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The 700 Club - July 3, 2015

Mickey died in a fiery plane crash, but ultimately survived and now tells his story of visions he saw of the afterlife. Also, Melody & Rob struggled with infertility when they found out Melody was pregnant – and had breast cancer. Read Transcript


THE MOTOR JUST QUIT.

TRAPPED IN A BURNING

PLANE.

THERE WAS NOW A HOLE IN

THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.

Wendy: AND HURTLING

TOWARDS THE GROUND, A

SKYDIVER WITH SECONDS TO

LIVE.

I COULD FEEL LIFE JUST

LEAKING OUT OF ME.

Wendy: HE GETS A

GLIMPSE OF ETERNITY.

NO, GOD, I'M SORRY.

I WANT TO LIVE.

I WANT TO BE ALIVE.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES,

LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN

NEWS DESK.

Efrem:

GORDON, TERROR

WARNINGS HAVE AMERICA'S

MILITARY

AND FEDERAL

AGENTS AND POLICE

ACROSS

THE COUNTRY ON HIGH ALERT

THIS HOLIDAY

WEEKEND, AND

AT LEAST ONE CELEBRATION

HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

OFFICIALS STRESS THEY ARE

NOT REACTING TO ANY ONE

SPECIFIC THREAT.

FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW

YORK CITY, AMERICA'S

POLICE FORCES ARE FULLY

DEPLOYED WITH

STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMAND

CENTERS, AND HEAVILY ARMED

UNITS ON THE STREETS.

THURSDAY POLICE SWARMED

THIS WASHINGTON, D.C. NAVY

YARD AFTER REPORTS OF AN

ACTIVE SHOOTER.

THAT CALL WAS A FALSE

ALARM.

WE TAKE EVERY EVENT

HERE IN WASHINGTON VERY

SERIOUS.

OUR POSTURE REMAINS

EXTREMELY HIGH FOR ALL

SPECIAL EVENTS AND IT WILL

CONTINUE FOR THE FOURTH.

Efrem: WITH TROUBLING

CHATTER FROM ISLAMIC STATE

TERRORISTS, THERE ARE

CONCERNS THE COUNTRY IS

FACING THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT THREAT WE'VE

SEEN SINCE THE

SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS.

THIS YEAR ALONE, POLICE

HAVE ARRESTED 40 PEOPLE

WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO

ISIS, AND SEVEN OF THOSE

ARRESTS WERE MADE IN JUST

THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

SOME 18,000 LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE

NOW BEEN WARNED TO BE

AWARE OF LONE-WOLF

ISIS-INSPIRED TERRORISTS,

TRYING TO STAGE ATTACKS AT

LARGE HOLIDAY GATHERINGS.

THAT WARNING HAS POLICE IN

TULSA, OKLAHOMA,

RE-EVALUATING THEIR

EMERGENCY PLANS.

AT A CELEBRATION THAT

COULD DRAW NEARLY 100,000

PEOPLE TO THIS PARK.

EVERY TIME THERE IS A

DIRECT EVENT, THERE IS

SOME KIND OF CHATTER THAT

OCCURS NATIONALLY AND

WORLDWIDE.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR

EVENTS, WE CAN'T TAKE THE

IDEA OR THE POSITION THAT

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

HERE.

Efrem: THE CONCERN IS

ALSO RAISED FOLLOWING THE

RECENT TERROR ATTACKS IN

FRANCE AND TUNISIA.

THE MILITARY HAS NOW

CANCELLED FOURTH OF JULY

CELEBRATIONS AT A U.S. AIR

BASE IN ENGLAND, AND HERE

AT HOME, MANY PEOPLE ARE A

BIT MOUR WATCH FUL WATCHFUL THIS

HOLIDAY.

YOU GET ON A PLANE,

WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU'VE

ALWAYS GOT IN

YOUR MIND

SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.

Efrem:

THE

POLICE AND

MILITARY ARE

NOT ONLY

PATROLLING THE STREETS,

THERE ARE FORCES IN THE

WATER AND THE

SKIES.

> THE U.S.

IS STOPPING

THE NATION TO ARMING THE

KURDS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST

ISIS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NOT

LET U.S. ALLIES IN THE

GULF SHIP HEAVY ARMS TO

THE KURDISH FIGHTERS.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

REQUIRES ALL ARMS TO GO

THROUGH THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD.

THOSE WEAPONS GO TO THE

IRAQI ARMY, WHICH HAS BEEN

DRIVEN BACK BY ISIS,

ABANDONING WEAPONS TO THE

JIHAD ARMY.

THE PESHMERGA HAS

SUCCESSFULLY

DEFENDED ITS

TERRITORY FROM ISIS

INVADERS.

> ANOTHER DEMOCRAT IS

MAKING THE RUN FOR THE

WHITE.

FORMER GOVERNOR JIM WEBB

SAYS HE WILL JOIN THE

CANDIDATES.

HE IS A VIETNAM WAR

VETERAN AND A FORMER

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

> THE JOBLESS RATE HAS

FALLEN AGAIN, DOWN TO

5.3%.

NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE

GOOD NEWS, BUT THE RATE IS

DROPPING MAINLY BECAUSE

MORE AND MORE AMERICANS

HAVE COMPLETELY GIVEN UP

ON TRYING TO FIND A JOB.

AND THE PROPORTION OF

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK

SHRUNK AS WELL, FLIPPING

TO A 38-YEAR LOW.

IT ALL SUGGESTS RISING

DISCOURAGEMENT ABOUT THE

ECONOMY.

> FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS

UNDER FIRE AT THE STATE

LEVEL.

AFTER

THE SUPREME

COURT

RULING

LEGALIZING SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE.

FOUR

COUPLES ARE

SUING A

KENTUCKY CLERK, WHO IS

REFUSING TO

ISSUE

ANY

MARRIAGE LICENSES

BECAUSE

HER CHRISTIAN BELIEFS KEEP

HER FROM SUPPORTING GAY

MARRIAGE.

IN TEXAS, A JUDGE IS

FACING A LAWSUIT FOR

DECLINING A SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

IF SHE DOES NOT ISSUE A

LICENSE IMMEDIATELY, WE

WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE

SUIT.

Efrem: REPUBLICANS

ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO

REINFORCE PR PROTECTION FOR

CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS

PROGRAM.

> THE TWIN ENGINE CESSNA

SUFFERED A BLOWN ENGINE IN

MID-AIR.

THE EXPERIENCE HAS TAKEN

THEIR FAITH TO NEW

HEIGHTS.

Reporter: BISHOP TIM

BROWN OF MT. LEBANON

BAPTIST CHURCH KNOWS WHAT

IT IS LIKE TO BUILD A

MINISTRY.

WHEN HE BECAME PASTOR IN

1990, THE CHURCH, KNOWN AS

THE MOUNT, HAD JUST 75

MEMBERS.

I WOULD COME TO BIBLE

STUDY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

AND IT WOULD BE THREE

PEOPLE.

Reporter: SINCE THOSE

EARLY DAYS, THE CHURCH HAS

GROWN TO MORE THAN 9,000,

WITH LOCATIONS IN BOTH

NORTH CAROLINA AND

VIRGINIA.

BROWN AND HIS WIFE,

VALERIE, SAY TRUSTING IN

THE PROMISES OF GOD KEPT

HIM GOING WHEN TIMES WERE

TOUGH.

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ALL

GLORY TO GOD.

Reporter: LITTLE DID

BISHOP BROWN AND HIS WIFE

KNOW THAT THEIR FAITH

WOULD SOON BE PUT TO A

TEST IN A WAY THEY NEVER

COULD HAVE MATC IMAGINED.

ON MAY 29th, THE

COUPLE'S SON,

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND

3-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON,

BOARDED A PLANE.

THEY SAW SMOKE COMING FROM

THE LEFT WING OF THE

PLANE, AND THE PROPELLER

STOPPED.

WE FELT THE BUMP AND

HEARD THE BOOM.

Reporter: ONE OF THE

PLANE'S ENGINES THAT BLOWN

MID-FLIGHT.

VALERIE MANAGED TO SEND

HER HUSBAND A TEXT MESSAGE

ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING,

AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO

PRAY.

BROWN, WHO WAS DRIVING

WHEN THE TEXT CAME

THROUGH, PULLED OVER.

FOR A SPLIT SECOND, I

JUST GOT THIS VISUAL OF

FIVE CASKETS AT THE ALTER.

MY PRAYER WAS, LORD,

THAT'S MY FAMILY.

GUIDE THE PILOT AND THE

PLANE.

ANGELS, TAKE CARE OF MY

FAMILY.

GOD, THIS IS MY FAMILY.

Reporter: THE PILOT

INFORMED THE FAMILY HE

WOULD ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO

THE AIRPORT AND LAND THE

PLANE.

STILL PRAYING, VALERIE AND

HER FAMILY HELD ON TO

HOPE.

YET FOR A SPLIT SECOND,

SHE, TOO, THOUGHT IT MIGHT

BE THE END.

I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, I

CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE

COULD POTENTIALLY GO DOWN

OR IT COULD EXPLODE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT

TOOK ME INTO MY PRAYER

MOMENT.

AND IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT

THAT I FELT THAT PEACE

THAT I PRAYED FOR.

Reporter: THE PLANE

WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SAFELY

LAND AT THE SAME AIRPORT

IT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM.

SHAKEN UP, BUT NO ONE

HURT.

BROWN MET UP WITH HIS

FAMILY AT THE AIRPORT,

WHERE THEY SHARED HUGS AND

TEARS OF JOY.

I SAID, WELL, LET'S GO

HOME AND GET IN THE LIVING

ROOM AND GET ON OUR KNEES

AS A FAMILY, AND JUST

THANK GOD FOR THE MIRACLE

OF THIS DAY.

Reporter: THANKS ALSO

SHARED BY THE PILOT, WHO

WAS ALSO GLAD TO BE PART

OF THE MIRACLE AFTER 40

YEARS OF FLYING.

HE SAID IT WAS LIKE

ANGELS WERE JUST HOLDING

THE PLANE UP.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

VALERIE SAYS SHE IS

GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S

SOVEREIGN FAITH, AND

ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO LIVE

A LIFE OF FAITH.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE

PREPARED SO AT MOMENTS

LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE

TO RUN TO THE ALTER.

LIVE IN THE MOMENT AS IF

IT COULD BE YOUR LAST

MOMENT.

Reporter: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH THE REST OF

TODAY'S "700 CLUB" RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Gordon: SEX

TRAFFICKING IS A

MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR

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: SONAGOTCHI

IS THE LARGEST SEX

DISTRICT IN CALCUTTA,

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

OPTIONS.

THIS IMAGES OF STORIES

CHANGED THE LIVES OF

NATASHA AND LIVINIAN IN

2009.

SOME GIRLS WOULD COME

TO THIS AREA IN THE

AFTERNOONS, AND I WOULD

SEE THEY WOULDN'T BE

ABUSED IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE TEACHED THEM HOW TO

KIND OF SEW, AND THOUGHT

THEM VERY BASIC SKILLS.

AND FROM THERE WE HAD THE

IDEA TO SET UP THE

BUSINESS.

WE LOVE FASHION, WE

LOVE DRESS AND DRESSING

UP.

SO IT IS AMAZING TO HELP

TEACH WOMEN SKILLS THAT

WOULD MAKE THEM

EMPLOYABLE, OR TO HELP

THEM LIVE A SORT OF

SUSTAINABLE LIFE.

I THINK AS TWO GIRLS, WE

THOUGHT, LET'S GO INTO

FASHION.

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,

DUTCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE OF

THEY 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 SORT OF FIRST

STARTED THE COMPANY, THE

VISION WAS TO HAVE THE

WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE

WHOLE OF THE PRODUCTION.

AS WE SORT OF HAVE GROWN,

WE REALIZED THAT WAS

POSSIBLE GIVEN THE SKILL

SET.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF A GIRL

TRAFFICKED IS 13, AND

THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF

HEALING THAT HAS TO GO ON.

SO WE DECIDED TO PARTNER

WITH COMPANIES AND

BUSINESSES WHO ARE WORKING

WITH THE WOMEN.

Reporter: THE

ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS

"FREE SET," WORKS TO HELP

INDIAN WOMEN ESCAPE THE

SEX TRADE.

THEY TEACH SKILLS AND

EMPOWERMENT AS WELL.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Reporter: THEY

PARTNER WITH "FREE SET."

COSTUMERS CAN PURCHASE

BUEHLA CANVAS BAGS

PRODUCED BY FORMER

TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.

AND THEY HAVE ALSO STARTED

THE BUEHLA TRUST, WHICH

PROVIDES MONEY FOR WOMEN

TO LEARN SKILLS, LIKE

EMBROIDERY.

NEXT SEASON, WE'LL HAVE

THE EMBROIDERY, AND THEN

EVERY SINGLE PIECE WILL

HAVE THE STORY.

Reporter: THE

EMBROIDERY WILL BE THE

BUEHLA LOGO, TWO BEES IN

THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY.

THE BUTTERFLY IS THE

IDEA OF ONE SMALL THING

HAPPENING HAVING A LARGE

EFFECT.

IT RELATES BACK TO BUEHLA

AND WHAT BUEHLA STANDS@ @

FOR, AND IN BIBLE, IT IS

COMING OUT OF THE PLACE OF

DARKNESS INTO FREEDOM.

Reporter: THE WOMEN

WHO ORIGINALLY INSPIRED

THESE BEAUTIFUL DRESSES

CONTINUE TO BE AT THE

HEART OF EVERY DESIGN.

EVERY THEME RELATES TO

THE CHARITY SIDE.

Reporter: LA LAST

SEASON'S DESIGN WAS A

PIECE OF JAPANESE POTTERY.

THE IDEA THAT THE PIECE

IS MORE BEAUTIFUL FROM

HAVING BEEN BROKEN.

SO WITHIN THE COLLECTION,

WE HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL

KIND OF PRINTS.

Reporter: ONE DAY

EACH BUEHLA LONDON PIECE

WILL CARRY THE TOUCH OF A

WOMAN THEY'RE WORKING TO

SAVE.

UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN BE

SURE THAT EVERY PURCHASE

STILL MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

IF SOMEONE BUYS OUR

BRAND, IT IS HELPING US AS

A BRAND GROW.

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.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT BUEHLA LONDON AND

"FREE SET" BUT JUST 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 IN AN UPWARD GLIDE

PATH.

I SAW A WHITE PORTAL IN

THE DISTANCE, AND I FELT A

PEACE EMANATING FROM IT.

I WAS HEADING TOWARDS

THERE.

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 FIR TIM FIRST TIME YOU OPEN

YOUR PARACHUTE, IT IS

PRETTY AMAZING.

YOU'RE HANGING A HALF MILE

ABOVE THE EARTH.

IT WASN'T ABOUT THE

ADRENALIN; IT WAS ABOUT

THE PLEASURE 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 FOR

A PRACTICE JUMP, THE

PLANE'S ENGINE STALLED,

HURTLING MICKEY AND HIS

COMPANIONS TO THE GROUND

AT OVER 100 MILES PER

HOUR.

THE ENGINE JUST QUIT.

THERE WAS NO HOPE.

YOU HAD SECONDS.

Reporter: THE PLANE

HIT THE GROUND AND

CARTWHEELED TO A STOP.

MY LEG WAS STICKING

OUT, AND SOMETHING HAD A

HOLD OF MY EQUIPMENT, AND

I WAS TRAPPED AND SOAKED

WITH AIRPLANE GASOLINE AND

ON TRAPPED.

Reporter: IN SEVERE

PAIN AND LOSING

CONSCIOUSNESS, MICKEY

ASKED GOD FOR HELP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

MY LIFE, A MAN WHO WAS

TOTALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT,

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY

LIFE I CALLED OUT TO A GOD

I DIDN'T KNOW AND NEVER

SERVED.

I SAID, GOD, PLEASE HELP

ME.

I'M SORRY.

GIVE ME OTHER CHANCE.

Reporter: AT THE

HOSPITAL, IT WAS EVIDENT

TO THE DOCTORS THAT HIS

CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WERE

NOT GOOD.

THEY THOUGHT I WOULD

DIE OF SHOCK.

I HAD BURNS OVER MY ENTIRE

BODY.

MY ORGANS WERE SHUTTING

DOWN.

I HAD SEPSIS, WHICH IS AN

INTERIOR INFECTION.

MY BODY THA WAS FIGHTING A

BATTLE THAT IN THE NATURAL

THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD

WIN.

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 EJECTED

AND TRANSPORTED.

I WAS THRUST INTO A

SPIRITUAL DIMENSION.

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 SAW A WHITE PORTAL IN

THE DISTANCE AND I FELT A

PEACE EMANATING FROM IT.

SO I WAS HEADING TOWARDS

THERE.

AND THEN I FELT A PRESSURE

ON MY RIGHT SIDE.

JUST AS I WAS ABOUT THERE,

I LOOKED INTO SOMETHING

THAT I COULD DESCRIBE AS

AN ABYSS THAT WAS BLACK

KEERTHAN BLACK.

THIS THING, THE MORE I

LOOKED AT IT, I WAS ALMOST

AT THE WHITE PORTAL, AND

IT WAS ECLIPSING IT.

AND I CRIED OUT THE SAME

CLUMSY THING I SAID IN THE

AMBULANCE AND IN THE

EMERGENCY ROOM.

I SAID, NO, GOD, I'M

SORRY.

I WANT TO LIVE AND BE

ALIVE.

AS THOSE WORDS GUST OUT, 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 KNEW OR COULD IMAGINE

ABOUT THE MOST GREAT

THINGS IN THE WORLD.

IT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND

ANYTHING I COULD IMAGINE.

THE LOVE OF GOD IS JUST SO

PURE.

IT IS SO PERFECT.

IT IS SO INCREDIBLE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY CREATURES

OR ANGELS, OR ANY PEARLIE

GATES.

I SAW THE GLORY OF GOD,

THE RADIANCE OF GOD, AND

THE UNDILUTED LOVE OF GOD

WAS BEING POURED INTO ME.

THERE WAS NOTHING NEGATIVE

ALLOWED IN THE PRESENCE OF

GOD, SO I WAS PURE AND

INNOCENCE.

IT IS SO INCREDIBLE.

THE ECSTASY, THE BLISS,

THE JOY, ALL OF THE STUFF

WE'VE READ ABOUT IT, WHEN

YOU'VE REALLY EXPERIENCED

IT, 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

SANK INTO MY BODY.

AND I WAS SO FULL OF LIFE

AND LOVE.

AND AROUND THE BED 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.

AND I HAD A SILLY GRIN.

I WAS FULL OF JOY.

I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE

ALIVE.

I HAD THIS LOVE 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 NERVE DAMAGE IN HIS

LEGS.

BUT THE NERVES

REGENERATED, AND AFTER

FIVE YEARS OF BLINDNESS IN

HIS RIGHT EYE, HIS SIGHT

WAS RESTORED.

PART OF THE ABILITY OF

GOD IS HIS ABILITY TO

RESTORE.

ANY MAN OF RESTORATION, WE

NEED TO THANK GOD FOR IT.

AND TO THINK OF THIS HUGE

AMOUNT OF RESTORATION I'VE

HAD, I NEED TO BE GRATEFUL

EVERY DAY.

Reporter: HE WROTE A

BOOK CALLING "FALLING INTO

HEAVEN."

HE SAYS UF AL OF ALL OF THE

MIRACLES HE HAS

EXPERIENCED IN HIS LIFE,

IT IS GOD'S LOVE THAT HAS

MEANT THE MOST.

I'M BLOWN AWAY THAT GOD

LOVES ME.

GOD TOOK A MESS AND MADE A

MASTERPIECE OUT OF IT.

Reporter: MICKEY HAS

TRAVELLED THE WORLD

PROCLAIMING THE LOVE OF

GOD AND THE HEALING POWER

OF GOD HE HAS EXPERIENCED

DURING HIS SECOND CHANCE

ON EARTH.

THERE IS ONLY ONE PATH

TO GOD.

JESUS SAYS, I AM THE

TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

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 CAN DO THIS

BUT JESUS CHRIST.

Gordon: NO ONE ELSE

CAN DO IT BUT 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 SAYS GOD

IS LOVE.

HE SAYS GOD IS LIGHT.

IN HIM THERE IS NO

DARKNESS.

THERE IS NO DOUBT.

THERE IS NO IN BELIEF.

THERE IS NO NEGATIVE.

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 YOUR

MASTERPIECE.

THE PLAN, THE PURPOSE THAT

YOU HAVE FOR ME, THAT'S

WHAT I WANT.

AND IF YOU PRAY 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, 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 HAD 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 KNOWS 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 WITH YOUR

MOUTH, 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?

WHAT ARE THE PILLARS OF

THE FAITH?

IT IS ALL FREE.

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, AND

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.

FIRST, A HOLOCAUST

SURVIVOR TELLS HOW HE WAS

HIDDEN IN A BAG TO ESCAPE

THE NAZIS.

WE HAVE HIS HORROWING

STORY STILL TO COME.

THANKS FOR JOINING US

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

LAWYERS FOR BIBI SAY SHE

IS ON THE VERGE OF DEATH,

SHE IS A 43-YEAR-OLD

CHRISTIAN MOTHER BEING

HELD IN A PAKISTAN PRISON

BECAUSE OF HER CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

SHE HAS INTERNAL BLEEDING,

ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND IS

VOMITING BLOOD.

HER ATTORNEYS SAY IF SHE

DOESN'T GET MEDICAL CASEY

SHE COULD SOON DIE.

BIBI IS SERVING A LIFE

SENTENCE, ACCUSED OF

BLASPHEMYING MUHAMMAD.

HER SUPPORTERS ARE

REQUESTING PRAYER ON HER

BEHALF.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

CONTINUES RELIEF IN AREAS

AFFECTED BY A DEVASTATING

EARTHQUAKE EARLIER THIS

YEAR.

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

PROVIDING COMMUNITIES WITH

CLEAN DRINKING WATER,

COOKING SUPPLIES,

BLANKETS, MOSQUITO NETS,

AND SHELTER MATERIALS.

AND THEY'RE SENDING A

MEDICAL TEAM EVERY WEEK TO

TREAT THE SICK AND INJURED

IN REMOTE VILLAGES WITHOUT

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT "OPERATION

BLESSING" BY GOING TO ITS

WEBSITE, ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Gordon: EFREM

BRONSTEIN HAS VIVID

MEMORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS JUST A

SMALL CHILD AT THE TIME.

TODAY EFREM LIVES IN

ISRAEL, WHERE HE RECEIVES

ONGOING HELP, THANKS TO

PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

Reporter: EFREM

BRONSTEIN WAS ONLY

1-YEAR-OLD WHEN THE

HOLOCAUST BEGAN.

HE DOESN'T REMEMBER MUCH

ABOUT IT, BUT HISr

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

ROROTTEN BEETS.

SOMETIMES THE GERMANS

FORCED ME TO CLEAN THE

STREET.

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

BITTER COLD.

LACK OF FOOD AND WARMTH

MET HIM SICK AND HE NEVER

RECOVERED.

I HAVE HYPERTENSION, I

HAVE DIABETES, AND I HAVE

HEART PROBLEMS.

Reporter: TODAY,

LIVING IN ISRAEL, HIS LIFE

IS STILL DIFFICULT.

EFREM LIVES IN POVERTY,

LIKE MANY HOLOCAUST

SURVIVORS.

SO CBN ISRAEL GIVES HIM

FOOD BASKETS EACH MONTH.

HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE

FOOD EVERY MONTH AND

ENJOYS THE TIME WITH THE

VOLUNTEERS.

I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE

VISIT FORMER GHETTO

PROPOSITIOPRISONERS LIKE ME.

WE ARE LONELY.

Reporter: EFREM'S

STOVE WAS BROKEN AND HE

COULDN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT.

SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE

STORE AND BOUGHT HIM A NEW

STOVE.

AND WE BOUGHT 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 "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?

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, NOTHING TO MAIL IN.

WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE

PROCESSING, WEL WE IS SEND

"POWER FOR LIFE" MONTHLY

TEACHING C.D.s.

IF YOU HAVE A HEART FOR

ISRAEL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL

FUND CALLED "CBN ISRAEL."

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA,

23463.

AND YOU CAN DESIGNATE 100%

OF YOUR GIFT TO CBN ISRAEL

TO HELP PEOPLE IN ISRAEL,

TO BRING IN NEWS

BROADCASTS FROM ISRAEL,

AND DO WONDERFUL

DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT

ISRAEL.

ALL MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE

PEOPLE GIVE TO THE CBN

ISRAEL FUND.

DDO IT NOW: 1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

WHEN A WOMAN WAKES UP

AFTER SURGERY, HER DOCTOR

TELLS HER SHE HAS BREAST

CANCER.

THEN HE TELLS HER SHE IS

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.

Terry: WHEN MELANIE

FOUND OUT SHE HAD BREAST

CANCER, SHE ALSO FOUND OUT

SHE WAS PREGNANT.

FOR YEARS SHE AND HER

HUSBAND, ROB, HAD

STRUGGLED WITH INFERTILITY

AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR

FIRST BABY.

AND NOW ANOTHER CHILD THEY

HAD LONGED FOR WAS IN

JEOPARDY, JUST LIKE

MELANIE HERSELF.

ROB AND I WERE IN OUR

EARLY 20s WHEN WE

DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE

PREGNANT.

WE WERE BOTH SHOCKED AND

AFRAID.

YOU AUTOMATICALLY START

THINKING, THE FUTURE, WHAT

DOES IT HOLD FOR THE BOTH

OF US.

EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T

SOMETHING WE PLANNED, I

WAS EXCITED.

24 WEEKS, 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.

AND I GAVE BIRTH TO A

VERY TINY BABY GIRL THAT

NIGHT.

ONE POUND, NINE OUNCES.

MEGAN ELYSE.

YOU WANTED TO SCOOP HER

UP AND HOLD HER, AND 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.

AND THEN WE GOT THAT

PHONE CALL.

SHE DEVELOPED AN

INFECTION.

SHE WAS GREY AND VERY

FRAIL.

YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS

FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.

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

THAT I WOULD HOLD MY BABY.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO

KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER.

WE WEREN'T PREPARED.

I JUST THOUGHT, IF I

COULD GET PREGNANT AGAIN,

THEN 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 I WASN'T

OVULATING.

WE TRIED PRETTY MUCH

ANYTHING 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 IN MY HIPS EVERY MONTH.

I TOOK MY TEMPERATURE

EVERY DAY TO SEE WHERE MY

BODY WAS IN ITS CYCLE.

AND 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.

I PROMISE WE'LL BE GOD

PARENTS.

MY MOM WOULD SAY,

MELANIE, YOU'RE GOING TO

BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY

ELSE THAT DAY.

AND I WOULD CRY AND SAY, I

DON'T CARE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT

PERSON.

I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO

TAKES MY BABY HOME.

THEN I MET MY NIECE ON

FEBRUARY 18th, 1994.

IT WAS HARD, REALLY HARD

TO LOOK AT HER, BUT SHE

WAS AN ANGEL.

AND I TOLD THE LORD, I

WANT TO PRAISE YOU, EVEN

WHEN MY CIRCUMSTANCES

DON'T.

A YEAR LATER WE FOUND OUT

I WAS EXPECTING.

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.

AND I BEGAN TO PRAY, LORD,

I TRUST YOU.

IF I NEVER GET PREGNANT

AGAIN, I TRUST THAT YOU

KNOW SOMETHING THAT 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

AND I DON'T TRUST HIM

ENOUGH TO SEE IT THROUGH.

I HAD A MASTECTOMY, AND I

STARTED TAKING TREATMENTS.

SHE IS JUST FEELING

HORRIBLE.

AND THEN I HAVE MY SON.

AND I'D HAVE EXPLAIN TO

HIM WHAT HIS MOM WAS GOING

THROUGH.

SORRY.

THE YEAR THAT I HAD

CANCER WAS ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL TIMES OF MY

LIFE.

AND IT'S 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.

THE BABY WAS A LITTLE

SMALL.

WE WERE TOLD THAT

PREMATURE DELIVERY WAS A

RISK WITH CHEMOTHERAPY.

JUST GIVE ME A HEALTHY

BABY, 10 FINGERS AND 10

TOES, THAT'S ALL I WANT.

SEPTEMBER 20th, IT

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 GOD WORKS FOR

GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE

HIM AND ARE CALLED FOR HIS

PURPOSE.

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 I THINK ABOUT THE

SCRIPTURE AND I LOOK AT IT

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT GOD

TAKES ALL OF THE HURT AND

DISAPPOINTMENTS AND PAIN

AND EVEN OUR SIN, AND HE

TURNS IT INTO SOMETHING

BEAUTIFUL.

Terry: HE HAS AN

AMAZING PLAN FOR YOU, TOO.

I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OF

YOU WHO WAIT FOR TIME OF

PRAYER ON THIS PROGRAM.

AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR

YOU NOW.

AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE

YOUR FAITH.

IF THAT DIDN'T ENCOURAGE

YOU ENOUGH, HERE IS

ANOTHER STORY I'D LIKE TO

SHARE WITH YOU.

ROSANNA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

C.O.P.D., COULD HARDLY

BREATHE OR SLEEP.

DOCTORS PRESCRIBED

MEDICATION, BUT NOTHING

REALLY WORKED.

SHE TURNED ON "THE 700

CLUB," AND SHE HEARD YOU

SAY, THERE IS SOMEBODY,

YOU'VE GOT BURNING IN YOUR

LUNGS.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR

YOU TO BREATHE.

AND THERE IS CO CONSTRICTED

BREATHING ALMOST ON A

CONTINUAL BASIS.

GOD IS RESTORING YOU RIGHT

NOW.

TAKE IN A DEEP BREATH.

REALIZE YOU'RE FREE.

IT IS NEVER GOING TO COME

BAB.

BACK.

YOU'RE SET FREE NOW.

AND YOU'RE HEALED NOW.

SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO

BREATHE EVER SINCE, WITH

NO INHALER, AND SHE IS

PRAISING GOD FOR THAT

MIRACLE.

Gordon: THAT IS A

MIRACLE.

DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU

C.O.P.D. CAN'T BE CURED.

THERE IS NOTHING MEDICALLY

THEY CAN DO.

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.

WILLIAM FROM 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

SEVEN MONTHS WITHOUT

LET-UP.

HE WAS WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB," AND HE HEARD TERRY

GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:

"YOU HAVE A BURNING SKIN

CONDITION.

I DON'T THINK IT IS FROM A

BURN, BUT IT IS SOMETHING

THAT CAUSES YOUR SKIN TO

FEEL LIKE IT IS BURNING.

GOD IS HEALING YOUR

TISSUE.

IT IS ALL BEING HEALED AND

MADE WHOLE."

WILLIAM CLAIMED THE WORD,

AND WHEN HE AWOKE THE NEXT

MORNING, THE RASH WAS

TOTALLY GONE.

THAT IS 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 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, DID THEY CAUSE

THIS?

IF THAT IS SO, WHERE IS

THE JUSTICE IN IT 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 THAT

WAY, THAT WHATEVER

STRUGGLE YOU'RE GOING

THROUGH, WHATEVER PROBLEM,

START THINKING THIS THAT

THIS HAPPENED THAT THE

GLORY OF THE LORD WOULD BE

REVEALED.

THIS HAPPENED 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 BELIEVE

THAT GOD'S WILL WOULD BE

DONE IN YOUR BODY RIGHT

NOW.

AND 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 THAT

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 YOUR 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 THE SIZE OF LIKE A

LARGE GRAPE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

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.

THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE, YOU

HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR

BACK.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO

STAND UP STRAIGHT.

A LOT OF PAIN IN THE LOWER

BACK.

LIFT UP NOW FROM THAT.

GOD IS SETTING YOU FREE

FROM THAT.

Gordon: THERE IS

SOMEONE WITH AN INFECTION

IN THE FLUID AND THE

MEMBRANE OF YOUR BRAIN,

AND IT IS ORIGINATED IN

YOUR SPINAL CORD.

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

VERTEBRA 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.

LIKE IT'S NEVER 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."

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