I WAS A BODY BUILDER. I

WAS

WELL-KNOWN, A LOT OF

NOTORIETY, TITLE

COVERS, FANS. I COULD NOT

IMAGINE NOT

BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT I LOVE

THE MOST.

YOU CAN SEE HOW PAIN WOULD

KEEP A

MAN LIKE THIS FROM PUMPING

IRON UNTIL

A MIRACLE GOT HIM DOING WHAT

HE LOVED.

COMPETITIVE BODY BUILDING

IS

GRUESOME, GRUELING. YOU KNOW,

ARNOLD

SCHWARZENEGGER, HE WAS

PUMPING ABOUT

200 TONS OF IRON EVERY WEEK.

WHAT WE

HAVE NOW, A FORMER MR.

AMERICA. THIS

GENTLEMAN, A COUPLE YEARS

AGO, PETER

PUTNAM THOUGHT HIS

WEIGHTLIFTING DAYS

WERE OVER AND NOW HE'S

PUMPING FULL

THROTTLE ALL BECAUSE OF A TV

SHOW HE

BEGAN WATCHING AS A LITTLE

BOY.

I LIVED THE DREAM PER SAY.

I WAS A

FORMER TO BE PROFESSIONAL

BODY

BUILDER. I WAS WELL-KNOWN, A

LOT OF

NOTORIETY, MAGAZINE COVERS,

TITLES,

FANS. AS I TRANSITIONED AWAY

FROM

PROFESSIONAL BODY BUILDING,

DIDN'T

MEAN I WAS NO LONGER

COMPETING. AND

DID A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING

AND

GRADUALLY NOTICED A PAIN IN

MY

SHOULDER AND IT BECAME WORSE

AND WORSE

AND I LITERALLY HAD TO STOP

TRAINING

SHOULDERS. OVER A TIME IT

BECAME

REALLY DEBILITATING AND THEN

IT

STARTED TO AFFECT ME AND I

WAS WAKE UP

WITH PAIN AND I WAS REALLY

SCARED. I

COULD NOT IMAGINE NOT BEING

ABLE TO DO

WHAT I LOVED THE MOST. PRETTY

MUCH

DAILY I HAD LAY MY HAND ON MY

SHOULDER

AND COMMAND THE PAIN. I

BELIEVED I

WOULD BE HEALED AND I NEVER

GAVE UP

FAITH. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING

THE "700

CLUB" FOR YEARS. THE NEXT

MORNING I

WAS GETTING READY AND I SAW

THE EVENT

AND I JUST JOINED IN

AGREEMENT AND

PRAYED ALONG WITH GORDON AND

PUT MY

HAND ON MY SHOULDER.

SOMEONE WITH A TORN TENDON

ON THE

SHOULDER, GOD IS HEALING ALL

OF IT.

AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW I

WAS BEING

HEALED.

WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, DO IT

NOW.

SINCE THAT DAY I HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO

DO ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT I

COULDN'T

DO. THE PAIN IS GONE. ALL THE

HEAVY

LIFTING, THE HUNDREDS OF

POUNDS, THE

SAME SHOULDER, WHAT I

COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, I CAN DO IT NOW. IT'S

AMAZING.

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO GO TO

THE GYM AND

DO WHAT I LOVE.

AT THE CROSS, WHEN HE

SAID IT IS

FINISHED, BY HIS STRIPES WE

ARE HEALED.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

FROM GOD.

HE DID IT FOR ME AND HE CAN

DO IT FOR

OTHERS.