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THE GOOD LIFE 05299
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PROVIDED BY
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OF THE CHRISTIAN
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IN CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA.
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>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO
ANOTHER GOOD LIFE
PROGRAM.
>> THAT IS RIGHT,
AMEN, HONEY.
>> YOU KNOW OUR
GUEST.
>> HE IS TALLER THAN
WE ARE.
>> HE IS TALLER THAN
TWO OF US. AND WE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT
HIM.
>> HE IS A FORMER
NBA, BASKETBALL
PLAYER.
>> YOU WILL THINK HE
IS WALKING ON STILTS
BUT HE IS NOT. HE IS
NOT. I DON'T KNOW IF
HE COULD BE HERE OR
THERE, AND WE WILL DO
OUR BEST, AND WE ARE
SO EXCITED TO HAVE
BILLY THOMPSON WITH
US. JESUS PEOPLE
PROCLAIM INTERNATIONAL
THAT IS HIS
CHURCH. THIS IS HIS
CHURCH THAT HE
PASTORS, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO BE HEARING A
LOT, WERE GOING TO
BE HEARING A LOT
ABOUT JESUS, THIS IS
WHAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN. AND
WE HAVE GOT TONY WITH
US, WAS GOING TO BE
SINGING, AND WE ARE
GOING BE HAVING A
GOOD TIME. AND YOU
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT
AND SIT BACK, AND YOU
CAN ALLOW THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO SPEAK TO
YOUR LIFE TODAY. WE
LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS
YOU AND HERE IS TONY,
AND THIS IS CALLED,
"NO OTHER NAME."
>> ♪
♪ >>PRAISE THE NAME, ♪
♪ AND PRAISE THE NAME ♪
♪ ABOVE ALL NAMES, AND ♪
♪ HE IS THE ONE WHO ♪
♪ REIGNS FOREVER, AND ♪
♪ HE IS STILL THE SAME, ♪
♪ AND PRAISE THE NAME. ♪
♪ AND JESUS, AND THE ♪
♪ NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, ♪
♪ AND HE IS THE ONE WHO ♪
♪ REIGNS FOREVER, AND ♪
♪ HE IS STILL THE SAME ♪
♪ AND WE WILL PRAISE ♪
♪ THE NAME. AND THERE ♪
♪ IS NO OTHER NAME AND ♪
♪ THERE IS NO OTHER ♪
♪ NAME THAT IS HIGHER, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME IS ♪
♪ STRONGER, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, AND ♪
♪ FOREVER, I WILL ♪
♪ PRAISE I WILL PRAISE ♪
♪ THE NAME. AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME CAN HEAL ♪
♪ US, AND NO OTHER NAME ♪
♪ CAN FREE US, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME AND IT IS ♪
♪ SO PRECIOUS, AND WE ♪
♪ WANT TO PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. ♪
♪ WE WILL WORSHIP HIM. ♪
♪ AND WE WILL WORSHIP ♪
♪ YOU AND ADORE YOU, ♪
♪ YES, AND YES. OH, ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ AND WE PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. AND WE PRAISE ♪
♪ THE NAME, AND WE ♪
♪ PRAISE THE NAME, AND ♪
♪ WE PRAISE THE NAME ♪
♪ AND THE ONE WHO ♪
♪ REIGNS FOREVER, AND ♪
♪ HE IS STILL THE SAME ♪
♪ AND WE WILL PRAISE ♪
♪ AND WE WILL PRAISE ♪
♪ THE NAME, AND THE ♪
♪ NAME OF JESUS, AND ♪
♪ THE NAME ABOVE ALL ♪
♪ NAMES, AND HE IS THE ♪
♪ ONE WHO REIGNS ♪
♪ FOREVER, AND HE IS ♪
♪ STILL THE SAME, AND ♪
♪ WE WILL PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. AND NO OTHER ♪
♪ NAME, THAT IS HIGHER, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME, ♪
♪ THAT WOULD BE ♪
♪ STRONGER, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, AND ♪
♪ FOREVER, AND I WILL ♪
♪ PRAISE THE NAME. AND ♪
♪ A LOT OF THE NAME, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME CAN ♪
♪ HEAL US, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME CAN FREE ♪
♪ US, NO OTHER NAME AND ♪
♪ IT IS SO PRECIOUS AND ♪
♪ LET'S PRAISE, AND ♪
♪ LET'S PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. AND WE CAN ♪
♪ PRAISE THE NAME. OH, ♪
♪ AND WE BLESS YOUR ♪
♪ NAME, YEAH. THE NAME ♪
♪ OF JESUS. AND WE ♪
♪ WORSHIP HIS NAME. ♪
♪ AND EVERY NAME. AND ♪
♪ EVERY NAME, AND EVERY ♪
♪ NATION, AND ALL OF ♪
♪ THE CREATION, AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM, AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM YOUR ♪
♪ NAME, AND YES. AND ♪
♪ EVERY, AND EVERY ♪
♪ NATION, AND ALL OF ♪
♪ THE CREATION, AND WE ♪
♪ WILL AND WE WILL ♪
♪ PROCLAIM, AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM YOUR ♪
♪ NAME, AND ALL OF THE ♪
♪ NATIONS WILL SING, ♪
♪ AND EVERY NATION, AND ♪
♪ ALL OF THE CREATION, ♪
♪ AND WE WILL AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM THE ♪
♪ NAME AND THE NAME ♪
♪ ABOVE ALL NAMES, AND ♪
♪ EVERY NATION, AND ♪
♪ EVERYONE WILL ♪
♪ PROCLAIM, AND ALL OF ♪
♪ THE CREATION, AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM AND WE ♪
♪ WILL PROCLAIM YOUR ♪
♪ NAME AND THE NAME ♪
♪ YES, AND THE NAME IS ♪
♪ JESUS OH, YES, AND ♪
♪ THE NAME OF JESUS. ♪
♪ JESUS. AND THERE IS ♪
♪ NO SWEETER NAME, AND ♪
♪ NO, AND WE WORSHIP ♪
♪ HIM. AND YES, AND ♪
♪ WE BLESS HIS NAME, ♪
♪ AND YES, AND JESUS, ♪
♪ AND JESUS, AND THERE ♪
♪ IS NO SWEETER NAME. ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME IS ♪
♪ HIGHER, AND NO OTHER ♪
♪ NAME THAT IS ♪
♪ STRONGER, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, AND ♪
♪ FOREVER I WILL ♪
♪ PROCLAIM, I WILL ♪
♪ PRAISE THE NAME, AND ♪
♪ NO OTHER NAME CAN ♪
♪ HEAL US, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME CAN FREE ♪
♪ US, AND NO OTHER ♪
♪ NAME, AND IT IS SO ♪
♪ PRECIOUS, AND WE ♪
♪ WANT TO PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. NO OTHER NAME, ♪
♪ NO OTHER NAME THAT ♪
♪ IS HIGHER, AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME, THAT ♪
♪ WOULD BE STRONGER, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME, ♪
♪ YEAH, AND FOREVER I ♪
♪ WILL PRAISE, I WILL ♪
♪ PRAISE THE NAME AND ♪
♪ NO OTHER NAME AND NO ♪
♪ OTHER NAME CAN HEAL ♪
♪ US, AND NO ONE ♪
♪ ELSE CAN FREE US, ♪
♪ AND NO OTHER NAME, ♪
♪ AND IT IS SO ♪
♪ PRECIOUS, AND WE ♪
♪ WANT TO PRAISE THE ♪
♪ NAME. YEAH. ♪
>> APPLAUSE.
>> AMEN.
>> AND WHAT A
BLESSING AND THANK
YOU. AND WE
APPRECIATE THAT.
WELL, OUR GUEST
TODAY, AND WE HAVE
GOT MISTER BILLY
THOMPSON AND THIS IS
SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU..
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE
HERE.
>> AND MY HAND GET
LOST IN YOURS.
>> MY HAND IS PRETTY
BIG YES.
>> AND CAN YOU GRAB A
BASKETBALL?
>> YES, I HAVE SOME
OF THE BIGGEST HANDS
IN THE NBA WHEN I WAS
PLAYING AND MY HANDS
A VERY BIG. AND WE
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT BASKETBALL
AND A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE AND REALLY, AND
BEFORE THIS IS OVER,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
HEARING ABOUT JESUS.
>> AMEN.
>> AND WELL, YOU
STARTED OFF, AND YOU
ARE PLAYING FOR
KENTUCKY.
>> I WAS PLAYING FOR
LOUISVILLE. AND YES,
LOUISVILLE, AND THEY
ARE VERY BIGGER
RIVALS, AND THAT
WOULD BE LOUISVILLE
AND KENTUCKY. AND I
BEGAN TO GO TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY. AND I
COULD WIN THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
ON MY SENIOR YEAR, I
WAS BLESSED. AND
PRIOR TO GOING TO
THAT, AND I WAS THE
NUMBER ONE HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL
PLAYER IN AMERICA,
AND I WAS OUT OF NEW
JERSEY.
>> AND YES, A JERSEY
BOY?
>> YES.
>> ME, TOO
>> WE ARE A PART OF,
AND I WAS BORN IN
UNION, AND THEN I
LIVED IN LIVINGSTON.
>> AND YES, AND I
WENT TO PLAY FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE AND THEN I
WAS DRAFTED, BY THE
LA LAKERS. AND WHAT
AN AWESOME
OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS,
AND TO GO TO THE
NUMBER ONE TEAM AND
TO BE ABLE TO PLAY
WITH MAGIC AND KAREEM
AND THE GREAT
PLAYERS, AND I GOT
THERE, AND WE WON
TWO WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GOD
WAS REALLY BLESSING
ME DURING THESE
TIMES.
>> AND WE DO NOT WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE
OTHER PLAYERS, BUT
MAGIC, AND I DON'T
KNOW, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HIS LIFE IS
OR IT WAS, BUT IT
SEEMS TO HAVE
CHANGED. BUT I DON'T
KNOW TO THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, I CAN
SAY THIS, AND WHEN I
WAS WITH THE LAKERS
COME AND WE HAD
ABOUT FIVE THAT WOULD
GO TO CHAPEL, AND
MAGIC DID NOT GO TO
CHAPEL, BUT HE DID
BELIEVE AND HE WOULD
GO TO CHURCH WITH HIS
WIFE, COOKIE. HE
WOULD NOT GO TO
CHAPEL. AND
SOMETIMES KAREEM
WOULD NOT COME, AND
WE HAD THE DIFFERENT
ONES, THE ONE THAT
WAS CALLED SUPERMAN
IF YOU CAN REMEMBER
HIM.
>> I REMEMBER HIM.
>> AND WE HAD THE
GROUP OF GUYS THAT
WOULD GO TO THE
CHAPEL AND THEY DID
LOVE THE LORD. IT
WAS GREAT FOR ME.
>> THAT IS SO
WONDERFUL. AND FROM
THERE, AND THEN YOU
WERE INJURED. AND
THEN, AND THEN YOU
WENT TO THE MIAMI
HEAT?
>> AND YES, THE MIAMI
HEAT. AND I WAS
INJURED IN A PLAYOFF
GAME WITH THE LAKERS,
THE FIRST ONE, I WAS
GOING DOWN, AND A MAN
CAME, AND HE
KNOCKED ME DOWN, AND
THAT IS CALLED A
BREAKAWAY RULE
BECAUSE OF ME, AND
YOU HAVE A CLEAR
SHOT, AND THEN YOU
ARE CUT OFF AND THAT
IS DANGEROUS, AND I
WAS HURT AND MY KNEE
JOINT AND I WAS OUT
FOR THE PLAYOFFS,
AND I TRIED TO COME
BACK AND PLAY AFTER
THAT. BUT I COULD
NOT.
>> AND THAT MUST BE,
AND THAT MUST GET
YOUR, AND THAT MUST
GET INTO YOUR
INSIDES. AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO PLAY.
>> EXACTLY, AND I WAS
GOING TO THE
REHABILITATION FIVE
DAYS PER WEEK, THREE
TIMES PER DAY AND I
WAS NOT WELL. I
WANTED TO PLAY AND I
LOVED THE GAME. BUT
I COULD NOT AND MY
LEG WAS HURTING ME.
I WAS PRAYING AND I
WANTED PEOPLE TO PRAY
FOR ME, AND WE WOULD
PRAY THE PRAYER OF
FAITH, AND WE WILL
PRAY THE PRAYER OF
FAITH WITH OIL, BUT
IT WAS NOT GETTING
ANY BETTER AND I
BEGAN TO GIVE UP ON
GOD. AND
CHRISTIANITY. I CAN
REMEMBER AND
LISTENING TO KAREEM,
AND I WAS SO DOWN,
AND YOU KNOW, AND I
THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD
BE A MUSLIM AND
THINGS WERE NOT
WORKING, AND GOD WAS
NOT HEALING ME AND I
WAS SO DOWN. I WENT
INTO MY CONDO, AND I
HEARD A VOICE AND
SAID SON AND WHATEVER
YOU DO, AND DO NOT
FORGET THE NAME OF
JESUS. AND I BEGAN
TO CRY, I SAID OKAY
AND I'M SORRY. AND
THINGS CAN BE HEAVY
AND YOU WANT TO GIVE
UP BUT GOD IS ALWAYS
THERE, MAN. HE WILL
BE THERE TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT HE IS THE
WAY AND HE IS THE
RIGHT WAY, AND
THROUGH HIS SON
JESUS. I CRIED, I
AM HURT, AND GUESS
WHAT? AND THEN I GOT
A PHONE CALL FROM THE
MIAMI HEAT AND THEY
HAD PICKED ME IN THE
EXPANSION DRAFT OUT
OF ALL OF THE PLAYERS
AND I WAS THE FIRST
ONE THEY PICKED AND I
WAS HURTING AND THAT
WAS GOD. AND GOD WAS
WORKING.
>> AND YOU NEVER GOT
TO PLAY WITH THEM?
>> I WENT TO MIAMI,
AND I GOT WITH A
TRAINER AND NINE GOD
MY KNEE JOINTS
WORKING, AND ALL OF
THE GUYS AND THE
GREAT CHANGES IN LA,
AND THINGS WERE NOT
GETTING BETTER WHEN I
GOT TO MIAMI, AND HE
WAS YOUNG, AND I GOT
JUMPING AND DUNKING,
AND I WAS WORKING SO
HARD AND I WOULD GET
UP THERE, MAN. I
PLAYED FOR THREE
YEARS. AND THAT WAS
MY LAST YEAR OF THE
CONTRACT AND WHEN I
GOT TO MIAMI. AND
THEY RENEW MY
CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER
COUPLE OF YEARS, AND
GOD CALLED ME OUT OF
THAT.
>> AND YOU HAVE
PLAYED, AND YOU
PLAYED WITH ALL OF
THE BIG ONES.
>> MICHAEL JORDAN.
ISAIAH THOMAS LARRY
BIRD. AND I WENT TO
SOME OF THE ALL-STAR
GAMES, AND I WAS
INVITED TO PLAY, AND
I PLAYED WITH MAGIC,
AND PAT RILEY WAS MY
COACH, AND HE IS
WITH THE HEAT AND
DOING A GREAT JOB.
>> AND THAT WAS 1996,
AND I WAS IN
ATLANTA, AND WE HAVE
THE OLYMPICS. AND I
GOT TO WATCH THE
DREAM TEAM AND THAT
WAS SO WONDERFUL.
>> IT WAS AWESOME AND
AS WE KNOW, AND WE
WERE GETTING BEAT,
AND CHINA AND RUSSIA,
AND THEY WERE BEATING
ON THIS, AND WE GOT
TIRED. AND WE SAID
IN THE CALVARY.
>> THE BIG GUNS.
>> EVERYTHING
CHANGED.
>> AND LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
LIFE AND HOW AND HOW
YOU CAME TO THE LORD.
AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE
GROWING UP.
>> AND
YES, I GREW UP
IN A HOME THAT WAS
EPISCOPALIAN AND WE
WOULD GO TO CHURCH
EVERY SUNDAY AND THAT
WAS PRETTY MUCH THE
EXTENT OF IT AND
SUNDAY AND THAT WOULD
BE AT HAND THERE WAS
NOT A LOT OF BIBLE
READING AT HOME,
THEY DID BELIEVE IN
GOD AND THEY WERE
BELIEVERS AND WHEN I
WENT TO LOUISVILLE I
GAVE MY LIFE AND MY
JUNIOR YEAR OF THAT
SUMMER, AND FROM
THAT NIGHT ONWARD,
AND WHEN I GAVE MY
LIFE, AND THE LORD
TOLD ME IF I WAS
GOING TO BE GETTING
WILD, I WOULD DIE,
AND I WAS LIKE WHAT?
AND I HAD A VISION,
AND I SAW MYSELF
LYING ON THE FLOOR,
IN MY DORMITORY. AND
THAT WAS ME ON THE
FLOOR AND I WAS BED.
AND THE AMBULANCE
CAME UP AND THEY PUT
ME UP TO THE
STRETCHER, AND THEY
TOOK ME OUT AND THEY
TOOK ME TO THE
AMBULANCE, AND THE
NEXT THING I SAW, WAS
A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE,
THE ALL-AMERICAN
PLAYER WAS DEAD. AND
HE SHOWED ME MY
YOUNGER BROTHERS,
AND HOW THEY FELT,
THE TWO OF THEM, AND
THEN I SAID LORD, AND
I KNOW YOU ARE REAL
AND I KNOW I SHOULD
NOT LIVE LIKE THIS
AND THAT WOULD GIVE
YOU MY LIFE, AND I
PROMISED TO STUDY AND
PLAY BALL, AND TAKE
YOUR LOVE TO THE
WORLD.
>> AND YOU DID THAT,
AND BY YOURSELF ON
YOUR KNEES, AND ALONE
WITH GOD?
>> HE GAVE YOU A
VISION?
>> AND YES, THE
VISION.
>> AND BOY, THAT IS
THE AMAZING GRACE OF
GOD.
>> IT WAS, THIS IS
HOW GOD IS AND HE
WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
AND WE DON'T KNOW,
AND EVEN WHEN WE
DON'T THINK HE IS
THERE, HE IS THERE.
I HAVE LEARNED SO
MUCH MORE ABOUT GOD
AND ABOUT HIS GRACE
AND MERCY. IT WAS
JUST SOMETHING, THAT
GOD WILL NOT LET YOU
GO, HE WILL ALWAYS
BE THERE AND REACH
OUT TO YOU, AND
MAYBE HE MIGHT SHOW
YOU A VISION THAT YOU
GO THROUGH THINGS,
HE WILL GET YOUR
ATTENTION, YOU KNOW?
HE DOES NOT DO THAT
WITH EVERYBODY, AND
NOT WITH EVERYONE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY
FIND THE LORD, AND
THEY KEEP DOING WHAT
GOD WANTS THEM TO DO,
AND THAT WOULD BE SO
GREAT TO HONOR GOD
IN THAT WAY. BUT SOME
PEOPLE THEY DO NEED A
SHAKING ALONG THE
WAY.
>> AND I THINK I DO,
ALSO. WELL, AND YOU
WENT DOWN TO MIAMI,
AND YOU ARE PLAYING
BASKETBALL THERE.
AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE,
AND IN THE CHAPEL AND
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> YES, I WOULD GO TO
THE CHAPEL SERVICES
AS A PLAYER AND NOW I
DIRECT THE CHAPEL AS
A PASTOR AND I AM ONE
OF THEIR THREE
PASTORS. AND WE HAVE
THE TIME BEFORE THE
GAME, AND WE WILL
MEET IN A ROOM AND WE
COULD BE THERE FOR 20
MINUTES, AND THEY
CAN COME IN, AND WE
CAN SHARE FROM THE
WORD, AND MAYBE WE
WOULD JUST HEAR WHAT
THEY HAVE TO SAY AND
TALKING ABOUT, AND
WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THEIR LIVES. AS I
LEAVE THE CHAPEL THIS
IS WHAT I DO. AND
THIS IS OPEN TO ALL
OF THE PLAYERS. WE
GET TO GO INTO THE
LOCKER ROOMS AND TALK
TO THE PLAYERS AND
BEFORE THE CHAPEL,
AND WE GO TO THE
COURT AND WE TALK TO
THEM AND TO BE
PRESENT WITH THEM,
AND TO HAVE THAT
PRESENCE FOR THE GUYS
AND THEY WANT TO BE A
PART OF THIS AND THEY
WANT TO PRAY. AND
THEY WANT GOD TO
BLESS THEM AND
PREPARE THEM. AND I
DID THAT IN LA, MAN,
AND WHEN I GOT THERE,
AND I WENT INTO THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND I HAD
GROWN UP EPISCOPALIAN
AND WE DID NOT KNOW
ABOUT THAT. AND I
WAS FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND
THINGS JUST CHANGED,
WE WOULD GO AROUND
LOS ANGELES AND AS
WE WERE NOT
PRACTICING, AND MAYBE
MEETING AND WE WILL
PRAY FOR PEOPLE, AND
WE WOULD BE WITH THE
PEOPLE. AND WE WOULD
GO TO MY POOL, AND BE
WITH BAPTIZE THEM IN
THE WATER, MAN.
>> AND GOD WOULD GIVE
YOU A WORD AND TELL
ME ABOUT THAT.
>> AND WE MIGHT BE
SITTING HERE, AND WE
WOULD BE AT A
RESTAURANT AND GOD
WOULD BEGIN TO SPEAK
TO ME AND TELL ME
WHAT TO SAY MAYBE TO
A COUPLE AND THEN I
THOUGHT MAYBE OLD
KNOW, MAN, I CANNOT
DO IT, AND BECAUSE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD
WAS TELLING ME THAT I
SHOULD GO. AND I
WOULD SAY EXCUSE ME,
AND I WAS SITTING
OVER HERE, AND I AM
BILLY THOMPSON AND I
PLAY FOR THE LAKERS,
AND THAT WOULD OPEN
THE DOOR. AND THEN I
WOULD SAY WHAT GOD
HAD SHOWED ME ABOUT
MAYBE A KID OR A JOB
AND WHATEVER IT WAS.
IT WAS GREAT TO
RECEIVE THEIR
RESPONSE, AND IT
WOULD BE THE WORD OF
GOD AND MAYBE DAVID B
CRYING AND SAYING IT
WOULD BE TRUE AND
THEY BUT THEY ME FOR
THE ENCOURAGEMENT.
IT WOULD HAPPEN SO
MUCH, AND WE WOULD
JUST BE LED BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT, THIS IS
HOW WE SHOULD BE.
>> YOU WERE AN
EVANGELIST?
>> YES, I MEAN, AND
I WAS DOING THE WORK
OF AN EVANGELIST.
AND I HAD THE CALLING
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
EVANGELIST IN THE
FIVEFOLD MINISTRY.
WE ARE ALL CALLED TO
DO THIS AND THIS IS
TO TEACH AND TO TRAIN
EVERY BODY ON HOW TO
DO THIS AND HOW TO
THINK LIKE AN APOSTLE
AND HELLO TO BE BOLD
AND PROPHESY, AND TO
EVANGELIZE OUT IN
PUBLIC AND TO SHARE
YOUR FAITH LIKE THEY
DID AND TO BE ABLE TO
TEACH OTHERS, AND
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
TAUGHT. WE ARE ALL
CALLED TO GO AND WIN
SOULS. AND THE ANGEL
TOLD DANIEL, AND I
BELIEVE IN DANIEL 12,
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE
WHO ARE WISE WILL WIN
SOULS, AND THIS IS
NOT JUST FOR THE
PREACHERS BUT THIS IS
FOR ALL OF US, MAN.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO
TESTIFY AND TALK
ABOUT OUR FAITH AND
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
GOD HAS DONE.
>> AND DID YOU EVER,
THE TIME, SO, THIS IS
WHY GOD HAS GIVEN ME
THESE GIFTS AND HE IS
GIVEN ME THIS TALENT
SO I COULD GO, AND
I'VE GOT A PLATFORM
AND YOU CERTAINLY DO
AND THE PEOPLE WILL
LISTEN TO YOU AND THE
YOUNG MEN, AND THEY
WILL LISTEN TO
ANYBODY ELSE. AND
DID YOU EVER COME TO
THAT REALIZATION, AND
YOU WANTED TO BE
FAITHFUL, AND GOD
HAS GIVEN YOU ALL OF
THE TALENT YOU HAVE
>> YES, AND I WOULD
DO ALL OF THIS, AND
I NEVER REALLY LOOKED
AT IT LIKE I HAD A
PLATFORM EARLY ON,
SINCE I AM MARRIED
AND I AM FOCUSING ON
MY MINISTRY. AND
MY WIFE REMINDS ME,
AND YOU KNOW, AND WE
HAVE GOT THE PLATFORM
AND KEEP USING IT,
AND THIS IS A TOOL
THAT ENABLES ME TO
WITNESS FOR THE
GOSPEL, SO GOD CAN
GET THE GLORY AND
PEOPLE CAN COME TO
CHRIST.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT IS
ALL ABOUT.
>> WE WILL BE TAKING
A BREAK AND AS WE
COME BACK, WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING
TO BILLY, AND WE
WOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT HOW GOD IS
USING HIM AND GOD IS
USING HIM IMMENSELY
AND IN SO MANY
FACETS, AND WERE
GOING TO BE TAKING A
BREAK, AND TONY IS
GOING TO BE SINGING.
AND WE WILL BE BACK.
>> ♪
>>
YOU COULD REACH
PASTOR BILLY THOMPSON
AND YOU CAN CALL THE
MINISTRY YOU SEE, ON
YOUR SCREEN, AND YOU
CAN CALL THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN, OR YOU
CAN REACH HIM AT THE
E-MAIL ADDRESS YOU
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT
MORE ONLINE AT THE
E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND
ALSO WEBSITE YOU SEE
ON YOUR SCREEN, AND
BY GOING TO
FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE
>> THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK,
THIS IS ALL ABOUT
PROCLAIMING THE
GOSPEL.
>> ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
>> IT IS ABOUT
CONNECTING YOU WITH
YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
>> IT IS ABOUT FAMILY
AND EVERYTHING THAT
WILL AFFECT YOUR
HOME.
>> CTN IS ABOUT
KEEPING YOU
PHYSICALLY FIT.
>> SPIRIT SOUL AND
BODY.
>> CTN WANTS TO BRING
YOU EXCITING GUESTS.
>> WHO ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THE
KINGDOM.
>> AT CTN AND WE ARE
ABOUT BEING HERE FOR
YOU ANY TIME DAY OR
NIGHT.
>> ♪
>>♪
>>. . . .
AND WE HAVE GOT A
BILLY THOMPSON WITH
US, AND WHAT A JOY
THIS HAS BEEN AND WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT
BASKETBALL, AND MORE
THAN THAT AND TALKING
ABOUT JESUS. AND
BILLY, WE WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT THE MIAMI
HEAT, AND WHERE ARE
THEY GOING?
>> DO YOU LIKE THE
MIAMI HEAT?
>> I DON'T WANT THE
HEAT. AND WE LOVE
THE MIAMI HEAT. AND
TELL US, AND TELL US
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK
AND WHERE THEY ARE
GOING AND WHO ARE
SOME OF THE PLAYERS
TO WATCH?
>> THEY ARE GOING TO
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP,
AND THEY HAVE GOT
THE ABILITY AND THE
TALENT, AND IF THEY
WOULD BE HUMBLE. AND
SOME GAMES, AND THE
GUYS WERE WAITING,
AND THEY DID NOT MAKE
IT BACK, AND I PRAY
THAT THEY WILL CATCH
IT AND REALIZE, AND
WE HAVE GOT TWO
STAMPS THE GUYS OUT,
THEN SIT DOWN, AND
GET THE BIG LEAD AND
A SIT DOWN. I WOULD
BE DOING THAT WITH
THE LAKERS. WE DID
NOT TAKE ANYBODY
LIGHTLY. AND THE
MAGIC DID NOT HAVE
YOU TAKE ANYBODY
LIGHTLY. AND WE HAD
TO WORK. AND HE
WANTED TO WORK RIGHT
OR SIT DOWN. AND THIS
IS MATURITY AND THIS
IS UNDERSTANDING,
AND THIS IS A
DIFFERENT GENERATION
AND THEY DO NEED
THIS, AND THEY NEED
THE UNDERSTANDING AND
THE MATURITY. AND WE
HAVE GOT ABOUT FOUR
GUYS THAT WILL COME
TO CHAPEL, JAMES,
ROGER, GREG, AND WE
HAVE GOT ANOTHER ONE,
AND THESE GUYS ARE SO
FAITHFUL TO THE
CHAPEL MEETINGS.
THEY LOVE THE LORD.
>> PRAISE GOD.
>> I AM SURE THAT YOU
HAVE SOME GREAT
MEETINGS.
>> AND YES, AND LIKE
I SAID EARLIER, AND
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
LEADING AND
SOMETIMES, I WOULD
LET THE GUYS SHARE A
GREAT PART OF THE
MEETING. THEY DO
KNOW GOD, AND THIS
IS GOOD FOR THEM TO
SPEAK TO THE OTHER
GUYS. AND MAYBE THE
PLAYERS, AND THESE
ARE IN THE POSITIONS
TO SHARE THEIR FAITH
AND THEY DO A GOOD
JOB. BUT I SEE THE
LEAGUE, AND THE GUYS
ARE COMING FORWARD
AND WITNESSING IN
THEIR TESTIMONIES.
AND THERE IS A PASTOR,
PASTOR MARK JACKSON, AND HE
IS A PASTOR IN LOS ANGELES
AND HE HAS A CHURCH
AND GOD HAS OPENED
THE DOOR FOR HIM TO
DO THIS AND TO HAVE A
WITNESS ON THIS
LEVEL. AND SO, AND
I THINK WE ARE IN A
TIME, AND NOT JUST
THE NBA, BUT IN ALL
OF THE PROFESSIONS
AND GOD HAS A
REMNANT, AND WE ARE
NOT ASHAMED OF OUR
FAITH, AND WE WANT
TO BE BOLD ABOUT OUR
FAITH. YOU.
>> AND THIS IS WHAT I
WANTED TO KNOW IN THE
GREEN ROOM, AND IF
YOU COULD TELL THE
WORLD AND IF YOU
COULD PROCLAIM FROM
THE HOUSE TOPS, AND
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
THE BODY OF CHRIST?
>> AND WE NEED TO BE
BOLD, AND WE SHOULD
BE BOLD IN OUR
WITNESS AND WE OVER
COME, BY THE WORD OF
THE TESTIMONY AND WE
DON'T LOVE OUR LIVES
TO THE DEATH, AND WE
NEED TO MAKE THIS,
LIVE NOW FROM
REVELATIONS 12:11.
WE SHOULD BE BOLD AND
WE SHOULD NOT SHRINK
BACK, AND WE DON'T
WANT TO THINK WERE
GOING TO BE STEPPING
ON ANYBODY'S TOES AS
WE MENTIONED THE NAME
OF JESUS OR OUR
BELIEFS. AND I WAS
WITH SOME JEWISH
PEOPLE AT A MEETING,
AND THEY CAME TO A
CHURCH TO SUPPORT
THEM. AND USUALLY,
IN THE PAST, I WOULD
TALK ABOUT JESUS A
LITTLE BIT BUT I
SAID, AND THE LORD
TOLD ME TO BE ME AND
I SAID I MUST BE ME.
AND I JUST TALKED
ABOUT JESUS AS I
NORMALLY DO. I WAS
SURPRISED, AND THEY
CAME UP AFTERWARDS
AND THEY SAID THEY
ENJOYED MY TALK AND
THEY SAID THAT WAS
VERY INSPIRING. AND
THE LORD TOLD ME SON,
I NEED YOU TO BE
YOURSELF AND LIFT ME
UP, LIKE NEVER
BEFORE. AND SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING
SO MANY OTHER WAYS
AND EVEN IN THE
CHURCH. AND WE ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE
LORD, BUT THE LORD
IS TELLING US THAT WE
SHOULD BE BOLD, AND
OUTSIDE OF SUNDAY
SERVICE, AND EVEN IN
THE WORKPLACE, AND
TO BE A LIGHT.
>> AND YOU KNEW SO
MANY WONDERFUL
PEOPLE,
>> I HAVE KNOWN SO
MANY POWERFUL PEOPLE
OF GOD.
>> AND TALK ABOUT
THESE DIFFERENT
MINISTRIES.
>> AND YES, HE WAS AN
ARCHBISHOP, AND YES,
AND ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS, AND
I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP
FAITH FROM HIM, AND
WE CALL HIM GRANDPA
ME AND MY WIFE
CYNTHIA AND YOU WOULD
BRING FAITH FROM HIM,
AND THEN IT IS A
FAITH IN OPERATION.
AND YOU COULD HEAR
HIS FAITH, BUT YOU
CAN HEAR THE FAITH
TALKING EVEN WHEN HE
WAS NOT. THE POWER
OF GOD WAS AROUND HIM
AND HE WAS A MAN OF
FAITH. HE WAS WITH
THE CHURCH DOWN IN
MIAMI, AND BEFORE I
BEGAN TO START OUR
CHURCH AND BOCA
RATON. AND HE CALLED
ME, AND HE LAID HANDS
UPON ME, AND HE
PROPHESIED MY FUTURE,
HE WAS A PROPHET AND
YOU KNOW, HE WAS, HE
WOULD SAY, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, AND
HE WOULD BEGIN TO
SPEAK IN TONGUES.
AND TO THIS DAY,
THERE ARE TIMES I AM
PRAYING AND
LITERALLY, AND I CAN
FEEL THE PICTURE
COMING BACK TO MY
MIND AND WE HE PRAYED
FOR ME AND I WILL
PRAY IN THAT SAME
POWER. IS THE POWER
OF BREAKTHROUGH AND
IT IS THE MIRACLE,
AND WHEN THOSE TAKE
PLACE.
>> AND YOU ALSO KNEW
A LADY BY THE NAME OF
RUTH.
>> SHE PRAY FOR YOU?
>> AND YES SHE
PROPHESIED FOR ME AND
MY WIFE AND WE WENT
TO HER CHURCH IN
JERUSALEM, AND I
PLAYED OVER THERE IN
JERUSALEM FOR THREE
YEARS AND THAT WAS AN
AWESOME TIME AND TO
BE THERE. AND WE
WERE WINNING, AND WE
HAD A FAVOR AROUND
THE NATION AND I WAS
LEADING THE WAY. AND
I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE
AND ON TV.
AND WE FOUND A
CHURCH, AND IT WAS
CALLED MOUNT ZION,
AND THIS BELONG TO
THE LADY NAMED RUTH.
I SAID AND WE HAVE
GOT TO GO OVER TO A
CHURCH, AND THIS IS
REALLY A FREE SPIRIT,
AND WE LIKE THE HOLY
GHOST, AND LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS. AND WE
ENJOYED IT, AND YOU
KNOW RUTH WOULD BE
PLAYING THE PIANO AND
PLAYING HER SONGS AND
TALKING ABOUT THE
GLORY AND SHE WOULD
WRITE BOOKS.
>> SHE WROTE FIVE
BOOKS.
>> AND WE WOULD BE
SINGING IN THE SPIRIT
AND SHE WOULD BE
LOOKING OVER THE
PIANO, AND SHE WOULD
SAY ABOUT YOU, AND
THEN SHE WOULD BEGIN
TO PROPHESY AND SHE
WOULD STOP AND PRAY
FOR US, ABOUT THE
MINISTRY AND LAYING
HANDS ON US. AND
WITNESSING, AND SHE
TOLD ME WE WOULD BE A
WITNESS FOR THE
GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
AND WE WERE SHARING
THE GLORY OF THE
GLORY OF GOD. AND WE
WERE JUST CARRYING
THIS. AND WE HAD SUCH
A GREAT TIME WITH
HER.
>> AND YOU EVER SEE
HER DANCE? AND SHE
DID NOT WANT TO
DANCE, AND SHE DID
NOT WANT TO DANCE
BEFORE THE LORD, I
READ THAT IN ONE OF
HER BOOKS.
>> AND YOU KNOW MY
WIFE IS OUT OF THE
BOX, AND SOME OF THE
LADIES IN THE
CONGREGATION, AND
THEY WERE LIKE THIS,
AND NO HAIR OR
MAKEUP. AND MY WIFE
DID CHANGE ALL OF
THAT. AND THEY WOULD
COME TO MY HOUSE AND
GET THEIR HAIR DONE,
>> AND YOUR WIFE IS
BEAUTIFUL. AND YOUR
WIFE IS GORGEOUS.
AND SHE LOVES JESUS.
AND SHE HAS SUCH A
WONDERFUL MINISTRY.
>> SHE IS A PROPHET
OF THE LORD. AND
YES, AND CONCERNING
THE NATIONS, AND WHAT
GOD IS DOING AND YOU
COULD GO ONLINE AND
SEE HER MINISTRY.
AND YOU CAN GO TO MY
WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN
GET THE PROPHETIC
WORD.
>> AND DOES THE SIDE
OF THE PROPHECIES?
>> AND YOU CAN CLICK
ON, YOU COULD GO AND
CLICK ON HER NAME,
AND YOU WILL SEE HER
NAME, AND HER
MINISTRY.
>> AND SHE HAS GOT
THE END TIME AND
MANDATED FOR THE ARMY
OF GOD, AND I
BELIEVE I LIKE THIS
WOMAN, AND YOU KNOW,
AND SHE IS A
POWERHOUSE FOR GOD.
>> AND YES, LIKE YOU
ARE AS I WAS
LISTENING TO YOU AND
THIS IS ALL ABOUT
GOD'S BUSINESS, AND
JESUS SAYS I WOULD BE
ABOUT MY FATHER'S
BUSINESS. AND THIS
IS ABOUT HIS
BUSINESS, AND SHE IS
A POWERHOUSE, AND
FOR THE END TIME
ARMORED THAT GOD IS
RAISING UP, AND SHE
HAD A VISION OF ME
BEING A PART OF THE
ARMY AND EVEN NOW
THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND I WAS ON THE LAWN
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
WITH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE. AND THEY
SAID THERE WAS NO
LOVE IN THE CHURCH
AND THEY WANTED THE
LOVE OF GOD AND THEY
WANTED TO BE BOLD AND
FREE TO EXPRESS
JESUS, AND WITNESS.
SHE DOES SEE. AND
YES, AND WE DID GET
RUTH TO DANCE AND
GETTING BACK TO THAT
AND WE GOT HER TO
DANCE IN THE SERVICE.
SHE WOULD SAY--NO.
BUT WE SAID YES, COME ON.
AND SHE DID A
LITTLE AND SHE DID
IT.
>> AND IN HER BOOK,
AND THIS IS IN THE
BOOK AND THE LORD
DEALT WITH HER ABOUT
DANCING, AND SHE
SAID SHE DID NOT
DANCE. AND SHE DID
NOT THINK IT WAS
RIGHT BUT GOD LET HER
KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD
DANCE. AND THE LORD
SAID, I WILL SET THE
PEOPLE FREE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF
JERUSALEM BECAUSE YOU
DANCED BEFORE THE
LORD.
>> I MEAN DAVID
DANCED BEFORE THE
LORD. AND GOD WANTS
US TO BE JUBILANT,
AND TO REALLY
CELEBRATE HIM AND
WHAT HE IS DONE FOR
US AND THE VICTORIES
HE HAS DONE FOR US
AND LIKE DAVID. THIS
IS DEFINITELY A PART
OF GOD.
>> HONEY, AND SHARE
WITH WHAT RUTH SAID
TO YOU?
>> OH, OH.
>> I WAS READING, AND
IN ONE OF THE BOOKS,
AND I THINK MAYBE I
HEARD HER PERSONALLY,
AND WE HAD THIS IN
THE BOOK AND SHE
SAID, AND SHE MUST
DANCE AND MAYBE TWICE
PER DAY OR THREE
TIMES PER DAY.
>> SHE WAS REALLY
FREE.
>> WHERE EVER SHE WAS
CALLED AND SHE SAID,
AND I WENT INTO THE
BATHROOM OF THE
AIRPLANE, AND I COULD
DANCE IN THERE.
AND SHE SAID, IT WAS
NOT BIG, BUT HER FEET
WOULD GO ALL AROUND.
AND SHE SAID SHE
WOULD DANCE. AND I
SAID, THE NEXT TIME I
GOT ON AN AIRPLANE
AND I SAID, I DON'T
KNOW IF I CAN DO
THAT. I GOD IN THEIR
KIND CERTAINLY AND
YOU CAN DANCE AND YOU
CAN GET INTO THE
PRESENCE OF GOD.
>> AND YOU CAN DO
THAT MANY TIMES, AND
ALSO BEING IN ISRAEL,
I WOULD BE FLYING
OVER. AND YOU COULD
SEE THE JEWISH PEOPLE
GET UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FLIGHT AND
THEY WOULD BE ROCKING
AND PRAYING.
AND THEY WOULD DO IT. WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO THE
FREE, AND WE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DANCE IN
THE BATHROOM. AND
THERE IS NOBODY
LOOKING AT YOU THERE,
AND WE CAN PRAY
OPENLY. WE SHOULD
HAVE THE LIBERTY.
>> YOU CAN DO IT, AND
IF YOU HAVE GOT THE
MIND TO WORSHIP GOD
AND WHERE EVER YOU
ARE, YOU CAN DO IT
AND HE WILL MAKE A
WAY.
>> WHERE THERE SEEMS
TO BE NO WAY.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
THE BASKETBALL TEAM,
AND THE ONE IN
JERUSALEM, AND WAS
THIS MADE UP OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE?
>> AND YES AND WE HAD
SOME FOREIGN PLAYERS
ON THE TEAMS, AND
SOME OF US AND WE
WOULD BE THERE,
DEPENDING UPON WHICH
NATION AND THEY WOULD
BE CITIZENS AFTER A
CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME
AND YOU WOULD HAVE
THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD
BE FROM AMERICA, AND
ALSO THE DIFFERENT
NATIONALS.
>> AND DID YOU BECOME
A CITIZEN?
>> I ALMOST DID, AND
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
THERE FOR THREE YEARS
IN ISRAEL, AND FOR
THE THIRD SEASON, AND
WE CAME BACK AND MY
WIFE WANTED TO WORK
AND DO THINGS YOU
KNOW? SHE COULD NOT
DO AND SHE COULD NOT
FULFILL HER DREAMS
AND WE CAME BACK TO
AMERICA AND THINGS
WERE HARD FOR HER
THERE. AND I WANTED
TO BE A CITIZEN IF I
HAD FINISHED MY THIRD
YEAR.
>> YES, IT WOULD'VE
BEEN A DUAL
CITIZENSHIP.
>> AND I COULD
PROBABLY GO BACK AND
DO THAT, AND I AM
THINKING ABOUT DOING
THIS, AND BECAUSE OF
THE RELATIONSHIP WHAT
GOD IS DOING, AND
FOR WHAT I COULD DO
THERE TO WITNESS.
AND WE WERE HELPING
THE JEWISH PEOPLE
COME TO THE LORD.
AND WE WOULD HAVE THE
DINNERS AT MY HOUSE
AND I WOULD INVITE
PEOPLE OVER AND THEY
WOULD INVITE THEIR
FRIENDS TO THE LORD.
>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.
WE PRAISE GOD.
WELL, THIS HAS BEEN
SUCH A JOY AND HAVING
YOU AND AS WE COME
BACK, AND IN A FEW
MOMENTS, WERE GOING
TO BE ASKING PASTOR,
AND BASKETBALL
PLAYER, AND CHAPLIN,
AND SO MANY OTHER
THINGS, AND THE
APOSTLE. I WANT HIM
TO LEAD YOU IN A
PRAYER. THIS IS WHAT
HE WANTS TO DO AND I
JUST KNOW AS I TALK
TO HIM.
>> THIS WOULD BE HIS
HEART, AND THE HEART
OF GOD.
>> YES, HIS HEART.
>> WERE GOING TO BE
TAKING A BREAK AND AS
WE COME BACK, FROM
BILLY IS GOING TO
LEAD US.
>> ♪
>>♪
>>IF YOU WANT TO
CONTACT BOB D'ANDREA,
WITH HIS WIFE JANE,
YOU CAN SEND AN
E-MAIL TO THE E-MAIL
AND YES YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN, AND YOU
CAN ALSO WRITE TO HIM
AT THE E-MAIL
ADDRESS YOU SEE ON
THE SCREEN OR THE PO
BOX YOU SEE ON YOUR
SCREEN. AND YOU CAN
FIND OUT MORE ONLINE
AT THE E-MAIL, AND
WEB ADDRESS YOU SEE
ON THE SCREEN, AND
GO TO THE GOOD LIFE
LINK.
>> HELLO, AND MY NAME
IS TERRY TRIPP AND
THIS IS THE EMPOWERED
MINUTE.
DID YOU KNOW GOD HAS
MADE YOU TO WIN? MAN
WAS CREATED TO BE A
WINNER. IT DOES NOT
MATTER HOW YOU DO,
OR HOW MANY TIMES YOU
FAIL, GOD DOES NOT
HAVE TO CONSULT YOUR
PAST TO DETERMINE
YOUR FUTURE. IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS
THE CHRIST AND THE
SON OF THE LIVING GOD
THEN YOU ARE MORE
THAN A CONQUEROR,
YOU ARE AN
OVERCOMER. YOU ARE
STRONG THROUGH FAITH
IN JESUS CHRIST. YOU
ARE A WINNER. SO
RISE UP. LET HIS
WORD FILL YOUR HEART
AND MIND AND YOU CAN
RELEASE THE PERSON,
THAT HE IS, HAS MADE
YOU TO BE AND I WANT
TO SUPPORT CTN, THEY
ARE REACHING PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD
WITH THE GOSPEL.
>> ♪
>> ♪
>>
♪ [VERY SLOW TEMPO] ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ TIME MEASURED OUT MY ♪
♪ DAYS. ♪
♪ LIFE CARRIED ME ♪
♪ ALONG. ♪
♪ AND IN MY SOUL I ♪
♪ YEARNED TO FOLLOW ♪
♪ GOD. ♪
♪ AND I KNEW I WOULD ♪
♪ NEVER BE SO STRONG. ♪
♪ I LOOKED HARD AT THE ♪
♪ WORLD TO SEE HOW ♪
♪ HEAVEN COULD BE ♪
♪ GAINED. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND JUST AS I BEGIN, ♪
♪ WHERE I BEGAN, AND ♪
♪ WHEN HUMAN EFFORT WAS ♪
♪ ALL IN VAIN. ♪
♪ AND IF IT WAS NOT ♪
♪ FOR GRACE, ♪
♪ I CAN TELL YOU WHERE ♪
♪ I WOULD BE. ♪
♪ AND I WOULD BE ♪
♪ WANDERING DOWN THE ♪
♪ POINTLESS ROADS TO ♪
♪ NOWHERE ♪
♪ WITH MY SALVATION ♪
♪ LEFT UP TO ME. ♪
♪ AND I KNOW HOW THAT ♪
♪ WOULD GO. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND THE BATTLES THAT ♪
♪ I WOULD FACE ♪
♪ AND I WOULD LOSE THE ♪
♪ RACE. ♪
♪ IF IT WAS NOT FOR ♪
♪ GRACE. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I WANT TO EXPRESS ♪
♪ YOUR GRACE WITH ALL ♪
♪ OF MY HEART. ♪
♪ AND I WANT TO OFFER ♪
♪ FOR THE ONE WHO HAS ♪
♪ TAKEN MY PLACE. ♪
♪ AND HE HELPED ME TO ♪
♪ RUN THE COURSE I ♪
♪ COULD NOT START. ♪
♪ AND JUST HOW MUCH ♪
♪ HIS LOVE WAS A PART. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND EVEN THE FINAL ♪
♪ MILE ♪
♪ BETWEEN ME AND ♪
♪ HEAVEN ♪
♪ SO I WOULD NOT BE ♪
♪ LOST. ♪
♪ IF IT WAS NOT FOR ♪
♪ GRACE. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I CAN TELL YOU ♪
♪ I CAN TELL YOU WHERE ♪
♪ I WOULD BE. ♪
♪ I WOULD BE WONDERING ♪
♪ SOME POINTLESS ROAD ♪
♪ TO NOWHERE. ♪
♪ AND MY SALVATION ♪
♪ WOULD BE UP TO ME. ♪
♪ AND I KNOW HOW THAT ♪
♪ WOULD GO. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I SEE THE BATTLES I ♪
♪ WOULD FACE. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I WOULD BE FOREVER ♪
♪ RUNNING. ♪
♪ I WOULD BE LOSING ♪
♪ THE RACE. ♪
♪ IF IT WAS NOT FOR ♪
♪ GRACE. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND I WOULD BE ♪
♪ FOREVER RUNNING. ♪
♪ AND I WOULD BE ♪
♪ LOSING THE RACE ♪
♪ IF IT WAS NOT FOR ♪
♪ GRACE. ♪
♪ ♪
APPLAUSE
>> OH, GRACE.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT
IT.
>> WE WOULD BE LOST
WITHOUT IT, THAT IS
RIGHT. AND THAT IS
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG
AND WE APPRECIATED
THAT GOOD MUSIC. IT
IS TIME FOR THE
SEGMENT, WE THE
PEOPLE AND THE MORE
WE KNOW ABOUT THE
NATION, AND OUR
HERITAGE AND
CHRISTIANITY AND
FREEDOM THE BETTER WE
WILL BE. AND NOW
HERE IS ROBERT EVANS
WITH THIS WEEK, AND
THE EDITION OF
"WE THE PEOPLE"
>> ♪
♪
TO CLAIM THAT OUR FOUNDERS
WANTED A SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE IS UNTRUE.
THERE ARE OVER 1000 PROOFS TO
PROVE THE POINT. TODAY WE ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT TWO OF THEM.
IN 1777, CONGRESS INSTRUCTED THE
COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE TO IMPORT
20,000 BIBLES FROM SCOTLAND
BECAUSE OF THE WAR, THE BRITISH
HAD CUT OFF THE SUPPLY OF BIBLES
SO CONGRESS ACTED TO ENSURE
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS WAS
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
COLONIES. IF YOU WANTED TO
MAINTAIN A SEPARATION WHY WOULD
HAVE THE GOVERNMENT IMPORT
JESUS? THAT IS OUR FIRST PROOF
OF FOR THE DAY. THE FOUNDERS
INCLUDED THE CHURCH IN THE
STATE, 2-IN 1782 CONGRESS
PASSED A RESOLUTION ENDORSING
THOMAS AKINS BIBLE. AND HERE IS
A QUOTE. WE RECOMMEND THIS
BIBLE TO THE INHABITANTS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
A GOVERNMENT BODY RECOMMENDING
THE BIBLE? THERE WAS
NO SEPARATION THERE. IT IS
THE EXACT OPPOSITE. THE
GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED
A BIBLE TO THE PEOPLE.
THE FOUNDERS RECOGNIZED THE
NEED FOR EACH STATE TO MAINTAIN
DIVERSITY. SO THEY REFUSED
TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL
DENOMINATION, LIKE ENGLAND.
AS WE SHOWED YOU TODAY THEY
ASSIGNED A COMMITTEE
TO IMPORT BIBLES AND THEN
WENT ON TO RECOMMEND A BIBLE
TO THE INHABITANTS. TWO MORE
PROOFS THAT THIS IS A COMPLETE
UNTRUTH. OR IS I LIKE TO SAY
SIMPLY, IT IS A LIE. THAT
THEY WANTED TO SEPARATE THE
CHURCH AND THE STATE.
NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT.
THAT IS IT FOR THIS EDITION OF
" WE THE PEOPLE "
GOD BLESS
YOU.
♪
>> NOW, AND THAT IS
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS.
>> AND THERE IS NO
CHURCH AND STATE
SEPARATION. AND WE
ARE FREE PEOPLE. AND
THIS IS ALL A LIE.
IT IS JUST ALL
A LIE,
I PROMISED,
>> BILLY...
>> BILLY, I WAS
GOING TO SAY SOMEONE
ELSE, BILLY, AND HE
IS GOING TO PASTOR,
AND HE WILL BE A
PASTOR, AND WE HAVE
EVANGELIST BILLY,
AND HE WILL BE
LEADING YOU IN
PRAYER. AND I WILL
JUST LET HIM DO THIS
AND HE KNOWS HOW TO
DO IT.
>> AND AMEN. AND FOR
THOSE THAT ARE
WATCHING TODAY, AND I
DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
BUT GOD DOES AND THE
KEY THING IS TO KNOW
THAT GOD LOVES YOU
AND HIM AND WHAT YOU
DO AND GOD LOVES YOU
AND THERE IS NOTHING
THAT WOULD BE TOO BIG
THAT GOD CANNOT
HANDLE, AND TO CLOSE
YOUR EYES AND WHERE
EVER YOU ARE, AND
FATHER I JUST PRAY
FOR THOSE LISTENERS
AND VIEWERS, AND
EVERYTHING THAT THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH,
AND YOU ARE THE LORD
AND YOU CAN FIX IT,
AND I SPEAK HEALING
TO THOSE WHO NEED A
HEALING AND THEIR
BODIES. AND I SPEAK
RESTORATION TO
RELATIONSHIPS AND FOR
THE FATHER'S AND THE
SONS AND THE
DAUGHTERS AND THE
MOTHERS AND THE
SIBLINGS. AND I
SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD
TO THEM AND IT SAYS,
IN CHRIST ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
JESUS AND WE PRAY NOW
AND AS YOU BEEN
WATCHING THE PROGRAM,
AND WE ARE
MINISTERING TO YOU BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
GOD IS SPEAKING TO
YOU AND RIGHT NOW AND
WHERE EVER YOU ARE,
AND YOU WOULD JUST
OPEN YOUR HEART AND
IF YOU HAVE NOT
RECEIVED CHRIST LET
HIM IN YOUR HEART AND
WE PRAY RIGHT NOW AND
JUST REPEAT AND
FATHER I WILL RECEIVE
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IN MY LIFE, AND I
WILL REPENT AND ASK
YOU TO FORGIVE ME AND
I WILL RECEIVE YOU
JESUS INTO MY LIFE
AND IF YOU PRAYED THE
PRAYER, AND WHY DON'T
YOU CALL THE STATION
OR GO TO YOUR CHURCH
OR PASTOR, AND MAYBE
YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR
LIFE TO CHRIST AND
YOU WANT TO GO TO
YOUR PASTOR AND LET
HIM KNOW WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE AND MAYBE
GO TO A LOCAL CHURCH
AND BE INVOLVED. AND
GOD LOVES YOU, AND WE
LOVE YOU, ALSO, AND
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
GOD IS ALWAYS WITH
YOU AND HE WILL NEVER
LEAVE YOU, AND WHAT
HE WANTS YOU TO DO IS
TO LIVE YOUR LIFE TO
THE FULL AND THIS IS
WHAT JESUS WANTS YOU
TO DO AND GOD BLESS
YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
TUNING IN, AMEN.
>> THANK YOU BILLY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.
>> AND I WAS
WONDERING, AND WOULD
BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE
CYNTHIA TO HAVE HER?
>> WOULD THAT BE
OKAY?
>> THAT WOULD BE
FINE.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN BE
HERE WITH HER.
>> I WILL BE HER
ARMOR BEARER.
>> WERE GOING TO BE
ENDING SOME, WITH
SOME OR MUSIC, AND
TONY'S GOING TO BE
SINGING.
RESTORE ME.
♪
♪
♪ ON THE OUTSIDE ♪
♪ AND YOU THINK I AM ♪
♪ ALL RIGHT. ♪
♪ THERE IS A SMILE ON ♪
♪ MY FACE. ♪
♪ AND EVERYTHING IS ♪
♪ OKAY. ♪
♪ BUT ON THE INSIDE. ♪
♪ IT IS A DIFFERENT ♪
♪ STORY. ♪
♪ I AM STUMBLING DOWN ♪
♪ THE ROAD. ♪
♪ I HAVE GOT SO FAR TO ♪
♪ GO. ♪
♪ AND I AM A BROKEN ♪
♪ MAN. ♪
♪ I'M ON MY KNEES ♪
♪ AGAIN. ♪
♪ AND I WANT A TOUCH ♪
♪ FROM YOU, AND LORD, I ♪
♪ NEED YOUR HANDS. ♪
♪ RESTORE ME. ♪
♪ LORD, AND I NEED ♪
♪ YOUR MERCY. ♪
♪ AND TAKE ME, ♪
♪ AND TAKE ME TO A ♪
♪ PLACE I USED TO BE. ♪
♪ AND USE ALL OF MY ♪
♪ PAIN AND ALL OF MY ♪
♪ HURT ♪
♪ AND TO DO A GREATER ♪
♪ WORK ♪
♪ OH, YEAH. ♪
♪ RESTORE ME. ♪
♪ OH, YEAH. ♪
♪ AND I HAVE WORN MY ♪
♪ MASK. ♪
♪ AND RUNNING AWAY ♪
♪ FROM MY PAST. ♪
♪ AND HIDING MY SCARS, ♪
♪ AND THINKING I HAD ♪
♪ GONE TOO FAR. ♪
♪ AND YOU KNEW MY ♪
♪ SHAME. ♪
♪ AND YOU LOVE ME JUST ♪
♪ THE SAME. ♪
♪ YOU TOLD ME I WOULD ♪
♪ BE FREE. ♪
♪ WHEN I FELL ON MY ♪
♪ KNEES. ♪
[ SINGING IN SPANISH]
♪ ♪
♪ [SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ [SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪
♪ RESTORE ME. ♪
♪ YEAH, ♪
♪ AND RESTORE UNTO ME ♪
♪ THE JOY OF MY ♪
♪ SALVATION. ♪
♪ AND I WILL SING THE ♪
♪ SONG YOU HAVE WRITTEN ♪
♪ FOR ME, YEAH OH, ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN GIVE ME ♪
♪ A CLEAN HEART. ♪
♪ AND I WANT A ♪
♪ BRAND-NEW START. ♪
♪ AND LIKE A MOMENT ♪
♪ AND LIKE THE MOMENT ♪
♪ LIKE THIS. ♪
♪ RESTORE ME. ♪
♪ LORD, I DO NEED YOUR ♪
♪ MERCY. ♪
♪ AND TAKE ME, AND ♪
♪ TAKE ME TO THE PLACE ♪
♪ THAT I USED TO BE. ♪
♪ AND USE ME. ♪
♪ AND USE ALL OF THE ♪
♪ PAIN. ♪
♪ AND ALL OF THE HURT. ♪
♪ AND TO DO A GREATER ♪
♪ WORK. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND LORD, AND ♪
♪ RESTORE ME. ♪
♪ AND WE NEED YOU ♪
♪ LORD. ♪
♪ AND WE NEED YOU ♪
♪ LORD. ♪
♪ AND EVERY DAY, ♪
♪ AND EVERY DAY. ♪
♪ AND DRAW US, AND DRAW ♪
♪ US CLOSER TO YOU. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OH, ♪
♪ WHOOO ♪
♪ WHOOO ♪
♪ WHOOO ♪
♪ ♪
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