Avid outdoorsman Alex Soare injurers his hip and leg while exercising, but the pain only increases for his amputated leg which was never long enough for his prosthetic. After praying for healing, Alex turns on the 700 Club and little does he ... ...
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- [Narrator] Alex Soreloves hunting and fishing.
- I just really startedto get an appreciation
for God's creation outdoors.
I think God's a lot moreprevalent out in nature.
- [Narrator] Alex is a cancer survivor.
When he was 16, amalignant tumor was found
in his right foot.
It had to be amputatedjust above the ankle.
He was fitted with a prosthetic limb
that took time to getused to walking with.
- That leg with theprosthetic was too long
and they can't shorten it up.
They wanted me to wear an insert
or like if this big rubberthing glued to the bottom
of my shoe
and I was a 19 year old kid.
I was way too cool for that.
So I said, no, I don't hurt.
It doesn't hurt.
I'm not wearing that thing.
- [Narrator] 10 yearslater, Alex injured his hip
and leg while exercising.
- Yeah, one day I was exercising
and I pulled too hard
or pushed too hard or something.
I felt something give
kinda in my hip and my leg on that side.
And yeah, I couldn't walk or anything.
It hurt too bad.
I could walk maybe like five minutes.
- [Narrator] It was difficultfor Alex to fish or hunt.
And the pain gradually became unbearable.
- It was so bad.
My legs were, the bad leg was actually
moving like involuntarily.
I didn't want it to move,
but like the nerves and everything
were just shooting so much.
I couldn't hold it still.
I was actually, I was crying,
not going to lie, in bed.
- [Narrator] Alex beganasking God for healing.
- I was praying about it.
And I just believed,
I knew that you can'tplease God without faith.
And he'd done so muchfor me up to that point,
I was like there's no way Lord,
that this is how you...
There's no way this is the plan.
This isn't where it ends up.
I got these dreams and aspirations
of being a great hunter andfisherman and all of this.
And why would you put that in me
if this is how it was going to end up?
- [Narrator] The next daywhile watching The 700 Club,
Alex saw Pat and Wendy praying.
- There's a problem with your hips.
Your spine, and your hips are out of line
and the you've got pain comingup the small of your back.
It's not scoliosis but it acts that way.
In the name of Jesus,
we speak the word in the name of Jesus.
May that spine be healed,
may the hips be aligned properly
and may all those joys function, touch.
- He was right.
I just claimed it. I knew that was for me.
It's no coincidence.
And I just, I shot up, lifted up my hand,
and was like, yeah I'lltake that. That's for me.
And that very night, I just felt a heat,
like a pretty intense heat.
And the next day it was goneand it wasn't just gone.
Craziest part is this rightleg is no longer too long.
I don't know what happened.
It was like that for 10 years,
but that is not a problem at all.
Never has been ever since.
- [Narrator] Alex can now enjoy life
and his adventures inthe outdoors pain free
- God wants to heal you. Hewants to be in your life.
And he loves us.
He is love, he can't not love.
And if you would just allow him,
it's not even about us or what we do
or how we do things, it's just,
it's so much more about God.
Like if you just allow him in
and just let him love youand give him that time,
you're going to see yourlife changed completely
and you will be whole and healed.