1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,359 Speaker 1: I walked on my arm and there was a spider 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:05,559 on my arm, and I'd smacked my arm and just 3 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:07,759 pushed it onto the floor. Thought nothing of it and 4 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:08,679 just went back to sleep. 5 00:00:09,439 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: But when Jordan woke again later that day, the pain intensified. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:18,879 He felt increasingly disoriented, nauseated, and weak. Then he began 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:19,879 vomiting blood. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: So I knew something wasn't right. I drove myself to 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:24,600 the hospital. 10 00:00:25,679 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: Jordan barely made it through the doors before collapsing. This 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,439 is the Miracle Files. 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 3: I'm Emily Jones and I'm Holly Worthington. 13 00:00:38,119 --> 00:00:41,759 Speaker 4: We're two sisters who love a captivating true story, but 14 00:00:41,799 --> 00:00:43,920 we're also seeking more light in our lives. 15 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: So we're on a mission to find and share unforgettable, 16 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:52,320 uplifting stories of God's miracles. We hope you'll join us 17 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:53,159 on this journey. 18 00:00:55,439 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Miracle Files. You all know about 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,479 our love for spiders. 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: Say that factiously? Yeah, no, we do not love spiders. 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,680 We hate spiders. Yeah, right to the spiders. Yeah, sorry, spiders, 22 00:01:09,719 --> 00:01:10,640 you're not our favorite. 23 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 4: But we've come across a bunch of stories, especially recently, 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,599 it seems like where spiders play a critical role in 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,400 somebody's miracle story. 26 00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 3: I know it's so weird. 27 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: I mean, you'll have to see how you feel about 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,079 this spider, like it may change your opinion. 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 3: I don't know. I'd love to hear what we think. 30 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,079 Leave us a comment or an email. 31 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, we'll. 32 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,079 Speaker 3: See what you think of this spiders. 33 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 4: I know. 34 00:01:31,799 --> 00:01:34,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd love to hear it too. Okay, well, let's 35 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:36,480 just dive right in. All right, let's go. 36 00:01:40,519 --> 00:01:44,439 Speaker 2: Eight hairy little legs crawled up Jordan's arm as he slept. 37 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,040 Jordan was oblivious to how this tiny little creature would 38 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,280 change his life forever. But our story starts long before 39 00:01:54,319 --> 00:02:00,079 this day. It begins years before in Blackpool, England. For decades, 40 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:04,040 Blackpool has ranked among the most deprived towns in the country, 41 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:10,360 marked by crime, addiction and violence, where ambition often disappears 42 00:02:10,439 --> 00:02:13,639 before it ever has a chance to grow. It's the 43 00:02:13,719 --> 00:02:16,240 kind of place that teaches you how to cling to 44 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,719 the day instead of reach for the future, where life 45 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,879 can feel like a web that's impossible to escape. And 46 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,960 this is where Jordan's story begins. He was born to 47 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:32,000 a Palestinian father who had left Jerusalem behind in search 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,280 of peace and opportunity. And to an English mother raised 49 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:40,319 in generational poverty. His parents separated when he was still 50 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:44,000 an infant, leaving his father largely absent for the first 51 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:45,520 few years of his childhood. 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,719 Speaker 1: I was raised by and my stepdad predominantly, but my 53 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,879 earliest memories were my mum and my stepdad raised those 54 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,919 in absolute poverty. So when I say Blackpool is poorer 55 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,199 than most places, you can imagine we were living in 56 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,680 the poor part of Blackpool. 57 00:03:03,479 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 2: Eight people lived in a one bedroom flat. There was 58 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,479 rarely enough food, rarely enough space, and never enough stability, 59 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,879 Just the constant pressure of survival tightening around the family 60 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,680 like an invisible snare. One of the books Jordan read 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,560 over and over again was Harry Potter. At the time, 62 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,919 he didn't have the language to explain why it mattered 63 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,120 so much to him. He only knew that the story 64 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,520 of a neglected boy locked away from the world waiting 65 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,639 for something more felt strangely familiar. That book, he now says, 66 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,400 may have kept him alive. 67 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: My mum, she had a rough childhood. She had it rough, 68 00:03:46,039 --> 00:03:48,599 to be honest, and when my stepdad wasn't there, I 69 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,800 used to get battered bad as a kid. Bat I 70 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:53,439 was very abused as a kid. Number. Once I caught 71 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:56,240 a smoking outside, she said, I'm going to tell my 72 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,560 stepdad you shouldn't be doing that. She went to smap 73 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:00,520 me a coward. She booted me in there, and it 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,319 was like that was I just thought that was normal. 75 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 2: But despite the hardship Jordan grew up with, he recognized 76 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,680 that his parents had done some things right. From them, 77 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,960 he learned lessons that would shape him for years to come. 78 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: One of the things he did very early on, my 79 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:20,600 stepdad settles down. He said, we've got nothing. He said, 80 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,879 I'm going to show you now that you can create anything. 81 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,680 He said, I promise you, he said, I'm going to 82 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,439 I'm done with this. He said, I'm going to create 83 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,600 a business ironing, doing people's ironing. Literally, for like the 84 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,120 next two years, all my memories were were just watching 85 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,800 my mum and stepdad iron in, ironing, iron in, ironing, 86 00:04:36,879 --> 00:04:39,399 saving up, saving up, saving up. He got to a 87 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,240 point where, in nineteen ninety nine, so I was six 88 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,079 at this point, did saved upoloader cash did moved out 89 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,079 of the one bed flat, but into a place that 90 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:50,439 wasn't that much better. And at that point my stepdad 91 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:52,279 said We're going to take all of our money now 92 00:04:52,439 --> 00:04:55,800 and invest it all in some bed shops tanning salons. 93 00:04:56,959 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 2: By the time Jordan was a teenager, his stepfather mother 94 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:04,319 sold the chain of sun bed shops, retired early, and. 95 00:05:04,319 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 3: Moved to Spain. They did it. 96 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 2: His mother and stepfather escaped poverty completely, However, Jordan did not. 97 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:17,800 At fifteen, Jordan had moved out on his own, desperate 98 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,079 for independence and distance from the environment he had grown 99 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,680 up in. He remained in England, still trapped in the 100 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:29,639 poverty his mother and stepfather had left behind. Two years later, 101 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,519 his girlfriend told him she was pregnant. Three months after that, 102 00:05:35,079 --> 00:05:39,319 his stepfather, the one man Jordan considered his main role model, 103 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,959 was killed suddenly in a motorcycle accident. Jordan was the 104 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:49,399 last person he spoke to. At just seventeen, Jordan found 105 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,759 himself flying to Spain to bring his stepfather's body home, 106 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:58,560 emotionally supporting his grieving family, finishing school early, and preparing 107 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,399 to become a father, all at once. He made a 108 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:05,199 decision then that would define him for years to come. 109 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,319 He would take responsibility, He would provide. He would build 110 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,160 a life for his family, no matter the cost. Sales 111 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:16,160 became his way out. 112 00:06:16,759 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: By twenty one, I was earning more money than anyone 113 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,360 who had known, more than my school teachers, more than 114 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,839 my head teacher. Like my goal was always money, but 115 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:26,600 I was already family orientated at this point. I had 116 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,519 two children, I was married. At twenty one, I was 117 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,879 earning probably a quarter of a million pounds a year. 118 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:36,519 Speaker 2: Jordan was finally spinning a future that looked bright and beautiful. 119 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,920 Everything seemed to be falling into place, but just six 120 00:06:40,959 --> 00:06:44,399 weeks after his wedding, his future was ripped to shreds. 121 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:49,439 His childhood sweetheart, the girl he'd been with since thirteen 122 00:06:49,519 --> 00:06:52,199 years of age, dropped a bomb on him that he 123 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:53,199 never saw coming. 124 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,439 Speaker 1: And I've been with this girl since I was at school. 125 00:06:57,879 --> 00:07:00,319 She basically said she'd been having an affair with a 126 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,759 forty five year old guy. She took my money, took 127 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,000 my car, talk everything. 128 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: She also threatened to keep Jordan's children from him. The 129 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:13,600 life Jordan had woven so purposefully was gone overnight, and 130 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:19,120 Jordan disintegrated with it. Overwhelmed by shame and despair, he 131 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,160 reached out to his birth father, who offered Jordan a 132 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:26,000 place to sleep on a couch. Nights were the hardest. 133 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:29,920 Jordan remembers asking his father to talk to him until 134 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:32,639 he fell asleep, just so he wouldn't be alone with 135 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,480 his thoughts. Jordan, the man who once believed he'd conquered 136 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:42,120 his world, now felt caught tangled, like he fought his 137 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:45,040 way out of one web, only to wake up wrapped 138 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:49,120 in another. What followed was not a single bad decision, 139 00:07:49,519 --> 00:07:56,519 but a dive into total darkness. Jordan threw himself into excess, clubbing, drugs, 140 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:01,600 binge spending, and violence for any type of poison that 141 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,680 might numb him. He became someone driven entirely by ego, 142 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,399 anger and self destruction, convinced that fear was strength and 143 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,920 cruelty was power. 144 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:15,879 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, I was held bent on just 145 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,920 becoming the most scary, nasty villain you could ever meet 146 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,199 in Blackpool, in the worst out that that's what I 147 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,560 wanted to be. I was hell bent on one hundred 148 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,360 percent of people meeting me hating me, Like if you 149 00:08:27,399 --> 00:08:29,959 said just be nice to that person, I'd've been like no, 150 00:08:30,079 --> 00:08:32,279 And just because I want to fight, it went fully 151 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,159 off the ailes. At this point I ballooned to twenty 152 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,039 three stone in weight. Which is one hundred and forty 153 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,080 six kilograms. So I was like double my weight now, 154 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:44,919 But that was crazy. I was just going out binge drinking. 155 00:08:45,879 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: Money flowed in, and just as quickly it vanished. One 156 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:53,600 month Jordan would earn tens of thousands of pounds, the 157 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,519 next he would have to borrow gas money from his father. 158 00:08:57,519 --> 00:09:01,320 Overcome by depression, Jordan tried to end his own life, 159 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,279 but even in this attempt to alleviate his suffering, he 160 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:10,120 found only more pain. Instead, he survived, left with the 161 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:15,519 haunting realization that even death had rejected him. It was 162 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:22,039 during this darkest chapter that something completely unexpected occurred. Jordan 163 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,960 was now twenty four. It was December, and after another 164 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:29,399 long stretch of partying at Jordan's house, Jordan had gone 165 00:09:29,399 --> 00:09:34,519 to sleep, intoxicated and exhausted, surrounded by people, yet feeling 166 00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:35,559 utterly alone. 167 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 3: All of a sudden, he awoke to jabbing. 168 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: Pain, and I remember waking up in the morning thinking 169 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,679 that my friend had stuck an injection in me. We 170 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,159 were all taking steroids and things like that, and growth homa. 171 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,720 This is how crazy Blackpool is. We were literally injecting 172 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,360 ourselves with growth hormone and inchilin and things like that, 173 00:09:55,399 --> 00:09:57,600 and being like, yeah, come on, man, just thinking that 174 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,720 was cool. And I remember way think him it stopped 175 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:01,360 me with something. 176 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,519 Speaker 2: But Jordan's friend couldn't have injected something into Jordan's arm. 177 00:10:06,919 --> 00:10:13,960 His friend snored sleeping soundly. Jordan glanced around, confused, and 178 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,200 I was. 179 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: Like, it's weird. And I looked on my arm and 180 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,559 there was a spider on my arm. And I'd smacked 181 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,720 my arm and just pushed it onto the floor. Thought 182 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:22,279 nothing of it and just went back to sleep. 183 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 2: The spider Jordan had brushed to the ground was a 184 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:30,919 false widow, common in England and rarely dangerous. But when 185 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,559 Jordan woke again later that day, the pain intensified. Jordan's 186 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,919 arm began to swell rapidly, becoming hot to the touch. 187 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,000 He started shivering uncontrollably. As the night wore on, he 188 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:50,360 felt increasingly disoriented, nauseated, and weak. Then he began vomiting blood. 189 00:10:51,279 --> 00:10:54,399 Speaker 1: So I knew something wasn't right. I drove myself to 190 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,200 the hospital. But when I was driving to the hospital, 191 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,080 I felt super, super sick. I pulled over to be 192 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,600 sick in the middle of Blackpool Town Center and a 193 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:05,399 policeman thought I had been like drink driving or something, 194 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,159 so we have like breathalyzed a test. He was going 195 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,399 to come and breathalyze me. I said, may look, I'm 196 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:11,399 going to hospital. I've been bit by a spy. To 197 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:13,159 take me if you want, I can drive. I've just 198 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,240 been sick. It's all over my seats. I had white 199 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:17,240 leather seats with blood on it. I went look at 200 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,399 my arm and he actually blue lighted me to the hospital. 201 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,039 Like he said, just follow me to the hospital. It 202 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,759 was two minutes he went, just follow me. He said, 203 00:11:24,799 --> 00:11:26,159 you're all right, it's a but I don't want you 204 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,039 doing any dammage. 205 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 2: Jordan barely made it through the doors before collapsing. Doctors 206 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,480 determined Jordan was in septic shock, though they could not 207 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:45,080 explain why. Poison specialists were contacted across England, then as 208 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,840 far away as Australia. No one could identify the cause. 209 00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:54,320 Jordan was admitted and placed under constant observation for days. 210 00:11:54,519 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 3: His arm continued to swell. 211 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 2: Growing so large that the skin stretched until it cracked. 212 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,360 Nurses applied petroleum jelly to prevent it from splitting completely. 213 00:12:05,879 --> 00:12:10,480 Antibiotics were administered aggressively, but nothing seemed to stop the 214 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:15,759 swelling for progressing. Eventually, the medical team presented Jordan with 215 00:12:15,879 --> 00:12:20,320 an unthinkable option. Up until now, Jordan still thought of 216 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:24,600 himself as untouchable, but reality slapped him in the face. 217 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:27,519 Speaker 1: This was on light day. Then they said we need 218 00:12:27,519 --> 00:12:29,480 to cut your arm off. I was like, this is crazy. 219 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,960 This was humbling. When they came and said we need 220 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:32,759 to cut your arm. 221 00:12:32,639 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 2: Off, Jordan refused to let them amputate. Doctors warned him 222 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,080 that the infection was spreading and that if it reached 223 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,200 his organs, it would shut them down entirely. They drew 224 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,879 a line around the infection to track its progress. 225 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,279 Speaker 1: I said, you're not caught in my armor of no way. 226 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,000 I don't want to be the one armed guy like 227 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,919 I Actually at this point, I was like no chance. 228 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,600 I was like, be more lenient drawing off a line, 229 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,559 Like just do something. He said, like, we'll draw another 230 00:13:01,639 --> 00:13:03,559 line and we'll hope. Then we'll give it the benefit 231 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,720 of the doubt. Anyway, fast forward about twelve hours. They 232 00:13:06,759 --> 00:13:09,120 must have done this about twelve times. I'm not even joking. 233 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,000 My arm look like adopted art. They just kept drawing 234 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,799 another line and I kept saying, just drawing over, just 235 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,360 drawing over, just draw anover. In the end came and said, 236 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:17,320 if we don't coot this off now, we believe this 237 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,120 is going to shut. 238 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,759 Speaker 3: You down, shut you down. 239 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,799 Speaker 2: Jordan couldn't believe he was facing the possibility of dying 240 00:13:25,039 --> 00:13:28,840 from something as simple as a spider bite. Even then, 241 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:34,519 Jordan refused the life saving surgery. That night, Jordan fell 242 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,840 asleep in his hospital bed, convinced he was losing control 243 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:39,679 of his fate. 244 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,279 Speaker 3: While he slept, he dreamed. 245 00:13:44,279 --> 00:13:48,759 Speaker 2: Jordan describes the dream not as dramatic, but deeply unsettling 246 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:54,240 and powerful. A voice spoke to him, not condemning, not angry, 247 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:56,840 but firm and unmistakable. 248 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: So that not had a dream. And in this dream 249 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,759 a voice that I now believe was God. In this 250 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,600 voice said, you're not living your life in my image. 251 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,200 You're from Jerusalem. Literally, your blood is Jerusalem. That's where 252 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,919 all my family are. We own the land that the 253 00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:14,799 whaling wall is on, that the church of the Holy Sepplchers. 254 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,679 He said, you're living so far away from your family 255 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,039 from what you are from my image. Let me show 256 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,639 you something. And I had this dream. It was like 257 00:14:21,799 --> 00:14:24,159 a Christmas Carol, this film where they show you a ghost, 258 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,039 I saw this. I saw me. Now in the. 259 00:14:27,039 --> 00:14:30,399 Speaker 2: Dream, Jordan looked down and saw himself lying in the 260 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:34,120 hospital bed. Shame and disappointment. 261 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: Washed over him. 262 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 2: Then Jordan was shown a different version of his future, 263 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,159 a man dressed in a suit, a better version of himself, 264 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:51,240 with success, followers, money, influence, and most importantly family. Then 265 00:14:51,279 --> 00:14:55,279 the vision shifted back to his present reality. The voice 266 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,799 spoke again and questioned Jordan. 267 00:14:58,279 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: And he just kept going, what are you doing, brother? 268 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,840 Why do you like that? Why are you so fat? 269 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,679 Why so useless? Why so on your own? What's going on? 270 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,360 You need soyr i fat? You need soyr i fat, 271 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,399 you need soyr eye faund. Just just kept having this 272 00:15:09,559 --> 00:15:12,320 repetitive thing. And I woke up and come just losing 273 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,919 my marbles fully as ocupants, losing my marbles. 274 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,159 Speaker 2: The words continued to spin in his mind, sort your 275 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:25,080 life out. Upon waking, Jordan was shaken. He didn't yet 276 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,559 have language for faith, but he knew something had changed. 277 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,720 For the first time in years, he felt confronted not 278 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:38,639 by consequences but by meaning, And in one night, in 279 00:15:38,679 --> 00:15:43,279 the length of one dream, Jordan felt a release as 280 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,279 if an invisible thread had been loosened from his heart, 281 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,720 he saw his escape from the life he was living, 282 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:55,279 and that path to freedom stood before him. In one word, God, 283 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:00,799 In that moment, he stopped fighting and surrendered his life completely. 284 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm fully committed at this point forward. I'm 285 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,320 gonna I'm going to believe in this thing called God 286 00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:08,720 anit to sort my life out. 287 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 2: Later that day, with Jordan's body succumbing to the infection, 288 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,279 doctors came up with a last ditch plan. They broke 289 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:21,360 Jordan's elbow in an attempt to relieve the pressure in 290 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:28,039 his arm. Unexpectedly, nothing came out, no puss, no venom. 291 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: They were like, that's weird. Nothing has come out of 292 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:31,799 your arm. 293 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:35,879 Speaker 2: It was as if the infection had simply vanished. The 294 00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:40,200 only thing doctors could find were swollen cells. And even 295 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:45,720 more unexpectedly, the very next day, doctors discharged Jordan. 296 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: They just went, you can go. We don't think it's 297 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,559 going to get any bigger now and actually break and 298 00:16:51,639 --> 00:16:53,279 it seems to have made the swelling go down, so 299 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,639 you can go. And I just went what they just went, 300 00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:57,159 you can go. You can just go. And I've been 301 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,960 in hospital for all these days and I had a 302 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,360 broken arm. They said, we can't put your arm in 303 00:17:01,399 --> 00:17:03,720 a cast now because we've had to operate on it 304 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:05,359 to get to the middle of your elbow. You need 305 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,599 to have it recleaned every two days, and it's going 306 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,200 to be hell. Then you can't have anesthetic. And I 307 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,359 was like, okay, Gray. And at this point I had 308 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,039 no girlfriend, no life, no anything. And I had to 309 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,599 drive myself home with one arm on a car that 310 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,799 had twelve parking tickets because the guy had just given 311 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,680 me one every day. And I was like, this is 312 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,599 my redempt, my exact redemption. Moment was a time probably 313 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:27,960 too much info, but I was vomiting, I was ill. 314 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:30,039 I was like, I've got one arm, I'm covered in sick, 315 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,160 I'm not even seen my kids. I'm fat, I'm on 316 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,680 my own. New Jordan starts now. 317 00:17:35,839 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 2: For once, Jordan didn't feel angry. He simply felt finished 318 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:44,480 with the life he had been living. Jordan didn't leave 319 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:47,480 the hospital healed in the way most people would define healing. 320 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,559 His arm was broken, his body weak, and his life 321 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,880 still very much in pieces. What had changed was not 322 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,960 his circumstances, but a newfound belief in God. That felt 323 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,359 if Jordan suddenly had winks to fly and to fly 324 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,759 in an entirely new direction. 325 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,039 Speaker 1: And I threw all the money I had mentoring sessions. 326 00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:11,839 So I had mentor in sessions one to one with 327 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,000 Jordan Peterson, who now is like world famous. Back then 328 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,319 wasn't like it was fully god. I just someone once 329 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,440 led me to him, heard this podcast. I was like, 330 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,480 this guy's psychologist. I'll just pay him for a session. 331 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:24,160 I'll find a way. Jordan Peterson had convinced me I 332 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,359 could go on this five year journey and be anything. 333 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:29,119 So I was like, I want to be an influencer 334 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,680 in five years. That's got an eight part, that's homeschooling 335 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,960 my kids. That's known for being the best at sales. 336 00:18:34,319 --> 00:18:35,920 So he's like, right, So, if to be all them 337 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,599 things in five years, what do you physically need to 338 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,119 be by year four? I was like, well, I probably 339 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,599 need to have retired as a sales director. I need 340 00:18:43,599 --> 00:18:45,079 to be in good shape. He was like, right, So 341 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:46,880 to have done all them things by year four, what 342 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,599 do you need to have done by year free? I 343 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:49,960 was like, well, I probably need to have become a 344 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,759 sales director. I need to have lost maybe fifty kges. 345 00:18:53,839 --> 00:18:55,200 He was like, right, so to have done that by 346 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:56,960 year free? Where do you need to be by year two? 347 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,039 I was like, well, I just need to be the 348 00:18:58,039 --> 00:19:00,680 best on a sales team. Again. He was like, right, 349 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,160 so to be there by year two? Where do you 350 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,400 need to be by year one? I was like, I 351 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,599 need to be back on a sales team. I was 352 00:19:04,599 --> 00:19:07,359 getting energy. I'm getting goosebumps again. Now he was like, right, 353 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,759 so to be on a good sales team at the 354 00:19:09,799 --> 00:19:13,079 Real Madrid or the Harlem Globetrotters next year. Where do 355 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:14,920 you need to be in six months? I went just 356 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,960 on any sales team. So then that's my next step. 357 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,039 He's like, so, where do you need to be in 358 00:19:18,039 --> 00:19:19,960 free months? I was like to sit in major interviews. 359 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:21,279 He went, so what do you need to have done 360 00:19:21,279 --> 00:19:24,000 in a month? And we just reverse engineered this whole path. 361 00:19:25,319 --> 00:19:28,599 Speaker 2: This time around. Jordan re entered the sales world humbly, 362 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,599 earning trust where he had once burned it. He repaired 363 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,480 relationships slowly. He committed himself to being present for his children, 364 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:41,279 even when doing so meant driving hundreds of miles each week. 365 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:45,119 He stripped his life down to what mattered and allowed 366 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,240 everything else to fall away. Over time, the life he 367 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:53,400 once believed was lost began to take shape again, this 368 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,000 time built on intention instead of ego. He married an 369 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,400 amazing woman, He built a home. He found stability not 370 00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:07,240 in money or admiration, but in family, discipline, and faith. 371 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,160 The chaos that wants to find him no longer had 372 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,000 the same hold. 373 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: I then just went on this campaign of just being 374 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:17,920 nice as nice as I could to everyone. And this 375 00:20:18,079 --> 00:20:20,599 was really cool because this definitely was God and definitely 376 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,079 did happen for a reason. Because all the same people 377 00:20:23,079 --> 00:20:25,279 who used to know me before I went off the rails, 378 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,160 my old CEO had given me a chance at this 379 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,640 same company again, and I walked back into that company again. 380 00:20:30,839 --> 00:20:33,599 Even the old head of HR who sacked me, she's 381 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,400 become one of my best friends now, Like truthfully, she has. 382 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,680 And they all saw this redemption. I mean, she's she's 383 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,480 a Muslim, but God's in all and she just said, 384 00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:43,440 this turnaround is so amazing to see. She hated me 385 00:20:43,799 --> 00:20:45,759 the first time around the second time, and she's like, 386 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,200 it's a miracle. They all were, to be honest. 387 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:53,839 Speaker 2: Looking back now, Jordan believes the spider bite was not random. 388 00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:56,319 But instead divine intervention. 389 00:20:57,279 --> 00:20:59,759 Speaker 1: I mean, I still see these spiders. It's pretty funny, 390 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:01,880 and I don't care about them anymore because in mind, 391 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:02,920 I'm just thinking it's God. 392 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 2: Doctor still cannot fully explain what happened to Jordan's body. 393 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:12,759 The infection had no clear source. This swelling stopped without warning. 394 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:18,119 The arm they planned to healed instead. But for Jordan, 395 00:21:18,519 --> 00:21:22,759 the deeper mystery lies not in how he survived, but why. 396 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,960 He believes the moment he nearly lost his life was 397 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,839 the moment it was finally returned to him. Today, Jordan 398 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,319 speaks to those who feel trapped by their pasts, caught 399 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,000 in the web of addiction, shame, or by the belief 400 00:21:39,079 --> 00:21:41,119 that they have already ruined their one. 401 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 3: Chance at a meaningful life. 402 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:44,759 Speaker 2: Jordan knows that belief well. 403 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: He lived it. 404 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 2: He's now not only successful monetarily, but also in the 405 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,839 ways that truly matter. The miracle, he says, was not 406 00:21:55,079 --> 00:21:57,559 just that he survived a spider bite that should. 407 00:21:57,279 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 3: Have killed him. 408 00:21:58,599 --> 00:22:02,599 Speaker 2: The miracle was the survival forced him to stop trying 409 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,400 to escape from himself, from responsibility, and from God. 410 00:22:08,839 --> 00:22:11,839 Speaker 1: And I think my mission now is actually take over 411 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,119 the screens and spread a positive message. I actually think 412 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,079 the big mission is speak out to all the guys 413 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:20,039 that were where I was in my twenties and stop 414 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,599 them going down that whole journey that probably cost me 415 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,920 six or seven years and could have cost me my life. 416 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,759 So I want to stop people doing that. Young people 417 00:22:27,799 --> 00:22:29,759 in the UK, I'll tell you now, they are desperate 418 00:22:29,759 --> 00:22:31,880 for God. They've got a God sized hole in their heart. 419 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,920 They don't want to go out drinking anymore. I actually 420 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,680 believe nightclubs will become faith centers and things like that. 421 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,839 They are desperate for it. 422 00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:44,039 Speaker 2: Jordan's story isn't just about survival. It's about transformation, and 423 00:22:44,079 --> 00:22:46,880 not only his own, but the many lives he's now 424 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,680 helped transform as well. Who would have thought that the 425 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,079 miracle of Jordan's life would come from a spider. Then again, 426 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,559 miracles don't always take place in the way one might expect. 427 00:22:59,319 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 3: Sometimes the smallest thing, like a. 428 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 2: Spider bite in the night, allows God to interrupt and 429 00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:11,000 save a life. 430 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 4: Okay, I love this story, Emily, but that creepy spider 431 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:20,000 sound you use that was like, I know, awful, and 432 00:23:20,279 --> 00:23:21,799 I kind of loved it at the same time. 433 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 2: I do what I can, right, But yeah, let's talk 434 00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:27,720 about this story. 435 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 3: It's such an incredible story. 436 00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:33,039 Speaker 2: I love the transformation that Jordan was able to make 437 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:34,200 and what a miracle that was. 438 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, seriously, it's amazing to see how God can change 439 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,319 our hearts like that's truly. The miracle in the story 440 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,759 is how much Jordan changed. And I heard someone say 441 00:23:44,759 --> 00:23:47,960 recently that a blessing is anything that just brings you 442 00:23:48,039 --> 00:23:51,759 closer to God, and the things Jordan went through definitely 443 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,480 drew him closer to God. 444 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 445 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 2: I mean, it's weird to say a spider was the blessing, 446 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:00,240 but yeah, once again, who knew the spider. 447 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 3: Ad guy in the story? 448 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 4: I know, I'm sorrying to think maybe spiders don't deserve 449 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,599 such a bad rap, but. 450 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 3: I don't know. I still can't get behind spidersn't about that. 451 00:24:09,319 --> 00:24:10,200 I don't know about that. 452 00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 2: But still, obviously this spider was. This was supposed to happen, 453 00:24:15,599 --> 00:24:17,960 and God showed up for Jordan in a way that 454 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:21,160 Jordan needed to hear him. Yeah, and the way he 455 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,240 showed up in his dream and just you know, you 456 00:24:23,319 --> 00:24:25,519 need to change your life and it turned everything around. 457 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, that repeated you need to sort your life out, like. 458 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:30,559 Speaker 3: Sort your life out. 459 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's really interesting because in the eyes of 460 00:24:34,079 --> 00:24:37,079 the world, there were times when people may have thought 461 00:24:37,079 --> 00:24:40,799 he was really successful. Yeah, you know, he was very wealthy. 462 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,720 But he shared something with us that I thought was 463 00:24:43,759 --> 00:24:46,279 really interesting because it really allows you to see what 464 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,759 was going on on the inside of him. 465 00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 3: He was in a very dark place. 466 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,799 Speaker 1: I was going to do that, spending thirty grand going 467 00:24:54,839 --> 00:24:57,759 to a night club, trying to get attention, trying to 468 00:24:57,799 --> 00:25:00,960 feel something the day after getting a beginning, and crying 469 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,720 in it because I felt nothing, literally crying, like I 470 00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:06,000 talk about this now, sat in a blue Lamborghini, listened 471 00:25:06,039 --> 00:25:08,880 to post alone, crying my eyes out. Some guy came 472 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,680 up to me to take a photo of the lambow 473 00:25:10,839 --> 00:25:13,000 and I could see him and he got this close 474 00:25:13,039 --> 00:25:14,480 to like my car, and he saw me and he 475 00:25:14,519 --> 00:25:18,480 literally just went He put his phone away and walked off. 476 00:25:18,519 --> 00:25:22,359 And I remember thinking, this is low in it, that. 477 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: Is just so sad. 478 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:27,519 Speaker 4: And I can just picture him sitting there and just 479 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:31,920 feeling so low. And it shows you that joy does 480 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:36,559 not come from material possessions, like I truly believe joy 481 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:38,319 only comes from God. 482 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:41,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it was shocking for that man to 483 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,039 see such a sad person inside. 484 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 3: Such a beautiful vehicle. 485 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 2: You know, it's really interesting now because Jordan said that 486 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,400 he sees these spiders all over the place. Yeah, he 487 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,079 just leaves them alone, Like I feel wear me, I 488 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,079 probably would have the house. 489 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not kidding. But he just says. 490 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:01,559 Speaker 2: Anytime he's struggling, he'll see these spiders and it's just 491 00:26:01,599 --> 00:26:04,519 this reminder from God like that he needs to stay 492 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:05,119 on track. 493 00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:07,319 Speaker 3: Yes, so true. 494 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 4: And it's now been about eight years since he was 495 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,000 bitten by that spider. And what's really cool is if 496 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:16,680 you look at his life now, like his goals have 497 00:26:16,759 --> 00:26:20,599 come to fruition, and most importantly, of course, he has 498 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:26,319 a beautiful wife and children factually married. Yes, he's also 499 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,880 quite the influencer. He has a successful business and he's 500 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,240 just been able to achieve all of this happiness that 501 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,759 he's now sharing with other people his secrets and how 502 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:41,000 he's changed his life and how he's become so happy. 503 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,240 So if you're interested in following him, his Instagram user 504 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:48,160 name is the Lion Glass and he can explain to 505 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,440 you why he called it that. 506 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 3: But he's a fascinating man. Yeah, he really is. Well, 507 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,799 thank you everyone for joining us today. 508 00:26:57,279 --> 00:27:00,279 Speaker 2: You know, maybe we'll stop having your husband's squad all 509 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:00,920 the spiders. 510 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: Probably not after this episode. Probably not. There's a chance, 511 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,839 but we want to know you guys for joining us. 512 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 2: If you haven't subscribed to our podcast, make sure you subscribe. 513 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 3: We'll see you next time. See you then, Thank you 514 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:16,759 for joining us. 515 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 4: If you have a miracle to share, contact us at 516 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,400 the Miracle files dot com or find us on social media. 517 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:25,039 We release new episodes each Monday. 518 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 2: Yes, so don't forget miracle mondays. 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