Stay tuned to meet a man who went from crime to Christ. 00:00:01.96\00:00:05.03 My name is Yvonne Lewis 00:00:05.07\00:00:06.60 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:00:06.63\00:00:08.44 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:00:33.13\00:00:35.06 My guest today is Wyatt Allen, 00:00:35.13\00:00:37.33 he's an Author, Associate Speaker 00:00:37.37\00:00:39.57 and Evangelist, for Amazing Facts. 00:00:39.60\00:00:41.90 Welcome to Urban Report, Wyatt. 00:00:41.94\00:00:43.87 So glad to be here. 00:00:43.91\00:00:45.24 Oh, it's a blessing to have you, your testimony is so rich, 00:00:45.27\00:00:50.65 God has brought you a mighty long way has He not? 00:00:50.68\00:00:54.25 He certainly has, but my testimony is... 00:00:54.28\00:00:56.69 I'm just one in among many of 00:00:56.72\00:00:58.05 what God can do in somebody's life. 00:00:58.09\00:00:59.55 It's amazing to me as you look at people's journeys 00:00:59.62\00:01:04.16 and you listen to where they were... and where... 00:01:04.19\00:01:08.73 and you look at them now, and you see, 00:01:08.76\00:01:11.53 such a transformation 00:01:11.57\00:01:13.27 from where they were to where they are now, 00:01:13.34\00:01:15.64 tell us a little bit about yourself, where did you grow up? 00:01:15.67\00:01:18.11 I grew up in Missouri, pretty crazy life growing up, 00:01:18.14\00:01:21.28 just... it was actually pretty common to most people 00:01:21.31\00:01:24.58 because this is pretty typical in America today 00:01:24.61\00:01:26.65 but... my parents split up when I was three, 00:01:26.68\00:01:29.18 divorced, we... my brother and my sister... 00:01:29.22\00:01:31.82 we all moved into a Women's Shelter with my mom 00:01:31.85\00:01:34.46 because my dad was violent and abusive 00:01:34.49\00:01:36.42 and we eventually settled in Jefferson City, Missouri, 00:01:36.46\00:01:39.76 and for a few years 00:01:39.79\00:01:42.16 we were safe from the violence and... 00:01:42.20\00:01:43.93 but not safe from life, 00:01:43.97\00:01:46.50 we still got into a lot of trouble 00:01:46.53\00:01:48.40 and my brother and I... we would steal and rob and 00:01:48.44\00:01:52.17 burn down houses, not that we really tried to 00:01:52.21\00:01:55.41 but we set some fires and ended up burning down a house, 00:01:55.44\00:01:58.81 that was at... six years old... 00:01:58.85\00:02:00.62 At six? 00:02:00.68\00:02:02.68 Six years old... 00:02:02.75\00:02:04.09 So, when you... okay, let's go back for a second 00:02:04.12\00:02:07.69 your dad left, and you were... how old? 00:02:07.72\00:02:10.03 Well, my mom left... she had to sneak out like, 00:02:10.06\00:02:13.83 2:00 in the morning, he was drunk and... 00:02:13.86\00:02:16.00 finally was able to get away and so... I was three years old. 00:02:16.03\00:02:20.17 So, your mom carried a lot within her, 00:02:20.20\00:02:25.61 a lot of pain and maybe fear, 00:02:25.64\00:02:28.81 was your mom a Christian at this time, was she...? 00:02:28.84\00:02:32.45 I think she was doing the best she could, 00:02:32.48\00:02:34.95 she was a busy mom, and I think she just... 00:02:34.98\00:02:37.35 she had tried to hold down three jobs at one point 00:02:37.39\00:02:39.39 and it just... it was really... 00:02:39.42\00:02:41.86 let's just say, I wasn't raised with a Christian upbringing 00:02:41.89\00:02:45.69 though she did teach me the Lord's Prayer. 00:02:45.73\00:02:47.40 I remember when I first read the Bible 00:02:47.43\00:02:49.10 for the very first time in my life, 00:02:49.13\00:02:50.73 the Lord's Prayer just came back to me when I came to it... 00:02:50.77\00:02:53.44 I'm like... "I know this, I know this" 00:02:53.47\00:02:54.80 but I don't remember learning it 00:02:54.84\00:02:56.17 so it's really interesting how that worked out. 00:02:56.20\00:02:58.07 Yes, yes, so at three... you moved... 00:02:58.11\00:03:01.41 you sneaked out, basically, 00:03:01.44\00:03:02.78 your mom sneaked out of the house 00:03:02.81\00:03:04.35 and took you to a shelter 00:03:04.38\00:03:05.75 and you lived in the shelter for how long? 00:03:05.78\00:03:08.45 It wasn't terribly long 00:03:08.48\00:03:10.45 until we could actually find somebody to move in with 00:03:10.49\00:03:13.72 and then... she was able to get a job further north 00:03:13.76\00:03:16.73 and so, it was a little process but my dad eventually... 00:03:16.76\00:03:20.43 he'd got into some trouble and had gotten out of jail 00:03:20.46\00:03:23.87 and... so he was able to start getting custody back of his kids 00:03:23.90\00:03:26.77 so it was a back and forth custody issue for years. 00:03:26.80\00:03:31.74 Ah, so at six, then... you began doing some really... 00:03:31.77\00:03:36.44 it began to express some anti-social behavior, right? 00:03:36.48\00:03:40.82 So you started doing what... with your brother? 00:03:40.85\00:03:43.32 Well, I mean, I was six, my brother was eight, 00:03:43.35\00:03:45.99 we ran all over town just causing trouble. 00:03:46.02\00:03:48.62 Where was your mom? 00:03:48.66\00:03:49.99 Working. 00:03:50.03\00:03:51.36 We were supposed to be with the babysitters 00:03:51.39\00:03:54.13 but the babysitters... at least the one we had 00:03:54.16\00:03:56.67 the ones we had weren't really as much concerned 00:03:56.70\00:03:58.67 about watching us and we had a little sister, 00:03:58.70\00:04:00.60 I have a sister who was three years younger than me 00:04:00.64\00:04:02.90 she was a newborn when we left, 00:04:02.94\00:04:04.27 and so she... anyway, she was three at this time 00:04:04.31\00:04:07.38 and so she was home with the babysitter 00:04:07.41\00:04:08.74 but my brother and I... 00:04:08.78\00:04:10.11 just skateboarded around town and... 00:04:10.15\00:04:12.05 we started fires in places and we would steal from stores. 00:04:12.08\00:04:16.28 I think we have a picture of you and your mom and your family 00:04:16.32\00:04:20.52 that we can put up, 00:04:20.56\00:04:22.49 your mom and your brother and your sister. 00:04:22.52\00:04:25.09 And of course that's me being pretty ornery, 00:04:25.13\00:04:27.66 you can see my little sister there, 00:04:27.70\00:04:29.03 and I never was the nicest kid. 00:04:29.06\00:04:31.63 Well, praise the Lord for the journey, right? 00:04:31.67\00:04:34.30 Not where you were but where you are now. 00:04:34.34\00:04:36.57 That's right and where I'm going to go. 00:04:36.60\00:04:38.11 Amen, amen for sure. 00:04:38.14\00:04:39.97 So, at six, you started doing all of these things... 00:04:40.01\00:04:44.85 running around town, setting fires... 00:04:44.88\00:04:47.25 just doing all kinds of things, what happened then... 00:04:47.28\00:04:50.25 if you're doing this at six, 00:04:50.29\00:04:51.95 and your mom had no idea 00:04:51.99\00:04:54.06 that you guys were acting like this? 00:04:54.12\00:04:56.66 Well, we got arrested for the fire thing... 00:04:56.69\00:04:58.43 so... she actually... we just lost custody 00:04:58.49\00:05:01.23 for a short time, from my mom 00:05:01.26\00:05:03.47 because of that issue. 00:05:03.50\00:05:04.83 Did you go into Foster...? 00:05:04.87\00:05:06.20 We didn't then... 00:05:06.23\00:05:07.57 we actually were in a Foster Home later, 00:05:07.60\00:05:09.64 my dad had... it was a big issue and 00:05:09.67\00:05:12.21 he came home to drop us kids off 00:05:12.24\00:05:14.74 and my mom was sleeping, 00:05:14.78\00:05:16.11 like I said, she had all these jobs 00:05:16.14\00:05:17.48 and she wasn't there, and so he broke in the house 00:05:17.51\00:05:19.88 he got into a fight with my mom, broke her back 00:05:19.91\00:05:21.82 and so she was in the hospital recovering 00:05:21.88\00:05:24.49 my dad was... he got in trouble 00:05:24.52\00:05:26.32 so we had to go to Foster Home during that time 00:05:26.35\00:05:28.66 but I was probably about ten or eleven, then, I think, 00:05:28.69\00:05:31.06 but it was pretty... a lot of violence growing up 00:05:31.09\00:05:35.06 a lot of alcohol and... 00:05:35.10\00:05:37.93 I know there were drugs behind the scenes now, 00:05:37.97\00:05:39.97 but I didn't really see it then, but... 00:05:40.00\00:05:41.90 How did seeing the violence then, impact your life? 00:05:41.97\00:05:46.88 Well, what... I'm going to share with you in a little bit, 00:05:46.94\00:05:49.31 how I ended up going to prison 00:05:49.34\00:05:50.68 with a 20-year prison sentence 00:05:50.75\00:05:52.08 and it was for a violent crime. Dr. Yvonne: Okay... 00:05:52.11\00:05:53.82 We'll talk about it in a moment but... 00:05:53.85\00:05:55.18 when I look back at the violence I saw growing up, 00:05:55.22\00:05:57.92 I don't make that as an excuse at all 00:05:57.95\00:05:59.29 I mean, I chose what I did, 00:05:59.32\00:06:01.92 it was a very, very much conscious choice 00:06:01.96\00:06:04.03 but at the same time, 00:06:04.06\00:06:06.03 violence always seemed to be an answer. 00:06:06.09\00:06:07.66 My dad would pull people off the road 00:06:07.70\00:06:10.43 and then just beat them up for cutting him off 00:06:10.47\00:06:14.70 and just seeing that as a solution, so many times, 00:06:14.74\00:06:17.74 I thought, "Well, violence must work for me too" 00:06:17.77\00:06:20.74 You know, Wyatt, 00:06:20.78\00:06:22.14 it's interesting you would say that 00:06:22.18\00:06:23.51 because so many times, in our inner cities, 00:06:23.55\00:06:25.91 especially when there are no men around 00:06:25.98\00:06:28.42 then our young guys have no clue about how to be a man 00:06:28.45\00:06:33.59 and so... "you looked at me, funny... " 00:06:33.62\00:06:36.59 or "you stepped on my shoe, I'm killing you," 00:06:36.62\00:06:39.76 it's like... the response is so disproportionate 00:06:39.79\00:06:42.90 to what's actually done 00:06:42.93\00:06:44.87 and it's because of the absence 00:06:44.90\00:06:47.80 of the father... to teach... 00:06:47.84\00:06:50.71 in your case, your dad was there, 00:06:50.74\00:06:52.77 but he didn't have... 00:06:52.81\00:06:54.64 I don't know what his situation was with his dad, 00:06:54.68\00:06:56.85 but somewhere, there was kind of... 00:06:56.88\00:06:58.98 Very much the same, 00:06:59.01\00:07:00.35 there was violence and alcohol and others... 00:07:00.38\00:07:01.72 Yes, yes, there's this trend, 00:07:01.75\00:07:05.35 that we see, that only God can break. 00:07:05.39\00:07:08.82 Indeed and it does take a miracle, 00:07:08.89\00:07:11.79 you can't just wake up one morning and say, 00:07:11.83\00:07:14.86 "You know what... I'm not going to do this anymore. " 00:07:14.90\00:07:16.43 Literally, it takes something supernatural to change a heart 00:07:16.46\00:07:20.74 and that's what I determined in my family, 00:07:20.80\00:07:22.80 that listen, there has been a... this... 00:07:22.87\00:07:24.84 I don't know if you call it a generational curse 00:07:24.87\00:07:26.54 or whatever you want to call it, but it's stopping 00:07:26.57\00:07:27.94 because through God's grace, we're going to be overcomers, 00:07:27.98\00:07:30.75 and we're going to live a new life 00:07:30.78\00:07:32.11 and I'm going to be the dad that I didn't have 00:07:32.15\00:07:34.65 and even though my dad was sometimes there, 00:07:34.68\00:07:37.19 he worked pretty hard himself, he was a hard worker, 00:07:37.22\00:07:39.29 if he taught me anything, it was hard work, 00:07:39.35\00:07:40.82 but it definitely... 00:07:40.86\00:07:42.46 the other moral lessons were not there, 00:07:42.49\00:07:44.66 in fact, when I first started using drugs, 00:07:44.69\00:07:47.16 it was because I found his stash of Marijuana 00:07:47.20\00:07:49.40 and he had all of these drugs... I mean... pounds of Marijuana 00:07:49.46\00:07:53.44 and so I was able to take as much as I wanted and... 00:07:53.47\00:07:55.74 Was he selling it? 00:07:55.80\00:07:57.14 No, he just bought it, 00:07:57.17\00:07:58.51 he used it... him and my step-mom, 00:07:58.54\00:07:59.87 they smoked as much as they... 00:07:59.91\00:08:01.64 we always would smell something funny 00:08:01.68\00:08:03.01 but I didn't know what it was and one night, 00:08:03.04\00:08:05.78 one day, just being a kid 00:08:05.81\00:08:07.62 and putting my clothes or something 00:08:07.65\00:08:09.38 and there was a safe, 00:08:09.42\00:08:10.75 they had a floor safe and it was open 00:08:10.79\00:08:12.12 and I was able to get in there and see all these drugs 00:08:12.15\00:08:16.73 it was incredible and I just... 00:08:16.79\00:08:18.13 so I went and experimented with it, 00:08:18.16\00:08:20.20 before I experimented with it though, 00:08:20.23\00:08:22.36 I reverse-engineered the lock, I didn't reverse-engineer, 00:08:22.40\00:08:25.30 I basically figured out the locking mechanism 00:08:25.33\00:08:27.67 so I knew the combination because it was open 00:08:27.70\00:08:29.90 anyway, I was a stupid kid but I was pretty smart... 00:08:29.97\00:08:33.31 and so... anyway... and then... from then on... 00:08:33.34\00:08:36.21 I had access to these drugs all the time. 00:08:36.24\00:08:37.68 How old were you when you started experimenting with drugs 00:08:37.71\00:08:40.55 I was 13- or 14-years-old and, of course, 00:08:40.58\00:08:43.89 I had a whole new group of friends, 00:08:43.92\00:08:46.12 I started... all of a sudden... 00:08:46.15\00:08:48.29 to make friends I didn't have before, 00:08:48.32\00:08:50.69 because I seemed to have a lot of drugs and so 00:08:50.73\00:08:53.23 everyone wanted to be my friend and I was too naive to see 00:08:53.29\00:08:55.80 that it was actually to drugs they liked and not me, 00:08:55.86\00:08:58.03 but I was invited to parties and it was a change in my life. 00:08:58.10\00:09:02.57 So, look at the trend now, right... 00:09:02.60\00:09:05.01 one of the things that we talk about 00:09:05.04\00:09:07.38 on Dare to Dream and particularly on Urban Report, 00:09:07.44\00:09:11.11 is God's plan, 00:09:11.15\00:09:12.85 God has a plan and Satan has a plan, 00:09:12.88\00:09:15.92 and Satan's plan is to destroy, 00:09:15.95\00:09:18.92 and Satan's plan is to start you here 00:09:18.95\00:09:21.76 and take you downward. 00:09:21.79\00:09:23.79 And listen, I was reading his plan book 00:09:23.83\00:09:25.73 and following it perfectly. 00:09:25.76\00:09:27.10 Right... I believe that's what was happening, 00:09:27.13\00:09:29.83 and thankfully, God intervened, 00:09:29.86\00:09:31.77 but you were on this downward spiral at three, at six, 00:09:31.80\00:09:38.31 at eight, at fourteen... downward spiral, 00:09:38.34\00:09:44.05 because that was Satan's plan but praise God 00:09:44.08\00:09:46.95 that's not where God wanted you. 00:09:46.98\00:09:48.75 Tell us a little bit more about when you were... at fourteen... 00:09:48.78\00:09:52.65 what happened to you, 00:09:52.69\00:09:54.02 you mentioned something in this book 00:09:54.06\00:09:56.39 and you have a great book 00:09:56.42\00:09:57.79 that we are going to be referring to, 00:09:57.83\00:09:59.96 "The Least of the Least," it is an excellent book 00:10:00.00\00:10:02.76 and I'm really impressed with what I've seen so far, 00:10:02.80\00:10:07.07 so, what happened to you when you were fourteen 00:10:07.10\00:10:11.14 with the nightclub? 00:10:11.17\00:10:12.51 Well, again I was that kid that was always searching, 00:10:12.54\00:10:17.78 always looking for belonging and meaning and that nightclub, 00:10:17.81\00:10:21.08 it was a place where they played all this loud music 00:10:21.15\00:10:25.02 but since they didn't serve alcohol, I could go in there 00:10:25.05\00:10:28.69 and so, one night, 00:10:28.72\00:10:30.06 we were just looking to go out and have fun and party 00:10:30.09\00:10:34.00 and so when we were pulling into the parking garage, 00:10:34.03\00:10:37.37 there at the nightclub, the police lights were behind us 00:10:37.40\00:10:40.70 and we all... of course we were extremely high 00:10:40.74\00:10:43.57 and we were all packing drugs 00:10:43.61\00:10:45.24 so we jumped out of the car 00:10:45.27\00:10:46.84 and began to run as fast as we could, 00:10:46.88\00:10:48.78 in the opposite directions, 00:10:48.84\00:10:50.18 all of us took off a different way, 00:10:50.21\00:10:51.55 mine happened to lead me right into this night club 00:10:51.58\00:10:53.48 called Silverado's 00:10:53.52\00:10:54.85 and when I went into there, 00:10:54.88\00:10:57.95 I mean, I was in the "Goth" thing for a time 00:10:57.99\00:11:00.66 so I had all this makeup on 00:11:00.72\00:11:02.06 and this black lipstick and it was a mess. 00:11:02.09\00:11:03.53 I got to ask you something about that 00:11:03.56\00:11:06.16 because I don't know that much about the "Goth" thing, 00:11:06.19\00:11:08.70 is that related to witchcraft? Is it... what is the Goth...? 00:11:08.76\00:11:13.90 No, there are some people that are into Goth 00:11:13.94\00:11:16.07 that are completely Atheists but Goth is... 00:11:16.10\00:11:18.44 it's a subculture of people that are... 00:11:18.47\00:11:20.78 you know, they're really... 00:11:20.81\00:11:23.51 they don't need to be involved in just anything, 00:11:23.55\00:11:27.62 they're okay with being loners and... but anyway, 00:11:27.65\00:11:31.69 it has a dark essence to it where you dress in dark clothes, 00:11:31.72\00:11:38.03 you put black makeup on 00:11:38.09\00:11:39.59 and I guess, I dabbled in it, and I wasn't really 00:11:39.63\00:11:43.30 there weren't a whole lot of us that did this, 00:11:43.33\00:11:45.73 and it wasn't a long part of my experience 00:11:45.77\00:11:48.14 but it was that night 00:11:48.17\00:11:49.50 at the nightclub you mentioned earlier, 00:11:49.54\00:11:50.97 I went and washed all that stuff off my face 00:11:51.04\00:11:53.31 because I didn't want to get caught, 00:11:53.34\00:11:54.68 I knew that it was pretty recognizable so... 00:11:54.71\00:11:56.78 I didn't want the police to catch me 00:11:56.81\00:11:58.61 so I washed all of it off my face 00:11:58.65\00:12:00.72 and then I sat down at a table 00:12:00.75\00:12:02.62 and guess who? Right next to me 00:12:02.65\00:12:04.45 was a guy in a long, black trench coat, 00:12:04.49\00:12:06.72 and the long and short of it is, he turned out to be a Satanist 00:12:06.76\00:12:10.63 and he could see I was nervous, I was high, I was scared, 00:12:10.66\00:12:14.46 I thought I was going to get caught, 00:12:14.50\00:12:15.83 I didn't want to get caught, and he did a spell 00:12:15.86\00:12:20.27 at which he was able to take away 00:12:20.30\00:12:22.50 all the nervousness, all the fear, 00:12:22.54\00:12:24.71 my mind was completely clear, 00:12:24.74\00:12:26.81 you'd think Satan wanted me to be "high," 00:12:26.84\00:12:28.44 but all of a sudden, I'm thinking as clear as 00:12:28.48\00:12:30.25 I've ever thought... and... 00:12:30.28\00:12:31.61 He did a spell verbally or did... 00:12:31.65\00:12:33.82 We went through a ritual, 00:12:33.85\00:12:35.18 where he had a noose and a knife 00:12:35.22\00:12:37.02 and prayers and Luciferian... and calling out to Lucifer 00:12:37.05\00:12:39.99 and Mephistopheles and all these Satanic names 00:12:40.06\00:12:42.32 and I was basically repeating after him... a prayer 00:12:42.39\00:12:45.43 and we had to hold our hands in a certain way 00:12:45.46\00:12:47.60 and so, after the spell was over immediately... just the clarity 00:12:47.63\00:12:51.17 and so I knew there was power in this... 00:12:51.20\00:12:52.53 Ooooh, that gives me a chill. 00:12:52.57\00:12:54.20 And I was involved in witchcraft 00:12:54.24\00:12:55.94 so this was mostly a cult, up to this point, 00:12:55.97\00:12:58.27 but just... not... 00:12:58.31\00:13:00.31 because it wasn't a whole lot of us 00:13:00.38\00:13:02.44 and so I didn't delve on it too deeply... I read the books 00:13:02.48\00:13:04.91 and believed in the power and the... 00:13:04.95\00:13:06.75 but I had never seen something this powerful 00:13:06.78\00:13:08.35 and I've always been told to stay away from dark magic, 00:13:08.38\00:13:10.79 you know, it's okay, white magic is great 00:13:10.85\00:13:12.75 but black magic is not good and so... 00:13:12.79\00:13:14.32 What's the difference? 00:13:14.36\00:13:15.69 There isn't... but I thought there was. 00:13:15.72\00:13:17.63 What is the professed difference? 00:13:17.66\00:13:19.86 Oh well, White Magic being... you know, 00:13:19.89\00:13:21.56 you manipulate people but... 00:13:21.60\00:13:25.27 it's like in Witchcraft, we had the Wiccan Rede, 00:13:25.30\00:13:27.24 "Do as ye will but harm ye none" 00:13:27.30\00:13:29.50 so there was the ethics there to some degree 00:13:29.54\00:13:32.57 but in Satanism, it was different, 00:13:32.61\00:13:34.88 it was this whole attitude of, 00:13:34.94\00:13:36.78 oh like Aleister Crowley said, 00:13:36.81\00:13:38.58 "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" 00:13:38.61\00:13:41.15 you know, it's the Stelema idea of 00:13:41.18\00:13:43.39 "You are your own god, do what you want to do" 00:13:43.42\00:13:45.72 and so I loved that idea 00:13:45.75\00:13:47.79 and... but it wasn't the spirit of Christ, 00:13:47.82\00:13:51.39 you know what Christ's attitude was, 00:13:51.43\00:13:53.56 He says, "Not my will but thine be done" 00:13:53.60\00:13:55.66 and so that's the attitude I didn't know anything about 00:13:55.70\00:13:58.53 because that was selfish. 00:13:58.57\00:13:59.90 At this point, when you were talking to the Satanist, 00:13:59.93\00:14:03.24 did you feel anything like, "Oh! this is like... 00:14:03.27\00:14:07.71 I don't need to mess with this, this is evil" 00:14:07.74\00:14:12.15 or were you drawn to it? 00:14:12.18\00:14:14.05 Well, Satan had already been getting to me 00:14:14.08\00:14:16.89 through the... I was listening to heavy metal music 00:14:16.95\00:14:20.86 which was very Satanic, 00:14:20.89\00:14:22.22 I was reading all these spiritualistic books 00:14:22.26\00:14:24.63 that dealt in the occult, I played Dungeons and Dragons, 00:14:24.66\00:14:27.80 I played Magic: The Gathering I read these fantasy books 00:14:27.83\00:14:30.93 and so I was already inclined toward 00:14:30.97\00:14:34.30 the "dark side" if you could call it that, 00:14:34.34\00:14:37.37 but even though there was a little bit of... 00:14:37.41\00:14:39.87 I won't say "resistance" but hesitation, 00:14:39.91\00:14:42.28 but, you know, the guy... he was really as open with me 00:14:42.31\00:14:44.55 he said, "Why don't you go out and buy a Satanic Bible, 00:14:44.58\00:14:46.75 go to any bookstore and get one" 00:14:46.78\00:14:48.22 I said, "Really, I've never even heard of it before" 00:14:48.25\00:14:50.35 And so I went down to the Bookstore 00:14:50.39\00:14:52.65 and I got a Satanic Bible 00:14:52.72\00:14:54.06 and as I began to read this thing, 00:14:54.09\00:14:56.26 it appealed to my flesh in every single way 00:14:56.29\00:14:58.96 it told me, like I said, that I was my own god 00:14:58.99\00:15:01.60 that everything is here for my pleasure, 00:15:01.63\00:15:04.93 and it twisted Christianity so much 00:15:04.97\00:15:07.74 but it made sense to me which, of course, it would 00:15:07.80\00:15:10.17 because I was definitely a carnal-minded person 00:15:10.21\00:15:12.54 and so, I would, use the Satanist thing, 00:15:12.57\00:15:16.68 to... I would pick on my Christian... 00:15:16.71\00:15:20.35 I wouldn't call them friends but 00:15:20.42\00:15:21.75 schoolmates, I was in 9th Grade by now, 00:15:21.78\00:15:24.02 I was about 15 years old, and just out of control 00:15:24.09\00:15:27.86 because... if you have no morals, 00:15:27.89\00:15:31.79 if what is right is based on what your heart says, 00:15:31.86\00:15:36.20 which you hear repeated so often, 00:15:36.23\00:15:37.57 "just followed your heart" right? Yvonne: Right... 00:15:37.60\00:15:39.67 That's really a Satanic principle. Yvonne: Absolutely. 00:15:39.70\00:15:42.10 But, in the Bible it says, 00:15:42.14\00:15:43.57 "There's a way which seems right to man, 00:15:43.61\00:15:44.94 but in the end are the ways of death. " Yvonne: Right. 00:15:44.97\00:15:46.51 "And he that trusteth his own heart is a fool" 00:15:46.54\00:15:47.88 that's another Scripture. Yvonne: Right. 00:15:47.91\00:15:49.24 but you know, I trusted in my own heart and I just... 00:15:49.28\00:15:51.58 but it made sense to me 00:15:51.61\00:15:53.15 and I did everything I wanted to do, 00:15:53.18\00:15:54.52 which was partying, which was to have fun, 00:15:54.55\00:15:56.89 which was to do drugs, which was... nothing right... 00:15:56.92\00:16:00.42 I didn't care who I hurt in the process, 00:16:00.46\00:16:01.96 I broke my mom's heart, I would run away from home, 00:16:02.02\00:16:04.26 can you imagine the tears she shed 00:16:04.29\00:16:05.86 as she went around town putting up Missing Posters, 00:16:05.89\00:16:09.46 to try to help her find her boy when I would run away from home. 00:16:09.50\00:16:12.87 So you would run away from home routinely 00:16:12.90\00:16:15.97 I mean... was it a routine thing? 00:16:16.00\00:16:17.44 Yeah, because at home all I heard was, 00:16:17.47\00:16:18.81 "Don't do this, don't do this" 00:16:18.84\00:16:20.18 but whenever I was out there at a party, 00:16:20.21\00:16:22.18 I mean, I could stay all night long, 00:16:22.24\00:16:24.25 I could eat junk food out of 00:16:24.28\00:16:26.18 neighbors' cabinets, you know, whatever... 00:16:26.21\00:16:28.18 and just living my life the way I wanted to live it 00:16:28.22\00:16:31.02 and I didn't have a care in the world, 00:16:31.05\00:16:33.12 for anybody else, 00:16:33.15\00:16:34.49 and that's the spirit of Satanism... it's selfishness. 00:16:34.52\00:16:37.89 Selfish... that's at the root, isn't it? 00:16:37.93\00:16:40.03 But you wonder how many people are Satanist 00:16:40.06\00:16:41.80 and don't know it. 00:16:41.83\00:16:43.16 Ooooh! now that... that is a very deep question 00:16:43.20\00:16:47.67 that is a very... so, you can kind of take that 00:16:47.70\00:16:52.37 a little bit further and say that 00:16:52.41\00:16:54.51 "You could be a Christian and be a Satanist?" 00:16:54.54\00:16:57.98 Well, Satan has a lot of Christians in his camp 00:16:58.01\00:17:01.38 that certainly think they're Christians 00:17:01.42\00:17:03.15 and we got to be careful, 00:17:03.18\00:17:04.52 it's not about going around and judging 00:17:04.55\00:17:06.15 who's a Satanist and who's a Christian, 00:17:06.22\00:17:08.32 but if you really want to boil it down, 00:17:08.36\00:17:10.43 there are only really sheep and goats, 00:17:10.46\00:17:12.49 there are only wheat and tares, 00:17:12.53\00:17:14.00 which in reality it means 00:17:14.06\00:17:15.40 there are only Satanists and Christians, 00:17:15.43\00:17:18.60 and we need to consider which camp we're in. 00:17:18.63\00:17:21.80 And I think it's important that we really look at... 00:17:21.84\00:17:26.31 we really take time to evaluate where we are 00:17:26.34\00:17:29.21 as it relates to Jesus Christ. 00:17:29.24\00:17:30.91 Also, examine yourself. 00:17:30.95\00:17:32.28 That's right and work out our salvation 00:17:32.31\00:17:34.68 with fear and trembling, so, we have to 00:17:34.72\00:17:37.12 really talk to the Lord and find out where we are, 00:17:37.19\00:17:40.82 you know, "Search me O God, try me, 00:17:40.86\00:17:43.69 see if there is any wicked way in me," 00:17:43.73\00:17:46.49 and so, if we do that, then, we can be on the right path, 00:17:46.56\00:17:50.80 He will put us on the right path so let's kind of... again... 00:17:50.87\00:17:55.07 go through your journey, by this time, 00:17:55.10\00:17:56.94 you are doing drugs, 00:17:56.97\00:17:59.17 you are... kind of a full-blown Satanist? 00:17:59.21\00:18:02.21 That spiral you were talking about, 00:18:02.24\00:18:04.15 it was going down further and further 00:18:04.18\00:18:06.78 and it really got out of control, 00:18:06.82\00:18:09.35 I got arrested so many times because I was burglarizing homes 00:18:09.38\00:18:12.45 I was beating people up at school 00:18:12.49\00:18:16.69 or getting beat up whenever we have a fight, 00:18:16.73\00:18:18.73 but I would definitely fight a lot, 00:18:18.76\00:18:20.10 so I was getting arrested for assaults, 00:18:20.13\00:18:22.56 I was getting arrested for possession 00:18:22.60\00:18:25.10 because I had all these drugs and I wasn't... 00:18:25.13\00:18:27.04 like I said that I was smart but I was stupid, 00:18:27.10\00:18:28.94 so I'd get caught a lot, 00:18:28.97\00:18:30.61 but I kept getting released, I kept getting out of trouble, 00:18:30.64\00:18:33.14 I kept getting a slap on the wrist, 00:18:33.17\00:18:34.51 and I just... I thought it was my Satanic prayers 00:18:34.54\00:18:38.41 that was delivering me, you know, 00:18:38.45\00:18:40.08 but it was still spiraling... 00:18:40.12\00:18:41.72 finally I got arrested for the last time, 00:18:41.75\00:18:43.75 but not for the last time, 00:18:43.79\00:18:45.39 but for a time, they said, "We're not letting you out" 00:18:45.42\00:18:46.99 we are going to send you to Drug Rehab, you have a problem, 00:18:47.02\00:18:50.56 and I said, "My only problem is the fact 00:18:50.63\00:18:52.46 that you're taking away my drugs" 00:18:52.49\00:18:54.13 I had such a chip on my shoulder I had such an attitude. 00:18:54.16\00:18:56.53 What was the charge for this? 00:18:56.56\00:18:57.90 Well, it was possession, and then there was... 00:18:57.93\00:19:00.77 they called it "Habitual Absence" 00:19:00.84\00:19:02.60 continually running away, 00:19:02.64\00:19:03.97 and every time I got arrested, 00:19:04.01\00:19:05.34 I was either... had drugs or... I was... 00:19:05.37\00:19:06.98 my the drug test was always positive 00:19:07.01\00:19:08.88 and so they could tell I had a big drug problem, 00:19:08.91\00:19:11.85 and so, they finally sent me to Drug Rehab, 00:19:11.88\00:19:14.68 and that's where 00:19:14.75\00:19:16.15 I had the biggest opportunity of my life to fix my life, 00:19:16.18\00:19:19.75 they talked about "delayed gratification," 00:19:19.82\00:19:21.56 they talked about... not being a slave to your addictions 00:19:21.62\00:19:25.43 and it wasn't a Christian-based Program 00:19:25.46\00:19:26.80 but it gave me another avenue of life to follow, 00:19:26.83\00:19:30.67 but I just couldn't wait to get out, 00:19:30.70\00:19:32.93 because I couldn't wait to get back to my parties. 00:19:32.97\00:19:35.10 So... how did you... I can't... 00:19:35.14\00:19:37.44 our time is going so fast 00:19:37.51\00:19:39.34 and I need to find out how you found the Lord. 00:19:39.37\00:19:42.84 Tell us how... 00:19:42.88\00:19:45.18 So, when I was in the Rehab Program, 00:19:45.21\00:19:47.35 I got into a conflict with one of the Supervisors there 00:19:47.38\00:19:50.79 and that's a long story... you have to read the book 00:19:50.82\00:19:54.39 to find out the details but I ended up attacking the man 00:19:54.42\00:19:57.93 and he went to the hospital hurt really bad 00:19:57.96\00:20:01.00 and they locked me up in the Juvenile Detention Center 00:20:01.03\00:20:03.67 and I spent a year in that Juvenile Detention Center 00:20:03.70\00:20:06.00 and while I was in the Juvenile Detention Center, 00:20:06.03\00:20:09.10 I challenged the Bible, I wanted to prove it wrong, 00:20:09.14\00:20:12.17 I wanted to put Christians in their place, 00:20:12.24\00:20:13.61 I wanted to find... really... I think even deeper down, 00:20:13.64\00:20:16.68 I wanted to find an excuse to not follow God. 00:20:16.71\00:20:20.52 And... but as I read through the Bible, 00:20:20.55\00:20:23.42 I mean, just reading story after story of God's love, 00:20:23.45\00:20:27.06 of His patience, how, even from the Garden of Eden, 00:20:27.09\00:20:30.56 all through the end, He's always pursuing His people 00:20:30.59\00:20:34.03 that are always running from Him, you know, 00:20:34.06\00:20:36.30 stubborn... just like I was, and I was so stubborn, 00:20:36.36\00:20:39.03 and the Children of Israel, I mean, 00:20:39.07\00:20:42.47 you look at how many times they strayed, 00:20:42.50\00:20:44.31 but God still reached out His hand of mercy 00:20:44.34\00:20:46.24 and I finally came into a story in the book of 1st Samuel, 00:20:46.27\00:20:49.71 I saw again, God's mercy... and when I saw God's mercy, 00:20:49.74\00:20:53.15 as beautiful as it was, 00:20:53.18\00:20:55.58 it just broke my heart 00:20:55.62\00:20:57.92 and I saw... for the first time in my life, 00:20:57.95\00:21:00.26 the magnitude of my crime, and not just my crime, 00:21:00.29\00:21:03.83 but what I had done to my parents, 00:21:03.86\00:21:05.19 what I had done to everybody in my life, 00:21:05.23\00:21:06.59 how selfish I was living, and how... I would just... 00:21:06.63\00:21:11.23 more than anybody, I had hurt God. 00:21:11.27\00:21:12.83 And I didn't even know a whole lot about Jesus 00:21:12.87\00:21:14.70 at the time because I hadn't gotten to the New Testament yet 00:21:14.74\00:21:17.07 it took me about a month to read through the whole Bible, 00:21:17.11\00:21:19.41 so this was a... 00:21:19.44\00:21:20.78 Yvonne: A month? 00:21:20.81\00:21:22.14 A month... I was locked up for about 23 hours a day... so... 00:21:22.18\00:21:24.85 Wow! so you were doing some serious reading... 00:21:24.88\00:21:26.31 Oh! and I remember, 00:21:26.35\00:21:27.78 they made me shut the lights out like 9 o'clock 00:21:27.82\00:21:29.48 I'd be up there at the window, I'd be like... 00:21:29.52\00:21:31.15 looking at the light coming through the window, 00:21:31.22\00:21:32.79 I tried to... just to keep reading... 00:21:32.82\00:21:36.79 the stories were so interesting. 00:21:36.83\00:21:38.23 The hunger kind of took over. 00:21:38.29\00:21:39.63 I didn't like it at first because, I mean it was like... 00:21:39.66\00:21:41.83 it was very religious, you know, 00:21:41.86\00:21:44.10 it was just soaked in religion and I just 00:21:44.13\00:21:46.23 didn't like the idea but the more I read it, 00:21:46.27\00:21:48.30 I realized that it's actually a story... a love story, 00:21:48.34\00:21:51.84 and I had read all the fantasy books in the past and 00:21:51.87\00:21:55.34 I'm starting to get the big picture 00:21:55.38\00:21:56.71 because when you read a whole lot, you get to see that 00:21:56.75\00:21:58.38 but I just kept reading through the Bible, 00:21:58.41\00:22:01.02 I came to Psalm 51 about God and His mercy and His forgiveness, 00:22:01.05\00:22:04.65 and just poured out my life to Him, 00:22:04.69\00:22:06.92 I believe I became a Christian then. 00:22:06.96\00:22:09.12 Were you going to meetings inside of the prison, 00:22:09.16\00:22:11.93 were they having Church Meetings or anything? 00:22:11.96\00:22:14.83 No, not at all, I hated Christians, remember? 00:22:14.86\00:22:17.67 I despised them, 00:22:17.73\00:22:19.07 I still considered myself a Satanist, 00:22:19.10\00:22:20.44 but as I decided that this really was something 00:22:20.47\00:22:24.17 that was incredible and I gave my heart to the Lord, 00:22:24.21\00:22:26.47 and I kept reading and I found out about who Jesus was 00:22:26.51\00:22:28.74 and I read the Book of Matthew and I'm like, 00:22:28.78\00:22:30.15 "Whoa, this is incredible, 00:22:30.18\00:22:31.51 this is what everybody has been saying, 00:22:31.55\00:22:32.88 why didn't somebody tell me this?" 00:22:32.91\00:22:34.25 You know, and then I read the book of Mark 00:22:34.28\00:22:36.08 which was like, "Are you kidding me? 00:22:36.15\00:22:37.59 I get to hear the story of Jesus... again," 00:22:37.62\00:22:39.19 and I get it for the third and fourth time in reading John, 00:22:39.22\00:22:41.92 and as I just... I fell in love with Jesus, 00:22:41.96\00:22:44.13 and I did start to go to some of the church services 00:22:44.16\00:22:47.23 that were there, that were Sunday services 00:22:47.30\00:22:48.96 and this was in Springfield, Missouri, 00:22:49.00\00:22:50.67 and we had people coming in 00:22:50.70\00:22:52.23 from the local Christian College there, 00:22:52.27\00:22:54.84 and they would give me books on hermeneutics 00:22:54.87\00:22:57.27 and my mom sent me a Strong's Concordance 00:22:57.31\00:22:59.61 and I'm listening to the radio, we had a Walkman radio 00:22:59.64\00:23:01.88 I finally earned some privileges, 00:23:01.91\00:23:03.31 and I'm learning as much as I can 00:23:03.35\00:23:04.75 soaking in the gospel, 00:23:04.78\00:23:06.11 and just wanting to know the truth, 00:23:06.15\00:23:08.98 and that put me on the path, 00:23:09.05\00:23:10.39 the journey of finding out about the Sabbath, 00:23:10.42\00:23:13.29 finding out about many of these precious truths 00:23:13.32\00:23:15.72 that we now teach as Seventh-day Adventists, 00:23:15.76\00:23:19.53 and it took me a long time but I finally said, 00:23:19.56\00:23:23.26 "These are God's people, this is the church... for me " 00:23:23.30\00:23:25.90 and so, anyway, I was certified as an adult, 00:23:25.93\00:23:28.10 I was sent to County Jail, I spent 10 months there, 00:23:28.14\00:23:30.87 I pled guilty, the judge sentenced me 00:23:30.91\00:23:33.04 to 20 years in prison. Yvonne: Twenty years? 00:23:33.07\00:23:34.88 Wyatt: Twenty years... Yvonne: For possession? 00:23:34.91\00:23:36.68 Wyatt: No, no, no, I'm sorry, this was for the assault, 00:23:36.71\00:23:38.41 I assaulted the guy while I was in Juvenile Detention Center 00:23:38.45\00:23:41.62 Yvonne: Oh! Okay, okay. 00:23:41.65\00:23:42.98 Yeah, actually, because all the other charges 00:23:43.02\00:23:44.82 were minor in comparison, they dropped all those... 00:23:44.85\00:23:46.19 though I was a Juvenile so 00:23:46.22\00:23:47.56 they didn't bring me to trial for those, 00:23:47.59\00:23:49.19 but... anyway, yeah, 20 years in prison for assault, 00:23:49.22\00:23:53.29 and... but by God's grace, 00:23:53.33\00:23:56.06 even though I studied during that time 00:23:56.13\00:23:57.63 and I took every opportunity I could to memorize the Bible 00:23:57.67\00:24:00.60 and to grow and to learn, God had mercy 00:24:00.64\00:24:05.91 and he let me out in 14 years... six years early, 00:24:05.94\00:24:10.15 they let me out of prison. Yvonne: Oh! praise God. 00:24:10.18\00:24:12.61 That was mercy, Sister. Yvonne: Amen, amen... 00:24:12.65\00:24:14.98 And so, anyway, I got out and that's where my life just... 00:24:15.02\00:24:19.95 miracles, more miracles began to happen. 00:24:20.02\00:24:22.29 Now look at this now... so you go through all of this 00:24:22.32\00:24:26.83 you were incarcerated for the 14 years, 00:24:26.86\00:24:29.80 and then... you get out... 00:24:29.83\00:24:32.20 but sometimes, when guys get out or women get out, 00:24:32.23\00:24:35.57 their religion is left... 00:24:35.60\00:24:38.01 Yeah, they read their Bible only once... 00:24:38.07\00:24:39.64 Exactly, exactly, but for you, 00:24:39.67\00:24:41.88 you took it with you, didn't you? 00:24:41.91\00:24:44.08 I had no other option, I wouldn't know how to live 00:24:44.11\00:24:46.75 if it wouldn't be a Christian life 00:24:46.78\00:24:48.98 and I knew, it wasn't just that, 00:24:49.02\00:24:51.12 it wasn't just the practical reasons, 00:24:51.15\00:24:52.55 the reality is, you don't leave your best friend behind. 00:24:52.59\00:24:55.69 Oh, come on... come on now... 00:24:55.72\00:24:57.33 And so you got take Him with you 00:24:57.36\00:24:58.86 and He's been with me by my side... ever since 00:24:58.89\00:25:00.93 and you know what? He has loved me so much 00:25:00.96\00:25:02.56 Yvonne, listen, it wasn't long after I got out, 00:25:02.63\00:25:05.97 that God placed in my path, 00:25:06.03\00:25:08.30 the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, 00:25:08.37\00:25:10.01 and it just so happened that God had worked in her life 00:25:10.04\00:25:13.07 in such a way that she would actually listen to me 00:25:13.11\00:25:15.78 after she found out... I told her right... immediately 00:25:15.81\00:25:18.41 that I... the time in prison and she wanted to know 00:25:18.45\00:25:20.98 what I had done for... work, and I told her, 00:25:21.02\00:25:23.99 "Well I actually... I just got a job" 00:25:24.02\00:25:25.85 she asked: "What did you do before that?" 00:25:25.89\00:25:27.69 "Well, anyway... " long story short, 00:25:27.72\00:25:30.96 she wanted to make sure I wasn't living with my Mama. 00:25:30.99\00:25:32.83 Okay... 00:25:32.86\00:25:34.20 But... I wasn't some freeloader, which was good for her, 00:25:34.23\00:25:36.73 but anyway, the Lord just led us together, 00:25:36.77\00:25:39.60 and we were so... and by the way that whole courtship 00:25:39.63\00:25:41.47 and dating experience and how we got married, 00:25:41.50\00:25:44.31 all that stuff is in the book. 00:25:44.34\00:25:45.91 And this book again is, 00:25:45.94\00:25:47.44 "The Least of the Least: From Crime to Christ" 00:25:47.48\00:25:50.08 how do you get the book? 00:25:50.11\00:25:51.45 You can do it a couple of different ways, 00:25:51.48\00:25:53.08 you can go to remnantpublications. com 00:25:53.11\00:25:54.78 or call Remnant Publications 00:25:54.82\00:25:56.22 and they'll be happy to send you some 00:25:56.25\00:25:57.85 and I encourage people to get them 00:25:57.89\00:25:59.39 and send them into the prisons, give them to your young people, 00:25:59.42\00:26:01.92 I wrote this book specifically... 00:26:01.99\00:26:03.32 anybody can enjoy it, 00:26:03.36\00:26:04.69 but for specifically the young person 00:26:04.73\00:26:07.30 that has been struggling with drugs and alcohol 00:26:07.33\00:26:09.46 loneliness... this book is for them 00:26:09.50\00:26:11.97 but... and you can also go to my website: 00:26:12.03\00:26:15.30 www. EndTimeHope. org 00:26:15.34\00:26:17.01 and I have all the information there to help you get a book 00:26:17.04\00:26:20.74 or several if you want. Yvonne: That's great. 00:26:20.78\00:26:23.51 But, you know, now with this book, it's really interesting, 00:26:23.55\00:26:27.48 the miracles associated with that book, 00:26:27.52\00:26:29.65 lives have been transformed from what I've heard, 00:26:29.68\00:26:32.45 many people share with me, 00:26:32.52\00:26:34.12 but we also now work full time, my wife and I, 00:26:34.16\00:26:37.03 we travel around doing Bible Prophecy Seminars 00:26:37.06\00:26:39.36 and so we do full Revelation Seminars 00:26:39.39\00:26:41.76 we've done them all over the Country and around the world. 00:26:41.80\00:26:43.93 People can contact you through your website? 00:26:43.97\00:26:45.90 Yeah, they can contact us through the website, 00:26:45.93\00:26:47.84 they can contact me through Amazing Facts 00:26:47.87\00:26:50.34 in fact, we have a whole team at Amazing Facts 00:26:50.37\00:26:52.14 that is happy to go around and travel and do these meetings 00:26:52.17\00:26:55.04 but you know... endtimehope. org. 00:26:55.08\00:26:57.61 That's awesome, that's awesome, 00:26:57.65\00:27:00.12 so, right now, you've come through this long journey 00:27:00.15\00:27:04.65 you've given your heart to Jesus, 00:27:04.69\00:27:06.72 He has shown you miracle after miracle, 00:27:06.76\00:27:09.39 how would you summarize your experience in one sentence? 00:27:09.42\00:27:14.43 Hmmm... grace to grace, 00:27:14.46\00:27:18.87 mercy to mercy, 00:27:18.93\00:27:20.27 every day is a new adventure to serve 00:27:20.30\00:27:23.37 and to please and listen... Jesus said this, 00:27:23.41\00:27:27.08 He said two things, "Not my will by thine be done" 00:27:27.11\00:27:33.01 that's my attitude now and He also said, 00:27:33.05\00:27:35.92 that He has to be about His Father's business. 00:27:35.95\00:27:38.25 Yes... 00:27:38.29\00:27:39.62 So, that's kind of my attitude today. 00:27:39.65\00:27:40.99 Amen, well thank you so much for being with us. 00:27:41.02\00:27:43.26 Wyatt: My pleasure. 00:27:43.29\00:27:44.63 May God continue to bless you 00:27:44.66\00:27:45.99 as you continue in His steps, you are following Jesus. 00:27:46.03\00:27:49.36 I can't believe, 00:27:49.40\00:27:51.03 we've reached the end of another Program 00:27:51.07\00:27:53.07 the time goes by so fast 00:27:53.10\00:27:55.34 especially when you have a rich story like this, 00:27:55.40\00:27:58.14 make sure to join us next time though and remember, 00:27:58.17\00:28:00.91 it just wouldn't be the same, without you. 00:28:00.98\00:28:03.35