THERE WAS A LOT OF

CRAZY CHAOS GOING ON IN MY

LIFE.

Gordon: SEASON SIX

"AMERICAN IDOL" WINNER

JORDAN SPARKS HAS A FAITH

AWAKENING.

JESUS MET ME THERE.

Gordon: AND SHARES

HER PRODIGAL STORY WITH

THOUSANDS.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO

COME HOME.

NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER,

EVER, EVER.

HE LOVES YOU NO MATTER

WHAT.

Gordon: I TODAY'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

> WELL, IT IS A MIRACLE

I'M HERE TODAY, THAT'S

WHAT JENNY SPELT TOLD

"PEOPLE MAGAZINE." THAT'S

BECAUSE JENNY WASN'T

EXPECTED TO LIVE AFTER

SUFFERING DEADSLY

COMPLICATIONS FROM THE FLU

BACK IN 2014.

Terry: HER MOM, ANN,

SAID ONE DAY HER

16-YEAR-OLD WAS RUNNING UP

THE STAIRS, AND A FEW DAYS

LATER, SHE WAS IN

INTENSIVE CARE WITH

DOCTORS TELLING HER TO

BRING AND FRIENDS AND

FAMILY BECAUSE JENNY

WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT.

Gordon: BUT SHE DID

MAKE IT.

SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL

FOR A TOTAL OF 241 DAYS.

SHE WOULD NEED AN ORGAN

TRANSPLANT AND HOURS UPON

HOURS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY.

HER MOM SAYS SHE FILLED

EVERY WAKING MOMENT

LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN,

STUDYING AND PRAYING.

HER RECOVERY WAS A TRUE

MIRACLE, AND IT WAS SO

BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

Terry: HER MOM ADDS

THAT IT WAS JENNY'S FAITH

AND BELIEF IN A HIGHER

PURPOSE THAT PULLED HER

THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

AND WHEN JENNY RETURNED TO

SCHOOL, HE CLASSMATES WERE

THRILLED.

SHE WAS VOTING HOMECOMING

QUEEN IN 2016, AND A FEW

WEEKS AGO, JENNY NOT ONLY

GRADUATED, BUT SHE LED THE

CLOSING PRAYER AT HER

GRADUATION CEREMONY IN

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

Gordon: WHAT A WAY TO

GO, JENNY.

Terry: SHOCKING TO

THINK YOU COULD GO THROUGH

SUCH EXTREME HURT AND PAIN

AND PERSONAL LOSS FROM A

FLU SCENARIO.

Gordon: THE FLU CAN

BE VERY DANGEROUS.

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THERE

WAS A FLU EPIDEMIC THAT

KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

GET YOUR FLU SHOT.

Terry: UNBELIEVABLE.

YEAH.

> 38,000 GATHERED IN

GLENDALE, ARIZONA, LAST

WEEK FOR EVANGELIST GREG

LAURIE'S HARVEST CRUSADE

2017.

Gordon: SEVERAL

WELL-KNOWN MUSIC ARTS

JOINED HIM FOR THE EVENT,

INCLUDING "AMERICAN IDOL"

JORDAN SPARKS.

BEFORE SHE PERFORMED, SHE

SHARED ABOUT HER OWN FAITH

JOURNEY.

TAKE A LOOK.

YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF

SUCCESS.

AND SOMETHING DRAMATIC

HAPPENED A LITTLE MORE

THAN A YEAR AGO.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, LAST YEAR I

FINALLY WENT AND FOUND A

CHURCH IN L.A.

I LIVE IN L.A. NOW.

I COME BACK HERE AS MUCH

AS I CAN, BUT THAT'S WHERE

I LIVE FOR WORK.

AND MY AUNT AND UNCLE

INVITED ME TO GO, AND IT

WAS EASTER SUNDAY.

AND I HAD NEVER BEEN TO

THE CHURCH.

AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE

WAS A LOT OF CHAOS, AND I

WAS OUT PARTYING AND

HURTING AND TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING

ON.

I FINALLY GO, AND I GET

THERE BY THE SKIN OF MY

TEETH IN THE MORNING, AND

WHEN I TELL YOU JESUS MET

ME THERE LAST EASTER, AND

HE HAS REAWAKENED ME AND

SMACKED ME, LIKE, GET IT

TOGETHER, JORDAN, AND I

WAS, LIKE, OKAY.

IT IS NOT THAT I EVER WAS

ASHAMED OF MY FAITH, I

JUST WASN'T SEEKING HIM

AND DIVING DEEPER.

AND WHEN I TELL YOU THIS

PAST YEAR, BEING ABLE TO

KNOW THIS JESUS THAT WALKS

RIGHT BESIDE YOU EVERY

SINGLE DAY HAS BEEN THE

MOST AMAZING YEAR OF MY

LIFE.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I WANT TO ADD: IT IS

NEVER TOO LATE TO COME

HOME.

NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER,

EVER, EVER.

HE LOVES YOU NO MATTER

WHAT.

Gordon: A HEARTY AMEN

TO THAT.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO GO

HOME.

YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO DEAD

FOR A RESURRECTION.

AND REALIZE HE LOVES YOU,

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE

DONE.

HE LOVES YOU AND HE IS

WAITING FOR YOU.

> WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS

REPORT, LEAS LYSA TERKEURST,

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR HAS

ANNOUNCED THAT HER

MARRIAGE IS ENDING.

Terry: SHE WROTE, "I

SO WISH WE WERE SITTING

FACE TO FACE SO YOU COULD

SEE MY TEARS AND HEAR THE

DEEP GRIEF IN MY VOICE AS

I SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

MY HUSBAND, LIFE PARTNERS

AND FATHER OF MY CHILDREN

HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY

UNFAITHFUL TO ME WITH A

WOMAN HE MET ONLINE,

BRINGING AN END TO OUR

MARRIAGE OF ALMOST 25

YEARS.

FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF

YEARS, HIS LIFE HAS SADLY

BEEN DEFINED BY HIS

AFFECTION FOR THIS OTHER

WOMAN AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

I DON'T SHARE THIS TO HARM

OR EMBARRASS HIM, BUT TO

SHARE WHY I HAVE DECIDED

TO SEPARATE FROM HIM AND

PURSUE A DIVORCE."

Gordon: AND SHE SAID

SHE WILL BE TAKING A

TEMPORARY BREAK FROM

PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY TO

REST AND SEEK BIBLICAL AND

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING.

SHE ASKS THAT WE PRAY FOR

HER FAMILY DURING THIS

ENTIRE TIME.

YOU CAN GO TO

LysaTerkeurst.com if you

want to learn more.

.

Terry: THIS IS WHY

GOD PUT US IN FAMILY, AS

THE BODY OF CHRIST, SO WE

COULD LIFT EACH OTHER UP

AND PRAY EACH OTHER

THROUGH THESE THINGS.

> IT LOOKS LIKE HELP IS

ON THE WAY FOR FAMILIES

LOOKING FOR CLEAN

ENTERTAINMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO WATCH A

MOVIE WITHOUT

OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT, YOU

HAVE A NEW OPTION WITH

YOUR MOBILE DEVICES.

Gordon: THE COMPANY

VID ANGEL HAS FOUND A NEW

WAY TO RESUME ITS

FILTERING SERVICE AFTER A

LAWSUIT FROM DISNEY,

WARNER BROTHERS, 20th

CENTURY FOX AND

LUCASFILMS.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS THE

LATEST IN THIS STORY FROM

UTAH.

Efrem: IT HAS BEEN

SIX MONTHS SINCE VID ANGEL

HAS BEEN ABLE TO STREAM

FILTERED CONTENT TO THEIR

COSTUMERS, AND THE LEGAL

BATTLE STILL CONTINUES,

BUT THE SERVICE NOW

RETURNS.

EVEN AS THIS PROVO, UTAH,

BUSINESS FENDS OFF A LEGAL

BATTLE FROM DISNEY AND

THREE MAJOR HOLLYWOOD

STUDIOS...

[YELLING]

Efrem: THERE IS

CELEBRATION INSIDE, WITH

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW

TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THEIR

COSTUMERS TO EASILY FILTER

OFFENSIVE CONTENT FROM

NETFLIX, AMAZON, AND HBO

STREAMING SERVICES.

IT JUST MADE SENSE THAT

WE -- IF THE STUDIOS ARE

ASKING FOR US TO PAY

STREAMING RIGHTS BUT THEY

WON'T SELL US STREAMING

RIGHTS, THAT THE BEST

OPTION IS TO BUILD THE

FILTERING TECHNOLOGY ON

TOP OF THE STREAMING

SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE

AVAILABLE.

Efrem: VID ANGEL

FOUNDER NEIL HARMON SHARED

THE NEWS WITH FAITHFUL

SUPPORTERS HERE AT COMPANY

HEADQUARTERS ON TUESDAY

EVENING.

WE HAD COSTUMERS AND

FAMILIES INVEST

$10 MILLION SO WE COULD

FIGHT THIS ALL THE WAY TO

THE SUPREME COURT, TO

PROVIDE THEM WHAT THEY

NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT.

SO FAILURE WASN'T AN

OPTION.

Efrem: A SUPREME

COURT BATTLE IS STILL NOT

OUT OF THE QUESTION.

ATTORNEY PETER STRISS HAS

ARGUED SEVEN CASES BEFORE

THE HIGH COURT, AND HE IS

NOW DEFENDING VID ANGEL.

THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING TO WATCH IS

HOLLYWOOD'S REACTION TO

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE

IF I'M WRONG -- AND I'D

LOVE TO BE WRONG -- AND

HOLLYWOOD IS SUPPORTIVE OF

THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND

SAYS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT

YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IN

THE FIRST PLACE, I STILL

THINK WE'RE RIGHT AND THE

LAWSUIT WILL CONTINUE, BUT

WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IS

THERE REALLY IS A VIABLE

PATH TO FILTERING.

Efrem: THIS NEW

TECHNOLOGY MEANS VID ANGEL

CAN STREAM MOVIES FROM ALL

STUDIOS EXCEPT FOR THE

FOUR INVOLVED IN THE

LAWSUIT.

BUT THAT'S AN ISSUE THEY

HOPE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE

COURT IN JUST A MATTER OF

DAYS.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS,

PROVO, UTAH.

Gordon: WELL, I HOPE

THEY'RE ABLE TO PREVAIL ON

THIS.

I SPENT SOME TIME IN THE

PHILIPPINES, FIVE YEARS

THERE, AND SAW A LOT OF

MOVIES.

IT WAS A DOLLAR TO GO SEE

A MOVIE.

I SAW A LOT OF MOVIES, AND

I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT I

WAS SEEING WAS SANITIZED

VERSIONS.

THEY ELIMINATED ALL

NUDITY.

THEY ELIMINATED MOST OF

THE LANGUAGE.

AND SO I SAW COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT MOVIES.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

THE PRODUCERS OF THESE BIG

FILM STUDIOS ARE ARGUING

SO STRENUOUSLY TO KEEP

THAT IN.

IT JUST OPENS UP THE FILM

TO PEOPLE WHO FIND THAT

CONTENT OBJECTIONABLE.

Terry: YOU THINK IT

WOULD OPEN UP THE PROFITS?

Gordon: RIGHT.

I THINK IT DOES UNDERLINE

THERE IS A SOCIAL AGENDA

HAPPENING.

THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO

RESHAPE AMERICAN CULTURE.

Terry: UH-HUH.

Gordon: AND ONE OF

THE WAYS YOU CAN RESHAPE A

CULTURE IS DESTROY ITS

MORAL FIBER.

WHY THEY WANT TO DO THAT

IS KIND OF A MYSTERY TO

ME.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WE NEED A STRONG AMERICA.

WE NEED STRONG FAMILIES IN

AMERICA.

WHY DO THEY WANT TO DO

THAT IS A MYSTERY.

Terry: ME, TOO.

MAYBE WE DEFINE STRONG

FAMILIES DIFFERENTLY THAN

THEY DO.

Gordon: IT'S ALL OF

THAT ARTISTIC FREEDOM.

Terry: BUT WHEN WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT SO MANY

TIMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF

THAT COIN, WE WANT

EVERYBODY TO LOVE EACH

OTHER.

WELL, THEN LET EVERYBODY

SEE YOUR WORK BY NOT BEING

OFFENDED BY SOME OF WHAT

IS IN THERE.

Gordon: AND SOME OF

IT IS VERY GRATUITOUS.

IT DOESN'T ADVANCE THE

PLOT OR ADD TO THE STORY

LINE AT ALL.

I DON'T NEED THAT IN MY

HOME.

Terry: OR MINE.

Gordon: COMING UP,

RACIAL TENSION IS ON THE

RISE IN THE U.S.

BISHOP HARRY JACKSON SAYS

THERE IS HOPE, BUT CHANGE

MUST COME FROM AN UNLIKELY

PLACE.

HE JOINS US NEXT.

STAY WITH US.

Gordon: RACISM IS A

PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T SEEM

TO BE GOING AWAY.

OUR NATION SEEMS TO BE

MORE DIVIDED THAN EVER.

SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER?

BISHOP HARRY JACKSON SAYS

THE CHURCH NEEDS TO STEP

UP.

Reporter: AS RACIAL

TENSION INCREASES IN THE

U.S., MANY PEOPLE WONDER

HOW WE CAN CLOSE THE

RACIAL DIVIDE IN OUR

COMMUNITIES.

BISHOP HARRY JACKSON SAYS

THERE IS HOPE.

HE GIVES LECTURES AND

HOSTS CONFERENCES ABOUT

RACIAL RECONCILIATION.

AS SENIOR PASTOR OF A

CHURCH IN WASHINGTON,

D.C., HE BELIEVES THE

CHURCH SHOULD PLAY A VITAL

ROLE IN UNIFYING PEOPLE OF

ALL RACES.

Gordon: OUR GOOD

FRIEND, BISHOP HARRY

JACKSON IS BACK WITH US.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

THANK YOU, GORDON.

GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

Gordon: RACISM IS

ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO

YOU.

I DIDN'T KNOW THE STORY

THAT YOUR FATHER WAS

TRYING TO VOTE AND A

POLICEMAN ACTUALLY TRIED

TO STOP HIM?

YEAH.

HE WAS INVOLVED IN VOTER

REGISTRATION IN FLORIDA IN

THE '50s.

AND THE STATE TROOPER --

THIS IS ONE OF THE STORIES

THAT GETS PASSED DOWN, AND

THE STATE TROOPER MADE HIM

KNEEL DOWN AND THEN HE

DISCHARGED THE WEAPON OVER

MY DAD'S HEAD, TEMPORARILY

DEAFENING HIM.

AND THEN SAID, IF I HEAR

ABOUT YOU DOING THIS, NEXT

TIME I'LL KILL YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE PART

OF FLORIDA THEY WERE IN AT

THAT TIME, THERE HAD BEEN

HORRIFIC STORIES OF

LYNCHINGS, AND THOSE WERE

COMMON PLACE EVEN AS LATE

AS THE '50s.

SO MY DAD LEFT HIS HOUSE.

BUT IT FORCED HIM TO TAKE

STOCK OF WHAT COULD HE DO

REALISTICALLY TO CHANGE

THINGS.

FOR HIM IT WAS THAT HE GOT

INVOLVED IN POLITICS.

NOT RUNNING, BUT HE WAS

JUST AN ADVOCATE.

WE'D HAVE A LITTLE SIGN ON

THE TOP OF OUR CAR --

REMEMBER THOSE DAYS, AND

OUT IN THE YARD -- THE

BULL HORN KIND OF THING.

MY MOTHER -- SHE IS

DECEASED NOW, BUT UNTIL

SHE WAS 83 YEARS OLD, SHE

VOLUNTEERED AT VOTING

POLLS.

AND THEY JUST BELIEVED SO

MUCH THAT IT WAS A SACRED

RIGHT THAT HAD TRIED TO BE

TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE

THE SEEDS FOR WHAT WE'RE

DOING TODAY --

Gordon: MOST PEOPLE

DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE

STRUGGLE TO VOTE, THE

WHOLE STRUGGLE TO

ESTABLISH ONE MAN, ONE

VOTE.

EXACTLY.

Gordon: AS A BEDROCK

OF DEMOCRACY.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO DAD THOUGHT IT WAS

SACRED.

I THINK IT HAS REALLY BEEN

ONE OF THE WAYS WE HAVE

HAD POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE

NATION.

AND I BELIEVE INFORMED

CHRISTIANS CAN CHANGE

THINGS THROUGH PUBLIC

POLICY, AND THE STRUCTURAL

THINGS, MOST OF THEM DO

NEED PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE,

OR CHANGE S THAT IS BROUGHT

ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE VOTE.

PERSONALLY, RACISM -- IF I

WERE TO WRITE A BOOK

TODAY, I WOULD ENTITLE IT,

"RACISM RISING," AND THEN

I WOULD SAY, "THE SEVEN

BRIDGES TO PEACE."

WE KNOW THAT RACISM IS ON

THE UPSWING.

IT IS CRAZY, GORDON,

BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER IN

BALTIMORE, DID YOU SEE THE

PICTURE HERE OF A KID WHO

WAS TRYING TO STOMP OUT

THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR HE

LITERALLY IS STANDING ON

THE HOOD OF.

AND THIS SCENE WENT AROUND

THE GLOBE.

MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE

17 TO 22 YEARS OLD.

THEY DON'T KNOW THE STORY

ABOUT MY FATHER.

THEY DIDN'T LIVE IN AN

AMERICA WHERE ANYBODY GOT

LYNCHED, BUT THERE IS AN

ENTITLEMENT ISSUE, AS WELL

AS GENUINE STRUCTURAL

BARRIERS, THAT ARE MAKING

THEM ANGRY.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO

ADDRESS THIS NOW.

I DON'T THINK THINGS ARE

GOING TO GET BETTER FOR

THE NATION.

IF WE JUST GET

IT GO BY SAYING, IT WILL

JUST TAKE SOME TIME.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE

APPROACH.

Gordon: I AGREE WITH

YOU, IT TAKES ACTIVE

INTERVENTION.

JUST AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENT REQUIRED ACTIVE

INTERVENTION TO ACHIEVE

WHAT IT ACHIEVED.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

TRUE UNITY IN AMERICA, ONE

NATION UNDER GOD,

INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL -- NOT

JUST SAY THOSE WORDS,

LET'S MAKE THAT REAL.

YES.

Gordon: I THINK WE

NEED SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS

TO THIS.

AND HOW DO WE DO THAT?

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT?

WELL, I THINK THE

CHURCH HAS GOT TO WORK AT

BRINGING HEALING.

SIMPLY PUT, AND I WON'T GO

INTO RACIAL SCHISMS, BUT I

WILL SAY IN CHRIST, IF WE

LIVE OUT OUR CREDO, WE AS

A CHURCH CAN COME TOGETHER

IN THESE POCKETS AROUND

THE COUNTRY.

BUT WE NEED TO WORK

TOGETHER TO CHANGE

SPECIFIC THINGS.

BLACK, HISPANICS HAVE

CLASS-ORIENTED TROUBLES

THAT ARE VERY, VERY

SIMILAR.

IF THEY, THE HISPANICS,

AND WE THE BLACKS, GO

ACROSS THE EDUCATION

DIVIDE AND ARE ABLE TO

SPEAK ENGLISH, DO MATH,

READING, AND OTHER THINGS,

WE CAN ENTER A MAINSTREAM

THAT WILL GIVE US

PERMANENT LIBERATION.

THERE IS ALSO ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, AN EVENING OF

THE PLAYING FIELD THAT HAS

TO HAPPEN IN MANY OF OUR

URBAN CENTERS.

I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT IN

THE CONTEXT OF CAPITALISM.

WE'RE NOT TALIBANIN TALKING ABOUT

SOCIALISTIC ANSWERS.

I THINK IF WE DON'T DEAL

WITH THE THINGS THAT MAKE

PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

SHUT OUT FROM SOCIETY,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

PROBLEMS -- EVEN MORE

PROBLEMS.

SO HOW DOES THE CHURCH DO

THAT?

Gordon: SHOULDN'T THE

CHURCH LEAD THE CHARGE?

YEAH.

Gordon: REVEREND

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

SAID 1 11 a.m. IS THE MOST

SEGREGATED HOUR IN

AMERICA.

I AM STARTING TO SEE THAT

CHANGE.

I AM SEEING CHURCHES

BECOMING INTENTIONAL,

SAYING WE WANT TO BE

MULTI-ETHNIC.

THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT

THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING

IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C.

AREA.

I DON'T KNOW OF A CHURCH

THAT IS NOT INTEGRATED.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE IN THE

MARYLAND SUBURBS, 40% OF

THE POPULATION IS BLACK.

YOU HAVE A HUGE HISPANIC

POPULATION.

AND EVENTUALLY WHITES ARE

GOING TO BE IN THE

MINORITY THERE.

SO, YES, THE CHURCH HAS

GOT TO LIVE IT OUT

TOGETHER.

AND THEN I BELIEVE WE'RE

GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE ON

WHAT TO DO

COLLABORATIVELY.

YOUR FRIEND AND SOMEONE I

ENTERTAINED MANINTERVIEWED MANY TIMES,

T.D. JAKES -- THEY

GRADUATED 10,000 PEOPLE

FROM PRISON FROM A PROGRAM

GOING THROUGH GETTING

JOBS, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN A

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

BECAUSE OF IT.

BUT IF YOU HAD 10 CHURCHES

WORKING TOGETHER IN

DALLAS, WE COULD JUST NAME

OFF SOME OF THE TOP ONES,

WE COULD MULTIPLY WHAT THE

IMPACT OF THAT WORK IS.

MYLES MCPHERSON IN SAN

DIEGO GIVES 100,000 HOURS

A YEAR TO THE MAYOR AND

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND

SAYS, OKAY, YOU CHOOSE

WHAT YOU NEED.

WE'LL MOBILIZE WHAT IS

ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT OF

$8 MILLION WORTH OF LABOR

TO FIX WHATEVER PROBLEMS

YOU NEED TO FIX.

I THINK IT IS BOTH HANDS.

I THINK IT IS SOLVING THE

RACE PROBLEMS IN OUR

HEARTS WITH OUR NEIGHBOR

CHRISTIANS, AND THEN

WORKING TOGETHER TO DO

SPECIFIC THINGS THAT CAN

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS

NEXT GENERATION, NOT

FEELING LIKE THEY'RE LEFT

BEHIND AND SHUT OUT.

Gordon: WHAT CAN

PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT

NOW -- WHAT WOULD YOU TELL

THEM TO DO?

WELL, FIRST I WOULD

ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO

OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT

WHAT WE HAVE THERE.

BUT I THINK PUTTING

PRESSURE ON THEIR

LEGISLATORS -- PUBLIC

POLICY PRESSURE IN THIS

POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

COULD GO A LONG WAY, I

BELIEVE.

THERE IS A JUSTICE

DECLARATION THAT IS GOING

TO BE HAPPENING THIS

TUESDAY THAT IS GOING TO

REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT OUR

NEED AS CHRISTIANS TO BE

THOSE WHO SHARE MERCY AND

HELP PEOPLE GET A SECOND

CHANCE.

Gordon: ALL RIGHT.

BISHOP JACKSON, ALWAYS A

PLEASURE HAVING YOU WITH

US.

THANK YOU, GORDON.

BLESS YOU.

Gordon: TERRY, OVER

TO YOU.

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

AUTHOR AND SPEAKER LISA

HARPER ADOPTS A LITTLE

GIRL FROM HAITI AND

RECEIVES AN ADDED GIFT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, LISA

SHARES HER STORY OF

EMOTIONAL HEALING.

STAY WITH US.

Terry: WHEN LISA

HARPER FIRST HELD A TINY

ORPHANED GIRL IN HAITI,

MISSY WAS 19 POUNDS O, TWO

AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AND

AS SICK AS COULD BE.

SHE FOUGHT TO BRING HER

HOME.

SHE NEVER IMAGINED THAT

GOD WOULD USE THIS LITTLE

GIRL TO HELP HEAL A DEEP

CHILDHOOD WOUND SHE

CARRIED.

MISSY DIDN'T SEE HERSELF

AS AN ORPHAN, BUT LISA

DID.

AS AN ADOPTIVE MOM, ONE

OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES IN

SCRIPTURES IS PSALM 68,

WHERE IT SAYS, "FATHER OF

THE FATHERLESS AND

PROTECTOR OF WIDOWS IS GOD

IN HIS HOLY HABITATION.

GOD SETS THE SOLITARY IN A

HOME."

ONE TRANSLATION SAYS HE

SETS THE ORPHANS IN

FAMILIES.

AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE I

LOVE THAT PASSAGE AS AN

ADOPTIVE MOM TO A

7-YEAR-OLD FROM HAITI.

BUT, Y'ALL, I DIDN'T USED

TO LOVE THAT PASSAGE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT

PASSAGE USED TO BE LIKE

SALT IN MY WOUNDS.

BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I

DIDN'T GROW UP AS AN

QUINTESSENTIAL SO ORPHAN, I

GREW UP IN A DIVORCED

HOME.

MY FATHER LEFT US WHEN I

WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND I

THOUGHT, LIKE MANY KIDS,

IF ONLY I HAD BEEN SWEETER

OR KINDER, MAYBE USED MY

INSIDE VOICE MORE DAD

WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT.

AND THEN MY MOTHER

REMARRIED MY STEPFATHER

TWO YEARS AFTER MY DAD

LEFT.

AND I SO HOPED HE WOULD BE

A DADDY WHO LOVES ME WELL.

AND HE WAS NOT AT ALL THE

DADDY I HOPED FOR.

SO EVEN THOUGH I CAME TO

KNOW JESUS WHEN I WAS A

KID, EVEN THOUGH I WAS

ALWAYS IN CHURCH, EVEN

THOUGH I ENDED UP GOING

INTO VOCATIONAL MINISTRY

AND EVEN SEMINARY, THERE

WAS A CORNER OF MY HEART

THAT ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN

ORPHAN.

I DEFINITELY FELT

FATHERLESS, EVEN THOUGH

THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE

THAT HE NEVER LEAVES US,

NEVER FORSAKES US.

IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL

MID-LIFE FOR ME THAT I

BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT

PROMISE.

I THINK IT IS SO SWEET

THAT GOD TOOK A WOMAN LIKE

ME, WHO KNOWS GOD'S WORD

BUT FELT LIKE AN ORPHAN,

AND ALLOWED ME TO BECOME A

SINGLE MOM TO A LITTLE

GIRL WHO SO MANY PEOPLE

WERE CALLING ORPHANED, BUT

NI KIMY KID IS NOT AN ORPHAN.

MY 7-YEAR-OLD IS CONVINCED

THAT GOD IS ABSOLUTELY

BESOTTED WITH HER.

SHE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY

THAT JESUS WAS TALKING

ABOUT HER, AND THAT JESUS

SAID, I LOVE THAT MISSY.

HOW SWEET AND REDEMPTIVE

OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,

THEY TOOK A WOMAN WHO FELT

LIKE AN ORPHAN AND ALLOWED

ME TO PARENT THIS MANY

WOULD CALL AN ORPHAN, BUT

SHE IS NOT.

SHE IS SO LOVED.

Terry: TO BE AN

ORPHAN IS NOT THE BIG

ISSUE.

TO HAVE AN ORPHANED SPIRIT

IS THE BIG ISSUE.

WHETHER YOU'RE

QUINTESSENTIALLY AN ORPHAN

OR NOT.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF

PEOPLE WALKING AROUND

TODAY WITH A SENSE OF

REJECTION AND ABANDONMENT,

DADS THAT WEREN'T THERE

FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND

MOMS THAT WEREN'T THERE AS

WELL.

YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS

JUST WHAT SHE SHARED.

WE HAVE A FATHER.

WE HAVE A FATHER WHO LOVES

US WITH AN EVERLASTING

LOVE.

THE BIBLE SAYS HE LAVISHES

HIS LOVE ON US.

THIS IS WHAT I OFTEN TELL

CHILDREN THAT I MEET: THE

PROMISE OF THEIR HEAVENLY

FATHER IS HE WILL NEVER

LEAVE THEM, NEVER FORSAKE

THEM.

HE IS ALWAYS THERE, RIGHT

ON TIME, LISTENING EAR,

OPEN HEART, OPEN LAP.

IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO HAS

STRUGGLED WITH NOT HAVING

A DAD IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU

FEEL LIKE LISA JUST

SHARED, WHAT DID I DO

WRONG?

WHY WASN'T MY MOM THERE?

WHY WASN'T MY DAD THERE?

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN

SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

YOU.

BUT THIS IS WHAT DOES HAVE

SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU:

YOU CAN BE LOVED BY OUR

BELOVED GOD.

THERE IS A GREAT SONG OUT

RIGHT NOW CALLED, "GOOD,

GOOD FATHER."

AND I LOVE THAT SONG.

BECAUSE GOD ISN'T SOMEONE

WHO DOESN'T SEE YOU OR WHO

IS IGNORING THE SCENARIO

THAT LIFE HAS BROUGHT YOUR

WAY.

HE IS A DADDY WHO LOVES

YOU, WHO CALLS YOU TO

CLIMB UP IN HIS LAP AND

LET HIM WRAP HIS ARMS

AROUND YOU.

WHO LONGS TO HEAL YOUR

HURTS, FORGIVE YOUR

MISTAKES, GIVE YOU A

STARTOVER, A FRESH

BEGINNING, AND HE WANTS

YOU TO BE CALLED BY HIS

NAME.

HE SAYS HE HAS CARVED YOUR

NAME IN THE PALM OF HIS

HAND.

HE KNEW YOU BEFORE YOU

WERE FORMED IN YOUR

MOTHER'S WOMB.

YOU'RE NOT A MISTAKE.

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES WITH

GOD.

BUT THERE ARE STARTOVERS,

THERE IS REDEMPTION, THERE

IS A SPIRIT OF BELONGING

AND OF IDENTITY.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU

ARE AND WHAT YOU WERE

CREATED FOR, COME BACK TO

THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU.

LET HIM DEFINE THAT FOR

YOU.

READ HIS LOVE LETTER TO

YOU.

IT IS FULL OF HIS

PROMISES.

AND THEN RECEIVE THEM FOR

YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, JESUS CALLS US

FROM WHERE WE ARE,

WHEREVER WE ARE, TO HIM,

TO THE VERY HEART OF HIM.

HE GIVES US HIS NAME AND

THEN WALKS US EVERY DAY

CLOSER AND CLOSER AND

CLOSER TO HIM UNTIL WE

COME HOME WITH HIM FOR

ETERNITY.

DON'T MISS OUT ON THAT.

THAT'S YOUR INHERITANCE,

FROM THE GOD THAT CREATED

YOU AND LOVES YOU MORE

THAN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND OR

IMAGINE.

IF YOU NEED TO PRAY WITH

SOMEONE TODAY, HERE IS OUR

NUMBER, AND IT'S

TOLL-FREE: 1-800-700-7000.

GORDON?

Gordon: WE CLOSE WITH

THAT SAME PSALM, PSALM 68:

"A FATHER TO THE

FATHERLESS, A DEFENDER OF

WIDOWS, IS GOD IN HIS HOLY

DWELLING.

GOD SETS THE LONELY IN

FAMILIES."

AND MAY YOU BE SET IN HIS

FAMILY TODAY.

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.