Andrew: A HUSBAND

Andrew: A HUSBAND

FILLED WITH GRIEF.

I'M TELLING YOU, MY

EYES -- A HOLE OPENED UP IN

MY HEART.

I COULD NEVER DESCRIBE THE

PAIN.

I WAS SO ANGRY, IF I COULD

HAVE GOTTEN AHOLD OF HIM

RIGHT THEN AND THERE, HE

MIGHT NOT HAVE SURVIVED THE

ENCOUNTER.

Andrew: SEE HOW HE WAS

ABLE TO FORGIVE THE MAN WHO

KILLED HIS WIFE ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

Gordon: ON "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE," WE USE

TECHNOLOGY TO PRAY FOR EACH

OTHER AND EXPLORE TOPICS

THAT MATTER TO YOU.

WATCH WHAT GOD IS DOING IN

THE WORLD TODAY.

Andrew: HELLO, AND

WELCOME TO "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

YOU KNOW, THE GRIEF THAT

COMES WITH LOSING SOMEONE

UNEXPECTANTLY CAN BE

OVERWHELMING.

RICKY TAJADA EXPERIENCED

THAT WHEN HE LOST HIS WIFE

TO A DRUNK DRIVER.

HE WAS ANGRY AND BITTER.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT TOOK HIM

ON A TRIP OF GRIEF AND

FORGIVENESS THAT HE NEVER

EXPECTED.

I HEARD A CRASHING SOUND,

AND EVERYTHING WENT DARK.

I MET DEBRA WHEN WE WERE A

FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE.

WE DATED THE ENTIRE FOUR AND

A HALF YEARS AND WE KEPT OUR

RELATIONSHIP PURE BECAUSE WE

WERE REALLY COMMITTED TO THE

THINGS OF GOD.

THE DAY WAS DECEMBER 17th,

AND I WAS IN HER OFFICE.

WE WERE STRATEGIZING

AND DISCUSSING A MEETING WE

WERE GOING TO HAVE AT

7 p.m. THAT NIGHT.

AS WE WERE TALKING OUR

SENIOR PASTOR WALKED INTO

HER OFFICE, AND SAID WE ARE

GOING TO ORDAIN YOU GUYS AS

PASTORS IN THE FIRST PART OF

THE NEW YEAR.

DEBRA AND I LOOKED AT EACH

OTHER WITH THIS AMAZING BEAM

IN OUR EYES, AND THEN WE

WENT DOWNSTAIRS, GOT INTO

THE CAR, AND AS WE'RE

DRIVING, SHE BEGINS TO RECAP

OUR LIFE.

AND SHE SAID, DID YOU KNOW

WE'VE DONE MORE IN 10 1/2

YEARS THAN SOME PEOPLE DO IN

A LIFETIME.

THOSE WERE THE LAST WORDS

THAT SHE SAID TO ME.

AND I HEARD A CRASHING

SOUND, AND EVERYTHING WENT

DARK.

AND WHEN I CAME TO, I

COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT FOR

DEBRA.

AND I SAW HER SITTING IN THE

BACK SEAT OF THE CAR, LIKE

THIS.

AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN AND

THERE I NEEDED A MIRACLE.

SHE'S NOT CONSCIOUS.

BUT THERE IS BLOOD.

I BEGAN TO SAY, HANG IN

THERE, BABY.

HANG IN THERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.

AND IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING

TO MYSELF, IT'S NOT GOING TO

END RIGHT HERE.

IT CAN'T END RIGHT HERE.

BECAUSE FIVE HOURS AGO MY

PASTOR WAS TELLING ME WE'RE

BEING ORDAINED IN THE NEW

YEAR.

IT CAN'T

END RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I'VE

SEEN MYSELF AS AN OLD MAN,

SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH,

IN A ROCKING CHAIR, WITH

DEBRA AT MY SIDE, AND

GRANDKIDS PLAYING AT OUR

FEET.

AND ON THE WAY TO THE

HOSPITAL, I SAW THEM LOSE

HER PULSE THREE TIMES.

THE DOCTOR CAME TO ME AND HE

SAID, SHE HAS SEVERE BRAIN

TRAUMA, AND THERE'S LOTS OF

SWELLING.

ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS WAIT.

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT

WERE CAN TO STABILIZE HER.

IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE THAT

MUCH TIME AFTER MY

CONVERSATION WITH THE DOCTOR

THAT MY PASTOR, PASTOR MIKE,

WALKED IN.

HE OPENED THE DOOR, AND OUR

EYES MET.

AND WHEN OUR EYES MET, I

COULD SEE THE PAIN.

AND HE SAID, RICKY, I'M

SORRY.

DEBRA IS GONE.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, MY

EYES, MY HEART -- A HOLE

OPENED UP IN MY HEART.

IF I TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A

THOUSAND YEARS, I COULD

NEVER DESCRIBE THE DEPTH OF

THE PAIN.

WHEN I HEARD THAT, MY FIRST

THOUGHT WAS THIS: I FORGIVE

THAT GUY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T

KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.

AND THEN ONE TUESDAY NIGHT,

I COME INTO MY HOUSE, I'M

GOING THROUGH THE MAIL, AND

THERE IS A LETTER FROM THE

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THEY HAD CHARGED THIS MAN

WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.

SO I OPEN UP THE ENVELOPE,

AND I BEGIN TO READ THE

LETTER.

AND LETTER SAYS SOMETHING TO

THIS EFFECT: THIS CASE HAS

BEEN SUBMITTED TO A GRAND

JURY, AND WE MUST

REGRETFULLY INFORM YOU THAT

THE GRAND JURY HAS

DETERMINED THAT THERE IS

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO

INDICT THIS GENTLEMAN OF

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.

I EXPLODED.

I BEGAN TO SHOUT, WHAT?

WHAT MORE DO THEY NEED.

HE HAD ALMOST TWICE THE

LIMIT OF LEGAL ALCOHOL IN

HIS SYSTEM.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

SIX WEEKS, WHAT WAS REALLY

IN MY HEART, THAT I WAS

DECLARING THAT I FORGIVE

THIS GUY, BUT IF I COULD

HAVE GOTTEN AHOLD OF HIM

RIGHT THEN AND THERE, HE

MIGHT NOT HAVE SURVIVED THE

ENCOUNTER.

I REALIZED NOW THAT I HATE

THIS GUY, I HATE HIS GUTS.

HE SAID, NOW YOU'VE GOT A

CHOICE TO MAKE: YOU CAN USE

TO SIT AS THAT MAN'S JUDGE

OR YOU CAN LET GOD BE HIS

JUDGE?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

I HAD TO DEAL WITH ANGER.

I HAD TO DEAL WITH

UNFORGIVENESS.

I HAD TO DEAL WITH

BITTERNESS.

MY FUTURE WAS GONE.

15 YEARS OF BEING WITH THIS

WOMAN AND PLANNING OUT OUR

LIVES, OUR CAREERS, OUR

MINISTRY, OUR CHILDREN, OUR

RETIREMENT -- IT WAS ALL

GONE IN ONE MOMENT.

AND I SAID TO HIM, I DON'T

WANT TO BE HIS JUDGE.

SO WE PRAYED.

I FORGAVE HIM, AND I GOT OFF

THE THRONE, AND I LET GOD

TAKE HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE.

I MET THE GENTLEMAN ABOUT

TWO MONTHS LATER.

I SHARED WITH HIM ALL OF THE

MOMENTS OF MY DAY.

I GAVE HIM A FULL PICTURE OF

HOW IT WAS WHEN DEBRA WAS

ALIVE.

AND THEN I SAID TO HIM, BUT

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'M A CHRISTIAN.

TAKE THIS BAD SITUATION AND

TURN IT INTO SOMETHING

POSITIVE.

GO TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT THE

DANGERS OF DRINKING AND

DRIVING.

I ASKED HIM TO NOT QUIT

LIVING, BUT TO GO OUT AND

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN AT THE END OF OUR

MEETING, I PRAYED FOR HIM.

WE GO THROUGH BROKENNESS.

WE GO THROUGH THINGS THAT

CAUSE PAIN.

WE GO THROUGH DEEP HURT.

AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK

WE CAN EVER REBOUND.

AND WE SAY TO OURSELVES, HOW

AM I GOING TO GET THROUGH

THIS.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU, WE'RE

IN THE POTTER'S HAND.

HE HAS NEVER TAKEN HIS EYES

OFF OF US.

HE HAS NEVER TAKEN HIS HAND

OFF OF US.

JUST SUBMIT TO THE PROCESS

BECAUSE WE CAN TRUST HIM.

Andrew: THE LORD IS

CLOSE TO THE BROKEN-HEARTED

AND SAVES THOSE WHO ARE

CRUSHED IN SPIRIT.

THAT'S WHAT KING DAVID

SAID.

THE LORD IS CLOSE TO THE

BROKENHEARTED.

WHAT RICKY ENDURED IS THE

MOST POWERFUL HUMAN

EMOTIONS, GRIEF, THE LOSS OF

HIS DEAR WIFE, AND THE

SYSTEM THAT RICKY NOW HAD TO

DEAL WITH THIS FORGIVENESS

ISSUE.

WE ALL GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY.

IF I COULD URGE ONE THING TO

YOU TODAY, WHATEVER LOSS

YOU'RE DEALING WITH,

WHATEVER GRIEF, WHATEVER

FURY OR ANGER,

DISAPPOINTMENT, BETRAYAL,

RESIST THE URGE TO STEP AWAY

FROM GOD.

RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO

SAY, GOD, YOU'VE ABANDONED

ME.

I'M DONE WITH YOU.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MAX LUCADO

WHO SAID, IT IS BETTER TO

SHAKE A FIST AT GOD THAN TO

WALK AWAY.

AND THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL

HUMAN RESPONSE, WOULDN'T

IT?

WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY

PROCESS THE GRIEF AND THE

ANGER AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT

WE HAVE.

BECAUSE MAYBE IT IS EASIER

TO STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.

WHEN JESUS CALLED PETER TO

BE HIS DISCIPLE, HE SAID TWO

SIMPLE WORDS.

HE SAID: FOLLOW ME.

HE WAS ENGAGING PETER IN

RELATIONSHIP.

BUT THEN THREE YEARS LATER,

JESUS REPEATED THE SAME

COMMAND.

PETER, FOLLOW ME.

YOU WOULD THINK ONE TIME

WOULD BE ENOUGH.

PETER CHOSE TO FOLLOW AND

IT'S DONE.

BUT, NO, THREE YEARS LATER

AGAIN, HE SAYS, PETER,

FOLLOW ME.

BECAUSE THE LORD KNOWS OUR

TENDENCY IS WHEN WE FACE

CATASTROPHE OR GRIEF OR

SITUATIONS THAT SEEM TOO

MUCH TO BEAR, WE MAY JUST

WANT TO STAY WHERE WE ARE

AND NOT MAKE THE DECISION TO

MOVE FORWARD.

JESUS AS, FOLLOW ME.

TAKE ME BY THE HAND.

I WILL LEAD YOU.

IT MAY BE DIFFICULT, BUT I

CAN LEAD YOU TO HEALING.

AND WE CAN BE INSPIRED BY

RICKY'S STORY, AND THE FACT

THAT HE DECIDED, LORD, I'M

GOING TO TRUST YOU WITH MY

GRIEF AND UNFORGIVENESS, AND

HE'LL TURN IT INTO TRUST AND

FORGIVENESS.

OUR PHONE NUMBER IS

1-888-777-1999; THERE IS

SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH YOU.

AS YOU FOLLOW THE CALL OF

GOD, TO PRESS ON NO MATTER

WHAT YOU'RE FACING.

STILL TO COME, A MOM GOES

THROUGH THE UNIMAGINABLE,

THE LOSS OF HER

SEVEN-MONTH-OLD BABY.

I SAW MY BABY COVERED

WITH BLOOD.

IT WAS A TERRIBLE NIGHT, A

HORRIBLE NIGHT.

Andrew: SEE HOW VIEWERS

LIKE YOU HELPED HER THROUGH

HER GRIEF.

Andrew: THE LOSS OF A

BABY IS ONE OF THE MOST

HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDIES A

FAMILY CAN EXPERIENCE.

THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT WAY TO

GRIEVE OVER SUCH A LOSS.

SO SOME FAMILIES CHOOSE A

WAY TO IMMORTALIZE THE LIFE

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

ONE MOM FROM ARMENIA USED

HER DESPERATE SITUATION TO

RESTORE AN ENTIRE

COMMUNITY.

Terry: AS A MOM, I

CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING

WORSE THAN HAVING SOMETHING

TRAGIC HAPPEN TO ONE OF OUR

CHILDREN.

BUT THE TRAGEDY THAT

HAPPENED TO A MOTHER IN

ARMENIA GOES BEYOND ANYTHING

MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE OR

FEAR.

THIS IS DIANE AND HER

FAMILY.

THEY HAVE A NICE, WARM

APARTMENT IN ARMENIA.

NOT TOO LONG AGO, THEY LIVED

IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS,

COLD, METAL BOXES ADAPTED

FOR A HOME.

IT IS ALREADY 20 YEARS

THAT WE LIVE IN THIS

CONTAINER.

IT IS HARD TO LIVE IN SUCH

HARSH CONDITIONS.

I'LL SHOW YOU THE HOLE WHERE

THE RATS COME OUT.

THIS IS THE TRAP WHICH HELPS

US CATCH THE RATS.

Terry: THESE WERE MEANT

TO BE TEMPORARY HOUSING

FOLLOWING AN EARTHQUAKE 20

YEARS AGO.

YOU WON'T FIND MANY COMFORTS

HERE.

CERTAINLY NO INSULATION

AGAINST THE FRIGID ARMENIAN

WINTERS.

WHILE IT SEEMED LIKE DIANE'S

LIVING SITUATION COULDN'T

GET WORSE, ONE COLD MORNING

SHE WOKE TO THE

UNIMAGINABLE.

HER 7-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS NOT

MOVING OR CRYING.

HIS BODY WAS COVERED IN

BLOOD.

THE REALIZATION SLOWLY CAME

TO HER.

HER SON HAD BEEN ATTACKED

AND KILLED BY RATS.

I SAW MY BABY COVERED

WITH BLOOD.

IT WAS A TERRIBLE NIGHT.

A HORRIBLE NIGHT.

Terry: YOU MIGHT WONDER

WHY DIDN'T THE BABY CRY

OUT?

WE WERE TOLD THE RATS HAVE

SOMETHING IN THEIR SALIVA

WHICH STUNS THEIR PREY.

WHEN THE RAT ATTACKED AN

OLDER SIBLING, SHE WOKE UP

SCREAMING.

AS A RESULT OF THE PHYSICAL

AND MENTAL TRAUMA, SHE

SUFFERS FROM EPILEPTIC

SEIZURES.

SHE WAS DESPERATE TO FIND A

BETTER HOME FOR THE REST OF

HER CHILDREN.

SHE WENT TO THE GOVERNMENT

OFFICES MANY TIMES AND

PLEADED FOR HELP.

BUT SHE COULD GET NO

ASSISTANCE.

IN DESPERATION, SHE WENT TO

A NEARBY CHURCH, WHERE SHE

MET PASTOR RAPHAEL.

I WAS SHOCKED.

IT MADE ME CRY.

WE SENT FOOD AND CLOTHES TO

THEIR CHILDREN RIGHT AWAY.

THEY HAD NOTHING TO EAT.

Terry: IT IS AMAZING TO

SEE HOW GOD HEARD DIANE'S

CRIES AND PROVIDED AN ANSWER

FROM HALF WAY AROUND THE

WORLD.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT AT THAT

TIME "ORPHANS' PROMISE" WAS

SEEKING TO PARTNER WITH A

GODLY MINISTRY IN ARMENIA.

AND WE FOUND PASTOR RAFAEL'S

CHURCH.

BECAUSE OF THAT CONNECTION,

DIANE'S SITUATION HAS

CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

"ORPHANS' PROMISE" PROVIDED

HER WITH A SMALL BUSINESS,

RAISING AND SELLING CHICKENS

AND EGGS, AND SHE HOPES TO

ADD A COW TO HER LITTLE FARM

SOON.

WE USED TO ASK, WHY ARE

YOU HELPING?

YOU ARE NOT OUR FAMILY.

WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THEY ARE

CHRISTIANS, SHE SAID, I WANT

TO KNOW GOD, WHO MAKE YOU DO

THESE THINGS.

I WANT TO KNOW HIM

PERSONALLY.

Terry: DIANA IS A LIGHT

IN HER COMMUNITY.

SHE WANTS TO SHARE HER FAITH

WITH OTHERS BECAUSE SHE

KNOWS IT IS GOD AND FAITHFUL

BELIEVERS WHO HAVE MADE A

DIFFERENCE IN HER LIFE.

I HAVE MY COMFORT IN THE

LORD.

I'M VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OF

THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME OUT

IN THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION.

Terry: AFTER CARING FOR

DIANE'S IMMEDIATE NEEDS,

"ORPHANS' PROMISE" WENT BACK

TO ASSESS THE CONTAINER

COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE FOUND WAS HUNDREDS

OF FAMILIES TRAPPED IN MORE

THAN 20 YEARS OF CRIPPLING

POVERTY.

A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

WHO HAD GROWN UP WITHOUT

VISION FOR A BETTER LIFE.

IT WAS THE PERFECT SITUATION

TO OPEN AN "ORPHANS'

PROMISE" TRAINING CENTER.

HERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING

CHALLENGED TO THINK IN NEW

WAYS, TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT

THEY WANT IN LIFE, AND TO

SET GOALS TO ATTAIN IT.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR EACH

ONE TO GRASP GOD'S LOVE AND

PURPOSE, AND TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THROUGH THE CRIES OF

ONE DESPERATE MOM, GOD CAME

TO RESTORE THE ENTIRE

COMMUNITY.

Andrew: I'M SO THANKFUL

FOR MY CO-HOST, WHO IS NOT

HERE TODAY, TERRY MEEUWSEN,

AND HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT PUT

"ORPHANS' PROMISE" ON HER

HEART AS SHE DESIRED TO HELP

FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD.

YOU SEE THAT SWEET MOM WHO'S

FAMILY WENT THROUGH THE

UNTHINKABLE.

AND THE RESPONSE OF PEOPLE

LIKE YOU, NOW SHE SAYS.

I WANT TO KNOW THIS GOD

BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE

FOR ME.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOG ON

TO 700clubinteractive.com

AND MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO

WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THE

WORLD.

TERRY MEEUWSEN HAS AN

AWESOME WORK GOING ON

THROUGH "ORPHANS' PROMISE."

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FIRST, A MOTHER WHO LOST NOT

ONE, BUT TWO SONS TO WAR.

WE'RE NOT BITTER.

THEY DIED WITH COURAGE.

IN THE LAST SECONDS OF THEIR

LIVES, THEY WERE SAVING

OTHER LIVES.

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES SO

THAT OTHERS COULD LIVE.

Andrew: HEAR THEIR

HEROIC STORY RIGHT AFTER

Andrew: MARY WISE

PROUDLY SUPPORTED HER THREE

SONS' SERVICE TO THE ARMED

FORCES, BUT NEVER REALIZED

JUST HOW MUCH IT WOULD

COST.

I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.

JEREMY IS THE OLDEST.

AND BEN, AND THEN HEATHER

AND BO.

JEREMY HAD A VERY OUTGOING

PERSONALITY.

HE WAS JUST FULL OF LIFE.

BEN WAS DIFFERENT.

HE WAS QUIET, MORE INWARD,

GENTLE, VERY DEEP.

THE OLDER THEY GOT, THE MORE

THEY APPRECIATED EACH OTHER

AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE FOR

THE OTHER.

WHEN JEREMY MADE A

PROFESSION OF FAITH, HE WAS

FIVE YEARS OLD.

AND HE STOOD UP IN HIS

KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND SAID,

MY HEART USED TO BE BLACK.

BUT NOW MY HEART IS WHITE

BECAUSE I HAVE ASKED JESUS

TO COME INTO MY HEART, AND

HE HAS FORGIVEN MY SINS.

BEN, WHO IS THREE AND A HALF

YEARS YOUNGER THAN JEREMY,

MADE A PROFESSION OF FAITH

WHEN HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD,

AND HE DECIDED THAT HE

WANTED TO BE BORN AGAIN AND

ASKED JESUS INTO HIS HEART.

SO THEY BOTH WERE FIVE.

IN THEIR YEARS AT WAR, THE

BOYS BECAME MORE FOCUSED ON

THE LORD, KNOWING THEY WOULD

STAND BEFORE HIM ONE DAY.

THEY WERE LEADING THEIR

FAMILIES, THEIR WIVES AND

THEIR CHILDREN -- THEY HAD

THEM IN CHURCH.

THEY WANTED TO BE GOOD.

THEY WANTED TO DO WHAT WAS

RIGHT.

JEREMY WAS IN MEDICAL

SCHOOL.

AND HE JUST HAD THIS DESIRE,

BURNING DESIRE, TO BE A SEAL

AND MADE IT.

BEN, HE HAD BEEN IN COLLEGE,

TAKING COURSES, BUT HE

DECIDED THIS IS WHAT HE

WANTED TO DO.

HE WENT IN ON ELECTION DAY

OF 2000.

HE BECAME A GREEN BERET, AND

HE STUDIED AS A MEDIC.

AND HE ENTERED INTO ARMY 18

DELTA.

THEY KNEW THE DANGER THAT

THEY WERE IN.

WHEN THEY MADE THE DECISION

IN THEIR LIVES THAT THEY

MADE -- IN '05, WHEN I FOUND

OUT JEREMY WAS GOING TO

IRAQ, I JUST FREAKED OUT.

I PRAYED AND CRIED OUT TO

GOD.

I WAS SO WROUGHT OVER IT, I

COULD HARDLY ARTICULATE.

I FELT LIKE I WAS MAKING

GUTTERAL SOUNDS.

I GOT BACK UP ON THE BED,

AND MY EYES FELL ON THE

SCRIPTURE THAT SAID: I WILL

BRING YOUR SONS HOME TO YOU

FROM WAR.

AND YOU SHALL WEAR THEM AS A

BADGE.

I JUST HAD TO TRUST GOD.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT

JEREMY, IT DID NOT SHAKE MY

FAITH.

WE CAN'T BLAME THE WRONG

THINGS ON GOD.

THE BOYS TRUSTED THEIR

HEARTS AND THEIR SOULS AND

THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD.

THEY TRUSTED HIM.

THEY LOVED HIM.

HE HAD 10 DAYS BEFORE HE WAS

TO COME HOME.

AND I WAS SHOCKED.

THEY DIED WITH COURAGE.

BOTH OF THEM, IN THE LAST

SECONDS OF THEIR LIVES, WERE

SAVING OTHER LIVES.

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES SO

THAT OTHERS COULD LIVE.

LIKE CHRIST GAVE HIS LIFE

FOR US.

THEY ARE A BADGE.

THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR

HONOR.

WE'RE NOT BITTER.

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

LORD HAS DEEPENED.

I CRIED OUT MANY TIMES,

ALONE IN MY HOUSE, AND HE

CAME.

I HAVE FELT HIS GREAT

COMFORT AND HIS PEACE.

AND, YES, HE IS THERE IN

PAIN.

HE IS THERE IN SUFFERING.

HE IS THERE IN LONELINESS.

HE IS THERE.

AND HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR

ME.

MY HEART IS SAD -- IT IS

VERY SAD, BUT WE WILL COME

THROUGH THIS.

MY HOPE IS IN THE LORD.

MY HOPE AND MY KNOWING IS

THAT I WILL SEE THEM AGAIN.

AND I WILL BE WITH THEM

AGAIN.

I WOULD SAY TO THE PARENTS

OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED

SERVING THEIR COUNTRY, THAT

GOD'S HEART IS TOUCHED BY

OUR BROKENNESS AND BY OUR

LOSS AND BY OUR SUFFERING.

HE IS THERE FOR US, AND HE

IS GREATER THAN OUR PAIN.

HE IS GREATER THAN OUR

LOSS.

AND WHEN HE RETURNS AND

COMES AGAIN FOR HIS OWN, HE

WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR.

Andrew: MARY, WE THANK

YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

COURAGE AND INSPIRATION OF

YOUR FAITH TO US.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF US.

WE HERE AT "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE" WANT TO SAY

THANK YOU.

JESSICA, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF

VERY SERIOUS PRAYER REQUESTS

WE'VE SEIZED FROM FOLKS.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF

PRAYERS COME IN ABOUT THE

GRIEVING PROCESS.

DEBBIE SAYS, "I'VE HAD A

LIFETIME OF LOSS AND GRIEF.

I LOST MY MOTHER, BROTHER,

HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THEIR

UNBORN BABY IN A HOUSE

FIRE.

MY DAD DIED OF CANCER, AND

MY OTHER BROTHER DIED OF AN

ACCIDENTAL HEROIN OVERDOSE.

MY HUSBAND ALSO RECENTLY

DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.

I AM BEYOND DEVASTATED.

I'M DEPRESSED AND DON'T KNOW

HOW TO LIVE ANYMORE."

AND WE HAVE A PRAYER IN FROM

TERESA, AND SHE WRITES, "MY

SISTER LOST HER SON AT THE

AGE OF 15.

HE WAS MURDERED AND NO ONE

HAS BEEN CHARGED.

HE ALSO LOST HER LITTLE

GIRL, WHO ONLY LIVED 12

HOURS AFTER BIRTH.

SHE IS NOT COPING WELL AND

IS VERY ANGRY AND BITTER.

PLEASE PRAY FOR HER."

WELL, WE ARE GOING TO PRAY

FOR YOU.

AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU

KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH

GRIEF, JOIN WITH US.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE HAVE

HEARD THE PRAYER REQUESTS.

THESE AGONIZING PRAYER

REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY FROM

DEBBIE, GOD.

LORD, THERE ARE NOT MANY

PEOPLE WHO CAN REALLY RELATE

TO THAT LEVEL OF LOSS AND

GRIEF.

BUT, FATHER, WE KNOW THAT IF

NO ONE IN THE WORLD

UNDERSTANDS THE PAIN, THE

GRIEF, AND THE LOSS IN OUR

HEARTS, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE

PERSON WHO IDENTIFIED WITH

OUR SORROW, WHO IDENTIFIED

WITH OUR GRIEF, AND THAT IS

JESUS.

JESUS, WE THANK YOU THAT ON

THE CROSS YOU ENTERED INTO

OUR SUFFERING, THAT YOU TOOK

ALL OF THE PAIN AND THE

GRIEF AND YOU BORE IT UPON

YOURSELF, THAT WE MIGHT ONE

DAY HAVE THE HOPE OF BEING

FREE AND ENTERING INTO JOY.

THAT YOUR WORD SAYS THAT YOU

BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED.

AND YOU HEAL THEIR WOUNDS.

JESUS, WE THANK YOU THAT IN

THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY, THAT

YOU ARE THERE.

THAT WE CAN RUN TO YOU, INTO

YOUR ARMS OF SECURITY AND

LOVE AND COMFORT.

EVEN WHEN THE UNTHINKABLE

HAS HAPPENED.

HAS HAPPENED.

AND, FATHER, WE JUST PRAY

FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING,

THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH THEM

TODAY AND THAT YOU WOULD

GIVE THEM PEACE.

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

ANDREW.

Andrew: GUYS, THANK YOU

FOR SENDING US YOUR PRAYER

REQUESTS.

IT IS AN HONOR TO PRY WITH

YOU.

"GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY

TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, THERE

SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN FOR

THE FORMER THINGS THAT HAVE