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CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY THE STAFF OF
THE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
NETWORK AND CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME
TODAY ON THE ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, AND WE
ARE SO HAPPY YOU HAVE
TUNED IN AND YOU'RE GOING
TO BE CHALLENGED AND
INSPIRED BY A MINISTRY
THAT WE WILL BE FEATURING,
AND THEY MINISTER TO
ORPHANS AND YOU WANT TO
STAY TUNED AND I'M GOING
TO BE SINGING THIS YEAR
AND SOMETIMES I DO THAT,
THIS IS A PART OF MY
MINISTRY AND I'M GOING TO
BE STARTING TODAY WITH A
CHRISTMAS MEDLEY AND I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I LOVE THE WORSHIP MUSIC
AND ALONG WITH THE OLD
CHRISTMAS CAROLS. AND
THIS IS HOW I WILL BEGIN
TODAY, AND IF YOU KNOW
THE WORDS, AND YOU CAN
SING ALONG WITH ME, AND I
HOPE THAT YOU ARE SPENDING
TIME AND REMEMBERING WHAT
THE SEASON IS ABOUT, AND
THIS IS SO HARD TO DO WITH
ALL OF THE PRESSURES AND
WITH THE GIFTGIVING AND
THE DINNERS, AND GOD IS
WORTH OUR WORSHIP TODAY
AND BE WITH THE BEGINNING
TODAY AND WE WILL WORSHIP
HIM, AND WE NEED TO ADORE
HIM TOGETHER.
>>♪
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♪ OH, COME LET ♪
♪ US ADORE HIM. ♪
♪ COME ALL YE FAITHFUL. ♪
♪ LET US ADORE HIM, ♪
♪ JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT. ♪
♪ OH, COME LET US ADORE ♪
♪ HIM, CHRIST THE LORD. ♪
♪ FOR HE ALONE IS WORTHY. ♪
♪ FOR HE ALONE IS WORTHY. ♪
♪ SINGING-- THE ♪
♪ CHOIRS OF ANGELS. ♪
♪ FOR HE ALONE IS WORTHY. ♪
♪ AND SING, AND EXALTATION. ♪
♪ FOR HE ALONE IS WORTHY, ♪
♪ AND HE ALONE IS WORTHY, ♪
♪ CHRIST THE LORD. ♪
♪ CHRIST THE LORD. ♪
♪ COME AND NOW IS THE TIME ♪
♪ TO WORSHIP. ♪
♪ OH COME ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ♪
♪ GIVE YOUR HEART. ♪
♪ OH, COME JUST AS YOU ARE ♪
♪ TO WORSHIP. ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ COME ♪
♪ AND JUST AS YOU ARE, AND ♪
♪ GIVE HIM THE PRAISE BEFORE ♪
♪ YOUR GOD. ♪
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ COME AND BEHOLD HIM, AND ♪
♪ HE IS BORN THE KING OF ♪
♪ ANGELS. ♪
♪ AND HE IS BORN ♪
♪ THE KING OF ANGELS ♪
♪ AND LET US ADORE HIM ♪
♪ COME AND NOW LET US ADORE ♪
♪ HIM, AND LET US ADORE HIM, ♪
♪ CHRIST THE LORD. ♪
♪
♪ COME AND NOW IS THE TIME ♪
♪ TO WORSHIP. ♪
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ♪
♪ GIVE HIM YOUR PRAISE. ♪
♪ GIVE YOUR HEART. ♪
♪ COME ♪
♪ JUST AS YOU ARE ♪
♪ TO WORSHIP. ♪
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ AND JUST AS YOU ARE ♪
♪ BEFORE YOUR GOD. ♪
♪ LET US ADORE HIM. ♪
♪ GLORY IN THE HIGHEST. ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME ♪
♪ AND JUST AS YOU ARE. ♪
♪ OH, COME LET US ADORE ♪
♪ HIM. ♪
♪ CHRIST THE LORD. ♪
♪ AND ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ♪
♪ CONFESS THAT YOU ARE GOD, ♪
♪ AND EVERYONE WILL BOW ♪
♪ DOWN, ♪
♪ AND WE HAVE THE GREATEST ♪
♪ TREASURE, ♪
♪ AND WE DO CHOOSE YOU NOW. ♪
♪ AND ONE DAY, ♪
♪ AND YOU ARE OUR GOD. ♪
♪ AND EVERYONE WILL BOW ♪
♪ DOWN. ♪
♪ AND YOU ARE STILL THE ♪
♪ GREATEST TREASURE FOR ♪
♪ THOSE WHO WILL GLADLY ♪
♪ CHOOSE YOU NOW. ♪
♪ TO CHOOSE YOU NOW. ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ COME ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME ♪
♪ AND NOW IS THE TIME. ♪
♪ OH, COME AND WORSHIP ♪
♪ HIM. ♪
♪ JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT. ♪
♪ OH, COME. ♪
♪
>>DARLENE:I HOPE YOU
ENJOYED THE SONG AND I
LOVE THE MUSIC OF THE
SEASON AND WE WANT TO
SHARE A TESTIMONY NOW, AND
WE HAVE GOT TOM AND HE IS
GOT SUCH AN AMAZING
TESTIMONY AND HE IS
MINISTERING TO ORPHANS AND
THIS IS THROUGH HIS
PERSONAL STORY AND HOW GOD
BROUGHT SOME CHILDREN INTO
HIS LIFE AND GOD DEALT
WITH HIM AND YOU CAN OPEN
YOUR HEART, AND MAYBE GOD
WILL HAVE YOU TO HELP A
CHILD AND THIS IS TOM WITH
HIS TESTIMONY.
>> ♪♪
>> I GREW UP IN A
RELIGIOUS HOME BUT I WAS
NOT SAVED, AND I JOINED
THE MILITARY, AND
I GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD
AFTER 14 YEARS, GOD CALLED
ME TO GET OUT OF THE
MILITARY AND TO COME BACK
TO ST PETERSBURG
WHERE I WAS
SAVED. AND THEN I WAS
WORKING AND MAINTENANCE
FOR A FEW YEARS, AND THAT
GOD SPOKE TO MY HEART AND
HE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THE
NEED OF THE ORPHANS IN OUR
ACUITY AND WE BEGAN TO THE
MINISTRY WITH FOUR KIDS,
AND THEN I WAS A PASTOR.
AND ONE DAY I DECIDED TO
GET UP THE COURAGE TO GO
ASK AND WHAT ARE WE DOING
IN FOSTER CARE?
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND
HE SAID, GO FIND OUT.
AND I FIGURED, AND I
WANTED TO BE A FOSTER
PARENT.
>> AND TOM SAYS, I THINK
WE NEED TO PRAY ABOUT
BEING FOSTER PARENTS. AND
I THOUGHT ABOUT? AND THIS
IS INSANE. AND WE HAD FOUR
KIDS, AND THE OLDEST WAS
FIVE YEARS OLD, AND THE
YOUNGEST WAS NINE MONTHS
OLD, AND I DID NOT WANT TO
DO THAT, AND I REMEMBER
PRAYING, AND WRESTLING
WITH GOD? AND THIS WAS
EXCRUCIATING AND GOD BROKE
MY HEART
FOR THE ORPHANS OUT
THERE.
AND I KNEW THAT HE WANTED
US TO DO IT.
>> WE WENT THROUGH THE
TRAINING AND WE HAD NINE
CHILDREN AND TWO OF THEM,
THEY WERE TWINS,
>> AND WE GOT A PHONE
CALL, AND THEY WANTED TO
KNOW IF WE WANTED THE
TWIN'S AND THEN I SAID
YES, AND THEY CAME TO THE
HOUSE, AND THEY HAD THEIR
LITTLE CAR SEATS, AND THEY
WERE BORN ABOUT 2.5
POUNDS APIECE,
AND THEY WERE STILL SIX
POUNDS, AND THEY WERE
THRIVING, AND THEY CAME
WITH ALL OF THEIR
MEDICINES AND THEY COULD
NOT KEEP THEIR FOOD DOWN
AND WE REALLY HAD OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US.
>> AND THE MOTHER HAD
TESTED POSITIVE FOR
VARIOUS DRUGS
AND SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING
WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT.
AND SHE HAD A SEVERE
RENAL FAILURE, AND SHE
NEEDED 16 HOURS OF
DIALYSIS PER WEEK
AND SHE WAS ALSO ***
POSITIVE.
AND THEY GAVE HER DRUGS
AND WHILE THE CHILDREN
THE BABIES WERE IN UTERO,AND
SHE DID NOT TAKE THE DRUGS
AND THE CHILDREN WERE
BORN, AND THEY WERE IN
INTENSIVE CARE FOR SIX
WEEKS AND IT WAS DESPERATE.
AND WE WERE JUST PRAYING,
AND MY WIFE WAS REALLY
SEEKING THE LORD AND HOW
CAN WE HELP THESE
CHILDREN? AND HOW CAN WE
RESTORE THEM?
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN
DO IT
AND YOU WANT TO WORK
THROUGH US.
AND LORD AND WHAT'S THE
PLAN? AND THAT WAS
EXTREMELY DILIGENT, AND WE
WERE SO WONDERFUL TAKING
CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
AND TWO YEARS LATER I
WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND I
WAS SPEAKING WITH SOME OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE
HIGHER UPS IN FOSTER CARE,
AND I TOLD THEM THE STORY
OF JUSTIN AND JEREMIAH AND
A LADY AND HER FACE WAS
ASHEN, AND SHE SAID, AND
SHE GAVE THE NAMES, AND I
WAS SHOCKED, AND I SAID
HOW DO YOU KNOW? AND SHE
SAID, THOSE CHILDREN WERE
SUPPOSED TO DIE.
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AND THERE WAS A MIXUP AND
THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO
GO TO OUR HOME, AND THEY
WERE GOING TO GO DIE AND
THERE WAS NOTHING THEY
SAID THAT THEY COULD DO
FOR THE CHILDREN AND IT
WAS A MISTAKE? OR WAS IT
GOD'S PROVIDENCE?
AND WE SAW GOD SAVE THESE
CHILDREN.
WE SAW HIM INTERVENE THEY
WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
ALIVE, AND THEN THEY HAD A
DISEASE, THEY HAD THE ***,
AND WE WOULD GO TO THE
DOCTOR AND GOD ALLOWED THE
DISEASE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF
THEIR BODIES AND THEY NO
LONGER HAD THE ***, AND IN
2.5 YEARS LATER, THE
MOTHER DIED, AND THE
FATHER SIGNED OVER HIS
RIGHTS, AND NOW THEY WERE
UP FOR ADOPTION. AND GOD
ALLOWED US AND HE BLESSED
US SO MUCH, THAT WE COULD
BRING THESE CHILDREN INTO
OUR HOME,
AND GOD HAS JUST BLESSED
ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE
DEBRA AND WE HAVE SIX
CHILDREN AND WE HAVE GOT
JUSTIN AND JEREMIAH, THERE
THE YOUNGEST, AND I SEE
HOW JESUS CAN TAKE DEATH
AND MAKE IT LIFE. AND HE
CAN TAKE DESTRUCTION AND
HE CAN MAKE BEAUTIFUL
THINGS, AND WE ARE TRULY
BLESSED
>>DARLENE: AND I HOPE YOUR
HEART WAS TOUCHED BY THAT
VIDEO AND WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY OF
TOM AND HIS FAMILY, AND
HOW GOD HAS BROUGHT THE
CHILDREN INTO HIS LIFE,
AND GOD MOVED UPON HIS
HEART, AND WE HAVE GOT TOM
TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY. AND
WE HEARD ABOUT YOU ON THE
VIDEO, BUT YOU ARE ALSO A
PASTOR IN OUR LOCAL AREA,
AND YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT
OF YOUR MINISTRY, AND
WERE GOING TO BE SPEAKING
ABOUT THAT TODAY AND THIS
WILL GO ALONG WITH THE
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, AND YOU
HAVE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF YOUR MINISTRY,
AND WE THANK YOU AND YOU
ARE GODLY DANIEL AND WE
THANK YOU, AND THAT'S AN
AWESOME NAME AND WE THANK
YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BUSY
TIME AND BEING HERE TO
SHARE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM. AND TOM, AND WE
WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN, AND
ONE OF THE REASONS WE
SHARED YOUR PROGRAM AND
YOUR TESTIMONY. AND THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
HELP YOU WITH. AND WHAT
ARE YOU ABOUT?
>>GUEST: AND WE ARE A
CHRIST CENTERED, AND WE
ARE A PLACEMENT AGENCY,
AND WE RECRUITED FROM THE
CHURCHES, THE FOSTER
PARENTS AND WE WILL TRAIN
THEM AND LICENSE THEM, AND
WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AS
THEY BRING IN THE CHILDREN
TO THEIR HOMES.
>>DARLENE: AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE
AVAILABLE TO SO MANY
CHURCHES AND THEY CAN DO
THIS?
>> AND YES, AND WE WANT TO
CONNECT WITH THE CHURCHES
IN OUR LOCAL COUNTIES.
>>DARLENE: AND THIS IS
HAPPENING?
>> AND YES THIS IS
HAPPENING.
>>DARLENE: YOU ARE HAVING
GREAT SUCCESS, AND THIS IS
ONE OF THE REASONS, THAT
WE FEEL THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
IT. AND I WANTED TO GIVE
US YOUR DETAILS, AND YOUR
MINISTRY AND YOU DO SO
MANY THINGS AND SO MANY
PROGRAMS THAT YOU ARE
DOING AND THE REASONS YOU
DO IT AND PLEASE TELL US
ABOUT IT.
>> AND VERY SPECIFICALLY,
AND WHAT TOM WAS SAYING,
AND WE FOCUS IN ON FOSTER
CARE, AND SO MANY IN THE
CHURCHES HAVE THE
DIFFERENT TALENTS, AND
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO,
AND WE WANT TO FOSTER THE
CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM,
AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM AND
WE CAN COME ALONGSIDE THE
CHILDREN AND MAYBE THEY
ARE NOT CONNECTED TO
ANYONE AND THEY HAVE
SOMEONE WHO IS WITH THEM
THROUGH THE TIME WHILE
THEY ARE IN THE SYSTEM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THEM AS
VOLUNTEERS, AND WE CAN DO
OUR WORK AS WE TAKE CARE
OF THE PAPERWORK, FOR THE
FAMILIES TO FOSTER A
CHILD.
>>DARLENE: OKAY, ALL
RIGHT, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS SO
POIGNANT, AS PEOPLE SEE,
AND IF THEY COULD SEE THE
CHILDREN. AND IF YOU ARE
IN A CHURCH, AND MAYBE
YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, AND
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME ON
BOARD, BUT WHAT WOULD BE
THE FACES OF THE CHILDREN?
AND WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?
>> AND THEY ARE THE
CHILDREN IN THE BACKYARD,
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND
ABANDONMENT. AND THERE IS
ABOUT 5000 IN OUR LOCAL
COUNTY AREAS, AND OUT OF
THEM, THERE ARE ABOUT 2000
WHO NEED A HOME. AND WE
WANT TO MINISTER TO THESE
KIDS AND WE WANT TO BRING
THEM TO A CHRISTIAN HOME,
AND WE WANT TO RAISE THEM
UP, AND WE WANT TO
MINISTER TO THEM AND FOR
THE BIOLOGICAL FAMILY,
AND WE WANT TO BRING THE
PARENTS IN, AND WE DO WANT
TO RECONNECT THE CHILDREN
BACK WITH THE PARENT.
>>DARLENE: OKAY, AND ONE
THING WITH YOUR KIDS, AND
THIS IS BECOMING A
NATIONAL THING ALSO? AND I
MEAN, THIS IS REALLY
EXPANDING?
>> IT IS.
>>DARLENE: AND BECAUSE
YOU ARE INVOLVED, THE
FIRST OF ALL, AND YOU HAD
BEEN IN SOUTH FLORIDA? AND
TELL ME, AND THIS WAS
COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT GOD
IS DOING.
>> AND YES, AND I GREW UP
AND WHEN I WAS 14, I WAS
WORKING IN YOUTH MINISTRY,
AND WHEN I GOT OUT OF
COLLEGE, AND I WENT INTO
BUSINESS AND I WANTED TO
CLIMB THE CORPORATE
LADDER, AND THE LORD WAS
CALLING ME BACK TO WHAT I
HAD BEEN DOING WITH YOUTH.
AND HE TOOK ME ON TO A
PLACE IN OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS
WORKING WITH A YOUNG
CHILDREN AND THE HOMELESS
IN THE INNER-CITY. AND
THEN I WENT INTO SOUTH
FLORIDA. AND THIS HAS
BEEN SOMETHING THAT GOD
HAS PLACED UPON MY HEART
SINCE I WAS A YOUNG AGE.
AND FOR THE KIDS IN
CRISIS.
>>DARLENE: AND I THINK,
AND THERE ARE SO MANY
EFFORTS TO CHANGE THIS,
AND FOR THE CHILDREN WHO
GROW UP IN FOSTER CARE AND
THEN THEY GET OUT OF THE
SYSTEM, AND WHAT HAPPENS
NOW? AND ARE THERE ANY
EFFORTS TO PUT THEM INTO,
AND MAYBE STAY IN TOUCH
WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE
OLDER?
>> AND THEY HAVE THE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT AS
A CHURCH, AND THIS IS OUR
CALLING TO MINISTER TO
PEOPLE, AND JESUS WANTED
TO REACH OUT TO OTHERS AND
THIS IS OUR CALLING. AND
WE DO NOT STOP WHEN THEY
HIT 18, YOU KNOW, AND WE
DON'T JUST RELEASE THEM
INTO THE WORLD, AND WE
WANT TO KEEP THE CHILD
PLUGGED INTO THE FAMILY OF
BELIEVERS AND WHATEVER
CHURCH THEY MIGHT BE IN.
AND MAYBE, AND WE COULD
DO, AND WE ALMOST WANT TO
BE LIKE A HALFWAY HOUSE,
AND WHEN SOMEONE IS 18,
AND THEY COULD MOVE IN
WITH OTHER CHILDREN OF THE
SAME AGE AND THEY COULD BE
IN A CHRIST STRUCTURED
ATMOSPHERE. AND THEY
COULD LEARN HOW TO MANAGE
MONEY, AND HOW TO WORK ON
JOB INTERVIEWS AND WORK
HARD FOR THE LORD. AND
AFTER A FEW YEARS, THEY
WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY, AND THEY
WOULD GO INTO THE WORLD ON
GOOD FOOTING.
>>DARLENE: AND THEY COULD
INTEGRATE BACK IN? AND GO
BACK INTO SOCIETY. AND
HOW ARE YOU INVOLVED? AND
WE HAD BEEN REFERRING AND
YOU WANTED TO BE INVOLVED,
BUT THERE COULD BE
PREVENTION PROTECTION, AND
THE CHURCH COULD HELP
THEM?
>> YES, AND ALSO I WE
WANT TO MAKE THE CHURCH TO
KNOW THAT WE DO NOT WANT
FOR THE CHURCHES TO GIVE
US MONEY BUT WE WANT TO
HELP THE ORPHANS AND
WIDOWS, AND WE KNOW GOD
SAYS THIS IS PURE
RELIGION. WE WANT TO
BRING THE CHURCH BACK TO
THAT, AND IN THE WAYS
THAT WE CAN CONNECT THE
CHURCH WITH THE FOSTER
CARE AND MENTORING. AND
FOR OUR HEART, THAT EVERY
CHURCH WAS SOMEHOW LOOK AT
OUR MINISTRY AS THEIR
MINISTRY. AND WE WANT TO
BE THE MINISTRY THAT THEY
WOULD DO IN REGARDS TO
FOSTER CARE. AND THE
CHURCH HAS A TOUGH TIME
WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUT WE
WANT TO BE THE GO-BETWEEN,
AND WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE
GAP, AND THE CHURCH
SHOULD MINISTER TO THE
KIDS, AND LOVE PEOPLE IN
THE NAME OF CHRIST AND WE
CAN TAKE CARE OF THE
LEGALITIES.
>>DARLENE: AND YES, THAT
WOULD BE TREMENDOUS AND
HUGE AND A LOT OF CHURCHES
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
AND THROUGHOUT THE
INTERVIEW, AND WE WANT TO
SHOW THE WEBSITE, AND YOU
COULD GO TO THE WEBSITE
YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN AND
PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE,
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW
TO DO THIS AND TOM, YOU
ARE IN THE THROES OF YOUR
SIX CHILDREN, AND RAISING THEM.
AND IS THIS REWARDING?
AND PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW
YOUR LIFE IS GOING, AND
YOU ARE THE BRADY BUNCH.
>> AND THIS IS PHENOMENAL
AND I WOULD NOT HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY, AND FOR
THESE CHILDREN, AND THEY
LOOK LIKE ME,
>>DARLENE: ARE THEY TWINS?
>> AND THEY ARE WHITE AND
BLONDE, AND THEY FALL INTO
MY FAMILY BUT THEY ARE
DIFFERENT BUT I HAVE THE
VALUE THAT GOD PUTS UPON
DIVERSITY. GOD LOVES
PEOPLE. HE PUTS THEM
TOGETHER, AND EVEN THOUGH
THAT WINS ARE WILD AND
CRAZY, AND THEY'RE LIKE
LITTLE TASMANIAN DEVILS,
AND MY KIDS WOULD RATHER
READ A BOOK, MY KIDS,
BUT GOD HAS BROUGHT THESE
OTHER PEOPLE, AND
CHILDREN INTO MY FAMILY
AND THEY ARE BONE OF MY
BONE AND FLESH OF MY
FLESH.
>>DARLENE: AND YOU KNOW,
YOU MIGHT SAY, AND HOW
COULD THIS WORK WITH MY
CHILDREN AND HOW CAN YOU
DO THIS? AND THEY ARE JUST
BLENDING IN. AND I HEARD,
A MINISTER SPEAKING, AND
HE HAS DONE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, AND HE HAS BEEN
WORKING IN ADOPTION, AND
HE HAS GOT THE CHILDREN OF
THE WORLD IN HIS FAMILY.
AND HE HAS GOT NATIONS
REPRESENTED. AND GOD IS
IN THIS AND GOD IS IN
THIS. AND TOM, I DON'T
KNOW IF I HAVE LEFT OUT
ANYTHING BUT I WANT YOU TO
SHARE AND CLOSE US OUT,
AND I WANT TO SING IN A
MOMENT AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I LOVE TO DO. BUT
PLEASE SHARE HOW YOU ARE
MINISTERING AND HOW YOU
ARE WORKING IN THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON.
>> YOU KNOW, AS THEY GO
INTO THE SEASON, EITHER IS
A COMMON STORY THAT WE
SHARE, THAT STORY IS THE
BIRTH OF THE SAVIOR, AS
JESUS CHOSE TO COME INTO
THE WORLD AND TO TAKE ON
THE FLESH OF A MAN AND TO
BE BORN OF A ***, AND
IN THE MANGER. AND HE
BEGAN WITH THE END IN
MIND, AND THAT WAS THE
CROSS. AND THAT CROSSED
COST JESUS HIS LIFE BUT
THROUGH HIS BLOOD, HE HAS
ADOPTED US INTO HIS
FAMILY. AND SO AND MY
HEART AND THE ORPHANS
BELONG TO THE LORD, BUT
AS WE MOVE INTO CHRISTMAS,
AND I PRAY THAT WE COULD
REALLY REMEMBER THAT JESUS
CHRIST AND FOR HIS
SACRIFICE AS HE IS ADOPTED
US INTO HIS FAMILY AND GOD
BLESS YOU.
>>DARLENE: AND THANK YOU
TOM AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS
THOUGHT AND JESUS CAME AS
A BABY IN A MANGER AND WE
CANNOT FORGET AND HE DIED
FOR OUR SINS, AND THIS IS
THE BEGINNING AND THIS IS
THE BEGINNING OF GOD'S
INCREDIBLE GIFT. AND I
WANT TO CLOSE OUT TODAY
WITH ONE OF A SONGS, AND
THIS IS A CLASSIC
CHRISTMAS SONG AND THIS
WAS RECORDED BY AMY GRANT,
AND THIS IS THE BREATH OF
HEAVEN, AND THIS IS WHAT
JESUS, AND THIS IS THE
LOAD THAT MARY FELT, AND
GOD SAID, I WANT YOU TO
CARRY MY SON AND TO BE THE
MOTHER OF THE SON OF GOD
AND I COULD NOT IMAGINE
THAT, BUT SHE OFFERED
HERSELF TO GOD AND SHE
SAID SHE WOULD BE WILLING
AND BEING A WILLING
SERVANT. AND WILL YOU BE
A WILLING YOUR SERVANT
TODAY? AND WILL YOU OFFER
YOUR HEART TODAY? AND IF
YOU WANT TO FEEL THE
BREATH OF HEAVEN AND I
PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE
BLESSED TODAY AND BE
BLESSED THIS CHRISTMAS
SEASON.
>> ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ I HAVE TRAVELED ♪
♪ I HAVE TRAVELED ♪
♪ MANY MOONLESS NIGHTS. ♪
♪ COLD AND WEARY. ♪
♪ WITH A BABY INSIDE. ♪
♪ AND I WONDER ♪
♪ WHAT I HAVE DONE. ♪
♪ THE HOLY FATHER ♪
♪ YOU HAVE COME. ♪
♪ YOU HAVE CHOSEN ME ♪
♪ YOU HAVE CHOSEN ME NOW. ♪
♪ YOU HAVE CHOSEN ME TO ♪
♪ CARRY YOUR SON. ♪
♪ AND I AM WAITING NOW. ♪
♪ I AM IN SILENT PRAYER. ♪
♪ I AM FRIGHTENED. ♪
♪ I AM FRIGHTENED BY THE ♪
♪ LOAD I BEAR. ♪
♪ AND A WORLD THAT IS COLD. ♪
♪ IT IS COLD AS STONE. ♪
♪ AND MUST I WALK THE ♪
♪ PATHWAY ALONE? ♪
♪ BE WITH ME NOW. ♪
♪ BE WITH ME NOW. ♪
♪ THE BREATH OF HEAVEN, ♪
♪ YOU CAN HOLD ME TOGETHER, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN BE FOREVER ♪
♪ NEAR ME, AND YOU ARE THE ♪
♪ BREATH OF HEAVEN. ♪
♪ AND YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN ENLIGHTENED ♪
♪ MY DARKNESS, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN WATCH OVER ME ♪
♪ WITH YOUR FULLNESS, ♪
♪ AND YOU COULD BE NEAR ME. ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ DO YOU WONDER? ♪
♪ AS YOU WATCH MY FACE? ♪
♪ IF SOMEONE WISER, ♪
♪ SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MY ♪
♪ PLACE? ♪
♪ BUT I OFFER, ALL THAT I ♪
♪ AM, ♪
♪ AND FOR THE MERCY, AND ♪
♪ FOR YOUR PLAN. ♪
♪ AND HELP ME TO BE STRONG. ♪
♪ AND HELP ME ♪
♪ AND HELP ME TO BE STRONG. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN HOLD ME ♪
♪ TOGETHER. ♪
♪ YOU CAN BE FOREVER NEAR ♪
♪ ME. ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ THE BREATH OF HEAVEN, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN ENLIGHTENED ♪
♪ MY DARKNESS, ♪
♪ AND YOU COULD POUR OVER ♪
♪ ME WITH YOUR HOLINESS AND ♪
♪ YOU ARE HOLY. ♪
♪ THE BREATH OF HEAVEN, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN HOLD ME ♪
♪ TOGETHER, ♪
♪ AND YOU COULD BE FOREVER ♪
♪ NEAR ME. ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ AND YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN ENLIGHTENED ♪
♪ MY DARKNESS ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN POUR OVER ME ♪
♪ WITH YOUR HOLINESS. ♪
♪ FOR YOU ARE HOLY. ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN BREATH UPON ♪
♪ ME. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU ARE THE BREATH OF ♪
♪ HEAVEN. ♪
CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY THE
STAFF OF THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK
IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
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