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- The doctors said that Iwould need open-heart surgery

and that it would be five bypasses.

- [Narrator] It was 1998when Nancy Bradley learned

that all five major arteries

entering her heart were blocked.

The news left her and herhusband Omar, reeling.

- At seven o'clock I had the stress test

and by 11 o'clock I was in surgery.

- I was shocked that it was that serious

because she had never slowed down any.

She just complained of beingshort of breath a little bit.

- [Narrator] The surgery was successful,

but recovery was a different story.

To access her heart surgeons had to cut

into her sternum using a saw.

I was in the hospital for nine days.

I came home on the ninth day.

And I was really sore.

They had me wired together.

- [Narrator] As weeks,months and years passed,

the pain persisted.

- It should have gone away,

but some people never recover from that

because that's a sensitivepart of the body.

- I had a huge sensitivityin the sternal area.

I couldn't pick up anything.

And if I squeezed something,

it centered right into the sternal area

and caused it to hurt, just ache.

Sometimes when I wouldjust move or bend down

it would aggravate it.

- [Narrator] The paincontinued for 20 years

with flareups so agonizingNancy often turned to the Lord

asking for relief.

- I'd say, "God, I give itto you, I give it to you.

"I need your touch, I need your help.

"And you know, Lord, I'mtrusting for it just to leave

"in the name of Jesus."

- [Narrator] Through theyears, Nancy and Omar

have found encouragementwatching The 700 Club.

- When I listen to The 700 Club

one of the greatest things that they do

is when they have a Word of Knowledge.

When they pray for someone.

Or when they bless somebody in some way.

That to me is so encouraging, so helpful.

- [Narrator] Then in July 2019,

while watching The 700 Club,

Nancy heard a word thatwas not only encouraging,

but life changing.

- Gordon had Word of Knowledge for someone

that had had open-heart surgery

and they were havingproblem in the sternal area.

- There's someone,you've had recurring pain

in your sternum from open-heart surgery

and it just never seems to go away.

And you're not even asking for relief,

but God sees your pain right now

and he's saying, "Be healed."

And that entire bone be restored now.

Cause no more pain.

No more discomfort in Jesusname, be healed and be set free.

- I kinda jumped out of my chair.

And I said, "That's me,

"I know it's me.

"God did something for me."

I know God did something for me.

- And I said, "Is it bothering you now?"

And she said, "No, it's not,I don't hardly feel it."

- By the grace of God the pain is gone.

I do not have the pain.

And I am so grateful for what he did.

Because I can lift now and I am free.

- [Narrator] Freedom from decades of pain

has given Nancy anewfound sense of living.

She exercises and walks more

and she continues to live a life

that testifies of God'shealing power and love.

- I try to live for him every day.

And ask for his blessing

that I would be a blessing to others

because he's such a blessing to me.

And I'm so grateful.