Gordon: COMING UP...

AT THIS POINT, THERE

WAS NO HOPE.

Gordon: ...A STOPPED

HEART...

THERE IS NOTHING THAT

WE CAN DO FOR HER.

Gordon: ...AND A TORN

AORTA, ONE DIVINE MESSAGE

ON THE ROAD.

AND I KNEW THE LORD WAS

WITH ME, NO MATTER WHAT.

Gordon: AND A THREE

IN ONE MIRACLE.

ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT,

IT WAS ALL GOD, YOU KNOW?

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES,

LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN

NEWSDESK.

Efrem: KIM JONG-UN

SAID TODAY HIS COUNTRY

WILL NEVER NEGOTIATE ITS

WEAPONS PROGRAM.

THE STATEMENT COMES A DAY

AFTER THE NORTH TEST

LAUNCHED ITS FIRST

INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC

MISSILE AND AS THE UNITED

NATIONS TAKES UP THE

NORTH'S LATEST ACTION.

MARK MARTIN HAS THIS

STORY.

Reporter: THE UNITED

STATES, JAPAN, AND SOUTH

KOREA REQUESTED THAT THE

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY

COUNCIL MEET.

THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED

TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY

SESSION THIS AFTERNOON.

THE U.S. SAID THE NORTH

KOREA LAUNCH WAS INDEED AN

INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC

MISSILE, ONE THAT EXPERTS

SAY MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH

ALASKA.

SECRETARY OF STATE REX

TILLERSON LABELLED IT A

NEW ESCALATION OF THE

THREAT TO THE U.S.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NATIONAL

SECURITY ADVISOR MADE IT

CLEAR THAT THE U.S. WILL

NOT ALLOW NORTH KOREA TO

THREATEN AMERICA WITH

NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

WE CAN'T REPEAT THE

SAME APPROACH -- FAILED

APPROACH OF THE PAST.

THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED

US TO NOT DO THAT AND TO

PREPARE A RANGE OF

OPTIONS, INCLUDING A

MILITARY OPTION, WHICH

NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE.

Reporter: KIM JONG-UN

AND HIS REGIME CELEBRATED

THE LAUNCH OF THE

MISSILES, WHICH LANDED IN

THE WATER 577 MILES TO THE

EAST IN THE SEA OF JAPAN.

NORTH KOREA'S MILITARY

REFERRED TO THE LAUNCH AS

THE FINAL STEP IN A

CONFIDENT AND POWERFUL

NUCLEAR STATE THAT CAN

STRIKE ANYWHERE ON EARTH.

THE THREAT ESCALATION CAME

DAYS AFTER TRUMP EXPRESSED

CONCERN ABOUT A NUCLEAR

WAR HEAD ON THAT TYPE OF

MISSILE.

President Trump: THE

ERA OF STRATEGIC PATIENCE

WITH THE NORTH KOREAN

REGIME HAS FAILED.

MANY YEARS, AND IT HAS

FAILED.

AND FRANKLY, THAT PATIENCE

IS OVER.

Reporter: THE U.S.

AND SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS

FIRED DEEP-STRIKE

PRECISION MISSILES ON

TUESDAY, SHOWING THAT THE

TWO COUNTRIES ARE

COMMITTED TO WORKING

TOGETHER.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

IS CONSIDERING ITS

OPTIONS, INCLUDING

DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY

MOVES AS NORTH KOREA

PROMISES IT WON'T GIVE UP

DEVELOPING ITS NUCLEAR

WEAPONS AND MISSILES

PROGRAMS.

MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: PRESIDENT

TRUMP IS HEADED BACK TO

EUROPE FOR THE UPCOMING

G20 SUMMIT IN EUROPE.

HIS FIRST STOP IS IN

POLAND, WHERE HE IS SET TO

RECEIVE A GOOD WELCOME.

POLAND'S GOVERNMENT HAS

EMPHASIZED RUSSIA'S

AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE

POSSESS A THREAT TO ALL OF

EUROPE.

AS PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL

HAVE THIS FIRST

FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH

VLADIMIR PUTIN LATER THIS

WEEK.

WAS RUSSIA INVOLVED IN

THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE

POPE JOHN PAUL II?

BOTH FELT THAT SURVIVING

THOSE ATTEMPTS WERE PART

OF GOD'S PLAN, A PLAN TO

BRING DOWN THE EVIL

ATHEISTIC SOVIET UNION.

PAUL STRAND HAS MORE.

Reporter: IN THE

SPRING OF 1981, PRESIDENT

RONALD REAGAN AND POPE

JOHN PAUL II TOOK BULLETS

JUST SIX WEEKS APART.

CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH BOTH

MEN SAW AS EVIL SOURCES.

REAGAN SAID TO JOHN

PAUL THE SECOND, LOOK HOW

THE EVIL FORCES WERE PUT

IN OUR WAY.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY TRIED TO

DO.

THEY SAW THIS AS A

HISTORICAL SPIRITUAL

BATTLE AGAINST THE FORCES

OF DARKNESS, AS REAGAN

CALLED IT.

Reporter: FORCES OF

DARKNESS WHICH COULD NOT

DESTROY THE GOOD THEY WERE

DOING.

THEY BOTH SAID TO ONE

ANOTHER, THIS PROTESTANT

PRESIDENT AND OBVIOUSLY

CATHOLIC POPE -- THEY SAID

THEY BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD

SPARED THEIR LIVES BECAUSE

THEY SHOULD HAVE BLED TO

DEATH.

RO.

Reporter: KEN GOOR

SAYS BOTH RON RAG AN RONALD REAGAN

AND THE PONTIFF BELIEVE

THEIR LIVES WERE SPARED.

IT ALSO REVEALS THE

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PLAN BY

THE SOVIET UNION TO

ASSASSINATE POPE JOHN PAUL

II.

I LEARNED THAT PAUL

CASEY OF THE C.I.A., LED A

SUPER SECRET

INVESTIGATION, LED BY TWO

WOMEN, AND JOHN PAUL THE

SECOND AND BILL CASEY AND

RONALD REAGAN AND BILL

CLARKE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN

EVIL EMPIRE.

THESE GUYS WOULD SHOOT A

POPE.

Reporter: IN THE END,

EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT A

SOVIET MILITARY UNIT

CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK.

ERIC GONZALES, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH MUCH MORE OF

"THE 700 CLUB."

IT IS COMING UP RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

*

Gordon: C.S.LEWIS

ONCE DESCRIBED HISTORY AS

THE STORY WRITTEN BY THE

FINGER OFED GOD.

THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE

WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM.

WENDY GRIFFITH BRINGS US

THIS LOOK AT THE LIFE OF

ONE CHRISTIAN LEADER AND

ONE CHURCH IN AMERICAN

HISTORY.

Wendy: KARA SCHMIDT

AND VINCE ALAVARI ARE

GETTING MARRIED ON A

PERFECT SPRING DAY IN A

MOST UNUSUAL PLACE.

UNDER THIS STRIKING

STRUCTURE IS THE

FOUNDATION OF AN 18th

CENTURY CHURCH WITH AN

ASTONISHING HISTORY.

FOR OVER 45 YEARS, THE

ONLY CLUE OF ITS EXISTENCE

WAS THIS MARKER.

THEN IN 1975, IT CAUGHT

THE ATTENTION OF A LOCAL

PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.

I BEGAN TO READ ABOUT

WHAT A SIGNIFICANT PLACE

IT WAS.

THE THOUGHT WAS IN MY

MIND: YOUR TASK IS TO

SHINE A LIGHT ON THE MAN I

REALLY WANT TO HONOR.

Wendy: THAT MAN IS

SAMUEL DAVIES, THE FIRST

MINISTER AT PAUL GREENE

CHURCH, AND A KEY FIGURE

IN THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

KNOWN AS "THE FIRST GREAT

AWAKENING."

WE SEE IT IN ALMOST

EVERY COLONY.

WE SEE REVIVALS, WE SEE

THESE MASSIVE MEETINGS,

LARGE-SCALE CONVERSIONS.

IT REALLY CHANGES THE FACE

OF AMERICA.

Wendy: BUT THERE WAS

PLENTY OF RESISTANCE.

BEFORE THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION, BRITISH LAW

REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP IN THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

FAILURE TO COMPLY COULD

RESULT IN FINES AND EVEN

IMPRISONMENT.

IN 1689, THE BRITISH

PARLIAMENT PASSED THE AC AN ACT.

DESPITE FREQUENT BOUTS

WITH TUBERCULOSIS, HE WAS

ASKED TO LEAD FOUR MEETING

HOUSES IN HANOVER AND EN

ENRICO COUNTIES.

BEING FULLY CONVINCED

THAT HANOVER NEEDED A

MINISTER MORE THAN ANY

PLACE I KNEW, I ACCEPTED

THEIR CALL TO SETTLE

THERE.

Wendy: THIS IS

DAVIES' BIBLE, WHEN THINGS

ARE RECORDED, INCLUDING

HIS WEDDING TO SARA

KIRKPATRICK IN

OCTOBER 1746.

LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, HE

WROTE THIS: "SEPARATED

FROM HER BY DEATH, AND

BEREAVED OF A AN ABORTIVE

SON."

BECAUSE OF THAT AND HIS

OWN SICKNESS, HE REALLY

THOUGHT HIS LIFE WOULD BE

SHORT.

IT MOTIVATED HIM.

HE THOUGHT, IF I ONLY HAVE

SO MUCH TIME ON EARTH TO

WORK FOR THE LORD, I'VE

GOT TO MAKE THAT COUNT.

Wendy: FROM THE

BEGINNING, DAVIES DREW

LARGE CROWDS, INCLUDING

SLAVES.

NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO

MUCH STRUCK WITH THE

APPEARANCE OF AN ASSEMBLY

AS WHEN I HAVE GLANCED MY

EYES TO SO MANY BLACK

COUNTENANCES, WHO THEIR

MASTERS GENERALLY NEGLECT.

Wendy: NOT EVERYONE

IN HANOVER COUNTY WAS

PLEASED WITH HIS MINISTRY,

ESPECIALLY AT THIS CHURCH.

IF YOU WERE THE

ANGLICAN MINISTER, AND

THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL

RELIGION OF THE COLONY, IF

YOU SEE THE EXPLOSIVE

GROWTH OF BAPTIST AND

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, IN

MANY WAYS IT IS A THREAT.

Wendy: REVEREND HENRY

FOUGHT BACK WITH A SERIES

OF LETTERS TO AUTHORITIES

IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

I THINK IT MY DUTY TO

ACQUAINT YOU WITH THIS

MAN'S BEHAVIOR.

I NEED NOT TELL YOU OF THE

DISTRACTED CONDITION OF MY

PARISH.

Wendy: HIS NEPHEW,

THE YOUNGER PATRICK HENRY,

WAS 11 WHEN DAVIES

ARRIVED.

LATER A ATTRIBUTING HIS OWN

SUCCESS AS AN ORITOR TO

DAVIES' IMPRESSION.

100 YEARS LATER, PAUL

GREENE CHURCH STILL

THRIVED, AS SHOWN BY THESE

DRAWINGS BY A UNION

SOLDIER IN 1862, THE ONLY

IMAGES OF THE CHURCH THAT

SURVIVED.

ON JUNE 1st, 1864, UNION

FORCES TRIED TO

BREAKTHROUGH CO CON FEDERATE

LINES.

THE CHURCH BURNED TO THE

GROUND.

THE CHURCH WAS NEVER

REBUILT, UNTIL ROBERT

BLUEFORD CAME ACROSS THE

MARKER.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN

CONSUMED WITH BRINGING THE

CHURCH BACK TO LIFE.

ONE DAY WITH AN

ARCHEOLOGICAL TEAM, HE

FELT SOMETHING UNDER HIS

FOOT.

I SCRAIB SCRAPED THE DIRT

ASIDE, AND THERE WAS THIS

BRICK, A WHOLE, COMPLETE

BRICK.

WE UNCOVERED COMPLETE

FOOTING OF THIS BUILDING.

Wendy: YOU'RE

KIDDING?

THIS IS THE FIRST HOUSE

TO COME DOWN.

Wendy: REKNOWED

ARCHITECT CARLTON ABBOTT

ALSO CAUGHT THE VISION.

HE URGED HIM TO PURCHASE

THE ADJOINING LAND.

THEN CAME THE QUESTION OF

REBUILDING THE CHURCH.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING

AN IMAGE OR A GHOST

STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK WHAT THIS

CHURCH DOES IS BRING A

SIMPLER FEEL FOR HOW YOU

CAN APPROACH YOUR

RELIGION.

Wendy: TODAY THE SITE

INCLUDES HISTORY LESSONS

ON SAMUEL DAVIES AND THE

PATH TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

IN AMERICA.

AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR

SITE FOR WEDDINGS, LIKE

THIS ONE, WHERE THE GROOM

IS A Ph.D. CANDIDATE IN

CHURCH HISTORY.

GOD'S AMAZING GRACE HAS

BEEN PREACHED HERE SINCE

SAMUEL DAVIES WAS

PASTORING HERE.

THINKING OF THAT DURING

THE CEREMONY, AND AS WE

WERE PICKING THE PLACE,

HAS BEEN REALLY KIND OF

PROFOUND.

Wendy: A GOOD

FOUNDATION, INDEED.

WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS,

HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Gordon: THAT'S A

WONDERFUL PIECE.

A GREAT HISTORY LESSON.

SAMUEL DAVIES WENT ON TO

BE THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

BACK THEN IT WAS KNOWN AS

THE LOG CABIN COLLEGE.

AND IT WAS A PLACE WHERE

HARVARD AND YALE HAD

BECOME TOO LIBERAL, SO WE

NEEDED TO GET BACK TO THE

ROOTS OF THE GOSPEL.

AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING

OF PRINCETON.

WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY AND

WHAT A WONDERFUL HERITAGE

THAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED

STATES, TO REALIZE ALL OUR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS, THE

WONDERFUL FREEDOMS WE

HAVE, WERE ALL BOUGHT WITH

A PRICE.

ALL CAME THROUGH

PERSECUTION.

ALL CAMES FROM WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN

ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

AND HOW CAN YOU HAVE

FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE,

FREEDOM OF RELIGION,

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM

OF ASSEMBLY, ALL OF THESE

THINGS ROOTED IN THIS

WONDERFUL, GREAT

AWAKENING.

MY HISTORY PROFESSOR LONG

AGO SAID, THERE WOULD BE

NO AMERICAN REVOLUTION, IT

WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED,

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE

GREAT AWAKENING OF 1735 TO

1740.

WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULDN'T

HAVE A UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA.

Terry: WHAT A

REMARKABLE SPOT.

I LIKE THE FACT THEY HAVE

JUST PUT THE WINDOWS AND

THE FRAME THERE.

IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

Gordon: IT IS SUCH AN

ILLUSTRATION THAT CHURCH

IS NOT A BUILDING.

Terry: EXACTLY.

BUT WHAT AN IMPACT ON

SOCIETY.

> COMING UP, A DOCTOR

GIVES A DAUGHTER SOME

DEVASTATING NEWS.

IT IS VERY SERIOUS.

YOU'RE MOM HAS A TORN

AORTA.

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

FOR HER.

HE SAID, REALLY, IT IS A

DEATH SENTENCE.

Terry: WATCH THIS

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEFY

THAT DEATH SENTENCE WHEN

WE COME BACK.

Terry: EMILY EMINAN

WAS RUSHED TO THE

EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HER

HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR

10 MINUTES.

TESTS REVEALED SHE HAD A

TORN AORTA, AND HER DOCTOR

SAID IT WAS A DEATH

SENTENCE.

WHEN HER FAMILY AND

FRIENDS HEARD THE NEWS,

THEY WENT INTO FULL PRAYER

MODE.

AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT

ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE

MIRACLES.

Reporter:

AUGUST 2006, LORRAINE

POTTER DROVE HER MOTHER,

EMILY, TO THE EMERGENCY

ROOM.

SHE WAS COMPLAINING A

LOT.

THE PAIN WAS STRONG.

SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S A

LEVEL 10 PAIN.

IT'S VERY STRONG.

AND SHE HAD NEVER

EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE.

BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER

HEART.

Reporter: AS HOSPITAL

STAFF PERFORMED A CARDIAC

CATCATHERIZATION TEST, AFTER

10 MINUTES THEY FOUND A

PULSE AND SHE EVENTUALLY

STABILIZED.

SOON AFTER, THE DOCTOR

TOLD LORRAINE THE TERRIBLE

NEWS.

HE SAT ME DOWN AND

SAID, IT IS VERY SERIOUS.

YOUR MOM HAS A TORN AORTA.

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

FOR HER.

AS PER POLICY, WE'RE GOING

TO SEND HER TO UNIVERSITY

OF IOWA HOSPITAL, BUT WE

KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THERE

IS REALLY NOTHING THEY CAN

DO, EITHER.

REALLY, THIS IS A DEATH

SENTENCE.

Reporter: LORRAINE

CALLED FAMILY TO JOIN HER

AND PRAY.

THEN SHE SPENT A FEW

MINUTES ALONE WITH HER

MOM.

I FELT LIKE THAT WAS

THE LAST TIME I WAS GOING

TO SEE HER ALIVE.

SO AS MUCH AS I COULD, I

SPOKE TO HER.

I TOLD HER I LOVED HER AND

WAS ABLE TO STROKE HER

HAIR, TO KISS HER.

AND THAT WAS ALL I COULD

DO.

THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY, THE

LEVEL OF GRIEF, WAS VERY

HIGH AT THIS POINT.

THERE WAS NO HOPE.

THERE WAS NO HOPE I HAD

BEEN GIVEN.

Reporter: EMILY WAS

TRANSPORTED TO THE

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

WHEN LORRAINE ARRIVED A

FEW MINUTES LATER, SHE

NOTICED A LICENSE PLATE

THAT READ, YHWH YAHWEH.

AT THAT MOMENT, SHE SAYS

SHE FELT HIS PRESENCE.

THE PAC PEACE THAT

SURPASSES ALL

UNDERSTANDING GUARDED MY

MIND AND KICKED IN AND

CAME OVER ME.

FROM THAT MOMENT ON, MY

ANXIETY WAS GONE.

I KNEW WHERE MY MOM WAS

GOING NO MATTER WHAT.

I AND KNEW THE LORD WAS

WITH ME NO MATTER WHAT.

Reporter: DOCTORS RAN

A NEW TEST TO CONFIRM THE

FIRST DIAGNOSIS.

THAN THEY TOLD LORRAINE

THEIR FINDINGS.

HE SAID, EMILY CAME IN

WITH A TORN AORTA, SO AS

PER OUR POLICY, WE

EXAMINED THE DIAGNOSIS

THAT THEY COME IN WITH.

WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE

TESTS THAT WE COULD, AND

THERE IS NO TORN AORTA.

Reporter: WHAT WAS

CLEARLY VISIBLE JUST HOURS

AGO WAS NOW HEALED.

ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT,

IT WAS ALL GOD, YOU KNOW?

Reporter: THE NOW

TEST DID REVEAL A 90%

BLOCKAGE IN AN ARTERY IN

HER HEART.

WHEN THEY WENT IN TO PLACE

A STINT, THE BLOCKAGE ALSO

DISAPPEARED.

REALLY, THERE WAS

NOTHING DOCTORS COULD DO.

GOD WAS DOING HEALINGS.

THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO

TOUCH HER, NOTHING MAN DID

WAS HEALING HER.

THIS WAS ALL GOD.

HE HEALED A TORN AORTA.

HE REMOVED THE BLOCKAGE.

Reporter: DOCTORS

WERE STILL WORRIED ABOUT

ANOTHER ISSUE.

THE DOCTORS EXPLAINED

TO ME AT THAT POINT THAT

THEY WERE NOT SURE OF HER

BRAIN FUNCTION.

IT WAS A CONCERN TO THEM

BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN GONE

FOR 10 MINUTES, 10 FULL

MINUTES.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HER

BRAIN FUNCTION WOULD BE

LIKE WHEN SHE CAME OUT.

Reporter: THE NEXT

MORNING, EMILY WOKE UP AND

TRIED TO COMMUNICATE.

MY MOM WAS LYING ON HER

BED, FULLY IN INTUBATED,

TRYING TO USE SIGN

LANGUAGE.

WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND HER.

SHE'S FRUSTRATED ENOUGH,

SO THEY GET HER A

CLIPBOARD.

AND SHE WRITES DOWN, NO

RETROGRADE AMNESIA.

AMNESIA.

SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, HER

BRAIN IS BACK.

Reporter: EMILY AND

LORRAINE SAYS THE PRESENCE

OF GOD SUSTAINED THEM

THROUGH THE ENTIRE

EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW, I KNEW I WAS

TOUCHED BY GOD.

WHEN HE TOUCHES YOU, YOU

CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE

WITH ME IF I HAD GONE THAT

NIGHT, BUT I DIDN'T.

THE LORD HAD SOMETHING

ELSE IN STORE FOR ME, AND

I FELT FABULOUS.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT I

WILL NEVER FORGET BECAUSE

OF THE WAY I FELT WHEN I

WOKE UP.

I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO

STAND UP AND DANCE AND

SCREAM AND SING AND

WHATEVER.

IT JUST FELT SO GOOD.

Reporter: TODAY'S

EMILY'S HEART IS HEALTHY.

THOUGH QUESTIONS REMAIN

REGARDING WHAT EXACTLY

HAPPENED.

LORRAINE KNOWS IT WAS GOD

WITH THEM THAT MADE ALL OF

THE DIFFERENCE.

THE LORD REALLY HEALED

ME THREE TIMES.

IF YOU CAN HAVE THREE

MIRACLES IN ONE MIRACLE, I

REALLY DID.

NO TORN AORTA, NO

BLOCKAGE, NO BRAIN DAMAGE.

THE JOY OF HAVING HER

BACK WAS WONDERFUL, BUT

GREATER WAS THE PEACE OF

HAVING HIM.

WHY HE DID THIS FOR ME,

I DON'T KNOW.

I LOVED HIM BEFORE.

I LOVE HIM NOW.

IT'S NOT FOR ME TO

QUESTION WHY, OTHER THAN

IF I CAN GLORIFY HIM,

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING.

HE IS A MERCIFUL GOD, AND

HE DOES MIRACLES TODAY,

NOT JUST IN BIBLICAL

TIMES.

AND HE DOES MAJOR MIRACLES

TODAY.

Terry: WOW!

WHAT AN AMAZING STORY.

WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE

WITH GOD.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS

OF YOU WATCHING WHO ARE

SAYING, I NEED A MIRACLE

IN MY LIFE.

AND SO WE WANT TO PRAY FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR

FAITH AS WE GO INTO THAT.

GORDON, LET ME SHARE THIS

WITH YOU.

LAST MARCH, SANDRA HAD

ITCHING IN HER RIGHT EAR.

SHE HAD A DISCHARGE.

SHE HAD LOST HER HEARING

IN THAT EAR.

THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED

MEDICATION, BUT NOTHING

WORKED.

ON THE 25th OF JULY, SHE

WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM,

AND HE HEARD YOU GIVE THIS

WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:

"SOMEONE WITH PROBLEMS IN

YOUR RIGHT EAR, RECURRING

INFECTIONS, DISCHARGES OUT

OF THAT EAR, GOD IS ABLE

TO HEAL IT AND MAKE IT SO

IT FERVO NEVER COMES BACK AGAIN.

YOU'RE RESTORED NOW IN

JESUS' NAME."

SANDRA THOUGHT, THAT'S ME.

SHE CLAIMED THE WORD, AND

THE NEXT MORNING THE

DRAINAGE STOPPED AND SHE

COULD HEAR CLEARLY IN HER

EAR.

Gordon: ALL RIGHT.

HERE IS DAN FROM

CALIFORNIA.

HE HAD INTENSE PAIN IN HIS

BACK.

HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

ARTHRITIS AND TWO OTHER

DISEASES.

HE WAS GIVEN SOME MEDICINE

FOR PAIN, BUT NOTHING

HELPED.

ONE DAY, WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB," TERRY SAID: "YOU

HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR

BACK.

IT HAS REALLY IMMOBILIZED

YOU IN MANY WAYS.

YOU CAN'T LEAN FORWARD.

YOU CAN'T LEAN BACK.

PUT YOUR HAND BEHIND YOUR

BACK, LIFT YOUR OTHER HAND

UP IN THE AIR, AND SAY,

YES, GOD, I RECEIVE THIS.

IT'S FOR YOU TODAY."

WELL, THE NEXT MORNING,

DAN FELT NO PAIN IN HIS

BACK AND HAS NOT HAD ANY

PAIN SINCE THAT DAY.

MIRACLES HAPPEN TODAY.

JESUS IS THE SAME

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER.

WHAT HE DID 2,000 YEARS

AGO HE IS STILL DOING

TODAY.

AND THE BIBLE IS VERY

CLEAR.

HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD,

HEALING ALL THOSE WHO ARE

OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL.

GO READ IT, ACTS 10: 38.

HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD.

NOW, THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN

LIFE.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF

JESUS WENT AROUND DOING

GOOD.

WHEN WE CAN SAY ALL THINGS

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD --

ALL THINGS.

THAT INCLUDES ANYTHING

THAT IS AFFLICTING YOU

RIGHT NOW.

SO JUST AS TERRY SAID TO

THAT MAN DAN IN

CALIFORNIA, PUT YOUR HAND

ON THAT AREA OF THE BODY

THAT NEEDS HEALING.

LIFT YOUR OTHER HAND UP TO

HIM AND REALIZE THE

KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.

IT'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK

FOR IT.

WHEN YOU ASK BELIEVING,

YOU RECEIVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND

WE'RE GOING TO AGREE WITH

YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO LET GOD

DO ALL OF THE REST.

WHAT HE HAS PROMISED TO

DO, HE WILL DO FOR YOU.

LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE JUST LIFT THE

NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE.

AND AS PEOPLE ARE LAYING

HANDS ON THAT AREA OF THE

BODY THAT NEEDS HEALING,

AND RAISING THE OTHER HAND

UP TO YOU, WE JUST COME

INTO AGREEMENT WITH THEM

NOW.

AND WE ASK THAT THE

KINGDOM OF GOD WOULD COME,

THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE

DONE IN THEIR BODIES AND

IN THEIR LIVES TODAY.

WHEN WE LOOK TO YOUR

KINGDOM, THERE IS NO ONE

SICK, THERE IS NO ONE

DISMAYED, THERE IS NO ONE

LONELY, THERE IS NO ONE IN

POVERTY.

YOU SUPPLY EVERY HUMAN

NEED.

SO, LORD, ANSWER THEIR

PRAYERS NOW.

BRING HEALING TO THEM NOW.

REACH DOWN AND TOUCH AND

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE NOW.

IN JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT,

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT

HAPPENED, BUT IN YOUR BACK

AND RIGHT SHOULDER, THERE

IS TREMENDOUS PAIN FROM

FRACTURES, DISLOCATIONS,

AND GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL

THAT RIGHT NOW.

IN JESUS' NAME.

THAT PAIN JUST LEFT YOU.

AND BEGIN TO DO WHAT YOU

COULDN'T DO BEFORE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT ARM AND

REALIZE GOD HAS DONE A

TREMENDOUS MIRACLE FOR

YOU.

IT IS GOING TO BE STIFF

RIGHT NOW, BUT CONTINUE TO

MOVE IT AND REALIZE

EVERYTHING IS FREE.

THE PAIN IS GONE NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

Terry: THERE IS

SPINAL STENOSIS BEING

HEALED IN JESUS' NAME.

AND SOMEONE ELSE, IT HAS

JUST COME UPON YOU LIKE A

MENTAL FOGGINESS, AND YOUR

SO FEARFUL IT IS SOMETHING

PERMANENT.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

A CLARITY IS GOING TO COME

TO YOU.

YOUR THOUGHT PATTERN IS

RETURNING.

YOUR ABILITY TO

COMMUNICATE.

JUST RECEIVE THAT.

Gordon: THERE IS

SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL

RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE AN

INFECTION IN YOUR SPINAL

FLUID.

GOD IS ABLE TO ALLOW YOU

TO WALK OUT OF THAT

HOSPITAL WITH NEWNESS OF

LIFE, NEWNESS OF ENERGY.

HE IS TAKING THAT

INFECTION ALL THE WAY AWAY

NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE WITH A HIP

ALIGNMENT, AND THAT IS

JUST STRAIGHTENING OUT AND

YOU WILL NOT NEED SURGERY.

Gordon: LORD, WE

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE OUR DELIVERER,

YOU'RE OUR SAVIOUR, YOU'RE

OUR ALL IN ALL.

WE THANK YOU IN JESUS'

NAME.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY

GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR

STORY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK

UP THE PHONE.

THE NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:

1-800-700-7000.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE

HERE FOR YOU.

IT IS OUR HONOR, OUR

PRIVILEGE, TO PRAY WITH

YOU.

WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

PRAYER, THE PRAYER THAT

GETS AN ANSWER.

IF YOU WANT US TO PRAY

WITH YOU, JUST GIVE US A

CALL.

TERRY?

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

AN 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP

FROM A COMA AND TELLS HIS

MOM SOME STUNNING NEWS.

I SAID, LANDON, DO YOU

NOWHERE YOUR DAD IS AT?

AND HE SAID, YES, I KNOW

WHERE HE IS AT.

I SAW HIM IN HEAVEN.

Terry: STAY TUNED TO

SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THAT'S COMING UP.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BECAME

THE FIRST HEAD OF STATE TO

VISIT AMERICA'S LARGEST

AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

THE U.S.S. GEORGE H.W.

BUSH.

AND HE PRAISED THE COMMON

BOND BETWEEN ISRAEL AND

THE UNITED STATES.

ISRAEL HAS NO GREATER

FRIEND THAN THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE

UNITED STATES HAS NO

BORATOGREATER FRIEND THAN

ISRAEL.

Efrem: IT WAS THE

FIRST TIME A U.S. AIRCRAFT

VISITED ISRAEL IN 17

YEARS.

> IRAQ FORCES BACKED BY

THE U.S. ARE DEFEATING

ISIS IN THE BATTLE FOR

MOSUL.

300 MILITANTS REMAIN IN

THE SMALL TERRITORY.

THE IRAQI PRIME MINISTER

CONGRATULATED HIS FIGHTERS

ON TUESDAY FOR THEIR

VICTORY SO FAR AGAINST

ISIS, DESPITE THE ONGOING

CLASHES.

A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

STILL REMAIN TRAPPED IN

THE CONTROLLED AREA AND

ARE FREEING AS IRAQI

FORCES ADVANCE.

ANOTHER LARGE GROUP OF

DISPLACED PEOPLE ARE

SUFFERING FROM

MALNUTRITION AND

DEHYDRATION.

ISIS FIGHTERS ARE

INCREASING USING SUICIDE

BOMBS IN THE FIGHT.

> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" AFTER THIS.

Gordon: THE BIBLE

TALKS ABOUT STREAMS IN THE

DESERT AND IN SENEGAL,

THAT VERSE IS COMING TRUE.

THANKS TO ONE DEDICATED

MISSIONARY AND A

PARTNERSHIP WITH CBN.

Reporter: WHEN PASTOR

JOSEPH RETIRED, THERE WERE

LOTS OF THINGS HE COULD

HAVE DONE.

HE IS AN EDUCATED MAN WITH

TWO MASTER'S DEGREES.

HE IS FLUENT IN FIVE

LANGUAGES, INCLUDING

ARABIC.

IN FACT, HIS ARABIC IS SO

GOOD, HE WAS ASKED TO

TEACH IT.

BUT WITH MANY

OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF

HIM, HE CHOSE TO MOVE TO

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS

COMMUNITIES IN SENEGAL FOR

A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF

PEOPLE HURTING HERE, AND

CRIME IS VERY HIGH.

CHILDREN BORN HERE HAVE

LITTLE HOPE BECAUSE IT IS

SO HARD TO LIVE IN THIS

REGION.

AGRICULTURE IS AN APPROACH

FOR THE PEOPLE HERE, AND I

WANT TO SHARE JESUS WITH

THEM.

Reporter: BUT WHEN

PASTOR JOSEPH STARTED HIS

FARM, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,

HE STRUGGLED TO GROW

ANYTHING.

IT RAINS ONLY A FEW INCHES

DURING A TWO-MONTH GROWING

SEASON IN JULY AND AUGUST.

SO HE WAS EXCITED WHEN CBN

OFFERED TO HELP.

TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS

FROM INNOVATION AFRICA AND

THE ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL

GOOD, WE DUG A DEEP-WATER

WELL, INSTALLED A

SOLAR-POWERED PUMP AND

MONITORING SYSTEM.

THEN WE ADDED ISRAELI DRIP

IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND THE AFRICAN DESERT

BEGAN TO BLOOM.

SOON THE FIELDS WERE READY

TO HARVEST.

THE CROPS SOLD QUICKLY,

AND FOR A GOOD PROFIT.

WITH THE NEW SYSTEM,

PASTOR JOSEPH IS NOW

GROWING CROPS YEAR-ROUND.

THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF

HIS MUSLIM NEIGHBORS.

THEY STARTED COMING TO THE

CENTER, WHERE PASTOR

JOSEPH TOLD THEM ABOUT THE

NEW TECHNOLOGY.

HE ALSO INVITED THEM TO

LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS.

SOME EVEN PRAYED TO BECOME

CHRISTIANS.

IN THIS WAY, THE

COMMUNITY WAS BORN RIGHT

HERE ON THE FARM.

AND EVERY SUNDAY WE MEET

AND PRAY TOGETHER.

Reporter: PASTOR

JOSEPH ALSO HAS A HEART

FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS

COMMUNITY.

HE'S USING CBN'S

"SUPERBOOK" PROGRAMS TO

INTRODUCE THEM TO THE GOD

OF THE BIBLE.

BECAUSE OF THE SOLAR

PANELS AND THE WELL AND

THE IRRIGATION, THEY HAVE

CLEAN DRINKING WATER,

IMPROVING HEALTH IN THE

CHILDREN, AND MORE JOBS

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.

THANK YOU, CBN, FOR YOUR

PARTNERSHIP.

THE PEOPLE HERE ARE NOW

GETTING THEIR DIGNITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY

HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF

HEARING THE GOSPEL OF OUR

LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Gordon: IF YOU'RE A

MEMBER OF "THE 700 CLUB,"

THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE

PART OF THAT.

YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING

WATER TO THAT VILLAGE.

YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING

THE GOSPEL TO THAT

VILLAGE.

YOU'RE PART OF ALL THAT WE

DO.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, WE

INVITE YOU TO JOIN.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS

A DAY.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT,

GIVE US A CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO BE A

PART OF "THE 700 CLUB."

WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING, WHERE THE BANK

DOES ALL OF THE WORK AND

THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO

WRITE.

WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE

PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND AS

OUR GIFT TO YOU, "POWER

FOR LIFE," MONTHLY

TEACHING C.D.s.

IF YOU WANT THOSE TO HELP

YOU GROW EN YOU IN YOUR FAITH,

IT'S YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP

LATER, HE SPENT TWO WEEKS

IN A COMA AND MADE THREE

TRIPS TO HEAVEN.

I'VE SEEN JESUS.

I KNOW HE IS THERE.

HE HAS ASKED ME TO DO

THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M

DOING.

Terry: HE'LL TELL YOU

WHAT ELSE HE SAW IN

HEAVEN, SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Gordon: LANDON

WHITLEY WAS EIGHT YEARS

OLD WHEN HE HOPPED INTO

HIS PARENTS' PONTIAC AND

TWO THE VERY FIRST OF

THREE TRIPS TO HEAVEN.

I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HE

WAS YELLING AT.

I DIDN'T SEE THE AMBULANCE

COMING, BUT I REMEMBERED

HIM YELLING.

AND THAT WAS THE LAST

THING I HEARD FROM HIM.

Reporter: ON A SUNDAY

MORNING IN 1997, JULIE

KEMP, HER HUSBAND, ANDY,

AND THEIR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD

SON, LANDON, WERE DRIVING

HOME FROM CHURCH WHEN AN

AMBULANCE RETURNING TO ITS

STATION BROADSIDED THEIR

CAR.

ANDY DIED INSTANTLY.

RESCUERS STABILIZED JULIE,

BUT DIDN'T REALIZE THERE

WAS A THIRD PASSENGER IN

THE CAR.

THEY DON'T SEE HIS BODY

BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT

WAS DONE TO THE DRIVER'S

SIDE OF THE CAR.

AND LANDON WAS SITTING

BEHIND THIS DAD.

WHEN THEY SAW LANDON'S

SHOES, THEY TOOK A DEEPER

SEARCH FOR HIS BODY.

WHEN THEY PULLED LANDON

HOUT FROOUT FROM THE BACK OF THE

CAR, HE WAS NOT BREATHING.

AND THEY ALL STARTED

WORKING ON HIM RIGHT AWAY,

TO BRING HIM BACK.

Reporter: LANDON WAS

RESUSCITATED AND

LIFE-FLIGHTED TO

CAROLINA'S MEDICAL CENTER.

HE DIED TWO MORE TIMES

THAT DAY.

AND BOTH TIMES HE WAS

BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.

DOCTORS DIDN'T GIVE JULIE

MUCH HOPE FOR HIS

SURVIVAL.

THEY TOLD ME THAT IF HE

LIVED -- WHICH DID NOT

LOOK GOOD -- IF HE LIVED,

HE WOULD BE LIKE AN

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BABY.

HE WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO

WALK OR TALK OR EAT.

I WAS SO DESPERATE, I WAS

OKAY.

I WOULD TAKE THAT, JUST TO

HAVE HIM.

HE WAS ALL THAT I HAD.

Reporter: AT HER

HUSBAND'S FUNERAL, JULIE

REMEMBERS FEELING

ABANDONED BY GOD.

I WAS VERY

DISAPPOINTED, HEARTBROKEN.

AND WHILE I'M SITTING AT

THE FUNERAL, I'M FUSSING

AT GOD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

THIS HAPPENED.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE

DIDN'T SEND ANGELS TO

PROTECT US.

BUT IN THE VERY NEXT

BREATH, I'M PRAYING AS

HARD TO HIM AS I'VE EVER

PRAYED IN MY LIFE FOR

LANDON TO LIVE.

Reporter: LANDON HAD

SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD

TRAUMA DURING THE ACCIDENT

AND REMAINED IN A COMA.

HE IS HOOKED UP TO ALL

KINDS OF MACHINES TO KEEP

HIM ALIVE.

AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS.

THERE IS NOTHING GOOD OR

BAD.

THEY SEE NOTHING

HAPPENING.

I KEPT PRAYING THAT HE

WOULD OPEN HIS EYES.

Reporter: AFTER TWO

WEEKS IN A COMA, LANDON

OPENED HIS EYES.

TO EVERYONE'S AMAZEMENT,

HE HAD NO BRAIN DAMAGE.

BUT IN THE MIDST OF HER

JOY, JULIE KNEW SHE HAD TO

TELL LANDON ABOUT HIS

FATHER.

HE HAD SCARS ON HIS

FACE, AND HIS HEAD WAS

HURT.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT

HIM ANYMORE.

SO I ASKED LANDON -- I

SAID, LANDON, DO YOU KNOW

WHERE YOUR DAD IS AT?

AND HE TOLD ME, YES, I

KNOW WHERE HE'S AT.

I SAW HIM IN HEAVEN.

Reporter: LANDON IS

NOW GROWN BUT STILL

CLEARLY REMEMBERS HIS

AMAZING EXPERIENCES IN

HEAVEN.

I REMEMBER BEING ABLE

TO SEE MY DAD AND HIS

FRIEND, OLIN PALMER, WHO

HAD PASSED AWAY LESS THAN

A MONTH BEFORE HE DID,

ALSO IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

AND O LIN SON'S, WHO HAD

DIED ON A FOUR-WHEELER

YEARS BEFORE.

HE LOOKED OVER TO ME

AND SAID, OH, MOM, BY THE

WAY, I SAW YOUR OTHER TWO

KIDS.

AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM

BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I HAD TWO MISCARRIAGES

BEFORE LANDON WAS BORN.

WE HAD NEVER SHARED THAT

WITH LANDON.

HE DID NOT KNOW WE HAD TWO

CHILDREN BEFORE HIM.

I KNEW THEY WERE MY

SIBLINGS, EVEN THOUGH NO

ONE HAD EVER TOLD ME ABOUT

THEM.

JUST BEING IN HEAVEN, I

GUESS YOU KNOW YOUR OWN,

OR YOU KNOW WHO EVERYONE

IS.

Reporter: HE SAID

EACH TIME HE DIED, HE HAD

A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IN

HEAVEN.

DURING THE THIRD TIME, HE

SAYS HE MET JESUS AND WAS

GIVEN A MISSION.

IT WAS ALMOST AS IF,

LIKE, A PREVIEW OF A

MOVIE, WHERE YOU ONLY GET

TO SEE CERTAIN BITS AND

PIECES OF THINGS.

JESUS CAME TO ME AND TOLD

ME THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK

TO EARTH AND BE A GOOD

CHRISTIAN AND TELL OTHERS

ABOUT HIM.

Reporter: TODAY,

THROUGH "GRIEF SHARE"

LANDON AND JULIE USE THEIR

STORY TO HELP OTHERS WHO

ARE STRUGGLING WITH LOSS

AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF

HELP.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY

IN 1997 GOD DIDN'T SEND AN

ANGEL.

BUT I KNOW THERE WERE

ANGELS THERE.

AND I KNOW WE WERE

PROTECTED.

AND WE ARE LIVING OUT WHAT

HIS PLAN IS FOR US.

INSTEAD STAYING MAD AT

HIM, I WAS ABLE TO USE

THIS STORY TO HELP OTHERS

NOT TO GIVE UP, AND TO

KEEP THEIR FAITH ON THEIR

GRIEF JOURNEY.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO

REALIZE THAT JESUS IS

REAL.

THERE IS A HEAVEN.

THERE ARE ANGELS.

AND TO FOLLOW HIS WORD AND

THE BIBLE, AND LIFE DOES

GET BETTER AT THE END.

Reporter: IN HER

BOOK, "FAITH HAS ITS

REASONS," JULIE SAREASONS," JULIE SAYS GOD

HAS USED THEIR EXPERIENCE

TO BRING OTHERS CLOSER TO

HIM.

IT IS A HUGE BLESSING

THAT I GET TO WATCH MY

CHILD TELL OTHERS ABOUT

JESUS.

HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO

LET OTHERS KNOW THERE IS A

HEAVEN BECAUSE HE'S BEEN

THERE.

I KNOW I'M DOING IT FOR

JESUS.

I KNOW THAT HE'S REAL.

I KNOW THE ANGELS ARE

THERE.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS A

HEAVEN.

I'M NOT DOING IT FOR

SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW OR

I'VE NEVER SEEN.

I'VE SEEN JESUS.

I KNOW HE IS THERE.

HE ASKED ME TO DO THIS,

AND THIS IS WHAT I'M

DOING.

Gordon: I'VE SEEN

JESUS, AND I'VE KNOWN HE'S

THERE.

IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT MARKED THE DISCIPLES.

IT WAS MARKED THAT THEY

HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.

AND WHEN YOU'VE HAD THAT,

WHEN YOU'VE HAD THAT

EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU NO

LONGER FEAR THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE

GOING.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE

WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

AND NOTHING CAN EVER

SNATCH YOU AWAY.

NOW, FOR LANDON, YOU DO

GET INTO WHY?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHY WERE THEY HIT BY AN

AMBULANCE?

WHY DID HIS FATHER DIE?

WHY DO THESE THINGS

HAPPEN?

WELL, THE BIBLE IS CLEAR

THAT TIME AND CHANCE

HAPPEN TO US ALL.

THE UNIVERSE HAS BUILT

INTO IT THAT ACCIDENTS

HAPPEN.

THINGS THAT ARE

UNPREDICTABLE, THINGS THAT

YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR, THINGS

THAT SEEM OVERWHELMING.

AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH WHY?

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

WELL, PART OF IT IS TO

SHOW THE GLORY OF THE

LORD, THAT HE IS ABLE, IN

THE MIDDLE OF YOUR

ACCIDENT, IN THE MIDDLE OF

TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE

HAPPENING TO YOU, IN THE

MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT HE

IS ABLE TO SEE YOU THROUGH

IT.

AND THE APOSTLE PAUL

WROTE: "WE KNOW THAT ALL

THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR

GOOD."

AND HERE IS A MAN WHO HAD

BEEN THROUGH SHIP WRECKS,

WHO HAD BEEN BEATEN, WHO

HAD BEEN REJECTED.

HE HAD BEEN LEFT FOR DEAD.

AND HE SAYS, ALL THINGS

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR

THEM THAT LOVE GOD AND ARE

CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSE.

HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS

GOING.

HE HAD THAT ASSURANCE.

AND HE KNEW AT THE END OF

HIS LIFE ALL OF THESE

THINGS WOULD WORK TOGETHER

FOR GOOD.

NOW, DO YOU KNOW THAT?

DO YOU HAVE THAT

ASSURANCE?

DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU

DIE YOU'LL BE WITH JESUS

IN HEAVEN?

DO YOU KNOW THAT?

DO YOU HAVE THAT CERTAINTY

WITHIN YOU?

WELL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW

THAT, THE GREAT NEWS --

AND IT'S THE BEST NEWS

THAT HAS EVER BEEN TOLD,

IS THAT JESUS CAME FOR

YOU.

HE DIED FOR YOU.

SO THAT YOU COULD BE WITH

HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

HE PAID THE PRICE FOR

EVERY SIN, FOR ALL PEOPLE,

FOR ALL TIME.

AND HE SETTLED IT.

AND HE ANNOUNCED ON A

CROSS, IT IS FINISHED.

HIS WORK WAS DONE.

HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED FOR

ALL ETERNITY WHAT GOD HAD

SENT HIM TO DO.

NOW, TO RECEIVE THIS

FORGIVENESS, ALL YOU HAVE

TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.

AND THEN YOU, TOO, CAN

MEET JESUS.

NOT IN SOME FAR OFF TIME.

NOT IN THE SWEET BY AND

BY, BUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT

NOW.

ALL CHRISTIANS KNOW HIM,

KNOW HIS PRESENCE.

AND HE SAYS, MY SHEEP HEAR

MY VOICE.

YOU CAN HAVE THESE

INCREDIBLE SUPERNATURAL

EXPERIENCES RIGHT WHERE

YOU ARE BECAUSE HE COMES

TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT IT, ALL YOU

HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.

SO TODAY, LET TODAY BE THE

DAY WHERE YOU ASK FOR IT.

DON'T TURN AWAY.

DON'T DECIDE TO DO

SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT TODAY CAN BE A MIRACLE

DAY FOR YOU.

WHERE YOU CAN HAVE HIS

PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE.

KNOW WITH CERTAINTY WHERE

YOU'LL BE WHEN YOU DIE.

YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL IF YOU

JUST ASK.

SO IF THIS IS FOR YOU, BOW

YOUR HEAD WITH ME.

LET'S PRAY A VERY SIMPLE

PRAYER AND LET JESUS DO

ALL THE REST.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY

HIS NAME.

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU AND I

ASK THAT YOU REVEAL

YOURSELF TO ME.

I OPEN THE DOOR OF MY

HEART, I ASK THAT YOU COME

INTO MY LIFE.

AND, JESUS, I ASK THAT YOU

FORGIVE ME AND GIVE ME THE

ASSURANCE THAT I WILL BE

WITH YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY.

HEAR MY PRAYER, COME INTO

MY LIFE, BE WITH ME NOW,

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'

NAME.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I ASK FOR A

BAPTISM IN YOUR LOVE.

I ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE

WOULD SURROUND THEM AND

FILL THEM TO OVERFLOWING.

LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR

PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD AND

HAS BEEN ANSWERED TODAY.

DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU TO DO.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU

BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND

THEN CONFESS WITH YOUR

MOUTH, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.

SO DO THAT.

CALL SOMEBODY.

1-800-700-7000.

SAY, I PRAYED WITH THAT

GUY ON TV.

I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO

MY HEART.

WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT A

FREE PACKET FOR YOU.

IT IS A C.D. TEACHING.

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW AND HOW

DO YOU LIVE THE CHRISTIAN

LIFE?

IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."

IT'S ALL FREE.

THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.

THE PACKET IS FREE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE

THE CALL: 1-800-700-7000.

TERRY, OVER TO YOU.

Terry: WELL, WHEN WE

COME BACK, WE'RE GOING TO

"BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR

E-MAIL QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP.

Terry: HERE IS OUR

E-MAIL QUESTION FOR TODAY,

GORDON.

"IT IS SAID THAT PEOPLE GO

TO HELL FOR WILLFUL SIN.

MY QUESTION IS: ISN'T ALL

SIN WILLFUL?

I WANT TO LOVE GOD MORE,

BUT SIN HOLDS ME BACK.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

DO I NEED TO STAND ON THE

PROMISES OF GOD AND THE

WORDS OF JESUS?"

Gordon: DEFINITELY

STAND ON THE PROMISES OF

GOD AND STAND ON THE WORDS

OF JESUS.

THESE WORDS ARE WONDERFUL.

THERE IS NO SIN THAT

CANNOT BE FORGIVEN.

LET THOSE WORDS RING INTO

YOU.

NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A

PROBLEM WITH WILLFUL SIN,

IF YOU'RE CONTINUING IN

THAT, YOU SHOULD GET FREE

FROM IT.

GO TO YOUR PASTOR AND ASK

HIM TO PRAY FOR YOU.

SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE

DELIVERED FROM PATTERNS OF

BEHAVIOR.

YOU NEED TO HAVE

ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU NEED TO SAY, I WANT TO

BE FREE FROM THIS THING.

I DON'T WANT THIS HAUNTING

ME.

YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT

TO DIE IN YOUR SINS.

IT USED TO BE IN THE

THIRD, FOURTH CENTURY,

CHRISTIANS WOULD BE

BAPTIZED RIGHT BEFORE

DEATH, IF THEY COULD

POSSIBLY WAIT UNTIL THEN,

THEY WOULD.

BUT DON'T LET THAT CONCERN

YOU.

LET JESUS BE YOUR ALL IN

ALL AND LET HIS WORDS RING

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM 2

CORINTHIANS: "WE ARE

CONFIDENT, YES,

WELL-PLEASED, RATHER TO BE

ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND

TO BE PRESENT WITH THE

LORD."

LORD."