HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER-
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LAURA LYNN, WHAT IS THE LONGEST
TRIP YOU'VE EVER TAKEN?
WELL, PROBABLY ON THE WAY TO
THE DENTIST WHEN I WAS GETTING
A ROOT CANAL. THAT JUST SEEMED
TO TAKE FOREVER AND IT WAS VERY
PAINFUL. IF YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT DISTANCE WISE, I WOULD
SAY.
I THINK WE WERE TALKING
DISTANCE.
OH, OKAY. THEN, I WOULD SAY
THAT IT WOULD BE TO AFRICA.
OKAY.
THROUGH AMSTERDAM. HOW ABOUT
YOU?
WELL, YOU KNOW, ABU DHABI,
JENAI, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
CHENNAI, SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY
DO IT. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I
GO TO ISRAEL, I GO AND I THINK
IT WOULD BE, BUT MAYBE TO THE
DENTIST, IT'S NOT QUITE AS LONG
AS GOING TO THE DENTIST.
IT'S LONG AND EVEN JUST
SITTING THERE WHILE IT'S
HAPPENING IS A LONG JOURNEY.
LIKE THE DRILL.
OH, YEAH.
YEAH, YOU LIKE THAT.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
NO?
NO, NO.
NO? OK. ON TODAY'S SHOW,
WE'RE GOING TO MEET A FEW
PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN
FULL OF ONE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
AFTER ANOTHER.
ARVID LOEWEN DOESN'T SLOW
DOWN. THE LONG DISTANCE CYCLING
GRANDPA EXPLAINS WHY HE CHOSE
TO ENTER ONE OF THE MOST
GRUELING RACES IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
ALSO, JOEL GORDON AND BEN
PORTER SHARE HOW THEIR UNLIKELY
FRIENDSHIP LED TO GOD USING
THEM TO REACH A GENERATION.
AND WE SAT DOWN WITH PAT
ROBERTSON TO DISCUSS THE EARLY
DAYS OF HIS INCREDIBLE LIFE OF
FAITH AND HOW CANADA PLAYED A
ROLE EARLY IN HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD. THIS IS OUR INTERVIEW
WITH PAT ROBERTSON FROM THE SET
OF THE US 700 CLUB.
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WELCOME. WE'VE TO A LIVING
BREATHING TESTIMONY OF WHAT AN
APOSTLE LOOKS LIKE IN THIS 21ST
CENTURY CANADIAN SOCIETY. OVER
500 MILLION SOULS SAVED IN OVER
50 YEARS OF MINISTRY. WE HAVE
THE HONORABLE REVEREND PAT
ROBERTSON. PAT, WELCOME TO THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
HEY. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT YOU'RE
DOING. I'M SO THRILLED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK
AT YOU, WE ARE PEACOCK PROUD
BECAUSE WE ARE THE OFFSPRING OF
WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND, YOU
KNOW, CANADA WAS NOT JUST AN
AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT ACTUALLY HAD
A VERY INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP
WITH CANADA IN THE BEGINNING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST
ACCEPTED THE LORD, UH, THE
GENTLEMAN WHO LED ME TO THE
LORD SAID, "YOU WOULD BE
BLESSED IF YOU WENT UP TO A
CAMPUS IN THE WOODS IN THE LAKE
OF BAYS IN ONTARIO." YOU KNOW
AND SPENT SOME TIME UP THERE.
WELL, I'M MARRIED. I'VE BEEN IN
BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN CHILDREN
AND YET, I TOLD MY WIFE I'M
GOING UP TO CANADA TO SEEK THE
LORD AND SHE SORT OF THOUGHT I
WAS CRAZY. NO SHE DIDN'T, BUT
YOU KNOW, WELL SHE LIKED
CANADA, WE BOTH DID, BUT, YOU
KNOW, IN THOSE DAYS, TORONTO
WAS CALLED TORONTO THE GOOD.
I MEAN, IT WAS A CITY OF
CHURCHES. AND I CAME UP THERE
AND I REMEMBER I WAS PRAYING.
WE WERE IN A CABIN. WE DIDN'T
HAVE HOT WATER OR ANYTHING AND
THIS BEAUTIFUL LAKE AND, YOU
KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A BATH
YOU HAD TO JUMP IN THIS
FREEZING COLD WATER. I MEAN, IT
WAS THAT KIND OF THING.
IT'S CHANGED.
THEY'VE CHANGED IT?
RIGHT, IT'S CHANGED PAT.
IT HAS.
WE HAVE RUNNING HOT WATER
NOW.
OH, YOU DON'T.
YES.
IS THAT RIGHT?
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
WELL, THAT TAKES THE JOY OUT
OF IT.
WE'RE STILL IN IGLOOS THOUGH
PAT.
RIGHT, WE'RE IN IGLOOS.
I KNOW. YEAH, THERE WERE NO
ESKIMOS, NO IGLOOS AND NO WILD
ANIMALS, BUT I WAS ON THIS
LITTLE ISLAND AND I REMEMBER I
WAS PRAYING. I SAID, "GOD, WHAT
IS IT" AND THE LORD REALLY
INTRODUCED ME TO THE POWER OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT WHILE I WAS UP
THERE. I MEAN, I WAS INTRODUCED
TO THE REAL POWER OF GOD. IT
WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
AND I COULD TELL YOU A STORY.
COULD I TELL YOU A STORY?
YES, TELL US.
YES, PLEASE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
SO MANY OF US AND I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SEEING A
GENERATION THAT WILL SEE THE
MOVE OF GOD.
YES.
AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT
BEFORE. AND IT'S HAPPENING IN
CANADA RIGHT NOW AND IT'S FROM
ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC. AND WE GET
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BUT I
DON'T THINK WHAT THEY
UNDERSTAND IS THAT WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE AND ALSO THOSE
PRAYERS, THEY ORIGINATED HERE
BECAUSE I WAS A PART OF WHAT
GOD PUT INSIDE OR YOUR HEART.
SURE.
SO, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST
OUT OF THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND
I WAS UP THERE. WANTED TO TRY
MY WINGS TO SO TO SPEAK AND WE
WERE ON THIS LITTLE ISLAND. ON
THE MAINLAND, THERE WAS A
RESORT WHERE THEY HAD A NUMBER
OF YOUNG PEOPLE, COLLEGE
STUDENTS WORKING THERE. AND I
WANTED TO REACH THEM FOR THE
LORD. SO, I WANTED TO SEE IF
THEY WOULDN'T COME TOGETHER
FOR A MEETING, A BIBLE STUDY OR
SOMETHING, WORSHIP SERVICE. SO,
WE PUT UP SOME NOTICES OVER
THERE AND I SAID, "WELL, WHEN
CAN I DO IT?" AND HE SAID,
"WELL, WE'D GIVE YOU TUESDAY
AFTERNOON." I SAID NO WAY. YOU
KNOW, THESE KIDS WANT TO GO OUT
CANOEING AND THEY WANT TO GO
SWIMMING AND THEY WANT TO GO ON
ALL THE RECREATION. THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO GO ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY
AND SIT IN SOME BUILDING TO
LISTEN TO US TALK. AND SO, I
SAID, OKAY. IF THAT'S THE ONLY
DAY YOU GIVE ME, I'LL HAVE TO
ASK THE LORD TO MAKE IT RAIN.
SO, I SAID, "GOD, WILL YOU
PLEASE LET IT RAIN?" AND I
PRAYED AND PRAYED AND SUNNY DAY
AND WE'RE READY TO GO. WE HAD
TO GET IN AN OPEN BOAT AND GO
ACROSS THE WATER. AND I'M
PRAYING. I'M SAYING, "GOD,
WHERE IS THE RAIN?" AND IT WAS
NO RAIN. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I
MEAN, SUNNY, LOVELY DAY. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD THIS
WHISTLING NOISE. THIS IS THE
HONEST TRUTH. IT WAS SOMETHING
GOING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW,
WHISTLING. AND I LOOKED UP
BEHIND THE CABIN WHERE I WAS ON
THIS ISLAND AND THERE'S THIS
LITTLE TINY CLOUD AND IT WAS
COMING ALONG THROUGH THE SKY
LIKE IT WAS LATE. IT WAS KIND
OF, LIKE, HURRYING OR RUNNING
REAL FAST HONESTLY. AND IT CAME
ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND IT
STOPPED RIGHT WHERE I WAS. WE
WALKED DOWN TO THE DOCK, GOT
INTO AN OPEN BOAT, MOTOR BOAT,
OPEN BOAT AND THIS LITTLE CLOUD
WENT RIGHT AHEAD OF US AND IT
STARTED TO RAIN. AND IT RAINED
ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE LAKE AS
I WENT TOWARD, I GUESS BRACE
BRIDGE OR WHERE THAT RESORT WAS
AND IT WAS RAINING. AND IT
STOPPED OVER THE PLACE WHERE
THE MEETING WAS GOING TO BE AND
IT JUST POURED RAIN. WE WERE ON
AN OPEN BOAT, DIDN'T GET WET OR
ANYTHING. I GOT OUT AND THE
RAIN HAD STOPPED BY THE TIME I
GOT THERE. AND THIS ROW WAS
JAMMED WITH KIDS, JAMMED AND
I THOUGHT, MAN THIS IS GOD.
THIS IS GOD.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS I'LL NEVER FORGET. IT WAS
SO WONDERFUL TO SEE GOD. YOU
KNOW AND YOU READ ABOUT DAVID
AND THE LORD SAID TO HIM, "WHEN
YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF GOING IN
TO TOP OF THE MULBERRY." WELL,
I HEARD THE SOUND.
THE RUSH.
YEAH, THE ARMIES OF THE LORD
HAD GONE OUT AHEAD OF ME.
AND THAT SOUND IS STILL IN
CANADA NOW AND THAT'S WHAT I
REALLY BELIEVE. I KNOW LAURA
LYNN, YOU HAD A QUESTION, BUT
WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, PAT, IF
YOU COULD PRAY FOR US BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN PRAYING
FOR THAT WE WOULD SEE IN THIS
21ST CENTURY CANADIAN SOCIETY
A CONTINUATION OF PENTECOST.
WELL, CANADA BELONGS TO THE
LORD. IT'S GOD'S COUNTRY. IT
IS. I MEAN, I KNOW, AS I SAY, I
I CUT MY SPIRITUAL TEETH UP
THERE AND I KNOW WHAT ANOINTING
THERE WAS IN THAT AREA AND IT'S
SO BEAUTIFUL UP THERE. THE
BEAUTIFUL LAKES AND THE TREES
AND THE FOREST. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT GOD WANTS THAT COUNTRY, SO
OF COURSE, WE WILL PRAY.
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
LET'S PRAY.
FATHER, WE PRAY TOGETHER
RIGHT NOW FOR CANADA. YOU LOVE
THIS COUNTRY AND WE THINK OF
TORONTO, TORONTO THE GOOD, THE
CITY OF CHURCHES. AND WE THINK
THROUGHOUT THIS LAND THERE'S A
CHRISTIAN WHO'S PRIME MINISTRY
AND WE PRAY LORD THAT THEY'LL
BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS WILL
COME TO THE LORD. AND BLESS MY
BROTHER AND SISTER AND THIS
PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING, ANOINT
BY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND DO
MIRACLES IN CANADA THAT YOUR
NAME MIGHT BE HONORED IN THIS
GREAT LAND IN JESUS NAME WE ASK
IT.
IN JESUS NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN AND WE SURE WITH YOU
TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE LOVE YOU UP
IN CANADA. OH, IT'S NOT A DAY
WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE
DOING THE 700 CLUB CANADA, BUT
THEY'RE, LIKE, BUT THAT PAT. WE
LOVE THAT PAT AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT
OVER UNTIL YOU ARE LONG GONE
AND, YOU KNOW SO WE APPRECIATE
YOU.
WELL, YOU TELL THEM I WAS A
BABY CHRISTIAN CUTTING MY TEETH
IN CANADA SO THE MOTHER'S MILK
OF CHRISTIANITY FLOWED INTO ME
FROM THIS GREAT LAND. I LOVE
CANADA.
AND YOUR MINISTRY AND THE
WAY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED AND
THE HEALING AND THE LIFE
GIVING INSPIRATION AND
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE SHARED
FROM THE WORD OF GOD, SO, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEGACY. WE
PERSONALLY ARE INDEBTED TO WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE SO.
WELL I SOME SO THRILLED WITH
WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU'RE
CARRYING THE LEGACY BEYOND
BELIEF.
WE ARE CARRYING THE TORCH.
AND YOU'RE A TRANSPLANTED
CANADIAN BY CHOICE.
YES.
YOU WERE IN AFRICA.
I'M AN AFRICAN.
YEAH, WE HAVE AFRICAN
AMERICANS, DO WE HAVE CANADIAN
AFRICANS?
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU COULD
JUST SEE THE ROOTS.
BUT I CAN'T DANCE. HIS
BROTHER CAN DANCE. WE COULD DO
THAT FOR YOU SOME TIME, MAYBE
LATER, YEAH?
THERE WILL BE NO DANCING.
I DON'T DANCE. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED THERE. I DON'T
SING, YEAH. HE'S SINGS AND
DANCES.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS.
GOD BLESS. YOU KNOW, LAURA
LYNN, WHEN I GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE AS WE SHARED TOGETHER, A
MAN LIKE PAT ROBERTSON AND ALL
THAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING
AT A LIVING LEGEND.
ABSOLUTELY AND FEW PEOPLE
REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THE BACK
STORY OF HOW GOD CALLED HIM TO
THE MEDIA AND, YOU KNOW, WE
THINK OF BEING CALLED TO A
FOREIGN FIELD OR, YOU KNOW, TO
AFRICA AND YET, HE WAS CALLED
TO GO TO ON TELEVISION AND HE
HAD THREE DOLLARS TO HIS NAME.
IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FAITH
WALK. THEN, HE BOUGHT THE
PROPERTY DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW
FOR VERY LITTLE, BUT HE DIDN'T
HAVE IT AND HE HAD TO COME UP
WITH THE MONEY AND HE JUST KNEW
THAT GOD WAS TELLING HIM
SOMETHING AND I WONDER IF
YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE GOT
A DREAM IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE
GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO BE
FAITHFUL. THIS IS A MAN WHO
JUST SIMPLY WALKED IN OBEDIENCE
AND YOU AND I ARE THE SAME WAY.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF
OBEDIENCE.
, WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS, THE REASON WHY I SAY A
LIVING LEGEND IS BECAUSE I WAS
TALKING TO GORDON BEHIND THE
SCENES AND HE SAID ONE OF THE
HARDEST THINGS IS, AS A BOY, HE
SAID WHEN HIS DAD PURCHASED
THAT FIELD. HE SAID THERE WAS
NOTHING THERE.
RIGHT.
AND THEN NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT REGENT UNIVERSITY THAT'S
COMPETING ON THE SAME LEVEL
WITH THEIR LAW SCHOOL WITH
HARVARD AND OTHERS AS WELL. AND
WHEN YOU SEE THAT OVER 580
MILLION SOULS THAT HAVE COME
INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND
HEALING, DELIVERANCE, AND
SALVATION ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WE ARE THE RECIPIENTS HERE
IN CANADA.
SO, WHAT WAS HE SAYING?
WAS HE SAYING IT WAS HARD TO
SEE WHAT MY DAD WAS DOING?
WELL, HE SAID HE DIDN'T SEE
IT. AS A YOUNG BOY, IT WAS HARD
FOR HIM TO COMPREHEND BECAUSE
HE SAID, "WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
HERE AT THIS PROPERTY, THERE
WAS NOTHING HERE. IT WAS JUST A
FIELD.
RIGHT.
BUT HIS DAD LOOKED AND IT
REMINDS ME OF HOW GOD SPEAKS.
IN ROMANS 4:17, GOD CALLS THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH
THEY WERE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN
PAT DID THAT, GOD HAS HONORED
THAT AND THEN HERE WHEN HE WAS
JUST A YOUNG MAN AND SEEING
REVIVAL BREAK OUT IN CANADA,
WE'RE A CONTINUATION OF THAT
PENTECOST TAKING PLACE HERE.
ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH, BE
IT SO.
AMEN.
UP NEXT, AN UNLIKELY
FRIENDSHIP LEADS TO AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR
JOEL GORDON AND BEN PORTER.
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I'VE BEEN ACTING AND
PRODUCING AND DIRECTING
TELEVISION. GOD REALLY STARTED
TO JUST SPEAK TO ME AND I
STARTED QUESTIONING WHETHER
THIS WAS REALLY BRINGING GLORY
TO GOD.
JOEL GORDON HAD ACHIEVED
MAJOR MOTION PICTURE SUCCESS AS
AN ACTOR LIVING IN TORONTO. HE
FELT THAT GOD WAS PULLING HIM
IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
I REALLY FELT GOD SAYING TO
ME, "JOEL, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW
ME, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ME
ONLY." THERE CAN'T BE ROOM TO
WALK EVEN A DEGREE OFF. I NEED
YOU TO WALK DOWN THIS STRAIGHT
AND NARROW PATH" AND FOR ME,
THAT MEANT LEAVING ACTING
BEHIND. FOR ME TO GIVE THAT UP
WAS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS
THAT I HAD TO MAKE.
JOEL LEFT ACTING WITHOUT
FULLY KNOWING WHAT WAS NEXT OR
THAT HALFWAY ACROSS CANADA, A
MAN NAMED BEN PORTER WAS GOING
THROUGH HIS OWN LIFE-CHANGING
SITUATION.
MY WIFE AND I GOT A CALL AND
WE FOUND OUT THAT HER YOUNGEST
BROTHER HUNG HIMSELF, ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE. IT BROKE US. HE WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT THREE
AND A HALF WEEKS AND IT WAS IN
THAT TIME WHERE GOD PUT US BOTH
IN A PLACE WHERE WHATEVER HE
WANTED TO DO, HE COULD DO AND
BEGGING GOD TO SHOW ME WHAT'S
NEXT, HE SPOKE.
GOD GAVE BEN A VISION, TO
REACH THE YOUTH OF CANADA,
SPOKE ONE WORD THAT BECAME
BEN'S MISSION. THAT WORD WAS
LOVE.
AND WHAT'S THE HOPE FOR THE
13-YEAR-OLD OR 14-YEAR-OLD
THAT'S LOOKING UP TO WHATEVER
POP STAR, YOU KNOW, OUT OF
HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT THEY'RE
TEACHING THEM WITH SEX TAPES
AND PORNOGRAPHY AND EVERYTHING
ELSE.
THROUGH A SERIES OF
COINCIDENCES, STRANGE TIMING,
AND MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCES, BEN
AND JOEL MET AND IMMEDIATELY,
THEY FELT THAT GOD WAS UP TO
SOMETHING.
AND WE CONNECTED AND OUT OF
THIS WILLINGNESS, OUT OF THIS
SURRENDER, THE LOVE MOVEMENT
WAS BORN. LOVE MOVEMENT SEEKS
TO EMPOWER CHRISTIAN YOUTH TO
LIVE AT THEIR FAITH BY A
REVIVED BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING
OF LOVE.
IN ONE OF BEN'S EARLY
PRAYERS FOR US WHEN WE'D BE
PRAYING ABOUT DIRECTION AND
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LOVE
MOVEMENT WAS THAT GOD WOULD
SHOCK AND AMAZE AND GOD I THINK
REALLY DELIVERED ON THAT .
WITH JOEL'S EXTENSIVE
BACKGROUND IN MEDIA AND THEIR
SHARED VISION TO REACH AND
TEACH THE YOUTH, THE TWO MEN
GOT TO WORK ON A DOCUMENTARY
THAT EXPLORED THE SUBJECT OF
LOVE.
AND SO HE SET ALL THESE
INTERVIEWS UP AND THAT'S WHEN
WE REALLY STARTED TO SEE GOD
WORK. SO, PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD
GENERALLY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
THE DOORS WERE JUST BLOWN WIDE
OPEN. SO, GOD JUST KEPT WORKING
IN THAT WAY, JUST PROVIDING US
WITH ACCESS TO PEOPLE AND
GETTING GREAT INTERVIEW CONTENT
WHICH THEN MORPHED INTO THE
CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE NOW,
WHICH IS REALLY THE MAIN FOCAL
PIECE OF LOVE MOVEMENT.
THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED
TO ENGAGE AND EQUIP THE NEXT
GENERATION WITH HOPE AND ITS
PURPOSE IS TO DEFINE THE WORD
LOVE IN A WAY THAT OUR CULTURE
DOES NOT.
OUR GROUP DOES IT AND IT
SORT OF HELPS THEM TO DISPEL
MYTHS ABOUT WHAT LOVE TRULY IS.
AND WE THEN IN THE CURRICULUM,
POINT THEM TO WHAT GOD'S WORD
HAS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT LOVE
TRULY IS. AND THE LAST PIECE OF
THE CURRICULUM IS THAT NOW THAT
YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS, WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? THE
WHOLE CONCEPT OF LOVE HAS BEEN
HIJACKED BY OUR CULTURE. THE
OVERWHELMING MESSAGE IS THAT
LOVE IS ABOUT YOU. WHAT IF LOVE
IS ACTION DRIVEN? WHAT IF LOVE
IS ROOTED IN THE PERSON OF
JESUS CHRIST? THAT UNITY, THAT
JOY THAT PIECE, IS SO DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THE WORLD HAS, WHAT
THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER.
WHEN THE MESSAGE OF LOVE
THAT JESUS SPOKE OF AND LIVED
IS RECEIVED BY A NEW
GENERATION, THAT IS WHEN LOVE
CAN TRULY CHANGE THE WORLD.
IF WE COULD CHANGE WHAT
WIKIPEDIA HAS WRITTEN ABOUT
LOVE AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
KNOW THAT THEY WERE A PART EN
MASS, YOUNG PEOPLE ALL AROUND
THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER TO HELP
ADD ANOTHER PARAGRAPH IN THE
WIKIPEDIA ABOUT WHAT LOVE TRULY
IS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT GOD AND
IT'S ROOTED IN WHO GOD IS. THAT
WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.
COMING UP NEXT ON THE 700
CLUB CANADA.
YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW LONG
MY BIKE EVENT IS, IT ALWAYS
DIVIDES IT FOR ME INTO THREE
THIRDS. THERE'S THE FIRST PART
OF IT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO
IT. YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC, YOU SAY
YOU CAN DO THIS THING.
IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BEFORE ALMIGHTY GOD TO
ASK ONE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD
THAT QUESTION BE?
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH
SUFFERING?
WILL I GO TO HEAVEN.
HOW CAN I KNOW YOU GOD?
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY
LIFE?
HOW CAN I HAVE A BLESSED
LIFE?
FIND THE BIBLICAL ANSWERS
TO LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS. PAT ROBERTSON
TEACHES, "HOW SHOULD WE NOW
LIVE?" AVAILABLE NOW.
CLUB CANADA. THIS MAN HAS
SEVEN GRANDSONS, ARVID LOEWEN.
THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.
THE RACE ACROSS AMERICAN.
IT STARTS IN OCEANSIDE,
CALIFORNIA AND FINISHES IN
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. IT'S A
SINGLE STAGE BIKE RACE. I HAVE
TO DO IT IN LESS THAN 12 DAYS
TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL FINISHER.
IN ITS 32 YEAR HISTORY, LESS
THAN 300 DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE
FINISHED THE RAM.
SUCCESSFULLY.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
THE RAM IS, LIKE, ONE
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG DAY
BECAUSE IT BECOMES YOUR FOCUS
AND YOU'RE DETERMINED TO KEEP
YOUR RIDER ON THE BIKE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON A
BIKE FOR 24 HOURS, 48 HOURS,
AND YOU DO THIS STUFF, IT
ACTUALLY BECOMES A VERY SELF
SERVING AND SELFISH ENDEAVOR.
AND IT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME
AND I SIMPLY SAID, "IF I'M
GOING TO PUT THAT KIND OF
EFFORT INTO SOMETHING, IT'S GOT
TO BE FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAN
MY PERSONAL SATISFACTION." SO,
THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO THE POINT
WHERE I SAID I GOT TO TRY AND
DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
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2005, I WAS SENT PICTURES
AND STORIES OF ABOUT 30 KIDS.
I CHOSE, FOR NO APPARENT REASON
ONE KID, A LITTLE GIRL NAMED
CHARITY WHO WAS JUST A TODDLER
AT THAT TIME, MAYBE A YEAR AND
A HALF, TWO YEARS OLD.
CHARITY'S STORY IS VERY SIMPLY
SHE WAS BORN TO A TEENAGE MOM,
POVERTY, FAMILY PROBLEMS LED
THIS TEENAGE MOM TO A STATE OF
DESPERATION AND SHE LEFT HER
INFANT TO DIE ON THE ROCKS BY
THE SIDE OF THE RIVER. CHARITY
WAS RESCUED BY SOMEBODY AND
PLACED IN THE CARE OF
MULLY CHILDREN'S FAMILY.
IN 2006, WE WENT TO ONE OF
THEIR EVENING PROGRAMS, THE
DEVOTIONAL PROGRAM SINGING THAT
THEY DO. I LOVE KIDS. LITTLE
KIDS WERE RUNNING AROUND IN
THE BACK. I HELD OUT MY ARMS,
AND LITTLE GIRL JUMPED ON MY
LAP. IT HAPPENED TO BE CHARITY.
I HAD CARRIED HER PICTURE FOR
30 DAYS AND 7000 KILOMETERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, SHE
SAT ON MY LAP FOR 30 MINUTES.
AND EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR
ME AT THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, I
FELT LIKE GOD HIT ME ON THE
HEAD WITH A TWO-BY-FOUR AND
HE SAID, "THAT'S WHY THE OTHER
DOORS CLOSED. THAT'S WHY THIS
DOOR OPENED UP."
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THE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE,
LIKE I TOLD THEM AT THE
BEGINNING, IF WE GET TO
ANNAPOLIS, IF WE DO THIS
SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE A WHOLE
TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENT. HE
COULDN'T GET HERE ON HIS OWN
AND IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN AND THAT'S A REALLY
REALLY NEAT FEELING.
IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR
ANYONE, WHOEVER WANTS TO TRY
IT. IT WOULD KIND OF BE, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, GET FIVE OF YOUR BEST
FRIENDS, ALL GET INTO A SMALL
CAR AND SPEND THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO TOGETHER BEING SLEEP
DEPRIVED AND BEING IN, YOU KNOW
SORT OF ONE STAR MOTELS AND
YOU'RE ALL SORT OF SWEATY AND
SMELLY AND NOW, YOU'RE UNDER
STRESS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT ARVID DOESN'T SPEND AN
EXTRA MINUTE ON THE BIKE GOING
THE WRONG WAY. SO, THE STRESS
IS UNBELIEVABLE IN TERMS OF
SORT OF MINUTE TO MINUTE AND
NOT WANTING TO LET HIM DOWN.
MY GOAL AND I GUESS THE
GOALS FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM
IS TO BE THE BEST WE CAN, TO DO
WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE ARVID
WIN.
YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW LONG
MY BIKE EVENT IS, IT ALWAYS
DIVIDES IT FOR ME INTO THREE
THIRDS. THERE'S THE FIRST PART
OF IT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO
IT. YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC, YOU SAY
YOU CAN DO THIS THING, BUT THEN
THERE'S THAT MIDDLE THIRD.
AND IT'S THE MIDDLE THIRD, NO
MATTER HOW LONG YOUR EVENT IS,
CAN BE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING
MENTALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE IN TO
IT TOO FAR TO QUIT, BUT YOU
CANNOT EVEN CONCEIVE MAKING IT
TO THE END.
THIS IS A TOUGH RACE, BUT
IT'S ALSO A DANGEROUS RACE.
AS SAFE AS THEY TRY AND KEEP
THINGS FOR THE RIDERS, THERE'S
ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON AND
WE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL AND YOU'RE SLEEP
DEPRIVED.
YOU GOT UPS AND DOWNS IN THE
RACE. YOU GOT SOME GOOD DAYS.
YOU TO SOME DAYS THAT DIDN'T
GO THAT WELL. WE HAD ONE NIGHT
IN PARTICULAR WAS PRETTY TOUGH.
LIKE, A GUY, I HAD A HARD TIME
WAKING HIM UP. HE JUST WAS SO
EXHAUSTED, THAT IT WAS HARD TO
WAKE HIM UP.
AT THE END, IT LOOKS LIKE,
IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN TO WIRE.
IT'S GONNA BE NIP AND TUCK TO
MAKE IT IN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
IT WAS HOT AND THEN IT JUST
BECAME INSANELY HOT AND I WAS
TALKING WITH ONE OF THE RACE
OFFICIALS HERE WHO SAID IT WAS
ABOUT 10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
OVER THE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR, SO IT WAS, FOR
CANADIANS, IT WAS IN THE HIGH
40S.
WHEN MY STOMACH WENT SOUTH
ON ME IN DAY TWO IN THE MOJAVE
DESERT AND WITH THE UNBEARABLE
HEAT, I DIDN'T SEE HOW I WAS
GOING TO RECOVER.
BUT I MADE A COMMITMENT. I
MADE A DECISION THAT YOU DON'T
QUIT IN LIFE WHEN IT'S AT ITS
WORSE, YOU DELAY THE DECISION,
YOU DELAY THE FINAL DECISION
WHEN YOU ARE IN A MUCH BETTER
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IS THE LAST PART OF OUR RIDE,
THE LAST THIRD WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY START TO SEE THERE'S
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
MAYBE I CAN DO THIS.
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I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM BECAUSE
HE'S WORKED VERY, VERY HARD AND
HE DESERVES IT AND THE KIDS AT
MULLY CHILDREN'S FAMILY DESERVET
TOO BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN REAL
PRAYER WARRIORS FOR HIM, SO
YOU KNOW, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO
THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE HIS
INSPIRATION.
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THANK YOU.
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LORD, MEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND
GIRLS AND THAT SPIRIT OF
REVIVAL TO THOSE THAT EVEN
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LORD, I AM YOURS. LORD, THOSE
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PLACE. HE CALLED YOU OUT OF A
PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND YOU'RE
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THESE STORIES THAT YOU ARE ON
THE RIGHT TRACK IF YOU JUST
KEEP TRUSTING GOD.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
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AND YOU SAID, "I CAN DO THAT."
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TO DO THAT AS WELL.
YES, AND HERE WE ARE.
A YOUNG DAUGHTER OF
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YEAH.
AND THEN GOD IS NOW USING
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YEAH, IT'S A COOL LIFE AND
GOD HAS A VERY, VERY
AMAZING WALK FOR YOU AS WELL.
WE SURE DO LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING WITH Y'ALL AGAIN. UNTIL
NEXT TIME, I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON.
AND I'M BRIAN WARREN. HAVE A
GREAT DAY CANADA.
GOD BLESS.
