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The 700 Club - June 24, 2016

A man has everything he could ever want—and gives it all up to pursue something better. Plus, one woman’s pregnancy is accompanied by a death sentence. Read Transcript


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."

*

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.

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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

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BLESSING TO ISRAEL, WE

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ISRAEL.

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OFFICE.

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WONDERFUL ISRAEL

DOCUMENTARIES WE'RE DOING.

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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."

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