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700 Club Interactive - June 19, 2018

Jose Altuve is the smallest player in Major League Baseball, yet commands gigantic admiration from fellow players for his abilities and his faith. Read Transcript


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.

20116789 H201.2011.

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."

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