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IT WAS TERRIFYING.
Gordon: A MOM STARTS
BLEEDING IN HER BRAIN.
THE PROGNOSIS IS GRIM.
Gordon: AND A FAMILY
STARTS A NETWORK OF
PRAYERS.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
> WELL, GOOD MORNING,
AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
EVERY OCTOBER SCHOOLS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY JOIN TOGETHER TO
STOMP OUT BULLYING.
THE GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE
COMMUNITIES TO WORK
TOGETHER TO STOP BULLYING
AND CYBER-BULLYING, AND
LAST YEAR ONE OUT OF EVERY
FOUR STUDENTS REPORTED
BEING BULLIED, AND 30% OF
YOUNG PEOPLE ADMIT TO
BULLYING OTHERS.
Terry: 16-YEAR-OLD
NADALIE HAMPTON ENDED UP
EATING LUNCH ALL ALONE HER
ENTIRE SEVENTH GRADE YEAR.
WHEN SHE SWITCHED SCHOOLS,
SHE DECIDED TO BATTLE THE
BULLIES, AND CREATED A
FREE APP CALLED "SIT WITH
US."
I LOVE THIS.
THE APP ALLOWS STUDENTS
HAVE NO ONE TO SIT WITH AT
LUNCH TO FIND AND JOIN A
GROUP AT THEIR SCHOOL.
IT IS PRIVATE, AND IT
PREVENTS OTHERS FROM BEING
PUBLICLY REJECTED.
IF YOU SPREAD KINDNESS,
IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
THIS WAS MY DREAM TO BRING
IT OUT INTO THE WORLD, AND
SO MUCH GOOD HAS COME FROM
THAT.
I'M SITTING HERE RIGHT
NOW, AND THAT'S ALL I
COULD HAVE ASKED FOR.
Terry: CAN WE CLONE
HER?
REALLY, AN ENTIRE SCHOOL
YEAR, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW
PAINFUL THAT IS?
Gordon: I CAN IMAGINE
IT.
AND I WAS ALWAYS PUZZLED
OVER WHY THE BEHAVIOR
PATTERN HAPPENS.
IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT THE
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL,
IF NOT EARLIER, BUT
DEFINITELY THEN.
AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT US
THAT CAUSES US EITHER TO
ENGAGE IN BULLYING
BEHAVIOR OR BE BULLIED.
AND WHAT IS IT THAT THE
ROOT CAUSE.
Terry: WELL,
SOMETIMES, I THINK, IF
COOL KIDS ARE DOING THE
BULLYING, YOU HAVE A
CHOICE.
YOU CAN RUN THE RISK OF
NOT JOINING THEM AND
BECOME THE BULLIED, OR YOU
CAN JUMP ON BOARD THE
BANDWAGON AND JOIN WITH
THEM.
Gordon: THERE IS A
MOB MENTALITY THAT TAKES
OVER, AND THERE IS SOME
SORT OF SIGN OF WEAKNESS,
SO EVERYBODY PILES ON.
Terry: YEAH.
Gordon: I DON'T LIKE
THE TITLE, "STOMP OUT
BULLYING."
Terry: I DON'T IF
YOU'VE BEEN BULLIED.
THAT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
Gordon: YOU LOOK AT
THE OVERALL PROBLEM, AND
WE NEED TO REALLY GET IN
THERE TO EDUCATE THAT, NO,
THIS ISN'T THE WAY TO GO.
Terry: WHAT IS REALLY
REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS
YOUNG GIRL, THOUGH, SHE
COULD HAVE HAD SUCH A LOSS
OF SELF-ESTEEM.
SHE COULD HAVE FELT SO
VICTIMIZED, AND SHE COULD
HAVE BEEN SO ANGRY AND
INTERNALIZED ALL OF THAT.
INSTEAD, SHE SWITCHED
SCHOOLS -- GO MOM AND DAD.
AND SECOND, SHE USED IT
FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL,
POSITIVE GOOD.
Gordon: AND SHE FOUND
SELF-ESTEEM IN THAT.
Terry: ABSOLUTELY.
Gordon: ONE OF THE
DANGERS OF BULLYING IS
THAT IT HAS LASTING IMPACT
ON THE CHILDREN WHO ARE
THE VICTIMS OF IT.
AND YOU GET INTO ALL KINDS
OF ISSUES, WHETHER IT IS
EATING DISORDERS, SLEEP
DISORDERS, DEPRESSION
DISORDERS, ALL A RESULT.
YOU HAVE THIS, I JUST WANT
TO GIVE UP AND I DON'T
WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AS PARENTS, PLEASE ARE
AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH YOUR KIDS.
THEY PROBABLY WON'T TELL
YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER
PROBLEMS WITH BULLYING.
YOU PROBABLY WILL BE THE
LAST ONE TO FIND OUT.
SO BE AWARE AND TAKE
PROACTIVE ACTION HERE
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
PROTECT YOUR KIDS.
Terry: BOY, THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY FOR SURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK
SOMETIMES WHEN THESE
THINGS HAPPEN TO OUR
CHILDREN EARLY IN LIFE, IT
CAN CREATE BEHAVIOR
PROBLEMS LATER ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD REASON
TO GET ON TOP OF IT RIGHT
NOW, RIGHT?
Gordon: SPEAKING OF
SCHOOLS, IN SYRIA, OVER
4,000 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
ATTACKED.
MOST OF THEM BY AIRSTRIKES
AND BARREL BOMBS.
ACCORDING TO UNICEF, THE
SYRIAN CONFLICT HAS
DISPLACED 2.8 MILLION
CHILDREN.
SOME ARE STILL LIVING IN
SYRIA, BUT MOST ARE NOW
ABROAD.
EDUCATORS AND ACTIVISTS
ARE CONCERNED THAT THE
HIGHER EDUCATION OF AN
ENTIRE GENERATION IS AT
RISK.
THEY SAY THE CAREERS OF
GIRLS AND BOYS, WHO WOULD
ONE DAY BECOME THE
COUNTRY'S DOCTORS,
TEACHERS, SCIENTISTS,
BUSINESS LEADERS, ARE ALL
IN JEOPARDY.
A GROWING CAMPAIGN,
"BOOKS, NOT BOMBS," WANTS
TO CHANGE THAT.
THEY BELIEVE THAT
UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE
WORLD SHOULD WELCOME THESE
REFUGEES AND OFFER
SCHOLARSHIPS SO STUDENTS
CAN ATTEND.
CURRENTLY, 28 UNIVERSITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
TAKING PART IN THE
PROGRAM.
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE OR
LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
booksnotbombs.com.
YES, IN WAR, YOU DO LOSE A
GENERATION.
YOU LOSE A GENERATION OF
LEADERS.
AND WHAT CAN YOU DO TO
SORT OF STAND IN THE GAP
THERE.
Terry: IT OUGHT TO BE
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT
STEP UP TO THE PLATE ON
THIS ONE AND SAY WELCOME.
Gordon: IT IS NOT
JUST AT THE UNIVERSITY
LEVEL.
HOW ARE WE PROVIDING
EDUCATION IN THE REFUGEE
CAMPS FOR THE REFUGEES.
ARE CHILDREN LEARNING THE
BASICS OF ARITHMETIC AND
HOW TO READ.
THESE THINGS NEED TO
HAPPEN.
Terry: OUT OF THIS
COME DREAMS THAT SHAPE
FUTURES.
> WELL, WE HAVE A
HEART-WARMING TEACHER
STORY FOR YOU.
WHEN SPECIAL-ED TEACHER
KINSEY WAS PLANNING HER
WEDDING, SHE KNEW THERE
WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO
NEEDED TO BE PART OF HER
BIG DAY, AND HE WANTED ALL
OF HER STUDENTS TO BE
THERE, AND NOT JUST AS
GUESTS.
SHE WANTED THEM TO BE RING
BARRIERS AND FLOWER GIRLS.
SHE PROVIDES SPEECH
EDUCATION TO THESE
STUDENTS IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY.
IT INTEGRATES DOWN
SYNDROME STUDENTS.
SHE SAYS THESE CHILDREN
ARE LIKE FAMILY TO ME.
IT WOULDN'T BE MY WEDDING
IF THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED
IN IT.
I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH
EACH OF THEM, AND I'M
GRATEFUL THAT GOD HAS
ALLOWED ME TO TEACH THEM.
Gordon: YOU GO,
KINSEE.
KINSEY.
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY, TO
SAY, I WANT TO GIVE MY
LIFE TO OTHERS, AND NOT
JUST FROM A TEACHER
RELATIONSHIP, BUT TO SAY,
YOU'RE PART OF MY FAMILY
NOW.
Terry: THAT'S
WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENGAGING.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
Gordon: COMING UP, AN
ARTERY IN HER NECK BURST,
LEAVING THIS MOM IN
DESPERATE CONDITION.
WHEN A PATIENT COMES IN
WITH A RUPTURED CA COR CAROTID
ANEURYSM, THEY'RE LIKELY
TO DIE.
Gordon: SEE HOW SHE
RECEIVES A MIRACLE.
Gordon: WHEN TINA
HEIR WAS STRUCK WITH A
BRAIN ANEURYSM, DOCTORS
HELD LITTLE HOPE FOR HER
SURVIVAL.
BUT HER HUSBAND, RANDY,
HELD ON TO A WORD FROM GOD
THAT TINA WOULD LIVE AND
NOT DIE.
Reporter: IN EARLY
JUNE OF 2013, TINA HEIR
WAS HAVING A TOUGH DAY.
I REMEMBER BEING VERY
STRESSED OUT.
I JUST HAD A HORRIBLE
HEADACHE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GET
IN THE BATH AND RELAX,
JUST HAVE A FEW MOMENTS OF
PEACE IN THE BATHTUB THAT
DAY.
Reporter: THAT'S THE
LAST THING TINA REMEMBERS.
MOMENTS LATER HER SON,
JOHN, HEARD A STRANGE
SOUND COMING FROM THE
BATHROOM.
SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY,
HELP, HELP, BUT IT SOUNDED
LIKE HOO, HOO.
Reporter: JOHN RAN TO
GET HIS FATHER.
I RAN INTO THE
BATHROOM, AND SAW HER
LAYING ON HER STOMACH AND
MAKING THIS HORRIBLE
NOISE.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
Reporter: RANDY
OFFERED A DESPERATE PRAYER
AND THEN CALLED 9-1-1.
THE FIRST THING I SAID
WAS, JESUS, PLEASE HELP
ME.
PLEASE PROTECT MY WIFE.
Reporter: TINA WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
WHERE DOCTORS DISCOVERED
AN ARTERY IN HER NECK HAD
BURST, LEAKING BLOOD INTO
HER BRAIN.
WHEN A PATIENT COMES IN
WITH A RUPTURED CAROTID
ANEURYSM, PROGNOSIS IS
GRIM.
IF THEY COME IN AN COMA,
THEY HAVE A 40% RIC OF
DEATH IN THAT FIRST 24
HOURS.
Reporter: DOCTORS
BELIEVED SHE WOULDN'T LIVE
LONG ENOUGH FOR SURGERY
AND ASKED RANDY TO DAD
FAMILY MEMBERS TO SAY
GOOD-BYE.
IT IS YOUR WORST
NIGHTMARE BECAUSE MY
MOTHER HAD DIED FROM A
BRAIN ANEURYSM, AND I KNOW
WHAT THAT CAN DO.
BUT I STOPPED AND CHECK MY
SPIRITS FOR WHAT THE LORD
WAS SAYING.
THE FIRST THING SHE SAID
WAS, SHE WILL LIVE AND NOT
DYN.
ReporterDIE.
Reporter: FAMILY AND
FRIENDS PRAYED THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
TINA SURVIVED THE NIGHT,
BUT THE ARTERY CONTINUED
TO BLEED, PUTTING MORE
PRESSURE ON THE BRAIN,
LEAVING HER PARALYZED FROM
THE NECK DOWN.
SHE WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A
MEDICAL CENTER IN SOUTH
TEXAS.
FOLLOWING TINA'S
SURGERY, SHE WAS STILL A
SIGNIFICANT RISK OF
MORTALITY OF DEATH.
Reporter: DOCTORS
WARNED THAT EVEN IF TINA
DID LIVE, SHE MIGHT NEVER
BE THE SAME.
SHE MAY HAVE
COMPLICATIONS OF, IN
ESSENCE, STROKE-LIKE
SYMPTOMS.
SHE COULD HAVE DIFFICULT
WITH SPEECH, DIFFICULTY
WITH MEMORY AND THEY ARE
OFTEN IN A VEGETATIVE
STATE.
Reporter: THE ONLY
THING THEY COULD DO NOW
WAS WAIT AND PRAY.
I HAD TO IGNORE WHAT MY
EYES SAW AND FOCUS ON ONLY
WHAT MY HEART SAW.
FRIENDS WERE CONSTANTLY
COMING BACK AND COMING
BACK.
WE ENDED UP FINDING OUT
THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
ALL OVER WERE PRAYING FOR
US, WHOLE CHURCHES ALL
OVER THE SOUT SOUTHWEST.
THERE IS A CONVENT FULL OF
NUNS UP STATE THAT WERE
PRAYING FOR US.
Reporter: SEVEN DAYS
AFTER SURGERY, DOCTORS
BROUGHT TINA OUT OF THE
COMA.
SHE WAS FULLY AWARE AND
SPEAKING CLEARLY.
HER FIRST WORDS WERE
BASICALLY, WHERE ARE MY
BABIES?
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM?
Reporter: TINA WAS
STILL PARALYZED OVER 90%
OF HER BODY, AND THEY
CONTINUED TO PRAY.
THEN A WEEK LATER, THE
FEELING IN TINA'S ARMS AND
LEGS BEGAN TO RETURN.
AND SHE WAS ABLE TO STAND
WITH HELP.
THE NEXT DAY SHE TOOK HER
FIRST STEPS ON HER OWN.
IT WAS A MAJOR
HALLELUJAH MOMENT.
JESUS IS TOTALLY FAITHFUL.
HE NEVER FAILS.
HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO.
Reporter: SHE
CONTINUED REHAB AND THEN
JUST SEVEN WEEKS AFTER HER
ANEURYSM, TINA RETURNED
HOME TO HER CHILDREN.
I JUST CRIED AND CRIED
TO THANK THE LORD FOR
GIVING ME THIS MOMENT, FOR
LETTING ME HAVE THIS.
AND LETTING ME HAVE A
SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE.
Reporter: TINA'S
DOCTOR COULDN'T AGREE
MORE.
I WAS TRULY AMAZED AT
HER RECOVERY.
THIS JUST SHOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD PLAYED
A ROLE IN THIS, AND HER
RECOVERY TRULY WAS A
MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
GOD HAD HIS HAND ON THIS.
Reporter: IT HAS BEEN
THREE YEARS SINCE TINA WAS
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE
BATHTUB.
TODAY SHE SHOWS NO SIGN OF
BRAIN INJURY, AND SHE IS
COMPLETELY HEAL.
AND SHE AND RANDY ARE
ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
GOD LOVES ME, AND THE
FACT THAT HE WOULD DO THIS
FOR ME, THAT HE WOULD
BRING ME BACK AND LET ME
HAVE MY LIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL
LIFE --
IT IS LIKE THE MOST
WONDERFUL MIRACLE EVER.
FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
AFTER THAT, AFTER SHE GOT
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,
WHENEVER WE WOULD BE WHERE
SOMEWHERE WITH OUR
CHILDREN, I WOULD HUG HER
AND SAY, THIS MOMENT IS
BOUGHT TO YOU BY JESUS
CHRIST, WITHOUT WHOM IT
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
Gordon: ALL MOMENTS
ARE BROUGHT TO US BY JESUS
CHRIST.
THE BIBLE SAYS BY HIM AND
THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS
WERE MADE.
WHAT A WONDERFUL VERSE: "I
WILL NOT DIE BUT LIVE."
REALIZE THAT IS IN ONE OF
THE GREAT PSALMS.
PSALM 118.
IT IS A PSALM THAT JESUS
SANG AT THE LAST SUPPER.
IT IS PART OF THE HALAL,
THE GREAT PRAISE, THAT IS
SUNG AT EVERY ONE OF THE
FEASTS IN THE BIBLE.
AND HERE HE IS, AT HIS OWN
PASSOVER, CELEBRATING WHAT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
WHERE HE KNOWS HE IS GOING
TO BE BETRAYED.
HE KNOWS HE IS GOING TO BE
BEATEN.
HE KNOWS HE IS GOING TO BE
CRUCIFIED.
BUT HE LOOKS FORWARD TO
THAT DAY WHERE HE'LL BE
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND YOU LOOKS FORWARD TO
THAT DAY WHEN YOU AND I
WILL BE WITH HIM FOR
ETERNITY.
NOW, IF HE DID ALL OF
THAT, WELL, WHAT'S A BRAIN
ANEURYSM?
WELL, TO HIM IT IS
NOTHING.
IT IS A LITTLE THING.
REALIZE HE LOVES YOU.
HE KNOWS THE VERY HAIRS ON
YOUR HEAD.
HE WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR
YOU.
HE HAS ALREADY DONE ALL OF
THE HARD WORK, ALL OF THE
HEAVY LIFTING.
IT WAS DONE AT THE CROSS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
TO HIM, THE AUTHOR AND THE
FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.
LOOK TO WHAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, AND
THEN WE HAVE IT.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
FOR YOU.
BEFORE WE PRAY, WE'VE GOT
SOME WONDERFUL PRAISE
REPORTS.
Terry: WE DO.
WE'VE RECEIVED THESE
PRAISE REPORTS ON OUR
Facebook PAGE.
ELIZABETH SAID,
"EVERYTHING I HAVE ASKED
IN PRAYER, GOD HAS
ANSWERED.
MY COLONOSCOPY CAME BACK
GOOD, MY BLOOP WENT DOWN
WITHOUT MEDICATION, AND MY
DAUGHTER HAD A CYST, AND
SHE IS GOOD NOW.
GOD HAS ANSWERED EVERY ONE
OF MY PRAYERS.
GOD IS A GREAT GOD."
GRACE SAID, "GOD HEALED ME
OF LEUKEMIA, AND PRAISE
HIM FOR HIS MIGHTY HEALING
POWER."
ADAM WRITES, "PRAISE GOD,
I POSTED A PRAYER REQUEST
AND GOD DID IT FOR ME.
I'M HEALED OF DIABETES."
AND WE HAVE SOME WHO HAVE
WRITTEN IN SOME OF THE
PRAYER NEEDS YOU HAVE.
THIS SAYS -- THIS IS SEAN
WHO WRITES AND SAYS, "MY
MOTHER HAS STAGE FOUR
LIVER CANCER.
WE NEED A MIRACLE."
CELIA SAYS, "PLEASE PRAY
FOR MY EYESIGHT.
THERE IS A BLACK HOLE
INTERFERING WITH MY
SIGHT."
AND ANGELA WRITES, "PLEASE
PRAY FOR MY STOMACH AND
CHEST.
I'M IN GREAT PAIN, AND THE
DOCTORS CAN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS WRONG."
Gordon: LET'S BRING
THESE TO THE LORD.
IN AN ACT OF FAITH, LAY
YOUR HANDS O ON THE PART OF
THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEALING.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH
YOU, COULD YOU INVITE THEM
TO COME AND JUST LAY HANDS
ON YOU.
AND TERRY AND I ARE GOING
TO AGREE.
THE BIBLE HAS THIS GREAT
PROGRAMS: "WHEN TWO OR
MORE AGREE TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE."
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE LIFT SEAN'S
MOTHER WITH CANCER.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HEAL
HER LIVER AND CLEANSE HER
BODY OF EVERY CANCER CELL.
FOR CELIA, WITH HER
EYESIGHT, JUST RESTORE IT,
LORD GOD.
GIVE HER PERFECT VISION.
NO MORE HOLES IN HER
VISION, BUT PERFECT
VISION.
FOR ANGELO, THIS
MYSTERIOUS PAIN IN HIS
CHEST AND STOMACH, WE COME
TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT, AND
WE REBUKE IT NOW.
AND WE SAY ALL
INFLAMMATION, ALL PAIN
LEAVE HIM NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
> AND NOW FOR THOSE WHO
ARE LAYING HANDS, WE JUST
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH
THEM.
WE SAY OUT LOUD OVER THEIR
BODIES, BE HEALED NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
AND BE MADE WHOLE.
BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, I
AM HEALED.
HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IT.
HE ACCOMPLISHED IT 2,000
YEARS AGO.
HE BORE AWAY MY INFIRMITY,
MY DISEASE, AND ALL OF MY
PAIN.
I AM HEALED NOW.
IN JESUS'
NAME.
THERE IS A WOMAN NAMED
MARTHA, AND YOU'RE LAYING
YOUR RIGHT HAND ON THE
BACK SIDE OF YOUR RIGHT
NECK.
AND YOU'VE HAD SHOOTING
PAINS, STIFFNESS IN THE
NECK, SHOOTING PAINS DOWN
INTO YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER,
AND GOD HAS HEALED.
HE IS ABLE TO RESTORE THAT
DISK.
HE IS ABLE TO TAKE AWAY
ALL OF THE BULGE AND NERVE
PAIN NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
EVERY MUSCLE IN THE NECK
RELAX.
BE HEALED AND BE MADE
WHOLE.
MARTHA, DO WHAT YOU
COULDN'T DO BEFORE AND
REALIZE YOU'VE BEEN
TOUCHED BY GOD AND HEALED
BY HIM.
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE, I DON'T KNOW
YOUR NAME, BUT YOU HAVE A
CONDITION IN YOUR MOUTH.
IT IS REALLY QUITE
PAINFUL.
YOU THESE SORES ALL ALONG
THE SIDES OF THE INSIDE OF
YOUR MOUTH.
IT MAKES TALKING PAINFUL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
CAUSED IT, AND YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT,
BUT GOD DOES.
BODY, WE ASK YOU TO ALIGN
YOURSELF WITH THE PERFECT
WILL OF JESUS CHRIST.
GOD, WE PRAY YOUR TOUCH OF
HEALING POWER UPON THIS
PERSON.
THAT IT WOULD BE GONE NOW
IN JESUS' NAME.
Gordon: THERE ARE
SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE
HAD SINUS INFECTIONS THAT
ARE RECURRING.
IT IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM
FOR ONE OVER YOUR EYES.
IT IS EXCRUCIATINGLY
PAINFUL, AND GOD IS
HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE A
HEARING LOSS IN YOUR RIGHT
EAR, BUT YOU'VE JUST HEARD
IT POP OPEN AND YOU'VE
BEEN GIVEN YOUR HEARING
BACK NOW.
Gordon: LORD, WE
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE THE HEALER.
YOU'RE THE DELIVERER.
YOU'RE THE SAVIOR.
YOU'RE THE ANSWER TO ALL
OF OUR NEEDS.
BE WITH US NOW FOR WE ASK
IT IN JESUS' NAME.
A MEAMEN AND AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BE HEALED, WE
WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY.
THE NUMBER IS ON THE
SCREEN: 1-800-700-7000.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
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WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING
PRAYER.
WHAT JESUS TOLD THESE
PARABLES, AND PEOPLE WHO
KEPT ON PRAYING, KEPT ON
ASKING, KEPT ON SEEKING,
KEPT ON KNOCKING.
SO WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
IT IS OUR HONOR AND OUR
PRIVILEGE TO PRAY FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
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TERRY?
Terry: STILL TO COME,
A GRANDMOTHER SENDS HER
3-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON TO BEG
FOR FOOD.
WE HADN'T HAD ANYTHING
TO EAT THAT DAY.
I SENT HIM TO ASK THE
WOMAN IF SHE WOULD HELP
US.
Terry: SEE HOW
VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOU
HELPED THIS GRANDMOTHER
AND HER GRANDKIDS.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: LIKE MANY
GRANDPARENTS, GRANDMA ROTH
IS RAISING HER GRANDSONS.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS SHE
AND HER HUSBAND BARELY
HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED
THEMSELVES.
THE FAMILY BECAME SO
DESPERATE, THEIR YOUNGEST
GRANDSON HAD TO BEG FOR
FOOD FROM NEIGHBORS.
Reporter: LIFE HAS
BEEN TOUGH FOR GRANDMA
RATH.
SIX YEARS AGO, SHE BEGAN
RAISING HER GRANDSONS GRANDSON AFTER
HIS MOTHER LEFT HIM.
WE HADN'T HAD ANYTHING
TO EAT THAT DAY.
I SENT HIM TO ASK THE
WOMAN IF SHE WOULD HELP
US.
SHE GAVE HIM A LITTLE
FOOD.
Reporter: FOR YEARS
ARTHRITIS IN HER HIPS HAS
FORCED GRANDMA TO USE A
WALKER TO GET AROUND.
THEY SURVIVED ON THE SMALL
INCOME HER HUSBAND MAKES
AS A PART-TIME FISHERMAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T
EVEN HAVE A WAY TO TAKE
HIS FISH TO THE MARKET TO
SELL.
THEN THEY NEARLY LOST THE
SMALL HOUSE THEY WERE
RENTING, TOO.
THEY WONDERED HOW LONG
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF
THEIR GRANDSONS.
MORE THAN ONCE OUR LAND
LADY THREATENED TO PUT US
OUT ON THE STREET IF WE
DIDN'T PAY THE RENT.
I BEGGED HER TO HAVE
MERCY.
I WOULD SEE MY GRANDMA
CRY SOMETIMES, AND I
CRIED, TOO.
I LOVE THEM VERY MECH.
ReporterMUCH. Reporter: CBN
EVALUATED THEIR NEED AND
DISCOVERED WITH A
MOTORCYCLE AND SIDE CAR,
GRANDPA COULD INCREASE HIS
BUSINESS.
AND HE COULD USE THE
MOTORBIKE TO FIND JOBS IN
CONSTRUCTION, WHERE HE
ALSO HAD SOME SKILLS.
WITH THAT I INVESTMENT, THE
COUPLE NOW HAS ENOUGH
MONEY FOR FOOD AND OTHER
HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.
I AM SO GLAD WE DON'T
HAVE TO STAY HUNGRY
ANYMORE.
THANK YOU, CBN, FOR
HELPING MY FAMILY.
Terry: IN SO MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLD -- CAN
I SAY EVEN RIGHT HERE IN
THE U.S.A., YOU HAVE
GRANDPARENTS WHO HAVE
STEPPED UP AND TAKE CARE
OF THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
BUT IF YOU'RE AT THIS
PLACE IN LIFE AND YOU
CAN'T HARDLY FEED YOURSELF
AND YOUR SPOUSE, MUCH LESS
THESE CHILDREN YOU LOVE SO
DEARLY.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO
IMAGINE.
BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU AND ME TO STEP
INTO THAT PLACE OF NEED,
AND TO BE JESUS WITH HANDS
AND FEET AND LOVE AND
ACTION.
IT IS YOU, "700 CLUB"
MEMBERS, WHO CAME INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THAT NEED AND
SAID WE'RE GOING TO
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THOUSANDS OWITHTHOUSANDS OF US WHO ARE
DOING THE SAME THING.
OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US IS TO
SEND YOU THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN.
THERE ARE TWO C.D.s
WHERE PAT READS WHAT HAS
BEEN CALLED GOD'S LOVE
LETTER TO US.
IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO
LISTEN TO.
IT WILL REALLY ENHANCE
YOUR FAITH.
IT WILL HELP YOU MEMORIZE
SCRIPTURE, AND IT WILL
REMIND YOU OF THE PROMISES
THAT JESUS HIMSELF MADE TO
US.
YOU CALL RIGHT NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
SAY, I WANT TO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB," AND WE'LL GET
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN OUT TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY.
Gordon: AND WHEN YOU
CALL, MAKES SURE YOU'RE
ALSO SIGNING UP FOR OUR
"PRAY FOR AMERICA"
CAMPAIGN.
OUR NATION IS DIVIDED, AND
HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER
AFTER THIS ELECTION.
THIS IS, IN MY LIFETIME,
THE CRAZIEST ELECTION I'VE
EVER BEEN THROUGH.
AND HOW DO WE UNITE
TOGETHER?
WE NEED TO PRAY.
IF YOU WANT TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA, ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS CALL US:
1-800-700-7000.
OR YOU CAN GO TO
prayforAmerica.com.
AND LET OTHERS KNOW THAT
YOU'RE PRAYING.
AUALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS USE
THE HASHTAG PRAY FOR
AMERICA CBN.
YOU CAN LET OTHERS KNOW
YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
AMERICA.
WE NEED UNITY.
WE NEED TO PRAY AND ASK
FOR IT.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
WORD FROM ROMANS ROMANS, IN THE
SPIRIT OF NATIONAL STOP
BULLYING MONTH, "WE SHOULD
HELP OTHERS DO WHAT IS
RIGHT AND BUILD THEM UP IN