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- This was getting worse.

- [Narrator] A patient bleeding to death.

- I would put his statisticsof dying around 70, 80%.

- [Narrator] And no one knew why.

- Distraught is the onlyword I can think of.

- [Narrator] The frantic rush to the O.R.

- He was barely hangingon to consciousness.

- [Narrator] And themiracle along the way.

- I felt God's peace inthe back of that ambulance.

I believe God healed me.

- [Narrator] On today's 700 Club.

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- Welcome to the 700 Club.

Let's go over to the CBNnewsroom for today's top stories.

- Thanks Gordon.

The Labor Day weekend nearly turned deadly

for 200 campers in California.

As a fast burning wildfire approached,

the National Guard hadto fly them to safety.

There are many wildfires burning

across the Golden State today,

forcing officials in fivecounties to declare an emergency.

Mark Martin is on the story.

(whooshes)

- [Mark] Authorities saymore than 12,000 firefighters

are battling more than 20major fires in California,

and officials warn conditionscould get even worse

because of record-breaking heat.

Los Angeles County onSunday hit 121 degrees.

Add to that high winds in manyareas, which forecasters say

could make the fight even more difficult.

There's a new state ofemergency in Southern California

after a wildfire exploded to more

than 70,000 acres in just days.

In some locations, the smoke was so thick,

it blocked the midday sun.

Ash covered parts of Californialike blankets of snow.

The so-called Creek firedevoured entire neighborhoods,

making streets unrecognizable.

- The fire completely engulfed everything.

- [Mark] Over the weekend,hundreds of people

tried to escape a popular campsite

in the Sierra National Forestas flames surrounded them.

Some headed into the water to try

to stay away from the fire.

- And the fire just moved so fast.

So there was only so much we could do.

- [Mark] The National Guard air lifting

more than 200 peopleout of the danger zone.

Ambulances met them totransport them to safety.

Another fire, theso-called El Dorado fire,

spread to more than 7,000acres in just hours.

Officials report thatblaze started by fireworks

from a gender reveal party.

Mark Martin, CBN News.

- Labor Day traditionallymarks the final stretch

of the presidential campaign season.

Today, Vice President MikePence and the democratic nominee

for VP, Kamala Harris, areboth campaigning and Wisconsin.

The battleground statehas been in the spotlight

after violent protestsfollowing the shooting

of a black man by police last month.

Both President Trump and Joe Biden

visiting the state in the past week.

- The underlying racismthat is institutionalized

in the United States still, still exists,

has existed for 400 years.

- Kenosha has been ravaged by anti-police

and anti-American riots.

- Meanwhile, Portland, Oregonmarked 100 nights in a row

of destructive and violentprotests this weekend.

Some threw Molotov cocktails at police,

one of them catching a protester on fire.

Police joined others inhelping to put out the flames.

Health officials arewarning people to be careful

this holiday weekend to avoidspreading the coronavirus.

Beaches on both coastsare packed with people

enjoying the fresh air andsunshine, in some cases

filling bars and fuelingfears of another surge.

Some 30 states are seeingincreases in cases,

many linked to studentsreturning to college campuses.

Nationally, however, the trend in cases

and deaths continues to decrease.

Globally, India now has the second highest

number of cases in theworld, passing Brazil,

but still behind the U.S.

Officials there say 4.2million Indians are infected.

Staying overseas, wherethere's good news out of Iran.

For years, missions groupshave been talking about

the rapid growth of Christianityin the Islamic Republic.

A just released survey of Iranian citizens

is backing up those claims.

GAMAAN, a research groupbased in the Netherlands,

questioned 50,000 Iranians, 90%of whom live in the country.

They found 1.5% of those surveyed

identify themselves as Christian.

The conclusion, the numberof Christians in Iran

is in the hundreds ofthousands and could be

growing towards one million.

Mohabat TV broadcaststhe gospel into Iran.

CBN News spoke with Mohabat's Mike Ansari

about the significance of this survey.

- 1.5% of Iranians areself-claiming to be Christians,

and that is compared to 30years ago being less than 1%.

That less than 1%, everybodythought it was less than 0.5%.

So it is extremely important,this data is important

because it's indicative of the fact that

in the country of Iran, inthe midst of persecution

and Islamic rule, Iraniansare turning their back to,

to their faith, to theirinstitutional faith and,

and receiving Christianity as a new faith.

- CBN News has been reportingon the unprecedented

move of God in Iran and not too long ago,

a group of new converts secretly

left the country to be baptized.

CBN's George Thomas was there

and brings us the amazing moments.

(energetic music)

- On a recent Thursday afternoon,

20 Iranians took a flightfrom their country's

main international airportin the capital city of Tehran

and flew to an undisclosed city.

(jet engines booming)

The journey was filledwith a lot of danger,

but each one of them waswilling to take the risk

for the chance to experiencea life transforming moment.

For security reasons, we haveconcealed their identities.

We have changed theirnames and their voices.

(splashing)

One by one, 20 Iraniansdescended the steps

of this indoor swimming pool.

(speaking foreign language)

Men, women, young adults, teenagers,

and a seven year old girl.

(applauding)

In the water waiting to baptize them,

fellow Iranians Amir and Sasan,

who had escaped persecutionin their homelands.

- [Interpreter] Most of thepeople at this gathering

are artists, musicians,some are TV producers.

They are very educated people.

They are specialists from different fields

of Iranian society.

- [George] 27 year old aspiring actor Reza

among those getting submerged.

- [Reza] I was waiting forthis day for a long time.

My heart was beating sofast with excitement.

- [George] 25 year oldMiriam was joined in the pool

by her sister and brother.

- [Miriam] This is an amazing day for us.

It's really nice that we areall together as siblings.

- [George] All 20Iranians were once Muslim.

Many like Layla, decidedto follow Jesus Christ

(speaking foreign language)

after watching Mohabat TV,

one of the most popular Christian

satellite channels in Iran.

- [Layla] Well, I grew in myfaith watching Mohabat TV.

I didn't know any other Christian person.

I would call the TV hotlineand phone counselors

would pray for me.

This is how I grew in my faith.

- [George] Mike Ansari,an Iranian by birth,

is director of operations at Mohabat TV.

- 20 people who have joined us

in their journey of faith from beginning,

watching Mohabat TV and then growing

and giving their heart toChrist, and then coming here

and saying, I would like to be baptized,

I would like to be sent out.

Give me more.

It is an anointed momentthat words cannot describe.

- [George] Ansari saysChristianity is growing fastest

in his native land than in anyother country of the world.

More women are coming to Christ than men.

As a result, women are nowin key leadership positions

within Iran's underground church movement.

40 year old Azar is one of them.

She used to follow the lawsand tenets of Islam to a tee.

- [Azar] I was a very strong Muslim,

a very devout follower from a young age.

I prayed every day to Muhammad.

I wore the full hijab.

I didn't want any man to ever see my face.

I never wanted to cause a manto sin by looking at my body.

[George] Still, Azarsays, 30 years of devotion

to Islam left her restless.

Like many women in Iraniansociety, she felt less valuable

and on the edge of despair.

- [Azar] I always questionedwhy Muhammad gave us

a religion to follow that didn't allow us

to be free and happy as women.

There were so many restrictions on

what we can and cannot do.

- [George] 11 yearsago, she watched a movie

on the life of Christ and she was changed.

- [Azar] I realized thatI was following a lie,

that Islam was a lie, and attimes I felt those 30 years

I spent being Muslim were wasted,

but Jesus said he wouldrestore those lost years.

(worship music)

- [George] Azar nowruns a network of secret

underground home fellowships.

- [Azar] Because we don'thave a church to gather in,

we have to keep our groups small,

not more than five or six people.

We constantly changedays, times, and locations

to avoid getting caught.

(speaking foreign language)

- [George] Azar watches Sasanregularly on Mohabat TV.

(applauding)

When he's not busybaptizing fellow countrymen,

Sasan is co-hosting apopular show on the channel,

showing Iranian Christianshow to operate house churches

and spread the gospelinside the Islamic country.

- [Interpreter] It's oneof the greatest resources

we can offer the church inside Iran,

a church that doesn't have any access

to any educational institutions,

any theological schools,any church buildings,

establish Christian institutions.

Through this programs, weare mobilizing and resourcing

the house church movement in Iran.

- [George] Mohabat also hasa virtual church platform

giving undercover Christiansthe opportunity to connect

with others scattered around the country

in a safe and secure environment.

- We are realizing that a lotof isolated believers in Iran,

they do not have anychance to have fellowship

with anybody else, so weusing the virtual church

as a bridge.

- [George] Shama is amobile TV phone counselor.

She says many recentcallers to the channel

expressed anger withIran's government leaders.

- [Shama] People blame theregime for all their problems

because they know the country's wealthy.

We have oil and otherriches, but the government

doesn't care about people'ssuffering and they are fed up.

- The Iranians shared withme just how devastating

the sanctions have been for their lives.

More than a year afterthe Trump administration

levied crippling sanctionson the Islamic Republic

today, the nation is in deep recession,

there's high inflationand the country has lost

most of its value in its currency.

After a few days of Bibletraining, worship and prayer,

the 20 Christians headedback home to Iran,

carrying with them Bibles,Christian literature

and hundreds of micro SD cards containing

evangelistic material used to share hope

and the love of Jesus Christduring these uncertain times.

They knew it was a riskymission, but worth it.

- [Interpreter] Hopefullywhen you see these images

of people getting baptizedand hear their testimonies,

you are drawn to pray for Iranand the whole Islamic world

because they are lost and need Jesus.

- [George] George Thomas, CBN News,

somewhere in the Middle East.

- In Beirut, OperationBlessing is partnering

with Heart for Lebanonand other area ministries

to help victims of lastmonth's explosion there.

190 people died in the August 4th blast

and more than 6,500 were hurt

when highly explosive material detonated.

The explosion left 30,300,000 people homeless

and caused $15 billion in damage.

Operation Blessing is workingwith area organizations,

including 20 churches,to provide food, other,

and other supplies.

CBN is also helping to refurbish homes

damaged by that blast.

- The Lebanese governmenthas failed its own people,

but the faith communityin Lebanon has not,

and the global body ofJesus Christ along with

a generous partnership ofOperations Blessing and CBN,

we are coming alongsideevery family that is hurting.

- Indeed we are.

If you would like to lend ahand to Operation Blessing,

you can certainly do so.

You can give to the disaster relief fund.

The number to call is 1-800-700-7000,

or you can simply visit cbn.com.

Stay with us.

We'll be back with muchmore of the 700 Club.

It is coming up right after this.

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- The Bible is goingback to public schools.

It may surprise you, butthat's not against the law.

A teacher in Virginia ison a mission to put Bibles

in school libraries across the country,

and it's not just any Bible.

These are Action Bibles.

Mark Martin explains.

- But God did a miracle.

He protected Daniel'sfriends from the fire.

Not one of them was burned.

So it was like, worsethan being in a fireplace.

- [Mark] Briana Jimenez is reading

the Action Storybook Bible to students

at this after school programin Richmond, Virginia.

It contains Bible stories and is designed

like a graphic novel.

The Creation story is the favorite

of fourth grader Kimberly Rodriguez.

- Because it shows howGod made things like,

just like he just spoke,and then they appeared.

- [Mark] Even as a young third grader,

Didier Madrid believes reading the Bible

has changed his life for the good.

- I used to say a lotof bad words and stuff

with my friends, andwe used to do bad stuff

like breaking intopeople's houses and stuff,

and then after like, Istarted reading the Bible,

I don't do that no more.

- Hi, my name is Hannah Sailsbury,

and I'm an elementary teacher in Virginia

in a public school.

- [Mark] Public schoolteacher Hannah Sailsbury says

God put it on her heart to donate

the Action StorybookBible to school libraries.

Her mission also includesgetting the Bible

in classrooms and after school programs.

- I started to prayerwalk around our school,

and as I would pass everywindow in our school,

I would pray for my coworkers by name,

and I would pray for the studentsthat entered the building

and it was one particularday that I prayed

that Jesus's name would bementioned in the classrooms

and hallways of our school,and little did I know that

that prayer got answered in bigger ways

than I could have imagined.

- [Mark] One bigger waycame in April when Sailsbury

launched the nonprofitorganization, Bibles in Schools.

- God really opened myeyes to realize if we have

this old Bible in our school,

how come we don't havea more engaging Bible

that's fun, that has pictures in it?

- The movement has nowspread to 18 counties

in Virginia and seven states.

Since people started donating the Bibles,

Sailsbury says around125 students have checked

them out from their libraries.

You might be asking yourself,is a Bible even allowed

on the shelves of a public school library

or am I even allowed to donatea Bible to a public school?

On her website, Sailsburyurges you to know your rights

and then to use them.

- Anybody can donate anythingto their library at school.

It is, if they take other donations,

then they have to acceptthe Bible donation,

but the librarian does nothave to put it on their shelf.

So that's where prayer really comes in.

As teachers, if you have other literature

on your school shelves, you can have

the Bible on your shelf.

- [Mark] Art teacher ChelseaJoyner believes God woke her up

early one morning and planted the idea

to put a Bible in her classroom.

- Just, 3:00 a.m. I, I can'teven explain it, like it just,

you need to put one ofthese on your bookshelf,

and I was like, okay, let's do it.

- [Mark] The Action Bible isalso available in versions

for middle and high school,which means Levi will be able

to stay in the word through graduation.

Why do you like this Bible?

- Just 'cause I like to learn about God.

- [Mark] Why do youlike to learn about God?

- 'Cause he's the best out there.

I like the part where He died on the cross

to take our sins and come back alive.

- [Mark] Mark Martin, CBNNews, Richmond, Virginia.

- Congratulations to Hannah.

What a wonderful idea, very creative,

and if you want to get involved,

here's an easy way to do it.

For more information on Bibles in school,

and the Action Bible, all you have to do

is go to our website,CBNnews.com and be a part of it.

Let's get Bibles placed inevery school in America.

- What a great idea, and itlooks like it's really fun

to go through and read.

Way to go, Hannah.

Well, still ahead.

She was once on welfare and food stamps.

So how did this savvysenior become the president

of her own real estate company?

The secret to her successis coming up, but first,

his chances of dying onthe way to the hospital?

80%.

What happened to thisman during his 30 minute

ambulance ride and whatshocked the doctors

upon his arrival?

(dramatic music)

A frantic trip to the hospital,

a supernatural encounter in the ambulance

and a total shocker upon arrival.

These events made news anchor Scott Swan

part of the headlines himself.

Take a look.

- [Producer] Scott Swan.

- [Journalist] April 26, 2017.

News anchor Scott Swanhad just powered through

another mid day newscastfor WTHR in Indianapolis,

but now he could no longer ignore the pain

that had plagued him for days.

- I went into the bathroomand felt very clammy.

I felt lightheaded.

I just felt this enormouspain down in my stomach

and just knew that, you know,

this was getting worse,progressively worse.

- [Journalist] Scott's wife, Janae,

was in Mexico on business.

When he texted her, thepain had gotten worse.

- And that's when I finallyshot him the text, all caps,

you know, go to the doctor today.

I just knew it wasn't getting better.

He needed to go.

- I don't know if I felt fear.

I just felt pain and I justwanted the pain to go away.

- [Journalist] Still, hewaited until after work

to check into an emergencyroom near his home.

After finding Scott's bloodpressure dangerously low,

doctors ordered a CAT scan.

Vascular surgeon Dr. Randy Irwin was home

when he got a franticcall from the ER doctor.

- And he had called me even before Scott

got out of the CAT scanner and found

that he was bleeding into his belly.

He was barely hanging on to consciousness.

We knew he was bleeding todeath, but we didn't know why.

- [Journalist] What they did know was that

Scott needed surgery as soon as possible.

- I immediately triedto get them flown down

to the big hospital at St.Vincent's on 86th Street,

but we couldn't do itbecause of an impending storm

coming in, so we had tobring them down by ambulance,

even though his blood pressure was kind of

between 60 and 80.

I would put his statisticsat dying on the way down

to see me probably around 70, 80%.

- [Journalist] Meanwhile,Janae was trying to get

a flight home from Mexico.

With spotty cell service,all she knew was that Scott

had checked into an ER,but now needed to be

transferred to another hospital.

- I had no idea, really theseverity of what was going on.

I'm not getting information.

It was very hard to communicateand I just, I was stuck.

I couldn't leave.

All I just want to do was sit and pray,

and like I was just, I guess,

distraught is the onlyword I can think of.

- [Journalist] But Scott, nowin a 30 minute ambulance ride

and running out of time,

was having a much different experience.

- I don't remember feelingthe pain at that point.

I just knew that I sensedthat God was with me

and while I couldn't speakand I couldn't open my eyes,

I felt God's peace in theback of that ambulance.

- [Journalist] By the time Scott arrived

at St. Vincent's hospital,Dr. Erwin was waiting

and had him wheeled straight into the O.R.

He had been receivingupdates on Scott's condition.

- His blood pressure was very low.

At one time, it was down into the 50's,

and when it gets thatlow, it's hard to get

enough blood flow to your brain,

and he lost a lot of blood.

I would say he probably losttwo to three liters of blood.

- [Journalist] At once.Dr. Erwin tried to locate

the bleeding artery using a catheter.

Instead he made a startling discovery.

- It looked like Scotthad stopped bleeding.

It stopped on its own,but we could clearly see

some arteries inside therethat were not normal,

and then after that, wekind of stopped everything.

As surgery was no longerneeded, Dr. Erwin sent Scott

to intensive care.

The next day, he inserteda coil into Scott's artery

to prevent further bleeding.

Having finally found a flight home,

Janae arrived at thehospital later that same day.

Slowly, the details ofScott's brush with death

began to unfold.

- He was in ICU at that point and I just

ran into the room and I wasjust so excited to see him.

You know, he's been my bestfriend for almost 40 years

and it just really hit me how,

how close he was to dying.

- [Journalist] After 12days, Scott went home.

By then, doctors had discovered he had

a rare autoimmune disorderthat attack the arteries

around his stomach.

It could be controlled by medication,

but some things callfor another explanation.

- To have no othercomplications and his CAT scans

recently have shownthat the, the arteritis

or polyarteritis nodosumhas completely gone away,

and I think there's no doubt that if Scott

didn't stop bleeding onhis own that he probably

would have died before hegot down here to see me.

- To me, there's nogood medical explanation

to why that artery sealedand why I stopped bleeding.

As a Christ follower, Ibelieve God healed me.

- [Journalist] Scott andJanae say this experience

has revealed God's power to them

in ways they've never seen before.

- I know that the Lord takes something

and just makes it better,and that's what he's done

with this situation, right?

Creating a miracle,saving him and now for him

to have a platform like this,to go and spread the good news

and to encourage others.

- You know, I read through His scriptures.

God is my rock.

God is my fortress.

God is my healer.

Those were just words before,

but I've experiencedall of those firsthand.

God is my healer.

God is my safe.

He is my God of miracles.

I want people to know thatwhatever you're going through

in life that God is with you.

- I hope that today youcan receive that word

because it's for all of us.

He is our rock, our healer, our savior.

He's there in time of need.

He's there in the good times.

He's there in the bad times.

He's there, He's got plan and purpose

for your life and power and so today,

on the heels of this amazing testimony

of what God did for Scott,we want to pray for you.

We don't know what yourneeds are, but we know

that many of you have thingsthat you're asking God

to intervene in, totouch, to change, to heal,

and so we want to encourageyour faith further.

Gordon, this is an email from Julie.

She says my husband and Ido an annual mission trip

to Guatemala each July.

He is a retired physicianand I was a surgical tech.

We spend much of our time helpingto build cinderblock homes

for families that live aroundthe Guatemala city dump.

I was extremely grieved when Ideveloped extreme joint pain,

especially in my wristand a recent diagnosis

of rheumatoid arthritis.

Just a few days prior toour trip to Guatemala,

my husband and I werewatching the 700 Club

when Gordon had a word of knowledge

about someone with arthriticpain, especially in the hands.

I jumped up saying, that's me.

I ripped off my wristguards, and although my wrist

still felt weak at thatmoment, by the next day

all the pain was gone.

We traveled to Guatemalaand I was out there

with all the young ones,shoveling and filling up buckets

singing praises to our wonderful Lord.

Hallelujah.

- Hallelujah.

Here's another hallelujah.

This is Brenda from Live Oak, Florida.

She had been treated for stomach ulcers

since she was 12 years old,recently was hospitalized,

and then one day she wasflipping through channels,

came across the 700 Club and here's Terry,

and Terry's praying.

There's someone sufferingwith ulcerative colitis.

It's so painful, and nothingthat doctors do for you

seems to alleviate your pain.

Today is your day.

Jesus is healing you.

It will be more than a little bit better.

It will be gone, in Jesus' name.

Well, Brenda received the word.

Normally after eating,she's had trouble swallowing

and felt a terrible burning sensation.

Brenda had breakfast without any issues.

The symptoms left, have stayed gone.

Since 12 years old, she had that.

- [Terry] Wow.- Now it's gone.

Today is your day.

It's your day.

Today is the day of salvation.

Realize that Jesus is there for you.

He is your very presenthelp in your time of need,

and just start visualizingJesus right before you,

Jesus above you, I use thegreat prayer of St. Patrick,

Jesus above you, Jesus belowyou, Jesus to the left of you,

Jesus to the right ofyou, Jesus behind you,

and then Jesus in you, for in Him

we live and move and have our be.

You don't have to wonder,

can He come down fromheaven again for you?

He's right there.

So Terry and I are goingto pray and the Jesus

who is right there withyou is going to answer.

You can reach out and touch Him

and you can get your healing today.

Let's pray.

Lord, we lift those who have needs

and we just ask thatyour manifest presence

would be with them,

that they would sense you all around them

and in them right now

and how you are the sameyesterday, today and forever.

You are able to heal,you are able to deliver,

you are able to restore.

So Lord God Almighty, manifest yourself

in their bodies right now.

There's someone, you've gottumors and they have spread,

and you're beyond Stage Four.

God Almighty right now isdissolving those tumors.

They are all going away.

You are having a tremendousmiracle throughout your body

to stretch forth your hands and receive it

and begin to praise Him forwhat He is doing for you.

Tumors, be gone now, burnaway now in Jesus' name.

Let there be no morecancer, no more reproduction

in the name of Jesus.

Terry.

- Yeah, in keeping withthat, there's someone,

you have a tumor, it'sbehind your right ear,

but it's inside your, your head

and it's blocking your hearing and,

and bad prognosis foryou, but not anymore.

Today, Jesus has healed you.

As quickly as that came, itis going to simply melt away.

- Someone else, you have agrowth by your right eye,

and God's able to take that away.

It's obscuring your vision,and in the name of Jesus,

be healed and be restored.

Someone else, you've got a detached retina

and you're having vision problems from it,

and God is healing that,He's able to restore it.

Someone else you've got problems with the,

the internal jelly in the eye and,

and just, God is able to heal all of them.

In Jesus' name, be healed.

Eyes were made to see.

See now, see perfectly, seegloriously in the name of Jesus.

- Someone else, you have a painful lump

under your right arm,very concerned about it.

Large enough for you to easily feel.

God is healing that for you right now.

It's just going to dissolveand be gone, in Jesus' name.

- Oh, there's many people.

You've seen the stories,you heard the reports

about colitis and you heard the report

about the healing of thearteries in the stomach.

You've got bleeding ulcers.

There's several who havecolitis, and you're saying,

please say those things for me.

So we're saying them for youright now, colitis be healed.

Let there be normaldigestion, no more pain,

no more doubling over in pain.

God heal, in Jesus' name.

Anyone with an ulcer, be healed.

All of that infection,all of that discomfort,

all of that burning session,sensation be gone now.

In the name of Jesus, be healed.

- Someone else with kidneyissues, be healed in Jesus' name.

It's gone.

- Lord, we thank you.

We thank you, you are the healer,

for by your stripes we are healed.

You come, you forgive all our iniquities

and you heal all our diseases.

In the name of Jesus, we receive it now.

In the fullness of it, in Jesus' name.

Just want to repeat that kidney one,

it's in your rightkidney and it's inflamed

and just terrible pain.

God, God has healed, and He'sjust taken all that away.

You felt a touch go into the right kidney

and you're being healed,you're being set free.

Lord, we thank you.

We thank you.

Amen, Amen.

If you've been touched by God,let us know, give us a call.

1-800-700-7000, and if you needprayer, we're here for you.

All you have to do is pick up the phone

and call us, 1-800-700-7000.

Terry.

- Well, still ahead, she'sin her mid-seventies,

but nowhere near retirement.

This Zumba instructorand real estate mogul

has the energy of someone half her age.

Her secret will surpriseyou and that's coming up.

Plus, he was a terrifying rage-aholic.

She hung out with Hell'sAngels and the Mexican mafia.

Any hope for their hot mess marriage?

Stay tuned, find out.

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- And welcome back to the 700Club for this CBN news break.

Thousands of peoplecame together to worship

during revival meetings on the west coast

over the last few days.

Worship leader Sean Foytwas in Salem, Oregon

taking his Hold the Linerallies to the coast.

People prayed, worshipped and took part

in baptism at Riverfront Park.

Foyt wrote on Instagram,

"The Holy spirit was presentas worshipers rejoiced

"at the sight of healings and miracles."

The worship leader and his band traveled

to Vancouver, Washington on Friday,

where more salvations and healings

took place at Waterfront Park.

Foyt then went on toSacramento, California

for another meeting on Sunday evening.

CBN Superbook team in Honduras has created

virtual Zoom classrooms toprovide educational opportunities

for children throughout Latin America

during the COVID-19 crisis.

These 40 minute sessionsopen with the salvation poem

and feature content from Superlibro's

Facebook page and YouTube channel.

The team has customizedthe content for children

from first through ninth grades.

One teacher shared Superbookis a very useful tool

for our generation and is a blessing

for children as well as adults.

You can learn more about whatCBN is doing around the world

by going to cbn.com/international.

Gordon and Terry back with more

of the 700 Club, right after this.

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- At one time Maria Millercouldn't open a checking account

or get a credit card.

She was also on food stamps.

Well, today she lives in her dream home,

runs her own real estate business.

What caused her reversal of fortune?

Take a look.

- [Reporter] Maria Millermay be in her mid-seventies,

but she has more energy thansome people half her age.

- I do a lot of Zumba,usually three times a week,

an hour each time.

I really enjoyed so much,

so I decided to become an instructor.

- [Reporter] And that's not all she does.

Maria is also the president ofher own real estate company.

She loves helping peoplefind their dream home

and remembers when there was no way

she could buy one herself.

After her divorce, shehad liens against her.

She couldn't open a checkingaccount or get a credit card.

- I was left with three kids to raise.

So there wasn't much money at all.

We struggled just to pay rent,

and for a time I was onSection Eight and food stamps.

We ate a lot of rice, lot of hamburger.

- [Reporter] Friends helpedher get a car and her parents

used their Social Securityincome to pay her rent.

Still, Maria needed afinancial breakthrough.

She gave at church andwatched the 700 Club.

While she'd supported CBN at times,

now as a single mom working on commission,

she didn't think she could afford it.

Then one day, someone fromCBN called to check in on her

and Maria mentioned her money problems.

- She said, well, why don'twe pray for your finances?

I'm like, why don't we?

Thank you.

So then she prayed for me, you know?

And so after I hung up, I was like,

I need to go back and start giving again.

- [Reporter] So by faith,

Maria started consistentlygiving $20 a month to CBN.

Before long, she became atop producer in her office,

making twice what she'dmade the year before.

- The only reason I can thinkof is those extra $20 a month.

I was like, whoa, this works.

- [Reporter] Other agents started asking

where her success was coming from.

- Tell you my secret.

You know, you have to giveabove and beyond your tithe to,

to further God's kingdom.

- [Reporter] With her increased income,

she paid off her debt andfaithfully gave even more.

Once, she gave $1,000 to CBN.

- It was like the Holy Spirit said, do it,

and I just kept makingmore sales and that felt,

well I wonder if I can buy a home.

- [Reporter] Soon, she wasa first time home owner.

Now, years later, she ownsseveral rental properties

and continues to give to CBN.

- Anytime I see where a CBNeven buys a sewing machine

for somebody to make themselves sufficient

and to get out of the poverty,it just touched my heart.

To bring water to people that are

drinking from this disgusting,

that's all that money represents

is being able to help people.

- [Reporter] Mariaencourages others who are

financially stuck to followin her footsteps and give.

- You just gotta trust God.

You give above your titheto further God's kingdom.

That's it.

You can't outgive God.

The more I give Him,

the more I have andthe more grateful I am.

So the more I give,it's just never ending.

- I love Maria's story and I encourage you

to adopt what she did.

Here's what, here's what she did.

She started praying for her finances

and that started breakthroughafter breakthrough.

When you, when you startpraying over your job,

when you start praying over your finances,

it will lead you automatically to say,

I want to be known as generous,

and then when you start that,

the law of reciprocitywill kick in for you.

Give and it will be given unto you.

These are the words of Jesus.

I'm not some kind of prosperity preacher,

but I am a preacher ofthe gospel of generosity.

For God so loved the world that He gave,

and when you start a lifestyleof giving and generous

and cheerful giving,wonderful things will happen.

God always stands byHis word to perform it.

He will perform it for you if you just

follow the same principles.

Now, if you want to starta life of generosity

over and above and say, Iwant to be known for that.

Give us a call, 1-800-700-7000.

Just say, I want to join the700 Club, just like Maria.

It's $20 a month. That'sjust 65 cents a day.

If you can join at a higherlevel, we have 700 Club Gold.

That's $40 a month. Wealso have 1000 Club.

That's $1,000 a year, thatbreaks out to $84 a month.

At whatever level, callright now, and when you call,

ask for pledge express.

That's electronic monthly giving.

The bank is doing allthe work and we can send

as our gift to you, Power forLife, monthly teaching CD.

So if you'd like those,ask for pledge express,

when you call or just go to cbn.com.

When you give monthly on the internet,

you're automatically signingup for pledge express.

Do it now, 1-800-700-7000.

Terry.

- Well, up next, after twoweeks, the honeymoon was over.

No surprise here.

Two toxic people makean explosive marriage.

How did they hide it inside the church,

and how did a suckerpunch blow their secrets?

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Tommy had a raging temper.

Michelle had trafficked guns and drugs

with Hell's Angels and the Mexican mafia.

The two of them got marriedjust four months after meeting,

and the combination quickly became toxic.

- [Correspondent] WhenTommy and Michelle Hunter

met in 2008, they were both new Christians

healing from troubled pasts.

Growing up, they'd bothbeen victims of emotional,

physical, and sexual abuse,leading them to lives

of anger, brokenness, and violence.

- My mom was a single mom.

She dated a few guys who wereextremely physically abusive,

and I specifically rememberone time a guy coming

in the house and beatingmy mom up, and I mean,

I must've been three yearsold, I think at the time,

and I remember takinga plastic machine gun

and beating him over the back,

trying to get him off of her and him

throwing me across the room.

You know, for what I was tryingto figure out for 40 years

was why was I so mad, whywas I so dysfunctional

and why things around mealways seem to fall apart?

- Most of my life, I just,I was involved in drugs

and guns and you know, Iworked with Hell's Angels

and Mexican mafia, and I justreally was very purposeful

at going the opposite direction from God,

and when I was 30, everythingpretty much caught up with me,

and I was looking at avery long prison sentence

and God rescued me out ofall of that miraculously.

When I was let out of jail and didn't have

to spend 20-something years in prison,

I made a decision that Ineeded to change my life.

- [Correspondent] After fourmonths of dating, they married,

but after only two weeks,the honeymoon was over,

and the reality of theirunresolved pain was revealed.

- Yeah, the physical andverbal abuse that I experienced

created a mindset that womenwere good for two things,

one for sex, two for abuse.

- Tommy would get mad.

He would, his rage and angerwould just overtake him.

He was all about intimidating,and so there was a lot

of screaming and yellingand shaking his fist at me

and pretending like he'sgoing to headbutt me.

So he'd get real close and just like,

rawr in my face, you know.

- [Correspondent] Michelleturned to prescription drugs

to cope with her husband's rage.

- But I felt like if I was really numb,

I could keep from myselffrom being really upset

or I could stay in control of myself,

meaning I wouldn't lash,out, lash out at him.

I wouldn't start crying.

I would just be like, don't care.

- [Correspondent] Meanwhile,the couple managed to mask

the tension at homewhile serving as trusted

ministry leaders at their church.

- There was a perceptionin our church, I think

when people looked at usthat we were, you know,

this great couple and myhusband was so charismatic

and he was a great preacher.

We would go to churchand we would play church

and then we would go home andit would be very destructive.

- [Correspondent] As the years went by,

the arguments escalated.

One evening after dinner and drinks,

the violence became physical.

- What happened in the carwas because of the language

that I was using, Michelle reached over

and just started punching on me.

- There was such chaos andcraziness happening in our car

when he actually reached overand punched me in the face.

Of course, I was just, I was hysterical.

- [Correspondent] Police arrested Tommy

and he was taken to jail.

Once released, he reunited with Michelle.

A month later, she foundout she was expecting

and gave up prescription drugs.

Five months into her pregnancy,she caught Tommy cheating,

filed for separation and movedfrom California to Arizona.

Without Tommy by herside, Michelle gave birth

to a stillborn baby.

Distraught and desperatefor a better life,

Michelle cried out to God.

- I'd been through somuch in my life before,

and I consider myself tobe such a strong person

that nothing that everhappened to me would break me,

but I was really broken.

I got a hold of some teachingsabout the love of God,

like, who am I, like I'mnot just a wife or a mother.

Like who is, who is Michelle, who am I?

And I started reallylike chasing intensely

after the love of God.

It was like, I was resting and relaxing

in just His presence, soit wasn't a show anymore.

It wasn't about going to church

and doing the Christian thing.

It was about being a Christianalone in my room with Him.

- [Correspondent] Now divorced,as Michelle allowed God

to heal her heart, Tommy wasfinally dealing with his anger.

- When I started looking atit, and I really broke down

1 Corinthians 13 and so manyother scriptures about love,

that this was what I had desperately

been searching for my entire life.

Because He was so patient,and because He was so kind,

it was like I knew that Hewas for me and He had my back

and that He wasn't mad at me,

and He wasn't disappointed in me.

He just saw me as His son,and He loved me so much,

and He had such, such a greatjourney for me ahead of me

and there was a true repentancethat came in that moment

or in that timeframe.

- The love of God filledme with compassion,

understanding that myhusband was very broken,

that it wasn't that he wasan awful, horrible man.

It was that he was justas broken as I was broken,

just in different waysand it looked different,

and I just knew that no matter what,

I was going to relieve thefrustration on my marriage.

- [Correspondent] Michellereached out to Tommy,

committed to showing himthe love God had shown her.

As God healed them both, they longed

to be reconciled with each other.

When Tommy asked Michelle tomarry him again, she said yes.

Tommy and Michelle vowed to never

engage in physical abuse again.

Today they find freedomand healing and wholeness

as they share theirtestimony around the world.

Together, they lead a marriageministry and are pastors

of His Place Church inLong Beach, California.

- My marriage is the most amazing thing

I've ever experienced in my life.

I have married to a bigteddy bear who just loves God

and who loves me and loves himself.

- 'Cause you know, youcan't give away something

you don't have, and for thefirst time I really have love,

and so I'm able to give itto her and everybody else.

I see Jesus in our marriage today

as the center of our marriage 'cause then

when we wake up in the morning,

our goal is to be Jesus to each other.

It's to love like He loved.

- [Michelle] Today I just can't imagine

life being any better.

- That's the goal is forChrist to live in us,

not just for us to know about Him,

not just to make a, a commitment of words,

but to open up our heartsand our lives for Him

to live within us, to operatethrough us, to change us,

and then as others see what He's done,

for them to desire to be changed as well.

You know, we can't controlthe things that happen to us

when we're children, and as Tommy said,

I wondered why my wholelife I was so angry.

Well, when things happento us in our childhood,

we have to go back and inviteJesus into those places

and let Him heal them sowe can be whole now, today.

It's so easy to say we are believers.

It's easy to say that we trust Christ.

It's another thing to give it all to Him.

That's why we call it surrender.

It's a laying down of whowe are and a grabbing hold

of who He is so thatHis spirit can fill us.

The Bible says the steadfastlove of the Lord never changes.

His mercies never come to an end.

They are new every morning.

That's your inheritance ifyou are a Christ follower.

How do you begin that process?

You just come to Him andsay, God, I have so blown it.

I've blown it in the past.

I've made promises to you I haven't kept.

I've blown it now.

I'm coming to you today saying,I want to be done with me

and I want to be filled with you.

Please forgive me, fill me with your power

and your presence and teach me your way

so I can live differently.

Holy spirit, come into myheart, my mind, my spirit.

I give everything that I am to you,

and then get into the word of God

and watch Him begin to change you.

Don't settle for anything less.

This is God's promise to you.

If you have a special need in your life,

and you'd like to pray with someone,

want you to know our phonelines are always open.

The number's toll free.

It doesn't cost anything to call.

It's 1-800-700-7000.

There's a friend on theother end of that line,

who's prayed that prayer,given their lives to Christ,

and would love to pray with you today.

We leave you with thesewords from 1 Corinthians.

"Love bears all things,believes all things,

"hopes all things, endures all things.

"Love never fails."