HELLO, I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
LET ME THE FIRST ONE TO SAY
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SEE, I WANTED TO EVEN
BEAT LAURA LYNN BECAUSE I
KNEW IF I DIDN'T GET IT OUT FIRT
SHE WAS JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT
OVER THE TOP OF THAT.
BUT WE SAID IT TOGETHER,
ACTUALLY.
YEAH WE DID.
WE WERE IN UNISON,
BROTHER.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
YOUR REFLECTIONS ON 2013,
WHAT ARE YOUR FONDEST
MEMORIES AND WHAT SHOCKED
YOU, AND WHAT EXCITED YOU?
2013 WAS REALLY A DIFFICULT
YEAR AND I KEPT HEARING FROM
SO MANY OUT THERE THAT IT'S
BEEN A ROUGH YEAR. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT
BRIAN? BUT I CAN ALSO TELL
YOU IT'S BEEN A YEAR FULL OF
INCREDIBLE CONNECTION WITH
MY LORD AND MY SAVOIR.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR WHERE GOD
BROUGHT ME THROUGH SOME
TOUGH THINGS AND HAS
SUSTAINED ME, AND GUIDED
ME A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM. I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO 2014 BECAUSE IT
IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A
WONDERFUL 2013. THIS WAS
A ROBUST YEAR. I MEAN I WAS
TRAVELING FROM INDIA, ISRAEL,
ACROSS THE WORLD.
EVERYWHERE.
AND EVERYWHERE ELSE
ACROSS CANADA.
SASKATOON.
SASKATOON AS WELL.
EVEN SASKATOON, YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD WAS
DOING SOME INTERESTING
THINGS AND I FOUND THERE WAS
AN ANTICIPATION AND AN
EXPECTATION IN 2013 THAT GOD
IS UP TO GOD STUFF ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND WE SAW SOME
PRETTY NEAT THINGS TOO THAT
TAKE PLACE. BUT I ALSO FEEL
THAT EVEN THE BIBLE AS I SAID,
AS DANIEL, AS HE SAID IN THE
LAST DAYS THE ENEMY WILL TRY
TO CHANGE THE TIME AND THE
SEASONS AND HE'LL TRY TO WEAR
OUT THE SAINTS.
WEAR US OUT.
AND SO I SAW A LOT OF SAINTS
THAT WE'RE KIND OF TIRED AND
JUST NEEDED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT AND I BELIEVE
EVEN GOING INTO 2014 I HEAR
THE LORD SAYING, DON'T QUIT
IN THE PUT BECAUSE YOU'RE
COMING OUT OF THE PIT. I DON'T
CASE WHAT PUT YOU IN THE PIT,
YOU'RE COMING OUT. IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN A RUBIN THAT PUT
YOU THERE BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
A JUDAH THAT'S GOING TO BRING
YOU OUT OF THE PIT IN 2014.
I BELIEVE THAT. I ACCEPT
THAT. I RECEIVE THAT BRIAN.
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A
GOOD YEAR. WHATEVER'S
HAPPENED, WHAT DID I HEAR
YOU SAY? DON'T QUIT IN?
DON'T QUIT IN THE PIT.
THAT WAS ANOTHER
BRIANISIM. I LIKE IT.
AND IT TAKES TEAM WORK TO
MAKE THE DREAM WORK AND
WELL IT DOES, YOU NOW.
YES, I LOVE HIS SAYINGS. I
USE THEM NOW ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. I TAKE THEM AS MY
OWN.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S MY
AFRICAN SISTER THOUGH
BECAUSE SHE JUST LOVES TO
PREACH AND THAT VERNACULAR.
YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT A
POWERFUL SHOW TODAY WITH
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE STORIES
FROM PAST EPISODES OF THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING
IF GOD REALLY SPEAKS, WHAT
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ARE FOUR
STORIES OF LIVES THAT WERE ALL
CHANGED AFTER HEARING THE
AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD.
FOR KIP FELP AND ALSO
THOMAS VARGAS, IT PROBABLY
SAVED THEIR LIVES. THEIR
STORIES AND MORE. BUT FIRST,
GOD ACCUSES GARY AND EVELYN
SHERMAN OF STEALING.
GARY AND EVELYN SHERMAN
OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
LOVE TO EXPLORE THE BEAUTY OF
THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY.
FINANCIALLY THINGS HAVE NEVER
BEEN BETTER, BUT SOME TIME
AGO THEY FACED A MOUNTAIN OF
CREDIT CARD DEBT.
THERE'S A PHRASE THAT
SAYS, 'ROBBING PETER TO PAY
PAUL,' I WAS ROBBING PETER, HIS
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
COUSINS.
THEIR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
STARTED AFTER THEY BOUGHT A
NEW HOME, ALL THE
FURNISHINGS, AND A NEW CAR,
ALL ON CREDIT.
SO NOW MONEY WAS VERY
TIGHT AND SO NOW TITHING,
WHILE I UNDERSTOOD IT, I JUST
DIDN'T KNOW HOW I COULD
AFFORD IT.
WHEN YOU ARE LIVING LIKE
THAT YOU ARE IN BONDAGE.
SOON THEY STARTED USING
CREDIT CARDS TO PAY FOR OTHER
EXPENSES. THEN, GARY HAD A
JOB CHANGE AND HIS SALARY
DROPPED BY $12,000.
IT WAS THIS PANIC OF HOW
ARE WE EVER GOING TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN?
>. EVELYN TOOK A JOB DRIVING A
SCHOOL BUS, WHILE GARY
JUGGLED SOMETIMES UP TO
THREE JOBS AT A TIME.
I FELT VERY OVERWHELMED,
SOMETIMES RESENTFUL,
EXHAUSTED. I FINALLY GOT TO
THAT POINT WHERE I EXPRESSED
HOW DESPERATE I WAS FOR US
TO HAVE CHANGE.
GARY SAYS HE WAS WEARY
TOO. FOR 14 YEARS HE HAD
POURED OVER HIS FINANCES
LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT. BY
NOW, THEY WERE 50, 000
DOLLARS IN DEBT.
BECAUSE THINGS ARE
BAD. YOU'RE LIVING HAND TO
MOUTH. YOU'RE NOT MAKING
YOUR BILLS. YOU'RE PUSHING
OUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS ON
A CLIP ON BILLS. YOU'RE LETTING
IT RUN TO THE LAST MINUTE.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THINGS
WITH YOUR KIDS. IT KIND OF
MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
NOT PROVIDING.
THEN ONE NIGHT AS GARY
TACKLED THE BILLS, THE ANSWER
FINALLY CAME.
I JUST HEAR THIS VOICE AND
IT'S THE VOICE OF GOD, I KNOW
IT, AND IT SAYS, 'YOU ARE
ROBBING ME.' I SAID, 'I DON'T
HAVE IT. YOU CAN'T SQUEEZE
BLOOD OUT OF A ROCK, SO WHERE
DO YOU WANT IT FROM?' HE
SAYS, 'TRUST ME.' AND I SAY,
'OKAY GOD, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. I
HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. ALL
RIGHT, I WILL DO IT.
SO THE FIRST CHECK GARY
WROTE THAT DAY WAS A TITHE TO
HIS CHURCH. AND EVERY WEEK
FROM THAT POINT ON I DID IT,
I WROTE THAT CHECK OUT, IT WAS
PAINFUL.
THE SHERMANS ALSO SOLD
THEIR NEW CAR AND BOUGHT A
LESS EXPENSIVE ONE. NOW
WITHOUT A CAR LOAN THEY
USED THAT MONEY TO PAY
DOWN THEIR OTHER DEBTS.
I'M ACTUALLY PAYING DOWN
THE PRINCIPLE AND WATCHING
DIFFERENT DEBTS, ONE BY ONE,
GO AWAY.
DURING THIS TIME, GARY GOT
SEVERAL PROMOTIONS AND
RAISES.
IT WAS REALLY WORKING. THIS
IS WHAT I CALL GODLY FINANCIAL
ENGINEERING.
WHEN YOU ASK THE
SHERMANS HOW LIFE IS
DIFFERENT NOW, THEIR ANSWER
IS THE SAME.
I COULD BREATHE, IT'S LIKE
HAVING MY LIFE BACK.
TODAY, THE SHERMAN'S ARE
STILL EXPLORING THE HUDSON
RIVER VALLEY. GARY'S AN
EXECUTIVE IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITH A
SIX-FIGURE SALARY. THAT'S
DOUBLE WHAT HE MADE IN
FORMER YEARS. HE'S ALSO THE
PASTOR OF A SMALL CHURCH.
NOT ONLY CAN I MEET THE
NEEDS OF MY FAMILY, MEET
SOME NEEDS IN THE CHURCH,
BUT WHERE I SEE A NEED INTO
PEOPLE AND THAT AMAZES ME.
IT AMAZES ME.
COMING UP NEXT ON THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
I WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN
I STARTED USING DRUGS. A YEAR
LATER I WAS DEALING THEM. BY
AGE 17 I WAS SUPPLYING
DEALERS. IN THE EYES OF MY
PEERS I HAD EVERYTHING GOING
FOR ME BUT I WAS EMPTY
INSIDE.
TOO OFTEN WE CARRY
BAGGAGE FROM OUR PAST. YOU
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT AFFECTS
EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IN
OUR LIVES. IT'S ALWAYS THERE
WEIGHING US DOWN AND
KEEPING US FROM ACHIEVING
TRUE HAPPINESS. BUT DO YOU
KNOW GOD NEVER MEANT FOR
US TO BE TRAPPED IN THE PAST?
YOU CAN BE FREE OF YOUR
BAGGAGE. LEARN HOW GOD'S
FORGIVENESS LEADS TO CHANGED
LIVES AND NEW BEGINNINGS.
CALL THE 700 CLUB.
THERE I WAS LYING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DIRT ROAD
COVERED WITH BLOOD. LEFT
THERE BY MY FRIENDS, LEFT
TO DIE. THE MIRAGE OF
HUMAN STRENGTH LEFT ME THAT
NIGHT AND SO I DID THE ONLY
THING I COULD THINK OF DOING.
I SANG A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
I WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN I
STARTED USING DRUGS. A YEAR
LATER I WAS DEALING THEM. BY
AGE 17 I WAS SUPPLYING
DEALERS. IN THE EYES OF MY
PEERS I HAD EVERYTHING GOING
FOR ME. BUT I WAS EMPTY
INSIDE. HALLOWEEN NIGHT I
DRESSED UP AS A CAVEMAN. I
WENT TO A PARTY, BROUGHT A
LARGE QUANTITY OF DRUGS WITH
ME. BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING OUT
THOSE DRUGS LIKE I HAD
PLANNED ON DOING, I TOOK
THEM ALL MYSELF. I CAN'T
FULLY EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED
TO ME THAT NIGHT. I DON'T
KNOW IF I EXPERIENCED
SOME STRANGE HALLUCINATION
OR IF IT WAS ALL REAL. ALL I KNW
IS SOME RANDOM GUY SAT
DOWN BESIDE ME, TOLD ME
THAT I HAD DIED. I BELIEVED
HIM. I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS
OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED THAT
NIGHT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT
IT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING
EXPERIENCE I'D EVER HAD. I
FELT SO LOST, SO HELPLESS,
SO UNPREPARED WITHOUT
ANYONE TELLING ME WHAT
TO DO I BEGAN TO CRY AND
ASKED GOD TO FORGIVE ME.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME
PASSED BY BUT EVENTUALLY
SOME PEOPLE GRABBED A HOLD
OF ME. THEY GOT A HOLD OF MY
KEYS AND THEY HELD ME DOWN
ON THE BACK OF MY PICK UP
TRUCK AND THEY STARTED
SPEEDING AWAY. I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND
SO I GOT FREE FROM THE GUYS
THAT WERE HOLDING ME DOWN
AND THEN I JUMPED HEAD
FIRST OVER THE SIDE OF MY
TRUCK. LANDED IN THE GRAVEL
ROAD AND SLID DOWN THE ROAD
ON MY BARE SKIN. THERE'S
NOT A LOT THAT I REMEMBER OF
THAT NIGHT BUT I REMEMBER
MY FRIENDS STOPPING FOR JUST
A MOMENT AND HEARING THEM
SAY, FORGET HIM, LET'S GO. AS
I WAS LAYING THERE HELPLESS
AND TERRIFIED I BEGAN TO SEE
A WAY IN A MANGER. AND SO
I WAS THERE, HALLOWEEN NIGHT
SINGING A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
(MUSIC)
EVENTUALLY SOME POLICE
OFFICERS FOUND ME AND WHEN
I WAS WELL ENOUGH I
CONTACTED SOME RELATIVES
OF MINE WHO WERE CHRISTIAN
AND THEY BROUGHT ME TO SEE
THEIR PASTOR WHO INTRODUCED
ME TO JESUS CHRIST. WHEN I
PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH
THAT PASTOR AND I RECEIVED
JESUS CHRIST INTO MY LIFE,
EVERYTHING CHANGED. BUT
EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY,
SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE OF ME
CHANGED. I FELT ALIVE FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. AND
JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING JESUS CHRIST AS MY
LORD AND SAVIOR I LED
SOMEONE ELSE IN A PRAYER
TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS
THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR. AND I
HAVE TO SAY AS MEANINGFUL AS
IT WAS PRAYING THAT PRAYER FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND MEETING
JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND
SAVIOR, IT WAS EVEN MORE
MEANINGFUL LEADING SOMEONE
ELSE IN THAT PRAYER. I KNEW
FROM THAT MOMENT ON THAT
MY PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS TO
KNOW JESUS AND MAKE HIM
KNOWN. A YEAR LATER I STARTED
TRAVELING AND DOING SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY'S. AT AGE 19 I WENT
INTO FULL TIME MINISTRY. IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW LOST
OR HOW UNREACHABLE THAT
YOU THINK YOU ARE. JESUS
CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO SEEK
AND SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.
AND ON THAT NIGHT WHEN
CHRISTMAS COLLIDED WITH
HALLOWEEN, THE SAVIOR OF THE
WORLD BECAME THE SAVOIR OF
MY LIFE. AND YOU TOO CAN FIND
THE WAY IN A MANGER.
COMING UP NEXT ON THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
WHEN I'D GET UP OFF THE
CHAIR AND I STARTED WALKING
AROUND AND I'M SHAKING MY
LEG AND THERE WAS NO PAIN
THERE WAS ZERO PAIN. I KNEW
RIGHT THEN THERE WAS A GOD
AND I STARTED BELIEVING IN THE
GOD RIGHT THEN. I KNEW RIGHT
THERE.
DADDY?
YEAH BUDDY?
HOW MANY NICKELS ARE IN
A DOLLAR?
THERE ARE 20 NICKELS IN
A DOLLAR.
HOW DO BIRDS FLY? DOES
MILK REALLY MAKE MY BONES
STRONGER?
YEAH, YEAH.
DADDY, WHEN WE DIE
WILL WE GO TO HEAVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER
TO LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTION?
CALL THE 700 CLUB, WE'LL
HELP YOU FIND ANSWERS TO
THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
LIFE BRINGS YOUR WAY.
STOIAN IANKOV IS A MAN OF
THE SEA. A PROUD FISHERMAN
FOR OVER 40 YEARS. HIS STORY
BEGINS IN HIS HOMELAND OF
COMMUNIST BULGARIA.
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY DAD
STARTED TAKING ME FISHING.
AND HE TOOK ME FISHING ONE
SUNDAY, AND THAT'S WHEN IT ALL
STARTED. WE CAUGHT MORE FISH
THAN ANYONE ELSE AROUND US,
AND I WAS ON FIRE FOR FISHING.
LATER ON, I FINISHED THE 8TH
GRADE AND GETTING READY TO
GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, TO LEARN
A TRADE, I NOTICED THAT THE
ONLY PEOPLE THAT COULD LEAVE
THE COUNTRY WERE THE
FISHERMAN. THEY WERE THE
ONLY ONES WHO COULD LEAVE
THE COUNTRY. I WANTED TO GO
TO FISHING SCHOOL, SO THAT'S
WHAT I DID IN 1972.
STOIAN WENT TO A MILITARY
SPONSORED FISHING SCHOOL. HE
LEARNED HIS CRAFT WELL, BUT HE
WAS ALSO TAUGHT SOMETHING
ELSE.
YOU'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE YOU ARE CONSTANTLY
BRAINWASHED TO BELIEVE IN
THAT SYSTEM OF
COMMUNISM/SOCIALISM, AND
ATHEISM AND EVOLUTION. YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS NO PERSONAL FREEDOM
IN COMMUNISM AND
SOCIALISM. EVERYTHING IS
CONTROLLED BY THE
GOVERNMENT, AND YOU DID
WHATEVER THE GOVERNMENT
TOLD YOU TO.
HE COMPLETED THE FOUR-YEAR
PROGRAM, AND STOIAN'S FIRST
ASSIGNMENT WAS ABOARD THE
FIRST BULGARIAN VESSEL TO TRAWL
OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF
THE UNITED STATES. BUT STOIAN
HAD OTHER PLANS.
EVERYONE'S DREAM, AT THAT
TIME, WAS TO DEFECT AND LIVE
IN THE UNITED STATES, IN A
COUNTRY SO POWERFUL AND SO
ADVANCED. WE ALL KNEW HOW
ADVANCED THE UNITED STATES
WAS, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW
MUCH.
WHILE THEIR BOAT WAS
DOCKED IN PORTLAND, STOIAN
AND TWO OTHER CREWMEN LEFT
THE BOAT. A GUARD STOPPED
THEM ON THE GANGPLANK.
HIS JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE
NO ONE CAME IN ON THE
VESSEL, OR LEFT. BUT ONCE EVERY
HOUR HE HAS TO GO AROUND THE
SHIP AND CHECK EVERYTHING.
HE SAID, 'WHERE ARE YOU GUYS
GOING?' WE SAID, 'WE'RE
DEFECTING.' HE SAID, 'NO,
YOU'RE NOT.' AND WE SAID,
'WHY NOT?' BASICALLY, HE
DIDN'T WANT TO BE A WITNESS,
SO HE SAID, 'EVERY HOUR I HAVE
TO GO AROUND THE SHIP, SO
WHEN I DISAPPEAR OUT OF
VIEW, JUST GO AHEAD AND
LEAVE.
IT WAS THAT SIMPLE. STOIAN
WAS FREE. HE GOT A JOB RIGHT
AWAY AS A CREWMAN ON A
LOCAL TRAWLER. AS THE YEARS
WENT BY, HE WORKED HIS WAY
UP TO PART OWNER OF A
TRAWLER, MAKING ROUTINE TRIPS
TO ALASKA. HE SOON MET
ANGELIQUE AND THEY MARRIED
IN 1986. SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN,
BUT STOIAN WASN'T.
HE WAS THIS BIG, TOUGH,
KIND OF ORNERY, ALASKAN
FISHERMAN. GET OUT OF MY
WAY, I'M COMING THROUGH,
AND I DON'T CARE.
MY WIFE HAD TRIED TO TALK
TO ME ABOUT GOD AND JESUS,
BUT I REJECTED IT, BECAUSE OF
MY BACKGROUND. AND JUST
STRIVING TO BE THE BEST AT
WHAT I WAS DOING.
HE'D GET REALLY ANGRY
WHEN I'D MENTION GOD, OR TRY
TO TALK ABOUT GOD. SO AFTER A
WHILE, I JUST STOPPED.
DECADES OF HARD WORK
TOOK THEIR TOLL ON STOIAN, AND
HE DEVELOPED EXCRUCIATING
SCIATICA IN HIS BACK AND
LEG.
AND HE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN
AND IT HAD INCREASED TO THE
POINT WHERE HE WAS
IMMOBILE. AND STOIAN HAD
BEEN IN THIS RECLINER SLEEPING
AND LAYING, SITTING FOR AT LEAST
A WEEK AND A HALF.
AS THE PAIN GOT WORSE,
STOIAN WATCHED MORE
TELEVISION. ONE DAY,
ANGELIQUE HAD AN IDEA.
SHE TOOK THE CHANNEL
CHANGER AWAY FROM ME, AND
YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS WHEN THE MAN
DOESN'T HAVE THE CHANNEL
CHANGER. AND, SHE PUT A TAPE
IN.
MY MOTHER HAD SENT US
THIS VIDEO AND OF COURSE IT
WAS THESE INCREDIBLE STORIES
OF MIRACLES, HEALINGS, AND
PEOPLE BEING SAVED.
AT THE END OF THE TAPE
WHEN PAT ROBERTSON STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THIS MAN THAT
SITTING IN A CHAIR WITH
EXCRUCIATING PAIN, IT WAS
BASICALLY DESCRIBING ME
EXACTLY DOWN TO THE LAST
DETAIL. IT WAS ME, AND THAT'S
WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION. AND
THEN AT THE END WHEN HE SAID
'IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU
ARE HEALED, GET UP AND WALK'
IT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION.
AND I LOOKED AT HIM, AND I
SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU WAITING
FOR? STAND UP.' AND HE STOOD
UP.
WHEN I GOT UP OFF THE
CHAIR AND I STARTED WALKING
AROUND, AND I WAS SHAKING
MY LEG, THERE WAS NO PAIN.
THERE WAS ZERO PAIN. I KNEW
RIGHT THEN THERE WAS A GOD. I
STARTED BELIEVING IN GOD RIGHT
THEN, AND RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU FEEL THE POWER
OF GOD COMING OVER YOU, IT'S
LIKE NO OTHER FEELING. YOU
KNOW GOD IS THERE.
EVER SINCE THAT DAY, MY
BACK HAS BEEN PAIN FREE.
THERE IS NO PAIN.
STOIAN BECAME A CHRISTIAN
THAT DAY. HE AND ANGELIQUE
JOINED A CHURCH, AND WERE
BAPTIZED TOGETHER.
THAT WAS A KEY TURNING
POINT IN OUR LIVES, THAT
HEALING BECAUSE WE BOTH
EXPERIENCED THAT AT THE EXACT
SAME MOMENT. GOD BEGAN
TO WORK AND MOVE IN OUR
LIVES FROM THAT POINT, AND HE
KEPT ON LIKE HIS.
STOIAN'S JOURNEY AS A
FISHERMAN STARTED OVER 40
YEARS AGO, AND HE'S STILL GOING
STRONG TODAY. HE HAS HIS OWN
BOAT AND CREW, AND
CONTINUES TO FISH IN ALASKA
WHEN HE'S NOT WORKING FROM
HIS HOME OFFICE.
IF SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN
AND RAISED IN A COMMUNIST
COUNTRY, AND BEING
BRAINWASHED IN EVOLUTION
THEORY, WHICH HAS NO LEGS TO
STAND ONÃIF SOMEONE LIKE
THAT CAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY
AND BE SAVED, AND BECOME A
BELIEVER IN GOD, AND A
FOLLOWER OF JESUS, THEN THERE
IS HOPE FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
BECAUSE I REJECTED GOD ALL MY
LIFE, UNTIL GOD GOT A HOLD OF
ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE CAN
DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR ME.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIM.
AND THAT'S ALL IT TAKES, FOR YOU
TO ASK GOD AND HE WILL COME
INTO YOUR HEART. AND HE WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE, AND YOU WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME.
COMING UP NEXT ON THE
700 CLUB CANADA.
I KNEW I'M GOING TO DIE
BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE IN
MY CHEST AND ALSO WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN MY BRAIN.
I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE
SO I CALLED EACH ONE OF MY
FAMILY AND SAID MY GOODBYE.
AND I'M WAITING TO DIE TO SEE
HOW DEATH WILL BE.
IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BEFORE ALL MIGHTY
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 ROBINSON
TEACHES HOW SHALL WE NOW
LIVE? AVAILABLE NOW.
IN 2008 THOMAS VARGAS
WAS TRAVELING WITH HIS
DAUGHTERS FROM VANCOUVER
TO HIS HOME IN EDMONTON.
WE WERE FIVE MINUTES
AWAY FROM HOME AND I
SITTING IN THE PASSENGER
SEAT CASUALLY TALKING TO
MY DAUGHTER.
WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
MY HEART STOPPED DUE
TO CARDIAC ARREST. THEY
STOPPED SAY SIX FEET, TEN FEET
AWAY FROM 15 LADIES. THEY
WERE PRACTICING SOCCER AND
ALL THOSE LADIES KNEW CPR.
ONE OF THE LADIES CHECKED MY
PULSE AND THERE WAS NO
PULSE. SHE TOOK MY BODY
HER FRIEND, ERIN, SHE CAME
AND STARTED GIVING ME
COMPRESSIONS 12 TO 15
MINUTES AND THOSE TWO
LADIES NEVER GAVE UP
UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS TOOK
OVER. THEY SHOCKED ME
INSIDE THE AMBULANCE AND
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I
EXPERIENCED THE SHOCKS
WAS NO NASTY. MY BODY
ACTUALLY LIFTED UP FROM THE
STRETCHER AND FELL DOWN.
THEN THEY HAD TO SEDATE ME
FOR 48 HOURS. THEY PUT ME
ON VENTILATOR AND COMPLETELY
ON MACHINE. I KNEW I AM
GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THE
PRESSURE IN MY CHEST AND
ALSO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
MY BRAIN. I KNEW I'M GOING
TO DIE SO I CALLED EACH OF MY
FAMILY AND SAID A FINAL
GOODBYE. AND I'M WAITING
TO DIE TO SEE HOW DEATH WILL
BE. THAT NIGHT I SAW
(INAUDIBLE). I SAW SOMEBODY
STANDING BESIDE ME. I HAD
TERRIBLE PAIN IN MY CHEST AND
I COULD FEEL SOMEBODY
OPENED IT AND I COULD FEEL THE
STICHES. SO, I ASKED THIS
PERSON BY HOLDING HIS HAND
, I ASKED HIM HOW, WHAT DID
YOU DO TO ME? HE SAID
YOUR HEART WAS NO GOOD, I
HAD TO TAKE IT OUT AND
THROW IT TO GARBAGE.
SO I ASKED HIM DID YOU
(INAUDIBLE) HEART FOR ME?
HE SAID NO, MY SON, I GAVE
YOU MY HEART. HE SAID, I
CANNOT PUT YOU IN HEAVEN.
I ASKED HIM, WHY CAN'T YOU
PUT ME IN HEAVEN? HE SAID,
YOU HAVEN'T RECONCILED TO
SO MANY PEOPLE. THAT WAS
MIND BOGGLING.
RECONCILIATION IS SUCH A BIG
FOR GOD AND SO I MADE A LIST
OF PEOPLE TO RECONCILE IN THAT
HOSPITAL BED. HE GAVE ME A
NEW HEART AND A NEW VISION
FOR MY LIFE. EVERYTHING GOT
CHANGED. I'M A NEW CREATURE.
SLOWLY I STARTED RECOVERING
AND AFTER TWO WEEKS
EXTENSIVE TESTING. WHATEVER
IS AVAILABLE IN CANADA, THEY
SAID, YOU'RE A PERFECT MAN.
YOU CAN GO HOME. MY
DAUGHTER INSISTED THAT WE
SHOULD GO FOR A WALK. AND
SUDDENLY THAT PARTICULAR DAY
AS I CAME TO THAT SPOT, AS
USUAL I THANKED GOD. GOD
THIS IS WHERE YOU RAISED ME
UP. WHEN I LOOKED THERE WAS
A GROUP OF LADIES PRACTICING
SOCCER THAT EVENING. SO I
WENT TO THEM. THEY COULDN'T
BELIEVE ME STANDING THERE
AND TALKING TO THEM BECAUSE
THEY WERE SURE THAT I PASSED
AWAY. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY
THESE THINGS WERE NOT
PLANNED BECAUSE IT'S PUTTING
OUT (INAUDIBLE) FOR THIS THING
TO HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THOSE LADIES, 15 OF THEM, ALL
ALL WHO WERE TRAINED CPR,
TRAINED. IF IT HAPPENED FIVE
MINUTES AWAY, THEN IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN ANOTHER STORY.
THANKS TO DIVINE HELP
FROM GOD, AND A WOMAN
SOCCER TEAM, THOMAS
VARGA IS LIVING A LIFE FREE FROM
GUILT AND FULL OF GOD'S LOVE.
GOD IS SO AMAZING. HE
KEPT MY HEART WELL AND
HE GAVE MY LIFE BACK.
WELL AND THAT'S WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT THIS MINISTRY
AND I JUST LOVE COMING TO
WORK. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT GARY AND EVELYN
SHERMAN AND COULDN'T
AFFORD TO TITHE BUT REALLY
GOD GOT THEIR ATTENTION. HE
SAID, YOU'RE ROBBING ME.
YEAH.
I WONDER IF SOMEBODY ELSE
GOT THAT TOUCH TODAY AS WELL.
YEAH, GREAT STORIES.
BUT AFTER THAT HE BROUGHT
THEM OUT. AND A WAY IN
A MANGER.
YEAH, YES.
GOD USED THEM.
ON HALLOWEEN.
YEAH.
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WE'RE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW
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WE LOVE HEARING FROM
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AMEN. WELL WE'D LIKE TO
PRAY FOR YOU AS WE GO INTO
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4:22, FOR THEY ARE LIGHT FOR
THOSE WHO FIND THEM IN
HEALING AND HELP TO THEIR
FLESH. FOR RON GOD, THAT YOU
WOULD EVEN BREAK THAT SPIRIT.
THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE YOUR
BLOOD TO COME UPON HIM AND
DELIVER HIM. LORD WE ASK YOU
NOW FOR SHIRLEY, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS THAT WE BLEND FAITH
TOGETHER AND WE PRAY THAT
THAT SPIRIT OF POVERTY WILL BE
BROKEN AND WE ASK NOW FOR
LORD, DIVINE INCREASE. WE
PRAY THAT IT WILL COME FROM
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YOU GLORY. WE THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE, IN JESUS NAME.
AMEN.
IN JESUS NAME.
ONE TO THREE. HAPPY
NEW YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING
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HEY, DON'T GO AWAY.
UNTIL NEXT TIME WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
I'M BRIAN WARREN.
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