COMING UP...THE HARDEST

WORKING WOMAN IN COUNTRY

MUSIC.

GIVE ME A HIGH-FIVE,

LORD.

Gordon: DOLLY PARTON

LOOKS BACK AT HER UNLIKELY

CAREER.

PEOPLE LIKE ME HAVE TO

COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

Gordon: PLUS...A BOY

FALLS 20 FEET.

THIS STOMACH BURST OPEN

LIKE A BALLOON.

Gordon: AND A

MYSTERIOUS VISITOR KEEPS

HIM ALIVE.

HE JUST LOOKED AT ME

AND HE SAID, SON, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE OKAY.

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"THE 700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IT'S A SHOWDOWN IN NORTH

CAROLINA BETWEEN THE STATE

GOVERNMENT AND THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON

OVER THE STATE'S NEW

TRANSGENDER BATHROOM LAW.

Terry: THE GOVERNMENT

IS THREATENING TO TAKE

AWAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

IN EDUCATION FUNDING

UNLESS THE STATE CHANGES

THE LAW BY MONDAY.

BUT NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS

AREN'T SHOWING ANY SIGNS

OF BACKING DOWN.

HEATHER SELLS HAS THE

STORY.

Heather: NORTH

CAROLINA'S NEW LAW APPLIES

TO GOVERNMENT BATHROOMS,

AND IT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO

USE THE ONE THAT

CORRESPONDS WITH THE SEX

ON THEIR BIRTH

CERTIFICATE.

THE BILL IS SIMPLY

ABOUT PROTECTING THE

SAFETY, THE PRIVACY, AND

THE WELFARE OF WOMEN,

CHILDREN, AND CITIZENS IN

NORTH CAROLINA.

Heather: BUT THE U.S.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS

THE LAW VIOLATES FEDERAL

CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.

IT SAYS THE STATE MUST

CHANGE THE LAW BY MONDAY

OR RISK BEING SUED, AND

THAT COULD MEAN A LOSS OF

MILLIONS IN EDUCATION

FUNDING.

THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO

HOLD NORTH CAROLINA

HOSTAGE, AND TRYING TO

HOLD STUDENTS HOSTAGE.

AND THAT'S SHAMEFUL.

Heather: THE ACT

PROHIBITS WORKPLACE AND

STUDENT DISCRIMINATION

BASED ON SEX, BUT

DIFFERENT FEDERAL AGENCIES

NOW SAY THE PROTECTIONS

APPLY TO TRANSGENDER

PEOPLE.

THEY SAY NORTH CAROLINA'S

NEW LAW DISCRIMINATES

BECAUSE IT PREVENTS

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM

USING THE BATHROOM THAT

ALIGNS WITH THEIR GENDER

IDENTITY.

THE D.O.J. COMING OUT

AND STRONGLY REAFFIRMS

THAT IT IS A

DISCRIMINATORY LAW THAT

THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD NOT

HAVE PASSED.

WE DO NOT THINK THEY

HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO

THAT.

Heather: STATE

REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE

SHOWING NO SIGNS OF

BACKING DOWN AND THEY'RE

PROMISING A FIGHTMENT.

THEY'RFIGHT.

THEY'RE A LONG WAYS

FROM BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT

THEY CLAIM CAN BE DONE.

Heather: THE STATE

HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S

THREAT IS AN ATTEMPT BY

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

TO PUSH A RADICAL LEFT

AGENDA IN HIS FINAL MONTHS

IN OFFICE.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS IT IS A

BROAD OVER REACH OF

FEDERAL AUTHORITY, AND

THAT IT IMPACTS EVERY

STATE, NOT JUST NORTH

CAROLINA.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: THAT ONE IS

GOING TO TURN INTO A COURT

CASE VERY QUICKLY.

THE LAW THAT I'M VERY

INTERESTED IN IS THE THE

ONE IN MISSISSIPPI WHICH

PROTECTS FREEDOM OF

CONSCIENCE.

THAT ONE -- IF THAT

BECOMES LAW, THAT WILL BE

THE BATTLE THAT WE ALL

NEED TO LOOK AT.

CAN CHRISTIANS LIVE IN OUR

SOCIETY AND ACT IN

ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLICAL

VALUES?

AND THIS ISN'T A

CONSERVATIVE ISSUE.

THIS ISN'T A LIBERAL

ISSUE.

THIS IS, ARE YOU ADHERING

TO ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

IN WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU

BEHAVE?

THAT WILL BE A REAL TEST

OF OUR CONSTITUTION.

> IN OTHER NEWS, IT

LOOKS LIKE LONDON IS ABOUT

TO ELECT ITS FIRST MUSLIM

MAYOR.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

GORDON.

THAT MUSLIM CANDIDATE HAD

A SOLID LEAD IN THE POLLS

HEADING UP TO THE

ELECTION.

AND ALTHOUGH ANALYSTS

WARNED AN UPSET WAS

POSSIBLE, LONDON SEEMED

READY TO MAKE HISTORY WITH

ITS FIRST MUSLIM MAYOR.

BUT AS DALE HURD REPORTS,

SOME PEOPLE IN BRITAIN HAD

SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HIS

PAST.

Reporter: 45-YEAR-OLD

SIDNEY KAHN IS THE SON OF

A BUS DRIVER FROM

PAKISTAN.

HE BECAME A LAWYER AND

THEN A MEMBER OF

PARLIAMENT FOR THE

LEFT-WING LABOR PARTY.

HIS OPPONENT, ZAC GOLD

SMITH, HAS DESCRIBED KAHN

AS RADICAL AND DANGEROUS,

AND ACCUSED HIM OF GIVING

PLATFORMS AND COVER TO

ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS.

KAHN REFUTES THE CHARGES.

BUT WHAT IS INDISPUTABLE

IS THAT KAHN REPRESENTED

LOUIS FARRAKHAN IN THE

EARLY 2000s, IN A COURT

BATTLE TO OVER TURN A BAN

ON FARRAKHAN'S ENTRY INTO

BRITAIN.

AND HE CO-WROTE A LETTER

TO THE NEWSPAPER BLAMING

THE 7/7/7 BOMBINGS O ON THE

POLICY FOR THE MIDDLE

EAST.

KAHN'S LABOR PARTY HAS

BEEN ROCKED BY ALLEGATIONS

OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

IN A POLL LAST YEAR,

ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF

LONDONERS SAID THEY WOULD

BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A

MUSLIM MAYOR, BUT THE COFF

CONSERVATIVE GOLDSMITH,

THE SON OF A BILLIONAIRE,

HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF

RUNNING A TERRIBLE

CAMPAIGN.

KAHN'S ALLEGED TIES TO

RADICALISM HAVEN'T KEPT

HIM DOWN IN THE POLLS.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

John: THANKS, DALE.

> HERE AT HOME, MORE

THAN 47,000 LOCAL EVENTS

WERE HELD ACROSS THE

COUNTRY FOR THURSDAY'S

"NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER."

ONE OF THEM WAS IN DENVER,

WHERE THE FAITHFUL STOOD

IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS

YEAR'S THEME, "WAKE UP

AMERICA."

STEPHANIE RIGS BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

Reporter: THIS 65th

"NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER"

KICKED OFF WITH A JERICHO

MARCH AROUND DENVER STATE

CAPITAL, FEATURING A

LIFE-SIZED ARK OF THE

COVENANT.

GOD, WE WANT TO PRAY

TODAY, AS WE COME TOGETHER

AS A NATION, TO PRAY YOUR

BLESSING UPON THIS NATION.

ReporterNATION.

Reporter: THESE

PRAYER WARRIORS BROUGHT

THIS VERSE TO LIFE AS THEY

SOUNDED TRUMPETS,

SIGNALLING A WAKEUP CALL

TO CRY OUT TO GOD.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE

JUST ASSUME OUR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOMS WILL NOT BE TAKEN

AWAY.

BUT THE SAD PART IS THEY

HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY,

LITTLE BY LITTLE BY

LITTLE.

AND IF WE DON'T COME

TOGETHER AND RAISE OUR

VOICES, WE'RE GOING TO BE

IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

Reporter: THE

"NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER"

HOPES TO MOBILIZE THE

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO

INTERCEDE FOR AMERICA'S

LEADERS AND OUR FAMILIES.

THIS NATIONAL OBSERVANCE

IS BASED ON THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT AMERICA

IS ROOTED IN REVERENCE TO

GOD AND HIS WORD, AS

EVIDENCED BY THESE WORDS

IN 1808, IN PART SAYING:

"FASTING AND PRAYER ARE

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES, AND

CAN NEVER BEEN SAFER THAN

IN THEIR HANDS, WHERE THE

CONSTITUTION HAS DEPOSITED

IT."

PRAYER HAS A LONG-STANDING

AND SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN

AMERICAN HISTORY.

CONFIRMED IN 1983, WHEN

THE SUPREME COURT AFFIRMED

THE RIGHT OF LAWMAKERS TO

OPEN THEIR SESSIONS WITH

PRAYER.

PRAYER HAS A POWER TO

CONNECT US WITH THE ALL

ALMIGHTY GOD.

SO WE EXPECT AN ALMIGHTY

RESPONSE.

Reporter: IN DENVER,

STEPHANIE RIGS, CBN NEWS.

John: AND YOU CAN

LEARN THE INTERESTING

HISTORY OF THE "NATIONAL

DAY OF PRAYER" BY GOING TO

OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

AND, GORDON, WE HEARD IT

ALL DAY YESTERDAY, PEOPLE

SAYING WHAT AMERICA NEEDS

NOW MORE THAN EVER IS TO

REPENT AND TO PRAY.

Gordon: AND I WOULD

ECHO THOSE WORDS, THAT WE

NEED THAT.

AND WE NEED TO REALIZE

THERE IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD,

AND HE CONTROLS -- HE

CONTROLS.

HE IS SOVEREIGN.

HE GIVES US FREE WILL, AND

IN THAT FREE WILL, WE CAN

CHOOSE TO DO THE WRONG.

AND WE'RE SEEING THAT

INCREASINGLY IN OUR

CULTURE, WHERE WE ARE

LITERALLY CHOOSING TO DO

THE WRONG.

BUT WE AS CHRISTIANS,

LET'S BE SALT.

LET'S BE LIGHT.

LET'S REALIZE THAT WHEN WE

PRAY, WE GET ANSWERS.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

SHE HAS HER OWN AMUSEMENT

PARK AND EVEN HER OWN

ROLLER COASTER.

Efrem: DO YOU RIDE

LIGHTNING ROD?

I DON'T RIDE ANY OF

THEM, WITH THIS HAIR AND

ALL MY STUFF -- NOT GOOD.

Terry: THE ICONIC

DOLLY PARTON TALKS ABOUT

HER FILM "COAT OF MANY

COLORS," AND HER FAMILY

AND FAITH, WHICH INSPIRED

IT, ALL AFTER THIS.

Gordon: WELL, DOLLY

PARTON IS A COUNTRY MUSIC

LEGEND.

FANS GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE

HER LIFE ON FILM IN "COAT

OF MANY COLORS."

THE TELEVISION MOVIE WAS

SUCH A RATINGS SUCCESS, IT

IS NOW AVAILABLE ON D.V.D.

DOLLY IS CURRENTLY WORKING

ON TURNING MORE OF HER

HITS INTO MOVIES THAT MORE

FAMILIES CAN ENJOY.

EFREM GRAHAM SPOKE WITH

HER.

Efrem: DOLLY PARTON

IS THE HARDEST WORKING AND

THE MOST-HONORED COUNTRY

MUSIC FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL

TIME, AND THE ONLY WITH

HER OWN AMUSEMENT PARK AND

ROLLERCOASTER.

IT IS THE FASTEST

WOODEN ROLLER COASTER.

IT GOES UP 73 MILES AN

HOUR, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT

FOR A WOODEN ROLLER

COASTER.

AND IT COVERS A LOT OF

TERRITORY.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF

WONDERFUL THINGS AT

DOLLYWOOD.

AND THAT'S OUR NEW

ADDITION.

Efrem: AND DO YOU

RIDE LIGHTNING ROD?

NO.

I DON'T RIDE ANY OF THEM

WITH THIS HAIR AND ALL OF

MY STUFF.

NOT GOOD.

Efrem: DOLLY'S REAL

LIFE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A

REMARKABLE RISING ROLLER

COASTER.

SHE IS THE FOURTH OF 12

CHILDREN.

HER PARENTS, ROBERT LEE

AND ABBEY LEE STRUGGLED TO

MAKE ENDS MEET IN THE POOR

HILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE,

NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE HER

THEME PARK NOW STANDS.

YOU HAVE A COLORFUL WAY

WITH WORDS.

WHY, THANK YOU, SO DO

YOU.

Efrem: THE MOVIE IS

"COAT OF MANY COLORS," AND

IT'S SUCCESS INSPIRED HER

TO RELEASE IT ON D.V.D.

MISS PARTON, FRONT AND

CENTER.

SINCE YOU WERE SO

INTERESTED I IN TALKING

DURING YOUR ESSAY TEST,

YOU CAN BE THE FIRST ONE

TO READ YOUR ALOUD.

ALL RIGHT, DOLLY, PLEASE

TELL US WHO YOUR FAVORITE

FAMOUS PERSON IS AND WHY

YOU ADMIRE THEM?

THAT'S SIMPLY.

IT IS MISS DOLLY PARTON,

RISING START OF THE GRAND GRAND

OLE OPRY.

SHE COULD SING BEFORE SHE

COULD TALK.

Efrem: HARD TO

BELIEVE THAT THE DOLLY

PARTON ICON CAME FROM SUCH

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS I WANTED TO DO THE

THE SHOW.

BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME HAD

TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

Efrem: DOLLY FIRST

TOLD THE STORY IN A SONG.

* MAMA MADE MY COAT OF

MANY COLOURS THAT I WAS SO

PROUD OF *

Efrem: THAT'S STILL

HER VERY FAVORITE TODAY.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY

PROUD OF MY FAMILY AND MY

MOM AND MY DAD.

AND I REALLY WANTED TO PAY

THEM THE RESPECT THEY

DESERVE.

I WANTED THEM TO BE MORE

ABOUT THEM THAN IT REALLY

WAS ABOUT ME.

NO ONE HAS SEEN HER

SINCE SHE LOST THAT BABY.

SHE LOOKS JUST AWFUL.

WHO WOULDN'T.

EIGHT KIDS ALREADY.

THEY CAN'T FEED THE KIDS

THEY HAVE NOW.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH LEE

PARTON?

GOD TOOK THAT LITTLE

BABY JUST AS SURE AS THIS

WORLD.

I SAY IT IS A BLESSING IN

DISGUISE.

HOW CAN THE TAKING OF

AN INNOCENT EVER BE A

BLESSING?

OH, I'M SO SORRY,

ABBEY.

Efrem: MY WIFE AND I

LOST A CHILD PRETTY MUCH

THE SAME WAY, SO I

IDENTIFY WITH THAT.

HOW WOULD YOUR DESCRIBE

YOUR PARENTS' LOVE STORY.

MAMA NEVER LOVED

ANYBODY BUT DADDY, AND

DADDY NEVER LOVED ANYBODY

BUT HER.

MY DAD WAS A HAND HANDSOME MAN,

AND MY MOM WAS ALWAYS A

LITTLE JEALOUS, BUT SHE

WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

THEIR LOVE STORY WAS

BEAUTIFUL.

MAMA NEVER LOOKED ANY WAY

BESIDES -- SHE WOULD

CHOOSE DADDY OVER US, AND

SHE LOVED US OVER

ANYTHING.

Efrem: YOU ARE

APPROACHING 50 YEARS OF

MARRIAGE YOURSELF?

ARE THEY AN AN EXAMPLE FOR

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND?

I THINK MY HUSBAND AND

I -- OUR RELATIONSHIP IS A

GOD-SEND.

GOD KNEW I WOULD NEED

SOMEBODY LIKE HIM IF I WAS

GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS

CRAZY STUFF.

AND HE KNEW HE WOULD NEED

SOMEBODY LIKE ME BECAUSE

CARL IS PRETTY MUCH A

LONER.

Efrem: THE

ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS HAVE

COUNTED ONLY ABOUT 20

PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARL

DEAN AND DOLLY TOGETHER.

SINCE THEY SNEAKED ACROSS

THE STATE LINE IN 1966 AND

TIED THE KNOT IN GEORGIA

TO KEEP THE ANNOUNCEMENT

OUT OF THE TENNESSEE

PAPERS.

WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 52

YEARS IN MAY, BUT WE'VE

BEEN MARRIED 50.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR ME

AND SUPPORTIVE, BUT HE

DOESN'T TRY TO GET INTO

THE BUSINESS.

HE JUST SAYS, LEAVE ME OUT

OF IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO ANY OF

THESE SHINDIGS -- I'M NOT

DOING ANY OF THAT.

* JOLENE

Efrem: AT 70, DOLLY'S

SHINDIGS ARE NOT SLOWING

DOWN.

PICKING UP THE TEX RITTER

AWARD FOR "COAT OF MANY

COLORS," AND PERFORMING

WITH POP STAR KATY PERRY

AND PUSHING FORWARD WITH A

TOUR.

YOU'RE GETTING READY TO

TOUR 60 CITIES, I'M

READING.

ARE YOU UP FOR THAT?

I'M READY.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

I LOVE TOURING.

I LIVE ON MY BUS.

I DON'T HAVE TO FLY, SO I

DON'T WEAR MYSELF OUT WITH

THAT.

I LOVE TO TRAVEL.

I'M A GYPSY.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED GOING.

Efrem: YOU STARTED

SINGING IN YOUR

GRANDFATHER'S CHURCH.

HE WAS A MINISTER.

HOW VIVID ARE THOSE

MEMORIES?

VERY VIVID.

I GREW UP KNOWING JESUS

LOVED ME, AND I KNEW

THROUGH GOD ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

I GREW UP WITH THOSE

THINGS THAT WE JUST HEARD

ALL OF THE TIME.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS A

REALLY GOOD PREACHER.

HE USED TO SCARE ME A

LITTLE BIT.

HE WAS THAT HELL-FIRE,

BRIMSTONE PREACHER.

ONE OF THE LINES IS "HE

PREACHED HELL SO HOT YOU

CAN REALLY FEEL THE HEAT."

THAT'S WHO I AM.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME

GOING.

Efrem: THAT FAITH IS

WHAT INSPIRING DOLLY TO

WRITE HIT SONGS.

SHE HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN

3,000.

* IF I SHOULD STAY, WELL,

I WOULD ONLY BE IN YOUR

WAY *

Efrem: INCLUDING THIS

ONE...

ANY TIME I WRITE

SOMETHING AND IT IS JUST A

LINE I KNOW DIDN'T COME

FROM ME, I SAY, GIVE ME A

HIGH-FIVE, LORD.

GIVE ME A THUMBS UP.

* AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE

YOU *

Efrem: AND THERE IS

MORE MUSIC AND FAITH

INSPIRED STORIES FROM

DOLLY'S LIFE IN THE WORKS.

SHE SIGNED A DEAL TO

PRODUCE MORE MOVIES FOR

NBC.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN,

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

Gordon: THERE IS A

SIDE OF DOLLY PARTON YOU

WON'T SEE ANYWHERE ELSE, A

COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND.

"COAT OF MANY COLORS" IS

AVAILABLE ON D.V.D., AND

IT IS A TRIBUTE TO DOLLY

PARTON'S MOTHER, AND IT IS

JUST IN TIME FOR MODELS

DAY.

MOTHER'S

DAY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON

cbnnews.com.

Terry: SHE IS SO

REFRESHING.

SHE HAS STAYED

CONSISTENTLY WHO SHE IS

THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.

AN INCREDIBLY CREATIVE

WOMAN.

> COMING UP, A TEENAGER

FALLS 20 FEET, BURSTING

HIS STOMACH LIKE A

BALLOON.

THEY JUST PULLED BACK

THE SHEET AND HE TOLD ME

MY SON'S ORGANS WERE

DYING.

HE SAID, IF WE DON'T GET

THIS FIXED, HE WON'T LIVE

TO SEE TOMORROW.

Terry: WATCH WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN TOMORROW

COMES, AFTER THIS.

Gordon: LEVI WAS AT

CHURCH, JUST HANGING OUT

WITH HIS YOUTH GROUP.

HIS PARENTS WERE IN A ROOM

NEARBY.

NONE OF THEM COULD HAVE

IMAGINED THAT LEVI WAS

ABOUT TO TAKE A STEP THAT

ALMOST KILLED HIM.

Reporter:

JANUARY 4th, 2009, IS A

DIE THAADAY THE LEVI AND HIS

FAMILY WILL NEVER FORGET.

HE AND HIS PARENTS WERE AT

THIS CHURCH FOR A MEETING.

HE SAID, DAD, CAN I

HAVE THE KEYS TO THE HIGH

SCHOOL ROOM?

AND I GAVE HIM THE KEYS.

AND THE KIDS ON THE INSIDE

WERE KEEPING THE DOOR

SHUT, PUSHING AND

LAUGHING, LIKE KIDS DO.

Reporter: THEY HAD

LOCKED LEVI AND SOME OTHER

KIDS OUT.

BUT LEVI HAD A PLAN, HE

HAD THE MASTER KEY.

AND HE DECIDED TO GET TO

THE HIGH SCHOOL ROOM BY

GOING THROUGH SEVERAL

CLOSETS.

THERE WAS NO FLOORING BY

THE A.C. UNIT, AND LEVI

FELL STRAIGHT THROUGH,

20 FEET TO THE SANCTUARY

BELOW.

I RAN IN THERE, HELPED

HIM GET UP, AND CALLED THE

AMBULANCE FROM THERE.

Reporter: THE

AMBULANCE WAS ON ITS WAY.

LEVI LOOKED RELATIVELY

NORMAL, BUT INTERNALLY,

SOMETHING FELT WRONG.

HE WAS IN QUITE A BIT

OF PAIN.

AND WE WERE ASKING HIM,

SON, WHERE ARE YOU

HURTING?

AND HE KEPT POINTING TO

HIS UPPER STOMACH AREA.

JUST BY THE LOOK IN HIS

FACE, I JUST KNEW WITHIN

MYSELF THAT SOMETHING BAD

HAD HAPPENED.

Reporter: THE

E.M.T.s TOOK HIM TO THE

HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE,

GEORGIA, FOR X-RAYS AND

CAT SCANS.

I HAD TO SIT IN THE

FRONT, AND I COULD SEE HIM

EVERY NOW AND THEN TURN ON

HIS SIDE, AND I JUST FELT

SO HELPLESS.

THE MAIN DOCTOR, THE

TRAUMA SURGEON, SAID WE

GOT TO GET YOUR SON OUT OF

THE HOSPITAL.

AND I DIDN'T GET THAT.

HE SAID, WE CAN'T HELP

YOUR SON HERE.

Reporter: LEVI WAS

LIFE-FLIGHTED TO ATLANTA.

THE DOCTOR SAT DOWN

BEHIND US AND HE SAID HE

HAD BEEN THER THERE FOR 25

YEARS, AND HE NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.

HE SAID YOUR SON, LEVI,

HIS STOMACH BURST OPEN

LIKE A BALLOON.

HE SAID THIS IS VERY

SERIOUS.

HE'LL HAVE ALIT A LOT OF

PROBLEMS IN THE LONG ROAD.

HE SAID IF WE CAN KEEP

LEVI ALIVE FOR THE FIRST

24 HOURS...WE'LL WORRY

ABOUT THE NEXT DAY.

Reporter: AFTER HIS

SURGERY, LEVI WAS

UNCONSCIOUS, HANGING ON

DAY BY DAY.

A WEEK LATER, HE STILL

HADN'T IMPROVED, AND

DR. NICOLAS PULLED THE

PARENTS ASIDE.

HE TOLD ME MY SON'S

ORGANS ARE DYING.

HE SAID, IF WE DON'T GET

THIS FIXED, HE WON'T LIVE

TO SEE TOMORROW.

DR. NICOLAS PULLED BY THE

SHEET, AND LEVI'S STOMACH

WAS OPEN.

IT WAS LIKE A CLEAR

CELLOPHANE THAT WAS ON

HIM.

AND ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS

JUST BLACK.

YOU COULDN'T SEE, YOU

KNOW, ANYTHING, REALLY,

ANY INTERNAL ORGANS.

IT WAS LOSING OXYGEN

AND BLOOD FLOW, IS WHAT HE

EXPLAINED TO ME.

HE SAID, IF WE CAN'T STOP

THIS, THERE IS NOTHING I

CAN DO.

Reporter: LEVI'S

PARENTS AND HIS FRIENDS

HAD BEEN PRAYING FROM THE

BEGINNING.

WE ALL GOT ON OUR

KNEES.

AND WE STARTED ASKING THE

LORD TO HELP US, TO GUIDE

THE DOCTORS, AND TO HELP

US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE

GETTING INTO.

WE NEED A MIRACLE.

I CALLED EVERYBODY I COULD

THINK OF.

WE WERE ON OUR KNEES

PRAYING, ASKING GOD FOR

THAT MIRACLE TO HAPPEN.

WHEN WE WENT BACK TO

THE ROOM THAT NIGHT, I

OPENED MY BIBLE TO ISAIAH

53, FIFTH VERSE, AND I

READ THAT SCRIPTURE, THAT

ONE VERSE, FOR HOURS.

WHICH SAYS BY HIS STRIPES

WE ARE HEALED.

Reporter: THE NEXT

MORNING, THE DOCTOR HAD

ANOTHER REPORT.

HE GRABBED THE SHEET

AND PULLED IT BACK, AND HE

LOOKED AT ME AND LOOKED

BACK AT LEVI, AND HE SAID,

I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE ALL

DOING, OR WHO YOU GOT IN

TOUCH WITH, BUT HE SAID

KEEP IT UP.

AND I LOOKED DOWN, AND I

COULD SEE LEVI'S

INTESTINES AND HIS ORGANS,

HIS LIVER, EVERYTHING WAS

PINK AND BLOOD WAS FLOWING

LIKE A MILE A MINUTE.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

MOMENTS THAT I SHOUTED.

AND I GAVE DR. NICHOLAS A

HUG.

HE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY,

BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT.

I HAD TO HUG SOMEBODY.

SO WE GOT OUR MIRACLE.

WE GOT OUR HEALING.

FROM THAT POINT ON THINGS

TURNED AROUND AND THINGS

STARTED GETTING BETTER.

Reporter: LATER,

AFTER LEVI WOKE UP, HE

SAYS HE HAD A VISITOR IN

THIS ROOM.

AND I SEEN THIS FACE

APPEAR TO ME.

AND IT I WAS GOD, AND I KNEW

IT WAS.

AND I COULDN'T REALLY TALK

OR NOTHING.

HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND

HE SAID, SON, YOU'RE GOING

TO BE OKAY.

Reporter: DR. MOORE

TOOK CARE OF LEVI AFTER HE

GOT BACK.

HE HAD A RUPTURE OF HIS

SPLEEN.

HE COULD HAVE BLED TO

DEATH BY THE TIME HE GOT

TO THE HOSPITAL.

HE HAD A RUPTURE OF HIS

STOMACH, AND THAT COULD

LEAD TO LIFE-THREATENING

INFECTION.

FRACTURES HERE AND THERE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF

MIRACLES GOING ON.

Reporter: AND HOW

DOES LEVI FEEL ABOUT ALL

OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PRAYED

FOR HIM?

SO LOVED.

I APPRECIATE IT EVERY DAY.

BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE HERE

WITHOUT THE PRAYERS.

AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE

WITHOUT GOD.

Gordon: WE WOULDN'T

BE HERE WITHOUT GOD.

THE SAME GOD THAT GAVE YOU

LIFE, GAVE YOU BREATH, IS

READY, WILLING, AND ABLE

TO GIVE YOU A MIRACLE.

THE AMAZING THING IS WE

SOMEHOW THINK WE HAVE TO

BEG HIM.

WE HAVE TO PLEAD FOR IT.

WE'VE GOT TO CONVINCE HIM.

BUT HE LOVES US SO MUCH,

HE IS WILLING TO SHOW UP

AT ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

BELIEVE.

THAT'S IT.

WHEN JESUS HEALED THE

SICK, HE WOULD ALWAYS

CONGRATULATE THEM AND SAY,

YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU

WHOLE.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE -- IT'S

NOT AN ARGUMENT WITH GOD;

IT'S NOT A BARGAIN WITH

GOD.

IT'S BELIEVING WHAT HE HAS

ALREADY DONE.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT BY HIS

STRIPES, WE WERE HEALED.

AND THEN IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT, IT SAYS "WE ARE

HEALED."

IT IS INCREDIBLE TO THINK

IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

BELIEVE IT.

NOW, WHEN WERE YOUR SINS

FORGIVEN?

WELL, IT ALL HAPPENED ON

THE CROSS 2,000 YEARS AGO,

BEFORE YOU EVEN DID THEM.

HE HAD ALREADY FORGIVEN

THEM.

HE ALREADY HAD A PLAN OF

SALVATION JUST FOR YOU.

NOW, START THINKING, WHEN

WAS I HEALED?

THE SAME TIME.

IT IS THE SAME CROSS.

YOU DON'T ADD TO IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

BELIEVE IN IT.

AND WHEN YOU BELIEVE, WHEN

YOU HAVE THAT FAITH, START

TALKING ABOUT FAITH.

HERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL

FACTS.

THIS PAIN, THIS

INFIRMITY -- HERE IS SOME

GREAT FACTS FOR YOU: JESUS

CAME, HE LIVED A SINLESS

LIFE.

HIS BLOOD IS DIVINE.

HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ME.

AND BY HIS STRIPES I AM

HEALED.

AND HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.

HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD

DAY.

RIGHT NOW HE IS SITTING AT

THE RIGHT HAND OF THE

FATHER, AND GUESS WHO HE

IS PRAYING FOR?

HE IS PRAYING FOR ME RIGHT

NOW.

START TELLING YOURSELF

THOSE FACTS, AND FAITH

WILL GET VERY EASY.

NOW, TERRY AND I ARE GOING

TO PRAY WITH, FOR YOU, AND

WE'RE GOING TO AGREE.

BEFORE WE PRAY, WE'VE GOT

SOME OTHER MIRACLES.

HERE IS ONE FROM CAMPBELL,

CALIFORNIA.

O FILIA, SHE HAD ARTHRITIS

FOR THREE YEARS.

DOCTORS WANTED TO PERFORM

SURGERY AND GIVE HER A NEW

HIP, BUT SHE REFUSED.

SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO

PRAY AND TRUST GOD.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB,"

AND TERRY GAVE A WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE: SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU HAVE A STRONG PAIN IN

YOUR HIP, IT IS IN THE

JOINT OF YOUR HIP, AND IT

HAMPERS YOUR ABILITY TO BE

MOBILE AND WALK FREELY.

YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL

WARMTH COME THERE RIGHT

NOW AS GOD HEALS THAT FOR

YOU.

WHEN OFILIA HEARD TERRY

SPEAK, SHE FELT WARMTH GO

THROUGH HER BODY AND SHE

WAS INSTANTLY HEALED.

Terry: HALLELUJAH.

THIS IS DAWN, SHE HAD A

TEAR IN HER SHOULDER THAT

CAUSED HER EXTREME PAIN

AND RESTRICTED THE

MOVEMENT OF HER ARM FOR

TWO YEARS.

LAST OCTOBER, SHE HAD

SURGERY TO REPAIR IT, BUT

IT DIDN'T HELP HER AT ALL.

BY LAST JANUARY, THE PAIN

HEIGHTENED AND HAD BECOME

ALMOST UNBEARABLE FOR HER.

THEN ON APRIL 22nd, SHE

WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.

AND, GORDON, YOU SAID,

THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE, YOU

HAVE DEEP PAIN IN YOUR

RIGHT SHOULDER.

THAT PAIN IS GONE NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

DAWN SAID INSTANTLY SHE

WAS HEALED.

AND SHE IS NOW ABLE TO

MOVE HER ARM AND USE IT

ANY WAY SHE DESIRES.

Gordon: HALLELUJAH.

APRIL 22nd -- JESUS, THE

SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER.

WHAT HE DID ON

APRIL 22nd, HE IS

WILLING TO DO TODAY, JUST

FOR YOU.

JUST FOR YOU.

START THINKING ABOUT HIS

INFINITE LOVE FOR YOU.

AND LET'S GO TO HIM, THE

ONE WHO LOVES U-TH YOU, THE ONE

WHO CARES FOR YOU, THE ONE

WHO NUMBERS THE VERY HAIRS

ON YOUR HEAD, AND LET HIM

DO ALL OF THE REST.

LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF

THE AUDIENCE TO YOU RIGHT

NOW.

AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE

PAIN IN THEIR BODY, FOR

THOSE WHO HAVE SICKNESS,

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ANY

INFIRMITY AT ALL, WE JUST

DECLARE OVER THEM THAT

THIS IS NOT YOUR WILL.

YOUR WILL IN HEAVEN -- WE

SEE IT PLAINLY.

THERE IS NO ONE SICK.

THERE IS NO ONE IN PAIN.

THERE IS NO ONE SUFFERING.

YOU'VE WIPED AWAY EVERY

TEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW LET YOUR WILL

BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS

IN HEAVEN.

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE IN

THEIR BODIES NOW.

BY THE POWER OF GOD, HEAL.

TOUCH NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

HAD A CONTINUAL PROBLEM IN

YOUR RIGHT ELBOW.

YOU JUST FELT SOMETHING

LIKE ELECTRICITY GO

THROUGH IT.

GOD IS HEALING YOU NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

IT IS FULLY RELEASED.

YOU COULDN'T EXTEND YOUR

RIGHT ARM FULLY.

YOU COULDN'T MOVE THAT

ELBOW WITHOUT PAIN.

DO IT NOW AND REALIZE GOD

HAS HEALED YOU.

IT IS A TREMENDOUS MIRACLE

FOR YOU.

JUST BEGIN TO MOVE IT AND

REALIZE GOD HAS HEALED

YOU.

TERRY?

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE AN

ISSUE WITH YOUR BACK.

YOU CAN'T LEAN FORWARD,

YOU CAN'T LEAN BACK OR GO

UP AND DOWN EASILY.

AND GOD IS CREATIVELY

SOLVING THAT PROBLEM FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

JUST PUT YOUR HAND BEHIND

YOUR BACK, AND LIFT YOUR

OTHER HAND UP IN THE AIR

AND SAY, YES, GOD, I

RECEIVE THIS.

IT IS FOR YOU TODAY.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE AN

ISSUE WITH THE BONE IN

YOUR UPPER JAW, AND GOD IS

HEALING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE

TO HAVE ALL OF THE

CORRECTION YOU THOUGHT YOU

WERE.

IT HAS JUST BEEN HEALED IN

JESUS' NAME.

Gordon: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE HAD

A PROBLEM EVER SINCE YOU

HAD A TRANSFUSION.

SOMETHING WAS TAINTED IN

THE BLOOD THAT WAS PUT

INTO YOU.

IT IS RECURRING ISSUES.

DOCTORS ARE SAYING THEY

CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT

IT, BUT GOD CAN.

HE IS CLEANSING YOU FROM

THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD TO

THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET.

THOSE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS

ARE ALL LEAVING YOU RIGHT

NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

IN JESUS' NAME BE HEALED

AND BE MADE WHOLE.

Terry: THERE IS MUN

ELSESOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE HAD

ECZEMA ALL OF YOUR LIFE,

AND GOD IS HEALING THAT.

YOUR SKIN IS GOING TO BE

AS FRESH AND AS PINK AS

THOUGH YOU NEVER HAD IT.

NO SCARRING LEFT, NOTHING.

Gordon: LORD, WE

THANK YOU, FOR YOU ARE THE

HEALER.

WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT

YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

WONDERFUL SACRIFICE.

FOR BY YOUR STRIPES, WE

ARE HEALED.

WE WERE HEALED.

AND WE JUST WALK INTO THAT

RIGHT NOW.

IN JESUS' NAME, WE RECEIVE

IT.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED A

HEALING, GIVE US A CALL

AND LET US KNOW.

WE WANT TO TELL THE WORLD

THAT JESUS IS THE SAME.

YOU OVERCOME THE ENEMY BY

THE WORD OF YOUR

TESTIMONY.

SO LET PEOPLE KNOW.

1-800-759-0700.

AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE

BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

PRAYER, THE PRAYER THAT

GETS AN ANSWER.

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL US.

WE'D BE GLAD TO PRAY WITH

YOU.

THE NUMBER IS THE SAME:

1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, STILL

AHEAD, YOU THINK YOU'RE

BUSY?

IMAGINE BEING THE WORKING

MOM OF FIVE BOYS.

AUTHOR ALI WORTHINGTON

TELLS HOW SHE FOUND PEACE

IN A WORLD OF CRAZY BUSY.

THAT'S COMING UP LATER.

PLUS, AN 8-YEAR-OLD

FROM BEIJING CREATES HER

OWN "SUPERBOOK" FAN CLUB.

I WANT TO SHARE

"SUPERBOOK" WITH MORE AND

MORE NEEDY CHILDREN.

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO

HELP OTHERS.

WE LOVE "SUPERBOOK"!

[YELLING]

WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB."

A C.E.O. KNOWN FOR LEADING

WITH LOVE HAS A NEW JOB.

JOEL MANBI, NOW THE

PRESIDENT, C.E.O. AND

DIRECTOR OF SEA WORLD

PARKS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

CBN NEWS SPOKE WITH HIM

WHEN HE WAS THE C.E.O. OF

HERSHIN FAMILY

ENTERTAINMENT.

HE SAID HIS MISSION THERE

WAS TO MAINTAIN A CULTURE

THAT MODELS THE LOVE OF

JESUS.

HE SAYS WE ARE TO LOVE

OTHERS AS HE LOVES US.

MANDI WROTE A BOOK CALLED

"LOVE WORKS, SEVEN

TIMELESS PRINCIPLES FOR

EFFECTIVE LEADERS," AND HE

ENCOURAGES BEING PATIENT,

KIND, UNSELFISH,

FORGIVING, AND MORE.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

HELPED SURVIVORS OF THE

RECENT DEVASTATING

EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR WITH

FOOD, WATER, AND OTHER

ESSENTIAL RELIEF SUPPLIES.

INCLUDING ONE FATHER AND

HIS 7-YEAR-OLD SON WHO

SURVIVED THE QUAKE THANKS

TO A PRAYER CLOSET.

HE SAID HE AND HIS SON

WERE GETTING READY FOR

CHURCH WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE

HIT.

THE QUAKE RATTLED THEIR

HOUSE SO FAR THAT THEIR

OPEN PRAYER CLOSET FELL ON

TOP OF THEM, PROTECTING

THEM FROM FALLING DEBRIS

WHILE THE HOUSE WAS

DESTROYED.

"OPERATION BLESSING" MET

THEM WHILE PROVIDING SAFE

LIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE IN EC

ECUADOR.

O.B. IS ALSO PROVIDING

OTHER SUPPLIES IN THE

AFTERMATH OF THE

EARTHQUAKE.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

BY GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE

AT ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Gordon: MONG GI IS A

YOUNG GIRL FROM CHINA WHO

LOVES TO READ BIBLE

STORIES.

AT ONE TIME SHE HAD

TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING

THEM, UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED

SI"SUPERBOOK" IN MANDARIN.

Terry: MEET

8-YEAR-OLD MUNG FROM

CHINA.

MY NAME MEANS TO BE

BLESSED BY GOD.

Terry: SHE ASKED HER

PARENTS FOR A CHILDREN'S

BIBLE WHEN SHE WAS TWO.

NOW SHE LOVES JESUS.

HE SAYS, WHEN YOU CALL

ON ME, I'LL LISTEN.

SO I FEEL HE IS VERY NEAR

TO ME.

AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED

IN THE THE STORIES OF THE

BIBLE.

Terry: BUT SHE ALWAYS

HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WHETHER I READ THE

BIBLE TO HER OR SHE READ

IT HERSELF, SHE DIDN'T

REALLY UNDERSTAND

EVERYTHING.

I WISH I COULD SEE WHAT

HAPPENED WITH MY OWN EYES.

SO SHE STARTED LOOKING

AT CHRISTIAN STORYBOOKS

AND DRAWING PICTURES FROM

THE BIBLE.

THEN SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO

"SUPERBOOK" IN MANDARIN.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH

"SUPERBOOK" THE FIRST TIME

I SAW IT.

IT HELPED ME TO KNOW GOD

BETTER.

AND THE CHARACTERS LOOKED

SO REAL.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH

"SUPERBOOK" BECAUSE IT IS

AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION

OF THE BIBLE.

AND IT IS SAFE.

WHEN MUNG WOULD ASK ME,

CAN I SEE "SUPERBOOK"

TODAY, AND I SAID YES, SHE

WOULD CHEER.

Terry: SHE WATCHED

"THE FIRST CHRISTMAS"

ONLINE 20 TIMES IN TWO

MONTHS.

I ALWAYS POINT OUT THAT

CHRIS GAVE HIS TREASURE TO

THE POOR BOY IN THE STORY,

AND THAT TOUCHED HER

HEART.

Terry: SHE COUNTED

HER COINS AND DONATED THEM

ALL TO CBN FOR

"SUPERBOOK."

THEN SHE MADE A PERSONAL

VISIT TO A CBN-SPONSORED

SPECIAL-NEEDS SCHOOL, AND

INTRODUCED THE CHILDREN

THERE TO "SUPERBOOK."

I WANTED TO HELP

CHILDREN IN NEED, LIKE

CHRIS DID.

AND I WANTED TO HELP THEM

BELIEVE IN GOD.

Terry: MUNG CAN'T

WAIT TO WATCH THE NEXT

EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK" IN

MANDARIN.

I WANT TO SHARE

"SUPERBOOK" WITH MORE AND

MORE NEEDY CHILDREN.

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO

HELP OTHERS.

WE LOVE "SUPERBOOK"!

[YELLING]

Gordon: WE LOVE

"SUPERBOOK"!

CHILDREN IN CHINA ARE

SAYING THAT, SAYING HOW

MUCH THEY LOVE THE

CARTOON.

WE'VE GOTTEN IT INTO

MANDARIN.

THERE IS A WHOLE MAP WE

HAVE SHOWING YOU THE

BROADCAST LANGUAGES AROUND

THE WORLD, WHERE WE'RE

CURRENTLY BROADCASTING.

WE'RE NOT BROADCASTING IN

CHINA, BUT WE'RE

DISTRIBUTING THE

D.V.D.s.

AND THERE IS A WAY THEY

CAN FIND IT ONLINE IN

MANDARIN.

BUT YOU'RE A PART OF IT

WHEN YOU JOIN THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

YOU CAN BE A PART OF ALL

OF THAT.

WE'RE ALREADY IN 38

LANGUAGES.

WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO 50

LANGUAGES BY THE END OF

THIS YEAR.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER,

HOW DO YOU BECOME A

MEMBER?

WELL, YOU GIVE US A CALL.

1-800-759-0700.

SAY, I WANT TO JOIN THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D. CLUB.

AND FOR A GIFT OF $25 OR

MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU OUR

CURRENT EPISODE, WHICH IS

ALL ABOUT THE STORY OF

DAVID AND SAUL.

WE'LL SEND YOU NOT JUST

ONE COPY, WE'LL SEND YOU

THREE COPIES.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A

SPECIAL BONUS WHEN YOU

CALL.

AS LONG AS SUPPLIES ARE

LASTING, WE'LL SEND YOU

"HE IS RISEN" AND "THE

LAST SUPPER."

SO CALL US NOW:

1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WHAT A

PRECIOUS STORY AND A CUTE

LITTLE GIRL.

> UP NEXT, SHE HAD FIVE

BOYS AND A FULL-TIME JOB.

MEET ALI WORTHLYTON, AND

HEAR HOW SHE SURVIVED HER

HECTIC LIFE BY BREAKING

BUSY.

THAT STORY'S COMING UP.

Terry: IF YOU FEEL AS

IF YOU'RE LIFE IS JUST WAY

TO BUSY, IS YOUR SCHEDULE

OUT OF CONTROL, ARE YOU

RULED BY THE TYRANNY OF

THE URGENTCY, WELL, YOUR

NOT ALONE.

Reporter: ALI

WORTHINGTON KNOWS WHAT IT

IS LIKE TO HAVE A BUSY

LIFE.

AT ONE TIME, SHE AND HER

HUSBAND EACH WORKED A

FULL-TIME JOB, WERE

RAISING FOUR SONS WITH ONE

ON THE WAY, AND WERE VERY

ACTIVE WITH CHURCH

RESPONSIBILITIES.

SHE TOOK STEPS TO FIND HER

WAY OUT OF CHAOS AND INTO

A LIFE OF BALANCE.

NOW SHE SPEAKS TO OTHER

WOMEN ABOUT HOW THEY CAN

FIND BALANCE, TOO.

IN HER NEW BOOK, "BREAKING

BUSY," SHE SHARES HOW YOU

CAN IDENTIFY THE SIGNS OF

BEING TOO BUSY SO YOU CAN

FIND A PATHWAY OUT.

Terry: PLEASE WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB," ALI

WORTHINGTON.

GORDON AND I WERE LAUGHING

AND SAYING, WHEN YOU SAY

ALI WORTHINGTON, WHO HAD

FIVE BOYS AND A FULL-TIME

JOB -- THAT'S TWO

FULL-TIME JOBS.

IT REALLY IS.

Terry: YOU OPEN YOUR

BOOK, "BREAKING BUSY,"

WITH THIS FUNNY STORY

ABOUT A CELL PHONE AND HOW

IT REALLY SHOWED YOU YOU

WERE OVER THE TOP IN

COMMITMENTS AND TIMES.

TELL US THE STORY.

WELL, I HAD BOOKED AN

EARLY FLIGHT.

AND WHEN I GOT INTO THE

SHUTTLE FROM THE AIRPORT

TO CATCH MY FLIGHT, I DID

WHAT EVERY NORMAL PERSON

DOES.

I PROMPTLY WENT TO SLEEP

BECAUSE IT WAS VERY EARLY.

AND I ARRIVED AT THE

AIRPORT AND REALIZED I HAD

LEFT MY PHONE ON THE

SHUTTLE.

AND I LOVE MY PHONE.

WHEN I CAN'T FIND MY

PHONE, THE WORLD STOPS.

WE GET INTO THE AIRPORT

AND I TURN AROUND TO THE

SWEET COUPLE BEHIND ME AND

SAY, CAN I PLEASE USE YOUR

PHONE BECAUSE I HAVE TO

CALL MY PHONE.

AND SO THEY LOOK AT ME

LIKE I'M A LITTLE CRAZY.

GIVE ME THE PHONE, AND I'M

DIALING MY NUMBER, AND

JUST AS IT GOES TO MY EAR,

MY BRA STARTS RINGING.

RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE AIRPORT.

I HAD REALIZED I HAD PUT

IT IN MY BRA, BECAUSE IT

IS MY EXTRA POCKET, AND I

FELL ESLEEP O ASLEEP.

AND I HAD TO TURN OFF

THESE SWEET PEOPLE'S PHONE

AND HAND IT BACK TO THEM.

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I

HIT MY LIMIT.

Terry: SOMETIMES,

ALI, I THINK IN THE

CRAZINESS OF LIFE TODAY,

WE GET THESE SYSTEMS GOING

AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN

CHARGE, WHEN, REALLY,

EVERY OVERCOMMITMENT WE

MAKE IS DRAINING US FROM

SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS

WONDERFUL.

TALK A LITTLE, IF YOU

WILL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

AND YOUR HUSBAND.

BECAUSE YOU HAD VERY

SUCCESSFUL LIVES, NICE

HOUSE, BEAUTIFUL CARS,

EVERYTHING GOING WELL, AND

THEN...

WE DID.

WE WERE LIVING WHAT LOOKED

LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

EVERYTHING FROM THE

OUTSIDE LOOKED GREAT, BUT

WE WERE IN A LOT OF DEBT.

WE THOUGHT THE MONEY WAS

ALWAYS GOING TO KEEP

COMING.

BUT WE WENT THROUGH A

PERIOD WHERE MY HUSBAND'S

JOB ENDED.

I DECIDED THAT WE WERE NOT

GOING TO GIVE UP OUR BIG,

FANCY HOUSE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE TO A

DIFFERENT STATE FOR A NEW

JOB.

AND WE ENDED UP LOSING OUR

HOME TO FORECLOSURE.

I LIKE TO SAY RIGHT BEFORE

THE R RECESSION, WE LOST

EVERYTHING BEFORE IT WAS

COOL TO LOOS LOSE EVERYTHING.

IT WAS SHOCKING.

WE ENDED UP LOSING

EVERYTHING WE OWNED EXCEPT

WHAT FIT INTO TWO LITTLE

STORAGE PODS.

AND WE WENT TO LIVE WITH

MY GRANDFATHER, AND SPENT

WEEKS LOOKING FOR JOBS AND

US PRAYING, WHERE DID WE

GO WRONG AND WHAT DO WE

NEED TO DO RIGHT.

WE ASKED GOD TO TAKE OVER.

I JOKE THAT I WENT TO GOD

AND SAID, WE NEED ADULT

SUPERVISION BECAUSE WE'RE

NOT MAKING GOOD CHOICES.

Terry: WHAT HAPPENED

DURING THAT TIME FOR YOU

AND YOUR HUSBAND?

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES

WE STRUGGLE WITH WHAT WE

THINK ARE NEGATIVE

SURPRISES TO US, BUT IN

FACT GOD IS TEACHING US

SOME THINGS.

WHAT DID GOD TEACH YOU?

HE TAUGHT US THE LESSON

IN BIBLE.

THAT SECURITY IS NOT WHAT

WE STORE UP ON EARTH, THAT

OUR SECURITY IS IN HIM.

Terry: WE'VE GOT IT

UP HERE, AND WE WAN IT TO WANT IT TO

BE THAT WAY IN OUR HEARTS,

BUT WE'RE NOT LIVING IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE SING SONGS ABOUT IT, WE

TEACH IT TO OUR CHILDREN,

BUT WHAT WE SPEND OUR TIME

DOING IS COLLECTING AND

COLLECTING AND COLLECTING.

Terry: YOU TITLED

YOUR BOOK "BREAKING BUSY,

HOW TO FIND PEACE AND

PURPOSE IN A WORLD OF

CRAZY," SO HOW DID YOU

BREAK THE BUSY IN YOUR

LIFE?

THE CONTEXT OF BREAKING

BUSY CAME FROM ME LOOKING

AT MY HUSBAND, AFTER WE

BUILT THINGS BACK UP AND

LIFE IS GOOD.

WHEN LIFE IS GOOD, YOU GET

BUSY.

I SAID, WE'RE DOING

EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED

TO BE DOING, BUT THIS

BUSYNESS IS BREAKING ME

AND WE HAVE TO SCALE BACK.

SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT

THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF

WHAT GOD WANTED FOR OUR

LIVES, TO STAY FOCUS ON

HIED ONHIM SO WE WOULDN'T MISS

OUR TRUE DESTINY.

SO FOR US, WE JUST MADE A

FEW LITTLE CHANGES.

Terry: AND GOD SAYS

IT IS IN QUIETNESS AND

CONFIDENCE THAT WE FIND

HIM AND HIS STRENGTH.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE

PRACTICAL THINGS THAT YOU

AND YOUR HUSBAND DID?

YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING

YOU FEEL THE LORD IS

TELLING YOU, YOU'VE BEEN

RESTORED, BUT WHAT DID YOU

DO?

NORMALLY WHAT I WOULD

DO IS I WOULD DECIDE I'M

GOING TO WORK MY WAY OUT

OF IT.

I WOULD START STRIVING.

Terry: DO.

YEAH, DO, DO, DO, WHICH

GOT ME IN TROUBLE IN THE

FIRST PLACE.

I WOULD MAKE A TO-DO LIST

OF ALL OF THE THINGS TO

WORK MY WAY OUT OF IT.

SO MY HUSBAND AND I

STARTED MAKING A

STOP-DOING LIST.

WE LOOKED FOR THE THINGS

THAT WERE DRAINING THE

ENERGY OUT OF US, AND WE

WROTE THEM OUT ON POST-IT

NOTES, TWO OR THREE THINGS

THE AT A TIME.

WHEN THIS SITUATION COMES

UP, I'M GOING TO STOP

DOING THIS.

FOR HIM, IT WAS AS SIMPLE

AS NOT GETTING WRANGLED

INTO REFEREEING PEE-WEE

FOOTBALL EVERY YEAR.

HE DIDN'T LIKE THE IT.

AND HE WASN'T ESPECIALLY

PATIENT OR GOOD AT IT.

I WOULSO IT IS JUST LITTLE

THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE LEARNED THAT WHEN

WE SAY YES TO THINGS THAT

WE'RE NOT CALLED TO DO,

AND IT ISN'T IN OUR GIFT

MIX TO DO, WE'RE TAKING

THAT OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM

SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE

SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LOVE TO

DO IT.

THEY JUST NEED THE CHANCE

TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE.

Terry: SO HOW DO YOU

EVALUATE WOULD THOSE

THINGS ARE.

BECAUSE YOU SAID, AS WITH

YOUR HUSBAND, SOMETIMES WE

DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE

FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO, AND

WE DON'T WANT TO

DISAPPOINT PEOPLE.

HOW DO YOU EVALUATE WHAT

NEEDS TO GO?

I HAVE THIS FUN FORMULA

CALLED 10-10-10.

I ASK MYSELF HOW I'M GOING

TO FEEL HOW I'M GOING TO

FEEL ABOUT A CERTAIN

DECISION IN 10 MINUTES, IN

10 WEEKS, IN 10 MONTHS.

WHAT WOULD FUTURE ALI

THINK ABOUT THIS DECISION

IF I SAY YES TO IT IN 10

MINUTES.

IT FEELS GOOD IN THE

MOMENT.

BUT THEN IN 10 WEEKS, I

MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME OR

THE ENERGY OR THE

RESOURCES TO DO IT.

AND IN 10 MONTHS, I CAN GO

FUTURE ALI IS GOING TO GET

MAD AT TODAY'S ALI IF I

SAY YES TODAY.

THAT HELPS A LOT.

Terry: YOU HAVE SO

MANY WISE AND PRACTICAL

THINGS WE CAN ALL USE IN

THIS BOOK, LIKE 10-10-10,

AND ALI'S BOOK IS CALLED

"BREAKING BUSY."

AND WE ALL NEED TO READ

THIS AND SIT BACK AND

EVALUATE WHAT WE CAN GET

RID OF ON OUR LIST.

THANK YOU.

IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

WISE WORDS.

WHEN WE COME BACK,

WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT ON

WITH YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

AND HOPEFULLY OFFER YOU

SOME WISE WORDS AS WELL.

Terry: WE HAVE SOME

OF THE E-MAIL QUESTIONS

YOU'VE SENT IN.

THIS ONE SAYS, "EVERY DAY

IT SEEMS THE WORLD IS

GETTING WORSE, ESPECIALLY

AMERICA.

CAN YOU GIVE US A BIBLICAL

VIEWPOINT ABOUT THIS

SUBJECT AND GIVE US HOPE?"

Gordon: NORMA, TAKE

HOPE THAT CHRISTIANITY

STARTED IN A CULTURE THAT

WAS WORSE THAN WHAT WE

HAVE IN AMERICA TODAY.

AND EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT

WE'RE GETTING READY TO

WALK INTO.

I WAS IN SESERRIA BACK IN

MARCH, AND THEY HAD A

DRONE THERE, AND THE TOUR

GUIDE WANTED TO SHOW OFF

THEIR VERSION OF A

BATHROOM.

AND IT WAS THIS OPEN-AIR

AFFAIR.

YOU WERE LITERALLY CHEEK

TO CHEEK IN THIS OPEN-AIR

BATHROOM.

SO THINGS WERE DEFINITELY

DIFFERENT.

AND YOU HAD A CULTURE THAT

ABSOLUTELY CELEBRATED

NUDITY, ABSOLUTELY

CELEBRATED WHERE WE GET

OUR WORD PORNOGRAPHY,

WHICH IS A GREEK WORD,

TALKING ABOUT THE PLACE

WHERE PROSTITUTES WOULD BE

OPENLY ON DISPLAY IN THE

CITY.

FIRST CENTURY ROME HAD A

HUGE POPULATION OF

PROSTITUTES.

IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS,

YOU HEAR THE APOSTLE PAUL,

AND WE NEED TO PAY

ATTENTION TO HIS WORDS.

LOOK AT PHILIPPIANS 2,

CHAPTERS 13, 14, AND 15,

THAT HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF

A WICKED AND PERVERSE

GENERATION, WE'RE SUPPOSED

TO LIVE.

AND HE ADMONISHES

CHRISTIANS, DON'T BE

GRUMBLING AND COMPLAINING,

BUT LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.

LET THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR

BEHAVIOR CAUSE PEOPLE TO

WONDER, WHAT IS SO

DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU.

AND THEN GO LOOK AT 2

TIMOTHY 3, IT'S A PROPHECY

OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE

IN THE LAST DAYS.

AND IT IS ALL BEING

FULFILLED.

SO WHEN WE SEE THESE

THINGS, TAKE HEART IN WHAT

JESUS SAID.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS, LOOK TO

THE HEAVENS FOR YOUR

REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH.

LET'S BE SALT AND LIGHT,

AND LET'S BE KNOWN FOR OUR

LOVE.

IF WE DO THAT, WE CAN

CHANGE THINGS AND BE WHAT

GOD CALLED US TO BE.

Terry: CYNTHIA SAYS,

"MY SON IS IN THE 10TH

GRADE AND HE LEARNED ABOUT

THE HOLOCAUST.

HE ASKED ME, MOM, IF GOD

IS A ALL LOVING AND

POWERFUL, WHY DID HE ALLOW

THE HOLOCAUST?

I CAN SEE HE IS STARTING

TO DOUBT GOD AND HIS LOVE

FOR HIS PEOPLE.

HOW DO I ANSWER THAT?"

Gordon: CYNTHIA, THAT

IS AN UNBELIEVABLY

DIFFICULT QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE I HAVE ENOUGH

TIME IN A TV SHOW TO

ANSWER IT.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO WHY

IS THERE EVIL IN THE

WORLD?

AND IT SPECIFICALLY BOILS

DOWN TO WHY HAS GOD GIVEN

US FREEDOM OF CHOICE?

WHY DID HE GIVE US A FREE

WILL?

AND IN THAT YOU FIND THIS

GREAT MYSTERY, THAT WE CAN

CHOOSE TO DISOBEY, WE CAN

CHOOSE TO LEAVE HIM.

AND IF WE DO THAT AND HE

COMES BACK IN AND SAYS,

NO, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR,

I'VE GOT TO PUT SOME KIND

OF DESCRIEN CONSTRAINT ON YOU, THEN

IT IS NOT REALLY FREE

WILL.

THE NAZIS HAD THE FREE

WILL.

THEY EXERCISED THAT IN A

HORRIBLE WAY, AND I'M VERY

GLAD THE FREE WORLD CAME

TO THE RESCUE AND SAID,

NO, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.

THAT WAS OUR WILL AS THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO PUT AN

END TO IT.

BUT IT IS ALL WITHIN THAT.

IT IS THAT FREE WILL AND

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS

WORD: "BECAUSE OF THE

LORD'S GREAT LOVE, WE ARE

NOT CONSUMED FOR HIS

COMPASSIONS NEVER FAIL.

THEY'RE NEW EVERY

MORNING."