ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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JOYCE: HONOR, DUTY, AND SERVICE ALL DESCRIBE THE MEN
AND WOMEN IN OUR MILITARY.
IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
SOMETIMES THESE BRAVE SOLDIERS MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,
OTHERS MAY FACE A LIFE FOREVER CHANGED BY THEIR INJURIES.
THESE WOUNDED HEROES DESERVE TO BE RETURNED TO WHOLENESS
AND YOUR SACRIFICIAL GIVING IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
BRANDON: WE GOT HIT BY A ROADSIDE BOMB, AN IED.
IT GOES THROUGH ARMORED KITS LIKE A HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER.
MICHAEL: I WAS INJURED DOING A ROCKET ATTACK.
THEY WERE JUST LOBBING EXPLOSIVES AT US AS BEST THEY
COULD.
SHANE: THERE WAS 1500 POUNDS OF HE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IEDS THEY HAD ON THE RECORD BOOKS AT
IRAQ AND IT WAS MEANT FOR A TANK,
AND WE'RE IN A HUMVEE SO IT WAS JUST LIKE A BIG MUSHROOM.
IT JUST BOOM.
IT JUST EXPLODED AND IT JUST THREW OUR HUMVEE.
PAUL: I WAS BROWN UP WITH A DAISY CHAIN IED WHICH IS THEY
CONNECT THE IEDS AND THEY GO OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
BRANDON: I HAD LARGE HOLES IN MY LEFT LEG.
IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A SHOTGUN AT CLOSE RANGE
AND FIRED.
MICHAEL: I CAME DOWN FROM MY BUNK BED, LANDED ON MY HEAD
AND SHOULDER AND WAS BASICALLY FOLDED IN HALF.
SHANE: I BROKE MY C2 IN MY NECK,
MY L2 VERTEBRAE BURST SO I HAVE NO L2 VERTEBRAE.
I'VE GOT 2 RODS, 6 SCREWS IN MY BACK, HAD OVER 150 BREAKS AND
FRACTURES IN MY HIP AND PELVIS AREA SO I'VE GOT 2 SCREWS
HOLDING MY PELVIS TOGETHER.
PAUL: DIFFERENT INJURIES TO MY SPINE AND MY SHOULDERS,
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.
BRANDON: SPINE WAS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES.
I DAMAGED MY RIGHT KNEE.
AND A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL HAD GONE THROUGH MY WRIST AND BLOWN
THROUGH MY PALM TAKING WITH IT BONE TENDON AND CLIPPING
AN ARTERY.
SO, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE LEAST OF MY WORRIES WAS ACTUALLY
ONE OF MY WORST INJURIES.
I WAS LAYING IN THAT HUMVEE BLEEDING OUT, I WAS DYING.
PAUL: ON MY SECOND DEPLOYMENT, WE HAD THREE MEMBERS
OF OUR PLATOON THAT WERE KILLED.
I DIDN'T REALLY ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AT ALL.
I WAS MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA, I CAN DEAL WITH IT
MYSELF.
MALE: HAD A SUICIDE ATTEMPT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
DAVE: I REMEMBER THAT DAY YOU CAME IN.
MALE: AND THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.
I OWE YOU GUYS A LOT.
DAVE: NO, YOU DON'T OWE US, I TELL YOU THAT.
WE OWE YOU.
A GREAT AMERICAN HERO.
ANNOUNCER: THE SACRIFICE THAT OUR SOLDIERS MAKE TO PROTECT OUR
FREEDOM IS SO VALUABLE TO ALL OF US, SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO
GIVE BACK?
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES FRIENDS AND PARTNERS ARE HELPING RESTORE
THESE HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
YOU ARE WORKING WITH OPERATION WARRIOR RECONNECT
SO THAT THESE VETERANS CAN SUCCESSFULLY
REINTEGRATE INTO THE LIVES THEY LEFT BEHIND.
AND IF ANYONE UNDERSTANDS THOSE CHALLENGES, IT'S THE FOUNDER OF
THE PROGRAM.
HE SPENT A LIFETIME RECOVERING FROM HORRENDOUS INJURIES HE
RECEIVED WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM.
DAVE: I WAS A BROWN WATER BLACK BERET, VERY PROUD OF
MY HERITAGE AND ON JULY 26, 1969,
THAT HERITAGE WOULD TAKE A SHOT IN THE DARK.
THAT DAY WHEN THAT HAND GRENADE EXPLODED, A SNIPER HAD TAKEN HIS
BEST SHOT APPARENTLY SHOOTING AT MY HEAD, MISSED AND HIT MY HAND
AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE.
WHEN THAT BULLET PENETRATED RIGHT BETWEEN THE THUMB AND
INDEX FINGER, IT DETONATED THE GRENADE AND 5,000 DEGREES
WHITE HOT FOSTERS COVERED NEARLY HALF MY BODY.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THE SMELL OF MY FLESH MIXED WITH WHITE
FOSTERS, THE SOUND OF A LOUD SCREAM IN MY RIGHT EAR, WHICH
WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO MY HEAD.
MY FACE WAS GONE, MY HAIR WAS GONE.
I LOOKED DOWN, MY CHEST WAS GONE.
I COULD SEE INSIDE OF ME.
I LOOKED A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN AT MY FACE, WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT
WAS CURLING INTO ASHES AND BLOWING ACROSS MY BOOTS.
I WENT BLIND IN MY EYE, DEAF IN MY EAR.
ANNOUNCER: AFTER A GRUELING 14-MONTH RECOVERY, DAVE ROEVER
FOUND HIS CALLING, MINISTERING TO THOUSANDS OF VETERANS WHO
WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR WAY HOME.
EAGLE SUMMIT RANCH IS A PEACEFUL OASIS TUCKED AWAY IN
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, NOT FAR FROM SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S A PLACE OF RESTORATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND EMOTIONAL
RECOVERY BASED ON ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP.
DAVE: THEY COME HOME SO TOTALLY DISCONNECTED THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE THE FRIENDSHIP, THE CAMARADERIE, THE UNIT EFFECT
THEY HAD IN WAR AND THEY'RE HOME 3 DAYS AND SAYING,
"I GOTTA GO BACK.
I GOTTA GO BACK."
AND THE BOND YOU ONCE KNEW IS NOT THERE ANYMORE,
YOU FALL APART.
WHEN THE 80 PERCENTILE DIVORCE RATE IS COMMONPLACE, THAT'S
UNACCEPTABLE.
THAT'S THE HEMORRHAGING WE'VE GOT TO STOP.
SUICIDES, ONE A DAY, ONE A DAY AMONG OUR ACTIVE DUTY,
THAT'S GOTTA STOP.
OPERATION WARRIOR RECONNECT IS HERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE OUR
WARRIORS NEED TO COME HOME TO A HEALTHY RETURN, TO POSSIBILITIES
FOR OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, TO HAVE A NEW LIFE.
WE'RE GONNA BE THEIR HOPE, SOMEONE TO HOLD ON TO.
AND WE HAVE 3,000 PLUS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM
AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
ANNOUNCER: AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS JOURNEY TAKES PLACE IN
THIS BEAUTIFUL 3,000 SQUARE FOOT GYM BUILT BY THE FRIENDS
AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND ITS MISSION OUTREACH, HAND OF HOPE.
BRANDON: WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS GYM, IT'S NOT A CHALLENGE OF
HEY, HOW CAN YOU HURT YOURSELF?
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU JUST BE EVERYTHING YOU CAN BE AND PUSH
ALL THE LIMITS AND POSSIBLY HURT YOURSELF?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY FIRST SEE A GYM AFTER THEY
GET HURT.
THEY SEE IT AS WHAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN
AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY LOATHED AND HATE.
IT REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE THERE THAT ISN'T
THERE ANYMORE BUT WHEN THEY COME HERE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND, LOOK, THIS IS A CHALLENGE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
AND HOW FAR YOU CAN GO IN A SAFE SECURE MANNER WITH PEOPLE THAT
UNDERSTAND DISABILITIES AND ARE ABLE TO HELP YOU FIND A WORKOUT
REGIMENT OR ADD ON TO THE ONE YOU ALREADY ARE DOING.
AND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF EQUIPMENT
AND SPACE BECAUSE OF HOW LARGE THE FACILITY IS, WE CAN DO IT IN
A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THEY CAN MEET THAT CHALLENGE.
ANNOUNCER: AS A PARTNER, YOU PROVIDED THIS GYM
AND THE CHRIS KYLE FOUNDATION DONATED THE EQUIPMENT
MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE SOLDIERS TO HAVE
A HEALTHY WORKOUT NO MATTER THEIR DISABILITIES.
BRANDON: WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND THE CHRIS KYLE FOUNDATION, IT PRODUCED SOMETHING
UTTERLY AMAZING.
ANNOUNCER: BRANDON BYERS ATTENDED OPERATION WARRIOR
RECONNECT BACK IN 2010 AND IS NOW A SPEAKER WITH THE PROGRAM.
AT THE TIME, HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH DEEP DEPRESSION.
HE FELT HE'D LOST EVERYTHING DUE TO THE INJURIES THAT RESULTED IN
HIS LEFT LEG BEING AMPUTATED ABOVE THE KNEE.
BRANDON: I DON'T HAVE A LEG ANYMORE, BUT I COME IN HERE
AND I GET ON THE TREADMILL.
I GET ON THE WEIGHTS.
I DO WHAT I CAN IN A SAFE MANNER AND TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT
GONNA HURT ME.
BUT ALSO IT CHALLENGES THEM TO GO, AGAIN, "IF HE CAN DO IT,
I CAN DO IT," AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS
FACILITY AND THIS GYM 'CAUSE IT REPRESENTS A WHOLE 'NOTHER
AVENUE OF HOPE.
IT REPRESENTS A PHYSICAL HOPE THAT THEY REALLY DID NOT THINK
WAS THERE ANYMORE OR THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO OBTAIN.
ANNOUNCER: WOULD YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER JOINING
WITH US BY GIVING A SPECIAL GIFT TO MISSIONS?
YOUR GENEROSITY GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD CHANGING LIVES FROM
VETERANS PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE TO FEEDING CHILDREN,
PROVIDING DESPERATELY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE, DISASTER RELIEF,
AND SO MUCH MORE.
YOU CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE SO CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN
OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE TODAY.
MICHAEL: OUR PHYSICAL PROWESS IN THE MILITARY, OUR PHYSICAL
CAPABILITY IS A VERY LARGE PART OF WHO WE ARE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TRAINED TO BE JUST HE-MAN OR SHE-RA, YOU KNOW,
AND YOU, WHEN THAT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, WHETHER THROUGH
INJURY OR ACCIDENT, IT'S VERY DEMORALIZING.
AND WHEN THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT COME TO THE RANCH WALK THROUGH
THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, THEY WALK THROUGH A LOT OF TIMES WITH,
"I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO THAT.
I'M NOT CAPABLE OF DOING THAT ANYMORE."
AND WE START WITH, "DON'T SAY I CAN'T BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T,
YOU WON'T."
THE PEOPLE WHO MAN THIS PLACE, LIKE MATT ROEVER, DAVE'S SON,
ARE EXTRAORDINARILY WELL VERSED IN BEING ABLE TO SHOW SOMEBODY
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ME WHO I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WALKING,
AND BENDING OVER, AND DOING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I
USED TO DO, THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW ME HOW I CAN OVERCOME THOSE
CHALLENGES.
MATT: SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SMARTER
THAN US SAID, "WELL, IF YOU TALK ABOUT IT, THAT MEANS
YOU'RE WEAK."
WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL.
MATT: I GREW UP WITH A DAD WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS WAS AND SO HE CAME THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS
AND WE DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL
LATER ON.
HE DEALT WITH HIS STRESS BY USING SPEECH TO BE ABLE TO HELP.
SO, HE WAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SPEAKING AND AS HE SPOKE, HE
WAS ABLE TO VENT THINGS OUT, TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THINGS.
AND AS HE WAS LEARNED TO HELP OTHERS, HE LEARNED TO BE ABLE
TO HELP HIMSELF.
NOW, OUR PROGRAM'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE USE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT, AND WE WORK THOSE TO BE ABLE TO
HELP OUR SOLDIERS TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE
ONCE AGAIN.
THEY COME IN WITH TRAGEDY AND THEN THEY HEAR THE STORY AND
THEY LEAVE TRIUMPHANT AND THAT'S RETURNING THE MAN INTO THE MAN.
AND THESE GUYS HEAR THIS STORY AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WHAT WAS IT
THAT PUT IT TOGETHER?" AND THEN MAYBE OFF TO THE SIDE
SOMETIMES THEY'LL ASK THE QUESTION, "WELL, WHAT WAS YOUR
FAITH THAT HELD YOU TOGETHER?" AND POP WILL START TALKING
AND WHEN HE STARTS TALKING, HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT CHRIST.
AND THE GUYS ARE JUST SETTING THERE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEAT
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE.
AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON AFTER THIS SESSION IS
OVER THEY'RE LIKE, "MR. ROEVER, CAN WE TALK
A LITTLE BIT?" AND DAD'S LIKE,
"YEAH, WE CAN TALK."
AND SO, THEY'LL GO BACK INTO AN OFFICE AND DAD WILL LEAD THEM
TO THE LORD.
AND IN THE CENTER OF THIS GYM IS A 20 BY 20 MAT THAT THE GUYS CAN
GET ON THERE, IT CREATES THAT KIND OF BROTHERHOOD LIKE
NONE OTHER.
AND SO, THEY FEEL SAFE AGAIN.
WITH PTSD, THE MIND AND THE HANDS HAVE A REALLY DISTINCT
CONNECTION AND WHEN YOU ARE BEING ABLE TO TOUCH FINGERTIPS,
IT IS MAKING THE MIND GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
I LIKE TO CALL IT REPLACEMENT THERAPY.
THE GYM IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS AND SO WHEN A PERSON IS IN
THE GYM AND HE'S USING HIS HANDS A LOT, IT TAKES THE MIND TO
A DIFFERENT SPOT.
THESE GUYS ARE FINDING HOPE ON THE MAT.
AND SO, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE GYM AND WHEN THE GUY FEELS SAFE,
HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO OPEN UP.
HE'LL START TALKING.
AND SO, NOW HE'S AIRING OUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
HE'S TELLING HIS STORY AND HE'S BEING ABLE TO VENT.
SO, THE REPRESSED ANGER, INSTEAD OF BEING, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS
THE FAMILY MEMBER, OR TOWARDS A SPOUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF
THIS NATURE, NOW HE'S SHARING IT AND IT'S COMING OUT.
PAUL: NOT ONLY IS IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE GYM
AND GETTING BACK IN SHAPE.
IF I HAVE SOMETHING BOTHERING ME,
SOMETHING'S ON MY MIND, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WALK ON
THE TREADMILLS AND TALK.
YOU KNOW, TO THE PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT OF THIS GYM THAT PUT THE
MONEY TO THIS GYM, IT'S HUGE.
I MEAN, WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GO THAT HAS A GYM LIKE THIS AND
STILL BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, TREATMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU
HAVE GOING ON?
ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE, NOWHERE.
THIS IS A COMPLETELY ONE OF A KIND.
SHANE: MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, IT'S SO BENEFICIAL
TO ME AND IT'S LIKE, OTHERWISE WHAT WOULD I DO?
YOU KNOW, SIT AT HOME AND JUST THOUGHTS WOULD JUST KEEP COMING
TO MY MIND AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
IT'S LIKE I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?
DAVE: THESE GUYS COME HERE AND THEY PUSH THROUGH THAT
ENVELOPE OF RESTRICTION.
THEY PUSH THROUGH THAT ENVELOPE OF FEAR.
THEY PUSH THROUGH THE ENVELOPE OF PAIN AND DISCOVER THERE'S
A WORLD ON THE OTHER SIDE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD NEVER REACH.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PRICELESS IT IS TO HAVE THIS FACILITY
AND IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WITHOUT PARTNERS.
THE HAND OF HOPE IS NOT JUST A HOPE FOR ONE MOMENT,
FOR ONE BUILDING.
IT'S A HAND OF HOPE FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
BRANDON: THIS BUILDING, IT WASN'T A ONE-TIME GIFT.
YOU MADE AN INVESTMENT.
YOU MADE AN INVESTMENT IN SOLDIERS, YOU KNOW, THEIR
INJURIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THIS GYM PROVIDES THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK DIFFERENT AND TO BE THAT PERSON
THAT THEY NEED TO BE.
PLEASE, KEEP MAKING THAT INVESTMENT.
MATT: YOU GAVE A SOLDIER HOPE AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU GAVE
A FAMILY HOPE.
A LOT OF THEM RECEIVED THEIR DAD BACK.
A LOT OF THEM RECEIVED THEIR MOM BACK WITH A WHOLE NEW
VISION, A WHOLE NEW DREAM.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, AND ME, AND OTHERS THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
YOU GAVE LIFE TO A PERSON WHO WAS LIFELESS.
AND WE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE WIFE AND SHE SAID THIS,
SHE SAID, "I SENT YOU A SORRY HUSBAND.
HE WAS SORRY.
BUT WHAT I GOT BACK, WHAT I GOT BACK WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE."
JOYCE: DAVE ROEVER IS DOING FANTASTIC WORK THROUGH
OPERATION WARRIOR RECONNECT, AND IT'S SUCH A BLESSING
THAT YOU AND I CAN BE A PART OF HONORING THOSE WHO
HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
ISN'T IT INSPIRING TO SEE GOD'S RESTORATION AT WORK?
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WAY THAT OUR VETERANS HAVE BEEN TREATED,
OR THE LACK OF PROPER CARE THAT THEY'VE HAD WHEN THEY COME BACK
FROM WAR, IS REALLY PRETTY PATHETIC.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN STEP UP AS INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS
AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT HURTING PEOPLE.
WE CAN STEP UP AND WE CAN HELP THEM THROUGH OUR GIVING
TO MISSIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF OUTREACHES ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND YOU'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN ALL OF THOSE.
THIS ONE JUST REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART AND I'M SURE IT TOUCHES
YOUR HEART TOO.
AND SO, I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IF YOU'LL GIVE A VERY GENEROUS GIFT
TO HELP US GET PEOPLE OUT OF PAIN AND HELP THEM FIND THAT
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IN CHRIST.
NOW, STAY WITH US BECAUSE COMING UP NEXT, A POWERFUL OUTREACH TO
VETERANS CAUGHT IN AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF HOPELESSNESS.
GINGER: YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE WE GO,
ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE CAN'T HELP BUT JUST
FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CHILDREN, LIKE 4-YEAR-OLD IMANATI HERE.
BUT HERE IN THE EASTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA,
MY HEART HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY PULLED TOWARD THE MOTHERS
AND THE GRANDMOTHERS.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN
AND THEY NEED OUR HELP.
SO THESE CLASSROOMS OF HOPE THAT WE PROVIDE ARE HELPING
THE ENTIRE FAMILY, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
SO KNOW THAT YOUR SPECIAL GIFT TODAY WILL MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS ASIA,
THE INNER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT WE NEED YOU TO HELP US.
PICK UP THE PHONE.
GO TO THE WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE STANDING WITH US.
ANNOUNCER: FOR YOUR DONATION TODAY OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU WITH THE BOOKS OF PSALMS
AND PROVERBS FROM THE NEW "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND
STUDY BIBLE."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: THOUSANDS OF VETERANS COME OUT OF THE MILITARY
COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM SOCIETY AND THEIR FORMER LIVES
AND MANY OF THEM ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, BUT
AN EXCITING NEW PROGRAM AT THE DREAM CENTER OF LOS ANGELES
IS RESTORING THEIR HOPE.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW YOU ARE INVESTING IN THEIR FUTURE.
MALE: SKID ROW IS ONE OF THE WORST PLACES YOU COULD POSSIBLY
END UP.
PEOPLE DIE DOWN HERE EVERY DAY.
ANYTHING GOES.
ANNOUNCER: THERE ARE MORE THAN 8,000 HOMELESS VETERANS
LIVING ON THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES.
IT'S A CRISIS THAT IS REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS.
MATTHEW: ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AT
THE DREAM CENTER IS GIVE A PLACE TO LIVE, GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE
TO DREAM, CREATE A PLACE OF RESOURCES WHERE THEY CAN COME
AND REALIZE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
MANY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
ANNOUNCER: THIS 24-BED TRANSITIONAL LIVING FLOOR AT THE
DREAM CENTER IS GIVING VETERANS A FRESH START, OFFERING THEM
6 MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY
MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN.
THE FLOOR WAS COMPLETELY RENOVATED THROUGH FUNDING BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND ITS MISSION OUTREACH, HAND OF HOPE.
ANTHONY: WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS MORNING IS TO GIVE YOU
A REDEFINITION OF WHAT PASSION MEANS.
ANTHONY: WE HAVE A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE
UNIQUE NEEDS THAT VETERANS FACE AND THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE
THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.
THEIR NEEDS ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE BENEFITS THAT ARE
DUE TO THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
THIS REALLY IS A RESOURCE CENTER.
IT'S KIND OF THE HEARTBEAT OF HOW WE HELP THEM, CONNECTING
THEM TO OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE GIVE THEM
THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED AND THEN THE FREEDOM TO PUT
THOSE TOOLS INTO PRACTICE IN THEIR LIVES.
MATTHEW: I TELL YA ONE THING, I'M NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME
AGAIN WALKING THESE STREETS AT NIGHT.
ANNOUNCER: THE VISION FOR THIS PROGRAM CAME A FEW YEARS
AGO WHEN PASTOR MATTHEW DECIDED TO FIND OUT HOW IT FEELS TO BE
HOMELESS.
MATTHEW: MY FATHER AND I DECIDED TO LIVE ON THE STREETS
OF SKID ROW FOR 2 DAYS, NOTHING BUT PANHANDLING FOR
MONEY TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE HOMELESS.
MAN, I SAW THESE GUYS SLEEPING IN OPEN AIR AND THEY WERE JUST,
YOU CAN HEAR MUMBLING.
YOU CAN HEAR THEM SHAKING.
YOU CAN HEAR THE TRAUMATIC ASPECT OF THEM JUST IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THEY'RE JUST--AND I'M SLEEPING NEXT TO
THESE GUYS AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM WERE JUST
KIND OF THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE POST-TRAUMATIC SYNDROME AND
STUFF AND THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE NIGHTMARES
AND THINGS.
I'M LIKE WOW, I'M TALKING TO THESE GUYS AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"YEAH, I SERVED MY COUNTRY FOR 20 YEARS."
I'M LIKE, "YOU DID?
YOU'RE DOWN HERE?" "YEAH."
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST SHOCKING.
AND I SAY, "WHY?" THEY GO, "THERE'S JUST NOTHING
HERE FOR ME.
I CAME HOME AND I HAD A LOT OF STRESS IN MY LIFE, AND I DIDN'T
REALLY KNOW WHERE TO GO."
AND I'M LIKE, MAN, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING FIRST CLASS ONE DAY,
SOMETHING WITH COUNSELORS, AND TOP-NOTCH PROGRAM, AND JUST
REALLY DEVELOP THE GREATNESS THAT'S WITHIN THEM 'CAUSE I
REALLY SAW JUST GREATNESS THAT WAS TRAPPED IN NOT KNOWING WHERE
TO GO, WHAT TO DO.
AND WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHAT TO DO, THEY GET
DESPERATE AND THEY REACH OUT FOR OTHER THINGS.
AND BUT MANY OF THESE GUYS, ONCE YOU JUST GIVE THEM AN OUTLET,
THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGE STARTS TO HAPPEN.
CURTIS: SO, I ENDED UP GOING TO KOREA.
WITHIN LESS THAN A WEEK, I WAS ON THE DMZ SO IT WAS ALWAYS
TENSION UP THERE.
AND THEY WERE POINTING WEAPONS AT US AND YOU KNEW THAT ANYTHING
COULD HAPPEN.
WE WERE THERE AND 2 DAYS LATER, WE SAW ONE OF OUR OWN
SOLDIERS FLOATING IN THE RIVER.
JOSE: I STARTED REALIZING IN THE NAVY IS THAT I HAD NEVER
DEALT WITH LIKE THINGS OF MY CHILDHOOD, LIKE SEEING MY
PARENTS BEING DRUG ABUSERS AND I WAS MOLESTED AS A CHILD.
SO, SOME OF THOSE THINGS IMPACTED ME IN MY ADULT LIFE
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS AND YOU DON'T DEAL WITH
THEM, THEIR ALWAYS LIKE THERE.
AND I ENDED UP DECIDING TO GET OUT 'CAUSE I WAS IN TURMOIL.
JOHNNIE: I COME TO L.A.
AFTER 3 YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREETS IN
SAN DIEGO, WOULDN'T NOTHING GO RIGHT FOR ME DOWN THERE.
COME HERE, AND I'M TRAVELING AROUND THE CITY FINDING SAFE
SPOTS TO SLEEP.
AND THEN I WENT TO AN ORGANIZATION HERE AND THEY SAID,
"WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BEDS OPEN RIGHT NOW."
I'M LIKE, OH NO.
YOU KNOW, HERE WE GO AGAIN, YOU KNOW?
I'M GONNA BE STUCK ON THE STREETS.
OH GOD, PLEASE HELP ME.
AND AS I WAS WALKING OUT, THIS LADY SHE COME BACK AND SHE SAID,
"HOLD UP, WE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU."
I SAID, "REALLY?" AND SHE SAID, "THERE'S THIS
PLACE CALLED THE DREAM CENTER AND IT'S NOT FAR FROM HERE."
AND I GOT HERE AND I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU, GOD, YOU KNOW?
MY HEART WAS FILLED WITH JOY AND I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT GOD HAS ME
RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS ME.
ANTHONY: THERE'S AN ATMOSPHERE HERE AT
THE DREAM CENTER THAT JUST LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE,
WE BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT.
WE'RE GONNA MEET YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA JUDGE YOU.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CONDEMN YOU.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT YOU DIFFERENTLY.
IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE TO BECOME A
BETTER PERSON THROUGH THE POWER OF CHRIST THROUGH HIS LOVE.
ANNOUNCER: ANTHONY WORLEY'S OWN DIFFICULT TRANSITION FROM
THE NAVY BACK TO CIVILIAN LIFE GIVES HIM INSIGHT TO REACH
THESE MEN.
ANTHONY: WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE, I LOVED THE FACT THAT
I WAS PART OF A BROTHERHOOD.
I WAS A PART OF A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO HAD YOUR BACK, PEOPLE
THAT WERE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU BUT THAT TRANSITION OUT
WAS ROUGH.
I CAME HOME AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I REALLY FIT IN ANYWHERE
AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF ANXIETY.
I HAD TROUBLE FINDING MY DIRECTION AND I GOT BACK INTO
DRUG USE AND ALCOHOL.
AND FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS, I WANDERED NOT REALLY
KNOWING WHERE I WANTED TO GO, WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.
IT SURROUNDS VETERANS WHEN THEY COME HOME THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TO WAR.
THEY MIGHT HAVE TRAUMA, THEY MIGHT HAVE PTSD SO WE WANT TO
RAISE THAT COMMUNITY AWARENESS TO SAY THAT THESE MEN AREN'T
A DANGER.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEY DESERVE HONOR
AND THEY DESERVE HELP THROUGH HIS LOVE THAT JUST FLOWS THROUGH
EVERYBODY WHO WORKS HERE.
ANNOUNCER: YOU CAN HONOR THESE VETERANS AND OTHERS IN
NEED AROUND THE WORLD WITH YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
WILL YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER GIVING A SPECIAL GIFT AND
JOINING WITH US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE TODAY.
CURTIS: I DIDN'T REALLY START TO HAVE THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
UNTIL AFTER MY DIVORCE.
I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND I SAW THIS ABANDONED HOUSE AND I
STAYED IN THAT ABANDONED HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND THEN I DRANK MYSELF INTO A STOOPER JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT
'CAUSE I WASN'T USED TO BEING HOMELESS AND I DIDN'T WANT
TO FACE THAT.
I STARTED SMOKING CRYSTAL METH AND MY WHOLE LIFE JUST
UNRAVELED.
I ENDED UP SLEEPING AT A CHURCH AND I SAID, I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE, I JUST CAN'T.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I'M BETTER THAN THIS.
ANNOUNCER: WHEN CURTIS FOUND HIS WAY TO THE DREAM CENTER,
HE ARRIVED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE VETERAN'S FLOOR OFFICIALLY
OPENED BUT GOD MADE A WAY FOR HIM.
CURTIS: AND I HAVE TO FIGHT BACK TEARS EVERY TIME I GET TO
THIS POINT BECAUSE OF, I SAW GOD IN ACTION AND I DON'T HAVE ANY
DOUBT THAT HE HAD HIS HAND IN THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I
HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
ANTHONY: THE WHOLE CAMPUS PROVIDES AN ATMOSPHERE OF HOPE,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME, THEY CAN FIND REST,
AND THEY CAN RELAX KNOWING THAT THEIR FUTURE IS IN JESUS' HANDS.
JOSE: THE FIRST THING HE TOLD ME WAS LIKE, "HEY, THIS IS
A CHRISTIAN-BASED PROGRAM."
I WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, BUT THEN I WAS JUST LIKE, WHY NOT?
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHY NOT GIVE IT A SHOT?
LIKE, I'VE BEEN DOING THINGS ON MY OWN MY WAY, YOU KNOW, FOR SO
LONG AND IT'S NOT WORKING, SO WHY NOT TRY DOING THEM
GOD'S WAY?
CURTIS: YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE BUT YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN MINDED
AND WILLING TO TAKE THE STEPS AND LET PEOPLE TAKE THE REINS
UNTIL YOU'RE ABLE TO.
THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT.
JOHNNIE: YOU COME HERE AND YOU SEE THE LIGHT AND THE LOVE
OF GOD WORKING THROUGH OTHERS AND YOU FEEL A PART OF A FAMILY,
A PART OF SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO JUST A NUMBER AND THAT'S
A GREAT FEELING.
IT ESSENTIALLY HELPS YOU LEARN, LOVE YOURSELF AND THEN
LOVE OTHERS.
ANTHONY: WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY'RE SO BROKEN AND REALLY
JUST FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY NEED, BUT NOW WE'RE
BEGINNING TO SEE THEM TURN THAT FOCUS OUTWARD TO REALLY HAVING
A DESIRE TO SERVE.
CURTIS: I'M STARTING TO GIVE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT GETTING,
SO TO SPEAK.
SO, I INVOLVE MYSELF WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACHES.
JOSE: YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M AROUND PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIKE TRYING TO DO BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE DOING
YESTERDAY AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S OUR WHOLE MISSION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST TO BETTER OURSELVES
AND ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP OTHERS AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT BEING HERE.
JOHNNIE: I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP
ON MY FEET AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
FORTH MY BEST EFFORT IN MAKING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
I AM GRATEFUL.
MATTHEW: 'CAUSE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT'S PEOPLE LIKE
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES THAT ALLOW THE REAL CHANGE TO HAPPEN.
CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE A PLACE
TO STAY OR A BED TO LIVE IN, BUT IT COMES THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT HAVE
TO WAIT ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL US HOW TO DO IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS DREAM TO
BECOME REALITY, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN OUR HEART.
WE COULDN'T DO IT ALONE.
IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN.
JOSE: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE
GIVEN ME TO LIKE ACTUALLY IMPROVE MY LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERY CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU DO.
IT'S ACTUALLY HELPING SOMEONE.
IT'S CHANGING LIVES AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.
CURTIS: I WOULD SAY TO JOYCE MEYER AND HER PARTNERS
THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU
FOR THE VISION THAT THEY HAD IN REACHING OUT TO VETERANS
LIKE MYSELF.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THAT I CAN SAY.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GRATITUDE I CAN GIVE THEM FOR THAT.
JOYCE: IT'S SO POWERFUL TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION IN THESE
MEN'S LIVES.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY NEED TO HELP.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY GOING OFF TO WAR AND LOSING A
LIMB OR GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY GO THROUGH
MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AND COMING BACK TO A NATION THAT
HASN'T PROVIDED PROPERLY FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP THEM AND WE'RE
TRYING TO DO THAT HERE AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
AND AS YOU GIVE TO OUR MISSIONS OUTREACH, WHICH I'M ASKING YOU
TO DO TODAY, AND I DON'T EVEN WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING
THAT'S REAL COMFORTABLE FOR YOU, I WANT YOU TO GIVE.
I WANT YOU TO ASK GOD WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO AND DO IT AND DO
IT IN FAITH, AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL BRING A RICH HARVEST IN
YOUR LIFE BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE JOY OF KNOWING THAT YOU'RE
HELPING HURTING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: FOR YOUR DONATION TODAY OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU WITH THE BOOKS OF PSALMS
AND PROVERBS FROM THE NEW "BATTLEFIELD
OF THE MIND STUDY BIBLE."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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