Participants: Alex Niculaescu & Levi Longoria
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017526A
00:03 >> I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE♪
00:09 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE EASING PAIN♪ 00:20 ♪ LORD, LET MY WORK HEAL A HEART THAT'S HURT♪ 00:31 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE I WANT 00:44 TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE. 01:05 >> HELLO AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THRAIB LIVE. 01:08 WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE JOINING US. 01:11 I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF 01:14 YOU FOR DEMONSTRATING YOUR LOVE FOR US BY SUPPORTING THIS 01:17 MINISTERS MINISTRY AND YOUR FINANCES. 01:21 WE WANT TO SEND A SHOUTOUT TO OUR BLESSINGS ON THE GO 01:27 EVANGELISTIC TEAM. WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO 01:30 WITHOUT YOU. TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE -- I 01:35 DON'T WANT TO SAY -- IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING NIGHT. 01:40 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 01:44 SEG THAT I DON'T THINK WE THINK OF OFTEN ENOUGH.-úLET ME READ A SCRIPTURE TO 01:51 YOU. THIS COMES HAVE EPHESIANS, 01:55 VERSE 12. QUESTION KNOW THIS HERE, BUT 01:58 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT IN OUR HEART. 02:01 PAUL WRITES, FOR WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND 02:05 BLOOD, BUT AGAIN PRINCE PEALTS, AGAINST POWERS, 02:08 AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE. 02:14 AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOST OF WICKED PS IN THE HEAVENLY 02:17 PLACES. WE DON'T RECOGNIZE DAY BY DAY 02:20 WE ARE IN SPIRITUAL BATTLE. THIS IS CALLED THE GREAT 02:24 CONTROVERSY. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT 02:27 TENANT. NOW, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE 02:29 DISCLAIMER HERE. BECAUSE WE WILL BE SPEAKING 02:34 MOSTLY ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED IN THE BATTLE. 02:39 BE ARMED FOR THE BATTLE. KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL 02:43 ARMOR AND TO KNOW ABOUT PRAYER AND INTERCESSORY PRAYER. 02:50 THE MINISTRY WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON, WE WILL START BY 02:54 TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO. 02:56 THEY HAVE BEEN HERE TO 3ABN BEFORE. 02:58 IT IS A MINISTRY THAT WILL REQUIRE PARENTAL DISCRETION IF 03:03 YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN. BECAUSE THE MINISTRY OF CRYING 03:07 AT THE GATES IS TO RESCUE AND REDEEM PEOPLE, BRING THEM OUT 03:13 OF DARKNESS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED, ENSLAVED, IF YOU 03:18 WILL, IN THE INDUSTRY OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 03:25 CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ORPHANED, CHILDREN WHO HAVE 03:28 PERHAPS BEEN SOLD BY THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T 03:31 AFFORD TO SUPPORT THEM, AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN 03:36 KIDNAPPED. IF YOU FEEL YOUR CHILD IS NOT 03:38 OF AN AGE TO LISTEN TO THIS, THEN WE ASK THAT YOU SCOOT 03:42 THEM ON OUT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 03:44 BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO STAY TUNED SO YOU CAN 03:49 LEARN, AS I WILL BE LEARNING FROM THESE GENTLEMEN, ABOUT 03:54 SPIRITUAL WARFARE. FIRST WE HAVE -- I STARTED TO 04:01 SAY NICHOLAS, BUT IT IS ALEX NICULAESCU. 04:03 A GOOD ROMANIAN NAME. >> A GOOD ROMANIAN NAME. 04:08 >> YOU ARE WITH CRYING AT THE GATES MINISTRY. 04:12 THE TITLE WE ARE PUTTING UP IS A LEHMAN IN INTERCESSORY 04:16 PRAYER. >> YEAH. 04:17 >> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR STORY. 04:20 THEN WE HAVE LEVI LONGORIA. LEVI, WE ARE GRAD THAT YOU ARE 04:25 HERE WITH US. BOTH OF YOU ARE HAILING FROM 04:27 MICHIGAN NOW. >> NOW. 04:30 >> WE'LL COME BACK AND GET JUST A LITTLE OF YOUR PERSONAL 04:34 HISTORY BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THIS WONDERFUL TOPIC OF 04:39 RECOGNIZING THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE, AND KNOWING THAT YOU 04:45 HAVE ARMOR THAT IS MIGHTY TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONG 04:50 HOLDS. BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WANT TO 04:53 INTRODUCE SOMEONE, THAT IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH 3ABN, IT'S 04:59 OUR OWN JILL MARCONI. SHE IS SUCH A GRIFTED BIBLE 05:04 TEACHER. SHE IS ASSISTANT TO OUR 05:08 PRESIDENT AT 3ABN. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE PIANIST. 05:19 SHE WILL BE PLAYING "HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW." 06:38 [♪♪] >> THANK YOU, JILL. 09:45 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SONG. IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, 09:49 OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ARE ALEX NICULAESCU AND LEVI LONGORIA. 09:53 THEY ARE WITH THE MINISTRY CALLED CRYING AT THE GATES. 09:56 IT IS A MINISTRY OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND 10:01 SPIRITUAL WARFARE. ONCE AGAIN, JUST A QUICK 10:04 DISCLAIMER. WE DO URGE PARENTAL DISCRETION 10:08 BECAUSE THIS WILL BE SENSITIVE TOPIC MATERIAL. 10:12 SO, GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT. 10:18 AND WE ARE -- YOU ARE HERE, WHAT, JUST A MONTH OR TWO AGO. 10:24 >> IN MARCH. A FEW MONTHS AGO. 10:28 >> WE GOT TO SEE WHAT THE MINISTRY IS ALL ABOUT. 10:32 BUT BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO TONIGHT'S TOPIC, I'D LIKE TO 10:35 GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PERSONS. 10:39 WILL YOU TELL US, ALEX, SOMETHING OF YOUR GROWING UP. 10:43 I KNOW YOU SPOKE ROMANIAN IN YOUR HOME WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG. 10:46 TELL US A LITTLE OF YOUR LIFE STORY. 10:49 >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I GREW UP IN A ROMANIAN 10:52 FAMILY. MY PARENTS ARE RUN AWAY FROM 10:55 COMMUNISM IN ROMANIA. THEY WANT ADD DIFFERENT LIFE. 10:58 SO THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES. 10:59 I BELIEVE THEY WERE SEEKING ASYLUM HERE AND THE UNITED 11:04 STATES COVERED R OFFERED THEM THAT. 11:06 MY BROTHER AND I WERE BORN HERE, JUST THE TWO OF US. 11:09 WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE BACK TO ROMANIA. 11:11 WITH HAVE TONS OF FAMILY THERE. 11:13 BUT WE GREW UP MOSTLY IN THE STATES. 11:15 >> WAS IT A CHRISTIAN HOME? >> IT WAS. 11:18 IT WAS A CHRISTIAN HOME. I CAN'T SAY THAT I GREW UP-PERSONALLY MYSELF VERY, YOU 11:23 KNOW, CHRISTIAN. I WENT TO CHURCH. 11:26 I DID THINGS. BUT I WANTED TO DO THINGS MY 11:28 OWN WAY. IT WAS ONLY UNTIL MY EARLY 11:32 20s THAT I BEGAN ACTUALLY PURSUING THE LORD. 11:36 A FRIEND AND I DECIDED ON A WHIM TO GO TO ARISE. 11:40 I HAD GOTTEN THERE AND I WAS -- 11:42 >> WHEN YOU SAY ON A WHIM, YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BECAUSE YOU 11:46 WERE ON FIRE FOR GOD AND WANTING TO DO MINISTRY. 11:49 BY THE WAY, ARISE IS A -- TELL US ABOUT THAT, WHERE IT'S 11:52 LOCATED AND WHAT IT IS, IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. 11:57 >> IT'S A BIBLE COLLEGE, FOUR-MONTH BIBLE COLLEGE. 12:00 WHEN WE WERE THERE IT WAS IN MICHIGAN, IN TROY, MICHIGAN. 12:03 NOW IT'S IN OREGON. EUGENE, OREGON. 12:07 AND IT'S BASICALLY A TRAINING CENTER THAT EQUIPS YOU TO DO 12:10 BIBLE STUDY, TO DO EVANGELISM AND MISSION WORK. 12:15 I WENT ON A WHIM. I WASN'T ON FIRE FOR GOD. 12:19 MY FRIEND WAS LOOSELY RELATED TO DAVID'S WIFE. 12:23 LET'S GO AND CHECK IT OUT, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO FOR 12:26 THE SUMMER. I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD 12:28 AND DO THAT. SO WE WENT. 12:30 I GOT THERE. I WAS LIKE, I'M SURROUNDED BY 12:34 HOLY PEOPLE. EVERYBODY FELT THAT WAY, BY 12:36 THE END. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FELT 12:39 THEY WERE AT THE BOTTOM AND EVERYBODY WAS MORE HOLY. 12:44 IT'S FUNNY HOW AT TIMES WE PUT ON THIS AIR OF, YOU KNOW, 12:48 HOLINESS. THEN IN REALITY WE ALL REALIZE 12:50 OUR OWN EMPTINESS. WAS KIND OF JUST THAT 12:53 CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW WHAT, MY CHRISTIANITY 12:56 ISN'T REALLY REAL. I HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH 12:59 THAT. AM I GOING TO FALL APART? 13:02 WILL I PURSUE HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY OR LIVE 13:05 BASICALLY A DOUBLE LIFE? I CHOSE THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO 13:07 LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE AND THAT I WOULD FOLLOW CHRIST. 13:11 IT WASN'T EASY. I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO 13:14 DO. I THINK THROUGH THE PROCESS, 13:16 HE HAS TAUGHT ME QUITE A LOT. >> SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY YOU 13:21 KNEW ABOUT CHRIST BEFORE HORIZON, BUT THAT YOU GOT TO 13:25 KNOW CHRIST ON A PERSONAL AND INTIMATE BASIS AFTER ARRIVING 13:31 THERE? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. 13:33 BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNEW ABOUT THE BIBLE. 13:35 I COULD QUOTE CERTAIN THINGS. BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT I KNE 13:38 HIM PERSONALLY. I JUST KNEW THINGS ABOUT HIM, 13:41 OR ABOUT THE BIBLE. BUT I NEVER REALLY RELATED TO 13:45 HIM IN ANY WAY. >> LEVI, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 13:48 >> I GREW UP IN MICHIGAN. I ACTUALLY WAS RAISED IN AN 13:55 ADVENTIST HOME. I HAD THE BEST PARENTS ANYBODY 13:57 COULD ASK FOR. MY DAD ACTUALLY WAS A BIG 14:05 EXAMPLE AS FAR AS PRAYER AND PRAYER MINISTRY IN MY LIFE AS 14:09 WELL. I BECAME -- I GREW UP WITH 14:12 THAT, BUT I REALLY BECAME SERIOUS WHEN I WAS MAYBE 14:17 16-ISH. 16, 17. 14:20 >> PRAISE GOD. >> YEAH. 14:22 THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME REAL TO ME, GOD BECAME PERSONAL. 14:26 HE BECAME MY GOD INSTEAD OF THE GOD OF MY PARENTS, MY BOD 14:31 AND MY MOM.-MY DAD AND MY MOM. I WENT TO ARISE AND AS DID 14:40 ALEX AND THAT'S WHERE WE MET. THAT'S WHEN I WAS 19 WHEN I 14:45 WENT TO ARISE. MY DAD PASSED AWAY IN 2006 14:49 WHEN I WAS 18. THEN THE NEXT YEAR IS WHEN I 14:53 WENT. I WAS ALREADY SERIOUS FROM 14:57 WHEN I WAS 16, 17, THAT'S WHEN I BECAME SERIOUS SPIRITUALLY. 15:04 WHEN MY DAD PASSED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT EITHER PUSHES YOU 15:09 ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.-YOU CAN'T STAY SPIRITUALTILY WHERE YOU'RE AT. 15:13 TO ME, IT ACTUALLY PUSHED ME CLOSER TO GOD, THANKFULLY. 15:22 AND I COMMITTED EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ABOUT 15:29 WHATEVER GOD HAS FOR ME, WHATEVER HE WANTS ME TO DO IS 15:32 WHAT I WANT IN LIFE. THAT'S WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR 15:42 FOR ME TO GO AND THAT'S WHEN ALEX AND I MET. 15:45 >> ARE BOTH YOU GENTLEMEN SINGLE. 15:49 >> I'M MARRIED. >> CHILDREN? 15:50 >> BABY GIRL, SIX MONTHS OR SO. 15:53 >> LEVI, THAT MEAN YOU -- >> I'M SINGLE. 15:59 CHICKEN. >> SO TELL US HOW CRYING AT 16:06 THE GATES WAS LAUNCHED, AND WHAT YOUR MISSIVE IS. 16:12 >> SO, CRYING AT THE GATES IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF 16:17 EXPERIENCE, ALTER EXPERIENCED HAPPENED AFTER ARISE. 16:20 I BEGAN GOING TO MISSION WORK AND JUST TRYING TO GET MYSELF 16:24 INVOLVED SO THAT I COULD SEE THE REALITY OF THE SUFFERING 16:27 THAT OTHER PEOPLE WENT THROUGH. 16:29 SO NOW I WAS A STUBBORN PERSON, IMED GOD TO BREAK MY 16:34 HEART BUT I CAN'T DO IT BY READING AND WATCHING THE NEWS. 16:37 I HAD TO BASICALLY BE THERE. SO I PUT MYSELF IN SITUATION 16:40 WHERE I SAY, LORD, I WANT TO HELP THESE PEOPLE, PLEASE 16:44 BREAK MY HEART TO THEM. GIVE ME A HEART FOR PEOPLE WHO 16:48 ARE SUFFERING. FOR THAT I CAME THROUGH THE 16:50 FIRST EXPERIENCE THAT SHOWED ME ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF 16:56 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER I CAME BACK TO THE STATES IN 2009, 16:59 AFTER A TRIP WHERE I LIVED SIX MONTHS OR SO IN AFRICA, EAST 17:03 AFRICA. I STARRED LOOKING INTO IT -- I 17:06 STARTED LOOKING INTO IT. I WAS INVOLVED WITH 17:08 ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WITH, EVEN WORKING 17:12 WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, COLLABORATING WITH PRIVATE 17:16 INVESTIGATION. >> WEREN'T YOU A CONSULTANT 17:17 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY? 17:19 >> THE WAY THAT THAT WORKED, THEY STARTED SOMETHING CALLED 17:25 THE BLUE CAMPAIGN. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AS 17:27 MANY ORGANIZATIONS AS POSSIBLE TO KIND OF HELP THE GOVERNMENT 17:30 IN TERMS OF, LIKE, HOW TO SET UP PROGRAMS THAT MITIGATE 17:34 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS 17:37 THAT WAS CALLED WAS OURS, THE ONE I WAS WORKING FOR. 17:40 I WENT AS THE REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS A GROUP OF ABOUT 20 OR 17:44 30 PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE BOARD TO TIE TO GO THROUGH THE 17:47 PROGRAMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD COME UP WITH AND TO TELL 17:49 THEM WHAT SHE SHOULD DO. BASICALLY ALL OF OUR INPUT WAS 17:54 NOT REALLY NEEDED. IT WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF 17:59 WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING AND WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE 18:02 INCLUDING YOU, BUT IT WASN'T AS INCLUSIVE -- THEY PREMADE 18:07 THE PROGRAM. I SAID, WELL, THAT'S FINE. 18:09 I WAS KIND OF A CONSULTANT, BUT IS DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING, 18:14 THE PROGRAM HAD ALREADY BEEN PRE-MADE. 18:17 >> FOR ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH YOU 18:19 WERE FAMILIAR, AND HAD SOME DEALINGS, DID ANY OF THEM 18:27 INCLUDE OR RECOGNIZE THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE, HAVE A 18:30 SPIRITUAL COMPONENT TO IT?-OR WERE THESE MORE SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS AT THE TIME? 18:34 >> THERE WAS A LOT OF CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS. 18:37 BUT EVEN THE CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T -- THEY 18:40 UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 18:44 THEORETICALLY, BUT NOT SO MUCH THERE WAS A WAR OVER THE SOULS 18:47 OF THE PEOPLE THEY WERE TRYING TO RESCUE AND ADMINISTER TO. 18:51 WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVIL. 18:55 ORGANIZED CRIME, EVIL PEOPLE, THEY ARE ON THE DEVIL'S SIDE. 18:59 IT WASN'T HOW SPIRITS MANIPULATE AND INFLUENCE THE 19:02 MINDS. SO IT WAS LITTLE ESPECIALLY 19:05 WHEN IT CAME TO RESCUE, WHEN YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE 19:08 WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES, D.I.D. OR OTHER TYPES OF 19:16 STRESS. >> EXPLAIN D.I.D. 19:18 DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER. 19:20 WHAT HAPPENS, I'LL TRY TO GENERALIZE IT. 19:24 WHEN CERTAIN WOMEN OR CHILDREN ARE BASICALLY TAKEN OR COERCED 19:30 INTO BEING BASICALLY -- INTO PROSTITUTION OR WHATEVER TYPE 19:33 OF SLAVERY. THE WAY THEY DO IT, THEY PUT 19:36 SO MUCH PHYSICAL DURESS UPO THAT PERSON THAT THE PSYCHE 19:40 CAN'T HANDLE IT. THE WAY THAT IT HANDLES IT IS 19:43 BY BASICALLY SPLITTING, SO YOU END UP CREATING MULTIPLE 19:48 PERSONALLALITIES. MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE TWO BUT 19:52 D.I.D. IS WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE. 19:55 IT'S A MORE COMPLICATED WAY OF HOW THOSE ARE LINKED AND HOW 19:58 THOSE ARE TRIGGERED. CAN YOU TRIGGER DIFFERENT 20:01 YITSZ FROM DIFFERENT TIME IN THE PAST. 20:03 YOU CAN HAVE THE 5-YEAR-OLD VERSION THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING 20:06 FROM WHEN THE PERSON IS FIVE JEERS OLD. 20:11 THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD VERSION AND THE CURRENT VERSION DON'T KNOW 20:13 ANYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER. IT'S LIKE A COMPLETE DIFFERENT 20:16 PERSON. THE MOST COMMON TYPE IS 20:18 BASICALLY WHERE THEY CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE IDENTITY USED FOR 20:22 THE PURPOSE OF THE SLAVE TRADE. 20:25 MOST PEOPLE OR GUYS OR WHOEVER PURCHASE, THEY ARE UNDER THE 20:29 IMPRESSION THAT THE PERSON THEY ARE BUYING WANTS TO BE 20:31 THERE BECAUSE THEY PUT ON THESE AIRS OF, HEY, YOU KNOW, 20:34 SHE WANTS IT, SHE IS BEING VERY SEXY OR SULTRY OR 20:40 WHATEVER, SHE IS ENTICING ME, SHE IS ENJOYING THIS. 20:44 IN REALITY IT WAS A PERSONALITY CREATED THROUGH 20:46 THE DURESS PLACED ON THEM. THEY WILL SOMETIMES GO BACK TO 20:50 BEING THE ORIGINAL PERSON. IT WILL BE SARAH. 20:55 BUT WHEN THE PITCH OR TRAFFICKER SAYS I DON'T WANT 20:57 TO DEAL WITH SARAH, I WANT TO WORK WITH CANDY. 21:01 HE WILL TRIGGER THE OTHER PERSONALITY. 21:04 CANDY IS THE ONE THAT'S WORKING, SARAH I DON'T WANT TO 21:08 SEE RIGHT NOW. >> I KNOW WE WILL GET TO THIS. 21:12 I AM PROJECTING A LITTLE AHEAD. 21:13 THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU RESCUE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED 21:19 IN THIS, SOLD INTOTHIS TYPE OF SLAVERY AND HAS BEEN 21:23 TRAFFICKED. IF THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 21:25 SINCE THEY WERE 6 YEARS OLD AND MAYBE THEY ARE 19 NOW, 21:28 WHEN YOU BRING THEM OUT OF IT, THEY ARE STILL HAVING THESE 21:34 DISASSOCIATIONS, THEY ARE STILL HAVING ALL OF THESE 21:36 ISSUES, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. 21:38 >> IT'S NOT LIKE YOU RESCUE THEM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY 21:40 ARE WHOLE AGAIN. >> NO, NO. 21:43 IT'S A LONG PROCESS. THE THING S BEING A MALE, I'M 21:47 NOT INVOLVED IN THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS. 21:49 THEY ALREADY HAVE HUGE TRUST ISSUES WITH MEN. 21:52 AND SO, I TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERSEEING THEIR 21:57 RECOVERY. WE HAVE HAD TONS AND TONS OF 22:00 RELAPSE. THE REASON I ASK, WHY IS THE-RELAPSE RATE SO HIGH -- 22:07 >> YOU MEAN PEOPLE WHO GO BACK BE INTO THE TRADE. 22:08 >> YES. THE AVERAGE RATE OF RELAPSE IS 22:11 SEVEN TIMES. >> AMAZING. 22:13 >> I THINK OF WHERE JESUS CAST OUT SEVEN DEMONS OUT OF MARY. 22:20 SO IT'S JUST -- YOU WONDER, LIKE, WHAT DO I DO SO THEY 22:24 DON'T GO BACK FOR THIS. WHY DO THEY GO BACK TO THIS. 22:28 A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME. HERE IS WHAT I'LL SAY THIS IS 22:33 THE WAY I RELATE IT TO US PERSONALLY. 22:37 SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY DOES SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN 22:41 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. 22:43 EVEN MAYBE TASTED IT A LTTLE BIT. 22:46 GO BACK TO A FILTHY LIFE APPEAR LIFE THAT IS FULL OF 22:49 VIOLENCE, A LIFE THAT IS FULL OF OPPRESSION, A LIFE WHERE 22:53 THEY HAVE NO FREEDOMS, THEY ARE CONTROLLED THE ENTIRE 22:56 TIME. WHY WOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO 22:58 THAT IF THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. 23:01 WHY DOES SOMEBODY ON THE STREETS AND THE PITCH IS NOT 23:04 AROUND, WHY DON'T THEY JUST LEAVE? 23:06 HERE IS THE THING. IF I SAY I'D LIKE TO HELP 23:10 YOU, I'D LIKE TO RESCUE YOU, COME WITH ME. 23:13 HERE ARE THE TWO THINGS SHE HAS TO COMPARE. 23:15 HE HAS TO COMPARE. >> YOU MENTION HE. 23:18 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF MALES. WE USUALLY -- WE TEND TO FOCUS 23:22 ON FEMALES, BUT THERE ARE TONS OF BOYS AS WELL. 23:28 THE AMOUNT OF BOYS IS ACCURACYING DRAMATICALLY, 23:33 ESPECIALLY YOUNG BOYS UNDER AGE. 23:35 IF I GO UP TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND TELL THEM, HEY, LISTEN, I 23:40 WANT TO RESCUE YOU. WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN THEIR 23:43 MIND, IN THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BELIEVE ME? 23:46 THERE IS A DESIRE TO ESCAPE. THERE IS A DESIRE TO WANT 23:49 SOMETHING BETTER, BUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR LIFE SAYS 23:52 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED THIS WAY. 23:54 I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I'M TRASH, THAT I HAVE NO VALUE. 23:59 I'M TOLD I AM LOVED. A LOT OF PIMPS WILL SAY, I 24:03 LOVE YOU. YOU'RE WORTH EVERYTHING TO ME, 24:06 BUT THEN TREAT THEM AS IF THEY HAVE NO VALUE WHATSOEVER. 24:12 PIMPS WILL USE THAMES LIKE "I'M YOUR FATHER, I'M YOUR 24:16 DAD." THE "WHO'S YOUR DADDY" THING, 24:21 IT'S ORIGINATED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 24:23 WHEN YOU HAVE THE SONGS, THAT'S ORIGINALLY A TERM PIMPS 24:27 WOULD USE FOR PROSTITUTES. THEY WOULD TRY TO PORTRAY A 24:32 FATHER FIGURE THAT WAS ABSENT IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE. 24:34 THEY ARE TRYING TO FILL THAT ROLE, BUT THEY FILL IT VERY 24:41 CONVOLUTED FATHER FIGURE ROLE THAT IS A MESS FROM WHAT A 24:44 FATHER FIGURE OUGHT TO BE. AT THE SAME TIME THAT PERSON 24:46 IS DEPNDENT ON THEM FOR EVERYTHING, AS IF THEY WERE 24:49 THEIR FATHER. SO HERE I COME AND OFFER 24:51 SOMETHING BETTER, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT. 24:54 I CAN TELL THEM, HEY, I CAN BE YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR, 24:59 I CAN HELP YOU ESCAPE AND YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND-FREEDOMS AND DO WHATEVER YOU 25:05 WANT, YOU CAN GET AND EDUCATION AND GET AN APARTMENT 25:08 AND LIVE AN EVERYDAY LIFE. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT 25:12 THAT'S LIKE. SO BRINGING IT BACK TO MYSELF, 25:16 YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN A CENTRAL WORLD. 25:22 I KNOW ABOUT GOD. GOD HAS COME TO ME AND HE HAS 25:26 OFFERED ME SOMETHING BETTER. HE TELLS ME, HEY, I'LL SAVE 25:28 YOU FROM THE MESS THAT YOU'RE IN. 25:30 I'LL SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN. I'LL SAVE YOU FROM THING THAT 25:35 ARE PERSECUTING AND CHASTISING YOUR SOUL. 25:39 I HAVE SOMETHING MUCH BETTER FOR YOU. 25:40 YET ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME MY LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN 25:44 TRASH. I'VE ALWAYS MESSED UP. 25:46 PEOPLE HAVE NEVER LIKED ME. I BEGIN MAKING EXCUSES. 25:50 I COME BASICALLY TO THE SAME CROSSROADS THAT SOMEBODY IN 25:54 PROSTITUTION COMES TO. THE PROSTITUTE AND I WILL MAKE 25:58 THE SAME DECISION. WE WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE CAN, 26:03 GENERALLY, THE FILTH AND THE HORROR THAT WE KNOW, THAN THE 26:08 PROMISE OF SOMETHING BETTER THAT WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED. 26:13 WE ARE IN ESSENCE SEVENTH DAY PROSTITUTES. 26:16 I KNOW THAT'S HARSH. I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE 26:20 CONDESCENDING. WE LOOK AT THEM HARSHLY, BUT 26:23 THE SAME QUESTION, WHY DO WE, KNOWING THAT GOD IS GOOD, 26:27 NEVER FULLY GIVE OUR LIVES TO HIM? 26:31 WHY DO WE GO BACK TO THE HALF CHRISTIANITY. 26:34 WHY DID WE GO BACK TO THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT ARE 26:37 DESTROYING AND RUINING OUR CHRISTIAN LIVES AND OUR SOULS 26:41 AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHRIST. 26:43 >> ISN'T THE ANSWER, FROM WHAT-YOU JUST SAID, ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN GROWING 26:47 UP LIKE THIS, IT'S THE SAME FOR THE CHRISTIAN. 26:51 IF WE DON'T KNOW THERE IS MORE. 26:55 IF WE -- IF WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP UP IN A WORKS-BASED 27:03 CHRISTIAN, INSTEAD OF KNOWING THAT CHRIST IS THE ONE THAT IS 27:07 INTERCEDING ON OUR BEHALF CONSTANTLY AND WILL WORK IN US 27:10 TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE. IN WE DON'T KNOW, IT'S HARD TO 27:15 SURRENDER TO TRUE LOVE. IT'S HARD TO SURRENDER. 27:18 THERE IS SOMETHING IN US THAT IS PROTECTIVE. 27:21 SO THE LOVE OF GOD IS JUST NOT UNDERSTOOD. 27:23 DON'T YOU THINK IT'S THE SAME WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 27:28 HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED. >> YES. 27:30 >> I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THIS, BUT THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE SO I 27:35 CAN'T QUITE LET MYSELF GO TO ACCEPT THIS. 27:40 IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 27:42 >> AND I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THAT. 27:44 LET'S SAY THAT I GO TO THE STREETS AND I LOVER SOMEBODY A 27:48 WAY OUT. THEY DON'T KNOW ME. 27:50 I THINK THAT OFF TIMES IT'S THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW 27:53 GOD THAT WE ARE NOT WILLING TO SURRENDER TO HIM. 27:56 WE HAVE A FALSE IDEA OF WHO GOD IS AND WE HAVE TAKEN HIS 27:59 IDENTITY AND PUT ASPECTS OF SATAN'S IDENTITY AND PUT IT ON 28:05 CHRIST. >> I KNEW JESUS. 28:06 BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE FATHER. I KNEW NOTHING OF THE SPIRIT. 28:11 I HAD A VERY CONVOLUTED -- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT CHRIST WAS 28:16 EXACTLY LIKE THE FATHER. I HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT THAT. 28:19 SO I DIDN'T KNOW HIS PURPOSE WHEN HE CAME TO EARTH WAS TO 28:23 REVEAL THE FATHER. HEBREWS 1-3 SAYS HE IS THE 28:28 EXACT IMPRESSION OF THE FATHER. 28:30 EVERYTHING JESUS IS BACK TO THE FATHER WAS AS WELL. 28:34 OR IS AS WELL, I SHOULD SAY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU 28:40 FEAR -- YOU FEAR THE UNKNOWN. PERFECT LOVE. 28:48 YOU FEAR THE UNKNOWN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT 28:52 SOMETHING, IF GOD HAS BEEN -- HIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN 28:58 MALIGNED AND FOR MANY OF THEM THEY DON'T KNOW WHO GOD IS. 29:03 SAME THING IN THE CHURCH. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T 29:06 KNOW WHO GOD IS. I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT 29:11 IT IS FOR THEM TO SURRENDER TO A NEW LIFE JUST AS IT IS 29:15 DIFFICULT FOR US TO SURRENDER. PART OF IT IS PRIDE, TOO, AS 29:20 FAR AS CHRISTIANS ARE CONCERNED. 29:22 I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD GO SO FAR. 29:24 WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO SAVE OURSELF. 29:27 SO PART OF IT IS PRIDE THAT WE CAN'T LET GO. 29:30 >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 29:31 IT HAS TO BE PRIDE. THAT'S WHAT SATAN TO FALL 29:35 INITIALLY. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO 29:37 REFLECT IN HUMANITY. I HONESTLY COULD SAY THAT THE 29:41 FOUNDATION OF ALL SIN, WHETHER IT BE LUST OR GREED OR WHETHER 29:44 IT BE ANGER, YOU CAN SAY PRIDE IS THE ISSUE. 29:50 >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 29:52 LET ME INCLUDE -- LET'S INCLUDE LEVI JUST A LITTLE 29:58 BIT. YOU MET AT ARISE, THE TWO OF 30:03 YOU. BUT, WHAT, SIX YEARS WENT BY 30:05 BEFORE YOU HEARD FROM ALEX? OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY YOU 30:09 GET A CALL FROM ALEX. YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM IN 30:12 SIX YEARS. WHAT DOES HE SAY TO YOU? 30:15 >> BASICALLY ALEX GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME IN 2013. 30:22 HE SAID, HEY, I'M IN BRAZIL, I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF 30:26 MONTHS. I WONDERED IF YOU WANTED TO 30:28 COME DOWN AND DO A PROJECT. I DIDN'T DREAM, IT'S BEEN SIX 30:46 YEARS. >> YOU WEREN'T BOSOM BUDDIES. 30:49 IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T GET ALONG, WE HAD DIFFERENT 30:53 FRIENDS AND WHAT NOT. I SAID WHAT IS THIS PROJECT 30:57 ABOUT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? 30:59 HE SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE 12 CITIES 31:05 THAT HOSTED THE WORLD CUP GAMES IN 2014, WHICH IS 31:10 SOCCER, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW. 31:13 HE SAID WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THOSE CITIES AND PRAYING 31:17 AROUND THE STADIUMS, PRAYING FOR THE CITIES. 31:20 PRAYING AGAINST THE ISSUES THAT WE'LL BE GOING ON THERE, 31:24 ESPECIALLY DURING THE GAMES, OF TRAFFICKING, CHILDREN THAT 31:30 WOULD BE GOING MISSING AND THAT KIND OF THING DURING 31:33 THOSE TIMES. I SAID, ARE YOU WITH SOME KIND 31:38 OF ORGANIZATION? HE SAYS, NO, IT'S JUST ME. 31:44 I SAID DO YOU HAVE SPONSORS, DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE? 31:47 >> IT'S JUST ME. DO YOU KNOW THE LANGUAGE? 31:52 NOT REALLY. DO YOU HAVE MONEY? 31:56 NO. I SAID LET ME PRAY ABOUT IT. 31:59 HE SAID GO AHEAD, WITHOUT MONEY, WITHOUT SPONSORS, 32:04 WITHOUT ANYTHING. THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD IN 32:08 BRAZIL, WHAT WE WERE GETTING TO, SPEAKING ABOUT A READING 32:15 THAT WE'LL HAVE TODAY IS THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER, 32:19 INTERCESSION, INTERCESSORY PRAYER MINISTRY. 32:23 I KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT BEFORE THAT. 32:25 GOD HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO TEACH ME AND IMPRESS ME OF THAT, THE 32:32 IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER AND PRAYER MINISTRY. 32:34 BUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD IN BRAZIL WAS -- IT WAS 32:39 DIFFERENT. WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING I 32:41 HAD SEEN GOD DO BEFORE.-BASICALLY HE SHOWED ME AND ALEX BOTH THROUGH THAT 32:48 EXPERIENCE THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU DO MY WORK. 32:52 WHEN YOU PUT PRAYER AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, YOU MIGHT SAY, 32:58 THAT IS THE WAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. 33:01 BECAUSE WHEN WE PUT PRAYER FIRST, WHEN THATS WA THE 33:05 MINISTRY, THAT WAS THE CENTER OF IT. 33:06 THERE WERE OTHER THINGS WE DID, OF COURSE, AS A PART OF 33:10 ALL OF THAT. BUT WHEN THAT WAS CENTRAL AND, 33:14 REALLY, THE BASE, THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE WERE 33:16 DOING, WE SAW GOD WORK ON A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL DURING THAT 33:22 FOUR MONTHS IN BRAZIL. THAT'S WHAT REALLY GOT, I 33:25 THINK, BOTH OF OUR ATTENTION TO SAY WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE 33:29 STATES, WE NEED TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE PRAYING 33:33 FOR THE CITIES AND GOING OUT-IN THE COMMUNITIES AND WORKING, NOT JUST IN PRAYER 33:38 MINISTRY, BUT ANY MINISTRY SHOULD FUNCTION BASED ON 33:42 PRAYER AS A FOUNDATION. >> I THINK SO MANY TIMES WHAT 33:48 PEOPLE DO -- AND I'M NOT POINTING A FINGER AT ANYBODY 33:51 ELSE BECAUSE I'M SURE I'VE DONE THE SAME. 33:53 WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO PRAY AND ASK GOD TO BLESS OUR PLANS, 34:01 BEING STILL BEFORE HIM AND REALLY WAITING TO -- I DON'T 34:05 MEAN BEING STILL -- YOU MENTIONED IN THE GREEN ROOM, 34:09 YOU HAVE TO BE IN MOTION FOR GOD TO DIRECT YOU. 34:12 WHICH IS TRUE. YOU CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND DO 34:15 NOTHING. BUT WE DO NEED TO SPEND A 34:18 SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME IN PRAYER DAILY, CONTINUALLY, TO 34:23 KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS AND LISTEN TO THE LEADING OF THE 34:28 HOLY SPIRIT. >> THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY THAT 34:31 IT WAS. THE EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL, WHAT 34:34 BASICALLY HAPPENED, WE WERE THERE TO PRAY, BO GO THROUGH 34:39 THE CITIES AND GET THE CHURCHES TO PRAY. 34:42 EVERYWHERE THAT WE WET LITERALLY WE WERE RUPPING TO 34:46 KEEP UP WITH WHAT GOD WAS DOINGEN EVERYWHERE WE WENT HE 34:49 HAD BEEN THERE AND PREPARE THE WAY AND ALL THE DOMINOES WERE 34:54 IN PLACE. WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. 34:56 >> YOU REMIND ME OF A SCRIPTURE IN ISAIAH 59, VERSUS 35:02 16 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD LOOKED DOWN AND HE WONDERED 35:09 THAT THRE WAS NO INTERSAYSER. I THINK WHAT HE WAS WONDERING 35:15 IS, NUMBER ONE, DON'T PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THE POWER 35:19 TO CHANGE THE SITUATION. NUMBER TWO, DON'T THEY LOVE, 35:23 DON'T THEY HAVE ENOUGH LOVE IN THEIR HEART TO WANT THE 35:27 SITUATION TO BE CHANGED FOR THE PEOPLE. 35:28 GOD DID THAT WITH YOU. HE BROKE YOUR HEART. 35:35 HE GAVE YOU THAT CONNECTION IN AN INTIMATE WAY WHERE YOU HAD 35:39 THE COMPASSION TO REACH OUT TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 35:43 HE ALSO GAVE YOU -- I'M JUST AMAZED BECAUSE THE VISION WAS 35:48 GIVEN TO ALEX. FOR YOU TO GET A PHONE CALL 35:54 AND TO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WERE GETTING THERE, YOU HAD SEEN 36:00 WHAT YOU HAD GONE THROUGH AND THE EXPERIENCE WILL CHANGE THE 36:03 REST OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN HOW GOD MOVES IN 36:06 RESPONSE TO PRAYER. NOW, WHAT WE WANT TO DO ---FIRST, I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS 36:14 POINT. WHEN WE THINK OF CHILD 36:17 TRAFFICKING. WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO THINK 36:19 IT'S HAPPENING IN NEPAL OR AFRICA OR MAYBE DOWN IN SOME-OF THE LATIN COUNTRIES. 36:27 POOR, THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT CHILD 36:30 TRAFFICKING HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 36:34 AND IT IS, IS IT NOT. >> OH, YEAH. 36:38 I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE UNITED STATES IS 36:41 PROBABLY -- UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, THE DEVELOPED 36:45 COUNTRIES ARE PROBABLY WORSE THAN THE THIRD WORLD 36:48 COUNTRIES. >> THAT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. 36:50 WE DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THAT. >> WHY WOULD YOU? 36:53 IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, IT'S EASY. 36:55 THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY GOES TO DO THE MISSION WORK. 36:58 IF WE LOOK AT THE AMERICA AND THE STANDARDS WE HAVE NOW 37:01 COMPARED TO AMERICA USED TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE GREATEST 37:04 MISSIONARIES CAME FROM. SOON IT WILL BE THE PLACE 37:07 WHERE THE MISSIONARIES GO TO CONVERT. 37:10 AMERICA IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 37:14 CHRISTIANITY IS GROWING FASTER IN CHINA, 300 MILLION 37:17 CHRISTIANS NOW JUST IN CHINA. THEY ARE ACCEPTING THE GOSPEL 37:21 AND MAKING CHANGES. AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 37:25 COUNTRY THAT SETS THE STANDARDS FOR WHAT EVERYBODY 37:28 ELSE FOLLOWS BUT WE ARE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 37:31 THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO A PLACE LIKE A SLUM 37:34 OR A VERY POOR PLACE, YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE 37:38 IS NOT MUCH TO COVER IT UP. HERE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS 37:42 THAT CAN COVER IT UP. THINGS THAT WOULD KEEP OUR 37:45 EYES FROM SEEING THE REALITY. WE HAVE MEDIA TO FOCUSES ON 37:50 OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE DISTRACTIONS. 37:51 WE ARE SO BUSY CONTINUOUSLY THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE DID COVER 37:56 IT, WE WOULD STILL BE DOING OTHER THINGS TO NOTICE IT. 38:02 EVEN IF IT WAS REPORTED. WE CONSUMAL ALL OF OUR 38:08 INFORMATION ON Facebook, THIS FOR FIVE SECONDS AND THAT 38:11 FOR FIVE SECONDS. THERE IS FEW THINGS WE STOP 38:16 AND LOOK AT. >> WE ARE DEVELOPING THE-ATTENTION SPAN OF A HUMMING 38:21 BIRD. WHEN YOU SAY IT CAN BE GOING 38:24 ON AT AN EVENT BECAUSE CHILD TRAFFICKERS WILL GO TO A LARGE 38:31 EVENT. STAY WAS A SUPER BOWL EVENT 38:33 WHERE THERE IS A LARGE CROWD. NOT THAT THE EVENTS ARE 38:37 SPONSORING IT. BUT THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO 38:40 GO WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF COVER. 38:42 AND IT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, SO TO SPEAK. 38:48 >> YES. IT'S MORE THAN JUST THAT. 38:50 IT'S CHANGING FORMS. THERE USED TO BE A DAY WHERE 38:55 PEOPLE WOULD -- SOMEBODY WHO HAS MORE POWER, MORE INFLUENCE 38:58 WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THAT ARE WEAKER. 39:00 WE ARE GETTING IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING 39:04 TO TRAFFIC THEMSELVES. SOME OF THE CASES WE'VE DEALT 39:06 WITH, YOU GO TO A SCHOOL AND YOU FIND A FATHER IN THE 39:10 PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WONDERING WHAT HE'S JUST HEARD WHEN THE 39:13 PRINCIPAL HAS TO TELL HIM THAT-HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS FOUND DURING LUNCHTIME IN THE 39:19 BATHROOM WITH A LINE OF 10 BOYS AND CHARGING MONEY. 39:21 THERE IS NO TRAFFICKER INVOLVED, NO PIMP INVOLVED. 39:27 WHERE DID THEY GET THESE IDEAS FROM?-SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE 39:32 IDEAS SOMEWHERE TO THINK THAT IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR. 39:34 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN 20 YEARS AGO. 39:36 THIS DAY AND AGE, IT IS. YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE 39:39 NO INFLUENCE OF A TRAFFICKER WHATSOEVER SENDING MESSAGES TO-EACH OTHER, SEXUAL MESSAGES TO 39:44 EACH OTHER, TAKING. HOW MANY GIRLS CAN YOU GET TO 39:48 DO CERTAIN THINGS FOR YOU. HOW MANY BOYS HAVE, THEY LINE 39:54 THEM UP AND HEY ARE CHARGING MONEY. 39:56 WHERE DID WE LEARN THIS FROM? THE PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW 39:59 ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE IS THE INFLUENCE OF 40:01 MEDIA AND VERY SUBTLE MESSAGES. 40:03 IF YOU LISTEN TO MODERN MUSIC, HALF OF THE MUSIC USES 40:07 TERMINOLOGY THAT ONLY A HUMAN-TRAFFICKER WOULD KNOW. DY A TALK AT M.I.T. A FEW 40:12 YEARS AGO. I SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE, 40:15 NO, THAT'S NOT TRE. I SAID I DON'T LISTEN TO THE 40:18 RADIO. PICK ANY SONG, PICK A FAMOUS 40:21 SONG GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THEY PICKED A SONG AND I 40:24 PICKED OUT 15 TERMS THAT ONLY A HUMAN TRAFFICKER WOULD 40:28 RECOGNIZE. THEY THINK IT'S A COOL BEAT, 40:31 HAS WORDS THAT DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. 40:33 THEY ARE SING BEING PROSTITUTION. 40:36 THEY ARE SINGING A PIMPING AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, TAKING 40:40 ADVANTAGE, USING EACH OTHER. NON-OF THEM HAVE REAL MESSAGES 40:44 OF LOVE. IT'S JUST A VERY CONVOLUTED 40:48 WAY THAT SOCIETY THINGS RELATIONSHIPS ARE NORMAL THESE 40:51 DAYS. USE SOMEBODY AND GO ON WITH 40:53 IT. >> ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU ARE 40:56 SAYING IS THAT WE KNOW THAT SATAN ENSLAVES. 41:00 I SAY THAT HE OFFERS -- WHEN HE OFFERS A SIN, IT'S NOT IN A 41:04 BROWN PAPER BAG. BUT IT'S GOT THE SHINY FOIL 41:08 PAPER AND A SATIN BOW. IT'S SOMETHING MORE THAN 41:13 GIFT-WRAPPED GARBAGE. BUT CHILDREN PARTICULARLY ARE 41:18 SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE FLUS OF -- INFLUENCES OF MEDIA AND HE IS 41:24 ENVAIVING THEM AT A YOUNG AGE. PRAISE GOD SATAN MAY ENSLAVE, 41:30 BUT JESUS CHRIST IS HERE TO SET -- SET AND SET THE SLAVES 41:38 FREE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 41:39 >> LET'S MOVE INTO OUR TOPIC. WE ARE DESPERATELY NEEDING TO. 41:44 YOU WANTED TO TAL TO US ABOUT A CHART THAT YOU HAVE. 41:49 THIS IS BASICALLY SHOWING THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE IN THE GREAT 41:53 CONTROVERSY. WHY DON'T YOU WALK US THROUGH 41:55 THAT, ALEX. >> I DREW A CHART ON THE GREAT 41:58 CONTROVERSY. THE REASON THAT I DID IT IS 42:01 BECAUSE WE COMPLICATE RELIGION FAR TOO MUCH. 42:04 I READ JAMES 1:27 WHERE HE GIVES A BASIC DESCRIPTION OF 42:08 WHAT TRUE RELIGION IS BEFORE GOD AND THE FATHER IS THE 42:11 VISIT THE WIDOWS AND KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE 42:18 WORLD. WE HAVE TAKEN RELIGION AND 42:21 MADE IT SO BROAD AND WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 42:25 IT'S NOT BROAD, IT'S DEEP. HAS PRINCIPLES BUT IT HAS MORE 42:30 DEPTH TO IT. HE WANTS TO TAKE US DEEPER. 42:35 I CREATED THIS CHART BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE 42:38 INVOLVED IN? THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. 42:40 WHO IS INVOLVED? WE HAVE SATAN ON ONE SIDE. 42:43 HE IS A SPIRITUAL BEING. THEN WE HAVE GOD ON THE OTHER 42:47 SIDE. HE IS A SPIRITUAL BEING. 42:49 WHO IS IN THE MIDDLE? ANGELS AND MEN ARE CAUGHT 42:53 BETWEEN THIS CONTROVERSY. SATAN BROUGHT AN ACCUSATION 42:55 AGAINST GOD. GOD IS TIEING TO DEFEND 42:57 HIMSELF THAT THE ACCUSATIONS ARE FALSE AND THAT SATAN IS 43:01 THE WON WHO REALLY SHOULD BE ACCUSED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. 43:05 SO WE HAVE ANGELS AND MAN BETWEEN THIS WAR. 43:12 ONE THIRD OF ANGELS HAVE GONE WITH SATE UNAND TWO-THIRDS ARE 43:18 IN HEAVEN. HERE ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE SATAN 43:20 AND WE HAVE HIS CHARACTERISTICS. 43:22 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TELL US THAT SATAN IS. 43:25 ACCEPT A DISEEFER, HE IS A DESTROYER, HE IS A TRAFFICKER. 43:29 EZEKEIAL 28. HE IS A SLAVEMASTER, HATEFUL, 43:34 PRIDEFUL. IF I WERE TO GIVE HIM A ONE 43:37 WORD WITH DESCRIPTION IT WOULD BE EXPLOITER. 43:39 THE REASON WHY IS HE DESTROYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 43:42 HE DECEIVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 43:45 ULTIMATELY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HE DOES, HE DOES IT TO 43:48 PROFIT FROM OR, IN ESSENCE, TO HURT CHRIST. 43:52 HE IS EXPLOITING ALL OF HIS OWN CHARACTERISTICS. 43:58 GOD'S KITCHXES ARE THE OPPOSITE. 44:00 SATESON A DESTROYER, GOD IS A RESTORER. 44:04 WE HAVE ALL OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS THAT GOD HAS, 44:07 THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT SATAN IS. 44:10 >> AMEN. >> IF I GIVE A ONE WORD 44:12 DESCRIPTION OF GOD, HE IS AN INTERSAYSER. 44:16 HE IS A RESTORER, REDEEMER, HE IS LOVE. 44:18 BUT HE DOES THAT STEPPING BETWEEN US AND SATAN. 44:22 >> EXPLAIN THAT. >> THE MOST BASIC DEFINITION 44:32 OF INTERCESSOR IS ONE WHO STAND IN THE GAP. 44:34 ONE WHO STANDS BETWEEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS, WE SEE 44:38 SALVATION, WE SEE REDEMPTION, BACKUP WE SEE CHRIST TAKING 44:41 THE BLOW UPON HIMSELF. SATE. 44:45 HAS BROUGHT AN ACCUSATION AND CHRIST STANDS BETWEEN US AND 44:49 BETWEEN SATAN AND HE TAKES THE-FULL BRUNT OF THE BLOW, HE INTERSEEDS ON OUR BEHALF. 45:01 >> HE IS OUR INTERCESSOR. >> HE IS ENTER SEEDING BEFORE 45:06 THE THRONE OF THE FATHER, ABSOLUTELY. 45:10 >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ALL THE TIMES HE 45:13 IS SAYING THERE IS NO JUDGMENT. 45:15 NOBODY IS JUDGING THE WIDOWS AND NO ONE IS JUDGING THE 45:20 FATHERLESS. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRYING OUT 45:22 WHAT HIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO IS TO STAND 45:25 BETWEEN THE BLOW OF THE SAFE-MASTER AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING OPPRESSED. 45:33 THAT HAS BEEN HIS MAIN CHARACTERISTIC. 45:35 HE STANDS BETWEEN US AND HE WHO WOULD DESTROY US. 45:42 THE THINGS ARE HERE THAT WE HAVE ON THE CHART ARE ABOVE 45:46 SATAN, WE HAVE THREE THINGS THAT I PUT. 45:48 I PUT VULNERABLE, WEAK, AND FEARFUL. 45:51 WE ARE BORN INTO THIS WORLD OF SIN WITH THESE THREE 45:55 CHARACTERISTICS. WE ARE VULNERABLE, WE ARE 45:58 WEAK, AND WE ARE FEARFUL. WE ARE DOUBTFUL. 46:01 SAINT, WHAT HE DOES, HE EXPLOITS THOSE THREE 46:04 VULNERABILITIES SO HE CAN TAKE US TO BECOMING A SLAVE. 46:07 WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DESCRIPTIONS. 46:10 ONCE WE ARE HIS SLAVE, ONC HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPLOIT OUR 46:14 VULNERABILITIES, OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR FEARS AND 46:17 DOUBTS, WE THEN BEGIN TO REPLICATE HIS CHARACTERISTICS 46:21 THAT'S THE ARROW UP. CHRIST, ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS 46:25 THREE ANSWERS TO OUR THREE VULNERABILITIES. 46:27 YOU WOULD THINK VULNERABLE, WEAK, WE'LL BECOME STRONG AND 46:32 POWERFUL. FEARFUL, OH, WE'LL BECOME 46:35 COURAGEOUS. THAT'S NOT THE RELITY. 46:37 WHAT IT IS FOR VULNERABILITY, WE BECOME COVERED. 46:40 WE BECOME COVERED IN CHRIST'S-úRIGHTEOUSNESS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING TO KEEP-US FROM BEING VULNERABLE, THE 46:47 BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. FOR THE WEAKNESS, WE BECOME 46:51 STRONG IN CHRIST VICTORY. HE HAS WON THE BATTLE AND WE 46:55 CAN CLAIM IT THAT WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH HIM SO WE HAVE 47:03 THE THAT HE HAS. >> FEARFUL AND DOUBT, WE NOW 47:06 HAVE TRUST IN GOD'S LOVE. WE LOVE GOD BECAUSE HE FIRST 47:09 LOVED US. WE SEE WHAT HE IS WILLING TO 47:12 DO FOR US AND WE CAN HAVE TRUST IN HIS PROMISES. 47:15 SO NOW ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE AGAINST US, GOD HAS 47:19 GIVEN US A SOLUTION FOR THEM, SO WE CAN BEGIN HIS SONS AND 47:23 HIS DAUGHTERS. >> AMEN. 47:26 >> BY BEING COVERED IN CHRIST RIGHTEOUSNESS, BY TRUSTING IN 47:28 HIS PROMISES, BY HAVING VICTORY OVER SIN IN CHRIST 47:33 STRENGTH, WE ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 47:35 WE BEGIN TO REPLICATE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DESCRIBE 47:39 GOD. >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 47:41 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE IS THAT GOD 47:46 WANTS TO SAVE THE SLAVE. WE HAVE ALL ENTERED IN THIS 47:50 WORLD WITH WEAKNESSES THAT SATAN EXPLOITS TO MAKE US 47:54 SLAVES. SINCE THE BEGINNING HE HAS 47:56 WANTED TO ENSLAVE US. GOD ANSWERS FOR THAT QUESTION 48:01 IS BASICALLY ADOPTION. GOD WANTS TO ADOPT US. 48:05 THE CROSS IS LEGAL RIGHTS OVER US. 48:08 IT'S BASICALLY SAYING I'VE SIGN THE ADOPTION PAPERS IN 48:13 BLOOD, OUR MINE. I HAVE OPENED THAT DOOR TO THE 48:17 PRISON. I HAVE TAKEN OFF THE SHACKLES, 48:20 NOW WALK AWAY. >> AMEN. 48:23 >> WE HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS IN HERE. 48:25 WE HAVE FALSE RELIGION UNDER SLAVE. 48:32 BEFOREHAND, I FOUGHT KARNLLY. EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT I WAS A 48:37 CHRISTIAN. >> EXPLAIN CARNALLY. 48:41 WE HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING THAT SOME TERMINOLOGY, WE SPEAK IN 48:47 CHRISTIAN-ESE AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE LIKE "WHAT ARE THEY 48:51 TALKING ABOUT?" WHEN YOU SAY WE FIGHT 48:55 CARNALLY. >> WE FIGHT AFTER THE FLESH, 48:57 AFTER OUR OWN DESIRES. THE WAY THAT I PUT IT, WE ARE 49:02 MINISTERING WITHOUT THE POWER OF GOD. 49:04 DOING THINGS IN OUR OWN GLENTH THE CARNAL IS THE FLESH 49:08 WITHOUT THE POWER OF GOD. >> WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 49:11 YOU HAVE THE FLESH AND YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT.-FIGHTING CARNALLY, WE ARE 49:15 FIGHTING IN OUR OWN STRENGTH, USING OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE AND 49:21 MUCH IN CHRISTIANITY WE FIGHT RATHER CARNALLY. 49:25 WE SHOULDN'T, BUT WE FIGHT MORE LIKE SLAVES THAN SONS AND-DAUGHTERS. 49:30 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> I WANTED TO DISTINGUISH 49:33 BETWEEN FALSE RELIGION AND TRUE RELIGION. 49:35 TRUE RELIGION IS FIGHTING SPIRITUALLY. 49:37 FIGHTING WITH THE POWER OF GOD. 49:39 THAT IS WHY EVEN LEVI EMPHASIZED THAT PRAYING WAS SO 49:43 IMPORTANT BEFORE WE GO ANYWHERE. 49:46 >> AMEN. >> GOD DOES THE WORK. 49:47 WE KIND OF JUST SHOW UP TO IT. YES, WE HAVE TALENTS. 49:50 YES, WE HAVE ABILITIES. BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT-GOD HAS GIVEN US THOUGH. 49:56 WITHOUT GOD'S PRESENCE AND WITHOUT HIS POWER GOING 50:00 BEFOREHAND, THE SONGS THAT WE SING ARE EMPTY AND IT'S 50:03 EFFORTS, THERE IS NO POWER IN THEM. 50:05 BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE PEOPLE'S MINDS. 50:07 ONLY THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. 50:09 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN. 50:11 SO NOW EXPLAIN THIS CROSS IN THE MIDDLE. 50:14 THAT'S FASCINATING. >> ONE CROSS IS THE CROSS OF 50:20 INTERCESSION BECAUSE IT'S PLACED BETWEEN MAN AND SATAN. 50:23 WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CHRIST INTERCEDES WHEN HE STEPS 50:27 BETWEEN SATE. 'S ACCUSATIONS AND US. 50:30 THE OTHER ACROSS WHEN WE HAVE AN INTERCESSOR BETWEEN US AND 50:35 GOD. HE IS PLAYING TWO ROLES OF 50:37 ENTER SESSION. HE IS PLAYING THE ROLE OF 50:41 INTERCESSION BETWEEN SATAN AND US AND US AND GOD. 50:43 THERE IS A SLIGHT ARROW ON THE CROSS POINTING TOWARDS GOD 50:48 BECAUSE BOTH OF INTERCESSION ARE LEADING US CLOSER TO THE 50:53 FATHER. HERE WE HAVE THE WALKING 50:55 COMMITMENT. MOST OF US, WHEN WE ARE 50:57 PLAYING CHRISTIANITY, WHEN WE ARE ON THE FENCE, WE WOULD BE 50:59 A ZERO. WE ARE NOT GOING IN ONE WAY OR 51:02 THE OTHER. BUT ROMAN'S CHAPTER 8 SAYS NOW 51:07 THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO NOSE WHO WALK AFTER THE SPIRIT 51:11 AND NO LONGER AFTER THE FLESH. WHAT THAT MEANS, A LOT OF US, 51:17 FOR -- >> I HAVE TO ADD THIS. 51:19 IT SAYS THERE IS THEREFORE NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE IN 51:25 CHRIST JESUS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 51:26 PART. >> FOR A LOT OF US, ESPECIALLY 51:29 PERSONALLY, YES, I HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS BUT I STILL 51:33 FEEL CONDEMNED AND GUILTY FOR THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER. 51:37 I FEEL IF I HAD SINNED I WOULD BE CAST OUT AND I WOULD COME 51:44 CRAWLING BACK IN CONFESSION. YES, WE MAKE MISTAKES BUT AS 51:49 LONG AS WE ARE NOT PURSUING THE THINGS EVER THE FLESH. 51:52 WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT CHRIST IS WORKING IN US. 51:55 HE HAS GIVEN US THE SPIRIT TO DESIRE THE THING OF THE 51:59 SPIRIT. HE HAS GIVEN US THE STRENGTH 52:01 TO DEIRE THINGS HEAVENLY RATHER THAN EARTHLY. 52:04 AS LONG AS WE ARE WALKING IN THAT DIRECTION, WE CAN HAVE 52:08 CONFIDENCE THAT CHRIST IS WORKING IN US. 52:10 >> AMEN. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO TURN 52:13 WITH ME RIGHT NOW TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 7. 52:20 BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS WATCHING THIS WHO 52:24 DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS. 52:25 PERHAPS THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS. 52:28 I WILL VENTURE TO SAY THERE ARE DEFINITELY. 52:31 IF I CAN GET MY PAGES UNSTUCK. LET'S BEGIN WITH HEBREWS 52:39 CHAPTER 7. I'LL LOOK AT VERSE 20. 52:42 SAYS, INASMUCH AS HE, SPEAKING OF JESUS, WAS NOT MADE A 52:47 PRIEST. HE IS SAYING GOD HAS MADE HIM 52:50 PRIEST OF THE NEW COVENANT. HE IS THE ONLY ONE. 52:54 HE DID THIS WITH A NOTE. BUT NOW LOOK AT VERSE 22. 53:03 SO MUCH MORE JESUS HAS BECOME A SURETY OF A BETTER COVENANT. 53:09 THAT MEANS JESUS IS THE GUARANTOR OF THE COVENANT. 53:14 IN OTHER WORDS, HE IS TH GUARANTOR BETWEEN GOD, TO US, 53:19 THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMS ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. 53:25 IT IS THROUGH CHRIST HE THE GUARANTOR THAT THE PROMISE IS 53:31 OURS. HE IS ALSO OUR GUARANTOR TO 53:35 GOD, THAT HE WILL BY POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT WORK IN US 53:40 WILLING TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE THAT HE WILL COMPLETE 53:43 THE GOOD WORK HE HAS BEGUN IN US. 53:46 IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT SALVATION IS GUARANTEED, HE IS 53:51 THE SURETY OF THIS NEW COVENANT. 53:54 IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHRIST IS OUR GUARANTOR, IT'S ALL 54:00 ABOUT -- TO ME THIS IS SO LIBERATING. 54:03 LET ME FINISH THIS.-úTHEN IT SAYS, IN VERSE 25. THEREFORE, BECAUSE HE IS THE 54:10 PRIEST OF THE NEW COVENANT, IT IS SO MUCH A BETTER COVENANT 54:14 AND HE IS THE SUETY. HE IS ABLE TO SAVE TO THE 54:18 UTTER MOST, THOSE WHO COME TO-GOD THROUGH HIM, SINCE HE ALWAYS MAKES INTERCESSION FOR 54:26 THEM. IF WE WOULD QUIT STRUGGLING 54:28 AND LEARN TO SURRENDER. EVEN THAT WE NEED HIS HELP. 54:37 ELLEN WHITE PRAYED ONCE, SHE SAID TAKE MY HEART, FOR I 54:42 CAN'T GIVE IT. SHE WAS ASKING THE LORD, BREAK 54:47 MY HEART. GIVE ME A COMPASSIONATE HEART. 54:51 ONE OF THE PROMISES IS HE WILL-GIVE US A NEW HEART. WE NEED TO LEARN DAY BY DAY, 54:56 LORD, HELP ME TO SURRENDER SO THAT BY THE POWER OF OUR 54:59 SPIRIT I CAN PUT TO DEATH THE MISDEEDS OF OUR FLESH. 55:03 WE ARE STRUGGLING, AS YOU SAID. 55:04 THIS IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. WE ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THE 55:09 SPIRITUAL BATTLE. BUT I WOULD SAY IN SPIRITUAL 55:13 WARFARE, THE FIRST THING TO LEARN IS THAT THE BATTLE 55:16 BELONGS TO THE LORD AND IF WE JUST SURRENDERED TO GOD, OUR 55:21 SALVATION IS GAWRNTSED AS LONG AS HE IS IN CHARGE. 55:23 >> IT IS. WE CAN HAVE PERFECT 55:26 CONFIDENCE. >> AMEN. 55:26 >> THE LAST THING ON THERE IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 55:30 I HAVE LINES DRAWN FROM EXPERIENCE TO FAITH TO TRUTH 55:36 OR FACT. AND SO THE TRUTH AND THE FACT 55:39 IS THE WORD OF GOD.-THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THINGS VERY PLAINLY. 55:43 THE PROBLEM IS OUR FAITH DOESN'T ALWAYS FOLLOW THE 55:46 TRUTH OR THE FACT. SO WHAT IT DOES, IN REALITY, 55:49 IT FOLLOWS THE EXPERIENCE. SO THE WAY I IMAGINE IT, I 55:53 IMAGINE THERE IS THIS HIGH LINE BETWEEN TWO CLIFFS AND 55:57 YOU HAVE A 500-FOOT DROP. TRUTH/FACT KNOWS, I CAN WALK 56:03 THIS AND WALKS IT WITHOUT A SINGLE PROBLEM. 56:05 NO HITCH. FAITH, IF IT KEEPS ITS EYE ON 56:10 THE TRUTH AND THE PROMS OF GOD WHERE HE SAYS WE HAVE VICTORY 56:13 IN JESUS CHRIST. WE HAVE BEEN MADE NEW 56:16 CREATIONS. WE HAVE THESE PROMISES OF GOD 56:19 THAT SAYS IT'S NOT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S SOMETHING HE HAS 56:22 DONE AND WE CAN CLAIM IT TODAY. 56:25 WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL VICTORY TOMORROW. 56:28 FAITH TAKE THE WORD OF GOD AS FACT. 56:31 I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, I DON'T TBRAPS IT BUT I'LL TAKE IT AND 56:34 BELIEVE IT AND LIVE AS IF IT'S TRUE, THEN FAITH WILL BE ABLE 56:39 TO WALK THE HIGH LINE BEHIND TRUTH. 56:42 THE PROBLEM IS EXPERIENCE COMES UP. 56:44 THE EXPERIENCE SAYS, HAVE YOU EVER WALK ADD HIGH LINE 56:47 BEFORE? NO. 56:48 DO YOU REALIZE THERE IS WINDS AND IF YOU FALL, WILL YOU DIE. 56:52 IT PUTS IN ALL OF THESE DOUBTS. 56:54 YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU 56:57 CAN DO IT NOW? I THINK OF THE MAN AT THE POOL 57:01 OF BETHESDA. THERE HE BASICALLY, HE HAD 57:06 NEVER EXPERIENCED VICTORY BEFORE. 57:08 JESUS COMES TO HIM AND SAID WOULD YOU BE MADE WHOLE AND HE 57:11 ACTS ON THAT WORD. >> THAT'S WHAT FAITH IS ALL 57:15 ABOUT. WE ARE JUST BARELY GETTING 57:17 INTO THIS.-WE WILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN THE SECOND HOUR. 57:22 WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 57:25 PLEASE GET YOUR BIBLES. GET OUT A PEN AND PAPER. 57:27 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE 57:34 VICTORIOUS THROUGH SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 57:35 JOIN US, WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST TWO MINUTES. 57:42 [♪♪] |
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