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BY THE STAFF OF THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK IN
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
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>>ARTHELENE: HI THERE, AND
WELCOME, AND WELCOME AND
WELCOME TO HOMEKEEPERS AND
GRAB A CUP OF TEA AND JOIN ME
AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN STICK
WITH US FOR THE PROGRAM AND
YOU ARE SO WELCOME AND COME
RIGHT ON IN AND WE HAVE GOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING AND
YOU ARE SO FAITHFUL AND WE
HEAR FROM THEM REGULARLY, AND
WE CAN REALLY FEEL THAT YOU
ARE A PART OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING AND WE HAVE GOT A
BRAND-NEW VIEWERS EVERY DAY
AND WE WANT YOU KNOW YOU ARE
WELCOME AS WELL. WE LIKE TO
DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT
WILL CONFRONT YOUR HOME, I AM
READING THROUGH THE BOOK OF
GENESIS, I'VE READ IT MANY
TIMES, AND MAYBE I'VE
FORGOTTEN SOME THINGS, OR
MISSED SOME THINGS, BUT WHEN
YOU SEE HOW GOD STARTED THE
WORLD WITH THE FAMILY AND
THAT IT WAS ADAM AND EVE AND
THEIR SONS AND SO FORTH, AND
YOU SEE THE BASIC UNIT THAT
WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR SOCIETY,
AND FOR SO MANY REASONS. AND
THIS HAS FALLEN APART RIGHT
NOW AND THIS IS THE REASON
FOR THE PROGRAM AND WE WANT
TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT
WILL GIVE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES,
AND THE REMARKS I GET, AND
THE PRAYER NEEDS THAT COME IN
HERE, AND 9 OUT OF 10 ARE
FAMILY AND MARRIAGE, AND
ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON THAT
IS OUT THERE OR THE PRODIGAL
DAUGHTER, AND WE HAVE THE
PRODIGAL THAT HAS COME
HOME, AND THIS SHOULD REALLY
AND THIS SHOULD REALLY
ENCOURAGE YOU, AND HE IS GOT
A BOOK CALLED FACE TO FACE
WITH GOD, AND REALLY, IT IS
VERY STARTLING, AND HOW HE
CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE
LORD AND THAT CHANGED HIS
LIFE AND IT ALWAYS DOES, AND
NOW HE IS OUT THERE HELPING A
LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN
PRISONS AND OTHER PLACES. I
WANT YOU TO MEET HIM. I'M
GOING TO BE JOINING SISTER
STEPHANIE AND WE GOING TO BE
MAKING AN ITALIAN SAUSAGES
SOUP, AND YOU MIGHT SEE THIS
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT AS
WE MAKE THIS, AND IT IS VERY
COLD IN FLORIDA TODAY AND
THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT
DISH FOR THAT, BUT BEFORE I
JOINED HER, I WANT TO OFFER
THE BOOK ABOUT ISRAEL AND
JERUSALEM AND THE MIDDLE
EAST, AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS
BOOK IS, AND THIS WAS WRITTEN
BY AN EVANGELIST, DAVID AND
KATHY WALKER. AND YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND ALL THAT IS
HAPPENING AND EVEN NOW, AND
WE CAN SEND THAT A BOOK TO
YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF AT LEAST
$23, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE
THE SHIPPING AND THE HANDLING
AND THAT IS A GOOD DEAL,
FRIEND. AND YOU KNOW, THIS
BOOK IS A SPIRAL BOOK, AND
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT THIS
ON YOUR TREADMILL, WHILE YOU
ARE DOING A WORK OUT AND
WHATEVER AND THEY HAVE
WRITTEN IS PARTICULARLY SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE AND
ENCAPSULATED SITUATION, WITH
THE MIDDLE EAST AND WHAT IT
IS ALL ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW,
YOU NEED THE UNDERSTANDING IN
THE WORLD TODAY, AND THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS ON YOUR
SCREEN IF YOU USE YOUR CREDIT
CARD, AND THE ADDRESS IS ON
THE SCREEN, PO BOX 6922, IN
CLEARWATER FLORIDA. AND I'VE
GOT STEPHANIE AND THIS IS THE
BIRTHDAY GIRL. AND WE HAVE
GOT A KITCHEN UPSTAIRS, AND
WE BRING THE LEFTOVERS,
RIGHT?
>>STEPHANIE: AND YOU CAN
BRING ANYTHING THERE.
>>ARTHELENE:AND WE NEVER ASK
ANYTHING. AND THERE IS ALWAYS
SOME LEFTOVER CAKE, AND I SAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>>STEPHANIE: AND I WANT TO
THANK MY MOTHER, AND SHE GAVE
ME A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL
NECKLACE, AND ISN'T THAT
GORGEOUS? AND I LOVE IT AND
THANK YOU MAMA.
>>ARTHELENE:AND HER MOTHER IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FAN
CLUB. AND THE FAMILY DINNER,
AND THE SON, AND HE PICKED UP
THE TAB THAT WOULD BE THE
BEST THING
>>STEPHANIE: AND THAT WAS
WONDERFUL.
>>ARTHELENE:AND WE HAVE GOT
A POUND OF SAUSAGE UP HERE.
>>STEPHANIE: AND YOU CAN USE
THE HOT, AND IF YOU WANT TO
HAVE THE KICK TO YOUR
SOUP, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME
RED ONIONS, AND WE CAN JUST
SAUTÉ THIS FOR A SECOND.
>>ARTHELENE:AND WHAT BROUGHT
ME TO THIS, WAS THE SPINACH.
>>STEPHANIE: AND I THINK THIS
IS GOING TO BE SO TASTY, AND
IT IS CHILLY HERE, AND THIS
IS PERFECT WEATHER FOR THIS.
>>ARTHELENE:AND IN CASE YOU
DON'T KNOW, THIS IS THE
COUPON QUEEN OF CTN, AND I
CAME IN FROM A FAMILY, AND A
FAMILY THAT HAD BEEN OUT FOR
SO LONG, AND I TURN ON THE TV
AND THERE WAS A COUPON
PROGRAM, AND THESE TWO
SISTERS, I KID YOU NOT, AND
THEY PURCHASED OVER $1000
WORTH OF FOOD, AND THEY PAY
$21.
>>STEPHANIE: I AM NOT THAT
EXTREME. I AM NOT THAT
EXTREME. BUT I TRIED TO SAVE
EVERY DOLLAR I CAN. AND
EVERYONE COUNTS.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THEY GOD ALL
OF THESE EGGS, YOU KNOW, AND
THEY WERE GIVING THEM TO THE
HOMELESS SHELTERS.
>>STEPHANIE: AND THEN YOU
WILL HAVE THE CAN HERE, AND
YOU HAVE THE TOMATOES AND
THEN YOU HAVE THIS.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THIS IS
SOMETHING HE WILL NOT DRAIN.
AND NOW LET'S GET THIS GOING,
AND WE WANT TO GET THIS
READY, AND THEN WE HAVE GOT
THE CHICKEN BROTH.
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>>ARTHELENE:AND WE DO NOT
WANT TO SPLATTER THIS. AND
THEN YOU WERE SAYING TO ME,
AND WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH
SOME DIFFERENT COUPONS, AND
THE LADY SAID, AND THAT WAS
YOUR SECOND JOB? I'M GOING TO
SAY, BUT NOW IT IS LIKE
SECOND NATURE?
>>STEPHANIE: AND YES, I AM
ORGANIZED, AND WHAT I SAID
EARLIER, I WILL USE A DO A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A TIME,
BUT NOW I AM DOING A MONTH,
AND I WILL WRITE DOWN THE
MEALS THAT MY FAMILY LOVES,
AND I DON'T ASSIGN THEM, BUT
I GO INTO THAT, BUT I DO IT
FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH, AND I
THINK I EVEN SAVED MORE
MONEY.
>>ARTHELENE:AND YOU PROBABLY
DID, AND ALSO, AND LET ME
REMIND YOU, AND FOR ALL OF
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
GROANING OVER THIS AND THIS
IS A WEIRD RECIPE. AND THIS
DOES NOT REALLY GIVE THE
AMOUNT.
>>STEPHANIE: AND YOU WOULD
JUST LET THIS SIMMER FOR A
LITTLE WHILE AND THAT IS WHAT
THEY SAY.
>>ARTHELENE:AND SHE IS
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND
ORGANIZING FOR THE MONTH, AND
SHE WORKS. AND IF YOU DON'T
MAYBE SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE
TIME AND SHE HAS CHILDREN.
>>STEPHANIE: YOU JUST GO WITH
A WEEK, AND THEN A COUPLE
WEEKS, AND THEN I GOT
ORGANIZED, AND NOW I COULD GO
FOR ONE MONTH, BUT DON'T BE
OVERWHELMED.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THEY HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT
ALMOST COMPLETELY. AND IS
THIS GOING TO BE OKAY HERE?
AND YES, THESE WOULD BE SOME
DELICIOUS BEANS. AND THEN,
AND YOU WILL HAVE THE
SEPARATELY, AND YOU DON'T
WANT THEM TO BE MUSHY. BUT
YOU WANT THEM HOT.
>>STEPHANIE: AND THEN WE JUST
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND
I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THIS IS
GOING, I HAVE THE FREEZER AND
THE PANTRY PACKED, AND I
WOULD GO GROCERY SHOPPING
EVERY TWO WEEKS, BUT I WILL
TRY TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS,
AND WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH I
SAVE.
>>ARTHELENE:AND YOU HAVE GOT
20 MEALS?
>>STEPHANIE: AND YES, SOME OF
THEM ARE DUPLICATED, AND SOME
OF THEM WE REALLY LIKE. AND
WE CAN HAVE THEM AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND
THE END OF THE MONTH.
>>ARTHELENE:AND WE WANT TO
HELP YOU.
>>STEPHANIE: AND WE WOULD
MAYBE GO AFTER CHURCH, AND WE
DO SOME HAMBURGER, AND THEN
WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT MEALS,
AND THEN AT NIGHT, I DON'T
HAVE TO COOK, AND THEN I CAN
CHOP UP THE ONIONS, AND THEN
I CAN DO SOME PREPARATION AND
THE REST OF THE MONTH WOULD
JUST GO REALLY WELL.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THIS SHOULD
GO A LITTLE LONGER, AND WE
WILL BE PUTTING THE SPINACH
IN HERE, AND THIS IS GOING TO
GO REALLY FAST. AND I AM NOT
THAT MUCH INTO SAUSAGE, I
DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE
THAT GOOD FOR YOU BUT THIS IS
GOING TO GIVE IT A GOOD
TASTE.
>>STEPHANIE: THIS WILL GIVE
IT A GREAT TASTE, AND IF YOU
DON'T WANT THE NOODLES, AND
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE
THEM.
>>ARTHELENE:I DON'T THINK
WERE GOING TO PUT ALL OF
THOSE IN THERE.
>>STEPHANIE: AND YES, DO IT
THIS WAY AND THEY WILL NOT
GET TOO MUSHY.
>>ARTHELENE: OH, THIS GIRL,
AND MY GOODNESS AND WHAT SHE
HAS SHE HAS SO MANY IDEAS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OLIVE
OIL HERE, AND THIS WILL NOT
STICK TOGETHER.
>>STEPHANIE: AND THEN YOU CAN
FREEZE THIS, AND THEN YOU CAN
FREEZE THIS, AND THAT WOULD
BE OKAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE RECIPES THAT YOU COULD
MAKE AHEAD OF TIME AND YOU
COULD DOUBLE THIS
>>ARTHELENE:AND ALL YOU NEED
IS A KAISER ROLL, AND THAT
WOULD BE SOME FRESH BUTTER,
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY REAL
BUTTER?
>>ARTHELENE:AND YES, I WOULD
SPEND TIME ON THE PHONE WITH
MY UNCLE.
>>STEPHANIE: WE ARE ALMOST
THERE, DO YOU WANT TO TASTE,
AND DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT
IN THERE? DO YOU WANT TO
TASTE IT?
>>ARTHELENE:AND WE WANT TO
GET THIS JIM IN HERE. OH,
BOY. AND THEN YOU PUT THIS
HERE,
>>STEPHANIE: AND THEN WE HAVE
THE PARMESAN?
>>ARTHELENE:AND OH, THIS IS
SO DELICIOUS.
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>>ARTHELENE:OH, MY. AND
THAT'S DELICIOUS.
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>>STEPHANIE: THAT
CHOKED YOU UP.
>>ARTHELENE: OH, BOY. AND
THAT IS A KEEPER, AND
SOMEBODY SAVE ME SOME AND I
BELIEVE THE CREW WILL TAKE US
ALL AWAY, I WILL TRY TO MAKE
SOME MORE. ALL RIGHT, I
CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GOOD THAT
IS, OKAY, AND IF YOU WANT
THIS THE INFORMATION IS
COMING UP ON YOUR SCREEN, AND
WE CAN GET THIS OUT TO YOU,
AND ONE FOR YOU, PLEASE HEAR
THE TESTIMONY TODAY, AND I
LOVE THESE TESTIMONIES AND
YOU WILL, ALSO, AND THIS WILL
ENCOURAGE YOU SO STAY WITH
US.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY
OF TODAY'S RECIPE PLEASE SEND
YOUR REQUEST ALONG WITH FIVE
DOLLARS OR MORE TO
HOMEKEEPERS PO BOX 6922 IN
CLEARWATER FLORIDA, 33758.
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>>ARTHELENE:ALL RIGHT, AND MY
GUEST IS JIM MAXIM, HE IS AN
EVANGELIST AND AUTHOR, AND HE
HAS GOT A MINISTRY, AND WHAT
IS YOUR MINISTRY?
>>GUEST: AND MY MINISTRY, IT
IS A MINISTRY OF PRAYER FOR
THE PASTORS. AND WE BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS CALLED US TO HELP
THE PASTORS TO MOBILIZE THE
CHURCH BACK TO PRAYER. AND
PRAYER HAS BECOME, AND THIS
IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
DON'T DO VERY MUCH.
>>ARTHELENE:YOU HAVE GOT THAT
RIGHT, AND YOU REALLY HAVE
THAT RIGHT, AND IN YOUR GOT
AND YOU HAVE GOT AN AMAZING
STORY HERE, AND I JUST WANT
YOU TO TELL US ABOUT ONE OF
EIGHT CHILDREN, AND YOU
REBUILD A BIT, AND PLEASE
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> AND MY MOTHER, ARTHELENE,
AND MY MOTHER WAS ABOUT FIVE
FEET TALL, AND WHEN SHE CAME
BACK TO JESUS CHRIST, SHE
GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST AS A
YOUNG GIRL, AND THEN SHE FELL
AWAY AND MARRIED MY FATHER IN
COLLEGE, AND WE HAD EIGHT KIDS
AND MY FATHER WAS AN
ALCOHOLIC, FOR AS LONG AS I
COULD REMEMBER AND FIVE BOYS
AND THREE GIRLS, AND THROUGH
ALL OF THE DYSFUNCTION, AND
MY MOTHER GAVE HER LIFE TO
CHRIST, AND ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
FIVE FEET TALL, AND WHEN SHE
WOULD PRAY, IT WOULD BE LIKE
SHE WAS SIX FEET TALL, AND
SHE KNEW HER GOD, AND WHEN
SHE CAME BACK TO CHRIST, AND
THIS DYSFUNCTION WAS SO
REAL, AND SO TERRIBLE AND SHE
NEEDED A SUPERNATURAL
INTERVENTION, SHE NEEDED HER
GOD TO INNOVATE HER HOME. AND
SHE BEGAN TO PRAY.
>>ARTHELENE: I CAN SEE THE
CONNECTIONS, WITH YOUR
MINISTRY.
>>GUEST: AND YES, AND GOD
BROUGHT THIS INSIDE OF ME,
AND I WAS SAVED, IVAN SAVED
ENOUGH FOR A LONG TIME.
>>ARTHELENE:BUT YOUR DAD WAS
A BIG GUY?
>>GUEST: MY FATHER WAS 285
POUNDS.
>>ARTHELENE:WERE YOU AFRAID
OF HIM?
>>GUEST: AND YES, AND WHEN HE
WAS DRUNK HE WAS VERY MEAN,
AND WHEN HE WAS NOT DRUNK HE
WAS WONDERFUL, BUT HE WAS
SUPER, AND HE WOULD BE THE
KIND OF FATHER THAT YOU
WANTED TO HAVE, AND MOST OF
THE TIME, I WOULD BE WITH MY
FATHER BUT HE WAS JOB MOST OF
THE TIME.
>>ARTHELENE:AND YOU FOLLOWED
IN HIS FOOTSTEPS?
>>GUEST: AND YES, I STARTED
HARD-CORE DRUGS WHEN I WAS
15, AND MY MOTHER WAS TRYING
TO RAISE CHILDREN, AND I
WANTED TO DO, AND WHAT
ANYBODY WOULD DO WITH NO
DIRECTION, I STARTED
HARD-CORE DRUGS WHEN I WAS
15, AND WHEN I WAS 18, I WAS
A FULL BLOWN ALCOHOLIC, AND
5 OF 8 CHILDREN, AND WE ALL
BECAME ALCOHOLICS. AND FOR
ME, IT STARTED VERY EARLY,
AND BY THE TIME I WAS 18, I
COULD NOT HAVE ONE DRINK, AND
THE ALCOHOL POSSESSED ME, AND
ALONG WITH THE NARCOTICS, AND
PRIMARILY ALCOHOL. AND ONE
NIGHT, I WAS AT A CHRISTMAS
PARTY, AND I WOULD SHINE THE
SHOES AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.
>>ARTHELENE:AND YOU THOUGHT
THAT WAS A REAL POSITION?
>>GUEST:
AND YES, AND YES AS A YOUNG
KID, OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND
I HAD GONE INTO THE MARINES,
AND I WAS WAITING TO GO, IT
WAS 1971, AND VIETNAM WAS
STILL GOING ON, AND MY
BROTHER HAD COME BACK FROM
VIETNAM, AND I THOUGHT, I
WOULD DO THE SAME THING. I
WENT INTO THE MARINES, AND
WHILE I WAS AT THE EMPLOYEE
CHRISTMAS PARTY, I BECAME SO
DRUNK, I COULD NOT DRIVE MY
CAR. AND MY BUDDY DROVE ME
HOME, AND THEY DROVE THEIR
CARS, AND THEY GAVE ME THE
KEYS, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY
WOULD SEE ME IN THE MORNING, AND
THEY WOULD SEE ME IN THE
MORNING, AND THEN I WAITED
I HID, AND YOU SEE, WHEN YOU
ARE ALCOHOLIC, YOU DON'T
DRINK TO DRINK, AND YOU
DRINK, AND THERE IS A LARGE
HOLE OF THE INSIDE OF YOU,
AND THE DEMONS INSIDE OF ME,
WERE CRYING OUT FOR MORE AND
MORE AND MORE. AND SO, AND
WHEN THEY LEFT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU ARE
COMPLETELY JOB BUT THAT WAS
NOT ENOUGH?
>>GUEST: AS LONG AS I COULD
BREATHE AND TALK I COULD
DRINK.
AND I WENT OUT FOR SOME OR,
ABOUT 1:30 AM IN THE MORNING,
AND 1 AM, AND I WENT OUT FOR
SOME MORE, AND I WENT BACK UP
TO THE BAR, TO SEE MY
BUDDIES, AND NOBODY WAS
AROUND, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE,
I CAME UP TO THE RED LIGHT,
AND THEN I LEANED OVER TO
CHANGE THE EIGHT TRACK TAPE
PLAYER, DO YOU REMEMBER? AND
WHEN I REACHED OVER, AND ONE
OF THEM FELL ONTO THE FLOOR,
AND THEN I WAS GONNA PICK IT
UP, I PASSED OUT, AND THEN I
CAME TO, AND THE LIGHT TURNED
GREEN, AND I CAN JUST
REMEMBER, I SET UP FOR A
SECOND, AND A CAR WAS HEADING
TOWARDS ME AND I PASSED OUT
AGAIN, AND THEY SAID MY
VEHICLE HAD HIT THE TELEPHONE
POLE, AND I WENT THROUGH THE
PASSENGER SIDE OF THE
WINDSHIELD, AND THEN I HIT
THE DASHBOARD, AND THEN MY
JOB ON WAS COMPOUND FRACTURE,
AND THEN I WENT THROUGH THE
GLASS, AND THEN I HIT THE
WINDSHIELD.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THAT WAS A
ONE CAR ACCIDENT?
>>GUEST: I DID NOT HIT
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. AND WHEN
I HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE, AND
I WENT THROUGH THE GLASS, AND
THAT STOPPED ME WHEN I HIT
THE GLASS, AND MY HEAD WAS
OUTSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD,
AND I WAS BEING DRAGGED BACK
DOWN ACROSS THE GLASS, AND MY
FACE WAS SHREDDED LIKE A MEAT
GRINDER. AND MY CAR WAS
UPSIDE DOWN ON THE
EMBANKMENT, AND I WAS ON THE
FLOOR, AND I WAS BLEEDING
PROFUSELY AND THEY SAID
LATER, AND THEY SAID, THE
POLICE SAID, AND WHEN
THEY PUT THEIR FOOT IN THE
CAR, I HAD LOST SO MUCH
BLOOD, AND THE BLOOD CAME
OVER THE TOP OF MY SHOES, AND
THEY PULLED ME OUT OF THE
CAR, I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL,
AND WHEN THEY GOT ME OUT OF
THE AMBULANCE, AND THEY SAID,
I DON'T REMEMBER THAT THEY
SAID THIS LATER, AND THEY
SAID, FORGET IT, HE IS DEAD.
AND I SAID, I AM STILL HERE.
>>ARTHELENE:THAT MUST'VE
SCARED THEM HALF TO DEATH?
>>GUEST: I'M SURE IT DID. AND
THEY RUSHED ME IN THERE TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND THEY
COULD NOT FIND A DOCTOR AT 2
AM, AND THEY GOT AN INTERN,
TO HELP ME, AND THEY TOLD ME,
THAT ALL THEY COULD DO, WAS
BASICALLY PULLED THE GLASS
OUT OF MY FACE AND MY EYES.
AND THEY CALLED MY MOTHER,
AND MY SISTER HAD ANSWERED
THE PHONE, SHE HAD COME IN
FROM A DATE, AND THEY SAID,
AND THEY TOLD THEM I HAD BEEN
IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THEY
NEEDED TO COME TO THE
HOSPITAL AND THEY SAID CAN
THEY GO IN THE MORNING? AND
THIS WAS NOTHING NEW FOR HER.
>>ARTHELENE:SHE HAD
THOSE PHONE CALLS
LIKE THAT BEFORE?
>>GUEST: THE NURSE SAID THEY
MUST COME NOW, AND SHE CAME
DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL AS FAST
AS SHE COULD AND SHE SAID AND
WHEN SHE CAME INTO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, AND ALL THEY
WERE DOING, WAS SEWING ME UP
AS FAST AS THEY COULD, AND
THEY HAD PULLED THE GLASS OUT
OF MY FACE, AND MY EYES, AND
THEY PUT OVER 300 STITCHES IN
MY FACE. I HAD FALLEN INTO A
COMA AT THAT POINT, AND THEY
SAID, AND THEY SAID I WAS IN
A COMA, AND THEY SAID THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO,
AND THEY SAID YOU COULD GO
BACK, AND COME BACK IN THE
MORNING AND SHE DID. AND SHE
SAID, AND WHEN SHE GOT INTO
THE CAR, AND THE ENEMY OF HER
SOUL, SATAN, AND HE WAS
RELENTLESS. AND THEY SAID NOW
WHERE IS GOD NOW? AND IT IS
ALL POWERFUL JESUS CHRIST,
AND ARE THE GOD THAT YOU PRAY
TO, THE GOD YOU WORSHIP, AND
YOU TALK ABOUT HIM TO YOUR
FRIENDS, AND YOU TELL ABOUT
THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND IF
HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND
LOVING, AND WHY DOES THIS
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND
TO YOUR FAMILY? AND SHE SAID,
AND WHEN SHE HAD GOTTEN HOME,
SHE FELL DOWN ON HER KNEES
NEXT TO THE BED, SHE BEGAN TO
CRY TO GOD, LIKE SHE HAD DONE
SO MANY TIMES, AS SHE WAS
CRYING, AND SHE SAID JESUS,
DON'T LET HIM BE BLIND, AND
THEY SAID, AND THERE WAS SO
MUCH GLASS IN MY FACE, THEY
DID NOT KNOW IF I COULD SEE
AGAIN, AND THEY SAID THE CUTS
WERE SO DEEP, AND THEY
THOUGHT THE POSSIBILITY OF
BRAIN DAMAGE WAS VERY REAL,
AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. SHE
WANTED TO TELL US ABOUT
CHRIST, BUT THERE WAS NO
HUSBAND, LIKE IT SHOULD BE,
YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD FOR
HER.
>>ARTHELENE:AND YOU HAD QUITE
AND ENCOUNTERED IN THE COMA?
>>GUEST: AND YES I DID, AND
WHAT HAPPENED, AS MY MOTHER
WAS PRAYING FOR ME, AND
CRYING OUT TO GOD, AND SHE
SAID, JESUS PLEASE TOUCH HIM
AND DO NOT LET MY SON BE
BLIND, AND WHEN WILL THIS
EVER END? AND SHE WAS CRYING
OUT TO GOD, AND SHE DID NOT
KNOW AS I WAS IN THE COMA, I
WAS FALLING THROUGH THE
DARKNESS, AND IT WAS AS REAL
AS THIS CONVERSATION NOW. AND
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I HAD
NEVER READ THE BIBLE, I HAVE
NEVER BEEN TO A CHRISTIAN
CHURCH AS WE KNOW IT, AND MY
CONCEPT OF WICKEDNESS AND
DEMONS, AND POWERFUL FORCES
IN THE HEAVENLY REALM, I HAD
NO CONCEPT, I WOULD HAVE
LAUGHED AT THAT BEFORE. AND
NOW IT WAS NOT SO FUNNY, AS I
WAS FALLING THROUGH THE
DARKNESS, I PUT ON MY ARMS,
TO TRY TO STOP THE FALLING,
AND MAYBE I COULD STOP THE
FALLING, BUT THERE WAS
NOTHING TO GRAB ONTO, AND
THERE WAS A DARK ROOM, AND I
HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS, AND
WHEN I LOOKED OVER AND THEN I
SAW SOME CREATURES ARE
STANDING THERE, I HAD NEVER
SEEN DEMONS BEFORE, I HAD NO
CONCEPT OF SATAN FOR HIS
POWER OVER INDIVIDUALS, AND
THEY WOULD BE OPENED UP TO
HELL. AND THEY BELONGED
THERE, AND I HAD OPENED MY
LIFE TO THEM, WILLINGLY. I
LEARNED MANY YEARS LATER, AND
THOSE WITH THE DEMONS THAT
WERE INSIDE OF ME AND THEY
HAD A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY,
AND THEY HAD A RIGHT TO DO
WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THEM, I
UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS NOTHING
PHYSICAL THAT I COULD FIGHT
THROUGH.
>>ARTHELENE:AND WAS THERE
JUST RAW TERROR LIKE THAT?
>>GUEST: AND THAT'S A GREAT
DESCRIPTION, I HAVE NEVER
HEARD IT LIKE THAT, AND IT
WAS A KNOWLEDGE, AND THOSE
THINGS, AND THEY WERE GOING
TO BE DOING SOMETHING TO ME
THAT I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING
ABOUT, I WAS COMPLETELY
HOPELESS, THIS WAS A PLACE
THAT WAS NOT MADE FOR
MANKIND, AND THIS WAS A PLACE
THAT GOD NEVER WANTED PEOPLE
TO GO. I CHOSE THIS TYPE OF
LIFESTYLE. AND SO, AND WHEN I
LOOKED AT THE DEMONS, AND MY
MOTHER WAS HOME AND PRAYING
FOR ME, AND THEN, AND JESUS
CAME TO ME, I SAW HIM, BUT I
CANNOT DESCRIBE HIM, I CANNOT
TELL YOU, IT WAS SPIRITUAL,
AND THE ESSENCE OF WHAT HE
SAID, AND WHAT HE SAID, I'M
NOT GOING TO EXAGGERATED, HE
SAID JIM, YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING
AROUND LONG ENOUGH, DO YOU
WANT TO CONTINUE? I TOLD HIM
I DO NOT, I SAID WHAT DO I
DO? I HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF
JAIL, AND I THOUGHT, IF I
COULD GET OUT OF ONE JAM, I
WOULD GO STRAIGHT, BUT I SAID
JESUS, I DO NEED HELP AND
WHAT DO I DO? AND YOU WOULD
THINK, ARTHELENE, THAT THEY
GOD THAT THE WORLD SAYS
MAYBE, AND WHY SHOULD I HELP
YOU NOW? AND WHY SHOULD I
CARE ABOUT YOU? YOU HAVE BEEN
A SCREWUP ALL OF YOUR LIFE,
AND YOU HAVE MOCKED ME, AND
YOU HAVE LAUGHED AT ME, AND
WHY SHOULD I HOPE YOU NOW,
WHEN YOU NEED TO BE THE MOST?
AND ARTHELENE, IT WAS THE
OPPOSITE OF THAT, AND IT WAS
THE OPPOSITE, IT WAS LIKE IT
WAS A LIQUID LOVE THAT WAS
OVERPOWERING ME, AND THE
MATTER WHAT I HAD DONE IT DID
NOT MATTER TO HIM, AND AS A
WAY HE WAS LOOKING, HE WAS
SAYING JIM, I LOVE YOU AND I
WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, AND HE
SIMPLY SAID, JIM, YOU HAVE BEEN
LAYING AROUND ALONG TIME, LONG
ENOUGH, DO YOU WANT TO DO
THIS ANYMORE? AND HE SAID,
IF YOU ASK ME TO CLEANSE YOU,
AND IF YOU ASK ME TO COME
INTO YOUR LIFE, I WILL AND I
WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, I WILL
GIVE YOU THE POWER TO
OVERCOME THE DRUGS AND THE
ALCOHOL, AND I WILL BE YOUR
FRIEND.
>>ARTHELENE:AND THIS IS JUST,
AND WE HAVE THE WEBSITE ON
THE SCREEN, I WANT YOU TO GET
THE BOOK, AND THE STORY, WE
NEED MORE TIME THAN WE DO
HAVE, AND THE INTERESTING
THING IS, AND THAT WAS KIND
OF A FINISHED WORK, AND YOU
ARE IN ANOTHER SITUATION,
AND YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
DRINKING AND YOU HAD THE
POWER, AND YOU HAD THE POWER
TO SAY NO, AND THAT WOULD BE
HUGE, AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD
TO YOUR MINISTRY, AND YOU
CAN, AND WHATEVER IS NOT IN
THE BOOK, AND YOU ARE IN THE
PRISONS NOW? AND YOU HAD BEEN
WORKING WITH CHUCK COLSON
WHEN HE WAS ALIVE? AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF PRODIGAL SONS
AND DAUGHTERS IN THE PRISONS?
AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE HAVE
FAMILY MEMBERS PRAYING.
>>GUEST: I WAS IN A PRISON, I
DON'T KNOW HOW THE MAN HAD
BEEN THERE, BUT A LONG TIME,
AND HE SAID, I KNEW THAT
PEOPLE WERE PRAYING FOR ME
WHEN I WAS OUT DOING MY
THING, AND IF I HAD LISTENED,
I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY AND
WHEN I GO TO MY PRISONS, AND
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE STORY
THAT JESUS LOVES YOU AND THE
MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE GONE
AND WHAT OF WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE AND YOU CANNOT OUT RUN
THE LOVE OF GOD AND YOU
CANNOT GO SO FAR THAT GOD
WILL NOT REACH YOU, AND THE
MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
IF THE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING
AND MAYBE SOMEBODY IS BOUND
UP WITH ADDICTIONS, AND IF THEY
HAVE GOT AN ADDICTION OF ANY
KIND, AND IF YOU, ARE BOUND,
AND IF YOU ARE BOUND,AND IF
YOU WILL SAVE FATHER IN THE
NAME OF JESUS HELP ME, AND
LORD GOD COME INTO MY LIFE
AND JESUS CHRIST PLEASE
FRIENDS ME AND FORGIVE ME AND
I CANNOT DO THIS AND TAKE
THIS FROM ME PLEASE JESUS
FORGIVE ME. AND JESUS CHRIST
WILL WASH YOU IN HIS BLOOD
AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU,
AND HE WILL WALK WITH YOU ALL
OF THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE AND
NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE,
AND ABOUT HOW FAR
YOU HAVE GONE.
>>ARTHELENE: AND WE DO HAVE
THE MAIL FROM THE PRISONERS,
AND WE HAVE GOT MAYBE ONE
MINUTE LEFT, AND I WANT TO
SAY, THAT GOD HAS TAKEN THIS
BROKERED PEACE OF HUMANITY,
RIGHT HERE, AND YOU WILL
WORKING FOR THE LORD NOW, AND
YOU HAVE A MINISTRY, AND YOU
JUST GOT BACK, AND YOU ARE
HAVING A MARRIAGE SEMINARS
FOR THE PASTORS IN CUBA I
WISH WE COULD TALK ABOUT
THAT, BUT YOU CAN FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT HIS MINISTRY FROM
HIS WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN,
AND THE MAIN STORY HERE, IS
THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS WHO ARE
PRAYING AND THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF PARTICLES AND WE
KNOW AND BY THE WORD OF GOD,
AND ACCORDING TO HIS WORD HE
WILL BE THE FATHER THAT IS
WAITING FOR THE PRODIGAL TO
COME HOME. I HOPE YOU WILL
TAKE THIS GREAT TESTIMONY AND
TAKE IT TO HEART, AND REALIZE
THE POWER THERE IS IN
FOLLOWING THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND WE ARE OUT OF
TIME AND REMEMBER YOU CAN
JOIN ME NEXT TIME, AND
REMEMBER THERE IS NO HIGHER
CALLING THAN THAT OF A HOME
KEEPER, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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