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00:18 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written. 00:20 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. 00:23 In May of 2013 the jackpot in the United States 00:27 Powerball Lottery reached a massive $590 million. 00:33 People who normally did not buy lottery tickets were lining up 00:36 to buy them all across the fruited plain. 00:39 A spokeswoman for the Arizona Lottery said that interest 00:42 in the lottery was at a complete frenzy. 00:45 The same was true in many states. 00:47 Ultimately, the lottery would be won by an 84-year-old woman 00:51 who held the single winning ticket, 00:54 and she walked away with more than half a billion dollars-- 00:59 the largest lottery payout in American history to that time, 01:03 at odds of 1 in 175 million. 01:10 The odds of the average American being struck by lightning 01:13 in any given year are 1 in 700,000. 01:18 A woman has a 230 times better chance of conceiving quadruplets 01:24 than winning the Powerball Lottery. 01:26 But millions of people buy lottery tickets, just in case. 01:31 And why is that? 01:33 Because, well, you never know. 01:36 Someone has to win. 01:41 But for every winner there are millions of losers. 01:45 And when it comes to gambling, even winners can be losers. 01:50 The capital city of the state of Victoria in Australia 01:54 is Melbourne, which has a population well north 01:57 of 4.5 million people. 02:00 And in Melbourne, Australia, there is a shrine to gambling, 02:03 where once a year a horse race is held that is so big 02:08 race day is a public holiday throughout the state, 02:12 and it has been for almost 150 years. 02:16 Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne is home 02:18 of the Melbourne Cup, 02:20 contested on the first Tuesday of November every year. 02:23 It's the biggest horse race in the southern hemisphere. 02:27 The Melbourne Cup is really big. 02:30 It's like the Super Bowl in Australia, 02:32 except in Melbourne it's bigger than the Super Bowl. 02:37 In 2018 the Melbourne Cup offered prize money 02:41 of $7.3 million Australian. 02:44 That's around $5.5 million US. 02:48 The winner would take home $4 million Australian, 02:51 around $3 million US, and trophies worth $200,000. 02:56 The Melbourne Cup is a phenomenon. 03:00 Horses, trainers, and jockeys associated with the race 03:03 become legends. 03:05 The first Melbourne Cup was won in 1861 by Archer, 03:09 who won again the next year. 03:11 The day after Archer won that first Melbourne Cup, 03:14 he ran in and won another race over two miles. 03:18 The legendary Phar Lap, the great New Zealand horse, 03:22 who won the Cup in 1930 and whose heart is on display 03:26 in a museum here in Melbourne. 03:28 There's Think Big and Rain Lover and Kiwi and Van Der Hum, 03:32 and Bart Cummings, who trained 12 Melbourne Cup winners. 03:36 Millions of people watch the Melbourne Cup. 03:39 In fact, my parents traveled here to Flemington Racecourse 03:43 all the way from New Zealand to watch the Melbourne Cup 03:45 in the early 1970s, 03:47 the year Silver Knight won the Melbourne Cup. 03:50 But as glamorous as this all undoubtedly is-- 03:54 you've got the color and the pageantry 03:57 and the magnificent horses-- 04:00 as glamorous as it is, 04:02 there's another side of this that we simply cannot ignore. 04:05 ♪[Music]♪ 04:06 What we're dealing with here is gambling, 04:08 and part of the problem with a horse race being 04:11 such a glamor event is that it normalizes something 04:14 that has been described again and again 04:17 as being a curse on society. 04:21 Now, while gambling undoubtedly employs a lot of people, 04:25 generates a lot of economic activity, and drives tourism, 04:29 gambling has a dark underbelly, 04:32 takes a very high personal toll on a lot of people. 04:36 It seems that wherever you have gambling, 04:39 crime is not very far away. 04:41 Certainly horse racing over the years has been plagued 04:44 by crime and corruption and scandal. 04:47 It is believed that the great Kiwi horse Phar Lap was killed 04:51 by, by interests who didn't want to see him race 04:54 in the United States. 04:56 [track announcer speaks indistinctly via loudspeaker] 04:58 Gambling in sport goes way beyond horse racing 05:01 and therefore so do the scandals. 05:05 In 1919, players on the Chicago White Sox, 05:08 in the infamous Black Sox scandal, 05:12 were paid by gamblers to throw baseball's World Series. 05:17 An NBA basketball referee served time in prison for fudging calls 05:21 in games on which he had bet money. 05:24 Cricket has been repeatedly challenged by scandals 05:27 related to match fixing and gambling. 05:30 It's happened in snooker and soccer and tennis. 05:36 Now, the objection to this is, 05:37 "Oh, gambling's just harmless fun. 05:39 It's enjoyed by a lot of people." 05:42 Well, it is enjoyed by a lot of people. 05:44 It might even be fun. 05:45 But it surely isn't harmless, 05:48 and the values promoted by gambling simply don't line up 05:51 with the values of the Bible. 05:53 And gambling addiction is a major issue. 05:56 People can easily get hooked on gambling. 05:59 And they do. 06:00 And that causes massive problems. 06:04 One of the problems with gambling 06:06 is that it's everywhere. 06:08 Whether you're in Las Vegas or Dubai or New York City 06:12 or here in Melbourne 06:13 or in a little out-of-the-way small town somewhere 06:16 on the fruited plain, 06:18 there's gambling, and Internet gambling, 06:22 and it's socially acceptable. 06:24 And it seems as though everyone's doing it. 06:28 In just a moment, we'll meet somebody who's had a lot 06:31 of experience with gambling-- 06:33 experience that demonstrates just what gambling 06:36 can do to a life. 06:37 I'll be right back. 06:38 ♪[Music]♪ 06:47 >>Announcer 1: The pursuit of wealth has been the ruin 06:50 of many people. 06:51 God promises to bless His people financially, 06:54 but often God's blessings can turn into a curse. 06:57 Get your free copy of "God Will Provide" 06:59 and learn the recipe to financial success. 07:02 Call 800-253-3000, 07:05 800-253-3000. 07:08 You can write to the address on your screen 07:10 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 07:13 Get "God Will Provide," iiwoffer.com. 07:18 ♪[Music]♪ 07:21 >>Announcer 2: Planning for your financial future 07:22 is a vital aspect of Christian stewardship. 07:26 For this reason, It Is Written is pleased to offer 07:29 free planned giving and estate services. 07:32 For information on how we can help you, 07:34 please call 800-992-2219. 07:39 Call today or visit our web site: 07:41 hislegacy.com. 07:43 Call 800-992-2219. 07:49 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me today 07:50 on It Is Written. 07:51 I'm John Bradshaw. 07:53 Australia is a sports-mad country. 07:56 The biggest horse race in the southern hemisphere 07:58 is the Melbourne Cup, first Tuesday of November. 08:02 Millions of people watch the race on TV, 08:05 and crowds of over 100,000 people turn up 08:08 at Flemington Racecourse to see the big race live. 08:11 The Melbourne Cricket Ground, the MCG, 08:14 is Australia's cathedral of cricket. 08:17 It's also the home of Australian rules football-- 08:20 Aussie football, a lot like Gaelic football. 08:25 For the uninitiated, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. 08:29 Rugby league is also big in Australia. 08:33 And along with sports like these, 08:35 Australians gamble on lotto and scratch cards and at casinos. 08:40 In fact, it's often been said that Australians would gamble on 08:43 two flies crawling up a wall. 08:46 But when you've got an industry whose advertising comes 08:49 with a warning about the dangers of that industry, 08:53 well, you have to wonder. 08:57 William Shakespeare once wrote that 08:59 "all that glisters is not gold." 09:02 When it comes to gambling, 09:04 you might want to be careful what you ask for. 09:08 I expect that most everyone has seen the huge jackpots 09:10 advertised and thought, 09:12 "Wow, what I could do with that money!" 09:15 That's natural enough. 09:17 But you might be better off thinking about what that money 09:19 could do to you. 09:23 A British 17-year-old who won a million pounds in the lottery 09:26 told a newspaper later that she wished 09:29 she had never won that money. 09:31 She said, "I thought it would make my life 10 times easier; 09:35 instead everything became 10 times worse." 09:39 An English baker died cursing the fact that he had won 09:42 9 million pounds in the lottery in 2005. 09:46 He said that when they won the money, 09:48 he and his wife believed that all of their worries were over. 09:51 Instead, they lost their money, they lost their marriage, 09:55 and he lost his life. 09:57 He was bored; he developed an alcohol problem. 10:00 And it is said the stress of worrying about what to do 10:04 with that windfall really broke him down. 10:08 He said, "What's the point of having money at all 10:11 if it sends you to sleep at night crying?" 10:14 An American man won $250 million in the lottery. 10:19 His wife later said she wished he had never bought the ticket. 10:24 Now, I can hear somebody saying, 10:26 "Oh, it's just that these people didn't know 10:27 how to handle their money." 10:29 Well, it's true there are many people who've won a lot 10:31 of money, and their lives have not bottomed out. 10:34 But I don't know that that justifies an industry 10:36 where money is lost, often massive sums of money, 10:40 and lives are frequently ruined. 10:44 You simply don't hear about many people whose lives 10:47 are radically altered by the effects of gambling. 10:51 Children who don't eat because their parents lost money 10:54 at the casino. 10:56 Lives that spiral out of control owing to gambling addiction 11:00 and gambling debts. 11:01 Crimes that are committed. 11:03 The massive rearranging of priorities. 11:06 But even if you don't lose, 11:09 gambling affects your life, and it affects your soul. 11:15 I wanted to find out firsthand about gambling and its effects. 11:18 So I went to see an old friend. 11:20 David Slack lives in Hamilton, New Zealand. 11:24 He knows a lot about gambling from firsthand experience. 11:28 He's able to assess gambling from a Christian perspective. 11:32 So how did you get involved in gambling? 11:35 >>David Slack: Well, uh, when I was younger, John, 11:36 a lot of, um, friends of my parents used to come around 11:40 and play cards on a Sunday night. 11:42 They had a Sunday night card school and, um, 11:45 I was introduced through this, this card game; 11:48 my mum sometimes would let me play a hand while she went out 11:51 to prepare the, uh, snacks for the players, 11:55 and, uh, and I used to sit listening, uh, to the radio. 11:59 I was really, um, taken in by the commentary of, 12:04 of the patter of the commentator. 12:06 And, uh, and so I would pick horses out and imagine 12:10 that they were running for me. 12:12 I'd go to the races with my mum and dad, and, um, 12:15 I can remember really the, the first bet that I had-- 12:19 um, it won. 12:21 And, uh, and so that's where, really, where it started. 12:24 >>John: So, you went from playing cards to basically 12:27 all forms of gambling? 12:28 >>David: Anything, yeah, anything that-- 12:30 pool, which I was hopeless at, like snooker, 12:33 ah, sporting games-- anything, 12:36 anything that moved-- you, you just-- 12:38 if you could gamble, you gambled. 12:40 >>John: So, once you started gambling, 12:43 how quickly did you get from gambling to stealing 12:48 to support your gambling habit? 12:50 >>David: Not long after. 12:51 >>John: Yeah. 12:52 >>David: Uh, you know, I'd go around the back of hotels, 12:54 steal bottles back in those days. 12:57 I'd take my duffle bag and fill it up, 12:59 and then go to a dairy and, and cash up. 13:02 Um, back in those days, they used to deliver milk 13:05 and, and bread and cream. 13:07 And, uh, I'd go along the road, going into people's milk boxes 13:12 and taking the money out. 13:14 And so that was sort of petty crime. 13:15 >>John: Yeah. 13:16 >>David: And then when I started work, 13:17 then I started stealing, um, product from the company 13:21 that I worked for, uh, and that all, 13:23 that all financed your gambling. 13:26 >>John: How low did gambling take you? 13:29 >>David: My marriage ended. 13:31 Uh, I lost my job, and I lost my house. 13:37 So, that, that was a pretty low point. 13:40 But, um, things went even lower. 13:42 Uh, I was 27 and, um, what was I gonna do? 13:46 You know, I had no income, so at that stage I turned to crime, 13:50 and I never worked for the next 13 years, 13:53 just lived off the proceeds of crime. 13:55 And so, um, I became a, um, a bookie here in New Zealand. 14:00 Um, and, uh, that turned into a, um, 14:05 a really huge business. 14:06 I turned over enormous amounts of money and-- 14:10 but it, it didn't matter because no matter how much I won, 14:14 I just gambled it away. 14:17 I got arrested probably five or six, maybe more, times 14:20 for bookmaking. 14:21 Police would kick the door in and burst in, 14:23 looking for evidences, and... 14:25 >>John: So why didn't you quit, David? 14:27 Just too much money? 14:29 >>David: Too much money. 14:30 You have--you know, for a compulsive gambler, 14:32 you know, here it was. 14:34 Um, you know, I had a, I had a flash car; 14:37 I lived wherever I wanted to. 14:39 If I ever wanted to hop on a plane, 14:40 I could hop on a plane and fly off wherever I wanted to. 14:43 And I just guessed--I thought that I was living the life 14:46 of Jack the Lad, but all the time, of course, 14:48 not knowing that I was a slave to the devil. 14:53 >>John: At some stage it occurred to you 14:55 that you were a slave? 14:57 >>David: No. 14:58 >>John: Well, at some stage God got hold of you. 15:00 >>David: Yeah. 15:01 >>John: Well, tell me how that unfolded. 15:02 >>David: That's the miracle part about it, is that, uh... 15:07 at this stage, I'd, I'd met my wife. 15:10 She didn't--you know, she hated gambling; she hated it. 15:13 And she was pretty staunch. 15:15 She said, "No, I'm not going to marry you. 15:18 No, I don't, I don't want, I don't want this gambling 15:20 in my life." 15:20 But then I kept on, and finally she said, 15:23 "Okay. Look, here's the go. 15:26 You know, we'll get married, 15:28 but there's to be no gambling in the house. 15:29 I don't want it on TV; 15:30 I don't want people ringing up, putting bets on; 15:32 I don't want card games going on here." 15:34 And, um, because you're, once again, 15:37 because you're a compulsive liar 15:38 when you're a compulsive gambler-- 15:39 that's one of the traits that go with it-- 15:42 I say, "Yeah, yeah, no, no, none of that'll happen," 15:44 full well knowing that once we were married, 15:46 and I was back in there, that things would just carry on. 15:49 And then we were due to get married on a Saturday, 15:52 and, uh, on Thursday morning, 15:56 two days before we were due to get married, 16:01 I woke up, and I had this amazing feeling, 16:04 and, um...Debbie said, "What's up?" 16:09 And, uh, I said, "I don't know; 16:11 I've just got this unusual feeling, 16:12 like I don't want to gamble today." 16:14 Because every day I got up and went off and gambled. 16:17 >>John: So that day you had no urge to gamble? 16:20 >>David: No, there was no urge, and, uh, and, uh... 16:26 and then from that day to this-- 16:27 and that's, uh, 30 years ago now-- 16:30 I've never had any desire to gamble. 16:33 It was just a straight-out miracle. 16:35 And I'd never asked God to, to heal me, you know. 16:38 I, I was really full on in the life that I was living. 16:43 >>John: So how could this have happened? 16:45 Was somebody praying for you? 16:46 >>David: Well, after we got married, 16:49 um, and Debbie didn't say anything on that, 16:51 on that, that morning when I woke up, 16:55 and, um, and then about a couple of weeks later, 16:59 she said to me, "Oh, I prayed." 17:01 And I said, "What? What do you know about prayer?" 17:04 Because she liked going to nightclubs and parties 17:07 and things like that, you know. 17:09 And I said, "What did you say?" 17:11 And she said, "Oh, 'If there's a God out there, 17:14 you know, I, I, I really don't want to marry David 17:16 as a gambler, 17:18 and, um, I've tried to change him, but I, I can't. 17:22 He doesn't listen to me, and if, if you could do that, 17:24 I'd be really grateful.'" 17:25 And so this is from someone who didn't really know 17:28 anything about God. 17:30 >>John: And yet God answered her prayer? 17:31 >>David: Yeah, and God answered her prayer. 17:32 Amazing! Just an amazing miracle. Yeah. 17:36 I still look back every day-- 17:37 you know, I'm so grateful that she prayed that prayer. 17:41 >>John: So, what about people who were not or are not 17:45 problem gamblers? 17:46 What about them? 17:47 >>David: Oh, I haven't met many of those, John. 17:50 You know, I haven't, uh, you know-- 17:51 they're, they're, I guess they're around somewhere, 17:54 but I, I haven't met really too many 17:58 of the recreational gamblers. 18:00 The, the vast majority of gamblers that I know 18:03 are compulsive gamblers. 18:05 I had a friend who was a heroin addict; 18:07 my, my best friend was a heroin addict. 18:09 And, you know, the poker machines 18:12 are the, the, the heroin-- 18:14 they're the, the heroin addiction 18:16 of the gambling industry. 18:18 They're geared to suck your money out. 18:21 >>John: So, what do you say to somebody who's struggling 18:24 with gambling and has heard your story? 18:27 >>David: Number one, there's hope. 18:30 At Gamblers Anonymous, that I'm involved in now, 18:32 when people ask me, "What's the best thing that's happened 18:35 to you since, since you stopped gambling?" 18:38 I say, uh, "Freedom. I'm a slave no longer." 18:43 Uh, and, and this, you know, following 18:45 the 12-step program gives you all of that. 18:49 You know, that's, that's the most successful way. 18:52 And, and embracing Jesus, that's, that's really the key 18:56 to, uh, the, the change of life. 18:59 Um, there really is no other way. 19:03 There was no other way for me. 19:05 I was just gonna continue on and, 19:07 and as I was, in my gambling career, 19:11 and, and Jesus changed my life. 19:13 And so, it's the same-- it can happen for anyone. 19:17 ♪[Music]♪ 19:26 >>John Bradshaw: Thank you for remembering 19:28 that It Is Written exists 19:29 because of the kindness of people just like you. 19:32 To support this international life-changing ministry, 19:35 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 19:39 You can send your tax-deductible gift 19:41 to the address on your screen 19:42 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 19:46 Thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. 19:49 Our number again is 800-253-3000. 19:53 Or you could visit us online at itiswritten.com. 19:57 >>John: December 21, 2012, was when the Maya calendar 20:02 was set to expire. 20:03 Many said with the expiration of this calendar would come 20:06 the end of the world. 20:09 [Birds twittering] 20:11 The Maya were remarkable builders, 20:13 but they did not predict the end of the world. 20:15 So where can we find predictions that we can trust? 20:19 Recent reports state that more and more people are embracing 20:23 witchcraft, tarot card reading, and astrology. 20:27 People are grabbing onto this, 20:29 even though there's absolutely no evidence that it's valid, 20:33 and they're rejecting the Bible. 20:35 Now, the Bible isn't simply a book of predictions. 20:38 It's the story of God's love for the human family. 20:41 But it's true that the Bible does contain predictions. 20:45 In fact, God stakes His reputation on His ability 20:49 to forecast the future. 20:51 "Predictions You Can Trust." 20:53 Watch now on It Is Written TV. 20:58 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is Written. 21:00 You know, as far back as I can remember, 21:02 gambling was part of my family. 21:05 My mother's father owned race horses. 21:07 Her brother was a somewhat successful owner-trainer. 21:11 And my father gambled religiously. 21:15 I remember coming with him, usually on Saturday mornings, 21:18 to this very building. 21:20 He would gamble here, and then we'd wait throughout the day 21:23 to see just how successful he'd been or hadn't been. 21:27 I remember being here and seeing men and women lining up, 21:30 waiting to gamble away money that they-- 21:33 money they simply couldn't afford to lose. 21:40 Now, my dad never ever bet large sums of money. 21:44 He certainly didn't jeopardize the family's well-being. 21:46 We definitely didn't go without because my dad bet on horses. 21:51 But I often wondered what it would have been like 21:52 if Dad had taken the money he frittered away on horses 21:56 and invested it in a constructive way. 21:59 I remember my dad telling me several times about men 22:02 where he worked. 22:03 On payday they'd take their pay packet 22:06 down to where illegal gambling was taking place 22:10 and lose everything. 22:12 And they'd have nothing to take home to their families. 22:17 As a teenager, I'd work long days at a gas station. 22:22 And it wasn't long before I would be off to the race track 22:25 and lose it all. 22:27 I was never a successful gambler. 22:30 I learnt young that once it's gone, 22:32 you can't get it back. 22:33 It's better not to risk it in the first place. 22:36 What I didn't find out until much later 22:39 is that God is against get-rich-quick schemes. 22:43 Proverbs 13:7-- 22:46 "There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing." 22:49 And conversely, 22:51 there is "one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches." 22:56 God cautions against get-rich-quick schemes, 23:00 that desire to get a lot in a very short period of time. 23:04 And that's what motivates a lot of gambling 23:07 and a lot of gamblers. 23:08 You see, there's a commandment 23:10 that pretty well everybody forgets. 23:12 It's the tenth commandment. 23:15 It says, "Thou shalt not covet." 23:18 That's Exodus 20:17. 23:21 Hebrews 13:5 says, 23:23 "Let your conduct be without covetousness." 23:28 Covetousness, according to the Apostle Paul, is idolatry. 23:33 Now, of course we need money, and it's great to have excess, 23:37 but a prime reason for excess 23:39 is so that it can be used to bless others. 23:41 We are stewards of what God gives us. 23:44 When money becomes your god, you've got real problems. 23:47 You break the tenth commandment-- 23:49 you're breaking the first commandment, which says, 23:51 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 23:55 Proverbs 3:9 says, 23:57 "Honour the Lord with thy substance, 24:00 and with the firstfruits of all thine increase." 24:02 That means that what we've been given by God 24:05 has been given for the purpose of honoring God. 24:08 Throwing money away gambling certainly is not honoring God. 24:12 Jesus said in Matthew 6:21, 24:15 "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." 24:21 Gambling, like a number of other things, 24:22 helps you to see where your treasure is, 24:24 and, therefore, where your heart is. 24:28 First Timothy 6:9-10 says, 24:31 "Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation 24:34 and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts 24:37 which drown men in destruction and perdition. 24:41 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, 24:45 for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, 24:49 and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." 24:53 How many people do you think, desiring to win the big one, 24:56 have "pierced themselves through with many sorrows"? 25:00 This is a lot like Proverbs 28:22, which says, 25:03 "He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, 25:07 and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him." 25:12 So, what if you're one of these people 25:14 who gambles just a little? 25:16 Not a lot, just a little, like my dad used to. 25:19 Well, if it's just a little, 25:20 you won't find it too terribly difficult to give up. 25:24 But if you're wanting to give up gambling-- 25:26 your gambling problem is a serious one-- 25:29 that can be a real challenge. 25:30 Here's what you do: 25:32 You lean on the promises of God. 25:36 Philippians 4:13-- 25:38 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 25:43 Philippians 1:6-- 25:45 "He who has begun a good work in you 25:47 will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." 25:51 Philippians 2:13- 25:54 "It is God who works in you both to will and to do 25:59 for His good pleasure." 26:01 God can do it in your life. 26:02 If it's gambling, God can take that away. 26:06 If it's something else, a substance issue, 26:07 God can take that away. 26:09 Something deep down in your heart-- 26:11 God can do it for you. 26:12 There's power in those promises. 26:14 There's power in God's Word. 26:17 You see, God is a deliverer, 26:19 and He'll deliver you from gambling or, or whatever it is. 26:23 If you'll allow Him to do so, 26:26 God will be in your life everything that He really is. 26:33 >>Announcer: The pursuit of wealth has been the ruin 26:36 of many people. 26:37 God promises to bless His people financially, 26:39 but often God's blessings can turn into a curse. 26:43 Get your free copy of "God Will Provide" 26:45 and learn the recipe to financial success. 26:48 Call 800-253-3000, 26:51 800-253-3000. 26:54 You can write to the address on your screen 26:56 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 26:59 Get "God Will Provide," iiwoffer.com. 27:04 >>John Bradshaw: Let's pray together now. 27:06 Our Father in heaven, we come to You in the name of Jesus. 27:08 We're glad that we can. 27:09 We thank You that You are able, that You are our deliverer, 27:12 and that You can take away everything out of our lives 27:14 that should not be there. 27:16 If somebody has a problem with gambling, 27:18 those that do, take it away. 27:20 Be their deliverer; be their strength. 27:22 We believe in Your promises. 27:23 We believe that You can do all You say You can do. 27:26 We look to You to be what You only can be. 27:29 We thank You for deliverance. 27:31 We thank You for assurance, for salvation, 27:34 and we thank You in Jesus' name. 27:37 Amen. 27:38 Thanks so much for joining me. 27:39 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:42 Until then, remember: 27:44 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:48 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:52 ♪[Theme music]♪ 28:03 ♪[Theme music]♪ |
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