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Series Code: IIWC
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00:43 >> Welcome to It Is Written 00:44 Canada. 00:45 Thank you for joining us. 00:46 Our special guest on It Is 00:48 Written Canada today is Jerry 00:50 Shiel who has become a friend 00:51 of ours and he lived on the 00:55 streets from when he was a 00:56 teenager, he kept getting into 00:58 trouble with the law because 01:00 of drugs and violence and that 01:02 meant that he ended up in and 01:05 out of jail. 01:07 >> Then Jerry hit it big time 01:09 working as a model in Los 01:11 Angeles and Dallas, but God 01:14 had other plans for his life. 01:17 Jerry, we are so excited to 01:19 hear your intriguing story. 01:21 Thank you so much for joining 01:22 us on It Is Written Canada 01:24 today. 01:25 >> Well, thank you. 01:26 It's a pleasure, Mike and 01:27 René, to see you again. 01:29 It's a gift, thank you. 01:31 >> So, Jerry, I want you to 01:33 take us back to those early 01:35 years, you grew up in a big 01:36 family in Ontario, how did the 01:40 experience you had then 01:42 influence the choices that 01:44 you made? 01:45 >> Yes, first of all, I would 01:46 like to say a couple things is 01:48 that this is a testimony of 01:49 Jesus, of His grace, and what 01:52 can happen when you exercise 01:54 your freedom of choice. 01:56 And Revelation 12:11... 02:03 The other thing is is that 02:05 what I'm gonna be sharing is 02:07 just a point of reference, not 02:10 a place of residence and I no 02:12 longer live there. 02:14 Praise God for that. 02:16 The other thing is is that 02:18 what I'm gonna be sharing 02:20 about our folks. 02:21 Mom and Dad, they did the best 02:23 that they could with the tools 02:24 that they had and I thank them 02:26 very much for it. 02:29 As a youngster, I'm fourth of 02:32 nine, six girls and three boys. 02:36 And when I was about a year 02:38 old, my mom had a nervous 02:42 break-down and our family was 02:45 split up with other members of 02:48 the church and then once she 02:50 became out of the hospital, 02:53 she-- we all got back together 02:55 again in the family. 02:57 And also, actually before I 03:01 was born, my older sister, 03:03 Mary, said, "And the next boy 03:05 we have, let's call him 03:07 Moses," and that's how I got 03:09 my legal middle name is Moses. 03:12 >> So this was a tough time 03:14 for you. 03:15 You ended up living with some 03:17 church family for a while then 03:19 you came back home. 03:20 Where would you go when you 03:22 went through tough times? 03:23 >> Well, Dad was a firm 03:26 believer in corporal punishment. 03:28 He came from an Orthodox 03:31 background then he became 03:33 Seventh-day Adventist, and so 03:37 the law was very important to 03:39 him and so whenever I would do 03:44 something that was serious, it 03:47 was a lecture of God, 03:50 then the strap. 03:52 So I started associating God 03:58 with discipline and pain and 04:00 also when I'd see my older 04:02 sisters get disciplined, it 04:05 really caused confusion in me 04:07 because I was associating God 04:09 with punishment and pain. 04:14 And that would hurt, very 04:17 confusing, and I would go down 04:20 by the river, my spot by the 04:23 river, I'd just sit there, 04:24 sometimes fish, but sometimes 04:27 just sit there and just could 04:28 be by myself and actually in a 04:30 lot of pain. 04:32 And I could recall when Dad 04:34 would be giving me the 04:36 discipline that I'd be 04:38 thinking, "Dad, I don't wanna 04:42 "hear anymore about God. 04:44 "I just want you to get to 04:46 "know what I'm going through, 04:47 what's going on in my mind." 04:49 And I wish I might've-- I 04:53 could've said it to him. 04:55 At that early age, I started 04:57 to lie a lot because I didn't 05:00 know how to deal with conflict. 05:02 I think that's probably one of 05:03 the reasons why. 05:04 I'd just start lying, lying 05:06 and stealing. 05:07 Again, even though Dad believed 05:10 in corporal punishment, never 05:12 do I ever recall on the farm 05:15 when the equipment broke down 05:16 or not enough rain or 05:18 whatever, that he even raised 05:20 his voice at us because of 05:22 that, it was just that he just 05:23 believed in that one thing and 05:25 that's that punishment. 05:27 But he had a good, kind heart, 05:29 too, though. 05:30 >> So then, Jerry, your dad's 05:32 strictness really affected 05:35 your picture of God. 05:37 >> Yes, yes it really did and 05:41 just as some mean old character 05:43 up in the sky. 05:45 >> So what about outside of 05:47 the home? 05:49 How were you influenced, like, 05:50 at school, at church? 05:53 >> Well, I failed grade one 05:56 and I failed grade two and I 05:59 can recall having a 06:01 parent-teacher-student 06:04 get-together, I think it was 06:07 in grade two, and the teacher 06:10 just said to my parents while 06:11 I was present that, "Your son 06:13 is backward." 06:14 And so, in other words, 06:17 something's wrong with me, I'm 06:18 retarded or whatever it was, 06:20 and my self-esteem was very 06:22 low, very, very low. 06:24 I can recall also that I'd 06:26 always get the lowest marks in 06:28 the class and at that time 06:32 they had, with a red marker, 06:35 it'd be a happy face if you 06:37 did well and it'd be a crying 06:39 face if you just squeaked in, 06:43 I mean a sad face if you just 06:45 squeaked in, and a crying face 06:47 if you failed. 06:50 And I recall that whenever I 06:52 got a sad face, I thought I 06:56 struck gold 'cause most of the 06:58 time it was a crying face. 07:00 So that's what I associated 07:01 with, right? 07:02 Also with the teacher, back 07:04 then one teacher would-- 07:06 whoever had the lowest mark in 07:08 the class would put their mark 07:11 up on the doorway so when you 07:13 go in and out of the classroom, 07:15 everybody would see it and guess 07:17 whose mark would be on there. 07:19 So as a youngster, I would 07:21 take it out in violence in the 07:22 school yard. 07:24 So it did affect me a lot. 07:27 At age eight I was in trouble 07:30 with the police with, at that 07:32 time, if you didn't have a 07:36 stamp, you just put a nickel 07:37 on it. 07:39 [MIKE] You would tape it onto 07:40 the envelope. 07:41 >> You would tape it onto the 07:42 envelope and I found that out 07:44 at eight years old so I was 07:47 out stealing mail. 07:49 I didn't know how serious that 07:50 was, but I had all this mail 07:53 stacked and they didn't know 07:55 where all the mail was going, 07:56 but we had a crawl-space in 07:57 our house and I had all the 07:59 mail stacked there and I was 08:01 collecting the money and I got 08:02 in trouble with the police so 08:03 it was my first time in 08:05 trouble with the police. 08:06 And at church I was-- offering 08:10 plate, I can recall times when 08:12 the offering plate would go 08:13 by, I'd steal money off the 08:15 offering plate and Dad would 08:17 catch me then get home on 08:18 Sabbath and get the strap, 08:20 first tell about God then get 08:21 the strap. 08:23 I never recall Dad asking what 08:24 was going through my head or 08:25 anything and I really didn't 08:27 know myself, I knew it was 08:29 wrong, but I would be stealing. 08:32 And when they'd have, like, 08:35 stand up and do your memory 08:37 verses, oh man, I'd just be 08:40 sweating under the arms, it 08:41 was just agony to be talking 08:43 and go in front of anybody 08:45 'cause I couldn't remember it. 08:46 I didn't know at that time 08:48 that I had dyslexia and I just 08:51 thought I was dumb, you know? 08:54 It was tough. 08:56 And about the age of twelve in 08:59 that area, an older youth from 09:03 church came onto me sexually 09:07 and then-- it was an older 09:09 female. 09:10 So that was my two experiences 09:12 sexually and it really threw 09:14 me sort of for a loop mentally 09:17 and that, then I start getting 09:19 into pornography at that time. 09:22 >> So, Jerry, how did all 09:24 those experiences affect 09:26 your life? 09:28 >> Well, when I was young, I 09:30 would sneak out from the farm 09:32 and head into town and hang 09:34 out with people at night time 09:36 and those guys were actually 09:38 people who were hurting, too, 09:39 and wanted a sense of 09:41 belonging and we started a 09:42 street gang. 09:44 And I also I got more involved 09:48 and more promiscuous with women. 09:51 Just that pain that was in my 09:54 life and got more involved 09:56 into the drugs and drinking. 09:58 >> Sounds like you were 09:59 drifting further and further 10:01 from your parental home. 10:02 [JERRY] Yes, around 16 is when 10:05 I left. 10:06 Now, I wasn't kicked out, I 10:08 left, I knew the rules, but I 10:10 chose to leave and from there, 10:13 I start just living on the 10:15 streets in old cars, hallways, 10:19 bathrooms, laundromats, 10:21 wherever I could find a place 10:23 to stay. 10:24 >> Mmm, we're living in 10:25 Canada, so it's pretty cold 10:26 out there. 10:27 >> Yeah, and you know the sad 10:29 thing is, too, is that I'd 10:31 meet some women, you know, and 10:34 I know I could get fed so I'd 10:36 spend time with them, OK, then 10:38 I'd get fed then leave the 10:40 next day so that was the other 10:41 way of being on the streets in 10:43 that whole scene. 10:44 >> What about food? 10:46 >> Oh, food. 10:47 Well, I can recall times when, 10:49 Dairy Bar in Port Dover, 10:50 Ontario, sitting down with 10:52 other people and I didn't have 10:53 any money and I would ask for 10:57 a cup of hot water and get 10:59 ketchup and I'd make my 11:01 ketchup soup. 11:03 You know, the sad thing is is 11:05 that I never pan-handled from 11:08 people, but I stole from them. 11:11 And what was going through my 11:13 mind at that time is that I 11:15 had such a fear, insecure, and 11:17 I had such a fear of rejection 11:20 that if I asked somebody for 11:22 something, if they said "no," 11:25 that would really hurt, but I, 11:27 in my mind, I just stole. 11:30 Sad, but that's what I did. 11:32 >> So, Jerry, while you were 11:34 away from home did your parents 11:36 or anyone in your family ever 11:38 come looking for you? 11:39 >> Yes, I was in Kitchener and 11:43 I don't know how they found-- 11:45 my dad and my brother came and 11:49 we went to the car and I was 11:51 sitting in the back of the car 11:53 and I remember Dad giving the 11:57 food and when I was having the 11:59 food, Dad just turned around 12:01 and very kindly said to me, 12:03 "Would you like to come home?" 12:06 And, you know, a part of me 12:07 wanted to go, you know, but 12:10 there's an addiction on the 12:12 street, too, that lifestyle. 12:15 And also I didn't wanna go 12:18 home because I didn't want any 12:20 more about religion 12:21 so I said "no." 12:23 And I know, I remember I can 12:25 see my dad's face, the pain 12:28 that was there when I said "no." 12:32 ♪I've wandered far 12:36 ♪away from God 12:40 ♪Now I'm coming home 12:47 ♪The paths of sin 12:51 ♪too long I've trod 12:55 ♪Lord, I'm coming home 13:03 ♪Coming home, coming home 13:11 ♪Nevermore to roam 13:18 ♪Open wide Thine arms of love 13:26 ♪Lord, I'm coming home 13:33 ♪My only hope 13:37 ♪my only plea 13:42 ♪Now I'm coming home 13:48 ♪That Jesus died 13:52 ♪and died for me 13:56 ♪Lord, I'm coming home 14:04 ♪Coming home, coming home 14:12 ♪Nevermore to roam 14:21 ♪Open wide Thine arms of love 14:29 ♪Lord, I'm coming home 14:43 >> So, Jerry, you weren't 14:45 ready to come home yet. 14:47 So what happened after you 14:48 told your dad, "No, I'm not 14:50 coming home?" 14:51 >> Well, I continued to live 14:53 on the streets wherever I 14:55 could stay and the-- more into 15:00 the drugs, into the crime life 15:03 and got charged for, you know, 15:07 for break-and-enter so I got a 15:08 year in jail for that then I 15:10 was dealing in drugs and I got 15:12 four months for that, then a 15:14 drug-dealing partner I had, he 15:17 did something that he shouldn't 15:18 have done and I did something 15:20 I shouldn't have done, a home 15:22 invasion, and so I end up 15:26 staying in the London County 15:28 Jail for seven months. 15:29 And when I was there... 15:33 the characters that were there 15:35 were pretty heavy dudes, you 15:37 know, and the one individual I 15:40 became closer with and I just 15:43 knew that I was going deeper 15:44 than what I should have been 15:46 going deep into. 15:47 So since all my charges were 15:49 dealt with, I could be 15:50 transferred, so I just asked 15:52 the warden, I just said, "Hey, 15:53 "you know what, I'm starting 15:55 "to lose my mind here, can I 15:56 start going to do my time?" 15:58 And he said, "Yes," so they 15:59 transferred me to the jail to 16:01 where I was to go. 16:03 [MIKE] So God was working in 16:05 your life as well because you 16:06 just about lost your life 16:07 one day. 16:08 >> Yes, it was when I was in 16:11 Port Dover, there was a boat 16:13 called Aletha B. and I was on 16:15 the streets at that time and 16:18 they had bunks in there so I 16:19 was sleeping on the Aletha B. 16:21 and I was working on the 16:22 Aletha B. and I don't know 16:24 exactly what happened, but I 16:26 didn't come to work and when I 16:28 did come back, I went to a 16:32 little restaurant where the 16:33 fishermen hang out and Loppy 16:34 Coleson, one of the fishermen 16:36 came out and said, "Shiel, did 16:37 you hear what happened?" 16:38 I said, "No." 16:39 And he said, "You know what, 16:41 "you didn't come and Dale got 16:42 his brother, Wayne, and the boat 16:44 capsized this morning and both 16:46 of them drowned." 16:47 And I think about it, that 16:50 Wayne was a stand-up guy, my 16:52 age, and he dies and it should 16:57 have been me working on that 16:59 boat, but it reminds me of how 17:01 Christ stood in for us, an 17:04 innocent person, and it was 17:06 pretty tough at that time. 17:10 [RENÉ] So, Jerry, did you ever 17:12 settle down and get a 17:14 steady job? 17:15 >> Well, I made my way out to, 17:16 after getting out of jail, I 17:18 made my way out to Victoria, 17:21 I was about 20-some years old 17:24 and sweeping floors in 17:26 construction sites and working 17:28 as a bouncer in a gay bar and, 17:30 you know, and all these 17:31 different places, right, just 17:33 jobs, whatever I could get. 17:35 And one day I was at a mall 17:39 and a lady approached me and 17:41 she said, "Have you ever 17:42 thought of modelling?" 17:43 And I said, "No." 17:44 And she says, "Well, my 17:46 "husband and I, we have an ageny 17:47 and we can give you work." 17:49 And I didn't wanna pay. 17:51 She says, "Well, we'll train 17:52 you." 17:53 So they trained me and I did 17:54 my first show out of Victoria 17:57 and from there I left and I 18:01 went to Los Angeles. 18:03 >> Hmm, what was that like? 18:05 Living in Los Angeles, 18:06 Hollywood... 18:07 [JERRY] Well, you know, as they 18:09 say, it was a crazy time in 18:11 1977, and, you know, and the 18:12 other sad thing, too, is that 18:14 I was hurting at that time 18:17 also and I was actually 18:20 thinking, "I'm gonna go to 18:22 "Hollywood, Beverly Hills, I'm 18:24 gonna find some rich woman." 18:26 That's what I actually was 18:27 thinking, survival. 18:29 And I was there not too long 18:31 and I end up with-- I got a 18:33 personal manager and did the 18:35 training and, but all that 18:37 time I was just, you know, 18:40 into the drug scene and the 18:43 music scene with musicians and 18:45 I'd be sent out to a TV show, 18:48 actually The Jeffersons, to 18:50 read, they wanted a male model 18:51 in this part and I couldn't-- 18:53 I had the script, I couldn't 18:55 remember the lines and, again, 18:57 I didn't know that I was 18:59 dealing with this dyslexia. 19:01 But all that time I was just 19:02 hurting, hurting in my life. 19:05 And also I had a friend of 19:08 mine, she worked for head of 19:10 promotions for RCA Records so 19:12 she'd go to these functions, 19:13 and they were like big parties 19:15 and she asked me if I'd 19:17 chaperone her and I said, 19:20 "Sure," and she was a 19:21 photographer for-- a 19:22 professional photographer also. 19:24 So it was a platonic friendship 19:25 and I'd just go to these parties 19:27 and just watch out for her. 19:29 She'd go and mingle with the 19:30 people she'd need to mingle 19:32 with and I'd stay back then 19:33 she'd motion for me and I'd 19:34 come in and just sort of let 19:37 them know that I was-- we were 19:39 together. 19:41 >> So, Jerry, now you're doing 19:42 modelling, did that boost your 19:44 self-esteem a little? 19:46 >> Yes, it did, but it was 19:48 phony, it was a phony lifestyle 19:51 and I was phony and-- 19:54 but to tell you the truth, I 19:56 was more interested in the 19:58 drugs and the partying and 20:00 hanging out with people than I 20:01 was with that. 20:03 It was a phony life, 20:04 a hurting life. 20:07 >> Jerry, did you stay in Los 20:09 Angeles then? 20:10 >> No, what I did is a sent my 20:12 headshot out to Kim Dawson 20:14 Agency in Dallas and she said, 20:16 "Come on out." 20:17 So I went to Dallas and I was 20:19 getting work there fairly 20:21 quickly, but at the same time 20:23 dealing with an eating 20:25 disorder, even in Los Angeles. 20:27 I'd eat and, like, on a-- 20:30 waiting for between shots or 20:32 whatever, there'd be food there 20:34 and I'd be just eating donuts, 20:36 maybe twelve donuts and pecan 20:38 pie and then just go until my 20:40 stomach ached and then go back 20:42 out and throw up and just come 20:44 back over and do it again. 20:45 But the amazing thing is that 20:49 feeling that pain was better 20:51 than feeling nothing at all 20:53 at that time. 20:55 >> So, Jerry, were you aware 20:58 that God was working on your 21:00 heart at all during this time? 21:03 >> I don't know if I was aware 21:06 that He was or not, but I knew 21:08 my parents were praying for me. 21:10 But one day when I was in 21:12 Dallas and I was at the YMCA 21:14 and this sort of rugged looking 21:16 character, a little older than 21:17 myself, he just said to me, so 21:19 he introduced himself, asked 21:20 me what I did, you know, and I 21:22 made it sound pretty good and 21:24 I said, "What about you?" 21:25 And he goes, "Well, I used to 21:27 "ride the rodeo and the Lord 21:29 "called me out of it and I'm 21:31 studying for the ministry." 21:32 It was the first personal 21:35 testimony, very brief, but 21:37 this guy was real and he was 21:40 going to the Baptist Church 21:41 and he invited me to go to the 21:42 Baptist Church a few times so 21:44 I went a few times with him. 21:45 And-- but one day I was going 21:49 by this farmer's market and it 21:52 was closed and I picked up 21:53 this watermelon, I stole the 21:55 watermelon. 21:56 I didn't need to, I had money, 21:57 I stole this watermelon, still 21:59 a hold on me, and went and 22:01 shared it with this guy. 22:02 I didn't tell him I stole it, 22:04 but I went and shared it 22:05 with him. 22:07 Anyways, sometime after that, 22:08 it was at a roommate, she was 22:11 actually a platonic roommate, 22:13 she was an officer, police 22:15 office, Dallas Police Force 22:16 and her and I would get high 22:18 together and I-- one day, 22:21 before my appointment with an 22:24 advertising agency, I had my 22:27 portfolio in my hand and I was 22:29 going down, I was early and I 22:31 was sitting beside this river, 22:33 and I like rivers, and I had 22:35 this in my hand and sitting 22:38 there and having all that pain 22:41 in my life and I remember 22:45 calling out to God. 22:48 And I don't know the exact 22:50 words, but I knew it was to 22:52 surrender and ask Him for a 22:54 change in my life. 22:56 And I had a peace, hard to 22:57 describe, it was a peace that 22:59 I got. 23:00 And I'd been on many drugs and 23:01 experiences, but it wasn't 23:03 like that. 23:04 It wasn't a feeling, it was an 23:06 awareness. 23:08 And I remember sitting there 23:10 and having that peace. 23:12 And I said something along 23:14 the lines of, "What now?" 23:17 And it was not an audible 23:20 voice, but it was, "Do you 23:24 "know that watermelon that 23:26 you took?" 23:27 It wasn't condemning neither 23:29 and I'm going, "Yes," like this 23:33 And I felt something on my 23:35 shoulder, it was warm, 23:37 felt something on my shoulder 23:39 and it was like a little 23:40 nudge: "Let's go make it right." 23:44 Total different than being 23:47 charged or getting the strap 23:49 or even a "go to hell" or 23:51 whatever it is, "Let's go make 23:52 it right," it was teamwork. 23:55 And I'm going, "Yeah," I made 23:56 a commitment then, had the 23:58 appointment at the advertising 23:59 agency and as I was going to 24:02 see this farmer market, 24:04 whoever who it was, I had this 24:06 battle going on in my mind was 24:08 like, "Oh, it's just a minor 24:09 "thing, don't worry about 24:11 that," and the awareness I was 24:12 getting, "No, it's OK." 24:14 I'm with you." 24:15 So I was going through that 24:16 struggle and there was a bit 24:18 of fear building up 'cause I'd 24:19 never said I was sorry to 24:21 anybody before. 24:23 And I went to this person, I 24:25 remember he had long hair, 24:26 long as yours, René, and I 24:28 said, "Hey, man, I took a 24:30 "watermelon off your truck and 24:31 I'm here to make it right," 24:32 and he said something, he goes 24:34 something along the lines of, 24:36 "Why are you doing this?" 24:37 He says, "I've never had 24:39 "anybody-- I've had stuff taken 24:41 "off this truck, but I've never 24:42 "had anybody come and 24:44 make it right." 24:46 And do you know what? 24:48 I shared with him a short 24:50 personal testimony, that's the 24:52 only testimony I had is that 24:54 what happened by the crick and 24:56 I shared what God had done for 24:57 me, "And the Lord put on my 24:59 "heart to come and see you and 25:01 make it right." 25:02 My first time ever apologizing 25:05 to somebody, first time I ever 25:07 made restitution. 25:09 >> Jerry, did you ever start 25:10 going to church then? 25:11 >> Well, besides going to that 25:13 church a couple times with 25:15 that cowboy, one day I was out 25:18 for a walk, it was towards the 25:19 evening time, it was after a 25:21 little bit of rain, and it was 25:22 in Dallas and I remember 25:24 seeing this magazine on the 25:27 ground, asphalt, and I looked 25:30 at it and it was a little baby 25:33 crawling up the flight of 25:35 stairs and on the top was, 25:37 "Signs of the Times." 25:40 I remember seeing that at home 25:43 not that magazine, but the 25:44 Signs of the Times magazine 25:46 and I flipped it over and it 25:49 was the address of the Dallas 25:51 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 25:54 And I took that and I start 25:55 going to the Dallas Seventh-day 25:57 Adventist Church and that's 25:58 when I was baptized there. 26:00 And the peace that I was 26:04 experiencing was just total 26:06 peace from before and I knew I 26:10 was on the right track. 26:12 Also at that time, I was 26:14 really thinking of what I 26:16 should be doing, you know, do 26:17 I stay in this because my 26:19 heart was being changed that I 26:23 wasn't as interested in doing 26:25 that work anymore. 26:27 So what I did is I start 26:29 praying for a sign of what I 26:32 should be doing, if I should 26:33 be going back to Canada or 26:35 staying here. 26:36 >> So, Jerry, you prayed for a 26:38 sign, whether or not you 26:39 should stay in or leave the 26:41 modelling industry, but we've 26:43 run out of time so you're 26:44 gonna have to share that with 26:45 us next week. 26:46 Can you do that? 26:47 >> Sure, will do. 26:49 It will be a pleasure. 26:50 >> So, Jerry, before we end 26:51 our program today I wonder if 26:53 I could ask you to please pray 26:54 for us. 26:55 >> A pleasure. 26:57 Dear Heavenly Father, we just 26:59 wanna say, Lord, thank You for 27:00 Your love, thank You for Your 27:01 grace and thank You for the 27:02 precious gift of salvation. 27:05 Lord, thank You for giving us 27:08 that freedom of choice, no 27:10 matter what the cost was. 27:13 Lord, and we also thank You 27:14 that when we stumble and fall, 27:16 and sometimes even intentionally 27:18 stumble, that You don't stand 27:20 there with size 13 steel-toed 27:21 boots to grind us into the 27:23 ground, but it's Your love 27:25 that draws us to repentance so, 27:27 Lord, we thank You for that. 27:28 And I'd just like to share 27:29 that if anybody watching this 27:31 is going through some struggles 27:33 in life, God is calling you 27:34 to come home. 27:36 Thank You, Lord Jesus, in 27:38 Jesus' name, amen. 27:42 >> Friends, our free offer 27:44 today unveils true stories 27:46 that will change your life. 27:48 It is entitled The Invitation. 27:50 [RENÉ] The Invitation is a 27:52 very powerful book containing 27:53 true stories of people who 27:55 were destroyed by circumstances 27:57 and rebuilt by God's love. 28:00 This is our free offer 28:02 for you today. 28:05 >> We want you to experience 28:07 the truth that is found in the 28:09 words of Jesus when He said, 28:11 "It is written, 'Man shall not 28:13 "'live by bread alone, but by 28:15 "'every word that proceeds out 28:17 of the mouth of God.'" 28:19 ♪♪ |
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