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700 Club Interactive - May 26, 2017

Boston Celtic’s center Tyler Zeller shares how faith impacts his role on one of the NBA’s most storied franchises Read Transcript


Andrew: HIS TEAM IS

FULL OF LEGENDS, AND HIS

FAMILY IS FULL OF STARS.

GOD PICKED ME BACK UP,

AND I KNOW IT IS PART OF

HIS PLAN.

WITHOUT CHRIST, IT DOESN'T

MEAN ANYTHING.

Andrew: PLUS...

IT JUST WOULDN'T GO

AWAY, IT WON'T STOP.

Andrew: ...A MAN IN

SEVERE PAIN RECEIVES A

DOUBLE MIRACLE.

I JUST KNEW.

I JUST KNEW THAT IT WAS

FOR ME.

Andrew: ALL ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

> WELL, GOOD MORNING,

AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

GRADUATION IS A MAJOR

MILESTONE AND IT IS A

MOMENT OF SUCCESS WHERE

TEENS COMPLETE THEIR

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

IT IS ONLY NATURAL FOR A

PROUD GRANDMOTHER TO

WITNESS THAT SPECIAL

MOMENT IN HER GRANDSON'S

LIFE.

Terry: CLINTON'S

GRANDMOTHER WAS IN HOS HOS HOSPICE

AND FADING FAST FROM

CANCER.

AS CLINTON'S GRADUATION

DAY APPROACHED, IT WAS

CLEAR GRANDMA'S DYING WISH

WENT HAPPEN.

SO WITHIN ONE HOUR OF

BEING NOTIFIED, THEY

SHOWED UP AT THE

GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE,

DRESSED AND READY WITH A

DIPLOMA, AND THEY HELD A

GRADUATION CEREMONY RIGHT

THERE IN THE LIVING ROOM.

CLINTON'S GRANDMOTHER

PASSED AWAY THREE DAYS

AFTER THAT GRADUATION

CEREMONY, BUT THE ENTIRE

FAMILY COULDN'T BE MORE

THANKFUL TO A SCHOOL WHO

SHINED SOME LIGHT INTO

THEIR DARKEST TIME.

AND WITHIN AN HOUR'S

NOTICE.

I THINK WE LIVE IN A

FAST-PACED WORLD, SO FOR

SOMEONE TO HEAR THE NEED

AND TO RESPOND IS PRETTY

REMARKABLE.

Andrew: AND

GRADUATION IS SUCH A

SPECIAL TIME.

Terry: HOW QUICKLY DO

YOU THINK SOMEONE WOULD

ORGANIZE A HIGH SCHOOL

GRADUATION AND A WEDDING?

ONE NEBRASKA TOWN WAS ABLE

TO DO IT ALL IN ABOUT

THREE HOURS FOR THE SAKE

OF A LOCAL DOCTOR, DAN

HARAHILL, WHO OTHERWISE

WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED TO

SEE HIS CHILDREN REACH

THOSE MILESTONES.

Andrew: THE DOCTOR

WAS FIGHTING COLON CANCER,

AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE HE

WOULD MAKE IT TO HIS

OLDEST SON'S GRADUATION OR

HIS DAUGHTER'S JUNE

WEDDING.

THE GRADUATION WAS FIRST,

WITH CAPS AND GOWNS, AND

AN ACTUAL GRADUATION

PROGRAM, THAT WAS BROUGHT

TO HIM.

THE GRADUATION WAS

FOLLOWED BY THE WEDDING,

WHICH INCLUDED FLOWERS, A

MUSICIAN, AND A CATERER.

SADLY THE DOCTOR DIED JUST

EIGHT DAYS LATER, BUT HIS

FAMILY IS BEYOND THANKFUL

FOR A COMMUNITY THAT MADE

THEIR DAD'S DREAMS COME

TRUE.

WHAT A SPECIAL THING.

Terry: AND HIS

CHILDREN'S DREAMS COME

TRUE, TOO, TO HAVE THEIR

PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEIR

DAD.

WHAT A GREAT THING.

A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN

THE WORLD.

Andrew: WE SEE SO

MUCH NEGATIVE NEWS, AND IT

IS GREAT TO SEE TIMES WHEN

PEOPLE STEP OUT FOR THE

SAKE OF OTHERS.

Terry: HERE IS A

STORY -- WE'RE GOING TO

SWITCH GEARS.

WE'RE STICKING WITH

GRADUATION, BUT A GROUP OF

RECENT GRADUATES ARE

DEMANDING AN APOLOGY AFTER

THE SUPERINTENDENT INVOKED

PRAYER DURING A

COMMENCEMENT SPEECH.

AT LEAST FOUR STUDENTS

THREATENED TO FILE A

COMPLAINT.

ONE STUDENT SAID, I CAME

THERE TO GRADUATE, NOT GO

TO CHURCH.

IT KIND OF RUINED THE NEXT

OF MY NIGHT.

Andrew: THINK OF

THAT, PRAYER RUINED HIS

NIGHT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OFFERED

AN APOLOGY TO ANYONE WHO

WAS BOTHERED BY HIS

COMMENTS.

A GROUP OF FORMER STUDENTS

ARE CLAIMING HE WENT TOO

FAR IN SHARING ELEMENTS OF

HIS FAITH.

OF COURSE, WE REALLY

SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

THAT PEOPLE SAY HE WENT

TOO FAR.

HE PROBABLY KNEW HE WAS

GOING TO FACE NEGATIVE

REACTION.

Terry: I GUESS SO.

BUT DON'T YOU THINK THIS

IS PART OF THE PROBLEM IN

THE WORLD TODAY.

YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY

ABOUT SOME THINGS I DO,

AND I CANNOT TOLERATE YOU

MENTIONING THOSE THINGS

WITHOUT MY BEING OFFENDED

AND, EXCUSE ME, HAVING MY

NIGHT RUINED -- REALLY?

COME ON.

IT IS OFTEN NOT MENTIONED,

BUT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13,

ONE OF THOSE LITTLE

DEFINITIONS OF TRUE

GENUINE LOVE IS, LOVE IS

NOT EASILY OFFENDED.

WE ALL NEED TO GET OVER

OURSELVES.

Andrew: AN INSTAGRAM

POST FROM ACTOR CHRIS

PRATT HAS GONE VIRAL AFTER

HE SPENT TIME SHARING THE

LOVE OF GOD WITH PATIENTS

AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

HE WAS JOINED BY HIS

JURASSIC WORLD CO-STAR AT

A HOSPITAL IN LONDON.

THE TWO SPREAD CHEER BY

HANGING OUT WITH SOME OF

THE KIDS IN THEIR HOSPITAL

ROOMS.

WHILE MANY MAY VIEW A

HOSPITAL AS A SAD AND

DEPRESSING PLACE, CHRIS

PRAISED GOD FOR HIS KIND

NATURE AND LOVING HIS

CREATIONS.

SAYING, "I'LL NEVER FAILED

TO BE MOVED BY THE

UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT OF A

CHILD."

PSALM 7: "LET THEM PRAISE

THE LORD FOR HIS LOVING

KINDNESS, FOR HIS

WONDERFUL DEEDS TO THE

CHILDREN OF MEN.

FOR HE SERVICE THE LONGING

SOUL, HE FILLS THE HUNGRY

SOUL WITH GOOD."

TODAY MY LONGING AND

HUNGRY SOUL IS FILLED.

WAY TO GO, CHRIS PRATT.

Terry: AND HE ALSO

MADE SURE TO ENCOURAGE THE

VERY HARD-WORKING STAFF

THERE AS WELL.

TALK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING

THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO

THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN

THE LIVES OF LOTS AND LOTS

OF PEOPLE, BRINGING SOME

LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS

THERE, FOR SURE.

> SPEAKING OF MAKING A

DIFFERENCE, A CHRISTIAN

REVIVAL IS SWEEPING ACROSS

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS,

SPECIFICALLY IN THE

DALLAS- FORT WORTH AREA.

I Andrew: IT IS A

MOVEMENT CALLED "REVIVE

TEXAS," WHICH HAS 350

CHURCHES SHARING THE

GOSPEL FOR 50 DAYS.

THEY ARE OUT IN THE CITY

IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON,

AND EVENING, AND THEY ARE

FEEDING RESIDENTS, HOLDING

BIBLE STUDIES, NIGHT

SERVICES, AND PERFORMING

BAPTISMS.

KYLE MORTEN SAYS THE

REVIVAL IS SEEING AMAZING

RESULTS, WITH MORE THAN

1900 PEOPLE ACCEPTING

JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD

AND SAVIOUR.

IT IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP

ON PENTECOST SUNDAY ON

JUNE 4th.

Terry: ISN'T THAT

GREAT.

WE WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF

PROBLEMS IF WE WOULD ALL

JUST PUT OUR HANDS OUT,

LINK ARMS TOGETHER, AND

TAKE THE JOURNEY.

Andrew: WHAT AN IDEA,

RIGHT, BEING CHRIST'S

AMBASSADORS WITH ACTION.

IT REALLY CHANGES PEOPLE'S

LIVES.

Terry: I LOVE SEEING

THAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

Andrew: UP NEXT, THE

BOSTON CELTICS HAVE HAD A

STELLER FIRST SEASON, AND

THE CENTER, TYLER, SAYS IT

HAS BEEN QUITE A BATTLE.

SOMETIMES YOU NEED A

LITTLE EXTRA STRENGTH.

I ALWAYS ASK GOD TO JUST

TAKE OVER AND PLAY FOR ME.

Andrew: WE'RE GOING

TO HEAR FROM THE MAN ONCE

DUBBED "MR. BASKETBALL,"

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Andrew: THE BOSTON

CELTICS, ONE OF THE MOST

STORIED FRANCHISES IN

HISTORY.

OUR REPORTER, SEAN BRAUN,

SPOKE TO THE CENTER ABOUT

HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME, HIS

LOVE FOR GOD, AND HOW HE

IS USING IT TO SHARE HIS

FAITH WITH THE WORLD.

Reporter: THE BOSTON

CELTICS HAVE WON 17 NBA

CHAMPIONSHIPS, MORE THAN

ANY OTHER TEAM.

AND CENTER TYLER ZELLER IS

READY FOR THE CHALLENGE OF

HELPING HIS TEAM WIN

ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

BOTH OF HIS PARENTS PLAYED

BASKETBALL, HIS OLDER

BROTHER LUKE PLAYED, AND

HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, CODY,

IS WITH THE CHARLOTTE

HORNETS.

I GOT IS CHANCE TO SPEAK

WITH TYLER ABOUT HOW HE IS

USING HIS PLATFORM TO

SHARE HIS FAITH WITH THE

WORLD.

HE GREW UP IN INDIANA

WHERE BASKETBALL RULES.

TYLER, HISED DAD AN HIS DAD, AND HIS

BROTHERS PLAYED FOR HOURS.

I ACTUALLY WASN'T A FAN

OF BASKETBALL GROWING UP.

MY DAD WOULD WORK A

12-HOUR DAY AND COME HOME,

AND WE WOULD BE, LIKE,

DAD, YOU WANT TO GO TO THE

GYM?

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID

IT.

HE WOULD TAKE US TO THE

GYM ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR

TO THREE HOURS.

Reporter: AS MUCH AS

HIS FAMILY LOVED THE

SPORT, HIS PARENTS, STEVE

AND LAURIE, TAUGHT HIM AND

HIS BROTHERS THAT THE

FIRST PRIORITY IN LIFE

ISN'T BASKETBALL; IT'S

FAITH IN CHRIST.

SOMETHING HE HAS DEPENDED

ON THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

I'VE HAD INJURIES, AND

THINGS DIDN'T ALWAYS GO MY

WAY.

BUT GOD PICKS ME BACK UP

AND I KNOW IT IS PART OF

HIS PLAN.

Reporter: TODAY TYLER

IS LEANING ON GOD TO HELP

HIM AND HIS TEAMMATES PORM

AT THEIR BEST.

PHILIPPIANS 4: 13, I

KNOW IT CAN BE REFERENCED

MANY WAYS, "I CAN DO ALL

THINGS THROUGH CHRIST, WHO

GIVES ME STRENGTH."

WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING TWO

GAMES, SOMETIMES YOU NEED

A LITTLE EXTRA STRENGTH.

WHEN I GO OUT, I ALWAYS

ASK GOD FOR HELP.

I ALWAYS ASK GOD TO TAKE

OVER AND PLAY FOR ME.

THERE ARE NIGHTS I CAN'T

DO IT, AND THERE ARE

NIGHTS I CAN DO IT, BUT I

CAN'T DO IT AS WELL AS HE

CAN.

I KNOW IF HE'S GOT MY

BACK, IT'S GOING TO WORK

OUT PERFECTLY.

Reporter: TYLER IS

GRATEFUL GOD HAS GIVEN HIM

THE PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL,

BUT HE BELIEVES NO MATTER

WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU

DO, JESUS CHRIST SHOULD BE

THE TOP PRIORITY.

FIRST OF ALL, SHOULD

YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO

JESUS CHRIST?

ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS THE BEST DECISION

I'VE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE,

HANDS DOWN.

IT GIVES ME PURPOSE IN

LIFE.

IT GIVES ME REALLY JUST A

REASON FOR BEING HERE.

EVEN BASKETBALL, IT'S FUN

AND ENJOYABLE, BUT WITHOUT

CHRIST, IT DOESN'T MEAN

ANYTHING.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN

USE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF

HIS KINGDOM.

Andrew: WE HEARD

TYLER TALK ABOUT

PHILIPPIANS 4: 13, "WE CAN

DO ALL THINGS THROUGH

CHRIST WHO GIVES US

STRENGTH."

IT REALLY REMINDS US OF

THE POWER OF GOD WORKING

IN US IN OUR WEAKNESS.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE LOSE

SIGHT OF THE FACT WE CAN'T

DO THIS JOURNEY ALONE.

AND SOMETIMES AS CHRIST'S

FOLLOWERS, WE GET

DISCOURAGED IN OUR FAITH,

AND WE FEEL LIKE, NOW I

HAVE TO HANDLE THIS

SITUATION MYSELF.

BUT GOD DESIRES US TO CALL

ON HIM.

NOT EVERYONE IS PLAYING

AND THE NBA PLAYOFFS,

INCREASE, BUT WHAT

CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING?

WHAT TASKS?

WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES?

WHAT HEARTACHES?

BY CALLING ON THE NAME OF

JESUS CHRIST, WE FIND

INCREDIBLE STRENGTH AND

PERSPECTIVE.

AND HE WILL LIGHT OUR

PATH.

TERRY, SOMETIMES WE GET SO

CAUGHT UP ON THE

DISTRACTIONS AND THE

PROBLEMS AND OUR

DISCOURAGEMENT, AND IT IS

SO EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF

GOD'S LOVE.

Terry: THAT'S ONE OF

THE THINGS I APPRECIATE

ABOUT THE LORD IN MY LIFE,

EVEN WHEN WE'VE BEEN BUSY,

EVEN WHEN WE'VE BEEN

DISTRACTED AND CAUGHT UP

IN THINGS OTHER THAN HIM,

HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE.

TO THINK THAT THE CREATOR

OF THE UNIVERSE WAITS FOR

US TO COME TO HIM IS A

PRETTY ASTONISHING

THOUGHT, ISN'T IT?

WAITING FOR US TO SAY WE

WANT AND NEED HIM.

WAITING TO BE AVAILABLE.

UNBELIEVABLE.

Andrew: I RECENTLY

WAS SITTING DOWN TO READ

SCRIPTURE, AND I JUST

SAID, YOU KNOW, LORD, I

KNOW LATELY WE HAVEN'T

BEEN REAL TIGHT, SO TO

SPEAK.

I'VE BEEN DOING MY OWN

THING A LITTLE BIT, NOT AS

FOCUSED AND DILIGENT IN

SPENDING TIME WITH HIM.

I HAD TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS

ME WHO HAS DRIFTED.

IT IS ME WHO HAS FOCUSED

ON OTHER THINGS THAT I

FELT WERE IMPORTANT AT THE

TIME.

I HAD TO SIT THERE WITH MY

SCRIPTURE OPEN AND SAY,

THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE SO

ACCESSIBLE, AND GOD MADE

RELATIONSHIP POSSIBLE WITH

HIM THROUGH HIS SON JESUS

CHRIST.

Terry: I REMEMBER

SEEING A BUMPER STICKER

YEARS AGO THAT SAID, "IF

YOU DON'T FEEL CLOSE TO

GOD, GUESS WHO MOVED."

ISN'T IT TRUE.

HE IS STEADFAST.

IT IS QUITE ANOTHER THING

WHEN THEY REALLY HIT HOME

AND YOU REALIZE, WOW, GOD,

I'M SORRY.

AND THERE HE IS WITH ARMS

OPEN WIDE.

Andrew: A FAITHFUL

GOD.

Terry: AND ONE OF THE

OTHER THINGS I THINK IS SO

WONDERFUL ABOUT GOD IS THE

WAY H HE COMMITS US TOGETHER

AS FAMILY AND ALLOWS US TO

MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO

SOMEONE WHO'S LIFE HAS

BEEN IMPACTED BY YOUR

KINDNESS AND GENS ROS GENEROSITY.

AFTER GRACE BECAME A

CHRISTIAN, HER HUSBAND

LEFT HER AND HER BABY.

THEN SHE PRAYED TO JESUS

CHRIST FOR A BETTER LIFE,

AND NOW HER AND HER SON

HAVE A GOOD FUTURE.

TAKE A LOOK.

HE NEVER LIKED ME

ATTENDING CHURCH AND

FOLLOWING JESUS.

WE ALWAYS FOUGHT ABOUT IT.

AND AFTER MY SON WAS BORN,

HE LEFT US.

Reporter: FOR EIGHT

YEARS SHE WORKED AS A MAID

AT SEVERAL HOMES.

SHE STRUGGLED TO PROVIDE

FOR HERSELF AND JOSEPH.

WHEN I COME HOME FROM

SCHOOL, I USUALLY HAVE

NOTHING TO EAT.

AND NO TOYS TO PLAY WITH.

MANY TIMES MY MOTHER AND I

SIT DOWN AND PRAY.

Reporter: THEY PRAYED

TO JESUS FOR A BETTER JOB.

AND THEN GRACE'S PASTOR

TOLD HER ABOUT A SEWING

COURSE OFFERED BY CBN.

AFTER COMPLETING THE

SIX-MONTH COURSE, CBN GAVE

EVERYONE BRAND NEW SEWING

MACHINES.

BY SEWING BLOUSES AND

DRESSES, I CAN EARN AND A

HALF MONEENOUGHMONEY TO TAKE CARE OF

MYSELF.

Reporter: AND CBN

ALSO GAVE JOSEPH A GIFT.

I NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO

PLAY WITH, AND NOW I DO.

Reporter: AND CBN

GAVE THEM FOOD.

BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP,

I'M HAPPILY EARNING MONEY

BY SEWING.

THANK YOU, CBN.

Terry: THAT'S YOU

JOSEPH IS THANKING IF

YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"

MEMBER.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS

LITTLE BOY NEVER HAD A TOY

BEFORE IN HIS LIFE?

HIS MOTHER ABANDONED BY

HIS FATHER.

AND HAVING NOTHING TO EAT

WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM

SCHOOL.

IT IS SO PAINFUL WHEN YOU

SEE YOUR KIDS GOING

THROUGH SOMETHING THAT

HURTS AND YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS WHY GOD PUTS US IN

FAMILIES, SO WHEN ONE OF

US IS HURTING, THE OTHER

REACHES OUT TO TOUCH.

THAT'S THE PRIVILEGE YOU

AND I HAVE, TO LINK ARMS

TOGETHER, TO TAKE THE

BLESSING GOD HAS GIVEN US,

AND TO LINK ARMS AND REACH

OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THE

WORLD WHO IS IN NEED.

SOMETIMES IT IS RIGHT HERE

AT HOME.

WHEN YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"

MEMBER, YOU'RE DOING ALL

OF THAT, BOTH DOMESTICALLY

AND INTERNATIONALLY.

THAT'S A 65-CENT A DAY,

$20 A MONTH COMMITMENT.

OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.

IT'S SO SIMPLE:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

THERE ARE LOTS OF CLUB

LEVELS TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT

THE ONE I MENTIONED IS A

GENERAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP,

AND YOU'LL BE LINKING ARMS

WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

WHO ARE OUT TO TOUCH THE

WORLD WITH THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST.

SO CALL NOW.

Andrew: STILL TO

COME, A MAN DEALING WITH

CRIPPLING BACK PAIN ALSO

DEVELOPED BELL'S PALSY.

I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF

MY LEFT EYE.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?

I CAN'T WORK.

Andrew: WATCH HOW HE

RECEIVES TWO SUPERNATURAL

HEALINGS AT ONE TIME.

PLUS TERRY AND I ARE GOING

TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND

Andrew: LAST AUGUST

CHARLES LOCRIDGE WOKE UP

ONE MORNING AND BOTH SIDES

OF HIS FACE HAD FALLEN.

HE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED

WITH A SEVERE CASE OF

BELL'S PALSY.

HE HAD ALREADY BEEN

SUFFERING ACUTE BACK PAIN

FOR THREE YEARS, SO AFTER

THIS HE WAS IN DESPERATE

NEED OF HEALING.

Reporter: IN 2013,

CHARLES LOCKRIDGE WAS

SITTING DOWN IN A CHAIR

WHEN IT BROKE.

MY FEET WENT UP AND I

LANDED ON MY BACK.

Andrew: THE NEXT DAY

HE STARTED FEELING A SHARP

PAIN IN HIS BACK, BETWEEN

THE SHOULDER BLADES.

IT JUST WOULDN'T GO

AWAY.

IT WOULDN'T STOP.

IT JUST FELT LIKE SOMEBODY

WAS JABBING ME ALL OF THE

TIME WITH SOMETHING.

Andrew: AFTER

BATTLING THE PAIN FOR A

FEW MONTHS, HE WENT TO HIS

DOCTOR, WHO PUT HIM IN

PHYSICAL THERAPY.

IT HELPED FOR A WHILE, BUT

THE PAIN SOON CAME BACK.

ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER,

THE PAIN BECOME MORE

INSISTENT.

IT WAS STARTING TO BECOME

A REGULAR PART OF MY LIFE

AGAIN.

THAT'S WHEN I WENT BACK TO

THE DOCTOR.

Andrew: SURGERY WAS

AN OPTION, BUT HIS DOCTOR

FIRST WANTED HIM TO TRY A

MORE EXTREME THERAPY

REGIME.

THEY SENT ME OFF TO

WHAT IS CALLED A BACK

BOOTCAMP, WHERE YOU

SPECIFICALLY WORK ON

STRENGTHENING YOUR BACK.

IT IS INTENSIVE.

Andrew: THE THERAPY

ONLY GAVE HIM TEMPORARY

RELIEF, BUT CHARLES FOUND

IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP

HIS NORMAL LIFE.

IT IMPACTS YOUR QUALITY

OF LIFE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN

PAIN.

BEING IN PAIN WEARS YOU

OUT.

YOU CAN'T DO A LOT OF THE

THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

DO WHEN THERE IS PAIN

INVOLVED.

YOU JUST WANT RELIEF.

Andrew: ONE MORNING

IN 2016, HE WOKE UP TO

ANOTHER PROBLEM.

I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF

MY LEFT EYE.

ALL I COULD SEE WAS SOME

SHADES AND SOME COLORS.

AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE

VERY, VERY FUZZY.

Andrew: HE WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH BELL'S

PALSY, A CONDITION THAT

WEAKENS THE MUSCLES IN THE

FACE.

IT ALSO LEFT HIS EYE RED

AND SWOLLEN.

MY BACK IS MESSED UP

AND THIS IS MESSED UP, AND

NOW I CAN'T EVEN SEE.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?

I CAN'T WORK.

I COULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE

OUT OF IT.

Andrew: THE DOCTOR

GAVE HIM MEDICATION FOR

HIS FACIAL MUSCLES, BUT IT

WOULD TAKE AT LEAST FOUR

TO SIX MONTHS FOR HIS EYE

TO HEAL.

THEY REALLY HAD NOTHING

FOR THE EYE, JUST A WAIT

AND SEE AT THAT POINT.

I JUST KEPT PRAYING.

I KEPT PRAYING.

SOMETIMES MY FRUSTRATION

WOULD COME OUT, AND, HEY,

WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG.

Andrew: TWO MONTHS

LATER, CHARLES WAS

WATCHING TV AT HIS HOME.

IF I'M AT HOME BY

MYSELF, I'LL TURN ON THE

TV AND LOOK FOR SOMETHING

THAT LIFTS MY SPIRITS.

THAT DAY I WATCHED "THE

700 CLUB" AND TERRY WAS

PRAYING.

Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU HAD A FALL AND YOU HAD

THROWN YOUR BACK OUT OF

WHACK, AND GOD IS HEALING

THAT RIGHT NOW.

JUST RECEIVE IT.

I DIDN'T NECESSARY KNOW

IT WAS MO FOR ME, BUT WHEN

SHE SAID ABOUT THE EYE --

Terry: THE TOP AND

BOTTOM OF YOUR EYE GETS

RED, AND IT'S VERY

IRRITATING, AND GOD'S

HEALING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW.

I JUST KNEW.

I JUST KNEW THAT IT WAS

FOR ME.

AND I STARTED SAYING THANK

YOU.

I STARTED SAYING, THANK

YOU, LORD.

I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND

THE EYE WAS BETTER.

AS SOON AS I WOKE UP I

NOTICED IT.

Andrew: AND CHARLES

ALSO NOTICED SOMETHING

ELSE.

OVER THE NEXT WEEK, ALL

OF A SUDDEN IT DAWNED ON

ME THAT MY BACK DOESN'T

HURT ANYMORE.

Andrew: WITH HIS BACK

PAIN COMPLETELY GONE,

CHARLES WENT BACK TO WORK

AND HAS BEEN WORKING

PAIN-FREE EVER SINCE.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES

TRUSTING HIM WHEN IT

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS

ANYTHING HAPPENING, WHERE

EVERY INDICATORS NO, IT'S

NOT GOING TO WORK.

I THINK SOMETIMES GOD

LOOKS FOR THOSE SITUATIONS

BECAUSE THEN IT IS CLEARLY

HIM.

Andrew: WHAT A

BEAUTIFUL STORY.

CHARLES, WE REJOICE WITH

YOU.

TERRY, YOU'RE IN PRAYER

WITH PAT AND YOU RECEIVE

THESE WORDS FOR CHARLES,

AND HE IS HEALED.

Terry: IT IS

ASTONISHING TO ME TO SEE

HOW SPECIFICALLY GOD DOES

THIS.

AND VERY OFTEN WHEN THIS

HAPPENS DURING PRAYER

TIME, THE PERSON WILL SAY

WHAT CHARLES SAID, I JUST

KNEW IT WAS FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS US TO

KNOW HE IS AVAILABLE.

HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIS

POWER.

AND HE WANTS US TO KNOW

IT'S HIM.

SO HOW WONDERFUL.

WHAT A GREAT DAD.

Andrew: AND HOW

HUMBLING FOR US TO BE A

PART OF THAT, THE

OUTPOURING OF GOD'S LOVE.

LET'S PRAY NOW.

WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS,

LET'S BRING IT BEFORE GOD,

WHO CARES DESPERATELY FOR

YOU.

TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO

PRAY AND SEEK GOD ON YOUR

BEHALF.

FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU

FOR THESE MIRACLES WE JUST

SAW.

WE THANK YOU FOR AUDIENCE

WITH YOU.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU

CARE.

LORD, YOU KNOW THE CRIES

OF OUR HEART.

AS ISAIAH SAID, "O LORD,

WE LONG FOR YOU.

BE OUR STRENGTH AND

SALVATION IN TIME OF

DISTRESS."

FATHER, MANY OF US ARE IN

DISTRESS NOW.

YOU KNOW OUR PAIN AND OUR

HEARTACHE.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED

HEALING, FATHER GOD, TERRY

AND I JOIN NOW FOR THOSE

WHO NEED HEALING.

THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT'S

POWER WILL TOUCH PEOPLE

FOR THE CONDITIONS THEY'VE

BEEN PRAYING FOR FOR SO

LONG.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE A HEART

CONDITION THAT IS SERIOUS,

THAT YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED

WITH, BUT IT HAS LEFT YOU

FEELING SO FEARFUL.

YOU'RE AFRAID TO EXERT ANY

ENERGY.

YOU'RE AFRAID TO ENGAGE IN

THINGS IN LIFE.

IT HAS JUST LEFT YOU

FEELING SO DEPLETED.

RIGHT NOW GOD IS RESTORING

THAT ENERGY TO YOU.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO FEEL

IT COME BACK INTO YOUR

BODY.

YOU NEED TO KNOW WITH THAT

COMES YOUR HEALING.

YOU ARE FREE TO LIVE FULLY

IN JESUS' NAME.

Andrew: FOR THE ONE

IN THE HOSPITAL BED,

LITERALLY AFRAID OF YOUR

OWN BODY, LITERALLY

TERRIFIED OF WHAT IS GOING

ON IN YOUR BODY, GOD WOULD

SAY, I AM IN CONTROL.

I KNIT YOU TOGETHER IN

YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB.

CONTINUE TO HAVE FAITH IN

ME FOR YOUR HEALING.

AND, FATHER GOD, WE LIFT

THOSE TO YOU, O LORD.

YOU KNOW THEIR NEEDS.

TOUCH THAT PART OF THEIR

BODY NOW THAT IS IN PAIN,

THAT CAUSING SO MUCH

TROUBLE, AND REALIZE THAT

THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD CAN

HEAL YOU IN JESUS' NAME.

Terry: AND SOMEONE --

I THINK THIS IS MORE THAN

ONE PERSON, ACTUALLY -- IS

VERY DEPRESSED.

DEPRESSED ABOUT YOUR LIFE.

YOU'VE BOUGHT THE LIE

ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND THE

VALUE OF YOUR LIFE.

AND GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW

YOU WERE CREATED WITH

PURPOSE IN MIND, IN THE

IMAGE OF LIKENESS OF GOD,

YOUR FATHER.

AND YOU NEED TO EMBRACE

THAT AND LIVE IT FULLY.

RISE UP AND RECEIVE JOY

TODAY IN JESUS' NAME.

Andrew: SATAN, WE

REBUKE YOU, WE REBUKE YOUR

POWER OVER THEM.

YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY.

THE AUTHORITY IS IN JESUS'

NAME.

AND IT IS IN HIS NAME WE

PRAY.

AMEN.

"HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR

TRANSGRESSIONS, AND HE WAS

WOUNDEDED FOR OUR

INIQUITY.

BY HIS STRIPES, WE ARE

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