Gordon: A HORRIFIC
CAR ACCIDENT.
I FOUND MYSELF UPSIDE
DOWN, HANGING BY MY SEAT
BELT, IN A RAVINE AT 1:30
IN THE MORNING.
I WOKE UP CHOKING ON MY
OWN BLOOD.
Gordon: ALL AMERICAN
SOCCER STAR MO ISOM SAYS
SHE WRECKED HER LIFE AND
SAVED IT IN THE PROCESS.
SHE JOINS US LIVE ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
*
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO THE SHOW.
WILL YOUR CHILD'S
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOST AN
AFTER-SCHOOL SATAN CLUB?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS REAL.
IT IS NOT A MADE-UP STORY.
AFTER-SCHOOL SATAN CLUBS
MAY BE COMING TO A SCHOOL
NEAR YOU.
AND HERE THE "WASHINGTON
POST" IS REPORTING THAT
PEOPLE BEHIND THIS CLUB
SAY THEIR GOAL IS NOT FOR
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO
WORSHIP THE DEVIL.
LUSIAN GRIEVES, THE
CO-FOUNDER O, SAYS SATAN IS
MERELY A FORM, WHICH TAKES
A STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS
OF OPPRESSION OF THE HUMAN
MIND.
THE AFTER-SCHOOL SATAN
CLUBS WILL FOCUS ON FREE
INQUIRY AND RATIONALISM.
LAST WEEK THE CLUB
RELEASED A PROFESSIONAL
VIDEO, WHICH LOOKS LIKE
EVERY CHILD'S NIGHTMARE
COME TO LIFE, A MASH UP OF
CREEPY IMAGES.
IT MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND OR EVEN IMAGINE
THAT ANY CHILD WOULD
CHOOSE TO GO TO THIS CLUB
OR ANY PARENT WOULD LET
THEM.
SO FAR THE GROUP IS
GETTING A RATHER CHILLY
RECEPTION FROM SCHOOLS.
THIS IS FROM A K-8 SCHOOL
IN TUCSON, WHO REFUSED IT.
AND IN COBB COUNTY,
GEORGIA, ONE PARENT WHO'S
STUDENT ATTENDS THE SCHOOL
SAYS THE SCHOOL THAT THE
CLUB IS TARGETING HAD THIS
TO SAY.
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS
IN THE WORLD, THAN TO
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO ACTUALLY
TAKE ON THIS ATTITUDE AND
DEMEANOR.
IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
Gordon: THE GROUP'S
STRATEGY IS TO PUT A CLUB
IN EVERY DISTRICT WHERE
SCHOOLS HAVE A GOOD NEWS
CLUB.
IN 2011, GOOD NEWS CLUBS
WERE IN 3,560 SCHOOLS, AND
THAT'S JUST 5% OF THE
NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE GOOD
NEWS CLUBS?
ACCORDING TO THE GOOD NEWS
CLUBS WEBSITE, EACH CLUB
INCLUDES A CLEAR
PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL
AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHILDREN TO TRUST THE LORD
JESUS AS SAVIOR.
EACH WEEK THE TEACHER
PRESENTS A BIBLE LESSON,
AND THE CHILD SING,
MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE, HEAR
MISSION STORIES AND PLAY
REVIEW GAMES BASED ON THE
LESSON'S THEME.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THE GOOD
NEWS CLUB, AND MAYBE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO START ONE IN
YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL OR
NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS ALL
LEGAL BECAUSE THEY'RE
VOLUNTARY.
THE PARENTS HAVE TO AGREE,
AND THE SCHOOL HAS TO
SPONSOR IT.
ALL HAVE YOU TO DO IS GO
TO THROUGH WEBSITE IF YOU
WANT MORE INFORMATION:
goodnewsclub.com.
AND THAT IS A WONDERFUL
THING TO DO.
REALIZE THAT AFTER-SCHOOL
CLUBS ARE PROTECTED.
IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FREE
EXERCISE OF RELIGION, AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES FROM IT.
> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
TIME YOU TURN AROUND THESE
DAYS, THERE IS SOMETHING
IN THE NEWS OR ON SOCIAL
MEDIA TO MAKE US UPSET.
WELL, COMEDIAN JOHN CHRIS
SAYS IF THAT'S YOU, THEN
YOU NEED TO GET THE
"GET
OFFENDED APP."
> INTRODUCING "GET
OFFENDED" AND IT IS A APP
THAT LET'S THE WORLD KNOW
YOU'VE BEEN HURT BY
SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO GET
INSTANTLY OFFENDED AT THE
PUSH OF A BUTTON.
DON'T LET ANOTHER ZOO
GORILLA SITUATION GO BY
WITHOUT LETTING THE WORLD
KNOW YOU HAVE A STRONG
OPINION.
SIMPLY ENTER YOUR
ETHNICITY AND HELP YOU TO
GET OFFENDED.
JUST GET ONLINE AND GET
ANGRY.
POLITICALLY INCLINED, THE
OLD DAYS OF EDUCATING
YOURSELF AND VOTING IN
ELECTIONS ARE OVER.
JUST GET ONLINE AND GET
ANGRY.
SO FROM THE MAKERS OF THE
CHANGE YOUR PROFILE, TO
HELP YOU GET OFFENDED, YOU
CAN START.
NOW YOU CAN TAKE ANY
HUMERUS SITUATION AND
INSTANTLY RUIN IT WITH
"GET OFFENDED."
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO
GET OFFENDED ABOUT AN
ISSUE TODAY THAT YOU
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED
YESTERDAY.
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE APP
STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY.
Gordon: THAT'S A
PARODY, BUT ARE WE EVER
GETTING OFFENDED NOW.
AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS A WAY
TO SPREAD IT AROUND.
> JOE AND BILLY ARE MAMA
AND PAPA TO THEIR
GRANDDAUGHTER, SHALIN
NELSON.
SHALIN WANTED TO SHOW THE
WORLD THE KIND OF LOVE HER
GRANDPARENTS HAVE IS
ENDURING.
AS A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER,
SHE WAS TIRED OF SEEING SO
MANY COUPLES DIVORCE, SO
SHE DECIDED TO SHOWCASE
STORIES THAT WOULD REMIND
PEOPLE THAT MARRIAGE IS
FOREVER.
SO SHE RECRUITED HER
GRANDPARENTS ON THEIR
63rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
FOR A PICTURE.
SINCE SHE FIRST SHARED THE
PICTURES, THEY'VE RECEIVED
OVER 150 LOVE STORIES FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND
SHE IS HOPING TO RAISE
FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO
DOCUMENT THEM ALL AND
PERHAPS EVEN TURN IT INTO
A FILM.
AND WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE
ON HER GRANDPARENTS, AND
SAY A PRAYER FOR PAPA.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE
HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR HIS
LIFE.
AND SHE SAYS HER
GRANDPARENTS ALWAYS WATCH
THE SHOW, AND SO IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, YOU'RE IN OUR
PRAYERS.
YOU CAN USE THE HASHTAG
OLD LOVE BOOK, AND IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PRAY FOR
PAPA, THERE WILL BE A
PLACE ON OUR Facebook
PAGE WHERE YOU CAN POST
YOUR PRAYER.
> COMING UP, SHE IS THE
ALL AMERICAN SOCCER STAR
WHO KICKED A 90-YARD GOAL
AND THE FIRST FEMALE TO
TRY OUT FOR AN F.C.C.
FOOTBALL TEAM.
BUT MO SAYS HER LIFE
Gordon: BY ALL
APPEARANCES, MO ISOM HAD
IT ALL TOGETHER.
AN L.S.U. SOCCER STAR.
SHE WAS FEATURED IN
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED." SHE
EVEN MADE IT TO ESPN'S TOP
10 PLAYS, AND I ACTUALLY
REMEMBER THAT.
BUT ONE DAY MO WOKE UP AND
FOUND HERSELF UPSIDE DOWN
IN A CRUMBLE-UP JEEP AND
FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
Reporter: L.S.U.
SOCCER ICON MO ISOM WAS
THE STARTER AS A FRESHMAN
AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
SHE WAS CELEBRATED FOR HER
SKILLS, AND BECAME THE
FIRST FEMALE ATHLETE TO
TRY OUT FOR THE MEN'S
FOOTBALL TEAM, AND IN 2011
WAS NAMED HOMECOMING
QUEEN.
ON THE OUTSIDE, MO
APPEARED TO HAVE IT ALL.
BUT ON THE INSIDE SHE
WRESTLED WITH A POOR SELF
IMAGE.
IN MY BROKENNESS, THE
STORMS WERE ALL I COULD
REALLY SEE.
I STRUGGLED WITH AN EATING
DISORDER.
SUICIDE WAS A PART OF MY
STORY.
A HORRIFIC CAR ACCIDENT.
Reporter: IN HER BOOK
"WRECK MY LIFE," SHE TELLS
THE STORY OF HER JOURNEY
FROM BEING BROKEN TO
BECOMING BOLD, AND WHERE
SHE FOUND HER TRUE SELF
WORTH.
Gordon: WELL, MO IS
WITH US NOW.
MO, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU,
YOU'RE A GAMER.
IF I'M PICKING A TEAM,
YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.
THANK YOU.
Gordon: YEAH.
I'LL PLAY ON YOUR TEAM
ANY DAY.
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S AN HONOR.
Gordon: JUST AN
INCREDIBLE STORY.
LET'S JUST PICK IT UP
RIGHT WHERE YOU GOT
WRECKED.
UH-HUH.
Gordon: AND HERE YOU
ARE, UPSIDE DOWN IN A
JEEP, AND SUDDENLY THE
PRESENCE OF GOD INVADES.
AND OVERWHELMED AND
FILLED A GAPING HOLE IN MY
HEART.
IT HAD BEEN YEARS OF JUST
A LOT OF ADVERSITY,
UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE.
ALL OF THESE ATHLETIC
SURFACES AND HIGHS, BUT
UNDERNEATH DEALING WITH
CRIPPLING DIVERSITITIES,
EATING DISORDER, THE
SUICIDE OF MY DAD,
PROMISCUITY -- I WAS JUST
LOST.
Gordon: WAS A LOT OF
THE SPORTS TRYING TO MAKE
UP FOR THAT?
I THINK I IN A WAY IT WAS
KIND OF MY ONLY
THERAPEUTIC RELEASE.
IT WAS MY PLACE I COULD GO
WHERE I COULD DOES CONNECT
FROM LIFE AND WHAT WAS
GOING ON AND LET IT ALL
OUT.
I THINK THAT'S WHY
CONTINUED TO EXCEL
ATHLETICLY, EVEN THOSE
THINGS WERE CRUMBLING
PERSONALLY.
IT WAS A PLACE THAT I WAS
ABLE TO JUST KIND OF BE
AND DISCONNECT AND
COMPETE.
SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL, AND
THAT WAS A RELIEF.
BUT I WAS STRUGGLING IN A
REAL, REAL WAY.
IN MY HEART.
IN THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT
NIGHT, WHEN MY PRAYER WAS
GOD, JUST WRECK MY LIFE
AND END IT --
Gordon: DO YOU EVER
WANT TO TAKE THAT PRAYER
BACK?
NEVER.
I PRAY IT BECOMES THE
PRAYER OF EVERYONE.
THAT THEY WOULD SAY, GOD,
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO
SAVE MY ETERNAL STORY.
THAT'S BOLD.
AND IN MY LIFE, HE
ANSWERED QUITE LITERALLY.
I DON'T SAY EVERYONE GET
IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE
COURAGE TO SAY, GOD, BREAK
WHATEVER IT IS THAT NEEDS
TO BE BROKEN SO I CAN BE
MORE LIKE YOU, THEN WE
PRAYED A REALLY STRONG
PRAYER.
IN MY PRAYER, HE ANSWERED
IT WITH A REAL CAR
ACCIDENT AND HE MET ME
RIGHT THERE.
Gordon: YOU RATTLED
OFF A WHOLE LIST OF
THINGS.
YOU KNEW YOUR LIFE WAS OUT
OF CONTROL.
UH-HUH.
Gordon: YOU KNEW THAT
YOU NEEDED HELP.
UH-HUH.
Gordon: LOOKING AT
THAT LIST, THE REAL
SIGNATURE ONE IS THE DEATH
OF YOUR FATHER.
UH-HUH.
Gordon: THAT HAD TO
BE THE SOURCE, AND THEN
EVERYTHING ELSE FLOWED
FROM THAT.
RIGHT, IT SEEMED THAT
ALL OF THE OTHER ADVERSITY
WAS KIND OF
SELF-INFLICTED.
BUT THE LOSS OF MY DAD WAS
TRULY SOMETHING I HAD NO
CONTROL OVER.
AND IT WAS THE MOST
IMPACTFUL TO MY HEART.
HE IS MY EARTHLY FATHER.
AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T
KNOW THE LOVE OF THE
HEAVENLY FATHER.
I ONLY KNEW THE PICTURE OF
LOVE PAINTED BY THIS MAN.
AND WHEN THIS MAN GAVE UP,
PUT A GUN TO HIS HEART AND
PULLED THE TRIGGER, I
SUDDENLY BEGAN TO QUESTION
EVERYTHING.
HOW WAS MY LOVE NOT ENOUGH
FOR HIM TO CHANGE HIS
DECISION THAT DAY?
WE START -- WE TURN
INWARD, WE REALLY DO, AND
SIN KIND OF FLOWS OUT OF
THAT.
Gordon: DID YOU SEE
IT COMING?
NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
MY DAD WAS A FAMILY MAN,
THROUGH AND THROUGH.
PROBABLY SOME OF HIS WORK
ASSOCIATES COULD HAVE SEEN
HE WAS STRUGGLING.
HE CARRIED A LOT OF
WEIGHT.
HE WAS AN ATTORNEY.
THAT'S A HARD POSITION.
BUT WE NEVER SAW THAT.
HE WAS HIS BEST WHEN HE
WAS AROUND HIS FAMILY
BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS JOY.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF
FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT CAME
TO THE SURFACE.
AND I THINK HE REALIZED HE
HAD HARMED AND REALLY
AFFECTED THE ONE THING HE
LOVED THE MOST, WHICH WAS
HIS FAMILY.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE
STRAW THAT BROKE THE
CAMEL'S BACK.
Gordon: DO YOU EVER
ASK GOD WHY?
I DID FOR A WHILE.
I SURE DID.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT
CATAPULTED ME INTO MY
DEPRESSION, INTO THE
ANXIETY, INTO THE
PROMISCUITY, INTO ALL OF
THE BROKEN THINGS,
WONDERING HOW A GOD WHO
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD
AND LOVING AND WHOLLY IN
CONTROL COULD ALLOW SUCH
TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN.
IN MY LIFE, I WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE THAT GIRL.
THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
MY STORY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ALL
THINK.
AND I WAS ANGRY WITH GOD.
I SAY I TOOK OFF RUNNING
FROM HIM, BUT IT WAS MORE
LIKE A WRESTLING MATCH
WITH HIM.
BECAUSE THERE WAS A PART
OF ME THAT KNEW HE WAS
REAL, BUT THERE WAS A
BIGGER PART OF ME THAT
WANTED TO DENY IT, WANTED
TO SORT OF DISMISS IT
BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
THIS GOD KNEW ME OR LOVED
ME OR EVEN CARED THAT MUCH
ABOUT ME.
Gordon: IF HE IS
REAL, HE ISN'T DOING A
GOOD JOB OF RUNNING THE
UNIVERSE?
EXACTLY.
HE MUST BE MORE OUT OF
CONTROL THAN THESE OTHER
CHRISTIANS THINK.
Gordon: ALL OF THESE
QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED,
THOUGH, IN THE WRECKAGE OF
A JEEP.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I THINK WE THINK WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS
EDUCATION AND
UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE
TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND
THINGS, BUT THE TRUTH IS
IT TAKES A WHISPER FROM
THE KING OF ALL KINGS.
Gordon: YOU GOT MORE
THAN A WHISTLE.
I GOT A SCREAM.
I GOT AN ENCOUNTER.
IT WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN
IN THAT WRECKAGE THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT ENTERED THAT
VEHICLE AND IT WAS
CRUSHING, OVERWHELMING.
THE GAPING HOLE THAT HAD
BEEN LEFT AFTER THE LOSS
OF MY DAD WAS FILLED.
AND GOD BEGAN TO POUR INTO
MY HEART, BE STILL.
KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
THAT I LOVE YOU.
THAT I SEE YOU.
THAT I KNOW YOU.
THAT I AM FOR YOU.
SATAN IS WAGING BATTLES,
BUT I HAVE WON THE WAR.
AND I HAVE PLANS AND
PURPOSE FOR YOU.
AND HE JUST BEGAN TO
DOWNLOAD THE DEPTHS OF
WHAT CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION
ON THE CROSS ACTUALLY
MEANT IN MY LIFE.
IT WAS NO LONGER A REMOVED
STORY I HAD HEARD IN
CHURCH.
IT WAS WRITTEN INTO MY
GENEOLOGY.
THAT WAS A PART OF MY
STORY, THIS SACRIFICE MADE
ON MY BEHALF.
I GET GOOSE BUMPS TALKING
ABOUT IT NOW.
I'LL START PREACHING.
IT WAS AMAZING.
Gordon: IT IS AN
AMAZING REVELATION WHEN
YOU AGREE WITH THE
PSALMIST IN THE SCROLL OF
THE BOOK, IT IS WRITTEN OF
ME.
IT IS NOT SOMEBODY ELSE.
THESE THINGS ARE HERE
WRITTEN FOR ME.
AND IT BECOMES VERY
PERSONAL FOR YOU.
IT DOES.
Gordon: AND IT
ANSWERS ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS.
IT ANSWERS ALL OF THAT
ANGER YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,
WHERE YOU UNDERSTAND HIM.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW WHO HAVEN'T HAD
THAT ENCOUNTER AND ARE
GOING, CAN THIS BE REAL?
CAN IT HAPPEN TO ME?
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO
GET THAT?
THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE
THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE I
WAS FOR SO LONG.
AND THIS IS HARD AND THIS
IS CHALLENGING, BUT I
WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO
PRAY, GOD, REVEAL YOURSELF
TO ME.
WHATEVER IT TAKES,
WHATEVER HAVE YOU TO DO IN
MY LIFE, WOULD YOU REVEAL
YOURSELF TO ME SO THAT I
CAN'T MISS IT?
THAT'S THE BOLDEST PRAYER
WE CAN PRAY.
I WAS A STUBBORN HEART WHO
NEEDED TO PRAY JUST THAT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT'S A
PRAYER HE VERY QUICKLY
RESPONDS TO.
SO TO PRAY THAT PRAYER AND
TO OPEN OUR EYES AND
HEARTS TO THE WAYS HE MAY
BE REVEALING HIMSELF, IT
CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.
IT IS A SCARY PRAYER AND
ONE WE MAY PRAY WITH EVEN
SOME DOUBT IN MY MIND --
CAN HE EVEN DO IT OR ARE
THESE JUST WORDS -- BUT I
CHALLENGE YOU TO PRAY IT
AND SEE HOW HE SHOWS UP.
THAT WILL BE UNIQUE IN
EVERY PERSON'S LIFE.
IT'S WORTH ASKING FOR.
Gordon: WHEN YOU WERE
RESCUED IN THE WRECKAGE,
YOU KEPT TELLING THIS
RETIRED PARAMEDIC, GOD IS
BEAUTIFUL.
HAVE YOU EVER TIEWK TALKED TO
HIM AFTERWARDS?
THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.
MY MOM GOT TO SPEAK TO HIM
AFTER THE WRECK.
I WAS KIND OF IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND I
DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF
HIM.
HE TOLD MY MOM, I KEPT
REPEATING, GOD IS
BEAUTIFUL.
AND ALL I CARED TO DO WAS
TELL ANYONE WHO WOULD
LISTEN ABOUT IT.
I NEVER GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
HIM AFTERWARDS, BUT ALL I
CARED TO DO SINCE I CLIMB
OUCLIMBED OUT OF THAT CAR,
WAS TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT
THIS KING WHO MET ME AND
WHO SAVED ME AND HEALED
ME.
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM
SOME DAY.
WHO KNOWS WHERE HE IS.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE STORY
HE COULD TELL AT FAMILY
GATHERINGS OF THE WEIRD
GIRL.
Gordon: HE GETS A
LIFE STORY.
> AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER,
THINGS WEREN'T ALL GREAT.
AND I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT AFTER YOU HAD THAT
ENCOUNTER, THAT'S ACTUALLY
WHERE THE REAL TESTS
REALLY START.
YES.
Gordon: YES, THERE
WERE STRUGGLES BEFORE, BUT
NOW YOU'RE INTO YOU
KNOW --
RIGHT.
Gordon: -- AND YOU
DON'T HAVE EXCUSES
ANYMORE, AND YOU'VE GOT TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.
RIGHT.
Gordon: YOU HAVE TO
CHANGE YOUR HEART.
YOU HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH
THIS PROCESS NOW.
EXACTLY.
Gordon: WHAT WAS IT
LIKE FOR YOU?
FOR ME, AND SO MANY
PEOPLE WRESTLE WITH THIS
SAME THING, MY HEART HAD
BEEN TRANSFORMED, BUT I
WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I
COULD JUST KIND OF STEP
BACK INTO THE LIFE I HAD
BEEN LIVING.
AND THAT I COULD JUST GO
ABOUT MY DAYS, JUST AS I
WAS, AND SORT OF MODIFY
SOME BEHAVIORS, MAYBE, BUT
I KIND OF JUST STEPPED
RIGHT BACK INTO THE RHYTHM
OF MY PREVIOUS SIN.
AND THOSE TEMPTATIONS THAT
EXISTED BEFORE WERE STILL
VERY MUCH PRESENT.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE
IN MY LIFE AT THAT TIME,
AND PROBABLY WHO WEREN'T
THE PEOPLE I SHOULD HAVE
BEEN WITH OR AROUND, THEY
WERE STILL PRESENT.
I CAME TO REALIZE, AS I
STUMBLED AND STRUGGLED IN
HIS EARLY WALK, THAT GOD
WAS CALLING ME TO DIE TO
SELF, TO STEP AWAY FROM
THE RHYTHM OF MY SIN, FROM
THE PEOPLE, FROM THE
PLACES, FROM ALL OF THESE
THINGS, TO STEP INTO A
SEASON OF ME AND GOD.
AND TO BEGIN TO LEARN WHAT
A LIVING, BREATHING
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
LOOKS LIKE AND MEANS AND
HOW IT TRANSFORMS YOUR
LIFE.
NOT JUST MODIFIES YOUR
BEHAVIORS, BUT TRANSFORMS
YOUR HEART AND YOUR LIFE.
SO I HAD TO MAKE SOME
REALLY HARD DECISIONS.
I HAD TO STEP REALLY INTO
A SEASON OF LONELINESS, TO
SAY GOOD-BYE TO PEOPLE, TO
DISCONNECT MYSELF FROM
SOCIAL GROUPS, FROM PLACES
THAT WERE COMFORTABLE TO
ME, AND TO START TO SAY,
GOD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
FOR ME, AND WHERE WOULD
YOU HAVE ME GO?
I THINK THAT CAN BE REALLY
HARD FOR A NEW BELIEVER.
THAT COULD MEAN BREAKING
UP WITH A BOYFRIEND OR A
GIRLFRIEND THAT YOU'RE
WITH, OR STEPPING AWAY
FROM FRIENDSHIPS THAT
YOU'VE BEEN IN FOR A LONG
TIME.
BUT THERE IS NO MORE
IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP
THAN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
AND I WRITE IN MY BOOK --
I KIND OF LOVE THIS
LINE -- HOW CAN WE EVER BE
FAITHFUL AND MONOGAMOUS
WITH A KING WHEN WE CAVE
TO EVERY ADULTEROUS
HEART."
WE'RE PRONE TO WANDER, AND
GOD SAYS, LOVE ME WITH ALL
OF YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND,
YOUR STRENGTH, FIRST AND
FOREMOST, AND THEN LET
LIFE HAPPEN.
THEN I'LL SEND YOU OUT.
SO I HAD TO LEARN THAT,
AND THAT WAS HARD.
THAT WAS REALLY HARD.
I STEPPED INTO A SEASON OF
ISOLATION WITH JESUS IN A
SENSE, RELATIONALLY.
I STEPPED INTO AN INTIMACY
FAST THAT I CALLED
"KISSLESS UNTIL NEXT
CHRISTMAS."
AND I WENT FAR BEYOND
CHRISTMAS.
HE BEGAN TO TRANSFORM MY
LIFE AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND ME IN MY LIFE.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM ON A
REGULAR BASIS THROUGH THE
PEOPLE I WAS SPENDING TIME
WITH AND THE COMMUNITY I
WAS WITH.
Gordon: AND YOU
LEARNED TO TRUST HIM.
YES.
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
TO MAKE HIM FIRST, THAT HE
WOULD GUIDE MY DAYS.
TO SURRENDER TO THAT.
AND WHEN WE DO, IT IS HARD
AND UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT
THEN IT BECOMES GLORY AND
AMAZING AND WE BEGIN TO
CRAVE IT.
THERE IS NO SWEETER TASTE.
YOU GO BACK TO THOSE OLD
SIN STRUGGLES, AND THEY'RE
JUST BLAND.
THEY DON'T DO IT.
THEY DON'T GIVE THE HIGH
ANYMORE.
Gordon: TASTE AND SEE
THAT THE LORD IS GOOD.
> WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU?
I'M A MAMA AND A WIFE.
AND I AM A SPEAKER AS
WELL.
I TRAVEL THE COUNTRY,
INTERNATIONALLY SPEAKING,
SHARING THIS TESTIMONY AND
THIS TRUTH.
FOR NOW WITH THE BOOK OUT,
IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE A
RESOURCE THAT I CAN OFFER,
BUT I CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT
HIS BUSINESS.
WHEREVER HE SENDS, I WILL
FOLLOW AND GO.
AND I'M EXCITED.
Gordon: YAY!
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE
OF MO'S STORY, JUST PICK
UP A COPY OF HER BOOK, AND
ITS CALLED "WRECK MY
LIFE," AND THAT'S A GREAT
PRAYER.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
MO, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Gordon: UP NEXT, A
TEENAGED GIRL LEAVES HOME
FOR SIX MONTHS AND RETURNS
WITH A NEW HEART.
SEE HOW YOU WERE THE
ANSWER TO THIS FAMILY'S
Gordon: WHEN YOU
BECOME A CBN PARTNER, YOU
TOUCH LIVES IN THE MOST
REMOTE PLACES.
HELPING PEOPLE LIKE
13-YEAR-OLD KRISHNA, IN A
PART OF NEPAL WHERE MANY
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN A
DOCTOR.
Terry: HIGH IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST
NEPAL IS A LAND THAT TIME
HAS FORGOTTEN.
MOST PEOPLE IN THE HUMLA
DISTRICT HAVE NO RUNNING
WATER, ELECTRICITY, OR
DOCTORS.
IT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD FOR
13-YEAR-OLD KRISHNA.
SHE SUFFERED EVERY DAY NOT
KNOWING SHE HAD HEART
PROBLEMS.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator: I
DIDN'T WALK OR FETCH
WATER.
I FEEL WEAK.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO WORK.
I CANNOT DIG IN THE FIELD.
Terry: LIKE MOST
PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE,
KRISHNA AND HER FAMILY
WERE HINDU.
THEN THEY LEARNED ABOUT
JESUS CHRIST BY READING A
GOSPEL TRACT.
MY FATHER BECAME A
BELIEVER AND PRAYED THAT I
WOULD SURVIVE.
LATER I ALSO BECAME A
BELIEVER.
Terry: THEIR FAITH IN
JESUS INFURIATED THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
THE NEIGHBORS ASKED US,
WHAT WILL YOU GET BY
BELIEVING.
Terry: BUT KRISHNA'S
FAMILY STOOD THEIR GROUND.
WE ASKED GOD FOR HELP.
WE SAID, LORD, WE PRAY
THAT THEY WOULD ALSO
BELIEVE IN YOU.
Terry: KRISHNA'S
CONDITION GOT WORSE.
A DOCTOR IN A NEARBY
VILLAGE SAID SHE NEEDED
OPEN-HEART SURGERY.
I PRAYED, FATHER GOD,
PLEASE HELP ME.
PLEASE PROVIDE FOR ME.
SAVE MY LIFE.
Terry: THEN THEIR
PASTOR HEARD ABOUT CBN AND
CALLED US.
WE CAME TO KRISHNA'S HOME
AND TOLD HER CBN WOULD PAY
FOR HER SURGERY AT A
HOSPITAL IN KATHMANDU.
BUT THAT MEANT KRISHNA
WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE HER
HOME AND FAMILY BEHIND.
WHEN KRISHNA AND THE CBN
TEAM ARRIVED AT THE
HOSPITAL, DOCTORS TOLD HER
SHE MADE IT JUST IN TIME.
THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS.
KRISHNA WAS TOLD SHE WOULD
HAVE TO LIVE IN KATHMANDU
FOR ONGOING MEDICAL
TREATMENTS AND BETTER
LIVING CONDITIONS.
SO A CHRISTIAN FAMILY
THERE WELCOMED HER AS PART
OF THEIR FAMILY.
SIX MONTHS LATER, KRISHNA
WENT HOME FOR A VISIT.
SHE HAS CHANGED.
HER FACE HAS COLOR.
SHE LOOKS HEALTHY.
Terry: KRISHNA AND
HER FAMILY GAVE ALL OF THE
GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST.
GOD IS GREAT AND HIGH
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
Terry: AND SOME OF
THOSE WHO PERSECUTED THEM
NOW GATHER AT LIA THEIR HOME
TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP THE
ONE TRUE GOD.
ALL OF YOU PRAYED FOR
ME, AND THE MONEY FOR MY
OPERATION WAS RAISED.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
PEOPLE OF GOD.
Gordon: IF YOU WANT
TO BE A PART OF IT, A PART
OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING
AROUND THE WORLD, ALL HAVE
YOU TO DO IS JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT
GOES INTO THE WORK OF
"OPERATION BLESSING."
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO
THE WORK OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL, TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL AROUND THE
WORLD.
YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF IT
WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
JUST $20 A MONTH.
THAT BREAKS OUT TO 65
CENTS A DAY.
AND YOU JOIN WITH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
SAY, YES, WE WANT TO DO
THIS.
WE WANT TO SEE THE GOSPEL
GO AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR
YOU.
IT'S OUR GIFT BACK TO YOU:
"VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S
STORMS."
IT'S A WONDERFUL NEW
D.V.D. FROM MY FATHER.
IT HAS STORIES OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH
INCREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND GOD HAS SEEN THEM
THROUGH.
AND NOT JUST SEEN THEM
THROUGH SO THEY MAKE IT
THROUGH, SEEN THEM THROUGH
SO THEY HAVE VICTORY IN
THE MIDDLE OF LIFE'S
STORMS.
IF YOU WANT IT, JOIN US
NOW: 1-888-777-1999.
> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
WORD FROM PSALM 66: "COME
AND SEE WHAT OUR GOD HAS
DONE, WHAT AWESOME
MIRACLES HE PERFORMS FOR
HIS PEOPLE."
FROM ALL OF US HERE, GOD
