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> TODAY, A YOUNG MAN
FACES CANCER.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
GOOD.
FOR A SECOND TIME.
EVERYWHERE AND GROWING.
THE DIAGNOSIS.
HE WILL DIE IMMEDIATELY.
I'M GOING FOR IT EVEN
THOUGH IT
KILLS ME.
PLUS, THE BAND
"OUTSPOKEN".
THAT WAS THE END ALL BE
ALL.
THAT'S ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB".
Gordon: WELCOME TO THE
"700 CLUB".
FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES
LET'S GOT TO
THE CBN NEWSROOM.
Efrem: GORDON, THE
SITUATION ON THE
PENINSULA CONTINUES TO BE
DANGEROUS.
NORTH KOREA THREATENING TO
LAUNCH A
MISSILE.
NOW SOUTH KOREA.
SOUTH KOREA THREATENING
TO TEST
ITS MISSILES.
NOW NORTH KOREA THREATENING
TO LAUNCH
A MISSILE. THE DETONATION
WAS THE
STRONGEST FROM THE NORTH
WHICH
CLAIMED TO BE THE TEST FROM
THE
HYDROGEN BOMB AND OFF ITS
EASTERN
COAST.
DEFENSE SECRETARY JAMES
MATTIS
REPEATED EARLIER WARNINGS
THAT THE
U.S. IS PREPARED TO USE
OVERWHELMING
FORCE AGAINST THE NORTH.
ANY THREAT TO THE UNITED
STATES OR
ITS TERRITORIES INCLUDING
GUAM WILL
RESPOND WITH SOMETHING THAT
IS
EFFECTIVE AND OVERWHELMING.
SAYING NORTH KOREA MUST
BE
STOPPED.
THIS STEP, IF IT IS RIGHT
THAT
THEY HAVE NOW DEVELOPED A
HYDROGEN
BOMB IS A SERIOUS ESCALATION
IN THEIR
ABILITY TO COMMITTEE MASS
ACTS OF
MURDER.
IT'S GOING TO CALL FOR
FURTHER
SERIOUS STEPS TO PREVENT
NORTH KOREA
FROM USING THOSE WEAPONS.
SANCTIONS AND OTHER
MEASURES HAVE
BEEN TRIED FOR DECADES BUT
HAVEN'T
STOPPED THE NORTH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING
SOUTH KOREA
IS FINDING AS MAKING PIECE
WITH NORTH
KOREA WILL NOT WORK.
THEY ONLY UNDERSTAND ONE
THING. AND
SAYING DESPITE ITS ACTIONS,
THE NORTH
DOES NOT WANT WAR.
I DON'T THINK NORTH KOREA
IS
ACTUALLY READY TO DEPLOY ITS
WEAPONS
YET AND WITH ANY CONFLICT
WOULD
RESULT WITH SWIFT
DISTRACTION AND
THEY SAID IT WOULD BE VERY
COSTLY FOR
THEM AS WELL.
SO IT'S LIKELY THAT'S HOW IT
WILL
REMAIN IN THIS STATUS QUO.
TRUMP SAID ON TWITTER
SUNDAY, THE
UNITED STATES IS CONSIDERING
IN
ADDITION TO OTHER OPTIONS
STOPPING
ALL TRADE WITH ANY COUNTRY
DOING
BUSINESS WITH NORTH KOREA.
WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH
OUR
ALLIES, WE'LL WORK WITH
CHINA, BUT
PEOPLE NEED TO CUTOFF NORTH
KOREA
ECONOMICALLY.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR.
CHINA SAYS THE THREAT TO
CUTOFF
TRADE THAT DEAL WITH
COUNTRIES LIKE
NORTH KOREA IS UNACCEPTABLE
AND
UNCLEAR.
THEY PLAN TO MEET WITH NORTH
KOREA
AFTER URGING WITH STRATEGIES
AND WHAT
TO DO NEXT.
HERE AT HOME, ACROSS THE
COUNTRY,
THE PRESIDENT PRAYED FOR THE
VICTIMS
OF HURRICANE HARVEY.
THE PRESIDENT DECLARING
SUNDAY A
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
SAYING THIS IS NOT ONLY THE
TIME TO
SEEK GOD'S HELP, BUT TO GIVE
THANKS
FOR HIS MERCIES.
THIS IS A TIME OF PRAYER
FOR THOSE
IN NEED. A TIME FOR PRAYER
FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN LOST.
IT'S ALSO A PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING TO
GOD ALMIGHTY FOR UNITING US
AS A
NATION AND HELPING US TO
RESPOND
TOGETHER.
HOUSTON PASTOR, JAMES
SHEPHERD
SAID MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE
FROM HIS
CHURCH HELPED THOSE CLEAN
OUT THEIR
DAMAGED HOMES.
LIKE ONE WHOSE HOME WAS
FLOODED WITH
TWO FEED OF WATER AND
SENDING GOD'S
GRACE AND LOVE DURING THIS
DIFFICULT
TIME.
GOING TO THE HOME WAS THE
HARDEST
BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIES, BUT
THERE
ARE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.
THEY MADE IT BETTER.
THEY HELPED US THROUGH IT
AND
HONESTLY I DIDN'T HAVE TO
LIFT A
FILLING TO THAT HOUSE TO DO
ANYTHING.
WHEN I GOT THERE, I SAW
THE
GENEROSITY AND GRACE OF
GOD'S PEOPLE.
IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING
THING.
WE ALSO HEAR THE CHURCHES
ARE
PROVIDING SHELTER AND FOOD
FOR THE
VICTIMS.
CBN'S "OPERATION BLESSING"
DISASTER
RELIEF TEAM HAVE BEEN IN
TEXAS
HELPING PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP
FROM THE
DEVASTATION OF HURRICANE
HARVEY. TO
GIVE TO "OPERATION BLESSING"
DISASTER
RELIEF FUND, CALL TOLL-FREE
PHONE
NUMBER: 1-800-700-7000 AND
ALSO GO TO
CBN.COM, AND TO NATIONAL
RELIEF FUND,
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A
DECLARATION OF PRAYER ASKING
THE
FATHER FOR PRAYER FOR THE
NATION.
FATHER, YOU SAY THAT
THOSE THAT
WILL HUMBLE IN YOUR NAME,
THAT YOU
WILL HELP THOSE HEAL IN YOUR
LAND.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR
VICE-PRESIDENT
AND WE THANK YOU FOR CALLING
THIS
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER THIS
WEEKEND.
YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL
PRAYER AT
CBN.COM. THOSE ARE THE TOP
STORIES
FOR CBN NEWS.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
RIGHT BACK
WITH MORE OF THE "700 CLUB".
WITH MORE OF THE "700 CLUB".
Gordon: CHARLIE MACKESY IS
AN
ARTIST WHO WAS ONCE AN
ATHEIST.
HE'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST
UNORTHODOX.
CHARLIE MACKESY HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED
AS A WORLD CLASS ARTIST
SELLING TO
WHOOPIE GOLDBERG AND STING.
WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER
THAT YOU HAD
ARTISTIC ABILITY?
I THINK IT'S AT DRAWING
SCHOOL BUT
I NEEDED A REASON TO DRAW.
HE FOUND THAT IN A LONDON
PARK.
AN ATHEIST AT THE TIME HE
FELT THERE
MUST BE SOMETHING MORE TO
THIS THAN
MEETS THE EYE.
JESUS CHRIST LED ME TO
FINDING
PEOPLE BECAUSE HE SHOWED ME
TO LOOK
AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT PERSON
IS AT
THE BENCH. I NEVER NOTICED
THAT
BEFORE.
IN THE BOOK IS CALLED
"THE RETURN
OF THE PRODIGAL SON".
CAPTURING THAT EMOTION. IT'S
NEAR ONE
OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
CHURCHES IN
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
MACKESY IS A POPULAR
SPEAKER HERE
PARTICULARLY WITH
UNBELIEVERS.
CHARLIE APPEALS TO PEOPLE
OUTSIDE
OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE HE'S
NOT WHAT
THE PERSON EXPECTS.
HE CAN BE A BIT
UNORTHODOX LIKE
THE DAY HE DESCRIBES HEARING
THE
GOSPEL SONG FOR THE FIRST
TIME INSIDE
A PORTABLE TOILET THAT HE
STOOD ON
THE SEAT TO PREVENT HIM FROM
THE
OVERFLOW. THIS SONG MOVED
HIM TO
TEARS.
I MEAN VERY HUMBLE, VERY
UNPRETENTIOUS TELLING
STORIES OF
HIMSELF.
MY LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND
I WENT UP
TO HERE.
WHILE MACKESY'S STORIES
MAY NOT BE
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, HE
ALSO
DESCRIBES JESUS AND HIS
DISCIPLES
COULD BE OBJECTIONABLE.
I REALIZED THEY WERE
UNRELIGIOUS
PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T
REALLY
HAVE A RELIGIOUS ETIQUETTE.
TO BE NICE, TO NOT USE
THE F WORD.
IF YOU WANT TO BELONG, BE A
CERTAIN
WAY.
AND HE SAYS YOU ARE LOVED.
YOU ARE LOVED AS YOU ARE
COVERED IN
WHATEVER IT IS INSIDE OR
OUT.
I THINK HE'S THE FINEST
EVANGELIST
IN THE UK AT THE MOMENT. I
WOULD
RATHER HEAR FROM CHARLIE
THAN ANYONE
ELSE IN THE UK.
HE WASN'T JOKING. THAT IS
COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
THIS COMES AS A SHOCK TO
MACKESY
WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE
GIVEN HIS
LIFE STORY.
WE HAVE KIND OF RELIGIOUS
THINGS
AND SCHOOL AND ABOUT GOD
THAT I
DIDN'T LIKE.
I DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
HOW WOULD YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED OR
DEFINED A CHRISTIAN?
SOMEONE WHO PRETENDS TO
BE GOOD
AND JUDGES YOU AND BELIEVES
IN AN
INVISIBLE FRIEND THAT THEY
CREATE.
AFTER THIS STRANGE YET
PROFOUND
ENCOUNTER WITH "OH HAPPY
DAY",
MACKESY EMERGED INTO MUSIC
AND GOSPEL
AND JAZZ.
THEY ARE SO FULL OF LIFE.
LOOK AT
THESE PEOPLE. A LOT AT WHAT
IT DOES
TO THEM.
MACKESY SEE'S THIS AS A
MESSAGE
FROM GOD. LIKE THIS PERSON
WHO
STRUGGLED WITH BIPOLAR
DISORDER.
IT'S WHAT GOD IS LIKE.
MACKESY'S ART IS ALSO A
RECORD OF
GOD'S PRESENCE IN HIS OWN
LIFE.
I REALLY WANTED TO PLAY
THE
PIANO.
I WAS REALLY -- IT WAS
HEARING GOD'S
VOICE, I LOVE YOU.
I WILL HELP YOU WITH THIS.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
AND THIS PAINTING SIMPLY
TITLED
"KNOWN".
IT WAS ONE BREAK AND IT
LASTED 11
SECONDS.
YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS LOVE.
YOU ARE FULLY KNOWN.
DARKNESS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PRETEND
TO BE ANYTHING.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
LONDON.
Gordon: A WONDERFUL
MESSAGE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO
BE
ANYTHING. JUST BE YOURSELF
AND
BELOVED.
WHAT A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY,
WHAT A
WONDERFUL STORY.
ANDRE CROUCH WROTE THAT
SONG, "OH
HAPPY DAY".
HE WROTE THAT DECADES AGO
AND HERE IT
CONTINUES TO BE FAMILIES.
WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY.
WELL, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
CANCER FREE
SEE'S THE DISEASE RETURN
WITH A
VENGEANCE.
IT WAS EVERYWHERE IN MY
LUNGS, MY
BACK, EVERYWHERE IT WAS
GROWING.
SEE HOW THIS DOCTOR
DESCRIBES THIS
AS MIRACULOUS.
AS MIRACULOUS.
Terry: JORDAN LAWHEAD WAS
JUST A
TEENAGER WHEN HE BEAT
MELANOMA. HE IS
ONLY 23 WHEN IT RETURNED
FULL
THROTTLE AND GIVEN 3- 6
MONTHS TO
LIVE AND HEARS HE WOULD ONLY
LIVE A
FEW DAYS.
YOU HEAR FROM THE DOCTOR
AND YOU
CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON HIS
FACE IT
IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
IT HAD BEEN 6 YEARS SINCE
JORDAN
LAWHEAD HAD SURGERY TO
REMOVE THE
MELANOMA ON HIS NECK.
THIS TIME IT HAS RETURNED
AND SPREAD
TO HIS BRAIN AND BEYOND.
IT WAS IN MY HEAD, MY
BACK, MY
LUNGS, EVERYWHERE AND
GROWING.
EVEN WITH TREATMENT,
DOCTORS AT
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL CENTER,
THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM MONTHS
TO LIVE.
EVEN THEN YOUR HEART IS
RACING,
YOUR MIND IS RACING, YOU
FEEL BROKEN,
COMPLETELY BROKEN AND
DEVASTATED AND
JUST REACHING FOR A WHOEVER
YOU CAN
AND WHOEVER YOU ARE REACHING
FOR IS
BROKEN TOO.
WHY HIM, LORD? WHY NOT
ME? I
WOULD RATHER TAKE HIS PLACE
AND DEAL
WITH ALL THE SUFFERING AND
THE PAIN
AND AGONY AND ALL OF THAT
RATHER THAN
HAVE HIM GO THROUGH IT.
DOCTORS IMMEDIATELY
STARTED THE
RADIATION TO SHRINK THE
TUMOR IN
JORDAN'S BRAIN AND WENT INTO
EMERGENCY SURGERY TO REMOVE
HIS BOWEL
AND APPENDIX AND THEN
DOCTORS
DISCOVERED A TUMOR IN HIS
NECK.
THEY HAD TO PUT IN A
WINDPIPE OR
HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
BREATHE.
THEY INTRODUCED A
MEDICATION THAT
DOCTORS FELT WAS A BLACK BOX
DRUG.
WE HAD PROBABLY 2 2 DAYS
LEFT TO
DO IT OR NOT TO DO IT AT
ALL.
IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT I
HAD TO
DECIDE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD
HAS MADE
US AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT
STATISTICS.
JORDAN AND HIS PARENTS
HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR A RECOVERY AND
WORD
SPREAD.
JORDAN HEARD FROM PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE
WORLD.
I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE
PRAYING FOR
ME.
I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HEAR
FROM
THEM. I HAD OLD PEOPLE
PRAYING FOR
ME, KIDS PRAYING FOR ME, I
HAD
STRANGERS, PEOPLE TELLING
ME, PRAYING
FOR ME ASKING GOD TO HEAL
ME.
I PRAYED FOR HOURS AND
ASKED LORD
TO HAVE MERCY.
IT WAS EVERYTHING WE HAD,
EVERY OUNCE
OF OUR FAITH WAS ASKING FOR
THIS BOY
TO BE RESCUED.
HE WAS OUT OF DANGER.
IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME.
IT WAS
SURPRISING TO MY FAMILY AND
IT WAS
SURPRISING TO THE DOCTORS.
WHEN EVERYBODY IS SURPRISED
AND
FEELING POSITIVE AND EXCITED
SLIGHTLY
HOLDING THEIR BREATH, WE
WERE ALL,
LET'S KEEP GOING, LET'S KEEP
FIGHTING.
GIVE ME ANOTHER DOSE OF THAT
HORRIBLE
STUFF BECAUSE IT'S WORKING
AND I'M
GOING FOR IT EVEN IF IT
KILLS ME.
OVER THE NEXT 3 MONTHS,
HE
CONTINUES MORE ROUNDS OF
THIS.
THEN HE HEARD A VERY
INTERESTING
KNOCK AT THE DOOR.
THEY SAID, JORDAN HAS HAD
A
COMPLETE RESPONSE.
THAT HEARTBREAK WE TALKED
ABOUT,
THE PAIN, THE PHYSICAL PAIN,
WAS
REDEEMED.
IT WAS A CONFIRMED COMPLETE
RESPONSE
TO THE DRUG, TO THE POWER OF
GOD
INTERVENING BY ALL THE
PEOPLE
PRAYING.
IT'S BEEN 8 YEARS SINCE
JORDAN WAS
GIVEN 6 MONTHS TO LIVE WITH
A 2%
RECOVERY IN THIS CASE,
JORDAN BEAT
THE ODDS.
YOU HAVE A 30-YEAR-OLD
MAN WITH NO
CANCER IN HIS BRAIN OR HIS
BODY.
TODAY JORDAN IS A
SONGWRITER AND
MUSICIAN AND HAS A WEBSITE
AND MOST
OF ALL HE'S GRATEFUL TO HIS
GOD OF
MERCY.
I'M EMPOWERED TO SEE HIM
AS HE IS
AND AS I AM AND THAT I NEED
TO BE
JOYFULLY DEPENDENT ON HIS
MERCY AT
ALL TIMES.
I AM NOT IN CONTROL.
HE IS. THAT WHEN I PUT MY
TRUST IN
HIS WITH EVERY PART OF MY
LIFE
WHETHER IT'S MY HEALTH, MY
JOY AND
CAREER AND PLANS AND MONEY
AND ALL OF
THAT, THAT I CAN BE JOYFULLY
DEPENDENT ON HIM BECAUSE HE
IS
MERCIFUL AND I HAVE THE
SCARS TO
PROVE IT.
Terry: THAT STORY CLEARLY
OUTLINES
THAT IT IS NOT AN EASY THING
TO BE
RECOGNIZED THAT YOU ARE
TOTALLY
DEPENDENT ON HIM, BUT THAT
SCENARIO
BROUGHT HIM TO A PLACE WHERE
HE COULD
DO THAT JOYFULLY TRUSTING IN
THE
GRACE AND THE LOVE OF GOD
FOR ALL
THINGS.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU NOW.
WE
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE
GOING THROUGH
SOME DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU HAVE ONE GORDON.
Gordon: I HAVE ONE FROM
BOB.
RECENTLY TERRY GAVE A WORD
OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO
HAS
VERTIGO, AN INNER EAR
PROBLEM.
HE SAYS I HAVE THIS DISEASE
OF
VERTIGO AND NO KNOWN CURE.
I HAVE TAKEN A FEW WEEKS OFF
WORK AND
THANKS TO TERRY'S PRAYER, IT
IS
RESOLVED.
Terry: GLORY BE TO GOD.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HEARD
YOUR WORD
OF KNOWLEDGE.
SHE SAID I HAD PAIN IN MY
BACK AND
WHEN I HEARD GORDON'S
PRAYER, I THANK
GOD, I NEVER FEEL THE PAIN
ANYMORE.
Gordon: LET'S REJOICE
BEFORE HIM
AND SAY, THIS IS THE DAY THE
LORD HAS
MADE.
IF YOU ARE IN PAIN, DON'T
REJOICE
OVER THE SICKNESS OR PAIN,
GOD
DOESN'T ASK YOU TO DO THAT.
REJOICE OVER WHAT HE'S ABOUT
TO DO.
REJOICE THAT HE STANDS BY
HIS WORD TO
PERFORM IT.
REJOICE THAT HE'S GIVEN YOU
LIFE AND
BREATH AND HE'S GIVEN YOU
UNBELIEVABLE GIFTS FROM
HEAVEN.
REJOICE IN THAT AND JUST
WATCH HIM
WORK AND WATCH THAT HE WANTS
TO KNOW
YOU INTIMATELY, AND HE
HASN'T CREATED
THINGS THAT HE'LL ABANDON
YOU.
THAT'S NOT GOD.
GOD WANTS TO BE WITH YOU AND
BE YOUR
ALL IN ALL. WE ARE GOING TO
CLAIM A
WONDERFUL VERSE. WHEN TWO OR
MORE
AGREE TOUCHING ANYTHING, IT
SHALL BE
DONE FOR THEM BY MY FATHER
IN HEAVEN.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.
YOU CAN TRUST HIM.
NOW, WHY DOES GOD DO THIS?
SO THAT
THE SON WOULD BE GLORIFIED.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? IT'S
NOT BASED
ON WHAT WE DO OR HOW MUCH
YOU PRAY OR
FAST OR WHAT YOU BARGAIN
WITH GOD.
NO, IT'S JUST SO JESUS WILL
BE
GLORIFIED. LET'S REJOICE IN
THAT,
LET'S PRAY, LET'S BELIEVE
AND LET GOD
DO WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO
DO.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE COME TOGETHER IN
AGREEMENT
RIGHT NOW AND WE AGREE
TOUCHING,
THESE ILLNESSES, THIS PAIN,
THE
SICKNESSES, AND BY TOUCHING
THE AREA
OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEALING, WE
JOIN WITH THEM NOW.
WE SAY OUT LOUDLY, BE HEALED
NOW AND
BE EVERY BIT WHOLE IN THE
NAME OF
JESUS, RECEIVE YOUR MIRACLE
NOW FOR
WE ASK IT IN IN IN JESUS'
NAME,
AMEN.
THERE IS SOMEONE NAMED ANDY.
YOU HAVE A TUMOR IN THE
UPPER RIGHT
HAND PORTION OF YOUR BRAIN
AND ITS
SWELLING AND YOU'VE GOT
SEVERE PAIN.
RIGHT NOW GOD IS TOUCHING
THAT AND
JUST FELT SOMETHING LIKE OIL
JUST
TINGELING OIL FLOWING
OVER-THE-TOP OF
YOUR HEAD TO YOUR BODY.
YOUR TUMOR IS SHRINKING NOW
IN THE
IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND
JUST REJOICE
IN WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR
YOU.
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
NAMED ANGIE
BUT NOT JUST ANGIE, BUT FOR
MANY OF
YOU, THERE IS A DARK CLOUD
AND YOU
CAN'T COME TO A FAITH IN
TRUSTING.
GOD IS RESTORING YOUR
SALVATION. LIFT
YOURS HANDS.
IT'S GOT IN IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Gordon: THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A
PROBLEM ON YOUR EAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SWOLLEN
BUT IT'S
WRAPPED AROUND YOUR EAR.
GOD IS HEALING THAT NOW.
JUST OPEN IT
NOW AND REALIZE IT'S ALL
BEEN TAKEN
CARE OF.
YOUR EAR IS NOW OPEN AND YOU
CAN HEAR
OUT OF IT IN IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN..
THERE IS SOMEONE LOSING
CALCIUM AND
THE VERTEBRAE AND SPINE.
GOD IS ABLE TO RESTORE.
HE'S ABLE TO RESTORE.
HE'S RESTORING BONE TO YOU
RIGHT NOW.
HE'S RESTORING CARTILAGE TO
YOU.
HE'S RESTORING ALL THE
THINGS THAT
YOU NEED TO BE PAIN FREE IN
IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN. NOW, DO WHAT YOU
COULDN'T
DO BEFORE. IF YOU COULDN'T
ROTATE
THAT SPINE BEFORE, DO IT NOW
AND SEE
WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
HE IS
RELEASING IT NOW.
SOMEONE ELSE WITH A RIGHT
SHOULDER
DEEP IN THE SOCKET UNABLE TO
MOVE
THAT SHOULDER NOW.
GO AHEAD AND RELEASE IT AND
THE PAIN
IS GONE RIGHT NOW IN IN
JESUS' NAME,
AMEN.
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A
SPINAL GROWTH. THAT IS
WITHERING AND
DYING RIGHT NOW AND LIKE
GORDON SAID,
DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO
BEFORE AND
YOU WILL BE AMAZED, IN
JESUS' NAME.
Gordon: THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOU ARE
AND WE RECEIVE IT NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, WE
WANT TO
HEAR YOUR REPORT AND SHARE
YOUR
STORY. GIVE US A CALL.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE ARE
HERE FOR
YOU. WE BELIEVE IN
PREVAILING PRAYER
AND PRAYER FOR SOMEONE WHO
DOESN'T
GIVE UP.
IF YOU WANT US TO PRAY WITH
YOU, CALL
US.
WE WANT TO PRAY.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
Terry: HE WAS A ROCK STAR
TOTALLY
HOOKED ON FAME.
THERE WERE 13,000 PEOPLE
OUT THERE
AND YOU SEE THE LIGHTS OUT
AND YOU
HEAR THE ROAR AND I WAS
BEING
WORSHIPPED AND I LOVED THAT.
Terry: SEE WHAT BRINGS
THIS SINGER
TO THE BRINK OF SUICIDE.
TO THE BRINK OF SUICIDE.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE
"700 CLUB".
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL ENTER
AN
ADMINISTRATION CALLED DACA
WHICH IS
A PLAN FOR IMMIGRANT
CHILDREN.
THEY HOPE IT WILL GIVE THEM
TIME TO
ACT.
MANY CHILDREN ARE ORPHANS
WHO HAVE
BEEN FORGOTTEN.
THERE IS A FREEDOM PROJECT
CALLED THE
SOUND OF FREEDOM. IT
FEATURES THE
UNIQUE SOUND OF CHILDREN
SINGING
ABOUT FREEDOM.
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE
ORGANIZATION
IN KENYA.
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT MORE OF
WHAT CBN
IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD BY
GOING TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
RIGHT BACK.
Terry: IN A REMOTE VILLAGE
IN
CHINA, A WOMAN AND A BOY
BECAME
FRIENDS.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
CLEAN
WATER.
WHEN MAMA JIKE'S COULDN'T
REACH
WATER, SHE MET A BOY.
MAMA JIKE WAS A GOOD
WOMAN.
SHE HAS A GOOD HEART.
HE HAS GIVEN ME A MEANING
AND
PURPOSE.
EVERY DAY MAMA JIKE'S
WALKED A
MILE TO A DITCH WHERE SHE
FETCHED 2
BUCKETS OF WATER TO LIVE ON.
IT WASN'T CLEAN.
ACTUALLY IT HAD ANIMAL FECES
IN IT
BUT IT WAS THE BEST WATER WE
HAD.
1 DAY, MAMA JIKE TRIED TO
FETCH
WATER BUT SHE SLIPPED.
I COULD BARELY BREATHE
AND I FELT
I WAS GOING TO DIE.
HE FOUND HER ON THE
GROUND.
I TRIED TO GET HER TO
STAND UP BUT
SHE COULD NOT MOVE.
I STARTED TO RUN FOR THE
VILLAGE FOR
HELP. I THOUGHT, I MIGHT
LOSE HER
FOREVER.
MAMA JIKE'S WAS IN BED
FOR 2
MONTHS. AT THAT TIME, HE
WENT TO
FETCH WATER.
SOMETIMES I WOULD BE SO
TIRED AND
I WANTED TO QUIT BUT I
REMEMBER HOW
MUCH SHE HELPED ME.
IT WAS MY TIME TO REPAY HER
FOR HER
LOVE.
BUT THE WATER HE BROUGHT
BACK WAS
STILL FILTHY. WHEN CBN HEARD
ABOUT
THIS SITUATION, WE SET UP A
CLEAN
WATER SYSTEM FOR MAMA JIKE'S
VILLAGE
AND SET UP A PEOPLE TO
EVERYONE'S
HOME. TODAY THERE IS WATER
RIGHT AT
MAMA JIKE'S FINGER TIPS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TURN
ON THE
TAP.
NOW, MAMA DOES NOT HAVE
TO WALK
THERE AGAIN. SHE IS FEELING
BETTER.
YOU HAVE BROUGHT US HOPE.
I NEVER
THOUGHT THERE WERE SO MANY
KIND
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE.
THANK YOU, CBN.
YOU HAVE BROUGHT LIFE TO THE
PEOPLE
AROUND THIS WORLD. SHE SAID,
ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON THE
TAP.
IT'S CLEAN AND DRINKABLE AND
USABLE.
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Gordon: UP NEXT, HE WAS A
SINGER IN
A ROCK 'N ROLL BAND UNTIL
CRACK
COCAINE WAS STEALING HIS
LIFE.
IT WAS ABSOLUTE HELL ON
EARTH.
Gordon: HEAR HOW A VOICE
SPEAKS
LIKE INTO THIS YOUNG MAN
JUST AS HE
WAS ABOUT TO SLIT HIS WRIST.
WAS ABOUT TO SLIT HIS WRIST.
Gordon: DAVID FRAZIER
THRIVED ON
SINGING WITH HIS BAND
"UNSPOKEN".
THEN ONE NIGHT, DAVID TRIED
CRACK
COCAINE AND SUDDENLY HIS
PERFORMANCE
PALED IN COMPARISON.
THERE IS 13,000 PEOPLE
OUT THERE
AND THEY TURN THE LIGHTS OUT
AND YOU
HEAR THE ROAR AND YOU WALK
OUT ON
STAGE.
THAT RIGHT THERE WAS THE BE
ALL, END
ALL.
IT WAS EVERYTHING.
WITH A HIT SINGLE AND
LUCRATIVE
RECORD DEAL, DAVID'S BAND
WAS ON THE
VERGE TO ROCK STARDOM, BUT
THEN HE
TRIED CRACK COCAINE.
AS A PASTOR'S CHILD,
THEN HE WAS
MOLESTED.
I COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT.
IT WAS WORDS HE COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
IT WAS LIKE AN OCEAN WITH
OPPORTUNITIES.
LATER HE BECAME ADDICTED
TO
PORNOGRAPHY AND HE BECAME
BITTER AND
ANGRY WITH GOD.
WHY DO I FEEL SO ANGRY?
AND WHY
DOES IT FEEL LIKE I'M BEING
CRUSHED
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF GUILT?
HE MADE SURE TO FORGET
WHAT HE DID
HAPPENED TO HIM.
THEY WON'T SEE THE REAL.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, DAVID
HELPED
FORM A BAND "OUTSPOKEN".
BEFORE LONG, DAVID WAS
PERFORMING FOR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I KNEW I WAS BEING
WORSHIPPED.
WHEN THEY WOULD BE CHASING
ME DOWN
THE HALLWAYS, I LOVED THAT.
BEING A ROCK STAR, HE
FELT THE
NEED FOR SEX AND DRUGS AND
OUT OF THE
SPOTLIGHT, HE FOUND HIMSELF
ALONE.
WHEN I WOULD COME OFF THE
ROAD,
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, NO
PRAISE.
I WOULD SIT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF MY
APARTMENT IN PURE
DEPRESSION. I HAD A
GREAT IDEA. GO GET THE DRUGS.
THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL GOOD.
EVENTUALLY HE TRIED CRACK
COCAINE
WHICH GAVE HIM A HIGH HE
NEVER
EXPERIENCED. AND IT WAS THEN
ALL THAT
MATTERED.
ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS
THE
MONEY TO PUT IN THE DEALER'S
HANDS.
HE STARTED TO MISS
RECORDINGS AND
REHEARSAL AND LOST
EVERYTHING. HE WAS
SOON IN A CRACK HOUSE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE THERE
BECAUSE
COMING TO REALITY WAS TOO
PAINFUL.
GOING TO GET CLEAN WAS
DIFFICULT
AND HE WAS ADDICTED, HE WAS
A MAN HE
HAD BECOME.
IT WAS NO PURPOSE, NO
MEANING.
WHAT AM I HERE FOR? WHAT AM
I DOING?
1 DAY WHILE TRYING TO
SCORE DRUGS,
DAVID WAS MUGGED.
I WAS HERE WITH A SLASHED
TIRE
WITH NO MONEY.
I WAS SO OUT OF MY MIND, I
COULDN'T
EVEN FUNCTION.
DAVID LOST ALL HOPE,
SCRAPING
CHANGE TO BUY A BOTTLE OF
BEER AND
BROKE THE BOTTLE INTENDED TO
USE THE
JAGGED EDGES TO END HIS
LIFE.
WHILE I HAD THIS IN MY
HAND, I
HEARD THE LORD SPEAK TO ME.
HE SAID
GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND CALL
YOUR MOM
RIGHT NOW.
IT CAME OVER ME LIKE I
DIDN'T HAVE A
CHOICE. I WAS BEING MOVED.
DAVID SAID AT LEAST THERE
WAS
PEACE.
THERE WAS HOPE AND I KNEW
WHAT THE
HOPE WAS.
IT'S JESUS.
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HIS
BROTHER
PICKED HIM UP AND THE NEXT
DAY, HIS
FAMILY GOT HIM INTO A REHAB
FACILITY,
BUT STILL HE HAD TO FACE THE
TRUTH.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FACE
THE
PROBLEM WHICHES NOT THE
DRUGS, NOT
THE PORNOGRAPHY, IT WAS NOT
EVEN THE
MUSIC, IT WAS ME.
I WAS THE PROBLEM.
DAVID GAVE HIS LIFE AND
DEVOTION
TO GOD.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS
WAS GOD
AND THAT HE DIED FOR ME.
AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT HE
WASN'T JUST
ENOUGH, HE WAS MORE THAN
ENOUGH.
IN ALL OF THAT MADNESS, HE
PURSUED ME.
HE DIDN'T LET ME GO.
I SAID, I CAN WORSHIP A GOD
LIKE
THAT.
THE GOD I THOUGHT HE WAS IS
NOT WHO
HE IS.
HE WAS ABLE TO DO AWAY
WITH
PORNOGRAPHY AND GUILT AND
NOW HE
LEADS A BIBLE STUDY.
HE WAS THERE AND ALWAYS
IS.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE THE MOST.
HE
PURSUED ME THE WHOLE WAY
THROUGH.
Gordon: AND HE IS PURSUING
YOU.
IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS
RIGHT NOW,
MAYBE YOU ARE LIVING DAVID'S
STORY OR
MAYBE YOU ARE LIVING A
DIFFERENT ONE,
BUT YOU'VE CREATED SOMETHING.
YOU'VE CREATED SOMEONE THAT
YOU LOOK
AT IN THE MIRROR AND GO, WHO
ARE YOU
AND YOU ARE ASKING THE SAME
QUESTIONS
DAVID ASKED.
WHAT'S MY PURPOSE? WHAT AM
I DOING?
WHY CAN'T I STOP DOING THESE
THINGS?
WHY CAN'T I JUST LEAVE IT?
WHY CAN'T
I BECOME WHAT I WANT TO BE?
DAVID'S WONDERFUL
REVELATION, HE WAS
THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, PORNOGRAPHY WASN'T
THE
PROBLEM, CRACK COCAINE
WASN'T THE
PROBLEM, HE WAS THE PROBLEM.
THOSE WERE JUST SYMPTOMS OF
A DEEP
UNDERLYING PROBLEM THAT HAD
DIDN'T
LIKE HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T LIKE
WITH A
HE HAD BECOME. HE DIDN'T
LIKE WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO HIM WHEN HE
WAS A
YOUNG BOY.
HE DIDN'T LIKE ANY OF THAT.
WHAT HE
FINALLY FOUND WAS A SAVIOUR
WHO WAS
ABLE TO CHANGE ALL THAT AND
CHANGE
DAVID FROM HIS INNERMOST
BEING AND
MAKE HIM NEW AGAIN JUST AS
IF HE HAD
NEVER DONE ANY OF THOSE
THINGS OR ANY
OF THE THINGS THAT EVER
HAPPENED TO
HIM.
GOD IS LITERALLY ABLE TO
RECREATE YOU.
BREATHE ON YOU AGAIN AND
GIVE YOU A
NEW SOUL, A NEW SPIRIT, A
NEW HEART,
A NEW LIFE. HOW DO YOU GET
IT? THE
SAME WAY DAVID DID.
YOU REACH THE END OF
YOURSELF AND
WHEN GOD SPEAKS, YOU SAY,
YES, LORD,
HERE I AM.
NOW, HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT
POINT?
YOU ASK FOR IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
YOU JUST ASK FOR IT IN A
VERY SIMPLE
PRAYER.
IF YOU WANT THIS, IF YOU
WANT A NEW
LIFE, A NEW BEGINNING, BOW
YOUR HEAD.
LET'S PRAY A SIMPLE PRAYER
AND LET'S
LET JESUS DO ALL THE REST.
BOW YOUR HEAD.
SAY, JESUS, I WANT TO CHANGE
AND I
HEAR THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.
I HEAR THAT YOU CAN RECREATE
ME, THAT
YOU CAN FORGIVE ME, THAT YOU
CAN MAKE
ME NEW.
SO, JESUS, FORGIVE ME.
CLEANSE ME, COME INTO MY
HEART, AND
IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME, I
WANT TO
FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER FOR I PRAY IT
IN
JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I
ASK FOR A BAPTISM IN YOUR
LOVE. I ASK
THAT YOU WOULD JUST SURROUND
THEM
WITH YOUR PRESENCE, WITH
YOUR POWER
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN
DELIVERED AND SET FREE TODAY.
DO IT, LORD.
FOR WE ASK IT IN IN JESUS'
NAME,
AMEN..
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT YOU TO
GO TO YOUR PHONE AND GIVE US
A CALL
AT TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE'LL GIVE
YOU A
TEACHING CALLED "A NEW LIFE".
CALL NOW.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
MORE OF THE
"700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WE WANT TO BRING IT
ON WITH
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
CAME IN
FROM JOHN. HE SAYS, WE HEAR
THAT FEAR
IS A TOOL OF THE DEVIL BUT
WE OUGHT
TO NOT FEAR FROM GOD.
Terry: IT MEANS TO HAVE
AWE AND
REVERENCE FOR HIM AND
UNDERSTAND THAT
HE IS THE RULER OF THE
UNIVERSE, THAT
IN HIS HANDS IS COMPLETE A
TOTAL
POWER. WHEN YOU REALIZE
THAT, THERE
IS AN AWESOMENESS TO THAT,
AND IT
SORT OF BRINGS YOU UP SHORT
AS THE
ENGLISH PHRASE, WE SAY,
OKAY, I
BETTER STAND AT ATTENTION
HERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT CASUAL
WITH
THIS.
YOU DON'T TAKE IT CASUALLY.
YOU TAKE IT VERY VERY
SERIOUSLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WORD
MEANS.
SO, WHEN YOU SEE THAT, THE
FEAR OF
THE LORD IN YOUR OWN MIND
JUST
TRANSLATE IT THE -- AWE OF
THE LORD
AND HOW AWESOME HE IS AND
NOT THE
FEAR.
IT'S HOW AWESOME HE IS.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
PRAYER, "I
HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT
FOR THE
GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING
SALVATION TO THE END OF THE
EARTH"
(ACTS 13:47, NASB). GOD
BLESS YOU.