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The 700 Club - January 1, 2016

A skydiver has a vision of the afterlife following a fiery plane crash. Plus, an infertile couple face cancer in the midst of a miraculous pregnancy. Read Transcript


THE MOTOR JUST QUIT.

TRAPPED IN A BURNING

FLAME.

AND HURTLING TOWARDS THE

GROUND, A SKYDIVER WITH

SECONDS TO LIVE.

I COULD FEEL LIFE JUST

LEAKING OUT OF ME.

Wendy: GETS A GLIMPSE

OF ETERNITY.

OH, 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

NEWSDESK.

Efrem: GORDON,

MILLIONS IN THE U.S. AND

AROUND THE WORLD WELCOMED

THE NEW YEAR WITH HIGH

HOPES.

CROWDS PACKED NEW YORK'S

TIMES SQUARE FOR THE

ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S

CELEBRATION.

THERE WAS TIGHTER THAN

EVER SECURITY.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THE

STORY.

Charlene: FROM SYDNEY

HARBOR TO MOSCOW, 2016

CAME IN WITH A BANG.

IN NEW YORK, MORE THAN A

MILLION PEOPLE RANG IN THE

NEW YEAR AT TIMES SQUARE.

THE CROWDS WERE PROTECTED

BY AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER

OF POLICE OFFICERS, SOME

IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, MANY

HEAVILY ARMED.

AS WELL AS RIGID SECURITY

SCREENINGS.

AS THE CLOCK STRUCK

MIDNIGHT, CHEERS ERUPTED

AS FIREWORKS SHOT INTO THE

SKY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

WITH POLICE ON HEIGHTENED

ALERT IN TIMES SQUARE AND

ELSEWHERE AROUND THE

NATION, THE F.B.I.

ANNOUNCED A TERROR ARREST.

IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

THIS MAN ALLEGEDLY PLANNED

TO KILL INNOCENT CIVILIANS

ON SNOW FLURRIE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE

NAME OF ISIS.

THREATS OF TERROR HAVE

BEEN REPORTED IN OTHER

PARTS OF THE WORLD AS

WELL.

IN DUE BY, DIABIN DUBAI, A MASSIVE HOTEL

WENT UP IN FLAMES.

AND IN MUNICH, GERMANY,

POLICE EVACUATED TWO TRAIN

STATIONS BECAUSE OF A

POTENTIAL ISIS THREAT.

IN PARIS AND BRUSSELS, NO

FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY

BECAUSE OF THREATS OF

TERROR THERE.

BACK IN THE U.S., SOME

700,000 PEOPLE ARE

EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE

ANNUAL ROSE PARADE TODAY.

AND PASADENA POLICE ARE

OUT IN FULL FORCE.

DON'T DO SOMETHING

ILLEGAL.

CHANCES ARE YOU'LL BE

STANDING NEXT TO AN

UNDERCOVER OFFICER.

Charlene: PERHAPS ONE

REASON WHY MANY SAY THEY

UNDETERRED ABOUT POTENTIAL

THREATS.

WE'VE BEEN AT 48

CONSECUTIVE PARADES.

WE REALLY ENJOY IT.

Charlene: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: A REGENT

UNIVERSITY DEAN IS GIVING

THANKS TO GOD FOR SPARING

22 MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY

FROM A DEADLY TORNADO THAT

HIT TEXAS LAST WEEKEND.

DR. MITCH LAND IS DEAN OF

THE SCHOOL OF ADMISSIONS

AND THE ARTS.

HE WAS IN TEXAS FOR THE

HOLIDAYS, CELEBRATING WITH

HIS MOTHER, CHILDREN, AND

GRANDCHILDREN.

WHILE HE WAS AT THE

AIRPORT TO PICK UP

RELATIVES, A TORNADO HIT

HIS HOME.

HE TELLS CBN NEWS WHAT

HAPPENED.

THEY ALL GOT IN THIS

HALLWAY THAT WAS MAYBE A

FOUR BY 15 SPACE.

ALL 22 OF THEM CRAMMED

INTO THAT SPACE THAT WAS

ACTUALLY BETWEEN THE

KITCHEN AND THE GARAGE.

AND THEY CRAMMED IN THERE.

AND MY SON-IN-LAW HOVERED

OVER MY 83-YEAR-OLD

MOTHER, HIS GRANDMOTHER,

AND TRIED TO SHELTER ONE

OF HIS CHILDREN -- ONE OF

HIS SIX CHILDREN THERE --

AND DOORS WERE TRYING TO

FLY OPEN THAT LED TO THE

GARAGE -- THERE WERE TWO

GARAGES -- AND SO THE

OLDER GRANDCHILDREN HELD

ON FOR DEAR LIFE ON TO

THOSE DOORS.

AND ONE OF THEM ALMOST GOT

SUCKED OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AND HAD ANY OF THOSE KIDS

NOT BEEN IN THAT SPACE,

THEY MIGHT EASILY HAVE

BEEN TAKEN.

Efrem: WE'LL HAVE

MORE ON THIS STORY ON

MONDAY'S "700 CLUB."

YOU CAN HEAR THE FULL

INTERVIEW WITH DR. LAND ON

OUR WEBSITE, cbn.com.CBN

IS O.CBN IS ON THE GROUND

HELPING MANY OF THE

VICTIMS OF THE TORNADO.

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP

BY GOING TO ob.org.

> THREE OF THE TOP

MEMBERS OF BEN CARSON'S

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS

RESIGNED.

THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER,

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR,

AND DEPUTY CAMPAIGN

MANAGER ALL STEPPED DOWN

THURSDAY AFTER DISAGREEING

OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE

CAMPAIGN, WHICH FACES

LOWER POLL NUMBERS.

RETIRED ARMY DECE WILL

TAKE OVER AS CHAIRMAN.

> 70 YEARS AGO, THE

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

PREVENTED THOUSANDS OF

JEWS FROM REACHING THEIR

BIBLICAL HOMELAND.

AS WE SAW EARLIER THIS

YEAR, THESE DAYS BRITISH

CHRISTIANS ARE LOOKING TO

APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND

MAKE AMENDS.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

YOU'RE LATE.

I'M TRYING TO SAVE A

JEWISH CHILD.

LADY, YOU'RE 10 YEARS

LATER.

ALMOST TWO MILLION JEWISH

CHILDREN WERE KILLED.

Reporter: THIS FILM

DEPICTS THE EVENTS THAT

HAPPENED AROUND WORLD WAR

II.

THE BRITISH PARTY TURNED

AWAY THOUSANDS OF JEWS

ESCAPINGEUR.

HIFA PORT WAS KNOWN AS THE

DOCK OF JEWS.

THE BRITISH PREVENTED FROM

MORE THAN 90 SHIPS FROM

DOCKING THERE.

THEY WERE CARRYING TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF JEWS FLEEING

EUROPE, TRYING TO RETURN

TO THEIR BIBLICAL

HOMELAND.

I'M HERE TO COMMEMORATE

THOSE JEWS WHO SUFFERED OR

DIED AS A RESULT OF THE

SHAMEFUL POLICIES OF THE

BRITISH GOVERNMENT OF THE

DAY.

WE TURNED THEM AWAY AND

PUT THEM IN CAMPS IN

CYPRUS, AND EVEN SOME OF

THEM WERE RETURNED TO

DEPORTATION CAMPS IN

GERMANY.

AND OTHERS, WHO WEREN'T

TURNED AWAY FROM THEIR

LAND, WERE ACTUALLY@:

INCARCERATED IN THIS

DETENTION

CAMP.

Chris: THE BRITISH

BASICALLY LOCKED UP

THOUSANDS OF JEWISH

REFUGEES.

THEY

SPRAYED THE NEWCOMERS

WITH PESTICIDE, SENT THEM

TO THE SHOWERS, AND

SEPARATED THE MEN FROM THE

WOMEN.

IT IS A PART OF HISTORY

OFTEN LOST BETWEEN WORLD

WAR II AND THE FOUNDING OF

THE JEWISH STATE.

BUT RO ROSIE ROSS AND OTHERS

DIDN'T FORGET.

IT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART

FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE

FEED FONEED FOR THE BRITISH

PEOPLE TO REPENT.

Chris: SHE BEGAN THE

GROUP, "REPAIRING THE

BREACH."

SOME 200 PARTICIPANTS,

INCLUDING BRITISH

CHRISTIANS AND JEWISH

VICTIMS OF THAT TIME CAME

TOGETHER.

FIRST IN THE HIFA FORT, PORT,

AND THEN AT THE DETENTION

CAMP.

AS WE HAVE TAKEN UP

CONFESSIONS AND PRAYERS

WITH DEEP SORROW FOR OUR

NATION'S RENEGING ON THE

BALFOUR DECLARATION, AND

TURNING OUR BACK ON THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

WE KNOW THAT THE PAST

CANNOT BE CHANGED, BUT IT

CAN BE REDEEMED.

Chris: THE CHRISTIANS

HANDED OUT BIBLES TO MARK

THE INCIDENT WHEN A

BRITISH SHIP COMMANDER

ORDERED THE BURNING OF ALL

BOOKS IN HEBREW AND

YIDDISH, INCLUDING JEWISH

BIBLES.

SURVIVORS HAD MIXED

REACTIONS TO THE BRITISH

APPEAL.

IF I FORGIVE THEM, WILL

IT RAISE

THE DEAD?

THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS,

NONE.

NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN

BRING THEM BACK.

I WANTED TO MEET OTHER

BRITISH PEOPLE, TO HEAR

FROM THEM WHAT THEIR

OPINION ABOUT THE EVENTS

IS, AND NOW I SEE IT IS

NOT ONLY IS IT A MESSAGE,

BUT ALSO ASKING FOR

FORGIVENESS.

IT IS VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT.

I'M VERY GLAD TO BE IN

THIS EVENT.

Chris: KEY NOTE

SPEAKER LORD ISAAC REDDING

SAID THE BRITISH

IMMIGRATION LAWS BREACHED

THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

IT WAS THE TREATY OF

1920, AND THAT

WAS ALL

RATIFIED IN THE TREATY OF

'43.

IT WAS A CONTRACT WHICH

ESSENTIALLY THEIR BRITISH

GOVERNMENT BROKE.

Chris: HE SAID THERE

WERE TWO REASONS.

>REDDING

HOPES THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT ADMITS ITS

MISTAKE IN TIME FOR THE

100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE

BALFOUR DECLARATION IN

2017.

THIS FORMER COMMANDER OF

BRITISH FORCES IN

AFGHANISTAN SAYS THERE IS

ALSO A MESSAGE FOR TODAY.

NOT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL,

BUT TO STAND UP FOR

ISRAEL, SUPPORT ISRAEL, AS

ISRAEL SO OFTEN SUPPORTS

US.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH MORE OF TODAY'S

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.

SONA GATCHI IS THE

LARGEST SEX DISTRICT IN

CALCUTTA, INDIA.

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 ARE STORIES

CHANGED THE LIVES OF THESE

TWO WOMEN BACK IN 2009.

I NOTICED THAT SOME

GIRLS WOULD COME TO THIS

PRODUCTION UNIT IN THE

AFTERNOONS, AND I WOULD

SEE THEY WOULDN'T BE

ABUSED IN THE AFTERNOON BY

THE MEN.

AND WE WOULD TEACH THEM

HOW TO KIND OF SEW AND

TAUGHT THEM VERY BASIC

SKILLS.

IT WAS FROM THAT THAT WE

HAD THE IDEA THEN TO SET

UP THE BUSINESS.

WE LOVE FASHION.

WE LOVE DRESSES.

WE LOVE DRESSING UP.

AND WE REALIZED IT WOULD

BE AMAZING TO HELP TEACH

WOMEN SKILLS THAT WOULD

MAKE THEM EMPLOYABLE, OR

TO HELP THEM TO LIVE A

SORT OF SUSTAINABLE

LIVELIHOOD.

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.

BULA LONDON COSTUMERS COME

IN LOOKING FOR AN OUTFIT

THAT WILL MAKE THEM LOOK

AND FEEL BEAUTIFUL.

THEY LEAVE WITH A PURCHASE

THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERS.

DIFFERENCE.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED

THE COMPANY, WE WANTED TO

HAVE THE WOMEN INVOLVED IN

THE BHOA WHOLE OF THE

PRODUCTION.

BUT WE REALIZED THAT

WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH THEIR

SKILL SET.

THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF

HEALING THAT HAS TO GO ON.

WE DECIDED TO START SMALL

AND PARTNER UP WITH

BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES

THAT WERE WORKING ON THE

GROUND.

Reporter: THE

ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS

"FREE SET," WORKS TO HELP

INDIAN WOMEN ESCAPE THE

SEX TRADE.

THEY TEACH USEFUL SKILLS

AND EMPOWERMENT AS WELL.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Reporter: THEY

PARTNER WITH FREE SET.

AND COSTUMERS CAN PURCHASE

THESE BAGS.

AND THEY STARTED THE

BUEHLA TRUST, WHICH

PROVIDES MONEY FOR WOMEN

TO LEARN SKILLS, LIKE

EMBROIDERY.

NEXT SEASON WE'LL HAVE

THE EMBROIDERY ON EVERY

SINGLE PIECE, AND SO EVERY

SINGLE PIECE HAS A STORY,

AND HAS THE HAND OF THE

WOMAN WHO MADE IT.

Reporter: THE LOGO IS

TWO BEES IN THE SHAPE OF

THE A BUTTERFLY.

THE BUTTERFLY IS THE

IDEA THAT ONE SMALL THING

HAPPENING HAVING A LARGE

EFFECT.

AND THAT RELATES BACK TO

BUEHLA AND WHAT BUEHLA

STANDS FOR IN

THE BIBLE,

COMING OUT OF THE PLACE OF

DARKNESS INTO FREEDOM.

Reporter: THE WOMEN

WHO ORIGINALLY INSPIRED

THESE BEAUTIFUL DRESSES

CONTINUED TO BE AT THE

HEART OF EVERY DESIGN.

EVERY THEME RELATES

SLIGHTLY TO THE CHARITY

SIGN.

Reporter: LAST

SEASON'S DESIGN WAS A TYPE

OF JAPANESE POTTERY.

IT IS A PIECE OF

POTTERY BEING BROKEN AND

THEN PUT BACK TOGETHER

WITH GOLD.

SO THE IDEA THAT THE PIECE

IS MORE BEAUTIFUL FOR

HAVING BEEN BROKEN.

SO WE HAVE IN THE

COLLECTION SOME BEAUTIFUL

PRINTS WITH A CRACK IN IT.

Reporter: ONE DAY

EACH BUEHLA LONDON PIECE

WILL CARRY THE WORK OF A

WOMAN WORKING TO BE SAVED.

IF SOMEONE BUYS FROM

US, THAT IS HELPING US AS

A BRAND TO GROW.

Reporter: IT'S 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 INDIANA.

INDIA.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT BUEHLA LONDON AND

"FREE SET" BEE GOIN BY GOING TO

cbnnews.com.

Terry: UP NEXT, A

SKYDIVER TAKES A REAL TRIP

UP TO HEAVEN.

I WAS TRAVELLING ON AN

UPWARD GLIDE PATH, AND I

FELT A PEACE AND I WAS

EMANATING TOWARDS THERE.

Terry: FIND OUT WHAT

HE SAW WHEN HE GOT THERE,

AFTER THIS.

Gordon: AS A

PROFESSIONAL SKYDIVER,

MIKEY ROBINSON 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 SUPER

NATURAL DESTINATION.

THE FIRST TIME YOU OPEN

YOUR PARACHUTE IT'S PRETTY

AMAZING.

IT IS SO PEACEFUL.

YOU ARE HANGING A HALF

MILE ABOVE THE EARTH.

IT WASN'T ABOUT THE

ADRENALIN.

IT WAS ABOUT THE PLEASURE.

IT WAS ABOUT THE PLEASURE

BEING IN FREEFALL, AND

FEELING LIKE YOU COULD

FLY.

Reporter: MICKEY

ROBINSON 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 TOWARDS THE

GROUND.

THE ENGINE JUST QUIT,

AND THERE WAS NO HOPE.

WE HAD SECONDS, AND WE

EJECTED.

Reporter: THE PLANE

HIT THE GROUND AND

CARTWHEELED TO A STOP.

MY LEG WAS STICKING

OUT, AND THERE WAS A HOLE

IN THE FUSELAGE.

AND I WAS TRAPPED AND

SOAKED WITH GASOLINE FROM

HEAD TO TOE.

Reporter: HIS FRIEND

PULLED MICKEY OUT.

IN SEVERE PAIN AND LOSING

CONSCIOUSNESS, MICKEY

ASKED GOD FOR HELP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

MY LIFE, I CALLED OUT TO A

GOD I DIDN'T KNOW AND

NEVER SERVED.

I JUST SAID, GOD, PLEASE

HELP ME.

I'M SORRY.

GIVE ME OTHER CHANCE.

Reporter: AT THE

HOSPITAL, IT WAS QUICKLY

EVIDENT TO THE DOCTORS

THAT HIS CHANCES OF

SURVIVAL WAS NOT GOOD.

THEY DIDN'T THINK I

WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE

NIGHT.

THEY THOUGHT I WOULD DIE

OF SHOCK.

I HAD HEAD TRAUMA,

TREMENDOUS BURNS OVER MY

BODY, AND INTERNAL

INJURIES THEY DIDN'T EVEN

REALLY KNOW ABOUT.

I HAD SEPSIS, AND THAT'S

AN INTERIOR INFECTION OVER

THE LINING OF YOUR BODY.

MY BODY WAS FIGHTING A

BATTLE THAT IN THE

NATURAL, THERE WAS NO WAY

I COULD WIN.

I COULD FEEL LIFE LEAKING

OUT OF ME.

I HAD EXPERIENCE AND I HAD

NO GRID FOR THIS AT ALL.

MY INNER BEING, MY SPIRIT

MAN, WENT PERPENDICULAR TO

MY BODY.

AND I ALL OF A SUDDEN 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 WAS ON, LIKE, AN UPWARD

GLIDE PATH.

I SAW A WHITE PORTAL IN

THE DISTANCE AND I FELT A

PEACE EMANATING FROM IT.

AND THEN I FELT A PRESSURE

ON MY RIGHT SIDE.

AND I LOOKED INTO

SOMETHING I CAN ONLY

DESCRIBE AS -- AN ABYSS

THAT WAS BLACKER THAN

BLACK.

THE MORE I LOOKED AT IT,

THE MORE IT CLOSED.

I WAS ALMOST BY THIS WHITE

PORTAL, AND IT WAS

ECLIPSING IT.

AND I CRIED OUT THE SAME

THING I SAID IN THE

AMBULANCE AND IN THE

EMERGENCY ROOM AND ON THE

OPERATING TABLE.

I SAID, NO, GOD, I WANT TO

LIVE.

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, SO PERFECT AND SO

INCREDIBLE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY

CREATURES.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY ANGELS.

I DIDN'T SEE PETER

CHECKING THE I.D.s AT

THE PEARLIE GATES.

BUT THE UNDILUTED LOVE OF

GOD WAS BO BEING POURED INTO

ME.

THERE WAS NOTHING NEGATIVE

ALLOWED IN THE PRESENCE OF

GOD, SO I WAS PURE AND

INNOCENT.

THE ECSTASY AND THE

BLISS -- ALL OF THE STUFF

WE'VE READ ABOUT, WHEN YOU

REALLY EXPERIENCE 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

THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF

GOD AND SANK INTO MY BODY.

AND I WAS SO FULL OF LIFE

AND LOVE.

AND AROUND THE BED THERE

WERE YOU ABOUWERE ABOUT A HALF DOZEN

NURSES AND DOCTORS, AND

THEY JUST SAW ME DIE AND

COME BACK TO LIFE.

THEY WERE SCARED OF WHAT

THEY SAW.

AND WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY

FACE, I HAD A SILLY GRIN.

I WAS FULL 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 NERVE DAMAGE IN HIS

LEGS, BUT THE NERVES

REGENERATED.

AND AFTER FIVE YEARS OF

BLINDNESS IN ONE EYE, HE

RESTORED SIGHT.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS

LOST, HE WAS RESTORING.

YOU REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR

LIFE WHEN IT IS RESTORED.

WE REALLY NEED TO THANK

GOD FOR IT.

AND THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF

RESTORATION I HAVE, I NEED

TO BE GRATEFUL EVERY DAY.

Reporter: HE WROTE A

BOOK DETAILING HIS

EXPERIENCES CALLED

"FALLING FROM HEAVEN."

AND HE SAYS IT IS GOD'S

LOVE THAT MEANT 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 OUT OF IT.

NOT MY MASTERPIECE; HIS.

Reporter: MICKEY HAS

TRAVELLED THE WORLD

PROCLAIMING THE LOVE OF

GOD AND THE HEALING POWER

OF JESUS THAT HE HAS

EXPERIENCED DURING HIS

SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE.

THE BLIND SEE, THE LAME

WALK, THE DEAD ARE RAISED.

I DIDN'T HAVE LEPROSY, BUT

I DID HAVE SKIN PROBLEMS.

AND 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.

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 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 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 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.

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, AND

WHEN I WOULD GET THAT DIP,

IT IS JUST LIKE I WOULD

COMPLETELY FAILED.

TAKES HER 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.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

MORE THAN 16,000 STUDENTS

FROM ACROSS AMERICA

ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S

URBANA MISSION CONFERENCE

IN ST. LOUIS.

THE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT

THE SEVERE PERSECUTION

FACED BY THE CHURCH IN

SOME COUNTRIES.

AND ONE PROFESSOR

CHALLENGED THE STUDENTS TO

SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH

MUSLIMS.

SHE HAS SEEN THE JOY

MUSLIMS EXPERIENCE WHEN

THEY BECOME CHRISTIANS.

THE EVENT IS HELD EVERY

THREE YEARS AND SPONSORED

BY INNER VARSITY CHRISTIAN

FELLOWSHIP.

IT INSPIRES AND GIVES

ADVICE ON OPTIONS FOR

SERVING CHRIST AND

FULFILLING THE GREAT

MISSION.

THE CONFERENCE WRAPPED UP

LAST NIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S

EVE.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS TEACHING ADULTS IN

HAITI HOW TO READ AND

WRITE AFTER EXPANDING A

SCHOOL IN ONE OF THE

POOREST REGIONS IN HAITI.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

STARTED LITERACY CLASSES

FOR PARENTS.

MOSLINE WORKS AS A JANITOR

AT THE SCHOOL AND IS NOW A

STUDENT HERSELF.

THE ADULT CLASSES MEET

FOUR TIMES A WEEK FOR SIX

MONTHS.

THE CLASSES WILL BE

FOLLOWED UP BY A SECOND

CLASS THAT INCLUDES

NUMBERS AND BASIC MATH

SKILLS TO HELP THE ADULTS

IN THEIR BUSINESS EFFORTS.

> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT WHAT "OPERATION

BLESSING" IS DOING AT

ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Gordon: EPHRAIM

BRONSTEIN HAS VIVID

MEMORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.

TODAY HE 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.

AND THEN HIS FATHER WAS

SENT TO WAR 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 IN

THE BACK 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 BEETS.

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

BITTER COLD.

LACK OF FOOD AND WARMTH

MADE EPHRAIM 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.

EPHRAIM LIVES IN POVERTY,

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 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:

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JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

JUST $2 20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS

A DAY.

WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR

PLEDGE EXPRESS, 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, WE CAN SEND

"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY

TEACHING C.D.s.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE,

ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS

WHEN YOU CALL.

IF YOU HAVE A HEART FOR

ISRAEL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL

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THERE IS THE ADDRESS FOR

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BEACH, VIRGINIA, 23463.

AND YOU CAN DESIGNATE 100%

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BROADCASTS FROM ISRAEL,

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PEOPLE GIVE TO THE CBN

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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 NAD 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 STRUGGLED WITH

INFERTILITY AFTER THE

DEATH OF THEIR FIRST BABY,

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.

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.

IN MY HEART, I KNEW 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

I WOULD HOLD MY BABY.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO

KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER.

HOW WAS I GOING TO CONSOLE

HER.

HER?

WE WEREN'T PREPARED.

I 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 PLEATLY 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

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

BE GOOD PARENTS.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

MY MOM USED TO SAY,

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

MELANIE, YOU'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

ELSE ONE DAY.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

AND I WOULD CRY AND SAY, I

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

DON'T CARE.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

PERSON.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

TAKES MY BABY HOME.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

AND THEN I MET MY NIECE ON

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

FEBRUARY 18th, 1994, AND

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

IT WAS HARD.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LOOK

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

AT HER.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

BUT SHE WAS AN ANGEL.

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

AND I TOLD THE LORD, I

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WANT TO PRAISE YOU, EVEN

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO

WHEN MY CIRCUMSTANCES

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?

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

THAT 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, YOU 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 HIM THROUGH?

I HAD A MASTECTOMY AND I

STARTED TAKING TREATMENTS.

SHE IS JUST FEELING

HORRIBLE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE

MY SON.

AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO

HIM...I'M SORRY.

THE YEAR THAT I HAD

CANCER WAS ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL TIMES OF MY

LIFE.

AND HARD TO IMAGINE THAT.

I WAS BALD AND PREGNANT

AND HAD ONE BREAST, BUT

ONCE WE SURRENDEREDED

EVERYTHING TSURRENDEREDEVERYTHING TO THE L

ORD, 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, 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 SAID THAT HAD@"@

I GOTTEN PREGNANT BEFORE I

WAS DIAGNOSED, THEYégéW

PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE

FOUND THE LUMP.

I THINK THAT WAS SO GOD

ORCHESTRATED.

ROMANS 8: 28 TELLS US THAT

IN ALL THINGS, GOD WORKS

FOR THE GOOD TO THOSE WHO

LOVE HIM AND WHO ARE

CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSE.

WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH

THAT, I COULD NOT SEE ANY

GOOD.

I WAS SO HURT AND SO ANGRY

WITH THE LORD.

IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR

ME TO BE MISERABLE THAN IT

WAS TO HONOR GOD.

NOW WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE

SCRIPTURE, ROMANS 8: 28, I

LOOK AT IT COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT GOD

TAKES THE HURTS AND

DISAPPOINTMENTDISAPPOINTMENTS AND PAIN

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.

GORDON, THIS IS ROSANNA,

AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

C.O.P.D., AND COULD HARDLY

BREATHE OR SLEEP.

DOCTORS PRESCRIBED

MEDICATION, BUT NOTHING

REALLY WORLD.

SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING

TO DIE.

SHE TURNED ON THE "700

CLUB," AND SHE HEARD YOU

SAY, YOU'VE GOT BURNING IN

YOUR LUNGS, AND IT IS VERY

DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO

BREATHE, AND THERE IS

CONSTRICTED BREATHING

ALMOST ON A CONTINUAL

BASIS.

GOD IS RESTORING YOU RIGHT

NOW.

YOU JUST FELT THAT GO INTO

YOUR LUNGS.

TAKE IN A DEEP BREATH.

REALIZE YOU'RE FREE.

IT IS NEVER GOING TO COME

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.

BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS

ARE POSSIBLE.

HERE IS OTHER ONE, WILLIAM

FROM WEST COLOMBIA, SOUTH

CAROLINA.

HE HAD A RASH ON HIS FEET.

IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD

BEEN BURNED.

AND 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," AND HE HEARD

TERRY GIVE A WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE: "YOU HAVE A

BURNING SKIN CONDITION.

I DON'T THINK IT'S 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 AWOKE THE NEXT

MORNING, THE RASH WAS

TOTALLY GONE.

THAT IS AMAZING.

GOD WANTS TO WORK

MIRACLES.

NOW, CONSIDER THIS, 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 WOULD 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?

IS 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 IS

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 A

RESULT OF SIN, WHO SINNED?

IS 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?

WAS IT THE SIN OF HIS

PARENTS?

IF SO, WHERE IS THE

JUSTICE IN THAT?

I LOVE THE RESPONSE OF

JESUS.

HE SAID, "NEITHER.

THIS HAPPENED SO THAT THE

GLORY OF THE LORD WILL BE

REVEALED," AND HE HEALED

THE BLINDNESS.

SO START THINKING THAT

WAY, THAT WHATEVER

STRUGGLE YOU'RE GOING

THROUGH, WHATEVER PROBLEM,

START THINKING 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, 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 WILL 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

YOUR LITERALLY WASTING

AWAY, AND 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 JUST -- NOT SMALL

LUMPS.

THEY'RETHEY'RE LIKE THE SIZE OF A

SMALL GRAPE.

WHAT MEDICINE HAS NOT BEEN

ABLE TO DO FOR YOU, THOSE

WILL BEGIN TO MELT AWAY AS

GOD RESTORES YOUR HEALTH

TO YOU.

AND THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE

WHO HAS AN ISSUE WITH YOUR

BACK.

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 IN 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.

SOMEONE ELSE WITH A NECK

INJURY CAUSED BY A

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.

IT'S ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR

YOU TO MOVE.

YOU LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN.

HE IS RESTORING THE

VERTEBRA IN YOUR NECK.

WHAT DOCTORS SAY WILL

NEVER HAPPEN IS HAPPENING

FOR YOU NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO

TURN YOUR NECK, HAVE

COMPLETE MOBILITY IN IT,

LIKE IT HAS 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 GOD 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

ME, O LORD, AND I SHALL BE

HEALED.

SAVE ME AND I SHALL BE

SAVED, FOR YOU ARE MY

PRAISE."

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