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 Moreâ€.
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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."