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Wendy: FROM THE
ARIZONA BORDER, RANCHERS
ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW
CROP OF ILLEGALS.
WE DON'T LOCK THE DOORS
BECAUSE THEY WOULD JUST
BREAK THE WINDOWS, ANYWAY.
WE HAVE MAJOR THREATS
COMING THROUGH THIS
REGION, AND WE'RE NOT
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
Wendy: PLUS...HE HAD
WHISKEY ON HIS BREATH, A
PISTOL IN HIS HAND, AND
REVENGE ON THIS MIND.
I WAS INTENDING TO KILL
EVERYBODY IN THAT HOUSE.
Wendy: WATCH WHAT
FOILED HIS PLANS.
IT IS NOW OR NEVER.
Wendy: THAT'S ON
TODAY'S "THE 70 "700 CLUB."
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Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
BRITISH VOTERS HAVE
STUNNED THE WORLD BY
DECIDING TO LEAVE THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
AND THEN PRIME MINISTER
DAVID CAMERON SAID HE IS
GOING TO RESIGN, AND STOCK
MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD
HAVE TAKEN A NOSEDIVE.
Wendy: THEY SURE
HAVE.
BRITAIN MAY ONLY BE THE
FIRST TO SUS SEE SECEDE AS OTHERS
TRY TO GET OUT.
Reporter: IT IS
NOTHING BUT A POLITICAL
EARTHQUAKE, SENDING E.U.
LEADERS INTO PANIC MODE.
GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY.
THE SUN HAS RISEN ON AN
INDEPENDENT, UNITED
KINGDOM.
Reporter: BRITAIN'S
PRIME MINISTER, DAVID
CAMERON, WHO STAKED HIS
POLITICAL FUTURE ON
REMAINING IN THE EUROPEAN
UNION RESIGNED FIRST THING
THIS MORNING.
GERMANY HAS ANNOUNCED IT
WILL HOST AN EMERGENCY
MEETING OF THE ORIGINAL
SIX FOUNDING EUROPEAN
UNION NATIONS.
WORLD STOCK MARKETS WERE
HIT HARD AT FIRST WHILE
GOLD SHOT HIGHER.
THE BRITISH POUND PLUNGED
TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN 31
YEARS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLAIMS
AND COUNTERCLAIMS ABOUT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO
BRITAIN IF IT LEFT THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
IT IS NOT AT ALL CLEAR
WHICH ARE TRUE.
WE'RE MUCH MORE CERTAIN
ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR
THE EUROPEAN UNION:
CRISIS.
THE E.U. IS FAILING.
THE E.U. IS DYING.
I HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST
STEP TOWARDS A EUROPE OF
SOVEREIGN NATION STATES.
Reporter: POLLS SHOW
THE DUTCH WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO LEAVE, AND DENMARK.
STILL MORE NATIONS MAY NOW
FIND THE COURAGE TO TRY.
AND BECAUSE SCOTLAND VOTED
TO REMAIN IN THE EUROPEAN
UNION, IT COULD HOLD
ANOTHER REFERENDUM TO
LEAVE THE UNITED KINGDOM.
AND THE WORLD ECONOMY, FOR
THE SHORT-TERM AT LEAST,
COULD BE BATTERED BY
UNCERTAINTY.
THE MARKETS WILL BE A
BIT OF TURMOIL.
AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND
WILL HAVE TO CALM THE
MARKETS DOWN.
Reporter: SOME THINK
PRIME MINISTER CAMERON
COULD BE REPLACED BY
FORMER LONDON MAYOR BORIS
JOHNSON, WHO CAMPAIGNED TO
LEAVE, AND COMPARED THE
UNION TO ADOLPH HITLER'S
DREAMS.
BRITAIN WILL NOW NEGOTIATE
A SEPARATION FROM THE
EUROPEAN UNION THAT COULD
TAKE YEARS.
BUT TALK OF A EUROPEAN
UNION DEATH SPIRAL HAS
ALREADY BEGUN.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
Gordon: IT IS ALMOST
LIKE "MAKE BRITAIN GREAT
AGAIN" HAS BECOME A BIG
POLITICAL SLOGAN THERE AS
WELL.
AND "THROW THE BUMS OUT"
SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS
FOR THIS?
I DON'T THINK SCOTLAND IS
GOING TO LEAVE.
THEY ACTUALLY GET MORE OUT
OF THEIR UNION WITH
ENGLAND THAN THEY WOULD
OUT OF A UNION WITH
EUROPE.
THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO
STAY IN PLACE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
EUROPE?
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
WEAKEST MEMBERS, GREECE,
ITALY, SPAIN, AND
PORTUGAL, IT PROBABLY
MEANS DISASTER FOR THEM
FINANCIALLY.
WE MAY SEE A WHOLE ROUND
OF GOVERNMENT DEBT
DEFAULTS BECAUSE THE E.U.
CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT
THEIR WEAKEST MEMBERS.
WILL THAT MEAN A
DISSOLUTION OF IT?
MAYBE.
AND IT COULD ALSO MEAN
UNITED EUROPE WITH A LEAD
NATION BEING GERMANY.
WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.
FOR YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY
STOCK INVESTMENTS AT ALL,
LOOK OUT BELOW BECAUSE
TURMOIL IS HERE.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT CASH,
THIS MAY BE A TIME TO BE
LOOKING FOR SOME REALLY
INCREDIBLE BARGAINS.
> HERE AT HOME, LEADERS
FROM BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES ARE LOOKING AT
THEIR NEXT STEPS AFTER THE
SUPREME COURT DEALT
PRESIDENT OBAMA A MAJOR
DEFEAT ON IMMIGRATION.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN
NEWSROOM.
EFREM?
Efrem: GORDON, THE
HIGH COURT PUT AN END TO
THE PRESIDENT'S
CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTIVE
ACTIONS ON IMMIGRATION.
THE JUSTICES TIED 4-4, AND
THAT UPHELD A LOWER
COURT'S BLOCK ON THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS MORE
ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THE
IMMIGRATION AND THE
ELECTION.
Reporter: FOR MANY
IMMIGRANTS, IT IS A
COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT.
THE SUPREME COURT, JUST
LIKE CONGRESS, HAS SHOWN A
FAILURE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
Reporter: THE TIE
VOTE KICKS THE DECISION
BACK TO A LOWER COURT,
WHICH RULED PRESIDENT
OBAMA DOESN'T HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO SHIELD
MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS
FROM DEPORTATION AND MAKE
THEM ELIGIBLE FOR WORK
PERMITS WITHOUT APPROVAL
FROM CONGRESS.
ONE OF THE ISSUES AT
THE FOREFRONT FOR MANY
CONSERVATIVES WAS THAT
THIS WAS A BLATENT
VIOLATION OF THE
SEPARATION OF POWERS.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT THE
ONE WHO MAKES THE LAW.
HE ENFORCES THE LAW.
Reporter: AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT
OBAMA HASTELY TOOK TO THE
PRESS BRIEFING ROOM TO
SCOLD CONGRESS, CALLING
THE 4-4 VOTE A CONSEQUENCE
OF THE SENATE'S REFUSAL TO
CONFIRMARY GARLAND TO
REPLACE JUSTICE SCALIA.
IT MARKS THE END OF THE
PRESIDENT'S PUSH TO REFORM
IMMIGRATION, BUT HE IS
LAYING A PATH FOR HIS
SUCCESSOR, CALLING IT A
REFERENDUM ON HOW THE
NATION TREATS IMMIGRANTS.
President Obama:
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
MAKE A DECISION, WHETHER
WE'RE A PEOPLE WHO
TOLERATE THE HYPOCRISY OF
THE SYSTEM, WHERE THE
WORKERS WHO PICK OUR FRUIT
OR MAKE OUR BEDS, NEVER
HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RIGHT
WITH THE LAW.
Reporter: SOME SAY
THE VOTING ONLY MOTIVATES
THEM TO ELECT HILLARY
CLINTON.
REVEREND SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ
LEADS THE EVANGELICAL
ASSOCIATION, AND HE SAYS
NOW IS THE TIME FOR
SPEAKER RYAN TO TAKE THE
LEAD IN ADVANCING
NON-AMNESTY REFORM THAT
WILL SECURE OUR BORDERS,
AND FACILITATE A LEGAL
SYSTEM WHILE INTEGRATING
THOSE CURRENTLY IN THE
SHADOW, IN A WAY THAT
RECOGNIZES OUR RULE OF LAW
WITH OUR JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
VALUES.
AND IT WILL BE A DEFINING
ISSUE AS THE TOP
CANDIDATES DUKE IT OUT
UNTIL NOVEMBER.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Efrem: FOR 20 YEARS,
CBN'S "OPERATION BLESSING"
PHILIPPINES HAS HELPED
PEOPLE IN TRAGEDY, AND
WITH NEGLECTED AND
DISADVANTAGED FILIPINOS.
LUCILLE TALUSAN REPORTS
THAT THE HUMANITARIAN
ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO
BROUGHT HOPE TO MILLIONS,
EVEN TO THOSE IN REMOTE
AND DANGEROUS PLACES.
Reporter: NO MATTER
WHAT THE COST, THE
DEDICATED STAFF AND
VOLUNTEERS OF CBN'S
"OPERATION BLESSING" IN
THE PHILIPPINES REACH OUT
TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
DESPERATE FOR HIM.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
PHILIPPINES BEGAN IN 1996,
WHEN IT CONDUCTED ITS
FIRST MEDICAL MISSION WITH
FILIPINO DOCTORS AND
VOLUNTEERS.
Gordon: "OPERATION
BLESSING" PHILIPPINES, ONE
OF THE SLOGANS FOR IT IS,
WE WANT TO GIVE A HAND-UP,
NOT JUST A HANDOUT.
AND THE UNIQUENESS OF IT
IS THAT SIGNIFICANT LIFE
CHANGE, WHERE WE GIVE
PEOPLE A HOPE AND A
FUTURE.
Reporter: THROUGH THE
YEARS, "OPERATION
BLESSING" PHILIPPINES HAS
EVOLVED FROM HELPING
FAMILIES TO BUILDING
COMMUNITIES.
Gordon: AFTER THAT
HORRIBLE TYPHOON THAT
WIPED OUT TACLOBAN, AND
HERE "OPERATION BLESSING"
PHILIPPINES WAS ON THE
GROUND WITHIN 24 HOURS,
GIVING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD,
WATER, TEMPORARY HOUSING,
AND MEDICAL CARE TO PEOPLE
IN DESPERATE NEED.
BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HERE WE ARE TWO AND A HALF
YEARS LATER, AND
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
STILL ON THE GROUND
WORKING, AND TRYING TO
PROVIDE HOMES FOR PEOPLE
IN NEED.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO
COMPLETING A WHOLE VILLAGE
OF BRAND NEW HOMES THAT
WILL BE TYPHOON-RESISTANT,
AND I COULDN'T BE PROUDER
OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THANK YOU, "OPERATION
BLESSING."
WE NOW HAVE A NEW HOUSE,
AND I HAVE A BIG PLACE
WHERE I CAN PLAY.
Reporter: WE'RE HERE
AT THE 20th ANNIVERSARY
OF "OPERATION BLESSING"
PHILIPPINES, AND JOINING
US IS THE MOTHER OF
"OPERATION BLESSING,"
DR. KIM PASQUAL.
TELL US, WHAT IS THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE
SUCCESS?
FIRST IS WE NEED TO
THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING
HE HAS DONE.
THE DRIVING FORCE -- IT'S
A PASSION.
THE PASSION TO LOVE THE
PEOPLE.
THE PASSION TO SERVE GOD.
AND THE PASSION TO LOVE
GOD MORE.
WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE IN
NEED, WHAT CAN WE DO TO
HELP THEM?
AND HOW CAN WE BRING THE
KINGDOM OF GOD FROM HEAVEN
RIGHT DOWN HERE TO EARTH,
AND RIGHT DOWN INTO THEIR
LIVES, AND SAY, WE WANT
YOU TO HAVE A HOPE AND A
FUTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT GOD'S PROMISE IS FOR
YOU.
Reporter: AT THE
HEIGHT OF STORMS AND
FLOODS, AND EVEN ARMED
CONFLICT, BRINGING NOT
JUST AID AND PROVISION TO
THE PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT
THE MESSAGE OF PEACE, OF
HOPE, AND THE LOVE OF GOD
THAT INSPIRES CHANGE AND
TRANSFORMS LIVES.
LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,
MANILA.
Efrem: DELIVERING A
HOPE AND A FUTURE INDEED,
GORDON?
Gordon: I'M VERY
PROUD OF THEM.
THEY'VE DONE WONDERFUL
THINGS.
IT ALL STARTED BACK IN
1996.
TWO YEARS BEFORE, IT WAS
CBN ASIA.
AND THEN THE ASIAN CENTER
FOR MISSIONS.
AND THEN "OPERATION
BLESSING" PHILIPPINES.
SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, O.B.
IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT
THEY'VE TURNED INTO, FROM
TINY SEEDS THAT WERE
PLANTED 20, 22 YEARS AGO,
TO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY.
AND THE BEST NEWS IS
THEY'RE NOW ALMOST FULLY
SUPPORTED FROM WITHIN THE
PHILIPPINES.
IT IS ABOUT 80% RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'VE GOT 20% MORE TO
GO.
BUT IT IS AMAZING WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE ALL GET
TOGETHER AND SAY, HOW CAN
WE DO THIS?
HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD?
HOW CAN WE TRAIN
CHRISTIANS HOW TO DO
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION?
AND HOW CAN WE RELEASE
THEM FOR WHAT GOD HAS THEM
TO DO?
IT IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
CARE ENOUGH TO GIVE.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER,
JOIN WITH US.
1-800-759-0700.
WENDY?
Wendy: I LOVE THOSE
COLORFUL NEW HOUSES, THE
PURPLE AND THE PINK.
DID YOU HAVE ANY PART IN
PICKING OUT THE COLORS?
Gordon: I DID NOT
PICK THE COLORS AT ALL.
BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE
TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THOSE,
AND VERY SIMPLE
TECHNOLOGY -- IT CAME OUT
OF AUSTRALIA.
AND THEY ARE HURRICANE AND
TYPHOON-RESISTANT.
AND IT IS BAMBOO THAT IS
FILLED WITH CONCRETE.
THAT CREATES SUCH A SOLID
STRUCTURE.
THEY HAD VIDEO OF ONE OF
THE FIRST FAMILIES COMING
IN TO POSSESS THEIR FIRST
HOME.
HERE THEY HAD BEEN
COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
AFTER THE TYPHOONS.
AND THE CHILDREN WERE
LOOKING AT THE PARENTS, IS
THIS REALLY OUR HOME?
IT WAS SUCH AN
INSPIRATION.
HOPE AND A FUTURE.
Wendy: UP NEXT, AN
OPEN INVITATION TO ISIS?
IT IS EASY FOR AN
NON-EMPLOYED MEXICAN TO
WALK ACROSS HERE.
ISIS CAN COME IN PLUM
SIMPLE.
WE HAVE MAJOR THREATS
IN THIS REGION, AND WE'RE
NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
Wendy: WE'LL TAKE YOU
TO THE ARIZONA BORDER, AND
WE'LL TALK TO ARIZONA
RANCHERS WHO LIVE UNDER
THE THREAT OF TERRORISTS
EVERY DAY.
Gordon: IMMIGRATION
IS CLEARLY A HOT-BUTTON
ISSUE THIS ELECTION YEAR.
SO CBN'S CHUCK HOLTON
TRAVELLED TO ARIZONA,
WHERE HE TALKED TO LOCAL
RESIDENTS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
REALLY HAPPENING ALONG OUR
BORDER.
Reporter: WARNER
GLEN'S FAMILY FIRST
SETTLED HERE ALONG THE
ARIZONA-MEXICO BORDER IN
1896.
AT 80 YEARS OLD, GLEN
WORKS THE RANCH EACH DAY,
AND IS WELL-KNOWN
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
HE SAYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF
THE LANDSCAPE.
WE LIVED OUT HERE IN
'62.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WOULD
BE TWO OR THREE ILLEGALS
COMING THROUGH AND LOOKING
FOR WORK.
AND ALL OF THE RANCHERS
WORKED THEM ON AND OFF.
THEY WERE WONDERFUL FOR
HARD LABOR-TYPE WORK AND
GOOD COWBOYS, IF YOU
NEEDED A COWBOY.
NOWADAYS, THE FEW THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH ARE PRETTY
HARD-CORE, ESPECIALLY THE
DRUG GUYS.
Reporter: THAT DRUG
TRADE RESULTS IN AN
OVERALL RISE IN CRIME.
IF THEY COME BACK AND
THEY GO BY A RESIDENCE AND
NOBODY IS THERE, THEY'RE
GOING TO GO IN AND LOOK
AROUND.
FIREARMS, TOP OF THE LIST,
JEWELRY, TOP OF THE LIST.
WE DON'T LOCK THE DOORS
BECAUSE THEY WOULD JUST
BREAK THE WINDOW ANYWAY.
Reporter: BILLY GROSS
LIVES NEARBY.
HE RECENTLY CAUGHT A
SMUGGLER TRYING TO STEAL
HIS TRUCK.
I BROUGHT HIM BACK TO
THE HOUSE, AND MY WIFE
CALLED THE SHERIFF.
AND THE SHERIFF AND BORDER
PATROL COME OUT AND GOT
HIM, AND WE WENT BACK TO
THE PICKUP, AND THERE WAS
A BAIL OF MARIJUANA IN THE
BACK OF MY PICKUP.
AND HE HAD STOLE A LOT OF
STUFF FROM THE HOUSE.
Reporter: BUT PETTY
THEFT ISN'T WHAT WORRIES
THESE OLD COWBOYS THE
MOST.
THAT WOULD BE NOTHING
TO A TERRORIST WITH ISIS.
IT WOULD BE A CAKE-WALK
FOR THEM TO GO UP THROUGH
THESE MOUNTAINS.
IF IT IS THAT EASY FOR
AN UNEMPLOYED MEXICAN TO
WALK THROUGH, IT WOULD BE
SIMPLE FOR ISIS.
Reporter: THIS FORMER
ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST,
DR. SCOTT CATINOMENT.
WE HAVE MAJOR THREATS
COMING THROUGH THIS
REGION, AND WE'RE NOT
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO USE
AND KNOW WHEN THE BORDER
PATROL IS GOING TO BE
ACTIVE AND WHERE THEY'RE
GOING TO BE.
OUR SECURITY AND OUR
RESOLVE IS NOT REQUISITE
TO MEET THAT LEVEL OF A
THREAT.
Reporter: THIS IS ONE
OF THE LONEIYEST BORDER
CROSSINGS.
THE PEOPLE LIVE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE BORDER.
THEY USED TO CROSS WITH
IMPUNITY.
BUT IT IS GETTING HARDER
FOR THEM TO VISIT THEIR
RELATIVES BECAUSE OF THE
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HUMAN
SMUGGLING AND DRUG
TRAFFICKING.
THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME
IS ONLY ABOUT $8,000.
THIS MAKES SMUGGLING AN
ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION.
MATT THOMAS IS A DEPUTY IN
PENAL COUNTY, NORTH OF THE
RERESERVATION.
THAT IS ALL OPEN
DESERT.
NO MAJOR TOWNS, NO MAJOR
CITIES.
VERY MINIMAL POPULATION.
VERY MINIMAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF INTERFERENCE TO DEAL
WITH BETWEEN MEXICO AND
WHEN THEY HIT OUR COUNTY.
THERE IS A HUGE AREA THAT
THE CARTELS USE TO CROSS
INTO THE U.S. WHERE THEY
GO UNDETECTED.
AND AS THEY CROSS IN, THEY
START TO FUNNEL.
Reporter: THAT MAKES
CATCHING THESE SMUGGLERS
MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING.
THEY'VE GOTTEN MORE
ADVANCED, AND THERE ARE
MORE NUMBERS.
THEY SET UP THEIR OWN
NETWORKS NOW, AND THEY
PRETTY MUCH CONTROL THE
TERRAIN FROM MEXICO UP.
AND THEY HAVE GOOD CONTROL
OF THE ROUTES VISUALLY,
WHICH MEANS IF WE GO IN TO
TRY TO INTERCEPT, WHETHER
BY AIR OR LAND, THEY KNOW
THAT AND SO THEY CAN
ADJUST.
THEY CAN SHUT DOWN
OPERATIONS, AND THEY CAN
MANEUVER AROUND US.
THOSE THAT WANT TO COME
INTO THIS COUNTRY AND HARM
US, TERRORISTS, HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET
THROUGH HER I HERE IN COCHISE
COUNTY.
Reporter: HE SAYS THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
POLICIES ONLY MAKE THINGS
WORSE.
ANY TIME THIS
ADMINISTRATION TALKS ABOUT
AMNESTY OR ANYTHING THAT
HAS TO DO WITH THE BORDER,
WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF
PEOPLE COMING ACROSS.
OUR POLICY IS ONE OF
CONTROLLED FAILURE,
KEEPING IT AT A CERTAIN
LEVEL.
SOMETHING WHERE THE
PRESIDENT CAN SAY, I
DOUBLED THE MANPOWER.
HE DOESN'T TELL YOU THAT
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
ARE SO RESTRICTED, THAT
INDIVIDUALS ON THE BORDER
PATROL ARE BEING PENALIZED
FOR DURING THEIR JOB.
Reporter: EACH PERSON
WE SPOKE WITH HAS HIGH
HOPES FOR THE NEXT
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
I'M HOPING THAT THE
PRESIDENT TAKES A HARDLINE
STANCE AND SAYS WE'RE
GOING TO STOP THE
MIGRATIOTHIS MASSIVEMIGRATION.
IF YOU BUILD A WALL,
YOU'VE STILL GOT TO WATCH
IT.
I'M PRAYING THAT GOD
WOULD ALLOW AMERICA --
THAT WE WOULD HAVE A
LEADER THAT WOULD LOVE GOD
AND SURROUND HIMSELF WITH
GODLY ADVISORS.
GOD IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
CAN SAVE AMERICA.
Reporter: ON THE
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, I'M
CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.
Gordon: WELL, WHAT WE
REALLY NEED TO DO IS
ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT ARE
ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT
HAS GOT ME SCRATCHING MY
HEAD.
IF IT'S ILLEGAL, THEN WHY
AREN'T WE ENFORCING IT.
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WENDY?
Wendy: STILL AHEAD, A
STRIP CLUB OWNER WHO
BACKED OUT ON A DEAL HE
MADE WITH GOD.
I HAD ALL OF THE WOMEN
I WANTED, ALL THE COCAINE
I WANTED, ALL OF THE
WHISKEY I WANTED, ALL OF
THE MONEY I WANTED -- I
HAD EVERYTHING I WANTED.
I DIDN'T NEED GOD.
Wendy: SEE HOW HE
LIVED TO REGRET THOSE
WORDS, LATER ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
Gordon: MICHAEL AND
VERA WENT THROUGH THE
HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST,
AND THEY MIRACULOUSLY
SURVIVED AND THEN MOVED TO
ISRAEL.
70 YEARS LATER, THEY WERE
STRUGGLING TO GET BY UNTIL
CBN CAME KNOCKING ON THEIR
DOOR.
Reporter: MICHAEL AND
VERA HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR
MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME, THEY'VE
HELPED EACH OTHER COPE
WITH PAINFUL MEMORIES OF
THE HOLOCAUST.
THE SOUNDS OF THE BOMBS
WERE TERRIFYING.
WE ESCAPED UKRAINE TO
TAJIKISTAN.
THE REST OF MY FAMILY THAT
COULD NOT LEAVE WERE
KILLED WITH THE OTHER
JEWS.
THEIR BODIES ALL DUMPED IN
A GIANT PIT.
I WAS 10 YEARS OLD WHEN
THE NAZIS BEGAN BOMBING MY
VILLAGE IN MOBOLLA, AND I
THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS
COMING TO AN END.
Reporter: WHILE VERA
AND HER FAMILY HELPED CARE
FOR SOVIET SOLDIERS IN
TAJIKISTAN, MICHAEL AND
HIS FAMILY ENDURED A
THREE-MONTH DEATH MARCH TO
A GET DO GHETTO IN JIEWKS.
>UKRAINE.
I CAN STILL SEE MY
FAMILY.
BUT LOSING MY FATHER HURT
THE MOST.
I MISS HIM.
Reporter: MICHAEL AND
VERA BOTH HAVE THEIR
FAMILIES' NAMES IN THE
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.
THEY MET IN UKRAINE AFTER
THE WAR AND MOVED TO
ISRAEL IN 1995.
MICHAEL WORKED AS A STREET
CLEANER UNTIL HE WAS IN
HIS 70s.
THEIR CHILDREN CAN'T
AFFORD TO HELP THEM, SO
THEY STRUGGLE JUST TO BUY
FOOD.
WE LIVED PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK AND NEVER COULD
SAVE MUCH MONEY.
I COOKED OUR FOOD ON THE
SAME ELECTRIC HOT PLATE
FOR YEARS, BUT IT BROKE
AND WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD
TO REPLACE IT.
Reporter: WHEN CBN
ISRAEL FOUND OUT ABOUT
MICHAEL AND VERA, WE
BOUGHT THEM A BRAND NEW
ELECTRIC HOT PLATE AND A
CONVECTION OFTEN VEN.
ANOVEN.
AND EVERY WEEK WE TAKE
THEM TO GET GROCERIES.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING
YOU ARE DOING TO HELP.
WE ARE SURE VERY
GRATEFUL.
WE ARE NOT USED TO PEOPLE
GIVING US THINGS.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE
FOR EACH ITEM.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE
COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
THANK YOU.
Gordon: AND THANK
YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," YOU'RE A PART
OF THAT.
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT TO
"THE 700 CLUB" GOES INTO
THE WORK OF "OPERATION
BLESSING."
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO
THE WORK OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL TO HELP
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART
OF IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS CALL US AND SAY, YES, I
WANT TO JOIN.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS
A DAY.
WHEN YOU CALL AND SAY,
YES, I WANT TO JOIN, I
WANT TO SEND YOU THIS.
IT IS MY FATHER'S LATEST
TEACHING.
IT'S CALLED "VICTORY
THROUGH LIFE'S STORMS."
AND HERE HE IS AT 86, AND
HE IS SAYING, HERE ARE ALL
OF THE STORMS I'VE BEEN
THROUGH.
HERE ANAND HERE IS HOW GOD GOT ME
THROUGH.
IF YOU WANT IT, JUST CALL
1-800-759-0700.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A
BLESSING TO ISRAEL, WE
HAVE A DESIGNATED FUND
JUST FOR YOU CALLED CBN
ISRAEL.
IT SUPPORTS THOSE
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.
IT SUPPORTS OUR NEWS
OFFICE.
IT REPORTS ALL OF THE
WONDERFUL ISRAEL
DOCUMENTARIES WE'RE DOING.
YOU'RE PART OF ALL OF IT
WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE CBN
ISRAEL FUND.
YOU CAN CALL AND SAY YOU
WANT TO GIVE TO CBN
ISRAEL.
OR YOU CAN WRITE TO US,
AND JUST PUT "CBN ISRAEL"
ON THE MEMO LINE OF A
CHECK.
EITHER WAY.
1-800-759-0700.
Wendy: THE BIBLE SAYS
THOSE WHO BLESS ISRAEL
SHALL BE BLESSED.
Gordon: WHICH IS
WONDERFUL.
Wendy: IT MAKES IT
EASY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE
DOING THAT.
COOL.
> COMING UP, HIS
GIRLFRIEND DID HIM WRONG,
SO HE WAS HELL-BENT ON
REVENGE.
I WENT TO THE LIQUOR
STORE AND GOT MY JACK
DANIELS, AND THEN GOT MY
NINE MILLIMETER, BECAUSE I
WAS INTENT ON KILLING
EVERYONE IN THAT HOUSE.
Wendy: SEE WHAT
STOPPED HIM ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
Gordon: AS A
TEENAGER, STEVE WALTROP
WAS DESPERATE FOR
ACCEPTANCE.
SO HE MADE A DEAL WITH
GOD.
BUT STEVE DIDN'T KEEP UP
HIS END OF THAT BARGAIN,
AND YEARS DOWN THE ROAD,
GOD CALLED HIM TO ACCOUNT.
ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE
ACCEPTED BY SOMEBODY WHEN
I WAS GROWING UP.
JUST TO HAVE A TRUE FRIEND
AND HAVE SOMEBODY I KNEW
THAT CARED ABOUT ME FOR
WHO I WAS.
Reporter: STEVE
WALTRIP WAS BULLIED MOST
OF HIS CHILDHOOD.
I WAS REALLY SKINNY.
I HAD A BIG HEAD.
I GOT THE NAME JUGHEAD.
I GOT PICKED ON A LOT.
Reporter: AT 14,
STEVE FOUND ACCEPTANCE
WHEN HE FOUND CHRIST AT A
SUMMER CAMP.
IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF
HOPE, THAT JESUS TRULY
LOVED ME.
HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT IF I
WAS SKINNY OR UGLY.
HE LOVED ME FOR ME.
Reporter: BUT THE
BULLYING INTENSIFIED, AND
STEVE SPENT MORE AND MORE
TIME ALONE.
HE WAS STRUGGLING TO LEARN
THE GUITAR, AND ASKED GOD
TO HELP HIM.
I SAID, GOD, IF YOU'LL
TEACH ME TO PLAY THIS
GUITAR, TO SING AND TO
WRITE SONGS, I'LL DO IT
FOR YOU AND YOUR GLORY.
AND GUESS WHAT?
GOD SAID, LET'S DO IT.
BECAUSE FROM THAT DAY,
PLAYING A GUITAR WAS LIKE
SECOND NATURE TO ME.
Reporter: SOON AFTER
A POPULAR KID FROM SCHOOL
HEARD STEVE PLAYING THE
GUITAR.
HE WAS SO IMPRESSED, HE
INVITED HIM TO PLAY AT A
PARTY THE FOLLOWING
WEEKEND.
I FELT ACCEPTED FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
NOBODY WAS LOOKING AT ME
LIKE THIS BIG-HEAD, UGLY
KID.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT ME,
WE LIKE THE WAY YOU SING
AND PLAY.
YOU'RE PART OF US NOW.
THEY WERE PLAYING
ATTENTION TO ME.
Reporter: STEVE DRANK
HIS FIRST BEER AND SMOKED
HIS FIRST JOINT THAT
NIGHT.
HE CONTINUED TO PARTY WITH
HIS NEW FRIENDS AND THEN
DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
IN 10TH GRADE TO SING AND
PLAY GUITAR AT HONKY
TONKS.
I COULD ALWAYS HEAR GOD
SAYING, THIS IS NOT WHAT
YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD DO.
THIS IS NOT OUR DEAL.
THE THING IS, GOD DIDN'T
KILL ME OR TAKE THAT
TALENT AWAY.
Reporter: HIS VOICE
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A
STRIP JOINT.
SOON HE WAS RUNNING THE
PLACE AND SEVERAL OTHER.
AT 22, HE FELL INTO DRUG
ABUSE.
I HAD ALL OF THE
COCAINE, ALL OF THE
WHISKEY, ALL OF THE
MONEY -- I DIDN'T NEED
GOD.
Reporter: STEVE
CONTINUED TO WORK AND LIVE
IN THE DARK UNDER BELLY OF
STRIP CLUBS FOR THE NEXT
14 YEARS.
THEN ONE NIGHT A FRIEND
INVITED HIM OVER.
WHEN STEVE ARRIVED AT THE
HOME, A MAN JUMPED HIM AND
BEAT HIM WITH A METAL
PIPE.
I REMEMBER SEEING A
DARKNESS AND FEELING A
LONELINESS.
THIS LONELINESS AND THIS
FEELING OF NOTHING, NO
ANYTHING.
Reporter: HE WOKE UP
IN A HOSPITAL, WITH A
DOCTOR STANDING OVER HIM.
HE SAID, I'M NOT A
RELIGIOUS MAN, BUT I WANT
TO TELL YOU THIS, SOMEBODY
UPSTAIRS W WAS LOOKING OUT
FOR YOU.
BECAUSE 78% OF THE PEOPLE
WHO TAKE A BLOW IN THE
HEAD LIKE THIS DON'T LIVE
TO TELL ABOUT IT.
Reporter: STEVE
LEARNED AN EX-GIRLFRIEND
SET HIM UP AND HE WAS SET
ON REVENGE.
I WENT TO THE LIQUOR
STORE AND THEN I GOT MY
9-MILLIMETER, BECAUSE I
WAS INTENDING TO KILL
EVERYBODY IN THAT HOUSE.
Reporter: BUT ON THE
WAY THERE, HE GOT ARRESTED
FOR A D.U.I.
GOD SAID, STEVE, I LOVE
YOU.
THIS IS NOT THE PLANS I
HAVE FOR YOUR LIFE.
Reporter: STEVE'S
BUSINESS PARTNERS BAILED
HIM OUT THE NEXT DAY, AND
BROUGHT HIM TO THE CLUB TO
LET HIM COOL OFF.
I'M WALKING AROUND WITH
MY GLASS OF WHISKEY IN MY
HAND.
I'M THE BOSSMAN.
I HEAR GOD SAY SOMETHING
TO ME YOU NEVER WANT TO
HEAR GOD SAY.
GOD SAID, STEVE, IT'S NOW
OR NEVER.
I'M TIRED OF PLAYING WITH
YOU.
Reporter: HE FELL TO
HIS KNEES IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE CLUB.
SECURITY GATHERED
AROUND ME BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT I WAS DYING.
THEY THOUGHT SURELY THIS
LIFESTYLE HAD CAUGHT UP
WITH ME.
AND I WAS ON MY KNEES
SAYING, GOD, FORGIVE ME.
LET ME COME HOME.
I GOT UP, AND I PUSHED
EVERYBODY AWAY FROM ME.
I WENT INTO THE OFFICE OF
THE CLUB, AND I CALLED THE
OWNER AND I SAID, MAN, I
QUIT.
HE STARTED LAUGHING.
HE SAID, DO YOU NEED MORE
MONEY?
AND I SAID, NO, MAN, I
QUIT.
I JUST GAVE MY LIFE BACK
TO JESUS.
Reporter: STEVE WAS
ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE
CLUBS AND THE DRUGS.
BUT HE STILL WANT FREE.
THE FIRST PLACE I WENT
WHEN I LEFT THERE WAS TO
THE LIQUOR STORE AND GOT
ME SOME JACK DANIELS.
I READ MY BIBLE AND I TOOK
A SHOT.
AND I DID THAT UNTIL I
PASSED OUT.
I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
AND I DID THE SAME THING.
Reporter: STEVE TRIED
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO
STOP DRINKING, INCLUDING
SEVERAL STINTS IN REHAB.
HE WAS ONLY 38, BUT HE
KNEW HE WAS DYING.
ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING
IN MY BATHROOM MIRROR.
AND I LOOKED AT MY EYES
AND I SEEN DEATH.
I TOLD GOD, DON'T LET ME
DIE.
DON'T LET ME DIE.
I'M BACK DOING WHAT YOU
ASKED ME TO DO.
BUT I CAN'T LET GO OF THIS
WHISKEY.
I CAN'T STOP.
AND I FIGURED IT OUT.
I FELL ON MY KNEES, AND I
FOUND THE KEY TO BREAKING
THOSE CHAINS WAS I SAID,
GOD, I CANNOT DO THIS
WITHOUT YOU.
AND GOD BE MY WITNESS,
THERE WAS NEVER ANOTHER
DROP OF WHISKEY TOUCH MY
LIPS SINCE THAT DAY.
GOD IMMEDIATELY RELEASED
ME FROM THAT CHAIN.
HE BROKE THAT CHAIN.
Reporter: IN 2013, HE
MARRIED KELLY, AND TODAY
THEY TRAVEL THE COUNTRY,
SHARING A MESSAGE OF HOPE
AND SECOND CHANCES THROUGH
STEVE'S MUSIC, JUST AS HE
PROMISED.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU
CHILLS, MAN, TO KNOW THAT
GOD WILL USE AN OLD STRIP
CLUB MANAGER, SOMEONE THAT
TURNED AGAINST HIM AND
NEVER, EVER STOPPED LOVING
HIM.
THAT'S AN AWESOME GOD.
FINALLY SOMEONE LOVED ME.
THERE IS THAT FRIEND I WAS
LOOKING FOR.
Gordon: THERE IS THAT
FRIEND I WAS LOOKING FOR.
SOMEBODY WHO LEVEL LOVES YOU
JUST FOR WHO YOU ARE.
WHO IS THAT?
WELL, IT'S YO YOUR CREATOR.
HE MADE YOU.
WHAT DID HE MAKE YOU FOR?
WELL, THE BIBLE TELLS US
HE MADE US FOR FELLOWSHIP
WITH HIM.
AND HIS IDEA WAS THAT WE
WOULD LIVE IN A GARDEN,
AND HE WOULD COME DOWN IN
THE COOL OF THE EVENING
AND TALK WITH US.
LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR
IMAGE.
IT HAS BEEN WHAT HE HAS
WANTED FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS.
ALL HE WANTS IS FOR YOU TO
JUST SIT AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
THAT'S WHAT'S IN IT FOR
HIM.
AND IN RETURN, HE PROMISES
WONDERFUL THINGS.
HE PROMISES THAT HE'LL
NEVER LEAVE YOU; HE'LL
NEVER FORSAKE YOU; HE'LL
NEVER REJECT YOU.
HIS LOVE IS INFINITE.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO THAT WILL SEPARATE YOU
FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT IS THE BEST NEWS ANYONE
HAS EVER HEARD, THAT HE
WANTS TO BE WITH YOU FOR
ALL ETERNITY.
NOW, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
GET THAT?
WELL, IF YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD THIS BEFORE, THIS IS
ALL BRAND NEW FOR YOU, THE
PRAYER IS REALLY SIMPLE:
JESUS, IF YOU'RE THERE, IF
YOU REALLY DIED FOR ME, IF
YOU REALLY ARE MY SAVIOR,
COULD YOU SHOW ME?
COULD YOU SHOW UP FOR ME?
SOME OF YOU, MAYBE YOU'RE
LIKE STEVE, YOU MADE A
BARGAIN WITH GOD, YOU MADE
A VOW.
AND THEN YOU BROKE IT.
YOU WENT YOUR WAY.
AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT,
YOU WERE SO FAR ALONG THE
ROAD YOU COULDN'T STOP
ANYMORE.
AND HERE IS STEVE, HE'S
LEAVING THE LIFE, BUT HE
FINDS HE CAN'T LEAVE THE
DRINK.
AND HE IS READING THE
BIBLE AND TAKING SHOTS OF
WHISKEY BECAUSE HE CAN'T
STOP.
WELL, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS
FOR YOU.
JESUS CAN TAKE CARE OF
THAT, TOO.
HE CAN SET YOU FREE FROM
ANY ADDICTION.
HE CAN MAKE YOUR MIND NEW
AGAIN.
HE CAN TAKE AWAY THE
DESIRE.
HE CAN TAKE AWAY THE
COMPULSION.
HE CAN DO ALL OF THAT FOR
YOU.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
THE SAME THING THAT STEVE
DID.
JUST HUMBLE YOURSELF AND
ASK.
REALIZE YOU CAN'T DO THIS
ON YOUR OWN.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF
WILLPOWER.
IT'S A QUESTION OF CAN YOU
BE REMADE FROM YOUR
INNERMOST BEING, SO THOSE
COMPULSIONS NO LONGER HAVE
A HOLD ON YOU.
NOW, IF YOU WANT THIS, IF
YOU REALLY WANT TO BE
FREE, THE BIBLE PROMISES
WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS
FREE INDEED.
IF YOU REALLY WANT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE
DIGNITY OF ONCE AGAIN
BEING A CHILD OF GOD, TO
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND SAY,
I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES,
I KNOW HIM.
HE CALLS TO ME AND I
ANSWER.
IF YOU WANT THAT, LET'S
PRAY.
AND LET'S ASK GOD TO COME
IN AGAIN, TO RESTORE YOU,
TO MAKE YOU NEW, TO GIVE
YOU BACK THE JOY OF
SALVATION.
SO IF YOU WANT THIS, JUST
BOW YOUR HEAD WITH ME.
LETS PRAY THAT PRAYER.
AND LET TODAY BE THE DAY
WHERE YOU SAY, I WANT TO
COME HOME.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
HIS NAME.
SAY IT OUT LOUD.
THERE IS POWER IN IT.
JESUS, I COME TO YOU, AND,
LORD, I NEED FORGIVENESS.
I NEED TO BE SET FREE FROM
THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE.
I NEED TO BE RENEWED.
SO, JESUS, HERE I AM.
HERE IS MY LIFE.
MAKE ME NEW AGAIN.
RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF
SALVATION.
RESTORE TO ME THE
KNOWLEDGE OF YOU.
LET ME HEAR YOUR VOICE.
AND, JESUS, I WANT TO
FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER.
COME INTO MY HEART AND BE
WITH ME.
FOR I ASK IT ALL IN JESUS'
NAME.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I ASK FOR A
BAPTISM IN YOUR LOVE.
I ASK THAT FROM THE TOP OF
THEIR HEADS TO THE SOLES
OF THEIR FEET, THAT THEY
WOULD BE SET FREE FROM ANY
COMPULSION, ANY ADDICTION,
AND GIVE THEM
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
DO IT, FOR WE ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
THERE IS ONE MORE THING I
WANT YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO MAKE A NONE
CALL AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE
KNOW THAT YOU JUST SAID
YES TO JESUS.
YOU JUST PRAYED.
YOU REDEDICATED YOUR LIFE
TO HIM.
YOU WANT TO LIVE FOR HIM.
THE NUMBER IS ON THE
SCREEN: 1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT
SOMETHING FREE FOR YOU.
NO OBLIGATION -- NO
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AT
ALL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CALL, AND WE'LL SEND IT
OUT TO YOU.
IT IS A C.D. PACKET, AND
ITS CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IN THERE IS A C.D.
TEACHING, WHAT DO I DO
NOW?
AND HOW DO I LIVE THE LIFE
I JUST ASKED FOR?
HOW DO I LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE?
HOW DO I FOLLOW HIM?
WHAT DO CHRISTIANS
BELIEVE?
ALL OF THAT IS ANSWERED IN
THIS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
WENDY?
Wendy: THANKS,
GORDON.
STILL AHEAD, A PREGNANT
WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH
STAGE THREE CANCER.
I HAD A 45% CHANCE OF
SURVIVAL IF I HAD AN
ABORTION.
WITHOUT AN ABORTION, I HAD
NO CHANCE.
I WAS THE MOTHER THAT
WAS TOLD, IT'S YOUR LIFE
OR YOUR BABY'S LIFE.
Wendy: WOW.
WATCH HOW THIS MOM AND HER
BABY DEFY THE DOCTOR'S
PROGNOSIS.
THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
I WAS ON A PATH OF
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THE UNITED STATES IS
FACING AN EPIDEMIC OF
HEROIN USE, ACCORDING TO
THE LATEST WORD FROM THE
DRUG REPORT FROM THE
UNITED NATIONS.
IT SAYS HEROIN USE IS AT
ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE
U.S. IN 20 YEARS, WITH
ABOUT A MILLION HEROIN
USERS IN THE COUNTRY IN
2014.
THAT IS NEARLY THREE TIMES
AS MANY AS IN 2003, AND
DEATHS FROM HEROIN HAVE
GONE UP FIVE-FOLD SINCE
2000.
> "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS PROVIDING LIFE FOR
CONGOLESE WRENCHE WRENCHES REFUGEES IN A
CAMP AND RU WANDA.
RUWANDA.
THEY GAVE 2,000 SOLAR
LIGHTS FOR THE CAMPS.
COUPLES LIKE AUGUSTINE AND
JOSEPHINE BENEFIT FROM THE
LIGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR
THEIR GRANDSON.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS DOING BY GOING TO
ob.org.
GORDON AND WENDY ARE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB."
IT IS COMING UP RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Wendy: FIVE YEARS
AGO, AMY FACED A
TERRIFYING MEDICAL
DISORDER.
DOCTORS TOLD HER IN ORDER
TO SAVE HER OWN LIFE, SHE
MUST END THE LIFE OF HER
UNBORN BABY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
REALLY PUT INTO WORDS WHAT
THAT DIAGNOSIS FEELS LIKE.
Reporter: WHEN AMY
HEARD SHE HAD CANCER, SHE
KNEW HER LIFE WASN'T THE
ONLY ONE AT STAKE.
I WAS SIX WEEKS
PREGNANT AND I HAD COLON
CANCER.
I GOT ON MY KNEES AND
PRAYED.
Reporter: SHE WENT
INTO SURGERY AND DOCTORS
REMOVED EIGHT CENTIMETERS
OF HER COLON.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN WITH
DEVASTATING NEWS.
THE CANCER HAD SPREAD, BUT
THEY COULD TREAT IT WITH
CHEMO.
THEY TOLD ME IOWA HA I HAD A
45% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IF
I HAD AN ABORTION.
WITHOUT THE ABORTION, I
HAVE NO CHANCE TO LIVE.
WHAT GIVES US THE RIGHT
TO KILL A BABY?
WHO GIVES US THE RIGHT TO
MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WILL
SAY TO YOU, OH, I'M
PRO-LIFE EXCEPT...WELL, I
DON'T BELIEVE IN
EXCEPTIONS.
I WAS THAT EXCEPTION.
I WAS THE MOTHER THAT WAS
TOLD, IT'S YOUR LIFE OR
YOUR BABY'S LIFE.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
SOUGHT OUT A SECOND
OPINION.
THAT'S WHEN THEY MET AN
ONCOLOGIST WHO PRESCRIBED
A CHE CHEMO REGIMEN FOR AMY.
I WAS COMPLETELY SURE
IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY
SAFE, BUT I THOUGHT WITH
SPECIFIC DRUGS SHE WOULD
DO WELL.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT
CANCER THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER STUDIES, BUT HE
SAID, I THINK IT MIGHT
WORK.
HE SAID, I WON'T MAKE YOU
ANY PROMISE, BUT I WILL
TREAT YOU IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU WANT.
Reporter: AMY WAS 14
WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN SHE
STARTED THE TREATMENTS,
BUT SHE AND BOBBY KNEW THE
OUTCOME DEPENDED ON GOD.
WE WERE CONSTANTLY
PRAYING.
I HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME
THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, ON THE
STREETS, AND THEY WOULD
SAY CAN I PRAY WITH YOU.
Reporter: AMY'S NURSE
DURING TREATMENT AT ATHENS
MEDICAL CENTER WERE
TOUCHED BY THEIR FAITH.
I REMEMBER HER AND HER
HUSBAND SAYING, WE ALREADY
LOVE THIS BABY.
THAT JUST HIT ME REALLY
HARD, THAT THEY ALREADY
LOVE THIS BABY, AND
THEY'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH THIS REALLY HARD
THING.
Reporter: WHAT MADE
IT MORE DIFFICULT WAS
THERE WAS NO WAY TO
DETERMINE WHAT EFFECT THE
CHEMO MIGHT BE HAVING ON
THE BABY.
THERE WERE NO
GUARANTEES WHAT COULD BE
HAPPENING TO THE BABY.
BUT WE HAD A PEACE ABOUT
IT.
Reporter: EVEN AMY'S
OB/GYN KNEW THE BABY WAS
IN GOD'S HANDS.
YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK
AND SAY, I REALLY WASN'T
DOING ANYTHING.
ALL I WAS DOING WAS
REASSURING HER THAT THINGS
LOOKED GOOD, THAT I'M
WILLING TO BE A PART OF
THIS WITH YOU.
I'M WILLING TO DO YOUR
C-SECTION WHENEVER IT IS
TIME TO DO IT.
Reporter: AFTER AMY
ENDURED 11 ROUNDS OF
CHEMO, IT WAS TIME FOR HER
SCHEDULED C-SECTION.
WE HAD SEVERAL PASTOR
FRIENDS THERE, AND MY
HUSBAND, AND WE HELD HANDS
AND PRAYED OVER THE BABY
AND OVER THE DELIVERY.
AS MUCH AS I WISH I
COULD DO THAT WITH ALL OF
MY PATIENTS, IT CERTAINLY
WAS VERY PROFOUND THAT
MORNING THAT THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED
TO DO.
AND IT MADE SENSE WITH
EVERYTHING THAT WAS
LEADING UP TO THAT POINT,
THAT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE
REMIND OURSELVES TO GIVE
GOD THE GLORY IN ALL OF
THAT.
Reporter: JOSHUA
HANLEY WAS BORN ON
AUGUST 28, 2010, IN
PERFECT HEALTH.
I JUST CRIED.
I WAS OVER JOYED,
THANKFUL -- SO THANKFUL
THE.
NOTHANKFUL.
NOT ONLY WAS MY LITTLE
BOY HEALTHY, BUT MY WIFE
WAS ALIVE.
THAT WAS 180 FROM WHAT WE
WERE TOLD INITIALLY.
I WAS ESTATIC.
SHE LOOKED AMAZING.
SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I SAW GOD'S GRACE THROUGH
THAT WHOLE THING.
Reporter: NOW FIVE
YEARS, JOSHUA IS A
TYPICAL, ACTIVE BOY.
SO FOR ME, THE
MIRACULOUS THINGS ARE
YOU'VE THE GOT THIS CUTE
LITTLE FIVE-YEAR-OLD, WHO
IS RUNNING AROUND,
SEEMINGLY ACTING LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE.
THAT CHILD IS GOING TO
GROW UP TO BE A MAN ONE
DAY AND HAVE A FULL LIFE.
I DON'T SEE THAT A LOT.
FOR ME, THAT WAS
EXTRAORDINARYNARY.
EXTRAORDINARY.
Reporter: AS FOR AMY,
THE CHEMO WAS A SUCCESS
AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF
CANCER.
THE LORD IS BIGGER THAN
ANYTHING.
NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING
ON, IF YOU'RE IN THE
LORD'S WILL, YOU'RE IN THE
SAFEST PLACE YOU CAN BE.
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME
OF ANYTHING, IF YOU'RE IN
GOD'S WILL, THAT'S WHERE
YOU WANT TO BE.
THE LORD IS IN CONTROL OF
ALL OF THIS.
WE KNOW THAT.
GOD IS ALWAYS IN
CONTROL.
AND THE THING I HAVE
LEARNED IS, I DON'T HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS
DOING.
HE DOES NOT HAVE TO MAKE
SENSE TO ME.
I JUST KNOW GOD SEES THE
BEGINNING AND HE SEES THE
END.
HE HAS GOT IT ALL WORKED
OUT.
AND I TRUST THAT HIS WILL
IS PERFECT.
AND THERE IS A PEACE IN
THAT.
AND HE CAN BE TRUSTED TO
TAKE CARE OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN WHEN
THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE TO
US.
TRUST HIM.
Wendy: TRUST HIM.
WOW!
GOD IS BIGGER THAN CANCER.
HE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING
YOU ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
THEY NEEDED A MIRACLE, AND
THEY BELIEVED GOD.
THEY CHOSE TO BELIEVE GOD
AND TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR
BABY WOULD LIVE, TOO, AND
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO
THOSE WHO BELIEVE, TO
THOSE WHO TRUST HIM AND
THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM
WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
TODAY.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME PRAISE
REPORTS HERE.
Gordon: I'VE GOT ONE
FROM JAMES, FROM WILMUR,
ALABAMA.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER IN HIS LIVER.
HE WAS GIVEN A MAXIMUM OF
TWO YEARS TO LIVE.
AND LAST MARCH HE WAS
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB,"
AND WENDY SAID, "GOD IS
HEALING CANCERS AND TOO TUMORS
OF ALL KINDS."
Wendy: I REMEMBER
THAT.
Gordon: "JUST REACH
OUT AND CLAIM YOUR HEALING
NOW IN JESUS' NAME."
WELL, JAMES STARTED
PRAYING, AND HE PLACED HIS
HAND ON THE AREA WITH THE
CANCER, AND THEN FELT
WARMTH OVER HIS HAND AND
BODY.
THE NEXT MONTH, APRIL, HE
RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR AND
HAD A C.T. SCAN, AND IT
REVEALED NO CANCER AT ALL.
WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE
MIRACLE.
Wendy: WHOA!
Gordon: TO GO FROM
TWO YEARS TO YOU GET TO
HAVE A WONDERFUL, FULL
LIFE.
Wendy: YOU JUST MADE
MY DAY.
Gordon: GOD MADE YOUR
DAY.
I JUST READ A REPORT.
Wendy: HERE IS ONE
FROM TOM, HE FELL AND HURT
HIS LEFT NE.
KNEE.
ON JUNE 3rd, TOM WAS
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"
WHEN HE HEARD GORDON GIVE
THIS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:
"THERE IS A MAN NAMED
THOMAS, YOU'RE LAYING YOUR
LEFT HAND ON YOUR LEFT
KNEE.
GOD HAS COMPLETELY
RESTORED YOUR KNEE.
THE SWELLING, THE PAIN,
ALL OF IT LEAVING NOW IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
JUST RECEIVE IT NOW."
TOM IMMEDIATELY FELT A
BUBBLING FEELING MOVING
FROM HIS LEFT HIP DOWN TO
HIS KNEE.
IMMEDIATELY THE PAIN WAS
GONE, AND HE HAS HAD IN
PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE
SINCE THAT DAY.
Gordon: I NEVER HEARD
THAT ONE BEFORE, A
BUBBLING FEELING -- BUT
DON'T GET LOST IN
FEELINGS.
JUST STAY ON THE WORD OF
GOD.
THAT WONDERFUL FAMILY, WE
JUST WATCHED THAT
WONDERFUL STORY.
THEY DIDN'T GET FEELINGS
OR TING GLINGZ.
TINGLINGS.
WHAT THEY GOT WAS A
MIRACLE BECAUSE THEY STOOD
ON THE WORD OF GOD.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
GOD, I DON'T COMPREHEND
WHAT YOUR DOING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE
CANCER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M FACED
WITH THIS DIFFICULT
CHOICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I
TRUST YOU.
AND TRUST IS ANOTHER WORD
FOR FAITH.
RELIANCE IS ANOTHER WORD
FOR FAITH.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU
DRUM UP.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
DEEP WITHIN YOU.
WHERE YOU SAY, GOD,
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, I'M
GOING TO STAY IN YOUR
WILL.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, AND YOU
SAY, LORD, I TRUST YOU,
YOU HAVE MY FUTURE, YOU
KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN TO ME, YOU SAID YOU
WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME OR
FORSAKE ME AND YOU SAID
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
FOR MY GOD, I BELIEVE YOU
AND I TRUST YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT
AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH
WHAT GOD DOES.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING BASED
ON OUR PRAYER.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING BASED
ON WHAT WE DO.
IT IS BASED ON WHAT JESUS
HAS ALREADY DONE.
HE SAID IT'S FINISHED.
AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
SAY AMEN, I BELIEVE THAT.
IT'S FINISHED.
IT'S ACCOMPLISHED.
I REST IN YOU.
I RELY ON YOU.
SO WENDY AND I ARE GOING
TO PRAY.
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN TWO OR
MORE AGREE TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,
WHERE THERE IS NO
SICKNESS, NO PAIN -- WE'RE
GOING TO PRAY THAT WILL OF
GOD, THAT KINGDOM OFED OF GOD
WOULD COME TO YOU ON
EARTH.
LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF
THE AUDIENCE TO YOU RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE JUST JOIN TOGETHER
IN AGREEMENT, TOUCHING
THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW.
AND WE SAY OVER THEM, BE
HEALED AND BE SET FREE IN
JESUS' NAME.
LET EVERY CELL IN YOUR
BODY BECOME NORMAL NOW IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE
BEEN IN AN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT, AND IT HAS
DAMAGED YOUR ABDOMEN.
AND YOU'RE IN PAIN.
YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL
RIGHT NOW.
GOD IS REACHING OUT AND HE
IS HEALING THAT NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT SEPSIS ANYMORE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT INTERNAL BLEEDING
ANYMORE.
HE IS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
ALL OF IT NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, BE
RESTORED AND BE MADE
WHOLE.
Wendy: A LADY NAMED
MARGARET, YOU'RE BEING
HEALED FROM FIBER FIBROMYALGIA.
GOD IS TAKING THAT AWAY
FROM YOU.
SOMEONE NAMED BEN, YOU
HAVE A BRUISED SPLEEN.
GOD IS HEALING YOU AND
TOUCHING YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO SOMEONE DEALING
WITH GUM DISEASE, GOD IS
HEALING THAT RIGHT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU'RE CRYING OUT
AND YOU'RE SAYING, PLEASE
SAY THE WORD "MIGRAINE."
JUST RECEIVE THAT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED, WE
WANT TO HEAR YOUR GOOD
REPORT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
SHARE IT WITH OTHERS AND
LET THEM KNOW WHAT GOD IS
DOING IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SO CALL US:
1-800-759-0700.
HERE IS A WORD FROM
JEREMIAH: "FOR I KNOW THE
THOUGHTS I THINK TOWARDS
YOU, SAYS THE LORD,
THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT
OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A
FUTURE AND A HOPE."