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Coming up.

A boating accident leaves one dad

fighting for every breath.

- I knew that I was in trouble.

- [Narrator] The crashcut off his airways.

- [David] Absolutely alife-threatening injury.

- [Narrator] And help was miles away.

- With certainty I wouldhave died on the boat

in front of my kids.

- [Narrator] See what saved his life.

- There's only one reason you're alive.

- [Narrator] On today's "700 Club".

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- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club".

Thousands of gas stations are out of fuel.

The good news is the nation'slargest fuel pipeline

is restarted after Russianhackers shut it down.

- So long will it take forthe gas to reach consumers

and how can future hackers be stopped?

Here is senior nationalaffairs correspondent,

Heather Sells.

- Colonial Pipeline says it plans

to substantially restoreservice by the end of this week,

just in the nick of time

for many who are unable tofind gas in their community

- I'm running really low,

so trying to fill up as much as I can.

- Well, I'm afraid thatI'm gonna run out of gas.

You know, I gotta get to work.

- [Heather] Panic buyingacross the Southeast this week

left thousands of gasstations with no fuel to sell.

In North Carolina at one point

almost three and four gasstations were out of fuel

with similar but less severe shortages

in states up and down the East Coast.

Prices shot up above $3 a gallon

for the first time since 2014.

Colonial says deliverieswill return to normal

in several days, but gasprices likely will not.

- Gasoline prices will go up quick

they don't come down so quick.

- [Heather] Economist, DanCelia says rising prices

will spur inflation andcould also lead consumers

to tamp down on spendingsimilar to 2008 and '09.

- Nobody out there believes for a moment

that the cyber attacks aren'tgoing to continue to happen.

So the fear is, I don'tknow, do I hunker down?

Should I save my money?

- [Heather] Colonialreportedly is not planning

to pay a ransom to the hackers

and is working with acyber security company

to rebuild it systems.

But cyber security expert Eric Coles says

Colonial will pay andembolden more hackers.

- [Eric] They said thatthey're gonna be up and running

by end of the week

and the only possibleway that could happen

is if they pay the ransom.

And the problem with this is

once one entity pays amulti-million dollar ransom

every other hacking group

knows that other companies are gonna pay.

So this is now the new norm.

- [Heather] The associated press reports

in audit of the company three years ago

found glaring in deficiencies.

The company says it hasspent tens of millions

evaluating and improving its systems.

This attack demonstratingjust how vulnerable

both public and privatesectors in the US are.

It's why the president signedan executive order Wednesday

meant to strengthen us cyber security.

It will require basic cyber defenses

for all federal agencies

with the hopes ofencouraging software security

in the private sector as well.

Heather Sells CBN News.

- Well, it's like thelate 1970s all over again,

gas lines, inflation rising.

All of these things are bringing back

a lot of bad memories

and I just hope thatthey get this pipeline

up and running again.

And the entire East Coasthas been affected by this

and in our area, it'svery tough to get gas.

And even on the militarybases I saw last night

they were out of gas.

So this is a definite crisis

and it's definitely tiedto hackers from Russia.

In other news, Hamas iscontinuing to attack Israel

from Gaza and now another threat

is rising from within Israel itself.

John Jessup has more on that

from our CBN News Bureauin Washington, John.

- Thanks, Gordon.

Despite Israel's massivebombardment in the Gaza Strip,

Hamas and other terrorist groupscontinue to launch rockets

into central and southern Israel.

It is now a two frontwar with growing unrest

between Arab and Jewishpopulations inside Israel.

CBS Chris Mitchell reportson the latest developments

as well as some earlier events

that helped spark the fighting.

- [Chris] Hamas and other terror groups

have fired more than 1500 rockets

at Israeli civilians in just three days.

Well, Israel's irondome anti-missile system

has shot down more than90% of those rockets.

A number of hit Israeli communities

like Ashkelon, Ashdod and PetahTikva killing seven Israelis

including a six-year-old boy.

Israel responding with hundredsof surgical strikes in Gaza

to stop the deadly barrages.

Many of Hamas rockets are supplied by Iran

leading 44 Republican senators

to call on president Bidento suspend its nuclear talks

with the Islamic regime.

President Biden spoke at length

with Israeli PrimeMinister, Benjamin Netanyahu

and affirmed Israel'sright to defend itself.

Israel is also seeing theworst Jewish era violence

in at least 20 years.

Arabs have rioted in several Israeli towns

and Jews have attacked Arabsin one instance on live TV.

Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu,

condemn the violence on both sides.

- [Interpreter] Nothing justifies

the lynching of Arabs by Jews

and nothing justifies thelynching of Jews by Arabs.

We will not tolerate this.

This violence is not us.

- And as the world watches this escalation

involving Israelis Arabs, and Palestinians

more questions aboutwhat led to the outbreak.

Some are tracing it to theEastern Jerusalem neighborhood

of Sheikh Jarrah withclashes of led to protests

and calls for cutting diplomatic ties

between Israel and Jordan.

The seeds of the feud go back decades.

In 1948, Jordan tookcontrol of Eastern Jerusalem

including Sheikh Jarrah.

Jews living here at wereexpelled or even killed.

Then Jordan and the UnitedNations gave the area

to Arab families.

Almost 20 years laterduring the six day war

Israel took the area backwhen it reunited Jerusalem.

- My father take the housefrom the Jordanian in 1956.

That is a agreement betweenJordanian and Anarua.

Jordanian and give him the land

and Anarua built the 28 house

for 28 the refugee family.

- [Chris] Now after 65 years

four families with more than70 people face eviction.

Jewish Israelis plannedto move in their place.

But Israel argues theJewish claim on the land

goes back long before 1948.

- We have to know thehistory of this place

we call it the Silwan,

the land around the the tomb of Silwan

was purchased by the Jewish community

dated back to 1840.

- [Chris] According toJerusalem's deputy mayor

the two sides had agreedto a legal compromise

whereby the Palestinian residentswould be protected tenants

paying a minimal rentwithout fear of eviction.

- Ultimately, we're talkingabout a property dispute.

One of the parties who can prove ownership

and another party who areseen legally as squatters

because they moved intothis house after 1948.

And now we have a propertyclaim that of course

has been conflict ratedby everybody in the West.

- [Chris] Hassan-Nahoum tells CBS News

that the residents were thentold to abandon the compromise.

- [Hassan] The Palestinianauthority send their lawyers.

The minute they were involved

the minute this became political

they had no interest in helpingpeople stay in their homes.

They wanted people toget kicked out publicly

in order for Israel to getreprimanded by the entire world.

- [Chris] David Cohenmember of a Jewish family

in the neighborhood has seen a difference

among his Arab neighbors.

- [Interpreter] I can tell youthat in the last two weeks,

suddenly everything changed.

They see me and every personthat looks Jewish as an enemy,

as someone who's really dangerous.

- [Chris] Cohen told CBSNews of a conversation

with one of his Arab prince.

- [Interpreter] And he said,

"At this time we're photographed,

they're paying attentionto us and checking us.

It's forbidden for me to havea good contact with you."

- Israel maintains it'sworking to calm the situation

such as delaying a SupremeCourt hearing on the issue.

It's also calling forinternational pressure

on the Palestinian authority

to stop the incitement and publicly call

for an end to Palestinianviolence and terrorism.

Chris Mitchell, CBS News,Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem.

- Great reporting, thank you, Chris.

Well, back here in the US

a record number ofmigrants tried illegally

to cross the southern border in April.

Officials say they encountered about

170,600 immigrants at the border,

the highest monthly total in 15 years.

And while the number ofunaccompanied children

trying to cross has dropped

from the all-time high in March,

April was still the second busiest month.

Among them five young girls

ranging from seven years to 11 months old

discovered by a Texasfarmer on his property

just inside the border.

- [Kate] This is where myhusband found them this morning

when he was checking on the farm.

He thought one of them was dead.

This is one of ourworker's wives right here,

taking care of this tiny one.

No one with these children,

dunked out on the side ofthe river here on our farm.

- 20,000 migrant, minorsare in HHS care right now

in long-term facilities.

Well, international religiousfreedom took center stage

at the state department of Wednesday.

As Secretary Antony Blinken

released the department's 2020 report

on the world's worst offenders.

- And whenever human rights are denied,

it ignites tension, it breeds division.

As this year's international religious

freedom report indicates

for many people around the world

this right is still out of reach.

- The report highlightingIran, Burma, Russia,

Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia

for violating religious rights

and putting special emphasis

on China's abuse of UyghurMuslims in Xinjiang province.

In addition to imprisoningmillions of Uyghurs

in labor camps, the reportsays the communist government

is using overwhelmingsurveillance technology

to turn the region intoquote, open air prison.

Christian churches also areunder heavy surveillance

with cameras installed in some sanctuaries

and unregistered churches,

forcibly closed and torn down.

Gordon, back to you.

- Well, it's good to seethe new administration

is keeping to the principles

that religious freedom is a human right.

It's a basic human right.

And the rights of conscience

are recognized by the United Nations.

These rights need to be enforced.

And China's going to say,

well, you're meddlingwith our internal affairs

and you have no business doing that.

But the counter is all people everywhere

and should enjoy the freedom of conscience

and should enjoy the freedom of assembly

and the freedom of speech

and the freedom to practice

whatever religion they want to,

the religious belief oftheir individual choice.

These are long recognized rights.

These are part of the veryfabric of American culture

but it's also part of the UN.

And as a result, anyonethat signs into the UN

needs to adhere to these standards.

Terry.

- Well, up next, the left iscalling to abolish the police.

It turns out the police aredoing that to themselves.

Officers are leaving the force in droves.

So what's going to happen to the cities

they used to protect.

Plus, a boat hits a sandbar

and the captain's neck slamsinto the steering wheel

with his airway swellingup he took his last breath.

So how is he alivetoday to tell his story.

Also ahead, millennialswith money problems.

This young couple was a quartermillion dollars in debt.

How were they able to pay it all off?

You'll find out, coming up.

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- Oh, this is a storythat should just really

cause us all to wake up

and what are we doing to ourselves?

Demoralize, demonized.

Police officers are nowquitting the force in droves,

not just in big cities,all across America.

Anti-police sentiment is so strong

that it's not only a retention issue

it's also a recruiting issue.

So what can be done to ensurecommunities are protected.

Well, George Thomas has the story.

- [George] It's happeningfrom coast to coast.

- Police departments across the country

now experiencing an exodusof officers from the force.

- [George] From Washington DC

where I record 313 policeofficers have retired

or quit since last June.

- I think we're really hurdling

towards a catastrophic situation here.

- [George] To Seattlewith a police chief there

faces a staffing crisis after 180 officers

walked off the job last year

and another 66 in their badges this year.

And it's not just happening in big cities.

- Tonight more then half the force

of a small town police department

has walked off the job in protest.

- [George] A year after the push

to defund police departments

and calls for policing reform

officers are demoralized and demonized.

Recently, this policebody cam video going viral

showing a woman berating aLA County Sheriff's deputy

for pulling her over forusing her phone while driving.

- [Police] Do you have a picture?

- [Woman] And you scaredme and made me think

you were gonna murder me.

- [Police] Okay, well, I'msorry you feel that way.

- [Woman] Well, it's not just a feeling

you're a murderer.

- [George] The woman callingthe officer a murderer

numerous times beforeinsulting him for his race.

- [Police] Sign the citation, ma'am.

- [Woman] Here you go Mexican racist.

You're always gonna be aMexican, you'll never be white,

you know that, right?

You'll never be white

which is what you reallywanna be, you wanna be white.

- [Police] There you go, dear.

Have a good day.

- Policing right now isjust not a profession

that is viewed upon favorably

by a large segment of the public.

- Jones, thank you for a hour of-

- Paul Neudigate,

head of the VirginiaBeach Police Department

among those facing a depleted force.

The city approved fundingfor 813 sworn police officers

but filling them has been difficult.

How many vacant positions doyou currently have right now?

- 112 operational vacancies.

- Is that a problem?

- It's a huge problem

because what it forces us to do

is become very reactive

'cause now we're runningfrom call to call,

you know, from servicedemand to service demand.

- Neudigate spent 30 years

with the Cincinnati Police Department

before moving to VirginiaBeach last October.

In the seven months since

50 officers have eitherretired or quit the force.

- The national narrative,the anti-police sentiment

is, you know, there are a lot of folks

that were going to extend their careers

and it's not worth it to them.

- And these are folks I'm surewith decades of experience.

- Yes, so you are losingsome of our most seasoned,

you know, experience, decision-making,

they're out the door.

- [George] New data showsthe city's most targeted

by demonstrators nowwitnessing a historic exodus

in the past year.

233 cops gone in Louisville, Kentucky

where the shooting of Breonna Taylor

sparked months of protests.

In Portland, Oregon, 115 officers.

And in New York, 15% of the force

a staggering 5,300 officers have quit.

- [Police] Virginia Beach police, open up.

- [George] CBS news was recently invited

to the Virginia Beach Police Department's

70th annual academy.

Recruits on this day, learningvarious tactical exercises

A year after anti police protests,

Neudigate admits it's harder than ever

to recruit and retain officers

particularly those of color.

- We are not where we need to be

in representing thediversity of our community.

- [George] 82% of hispolice force is white.

The national average is about 72%.

- And what we're finding is, you know,

there is a lot of pressure,

especially for people of brown and black,

that for them not to be part

of the policing profession at this time.

- He says even after recruits

make it through thevigorous selection process

and are hired some endup quitting weeks later.

This year's academy startedin January with 38 recruits.

Six of them have so far dropped out.

Chief Neudigate is hoping the rest of them

can make it through July.

As Neudigate met with hiscommand staff on this morning

he stressed that buildingrelationship continues to be key

in bridging the gap between the badge

and the community it serves.

- We have to get backout into our communities.

We have to have a face to face dialogue.

They have to see the men and women in blue

as more than just a uniformor a authority figure.

They have to see you as aperson that's really out there

just trying to be thatprotector of the community

that we all want.

- It's been challenging todo that with the pandemic

but as more get vaccinatedand restrictions loosen

Neudigate is eager toget his officers back,

building a path forward

to better trust withthe citizens they serve.

George Thomas CBN News.

- Now that ought to be deeplydisturbing to everyone.

When you look at the sheer numbers,

5,300 officers in New York City retiring,

the cities with the longest protests,

Seattle, Portland,those, the Washington DC

losing a huge number of their officers.

This is of great concern.

How can we stem this?

How can we change this?

But clearly the answeris not defund the police.

Terry.

- Well, still ahead, a neartragedy along the Colorado River

a boating accidents fracturesthe larynx of this father.

Why the doctor say a divinemiracle saved his life.

And then a 10 year plantakes just 18 months.

This couple wiped out aquarter million dollars

worth of debt way ahead of schedule.

So what's their top financial tip.

They're gonna share withall of us right after this.

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- The Motleys is we'reliving paycheck to paycheck.

They thought payday loanswould keep them afloat.

Instead they're $30,000 debt

ballooned to nearly a quarter million.

So how has this couple able topay it off in just 18 months?

Well, you're about to find out.

- [Narrator] When Prentice andDionne Motley married in 2004

they both had good jobs.

They also had $30,000 in studentloans and credit card debt.

But that didn't stop them

from spending more on wants than needs.

- A lot of the discretionaryincome that we would have

we would spend it on, youknow, material things.

And we weren't looking at the big picture.

- [Narrator] Before long

the Motleys we're livingpaycheck to paycheck.

- It was definitely frustrating.

You find yourself in a bind

and you're looking for a solution

to get out of it as quickly as possible.

- [Narrator] Their solutionwas to use payday loans

to get by.

But as the high interest piled up

their financial situationstarted to snowball.

By 2006, between amortgage, two car payments,

student loans and credit cards

their debt had grown to aquarter of a million dollars.

- I'd say off and onfor a period of a year

we were using payday loans

and the interest ratesare just astronomical.

We were in over our heads.

- We realized that, okay,this isn't working for us.

This cannot be what Godintended for us to do.

So how do we fix this?

- [Narrator] Overwhelmed by their debt

they finally went to God.

- We were in prayer, we fasted

for God to give us direction

as far as becoming debt-free.

- [Narrator] It was thenthey realized that tithing

had fallen down the list of priorities

and that became thefirst item of business.

- So when we were able totake it back to the basics of,

okay, let's give God our first fruits

then where do we go from there.

- [Narrator] With tithing now a priority

the Motleys wrote out a five-yearplan to get out of debt.

They got control of their finances

and Prentice picked up asmuch overtime as he could.

And that's when theynoticed some blessings.

Dionne got a pay raise andPrentice received two bonuses,

all told they made nearly $30,000.

- It was clear that God'sfavor was upon our lives.

It was evident that we weremoving in the right direction

and that God, you know, God blessed us.

- [Narrator] And they say those blessings

continued to pour in.

And instead of taking five years

the Motleys we're debtfree in only 18 months.

During that time

the couple decided to takewhat God had taught them

by creating Motley Financial Solutions,

teaching millennialsthe biblical principles

of stewardship and tithing.

- Our heart's desire reallybecame to show people

how to avoid the mistakes that we made,

but then also give themlife practical ways

of managing their finances,

being responsible andbecoming better stewards.

- [Narrator] Today, theMotleys are still debt free

and they give God all the glory.

- I know that we're favored.

I know it.

And I don't doubt for one second.

So I am just ecstatic

of all the blessings that God has done.

- It's all about obedience

and you doing what God asked of you to do,

which is to give 10%.

And so what that really means is

out of your obedience give me 10%

and I'm gonna show youhow I'm going to match

and add to it.

But not only that I'mgoing to give you overflow.

How can you say no?

- That's one of the keys to living.

When you give God everything,just say, I'm all in.

I dedicate my life to you.

I want to live inaccordance with your word.

I want to do things your way.

I'm going to study thefinancial principles

that are in the Bible.

I'm going to live in accordancewith those principles.

Wonderful things can start to happen.

Now this story illustratessome of the biblical principles

that the borrower is theservant of the lender.

If you're out borrowing on payday loans

or you've got credit card bills,

you've got a lot of consumer debt.

You're buying on impulse.

All of these things add up over time

and puts you in serious trouble.

But here's the good news.

God always wants to help you.

He always wants to be there for you.

If you just turn to him and say,

Lord, I wanna do it your way.

I tried my way, it didn't work.

I wanna do it your way.

Here, here's my tithe.

Here's my offering.

Here's my life.

You gave it all to me in the first place.

I'm just going to honoryou with my first fruits.

Then this wonderfulpromise happens for you.

It's from Psalm 50.

Call upon me in the day of trouble,

I will deliver you andyou shall glorify me.

In these uncertain times, the pandemic

what's going on rightnow with the economy,

are we reopening or not?

What's happening with allthe government's spending.

What's happening with gas lines.

What's happening with inflation.

Wouldn't it be wonderfulto know God has your back.

He's able to provide,even in times of famine,

he provided for Isaac.

He will provide for you.

You can call upon himin the day of trouble

and he will answer.

That is a wonderful way to live.

That's a wonderful way to sleep at night,

knowing that God has you.

He's got your future.

He's going to make a way.

You can call to him in the day of trouble.

What are the conditions for it saying,

God, I wanna live your way.

If you do that, if you putthese principles into practice

you will have hisprotection no matter what.

Terry.

- Well, LingWei wasnothing but skin and bones.

Her father said she was asfragile as a glass doll.

That's because LingWei away was born

with the hole in her heart.

It would take her parents 10 years

to make enough money forsurgery to save her life.

It turns out they didn'thave to wait 10 years.

Here's why.

- [Narrator] As soon as MrsCui knew she was pregnant

she started singing tothe baby in her womb.

- I heard that pretty words and songs

can make a baby happy and healthy.

- [Narrator] The Cuis namedtheir daughter, LingWei

or beautiful flower.

But as she got older,they worried about her

because even when she ate,she couldn't absorb nutrients.

- Her mouth was always purple

and her face was pale

and she groaned in pain when she slept.

- [Narrator] She ended up atthe hospital with pneumonia

and a fever of over 102.

- The doctor said

there was a hole in her heartand pressuring her arteries.

- [Narrator] She needed heart surgery,

but the Cuis are poor.

They had a small amount

of a new government medicalinsurance for farmers.

But even with that, it would take 10 years

to save enough to pay theirportion of LingWei's operation.

By then they feared theirbaby wouldn't be alive.

- She whispered daddyto me and kissed my face

but she barely had any meat on her bones.

She was like a skeleton,like a glass doll.

I was afraid when I holdher that I'd break her.

- All we could do to try to save her life

was by silver bracelets.

Our friend said they wouldward off evil spirits

but her wrists were too thinto keep the bracelets on.

And I had to put them on her ankles.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile, LingWei got worse.

- She was really weak.

She didn't move or smilelike a dying flower.

- I hummed songs to ease her pain

but there was no joy orexpectation in my song.

It was just a full of tears.

And I could feel her heartbeating fast like a drum.

I kept patting her on theback, but she fell into a coma.

- [Narrator] Then aworker at a health clinic

got CBN involved

and we made it possible forLingWei to get heart surgery.

- Even my relatives wouldn't lend us money

but complete strangers paidfor my daughter's operation.

- Thanks to CBN she's healthy, energetic

and has put down a lot of weight.

Now, when I sing to her, she smiles.

- When I hold her, her bodyis as strong as a bear.

She's truly a beautiful flower.

- CBN prayed for herand shared God with us.

He blessed my daughter

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- Thank you, CBN.

You changed our lives.

- You changed the lives of a little girl.

You gave her the gift of life

but you also changed thelives of those parents

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They were putting silver bracelets on

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If you're a 700 Club member,

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Gordon.

- Well, Roxana lost herjob in the pandemic.

Soon bills began to pile up

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Roxana said she had nowhere to run.

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- [Narrator] Roxana is a single mom.

She worked in the hotel industryuntil the coronavirus hit.

When she lost her job

she suddenly struggled to make ends meet.

- The pandemic started and I had no job.

I didn't have any money to pay my bills

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- [Narrator] Then she found out about

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- [Narrator] Now, Roxana has a job

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Up next, a boater sends out an SOS.

- My first concern wasmy family and my kids.

- [Narrator] In a placewith no cell service.

- Could never get a cellphone to work from that area.

- [Narrator] Who came to their rescue?

- I knew that I had norole in staying alive.

- [Narrator] Next on "The 700 Club".

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- Welcome back to Washingtonfor the CBS Newsbreak.

Well, if you're looking waysto cut your risk of dementia

try getting enough sleep.

A new study finds people who got six hours

or less sleep a night in their 50s and 60s

are more likely to developdementia in their late 70s

than those who got sevenor more hours of sleep.

The study followed nearly8,000 people in Britain

for about 25 years startingwhen they were 50 years old.

The study does have its limitations,

but one expert said itprovides strong evidence

that lack of sleep really isa risk factor for dementia.

Well, while the pandemic caused hardships

for students across the country,

one North Carolina boydecided to hit the books hard

finishing four years ofschool in just 12 months

Mike Wimmer will graduate from high school

and community college later this month

and get this he's only 12 years old.

Wimmer is valedictorianof his high school class.

He also started his own tech company,

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Talk about kid wander.

You can always get thelatest from CBS News

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Gordon and Terry we'll beback with more of 700 Club

right after this.

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- David Beezer and hisfamily had been boating

along the Colorado River countless times.

So when he went from full speed ahead

to a slamming dead stop,

David knew his family was in grave danger.

- While I'm laying in the ambulance

and I'm trying to breathe

and it's just, it's gettingshallow and it's getting harder.

And I just couldn't push air anymore.

Like it just wouldn't go through.

And I just looked up atthem and I just whispered,

"This is my last breath."

And that's the last thing I remember

- [Narrator] July of 2016,

David Beazer lay dying inthe back of an ambulance.

The high school football coach

was in need of several miracles

after a boating accident with his family

on the Colorado River,left him fighting for life.

- I had been up and down through that area

you know, thousands of times.

Each trip we would go

that was the only way to get in and out

back to where we were campingor where our house was.

The sun was setting and itwas coming down at an angle.

And you know there was aglistening shimmer on the water

but you couldn't tell how deep it was.

- [Narrator] A sandbar had developed

just inches under the water's surface

since the last time David had cruised

this stretch of the river.

He drove his boat onto the sandbar

at nearly 40 miles per hour.

- So we went from just going full speed,

you know, with a boat full of people

just having a great time to zero

within just a few feet.

The full force of thecollision was right on my neck.

I hit the steering wheel rightat my voice box and airway.

And immediately I could feelit was becoming difficult

to breathe.

My first concern was my family and my kids

but the inability to really,

I physically couldn't really do anything

because I was in really bad shape.

And I knew that I was in trouble.

- [Narrator] Without medical attention

he knew he would soonbe unable to breathe.

- It became very difficultto breathe very quickly

and I could feel it tightening up

and I could feel myairway starting to close.

That was the time that, you know,

that you really cry outto God and say, you know,

"I can't do this

and I'm gonna need youto see us through this."

And the only way that I could have peace

was knowing that I knewwho held my future.

- [Narrator] David andhis family are Christians.

As they prayed they saw God'shand in their time of need.

- My wife tried to call 911

and we've been in that area a lot

and could never get a cellphone to work from that area.

And we tried many timesin the past, you know,

to try to call and checkon something back home

and never gotten through.

That day the phone call immediately

went through to 911.

- [Narrator] Firstresponders quickly arrived

at a nearby boat ramp

but had to wait for a Sheriff's boat

that was still 20 minutes away.

Thankfully, an off-duty sheriffheard about the situation

and rushed to the sandbarin his personal boat.

- If the off-duty sheriffthat came for me had not come

with certainty I wouldhave died on the boat

in front of my kids.

- [Narrator] While intransit to a hospital

in Yuma, Arizona he sent atext to a friend from church.

- I just said that we'dbeen in an accident

and that I thought everybodyelse was gonna be okay.

And I said that I was in bad shape.

Pray for me.

- [Narrator] Hundreds ofpeople began praying for David

as news got out about the accident.

Before he reached the hospital

his lung collapsed and he passed out.

Dr. Brian Weeks explains theseverity of David's condition.

- What David experienced

was what's called a laryngeal fracture

and it's absolutely alife-threatening injury

because of its effects on the airway

and the person who suffersits ability to breathe.

His vocal cord area swelled

and when you swell inyour airway, you die.

- [Narrator] Doctors were ableto insert a breathing tube

through the damage area in his wind pipe.

He was then life-flightedto St. Joseph's Hospital

in Phoenix.

David was placed in aninduced coma for five days,

giving us airway time to heal.

- The first trauma doctor when I woke up,

he looked at me and said,

"There's only one reason you're alive.

G-O-D."

And I knew it.

I had been in that ambulance

and I knew that I neededa miracle to make it.

- [Narrator] After hisrelease from the hospital

David experienced intense pain

and difficulty breathing once again.

He was readmitted foran emergency tracheotomy

due to a growth in hisairway called a granuloma.

- We described that inlayman's as proud flesh,

it's, you know, tissue that grows

in the setting of healing.

And you know, those again, ina small area like the airway

that can be very problematic.

- [Narrator] As doctorsprepared to surgically

remove the growth they tookanother look in his airway

and were surprised atwhat they didn't see.

- He went in with a cameraand the mass was gone

and he'd never seen anything like it.

He just looked at it and said,"You know, it's not there."

- It probably was divine intervention.

I know a lot of peoplewere praying for David

and a lot of people were,you know, had, held a,

holding him up in theirthoughts and prayers.

David was very fortunatethat his granuloma

did go away on its own

and that saved a lot of timeand an additional procedure.

- That's an easy one to explain,

you know, God still does miracles.

- [Narrator] Just a week later,

David had his trach removed

and was calling plays forChristian High School football

in San Diego.

Thankful for the answered prayers

and the healing that kept him alive.

- You know, I've a wife and kids

and he's given me the abilityto continue to be a dad.

I'm thankful for my friends

who rallied for me incredibly

just the prayers of school family,

church family

just the outpouring of love.

You never really realizedhow much you're loved

until you go througha situation like this.

There's times where you know

that the game is beyond your level.

And this situation was certainly,

I knew that I had norole in staying alive.

And then there was, it wasGod's hand and God's mercy alone

that would keep me alive.

- And he's keeping you alive too.

Every breath, where didyou get your breath?

You got it from him.

The Bible says that God breathed into Adam

and Adam became a living soul.

It is the breath of life that we have

that God has given to us.

And he sustains us and hewants to be our all in all.

In times of great need

well, then when we cry out

and he is our verypresent help in trouble.

These kinds of things sortof peel that veil away

that we live in wherewe're not recognizing

God is part of everything we're doing.

But the Apostle Paul says in him we live

and move and have our being.

He gives that expression to us

every single moment.

He's right there.

He's right there with you.

Now, how does faith work?

Faith works through love.

And for David, he saidit in this experience,

I found how much people love me.

I found out how much God loves me.

Not only did it a miraclefor rescue to come,

a cell service that seemedto sort of magically appear.

Then he provided everythinghe needed along the way

and then even removeda mass that was growing

as he was healing.

He did it all for him.

Why?

Because God loved him.

And God loves you.

There is nothing too hard for him,

nothing beyond his ability to fix.

He is able.

And here's the greatness he wants to.

Why does he want to?

Because he loves you.

Let that love just wash over you

to realize he's not faraway, he's right there.

He's right there in the midstof whatever problem you have,

whatever sickness you have, he is able..

All he's looking for is for you to turn,

for you to ask

For David he was crying out.

He was asking his friends to pray.

He was asking his family to pray.

We're going to pray for you.

And in that prayer, just turn to him,

get your eyes on God.

Start thinking about God,start thinking about heaven.

Start thinking about there'sno illness at all there.

And we're going to pray that God's will

would be done for you and your body

as it is in heaven.

Now, before we pray, we'vegot some other reports.

These are to encourage your faith.

It's the word of testimony.

Here's Sherree from Bethel Park.

And he's suffered with,she suffered with dry eyes.

It's been 15 years

since she first discoveredshe had the condition.

Well, she was watching "The 700 Club"

and Terry said, "You have dry eyes.

It's not just unpleasant isactually affecting your vision.

Nothing you have taken has helped you.

Today, Jesus is healing your eyes."

Oh, Sherree believe God for her healing

and the dry eyes left that day.

- Wow.- Yeah.

- [Terry] That's wonderful.

Well, this is Barbara.

She lives in Plant City, Florida.

She was suffering from agonizing pain

in her neck and her back.

She sat down to watch "The 700 Club"

hoping they'd pray for her.

Then she heard you Gordon say,

"There is someone laying your left hand

on the back of your neck.

Your entire spine just got healed.

God is releasing you from all that pain."

Barbara claimed it by faith.

The pain was completelygone by the next morning.

- Hallelujah.

Don't be hoping we're going to pray.

We're gonna pray.

And we're gonna pray for you.

Join with us.

Lay your hand on that area ofthe body that needs healing,

we'll come into agreement.

Here's a wonderful scripture.

When two or more agree,

touching anything it shall be done.

So you be the part, touching

we'll be the part, agreeing

and God will do the rest.

Lord, we lift everyonein the audience to you.

We lift all of those whoare suffering from sickness,

from disease, from infirmity.

We come into agreement asthey reach and they touch.

We say, along with them, be healed now

by the stripes of Jesus Christ,

the risen savior,

the risen Messiah,

by his stripes

my body is healed.

I receive it now.

I touch it now.

In faith, I receive that healing

throughout my bodyright now in Jesus name.

There's someone you've got a neck injury.

It's a severe neck injury.

You heard the report of someone

laying their left hand on their neck

and your laying yourleft hand on your neck.

God is healing your neck right now.

He's healing it andrestoring it in Jesus name,

be touched.

There's someone els you've got a problem

with the back of your right shoulder.

God's healing is done.

He's touched it right now in Jesus name.

Terry

- Yeah, you're someoneyou have a condition

in the lobe of one of your lungs.

It's some kind of aninfection or something

God's healing that infection for you

and all the problems you've been having

are going to be gone with that healing

in Jesus name receive it.

- Amen, if you've beenhealed, let us know,

give us a call.

1-800-700-7000.

Here's a word from Joshua.

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid

for the Lord your God is with you.

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