>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M KAYLEE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU TO JACOB FOR MAKING THAT AMAZING VIDEO. I'M HERE WITH RANDY, HE IS OUR CLASS PRESIDENT AND HE'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> GOOD MORNING, GUYS. MY NAME IS RANDY AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR AS SERVING FOR THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT THE LAST YEAR. I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN TODAY'S CONVO. I'M INVITING A FEW WORSHIP COLLECTIVE MEXICO WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A FEW YEARS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK BACK ON SOME OF OUR FAVORITE MOMENTS. DURING THIS NEXT HOUR, IF YOU ARE ANYTHING LIKE ME YOU PROBABLY HAVE PAPERS, ASSIGNMENTS, PROJECTS PILING UP. TAKE THIS HOUR TO CELEBRATE YOURSELF AND ENJOY YOURSELF AND BE GLAD THAT YOU GOT HERE. WE'LL OPEN OURSELVES IN PRAYER, IF YOU'D BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN US. DEAR HORDE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. FOR ON -- FOR GLORIFYING YOUR NAME. PLEASE GIVE EVERY STUDENT IN THIS ROOM PEACE THAT ONLY COMES FROM YOU IN THIS NEXT STAGE OF LIFE. GOD, LET THESE STUDENTS KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH IT MAY LOOKS LIKE DOORS HAVEN'T OPENED FOR YOU YET, THEY CAN BE FAITH TO YOU WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT. WE HONOR YOU TOWARDS ALL THINGS. >> -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] -- LORD, HELP US TO ENTER THIS NEXT SUSTAINABLE OF LIFE WITH JUST PASSION AND CON LIKE SHUN AND JUST TO FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER WE GO. HELP US ON -- FOLLOW US IN THESE HOURS AND THE NEXT STAGE IN FOLLOWING YOU AND GLORIFYING YOU. >> SO THE ANTHEM OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR WAS THE SONG "VICTORY." IT SERVED AS A SUCH A REFRESHING REMINDER FOR ME ESPECIALLY WALKING INTO A NOW SEASON WHERE I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE. IT WAS A NEW PLACE. IT SERVED AS A COMFORTING REMINDER THAT THE LORD IS WITH ME, THAT HE IS STEADFAST, I CAN BE STEADY, EVEN THOUGH IT FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE DEEP END. IF THE LORD'S GOODNESS IS CHASING AFTER YOU EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE, WOW, THIS IS THE NEW SEASON. >> MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, THE SG I REMEMBER THE MOST WAS "TREMBLE." OVERTIME WE SANG THAT SONG I WAS REMINDED THE STRESS I FELT, THE OVERWHELMING FEAR I WAS FACING WERE ALL THINGS THAT TREMBLE BELLED IN THE FACE OF JESUS AND SO THAT SONG BROUGHT SO MUCH COMFORT AND PEACE TO ME KNOWING THAT JESUS WAS FIGHTING MY BATTLES FOR ME. >> DURING OUR JUNIOR YEAR, COVID STARTED, I REMEMBER ONE PARTICULAR SONG GOD USED WAS "WAYMAKER. ""OUR SECOND SEMESTER WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF A WORLD WHERE IT'S HARD TO SEE GOD, BUT THAT SONG REMINDED US THAT EVEN IN THOSE TIMES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT GOD IS WORKING AND FAITHFUL IN OUR LIVES DESPITE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THIS AND THAT HE IS STILL EVERYTHING HIS WAY. HAVING HIS WAY. >> I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, THE THING THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR MIND, THAT HAS BEEN OCCUPYING WAY TOO MUCH OF THAT SPACE, I WANT YOU TO HAND THAT OFF TO JESUS AT THIS MOMENT. HE IS WILLING AND HE IS ABLE. HE WENT TO THE CROSS WITH THE POWER TO SAY IT IS FINISHED. AND GRACE IS THE CURRENCY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN GIVEN NOT BY PENNIES, BUT BY THE BILLIONS. IT IS AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW EVEN WHEN WE CAN'T SEE IT. EVEN IF WE DON'T FEEL IT. WHATEVER IT IS, GIVE IT TO JESUS RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AVAILABLE POWER TO YOU TODAY, THERE IS AVAILABLE FREEDOM FOR YOU TODAY. LET'S SING THIS. >> OUR JUNIOR YEAR, THE SONG "THE BLESSING" WAS RELEASED. THE SONG REMIND ME OF THE FACT THE LORD WALKS BEFORE US. AS WE GO INTO OUR CAREERS, OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'RE TAKING TO CHRIST OUR SUPPORT. >> MAN. SO I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST HERE IN THE CONCERT HAUL THIS MORNING SOME SENIORS. IF YOU WOULD COME INTO A POSTURE OF PRAYING THIS MORNING. I'VE ASKED MY WIFE JUST TO COME AND PRAY OVER YOU JUST A BLESSING OVER YOUR LIFE. IF YOU WOULD JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES JUST FOR A SECOND. JUST KNOW HE'S FOR YOU. IF YOU ONLY MADE A B, ONLY As, IF YOU NEVER MADE ANYTHING ABOVE A C THESE FOUR YEARS, IF YOU HAVE A JOB WAITING FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER GRADUATION FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE STRONGEST FAMILY THESE HE'S FOR YOU, WALKING INTO A BROKEN HOME, HE'S FOR YOU. IF YOU NEVER WE WANT TO A COMMUNITY GROUP, HE'S STILL FOR YOU. JUST KNOW GOD IS FOR YOU. HE'S ON YOUR SIDE. HE'S BEEN FOR YOU LONG BEFORE YOU CAME TO LIBERTY. HE WAS FOR YOU ALL THROUGHOUT LIBERTY, HE IS GOING TO BE FOR YOU PAST LIBERTY. YOU'RE NOT GRADUATING FROM GOD. HE IS FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, YOU'RE WATCHING WITH A LAPTOP OPEN AND A PHONE IN YOUR HAND, WHERE YOU ARE AT, JUST COME INTO A POSTURE OF RECEIVING FROM GOD JUST RIGHT NOW. JENNIFER IS JUST GOING TO PRAY. >> FATHER, WE LOVE YOU AND WE BOW BEFORE YOU, LORD. I PRAY OVER THESE SENIORSING I PRAY FOR ALL OF US TODAY, LORD, ESPECIALLY THESE SENIORS. I PRAY FOR WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE TOP, PRAY FOR THEIR MINDS, THAT THEIR MIND WILL BE ALWAYS BE ON YOU, FIXED ON YOU, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR YOU. LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE THEIR MINDS TO ANYTHING -- I PRAY THAT YOU FILL THEIR HEADS WITH SCRIPT AND THEIR MEMORY WITH SCRIPTURE, SO, LORD, THAT WHEN HARD TIMES COME AND THEY INEVITABLY WILL, LORD, THAT IS WHAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND. THE EGYPT YOU'VE POURED INTO YOUR WORDS WITH THEM. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THEIR HEARTS, THAT THEIR HEARTS WILL BE UNDIVIDED, THAT THEY WILL BE FOR YOU AND FOR YOU. FATHER, I PRAY THAT THEY WILL NOT TRUST YOUR HEART, THEY WILL TRUST YOUR HEARTS. LORD, OUR HEARTS ARE SO FICKLE. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEIR HEARTS TOWARDS YOU, LORD. I PRAY FOR THEIR LEGS, THAT THEIR LEGS WILL WALK QUICKLY TO YOU, LORD, QUICKLY TO YOU, AND QUICKLY AWAY FROM THINGS THAT DISHONOR YOU. LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WILL RUN TO THE POOR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED AND THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW YOU, LORD, THEY WILL RUN QUICKLY TO THOSE PEOPLE. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THEIR ARMS, LORD, THAT THEIR ARMS WILL HOLD TIGHTLY TO YOU ALWAYS, THAT THEIR ARMS WILL, LORD, EMBRACE OTHERS AND BE OPEN TO OTHERS, LORD, AND HOLD REALLY TIGHTLY TO YOU, GOD. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THEIR FEET, THAT THEY WILL BE -- THAT THEY WILL WALK QUICKLY INTO PLACES, LORD, THAT YOU ARE, AND THAT THEY WILL USHER YOU. FATHER, WE GIVE OURSELVES TO YOU. THEY GIVE THEMSELVES TO YOU, FATHER. BE WITH ALL OF US, BE WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY AS THEY WALK INTO THIS NEXT SEASON. GOD, IT IS UNKNOWN FOR ALL OF THEM. EVEN IF THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OR WHO THEY'RE GOING TO MARRY, LORD, I PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WILL WALK WITH THEM, THAT THEY WILL FILL YOUR PRESENCE. LORD, WE LOVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU, AND WE HONOR YOU. I PRAY THAT THEIR LIVES HONOR YOU MOST OF ALL. WE LOVE YOU JESUS. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. BLESSINGS OVER YOU. YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR JUST AND NUMBER MY GROUP OF WORSHIP COLLECTIVE MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER FOR THIS MORNING AND FOR TONIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEADING US NOT JUST THIS MORNING, BUT JOINING ALL OF THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE TONIGHT AT THE VINE CENTER, PLUS SOUNDS US GOING TO BE WITH US AS WELL. SOUNDS IS GOING TO BE JOINING THE COLLECTIVE AND ALL THESE ALUMNI. I THINK IT'S ALREADY PACKED OUT, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY SOLD OUT. TYPICALLY THERE ARE SOME NO SHOWS. YOU COME AND KIND OF WAIT AND IF THERE'S A SEAT OPEN YOU'LL GET IN. FRIDAY WILL BE OUR VERY LAST CONVO OF THE YEAR. IT'S NOT JUST OUR LAST CONVO, IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE OUR FIRST CONVO IN THE VINES CENTER WITH THE NEW ROOF. SO OUR FIRST CONVO WILL BE OUR LAST CONVO, WHICH WILL BE MY LAST CONVO AND ALL THE FRESHMAN'S FIRST CONVO. CHRIS TOMLIN IS GOING TO COME AND WORSHIP WITH US. I THINK THERE ARE SEATS LEFT. THEY'LL GO PROBABLY BY TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT, MAKE PLANS. I THINK IT WILL BE A REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL TIME FOR US. CHRIS IS BY FAR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WORSHIP PASTOR IN THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC. GOD HAS GIVEN HIM MORE SONGS. THE PLAYLIST, SOUND TRACK, IS THE PLAYLIST OF YOUR GROWING UP. IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING MORNING FOR US JUST TO BE ABLE TO WORSHIP TOGETHER, MAKE MUCH OF GOD TOGETHER. I FEEL GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MESSAGE AS MY FINAL CHARGE TO YOU AS YOUR CAMPUS PASTOR. JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT. THIS IS OUR SENIOR DAY, SO YOU PROBABLY NOTICE A BUNCH OF MATCHING T-SHIRTS. WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE IT IN HERE TODAY. WE HAD ABOUT 350 OF THOSE FOR SENIORS PRINTED OUT. IF YOU'RE NOT A SENIOR THESE AIN'T FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE, YOU CAN GO TO CONSTANCE AND BILL'S OFFICE, AND THEY'LL BE THE FEEDING SYSTEM BY WHICH YOU CAN GRAB THESE SHIRTS AS A THANK YOU, THESE ARE NOT YOUR OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY. BEFORE OUR KEYNOTE GUEST COMES, I WANTED SOME OF OUR SENIORS TO COME AND BE ABLE TO REMINISCE AND LOOK BACK. CAN WE COUPLE THESE SENIORS THAT ARE GOING TO COME AND WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO SENIOR CONVO. THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN AFFORDED TO REALLY REFLECT ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. I JUST WANT TO THANK SO MUCH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT SO MUCH WORK, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOTAGE FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHETHER IT'S OUR FORMER ALUMNI, WORSHIP COLLECTIVE MEMBERS THAT HAVE GRACIOUSLY RETURNED AND BLESSED US AGAIN WITH WORSHIP. IT'S REALLY JUST AN HONOR TO BE HERE. BEFORE WE MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND GRADUATION AND THE PLANS THAT GOD WOULD HAVE, I THINK AS SENIORS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TAKING A MOMENT TO SIT AND REFLECT ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE CREATIVE TEAM HAS A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW OF SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS. THERE'S SO MANY WE CAN TALK ABOUT, WHETHER THEY'RE JUST FUN MOMENTS OR VERY IMPACTFUL MOMENTS THAT BROUGHT US CLOSER TO THE LORD. A FEW OF YOUR FELLOW SENIORS HAVE SELECTED A FEW OF THOSE MOMENTS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE AND TALK ABOUT OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES. >> I'M CONSTANT SCHNEIDER. -- CONSTANCE SCHNEIDER. I HAVE ORGANIZATION AND PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND MINOR IN SPANISH. GLAD TO BE DONE. >>. >> I'M STUDYING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. >> I'M JOEL. STARTING OFF WITH OUR MEMORIES WE HAVE EVEN FROM OUR FRESHMAN YEAR WHICH I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFERENT SITTING IN THIS ROOM WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE WERE THE LAST CLASS TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO CONVOCATION THREE TIMES A WEEK BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW MOMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH LIBERTY AT PARTICULARS, BEATING BAYLOR WHEN WE HAD A 2% CHANCE TO WIN. [ CHEERING ] >> RIGHT, RIGHT, TO THE ENDLESS CONSTRUCTION THAT HAPPENS ON CAMPUS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED WAS THE FREEDOM TOWER, AFTER YEARS OF US BEING TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE FINISHED, IT WAS FINALLY COMPLETED. NOW THAT IS WHERE THE SCHOOL OF DIVINITY IS. THE THIRD THING THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS SERVE LYNCHBURG. 2018 WAS THE FIRST-YEAR THAT THAT WAS FULLY LAUNDRY. -- LAUNCHED. I THINK FOR OUR CLASPS, BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT FOR FOUR YEARS, IT'S GIVEN US A REMINDER THAT AS MUCH AS WE'RE HERE AT LIBERTY TO LEARN AND BE EQUIPPED THERE IS ALSO SUCH AN IMPORTANCE TO GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GOD HAS PLACED US IN. FINALLY OUR FRESHMAN YEAR IN 2018 WAS THE LAST REAL LAWNVO WE HAD THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUTDOORS. THAT WAS A REAL BLESSING, A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FRESHMAN YEAR. >> WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR, THERE WAS SNOW THAT WEEK. I ACTUALLY HAD A SON CUSHION THAT WEEK, SO I COULDN'T ENJOY IT. ANOTHER THING WE REALLY WE THOUGHT ABOUT AND WERE RAG WAS WHEN FRANCIS CHAN CAME. ONE OF MY THINGS IS THE LEADER THAT WE HAVE HERE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. EVEN WALK ALONGSIDE. WHEN THERE'S THOUSANDS OF US IN A ROOM WORSHIPING LIKE WE ARE TODAY, THESE SONGS, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. THE THIRD THING IS THE G5 TO SPAIN. JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR APPEARS FROM EVERY ACADEMIC STUDY. IT WAS A GREAT REMINDER THAT THE GOSPEL IS GLOBAL AND THAT THE CHURCH IS GLOBAL. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO WATCH MY PEERS AS THEY COME OUT AND LEARN SOME SPANISH. FINALLY, MARCH MADNESS, THAT WAS INSANE. OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT OF SINCE -- AGAINST MISS MISSISSIPPI STATE. WE HAD A WATCH CENTER AT THE VINES CENTER. WE STORMED THE COURT AFTER WE WON. SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT AS A STUDENT BODY. >> JUNIOR YEAR ONE OF MY FAVORITES. WE CAME BACK TO THE NEW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BEING OPEN. AN AWESOME PLACE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS WAS THE SUNSET WORSHIP WE HAD. IT WAS SUPER SPONTANEOUS. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LIBERTY IS JUST THE STUDENT BODY COMING TOGETHER, BEING UNIFIED. YOU FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE ON THE CAMPUS. THAT WAS AN AWESOME MOMENT FROM JUNIOR YEAR. KIDS FROM MY HOMETOWN WERE LIKE LIBERTY, IT'S ON THE NEWS, FINALLY KNOWING WHAT LIBERTY WAS, THAT WAS AWESOME. I REMEMBER BEING ON SPRING BREAK. I WAS NO MORE SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR. THAT WAS OUR JUNIOR YEAR. >> NOW WE'RE HERE, SENIOR YEAR. LIBERTY'S 50th YEAR BEING OPEN. EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A REALLY HARD YEAR, NOT JUST ON OUR CAMPUS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. BEING ABLE TO WATCH THE LORD'S WORK. I REMEMBER JUST EVEN WITH COVID, EVERYTHING GOING ON, IT'S BEEN A BLESSING. JUST TO SEE THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A FULL EXPERIENCE. SO MANY UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE HAVE TO REALLY FINISH OUT OUR SENIOR YEAR AND HAVE A FUN TIME WHILE DOING IT AND STAYING SAFE. FOR ME THE BIGGEST MOMENT THIS YEAR WAS OUR FIRST CAMPUS COMMUNITY WE HAD OVER IN WILLUMS STADIUM. ONE -- WILLIAMS STADIUM. IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A REALLY HARD TIME WITH OUR SCHOOL, OUR NATION, THAT THERE WE WERE IN A FOOTBALL STADIUM, MASKS OUT, SOCIALLY DISTANCED, FOLLOW ALL COVID GUIDELINES, BUT WORSHIPING THE LORD THROUGH HARD TIMES. THAT IS WHAT I WILL TAKE-AWAY, THE RESPONSE NAY TEE OF COMING TOGETHER, WORSHIPING THE LORD, SOMETHING SO SPECIAL. >> YES. AS WE REFLECT ON THESE PAST FOUR YEARS, I THINK ONE COMMON THEME IS JUST THE ASSURANCE OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS, HOW YEAR AFTER YEAR HE'S SHOWN UP FOR US. IT'S BEEN SO CRAZY TO EXPERIENCE THAT AS A BODY, AS A SCHOOL. WE WANTED TO CHALLENGE YOU GUYS AS WE GRADUATE. WE HAVE ALL SO MUCH SPIRITUALLY FROM OUR TIME HERE. DON'T JUST STOP AFTER GRADUATION. MAKE SURE AFTER YOU GO, WHATEVER AREA YOU GO INTO, WHATEVER COUNTRY, WHATEVER STATE, MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE LIGHT OF JESUS INTO THAT PLACE. I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE RELATIONSHIPS I FORMED HERE. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT PIE PEERS DO AFTER GRADUATION. WE'RE DONE WITH COLLEGE, BUT OUR LIVES HAVE JUST BEGUN. >> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> COME ON, CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THIS AWESOME PANEL? SUCH GREAT LEADERS, ALL FOUR OF YOU? I CANNOT TELL YOU JUST GETTING TO WORK WITH THEM AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN JUST SUCH A GIFT. EVERY-YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE SEVEN YEARS GOD HAS ALWAYS GIVEN US SUCH AMAZING LEADERS TO LEAD YOU AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN NO EXCEPTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD TO LEAN INTO EACH OTHER MORE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. I'VE NEVER NEEDED YOU MORE AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BETTER SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU. JOEL I KNOW YOUR MOM AND DAD ARE HERE AS WELL AND I WOULD SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE A BOOK ON PARENTING. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN. THANK YOU FOR RAISING HIM TO BE A MAN OF GOD, THE CALENDAR BETTER OF LEADER HE IS, HUMBLE LEADER HE IS. IT'S JUST AMAZING. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I LOVE YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MAN, TODAY'S GUEST HONESTLY IS A WALKING MIRACLE. I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF HER STORY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HOW GOD IN HISERFECT TIMING IN SUCH A TIME AS THIS HAS BROUGHT FOR OUR SENIOR CONVO, OUR SECOND TO THE LAST CONVO, THE WEEK WE'RE GEARING UP FOR FINALS. SOME OF YOU ARE GOING LIKE I GOT TO GET MY CAP AND GOWN, HOW GOD HAS PREDESTINED THIS PARTICULAR GUEST AND HER DAD TO BE WITH US. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY IS VERY RAW, HONEST, REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT LOCAL TO WALK INTO A SEASON OF SUFFERING, HARDSHIP IN YOUR LIFE AND KNOW AS IT BEGINS TO UNPACK THAT IT'S NOT A QUICK SEASON, THAT THE VALLEY IS GOING TO BE A DEEP ONE, A LONG ONE. I REALLY LOVE GOD IS GIVING US FOR THIS MOMENT. IN ONE OF MOST STRESSFUL YEARS, IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGIATE LIFE ARE COMING TO ONE OF THE MOST STRESSFUL WEEKS, WHICH IS THIS PARTICULAR WEEK. I LOVE THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT ABBY TO US, GOD. SHE IS A COMMUNICATOR OF GOD'S TRUTH. I REALLY BELIEVE HER FUTURE WILL BE AUTHOR, SPEAKER, MOTIVATOR, LIKE CORPORATE LEADER. HER FATHER IS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'VE KNOWN THIS MAN LONG BEFORE I CAME ON STAFF HERE. HE'S BEEN A SPIRITUAL FATHER TO ME AND A FRIEND AND I LEAN ON HIM FOR SO MUCH COUNSELING, MY SPIRITUAL AND PERSONAL LIFE. WE ASKED HIM LAST SECOND IF HE COULD COME IN ON THIS AT LUNCH YESTERDAY AND HE GRACIOUSLY AGREED. CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE REIGHARDS, ABIGAIL AND IKE. >> SO I MISSED SENIOR CONVO. >> YEAH. >> I GRADUATED FROM LIBERTY AND I MISSED SENIOR CONVO. I FEEL LIKE I'M 15 YEARS LATE. BETTER LATE THAN EVER. >> IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU WITH US. I CAN'T WAIT TO UNPACK WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE COURAGE TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY AND BRING IN LIGHT, SO GOD CAN DO THE HEALING WORK HE WANTS TO DO. BEFORE WE GET GOING, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR UPBRINGING AND WHAT IS IT LIKE GOING UP THE DAUGHTER OF A MEGA CHURCH PASTOR. >> YES, IT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE. IT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE. BUT IT WAS PRESSURE THAT I FEEL LIKE NOW I DIDN'T -- IT'S PREPARED ME FOR NOW AND WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW. SO IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS GOOD PRESSURE. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE? WHAT WAS ABBY LIKE? YESTERDAY AT LUNCH SHE WAS FUNNY, UP, TELLING STORIES. WAS SHE ALWAYS AN EXTROVERT? >> YEAH, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXTROVERT. WE KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE WHEN SHE DIDN'T SLEEP THE FIRST THREE WEEKS WE BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EXPERIENCE. AT THE SAME TIME SHE WAS A TEENAGER I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER WHO IS A TEENAGER. PEOPLE USED TO ASK ME WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR GIRLS. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, DANIELLE, ONE DAY SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A PRISON MINISTRY AND ABIGAIL IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT BECAUSE SHE IS ON TO JAIL. TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHILDREN, BUT MAN, BOTH OF THEM ABSOLUTE DELIGHT. >> WE HAD BECKI GAUGE HERE. YESTERDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR GREAT MINISTRY. TELL THE STORY OF WHAT SHE DID. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT LEADING NOW. TELL THE STORY. >> DR. AGAGE WHO IS ONE PROBABLY THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE,. >> SUCH AND ANOINTED EVANGELIST. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLE. A WONDERFUL FAMILY, A GREAT FRIEND TO MY FAMILY. FREDDIE WAS THE KIND OF GUY THAT WOULD CALL ME, HEY, I'M COMING TO ATLANTA AND I'M STAYING AT YOUR PLACE. DR. GAGE IS GOING TO BE COMING OVER. >> I'VE NEVER SEEN A MAN IN MY LIFE DRINK SO MUCH WATER AND JUICE BOXES. I CALLED MY DAD AND SAID WHY DID YOU NOT CALL ME AND TELL ME THIS MAN WAS COMING. I HAD TO ENTERTAIN HIM. >> I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT -- >> , YEAH, I THINK HE'S AVOIDING THE REAL STORY. FREDDIE WAS -- YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS SPEAKING AT OUR CHURCH AND IT WAS ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND HE WAS GOING A LITTLE LONG AND I DECIDED THAT I WAS OVERIT. SO I STOOD UP ON THE PODIUM AND I SAID, DEAR GOD, WHEN IS THIS MAN GOING TO STOP? >> 33 YEARS OLD. DR. GAGE LOOKED BACK AT ME AND SAID WHAT HAPPENED? SOMEBODY'S KID DIDN'T SOMETHING. I DIDN'T BOTHER TO SAY IT WAS MY CHILD. >> A LOT OF STUDENTS GOD THAT IDEA, DO NOT DO THAT TONIGHT DURING THE SERMON. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE LIBERTY. UPPER AN ALUMNI AND YOU CAME HERE. >> YES BECAUSE MY DAD WAS DOING -- I THINK YOU HAD A MEETING OR SOMETHING UP HERE WHEN I WAS EIGHT. I CAME HERE AND SAID THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT -- OIL VERY CLOSE TO MY PARENTS, SO I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT I WOULD GO AWAY TO SCHOOL, BUT I DECIDED TO COME HERE AND WAS JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT REALLY BEING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WHAT I BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE LIKE-MINDED. >>, AND SO WALK US THROUGH THAT. BECAUSE HERE YOU ARE, THIS SUPER OUTSPOKEN FUN, FULL OF LIFE, GOING THROUGH YOUR TEENAGE YEARS, KIND OF OWNING IT, YOUR DAD IS COMING TO SPEAK AT CONVO AND THEN YOUR JUNIOR YEAR YOU BEGAN TO HAVE SOME HEALTH ISSUES? >> I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. I LIVED AT THE VISTAS. THEY DO STILL HAVE IT BECAUSE LORD HELP THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN 734, BECAUSE I WENT TO THEIR DOOR THE OTHER NIGHT AND TOOK A SELFIE. I WAS LIKE THESE ARE THE MEMORIES, THAT I WAS IN THE APARTMENT AND I FELT A PAIN LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT IN MY LIFE. IT WAS SO BAD THAT I REMEMBER STANDING IN THE KITCHEN AND I BACKED UP AGAINST THE CABINETS BECAUSE IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY AND I CALLED MY PARENTS -- IT WAS IN MY BACK AND I CALLED MY PARENTS AND SAID I FELT A PAIN I'VE NEVER FELT IN MY LIFE. LET'S GO GET IT CHECKED OUT. IT ENDED UP BEING A KIDNEY STONE. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT REALLY BECAME MY LIFE. AND STILL IS TO THIS DAY. I I HAVE A BLADDER DISEASE AND ALSO I PASS CHRONIC KIDNEY STONES. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE MEDICATION THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME FOR THE BLADDER DISEASE EX AS BASES THE -- EXACERBATES THE KID STONES AND MAKES MORE OF THEM AND VOICEOVER IS A. IT'S BEEN HARD TO NEVER EXPERIENCE PAIN IN MY LIFE AND IN ONE DAY, ONE MOMENT, EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR ME. >> IT'S ONE KIDNEY STONE AND THEN MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND IT JUST WON'T STOP. THERE WAS A MOMENT, WHERE YOU HAD 250 IN YOUR BODY AT ONCE? >> RIGHT. >>. >>. >> YOU'RE 7-1/2 HOURS AWAY IN ATLANTA AND YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR DAUGHTER'S PHYSICAL HEALTH LITERALLY FALL APART. WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AS A PASTOR. YOU'RE KIND OF A GET IT DONE GUY, FIX IT GUY. PEOPLE CALL YOU TO FIX THINGS, YOU KNOW A GUY WHO KNOWS A GUY. WHAT DOES IT LOOKS LIKE AND FEEL LIKE FOR YOU TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT IN THAT MOMENT? >> IT'S THE FROST TRIGGER TUG -- FRUSTRATING THING IN THE WORLD. GOD HAS A WAY OF PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PATH AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. ABIGAIL HAD THAT ATTACK, SHE CAME HERE AND CHECKED INTO THE CLINIC AND THEY SENT HER TO THE HOSPITAL HIGH PRESSURE SHE'S LYING ON A STRETCHER IN THE HALLWAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE HEARD A VOICE AND IT'S DR. JERRY FALWELL, SR. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. SHE SAID I THINK IT'S A KID STONE. IS THERE ANYBODY WITH YOU? NO. SHE SAID DO YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE? SO MY PHONE RINGS AND IT'S ABIGAIL. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU. I HEAR DR. FALWELL'S VOICE SAYING WHAT KIND OF A DAUGHTER ARE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR DAUGHTER LYING ON A STRETCHER IN A HALLWAY IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE MIDDLE OF A KIDNEY STONE ATTACK. THE RELIEF I FELT IN THAT MOMENT. HERE IS WHAT I KNEW ABOUT DR. FALWELL. HE WAS THE GREATEST TREMENDOUS VISIONARY LEADER I'VE BEEN AROUND, BUT HE ALSO WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PASTORS ON THE PLANET AND HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. I KNEW HE WOULD LOOK UP TO MY DAUGHTERS. THIS MAN WITH THAT INCREDIBLE SCHEDULE HE KEPT STAYED THERE IN THE HALLWAY, MADE SURE SHE GOT INTO A ROOM BEFORE HE WOULD LEAVE HER SIDE. AND SO THERE WAS THAT FEELING THAT ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW GOD HAS HIS TIMING? WHAT MAKES A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES, IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING AND HE HAD DR. FALWELL IN THAT HALLWAY IN THAT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER THROUGH THAT TIME. BY THE NEXT DAY HER MOM HAD GODDEN HER ON A FLIGHT AND SHE WAS UP HERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HER. THE TOUGHEST THING, DAVID, IS WHEN YOU'RE A FIX IT PERSON. THAT IS ME. YOU GET IT DONE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO ALL OF THE EXPERTS AT MAYO CLINIC, WHERE ABIGAIL SPENT OVER NINE WEEKS THERE IN ROCHESTER, ALSO DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND THE PEOPLE AT MAYO ARE GOING THERE'S NOT A REAL SOLUTION FOR WHAT WE'RE FACING, RIGHT HERE. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS WHAT THAT IS LIKE. EVERYBODY WATCHING HAS HAD THOSE TIMES WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T FIX AND WHEN YOU CAN'T FIX IT, THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH IT AND HOW ARE YOU NOT GOING TO LET IT DAMAGE YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. HUDSON TAYLOR SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GREAT THE PRESSURE IS. WHAT MATTERS IS WHERE DOES PRESSURE LIE. DOES IT PUSH YOU CLOSER TO THE HEART OF GOD OR IS IT PUSHING YOU AWAY FROM GOD. WE AS A FAMILY MADE THAT DETERMINATION THAT WHATEVER ABIGAIL WAS GOING THROUGH, WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AS A TEAM AND WE WERE GOING TO WALK HER THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS GOING TO PUSH US CLOSER TO EACH OTHER AND IT WAS GOING TO PUSH US CLOSER TO GOD. >> ABBY, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I'VE HEARD FROM A STUDENT LATER ON, ONCE EVERYTHING TIPPED, WHETHER IT WAS A MISTAKE THEY WERE MAKING, SINFUL ACTION OR SOMEBODY WAS ABUSING THEM AND THEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP OR A PHYSICAL PAIN AND I'M SAYING JUST, HEY, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON, IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, BUT THEY'VE KEPT IT TO THEMSELVES. YOU DEALT WITH SOME OF THAT TENSION, RIGHT? THIS IS ON ME, BUT OTHERS? >>, OH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK FOR ME, I FELT LIKE THE KINDEST THING I COULD DO IS SORT OF ISOLATE. WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH PAIN SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR HELP, BUT WE ISOLATE. IN THAT ISOLATION -- IT WE WANT FROM PHYSICAL TO THEN MENTAL BECAUSE UNLIKE I CANNOT CONTROL THIS, I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT TO HURT OTHER PEOPLE. I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS A GRENADE. I WAS GOING TO EXPLODE AT ANY TIME AND MY JOB WAS TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE, SO I ISOLATED, TREE TREATED AND THAT WAS THE DOOR THAT SATAN SORT OF CAME IN. >>. >> SO MY DAD LOST HIS FIRST WIFE AND CHILD DURING CHILD BIRTH AND MY MOM HAD LOST HER FIANCÉE, MY SISTER LOST HER BIOLOGICAL MOM AS WELL SO I -- THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN IN THEIR LIFE AND I FELT LIKE FOR ME THAT THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T CONTROL, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD TO THAT BURDEN. >> THE CRAZIEST THING ABOUT THAT IS YOU COME TO THESE MOMENTS AND THE ENEMY LITERALLY IS THE FATHER OF CONFUSION, HE LITERALLY USES YOUR SELFLESSNESS, I LOVE MY DAD, MY MOM, I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN THEM, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH TRAUMA BEFORE, THIS IS NOT GOING WELL FOR ME, THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIFE THING. I WANT TO PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING IS OKAY. THE ENEMY IS REALLY USING YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR CARE FOR THEM AND YOUR COMPASSION AS AS A WAY TO ISOLATE YOU. >> THAT WHOLE THING IS LIKE SOMETIMES YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH CAN BECOME YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS AND IT WAS FOR ME. I THINK THAT I HAD TO REALIZE MY FAITH BECAME MY OWN IN THOSE MOMENTS AND SOMETHING MY DAD ALWAYS SAYS IS THAT A TROUBLED FAITH IS BETTER THAN NO FAITH AT ALL AND A FAITH THAT HASN'T BEEN TESTED CAN'T BE TRUSTED, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO ACTUALLY LIVE: AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL -- NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU UNTIL YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT AND YOU'RE GOING, WOW, I'VE ISOLATED FROM EVERYBODY, IT'S JUST ME AND GOD AND MY FAITH IS SO TROUBLED. PRESSURE CAN DRAW YOU CLOSER TO GOD OR IT CAN SEPARATE YOU. FOR ME IT DID SEPARATE ME IN SO MANY WAYS. I WAS SO ANGRY AT: IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD EVER GLOBE UP OR AN EMOTION I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. THIS WAS ALL NEW. >> SO THE LANGUAGE YOU'VE BEEN USING A LOT JUST IN THE LAST DAY AND A HALF WE'VE BEEN HANGING OUT IS BRAIN HEALTH. >> BRAIN HEALTH. >> SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR -- IT'S COMPOUNDING YOUR PHYSICAL STATE BEING AND THE FACT THAT IT'S GETTING WORSE. YOU'RE GOING TO THE BEST PLACES, BUT THEY'RE NOT FINDING SOLUTIONS. THEN YOU'RE ALSO ISOLATING A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOU NO, NO, NO, COME OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH THIS, BE 'OPEN WITH ALL OF THIS. THAT IS COMPOUNDING YOUR MEDICAL STATE. YOU WERE WATCHING THIS AS A DAD. HOW WERE YOU SPEAKING INTO HER LIFE? SHE HAS HEARD YOU SPEECH A MILLION SERMONS. THIS IS LIKE 2000 IN THE MORNING DADDY TALKING, NOT PASTOR TALKING. I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THAT. >> THE REASON I USED BRAIN HEALTH IS MY DOCTOR IS A WONDERFUL PSYCHIATRIST AND HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN MENTAL ILLNESS AND BRAIN HEALTH. SOMETIMES WHEN WHEN WE HEAR THE WORD MENTAL ILLNESS WE CAN GET SO CAUGHT UP IN A DIAGNOSIS AND IN A LABEL THAT IT BECOMES IDENTITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH WHAT WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR BRAIN AND WHO YOU ACTUALLY ARE. SOMETIMES THAT CAN MEAN COUNSELING, MORE ME IT MEANS COUNSELING, MEDICINE, THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS FOR ME IN THIS SEASON IN MY LIFE. IN MY OPINION, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SHAME AT ALL IN ASKING FOR HELP AND HOWEVER THAT -- HAVING IT MANIFESTO ITSELF OR WHATEVER SEASON THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN YOUR LIFE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ON THE LABEL OF BEING GUESSED, BIPOLAR, SCHIZOPHRENIA. THOSE ARE VERY REAL THINGS, CAN HELP YOU CONTEXTUALIZE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO SHAPE YOU. MY ANXIETY SHAPES ME A LOT. ASK MY FIANCÉE WHO IS IN THE BACK, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I'M SCARED. HE IS THE STABLE ONE. IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- IT CAN SHAPE YOU, AND IT CAN GIVE YOU A CALLING, WHICH IS WHAT I FELLOW LIKE IT'S DONE FOR ME BECAUSE ALL OF YOU, IF YOU AREN'T EXPERIENCING IT, SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE IS OR THEY WILL. >> BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO PUT A STOP TO -- I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS MOMENT. THIS STIGMA, IT'S JUST A LOY FROM THE ENEMY, YOU'RE LESS THAN, THIS IS EMBARRASSING. YOU EVEN TALK ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO WANT ME IF THEY FIND OUT. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S A LIE. >> FIRST OF ALL I HAVE PHYSICAL ISSUES, I'M SICK, THEN I'M THINKING I'M CRAZY. WHO IS GOING TO WANT TO SWIPE RIGHT ON THAT. I'M 30 YEARS OLD, LIVING IN MY PARENTS' ATHLETIC. WHO IS GOING TO WANT ME. -- LIKE YOU'RE UNWORTHY AND DISTRICT COUNTED. YOU CANNOT MINISTER, DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, YOU CAN'T BE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHERE THE WHOLE THING LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, COMPARING YOUR LIFE TO OUR PEOPLE'S LIVES, THAT LIE STARTS GOING AND THAT STIGMA OF FOLLOWING LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND, I'M THIS, I'M THAT, FEELING IMPRESSED IN YOUR BODY, THEN FEELING IMPRESSED IN YOUR MIND, JUST A TOTAL AND COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS REALLY HARD. >> PASTOR IKE, AS A DAD YOU'RE WATCHING THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF THIS SPEAK NOT JUST TO YOUR OWN DAUGHTER GOING BACK THE WAY YOU WERE SAYING TO HER, BUT SOMEBODY WATCHING RIGHT NOW GOING I FEEL THAT WAY RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, IT'S SO OVERWHELMING, IT'S SO OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU'RE A DAD AND YOU LOVE MY CHILD THE WAY I LOVE MY CHILD. EVERYTHING LOST MY FIRST WIFE AND CHILD IN CHILDBIRTH, ABIGAIL COMING ALONG, SHE HAD THIS THING ABOUT HER THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER TO A LOT OF MY PRAYERS. I THINK SOMETIMES THAT PUT AN EXTRA LAYER, PRESSURE ON HER AS WELL. AND THEN EVERYTHING HER MOM HAVE A PHOENIX SEE THAT WAS KILLED THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE WEDDING. YOU KNOW THAT DARKNESS IS ALL AROUND YOU, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THAT --NESS DOES NOT HAVE TO GET INSIDE OF YOU AND THAT YOU NEED THAT SPIRITUAL EQUILIBRIUM. THE TOUGHEST DAY FOR ME, DAVID, WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS AT EMORY UNIVERSITY WITH A RESEARCHER, AND DR. FRENCH LOOKED AT ME AND SAID YOU JUST HAVE TO REALIZE THAT YOUR DAUGHTER PHYSICALLY IS IN A VERY DARK PLACE AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HER OUT OF THAT. WHEN YOU WERE AT MAYO CLINIC NINE WEEKS, HAVE THIS WONDERFUL RESEARCHER AT EMORY UNIVERSITY AND THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS YOUR CURRENT SITUATION AND THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF THIS SITUATION THAT WE CAN SEE AT THIS MOMENT, SO NOW YOU TURN TO THE SPIRITUAL, HEY, I'M A PASTOR, I'M USED TO PRAYING WITH PEOPLE, I'VE BEEN USED TO SEEING PEOPLE HAVE MIRACLES HAPPEN IN THEIR LIFE. NOW WHY CAN'T WE GET THAT MIRACLE FOR OUR DAUGHTER. AS I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT LOW GETTING READY TO COME OUT, I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT IN PARTICULAR, 3 IN THE MORNING, I SAT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS THAT GO UP TO ABIGAIL'S ROOM, I SAT THERE AND SAID GOD, WHY CAN'T WE FIND SOMETHING, WHY CAN'T WE FIND SOMETHING. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TALKING TO ABIGAIL AND SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD SOLID THEOLOGY FROM THIS SCHOOL AND SHE SAID ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS FOR ME AND THIS HAS BEEN, WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN, BUT THAT HIS WILL IS EX SIDING HIS POWER TO CHANGE MY CIRCUMSTANCE. SHE KNOWS THAT GOD IS ONLY ANY PRESENT, THAT GOD CAN DO ANYTHING HE CHOOSES TO DO FOR HER THERE WAS A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE. I IRONICALLY A BOOK GIVEN TO HER BY A STUDENT AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WHILE THEY WERE HERE. ABIGAIL JUST SHARED THAT VERSE BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT VERSE WAS GOING TO BECOME REAL IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU EVER -- WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THAT SPECIAL WORD, NOT JUST THE LOGOS, HE GIVES YOU THAT WORD FOR YOU IN THAT MOMENT, SHARE THAT VERSE OUT OF MATTHEW 10:27. >> THE VERSE SAYS THAT WHEN I WHISPER IN YOUR EAR, WHAT I TELL YOU IN THE DARK REVEAL WHAT YOU ARE IN THE LIGHT AND YOU'LL PREACH UPON THE HOUSE TOPS. I HAD NO IDEA IN 2006, WHEN I WAS READING THAT VERSE, AND I NUDGED MY DAD BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING IN THE BACK -- THE DAY I READ THAT DEVOTIONAL WAS A DAY THAT I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND I WAS IN THE DARK. IT WAS THE FIRST -- IT WAS MY FIRST REAL CRISIS OF FAITH AND I WAS SITTING THERE AND I ENDED UP WRITING A LETTER TO MYSELF AT THE END OF THE DEVOTIONAL AND I SAID DEAR FUTURE ABIGAIL, YOUR LIFE HAS JUST CHANGED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WAY BEFORE I KNEW THAT I WAS SICK. I SAID YOUR LIFE HAS JUST CHANGED RIGHT NOW. YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE AN INSTRUMENT IN THE REDEEMER'S HANDS, THAT HE HAS YOUR STORY -- >> YOU WERE WRITING THIS ON -- TO YOURSELF? >> YES, I WROTE DEAR FUTURE ABIGAIL. WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW IS NOT JUST FOR YOU, IT'S FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE WERE SITTING THERE WITH CAMERON AND THAT THAT VERY DAY, THAT MY DARK PLACE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS PASSING AWAY, BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WOULD SPEAK INTO MY LIFE THE WAY THAT IT DID WITH MY HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, BUT JUST NOT DOUBTING. THERE'S THINGS -- IF I HAD SPOKEN WHEN HE WAS IN THE DARK, I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN OUT OF ANGER, OUT OF FRUSTRATION, OUT OF PAIN, AND THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN THAT STILL HAPPENS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME WAS TO STOP AND TO LISTEN TO GOD, AND HEAR WHAT HE WAS WHISPERING TO ME. AND BELIEVE IT. AND BELIEVE THE THINGS THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY REVEALED TO ME WHEN I WAS IN THE LIGHT, AND WHEN I WASN'T GOING THROUGH THINGS, I DIDN'T WANT TO DOUBT THOSE THINGS. I WAS IN THE DARK, I DIDN'T SEE HIM, FEEL HIM, BUT I KNEW THEN DEEP DOWN IN MY SOUL AND I KNEW THAT ONCE HE GOT ME THROUGH THIS DARK PERIOD THAT I WAS AT IN MY LIFE, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO RUN THIS LONG TRUTHFULLY, IT WASN'T JUST FOR MYSELF. THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE GOING THROUGH ADDICTIONS, THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE GOING THROUGH EATING DISORDERS, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SELF-HARM, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE BEEN THERE, I GET IT, I KNOW, AND I'M SPEAKING TO A PLACE WHERE I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO DESPERATELY WANT THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD TO STOP SO THAT YOU CAN BE WHO GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE AND WHO, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR SOUL THIS IS WHO I AM, WHY CAN'T I -- WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BRAIN. BUT IT IS I KNOW SIGNATURE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT, I AM AS SURE AS I'VE EVER BEEN THAT MY STORY IS NOT JUST FOR ME. IT IS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM. IT IS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT IS WATCHING SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE, THAT YOU ARE WORTHY, YOUR LIFE IS WORTHY. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE FATHER OF LIFE IS TELLING YOU IN THE DARK, DON'T BELIEVE IT. WE HAVE POWER TO -- IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE THOUGHTS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY -- WE CAN DRAW ON THE NAME OF JESUS TO CAPTURE THOSE BAD THOUGHTS. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T HAPPEN, BUT IT TAKES ME A LOT LESS TIME NOW WHEN I HAD THOSE BAD, INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, NO, I'M NOT DOING THIS, I'M NOT GOING THERE, I AM NOT GOING TO BUY INTO IT. >> SO GOOD. COME ON, THAT IS SUCH GOOD TRUTH. NEED IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SO YOU WERE ALREADY GETTING HANDLES, LIKE LISTEN, DON'T BUY THE ENEMY'S LIE OF LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, YOU NEED TO DO THIS IN COMMUNITY, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP. YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE TOO BUSY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN PAIN, THEY WANT TO HELP, SO NUMBER ONE HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE TRANSPARENT. NUMBER TWO -- BY THE WAY IF YOU STIES 60 IN A CULTURE WHERE TRANSPARENCY IS A DEMERIT, FIND ANOTHER CULL -- CULTURE. BE IN A PLACE WHERE GOD CAN BRING THINGS TO LIGHT. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DARKNESS. THE SECOND THING YOU'RE SAYING IS SPEAK TRUTH, GET BIBLICAL, GET INTO SCRIPTURE, WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO IS WATCHING GOING I'VE GOT ANXIETY, EVE GOT STRESS, IT'S MORE THAN MY FRIENDS TELL ME, HERE IS THE BIBLE VERSE OR WHATEVER, I'M GOING TO NEED HELP, PROFESSIONAL HELP, WHAT ADVICE COULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE. RIGHT NOW THE ENEMY IS STAYING A-- SAYING STAY IN THE SHADOW, MEDICATE WITH NETFLIX. >> ALSO LYING TO YOU, YOU'RE DAMAGED GOODS, THIS IS YOUR OWN FAULT. SOMEONE WATCHING, THEY'RE GOING ALL RIGHT, GOD, THIS IS ME, SHE IS ME. >> SPEAK UP TO ME. IF YOU HAVE -- MY INSTAGRAM IS ABIGAIL REIGHARD, I WOULD RESPOND YOU THE. THAT WAS A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE. >> TELL THEM ABOUT GROWING GRAY. >> I WAS READING A BOOK CALLED LIMITLESS LIES AND I WAS AT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD, I'M IN HAWAII AND I WAS SO MISERABLE. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF A TREATMENT PROTOCOL FOR MY KIDNEYS AND STARTED WITH TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND I'M LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, THE DOCTOR CAN'T HEAL ME PHYSICALLY, MAYO CLINIC CAN'T HELP ME, NOW I'VE GONE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH, THEY CAN'T HELP ME, LIKE WHAT IS THE POINT. I PICKED UP THIS BOOK, WENT TO THE BEACH, I WASN'T FEELING -- FEELING GOOD THAT DAY, I SAID FAMILY, GO THROUGH YOUR THING, I'M GOING TO THE BEACH, READ THIS BOOK, LAST-DITCH EFFORT. START READING THE BOOK. I'M LIKE, OH, WOW, I'M STARTING TO REPLACE, DOING MYSELF, BELIEVING THIS LABELS. >> IT'S CALLED LIMITLESS? >> YEAH, LIMITLESS LIFE. I LITERALLY SPENT THIS STRANGER, THIS HUGE AUTHOR, AMAZING MAN, AMAZING MAN, I SENT HIM A DM. AND IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO TALK TO A STRANGER THAN IT WAS THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME AT THAT TIME AND THEN HE HELPS ME -- HE WAS A WITNESS TO MY PAIN AND HE HELPED ME REACH OUT FOR HELP IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO DO IT THE WAY THAT THE MOLD SAID TO DO IT. GO TO THIS PLACE, GO TO THAT PLACE, DO THIS, DO THIS. IT WAS REALLY GOD SPEAKING TO MY HEART AND FOR ME IT WAS JUST WATERSHED MOMENT, I'M SITTING ON THE BEACH, I'M MISERABLE, ALL THESE INTROSSIVE THOUGHTS, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, I GO UP TO THE WATER'S EDGE AND I CLOSE MY EYES AND I'M CRYING OUT TO GOD. IF YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE, I NEED A SIGN. I NEED YOU TO GIVE ME A SIGN BECAUSE I DESPERATELY WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT I TOLD MYSELF ALL OF THESE YEARS, WHAT I KNEW TO BE TRUE THAT YOU HAD REVEALED TO ME ABOUT WHO I AM AND WHAT IS MY PURPOSE, BUT I DON'T FEEL IT RIGHT NOW. I CLOSE MY EYES, I'M CRYING, I LOOK UP AND THERE IS A TURTLE, LIKE LITERALLY A SEA TURTLE AT MY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HIS HEAD STICKING OUT. GOD USED A SEA TURTLE TO SHOW ME, TO KEEP MOVING, TO KEEP SWIMMING. LIKE YOUR STORY IS NOT OVER. YOUR STORY IS NOT OVER IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE. YOUR STORY IS NOT OVER. IT IS BEGINNING. AND THE DEVIL WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GET SWEPT BACK OUT INTO THE OCEAN. HE WOULD LOVE FOR THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS TO COME BACK AND TELL YOU YOU'RE UNWORTHY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, NOBODY CARES, IT'S BETTER OFF IF I'M NOT HERE AND THAT IS A LIE SO REACH OUT TO ME AS A STRANGER. DAVID, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES ON CAMPUS? >> YEAH, A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S -- THE HARDEST CONVERSATION IS WITH YOUR ROOMMATE OR YOUR BEEPS FRIEND OR YOUR PARENTS. SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES A STRANGER. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A STRANGER IN FAITH, A COMMON SISTER IN CHRIST. MAYBE YOU, MAYBE ME, LIKE NO ONE IS EVER NEARLY AS BIZARRE IS AS PEOPLE THINK. HE IS A PASTOR AT HEART. WHERE IT'S A LOCAL CONGREGATION OR SOMEONE HE WAS ABLE TO TOUCH RIGHT THERE. I THINK WHETHER IT'S A STRANGER, THAT IS FINE. HERE ON CAMPUS YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR ROOMMATE WHO CAN TALKS TO YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP LOWERED, WHO CAN TALK TO YOUR RESIDENT SHEPHERD, TALK TO YOUR R.A. RD, YOUR SHEPHERD, YOUR CAMPUS PASTOR. I GIVE OUT MY PHONE LIKE IT'S PARTICULAR TAX. WE WANT TO BE DAYTONA BEACH SHUTTERED TO GO I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. SOMEONE TODAY IS HEARING THIS. THEY MIGHT SAY IT'S EASIER TO START WITH YOU OR ME OR WHATEVER. GIVE US AN ACTION APPOINTMENT AND LET US BEGIN TO TAKE A FIRST STEP. THE FIRST STEP IS THE HARDEST. WE'LL WALK PAST THAT WITH YOU. I THINK PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL BE MY RESUME, I'LL ALWAYS BE DAMAGED GOODS, THAT IS SUCH A LIE. GOD CAN I DON'T YOU AND GIVE YOU A PLATFORM TO SPEAK LIFE UNTO PEOPLE. LAST QUESTION. >> IF YOUR DAUGHTER, EVERYDAY YOU WAKE UP ON A GOOD DALE YOU TOLD ME, ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO 10 YOU'RE AT A FIVE, CHRONIC PAIN ALL THE TIME. >> TO BE THERE, SO SIMPLY LET THEM KNOW THE -- IS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN, NOT TO BE ABLE TO TALK. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST NEED SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO THEM. THERE WERE A LOT OF NIGHTS I SPENT HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH ABIGAIL WHEN SHE WAS HERE AT LIBERTY AND WE WOULD BE ON THE PHONE SOMETHING AND I'D BE WALKING, TALKING WITH HER, TALKING THROUGH THESE TIMES. ONE THING I WOULD REALLY CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO REMEMBER AS YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, BE BODYIENT TO GOD'S WORD. BE OBEDIENT IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE TO PRACTICE FOR HIM. Y WALK AWAY, NEVER PRAY FOR HIM. BE OBEDIENT TO GOD BECAUSE YOU CAN STARTED OPENING THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY. ALWAYS REMEMBER, LIKE WITH ABIGAIL'S SITUATION, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE GET THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID NO ONE CAN COMFORT LIKE -- THERE IS SOMETHING IN THAT, THERE'S A HUMILIATION THAT COMES WITH IT, BUT IT'S A GOOD HUMILIATION. IT'S THE REALIZATION THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T FIX THINGS. >> YOU CALLED IT THE GIFT OF HUMILIATION. >> YES. YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE I CANNOT FIX THIS. WHEN GOD IS ALL YOU HAVE, YOU FIND OUT VERY FAST GOD IS ALL YOU NEED. HE'LL HELP YOU TO COME THROUGH THOSE TIMES. DAVID, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE CAMPUS PASTOR HERE. TO BE HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR WEEK IN YOUR LIFE, WITH YOU AND JENNIFER, THE SKY IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THIS GUY HAS BEEN MY FRIEND FOR SO LONG. WHAT YOU'RE GIVING HER TODAY IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROMISE THAT GOD GAVE HER. ALWAYS REMEMBER PRAY THE PROMISES, NOT THE PROBLEM. THE PROMISE IS ONE DAY YOU'LL STAND ON THE ROOFTOP IN THE LIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE DAYS IN THE DARK AND YOU'RE ON THE ROOFTOP RIGHT NOW AND YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. >> AMEN. >> THREE LITTLE THINGS I WANT TO SAY, EMPATHY IS THE BIGGEST GIFT YOU COULD GIVE SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING THROUGH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ISSUES. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY IS SYMPATHY GOES I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT. EMPATHY SITS AND STAYS. IT SAID I HEAR YOU, I SEE YOU, I UNDERSTAND. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, THE SPACE TO DO THAT. I'M SO GRATEFUL. >> WHO BETTER THAN AND NUMBER MY, ONE OF OUR OWN. YOU'RE A STAKEHOLDER HERE AND GOD IS GOING TO USE YOUR MESSAGE TODAY TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOP. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. I THINK THIS IS A VITAL IMPORTANT MESSAGE WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR. BIG TAKE-AWAY AT THE VERY END MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, I THINK WE STEP INTO -- LET'S NOT SETTLE FOR SYMPATHY. TASHA MOORE WAS WITH US THIS LAST SEASON. ANOTHER LEGEND. SHE SAID SYMPATHY IS I HEAR YOU, EMPATHY IS I FEEL YOU. YOU'RE HURTING, I'M HURTING. YOU'RE IN PAIN, I'M IN PAIN. AND THAT IS -- I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST TAKE-AWAY. WE HURT WHEN OUR SISTER OR BROTHER IS HURTING IN THE MOMENT WE ARE. >> I ALWAYS SAY SYMPATHY WILL RUN AWAY, BUT EMPATHY LOOKS, IT COMES AND IT STAYS. STAYS IN THE SITUATION WITH YOU. DOESN'T GIVE UP ON YOU. IS THERE. YOU CAN FIND THAT VICTORY IN CHRIST. SHE IS LIVING PROOF THAT A TROUBLED FAITH IS REALLY BETTER THAN NO FAITH AT ALL. AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF HER. >> I WANT TO END THIS WITH AN APOLOGY AND MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO ACTUALLY COME FROM ME OR IT MIGHT NEED TO COME FROM WHAT I REPRESENT AS A PASTOR. SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS AND THEY'RE GOING I'VE DONE THAT, I'VE REACHED OUT FOR PEOPLE FOR HELP, THEY DIDN'T REACH BACK, I'VE TEXASETED, TOOK THE BRAVE STEMMING OF SITTING INTO THE LIFE AND IT ACTUALLY COST ME IN MY CHURCH, MADE ME HAVE A SCARLET LETTER ON ME. IF THAT EVER HAPPENED IN THE SEVEN YEARS I WAS HERE WHERE WE DIDN'T DO, RIGHT BY YOU, YOU CALLED OUT FOR HELP AND WE DIDN'T GET INTO THE COUNSELING OFFICE FAST ENOUGH OR WE DIDN'T STEP INTO THE SPACE LIKE WE COULD HAVE OR SHOULD HAVE, I WANT TO TELL YOU IT WAS NEVER INTENDING TO BE ANYTHING, BUT OUR HEART TO SERVE YOU, BUT SOMETIMES THINGS CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND SOMETIMES WE JUST DROP THE BALL. IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, A LOCAL PASTOR SOMEWHERE, A COUNSELOR, YOU CONFIDED THEM AS A FRIEND AND THEY USED IT AS GOSSIP TO BRING DAMAGE TO YOU, I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, BUT DON'T LET THAT MISTAKE STOP YOU FROM REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE TODAY. YOU WERE WRONG, I BELIEVE IN WHO YOU ARE AND I WANT YOU TO WORK WITH US AND GET IT RIGHT. ONE OUT OF ONE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FAIL YOU, JESUS NEVER WILL. LET'S FIND SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS THEM BETTER. I LOVE YOU. LET ME JUST SAY ONE LAST THING BEFORE WE FADE OUT OF HERE. WE HAD A PASSING OF A STUDENT WHO WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD THIS LAST WEEKEND AND SEAN AND HIS FRIEND WERE EARLY LAST WEEKEND WERE OUT AND HAD AN INCIDENT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SEAN WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. YESTERDAY I SPENT SOME TIME WITH SEAN'S DAD ON THE PHONE JUST THINKING THROUGH LIKE WHAT I COULD SAY TO HONOR HIM AND JUST MEMORY OF HIM. SEAN'S DAD WAS TELLING ME HOW HIS GREAT LIFE PASSION WAS FLYING. HE WAS AN ROTC KID. IT WAS AN AVERAGE FOR HIM TO BE A HELICOPTER PILOT OR AN AIRPLANE PILOT. HE HAD THIS GREAT PASSION FOR FLYING. HIS DAD TOLD ME, HE HAD THIS GREAT PASSION, WHEN HE CAME HERE, GOD USED YOU, THE LIBERTY FAMILY, AND HIS SPIRIT TO RECAB BROUGHT HIS HEART. GOD BECAME PREEMINENT NUMBER ONE. AVIATION TOOK A DISTANT SECOND IN LIST EPIPHANY. HE WOULD PACK HIS BROKEN CO-AND DRAG PEOPLE TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS. THIS MAN LOVED THE JORDAN. HIS SISTER JORDAN IS A STUDENT HERE. THEY'RE GRIEVING TODAY THE LOSS OF THEIR SON WHO WAS A TALENTED YOUNG MAN, SO GOOD IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WORLDS, HE WAS A PHENOMENAL PHOTOGRAPHER FER. SUCH A TALENTED YOUNG MAN. HE'S WITH THE LORD. EXCLUDING MOMENTS LIKE THAT, I HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR -- SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND GO WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT OF FAITH. HE LED A BIBLE STUDY. WE'RE GOING TO GRIEF WITH THE FAMILY, I WANTED TO TELL YOU ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY THAT THEY WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE INVITED TO TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL AT THEIR HOME CHURCH, WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF AWAY, IS THAT RIGHT, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY AT 2000, IF YOU WANT TO GO AND PAY YOUR RESPECT AND YOU HAVE THAT TIME ZONE OPEN, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT. HIS ROOMMATE AND I WERE TALKING LAST NIGHT. HE WAS SAYING HOW HIS HOME CHURCH HERE WAS CROSS APPOINTMENT AND THE PASTOR THERE DOES INTEND TO JUST HONOR HIS MEMORY AND BE THERE. HE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE PACKED HERE AGAIN. HE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FOR HIS OWN FUNERAL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. I THINK CROSS POINT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE AT IF YOU WANT TO BE WITH THEM ON SUNDAY MORNING AND WORSHIP WITH THEM AT 10 A.M. THOSE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES. WE JUST WANT TO PRAY A BLESSING OVER THEIR FAMILY AND CONDOLENCES OVER THE FAMILY. I USED TO TEXT MY BROTHER, YOU WANT TO ME AT THE -- MEET ME AT THE ROCK FOR A QUICK MEAL, GO FOR A DRIVE ON THE BLUE RIDGE. SHE WON'T V THAT HERE. IT'S NOT A FOREVER GOOD-BYE BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE ETERNITY TOGETHER. IT'S A HEARTBREAKING SEASON FOR SOMEONE LIKE THAT PRECIOUS FAMILY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO END, JUST THINKING ABOUT THEM. WE'LL JUST END IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS HONOR. CAN WE STAND TOGETHER? SO WE'LL JUST FADE TO BLACK. IN YOUR OWN SPIRIT JUST BE PRAYING FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
