Gordon: A HORRIFIC
CAR ACCIDENT...
AND 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 ISAM SAYS
SHE WRECKED HER LIFE AND
SAVED IT IN THE PROCESS.
SHE JOINS US LIVE ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
WELL, WELCOME TO THIS
SHOW.
WILL YOUR CHILD'S
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOST AN
AFTER-SCHOOL SATAN CLUB?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS REAL.
THIS 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
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS
CLUB, LEADERS OF THE
SATANIC TEMPLE, SAY THEIR
GOAL IS NOT FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS TO WORSHIP THE
DEVIL.
LUSIAN GRIEVES SAYS SATAN
IS MERELY A ME METAPHORICAL
CONSTRUCT, WHICH
SYMBOLIZES TAKING A STAND
AGAINST ALL FORM OF
REPRESSION OF THE HUMAN
MIND.
ACCORDING TO GRIEVES, THE
GROUP WILL FOCUS ON FREE
INQUIRY AND RATIONALISM.
THEY RELEASED A VIDEO,
WHICH LOOKS LIKE EVERY
CHILD'S NIGHTMARE COME TO
LIFE.
A MASH-UP OF DOWNRIGHT
CREEPY IMAGES.
IT MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND WHY ANY CHILD
WOULD CLUE CHOOSE TO GO TO THIS
CLUB OR ANY PARENTS WOULD
LET THEM.
SO FAR THE GREENSHO GROUP IS
GETTING A CHILLY RECEPTION
TO THEM.
IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA,
ONE PARENT WHO'S STUDENT
ATTENDS THE SCHOOL HAD
THIS TO SAY...
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS
IN THE WORLD THAN TO
ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO
ACTUALLY TAKE ON THIS KIND
OF ATTITUDE AND DEMEANOR.
IT IS 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?
WELL, 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 CHILDREN SING,
MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE, HERE
MISSIONS 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 ARE
VOLUNTARY.
PARENTS HAVE TO AGREE, AND
THE SCHOOL HAS TO SPONSOR
IT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO
TO THEIR WEBSITE.
IF YOU WANT MORE
INFORMATION,
goodnewsclub.com.
AND THAT IS A WONDERFUL
THING TO DO.
REALIZE THAT AFTER-SCHOOL
CLUBS ARE PROTECTED.
IT IS ALL PART OF OUR FREE
EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
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.
COMEDIAN JOHN CHRIS SAYS
IF THAT'S YOU, THEN YOU
NEED TO GET THE GET
OFFENDED APP.
ARE YOU OUTRAGED BY
SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN ON
Facebook?
INTRODUCING "GET
OFFENDED," A NEW APP THAT
LET'S YOU LET THE WORLD
KNOW YOUR FEELINGS HAVE
BEEN HURT ON THE INTERNET.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS, THE
CONFEDERATE FLAGS, THE
SUPER BOWL HALF TIME
PERFORMANCE, IT ALLOWS YOU
TO GET INSTANTLY OFFENDED
AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON.
DON'T LET ANOTHER ZOO
GORILLA SITUATION GO BY
WITHOUT PUTTING OUT YOUR
OPINION.
STARBUCKS CUPS AND GENDER
BATHROOMS, FINALLY NO MORE
THINKING FOR YOURSELF OR
FORMING YOUR OWN OPINION.
JUST GET ONLINE AND GET
ANGRY.
POLITICALLY INCLINED?
THE OLD DAYS OF EDUCATING
YOURSELF AND VOTING IN
ELECTIONS ARE OVER.
JUST GET ON LINE AND START
SCREAMING.
COSTUMERS ALERTS ALLOW YOU
TO GET OFFENDED WHILE
REMAINING COMPLETELY
UNINFORMED.
COME GET OFFENDED.
DID YOU VIEW A VIDEO YOU
DON'T THINK IS FUNNY?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
STOP WATCHING?
YOU CAN TAKE ANY SITUATION
AND INSTANTLY RUIN IT WITH
"GET OFFENDED."
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO
GET OFFENDED TODAY ABOUT
AN ISSUE YOU DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW EXISTED YESTERDAY.
GET OFFENDED, HELPING YOU
LET THE OPINION OF
STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET
DETERMINE YOUR QUALITY OF
LIFE.
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE APP
AND GOOGLE PLAY.
Gordon: THAT'S A
PARODY, BUT ARE WE GETTING
OFFENDED NOW, AND SOCIAL
MEDIA SEEMS TO BE A
WONDERFUL WAY TO SPREAD
THE OFFENSE AROUND.
> JOJO AND BILLY ARE MAMA
AND PAPA AND THEY'VE BEEN
MARRIED 65 YEARS.
JAY LYNNE WANTED TO SHOW
THE WORLD THE LOVE HER
GRANDPARENTS HAVE.
AS A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER,
SHE WAS TIRED OF SEEING SO
MANY COUPLES DIVORCE, SO
SHE HAD AN IDEA, TO
SHOWCASE STORIES THAT
WOULD REMIND PEOPLE THAT
MARRIAGE IS FOREVER.
SHE RECRUITED HER
GRANDPARENTS ON THEIR
65th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY.
PAPA ALWAYS CALLED BILLY
JO THE ROSE OF HIS LIFE,
WITH A FEW THORNS HERE AND
THERE.
AND SINCE SHE FIRST SHARED
THE PICTURES, THEY
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.
JAY LYNNE SAYS HER
GRANDPARENTS WATCH THE
SHOW.
SO JO RAY, IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, YOU'RE IN OUR
PRAYERS.
YOU CAN FOLLOW HER ON
INSTAGRAM AT SHAY LYNNE
NELSON.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PRAY FOR PAPA, THERE WILL
BE A PAGE ON OUR
Facebook PAGE WHERE YOU
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 N.C.C.
MEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM.
BUT MO ISOM 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", AND SHE MADE
IT TO ESPN'S TOP 10 PLAYS.
I ACTUALLY REMEMBER THAT.
ONE DAY MO WOKE UP AND
FOUND HERSELF UPSIDE DOWN
IN A CRUMBLED UP JEEP AND
FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
Reporter: L.S.U.
SOCCER ICON MO ISOM BECAME
THE TEAM'S STARTING PLAYER
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.
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 HE FOUND HER TRUE
SELF WORTH.
Gordon: WELL, MO IS
WITH US NOW.
AND, MO, I'VE GOT TO TELL
YOU, YOU'RE A GAMER.
IF I'M PICKING A TEAM,
YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.
THANK YOU.
I'LL PLAY ON YOUR TEAM ANY
DAY.
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S AN HONOR.
Gordon: JUST AN
INCREDIBLE STORY.
LETS 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 OVERWHELMING AND
FILLED A GAPING HOLE IN MY
HEART.
IT HAD BEEN YEARS OF A LOT
OF ADVERSITY UNDERNEATH
THE SERVICE.
ALL OF THESE ATHLETIC
SUCCESSES, BUT UNDERNEATH
DEALING WITH CRIPPLING
ADVERSITY, AN EATING
DISORDER, THE SUICIDE OF
MY DAD, DEPRESSION,
PROMISCUITY -- I WAS JUST
LOST.
Gordon: A LOT OF THE
SPORTS -- WAS THAT TRYING
TO MAKE UP FOR THAT?
YOU KNOW, I THINK IN A
WAY IT WAS KIND OF MY ONLY
THERAPEUTIC RELEASE.
IT WAS MY PLACE TO GO
WHERE I COULD DISCONNECT
FROM WHAT LIFE REALLY WAS
AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND
KIND OF LET IT ALL OUT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHY
I CONTINUED TO EXCEL
ATHLETICALLY, EVEN THOUGH
THINGS WERE CRUMBLING
PERSONALLY.
BUT IT WAS A PLACE WHERE 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.
AND THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT
NIGHT, WHEN MY PRAYER HAD
BEEN, GOD, JUST WRECK MY
LIFE, JUST END IT --
Gordon: DO YOU EVER
WANT TO TAKE THAT PRAYER
BACK?
NEVER.
I PRAY THAT 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 PEOPLE PRAY
FOR A CAR ACCIDENT, BUT
WHEN WE HAVE THE COURAGE
TO SAY BREAK WHATEVER IT
IS THAT NEEDS TO BE BROKEN
SO WE CAN BE MORE LIKE
YOU, THAT'S A REALLY
STRONG PRAYER.
Gordon: YOU HAD A
LIST THERE, AND YOU REELED
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 THAT I HAD
NO CONTROL OVER.
AND IT WAS THE MOST
IMPACTFUL TO MY HEART.
I MEAN, HE IS MY EARTHLY
FATHER.
AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T
KNOW THE LOVE OF A
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
BEGAN TO QUESTION
EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.
HOW WAS MY LOVE NOT ENOUGH
FOR HIM TO CHANGE HIS
DECISION THAT DAY.
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.
YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY --
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, UNTIL ALL OF
THE BROKEN THINGS.
WAS 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.
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, YOU
KNOW, 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'S NOT DOING A
GOOD JOB OF RUNNING THE
UNIVERSE.
EXACTLY.
HE MUST BE MORE OUT OF
CONTROL THAN THESE OTHER
CHRISTIANS THINK, YEAH.
Gordon: ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED IN
THE WRECKAGE OF A JEEP?
IT WAS AMAZING.
I THINK WE THINK WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS
EDUCATION AND ALL OF THIS
UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE
TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND
THE GOSPEL, BUT THE TRUTH
OF THE MATTER IS IT TAKES
A WHISPER FROM THE KING OF
ALL KINGS TO YOUR HEART.
Gordon: YOU GOT MORE
THAN A WHISPER.
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 AND OVERWHELMING.
BUT THIS HOLE IN MY HEART,
THIS GAPING HOLE THAT
HAPPENED AFTER THE LOSS OF
MY DAD, WAS FILLED.
GOD POURED INTO MY HEART,
BE STILL.
KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
THAT I LOVE YOU.
I SEE YOU.
I KNOW YOU.
I'M FOR YOU.
SATAN IS WAGING BATTLES,
BUT I HAVE WON THE WAR,
AND I HAVE PLANS AND
PURPOSE FOR YOU.
HE BEGAN TO DOWNE 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.
I GET GOOSE BUMPS TALKING
ABOUT IT NOW.
I'LL START PREACHING.
IT WAS AMAZING.
Gordon: THE 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.
RIGHT.
Gordon: AND IT
BECOMES VERY PERSONAL FOR
YOU AND IT ANSWERS ALL OF
THOSE QUESTIONS.
IT ANSWERS ALL 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 THAT 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?
RIGHT.
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 YOU HAVE TO DO IN
MY LIFE, WOULD YOU REVEAL
YOURSELF TO ME SO THAT I
CAN'T MISS IT.
IT IS THE BOLD DESEST PRAYER
WE CAN PRAY.
BUT I WAS A STUBBORN HEART
WHO NEEDED TO PRAY THAT.
TO PRAY THAT PRAYER AND TO
BEGIN TO OPEN OUR EYES AND
OUR HEART TO THE WAYS HE
MAY BE VERY MUCH REVEALING
HIMSELF, IT CAN TRANSFORM
OUR LIVES.
IT IS A SCARY PRAYER.
IT IS A BOLD PRAYER.
IT IS ONE WE MAY EVEN PRAY
WITH EVEN SOME DOUBT IN
OUR HIND, CAN HE EVEN DO
IT?
BUT I CHALLENGE YOU TO
PRAY IT AND TO SEE WHAT HE
DOES AND HOW HE SHOWS UP.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE
UNIQUE IN EVERY PERSON'S
LIFE, BUT IT IS WORTH
ASKING FOR.
Gordon: WHEN YOU WERE
RESCUED IN THE WRECKAGE,
YOU KEPT TELLING THIS
RETIRED PARAMEDIC, GOD IS
BEAUTIFUL.
YES.
Gordon: HAVE YOU EVER
TALKED TO HIM AFTERWARDS.
THAT'S WHAT I HEAR I
WAS SAYING.
MY MOM GOT TO SPEAK TO HIM
AFTER THE WRECK.
I HAD HAD SOME CONTUSIONS
TO MY BRAIN.
I WAS KIND OF IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF
HIM.
HE TOLD ME MOM I KEPT
REPEATING GOD IS
BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE I HAD
SEEN THE MOST OVERWHELMING
SIGHT.
AND I NEVER GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
HIM AFTERWARDS, BUT ALL I
CARED TO DO SINCE I
CLIMBED OUT OF THIS CAR
WAS TO TELL ANYONE WHO
WOULD LISTEN ABOUT THIS
KING WHO MET ME AND SAVED
ME AND HEALED ME.
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM
SOME DAY.
WHO KNOWS WHERE HE IS.
I'M PROBABLY THE STORY HE
CAN TELL AT FAMILY
GATHERINGS OF THE WEIRD
GIRL.
Gordon: HE GETS A
LIVE STORY.
> AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER,
THINGS WEREN'T ALL GREAT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AFTER YOU HAVE THAT
ENCOUNTER, THAT'S ACTUALLY
WHERE THE REAL TESTS
REALLY START.
YES.
Gordon: YES, THERE
ARE STRUGGLES BEFORE, BUT
NOW YOU'RE INTO YOU
KNOW --
RIGHT.
Gordon: -- AND YOU
DON'T HAVE EXCUSES
ANYMORE.
RIGHT.
Gordon: 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 THEN.
EXACTLY.
Gordon: WHAT WAS IT
LIKE FOR YOU?
FOR ME, AND I THINK 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 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 WEREN'T THE
PEOPLE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
WITH OR AROUND, THEY WERE
STILL PRESENT.
AND I CAME TO REALIZE, AS
I STUMBLED AND STRUGGLED
IN THIS 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 LIFE.
I HAD TO MAKE SOME LEGALLY
HARD DECISIONS.
I HAD TO STEP INTO A
SEASON OF LONELINESS, TO
SAY GOOD-BYE TO PEOPLE.
TO DISCONNECT MYSELF FROM
SOCIAL GROUPS AND PLACES
THAT WERE COMFORTABLE TO
ME.
TO SAY, GOD, WHAT WOULD
YOU HAVE FOR ME AND WHERE
WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO GO?
I THINK THAT CAN BE HARD
FOR A NEW BELIEVER,
BECAUSE THAT COULD MEAN
BREAKING UP WITH A
GIRLFRIEND OR BOYFRIEND
YOU'RE WITH, OR STEPPING
AWAY FROM FRIENDSHIPS
YOU'VE HAD FOR A LONG
TIME.
BUT THERE IS NO BETTER
RELATIONSHIP THAN THE
RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN HAVE
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
HOW CAN WE BE FAITHFUL AND
MONOGAMOUS TO THE KING
WHEN WE HAVE ADULTEROUS
HEARTS.
WE ARE 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, REALLY
HARD.
BUT I STEPPED INTO A
SEASON OF, YOU KNOW,
ISOLATION WITH JESUS IN A
SENSE.
RELATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT CAME TO
RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN, I
STEPPED INTO AN INTIMACY
FAST.
IT WAS SO AMAZING TO BE
SINGLE AND IN LOVE WITH
JESUS, AND I WENT TWO
YEARS.
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 NOW SPENDING
TIME WITH AND THE
COMMUNITY I WAS WITH.
Gordon: AND YOU
LEARNED TO TRUST HIM?
YES.
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
TO MAKE HIM LORD.
TO MAKE HIM FIRST, THAT HE
WOULD GUIDE MY DAYS AND MY
STEPS.
TO SURRENDER TO THAT.
AND WHEN WE DO AND WE CAN,
IT'S HARD AND IT IS
UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THEN IT
BECOMES GLORY AND IT
BECOMES AMAZING.
AND WE BEGIN TO CRAVE IT
AND FOLLOW HIM FAITHFULLY
BECAUSE THERE IS NO
SWEETER TASTE.
YOU GO BACK TO THOSE OLD
SIN STRUGGLES, AND THEY'RE
JUST BLAND.
THEY'RE GENERIC AND
ARTIFICIAL.
THEY DON'T GIVE THE HIGH
ANYMORE.
Gordon: TASTE AND SEE
THAT THE LORD IS GOOD.
> WHAT'S 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.
NOW WITH THE BOOK OUT, IT
IS AMAZING TO HAVE A
RESOURCE I CAN OFFER.
WHEREVER HE SENDS, I WILL
FOLLOW AND GO.
I'M EXCITED.
Gordon: YAY!
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE
OF MO'S STORY, PICK UP A
COPY OF HER BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "WRECK MY
LIFE," AND IT'S AVAILABLE
WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
MO, THANKS 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
PRAYERS, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
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 SAID I WOULD
SURVIVE.
LATER I ALSO BECAME A
BELIEVER.
Terry: THEIR FAITH IN
JESUS INFURIATED THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
THE VILLAGES ASKED US,
WHAT WILL YOU GET BY
BELIEVING.
AND THEN THEY TOLD US TO
LEAVE THE VILLAGE.
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 COMPLETELY
CHANGED.
HER FACE HAS COLOR.
AND SHE LOOKS HEALTHY.
Terry: KRISHNA AND
HER FAMILY GAVE ALL THE
GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST.
GOD IS GREAT AND HIGH
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
Terry: AND SOME OF
THOSE WHO PERSECUTED THEM
NOW GATHER AT 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 YOU
HAVE 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
HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
IT IS OUR GIFT BACK TO
YOU: "VICTORY THROUGH
LIFE'S STORMS."
IT IS A WONDERFUL NEW
D.V.D. FROM MY FATHER.
IT HAS STORIES FROM PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH
INCREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND GOD HAS SEEN THEM
THROUGH.
AND NOT JUST SEEN THEM
THROUGH SO THEY MAKE IT
THROUGH, BUT 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."
FOR ALL OF US HERE, GOD
BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN
TOMORROW.
