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>> Hello and welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Rémy Ballais is the face of the
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It Is Written Canada French
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program, Il Et Écrit with its
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broadcasting studios located
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right here in Montreal, Quebec.
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[RENÉ] Today we are so excited
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to be meeting Rémy who has
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agreed to share some of his
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story of how God has led in
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his life.
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Rémy, welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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>> Thank you for having me with
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you in this show.
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>> And thank you for welcoming
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us into your studio here in
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Montreal.
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>> So, Rémy, you have a family,
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tell us a little bit about your
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family and then we can talk
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about your background.
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[RÉMY] Yes.
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I'm from France, I was born and
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raised in a Christian family,
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an Adventist family, I have one
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brother and, yes, I enjoyed
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living close to Paris that time.
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I lived in the suburb around
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Paris for 18 years.
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My parents were very much
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involved, committed Christian,
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involved in the church.
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My dad was an elder in church,
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my mom was, she was a musician,
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she was a choir director.
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So music is a part of my-- has
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been a part of my life
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for many years.
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[MIKE] So the music rubbed off
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on you, you are a singer...
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[RÉMY] Yes, I'm not a soloist,
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but I love to sing, sing in
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choir, sing with group...
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So right now I sing with a
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group of five and I enjoy it.
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I met my wife in France, she's
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from Denmark.
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She came to France to study
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French, French language and we
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met there in Collonges for
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those who may know, close to
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Geneva.
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And so, yeah, we met there, we
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fell in love and were married.
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>> And now you have children,
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grandchildren?
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>> Two daughters and now three
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grandchildren.
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[RENÉ] Because you grew up as
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an Adventist, did you feel like
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it became-- it was your faith
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or your parents' faith?
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>> At that time I thought it
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was my faith, but when I look
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back at the real story, I'd say
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no, I was just in a Christian
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family and I went to church.
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But when I was 11, 12 the
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reality was that I had kind of a
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double life, double personality.
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At church, the nice little boy,
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I knew my Bible, I could answer
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the questions, but during the
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week, it was something
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completely different.
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I started smoking, read
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magazines that I shouldn't have
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read that age or even later.
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I begin to steal money...
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...my parents' money actually,
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not proud of that, but was part
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of my life at that time.
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And so two different lives.
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>> Were your parents aware
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of this?
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[RÉMY] Not really.
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I was good at pretending to be
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a good Christian, they didn't
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know, they know now, but at
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that time they thought I was a
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good boy.
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And so what happened that-- is
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that when I turned 13, we went
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to, not a camp meeting, kind of
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a spiritual gathering.
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I went with my parents because
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at that age I would follow them
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everywhere and God was about to
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surprise me at that meeting.
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>> So there was a big influence
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at that gathering...
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>> Oh, yes.
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>> ...that helped you to find
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who you really were, like, you
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were obviously struggling
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'cause you were trying to be
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one person at church and
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another person, really, in your
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private life.
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>> I didn't realize that I was
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lying to myself and to my
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parents and to everybody, see?
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But, yes, at that gathering
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something happened that changed
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my life.
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It was a five-day gathering.
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One day I saw my dad speaking
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with a man, I was around, and
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what caught my attention is
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that this man was stuttering.
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So I listened to him and I
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thought, "Oh, poor man, life
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must be hard for him."
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And then I left.
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The day after, came the same
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place, there was a meeting, a
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devotional in the morning, I
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looked at the platform and on
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the platform I saw three
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people, three men.
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One of the three men was the
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guy I had heard stuttering the
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previous day and I thought,
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"No, no way, he's not going to
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speak to-- it's not possible."
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Then I thought, "Well, maybe
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he's gonna announce a song or
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something like that."
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There was a song, there was a
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prayer, the man was still
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sitting there on the platform.
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Then they presented the speaker
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for the devotion that day.
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The man stood up, came to the
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microphone.
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So I was there looking at him
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and my ears wide open.
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He started speaking, one, two
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sentence was a bit hard and all
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of a sudden he spoke just like
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you and me and he preached for
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20 minutes without stuttering.
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For me it was...it was--
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I was stunned.
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What's going on?
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I was witnessing a miracle.
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Maybe I should just tell you
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the story of this man 'cause
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it's very amazing.
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This man was a pastor, in fact.
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He was a pastor, his name was
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Andrew, André in French, and
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Andrew was born and raised in a
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Christian family.
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At age 15, he felt called to
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pastoral ministry.
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So he decided to go to the
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university to study theology.
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He studied for one year and
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after the first year, the
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professor said, "We need to
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have a meeting with you."
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So they met.
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They told him, "Andrew, you're
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such a wonderful Christian and
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you're a good student, but,
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Andrew, you've got to know that
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it will be hard for you to be a
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pastor," 'cause, you know,
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Michael, being a pastor is
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about speaking, it's about
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telling the Word, it's about
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giving Bible studies, preaching.
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They told him, "Maybe God wants
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you to be a good church member,
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maybe an elder, but it will be
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hard for you to be a pastor.
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If you want to continue
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studying theology, you're more
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than welcome, but we had to
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tell you that."
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Was heartbreaking for him.
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He went to his room, knelt down
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and prayed and said to the
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Lord, "Lord, they are
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absolutely right, I can't be a
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pastor with the problem I have.
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So, Lord, if You want me to be
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a good church member, it's
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okay, I will serve You with all
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my heart, but if You want me to
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be a pastor, You've got to do
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something for me."
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From that day, every time he
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had to preach or give a Bible
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study, he wouldn't stutter.
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He would stutter in the daily
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life, but never when he
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preached.
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And I witnessed this miracle on
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that day when I was 13, but
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not only on that day, many
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times later.
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So that's the story of Andrew.
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>> So he would only stutter
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when he was, like, living his
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normal life, but, you know,
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like, day-to-day, with his
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family and with other people...
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[RÉMY] Yes.
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>> ...but when he stood up to
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preach or when he was giving a
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Bible study, no stuttering.
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>> No stuttering.
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>> That's incredible!
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God performed a miracle for
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this man.
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>> Yeah, and miracle, you know,
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during his whole life, I didn't
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know at that time when I was 13,
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it was the first time I met him.
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>> Pastor Rémy, God really
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performed a miracle for
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that man.
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>> For sure.
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[RENÉ] I know what it's like
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because one of my sisters
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stuttered as a little child
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when she was younger and there
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was so much work that went into
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it and yet, this man just was
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healed by God, it's almost like
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God touched his tongue every
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time he had to speak and God
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was speaking through him and so
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it's just a miracle...
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>> It's a miracle, I'm sure.
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>> ...seeing how God worked.
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>> And no other explanation.
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>> So, Rémy, the sermon that
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that pastor preached that day
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when you were 13 years old,
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tell us about the content of
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that sermon.
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[RÉMY] Yes, 'cause that was the
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most important part.
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He preached a very simple
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sermon, but, you know, it was
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all about Jesus, it was about
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the love of Jesus, the integrity
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of Jesus and His sacrifice.
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And while he was speaking, I
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heard, in my mind, my heart,
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the voice of God telling me,
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"You see this man here?
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He knows Me.
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He's a true Christian.
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He loves Me, he serves Me.
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What about you?"
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It was that simple.
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I heard this voice and it was a
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life-changing moment.
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After the-- this gathering,
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went home, started praying,
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reading the Bible, went to
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church, and I was listening to
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the sermons because previously
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I was just pretending to listen.
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And, yes, I believe that I
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experienced what Jesus tells us
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when He says that no one can
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enter the kingdom of God unless
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he's born again.
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I was born in a Christian
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family and now I was born again,
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I was a Christian myself.
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>> Pastor Rémy, did God take
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away your desire to smoke and
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to steal, too?
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Did that leave you?
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>> Well...yeah.
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There was struggle, I must be
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honest, but by God's grace,
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it took a few weeks and it
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was gone.
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It was gone.
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And so I was baptized one year
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later, I was 14 when I was
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baptized.
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I didn't know that time I would
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be a pastor, but I knew that I
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wanted to serve God.
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My parents were Christian, my
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brother was a Christian, all
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my-- the larger family, you
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know, relatives, nobody was
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Christian.
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So I didn't want to be a pastor.
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I didn't want it for two
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reasons, the first reason was
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that my brother said when he
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was 12 that he wanted to be a
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pastor.
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So I didn't want do the same as
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my brother, you understand that.
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That's the first reason.
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The second reason was that we
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were the weird family, you
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know, strange people among the
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larger family.
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So I wanted to prove them I
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could be a good Christian, a
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committed Christian, at the
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same time have success in life,
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you know, and do something like
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any other man in society.
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So I wanted to be a teacher,
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maybe a professor or something
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like that.
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I liked French so I wanted to
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be a French teacher and I told
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my parents and I told my
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brother and I told the whole
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family, "I'm gonna be a French
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teacher."
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And I started studying to be a
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French teacher, went to
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university...
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...but while studying
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French, there was something...
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...in my inner being that was
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dry, see?
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I'm not doing something
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essential.
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So I prayed, I said, "Lord, You
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want me to do something else?"
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And what I-- the answer I got
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was, "I want you to serve Me
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full time."
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I didn't know more than that.
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So I decided that I would
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study theology.
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When I told my parents, they
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were really, really happy
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with that.
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I went to the university
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and there, I didn't know I would
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be a pastor at that time...
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...I thought maybe I would teach
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theology, something like that,
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but while studying, I was
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convinced that God called me to
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pastoral ministry.
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So I became a pastor and I'm
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happy to be a pastor.
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>> And what about your brother?
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Did he go into the ministry,
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too?
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[RÉMY] Yes, yes, he became a
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pastor, too, yes.
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We were in the same conference
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for many years, yeah.
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>> So, Rémy, I wanna talk about
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some of the experiences you've
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had in France and the ministry
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here in Canada, but before we
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do that, I know that music was
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a big part of that and I'd like
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you to share with us at least
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one song.
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>> I love singing with a group
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and, especially right now, with
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a group, the name is
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"InterVocal," that's the name of
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the group, and we sing, so we
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sing in French, sometimes in
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English and other languages, we
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sing at church, we sing
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everywhere so...
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Yeah, let's have one song for
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you or...
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>> Good, let's take a look
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at it.
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[vocalists singing a cappella]
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¤¤
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>> Pastor Rémy, thank you so
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much for sharing that beautiful
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song with us.
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>> You're very welcome.
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[MIKE] So, Rémy, you were
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telling us about how you had a
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struggle to decide to go into
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the ministry, you made that
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decision, did you have any
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special experiences while you
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were a student studying.
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>> Well, those years were
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probably the best years of my
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life except that I wasn't
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married yet, but really, really
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good years.
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Not only theology itself, I
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loved studying, but...
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...sing in a choir...
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...going door-to-door,
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knocking the doors and speaking
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with people, I learned a lot, I
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learned a lot with this
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experience.
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And probably one of the most
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important experiences I had at
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that time was with my aunt.
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I told you nobody was Christian
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in my family.
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Yeah, so my aunt became
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involved into occult practices.
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She would, for example, do what
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we call "telekinesis," you
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know, you just put, for
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example, a glass on the table
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and you focus on this glass and
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with the power of your mind,
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that's at least what people
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believe, the power of your mind,
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you make it move on the table.
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And then she would be involved
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in telepathy and premonition
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and even what we call, I think,
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"dowsing," which is, you know,
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use a pendulum and with the
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movements of the pendulum, you
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can find an object that is lost
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or person is missing.
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So it was something incredible
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for her and she was so happy
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that she talked to us and
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explained what she was doing.
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And we told her, "You know, you
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know what you're doing is very,
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very amazing, but it's
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dangerous.
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You're playing with energies
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that you believe you're
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mastering, but...
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...you're not.
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You're not controlling those
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forces.
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At some point they will
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control you."
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So it went for a few years and
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one point I remember, that's a
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vivid memory in my brain...
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...one night the phone rang.
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My dad picked up the phone and
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it was my aunt.
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And she almost screamed in the
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phone, "I can see him!
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He's here!
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I see him, he's looking at me!"
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[ominous music playing]
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So we understood that there was
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something with the demons
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that was happening.
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So I remember I begin to pray
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and my dad talked to her, "Tell
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me, what are you seeing?
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Who's in your room?"
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And she said that she saw,
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like, an ugly face...
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...looking at her.
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So we prayed.
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We prayed for at least ten
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minutes.
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And after ten minutes
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she said, "Okay, now I am
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relieved, he disappeared."
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So she was scared, she was
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terrified and she decided that
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she would stop practising those
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things for a few months.
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But the Devil is clever.
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So for one year she had no
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problem, no strange phenomenons,
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so after one year she said,
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"Oh, I'll try again, I'm fine."
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She tried again and she had
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a lot of other experiences
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like that.
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The good news is that 20 years
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later, my aunt called us again
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and said, "I'm not happy, I
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don't want to continue with
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those practises, I want to know
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God, I want to study the Bible."
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We had prayed for her for
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20 years...
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...and finally God could
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just touch her and she studied
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the Bible.
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I must say that she started
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studying the Bible on the phone
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'cause we're not living in the
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same region, on the phone...
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...and we had Bible study almost
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every week.
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But during those Bible studies,
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we experienced some strange
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phenomena.
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Like, for example, during a
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Bible study we'd hear "Pom!
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Pom! Pom!"
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So we would ask her, "What's
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happening?" and she said, "Oh,
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have you heard that?"
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"Of course we've heard."
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"Oh, you know, the enemy is
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not-- is angry at me."
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And there was a plate on the
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table, it flew through the room
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and crashed against the wall.
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It happened several times.
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Would hear-- in the phone we
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would hear, like, a laugh,
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sarcastic laugh, you know, and
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we knew that it was the Devil.
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But my aunt continued, she kept
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on praying, studying the Bible,
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and finally a year later she
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was baptized.
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It was a tremendous victory.
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>> So while you were doing
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those studies, you were
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mentioning that this strange
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phenomena was going on and it's
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amazing because God must have
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been protecting her because did
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any of those flying objects
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ever hit her or hurt her?
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>> Never, never, never.
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She was protected.
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You're absolutely right,
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absolutely right.
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>> Rémy, I'm really enjoying
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our time together and we're
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going to have to have you back
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again next week.
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I hope that's okay.
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>> It's good for me!
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[MIKE] Good!
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One last question, tell us a
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little bit about your ministry
00:24:50.69\00:24:51.99
in France and we can continue
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that again next week as well.
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>> Well, in France I was a
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pastor for almost 14 years,
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worked a lot with the youth and
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especially during-- I love the
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summer camps, we had special
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experiences with the young
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people there, evangelism, it
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was a really good experience.
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I would say that, for me, the
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most rewarding activity was
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giving Bible studies, I really
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liked it and I still really
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like it.
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>> Do you have a favourite
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Bible verse before we close?
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>> Yes, yes, I'd like to share
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with you from the book of...
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...Isaiah...
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...chapter 26...
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...and verse 3...
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...and 4.
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>> That's a beautiful Bible
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verse.
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So, Rémy, we have come to the
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end of our program and so I
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.56
wonder if you could please pray
00:26:09.56\00:26:11.53
for our viewers.
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There might be some viewers who
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need to find that perfect peace
00:26:15.77\00:26:19.31
from God, there might be
00:26:19.31\00:26:20.71
someone who's struggling to be
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.74
their authentic self and
00:26:22.74\00:26:24.81
someone who might be struggling
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.58
to believe in God, so I wonder
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.88
if you could please pray for
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them right now.
00:26:30.69\00:26:31.79
>> Absolutely.
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Heavenly Father, I thank You
00:26:34.16\00:26:35.59
for the opportunity You give me
00:26:35.59\00:26:37.83
today to share a few
00:26:37.83\00:26:39.96
experiences with Michael and
00:26:39.96\00:26:42.46
René and all our viewers.
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.97
Please be with every one of
00:26:44.97\00:26:47.57
them and if someone is just
00:26:47.57\00:26:52.14
struggling to find this peace
00:26:52.14\00:26:55.54
that You promise us, someone is
00:26:55.54\00:26:57.71
doubting that You're really a
00:26:57.71\00:26:59.61
God that cares, please reveal
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Yourself to this person.
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Be with us as we want to serve
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You and to love You even more
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every day.
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>> Amen.
00:27:12.89\00:27:13.56
Thank you so much, Rémy, and we
00:27:13.56\00:27:17.07
look forward to being with you
00:27:17.07\00:27:18.47
again next week.
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>> Will be my pleasure.
00:27:20.00\00:27:21.14
>> Friends, you, too, can
00:27:23.27\00:27:24.84
experience the kind of
00:27:24.84\00:27:26.51
transformation that only God's
00:27:26.51\00:27:28.88
Word offers.
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Our free offer today is our
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Bible Study Guides.
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>> Whether you want to learn
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00:27:35.85\00:27:36.99
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00:27:36.99\00:27:38.89
assist you to find the answers
00:27:38.89\00:27:41.72
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00:27:41.72\00:27:43.59
challenges that you may be
00:27:43.59\00:27:45.26
dealing with right now.
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