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700 Club Interactive - Together 2016 - June 8, 2016

Nick Hall says Together 2016 will be the largest Jesus gathering of a generation at the National Mall. Read Transcript


Gordon: THE DREAM:

ONE MILLION PEOPLE

STANDING FOR JESUS AT THE

NATIONAL MALL.

SO ON JULY 16th,

WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF

THESE WAVES COLLIDE,

CATHOLICS AND LUTHERANS

AND EVANGELICALS AND

CHARISMATICS.

WE MAY NOT SAY THE SAME

THINGS, BUT WE'RE ON THE

SAME TEAM.

WE'RE LIFTING UP JESUS AND

WE'RE GOING TO SATURATE

THIS NATION.

THAT COULD CHANGE THE

WORLD.

Gordon: NICK HALL

SHARES THE VISION FOR

"TOGETHER 2016," ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

WELL, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

CHRISTIANS AROUND THE

WORLD ARE PRAYING FOR A

REVIVAL.

THEY'RE READY TO SEE THE

BODY OF CHRIST UNITE AND

COME TOGETHER.

IF THAT'S YOUR PRAYER,

TOO, YOU DON'T WANT TO

MISS TODAY'S SHOW.

Terry: DWIGHT L.MOODY

ONCE SAID, "I HAVE NEVER

KNOWN THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO

WORK WHERE THE LORD'S

PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED."

NICK HALL BELIEVES THE

TIME HAS COME FOR US TO

ALL STANDER TOGETHER.

STAND TOGETHER.

HE WANTS TO SEE ONE

MILLION PEOPLE FROM ALL

DENOMINATIONS COME TO THE

NATION'S CAPITAL TO PRAY

AND WORSHIP AS ONE.

Reporter: MEET NICK.

HE'S FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

HE MET JESUS WHEN HE WAS A

KID AND HASN'T SHUT UP

ABOUT IT SINCE.

HE HAS TALKED ABOUT JESUS

IN FRONT OF THREE MILLION

PEOPLE BECAUSE WHY NOT?

ONE DAY NICK HAD A CRAZY

IDEA: GET ONE MILLION

PEOPLE TO STAND TOGETHER

ON A NATIONAL MALL FOR

JESUS.

BECAUSE WHY NOT?

HOLD UP, THERE'S A

PROBLEM.

FIRST UP, HAVE YOU SEEN

THE NATIONAL MALL?

IT'S BIG, REALLY, REALLY

BIG.

BUT, ALSO, THE CHURCH.

SURE, WE'RE FAMILY, BUT

FAMILY DOESN'T ALL GET

ALONG.

IN FACT, SOME OF US DON'T

LIKE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH.

AND AMERICA -- HAVE YOU

SEEN THE NEWS LATELY.

THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS

ARE STANDING TOGETHER.

YEAH.

OKAY, BACK TO NICK.

HE JUST KEPT TALKING ABOUT

JESUS EVERYWHERE HE WENT,

TO EVERYONE HE WOULD

LISTEN.

HE KNEW A BIG EVENT LIKE

THIS HAPPENED BEFORE, AND

HE BELIEVED JESUS COULD DO

IT AGAIN.

HE RAN THE IDEA BY BILLY

GRAHAM, AND BILLY GRAHAM

SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

AND WHEN BILLY GRAHAM SAYS

YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING,

YOU DO IT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE

NATIONAL MALL?

HOW IS NICK GOING TO GET

ONE MILLION PEOPLE TO SHOW

UP.

NICK TALKED AND PRAYED AND

TALKED ABOUT IT, UNTIL DAY

BY DAY OTHER PEOPLE

STARTED TO GET AS EXCITED

ABOUT HIM AS HE WAS.

HILLSONG SIGNED UP, MCCRAY

MCCRAY, AND I'M GOING.

WE GOT A DATE.

AND NOW WE NEED TO SPILL

IT.

WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER,

NOT ON Facebook, NOT

WITH A HASHTAG, IN

FREAKIN' DEAL.

THEY WILL ONLY RELEASE

MORE OF THE MALL IF WE

TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE

ARE ACTUALLY COMING.

ONE MILLION PEOPLE.

WHY ONE MILLION?

BECAUSE WHY NOT?

IT WON'T HAPPEN IF YOU'RE

NOT THERE.

IN A WORLD WHERE WE CAN BE

EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE ALL

AT ONCE.

SAY YOU'RE GOING.

TELL YOUR MOM, YOUR

B.F.F., YOUR WACKY UNCLE

CAN COME, ALSO.

BOOK A FLIGHT, BOOK A

BOAT, FOR THE LARGEST

JESUS GATHERING IN

AMERICAN HISTORY.

OH, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S

FREE.

JULY 16, 2016, ON THE

NATIONAL MALL IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.

GO TO RE SET 2016 AND SAY

YOU'RE GOING.

Gordon: NICK HALL

JOINS US NOW TO TALK MORE

ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL THING

YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR

JULY 2016.

WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION?

WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN

URGENT TIME.

AND MOMENTS OF HISTORIC

CHANGE ARE OFTEN MARKED BY

HISTORIC GATHERINGS.

RATHER THAN LETTING THE

WORLD WRITE THE SCRIPT FOR

US, WE THINK IT IS TIME

FOR THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE

INITIATIVE AND SAY, MAN,

WE NEED A JESUS MOMENT.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR A RESET,

WE'RE GATHERING TOGETHER,

AND PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD

HEAL OUR LAND.

Gordon: WHEN DID THIS

START?

I THINK IT HAS BEEN YEARS?

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

WE GO BACK 15 YEARS IN

PRAYER GROUPS, WHEN WE

WERE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL

FOR STUDENTS.

AND FOR THE LAST FIVE

YEARS, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING

TOWARDS THIS GATHERING ON

THE MALL.

IT STARTED AT A BILLY

GRAHAM EVENT.

WE WERE TALKING AND

DREAMING AND PRAYING.

AND PEOPLE SAID IT WAS

CRAZY.

PEOPLE SAID IT WAS

IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

WE FELT LIKE GOD WAS

TELLING US TO DO IT, AND

SO WE STEPPED OUT IN

FAITH.

IT HAS BEEN MIRACULOUS TO

SEE HOW HE HAS OPENED

DOORS.

I'M FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

OUR MINISTRY IS IN

MINNESOTA.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THESE

RESOURCES TO DO THIS.

BUT, HONESTLY, WHEN GOD

TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING,

HE IS GOING TO SEE IT

THROUGH.

THAT HAS BEEN THE STORY

WITH THIS.

Gordon: YOU HAVE

MANAGED TO GET A LOT OF

DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN

NOMINATIONS TOGETHER, AND

I KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS.

AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO

EMPHASIZE THEIR DOCTRINAL

DIFFERENCES.

YOU'RE GETTING ALL OF THE

MAINLINE DENOMINATIONS.

THE POPE IS ENDORSING IT

AND WILL COME IN WITH A

VIDEO --

YEP.

Gordon: HOW DID YOU

PULL THAT ONE OFF?

HONESTLY, IT IS JESUS.

I THINK PEOPLE ACROSS

LINES ARE REALIZING THE

URGENCY, AND THAT THE

URGENCY AND THE NEED IS

BIGGER THAN THE

DIFFERENCES THAT ARE

BETWEEN US.

SO SOMETHING SAYING, CAN

WE COME TOGETHER TO LIFT

UP THIS CENTRAL MESSAGE,

THAT JESUS CHANGES

EVERYTHING, AND THAT HE

ULTIMATELY WELCOMES

EVERYONE.

IF YOU TRY TO PLEASE

EVERYONE, YOU'RE GOING TO

PLEASE NO ONE.

SO WE JUST NEED TO TRY TO

PLEASE HIM.

WE'RE TRYING TO PLEASE

GOD.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING

PEOPLE IS THIS ISN'T ABOUT

PERFECT PEOPLE GATHERING.

THIS IS ABOUT IMPERFECT

PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND

THE ONLY PERFECT ONE.

HE IS THE ONE WHO CAN HEAL

US.

HE IS THE ONE WHO CAN LEAD

US.

THIS IS ABOUT JESUS.

Gordon: WHAT'S THE

PLAN FOR AFTER THE EVENT?

I ALWAYS LIKE TO ASK THAT

OF PEOPLE.

YOU PUT SO MUCH ENERGY AND

TIME INTO GETTING IT AND

PUTTING IT TOGETHER, AND

SO WHAT IS THE PLAN

AFTERWARDS?

SO MUCH OF THIS HAS

BEEN ABOUT OBEDIENCE.

WE ARE BELIEVING THIS WILL

BE A DEFINING MOMENT FOR

THE GENERATION.

WE LOOK AT EXPO '72, THAT

HAPPENED WITH BILLY GRAHAM

AND JOHNNY CASH, AND I

HAVE MET HUNDREDS OF

LEADERS WHO SAY THEIR LIFE

WAS CHANGED OR MARKED AT

THAT GATHERING.

THERE WAS A GLIMPSE OF

HEAVEN, THERE WAS A

CALLING MOMENT THERE.

WE'RE BELIEVING THIS IS A

COMMISSIONING MOMENT FOR A

GENERATION.

FROM THE MALL, WE'RE GOING

TO KEEP GOING.

WE WANT TO FILL EVERY

SPACE THERE IS.

WE'VE BEEN JOKING AND

SAYING, IT IS TIME FOR THE

CHURCH TO GET HER SWAGGER

BACK.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE GOSPEL

BELONGS ON THE BIGGEST

STAGES AND IN THE BIGGEST

VEVENUES.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE

GOOD NEWS.

IF A BEER COMPANY OR

POTATO CHIPS CAN GET ON

THE BIGGEST STAGES AND

PROMOTE, WE THINK THE

GOSPEL SHOULD BE THERE,

TOO.

WE'RE REALLY PUSHING

TOWARDS GETTING A

GENERATION BACK INTO GOD'S

WORD.

WE BELIEVE THAT IS THE

ANCHOR, THE FOUNDATION.

THEY SAY THIS IS THE MOST

ILLITERATE GENERATION, AND

WE WANT TO FLIP THAT

SCRIPT.

WE WANT TO LAUNCH 5,000

PRAYER GROUPS FROM THE

NATIONAL MALL.

AT A CAMPUS, WE'LL LAUNCH

20.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE

CONNECTED THE PRAYER

MOVEMENTS WITH A

GENERATION THAT IS HUNGRY

AND READY TO GO.

AND WE SAY, OKAY, NOW

WE'RE GATHERING HERE TO

PRAY, AND NOW LET'S TAKE

THIS HOME, INTO OUR

SCHOOLS AND INTO OUR

CHURCHES, BECAUSE WE

BELIEVE THAT PRAYER IS THE

BACKBONE OF EVERY MOVEMENT

OF GOD.

I'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR

A COMMISSIONING OF A

GENERATION.

AND WE'RE WANTING TO

EMPOWER THEM, TO SAY THIS

IS YOUR TIME.

THE PEOPLE SAY THE NEXT

GENERATION IS OUR FUTURE.

AND OUR CHALLENGE TO THAT

IS THEY'RE ONLY O GOIN GOING TO

BE OUR FUTURE IF WE MAKE

THEM THE PRESENT.

THE TIME IS NOW.

WE WANT TO RAISE THIS

GENERATION UP.

Gordon: AMEN.

A LOT OF OUR VIEWERS MIGHT

WONDER HOW DID THIS

HAPPEN?

YOU SAID A GENERATION THAT

IS HUNGRY AND READY TO GO.

YEAH.

Gordon: AND YOU'RE

NOT JUST TALKING

ASPIRATIONALLY, BUT YOU'RE

TALKING OUT OF EXPERIENCE

THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON

COLLEGE CAMPUSES?

YEAH.

Gordon: HOW DID THAT

HAPPEN, BECAUSE THAT IS

UNUSUAL?

TOTALLY.

WE WERE PRAYING AS

STUDENTS, READING THE BOOK

OF ACTS, AND WE WERE

PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD DO

THINGS IN OUR DAY.

WE WERE, LIKE, GOD WE WANT

TO BELIEVE YOU ARE THE GOD

OF SCRIPTURE.

WE SING ABOUT HOW GREAT IS

OUR GOD AND THEN WE LIVE

HOW SMALL IS OUR GOD.

WE'RE SEEING THIS

DISCONNECT.

WE STARTED PRAYING FOR

BOLDNESS, AND GOD STARTED

TO GIVE IT.

HE STARTED TO OPEN UP

DOORS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

I WROTE A PICTURE THAT

OPENED UP IN NORTH DAKOTA,

OF ALL PLACES.

Gordon: TO GIVE

CREDIT TO WHAT YOU DID,

YOU TOOK A PARTY SCHOOL --

YEAH.

Gordon: -- AND YOU

CAN SORT OF SAY THAT ABOUT

A LOT OF COLLEGES TODAY,

BUT YOU TOOK A PARTY

SCHOOL AND TURNED IT INTO

A PRAYING SCHOOL.

WHICH I FIND AMAZING.

YUP.

YEP.

WE HAD A 24/7 PRAYER

MONTH.

AND LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP

AT COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY,

NEW YORK.

IT IS SPREADING FROM STATE

COLLEGES TO IVY LEAGUE

SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY.

EVEN IN NEW YORK, IT WAS

THE BIGGEST OUTREACH THAT

HAS HAPPENED IN DECADES.

STUDENTS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY -- I LIKE TO TELL

PEOPLE, THIS ISN'T A

MOVEMENT OF ANY GROUP OR

ORGANIZATION.

THIS IS GOD WHISPERING TO

A GENERATION AND RAISING

UP A NEW GENERATION FROM

THE ASHES, FROM THE GROUND

UP.

THIS IS THE ANSWER OF

PRAYERS OF MY MOM AND MOMS

AND GRANDPARENTS AND

PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD

WHO HAVE BEEN PRAYING,

GOD, WOULD YOU RAISE UP IN

OUR GENERATION FRESH

VOICES.

I'LL TELL PEOPLE, IT'S NOT

GOING TO LOOK THE SAME.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS

YOU WORRY ABOUT AND

WONDER, ARE THEY GOING TO

BE ANCHORED TO THE TRUTH?

BUT I BELIEVE THIS

GENERATION IS HUNGRY FOR

GOD.

THEY'RE DIVING INTO GOD'S

WORD, AND THEY'RE GOING

AFTER THEIR FRIENDS WHO

AREN'T IN CHURCHES RIGHT

NOW.

THIS GENERATION IS REALLY

JUST GOING AFTER THEM WITH

THE LOVE OF JESUS.

WE WANT TO BE ANOTHER

JESUS GENERATION.

Gordon: WHAT I'M

HEARING SOUNDS VERY MUCH

LIKE THE STUDENT VOLUNTEER

MOVEMENT, WHICH WAS THE

SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OF

REVIVAL IN A GENERATION,

THAT WE CAN TAKE THE

GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD

IN OUR GENERATION.

AMEN.

Gordon: THAT WAS

THEIR HEART CRY.

AND TO SEE IT AGAIN IN

2016, THANK GOD.

YAY, GOD.

THERE WAS A PASSAGE

THAT SAYS, "LORD, I HEARD

OF YOUR FAME.

I STAND IN AWE OF YOUR

DEEDS."

BUT THEN HE SAYS, "RENEW

THEM IN OUR DAY."

SOME PEOPLE READ THE

STORIES AND THAT'S ENOUGH.

SOME PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE

STORIES, AND THAT'S

ENOUGH.

BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME

CRAZY OTHERS WHO SAY I

WANT TO SEE IT.

GOD, I WANT TO SEE THE

DEAD RAISED TO LIFE.

I WANT TO SEE 3,000 ADDED

TO THE NUMBER.

I WANT TO SEE THE WALLS OF

JERICHO FALL DOWN.

WE HAVE HEARD OF THE FIRST

AND SECOND GRADE

AWAKEINGS.

WE'VE HEARD OF THE JESUS

MOVEMENT.

WE'RE TAIG SAYING, GOD, IF YOU

DID IT BEFORE, YOU CAN DO

IT AGAIN.

AND GOD'S NOT INTIMIDATED

TODAY.

GOD IS NOT UP IN HEAVEN

SAYING, WHAT AM I GOING TO

DO ABOUT HILLARY OR DONALD

OR WHATEVER.

HE IS UP IN HEAVEN SAYING,

I'M GOLD.

GOD.

I'M GOD.

IT IS TIME TO CALL PEOPLE

BACK TO JESUS.

Gordon: YOU HAVE

WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE WRITTEN THE

VISION AND TRIED TO MAKE

IT PLAIN.

YEAH.

Gordon: ONE OF THE

CHAPTERS IN YOUR BOOK THAT

ACTUALLY GOT ME -- I'M

WONDERING, WHAT IS MY

DREAM?

WHAT IS MY ASPIRATION?

IS IT STILL SORT OF TINGED

ON THE AMERICAN DREAM?

AND IS IT REALLY GOD'S

DREAM?

AM I DREAMING THE SAME

THING HE IS DREAMING?

YEAH.

Gordon: HOW MUCH OF

THE CULTURE DO WE NEED TO

RESET?

NOT JUST HAVE SOME SORT OF

ASPIRATION, BUT TO SAY,

LET'S RESET.

THE CHAPTER WAS THE ONE

WHERE YOU GOT INTO THE

RITUAL OF A YOUNG RULER.

HOW MUCH DO WE WANT THAT

AMERICAN DREAM, WHATEVER

THAT IS.

WE KNOW IT IS AN ILLUSION,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE

STILL DREAM IT.

I SAY IN THE BOOK, I

WONDER IF WE'RE A

GENERATION OF RICH RULERS,

CLAIMING WE WANT GOD, BUT

NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP OUR

STUFF.

WE MUST REALIZE THE

TREASURE IS JESUS.

THE MOST EXCITING THING

FOR US IS JESUS.

I THINK OFTENTIMES IT IS

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FAITH

AND WHO HAVE BEEN

BELIEVERS THE LONGEST,

WE'RE THE ONES THAT NEED

THE RESET THE MOST.

BECAUSE IT IS REALLY EASY

FOR OUR HEARTS TO BECOME

HARD, FOR OUR FAITH TO

BECOME STALE, AND FOR US

TO GO TO THE MOTIONS.

AND YOU MEET A TERROR AND TEENAGER

AND THEY'RE PRAYING, AND

WE'RE SAYING, SETTLE DOWN,

JIMMY, SETTLE DOWN.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE NEED

MORE JIMMY IN US.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN THE

CHURCH.

BECAUSE THIS ISN'T SAFE.

WE WEREN'T CALLED TO

SAFETY.

WE WEREN'T CALLED TO

COMFORT.

WE WEREN'T CALLED TO BE

NORMAL.

WE WERE CALLED TO GIVE OUR

LIVES FOR THE GOSPEL.

JESUS SAID, FOLLOW ME, AND

THEN HE WENT TO THE CROSS.

I LOVE TO TELL PEOPLE,

THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING

THING ON EARTH YOU COULD

EVER BE A PART OF.

YOUNG PEOPLE SAY, I WANT

TO BE RADICAL, I'M GOING

TO PARTY AND DRINK AND

SMOKE.

THAT'S NOT RADICAL,

EVERYBODY IS DOING THAT.

IF YOU WANT TO BE RADICAL,

LOVE LIKE JESUS.

GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR

SOMEBODY ELSE.

SERVE THOSE WHO NO ONE IS

CARING FOR.

WE ARE CALLED WITH THIS

RADICAL LOVE AND THE

SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN US,

EMPOWERING US TO DO IT.

WE NEED TO RESET, AND THE

TIME IS NOW.

Gordon: AMEN.

AND THE TIME IS

JULY 16th.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT "TOGETHER

2016," AND THE FREE EVENT,

F-R-E-E, ON JULY 16th,

GO TO reset.com AND THE

BOOK IS "JESUS CHANGES

EVERYTHING."

NICK, THANKS FOR THE BOOK.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

JULY 16th.

THANK YOU.

Terry: UP NEXT, WE

PULL BACK THE CURTIN ON

THE SEX TRADE FLOURISHING

RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.

THE GIRLS WERE FIRST

SOLD INTO THE TRADE AT AGE

11 OR 12 OR 13.

THE MESSAGE THEY ARE

SENDING IS: I KNOW YOU

CAME HERE TO WORK IN A

RESTAURANT, BUT YOU'RE

GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE

SEX TRADE.

Terry: MEET THE WOMAN

WHO IS GIVING THESE

ENSLAVED GIRLS HOPE FOR

THEIR FREEDOM AND THEIR

Terry: THE STORY

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE MAY

SHOCK YOU.

IT MAY SEEM UNBELIEVABLE

THAT GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 11

ARE BEING ENSNARED IN THE

SEX TRADE, RIGHT HERE IN

THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THIS TRAVESTY IS ALL

TOO REAL.

THE GIRLS, THEY WERE

FIRST SOLD INTO THE TRADE

AT AGE 11 OR 12 OR 13.

SHE WAS WORKING THERE

13, 14, 15 HOURS A DAY,

DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.

AND THIS IS THE PART I

WILL NEVER FORGET.

SHE SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW

ANYONE KNEW WHAT WAS

HAPPENING TO ME.

THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL

KOREAN BROTHELS ON THIS

ROAD.

WOMEN ARE USUALLY SOLD FOR

ABOUT $50 TO $100, BASED

ON ONLINE REVIEWS.

MEN WILL ACTUALLY GO

ONLINE AND RATE THEIR

ENCOUNTERS WITH THESE

WOMEN.

THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS

FROM NEBRASKA.

HER FRIENDS SET HER UP.

THIS BIG TRUCKER TOOK HER

TO DALLAS AND ONE OF HIS

PARTNERS BROUGHT HER DOWN

TO HOUSTON AND WAS

TRAFFICKING HER.

SHE HAD A U. T.I. SO

BAD SHE COULD BARELY WALK

WHEN WE GOT HER AND SHE

WAS UNDER

AGE.

THE MESSAGE THEY'RE

SENDING IS: I KNOW YOU

CAME HERE TO WORK IN A

RESTAURANT, BUT YOU'RE

GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE

SEX TRADE.

NO ONE WAKES UP ONE DAY

AND SAYS, I WANT TO GO AND

TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF AND

GYR RATGYRATE AND GROPE AND BE

ABUSED.

SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH

YOUR DAD'S FRIEND OR GO

ACROSS THE STREET WITH

THIS MAN AND HE WILL GIVE

YOU MONEY FOR THE LIGHT

BILL.

Terry: PAT FRENCH

HEADS UP A TEAM OF

PASSIONATE YOUNG PEOPLE

WHO ARE TRYING TO BRING

JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKED AND

PROSTITUTED WOMEN THROUGH

PRAYER --

THAT YOU WOULD BREAK

THEIR BONDS, GOD.

THAT YOU WOULD BREAK EVERY

CHAIN, LORD.

Terry: -- AWARENESS.

THERE IS A LOT OF

TRAFFICKING AND ONLINE ADS

FOR PROSTITUTION AND

PURCHASING OF SEX IN THIS

AREA.

Terry: AND

INTERVENTION.

I GOT A CALL AT 4:00

THE NEXT MORNING SAYING MY

PIMP IS ASLEEP.

CAN YOU COME AND GET ME.

SHE EARNED $30,000 FOR HER

TRAGITRAFFICKER IN HOUSTON,

THAT SUMMER, AND SHE GOT $

$71.

Terry: ELIJAH RIDING

IS PUTTING ITS STAMP ON

THE FIGHT TO END THE SEX

TRADE IN HOUSTON.

MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE

HAVE TAKEN THE MINISTRY'S

EYE-OPENING VAN TOURS.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS

STUFF LOOKS LIKE IT IS

TOTALLY CLOSED DOWN.

BUT YOU TURN THE CORNER,

AND THIS PARKING LOT WOULD

BE COMPLETELY FULL WEEKEND

NIGHTS, SOMETIMES EVEN

EVENING NIGHT'S.

THIS CLUB HAS 17 LITTLE

PAPARTITIONED ROOMS

UPSTAIRS.

Terry: THESE

EXPERIENCES HAVE PROMPTED

PRIVATE CITIZENS TO CREATE

AN UP ROAR THAT HAS LED TO

THE CLOSING OF SEVERAL

BROTHELS.

PEOPLE ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH

THE INTERVENTION TEAM,

MAKING CALLS, VISITING

BROTHELS, OFFERING A WAY

OUT.

ONE OF THEIR MOST

EFFECTIVE TOOLS: A

LIPSTICK WITH THE HOTLINE

NUMBER HIDDEN IN THE BAR

CODE.

THE OLDER FEMALE THE

GOT UP TO GO TO THE

BATHROOM, AND THE OUTREACH

PERSON SWOOPED IN, AND THE

YOUNG GIRL PULLED OUT THE

LIPSTICK AND SAID, I NEED

SOMEONE TO CALL THIS

NUMBER RIGHT NOW, AND IT

WAS OUR RESCUE NUMBER.

Terry: AND NOW ELIJAH

RIDING FACES A BIGGER

PROBLEM: HOW TO HELP THOSE

WHO BREAK FREE.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE THE

ONLY PLACE WE HAVE FOR

THEM IS TEMPORARY.

IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF

DAYS.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIND

ANOTHER PLACE FOR THEM.

THEY GET LONELY AND BORED

AND STIR CRAZY.

SO WHAT DO THEY DO?

THEY CALL SOMEBODY WHO

TAKES THEM RIGHT BACK

WHERE THEY WERE.

MY LONG-TERM VISION IS TO

INNOVATE.

RECIDIVISM IS 75%.

WE NEED SOMETHING NEW ON

THE HORIZON.

WHY NOT HERE?

WHY NOT US?

WHY NOT US?

WHY NOT NOW?

Terry: WITH THAT

PURPOSE IN MIND, "ORPHANS'

PROMISE" IS COMING

ALONGSIDE CAT AND HER TEAM

IN A NEW VENTURE, AN

85-ACRE FARM OUTSIDE OF

HOUSTON.

THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO

RENOVATE EXISTING

BUILDINGS, PREPARING A

PLACE FOR WOMEN, GIRLS,

AND CHILDREN TO COME FOR

HEALING AND RESTORATION.

GIRLS WHO THINK NOBODY CAN

POSSIBLY LOVE THEM AFTER

WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

GIRLS WHO ARE ESTRANGED

FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

GIRLS WHO ARE SCARED AND

COULD EASILY RUN BACK TO

THE SEX TRADE BECAUSE IT

IS ALL THEY KNOW.

WHEN THEY COME HERE,

THEY'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY

BECAUSE, BELIEVE ME, SHE

DIDN'T GET INTO THE TRADE

ALONE.

SHE GOT INTO THE TRADE

WITH A CONSTELLATION OF

BAD PEOPLE AROUND HER.

WHEN SHE COMES HERE,

SHE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY.

Terry: SOME OF THE

CARE WILL INCLUDE EQUINE

THERAPY, SMALL BUSINESS

ENTERPRISE,

SELF-SUSTAINABILITY

PROJECTS, AND BASIC LIFE

SKILLS.

THAT'S A BIG THING,

THAT YOU'RE WORTH IT TO

LEARN THESE SKILLS.

IT IS POSSIBLE NO MATTER

WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT DOESN'T TRUMP THE CALL

OF GOD ON THEIR LIFE.

Terry: THE

RESTORATION PROCESS AT THE

FARM IS DAUNTING AT TIMES,

SO IT IS ENCOURAGING TO

SEE THE COMMUNITY AND

LOCAL CHURCHES SUPPORTING

THE EFFORT.

A NEARBY NURSERY WILL

DONATE A PRAYER GARDEN.

A MEN'S GROUP FINANCED

BASIC SUPPLIES TO GET

TEMPORARY RUNNING WATER.

THE GIFT OF TRUCKS,

HORSES, DOMESTIC SUPPLIES,

AND MOST SATURDAYS A CREW

OF VOLUNTEERS.

TODAY WE'RE ACTUALLY

PLANTING A GARDEN.

MY HUSBAND IS HANGING SOME

BARN DOORS.

IT IS AMAZING TO GO TO THE

STREETS TO SEE WHO YOU'RE

IMPACTING.

AND THEN ON THIS SIDE OF

IT, TO SEE THAT WHEN, NOT

IF -- BUT WHEN THE LORD

BRINGS THEM OUT OF THAT,

THAT THERE IS A PLACE LIKE

THIS.

IT IS VERY HUMBLING.

Terry: THE EVILS IN

THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING

INDUSTRY ARE UNSPEAKABLE,

AND THE ENEMY SEEKS TO

STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY.

BUT WE ARE UNITED WITH

"ELIJAH RISING," AND

COMMITTED TO BRING JUSTICE

TO VICTIMS OF THIS

TERRIBLE TRADE.

Terry: NOT IF GOD

BRINGS THEM OUT, BUT WHEN.

WE STAND WITH CAT AND

MICAH AND OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

FIGHTING THE BLIGHT OF

PROSTITUTION AND HUMAN

TRAFFICKING, THE USE OF

HUMAN BEINGS AS THOUGH

THEY WERE ANIMALS.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE A

PART OF THAT WITH US.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,

BUT I'M STILL SHOCKED THAT

THIS GOES ON, NOT JUST IN

THE HOUSTON AREA.

THIS IS GOING ON IN MANY,

MANY MAJOR CROSS-ROAD

COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE

UNITED STATES.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

WE REALLY CAN.

BUT WE CAN'T BE SILENT IF

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

WE CAN'T SIT ON OUR HANDS.

WE HAVE TO STAND UP, JUST

LIKE GORDON WAS TALKING

ABOUT WITH NICK.

WE NEED TO RESET OUR OWN

BUTTONS AS BELIEVERS.

AND SAY, NO LONGER SILENT,

NO LONGER PASSIVE.

SAYING, I'M GOING TO STAND

UP AND BE COUNTED.

DO THAT TODAY.

THE WORK OF "ORPHANS'

PROMISE" AND HUMAN

TRAFFICKING HAPPENS

BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

CARE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE'RE CBN'S OUTREACH TO

VULNERABLE AND ORPHANED

CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.

THESE ARE VULNERABLE KIDS.

STAND WITH US.

STAND WITH "THE 700 CLUB."

OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:

1-888-777-1999.

OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO

700clubinteractive.com.

BUT DO IT TODAY.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT

ANYMORE.

GET UP AND GO TO YOUR

PHONE AND DO IT.

OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK

YOU FOR CARING AND MAKING

A DIFFERENCE IS TO SEND

YOU "VICTORY THROUGH

LIFE'S STORMS."

YOU KNOW, STORMS COME INTO

ALL OF OUR LIVES.

WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?

HOW DO YOU FIND VICTORY?

HOW DO YOU MOVE THROUGH

THAT AND COME OUT BETTER

ON THE OTHER SIDE THAN YOU

WERE WHEN YOU CAME IN?

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS.

IT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU.

SO CALL NOW.

Gordon: IN 1985,

DAVID'S MOM WA MOSLEY WAS IN A CAR

ACCIDENT.

FROM THEN ON, HE THOUGHT

ABOUT HIS INJURIES EVERY

MINUTE OF EVERY DAY.

AND WITH EACH PASSING DAY

HIS PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY

WORSE.

UNTIL LAST MAY, WHEN DAVID

WAS SUDDENLY HEALED IN AN

INSTANT.

A PICKUP TRUCK PULLED

OUT IN FRONT OF ME.

A '69 FORD PICKUP TRUCK.

I WAS DRIVING AN '81

DATSUN.

IT HIT THE FRONT END OF MY

CAR AND FOLDED THE CAR UP.

I WENT THROUGH THE

WINDSHIELD.

I DIDN'T REALIZE MY BACK

WAS HURT UNTIL ABOUT SIX

MONTHS LATER.

JUST SHOOTING PAIN INTO MY

HIPS.

THE MORE YEARS WENT

THROUGH, THE MORE HURT.

I STARTED GOING TO A

CHIROPRACTOR AND STARTED

DOING PAIN MEDICATION.

IT WAS HARD TO GET

COMFORTABLE, LAYING DOWN.

JUST BE CAREFUL THE WAY

YOU BEND OVER.

THE PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY

WORK FOR 27 YEARS.

JOYCE, MY WIFE, GOT ME

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"

FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

GORDON AND TERRY WERE ON

ON A FRIDAY MORNING.

AND THEY WERE STARTING TO

PRAY FOR PEOPLE.

I PUT MY HANDS TOGETHER

AND I PRAYED WITH THEM.

Gordon: THERE IS A

MAN LAYING YOUR HAND ON

THE LOWER PART OF YOUR

BACK AND YOU'RE IN

CONSTANT PAIN.

YOU HAVE A SLIPPED DISC

AND YOU'RE WONDERING, HOW

CAN I EVER BE RELEASED

FROM THIS?

GOD JUST RELEASED YOU FROM

IT.

AND THAT PAIN LEFT YOU NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

IT JUST STOPPED ACHING.

I ALWAYS HAD A DULL ACHE,

EVEN WHEN I WAS ON THE

PAINKILLERS, AND IT JUST

STOPPED ACHING.

THE NEXT MORNING,

SATURDAY, I WOKE UP AND IT

DIDN'T HURT.

ABOUT NOON ON SATURDAY, I

FOUND OUT I WAS ADDICTED

TO PAINKILLERS.

I DIDN'T NOTICE IT BEFORE

BECAUSE I NEEDED THEM.

I DIDN'T NEED THEM

ANYMORE.

AND I WOULD WAKE UP EDGY

AND I HAD TO START TAKING

THEM, NOT FOR THE PAIN,

BUT JUST FOR THE

ADDICTION.

SUNDAY MORNING I CALLED

"THE 700 CLUB," TELLING

THEM WHAT THEY HELPED ME

DO WITH MY BACK.

THE LADY -- I DIDN'T GET

HER NAME -- AND SHE WAS SO

EXCITED FOR ME.

I TOLD HER I NEEDED HER TO

PRAY FOR ME TO HELP ME

WITH THE PAINKILLERS.

AND SHE TOLD ME, DON'T

YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS EASY.

GOD SENT HIS SON TO DIE

FOR YOU.

SHE WAS SO CONFIDENT AND

SO SURE, SHE MADE ME

BELIEVE, OKAY, IT'S GOING

TO BE EASY.

AND IT WAS.

I NEVER TOOK ONE SINCE

THEN.

IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

Gordon: IT'S BEEN

WONDERFUL BECAUSE GOD IS

WONDERFUL.

HE'S ALL POWERFUL.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TAP

INTO THAT.

IF YOU'RE IN PAIN RIGHT

NOW, LAY YOUR HAND ON THAT

PAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD

FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

LORD, WE LIFT THOSE WHO

ARE LAYING HANDS ON THAT

AREA OF THE BODY THAT IS

CAUSING PAIN, AND WE COME

INTO AGREEMENT WITH THEM

NOW.

AND WE SAY, PAIN BE GONE

IN JESUS' NAME.

YOU HAVE BORNE AWAY OUR

PAIN.

YOU HAVE BORNE AWAY OUR

INFIRMITY.

YOU HAVE BORNE AWAY ALL OF

OUR DISEASE.

WE RECEIVE IT NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIBS

IN YOUR BACK, ON THE RIGHT

SIDE, IN THE MIDDLE OF

YOUR BACK, AND GOD IS JUST

HEALING THAT.

YOU FELT IT SLIP INTO

PLACE AGAIN.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE

ANYMORE PROBLEMS.

IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED

AND BE SET FREE.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE

HERE FOR YOU.

AND JUST LIKE YOU SAW IN

THAT PROGRAM, WE PRAY WITH

CONFIDENCE, SO CALL US.

1-888-777-1999.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS

WORD FROM PSALMS: "HOW

GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS

WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE LIVE

TOGETHER IN UNITY."

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

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