I WAS GOING UNDER.

Gordon: ALONE ON AN

ICY LAKE, TWO FISHERMEN

FALL INTO OPEN WATERS.

I AM HELPLESS.

THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

Gordon: AND ONLY ONE

CAN SWIM TO SHORE.

I CANNOT SAVE MYSELF.

Gordon: THEIR

MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL.

NO ONE HEARD OUR CRY

FOR HELP EXCEPT THE LORD.

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: GORDON,

GROWING TENSIONS BETWEEN

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS

LAWYERS AND THE TEAM

TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING

HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

AND POSSIBLE LINKS TO

RUSSIA, LED BY SPECIAL

COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER.

SOME OF TRUMP'S LAWYERS

BELIEVE THE INVESTIGATION

IS GOING BEYOND THE SCOPE

OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE

INVESTIGATED.

JENNA BROWDER BRINGS US

THIS STORY FROM

WASHINGTON.

Reporter: THIS WEEK

PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A

BLUNT WARNING TO SPECIAL

COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER.

TELLING THE "NEW YORK

TIMES" HE WOULD CROSS A

RED LINE IF HE PROBED

FAMILY FINANCES NOT TIED

TO RUSSIA.

President Trump: IT

IS A VIOLATION.

Reporter: THEY ARE

EXAMINING TRANSACTIONS,

INVOLVING TRUMP'S

BUSINESSES.

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING

AT RUSSIAN PURCHASES OF

APARTMENTS IN TRUMP'S

BUILDING, TRUMP'S

INVOLVEMENT IN A

CONTROVERSIAL NEW YORK

DEVELOPMENT WITH RUSSIAN

ASSOCIATES, THE 2013

UNIVERSAL PAGEANT IN

MOSCOW, AND MUELLER'S TEAM

IS ALSO INVESTIGATING

JARED KUSHNER, AND FORMER

CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN PAUL

MANAFORT.

MUELLER'S PLANNE MANDATE IS

BROAD.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS

ORDERED HIM TO INVESTIGATE

ANY LINKS BETWEEN RUSSIA

AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AS

WELL AS ANY MATTERS THAT

HAVE AROSE OR MAY ARISE

DIRECTLY FROM THE

INVESTIGATION.

TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE

REPORTEDLY TRYING TO SCALE

BACK THE PROBE, BUILDING A

CASE OF WHAT THEY CALL

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

ONE EXAMPLE BEING THAT

SOME OF MUELLER'S TEAM

MEMBERS DONATED MONEY TO

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE

PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO

GRANT PARDONS.

AND IN HIS "NEW YORK

TIMES" INTERVIEW TRUMP

STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE

WOULD FIRE MUELLER IF HE

CROSSES THE PRESIDENT'S

RED LINE.

THAT SHOULD NOT BE

VIEWED AS A THREAT AS TO

WHAT THIS SPECIAL COUNSEL

SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE

LOOKING AT.

THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING

CLEAR THAT THE SPECIAL

COUNSEL SHOULD NOT MOVE

OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF

THE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter: IN

WASHINGTON, JENNA BROWDER,

CBN NEWS.

Efrem: SENATE

REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE

PLANNING A VOTE NEXT

TUESDAY ON RESURRECTING

THEIR HEALTH CARE MOVE.

THE MOVE HAS BEEN

COMPLICATED BY THE ABSENCE

OF SENATOR JOHN McCAIN

AFTER HIS DIAGNOSIS WITH A

BRAIN TUMOR.

THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR

WAYS TO WIN OVER SENATORS

WHO HAVE BEEN AGAINST THE

PLAN, BUT SO FAR THERE IS

NO GUARANTEE THEY WILL WIN

OVER ENOUGH VOTES TO START

DEBATE ON THE BILL.

> SECURITY MEASURES WERE

TIGHT AS THOUSANDS OF

MUSLIMS PRAYED IN AND

AROUND JERUSALEM'S OLD

CITY, INCLUDING THE TEMPLE

MOUNT.

THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO

PRAY ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT

IS MEN OVER 50 AND WOMEN

OF ALL AGES.

PASSIONS WERE INFLAMED

LAST WEEK AFTER THREE

ISRAELI ARABS EXITED THE

TEMPLE MOUNT WITH GUNS AND

KILLED TWO ISRAEL POLICE

OFFICERS.

THEY RAN BACK TO THE

TEMPLE MOUNT COMPOUND AND

WERE KILLED BY ISRAELI

POLICE.

KING ABDULLAH INITIALLY

CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, BUT

THE JORDIAN PARLIAMENT

LATER PRAISED IT AND

PRAYED FOR THE SOULS OF

THE ATTACKERS.

> BACK HERE IN THE U.S.,

CAFFEINE-SEEKERS WHO VISIT

EBANESE'S COFFEE HOUSE IN

WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE ALSO

HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

CHILDREN.

THAT'S BECAUSE EACH PENNY

THAT COMES IN GOES TO

"COFFEE WITH A CAUSE."

AS BEN KENNEDY SHOWS US,

THE MONEY GOES TO LOCAL

AND INTERNATIONAL

MISSIONS.

Reporter: MOST TRENDY

COFFEE SHOPS TALK ABOUT

THEIR BEANS, ROASTERS, OR

FREE WI-FI, BUT NOT THIS

ONE.

I THE CAUSE IS A KINGDOM

CAUSE.

Reporter: THAT'S

BECAUSE A D.C. CHURCH IS

THE FORCE BEHIND EACH CUP

AT EBANESE'S COFFEE HOUSE.

THE BUILDING BEGAN AS A

DINER ACROSS FROM UNION

STATION, TO SERVE

TRAVELLERS ON THE TRAIN.

YEARS LATER, THE DINER

CLOSED.

AT ONE POINT, THE

ABANDONED BUILDING EVEN

SERVED AS A CRACK HOUSE.

THAT IS, UNTIL 2006, WHEN

NATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH

STEPPED IN.

IT TURNED THAT CRACK

HOUSE INTO A COFFEE HOUSE,

AND I THINK THAT BACK

STORY IS NOT JUST A FUN

BACK STORY, BUT IT IS A

PICTURE OF WHAT I BELIEVE

GOD DOES IN ALL OF OUR

LIVES.

THEY TAKES THOSE BROKEN

PLACES AND BRINGS HEALING.

Reporter: THAT

HEALING IS NOW A PART OF

THE CAFFEINE ROUTINE THAT

KEEPS D.C. GOING.

WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN,

THEY THINK THEY'RE WALKING

INTO A COFFEE HOUSE.

THE REALITY IS THEY'RE

WALKING INTO AN ANSWERED

PRAYER.

THE IDEA ACTUALLY COMES

FROM SCRIPTURE, BELIEVE IT

OR NOT.

JESUS DIDN'T JUST HANG OUT

IN THE SYNAGOGUE.

HE HUNG OUT AT WELLS.

WELLS WERE NATURAL

GATHERING PLACES IN

ANCIENT CULTURE.

COFFEE HOUSES ARE

POST-MODERN WELLS.

Reporter: IT SERVES

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A

YEAR, AND ALL PROFITS GO

TO MISSIONS TRIPS.

I LIKE THE CAUSE AND

WHAT IT GOES FOR, TO

SUPPORT MISSIONS CYST.

ReporterCHRIST.

Reporter: ONE MISSION

WANTS TO HELP A NEW

GENERATION STRENGTHEN

THEIR FAITH.

THEY WANT TO INSPIRE KIDS

AND PUSH THEM TO THEIR

GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL.

PEOPLE BEGIN TO DREAM

AGAIN WHEN THEY SEE THIS

NEW BUILDING.

I HEAR THEM ALL OF THE

TIME COME UP AND SAY, IS

THIS REALLY FOR US?

AND I SAY, YES, THIS IS

FOR YOU.

THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS WHAT THE LORD HAS

DONE.

Reporter: THE CENTER

FEATURES A BASKETBALL

COURT, AND IT CAN ALSO BE

USED AS A MEETING SPACE,

AND EVEN FOR PRAYER.

THAT PRAYER WILL CONTINUE

IN THE CENTER'S NEW

CLASSROOM, DANCE STUDIO,

COMPUTER LAB, AND ROOFTOP

VIEW OF CAPITOL HILL, ALL

FREE TO KIDS IN NEED.

THIS IS OUR DREAM WALL.

WE WANT KIDS TO WRITE A

DREAM, PRAY FOR A DREAM,

OR SOMEHOW BECOME A PART

OF A DREAM.

Reporter: THEIR

PURCHASE HIPS A KID IN

NEED FIND THEIR WAY

THROUGH FAITH.

THEY DON'T GET TO HEAR

THAT.

GOD DID SOMETHING FOR ME?

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT

THAT.

I HAVE A LITTLE

FORMULA: THE HOLY SPIRIT

PLUS CAFFEINE EQUALS

AWESOME.

Reporter: IT IS

AWESOME.

I'M BEN KENNEDY FOR CBN

NEWS IN WASHINGTON.

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF

"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Gordon: WELL, IT IS A

WORD NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR,

"CANCER," AND YET

STATISTICS SHOW HALF OF

ALL MEN AND A THIRD OF ALL

WOMEN WILL GET THE

DISEASE.

IN MANY CASES PEOPLE

SIMPLY SUFFER IN SILENCE

AS THEY TRY TO COPE WITH

THE ILLNESS.

NOW AS LORIE JOHNSON

REPORTS, AN ORGANIZATION

IS TEACHING CHURCHES HOW

TO HELP CANCER PATIENTS.

HELLO, SHEILA.

HI, HOW ARE YOU, DEAR?

HI.

Lorie: AFTER YEARS OF

COUNSELLING CANCER

PATIENTS, THIS REVEREND

KNOWS THEY BEAR A BURDEN

UNLIKE PEOPLE BATTLING

OTHER ILLNESSES.

PEOPLE OF FAITH ARE

STRUGGLING WITH THEIR

FAITH AT THAT POINT.

WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

Lorie: THANKS TO HIS

TRAINING, REVEREND MCCRAY

KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF

ENCOURAGEMENT.

THEN ONE CONVERSATION

HELPED HIM REALIZE OTHERS

NEED TO LEARN THESE

SKILLS, TOO.

THE PATIENTS SHARED

WITH ME THAT THEY WERE

IMPACTED MORE BY THE

PASTORAL CARE SUPPORT THAT

THEY RECEIVED AT THE

BEDSIDE OF THEIR HOSPITAL

THAN THEY DID AT THE LOCAL

CHURCH.

Lorie: TYPICALLY,

CHURCHES ARE VERY

EFFECTIVE IN HELPING

PEOPLE WITH ALL KINDS OF

PROBLEMS, LIKE FINANCIAL

OR MARITAL, BUT OFTEN

FALLS SHORT WHEN DEALING

WITH HEALTH ISSUES,

ESPECIALLY CANCER.

THEY STRUGGLE WITH WHAT

DO I SAY, WHEN DO I SAY

IT, AND HOW DO I SAY IT?

SO THEY BEGIN TO FEEL A

SENSE OF ISOLATION AND

THAT PEOPLE BEGIN TO AVOID

THEM ALL TOGETHER.

Lorie: TO BRIDGE THIS

GAP, REVEREND MCCRAY AND

HIS ASSOCIATES AT THE

CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS

OF AMERICA APPROACH

CHURCHES ABOUT HOW TO

TEACH THEIR MINISTERS HOW

TO MINISTER TO THEIR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH

CANCER.

THEY OFFER FREE TRAINING

FOR TWO PEOPLE FROM A

CHURCH WHO USE WHAT THEY

LEARN HERE TO RAISE UP

CANCER MINISTRIES IN THEIR

HOME CONGREGATION.

PARTICIPANTS LEARN THE

BASIC OF THE DISEASE AND

TREATMENTS IN ORDER TO

FOCUS ON WHAT IT IS LIKE

FOR THE PATIENT.

AN ADDED INCENTIVE FOR

CHURCHES, THE TRAINING,

FOOD, LODGING, EVEN THE

COURSE MATERIALS ARE ALL

FREE.

WE DID NOT WANT TO

LIMIT THE ABILITY TO HAVE

THE AVERAGE CHURCH RECEIVE

THIS TRAINING BECAUSE OF

LACK OF RESOURCES.

Lorie: LUWANDA LONG

ATTENDED THE SER SEMINAR YEARS

AGO, AND NOW VOLUNTEERS TO

PASS ALONG WHAT SHE

LEARNED.

I WANT TO SAY WE

STARTED OUT WITH 12 OR 15

FOLKS, AND ALL OF THEM HAD

A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

WITH CANCER.

EITHER THEY WERE A CANCER

SURVIVOR OR A CARE-GIVER

OF A CANCER PATIENT.

Lorie: SHE TEACHES

VOLUNTEERS ONE NIGHT A

WEEK FOR EIGHT WEEKS, TO

PREPARE THEM TO MEET WITH

CANCER PATIENTS IN THEIR

CHURCH.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO SAY FOR THOSE

WHO ARE BATTLING WITH

CANCER.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY SAY,

OH, I HAD A LOVED ONE WITH

CANCER, AND THEY HAD THOSE

SAME SYMPTOMS, AND THEY

DIED.

WRONG THING TO SAY.

WE TEACH PEOPLE TO HAVE

EMPATHY TO LISTEN.

TO NOT TRY TO FIX IT, BUT

JUST TO BE THERE.

TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS

EVERYWHERE.

AND GOD WILL HAVE A

WITNESS IN EVERY

SITUATION.

Lorie: SO FAR THE

MINISTRY IS A SUCCESS.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE

DON'T UNDERSTAND THE

IMPACT CANCER DOES TO A

FAMILY AND TO A PERSON.

IT IS MORE THAN JUST A

PHYSICAL DETRIMENT.

IT ATTACKS THEIR SPIRIT

AND IT ATTACKS THEIR SOUL.

Lorie: LISA MCDERMOTT

REMEMBERS SUFFERING

THROUGH FIVE MONTHS OF

CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST

CANCER.

FOR ME IT WAS STRICTLY

FATIGUE.

I COULD NOT GET OFF THE

COUCH.

Lorie: SHE ASKED THE

CANCER MINISTRY FOR HELP

WITH DAILY NEEDS.

IT MAKES A REAL

DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE

JUST TOO SICK TO DO

ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T FEEL WELL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE

DISHES.

YOU'VE GOT GROCERIES TO

GET, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO

GO DRIVE ANYWHERE.

SO IT IS A GREAT MINISTRY.

Lorie: LISA DEALT

WITH ONE MAIN-POINT PERSON

WHO RECRUITED OTHERS TO

PITCH IN.

EVERYTHING MAKES A

DIFFERENCE.

PHONE CALLS, CARDS,

LETTERS -- JUST TO KNOW

THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING

ABOUT ME, PRAYING FOR ME,

CARING ABOUT ME.

Lorie: THE CANCER

MINISTRY MADE SUCH AN

IMPRESSION, THAT LISA

WANTED TO GET THE

TRAINING.

WE PUT PACKAGES

TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE THAT

WE FIND OUT ABOUT, CARE

PACKAGES, FOR THEM ALL.

I GOT ONE, TOO.

IT WAS VERY NICE.

WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS

IN A LITTLE CARE PACKAGE.

BOOKS AND JOURNALS AND

SOCKS TO KEEP WARM,

HATS -- ALL KINDS OF

THINGS, BEAUTIFUL THINGS,

JEWELRY.

Lorie: AS NEFERTITI'S

MOTHER FOUGHT COLON

CANCER, THE MINISTRY

STEPPED IN.

WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN.

THEY WERE AWESOME.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE

BY YOURSELF, YOU'RE NOT.

Lorie: ALTHOUGH HER

MOM LOST HER FIGHT, THE

CANCER MINISTRY MADE THOSE

FINAL DAYS EASIER.

HELPING JUST AROUND THE

HOUSE, FOOD, THINGS THAT

MY MOM NEEDED.

SHE WOULD NEED ERRANDS

RUN, MEDICINE.

SOMETIMES SHE JUST WANTED

TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SIT

WITH HER AND TALK,

COMPANIONSHIP.

Lorie: AND THEY ALSO

HELPED NEFERTITI, WHO AS A

WORKING MOM WITH TWO

CHILDREN, BECAME

OVERWHELMED WITH THE

PRESSURE OF CARING FOR HER

SICK MOTHER.

SO WHILE CANCER WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE TO STRIKE

FAR TOO MANY, CHURCHES NOW

CAN CHOOSE TO HELP THOSE

DEALING WITH THE DISEASE.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: BOTH MY

PARENTS ARE CANCER

SURVIVORS.

I'VE HAD DEAR FRIENDS HOOF

BEEN STRICKEN WITH IT.

SOME OF THEM DIED FROM IT.

SOME OF THEM RECOVERED.

A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HAD

STAGE FOUR, AND HE IS NOW

CANCER-FREE.

AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW

TO WALK THROUGH IT WITH

THEM.

AND THE TREMENDOUS NEEDS

THAT ARE PLACED ON THE

FAMILIES, THE CARE-GIVERS.

IT TAKES EXPERTISE.

IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST

SAYING A GOOD WORD.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING

TO WALK THE ROAD WITH

THEM.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW

MORE ABOUT THIS CANCER

TRAINING AND HOW IT CAN BE

OF BENEFIT TO YOU OR YOUR

CHURCH, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS GO TO cbnnews.com AND

CLICK ON OUR "JOURNEY OF

HOPE" LINK, AND YOU CAN

GET MORE INFORMATION

THERE.

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP, A

FISHING TRIP TURNS TRAGIC

WHEN THE BOAT CAPSIZES IN

FRIGID WATER.

THIS ONE WENT OVER

IMMEDIATELY AND THREW ME

BACKWARDS INTO THE WATER.

I COULDN'T SWIM OR DO

ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THESE

HEAVY BOOTS I HAD ON.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY IN DEEP

TROUBLE.

Terry: WATCH THIS

FISHERMAN'S MIRACULOUS

RESCUE, WHEN WE COME BACK.

Terry: DENNIS AND

BURT ARE GREAT FRIENDS AND

THEY'RE ALSO FISHING

BUDDIES.

LAST YEAR THEY FACED A

LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE ON

AN ICY LAKE.

BOTH OF THEM MIRACULOUSLY

SURVIVED WHAT COULD HAVE

BEEN A COLD, WATERY GRAVE.

I WAS GOING UNDER, AND

I FELT THE WATER COMING

INTO MY MOUTH.

AND I FELT LIKE I WAS

STARTING TO DROWN.

WE WERE CAPSIZED IN THE

WATER.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE

DESPERATE SITUATION BEGAN.

IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH

SITUATION FOR US.

Reporter: IN THE

EARLY SPRING OF 2014,

DENNIS HOPP AND BURT

EGGERS TOOK TIME TO GO

FISHING ON A NEARBY LAKE

IN MICHIGAN.

AND DESPITE POOR

CONDITIONS, THE MEN WENT

AHEAD WITH THEIR PLANS.

IT WAS ABOUT 40,

BLUSTERY, WINDY, A LITTLE

BIT OF RAIN.

I DIDN'T WEAR MY

LIFEJACKET BECAUSE I HAD

TO HAVE SUCH WARM CLOTHES

ON.

Reporter: PROBLEMS

BEGAN AS THEY CROSSED THE

LAKE INTO OPEN WATER.

THE MOTOR ACTUALLY

BROKE AWAY FROM THE BOAT.

WE WERE IN TROUBLE FROM

THAT PERSPECTIVE.

SO I HAD TO LATCH THE

MOTOR ON TO THE BOAT

AGAIN.

BY THE TIME WE HAD IT

FIXED, WE WERE VIRTUALLY

FAR, FAR OUT INTO THE

LAKE.

AND FORTUNATELY, THE MOTOR

WAS ABLE TO GET US BACK A

LITTLE BIT AND CLOSER TO

THE SHORE.

Reporter: THEY

CROSSED THE LAKE, BACK TO

WHERE THEY HAD LAUNCHED

THE BOAT, AND BEGAN

FISHING.

SOON AFTER, DENNIS' LEG

CRAMPED.

AS HE STOOD UP TO STRETCH,

THE BOAT CAPSIZED.

I NEVER CAPSIZED A BOAT

BEFORE.

BUT THIS WENT OVER

IMMEDIATELY.

AND THREW ME BACKWARDS

INTO THE WATER.

BECAUSE I HAD ALL OF THESE

HEAVY CLOTHES ON, I

MOLESTLY WAS IN DEEP WAS

HAVING TROUBLE.

THERE WAS NO OTHER

FISHERMEN BECAUSE OF THE

CONDITIONS.

NO ONE HEARD OUR CRY FOR

HELP EXCEPT THE LORD.

IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME TO

BE YELLING FOR HELP.

YELLING WAS USELESS

BECAUSE THERE LITERALLY NO

ONE ELSE THERE.

IF WE WERE TO PANIC, I

KNOW WE WOULD HAVE BEEN

DRAINED EMOTIONALLY AND

SOFTED AFTER THE

HYPOTHERMIA THAT WAS

WORKING ON US.

IT DRAINS YOU AWAY AND

NUMBS YOUR THINKING,

EVENTUALLY.

YOU NEED TO RESPOND

QUICKLY AND WITHOUT

PANICKING.

Reporter: BURT KNEW

HYPOTHERMIA WOULD SOON

TAKE THEIR LIVES.

HE KNEW THEIR ONLY HOPE

WAS TO SWIM TO SHORE,

LEAVING DENNIS.

I COULDN'T SWIM OR DO

ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE

HEAVY BOOTS I HAD ON.

HE SAID, I'VE GOT TO GO TO

SHORE BECAUSE THE COLD IS

GETTING US.

MY FINGERS CAN SO NUMB,

I COULDN'T GET MY BOOTS

OFF.

I HAD TO SWIM WITH BOOTS.

I SHOUTED, DENNIS, IF YOU

GO UNCONSCIOUS, TRY TO TIE

YOURSELF TO THE BOAT.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET

HELP.

WHEN I GOT TO THE SHORE, I

LITERALLY FELL ON MY

KNEES.

AND I PRAYED AND PRAYED

AND PRAYED FOR DENNIS.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE

SURVIVOR'S GUILT, WHERE

YOU MAKE IT, AND YOUR

LOVED ONE DOESN'T, YOUR

FRIEND.

Reporter: DENNIS

CLUNG TO THE SUBMERGED

OUTDRIVE WITH HIS LEGS,

HIS HANDS TOO COLD TO HOLD

THE BOAT.

IN THE STILLNESS, HE

PRAYED.

I FELT A PEACE.

AND I LOOKED UP TO THE SKY

AND I SAID, GOD, I AM

HELPLESS.

THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

I HAVE NO CAPACITY TO HELP

MYSELF AT ALL.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

IF IT'S NOW MY TIME TO GO,

I'M READY TO GREET YOU IN

HEAVEN.

AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN

YOU'LL FIND A WAY TO SAVE

ME BECAUSE I CANNOT SAVE

MYSELF.

AND HE JUST BROUGHT PEACE

OVER ME.

AND I THOUGHT OF MY WIFE.

I THOUGHT OF MY CHILDREN,

MY GRANDCHILDREN.

AND I WAS KIND OF AMAZED

AT HOW QUIET AND THE

SOLITUDE THAT I FELT.

Reporter: BURT, NOW

SAFELY ON SHORE, RAN TO A

NEARBY ROAD AND FLAGGED

DOWN A CAR.

THEY DROVE TO A RANGER'S

STATION WHERE A RESCUE

EFFORT WAS LAUNCHED.

ALL HE COULD DO NOW WAS

PRAY AND HOPE FOR HIS

FRIEND'S SURVIVAL.

DENNIS IS OUT THERE.

DENNIS IS OUT THERE.

IT WAS SO DIFFICULT AND

PAINFUL, TO DESPERATELY,

DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY

WANT THE LORD TO SAVE HIS

LIFE AS WELL.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY

PAINFUL FOR ME.

Reporter: DENNIS

REMAINED ALIVE AND

CONSCIOUS IN THE FRIGID

WATER FOR OVER 30 MINUTES,

UNTIL HELP FINALLY

ARRIVED.

SUDDENLY I HEARD

SOMEONE ROWING CLOSER TO

ME AND A MAN ROWED UP TO

THE BOAT TO SAVE ME.

I WAS ABLE TO LET GO OF

THE BOAT AND GRAB ON TO

HIS BOAT, AND HE LITERALLY

JUST RODE ME TO SHORE.

I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL

ON TO THE SHORE LINE

BECAUSE MY LEGS AND

EVERYTHING WERE SO COLD I

COULDN'T EVEN STAND UP.

RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, THE

AMBULANCE DROVE RIGHT UP.

Reporter: SOON AFTER,

THE TWO MEN ENJOYED A

JOYFUL REUNION.

THE TWO MEN SAY IT WAS THE

PRESENCE OF GOD THAT KEPT

THEM FROM DYING IN THE

WATERS OF MICHIGAN.

GOOD WAS WITH ME,

BECAUSE I THINK LEFT ON MY

OWN, RELYING ON MY OWN

ABILITY, I HAD EVER REASON

TO BE PANICKED.

I REALLY FELT STRONGLY

THAT HE WAS WITH ME.

AND FOR THAT REASON I

STAYED CALM BECAUSE I KNEW

HE COULD DO IT; I

COULDN'T.

THERE WAS THIS PEACE,

AND THAT PEACE REALLY EN

ABLEENABLED US TO KEEP OUR

HEADS, NOT TO PANIC, AND

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL GIFT

FROM GOD.

PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE LUCKY,

BUT IT ROBS GOD OF HIS

SOVEREIGN POWER, HIS

GRACE, HIS CONTINUOUS

MERCY.

THIS EXPERIENCE WAS A TIME

WHEN IT WAS JUST OBVIOUS

HOW GOD'S MERCY WAS WITH

US.

THERE IS GOD WHO IS

SOVEREIGN WHO TAKES CARE

OF US EVERY MINUTE OF OUR

LIVES.

I THANK GOD EVERY MOMENT.

IT WAS GOD'S PRESENCE

IN THE SITUATION AND IN MY

LIFE THAT MADE ALL OF THE

DRS IDIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

IF I CAN HOLD ON TO HIM

AND CLING ON TO HIM, I'LL

BE SAFE IN WHATEVER

SITUATION I'M IN.

Terry: THAT'S A GOOD

WORD FOR ALL OF US, ISN'T

IT?

IN THE MIDST OF WHATEVER

NEED WE'RE FACING, GOD IS

ALWAYS THERE.

JESUS SAID, I'LL NEVER

LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

SO YOU CAN REST IN THAT

PEACE THAT BURT AND DENNIS

ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT

FLOODED THEIR HEARTS AND

THEIR MINDS IN THE MIDST

OF THIS.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS

NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO

SAVE THEMSELVES.

WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WANT TO BUILD YOUR

FAITH EVEN MORE FROM THE

STORY THAT YOU'VE JUST

HEARD, TO HERE IS THE OF

BARBARA.

SHE FELL ON HER LEFT KNEE,

AND THE KNEE WAS VERY

PAINFUL.

HER DOCTOR REFERRED HER TO

AN ORTHOPEDIC DOCTOR.

BUT BEFORE HER APPOINTMENT

SHE WAS WATCHING THIS

PROGRAM, AND SHE SAID,

LORD, WHEN AM I GOING TO

GET MY WORD OF KNOWLEDGE?

SHE PLACED HER HAND ON HER

LEFT KNEE AS WE PRAYED,

AND AT THAT MOMENT, GORDON

SAID, "SOMEONE WITH YOUR

LESLEFT KNEE, YOU'RE WAITING

FOR ME TO SAY LEFT KNEE,

AND GOD HAS HEARD YOUR

PRAYER.

WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, DO IT NOW."

SHE SAID SHE JUMPED UP AND

DANCED AROUND THE ROOM.

HER KNEE REMAINED WARM ALL

NIGHT.

OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS,

THE CLICKING AND THE PAIN

STOPPED.

SHE'S HAD NO PROBLEM WITH

HER LEFT KNEE SINCE THAT

DAY.

Gordon: HERE IS PAM

FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

SHE SUFFERED DAILY FROM

THE PAIN OF ATRIAL FIB

FIBULATION FOR 10 YEARS.

MEDICATION DID NOT WORK

BECAUSE IT CAUSED HER BODY

TO HAVE SEIZURES.

THE DOCTORS TOTALLY RULED

OUT A PACEMAKER SO SHE HAD

TO LIVE WITH THE CONDITION

AS BEST SHE COULD.

LAST JULY PAM WAS WATCHING

"THE 700 CLUB," AND TERRY

HAD THIS WORD: "WUYOU'VE

BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME

KIND OF DEFECTIVE PROBLEM

WITH YOUR HEART.

GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT

NOW.

JUST RECEIVE IT."

WELL, PAM DROPPED TO HER

KNEES AND CLAIMED THE

WORD.

WHEN SHE GOT UP, THE PAIN

WAS GONE.

AFTER A MONTH HAD PASSED

WITHOUT ANY HEART PAIN OR

DISCOMFORT, SHE CALLED CBN

TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR

HEALING HER.

REALIZE THAT GOD IS WITH

US.

IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE

AND HAVE OUR BEING.

HE IS OUR VERY PRESENT

HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE.

AND SO OFTEN WHEN WE GET

INTO TROUBLE, WE ALLOW THE

TROUBLE TO DROWN OUT THAT

FACT.

THAT IN HIM WITH LIVE AND

MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.

IF TODAY GOD SEEMS FAR

FROM YOU, IF TROUBLE SEEMS

REALLY NEAR, MAYBE YOU'VE

GOT CANCER, MAYBE IT HAS

BEEN DIAGNOSED AT STAGE

FOUR, MAYBE YOU KNOW

SOMEONE WHO IS IN

DESPERATE NEED, MAYBE

YOU'RE THE ONE IN

DESPERATE NEED.

WELL, THE PRAYER OF THOSE

TWO BUDDIES IN THE LAKE --

GOD, WE CAN'T SAVE

OURSELVES, ONLY YOU CAN

SAVE US, ONLY YOU CAN DO

THIS, AND I RELY ON YOU.

I NEED THAT PEACE NOW.

I NEED THAT HELP NOW.

I NEED YOUR PROMISE TO BE

REAL FOR ME.

AND IF YOU JUST PRAY THAT

AND RELAX INTO HIM, DON'T

LET YOUR SYMPTOMS DROWN

OUT THE WORD OF GOD.

LET HIM COME TO YOU.

RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRAY

RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO UP TO

HEAVEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HE'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

HE IS WALKING THROUGH IT

WITH YOU.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS

SETTLE YOURSELF, TO BE

ABLE TO HEAR HIS VOICE.

AND THEN HE WILL SEND HIS

WORD AND HEAL YOUR

DISEASE.

HE WILL DELIVER YOU.

HE WANTS TO BE YOUR

SAVIOR.

HE WANTS TO BE YOUR ALL IN

ALL.

SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING

TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

THE BIBLE SAYS IF TWO OR

MORE AGREE TOUCHING

ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE

DONE.

SO YOU AGREE WITH US, AND

JUST CALM YOURSELF TO SAY,

I NEED GOD RIGHT NOW.

IN THE MIDST OF WHATEVER

IT IS, LET'S LET GOD DO

IT.

LET'S TURN TO HIM AND

LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF

THE AUDIENCE TO YOU, AND

WE COME TOGETHER IN

AGREEMENT.

AND WE COME TOGETHER IN

AGREEMENT WITH THOSE WHO

ARE PRAYING RIGHT NOW AND

ASKING YOU FOR A WORD,

ASKING YOU TO JUST SPEAK

TO THEIR HEARTS, LORD GOD.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD

SEND THAT STILL, SMALL

VOICE AND YOU WILL HEAL,

YOU WOULD DELIVER, YOU

WOULD SET THEM FREE.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR SAVIOR.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR ALL IN

ALL.

YOU WOULD BE THEIR VERY

PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF

TROUBLE.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW

THAT IN YOU, WE LIVE AND

MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.

YOU ARE ALL AROUND US.

YOU ARE IN US.

YOU'RE ABOVE US.

YOU'RE BELOW US.

YOU'RE BEHIND US.

YOU'RE TO OUR LEFT, TO OUR

RIGHT.

WHEREVER WE TURN, WE WANT

TO SEE YOU IN EVERY

MOMENT.

SO LORD, COME NOW.

MANIFEST YOUR PRESENCE.

MANIFEST YOUR HEALING.

BE GRACIOUS TO US, LORD

GOD.

CAUSE YOUR FACE TO SHINE

UPON US AND GIVE US YOUR

PEACE.

SO, LORD, NOW, WITH THE

AUTHORITY GIVEN TO US AS

BELIEVERS IN THE CROSS OF

JESUS CHRIST, WE DECLARE

OVER THESE SICKNESSES BE

HEALED AND BE MADE WHOLE.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE

GOT AN INFECTION IN THE

BRAIN.

AND YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL.

AND RIGHT NOW GOD IS ABLE

TO CLEAR THAT AWAY.

AND ALL OF THAT BURNING

THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING

NOW, IN JESUS' NAME, BE

GONE.

THE PAIN LIFT OFF OF YOU

NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

NO MORE.

NO RETURN.

BE HEALED.

BE DELIVERED NOW.

TERRY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, AND YOU HAVE

A PROBLEM WITH YOUR HIPS.

YOU'LL KNOW THIS IS YOU

BECAUSE THE DIAGNOSIS

YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN, THE

DOCTORS USED THE TERM

"PELVIC GIRDLE."

IT IS OUT OF BALANCE, AND

GOD IS STRAIGHTENING THAT

OUT FOR YOU AND YOUR

SPINE.

AND SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE

A BURNING AND A SCRATCHING

IN YOUR WHOLE THROAT AND

YOUR BREATHING, AND GOD IS

HEALING IT.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE LEFT

EAR ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST

STOPPED UP AND YOU'VE HAD

TROUBLE HEARING.

IT IS OPENING RIGHT NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

Gordon: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'VE GOT

SEVERE PROBLEMS IN YOUR

RIGHT SHOULDER, AND IT'S

LIKE YOUR SHOULDER HAS

LOCKED UP, AND GOD IS

HEALING IT.

HE IS RESTORING IT.

BEGIN TO DO WHAT YOU

COULDN'T DO BEFORE, AND

REALIZE GOD HAS HEALED

YOU.

HE HAS SET YOU FREE.

> LORD, WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT

YOU DO, ALL THAT YOU ARE.

YOU ARE OUR HEALER, AND

YOU COME AND YOU MANIFEST

HEALINGS.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE

HERE FOR YOU.

AND WE LOVE TO PRAY FOR

YOU.

IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR

HONOR TO PRAY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US: 1-800-700-7000.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED,

SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT.

ENCOURAGE OTHERS WITH WHAT

GOD CAN DO, THE POWER OF

GOD TO HEAL, TO DELIVER,

TO SET FREE.

GIVE US A CALL AND LET US

KNOW: 1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, STILL

AHEAD, A USED CAR SALESMAN

WHO WOULD SAY OR DO

ANYTHING TO MAKE A SALE.

MONEY WAS REALLY MY

GOD.

I WANTED AS MUCH OF IT AS

I CAN GET.

IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

Terry: SEE WHAT MADE

AN HONEST MAN OUT OF THIS

GUY AND BROUGHT HIM MORE

BUSINESS THAN EVER BEFORE.

BUSINESS THAN EVER BEFORE.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL

BAN AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM

TRAVELLING TO NORTH KOREA.

IT COMES AFTER THE DEATH

OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

STUDENT OTTO WARMBIER, WHO

DIED AFTER FALLING INTO A

COMA IN A NORTH KOREAN

PRISON.

IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHEN

THAT TRAVEL BAN WILL GO

INTO EFFECT.

> THANKS TO "OPERATION

BLESSING," CHILDREN IN

GUATEMALA ARE IN A SAFER

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

THE ONLY SCHOOL IN A SMALL

FARMING COMMUNITY, NOT FAR

FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

WAS ALMOST SHUT DOWN

BECAUSE IT HAD FALLEN INTO

DISREPAIR.

THE PARENTS BUILT A

TEMPORARY SCHOOL, BUT

SCORPIONS WERE FALLING

FROM THE ROOF AND LANDING

ON THE CHILDREN AS THEY

STUDIED.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

STEPPED IN AND BUILT A NEW

SCHOOL.

THE CHILDREN NOW WHO HAVE

TWO OPEN-AIR BUILDINGS,

WITH GOOD VENTILATION AND

SOLID METAL ROOFS.

AND THEY BUILT BATHROOMS

WITH WATER AND A

HANDWASHING STATION AS

WELL.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT

"OPERATION BLESSING" BY

GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT

ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Gordon: WHEN PHIL

WILLIAMS LOST HIS JOB, HE

PRAYED A SIMPLE PRAYER:

LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO?

THEN PHIL GOT AN ANSWER

THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

Reporter: PHIL

WILLIAMS KNOWS IN THE

PRE-OWNED CAR BUSINESS,

REPUTATION IS EVERYTHING.

AND HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

ARE ESSENTIAL.

BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN

HE WOULD SAY OR DO ALMOST

ANYTHING TO MAKE A SALE.

MONEY WAS REALLY MY

GOD.

I WANTED AS MUCH OF IT AS

I COULD GET.

Reporter: THEN IN

2006, PHIL AND HIS WIFE,

CHRISTINA, GAVE THEIR

LIVES TO JESUS CHRIST.

THEY LEARNED TO TRUST GOD

WITH THEIR MONEY AND

STARTED TITHING.

IT WAS JUST A NATURAL

THING FOR US.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE

FELT CONVICTED TO DO.

Reporter: THEY ALSO

FELT CONVICTED ABOUT THE

WAY PHIL WAS DOING

BUSINESS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF

GUILT.

IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

I COULDN'T DEAL WITH THE

FIRE.

I WOULD JUST RATHER WALK

WITH THE LORD THAN WALK

THAT PATH THAT I WAS

WALKING.

Reporter: PHIL

DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS JOB,

BUT AT THE TIME, HIS SALES

WERE DOWN AND HE NEVER GOT

THE CHANCE.

MY BOSS CALLED ME OVER

AND FIRED ME BEFORE I

COULD QUIT.

Reporter: WHILE

DECIDING WHAT TO DO NEXT,

PHIL TOOK SOME ODD JOBS

AND STAYED HOME WITH THEIR

DAUGHTER.

CHRISTINA, WHO HAD BEEN

WORKING AT HOME, WENT BACK

TO NURSING FULL-TIME.

THEIR INCOME DROPPED

SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THEY

STRUGGLED.

STILL, THEY KEPT TITHING.

EVERY SINGLE MONTH GOD

WOULD COME THROUGH.

IT DIDN'T MATHEMATICALLY

MAKE SENSE AT ALL BECAUSE

THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEEDED

FOR OUR BILLS AND TITHING,

IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

BUT WE KNEW GOD SAID TO

TITHE, SO WE DID IT.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

PHIL PRAYED FOR DIRECTION.

AND I SCA ASKED HIM -- I

SAID, LORD, JUST LET ME

KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO?

I'M READY.

AND A STILL VOICE TOLD

ME -- HE GOES, WHAT DO YOU

WANT TO DO?

WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE

FOR MY FAMILY.

Reporter: IN A FEW

MONTHS, A FORMER

CO-WORKER, WHO WAS ALSO A

CHRISTIAN, ASKED PHIL TO

GO INTO BUSINESS WITH HIM.

BOTH AGREED THEY WOULD

HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS AND

MONEY ACCORDING TO GOD'S

PRINCIPLES.

WE KNEW THAT WE WERE

SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

WE'RE BOTH IN THE

BUSINESS.

WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

HE IS A TITHER, OF COURSE,

AND I'M TITHING.

AND WE WENT FROM THAT 15

CARS A MONTH, WHERE IT WAS

WE WERE INCREMENTA INCREMENTALLY

GROWING.

PEOPLE ARE LEARNING

ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND

THEY'RE GETTING THEIR

NEEDS MET.

Reporter: PHIL SAYS

THESE DAYS, IT IS NOT

ABOUT THE MONEY.

IT IS ABOUT TRUSTING AND

OBEYING GOD.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS GOD'S

MONEY.

I JUST PRAY AND ASK GOD,

WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH IT.

THROUGH THAT VALLEY

THAT I WENT THROUGH, AND

WHAT THE LORD TAUGHT ME

WAS TO SEE FINANCES

THROUGH HIS EYES.

IF YOU SEE YOUR FINANCES

THROUGH HIS EYES, THEN YOU

CAN'T GO WRONG.

Gordon: YOU REALLY

CAN'T GO WRONG WHEN YOU DO

IT HIS WAY, WHEN YOU SEE

IT HIS WAY.

I LOVE PHIL'S STORY.

HERE HE IS, HE HAS LOST

HIS JOB AND HIS WIFE HAS

TO GO BACK TO WORK.

AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOUR INCOME IS WAY DOWN,

AND HOW DO YOU PAY THE

BILLS?

HOW DO YOU PUT FOOD ON THE

TABLE?

HOW DO YOU DO ALL OF THAT?

SO HE GOES AND HAS A TALK

WITH THE LORD, LORD, WHAT

DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

AND THEN THE ANSWER COMES

BACK, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU

WANT TO DO?

THAT'S WHAT GOD IS ALWAYS

ASKING, WHAT DO WE WANT TO

DO?

WHAT IS OUR HEART?

DO WE WANT TO FOLLOW WHAT

HE PUT DOWN?

HE ALREADY HAS PUT THE

PATH FOR US TO WALK ON.

HIS WORD IS A LAMP UNTO

OUR FEET.

DO YOU WANT TO DO IT YOUR

WAY OR DO YOU WANT TO DO

IT GOD'S WAY?

WHEN YOU CHOOSE GOD'S WAY,

THAT'S WHEN THE BLESSINGS

COME.

IF YOU WANT TO START

TITHING, YOU WANT TO START

GIVING, YOU WANT TO BE

PART OF HIS PLAN FOR THE

WORLD, GIVE US A CALL.

1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO BE A

MEMBER OF "THE 700 CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS

A DAY.

SOME OF YOU CAN GIVE AT A

HIGHER LEVEL.

WE HAVE "700 CLUB" GOLD,

WHICH IS $40.

AND THEN THERE IS THE

THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL, WHICH

BREAKS OUT TO $84 A MONTH.

AT WHATEVER LEVEL, CALL

NOW: 1-800-700-7000.

WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR

PLEDGE EXPRESS, WHERE THE

BANK DOES ALL OF THE WORK.

AND WE SEND TO YOU OUR

GIFT FOR YOU, "POWER FOR

LIFE,LIFE," MONTHLY TEACHING

C.D.s.

1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, SHE

SOLD HER BODY FOR DRUGS

BECAUSE SHE WAS HAUNTED BY

THE MEMORIES OF HER

FATHER.

HE WAS A MONSTER.

HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER,

AND HE MOLESTED MY SISTER

AND I FOR MANY YEARS.

Terry: SEE HOW HE

FINALLY FOUND PEACE IN A

HOUSE OF HOPE, AFTER THIS.

Gordon: JENNIFER

LEARNED EARLY HOW TO DENY

HER FEELINGS AND NUMB OUT.

IT WAS HER COPING

MECHANISM DURING YEARS OF

SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE HANDS

OF HER VERY OWN FATHER.

Reporter: JENNIFER

GREW UP IN A HOME FILLED

WITH DARKNESS AND FEAR.

MY DAD WAS SUPPOSED TO

BE MY HERO, AND SOMEONE

THAT I LOOK UP TO, AND MY

PROTECTOR, BUT INSTEAD HE

WAS A MONSTER.

HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER,

AND HE MOL MOLESTED MY SISTER

AND I FOR MANY YEARS.

HE WAS ANGRY, AND HE GOT

DRUNK A LOT.

HE WAS REALLY

UNPREDICTABLE.

DURING THE TIMES OF ABUSE,

I WOULD KIND OF TURN MY

EMOTIONS OFF OR TRY TO

FOCUS ON THINGS AS THE

ABUSE WAS HAPPENING.

FOCUS ON THE TILES ON THE

CEILINGS AND KIND OF COUNT

THE TILES.

SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST

CRY, BUT I WOULD KIND OF

HOLD MY TEARS IN BECAUSE I

DIDN'T WANT MY DAD TO KNOW

I WAS CRYING.

IT WAS PAINFUL.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT

TO HAPPEN, BUT I DIDN'T

WANT HIM TO BE MAD AT ME.

I FELT REALLY DIRTY.

I FELT LIKE I WAS A BAD

KID.

BEING A CHILD AND BEING

ABUSED LIKE THAT TOOK AWAY

MY SELF-WORTH AND MY VALUE

AND MY SELF-ESTEEM.

I FELT REALLY ALONE.

AND MOST OF ALL, THE ONLY

THING I WANTED WAS

SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME

UNCONDITIONALLY, WITHOUT

HARMING ME.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THING

THAT I WAS LACKING.

BUT I KNEW I WANTED THAT.

Reporter: YEARS OF

SEXUAL ABUSE AND CONFUSION

LEFT JENNIFER FULL OF

ANXIETY.

SHE WAS HAUNTED BY DEMONIC

DREAMS AT NIGHT.

THERE WAS A VERY DARK

FORCE IN MY HOME.

IT WAS REALLY SCARY.

AT NIGHT I WOULD JUST PUT

THE COVERS OVER MY HEAD.

I WAS IN SO MUCH FEAR AT

NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE

DARK.

AND SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST

LEAVE THE HOUSE SO THAT I

COULD GO AND TAKE MY MIND

ELSEWHERE.

I WOULD DO A LOT OF

PRETENDING OUTSIDE.

Reporter: WHEN SHE

WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, A

TEENAGED NEIGHBOR TAUGHT

JENNIFER THERE WAS NO SAFE

PLACE FOR HER.

WE WERE ALL OUT RIDING

BIKES, ALL OF THE KIDS IN

THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO

COME IN FOR SOME KOOL-AID.

I WENT INTO HIS HOUSE,

AND, UM...AND HE ENDED UP

BLINDFOLDING ME AND

ABUSING ME, SEXUALLY

ASSAULTING ME IN HIS

HOUSE.

IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYWHERE

I WENT, I WAS A TARGET.

Reporter: SHE NEVER

REPORTED THE TEEN, BUT

WHEN SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD,

SHE GOT THE COURAGE TO

TELL HER MOM ABOUT THE

YEARS OF ABUSE FROM HER

FATHER.

HER FATHER WENT TO PRISON,

BUT FOR JENNIFER THE PAIN

AND DARKNESS REMAINED.

ALL OF THAT FEAR AND

LONELINESS TURNED INTO

ANGER.

I FELT GUILTY FOR TELLING.

I BROKE UP MY FAMILY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HURT

MYSELF BECAUSE I FELT LIKE

THAT'S WHAT I DESERVED.

I BEGAN CUTTING MYSELF.

USING HEROIN, USING

COCAINE -- I DID

EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET

THAT FROM NOW ON.

THAT BECAME REALLY

ADDICTING TO ME BECAUSE IT

TOOK AWAY ALL OF THAT

PAIN, ALL OF THAT SORRY,

THE IDENTITY THAT I HAD

TAKEN ON.

Reporter: SHE LIVED

IN HER CAR AND SOLD HER

BODY FOR DRUGS.

JENNIFER SAYS SHE STAYED

HIGH FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I

WOULD COME DOWN OFF THE

DRUGS.

I WOULD SLEEP FOR DAYS AND

EAT, BUT I WOULD CRY

UNCONTROLLABLY BECAUSE MY

EMOTIONS TOOK OVERMENT AND

OVER.AND I WOULD WALK OUTSIDE,

WALKING UP AND DOWN, JUST

PRAYING AND HOPING THAT

SOMEONE WOULD STOP ME.

Reporter: JENNIFER

GOT INVOLVED WITH A

DRUG-DEALING BIKER THAT

NEARLY COST HER HER LIFE.

I TOOK ON A LOT OF

BEATINGS.

I WAS BEING KICKED AND

PUNCHED AND SMOTHERED BY

PILLOWS.

I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO

DIE EITHER WAY.

I TOOK HIS GUN WHEN HE WAS

AT WORK, AND I SAT WITH

THAT GUN FOR OVER AN HOUR

JUST CRYING.

I JUST WANTED TO END

EVERYTHING.

BY THAT TIME, I WAS DONE.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT LIFE

ANYMORE.

Reporter: FOR

JENNIFER, HOPE CAME WHEN

SHE RECONCILED WITH HER

MOM, WHO HAD BECOME A

CHRISTIAN.

HER MOTHER TOLD HER ABOUT

BETHANY HOUSE, A CHRISTIAN

HOME FOR GIRLS ON THE

STREET.

DESPERATE FOR HELP, SHE

WENT TO THE HOME.

I COULD SEE THE LIGHT

INSIDE THE HOUSE.

AND THE MINUTE I WALKED

IN, I WAS ALMOST LIKE A

SWOOSH OF DARKNESS THAT

HAD LEFT.

I COULD JUST SEE THE HOLY

SPIRIT ON EVERYONE'S FACE.

I FELT THE LOVE.

IT WAS UNCONDITIONAL.

IT WAS PURE.

IT WAS HOLY.

I HAD NEVER FELT ANYTHING

LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.

IT WAS GOING FROM HELL

INTO HEAVEN, IN A SENSE.

I KNEW IT WASN'T FROM THIS

WORLD.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE LIKE

THAT LOVE ME?

WHY WOULD THESE PEOPLE

EVEN OPEN A HOME LIKE THIS

FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME?

THAT WAS A REALLY PIVOTAL

MOMENT IN MY LIFE, TO KNOW

THAT PEOPLE LOVE ME AND IT

WAS FOR NOTHING BUT JUST

THEIR LOVE.

Reporter: THE NEXT

DAY JENNIFER BECAME A

CHRISTIAN.

WHAT IT MEANT FOR ME TO

GIVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST WAS

THAT I WOULD NO LONGER

HAVE TO LIVE IN DARKNESS.

I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO

BE ABUSED.

AND THAT I FINALLY FOUND

THE LOVE THAT I HAD ALWAYS

LOOKED FOR IN MY LIFE.

IT WAS EVERYTHING I'D BEEN

SEARCHING FOR SINCE A

CHILD.

JESUS IS MY HEAVENLY

FATHER, AND HE'LL ALWAYS

BE MY PROTECTOR, AND HE'LL

ALWAYS BE MY HERO.

Reporter: SHE SAYS

GOD BEGAN HEALING THE

EMOTIONAL WOUNDS FROM

YEARS OF ABUSE.

SHE RECENTLY FOUNDED

"HOUSE OF ANGETTI," AN

OUTREACH FOR WOMEN WHO

HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY

EXPLOITED AND ABUSED LIKE

SHE WAS.

TO RESCUE OTHER WOMEN

OUT THERE WHO ARE HURT AND

ABUSED, AND TO LEAD THEM

TO HIM.

WHEN THEY WALK IN, THEY'RE

GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE

SAME THING I EXPERIENCED

WHEN I WALKED IN THE

BETHANY HOUSE.

Reporter: JENNIFER

SAYS THE ABUSE THAT USED

TO DEFINE HER IS NOW

REPLACED WITH THE LOVE AND

GRACE OF GOD.

I'M A NEW CREATION IN

CHRIST.

AND THE OLD HAS PASSED

AWAY.

AND FINDING OUT MY TRUE

IDENTITY, WHICH IS IN HIM,

AND THAT I'M HIS DAUGHTER.

I'M FORGIVEN.

I'M HIS FRIEND.

ANYONE OUT THERE WHO'S

HURT OR ABUSED, WHO THINKS

THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE IN

LIFE, WHO IS AT THEIR END

OR THEY'RE SUICIDAL, GOD

CAN RAISE YOU UP TO DO

ANYTHING.

JUST CALL OUT THE NAME OF

JESUS.

THERE IS HOPE IN HIM.

Gordon: JUST CALL OUT

THE NAME OF JESUS, AND

YOU'LL FIND HOPE.

YOU'LL FIND PURPOSE.

YOU'LL FIND A NEW LIFE.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE

SAYS.

THOSE WHO CALL ON THE NAME

OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.

WILL BE SAVED.

YOU CAN BE SAVED.

YOU CAN BE CHANGED.

YOU CAN BE RESCUED.

JENNIFER'S STORY IS,

UNFORTUNATELY, ALL TOO

FAMILIAR AND ALL TOO

COMMON TODAY.

AND WHETHER IT IS A

NEIGHBOR OR A FAMILY

MEMBER, YOU'VE GONE

THROUGH THINGS THAT WERE

HORRIBLE FOR YOU.

AND MAYBE LIKE JENNIFER,

YOU COUNTED THE TILES IN

THE CEILING.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

IS THAT GOD CAN RESCUE YOU

FROM ALL OF THAT.

HE CAN CHANGE YOU.

HE CAN MAKE YOU NEW AGAIN.

HE NEVER INTENDED FOR THAT

TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

HE NEVER INTENDED FOR YOU

TO BE HURT LIKE THAT.

THAT, TO

FEEL THAT KIND OF SHAME,

THAT KIND OF GUILT, THAT

KIND OF REJECTION.

AND THE WONDERFUL NEWS IS

HE LOVES YOU.

AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE

WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET

THERE?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE

THAT?

WELL, FIRST YOU NEED THE

REVELATION.

JUST AS JENNIFER GOT THE

REVELATION THAT THIS IS

LOVE.

WHY DOES HE DO THIS?

BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.

THAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

THAT LOVE THAT REQUIRES

NOTHING IN RETURN.

IT JUST GIVES AND GIVES

AND GIVES.

AND IT HOPES FOR YOU.

IT HOPES THAT YOU CAN BE

THE DREAM THAT HE HAS

ALWAYS WANTED FOR YOU,

THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT.

THAT HOPE THAT HE GIVES --

HOW DO YOU GET THAT?

WELL, JUST LIKE JENNIFER,

YOU CALL OUT TO HIM AND

YOU SAY, JESUS, HERE I AM.

CAN YOU CHANGE ME?

CAN YOU USE ME?

CAN YOU LIVE IN ME?

CAN YOU LET ME KNOW HOW

MUCH YOU LOVE ME?

IF THIS IS FOR YOU, IF

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT,

DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL.

BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S PRAY.

AND LET'S LET JESUS DO ALL

THE REST.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU AND I

ASK THAT YOU COME INTO MY

HEART.

I ASK THAT YOU MAKE ME

NEW.

I ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE ME,

THAT YOU CHANGE ME.

JESUS, YOU KNOW HOW BROKEN

I AM.

YOU KNOW.

AND I ASK RIGHT NOW THAT

YOU FIX THOSE BROKEN

PIECES, THAT YOU PUT BACK

TOGETHER WHAT YOU

INTENDED.

COME INTO MY HEART, GIVE

ME HOPE, GIVE ME PEACE,

SET ME FREE, FOR I ASK IT

IN JESUS' NAME.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I PRAY A BAPTISM

IN YOUR LOVE.

I PRAY THAT YOU FILL THEM

TO OVERFLOWING AND LET

THEM KNOW JUST HOW MUCH

YOU LOVE THEM, HOW MUCH

YOU ACCEPT THEM, HOW MUCH

YOU WANT TO BE WITH THEM.

DO IT NOW FOR I ASK IT IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU TO DO.

I WANT TO YOU MAKE A

TOLL-FREE CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH

THAT GUY ON TV.

WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT

SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IT'S A FREE PACKET.

THERE IS A C.D. TEACHING,

HOW DO YOU LIVE THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."

THE PHONE CALL IS FREE AND

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DO IT NOW: 1-800-700-7000.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM 1 JOHN:

"BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF

LOVE THE FATHER HAS

BESTOWED ON US, THAT WE

SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN

OF GOD."

GOD BLESS YOU, WE'LL SEE

YOU AGAIN.