I WAS GOING UNDER.

Gordon: ALONE ON AN

ICY LAKE.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY IN

DEEP TROUBLE.

Gordon: TWO FISHERMEN

FALL INTO OPEN WATERS.

I AM HELPLESS.

THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

Gordon: AND ONLY ONE

CAN SWIM TO SHORE.

I CANNOT SAVE MYSELF.

Gordon: THEIR

MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL.

NO ONE HEARD OUR CRY

FOR HELP EXCEPT THE LORD.

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES,

LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN

NEWSDESK.

GORDON, A DEVASTATING

NIGHT IN DALLAS.

FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE

KILLED AND OTHERS

CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER

SNIPERS SHOT THEM IN A

COORDINATED TARGETED

ATTACK.

IT WAS THE DEADLIEST DAY

FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SINCE

9/11.

GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: IT BEGAN AS

A PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST

THE TWO RECENT FATAL

POLICE SHOOTINGS OF BLACK

MEN.

THEN JUST BEFORE 9 p.m.,

SNIPERS OPEN FIRE ON

POLICE.

[YELLING]

Reporter: THE GUNFIRE

CAME FROM TWO DOWNTOWN

DALLAS PARKING GARAGES.

11 POLICE OFFICERS WERE

SHOT, FIVE WERE KILLED.

IT IS A HEARTBREAKING

MORNING.

TO SAY THAT OUR POLICE

OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIFE ON

THE LINE EVERY DAY IS NO

HIGHPERBALI, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN.

IT IS A REALITY.

Reporter: FOUR SPORTS

WERSUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO

CUSTODY.

IT CAME AFTER THE POLICE

SHOOTINGS OF A BLACK MAN

IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND

ANOTHER IN LOUISIANA.

BOTH INCIDENTS WERE

CAPTURED ON CELL PHONES,

AND THE MINNESOTA INCIDENT

WAS LIVE-STREAMED ON

Facebook.

WE AS A CITY, WE AS A

COUNTRY, MUST COME

TOGETHER AND LOCK ARMS AND

HEAL THE WOUNDS THAT WE

ALL FEEL FROM TIME TO

TIME.

WORDS MATTER.

LEADERSHIP MATTERS AT THIS

TIME.

Reporter: IN POLAND

FOR A NATO SUMMIT,

PRESIDENT OBAMA COMMENTED

ON THE SHOOTINGS, SAYING

THAT THE NATION GRIEVES

WITH DALLAS.

President Obama: I

WOULD ASK ALL AMERICANS TO

SAY A PRAYER FOR THESE

OFFICERS AND THEIR

FAMILIES.

KEEP THEM IN YOUR

THOUGHTS.

AND AS A NATION, LET'S

REMEMBER TO EXPRESS OUR

PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO OUR

MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE, NOT

JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

CBN NEWS.

Efrem: THE STATE

DEPARTMENT IS REOPENING

ITS INVESTIGATION OF

POSSIBLE MISHANDLING OF

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND

E-MAILS BY HILLARY CLINTON

AND SOME OF HER TOP AIDES.

THAT MOVE CAME AS

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

GRILLED F.B.I. DIRECTOR

JAMES COMEY ON CAPITOL

HILL ON THURSDAY, OVER WHY

THERE WAS NO

RECOMMENDATION TO PRESS

CHARGES AGAINST CLINTON

FOR HER USE OF PERSONAL

E-MAIL COMPUTERS FOR

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS WHILE

SHE WAS SECRETARY OF

STATE.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON HAS THE

STORY.

Reporter: CASE

CLOSED?

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

JAMES COMEY'S NEARLY FIVE

HOUR QUESTION SHOWS THE

CONTROVERSY IS FAR FROM

OVERMENT.

>OVER.

I SPENT NINE AND A HALF

YEARS AS AN INTELLIGENCE

OFFICER IN THE C.I.A.

I'VE SEEN MY FRIENDS

KILLED.

AND THIS IS ABOUT

PROTECTING INFORMATION,

THE MOST SENSITIVE

INFORMATION THE AMERICAN

GOVERNMENT HAS.

AND I WISH MY COLLEAGUES

WOULD TAKE THIS A LITTLE

BIT MORE SERIOUSLY.

Reporter: COMEY

FOUGHT HARD TO DEFEND THE

F.B.I.'S RECOMMENDATION OF

NO CRIMINAL CHARGES,

SAYING THEY COULD NOT FIND

EVIDENCE THAT CLINTON

INTENDED TO BREAK THE LAW.

BECAUSE LAWMAKERS POINTED

OUT CLINTON CLEARLY DIDN'T

TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT HER

ACTIONS WITH HER E-MAIL

SERVER ON MULTIPLE

OCCASIONS.

SECRETARY CLINTON SAID

I DID THE NOT E-MAIL ANY

CLASSIFIED MATERIAL TO

ANYONE ON MY E-MAIL.

THERE IS NO CLASSIFIED

MATERIAL.

WAS THAT TRUE?

THERE WAS CLASSIFIED

INFORMATION ON THE

E-MAILS.

SECRETARY CLINTON SAID

SHE USED JUST ONE DEVICE.

WAS THAT TRUE?

SHE USED MULTIPLE

DEVICES DURING THE FOUR

YEARS OF HER FER TERM AS

SECRETARY OF STATE.

Reporter: NOW THE

QUESTION ARISES, DID

CLINTON EVER MAKE THESE

CLAIMS UNDER OATH.

WHETHER IT WAS A

PERSONAL ACCOUNT OR A

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT, I DID

NOT SEND CLASSIFIED

MATERIAL AND I DID NOT

RECEIVE ANY MATERIAL THAT

WAS MARKED OR DESIGNATED

CLASSIFIED.

Reporter: DEMOCRATS

ARGUED SHE MAY NOT HAVE

SEEN THE CLASSIFIED MARK

IN E-MAILS.

COMEY AGREED, SAYING THAT

SECRETARY CLINTON MAY NOT

BE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO

UNDERSTAND THE MARKINGS ON

THE E-MAILS SHE SENT OR

RECEIVED.

THEY WILL ASK FOR A NEW

INVESTIGATION ON WHETHER

OR NOT CLINTON COMMITTED

PERJURY, A FELONY THAT

COULD BE PUNISHED WITH

PRISON TIME.

BUT MANY DOUBT THE

ADMINISTRATION WOULD EVER

TRY TO CONVICT HER.

IT ISNITY OVE IT IS NOT OVER YET FOR

MRS. CLINTON.

BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE NAIVE

ABOUT WHAT THIS JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO

BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA

HAS ALREADY SAID,

MRS. CLINTON HAS DONE

NOTHING.

Reporter: NEXT

TUESDAY, ATTORNEY-GENERAL

LORETTA LYNCH WILL ALSO

TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE

OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT

REFORM COMMITTEE, WHERE

SHE WILL BE QUESTIONED

ABOUT THE E-MAIL

INVESTIGATION, AND LIKELY

HER CONTROVERSIAL MEETING

WITH BILL CLINTON AS WELL.

REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN

NEWS.

Efrem: THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF

TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."

Gordon: WELL, IT IS A

WORD NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR:

CANCER.

YET STATISTICS SHOW HALF

OF ALL MEN AND A THIRD OF

ALL WOMEN WILL GET THE

DISEASE.

IN MANY CASES PEOPLE

SIMPLY SUFFER IN SILENCE

AS THEY TRY TO COPE WITH

THE ILLNESS.

NOW, AS LORIE JOHNSON

REPORTS, AN ORGANIZATION

IS TEACHING CHURCHES HOW

TO HELP CANCER PATIENTS.

HELLO, SHEILA.

HOW ARE YOU YOU, DEAR?

DOING WELL.

Lorie: AFTER YEARS OF

COUNSELLING CANCER

PATIENTS, THIS PASTOR

KNOWS THEY BEAR AN BURDEN

IN LIKE OTHER ILLNESSES.

PEOPLE OF FAITH ARE

STRUGGLING WITH THEIR

FAITH AT THAT POINT.

WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

Lorie: THANKS TO HIS

TRAINING, REVEREND MCCRAY

KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF

ENCOURAGEMENT.

ONE CONVERSATION HELPED

HIM REALIZE OTHERS NEED TO

LEARN THESE SKILLS, TOO.

THE PATIENTS SHARED

WITH ME THAT THEY WERE

IMPACTED MORE BY THE

PASTORAL CARE THEY

RECEIVED AT LIA THEIR BEDSIDE,

THAN THEY DID AT THEIR

LOCAL CHURCH.

Lorie: TYPICALLY,

CHURCHES ARE GOOD WITH

HELPING PEOPLE WITH

FINANCIAL AND MARITAL

PROBLEMS, BUT OFTEN FALLS

SHORT WHEN DEALING WITH

HEALTH CARE ISSUES,

ESPECIALLY CANCER.

THEY REALLY STRUGGLE

WITH WHAT DO I SAY?

WHEN DO I SAY?

HOW DO I SAY IT?

ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE

DYNAMICS THAT TAKES PLACE

IS THEY BEGIN TO FEEL A

SENSE OF ISOLATION, AND

PEOPLE BEGIN TO AVOID THEM

ALL TOGETHER.

Lorie: TO BRIDGE THIS

GAP, REVEREND MCCRAY AND

HIS ASSOCIATES AT THE

CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS

OF AMERICA, APPROACHED

CHURCHES ABOUT TEACHING

THEIR MEMBERS HOW TO

MINISTER TO THEIR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS WITH CANCER.

IT IS CALLED "OUR JOURNEY

OF HOPE."

CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS

OF AMERICA OFFERS FREE

TRAINING FOR TWO PEOPLE

FROM A CHURCH TO USE WHAT

THEY LEARN HERE TO RAISE

UP CANCER MINISTRIES IN

THEIR HOME CONGREGATIONS.

PARTICIPANTS LEARN THE

BASICS OF THE DISEASE AND

TREATMENTS IN ORDER TO

FOCUS ON WHAT IT'S LIKE

FOR THE PATIENT.

AN ADDED INCENTIVE FOR

CHURCHES, THE TRAINING,

FOOD, LODGING, AND EVEN

THE COURSE MATERIALS ARE

ALL FREE.

WE DID NOT WANT TO

LIMIT THE ABILITY TO HAVE

THE AVERAGE CHURCH RECEIVE

THIS TRAINING BECAUSE OF

LACK OF RESOURCES.

Lorie: LUONDA LONG

ATTENDED THE NA SEMINAR YEARS

AGO, AND NOW PASSES WHAT

SHE LEARNED ON TO

VOLUNTEERS AT HER CHURCH.

WHEN WE STARTED OUT

THIS MINISTRY, I WANT TO

SAY WE STARTED OUT WITH 12

OR 15 FOLKS, AND ALL OF

THEM HAD A PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH CANCER.

EITHER THEY WERE A CANCER

SURVIVOR OR A CARE-GIVER

OF A CANCER PATIENT.

Lorie: SHE TEACHES

VOLUNTEERS ONE NIGHT A

WEEK FOR EIGHT WEEKS, TO

PREPARE THEM TO MEET WITH

CANCER PATIENTS IN THEIR

CHURCH.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO SAY FOR THOSE

WHO ARE BATTLING WITH

CANCER.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY SAY,

OUR LOVED ONE HAD CANCER,

THEY HAD THE SAME

SYMPTOMS, AND THEY DIED.

I THINK THE MAIN THING WE

TRY TO TRAIN PEOPLE IS TO

HAVE EMPATHY, TO LISTEN,

TO NOT TRY TO FIX IT, BUT

JUST TO BE THERE.

TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS

EVERYWHERE.

AND GOD WILL HAVE A

WITNESS IN EVERY

SITUATION.

Lorie: SO FAR THE

MINISTRY IS A SUCCESS.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE

DON'T UNDERSTAND THE

IMPACT CANCER DOES TO A

FAMILY AND TO A PERSON.

IT IS MORE THAN JUST A

PHYSICAL DETRIMENT.

IIT ATTACKS THEIR SPIRIT

AND IT ATTACKS THEIR SOUL.

Lorie: LISA MCDERMOTT

REMEMBERS SUFFERING

THROUGH FIVE MONTHS OF

CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST

CANCER.

FOR ME IT WAS STRICTLY

FATIGUE.

I COULD NOT GET OFF THE

COUCH.

Lorie: SHE ASKED THE

CANCER MINISTRY FOR HELP

WITH DAILY NEEDS.

IT MAKES A REAL

DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE TOO

SICK TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T FEEL WELL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE

DISHES.

YOU'VE GOT GROCERIES TO

GET.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DRIVE

ANYWHERE.

SO IT IS A GREAT MINISTRY.

Lorie: LISA DEALT

WITH ONE MAIN POINT

PERSON, WHO RECRUITED

OTHERS TO PITCH IN.

EVERYTHING MAKES A

DIFFERENCE.

PEOPLE MAKING PHONE CALLS,

CARDS, LETTERS -- JUST TO

KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE

THINKING ABOUT ME, PRAYING

FOR ME, CARING ABOUT ME.

Lorie: THE CANCER

MINISTRY MADE SUCH AN

IMPRESSION THAT LISA

WANTED TO GET THE

TRAINING.

WE PUT PACKAGES

TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE THAT

WE FIND OUT ABOUT, THAT IS

REFERRED TO US, CARE

PACKAGES FOR THEM ALL.

I GOT ONE, TOO.

IT WAS VERY NICE.

ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN A

LITTLE CARE PACKAGE.

BOOKS AND JOURNALS AND

SOCKS TO KEEP WARM,

HATS -- ALL KINDS OF

THINGS.

BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

JEWELRY.

Lorie: AS NEFRETITI'S

MOTHER FOUGHT OVARIAN AND

COLON CANCER, THE MINISTRY

STEPPED IN.

WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN.

THEY WERE AWESOME.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE

BY YOURSELF, YOU'RE NOT.

Lorie: ALTHOUGH HER

MOM LOST HER FIGHT, THE

CANCER MINISTRY MADE THOSE

FINAL DAYS EASIER.

HELPING JUST AROUND THE

HOUSE, WITH FOOD, THINGS

THAT MY MOM WOULD NEED.

SHE WOULD NEED ERRANDS

RUN.

MEDICINE.

SOMETIMES SHE JUST WANTED

TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SIT

WITH HER AND TALK, JUST

COMPANIONSHIP.

Lorie: AND THEY ALSO

HELPED NEFRETITI, WHO HAS

A WELCOMEING MOM WITH TWO

CHILDREN, BECAME

OVERWHELMED WITH THE

PRESSURE OF CARING FOR HER

SICK MOTHER.

SO WHILE CANCER WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE TO STRIKE

FAR TOO MANY, CHURCHES NOW

CAN CHOOSE TO HELP THOSE

DEALING WITH THE DISEASE.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: BOTH MY

PARENTS ARE CANCER

SURVIVORS.

I'VE HAD DEAR FRIENDS WHO

HAVE BEEN STRICKEN WITH

IT.

SOME OF THEM DIED FROM IT.

SOME OF THEM RECOVERED.

A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HAD

STAGE FOUR, AND HE IS NOW

CANCER-FREE.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO LEARN

HOW TO WALK THROUGH IT

WITH THEM.

AND THERE ARE TREMENDOUS

NEEDS THAT ARE PLACED ON

THE FAMILIES, THE

CARE-GIVERS.

IT TAKES EXPERTISE.

IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST,

YOU KNOW, SAYING A GOOD

WORD.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING

TO WALK THE ROAD WITH

THEM.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS

CANCER TRAINING, AND HOW

IT CAN BE OF BENEFIT TO

YOU OR YOUR CHURCH, ALL

YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO

cbnnews.com, AND CLICK ON

"OUR JOURNEY OF HOPE" LINK

AND YOU CAN GET MORE

INFORMATION THERE.

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP, A

FISHING TRIP TURNS TRACHG TRAGIC

WHEN THE BOAT CAPSIZES IN

FRIGID WATER.

THIS ONE WENT OVER

IMMEDIATELY, AND THREW ME

BACKWARDS INTO THE WATER.

I COULDN'T SWIM OR DO

ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THESE

HEAVY BOOTS THAT I HAD ON.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY IN DEEP

TROUBLE.

Terry: WATCH THIS

FISHERMAN'S MIRACULOUS

RESCUE, WHEN WE COME BACK.

Terry: DENNIS AND

BURT ARE GREAT FRIENDS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS FISHING

BUDDIES.

LAST YEAR THEY FACED A

LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE ON

AN ICY LAKE.

BOTH OF THEM MIRACULOUSLY

SURVIVED WHAT COULD HAVE

DEBATE A COLD, WATERY

GRAVE.

I WAS GOING UNDER, AND

I FELT THE WATER COMING

INTO MY MOUTH.

I FELT LIKE I WAS STARTING

TO DROWN.

WE WERE CAPSIZED IN THE

WATER.

THAT'S WHEN THE DESPERATE

SITUATION BEGAN.

IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH

SITUATION FOR US.

Reporter: IN THE

EARLY SPRING OF 2014,

DENNIS HOPP AND BURT

EGGERS TOOK TIME FROM

THEIR MEN'S RETREAT TO GO

FISHING.

ICE HAD JUST COVERED THE

LAKE THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT

THE MEN WENT HY AHEAD WITH

THEIR PLANS.

IT WAS ABOUT 40,

BLUSTERY AND WINDY.

I DIDN'T WEAR MY

LIFEJACKET BECAUSE I HAD

TO HAVE SUCH WARM CLOTHES

ON.

Reporter: PROBLEMS

BEGAN AS THEY CROSSED THE

LAKE INTO OPEN WATER.

THE MOTOR ACTUALLY

BROKE AWAY FROM THE BOAT.

WE WERE IN TROUBLE FROM

THAT PERSPECTIVE, AND SO I

HAD TO LASH THE MOTOR ON

TO THE BOAT AGAIN.

BY THE TIME WE HAD IT

FIXED, WE WERE VIRTUALLY

DEEP, FAR, FAR OUT INTO

THE LAKE.

FORTUNATELY, THE MOTOR WAS

ABLE TO GET US BACK A

LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO

SHORE.

Reporter: THEY

CROSSED THE LAKE FROM

WHERE THEY LAUNCHED THE

BOAT AND BEGAN FISHING.

SOON AFTER, DENNIS' LEG

CRAMPED, AND AS HE STOOD

UP AND STRETCHED, THE BOAT

CAPSIZED.

THIS ONE WENT OVER

IMMEDIATELY, AND THREW ME

BACKWARDS INTO THE WATER.

BECAUSE I HAD ALL OF THESE

HEAVY CLOTHES ON, I WAS

IMMEDIATELY IN DEEP

TROUBLE.

WE WERE ABLE TO GRAB ON TO

THE BOAT, AND THAT HELD US

STABLE FOR A WHILE.

Reporter: THE TWO

WERE ABLE TO FLIP THE BOAT

BACK OVER, BUT IT REMAINED

SWAMPED.

THEY SPENT WHAT LITTLE

ENERGY THEY HAD LEFT

YELLING FOR HELP.

THERE WERE NO OTHER

FISHERMEN BECAUSE OF THE

CONDITIONS.

NO ONE HEARD OUR CRIES

ACCEPT THE LORD.

YELLING WAS USELESS

BECAUSE THERE LITERALLY

WAS NO ONE THERE.

WE HAD A GOOD VISTA TO SEE

DOWN THE SHORE LINE, AND

THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.

IF WE WERE TO PANIC, WE

WOULD BE HAVE DRAINED

AFTER THE HYPOTHERMIA WAS

WORKING ON US.

HYPOTHERMIA IS A KILLER.

IT DRAINS YOUR ENERGY AND

NUMBS YOU EVENTUALLY.

Reporter: BURT KNEW

HYPOTHERMIA WOULD SOON

TAKE THEIR LIVES.

HE KNEW THEIR OWN HOPE WAS

TO SWIM TO SHORE, LEAVING

DENNIS WITH THE BOAT.

I COULDN'T SWIM OR DO

ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THESE

HEAVY BOOTS I HAD ON.

HE SAID, DENNIS, I HAVE TO

GO TO SHORE BECAUSE THE

COLD IS GETTING US.

SO HE STARTED SWIMMING TO

SHORE, AND I WAS LEFT

HOLDING ON TO THE BOAT.

MY FINGERS WERE SO NUMB, I

KENT GECOULDN'T GET MY BOOTS OFF.

I SHOUTED, DENNIS, IF YOU

GO UNCONSCIOUS, TRY TO TIE

YOURSELF TO THE BOAT.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET

HELP.

WHEN I GOT TO THE SHORE, I

LITERALLY FELL ON MY KNEES

BECAUSE I WAS SO WEAK.

AND I PRAYED AND PRAYED

AND PRAYED FOR DENNIS.

I WAS TOTALLY CONCERNED

FOR HIM.

IT IS LIKE SURVIVOR'S

GUILT, WHERE YOU MAKE IT

AND YOUR LOVED ONE

DOESN'T.

Reporter: DENNIS

STRETCHED OUT, HIS HANDS

TOO COLD TO HOLD THE BOAT.

IN THE STILLNESS, HE

PRAYED.

I FELT A PEACE.

AND I LOOKED UP TO THE SKY

AND I SAID, GOD, I AM

HELPLESS.

THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

I HAVE NO CAPACITY TO HELP

MYSELF AT ALL.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

IF IT IS NOW MY TIME TO

GO, I'M READY TO GREET YOU

IN HEAVEN.

AND IF IT IS NOT, THEN

YOU'LL FIND A WAY TO SAVE

ME BECAUSE I CANNOT SAVE

MYSELF.

AND HE JUST BROUGHT PEACE

OVER ME.

AND I THOUGHT OF MY WIFE.

I THOUGHT OF MY CHILDREN,

MY GRANDCHILDREN.

AND I WAS KIND OF AMAZED

AT HOW QUIET AND THE

SOLITUDE I FELT.

Reporter: BURT, NOW

SAFELY ON SHORE, RAN TO A

NEARBY ROAD AND FLAGGED

DOWN A CAR.

THEY DROVE TO A RANGER'S

STATION WHERE A RESCUE

EFFORT WAS LAUNCHED.

ALL HE COULD DO NOW IS

PRAY AND HOPE FOR HIS

FRIEND'S SURVIVAL.

DENNIS IS OUT THERE.

DENNIS IS OUT THERE.

THAT WAS SO FRIGHTENING

AND DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL.

I DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY

WANTED THE LORD TO SAVE

HIS LIFE AS WELL.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY

PAINFUL FOR ME.

Reporter: DENNIS

REMAINED A LIVE AND

CONSCIOUS IN THE FRIGID

WATER FOR OVER 30 MINUTES

UNTIL HELP FINALLY

ARRIVED.

AND THEN SUDDENLY I

HEARD SOMEONE ROWING

CLOSER TO ME.

A MAN CAME ROWING UP IN A

BOAT TO SAVE ME.

HE CAME UP CLOSE ENOUGH

THAT I WAS ABLE TO LET GO

OF THE BOAT AND GRAB ON TO

HIS BOAT.

AND HE LITERALLY JUST RODE

ME TO SHORE.

I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL

ON TO THE SHORE LINE

BECAUSE MY LEGS WERE SO

COLD I COULDN'T EVEN STAND

UP.

RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, THE

AMBULANCE DROVE RIGHT UP.

Reporter: SOON AFTER,

THE TWO MEN SHARED A

JOYFUL REUNION AT THE

RANGER'S STATION.

DENNIS AND BURT SAY IT WAS

THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT

KEPT THEM FROM PERISHING

THAT DAY IN THE FREEZING

WATERS OF MICHIGAN.

DYING ITSELF, I WASN'T

AFRAID OF.

GOD WAS WITH ME.

I THINK LEFT ON MY OWN, I

HAD EVERY REASON TO BE

PANICKED.

BUT I REALLY FELT STRONGLY

THAT HE WAS WITH ME.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I

SAID COME, BECAUSE I KNEW

HE COULD DO IT.

I COULDN'T.

THERE WAS THIS PEACE,

AND THAT PEACE REALLY

ENABLED US TO KEEP OUR

HEADS, NOT TO PANIC.

ULTIMATELY, THAT WAS A

WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD

THAT HELPED SAVE US.

PEOPLE SAY YOU WERE LUCKY.

LUCK IS A ROLL OF THE

DICE.

LUCK IS CHANCE.

IT ROBS GOD OF HIS

SOVEREIGN POWER, HIS

GRACE, HIS CONTINUOUS

MERCY.

THIS EXPERIENCE WAS A TIME

WHEN I WAS JUST OBVIOUS

HOW GOD'S MERCIES WERE

WITH US.

THERE IS NO COINCIDENCE.

THERE IS GOD WHO IS

SOVEREIGN, WHO TAKES CARE

OF US EVERY MINUTE OF OUR

LIFE.

AND I WAS SO GLAD THE WAY

IT TURNED OUT.

I THANK GOD EVERY MOMENT.

IT WAS GOD'S PRESENCE

IN THE SITUATION AND IN MY

LIFE THAT MADE ALL OF THE

DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

IF I CAN HOLD ON TO HIM

AND CLING ON TO HIM, I'LL

BE SAFE IN WHATEVER

SITUATION I'M IN.

Terry: THAT'S A GOOD

WORD FOR ALL OF US, ISN'T

IT?

IN THE MIDST OF WHATEVER

NEED WE'RE FACING, GOD IS

ALWAYS THERE.

JESUS SAID, I'LL NEVER

LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

SO YOU CAN REST IN THAT

PEACE THAT BURT AND DENNIS

ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT

FLOODED THEIR HEARTS AND

THEIR MINDS IN THE MIDST

OF THIS.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS

NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO

SAVE THEMSELVES.

WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WANT TO BUILD YOUR

FAITH EVEN MORE FROM THE

STORY YOU JUST HEARD.

HERE IS A STORY OF

BARBARA.

SHE LIVES IN ASHLAND,

VIRGINIA.

SHE FELL, LANDING ON HER

LEFT KNEE.

THE KNEE WAS VERY PAINFUL

AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY

GIVE OUT ON HER.

HER DOCTOR REFERRED HER TO

AN ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR.

SHE WAS WATCHING THIS

PROGRAM AND SHE SAID,

LORD, WHEN AM I GOING TO

GET MY WORD OF

ACKNOWLEDGE.

AT THAT MOMENT, GORDON

SAID, SOMEONE WITH YOUR

LEST KNEELEFT KNEE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR

HAND ON IT, AND GOD HAS

HEARD YOU PLEA.

GOD IS HEALING YOUR KNEE

RIGHT NOW.

SHE SAID SHE FELT A WARM

SENSATION IN HER LEFT

KNEE, AND SHE JUMPED UP

AND DANCED AROUND THE

ROOM.

OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS,

THE CLICKING AND THE PAIN

STOPPED.

SHE HAS HAD NO PROBLEM

WITH HER LEFT KNEE SINCE

THEN.

Gordon: HERE IS

INSURANCSHARON FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

SHE SUFFERED FROM PAIN FOR

10 YEARS.

MEDICATION DID NOT WORK

BECAUSE IT CAUSED HER BODY

TO HAVE SEIZURES.

DOCTORS RULED OUT A

PACEMAKER, SO SHE HAD TO

LIVE WITH THE CONDITION AS

BEST SHE COULD.

LAST JULY PAM WAS WATCHING

"THE 700 CLUB," AND TERRY

HAD THIS WORD: "YOU'VE

BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME

KIND OF DEFECTIVE PROBLEM

WITH YOUR HEART.

GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT

NOW.

JUST RECEIVE IT."

WELL, PAM DROPPED TO HER

KNEES AND CLAIMED THE

WORD.

WHEN SHE GOT UP, THE PAIN

WAS GONE.

AFTER A MONTH HAD PASSED

WITHOUT ANY HEART PAIN OR

DISCOMFORT, SHE CALLED CBN

TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR

HEALING HER.

REALIZE THAT GOD IS WITH

US.

IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE

AND HAVE OUR BEING.

HE IS OUR VERY PRESENT

HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE.

AND SO OFTEN WHEN WE GET

INTO TROUBLE, WE ALLOW THE

TROUBLE TO DROWN OUT THAT

FACT, THAT IN HIM WE LIVE

AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR

BEING.

IF TODAY GOD SEEMS FAR

FROM YOU, IF TROUBLE SEEMS

REALLY NEAR, MAYBE YOU'VE

GOT CANCER, MAYBE IT'S

BEEN DIAGNOSED AS STAGE

FOUR.

MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO

IS DESPERATE NEED.

MAYBE YOU'RE THE ONE IN

DESPERATE NEED.

WELL, THE PRAYER OF THOSE

TWO BUDDIES ON A LAKE --

GOD, WE CAN'T SAVE

OURSELVES.

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE US.

ONLY YOU CAN DO THIS.

AND I RELY ON YOU.

I NEED THAT PEACE NOW.

I NEED THAT HELP NOW.

I NEED YOUR PROMISE TO BE

REAL FOR ME.

AND IF YOU JUST PRAY THAT

AND RELAX INTO HIM --

DON'T LET YOUR SYMPTOMS

DROWN OUT THE WORD OF GOD.

LET HIM COME TO YOU.

RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRAY

RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO UP TO

HEAVEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HE'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

HE IS WALKING THROUGH IT

WITH YOU.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS

SETTLE YOURSELF, TO BE

ABLE TO HEAR HIS VOICE.

AND THEN HE WILL SEND HIS

WORD AND HEAL YOUR

DISEASE.

HE WILL DELIVER YOU.

HE WANTS TO BE YOUR

SAVIOR.

HE WANTS TO BE YOUR ALL IN

ALL.

SO TERRY AND I A ARE GOING

TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS, IF TWO

OR MORE AGREE TOUCHING

ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE

DONE.

SO YOU AGREE WITH US.

AND JUST CALM YOURSELF TO

SAY, I NEED GOD RIGHT NOW.

IN THE MIDST OF WHATEVER

IT IS, LET'S LET GOD DO

IT.

LET'S TURN TO HIM.

AND LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF

THE AUDIENCE TO YOU.

AND WE COME TOGETHER IN

AGREEMENT.

AND WE COME TOGETHER IN

AGREEMENT WITH THOSE WHO

ARE PRAYING RIGHT NOW, AND

ASKING YOU FOR A WORD,

ASKING YOU TO JUST SPEAK

TO THEIR HEARTS, LORD GOD.

SO WE ASK NOW THAT YOU

WOULD SEND THAT STILL,

SMALL VOICE AND YOU WOULD

HEAL, YOU WOULD DELIVER,

YOU WOULD SET THEM FREE.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR SAVIOR.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR ALL IN

ALL.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR VERY

PRESENCE HELP IN TIME OF

TROUBLE.

LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT

NOW THAT IN YOU, WE LIVE

AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR

BEING.

YOU ARE ALL AROUND US.

YOU'RE IN US.

YOU'RE ABOVE US.

YOU'RE BEHIND US.

YOU'RE IN FRONT OF US.

YOU'RE TO OUR LEFT, TO OUR

RIGHT.

WHEREVER WE TURN, WE WANT

TO SEE YOU IN EVERY

MOMENT.

SO, LORD, COME NOW AND

MANIFEST YOUR PRESENCE.

MANIFEST YOUR HEALING.

BE GRACIOUS TO US, LORD

GOD.

CAUSE YOUR FACE TO SHINE

UPON US AND GIVE US YOUR

PEACE.

SO, LORD, NOW, WITH THE

AUTHORITY GIVEN TO US AS

BELIEVERS IN THE CROSS OF

JESUS CHRIST, WE DECLARE

OVER THESE SICKNESSES, BE

HEALED AND BE MADE WHOLE.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

GOT AN INFECTION IN THE

BRAIN.

AND YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL.

AND RIGHT NOW GOD IS ABLE

TO CLEAR THAT AWAY.

AND ALL OF THAT BURNING

THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING

NOW, IN JESUS' NAME BE

GONE.

THAT PAIN LIFT OFF OF YOU

NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

NO MORE.

NO RETURN.

BE HEALED.

BE DELIVERED NOW.

TERRY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH

YOUR HIPS.

YOU'LL KNOW THIS IS YOU

BECAUSE THE DIAGNOSIS

YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN -- THE

DOCTORS USED THE TERM

"PELVIC GIRDLE."

IT IS OUT OF BALANCE, AND

GOD IS STRAIGHTENING THAT

OUT RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE

NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT

PAIN WHEN YOU WALK.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE A

BURNING AND, LIKE, A

SCRATCHING IN YOUR WHOLE

THROAT IN YOUR BREATHING,

AND GOD IS HEALING THAT

FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND SOMEONE ELSE, YOUR

LEFT EAR HAS STOPPED UP,

AND GOD IS OPENING IT

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

Gordon: SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU'VE GOT SEVERE PROBLEMS

IN YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER,

AND IT IS LIKE YOUR

SHOULDER HAS LOCKED UP,

AND GOD IS HEALING IT.

HE IS RESTORING IT.

DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, AND REALIZE GOD

HAS HEALED YOU.

HE HAS SET YOU FREE.

LORD, WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT

YOU DO, ALL THAT YOU ARE.

YOU ARE OUR HEALER, AND

YOU COME AND MANIFEST

HEALINGS.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE

HERE FOR YOU.

AND WE LOVE TO PRAY FOR

YOU.

IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR

HONOR TO PRAY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US: 1-800-759-0700.

IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED,

SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT.

ENCOURAGE OTHERS WITH WHAT

GOD CAN DO.

THE POWER OF GOD TO HEAL,

TO DELIVER, TO SET FREE.

GIVE US A CALL AND LET US

KNOW: 1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, STILL

AHEAD, A USED CAR SALESMAN

WHO WOULD SAY OR DO

ANYTHING TO MAKE A SALE.

MONEY WAS REALLY MY

GOD.

I WANTED AS MUCH OF IT AS

I COULD GET.

IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

Terry: SEE WHAT MADE

AN HONEST MAN OUT OF THIS

GUY AND BROUGHT HIM MORE

BUSINESS THAN EVER BEFORE.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IN TODAY'S FAMILY

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, IF

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY

TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT,

YOU CAN STAY INDOORS AND

ENJOY A POWERFUL STORY.

"MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN,"

COMES OUT ON D.V.D.

MONDAY.

ITHE FILM STARS JENNIFER

GARNER AS ANNA'S MOTHER,

CHRISTY IBM.

BEAM.

SHE TOLD ME WHAT SHE HOPES

PEOPLE GET OUT OF THIS

FILM.

I WANT PEOPLE TO COME

AWAY FEELING HOPEFUL.

I WANT PEOPLE TO COME AWAY

AND FEEL LIKE THEY ARE

SURROUNDED BY MIRACLES,

AND THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY

LOVE.

AND SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE

TO DIG THEM OUT.

IT IS WORTH DIGGING THEM

OUT.

IT IS WORTH TAKING THE

TIME TO LOOK AROUND YOU

AND REALLY FIND THE JOY

THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN

YOUR LIFE.

Efrem: THE BEAM

FAMILY WATCHED ANNA SUFFER

FROM YEARS OF

PAIN,

HOSPITAL VISITS, AND

INVASIVE TESTING.

SHE WAS EVENTUALLY SENT

HOME TO DIE, BUT A FREAK

ACCIDENT TRIGGERED A

MIRACLE HEALING.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS HELPING THE VICTIMS OF

FLOODS IN CHARLESTON.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

DELIVERED SEMI TRUCKS FULL

OF FOOD AND RELIEF

SUPPLIES.

AND

VOLUNTEERS HELPED

PEOPLE CLEAN THEIR DAMAGED

HOMES OVER THE FOURTH OF

JULY WEEKEND.

YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN MORE

ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

AT ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB."

IT IS COMING RIGHT UP

AFTER THIS.

CRIEMP

Gordon: WHEN PHIL

WILLIAMS LOST HIS JOB, HE

PRAYED A SIMPLE PRAY:

LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO?

THEN PHIL GOT AN ANSWER

THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

Reporter: PHIL

WILLIAMS KNOWS THAT IN THE

PRE-OWNED CAR BUSINESS,

REPUTATION IS EVERYTHING.

AND HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

ARE ESSENTIAL.

BUT THERE WAS A TIME HE

WOULD SAY OR DO ALMOST

ANYTHING TO MAKE A SALE.

MONEY WAS REALLY MYED

GOD.

I WANTED AS MUCH OF I IT AS

I COULD GET.

Reporter: THEN IN

2006, PHIL AND HIS WIFE,

CRISTINA, GAVE THEIR LIVES

TO JESUS CHRIST.

THEY LEARNED TO TRUST GOD

WITH THEIR MONEY AND

STARTED TITHING.

IT WAS JUST A NATURAL

THING FOR US.

IT IS SOMETHING WE FELT

CONVICTED TO DO.

Reporter: THEY ALSO

FELT CONVICTED ABOUT THE

WAY PHIL WAS DOING

BUSINESS.

IT WAS A LOT OF GUILT.

IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

I COULDN'T DEAL WITH THE

FIRE.

I WOULD JUST RATHER WALK

WITH THE LORD THAN WALK

THAT PATH THAT I WAS

WALKING.

Reporter: PHIL

DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS JOB,

BUT AT THE TIME HIS SALES

WERE DOWN, AND HE NEVER

GOT THE CHANCE.

MY BOSS CALLED ME OVER

AND FIRED ME BEFORE I

COULD QUIT.

Reporter: WHILE

DECIDING WHAT TO DO NEXT,

PHIL TOOK SOME ODD JOBS

AND STAYED HOME WITH THEIR

DAUGHTER.

CRISTINA, WHO HAD BEEN

WORKING AT HOME, WENT BACK

TO NURSING FULL-TIME.

THEIR INCOME DROPPED

SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEY

STRUGGLED.

STILL, THEY KEPT TITHING.

EVERY SINGLE MONTH GOD

WOULD COME THROUGH.

IT DIDN'T MATHEMATICLY

MAKE SENSE AT ALL.

BECAUSE THE AMOUNT THAT WE

NEEDED FOR OUR BILLS AND

TITHING, IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

BUT WE KNEW THAT GOD SAID

TO TITHE, SO WE DID IT.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

PHIL PRAYED FOR DIRECTION.

AND I ASKED HIM, I

SAID, LORD, JUST LET ME

KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO?

I'M READY.

AND A STILL VOICE TOLD

ME -- HE GOES, WHAT DO YOU

WANT TO DO?

WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE

FOR MY FAMILY.

Reporter: IN A FEW

MONTHS, A FORMER

CO-WORKER, WHO WAS ALSO A

CHRISTIAN, ASKED PHIL TO

GO INTO BUSINESS WITH HIM.

BOTH AGREED THEY WOULD

HANDLE THEIR MONEY

ACCORDING TO GOD'S

PRINCIPLES.

WE KNEW WE WERE SET UP

FOR SUCCESS.

WE'RE BOTH IN THE

BUSINESS.

WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

HE IS A TITHER, OF COURSE,

AND I'M TITHING.

WE WENT FROM THAT 15 CARS

A MONTH, WHERE IT

INCREMENTALLY HAS GROWN TO

WHERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE

SELLING AN AVERAGE OF 40

CARS A MONTH.

Reporter: LATER PHIL

AND CRISTINA STARTED

GIVING TO CBN.

I LOVE "OPERATION

BLESSING".

EVERY TIME THERE IS A

CATASTROPHE, I KNOW THAT

MY MONEY IS GOING TO

SOMETHING.

IT IS SAVING LIVES.

PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT

THE GOSPEL.

THEY'RE GETTING THEIR

NEEDS MET.

Reporter: THEY

RECENTLY EXPANDED AFTER

ACQUIRING ANOTHER LOT.

AND THEY'RE ALSO HIRING

NEW EMPLOYEES.

PHIL SAYS THESE DAYS IT IS

NOT ABOUT THE MONEY; IT IS

ABOUT TRUSTING AND OBEYING

GOD.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS GOD'S

MONEY.

I PRAY AND ASK GOD, WHAT

SHOULD WE DO WITH IT?

THROUGH THAT VALLEY

THAT I WENT THROUGH, AND

WHAT THE LORD TAUGHT ME IS

TO SEE FINANCES THROUGH

HIS EYES.

IF YOU SEE YOUR FINANCES

THROUGH HIS EYES, THEN YOU

CAN'T GO WRONG.

Gordon: YOU REALLY

CAN'T GO WRONG WHEN YOU DO

IT HIS WAY, WHEN YOU SEE

IT HIS WAY.

I LOVE PHIL'S STORY.

HERE HE IS, HE HAS LOST A

JOB, HIS WIFE HAS TO GO

BACK TO WORK, AND WHAT DO

YOU DO?

YOUR INCOME IS WAY DOWN.

HOW DO YOU PAY THE BILLS?

HOW DO YOU PUT FOOD ON THE

TABLE?

HOW DO YOU DO ALL OF THAT?

SO HE GOES AND HAS A TALK

WITH THE LORD.

LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO?

AND THEN THE ANSWER COMES

BACK, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU

WANT TO DO?

AND THAT'S WHAT GOD IS

ALWAYS ASKING, WHAT DO WE

WANT TO DO?

WHAT'S OUR HEART?

DO WE WANT TO FOLLOW WHAT

HE HAS ALREADY PUT DOWN?

HE ALREADY HAS PUT DOWN

THE PATH FOR US TO WALK

ON.

HIS WORD IS A LAMP UNTO

OUR FEET.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

DO YOU WANT TO DO IT YOUR

WAY?

OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT

GOD'S WAY?

WHEN YOU CHOOSE GOD'S WAY,

THAT'S WHEN THE BLESSINGS

COME.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, IF

YOU WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO

START TITHING, I WANT TO

START GIVING, I WANT TO

START BEING PART OF GOD'S

PLAN FOR THE WORLD, I WANT

TO DO IT HIS WAY, GIVE US

A CALL.

1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, LIKE PHIL, I

WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF

"THE 700 CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

JUST $20 A MONTH.

65 CENTS A DAY.

SOME OF YOU CAN GIVE AT A

HIGHER LEVEL.

WE HAVE 700 CLUB GOLD, AND

THEN THERE IS THE THOUSAND

CLUB LEVEL.

AT WHATEVER LEVEL, JOIN.

CALL NOW, 1-800-759-0700.

WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

AND THAT'S ELECTRONIC

MONTHLY GIVING, WHERE THE

THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE

WORK.

THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO

WRITE, NOTHING TO MAIL IN.

WE SEND AS OUR GIFT TO

YOU, "POWER FOR LIFE,"

MONTHLY TEACHING C.D.s.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE

THOSE, ASK FOR PLEDGE

EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL.

DO IT NOW, 1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, SHE

SOLD HER BODY FOR DRUGS

BECAUSE SHE WAS HAUNTED BY

THE MEMORIES OF HER

FATHER.

HE WAS A MONSTER.

HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER,

AND HE MOLESTED MY SISTER

AND I FOR MANY YEARS.

Terry: SEE HOW SHE

FINALLY FOUND PEACE IN A

HOUSE OF HOPE, AFTER THIS.

Gordon: JENNIFER

LEARNED EARLY HOW TO DENY

HER FEELINGS AND NUMB OUT.

IT WAS HER COPING

MECHANISM, DURING YEARS OF

SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE HANDS

OF HER VERY OWN FATHER.

Reporter: JENNIFER

GREW UP IN A HOME FILLED

WITH DARKNESS AND FEAR.

MY DAD WAS SUPPOSED TO

BE MY HERO AND SOMEONE

THAT I LOOK UP TO AND MY

PROTECTOR, BUT INSTEAD HE

WAS A MONSTER.

HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER.

AND HE MOLESTED MY SISTER

AND I FOR MANY YEARS.

HE WAS ANGRY AND HE GOT

DRUNK A LOT.

AND HE WAS REALLY

UNPREDICTABLE.

DURING THE TIMES OF ABUSE,

I WOULD KIND OF TURN MY

EMOTIONS OFF OR TRY TO

FOCUS ON THINGS AS THE

ABUSE WAS HAPPENING, LIKE

FOCUS ON THE TILES IN THE

CEILING AND TRY TO COUNT

THE TILES.

SOMETIMES I WOULD O JUST JUST TRY

TO HOLD MY TEARS IN

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT MY

DAD TO KNOW I WAS CRYING.

IT WAS PAINFUL BECAUSE I

DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN,

BUT I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO

BE MAD AT ME.

I FELT REALLY DIRTY.

I FELT LIKE I WAS A BAD

KID.

BEING A CHILD AND BEING

ABUSED LIKE THAT TOOK AWAY

MY SELF-WORTH AND MY VALUE

AND MY SELF-ESTEEM.

AND I FELT REALLY ALONE.

AND MOST OF ALL, THE THE

ONLY THING THAT I WANTED

WAS SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME

UNCONDITIONALLY, WITHOUT

HARMING ME.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THING

THAT I WAS LACKING.

BUT I KNEW I WANTED THAT.

Reporter: YEARS OF

SEXUAL ABUSE AND CONFUSION

LEFT JENNIFER FULL OF

ANXIETY.

SHE WAS HAUNTED BY DEMONIC

DREAMS AT NIGHT.

THERE WAS A VERY DARK

FORCE IN MY HOME.

IT WAS REALLY SCARY.

AT NIGHT I WOULD JUST PUT

THE COVERS OVER MY HEAD.

I WAS IN SO MUCH FEAR AT

NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE

DARK.

AND SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST

LEAVE THE HOUSE SO THAT I

COULD GO TAKE MY MIND

ELSEWHERE.

I WOULD DO A LOT OF

PRETENDING OUTSIDE.

Reporter: WHEN SHE

WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, A

TEENAGED NEIGHBOR TAUGHT

JENNIFER THERE WAS NO SAFE

PLACE FOR HER.

WE WERE ALL OUT RIDING

BIKES, ALL OF THE KIDS IN

THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO

COME IN FOR SOME KOOL-AID.

I WENT INTO HIS HOUSE,

AND, UM...HE ENDED UP

BLINDFOLDING ME AND

ABUSING ME, SEXUALLY

ASSAULTING ME IN HIS

HOUSE.

IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYWHERE

I WENT, I WAS A TARGET.

Reporter: SHE NEVER

REPORTED THE TEEN, BUT

WHEN SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD,

SHE GOT THE COURAGE TO

TELL HER MOM ABOUT THE

YEARS OF ABUSE FROM HER

FATHER.

HER FATHER WENT TO PRISON,

BUT FOR JENNIFER, THE PAIN

AND DARKNESS REMAINED.

ALL OF THAT FEAR AND

LONELINESS TURNED INTO

ANGER.

I FELT GUILTY FOR TELLING,

THAT I BROKEP M BROKE UP MY FAMILY.

I JUST WANTED TO HURT

MYSELF BECAUSE I FELT LIKE

THAT'S WHAT I DESERVED.

I BEGAN CUTTING MYSELF.

USING HEROIN, USING

COCAINE -- I DID

EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET

THAT.

THAT BECAME REALLY

ADDICTING TO ME, BECAUSE

IT TOOK AWAY ALL OF THAT

PAIN, ALL OF THAT SORROW,

THE IDENTITY THAT I HAD

TAKEN ON.

Reporter: SHE LIVED

IN HER CAR AND SOLD HER

BODY FOR DRUGS.

JENNIFER SAYS SHE STAYED

HIGH FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I

WOULD COME DOWN OFF OF THE

DRUGS.

I WOULD SLEEP FOR DAYS AND

EAT, BUT I WOULD CRY

UNCONTROLLABLY.

AND THEN I WOULD WALK

AROUND OUTSIDE AND WALK UP

AND DOWN THE STREETS, JUST

PRAYING THAT SOMEBODY

WOULD STOP, PULL OVER, AND

HELP ME.

Reporter: NO ONE

STOPPED.

SHE SAYS SHE FELT TRAPPED

AND HOPELESS.

JENNIFER GOT INVOLVED WITH

A DRUG-DEALING BIKER THAT

NEARLY COST HER HER LIFE.

I TOOK ON A LOT OF

BEATINGS.

I WAS BEING KICKED AND

PUNCHED AND SMOTHERED BY

PILLOWS.

I FIGURED IF HE DIDN'T

KILL ME, I MIGHT AS WELL

KILL MYSELF.

I'M GOING TO DIE EITHER

WAY.

SO I TOOK HIS GUN ONE DAY,

WHEN HE WAS AT WORK, AND I

SAT WITH THAT GUN FOR OVER

AN HOUR, JUST CRYING.

I JUST WANTED TO END

EVERYTHING.

BY THAT TIME I WAS DONE.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT LIFE

ANYMORE.

Reporter: FOR

JENNIFER, HOPE CAME WHEN

SHE RECONCILED WITH HER

MOM, WHO HAD BECOME A

CHRISTIAN.

HER MOTHER TOLD HER ABOUT

BETHANY HOUSE, A CHRISTIAN

HOME FOR GIRLS ON THE

STREET.

DESPERATE FOR HELP, SHE

WENT TO THE HOME.

I COULD SEE THE LIGHT

INSIDE THE HOUSE.

AND THE MINUTE I WALKED

IN, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A

SWOOSH OF DARKNESS THAT

HAD LEFT.

I COULD SEE THE HOLY

SPIRIT ON EVERYONE'S FACE.

I FELT THE LOVE.

IT WAS UNCONDITIONAL.

IT WAS PURE.

IT WAS HOLY.

I HAD NEVER FELT ANYTHING

LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.

IT WAS GOING FROM HELL

INTO HEAVEN, IN A SENSE.

I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T FROM

THIS WORLD.

WHY WOULD SMI SOMEONE LIKE

THAT LOVE ME?

WHY WOULD THESE PEOPLE

EVEN OPEN A HOME LIKE THIS

FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME?

THAT WAS A REALLY PIVOTAL

MOMENT IN MY LIFE, TO KNOW

THAT PEOPLE LOVE ME AND IT

WAS FOR NOTHING BUT JUST

THEIR LOVE.

Reporter: THE NEXT

DAY JENNIFER BECAME A

CHRISTIAN.

WHAT IT MEANT FOR ME TO

GIVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST WAS

THAT I WOULD NO LONGER

HAVE TO LIVE IN DARKNESS.

THAT I WOULD NO LONGER

HAVE TO BE ABUSED.

AND THAT I FINALLY FOUND

THE LOVE THAT I HAD ALWAYS

LOOKED FOR IN MY LIFE.

IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT I

HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR

SINCE A I WAS A CHILD.

I WAS A CHILD.

JESUS IS MY HEAVENLY

FATHER.

AND HE'LL ALWAYS BE MY

PROTECTOR.

AND HE'LL ALWAYS BE MY

HERO.

Reporter: SE SAY SHE RECENT

MANY FOUNDED "HOUSE OF

ANGETTY," AN OUTREACH TO

WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN

SEXUALLY ABUSED LIKE SHE

WAS.

TO RESCUE WOMEN WHO ARE

OUT THERE, WHO ARE HURT

AND ABUSED, AND LEAD THEM

TO HIM.

WHEN THEY WALK IN, THEY'RE

GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE

SAME THING I EXPERIENCED

WHEN I WALKED IN THE

BETHANY HOUSE.

Reporter: JENNIFER

SAYS THE ABUSE THAT USED

TO DEFINE HER IS NOW

REPLACED WITH THE LOVE AND

GRACE OF GOD.

I'M A NEW CREATION IN

CHRIST.

AND THE OLD HAS PASSED

AWAY.

AND THEN FINDING OUT MY

TRUE IDENTITY, WHICH IS IN

HIM, AND THAT I'M HIS

DAUGHTER.

I'M FORGIVEN.

I'M HIS FRIEND.

ANYONE OUT THERE, WHO IS

HURT OR ABUSED, WHO THINKS

THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE IN

LIFE, WHO AT THEIR SEND OR

SUICIDAL, GOD CAN RAISE

YOU UP TO DO ANYTHING.

JUST CALL OUT THE NAME OF

JESUS, AND THERE IS HOPE

IN HIM.

Gordon: JUST CALL

O OUT THE NAMOUTTHE NAME OF JESUS, AND

YOU'LL FIND HOPE.

YOU'LL FIND PURPOSE.

YOU'LL FIND A NEW LIFE.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE

SAYS: THOSE WHO CALL ON

THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL

BE SAVED.

YOU CAN BE SAVED.

YOU CAN BE CHANGED.

YOU CAN BE RESCUED.

JENNIFER'S STORY IS,

UNFORTUNATELY, ALL TOO

FAMILIAR AND ALL TOO

COMMON TODAY.

AND WHETHER IT IS A

NEIGHBOR OR A FAMILY

MEMBER, YOU'VE GONE

THROUGH THINGS THAT WERE

HORRIBLE FOR YOU.

AND MAYBE LIKE JENNIFER,

YOU COUNTED THE TILES IN

THE CEILING.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

IS THAT GOD CAN RESCUE YOU

FROM ALL OF THAT.

HE CAN CHANGE YOU.

HE CAN MAKE YOU NEW AGAIN.

HE NEVER INTENDED FOR THAT

TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

HE NEVER INTENDED FOR YOU

TO BE HURT LIKE THAT, TO

FEEL THAT KIND OF SHAME,

THAT KIND OF GUILT, THAT

KIND OF REJECTION.

AND THE WONDERFUL NEWS IS

HE LOVES YOU.

AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE

WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET

THERE?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE

THAT?

WELL, FIRST YOU NEED THE

REVELATION.

JUST AS JENNIFER GOT THE

REVELATION THAT THIS IS

LOVE.

WHY DOES HE DO THIS?

BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.

THAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

THAT LOVE THAT REQUIRES

NOTHING IN RETURN.

IT JUST GIVES AND GIVES

AND GIVES.

AND IT HOPES FOR YOU.

IT HOPES THAT YOU CAN BE

THE DREAM THAT HE HAS

ALWAYS WANTED FOR YOU.

THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT.

THAT HOPE THAT HE GIVES.

HOW DO YOU GET THAT?

WELL, JUST LIKE JENNIFER,

YOU CALL OUT TO HIM AND

YOU SAY, JESUS, HERE I AM.

CAN YOU CHANGE ME?

CAN YOU USE ME?

CAN YOU LIVE IN ME?

CAN YOU LET ME KNOW HOW

MUCH YOU LOVE ME?

IF THIS IS FOR YOU, IF

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT,

DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL.

BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S PRAY.

AND LET'S LET JESUS DO ALL

OF THE REST.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU.

AND I ASK THAT YOU COME

INTO MY HEART.

I ASK THAT YOU MAKE ME

NEW.

I ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE ME,

THAT YOU CHANGE ME.

JESUS, YOU KNOW HOW BROKEN

I AM.

YOU KNOW.

AND I ASK RIGHT NOW THAT

YOU FIX THOSE BROKEN

PIECES, THAT YOU PUT BACK

TOGETHER WHAT YOU INTENDED

INTENDED.

COME INTO MY HEART.

GIVE ME HOPE.

GIVE ME PEACE.

SET ME FREE.

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'

NAME.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I PRAY A BAPTISM

IN YOUR LOVE.

I PRAY THAT YOU FILL THEM

TO OVERFLOWING, AND LET

THEM KNOW JUST HOW MUCH

YOU LOVE THEM, HOW MUCH

YOU ACCEPT THEM, HOW MUCH

YOU WANT TO BE WITH THEM.

DO IT NOW, FOR I ASK IT IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU THE O DO.

DO.

I WANT YOU TO MAKE A

TOLL-FREE CALL:

1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH

THAT GUY ON TV.

WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT

SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IT IS A FREE PACT.

THERE IS A C.D. TEACHING.

HOW DO YOU LIVE THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

IT IS CALLED "A NEW DAY."

THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.

THE PACKET IS FREE.

DO IT NOW: 1-800-759-0700.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM 1 JOHN:

"BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF

LOVE THAT GOD HAS BESTOWED

ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE

CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD."

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.