The Harbinger author Jonathan Cahn shares his story of growing up in reformed Judaism and then finding truth in Jesus. Plus, O.J. Brigance is one of the most influential members of the Baltimore Ravens organization, even though he can't walk, ...
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THE BALTIMORE RAVEN WHO CAN'T
WALK, TALK OR BREATHE ON HIS
OWN.
ANYBODY IN HIS SITUATION
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP.
LIVING LEGACY OF OJ BRIGANT.
I STILL NEED HIM.
AND HIS ONGOING BATTLE WITH
ALS.
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
PLUS THE DAY HE ALMOST DIED.
THE TRAIN COMES AND ONLY
THING I COULD DO IS CRY OUT TO
GOD.
PAT: WELCOME LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN TO THIS EDITION OF
"700 CLUB." I WAS TOLD BY OUR
PRODUCER THAT 80% OF THE GREAT
LAKES ARE FROZEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE OR
NOT IS THIS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF
GLOBAL WARMER?
YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIND MUCH
EVIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
TERRY: NOT TODAY, I DON'T
THINK SO.
EXTREME WEATHER HITTING THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY, COAST TO COAST.
MANY AMERICANS HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH LOSS OF POWER, DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS, EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS
THE STORY FOR US.
REPORTER: WE BEGIN IN THE
WEST WHERE INTENSE RAIN AND
SURGING WATER UPROOTED TREES AND
CRASHING ON TO CARS.
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TAKING
POWER LINES WITH THEM.
HEAVY RAINS.
REPORTER: EVEN THOUGH THE
STORM BROUGHT IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT
OF SNOW AND RAIN IS NOT NEARLY
ENOUGH TO END CALIFORNIA'S
HISTORIC DROUGHT.
IT IS STILL A WINTRY MIX WITH
FLOODS, MUD SLIDES.
MOVING TO THE GULF COAST OF
GEORGIA, MILLIONS ARE BRACING
FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER'S
RAT.
MAYOR OF ATLANTA AFTER A
DISASTROUS.
TWO WEEKS AGO THE CITY GROUND
OVER A FEW INCHES OF SNOW,
LEAVING HUNDREDS STRANDED AND
CHILDREN FORCED TO TAKE SHELTER
IN THEIR SCHOOLS OVER NIGHT.
THIS HAS BEEN THE LONGEST.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
REPORTER: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
STILL WITHOUT POWER FROM
MARYLAND TO PHILADELPHIA.
AN ICE STORM KNOCKED OUT THEIR
ELECTRICITY LAST WEDNESDAY AND
HIT WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF
SNOW LAST NIGHT.
IT IS A BAD WINTER.
REPORTER: THAT SAME STORM LED
TO A BUS CRASH SUNDAY SENDING
MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE TO THE
HOSPITAL.
TO THE NORTH, EXTREME COLD
FREEZING THE GREAT LAKES,
GREATEST SINCE 1996.
MANY ARE PRAYING LIKE THIS FOUR
YEAR OLD BEGGING FOR RELIEF.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
TERRY: [LAUGHTER].
PAT: ONE OF OUR PEOPLE WENT
BY A CHURCH THE OTHER DAY, IT
WAS A SIGN, METHODIST CHURCH, IF
YOU ARE PRAYING FOR SNOW, PLEASE
STOP.
TERRY: [LAUGHTER].
THE PARTY IS OVER.
PAT: WINTER WILL EVENTUALLY
BE OVER.
THIS GREAT LAND, WE SEEM TO BE
FACING A PROBLEM THAT WON'T GO
AWAY, A WEAK ECONOMY, THE OBAMA
RECOVERY, JOHN JESSUP HAS THE
STORY.
REPORTER: PAT, TENS OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS STILL OUT
OF WORK AND DON'T HAVE MUCH
REASON TO HOPE THEY'LL SOON HAVE
A JOB.
TWO STRAIGHT WEAK REPORTS.
BABY BOOMERS RETIRING FROM THE
WORK FORCE.
LOSING THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL HURT
THE ECONOMY'S ABILITY TO GROW.
OTHERS THING THE U.S. WILL FIND
A WAY TO OVERCOME ITS PROBLEMS,
THERE IS ANOTHER CONCERN, HEAVY
REGULATIONS COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON ALONG WITH
'OBAMACARE' HINDERING THE
MARKET.
PAT, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE
ECONOMY?
PAT: UNLESS THESE PEOPLE ARE
TAKEN OUT OF OFFICE THE ECONOMY
IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.
THE REGULATORS THINK WHAT THEY
HAVE TO DO IS REGULATE.
THEY THINK THE PRIVATE ECONOMY
ARE THE ENEMY.
THEY THINK THE GOOD GUYS ARE THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT
TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING AND
TAKE MORE AND MORE REGULATIONS.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF REGULATIONS,
THOUSANDS OF THEM DICTATING
EVERYTHING.
IT IS GOING TO BE AWFUL.
UNLESS THAT BURDEN IS LIFTED,
THE ECONOMY ISN'T GOING
ANYWHERE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT?
THERE IS A MAN IN OFFICE THAT
WILL STAY THERE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS AND PUT PEOPLE IN VARIOUS
POSITION.
NOW WITH HARRY REID DICTATING
THE OPTION IN THE SENATE,
DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL AT
LEAST UNTIL NEXT FALL.
CONSEQUENTLY THEY CAN CONFIRM
THESE EXTREME LEFT WINGERS INTO
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THEIR MANDATE IS REGULATE,
REGULATE, PASS MORE REGULATIONS.
EACH IS STIFLING THE ECONOMY,
JOHN?
REPORTER: PAT, FOR MANY
PEOPLE, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH
CARE LAW IS HAVING PROBLEMS
GETTING THEM THE RIGHT INSURANCE
COVERAGE.
ONE LOUISIANA MAN MAKES TOO MUCH
MONEY FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.
ONLY OPTION COSTS MORE THAN HE
CAN AFFORD, CAITLIN BURKE HAS
THE STORY.
REPORTER: ROBERT SAYS HE IS
LOST IN THE ECONOMY.
REID FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY
BETWEEN GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE.
HIS STATE SAYS HE SHOULD BE
COVERED AND CAN'T FIND INSURANCE
HE CAN AFFORD.
I AM GOING TO FIND A JOB TO
PUSH MY SALARY UP TO GET MY
FAMILY COVERED.
REPORTER: THERE ARE 26 STATES
THAT CAN'T ACCEPT COVERAGE.
IT PUTS REID IN A POSITION TO
QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID AND TOO
LITTLE FOR 'OBAMACARE.' AFTER A
RECENT HOSPITAL STAY, REID SAYS
HE NEEDS A SOLUTION NOW.
I HAVE MY FIRST HOSPITAL BILL
FOR $17,000, THIS IS THE FIRST.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DOCTOR'S
AND SPECIALIST BILLS.
I AM GOING TO BE PAYING FOREVER.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
REPORTER: CRAFTED STORE GIANT
HOBBY LOBBY IS FILING A BRIEF
OVER CONTRACEPTION MANDATE.
THEY ARGUE THE MANDATE VIOLATES
THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
ABOUT FOUR OTHER COMPANIES HAVE
FILED SUIT.
THE BECKETT FUND IS REPRESENTING
HOBBY LOBBY.
WELL 50 YEARS AGO RONALD REAGAN
ISSUED A POWERFUL WARNING ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF BIG GOVERNMENT
URGING THE PUBLIC TO ELECT
SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER.
AS HEALTHER SELLS REPORTS IT WAS
THE FOCUS.
REPORTER: BEFORE HE WAS
PRESIDENT, RONALD REAGAN
PRESENTED A TIME FOR CHOOSING.
SPEECH GIVEN IN 1964.
MANY OF THE ISSUES SOUND HAVE
2014.
WE HAVEN'T BALANCED OUR
BUDGET 28 OUT OF THE LAST 34
YEARS.
WE HAVE RAISED OUR DEBT LIMIT
THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS.
REGARDLESS OF NEED INTO A
COMPULSORY GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
REPORTER: WHAT REAGAN DID IS
CAST A VISION OF TOO STARK LING
DIFFERENT VIEWS.
MANY BELIEVE THOSE VIEWS ARE
FIERCELY DEBATED TODAY.
THE REASONS IT RESONATES
TODAY.
FOR REAGAN IT WAS THE CO
HEARSIVE ARM OF GOVERNMENT.
THINGS CHANGE AND STAY THE SAME.
RONALD REAGAN WAS SPEAKING
BOLDLY.
MAYBE HIS POLITICAL CAREER WOULD
BE OVER.
HE FELT HE HAD TO SAY THE TRUTH.
IT WAS CALLED A TIME FOR
CHOOSING BECAUSE IT WAS A TIME
FOR CHOOSING.
MR. RONALD REAGAN.
REPORTER: IN FACT THE SPEECH
LAUNCHED REAGAN'S POLITICAL
CAREER SOON AFTER RUNNING FOR
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND
PROPELLED AN EMERGING
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT ON TO THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
UNINTENTIONALLY, OF COURSE, IT
FORESHADOWED TODAY'S GROWING
CONCERNS OVER GOVERNMENT CONTROL
AND LOSS OF FREEDOM.
OUR RIGHTS ARE CONSIDERED TO
BE A DISPENSATION OF GOVERNMENT
AND FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN SO
FRAGILE.
REAGAN CORRECTLY SAW IF YOU
DON'T REFRAIN GOVERNMENT THERE
WILL BE AN EROSION OF FREEDOM.
REPORTER: IT DREW ACADEMICS
AND STUDENTS.
MANY SEE HOW RELEVANT ITS TRUTHS
ARE TODAY.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
TURNING OVERSEAS, ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU.
IRANIAN FLEET CONSISTS OF A
DESTROYER AND SUPPLY SHIP.
THEY CARRY CADETS FOR TRAINING
AND REGULAR CREWS.
NORTH KOREA HAS WITH DRAWN
OFFICIALS FOR U.S. OFFICIALS TO
VISIT IMPRISONED MISSIONARY
KENNETH BAY.
BAY HAS BEEN HELD FOR MORE THAN
A YEAR AND JAILED IN NOVEMBER
2012 WHEN HE WAS LEAD AGO TOUR
GROUP.
NORTH IS NOT ALLOWING OFFICIALS
TO VISIT BAY BETWEEN U.S. AND
SOUTH KOREA.
HERE AT HOME, HEALTH EXPERTS ARE
RAISING AN INTERESTING
POSSIBILI
POSSIBILITY.
ADULT SMOKING RATE HAS BEEN
STEADILY DROPPING FOR DECADES.
CIGARETTE TAXES INCREASED
DRIVING UP THE COST OF SMOKES,
ANTISMOKING LAWS IN BARS AND
WORK PLACES, POWERFUL
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, MAJOR
LEGAL DEFEATS FOR TOBACCO
COMPANIES AND CIGARETTE SMOKING
IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED NORMAL
BEHAVIOR.
FIVE PERCENT OR LESS WILL SMOKE
IN 20150 -- 2050.
I AM ALL FOR IT, PAT.
PAT: I AM, TOO.
THE SLIDE WOULD YOU SAY
INEVITABLE.
THE POLITICIANS SAY WE HAVE
POPULAR SUPPORT.
WHAT IS HAPPENING THE CIGARETTE
COMPANIES ARE TURNING OVERSEAS
AND ENTICE PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES TO SMOKE.
MANY IN INDONESIA ARE STARTING
TO SMOKE AND GET THE DISEASES
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I SUGGESTED WHAT OUGHT TO HAPPEN
IS WE SHOULD BAN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO
INSTEAD OF GIVING SUBSIDIES.
WE STILL GIVE HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY THE
GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THIS CROP.
WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS SAY ALL
RIGHT TO THESE TOBACCO
COMPANIES, YOU HAVE SEVEN YEARS,
WE'LL GIVE YOU A TAX HOLIDAY AS
YOU ACCUMULATE THE MONEY.
AT THE END OF THE TIME, THERE IS
AN ABSOLUTE BAN ON THE
MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTION
AND SALE.
IT OUGHT TO BE WORLDWIDE.
COMPLETE BAN.
DURING THAT SEVEN YEARS, YOU
COULD ACCUMULATE AS MUCH MANY AS
YOU CAN BY NOT PAYING TAXES.
AT THE END OF THAT TIME, GROW
SOYBEANS, CORN, POTATOES, OR
ELSE GET INTO SOME OTHER
BUSINESS.
GET OUT OF TOBACCO.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
THERE HAS TO BE A BAN SOONER OR
LATER.
RIGHT NOW 17-18% OF THE
POPULATION SMOKING.
THAT WILL BE DIMINISHING CLOSE
TO 0.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BETTER SENSE.
PROBLEM IS NOW THEY ARE GOING TO
START SMOKING MARIJUANA WHICH IS
A LOT MORE DELE TIER YOUS THAN
TOBACCO.
TERRY: INTERESTING
STATISTICS.
I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE I SEE ARE SMOKING WHICH
IS SAD.
PAT: USED TO BE COOL.
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.
TERRY: LONG CIGARETTE
HOLDERS.
PAT: THE WAY YOU TAPPED YOUR
SECRET.
LIT TWO, GAVE ONE TO YOUR
GIRLFRIEND.
WHOLE THING WAS A CHARADE YOU
WENT THROUGH AND FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT WITH HIS CIGARETTE OUT
OF HIS MOUTH.
TERRY: THAT WAS BEFORE WE
REALIZED HOW BAD IT WAS.
PAT: ANYHOW, THE PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO CATCH HOLD
TERRY: TWO CHILDREN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BECAME ONE.
HALF OF US SAT ON ONE SIDE
AND OTHER HALF SAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
TERRY: SEE WHY SUNDAY
MORNING IS NOT THE MOST
SEGREGATED DAY OF THE WEEK IN
THIS COMMUNITY.
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PAT: SHORTLY AFTER HURRICANE
KATRINA STRUCK THE GULF COAST, I
WAS IN A HELICOPTER OVERHEAD AND
HAD RELIEF EFFORTS GIVING
SUPPLIES AND HELPING REBUILD
HOMES.
I WAS IN ONE MOLD-STRICKEN HOUSE
TRYING TO HELP.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING.
YOU THINK COULD ANYTHING GOOD
COME OUT OF HURRICANE KATRINA?
WELL, BECAUSE OF THAT HORRIFIC
STORM, SOMETHING GOOD CAME.
TWO CHURCHES CAME TOGETHER.
A WHITE CHURCH AND A BLACK
CHURCH.
THEY ARE BOTH BETTER FOR IT.
OUR JENNIFER WISHON TRAVELED
DOWN TO THE BIG EASY FOR THIS
REMARKABLE STORY.
*
*
REPORTER: SITTING IN THE
HEART OF NEW ORLEANS FIRST GRACE
CHURCH IS KNOWN AS BECON OF
LOVE.
IN FACT THEY ARE SURPRISED IF
PEOPLE DON'T COME ON SUNDAYS.
GETTING HERE HAS BEEN A JOURNEY.
AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA RAVAGED
NEW ORLEANS.
STORM HIT, FIVE-EIGHT FEET OF
WATER.
REPORTER: PASTOR SEAN WAS PUT
IN CHARGE OF TWO CHURCHES, BLACK
CONGREGATION OF GRACE CHURCH AND
WHITE CONGREGATION OF THE OTHER
CHURCH.
I ASKED DO YOU BELIEVE WE CAN
DO MORE THAN TWO BODIES OF
CHRIST FROM A MILE APART.
THEY STARTED CRYING.
I KNEW I ASKED THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
REPORTER: FALL OF 2007, TWO
CONGREGATIONS UNITED TO BECOME
FIRST GRACE.
LIKE CHILDREN IN THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL, HALF OF US SAT ON
ONE SIDE, OTHER HALF SAT ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
FIRST WORSHIP SERVICE
GLORIOUS.
THEN DISCOMBOBULATING.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR
OWN SEAT THAT WASN'T EAT.
OTHER PEOPLE WERE SITTING IN
THOSE SEATS.
PEOPLE IN EGYPT, THEY LEAVE
EGYPT, THEY ARE ALL ELATED THEY
HAVE LEFT EGYPT AND GET OUT IN
THE WILDERNESS AND SAID WHY DID
YOU BRING US OUT HERE.
I TOLD OUR MEMBERS, IF WE ARE
GOING TO BE A PART OF FIRST, WE
HAVE TO MINGLE, WE HAVE TO MIX.
REPORTER: AFTER ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS, THINGS CLICKED.
THE MUSIC REALLY DOES HELP
WITH THE DIVERSITY, IT TIES BOTH
CULTURES TOGETHER, KIND OF.
IN NORTH, LOUISIANA, WE HAVE
TRIED TO DO SOUTHERN GOSPEL
MUSIC, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SOUL
THIS CHURCH HAS.
REPORTER: IT IS NOT ALWAYS
EASY, WHEN THINGS DRAW THE
CURTAIN ON AMERICA'S RACIAL
DIVIDES, FIRST GRACE LEADS WITH
LOVE AND ALLOWS CHRIST TO WORK
OUT THE DIFFERENCES.
THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY
MEETINGS, YOU SAY THINGS YOU
FELT YOU NEEDED TO SAY, THEY
HURT.
NOW YOUR MOM IS IN THE KITCHEN
MAKING DINNER.
THIS IS WHO YOU ARE GOING TO
LIVE WITH.
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED
TO APPRECIATE DIFFERENCE.
THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF GROWTH
FOR ALL OF US.
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE
ME OR LIVE WHERE I LIVE FOR ME
TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND
WHAT YOU SAY.
THAT IS THE PART OF THE
CHRISTIAN WAY.
STONE DOESN'T GET POLISHED
WITHOUT FRICTION.
EXACTLY.
TAKES PRESSURE TO MAKE DIAMONDS.
REPORTER: JOHN AND MARY
JOINED TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT IS WHY PASTOR SEAN BELIEVES
FIRST GRACE IS ON THE FRONT END
OF WHAT IS COMING, A TIME WHEN
THERE ISN'T ROOM FOR EXCUSES.
ABOUT YOU FEELING
COMFORTABLE.
IS THAT WHAT JESUS ABOUT OR
JESUS INVITING YOU INTO A
GREATER GLORY IF YOU OPEN
YOURSELF UP TO THAT STRUGGLE AND
THAT WALK OUT OF EGYPT.
IN THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO BE
CHRIST LIKE.
IF YOU SEGREGATE YOURSELF FROM
PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT LIVING AS HE
LIVED.
LET THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN.
REPORTER: JENNIFER WISHON,
CBN NEWS, NEW ORLEANS.
PAT: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT WOULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED.
IT IS HAPPENING IN THE BIG EASY.
TERRY: COMING UP, ONE OF THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL BALTIMORE
RAVENS, YET HE CAN'T, WALK, TALK
OR BREATHE ON HIS OWN.
I TRUST IN GOD AND MAKE THE
MOST OF WHAT HE ENTRUSTED TO ME.
TERRY: OJ BRIGANT AND HIS
BATTLE WITH ALS.
TERRY: IN 2000 LINEBACKER
O.J. BRIGANCE WENT ON TO THE
SUPER BOWL.
SEVEN YEARS LATER, THIS ATHLETE
DIAGNOSE NOTICED WITH LOU
GEHRIG'S.
YET WHEN THEY WON IN 2013, O.J.
ON THE FIELD ENCOURAGING AND
INSPIRING THE TEAM.
SEAN BROWN BRINGS US HIS
ASTOUNDING STORY.
REPORTER: THIS IS O.J.
BRIGANCE.
HE CAN'T WALK, TALK, OR BREATHE
ON HIS OWN.
AND YET, AS THE BALTIMORE
RAVEN'S SENIOR ADVISER TO PLAYER
DEVELOPMENT, HE IS ONE OF THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
O.J. BRIGANCE IS MY LIVING Z
GUARDIAN ANGEL.
HE IS SEPTEMBER FROM GOD.
ANYBODY IN HIS SITUATION
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GAVE UP A
LONG TIME AGO.
GOD IS KEEPING HIM HERE TO NOT
ONLY SPREAD HIS MESSAGE.
IN 2007, O.J. DIAGNOSED WITH
LOU GEHRIG'S ALSO KNOWN AS ALS.
RAY RICE REMEMBERS HOW HE
INSPIRED THEM DURING THEIR SUPER
BOWL RUN.
O.J.'S MESSAGES ON POINT
MEANING WHATEVER HE SAID WAS
RIGHT ON TIME.
SOME OF THE MESSAGES ALONG THE
WAY ESPECIALLY DURING OUR SUPER
BOWL RUN WAS KEEP FAITH, YOU
KNOW, PLAY FOR EACH OTHER, DO
THE THINGS A TEAM WOULD DO.
THAT IS WHEN I THINK THE TEAM
REALIZED, WE CAN'T TAKE THIS FOR
GRANTED.
REPORTER: O.J. WAS A WARRIOR
ON THE GRIDIRON FOR 13 YEARS.
HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS FASCINATION
TO THE GAME.
I LEARNED TO LOVE THE GAME OF
FOOTBALL AT AN EARLY AGE.
I USE TO WATCH IT OBSESSIVELY
AND THRILLED WHEN I GOT THE
CHANCE TO PLAY.
IT GAVE ME GREATER CONFIDENCE
AND DISCIPLINE.
BESIDES THAT WITH A NAME LIKE
O.J. AT THE PINNACLE IT WAS
PROBABLY FATE I WOULD PLAY THE
GAME.
O.J.'S PARENTS RAISED HIM
WITH STRONG CHRISTIAN
VALUES AND
DIDN'T FULLY ACCEPT CHRIST UNTIL
HIS SECOND YEAR AT RICE
UNIVERSITY.
I WAS CORNERED ONE DAY AFTER
SERVICES, SHE WAS KNOWN FOR
WINNING SOULS FOR CHRIST AND
ASKED ME TO COMMIT MY LIFE TO
CHRIST AND I DID SO THAT DAY.
REPORTER: AFTER FOUR YEARS
AFTER RICE, O.J.'S DREAM AT
PLAYING IN THE NFL WAS
SHATTERED.
REPORTER: WHAT WAS YOUR
THOUGHTS?
I KNEW I COULD PLAY
PROFESSIONALLY, I NEEDED THE
OPPORTUNITY.
REPORTER: THE CANADIAN
FOOTBALL LEAGUE DID.
HE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE CFL
EVEN
HELPED THE BALTIMORE
STALLIONS WIN GRAY CUP.
THEN NFL SCOUTS STARTED TO TAKE
NOTICE STILL NO EFFORTS.
REPORTER: WHAT PROMPTED YOU
TO TELL HIM THAT?
THE HOLY SPIRIT DID.
THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE IT COULD
HAVE COME FROM.
BECAUSE WHEN I BEGIN TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHAT HE
NEEDED TO DO TO TELL HIM AND
ENCOURAGE HIM TO GO AHEAD AND
THIS WAS HIS TIME.
REPORTER: SHE WAS RIGHT, O.J.
STARTED CALLING TEAMS AND
FINALLY SIGNED WITH THE MIAMI
DOLPHI
DOLPHINS.
AFTER FOUR SEASONS, O.J. LANDED
WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVENS WHERE
HE HELPED THE TEAM WIN SUPER
BOWL 35.
O.J. RETIRED FROM FOOTBALL IN
2002.
FIVE YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED
NEWS HE HAD ALS.
REPORTER: WERE YOU ANGRY?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
I WASN'T ANGRY BECAUSE I
DIDN'T GRASP THE WEIGHT OF
EVERYTHING.
AFTER I DRIED MY TEARS, I
RECEIVED THE REVELATION THAT GOD
IS STILL HERE.
REPORTER: WHAT HAS YOUR FAITH
IN THE LORD MEANT TO YOU
THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY?
OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST HAS
ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER
PERSPECTIVE OF OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVERBS 24:10,
YOUR STRENGTH IS SMALL, TO STAND
IN THE MIDST WE HAVE BEEN IN
TRAINING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
LIFE HAS PREPARED US FOR THIS
MOMENT AND IF THAT WEREN'T SO
GOD WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED IT
TO HAPPEN.
REPORTER: O.J. IS STILL A
WARRIOR WITH THE HEART OF A
LION.
HE STILL HAS A VOICE THROUGH
SPEECHES, WORKING WITH HIS
FOUNDATION, BRIGANCE BRIGADE AND
AUTHORED A BOOK "STRENGTH OF A
CHAMPION."
O.J. WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE
HIS TEAM AND EVERYONE AROUND
HIM.
O.J. BRIGANCE IS THE ULTIMATE
INSPIRATION.
IT IS SO INSPIRING TO SEE WHERE
HE WAS AND THE HAND HE HAS BEEN
DEALT AND HOW HE PERSEVERES.
I SHOWED THE FAVOR GOD HAS ON
O. J. I AM SURE O.J. WILL TELL
YOU IF YOU GO BACK IN THE BIBLE
AND YOU KNOW PRINCIPLES, GO BACK
TO THE VERSE WHERE IT SAYS I CAN
DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
THAT STRENGTHENS ME.
O.J. IS REALLY LIVING THAT.
HE SAYS THAT I AM STRENGTH
FOR HIM.
HE IS STRENGTH FOR ME BECAUSE I,
I STILL DEPEND ON HIM.
YOU KNOW, I STILL NEED HIM.
HE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY HAVE
CONNECTED SPIRITUALLY,
EMOTIONALLY, YOU KNOW.
THAT IS WHAT KEEPS US STRONG.
THIS IS A VOYAGE OF THREE,
NOT JUST TWO, AS LONG AS WE HAVE
GOD IN THE CENTER, EVERYTHING
AROUND IT WILL COME TOGETHER.
REPORTER: PEOPLE WITH ALS
GIVEN THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO
LIVE, O.J. IS IN YEAR SIX AND
THE BATTLE CONTINUES.
GOD HAS ONLY GIVEN US A
FINITE OF TIME TO COMPLETE OUR
ASSIGNMENT.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE STUMBLING
BLOCKS.
HE IS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE
STUMBLING BLOCKS AS
OPPORTUNITIES OF GROWTH AND
ADVANCEMENT.
NOT AS DETERRENCE.
I TRUST IN GOD.
I MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT HE HAS
GIVEN.
WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE DONE
IN ME.
THANKFUL TO JESUS I AM STILL IN
THE PROCESS.
TERRY: WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
PERSON.
O.J. BRIGANCE "STRENGTH OF A
CHAMPION."
INCREDIBLE STORY.
STILL AHEAD, WE ARE GOING TO
BRING IT ON WITH YOUR E-MAIL.
PAM SAYS WE SHOULD ONLY PAY THE
MINIMUM ON OUR BILLS AND PUT THE
REST AWAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD
PAY OUR DEBTS
DOWN FAST.
WHO IS RIGHT?
ANSWER THE YOUR QUESTIONS, DON'T
GO AWAY.
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THEY
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ILLEGAL.
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TOMORROW.
CELESTIAL SIGNALS.
GOD IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
WITH US IN A SUPERNATURAL MOVE.
THE MEANING AND THEIR
MESSAGE.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING
DRAMATIC HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
PLUS...
VOICES IN HIS HEAD.
KILL, GOT TO KILL.
DRIVING HIM TO MURDER.
I
SAID
TO
THOSE
VOICES, NOW
ARE YOU
SATISFIED?
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TERRY: TIME TOO BRING IT ON
WITH YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS
TODAY: PAT THIS FIRST ONE IS
FROM PAM "MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE
A FINANCIAL DISAGREEMENT, HE
THINGS WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THE
MINIMUM INTO BILLS AND
EVERYTHING INTO SAVINGS I THINK
WE SHOULD PAY OFF OUR DEBT AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT DO RECOMMEND?"
PAT: IF YOU CAN GET MONEY AT
1 OR 2% AND INVEST AT 6 OR 7%,
YOU WOULD BE WISE TO USE YOUR
MONEY IN THAT FASHION AND USE
THE INCOME TO PAY OFF YOUR
BILLS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU ARE IN
TROUBLE, MORTGAGES AND SIGNED ON
NOTES AND PERSONALLY
GUARANTEEING THINGS, QUICKLY YOU
GET OUT OF YOUR BONDAGE, BETTER
OFF YOU ARE.
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITHOUT KNOW
KNOWING WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
TERRY: --
PAT: IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE IT.
EVOLUTION TAKEN TO ITS ULTIMATE
SAYS THERE IS NO GOD, EVERYTHING
CAME ABOUT THROUGH THE
SPONTANEOUS, WELL, THEY ARE NOT
QUITE SURE HOW IT HAPPENED, IF
BIG BANG AND OUT OF THAT, IT
GRADUALLY EVOLVED, NO GOD IN IT.
IF THERE IS NO GOD, THERE IS NO
JESUS, THEREFORE NO SALVATION
AND NO HEAVEN/HELL.
TAKE EVOLUTION TO ITS ULTIMATE,
IT IS ATHEISTIC IN ITS CORE.
ON THE OTHER HAND TO SAY WE HAVE
CREATIVE EVOLUTION, STEP IN THE
GROWTHS OF SYSTEMS, DEVELOPMENT
OF ORGANISMS, THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH THAT.
YOU CAN SAY GOD DID IT.
THE SECULAR EVOLUTION IS
ATHEISTIC,
100%.
TERRY:
THIS IS
VERONICA, I
WENT TO A CHURCH, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE A PASTOR, THEY HAD ELDERS,
ONE PERSON GAVE A CERTAIN, RAN
OUT, ANOTHER GUY STEPPED IN, IT
WAS STRANGE.
IS THAT BIBLICAL, MESSAGE WASN'T
THAT GREAT?
PAT: IF A GUY CAN'T PREACH,
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHURCH.
THERE IS A CHURCH CALLED
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THAT FOCUSES
IN ON ELDERS OR CONSISTS OF
ELDERS.
THE WORD "EPISCOPAS"
IS BISHOP.
THEY ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY,
OF COURSE PASTOR IS A DIFFERENT
WORD, ALL MEANT THE SAME THING.
CHURCHES CAN OBVIOUSLY BE
CONTROLLED BY ELDERS AND A
TEACHING ELDER, THAT IS THE
CONCEPT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH,
THE PASTOR IS A TEACHING ELDER.
DON'T GET HELD UP ON TERMS.
IF THE GUYS CAN'T CUT IT, GO TO
SOME OTHER CHURCH.
TERRY: [LAUGHTER].
THIS IS DOUGLAS, I ASKED MY
PASTOR IF I COULD GIVE A PORTION
OF MY TITHES TO A SMALL
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
PRINTS AND DISTRIBUTES
PAMPHLETS.
MY PASTOR SAID THE WHOLE TITHE
HAD TO GO TO MY CHURCH, IS HE
CORRECT.
PAT: PASTOR HAS A GOOD GO
THING GOING, TITHE BELONGS TO
CHURCH, THAT IS THE GOOD DEAL,
WHY NOT?
THE BIBLE SAYS, BRING YOUR
TITHES INTO THE STORE HOUSE.
WHAT IS THE STORE HOUSE OF GOD?
IS IT NECESSARILY A CONGREGATION
OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING
MISSIONARY WORK OR HELPING
HOSPITALS?
I THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
CONCEPT, ALL PART OF GOD'S WORK
AND THE STOREHOUSE HAS MANY
MANIFESTATIO
MANIFESTATIONS.
TERRY: MY DAD HAS HAD DREAMS
AND WOKE UP AND THE DEVIL NEEDS
SOMETHING AND GOING TO USE HIM
TO GET IT.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
TERRY: I THINK YOU NEED
PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD AND FILL
WISDOM THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HAVE
A PRAYER SESSION OVER HIM AND
CAST IT OUT.
HE HAS COME UNDER THE GRIP OF
SATANIC DELUSION.
YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR HIM.
ONCE HE STARTS SAYING THE DEVIL
HAS A HOLD ON ME.
NON SENSE.
DEVIL IS GOD'S DEVIL, YOU DIDN'T
SEE JESUS TAKING ORDERS FROM THE
DEVIL, THE DEVIL TOOK ORDERS
FROM JESUS.
IT IS GOD'S DEVIL.
TO THINK HE HAS SOME CLAIM ON
ME, THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
TERRY: THIS IS FAY, WILL OUR
PETS BE RAPTURED AT THE SAME
TIME AS ME.
DO THEY HAVE A SOUL?
COME ON, HORSE LOVER?
PAT: I HAVE A GREAT BIG
HORSE, THAT HAPPEN RAPTURE, OF
COURSE THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
JESUS AND WHITE HORSES AT THE
END OF TIME.
THERE WILL BE ANIMALS IN HEAVEN,
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND BIRDS AND
ANIMALS.
I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, SPIRIT,
NUMA WITH FLESH, GETS OUT A A
SOUL, SPIRIT AND FLESH BRINGS
ABOUT ANEFHESH, OUR SOUL.
THERE ARE SOULISH ANIMALS,
SOULISH BEINGS.
WHEN THEY DIE, THEY DIE.
WE HAD ONE EXPERT, I WAS ASKING
ABOUT BIRDS.
THEY ARE SOULISH BEINGS.
THEY SHOW SOME INTELLIGENCE.
YOUR PETS CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR
VOICE AND YOUR SPEECH.
CROWS ARE UNREAL.
THEY ARE SO SMART.
HE SAID THEY ARE LIKE SOULISH
BEINGS.
AGAIN WITH ALL THESE TERMS AND
SEMANTICS.
WHEN YOU GET RAPTURED, YOU ARE
OUT OF HERE, LEAVE THE PETS
BEHIND.
TERRY: IT IS ALL
SPECULATIVE.
PAT: THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU
NEW ONES, SWEET AND CUDDLING THE
WHOLE THING.
TERRY: MANY CHILDREN ARE
AFRAID OF THE DARK.
ILIANA'S CHILDREN HAD A REAL
REASON TO BE AFRAID.
THEY LIVED IN AN OPEN PLASTIC
TENT.
AT NIGHT IT WAS INFESTED WITH
RATS.
REPORTER: IN H
ER
HOMEMADE OUT
OF PLASTIC AND TREE LIMBS,
39-YEAR-OLD MOTHER STRUGGLED
TRYING TO PROVIDE WITH HER THREE
SMALL CHILDREN.
SHE EARNS MONEY WATCHING CLOTHES
BY HAND.
SHE SAID LIVING HERE WOULDN'T BE
BAD, EXCEPT THE RATS BITE THE
CHILDREN WHILE THEY ARE
SLEEPING.
IT BIT ME ON THE TOE.
I WAS AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP
BECAUSE AFRAID THEY WOULD BITE
ME.
THE RATS WOULD COME OUT AT
NIGHT WHEN IT WAS DARK BECAUSE
SHE COULDN'T PAY FOR
ELECTRICITY.
WHEN OPERATION BLESSING MET THE
FAMILY, WE BUILT THEM A NEW
HOUSE AWAY FROM THE RATS.
I AM HAPPY FOR MY NEW HOUSE.
THERE ARE NO MORE RATS.
THEN WE HAT THE ELECTRICITY
TURNED ON.
TO HELP THIS SINGLE MOM EXPAND
HER LAUNDRY BUSINESS, WE GAVE
HER A NEW WASHING MACHINE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I WAS FASTER FOR MORE PEOPLE
WITH THE WASHING MACHINE.
WITH THE INCREASE IN
BUSINESS, SHE CAN PAY THE
ELECTRIC BILLS AND FEED HER
KIDS.
THANK YOU OPERATION BLESSING
FOR OUR NEW HOUSE, WE NO LONGER
LIVE WITH THE RATS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US HOPE.
TERRY: THAT LAST LINE SAYS
IT ALL.
YOU HAVE GIVEN HOPE F. -- IF
YOU ARE A "THE 700 CLUB" YOU ARE
GIVING HELP TO FAMILIES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF EVERYONE COULD SAY THANK YOU
TO YOU IT WOULD BE A RESOUNDING
SOUND.
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT "THE
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LATE.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB," $20 A MONTH
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OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR
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YOU "VISIONS OF THE NIGHT."
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS.
WE THINK IT WILL BLESS YOU AND
YOU WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
KNOWING YOU ARE BRINGING HOPE TO
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN DESPERATE
SITUATIONS.
HE IS KNOWN FOR BEST SELLING
BOOK "HARPEN JER."
UP NEXT, JOHNATHON CON TALKS
ABOUT THE DEAL HE MADE WITH GOD
AND THE DAY HE ALMOST DIED.
DON'T MISS IT.
STAY TUNED.
COME TO THE HOLYLAND AND WALK@IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS.
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PAT: THE BOOK "HARBINGER" WAS
ABOUT THE TWIN TOWERS, WHAT IT
MEANT AND HOW WE RESPONDED TO IT
AND HOW THAT PLAYS OFF OF THE
BOOK OF ISAIAH.
AUTHOR OF "HARBINGER" IS RABBI
NAMED JONATHAN CAHN.
THAT HAD TO DO WITH BIBLICAL
PROPHESY.
IT WAS A MONSTER BEST SELLER.
LONG BEFORE JONATHAN WROTE
"HARBINGER," HE USED TO ARGUE
AGAINST THE BIBLE.
BY THE TIME HE WAS EIGHT YEARS
OLD, HE HAD ALREADY PRONOUNCED
HIMSELF AN ATHEIST.
GROWING UP, I ALWAYS HEARD
JESUS WAS ALWAYS FOR THE
GENTILES.
ONE THING YOU COULD NEVER
BELIEVE IN IS JESUS.
YOU COULD BELIEVE IN COMMUNISM,
YOGA, BUT JESUS, YOU STOP BEING
JEWISH.
I WENT TO HEBREW SCHOOL GROWING
UP.
I WAS TAUGHT ABOUT THE BIBLE,
ABOUT THE PROPHETS.
WENT TO THE HOLIDAYS ON YOM
KIPPUR AND ROSH HASHANAH.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SYNAGOGUE
SERVICES, IT WAS RITUAL.
THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT GOD
REALLY BEING ACTIVE IN THE LIVES
OF THE PEOPLE.
RABBI NEVER GOT UP AND SAID GOD
SPOKE TO ME AND CHANGED MY LIFE.
I DIDN'T SEE THE EVIDENCE OF
GOD.
EIGHT YEARS OLD, I BECAME AN
ATHEIST.
I WOULD ARGUE AGAINST THE BIBLE,
ARGUE AGAINST ANYONE RELIGIOUS.
AS TIME WENT ON, WAIT MINUTE,
ATHEISM DOESN'T WORK.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING.
HOW CAN WE BE HERE IF THERE
WASN'T A REASON?
ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, I STARTED
SEEKING TO GET ANY KNOWLEDGE I
COULD.
I STARTED READING EVERY BOOK ON
RELIGION, ON SCIENCE, ON CULTS,
UFO'S, BY READING ALL THESE
THINGS, I BECAME OPEN TO THE
SUPERNATURAL.
ONE DAY I PICKED UP A BOOK THAT
WAS A UFO BOOK.
IT WAS ABOUT THE PROPHECIES OF
THE BIBLE COMING TRUE TODAY.
JESUS WAS IN HERE, TOO.
WITHOUT REALIZING, I WAS BEING
DRAWN INTO THE BIBLE.
I STARTED TELLING MY FRIENDS
ABOUT IT.
I WASN'T A BELIEVER BUT I AM
WINNING THEM TO THE LORD.
I MYSELF DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW
GOD.
GIVE ME A LONG LIFE, AT THE END
I'LL COME TO YOU.
RIGHT AFTER I MADE THAT DEAL I
WAS ALMOST KILLED.
HEADING TO A TRAIN TRACK, I AM
IN A FORD PINTO.
BACK THEN PINTO'S WOULD BLOW UP
ON IMPACT.
I LOOK, THERE IS A LIGHT GOING
ON AS IF THE TRAIN COULD BE
COMING.
THERE WAS NO -- NOTHING TO
PREVENT A CAR FROM CROSSING THE
TRACK.
I LOOK TO SEE IF IT COMING.
I LOOK AND SEE THE LIGHT.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS MOVING
BECAUSE IT WAS THE TRAIN AND I
WAS ON THE TRACK.
I AM TRYING TO MOVE BACK, THERE
ARE HEAD LIGHTS IN BACK OF ME.
TRAIN COMES AND PLOWS INTO THE
FORD PINTO.
ONLY THING I COULD DO IS CRY OUT
TO GOD.
THE FORD PINTO GOES UP LIKE
ALUMINUM FOIL AND I DIDN'T GET A
SCRATCH.
ON MY 20TH BIRTHDAY, LIKE A MAN
WHOSE CONTRACT HAD RUN OUT AND
FINISHED, I HEADED UP A
MOUNTAIN.
THERE WAS A STONE AND KNEELED
DOWN.
I SAID LORD, HERE I AM, YOU
KNOW, I AM GOING TO FOLLOW YOU
FROM HERE ON IN.
COME INTO MY LIFE.
THAT IS HOW I CAME TO THE LORD.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT TRAIN, I
WOULD NEVER HAVE COME.
AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SIGN
YOU ARE SAVED, ACCEPTED LIKE NO.
302.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE LIKE THAT,
BUT I WAS PRAYING.
I KNEW FROM THAT MOMENT ON,
SOMETHING CHANGED INSIDE OF ME.
THERE WERE THINGS I COULDN'T SAY
OR DO ANYMORE.
SOMETHING NEW AS IF A MANTLE
CAME UPON ME.
BIBLE SAYS SEARCH FOR ME AND YOU
WILL FIND ME WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR
ME WITH ALL MY HEART.
JEREMIAH 33, GOD SAYS CALL TO ME
AND I WILL ANSWER YOU, I WILL
SHOW YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS
YOU NO NOT OF.
SEEK AND TRULY WITH YOUR HEART
YOU WILL FIND.
PAT: JONATHAN HAS IT RIGHT.
WHAT AN AMAZING GUY.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE A TRAIN
WRECK TO GET YOU TO FIND THE
LORD.
PLEASE DON'T GET THAT FAR DOWN
WHERE A LOVING GOD WILL BRING
YOU TO A POINT WHERE YOUR BODY
IS CRUSHED OR POSSESSIONS TAKEN
AWAY OR FACE SOME IMPRISONMENT
OR INCARCERATION.
JUST RIGHT NOW, IN A DAY OF
SALVATION, CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD.
THE BIBLE SAYS WHO SO EVER WILL
CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD
WILL BE SAVED.
CALL UPON THE NAME OF JEHOVAH
GOD, YAHWEH.
CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR.
FORSAKE YOUR EVIL WAY AND TURN
UNTO THE LORD.
HE IS ABUNDANTLY ABLE TO SAVE.
HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO REACH
OUT TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT HIM, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A CHANCE TO PRAY WITH ME.
THESE WORDS, JESUS, THAT'S
RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW MY SIN.
YOU KNOW THE TENDENCIES OF MY
HEART.
YOU KNOW THE REBELLION.
YOU KNOW THE UNKINDNESS, YOU
KNOW THE THINGS I HAVE DONE.
LORD, RIGHT NOW, I COME TO YOU
AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CLEANSE
ME, I WANT TO TAKE YOU A SAVIOR
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED FOR
ME.
I CONFESS AT THIS MOMENT THAT
YOU ARE MY SAVIOR, THANK YOU,
LORD.
FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I AM YOURS.
THANK YOU, AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I WANT
YOU TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND
CALL, I HAVE SOMETHING HERE I
THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
IT IS A CD, A LITTLE BOOKLET
CALLED "A NEW DAY."
PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL IN,
1-800-759-0700.
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE
REJOICING OVER YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TO THIS EDITION OF THE "700
CLUB." WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM BOOK OF
PROVERBS 10: BLESSING OF THE
LORD MAKES ONE RICH AND HE ADDS
NO SORROW WITH IT.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, BYE-BYE.
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