Gordon: COMING UP...

AT THIS POINT, THERE

WAS NO HOPE.

Gordon: A STOPPED

HEART --

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN

DO FOR HER.

IT IS A DEATH SENTENCE.

Gordon: ONE DIVINE

MESSAGE ON THE ROAD.

I KNEW THE LORD WAS

WITH ME, NO MATTER WHAT.

Gordon: AND A THREE

IN ONE MIRACLE.

ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT,

IT WAS ALL GOD, YOU KNOW?

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

HURRICANE HERMINE HIT

FLORIDA OVERNIGHT WITH

POWERFUL WINDS AND

DEVASTATING FLOODING.

IT WAS THE FIRST HURRICANE

TO STRIKE THE SUNSHINE

STATE IN MORE THAN A

DECADE.

Terry: HERMINE HAS

NOW BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A

TROPICAL STORM, BUT IT

COULD STILL THREATEN PARTS

OF THE EAST COAST IN THE

DAYS AHEAD.

GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: HURRICANE

HERMINE MADE LANDFALL

EARLY THIS MORNING IN

FLORIDA.

PACKING 80 MILE-AN-HOUR

WINDS.

HIGH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL

RAINS OF MORE THAN A FOOT

LED TO 12 p. 12-FOOT WAVES AND

EXTENSIVE FLOODING.

IT BATTERED HOMES AND

BUSINESSES ALONG THE EAST

COAST.

OFFICIALS ISSUED A

MANDATORY EVACUATION

ORDERS IN SOME AREAS.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT URGED

RESIDENTS TO STOCK UP ON

THREE DAYS' OF SUPPLIES.

BOTTOM LINE: IT IS

LIFE-THREATENING.

IF YOU NEED TO GO TO A

SHELTER, GO NOW.

DON'T WAIT.

Reporter: BUT MANY

FLORIDANS CHOSE TO HUNKER

DOWN AND RIDE OUT THE

STORM.

SOME BOARDED UP WINDOWS,

AND OTHERS PLACED SANDBAGS

AROUND THEIR HOMES.

WHEN YOU LIVE IN

FLORIDA, THIS IS WHAT IT

IS.

YOU WATCH.

IF IT GETS BAD, YOU LEAVE.

IF YOU THINK YOU CAN RIDE

IT OUT, YOU RIDE IT OUT.

Reporter: MANY

NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FLOODED.

PLEASE SLOW DOWN

BECAUSE THESE WAVES GO

INTO OUR HOUSES.

Reporter: AND AS THE

STORM MOVES UP THROUGH

GEORGIA, SIX TO EIGHT

INCHES OF RAIN IS

EXPECTED.

FLASHFLOOD AND STORM SURGE

WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UP

AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

AND SPINOFF TORNADOES ARE

ALSO A CONCERN.

HERMINE IS NOW A

SLOW-MOVING TROPICAL

STORM, WITH WIND GUSTS OF

50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

IT IS EXPECTED TO GO UP

VIRGINIA, THE DELMARVA

PENINSULA, AND COULD

STRENGTHEN AGAIN AS IT

MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC

OFF THE NORTHEASTERN

COAST.

SO HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY

WIND WILL PUT A DAMPER ON

HOLIDAY PLANS FOR MILLIONS

OF PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: IF YOU'RE ON

THE EAST COAST, PREPARE

FOR A VERY RAINY LABOR DAY

WEEKEND.

> IN OTHER NEWS, DONALD

TRUMP SAYS HE IS STANDING

BY HIS IMMIGRATION PLAN.

Wendy: TRUMP TALKED

ABOUT HIS PLAN ON THE

CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN THE KEY

SWING STATE OF OHIO ON

THURSDAY.

HE LOST SOME SUPPORT FROM

HISPANIC LEADERS AFTER

TAKING A STRONG SAND ON

IMMIGRATION IN ARIZONA.

NOW HE TALKS ABOUT

SOFTENING HIS POSITION,

BUT SAYS HIS PRIORITY IS

STILL PROTECTING

AMERICANS.

WE WILL TREAT EVERYONE

WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND

COMPASSION.

BUT OUR GREATEST

COMPASSION WILL BE FOR THE

AMERICAN CITIZENS.

Wendy: MEANWHILE, THE

STATE DEPARTMENT NOW SAYS

IT WILL RELEASE ALL OF

HILLARY CLINTON'S

SCHEDULES WHILE SHE WAS

SECRETARY OF STATE.

THAT WILL ALLOW REPORTERS

TO INVESTIGATE MORE

POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN THE

DEPARTMENT AND THE CLINTON

FOUNDATION.

NEW POLLS SHOW THE RACE

TIGHTENING INTO BASICALLY

A DEAD HEAT BETWEEN

CLINTON AND TRUMP.

> ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

ATTACKED A CHRISTIAN

NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTHERN

PAKISTAN TODAY.

FOUR GUNMEN STORMED A

COLONY WITH BOMBS STRAPPED

TO THEIR CHEST.

THEY OPENED FIRE ON ANY

CHRISTIAN THEY CAME

ACROSS, KILLING AT LEAST

ONE.

LOCAL CIVILIAN GUARDS

IMMEDIATELY STEPPED IN TO

STOP FURTHER ATTACKS.

> WELL, IT'S AN

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT

AGAINST ISRAEL CALLED

B.D.S.

IT STANDS FOR BOYCOTT,

DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS.

NOW ABOUT 100 CHRISTIAN

LEADERS AND ISRAELI

KNESSET MEMBERS ARE

WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT

BACK AGAINST IT.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THAT STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

Chris: SOME SAY

SERVING IN THE I.D.F. IS

NOT THE ONLY WAY OF BEING

A SOLDIER FOR ISRAEL.

ISRAEL'S SAFETY AND

WELL-BEING IS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY

JEW, EVERY CHRISTIAN WHO

LOVES ISRAEL.

Christy: THE ANTI-

ANTI-B.D.S. CAUCUS MET FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN THE

KNESSET.

THEIR AIM: TO SHOWCASE HOW

IMPORTANT FAITH-BASED

DIPLOMACY IS IN ISRAEL'S

CURRENT DIPLOMATIC

BATTLES.

JOSEPH SABAT IS

SPEARHEADING THE MOVEMENT

TO FIGHT THE B.D.S.

MOVEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL.

SOUTH CAROLINA BECAME

THE FIRST STATE IN AMERICA

TO ADOPT MODERN

LEGISLATION REGULATING

AGAINST THE PROBLEM OF

COMMERCIAL DISCRIMINATION

AND BOYCOTTS AGAINST

ISRAEL.

Chris: SINCE THEN, A

DOZEN OTHER STATES HAVE

ALSO TAKEN ACTION.

THE B.D.S. FOCUSES ON

ISRAELI COMPANIES

OPERATING IN THE WEST

BANK.

IRONICALLY, THIS AFFECTS

PALESTINIANS GREATLY

BECAUSE WHEN ISRAELI

COMPANIES MOVE,

PALESTINIANS LOSE

GOOD-PAYING JOBS.

CRITICS SAY THE B.D.S.

MOVEMENT ISN'T JUST ABOUT

JUSTICE OR HELPING THE

PALESTINIANS.

ISRAEL WILL LOSE ITS

LEGITIMACY TO DEFEND

ITSELF AND TO EXIST IN THE

JEWISH AND SOVEREIGN

STATE.

OUR ENEMIES UNDERSTAND

THIS VERY WELL.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH

B.D.S. IS A GLOBAL NAME

FOR ALL OF THE ISRAEL

HATERS, AND IT IS THE

MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN

THEY'RE FEEDING TO THE

GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THE

MISEDUCATION THAT IS GOING

ON IN THE CAMPUSES.

Chris: BARRY SHAW

SAID IT'S SIMPLE.

THE REASON THEY'RE

PROTESTING ONLY AGAINST

THE JEWISH STATES AND NOT

THE ARAB STATES OR THE

PALESTINIANS THEY PROFESS

TO HELP IS SIMPLY BECAUSE

ISRAEL IS THE JEWISH

STATE.

THAT'S NO MORE OR NO LESS

THAN BLATENT

ANTI-SEMITISM.

Chris: HE SAID IF THE

B.D.S.s WERE HONEST, IT

WOULD INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY,

LIKE THEIR OWN COMPUTERS,

LAPTOPS, AND CELL PHONES.

BUT THEY NEED THESE TO

COMMUNICATE THEIR LIES AND

THE FALSE NARRATIVES TO

THEIR SUPPORTERS AND TO

THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Chris: FORMER

DIPLOMAS MICHAEL ORIN SEES

ONLY ONE WAY TO COMBAT

LIES.

WE BEAT TERROR THROUGH

A COMBINATION OF

STEADFASTNESS AND VERY

GOOD INTELLIGENCE.

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE

DEFENSE AND ONE EFFECTIVE

WEAPON AGAINST DE

DELEGITIMIZEING IT, AND

THAT IS THE TRUTH.

Wendy: IT SEEMS A

SCARY THING WHEN YOU HAVE

AMERICAN CHURCHES LINING

UP AGAINST ISRAEL.

Gordon: IF YOU

SUPPORT B.D.S. -- LET ME

GIVE YOU A QUICK HISTORY

LESSON BECAUSE THIS IS

WHAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING.

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THE PALESTINIANS

COULD HAVE HAD A STATE AT

ANY POINT IN TIME SINCE

1920, SINCE LITERALLY THE

BEGINNING OF THE BRITISH

MANDATE UNDER THE LEAGUE

OF NATIONS.

WHAT WAS THE CONDITION?

THE CONDITION WAS

RECOGNIZING THAT THE JEWS

HAD A RIGHT TO LIVE IN THE

LAND.

AND RECOGNIZING THAT

ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION UNTIL THE SECOND

STATE, THE PALESTINIAN

STATE, SAYS ISRAEL HAS A

RIGHT TO EXIST.

AND WE NO LONGER WANT TO

DRIVE HER INTO THE SEA.

BACK IN 1967, RIGHT AFTER

THE SIX-DAY WAR, SO LET'S

GO BACK TO 49 YEARS AGO,

ISRAEL OFFERED THE WEST

BANK BACK AND SAID WE WILL

ESTABLISH AND WE WILL

AGREE TO A PALESTINIAN

STATE THERE.

THEY OFFERED NOT JUST THE

WEST BANK, BUT ALSO THE

GAZA STRIP.

AND THE CONDITION -- HERE

IS THE CONDITION: YOU MUST

RECOGNIZE OUR RIGHT TO

EXIST.

THE ARAB NATIONS ALL SAID

NO.

AND THEY DIDN'T JUST SAY

NO ONCE.

THEY SAID IT THREE TIMES.

SO UNTIL YOU HOLD THAT

ACCOUNTABLE -- DO YOU

THINK ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT

TO EXIST?

WILL YOU LAY DOWN YOUR

ARMS, YOUR WEAPONS, YOUR

TERRORISM?

WILL YOU STOP TRYING TO

DRIVE THEM INTO THE SEA?

UNTIL THAT DAY, UNTIL THEY

SAY, WE RECOGNIZE ISRAEL

HAS A RIGHT, WELL THEN

WE'LL NEVER SEE PEACE.

AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE A

TWO-STATE SOLUTION.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

A MODERN DAY WEDDING ON AN

HISTORICAL SITE THAT WAS

THE FOUNDATION OF AN

AMAZING CHURCH.

SPEAKING ABOUT THAT

EVEN DURING THE CEREMONY

AND AS WE WERE PICKING THE

PLACE, HAS JUST BEEN

REALLY KIND OF PROFOUND.

Terry: DISCOVER THE

RICH HISTORY BEHIND POLE

GREEN CHURCH AND ITS FIRST

PASTOR, AFTER THIS.

Gordon: C.S. LEWIS

ONCE DESCRIBED HISTORY AS

A STORY WRITTEN BY THE

FINGER OF GOD.

THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE

WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM.

WENDY GRIFFITH BRINGS US

THIS LOOK AT THE LIFE OF

ONE CHRISTIAN LEADER AND

ONE CHURCH IN AMERICAN

HISTORY.

KARA SCHMITT AND VINCE

OIVERI ARE GETTING MARRIED

ON A PERFECT JUNE DAY IN A

MOST UNUSUAL PLACE.

UNDER THIS STRIKING

STRUCTURE IS THE

FOUNDATION OF AN 18th

CENTURY CHURCH WITH AN

ASTONISHING HISTORY.

FOR OVER 45 YEARS, THE

ONLY CLUE OF ITS EXISTENCE

WAS THIS MARKER.

THEN IN 1975, IT CAUGHT

THE ATTENTION OF A LOCAL

PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.

I BEGAN TO READ WHAT A

SIGNIFICANT PLACE IT WAS.

AND THE THOUGHT CAME TO MY

MIND, YOUR TASK IS TO

SHINE THE LIGHT ON THE MAN

I REALLY WANT TO HONOR.

Wendy: THAT MAN IS

SAMUEL DAVIES, THE FIRST

MINISTER AT POLEGREEN

CHURCH, AND A KEY FIGURE

IN THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

KNOWN AS "THE FIRST GREAT

AWAKENING."

WE SEE IT IN ALMOST

EVERY COLONY.

WE SEE GREAT AWAKENING

EVANGELISTS, AND WE SEE

THESE MASSIVE MEETINGS,

LARGE-SCALE CONVERSIONS.

IT REALLY CHANGES THE FACE

OF AMERICA.

Wendy: BUT THERE WAS

PLENTY OF RESISTANCE.

BEFORE THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION, BRITISH LAW

REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP IN THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

FAILURE TO COMPLY COULD

RESULT IN FINES AND EVEN

IMPRISONMENT.

IN 1689, THE BRITISH

PARLIAMENT PASSED "THE ACT

OF TOLERATION," ALLOWING

SOME PROTESTANT

DENOMINATIONS LIMITED

FREEDOM.

SAMUEL DAVIES BECAME THE

FIRST SO-CALLED CENTER

LICENSED IN VIRGINIA.

DESPITE FREQUENT BOUTS

WITH TUBERCULOSIS, HE WAS

ASKED TO LEAD FOUR MEETING

HOUSES, WITH POLEGREEN AS

ITS BASE.

BEING FULLY CONVINCED

THAT HANOVER NEEDED A

MINISTER THAN ANY PLACE I

KNEW, I ACCEPTED THEIR

CALL TO SETTLE THERE.

Wendy: THIS IS SAMUEL

DAVIES' BIBLE, WHERE MANY

EVENTS ARE RECORDED,

INCLUDING HIS WEDDING TO

SARAH KIRK PATRICK IN

OCTOBER, 1776.

LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, HE

WROTE THIS: SEPARATED FROM

HER BY DEATH AND BEREAVED

OF AN ABORTIVE SON.

HE REALLY THOUGHT THAT

HIS LIFE WOULD BE SHORT.

IT MOTIVATED HIM.

HE REALLY THOUGHT, IF I

ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME ON

EARTH TO WORK FOR THE

LORD, I'VE GOT TO MAKE

THAT COUNT.

Wendy: FROM THE

BEGINNING, DAVIES DREW

LARGE CROWDS, INCLUDING

SLAVES.

NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO

MUCH STRUCK WITH THE

APPEARANCE OF AN A AN ASSEMBLY,

WHEN I CAST MY EYES TO SO

HUMAN BLACK FACES.

Wendy: NOT EVERYONE

IN HANOVER COUNTY WAS

PLEASED WITH DAVIES'

MINISTRY, ESPECIALLY THE

AT THIS ANGLICAN CHURCH

LED BY THE REVEREND

PATRICK HENRY, UNCLE OF

THE FAMOUS PATRIOTS WITH

THE SAME NAME.

IF YOU WERE THE ANGELAN

PRINCIPLE, AND YOU SEE THE

EXPLOSION OF BAPTIST

CHURCHES, IN MANY WAYS IT

WAS A THREAT.

Wendy: HE FOUGHT BACK

WITH A SERIES OF LETTERS.

I THINK IT MY DUTY TO

ACQUAINT YOU WITH THIS

MAN'S BEHAVIOR.

I NEED NOT TELL YOU OF THE

FUTURE DISTURBANCES I

TRUSTLY APPREHEND.

Wendy: HIS NEPHEW WAS

11 WHEN DAVIES ARRIVED.

HE ATTENDED POLEGREEN WITH

HIS MOTHER.

ON JULY 1st, 1759, AFTER

11 YEARS IN HANOVER

COUNTY, SAMUEL DELIVERED

HIS FINAL SERMON AT

POLEGREEN.

MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE

ATTENDED.

100 YEARS LATER, POLEGREEN

CHURCH STILL THRIVED, AS

SHOWN IN THESE DRAWINGS BY

A UNION SOLDIER IN 1862.

THE ONLY IMAGES OF THE

CHURCH THAT SURVIVED.

ON JUNE 1st, 1864, UNION

FORCES TRIED TO

BREAKTHROUGH CONFEDERATE

LINES NEAR THE CREEK.

POLEGREEN CHURCH, CAUGHT

IN THE CROSS-FIRE, BURNED

TO THE GROUND.

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL

FOUR ACRES WE STARTED WITH

RIGHT HERE.

Wendy: THE CHURCH WAS

NEVER REBUILT UNTIL ROBERT

BLUEFORD CAME ACROSS THE

MARKER.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN

CONSUMED WITH BRINGING THE

CHURCH BACK TO LIFE.

ONE DAY, WHILE WITH AN

ARCHEOLOGICAL TEAM, HE

FELT SOMETHING UNDER HIS

FOOT.

I SCRAPED THE DIRT

ASIDE, AND THERE WAS THIS

BRICK, A WHOLE, COMPLETE

BRICK.

WITHIN AN HOUR, WE

UNCOVERED THE COMPLETE

FOOTING OF THIS BUILDING.

Wendy: YOU'RE

KIDDING?

THIS IS THE FIRST HOUSE

TO COME DOWN.

Wendy: CARLTON ABBOT

ALSO CAUGHT THE VISION.

HE URGED BLUEFORD TO

PURCHASE THE ADJOINING

LAND.

RESTORING THE HOUSES TO

THE WAY IT WAS IN THE

1700s.

AND THEN CAME THE QUESTION

OF REBUILDING CHURCH.

WE THOUGHT OF BUILDING

AN IMAGE OR A GHOST

STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK WHAT THIS

CHURCH DOES IS BRING A

SIMPLER FEEL FOR HOW YOU

CAN APPROACH YOUR

RELIGION.

Wendy: TODAY THE SITE

INCLUDES HISTORY LESSONS

ON SAMUEL DAVIES, AND THE

PATH TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

IN AMERICA.

AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR

SITE FOR WEDDINGS, LIKE

THIS ONE, WHERE THE GROOM

IS A Ph.D. CANDIDATE IN

CHURCH HISTORY.

GOD'S AMAZING GRACE HAS

BEEN PREACHED HERE SINCE

SAMUEL DAVIES.

SPEAKING ABOUT THAT

ACTUALLY EVEN DURING THE

CEREMONY AND AS WE WERE

PICKING THE PLACE, HAS

JUST BEEN REALLY KIND OF

PROFOUND.

Wendy: A GOOD

FOUNDATION, INDEED.

WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS,

HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Gordon: THAT'S A

WONDERFUL PIECE, A GREAT

HISTORY LESSON.

SAMUEL DAVIES WENT ON TO

BE THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

BACK THEN IT WAS KNOWN AS

THE LOG CABIN COLLEGE.

AND IT WAS A PLACE WHERE

HARVARD AND YALE HAD

BECOME TOO LIBERAL, SO WE

NEEDED TO GET BACK TO THE

ROOTS OF THE GOSPEL.

AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING

OF PRINCETON.

WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY.

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL

HERITAGE THAT WE HAVE IN

THE UNITED STATES.

TO REALIZE ALL OUR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS, THE

WONDERFUL FREEDOM WS WE

HAVE, WERE ALL BOUGHT WITH

A PRICE.

ALL CAME THROUGH

PERSECUTION.

ALL CAME FROM WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU HAVE AN

ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

AND HOW CAN YOU HAVE

FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE,

FREEDOM OF RELIGION,

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM

OF ASSEMBLY, ALL OF THESE

THINGS ROOTED IN THIS

WONDERFUL GREAT AWAKENING?

MY HISTORY PROFESSOR LONG

AGO SAID, THERE WOULD BE

NO AMERICAN REVOLUTION IF

IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE

GREAT AWAKENING OF 1735 TO

1740.

WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULD

NEVER HAVE THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA.

Terry: WHAT A

REMARKABLE SPOT.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY

PUT THE WINDOWS AND THE

FRAME THERE.

IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

Gordon: IT IS SUCH AN

ILLUSTRATION, THAT A

CHURCH IS NOT A BUILDING.

Terry: EXACTLY.

BUT WHAT AN IMPACT ON

SOCIETY.

> COMING UP, A DOCTOR

GIVES A DAUGHTER SOME

DEVASTATING NEWS.

IT IS VERY SERIOUS.

YOUR MOM HAS A TORN AORTA.

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

FOR HER.

HE SAID, REALLY, IT'S A

DEATH SENTENCE.

Terry: WATCH THIS

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEFY

THAT DEATH SENTENCE WHEN

W, WHENWE COME BACK.

CRIEMP

Terry: EMILY EMENAN

WAS RUSHED TO THE

EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE HER

HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR

10 MINUTES.

TESTS REVEALED SHE HAD A

TORN AORTA, AND HER DOCTOR

SAID IT WAS A DEATH

SENTENCE.

WHEN HER FAMILY AND

FRIENDS HEARD THE NEWS,

THEY WENT INTO FULL PRAYER

MODE.

AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT

ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE

MIRACLES.

Reporter:

AUGUST 2006, LORRAINE

POTTER DROVE HER MOTHER,

EMILY, TO THE EMERGENCY

ROOM.

SHE WAS COMPLAINING A

LOT.

THE PAIN WAS STRONG.

SHE SAID IT IS A LEVEL 10

PAIN.

IT'S VERY STRONG.

AND SHE HAD NEVER

EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE.

BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER

HEART.

Reporter: AS HOSPITAL

STAFF PERFORMED A CARDIAC

CATHERIZATION TEST,

EMILY'S HEART STOPPED

BEATING.

AFTER 10 MINUTES, THEY

FOUND A PULSE AND SHE

EVENTUALLY STABILIZED.

SOON AFTER, THE DOCTOR

TOLD HER THE BAD NEWS.

HE SAID, IT IS VERY

SERIOUS.

YOUR MOTHER HAS A TORN

AORTA.

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

FOR HER.

AS PER POLICY, WE'RE GOING

TO SEND HER TO UNIVERSITY

STATE, TO IOWA HOSPITAL,

BUT WE KNOW FROM

EXPERIENCE THERE IS REALLY

NOTHING THEY CAN DO,

EITHER.

HE SAID, REALLY, THIS IS A

DEATH SENTENCE.

Reporter: LORRAINE

CALLED FAMILY TO JOIN HER

AND PRAY.

THEN SHE SPENT A FEW

MINUTES ALONE WITH HER

MOM.

I FELT LIKE THAT WAS

THE LAST TIME I WAS EVER

GOING TO SEE HER ALIVE.

I SPOKE TO HER, TOLD HER I

LOVED HER, AND I WAS ABLE

TO STROKE HER HAIR AND

KISS HER, AND THAT WAS AL

ALLI CAN DO.

THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY, THE

LEVEL OF GRIEF WAS VERY

HIGH.

AT THIS POINT, THERE WAS

NO HOPE.

THERE WAS NO HOPE THAT I

HAD BEEN GIVEN.

Reporter: EMILY WAS

TRANSPORTED TO THE

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

WHEN LORRAINE ARRIVED A

NEW MINUTES LATER, SHE

NOTICED A LICENSE PLATE

THAT READ "Y-H-W-H-,"H-,H-,"

YAHWEH.

THE PIECE THAT SUR

SPACES ALL UNDERSTANDING

KICKED IN.

AND FROM MOMENT ON, I KNEW

WHERE MY MOM WAS GOING, NO

MATTER WHAT, AND I KNEW

THE LORD WAS WITH ME NO

MATTER WHAT.

Reporter: THEY RAN

TESTS AND THEN TOLD

LORRAINE THEIR FINDINGS.

THEY SAID, EMILY CAME

IN WITH A TORN AORTA, AND

PER OUR POLICY, WE

RE-EXAMINED THE DIAGNOSIS

THAT THEY COME IN WITH.

WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE

TESTS THAT WE COULD, AND

THERE IS NO TORN AORTA.

Reporter: WHAT WAS

CLEARLY VISIBLE JUST HOURS

AGO WAS NOW HEALED.

ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT,

IT WAS ALL GOD.

Reporter: THE NEW

TESTS, HOWEVER, DID REVEAL

A 90% BLACK CAG LOCCAGE BLOCKAGE IN AN

ARTERY IN HER HEART.

WHEN THEY WENT IN TO PLACE

A STINT, IT WAS HEALED.

THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE

TO PERFORM ANYTHING.

NOTHING MAN DID WAS

HEALING HER.

THIS WAS ALL GOD.

HE HEALED A TORN AORTA.

HE REMOVED THE BLOCKAGE.

Reporter: DOCTORS

WERE STILL WORRIED ABOUT

ANOTHER ISSUE.

THE DOCTORS EXPLAINED

TO ME AT THAT POINT THAT

THEY WERE NOT SURE OF HER

BRAIN FUNCTION.

IT WAS A CONCERN TO THEM

BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN GONE

FOR 10 FULL MINUTES.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HER

BRAIN FUNCTION WOULD BE

LIKE WHEN SHE CAME OUT.

Reporter: THE NEXT

MORNING, EMILY WOKE UP AND

TRIED TO COMMUNICATE.

MY MOM WAS LYING ON HER

BED, FULLY IN INTUBATED,

TRYING TO USE SIGN

LANGUAGE.

WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND HER.

FINALLY SHE IS FRUSTRATED

ENOUGH, SO THEY GET HER A

CLIPBOARD, AND SHE WRITES

DOWN, NO ANTEGRADE OR

RETROGRADE AMNESIA.

AND I THOUGHT, HER BRAIN

IS BACK.

Reporter: EMILY AND

LORRAINE SAY THE PRESENCE

OF GOD SUSTAINED THEM

THROUGH THE ENTIRE

EXPERIENCE.

I KNEW I WAS TOUCHED BY

GOD.

AND I THINK WHEN HE

TOUCHES YOU, YOU CAN'T

EVEN EXPLAIN THAT.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE

WITH ME IF I HAD GONE THAT

NIGHT, BUT I DIDN'T.

AND THE LORD HAD SOMETHING

ELSE IN STORE, AND I FELT

FABULOUS.

IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT

I WILL NEVER FORGET

BECAUSE OF THE WAY I FELT

WHEN I WOKE UP.

I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED

TO STAND UP AND DANCE AND

SCREAM AND SING AND

WHATEVER.

IT JUST FELT SO GOOD.

Reporter: TODAY

EMILY'S HEART IS HEALTHY,

THOUGH QUESTIONS REMAIN

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.

LORRAINE KNOWS IT WAS GOD

WITH THEM THAT MADE ALL OF

THE DIFFERENCE.

THE LORD REALLY HEALED

ME THREE TIMES.

IF YOU CAN HAVE THREE

MIRACLES IN ONE MIRACLE, I

REALLY DID.

NO TORN AORTA, NO

BLOCKAGE, NO BRAIN DAMAGE.

HAVING HER BACK IS

WONDERFUL, BUT HAVING HIM

DO THIS IS REALLY

WONDERFUL.

IF I CAN GLORIFY HIM

BEST, HE IS A MERCIFUL

GOD, AND HE DOES MIRACLES

TODAY, NOT JUST IN

BIBLICAL TIMES.

AND HE DOES MAJOR

MIRACLES.

Terry: I KNOW THERE

ARE LOTS OF YOU WATCHING

WHO ARE SAYING, I NEED A

MIRACLE IN MY LIFE.

AND SO WE WANT TO PRAY FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR

FAITH AS WE GO INTO THAT.

GORDON, LET ME SHARE THIS

WITH YOU.

SANDRA FROM TRINIDAD HAD

ITCHING IN HER RIGHT EAR.

SHE HAD A DISCHARGE AND

DRAINING, AND THE DOCTOR

PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, BUT

NOTHING WORKED.

ON THE 25th OF JULY, SHE

WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

AND SHE HEARD YOU GIVE

THIS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:

"SOMEONE WITH PROBLEMS IN

YOUR RIGHT EAR, DISCHARGES

OUT OF THAT EAR, GOD IS

ABLE TO HEAL IT AND MAKE

IT SO IT NEVER COMES BACK

AGAIN.

YOU'RE RESTORED NOW IN

JESUS' NAME."

SANDRA THOUGHT, THAT'S ME.

SHE CLAIMED IT, AND THE

NEXT MORNING THE DRAINAGE

STOP AND SHE COULD HEAR

CLEARLY FROM THEN ON.

Gordon: DAN HAD

INTENSE PAIN IN HIS BACK,

AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

ARTHRITIS AND TWO OTHER

DISEASES.

HE WAS GIVEN SOME MEDICINE

FOR PAIN BUT NOTHING

HELPED.

ONE DAY WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB," TERRY SAID: "YOU

HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR

BACK.

YOU CAN'T LEAN FORWARD.

YOU CAN'T LEAN BACK.

JUST PUT YOUR HAND BEHIND

YOUR BACK, LIFT YOUR OTHER

HAND UP IN THE AIR, AND

SAY, YES, GOD, I RECEIVE

THIS.

IT'S FOR YOU TODAY."

WELL, THE NEXT MORNING DAN

FELT NO PAIN IN HIS BACK

AND HAS NOT HAD ANY PAIN

SINCE THAT DAY.

MIRACLES HAPPEN TODAY.

JESUS IS THE SAME

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER.

WHAT HE DID 2,000 YEARS

AGO HE IS STILL DOING

TODAY.

AND THE BIBLE IS VERY

CLEAR.

HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD,

HEALING ALL THOSE WHO ARE WERE

OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL.

HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD.

NOW, THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN

LIFE.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF

JESUS WENT AROUND DOING

GOOD?

WE CAN SAY ALL THINGS WORK

TOGETHER FOR GOOD.

ALL THINGS -- THAT

INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT IS

AFFLICTING YOU RIGHT NOW.

JUST AS TERRY SAID TO THAT

MAN DAN IN CALIFORNIA, PUT

YOUR HAND ON THAT AREA OF

THE BODY THAT NEEDS

HEALING.

LIFT YOUR OTHER HAND UP TO

HIM.

AND REALIZE THE KINGDOM OF

GOD IS AT HAND.

IT IS RIGHT THERE WITH

YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK

FOR IT, AND WHEN YOU ASK

BELIEVING, YOU RECEIVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND

WE'RE GOING TO AGREE WITH

YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO

LET GOD DO ALL OF THE

REST.

WHAT HE HAS PROMISED TO

O DO, HE WILDO, HE WILL DO FOR YOU.

LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF

THE AUDIENCE, AND AS

PEOPLE ARE LAYING HANDS ON

THAT AREA OF THE BODY THAT

NEEDS HEALING, AND RAISES

THE OTHER HAND UP TO YOU,

WE COME INTO AGREEMENT

WITH THEM NOW, AND WE ASK

THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD

WOULD COME.

THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE

DONE IN THEIR BODIES AND

IN THEIR LIVES TODAY.

AND, LORD, WHEN WE LOOK TO

YOUR KINGDOM, WHEN WE LOOK

TO HEAVEN, THERE IS NO ONE

SICK, THERE IS NO ONE

DISMAYED, THERE IS NO ONE

LONELY, THERE IS NO ONE IN

POVERTY.

YOU SUPPLY EVERY HUMAN

NEED.

SO, LORD, ANSWER THEIR

PRAYERS NOW.

BRING HEALING TO THEM NOW.

REACH DOWN AND TOUCH AND

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

> THERE IS MUN, YOU'VE

BEESOMEONE,YOU'VE BEEN IN A CAR

ACCIDENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT

HAPPENED, BUT IT IS YOUR

BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER,

AND THERE IS TREMENDOUS

PAIN FROM FRACTURES AND

DISLOCATIONS, AND GOD IS

ABLE TO HEAL THAT RIGHT

NOW, IN JESUS' NAME.

THAT PAIN JUST LEFT YOU,

AND BEGIN TO DO WHAT YOU

COULDN'T DO BEFORE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT ARM AND

REALIZE GOD HAS DONE A

TREMENDOUS MIRACLE FOR

YOU.

IT IS GOING TO BE STIFF

RIGHT NOW, BUT CONTINUE TO

MOVE IT AND REALIZE

EVERYTHING IS FREE.

THE PAIN IS GONE NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

Terry: SPINAL

STENOSIS IS BEING HEALED

IN JESUS' NAME.

AND SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'VE

HAD -- IT HAS JUST COME

UPON YOU, LIKE A MENTAL

FOGGINESS, AND YOU'RE SO

FEARFUL.

GOD IS HEALING THAT.

YOUR THOUGHT PATTERN IS

RETURNING AND YOUR ABILITY

TO COMMUNICATE.

JUST RECEIVE THAT.

Gordon: THERE IS

SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL

AND YOU HAVE AN INFECTION

IN YOUR SPINAL FLUID.

AND GOD IS ABLE -- HE IS

ABLE TO ALLOW YOU TO WALK

OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL WITH

NEWNESS OF LIFE, NEWNESS

OF ENERGY.

HE IS TAKING THAT

INFECTION ALL AWAY NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

Terry: AND THERE IS

SOMEONE WITH A HIP

ALIGNMENT THAT IS

STRAIGHTENING OUT AND YOU

WILL NOT NEED SURGERY.

Gordon: LORD, WE

THANK YOU.

YOU ARE OUR DELIVERER AND

OUR SAVIOR.

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR IT.

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY

GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE IN

YOUR GOOD REPORT.

WE WANT TO TELL PEOPLE OF

ALL OF THE MIRACLES HE IS

DOING TODAY.

THE NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:

1-800-759-0700.

AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER,

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.

IT IS OUR HONOR, OUR

PRIVILEGE TO PRAY WITH

YOU.

WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

PRAYER, THE PRAYER THAT

GETS AN ANSWER.

SO IF YOU WANT US TO PRAY

WITH YOU, JUST GIVE US A

CALL.

TERRY?

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

AN 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP

FROM A COMA AND TELLS HIS

MOM SOME STUNNING NEWS.

I SAID, BRANDON, DO YOU

KNOW WHERE YOUR DAD IS AT?

AND HE SAID, YES, I KNOW

WHERE HE IS AT.

I SAW HIM IN HEAVEN.

Terry: STANDARD TO STAY TUNED TO

SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THAT'S COMING UP.

Gordon: THE BIBLE

TALKS ABOUT STREAMS IN THE

DESERT, AND IN SENEGAL,

THAT VERSE IS COMING TRUE.

THANKS TO ONE DEDICATED

MISSIONARY AND A

PARTNERSHIP WITH CBN.

Reporter: WHEN PASTOR

JOSEPH RETIRED, THERE WERE

LOTS OF THINGS HE COULD

HAVE DONE.

HE IS AN EDUCATED MAN WITH

TWO MASTER'S DEGREES.

HE IS FLUENT IN FIVE

LANGUAGES, INCLUDING

ARABIC.

IN FACT, HIS ARABIC IS SO

GOOD, HE WAS ASKED TO

TEACH IT.

BUT WITH MANY

OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF

HIM, HE CHOSE TO MOVE TO

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS

COMMUNITIES IN SENEGAL FOR

A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF

PEOPLE HURTING HERE, AND

CRIME IS VERY HIGH.

CHILDREN BORN HERE HAVE

LITTLE HOPE BECAUSE IT IS

SO HARD TO SURVIVE IN THIS

REGION.

AGRICULTURAL IS A GOOD

APPROACH TO PEOPLE HERE,

AND I WANT TO SHARE JESUS

WITH THEM.

Reporter: BUT WHEN

PASTOR JOSEPH STARTED HIS

FARM, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,,

HE STRUGGLED TO GROW

ANYTHING.

IT RAINS ONLY A FEW INCHES

DURING A TWO-MONTH GROWING

SEASON IN JULY AND AUGUST.

SO HE WAS EXCITED WHEN CBN

OFFERED TO HELP.

TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS

FROM "INNOVATION AFRICA"

AND "THE ALLIANCE FOR

GLOBAL GOOD," WE GOT A

DEEP-POWERED WELL, AND

INSTALLED A SOLAR POWER

SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE ADDED

IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY, AND

THE AFRICAN DESERT BEGAN

TO BLOOM.

SOON THE FIELDS WERE READY

TO HARVEST.

THE CROPS SOLD QUICKLY AND

FOR A GOOD PROFIT.

WITH THE NEW SYSTEM,

PASTOR JOSEPH IS NOW

GROWING CROPS YEAR-ROUND.

THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF

HIS MUSLIM NEIGHBORS.

THEY STARTED COMING TO THE

CENTER, WHERE PASTOR

JOSEPH TOLD THEM ABOUT THE

NEW TECHNOLOGY.

HE ALSO INVITED THEM TO

LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS.

SOME EVEN PRAYED TO BECOME

CHRISTIANS.

IN THIS WAY, THE

COMMUNITY WAS BORN RIGHT

HERE ON THE FARM.

AND EVERY SUNDAY WE MEET

AND PRAY TOGETHER.

Reporter: PASTOR

JOSEPH ALSO HAS A HEART

FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS

COMMUNITY.

HE IS USING CBN'S

"SUPERBOOK" PROGRAM TO

INTRODUCE THEM TO THE GOD

OF THE BIBLE.

BECAUSE OF THE SOLAR

PANELS, WELL, AND

IRRIGATION, WE HAVE A VERY

GOOD HARVEST.

WE HAVE CLEAN DRINKING

WATER, IMPROVING HEALTH

FOR THE CHILDREN, AND MORE

JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

HERE.

THANK YOU, CBN, FOR YOUR

PARTNERSHIP.

THE PEOPLE HERE ARE NOW

REGAINING THEIR DIGNITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY

HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF

HEARING THE GOSPEL OF OUR

LORD, JESUS CHRIST.

Gordon: IF YOU'RE A

MEMBER OF "THE 700 CLUB,"

THANK YOU.

BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF

THAT.

YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING

WATER TO THAT VILLAGE.

YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING

THE GOSPEL TO THAT

VILLAGE.

YOU'RE PART OF ALL THAT WE

DO.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, WE

INVITE YOU TO JOIN.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS

A DAY.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO

THAT, GIVE US A CALL:

1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO BE A

PART OF "THE 700 CLUB."

WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING, WHERE THE BANK

DOES ALL OF THE WORK AND

THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO

WRITE.

WE SAVE SO MUCH WE CAN

SEND TO YOU "POWER FOR

LIFE," MONTHLY TEACHING

C.D.s.

IT IS YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

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

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP

LATER, HE SPENT TWO WEEKS

IN A COMA AND MADE THREE

TRIPS TO HEAVEN.

I SEEN JESUS.

I KNOW HE IS THERE.

HE ASKED ME TO DO THIS,

AND THIS IS WHAT I'M

DOING.

Terry: HE'LL TELL YOU

WHAT ELSE HE SAW IN

HEAVEN, SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

TWO-THIRDS OF BRITISH

CHRISTIANS SAY THEY HAVE

PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE

SUPERNATURAL, AND ONE OUT

OF FOUR SAY THEY'VE HAD

THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE

PREVIOUS SEVEN DAYS.

THAT'S THE FINDING FROM A

NEW STUDY BY CHRISTIAN

RESEARCH.

MOST OF THOSE SUPERNATURAL

EXPERIENCES INVOLVED

ANSWERED PRAYERS AND

HEALING.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS GIVING BACK TO THOSE

WHO WORK IN LAW

ENFORCEMENT AFTER THE

DEVASTATING FLOODS IN

LOUISIANA.

MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS

WERE VICTIMS OF THE DAMAGE

THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR

STILL OUT ON PATROL,

WORKING LONG HOURS.

"OPERATION BLESSING" SENT

OUT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP

THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES

SALVAGE WHAT WAS LEFT OF

THEIR BELONGINGS.

OTHER OFFICERS ALSO JOINED

THEIR BROTHERS IN BLUE,

SOME TRAVELLING ALL THE

WAY FROM MISSISSIPPI.

> WELL, YOU CAN FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT "OPERATION

BLESSING" BY GOING TO

THEIR WEBSITE, THAT'S

ob.org.

> GORDON AND TERRY WILL

BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.

Gordon: LANDON LANDON

WHITLEY WAS EIGHT YEARS

OLD WHEN HE HOPPED IN HIS

PARENTS' PONTIAC AND TOOK

THE FIRST OF THREE TRIPS

TO HEAVEN.

I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HE

WAS YELLING AT.

I DIDN'T SEE THE AMBULANCE

COMING.

BUT I REMEMBER HIM

YELLING.

THAT WAS THE LAST THING I

HEARD FROM HIM.

Reporter: ON A SUNDAY

MORNING IN 1997, JULIE

KEMP, HER HUSBAND, ANDREI,

AND THEIR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD

SON, LANDON, WERE DRIVING

HOME FROM CHURCH.

WHEN AN AMBULANCE,

RETURNING TO ITS STATION,

BROADSIDED THEIR CAR IN AN

INTERSECTION.

ANDY DIED INSTANTLY.

RESCUERS STABILIZED JULIE,

BUT DID NOT REALIZE THERE

WAS A THIRD PASSENGER IN

THE CAR.

THEY COULDN'T SEE HIS

BODY BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE

THAT WAS DONE TO THE

DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR.

AND LANDON WAS SITTING

BEHIND HIS DAD.

WHEN THEY SAW LANDON'S

SHOES, THEY DID A DEEPER

SEARCH FOR HIS BODY.

THEY PULLED LANDON OUT

FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR,

BUT HE WAS NOT BREATHING.

AND THEY ALL STARTED

WORKING ON HIM RIGHT AWAY,

TO BRING HIM BACK.

Reporter: LANDON WAS

RESUSCITATED AND

LIFE-FLIGHTED TO

CAROLINA'S MEDICAL CENTRE.

HE DIED TWO MORE TIMES

THAT DAY, AND BOTH TIMES

HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO

LIFE.

DOCTORS DIDN'T GIVE JULIE

MUCH HOPE FOR HIS

SURVIVAL.

THEY TOLD ME IF HE

LIVED -- WHICH DID NOT

LOOK GOOD -- BUT IF HE

LIVED, HE WOULD BE LIKE AN

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BABY.

HE WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO

WALK OR TALK OR EAT.

I WAS SO DESPERATE, THAT

THAT WAS OKAY.

I WOULD TAKE THAT, JUST TO

HAVE HIM.

HE WAS ALL THAT I HAD.

Reporter: AT HER

HUSBAND'S FUNERAL, JULIE

REMEMBERS FEELING

ABANDONED BY GOD.

I WAS VERY

DISAPPOINTED, HEART

BROKEN.

AND WHILE I'M SITTING AT

THE FUNERAL, I'M CUSSING

ATED GOD.

AT GOD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

THIS HAPPENED.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE

DIDN'T SEND ANGELS TO

PROTECT US.

BUT IN THE VERY NEXT

BREATH, I'M PRAYING AS

HARD AS I'VE EVER PRAYED

IN MY LIFE FOR LANDON TO

LIVE.

Reporter: LANDON HAD

SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD

TRAUMA DURING THE ACCIDENT

AND REMAINED IN A COMA.

HE WAS HOOKED UP TO ALL

KINDS OF MACHINES TO KEEP

HIM ALIVE.

AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS.

THEY SEE NOTHING

HAPPENING.

I KEPT PRAYING HE WOULD

OPEN HIS EYES.

Reporter: AFTER TWO

WEEKS IN A COMA, LANDON

OPENED HIS EYES.

TO EVERYONE'S AMAZEMENT,

HE HAD NO BRAIN DAMAGE.

BUT IN THE MIDST OF HER

JOY, JULIE KNEW SHE HAD TO

TELL LANDON ABOUT HIS

FATHER.

HE HAD SCARS ON HIS

FACE, AND HIS HEAD WAS

HURT.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT

HIM ANYMORE.

SO I ASKED LANDON.

I SAID, LANDON, DO YOU

KNOW WHERE YOUR DAD IS AT?

AND HE TOLD ME, YES, I

KNOW WHERE HE IS AT.

I SAW HIM IN HEAVEN.

Reporter: LANDON IS

NOW GROWN BUT STILL

CLEARLY REMEMBERS HIS

AMAZING EXPERIENCES IN

HEAVEN.

I REMEMBER BEING ABLE

TO SEE MY DAD AND HIS

FRIEND, OWEN PALMER, WHO

HAD PASSED AWAY LESS THAN

A MONTH BEFORE HE DID,

ALSO IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

AND OWEN'S SON, NEIL

PALMER, WHO HAD DIED ON A

FOUR-WHEELER YEARS BEFORE.

WE NEVER SAID A WORD TO

EACH OTHER, BUT WE WERE

ALL STANDING THERE.

HE LOOKED OVER TO ME

AND SAID, OH, MOM, BY THE

WAY, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU,

I SAW YOUR OTHER TWO KIDS.

AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM

BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I HAD TWO MISCARRIAGES

BEFORE LANDON WAS BORN.

WE HAD NEVER SHARED THAT

WITH LANDON.

HE DID NOT KNOW THAT WE

HAD TWO CHILDREN BEFORE

HIM.

I KNEW THEY WERE MY

SIBLINGS, EVEN KNOW NO ONE

HAD EVER TOLD ME ABOUT

THEM.

JUST BEING IN HEAVEN, I

GUESS YOU KNOW YOUR OWN,

OR YOU KNOW WHO EVERYONE

IS.

Reporter: HE SAYS

EACH TIME HE DIED, HE HAD

A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IN

HEAVEN.

DURING THE THIRD TIME, HE

SAYS HE MET JESUS AND WAS

GIVEN A MISSION.

IT WAS ALMOST AS IF,

LIKE, A PREVIEW OF A

MOVIE, WHERE YOU ONLY GET

TO SEE CERTAIN BITS AND

PIECES OF THINGS.

JESUS CAME TO ME AND TOLD

ME I HAD TO GO BACK TO

EARTH AND BE A GOOD

CHRISTIAN AND TELL OTHERS

ABOUT HIM.

Reporter: TODAY

LANDON AND JULIE HELP

OTHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING

AND NEED HOPE.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IN

1997 WHY GOD DIDN'T SEND

AN ANGEL, BUT I KNOW THERE

WERE ANGELS THERE AND WE

WERE PROTECTED, AND WE ARE

LIVING OUT WHAT HIS PLAN

IS FOR US.

INSTEAD OF STAYING MAD AT

HIM, I WAS ABLE TO USE

THIS STORY TO HELP OTHERS

NOT TO GIVE UP, AND TO

KEEP THEIR FAITH ON THEIR

GRIEF JOURNEY.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO

REALIZE THAT JESUS IS

REAL.

THERE IS A HEAVEN.

THERE ARE ANGELS.

AND TO FOLLOW HIS WORD AND

THE BIBLE.

AND LIFE DOES GET BETTER

AT THE END.

Reporter: IN HER BOOK

"FAITH HAS ITS REASONS,"

JULIE SAYS GOD HAS USED

THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BRING

OTHERS CLOSER TO HIM AND

HAS BROUGHT NEW BLESSINGS

TO HIM.

IT IS A HUGE BLESSING

THAT I GET TO WATCH MY

CHILD HELP OTHERS FIND

JESUS.

HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO

LET OTHERS KNOW THERE IS A

HEAVEN BECAUSE HE'S BEEN

THERE.

I KNOW I'M DOING IT FOR

JESUS.

I KNOW THAT HE IS REAL.

I KNOW THE ANGELS ARE

THERE.

I KNOW THERE IS A HEAVEN.

I'M NOT DOING IT FOR

SOMEONE WHO I DON'T KNOW

OR I'VE NEVER SEEN.

I HAVE SEEN JESUS.

I KNOW HE IS THERE.

HE HAS ASKED ME TO DO

THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M

DOING.

Gordon: I'VE SEEN

JESUS, AND I KNOW HE IS

THERE.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT MARKED THE DISCIPLES.

IT WAS MARKED THAT THEY

HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.

WHEN YOU'VE HAD THAT, WHEN

YOU'VE HAD THAT

EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU NO

LONGER FEAR THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE

GOING.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE

WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

AND NOTHING CAN EVER

SNATCH YOU AWAY.

NOW, FOR LANDON, YOU DO

GET INTO WHY?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHY WERE THEY HIT BY AN

AMBULANCE?

WHY DID HIS FATHER DIE?

WHY DID THESE THINGS

HAPPEN?

WELL, THE THE BIBLE IS

CLEAR THAT TIME AND CHANCE

HAPPEN TO US ALL.

THE UNIVERSE HAS BUILT

INTO IT THAT ACCIDENTS

HAPPEN.

THINGS THAT ARE

UNPREDICTABLE, THINGS THAT

YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR, THINGS

THAT SEEM OVERWHELMING,

AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH WHY?

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

WELL PART OF IT IS TO SHOW

THE GLORY OF THE LORD,

THAT HE IS ABLE, IN THE

MIDDLE OF YOUR ACCIDENT,

IN THE MIDDLE OF TIME AND

CIRCUMSTANCE HAPPENING TO

YOU, IN THE THE MIDDLE OF

ALL OF THAT, HE IS ABLE TO

SEE YOU THROUGH IT.

AND THE APOSTLE PAUL

WROTE, "WE KNOW THAT ALL

THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR

GOOD."

AND HERE IS A MAN WHO HAD

BEEN THROUGH SHIP WRECKS,

WHO HAD BEEN BEATEN, WHO

HAD BEEN REJECTED, AND HE

HAD BEEN LEFT FOR DEAD.

AND HE SAYS, ALL THINGS

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR

THEM THAT LOVE GOD AND ARE

CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSE.

HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS

GOING.

HE HAD THAT ASSURANCE.

AND HE KNEW AT THE END OF

HIS LIFE, ALL OF THESE

THINGS WOULD WORK TOGETHER

FOR GOOD.

NOW, DO YOU KNOW THAT?

DO YOU HAVE THAT

ASSURANCE?

DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU

DIE, YOU'LL BE WITH JESUS

IN HEAVEN?

DO YOU KNOW THAT?

DO YOU HAVE THAT CERTAINTY

WITHIN YOU?

WELL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW

THAT, THE GREAT NEWS --

AND IT'S THE BEST NEWS

THAT HAS EVER BEEN TOLD --

IS THAT JESUS CAME FOR

YOU.

HE DIED FOR YOU.

SO THAT YOU COULD BE WITH

HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

HE PAID THE PRICE FOR

EVERY SIN, FOR ALL PEOPLE,

FOR ALL TIME.

AND HE SETTLED IT.

AND HE ANNOUNCED ON A

CROSS, IT IS FINISHED.

HIS WORK WAS DONE.

HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED FOR

ALL ETERNITY WHAT GOD HAD

SENT HIM TO DO.

NOW, TO RECEIVE THIS

FORGIVENESS, ALL YOU HAVE

TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.

AND THEN YOU, TOO, CAN

MEET JESUS.

NOT IN SOME FAR-OFF TIME,

NOT IN THE SWEET BY AND

BY, BUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT

NOW.

ALL CHRISTIANS KNOW HIM,

KNOW HIS PRESENCE.

AND HE SAYS, MY SHEEP HEAR

MY VOICE.

YOU CAN HAVE THESE

INCREDIBLE, SUPERNATURAL

EXPERIENCES RIGHT WHERE

YOU ARE.

BECAUSE HE COMES TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT IT, ALL YOU

HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.

SO TODAY, LET TODAY BE THE

DAY WHERE YOU ASK FOR IT.

DON'T TURN AWAY.

DON'T DECIDE TO DO

SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT TODAY CAN BE A MIRACLE

DAY FOR YOU.

WHERE YOU CAN HAVE HIS

PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE.

KNOW WITH CERTAINTY WHERE

YOU'LL BE WHEN YOU DIE.

YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL.

IF YOU JUST ASK.

SO IF THIS IS FOR YOU, BOW

YOUR HEAD WITH ME AND

LET'S PRAY A VERY SIMPLE

PRAYER AND LET JESUS DO

ALL OF THE REST.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY

HIS NAME.

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU AND I

ASK THAT YOU REVEAL

YOURSELF TO ME.

I OPEN THE DOOR OF MY

HEART, I ASK THAT YOU COME

INTO MY LIFE.

AND, JESUS, I ASK THAT YOU

FORGIVE ME AND GIVE ME THE

ASSURANCE THAT I WILL BE

WITH YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY.

HEAR MY PRAYER, COME INTO

MY LIFE, BE WITH ME NOW,

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'

NAME.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I ASK FOR A

BAPTISM IN YOUR LOVE.

I ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE

WOULD SURROUND THEM AND

FILL THEM TO OVERFLOWING.

LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR

PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD AND

HAS BEEN ANSWERED TODAY.

DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU TO O DO.

DO.

THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU

BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND

CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH,

YOU WILL BE SAVED.

SO DO THAT.

CALL SOMEBODY.

1-800-759-0700, AND SAY, I

PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON

TV, AND I ASKED JESUS TO

COME INTO MY HEART.

WHEN YOU CALL, I HAVE A

FREE PACKET FOR YOU.

IT IS CALLED "A NEW DAY."

THE PHONE CALL IS FREE,

THE PACKET IS FREE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE

THE CALL: 1-800-759-0700.

TERRY, OVER TO YOU?

Terry: WELL, WE COME

BACK, WE'RE GOING TO

"BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR

E-MAIL QUESTIONS.

IT'S ALL COMING UP.

Terry: HERE IS OUR

E-MAIL QUESTION FOR TODAY,

GORDON.

THIS VIEWER SAYS, "IT IS

SAID THAT PEOPLE GO TO

HELL FOR WILLFUL SIN AND

THE UNPARDONABLE SIN CAN

THE NOT BRING SOMEONE BACK

TO REPENTANCE.

WILL WE SIN UNTIL OUR LAST

BREATH?

I WANT TO LOVE GOD MORE,

BUT SIN HOLDS ME BACK.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

SHOULD I STAND ON THE

PROMISES OF GOD AND THE

WORDS OF JESUS?"

Gordon: DEFINITELY

STAND ON THE PROMISES OF

GOD AND THE WORDS OF

JESUS.

THERE IS NO SIN THAT

CANNOT BE FORGIVEN.

LET THOSE WORDS RING INTO

YOU.

IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM

WITH WILLFUL SIN, IF

YOU'RE CONTINUING IN THAT,

YOU SHOULD GET FREE FROM

IT.

GO TO YOUR PASTOR.

ASK HIM TO PRAY FOR YOU.

SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE

DELIVERED FROM PATTERNS OF

BEHAVIOR.

YOU NEED TO HAVE

ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU NEED TO SAY, I WANT TO

BE FREE FROM THIS THING.

I DON'T WANT THIS HAUNTING

ME.

YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT

TO DIE IN YOUR SINS.

IT USED TO BE IN THE

THIRD, FOURTH CENTURY,

CHRISTIANS WOULD BE

BAPTIZED RIGHT BEFORE

DEATH IF THEY COULD

POSSIBLY WAIT UNTIL THEN,

THEY WOULD.

BUT DON'T LET THAT CONCERN

YOU.

LET JESUS BE YOUR ALL IN

ALL AND LET HIS WORDS RING

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM 2

CORINTHIANS: "WE ARE

CONFIDENT, WELL-PLACED,

RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM

THE BODY AND TO BE PRESENT

WITH THE LORD.

.LORD."