John suffered with a severe athlete’s foot condition until a prayer on the 700 Club made a difference.
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I WOULD LAY IN BED AT
NIGHT AND LOOK AT MY HAND
AND ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE
DID I COME FROM?
I WOULD QUESTION IT SO
DEEPLY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE
THE ANSWER.
NO ONE WAS THERE TO TELL
ME.
I DESPERATELY WAS
SEARCHING.
Reporter: JOHN CALHOUN
CAME FROM A BROKEN HOME.
EVEN AT 16, HE WANTED MORE
OUT OF LIFE.
HE TRIED DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,
EVEN THE OCCULT.
I WAS HOLDING A BOOK IN
MY HAND ABOUT ASTRO
PROJECTION.
AND SUDDENLY I BLINKED MY
EYES AND THE NEXT THING YOU
KNOW, I BEGAN TO DPOA
THROUGH THE ROOF AND OVER
THE TOP OF THE HOUSE AND WAS
LITERALLY LEAVING THE
EARTH.
I REMEMBER GOING INTO OUTER
BLACKNESS.
I WAS BEING CATAPULTED
BACKWARDS AT A GREAT RATE OF
SPEED.
I WAS FASCINATED AT FIRST,
AND THEN FEAR OVERCAME ME.
IT WAS FEAR YOU COULD TASTE;
FEAR YOU COULD TOUCH.
AND I SCREAMED OUT FOR
HELP.
IT SEEMED AS IF SOMETHING
WAS PULLING ME INTO A PIT OF
DARKNESS.
THEN I HEARD A VOICE SAY
JESUS, AND MY MOTHER HAD
SEEN THIS TAKING PLACE.
SHE SAID MY EYES WERE ROLLED
BACK IN MY HEAD.
AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO.
SHE GRABBED AHOLD OF ME.
SHE SLAPPED ME ON THE FACE.
Reporter: HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH THE SUPER NATURAL
FRIGHTENED HIM.
IT MADE JOHN WANT TO
UNDERSTAND, IS THERE MORE TO
THIS LIFE?
WERE HEAVEN AND HELL REAL.
JOHN HAD A PAPER ROUTE.
WHILE FOLDING PAPERS ONE
MORNING, HE CAME ACROSS "THE
700 CLUB."
PAT BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT YOU
CAN BE SAVED BY JUST
ACCEPTING WHAT JESUS DID ON
THE CROSS, NOT BY GOOD WORKS
OR BEING RELIGIOUS.
AND I WAS AMAZED TO KNOW
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO EARN
GOD'S LOVE.
THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND, THAT
YOU COULD JUST ASK JESUS TO
COME INTO YOUR HEART, AND
THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED FOR
ME.
AND SO I ASKED HIM INTO MY
HEART THAT DAY.
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT CAME INTO
THE ROOM AND FILLED THAT
VOID UP THAT WAS ON THE
INSIDE OF ME.
AND A PEACE THAT PASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING CAME INTO MY
HEART.
AND I KNEW THAT I WAS
SAVED.
Reporter: LATER IN THE
PROGRAM, PAT ROBERTSON
PRAYED FOR HEALING, AND HAD
A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE THAT GOT
JOHN'S ATTENTION.
AND PAT SAID, SOMEONE HAS
AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH YOUR
FEET.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL.
I REMEMBER HE SAID IT IS
LIKE THERE ARE SCABS ON YOUR
FEET AND THEY'RE BLEEDING,
AND THEY'RE VERY PAINFUL.
AND GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: FOR YEARS,
THE TEEN HAD BEEN BATTLING A
PROBLEM WITH HIS FEET.
NO MEDICINE SEEMED TO HELP.
I HAD THE CHRONIC FOOT
PROBLEM THAT YOU COULD SAY
WAS ATHLETES FEET, BUT IT
WASN'T JUST IN ONE SPOT OR
TWO.
IT COVERED MY FEET.
IT GOT TO WHERE THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, I COULDN'T
EVEN WEAR A SHOE.
I WAS DESPERATE.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE UP,
AND THEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY
FEET, AND THEY WERE LIKE A
NEWBORN BABY'S SKIN, JUST
PERFECT, ABSOLUTELY,
INSTANTANEOUSLY, TOTALLY
HEALED.
I THINK GOD WANTED TO
REASSURE ME HE HEARD MY
PRAYER OF SALVATION BY
SHOWING ME WHAT HE DID ON
THE OUTSIDE.
GOD WAS SAYING, IF I CAN DO
THIS ON THE OUTSIDE, THIS IS
WHAT I CAN DO ON THE INSIDE.