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The 700 Club - October 16, 2017

Former Saturday Night Live star Victoria Jackson looks back at her battle against breast cancer. Plus, look inside the place helping our soldiers recover from the hidden wounds of war. Read Transcript


> COMING UP. THE SURVIVOR

FROM

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

VICTORIA JACKSON LOOKS BACK

AT HER

BATTLE AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

PLUS HELPING TO RECOVER

FROM THE

HIDDEN WAR.

WE WANT TO REMIND YOU.

AND, A PROMISE FULFILLED

ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB". *

Terry: HELLO, AND WELCOME

TO THE

"700 CLUB".

THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

SAYS HE

HAS A COUNTRY THAT IS NO

BETTER THAN

CHRISTIANS FROM ALL AROUND

THE WORLD

AND TALKS ABOUT THE

PERSECUTED

CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER

NETANYAHU

EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF

CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL..

ISRAEL HAS NO BETTER

FRIENDS IN THE

WORLD THAN THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES

AROUND THE WORLD.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND ISRAEL IS

THE ONE

COUNTRY IN A VAST REGION

WHERE

CHRISTIANS NOT ONLY SURVIVE,

THEY

THRIVE.

HE ALSO CASTIGATED IRAN

FOR

PERSECUTING THE MILLIONS OF

CHRISTIANS.

CHRISTIAN LEADERS WERE

JAILED FOR

PRACTICING THEIR FAITH,

FAMILIES,

JAILED FOR YEARS FOR

PRACTICING

CHRISTIANITY.

THAT ALL RELIGIONS WILL SPIEL

JUSTICE

IN IRAN WHILE SO MANY

CHRISTIANS LIVED

IN CONSTANT TERROR.

HE TALKED ABOUT IRAN

BRINGING

SHIITE POWER.

SHIITE MILITIA, AFGHANS,

PAKISTANIS, THEY WANT TO

BRING THEM

NEXT TO THE HEIGHTS.

THIS IS THE WORSE KIND.

HE WAS ASKED WHY ISRAEL

WAS FACING

SO MANY CHALLENGES WHEN

DISASTER

STRIKES..

THEY SAID WHY DON'T YOU

GET OUT?

WE ARE NOT GETTING OUT OF IT.

ISRAEL IS A LIGHT ONTO THE

NATIONS..

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Terry: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF

ISRAELI

PEOPLE TO THE WORLD ARE

BEYOND MEASURE.

GORDON ALWAYS SAYS THIS AND I

THINK

HE'S RIGHT, IF WE DON'T

UNDERSTAND THE

HISTORY THAT'S GOING ON IN

ISRAEL, WE

WON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

WE WANT

YOU TO GET THIS DVD CALLED

"IN OUR

HANDS, THE BATTLE FOR FOR

JERUSALEM"

IF YOU WANT TO GET A HOLD OF

THAT,

CALL TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:

1-800-700-7000 OR YOU CAN

ALSO GET IT

BY LOGGING ON TO CBN.COM.

WE ARE LIVING IN INTERESTING

TIMES AND

NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE

STAND FOR

WHAT WE STAND..

> FINALLY THE IF I RECALLS

IN

CALIFORNIA ARE TURNING THE

CORNER IN

FIGHTING THOSE MASSIVE FIRES.

WE HAVE THAT FROM JOHN IN OUR

NEWS

BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.

John: THANK YOU.

AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE DEAD

FROM THE

FIRE AND IT'S BEING CALLED

ONE OF THE

GREATEST TRAGEDIES THAT

CALIFORNIA HAS

EVER FACED. BUT WITH LIGHTER

WINDS,

CONDITIONS ARE NOW IMPROVING..

AFTER A HARROWING ESCAPE

AND MUCH

DESTRUCTION, FINALLY SOME

SIGNS OF

HOPE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY

ARE

STARTING TO GAIN A LEAD ON 15

FIRES

NOW RAGING IN CALIFORNIA'S

WINE

COUNTRY AND PARTS OF THE

STATE.

THIS IS DEVASTATING AND WORSE

IN

CALIFORNIA HISTORY WITH MORE

THAN

3,000 RESIDENCES AND

BUSINESSES

DESTROYED.

WITH 75,000 EVACUATIONS STILL

IN PLACE.

THAT NUMBER DOWN FROM WHAT

WAS 100,000.

FOR THOSE WHO DO GET TO

RETURN

HOME, MANY FIND LITTLE LEFT.

ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE

THIS BURNED

TO THE GROUND..

OUR WHOLE STREET IS GONE.

BOB SAYS HE LOST

EVERYTHING.

BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING HIM

AND MANY

OTHERS FROM HELPING. HE'S

OPENED UP

GROCERY STORES TO FEED

FIREFIGHTERS

AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

OUR JOB IS TO CARE FOR OUR

COMMUNITY. THIS IS MY FAMILY,

THESE

ARE MY PEOPLE..

FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE

COMING

TOGETHER AS MANY ARE

BEGINNING TO

REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

THANKS, JENNA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A

MEETING WITH

IMPORTANT SENATE LEADER MITCH

McCONEL.

HE'S NOT QUIET ABOUT HIS

FRUSTRATION

ESPECIALLY ABOUT REPEALING

OBAMACARE.

THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

HOW THEY

CAN WORK TOGETHER AS THEY

PASS THE TOP

PRIORITY IN THE SENATE, TAX

REFORM.

MEANWHILE THE FEDERAL

RESERVE COULD

SOON CHANGE INTEREST RATES

AGAIN WHICH

COULD AFFECT THE GROWING

ECONOMY.

HE SAYS THE ECONOMY SHOULD

REBOUNDS BY

THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT SHOULD CHANGE THE FED

RATES FOR THE

THIRD TIME THIS YEAR.

> NOW THERE ARE ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENT DEVICES TO REPAIR

MUSCLES

AND BONES. ACCORDING TO THE

LONDON

TELEGRAPH, THE INVENTOR

BELIEVES THE

DEVICES WILL BE INJECTING IN

HUMAN

BODIES AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO

CONTROL

THINGS AROUND THEM. THAT IS

SIMPLY BY

THOUGHT OR GESTURE.

Terry: THE QUESTION BEGINS.

THE QUESTION IS OF COURSE

WHERE DOES

THAT END AND WHERE IS IT

TAKING US.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

STILL AHEAD, LAUNCHING A

COUNTER

ATTACK ON SOMETHING THAT IS

CLAIMING

THE LIVES OF OUR VETERANS.

WARRIORS COME TO THIS

PLACE BECAUSE

THERE IS HOPE AND THIS WHERE

HEALING

IS.

OPERATION RESTORED

WARRIOR, AFTER

THIS.

THIS.

Terry: THIS IS A STARTELING

STATISTIC.

IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT A

MILITARY

VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE EACH

HOUR OF

EVERY DAY. ONE ORGANIZATION

HOPES TO

CHANGE THAT BY HELPING THEM

FIGHT

THEIR WAY BACK TO

RESTORATION. MARK

MARTIN BRINGS US THAT STORY..

VETERANS FIGHTING OVERSEAS

FIGHT

NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT

EMOTIONALLY AS

WELL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO

MAKE LIFE

BACK AT HOME. CBN NEWS

TRAVELED TO THE

HEART OF COLORADO.

WITH ITS WIDE OPEN SPACES AND

LARGE

HORSE CORRAL, THEY RESEMBLE

THE

MIDWEST.

OPERATION RESTORED WARRIOR IS

A PLACE

FOR HEALING.

WHERE CORE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

CALLED

THE "DROP ZONE".

THE DROP ZONE IS WHERE YOU

TAKE THAT

GROUND. VERY OFTEN IN THESE

ENVIRONMENTS WE CALL IT A

RETREAT. I'M

GOING TO A RETREAT.

SO THAT TERM BROUGHT TO US

WHY ARE WE

RETREATING. NOW WE CALL IT A

COUNTER

ATTACK THAT APPEALS TO

WARRIORS..

THAT COUNTER ATTACK IS

REFUGE,

REBUILD AND RESTORE.

THEY COME HERE BECAUSE

IT'S A PLACE

TO OFFER HOPE.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THEY

KNOW THERE

IS SOME HOPE AND WHEN THEY

GET HERE

THEY FIND OUT THIS IS WHERE

HEALING IS

AND WHERE HOPE AND HEALING IS

HERE

BECAUSE JESUS IS HERE.

THE INTENSIVE PROGRAM

TARGETS

AREAS OF THE HEART THAT NEEDS

HEALING.

PSYCHOLOGY REVEALS JESUS

HEALS AND

IT'S BEEN PROVEN HUNDREDS OF

TIMES.

NAVY VETERAN PAUL WILLIAMS,

IT CAN BE

A LIFESAVER.

I HAD WRITTEN A NOTE AND I

WAS

READY TO GO.

IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK TO MY

TRUCK TO

GO GET THE GUN AND IT WASN'T

THERE.

SO, I JUST START PRAISING

JESUS WITH

MY PRAISING WORSHIP MUSIC.

I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED

TO GIVE

THIS OPERATION RESTORED

WARRIOR A SHOT.

THAT LED TO VICTORY.

I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM ALL

THE

TRASH THAT I HAD BEEN

CARRYING AND IT

FELT SO GOOD TO FINALLY JUST

LET IT

OUT.

I CAN'T THANK THIS

ORGANIZATION

ENOUGH. I CAME HERE FIGHTING

MORE MY

LIFE.

I'M GOING TO WALK AWAY A

CHAMPION.

I OWE THEM A LOT AND I'M

SUPER

THANKFUL FOR IT..

FORMER ATHEIST PAUL

STARTED THIS

PROGRAM 9 YEARS AGO.

JESUS PUT IT IN MY HEART

WITH A

GIFT TO RESCUE PEOPLE. I FELT

I HAD A

UNIQUE GIFT TO HEALING AS

WELL. I HAD

NO IDEA THAT IT HAD TO DO

WITH

ANYTHING SPIRITUAL. IN 2008,

I JUST

FELT THIS NUDGE THAT I HAD TO

DO

SOMETHING.

ORW, OUR FOCUS IS TO HEAL.

HE DEALT WITH SUICIDAL

THOUGHTS

BEFORE COMING TO ORW.

I WAS DEFINITELY A BROKEN

MAN,

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WITH A

LOT OF

ANGER AND JUST FELT LOST.

I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE MY

PLACE

WAS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO

FIND MY

PLACE EITHER.

HE TURNED TO CHRIST IN THE

DROP

ZONE AND DECIDED TO GET

BAPTIZED.

JORDAN CAME TO ME AND SAID

YOU

ACCEPTED HIM INTO YOUR LIFE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW THE

ACTION OF

IT? I SAID ABSOLUTELY, I

WOULD LOVE

TO.

RETIRED STEVE ALSO

ACCEPTED THE

PROGRAM..

THEY NOT ONLY HELP, THEY

HEAL.

I'M TELLING YOU IT'S TRUE.

BUILDING UP THE FAITH OF

THE MEN

ALSO ALLOWS FOR RECREATION

ACTIVITIES.

IT ALSO NOURISHES THE SOUL.

THE REASON WE DO THE

ACTIVITIES IS

THAT IT'S PART FOR MAN TO

HAVE

ADVENTURE IN LIFE. IT'S ONE

OF THE

CORE DESIRES OF A MAN. AS

PART OF THIS

RESTORATION PROCESS, WE WANT

TO REMIND

YOU THAT THERE IS ADVENTURE

OUT THERE.

THIS IS THE DROP ZONE

FACILITATOR.

HE ONCE TOO THOUGHT ABOUT

TAKING HIS

LIFE AND UNDERSTAND THE URGE

FOR

SUICIDE.

HE ENCOURAGES THOSE TO COME

TO THIS

PROGRAM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE..

DON'T WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT

TO REACH

OUT TO ASK FOR HELP. I USED

TO THINK I

WAS 10 FEET TALL AND BULLET

PROOF. YOU

CAN SURMISE WHAT I DID IN THE

AFTERNOON, BUT WHEN I REACHED

OUT, I

REALIZED I WAS STRONGER THAN

I WAS AND

IF YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND

LEARN

WHAT JESUS IS ALL ABOUT AND

LET JESUS

TAKE IT FROM THERE.

OUR WARRIORS HAVE GIVEN

THEIR ALL

AND COME HOME AND TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT

HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIFE.

I HAVE COME ACROSS THREE

FORMER

MILITARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE

TAKEN THEIR

LIFE BECAUSE OF PTSD.

OUR PROGRAM AT CBN IS

SUPPORTING THIS

ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE

STRONG

BELIEVERS FOR WHAT THEY ARE

DOING AND

THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT

POSSIBLE.

MEET PATRICK, HE'S AN

INFANTRY SOLDIER

AND NEWLY WED TO CHRISTINA.

WE GAVE THIS COUPLE A MUCH

NEEDED HAND

UP.

PATRICK AND CHRISTINA

DIDN'T HAVE

MUCH TIME TO SETTLE INTO

MARRIED LIFE.

PATRICK IS AN INFANTRY

SOLDIER AND

SCHEDULED TO LEAVE IN 6

MONTHS..

WHAT HE DOES IS SCARY, BUT

HE'S

WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE

COUNTRY

THAT HE LOVES..

BOTH OF THEM SAY WHAT

REALLY SEE'S

THEM THROUGH IS PRAYER..

I PRAY ALL THE TIME. I

PRAY THAT

SHE'S SAFE AND HE KEEPS ME AS

WELL.

I HAVE LEFT SEVERAL TIMES.

GOD KEEPS US STRONG AND

KEEPING ME

STRONG AND KEEPS ME CALM AND

KEEPS ME

GOING..

THEY ARE ALSO PRAYING FOR

THEIR

FINANCES, AS THEY LIVE ON HIS

SALARY

AND SHE WORKS PART-TIME AND

GOES TO

SCHOOL. THE COUPLE COULDN'T

AFFORD TO

BUY FURNITURE TO GET THEIR

HOUSE

TOGETHER..

WHEN I LEAVE, I DON'T WANT

HER

SITTING ON THE FLOOR.

I DON'T WANT HER TO HAVE ANY

ISSUES TO

WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT SCHOOL AND

HER JOB

WHEN I'M GONE.

THE COUPLE ATTENDED

PREMARITAL

COUNSELING WITH MINISTRY

LEADERS

MICHELLE BOWEN. THEY

CONTACTED US AND

WE STARTED PLANNING.

DON AND MICHELLE INVITED THE

NEWLY

WEDS TO THEIR HOME.

IT FIXED EVERYTHING.

HELP ON THE HOME FRONT

WANTS TO BUY

YOU FURNITURE AND BLESS YOU

ALL WITH

SOME FURNITURE.

AS A NEWLY WED COUPLE GOING

INTO

DEPLOYMENT, MAYBE YOU CAN PUT

THAT

MONEY INTO SAVINGS.

YOU GOT YOURSELF A HOME.

ISN'T THAT AWESOME?

YES, THIS IS AWESOME.

YEAH.

AFTER ARRANGING TO FIX THE

TRUCK,

THEY WENT TO ASHLEY HOME

FURNITURE TO

PICK OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED.

ASHLEY WAS HAPPY TO GIVE CBN

A

DISCOUNT.

THE NEWLY WEDS WERE ABLE TO

ENJOY

THEIR NEW HOME..

THIS IS A WONDERFUL

BLESSING.

I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO DO

IT.

Terry: THANK YOU, CBN

PARTNERS, YOU

ARE THE ONES WHO ARE

SUPPORTING ALL

THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH

VETERANS WHO

ARE RETURNING HOME AND TRYING

TO

PROCESS BACK INTO LIFE AFTER

TRAUMA AS

WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE

CURRENTLY

SERVING IN THE MILITARY WHO

ARE

HELPING THE HOME FRONT

PROGRAM. HOW DO

YOU BECOME A CBN CLUB MEMBER?

YOU GO

TO THE PHONE AND JUST SAY, I

WANT TO

JOIN THE "700 CLUB". THAT'S

MEMBER:

$20 A MONTH, JUST $0.65 A DAY

WHICH

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH.

BUT WHEN YOU AND I LINK ARMS

TOGETHER,

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN

THE

PEOPLE'S LIVES WHO ARE IN

NEED AND

NEED A HAND UP.

I WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE A PART

OF THAT.

WOULD YOU GO TO YOUR PHONE TO

DO THAT.

TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:

1-800-700-7000. IT'S EASY TO

REMEMBER.

YOU CAN ALSO JOINS US BY

LOGGING ONTO

CBN.COM.

ALSO TO THANK YOU, WE'LL SEND

YOU

PAT'S LATEST DVD.

WE NEED TO ALL BE IN THE WORD

AND

LIVING BY THE WORD. GET THIS

NOW AND

AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL

HAVE THE

SATISFACTION KNOWING YOU ARE

MAKING A

HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES

OF OTHERS.

COMING UP, ONE COUPLE

STRUGGLES WITH

INFERTILITY.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN TO US.

WE ARE JUST FOOLS.

I STRUGGLED WITH GOD

DURING THAT

TIME BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS

SO MEAN.

SEE THE BEAUTIFUL END TO

THEIR

STORY THAT WENT TO MORE THAN

20 YEARS

IN THE MAKING. THAT'S NEXT.

Terry: THANK YOU ALL, CBN

Terry: THANK YOU ALL, CBN

PARTNERS.

WE ARE ABLE TO BE THERE

DURING THESE

NATURAL DISASTERS BECAUSE OF

YOUR

KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AND

GENEROSITY. WE SAY THANK YOU..

WELL, OUR NEXT STORY COMES

FROM THE

TEAM AT MOVING WORKS. IT'S

BEEN SEEN

BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OUR

LIVES.

IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO

LIKES TO

SPEND TIME WITH GOD. THIS IS

A PROMISE

THAT CAME TRUE MORE THAN 20

YEARS

LATER. TAKE A LOOK..

I GREW UP WITH MY PARENTS

ON THEIR

PROPERTY. I LOVE NATURE.

I WOULD BE TALKING TO GOD AND

WE WOULD

BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION

AND I

DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS STRANGE

OR

UNUSUAL. I WOULD JUST PRAY TO

HIM AND

HE WOULD SPEAK TO ME.

I WAS ABOUT 10-12 YEARS OLD.

IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE DAY, GOD GIVES

ME A VERY

VIVID PICTURE OF A LITTLE

GIRL.

I'M SWINGING HER AROUND IN MY

PARENT

'S YARD.

GOD SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE

YOUR

DAUGHTER AND HER NAME IS

GOING TO BE

CHLOE.

WHILE I WAS GROWING

TOGETHER, HE

MOVED TO TOWN THE YEAR I WAS

BORN.

WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER MY

WHOLE LIFE.

WHEN I WAS TEN, WE MOVED

RIGHT ACROSS

THE PASTURE FROM HIM.

HE WAS IN MY AGE GROUP.

I WENT TO A UNIVERSITY 30

MINUTES FROM

WHERE HE WAS LIVING. HE CAME

TO HELP

ME GET SETTLED AND INTO A

CHURCH. WE

STARTED SPENDING MORE TIME

TOGETHER

AND WE WERE SITTING IN HIS

CAR TALKING

ABOUT WHAT OUR DREAMS WERE

FOR THE

FUTURE. I SAID GOD WANTED TO

MAKE ME A

MOM. THAT'S MORE THAN I

WANTED.

I HAD A NAME PICKED OUT FOR

MY

DAUGHTER AND HE SAID, I DO

TOO.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS WEIRD.

I THOUGHT, WHAT'S HER

NAME? AND

SHE SAID CHLOE.

HE SAID, YOU ARE NOT GOING

TO

BELIEVE THIS.

GOD GAVE ME THE NAME CHLOE.

IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE. IN

HIS

DREAM HE THOUGHT HE WOULD

MARRY A

WOMAN WITH OLIVE SKIN.

I THINK WE KNEW EARLY ON

WE WERE

GOING TO GET MARRIED. IT FELT

LIKE

HOME TO ME FROM THE VERY

BEGINNING. I

FELT, THIS IS WHERE I BELONG

WITH THIS

GUY.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED, WE

DECIDED

WE WANTED TO WAIT A LITTLE

WHILE TO

HAVE CHILDREN.

WE DECIDED TO TRAVEL WITH

SOME

MINISTRIES. WE THOUGHT IT

WOULD HAPPEN

IMMEDIATELY.

MONTHS TURNED INTO YEARS AND

PRETTY

SOON WE WERE FOUR YEARS INTO

TRYING

AND STILL NOTHING.

I HAD ALWAYS CLUNG ONTO

THIS

PROMISE THAT GOD WOULD GIVE

ME ABOUT

MY DAUGHTER, BUT IT WAS

STARTING TO

GET HARD TO WAIT.

IT WAS REALLY HARD.

IT WAS REALLY, I DON'T KNOW,

I THINK I

STRUGGLED WITH QUESTIONING

GOD'S

GOODNESS IN THAT TIME BECAUSE

I JUST

FELT IT WAS SO MEAN, LIKE

SUCH A MEAN

THING TO DO.

YEAH.

SORRY.

YEAH, SO THERE WAS AT LEAST A

FOUR 1/2

YEAR PERIOD THAT I WOULD SAY

IT WAS

REALLY HARD ON US

INDIVIDUALLY, IN OUR

MARRIAGE AND ALSO LIKE THE

WAY WE WERE

RELATING WITH GOD ESPECIALLY

FOR ME. I

FELT LIKE IS GOD GOOD EVEN

THOUGH WHEN

HE'S NOT DOING THINGS THAT I

WOULD SAY

IS GOOD.

ALL OF HER CHILDREN WERE

HAVING

KIDS AND SHE WOULD JUST SMILE

AND

EVERY TIME WE HEARD ABOUT

PEOPLE

HAVING KIDS, WE WERE

DEVASTATED

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN TO

US. WE ARE FOOLS AND WE WANT

KIDS AND

THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAD FRIENDS PRAYING FOR

US. THEY

SAID THIS GROUP I'M PART OF

IS PRAYING

FOR YOU GUYS.

THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL TO

FEEL THE

BODY OF CHRIST IN A LARGER

SCALE LIKE

STANDING WITH YOU THROUGH

SOMETHING..

SHE SAID, MAYBE WE ARE

SUPPOSED TO

ADOPT. I WAS ADAMANT ABOUT

THAT

SITUATION.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO

ADOPT?

I SAID, I DON'T WANT, I

CALLED IT A

BAND AID BABY.

I DIDN'T WANT JUST A FIX. I

DIDN'T

WANT JUST SOME KID.

I WANTED THE KID THAT WE WERE

SUPPOSED

TO HAVE.

GOD PROGRESSED ME FROM BEING

ADAMANT

TO ADOPTION. I SAID, YOU

KNOW, I WANT

THE KID THAT GOD WANTS. MAYBE

IT'S NOT

SUPPOSED TO COME THROUGH

BIOLOGICAL

MEANS, MAYBE IT'S SUPPOSED TO

BE

ADOPTION..

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK WE ARE VERY

EXCITED TO

ADOPT, BUT WAITING WILL BE

HARD..

I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT WHILE

WE WERE

AT HIS SISTERS HOUSE THERE

WAS AN

E-MAIL AND IT SAID IT'S A

GIRL.

IT WAS FROM THE ADOPTION

AGENCY AND

IT SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO BE

PARENTS.

I LOOKED AT THE E-MAIL AND I

COULDN'T

BELIEVE IT..

AMY GETS THIS -- E-MAIL

AND IS

SUPER EXCITED. I THOUGHT I'M

GOING TO

WAIT AND SEE.

THE NAME CHLOE IS COMPLETELY

OFF THE

TABLE. WE'VE ABANDONED IT.

WE DECIDED IT WAS A FLUKE

THING, A

COINCIDENCE THAT WE LIKED

THAT NAME.

IT WAS NOTHING. WE EVEN

TALKED ABOUT A

DIFFERENT NAME.

THE SOCIAL WORKER WORKING

WITH US AND

SAID THE BIRTH MOTHER WOULD

LIKE TO

MEET WITH YOU BEFORE SHE HAS

THE BABY.

WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE

TRIP TO

UTAH.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE

YOU

NERVOUS?

WE WENT TO THE HOW --

HOUSE WHERE

SHE WAS LIVING AND SHE OPENED

THE DOOR.

SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND IT

WAS THIS

LITTLE GIRL GROWN UP VERSION

IN MY

DREAM.

IN THAT SECOND, THAT NAME WAS

BACK ON

THE TABLE..

WE WASN'T TO TALK WITH HER

FOR

ABOUT 3 HOURS OR SO.

WE ASKED HER HAVE YOU THOUGHT

ABOUT A

NAME? SHE SAID, YES, I WAS

THINKING

ABOUT CALLING HER CHLOE.

WE WERE BOTH FLOORED.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

I JUST KNOW I WAS UGLY

CRYING..

WE WERE WEEPING AND SHE

SAID, YOU

HATE THE NAME? I SAID NO, WE

LOVE

THIS NAME.

GOD TOLD US THAT WE LOVE THIS

GAME.

I WANT TO NAME HER CHLOE.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD

STICK WITH

IT AND MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE

SOMETHING

ELSE. THAT'S WHY I PUT IT OUT

THERE TO

CALL HER CHLOE. AND I SAID,

OKAY, I'M

SORRY.

ALL THOSE DOUBTS ABOUT

HAVING THE

BAND AID BABY WERE OUT OF THE

WINDOW.

IT FELT LIKE I JUST HAD FULL

BODY

SHIVERS. IT WAS LIKE THE HOLY

SPIRIT

WAS JUST RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS SO MUCH A GOD

THING THAT'S

GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR IT

FOR A

LONG TIME. BEFORE YOU EVEN

CONCEIVED,

WE KNEW YOUR NAME AND I THINK

WE KNOW

WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK

LIKE, I

DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL SEE.

I LOVE IT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING

YOU.

THIS SURREAL PRESENCE OF

GOD WAS

WITH US AND I FELT HIM

SAYING, DO YOU

SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU? I

HAVE BEEN

WRITING THIS STORY.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I HAVE BEEN

WRITING

THIS STORY FOR YEARS SINCE

WALT WAS A

KID..

ARE YOU NERVOUS?

A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS CRAZY NERVOUS THAT

MORNING. I

REMEMBER GOING TO THE

HOSPITAL AND ALL

OF A SUDDEN IT WAS HAPPENING

AND THE

DOCTOR CAME AND SAID, OKAY,

SHE IS

READY.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY

NOW.

I REMEMBER BUSTLING AROUND

AND CHLOE

WAS THERE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS THERE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I'M GOOD..

AFTER YEARS OF

ANTICIPATING THIS

CHILD, SHE'S FINALLY HERE..

I REMEMBER HOLDING HER AND

LOOKING

AT HER FACE THINKING I'M YOUR

MOM. IT

FELT SO WEIRD TO SAY THOSE

WORDS.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, I'M THE

FATHER OF

THIS CHILD AND I'M COMPLETELY

OWNING

IT.

WE ARE JUST AMAZED AT WHAT

GOD HAS

DONE..

HE WAS WHISPERING TO ME IN

THAT

MOMENT SAYING I HAVE BEEN

HERE THAT

WHOLE TIME WALKING WITH YOU

SAYING

TRUST ME, TRUST ME, TRUST ME.

I HAVE

GOT SOMETHING GOOD UP AHEAD..

IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE

TO FIT IN

HIS SOVEREIGNTY AND WHEN

EVERYTHING IS

FALLING APART IN YOUR MIND,

JUST TO

WAIT.

THERE WERE SO MANY PATIO

EM --

PEOPLE THAT GOT TO CELEBRATE

WITH US.

I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER

OF

PEOPLE WHO CAME WHO SAID THEY

HAD

PRAYED FOR US AND WAITED FOR

THIS BABY

WITH US AND HOW OUR PRAYING

HAD SPOKEN

TO THEM.

IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE

BABY, BUT ALL

THE PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTED TO

TOUCH

AND ENCOURAGE THROUGH THIS

BLESSED

CENTER.

IT'S NOT RANDOM. IT'S

AMAZING. IT'S

A MIRACLE.

THIS ONLY SPEAKS OF GOD.

PEOPLE CAN

SAY, IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE,

YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME OF THAT.

I THINK GOD IS INCREDIBLE.

I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THE

WAY THAT

HE BLENDS THE STARS WITH HIS

FACE AND

THAT SAME GOD WHO KEEPS THE

WORLD FROM

FALLING APART. HE LOVES ME.

WITH OR WITHOUT US HAVING A

CHILD,

THAT'S WHAT HE TAUGHT ME

THROUGH THIS.

HE LOVES ME AND I CAN BE SO

SECURE IN

THAT LOVE, AND TO BE ABLE TO

TRUST

THAT IT'S THE GREATEST GIFT.

Terry: THIS IS WALT AND

ANNE'S STORY

BUT IN ALL SENSE, THIS IS OUR

STORY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

WAITING FOR

IN YOUR LIFE, BUT IS IT

GOODNESS WHEN

GOD'S PLANS AWAITS FOR US.

WALK IN THAT AND NOT BE

WEARY, THOUGH

RUN AND NOT FAINT.

WAIT ON THE LORD. ANOTHER

WORD FOR

SAFE IS TRUST.

IS TRUSTING THAT HE IS GOOD.

THAT THE GOOD HE PROMISES TO

THOSE WHO

LOVE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSES ARE

TRUE, ARE REAL, ARE AVAILABLE.

GOD KNOWS YOUR NAME.

JUST LIKE HE KNEW CHLOE'S

NAME AND

JUST LIKE HE KNEW WALT AND

ANNE'S

NAME. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK

OUR

FRIENDS AT THE CHRISTIAN

MINISTRY.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL

VERSION OF

CHLOE AND OTHER SHOWS LIKE

THIS FOR

FREE AT THEIR WEBSITE MOVING

WORKS.ORG.

SHE WAS MORE THAN JUST AN

ACTRESS,

SHE'S A CANCER SURVIVOR.

SHE TELLS US HER STORY WHEN

.

WELCOME BACK TO THE "700

CLUB".

THE DEATH TOLL IS STILL

CLIMBING IN

SOMALIA. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE

WERE

KILLED AND MANY SERIOUSLY

HURT

SATURDAY. IT WAS THE WORSE

EVER

POWERFUL BOMB BLAST.

NO ONE IS CLAIMING

RESPONSIBILITY FOR

THE ATTACK. BUT THE

GOVERNMENT IS

BLAMING THE EXTREMIST GROUP

AL-QAIDA..

THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN

WITH

SPECIAL NEEDS AND BEING

DENIED MEDICAL

ATTENTION AND THERAPY.

PARENTS ARE OFTEN FORCED TO

LEAVE

THEIR CAREERS AND CARE FOR

THEIR KIDS.

"ORPHAN'S PROMISE" THROUGH A

GROUP

CALLED FEED THE LIGHT

INCLUDING

SERVICES AND HELPING FAMILIES

AT NO

COST. THEY ARE NOW ENJOYING

THEIR

LIVES. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT

CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL. TERRY

WILL BE

RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.

RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.

Terry: A REUNION SHOW FOR

SATURDAY

NIGHT LIVE, VICTORIA JACKSON

HAD A

MEMORABLE ONE LINER.

"WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME? ".

SHE SAYS SHE NO LONGER WANTS

TO BE

SILENT.

VICTORIA JACKSON,

DELIGHTED

AUDIENCES DURING HER 6 YEARS

ON

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

A NAGGING COUGH FORCED HER TO

SEE A

DOCTOR AND TESTS SHOWED SHE

HAD STAGE

3 BREAST CANCER. SHE USED HER

HUMOR TO

GET THROUGH THIS CANCER SCARE

IN HER

LIFE.

Terry: IT'S GREAT TO HAVE

YOU HERE.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED

WITH CANCER,

I WANT TO SAY YOU WRITE SO

POIGNANTLY

ABOUT IT, AND WHAT PEOPLE

THINK WHEN

I'M DIAGNOSED WHAT CAUSED IT.

RIGHT, YOU KNOW YOU SAY IS

IT THE

SUGAR AND IS IT STRESS. YOU

THINK OF

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE

SINCE YOU

WERE BORN.

EXACTLY.

AND THEN COMES THE MOMENT

WHICH I

THINK IS THE HARDEST PART OF

IT, WELL,

IT'S ALL HARD, MAYBE ONE OF

THE

HARDEST PARTS.

IS HAVING TO DECIDE THE

TREATMENT THAT

THEY LEAVE IT TO YOU FOR THE

TREATMENT

DECISION..

FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE

TELLING YOU

TAKE THE CHEMO, DON'T TAKE

THE CHEMO

AND TAKE THE RADIATION AND

DON'T TAKE

THE RADIATION. HOW DID YOU

DEAL WITH

THAT?

I WENT INTO MY PRAYER

CLOSET.

SORRY, I'M LOOKING IN THE

MIRROR. I

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR.

YOU LOOK GREAT..

I'M A LITTLE DISTRACTED.

WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE WAR

ROOM, I

WAS INSPIRED TO MAKE A CLOSET

INTO A

PRAYER ROOM AND I HAVE THIS

WRITING ON

THE WALL AND IT SAYS "CANCER"

ON THE

WALL WITH A SHARPY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I ASKED MY ONCOLOGIST WHAT

CAN I NOT

DO SO I DON'T GET IT AGAIN?

HE SAID,

THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR

QUESTION.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT WHAT

CAUSES IT.

HALF OF MY FRIENDS DRANK AND

SMOKE AND

HALF OF THEM DIDN'T AND THEY

HAVE

BREAST CANCER.

HOW DO YOU PUT THAT

ALTOGETHER?

YEAH. I WENT TO THE LORD

AND SAID,

HOW COME MY FRIENDS HAVE

CHEMO AND

THEY LOVE YOU.

THE NEXT DAY, I WALKED INTO A

RESTAURANT AND MY FRIEND

MANDY SHAVED

HER HEAD IN HONOR OF HER

FRIEND WHO

WAS DYING OF CANCER WHEN I

WAS

DIAGNOSED. THE LORD

SOMETIMES, HE

DOESN'T HEAL PEOPLE.

EXACTLY.

IT'S UP TO HIM. TO ME IT'S

TO LOVE

CHRIST.

IT'S A WIN WIN IF YOU ARE A

BELIEVE. I

WANTED TO LIVE THAT VERSE,

NOT JUST

KNOW IT BY HEART.

I WANTED TO LIVE IT.

I SHOULD BE HAPPY IF I'M

GOING TO SEE

THE LORD THIS YEAR.

YOU RAN INTO YOUR FRIEND

IN THE

COFFEE SHOP. IT WAS LIKE THE

STORY WE

JUST SAW WHERE GOD SENSED A

WORD AT

THE MOMENT THAT YOU NEEDED IT.

YEAH, EXACTLY, THE NEXT

DAY.

AFTER I ASKED FOR A SIGN. I

RAN INTO

MANDY, HER HEAD IS SHAVED AND

I SAID,

MANDY, I HAVE CANCER.

SHE SAID WHAT, GET CHEMO..

THAT'S INTERESTING.

I SAID WHY DID YOU SAY THAT

TO ME?

BECAUSE JOEY DIDN'T GET IT

BECAUSE

SHE HAD A NEW BABY AND SHE

WANTED TO

BREAST-FEED HIM.

IT'S HARD TO MAKE THESE BIG

DECISIONS

AND WE HAVE TO ASK GOD..

ALONG THE WAY YOU HAVE ALL

OF THESE

OTHER THINGS THAT ARE

HAPPENING LIKE

HAIR LOSS WHICH IS NO FUN FOR

ANYBODY.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD

A RAGGEDY

ANNE WIG.

I LIKED THAT.

I WORE IT TO THE DOCTOR ONE

TIME.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE NURSE.

I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT

FIT MY

PERSONALITY LIKE THE SCARF

THING. I

WAS LIKE A FORTUNE TELLER AND

PEOPLE

WOULD TELL ME TO READ THEIR

PALM.

IF YOU DO IT LONG ENOUGH, YOU

MAY GET

A BIG TIP.

BUT I FELT COMFORTABLE IN

THIS LAVISH

WIG AND THE OTHER REASON IS I

WROTE

THIS LOVE SONG TO MY HUSBAND.

YOU ARE ALSO VERY CANDID

ABOUT YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR

HUSBAND AND THE

THING THAT SWINGS US IN LIFE

IN ONE

WAY OR ANOTHER. WAS IT HARD

TO SAY,

WHAT DO I SAY?

YEAH, MY FAMILY WAS WHAT

DO YOU

CALL IT?

REAL..

MY FAMILY THOUGHT I WAS

WAY TOO

CANDID, BUT MY PUBLISHER

THOUGHT I WAS

OKAY.

WHEN I WAS IN CLASS, THEY

SAID USE

DETAILS. SO, I DID.

MAYBE TOO MANY DETAILS. I

TOLD MY

HUSBAND, LET'S WRITE A BOOK

AFTER THIS

ONE.

HOW GOD SAVED OUR MARRIAGE.

AND YOU CAN EXPRESS HOW YOU

FELT ABOUT

THE DETAILS, WHATEVER.

BUT THE THING IS WE ARE STILL

MARRIED

AND 1 DAY AT A TIME.

MARRIAGE IS HARD AND

ESPECIALLY WHEN

YOU GO THROUGH BREAST CANCER.

MY ONCOLOGIST SAYS HALF THE

MARRIAGES

DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH.

Terry: IT'S ALL 1 DAY AT A

TIME,

ISN'T IT?

YES.

THE OTHER THING THAT

STRUCK ME IN

YOUR BOOK BECAUSE YOU ARE SO

FUNNY AND

SEE LIFE IN A WAY THAT IS

MORE

PALATABLE FOR THE REST OF US.

YOU HAVE

THE READER LAUGHING IN 1

MINUTE AND

THEN YOU DROPPED IN A

POWERFUL

SCRIPTURE THAT MAKES YOU GO,

OH, YES..

WE HAVE THESE WEAKNESSES

AND SINS

AND JOKES.

BUT THE BIBLE IS LIKE THE

ROCK. HIS

WORD, JESUS IS THE WORD,

RIGHT?

YES.

THE WORD GETS EVERYTHING

TO CALM

DOWN.

IT BRINGS EVERYTHING IN

PERSPECTIVE.

EXACTLY.

YOU BROUGHT YOUR INSTRUMENT

WITH YOU.

I HAD TO DO THIS SOMEHOW..

PLAY SOME FOR US.

I WROTE THIS SONG.

MY HAIR WAS GRAY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS BLONDE.

SHE SAYS IT'S NOT GRAY, IT'S

LAVENDER.

YOU KNOW HOW IT'S THE NEW

STYLE AND MY

HUSBAND OUT OF THE CORNER OF

MY EYES

IS SAYING, YEAH, IT'S SO

LAVENDER.

I THOUGHT WASN'T THAT CUTE

THAT HE WAS

TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL

PRETTY. SO, I

WROTE THIS TO HIM..

HE SEE'S ME EXHAUSTED NOT

HEAVY.

HE HEARS ME WISE.

HE THINKS I'M TERRIFIC WHEN I

SEE

NOTHING AT ALL. HE'S SEEING

ME AS

FUNNY AND NOT SILLY AND

GRACEFUL AS

FRED A STAIR.

HE DOESN'T NOTICE THE GRAY,

BUT SAYS I

HAVE LAVENDER HAIR.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TAKE

AWAY FROM

WOMEN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING

WHAT YOU

DID FOR WOMEN WITH LAVENDER

HAIR.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE

AWAY FROM

THE BOOK?

I WANT THEM TO TAKE AWAY

FROM THE

BOOK ROMANS 8: 28. I WANT

THEM TO

KNOW THAT IF THEY ARE A

BELIEVER, IT'S

A WIN WIN NO MATTER WHAT

HAPPENS..

IT'S A GREAT BOOK.

THANK YOU..

THERE IS MORE TO

VICTORIA'S STORY.

WE ARE SKIMMING THE SURFACE,

THE BOOK

IS CALLED "LAVENDER HAIR 21

DEVOTIONS

FOR WOMEN".

GET YOUR COPY. WE ARE GOING

TO BE BACK

TO PRAY FOR YOUR NEEDS WHEN

WE COME

BACK.

Terry: I WANT TO STRENGTHEN

Terry: I WANT TO STRENGTHEN

YOUR

FAITH WITH A COUPLE OF PRAYER

REPORTS.

DORIS RECEIVED A CALL THAT

HER NEPHEW

BRAD RECEIVED A TERRIBLE

INJURY. HE

HAD MASSIVE BLEEDING IN HIS

BRAIN.

SHE CALLED FOR HELP AS

DOCTORS SAID HE

HAD TO GO INTO SURGERY.

BRAD WAS HEALED.

HIS DOCTOR SAID I THOUGHT I

WAS TO

OPERATE, BUT HE WAS HEALED.

PAT NEEDED PRAYER FOR

ATRIAL

FIBRILLATION.

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD

AND

IMMEDIATELY HE FELT HEALED

AND HAD NO

HEART PROBLEMS AND DOES NOT

NEED

ANYMORE MEDICATION.

LET'S PRAY FOR THE GOD THAT

WE SERVE

AND ASK HIM TO MOVE WITH

WHATEVER YOUR

NEEDS MIGHT BE.

FATHER, WHAT WONDERFUL

STORIES WE HAVE

BEEN ABLE TO WATCH TODAY AS

WE HEARD

AGAIN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE

WRITING

OUR STORY TODAY AND ALREADY

IN OUR

TOMORROW. YOU KNOW OUR STORY

IN THE

PALM OF YOUR HAND THAT THERE

IS NOT A

THOUGHT OR PLACE THAT WE GO

OR THING

WE DO THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

WE BRING TO YOU TODAY GOD OUR

NEEDS TO

THOSE WHO ARE SICK, THOSE WHO

ARE

QUESTIONING TREATMENT

OPTIONS, THOSE

WHO ARE FEARFUL OF DEATH GOD,

WE PRAY

FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING

WITH

ADDICTIONS. AND TO THE LIVES

OF THE

SOUL OF PEOPLE BRING US

CLOSER TO YOU

AND YOUR POWER.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. WE LIVE

YOU WITH

THIS PRAYER.

"BUT THANKS BE TO GOD! HE

GIVES US

THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD

JESUS

CHRIST." (1 CORINTHIANS

15:57, NIV)

GOD BLESS YOU.

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