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Welcome to the 700 Club
Canada. I'm Brian Warren.
And I'm Laura-Lynn Tyler-
Thompson. Welcome. We just
love spending this half hour
with you.
We really do. And partner
week continues, and we're glad
you're here.
Today you'll meet two young
ladies whose lives have been
radically changed at Teen
Challenge, one of our key 700
Club Canada partner ministries.
You know, I just really love
partner week because it really
talks about what you've been
investing in, and yesterday we
talked about Scott Mission and
Peter Duraisami and I just
really love his passion as well
as his conviction for the call
of God.
Right, and, you know, that's
what the 700 Club Canada is
all about
It is.
That we invest in ministries
that are going on here in
Canada that change lives that
radically give a leg up to
those that are in need. And,
you know, that's just one of
the many things that we do
here.
Well, absolutely.
And we're invested in
Canadian culture and making
this a better land.
What we ask you to partner
with us, one of the things that
your dollars do is invest in
Canadian ministries cause we
believe that revival is here
and it's not come from
somewhere else but it's
unearthed those jewels that are
right here in Canada and allow
you to see how not only the
power of God is working but
also how we're being able to
accomplish the goal together.
You know, what I loved,
Brian. I had an opportunity to
go the Wings Maternity Home.
Yes.
And to meet some of the girls
that they were having their
babies because this home had
taken them in when their
parents were upset that they
had not had an abortion.
Yeah.
And these beautiful young
women, strong, intelligent, and
fully able to be mothers and
choosing that, choosing for
themselves that they would
give birth to this baby and yet
not having the support that
they needed. And these
ministries help to shore up
those who might find
themselves, you know, in a bad
situation having made a
mistake.
And that's when you look at
Marion Cozens and the work
that she's doing in Wings, and
we're so excited about the
partnership that we have with
them. You're absolutely right.
They need that support so
desperately, and they may not
know Christ when they first
come. But what we do find
over time they do come to a
saving knowledge of Christ.
You know, one of the things
that I appreciate by going to
the homeless and going to those
that are on the streets of
Toronto through Scott Missions
is how we're seeing all of the
different programs continuing
to impact people's lives.
It's so good, so good. You
know, we'll also spend the
midsection of the show
reflecting on your needs and
share some praise reports
from other 700 Club Canada
viewers. We love that part.
And we want to testify to what
God is doing in your lives and
stand with you in prayer as we
wait for your breakthrough.
Your breakthrough. That's
what it's all about. But to
get us on our way, we'd like
you to meet Tammy whose life
of addiction and pain got her
turned around by Jesus at Teen
Challenge. Take a look.
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Tammy grew up in a small
fishing community in New
Brunswick as the youngest of
six children. Her father, an
alcoholic, was abusive to their
mother.
I think I was probably four
when I remember him locking
my mother out of the house and
hitting her and not being happy
with the meal, not being happy
with the house. You never knew
when he'd come home what kind
of mood he would be in, if he
would just go to sleep or if he
would be angry. Finally she
had just had too much and she
decided to leave my father when
he was fishing one day. So we
found a house to rent, and the
only source of heat was an oil
tank. And he had come home
from fishing and he was a
smoker. So he was hollering
out in the yard and to let me
in and she wouldn't. And so
he threw cigarettes down and
let out oil out. The oil
didn't catch flame, but my baby
sister that was six months old
the next morning had blue
hands and feet and was rushed
to the hospital because it was
so cold.
Family services were called
in to take control of the
situation, and Tammy and her
siblings were split up and
separated from their parents.
My heart must have broke
that day as a six year old and
being taken away from all that
I knew and my siblings.
Tammy was eventually adopted
but struggled with feelings of
rejection and feeling unwanted
and unloved. As she grew
older, she began drinking in an
effort to block out the pain
she felt in her heart.
Of course everybody
graduated, I just continued to
drink more and more and more.
I really knew something was
wrong when I didn't have to
be around anybody to drink.
It became a dark friend.
Tammy ended up having three
children and was married three
times but pain and misery
filled her life. Her drinking
became worse and worse and she
began contemplating suicide.
One night in desperation, she
called out to God.
And I said, "Lord, please
just take me now. It hurts
too much. I can't go on any
longer. I don't want to live
this way," and I said, "I would
just rather die this way and
die an alcoholic."
The very next morning, Tammy
received a phone call from a
friend asking her to come to a
church service with her.
Though she felt numb with pain
and sadness, she reluctantly
agreed to go with her.
And so there was about 700
people in the audience and she
just explained to us that,
you know, as she talks
sometimes she just sees kind
of a roll of tape of God
showing her things will come
across a screen. And all of a
sudden my body got so hot
and she said, "You in the green
jacket." And I was way over on
the other side. She said, "I
want you to know that God said
you're not going to die an
alcoholic." And I knew that it
had come from God because
nobody else heard. And I said,
"Okay, Lord. I know they come
from you so I'll go. I don't
know what's on the other side
but I'll go."
Tammy had heard of an
organization called Teen
Challenge and felt in her heart
that God wanted her to go
there. Teen Challenge is a
residential alcohol and drug
addiction faith-based program
with centers in Alberta,
Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan,
and Ontario where those
struggling with alcoholism
and addiction to other drugs
begin their restoration.
I think the biggest thing
that's happened to me is that
I've learned to trust again
and maybe trust for the first
time I should say. I mean I
have made mistakes and some
of it was my fault and bad
choices, but I never did, I
never blamed the enemy for any
of it. I blamed that little
girl that carried for all those
years.
Tammy found the love she had
been searching for all her
life, the love of Jesus Christ.
I'm just learning to start to
pick the flowers and to smell
the roses, actually to know
that they are there for me,
you know, that I deserve to
have a full life, not just to
look at it but to really
experience it. If you just
trust Him, if you just put out
your hands. He doesn't ask
for anything else but just to
put out your hands and to trust
Him. And if you can just give
Him a piece of your heart, the
peace of hope. That's all He
needs and He'll take that and
He will take the ashes and turn
it into beauty cause He's doing
it for me.
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Thank you. Because of 700
Club Canada partners, we
provided backpacks and supplies
to over two hundred children
in First Nations Reserves in
Northern Quebec. You gave
them a future, and we showed
them the love of Jesus.
Because of 700 Club Canada
partners, communities in
Toronto and Northern Labrador
have warm clothing to protect
them from the freezing cold
of winter. You brought them
hope and shared with them the
of Jesus. Because of 700 Club
Canada partners, needy families
in Toronto experienced the joy
of opening presents on
Christmas morning and the peace
of having cupboards full of
food. You showed them that
someone cares and most
importantly they felt the love
of Jesus. Become a partner
today. Call 1-855-759-0700.
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Laura-Lynn, one of the things
that I really appreciate about
our partners is really their
commitment and their
commitment to prayer, not just
investing in the program but
their time of praying for you,
yourself, and myself and all
the things that we do because
I really believe what that does
is it an assisting in the
anointing, increasing but
allowing us to see the power
of healing, deliverance, and
salvation across this nation.
Right. And there is no
power like the power of prayer.
That is the foundational
fundamental, you know,
investment of our time that
actually, you know, gives such
a harvest back to us. And yet
I don't know, you know, Brian,
sometimes it's hard to actually
invest our own lives into that.
But we're here every day
talking about it.
Yes.
Talking about it, talking
about the value of it.
Yes.
How good it is for us.
But you know what? What
I've seen over the years and
ever since we've started and
you know yourself on Facebook
and people how they follow us
Yeah.
and how they follow us
individually as well as
collectively, and every time we
are in the studio, we begin to
pray, it's like a cloud begins
to come into the studio. And
then God begins to give a word
of knowledge and He begins to
speak specifically into issues
and areas of people's lives.
oh, I feel
it even now as the Holy Spirit
is talking. And there is such
a revelation of the word of
knowledge that elevates that
those areas and those ills and
those ailments begin to now
just dissolve under the Word
of God and the rhema Word.
Sure. I think that's why
people watch. I mean we're
sitting here but they're at
home in their living rooms.
They need a breakthrough. They
need some answers to prayer.
And it is clear that God is
with us and that God is doing a
great work through the 700 Club
Canada. And they sense that
and they sense the overflow of
that anointing right onto their
lives.
You know, it is so true
because one of the things that
the Lord just gave to me and
He says in 15:58 and this is
the Apostle Paul and he's
reading this in First
Corinthians and specifically
for our partners as well. And
he's saying this. "Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be
steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the
Lord, knowing that your labor
is not in vain." I think
that's so powerful because no
matter what you're going
through right now, he said,
"Be immovable," because
by our self we couldn't be
immovable but together in
Christ one can cast out a
thousand. Two can cast out
ten thousand. And when
Laura-Lynn and I are going out
across this country in those
different areas and when we
get directly in there whether
it's the aborigino, prayer day
in Ottawa or across the country
and those pools of revival in
Atlantic Canada and Winnipeg
and Saskatoon and all those
areas, we see the demonstration
and the activation of the
accumulation of all these
prayers and the power of God
setting people free.
Absolutely.
Amen.
And, you know, when we are
partnering with those other
incredible organizations that
are doing great things that
believe in prayer that are
investing in people's lives
Yeah, we're seeing some
great ones like Metro Kids,
and I remember praying with
the BC Lions. One of the
things that I enjoyed about
Metro Town is I live the
Chinese food there to be
honest with you.
It is good.
Oh, it is really good. You
know, the green onion cakes and
that Szechuan. But what
they're doing is giving out
bags to children. You've been
partnering with that. They're
giving out not only the Word of
God, we've been giving
Superbook with Metro Kids, and
they're doing such a wonderful
job.
Yes, you know, they
in advancing the Gospel.
Absolutely. Like this is a
group that goes into the middle
of a neighborhood in the middle
of the summer and they have
a band. They do some music.
They've got balloons. They
have big blow-up machines,
you know, and have a whole
bunch of fun with the kids and
then they tell them a Bible
story and they thank them very
much. They invite them out to
church and off they go.
And off they go.
Yeah, in the middle of
summer, and all the parents are
like yay. Who are these
people, you know, doing this
great work?
And it's all because of your
partnership. They could not
do that by themselves, but
it takes teamwork to make the
dream work, and the dream is
alive and it's happening right
here in Canada.
And we partner with Union
Gospel Mission which has an
incredible facility taking in
the homeless when it's cold
out, giving those that really
want to get out of their
addiction, an opportunity to
do that.
Yeah, you know what? Last
time we were in Vancouver, we
talked to Pastor Dave Koop and
we were talking about that
and, you know, just partner
ministries and how just having
a heart for the city and how
important it is for having men
and women who are local and
indigenous in those areas who
will dare to step and stand in
the gap and be Jesus in blue
jeans, warts and all. Let's
pray for them even now.
Father, in the name of Jesus,
we want to thank you for our
partners and, Lord, we want to
ask you that you would even
breathe fresh life into their
ministries, that they would be
immovable and steadfast,
always abounding in the work
of the Lord. And we declare
the Lord who chose Jerusalem
rebuke you Satan because we
blend faith together and we
declare one can cast out a
thousand. Two can cast out
ten thousand, so we blow down
the very doors of darkness and
we call for the anointing and
the power of God for even fresh
vibrancy and a fresh anointing
to flow in Jesus' name. Amen.
Amen. So be it.
So be it.
And we've got a couple
comments too as well, Brian.
Well, we do.
From some wonderful people
who watch.
And I love that part because
we've got Heather Gamble and
she's saying that Emma is
Heather's 14-year-old daughter
who had just had brain surgery
to remove a lesion off the left
side of her brain to remove a
noncancerous lesion. Heather
is so thankful for the prayer
partner and the support that
she got during the ordeal.
Emma is recovering well.
Praise God to the glory of
God.
Wow.
Amen. And that's-and we're
talking about brain, brain
cancer.
Oh, man, serious.
Things that have been moved
and that she thought she was
going to lose her. Listen to
this one. I thought this was
pretty cool as well. And this
is from Calgary, Alberta, all
the way from Calgary. I love
Calgary is well, Alberta. My
wife is from Alberta. And it
says, "I really appreciate your
prayer line and the follow
up of your prayer partners what
they do which is unique to your
ministry compared to others."
She said, "Compared to other
prayer lines, it is second to
none. It is the best. Thank
you." Well, thank you.
Right.
What a wonderful prayer
partner, right?
It is really is, you know,
and we love doing what we
do and we love joining and
linking arms with everybody
across this nation that
We really do.
You know, help to make this
possible.
Amen. You know, not long
ago, we had an incredible
experience traveling to Israel,
visiting many of the places
that Jesus would have walked
and taught and performed some
of his greatest miracles.
We were able to stand and
teach the Bible in the very
places that we see in these
pages, the pages of God's Word.
And now we want to share those
life-changing messages with
you in this one-of-a-kind
teaching DVD, In His Footsteps.
Yeah. Laura-Lynn and I got
a chance to teach it as a 700
Canada product. But this week
we're also offering you this
new DVD as well, The Bride of
Christ, another 700 Club Canada
teaching series by Hebraic
roots expert, Joe Amaral as
our gift to you for becoming a
monthly 700 Club Canada
partner.
We'll show you the incredible
view from the Mount of
Beatitudes and take a walk
around the Garden Tomb. So
call now. 1-855-759-0700.
Become a monthly partner and
we'll send you In His Footsteps
and The Bride of Christ right
away.
Both of those, and we'll be
right back.
[MUSIC]
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.
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I had a great childhood. My
family was very close. We
always had a family vacation,
lots of memories. We did
almost everything together.
Until tragedy struck in
Danielle's life.
My mom had just come home
from teaching an aerobics
class and was just complaining
about a headache. My dad was
getting more concerned, more
concerned, and then I saw her
and she was just white as a
piece of paper. And he came
down and asked me to watch
my sister and took my mom to
the hospital. And by the time
they had reached the hospital
her left lung had collapsed and
the left-hand side of her body
had become totally paralyzed
and she was put into the ICU
right away.
Danielle's mother had been
afflicted with an unexplainable
virus leaving her completely
paralyzed from the waist down.
I was scared because my
e was trying to
protect us, didn't tell us a
ust that Mom was in the
hospital and she wasn't feeling
well and did what he could to
think
because he was dealing with so
much fear that he wasn't quite
ready to tell us. Then he said
that we were going to go to the
hospital with him one day and
that's the first time that I
saw her. My mom and I were
I just thought the sun rose and
set on her and I couldn't even
tell it was her. Just hooked
to so many machines and tubes
and her face was so different
and body I just looked at
somebody I didn't even know.
Grandma came and stayed with
us because my dad was at work
and then straight to the
hospital, and it was my mom's
mom. She was a very heavy
drinker and a heavy smoker.
And that was hard to deal with.
Anger and bitterness led
Danielle into hanging around
with the wrong crowd. I just
kind of was more drawn to the
people that, you know, hung out
in the pathways and smoked and
got invited to parties where
there was always liquor there
and started to drink. I didn't
think any of it to skip school.
I've been suspended. I slipped
right into the role and it just
became kind of the person that
I was. I didn't want to go
home because I hated seeing my
mom when we did bring her
home from the hospital and she
in a strapped down wheelchair
and needed a lot of personal
care. It devastated my dad
because I was running away and
he had so much on his plate
with my mom and my little
sister and then my grandma,
and he wouldn't sleep and he
was out looking for me all the
time and having to come to the
school and still maintain a
t put a lot of
distress on everybody.
Danielle began using alcohol
to numb the pain.
Drinking continued to be
part of what I did to escape
and eventually it just became
part of a lifestyle. And I was
a functioning alcoholic come in
my later years.
Danielle got a job and got
married but her drinking kept
getting worse and worse.
I knew how many people
I was hurting including myself
f I didn't
think about it or see it then
I could pretend that it wasn't
happening.
Her health was beginning to
fail, but still she wouldn't
stop drinking.
Even the doctors would say
to me, "You know, you are very
sick." And they like, "Do you
not understand there's a cure?"
And I could still at that time
put it behind me like it wasn't
really happening cause I just
had cut everything off that was
important because that's the
only time I would hurt.
Her husband left, unable to
watch Danielle kill herself
with drink.
When I hit rock bottom, I hit
really hard. I had lost well
of course everything that I
love, everything I'd worked
for, everything I went to
school for. Anything that
mattered to me was gone. I
couldn't even imagine having
a future and just now the shame
and guilt that I lived with
every day I didn't even really
want to continue.
With her liver, heart,
pancreas, and gallbladder all
at risk, Danielle was told she
might not survive the night.
It just overwhelmed me and
I literally got on my knees
and I cried, and I said to God
that I know you're still there
because you took care of me
when I sure have not been.
So somebody was taking care
of me and He's much bigger
than me. I said whatever you
want me to do, whatever you
tell me to do, whatever you
want me to say, go, I will do
it. But just don't hit me
now.
Miraculously Danielle
survived the night. She knew
she had to do something.
My parents just-they had
heard about Teen Challenge.
Teen Challenge is a
residential alcohol and drug
addiction faith-based program
with centers in Alberta,
Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan,
and Ontario where those
struggling with alcoholism and
addiction to other drugs begin
their restoration.
All the plans were set in
motion for me to come, and
I was so scared but yet I had
this strength that I hadn't had
for as long as I can remember.
When I landed I do I think that
Jesus was here and he was
waiting for me, and I swear
brought me to this place that's
full of angels and people like
I have never met.
Danielle quit drinking, and
her health improved.
The place I'm at now I can't
believe that this is my life,
and the grace of God. It's
a peace and a goodness and
I'm excited about living again.
To feel so lost and to feel so
brand nehere's no
words, and it's an honest truth
that I didn't know existed.
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So cool. Laura-Lynn, when I
look at Danielle, it's not only
a ministry that we support,
but it's also a changed life
for the glory of God.
Yes, and it's so inspiring
and encouraging. Some of us
it's inspiring because, you
know, our kids maybe need
help. We hear from those
people all the time who want
to have hope that God will
intervene, you know.
Well, you know what? It's
so true because I think when
you look at a testimony like
that which you realize is
there's a lot of parents that
are just crying out for their
children and saying, "God,
would you touch them," and
they're wondering is there a
place, is there someone who
can really help my child.
Right.
And this is proof positive
Absolutely.
That God is doing the work.
And maybe this is a place
somebody is being stirred that
I've, you know, this is an
option, and it sure is a good
one. Absolutely.
Isn't it?
Yes.
And another option, and we
appreciate this. I don't know
if anyone else is doing this
but we take it serious praying
for your prayer concerns, and
we ask you because this is the
greatest upper room that we
have as far as praying for men
and women across the country.
Would you put on your prayer
list Valentina, and she's in
Richmond. She's praying for
total healing. She needs
healing now.
And Allison in Hamilton,
Ontario has a prayer for a
situation with her marriage.
Okay.
And for God to, you know,
restore some of that. So we
believe with you, Allison. We
know that God is a faithful
God.
Let's believe. And, Father,
Valentina, Lord, there is an
emergency in her life for
total healing now. And we
thank you that your arms are
not too short to save and your
ears are not too dull to hear.
Nothing is too hard for the
Lord, so we take this prayer
request and we come into
agreement with Valentina, and
we come into agreement with
your intercession for her, and
we pray now that it would be
so, that healing would come
speedily. Send your Word and
heal her diseases, in Jesus'
name.
Father, we just ask you,
Father, to intervene in
Allison's life, Lord. You
know the situation. You
know what's going on. Lord,
you know the complications.
Sometimes life is complicated,
God. I pray that you would
give her peace, that you would
giver her wisdom and strength
as she journeys through this
season, oh, God. Would you
show her the path? Make the
path straight and clear. We
come into agreement for her
hope, for her peace, for
restoration in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Well, it's such a privilege
to come into your home and
thank you. And until next
time, I'm Brian Warren.
And I'm Laura-Lynn Tyler-
Thompson. Have a great day,
Canada.
God bless.
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