Gordon: COMING UP...

HERE HE COMES.

Gordon: A SCARY

SURPRISE.

OH, GOSH, THERE ARE

PROBLEMS.

Gordon: AS A BABY

DEVELOPS WITH A HOLE IN

HIS HEART.

HE SAID THE MOST HUMANE

THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR

SON IS JUST LET HIM PASS.

Gordon: WHY THIS

COUPLE REFUSED TO GIVE UP

HOPE, AND HOW THEY SAVED

THEIR CHILD.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE ASKED

FOR A BETTER OUTCOME.

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

VOTERS IN IOWA AND NEW

HAMPSHIRE HAVE HAD THEIR

SAY IN THE REPUBLICAN

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

UP NEXT IS SOUTH CAROLINA

AND A WEEK FROM TOMORROW

THE PEOPLE THERE WILL GET

THEIR CHANCE.

Wendy: WHAT DO VOTERS

IN THAT STATE THINK?

PAUL STRAND TALKED TO SOME

OF THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE

NEXT PRESIDENT.

Reporter: LEAVE

BEHIND ALL OF THAT IOWA

CORN AND NEW HAMPSHIRE

SHOW.

NOW IT IS TIME TO GO DEEP,

AS IN DEEP SOUTH.

UP TO BAT FIRST, SOUTH

CAROLINA.

THE FIRST IN THE SOUTH

PRIMARY IS QUITE

IMPORTANT, AND THE

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

KNOW IT.

THEY SPENT LOTS OF TIME

TRYING TO SHORE UP VOTES.

OUR PASTOR HAS BEEN

TELLING US, YOU KNOW, THAT

OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES

ARE REALLY IN JEOPARDY.

AND SO ANYBODY THAT WOULD

FIGHT FOR THOSE, I THINK

WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT

PERSON TO HAVE IN THE

WHITE HOUSE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT

NOW.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF

THE TOP ISSUES FACING

AMERICA TODAY.

IF WE LOSE RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM, ALL OF THE OTHER

FREEDOMS THAT WE HOLD DEAR

WILL BE LOST WITH IT.

Reporter: JUDY'S SON,

MARK, IS AS WORRIED AS SHE

IS ABOUT THREATS TO

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

I'M SECOND AMENDMENT.

I'M PRO-LIFE.

I'M ANTI-DEATH, IF YOU

WILL.

SO THOSE ARE SOME VERY

STRONG ISSUES FOR ME.

THE SUPREME COURT, AND

EVEN JUST NATIONAL

SECURITY, IT IS ALL VERY

IMPORTANT TO ME.

Reporter: MILLENNIALS

HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A

LOT VOTER BLOCK IN THIS

STATE, BUT MANY ARE UP IN

THE AIR.

LIKE EMMA AT THIS CARSON

RALLY.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT HE

HAS TO SAY.

IT IS PART OF BEING A

CITIZEN, PART OF THE

COUNTRY.

YOU GET TO HAVE A SAY IN

WHO RUNS IT.

Reporter: MILLENNIALS

ARE FAMOUS FOR HATING THE

ARTIFICIAL.

CHRISTIAN LOVES A

CANDIDATE WHO JUST TELLS

IT STRAIGHT.

IT IS AS A MATTER OF

FACT AND IT WAKES YOU UP.

THAT'S WHAT THESE

MILLENNIALS EXPECT.

WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS

GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH.

Reporter: MARK SELBY

FALLS INTO THAT

CONSERVATIVE CATEGORY, BUT

DOESN'T TALK POLITICS WITH

FRIENDS.

A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE

CONSERVATIVES.

Reporter: BUT HE HAS

HIS DAD, STEVE, WHO'S

CONSERVATIVE POLITICS LEAD

HIM TO LOOK TO A VERY

SPECIFIC CANDIDATE.

ONE WHO WILL TURN

AMERICA, BEFORE IT WAS,

BEFORE THE LAST SEVEN

YEARS TOOK EFFECT.

Reporter: PAUL

STRAND, REPORTING IN

GREENEVILLE.

Gordon: REGARDLESS OF

WHO YOU CHOOSE, PLEASE

CHOOSE.

EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT AS A

CITIZEN TO VOTE.

> ONE LEADING REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE TELLS CHRISTIANS

THAT CHRISTIANS NEED TO

MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AT

THE POLLS.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THAT

STORY.

Charlene: TED CRUZ

SAYS CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS

NEED TO VOTE THEIR

BIBLICAL VALUES, RATHER

THAN ALLOWING

NON-BELIEVERS TO SELECT

OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

CBN NEWS GOT EXCLUSIVE

ACCESS INTO A PRIVATE

MEETING BETWEEN CRUZ AND

SOUTH CAROLINA PASTORS.

HE IS FIGHTING FOR THE

STATE'S EVANGELICAL

VOTERS.

AFTERWARDS, HE SPOKE TO

DAVID BRODY ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF THE

CHRISTIAN VOTE.

FOR FAR TOO LONG

CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN

STAYING HOME, HAVE BEEN

SEEDING THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

WHEN WE WONDER WHY IS IT

THAT THE FIGURE IS WAGING

WAR ON LIFE, WAGING WAR ON

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, IS IT

ANY WONDER WHEN 54 MILLION

CHRISTIANS STAYED AT HOME.

IF WE ALLOW OUR LEADERS TO

BE SELECTED BY

NON-BELIEVERS, WE

SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

WHEN OUR LEADERS DON'T

SHARE OUR VALUES.

I WANT TO ENERGIZE AND

EMPOWER THE GRASSROOTS AND

DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS TO

STAND UP AND VOTE BIBLICAL

VALUES.

Charlene: DONALD

TRUMP AND SENATOR CRUZ ARE

EXPECTED TO COMPETE FOR

THE TOP PRIZE IN SOUTH

CAROLINA'S PRIMARY.

CHECK OUT DAVID'S BLOG,

"THE BRODY FILE", FOR MORE

ON THAT INTERVIEW.

> CRUZ AND FELLOW

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE BEN CARSON TOOK

THE STAGE THURSDAY NIGHT

AT THE CAROLINA VALUES

SUMMIT.

THE EVENT FOCUSES ON MANY

OF THE ISSUES FACING URBAN

ISSUES IN AMERICA.

IT WAS MODERATED BY DAVID

BRODY.

CRUZ FOCUSED MANY OF HIS

REMARKS ON THE THREAT TO

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AND

FAMILY VALUES, LIKE LIFE

AND MARRIAGE.

AND HE EXPRESSED SUPPORT

FOR CHANGES TO NON-VIOLENT

SENTENCING GUIDELINES.

DR. CARSE TOLDR.DR. CARSON TOLD THE STORY

ABOUT MAKING IT OUT OF HIS

TOUGH COMMUNITY.

THE PROGRESSIVES HAVE

TRIED TO CONVINCE THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN THAT THEY

CANNOT GET BY WITHOUT

THEM.

THAT REALLY CREATED A

CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY, AND

IT IS REALLY QUITE SAD.

WE NEED TO INVEST MUCH

MORE TIME IN EARLY

DEVELOPMENT.

WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT

ENCOURAGE FAMILIES BECAUSE

FAMILIES -- A FULL AND

COMPLETE FAMILY IS THE

BEST DEFENSE AGAINST

POVERTY.

Charlene: THE SUMMIT

WAS SPONSORED BY THE

RECONCILE CHURCH MOVEMENT

AND THE NORTH CAROLINA

VALUES COALITION.

THEY BELIEVE THAT THE

CHRISTIAN FAITH MUST PLAY

A CENTRAL ROLE IN HELPING

URBAN AMERICA STRIKE A

BALANCE BETWEEN

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.

> THE TWO REMAINING

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

FACED OFF.

HILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE

SANDERS AGREED ON MANY

POINTS, BUT THEY ALSO

ARGUED STRONGLY OVER

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WALL

STREET AND TAKING ON

TERRORISM AND THE WAR IN

IRAQ.

I VOTED AGAINST THE WAR

IN IRAQ BECAUSE I LISTENED

VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT

PRESIDENT BUSH AND VICE

PRESIDENT CHENEY HAD TO

SAY, AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE

THEM.

I DO NOT BELIEVE A VOTE

IN 2002 IS A PLAN TO

DEFEAT ISIS IN 2016.

Charlene: THE SOUTH

CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC

PRIMARY IS ON

FEBRUARY 27th.

> FIGHTING TERRORISM WAS

ALSO A HOT TOPIC IN

WASHINGTON.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY IS EXPANDING ITS

ACTIVITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

TO HELP TAKE ON TERRORISM.

SECRETARY JAY JOHNSTON

SAYS THAT THE MOVE COMES

AS A RESPONSE TO GROWING

CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE

BEING RADICALIZED ONLINE.

HERE IS THAT STORY.

> THE DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY IS

STEPPING UP ITS EFFORT TO

STOP TERRORISM AT

AIRPORTS, PORTS, AND ON

SOCIAL MEDIA.

THURSDAY, IN ITS ANNUAL

ADDRESS, JAY JOHNSTON

PROMISED TO PUSH AN

AGGRESSIVE AGENDA TO FIGHT

TERRORISM.

HE POINTED OUT ATTACKS

THAT ARE HARDER TO DETECT

THAN TRADITIONAL

LARGE-SCALE ONES.

HE SAYS SUCH ATTACKS

REQUIRE A NEW TYPE OF

RESPONSE.

WE HAVE MOVED FROM A

WORLD OF

TERRORIST-DIRECTED

ATTACKS, TO A WORLD THAT

INCLUDES THE THREAT OF

TERRORIST-INSPIRED

ATTACKS, IN WHICH THE

TERRORISTS MAY NEVER HAVE

COME FACE TO FACE WITH A

SINGLE MR. O MEMBER OF A

TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,

AND LIVES AMONG US IN THE

HOMELAND.

Charlene: THE

DEPARTMENT IS ALSO AMPING

UP SOCIAL MEDIA SCREENING

OF TRAVELLERS AND

IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE

U.S. IN AN EFFORT TO

PROTECT THE COUNTRY.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE

DEPARTMENT'S USE OF SOCIAL

MEDIA FOR VARIOUS PURPOSE.

TODAY SOCIAL MEDIA IS USED

FOR OVER 33 OPERATIONAL

AND INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES

WITHIN H.D. S..

Charlene: HOME LAND

WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION

THEY GATHER WITH THE

F.B.I. TO FIGHT

EXTREMISTS.

> MEANWHILE, A U.S.

SENATE COMMITTEE HAS

APPROVED A BIPARTISAN BILL

THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO

PREPARE A STRATEGIST TO

FIGHT TERRORISTS' USE OF

SOCIAL MEDIA.

A SIMILAR MEASURE PASSED

IN THE HOUSE IN DECEMBER.

> AND THE GOVERNMENT MAY

HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF SPYING

ON POSSIBLE SUSPECTS BY

GETTING INFORMATION OUT OF

ANY DEVICE OR APPLIANCE

CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

THESE DAYS, ANYTHING FROM

CARS TO TVs TO HOUSEHOLD

APPLIANCES, LIKE

REFRIGERATORS,

THERMOSTATS, AND MORE, CAN

BE CONNECTED TO THE WEB.

IT IS CALLED THE INTERNET

OF THINGS.

JAMES CLAPPER, THE

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE, TOLD THE

SENATE THAT THE GOVERNMENT

COULD HACK INTO THE

INTERNET OF THINGS AND GET

ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.

SO YOUR REFRIGERATOR COULD

BE WATCHING YOU IN THE

FUTURE.

THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN

COULD CREATE NEW CONCERNS

ABOUT PRIVACY IN THE

DIGITAL AGE.

AND BACK TO YOU.

Gordon: THE INTERNET

OF THINGS IS ALREADY UPON

US.

AND THE ABILITY OF THESE

DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE

EITHER WHERE YOU ARE OR

WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR IS

HAS YOUR MILK GONE SOUR IN

YOUR REFRIGERATOR -- ALL

OF THOSE THINGS, IF

THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE

INTERNET, IS HACKABLE.

HACKERS HAVE ALREADY

PROVED THAT THESE CARS

THAT HAVE THESE KINDS OF

INTELLIGENT DEVICES CAN BE

HACKED.

AND THEY PROVED IT.

THEY TOOK A TEST OUT ON

THE ROAD AND FOUND THEY

COULD CONTROL EVERYTHING

ABOUT THAT CAR.

THEY COULD CONTROL THE

BRAKING.

THEY COULD CONTROL THE

ACCELERATION.

THOSE ARE VERY SERIOUS

THINGS GOING FORWARD, AND

HOW DO WE MAKE THAT

SECURE?

AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT

SECURE AGAINST A

GOVERNMENT?

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHAT

THE N.S.A. HAS LOOKING AT

ALREADY.

AND ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING

THAT COULD BE HACKED WAS

BEING HACKED AND WAS BEING

MONITORING AND WAS BEING

COLLECTED.

AS WE GET INTO THIS BRAVE

NEW WORLD, ARE WE REALLY

READY FOR EVERYTHING

AROUND US THAT

COMMUNICATES TO THE

INTERNET TO TELL OUR

GOVERNMENT WHAT WE'RE

DOING?

WENDY?

Wendy: I'M NOT READY

FOR MY REFRIGERATOR TO BE

SPYING ON ME.

NOT AT ALL.

Gordon: YOU KEEP YOUR

MILK FRESH.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT?

Wendy: THAT'S TRUE.

> VALENTINE'S DAY IS

SUNDAY, AND COMING UP,

HAVE I GOT A LOVE STORY

FOR YOU.

AND RIGHT IN THE CENTER

OF THE LOBBY, ALL BY

HIMSELF, IS THIS GORGEOUS

MAN IN A TUXEDO JUST

STANDING THERE, AND I'M,

LIKE, SURELY THIS HAS TO

BE HIM.

Wendy: STAY TUNED FOR

A REAL-LIFE, FAIRY TALE

ROMANCE, AFTER THIS.

Wendy: THIS SUNDAY

CHERI MARTIN AND HER

HUSBAND, BEN, WILL BE

CELEBRATING THEIR FOURTH

VALENTINE'S DAY AS A

MARRIED COUPLE.

CHERI WAITED A LONG TIME

TO FIND TRUE LOVE.

SO LONG, IN FACT, WITH HER

50th BIRTHDAY I IN SIGHT,

SHE BEGAN TO DOUBT IT

WOULD EVER HAPPEN.

CHERI MARTIN GREW UP

PLAYING ON THE WHITE,

SANDY BEACHES, NEAR

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

THE DAUGHTER OF A PASTOR,

SHE HAD FAITH THAT ONE DAY

HER PRINCE WOULD COME.

AS I GOT INTO MY 20s

AND FRIEND AFTER FRIEND

AFTER FRIEND -- THEY WERE

ALL GETTING MARRIED AND MY

HEART WOULD JUST SINK

BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T

DATE THAT MUCH.

SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A

LATE BLOOMER, BUT, STILL,

TIME IS PASSING AND YOU

FEEL LIKE GOD IS PASSING

YOU BY.

Wendy: CHERI GOD HAD

PROMISED HER SHE WOULD BE

MARRIED, SO SHE CONTINUED

TO HOPE AND TO DATE.

BUT TIME AFTER TIME, THE

RELATIONSHIPS WOULD

FIZZLE.

AND I WOULD JUST PRAY,

GOD, PLEASE DON'T LET ME

BE DESPERATE.

SO I JUST KEPT WAITING AND

SEEKING GOD.

THERE IS A VERSE IN ISAIAH

THAT TALKS ABOUT, NO MORE

WILL YOU BE TERMED

FORSAKEN.

Wendy: BY NOW, CHERI

WAS IN HER LATE 40s WHEN

NO PROSPECTS IN SIGHT,

WHEN HER FRIENDS INVITED

HER TO A WEDDING, AND TO

MEET A SURFER NAMED BEN.

AND RIGHT IN THE LOBBY,

THERE IS A GORGEOUS MAN IN

A TUXEDO, STANDING IN THE

LOBBY.

AND I'M, LIKE, SURELY THAT

HAS GOT TO BE HIM.

I SAID, PLEASE TELL ME

THAT IS HIM, AND SHE WAS,

LIKE, IT IS.

Reporter Wendy: THE NEXT DAY

CHERI SAW HIM AT CHURCH.

AND I WALKED UP TO HIM

AND SAID, MY NAME IS CHERI

MARTIN.

Wendy: WAS IT LOVE AT

FIRST SIGHT?

I WAS DEFINITELY

ATTRACTED TO CHERI.

I WAS STILL KIND OF TORN,

WHERE I WAS.

Wendy: WHAT CHERI

DIDN'T KNOW IS BEN HAD

GONE THROUGH A PAINFUL

DIVORCE AND WAS STILL

HURTING.

WHAT BEN, A SURFER AND

LOVER OF THE OCEAN DIDN'T

KNOW, IS THAT CHERI WAS

AFRAID OF THE WATER.

I LIKE TO TAN, AND HE

LIKES TO SURF, SO IT

WORKS.

Wendy: BUT THE TWO

BROKE UP FOR SEVERAL

MONTHS.

I COME FROM A DIVORCED

FAMILY, AND I NEVER WANTED

THAT TO BE A PART OF MY

LIFE.

SO I REALLY HAD TO LET GO

OF THEIR EVER BEING HOPE

OF RESTORATION OF THE

FIRST MARRIAGE.

I SAID, LOOK, IT HAS TO

BE ME AND NO ONE ELSE.

I CAN'T PLAY SECOND

FIDDLE.

I HAVE TO KNOW I HAVE YOUR

WHOLE HEART.

AND HE SAID, YOU'RE THE

ONE, THE ONE I WANT TO BE

WITH.

SO FOR SOMEONE TO FINALLY

SAY, I AM CHOOSING YOU, IT

WAS LIKE...

Wendy: THEN IN THE

SUMMER OF 2012, AFTER

NEARLY TWO YEARS OF DATING

ON AND OFF, CHERI WAS

PLANNING TO CELEBRATE HER

50th BIRTHDAY.

WE HAD NOT LOOKED AT

RINGS OR TALKED ABOUT

MARRIAGE.

BUT I KEPT THINKING, IT

WAS A BIG DAY, AND HE

ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO

DO.

AND I WAS, LIKE, A WALK ON

THE BEACH IN THE SUNSET.

WE HAD NEVER DONE THAT AS

A COUPLE.

WE WALK THROUGH THE DUNES,

AND THERE IS A WEDDING

TAKING PLACE ON THIS SIDE

OF THE BEACH, AND A

WEDDING TAKE PLACE ON THIS

SIDE OF THE BEACH.

AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND

SAID, HAVE YOU EVER

THOUGHT ABOUT A WEDDING ON

THE BEACH?

Wendy: IT WAS THEN,

RIGHT THERE ON THE BEACH,

THAT BEN CONFESSED HIS

LOVE.

I SHARED MY LOVE WITH

HER AND THAT I WANTED TO

SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE

WITH HER.

AND I ASKED HER IF SHE

WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME,

AND SHE SAID YES.

Wendy: CHERI SAID THE

AGE DIFFERENCE DIDN'T

REALLY SEEM TO MATTERMENT.

>MATTER.

THE LORD JUST EASED ALL

OF THAT AWAY.

Wendy: CHERI AND BEN

WERE ENGAGED ON

JUNE 2nd, AND SET THE

WEDDING DATE FOR FIVE

MONTHS LATER.

NOVEMBER 3rd FINALLY

ARRIVED.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

IT WAS, LIKE, THANK YOU,

GOD.

WE RENTED A HOUSE ON

THE BEACH.

WE HAD OUR FAMILIES COME

OUT.

AND THE WEDDING TOOK

PLACE, LIKE, RIGHT OUT

FRONT.

Wendy: CHERI SAYS HER

STORY IS PROV PROOF THAT WHEN

GOD GIVES YOU A PROMISE,

HE IS FAITHFUL TO FULFILL

IT, EVEN IF IT TAKES A

WHILE.

ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU A

PROMISE ABOUT YOUR LIFE,

WHATEVER THAT IS, AND HOLD

ON TO THAT PROMISE BECAUSE

HE WILL BE FAITHFUL.

GOD GAVE ME THE REAL

DEAL IN CHERI.

LIKE I SAID, I KNOW MY

HEART IS SAFE WITH HER.

AND SHE IS BEAUTIFUL.

SHE IS GORGEOUS.

AND GOD IS GOOD.

HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS

A GOOD THING.

Wendy: HE WHO FINDS A

WIFE FINDS A GOOD THING.

AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM

THE LORD.

Gordon: I LOVE THAT

THAT HEART.

VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING

UP.

YOU SEEM TO BE REALLY

INVESTED IN THIS STORY.

Wendy: I KNOW BEN AND

CHERI.

I WENT TO SURF CAMP.

BEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO SURF

THIS PAST SUMMER.

DURING THE COURSE OF

SURFING, I HEARD ABOUT

THEIR AMAZING LOVE STORY.

AND I THOUGHT, THE WORLD

NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS

BECAUSE IT WAS VERY

INSPIRATIONAL.

Gordon: FOR YOU,

PERSONALLY.

FOR A LO Wendy: FOR A LOT OF

SINGLE PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M

DOING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW

YOU MET YOUR LOVELY WIFE?

Gordon: I MET

KATHRYN -- I MARRIED AN

INTERN.

WE MET AT WORK.

I COULDN'T IMAGINE LETTING

HER GO BY.

Wendy: THAT IS SO

ROMANTIC.

THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT.

Gordon: I AT LEAST

WAITED UNTIL SHE WENT BACK

TO SCHOOL AND THEN ASKED

HER OUT.

Wendy: HE WHO FINDS A

WIFE FINDS A GOOD THING.

Gordon: A YEAR LATER

WE WERE MARRIED.

Wendy: THAT'S SO

ROMANTIC.

HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S

DAY.

Gordon: I WILL.

I HAVE PLANS.

> COMING UP, A DOCTOR

TOLD HIS PREGNANT MOTHER

THAT HER BABY WOULD NOT

SURVIVE AFTER BIRTH.

HE SAID THE MOST HUMANE

THING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR

YOUR SON IS TO JUST LET

HIM PASS.

WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A

HOSPICE NURSE AND SHE WAS

WANTING TO HELP US MAKE

PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO AT

HIS DEATH.

Gordon: HEAR WHY THIS

MOM AND DAD NEVER MADE

FUNERAL PLANS FOR THEIR

SON.

AND SEE HOW HE RECEIVED A

MIRACLE INSTEAD.

Gordon: DOCTORS TOLD

PENNY AND STEVEN THAT AN

EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY WAS

THE ONLY HOPE FOR THEIR

UNBORN BABY'S SURVIVAL.

AND THEN CAME EVEN WORSE

NEWS, AND THE COUPLE COULD

HAVE LOST ALL HOPE.

INSTEAD, THEY CHOSE TO

BELIEVE FOR A MIRACLE.

Reporter: PENNY BLOOM

WAS 40 WHEN SHE AND HER

HUSBAND, STEVEN, LEARNED

SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH

THEIR THIRD CHILD.

THE NEWS CAME ON THE HEELS

OF TWO MISCARRIAGES, ONE

THAT NEARLY TOOK PENNY'S

LIFE.

I NEARLY BLED TO DEATH.

WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE

HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAVE

ANYMORE CHILDREN.

WE DID WANT TO HAVE

MORE KIDS.

AND FOR 10 YEARS, NOTHING

HAPPENED.

AND THEN, POOF, HERE COMES

STEVEN.

Reporter: THEY WERE

ESTATIC TO LEARN IT WAS A

BOY.

THEN AN ULTRASOUND OF 17

WEEKS REVEALED THAT THEIR

BABY HAD A HOLE IN HIS

HEART.

HERE WE'RE FINALLY

PREGNANT, AND THEN, OH,

GOSH, THERE ARE PROBLEMS.

Reporter: LATER THEY

LEARNED HIS KIDNEYS

WEREN'T FUNCTIONING

PROPERLY BECAUSE HE WASN'T

PRODUCING AMNIOTIC FLUID.

AN EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY

WAS HIS ONLY CHANCE TO

LIVE.

THEY SAID HIS LUNGS

WEREN'T DEVELOPED.

WE WERE DEVASTATED.

WE HAD TO COME HOME AND

TELL OUR GIRLS, AGES NINE

AND 14.

AND THEY EACH WENT TO

THEIR ROOMS AND THEY

CRIED.

WE ASKED FOR PRAYERS FROM

OUR CHURCH.

WE WOULD PRAY EVERY NIGHT

AS A FAMILY.

WE JUST STARTED PRAYING

HEALING SCRIPTURES OVER

OUR SON.

Reporter: THE COUPLE

WENT TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE

IN VITRO SURGERY, BUT THE

BABY'S KIDNEYS HAD BEEN

DAMAGED TOO MUCH.

THE DOCTOR TOLD THE FAMILY

LITTLE STEVEN WOULD NOT

SURVIVE AFTER DELIVERY.

HE SAID, THE MOST

HUMANE THING YOU CAN DO

FOR YOUR SON IS TO JUST

LET HIM PASS.

WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A

HOSPICE NURSE, AND SHE WAS

WANTING TO HELP US MAKE

PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO AT

HIS DEATH.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,

WE'RE SPEAKING LIFE OVER

OUR SON.

WE ARE BELIEVING OUR SON

WILL BE HEALED.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE

INVOLVED WITH ANY WORDS OF

DEATH OVER HIM.

Reporter: THE BLOOMS

URGED THEIR CHURCH,

FRIENDS, AND FAMILY TO

CONTINUE PRAYING FOR

LITTLE STEVEN.

AND THEY ALSO TOOK COMFORT

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"

AND PRAYING WITH THE

PRAYER PARTNERS AT CBN.

PAT AND GORDON, THEY

TAUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THY

WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS

IT IS IN HEAVEN.

THAT'S WHAT JESUS TAUGHT

US TO PRAY.

THERE IS NO ILLNESS IN

HEAVEN.

I WOULD RELATE THAT TO

STEVEN.

THERE ISN'T KIDNEY DISEASE

IN HEAVEN.

Reporter: STEVEN WAS

BORN ON AUGUST 20th,

2010, FOUR WEEKS EARLY.

HE WAS RUSHED TO THE

NEONATAL UNIT AT OMAHA

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

STEVEN AND PENNY WAITED

AND CONTINUED TO PRAY AND

TRUST GOD FOR A MIRACLE.

THE DOCTOR SAID, WE

DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO

MAKE IT.

EVERY HOUR SHE WOULD COME

IN TO GIVE ME A REPORT,

AND IT WAS A NEGATIVE

REPORT.

AND I WOULD LOOK AT THE

DOCTOR, AND I WOULD SAY,

IS SHE ALIVE RIGHT NOW?

AND SHE WOULD SAY YES.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

Reporter: LITTLE

STEVEN LIVED THROUGH THE

NIGHT, BUT HIS SURVIVAL

WAS A DAY-TO-DAY BATTLE.

THE DOCTORS DISCOVERED THE

HOLE IN STEVEN'S HEART HAD

SOMEHOW REPAIRED ITSELF.

BUT AFTER THREE WEEKS IN

I.C.U., HIS HEART STOPPED.

THE STAFF STARTED TREATING

HIM FOR LOW BLOOD

PRESSURE, BUT WERE

UNSUCCESSFUL.

AGAIN, THE BLOOMS PRAYED.

THERE WAS A

CARDIOLOGIST WHO HAD

NOTHING TO DO WITH STEVEN,

AND HAPPENED TO WALK

THROUGH THE NIC-Q, AND SAW

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT

OUR SON'S BLOOD PRESSURE

GOT TOO HIGH.

THEY THOUGHT HE DIDN'T

HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE,

WHEN ACTUALLY IT WAS SO

HIGH THAT IT CAUSED HIS

HEART TO STOP.

Reporter: THE STAFF

TRIED AN APPROACH AND

BROUGHT STEVEN'S BLOOD

PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL.

WHEN THEY TOLD ME WHAT

THIS GENTLEMAN HAD DONE,

THAT, TO ME, WAS THE

MIRACLE.

Reporter: AFTER SIX

MONTHS, PENNY AND STEVEN

BROUGHT THEIR SON HOME,

BUT IT WAS TOUCH AND GO

FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

HIS KIDNEYS WERE SO

BADLY DEVELOPED, THEY HAD

LITTLE HOPE FOR FUNCTION

AND WOULD REQUIRE DIALYSIS

FOR A VERY LONG TIME

BEFORE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO

HAVE A TRANSPLANT.

WE FELT IT WAS EXTREMELY

UNLIKELY THAT HE WOULD BE

ABLE TO SURVIVE LONG

ENOUGH TO REACH

TRANSPLANT.

WHEN WE BROUGHT HIM HOME,

HE WAS ON A DIALYSIS

MACHINE 12 HOURS EVERY

NIGHT, AND A FEEDING PUMP

22 HOURS A DAY.

IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.

A FRIEND SENT MATTHEW 21:

22 TO ME: IF YOU BELIEVE

YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER

YOU ASK FOR IN PRAYER.

I JUST CLUNG TO THAT

SCRIPTURE.

Reporter: STEVEN'S

KIDNEYS RESPONDED TO THE

DIALYSIS AND BEGAN TO

DEVELOP NORMALLY.

PENNY WAS A MATCH FOR A

TRANSPLANT, BUT TRANSPLANT

FROM AN ADULT TO A CHILD

WAS RISKY, BUT STEVEN WAS

RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

SO THEY WENT THROUGH WITH

THE PROCEDURE.

THE SURGEON CAME OUT

AND SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO

HOOK HER KIDNEY AND SEW IT

TO THE BLADDER, JUST LIKE

I WOULD WITH ANY NORMAL

TRANSPLANT.

HE WAS SURPRISED HE WAS

ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE TRANSPLANT WAS

VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE ASKED

FOR A BETTER OUTCOME.

HE RECOVERED QUICKLY.

Reporter: TODAY

STEVEN TAKES

ANTI-REJECTION MEDICATION,

BUT IS OTHERWISE A

HEALTHY, HAPPY, 5-YEAR-OLD

BOY.

THE BLOOMS ARE GRATEFUL

FOR THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF

THE STAFF AT THE

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THE FACT HE WAS ABLE TO

HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS

FALL INTO PLACE OVER SUCH

A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,

WITH SO MANY HURTLES AND

SO MANY DIFFICULTIES, IS

TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.

Reporter: ULTIMATELY,

THOUGH, THE COUPLE

BELIEVES THE MIRACLE OF

THEIR SON'S LIFE CAME FROM

GOD AND THE POWER OF

PRAYER.

NOTHING IS TOO BIG FOR

GOD, AND HE WANTS THE BEST

FOR US.

IT WAS ONLY GOD.

IT WAS ONLY GOD.

Gordon: GOD WANTS TO

DO WONDERFUL THINGS.

SOMETIMES HE USES DOCTORS

TO DO THOSE WONDERFUL

THINGS.

AND SOMETIMES HE JUST ACTS

ON HIS OWN.

WHAT WAS SHARED THERE?

WHAT KEPT THEM GOING?

IT'S THE LORD'S PRAYER.

WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT

JESUS GIVES US THIS PRAYER

SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW THAT

GOD WANTS HIS WILL TO BE

DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN

HEAVEN.

START THINKING ABOUT

HEAVEN.

IS THERE ANYBODY SICK

THERE?

ANYBODY LONELY?

ANYBODY IN NEED?

ANYBODY HAVE A FINANCIAL

NEEDLE?

ANY ONEED?

ANY OF THOSE THINGS?

THE ANSWER IS NO.

AND THAT'S GOD'S WILL.

SO LET'S LOOK TO HIM.

LET'S REALIZE HE WANTS TO

DO THIS.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE'VE

GOT TO BARGAIN WITH HIM

FOR.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WHERE

WE HAVE TO START DOING

THIS INVENTORY OF ALL OF

THE THINGS -- WHAT DID I

DO WRONG THAT LED TO THIS?

WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THESE THINGS HAPPENED

SO THAT THE GLORY OF THE

LORD WOULD BE REVEALED.

THESE AREN'T MY WORDS.

THEY'RE THE WORDS OF

JESUS.

YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE

GOSPEL OF JOHN IN THE

NINTH CHAPTER.

WHERE A MAN BORN BLIND --

THE DISCIPLES BROUGHT HIM

TO JESUS, ASKING WHY?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

AND HIS RESPONSE: THIS

DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THOSE

REASONS.

IT HAPPENED SO THE GLOR OF GLORY

OF THE LORD WOULD BE

REVEALED.

SO START THINKING, HOW CAN

GOD MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH?

HOW CAN HE PROVIDE FOR

YOU?

HOW CAN HE HEAL YOU?

HOW CAN HIS GLORY BE

REVEALED IN YOUR LIFE?

PRAY THAT HIS WILL WOULD

BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS

IN HEAVEN.

BEFORE WE PRAYER, WE WANT

TO ENCOURAGE YOU.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER PEOPLE

WHO HAVE HAD MIRACLES.

HERE IS WENDY IN

CHARLESTON, MISSISSIPPI.

SHE HAD UTERINE FIBROIDS

THAT CAUSED PAIN IN HER

STOMACH, EVEN PAIN IN HER

FEET.

SHE WAS WEARY OF SURGERY

BECAUSE IT COULD AFFECT

HER CHANCES OF HAVING

CHILDREN.

THEN SHE HAPPENED TO TURN

ON THE TV, AND "THE 700

CLUB" WAS ON.

THEN SHE HEARD WENDY

GIVING A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE

ABOUT SOMEONE WITH A

GROWTH OR TUMOR IN YOUR

STOMACH AREA.

WENDY CONTINUED, GOD IS

TOUCHING YOU RIGHT NOW.

JUST RECEIVE THAT HEALING

IN JESUS' NAME.

WENDY CLAIMED THE WORD.

AND THE PAIN, DISCOMFORT

STOPPED RIGHT NOW,

IMMEDIATELY.

AND THE OTHER SIDE EFFECTS

ALSO STOPPED.

AND SHE HASN'T HAD ANY

PROBLEMS SINCE THAT DAY.

Wendy: PRAISE THE

LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD.

I LIKE HER NAME, TOO.

JESSE OF FREDERICTON WAS

CLEANING OUT A HORSE STALL

WHEN HE HEARD A POP IN HIS

BACK.

THE PAIN GOT SO BAD, HE

COULDN'T DRIVE OR SIT

WITHOUT PAIN AND BARELY

COULD WALK.

THE DOCTOR DECIDED SURGEON

WAS THE ONLY OPTION.

AND ONE DAY HE WAS

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"

WHEN HE HEARD YOU, GORDON,

SAY, THERE IS SOMEONE WITH

A PINCHED NERVE IN YOUR

BACK, AND YOU NAMED THE

VERTEBRAE, C-6, C-7, AND

SAID GOD IS HEALING THAT.

AND GOD IS RESTORING ALL

OF THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

WELL, JESSE CLAIMED THAT

WORD, AND OVER THE NEXT

FEW DAYS THE PAIN IN HIS

BACK AND NECK WENT

COMPLETELY AWAY.

WHEN THE SURGEON EXAMINED

HIM THE NEXT DAY, HE

COULDN'T FIND THE BULGING

DISC AND CANCELLED THE

SURGERY.

AND JESSE IS RIDING HIS

HORSES AGAIN.

Gordon: THAT'S A

MIRACLE.

MORE OR LESS CAN HAPPEN TO

YOU AND IT CAN HAPPEN

TODAY.

THE AGE OF MIRACLES IS

HAPPENING TODAY.

IT HASN'T PASSED BECAUSE

JESUS IS THE SAME

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER.

WHAT HE DID WHEN HE WALKED

THE EARTH, HE IS STILL

DOING TODAY.

YOU CAN TRUST HIM.

YOU CAN TRUST HIS

UNFAILING LOVE.

YOU CAN TRUST HIS

FORGIVENESS.

YOU CAN TRUST HIS POWER.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE.

HE DOESN'T CHANGE.

NOW, LET'S JUST COME TO

HIM.

AND JUST LIKE LITTLE

CHILDREN, WHAT DADDY HAS

SAID HE WILL DO -- THAT'S

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

WHAT DADDY SAID HE WILL

DO.

AND LET'S COME TO HIM JUST

LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN,

TRUSTING IN HIS UNFAILING

LOVE.

NOT TRUSTING IN OUR OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS OR WHAT WE

HAVE OR HAVEN'T DONE, DID

WE GET THE PRAYER RIGHT?

DID WE READ THE BIBLE

ENOUGH?

DID WE TITHE ENOUGH?

NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

HE LOVES US.

HE DIED FOR US.

HE CAME JUST FOR YOU.

LET'S PRAY AND LET'S

BELIEVE RIGHT NOW.

> LORD, WE LIFT THE

NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE TO

YOU, AND WE COME TOGETHER

IN AGREEMENT.

AND WE AGREE ABOUT YOUR

UNFAILING LOVE.

WE AGREE ABOUT YOUR

INCREDIBLE POWER, FOR WITH

YOU ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

AND SO AS PEOPLE ARE

CRYING OUT FOR THEIR NEED,

FOR THEIR HEALING, WE JOIN

TOGETHER WITH THEM, AND WE

SAY OUTLOUD OVER THEM, BE

HEALED AND BE MADE WHOLE

IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

FATHER, WE JUST ASK THAT

YOU WOULD STRETCH FORTH

YOUR HAND TO DO MIGHTY

MORE OR LESS NOW, IN

JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

HAD A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

AND YOU'VE FALLEN, AND

YOUR RIGHT LEG WAS DAMAGED

BECAUSE THE BIKE WENT INTO

IT.

JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.

GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL YOU

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE, YOU

HAD A RIDING ACCIDENT, AND

IT WAS LONG AGO, AND GOD

IS ABLE TO HEAL THAT.

AND SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR

RIGHT LEG WAS IMPACTED BY

IT, AND GOD IS ABLE TO

HEAL THAT.

YOU WERE DAMAGED BY A

HORSE, BY THAT RIDE AND

THAT FALL, AND IN JESUS'

NAME, BE HEALED AND BE

MADE WHOLE.

WENDY?

Wendy: SOMEBODY WITH

A DAMAGED ESOPHAGUS -- NOT

SURE IF IT IS FROM ACID

REFLUX, BUT THERE IS A

LITTLE HOLE AND GOD IS

HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND ALSO SOMEONE WITH

CHRONIC MIGRAINES, YOU'RE

CRYING OUT TO GOD, AND GOD

IS TOUCHING YOU RIGHT NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

Gordon: MANY PEOPLE

WITH NECK PAINS, GENERAL

WORD FOR STIFFNESS IN THE

NECK, THE INABILITY TO

MOVE THE NECK FROM THE

LEFT TO THE RIGHT.

THERE IS PAIN, NUMBNESS,

TINGLING -- ALL OF THOSE

THINGS ARE BEING CLEARED

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, DO IT NOW.

IF YOU COULDN'T TURN YOUR

HEAD TO THE RIGHT, TURN IT

NOW.

IF YOU COULDN'T TURN IT TO

THE LEFT, TURN IT NOW.

WHATEVER YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, DO IT NOW AND

RECEIVE HEALING IN JESUS'

NAME.

Wendy: ALSO, GOD, YOU

SAY YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE

BROKENHEARTED, AND THERE

ARE MANY PEOPLE CRYING OUT

WITH EMOTIONAL WOUNDS,

EMOTIONAL PAIN, AND

DEALING WITH BROKEN

HEARTS, LORD.

AND YOU ARE WITH THEM.

YOU ARE LETTING THEM KNOW

RIGHT NOW THAT THIS SEASON

WILL END.

THAT IS THE WORD OF THE

LORD TO YOU TODAY.

Gordon: LORD, WE

THANK YOU, FOR YOU ARE THE

HEALER.

YOU ARE THE SAVIOR.

YOUR VERY NAME DESCRIBES

WHO YOU ARE.

GOD WITH US.

OUR SAVIOR.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT.

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE

HERE FOR YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK

UP A PHONE AND CALL US.

1-800-759-0700.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN

HEALED -- IF YOU'VE GOT A

GOOD REPORT ABOUT WHAT GOD

HAS DONE FOR YOU TODAY,

GIVE US A CALL.

LET US KNOW.

WE WANT TO TELL THE WORLD

THAT JESUS IS THE SAME

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER.

SO CALL US AND LET US

KNOW.

1-800-759-0700.

WENDY?

Wendy: STILL AHEAD,

MEET A COUPLE WHO LEARNED

FROM THEIR MISTAKES AND

SAVED THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

HEAR HOW THEY BUILT A

STRONG AND LASTING

MARRIAGE, LATER ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

CIOUS

PAIN, NOTHING.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB."

TURKISH ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE

FOUND A FIFTH CENTURY

UNDERGROUND CHURCH WITH

ART WORK SHOWING JESUS.

A TURKISH NEWS AGENCY

REPORTS THAT THE CHURCH

WAS DISCOVERED AS

ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE SCRAF

EXCAVATING THE WORLD'S

LARGEST UNDERGROUND CITY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT THIS STORY ON

cbnnews.com.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO

FIGHT THE ZIKA VIRUS IN

CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE

CARRIBEAN.

O.B. IS DISTRIBUTING BED

NETS TO PREGNANT WOMEN,

PROVIDING PRE-NATAL CARE,

AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC

ON INFECTION PREVENTION.

AND THEY'RE USING TINY

FISH TO EAT THE MOSQUITO

LARVA IN STANDING WATER

AROUND HOMES AND VILLAGES.

"OPERATION BLESSING" FIRST

ANNOUNCED INITIAL EFFORTS

TO FIGHT ZIKA VIRUS IN EL

SALVADOR AND HAITI, AND

HAS SINCE ADDED PERU,

GUADALAJARA, AND HONDURAS.

GORDON AND WENDY WILL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF

"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Gordon: THE SPENCER

FAMILY HAS THE ENTIRE

"SUPERBOOK" COLLECTION.

AND 6-YEAR-OLD NATE IS A

HUGE FAN, ALONG WITH HIS

LITTLE SISTER.

AND EVEN THEIR DADMENT

TAKDAD.TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: WHEN THE

LATEST EPISODE OF

"SUPERBOOK" ARRIVES IN THE

MAIL, THE WHOLE SPENCER

FAMILY GETS EXCITED.

MY SON STARTS JUMPING

UP AND DOWN AND HE'LL GET

SO EXCITED.

USUALLY WE'LL GATHER UP

ALL TOGETHER HERE AND

WATCH IT.

Reporter: THEY HAVE

THE ENTIRE "SUPERBOOK"

COLLECTION.

NATE'S DAD, KYLE, LOVES

WHAT "SUPERBOOK" TEACHES

THE KIDS ABOUT THE BIBLE.

THEY'RE LEARNING AT A

FASTER RATE THAN I DID

WHEN I WAS GOING UP.

Reporter: AND HE ALSO

APPRECIATES THAT THEY'RE

LEARNING BIBLICAL VALUES.

MY SON IN PARTICULAR IS

VERY KIND HEARTED, BUT I

THINK HE GETS A LOT OF

THOSE VALUES FROM WATCHING

THE SHOW.

HE SEES HOW THE BROTHER

AND SISTER INTERACT, AND

HE INTERACTS WITH HIS

BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT

WAY.

FOR THE 3-YEAR-OLD, HE IS

STARTING TO SIT DOWN AND

WATCH IT MORE AS A STORY

NOW.

IF A CERTAIN SCENE COMES

UP THAT ENTERTAINS HER,

SHE'LL GET MORE EXCITED

ABOUT IT.

SHE'LL PUT HER HANDS UP

AND HUM THE MELODY OF THE

MUSIC IN IT.

Reporter: AND WHAT

MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL

IS IT BRINGS THE KIDS

TOGETHER.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THE

CREATORS AND PRODUCERS

AROUND THE SHOW.

IT HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON

THE KIDS.

IT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN

TAKE WITH THEM AND THEY

CAN GROW UP WITH AND GROW

UP ON, AND THEY'RE

LEARNING VALUES AND IT IS

ENTERTAINING FOR THEM.

Gordon: BE A PART OF

IT.

BE A PART OF TAKING THE

STORIES OF THE BIBLE TO

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

YOU DO THAT BY JOINING THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D. CLUB.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GREAT

EPISODE FOR YOU WHEN YOU

JOIN.

IT'S CALLED "SAMUEL AND

THE CALL OF GOD."

IT IS ALL ABOUT YOUNG

SAMUEL, BEING IN THE

TABERNACLE OF MEETING, AND

HOW GOD APPEARED TO HIM

AND CALLED HIM INTO

MINISTRY.

I THINK IT WILL ENCOURAGE

YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD THAT GOD WANTS TO

SPEAK TO THEM.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT, CALL US.

1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN

THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

CLUB.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

JUST $25, AND EVERY FOUR

TO SIX WEEKS, WHEN A NEW

EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK" IS

PRODUCED.

YOU'LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO

GET NOT JUST ONE COPY, BUT

WE'LL SEND YOU THREE

COPIES FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP

IN THE D.V.D. CLUB.

AND YOU GET ALL OF SEASON

ONE UNLOCKED, SO YOU CAN

STREAM THOSE EPISODES, 13

EPISODES, ON ANY TABLET,

ANY SMARTPHONE.

SO KIDS CAN GET THE FULL

MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE.

ALL OF YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN

THE CLUB.

AND THEN YOU GET THE

KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE

HELPING PRODUCE THE SERIES

SO KIDS AROUND THE WORLD

CAN HEAR THE STORIES OF

THE BIBLE.

IF THAT'S YOU, IF THAT'S

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, CALL

US NOW, 1-800-759-0700.

WENDY, OVER TO YOU.

Wendy: THANKS,

GORDON.

UP NEXT, YOU HAVE HEARD OF

THE ENGAGEMENT RING AND

THE MARRIAGE RING, AND NOW

DISCOVER THE SEVEN RINGS

OF MARRIAGE AND HOW THEY

WERE ENRICH YOUR

RELATIONSHIP, JUST IN TIME

FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.

Wendy: THIS SUNDAY

JACKIE AND STEFAN BLEDSOE

WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR

14th VALENTINE'S AS

HUSBAND AND WIFE.

BUT FOR MANY YEARS THEIR

MARRIAGE WAS ANYTHING BUT

A BED OF ROSES.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: THIS IS

AUTHOR, SPEAKER JACKIE

BLEDSOE.

THEY FACED SERIOUS

CHALLENGES DURING THEIR

RELATIONSHIP, LIKE

PRE-MARITAL PROBLEMS AND

HOMELESSNESS.

IN JACKIE'S NEW BOOK, "THE

SEVEN RINGS OF MARRIAGE,"

HE SHARES KEYS TO A

LONG-LASTING AND

PROSPEROUS RELATIONSHIP.

Wendy: AND PLEASE

WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB"

JACKIE AND STEFANO

BLEDSOEE.

BLEDSOE.

THANK YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

Wendy: TODAY YOU HAVE

A LOVING RELATIONSHIP, BUT

IT HAS BEEN HARD-WON.

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT

YOUR STORY.

IT HAS BEEN VERY

CHALLENGING.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED ALMOST

15 YEARS, AND WE

EXPERIENCED ALL OF THE UPS

AND DOWNS, EVEN TO THE

POINT OF BEING HOMELESS AS

A FAMILY.

WE'VE EXPERIENCED

FINANCIAL CHALLENGES,

INTIMACY CHALLENGES -- YOU

NAME IT, AND WE PROBABLY

HAVE GONE THROUGH IT.

Wendy: JACKIE, YOU

CONFESS THAT YOU MESSED

UP, AND YOU WERE

UNFAITHFUL IN THE

MARRIAGE?

WE WENT AROUND THE

WRONG WAY.

WE BECAME INTIMATE BEFORE

OUR MARRIAGE AND WE HAD

OUR FIRST CHILD, AND

DURING THAT TIME, I WAS

UNFAITHFUL.

Wendy: STEFANA, HOW

WERE YOU ABLE TO FORGIVE

JACKIE?

IT TOOK A LOT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF

ARGUMENTS AND QUESTIONS,

AND INSECURITIES ABOUT

WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS

GENUINE, WHAT WE HAD.

BUT I THINK IT WAS THROUGH

PRAYER, AND OUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH SMALL

GROUPS, AND JUST GUIDANCE

FROM OLDER, WISER COUPLES

THAT HELPED US THROUGH IT.

Wendy: AND THIS

HAPPENED BEFORE YOU GOT

MARRIED, SO THE FACT THAT

YOU DID WALK DOWN THE

AISLE, AND NOW YOU HAD A

WEDDING RING AND ALL OF

THAT -- DID THAT HELP YOU

TO TRUST HIM MORE?

OR WAS IT STILL SOMETHING

YOU HAD TO WORK ON?

IT WAS STILL SOMETHING

WE HAD TO WORK ON.

WE GOT MARRIED AND THAT

WAS SORT OF A, THIS IS

WHAT I WANT, BUT I STILL

SORT OF QUESTIONED IT.

Wendy: JACKIE, HOW

DID YOU PROVE OR EARN YOUR

TRUST AGAIN WITH HER?

I JUST HAD TO CONTINUE

TO BE FAITHFUL.

AND TO BE HONEST, WHEN I

ASKED HER TO MARRY ME, I

WASN'T SURE SHE WOULD SAY

YES.

I JUST CONTINUED.

AND WE MET WITH THE PASTOR

AND HIS WIFE, AND HE

HELPED BOTH OF US THROUGH

IT.

I HAD TO CONTINUE TO TRUST

GOD AND SHOW FAITHFULNESS

TO HIM AND TO HER AND PRAY

I WOULD WIN HER OVER.

Wendy: STEFANA, WHAT

WAS THE LOWEST POINT IN

YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND HOW

DID YOU GET THROUGH IT?

PROBABLY THE LOWEST WAS

WHEN WE WERE HOMELESS AS A

FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB,

AND ONE THING AFTER THE

OTHER, AND WE WERE

HOMELESS WITH OUR THEN

DAUGHTER.

Wendy: THE THREE OF

YOU LITERALLY ON THE

STREETS --

NO.

JUST NOT A HOME OF OUR

OWN.

SO WE WERE STAYING WITH

FRIENDS AND WE WOULD

RELOCATE TO A FAMILY

MEMBER'S.

IT WAS KIND OF FROM PILLAR

TO PILLAR, IS WHAT IT FELT

LIKE.

Wendy: HOW DID YOU

GUYS GET THROUGH THAT?

TRUSTING HIM AND COMING

TOGETHER.

WE CAME TOGETHER VERSES VERSUS

GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

SHE COULD HAVE EASILY

POINTED THE FINGER AT ME

BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO THE

THINGS I PROMISED AS A

HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF

OUR CHILD, BUT SHE DIDN'T.

AND WE HAD TO RELY ON GOD.

AND HE NEVER LEFT US

DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

Wendy: AND HOW LONG

DID IT TAKE TO GET ANOTHER

JOB AND TO GET BACK ON

YOUR FEET?

IT TOOK A WHILE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK WE STARTED A

BUSINESS, AND IT TOOK A

WHILE FOR US TO GET THE

INCOME FLOWING IN THERE.

BUT WE WENT FROM PLACE TO

PLACE, BUT GOD SHOWED

FAITHFULNESS AND GOD

OPENED UP DOORS FOR US.

HE NEVER LET US GO WITHOUT

EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN

THAT SITUATION.

Wendy: YOU HAVE

WRITTEN A GREAT BOOK,

CALLED "THE SEVEN RINGS OF

MARRIAGE," AND THAT'S A

GREAT TITLE.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH

THAT CONCEPT?

IT IS IT WAS

SUCCESSFUL, LASTING, AND

FULFILLING MARRIAGES GO

THROUGH.

WE PUT TOGETHER OUR

MARRIAGE STORY, AND WE

SHARED AND FOUND OUT THAT

OTHER PEOPLE COULD RELATE.

AND WE INTERVIEWED COUPLES

OURSELVES, AND THEY'VE GOT

THROUGH EACH OF THOSE

SEVEN RINGS TO GET THEIR

MARRIAGE SUCCESSFUL.

Wendy: JUST HAVING A

BIG ROCK, THAT RING

DOESN'T COUNT AS FAR AS

HAVING A SUCCESSFUL

MARRIAGE.

THAT'S THE LEAST

IMPORTANT RING.

THE FIRST TWO ARE OBVIOUS,

THE ENGAGEMENT RING.

YOU'RE HAPPY AND IN LOVE,

AND ALL OF THESE EXCITING

THINGS ARE COME, BUT IT IS

AN IMPORTANT TIME TO BUILD

A FOUNDATION.

AND THAT FOUNDATION IS ON

A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

CHRIST.

THE NEXT IS THE WEDDING

RING, AND THAT'S THE

COMMITMENT.

AND IT'S A COVENANT

RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST

AS WELL.

AND THIRD IS THE DISCOVERY

RING.

AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGING

POINT, WHERE YOU START TO

LEARN NEW STUFF.

YOU'RE LIVING WITH THIS

PERSON AND YOU'RE, LIKE,

WOW, I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

FOR ME, I WAS A LITTLE BIT

SELFISH -- A LOT A BIT

SELFISH.

[LAUGHTER]

Wendy: THAT'S

EXCITING.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR

COUPLES TO REMAIN SEXUALLY

PURE BEFORE MARRIAGE.

I KNOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T

WALK DOWN THAT ROAD, BUT

GOD HAS REDEEMED YOU AND

YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR

MISTAKES.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR

PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW

WHO ARE TEMPTED TO GO DOWN

THAT ROAD BEFORE IT IS

TIME.

FIRST, YOU RISK HAVING

A CHILD BEFORE YOU'RE

MARRIED AND YOU NOT

GETTING MARRIED.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE

RISKED AS WELL.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, BY

US BECOMING INTIMATE

BEFORE MARRIAGE, WE DIDN'T

GET A CHANCE TO KNOW EACH

OTHER AND BECOME FRIENDS

AND ALLOW GOD TO WORK IN

THAT RELATIONSHIP.

AND WE BROUGHT THIS MESS

TOGETHER BEFORE ALLOWING

HIM TO WORK THROUGH IT.

THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I

LOOKED AT.

YOU HAVE TO REALLY JUST

LINE IT UP.

AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED

DOUBT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE

DID BEFORE MARRIAGE.

Wendy: YOU NOW HAVE A

LOVING FAMILY OF FIVE.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MOST

IMPORTANT TRADITIONS THAT

YOU GUYS ENJOY NOW?

AS A FAMILY, PROBABLY

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

TO US IS PRAYER AND DINNER

TOGETHER.

THEY SOUND REALLY SIMPLE,

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY,

REALLY SPECIAL.

WE LOVE TO HAVE DINNER --

OR HAVE A MEAL AT LEAST

ONCE A DAY.

AND WE HAVE A PRAYER JAR

ON OUR TABLE THAT HAS POBS

CUL STICKPOPSICLE STICKS WITH

PRAYER ON THEM.

AND EVERYONE GETS TO GET A

POPSICLE STICK AND WE

PRAY.

Wendy: DO YOU ALLOW

CELL PHONES AT THE TABLE?

NO.

SHE'S A WONDERFUL COOK.

SHE HAS SPOILED ALL OF US

FROM EATING ANYONE ELSE'S

FOOD.

AND OUR KIDS GO, I DON'T

KNOW, THAT'S NOT MAMA'S

KITCHEN.

Wendy: VALENTINE'S

DAY IS, OF COURSE, SUNDAY.

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT

YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING TO

DO, AND SOME THINGS THAT

OTHER COUPLES SHOULD MAYBE

TRY TO KIND OF GET THE

SPARK BACK?

THE BIGGEST THING IS

SPEND SOME TIME ALONE WITH

YOUR SPOUSE.

THAT WILL BE CHALLENGING

BECAUSE WE'LL BE GONE FOR

A FEW DAYS, BUT REALLY

A FEW DAYS, BUT REALLY

FOCUS ON THE RELATIONSHIP.

AND HAVE CONVERSATION.

WE WERE TOLD BY ONE OF OUR

MARRIAGE MENTOR MENTORS TO HAVE

MORE DATES THAT DON'T

INVOLVE STUFF, SO THAT YOU

CAN JUST TALK.

FOCUS ON THAT TIME, HAVING

ONE-ON-ONE TIME AND

COMMUNICATION.

Wendy: HAPPY

VALENTINE'S DAY AND THANKS

SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR

BOOK, "THE SEVEN RINGS OF

MARRIAGE, YOUR MODEL FOR A

LASTING AND FULFILLING

MARRIAGE."

BE SURE TO PICK ONE UP FOR

YOUR VALENTINE AND SPEND

TIME READING IT TOGETHER.

THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Wendy: WHEN WE COME

BACK, WE'LL "BRING IT ON"

WITH YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

IT IS TIME TO "BRING IT

ON" WITH YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

AND KRISTIN WRITES IN,

"CAN I ASK GOD TO SHOW ME

HE IS REAL THROUGH MY

DREAMS?

HOW DO I ASK GOD FOR

SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH I'M

NOT A CHRISTIAN?"

Gordon: WELL, YOU'VE

GOT AN INTERESTING NAME,

CHRISTIAN.

REALIZE YOU ARE A CHILD OF

GOD.

THAT WHEN GOD BREATHED

INTO ADAM AND ADAM BECAME

A LIVING SOUL, THAT THAT

HAPPENED TO YOU AS WELL.

AND THAT LIVING SOUL,

CHILD OF GOD, THAT IS FOR

ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

NOW, WE'RE ESTRANGED IN

OUR OWN MINDS.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE

SAYS, YOU'RE ALIENATED.

WHY?

BECAUSE OF SIN.

WE FELL FROM THAT PLACE

WHERE GOD WOULD COME DOWN

IN THE EVENING, IN THE

COOL OF THE NIGHT, AND

TALK WITH US FACE TO FACE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN

TURN TO HIM AT ANY POINT

IN TIME AND ASK HIM, WILL

YOU SHOW UP?

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PRAY

THAT PRAYER.

JESUS, IF YOU'RE REAL,

COULD YOU SHOW ME?

AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY

PRAY, COULD YOU SHOW ME IN

A DREAM?

AND GOD SPEAKS THROUGH

DREAMS AND VISIONS.

SO DO THAT.

DO THAT.

LET YOUR FAITH REST ON

REVELATION AND UNDERSTAND

THAT GOD WANTS TO REVEAL

HIMSELF TO YOU.

Wendy: JENNY WRITES,

"I WATCHED THE PROTECT

YOUR FINANCES D.V.D. ABOUT

INVESTING OUR MONEY IN

REAL ESTATE, MUTUAL FUNDS,

PRECIOUS METALS AND

GOVERNMENT BONDS.

HOW SHOULD I START?

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP?"

Gordon: THE FIRST

STEP IS TO CREATE A FUND

THAT YOU THEN CAN INVEST

WITH.

ONE OF THE SIMPLE THINGS

TO DO, YOU FIND IT ON THE

D.V.D., CAN YOU LIVE BY

80-10-10, WHERE 80% OF

YOUR INCOME GOES INTO YOUR

MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES.

AND THEN 10% GOES INTO A

TITHE.

YOU PAY GOD.

YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU

CHECK THAT. AND THEN 10%

PAY YOURSELF AND

ACCUMULATE A FUND.

ONCE YOU'VE ACCUMULATED A

FUND, THEN THE DOORS START

TO OPEN FOR YOU, AND YOU

PICK WHAT DO YOU WANT?

AND IF YOU WANT A COPY OF

THIS, IF YOU'RE HEARING

THE ANSWER AND SAYING,

WATTS "PROTECT YOUR

FINANCES," IT IS YOURS

FREE.

JUST CALL US.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH A

SCRIPTURE FROM JOHN: "THIS

IS LOVE.

NOT THAT WE LOVED HIM, BUT

HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS

SON AS AN ATTONING