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HOW TO USE THEIR FAITH. JOIN US IN TEACHING BELIEVERS 1 6 : B V O V PARTNER WITH KCM. amazed that he was awake and talking. Gabe remembered everything up until the accident. His family and friends explained what had happened to him. "When I fi rst woke up, a lot of the medical sta looked at me like they thought I wasn't going to make it," Gabe remembers. "I just laughed that they thought I wouldn't be OK. From the moment I woke up, I remembered that Jesus had already healed me. I remembered my covenant with God. I knew who Christ had created me to be. "My family and friends were all celebrating," Gabe recalled, "but I could tell, even though I'd awakened with my memory intact, the medical sta doubted that I would be OK. I knew the truth, but it felt like the world was telling me the opposite. I knew I was healed and was ready to go home." "You can't go home," the doctors told him. "You've had a traumatic brain injury. There could still be side e ects." Gabe had to convince them that it was safe to send him home. The way he did that was by working with the therapists and passing every test they gave him. Home Again On Nov. 18, Gabe was discharged from the hospital. Three days later, he attended church at EMIC. After slipping out of the sanctuary for a moment, Gabe heard an usher calling him. "Gabe, Pastor Terri is asking for you." Until that moment, Gabe had rejoiced that he could walk. When he heard Pastor Terri calling his name, a grace and anointing washed over him. He ran to the podium. The entire church enjoyed a time of joyful celebration, proclaiming the goodness of God. That week, Gabe fl ew home to Virginia with his parents to celebrate Thanksgiving. The family had so much for which to be thankful. "My aunt was right all those years ago," Gabe says. "Faith allows you to recover much faster. My recovery was fast and total. Having missed weeks of sending out videos, I started back as soon as I was out of the hospital. I preached and proclaimed the goodness of God. I also admitted that I'd missed Him by not wearing a helmet. I'm so grateful that His blessings aren't dependent on us getting everything right." Not long after, Gabe wrote a devotional, titled Built Di erent: 90 Days To Becoming All God Wants You To Be, a devotional for teens and young adults that covers such topics as COVID, gender issues, news, righteousness, education and careers. The book became a bestseller on Amazon. "I wrote it to explain the spiritual DNA that Christ has given us," he explains. "I get testimonies from it every day. Someone recently told me that while reading the book, they were touched by the Holy Spirit. They prayed in tongues and were overcome by His presence. "I enjoy making the gospel applicable to a person's life. I'm really big on reaching the unchurched generation. That happens to be my generation. Studies have recorded ours has the least church attendance. That's a really large gap. My heart is to bridge that gap and let them know that Jesus wants to be their Best Friend. "I know I wouldn't be where I am today without KCM. This ministry is a gift from God to the Body of Christ. It teaches people how the Word of God can change everything. For me, partnership with KCM is a form of unity. It means knowing that we work together to advance the kingdom of God. Many testimonies, not just mine, are coming alive in Partners' lives. "I'm so grateful for all the prayer that I received while I was in that coma. I'm forever grateful for their heart to pray in agreement with the Word of God concerning my healing." Today, at 22, Gabriel Poirot has 3.6 million followers and subscribers on all online media platforms. He hasn't just learned to reach his generation on social media. He has learned the algorithm of faith—to reach the world. Get Get Get your digital your digital your digital your digital your digital your digital magazine magazine magazine magazine magazine magazine magazine KCM.ORG/PARTNERNOW magazine.kcm.org

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