A prop-plane pilot miraculously walks away from a crash. Plus, a young Muslim starts having panic attacks and begins to question her faith. Watch what brought her peace on today’s 700 Club.
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- [Gordon] Coming up, a prop plane crash.
- [Male Speaker] I heard glassbreak, I heard metal bend.
- [Gordon] And the pilotwho walked away from it all.
- [Male Speaker] Itjust looked like he just
walked out of the flames.
- [Gordon] See hismiraculous story of survival.
- [Woman] His head wasswollen twice the size
and he was burned really, really bad.
- [Gordon] Then a young Muslimstarts having panic attacks.
- [Woman] I thought I was gonna die.
- [Gordon] And beginsto question her faith.
- I felt darkness, like adark cloud over my head.
- [Gordon] Watch what brought her peace
on today's 700 Club.
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Well welcome to The 700 Club.
For today's top headlines let's go over
to the CBN news desk.
- Thanks, Gordon, Iranis enriching uranium
at a faster pace andincreasing its stockpiles
on it's way to getting enough material
to make a nuclear weapon.
The regime admits it's now in violation
of the 2015 nuclear deal
and as Dale Herd reportsthe world is taking notice.
- [Dale] Iran admittedit exceeded the limits
set on its stockpileof low enriched uranium
in the 2015 nuclear deal.
CBN News Chief InternationalCorrespondent, Gary Lane
said what's more important is that Iran
is continuing its enrichment program.
- The genie is now out of the bottle,
it's not as significant that they violated
slightly the stockpile numbers,
what is significant isnow they are on this road
to uranium enrichment thatmay reach dangerous levels.
Right now, they're 3.67%
if they get up to 20% or beyond that,
that's enough for a nuclear bomb.
- [Dale] The move comes ayear after President Trump
pulled the US out of the deal.
He was asked if he has a message for Iran.
- No, no message to Iran.
They know what they're doing.
They know what they are playing with
and I think they're playing with fire.
So no message to Iran whatsoever.
- [Dale] Appearing onFox News Tucker Carlson,
Trump said he hopes Iranwill eventually come
to the bargaining table.
- But we can't let Iranhave a nuclear weapon.
So they're having a lot of difficulty
in their country right now,and hopefully at some point,
they'll come back and they'll say,
"We're gonna make a deal,"we'll see what happens.
- [Dale] Iran's Foreign Ministerexpressing his exasperation
over a White House statement that
even before the deals existence,
Iran was violating itsterms, tweeted, "Seriously?"
Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu, said
Israel will not allow Iranto develop nuclear weapons.
Today, I also call on all European states.
Stand by your commitments,you're committed to act
the moment Iran violatedthe nuclear agreement.
You committed to reinstatethe automatic sanctions regime
that was agreed upon inthe security council.
So I tell you, do so, go do it.
- Do it.
Just do it.
- [Dale] And whilePresident Trump has signaled
he'd like to make adeal with the Iranians,
Iran has shown no signit wants to negotiate.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.
- President Trump signed a $4.6 billion
humanitarian aid package, Monday,
to assist migrants held at the border.
This has congressional democrats claim,
detainees are living ininhumane and toxic conditions
after touring twodetention centers in Texas.
They say women are sharing cramped cells,
sleeping on floors andgoing without showers
and necessary medication.
Church leaders who recentlytoured one of those facilities
are telling a different story,Reverend Samuel Rodriguez
of the National HispanicChristian Leadership Conference
visited a center in El Paso, Texas,
with several other pastors.
He told reporters, "To my surprise,
"I saw something drasticallydifferent from the stories
"I've been hearing inour national discourse."
The center came under a fire raptor
immigration attorney claimed,
"Children kept there weredirty, hungry, and scared."
Rodriguez said they saw nosuch conditions at that center,
and that he pressed authoritieson whether conditions
were changed after the media reports.
And they said theconditions were the same.
The US economy is in its longest period
of sustained growth in history.
Beginning in June 2009, the streak is now
more than 10 years oldand ring its 121st month.
This has the stock market rose higher,
Monday, on news that the US and China
are putting their trade war on hold.
The S&P 500 closed at a record high 2964,
while the Dow rose 117 points,and the NASDAQ jumped 1.1%.
However, some analysts expect the economy
to slow down in months ahead.
Turning now to Hong Kongwhere angry young protestors
turned destructive, smashingtheir way into the country's
legislature, after weeksof mounting frustration
over a controversialextradition bill with China.
CBN Asia correspondent, Lucille Talusan,
reports from Hong Kong.
- [Lucille] Hong Kong riotpolice launched tear gas
at hardcore protestorsafter they violently stormed
into the Legislative Council Building.
A dramatic ending to what would have been
a peaceful celebrationof the 22nd anniversary
of the handover of HongKong to mainland China.
In 1997, China agreed to a one country,
two systems arrangement,granting Hong Kong
its own economic andlegal system for 50 years.
But in recent years, HongKong residents see Beijing
increasingly imposing itssovereignty over Hong Kong,
most recently in thecontroversial extradition bill,
giving China the right totake people accused of crimes
from Hong Kong to the mainland.
Monday's traditional March for Democracy
turned into a march ofprotest against the bill.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets
shouting for the completewithdrawal of the bill.
And the resignation ofChief Executive Carrie Lam.
- I would say that under the hotline
suppression of presidency,
people around the worldmight have hesitation
and might try to keep silent,but we will not step backward
until the day we have democracy.
- [Lucille] Protestors chargethat Beijing is not keeping
its part of the agreement,allowing Hong Kong
to keep elements of independence.
- They still have 28 years togo before that agreement ends,
but they can already seeand experience suppression
from Beijing, and that is whywe can see how angry they are.
They are determined tofight for their rights
that they can still enjoyin their remaining 28 years.
Many Christians are joining the protests,
gathering to worship and pray
before marching in the streets.
- We can encourage somany Christian come out.
Our purpose is to pray for Hong Kong.
And one day, the policeshout against demonstrator,
"Ask your Jesus to come down."
And we told them, "Jesus is here."
So I think it's a good witness.
- [Lucille] Pastor Yuenasks for more prayers,
especially in the aftermath of the chaos
that has now put Hong Kong in a more
volatile political situation.
Lucille Talusan, CBN News Hong Kong.
- Here at home, this holiday weekend,
families looking fora vacation destination
that's fun and educationalmight consider the
Creation Museum in Kentucky.
As Paul Strand shows us,
it could also strengthen your faith.
- [Paul] The Creation Museum starts off
with those creatures of old
who stomped the earth, dinosaurs.
No matter how you feel about dinosaurs,
we know kids love 'em, which is why
the Creation Museum has made sure
to have a ton ofdinosaurs, well, many tons.
And visitors will heardifferent stories about them
than is taught in most classrooms
or spread by secular evolutionists.
That's because one of the museum's goals
is to illustrate how this is a universe
of intelligent designmade by a Creator God,
not just a random evolving and mutating
of meaningless matter.
One thing that is evolvingis the museum itself.
The ministry answers inGenesis, which runs the museum,
is making sure it continues to grow.
- If you haven't been here evenin just the last few years,
come back and see it,there's a lot more to see.
- [Paul] Along with all those dinosaurs
lurking about the place,
inside the CreationMuseum, visitors will see
the Garden of Eden aswell as Noah and the Ark,
the worldwide flood, and a planetarium.
Outside, there's also a bigpetting zoo and zip lines.
One reason for the expansion
is to accommodate all thenew visitors brought here
by sister destination, The Ark Encounter.
It's only 43 miles away and offers
discount tickets to the Creation Museum.
- We had over 700000 people the first year
that The Ark Open come here.
And we consistently haveover half a million visitors,
which is a couple hundredthousand more than we're used to.
- [Paul] The museum staffdecided to view this
unexpected overcrowding as an opportunity.
- Let's expand certainareas, let's open things up.
Let's put in some new exhibits.
- [Paul] One thing that won't change
is the bottom line message,
God's perfect creation may have been
tainted by man's sin, butthere's a way out, Jesus Christ.
- When he died on the cross,the infinite Son of God
took the infinite punishmentfrom the infinite Father.
And that was enough tosatisfy God's wrath on sin,
and that's what makes salvation possible,
only through the blood of Jesus Christ
through His death,burial, and resurrection.
- Paul Strand, CBN News, reporting from
the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
- I've been to both,wonderful places to visit.
And you can learn moreabout the Creation Museum
and follow the news throughout the day
at our website, CBNnews.com.
And stay tuned for more of the 700 Club.
Gordon and Terry will beback right after this.
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- Well, in the aftermathof a terrorist attack,
investigators often see horrific scenes.
That's why a special team ofspiritual counselors is on call
- [John] September 11th,2001, a day when terrorists
hijacked four airplanesto use in suicide attacks
to kill nearly 3000 people.
Those who lived throughit, remember the carnage
like it was yesterdaynearly 20 years later.
- It's chaos initially becauseit was completely unexpected.
- [John] Steve Davis works forthe FBI but not as an agent.
He's an FBI chaplain andwas first on the scene
after the plane crashed intothe Pentagon on September 11th.
- Dealing with people that weredealing with the unthinkable
whether it was the bodiesof children on the plane,
dealing with the human remains.
That takes a toll on a person.
- [John] After 19 yearson the job, Davis says
he's seen the spiritualbattle between good and evil.
- In federal law enforcement,you're dealing with people
who are intentionally evil,
and that's a whole different breed.
And when you're dealing with people
who are intentionally evil, you need to be
intentionally spiritual or find some means
of neutralizing it because evil is,
it's not just toxic, it's corrosive.
- [John] To help overcome that evil,
the department has 130 FBI chaplains
scattered throughout the nation.
They're part of a volunteercrisis intervention team
that provides spiritualfirst aid to FBI agents
often working chaoticscenes with mass casualties,
like the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
- Talking with the person, helping them
just say what they need to say,
trying to get them a bottle of water.
If they want prayer, praying with them,
meeting them where they are.
That's what Jesus did,He met us where we are
and became like us on allthings, except for sin.
- [John] Chaplain Davis says
it's all about spiritual balance.
The FBI first added chaplains in 1991
after employees involved in shootings
and other gruesome investigations
asked for support beyondmental health professionals.
- I would try to go underthe local field office
once a week and basically be present.
- [John] But it's notjust in crisis situations
that chaplains are used, they are also in
every FBI field officeand have the same exact
clearance as any other FBI agent.
They provide spiritual guidance
when employees are facing personal tragedy
or difficulties in their private lives.
- Just kind of tenderizing the environment
to the fact that there's someone who cares
and who cares not onlyabout the personnel,
knows what's happening in the field,
but also caring about their family
and who they are as a person.
- The bureau understands that
all of its employees are human
and have all of the problemseverybody else does.
Plus all of the problemsthat come along with the job.
- [John] Chaplains saymost of their counseling
happens months after a crime scene clears.
They say their rewards comein helping people realize
the difference they are making.
- God is on the side of justice,
and because God is on the side of justice,
those who are in the bureau,
in the Department of Justice are enforcing
and are the peacemakers for God.
- I'm glad the bureau realizeswe have more than just
minds and bodies, we havea heart and a human spirit.
It's the calling, I mean no other reason,
there's absolutely no reasonto deal with the stress
and the problems other than our calling
and equipping a sense of compassion.
- The FBI chaplains saythe role of law enforcement
has changed so much over the years,
they're told to uphold theconstitution and protect America
which translates intokeeping us free and safe,
a dangerous and stressful job
where spiritual support from chaplains
can make a big difference.
John Jessup, CBN Newsreporting in Washington.
- There's a side of the FBI you won't see
on any other news cast, but here
we want to bring you that story
and show you the strugglethat these agents go through.
The FBI certainly has beencriticized over the past year,
but here, to understandwhat they go through
when they're investigatingthese horrific tragedies.
What does that mean forthem to reach out and say,
"We need counseling, we need help.
"We need more than justmental health professionals.
"We need spiritual adviceas to what to do with the
"manifest evil we'reseeing on a regular basis."
Realize, people can betraumatized in a variety of ways.
You can be traumatized justhearing about the story.
Imagine if you're on thescene, investigating,
and looking at the carnage,what would that do to you?
So let's pray for our FBI agents.
Let's pray for those whoare our first responders.
Let's pray for those, allwho are trying to protect us
as a culture, as a society,and what a wonderful thing
the chaplains are volunteeringin huge numbers to say,
"Yes, I'll go in there too,I'll be with the agents
"who are on the front lines."
What a wonderful thing for them to do.
Terry?
- Well, coming up, a young woman
who suffered fromcrippling anxiety attacks.
- Imagine you see a car about to hit you
that's not slowing down or trying to stop.
It was just like that but all the time.
- [Host] Hear how shefound peace overnight.
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- Jezel Khatri suffered fromdebilitating panic attacks.
As a result, she lived in fear.
Her situation at homeonly made things worse.
Jezel tried finding peacewithin her Muslim faith.
Instead, she found it ina place she didn't expect.
- Everything that we didand everything that we
believed built on that foundation
of knowing who we areas Muslims in America.
- [Host] Jezel Khatri grewup in a family who demanded
strict adherence to theQuran and Islamic faith.
For her, it was the only wayto earn her parents' love.
- I believed that staying trueto Islam was something that
my parents and I would bond over.
If I did as they requested for me to do,
like going to the mosque with them and
participating in Ramadan fasting,
it would bring us closer.
- [Host] But none of those things brought
Jezel's family closer together.
In fact, her parents fought constantly.
- Sometimes I would wakeup and I would have to
leave the house with my momin the middle of the night.
I could go to bed thinkingeverything is fine
and wake up the nextmorning and it was disaster.
- [Host] As for Jezel,her prayers to Allah
offered little comfort.
- Allah seemed justreally distant from me and
didn't really feel as thoughI was being listened to.
I felt more of like I wasgoing through the motions,
not really feeling anythingin return from God,
any love or support or hope.
I wanted that peace thatpeople keep talking about
that Islam represents andI didn't ever feel that.
- [Host] When Jezel wasa senior in high school,
her father ended the marriage
and her mother started a new family.
- After I went throughall that with my family,
I just kind of felt likeI wasn't worthy of any
affection or love, and so, I looked for it
from my parents and didn't get it.
And it kind of was a reminder,
"Hey, Jezel, you're notthat, you're not that great.
"If you were great, your family
"wouldn't have left you behind."
The thought of the future,even the thought of tomorrow,
the very next day, wouldjust bring me into a panic
because I just never knewwhat was going to happen.
- [Host] During college,she started working
part-time at a private school, by then,
Jezel's anxiety was triggeringdebilitating panic attacks.
- Imagine you see a car about to hit you
that's not slowing down or trying to stop.
It was just like that but all the time.
I thought that I was going to die.
My heart rate would just increase.
I would start sweatingand just, I felt darkness.
Like a dark cloud over my head.
- [Host] During thosetimes, it wasn't Allah
that gave Jezel comfort,it was the school's
administrator, Connie,who was a Christian.
- Whenever I would havepanic attacks at work,
she would pray with me, Iwould feel a lot of peace.
And I never felt that way when I
finished praying my Islamic prayers.
I was like, "What is Miss Connie doing?
"What does she have that I don't have?
"Whatever it is, I want it."
- [Host] Connie invited her to church,
but what Jezel saw and heardthere wasn't what she expected.
- During that service, Ilearned about atonement,
how Jesus died for our sins, as a Muslim,
I didn't really evenunderstand why Jesus had died.
It was just kinda like,"Hmm, maybe this is true."
It was kinda like a, something,
it gave me something extra to think about.
Parts of the Quran werealready wrong about
what Christians believed,it wasn't representing
Christianity in its truth, it just kinda
made me question a lot, a lot more.
- [Host] Jezel wrestled with her doubts.
A few days later, she had the worst
panic attack she'd ever experienced.
- I was like, "Maybe I shouldtry what Miss Connie did.
"Maybe I should try praying."
So, I started off, youknow, praying like she did.
I tried to model her prayerand say some of the words
that I remembered her saying.
When I did that, I remember seeing this
huge flash of light infront of my face and it was
kinda like when you close youreyes and you look at the sun,
that orange-y glow andfeeling it overwhelming,
huge wave of just peace and love.
And I fell immediately asleep
and sleep was the last thing on my mind.
- [Host] When she wokeup the next morning,
Jezel opened a Bible she had received
as a gift and beganreading it front to back.
- What I found in therewas just so much peace.
And Isaiah 49, it mentions how God is
so loving that even if a motherforgets about their child
or abandons their child, thatGod will never abandon you
and that your name is written on His hand.
And I very much identified with that,
and knowing that God loved me
and cared about me in that way,
that was something uniqueto me that I'd never
even had any sort of inkling about.
So, God really showed upwhen I needed him the most.
- [Host] Over the nextfew weeks, Jezel studied
and compared sourcesuntil she was convinced
that Jesus is the son of God.
- I really came to the knowledge of,
okay, Jesus claimed to be God,
and if this is true what arethe implications of that?
The resurrection is notjust mentioned in the Bible.
the crucifixion isn't justmentioned in the Bible.
There's historical accountsoutside of the Bible.
That really resonated with me.
And knowing that thereis history behind it
tells me that there's truth in that.
I just said, "God, I acceptthat you are who you say you are
"I accept that you're Jesus,and I accept that you are God.
"And I am sorry for thethings that I've done
"that have hurt your heart,I'm just so glad that
"you've brought me to theknowledge of who you are.
"And I accept you as my God,"and that was the day that,
you know, after that, never again
panic in any sort of way, never again.
- [Host] Today, Jezel sharesher new faith with confidence.
- I want everything that I doand I say to represent him,
and that gives me such anamazing purpose in life
because I'm God's representative here.
I get to be his hands andfeet and show other people
what God's like, and justlike Miss Connie showed me
the love of Jesus through her actions
and through her prayers with me,
I can now do that for other people.
- [Host] Jezel also saysknowing God cares for her
has changed everything.
- Instead of me beingfearful for tomorrow,
I embrace it and I am running into it.
I can no longer thinkthat I'm worthless because
if my name is written on God's hand,
as Isaiah 49 mentions,then that means that
He cares immensely about me,
and He's always thinking about me.
So I need to always think about Him.
- He's always thinking aboutyou, He has many thoughts.
The Psalm says, "Many, O Lord,are Your thoughts towards us.
"They're more than can even be numbered."
He loves you that much,He loves you infinitely.
And He's loved you somuch He went to the cross.
And He inscribed your namein His palms on the cross.
And He said, "I'll do it for you."
Now, some of you are like Jezel.
You're going, "Well, how do I know?
"How do I get proof of it?"
She went on a journey to proveto herself intellectually
that Jesus lived in history.
She wanted referencesoutside of the Bible.
But what all started that washer direct encounter with Him
when she says, "Well, I'll pray the way
"that wonderful woman at work prays.
"I'll pray that way, I'lltry to remember her words.
"And then I'll close myeyes," and Jesus showed up
and gave her the peacethat she was looking for.
Here she is in themiddle of a panic attack.
She prays, Jesus comes,and she falls asleep.
The next morning, she wakesup and starts on a journey,
"I need to find out whatthis is and is it true."
But it started with that experience.
So for you, if you want the experience,
you can hear about Jesus,you can read the Bible,
you can have all these other things.
But until you have that experience,
and you know Him and youknow it's real because
you just felt it, you justsaw it, you just heard it.
He wants to show up, theBible even promises it,
"I will manifest myselfto you," He wants to.
He wants you to know Him,not some faraway thing
or not something you reador hear from somebody else,
a direct relationship with Him.
How do you get it, well, you ask for it.
What did Jezel do, sheprayed, "I'll pray this way."
And here's a prayer for you.
Jesus, if you're real, if you're there,
could you show me, couldyou show up for me?
If you're my savior, if you're my Messiah,
could you do it for me?
And if you pray that with allof your heart, He'll answer.
So if you wanna do this right now,
don't turn away, but right now,
have an encounter with the living God
who wants to come and be your all in all.
If you have a sin problem,He'll take care of that.
If you have a physical problem,He'll take care of that.
If you're having panic attacks,He'll take care of that.
All you have to do is come to Him and ask.
So let's do that, bow your head with me.
Lets pray a very simple prayer,
and let Jesus do all the rest.
What He's done for others,He will do for you right now.
Let's pray.
Jesus, that's right, just sayHis name, say it out loud.
Jesus, I come to you and I've seen
what you've done for other people.
I hear that you can bring me peace.
I hear that you can forgiveme, that you can heal me,
that you can set me free, so Jesus,
I ask right now thatyou come into my heart.
I ask that you show up for me,
that you be my savior, my Messiah.
And Jesus, if you dothis, I want to follow you
all the days of my life, hear my prayer.
Forgive me of anything I've done wrong.
Set me free for I ask it in Jesus' name.
Father, for those who just prayed,
I pray a baptism in your love.
Let your love surround them,fill them to overflowing.
Let them know that you arethe savior of the world.
I ask it all in Jesus'name, amen and amen.
If you prayed with me,there's one more thing
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Terry, over to you.
- Well, coming up later is survival story
after a plane's engine blows in midair.
Hear how one man walkedaway from a fiery wreck.
That's later on today's show.
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- Welcome back to the 700Club, a 10 commandments plaque
dating back to the 1920s has been removed
from an Ohio middle school.
This plaque has been ondisplay at Welty Middle School
in New Philadelphia for 92 years.
That is until the FreedomFrom Religion Foundation
demanded that it be taken down.
The atheist group claimsthe plaque was a quote
flagrant violation ofthe Establishment Clause
of the First Amendment, the school says
although they do not agree with the
Freedom From Religion Foundation,
they will not fight the group in court.
A Jesus sign in Hawkins, Texas,
has been removed from itsdisplay on the highway.
The Jesus welcomes you to Hawkins sign
was put up by the Jesus ChristOpen Altar Church in 2015.
It has been the subject ofcontention for a number of years.
The owners of the churchwanted to keep the sign,
the city did not, thecity removed the sign
last Friday for "safety reasons."
The owners of the churchdisagree with the move
and planned a file of federal law suit.
You can always get thelatest from CBN News
by going to our website at CBNnews.com.
Gordon and Terry will be back
with more of the 700Club right after this.
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- Mr. Wei tried to saveevery penny he earned.
He even started begginghis neighbors for cash.
His two daughters neededhelp that he couldn't afford,
and he knew that time was running out.
- [Host] Ting and Jia are daddy's girls.
- They're treasures likeprecious pearls to me.
- [Host] The sisters dressalike, wear their hair the same,
and give their father a lot of attention.
But through the years, they've required
a lot of attention themselves.
Like their mother, both girls are deaf.
- The doctor said theystarted losing hearing
in their inner ears when they got the flu,
and it just got worse and worse.
- [Host] The two were always in danger.
- As much as I tried to draw pictures
and explain things,they didn't understand.
Once, Jia jammed somescissors into electric kettle
and could've been electrocuted.
I had to go everywhere with them
so they wouldn't get lost or hit by a car.
And there was only a smallwindow of opportunity
to help them before theycould be permanently deaf.
- [Host] Mr. Wei saved up all his money
and bought Ting and Jiasecond-hand hearing aids.
But it wasn't long beforethe used hearing aids broke.
So the girls went backto living in silence.
- Other kids laughed and pointed at them
and called them dumb, I secretly wished
that I could give them myears, even if each girl
only got one, you'd bebetter than nothing.
- [Host] Mr. Wei only makes $15 a day.
So he asked everyone heknew to loan him money
to help his daughtershear, but no one would.
- I felt like a fool, I'dheard a little bit about God
because my mom is a Christian.
So I whispered in my heart,God of Heaven, can you help me?
Then not even a weeklater, I heard about CBN.
- [Host] Mr. Wei contacted CBN, and soon,
Ting and Jia got whatthey call their new ears.
- Now, my daughters can hear everything.
- [Host] We also paid for thesisters' language training.
- They're not in any dangerand no one laughs at them.
Their personalities are so different.
I know it was God who did this for us.
And it was all right on time.
Thank you to all thegood-hearted people at CBN
who gave my girls new ears,you changed their lives.
- You know, I marvel when we're able to do
something that is life-changing like this,
how the expressions on thechildren's faces change,
how their level of energy and their joy
and just ability to live full out
absolutely becomes expressive.
We wanna say thank you, 700 Club members,
because what you'vedone for the Wei family
is just one family that you've touched.
But there've been thousands,
and you're doing it all around the world.
It's an amazing thing to know that
when a family is experiencingsome kind of loss
or some need that they simply can't meet
because they just don't have enough money,
you and I have an opportunity
to step right into the midst of that
and make a huge difference.
These little girls will go to school,
they will grow up, they will have jobs,
they will have families,they will have friends.
They will be accepted socially,
and it's because of yourkindness and generosity.
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what does that look like?
Well, it's a commitment of65 cents a day, $20 a month.
That doesn't seem likea lot, but you know,
when thousands of us link arms together,
we can make a difference in the world.
And I'm telling you aboutthe general membership.
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Go up to the next club level, will you?
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Gordon?
- Well, up next, first responders arrive
on the scene of a plane crash.
- I would've never said that anybody
would've walked away from it.
He was walking over to us,which I thought was miraculous.
He just looked like he'd justwalked out of the flames.
- [Gordon] Meet the miracle man
who walked away from this crash
and hear his incredible story of survival.
(dramatic music)
- Chris Hall's prop planewas about 500 feet in the air
when it burst into a fireball.
Rescuers assumed thatnobody could've survived.
And then they saw Chris walkingright through the flames.
- [Pilot] November 150Papa, taking off runway 1-7
for the pattern and called 1-3.
- It was 7:45 AM, Chris Hallwas taking his new plane
for a test flight to the
Brownwood Regional Airport in Texas.
- Sweet little flight, no wind.
And as I was making my descent,
I felt a little bump in the seat,
and I know Holy Spirit said,"Chris, you lost power."
I reached down to shovethe throttle forward
to go full power, and nothing.
I had nothing, the engine went quiet.
- [Host] Chris triedto restart the engine,
but it wouldn't turn over.
What he didn't know was thathis fuel pump had failed.
- When I dipped below the horizon
and I realized I was going to crash,
I said out loud, "Here we go!"
and I was talking to the Lord.
- [Host] Chris' friend,Floyd, was on the tarmac
when he saw the explosion in the distance.
- It was at least 400 to 500feet in the air, huge fireball.
As I began to run towards the crash site,
I was also praying andI said, "You're not,
"Chris is not finished. You'renot finished with Chris."
- [Female Speaker] Brownwood 911?
- [Male Speaker] Uh yeah,
we're at Brownwood Regional Airport.
There's been an aircraft thathas gone into the ground.
- [Host] EMS Steven Stoneresponded to the call.
- We saw the black smoke coming up.
I would've never said that anybody
would've walked away from it.
When I pushed the dooropen, I heard glass break,
I heard metal bend, that'swhen everything went orange.
He was walking over to us,
which I thought was miraculous.
He just looked like he'd justwalked out of the flames.
- [Host] Chris was quickly transported
to the nearest hospital.
He called his wife,Dot, from the ambulance.
- He said, "I crashed my plane,and I'm not hurt very bad."
His ambulance driver grabbed
the phone away from him and said,
"Miss Hall, Chris is hurt reallybad, and we're going to be
"care flighting him to Parkland Hospital."
- [Host] As Dot rushed to the hospital,
she called their son.
- We were both praying, you know,
that no weapon formedagainst Chris will prosper
and that he will live and not die
and that his body would be totally healed.
- [Host] When Dot arrived,doctors were preparing
to intubate Chris and admit him to ICU.
- His head was swollen twice the size,
and he was burned really, really bad.
So to see Chris like that was very hard.
- She said, "Hi, Babe,"and I was just like,
It was like a voice from heaven.
I was that happy that she was there.
- [Host] Chris wasstabilized and found to have
no broken bones or internal injuries.
The concern was the amount of skin grafts
required to heal the 2ndand 3rd degree burns,
covering over 20% of his body.
- The doctors took me out in the hallway,
and I asked them, "Whatare we looking at?"
They said, "You're goingto be here for months."
I just thought, "God's bigger than that."
And so I just took off bymyself down the hallway,
just said, "Lord," you know,"what do you say about this?"
And I just felt like Hespoke to me and said,
uh, "Two weeks, you'llbe here for two weeks."
- [Host] Dot, their sons, family members,
and several close friendsprayed for Chris' full recovery.
- We would lay our hands on Chris in ICU
and we would say, "Chris, be healed."
- Aww, it felt awesome to havepeople agreeing in prayer.
I was laying there, theonly thing that I had was
the presence of God, Ididn't have anything else.
- [Host] Two weeks to the day,
doctors permitted Chris to leave.
- It felt amazing to me to know
that God had heard my prayers.
- As we were driving upthe driveway, I lost it.
I knew I was home and thatwas, it still touches me.
- [Host] After three months of treatment,
Chris was back on his feet.
Today, he and his wife,Dot, minister at churches
around the country and sharetheir story of answered prayer.
- There's nothing Chris can't do today
that he's always been able to do.
- There's no question, but whatthe hand of God was on Chris
- Believe God before the fire.
Don't wait till something like this
has to happen to get you to believe.
- Well, there is a word for all of us.
Believe God before the fire,so that when the fire happens,
you can walk through it knowing
your dad walks through it with you.
Boy, that is a story oftremendous survival, healing,
and a great word that God has allowed
to go forth from thathealing to the multitudes.
So I hope you're hearing it today.
I don't know what your prayer need is,
but I know that thereare many, many of you
who are watching us today who have needs
in various aspects of yourlife, and God knows your name.
We've talked about that earlier,
is your name carved inthe palm of His hand.
And so He knows what you need.
But we wanna encourage your faith further
with some additional reports.
Gordon, this is Andrea wholives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She injured her right shoulder
playing badminton with hergranddaughter 10 years ago.
Well, recently, that pain became intense.
And then one day, whilewatching this program,
she heard you say, "You have problems
"with your right shoulder,it's a variety of things,
"damage from an injury,damage to the ligaments,
"damage to the joint,damage to the nerve."
Her pain left immediately,she was completely healed.
She can, now, spend timewith her grandchildren,
and she is absolutely pain-free.
- Here's another one, Ram,from San Diego, California,
had balance problems last December,
became so bad he wentto the emergency room.
The problem continued, and then one day,
he was watching the 700Club just this past May,
but Terry said, "You havea really unstable walk
"because of a condition you have."
Well, Ram, claimed theword, and then he got up
and began to walk without any imbalance
or any dizziness and he'shad no trouble since.
And God is our very presenthelp in time of trouble.
You can rely on Him, you can rest in Him.
If you have the faith tobelieve your sins are forgiven,
you have all the faith you need
to believe for healing, for rescue,
for every human need,He wants to supply it.
Now here's the key, you don'thave to bargain with Him.
You don't have to beg Him,when you do those things,
all it's showing is howmuch you don't believe.
So here's what you need to do,
you need to look to thecross, look to Jesus.
He is the author and thefinisher of your faith.
Now, He said on thecross, "It is finished."
That means He paid everything,He fixed this broken world.
And by His stripes, we areredeemed and we are healed.
So look to Him, don'tlook at your own faith.
Don't look at what you'll do for God
if He does these things for you.
Don't look at any of that,look to Jesus and realize
what He accomplished onthe cross is for you.
And all you have to do is enter into that.
Now here's the prayer for you,and Jesus gave us this prayer
that we would pray that God'swill would be done on earth
as it is in heaven, now inheaven, there's nobody sick,
there's nobody lonely,there's nobody poor,
aren't any tears, that's God's will.
So let's pray right now for His will
to be done in your life, in your life.
As it is in heaven, let itbe done on earth for you.
Lord, we lift those who have needs.
We lift those who needhealing in their bodies.
We lift families that need restoration.
We lift finances, the need.
You supply every need accordingto your riches and glory.
So Lord God Almighty,stretch forth your hand
to do miracles, miracles, Lord God.
We ask for an abundance ofmiracles for your children today.
Let your stripes, let thathealing come to your children
for we ask it in Jesus' name.
There's someone with aburning scalp condition.
I don't know if it was fromsome fire or what it is,
but God is just doing atremendous miracle for your skin.
And all of that pain isleaving you right now,
in Jesus' name, you justfelt up lift off of you.
You've been restored, you've been healed,
you've been set free,there's someone else who've
been diagnosed with a bulgingvein, artery in your brain,
and God's able torestore the artery walls,
He's able to restoreeverything concerning that,
and that headache just left you now,
in Jesus' name, be healed, be made whole.
Terry?
- There's someone else, youhave a wound in your arm
that is not healing, andthere's a lot of concern about
infection setting in there,God's going to, right now,
begin to heal that arm, itwill be completely whole.
Someone else, you have a veryodd scenario, like you've,
for some reason, you've lostall of your ability to taste,
like your taste buds havejust been turned off.
Well, God's changing that for you.
You're gonna be ableto enjoy eating again,
just receive that gift todayas that process begins.
- Someone else with deeppain in your abdomen
from gallstones and gallbladder condition,
and God has just healed that,He's taken away all the pain,
all that infection, all the stones now,
in Jesus' name, be gone and be made whole.
- Someone else suffering from rosacea,
and there are other sideeffects from that as well,
but God is healing you of it all.
Receive that today in Jesus' name.
- There's someone elsewith nerve damage in the
eyelid above the right eye,God's healing you right now,
in Jesus' name, openyour eyes and receive it.
Well, if you have had ahealing, give us a call,
let is know, 1-800-700-7000.
Here's a word, "Be stilland know that I am God.
"I will be exalted among the nations."