Jose Altuve is the smallest player in Major League Baseball, yet commands gigantic admiration from fellow players for his abilities and his faith.
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Gordon: HE IS ONE OF
BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STARS,
PROOF THAT GOOD THINGS
COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
YOU DON'T THINK OF YOUR
SIZE AS A NEGATIVE AT ALL,
DO YOU?
NO.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I'M
5' 6" AND CAN PLAY BALL.
Gordon: PLUS...A MAN
SUFFERS FROM NECK AND JAW
PAIN FOR MONTHS.
FIND OUT HOW IT ALL
CHANGED WHILE WATCHING
TELEVISION ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB INTERACTIVE."
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
EVERY YEAR THEY PERFORM
OVER 300,000 ABORTIONS,
AND YOU AND I ARE PAYING
FOR IT.
THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS THE
ABORTION GIANT OVER
$500 MILLION EVERY YEAR.
Terry: WELL, PRO-LIFE
GROUP "LIVE ACTION" HAS
PRODUCED UNDERCOVER VIDEOS
OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S
MISINFORMATION, AND
ATTEMPT TO PROFIT FROM THE
SALE OF BABY BODY PARTS.
IN 2008, LIVE ACTION
INVESTIGATORS CHOSE A 13,
TO 15-YEAR-OLD GIRLS WITH
BOYFRIENDS, AND THERE WERE
EIGHT PLANNED PARENTHOODS
THAT WERE WILLING TO COVER
UP SEXUAL ABUSE.
INCLUDING A SUSPECTED
STATUTORY RAPE.
THE FOLLOWING IS A
COMPILATION REEL OF THIS
INVESTIGATION.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
13.
OKAY, IN THE STATE OF
INDIANA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A PARENT'S SIGNATURE TO
GET AN ABORTION.
DO THEY WANT TO KNOW
WHO IS THE FATHER?
UH-HUH.
[INAUDIBLE]
OKAY.
OKAY.
HE WOULD GET IN TROUBLE.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
KNOW HOW OLD HE IS, OKAY?
YOU DON'T?
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW
HOW OLD HE IS BECAUSE IN
THE STATE OF INDIANA,
ANYONE 13 YEARS OR YOUNGER
YOUNGER, WE HAVE TO REPORT
TO C.P.S.
HE MIGHT BE --
I DIDN'T HEAR THE AGE.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE
AGE.
IT WOULD BE REPORTED AS
RAPE, AND THAT'S CHILD
ABUSE.
OH.
SO I CAN SAY I DON'T KNOW
WHO THE FATHER WAS?
RIGHT.
JUST, YOU KNOW --
YOU'VE SEEN HIM AROUND.
HE'S 14, HE'S IN YOUR
GRADE, AND WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
OKAY.
SO THAT'S THAT PROBLEM
SOLVED.
[INAUDIBLE]
I DON'T CARE HOW OLD
YOU ARE.
[INAUDIBLE]
Gordon: THAT IS A
STARTLING VIDEO.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT
THAT'S GOING ON ON A
REGULAR BASIS, BUT THEY
LITERALLY ARE TURNING A
BLIND EYE AND ENCOURAGING
THESE YOUNG GIRLS TO NOT
TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
IT'S RAPE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE
CONSEQUENCES TO THIS, WHY
THERE ISN'T ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY?
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
ACTION ON CAPITOL HILL.
RECENTLY 70 CONGRESSMEN
STOOD WITH THAT VIDEO AND
SAID, THIS HAS TO STOP.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL
BE SOME FEDERAL ACTION --
Terry: YEAH.
Gordon: -- TO SAY,
LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Terry: HOW MANY
VIDEOS DO WE HAVE TO SEE
BEFORE WE SEE SOME ACTION.
Gordon: YOU LOOK AT
THE LAST TIME.
HERE THE VIDEO IS REALLY
EXPLICIT, THE VIDEO SHOWS
THEM SELLING BODY PARTS,
BUT THEN THE DISMOTIVATION
DISINFORMATION STARTS, AND
CONGRESS DOES NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
AND THEN OUT OF TEXAS, A
GRAND JURY IS IMPANELED,
AND THE PROSECUTOR THERE
DECIDES TO FILE CHARGES
AGAINST THE VIDEO
PROVIDER.
DERMA S Terry: SO IS THAT
JUST DEEP LOBBYING?
Gordon: WELL, YOU'RE
SO SOLD ON THE IDEOLOGY OF
PRO-CHOICE, THAT YOU WOULD
DO ANYTHING TO DEFEND
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
Terry: WOW.
Gordon: THAT'S --
Terry: FRIGHTENING.
Gordon: IT IS
FRIGHTENING.
YOU REMEMBER THE ABORTION
MILL THAT WAS KILLING
GIRLS AND WOMEN IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
AND ALL THE TIME PRO-LIFE
HAS BEEN SAYING THESE
ABORTION MILLS NEED TO BE
REGULATED, THEY NEED TO BE
INSPECTED.
THE RESPONSE WAS, THAT
WILL MAKE IT TOO
EXPENSIVE.
Terry: BUT NOBODY
EVER ADDRESSING WHAT WAS
DISCOVERED, WHAT WAS
ACTUALLY SHOWN.
IT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO
THIS KIND OF BROAD, BROAD
NEED FOR SOME WOMEN TO
TAKE CARE OF THINGS.
Gordon: HE WENT TO
JAIL, BUT WHY ISN'T THERE
A SYSTEMATIC -- IF YOU'RE
SAYING FROM THAT IDEOLOGY
WE WANT TO MAKE IT SAFE,
THEN WHY NOT FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH IT.
Terry: EXACTLY.
Gordon: ALL RIGHT.
HOPEFULLY CONGRESS WILL
ACT.
> WELL, HERE IS A FATHER
WHO IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE,
DESPITE HIS DISABILITY.
BACK IN 1981, JIM
PORTERFIELD WAS IN A
HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A
DRUNK DRIVER.
HE WAS IN A COMA FOR SIX
WEEKS AND NOT EXPECTED TO
LIVE.
Terry: WEL, WELL,
THANKFULLY HE SURVIVED,
BUT WAS LEFT WITH
PERMANENT PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES.
HE WAS ABLE TO RAISE A
FAMILY AND SECURE A JOB OF
30 YEARS, FROM WHICH HE
WAS RECENTLY LAID OFF.
JIM HAD BEEN SAVING HIS
CHANGE SO THAT HIS
DAUGHTER, MORGAN, COULD
HAVE COFFEE MONEY.
MORGAN WAS BLOWN AWAY AND
TWEETED: "AS SOME KNOW,
MY DAD IS MENTALLY AND
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED,
AND ESPECIALLY NO THAT NOW THAT HE
IS OLDER, HE IS UNABLE TO
WORK AND EARN AN INCOME,
BUT HE HAS BEEN ACING HIS
POCKET MONEY.
I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT
IT, UNTIL I CAME HOME TO
THIS TODAY.
HE HAS INSTILLED IN US
THANKING GOD FOR THE LOVE
AND GRACE THAT HE SHOWS US
EVERY DAY."
A PICTURE IS A THOUSAND
WORDS.
THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
WAY TO GO, DAD.
Gordon: IMAGINE BEING
A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
PLAYER AND REACHING THE
BIGGEST MOMENT IN YOUR
ATHLETIC CAREER, AND THE
ONLY THING STANDING
BETWEEN YOU AND A TRIP TO
THE STATE BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP IS YOUR BEST
FRIEND.
Terry: YOU SEE TYE
THERE AND STRIKING OUT HIS
BEST FRIEND, JACK.
GET THIS, INSTEAD OF
CELEBRATING WITH HIS TEAM,
HE SHOWS SYMPATHY WITH HIS
FRIEND BY CONSOLING HIM AT
HOME PLATE.
HE EVENTUALLY JOINED THE
CELEBRATION, BUT HE SAID,
OUR FRIENDSHIP IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN JUST THE
SILLY OUTCOME OF A GAME.
I HAD TO MAKE SURE HE KNEW
THAT BEFORE WE CELEBRATED.
LOVE THIS STORY.
Gordon: TYE HAS HIS
PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.
FRIENDSHIP IS A LOT MORE
IMPORTANT THAN A SILLY
GAME.
> JOSE OBTUVI IS A MAJOR
BASEBALL SUPERSTAR SINCE
MAKING HIS DEBUT IN 201.
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HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
STARS, BUT AT 5' 6."
, HE IS ONE OF THE
SMALLEST PLAYERS TO PLAY
THE GAME.
BUT WHAT HE LACKS IN SIZE,
HE MAKES UP FOR IN SHEAR
DETERMINATION.
Reporter: HE IS A
FIVE-TIME ALL-STAR, A
THREE-TIME BATTING
CHAMPION, THE REIGNING
AMERICAN LEAGUE M.V.P.,
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS
MOST IMPRESSIVE.
STANDING 5' 6" HE IS THE
SMALLEST PLAYER IN MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Reporter: YOU DON'T
THINK OF YOUR SIZE AS A
NEGATIVE AT ALL, DO YOU?
NO.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I'M
5' 6" AND CAN PLAY BALL.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
BECAUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
Reporter: THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF A MAJOR LEAGUER
IS ROUGHLY SIX FEET, SO
WHEN JOSE BLASTED HIS WAY
INTO THE MAJORS IN 2011,
HE ROCKED THE BASEBALL
WORLD WITH A SMILE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST
REASON I'M ALWAYS HAPPY IS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS
JUST A PART OF WAKING UP
EVERY DAY, HAVING MY
FAMILY THERE, AND HAVING
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO
THE BALLPARK AND DO WHAT I
LOVE TO DO.
THAT'S MY JOB.
I THANK GOD EVERY DAY
BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE
HE GAVE ME ALL THIS.
Reporter: JOSE IS
FROM MERIKI, VENEZUELA,
WHERE HE WAS TAUGHT
CHRISTIAN VALUES AS A BOY.
I'M ALWAYS BLESSED IN
THAT BECAUSE I GREW UP
KNOWING HE WENT TO THE
CROSS FOR US, HE DIED FOR
US.
Reporter: IN
VENEZUELA, BASEBALL IS
EVERYTHING.
JOSE'S FATHER BEGAN
TEACHING HIM THE GAME WHEN
HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I REMEMBER HE ALWAYS
WAS HAPPY TO TAKE ME TO
THE BALLPARK AND PLAY,
EVEN WHEN WE ONLY HAVE ONE
BALL, AND WE HAVE TO GO
BACK AND FORTH TO HIT MANY
TIMES.
BUT IT MEANS A LOT.
AND NOW I SEE MY DAD, AND
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR HIM,
TOO, BECAUSE HE GAVE ME
ALL HIS TIME, ALL HIS
LOVE, TO TEACH ME HOW TO
PLAY BALL.
Reporter: WHEN JOSE
WAS 16 YEARS OLD, BASEBALL
SCOUTS TOLD HIM HE WAS TOO
SMALL TO PLAY
PROFESSIONALLY.
THEY LET ME GO OUT
THERE AND PLAY.
AND IT WAS 50 GUYS, AND IT
WENT DOWN TO 20 OR 15, I
THINK, AND I WASN'T ONE OF
THOSE GUYS.
BUT I JUST DECIDED TO COME
BACK THE NEXT DAY.
THE BIG BOSS WAS THERE AT
THAT TIME, AND HE JUST
DECIDED TO LET ME JOIN THE
ORGANIZATION.
Reporter: THE BIG
BOSS HE IS REFERRING TO IS
THEN HOUSTON ASTRO'S
ASSISTANT, AL PETRIK, WHO
NOTICED JOSE'S DRIVE AND
PASSION FOR THE GAME.
HE SAID HE REALLY
ENJOYED PLAYING BASEBALL.
AND THAT IS BETTER THAN
HAVING ALL OF THESE TOOLS,
BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO
SEE INSIDE THE PLAYER AND
REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT IF
HE WANTS TO PLAY OR NOT.
AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT ME
MAYBE HAVING THE RIGHT
ATTITUDE TO GO OUT THERE
AND PLAY.
Reporter: JOSE SIGNED
WITH THE ASTROS'
ORGANIZATION IN 2007.
FOUR YEARS LATER, HE WAS
CALLED UP TO THE BIG
LEAGUES.
I REALLY, REALLY WANTED
TO DO IT.
IF GOD GAVE ME THE ABILITY
TO PLAY, IT IS BECAUSE HE
WANTED ME TO GO ALL THE
WAY, TOO.
IT IS A LOT OF EMOTIONS
GOING ON.
IN THE BEGINNING, I
COULDN'T BELIEVE I WAS
GETTING THE CALL FROM THE
MINOR LEAGUE TEAM.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I
WAS HERE PLAYING THE GAME
WITH GUYS I USED TO WATCH
ON TV.
I STILL LOOK AROUND AND I
THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING
BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT
YOU DREAM AS A KID IS REAL
LIFE NOW.
Reporter: BY 2012,
THE LITTLE GIANT WAS AN
ALL STAR.
AS THE SMALLEST PLAYER IN
THE LEAGUE, HE SAYS HE HAS
TO WORK THAT MUCH HARDER
IN ORDER TO COMPETE.
IT WAS ALWAYS HARD.
IT STILL IS HARD.
AND SINCE DAY ONE, WHEN I
WAS 16 YEARS OLD, MY FIRST
GAME AS A PROFESSIONAL
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER, IT
WAS REAL TOUGH.
THIS GAME IS GETTING
HARDER EVERY DAY.
AND THE DAY YOU STOP
WORKING HARD AND YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE, YOU MIGHT BE
OUT OF HERE REALLY SOON.
Reporter: HOW DOES HE
DO IT?
HOW DOES SOMEONE WHO IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY IN THE LEAGUE, PLAY
EVERY DAY.
HIS ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE:
PRAYER.
EVERY DAY BEFORE I
LEAVE MY HOUSE EVERY DAY,
I ASK GOD FOR MY FAMILY
AND FOR ME.
WHEN I'M ABOUT TO PLAY THE
GAME, I PRAY AND ASK GOD
TO KEEP EVERY PLAYER AND
EVERYBODY IN THE STANDS
HEALTHY, AND WE JUST CAN
GO OUT THERE AND COMPETE
IN A GOOD WAY.
Reporter: JOSE IS ONE
OF BASEBALL'S BIGGEST
STARS.
AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER,
HE HASN'T ALLOWED THE GAME
TO COMPLETELY DEFINE WHO
HE IS.
NO.
OKAY, BASEBALL IS GOOD AND
ALL OF THE TEAMS ARE GOOD.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO HOME
AND YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY,
THAT'S WHEN YOU FIND OUT,
OKAY, THIS IS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL GIFT FROM GOD.
SEEING EVERYTHING IS
CONNECTING BECAUSE MY
DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE AND
MY WHOLE FAMILY, THEY
HELPED ME TO DO BETTER ON
THE FIELD.
EVEN IF I DO GOOD OR NOT
HERE, I GO HOME AND I TRY
TO BE THE SAME HUSBAND,
THE SAME DAD.
Reporter: LAST SEASON
JOSE HELPED THE ASTROS WIN
THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE UNDERSTANDS HE IS A
BLESSED MAN BECAUSE OF HIS
FAITH, SO HE IS MAKING
SURE TO KEEP HIS
PRIORITIES IN ORDER, WITH
BASEBALL HOLDING THE FIRST
SPOT, BEHIND HIS FAMILY AT
SECOND, AND HIS FAITH IN
CHRIST AT FIRST, WHICH HE
SAYS HELPS HIM BRING
EVERYTHING HOME AND IN
ORDER.
I THINK GOD HAS BLESSED
ME ONLY BECAUSE I LET HIM
CONTROL EVERYTHING THAT IS
AROUND ME, MY FAITH AND
HIM AND MY LOVE FOR HIM IS
JUST NOT WORRYING ABOUT
LITTLE THINGS.
JUST WORRY ABOUT MY FAITH
IN HIM, AND THAT WAY HE IS
GOING TO PUT IN ORDER
EVERYTHING AROUND ME.
Gordon: THAT'S AN
INCREDIBLE STATEMENT.
THE REASON IS I LET GOD
CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND
ME.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
STATEMENT OF FAITH, TO
TRUST GOD, HIS UNFAILING
LOVE, TO SAY, IN ALL MY
WAYS, I'M GOING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
AND IN THAT HE WILL DIRECT
MY PATHS.
Terry: WELL, STILL TO
COME, SEE HOW ONE FAMILY
IS SHARING THE STORIES OF
THE BIBLE WITH THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
SO STAY WITH US.
Gordon: STUDIES SHOW
THAT MOST CHRISTIANS
DISCOVER THEIR FAITH
BEFORE THEIR TEENAGED
YEARS.
THAT'S WHY BRI AND ERIC CLIFF
PATTERSON ARE SHARING THE
STORIES OF "SUPERBOOK"
WITH THEIR KIDS.
Reporter: BRI LIKES
TO SHARE "SUPERBOOK" WITH
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WHENEVER SHE GETS THE
OPPORTUNITY.
GIVING EXTRA COPIES AS
GIFTS FOR KIDS WITH THEIR
BIRTHDAY PRESENTS -- WE'LL
FLIP THEM INTO THEIR GIFT
BAG.
OR WHEN KIDS HAVE COME TO
TRICK-OR-TREAT BEFORE,
WE'LLEWE'LL PASS THEM OUT THAT
WAY.
AND I DECIDED TO TAKE A
COUPLE TO OUR LOCAL
LIBRARY, AND THEY PUT THEM
INTO THE COUNTY'S
CIRCULATION SYSTEM.
Reporter: THREE OUT
OF FOUR PATTERSON KIDS
LOOK FORWARD TO
"SUPERBOOK" MOVIE NIGHT ON
FRIDAYS.
THE YOUNGEST ISN'T QUITE
READY YET.
THE KIDS LIKE
"SUPERBOOK" BECAUSE THEY
THINK GIZMO IS REALLY
FUNNY.
EVEN MY 2-YEAR-OLD WILL
LAUGH AT THE FUNNY THINGS
HE DOES.
THE DAD SAID, GO IN
THERE AND GET THAT.
I LIKE THE SONGS.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE SONGS
ON THERE.
AND I LIKE THE QUESTIONS.
Reporter: THEIR
FAVORITE PART IS THE
EXPLORER D.V.D., THE
INTERACTIVE PORTION OF THE
EPISODE, OR AS SHELBY PUTS
IT...
IT'S A D.V.D. THAT
SURPRISES YOU WITH A
D.V.D. THAT YOU DIDN'T
EVEN HAVE YET.
YOU DRAW IN THERE.
WE WERE DRAWING QUEEN
ESTHER.
Reporter: CLIFF AND
BRI HAVE BEEN SHARING
"SUPERBOOK" WITH THEIR
KIDS SINCE HANNAH, THEIR
OLDEST, WAS TWO.
IT PREPARES THEIR
HEARTS FOR WHAT IS REAL
AND WHAT IS THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHAT I'M PASSIONATE
ABOUT, THE TRUTH.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY
CAN ALWAYS COME TO ME AND
GET THE TRUTH.
AND THAT'S WHY "SUPERBOOK"
IS A GREAT TOOL FOR THE
FAMILIES BECAUSE I FEEL IT
IS DEFINITELY GROUNDED IN
TRUTH AND BIBLICAL
KNOWLEDGE.
I CHOOSE CBN TO SUPPORT
BECAUSE I TRUST THEIR
INTEGRITY.
I TRUST THEIR VISION THAT
GOD HAS GIVEN THEM.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY.
AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL
FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
RAISING UP THE NEXT
GENERATION WITH
"SUPERBOOK."
THEY'RE HELPING TO LAY A
FOUNDATION FOR
GENERATIONS.
Gordon: Gordon: Gordon: AND YOU CA
N
HELP LAY THAT FOUNDATION,
TOO.
HOW?
BY JOINING THE "SUPERBOOK"
CLUB.
WE'RE UP TO, I THINK, 53
LANGUAGES FOR SEASON ONE,
UP TO OUR INITIAL GOAL,
WHICH WAS 55 LANGUAGES.
ONCE WE HIT THAT, HOW DO
WE TAKE IT INTO ALL OF THE
MAJOR BROADCAST LANG WAGES
AROUNLANG WAGESLANGUAGESAROUND THE WORLD.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN CHILDREN GET THESE
STORIES.
THEY HEAR IT, THEY
UNDERSTAND IT, AND THEIR
LIVES ARE TRANSFORMED.
WHEN THE BIBLE CHARACTERS
ARE TALKING IN A
"SUPERBOOK" EPISODE,
THEY'RE ALWAYS TALKING
SCRIPTURE.
WE WANT TO LET THE WORDS
OF THE BIBLE COME TO LIFE
SO CHILDREN CAN HEAR IT,
CAN RESPOND TO IT.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT BY
JOINING THE "SUPERBOOK"
CLUB.
NOW, HOW MUCH IS THAT?
WELL, FOR A GIFT OF $25 OR
MORE, YOU GET TO KNOW THAT
YOU'RE GIFT GOES INTO THE
PRODUCTION COSTS, THE
TRANSLATION COSTS, THE
DISTRIBUTION COSTS, AND
THEN WE CAN SEND AS OUR
GIFT TO YOU THE LATEST
D.V.D. FROM THE
"SUPERBOOK" PRODUCTION
TEAM.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
"SUPERBOOK" EXPLORER,
WHICH INCLUDES TWO
EPISODES.
ONE IS "DAVID AND SAUL."
THE OTHER ONE IS "KING
SOLOMON."
AND YOU'LL GET THREE
D.V.D.s SO YOU CAN BE A
PART OF SHARING WITH YOUR
FAMILY, WITH YOUR CHURCH,
WITH YOUR LOVED ONES,
GETTING THE CHILDREN IN
YOUR WORLD THE STORIES OF
THE BIBLE.
CALL US IF YOU WOULD LIKE
IT: 1-800-700-7000.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,
A MAN WITH EXCRUCIATING
NECK AND JAW PAIN FOR
MONTHS WHO GOT NO RELIEF
FROM HIS DOCTORS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
TIMES I CAME HOME CRYING,
AND I WOULD JUST FALL ON
THE COUCH.
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY -- IT
WAS REALLY BAD.
Terry: SEE HOW HE
GETS HEALED.
AND GORDON AND I ARE GOING
TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU,
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: DONALD FELT
EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN HIS
NECK AND JAW FOR MONTHS.
NONE OF THE DOCTORS HE
SAW, NONE OF THE PILLS
THEY PRESCRIBED, GAVE HIM
ANY RELIEF.
DONALD'S PROBLEMS ALL
BEGAN ONE WINTER DAY WHEN
HE VOLUNTEERED TO OPERATE
A SNOWPLOW.
THE SNOW WAS COMING
DOWN.
IT WAS TREACHEROUS, IT
WASN'T STOPPING.
SO THEY PUT THE CALL OUT
THERE, IF ANYBODY ELSE CAN
HELP AND VOLUNTEER TO DO
THE PLOWING, THEY NEEDED
ANYBODY BECAUSE THE SNOW
WAS NOT STOPPING.
Reporter: DONALD
DIDN'T HESITATE TO JUMP
INTO A TRUCK AND HELP
CLEAR THE PARKING LOT AT
THE LANCASTER NARCOTIC NEW YORK
HOSPITAL WHERE HE WORKS.
BUT COMING FROM THE
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, HE
NEVER WORKED A SNOWPLOW
AND KEPT HITTING THE
CURBS.
I GUESS THE MOST
EXPERIENCED GUY NOW TO
RAISE THE PLOW WHEN THEY
COME TO WHERE THE CURBS
ARE.
> BUT I KEPT FEELING THE
JILTDINJILTING OF THE PLOW.
Reporter: DONALD
STARTED HAVING MINOR NECK
AND JAW PAIN THAT WENT
AWAY AFTER JUST A FEW
WEEKS.
BUT THEN IN THE SUMMER OF
2017, THE PAIN CAME BACK,
THIS TIME WITH A
VENGEANCE.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
TIMES I CAME HOME, CRYING,
AND I WOULD JUST FALL ON
THE COUCH AND SAY, "MARY,
BRING ME A BLOCK OF ICE,
BRING ME A HEATING PAD."
I DID SEE MANY DOCTORS.
AND I WENT TO
CHIROPRACTORS AND I WENT
TO ANOTHER T.M.J. DOCTOR,
BUT THE PAIN WAS
INCREASING.
IT WASN'T GETTING BETTER.
ALL THEY DID WAS PRESCRIBE
PILLS, MUSCLE RELAXERS AND
SLEEPING PILLS AND PAIN
PILLS.
MY WHOLE LIFE WAS MESSED
UP.
I COULDN'T PLAN ANYTHING
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN
IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY -- IT
WAS REALLY BAD.
Reporter: DONALD
DECIDED EARLY ON TO TRUST
GOD FOR HEALING.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PAIN, I'D SAY, FATHER,
THIS PAIN IS NOT GOING TO
STOP ME FROM BELIEVING IN
YOU.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS
PAIN DESTROY MY WALK WITH
YOU.
Reporter: THEN ON
CHRISTMAS DAY OF THAT SAME
YEAR, DONALD WAS AT A
FAMILY GATHERING WHEN THE
PAIN BECAME SO UNBEARABLE,
HE RAN INTO A BATHROOM AND
CRIED OUT TO GOD IN
DESPERATION.
I SAID,GOD, GOD, THIS HAS
GOT TO STOP.
ESPECIALLY ON A DAY LIKE
CHRISTMAS, THIS HAS GOT TO
STOP.
Reporter: DONALD SAYS
JUST A FEW DAYS LATER GOD
ANSWERED HIS PRAYERS.
I WATCHED "THE 700
CLUB" THAT THURSDAY
MORNING.
GORDON ROBERTSON HAD A
WORD.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE WITH NERVE
PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
YOUR FACE THAT GOES INTO
THE UPPER RIGHT PART OF
YOUR SKULL.
GOD IS JUST TAKING THAT
NERVE PAIN AWAY FROM YOU.
AND I GO, WAIT A
MINUTE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME.
IT WASN'T JUST ME WATCHING
A TV SHOW.
THAT'S FOR ME.
Reporter: OVER THE
NEXT WEEK, THE PAIN
SUBSIDED UNTIL IT WAS
COMPLETELY GONE.
AND IT HAS NEVER COME
BACK.
TO BE PAIN-FREE, TO
REALLY BE PAIN-FREE, I GOT
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PAIN
IS, BUT GOD SHOWED ME THAT
HE CAN TAKE AWAY PAIN AND
HE CAN HEAL.
HE IS THE HEALER, AND IT'S
PART OF HIS COVENANT THAT
HE HAS FOR EACH OF US.
HE IS THE ONE WHO DOES THE
MIRACLES.
YES.
YES.
Terry: WOW!
WHAT DONALD HAD HAPPEN TO
HIM IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, GOD IS OUR
HEALER.
HE TAKES AWAY THINGS THAT
DOCTORS CAN'T MANAGE OR
DEAL WITH, AND THAT WE
CAN'T CONTROL EITHER.
GORDON AND I WANT TO TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TODAY
TO PRAY FOR YOU.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED IF
WHATEVER YOUR DEALING WITH
HAS GONE ON FOR A WHILE.
IN AN INSTANT GOD CAN
TOUCH AND HEAL YOU.
Gordon: LORD, WE JUST
LIFT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE.
AND THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING IN PAIN RIGHT
NOW, WE JUST BRING ALL OF
THAT PAIN TO YOU.
FOR WE KNOW YOU HAVE
ALREADY BORNE IT, AND THE
SCRIPTURES WERE FULFILLED
ON THE CROSS, THAT YOU
WOULD TAKE AWAY OUR PAIN,
YOU WOULD TAKE AWAY OUR
INFIRMITY.
SO WE ASK ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE IN NERVE
PAIN, IN CHRONIC PAIN, IN
JOINT PAIN, WHEREVER THE
PAIN IS -- FIBROMYALGIA --
WE JUST ASK THAT IT ALL
LEAVE THEM NOW IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
MAY THEY BE HEALED AND BE
RESTORED NOW.
THERE IS SOMEONE WITH
NERVE PAIN IN YOUR RIGHT
CHEEK, AND IT FEELS LIKE A
LIGHTNING STRIKE GOING
INTO YOUR CHEEK WHEN IT
GOES OFF, AND IT IS
DEBILITATING.
GOD HAS JUST HEALED THAT
NERVE, AND IT WILL NEVER
GIVE A FALSE SIGNAL AGAIN.
IT WILL NEVER CRY OUT IN
PAIN AGAIN.
IT HAS JUST BEEN HEALED
AND TAKEN CARE OF.
THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU'VE GOT T.M.J. IN YOUR
LEFT JAW, AND YOU'RE
SAYING, PLEASE SAY THAT,
PLEASE SAY T.M.J., AND SO
I'M SAYING IT JUST FOR
YOU.
GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER,
HE HAS HEARD YOUR CRY.
RECEIVE IT NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
Terry: THIS IS NOT
NERVE PAIN.
THIS IS EMOTIONAL PAIN.
YOU SUFFER FROM ALOPECIA,
AND YOU FEEL SO SHAMED
BECAUSE OF IT.
GOD IS RESTORING ALL HAIR
GROWTH TO YOU, AND ALSO
RESTORING YOUR SPIRIT AS
HE HEALS YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE WITH CHRONIC
SINUS MIGRAINES.
THEY GO OFF WHENEVER YOU
HAVE AN ALLERGY, AND
YOU'RE IN ALLERGY SEASON
NOW.
GOD HAS JUST HEALED YOU OF
THAT, RESTORED YOU IN
JESUS' NAME.
IN JESUS' NAME, RECEIVE
IT.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED, LET
US KNOW: 1-800-700-7000.
> HERE IS A WORD FROM
PSALMS: "FROM THE END OF
THE EARTH I WILL CRY TO
YOU WHEN MY HEART IS
OVERWHELMED, LEAD ME TO
THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER
THAN I."