Gordon: A STAR

FOOTBALL PLAYER PICKS UP A

BAD HABITMENT.

>HABIT.

I STARTED TO FEEL LIKE

A LOSER AND I BECAME A

DRUG ADDICT.

Gordon: FIND OUT WHY

HIS ATTORNEY HELPS HIM GET

CLEAN.

I WAS GETTING POKED ON

THE SHOULDER AND HE SAID,

IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING,

PEOPLE ARE GO TO DIE.

Gordon: PLUS...A

CHILD IS FORCED TO BE A

SOLDIER.

SEE HOW HE FOUND FREEDOM

AND FORGIVENESS.

I PRAYED ALL OF THE

TIME, GOD, GET ME OUT OF

HERE, PLEASE GET ME OUT OF

HERE.

Gordon: ALL ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

A HOMELESS MAN HAS BECOME

A NATIONAL CELEBRITY AFTER

HELPING A STRANDED DRIVER

ON THE SIDE OF A

PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.

JOHNNIE BOBBET, JR. IS A

MARINE CORP VETERAN.

HE FELL ON HARD TIMES AND

HAS BEEN HOMELESS FOR

ABOUT A YEAR WHEN HE MET

KATE McCLURE.

Terry: KATE HAD RUN

OUT OF GAS ON I-95.

JOHNNIE APPROACHED HER,

TELLING HER TO GET OUT OF

THE CAR AND LOCK THE

DOORS.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE

APPEARED WITH A RED GAS

CAN, USING HIS LAST $20 TO

FILL UP HER CAR.

GRATEFUL, BUT WITHOUT A

DOLLAR TO PAY HIM, SHE

SAID SHE WOULD RETURN TO

REPAY HIM.

SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO DO

SOMETHING TO HELP HIM GET

BACK ON HIS FEET.

A GO FUND ME WAS LAUNCHED

AND HAS RAISED CLOSE TO

$400,000.

WOW!

Gordon: GOOD DEEDS DO

GET REWARDED.

Terry: YOU KNOW, IN

BOTH CASES.

BECAUSE KATE COULD HAVE

DRIVEN OFF AND BEEN

WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT

NEVER TAKEN THE TIME TO DO

WHAT SHE SAID SHE WAS

GOING TO.

SO KUDOS TO YOU.

THAT'S A WONDERFUL

GESTURE.

Gordon: AND KUDOS TO

EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE

GO FUND ME, TO GIVE

SOMEBODY NOT JUST A

HANDOUT, BUT THAT IS GOING

TO BE A HAND-UP TO GET HIM

BACK ON HIS FEET.

WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO

DO.

Terry: IT IS A GREAT

STORY OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

> A REGISTERED NURSE HAS

BECOME AN ONLINE CELEBRITY

AFTER DEDICATING HER TIME

TO HELP A YOUNG MAN WHO

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

NURSE ELAINE LEVY NOT ONLY

TOOK CARE OF JOSH, BUT

PLANNED AN EPIC SURPRISE.

TAKE A LOOK.

*

HI, MY NAME IS ELAINE

LEVY, AND I'M A REGISTERED

NURSE IN ATLANTA.

I SAW A GO FUND ME PAGE

THAT WAS LOOKING TO RAISE

MONEY FOR A YOUNG FAMILY

WITH CANCER.

I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT

TO THE FAMILY AND PROVIDED

MY SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE

FOR THE ENTIRETY OF HIS

TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.

IT HAS BEEN TRULY MY HONOR

TO TAKE CARE OF JOSH

THROUGH THIS ENTIRE

PROCESS.

AT THE END OF HIS CHEMO, I

WANTED TO FIND HIM THE THE

BIGGEST, LOUDEST BELL I

COULD FIND.

I REACHED OUT TO A HIGH

SCHOOL MARCH BAND MARCHING BAND.

I WAS EXPECTED A COUPLE OF

KIDS TO SHOW UP, AND TO MY

SURPRISE, 150 KIDS SHOWED

UP.

IT WAS THE LARGEST,

BIGGEST BELL I COULD

IMAGINE.

*

Terry: WOW!

Gordon: THAT'S

UNBELIEVABLE.

WELL, ELAINE HELPED JOSH

THROUGH EACH OF HIS CHEMO

TREATMENTS, CARING FOR HIM

OVERNIGHT ONCE PER WEEK TO

OFFER HIS FAMILY A SMALL

BREAK, AND SHE DID IT ALL

FOR FREE.

Terry: THE THING THAT

BOTH OF THESE STORIES

SHOWS IS THE VALUE OF

RELATIONSHIP, OF PEOPLE

BEING WILLING TO OPEN UP

THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR

LIVES AND THEIR TIME TO

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN

SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.

IT IS ENCOURAGING TO DO

THAT.

Gordon: PROVE THAT

YOU CARE.

Terry: ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

Gordon: WELL, THE

TRANSITION FROM HOME AND

AN ACTIVE YOUTH GROUP TO

COLLEGE CAN BE HARD FOR

MANY STUDENTS.

MY KIDS ARE NO EXCEPTION.

THAT'S WHY "ADOPT A

COLLEGE STUDENT" PROGRAM

WAS STARTED.

IT BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS

WHILE ALSO BRIDGING THE

GENERATION GAP FOR MANY

STUDENTS.

Terry: A PERISH IN

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, IS

ONE OF SEVERAL LOCAL

CHURCHES THAT PAIR WITH

THE STUDENTS TO LEND THEM

SUPPORT DURING THEIR TIME

AT THE UNIVERSITY.

FAMILIES HOST DINNERS,

GET-AWAYS, OR EVEN LAUNDRY

DAYS, WHICH IS MUCH

APPRECIATED, I'M SURE FOR

THE STUDENTS.

PONSPONSORS HELP FILL ROLES

OF GRANDPARENTS, SIBLINGS,

AND MENTORS, AMONG OTHERS.

Gordon: JUST THE FACT

THAT YOU'RE PRAYING OVER

THE STUDENTS, THAT YOU'RE

GATHERING TOGETHER -- YOU

KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PRAYER

CONCERNS?

HOW CAN WE PRAY?

WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO

DO.

AND THE LAUNDRY IS

DEFINITELY A PLUS.

Terry: ABSOLUTELY.

THEY MIGHT WANT YOU TO

FOLD IT, BUT WHATEVER.

> WASHINGTON REDSKINS'

STAR JOSH NORMAN WANTS TO

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS

COMMUNITY.

THE GREENWOOD, SOUTH

CAROLINA, NATIVE RECENTLY

PLACED A FULL PAGE AD IN

HIS NEWSPAPER WITH A

REQUEST TO LOCAL CHURCHES

FOR THE CONCERNS AND NEEDS

OF THE YOUTH.

Gordon: HE WANTS TO

USE HIS MONETARY BLESSING

TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, AND

HE SAYS HE FEELS STRONGLY

THAT THE LORD HAS CALLED

HIM TO DO THIS.

HE SAID, I JUST FOLLOWED

INSTRUCTIONS IN WHAT I WAS

ASKED TO DO.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS

ANYTHING I WENT OUT AND

SOUGHT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THE LORD

TOLD ME TO DO.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THEM,

AND A GIFT TO THEM, TO

KEEP AND MAXIMIZE WHAT

THEY HAVE.

THOSE KIDS ARE OUR NEXT

GENERATION, AND WE NEED TO

TEACH THEM THE RIGHT

THINGS TO DO, NOT ONLY TO

BE GOOD CITIZENS, BUT A

STRONG BELIEVER IN CHRIST.

Terry: WOW!

Gordon: THAT IS A YES

AND AMEN.

I AM A SUPER FAN OF JOSH

NORMAN.

Terry: ME, TOO.

GO, JOSH!

Gordon: JUST TO COME

OUT BOLDLY AND SAY, GOD

TOLD ME TO DO THIS.

I'M JUST EXECUTING ON THE

PLAN THAT HE GAVE ME.

Terry: AND TO STEP

INTO THE FRAY.

YOU KNOW, NOT A ONE-TIME

THING.

AND THAT'S OKAY, TOO.

I KNOW MANY PEOPLE DO GOOD

THINGS THAT WAY.

BUT THIS MEANS AN ONGOING

RELATIONSHIP AND AN EAR

THAT IS OPEN TO HEAR AND A

LIFE WILLING TO BE

INTERRUPTED.

WONDERFUL.

Gordon: DRIVEBY

CHARITY IS GOOD; LIFE-LONG

CHARITY IS BETTER.

THE REDSKINS' JOSH

NORMAN ISN'T THE ONLY ONE

TO BE HEADING A FAITH

MOMENT.

THEIR PUBLIC DISPLAY OF

FAITH ALSO MAKES

HEADLINES.

Terry: PREVIOUSLY WE

SHARED THE STORY OF WIDE

RECEIVER MARCUS JOHNSON

WHO WAS BAPTIZED BY HIS

FELLOW TEAMMATES AT A

HOTEL BEFORE A GAME, AND A

QUARTERBACK HAD PLAYS FOR

AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.

NOW IN CELEBRATION OF THE

TEAM'S FAITH, THE

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES'

ORGANIZATION RELEASED THE

VIDEO ON Facebook,

GIVING FANS A CLOSER LOOK

AT WHAT THEIR FAVORITE

PLAYERS ARE REALLY ALL

ABOUT.

TAKE A LOOK.

I WENT TO BIBLE STUDY,

I WENT TO CHURCH OFTEN

GROWING UP, BUT IT WASN'T

UNTIL I WAS IN MY LAST

YEAR OF COLLEGE WHERE I

REALIZED I WAS KIND OF

LIVING OFF OF EVERYONE

ELSE'S SALVATION.

I WASN'T REALLY FINDING

OUT THINGS FOR MY OWN.

I WASN'T DIVING INTO THE

WORD OR EXPLORING THAT THE

WAY I EXPLORED EVERYTHING

ELSE AROUND ME.

THAT'S WHEN I KIND OF

REALIZED I WAS KIND OF

LIVING THE WRONG WAY.

I GREW UP GOING TO

CHURCH, GOT CONFIRMED IN A

LUTHERAN CHURCH.

I REMEMBER HAVING COLLEGE

MENTORS AND FORMER

TEAMMATES HELP WALKING ME

THROUGH THE WORD.

I ENDED UP READING THE

WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE

BIBLE IN THE FIRST THREE

MONTHS OF MY FRESHMAN

MINISTER, ANSEMESTER, AND IT JUST

BECAME REAL TO ME.

THE THINGS I WAS TRYING

TO PLACE IN MY LIFE TO

GIVE MY SATISFACTION WOULD

LAST FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND

THEN THEY WOULD FADE AWAY.

Gordon: I RARELY

HEARD IT PUT THAT WAY, I

WAS LIVING OFF OTHER

PEOPLE'S SALVATION.

I HOPE THAT REALLY STRIKES

YOU.

DON'T LIVE OFF SOMEONE

ELSE'S FAITH, WHETHER THAT

IS THE FAITH OF YOUR

PARENTS OR YOUR

GRANDPARENTS.

REALIZE GOD DOESN'T HAVE

GRANDCHILDREN; HE ONLY HAS

CHILDREN.

AND HE IS LOOKING FOR A

DIRECT SPEAKING

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU,

WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HIS

VOICE, KNOW HIS COUNSEL,

AND KNOW HIS GUIDANCE FOR

YOUR LIFE.

> A FORMER STAR PLAYER

PICKS UP A BAD HABIT TO

DEAL WITH HIS PAIN.

I WOULD GO TO THE

CLINIC EVERY 28 DAYS AND

GET 360 PILLS A MONTH, AND

I BECAME A DRUG ADDICT.

Gordon: WATCH THIS

YOUNG MAN FACE HIS MOMENT

OF TRUTH AT A CEMETERY,

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Gordon: ALTON VOICE

WAS EXITED ABOUT PLAYING

FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF FLORIDA.

BUT WHEN HE WAS

RED-SHIRTED HIS FRESHMAN

YEAR, HE EGO TOOK A BLOW.

AND HE TOOK COMFORT IN

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, AND

SOON HIS FOOTBALL DREAMS

WERE A DISTANT MEM PRE.

>MEMORY.

I WAS THIRD OR FOURTH

BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE

STATE OF FLORIDA.

THAT IS WHO I WAS.

Reporter: HE ALWAYS

LOVED FOOTBALL.

IT BROUGHT THE BEST OUT

OF ME.

I REALIZED THAT FOOTBALL

WAS MY WAY TO GET A

SCHOLARSHIP.

THERE WAS ALREADY THE

DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE

NFL.

I WAS ON THAT TRAC.

ReporterK. Reporter: HE REPORTED

TO SUMMER PRACTICE WITH

HIGH EXPECTATIONS, BUT THE

YOUNG FRESHMAN WAS

RED-SHIRTED AND DIDN'T GET

TO PLAY.

I HAD NEVER BEEN THE

SECOND STRING GUY OR THE

THIRD STRING OR THE GUY

WHO WAS NOT GOING TO PLAY

AT ALL.

SO MY EGO WAS HURT, AND I

THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT

OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

I STARTED TO FEEL LIKE A

LOSER AT THAT POINT IN MY

LIFE.

Reporter: HE GOT

HEAVILY INTO THE PARTY

SCENE AND DISCOVERED

ALCOHOL SOONL SOOTHED THIS

BRUISED EGO.

AND I HAD THIS GOOD

FEELING.

Reporter: BY THE

SPRING, HE ADDED OXYCODONE

TO HELP HIM DEAL WITH

YEARS OF FOOTBALL

INJURIES.

I LIKED WHAT IT DID TO

ME.

AND I KNEW FOOTBALL WAS

BRINGING A LOT OF PAIN

INTO MY LIFE.

SO I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO

PLAY FOOTBALL ANYMORE.

Reporter: BACK HOME,

HE FAKED AN INJURY TO

OBTAIN SOME PAIN MEDS.

WHEN I QUIT FOOTBALL,

THERE WAS A BIG VOID, AND

MY DRUG USE FILLED THAT

VOID.

I WOULD GO TO THE CLINIC

AND GET 360 PILLS A MONTH,

AND I BECAME A DRUG

ADDICT.

Reporter: THEN HE

WENT TO SEE A FRIEND IN

MICHIGAN, HOPING THE

CHANGE WOULD HELP.

I JUST COULDN'T DO

ANYTHING RIGHT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECTION.

I DIDN'T SEE THE LIGHT AT

THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

Reporter: BUT THE

DRUGS THAT AFFECTED HIS

THINKING, AND ONE MORNING

WHILE WANDERING THE

STREETS, HE STOLE A CAR.

AFTER BRIEFLY DRIVING

AROUND AIMLESSLY, ALTON

ENDED UP AT A CEMETERY.

AS SOON AS I TAKE MY

STEP INTO THAT CEMETERY,

I'M NORMAL FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN ABOUT FOUR DAYS.

I'M LOOKING AROUND, AND I

REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I'M

GOING TO BE DEAD LIKE

THESE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF

ME IF I DON'T CHANGE MY

WAYS.

SO AT THAT MOMENT, I GOT

ON MY KNEES AND I PRAYED

TO GOD FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN MY LIFE.

I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS

TIRED OF BEING TIRED.

I WAS GIVING THIS TO HIM.

IT WAS A HUGE RELIEF.

I HAD SO MUCH WEIGHT ON MY

SHOULDERS IN WHERE I WAS

AT.

I WAS CRYING AS I WAS

GIVING THAT PRAYER.

I FELT LIKE I WAS LIGHTER.

I JUST RELEASED SO MUCH

JUST JUNK.

IT WAS JUST VERY FREEING.

Reporter: HE LEFT THE

CEMETERY AND WAS

IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED.

WHILE IN JAIL, ALTON

CONTINUED TO PRAY TO GOD.

YOU KNOW, HELP ME.

BE WITH ME.

GUIDE ME.

BECAUSE WHERE I'M AT RIGHT

NOW, I'M NOT IN A GOOD

PLACE.

Reporter: ASSIGNED TO

HIS CASE WAS JANE

PATTERSON, A PUBLIC

DEFENDER AND A CHRISTIAN.

THERE WAS JUST

SOMETHING I THINK

CHILD-LIKE IN THIS GREAT

BIG BODY OF HIS.

HE WAS ON SOME MEDS, AND

HIS ABILITY TO KIND OF

FOCUS WAS LOST.

HE JUST LOOKED LOST.

AND HE WAS GENTLE AND HE

WAS HUMBLE AND HE WAS

CONFUSED.

Reporter: JANE GOT

THE CHARGES DROPPED TO A

MISDEMEANOR, AND ALTON WAS

SENT BACK TO FLORIDA.

I TOLD HIM, I SAID, I

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

ABOUT YOU, ALTON, BUT I'M

COMPELLED TO TELL YOU, IF

YOU NEED TO TALK TO

SOMEBODY, IF YOU NEED

ADVICE, YOU MAY CALL ME.

FROM THAT DAY ON, HE

STARTED CALLING ME ONCE A

DAY, A COUPLE TIMES A DAY.

WE WOULD TEXT BACK AND

FORTH.

I HAD THE BIBLE AND I

WOULD JUST OPEN THE BOOK

AND PUT MY FINGER DOWN,

AND WHEREVER IT LANDED, I

WOULD JUST READ THE

SCRIPT.

I WOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND

IT MYSELF, AND THEN I

WOULD TAKE A SCREEN SHOT

AND I WOULD SEND IT TO

JANE, AND WE WOULD JUST

HAVE DIALOGUE OVER IT.

Reporter: BEFORE

LONG, ALTON RETURNED TO

HIS DRUG USE.

JANE COULDN'T SHAKE THE

FEELING SHE NEEDED TO DO

MORE.

I WAS WAKING UP IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I WAS BEING POKED ON THE

SHOULDER, AND THEY SAID,

IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING,

HIS KID IS GOING TO DIE.

Reporter: SHE TALKED

TO HER HUSBAND, AND THEY

DECIDED TO SEND ALTON TO A

REHAB THEY KNEW ABOUT IN

ARGENTINA.

THEY TREATED THE MIND,

BODY, AND THE SOUL.

I LEARNED RIGHT AWAY

FOOTBALL DOESN'T DEFINE

ME.

AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE

FIRST IDEA I HAD TO

OVERCOME, THAT I WAS MORE

THAN FOOTBALL.

HE DID NOT LIKE THE

LIFE HE HAD.

SO HE WAS WORKING HIS TAIL

OFF TO BE DIFFERENT.

I STARTED REALIZING

THAT I HAVE TALENTS, I

HAVE ABILITIES, I HAVE

PASSIONS.

IT EMPOWERED ME TO KEEP

STRIVING AND JUST LIVE A

LIFE FREE OF DRUGS.

Reporter: THROUGHOUT

HIS REHAB, JANE CONTINUED

TO PRAY AND DISCIPLE ALTON

THROUGH E-MAILS AND SKYPE.

EVERY DAY I WOULD READ

MY DAILY DEVOTIONAL, AND

LOOK THROUGH MY BIBLE, AND

I WAS COMMITTING TO HIM

AND WHATEVER HE WANTED TO

DO WITH ME.

Reporter: AFTER

REHAB, ALTON RETURNED TO

HALON, MICHIGAN, WHERE HE

ATTENDED UNIVERSITY, AND

HE ALSO GOT TO PLAY

FOOTBALL AGAIN.

BUT THIS TIME IT WASN'T

WHAT HE LIVED FOR.

FOR ME IT WAS A FRESH

START, WHICH IS WHAT I

WANTED. AND MY IDENTITY

WAS EVOLVING INTO

OBVIOUSLY A STUDENT

ATHLETE, BUT I HAD THIS

DESIRE TO SHARE MY STORY

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS

WORTH SHARING AND IT COULD

HELP PEOPLE.

I'M TRYING TO PREVENT KIDS

FROM MAKING THE SAME

MISTAKES THAT I DID.

AND THE FEELING I GET FROM

SHARING MY STORY IS THE

GREATEST HIGH AND THE

GREATEST SATISFACTION THAT

I'VE LIVED SO FAR.

Reporter: LOOKING

BACK, ALTON CAN SEE GOD'S

HAND ON HIS LIFE, GUIDING

HIM AND SURROUNDING HIM

WITH SPIRITUAL SUPPORT.

IF YOU'RE IN A BAD

SITUATION CURRENTLY RIGHT

NOW, OR IF YOU END UP IN

ONE, ASK FOR HELP.

THAT'S ONE THING I DIDN'T

DO IN THE BEGINNING, I

DIDN'T ASK FOR HELP.

AND THAT'S WHEN GOD CAME

IN THE PICTURE AND SAID,

I'M GOING TO SAVE THIS

GUY.

IT IS JUST VERY FREEING.

Gordon: IT'S ONE OF

THE GREAT KEYS TO LIFE.

CAN YOU YOU AS ASK FOR HELP?

AND IT REQUIRES HUMILITY

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE

YOURSELF TO DO THAT.

YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT, I

CAN'T DO THIS.

I CAN'T DO IT ON MY OWN.

I NEED THE HELP OF FAMILY.

I NEED THE HELP OF

FRIENDS.

I NEED THE HELP OF GOD.

AND WHEN YOU GET THAT,

WHEN YOU GET THAT YOU

CAN'T GO THROUGH IT ON

YOUR OWN, THAT'S ONE OF

GREAT LIBERATING THINGS.

WHEN YOU SAY, GOD, WILL

YOU COME, WILL YOU HELP,

WILL YOU GUIDE ME, WILL

YOU STEER ME?

AND THEN AMAZING THINGS

START TO OPEN UP, AND YOU

REALIZE THAT YOU NOW HAVE

A LIFE OF POSSIBILITY.

FOR ALTON IT STARTED WITH

A DISAPPOINTMENT.

HERE HE WAS THIS STAR

QUARTERBACK IN HIGH

SCHOOL, AND HE GETS INTO

COLLEGE, AND THINGS ARE

DIFFERENT IN COLLEGE.

AND HE IS RED-SHIRTED, AND

HE STARTS DOWN A ROAD OF

HURT, REJECTION, AND IT

LEADS HIM INTO A VERY BAD

PLACE.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR HIM

TO GET OUT OF THAT?

WELL, IT SEEMED LIKE IT

TOOK SEVERAL EVENTS IN HIS

LIFE.

ONE, THE REALIZATION IN A

CEMETERY, I'M HEADED HERE

AND I'M HEADED HERE

QUICKER THAN I WANT TO BE.

AND THAT CAUSES HIM TO

TURN FIRST TO GOD.

AND THEN A WHOLE SERIES OF

THINGS THAT PUT INTO

MOTION, WHERE HE STARTED

NUDGING SOMEONE WHO WAS

ASSIGNED HIS CASE TO

REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND

AND ESSENTIALLY ADOPT HIM

AS A SON IN HER OWN LIFE.

GOD WILL DO THAT.

HE'LL BRING PEOPLE

ALONGSIDE YOU.

HE WILL GIVE THEM THE TASK

TO SAY, HOW CAN I HELP?

HOW CAN I BE THERE FOR

YOU?

HE WANTS TO DO THAT FOR

YOU.

HE WANTS TO HELP YOU.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS

TURN TO HIM AND SAY, GOD,

IF YOU'RE THERE, IF YOU'RE

REAL, COULD YOU BE MY

SAVIOR?

HUMBLE YOURSELF TO ASK HIM

FOR THAT.

AND WHEN YOU DO, AMAZING

THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT

NOW.

LET TODAY BE YOUR DAY,

WHERE YOU DON'T TURN AWAY.

YOU DON'T CHANGE THE

CHANNEL.

YOU DON'T SAY, WELL, I'VE

GOT THIS.

I'LL GET TO THAT AT SOME

LATERPOINLATER POINT IN MY LIFE.

DO IT NOW, AND REALIZE

LIFE WITH HIM IS A WHOLE

LOT BETTER THAN LIFE ON

YOUR OWN.

LET'S PRAY.

I'LL LEAD.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

REPEAT.

SO BOW YOUR HEAD AND LET'S

START.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY

IT OUT LOUD.

SAY HIS NAME.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU

TODAY.

AND I WANT YOU TO BE MY

SAVIOR.

I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

AND, JESUS, I HEAR THAT

YOU HELP PEOPLE.

I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR

OTHERS.

AND I WANT THAT.

I WANT YOU IN MY LIFE.

SO COME INTO MY HEART.

CHANGE MY INNERMOST BEING.

FORGIVE ME OF THE THINGS

THAT I'VE DONE WRONG.

SET ME FREE FROM ANY BAD

HABIT THAT I HAVE.

SET ME FREE FROM IT.

AND IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I

WANT TO FOLLOW YOU ALL THE

DAYS OF MY LIFE.

HEAR MY PRAYER, FOR I PRAY

IT IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU TO DO.

I WANT YOU TO MAKE A

TOLL-FREE CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

SAY, I PRAYED WITH THAT

GUY ON TV.

I'VE GOT A FREE PACKET FOR

YOU.

IT IS A C.D. TEACHING OF

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW.

IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."

AND IN IT YOU'LL LEARN

WHAT YOU DO NOW.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS

YOU NEED TO TAKE?

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE

WATER BAPTISM, TO GO

THROUGH THAT.

I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

JOIN A LOCAL CHURCH.

START WITH A PHONE CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: STILL AHEAD, A

14-YEAR-OLD IS KIDNAPPED

BY THE LORD'S RESISTANCE

ARMY AND FORCED TO KILL.

FIND OUT HOW HE ESCAPED

AND FOUND FORGIVENESS,

AFTER THIS.

Terry: WHEN ISAAC WAS

JUST 14 YEARS OLD, HE WAS

KIDNAPPED IN UGANDA AND

FORCED TO BECOME A CHILD

SOLDIER.

THE ATROCITIES HE

WITNESSED AND WAS COERCED

TO COMMIT WERE PART OF THE

ONGOING NIGHTMARE THAT

BECAME HIS EVERYDAY LIFE.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator: I

WAS TOLD KILLING WITH A

GUN IS NOTHING.

IT IS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T

KILLED.

FOR MY INITIATION, THEY

HANDED ME A MACHETE AND

COLD ME TO KILL A MAN.

THEY SAID IF I REFUSED,

THEY WOULD KILL ME.

Reporter: ISAAC WAS

ONLY 14 YEARS OLD WHEN THE

LORD'S RESISTANCE PARTY

CAME TO HIS VILLAGE.

I TOLD MY MOM, I WAS

GOING TO LEAVE THE HOUSE,

BUT THEY CAME TOO FAST.

Reporter: ISAAC HID

INSIDE.

WHEN THEY TORCHED HIS

HOUSE, HE RAN OUT AND WAS

CAPTURED.

FORCED TO BECOME CHILD

SOLDIERS, HE AND MANY

OTHERS WERE GIVEN

UNIFORMS.

Through Translator:

IF YOU REFUSED TO PUT ON

THE UNIFORM, THEY MADE ME

WATCH AS THEY KILLED WITH

BAYONETS.

Reporter: ISAAC PUT

ON THE UNIFORM.

HE AND TWO OTHER BOYS WERE

TOLD TO KILL A MAN WITH

MACHETES.

THE MAN SAID, I'M

INNOCENT, BUT THE

COMMANDER SCREAMED, KILL

HIM, KILL HIM!

IF WE DIDN'T, WE WOULD

TAKE HIS PLACE.

IT WAS THE WORST MOMENT OF

MY LIFE.

Reporter: HE TRIED TO

RUN AWAY MANY TIMES, AND

WAS CAUGHT AND NEARLY

BEATEN TO DEATH.

DURING ONE BATTLE, HE WAS

SHOT IN THE LEG AND LATER

FORCED TO KEEP MARCHING.

I PRAYED ALL OF THE

TIME, GOD, GET ME OUT OF

HERE.

PLEASE GET ME OUT.

Reporter: KNOWING HE

WOULD BE KILLED IF HE GOT

CAUGHT AGAIN, ISAAC

PLANNED ANOTHER ESCAPE.

HE WENT TO FETCH WATER BUT

DIDN'T RETURN.

WHEN THEY CAME AFTER

ME, I HID IN A BANANA

PLANTATION.

I HEARD ONE OF THEM SAY,

IF WE CATCH HIM, WE'LL CUT

HIM INTO PIECES AND TAKE

HIM BACK FOR MEAT.

WE WILL SHOW EVERYONE THIS

IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU

TRY TO ESCAPE.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY

THE SOLDIERS GAVE UP THEIR

SEARCH AND LEFT.

ISAAC COULD FINALLY GO

HOME.

WHEN I ARRIVED HOME,

PEOPLE WERE AFRAID AND

TOLD THEIR CHILDREN TO

STAY AWAY FROM ME.

I FELT SO GUILTY.

AT NIGHT I DREMPT OF

EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED

TO DO.

AND I WOKE UP SCREAMING

AND SHOUTING.

Reporter: THEN ISAAC

WENT TO O A GATHERING IN HIS

VILLAGE, WHICH WAS

SUPPORTED BY CBN'S

"ORPHANS' PROMISE."

THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE

SINGING, DANCING, WE HAVE

HELPED SO MANY WAR

CHILDREN HEAL.

YOU HELPED ME KNOW GOD.

AND I LEARNED NOT TO FOCUS

ON THE PAST, BUT LOOK AT

WHAT IS NEW.

Reporter: WE HELPED

PAY ISAAC'S FEES WHERE HE

IS ENROLLED IN A CHRISTIAN

SCHOOL.

MY UNIFORM IS ALWAYS

CLEAN AND FRESH AND FEELS

SO NICE.

THE OTHER UNIFORM WAS FOR

DOING BAD THINGS.

AND IT WAS ALWAYS DIRTY.

WHEN I PUT ON MY SCHOOL

UNIFORM, MY THOUGHTS ARE

GOOD AND I AM SO CALM.

Reporter: WE ALSO

GAVE ISAAC A BIBLE, WHICH

HE READS AS OFTEN AS HE

CAN.

READING MY BIBLE BRINGS

ME SO MUCH PEACE.

I KNOW THAT GOD IS THE

REASON I SURVIVED.

WITHOUT HIM, I WOULD BE

DEAD.

HE KNOWS THE PLANS HE HAS

MOFOR ME, AND I KNOW I AM

COMPLETELY FREE AND

FORGIVEN.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR

HELP.

YOU WILL BE BLESSED.

MY FUTURE IS BRIGHT

BECAUSE OF YOU.

Terry: ONE OF THE

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT

ISAAC'S STORY IS THAT

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND

EMOTIONALLY IN SITUATIONS

LIKE HIS, YOU KNOW YOU

WOULD WRITE SOMEONE OFF

WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH THAT

AND FEEL THAT THEY WERE

WOUNDED BEYOND REDEEMING,

BEYOND COMING BACK, BEYOND

CHANGING WHAT HAD BEEN

DESTROYED IN THEIR SOULS.

BUT JESUS, WHO IS THE

REDEEMER, WHO IS THE

SAVIOR OF ALL THINGS LOST,

IS ABLE TO BRING HEALING

AND WHOLENESS.

AND JUST AS HE DID THIS

FOR ISAAC IN HIS

SITUATION, HE CAN DO IT

FOR YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE

ABOUT HOW TO LIVE IN THE

LIGHT AND THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST, CALL OUR

TOLL-FREE NUMBER.

THERE IS A FRIEND WAITING

TO PRAY WITH YOU.

YOU CAN'T GO TOO FAR OR

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Gordon: "LET ALL

BITTERNESS AND CLAMOR AND

EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY

FROM YOU, AND ALL MALAISE,

FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER,

EVEN AS GOD IN CHRIST

FORGAVE