
testimony today, right?
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Is because, you can be
sitting in the church pew
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and you can look nice and you,
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you know, you're a doctor.
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You've got an upstanding
business in the community
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and everything.
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Christian, but
there's other things going on.
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Um, let's just kind of continue.
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What happened
after the teenage years?
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- So attended college
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and of course in
college you're pretty busy
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but I was still make,
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you know, expeditions to
go and find a time to do that.
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And in fact, right up
until, right into dental school,
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I was, would go to,
cause went to Loma Linda
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and I would take a
little time to go to Las Vegas.
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- Christian dental school?
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- Yup, Christian
dental school, and,
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and what was exciting, well,
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I didn't have much
money to lose at that time.
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I had barely
anything, but I made friends
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with the pit boss and,
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and he would put
me in a room for free
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and, and get me a free meal.
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And, and I would stay
there for the weekend and,
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and have a good time and
wouldn't lose much money,
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I might make a little money.
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It just, it was,
it was a horrible--
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- You said we would
stay - I'd stay up--
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So you had friends
who'd go with you there?
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- Yes, it does,
I'd have friends.
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Yeah, it would. That would come.
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- I can imagine that
part of the allure is
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that hit of
adrenaline because you might,
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you know, you might win
and I'm sure when you do win...
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I'm talking from
imagination here.
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- Right? Okay.
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- It just hasn't been something
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I'm tempted to spend money on,
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but you take me to a
shoe store, a bookstore,
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and all bets are off.
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But, was that part of it?
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It's like, every time
you're thinking I, I might win.
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- Yeah. So of course the gambler
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always thinks he's gonna win,
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and when you win, it's exciting.
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But you find
yourself, it's actually slavery.
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You're staying up
all night, all hours.
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You don't even want
to go to the bathroom,
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when you're winning, because--
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- But you still managed
to get through dental school?
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(both laughs)
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- It's a, it's,
it's an addiction.
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And, it's a, it's a cherished,
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as a cherish sin that
some people might have that,
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that I'd like to
reach out to you today.
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Because, they don't
understand that, that,
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you know just like
there's a Holy spirit,
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there's an unholy spirit.
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And when you start
realizing that Satan controls,
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that's his playground
and he can control the cards.
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He can make you win,
he can make you lose.
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It's not a nice game to be in.
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- You use the
word slavery. - Yes.
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- Would you unpack
that? Just a little bit more?
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- Slavery? (sighs)
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Well. You know, the
children of Israel. (chuckles)
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They were in slavery
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and Moses went in
there to get them out
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so they could
start keeping Sabbath
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and start living the abundant
life that Jesus promises.
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And I probably missed
out on the abundant life
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when I was in
that sort of situation.
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I'm sure I did.
- But you thought
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you were having a good life?
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- I thought I was. Right.
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It's a big lie.
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- But you weren't
really in control?
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- Well, no, I mean.
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When you're, when
you're feeling like,
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you're gonna win all the time
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and that you have
to take your own money,
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and then you end up losing it
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and then sometimes you win,
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and most of the time you lose.
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If, if Las Vegas made
10 cents on every person
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that went in there,
they would go bankrupt.
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So obviously
everybody's losing. Um (sighs)
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- No, you uh. you're in college.
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I understand,
some point in time,
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I know you got married,
I've met your wonderful wife.
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- Yeah, she's a blessing to me.
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- Did she know
what was going on?
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- Yeah, she is
aware of it, but I, I,
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I, what's the
word, won her heart?
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(all laughs)
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- Okay. Why, she
had a good catch.
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(all laughs)
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- She recognized your potential?
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- Maybe, yeah.
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And it come from a
really good family.
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That her father, a man of God,
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who prayed for us
and our future and,
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and thankful for that.
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I, you know
married into a good family
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makes a big difference.
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- So this continued on,
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you didn't stop put the
brakes on when you got married?
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- Yeah but it,
significantly slowed down and,
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and my wife
Nora had never really
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wanted anything to do with it.
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You know, she'd
always be hesitant to,
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to allow me to do it.
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But then I would do it
occasionally, secretly.
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And so I'd get a
call, "Where are you?"
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And I go, "Well..."
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You know, I
didn't want to lie to her
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and so I'd say,
"Well, I, you know,
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"just finished playing hockey."
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And then I would
end up stopping off
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at the little card shop
where nobody knew I would,
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- I've had the opportunity
to know you for many years.
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Of course, I guess I
didn't totally know you
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because you're spraying
this on me more recently.
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(Dr. Randell laughs)
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But, I can remember
finding you one time and said,
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"Randell you need to come
with me on a mission trip."
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And you said, "Oh, Jim, I, I
just can't afford to do that."
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Just can't afford to do
that and I remember saying,
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"Well, why don't
you pray about it?"
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And you know, kind of, how do
you refuse as a church member,
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"How'd, no, I'm not
gonna pray about it?"
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But you did and, and--
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- He roped me in on my
first mission trip, same way.
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(all laughs)
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- Would you kind of
pick up on that story
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and what God did
through there for you?
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- Yeah there was a time where
we were coming to your church
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and it wasn't just one time.
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Jim you invited me,
I think you invited me,
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you were very persistent.
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I think he invited me
three or four times and,
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and the big deal was
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I couldn't leave my
practice for three weeks.
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Because, you can't just
shut things down for the rest...
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There's no way if I,
financially could do that and...
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But finally with your
persistence, and I did say I
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would go. And it's funny, that
minute I said, I, I would go,
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I started getting
these big cases, bridge cases
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and implant cases and,
and my office is so busy.
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And the day before I left,
I looked at the bottom line
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and I had, I had enough money
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to pay for three weeks
of vacation/mission work.
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And uh, and God provided
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and so that was evidence to me
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that he really wanted me to go.
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And that was life
changing not only for me,
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but for my, my
daughter, Natasha.
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Who's now in
dental school, by the way.
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(all laughs) Doesn't gamble.
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(all laughs)
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- I'll remember, I
remember you called me up
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and said, "Jim
you'll never guess
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"what happened to
me in my practice."
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I remember
saying, "Yes, I would,
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but go ahead and tell me anyway.
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(Janice laughs)
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And, and you shared this story.
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- Yeah.
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- But you went
on the mission trip.
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Tell us a little
bit about that trip.
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- That was a great trip.
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We ministered
to the people there
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and saw so many needy cases.
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And what I remember the most is
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I'm really happy
that my youngest went,
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she like eight
years old at the time
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and she was sterilizing and
changes, life changing for her.
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But, you know,
probably I, I, I...
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There's so many things Jim,
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I could talk about that
trip, but it was, it was...
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But at this time, you know,
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I don't remember
if I was gambling.
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I was closer to the
Lord then, but, you know,
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things like this can
kind of creep up on you.
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They go away for a while and
they creep up on you. (sighs)
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But uh, uh--
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- You know, correct me if wrong,
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but it seems like you
were having this real conflict
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in your heart and
in your mind that,
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"I want to go gamble, but
now I'm doing mission trips
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"and God's
speaking to my heart."
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I mean, what was going on?
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- Boy, that's a
lukewarm state, isn't it?
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Not a place, almost like, you
know it's frightful when you,
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when described, it
describes people today.
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You know, one foot in the church
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and one foot out of the church.
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So, you know, I came
across this, caught this...
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My one of my
favorite authors says that,
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"One cherish sin, can,
if you don't overcome it..."
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Let me get the right
exact context of that.
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It says here, "Even one
wrong trait of character,
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"one sinful desire,
persistently cherished,
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"will eventually neutralize
all the power of the gospel."
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So--
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- It's like a
couple cells of a cancer
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that gets into the
body and just keeps growing.
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- Yeah and then all
God's love and mercy
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and him being a savior,
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understanding all of
that, is neutralized.
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If you cherish, you're
not willing to, to give it up.
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So there's this battle,
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there's great controversy
going on in my own life and--
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- So what was the turning point?
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- Well, it's, it's,
it's, it's interesting.
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The turning point was, I
showed up to church one...
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Well, I, I went to a
dental meeting in, in Redding
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and went to the casino
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and played for about
an hour after the meeting.
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Didn't think anybody saw me
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and went to church that Sabbath.
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This was a Friday and
the next day was Sabbath
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and went to church.
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And I found a note
on my car. (chuckles)
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And the note said, "We saw you,
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"and we don't think this
is appropriate for an elder."
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I was an elder.
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This was quite a few years ago,
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- Which is (mumbles)
- maybe nine, nine or
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nine years ago or
something like that.
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- You keep the Sabbath.
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So you're a
Seventh-day Adventist
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(Dr. Randell laughs)
and now you're, you're,
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you're one of the
local leaders of the church.
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- Yeah. That's
very, very bad almost.
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So, I see this note and it says,
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"We saw you and we don't
think that's appropriate."
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And, and I, I said, "Okay,
you know, who wrote this note?"
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There's no sign, no.
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Nobody came up to
me, nobody approached me.
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And for all I know an
angel put that there, okay?
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I really, to this day I don't
know who put that note there,
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so this started
the wheels turning.
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You know what?
I've got a double life.
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And even though I'm not
doing this all the time,
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it's still something that...
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Somebody recognized as, as
something that's not proper
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for an elder, a
church, to be doing.
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And none of us are perfect, Jim.
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And, but, but you
know, this, these open sins.
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You know, the gambler,
the drunkards often despised,
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the gambler's
despised but pride,
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cowardliness and selfishness
go on rebuked. (sighs)
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This was an open sin
that I felt a lot of shame.
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- If I can take you
back to that moment,
00:17:40.96\00:17:43.56
again when you picked
up that note and read that.
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- Yeah.
00:17:45.89\00:17:46.83
- What went through your mind?
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- I was found out,
like, somebody knows.
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You know, I can't
hide this anymore.
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This is my church,
someone at my church knows.
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So this is like,
this is not good.
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You know, I can't--
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- I I've, I've got to tell you,
I can't help but think about
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in some of the African nations.
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You know, the
witch doctors and things,
00:18:03.14\00:18:04.48
people go to the
witch doctor and they...
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The witch doctor tells
him, go do this, you know?
00:18:06.25\00:18:08.18
And it's in the
secret of the night, but then
00:18:08.18\00:18:10.29
the witch doctor
tells somebody else.
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That's the way the devil is.
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You know, he, he wants to
make the life of everybody
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absolutely miserable.
00:18:16.69\00:18:18.29
So he gets you to do something,
00:18:18.29\00:18:19.66
then he tells somebody
else that you're doing it.
00:18:19.66\00:18:21.40
(Dr. Randell chuckles)
00:18:21.40\00:18:22.83
And, and that was, it was making
your life miserable really.
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- Well. It was, actually,
I'm thankful for that note
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because it was, it was, I
think the icing on the cake.
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That turning point,
the realized that I,
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I needed to do
something about this.
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I can't let this go on.
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So,
00:18:39.88\00:18:40.92
I went to camp meeting
00:18:41.85\00:18:43.75
and they were talking about
getting anointed for sickness.
00:18:43.75\00:18:48.96
And, you know, I,
James talks about this.
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If any of you are
sick and you know,
00:18:52.56\00:18:55.23
sickness doesn't necessarily
have to be cancer or,
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or heart disease or,
you know, AIDS or whatever.
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And in my mind,
gambling can be is,
00:19:02.24\00:19:04.31
is a sickness and
it was a cherish sin.
00:19:04.31\00:19:07.18
And so I wanted
to be anointed and...
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I didn't want to
do it at Camp meeting,
00:19:11.31\00:19:12.58
so I came back and I
explained to my pastors
00:19:12.58\00:19:15.35
that I trusted - Uh-oh.
00:19:15.35\00:19:16.89
and I sat them down.
00:19:16.89\00:19:18.29
I had two pastors that I
trusted and I sat them down.
00:19:18.29\00:19:20.79
And I explained to
them about the note.
00:19:20.79\00:19:23.32
I explained to them about that,
00:19:23.32\00:19:24.46
that I wanted to be anointed
00:19:24.46\00:19:26.06
and I wanted to
be done with this.
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So--
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- And their response was?
00:19:28.60\00:19:30.07
- Oh, they were happy.
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- Had they ever been
asked to anoint someone,
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for something like that?
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- I don't think so.
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I don't think so.
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And there's power in anointing.
00:19:37.01\00:19:38.37
And, so, if
anybody out there is doing
00:19:38.37\00:19:41.91
you know, something
now, this is, this is key.
00:19:41.91\00:19:43.75
I think, the Holy spirit.
00:19:43.75\00:19:45.65
So they, you know, we
knelled down and, and I swore...
00:19:45.65\00:19:48.25
I'd and they, I asked for
a double portion. (laughs)
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And the, and, the true
test was just actually,
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I think six months ago, we
had another dental meeting.
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You know, I hadn't
been to Las Vegas in years
00:20:00.30\00:20:02.43
and this anointing took
place maybe eight years ago.
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And I haven't gambled since.
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- Amen. - Praise God, you know--
00:20:08.00\00:20:09.54
- What do you tribute that to?
00:20:09.54\00:20:11.14
- Oh, it's a...
00:20:11.14\00:20:12.51
There's only one thing
it could be attributed to
00:20:12.51\00:20:13.51
and that's the power of God.
00:20:13.51\00:20:14.88
There's no question
about it, it's his mercy.
00:20:14.88\00:20:16.61
- Because you couldn't have just
00:20:16.61\00:20:17.68
stopped on your
own. - No, no I, I,
00:20:17.68\00:20:18.88
I don't think so, because it...
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The truth, you
know, the true test again
00:20:21.52\00:20:23.42
was going to Las Vegas and,
00:20:23.42\00:20:26.05
and, and being in
that situation, I said,
00:20:26.05\00:20:28.12
"Okay, I went there,
I purposed in my heart."
00:20:28.12\00:20:29.89
You know, Daniel purposed...
00:20:29.89\00:20:31.03
I purposed in my
heart before I went
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because we didn't
really want to go there
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but there's a meeting we had
to go to, this implant meeting.
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And, and so we went because
that was where it was offered.
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And, I hate the place, you know.
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I don't even want to be there,
but the meeting was there.
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So that's why we were there.
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And, the first day
was no problem, you know.
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Second day, I think we
were there three nights.
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And the second day
was, you know the little,
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the little voice
I started to say,
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"You know, just go
play a little bit."
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And I went downstairs,
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I kind of looked
and, "Ah, that's okay."
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And on the third, the third day,
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the day we were
leaving, that was the day.
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That morning I got up and said,
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I told my wife, "You
know, I really want to play.
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"I, I just want to,
just try a little bit."
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- Devil really poured it on him.
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- He did.
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He just, just, and,
and so she says, "No."
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You know, I thank God
for a good, good wife.
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And I, and I said, "Yeah, I
don't want to, but I want to."
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You know, I'm having that,
that, "We're here, you know
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"and we're leaving
today, you know, how, you know."
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Trying to justify it.
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- Put a few
quarters of-- (laughs)
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- Yeah, you know. (sighs)
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Whatever.
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And I went outside the
hotel we were staying at,
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and it was
Bellagio, or was it the Bla--
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I think it was Bellagio Hotel.
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Outside they have this statue,
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and it's this awful-looking
dragon and its name was Karin.
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And I looked up what Karin was
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and it said, God of
money or, or, or luck
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or something like
that, I can't remember.
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And I was like, this
is not, this is not good.
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And, and, and at
that point again,
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I just said, "Thank you
Lord, for deliverance of this."
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And, when I got on the
plane, it wasn't till I got...
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'Cause at the airport, they
got slot machines and gambling.
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- Oh, they have everywhere,
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- Everywhere! - The restroom.
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And so I got on the plane
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and it wasn't
until I was on the plane,
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I looked out the window
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and I looked at let's
call it Sodom and Gomorrah.
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And I looked at it
and I were taken off
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and I just started crying.
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I said, "Thank you, Jesus.
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"Thank you for giving
me the victory over this."
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Not one penny, not one
nickel was spent there.
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And, it's because
his power and his love.
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- Describe for me, if you would,
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Dr. Elloway's life now
versus Dr. Elloway's life then
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and how it's
affected your family
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and your church and
practice everything.
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- Well, there's
more, there's more power in
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and more validity and,
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and what I, I say,
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because now I,
I, (hopeful music)
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I know that that...
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I mean, I'm hanging out.
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I'm talking all
day long about God now.
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I mean, I did before.
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But I can, I can feel...
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I, you know, when you,
when you have been this way
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and then that way.
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I guess the best way to
say it is you have a more of a,
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you have a walk.
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You know, how
Enoch walked with God?
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I wasn't walking all the time.
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I would walk and then I would
fall and walk and I'd fall.
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You know, I'd still go
to, I'd probably still fall.
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And that, in a minute
you overcome something.
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There's, the Holy spirit reveals
more things in your life.
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(Janice laughs)
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So it's like, now I
got to work on this,
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this, this and
this. (Jim laughs)
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And so it's, it's an ongoing,
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ongoing sanctification
is work of a lifetime
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and I haven't arrived.
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I just overcome
something that was nagging me
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and eating away at me
like a cancer, like you said.
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And to get
victory over that is huge.
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For my family, you know,
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they really, they
really didn't know too much.
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I kept it from them.
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My wife knew, but my kids,
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you want to set a
good example for them,
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so they didn't really know.
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But I, you can
talk about these things,
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when you know that God's
given you victory over them
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and we try to hide.
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We try to hide her, try
to hide our problems from,
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from, from people and,
00:24:01.60\00:24:03.00
and you know, says, "Confess
your sins one to another."
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And there's power in that.
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That doesn't mean that
people are going to forgive you,
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only God can forgive sins.
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But when you
confess, trust with, you know,
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confessors some power in that.
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Because people can pray
for you, the righteous prayer.
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I mean the prayer of a
righteous man avail it much.
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And, so keep
praying for me, Jim.
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God's not done
with me yet. (laughs)
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- With any of us.
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- I think though,
when you are forced
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and you finally
recognize just how weak you are
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and it makes you much
more empathetic to people.
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Whether they have
the same problem you do
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or something different,
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because it is literally there,
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but for the grace of God.
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You know, I've,
I've been down to,
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maybe it was a different problem
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but we all have those issues.
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And I found that
being more honest about them
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rather than pretending.
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- Yeah.
00:24:55.76\00:24:56.89
- You know, Oh, I,
I'm fairly perfect.
00:24:56.89\00:24:59.83
(group laughs)
Well, first of all,
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my family wouldn't believe it.
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But you find that other people
then have the courage to come
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and say, "You know, I've
struggled with that same thing."
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.51
People who would
never have opened up
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would never have found,
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you know, the
strength in numbers,
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the Christian fellowship
when you're not being honest.
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But when you recognize,
"Oh, I'm not the only one that,
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"that has this
hidden, this secret, you know,
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"somebody else has overcome."
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It gives you courage.
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- Which brings me to a point.
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We probably only
got a minute or two left
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but what would you tell viewers?
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A lot of the same things
are going through their minds.
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They might be in that
whole position right now.
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What would you tell them?
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- Go on a mission trip.
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(Janice laughs)
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You know, it really boils down
to being honest with yourself
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and with other people.
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It's a slavery to
live two lives, It's a lie.
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And you're not going to be happy
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and you're not going
to be fully effective
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or fully used by the Holy spirit
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until you can have that
victory of that cherished sin.
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We all sin, but
there's still cherished ones.
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Those loved ones, those,
00:26:10.40\00:26:11.67
those ones that you
just don't want to let go of.
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.37
And this was one of 'em.
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.57
This is not
something that I did every day
00:26:14.57\00:26:15.97
but it was that one I
really liked, just a game.
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You know as, you know, I,
I'm going to win some money.
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The excitement you
look around, you know,
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flashing and dress
up, devil's playground.
00:26:23.85\00:26:28.48
And, and so for those
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.05
that perhaps might
be having this struggle,
00:26:32.05\00:26:36.59
if you really
want, you know my...
00:26:36.59\00:26:40.06
Jesus says, "My sheep hear my
voice and they know my voice."
00:26:40.06\00:26:43.06
And Jesus, I could recognize
his voice, calling me and,
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and he wants, he
promises the abundant life.
00:26:48.70\00:26:53.04
And that
certainly wasn't it, Jim.
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The abundant life is, is,
is, is, is a life with Jesus
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and that's...
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And I can't wait to
see what he's got planned
00:27:00.72\00:27:04.29
- Amen. - for us
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.32
- Amen. - and a new heaven
00:27:05.32\00:27:06.19
and a new earth.
00:27:06.19\00:27:07.32
- Randell, I want
to thank you brother
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for a wonderful testimony.
00:27:08.32\00:27:10.06
And folks, I want to talk
to you just for a second here.
00:27:10.06\00:27:13.13
You heard what God has
done in this young man's life.
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Changed his life,
changed his family.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.53
Changed the
direction of eternity for him.
00:27:19.53\00:27:22.17
Because as he said, he didn't
have eternity at the moment
00:27:22.17\00:27:25.54
because the sin was dragging him
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.04
and eating at him
down and down and down.
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.01
So please give your
life to Jesus Christ.
00:27:29.01\00:27:32.15
Celebrate
victory in Jesus Christ.
00:27:32.15\00:27:34.38
It's yours for the
asking and for the taking.
00:27:34.38\00:27:37.09
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