Mickey loves skydiving, but on one of his trips he died in a fiery plane crash. Hear the story he lived to tell of the visions he saw of heaven and hell.
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THE MOTOR JUST QUIT.
Wendy: TRAPPED IN A
BURNING PLANE.
THERE WAS NOW A HOLE IN
THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.
Wendy: AND HURTLING
TOWARDS THE GROUND, A SKY
DRIVER WITH SECONDS TO
LIVE.
I COULD FEEL LIFE LEAKING
OUT OF ME.
I WANT TO LIVE.
I WANT TO BE ALIVE.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
THE REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
SUPPORTERS ARE CHEERING IT,
WHILE CRITICS SAY HE IS
GOING BEYOND HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND
HE IS ACTING LIKE A KING.
Terry: THE DEBATE IS
FAR FROM OVER BECAUSE THE
ISSUE IS LIKELY TO END UP IN
COURT.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THAT
STORY FROM WASHINGTON.
Reporter: WITH THE
STROKE OF HIS PEN TODAY,
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL SPARE
NEARLY FIVE MILLION ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS FROM GETTING
DEPORTED.
President Obama:
SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT WE
SHALL NOT OPPRESS A
STRANGER, FOR WE KNOW THE
HEART OF A STRANGER.
WE WERE STRANGERS ONCE,
TOO.
Reporter: THE MAIN
WINNERS ARE IMMIGRANTS WHO
HAVE BEEN HERE ILLEGALLY
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, WHO'S
CHILDREN ARE CITIZENS OR
LEGAL RESIDENTS.
AFTER PASSING A CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECK, PAYING
TAXES, AND REGISTERING, THEY
CAN STAY IN THE U.S.
TEMPORARILY AND WORK
LAUGHFULLY.
THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION WILL
ALSO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
HIGHLY-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS TO
STAY AND WORK IN THE U.S.
HE ALSO PROMISES TO KEEP
DEPORTING CRIMINALS,
FOCUSING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
WHAT HE CALLS THE REAL
THREAT TO AMERICAN
SECURITY.
President Obama:
FELONS, NOT FAMILIES,
CRIMINALS, NOT CHILDREN,
GANG MEMBERS, NOT A MOM WHO
IS WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE
FOR HER KIDS.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS BENEFIT FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS, SOME
SIX MILLION ARE LEFT OUT.
MANY HISPANICS EVANGELICAL
PASTORS SAY THEY SEE THE
DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS
DEPORTATIONS HAVE ON
FAMILIES, BY BREAKING THEM
UP.
REVEREND TONY SUAREZ TELLS
CBN NEWS HE WANTS FAMILIES
TO BE ABLE TO STAY
TOGETHER.
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN LOSING
THEIR PARENTS, SPOUSES HAVE
BEEN LOSING THEIR HUSBAND OR
WIFE.
THIS IS ABOUT FAMILY
REUNIFICATION.
THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING
FAMILIES THAT LOVE THE LORD,
THAT BELIEVE IN THE VALUE OF
LIFE AND MARRIAGE, TO KEEP
THEM TOGETHER IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT THEY REALLY,
GENUINELY LOVE.
Reporter: FOR SUAREZ,
THE PRESIDENT IS PROVIDING
LEADERSHIP IN AN AREA WHERE
CONGRESS HAS FAILED.
HOWEVER, SPEAKER JOHN
BOEHNER SAYS THE PRESIDENT,
BY ACTING UNILATERALLY AND
GOING AROUND CONGRESS, HAS
IGNORED THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
BOEHNER SAYS THAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID IT WOULD LEAD
TO A SURGE IN MORE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
SHE SAIHE SAID HE WAS NOT A
KING AND NOT THE EMPEROR,
AND THAT HE WAS BOUND BY THE
CONSTITUTION.
HE SAID AN ACTION LIKE THIS
WOULD EXCEED HIS AUTHORITY
AND BE DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY
LEGALLY.
HE MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS
POSITION, BOEHNER SAYS, BUT
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
CONSTITUTION.
RESPONDING TO WARNINGS BY
REPUBLICANS, PRESIDENT OBAMA
SAYS HIS ACTIONS DON'T
AMOUNT TO AMNESTY.
President Obama:
AMNESTY IS THE IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE WITHOUT PAYING THEIR
TAXES OR PLAYING BY THE
RULES, WHILE POLITICIANS USE
THE ISSUE TO SCARE PEOPLE
AND WHIP UP VOTES AT
ELECTION TIME.
Reporter: STILL, SOME
CALL HIS ACTIONS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF
TEXAS HAS ALREADY PROMISED
TO CHALLENGE THE PRESIDENT
IN COURT.
AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
ARE CERTAIN TO LOOK FOR WAYS
TO CHALLENGE THE PRESIDENT'S
ACTIONS AS WELL.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Gordon: WELL, YOU CAN
TALK ALL YOU WANT ABOUT HE
IS ACTING LIKE A KING AND HE
IS VIOLATING HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO
ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BUT REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON
HERE IS HE IS A POLITICIAN.
AND HE IS PLAYING POLITICS
WITH A LARGE VOTING BLOCK,
AND HE IS LOOKING TWO YEARS
FROM NOW.
THE CYNIC IN ME SAYS, WHERE
WAS THIS ACTION TWO YEARS
AGO, WHEN HE WAS
RE-ELECTED.
WHERE WAS IT SIX YEARS AGO,
WHEN HE HAD THE MAJORITY IN
THE LEGISLATION AND THE
SENATE, AND COULD HAVE
PASSED ANY LEGISLATION HE
WANTED TO, AND DID.
I DO HOPE OUT OF THIS THERE
IS SERIOUS DISCUSSION AND
SERIOUS LEGISLATION.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE AN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT, AND YOU'RE
RELYING ON THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER, YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO
YEARS FOR IT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW
ADMINISTRATION, AND AT WHAT
POINT IN TIME DOES THIS
AMNESTY LAPSE?
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND
OF MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION
REFORM THAT GETS THROUGH
CONGRESS, GETS THROUGH THE
SENATE, AND THEN IS SIGNED
BY A PRESIDENT AND BECOMES
LAW.
OTHERWISE IT IS STILL GOING
TO BE A VERY MERKY ISSUE.
IN OTHER NEWS, THE
CONSERVATIVES IN WASHINGTON
ARE EXPOSING HOW SOME O OF
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE
BEING USED BY OBAMACARE.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: PRO LIFE
BELIEVERS ARE USING A NEW
WEBSITE.
AND POINTING OUT TAX DOLLARS
ARE HELPING TO PAY FOR
ABORTIONS.
EVERYONE IN ALL 50
STATES, BEING FORCED TO
SUBSIDIZE ELECTED ABORTIONS
WITH TAXPAYERS' FUNDS.
DESPITE AN APPALLING
DEGREE OF NO TRANSPARENCY,
AN EXTENSIVE AUDIT BY THE
GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE FOUND IN SEPTEMBER
THAT 1,036 OBAMACARE
EXCHANGE PLANS COVERED
ELECTIVE ABORTIONS.
Efrem: AND YOU CAN FIND
A LINK TO THAT WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RON DERMA
TELLS CBN NEWS HIS COUNTRY
WILL LAUNCH A TOUGH
COUNTER-ATTACK IN RESPONSE
TO LONE-WOLF PALESTINIAN
TERROR ATTACKS IN RECENT
WEEKS THAT HAVE KILLED 11
PEOPLE.
THE BRUTAL ATTACK AT A
JERUSALEM SYNAGOGUE RAISED
FEARS THAT ISRAELIS ARE AT
RISK-AWA RISK ANYWHERE IN
THEIR NATION.
HE SAYS ISRAEL HAS TO TAKE
ACTION.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE
RESPONSE WOULD BE IF PEOPLE
CAME INTO A CHURCH IN
WASHINGTON, IN YOUR CAPITAL,
AND STARTED HACKING PEOPLE
WITH MEAT CLEAVERS AND
SHOOTING THEM, OBVIOUSLY
YOUR PRESIDENT WOULD TAKE A
VERY STRONG RESPONSE.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE
WHAT THAT IS.
BUT HE IS GOING TO DO WHAT
HE HAS TO DO TO D.V.D.
DEFEND THE ISRAELI PUBLIC.
Efrem: BACK HERE AT
HOME, AT LEAST 12 DEATHS ARE
BLAMED ON THE MASSIVE
SNOWSTORM IN BUFFALO, WITH
SNOW PILING UP TO EIGHT FEET
HIGH.
MARK MARTIN HAS THIS STORY.
Mark: BRUTAL WEATHER,
LIKE THE KIND YOU CAN SEE IN
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER KEEPS
HITTING PARTS OF THE U.S.
FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
SNOW TO FEET OF SNOW PILING
UP IN AREAS LIKE MICHIGAN
ALL THE WAY TO WESTERN NEW
YORK.
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT GET INTO
THEIR HOMES.
MY WIFE HAS SEASONAL
CEREBRAL PALSY, AND I'M
TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOUSE
TO GET TO HER.
Efrem: BUILDINGS ARE
BEGINNING TO STAGGER UNDER
THE WEIGHT.
HOMEOWNERS SHOVELED THEIR
ROOFS, IN ADDITION TO THEIR
DRIVEWAYS.
I'VE GOT TO GET UP THERE
AND SHOVEL, OTHERWISE THIS
ROOF IS GOING TO COME DOWN.
Efrem: RESIDENTS OF A
NURSING HOME HAD TO BE
EVACUATED, AFTER A ROOF,
PUMMELLED BY SNOW, IS IN
DANGER OF CASING IN.
A NEARBY WAREHOUSE ALREADY
HAS COLLAPSED.
AND A PERSON IS CARRIED TO
SAFETY IN A STRETCHER.
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IS
BEGGING PEOPLE TO STAY OFF
THE ROADS.
IN THE MEANTIME, SUNDAY'S
GAME WILL NOT BE PLAYED AT
THE STADIUM OF THE BUFFALO
BILLS.
INSTEAD, IT WILL BE PLAYED
IN DETROIT.
FORECASTERS SAY TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP
CONSIDERABLY THIS WEEKEND.
HOWEVER, THAT MEANS FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: AND, GORDON,
WINTER IS STILL A LITTLE BIT
AWAY.
Gordon: WELL, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT IS RIGHT HERE RIGHT
NOW IN BUFFALO.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE
PEOPLE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING
TRAPPED IN OR OUT OF YOUR
HOME AND WORRYING ABOUT IS
THE ROOF GOING TO COLLAPSE.
SO OUR PRAYERS OR WITH YOU.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP,
FREEING INDIA'S SEX SLAVES
THROUGH FASHION.
SEE HOW TWO BRITISH
DESIGNERS ARE FIGHTING SEX
TRAFFICKING ONE CREATION AT
A TIME.
Gordon: SEX TRAFFICKING
IS A MULTI-BILLION CRIMINAL
INDUSTRY, AND THE WORLD IS
SLOWLY WAKING UP TO THIS
MODERN-DAY FORM OF SLAVERY,
AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
FIGHT IT.
AS CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS, A
CLOTHING COMPANY IN LONDON
IS HELPING VICTIMS OF THE
SEX INDUSTRY, AND THEY'RE
DOING IT ONE STITCH AT A
TIME.
Reporter: SONA GOTCHI
IS THE LARGEST SEX DISTRICT
IN INDIA.
EACH DAY MORE THAN 10,000
WOMEN STAND IN LINE TO SELL
THEIR BODIES.
SOME ENTER THE WORLD OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING SO THEIR
FAMILIES CAN EAT, OR BECAUSE
POVERTY HAS LEFT THEM WITH
NO OTHER OPTION.
THESE IMAGES AND STORIES
CHANGED THE LOVES OF
VOLUNTEERS LADY NATASHA AND
LADY BRENON BACK IN 2009.
I NOTICED THESE WOMEN
WOULD COME IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE TEACH THEM HOW TO SOW
AND TEACH THEM VERY BASIC
SKILLS.
AND IT IS FROM THAT THAT WE
HAD THE IDEA TO SET UP THE
BUSINESS.
WE LOVE FASHION, WE LOVE
DRESSES, AND WE LOVE
DRESSING UP.
IT IS AMAZING TO HELP TEACH
THEM THE SKILLS THAT WILL
MAKE THEM EMPLOYABLE, OR TO
HELP THEM MAKE A SUSTAINABLE
LIVELIHOOD.
Reporter: AND THAT THEY
DID, STARTING AN ETHICAL
FASHION LABEL THAT IS MAKING
A WORLDWIDE NAME FOR ITSELF,
THANKS IN PART TO ONE MAJOR
HIGH-PROFILE CUSTOMER, KATE
MIDDLETON.
MANY COME IN LOOKING FOR AN
OUTFIT THAT WILL MAKE THEM
LOOK AND FEEL BEAUTIFUL.
THEY LEAVE WITH A PURCHASE
THAT IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
THIS COMPANY, THE VISION WAS
TO HAVE THE WOMEN INVOLVED
IN THE WHOLE OF THE
PRODUCTION.
AS WE STARTED TO GROW, THAT
WASN'T QUITE POSSIBLE,
GIVING THEM THAT SKILL SET.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF A GIRL
TRAFFICKED IS 13, SO AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, THERE IS A LOT
OF HEALING.
WE DECIDED TO START SMALL
AND PARTNER UP WITH
COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES ON
THE GROUND.
Reporter: THE
ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS "FREE
SET," WORKS TO HELP INDIAN
WOMEN ESCAPE THE SEX TRADE.
THEY NOT ONLY TEACH USEFUL
SKILLS, BUT EMPOWERMENT AS
WELL.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Reporter: RUFUS AND
BRENNON PARTNER WITH "FREE
SET."
COSTUMERS CAN PURCHASE BAGS
MADE BY FORMER TRAFFICKED
VICTIMS.
AND THEY PROVIDE A TRUST WHO
PROVIDES TRAINING TO LEARN
EMBROIDERY.
EVERY SINGLE PIECE HAS
THE STORY OF A WOMEN.
Reporter: THE
EMBROIDERY WILL BE TWO BEES
IN THE SHAPE OF A
BUTTERFLY.
THE IDEA IS ONE SMALL
THING HAPPENING HAVING A
LARGE EFFECT, OR ONE SMALL
CHANGE HAVING A LARGE
EFFECT.
THAT RELATES BACK TO BULLA,
AND WHAT BULA STANDS FOR,
COMING OUT OF THE PLACE OF
DARKNESS INTO SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL.
Reporter: THE WOMEN WHO
INSPIRED THESE DRESSES
CONTINUE TO BE AT THE DESIGN
OF EVERY DRESS.
LAST WEEK'S DESIGN WAS A
JAPANESE POTTERY.
IT IS THE CONCEPT OF A
PIECE OF POTTERY BEING
BROKEN AND PUT BACK TOGETHER
BY GOLD.
SO THE IDEA IS THE PIECE IS
MORE BEAUTIFUL AFTER HAVING
BEEN BROKEN.
WE THESE BEAUTIFUL PRINTS.
Reporter: ONE DAY EACH
BULA LONDON PIECE WILL CARRY
THE TOUCH OF A WOMAN THEY'RE
WORKING TO SAVE.
UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN BE SURE
THAT EVERY PURCHASE WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IF SOMEONE BUYS, THAT IS
HELPING US AS A BRAND
GROWTH.
Reporter: IT IS A
COMPANY WITH A CAUSE.
AND THEY'RE CREATING A
BEAUTIFUL CHANGE ONE STITCH
AT A TIME.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,
LONDON.
Gordon: WHAT A
WONDERFUL STORY.
A WONDERFUL CONCEPT, USING
FASHION TO END THE SEX
INDUSTRY IN INDIA.
WELL, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT BOTH BULA LONDON AND
FREE SET BY GOING TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
SKYDIVER TAKES A TRIP UP TO
HEAVEN.
THIS WAS A REAL PLACE.
AND I WAS ALSO TRAVELLING,
LIKE ON AN UPWARD GLIDE
PATH.
AND I SAW A WHITE PORT TELL
PORTAL IN THE DISTANCE, AND
I FELT A PEACE.
Terry: FIND OUT WHAT HE
SAW WHEN HE GOT THERE, AFTER
THIS.
Gordon: AS A
PROFESSIONAL SKYDIVER,
MICKEY ROBERTSON HAD NO
FEAR, UNTIL THE DAY HIS
PLANE BEGAN PLUNGING TO THE
GROUND.
THE PARACHUTE DESIGNED TO
SAVE MICKEY'S LIFE BECAME A
DEATH TRAP WHEN IT BURST
INTO FLAMES AND SENT MICKEY
INTO A SUPERNATURAL
DESTINATION.
THE FIRST TIME YOU OPEN
YOUR PARACHUTE IT IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
IT IS SO PEACEFUL.
YOU ARE HANGING A HALF MILE
ABOVE THE EARTH.
SO IT WASN'T ABOUT THE
ADRENALIN.
IT WAS ABOUT THE PLEASURE.
IT WAS THE PLEASURE OF BEING
IN FREE FALL AND FEELING
LIKE YOU COULD FLY.
Reporter: MICKEY
ROBERTSON WAS A PROFESSIONAL
SKYDIVER.
HE LOVED FALLING FROM THE
HEAVENS AND DRIFTING SAFELY
TO EARTH.
ONE DAY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A
PRACTICE JUMP, THE PLANE'S
ENGINE STALLED, HURTLING
MICKEY AND HIS COMPANION TO
THE GROUND.
THE ENGINE JUST QUIT.
THERE WAS NO HOPE.
WE HAD SECONDS.
Reporter: THE PLANE HIT
THE GROUND AND QUART
CARTWHEELED TO A STOP.
THE FUSELAGE WAS STICKING
OUT.
AND MY LEG WAS TRAPPED.
AND I WAS SOAKED WITH
GASOLINE FIRE.
Reporter: HIS FRIEND
FOUGHT THROUGH THE FLAMES
AND PULLED MICKEY OUT.
IN SEVERE PAIN AND LOSING
CONSCIOUSNESS, MICKEY ASKED
GOD FOR HELP.
I RELIED ON MY OWN
NATURAL ABILITY AND
STRENGTH, FOR THE FIRST TIME
I CALLED OUT TO A GOD I
DIDN'T KNOW AND NEVER
SERVED.
I SAID, GOD, PLEASE HELP
ME.
GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.
Reporter: AT THE
HOSPITAL, IT WAS QUICKLY
EVIDENT TO THE DOCTORS THAT
HIS CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WERE
NOT GOOD.
THEY DIDN'T THINK I WOULD
MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
I WAS IN SHOCK.
I HAD HEAD TRAUMA, I HAD
SOME INTERNAL INJURIES THEY
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT.
MY ORGANS WERE DIRECTLY
SHUTTING DOWN.
I HAD SEPSIS, WHICH IS AN
INTERNAL INFECTION.
MY BODY WAS FIGHTING A
BATTLE THAT NO WAY COULD
LIVE.
I COULD FEEL LIFE LEAKING
OUT OF ME.
AT THAT POINT, I HAD AN
EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD NO
GRID FOR THIS AT ALL.
MY INNER BEING WENT
PERPENDICULAR TO MY BODY.
I WAS IMMEDIATELY
TRANSPORTED AND I LOOKED AT
MYSELF, AND THERE WAS
NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.
THIS WAS A REAL PLACE.
AND I WAS ALSO TRAVELLING.
I HAD NO CONTROL OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
I WAS, LIKE, ON AN UPWARD
GLIDE PATH.
I SAW A WHITE PORTAL IN THE
DISTANCE, AND I FELT A PEACE
EMANATING FROM IT.
I WAS HEADED TOWARDS THERE.
AND THEN I FELT A PRESSURE
ON MY RIGHT SIDEMEN SIDE.
AND I LOOKED, AND I LOOKED
INTO SOMETHING I COULD ONLY
DESCRIBE AN ABYSS THAT WAS
BLACKER THAN BLACK.
THIS THING, THE MORE I
LOOKED AT IT, THE MORE IT
CLOSED.
I WAS ALMOST BY THIS WHITE
PORTAL, AND IT WAS E
ECLIPSING IT.
AND I CRIED OUT THE SAME
THING: NO, GOD, I'M SORRY.
I WANT TO LIVE.
I WANT TO BE ALIVE.
AS THOSE WORDS GUSHED OUT
DESPERATELY OUT OF MY
SPIRIT, I WAS THRUST THROUGH
THIS WHITE PORTAL, AND
INSTANTLY I WAS STANDING IN
THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY
GOD, AND I KNEW I WOULD
NEVER DIE.
IT TRANSCENDED EVERYTHING I
COULD IMAGINE OR KNEW ABOUT
THE GREATEST THINGS ON
EARTH.
THE LOVE OF GOD IS SO PURE.
IT IS SO PERFECT, AND IT IS
SO INCREDIBLE.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY CREATURES
OR ANGELS OR THE PEARLIE
GATES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT.
BUT THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE
RADIANCE OF GOD, AND THE
UNDILUTED LOVE OF GOD WAS
BEING POURED INTO ME.
THERE WAS NOTHING NEGATIVE
ALLOWED TO BE IN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD, SO I WAS
PURE.
IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE.
THE ECSTASY AND THE JOY.
WE DON'T HAVE WORDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
INVENT NEW WORDS.
Reporter: DESPITE
WANTING TO STAY IN HEAVEN,
MICKEY SAYS HE WAS SENT BACK
TO HIS BODY.
MY SPIRIT CAME BACK, AND
THE PRESENCE OF GOD CAME
BACK.
AND MY PRESENCE SANK INTO MY
BODY.
AROUND THE BODY THERE WAS
ABOUT A HALF DOZEN DOCTORS
AND NURSES, AND I HAD THIS
ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE EXPERIENCING.
THEY JUST SAW ME DIE AND
COME BACK TO LIFE.
THEY WERE SCARED OF WHAT
THEY SAW.
I HAD A SILLY GRIN AND I WAS
FILL OF JOY.
I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.
I HAD THIS LOVE, AND I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL
IT.
I LOVED EVERYBODY AND
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: MICKEY SAYS
FROM THAT DAY ON, HE BEGAN
TO SEE GOD WORKING MIRACLES
IN HIS LIFE.
DOCTORS SAID HE WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO WALK AGAIN DUE TO
THE AND NERVE DAMAGE IN
HIS LEGS, BUT THE NERVES
REGENERATED.
AND AFTER FIVE YEARS OF
BLINDNESS IN HIS RIGHT EYE,
HE IS ABLE TO SEE AGAIN.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS LOST
HE IS RESTORING.
YOU REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LIFE WHEN IT IS RESTORED.
ANY MAN OF RESTORATION, YOU
REALLY NEED TO THANK GOD FOR
IT.
I NEED TO BE GRATEFUL EVERY
DAY.
Reporter: HE WROTE A
BOOK DETAILING HIS
EXPERIENCES, CALLED "FALLING
INTO HEAVEN."
HE SAYS OF ALL OF THE
MIRACLES HE HAS SEEN IN HIS
LIFE, IT IS GOD'S LOVE THAT
HAS MEAN THE MOST TO HIM.
I'M BLOWN AWAY THAT GOD
LOVES ME.
I'M BLOWN AWAY THAT GOD TOOK
A MESS AND MADE A
MASTERPIECE.
Reporter: MICKEY HAS
TRAVELLED THE WORLD
PROCLAIMING THE LOVE OF GOD
AND THE HEALING POWER OF
JESUS HE HAS EXPERIENCED
DURING HIS SECOND CHANCE OF
LIFE ON EARTH.
THERE IS ONLY ONE PATH TO
GOD.
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY,
THE TRUTH, AND THE LIGHT.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT THROUGH ME."
THE BLIND SEE, THE DEAD ARE
RAISED.
HE BINDS UP THE
BROKENHEARTED.
IF WE DID A FORENSIC STUDY
AND CHECKED ALL OF THE
FINGERPRINTS, IT WOULD ONLY
ADD UP TO JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY,
TODAY, AND FOREVER.
NOBODY ELSE COULD DO THIS
BUT JESUS CHRIST.
Gordon: NO ONE ELSE CAN
DO IT BY JESUS CHRIST.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
HE SAID, "I'M THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT BY ME."
NOW, HOW DO YOU GET THAT?
HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO THE
FATHER?
HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO
THAT GLORIOUS LIGHT, THAT
GLORIOUS LOVE?
WHAT MICKEY WENT THROUGH THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT.
THE APOSTLE JOHN SAID GOD IS
LOVE.
HE SAID GOD IS LIGHT.
IN HIM THERE IS NO
DARKNESS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
THERE IS NO UNBELIEF.
THERE IS NO NEGATIVITY.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WHEN
YOU'RE IN CONTACT WITH HIM.
WHAT MICKEY EXPERIENCED YOU
CAN HAVE AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE KEY?
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
IT'S THE SAME PRAYER THAT
MICKEY PRAYED: I DON'T WANT
TO DIE.
I WANT TO LIVE.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
JESUS PROMISES THAT HE'LL
MANIFEST HIMSELF, HE'LL SHOW
UP FOR YOU.
HE'LL TURN THAT LIGHT ON SO
YOU UNDERSTAND.
HE'LL GIVE YOU THAT SAME
LOVE, THAT SAME ACCEPTANCE,
THAT SAME EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL.
IF YOU JUST ASK.
IF YOU JUST SAY, JESUS, I
WANT THIS.
I WANT YOU.
I WANT YOU IN MY LIFE.
I DON'T WANT MY WAY
ANYMORE.
I WANT TO BE YO YOUR
MASTERPIECE.
THE PLAN, THE PURPOSE THAT
YOU HAVE FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT
I WANT.
AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT WITH
ALL OF YOUR HEART, THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT HE'LL BE FOUND BY
YOU.
WHEN YOU SEEK HIM, HE'LL BE
FOUND BY YOU.
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAYS YOU
NEED TO ASK, YOU NEED TO
KNOCK, AND YOU NEED TO KEEP
ON ASKING AND KEEP ON
KNOCKING UNTIL YOU GET IT.
UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE OF HIM.
AND ONCE YOU HAVE IT.
THEN ALL THINGS BECOME NEW.
THINGS CHANGE.
YOU CHANGE.
YOUR PERCEPTION CHANGES.
FROM YOUR INNERMOST BEING,
YOU SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY
NOW.
AND YOU CAN HAVE IT BY JUST
PRAYING THAT SAME PRAYER.
IF YOU WANT THIS, IF YOU
WANT TO MEET GOD TODAY, IF
YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT JESUS
IS REAL, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS ASK.
SO LET'S DO THAT.
DON'T TURN AWAY.
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
BUT LET'S PRAY.
AND LET'S BELIEVE GOD, THAT
WHAT HE DID FOR MICKEY HE'LL
DO FOR YOU.
HE IS ABLE TO HEAL.
HE IS ABLE
TO RESTORE.
HE IS ABLE TO CHANGE YOUR
HEART.
HE IS ABLE TO DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
BUT THE GREATEST THING IS
HIS LOVE TOWARDS YOU.
HE KEEPS NO RECORD OF
WRONGS.
HE HAS GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT
YOU.
HE HAS A PLAN AND A FUTURE
FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK
HIM.
SO LET'S PRAY.
BOW YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR
EYES, AND LET'S SEE WHAT
JESUS WILL DO FOR YOU
TODAY.
LET'S PRAY.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
HIS NAME AND SAY IT OUT
LOUD.
DON'T LET THIS BE A SILENT
PRAYER.
BUT SAY IT OUT LOUD.
JESUS, I COME TO YOU AND I
WANT YOU IN MY LIFE, IN MY
HEART.
I WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOVE.
I WANT TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE
NOW.
AND, JESUS, I ASK THAT YOU
FORGIVE ME.
I ASK THAT YOU CHANGE MY
HEART.
I ASK THAT YOU FILL ME WITH
YOUR LOVE.
AND I ASK THAT YOU DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS SO THAT I CAN
FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER, ANSWER IT
NOW, FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I ASK FOR A BAPTISM
IN YOUR LOVE.
I ASK THAT YOUR FACE WOULD
SHINE UPON THEM.
AND THAT YOUR PEACE WOULD BE
ON THEM.
TRANSFORM THEM, FILL THEM,
FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THERE
IS ONE MORE THING I WANT YOU
TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE
PHONE AND MAKE A TOLL-FREE
CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I WANT TO SAY THAT
I PRAYED.
I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO
MY HEART.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN YOU
BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND
CONFESS WERE YO WITH YOUR
HEART, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
SO DO THAT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT
SOMETHING FREE FOR YOU.
IT IS A C.D. TEACHING ON
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
HOW DO YOU LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE?
WHAT DO CHRISTIANS BELIEVE?
IT IS ALL FREE.
NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AT
ALL.
MAKE THE CALL NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: STILL AHEAD, A
WOMAN IS DESPERATE TO HAVE A
BABY.
I TOOK MY TEMPERATURE
EVERY DAY TO SEE WHERE MY
BODY WAS IN ITS CYCLE.
WHEN I WOULD GET THAT DIP,
IT WAS JUST LIKE I HAD
COMPLETELY FAILED.
I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO
TAKES MY BABY HOME.
Terry: WATCH HOW THIS
WIFE BECOMES A MOTHER.
THAT'S COMING UP.
BUT FIRST, A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR TELLS HOW HE WAS
HIDDEN IN A BAG TO ESCAPE
THE NAZIS.
WE HAVE HIS HORROWING STORY
STILL TO COME.
I WANT TO PROVE MYSELF TO
PEOPLE SO MUCH I'M WILLING
TO GO TO THE END OF THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO START
CARRYING GUNS AND SELLING
DRUGS.
THAT'S WHEN I REALLY STARTED
SELLING DRUGS.
I'M LAYING ON THE GROUND
NOW.
COPS HAVE GUNS IN MY FACE.
I'M CAUGHT RED-HANDED.
AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE
NOBODY ELSE BUT MY FAMILY.
THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY
MATTERED WAS SEEING MY MOM
PRAYING, SAYING, JOSHUA, GOD
IS WAKING YOU UP.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU.
I REMEMBER THAT LAST DAY
WHEN THE JUDGE LOOKED AT ME
AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHY
I'M DOING THIS, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY I'M DOING
THIS, I SHOULDN'T BE DOING
THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO LET
YOU OFF AND GIVE YOU THREE
YEARS PROBATION.
I SAID, GOD, I SEE YOU NOW.
YOU LET ME GET TO THIS PLACE
TO WHERE I SEE YOU'RE THE
ONLY THING I NEED.
I KNOW GOD WILL BE THERE FOR
YOU BECAUSE HE WAS THERE FOR
ME.
I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN AND
PURPOSE FOR YOU LIFE BECAUSE
HE HAS A PLAN AND PURPOSE
FOR ME.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
A SECULAR DISPLAY AT
CHRISTMAS, IT
COULD HAPPEN
IN MICHIGAN.
OFFICIALS THERE
ARE
CONSIDERING WHETHER TO
PUT A
NATIVITY SCENE ON THE STATE
CAPITAL LAWN THIS YEAR.
BUT
THE FREEDOM FOR RELIGION
FOUNDATION SAYS IF THERE
IS
A
NATIVITY SCENE, THERE
SHOULD BE A
SECULAR
COUNTER-DISPLAY AS WELL.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
HELPING FAMILIES IN KENYA
OVERCOME EXTREME POVERTY.
FAMILIES ARE LEARNING HOW TO
HARVEST DROUGHT-RESISTANT
CROPS.
THE FARMING PROGRAM TEACHES
VILLAGERS HOW TO TEND THEIR
OWN GARDENS AND GROW
NUTRITIOUS FOODS.
THEY SELL THE FOOD AT
MARKETS TO BUY CLOTHES AND
TOOLS AND OTHER
NECESSITIES.
AND THEY LEARN MANAGEMENT
AND OTHER SKILLS TO RUN
THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO OB.ORG.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
RIGHT BACK.
Gordon: EPHRAIM
BONSTEIN HAS VIVID MEMORIES
OF THE HOLOCAUST, EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS JUST A SMALL
CHILD AT THE TIME.
TODAY EPHRAIM LIVES IN
ISRAEL, WHERE HE RECEIVES
ONGOING HELP, THANKS TO
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
BRONSTEIN WAS ONLY ONE YEAR
OLD WHEN THE HOLOCAUST
BEGAN.
HE DOESN'T REMEMBER MUCH
ABOUT IT, BUT HIS RELATIVES
TELL HIM HE IS LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE.
IN 1941, HIS FAMILY WAS
FORCED TO LIVE IN A GHETTO
IN THEIR NATIVE UKRAINE.
THEN HIS FATHER WAS SENT TO
WAR TO FIGHT FOR GERMANY,
WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS FORCED
TO DO HARD LABOR.
WHILE HIS MOM WORKED, HE WAS
KEPT SAFE BY AN 11-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
SHE HID ME INSIDE A BAG
SO THAT THE GERMANS WOULDN'T
TAKE US WHILE OUR PARENTS
WERE AWAY.
Reporter: LIFE IN THE
GHETTO WAS HARSH.
ALL WE HAD TO EAT WAS
ROTTEN MEAT.
SOMETIMES THE GERMANS FORCED
ME TO CLEAN THE STREETS.
EVERY DAY THEY SHOT PEOPLE
WHO LIVED IN THE GHETTO.
THEY TOOK SOME AWAY TO THE
GAS CHAMBERS.
Reporter: THERE WAS
LITTLE PROTECTION FROM THE
BIDDER COLD.
LACK OF FOOD AND WARMTH MADE
EPHRAIM SICK AND HE NEVER
RECOVERED.
I HAVE HYPERTENSION AND
DIABETES AND I HAVE HEART
PROBLEMS.
Reporter: TODAY LIVING
IN ISRAEL, HIS LIFE IS STILL
DIFFICULT.
EPHRAIM LIVES IN POVERTY,
LIKE MANY HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS.
SO CBN ISRAEL GIVES EPHRAIM
FOOD BASKETS EACH MONTH.
HE LOOKS FORWARD TO EVERY
DELIVERY BECAUSE HE NEEDS
THE FOOD AND ENJOYS THE TIME
SPENT WITH VOLUNTEERS.
I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE VISIT
FORMER GHETTO PRISONERS LIKE
ME.
WE ARE LONELY AND DON'T GET
MUCH ATTENTION.
Reporter: EPHRAIM'S
STOVE WAS BROKEN AND HE
COULDN'T A AFFORD TO FIX
IT.
SO WE TOOK HIM SHOPPING,
BOUGHT HIM A NEW STOVE, AND
DELIVERED IT TO HIS HOME.
AND WE GOT HIM A MICROWAVE,
TOO.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR COMING AND BRINGING ME
SUCH A WONDERFUL GIFT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Gordon: AND THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," YOU'RE PART OF
THAT.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, JOIN
WITH US.
JOIN IN EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
CALL US NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY.
WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING, WHERE THE BANK DOES
ALL OF THE WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO WRITE
AND NOTHING TO MAIL IN.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND
"POWER FOR LIFE" MONTHLY
TEACHING C.D.s TO YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE A HEART FOR
ISRAEL -- AND I KNOW MANY OF
YOU DO -- WE HAVE A SPECIAL
FUND CALLED "CBN ISRAEL,"
AND THERE IS THE ADDRESS FOR
IT, CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA
BEACH, VIR, 23463.
AND YOU CAN DESIGNATE 100%
OF YOUR GIFT TO CBN ISRAEL,
TO HELP PEOPLE IN ISRAEL DO
HUMANITARIAN AID, BRING IN
NEWS BROADCASTS FROM ISRAEL,
AND ALL MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE PEOPLE GIVE TO THE
CBN ISRAEL FUND.
SO DO IT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,
WHEN A WOMAN WAKES UP AFTER
SURGERY, HER DOCTOR TELLS
HER THAT SHE HAS BREAST
CANCER.
THEN HE TELLS HER SHE'S
PREGNANT.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS,
REALLY, GOD, IF YOU KNEW I
HAD CANCER, WHY WOULD YOU
ALLOW ME TO GET PREGNANT.
AND SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME
JUST SAID, HE MUST HAVE AN
AWESOME PLAN IF HE WOULD
ALLOW THIS.
Terry: SEE HOW THAT
PLAN UNFOLDS.
PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR NEEDS WHEN WE
COME
BACK.
STAY WITH US.
AT cbn.com, WE'RE
TAKING WHAT JESUS SAID
SERIOUSLY.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU
DISCOVER LIFE.
LIFE, LIVE IT FULLY.
cbn.com.
Terry: MELANIE DILLARD
FOUND OUT SHE HAD BREAST
CANCER WHEN HE FOUND OUT SHE
WAS PREGNANT.
AND NOW ANOTHER CHILD THEY
LONGED FOR WAS IN JEOPARDY,
JUST LIKE MELANIE HERSELF.
ROB AND I WERE IN OUR
EARLY 20s WHEN WE
DISCOVERED WE WERE
PREGNANT.
WE WERE BOTH SHOCKED AND
AFRAID.
YOU AUTOMATICALLY START
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE,
WHAT DOES IT HOLD FOR THE
BOTH OF US.
EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T
SOMETHING WE PLANNED, I WAS
EXCITED.
24 WEEKS AND MELANIE'S
WATER BROKE.
WE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
AND THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED
INJECTING ME IN BOTH ARMS
EVERY 30 MINUTES, TRYING TO
STOP THE LABOR.
THAT BABY WAS COMING, AND
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WE
COULD DO ABOUT IT.
I GAVE BIRTH TO A VERY
TINY BABY GIRL THAT NIGHT.
ONE POUND, NINE OUNCES.
MEGAN ALESE.
YOU WANTED TO SCOOP HER
UP AND HOLD HER, BUT THERE
WAS NO WAY THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I KNEW IN MY HEART THE
LORD WAS GOING TO HEAL HER
AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO
BE FINE.
THEN WE GOT THAT PHONE
CALL.
SHE DEVELOPED AN
INFECTION.
SHE WAS GREY AND VERY
FRAIL.
I CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, AND
I SAID, YOU CAN HEAL HER.
I KNOW YOU CAN HEAL HER.
I WATCHED THEM REMOVE ALL OF
THE TUBES AND PATCHES AND
EVERYTHING THAT COVERED HER
BODY.
AND THEY WRAPPED HER IN A
BLANKET AND THEY PLACED HER
IN MY ARMS.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I
WOULD HOLD MY BABY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP
IT ALL TOGETHER.
HOW WAS I GOING TO CONSULT
HER.
WE WEREN'T PREPARED.
I JUST THOUGHT IF I COULD
GET PREGNANT AGAIN, THAT
WOULD FILL THAT VOID.
I HAD GOTTEN PREGNANT SO
EASILY THE FIRST TIME, SO I
THOUGHT I WOULD GET PREGNANT
THE FIRST OR SECOND TRY.
BUT SINCE I WAS GRIEVING SO
DEEPLY, THE DOCTORS SAID MY
BODY HAD ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN
AND THAT I WASN'T
OVULATING.
WE TRIED PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
IF SOMEBODY HAD A
RECOMMENDATION, HAD AN IDEA,
WE DID ANYTHING WE COULD.
ROB WOULD GIVE ME INJECTIONS
IN MY STOMACH OR MY HIPS
EVERY MONTH.
I TOOK MY TEMPERATURE EVERY
DAY TO SEE WHERE MY BODY WAS
IN ITS CYCLE.
WHEN I WOULD GET THAT DIP,
IT WAS JUST LIKE I HAD
COMPLETELY FAILED.
ONCE AGAIN, I WASN'T
PREGNANT.
I WATCHED SO MANY OF MY
FRIENDS HAVE THEIR SECOND
AND THEIR THIRD CHILD WHILE
I WAITED.
WHY NOT US?
WE WANT A CHILD JUST AS BAD
AS THEY DO.
WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO BE
GOOD PARENTS.
MY MOM USED TO SAY,
MELANIE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE
ONE DAY.
AND I WOULD CRY AND I WOULD
SAY, I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT
PERSON.
I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO
TAKES MY BABY HOME.
AND THEN I MET MY NIECE ON
FEBRUARY 18, 1994.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LOOK
AT HER, BUT SHE WAS AN
ANGEL.
I TOLD THE LORD, I WANT TO
PRAISE YOU EVEN WHEN MY
CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T.
A YEAR LATER, WE FOUND OUT
WE WERE EXPECTING.
I THINK I WAS PROBABLY THE
HAPPIEST PREGNANT WOMAN
WALKING.
WHEN THEY LAID HIM IN MY
ARMS, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY LOVE
AT FIRST SIGHT.
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE ME.
ROB AND I WERE BOTH
OVERJOYED TO BE PARENTS.
BUT I STILL WAS NOT READY TO
LET GO OF THAT DREAM OF
HAVING A LITTLE GIRL.
WE TRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
LUCK.
I STARTED TO WONDER, WHAT IF
I WAS TO GET PREGNANT, WHAT
IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO
ME?úe
AND I BEGAN TO PRAY, LORD, I
TRUST YOU.
IF I NEVER GET PREGNANT
AGAIN, I TRUST THAT YOU KNOW
SOMETHING I DON'T.
WE JUST COMPLETELY PUT IT IN
THE LORD'S HANDS.
AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 2001
ROB FOUND A LUMP IN MY LEFT
BREAST.
WE SCHEDULED SURGERY FOR
JANUARY 22nd, AND WHEN I
CAME TO, MY HUSBAND AND THE
SURGEON WERE STANDING
THERE.
AND WE HAD TO TELL HER
SHE HAD BREAST CANCER AND
SHE WAS PREGNANT.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS,
REALLY, GOD?
IF YOU KNEW I HAD CANCER,
WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO
GET PREGNANT?
AND SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME
JUST SAID, HE MUST HAVE AN
AWESOME PLAN IF HE WOULD
ALLOW THIS.
WHAT IF I GET IN HIS WAY?
WHAT IF I DON'T TRUST HIM
ENOUGH TO SEE IT THROUGH?
I HAD A MASTECTOMY AND
STARTED TAKING TREATMENTS.
SHE IS FEELING HORRIBLE,
AND I HAVE MY SON, AND I
HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT
HIS MOM WAS GOING THROUGH.
THE YEAR THAT I HAD
CANCER WAS ONE OF THE MOST
PEACEFUL TIMES OF MY LIFE.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT.
I WAS BALD AND PREGNANT AND
HAD ONE BREAST.
BUT ONCE WE SURRENDERED
EVERYTHING TO THE LORD, IT
WAS AMAZING TO WATCH HIM
WORK.
THE PREGNANCY CONTINUED
AND THE BABY WAS A LITTLE
SMALL.
WE WERE TOLD THAT
PREMATURE BIRTH WAS NORMAL
WITH CHEMOTHERAPY.
SEPTEMBER 20th WAS SO
PEACEFUL AND FUN, IF LABOR
CAN BE FUN.
SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
MY WIFE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
TO FINALLY BE HOLDING MY
DAUGHTER IN MY ARMS, IT WAS
LIKE GOD WAS ANSWERING AN
11-YEAR-OLD PRAYER.
THE DOCTORS SAY THAT HAD I
GOTTEN PREGNANT BEFORE I WAS
DIAGNOSED, THEY
PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND THE
LUMP.
I THINK
THAT
IS SO
GOD-ORCHESTRATED.
ROMANS 8: 28 TELLS US "IN
ALL THINGS HE WILL WORK FOR
GOOD."
WHEN I WAS WALKING THROUGH
ALL OF THAT, I COULD NOT SEE
ANY GOOD IN THE SUFFERING
THAT GOD WAS ALLOWING IN MY
LIFE.
I WAS SO HURT AND I WAS SO
ANGRY WITH THE LORD.
IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME
TO BE MISERABLE THAN IT WAS
FOR ME TO HONOR GOD.
NOW WHEN I THINK THE
SCRIPTURE, ROMANS 8: 28, I
LOOK AT
IT COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
I CAN SEE NOW THAT GOD TAKES
THE HURTS AND
DISAPPOINTMENTS AND ALL OF
OUR PAIN, AND EVEN OUR SINS,
AND HE TURNS IT INTO
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
Terry: HE HAS AN
AMAZING PLAN FOR YOU, TOO.
I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OF YOU
WHO, EVERY DAY, WAIT FOR
TIME OF PRAYER ON THIS
PROGRAM.
AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
FAITH.
IF THAT DIDN'T ENCOURAGE YOU
ENOUGH, WATCHING THAT
AMAZING STORY, HERE IS
ANOTHER STORY I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
ROSANNA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
C.O.P.D., AND DOCTORS
PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, BUT
NOTHING REALLY WORKED.
SHE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
DIE AND CONSIDERED GOING TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
INSTEAD, SHE TURNED ON "THE
700 CLUB," AND HEARD YOU
SAY, "THERE IS SOMEBODY,
YOU'VE GOT BURNING IN YOUR
LUNGS.
IT IS A SEVERE ASTHMA
CONDITION, AND THERE IS
CONSTRICTED BREATHING ALMOST
ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.
GOD IS RESTORING YOU NOW.
TAKE IN A DEEP BREATH.
REALIZE YOUR FREE.
IT IS NEVER GOING TO COME
BACK.
YOU'RE HEALED NOW."
SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BREATHE
SINCE WITH NO INHALER.
Gordon: THAT IS A
MIRACLE.
DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU
C.O.P.D. CAN'T BE CURED,
THERE IS NOTHING MEDICALLY
THEY CAN DO.
BUT WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
HERE IS WILLIAM FROM WEST
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE HAD A RASH ON HIS FEET.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN
BURNED.
THEN THE PROBLEM SPREAD TO
HIS ARMS.
HE SAW A DERMATOLOGIST, BUT
THE DOCTOR COULDN'T EXPLAIN
WHAT WAS CAUSING THE
CONDITION.
THE RASH CONTINUED FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT
LET-UP.
THEN HE WAS WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB."
HE HEARD TERRY GIVE A WORD
OF KNOWLEDGE: "YOU HAVE A
BURNING SKIN CONDITION.
I DON'T THINK IT IS FROM A
BURN.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAUSES
YOUR SKIN TO FEEL LIKE IT IS
BURNING.
GOD IS HEALING YOUR TISSUE.
IT'S ALL BEING HEALED AND
MADE WHOLE."
WILLIAM CLAIMED THE WORD,
AND WHEN HE WOKE THE NEXT
MORNING, THE RASH WAS
TOTALLY GONE.
THAT IS A AMAZING.
GOD WANTS TO WORK MIRACLES.
NOW, CONSIDER THAT.
AND CONSIDER WHAT THAT
MEANS.
THAT MEANS THAT IF THERE
AREN'T ANY STRUGGLES, THEN
THERE AREN'T ANY VICTORIES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS GLORY
AND THE MIRACLES, THAT MEANS
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING
WRONG.
BUT HE IS ALL ABOUT FIXING
THE WORLD.
HE IS ALL ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
NOW LOOK BACK IN TIME, GO
BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE
GARDEN OF EDEN.
WHAT WAS GOD'S PLAN?
GOD'S PLAN WAS FOR YOU AND
ME TO LIVE IN A GARDEN.
HE'D COME DOWN IN THE COOL
OF THE EVENING AND TALK WITH
US.
HE DIDN'T INTEND FOR THERE
TO BE ANY TEARS.
HE DIDN'T INTEND FOR ANY OF
THAT.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT MESSED
IT UP.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT FELL
FROM HIS GRACE, HIS GLORY.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD
HASN'T GIVEN UP ON THAT
DREAM.
HE STILL WANTS TO FIX
THINGS.
HE IS ALL ABOUT
RESTORATION.
HE WANTS TO RESTORE US.
HE WANTS US TO BE WITH HIM
IN HEAVEN.
NOW, START THINKING ABOUT
HEAVEN.
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE
LIKE?
ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY
TEARS?
ANYBODY GOING TO BE LONELY?
ANYBODY GOING TO BE NEEDY?
IS THERE ANY NEED FOR
HEALING?
NO.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT HEAVEN,
WE LOOK AT GOD'S WILL.
THAT'S WHERE HIS WILL IS
BEING DONE.
AND WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO PRAY
THAT HIS WILL WOULD BE DONE
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN.
SO OFTEN WE GET TRAPPED IN
THE THEOLOGY OF WHAT'S GOING
WRONG.
AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE
BIBLE AS WELL, WHERE THE
DISCIPLES BROUGHT A MAN BORN
BLIND TO JESUS.
AND THEY HAD A THEOLOGICAL
QUESTION.
IF THIS BLINDNESS IS AS A
RESULT OF SIN, WHO SINNED?
WAS IT HIM?
HE WAS BORN BLIND.
WAS THERE SOME SIN HE WAS
GOING TO DO THAT WAS SO
HORRIBLE HE NEEDED TO BE
BORN BLIND?
OR WAS IT THE SIN OF HIS
PARENTS AND THEY CAUSED
THIS?
IF THAT'S IT, THEN WHERE IS
THE JUSTICE IN THAT BECAUSE
HE IS PAYING FOR IT.
I LOVE THE RESPONSE OF
JESUS.
HE SAID, NEITHER.
THIS HAPPENED SO THE GLORY
OF GOD WILL BE REVEALED, AND
HE HEALED THE BLINDNESS.
SO START THINKING THIS
HAPPENED SO THE GLORY OF THE
LORD WILL BE REVEALED.
THIS HAPPENED SO THAT THE
WILL OF GOD, THE WILL OF HIM
IN HEAVEN, WOULD COME DOWN
ON EARTH AND BE IN MY BODY
RIGHT NOW.
NOW, YOU'RE AUTHORIZED TO
PRAY THAT.
START BELIEVING IT.
START CONFESSING IT.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
PRAY.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY THAT
GOD'S WILL WILL BE DONE IN
YOUR BODY RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GET RID OF ALL
THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION.
LET'S GET RID OF ALL DOUBT
AND UNBELIEF AND JUST FOCUS
ON HIM, FOCUS ON HEAVEN, AND
ASK FOR HIS WILL TO BE DONE
NOW.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE LIFT UP THE NEEDS
OF THE AUDIENCE.
AND AS PEOPLE ARE IN PAIN,
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WITH
DISEASE, LORD WE JUST
DECLARE OVER THEM THIS IS
NOT YOUR WILL.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT
YOU WANT FOR THEM.
THAT YOUR WILL IN HEAVEN IS
FOR US TO BE DISEASE-FREE,
FOR US TO HAVE PROSPERITY,
FOR US TO ENJOY LIFE THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN US, FOR US TO
ENJOY EVERY BREATH.
THAT'S YOUR WILL.
SO WITH THE AUTHORITY GIVEN
TO US AS BELIEVERS, YOU HAVE
GIVEN US THE POWER TO BE
YOUR CHILDREN.
WE COME TO YOU, OUR FATHER,
AND WE DECLARE THAT YOU'RE
WILL WOULD BE DONE IN THESE
BODIES NOW.
THAT YOUR WILL WOULD COME TO
EARTH AND BE DONE ON EARTH
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
HEAL THEM NOW, RESTORE
THEM.
LET EVERY FIBER OF THEIR
BEING RESONATE WITH YOUR
WILL, AND LET EVERYTHING
COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
YOUR WILL.
BE HEALTHY.
BE RESTORED.
AND BE WHOLE NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, AND
LITERALLY YOU'RE WASTING
AWAY.
GOD IS RESTORING EVERY
MUSCLE FIBER IN YOUR BODY.
HE IS RESTORING EVERY
NERVE.
HE IS MAKING YOU WHOLE IN
JESUS' NAME.
JUST RECEIVE IT NOW.
BELIEVE IT IN JESUS' NAME.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
ELSE, YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE,
LIKE, TUMORS.
THEY'RE NOT SMALL LUMPS.
THEY'RE LIKE THE SIZE OF A
LARGE GRAPE, BUT THEY'RE
EVERYWHERE.
UNDER YOUR ARMS AND ON YOUR
NECK.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR
YOU.
WHAT MEDICINE HAS NOT BEEN
ABLE TO DO FOR YOU, THOSE
ARE JUST GOING TO BEGIN TO
MELT AWAY AS GOD RESTORES
YOUR HEALTH TO YOU.
AND THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR
BACK.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO
ACTUALLY STAND UP STRAIGHT.
A LOT OF PAIN IN THE LOWER
BACK.
LIFT UP NOW, AND GOD IS
SETTING YOU FREE FROM THAT.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE WITH AN INFECTION IN
THE FLUID OF THE MEMBRANE OF
YOUR BRAIN, AND IT'S
ORIGINATED IN YOUR SPINAL
CORD AND IT IS NOW IN YOUR
BRAIN.
GOD IS HEALING YOU.
HE IS SETTING YOU FREE FROM
THAT.
HE IS RESTORING YOU,
COMPLETELY RESTORING YOU IN
JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A
NECK INJURY CAUSED BY A
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
IT IS ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU
TO MOVE.
YOU LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN.
GOD IS HEALING YOU.
HE IS RESTORING THE
VERTEBRAE IN YOUR NECK.
WHAT DOCTORS SAY WILL NEVER
HAPPEN IS HAPPENING FOR YOU
NOW.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO TURN YOUR NECK, HAVE
COMPLETE MOBILITY IN IT.
NOTHING EVER LIKE THIS HAS
EVER HAPPENED TO YOU.
GOD IS HEALING YOU NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY
GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE IN
YOUR GOOD REPORT.
SO GIVE US A CALL,
1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JEREMIAH: "HEAL
ME, O LORD, AND I SHALL BE
HEALED.
SAVE ME, AND I SHALL BE
SAVED.
FOR YOU ARE MY PRAISE."
CH