TAKE TWO, MARCH 19, 2015.

Gordon: A 2-YEAR-OLD

WANDERS OFF AND FALLS INTO A

POOL.

HE'S LIFELESS.

HE WAS COLD AND BLUE AND HIS

PUPILS WERE ENORMOUS.

THERE WAS NO COLOR IN HIS

EYES.

I REMEMBER HOLDING HIS TOES

AND KNEELING AT HIS FEET,

AND THEY WERE ICE COLD.

Gordon: HEAR HOW THIS

TODDLER MIRACULOUSLY

SURVIVES ON TODAY'S "700

CLUB INTERACTIVE."

ON "700 CLUB INTERACTIVE,"

WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO PRAY

FOR EACH OTHER AND EXPLORE

TOPICS THAT MATTER TO YOU.

WATCH WHAT GOD IS DOING IN

THE WORLD TODAY.

WELL, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK

ABOUT PRAYING FOR YOUR

CHILDREN.

BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO

SHOW YOU A STORY.

AND IT WOULD BE ANY PARENT'S

NIGHTMARE.

IN THIS STORY, THE MOTHER

WAS FROZEN WITH FEAR.

AND THAT'S HOW STEPHANIE

DESCRIBED HER REACTION WHEN

SHE REALIZED HER 2-YEAR-OLD

WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A

SWIMMING POOL.

STEPHANIE WAS IN SHOCK AND

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Terry: HER HUSBAND,

ROBERT, INSTANTLY SPRANG

INTO ACTION, DIVING INTO THE

WATER TO RESCUE HIS SON.

BUT HE SOON REALIZED THAT

HIS CHILD WAS AS DEATHLY

COLD AS HIS WIFE'S FEAR.

AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING

THEY COULD DO: PRAY.

Reporter: ROBERT AND

STEPHANIE McDONALD

REMEMBER THE DAY WELL.

IT WAS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY,

2012, AND THEY HAD GONE TO A

FRIEND'S HOME FOR LUNCH.

AS STEPHANIE WAS ROUNDING UP

THE KIDS TO EAT, SHE NOTICED

THEIR 2-YEAR-OLD SON, JACE,

WAS MISSING.

SHE SAYS, WE CAN'T FIND

JACE.

AT THAT POINT MY FRIEND AND

I EXITED THE BACK DOOR AND

SAW THAT THE POOL GATE WAS

OPEN.

SO WE SPRINTED TO THE POOL.

AND MY FRIEND WAS IN FRONT

OF ME, AND HE REACHED DOWN

AND GRABBED JACE FROM THE

POOL.

AS I SAW HIM COME UP WITH

JACE IN HIS HAND, I JUST

BEGAN TO CRY OUT, JESUS, MY

JESUS.

AS SOON AS I KNEW THAT

JACE WAS IN THE POOL, I WAS

JUST IN SUCH SHOCK.

I WAS FROZEN WITH FEAR.

I COULDN'T EVEN MOVE.

Reporter: STEPHANIE

CALLED 9-1-1 WHILE ROBERT

AND HIS FRIEND, ERIC,

PERFORMED C.P.R.

AT THAT POINT WE HAD LAID

HIM ON THE POOL DECK AND HE

WAS COLD AND BLUE, AND HIS

PUPILS WERE ENORMOUS.

THERE WAS NO COLOR IN HIS

EYES.

MY FIRST THING WAS THAT MY

SON IS DEAD.

HE'S GONE.

HE IS LIFELESS.

AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS

IN MY MIND IS THAT, JESUS,

YOUR PROMISES ARE TRUE.

SO WE CONTINUED TO DO C.P.R.

AND WE WOULD TRADE OFF, MY

FRIEND AND I.

Reporter: E.M.T.s

ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES.

ROBERT STAYED WITH JACE AND

CONTINUED TO PRAY.

I REMEMBER HOLDING HIS

TOES AND KNEELING AT HIS

FEET.

AND THEY WERE ICE COLD, LIKE

POPSICLES.

Reporter: CAPTAIN JOEY

RUIZ WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

E.M.T.s TO GET THERE.

AS SOON AS WE SAW A BLUE

KID, WE KNEW HE WASN'T

GETTING OXYGEN.

SO WE NEEDED TO GET HIM

OXYGEN.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET

A REGULAR HEART RHYTHM ON

THIS CHILD, SO THEY WERE

BEATING HIS HEART FOR HIM

THROUGH C.P.R.

Reporter: JACE HAD TO

BE INTUBATED.

MEANWHILE, A LIFE FLIGHT HAD

BEEN DISPATCHED TO A LANDING

AREA NEARBY.

WE LOADED HIM INTO THE

AMBULANCE, AND AT THAT

POINT, WHICH FELT LIKE

FOREVER, WE KNEW THAT THE

HELICOPTER WAS ABOUT FIVE

MINUTES ON TOP OF US.

OUR HANDS WERE JUST OUT,

PRAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE

STILL HAVE OUR SON ALIVE.

Reporter: AFTER THE

CHOPPER TOOK OFF, ROBERT AND

STEPHANIE RUSHED TO THE

HOSPITAL.

I WAS ASKING GOD,

COMPETENTLY, LORD, I KNOW

THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BRING MY

SON TO LIFE.

AND I PRAY THAT YOU DO.

BUT IF NOT, I KNOW THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO COMFORT US

AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO

BE OKAY.

Reporter: THEY CALLED

FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO PRAY.

AT THE HOSPITAL, THE NEWS

WAS GRAVE.

ROBERT WROTE DOWN EXACTLY

WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID IN HIS

JOURNAL.

AT SHIFT CHANGE, DR. MIKE

HAD COME IN AND WAS VERY

NEGATIVE.

HE SAID JACE HAD PNEUMONIA,

AND HIS LUNGS WERE SHOT AND

IT WAS ALL OVER.

AT THIS POINT I REMEMBER

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE

THERE COMING TO VISIT AND

SUPPORT US.

AND OUR PASTOR HAD TOLD

THEM, HEY, IT'S TIME FOR YOU

GUYS TO HEAD OUT.

Reporter: BY NOW LITTLE

JACE WAS IN A

MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA.

AND HE WAS ALSO ON A

VENTILATOR.

THE QUESTION WAS FOR HOW

LONG?

THE PLAN WAS TO LEAVE THE

VENT ON UNTIL HE SHOWED

IMPROVEMENT, ASSUMING HE

LIVED.

STEPHANIE HAD A STRONG

FEELING IT SHOULD BE TAKEN

OFF RIGHT AWAY SO HIS LUNGS

COULD RECOVER ON THEIR OWN.

THAT NIGHT SHE AND ROBERT

PRAYED ABOUT WHAT TO DO, AND

THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS

NO DOUBT.

I WOKE UP AND I WAS JUST

SO FULL OF PEACE.

I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.

I WAS SINGING WORSHIP SONGS

AND PRAISING GOD.

AND ROBERT WALKED IN, AND HE

IS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING?

I'M, LIKE, TODAY IS MIRACLE

IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

I JUST KNOW IT.

JACE IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

AND WE WENT TO THE

HOSPITAL.

AND I WALKED RIGHT IN, AND I

TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED

TO DROP JACE'S MEDICATION.

Reporter: ROBERT AND

STEPHANIE UNDERSTOOD THE

RISKS, BUT WERE CONVINCED IT

WAS THE RIGHT COURSE OF

ACTION.

AS I'M STANDING THERE

WITH MY ARMS RAISED, I JUST

PUT ALL OF MY FAITH AND

TRUST IN GOD.

AND THEY PULLED THAT TUBE

FROM HIS MOUTH.

AND HE SAT UP, AND HE WAS

BREATHING ON HIS OWN.

AND I REMEMBER CALEB PLAYING

A SONG.

AND IT GOES, LET LOVE

EXPLODE AND BRING THE DEAD

TO LIFE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY

WHEN THEY PULLED THAT TUBE

OUT, RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT.

I KNEW THAT WAS GOD GIVING

ME A LITTLE WINK, SAYING,

IT'S OKAY.

HE IS GOING TO BE FINE.

I JUST REMEMBER STEPHANIE

SAYING, CAN I HOLD MY SON?

AND THE RESPIRATORY NURSE

SAID, YEAH, YOU CAN HOLD

HIM.

DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

SO I GRABBED HIM AND HELD

HIM, AND I JUST REMEMBER

THINKING I DIDN'T THINK I

WAS EVER GOING TO GET TO

HOLD HIM AGAIN.

THAT WAS SUCH A PRECIOUS

MOMENT FOR ME, TO GET TO

HOLD HIM IN MY ARMS AGAIN.

Reporter: IN ONE WEEK,

JACE WENT HOME AND HE NEEDED

NO THERAPY AT ALL.

NOW FOUR,

HE LOVES PLAYING WITH HIS

THREE OLDER SISTERS AND

LITTLE BROTHER.

EVERY DAY IS SUCH A GIFT

WITH MY KIDS, WITH ALL OF

THEM.

MIRACLES CAN ONLY BE

EXPLAINED BY ONLY ONE

PERSON, AND THAT'S WHO

CREATED US.

AND THERE IS NO EXPLANATION

FOR SEEING MY SON DEAD ON A

POOL DECK, BUT TODAY I SEE

HIM RUNNING AROUND, FULL OF

LIFE, STRONG.

DO I THINK IT WAS A

MIRACLE?

ABSOLUTE MANY IT WAS A

MIRACLE.

STATISTICS MAY SAY THIS,

AND THE DOCTORS AND SCIENCE

MAY SAY THAT, BUT NONE OF

THAT MATTERS TO GOD.

GOD CAN DO ANYTHING.

HE IS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN.

HE IS THE ONE IN CONTROL.

Gordon: HE IS IN

CONTROL WHEN WE LET HIM BE

IN CONTROL.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE UNUSUAL

THINGS, THE PARADOX THAT HIS

FATHER -- JACE'S FATHER HAD

TO GO TO, SAYING I HAVE TO

BE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON

THE LORD.

FOR HIM, THAT WAS

EMOTIONALLY WRENCHING.

AND YOU GET TO THE POINT

WHERE YOU'RE NO LONGER

DEPENDENT ON DOCTORS.

YOU ARE NO LONGER DEPENDENT

ON WHAT YOU KNOW OR WHAT YOU

THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO

DO.

YOU GET TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON

THE LORD.

NOW, STEPHANIE HURT, AND SHE

HAD AN INCREDIBLE FAITH.

SO MUCH SO THAT ROBERT WAS,

LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OUR CHILD IS DYING IN A

HOSPITAL, AND WHY ARE YOU

FILLED WITH PEACE?

WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS JOY?

WHY ARE YOU SINGING PRAISE

SONGS?

SHE IS DOING THAT BECAUSE

THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS

THERE.

GOD IS ENTHRONED IN OUR

PRAISES.

AND WHEN HE IS AROUND, WHAT

THE DOCTORS SAY IS

IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.

WHEN HIS DOMINION, HIS RULE

IS THERE, ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

SOME OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS

EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES WITH

YOUR CHILDREN.

SOME OF YOU DO.

IT MAY NOT BE A DROWNING

DEATH, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT

YOUR CHILDREN AND THEY'RE

GOING THE WRONG WAY, AND YOU

KNOW AT THE END OF THE ROAD

THEY'RE ON, THERE ARE SOME

BAD THINGS WAITING FOR

THEM.

AND YOUR PRAYING AND

INTERCEDING AND CRYING OUT.

LET ME GIVE YOU SOME

PRINCIPLES, AND THESE ARE

PRINCIPLES THAT ROBERT AND

STEPHANIE PUT INTO

PRACTICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY

WERE QUOTING CHAPTER AND

VERSE, AND THEY REALIZED

WHERE JACE CAME FROM.

YES, HE WAS THEIR SON, BUT

MORE IMPORTANTLY HE WAS A

SON OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER,

WHO LOVED HIM INFINITELY AND

WANTED TO SEE HIM LIVE.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT IDEA,

IT WILL ENCOURAGE YOUR

PRAYER LIFE.

SO THESE ARE SOME GENERAL

PRINCIPLES.

YOU FIND IT IN PSALMS, OF

HOW TO PRAY FOR YOUR

CHILDREN.

NUMBER ONE -- AND THIS COMES

FROM PSALM 127 -- REALIZE

CHILDREN ARE A GIFT FROM THE

LORD.

THEY ARE A REWARD FROM HIM.

HE HAS ENTRUSTED YOU WITH

THEM.

AND THEY'RE A GIFT FROM

HIM.

DID YOU CREATE THEM?

DID YOU COME UP WITH THEM?

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THEY'RE A GIFT FROM THE

LORD.

AND HE WATCHES OVER THEM.

I HAD SOMEONE LONG AGO TELL

ME THAT WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A

VISION, WHEN HE GIVES YOU A

PLAN, IT'S LIKE GIVING YOU A

CHILD.

HE EXPECTS YOU TO RAISE

THEM.

AND WHEN YOU REALIZE ALL OF

THOSE THINGS, AND THE

MOMENTS WITH THE DIAPERS,

THE MOMENTS WHERE THEY'RE

TALKING BACK, THE MOMENT OF

REBELLION, YOU CAN SEE

THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND

UNDERSTAND THEIR LIFE IS A

GIFT FROM THE LORD.

IT IS A REWARD.

THERE WILL COME A TIME, IF

YOU PERSEVERE WITH THEM,

THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN

YOU'LL SEE THAT.

THE SECOND THING, FROM PSALM

138: THE LORD WILL WORK OUT

HIS PLANS FOR YOUR

CHILDREN.

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL LOVE, O

LORD, ENDURES FOREVER.

GOD WON'T ABANDON YOUR

CHILDREN FOR HE MADE THEM.

SO WHEN YOU PRAY OVER YOUR

CHILDREN, PRAY THOSE TWO

THINGS.

FIRST THANK HIM FOR THE

GIFT.

THANK HIM FOR THE

REWARD.

AND IN THAT PRESENCE, THAT

PRAISE, HE WILL INHABIT THE

PRAISES.

HE WILL INHABIT YOUR

THANKSGIVING.

AND THE SECOND THING, REMIND

YOURSELF IN YOUR PRAYER,

THAT HE IS ABLE TO WORK OUT

HIS PLANS FOR YOUR

CHILDREN.

HE WON'T ABANDON THEM.

HIS FAITHFUL LOVE WILL SEE

HIS PLANS COME TO FRUITION.

AND JUST LIKE JACE, THEY CAN

BE RAISED EVEN FROM THE

DEAD.

EVEN FROM BEING BLUE AND

COLD BY THE SIDE OF A POOL.

HE IS ABLE TO WATCH OVER HIS

PLANS FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND

SEE THEM COME TO FRUITION.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE

PRAYING FOR YOUR CHILDREN --

AND I KNOW IN MY LIFE, MY

CHILDREN HAVE INCREASED MY

PRAYER LIFE.

WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING FOR YOUR

CHILDREN, REMIND YOURSELF OF

THOSE TWO THINGS, THOSE TWO

SCRIPTURES.

AND HAVE YOUR PRAYERS BE

GROUNDED IN GOD'S WORD.

IT WILL GIVE YOU THE FAITH

YOU NEED TO PERSEVERE.

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP, A

FAMILY WITH 11 KIDS, WITH NO

FOOD TO EAT.

SEE HOW VIEWERS JUST LIKE

YOU GAVE THEM FOOD AND MUCH,

MUCH MORE, WHEN WE COME

BACK.

Terry: VERA LIVES IN

EXTREME POVERTY IN UKRAINE.

SHE IS THE MOTHER OF 11

CHILDREN, AND YET WHEN A

YOUNG GIRL IN HER VILLAGE

LOST BOTH OF HER PARENTS,

VERA COULDN'T RESIST OPENING

HER HOME TO THE CHILD, AS

WELL AS HER HEARTS.

HEART.

Reporter: VERA HAS 11

CHILDREN.

THE YOUNGEST FOUR LIVE AT

HOME.

THEY HAVE NO ELECTRICITY OR

RUNNING WATER, AND AN OLD

STOVE BARELY KEEPS THE HOUSE

WARM.

VERA'S HUSBAND IS DISABLED,

AND SHE CAN'T FIND STEADY

WORK.

SOMETIMES I GO WEEKS

WITHOUT WORK.

SOMETIMES I'M FORCED TO BEG

BECAUSE WE MUST FEED OUR

CHILDREN.

TODAY THEY HAD NOTHING TO

EAT YET, AND I DON'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO FEED THEM.

Reporter: SHE RELIES ON

HER FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

EVERY DAY.

AND THAT'S GIVEN HER A

COMPASSIONATE HEART.

RECENTLY I TOOK IN A GIRL

WHO HAD NO FATHER OR

MOTHER.

SHE LIVED HERE AND THERE A

FEW DAYS AT A TIME, AND I

FELT SORRY FOR HER.

I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO

LIVE THAT WAY.

SHE IS A GOOD GIRL.

Reporter: FOR YEARS

VERA HAS PRAYED FOR A BETTER

HOME.

I DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO

BUY A GOOD HOUSE.

ALL I WANT ARE A FEW BEDS, A

TABLE, AND A CABINET.

THOSE THINGS ARE TOO

EXPENSIVE FOR ME.

BUT I KNOW WITH GOD ALL

THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE GOD IS KIND AND

THAT HE WILL NOT FORSAKE

US.

Reporter: WITHOUT A

BETTER HOUSE, WE KNEW THAT

ALL OF THE KIDS WERE IN

DANGER OF BEING TAKEN BY

SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUT INTO

AN ORPHANAGE.

WE WANTED TO KEEP THIS

FAMILY TOGETHER.

SO CBN'S "ORPHANS' PROMISE"

BUILT THEM A NEW HOME AND

GAVE EVERYONE NEW BEDS.

NOW I KNOW GOD HEARD MY

PRAYERS.

SEEING THE NEW HOUSE FILLS

ME WITH GREAT JOY.

I LIKE OUR NEW HOUSE.

WE HAVE PLACES TO PLAY AND

TO SLEEP.

IT'S NICE TO BE WARM

WHILE WE SLEEP.

THIS HOUSE IS BETTER THAN

WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.

I WANT TO THINK

EVERYONE WHO HELPED US, FROM

THE PEOPLE WHO DONATED MONEY

TO THE ONES WHO BUILT THE

HOUSE.

EVERY NIGHT I THANK GOD FOR

THIS BLESSING.

Terry: THIS IS A WOMAN

WHO HAS LIVED HER LIFE WITH

FAITH IN GOD, BELIEVING IN

HIS GOODNESS AND

HIS KINDNESS.

NEVER REALLY ASKING FOR A

LOT MORE.

11 CHILDREN -- I MEAN THE

WHOLE HOUSE IS JUST

MATTRESSES.

NO PLACE TO PLAY OR HAVE

FAMILY GATHERINGS.

THEY JUST GET BY.

AND YET IN

THE MIDDLE OF THAT, SMILING

AND BELIEVING IN GOD'S

GOODNESS.

AND THEN YOU CAME ALONG AND

YOU SAID, WE'RE GOING TO

GIVE YOU SOMETHING MORE.

YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD.

THIS WOMAN EVEN TOOK IN A

CHILD THAT WAS NOT HERS, ON

TOP OF HER OWN 11, BECAUSE

THE CHILD HAD NOWHERE TO

BELONG.

A HEART OF KINDNESS, A HEART

THAT LOVES GOD, AND THEN YOU

CAME AND SAID, WE WANT TO BE

JESUS WITH SKIN ON TO YOU.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR

THOSE WHO HELPED US BE THERE

FOR VERA AND OTHERS LIKE HER

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GORDON?

Gordon: WELL, STILL

AHEAD, WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU

AND YOUR FAMILY.

BUT FIRST A PREMATURE BABY

IN A FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE.

HER HEAD DOCTOR SPOKE UP

AND SAID, HE IS SUCH A

FIGHTER.

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN

DO, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING.

WHEN WE WEAN THE MEDICATIONS

OUT OF HIS BODY AT THIS

POINT, HE'LL SLIP INTO A

COMA AND PASS AWAY.

Gordon: SEE HOW THIS

CHILD CHEATED DEATH, RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Gordon: GINGER AND JOEL

EXPECTED THEIR PREMATURE

WINS TO HAVE A BIG STRUGGLE,

BUT THE COUPLE NEVER

IMAGINED THEY WOULD HAVE TO

CHOOSE BETWEEN LIFE AND

DEATH FOR ONE OF THEIR

SONS.

Reporter: JOEL AND

GINGER WERE LOOKING FORWARD

TO THE BIRTH OF THEIR SECOND

CHILD.

THEN GINGER WENT FOR A

SONOGRAM AND GOT SOME

UNEXPECTED NEWS.

I CALLED JOEL AND

EXPLAINED IT TO HIM.

I WAS OVERWHELMED AND

CRYING, AND I SAID, HONEY,

WE'RE HAVING TWIN BOYS.

AND HE SAID, YES!

HE WAS REALLY EXCITED.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF

OUR ADVENTURE.

Reporter: BRENDON AND

JARED WERE BORN TWO MONTHS

PREMATURELY.

THEY WERE PLACED ON

VENTILATORS.

BUT THE VENTILATOR THAT WAS

KEEPING JARED ALIVE WAS ALSO

DAMAGING HIS LUNG.

IF WE WERE GOING TO OFFER

HIM ANY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL,

WITH GOOD FUNCTIONING LUNGS

WHEN HE WAS OLDER, WE FELT

WE NEEDED TO TRANSFER HIM TO

THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN

DENVER, WHERE THERE WERE

MORE SOPHISTICATED THERAPIES

THAT WERE AVAILABLE.

AND THE NURSE SAID, YOU

CAN'T TOUCH HIM.

HIS HEART RATE WAS OUT OF

CONTROL.

HE WAS OVERSTIMULATED.

SHE SAID, DON'T EVEN TOUCH

HIM.

JUST TELL HIM GOOD-BYE.

I STOOD OVER HIS BED WEEPING

AND THINKING, I WON'T SEE

HIM AGAIN.

THIS IS IT.

Reporter: JOEL FLEW

WITH JARED TO THE CHILDREN'S

HOSPITAL IN DENVER.

IT BECAME VERY EVIDENT

THAT HIS LUNGS WEREN'T

RESPONDING WELL AT ALL TO

THE TREATMENTS.

HE NEEDED CONSTANT

PRESSURE TO KEEP HIS

AIRWAVES OPEN.

EVENTUALLY HE BECAME

CRITICALLY ILL, AND THERE

WAS A QUESTION IF HAD CO

SURVIVE, EVEN WITH THE HELP

OF THE VENTILATOR.

THE HIGHER LEVELS OF OXYGEN

THAT HE REQUIRED TO KEEP HIS

SATURATION LEVELS UP WERE

DAMAGING HIS EYES.

Reporter: BEFORE HE WAS

SIX MONTHS OLD, JARED HAD

UNDERGONE MAJOR STOMACH

RECONSTRUCTION, HAD A

FEEDING TUBE PUT IN AND WAS

GIVEN A TRACHEOTOMY.

AS GINGER WATCHED HER BABY

SUFFER, HER RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD SUFFERED.

I WAS LOOKING BACK AT MY

LIFE AND I WAS THINKING,

GOD, I HAVE GIVEN YOU

EVERYTHING.

I HAVE TRUSTED YOU.

I ACCEPTED CHRIST WHEN I WAS

YOUNG.

AND I WANTED TO BE A

MISSIONARY.

I WAS LOOKING AT MY LIFE

THINKING, I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

YOU'RE DOING.

I HAD BECOME VERY ANGRY WITH

GOD, AND I HAD NEVER

EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE.

I HEARD OTHERS TALK ABOUT IT

AND I THOUGHT, THAT DOESN'T

MAKE SENSE.

HOW COULD YOU BE MAD AT

GOD?

BUT I STARTED TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT THAT WAS.

AND HE REALLY STARTED TO

WORK ON MY HEART, AND HE WAS

SO PATIENT WITH ME.

AND VERSES I LEARNED WHEN I

WAS LITTLE, AND THE ONE GOD

USED WAS ROMANS 8: 28.

SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IS A

VERSE WE MEMORIZE AND TAKE

IT FOR GRANTED.

AND IT SAYS, "WE KNOW THAT

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR

GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD,

WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO

HIS PURPOSE."

AND GOD REALLY USED THAT TO

DRAMATICALLY CHANGE MY

HEART.

OKAY, GOD, I KNOW YOU'RE

GOING TO WORK THIS OUT FOR

GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR GOING

TO DO IT, BUT I TRUST YOU TO

DO.

AND MY CIRCUMSTANCES DIDN'T

CHANGE, JARED WAS STILL VERY

CRITICAL, BUT MY HEART

CHANGED.

Reporter: DOCTORS TOLD

JOEL AND GINGER IF JARED'S

CONDITION DIDN'T IMPROVE,

THEY MAY HAVE TO DECIDE

WHETHER TO KEEP HIM ON LIFE

SUPPORT.

I REMEMBER LOOKING INTO

JOEL'S EYES AS WE SAT IN THE

CAR, AND HIS EYES WERE FULL

OF TEARS.

AND HE SAID, HONEY, HE'S NOT

GOING TO MAKE IT.

AND I STARTED TO CRY, AND I

SAID, I KNOW.

AND WE HAD NEVER VERBALIZED

THAT.

AND IT REALLY HIT US THAT

NIGHT THAT SOMETIMES GOD

SAYS NO.

AND SOMETIMES HIS PLAN ISN'T

WHAT WE WANT.

AND WE HELD EACH OTHER AND

WE CRIED.

AND WE CAME BEFORE THE LORD

FOR THE FIRST TIME REALLY AS

A COUPLE TOGETHER AND SAID,

GOD, HE IS YOURS.

WHATEVER YOUR PLAN IS FOUR

US, THAT'S FINE.

Reporter: THE NEXT

MORNING, WHEN THEY GOT TO

THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS TOLD

THEM JARED HAS CONTRACTED A

POTENTIALLY FATAL VIRUS.

THEY SAID, HONESTLY, WE

DON'T KNOW HOW HE IS STILL

ALIVE.

Reporter: JARED'S

DOCTORS DECIDED TO TRY ONE

MORE MEDICATION.

THREE DAYS LATER, THEY

CALLED THE COUPLE TO ANOTHER

CONFERENCE.

ALL OF HIS PHYSICIANS

WERE THERE, ALL OF HIS

SPECIALISTS WERE THERE, AND

HIS NURSES, AND THEY ALL HAD

TEARS IN THEIR EYES.

AND WE KNEW IT HADN'T

WORKED, AND WE KNEW THIS WAS

IT.

OUR HEAD DOCTOR SPOKE UP AND

SAID, IT IS NOT WORKING.

HE IS SUCH A FIGHTER, AND

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN

DO, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING.

WHEN WE WEAN THE MEDICATIONS

OUT OF HIS BODY, HE'LL SLIP

INTO A COMA AND PASS AWAY.

Reporter: JOEL AND

GINGER WERE GIVEN JUST ONE

OPTION.

AND THAT IS, WE CAN TAKE

HIM OFF THE VENTILATOR RIGHT

NOW.

HE IS SEDATED, AND HE WON'T

NO WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

WE CAN LET HIM GO RIGHT

NOW.

GINGER AND I LOOKED AT EACH

OTHER AT THAT TIME AND WE

ASKED SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS.

WE SAID, IS HE BRAIN-DEAD?

IS HE GONE?

AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, HE IS

NOT BRAIN-DEAD.

WHEN JOEL AND I LOOKED AT

EACH OTHER, WE SHOOK OUR

HEADS AND SAID, WE'RE GOING

TO KEEP PRAYING FOR A

MIRACLE.

Reporter: AS DOCTORS

WEANED JARED OFF HIS

MEDICATION, HIS FAMILY

CONTINUED TO PRAY.

I REMEMBER STANDING OVER

HIS BED AND LAYING OUR HANDS

ON HIS LITTLE, TINY CHEST

AND JUST PRAYING THAT GOD

WOULD DO SOMETHING AMAZING.

AND SPECIFICALLY, EN MY

IMMATURE WAY, I PRAYED, GOD,

THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT

OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SHOW

EVERYBODY WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Reporter: JARED

SURVIVED THE NIGHT.

DOCTORS WERE SHOCKED WHEN

BLOOD TESTS CAME BACK WITH

NEAR NORMAL RESULTS.

IT IS THE CLOSEST TO

NORMAL IT HAD BEEN IN HIS

ENTIRE LIFE.

THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED.

WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH

TEARS AND BIG GRINS, AND WE

KNEW THAT GOD WAS NOT

FINISHED WITH JARED.

DOCTORS JUST CAME IN

SHAKING THEIR HEADS IN

AMAZEMENT, AND BASICALLY

SAYING, NOW DON'T GET YOUR

HOPES UP BECAUSE HE IS GOING

TO STILL TAKE A TURN FOR THE

WORSE.

WE DON'T EXPECT THIS TO LAST

LONG.

THESE ARE THE BEST, MOST

EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS IN

THE AREA AT CHILDREN'S

HOSPITAL IN DENVER WHO SAID

HE IS NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.

EXTENDED FAMILY GATHERED TO

WATCH HIM DIE.

THEY STARTED WITHDRAWING

SUPPORT, AND BOOM, WITHIN A

DAY HE IS A NEW KID.

THAT'S A MIRACLE.

Reporter: DOCTORS

DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO EVER

SPEAK OR WALK, BUT JARED

CONTINUED TO MAKE STEADY

PROGRESS.

WHEN HE WAS FOUR, DOCTORS

REMOVED HIS BREATHING TUBE.

THE FIRST TIME I HEARD

HIM SAY MAMA AND GIGGLE WAS

JUST THE NEATEST THING I HAD

EVER HEARD.

Reporter: STILL,

DOCTORS DIDN'T THINK JARED

WOULD EVER HAVE A NORMAL

LIFE.

WHEN PREEMIES GET SICK,

THEY OFTEN BLEED INTO THEIR

HEAD, AND JARED DID THAT,

TOO.

YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A

VERY SEVERELY NEUROLOGICALLY

HANDICAPPED CHILD, VERY

SEVERELY.

BUT WHEN YOU WATCH JARED

OVER TIME, HE JUST IMPROVED

IN EVERY WAY.

Reporter: JARED AND

BRENDON WILL SOON BE

TEENAGERS, AND JARED IS

ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND JUST

MADE THE HONOR ROLL AT

SCHOOL.

I'LL LIKE TO PLAY

BASEBALL, I LIKE TO PLAY

FOOTBALL, AND I LIKE TO

SWIM.

HE HAS CERTAINLY FOOLED

MANY PHYSICIANS WHO OFTEN

DESCRIBED WHAT THEY SAW ON

X-RAYS AND WHAT THEY SAW ON

BLOOD TESTS AND WHAT THEY

READ IN MEDICAL RECORDS AND

MADE PREDICTIONS ON HOW HE

WOULD DO, AND HE HAS OUTDONE

THEM.

HE HAS OUTDONE THEM ALL.

SO, YEAH, HE IS A MIRACLE.

I THINK IT IS NEAT

SOMETIMES HOW GOD TAKES US

TO THE END OF WHO WE ARE AND

WHAT WE CAN DO, AND HE TOOK

US TO THE END OF WHAT WE

COULD DO AS PARENTS AND WHAT

THE DOCTORS COULD DO AS HIS

CARETAKERS, AND THEN HE

SAID, LET ME JUST SHOW YOU

WHAT I CAN DO.

BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TOO

BIG FOR GOD.

Gordon: THERE IS

NOTHING TOO BIG FOR GOD.

I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE YOU

CAN NEVER BE TOO DEAD FOR A

RESURRECTION.

WHEN YOU THINK IT IS

HOPELESS, THAT'S ACTUALLY

THE TIME WHEN GOD CAN DO HIS

BEST WORK.

HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT

IN OUR WEAKNESS.

THAT WAY WE KNOW IT WAS

HIM.

IT WAS HIM THAT MOVED.

WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU AND

YOUR FAMILY.

SO LET'S GO OVER TO JESSICA

IN THE CHATROOM.

GORDON, WE'VE RECEIVED

LOTS OF PRAYER REQUESTS FROM

PARENTS ON Facebook.

CHRISTY WRITES, "MY DAUGHTER

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BLADDER

CANCER.

SHE IS FIGHTING HARD.

PLEASE PRAY FOR HER AND ALSO

FOR MY OTHER CHILDREN WHO

ARE WATCHING HER GO THROUGH

THIS.

IT HAS REALLY TAKEN A TOLL

ON THEM."

KEVIN SAYS, "PLEASE PRAY FOR

MY SON, ERIC.

HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING BRAIN

CANCER.

I AM ASKING THE LORD TO

PLEASE HEAL MY BABY BOY AND

GET HIM HEALTHY AND

STRONG."

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY

FOR YOU.

AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, OR

YOU YOURSELF NEED A PRAYER

REQUEST, JOIN WITH US.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST

THANK YOU, GOD, THAT WE CAN

WATCH THOSE TESTIMONIES AND

OUR FAITH CAN BE LIFTED, AND

WE CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW

YOU STILL WORK TODAY.

FATHER, FOR ERIC AND FOR ALL

OF THE PRAYER REQUESTS,

LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR

KINGDOM WOULD COME, AND YOUR

WILL WOULD BE DONE RIGHT

NOW.

THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH THEM

AND HEAL THEM COMPLETELY.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

GORDON?

Gordon: WE LEAVE YOU

WITH THESE WORDS FROM 1

JOHN: "NOW THIS IS THE

CONFIDENCE WE HAVE IN HIM,

THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING

ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE

HEARS US."

IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT

GOD'S WILL, START THINKING

ABOUT HEAVEN.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN

HEAVEN?

IS ANYBODY SICK THERE?

IS ANYBODY HAVING TROUBLE

THERE?

THAT IS GOD'S WILL.

HE IS NOT A GOD OF THE

IMPOSSIBLE.

HE IS THE GOD OF THE