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OF THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK IN
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
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HI THERE, AND
WELCOME AND WELCOME
TO HOMEKEEPERS. AND
MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE
SOME TEA AND STAY
WITH ME FOR A FEW
MOMENTS, AND THIS IS
GOING TO BE ONE OF
THE MOST ENRICHING
ENCOUNTERS YOU COULD
HAVE, AND WHEN IT
COMES TO BIBLICAL
UNDERSTANDING
AND SO, YOU COULD
KEEP THAT IN MIND AS
THE PROGRAM
PROGRESSES, AND I
WANT TO WELCOME
EVERYBODY AND IF YOU
ARE BRAND-NEW, AND
MAYBE YOU'RE GOING
ACROSS THE DIAL, AND
YOU ARE STOPPING AND
STAY THERE, AND WE
WELCOME YOU AND WE
WANT YOU TO COME BACK
MANY TIMES, AND FOR
THE REGULAR ONES, AND
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
SO MUCH AND I LOVE TO
HEAR FROM YOU. AND
YOU SAY SOME REALLY
NICE THINGS AND HOW
THE PROGRAM BLESSES
YOU, THAT'S A
BLESSING TO ME, AND
WE THANK YOU AND YOU
ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE
THE PROGRAM. AND MY
GUEST TODAY, AND HIS
NAME IS LAWRENCE
PERRY, HE IS AN
AUTHOR, HE HAS BEEN
IN MINISTRY FOR MORE
THAN 26 YEARS AND HE
HAS WORKED WITH
ALCOHOLICS, AND HE
HAS SPOKEN AT THE
CONFERENCES,
WORKSHOPS, AND HE WAS
IN THE AIR FORCE IN
VIETNAM, AND HE LIVES
IN COOL AND COLORFUL
COLORADO, THAT IS MY
BIRTHPLACE AND I SAY,
AND GOD VISITS
EVERYWHERE, BUT HE
LIVES IN COLORADO
AND YOU WILL KNOW
WHAT I MEAN, AND IF
YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MY
FRIEND.
AND HE WANTED TO BE
CALLED MARY, AND I
WANT YOU TO MEET HIM,
AND WERE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT A BOOK
THAT HAS HAD
A PROFOUND EFFECT,
ON MY LIFE, THIS IS
CALLED, WALKING
THROUGH THE WEEDS,
AND WHAT A GREAT
TITLE AND THIS IS
EXPLORING THE
SOURCES, BLESSINGS
AND CURSING, AND I
HAVE TALKED THE BIBLE
FOR MANY YEARS, AND
I HAVE BEEN IN THE
CHURCH ALL MY LIFE,
AND SOMETIMES
SOMETHING COMES ALONG
AND THIS BRINGS THE
BIBLE TO LIFE FOR YOU
AND THIS IS WHAT HE
DID FOR ME IN THIS
BOOK, AND I WANT YOU
TO MEET HIM. AND I'M
GOING TO BE JOINING
STEPHANIE AND WE
GOING TO BE FIXING A
HOT CHICKEN SALAD.
AND I THINK, AND IF
WE LIVED
100 LINES, EACH, AND
YOU COULD COME UP
WITH A DIFFERENT
RECIPES FOR THE
CHICKEN SALAD, AND
THIS WOULD BE WHY
KNOW THE ONE. AND
BEFORE I JOINED HER,
AND I DID NOT PUT ON
MY WASTED, AND I WANT
TO OFFER YOU THE
BRACELET, AND
REMEMBER MY FRIEND,
MARTHA, FROM THE
BOOKSTORE, AND THESE
ARE SO POPULAR AND
YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR BRACELET
AND YOU CAN SEE
THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE
YOUR BRACELET ON? AND YOU
CAN GET IS IN THE SILVER
AND GOLD, AND THEY
ARE SO DAINTY, AND
WE CALL THIS THE
PETITE CROSS BRACELET
AND FOR THE GIFT OF
AT LEAST $15. I
ALMOST SAID 1500
>> OKAY.
>> AND YOU CAN SEND A
CHECK, AND MY PO BOX
YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN.
AND YOU COULD GO TO
THE 800 NUMBER, FOR
THE CREDIT CARD OR
DEBIT CARD, AND THAT
NUMBERS ON YOUR
SCREEN, AND WE WILL
GET THAT RIGHT OUT TO
YOU. AND ONE OF THE
OTHER EMPLOYEES AND
THEY WANTED TO GET
ONE, AND THEY LOVE
YOU.
>> THEY ARE SO
PRETTY.
>> AND THIS IS VERY
PETITE, AND THIS IS
WHY WE CALLED THEM.
AND I MAKE THE BEST
CHICKEN SALAD, IN THE
WORLD.
>> AND WE MADE THIS
BEFORE ON THE
PROGRAM.
>> AND IF YOU ORDER
THIS ONE, I WILL SEND
YOU MINE, ALSO.
>> THIS ONE IS HOT,
AND MINE, AND THIS
HAS SOME CHESTNUTS IN
IT, AND WE CANNOT GO
INTO ALL OF THAT.
THIS IS A MEAL.
>> AND YOU GET TO
SPRAY THE PAN, THAT
IS YOUR JOB.
>> AND OUR JOB, AND
WHAT WE SAY, AND WE
SPRAY EVERYTHING IN
THE OVEN, AND
SOMETIMES WE HAVE
FAILED TO DO THAT,
AND WE WISH WE HAD
DONE IT.
>> I HAVE SOME
CHICKEN,
>> AND THIS WAS A
ROTISSERIE CHICKEN?
>> AND WE CUT THIS,
AND THIS IS SO SUPER
EASY, AND WE HAVE
THE CELERY STICKS.
>> AND WE HAVE THE
ROTISSERIE? AND THESE
ARE SO EASY.
>> WE HAVE THE SLICED
ALMONDS, AND WE HAVE
ONE HALF TEASPOON OF
SALT, AND THEN WE
HAVE THE ACCENT. AND
WE HAVE THE TWO
TABLESPOONS OF LEMON
JUICE.
>> AND THIS WILL GIVE
IT A KICK.
>> AND THEN WE HAVE
ONE CUP OF THE
MAYONNAISE. YOU
KNOW, I WAS WATCHING
AN EPISODE YESTERDAY
AND WHAT I
DISCOVERED, I SHOULD
BE MORE DAINTY WHEN I
EAT, AND I LOOK LIKE
A PIG ON CAMERA.
>> AND THAT IS SO
INTERESTING WHEN YOU
WATCH THEM.
>> AND NOW WE HAVE
THE ONIONS HERE, AND
WE HAVE SOME ONIONS,.
AND WE HAVE ONE HALF
CUP OF CHEDDAR
CHEESE. AND THIS WAS
NOT PRETTY WHEN I SAW
THIS.
>> AND YOU WANT TO
MIX THIS, AND YOU
WANT TO MIX THIS
REALLY, AND ALL OF
THE FLAVORS.
>> AND WE COULD PUT
THIS RIGHT HERE, AND
WE CAN PUT THIS IN A
CASSEROLE DISH AND WE
HAVE THE CRUSHED ONE
PLACE AND WE HAVE THE
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND
I WILL PUT THIS IN
HERE. AND WE CAN
BAKE THIS, AND
THIS WOULD BE AT 450
DEGREES, FOR ABOUT 10
MINUTES.
>> AND...
>> AND YES, THIS IS A
MEAL HERE. FOR SURE.
>> YOU COULD MAKE
THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE
AND WHATEVER, AND PUT
THIS IN THE OVEN AND
THIS WOULD BE
SOMETHING GOOD FOR
YOUR FREEZER.
>> AND ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS HEAT THIS
UP, AND THIS ONE IS
BUBBLING. AND THIS
IS VERY HOT.
>>...
>> AND WHEN I WAS
THINKING, AND WE GIVE
YOU THE RECIPES, AND
MAYBE YOU HAVE A
FAMILY, AND YOU
DON'T HAVE A LARGE
BUDGET FOR FOOD AND
WE OFFER YOU THINGS
THAT COULD GIVE YOU A
VARIETY AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
>> YOU COULD GET A
ROTISSERIE CHICKEN,
AND YOU WOULD ONLY
NEED HALF OF IT, AND
YOU COULD USE THE
OTHER HALF FOR A
NUMBER MEAL.
>> AND THIS IS A
NUMBER ONE, THIS WILL
GIVE YOU, AND THIS
WOULD GIVE YOU SO
MUCH VARIETY.
>> AND THIS WOULD BE
THE *** FOR THE
BUCK.
>>
AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE
ME, AND MAYBE YOU
LIVE ALONE, AND IF
YOU HAVE THIS, AND
YOU COULD PUT THIS IN
THE LITTLE BAGS AND
YOU COULD FREEZE
THIS, AND THIS WOULD
BE SO SIMPLE, AND
YOU WANT TO MAKE LIFE
EASIER, AND THIS IS
WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> KEEP IT SIMPLE.
>>...
>>...
>> AND THIS IS REALLY
HOT.
>> THIS IS SO VERY
GOOD.
>> AND I TOLD, MY
GUEST, AND MAYBE HE
PEOPLE BE GOOD, HE
CAN HAVE SOME.
>> AND I SAY, WE
WOULD GIVE HIM SOME
ANYWAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> OKAY NOW LET'S
SEE. AND I CAN GO
FIRST?
>> I HAVE MINE FROM
THE OVEN.
>> AND WE WILL EAT THIS
DAINTILY, SHALL WE?
>> AND REMEMBER WHAT
YOU NOTICED?
>> DO YOU LIKE THAT?
AND WHAT IS NOT
LIKE?
>> AND THAT IS SO
TASTY.
>> AND WE HAVE THE
LEMON JUICE, THIS IS
SO GOOD. AND THIS IS
A GOOD ONE, YOU COULD
TAKE THIS TO A CHURCH
SUPPER AND REALLY BE
PROUD. AND I HAVE
SEEN, I'VE SEEN SO
MANY DISHES, THROUGH
THE YEARS, AND
SOMETIMES I WOULD NOT
PUT MY NAME ON SOME
OF THOSE DISHES. AND
SOMETIMES IN THE
HOME, AND YOU MIGHT
SAY, AND WHY DID YOU
BRING THAT?
>> LAUGHTER
>> AND THAT IS A GOOD
FATHER FOR YOU, AND
MY FATHER WOULD NOT
LET ME HAVE ANY FOOD
POISONING WHEN I
WOULD GO TO THOSE
DINNERS.
AND YOU CAN LET ME
KNOW AND THE
INFORMATION IS COMING
UP ON THE SCREEN, AND
I CONTINUE MIGHT
ALSO, AND YOU CAN
GET ONE COLD AND ONE
HOT CHICKEN SALAD,
AND YOU WILL LOVE
THEM. AND STAY WITH
ME AND MY NEW BEST
FRIEND, LARRY.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE
A COPY OF
TODAY'S RECIPE,
PLEASE SEND YOUR
REQUEST ALONG WITH A
GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS
OR MORE TO
HOMEKEEPERS, TO THE
PO BOX YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN.
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>>
PO BOX 6922,
CLEARWATER, FL,
33758.
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>>OKAY, AND WELCOME
AND WE HAVE PASTOR
LARRY, AND I HAVE HAD
THE PERMISSION, AND I
CAN CALL HIM LARRY
AND HE WAS TELLING
ME, YOU ALSO LIKE TO
COOK? AND DESCRIBE
WHAT YOU HAVE?
>> AND I LIKE TO COOK
THE FOREIGN MEALS,
AND THIS IS LIKE
SHRIMP, AND THIS IS
THE CRAB, AND THIS IS
MARINATED IN THE
MUSHROOMS, AND WE
HAVE THE SHERRY, AND
THE SAUCE.
>> AND THAT SOUNDS
REALLY COMPLICATED.
>> AND WELL,
>> IT WOULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE A
HIGH-END RESTAURANT?
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE HAD SUCH
AN INTERESTING LIFE,
AND FOR YOUR BOOK,
AND FOR YOUR MINISTRY
AND WORKING WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND
ALSO THE AIR FORCE.
AND DID YOU, AND DID
YOU GO TO SCHOOL FOR
THE AIR FORCE? IN
COLORADO SPRINGS?
>> AND NO, AND WHEN I
GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL, I WAS NOT
READY FOR COLLEGE AND
I DECIDED, TO SEE THE
WORLD AND I JOIN THE
AIR FORCE AND TO MY
SURPRISE, AND THERE
WERE SO MANY PLACES I
COULD'VE GONE, BUT I
WAS GOING TO GO TO
CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
>> AND DID YOU GET TO
SEE THE WORLD?
>> I SAW VIETNAM IN
1966.
>>
AND I LOVE THE TITLE
OF YOUR BOOK, AND
WALKING THROUGH THE
WEEDS, AND I THINK
AND THE THING THAT
STRUCK ME AND WHEN I
READ THE FIRST FEW
PAGES, AND THIS IS
HOW RICH AND
DETAILED, AND ALSO
THE SMALL DETAILS,
FOR THE WORD OF GOD
AND YOU REALLY GET
INTO THIS.
>> OH, YES.
>> AND WHAT CAUGHT
ME, AND I'VE ALWAYS
KNOWN ABOUT THIS, AND
YOUR BOOK, AND YOU
KNOW, THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF WEEDS, AND
YOU CANNOT PULL UP
THE WEEDS, AND THIS
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
PEOPLE, AND YOU DON'T
WANT TO HURT THE
VEGETATION AND THE
LEGITIMATE
VEGETATION. AND YOU
SAID, AND IF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE
LISTENING TO JESUS,
AND MAYBE HE WOULD
LOOK OUT ON A FIELD,
AND THERE WOULD BE
SOME WHEAT THAT WOULD
BE GROWING, BUT THEY
WOULD BE PANICKED AND
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF
THOSE WEEDS?
>> THEY WOULD BE CALLED,
THEY WOULD BE CALL-THE DARNELL
AND THAT WOULD
REPLICATE IN THE
WHEAT, AND IT LOOKS
LIKE WHEAT. AND YOU
CANNOT TELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE WHEAT AND THE
WEEDS, AND BY THAT
TIME, THE ROOTS ARE
ENTANGLED, AND IF YOU
DON'T BE CAREFUL, YOU
COULD PULL OUT THE
GOOD WHEAT. AND THE
WEEDS ARE TOXIC.
>> THAT IS POWERFUL.
>> YES IT IS.
>> AND IF YOU TRY TO
PULL THEM OUT, YOU
ALSO FULL OF THE GOOD
WHEAT? AND YOU TALK
ABOUT A DILEMMA? AND
JESUS IS TEACHING
THIS, AND THEY KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS
TAUGHT ABOUT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND THEN,
AND I WOULD GET INTO
THIS, BUT WANT TO
READ SOMETHING YOU
WROTE DOWN HERE, AND
DARNELL, AND THAT IS
THE WEED, AND IT WAS
LIKE A WEED, HOWEVER,
IT WOULD BE DEADLY IF
YOU ATE IT, AND HE
WAS ALSO DEADLY, AND
YOU COULD NOT TELL
FROM THE WHEAT, AND
THEY LOOKED EXACTLY
ALIKE COMPARED TO THE
WEEDS. AND HOW DO
YOU COMPARE THAT TO
WHAT JESUS IS TALKING
ABOUT REALLY, AND FOR
THE BELIEVERS, AND
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT
BELIEVE?
>> AND WELL,
>> AND HOW DO WE
RESPOND TO
EVERYTHING?
>> AND IF YOU USE
THIS, AS A METAPHOR,
AND YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE
OF BLESSINGS AND
CURSES, AND IN TERMS
OF OUR LIFE, AND SO
MANY TIMES, AND WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED A
SITUATION, AND WE
THOUGHT IT WAS A
CURSE. AND IF WE
ALLOWED THE TIME AND
PATIENCE,
AND IF WE HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING, WHAT
GOD IS DOING, AND WE
DISCOVER, AND WHAT
WAS A CURSE, BUT NOW
THIS IS A BLESSING.
AND ALSO THE REVERSE.
>> AND I GREW UP AS A
MUSICIAN, AND I WAS
THINKING OF A SONG,
AND EVERY BURDEN
BECOMES A BLESSING,
AND WHEN I KNOW THE
LORD, HE IS THERE.
ALSO, JESUS IS
TEACHING ON THE
HILLSIDE, AND YOUR
BOOK IT MADE VERY
CLEAR, AND HOW
RADICAL HIS TEACHING
WAS AND THE PEOPLE
WERE AWARE OF ABRAHAM
AND RIGHT?
>> THAT WOULD BE
CORRECT.
>> AND THEY KNEW THE
ABRAHAM COVENANT,
AND THE BLESSING TO
THEM, AND THEY WANTED
TO BE RICH, AND THEY
KNEW ABRAHAM WAS
WEALTHY. AND THEY
WANTED TO EMULATE
THAT, AND THEN JESUS
SAYS, YOU KNOW, AND
BLESSED ARE THE POOR.
AND THERE MUST'VE
BEEN THE PEOPLE
SCRATCHING THEIR
HEADS?
>> I THINK SO, AND
ONE OF THE REASONS HE
WAS CRUCIFIED, AND
THEY DID NOT
UNDERSTAND REALLY,
THE DEPTH OF HIS
TEACHING AND THE
APPLICATION OF THE
SCRIPTURES, AND THAT
WAS ALSO FROM THE OLD
TESTAMENT, AND THAT
TIME.
>> AND THEN YOU TALK
ABOUT SEVEN
PRINCIPLES THAT BRING
BLESSING.
>> THAT WOULD BE
CORRECT.
>> I WILL NOT MAKE
YOU GIVE THEM TO ME,
BUT HOW ABOUT ONE OR
TWO?
>> AND THE BLESSINGS
COME AS A MEANS OF
PROJECTION, AS GOD
BLESSES US, AND AS
WE OBEY HIS VOICE.
THERE IS POWER IN
HIS AUTHORITY. AND
THERE IS PATIENCE,
AND THAT IS ONE OF
THE STEPS, AND THIS
IS A CORE VALUE THAT
I WAS LOOKING AT.
AND SOMETIMES, AND WE
HAVE GOT TO WAIT FOR
GOD'S TIMING UNTIL WE
CAN SEE THE
BLESSINGS, LIKE
HUMILITY.
AND WE NEED TO OPEN
OUR LIVES UP, TO
LISTEN TO HIS WORD.
AND WE NEED TO
LISTEN, AND WE NEED
TO LEAVE BEHIND, THE
THINGS LIKE OUR OWN
WILL, AND WE NEED TO
BE THANKFUL AND HAVE
THANKSGIVING AND
LOVE, AND THIS
CANNOT BE COMPLETED
UNLESS YOU SHARED THE
BLESSING WAS SOMEBODY
ELSE.
>> AND I THINK YOU
POINT OUT, HE SAYS,
AND BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS, AND THE
OLD TESTAMENT IS
REALLY A BOOK OF WAR,
AND DAVID, HE WAS
KILLING EVERYBODY.
AND DID THAT HAVE TO
SHIFT ANYTHING?
>> DEFINITELY.
DEFINITELY. AND THIS
IS QUITE UNIQUE, AND
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO
EXPLORE THE ROOT
WORDS OF THE
SCRIPTURES. THIS IS
LIKE AN ONION, YOU
BEGIN TO PEEL IT
BACK, AND WHEN YOU
DO, IT BEGINS TO
SHOW YOU MORE AND
MORE, AND YOU KNOW
GOD AS RICH AS WELL.
>> AND MAYBE YOU ARE
JUST TUNING IN, AND
I'VE GOT PASTOR LARRY
PERRY AND HE WROTE
THE BOOK, WALKING
THROUGH THE WEEDS,
AND THE TITLE GOT ME,
AND I WANTED TO READ
THIS, AND WE HAVE
HIS WEBSITE UP AND WE
CAN LEAVE THIS UP FOR
THE REST OF THE
PROGRAM AND THE BOOK
IS AVAILABLE AT
AMAZON, AND BARNES &
NOBLE, AND ALL OF
THE REGULAR PLACES
AND THE CHRISTIAN
BOOKSTORES AND SO
FORTH. AND I
CERTAINLY, AND THERE
ARE SOME PERSONAL
TESTIMONIES, BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE A
GREAT BOOK FOR
ANYBODY TO READ, AND
THERE IS SO MUCH
TRUTH THAT YOU CAN
RECEIVE.
AND OF COURSE, AND
JESUS SAYS, THE
BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN
YOU ARE PERSECUTED
AND THAT DOES NOT
WORK WITH AMERICAN
THEOLOGY TOO MUCH?
BUT AROUND THE WORLD,
AND I PUT ON
FACEBOOK THIS
MORNING, DO NOT
FORGET TO PRAY FOR
PASTOR, HE IS IN AN
IRANIAN PRISON, AND I
CANNOT PRONOUNCE HIS
NAME, AND BECAUSE HE
IS A CHRISTIAN, AND
WE ARE PRAYING THAT
HE WOULD BE DELIVERED
LIKE PETER, AND GOD
CAN BRING THE ANGELS
TO BRING THEM OUT,
AND RESTORE HIM TO
HIS FAMILY. AND
PERSECUTION FOR THE
CHRISTIANS, THAT IS
NOT UNUSUAL, AND IT
IS FOR THE AMERICANS.
>> AND YES, AND FOR
THE AMERICANS,
>> THIS IS BEGINNING.
>> THIS IS NOT ONLY
STARTING, AND I'M
WORKING ON A BOOK,
WALKING OUT OF
BABYLON. I'M LOOKING
AT THE ISSUE, AND
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
LIVE IN EXILE?
>> AND PROMISE ME YOU
WILL SEND ME ONE.
>> I WILL.
I'M DEVELOPING THE
THESIS, AND YOU KNOW,
AT SOME POINT AND WE
ALL GO TO THE EXILE,
AND MAYBE ARE IN
DIVORCE, AND MAYBE
YOU LOSE A JOB, BUT
IF YOU HAVE SOME TYPE
OF PHYSICAL
DISABILITY, AND
MAYBE CERTAIN ETHNIC
GROUPS, AND MANY OF
US AND WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE
PROBLEMS OF
PERSECUTION, AND WE
ARE IN EXILE. AND
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOU ARE STUCK? AND
THIS IS WHY I WROTE
THE BOOK.
>> AND I'M ANXIOUS TO
GET THE BOOK, AND
NOW, AND YOUR
DAUGHTER, AND SHE WAS
THE GENESIS OF THE
BILL?
>> AND YES,
CERTAINLY, AND SHE
WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WYOMING. SHE CAME
HOME ONE DAY, AND SHE
SHARED WITH ME, THAT
SHE WAS HAVING
DIFFICULTY. SHE
BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT
IT. MY FRIEND, WHO
WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST,
AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH PARANOIA AND
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WE
HAD TO GET A SECOND
OPINION AND THAT WAS
AND THAT WAS A
PAINFUL TIME IN OUR
LIVES
>> AND THAT IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT, AND
YOU KNOW, AND I'VE
HAD CHILDREN WITH
MANY PROBLEMS, AND
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
AND THOSE TYPES OF
DIAGNOSES, AND THAT
WOULD BRING YOU CARE.
>> IT DID, IT
RAISES ALL SORTS OF
QUESTIONS FOR ME, AS
I WAS PASTORING AT
THE TIME. SHE IS A
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY,
SHE IS SMART AND
INTELLIGENT, SHE HAD
A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
AND THAT CAME
CRASHING DOWN ON US.
IRONICALLY, AND WE
DISCOVERED LATER AND
IT WAS ALSO A
MISDIAGNOSIS,
AND IT WAS A
LITTLE-KNOWN DISEASE,
CALLED PSYCHOSIS
>> AND YOU HAVE THE
DIAGNOSIS, IN YOUR
BOOK, AND MY FRIEND,
AND MY FRIEND HAS.
PARANOIA AND
SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND
THIS IS THIS AND
THIS, BUT WERE AND
WHERE DOES YOUR AND
YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC
OF THE BLESSINGS AND
THE CURSE THINGS FIT
INTO THIS? AND FOR
YOUR DAUGHTER?
>> AND ONE OF THE
INTERESTING THINGS,
THAT TOOK PLACE, AND
A FRIEND, AND YOUR
FRIEND WANTED TO
KNOW IF SHE WOULD
CHANGE ANYTHING, SHE
SAID NO, AND BY
VIRTUE OF THE
DISEASE, AND I CAN
EMPATHIZE WITH THOSE
WHO ARE SHUT OUT IN
THE SOCIETY, AND
THIS IS SUCH A
CRITICAL PROBLEM,
WITH WHAT WE HAVE
WITH MENTAL HEALTH,
I HAD KNOWN THIS AND
WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT
THE VARIOUS DOCTORS.
IF YOU HAVE A
DISORDER, AND SO
MANY TIMES, YOU ARE
SHUT DOWN BY THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE A VOICE
FOR THE PEOPLE. AND
THIS IS A VERY
SPECIFIC PROBLEM.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT
I WOULD SAY, FOR YOU,
AND THAT IS KINGDOM
THINKING. AND WE
THINK ON THIS LEVEL,
AND GOD WANTS US TO
THINK THE WAY HIS
KINGDOM RUNS, AND
THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY
WHAT SHE WAS DOING,
AND I HAVE A LINE
FROM YOUR BOOK, AND
THE LINES BECOME
BLURRED, AND WE HAVE
A CONFLICT BETWEEN
REALITY AND WHAT WE
BELIEVE. AND WE HAVE
THE FOG, AND HAVE
YOU LIVED LONG
ENOUGH, AND YOU KNOW,
THE FOG LIFTS?
>> AND YES, THIS IS
ONE OF THE REASONS I
WROTE THE BOOK, AND
FROM MY POINT OF
VIEW, THIS WOULD BE
THE CASE FOR SO MANY,
AND THIS GOES BACK
TO CHAPTER 1, AND
LIVING IN THE WORLD
OF PARADOX. AND THIS
WOULD BE A FOG, AND
YET, AND GOD HAS
PROMISED US HIS
BLESSINGS, AND EVEN
MORE THAN THAT AND
THERE IS NOTHING THAT
GOES ON WITHIN OUR
LIVES AND WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY THAT HE
DOES NOT ALLOW TO GO
TO WASTE, HE IS
ALWAYS REDEEMING US,
AND HE IS
TRANSFORMING, AND IF
WE HAVE THE PATIENCE
AND HUMILITY TO BEGIN
TO WORK THROUGH THAT
WE ALWAYS SEE HIS
BLESSING.
>>
YOU ALSO, AND WROTE
STANDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEDS,
AND WE FIND OUR WAY
BACK CREEK. AND THAT
IS JUST AND THAT
SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES
TO US, AND TO THOSE
WATCHING. AND FOR
THOSE WHO ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEDS.
>> THIS IS NOT A
COMFORTABLE PLACE TO
BE. BUT WE COULD BE
HELPED TO REALIZE, WE
HAVE A NEED, AND WE
HAVE THE WANT, AND
WE HAVE THE DESIRE
FOR A REDEEMER. WE
NEED SOMEBODY TO SHOW
US.
>> HE WILL REDEEM
EVERYTHING. AND WHEN
WE PUT OUR TRUST IN
HIM. AND EVERYTHING
THAT SEEMS ON THE
SURFACE TO BE EVIL
MIGHT BE GOOD IN
DISGUISE,
>> AND THAT IS SO
INTERESTING.
>> THAT IS KINGDOM
THINKING.
>> THAT IS
FASCINATING. AND I
CAN REMEMBER SO MANY
YEARS AGO, AND MAYBE
YOU DID, AND WE HAD
A MAJOR FIRE IN
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK. IT WAS
DEVASTATING. AND I
WENT BACK THERE ONE
YEAR LATER, TO SEE
THE NEW GROWTH. AND
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY FORGOT TO
SAY, AND IN ORDER FOR
THE FOREST TO SURVIVE
IN YELLOWSTONE, AND
FROM TIME TO TIME, IT
MUST HAVE A FIRE TO
BREAK OPEN THE SEEDS
FOR THE PINE TREES.
>> YES.
AND YES, AND OVER
AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN IN NATURE, I
ONLY HAVE ABOUT ONE
MOMENT, AND THIS
MIGHT NOT BE FAIR,
AND THE ORIGIN OF THE
CURSE, AND YOU DEAL
WITH THAT A LITTLE
BIT?
>> WELL, AND WITH
REGARDS TO A CURSE,
AND THE ORIGIN IS
SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.
AND THE SCRIPTURE
LOOKS AT THIS
EXACTLY, I HAVE COME
TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT MANY OF THE
CURSES THAT WE FACE
IN LIFE ARE BROUGHT
ON BY OUR OWN ACCESS
AND HABITS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND WHEN YOU BEGIN
TO STUDY THAT, AND
THEN YOU CAN BEGIN TO
SEE YOUR OWN LIFE AND
THAT BECOMES THE
AMAZING MOMENT WHEN
YOU REALIZE.
>> EXACTLY, AND WE
HAVE HAD THE WEBSITE
UP THERE, FOR A LONG
TIME, AND I HOPE THAT
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
WRITE THAT DOWN, AND
YOU CAN CONSIDER THE
BOOK, WALKING THROUGH
THE WEEDS, AND I
THINK THIS WILL
ENCOURAGE YOUR HEART
IF YOU ARE GOING
THROUGH A DIFFICULT
TIME AND SO MANY
AMERICANS ARE RIGHT
NOW AND I'M TELLING
YOU, AND THE LORD IS
NOT DEPENDING UPON
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
OF WHATEVER IS IN
POLITICS AND HIS
KINGDOM IS HIS
KINGDOM AND IT IS
DIFFERENT FROM OURS,
AND WHAT HE DOES, AND
YOU CAN SEE
EVERYTHING THAT WOULD
BE GOOD AND BAD AND
INDIFFERENT THROUGH
THE EYES OF HIS
KINGDOM AND THIS IS
WHERE HE WANTS TO BE,
AND THIS IS WHAT HAS
BEEN MET, AND WE
SHOULD RENEW OUR
MINDS, AND WE SHOULD
BE CONFORMED TO HIS
THINKING AND I PRAY
LORD, AND I WANT MY
MIND TO BE LIKE THE
MIND OF CHRIST, AND
WHEN YOU DO, THINGS
OF THIS WORLD THINGS
WILL MAKE SENSE TO
YOU AND I HOPE THAT
YOU WILL GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET
THE BOOK AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE
ARE OUT OF TIME,
AND REMEMBER AND
THERE IS NO HIGHER
CALLING THAN THAT OF
THE HOME KEEPER AND
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> IF YOU
WOULD LIKE A
VIDEO COPY OF TODAY'S
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ON YOUR SCREEN.
>> CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY THE STAFF
OF THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK IN
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
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