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