Today you're going to meet a man
that used to be a Drug Dealer...
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Now, he's got a ministry
to dope dealers, murderers,
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robbers and thieves...
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Stay tuned to see and hear
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of the
transforming power of God...
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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my special guest
today is Lemual Vega
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Founder and Director
of Christmas Behind Bars
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and Host of 3ABN's
new Program "Free Indeed"
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Welcome to
Urban Report Lemuel...
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Welcome Sister... it's
a blessing to be here...
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I'm so happy to have you...
you have been such a blessing
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to Dare to Dream as
well as, of course, 3ABN
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but to Dare to Dream as
well, because we were in a pinch
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and you just came
through and got us some guests
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for "The New
Journey" and I just want to
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thank you publicly
for just stepping in
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and being that
minute-man for us...
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I hope your viewers will
stay tuned for "The New Journey"
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because we have a lot
of powerful testimonies
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about transforming power of God,
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and it's not about
what God's done in my life
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necessarily here today...
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it's about
promising our viewers...
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that God will
step up and meet them
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if they'll just open their
heart and their will to Him...
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Absolutely...
absolutely... you know...
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one of the things
that is so important
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for our viewers
to know... is that...
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no matter where
they are in life...
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God doesn't care
about where you are...
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as far as... you know...
it doesn't turn Him off...
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Amen... where you are...
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He sees where
you're going to be...
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He sees where you can be
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and He has a plan
to get you there...
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And then, He empowers us
also through His Holy Spirit...
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Yes... Because
the woman that got
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caught in the very
act of adultery... amen...
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Yes... The very
act of adultery...
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they dragged her
out to Jesus, Yes...
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Jesus said, "Where
are thine accusers?"
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She looked up and said,
"Nay Lord... there are none... "
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Yes... Jesus said what?
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"Go and sin no more... "
"Neither do I condemn thee...
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but go and sin no
more... " so that's the promise
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of the power of the
Gospel... in all of our lives
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in the time of earth's history,
to be able to live for Christ
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make a decision...
and if we're willing...
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He's able... Amen... Amen...
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And you know what...
that is such a key point
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the power... is not within us...
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Amen... so you know...
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a lot of times people
say, "Well, I can't change...
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I mean... I've been
doing drugs all these years...
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or I've been... " any
sin... we're all sinners
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saved by grace...
so... so any sin...
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God sees us and
gives us the power...
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to overcome sin...
so, the power doesn't come
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from us... and I
think a lot of people
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kind of get confused
about where that power
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is from... what they
have to "clean up" first
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before they come to God...
no... no... come as you are...
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You're justified...
that's justification...
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Yes... yes...
You come to Christ...
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just as you are... and
then invite God into your life
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and then the "yuk"
begins to disappear
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out of your life...
the light comes in...
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the darkness begins to dissipate
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so whatever
neighborhood they're in today...
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whatever situation
they're in today...
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I want to let them know,
we weren't born crack addicts,
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Right... we
weren't born alcoholics
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we weren't born sex offenders...
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we were born
with the sin nature...
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Yes... The human nature
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is a sin nature... and
when we're born again...
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the Bible says, "We
must be born again... "
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at some point in our
life... we have to realize
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and desire something
different, and our viewers today
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they desire
strength... and power and hope
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as you spoke about...
Amen... Yes... amen, amen...
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Now let's talk about...
you talked about that "yuk"
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Hmmm... hmmm...
let's talk about the "yuk"
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that was in your life before...
that God has just cleaned away
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where... if you
had to use three words
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to describe
yourself... back in the day...
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what three words would you use?
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Lonely, empty and broken...
Come on... come on now...
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as a child... Yes...
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lonely, empty and
broken... I didn't fit in...
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wanted to fit in...
wanted to be somebody...
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not realizing that God
had a plan for my life,
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so sexual immorality
started in my life...
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I mean, as a little
child, sitting in first grade...
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the teacher called
me out in the hallway
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and said, "You shouldn't be
playing with yourself in School"
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I was molested
before I was in first grade
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I was robbed before
I was in first grade
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in Central Park...
in Downtown Chicago...
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because I walked under the
viaduct and I got robbed by
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some 13- or 14-year-old kid for
a couple of balloons and nickels
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so my life started... I
too was born... basically...
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supposedly... on the
wrong side of the track...
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even though I was
raised in a Christian home
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knew about Christ...
this immorality started
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terribly in my life...
that was First Grade...
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Second Grade... I was tied
in my seat with a jump rope
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because I was so
unmanageable, psychiatrists said
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that I needed
medication to fix this emptiness
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in my life... and
the psychiatric world
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doesn't have the ability
through another pill or narcotic
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or another program...
to fix the sin problem...
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Hmmm... hmmm... and
that's why Jesus came
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and died... so my
life has been a spiral
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downward... since a child...
how can a child go downward?
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I was in prison by the
time I was 18-years-old
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I was sitting in the County Jail
facing 10-20 years in prison
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went to prison...
overdosed on my way to prison
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and I wanted
something different...
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Sister, I'll tell you something,
I practiced for one year
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before I got out of the
maximum security prison,
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practiced of not
getting "high" in prison...
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because I was
smart enough to know
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that the day
they let me go home,
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I wasn't going to
automatically quit...
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I didn't want to come
back to prison no more...
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I wanted that internal change
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that all of our
viewers desire today...
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in their life... Hmmm... hmmm...
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I desired that... but
desire is not enough...
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it takes persevering effort,
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I practiced for a year
before I got out of prison,
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I said, "I don't want
to come back to prison"
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and it wasn't long...
When you say, "you practiced"
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what do you mean... like...
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I practiced not getting
high... the dope was there...
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You could have been
getting high... how?
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I was still selling dope the
year before I got out of prison
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but I said, "I
need to practice...
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because I need to "man up"
I need to figure out how...
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because I don't
want to come back
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so I didn't get "high"
and when I made a decision
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to not get high... but I
was doing it on my own strength
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I was like, "here
come the guards...
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here come the balm...
here come the best dope
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through the whole prison... "
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"Come on Vega, here,
try this. " I was like,
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"No, Dude, don't you get
it? I'm getting ready to go home
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I don't want to get "high"
no more... I want change... "
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Hmmm... So our viewers today are
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desiring change
in their lives...
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but without the
power of God... Hmmm...
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you got to come to
Him... just as you are...
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got out of prison...
fell back into the ditch...
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as a matter-of-fact I started
taking dope back to the prison
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because I thought
"I've got it figured out...
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I take dope into the
prison, take it to the police,
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give them 300 bucks...
whatever... he'll take it
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into my friends...
they'll send the money to me...
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and then I'll begin to buy
boats and cars and motorcycles"
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and all this
"yuk" all this junk...
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Hmmm... hmmm... it never healed,
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it never fixed,
it never repaired...
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I was still
empty... Hmmm... hmmm...
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finally I made it to
treatment 14 years ago
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and I went to treatment,
for the first time in my life,
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and for our viewers today,
if they have had their son
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or grandson or
daughter in treatment
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and then they get
out... 30 days later...
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that's because you can't
give it to them in a pill...
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another program...
outside of Christ...
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if Christ is not
the hub of a program...
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they can't fix it...
fixing comes from within...
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Hmmm... hmmm... yes... yes...
yes... let's go back now to
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the teen years...
the adolescent years...
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was there any
spirituality in your home...
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what was going on...
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There was
spirituality in the home
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I was raised to know
that Jesus was the answer
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I tried to do good
in School but I couldn't
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because if you don't
get it you're behind...
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so I gave up... I gave up...
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and in third
grade... I was kicked out of a
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Christian School...
kicked out of a Public School
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I gave up... mom
kept trying to nurture
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and encourage
but moms can't do it
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for their children...
but moms need to tell them
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about Jesus...
and down the road...
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"Train up a child in
the way he should go,
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and he will not depart
from it" so years later
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my mother died of cancer,
without ever seeing a change
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in my life... but I remember her
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kneeling by her
bed... with her Bible open
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praying... and I'd
go by her room and say,
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"Mom, give it a break...
" then I'd go up to my room
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and get a little bit "higher"
so for the moms that are praying
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for the grandmas and grandpas
whatever they are praying...
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for the dads that are
praying, to not give up...
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even though your children
may be going the wayward way...
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That's right... because
those prayers follow them...
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Amen... God honors the prayers
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of His saints...
even when they go to sleep
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those prayers
still can be answered...
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Amen... Your mom
would be so proud
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of you today... what
God has done in your life.
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One day I look forward
to seeing her in heaven...
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Yes... oh yes... yes... yes...
so were you angry with God
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at that point...
or you just figured...
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No, no... no... no...
I wasn't angry with God
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I was trying to fit in
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I was trying to
find purpose in life...
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we were short on
money at different times
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and I thought... money
could fix my mom's problems
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because my mom would
buy groceries sometimes
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and she'd have to...
once the dollar amount hits...
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she'd have to put the
rest of the stuff back
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so for those people
that are struggling with
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economic
issues... I thought that...
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"Man! if I could make
enough money... it would buy
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it would buy my
mother's problems...
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it would fix the home
problems" Yeah... you know...
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I think that drives a lot of
young men in the inner cities...
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For money... For
money... the new shoes...
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that they want to fit
in... the bling bling...
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all the gold... all that stuff
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Yes... yes... and
so they look at these
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drug dealers with
fancy cars... low riders...
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fancy stereos...
like... that's attaining...
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that's success... Right...
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No, that leads to prisons,
jails, institutions and death
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Right... right right...
wow! so after you got out...
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after you got out of prison,
and we didn't even talk about
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what got you there...
Burglary, drugs, just arson,
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just... junk... so
just various junk... right
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so, you were in prison, you
practiced not getting "high"
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you get out of prison
and as soon as you get out...
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you start
getting "high" again...
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It was few months probably
that I started with Nerve Pills
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Okay... just someone saying,
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"You need a nerve
pill... " just all the anxiety
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getting out of
prison, you got to get a job,
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you got to do this...
you got to get that...
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then I was fixing to get
married about 9 months later
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and I'm like really nervous now,
because I've never in my life
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done anything for life...
and so, I started taking like...
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just a piece of a
nerve pill... I said,
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"Yeah, that takes the edge off"
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so the Devil led me back
in... not with blatant drugs...
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led me back... a
little at a time...
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and then once the doctor
didn't want you give you enough,
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then you go right
back to the streets...
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Yes... prescription drugs...
that's another area of concern.
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Yeah... addiction... worldwide
Absolutely... absolutely
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and people... see...
one of the things that I
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found, Brother Lemuel,
is that Satan doesn't care
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how he gets you...
he can get you through
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street drugs... or he'll get you
through prescription drugs...
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he doesn't care...
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Gambling, pornography...
it doesn't matter...
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Yes... it doesn't
matter... he'll find your button
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he knows what your
button is, and he'll push it...
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whether it comes through
this door or that door...
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Right... right...
and the key again...
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is Jesus Christ... Amen...
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How did you find Him? I
found Him in a hospital room
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14 years ago... I
think... sick and ready to die
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from drug addiction...
I threw my crack pipe,
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I threw my Cocaine...
I flushed my Valiums...
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I threw them in the parking
lot, and I walked into treatment
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for the first time in my life...
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I had never
before been to treatment
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I was scared to go to treatment,
didn't know what it was about,
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didn't know if they'd
inject Thorazine into you...
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didn't know if they'd
put you in a rubber room...
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and I didn't
know... and I went there
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they begin to
tell me about Methadone
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Yoga... Antabuse
for the alcoholic...
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Wow! I'm like,
"Give me a break... "
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psychiatrists told me
from a little child...
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told my parents too...
that I had to be on medication
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for the rest of my
life... so all my life,
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I've been on
medication, self-medicating,
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drug addiction,
alcoholism, sexism...
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looking for hope
in my life... Hmmm...
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so I go to
these College-educated
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Cadillac-driving...
BMW-whatever riding
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doctors... college education...
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telling me that I
need more medication...
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I'm like... "Man, you
need to give me a break... "
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then I went to my room...
I pushed the bed up against
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the door... and I was
in the valley of decision
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so, here I am... 24 hours
in this treatment facility
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with my bed up against
the door, the door is shut...
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I didn't know, Sister,
whether I wanted to try
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one more time...
or not... Hmmm...
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because all my life I
failed... for our viewers today
00:11:06.38\00:11:08.61
wherever they're at...
they've been trying to do right
00:11:08.64\00:11:10.83
but without the power of God...
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without the power of
the gospel in their life,
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they're going to
continue to fail...
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Absolutely... and I
got down on my knees
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I made a decision...
mother's prayers... I remembered
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she said to pray...
and I got down on my knees
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and I prayed...
my only prayer...
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I was inspired to
pray... I was inspired to try
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one more time...
because I saw the most beautiful
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sunset... I had ever
seen in my whole life...
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Hmmm... hmmm... it
was a Friday evening
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and as I saw the sun going
down, I remembered to pray...
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and I was in the
valley of decision
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I decided to
try one more time...
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and I got down on my
knees in the hospital room
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and I said, "Dear
Jesus, please help me...
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I want to quit but I can't...
" you see, I thought it was just
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Cocaine, I thought
it was just narcotics...
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but what I found
out... walking with Jesus
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is when He is allowed to come in
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invited in... per our request
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the light begins to come on and
the "yuk" begins to dissipate...
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from the inside
out... Come on...
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not from the medication...
not from a program...
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but from the inside out...
God would transform the life
00:12:01.99\00:12:04.94
of the sinner...
not the drug addict...
00:12:04.97\00:12:06.63
not the gambler...
not the sex addict...
00:12:06.67\00:12:08.47
He will transform
the life of the sinner...
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that's why Jesus came and
died upon the Cross of Calvary.
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It is the most beautiful
thing to see what God does
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in our lives and in our hearts,
He takes us from one place
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and brings us to another place,
and only He can do that...
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Amen... it's
such a beautiful thing
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to see... now... so
you found the Lord...
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then... you were married at
this point... by this point?
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Yeah... yeah...
You're married...
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you found the
Lord... tell us about
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"Christmas Behind Bars"
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My wife suffered
through the first 12 years
00:12:40.26\00:12:43.00
of our marriage while
I was addicted to drugs
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so she's suffering
through all this time...
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Oh... wow! she's praying...
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she's putting Bible
verses in my Lunch...
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when I go to work or I leave
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I'd be gone for days at a
time so my suffered through
00:12:51.09\00:12:53.94
all this time... I
gave my heart to Christ
00:12:53.98\00:12:56.79
and we begin to live
for Him, I had about...
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maybe 6 months
clean... and I realized
00:12:59.64\00:13:01.40
that I had to get
rid of Hollywood...
00:13:01.44\00:13:03.14
because all the
drug... the gangster movies...
00:13:03.17\00:13:05.57
all those immoral
movies on TV... and stuff...
00:13:05.61\00:13:07.49
so I got rid of the TV...
continued to walk with Christ
00:13:07.52\00:13:10.99
and somebody had
the idea of going down
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to a County Jail
and taking gift packages
00:13:13.01\00:13:14.71
to men and women that
are in the County Jail...
00:13:14.75\00:13:16.41
and I'm like, "Yes,
that's a great idea... "
00:13:16.45\00:13:18.08
I had some extra
profit in the vans...
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products, cookies,
different snacks...
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took them down to the jail
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and on the way home, Sister,
00:13:23.30\00:13:24.67
let me tell you the
transforming power of God...
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you're ready... Yeah... ready...
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on the way home... I
had one year clean...
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I took my
wife's hand and I said,
00:13:29.37\00:13:30.96
"Baby, you couldn't
give me a brand-new Corvette
00:13:30.99\00:13:33.86
for the blessing that
I received tonight... "
00:13:33.89\00:13:36.73
Wow! and that's the difference
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getting out of prison,
wanting to get all this stuff,
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and wherever our
viewers are in the world,
00:13:40.66\00:13:42.40
it's not "materialistic
goods" or whatever...
00:13:42.44\00:13:44.15
that will fill the
void in our lives...
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Yeah... the things
that were important
00:13:45.57\00:13:46.86
are no longer
important... because you realize
00:13:46.89\00:13:49.00
that they never
fill that hole...
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They're dross... we want
the gold and the silver from God
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the dross will
dissipate as God comes in...
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Yes... and so
Christmas Behind Bars
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was started with
one jail of 350 inmates
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two jails, five jails,
ten jails year after year
00:14:00.13\00:14:02.97
and now we
visit, by God's grace,
00:14:03.01\00:14:04.84
many prisons
throughout the State of Indiana
00:14:04.88\00:14:06.91
every prison in
the State of Indiana
00:14:06.95\00:14:08.07
and then also... around...
different states in our
00:14:08.10\00:14:10.69
neighboring area...
00:14:10.73\00:14:14.01
We have a little video
of one of the Brothers that
00:14:14.04\00:14:18.01
that has just benefitted so much
from Christmas Behind Bars...
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Amen... Let's
take a look at it...
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Okay...
00:14:22.06\00:14:24.66
It means a lot when you
get people in the house...
00:14:27.87\00:14:30.30
that come in... you
know... coming in...
00:14:30.34\00:14:31.99
that might be the only
visit we get... when we have
00:14:32.03\00:14:34.94
Christmas Behind Bars
00:14:34.97\00:14:36.19
that might be the only visit
00:14:36.23\00:14:37.81
somebody might get...
and that touched the person
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crying... excuse me...
00:14:43.34\00:14:46.21
it is... it's actually a...
00:14:46.24\00:14:55.13
it's
unexplainable feeling... because
00:14:55.16\00:14:57.60
it's overwhelming for us...
00:14:57.64\00:14:59.32
just people... I
don't know you...
00:14:59.36\00:15:03.27
you don't know me...
but you treat me just like
00:15:03.31\00:15:05.39
you've been
knowing me all my life,
00:15:05.42\00:15:07.28
like, it's good to be part of a
00:15:07.32\00:15:10.48
Christian
family... because sometimes
00:15:10.51\00:15:13.49
your own family just
turns their backs on you...
00:15:13.53\00:15:15.47
yeah... I just thank God
00:15:15.51\00:15:22.51
that there are people out
there like Christmas Behind Bars
00:15:22.55\00:15:26.88
because a lot of us need
00:15:26.91\00:15:28.95
just the... right
there... they encouragement us
00:15:28.98\00:15:32.32
and let us know...
there's still hope...
00:15:32.36\00:15:36.75
Wow! you know that just
brings tears to my eyes...
00:15:36.79\00:15:40.61
because the loneliness...
00:15:40.65\00:15:42.86
just the words that you
used to describe yourself...
00:15:42.89\00:15:46.40
the loneliness... the
emptiness these folks don't...
00:15:46.44\00:15:49.92
might not ever get a visitor...
00:15:49.95\00:15:51.86
except when you come with
00:15:51.89\00:15:53.97
with Christmas Behind Bars,
00:15:54.00\00:15:55.93
how large is this now
00:15:55.96\00:15:57.58
how many prisons are
you in, what's the scope of
00:15:57.62\00:16:00.96
Christmas Behind Bars now?
00:16:01.00\00:16:02.49
You know, we don't have a count,
I don't know if we passed out...
00:16:02.53\00:16:05.71
we visit 30,000 to
40,000 inmates a year,
00:16:05.75\00:16:08.60
but it's
somewhere in those numbers
00:16:08.64\00:16:09.85
and the only way I
know that is because my aunt
00:16:09.88\00:16:12.02
makes all the copies and stuff
for the bags... so she says,
00:16:12.06\00:16:14.73
"we're over 40,000 or
50,000" I don't know...
00:16:14.77\00:16:16.60
40,000 or 50,000 inmates
a year so I don't know...
00:16:16.63\00:16:20.13
What a blessing
that is... I'm serious...
00:16:20.16\00:16:23.69
seeing how he was so
touched, by the love...
00:16:23.73\00:16:27.19
it's about love... He
said that it brings him hope
00:16:27.22\00:16:31.57
Yes... and that's the same thing
00:16:31.60\00:16:33.17
I found on my
knees... 14 years ago...
00:16:33.20\00:16:34.46
it was, "Dear
Jesus, please help me... "
00:16:34.50\00:16:36.25
so that's what we
want to share is hope...
00:16:36.29\00:16:37.97
that they can by God's grace
attain what Christ has for us...
00:16:38.01\00:16:41.61
Yes... and you
know Brother Lemuel...
00:16:41.64\00:16:43.76
the same issues that
prisoners confront...
00:16:43.80\00:16:47.63
people in the outside
confront, they're not free...
00:16:47.66\00:16:50.36
on the outside... we
are in bondage to sin...
00:16:50.39\00:16:53.43
Our world... let's
talk a bit about that...
00:16:53.46\00:16:56.47
Our world is in
bondage and sin...
00:16:56.50\00:16:58.08
that's why Christ came and
died for the whole human race...
00:16:58.12\00:17:00.93
every nation,
kindred, tongue and people
00:17:00.96\00:17:03.29
every color, every
race, every creed...
00:17:03.33\00:17:05.58
we had a Brother here
just a few moments ago,
00:17:05.62\00:17:09.29
Hmmm... hmmm...
and he told me that he
00:17:09.32\00:17:11.50
he figured out... he'd
just been out of prison
00:17:11.53\00:17:13.60
for 90 days... Hmmm... hmmm...
00:17:13.63\00:17:15.57
maybe only 30 days...
he'd been out of prison
00:17:15.60\00:17:17.71
for a short period of
time, he said that, well,
00:17:17.75\00:17:19.73
he's using Heroin
again... but he figured out
00:17:19.77\00:17:21.58
that he would only use
it for two or three days
00:17:21.61\00:17:23.39
that way he
doesn't get addicted...
00:17:23.43\00:17:24.85
I'm like, "Look Dude...
let me tell you about Christ"
00:17:24.89\00:17:26.96
so here I had an
opportunity here at 3ABN
00:17:27.00\00:17:29.53
to share with
somebody... who came out here
00:17:29.57\00:17:31.87
just for the
ride... of another Brother
00:17:31.90\00:17:34.13
who gave his
testimony here just recently...
00:17:34.17\00:17:36.63
so here he is... he's getting
sick from Heroin addiction
00:17:36.67\00:17:39.71
and he's telling me
that he's just trying to
00:17:39.75\00:17:42.43
tweak it on his
own... and I said,
00:17:42.46\00:17:43.92
"Look Dude, I'll
tell you something... "
00:17:43.95\00:17:45.48
I had a partner who
spent 25 years in the
00:17:45.51\00:17:47.00
Penitentiary...
on a life sentence
00:17:47.03\00:17:48.64
got out... doing
Heroin... talking about drugs...
00:17:48.68\00:17:51.69
talking about how he's sick...
00:17:51.73\00:17:52.97
and I said, "Look,
give it to Jesus... "
00:17:53.00\00:17:54.54
he said, "You don't understand
the power of Heroin addiction"
00:17:54.58\00:17:57.59
I said, "No, Dude, you don't
understand the power of God"
00:17:57.63\00:18:00.61
Yes... and so,
whoever is struggling
00:18:00.64\00:18:02.07
today with alcoholism,
drug-ism, whatever it is,
00:18:02.10\00:18:04.79
God, per their
invitation, will do for them
00:18:04.82\00:18:07.47
what they can't
do for themselves...
00:18:07.50\00:18:08.95
and that's an
important point too...
00:18:08.98\00:18:10.35
"per their invitation"
because we have to invite Him
00:18:10.39\00:18:13.47
to come in... He's
not going to bogard
00:18:13.51\00:18:15.45
like Satan will...
we must invite Him in...
00:18:15.48\00:18:18.16
Amen... and then comes the power
And then comes the power...
00:18:18.20\00:18:20.43
Yeah... to
overcome the human nature...
00:18:20.47\00:18:23.52
Yes... The nature of sin...
00:18:23.56\00:18:24.70
and Christ will impute
into us His righteousness
00:18:24.73\00:18:27.44
and the power to
daily overcome...
00:18:27.47\00:18:29.50
Yes... amen...
amen... now, we were talking
00:18:29.54\00:18:32.60
a little bit earlier...
and we were talking about
00:18:32.63\00:18:34.28
lifestyle choices
and how those choices
00:18:34.32\00:18:36.63
impact addiction... talk
a little bit about that...
00:18:36.67\00:18:39.23
Well, I told you I got rid
of the secularism... "Hollywood"
00:18:39.26\00:18:41.83
those kinds of movies
because it would pull me back
00:18:41.86\00:18:44.35
to that... it
feeds that old nature,
00:18:44.39\00:18:46.24
Hmmm... Okay... and then I heard
00:18:46.27\00:18:48.09
about lifestyle changes
00:18:48.13\00:18:49.70
I went to a place
called Wildwood Hospital
00:18:49.74\00:18:51.44
and I heard for the first
time how the effects of sugar
00:18:51.48\00:18:54.58
and caffeine and
nicotine and all these things
00:18:54.62\00:18:56.91
because we have a lower nature
and we have a higher nature
00:18:56.94\00:18:59.39
God wants to
elevate the human life
00:18:59.42\00:19:02.03
on to the higher
nature, and so, the nicotine,
00:19:02.07\00:19:05.02
and the caffeine, I
found myself going to
00:19:05.06\00:19:07.44
a Health Food
Store... I was clean vegan
00:19:07.48\00:19:09.36
and I was going to
a health food store
00:19:09.40\00:19:11.21
and buying uppity stuff...
Ephedras and all these stuff
00:19:11.25\00:19:13.54
and our world is
living on energy drinks
00:19:13.58\00:19:15.77
and we need... God
wants to live in our lives
00:19:15.80\00:19:18.35
we are the... the
Holy Spirit wants...
00:19:18.38\00:19:20.26
we are the
temple of God... Yes...
00:19:20.29\00:19:21.92
He wants to
dwell in and through us
00:19:21.95\00:19:23.96
so it's not just Cocaine as a...
00:19:24.00\00:19:25.98
it's lifestyle
changes... it's what we eat
00:19:26.01\00:19:27.73
makes a
difference on our choices
00:19:27.77\00:19:30.06
so they desire different...
but God wants to bring us into
00:19:30.09\00:19:33.11
an atmosphere of
heaven, even though we live
00:19:33.15\00:19:35.28
in a sin-sick-stricken
world... so what we eat...
00:19:35.31\00:19:38.75
water... we need
plenty of water...
00:19:38.79\00:19:40.16
people don't know about that,
water... we need half of our
00:19:40.20\00:19:43.00
body weight in water...
water will help your brain
00:19:43.04\00:19:45.31
to work better... you
get rid of the caffeine
00:19:45.35\00:19:47.49
caffeine causes a
chemical imbalance in the brain
00:19:47.52\00:19:50.15
if you inject a spider...
you know what a spider web
00:19:50.18\00:19:52.39
looks like... it's
beautiful... intricately made...
00:19:52.42\00:19:54.59
Right... right...
if you inject a spider
00:19:54.63\00:19:56.40
with what is equal
to one cup of coffee...
00:19:56.43\00:19:58.13
he cannot make that web
but a couple of blurbs...
00:19:58.17\00:20:00.61
his web will not be
right up to 72 hours later
00:20:00.65\00:20:03.20
caffeine affects the
fine intricate movements
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.84
of the brain...
the fine tuning...
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and so, caffeine,
nicotine, goes right along
00:20:07.56\00:20:10.22
in my mind with
cocaine... because it gives you
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it gives you that
boost... you know...
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and so... And
usually when you have that
00:20:14.38\00:20:15.74
cigarette or that cup of
coffee, you want that cigarette
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they kind of work
together, nicotine and caffeine
00:20:18.17\00:20:20.52
kind of work
together... Right...
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and I told a Brother
today, that's been our of prison
00:20:21.73\00:20:23.73
for 6 years...
walking with Jesus
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he said, "The Lord's brought
it to me about the nicotine... "
00:20:25.14\00:20:27.49
and he said, "I just can't quit
00:20:27.52\00:20:29.08
I'm smoking a pack
and a half a day... "
00:20:29.11\00:20:30.28
I said, "Look, how
much caffeine you're doing?"
00:20:30.31\00:20:32.15
he said, "A lot...
not drinking no water... "
00:20:32.19\00:20:33.95
I said, "Dude, look, if
you quit caffeine and nicotine
00:20:33.99\00:20:37.05
together... I heard
medical doctors speak
00:20:37.09\00:20:38.86
that they complement...
the side effects will diminish
00:20:38.90\00:20:41.51
together... instead
of keep pulling you back
00:20:41.55\00:20:43.54
to one or the other... "
so... it's a great blessing
00:20:43.58\00:20:46.14
to live for
Jesus, pure and serene...
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clean indeed in Jesus, to
be free indeed in Jesus...
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Yes... yes... and
speaking of free indeed...
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let's talk about
your Program "Free Indeed"
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What is that?
What are you doing with
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"Free Indeed"? Free
Indeed is an opportunity
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for our Brothers
and Sisters behind bars
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to share hope with the
world... because the world
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seems like they're in a slumber
00:21:05.36\00:21:06.60
the Laodicean time
period... in earth's history
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like... they just
think going to Church...
00:21:09.19\00:21:10.62
and reading the Bible
and praying is like...
00:21:10.66\00:21:11.98
good enough for them
but the inmates are now
00:21:12.02\00:21:14.09
sharing their testimonies,
their strengths... their hope
00:21:14.13\00:21:16.63
they've been
stripped of everything
00:21:16.67\00:21:18.03
by Society's
standards, they have nothing...
00:21:18.06\00:21:19.72
they've lost their families,
they don't get a visit,
00:21:19.75\00:21:21.43
they ain't got
nothing... but somehow...
00:21:21.47\00:21:23.43
the desires for their heart
is being fulfilled and nurtured
00:21:23.46\00:21:26.29
through the Holy Spirit
and God working in their lives
00:21:26.33\00:21:28.01
so now... they
have an opportunity
00:21:28.04\00:21:29.45
to share their hope
with the whole wide world,
00:21:29.49\00:21:31.29
and it's literally
going around the world...
00:21:31.33\00:21:33.06
that they can be free
indeed in Jesus behind bars
00:21:33.10\00:21:35.36
but not forgotten...
Amen... let's take a look
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we have a video back there...
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God has done so much
for me that I cannot...
00:21:39.09\00:21:45.46
I cannot... even with
the loss of my only child
00:21:45.50\00:21:51.83
I will ever
have... I cannot sit here
00:21:51.87\00:21:56.28
and not be thankful
for what God has done...
00:21:56.32\00:21:58.88
and tell you that
God is moving in my life
00:21:58.91\00:22:01.44
and blessing
me... and changing me...
00:22:01.48\00:22:04.35
even with
everything that's happened...
00:22:04.39\00:22:07.23
I couldn't do it...
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Wow... I think it's
going to be super powerful...
00:22:09.92\00:22:13.91
I think these
Programs are powerful
00:22:13.94\00:22:16.03
because again... they
attest to the transforming
00:22:16.07\00:22:19.14
power of our
almighty God... you know...
00:22:19.18\00:22:21.76
when you came to help us
out with "The New Journey"
00:22:21.79\00:22:25.88
you brought with you a young man
00:22:25.91\00:22:28.13
Kyle... and
he's staying with you
00:22:28.16\00:22:30.31
on and off... but... tell
us a little bit about Kyle
00:22:30.34\00:22:32.72
and his journey and
what you and your wife
00:22:32.75\00:22:35.03
are doing in his life...
Well Kyle is 14-years-old
00:22:35.06\00:22:37.77
I had met him a
couple of years back...
00:22:37.81\00:22:39.15
in "Students out of
School" so he's not doing good
00:22:39.18\00:22:41.09
in School... just like I
didn't do good in School...
00:22:41.12\00:22:43.00
so I met this guy... I
shared with him about my
00:22:43.03\00:22:46.25
experiences...
and he kept my card...
00:22:46.28\00:22:48.18
he kept the business
card, and he called...
00:22:48.22\00:22:49.95
his parents called...
they were in trouble...
00:22:49.99\00:22:52.06
but Kyle went from
"Students out of School"
00:22:52.09\00:22:54.41
to selling crack in
Houston... How old is he?
00:22:54.44\00:22:57.33
He's 14 now... he was
11 when he was selling
00:22:57.37\00:22:59.06
crack on the streets in
Houston so 11- to 12-years-old
00:22:59.09\00:23:02.55
selling... he met this lady...
00:23:02.59\00:23:04.50
and he too wanted money
00:23:04.53\00:23:06.04
he saw this lady...
he was cleaning up cars
00:23:06.07\00:23:08.02
he saw all these fancy
people coming through here...
00:23:08.06\00:23:09.96
dope dealers and
stuff and he said,
00:23:09.99\00:23:11.33
"I want to make some
money... " so she set him up
00:23:11.37\00:23:13.41
selling crack... so he
began to make his own money
00:23:13.44\00:23:15.41
200 to 300 dollars a day...
selling crack on the streets
00:23:15.45\00:23:17.62
in Houston... and
so, what happened is...
00:23:17.65\00:23:19.84
his friend got
shot... 17-years-old...
00:23:19.87\00:23:21.98
dope dealer come in
there not dope dealer...
00:23:22.02\00:23:24.13
drug addict come in
there shot the Dude...
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.46
took the dope... and
here my friend is Kyle
00:23:26.49\00:23:28.45
losing his friend in
the midst of this journey
00:23:28.49\00:23:30.42
his mom moves
back to our area...
00:23:30.45\00:23:32.76
struggling... I
just say struggling
00:23:32.79\00:23:34.68
with every issue,
whether it's water...
00:23:34.72\00:23:36.54
whether it's food,
whether it's no washer...
00:23:36.57\00:23:38.20
no dryer... no
stove... no refrigerator...
00:23:38.24\00:23:39.83
whatever... they're struggling
00:23:39.87\00:23:40.97
but mom's trying to
keep the family together...
00:23:41.00\00:23:42.59
Hmmm... and in the midst of it
00:23:42.62\00:23:45.01
Christ connected us together,
dad's in prison for 18 years
00:23:45.05\00:23:48.01
and so we were
able to help the mom
00:23:48.04\00:23:49.39
to get her gas turned
on... get some water going
00:23:49.43\00:23:51.56
get a dryer...
00:23:51.59\00:23:53.50
and trying to just help
out with the physical needs...
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.53
but now Kyle had received
a Bible on March the first...
00:23:55.56\00:23:59.15
which was just a moment...
00:23:59.18\00:24:00.22
not too long ago...
he received a Bible...
00:24:00.26\00:24:02.04
and you know Sister... let
me tell you the power of God
00:24:02.08\00:24:04.07
God would do amazing things,
00:24:04.11\00:24:06.01
we're driving down the highway
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.87
Kyle sees a rainbow...
00:24:07.91\00:24:08.96
and I asked him, "Do
you know what that means?"
00:24:08.99\00:24:10.98
he said, "Yeah, it's a sign.
" I said, "A sign of what?"
00:24:11.02\00:24:13.88
he said, "It's a sign
that God would never destroy
00:24:13.92\00:24:16.08
the earth by flood again... "
00:24:16.12\00:24:17.19
I said, "How do
you know that Dude"
00:24:17.22\00:24:18.35
because he wasn't
raised up in that atmosphere...
00:24:18.38\00:24:20.66
Right... right... so,
Kyle today, as we speak
00:24:20.69\00:24:22.93
is at his grandfather's bedside,
who's getting ready to die
00:24:22.96\00:24:28.03
from wrong choices,
perhaps, in his life...
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.44
Kyle is there sharing the gospel
00:24:30.48\00:24:32.66
that Grandpa can
still find forgiveness...
00:24:32.69\00:24:34.97
and we just pray that
God would give Grandpa
00:24:35.01\00:24:38.00
a reprieve from the
cancer and from the drugs
00:24:38.04\00:24:41.38
that Kyle can share
the gospel with Grandpa
00:24:41.42\00:24:43.33
and that he would be in
the Kingdom of Heaven... so
00:24:43.36\00:24:45.29
Wow! so God is doing miraculous
00:24:45.33\00:24:46.80
things... in this
time in earth's history
00:24:46.83\00:24:48.13
Amen... amen... what a blessing
it will be for little Kyle
00:24:48.17\00:24:51.42
to have shared the
gospel with his dying Grandpa
00:24:51.46\00:24:55.30
and if his Grandfather
00:24:55.34\00:24:57.25
accepts the Lord Jesus Christ
00:24:57.28\00:24:58.88
as his Savior... I
mean... what a wonderful memory
00:24:58.91\00:25:01.19
that would be
for Kyle... Amen...
00:25:01.23\00:25:02.87
And lifestyle
choices are being implemented
00:25:02.90\00:25:05.09
in Kyle's life...
never ate an apple before
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.24
here he is... 14-years-old...
never ate an apple before
00:25:07.28\00:25:09.71
never tasted an orange before,
00:25:09.74\00:25:10.80
I said "Dude, what did
you eat?" Pizza, Twinkies...
00:25:10.83\00:25:12.94
and all these kinds of stuff
and that's what we don't realize
00:25:12.97\00:25:16.14
that there's a
difference... That's right...
00:25:16.17\00:25:17.54
and so Kyle tells
me... that he wakes up better
00:25:17.58\00:25:18.99
he feels
stronger... he feels better...
00:25:19.03\00:25:20.59
he's drinking water...
so in a 14-year-old's life,
00:25:20.62\00:25:23.08
we've seen it
first-hand that it does work...
00:25:23.11\00:25:25.05
Yes... it makes
all the difference...
00:25:25.09\00:25:26.63
We have worship in
the morning, praise God...
00:25:26.66\00:25:29.44
Yes... amen... you
are "Living the loving"
00:25:29.48\00:25:32.22
Amen... and
that's such a wonderful
00:25:32.26\00:25:34.31
thing... I met your
wife and she's precious
00:25:34.34\00:25:36.70
I mean... what a
blessing... what a blessing...
00:25:36.73\00:25:39.05
you guys can go back into
00:25:39.08\00:25:41.11
the darkness and actually
share the light of Jesus...
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.96
In our last couple of
minutes, what do you have
00:25:44.00\00:25:46.63
do you have any message
that you'd like to share
00:25:46.66\00:25:49.45
with our viewers that
are themselves struggling
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.23
with issues...
what would you say?
00:25:52.27\00:25:55.03
Sister, I'll tell you...
I'll share with our viewers
00:25:55.07\00:25:58.13
I don't know
which camera we're on...
00:25:58.16\00:25:59.70
I'll just share with you today
00:25:59.73\00:26:01.41
that no matter what
you're struggling with...
00:26:01.44\00:26:03.39
God found me in
the midst of despair
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.66
I've been in prison...
I've been down that road...
00:26:05.69\00:26:07.40
and you've been seeking to
fill that void in your life,
00:26:07.43\00:26:09.82
you've been
wanting something different
00:26:09.85\00:26:11.50
in your life... you want hope...
00:26:11.53\00:26:12.79
you want peace,
you want stability...
00:26:12.83\00:26:14.06
you want purpose in life,
00:26:14.10\00:26:15.57
and God created
us all with a purpose
00:26:15.61\00:26:17.99
and that's to
serve Him supremely...
00:26:18.02\00:26:20.33
to give it all to God so
whatever you're struggling
00:26:20.37\00:26:23.05
with this day...
please, get down on your knees
00:26:23.08\00:26:25.73
and humble your heart before God
and please... just tell him...
00:26:25.76\00:26:28.94
say, "Dear Lord, I want
your help... I can't... "
00:26:28.98\00:26:31.03
He understands our struggles
00:26:31.06\00:26:32.39
because God, who in
the beginning of time,
00:26:32.42\00:26:34.28
gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
00:26:34.32\00:26:38.02
should not perish but
have everlasting life...
00:26:38.05\00:26:40.42
He will do for us...
the omnipotent God...
00:26:40.45\00:26:42.30
that in the beginning
that created the heaven
00:26:42.34\00:26:44.16
and the earth...
gave His son Jesus...
00:26:44.19\00:26:46.24
for such a time as this...
and He wants to plant your feet
00:26:46.27\00:26:48.75
on solid ground...
through the trials and
00:26:48.78\00:26:50.74
tribulations of your
life, your roots will grow deep
00:26:50.77\00:26:53.33
your dependency on
God... that you will be
00:26:53.37\00:26:55.19
in the Kingdom of
Heaven but prior to that...
00:26:55.23\00:26:57.01
He has a work for
you and me to do...
00:26:57.05\00:26:58.89
so, don't give
up... don't look back...
00:26:58.92\00:27:00.72
you may never
get out of prison...
00:27:00.76\00:27:02.01
but you have an opportunity
00:27:02.04\00:27:03.40
to carry this message of hope
with another Brother or Sister
00:27:03.43\00:27:06.47
in that prison... and we
are world filled with sin
00:27:06.50\00:27:09.38
and God will free us...
each and every day... Amen...
00:27:09.42\00:27:12.26
Amen... thank you so
much Brother Lemuel...
00:27:12.30\00:27:14.70
thank you so much
for being with us...
00:27:14.73\00:27:17.06
Well... thank you...
What a blessing you are...
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.53
thank you for sharing the light
and the love of Jesus Christ
00:27:18.57\00:27:21.54
in the world around us...
00:27:21.58\00:27:22.84
We appreciate the sponsors
for 3ABN that make this happen
00:27:22.87\00:27:26.00
and The New Journey and
Dare to Dream Network...
00:27:26.04\00:27:28.07
so thank you for your vision
00:27:28.10\00:27:29.36
to bring it into
the inner cities...
00:27:29.40\00:27:30.79
Praise the Lord... you
know Christ has promised
00:27:30.82\00:27:34.60
that he who the Son sets free
00:27:34.63\00:27:36.74
shall be free indeed...
that freedom can be yours
00:27:36.78\00:27:39.76
whether or not
you're behind bars...
00:27:39.79\00:27:42.13
that freedom is
yours for the taking
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.12
through Jesus Christ our Lord...
00:27:44.16\00:27:46.04
if you want to
know more about Jesus...
00:27:46.08\00:27:48.45
contact your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:27:48.49\00:27:51.17
or join them in worship
on a Saturday morning...
00:27:51.20\00:27:54.26
Well, that wraps up
our Program for today...
00:27:54.30\00:27:57.32
Thank you so
much for joining us...
00:27:57.35\00:27:59.52
join us next time... we
really want and need you here
00:27:59.56\00:28:03.70
you know why? it just
wouldn't be the same...
00:28:03.73\00:28:06.06
without you...
00:28:06.10\00:28:07.39