A near-fatal motocross accident leaves a man paralyzed. Plus, sixteen years of a paralyzed colon is miraculously healed. These stories and more on today’s 700 Club.
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Wendy: HE FELT THE
NEED FOR SPEED.
UNTIL HE COULDN'T FEEL HIS
OWN LEGS.
I JUST PARALYZED
MYSELF.
Wendy: PLUS...
THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX
IT.
Wendy: ...A CHILD WHO
COULDN'T EAT GETS A VISIT
FROM THE SUPERNATURAL.
IT'S, LIKE, WHAT JUST
HAPPENED?
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Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES,
LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN
NEWSDESK.
Wendy: GORDON,
TONIGHT IS THE BIG NIGHT
FOR DONALD TRUMP AS HE
MAKES HIS ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH AS THE OFFICIAL
NOMINEE OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
LAST NIGHT HIS RUNNING
MATE, MIKE PENCE, BROUGHT
THE CROWD TOGETHER.
AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL
SPEECH FROM TED CRUZ.
WE HAVE TWO REPORTS FROM
OUR CBN NEWS TEAM AT THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN
CLEVELAND, BEGINNING WITH
OUR ABIGAIL ROBERTSON.
Reporter: NIGHT THREE
WAS SUPPOSED TO CENTER
AROUND GOVERNOR MIKE
PENCE'S BIG INTRODUCTION
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT TED CRUZ STOLE HIS
THUNDER AND ANGERED THE
CROWD BY REFUSING TO
ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP.
STAND AND SPEAK AND
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
VOTE FOR CANDIDATES UP AND
DOWN THE TICKET, WHO YOU
TRUST TO DEFEND OUR
FREEDOM AND TO BE THE
FAITHFUL TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
I APPRECIATE THE
ENTHUSIASM OF THE NEW YORK
DELEGATION.
Reporter: THEN IT WAS
THE DONALD'S TURN TO
STEAL, AS HE UP STAGED
CRUZ BY ENTERING THE ARENA
BEFORE HE COULD FINISH.
THE EXCITED CROWD THEN
TURNED ON CRUZ'S WIFE AND
FATHER.
PEOPLE BEHIND HER WERE
GETTING VERY UGLY AND
PHYSICALLY APPROACHING HER
AND RAPHAEL.
Reporter: DESPITE THE
DRAMA, PENCE RA TRIE TRIED TO GET
THE NIGHT BACK ON TRACK.
DELIVERING THE SPEECH THAT
SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE
RULE OF LAW, FOR THE SAKE
OF THE SANCTITY OF LIFE,
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SECOND
AMENDMENT --
[APPLAUSE]
-- AND FOR THE SAKE OF
ALL OUR OTHER GOD-GIVEN
LIBERTIES, WE MUST ENSURE
THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT
APPOINTING JUSTICES TO THE
SUPREME COURT IS DONALD
TRUMP.
Reporter: AS A BORN
AGAIN EVANGELICAL, PENCE
IS THE CAMPAIGN'S BEST
HOPE OF GETTING
EVANGELICALS MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH TRUMP.
I'M A CHRISTIAN, A
CONSERVATIVE, AND A
REPUBLICAN IN THAT ORDER.
Reporter: AND HE DID
NOT SHY AWAY FROM TALKING
ABOUT HIS FAITH OR SOCIAL
ISSUES.
WHILE WE'RE FILLING THE
PRESIDENCY FOR THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS, THIS ELECTION
WILL DEFINE THE SUPREME
COURT FOR THE NEXT 40.
WE ALL BETTER THINK VERY
CAREFULLY -- VERY
CAREFULLY -- ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS FOR OUR
CONSTITUTION.
Reporter: SO MUCH TO
DISSECT, AND THE BIGGEST
SPEECH HASN'T EVEN HAPPEN
YET.
FOR THAT ANALYSIS, WE TURN
TO DAVID BRODY AND JOHN
JESSUP.
John: THANKS, ABBEY.
JOHN JESSUP HERE WITH
DAVID BRODY ON DAY FOUR,
THE FINAL DAY OF THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HERE
IN CLEVELAND.
DAVID, WE KNOW ALL EYES
ARE ON DONALD TRUMP AS HE
OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS THE
NOMINATION FOR THE G.O.P.
TO BE PRESIDENT.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
BUILDUP TO THIS POINT.
LAST NIGHT WE HEARD FROM
MIKE PENCE, HIS CHOICE TO
BE VICE PRESIDENT.
HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE
BALANCES DONALD TRUMP IN
PERSONALITY AND STYLE.
AND HE REALLY LIT UP THE
CROWD.
AND HE GAVE A CLEAR
PICTURE OF WHY HE WAS
CHOSEN TO BE DONALD
TRUMP'S VICE PRESIDENT.
David: PENCE HIT IT
OUT OF THE BALLPARK.
HE TALKED ABOUT
CONSERVATISM.
HE GAVE A DEFENSE OF
CONSERVATISM.
HE ENSURED A LOT OF FOLKS
IN THIS HALL -- WE WERE ON
THE FLOOR AND WE SAW
EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON,
AND FOLKS ON THE FLOOR
LOVE MIKE PENCE BECAUSE HE
IS A CONSERVATIVE GUY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT,
SOMETHING INTERESTING
ABOUT PENCE IS HE
COMMUNICATED THE
CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE VERY,
VERY AFFECTIVELY.
HE COULD SAY, BASICALLY,
HILLARY CLINTON IS A
PROBLEM -- EVEN IF YOU'RE
NOT FOR DONALD TRUMP -- HE
DIDN'T SAY THAT -- BUT
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FOR
DONALD TRUMP, LOOK THE AT
CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND HE
DEFENDED THEM BETTER THAN
DONALD TRUMP COULD EVER
DEFEND THEM.
WE HAD SOMEONE BOOED
OFF STAGE, THAT BITTER
AFTER TASTE FROM THAT
PRIMARIES.
AND TED CRUZ DIDN'T
ENDORSE HIM AND HE WENT A
STEP FURTHER.
David: IT WAS A
DISASTER RUS MOMENT FOR
DISASTEROUS MOMENT FOR TED
CRUZ.
THIS IS A GUY THAT CAME
HERE -- PEOPLE WEREN'T
NECESSARILY EXPECTING HIM
TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY
DIDN'T EXPECT THESE THREE
KEY WORDS, HAD IS
BASICALLY WHAT HE SAID IS:
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
AT THAT POINT THE BOOS
RANG DOWN AND IT WAS A
REAL PROBLEM FOR TED CRUZ
BECAUSE IT WAS PETTY
PAYBACK.
LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT WAS,
PETTY PAYBACK.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HIS
SHOT FOR 2020 COULD WELL
HAVE EVAPORATED.
IT WAS MORE OF A
CAMPAIGN SPEECH, WASN'T
IT?
David: IT WAS MORE
OF A CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
HAVE ANYTHING, IN ESSENCE,
NICE TO SAY ABOUT THE
CANDIDATE OR YOU'RE GOING
TO BE SELF-SERVING, THEN
WHY ARE YOU SHOWING UP AT
ALL.
IF ANYTHING, DONALD TRUMP
MAY GET SOME MILEAGE OUT
OF THIS.
BECAUSE HE KEPT CALLING
HIM LYING TED.
AND NOW HE CAN SAY, HEY,
HE DIDN'T KEEP HIS PROMISE
TO SUPPORT -- HE SAID HE
WOULD PLEDGE TO SUPPORT
THE NOMINEE, AND HE DIDN'T
DO THAT LAST NIGHT.
HE DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
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Wendy: THOSE ARE
TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM
CBN NEWS.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF TODAY'S
"700 CLUB" IN JUST A
MOMENT.
Gordon: REVIVAL IS
UNDER WAY IN ONE OF THE
MOST UNLIKELY PLACES ON
EARTH, THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
CHRISTIANS THERE ARE
RISKING THEIR SAFETY AND
EVEN THEIR LIVES TO
WORSHIP JESUS.
AND AS CHRIS MITCHELL
REPORTS, MANY HAVE FLED TO
TURKEY TO ESCAPE
PERSECUTION.
Chris: WHEN SOMEONE
GETS BAPTIZED IN THIS
HOUSE CHURCH, PEOPLE CLAP
AND CHEER LIKE FANS THE AT
A WORLD CUP MATCH.
WHILE THEY SUFFER
PERSECUTION, THEY STILL
POSSESS AN INFECTIOUS AND
JOYOUS FAITH, LIKE RAIZAL.
GROWING UP, I GREW UP
JESUS CHRIST.
AND THE NEXT MOMENT, I
STARTED LIKING
CHRISTIANITY.
IT WAS REALLY SWEET TO ME.
THE FEELING, THE STORIES,
EVERYTHING.
SO BY THE TIME I WAS 15, I
BELIEVED IN HIM, AND I
SAID, I WANT TO BE A
CHRISTIAN.
Chris: MANY IRANIAN
CHRISTIANS HAVE FLED IRAN
AND HAVE COME HERE TO
TURKEY, WHERE THEY CAN
SEEK REFUGEE STATUS WITH
THE UNITED NATIONS.
SOME SAY IT IS JUST LIKE
COMING OUT OF THE
DARKNESS.
IT IS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
I CAN FREELY PRAISE THE
LORD.
I CAN EASILY GO TO CHURCH.
IT IS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
Chris: ABSIN ATTENDED
THE CHURCH LED BY SAEED
ABEDINI, WHO IS IMPRISONED
IN IRAN FOR HIS CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
AFTER HIS ARREST, THE
CHURCH DISPANDED.
LATER ABSIN FOUND HIMSELF
ON THE RUN.
AS A RESULT, I CAME OUT
OF IRAN BECAUSE DAY BY DAY
THIS SITUATION HAD BEEN
MORE DIFFICULT, AND IT WAS
RISKY FOR ME, ALSO.
I HAD TO CHANGE OUR HOME
BECAUSE I WAS SURE THAT@=
ONE DAY THEY WOULD REALIZE@)
OUR HOME AS AN UNDERGROUND
CHURCH, AS A HOUSE CHURCH.
Chris: OTHERS FLED
FOR THEIR LIVES, LIKE
RAIZAL AND RAZA.
IT WAS A HARD SITUATION
FOR ME TO GO THERE.
I COULDN'T PRAISE GOD WITH
ALL OF MY HEART BECAUSE I
KNOW ALL TROUBLE IS THERE.
EVEN IF I SAID JESUS
CHRIST, THEY MAY KILL ME.
IT BECOME A PROBLEM FOR
MY JOB.
AND MY HEALTH -- LIKE THEY
TRIED TO KILL ME, ALSO.
AND THEN I START TO RUN
AWAY.
Chris: DESPITE THE
CONSTANT THREATS, DANGER,
AND RISKS, THESE BELIEVERS
KEEP THE FAITH.
AND NOW THEY'LL FIND A
CHURCH HOME AND FAMILY.
THEIR PASTOR LEADS HOUSE
CHURCHES IN IRAN, AS WELL
AS THE U.S., CANADA,
GERMANY, PA MALAYSIA, ALL VIA
SKYPE.
THE MAIN CHURCH IS MY
HOUSE, AND THROUGH THE
INTERNET, I CONNECT WITH
EVERYBODY.
IT HAS BECOME, LIKE, AN
INTERNET CHURCH.
Chris: HE SAYS A
GREAT REVIVAL IS UNDER WAY
WITHIN THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE
THE RESULTS FROM THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
FROM 1994, THERE WERE
ABOUT 100,000 BELIEVERS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THREE
MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS DOING WITH THE
PEOPLE.
Chris: MANY BECAME
CHRISTIANS THROUGH A DREAM
OR VISION.
I HAD A DREAM A LONG
TIME BACK, AND EVERY TIME
JESUS WAS WITH ME.
AND IN ALL OF MY LIFE, HE
WAS HELPING ME.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO IS
THIS PERSON.
AND SUDDENLY JESUS CHRIST
WAS OVER THERE.
AND HE SAID, COME TO ME.
AND THEN I COME TO THAT
SITE, AND HE ACCEPTED ME.
Chris: DESPITE ALL OF
THE HARDSHIP AND BEING
FORCED FROM THEIR
HOMELAND, THESE BELIEVERS
EXUDE JOY.
MANY HOPE TO ONE DAY
ACHIEVE REFUGEE STATUS AND
IMMIGRATE TO OTHER
COUNTRIES.
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY WANT
BELIEVERS IN THE WEST TO
PRAY FOR THE CHURCH IN
IRAN.
JUST BEING FROM THE
OTHER BELIEVERS, SISTERS
AND BROTHERS OF THE WORLD,
TO BELIEVE IN JESUS
CHRIST.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
CENTRAL TURKEY.
Gordon: WHAT A
WONDERFUL REPORT, JESUS
SHOWING UP IN PERSON TO
SAY, COME TO ME.
PRAY FOR MORE OF THAT.
WE LIVE IN INTERESTING
TIMES.
IT IS THE BEST OF TIMES
AND THE WORST OF TIMES ALL
AT ONCE.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE REPORTS
COMING OUT OF MOSUL AND
IRAQ OF ISIS LITERALLY
DRIVING CHRISTIANS OUT,
SAYING IF YOU DON'T
CONVERT TO ISLAM YOU ARE
GOING TO BE KILLED.
REPORTS COMING OUT OF
ISIS-CONTROLLED AREAS IN
SYRIA, WHERE CHRISTIANS
ARE BEING CRUCIFIED, AND
THAT'S THE SHAR'IA LAW
RESPONSE.
IF A MUSLIM CONVERTS TO
CHRISTIANITY, THE PENALTY
IS DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION --
WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE
REPORTS, YOU GO, O LORD,
SAVE THEM.
BUT THEN YOU HEAR THE
REPORT OUT OF IRAN AND YOU
SAY, OKAY, THERE CAN BE
REVIVAL THERE.
IN THE MIDST OF
PERSECUTION, THE BLOOD OF
THE MARTYRS IS THE SEED OF
THE CHURCH.
LET'S PRAY THEY ARE
STRONG.
AND LETS PRAY FOR
OURSELVES, AS WELL, THAT
THE CARES AND CONCERNS OF
THIS WORLD WON'T CHOKE OUT
THE WORD HERE.
LETS BE IN PRAYER FOR WHAT
IS GOING ON IN TODAY'S
WORLD.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
DARE-DEVIL WITH THE NEED
FOR SPEED.
I WAS TOLD BY THE GUYS
I RODE WITH, DON'T TRY TO
KEEP UP UNLESS YOU'RE
PREPARED TO CALL 9-1-1.
IF YOU'RE NOT CRASHING
ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU'RE
NOT RIDING FAST ENOUGH.
Terry: WATCH HIS
WORDS WHEN A NEAR FATAL
CRASH LEAVES HIS
PARALYZED.
Gordon: GIA WOODS WAS
ADDICTED TO THE THRILL OF
RIDING MOTOCROSS.
THE BIGGER THE RISK, THE
BETTER.
AND EVEN AFTER HE CRASHED,
HE WOULD SOON GET BACK ON
HIS BIKE AND GUN IT.
THEN ONE DAY HE FLEW OVER
THE HANDLEBARS AND
COULDN'T GET BACK UP.
FOR MOTOCROSS, YOU HAVE
TO BE FEARLESS AND YOU
HAVE TO HAVE GUTS.
I WAS ALL INTO THAT.
THE FASTER, THE BETTER.
THE HIGHER THE JUMPS, THE
BETTER.
Reporter: GIAL WOODS
LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT
MOTOCROSS, THE THRILL, THE
EXCITEMENT, AND THE
DANGER.
MY NUMBER PLATE ON MY
MOTORCYCLE WAS 9-1-1.
AND I WAS TOLD BY THE GUYS
I RODE WITH, DON'T TRY TO
KEEP UP UNLESS YOU'RE
PREPARED TO CALL 9-1-1.
IF YOU HAD STITCHES OR
UNFORTUNATELY SOME BROKEN
BONES, THAT WAS JUST PART
OF THE COST.
IT WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN
BUYING BOOTS AND HELMETS
AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THEY USED TO SAY, IF
YOU'RE NOT CRASHING ONCE
IN A WHILE, YOU'RE NOT
RIDING FAST ENOUGH.
Reporter: THE DAMAGE
TO HIS BODY DID NOTHING TO
CURB HIS PASSION.
I BROKE MY BACK IN FOUR
PLACES.
AT 18IARIE 18 YEARS OLD, I HEALED
PRETTY QUICK.
I HAD ACTUALLY GONE
THROUGH ONE THE WORST
ACCIDENTS I COULD GO
THROUGH AND I RECOVERED
FINE FROM IT.
Reporter: AS A
TEENAGER, GIAL PROFESSED
HIS FAITH IN CHRIST, BUT
AS HE GOD OLDER, HIS
PRIORITIES WERE ON OTHER
THINGS.
I WAS TOO BUSY FOR GOD.
AND I KNEW HE WAS WHO HE
WAS, BUT I DIDN'T TAKE
TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
HIM.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
HE MARRIED TINA AND THEY
HAD TWO CHILDREN.
AND HE ALSO BECAME A
SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL
PLANNER.
EVEN NOW, IN HIS LATE
30s, GIAL WAS STILL
RIDING MOTOCROSS AND
FEELING INVINCIBLE.
THE YEAR MY TWINS WERE
BORN, I BROKE BOTH OF MY
SHIN BONES AND STUCK THEM
OUT OF THE SKIN.
EVEN THAT, A LITTLE
SURGERY, SOME PINS AND
RODS AND SCREWS, AND I WAS
BACK ON THE BIKE AGAIN, SO
IT DIDN'T SCARE ME.
AND I WISH IT WOULD HAVE.
Reporter: NOW MAKING
MONEY AND MOTEL CROSS WERE MOTOCROSS WERE
THE ONLY THINGS THAT WOULD
MATTER.
I KNEW THERE WERE PARTS
OF MY LIFE THAT WERE NOT
PLEASING TO GOD.
I KIND OF CONVINCED MYSELF
THAT THAT WAS OKAY BECAUSE
I MADE SURE SOME DAY,
BEFORE I DIED, I WOULD
CHANGE.
I WOULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
Reporter: GIAL ALMOST
DIDN'T GET THAT CHANCE.
IN 2004 HE WAS RIDING WITH
A FRIEND IN THE COAL
MINING COUNTRY OF WEST
VIRGINIA.
I CAME AROUND THIS
CORNER, AND I REALIZED
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE ON
A.T.V.s, AND THEY WERE
COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN
AND I WAS GOING UP INTO
THE MOUNTAIN.
AND IN TRYING TO GET
STOPPED, I GET SENT OVER
THE HANDLEBARS.
Reporter: THE NEXT
FEW MOMENTS WERE A BLUR.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST,
AND YET EVERYTHING WAS IN
SLOW MOTION.
WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, I
WAS ON MY BACK, AND I WAS
STARING UP INTO THE AIR.
AND I COULDN'T CATCH MY
BREATH.
AT THAT MOMENT I PANICKED.
BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT I
HADN'T KNOCKED THE WIND
OUT OF MYSELF AT ALL; I
JUST PARALYZED MYSELF.
Reporter: WHILE
OTHERS WENT FOR HELP, GIAL
LAY ON THE GROUND.
I CALLED CALLED UP MY MOMENT
OF TRUTH.
AT THAT MOMENT I DIDN'T
HAVE ONE SINGLE THOUGHT
ABOUT HOW BIG MY HOUSE WAS
OR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I
HAD IN THE BANK.
THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO
DO WAS PLAY WITH MY KIDS.
Reporter: WHEN GIAL
FINALLY GOT TO A HOSPITAL,
HE CALLED HIS WIFE.
I KEPT THINKING, ONCE I
SEE HIM, MAYBE IT'S NOT
TRUE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO FACE THE
FACT THAT HE WOULD BE A
QUADRIPLEGIC.
Reporter: HIS DOCTORS
THEN TOLD HIM THE
PROGNOSIS WAS BLEAK.
THE DOCTOR CAME INTO MY
ROOM.
I ASKED HIM, HOW LONG ARE
YOU GOING TO BE PARALYZED?
AND HE SAID, MR. WOODS,
I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND, THERE IS
NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
TO ME, THAT WAS FINAL.
I HAD DONE THE
UNTHINKABLE.
HERE I LIVED A LIFE OF THE
9-1-1 MENTALITY, AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN THAT MENTALITY
BECAME REALITY.
AND I REALIZED, I'M NOT
INVINCIBLE.
Reporter: GIAL WAS
SENT TO A REHABILITATION
HOSPITAL.
TINA AND OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS PRAYED FOR HIM TO
RECOVER, BUT THE ODDS WERE
STILL NOT GOOD.
18: 14, HE WHO EXALTS
HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED,
BUT HE WHO IS HUMBLE WILL
BE EXALTED.
AND HAVING TO COUNT ON
TOTAL STRANGERS TO DO
EVERYTHING, I THOUGHT, I
CAN'T DO THIS.
I'M NOT PREPARED.
I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR
THIS.
Reporter: GIAL WAS
READY TO GIVE UP AND BEGAN
ASKING GOD TO LET HIM DIE.
ABOUT THAT TIME A FRIEND'S
DAD CAME TO VISIT HIM.
HE ASKED GIAL SOME TOUGH
QUESTIONS.
HE ASKED ME, IF GOD
WOULD HAVE DECIDED TO END
YOUR LIFE THAT DAY, WOULD
YOU AT LEAST BEEN READY?
AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T
KNOW.
AND HE GOES, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING, BOY, IF THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NO.
I SPENT ALL OF MY LIFE
THINKING, I'VE GOT PLENTY
OF TIME.
I'LL CHANGE AND RECONCILE
WITH GOD WHEN I GET AROUND
TO IT.
AND THAT RIDICULOUS
THINKING NOT ONLY JUST
ABOUT COST ME MY PHYSICAL
LIFE, IT COULD HAVE EASILY
COST ME MY ETERNAL LIFE.
Reporter: AFTER THAT
VISIT, GIAL CRIED OUT TO
GOD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT.
I JUST REMEMBER FEELING
COMFORT AND I'LL BE ABLE
TO HANDLE IT.
AND THAT WAS MY TURNING
POINT BECAUSE I STARTED
GOING AROUND AND HAVING A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT OUTLOOK.
I FINALLY DECIDED I'M
GOING TO MAKE IT.
I'M GOING TO GET BACK SOME
WAY TO BE THE HUSBAND TO
MY WIFE AND SOME WAY TO BE
A DAD TO MY KIDS.
MY THERAPIST SAID, WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ACCOMPLISH WHILE YOU'RE
HERE?
AND I SAID, I WANT TO WALK
AGAIN.
AND SHE SAID, WHOA,
WHOA, LET'S NOT GET
CARRIED AWAY.
Reporter: BUT TO THE
SURPRISE OF HIS
CARETAKERS, GIAL STARTED
TO IMPROVE.
I WAS LAYING IN BED,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE OF
MY FINGERS WENT LIKE THIS.
AND SO TIME WENT FROM THIS
TO THIS TO THIS.
AND THINGS STARTED
HAPPENING.
AND THEY WERE AMAZED.
Reporter: SIX MONTHS
AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE
TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS.
HE WROTE ABOUT THE
ACCIDENT AND HIS JOURNEY
OF FAITH IN HIS BOOK
"FAITH 9-1-1," AND HE ALSO
SPEAKS TO MEN'S GROUPS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND EVEN THOUGH HE NOW
WALKS WITH A SLIGHT LIMP,
HE KNOWS THAT GOD IS IN
CONTROL OF HIS LIFE.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS
TOO LATE.
DON'T TAKE TIME THAT YOU
THINK YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU
DON'T KNOW.
YOU CAN BE GIVEN A SECOND
CHANCE AND DO NOTHING WITH
IT, OR YOU CAN BE GIVEN A
SECOND CHANCE AND DO
SOMETHING WITH IT.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
TAKE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIM,
TAKE OUR LOVE OF HIM, AND
DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD
HAS DONE FOR ME WHAT HE
HAS DONE, BUT I'LL SPEND
THE REST OF MY LIFE
PROVING TO HIM HE MADE A
GOOD DECISION.
Gordon: AND YOU CAN
DO THE SAME THING.
YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE LIVING FOR HIM,
AND UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE MADE TO DO.
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T
HAVE TOMORROW GUARANTEED
TO YOU.
DON'T WAIT FOR A SECOND
CHANCE.
TAKE THE CHANCE NOW.
TAKE WHAT'S OFFERED TO YOU
NOW.
THE BIBLE SAYS TODAY IS
THE DAY OF SALVATION.
NONE OF US ARE GUARANTEED
TOMORROW.
HERE IS A THOUGHT FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE LIKE GIAL AND
YOU'RE SAYING, I'LL GET
AROUND TO GOD LATER.
I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE,
AND AT SOME POINT IN THE
FUTURE I'M GOING TO GET
RIGHT WITH HIM, THINK
ABOUT THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN
HEAVEN -- IT'S WHAT YOU'RE
PLANNING TO DO -- AND
ETERNITY IS A LONG TIME.
AND YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF
TIME TO THINK BACK WHAT
YOU COULD HAVE DONE WHILE
YOU WERE ON EARTH.
HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD YOU
HAVE HELPED?
WHAT GOOD THINGS COULD YOU
HAVE DONE?
OUR TIME HERE IS VERY
FLEETING.
AND OUR ETERNITY WITH HIM
IS VERY LONG.
DON'T SPEND THAT ETERNITY
REGRETTING WHAT YOU COULD
HAVE DONE HERE.
WHERE DOES THIS START?
IT STARTS WITH YOU, JUST
LILIKE GIAL, SAYING, I
SURRENDER.
I GIVE MY ALL.
DON'T DO THAT FROM A
HOSPITAL BED.
DON'T DO THAT FROM A
PRISON CELL.
DON'T DO THAT FROM THE
POINT WHERE YOU'RE REALLY
IN TROUBLE.
DO IT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN
LIVE THE LIFE OF ADVENTURE
THAT GOD HAS MAPPED OUT
FOR YOU.
HIS WORD PROMISES US THAT
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD, HE HAS CREATED GOOD
WORKS FOR US TO WALK INTO.
THINGS THAT WILL SATISFY
US AND SATISFY THE VERY
DESIRES OF OUR HEARTS.
HE HAS MADE US FOR THAT.
AND HE HAS MADE US FOR A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
DON'T MISS OUT ON ANY OF
IT.
DON'T MISS OUT ON ANY OF
THE THINGS THAT HE HAS
PLANNED FOR YOU.
RESOLVE TODAY THAT YOU
WANT TO FULFILL THEM ALL.
BUT IT STARTS WITH THAT
SIMPLE SURRENDER.
JUST SAY, LORD, I WANT YOU
LORD OF MY LIFE.
I DON'T WANT YOU JUST
SAVIOR.
I WANT YOU TO BE MY ALL IN
ALL.
I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU AND
DO THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE
ASKED ME TO DO, THE THINGS
YOU PREPARED FOR ME TO DO.
I WANT TO DO THEM ALL.
FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU'VE
MADE A COMMITMENT, AND
THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON,
JUST LIKE GIAL, YOU WALKED
AWAY FROM IT.
YOU HAD OTHER THINGS TO
DO.
AND YOU'VE LET LIFE GET
VERY BUSY, SO THAT BUSY
LIFE HAS CROWDED GOD OUT
OF YOUR LIFE.
FOR SOME OF YOU, THIS IS
BRAND NEW TO YOU.
YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
THIS.
FOR YOU, THERE IS A
SPECIAL PRAYER.
JESUS, IF THIS IS REAL, IF
YOU'RE REALLY A SAVIOR, IF
YOU REALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR
ME, IF YOU REALLY HAVE A
PURPOSE FOR ME, COULD YOU
SHOW ME?
FOR THOSE OF YOU LIKE
GIAL, WHERE YOU MADE A
COMMITMENT AND THEN YOU
WALKED AWAY FROM IT, HE'LL
TAKE YOU BACK.
HE IS THERE WITH OPEN
ARMS.
AND HE IS SAYING, COME
UNTO ME, ALL OF YOU WHO
ARE WEARY AND HEAVY-LADEN,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
IF YOU'VE GOTTEN SO BUSY
WITH LIFE THAT YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN HOW TO LIVE FOR
HIM, REALIZE THE REST IN
HIM IS STILL THERE FOR
YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND ASK.
ASK FOR THAT JOY OF YOUR
SALVATION TO BE RESTORED.
PLEDGE TO HIM THAT YOU
WANT TO MAKE HIM LORD OF
YOUR LIFE.
AND LET'S DO THAT RIGHT
NOW.
DON'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW.
DON'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER
CHANCE.
LET TODAY BE THAT CHANCE
THAT YOU SAY, LORD, I WANT
IT YOUR WAY.
NOT MAY WAY.
I WANT IT YOUR WAY.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
IT OUT LOUD.
JESUS, I COME TO YOU, AND
TODAY I WANT TO DECLARE TO
YOU THAT I WANT YOU AS
LORD OF MY LIFE.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIFE
ON MY TERMS.
I WANT TO LIVE LIFE ON
YOUR TERMS BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT YOUR PLANS ARE BETTER
THAN MY PLANS.
YOUR WAY IS BETTER THAN MY
WAY.
SO, JESUS, I DEDICATE MY
LIFE TO YOU.
AND I ASK THAT YOU COME
INTO MY HEART.
I ASK THAT YOU FILL ME
WITH YOUR JOY.
AND I ASK THAT YOU SHOW ME
THE PURPOSE THAT YOU HAVE
FOR ME, THE GOOD WORKS
THAT YOU HAVE CREATED FOR
ME TO DO.
HEAR MY PRAYER, COME INTO
MY HEART, FORGIVE ME OF
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
I'VE DONE WRONG.
FORGIVE ME FOR MY OWN
SELF-WILL.
AND, LORD, IF YOU'LL DO
THIS, IF YOU'LL COME IN, I
WANT TO FOLLOW ALL THE
DAYS OF MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER, FOR I PRAY
IT IN JESUS' NAME.
FATHER, I ASK RIGHT NOW
FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED, I
ASK NOW THAT YOU WOULD
FILL THEM WITH JOY AND
FILL THEM, BAPTIZE THEM IN
YOUR LOVE.
LET THEM KNOW THAT YOUR
PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD AND
HAS BEEN ANSWERED TODAY,
FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT
YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO PICK UP THE
PHONE AND MAKE A PHONE
CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I JUST PRAYED.
I JUST ASKED GOD TO COME
INTO MY HEART.
I DEDICATE MY LIFE TO HIM.
WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT
SOMETHING FOR YOU.
IT IS A FREE C.D. ON WHAT
DO YOU DO NOW?
HOW DO YOU LIVE A
CHRISTIAN LIFE?
IT'S FREE.
THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.
ALL OF IT IS FREE.
SO DO IT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
> TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: STILL AHEAD, A
BOY WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT
THE ABILITY TO DIGEST
FOOD.
SEE THE STORY OF HIS
SUPERNATURAL HEALING.
> PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO
BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND
YOUR NEEDS, SO STAY WITH
US.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
GOD COMPLETELY HEALED ME.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY
HAS DECLARED A THREE-MONTH
STATE OF EMERGENCY.
IT COMES AFTER LAST
WEEKEND'S BOTCH COUP
ATTEMPT.
TURKEY HAS DETAINED MORE
THAN 9,000 MILITARY
OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT ERDOGAN HAS ALSO
DISMISSED 60,000 CIVIL
SERVICE EMPLOYEES, FIRING
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
TEACHERS, AND CLOSING MORE
THAN 600 SCHOOLS AND
DORMITORIES.
THE U.S. RELIES HEAVILY ON
TURKEY'S COOPERATION IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS.
IT USE TURKEY'S AIR BASE
FOR FLIGHTS INTO IRAQ AND
SYRIA.
GERMAN SECURITY
OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN WHO
ATTACKED SEVERAL TRAIN
PASSENGERS WITH AN AX
EARLIER THIS WEEK ACTED
ALONE.
THE 17-YEAR-OLD
ASYLUM-SEEKER FROM
AFGHANISTAN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AFTER WOUNDING FIVE
PEOPLE IN THE BLOODY
ATTACK.
ISIS CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT
ATTACK, AND POSTED A VIDEO
IN WHICH THE TEAM WAVED A
KNIFE AND CALLED HIMSELF A
SOLDIER OF THE ISLAMIC
STATE.
GERMAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER
SAYS THE VIDEO IS
AUTHENTIC AND IS A CLASSIC
FAREWELL VIDEO OF A
SUICIDE ATTACKER.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO cbnnews.com.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: BRITTLE BONE
DISEASE IS RARE, BUT IT IS
COMMON AT ONE HOME IN
BEIJING.
WHILE THERE IS NO CURE,
THERE IS HELP.
STEVEN WAS BORN WITH AN
AMAZING GIFT TO PLAY THE
PIANO.
AT 14 YEARS OLD, WITH NO
FORMAL TRAINING, HE PLAYS
BEAUTIFULLY AND WRITES HIS
OWN MUSIC.
BUT STEVEN WAS ALSO BORN
WITH A RARE GENETIC
DISORDER CALLED OSTEOIOSIS
IMPEIMPERFECTA, OR BRITTLE
BONE DISEASE.
HE STARTED LIFE IN A
CHINESE ORN ?AICH ORPHANAGE, AND HE
WAS CARRIED FROM PLACE TO
PLACE.
THEN HE WENT TO CBN'S
AGAPE HOUSE AND HE WAS
GIVEN A FREED HE HAS NEVER
KNOWN.
HE IS ONE OF 29 CHILDREN
WHO LIVE AT THIS ORPHAN
SPONSORED HOME.
MOST SUFFER FROM SEVERE
FORMS OF BRITTLE BONE
DISEASE.
THEY ATTEND CLASSES,
RECEIVE THERAPY, AND LIVE
A RELATIVELY NORMAL LIFE
WITH LOVING HOUSE PARENTS.
WITHOUT THIS OUT REACH,
MOST WOULD BE SITTING IN
DESTITUTE, GOVERNMENT-RUN
ORPHANAGES WITH LITTLE
PROMISE.
AGAPE HOUSE DIRECTOR KEITH
WHITE BROUGHT AMERICAN
DOCTORS TO TRAIN THE
CHINESE IN SURGICAL
PROCEDURES.
THEY LEARNED TO USE RODS
TO STABILIZE AND
STRENGTHEN LEG AND ARM
BONES.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND HAS
BECOME WELL-KNOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
BECAUSE CHILDREN GROW SO
QUICKLY, SURGERY IS AN
ONGOING PROCESS.
A PROCEDURE IS FOLLOWED BY
MONTHS OF HEALING AND
PHYSICAL THERAPY.
FINALLY THEY MIGHT BE ABLE
TO WALK FOR A SHORT TIME,
BUT WHEN THE BONE BEGINS
TO GROW AGAIN, WALKING
BECOMES PAINFUL, AND THE
CHILD RETURNS TO THE
WHEELCHAIR.
SINCE WE LAST SAW STEVEN,
HE HAD SURGERY NUMBER SIX,
REPLACING THE RODS IN HIS
LEFT LEG BECAUSE HE HAD
OUTGROWN THEM.
HE HAS ONE MORE SURGERY
PLANNED TO CHANGE THE
BONES IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
HIS BONES WILL ALWAYS BE
FRAGILE, SO HE HAS TO BE
CAREFUL, BUT HE HAS EVERY
HOPE OF WALKING NORMALLY.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THIS
BRIGHT, FUNNY, SOMETIMES
SHY YOUNG MAN STUCK IN AN
ORPHANAGE WITH LITTLE HOPE
AND NO FUTURE.
INSTEAD, HE IS LEARNING HE
HAS VALUE AND IS FREE TO
DREAM.
HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
ARE TO ATTEND A MUSIC
CONSERVATORY AND BECOME A
MUSIC TEACHER.
*
Terry: TRUE TO THE
WORDS OF "AMAZING GRACE,"
I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW
I'M FOUND.
O"ORPHANS' PROMISE" IS
PROUD TO PLAY A PART OF
RESCUING THESE CHILDREN
INTO HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE
LIVES.
Terry: CBN'S
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" IS
CBN'S OUTREACH TO THE
VULNERABLE CHILDREN OF THE
WORLD.
ISN'T IT GREAT TO KNOW
THAT YOU AND I, RIGHT HERE
IN OUR HOMES, WITH OUR OWN
FAMILIES, CAN REACH OUT
AND TOUCH THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN IN NEED AROUND
THE WORLD?
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
YOU DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING
YOU TO DO IT TODAY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED
ALREADY, WHAT A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY.
YOU CAN GO TO YOUR PHONE
AND CALL THE TOLL-FREE
NUMBER THAT YOU SEE RIGHT
NOW, AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO
BE A PART OF "THE 700
CLUB."
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20
A MONTH, BUT YOU'LL BE
JOINING WITH THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT TO
CHANGE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE, AS WELL AS HERE
AT HOME.
WHEN YOU CALL, WILL YOU
USE SOMETHING WE CALL
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
IT IS ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
IT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES
ALL OF THE WORK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
ENVELOPES ON HAND OR
STAMPS.
YOU CAN STOP IT WHENEVER
YOU WANT, BUT IT SAVES US
SOME PROCESSING COSTS SO
WE CAN PUT EVEN MORE OF
YOUR GIFT INTO THE LIVES
OF CHILDREN LIKE STEVEN.
WHEN YOU DO USE PLEDGE
EXPRESS, WE WANT TO SEND
YOU "POWER FOR LIFE"
TEACHINGS.
THESE ARE TEACHINGS WE
RECEIVE HERE AS THE CBN
FAMILY, AND WE WANT TO
SHARE THEM WITH YOU.
THERE IS THE NUMBER TO
CALL: 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," AND I WANT
TO DO IT USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'LL
RECEIVE YOUR FIRST "POWER
FOR LIFE" TEACHING, SO
CALL RIGHT NOW.
GORDON?
Gordon: COMING
Gordon: WELL, SOME
PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH AN
IRON STOMACH.
NOT CHRISTOPHER GUNDERSON.
HIS STOMACH WAS PARALYZED.
FOR 16 YEARS, CHRISTOPHER
COULDN'T EAT A THING, AND
ALL OF THAT TIME, HIS
FAMILY NEVER STOPPED
PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE.
HE WASN'T GAINING
WEIGHT AND THEN HE STARTED
LOSING WEIGHT.
HE WOULD EAT AND
SWALLOW, BUT THEN HE WOULD
SPIT RIGHT BACK UP.
SO HE JUST WAS NOT
GROWING.
Reporter: MIKE AND
LEANN WERE DESPERATE FOR
SOLUTIONS.
THEIR NEWBORN BABY,
CHRISTOPHER, WAS BORN WITH
CHRONIC PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION
SYNDROME.
IT PARALYZED HIS STOMACH
AND PARTS OF HIS
INTESTINES.
HE WAS UNABLE TO DIGEST
ANY NUTRIENTS OR EVEN TAKE
WATER.
I WOULD PRAY EVERY
NIGHT AND NOT KNOW WHAT
THE END GAME WAS.
NOT KNOWING IF HE WAS
GOING TO DIE OR IF HE WAS
GOING TO MAKE IT, OR WHAT
THAT LOOKED LIKE.
WE JUST HAD TO ENJOY THE
TIME THAT WE HAD WITH HIM
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW
LONG THAT WAS GOING TO BE.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX
IT.
THE ONLY THING THEY COULD
DO WAS MAKE HIM GROW.
SO THE ISSUE WAS NOT HOW
ARE WE GOING TO CURE IT;
THE ISSUE WAS, HOW ARE WE
GOING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE.
Reporter: BABY
CHRISTOPHER WENT THROUGH
SEVERAL MAJOR SURGERIES
BEFORE DOCTORS CAME UP
WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
THEY INSERTED A FEEDING
TUBE, BY PASSING HIS
STOMACH.
THEY PUT A SECOND ONE INTO
HIS STOMACH TO PUMP OUT
BILE AND SALIVA.
IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH
TIME, BUT I WOULD HEAR
THIS VOICE, WHEN I WOULD
GET UPSET, WHISPERING IN
MY EAR, DON'T WORRY.
IT WILL ALL WORK OUT IN
THE END.
Reporter: THE SURGERY
ALLOWED HIM TO LEAD A
NORMAL LIFE, BUT HE GREW
UP NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT
OR DRINK WITHOUT PAINFUL
STOMACHS ANSTOMACH ACHES AND
VOMITING.
I COULD TRY FOOD, BUT I
JUST COULDN'T SWALLOW IT.
I HAD TO CHEW IT AND SPIT
OR DRAIN IT OUT OF THE TOP
TUBE AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
WE JUST FIGURED IT OUT
BECAUSE WE WANTED HIM TO
LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.
WE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE,
OH, I HAVE THESE FEEDING
TUBES AND I CAN'T DO THIS
AND THAT.
WE WANTED HIM TO SAY, I
HAVE THESE FEEDING TUBES,
AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IF I
DIDN'T, I WOULDN'T BE
ALIVE.
I'M GOING TO PRAISE GOD
FOR THAT AND FIGURE OUT
WAYS AROUND TO DO OTHER
THINGS.
Reporter: HE WORE A
BACKPACK THAT PUMPED
FORMULA INTO HIS FEEDING
BACK DURING THE DAY.
AN I.V. FED HIM AT NIGHT.
CHRISTOPHER LIVED WITH HIS
CONDITION FOR 16 YEARS,
UNTIL ONE DAY HIS FAMILY
BROUGHT HIM TO A HEALING
SERVICE, LED BY EVANGELIST
BRUCE VAN NOTTA.
DURING THE WHOLE
SERVICE, I FELT A PULSE IN
MY STOMACH.
Reporter: AFTER THE
SERVICE, BRUCE GATHERED
CHRISTOPHER AND HIS FAMILY
TOGETHER AND PRAYED FOR A
MIRACLE HEALING.
I THINK I HAD MY HAND
ON CHRISTOPHER'S SHOULDER,
BUT IT JUST FELT LIKE HIS
WHOLE BODY WAS JUST, YOU
KNOW, SHAKING.
THAT "G" TUBE IS JUST
VIBRATING REALLY SUPER
FAST UNDERNEATH HIS
T-SHIRT.
AND I NOTICED THIS, SO I'M
LOOKING AND WATCHING IT
AND THINKING, I'VE NEVER
SEEN IT DO THAT BEFORE.
AND THEN THAT VIBRATION
STARTS TO FOLLOW THE
PATTERN OF HIS INTESTINES.
I CAN SEE IT MOVING DOWN
HIS STOMACH, DOWN INTO THE
SECOND TUBE, WHICH WAS THE
"J" TUBE.
AND THEN THE "J" TUBE
STARTED DOING IT, TOO.
AND THE WHOA WHOLE THING IS
DOING THIS.
I FELT A BIG SHOCK GO
THROUGH MY SHOULDER AND MY
STOMACH, AND THE PULSING.
I MEAN, YOU JUST KNEW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND
THAT HE WAS BEING HEALED.
I KNEW WHEN WE ALL GOT OUT
TO THE PARKING LOT, WE'RE
STANDING THERE AND IT'S,
LIKE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS.
IT WAS ONE MOMENT IN TIME
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WHAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE
IS THAT WAS GOD
JUMP-STARTING MY STOMACH
BACK UP WITH A SHOCK.
Reporter: THAT NIGHT
HIS FAMILY WENT OUT TO
DINNER, AND CHRISTOPHER
ATE THE FIRST FULL MEAL OF
HIS LIFE WITH NO
COMPLICATIONS.
I JUST STARTED
SWALLOWING MORE AND MORE.
AND I GOT A BIGGER AND
BIGGER SMILE ON MY FACE.
AND I HAD A REALLY GOOD
TIME.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST
DAYS OF MY LIFE.
I COULD SWALLOW AS MUCH AS
I CAN.
AND I HAD THE WHOLE PLATE,
AND I HAD A DRINK, TOO.
Reporter: CHRISTOPHER
HAS BEEN HEALED
COMPLETELY, AND HIS
FEEDING TUBE HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
MIKE AND LEANN SAY THEY'RE
THANKFUL FOR THE LONG
JOURNEY THAT BROUGHT A
MIRACLE HEALING TO THEIR
SON.
THE HARDER THE JOURNEY,
THE BETTER THE REWARD.
THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I
LOOK AT IT NOW.
IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY.
AND, WOW, WHAT A REWARD.
GOD IS SO GOOD AND HE
IS SO BIG AND SO
COMPASSIONATE.
AND HE CAN HEAL ANYTHING.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
GOD.
WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR MAN
IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD.
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR
HIM.
Gordon: HE CAN HEAL
ANYTHING.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH GOD.
NOW, JUST TAKE A MOMENT
AND START THINKING, HOW
BIG IS POSSIBLE?
HOW BIG IS THAT?
HOW IS BIG YOUR GOD?
IS HE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
YOUR EVERY NEED?
IS HE ABLE TO DO
EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY
ABOVE ALL YOU COULD ASK OR
THINK?
REALIZE WE'RE THE ONES
THAT LIMIT GOD.
IT IS JUST LIKE THE
ISRAELITES IN THE DESERT.
THE BIBLE SAYS THEY
LIMITED THE HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL.
THEY SAW ALL OF THESE
INCREDIBLE MIRACLES, AND
THEY STILL LIMITED HIM.
DON'T LIMIT GOD.
LET HIM DO ALL THINGS FOR
YOU.
WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS,
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO
BELIEVE.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU
BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THEM WHO
BELIEVE.
BEFORE WE PRAY, WE'VE GOT
SOME OTHER MIRACLES FOR
YOU.
HERE IS ONE FROM
DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
GLADYS, SHE COULDN'T WALK
WITHOUT A LIMP.
SHE HAD STIFFNESS,
CIRCULATION ISSUES AND
PAIN IN HER LEGS.
AND SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM
SEVERE ITCHING IN HER
EARS.
SHE SAW SEVERAL DOCTORS
AND NOTHING HELPED.
LAST MAY, WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB," TERRY SAID,
"SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE AN
ISSUE WITH YOUR EARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN
INFECTION, BUT IT IS DEEP,
DEEP INSIDE YOUR EARS, AND
SOMETIMES IT ALMOST FEELS
ITCHY.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
YOU'LL KNOW BECAUSE
SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOING TO
REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU
WEREN'T HEARING AS YOUR
EARS OPEN UP AGAIN."
WELL, GLADYS RECEIVED
HEALING FOR HER EARS AND
TERRY CONTINUED.
"SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE
CIRCULATION PROBLEMS IN
YOUR LEGS AND YOU HAVE
TROUBLE WALKING AND YOUR
LEGS ARE COLD ALL OF THE
TIME.
GOD IS HEALING THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
CHANGE ACTUALLY IN THE
COLOR OF YOUR LEGS."
WELL, GLADYS CAN NOW WALK
WITHOUT LIMPING.
SHE IS PRAISING GOD FOR
HER HEALING.
THAT'S A MIRACLE.
Terry: A MIRACLE.
THIS IS JANINE, WHO LIVES
IN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.
> SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A
CAR ACCIDENT IN '95, AND
AFTER WORDS SHE HAD PAIN
IN HER NECK AND HANDS.
SHE WENT TO A
CHIROPRACTOR, RECEIVED
MESSAGES, BUT IT
CONTINUED.
AND IN 2014, SHE DEVELOPED
THESE KNOTS IN HER NECK
AND SHOULDER AND HER HANDS
BEGAN TO GO NUMB.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM ONE DAY IN
APRIL.
ON MAY 2nd OF THIS YEAR,
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM AND, GORDON, YOU
GAVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT HEALING OF TORN
TENDONS IN THE SHOULDER.
AND SHE SAID HE HEARD ME
GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT PROBLEMS IN HER
HAND.
SHE CLAIMED BOTH WORDS AND
THE PAIN DISAPPEARED, AND
SHE PRAISED THE LORD.
Gordon: AMEN.
THE PAIN IS GONE.
WITH YOUR CHILDREN, YOU
PROVIDE FOR THEM, AND YOU
PROVIDE EVERY MEAL FOR
THEM.
AND JESUS SAID, THIS IS
THE CHILDREN'S BREAD.
SO HE WANTS TO GIVE IT TO
YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE
HIM.
HE WANTS TO GIVE IT TO
YOU.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT
THIS IS REAL, THAT THIS IS
POSSIBLE.
SO LEAVE ALL OF YOUR
DOUBTS BEHIND AND LET'S
COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE
OF GRACE AND LET'S ASK.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU NOW,
AND WE SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THOSE WHO ARE CRYING OUT
FOR HEALING.
AND WE COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THEM.
AND WE CLAIM THIS
WONDERFUL WORD, IF TWO OR
MORE AGREE TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE.
AND SO WE ASK NOW THAT
YOU'RE HEALING WOULD JUST
FLOW INTO THEIR BODIES.
AND FROM THE TOP OF THEIR
HEADS TO THE SOUL SOLES OF
THEIR FEET, THEY WOULD BE
RESTORED AND MADE WHOLE
NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE
GOT A TORN TRICEP IN YOUR
RIGHT ARM, IN THE UPPER
ARM, IN THE BACK, AND GOD
IS HEALING THAT.
YOU JUST FELT THE PAIN
COMPLETELY LEAVE.
IT IS AN INSTANTANEOUS
MIRACLE FOR YOU.
WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO
BEFORE, DO IT NOW, AND
REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
HEALED.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A
RECURRING PROBLEM -- YOU
HAVE, LIKE, THESE LITTLE
BLISTERS UNDER THE LIDS OF
YOUR EYES AND IT IS VERY
ANNOYING.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
IMBALANCE AND THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU.
AND THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN
SUFFERING FROM SCABIES.
YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO GET
RID OF IT.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR
YOU.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A
CRASH AND YOU'VE INJURED
THE BACK OF YOUR SHOULDER
AND YOUR RIB CAGE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE IS OUT OF
ALIGNMENT, AND GOD IS
HEALING ALL OF THAT.
HE IS PUTTING YOUR SPINE
BACK INTO PROPER
ALIGNMENT.
HE IS TAKING AWAY ALL OF
THAT PAIN IN YOUR BACK
NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED.
Terry: A HIP OUT OF
ALIGNMENT, IN ALIGNMENT
NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
Gordon: LORD, WE
THANK YOU FOR YOU ARE THE
HEALER, AND YOU'VE DONE
MIRACLES IN THE PAST, BUT
YOU'RE THE SAME YESTERDAY,
TODAY, AND FOREVER.
AND TODAY WE THANK YOU FOR
THE MIRACLES THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
KNACK, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE
DONE FOR US.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY
GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE IN
YOUR GOOD REPORT, SO GIVE
US A CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
HERE FOR YOU 24 HOURS A
DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
US.
> WE'LL ANSWER SOME OF
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER
THIS VIEWER QUESTION
TODAY.
THIS PERSON SAYS, "CAN
CHRISTIANS USE MEDITATION
TO FOCUS MORE ON JESUS?
IS IT BIBLICAL?
DID JESUS MEDITATE?
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
IMPROVE MY HELP.
SHOULD CHRISTIANS STAY
AWAY FROM IT?"
Gordon: THERE ARE NO
RECORDED INSTANCES IN THE
BIBLE WHERE JESUS
MEDITATED.
HE WOULD SPEND ALL NIGHT
IN PRAYER.
THE BIBLE ENCOURAGES US TO
MEDITATE ON THE WORD.
WHO IS THE WORD?
THAT'S JESUS.
SO IT HAS BEEN A LONG
CHRISTIAN PRACTICE TO HAVE
WHAT'S CALLED THE PRAYER
OF MEDITATION, THE JESUS
PRAYER.
LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF
GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A
SINNER.
I LIKE TO MEDITATE ON THE
WORD, AND IT ENABLES IT TO
BECOME PART OF ME.
> WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM JAMES 5:
"THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL
SAVE THE SICK, AND THE
LORD WILL RAISE HIM UP."
