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700 Club Interactive - April 25, 2018

One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Pastor Wilfredo "Choco" de Jesus shares the limitless surprises of a faithful God and how you can “Move into More”. Read Transcript


Gordon: A FREAK

ACCIDENT...

MY FIRST QUESTION WAS,

IS HE ALIVE?

Gordon: ...A YOUNG

FATHER IS SHOCKED BY

12,000 VOLTS.

SHE SAID HE DIDN'T

KNOW.

Gordon: ...AND HIS

FAMILY IS LEFT WITH ONLY

ONE OPTION.

> PLUS PASTOR CHOCO

SHOWS HOW TO MOVE INTO

MORE, ALL ON TODAY'S "700

CLUB INTERACTIVE."

> WELL, WELCOME TO THE

SHOW.

STARBUCKS ANNOUNCED IT

WILL CLOSE ALL ITS U.S.

STORES FOR ONE TODAY NEXT

MONTH SO STAFFERS CAN TAKE

RACIAL BIAS EDUCATION

CLASSES.

NEARLY 175,000 EMPLOYEES

FROM MORE THAN 8,000

STARBUCKS' STORES FROM

ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL

TAKE THE

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

CLASSES ON MAY 29th.

Terry: THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES IN THE

WAKE OF AN INCIDENT THE AT

A PHILADELPHIA STARBUCKS

IN WHICH TWO BLACK MEN

WERE ARRESTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS

VIDEO, THAT WENT VIRAL ON

SOCIAL MEDIA, OFFICERS

HANDCUFF THE MEN AND LEAD

THEM OUTSIDE AS OTHER

COSTUMERS SAY THEY WEREN'T

DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

THE ARRESTS PROMPTED MANY

TO ACCUSE THE COMPANY OF

RACIAL BIAS.

THE CHAIRMAN ISSUED THIS

STATEMENT: "THIS IS JUST

THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE

WILL DO TO TRANSFORM THE

WAY WE DO BUSINESS AND

EDUCATE OUR PEOPLE ON

UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.

IT WILL COST MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS, BUT I'VE ALWAYS

VIEWED THIS AND THINGS

LIKE THIS AS AN INVESTMENT

IN OUR PEOPLE AND NOT THE

COMPANY."

Gordon: IT IS

IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THERE

IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, AND

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT

AND DEAL WITH THAT AS A

CULTURE MOVING FORWARD.

IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE

THE ASSASSINATION OF

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,

AND WE STILL FEED TO HAVE

THAT DREAM.

Terry: C COCHELLA IS A

VESSEL THAT CROSSED OVER $

$$114 MILLION.

Gordon: POP STAR

JUSTIN BIEBER WAS NOT ON

THE BILL OF PERFORMERS FOR

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL, BUT

HE DID GO ON STAGE WITH A

SURPRISE WORSHIP SET.

AND A NUMBER OF SOCIAL

MEDIA CLIPS, JUSTIN IS

SEEN WORSHIPPING WHILE

SINGING "RECKLESS LOVE,"

AND "TREMBLE."

HERE IS A CLIP.

* THE NEVER-ENDING,

RECKLESS LOVE OF GOD *

*

Gordon: THAT IS

SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT

I WOULD SEE --

Terry: THIS HAS BEEN

HAPPENING IN SOME OF

JUSTIN'S PERFORMANCES

RECENTLY.

GOD IS OBVIOUSLY DOING

SOMETHING IN HIS HEART AND

IN HIS LIFE.

I KNOW HE HAS A PRAYING

MOM, AND THAT'S A BIG ONE.

Gordon: AND I ALSO

KNOW HE HAS A PRAYING

CHURCH.

AND, YES, THEY'VE BEEN

PRAYING FOR HIM.

AND IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT

IS HAPPENING.

Terry: IT IS.

Gordon: IT IS RIGHT

UP THERE WITH SNOOP DOGG

HAVING THE NUMBER ONE

GOSPEL ALBUM.

WHERE YOU GO, HOW DID THAT

HAPPEN?

Terry: WELL, WE HAVE

A HEART-WARMING STORY FOR

YOU.

A MILITARY MOM IN

WISCONSIN USED A DISGUISE

TO SURPRISE HER SON IN A

HOMECOMING VIDEO THAT HAS

ALSO GONE VIRAL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

Gordon: THAT IS A

HEART-WARMING MOMENT.

Terry: I'VE PROBABLY

SEEN THREE DOZEN OF THESE,

AND I STILL TEAR UP EVERY

TIME I SEE ONE BECAUSE IT

IS SO HEART-WARMING, AND

IT MAKES YOU REALIZE THE

SACRIFICE THAT FAMILIES

GIVE WHEN A MOM OR DAD ARE

DEPLOYED SOMEWHERE AWAY

FROM HOME.

Gordon: AND YOU NEED

TO UNDERSTAND THEY'RE

SERVING, TOO.

THE COST TO THE FAMILIES,

MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS, YES,

THEY'RE SERVING, TOO.

> WELL, FOR SOME OF US

IT TAKES YEARS TO DISCOVER

OUR LIFE'S CALLING -- I'M

PROBABLY THE POSTER CHILD

FOR THAT -- THE BUT FOR

6-YEAR-OLD TYLER

STALLINGS, THE CALL TO

HELP OTHERS CAME AT THE

TENDER AGE OF FOUR.

IT ALL BEGAN WHEN HIS

MOTHER EXPLAINED THE

PLIGHT OF HOMELESS

VETERANS TO HER SON.

HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO

SUPPLY BASIC TOILETRIES

AND SUPPLIES.

Terry: AND HE WROTE A

BOOK WITH HIS MOM CALLED

"TYLER GOES AROUND THE

WORLD," AND HE USES THE

PROCEEDS TO BUY FOOD FOR

THE HOMELESS.

HE IS RELEASING A

BILINGUAL COLORING BOOK

CALLED "TYLER LEARNS

SPANISH."

TYLER WAS ALSO RECENTLY ON

THE TV SHOW, "LITTLE BIG

SHOTS," WITH STEVE HARVEY.

THE SHOW FOCUSES ON

NOTABLE CHILDREN WHO ARE A

TALENTED OR DOING GOOD IN

THE WORLD.

AND TYLER CERTAINLY IS

THAT.

Gordon: HE IS A

SUPERMAN.

YAY!

THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

Terry: WE HAVE

ANOTHER STORY THAT IS

MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE

LIVES OF OTHERS.

KEVIN LIVINGSTON WANTED TO

CREATE A PROGRAM TO

ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF

PEOPLE IN NEEDS OF

BUSINESS ATTIRE IN THE NEW

YORK CITY.

HE STARTED "100 SUITS FOR

100 MEN."

Gordon: RECENTLY

KEVIN ADDED THE 100 SUITS

ACADEMY, AND IT IS GEARED

TO AT-RISK MEN OR THOSE

ALREADY ON PAROLE OR

PROBATION.

IT PROVIDES WEEKLY

MENTORING, SUITS FOR JOB

INTERVIEWS,

ENTREPRENEURIALISM, AND

NYPD/COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

IT PARTNERSS WITH THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

AND OTHER LOCAL

ORGANIZATIONS.

AND YOU GO.

THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

Terry: WOW, I GUESS

SO.

Gordon: TO SAY, OKAY,

WE CAN GIVE YOU A

HAND-UP,

WE CAN ALLOW YOU YOU TO GO

BACK INTO SOCIETY AND GIVE

YOU THE TRAINING YOU NEED.

Terry: THE BEST.

> DO YOU LONG FOR

SATISFACTION AND

CONTENTMENT IN LIFE BUT

YOU KEEP COMING UP EMT

TREEMPTY?PASTOR CHOCO SHOWS US HOW

TO EXPERIENCE MORE IN YOUR

Terry: CHOCO GREW UP

IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

AREAS OF CHICAGO,

SURROUNDED BY DRUGS,

GANGS, POVERTY.

HE NEVER EXPECTED MUCH,

BUT KNEW THERE HAD TO BE

SOMETHING MORE.

Reporter: GROWING UP,

CHOCO KNEW WHAT IT WAS

MORE TO WANT MORE IN LIFE.

HE WAS RAISED IN ONE OF

THE TOUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS

IN CHICAGO, AND THERE WAS

NEVER ENOUGH.

HOWEVER, GOD HAD SO MUCH

FOR HIM.

HE IS NOW THE PASTOR OF

ONE OF THE LARGEST

CHURCHES IN CHICAGO.

HE WAS NAMED ONE OF "TIME

MAGAZINE'S" 100 MOST

INFLUENTIAL MEN IN THE

WORLD.

IN HIS LATEST BOOK, "MOVE

INTO MORE," HE ENCOURAGES

OTHERS TO DISCOVER THE

MORE, WHICH MADE A

DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE

MORE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.

Terry: JOINING US NOW

IS AUTHOR AND SENIOR

PASTOR CHOCO.

IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE

YOU.

THANK YOU.

IT IS AN HONOR TO ARE HERE

WITH YOU TODAY.

Terry: GROWING UP,

YOU'RE IN A REALLY ROUGH

NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND PEOPLE ARE THINKING

ABOUT OURSELVES, ABOUT

LIFE, AND WE'RE SO COLORED

BY OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR YOU

GROWING UP THERE?

YOU KNOW, TERRY, WE

LIVED OFF THE GOVERNMENT.

THIS IDEA OF MORE DIDN'T

EXIST.

AS A PUERTO RICAN FAMILY

IN CHICAGO IN THE WORST

PARK IN THE UNITED STATES,

THIS IDEA OF MORE DID NOT

RESONATE BECAUSE I DID NOT

KNOW JESUS.

SO YOU REALLY JUST BECOME

ACCUSTOMED TO THE LESS

THAT YOU HAVE, UNTIL YOU

COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF

JESUS CHRIST.

Terry: FOR YOU THAT

HAPPENED AT 14.

THAT'S YOUNG.

YES.

Terry: WHAT WAS IT

THAT DREW YOU TO JESUS AT

THAT POINT?

IN THE 1970s, THERE

WAS A RIOT BETWEEN THE

PUERTO RICANS AND THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT THE.

DEPARTMENT.

IN THAT SUMMER OF 1977,

THE MAYOR HIRED THOUSANDS

OF YOUNG PEOPLES TO CLEAN

THE STREETS OF CHICAGO.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE YOUNG

PEOPLE.

BUT MY ASSIGNMENT LED ME

TO A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN

CHICAGO.

AND LITTLE DID KNOW, THAT

I WOULD ACCEPT THE LORD

THAT SUMMER, AND THE WORD

WOULD MARK ME AT A YOUTH

CONVENTION.

AND THEN 23 YEARS LATER I

WOULD BECOME THE SENIOR

PASTOR OF THAT SAME

CHURCH.

AND TODAY I'M PASTORING TO

THE GLORY OF GOD.

Terry: HOW DID GOD

MARK YOU?

AT 14 YEARS OLD, I GET

SAVED.

AND THAT'S AUGUST.

IN NOVEMBER, THE YOUTH

GOES TO A YOUTH

CONVENTION, AND THE

PREACHER MADE AN ALTER

CALL, AND I GO TO THE

ALTER CALL, AND I'M

KNEELING DOWN, AND A LADY

COMES OVER ME AND STARTS

PRAYING FOR ME.

AND SHE BEGINS TO PROPHECY

AND SAYS THESE WORDS TO

ME: I CALL YOU TO BE A

GREAT LEADER.

STAY IN MY PATH.

I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO

BLESS YOU, AND I WILL

CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU.

AND I REMEMBER GETTING UP

FROM THE ALTER AND I WAS

LIKE THAT'S REALLY

AMAZING.

AND THEN I GO TO THE

ELEVATOR, AND A MAN TURNS

TOWARDS ME AND SAYS, HAVE

YOU NOT HEARD?

I CALLED YOU TO BE A GREAT

LEADER.

STAY IN MY PATH.

I JUST WANTED THE DOORS TO

OPEN SO I COULD RUN DOWN

THE HALLWAY AND SAY, WHAT

IS GOING ON HERE?

Terry: BUT IT

RESONATED IN YOUR HEART,

AND YOU BEGAN TO BELIEVE

THERE WAS MORE.

ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

Terry: SO HERE YOU

ARE, YOU'RE IN THIS AREA

OF CRISIS, REALLY, AS FAR

AS LIFESTYLE IS CONCERNED,

YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY ALL

KINDS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY

AND STUFF.

SO YOU GO TO THIS CHURCH.

NOW YOU'RE THE PASTOR OF

THIS CHURCH.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU

GO FROM THE 14-YEAR-OLD

WHO WAS MARKED BY GOD TO

THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH

IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD

THAT IS CHALLENGED?

SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

I STILL LIVE IN THE SAME

NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN THE '70s AND THE

'80s AND '90s, YOU

STILL HAVE THAT SAME

INFLUX OF GANGS, HOWEVER,

THE CHURCH BEGAN GOING

OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR WALLS.

AND WE STUDIED ENGAGING

CULTURE, ENGAGING THE

PROSTITUTES, ENGAGING THE

GANG-BANGERS, AND THAT'S

WHEN CRIME STARTED TO

CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY,

WHEN THE CHURCH WENT

OUTSIDE AND SAID, WE'RE

GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS

ISSUE.

WE'RE JUST THE BODY OF

CHRIST.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED

TO DO, TO BECOME THE SALT

AND LIGHT.

Terry: YOU TALK IN

THE BOOK ABOUT PEOPLE OF

GOD, BIBLICAL PEOPLE OF

GOD, AND HOW THEY'RE

KNOWLEDGE AND DESIRE FOR

MORE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

SHARE SOME OF THOSE.

WHEN THE LORD TOLD NOAH

TO BUILD THE ARK, YOU'RE

TALKING OVER 100 YEARS.

AND EVEN BEFORE HE SAW A

CLOUD IN THE SKY, HE

STARTED BUILDING.

Terry: DILIGENTLY.

DILIGENTLY.

YOU HAVE EVE ENOCH, WHO WALKED

WITH GOD IN THE MIDST OF

EVILNESS.

SO WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

THE BIBLE, THAT IN THE

MIDST OF EVIL YOU STILL

CAN BECOME GODLY.

THAT GOD HAS MORE FOR OUR

LIVES, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE

LESS IN OUR CULTURE.

BUT IF WE JUST WALK IN

OBEDIENCE, TERRY, THAT'S

THE KEY.

SO MANY OF US IN OUR

CULTURE, WE WANT TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD HAS

FOR US.

I TRY TO TEACH PEOPLE THAT

UNDERSTANDING CAN WAIT,

BUT OBEDIENCE CANNOT.

AND NOAH WALKED IN

OBEDIENCE.

ENOCH WALKED IN OBEDIENCE.

ESTHER WALKED IN

OBEDIENCE.

NNEHEMIAH WALKED IN THE

OBEDIENCE OF GOD.

Terry: AND I THINK

TODAY, BECAUSE OUR CULTURE

AND SOCIETY HAVE CHANGED

SO MUCH, ARE INTIMIDATED

TO STAND TALL IN THEIR

FAITH AND DECLARE THE

GOODNESS OF GOD, THE TRUTH

OF GOD.

WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THAT?

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD

HIMSELF IS LOOKING FOR A

MAN WHO WILL STAND IN THE

GAP -- IN THE GAP.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE

DIDN'T FIND ANYONE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT IN CHICAGO, RIGHT,

THAT I'M STANDING IN THE

GAP FOR THE

DISENFRANCHISED, THE

MARGINALIZED.

PEOPLE ACROSS THIS NATION,

GOD IS ASKING YOU TO STAND

IN THE GAP FOR THOSE WHO

HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED,

WHO ARE VOICELESS.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM

TO STAND IN THEIR FAITH.

IN THE '50s AND '60s,

CHRISTIANITY SET CULTURE.

BUT TODAY WE'RE THE

MINORITIES.

WE'RE NO LONGER THE

CULTURE THAT IS SETTING.

WE'RE THE COUNTER-CULTURE.

BUT DESPITE THAT, ONE MAN,

ONE WOMAN WITH GOD IS THE

MAJORITY.

SO I WEREN' WANT TO ENCOURAGE

YOUR VIEWERS TO GO OUT

THERE AND LIVE OUT THEIR

FAITH.

Terry: I WANT YOU TO

TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE

AND SIGNIFICANCE OF

HUMILITY IN THE MIDST OF

STANDING AND WALKING OUT

THE CALL ON YOUR LIFE.

GOD IS ALWAYS LOOKING

FOR THAT MAN AND WOMAN TO

ELEVATE.

ONCE YOU START TRYING TO

PROMOTE YOURSELF -- THIS

IS NOT WHAT GOD WANTS.

GOD WANTS US TO WALK IN

THE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY.

IT IS GOD WHO ELEVATES.

I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY

LIFE, TERRY, WITH EVERY

ELEVATION, THERE IS A INTO

REVELATION.

AND I'VE SEEN THE GLORY OF

GOD AS I WALKED.

I STAND AT MY CHURCH, IN

THE DOOR, HUGGING PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE

PASTOR THAT GOES THROUGH

THE BACK DOOR AND DOES NOT

GREET MEMBERS.

Terry: I'M TOO BUSY.

I'M TOO BUSY.

I STILL LIVE IN THE

COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP

IN.

WHERE THERE IS INFESTATION

OF DRUGS AND GANGS.

BUT GOD WANTS US.

AND I RECOGNIZE WHAT I

HAVE, GOD HAS GIVEN IT TO

ME.

AND MY JOB IS TO STEWARD

THAT PLATFORM.

WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A

REVELATION, THERE IS A

RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE

HAVE, AND THAT IS TO

STEWARD THERE WITH

HUMILITY AND GRACE, AND

ALWAYS GIVING GOD THE

GLORY FOR WHAT HE HAS

DONE.

Terry: HOW DO WE ASK

FOR MORE?

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING

ABOUT CARS AND HOUSES AND

MONEY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

SOMETHING BIGGER THAN

THAT.

OUR CULTURE HAS BEEN

INUNDATED.

FIRST WE WANTED MORE

MATERIAL THINGS.

THEN WE REALIZED THAT

DOESN'T SATISFY US.

AND THEN WE BECAME A

CULTURE WHERE WE WANT

LESS.

WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND IS THAT INNER

DESIRE, HAVING MORE OR

LESS, ONLY GOD CAN

SATISFY.

JUST ASK GOD, I WANT TO

LIVE IN THE MORE THAT YOU

HAVE FOR ME.

THE BIBLE SAYS ASK ME.

THE BIBLE SAYS SEEK ME.

KNOCK AT THE DOOR, AND

I'LL OPEN IT.

WE JUST NEED TO LEARN TO

OPERATE IN THAT SPIRIT OF

WANTING MORE OF GOD'S

WILL, NOT WHAT THIS WORLD

OFFERS.

ONLY GOD CAN SATISFY THAT

INNER DESIRE IN OUR

HEARTS.

Terry: AND THEN TO

REACH OUT AND TAKE IT.

I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT

YOUR BOOK IS AVAILABLE

WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE,

PASTOR CL CHOCO'S BOOK IS

CALLED "MOVE INTO MORE."

IT IS NATIONWIDE AND

AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE IS A MESSAGE FOR

ALL OF US.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

Gordon: STILL TO

COME, A YOUNG HUSBAND AND

FATHER IS HIT WITH 12,000

BOLTS OF ELECTRICITY.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE

HOSPITAL, AND YOU CAN JUST

SMELL BURNED FLESH

EVERYWHERE.

THE DOCTOR TOLD US HE

IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.

Gordon: WATCH HOW

THIS MAN DEFIES THE ODDS.

PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR

YOU.

ALL NEXT, WHEN WE COME

BACK, SO STAY WITH US.

Gordon: ZACH SHORE

WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB UP ON A

FARM COMBINE WHEN 12,000

BOLTS OF ELECTRICITY SHOT

THROUGH HIS BODY.

DOCTORS TOLD HIS FAMILY HE

WASN'T GO TO MAKE IT, BUT

HE DID, THANKS TO THE

POWER OF PRAYER.

Reporter: THE SOYBEAN

HARVEST WAS GOING AS

EXPECTED FOR BATC ZACH AND HIS

GROUP, UNTIL A CALL CAME

OVER THE RADIO THAT A

COMBINE HAD STARTED

SMOKING.

HE WENT TO CLIMB ON THE

COMBINE TO INVESTIGATE,

BUT NO ONE REALIZED IT HAD

COME INTO CONTACT WITH A

LOW-HANGING POWER LINE.

12,000 VOLTS OF

ELECTRICITY WENT THROUGH

HIS BODY.

THE CREW CALLED 9-1-1.

E.M.S. SHANE PEARSON

RESPONDED TO THE CALL.

THE FIRST THING I

NOTICED WAS HIS FEET.

HIS WORK BOOTS HAD BEEN

BLOWN OPEN.

HE WAS IN VERY CRITICAL

CONDITION AT THAT POINT.

Reporter: ZACH WAS

TRANSPORTED TO THE NEAREST

HOSPITAL.

AT THE TIME, HIS WIFE JODY

WAS AT HOME WITH THEIR

1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,

BRINLEY.

I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT

ZACH HAD BEEN IN AN

ACCIDENT.

MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS

HE ALIVE?

BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA HOW

BAD THE ACCIDENT WAS.

IT WAS HIS MOM ON THE

PHONE AND SHE SAID SHE

DIDN'T KNOW.

Reporter: JODY RUSHED

TO THE HOSPITAL WITH

ZACH'S PARENTS.

YOU GET TO THE HOSPITAL

AND YOU SMELL BURNED FLESH

EVERYWHERE, AND YOU KNOW

HOW BAD IT WAS.

THEY TOLD US HE WAS

GOING TO BE FLOWN TO A

DIFFERENT HOSPITAL.

THAT IS WHEN IT HIT US

THAT THIS IS NOT GOOD.

Reporter: BATC ZACH WAS

LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A

HOSPITAL IN WICHITA,

KANSAS, AND ADMITTED INTO

THEIR BURN CENTER.

DR. BINGHAM WAS THE

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

HE HAD SOME OF THE

DEEPEST ELECTRICAL

INJURIES I HAD EVER SEEN.

BOTH OF HIS LOWER

EXTREMITIES WERE SEVERELY

BURNED.

ACTUALLY, AREAS ON HIS

FEET AND ANKLES WERE

CHARRED.

THE CHANCES OF LIVING WERE

NO BETTER THAN 50/50.

Reporter: DOCTORS PUT

ZACH INTO A MEDICALLY

INDUCED COMA, AND WORKED

AROUND THE CLOCK TO TREAT

HIS BURNS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO

STABILIZE HIM, BUT HE WAS

IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

JODY PRAYED AND SPREAD THE

WORD OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.

FARMERS THAT LIVE

AROUND HERE WOULD STOP

THEIR FARM EQUIPMENT EVERY

DAY AT 10:00 AND 4:00 AND

PRAY FOR ZACH.

Reporter: THREE DAYS

LATER, HE WENT INTO

CARDIAC ARREST.

THE NURSES PULLED ME IN

THE ROOM, AND THE

DOCTORS -- WHILE HE WAS

CODING, THEY WERE

PERFORMING CHEST

EXPRESSIONCOMPRESSIONS ON HIM.

WE WERE JUST BEHIND

HIM, RALLYING, COME ON

BACK, ZACH.

AND FINALLY THE NURSE HAD

SAID, WE HAVE GOT A PULSE.

Reporter: BUT AS

QUICKLY AS ZACH'S HEART

RECOVERED, HIS KIDNEYS

STARTING SHUTTING DOWN AND

HIS LUNGS STARTED FILLING

WITH FLUID.

THE DOCTORS TOLD US

HE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.

HE BASICALLY TOLD US TO

TELL HIM GOOD-BYE.

SO I TOOK OUR DAUGHTER IN

AND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS

GOING TO HEAVEN.

Reporter: FRIENDS AND

FAMILY GATHERED AT THE

HOSPITAL AND WAITED FOR

HIM TO PASS.

THEY SOON REALIZED GOD WAS

STILL AT WORK.

THE BLOOD PRESSURE

STARTED TO COME UP, AND

THE OXYGEN SATURATION

LEVELS STARTED TO COME UP.

AND THEN HE BEGAN TO

STABILIZE.

THE DOCTORS SAID, I

THINK HE IS GOING TO MAKE

A LIAR OUT OF ME.

HE IS GETTING BETTER.

GOD WAS IN THE ROOM

WITH US.

HE WAS THERE AND ANSWERING

PEOPLE'S PRAYERS.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY

MIND THAT GOD TOUCHED ZACH

THAT NIGHT AND TURNED

THINGS AROUND AND GAVE HIM

A CHANCE.

Reporter: OVER THE

NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, ZACH

CONTINUED TO IMPROVE.

HIS KIDNEYS STARTED

WORKING, AND HIS LUNGS

STARTED TO EMPTY.

THE DOCTOR WAS, LIKE, I'VE

NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE

THIS BEFORE.

Reporter:

UNFORTUNATELY, DOCTORS HAD

TO AMPUTATE ZACH'S LEG

BECAUSE OF INFECTION.

AND NOW THEY HAD ANOTHER

CONCERN, WHETHER ZACH HAD

SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE.

THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT

WAS TO BRING HIM OUT OF

THE COMA.

WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE

HOSPITAL, IT WAS LIKE I

HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF

DREAMS.

I KIND OF FOY WHAT KNEW WHAT

HAPPENED, BUT NOT REALLY.

MY WIFE WAS THE FIRST ONE

TO COME IN THERE.

AND I SAID, DO YOU

REMEMBER ME?

AND HE SAID, OF COURSE,

I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET

YOU AND BRINLEY.

AND SHE SAID, DO YOU

YOU REMEMBER YOU GOT

SHOCKED IN THE FIELD?

AND IT CLICKED AND I

REMEMBERED EVERYTHING THAT

HAPPENED.

Reporter: THE NEXT

THREE MONTHS WOULD BE HARD

AS ZACH STRUGGLED THROUGH

EXTENSIVE THERAPY AND

MULTIPLE SURGERIES.

I WOULD GET ANGRY, BUT

THERE ARE A THE LOT OF

PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE

FOR ME.

Reporter: AND THEN ON

VALENTINE'S DAY, ZACH WAS

RELEASED TO GO HOME.

HIS TOWN WELCOMED HIM IN

THE STREETS.

THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT

THERE WITH SIGNS, SAYING

WE LOVE YOU, ZACH.

HE SAID, HOW AM I GOING

TO THANK ALL OF THESE

PEOPLE?

AND I SAID, FROM WHY I CAN

SEE, THEY WANT TO THANK

YOU BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT

THEM BACK TO THEIR FAITH.

Reporter: ZACH HAS

BECOME ACCUSTOM TOOME ACCUSTOMED TO HIS

NEW LEGS AND HE IS

THANKFUL TO GET BACK TO

BEING A HUSBAND AND A

FARMER.

IN FACT, HE AND JODY ARE

EXPECTING THEIR SECOND

CHILD, A BOY.

IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL OF

THE PRAYERS, WE WOULDN'T

HAVE RECEIVED THE MIRACLE

THAT WE GOT.

YOU LOOK AT THE

DOCTORS' REPORTS AND WHAT

MY INJURIES WERE, AND

THERE IS NOTHING THAT

EXPLAINS MY RECOVERY BUT

GOD WATCHING OVER ME.

Gordon: NOTHING

EXPLAINS MY RECOVERY BUT

GOD WATCHING OVER ME.

HE IS OUR VERY PRESENT

HELP IN TIME OF NEED.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

REACH OUT.

AND JESUS SAID IT, THE

TIME IS FULFILLED.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT

HAND.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

CHANGE OUR MINDS AND

BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS.

SO WHEN JESUS SAYS THE

KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND,

IT REALLY MEANS THAT YOU

CAN REACH UP AND GRAB IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE

THE FAITH TO SAY IT IS

RIGHT HERE.

I'M GOING TO GET IT.

SO OFTEN WE WANT TO SAY,

WELL, IT'S SOME FAR AWAY

PLACE OR SOME FAR AWAY

TIME.

THE APOSTLE PAUL TALKED

ABOUT THAT.

DON'T SAY WHO IS GOING TO

GO UP TO HEAVEN TO GET IT,

OR WHO IS GOING TO GO

BELOW THE EARTH TO GET IT.

THE WORD IS IN YOU.

IT IS IN YOUR MOUTH.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

PROCLAIM IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT

FAMILY DID.

THAT'S WHAT THAT COMMUNITY

DID.

THEY PROCLAIMED THE

BLESSING OF GOD OVER ZACH.

EVEN THOUGH ALL THE

VISIBLE EVIDENCE WAS HE IS

NOT GOING TO MAKE IT, ALL

OF THE DOCTORS' REPORTS,

HE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE

IT.

HE CODES IN THE HOSPITAL;

HE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE

IT.

BUT THEY PROCLAIMED OVER

HIM AND THEY SAW THEIR

MIRACLE.

SO TERRY AND I, RIGHT NOW

WE'RE GOING TO PROCLAIM

OVER YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO

PROCLAIM THE GOODNESS OF

GOD.

JOIN WITH THAT

PROCLAMATION.

JOIN IN BELIEVING, AND

LET'S SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO

FOR YOU.

LORD, WE JUST LIFT THOSE

IN THE AUDIENCE WHO NEED

MIRACLES.

AND WE PROCLAIM OVER THEM

YOUR WORD.

YOU'RE THE GOD WHO

PERFORMS MIRACLES, THE

KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND,

AND IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD,

THERE AREN'T ANY NEEDS.

NO ONE IS SICK.

THERE ARE NO TEARS.

SO WE PROCLAIM THAT YOUR

WILL WOULD BE DONE ON

EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN,

DONE IN THESE BODIES RIGHT

NOW.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PROCLAIM

IT, WE BELIEVE IT, WE

RECEIVE IT NOW.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

Terry: AMEN.

Gordon: IF YOU NEED

PRAYER, WE'RE HERE FOR

YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK

UP THE PHONE AND CALL US:

1-800-700-7000.

> HERE IS A WORD FOR YOU

FROM JOB: "HE DOES GREAT

THINGS, TOO MARVELOUS TO

UNDERSTAND.

HE PERFORMS COUNTLESS

MIRACLES."

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