This image that I, in order to be right with God

and loved by God, I had this perfect Christian.

NARRATOR: Luke Bernard grew up in a Christian home,

but by age 25 decided he couldn't

be the person he thought he should be

so he tried being someone else.

I would drink.

I ended up drinking a lot consistently.

NARRATOR: On March 9, 2013, Luke remembers only what

he's been told.

After having a couple of drinks with friends

Luke was driving home alone and he lost control of his car.

He was flown to Los Angeles County Medical

Center in critical condition.

They just said, Mr. Barnard you just need to come.

You just need to get here.

We can't promise you anything.

NARRATOR: Luke's father Daniel was in Houston on business

when he got the call.

And took the next flight to LA.

His wife Cathy arrived at the hospital

from their home in Florida.

CATHY: When I walked into the room I looked at him,

I knew it was bad.

I mean, I couldn't even recognize my son.

His head was swollen, his eyes are shut

and they were all bruised, and tubes everywhere.

Here is a situation which is really, really bad.

Now it's time to get to work.

NARRATOR: And that meant prayer.

Luke was in a coma with little hope for survival.

The family was told if he did live,

he'd be in a vegetative state or seriously

disabled due to a traumatic brain injury.

He had also broken his back and neck.

But Luke's family refused to believe the prognosis.

With all of our hearts we believed

that it wasn't Luke's destiny to die at 25.

We just knew that.

And so we said we're going to pray

desperate, specific, unified prayers for him.

And we got everyone to pray.

There was thousands of people praying.

We said, this is how we want you guys to pray.

NARRATOR: Luke's parents stayed at his bedside

reading scripture and praying.

11 days later he woke up.

When he woke up I was there beside him and Daniel said,

if you recognize your mom squeeze my hand.

And he did.

NARRATOR: He was moved out of critical care

and placed in rehab.

But Luke was still in a back brace

and doctors didn't know whether he'd walk again.

DANIEL: He started moving his legs.

And we were like, whoa, wait a minute.

I mean, and he was showing us.

He'd pick them up, move them, pick them up, move them.

I'm going like, OK.

We called the doctors and said, look.

And they said, that's really good because that's

a voluntary movement.

NARRATOR: So more x-rays were ordered.

And they kept on saying stable.

And I was like well what does mean?

It means we can't find the brakes anymore.

NARRATOR: Less than a month after the accident Luke was

able to leave the hospital and return

to Florida with his parents.

He wore a helmet until surgery could

be performed to replace a piece of his skull.

Little by little Luke began forming new memories

from what others told him.

The realization of OK, something rare happened here.

NARRATOR: Luke's medical records show

that he arrived at the emergency room

with a Glasgow Coma Scale of three,

the worst possible score.

No one knew if Luke would fully recover, not even

neurosurgeon Dr. Peter Gruen.

Somebody like Mr. Bernard, who comes in with a Glasgow Coma

Score of three and then a few months later

is walking into my brain injury clinic.

I could count those on one hand.

So very, very, very uncommon.

And I hesitate to say the word, but, you know,

it is almost-- when you see it, the first word

that comes in your mind is like miraculous.

All I know is that people were praying for me.

NARRATOR: That led Luke to ask more questions.

Why God?

Why me?

Thinking that I had to be this perfect Christian

to be right with God.

NARRATOR: Then he realized something.

You can't be a certain way to earn God's love.

Because you already have it.

It's a gift from God.

He loves you.

And he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for you

because he loves you.

And he wants to spend eternity with you.

NARRATOR: Luke now read the Bible with fresh eyes

and re-committed his life to Jesus Christ.

It felt like a burden was taken off of me.

NARRATOR: He worked daily in rehab

to recover from the brain injury.

One morning, he awoke from a dream

and began writing a screenplay.

I ended up finishing writing the script in one month.

And six months before I was in rehab re-learning

how to write my name.

It's called The Favorite.

NARRATOR: Luke is in development for his film

about two brothers portraying Luke's spiritual and physical

healing.

Sometimes I tell Luce, I said, Luke, you're a miracle.

God's goodness and faithfulness is everlasting.

Maybe God wants to use me for something.

I don't necessarily know what the end result is going to be,

but I'm like, I don't need to.

I'll just wait and listen and just

respond to where I believe he's leading and directing me.