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.
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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:
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> 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.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE,
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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."