The founders of Grace and Lace, Rich & Melissa Hinnant, share how they went from tragedy to triumph after the loss of their baby.
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JONATHAN Gordon: A COUPLE
RECEIVES DEVASTATING NEWS.
AND SHE SAID, MELISSA,
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE BIRTH
TO YOUR BUIL LITTLE GIRL WITHIN
24 HOURS, AND SHE'S NOT
GOING TO SURVIVE.
Gordon: AND FINDS
PURPOSE THROUGH THE PAIN.
YOU CAN LET THAT
TRAGEDY FUEL YOU TO DO
SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Gordon: SEE HOW THEY
WENT FROM TRAGEDY TO
TRIUMPH, ON THE NEXT "700
CLUB INTERACTIVE."
> WELL, GOOD MORNING,
AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL SOON
OFFER GENDER NEUTRAL
LICENSES AND I.D.s.
INSTEAD OF OFFERING ONLY
AN "M" FOR MALE AND "F"
FOR FEMALE, THERE WILL
SOON BE AN "X."
Terry: IT WILL ALLOW
INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE MORE
PRIVACY AROUND THEIR
GENDER.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO CHOOSES
TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PRIVACY
CAN REQUEST AN "X."
D.C. IS THE SECOND
JURISDICTION TO OFFER
GENDER NEUTRAL LICENSES.
OREGON WAS THE FIRST,
ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO MARK
GENDER AT NOT SPECIFIED
FOR LEARNER'S PERMITS,
IDENTITY CARDS, AND
DRIVERS' LICENSES.
Gordon: I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH THIS ONE.
Terry: I DON'T
EITHER.
DECLARE YOURSELF.
Gordon: THE REASON
BEHIND THE GENDER
IDENTIFICATION IS TO HELP
POLICE AND PARAMEDICS
IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE.
I GUESS, WHY NOT HAVE AN
"X."
> IN OTHER NEWS, A MAN
IS BEING CALLED A HERO
AFTER HE WAS SOMEHOW ABLE
TO GET TWO DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS WHO HAD ESCAPED
FROM PRISON TO SURRENDER
TO HIM IN HIS DRIVEWAY.
PATRICK HAIL WAS TOLD BY A
FRIEND THAT THE FUGITIVES
WERE SOMEWHERE NEAR HIS
OWN IN CHRISTIANA,
TENNESSEE, BUT HE NEVER
THOUGHT THEY WOULD END UP
BEING IN HIS DRIVEWAY OR
THAT HE WOULD BE THE ONE
TO TURN HIM INTO POLICE.
PATRICK SHARED WHAT GOT
HIM THROUGH.
6:47, I PRAYED LIKE I
HAD NEVER PRAYED BEFORE.
I REALIZED I HAD TWO
EX-CONS WANTED FOR MURDER,
THAT JUST SHOT AT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND NOTHING TO
LOSE.
AND FOR SOME REASON, THEY
STARTED TO SURRENDER AND
LAY DOWN ON THEIR STOMACHS
ON MY CONCRETE DRIVEWAY.
IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU
BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL.
Terry: THOSE
FUGITIVES HAD KILLED TWO
PRISON GUARDS AND TAKEN AN
ELDERLY COUPLE HOSTAGE
BEFORE ARRIVING AT
PATRICK'S HOME.
THOUGH PATRICK HAD A
WEAPON HIM, HE DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE TO DRAW HIS GUN AT
ALL.
Gordon: I FIND THIS
STORY ABSOLUTELY AMAZING,
THAT THEY SURRENDERED TO
HIM AND LAID DOWN ON THEIR
BELLIES IN HIS DRIVEWAY.
AND NO WEAPON DRAWN.
Terry: NO WEAPON
AGAINST YOU WILL PROSPER.
WELL, SPEAKING OF SCARY
STORIES, CARLOS SANTANA
HAS BEEN THROUGH TRULY
DARK, SCARY MOMENTS IN HIS
LIFE.
HE ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED TO
KILL HIMSELF SEVEN TIMES.
HE SAYS IT IS ONLY THROUGH
THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HE
IS STILL ALIVE TODAY.
Gordon: HE SHARED HE
HAD A MISERABLE LIFE
GROWING UP, STARTING WITH
HIS FATHER ABANDONING HIM,
AND THEN BEING REPEATED
MOLESTED BY A FRIEND'S
FATHER.
HE SAYS HE BOTTLED UP HIS
GUILT, ANGER, AND FEAR,
AND AT ONE POINT HAD
VOICES IN HIS HEAD TELLING
HIM HE WAS WORTHLESS,
SAYING: YOU'RE THE LOWEST.
YOU'RE NOT WORTHY OF
ANYTHING OR ANYONE AROUND
YOU.
BUT THEN I WOULD LOOK AT A
PICTURE OF JESUS AND SAY,
HELP ME.
AND THEN VERY CLEARLY I
WOULD HEAR THIS ONE VOICE
THAT IS SOFTER AND LOUDER
THAN ALL OF THE OTHERS,
AND IT WOULD SAY: I AM
SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
ONCE I HEARD THAT VOICE,
SOMETHING WOULD SHIFT, AND
I WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND
JOY AGAIN.
SANTANA SAYS JESUS' VOICE
NOT ONLY GAVE HIM HOPE,
BUT HELPED HIM OVERCOME
HIS DEPRESSION, AND SHOWED
HIM THE LIFE-CHANGING
POWER OF FORGIVENESS.
THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING.
HERE IS A ROCK AND ROLL
LEGEND, AND YOU DON'T KNOW
THE BACK STORY, YOU DON'T
KNOW THE HIDDEN STORY OF
HIS LIFE.
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT
GOD WAS THERE FOR HIM.
I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO
YOU.
Terry: IT IS KIND OF
A WORD FOR ALL OF US.
JUST THAT WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S
JOURNEYS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE
COME FROM.
THE SAME GRACE AND MERCY
THAT GOD APPLIES TO US, WE
NEED TO BE WILLING TO GIVE
TO EACH OTHER.
WHO KNEW?
I HAD NO IDEA SANTANA WAS
A BELIEVER, AND THEN TO
HEAR A BACK STORY LIKE
THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
Gordon: GRACE.
> WELL, SPEAKING ABOUT
FORGIVENESS, PASTORS ROCK PASTORS RICK
AND KATE WARREN SAY IT HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR
MARRIAGE.
KATE RECENTLY SHARED THAT
THE EARLY YEARS OF THEIR
MARRIAGE WERE MISERABLE,
AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY
WERE PERFECT.
Terry: KATE SHARED
THAT THE SEXUAL ABUSE
PLAYED INTO HER BAD
MARRIAGE, AND SHE HAD AN
ADDICTION WITH
PORNOGRAPHY.
I WAS TORN APART ON THE
INSIDE, AND WORST OF ALL,
I COULDN'T TELL ANYONE
ABOUT IT.
WELL, CA KAY AND RICK HAD
MARITAL COUNSELLING, AND
THEIR MARRIAGE SLOWLY
BEGAN TO HEAL.
AND THEY HAVE OVERCOME
MANY OBSTACLES, INCLUDING
BREAST CANCER AND THE
MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDE
OF THEIR YOUNGER SON,
MATTHEW.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES,
TO BE CERTAIN, BUT TO GO
THROUGH THEM WHEN YOU'RE
SO PUBLICLY VIEWED AND
LIFTED UP.
Gordon:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM
FOR COMING OUT AND, IF YOU
WILL, AND SAYING, HERE ARE
THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'VE
HAD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
THAT.
I HOPE IT HELPS OTHER
COUPLES.
ONE OF MY SLOGANS IS: LOVE
IS BLIND; MARRIAGE IS THE
EYE-OPENER.
WE ALL BRING BAGGAGE INTO
OUR MARRIAGES.
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT
IN THE CONTEXT OF CHURCH?
AND SO OFTEN WITHIN
CHURCH, YOU FEAR BRINGING
YOUR ISSUES.
Terry: BEING KNOWN.
Gordon: AND YOU FEAR
IT ON THE BASIS THAT
YOU'LL BE JUDGED.
Terry: AND BECAUSE OF
THAT, YOU FEAR GETTING
HELP.
I REALLY APPLAUD THEM FOR
DOING THAT.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS SO
LATE THAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO FIX IT ANYMORE.
GET HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT.
Gordon: RAISE YOUR
HAND.
GET HELP.
DON'T SUFFER ALONE.
SIN ALWAYS WANTS TO PUT
SHAME, GUILT, CONDEMNATION
ON YOU.
AND JESUS ALWAYS WANTS YOU
FREE.
Terry: WELL, COMING
UP, YOU MAY KNOW THEM FROM
"SHARK TANK," THE COUPLE
WHO STARTED A COMPANY IN
THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY.
AND SO I HAD A LITTLE
BABY GIRL, HALLE, SHORT
FOR HALLELUJAH, AND SHE
WAS PERFECT, BUT JUST TOO
LITTLE TO MAKE IT.
Terry: THEY SHARE HOW
THEY TURNED THEIR LOSS
INTO THE GREATEST VICTORY,
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Terry: RICK AND
MELISSA WERE HEARTBROKEN
AFTER THEIR FIRST CHILD
WAS UNABLE TO SURVIVE A
PREMATURE BIRTH.
BUT THEY TURNED THAT LOSS
INTO FUEL FOR HELPING
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOU MARRY, FIND OUT
YOUR EXPECTING A CHILD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, FOR A
LONG TIME, WANTED A
FAMILY.
WHEN WE DID FIND OUT WE
WERE PREGNANT, WE WERE
ESTATIC.
I'M ABOUT HALF WAY
THROUGH THE PREGNANCY, AND
I WAS AT A ROUTINE
DOCTOR'S VISIT.
SUDDENLY THE DOCTOR LOOKED
AT ME, AND I COULD TELL
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
Efrem: JUST FROM THE
LOOK?
YEAH.
> AND SHE SAID, MELISSA,
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE BIRTH
TO YOUR LITTLE GIRL WITHIN
24 HOURS, AND SHE'S NOT
GOING TO SURVIVE.
THEY WHEELED ME RIGHT FROM
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE INTO A
HOSPITAL BED STRAIGHT INTO
EMERGENCY SURGERY.
THE DOCTOR SAID, WE'LL DO
ALL THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO
SAVE HER, BUT THE CHANCES
ARE VERY, VERY SLIM.
THE SURGERY WAS
SUCCESSFUL, WHICH WAS
GREAT, BUT I WAS
CONSIDERED VERY, VERY,
VERY HIGH RISK.
SO HIGH RISK THAT I WASN'T
ABLE TO EVEN GET OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL BED.
Efrem: DID YOU PICK
UP KNITTING AT THIS TIME?
I DID.
I STARTED WITH A VISION TO
MAKE THIS LITTLE BABY GIRL
A BLANKET.
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR
A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS,
ALMOST THREE WEEKS.
MY WATER BROKE, AND THE
DOCTORS CAME IN AND SAID,
AT THIS POINT, THERE IS
NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO.
HER LUNGS WEREN'T
DEVELOPED ENOUGH TO MAKE
IT.
SO I HAD MY LITTLE BABY
GIRL, HALLE, SHORT FOR
HALLELUJAH.
AND SHE WAS PERFECT, BUT
JUST TOO LITTLE TO MAKE
IT.
Efrem: SO AS THIS IS
ALL UNFOLDING, I'M
CURIOUS, WHAT WERE YOUR
PRAYERS AND CONVERSATIONS
WITH GOD LIKE?
YOU KNOW, I'LL NEVER
FORGET RICK COMING INTO
THE ROOM AFTER HALLE WAS
BORN AND LOOKING AT ME AND
SAYING, MELISSA, WE HAVE A
DECISION TO MAKE: WE CAN
EITHER BE MAD AND BITTER
AT GOD AND WONDER WHY
WOULD A GOOD GOD CAUSE
THIS TO HAPPEN?
OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO
BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING --
SOMEHOW SOMETHING IS GOING
TO COME FROM THIS.
Efrem: WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE BLANKET THAT YOU
STARTED TO KNIT FOR HAL
LE?
>LE? I STILL HAVE IT.
AFTER WE LOST HER AND I
GOT BACK FROM THE
HOSPITAL, I CONTINUED TO
MAKE IT.
A LOT OF HEALING CAME FROM
CONTINUING TO MAKE THAT
BLANKET.
JUST TEARS SHED OVER THAT
YARN, OVER THAT FABRIC,
AND GOD JUST REALLY
SPEAKING ME THROUGH IT.
Efrem: IN TERMS OF
MAKING THINGS WITH YOUR
HANDS, THAT'S NOT YOUR
LIFE'S WORK.
LET'S GET TO THE BEGINNING
OF THAT.
OKAY.
Efrem: SO YOU GET OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL, AND YOUR
KNITTING SOCKS FOR
YOURSELF?
YES.
I JUST CONTINUED TO MAKE
THINGS.
ONE DAY I WANTED TO MAKE A
PAIR OF SOCKS THAT HAD
LACE ON THE TOP OF THEM TO
STICK OUT OF THE TOP OF MY
BOOTS.
BECAUSE THEY TOOK SO LONG,
EVERYWHERE I WENT, I WORE
THEM.
STRANGERS WOULD STOP ME
AND SAY, OH, MY GOSH,
WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE
SOCKS.
AND THEY WOULD BE, LIKE,
CAN I WRITE DOWN YOUR
PHONE NUMBER, CAN YOU MAKE
A PAIR FOR ME?
MY ENTREPRENEUR HUSBAND
SAID, WHY DON'T YOU PUT
THEM UP ONLINE.
IN A MATTER OF THREE DAYS,
WE HAD OVER 300 PURCHASE
ORDERS FOR THIS ONE PAIR
OF SOCKS.
Efrem: YOU HAD AN
IDEA TO PITCH THIS
BUSINESS TO "SHARK TANK."
I'M ON A PHONE CALL
WITH AN INTERNET MARKETING
GENIUS, A GOOD BUDDY, AND
HE SAID, I REALLY FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
ON "SHARK TANK."
AND HE SAID, LET ME MAKE A
CALL.
AND THE PRODUCERS SAID, WE
LOVE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BUMP YOU UP
TO THE VERY FRONT.
I PRAYED FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS, AND VERY CLEARLY I
HEARD BARBARA CORCORAN.
OUR COMPANY IS "GRACE
AND LACE," AND WE'RE
SEEKING $110,000 FOR A 10%
STAKE IN OUR COMPANY.
OUR FIRST YEAR, WE DID
OVER $800,000.
OUR LAST 12 MONTHS, TO
DATE, WE DID $
$1.25 MILLION.
AFTER AN HOUR AND A HALF
OF BACK AND FORTH, BARBARA
SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY
OFFER.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
FULL OFFER.
FINALLY.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
WE WERE ELATED, ABSOLUTELY
ELATED.
Efrem: HOW MUCH HAS
THE BUSINESS GROWN?
WHEN WE HAD AIRED
WEBSTER HAD DONE A LITTLE
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN
SALES.
AND WE'VE NOW DONE OVER
$25 MILLION IN SALES.
WE'RE BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT
GOD HAS DONE.
Efrem: ALL OF THIS
STARTS IN THE HOSPITAL
WHERE YOU LOSE A CHILD,
AND YOU GUYS ARE NOW
HELPING GIVE HOMES TO
ORPHANS.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT
PARTNERSHIP.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
NEVER IN A MILLION
YEARS WOULD I HAVE EVER
THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A
BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE SO
SUCCESSFUL WE COULD
ACTUALLY BUILD ORPHANAGES
AND TAKE HUNDREDS OF KIDS
OFF THE STREETS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE
DONE.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
"ANGEL HOUSE," AND WE HAVE
BUILT SEVEN ORPHANAGES.
Efrem: DO YOU HAVE
SOME GOALS IN MIND?
ABSOLUTELY.
FROM DAY ONE, WE SAID 100
PLUS.
THAT CAN MEAN 1,000.
IT CAN MEAN 10,000.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THIS JOURNEY HAS
TAUGHT US THAT GOD HAS SO
MUCH MORE IN STORE THAT WE
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
EVERYONE OUT THERE GOES
THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.
YOU DON'T GET THROUGH THIS
LIFE WITHOUT IT.
AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
STORY OF LETTING PEOPLE
KNOW AND ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE
GONE THROUGH SOMETHING
REALLY DIFFICULT, DOESN'T
MEAN YOU HAVE TO PACK IT
IN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN HAVE YOU
TO BE MAD OR BITTER.
YOU CAN LET THAT TRAGEDY
FUEL YOU TO DO SOMETHING
REALLY GOOD FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
Terry: WELL, THERE IS
A MESSAGE THAT WILL PREACH
TO ALL OF US.
BECAUSE LIFE HAPPENS.
NOBODY GETS OUT OF IT.
NOBODY GETS OUT FROM YOU UNDER
THE SURPRISE OR THE
DISAPPOINTMENTS OR THE
PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT
COME AS JUST PARTS OF
LIFE.
BUT WE HAVE A GOOD, GOOD
FATHER WHO PROMISES THAT
WHAT THE ENEMY HAS MEANT
FOR EVIL, HE WILL WORK FOR
GOOD.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T
FEEL THE PAIN AND THE HURT
AND THE LOSS.
IT MEANS THAT GOD PROMISES
TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AND DO
SOMETHING OF ETERNAL
SIGNIFICANCE WITH IT.
THE LOVE THIS COUPLE
BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE
BEEN BITTER OR WALLOWED IN
THE LOSS OF THEIR CHILD,
BUT THEY DECIDED TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND GOD SET BEFORE THEM
SOMETHING THEY NEVER WOULD
HAVE DREMPT OF THEMSELVES.
THEY JUST SAID, OKAY,
WE'RE GOING TO WALK
THROUGH WHATEVER DOOR YOU
OPEN, GOD.
I HOPE THAT'S AN
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU
TODAY.
PUT IT UP ON THE ALTER AND
SAY, GOD, MAKES SOMETHING
THAT MATTERS OUT OF MY
LIFE, OUT OF MY
CIRCUMSTANCES, OUT OF MY
HURT AND MY PAIN.
AND YOUR FATHER, WHO LOVES
YOU AND SEES ALL, IS GOING
TO FULFILL THE PROMISE HE
HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHO HE IS.
THAT'S WHO HE WANTS TO BE
IN EACH OF OUR LIVES.
AND SO WILL YOU SURRENDER
THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE
FEELING AND THE EMPTINESS
THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING
TO A GOD WHO CAN FILL IT
WITH MORE THAN YOU COULD
HAVE HOPED OR IMAGINED?
AND IN THIS SCENARIO, THE
HENANS WERE THEN ABLE TO
TURNED AROUND AND BE LIFE
LIFE-CHANGERS TO CHILDREN
WHO DIDN'T HAVE MOTHERS OR
FATHERS.
AND THEY TURNED AROUND AND
OFFERED HOME AND HELP AND
LOVE AND A FUTURE TO
CHILDREN WHO ARE WITHOUT A
FAMILY.
GOD IS GOOD.
HE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.
AND HE IS MORE THAN
WILLING, MORE THAN HAPPY,
AND DESIRES TO PUT HIS
HAND AND HIS POWER TO WORK
IN YOUR LIFE.
GIVE IT TO HIM NOW.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRAY
WITH SOMEONE ABOUT
WHATEVER YOUR
EXPERIENCING, OUR NUMBER
IS TOLL-FREE:
1-800-700-7000.
GORDON?
Gordon: STILL TO
COME, A RESTAURANT OWNER
WHO WAS IN CHRONIC PAIN
FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.
I FELT LIKE EVERY DAY
THAT I WAS DYING, THAT I
WAS LITERALLY DYING.
I LITERALLY WOULD GET ON
THE COUCH AND JUST CRY
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO
PAINFUL.
Gordon: SEE HOW A
SUPERNATURAL HEALING GETS
HER OFF OF THE COUCH AND
BACK IN THE KITCHEN.
PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR NEEDS NEXT,
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Gordon: CHARLOTTE
BACKSLEY WAS CONSTANTLY ON
HER FEET, HELPING HER
HUSBAND RUN THEIR FIVE
RESTAURANTS.
SUDDENLY ACUTE PAIN AND
FATIGUE LEFT HER FLAT ON
HER BACK.
SHE SAW SEVERAL DOCTORS,
BUT FOUND NOW RELIEF,
UNTIL SHE WAS MIRACULOUSLY
HEALED, RIGHT IN HER OWN
HOME.
Reporter: CHARLOTTE
NEVER IMAGINED THE DAY
WOULD COME THAT SHE WOULD
BE IN SO MUCH PAIN SHE
COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF HER
FAMILY OR HELP RUN THE
RESTAURANTS SHE AND HER
HUSBAND OWNED, BUT SHE
DID.
I STARTED HAVING PAIN
ON MY RIGHT SIDE IN 2010.
THE DOCTOR I WAS GOING TO
AT THAT TIME, SHE DID
EXTENSIVE X-RAYS AND BLOOD
WORK AND COULDN'T FIND
ANYTHING WRONG.
Reporter: OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS, THE PAIN
AND FATIGUE GOT WORSE.
EVENTUALLY, CHARLOTTE
DISCOVERED SHE HAD LYME
DISEASE AND INFLAMED
LIVER.
THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED
PAINKILLERS, BUT NOTHING
SEEMED TO HELP.
I FELT LIKE EVERY DAY I
WAS DYING.
YOU'RE ACHING AND TIRED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ENERGY.
YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING
ANYTHING BUT JUST SITTING
OR LAYING.
I WOULD GET UP AND TRY TO
SWEEP, MOP, COOK,
WHATEVER -- THE NORMAL
THINGS I ALWAYS DID -- AND
I JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
I WOULD LEAVE THE HOUSE
EVERY MORNING, KNOWING
THAT THE PAIN THAT SHE WAS
IN, I WAS LOSING HOPE.
BUT SHE NEVER GAVE UP.
Reporter: THAT'S
BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME
THINGS THE PAIN COULDN'T
KEEP HER FROM DOING.
IT DIDN'T STOP ME FROM
PRAYING.
AND IT DIDN'T STOP ME FROM
READING MY BIBLE.
IN FACT, I PROBABLY DREW
CLOSER TO THE LORD THEN
THAN I EVER HAD.
I LEARNED WHEN JESUS IS
ALL YOU GOT, JESUS IS ALL
YOU NEED.
Reporter: BUT AFTER
NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF
CHRONIC PAIN, EVEN PRAYING
THE WAY HER MOTHER TAUGHT
HER, BECAME UNBEARABLE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET
DOWN ON MY KNEES BECAUSE
OF THE PAIN.
I LITERALLY WOULD GET ON
THE COUCH AND JUST CRY.
JUST LAY THERE AND CRY AND
CALL OUT TO GOD BECAUSE IT
WAS JUST SO PAINFUL AT
THAT TIME.
Reporter: CHARLOTTE
KNEW SHE NEEDED A MIRACLE.
SHE SAYS ITKI IT CAME ONE DAY
WHILE WATCHING ONE OF HER
FAVORITE SHOWS, "THE 700
CLUB."
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE WITH A LIVER
CONDITION, FAIRLY RECENT,
AND GOD IS HEALING THAT
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
JUST PRAISE HIS NAME AND
RECEIVE IT.
I IMMEDIATELY RAISED MY
HANDS.
AND I SAID, GOD, THAT IS
FOR ME.
I KNOW THAT IT'S FOR ME.
AND I'M CLAIMING HEALING.
Reporter: SHE
CONTINUED PRAYING AND
BELIEVING GOD FOR HEALING.
WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, THE
PAIN WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
I GOT UP ONE MORNING,
AND I WASN'T HURTING.
AND I THOUGHT, WOW, I FEEL
REALLY GOOD.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE FIRST
TIME I HAD NOT BEEN IN
PAIN IN FOUR AND A HALF
YEARS.
SO AFTER ABOUT A WEEK, I
KNEW.
I SAID, LORD, YOU HAVE
HEALED MY BODY.
AND I JUST CLAIMED IT
BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD
PRAYED THAT DAY, WITH
TERRY, AND GOD HAD HEARD
OUR PRAYERS AND HE
ANSWERED.
SHE LOOKED AT ME, AND
SHE SAID, GOD HAS HEALED
ME.
AND HE DID.
ONE DAY IT WAS JUST LIKE
THE WORLD JUST TURNED BACK
TO THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE.
Reporter: CHARLOTTE
HAS SINCE BEEN CURED OF
LYME DISEASE AND IS OFF
ALL MEDICATION.
SHE IS PAIN-FREE AND ABLE
TO ENJOY HER FAMILY AGAIN.
THE LORD GAVE ME LUKE
18: 1, DURING MY SICK
TIMES, AND IT IS TO ALWAYS
PRAY AND DON'T GIVE UP.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH, NO MATTER
WHAT HARDSHIP, STORM,
CIRCUMSTANCE, GOD WALKS
YOU THROUGH THAT STORM,
AND HE IS NEVER GOING TO
LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US.
Gordon: HE WALKS WITH
US.
HE DOESN'T LEAVE US.
HE DIDN'T FORSAKE US.
HE IS ALWAYS THERE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME
ANSWERS TO PRAYERS ON OUR
Facebook PAGE.
IDA WRITES IN, "I ASKED
YOU TO PRAY FOR ME.
I WAS 21 WEEKS PREGNANT
WITH FIBROIDS AND GOING
THROUGH EXCRUCIATING PAIN
DAY AND NIGHT, AND I'M NOW
DOING SO MUCH BETTER.
THANK YOU, GOD."
LAURIE SAYS, "I WAS
PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE.
MY SON WAS HAVING TROUBLE
COMING HOME TO THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE CONSULATE WAS
UNHELPFUL FOR OVER THREE
MONTHS.
I ASKED FOR PRAY ON MAY
24th, AND IN LESS THAN
THREE WEEKS, MY SON WAS
HOME SAFE AND SOUND.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS."
AND GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE GOD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THE
CONDITION.
GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF
IT.
HE CREATED THE UNIVERSE
WITH HIS WORD.
HE SPOKE AND THINGS CAME
INTO BEING.
HE HAS THAT KIND OF POWER.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE IN HIM AND BELIEVE
IN THE ONE THAT HE SENT.
BELIEVE IN JESUS.
AND THEN YOU GET ACCESS TO
THAT INCREDIBLE MIRACLE
POWER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PRAY.
YOU JOIN WITH US, AND
LET'S SEE WHAT GOD HAS FOR
YOU TODAY.
PRAY WITH US.
LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF
THE AUDIENCE TO YOU, AND
AS PEOPLE ARE PRAYING, WE
JUST JOIN WITH THEM.
AND WE JOIN WITH THEIR
PRAYER FOR THEIR FAMILY,
FOR THEIR FINANCES, AND
FOR PHYSICAL HEALING.
WE JOIN WITH ALL OF THEM.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO
DO MIRACLES, TO DO
WONDERS, TO MOVE IN THE
LIVES OF YOUR CHILDREN
TODAY, LORD GOD.
BE WITH US.
ENCOURAGE US.
STRENGTHEN US NOW.
FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE
BEEN SUFFERING WITH
CHRONIC MIGRAINES, AND
THERE HAS BEEN CRUSHING
PAIN.
GOD IS JUST HEALING AND
RESTORING THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU JUST FELT IT LIFT OFF
OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL.
HE WANTS TO ASSURE YOU
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO
COME BACK.
JUST RECEIVE THAT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
A NEUROBLASTOMA, AND I'M
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT
IS, BUT GOD IS HEALING
THAT FOR YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE
DOES.
JUST RECEIVE IT.
LIFE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
YOU.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU'VE HAD A CAR
ACCIDENT AND THERE IS
EXTRAORDINARY PAIN IN YOUR
NECK, ON THE RIGHT SIDE,
IN THE BACK, AT THE BASE
OF THE SKULL, AND IT GOES
DOWN INTO YOUR SHOULDER.
GOD IS HEALING THAT.
HE IS RESTORING EVERYTHING
CONCERNING IT.
THE VERTEBRA, THE DISCS
BETWEEN THE VERTEBRA.
HE IS ABLE TO PUT NERVES
BACK INTO PLACE.
HE IS DOING ALL OF THAT
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED
AND BE MADE WHOLE.
Terry: THERE IS
ANOTHER PERSON WITH
SERIOUS CARTILAGE ISSUES
THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY, AND
GOD IS TOUCHING THAT RIGHT
NOW.
Gordon: LORD, WE
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE THE HEALER, YOU'RE
THE RESTORER.
THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
HERE FOR YOU.
JUST CALL US: 1-800-CELE.
HERE IS A WORD FROM
ISAIAH: "HE WAS WOUNDED
FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE
WAS BRUISED FOUR OUR AN
NICITIES.
THE CHASUPON HIS STRIPES WE ARE
HEALED.
."