>>BILL: TODAY ON THE
"IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM WE
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HAVE A VERY INTERESTING
STORY OF CONVERSION. THE
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TESTIMONY OF A
DIPLOMAT WHO CAME TO KNOW JESUS
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CHRIST. I HOPE YOU
WILL JOIN US. WE WILL BE
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BACK IN JUST A MINUTE.
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(MUSIC)
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ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
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IT IS WRITTEN.
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SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD!
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(MUSIC)
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>>BILL: WELL, TODAY ON
THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM
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WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
PROGRAM FOR YOU. WE HAVE
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TWO SPECIAL GUESTS,
FABIO AND SHIRLEY FRANCO; THEY
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ARE WITH US TO SHARE
WITH US A WONDERFUL STORY
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OF CONVERSION A TESTIMONY
THAT, I KNOW, IS GOING TO
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MOVE A LOT OF YOU. AND
SO, LET ME WELCOME BOTH OF YOU
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TO THE "IT IS WRITTEN"
PROGRAM. >>FABIO: THANK
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YOU. >>BILL: MAYBE
BEFORE WE GET STARTED WE COULD
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JUST HAVE YOU TELL OUR
VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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YOURSELVES, WHERE YOU'RE
FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU
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WERE BORN, WHERE YOU
GREW UP. WHY DON'T WE START?
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SHIRLEY, WHY DON'T WE
GO LADIES FIRST. >>SHIRLEY:
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OKAY. I WAS BORN IN
BRASILIA. I AM FROM BRAZIL
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AND I ALSO GREW UP
IN BRASILIA. >>BILL:
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AND FABIO? WHERE WERE YOU?
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>>FABIO: I WAS BORN IN
RIO AND WHEN I WAS EIGHT
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YEARS OLD MY PARENTS
CAME TO MICHIGAN, THEN TO NEW
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YORK, THEN TO CHICAGO.
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I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN
CHICAGO, THEN I MOVED BACK
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TO BRAZIL AND THEN
I STARTED A DIPLOMATIC
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CAREER AND I'VE BEEN
THERE OVER FIFTEEN YEARS.
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>>BILL: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
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AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
POSTED WHERE? >>FABIO: I'M
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IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN
THE CONSULATE. >>BILL: THAT'S
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WONDERFUL. THE BRAZILIAN
CONSULATE IN WASHINGTON
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D.C. >>FABIO: YES. YES.
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>>BILL: WELL, I WAS IN
WASHINGTON A WHILE BACK
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AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET YOU GUYS AND YOU
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WERE KIND ENOUGH TO
HAVE ME TO YOUR HOUSE FOR
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LUNCH. FOR A VERY NICE
LUNCH. AND I GOT TO HEAR
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A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR
CONVERSION STORY. IT WAS
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SO MOVING THAT I THOUGHT
OUR VIEWERS NEEDED TO HEAR
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THIS STORY. SHIRLEY,
YOU GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN
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HOME. RIGHT? >>SHIRLEY:
YES. >>BILL: IN FACT YOUR
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GRANDFATHER WAS A PASTOR?
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>>SHIRLEY: PASTOR.
YES. MY GRANDFATHER AND MY
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GRANDMOTHER, WELL,
THEY HELPED THE PRESBYTERIAN
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CHURCH IN BRAZIL AND MY
GRANDFATHER WAS A PASTOR
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IN BRAZIL. AND SO WE
USED TO READ THE BIBLE SINCE I
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WAS A CHILD. I LEARNED
HOW TO READ, YOU KNOW, WITH
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THE BIBLE. I USED
THE BIBLE TO READ, YEAH
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>>BILL: WOW. THAT'S GREAT.
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WAS IT ABOUT NINE
YEARS OLD YOU BECAME
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A.>>SHIRLEY: YES. WHEN I
WAS NINE YEARS OLD I WENT
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IN THE CAMP, ADVENTIST
CAMP. SO WHEN I CAME BACK
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HOME I DECIDED TO
START TO GO TO THE ADVENTIST.
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I SAID TO MY MOM I DON'T
WANT TO GO ANYMORE TO THE
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CHURCH THAT I USED TO
GO NOW, I WANT TO GO TO THE
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ADVENTIST.I WANT TO BE
AN ADVENTIST. >>BILL: WOW.
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AND YOU WERE, AND YOU
HAVE, AND YOU STILL ARE
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AN ADVENTIST. >>SHIRLEY:
YEAH. >>BILL: FABIO, I
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GUESS YOU HAD SORT OF A
CHRISTIAN UPBRINGING TO.
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I MEAN, WOULD YOU SAY?
I MEAN.>>FABIO: YES. IN
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GENERAL, AT LEAST NORMALLY
MY MOTHER WOULD ATTEMPT A
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SORT OF SPIRITUAL
EDUCATION FOR US. THERE
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WERE CERTAIN SPIRITUAL
RETREATS. I REMEMBER BEING
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PART OF THIS. >>BILL:
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU? I
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KNOW YOU HAD AN
INTERESTING EXPERIENCE ONE
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TIME WITH SOME
QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED ABOUT
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WHEN DO YOU THINK OF
GOD >>FABIO: THAT'S TRUE. IN
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ONE OF THESE
SPIRITUAL RETREATS WE WERE ALL
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SITTING IN A CIRCLE, I
THINK I WAS THE LAST ONE,
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AND EVERYBODY WAS SUPPOSED
TO SAY, WHEN DO YOU THINK
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OF GOD. HERE I AM
TRYING TO BATTLE OUT, WHEN DO I
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THINK OF GOD? AND FINALLY
WHEN IT CAME TO MY TURN, I
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JUST, I JUST SAID I
NEVER THINK OF GOD. AND IT WAS
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TRUE. FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME I NEVER THOUGHT
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OF GOD OR EVEN
WORSE, I REJECTED. >>BILL:
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SO WHEN THE TWO OF YOU
MET, SHIRLEY, YOU WERE A
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CHRISTIAN, RIGHT?
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>>SHIRLEY: YES. >>BILL:
FABIO, WERE YOU AN ATHEIST
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AT THAT TIME? HAD
YOU GIVEN UP ON GOD? I
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MEAN.>>FABIO: YES, I
WAS AN ATHEIST. >>BILL: SO
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WHEN THAT CAME UP IN
THE CONVERSATION THAT, YOU
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KNOW, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN,
HERE'S FABIO, AN ATHEIST,
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WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
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>>SHIRLEY: WELL, I MET
FABIO IN THE ? WHERE WE
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WORKED TOGETHER AND
WE STARTED TO DATE. AND I
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SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE IN THREE THINGS:
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FIRST OF ALL, I DO NOT
BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCE,
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I BELIEVE IN
"JESUS INCIDENCE"; AND THE
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SECOND ONE THAT IS ?
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IN PORTUGUESE, I DON'T
KNOW.>>FABIO: IF YOU DON'T
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COME TO ME STANDING UP,
YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO ME
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EITHER SITTING DOWN OR
CRAWLING. >>SHIRLEY: .AND
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THE THIRD ONE IS TODAY
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN MY GOD
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BUT THIS GOD THAT YOU
TELL BAD THINGS, TOMORROW YOU
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NEED HIM. I'M SURE
ABOUT THIS. >>BILL: SO, FABIO,
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WHAT DID YOU THINK
WHEN YOU HAD THIS YOUNG LADY
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GIVE YOU THESE THREE
CRITICAL BELIEFS IN HER
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LIFE? WHAT DID.>>FABIO:
THOUGHT SHE JUST HASN'T
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READ ENOUGH BOOKS AND I
THOUGHT, LET'S JUST GIVE
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HER SOME READING AND
WE'LL COME AROUND TO IT. >>BILL:
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WOW. SO YOU.>>SHIRLEY:
YEAH, I STARTED TO READ
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THE BIBLE TO HIM AND
I SAID, LOOK YOU HAVE SO
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MANY BOOKS IN OUR
HOUSE BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
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ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE.
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YOU NEED TO READ THIS
BOOK BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS
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SPECIAL. THERE IS NO
BOOK LIKE THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK
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IS DEEPER. THIS BOOK
WILL CHANGE YOUR POINT OF VIEW
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ABOUT EVERYTHING AND
YOU NEED TO READ ABOUT.YOU
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NEED TOKNOW ABOUT THIS
BOOK. WELL, I INVITED HIM
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TO GO TO THE CHURCH
WITH ME AND ALWAYS HE WENT
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BUT HE DIDN'T LIKE TO
PAY ATTENTION, ONLY TO READ
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HIS BOOK BECAUSE HE
WENT TO CHURCH WITH HIS BOOKS
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AND YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT THIS, I WANT
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TO READ MY BOOKS. I
SAID, ONE DAY JESUS WILL TALK
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WITH YOU. >>BILL: SO YOU
WOULD, WHILE THE PREACHER
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WAS PREACHING YOU
WOULD BE READING YOUR BOOK?
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>>FABIO: I'M ASHAMED TO
SAY, YES. >>BILL: WOW. AND
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DID JESUS, IN FACT,
SPEAK TO YOU LIKE SHIRLEY SAID
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>>FABIO: YEAH. FIRST,
NO, BECAUSE I REALLY TRIED
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TO BLOCK IT OUT. IT WAS A
VERY FORCEFUL THING THAT I
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WAS TRYING TO DO.
JUST TRYING TO BLOCK IT OUT
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NOT LOOKING, LOOKING
DOWN AT MY BOOK, TRYING TO
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REALLY BLOCK OUT
THE MESSAGE. BUT THERE'S
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SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS,
IT SEEPS IN, SOMETHING CALLS
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YOUR ATTENTION. YOU'RE
THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
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YOU RAISE UP YOUR HEAD
AND LISTEN AND THEN HE BEGINS
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TO TALK TO YOU.
>>BILL: HOW LONG DID THIS GO ON
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WITH YOU SORT OF GOING TO
CHURCH, TAKING YOUR BOOKS,
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SAYING I'LL GO, JUST
MAKE HER HAPPY.>>FABIO: MAYBE
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OVER A YEAR, MAYBE FOR
ABOUT.A PROCESS OF OVER
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A YEAR. BUT ALONG THAT
PROCESS, MORE AND MORE I
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STOPPED HATING GOING
TO CHURCH AND DOING MY OWN
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STUFF, READING MY OWN
BOOKS, AND MORE AND MORE
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STARTED TO LISTEN. SO
IT WAS A GRADUAL PROCESS OF
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LISTENING. AFTER A WHILE
I WAS AVID FOR THE WORD. I
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REALLY WANTED TO HEAR
WHAT THE PASTOR WAS SAYING
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>>BILL: DID YOU
FEEL SOMETHING CHANGING
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INSIDE OF YOU?
>>FABIO: DEFINITELY. THERE WAS A
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LOT OF THINGS CHANGING.
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A LOT OF THINGS.
BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY
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RATIONAL PERSON, A VERY
CEREBRAL, I GUESS I'D SAY
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AND EVERYTHING OCCURRED
HERE IN MY MIND AND I SAID
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I NEED TO FIGURE THINGS
OUT AND I WOULD DO THINGS,
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EVERYTHING VERY
RATIONALLY. AND I REMEMBER
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PASTOR PAULO NORGARA?;
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT REASON
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VERSUS REVELATION. AND
AT ONE POINT I REMEMBER
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COMING TO TEARS
WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
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REVELATION. AND THEN
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT REASON,
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THE HISTORY OF REASON IN
THE WORLD WHICH I WAS VERY
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FAMILIAR WITH, WITH
ALL THE PHILOSOPHERS, I WAS
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INTERESTED BUT I WASN'T
MOVED. SO THERE I STARTED
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TO LEARN IN A VERY DEEPER
WAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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REASON AND REVELATION.
HOW IT APPLIED TO ME. HOW IT
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AFFECTED MY LIFE. AND
THEN I LET THE SPIRIT IN.
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AND REASON CAME IN
SECOND PLACE. >>BILL: ISN'T THAT
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INTERESTING. YOU KNOW
I THINK THAT THERE'S A
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COUPLE OF INTERESTING
THINGS HERE. ONE OF THEM
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IS, SORT OF, THE REACTION
OF A CHRISTIAN SPOUSE, YOU
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KNOW, WITH A NON-CHRISTIAN
SPOUSE. HERE'S FABIO GOING
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TO CHURCH, TAKING HIS
BOOK, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
00:10:24.73\00:10:29.90
SAYING, I'LL GO BUT LET
ME DO MY OWN THING. YOU KNOW,
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HOW WAS YOU REACTION TO
THAT? WERE YOU HAPPY THAT
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HE WAS THERE? YOU
KNOW, JUST SAYING, I NEED HIM
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THERE BECAUSE IF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO WORK,
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YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
BE EASIER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
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TO WORK THERE. WHAT
WAS YOUR, SORT OF, REACTION
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TO THAT? >>SHIRLEY: WHEN
I SAW THERE, BECAUSE FABIO
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START TO KNEEL BECAUSE
THE PASTOR STARTED TO TALK
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AND I LOOKED AT FABIO
HE DIDN'T STOP CRYING. HE
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CRIED, CRIED, CRIED A LOT
AND I THOUGHT, OH GOD, YOU
00:11:03.03\00:11:08.53
ARE MY SAVIOUR. YOU ARE
MY LIGHT. AND I COULDN'T
00:11:08.53\00:11:09.53
BELIEVE BECAUSE IT'S
AMAZING. IT'S, YOU KNOW,
00:11:09.53\00:11:19.63
I THOUGHT, OH, JESUS
IS MY POWER. YOU KNOW,
00:11:19.63\00:11:28.60
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
FOR JESUS, FOR GOD. AND IT'S
00:11:28.60\00:11:29.63
GREAT BECAUSE IF YOU
TELL SOMEBODY THAT MY HUSBAND
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WAS LIKE THIS BEFORE
AND IS LIKE THIS NOW, YOU
00:11:37.36\00:11:49.03
CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:11:49.03\00:11:49.43
BUT JESUS, JESUS IS
TREMENDOUS. JESUS IS
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GREAT. >>BILL: IT'S
A MIRACLE, ISN'T IT?
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>>SHIRLEY: IT'S A MIRACLE.
00:11:57.66\00:12:00.13
>>BILL: FABIO, HOW DID
FOLKS AT THE CHURCH REACT
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TO YOU? >>FABIO: WELL,
I WAS ALWAYS WELL TAKEN
00:12:01.13\00:12:03.46
IN. I THINK THAT
NOBODY, NOBODY JUDGED, IT WAS
00:12:03.46\00:12:10.80
SOMETHING THAT WAS.NOBODY
REACTED WHEN I TOOK MY
00:12:10.80\00:12:11.80
BOOKS. I WAS ALWAYS VERY
WELL-TREATED. IT'S AMAZING
00:12:11.80\00:12:18.93
HOW THE COMMUNITY IT
TAKES YOU IN AND IT JUST WANTS
00:12:18.93\00:12:24.36
YOU TO FEEL GOOD THERE.
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NOT JUDGED. IT'S TRUE
HERE TOO. WHEN WE GO TO CHURCH,
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HERE IS A PLACE WHERE
YOU ARE TO BE EDUCATED
00:12:30.86\00:12:31.83
SOCIALLY WHICH IS SOMETHING
00:12:31.83\00:12:38.03
YOU DON'T HAVE OUT
THERE SOMETIMES THERE'S ALWAYS
00:12:38.03\00:12:42.16
COMPETITION, ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER YOU'RE TRYING TO
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DO THINGS TOGETHER.
HERE WHEN YOU SAY.WHEN YOU
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KNEEL DOWN TOGETHER AND
YOU'RE ALL LOOKING TOWARD
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GOD, YOU'RE ALL REALLY
TOGETHER. >>BILL: SURE.
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>>FABIO: WHEN WE'RE ALL
LOOKING TOWARDS CHRIST WE
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KNOW WE'RE ALL TOGETHER
AND THAT'S THE ONLY UNITY
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WE'LL EVER HAVE.
>>BILL: YES. INTERESTING. THIS
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IS SUCH A VALUABLE
LESSON THAT YOU WERE SOMEBODY
00:12:59.43\00:13:01.70
NEW, YOU WERE A
SEEKER, YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVEN
00:13:01.70\00:13:06.83
KNOWN YOU WERE A SEEKER
BUT THAT THE OTHER MEMBERS
00:13:06.83\00:13:07.90
OF THE CHURCH RECEIVED
YOU AND WELCOMED YOU AND
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EMBRACED YOU. THAT'S SUCH
AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR US
00:13:12.76\00:13:15.33
TO LEARN, YOU KNOW,
WITH FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO
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OUR CHURCHES. SO,
THIS TRANSITION BEGINS TO
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HAPPEN IN YOU AND THEN
AT SOME POINT YOU MADE A
00:13:19.90\00:13:24.33
DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:13:24.33\00:13:24.83
>>FABIO: YES. >>BILL:
SORT OF EXPLAIN THAT WHOLE
00:13:24.83\00:13:29.90
PROCESS TO US. >>FABIO:
YEAH BECAUSE LIKE I SAID
00:13:29.90\00:13:30.90
I CERTAIN.I HAVE A LOT
OF DOUBTS. I SAY I WANT TO
00:13:30.90\00:13:35.83
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
THIS AND SO MY WIFE PUT ME IN
00:13:35.83\00:13:40.53
TOUCH WITH A PASTOR, HIS
NAME IS JILY OLIVERIA AND
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HE GOES YOU NEED TO STUDY
THE BIBLE, YOU NEED TO GET
00:13:41.53\00:13:46.46
THINGS DOWN, THIS PASTOR
WILL HELP YOU. AND WE SAT
00:13:46.46\00:13:50.76
DOWN EVERY MONDAY
DURING MANY MONTHS AND DOUBTING
00:13:50.76\00:13:51.73
THOMAS THAT I WAS I
SAID WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS?
00:13:51.73\00:14:00.60
WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND HE
ALWAYS APPLIED THE BIBLE
00:14:00.60\00:14:04.03
TO ITSELF. HOW DO WE
FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT
00:14:04.03\00:14:05.00
AND SO DURING MANY
MONTHS I JUST THREW QUESTIONS AT
00:14:05.00\00:14:10.90
HIM, I JUST.I SAID I
NEED TO KNOW THIS AND THIS AND
00:14:10.90\00:14:14.76
THINGS STARTED TO SINK
IN. AND SO, WHEN I MOVED
00:14:14.76\00:14:15.73
TO WASHINGTON LAST YEAR
I HADN'T BEEN BAPTIZED YET
00:14:15.73\00:14:21.80
BUT THEN THIS PASTOR
SAID I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND
00:14:21.80\00:14:28.56
JUST A FEW WEEKS IN
WASHINGTON. THIS WAS IN
00:14:28.56\00:14:29.53
JANUARY. AND I SAID, NOW
THAT YOU'RE HERE I REALLY
00:14:29.53\00:14:36.63
WANT YOU TO BAPTIZE ME
YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT I
00:14:36.63\00:14:40.23
WANT TO BE BAPTIZED.
SO, I ASKED HIM AND HE SAID
00:14:40.23\00:14:41.23
YES AND IT WAS A
WONDERFUL OCCASION TO HAVE MY
00:14:41.23\00:14:48.46
TEACHER BAPTIZE ME
>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
00:14:48.46\00:14:53.53
SHIRLEY, WHEN YOU SAW
FABIO IN THE BAPTISTERY
00:14:53.53\00:14:54.63
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
YOUR MIND? >>SHIRLEY: GOD
00:14:54.63\00:14:59.30
IS GREAT. I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT. WOW, JESUS IS GREAT
00:14:59.30\00:15:04.90
BECAUSE BEFORE WHEN
I SAW (INAUDIBLE) IT IS
00:15:04.90\00:15:05.86
IMPOSSIBLE, THIS MAN'S
HEART IS HARD. SOMETIMES,
00:15:05.86\00:15:12.73
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE
I GIVE UP. IT'S HARD, I
00:15:12.73\00:15:18.50
CAN'T BECAUSE I
PRAYED AND PRAYED AND NOTHING
00:15:18.50\00:15:19.46
HAPPENED. BUT SOMETIMES
THINGS CHANGE AND WHEN I
00:15:19.46\00:15:25.43
SAW.WHEN I OPENED MY
EYES I SAW FABIO, YOU KNOW, BE
00:15:25.43\00:15:36.50
BAPTIZED, I FEEL,
WOW, JESUS IS GREAT. IT'S A
00:15:36.50\00:15:37.46
MIRACLE. YOU NEED ONLY
TO ACCEPT NOT.YOU CAN'T.I
00:15:37.46\00:15:46.76
DON'T HAVE WORDS TO
DESCRIBE THIS MOMENT. A
00:15:46.76\00:15:55.23
SPECIAL MOMENT.
>>BILL: YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP
00:15:55.23\00:15:56.23
BUT BELIEVE THAT AS
YOUR GRANDFATHER AND YOUR
00:15:56.23\00:15:58.70
GRANDMOTHER AS A YOUNG
GIRL BEGAN TO TEACH YOU
00:15:58.70\00:16:01.43
THE BIBLE, YOU
LEARNED TO READ BY READING
00:16:01.43\00:16:02.33
THE BIBLE THAT GOD
WAS PREPARING.THAT HE
00:16:02.33\00:16:04.96
USED YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND
GRANDFATHER TO PREPARE YOU
00:16:04.96\00:16:07.53
TO WITNESS TO FABIO.
00:16:07.53\00:16:08.00
>>SHIRLEY: YES. >>BILL:
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT AT
00:16:08.00\00:16:14.03
ONE POINT YOU ASKED
FABIO, YOU SUGGESTED TO FABIO
00:16:14.03\00:16:15.06
THAT HE SHOULD
PROBABLY TAKE HIS BIBLE TO WORK
00:16:15.06\00:16:19.70
WITH HIM. >>SHIRLEY: YES.
00:16:19.70\00:16:20.20
I SAID TO HIM, LIKE ALL
CHRISTIANS YOU NEED TO USE
00:16:20.20\00:16:24.33
OUR BIBLE FOR EVERYTHING
WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR WORK
00:16:24.33\00:16:30.43
YOU NEED TO GO WITH
YOUR BIBLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES
00:16:30.43\00:16:31.43
YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE.
YOU NEED TO PRAY; YOU NEED
00:16:31.43\00:16:37.43
TO SHOW THE WORDS IN
THE BIBLE SO YOU NEED TO GO
00:16:37.43\00:16:41.30
WITH YOUR BIBLE. BUT
THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE WENT
00:16:41.30\00:16:42.30
TO WORK WITH HIS BIBLE
HE TRIED TO HIDE IT WITH
00:16:42.30\00:16:46.36
NEWSPAPER. TO FOLD HIS
BIBLE WITH NEWSPAPER. AND
00:16:46.36\00:16:54.66
ON SABBATH THE PASTOR
DID A SPEECH ABOUT CHRISTIAN
00:16:54.66\00:16:55.66
PEOPLE THAT TRY TO
HIDE THEIR BIBLE WITH,
00:16:55.66\00:16:58.66
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WITH
NEWSPAPER OR SOMETIMES USE
00:16:58.66\00:17:10.96
THEIR SUIT TO HIDE THEIR
BIBLES. AND I SAID, FABIO,
00:17:10.96\00:17:12.00
GOD IS TALKING WITH YOU.
00:17:12.00\00:17:22.50
DON'T TRY TO HIDE YOUR
BIBLE, YOU NEED TO SHOW
00:17:22.50\00:17:23.60
YOUR BIBLE, YOU NEED TO
SHOW YOUR, YOU KNOW, THESE
00:17:23.60\00:17:26.26
AMAZING WORDS, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE THIS CHANGED YOUR
00:17:26.26\00:17:30.80
LIFE SO THE BIBLE CAN
CHANGE EVERYTHING. >>BILL:
00:17:30.80\00:17:31.83
HOW IS YOUR LIFE DIFFERENT
TODAY, FABIO? >>FABIO: IN
00:17:31.83\00:17:37.83
MANY WAYS, IN MANY WAYS.
00:17:37.83\00:17:38.30
I THINK THAT TO
SHOW GRATITUDE FOR WHAT I
00:17:38.30\00:17:46.03
HAVE IS ONE WAY. TO SHOW
OBEDIENCE TO.I THINK THAT
00:17:46.03\00:17:53.03
I HAVE COME TO
LEARN CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT
00:17:53.03\00:17:54.03
MYSELF THAT I COULD
NEVER HAVE LEARNED WITHOUT
00:17:54.03\00:17:57.76
THE BIBLE. AND I HAVE
TRIED MANY WAYS. I DID
00:17:57.76\00:18:01.06
PSYCHOANALYSIS, I
WENT TO BUDDHIST TEMPLES, I
00:18:01.06\00:18:02.16
WENT TO.THERE'S
ALWAYS A SELF-SEARCHING THERE
00:18:02.16\00:18:08.30
BUT NEVER HAVE I
FOUND ANYTHING THAT REALLY
00:18:08.30\00:18:13.00
REFLECTS WHO YOU ARE,
LIKE THE BIBLE. IT IS A BOOK
00:18:13.00\00:18:14.06
THAT TELLS YOU WHO YOU
ARE. AND JESUS SAYS THAT,
00:18:14.06\00:18:20.26
YOU KNOW, TO THE WOMAN
AT THE WELL WHEN SHE SAYS, I
00:18:20.26\00:18:25.50
JUST MET SOMEBODY WHO
TOLD ME WHO I AM. AND THAT'S
00:18:25.50\00:18:26.56
HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE
BIBLE. I JUST MET SOMEBODY
00:18:26.56\00:18:30.10
WHO TOLD ME WHO I AM
AND I'M DISCOVERING AND I'M
00:18:30.10\00:18:34.53
TRYING TO BECOME
TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE
00:18:34.53\00:18:35.40
WORD OF GOD. >>BILL:
YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE
00:18:35.40\00:18:42.06
DIPLOMATIC CORE,
WHAT DO THEY THINK OF YOUR
00:18:42.06\00:18:44.20
CONVERSION? THEY LOOK AT
THE OLD FABIO AND THE NEW
00:18:44.20\00:18:45.20
FABIO, IF I CAN PUT
IT THAT WAY, WHAT DO
00:18:45.20\00:18:50.30
THEY.>>FABIO: WELL, SOME
ARE PERPLEXED. HOW COULD,
00:18:50.30\00:18:54.00
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED?
00:18:54.00\00:18:54.50
BUT I THINK PEOPLE,
MOSTLY, ARE VERY NICE.
00:18:54.50\00:19:03.60
THEY'RE NOT AGGRESSIVE
TOWARD THIS, SOMETIMES
00:19:03.60\00:19:04.56
THEY'RE RATHER
CONFUSED AND THEY'RE INTERESTED.
00:19:04.56\00:19:10.36
THEY ASK QUESTIONS
AND I THINK THAT THROUGH,
00:19:10.36\00:19:14.06
THROUGH OUR
EXAMPLE, THROUGH WHO WE HAVE
00:19:14.06\00:19:14.96
BECOME, WE CAN SHOW
THEM THAT IT'S OPEN TO THEM
00:19:14.96\00:19:20.16
TOO. WE HAVE A DIRECT
LINK TO GOD, EVERY ONE OF US,
00:19:20.16\00:19:26.10
WHICH IS OPEN TO EVERYONE.
00:19:26.10\00:19:26.66
SO IF WE CAN SPREAD THAT
IT CAN ONLY DO GOOD TO THE
00:19:26.66\00:19:32.36
WORLD. >>SHIRLEY:
WHAT ADVICE COULD YOU GIVE,
00:19:32.36\00:19:33.33
MAYBE TO A SPOUSE
THAT'S WATCHING, THAT, WHOSE
00:19:33.33\00:19:37.20
HUSBAND OR WIFE IS
NOT, YOU KNOW, A CHRISTIAN?
00:19:37.20\00:19:42.86
WHAT ADVICE YOU GIVE THEM?
00:19:42.86\00:19:43.43
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE
00:19:43.43\00:19:46.80
DOING? >>SHIRLEY: WE NEED
TO PRAY EVERY TIME AND YOU
00:19:46.80\00:19:47.86
NEED TO REALLY BELIEVE
IN GOD BECAUSE IF GOD OUR
00:19:47.86\00:19:51.70
LIGHT, IF GOD OUR
SAVIOUR WHOM SHOULD WE FEAR. SO,
00:19:51.70\00:20:07.16
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
FOR GOD. YOU KNOW, GOD CAN
00:20:07.16\00:20:08.33
TRANSFORM OUR LIVES
SO, YOU NEED TO BELIEVE,
00:20:08.33\00:20:15.33
BELIEVE. YOU NEED TO
HAVE FAITH. FAITH IS THE MOST
00:20:15.33\00:20:19.90
IMPORTANT THING TODAY.
00:20:19.90\00:20:20.40
YOU NEED TO HAVE
FAITH >>BILL: NOW I KNOW YOU
00:20:20.40\00:20:25.93
SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YOU
SAID TO ME, IN PRAYER AND
00:20:25.93\00:20:26.93
FASTING THAT GOD
WOULD BREAK THROUGH TO FABIO
00:20:26.93\00:20:28.93
AND HE DID, DIDN'T HE
>>SHIRLEY: YEAH, HE DID.
00:20:28.93\00:20:35.86
AND DAY-BY-DAY I CAN
SEE THE MIRACLES FROM GOD IN
00:20:35.86\00:20:36.83
OUR LIFE. DAY-BY-DAY.
SO, IT'S AMAZING. >>BILL: YOU
00:20:36.83\00:20:43.26
KNOW, FABIO WHEN WE
HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH
00:20:43.26\00:20:46.13
YOU A WHILE BACK THERE
IN WASHINGTON AND GOT A
00:20:46.13\00:20:47.23
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN,
I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH
00:20:47.23\00:20:53.16
YOUR GRASP OF THE BIBLE,
ALREADY, AS A RELATIVELY,
00:20:53.16\00:20:59.16
YOU KNOW, AS A NEW
CHRISTIAN AND I WAS REALLY
00:20:59.16\00:21:00.20
QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
00:21:00.20\00:21:05.73
YOU PRESENT A
CERTAIN MATURITY, CHRISTIAN
00:21:05.73\00:21:06.66
MATURITY THAT, YOU KNOW,
SEEMS LONGER, THAT YOU'VE
00:21:06.66\00:21:11.06
BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR
LONGER; I THINK THAT GOD
00:21:11.06\00:21:17.16
HAS SOME HUGE PLANS FOR
YOU AND FOR SHIRLEY. AND
00:21:17.16\00:21:18.16
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF
THE THINGS. I THINK YOU
00:21:18.16\00:21:25.13
SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY
HERE. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN
00:21:25.13\00:21:30.83
COINCIDENCE, WE
BELIEVE IN.HOW DID YOU
00:21:30.83\00:21:31.70
PUT IT >>SHIRLEY: JESUS
INCIDENCE. >>BILL: JESUS
00:21:31.70\00:21:34.13
INCIDENCE. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:34.13\00:21:34.60
DON'T THINK THAT IT
WAS A COINCIDENCE THAT WE
00:21:34.60\00:21:38.06
HAD A CHANCE TO MEET IN
WASHINGTON. I DON'T THINK
00:21:38.06\00:21:39.83
THAT IT'S A COINCIDENCE
THAT YOU ARE HERE ON THE
00:21:39.83\00:21:40.83
PROGRAM. I BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE FOLKS WATCHING,
00:21:40.83\00:21:44.30
IT'S INEVITABLE THAT
THERE ARE FOLKS WATCHING RIGHT
00:21:44.30\00:21:47.06
NOW THAT, MAYBE THE
SPOUSE EVEN WENT OVER AND CALLED
00:21:47.06\00:21:48.13
THEM AND SAID LISTEN
MAYBE, YOU GOT TO LISTEN
00:21:48.13\00:21:52.80
TO THIS GUY. BECAUSE
THEY'RE, RIGHT NOW, WHERE
00:21:52.80\00:21:57.06
YOU WERE A FEW YEARS BACK.
00:21:57.06\00:21:57.63
SAYING, YOU KNOW THIS
BIBLE STUFF. WHAT WOULD
00:21:57.63\00:22:00.06
YOU SAY TO THEM? WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE
00:22:00.06\00:22:01.03
THAT'S LISTENING RIGHT
NOW? AND SAYING, LISTEN,
00:22:01.03\00:22:03.86
THIS BIBLE STUFF,
THAT'S NOT FOR ME, THAT DOESN'T
00:22:03.86\00:22:08.00
WORK. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO THEM? >>FABIO: I WOULD
00:22:08.00\00:22:09.00
SAY TO THEM, OPEN YOUR
HEART, AND LISTEN, JUST
00:22:09.00\00:22:13.23
FOR A LITTLE BIT. TRY IT.
00:22:13.23\00:22:13.73
LISTEN WITH AN OPEN
HEART AND YOU WILL BE TOUCHED.
00:22:13.73\00:22:23.10
IT'S INEVITABLE.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT SOMETHING IN
00:22:23.10\00:22:27.73
THE BIBLE WILL NOT
TALK DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO IF
00:22:27.73\00:22:28.73
YOU, IF YOU'RE
HURTING, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE
00:22:28.73\00:22:35.33
DOUBTING, IT'S OKAY.
THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN THERE
00:22:35.33\00:22:41.63
FOR YOU AND IT'S GOING
TO A TRANSFORMATION LIKE YOU
00:22:41.63\00:22:42.66
WOULDN'T BELIEVE. IT'S
PRECIOUS. THERE'S SO MANY
00:22:42.66\00:22:46.60
THINGS THERE THAT IF
YOU JUST OPEN YOUR EARS AND
00:22:46.60\00:22:50.70
YOUR HEART YOU WILL
BE TOUCHED AND YOU WILL
00:22:50.70\00:22:51.66
BE TRANSFORMED.
>>BILL: SOMEONE ONCE SAID, YOU
00:22:51.66\00:22:55.30
KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
TO LOSE? YOU KNOW IF THE
00:22:55.30\00:23:01.36
BIBLE ISN'T TRUE, IF
ETERNAL LIFE ISN'T REAL
00:23:01.36\00:23:02.33
AND YOU BELIEVED IN
IT, HAVE YOU REALLY LOST
00:23:02.33\00:23:10.23
ANYTHING? NO. BUT WHAT IF
IT IS REAL? AND WE BELIEVE
00:23:10.23\00:23:15.33
IT IS. >>SHIRLEY: YEAH.
00:23:15.33\00:23:15.96
>>BILL: YOU CAN GAIN, I
MEAN THERE IS SO MUCH TO
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.40
GAIN HERE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
00:23:18.40\00:23:19.26
CHRIST. YOU KNOW AS PART
OF YOUR JOB YOU REPRESENT
00:23:19.26\00:23:25.86
THE NATION OF BRAZIL
EVERYWHERE YOU GO, RIGHT?
00:23:25.86\00:23:31.26
YOU'RE A DIPLOMAT 24
HOURS A DAY, RIGHT? BUT AS A
00:23:31.26\00:23:32.30
PASTOR IN THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH I AM
00:23:32.30\00:23:37.53
PROUD TO SAY THAT NOW
YOU'RE AN AMBASSADOR OF
00:23:37.53\00:23:40.26
JESUS CHRIST, ALSO.
00:23:40.26\00:23:40.73
>>FABIO: AMEN.
>>BILL: YOU'RE A DIPLOMAT FOR
00:23:40.73\00:23:42.66
JESUS CHRIST.
>>FABIO: AMEN. >>SHIRLEY: AMEN.
00:23:42.66\00:23:43.63
>>BILL: AND SO ARE YOU,
SHIRLEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:23:43.63\00:23:46.00
FOR SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY
AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO
00:23:46.00\00:23:48.86
RICHLY, YOU KNOW,
BLESS YOU GUYS AND USE YOU IN
00:23:48.86\00:23:49.90
YOUR WORK AS YOU, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE POSTED AROUND
00:23:49.90\00:23:54.86
THE WORLD. CARRYING THE
GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST
00:23:54.86\00:23:58.16
TO ALL OF THOSE YOU
COME IN CONTACT WITH. AND
00:23:58.16\00:23:59.10
I KNOW THAT MAYBE NOT
ON THIS EARTH BUT MAYBE
00:23:59.10\00:24:03.76
ONE DAY IN THIS EARTH
MADE NEW, SOMEONE WILL PULL YOU
00:24:03.76\00:24:09.10
GUYS AND SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? I HEARD YOUR STORY.
00:24:09.10\00:24:10.10
>>SHIRLEY: AMEN.
>>BILL: AND WHEN I HEARD YOUR
00:24:10.10\00:24:12.93
TESTIMONY THAT'S THE DAY
THAT I DECIDED TO GIVE MY
00:24:12.93\00:24:16.30
HEART TO JESUS CHRIST.
00:24:16.30\00:24:16.80
>>SHIRLEY: AMEN.
>>BILL: I PRAY THAT THAT IS WHAT
00:24:16.80\00:24:19.50
HAPPENS. AND I KNOW
THAT FOR MANY LIVES ARE BEING
00:24:19.50\00:24:20.46
CHANGED RIGHT NOW. SO
THANK YOU. >>FABIO: THANK
00:24:20.46\00:24:25.80
YOU. >>BILL: WE
NORMALLY END OUR PROGRAM WITH A
00:24:25.80\00:24:28.43
WORD OF PRAYER. FATHER
IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO
00:24:28.43\00:24:29.46
MUCH FOR THESE MOMENTS
WE HEARD. LISTENING TO THIS
00:24:29.46\00:24:31.93
INSPIRING STORY OF HOW
YOU OPERATED IN THE LIFE OF
00:24:31.93\00:24:39.50
FABIO. YOU WORKED
THROUGH A PRAYING WIFE TO
00:24:39.50\00:24:40.40
TRANSFORM HIS LIFE AND WE
ARE SO THANKFUL FOR FABIO.
00:24:40.40\00:24:44.63
WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
CALLED HIM AND YOU WILL
00:24:44.63\00:24:48.86
USE HIM IN A MIGHTY WAY.
00:24:48.86\00:24:49.36
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
TESTIMONY OF SHIRLEY, A
00:24:49.36\00:24:52.30
BELIEVING AND PRAYING
SPOUSE. BUT, FATHER, WE
00:24:52.30\00:24:53.30
THINK OF THOSE RIGHT
NOW THAT ARE WATCHING THIS
00:24:53.30\00:24:56.10
PROGRAM AND MAYBE
THEY'RE IN DOUBTS, MAYBE THEY'RE
00:24:56.10\00:24:59.36
LOOKING A JESUS AND
SAYING, SHOULD I STEP OUT,
00:24:59.36\00:25:00.53
SHOULD I GIVE JESUS A TRY.
00:25:00.53\00:25:04.00
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL DRAW
THEM CLOSE TO YOU, FATHER,
00:25:04.00\00:25:05.06
SPEAK TO THEIR HEARTS
AND MAY THEY SURRENDER THEIR
00:25:05.06\00:25:09.20
LIVES COMPLETELY TO YOU.
00:25:09.20\00:25:09.66
I THINK OF THOSE THAT
HAVE ALREADY SURRENDERED TO
00:25:09.66\00:25:13.73
JESUS AND I PRAY FOR
A BLESSING UPON THEM AND
00:25:13.73\00:25:18.80
WHAT THEY MAKE TAKE
FROM THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE
00:25:18.80\00:25:19.80
EACH ARE CALLED TO
SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH
00:25:19.80\00:25:23.66
THOSE WE COME IN CONTACT
WITH. BLESS EACH AND EVERY
00:25:23.66\00:25:27.30
PERSON, HEAVENLY FATHER
THAT IS HEARING MY VOICE
00:25:27.30\00:25:28.30
AT THIS TIME. WE
PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
00:25:28.30\00:25:33.06
>>SHIRLEY: AMEN.
00:25:33.06\00:25:33.40
>>FABIO: AMEN.
00:25:33.40\00:25:37.70
>>BILL: YOU KNOW
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO SHARE
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.10
WITH YOU SOME VALUABLE
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IN
00:26:13.10\00:26:15.73
YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK
AND TODAY WE HAVE AN OFFER,
00:26:15.73\00:26:19.83
IT'S A LITTLE BOOK
CALLED "CROSSING THE LINE OF
00:26:19.83\00:26:20.83
FAITH". IT'S A.ONE OF THE
AUTHORS IS BILL HYBELS AND
00:26:20.83\00:26:25.83
IT'S A TOOL TO HELP YOU
WITNESS AT WHAT JESUS DID
00:26:25.83\00:26:29.36
IN YOUR LIFE TO YOUR
FRIENDS WHO MAY NOT KNOW
00:26:29.36\00:26:30.30
JESUS. WE'D LIKE YOU TO
HAVE THIS TOOL. CONSIDER
00:26:30.30\00:26:32.36
IT A GIFT FROM "IT IS
WRITTEN" TO YOU. AND HERE
00:26:32.36\00:26:35.06
IS THE INFORMATION THAT
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY.
00:26:35.06\00:26:36.86
>>BILL: WELL, FABIO,
MAYBE THERE'S A CLOSING THOUGHT
00:27:06.13\00:27:07.20
YOU HAVE AS WE COME TO
THE END OF OUR PROGRAM.
00:27:07.20\00:27:10.83
>>FABIO: YES, PASTOR.
00:27:10.83\00:27:11.30
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THE BOOK. I WOULD LIKE TO
00:27:11.30\00:27:14.96
SAY, I COMMEND YOU
THIS BOOK. AND TO MAKE THE
00:27:14.96\00:27:21.93
BIBLE YOURS, TO READ
THE BIBLE AS IT APPLIES TO
00:27:21.93\00:27:22.90
YOUR LIFE, TO DISCOVER IT
YOURSELF THROUGH ITS WORDS
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AND NOT THROUGH ANY OTHER
WORDS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD.
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SOMEBODY ELSE SAID SOMETHING, AN
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INTERPRETATION YOU
MIGHT HAVE HAD BUT TO MAKE IT
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YOURS, GO TO THE
SOURCE ITSELF, READ IT, AND
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TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE
THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD AS
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IT IS STATED DIRECTLY
TO YOU. THAT'S THE WORD I
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WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
>>BILL: I THINK THAT'S VERY WISE
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COUNSEL AND I KNOW YOU
CARRY YOUR BIBLE AROUND
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WITH YOU ALL THE TIME
NOW AND YOU DON'T KEEP IT
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INSIDE YOUR
NEWSPAPER >>FABIO: NOT ANYMORE.
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>>BILL: PRAISE GOD.
THANK YOU, FOLKS. THANK YOU SO
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MUCH FOR BEING HERE
WITH US. >>SHIRLEY: THANK
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YOU. >>FABIO: THANK YOU
SO MUCH. >>BILL: THANK YOU TO
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OUR VIEWERS. WE KNOW
THAT MANY OF YOU, FAITHFULLY,
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ARE HERE EVERY WEEK WATCHING US.
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WE APPRECIATE THAT. LET
ME REMIND YOU OF THE WEBSITE,
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ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA.
YOU CAN GO ON THERE, THERE'S
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INTERESTING RESOURCES
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THERE, YOU CAN SEE
THESE PROGRAMS AGAIN, YOU CAN
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EVEN SEND US A PRAYER
REQUEST. AND I JUST WANT
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YOU TO KNOW THIS, THAT
EVERY MORNING OUR STAFF
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GETS TOGETHER AND WE
PRAY OVER THE REQUESTS THAT
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YOU SEND IN AND SO IF
YOU WOULD LIKE PRAYER FOR
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SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE,
SEND YOUR PRAYER REQUEST
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IN. OUR PLAN IS TO BE
BACK NEXT WEEK. THAT'S WHAT
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WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR AND
WE HOPE YOU'LL BE WITH US.
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UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT
IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT
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LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT
BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS
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FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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