The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast
The Pivotal Moment: A Fight that Changed Everything - Jonathan's Story Part 7
27 Mar 2025
The Pivotal Moment: A Fight that Changed Everything In this excerpt, Jonathan shares the life-changing moment he was involved in a fight that left his friend in a coma. Jonathan says, "I was involved in a fight. He wasn't in the fight, but I fell down, and he fell with me, knocking his neck on the sidewalk. He ended up in a coma for two days." This incident was a turning point for Jonathan, leading him to a path of self-reflection and transformation. The support from his church community played a crucial role in Jonathan's personal growth. After the incident, Jonathan gave his life to Christ and found hope and purpose within the church. "I got baptized at 12 after that fight. The first thing the church did is they gave me the chance to preach to the children," he shared. This opportunity to preach was a testament to the church's belief in his potential and their commitment to nurturing his growth. "That's why the local church helped me to see hope, to have hope. Not only to be a positive view of the future but to have actually hope and hope is the ability to make things for, make that future to happen," Jonathan explained. Making a Difference Together: Join us next week to hear more about Jonathan's story and to learn how we can make a difference together. Visit Candace.com, click on "compassion," and see how you can be a part of this transformative journey! Come back each week to hear more about Jonathan’s story. To see how we can make a difference together, go to https://ccbpodcast.com/compassion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We take for granted words of encouragement. You said at the introduction, this podcast is for you. And we live in a moment that we take that for granted. Like some people might feel, oh yeah, that's nice. They don't actually realize this is an effort put to serve them actually. That's an example to say sometimes when we grew up in a stable environment, we take that stability for granted.
And for me, words of encouragement really feed my soul.
Me too. That is my love language.
Words of encouragement.
That's a book, The Love Languages by Gary Chapman.
It's a great book. Yeah. And so, for example, in this letter, when I was 12, let me mention this very decisive moment in my life. I got into the program when I'm seven, when I'm 12. It's the end of that moment of me being rebellious and fighting. A friend of mine, I was involved in a fight. He fall down. He wasn't in the fight, but I fall down. He was in my back.
He fall down with me, knock his neck in the sidewalk and end up in a coma for two days. That's the worst fight that I was involved in. I didn't provoke the fight, but my friend is in a coma. And so I do remember I was taken to Dulce's office. Dulce was my Compassion Center director. She was a leader from the church. And I do remember I was crying, sweating, dirty. And I knew this was the end.
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