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00:25 Do you want your life
00:27 to be better than it is right now? 00:30 Do you want to be successful and reach your true potential? 00:33 Have you ever wondered 00:34 what it is that makes some people successful? 00:37 And I mean really successful? 00:40 Are successful people basically risk takers? 00:44 Do they succeed because they have powerful 00:46 and influential connections? 00:48 Are they simply smarter? 00:51 Or do they just work harder to achieve their success? 00:55 Today, we're going to meet a truly remarkable man. 01:01 His beginnings were extremely humble. 01:03 His parents divorced when he was eight years old. 01:07 He and his brother were then raised 01:08 by his single parent mother. 01:11 She'd been married at the age of 13. 01:14 She could barely read and write. 01:16 She worked two and sometimes three jobs 01:19 at a time to raise her two boys. 01:22 Their life was a never-ending struggle. 01:25 But despite the misery and hopelessness 01:28 of their circumstances, 01:30 this mother and her two sons survive 01:33 and ultimately thrived through a combination 01:36 of incredibly hard work, perseverance, humility, thrift, 01:42 going without faith, belief, and most of all love, 01:48 they turned their lives around. 01:51 The man we're about to meet was once considered 01:54 the dumbest kid in his class at school. 01:56 He was handicapped by a violent and uncontrollable temper, 02:01 and subject to constant bullying and taunts. 02:04 But he went on to become one of the most 02:06 remarkable examples ever of a life 02:09 of failure transformed to overwhelming success. 02:13 Stay tuned. 02:14 I promise you this story will gladden your heart 02:18 and fill you with inspiration. 02:38 When we imagine the most difficult job on planet earth, 02:41 the job that requires a combination 02:43 of the most natural skill and talent, 02:45 the most brilliant mind 02:47 and the highest level of education and experience, 02:50 we think of brain surgery. 02:53 We even joke that no other job or task is quite so difficult 02:57 when we say, well, it isn't exactly brain surgery. 03:02 If brain surgeons are the pinnacle of combined 03:05 skill and education, 03:07 then the man we're about to meet 03:09 is a living legend, a world treasure. 03:12 Dr. Ben Carson, from the John Hopkins Hospital 03:16 in America is recognized today as the world's leading 03:20 pediatric neurosurgeon, a man who has triumphed 03:23 over adversity and poverty to dedicate his career 03:27 to saving lives, inspiring students 03:30 and championing the disadvantage. 03:33 This is his story. 03:36 Dr. Ben Carson, I'm delighted that you're with us. 03:39 Well, thank you. 03:41 It's wonderful to be back here again. 03:42 You were born in Detroit, Michigan. 03:45 Your parents divorced 03:46 when you were only eight years of age. 03:48 And your mother Sonya was left to raise you and your brother. 03:52 Your mother herself was one of 24 children, 03:54 and they dropped out of school in third grade. 03:57 A divorcee with two young boys to raise 04:00 and with the limited education. 04:02 Her life must have been very difficult. 04:04 Please tell me about your remarkable mother? 04:08 Well, you know, despite the fact 04:10 that she has such a difficult life, 04:12 she never adopted 04:13 what I call a victim's mentality. 04:15 She never felt sorry for herself. 04:18 And that was a good thing. 04:19 She never felt sorry for us either. 04:20 That was a bad thing. 04:22 But you know, she would never accept excuses. 04:26 And she would always ask the question, 04:28 do you have a brain? 04:30 And if the answer was yes, 04:32 then she would say then you could have thought 04:33 your way out of it. 04:35 And, you know, it was perhaps the best thing 04:37 she did for me and for my brother, 04:39 because if someone doesn't accept your excuses, 04:42 then pretty soon you stop looking for excuses. 04:44 You start looking for solutions. 04:46 And I think that was a key role model provided to me 04:53 and to my brother in terms 04:54 of how we should lead our lives. 04:56 Dr. Carson, your mother worked two, 04:58 sometimes three jobs at a time 05:00 to support you and your brother. 05:02 What are your recollections of those years 05:03 of struggle and hardship? 05:05 Well, I remember I didn't like it very much. 05:08 I don't like poverty. 05:10 You know, some people don't like snakes 05:12 and some people don't like spiders. 05:13 I don't like poverty. 05:15 And yet, you know, we knew that that's the lot 05:19 that we were in. 05:21 And after, you know, 05:24 my mother made us start reading books. 05:27 And I started reading about different successful people. 05:31 One thing really occurred to me, 05:33 and that was that you create your own success 05:38 based on how much you know 05:40 and how hard you're willing to work. 05:43 And all of a sudden, it dawned on me that the person 05:46 who would have the most to do would happened 05:47 to me, was me. 05:49 And once I knew that poverty didn't bother me anymore, 05:53 because I said, it's only temporary, 05:54 I can change this. 05:56 And if you know that you can change something, 05:58 you don't mind it anywhere near as much. 06:01 You've achieved so much in your life, 06:03 but your early school days were not promising. 06:06 You experienced difficulties 06:07 and were the bottom of the class 06:09 with failing grades. 06:11 Tell us about those difficult times? 06:14 Well, you know, 06:15 I was what's known as the safety net. 06:18 No one had to worry in my class about getting the lowest mark 06:22 on a test as long as I was there, 06:24 so it gave them some relief. 06:27 But, you know, my classmates called me dummy. 06:30 They made fun of me. 06:32 The teachers really didn't expect much of me. 06:35 And quite honestly, I didn't expect much of myself. 06:38 But I must say that once I started reading the books, 06:43 and I started knowing things that no one else knew, 06:47 I began to form a completely different picture of myself. 06:51 Now, Dr. Carson, you are widely acclaimed 06:54 as one of the most if not the most brilliant 06:56 pediatric neurosurgeon in the world today. 06:59 You started your career by earning a psychology degree 07:02 at Yale University. 07:04 How did you make the jump 07:05 from psychology to neurosurgery? 07:08 I believe that God gives everybody 07:10 special gifts and talents. 07:12 And once I was in medical school, 07:15 I started saying, 07:17 "What are my special gifts and talents." 07:19 And I realized I had a lot of eye-hand coordination, 07:22 the ability to think in three dimensions. 07:25 I was very careful person, I never knock things over 07:28 and said oops, which is a great characteristic 07:30 for brain surgeon by the way. 07:32 And I kind of put all that together 07:34 with my love of the brain. 07:35 And I said, "You would be a terrific brain surgeon." 07:38 And it's the same kind of thing 07:40 that I recommend for people all the time. 07:42 I say, "Stop and take stock of your God given talents, 07:47 and then choose a career that takes advantage of those." 07:50 Dr. Carson, you've been involved 07:52 with some remarkable pioneering surgery 07:54 during your distinguished career, 07:56 particularly surgeries to separate co-joined twins, 08:00 who were joined at the head. 08:02 You gained worldwide recognition 08:03 for your part in the first successful separation 08:07 of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head. 08:10 It was an extremely complex and delicate operation 08:13 that took five months to plan and 22 hours of actual surgery. 08:19 Can you tell us a little about 08:20 the Binder twins and that operation? 08:23 Well, in fact, you know, I had gotten interested 08:26 in the whole concept of conjoined twins 08:30 months before I heard anything about the Binder twins. 08:33 For some reason, I was just fascinated. 08:35 And I was trying to figure out why the record was so dismal 08:39 when it came to separating such twins and concluded 08:41 that it was exsanguination or bleeding to death. 08:44 And I was talking to a friend, 08:45 the chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Hopkins, 08:49 Bruce Reitz, who had done a lot of work 08:51 with hypothermic arrests, 08:52 where you cool the body temperature 08:54 until the heart stops, pump all the blood out. 08:56 And you can operate on an infant heart 08:58 for up to an hour before you have to start it back up, 09:02 pump the blood back in and everything. 09:04 And I was thinking, 09:05 what if you could do that during 09:07 the critical part of a separation? 09:10 Then they might exsanguinate. 09:11 Then I said, "Why am I wasting my time thinking 09:13 about this stuff. 09:14 I'm never going to see one of those twins." 09:16 And lo and behold, two months later, 09:17 here they came. 09:19 And the German doctors were presenting these twins 09:22 to various people around the world, 09:24 because the mother couldn't decide 09:26 which twin she wanted to survive, 09:28 because the only choices that were given in Europe 09:30 is that you decide which twin you want 09:32 and we'll chop the other one off. 09:34 Oh, what a terrible decision to make. 09:35 She couldn't do it. 09:37 So they were presenting the case around 09:39 and when they brought it to Hopkins, 09:41 I explained, you know, 09:43 the whole hypothermic arrest thing 09:44 and everybody said you know what? 09:46 That might work. 09:47 And we started putting together an amazing team 09:50 of incredibly talented people. 09:52 And, you know, it was an incredible, 09:55 incredible operation. 09:57 We ran out of blood near the end of the operation, 10:00 we have put aside 50 units of blood. 10:03 We ran out of blood. 10:05 People on the team were volunteering their blood, 10:07 they were saying, "I'll lay down, take my blood." 10:09 Yeah. 10:10 But just when things were looking very bleak, 10:13 someone from the Red Cross showed up 10:14 with 10 units of blood, 10:16 which was exactly how much we needed 10:18 to finish the operation. 10:20 But I have to tell you that, 10:21 that after the operation was finished, 10:23 and the day that we awakened them 10:26 from their pentobarbital coma, almost simultaneously, 10:31 they popped their eyes open and started moving in. 10:34 I don't think there are words to describe the feelings 10:37 that we had at that point. 10:38 Wonderful. 10:40 Now, in 2008, you were awarded 10:42 the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10:44 by the US president himself. 10:46 This is the highest civilian honor 10:48 in the United States of America. 10:50 Firstly, congratulations. 10:52 Thank you. 10:53 And can you please tell us about the award 10:55 and what it means to you having received it? 10:57 You know, it was an amazing, 10:59 just an amazing ceremony with all the pomp 11:01 and circumstance that you can possibly imagine. 11:05 And I was thrilled, but the main reason 11:08 I was thrilled is because, you know, 11:12 one of my biggest goals in life 11:15 is to be an example for young people. 11:17 And I'm just delighted that they recognize somebody 11:20 who's not a sports star, or an entertainer, 11:22 and that they actually give value 11:25 to intellectual achievement. 11:27 And I hope this is something that we can continue to push 11:30 around the world. 11:32 Back in 2002, 11:34 you were performing an operation 11:35 when you received an urgent telephone call 11:38 and some shattering news. 11:40 Tell us about that phone call? 11:43 Well, you know, I had started having some urinary urgency. 11:48 And after going through the preliminary things, trying, 11:54 you know, antibiotics, trying Flomax, 11:57 they decided to do a biopsy. 11:59 Tell me, you know, 12:01 it's very low chance that you would have cancer. 12:03 But I said, "Let me know as soon as you know something." 12:05 So the very next day I'm operating, 12:07 I get the phone call. 12:08 Not only that I have cancer, 12:09 but I had a very aggressive form of cancer. 12:12 And that really kind of knocks the wind out 12:15 of your sails for a little bit. 12:16 But then I had an MRI done to see if it had spread. 12:21 And, you know, when I came out of the machine, 12:24 I was expecting one of the radiologists 12:25 to say everything looks fine. 12:27 But when I came out, 12:28 there was no radiologist to say that. 12:30 And the technician handed me the films. 12:31 I went up and put the films up on the board in my office 12:35 and my heart sank because I saw all these lesions 12:37 up and down my spine. 12:39 I said, "Well, it's been a good life. 12:41 I have nothing to complain about." 12:44 But you know, interestingly enough, 12:46 so many people were praying for me. 12:48 I had bags and bags of cards and letters 12:51 from all over the world, 12:53 janitors to President Mrs. Bush, 12:55 saying they were praying for me. 12:57 And I guess the Lord just got tired 12:59 of hearing about me because it turns out 13:01 that the lesions were congenital anomalies 13:04 of the bone marrow, 13:06 which is a perfectly benign problem. 13:10 And I was able to have surgery done by Pat Walsh, 13:12 who invented the nerve-sparing prostatectomy. 13:15 It was very successful, got to cancer, 13:17 one millimeter before 13:19 it had broken through and spread. 13:21 And it's absolutely spectacular. 13:24 You became the director of pediatric neurosurgery 13:28 at the John Hopkins Hospital in 1984 at the age of 33. 13:33 You were the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery 13:36 in the United States. 13:38 That's correct. 13:39 And part of that actually is it's secondary 13:43 to what happened here in Australia. 13:45 Because when I finished my residency, 13:47 I came to Australia as a senior registrar 13:51 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Western Australia. 13:55 And I got an enormous amount of experience 14:00 from terrific surgical consultants out there. 14:05 And when I returned to Hopkins, 14:08 the position of director of pediatric neurosurgery 14:11 opened up and instead of them going out 14:12 and getting someone with a lot of gray hair 14:14 and a big name. 14:15 They said, "Carson knows how to do everything. 14:18 Let's make him the chief." 14:20 And it was kind of daunting, but it was fun. 14:23 And all kinds of wonderful things began to happen. 14:28 Now, you've received so many honors and awards 14:30 over the years, you're associated with many 14:32 prestigious organizations, 14:34 and are on the board of corporations, charities, 14:37 and also president and co-founder 14:40 of Carson Scholars Fund. 14:42 With all these responsibilities, 14:44 do you still find time to be a surgeon? 14:46 I do. 14:48 In fact, I always say if you need somebody 14:50 to do something, you have to get somebody 14:52 who's busy. 14:53 Because people who are not busy, 14:55 never have time to do anything 14:56 because it takes them all day to do nothing. 14:58 But you know you learn to be efficient, 15:00 you learn to delegate, 15:02 I still do 300 to 350 operations a year. 15:06 And, but, you know, I have found over 15:10 the course of time that, you know, 15:13 there's so many other incredibly important things 15:16 to devote one's time to. 15:18 I can only affect one life at a time 15:20 in the operating room unless it's conjoined twins, 15:23 then it's two but through interviews, through media, 15:27 through books, you know, you can expect, 15:30 you can affect thousands if not millions of lives. 15:33 And you've certainly done that. 15:35 Now, you've written four best-selling books 15:37 that are published by Zondervan, "Gifted Hands," 15:40 which is an autobiography, then there's "Take the Risk," 15:45 and then two perhaps of the best known among them, 15:48 "The Big Picture," and "Think Big," 15:50 which are about your personal philosophies of success. 15:54 Tell us about your book, "The Big Picture" 15:56 and what it shares? 15:58 Well, you know, I was very concerned 15:59 about the fact that so many people 16:02 don't make progress in life, 16:05 because they get focused on petty things. 16:08 And they forget about the weightier things in life. 16:13 So in this picture, I just gave multiple examples 16:17 of things that are important 16:18 versus things that are not important. 16:20 For instance, once I was doing an interview 16:22 with a National Public Radio reporter, and she said, 16:25 "I noticed you don't speak much about race. 16:27 Why is that?" 16:28 I said, "It's because I'm a neurosurgeon. 16:30 And she looked at me quizzically, and I said, 16:32 "You see, when I go to the operating room, 16:34 and I open the scalp, and I take that bone off, 16:37 I'm operating on the thing that makes that person 16:39 who they are. 16:41 The covering really isn't that important. 16:43 And I say some people spend all their time 16:45 worrying about the covering. 16:47 I spend my time worrying about what's really important. 16:49 That's a big picture type of item. 16:52 Now, what about your latest book, 16:54 "Take the Risk." Can you share with us a little about 16:57 the book and the contents? 16:59 Well, you know, that book was written because, 17:02 you know, we've become such a risk adverse society. 17:06 Nobody wants to take any risks, 17:08 you want insurance for this, insurance for that, 17:10 you buy an appliance, you spend just as much money 17:13 buy insurance against something going wrong with it, 17:15 it's pretty crazy. 17:17 And, you know, no one really ever accomplished anything 17:21 by sitting under the olive tree, 17:23 waiting for things to develop, you know, you have to go out. 17:26 But you also have to be able to understand 17:29 what the appropriate risk are to take. 17:32 And in order to do that, you have to know yourself, 17:34 you have to know what your values are. 17:37 If it's very important for you to be rich, 17:41 then you probably don't want to do certain things 17:44 versus if it's very important for you 17:46 to have a good reputation, 17:48 there are other things you might not want to do. 17:50 So you have to know yourself. 17:52 And also recognize that some people 17:55 take absolutely stupid risk. 17:57 And as a result, they spend all of their time 18:00 trying to dig out of a hole. 18:02 So this was a book that's aimed at helping people 18:05 to be able to distinguish those, 18:06 ask appropriate questions like, 18:08 what's the best thing that happens if I do this? 18:10 What's the worst thing that happens if I do this? 18:13 What's the best thing that happens if I don't do it? 18:14 What's the worst thing that happens if I don't do it? 18:17 And just very logical ways of quickly assessing risk. 18:22 Can you summarize the secrets of your own success for us? 18:26 I can really quite easily with the acrostic Think Big, 18:31 each one of those letters means something special. 18:34 The T is for talent, 18:35 which God gave to every single person. 18:38 And when I talk about talent, I'm not just talking about 18:40 singing and dancing and throwing a ball, 18:43 but intellectual talent. 18:45 We were made in the image of God. 18:46 We have these gigantic frontal lobes. 18:48 And we need to begin to use those things. 18:52 And when we see young people, we need to encourage them 18:55 and we need to challenge them. 18:58 Lead a clean and honest life. 18:59 You won't put skeletons in the closet, 19:01 because if you put them there, 19:03 they will come out at the most inopportune time. 19:06 And if you always tell the truth, 19:07 you don't have to try to remember 19:09 what you said three months ago, 19:10 and you can concentrate on the task at hand. 19:13 The I is for insight, 19:14 which comes from listening to people 19:16 who've already gone where you're trying to go. 19:17 You can learn from their triumphs, 19:19 you can learn from their mistakes. 19:20 If you don't have to make the same mistakes 19:22 your parents made or your aunts and uncles 19:25 or your teachers or other people can think 19:27 how much faster you can go. 19:30 And if you can look at the good things 19:32 they did and emulate those, 19:34 you're going to be on the right track. 19:36 Be nice to people. 19:37 Because once they get over their suspicion 19:39 of why you're being nice, they'll be nice to you. 19:41 You can get so much more done. 19:43 They can get so much more done. 19:44 Your life becomes so much more pleasant. 19:47 And really, you know, 19:49 that's what a Christian lifestyle calls for, 19:52 treating other people the way you want to be treated 19:55 and not being selfish 19:56 and thinking about others first. 19:59 And it's actually kind of fun. 20:00 It doesn't sound like fun at the beginning. 20:02 But just give it a try, 20:04 and you'll see it is a wonderful thing. 20:06 Do I have a big house? Yes. 20:08 Do I have a lot of cars? Yes. 20:09 A lot of things that Robin Leach of Lifestyles 20:11 of the Rich and Famous, things are important. 20:13 Of course I do. Are they important? 20:14 No, they mean nothing if they all disappeared 20:16 tomorrow, I don't care because I can get them 20:18 all right back almost immediately. 20:19 But what's up here, which is what Solomon, 20:22 the wisest man who ever lived met when he said gold, 20:25 silver and rubies are nice, 20:26 but we treasure far above those things, 20:28 knowledge, wisdom and understanding 20:30 because with those things, 20:31 you get all the gold and silver and rubies you want it. 20:33 More importantly, you come to understand 20:34 it on amount to a hill of beans, 20:36 and that the most important thing is developing 20:38 your intellect so that you become valuable 20:40 to the people around you. 20:42 That's lasting value. 20:44 It's never too late. 20:45 My mother did teach herself to read, got her GED, 20:48 her graduate equivalency diploma, went on to college, 20:52 got an honorary doctorate degree in 1994. 20:55 So she's Dr. Carson now too. 20:57 Superficial learners are people who cram a lot of stuff 21:00 in before a test, sometimes do okay. 21:02 And three weeks later know nothing. 21:05 I don't think that's really paying 21:07 the appropriate respect to our Creator, 21:10 and the intellect that He gave it. 21:12 He didn't give it to us 21:13 so that we could just take a test. 21:15 He gave it to us so that we could become 21:17 in-depth learners and use that knowledge 21:19 to advance ourselves and to advance mankind. 21:23 You know, we live in a politically 21:24 correct society that is trying to get God out. 21:27 Now people don't even want to say 21:29 Merry Christmas anymore, 21:30 because somebody might be offended. 21:32 Just crazy stuff. 21:34 And you know, the fact of the matter is and, 21:37 you know, when you look at a lot of incredibly 21:42 talented, intellectual people like Albert Einstein, 21:46 who was a believer in God, 21:48 because when he looked at the universe, 21:50 he said, this couldn't just come about. 21:54 Now you look at Francis Collins, 21:56 the Human Genome Project, who was an atheist 21:58 when he started his graduate work. 22:00 And as he began to understand 22:02 the complexity of the human genome, 22:03 he said, "Oh, sorry, this can't be an accident." 22:06 But also you look at Godly principles of loving 22:10 your fellow man, of caring about your neighbor, 22:14 developing your talents to the utmost 22:16 that you become valuable to others, 22:18 of having values and principles that govern your life. 22:22 And if you incorporate those into your life, 22:24 you're going to be highly successful. 22:28 On July 1, 2013, 22:31 Ben Carson officially retired as a surgeon. 22:35 On November 4, 2014, he joined the Republican Party, 22:39 with the intention of running 22:41 for president of the United States in 2016. 22:45 On May 4, 2015, he officially announced his run 22:49 for the Republican nomination in the 2016 22:52 US presidential election. 22:55 His political career experienced 22:57 a surge in the polls, 22:59 as he participated in national televised Republican debates, 23:03 and he was among the party's front runners. 23:06 However, following a decline in the polls, 23:09 he withdrew from the campaign on March 4, 2016. 23:13 After Donald Trump's win in the 2016 election, 23:17 Carson joined Trump's transition team 23:20 as vice chairman. 23:22 On December 5, 2016, Donald Trump announced 23:26 that he would nominate Carson to the position 23:29 of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 23:32 On March 2, 2017, 23:35 Carson's position of Secretary of Housing 23:37 and Urban Development was officially confirmed 23:41 by the Senate. 23:42 Dr. Carson has committed his life to God. 23:46 He acknowledges God is the most significant key 23:49 to his success in life, 23:51 just like Solomon did in Bible times. 23:54 Notice what it says here in Proverbs 3:5-6, 23:59 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 24:02 and lean not on your own understanding, 24:05 in all your ways acknowledge Him 24:07 and He shall direct your paths." 24:10 Throughout his life and career, 24:13 God has helped Dr. Carson through many crises. 24:16 By acknowledging God is both a powerful and loving force 24:20 in the world, 24:21 we become more considerate of others. 24:24 We understand that we must treat 24:25 other human beings the way we want to be treated. 24:29 From this we learn humility. 24:32 Humility isn't groveling and telling others 24:34 how worthless we are. 24:36 Humility is knowing who we are, 24:39 and what God is doing and has done in our lives. 24:43 And this basic understanding of who we are in relationship 24:47 with God enables us to keep everything in perspective. 24:51 It keeps our feet on the ground. 24:54 It is the solid foundation on which a successful life 24:58 can be built and unless we are humble 25:00 in the sight of God, unless we are grateful for any success 25:04 that comes our way, we will not achieve true 25:08 and lasting success in anything. 25:10 Listen to what the Bible says in James 4:6. 25:15 "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 25:22 Dr. Carson has committed his life to God. 25:26 He acknowledges God as the most significant key 25:29 to success in his life. 25:31 Listen to this Bible promise in Psalm 37:4. 25:36 "Delight yourself also in the Lord, 25:39 and He shall give you the desires of your heart." 25:42 And when we acknowledge God as both a powerful 25:45 and loving force in the world, 25:47 we become more considerate of others. 25:50 We understand that we must treat 25:51 other human beings the way we want to be treated. 25:55 Just as Christ's golden rule says in Matthew 7:12, 26:00 "Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them." 26:05 From this, we learned that generosity and kindness 26:08 are key elements in achieving success. 26:12 If you would like to know more about Dr. Carson suggestions 26:16 and how to reach your potential in life 26:18 and realize your own dreams of success, 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on how God wants us all 27:44 to reach our potential, then be sure to join us 27:47 again next week, when we will share 27:49 another of life journeys together. 27:52 Until then, let's pray for God's blessing on us 27:56 and our families. 27:59 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You for the talents 28:02 You've given each one of us. 28:04 We all want to be valued, accepted and successful. 28:08 We want to accept Your gift of reaching our true potential. 28:12 Thank You for guiding our lives and please bless our families. 28:17 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. |
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