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>> Reporter: JOHNNY WITTINGTON
WAS ON THE RUN.
H LIFE AND HE WAS RUNNING FROM
EVERYTHING HE ONCE KNEW.
HIS PRAYING FATHER,IS
MARRIAGE, HIS RELATIONSHIP
TH
BUT THERE WAS ONEHING JOHNNY
>> JUST THE INSTRUMENTS WITH
RI SO DRAWN TO THEM.
>> Reporter: JOHNNY WAS A
PREACHL
GT.
HE BEGAN PLAYING GOSPEL
PROFESSIONALLY AT A 15.
WHEN HE WAS 18, HE JOINED A
COUNTRY BAND CALLED WHISKEY
RIVER THAT PLAY VENUES QUITE
FROM CHURCHES.
RY.E CHANGE IN
SOON HE WAS HOOKED ON DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL.
>> FROM THEN ON, I D
EOPLHING TO DO WITH CHURCH OR
AND WITH GOD, EVEN THOUGH MY
Y KEPT PRAYING, TOLD ME
ONE TIME, HE SAID, YOU CAN GO AS
FAR AS YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN
TREL EARTH, BUT YOU'LL
NEUN MY PRAYERS.
I STUCK -- THAT STUCK WITH ME.
>> Reporter: JOHNNY PUT HIS
THERT
O
AND A DRUG DEALER.
>> ***, ECSTASY, ***,
ROCCO CONTAIN, METHAMPHETAMINES
'TIL I FOUND THAT ONE DRUG I
THGE
HAPPYUT DIDN'T.
>>Reor HEAD TO DO
NASHVILLE TO PERFORM ATH
GRAND OLE OPRY.
HE THT THIS OPPORTUNITY
WOULD REA HELP HIS CAREER
ITI OFF.
HIS MARRIAGE ENDED AND HIS
APPETITE FOR DRUGS KE H IN
POOR COMP
>> I COULDN'T SEE THE GUN GOOD
BECAU IET DARK.
ALL I SEEN WAS THE FFROM THE
END.
te ONE NIGHT JOHNNY
WAS TRAVELING WITH TWO OTHER
PUED OUT A GUNND SHOT HIMTHEM
POINT-BLANK.
>> THE BULLET HIT RIGHT AND
IT HIT MY ENT TH
RUSH SHAYED IN MYR
AND SPLEEN B THAT BULLET HIT
ME AND I HIT THE GROUND,L
THAT STUFF CAME B TH MY
DADDY SAID.
ALL THE TEACHING FROM H.
I CALLED ON THE LORDIALY
ULDIND UP IN HELL.THAT POINT I
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> RorLET EXITED
HIS BODY BMAGE WAS
HE WAS AIR LIFT TO DO A HOSPITAL
S
E HIS LI.
>> FIRST DOCTORS DIDN'
JOHNNY WOULD PULL THROUGH, BUTAE
CARE AND ANOTHER FOUR DAYS IN
THE HOSPITAL, JOHNNY WAS SENT
HOME.
HE SAID IT WAS THERE HE GOT ATO.
>> I WAS REALLY AFTOD
I WAS REALLY SEEKING THE LORD'S
FACE.
AND ONE NIGHT AS I PRAYED AND I
WENT TO SLEEP, I FELTND ON
MY CHEST AND CALLEDMY NAME AND
SHOOK MYHE
I WOKE UP AND THE LORD WAS RIGHT
THERET ME.
I COULDTEAK, ALL I COULD DO
WAS.
WHEN HE LEFT, THE PAIN LEFT.
>> Reporter: BULLET HOLE LEFT A
E.RMANENT INDENTATION IN HIS
CONSTANT REMINDER20 YEARS OF
DRUG ADDIC.
JOHNNY NEVER DID OUTRUN HIS
FATHER'S PRAYERS AND
LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT.
>> I GOT TO SPEND THET 7
MONTHS WITH HIM BEFORE HEPA
AWAY AND WE TAL A LOT.
HESTEN TO THE SONGS THAT
THE LORD HAD ME TO WRITE
AND HE W GOD IS
WORKING IN YOUR LIFE NOW.
HPY TO SEE THAT.
♪♪♪♪
I TELL PEOPLE THIS, I JUST DON'T
LOVE THE LORD, I FELL IN LOVE
THIS TIME.
IT'S BEEN GOOD RELATIONSHIP