A woman’s stopped heart and torn aorta lead to a three-in-one miracle. Plus, a boy dies and then returns from the afterlife to tell his mom about heaven.
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COMING UP. THERE IS
NOTHING THAT WE
CAN DO FOR HER..
A TORN AORTA.
ONE DIVINE MESSAGE ON THE
ROAD..
NO MATTER WHAT.
AND A THREE IN ONE MIRACLE.
IT WAS ALL GOD.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB". *
Gordon: WELCOME TO THE "700
CLUB".
FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES LET'S
GO TO
THE CBN NEWS DESK.
Efrem: THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEALING
WITH IRAN'S
NEW STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH
THE IRAN
NUCLEAR PLAN TO MAKE CHANGES..
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LONGO
POSED THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND NOW
TAKING
ACTION SAYING IRAN IS
VIOLATING THE
SPIRIT OF THE ACCORD..
IN THE 2015 DEAL IRAN
AGREED TO
REDUCE ITS STOCK PILE AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VOCAL
ABOUT.
THE IRAN DEAL IS ONE OF
THE WORSE
TRANSACTION..
HE SAYS IRAN STILL
PROMOTES THE
GROUPS MILITIAS IN SYRIA AND
YEMEN AND
WILL STILL TEST MISSILES AND
SOMETHING
THAT DOES CONCERN THE UNITED
STATES
BUT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE
AGREEMENT.
HE SAYS IT IS THE RIGHT
MOVE.
IT HAS A MATERIAL BREACH.
THEY DO
IT TO INDICATE TO GET AROUND
THE
RESTRICTIONS.
FOR INSTANCE REFERRING TO BUY
PROHIBITED TECHNOLOGY IN
GERMANY AND
MISSILE TEST WHICH VIOLATE
THE UNITED
NATION SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION DUE
TO THE AGREEMENT.
THE AGENCY WARNED THE U.S.
AGAINST
REVOKING THE DEAL..
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOLID
CLEAR
THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE
THE DEAL
UNRAVEL. HOWEVER, MUCH MORE
IS IT A
STATE FOR THEM PRIOR TO
INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY THAN THE NATIONAL
INTEREST
OF IRAN WHICH UNFORTUNATE THE
U.S.
WISHES TO HARM IF IT IS
DISSOLVED..
THEY WILL DECIDE IN A FEW
DAYS IF
THEY DECIDE TO IMPOSE
SANCTIONS.
Efrem: THANK YOU.
THIS PLAN IS TO CUT MILLIONS
OF
DOLLARS BUT TO GET LOWER
PREMIUMS OR
HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS IN
2019.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE
ORDER TO
REPLACE OBAMACARE.
THIS IS AFTER HE FAILED TO
PASS THE
REPLACEMENT BILL. HE WILL
PROMOTE
HEALTHCARE CHOICES AND
COMPETITION..
INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL
BE
FIGHTING TO GET EVERY PERSON
SIGNED UP
AND YOU WILL BE NEGOTIATING
AND
NEGOTIATING AND NEGOTIATING.
AND YOU WILL GET SUCH LOW
PRICES FOR
GREAT CARE..
HE SAYS HIS PLAN WILL GET
LOW COST
FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND
DRIVING
COST FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK..
> HE'S TALKING ABOUT A
DRAMATIC
ATTACK THAT COULD CALL FOR
MORE LETHAL
FORCE.
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SAYS HE
WANTS TO REGAIN THE ART OF
WAR
FIGHTING.
THE AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION,
THE UNITED
STATES HAS NO GOD GIVEN RIGHT
TO
VICTORY ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
WE MUST ADAPT TO SURVIVE.
MAKE NO MISTAKE THAT OUR
ADVERSARY
RIGHT NOW TO MAKING CONDITION
TRADED
EFFORTS TO ERODE THE EDGE.
YOU KNOW IT
AND I KNOW IT.
IT'S AROUND US..
IT'S CONSIDERED A
SANCTUARY AND NOW
CONSIDERED A BATTLEFIELD AND
NOW WITH
ATTACKS TAKING PLACE ACROSS
THE GLOBE..
I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM WE
HAVE
TODAY IS HOW TO MAINTAIN A
NUCLEAR
DETERRENT AND DECISIVE
CONVENTIONAL
FORCE WHILE MAINTAINING
WARFARE
BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY WILL
ALWAYS MOVE
TOWARDS PERCEIVED WEAKNESS..
HE SAYS EFFECTIVE
DETERRENT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. HE SAYS
NOTHING
IS MORE HARMFUL THAN THE
RESOLUTION
FROM CONGRESS.
HE SAYS RIGHT NOW OTHER
COUNTRIES LIKE
NORTH KOREA AROUND ARE
SPENDING MONEY,
LOTS OF IT ON THEIR NUCLEAR
MISSILE
PROGRAM. THE MILITARY SAW
RAPID
ADVANCEMENTS IN THE U.S.
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION DURING WORLD WAR
II.
NOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET
THINGS DONE
ON TIME ON BUDGET BECAUSE WE
ARE
AFRAID TO FAIL..
WHEN WE FAIL SHALL
UNFORTUNATELY
FOR THE UNITED STATES OUR
ADVERSARIES
ARE GOING TO LEAD. WE ARE NOT
AND WE
HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
IS POISED
TO SPEND $400 BILLION THE
NEXT DECADE
TO MODERNIZE THE U.S.
ARSENAL..
WE CAN'T INCREASE THAT
COST
SIGNIFICANTLY BY LOOKING AT
THE NUMBER
OF ARMS WE NEED AND LOOKING
AT WAYS TO
SAVE TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS BY
SLOWING OR DELAYING SOME OF
THESE
PROGRAMS.
THE DIRECTOR OF ARMS SAYS
THE U.S.
HAS OTHER ISSUES LIKE CYBER
SECURITY,
THE ON GOING THREAT OF
TERRORISM.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER WE
MAINTAIN
A NUCLEAR FORCE THAT IS
LARGER THAN
NECESSARY TO DETER OTHER
NUCLEAR ARMED
ACTORS.
THE SENATE HAS APPROVED A
POLICY
BILL WITH A PENTAGON BUDGET.
YET THEY HAVE NOT AGREED ON A
PLAN FOR
RESTRICTIONS AND CONTROL
GOVERNMENT
SPENDING.
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON..
THANKS, ERIK, NOW
"OPERATION
BLESSING" IS HELPING THOSE
WHO DEALT
WITH THE DISASTER. "OPERATION
BLESSING" HELPED HER BY
PROVIDING
SUPPLIES FOR HER MISSION. YOU
CAN FIND
OUT MORE BY GOING TO OB.ORG.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK RIGHT
Gordon: LOUIS ONCE
DESCRIBED HISTORY
AS A STORY WRITTEN BY THE
FINGER OF
GOD. THAT IS TRUE WHEN IT
COMES TO
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
WE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF ONE
CHRISTIAN
LEADER IN ONE CHURCH IN
AMERICAN
HISTORY.
TERA SMITH AND VINCE ARE
GETTING
MARRIED IN A MOST UNUSUAL
PLACE. UNDER
THIS STRIKING STRUCTURE IS A
FOUNDATION OF AN 18TH CENTURY
CHURCH
WITH AN -- ASTONISHING
HISTORY.
THE ONLY THING WAS THIS
MARKER.
IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A
LOCAL
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.
IT'S THE MAN I WANT TO
HONOR..
THAT MAN IS DAVIS AT THE
CHURCH
WHAT IS CALLED THE GREAT
AWAKENING..
WE SEE THESE GREAT
AWAKENINGS,
REVIVALS.
IT REALLY CHANGES THE FACE OF
AMERICA..
THERE WAS PLENTY OF
RESISTANCE
BEFORE THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
BRITISH LAW WAS REQUIRED IN
THE CHURCH
OF ENGLAND.
THERE WERE FIND AND EVEN IN
PRISONMENT.
THIS ALLOWED THE ACT WHICH
BECAME THE
CENTERS OF LIFE IN VIRGINIA.
DESPITE FREQUENT BOUTS WITH
TUBERCULOSIS. HE BEGAN WITH
PAUL..
THIS IS THE PLACE AND I
ACCEPTED
THE CALL TO SETTLE THERE.
THIS IS SAMUEL DAVIES
BIBLE WHERE
CENTURIES OF EVENTS WERE
RECORDED
INCLUDING THE WEDDING IN
OCTOBER OF
1746.
YEARS LATER HE WROTE THIS:
SEPARATED
BY DEATH.
BECAUSE OF THAT, HE REALLY
THOUGHT
HIS LIFE WOULD BE CUT SHORT.
HE
THOUGHT, IF I ONLY HAVE SO
MUCH TIME
ON EARTH TO WORK FOR THE
LORD, I HAVE
TO MAKE THAT COUNT.
IN THE BEGINNING DAVIES
DREW LARGE
CROWDS INCLUDING SLAVES.
NEVER HAVE I DONE SO MUCH
WITH THE
ASSEMBLY WITH THE MORTALITY
OF THEIR
SOUL AND JESUS THEIR CONCERN..
NOT EVERYONE WAS PLEASED
WITH
DAVIES MINISTRY ESPECIALLY
LED BY THIS
CHURCH, PATRICK HENRY, UNCLE
OF THE
FAMOUS PATRIOTS.
THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL
RELIGION OF
THE COLONY.
IF YOU SEE THE EXPLOSION OF
GROWTH OF
BAPTIST AND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES IN
MANY WAYS IT'S A THREAT..
HE FOUGHT BACK IN THE
CHURCH
AUTHORITIES IN THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND.
I MAKE IT BY DUTY TO
ACQUAINT YOU
WITH THIS AND NEITHER THE
SERVICES
THAT I JUSTLY APPREHEND..
THE YOUNGER PATRICK HENRY
WAS
ELEVEN WHEN DAVIES ARRIVED.
HE
ATTENDED WITH HIS MOTHER AND
LATER
ATTRIBUTED HIS OWN SUCCESS TO
AN
ORATOR TO DAVIES EXAMPLE.
AFTER 11
YEARS IN HANOVER COUNTY,
SAMUEL DAVIES
DELIVERED HIS FINAL SERMON.
NEARLY
5,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED. YEARS
LATER,
THE STILL THRIVED BY SHOWN ON
THIS
IMAGE OF 1862.
IT'S THE ONLY CHURCH THAT
SURVIVED.
IN 1864, MILITARY TRIED TO
BREAK THE
LINES.
THE CHURCH CAUGHT IN THE
CROSS FILE
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL 4
ACRES..
THE CHURCH WAS NEVER
REBUILT UNTIL
ROBERT BLOOM FORD CAME ACROSS
THE
MARKER.
HE WAS DETERMINED TO BRING IT
BACK TO
LIFE.
UNTIL 1 DAY HE FELT SOMETHING
UNDER
HIS FOOT.
AN OLD COMPLETE BRICK.
IT WAS A PIECE OF THIS
BUILDING.
YOU ARE KIDDING..
THIS IS THE FIRST HOUSE TO
COME
DOWN..
RENOWN ARCHITECT ALSO
CAUGHT THE
VISION. HE DECIDED TO REBUILD
THE LAND.
THEN CAME THE QUESTION OF
REBUILDING
THE CHURCH.
WE THOUGHT OF REBUILDING
THE
STRUCTURE. WHAT THIS CHURCH
DOES IS
BRING A SIMPLER FEEL FOR
APPROACHING
RELIGION..
TODAY'S HISTORY LESSON ON
SAMUEL
DAVIES AND THE FREEDOM TO
RELIGION IN
AMERICA. AND, IT'S BECOME A
POPULAR
SITE FOR WEDDINGS LIKE THIS
ONE
WHENEVER -- WHERE THE GROUP
IS A PH
CANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY..
SPEAKING OF THIS AS WE
WERE PICKING
THE PLACE HAS BECOME PROFOUND.
A GOOD FOUNDATION INDEED.
WENDY GRIFFITH.
Gordon: IT'S A WONDERFUL
PIECE. A
GREAT HISTORY LESSON. DAVIES
WENT ON
TO BE THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE HARVARD
AND YALE
HAD BECOME TOO LIBERAL AND WE
NEEDED
TO GET BACK TO THE ROOTS OF
THE GOSPEL
AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF
PRINCETON.
WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY AND
WONDERFUL
HERITAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED
STATES TO REALIZE ALL THE
WONDERFUL
FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE WERE
ALL BOUGHT
WITH A PRICE, ALL CAME FROM
THE
PERSECUTION, ALL CAME WITH
WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN
ESTABLISHED
CHURCH. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A
FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE, FREEDOM OF
SPEECH, FREEDOM
OF ALL THINGS IN THIS
WONDERFUL GREAT
AWAKENING.
MY HISTORY PROFESSOR LONG AGO
SAID
THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A
GREAT
REVOLUTION IF IT HAD NOT BEEN
FOR THE
REVOLUTION OF 1745.
WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULDN'T
HAVE THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Terry: WHAT A REMARKABLE
SPOT. I
LIKE THAT WE HAVE THE WINDOWS
AND THE
FRAMES THERE.
IT'S SUCH A SIGNIFICANCE.
THE CHURCH IS NOT A
BUILDING..
EXACTLY. WHAT AN IMPACT IN
SOCIETY.
COMING UP, A DOCTOR GIVES
HER SOME
DEVASTATING NEWS..
SHE HAS A TORN AORTA.
THERE IS NOT WE CAN DO FOR
HER.
REALLY, IT'S A DEATH
SENTENCE..
WATCH THIS MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER DEFY
THAT DEATH SENTENCE WHEN WE
COME BACK.
COME BACK.
Terry: EMILY EMONIN WAS
RUSHED TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HER
HEART
STOPPED BEATING FOR 10
MINUTES.
DOCTORS SAY SHE HAD A TORN
AORTA.
WHEN THE FAMILY HEARD THE
NEWS, THEY
WENT INTO FULL PRAYER MODE.
THE
RESULTS WERE NOT ONE, NOT
TWO, BUT
THREE MIRACLES.
AUGUST 2006, LORRAINE
POTTER DROVE
HER MOM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
SHE WAS COMPLAINING A LOT.
IT WAS A LEVEL 10 PAIN, VERY
STRONG.
SHE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT
BEFORE, BUT
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER HEART.
AS DOCTORS STARTED TO
PERFORM THE
CARDIAC TEST, SHE WAS
STABILIZED AND
THEN DOCTORS TOLD HER THE
NEWS..
HE SAID, IT'S VERY SERIOUS.
YOUR MOM HAS A TORN AORTA.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN
DO FOR
HER. WE ARE GOING TO SEND HER
TO IOWA
HOSPITAL, BUT WE KNOW FROM
EXPERIENCE
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO
EITHER.
IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE.
LORRAINE CALLED HER FAMILY
TO
JOINED HER IN PRAYING. THEN
SHE SPENT
A FEW MINUTES WITH HER MOM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE LAST
I WOULD
SEE HER AS A MOM AND TOLD HER
I LOVED
HER AND TO STROKE HER HAIR
AND KISS
HER.
THAT WAS ALL I COULD DO. THE
LEVEL OF
ANXIETY, THE LEVEL OF GRIEF
WAS VERY
HIGH. AT THE THIS POINT
THERE WAS NO
HOPE.
EMILY WAS TRANSFERRED TO
UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL.
WHEN LORRAINE ARRIVED MINUTES
LATER,
SHE NOTICED THE LICENSE PLATE
YAWEH,
AND LORRAINE NOTICED HIS
PRESENCE..
IT KICKED IN AND HE CAME
OVER ME.
FROM THAT MOMENT ON, MY
ANXIETY WAS
GONE.
MY HOPES ARE IN CHRIST AND I
KNEW
WHERE MY MOM WAS GOING NO
MATTER WHAT
AND I KNEW THE LORD WAS WITH
ME NO
MATTER WHAT.
DOCTORS RAN A NEW
CATHERIZATION
TEST AND THEN GAVE LORRAINE
THE
FINDINGS.
THEY SAID PER OUR POLICY,
WE
REEXAMINE THE DIAGNOSIS THAT
THEY
COME IN WITH. WE'VE DONE ALL
THE TEST
WE COULD AND THERE IS NO TORN
ANOTHER.
WHAT WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE
JUST HOURS
AGO, WAS NOW HEALED.
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT
CAME OUT,
IT WAS ALL GOD..
THE TEST FURTHER REVEALED
A 90%
BLOCKAGE IN HER HEART.
WHEN THEY WENT IN TO DO THE
STINT, ALL
THE BLOCKAGE DISAPPEARED..
THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO
TOUCH HER
AND NOT PERFORM ANYTHING.
SHE WAS HEALED OF THE
BLOCKAGE.
THEY WERE STILL CONCERNED
ABOUT
ANOTHER ISSUE.
THE DOCTORS INFORMED ME
HER BRAIN
WAS A CONCERN TO THEM BECAUSE
SHE WAS
GONE FOR 10 MINUTES.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HER
BRAIN
FUNCTION WOULD BE LIKE. THE
NEXT
MORNING, EMILY WOKE UP TRYING
TO
COMMUNICATE.
MY MOM WOKE UP FULLY
INTUBATED
TRYING TO USE SIGN LANGUAGE.
FINALLY
SHE IS GIVEN A MARKER AND
THEY SAID,
NO COMPLICATIONS.
MIRACULOUSLY, SHE HAD NO
BRAIN
DAMAGE EITHER.
LORRAINE SAYS IT WAS THE
PRAYER TO
GOD..
I KNOW IT WAS GOD. YOU
CAN'T EVEN
EXPLAIN IT.
IT WOULD BE FINE WITH ME IF I
WOULD
HAVE BEEN GONE THAT NIGHT.
IT WAS FABULOUS. IT WAS AN
EXPERIENCE
I WILL NEVER FORGET BECAUSE
OF THE WAY
I FELT WHEN I WOKE UP. I
WANTED TO
WAKE UP AND DANCE AND SCREAM.
IT JUST FELT SO GOOD..
TODAY, EMILY'S HEART IS
HEALTHY.
THE QUESTIONS REMAIN EXACTLY
WHAT
HAPPENED. LORRAINE KNOWS IT
WAS GOD
THAT WAS WITH THEM THAT MADE
ALL THE
DIFFERENCE.
THE LORD REALLY HEALED ME
THREE
TIMES.
THERE WAS A MIRACLE..
NO TORN AORTA, NO
BLOCKAGE, NO
BRAIN DAMAGE.
IT'S WONDERFUL HAVING HER.
WHY HE DID THIS FOR ME? I
DON'T
KNOW, I LOVED HIM BEFORE, I
LOVE HIM
NOW. IF I CAN GLORIFY HIM
MORE, HE'S A
MERCIFUL GOD.
NOT JUST IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
HE DOES
MAJOR MIRACLES.
Terry: WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING
STORY,
WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE
WITH GOD. I
KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF YOU
WATCHING
SAYING, I NEED A MIRACLE IN
MY LIFE.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
FAITH AS WE
GO INTO THAT. THIS IS SANDRA
FROM
TRINIDAD, SHE HAD A DISCHARGE
IN HER
EAR AND LOST HER HEARING. ON
THE 25TH
OF JULY, SHE WAS WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM
AND HEARD YOU SAY, SOMEONE
WITH
RECURRING DEEP INFECTIONS,
YOU ARE
RESTORED NOW IN JESUS NAME.
SANDRA THOUGHT, THAT'S ME.
THE
DRAINAGE STOPPED AND SHE CAN
HEAR
CLEARLY IN HER RIGHT EAR AND
HAS HAD
NO PROBLEMS SINCE THEN..
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. HE'S
GOT
ARTHRITIS AND GIVEN
MEDICATION FOR
PAIN.
1 DAY, TERRY SAID, YOU HAVE
AN ISSUE
WITH YOUR BACK.
IT REALLY IMMOBILIZED YOU.
YOU CAN'T LIFT YOUR HAND.
PUT YOUR HAND BEHIND YOUR
BACK AND
SAY, YES, GOD, I RECEIVE THIS.
THE NEXT MORNING, HE HAD NO
MORE 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 A THOUSAND YEARS
AGO, HE'S
DOING IT TODAY. HE WENT
AROUND DOING
GOOD. HEALING ALL THOSE WHO
WERE
OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL. READ
THIS IN
ACTS CHAPTER 10: 38.
HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD.
NOW, THINK
ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE. WOULDN'T
IT BE
GREAT IF JESUS WENT AROUND
DOING GOOD?
WE CAN SAY ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER
FOR GOOD.
ALL THINGS.
THAT MEANS ANYTHING THAT IS
AFFLICTING
YOU RIGHT NOW. JUST AS TERRY
SAID TO
THAT MAN IN CALIFORNIA, PUT
YOUR HAND
IN THAT AREA OF THE BODY THAT
NEEDS
HEALING.
LIFT YOUR OTHER HAND UP TO
HIM AND
REALIZE THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IS AT
HAND.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR
IT. WHEN
YOU ASK, BELIEVE THAT YOU
RECEIVED.
WE ARE GOING TO PRAY AND
AGREE WITH
YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO LET
GOD DO ALL
THE REST.
WHAT HE'S PROMISED TO DO, HE
WILL DO
FOR YOU.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF
THE
AUDIENCE AND PRAY WITH THE
HANDS ON
THE BODY THAT NEEDS HEALING
AND WE
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THEM
NOW AND
WE ASK THAT THE KENNING --
KINGDOM OF
GOD WILL COME AND YOUR WILL
WILL BE
DONE ON THEIR BODIES TODAY.
WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
THERE IS
NO ONE SICK, NO ONE LONELY,
NO ONE
WITH POVERTY.
YOU SUPPLY EVERY HUMAN NEED.
LORD, ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS
NOW. BRING
HEALING TO THEM NOW.
REACH THEM AND TOUCH AND LET
YOUR WILL
BE DONE NOW IN JESUS' NAME..
SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN A CAR
ACCIDENT
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT
HAPPENED AND
YOUR BACK AND YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER, BUT
JUST TREMENDOUS PAIN FROM
FRACTURES,
DISLOCATIONS, AND GOD IS ABLE
TO HEAL
THAT RIGHT NOW.
REALIZE THAT GOD HAS DONE
SOMETHING
TREMENDOUS FOR YOU. JUST
BEGIN TO MOVE
AND REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING
IS GONE,
THE PAIN IS GONE RIGHT NOW IN
JESUS'
NAME, AMEN.
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE WHO
HAS A
MENTAL FOGGINESS AND SO
FEARFUL THAT
IT'S PERMANENT. GOD IS GOING
TO HEAL
YOU RIGHT NOW, YOUR THOUGHTS
ARE
CLEARING AND JUST RECEIVE
THAT.
Gordon: SOMEONE RIGHT NOW
HAS AN
INFECTION WITH A SPINAL
ISSUE, GOD IS
TAKING THIS ALL AWAY RIGHT
NOW.
Terry: SOMEONE WITH A HIP
ALIGNMENT.
GOD IS STRAIGHTENING THAT OUT
RIGHT
NOW.
YOU WILL NOT NEED SURGERY.
Gordon: YOU ARE OUR HEALER,
OUR
RESTORER, YOU ARE ALL OF IT.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN..
IF YOU HAVE A REPORT AND
WANT TO
SHARE YOUR MIRACLE WITH US
TODAY. JUST
CALL US NOW. TOLL-FREE PHONE
NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE ARE
HERE FOR
YOU. IT'S OUR HONOR, OUR
PRIVILEGE TO
PRAY WITH YOU.
WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING
PRAYER, IF
YOU WANT US TO PRAY WITH YOU,
JUST
GIVE US A CALL.
Terry: AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
WAKES UP
FROM A COMA AND TELLS HIS MOM
SOME
NEWS..
I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHERE
HE'S AT?
HE SAYS YES, HE'S IN
HEAVEN.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
COMING UP.
COMING UP.
Gordon: THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT
STREAMS IN THE DESERT AND THE
SYNAGOGUE. THAT VERSE IS
COMING TRUE.
THANKS TO ONE DEDICATED
MISSIONARY AND
A PARTNERSHIP WITH CBN.
WHEN PASTOR JOSEPH
RETIRED, THERE
WERE LOTS OF THINGS HE COULD
HAVE
DONE. HE'S AN EDUCATED MAN
WITH TWO
MASTERS DEGREES AND FLUENT IN
FIVE
LANGUAGES INCLUDING ARABIC.
IN FACT HE
WAS ASKED TO TEACH IT.
HE MOVED TO ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS
COMMUNITIES FOR A VERY
IMPORTANT
MISSION..
I LOVE THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE NO HOME BECAUSE IT
IS SO
HARD TO FIND IN THIS REGION.
I WANT TO SHARE JESUS WITH
THEM.
BUT WHEN PAST JOSEPH
STARTED HIS
FARM LIKE ANYONE ELSE, HE
STRUGGLED TO
GROW ANYTHING.
IT RAINS ONLY A FEW INCHES
DURING A
2-MONTH GROWING SEASON IN
JULY AND
AUGUST. SO, HE WAS EXCITED
WHEN CBN
OFFERED TO HELP.
TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS
FROM
INNOVATION AFRICA AND
ALLIANCE FOR
GLOBAL GOOD, WE DUG A
WATER-WELL AND
INSTALLED A PUMP AND
MONITORING SYSTEM
AND ADDED DRIP IRRIGATION
TECHNOLOGY
AND THE AFRICAN DESERT BEGAN
TO BLOOM.
SOON THE CROPS GREW AND NOW
THEY ARE
GROWING CROPS YEAR-ROUND.
THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF HIS
MUSLIM
NEIGHBORS. THEY STARTED
COMING TO THE
CENTER WHEN PASTOR JOSEPH
TOLD THEM
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND TOLD
THEM
ABOUT JESUS AND SOME BECAME
CHRISTIANS.
THIS IS RIGHT HERE ON MY
FARM.
WE MEET IN A PLACE TOGETHER..
PAST JOSEPH ALSO HAS A
HEART FOR
THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE INTRODUCED THEM TO THE
"SUPERBOOK"
PROGRAM AND TAUGHT THE
CHILDREN ABOUT
THE BIBLE..
BECAUSE OF THIS HARVEST,
WE HAVE
CLEAN DRINKING WATER,
IMPROVING THE
HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN AND
MORE JOBS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.
THANK YOU CBN.
THE PEOPLE HERE ARE NOW
GETTING
NUTRITION AND AT THE SAME
TIME THEY
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING
THE
GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST.
Gordon: IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF THE
"700 CLUB", THANK YOU,
BECAUSE YOU ARE
PART OF THAT.
YOU ARE PART OF PROVIDING
WATER TO
THAT VILLAGE, YOU ARE PART OF
PROVIDING THE GOSPEL TO THAT
VERY LONG.
YOU ARE PART OF ALL THAT WE
DO. IF YOU
ARE NOT A MEMBER, YOU ARE
INVITED TO
JOIN. HOW MUCH IS IT.
MEMBER: $20 A MONTH, JUST
$0.65 A DAY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT,
GIVE US
A CALL. TOLL-FREE PHONE
NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
JUST SAY, I WANT TO BE A PART
OF THE
"700 CLUB"..
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TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP LATER.
HE SPENT 2 WEEKS IN A COMA
AND WENT TO
HEAVEN.
I HAVE SEEN JESUS AND THIS
IS WHAT
I'M DOING..
SEE WHAT ELSE HE SAW IN
HEAVEN.
DON'T GO AWAY.
Gordon: LAND ON WHITLEY WAS
8 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE HOPPED INTO HIS
PARENTS
PONTIAC AND TOOK THE FIRST OF
HIS
THREE TRIPS TO HEAVEN..
I REMEMBER HIM YELLING.
THAT WAS THE LAST THING I
HEARD FROM
HIM..
ON A SUNDAY MORNING IN
1997, JULIE
AND HER HUSBAND ANDY AND
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON LAND ON
WERE
DRIVING TO CHURCH WHEN AN
AMBULANCE
BROADSIDED THEIR CAR IN AN
INTERSECTION.
ANDY DIED INSTANTLY.
THEY STABILIZED JULIE BUT DID
NOT
REALIZE THERE WAS ANOTHER
PERSON IN
THE CAR..
THEY COULDN'T SEE HIM
BECAUSE LAND
ON WAS BEHIND HIS DAD. WHEN
THEY SAW
LANDON'S SHOES, THEY LOOKED
FOR HIS
BODY.
WHEN THEY PULLED LANDON OUT
OF THE
CAR, HE WAS NOT BREATHING.
THEY
STARTED WORKING ON HIS RIGHT
AWAY TO
BRING HIM BACK..
LANDON WAS RESUSCITATED.
THEY DIED
TWO MORE TIMES AND BOTH TIMES
HE WAS
BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. DOCTORS
TOLD
JULIE HE MAY NOT SURVIVE.
THEY TOLD ME IF HE LIVED
HE WOULD
BE LIKE A BABY AND NOT BE
ABLE TO WALK
OR SPEAK. AND THAT WAS OKAY.
JUST TO
KNOW THAT I STILL HAD HIM..
AT HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL,
JULIE
REMEMBERS FEELING ABANDONED
BY GOD..
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED,
HEARTBROKEN.
WHILE I'M SITTING AT THE
FUNERAL, I'M
UPSET WITH 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
HARDER THAN I
EVER PRAYED IN MY LIFE FOR
LANDON TO
LIVE.
LANDON WAS SUFFERING FROM
HEAD
INJURIES AND WAS IN A COMA..
I KEPT PRAYING THAT HE
WOULD OPEN
HIS EYES..
AFTER 2 WEEKS IN A COMA,
LANDON
OPENED HIS EYES AND TO
EVERYONE'S
AMAZEMENT HE HAD NO BRAIN
DAMAGE.
AND SHE HAD TO TELL HIM ABOUT
HIS
FATHER..
HE HAD SCARS AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO
HURT HIM ANYMORE.
I ASKED HIM.
I SAID, LANDON, DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR
DAD IS AT? HE TOLD ME YES, I
KNOW
WHERE HE'S AT.
I SAW HIM IN HEAVEN.
LANDON IS NOW GROWN, BUT
CLEARLY
REMEMBERS HIS EXPERIENCES IN
HEAVEN.
I REMEMBER SEEING MY DAD
AND HIS
FRIEND WHO PASSED AWAY LESS
THAT A
MONTH BEFORE HE DID. HIS
FRIEND NEIL
PALMER DIED BEFORE. WE NEVER
SAID A
WORD..
HE SAID, I SAW YOUR OTHER
TWO KIDS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
TALKING
ABOUT.
WE LOST TWO CHILDREN BEFORE
HIM.
HE DID NOT KNOW..
I KNEW THEY WERE MY
SIBLINGS EVEN
THOUGH NO ONE HAD EVER TOLD
ME ABOUT
THEM. I GUESS BEING IN
HEAVEN, YOU
KNOW YOUR OWN AND YOU KNOW
WHO
EVERYONE IS.
HE SAYS EACH TIME HE DIED,
HE HAD A
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IN
HEAVEN. DURING
THE THIRD TIME, HE SAID 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
HAD TO GO BACK TO EARTH AND
BE A GOOD
CHRISTIAN AND TELL OTHERS
ABOUT HIM.
TODAY THROUGH GRIEF SHARE,
LANDON
AND JULIE GO TO TELL OTHERS
ABOUT HIM
AND ABOUT HOPE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
GOD DIDN'T
SEND AN ANGEL, BUT I KNOW
THERE WERE
ANGELS THERE AND WE WERE
PROTECTED AND
WE ARE LIVING THE WAY HIS
PLAN IS FOR
US INSTEAD OF BEING MAD AT
HIM. I WAS
ABLE TO USE THIS STORY TO
HELP OTHERS
NOT TO GIVE UP AND TO KEEP
THEIR FAITH
ON THEIR BRIEF JOURNEY..
I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT JESUS
IS REAL. THERE IS A HEAVEN,
THERE ARE
ANGELS AND TO FOLLOW HIS WORD
IN THE
BIBLE AND LIFE DOES GET
BETTER AT THE
END.
IN HER BOOK "FAITH HAS ITS
REASONS", JULIE IS USING THIS
TO BRING
OTHERS CLOSER TO HIM.
IT'S A GREAT LESSON AND I
GET TO
WATCH MY CHILD TELL ABOUT
JESUS. HE IS
ALWAYS WILLING TO LET OTHERS
KNOW THAT
THERE IS A HEAVEN.
I KNOW I'M DOING IT FOR
JESUS.
I KNOW THAT HE'S REAL.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS ANGELS
IN HEAVEN.
I HAVE SEEN JESUS, I KNOW
HE'S THERE.
HE'S ASKED ME THE DO THIS AND
THIS IS
WHAT I'M DOING.
Gordon: I HAVE SEEN JESUS
AND I KNOW
HE'S THERE.
IT WAS MARK THAT HAD BEEN
WITH JESUS.
WHEN YOU'VE HAD THAT, WHEN
YOU'VE HAD
THAT EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU NO
LONGER
FEAR THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE 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 IT TO
WHY, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHY DID YOU
GET INTO AN AMBULANCE, WHY
DID YOUR
FATHER DIE? WHY DID THIS
HAPPEN? THE
BIBLE IS CLEAR, WHY THIS
HAPPENS TO US
AT ALL, 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 AND THE MIDDLE OF
YOUR TIME
AND CIRCUMSTANCE HAPPENING TO
YOU. IN
THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT, HE'S
ABLE TO
SEE YOU THROUGH IT.
THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE, WE
KNOW THAT
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
GOOD.
HERE IS A MAN WHO HAD BEEN
THROUGH
SHIP WRECKS, WHO HAD BEEN
BEATEN AND
WHO HAD BEEN REJECTED AND HAD
BEEN
LEFT FOR DEAD.
AND HE SAYS, ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER
FOR GOOD.
AND FOR THEM THAT LOVED GOD
AND CALLED
HIM TO A PURPOSE. HE KNEW
WHERE HE WAS
GOING AND HAD THAT ASSERTION,
HE KNEW
THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS
WOULD WORK
TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
NOW, DO YOU KNOW THAT?
DO YOU HAVE THAT ASSURANCE?
DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DIE YOU
WILL BE
WITH JESUS IN HEAVEN?
DO YOU KNOW THAT? DO YOU
HAVE THAT
CERTAINTY WITHIN YOU?
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I HAVE
GREAT NEWS
AND THE BEST NEWS EVER BEEN
TOLD. IT'S
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.
HE ANNOUNCED ON A CROSS, IT
IS
FINISHED.
HIS WORK WAS DONE.
IT'S ACCOMPLISHED FOR ALL
ETERNITY
WHEN GOD SENT HIM TO DO.
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 A
SWEET BY AND BY, BUT RIGHT
HERE, RIGHT
NOW.
ALL CHRISTIANS KNOW HIM.
KNOW HIS PRESENCE.
HE SAYS, YOU ARE MY SHEEP,
YOU ARE 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.
LET TODAY BE THE DAY WHEN YOU
ASK FOR
IT.
DON'T TURN AWAY.
DON'T DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING
ELSE, BUT
TODAY CAN BE A MIRACLE DAY
FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU CAN HAVE HIS
PRESENCE IN YOUR
LIFE KNOW WITH CERTAINTY
WHERE YOU
WILL BE WHEN YOU DIE.
YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL IF YOU
JUST ASK.
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 AND ASK
THAT YOUR PRESENCE WILL
SURROUND THEM
AND FILL THEM WITH OVER
FLOWING. LET
THEM KNOW THAT THEIR PRAYER
HAS BEEN
HEARD AND ANSWERED TODAY.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT IN
IN IN
JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THERE
IS ONE
MORE THING I WANT YOU TO DO.
THE BIBLE
SAYS IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR
HEART AND
CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH YOU
SHALL BE
SAVED.
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
CALL TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
SAY, I PRAYED WITH THAT GUY
ON TV AND
I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO MY
HEART.
WHEN YOU CALL, I HAVE A
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IT'S CALLED A NEW DAY. THE
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JUST MAKE THE CALL. TOLL-FREE
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TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE ARE
GOING TO BRING IT ON WITH
YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS. IT'S ALL COMING
UP.
Terry: HERE IS OUR E-MAIL
Terry: HERE IS OUR E-MAIL
QUESTION
FOR TODAY, GORDON.
THIS IS FROM A VIEWER WHO
SAYS THAT
PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL FOR
WILLFUL SIN
AND CAN'T BRING US BACK TO
REPENTANCE.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Gordon: DEFINITELY STAND ON
THE WORD
OF GOD. THERE IS NO SIN THAT
CANNOT BE
FORGIVEN.
LET THOSE WORD RING INTO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
WILL FULL
SIN, IF YOU ARE CONTINUING IN
THAT,
YOU SHOULD GET FREE FROM
THAT. GO TO
YOUR PASTOR, ASK HIM TO PRAY
FOR YOU.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE
DELIVERED.
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..
IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH
CENTURY,
THEY WOULD BE BAPTIZED.
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 THESE WORDS FROM
SECOND
CORINTHIANS.
TO BE WELL PLEASED TO BE
ABSENT FROM
THE BODY AND BE PRESENT WITH
THE LORD.