Gordon: THE DRUG

DEALER WITH A HEAVY

CONSCIENCE.

I REMEMBER THE MORAL

CAMPUS MOVING BACK AND

FORTH, THINKING, I JUST

DID A DRUG DEAL AND I NEED

TO STOP.

Gordon: SENTENCED TO

MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN

PRISON.

AND I REMEMBER THINKING

TO MYSELF, HOW FAR HAVE I

REALLY FALLEN?

Gordon:

PLUS...LEADING WORSHIP IN

A GHANA CITY DUMP.

DANIEL KOLENDA JOINS US ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

> WELL, WELCOME TO THE

SHOW.

A SWEDISH MIDWIFE HAS BEEN

DENIED SEVERAL JOBS

BECAUSE OF HER PRO-LIFE

VIEWS.

SHE IS NOW TAKING HER CASE

TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF

HUMAN RIGHTS.

BACK IN 2013, ELEANOR

GRIMARC FINISHED MIDWIFE

CLASSES AND REQUESTED SHE

NOT BE REQUIRED TO ASSIST

IN ABORTIONS.

THE HEAD OF MATERNITY LEFT

A PHONE MESSAGE, SAYING

SHE WAS NO LONGER WELCOME

TO WORK WITH THEM, AND

QUESTIONED WHETHER A

PERSON WITH SUCH VIEWS

COULD ACTUALLY BECOME A

MIDWIFE.

Terry: HER ATTORNEY

SAYS THAT THE MEDIA IS

VERY HOSTILE, AND

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE

MADE STATEMENTS AGAINST

HER CASE.

ONE POLITICIAN SAID,

QUOTE, "THOSE WHO REFUSE

TO PERFORM ABORTIONS ARE,

IN MY OPINION, EXTREME

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS,

NOT UNLIKE JIHADISTS."

> A WIN WOULD MEAN

PROTECTIONS FOR SWEDEN,

AND A LOSS WOULD SIGNAL

THE END OF HER CAREER AND

IMPACT EXISTING CONSCIENCE

LAWS.

WOW!

Gordon: IF YOU THINK

THAT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE,

THINK AGAIN.

WHY WOULD SOMEBODY WANT TO

BE A MIDWIFE?

YOU WANT TO BE A MIDWIFE

BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BRING

LIFE INTO THE WORLD.

YOU WAFN WANT TO BIRTH

CHILDREN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PERFORM

ABORTIONS.

Terry: WHEN I THINK

OF SWEDEN, NOT ALWAYS IN A

POSITIVE WAY OF A LOT OF

FREE THINKING AND FREE

LIFESTYLE, BUT THIS IS SO

BLACK AND WHITE, AND YOU

THINK MY WAY OR THE

HIGHWAY.

Gordon: TO EQUATE NOT

PERFORMING AN ABORTION

WITH JIHADISTS THAT CHOP

PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF, YOU'VE

THE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

YOU'RE MAKING THAT

COMPARISON.

WHERE SOMEONE SAYS, I

VALUE LIFE SO MUCH, I

CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE

TAKE THE LIFE OF AN UNBORN

CHILD.

ALL SOCIETIES NEED TO MAKE

ROOM FOR THAT.

WE NEED TO HONOR LIFE AND

A COMMITMENT TO LIFE.

Terry: HERE IS

ANOTHER CASE FOR THE

EUROPEAN COURT FOR HUMAN

RIGHTS, THIS TIME FROM

GERMANY.

THE COUPLE APPEALED TO THE

COURT FOR THE RIGHT TO

HOME-SCHOOL THEIR FOUR

CHILDREN.

BACK IN 2013, POLICE USED

A BATTERING RAM TO BREAK

INTO THE COUPLE'S HOME AND

SEIZE OF CHILDREN, AGED

SEVEN TO 14.

UNBELIEVABLE.

Gordon: WELL, THE

E.H.C.R. IS CURRENTLY

REVIEWING THE CASE TO SEE

IF GERMAN AUTHORITIES

BREACHED THE RIGHT TO

FAMILY LIFE, PROTECTED IN

ARTICLE 8 IN THE EUROPEAN

CONVENTION ON FAMILIES

RIGHTS.

THEY RESPONDED BY SAYING,

"CHILDREN ARE BORN TO

PARENTS, NOT GOVERNMENTS."

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS AT

THE U.N. AND SCHOLARS

WORLDWIDE HAVE FOUND THAT

HOME EDUCATION IS A

NATURAL, FUNDAMENTAL, AND

PROTECTED HUMAN RIGHT.

THE COURT MUST HOLD

GERMANY ACCOUNTABLE TO

RESPECT THIS.

I REMEMBER THIS ONE, BACK

WHEN IT HAPPENED.

AND JUST IMAGINE YOU HAVE

A S.W.A.T. TEAM DESCENDING

ON YOUR HOME, USING A

BATTERING RAM, FULLY

ARMED, AND SAYING WE ARE

GOING TO FORCIBLY TAKE

YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF YOUR

HOME.

AND YOUR CRIME IS YOU

DECIDED TO EDUCATE THEM AT

HOME.

NOW, JUST WRAP YOUR HEAD

AROUND THAT ONE.

IF THAT'S NOT

OVERREACTION, IF THAT'S

NOT GOVERNMENT

INTERFERENCE WITH FAMILY

LIFE, IF THAT'S NOT A

VIOLATION OF PRIVACY -- IN

THE U.S., WE WOULD SAY IT

IS AN UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND

SEIZURE BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD

YOUR CHILDREN SEIZED AND

DRAGGED OUT OF YOUR HOME.

THIS IS HORRIBLE ACTIONS

BY A GOVERNMENT.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

GOVERNMENTS RUN AMUCK.

WHEN PEOPLE START SAYING

THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE

BEST WAY, AND WE KNOW HOW

TO SCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN

AND YOU DON'T, AND OUR

THOUGHT PROCESSES ARE

BETTER THAN YOUR THOUGHT

PROCESSES -- WHEN THE

GOVERNMENT STARTS SAYING

THAT, THAT'S WHEN THIS

KIND OF ABUSE HAPPENS.

Terry: UNBELIEVABLE.

THE PREVALENCE OF THAT

THINKING, THAT NO ONE

ALONG THE WAY STOPPED THIS

IS FRIGHTENING.

Gordon: AND THE

PREVALENCE OF THINKING IF

YOU WANT TO HOME-SCHOOL,

OR IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT

RELIGIOUS VIEW OR A

DIFFERENT SOCIAL VIEW,

THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

YOU'RE I INFERIOR, AND THIS

NEEDS TO BE STAMPED OUT.

I THINK THAT IDEA ALONE,

THAT ONE IS ONE WE ALL

NEED TO PAUSE, COULD IT

HAPPEN HERE?

IT HAPPENED IN GERMANY.

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?

LET'S MAKE SURE IT

DOESN'T.

Terry: DID WE LEARN.

> WELL, AS WE CONSIDER

WORLD-WIDE RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM, WE REMEMBER THE

HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

WERE YOU JUST THIS LAST

SUNDAY.

THE INTERNATIONAL

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS

AND JEWS RECENTLY RELEASED

THIS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING

THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF MANY

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

TAKE A LOOK.

*

Gordon: THEY

CERTAINLY DOING A

WONDERFUL WORK, AND KEEP

IN MIND THAT THERE WERE NO

REPARATIONS PASSED FOR

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

SO WHETHER THAT WAS

UKRAINE OR RUSSIA, THERE

IS NO GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS

GOING TO THEM FOR WHAT

THEY ENDURED IN THE SECOND

WORLD WAR.

AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS,

NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE,

IN ISRAEL, UKRAINE,

RUSSIA -- IF YOU CAME FROM

THOSE COUNTRIES DURING THE

HOLOCAUST, THERE IS NO

REPARATIONS FOR YOU, AND

YOU'RE DEPENDENT ON

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN

MOST CASES, AND WE NEED TO

STAND IN THE GAP AND SAY,

YES, WE CAN MAKE A

DIFFERENCE FOR YOU.

Terry: ABSOLUTELY.

Gordon: ANOTHER

SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL

EVENT FOR THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WAS THE SIX-DAY

WAR.

THIS SPRING MARKS THE

50th ANNIVERSARY.

TO COMMEMORATE THIS EVENT,

CBCBN IS RELEASING A

DOCUMENTARY CALLED "IN OUR

HANDS: THE BATTLE FOR

JERUSALEM."

IT TELLS THE STORY OF

ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES,

AND HOW THEY RISKED

EVERYTHING FOR THE SAKE OF

THEIR HOMELAND.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE

TRAILER.

I BELIEVE THE TIME HAS

COME TO BEGIN A BATTLE OF

ANNIHILATION.

THEY DIVIDED MY LAND.

THEY DIVIDED THE LAND OF

GOD.

IN THESE THREE WEEKS,

PEOPLE FELT LIKE THERE IS

GOING TO BE A SECOND

HOLOCAUST.

I JUST STARTED THIS JOB

10 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW YOU

WANT ME TO BLA PLAN AN ENTIRE

WAR IN TWO DAYS?

YES.

PEOPLE ARE VERY

MOTIVATED, BUT TO SAY THAT

THERE WAS NO FEAR IS

TELLING A LIE.

YOU'RE SCARED UNTIL THE

FIRST SHOT.

THE MINUTE THE FIRST SHOT

IS BEING FIRED, YOU PLAN

ON COMPLETING YOUR

MISSION.

TO BE RIGHT HERE AND

NOT TO GO IN, HISTORY WILL

NEVER FORGIVE YOU.

HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY?

YOU SET THIS ALL ON FIRE.

Gordon: I ENCOURAGE

YOU TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL

DOCUMENTARY.

IT IS THE ACCURATE HISTORY

OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE

SIX-DAY WAR, TOLD FROM THE

VIEWPOINT OF THE SOLDIERS

WHO TOOK THE TEMPLE MOUNT

AND DECLARED TO THE WORLD

THE TEMPLE MOUNT IS IN OUR

HANDS.

THIS IS A ONE-DAY-ONLY

SHOWING ON MAY 23, WHICH

IS JERUSALEM REUNIFICATION

DAY ON THE JEWISH

CALENDAR.

SO WE'RE ON THEIR

CALENDAR, CELEBRATING THE

50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE

REUNIFICATION OF

JERUSALEM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE

HISTORY.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS

HISTORY, YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND TODAY'S

HEADLINES.

SO WHEN THE U.N. COMES IN

AND SAYS, THE OCCUPATION

OF EAST JERUSALEM IS

BLATENTLY ILLEGAL, YOU

NEED TO HAVE THE

HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN

1967 AND HOW ISRAEL WAS

RESPONDING TO ARAB

AGGRESSION FROM SYRIA,

FROM JORDAN, FROM EGYPT.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THE

HISTORY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

IS GOING ON TODAY.

IF YOU WANT TO GET

TICKETS, WE HAVE A WEBSITE

FOR YOU, AND IT'S CALLED

inourhands1967.com.

WE HAVE 456 THEATERS

SIGNED UP SO FAR FOR THIS

ONE-DAY-ONLY EVENT.

SO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND

GET YOUR TICKETS AND SEE

THIS WONDERFUL HISTORY,

HOW GOD FULFILLED THE

PROMISE OF THE BIBLE, THAT

ONE DAY JERUSALEM WOULD NO

LONGER BE TRODDEN UNDER

THE FOOT OF THE GENTILES.

GO AND SEE IT.

Terry: MY TICKETS ARE

IN MY HANDS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

THIS.

> WELL, COMING UP, HOW

CAN A GARBAGE DUMP BECOME

HOLY GROUND?

DANIEL KOLENDA JOINS US TO

ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

DON'T GO AWAY.

Terry: BACK IN 2015,

"CHRIST FOR ALL NATIONS"

LED A GOSPEL CRUSADE IN AN

UNLIKELY PLACE.

IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOU

KNOW GOD USES UNLIKELY

PEOPLE AND PLACES, BUT A

GARBAGE DUMP?

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: THOUSANDS

OF MILES AWAY IN A

NEIGHBORHOOD IN GHANA,

KNOWN FOR CRIME, VIOLENCE,

AND POVERTY, THERE SITS A

CITY DUMP.

CREWS FROM "CHRIST FOR ALL

NATIONS," WITH DANIEL

KOLENDA, CLEARED THE

TRASH.

THEY BUILT A STAGE AND SET

UP LIGHT TOWERS.

MORE THAN 700,000 PEOPLE

FILLED THE PLACE TO

OVERFLOWING FOR SEVEN

NIGHTS OF WORSHIP.

REINHARD BONNKE STARTED

THIS MINISTRY MORE THAN 40

YEARS AGO.

Reporter: BY THE END

OF THE WEEK, THE DUMP HAD

A NEW NAME, "HOLY GROUND."

Terry: DANIEL KOLENDA

JOINS US NOW.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER

SEEN 700,000 PEOPLE

GATHERED ANYWHERE.

IT IS PRETTY

EXTRAORDINARY.

IT IS LIKE GETTING A

PREVIEW OF WHAT HEAVEN

WILL BE LIKE.

WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM

EVERY TRIBE AND NATION,

AND THE SOUND IS LIKE THE

RUSHING OF WATERS.

IT IS REALLY AMAZING.

Terry: YOU FELT A

CALL ON YOUR LIFE AT THE

AGE OF SEVEN TO PREACH.

YEAH.

Terry: NOW HERE YOU

ARE TODAY, AND YOU'VE BEEN

TAPPED AS THE SUCCESSOR TO

REINHARD BONNKE.

WHAT IS THAT LIKE?

WHEN I STARTED OUT --

WHEN YOU SAY I WAS SEVEN

YEARS OLD, I REALLY WANTED

TO BE A MISSIONARY IN

AFRICA.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE

LORD HAD IN STORE.

I COULD NEVER HAVE

IMAGINED THE SCALE ON

WHICH WE'RE SEEING THE

HARVEST COMING IN RIGHT

NOW.

REINHARD BONNKE STARTED

THE MINISTRY ALMOST 50

YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE

SEEN 76 MILLION PEOPLE

COME TO CHRIST, THAT'S

ALMOST 8,000 PEOPLE A DAY

FOR THE LAST 30

CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

SO IT IS PROBABLY THE

GREATEST HARVEST IN OUR

LIFETIME HAPPENING TODAY

AND WE'RE LIVING IN THE

MIDDLE OF IT.

Terry: I HAVE OFTEN

WONDERED, WHEN I LOOK AT

REINHART'S WORK OVER THE

YEARS, HOW ONE DECIDES

WHERE YOU'LL GO.

A GARBAGE DUMP -- HOW DID

THAT HAPPEN?

WE GET TOGETHER EVERY

YEAR WITH OUR TEAM AND WE

PRAY AND HEAR WHERE THE

LORD WANTS US TO COME.

AND WE HEAR WHERE THE NEED

IS THE GREATEST.

THIS WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN

AREA.

IT WAS A MUSLIM AREA.

SO THE OVERWHELMING

MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE

THAT ATTENDED THOSE

MEETINGS WERE MUSLIMS.

BUT IT WASN'T JUST A

PRAISE AND WORSHIP

SERVICE, ALTHOUGH WE

CAPTURED THAT FOR THIS

ALBUM, IT WAS THE

PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL,

AND OVER 300,000 PEOPLE

CAME TO CHRIST OVER THE

PERIOD OF FOUR DAYS DURING

THAT CRUSADE.

Terry: GOD HAS

BLESSED REINHARD BONNKE'S

WORK OVER THE YEARS WITH

SIGNS AND MIRACLES, AND

WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS TIME

IN GHANA?

PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME,

WHAT'S THE GREATEST

MIRACLE, AND I ALWAYS SAY,

HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT

ME TO GO?

WE SAW CRIPPLES WALKING

EVERY NIGHT, DEAF EARS

OPENING.

THE GREATEST THING WE SAW

DURING THAT CAMPAIGN WAS

JUST DEAF EARS.

SOMETIMES IT IS

INTERESTING HOW ONE THING

SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE

THAN ANOTHER.

BLIND EYES WERE OPENED.

IT IS LIKE LIVING IN THE

BOOK OF ACTS.

IT IS LIKE BEING WITH

JESUS.

HE IS STILL THE SAME.

Terry: CAN YOU

IMAGINE SOMEONE HAS LOST

THEIR HEARING, OR BEEN

BORN OUT OF IT, GOD

RESTORING IT TO YOU TO THE

SOUND OF 700,000 PEOPLE

WORSHIPPING.

OR IMAGINE YOU WERE

BORN BLIND, AND THE FIRST

SIGHT YOU SEE IS 700,000

PEOPLE.

Terry: I KNOW THERE

IS SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN

THE SPIRIT REALM WHEN YOU

HAVE THESE GATHERINGS,

INCLUDING DEMONIC POWER

THAT SHOWS UP.

HOW DO YOU PRAY AGAINST

THAT?

HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?

IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE

DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME

FOCUSING ON THE DEVIL.

WE PREACH JESUS.

Terry: HE GETS OUT OF

THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.

YEAH.

BUT DURING THE WEEK, WE

ALWAYS TAKE TIME TO

ACTUALLY BREAK THE CURSES.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE

PEOPLE KNOW.

I GET A LIST FROM THE

PASTORS OF THE LOCAL

DEITIES, IDOLS, CURSES,

AND THESE ARE THINGS

PEOPLE LIVE IN SUCH FEAR

OF THEY AREN'T WILLING TO

SAY THEIR NAME OUT LOUD.

IN THIS PAST CRUSADE WE

CAME FROM, MY INTERPRETER

REFUSED TO INTERPRET

BECAUSE HE, THE PASTOR,

WAS IN SO MUCH FEAR OF

THOSE THINGS.

SO I GOT ANOTHER

INTERPRETER.

I WE TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU

GOT SOMETHING FROM THE

WITCH DOCTOR, COME AND

BRING THEM, AND PUT THEM

IN THESE DRUMS, WE'LL SOAK

THEM WITH GASOLINE, AND WE

BURN THEM IN JESUS' NAME

AND BREAK THE CURSES.

AND PEOPLE BEGIN TO

REJOICE AND DANCE.

AS THE PEOPLE REALIZE, I I

DEFIED THESE LOCAL

DEITIES, AND I DID NOT

DIE.

WOW, JESUS IS GREATER THAN

THESE DEITIES.

Terry: YOU'VE

MENTIONED THE RECORDING

THAT YOU'VE DONE, BOTH A

C.D. AND A D.V.D.

WHAT WILL PEOPLE GET ON

THIS?

THIS ALBUM, "HOLY

GROUND" -- I'M AN

EVANGELIST PRIMARILY, BUT

EVILLISM ANEVANGELISM AND WORSHIP GO

TOGETHER.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU

LISTEN TO THIS AND YOU

WATCH THIS, IT TRANSPORTS

YOU RIGHT TO THE EPICENTER

OF ONE OF THE GREATEST

MOVES OF GOD IN HISTORY.

YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE

THERE.

I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO

BRING THIS INTO PEOPLE'S

LIVES.

THERE IS ONE MOMENT DURING

ONE OF THE SONGS -- IT IS

ACTUALLY THE SONG THAT IS

PLAYING RIGHT NOW, "FILL

ME NOW."

THAT SONG THEY USED TO

SING AT AZUZA STREET, AND

PEOPLE ARE ROARING AND NEW

TONGUES SPONTANEOUSLY.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS

ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THE

WORLD.

Terry: AND HOW DO

PEOPLE GET AHOLD OF THIS?

THEY CAN GO TO

holygroundworship.com.

Terry: YOU HAVE A

FAIRLY CRUSADE HAPPENING

THIS FALL, AND YOU TALK

ABOUT A MOMENT IN TIME,

AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING

TO BE ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL

MOMENTS IN TIME.

YEAH.

REINHARD BONNKE WANTS TO

GO BACK FOR ONE LAST

CRUSADE.

HE HAS NOT BEEN IN AFRICA

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

HE WANTS TO COME BACK TO

LEGOS, NIGERIA, AND WE ARE

EXPECTING THE LARGEST

GATHERING OF HUMAN BEINGS

EVER EXPECTED.

Terry: WHAT ARE YOU

EXPECTING?

PROBABLY THREE MILLION

IN ONE SERVICE.

Terry: WOW, THAT IS

GOING TO BE A MOMENT IN

TIME.

> I WANT TO MENTION --

LET ME HOLD THIS UP.

DANIEL KOLENDA'S C.D. AND

D.V.D. COMBO, AND IT IS

CALLED "HOLY GROUND," AND

IT WAIT IS A PLACE GOD MADE

HOLY THAT WAS A DUMP SITE.

YOU WANT TO GET AHOLD OF

IT.

IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL.

THANK YOU.

IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE

YOU HERE.

THANK YOU.

Gordon: UP NEXT, HE

CAME TO A LIFE-CHANGING

CONCLUSION.

NICE GUYS FINISH LAST.

I NO LONGER AM GOING TO BE

THE NICE GUY.

Gordon: FIND OUT HOW

THAT DECISION LED HIM INTO

Gordon: WE'VE ALL

HEARD "NICE GUYS FINISH

LAST."

WELL, THAT WAS DAVID'S

EXPERIENCE.

SO HE DECIDED TO SET OUT

ON A JOURNEY HE BELIEVED

WAS FULL OF FUN AND

HAPPINESS.

INSTEAD, THAT JOURNEY

WOULD BRING HIM A 22-YEAR

PRISON SENTENCE.

TAKE A LOOK.

IT WAS BUILT IN ME TO

WIN EVERY TIME.

YOU DON'T LOSE.

Reporter: DAVID'S

DRIVE TO WIN CAME FROM HIS

FATHER, A COACH AND

WORLD-CLASS DIVING

CHAMPION WHO PUSHED HIM TO

BE HIS BEST.

I WAS CO-CAPTAIN OF THE

WRESTLING TEAM.

AND I WOULD COME HOME, AND

I SAID, I PINNED HIM.

AND HE SAID, WHAT ROUND?

WELL, THE SECOND ROUND.

YOU LET HIM GET OUT OF

THE FIRST ROUND?

Reporter: ALWAYS THE

OUTSIDER, HE MEASURED HIS

SELF-WORTH BY WHAT OTHER

PEOPLE HAD.

IF THEY HAD THE GIRL OR

THE CAR OR ALL OF THAT

STUFF, THEY WERE ACCEPTED

BECAUSE THAT HAD THAT

STUFF.

AND I WANTED THAT.

BUT ONCE I GOT IT, IT

DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

Reporter: IN COLLEGE

HER WORKEHE WORKED SEVERAL JOBS

TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HIS

PEERS.

HE HAD MONEY, BUT HAD NO

TIME TO ENJOY IT.

AND HE BECAME BITTER.

I CONSTANTLY MISSED THE

FUN.

I MISSED THE EXCITEMENT.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

THESE OTHER KIDS GET THESE

ALLOWANCES FROM THEIR

PARENTS TO GO OUT AND DO

THESE THINGS, AND I HAVE

TO WORK.

BUT HERE IS WHERE IT

FLIPPED: I'M THE GUY WHO

IS DOING EVERYTHING THE

RIGHT WAY AND IT'S NOT

WORKING.

AND I SAID, THAT'S IT.

NICE GUYS FINISH LAST.

I'M NO LONGER GOING TO BE

THE NICE GUY.

Reporter: WHEN DAVID

WAS 19, ONE OF HIS FRIENDS

TOLD HIM THEY COULD MAKE

EASY CASH SELLING COCAINE.

ON HIS WORK BREAK ONE

NIGHT, DAVID AND HIS

FRIENDS MADE A DEAL IN THE

PARKING LOT.

THE FIRST TRANSACTION I

MADE WAS TWO GRAMS OF

COCAINE FOR TWO $100

BILLS, AND THE WHOLE

TRANSACTION TOOK TWO

MINUTES.

AND I MADE MORE IN THAT

TRANSACTION IN TWO MINUTES

THAN I MADE WORKING

PART-TIME HOURS A WHOLE

WEEK WHILE GOING TO

COLLEGE.

AND I REMEMBER THE MORAL

COMPASS FLIPPING BACK AND

FORTH.

Reporter: BUT THE

INSTANT MONEY WAS

INTOXICATING.

HE DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE,

JOINED THE BUSINESS, AND

WAS SOON MAKING $20,000 A

MONTH.

I'M, LIKE, WAIT A

SECOND.

THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT

WORLD, AND I LIKED IT.

I DIDN'T JUST WANT A SUIT,

I WANTED THE ARMANI.

Reporter: HE STARTED

A CHAIN OF STORES, TRYING

TO CONVINCE HIMSELF THAT

ONE DAY HE WOULD QUIT THE

DRUG DEALING ALL TOGETHER.

I DID NOT WANT TO GO

DEEPER.

I WANTED TO BELIEVE A LIE

THAT I WASN'T GOING INTO

THE DRUG BUSINESS FOR

LIFE.

I WAS GOING INTO THE DRUG

BUSINESS TO MAKE ENOUGH

MONEY TO TAKE THE MONEY

OUT TO GO MAKE MY LIFE.

Reporter: HIS MOTHER

HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM

TO TURN TO GOD.

AND SHE HAD SUSPICIONS

ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH

DRUGS.

ONE DAY SHE CONFRONTED HIM

ABOUT IT, AND DAVID, OF

COURSE, DENIED IT.

I DEFLECTEDED THE

CONFRONTATION IN THAT

MOMENT.

BUT I REMEMBER WALKING

OUT, THINKING, I REALLY

NEED TO STOP HIS BUSINESS.

THIS IS NOT HONORING MY

PARENTS.

THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY

RAISED ME TO BE.

I'M RISKING RUINING THE

FAMILY NAME FOR MONEY.

Reporter: DAVID ALSO

STARTED TO TAKE A HARD

LOOK AT WHAT WAS AT RISK.

PRISON TIME.

YOU CAN'T BUY YOUR WAY OUT

OF THESE THINGS.

IT COULD BE LIFE OR DEATH

ON THE TARMAC OF AN

AIRPORT.

YOU COULD GET KILLED

DURING A DRUG DEAL.

YOU COULD GET ROBBED.

AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO

MYSELF, THIS IS NO LONGER

FUN.

I WANT OUT OF THIS.

Reporter: HE DECIDED

ONE LAST BIG SCORE WOULD

BE ENOUGH TO GET OUT FOR

GOOD.

SO HE AGREED TO BROKER A

DEAL TRADING STOLEN

AIRPLANES FOR COCAINE AND

CASH.

HE DIDN'T KNOW THE FEDS

WERE WATCHING.

IN 1989 HE GOT BUSTED AND

WAS SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS.

I REMEMBER IT WAS COLD.

AND I REMEMBER BEING

STRIPPED SEARCHED.

AND I'M STANDING THERE

NAKED, AND I THOUGHT, I

HAVE REALLY HIT ROCK

BOTTOM.

AND NOW I'M GETTING READY

TO GO DOWN THE PIER TO MY

PRISON CELL IN LEVENWORTH

PENITENTIARY, AND I

REMEMBER THINKING TO

MYSELF, HOW FAR HAVE I

REALLY FALLEN?

Reporter: BOTH HIS

CELL MATES HAD BECOME

CHRISTIANS AND TRIED TO

TALK TO HIM ABOUT JESUS,

BUT HE WANTED NOTHING TO

DO WITH GOD.

THEN MONTHS LATER, A VISIT

FROM HIS MOTHER CHANGED

HIS THINKING.

MY MOTHER LOOKED AT ME,

AND SHE SAID, MY GOD, SON,

YOU LOOK LIKE A HOLOCAUST

VICTIM.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I

HAVE REALLY DROPPED TO THE

LOWEST LEVELS OF

DEGRADATION.

AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO

MYSELF, IF THIS IS ALL

THERE IS, THIS DOESN'T

SATISFY.

I NEED -- I THINK I NEED

GOD.

Reporter: THAT NIGHT

HE WENT TO A BIBLE STUDY

WITH HIS CELL MATES AND

GAVE HIS LIFE TO JESUS

CHRIST.

I REMEMBER INVITING

JESUS IN, GIVING UP MY

WILL FOR HIS.

THAT EXCHANGE TOOK PLACE.

I REMEMBER KNOWING THAT HE

WOULD FORGIVE MY PAST AND

GIVE ME A FRESH SLATE THAT

WAS CLEAN.

AND I KNEW THAT MY

COMMITMENT WAS A COVENANT.

AND I REMEMBER, AFTER I

PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I JUST

KNEW I WAS DIFFERENT ON

THE INSIDE.

Reporter: DAVID

FOUNDED A BIBLE MINISTRY

IN PRISON WHILE SERVING 20

YEARS.

TODAY HE IS A SPEAKER AND

PASTOR OF AN ONLINE

MINISTRY.

HE AND HIS WIFE WORK

TOGETHER TO HELP PEOPLE

FIND PEACE AND HOPE.

WHEN WE REALLY GIVE IT

ALL TO THE LORD, THEL TAKE

IT AND HE GIVES US ALL OF

HIM IN THAT PLACE IN

RETURN.

Gordon: AND HE'LL DO

THE SAME FOR YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A

PRISON CELL IN

LEAVENWORTH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

THAT KIND OF BOTTOM BEFORE

YOU TURN TO HIM.

YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW.

AND MAYBE LIKE DAVID YOU

GREW UP WITH RESENTMENTS.

AND YOU STARTED THINKING,

WHAT GOOD IS IT TO DO

GOOD?

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO GET ME

ANYWHERE.

AND THEN YOU WERE HELD TO

UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS,

YOU WERE HELD TO STANDARDS

THAT NOBODY COULD LIVE UP

TO.

AND EVERY TIME YOU HIT A

GOAL, IT SEEMED LIKE THE

BAR JUST GOT HIGHER.

AND YOU WERE GOING, WHAT

USE IS IT?

DON'T LET THAT BITTERNESS

AND RESENTMENT TURN YOU

AWAY FROM GOD BECAUSE

THAT'S NOT GOD.

WHAT HE DOES, HE LOVES YOU

UNCONDITIONALLY.

THATHAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, HE IS NOT

ANGRY WITH YOU.

HE IS NOT DISAPPOINTED IN

YOU.

HE IS NOT HOLDING A GRUDGE

AGAINST YOU.

HE HAS NOT GOT A LIST OF

SINS THAT YOU NEED TO

APOLOGIZE FOR.

NO.

HE IS NOT KEEPING A RECORD

OF WRONGS.

WHAT HE IS WAITING FOR IS

FOR YOU TO TURN AND SAY, I

WANT TO LEAVE ALL OF THIS

BEHIND, ALL OF MY WAY, AND

SURRENDER MY WILL TO HIM.

THAT'S WHAT HE IS WAITING

FOR.

NOT YOUR WILL, BUT HIS

WILL BE DONE IN YOUR LIFE.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, WHEN YOU

MAKE THAT EXCHANGE,

WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN.

AND THE MOST WONDERFUL

THING IS YOU GET TO KNOW

HIS PRESENCE.

YOU GET TO HEAR THIS

VOICE.

YOU GET TO HAVE HIM

GUIDING YOU THROUGH LIFE.

JUST WHAT HE DID FOR DAVID

HE WILL DO FOR YOU IF YOU

JUST FOLLOW THE SAME

THING.

SO RIGHT NOW JUST BOW YOUR

HEAD.

PRAY THIS VERY SIMPLE

PRAYER, JUST AS DAVID DID,

AND SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO

FOR YOU.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

JUST SAY HIS NAME.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU, AND

I WANT THIS COVENANT THAT

DAVID MADE.

NO LONGER MY WILL BUT YOUR

WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE.

I MAKE IT NOW, AND I MAKE

IT IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR

YOU.

IT'S FREE.

IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US: 1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH

THAT GUY ON TV.

WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FREE

OF CHARGE.