God’s Unexpected Answers to Our Toughest Questions: Lathan Warlick and Dr. William Cooke
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes when we pray, we really want answers, and sometimes we don’t always get those answers we’re seeking. However, our faith tells us that when we ask for help, whether we see it or feel it, God is there. When we ask for guidance, He leads us, not always on the path we would choose, but one that shapes who we are to become; and always to a place where He knows we can be used well. Lathan Warlick is a positive musician who had a near-death experience one night when he was confronted by two men with a gun. Lathan did the only thing he could think of—ask God for help—and when he was inexplicably saved, he decided to dedicate his life and career to spreading God’s word and encouraging positivity. Growing up in poverty, Dr. William Cooke shares how he wanted to truly make a difference by helping others. That desire led him to begin a practice in a community that was dealing with a devastating opioid crisis that was so overwhelming, after several exhausting years, Dr. Cooke questioned God as to if he had pursued the right path. Just as he was ready to throw in the towel, the answer to his question came from a very unexpected place. Both men looked to God for what roads they should take next, and God was faithful to lead them to the next season of faithfulness to Him, and better equipped to serve others.
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Interview Quotes:
“It was like something was sitting on my shoulders. It was like something was holding me, you know, and the feeling was so powerful that it made me start weeping for no reason.” - Lathan Warlick
“God was calling me to be a light out into the world.” - Lathan Warlick
“It was like God put me out of my comfort zone to put me over here in order for something else to happen. God will make stuff so uncomfortable for you for Him to get your attention.” - Lathan Warlick
“I felt my calling was to try to work with individuals, families in a community that didn't have access to health and opportunity and hope.” - Dr. Willam Cooke
“As I started working with patients and families, I started to realize that there was something really dark there, that there was this sense that the American dream was not available to everyone.” - Dr. William Cooke
“We had to treat people, not diseases. So this seemed like the opportunity to do something new that, you know, this had never happened before. No one really knew how to respond to this.” - Dr. William Cooke
“I had this idea that if I had enough faith and I fought hard enough for the people of Austin, [Indiana] that God would come in and fill in the gap and make the change. And I'd done my part. I had done my part. The people of Austin had tried. Why was God not doing what I thought was His end of the bargain?” - Dr. William Cooke
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| 0:00.0 | I'm just trying to listen to His voice and that's the thing about listening to His voices |
| 0:04.7 | making sure you're not so distracted with everything else that you can't hear His voice. |
| 0:09.9 | Sometimes when we pray we really want answers and sometimes try as we might. |
| 0:14.6 | We don't always get those answers we're seeking. |
| 0:17.1 | However our faith tells us that when we ask for help whether we see it or feel it God |
| 0:22.3 | is there. |
| 0:23.3 | When we ask for guidance He leads us not always on the path we would choose but one that |
| 0:28.2 | shapes who we are to become and always to a place where He knows we can be used well. |
| 0:38.8 | Lathen Warwick is a positive musician who grew up in a rough neighborhood. |
| 0:43.0 | One night while at a club, after a minor confrontation with two men, Lathen found himself |
| 0:47.8 | in the alley outside the club facing the pair who now pointed a pistol in his face and |
| 0:52.6 | threatened to kill him, only to be stopped when their God wouldn't fire. |
| 0:56.6 | And this, just after Lathen did the only thing he could think of that his mother had always |
| 1:01.2 | said to do when he was in trouble. |
| 1:03.7 | Ask God for help. |
| 1:05.3 | Dr. William Quick also grew up without much but from an early age knew he wanted to be |
| 1:10.1 | a doctor. |
| 1:11.1 | Though it wasn't an easy path to medical school, he pressed forward and found himself as |
| 1:15.7 | the one doctor in a town where an opioid crisis was wreaking havoc on the hope and prosperity |
| 1:21.1 | of the community he served. |
| 1:23.0 | Both men looked to God for what roads they should take next and God was faithful to lead |
| 1:28.1 | them to the next season of faithfulness to him and better equipped to serve others. |
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