Find out why two-time Masters Champion Bubba Watson almost quit golf. Hear how he tried to bottle up the pressure and what happened when he snapped.
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- [Narrator] The followingprogram is sponsored by CBN.
- [Gordon] Coming up,two-time Masters champion,
Bubba Watson.
- Wait, I have a shot at this,I can be pretty good at this.
- [Gordon] Now find out whythis PGA star almost quit golf.
- If this is what's gonnacause me to be this way,
I'm done with golf.
- [Gordon] Hear how he triedto bottle up his pressure.
- Or am I gonna do something about it?
- [Gordon] And see whathappened when he snapped.
- Have to be ready to, toface my, my bad moments
in a different way.
- On today's 700 Club.
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Well, welcome to The 700 Club.
Government overreach, wokepolitics, socialist rule,
well, that's how formerUN ambassador Nikki Haley
describes the Biden Administration.
- Haley also warns about thedangerous ideological shift
erupting in America.
So, what does she say is thesolution to these threats?
Here's chief political analyst David Brody
with this exclusive CBN News interview.
- [David] To millions of Americans,
the United States isbecoming unrecognizable.
From what's being taught in the classroom
to transgender bathroompolices to vaccine mandates,
there's a noticeable ideological shift.
Former UN ambassadorNikki Haley tells CBN News
it's all a threat to our freedom.
- I think they're tryingto change the foundation
of our government.
I think this is creating socialist rule
and government overreach.
That's what they're trying to do.
They want government to tell your kids
what they're gonna learn,they want government
to tell you whether youwork or whether you don't
and that's not what we want,that's communist China.
- [David] That philosophy bit democrats
in the form of Tuesday's election results
in places like Virginia and New Jersey
where voters, especiallyparents, sent a strong message.
- This is not so muchwhat Glenn Youngkin did,
as what the parents of Virginia did.
They said, "Enough is enough,"and Glenn tapped into that.
Because they are absolutelytired of the racist politics,
they're tired of the woke conversations
that are taking place.
- [David] That's why Haleyspends a lot of time fundraising,
to help get more candidates,like Youngkin, elected,
especially in next year's midterms.
- You're gonna see a wave into '22
where people are saying,"This is not what we said
we were in for," and I think we're gonna
take the country back.
- So, you believe thatrepublicans will win the House
in 2022 as we move forward here.
- I think we're lookingat the Senate, too.
- [David] But what kindof party will the GOP be?
Most polling shows it'sstill Trump's party.
While Haley has calledout the former president
about events surrounding January 6th,
in our interview, she wascomplimentary, yet forthright.
- I had a great workingrelationship with the president,
I supported every policythat he stood for,
I think it, they were the right ones
and we need to double down on it,
but I call it like I see it.
- Like on January 6th, yeah.- When I don't agree
with something, I'm gonna say it.
I don't agree with myhusband 100% of the time,
I'm not gonna agree withsomebody else 100% of the time.
He's still a friend, he's still someone
that I think was a good president.
- What if he runs in 2024?
How do you feel about that?
- I mean, I've said that, you know,
if he runs in 2024, I'm not gonna run.
- [David] While the media chastises Trump
over his style, Haley sees it differently.
She says it's actuallyBiden that the country
should be concerned about, especially from
a mental health respective.
- He keeps giving signalsthat he's not with it.
So, it's not people hating on Biden,
it's Biden really showing the country
that he's not totally in charge
and that makes everyone nervous.
- [David] She would liketo see situations like this
addressed head on.
- We seriously need to have a conversation
that if you're gonna haveanyone above a certain age
in a position of power,whether it's the House,
whether it's the Senate,whether it's vice president,
whether it's president, you should have
some sort of cognitive test.
Like, just like you haveto show your tax returns,
you should have somesort of health screening,
so that people have faithin what you're doing.
And right now, let's faceit, we've got a lot of people
in leadership positions that are old.
And that's not being disrespectful,
- Sure.- that's a fact.
- Ultimately, Haleybelieves it won't be Biden,
Trump or any other politiciansaving the day in America.
What, spiritually, needsto happen in this country?
Because there's so manypeople that are despondent,
they're frustrated.
- To me, sometimes youhave to hit rock bottom
to know where up is.
We have to start looking upand then we have to start
being part of the solution.
And that's the way I look at it,
is, you know, sometimes Godsends us these little messages,
we have to be smartenough to respond to it.
- [David] It's a messageHaley plans to keep spreading
as she fights to stop what she sees
as a frightening march towards socialism.
David Brody, CBN News, Washington.
- Well, I wanted to havea little bit of time
to talk about this race narrative
and I certainly recognizeI'm an old white man,
so what am I going to sayabout the race narrative?
So, I'm gonna quote WinsomeSears, she just won election
as the lieutenant governor of Virginia.
She is a black American woman,
she is a woman of color,she's also a republican,
she's also a Regent University graduate
and here's what she says, "I'm destroying
all of the narratives about race."
"Look at me, I am a heartbeat away
from the governorshipin case anything happens
to the governor."
"And how are you going totell me, then, I'm a victim?"
"I didn't do anything special to get here
except stay in school and study."
"I took advantage of the opportunities
that are available here in America."
When we look atconservative women of color,
Nikki Haley is one of them, most people
don't even consider her that way,
when we look at how successfulthey are as conservatives,
it seems to get no playat all in the media.
Let's recognize, let's destroythis narrative of race,
let's destroy the politicsthat wants to divide us
on racial grounds and let's come together.
The more we're divided, I just, you know,
we have to look at the Bible,a house divided cannot stand.
The current division, the current hate
that is being promulgated,dividing one race
against another for politicaladvantage, it needs to stop.
We need to all look at each other
and say, "How can we forma more perfect union?"
I've traveled the world,racism is around the world,
you can see it.
If you want to see racism, go to China,
if you want to see racism, go to India
where the whole caste system is based
on the color of your skin,that's what caste means,
Varna, in Sanskrit, means color,
it's based on the color of your skin.
We've got the best thing going here.
We're not perfect, wehave a long way to go,
but at the same time, wehave the best thing going.
Let's take advantage ofit, let's work together
to build a better America.
Well, in other news, House republicans
are going on the offenseafter yesterday's stunning
GOP victory in Virginia andstrong showing in New Jersey.
John Jessup has more from ourCBN News bureau in Washington.
John.
- Thanks, Gordon.
The GOP is now targeting 70incumbent House democrats
for 2022 and they're alsohoping to delay or stop
President Biden's spending bill,
arguing that the publicrejects a progressive agenda.
- Today is a wake up callfor Washington democrats
to abandon the partisanship,the extremist agenda
of Washington based programsthat cost trillions of dollars.
- [John] The president and his allies
insist the election resultswere a mandate for action
on their big spending programs.
Centrist democrat SenatorJoe Manchin of West Virginia,
who has slowed negotiations on the massive
$1.75 trillion bill,takes the opposite view.
He believes voters areconcerned about growing deficits
and higher taxes.
- We're talking about revampingthe whole entire tax code.
That's mammoth, totally.
We've had no hearings, no open hearings.
You haven't been able tosit and listen to a hearing,
none of us have.
And the peoples definitely don't
and they're scared to death.
- Manchin is pressing for a vote
on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill
that's been held up as democrats debate
their social spending plan.
Well, Christians worldwide will observe
the International Day of Prayerfor the Persecuted Church
this Sunday and, asCharlene Aaron shows us,
global persecution is on the rise.
- Each November, the callgoes out around the globe
for Christians to come together
and pray for the persecuted church.
Event organizers say this year,
intercession is needed more than ever,
as more than 300 millionbelievers are experiencing attacks
on an extreme level.
- Over 340 million Christiansare persecuted or oppressed
because of their faith in Jesus.
Now, some of thoseplaces, like North Korea,
are exceptionally difficult.
If you're caught with a Bible or whatever,
you may spend the restof your life in prison
or even lose your life.
- [Charlene] David Curry of Open Doors USA
told CBN's The Prayer Linkthat due to the recent
U.S. military withdrawal, Afghanistan
is one of the most dangerousplaces to be a Christian.
- That country is nowcontrolled by the Taliban
and a Taliban that hasmorphed, it's Taliban 2.0,
it has ISIS members andother kinds of extremists
latching onto it, so weneed to pray for people
in Afghanistan who are followers of Jesus.
It's a secret church.
- 'Cause I want to sharetheir stories with you.
- [Charlene] The group recently produced
a documentary series onthe persecuted church,
called "Unshakeable Faith",including true stories of hope
in the face of desperation.
- We go into these places
to stand with persecuted believers.
We have teams all over the world
and our job is to advocatefor the persecuted
to help them, get them resources.
We don't just airlift it in,
we're gonna, we're gonnadeliver things to them
and prayer and stand with them.
- [Charlene] The Voice of the Martyrs
also encouraging churches tojoin in this special effort.
Author and radio host Todd Nettleton
recently told CBN's Gary Lane
how Christians should prayfor the persecuted church.
- I think it's easy topray for it to stop,
but that's not theirprayer, their prayer is,
"Lord, help us to be faithfulin spite of the suffering,
in spite of the persecution,"so I think that's
an important thing forus to pray with them,
that God will encouragethem and allow them
to remain faithful.
- [Charlene] VOM is set to premiere
the film "Sabina: Torturedfor Christ, The Nazi Years".
- [Richard] Who is this?
- She is my niece, Sabina Oster.
- [Charlene] It detailsthe powerful true story
of how the organization's founders,
Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand,became followers of Christ,
then experienced extremesuffering as a result
of their faith and theforgiveness they displayed.
- It is one of the mostamazing displays of the gospel
and we still see this today in hostile
and restricted nations,where our persecuted
brothers and sisters are ableto forgive their persecutors,
they're able to love their persecutors
and it is such a display, itis such a proof of the reality
of the gospel that we oftensee persecutors impacted
and even come to followChrist through that testimony
and through that example.
- [Charlene] Meanwhile, Currypoints out a special benefit
felt by those who prayfor these persecuted
brothers and sisters.
- I think it's the way thatGod refreshes our heart.
It doesn't just burden us with a problem,
but it allows us toparticipate in the answer
'cause it's a spiritual battle.
- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.
- The International Day ofPrayer is Sunday, November 7th.
The film, "Sabina: Tortured for Christ"
is in select theaters November 8th.
To find out where you cansee the film in your area,
just go to cbnnews.com.
Gordon, that distinction of not asking
for persecution tostop, but asking for God
to help them be faithful,it's just so on point.
- It is and it reminds meof a conversation I had
with House Church leaders in China.
It was way back in the 1990s
and I was just so gripped with prayer.
I wanted to pray for themthat Jesus would be with them,
that his presence would be with them.
They were facing persecution,they were facing imprisonment
for preaching the gospel,for carrying Bibles
to Western China.
One of the women who was a pastor there,
I was praying with herand several other pastors
at the same time, she gotarrested within a week,
spent the next three anda half years in prison.
But, it was curious howthey responded to me.
They said, "Oh, please don'tpray for us, we're good."
"We know Jesus is with us,we know he's called us to us,
we're ready to pay the price."
"What we want to do is prayfor the Christians in America
that the cares and concerns of this world
would not overwhelm themand choke out the word
to make it unfruitful."
They were concerned about America.
Would America stay strongin the middle of prosperity?
In the middle of our freedom?
How we let that freedombe an excuse somehow
to engage in things that we know
are not part of thegospel of Jesus Christ.
Well, that's a great prayer, too.
So, this Sunday, let's all join together
to pray for the persecuted church
and then also, join withthem in their prayers for us
that the cares and concerns of this world
would not choke out the wordand make it unprofitable.
Terry.
- Well, still ahead,one of the biggest names
in the world of golf,two-time Masters champion,
Bubba Watson, talksabout the ups and downs
of his life and career.
How could fear threaten to end his game?
And what happened when his ownteam members called him out?
Bubba's gonna tell us himself.
That's coming up.
Plus, marriages are up 83%,divorces are at a 60 year low
and abortions have dropped drastically.
Where is this happening andwhat did this country do
to put families first?
Find out, that's next.
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- Marriage is on therise, divorce is down,
abortions dramatically dropped.
Well, this is obviouslynot the United States,
so where is this happening?
In a country where the government
is putting families first.
Jennifer Wishon brings us thestory from Budapest, Hungary.
- 10 years ago, Hungaryrealized it had a major problem.
Abortions were up, the birth rate was low
and its population was dwindling.
So, the government here inthe capital city of Budapest
did something radical.
It made children and familiesits most important resource.
The cycle of familyhood.
- Yeah, it, yeah, it begins here
and then it goes all the way.
- [Jennifer] Katalin Novakis a rising star in Hungary.
She's a leader in the rulingpolitical party, Fidesz,
and serves as minister for families,
a cabinet level positionfocused on, get this,
increasing the nation's birth rate.
(speaking foreign language)
(crowd applauding)
When her party took over in 2010,
leaders realized they had two options,
open the door to more immigrants
or entice Hungarian citizensto have more babies.
- The number of marriages were down,
the number of divorces were up,
the number of abortions were high.
- [Jennifer] In the last 40 years,
Hungary's population dropped by 10%.
Pastor Nemeth Sandorremembers those times well,
when communist rule tookthe joy out of parenthood.
- [Nemeth's Interpreter] So many people
did not want childrenbecause they were afraid
of being poor.
- [Jennifer] In fact, there were years
when there were moreabortions than births.
So, Novak got to work, makingit easier for young people
to get together and have babies.
- To support youngadults to be able to have
as many children as they wish to have
in the moment when theywish to have these children.
So, to give them thereal freedom of choice,
the opportunity to choose in favor of life
as many times as they wish to.
- [Jennifer] Among otherthings, working Hungarian women
who have four children payno income taxes for life
and get three years off fromwork to care for their babies.
Couples can get a $30,000interest free loan
to help buy a house.
Repayment goes down with each child
and after three kids,the debt is forgiven.
It's working.
As investments and family policies rise,
so too, does the birth rate.
- We also give services,not only financial support,
that's, for example, childcare facilities
or free child catering orsummer camps for the children.
- [Jennifer] And Hungariansaren't just having babies,
marriages are up 83%,divorces are at a 60 year low
and abortions are down dramatically.
- And, for me, personally,this is one of the
most important outcomes ofour 10 year family friendly
or family oriented policies,that the abortions dropped
by 41% and I think that's a,we still have work to be done
in this matter becausewe have to point out
the value of life.
- [Jennifer] Hungary's pro-family policies
are inscribed in its constitution.
This year, it was amended to clarify
a mother is a woman and a father is a man.
Leaders also passed a law placingthe education of children,
including sexual education,solely in the hands of parents,
a move that drove EuropeanUnion leaders in Brussels mad.
- Now, that created such a great outrage
in the European Union's politics
that now they are trying toimpose sanctions on Hungary.
- [Jennifer] The EU accusesHungary of discriminating
against LGBT people.
- But we are heavilyattacked and criticized
for the belief, our Christian beliefs
and also because of Christiandemocratic political ideals.
- [Jennifer] ZoltonKovacs, secretary of state
for international communication,
says the EU has no business meddling
in Hungary's school policies.
- They don't like us becausewe won't let the violent
and overreaching LMBTQpropaganda come to our schools
and capitalize off our children.
- [Jennifer] To thepeople running Hungary,
their policies are common sense.
- For me, it is also verydifficult to understand
what is the controversial in saying
that the mother is a womanand the father is a man
or that marriage is betweenone man and one woman,
based upon their mutual consent?
I think it is the basis of our lives
and we just had it redactedin our constitution.
So, I think that wedon't have to explain it
because it is just theway it has always been
and that's the way it still is in Hungary.
(crowd talking)
(crowd applauding)
- [Jennifer] As Hungary looks ahead
to its elections next year, the opposition
is banding together to take outPrime Minister Viktor Orban,
who's been returned to office,overwhelmingly, three times.
Christian leaders, like Sandor,
support his pro-family agenda.
- [Nemeth's Interpreter] Ofcourse, it's a fulfillment
of a prayer that thepolicy of the government
is aligning with us and make it permanent.
- [Jennifer] What wouldyou like people in the U.S.
to understand about what you're doing?
- We have never had the intention
to have an internationalattention and focusing on us
or teaching lessons to anybody,
but we don't want to betaught any lessons either.
- Making the health and growth of families
a government priority isrevolutionary in today's world,
but officials here see them as a commodity
that enriches Hungariansociety and has no alternative.
Jennifer Wishon, CBN News,reporting from Budapest, Hungary.
- Well, thank you, Jennifer,for that eye-opening report.
What a contrast.
Here's the EU saying, "We know what's best
for your children, we wantto educate your children
in our way, we want to dothat in formal schools,
the family shouldn't have any role in it,"
and then, just what happened in Virginia,
where you have a candidatefor governor who says,
"Well, parents shouldn't have a voice
in what is taught in schools."
It just seems to be sucha government overreach
and it's contrary to howyou build a stable society.
You build a stable societywith stable families.
Families that don't divorce,families that welcome children,
families that livetogether, grow together,
produce not just children,but grandchildren.
That's where you get the godof Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
He loves to work through families,
he loves to work through the generations
and when you train people, your children,
when you train your childrenand your grandchildren
and that this is howGod wants you to live,
this is how God wants you to build,
then you have thesewonderful things that happen.
When you look at the history of America,
we were built on familiesand that was fundamental
to our culture.
To see that taken away andwe're now gonna educate
your children in waysthat you don't agree with
and that's tough luckbecause we're the government
and you're not, that needs to go.
Wouldn't it be wonderfulto have pro-family policies
coming out of our capital?
I look at some of those things,
a woman who has four children
is now free from incometax the rest of her life,
Terry would go, "Yes andamen, thank you very much,"
and let's make that available to adoption
'cause Terry didn't stop at four,
she's now in the thousands.
But, wouldn't it be greatto have that kind of policy
where you recognize, youknow, the economic cost
of raising children and, therefore,
let's have economic incentives,let's make it tax-free
and, you know, after three children,
can we get rid of your mortgage?
And how would thatincrease stable families?
So many families today in America,
you have to have two income earners
in order to just make it.
- And wouldn't it bewonderful, as a culture,
if we could have values,maybe our values would differ
from each other, but you could have them
without being seen as extreme or crazy
or somewhere out in left field?
My values are mine, yours are yours
and we can all live peaceably together,
wouldn't that be lovely?
- That would be great.
- Yes.
- That's a great idea.
- Yeah, thank you.
- Let's try it.
- I'm in.
Well, still ahead, intenseitching, inflamed skin,
underarm cysts, this woman'sskin felt like it was on fire.
Why did her condition baffleher husband who's a doctor?
And how did her motherhelp her find a cure?
That's all ahead.
Also ahead, he owns an ice cream shop,
a car dealership, a driving range
and even part of a minorleague baseball team.
He's also a member of the Golf Boys Band
with a hot video on YouTube.
So, why did Bubba Watson oncethink he was about to die?
Find out after this.
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- Well, two-time Masterschampion Bubba Watson
is a hot commodity in the world of golf.
Over the years, he's also earneda reputation as a hot head
for his controversialremarks on the course.
Now, in a new book, Bubbareveals a side of himself
previously unknown to the public.
At the top of his game,he suffered a meltdown
and as Bubba told CBN's Will Dawson,
during that time, he lost 30 pounds
and he thought he was going to die.
- [Will] He's one of golf'sbiggest names, Bubba Watson.
This two-time Masters champion is known
for his long drives andexciting personality.
♪ Two, three ♪
♪ I want my birdies all day long ♪
♪ Let the bogies go ♪
♪ I say, "Hey" ♪
In his new book, "Up and Down",
Bubba discusses balancingcelebrity, family life
and trying to imperfectlyfollow God's call.
- That's the reason why I wantedto come out with the book,
is to, to share and justshare that we all have issues
and if you say you don't,you really do, right?
Like, let's be honest with everybody.
- Not just a golfer, Bubbaowns an ice cream shop,
a car dealership, a driving range
and has even become part owner
of a minor league baseball team.
Well, let's start withyour love of baseball.
You wanted to become a majorleague baseball pitcher.
- Yeah, it started with mydad being a Yankees fan.
Don Mattingly was firstbasemen, left handed
and I was left handed, so Iwanted to be like Don Mattingly,
Mr. Baseball, I wanted,but I also wanted to pitch.
A few years after that, golf started.
- [Will] He grew up insmall town Bagdad, Florida.
It was evident early on thatBubba had a gift for golf.
- I started tournament golf at age eight,
started hitting it past everybody.
People started talking to my family
about how far I hit itand, you know, no lessons
and as it grew and I gotto around 12 years old,
you could definitely see my skill level
was different than other people.
That's when it, you know, itstarted to buzz in my head
that, "Wait, I have a shot at this,
I can be pretty good at this."
- [Will] Bubba accepted a golf scholarship
to the University of Georgia.
It was there he met his now wife, Angie,
who had an immediate impacton his desire to follow God.
- When we started talking about church,
she grew up in the churchand who she wanted to be
and she asked me about my faith
and I told her it's very little.
One day, I got asked to go to church
and gave myself to thelord, but then that was it.
You know, it's kind of,the seed was planted,
I said the right things,but I didn't really water it
and when I got to Georgia and met her,
that's when it really, it opened up.
And I'm still growing that, but it was,
it's been an amazingjourney and, you know,
the rest is history, 20 yearslater, we're still together.
- [Will] During those 20 years,
the Watson's endured some trying times,
including the inabilityto conceive a child.
- When your wife looks at you and says,
"Why can't I be a mom?"
And that's a hard, hard thing to answer.
And again, God's timing is way better.
- [Will] In God's timing, 2012,
the couple adopted ababy boy, named Caleb,
and knew immediately,he was a gift from God.
- The lady asked, thefirst thing she asked is,
"Are you gonna change his name?"
And, man, you talkingabout trying to get words
out of your mouth, I said, "No,"
and she goes, "I think his name is,
it's a great story in the Bible,"
and I said, "Yes, ma'am," and I said,
"We would never change his name because,
well, what the blessing you're giving us."
- Just two weeks after becoming a father,
Bubba won one of golf'sprestigious tournaments,
the Masters.
From an outsiders perspective,Bubba Watson had it all.
He had won the 2012 Masters,he had a growing family
and a loving fan base.
But, beneath the surface, the pressure
was just beginning to build.
Severe bouts of anxiety caused Bubba
to become withdrawn and fearful.
He even lost 30 pounds.
Now, you thought you were going to die.
- Yeah, I felt like it could easily be it.
So, I, I look at the scale and I'm 162.
I just fall on my knees.
I mean, I'm balling and said, "Take me."
I said, "I don't, I don'twant to go through this,"
praying, about "Just take me."
"What am I supposed to do,what do you want me to do
in my life?"
I was like, "I'll quit golf."
"If this is what's gonna cause me
to be this way, I'm done with golf."
"I'd rather be physicallyhealthy than out."
That's kind of what gotme up off the ground,
is thinking about, "Wait,if God tells me right now,
if he appeared to me andsaid, 'You had 10 minutes,'
am I gonna sit and just sit on my bed
and pout for 10 minutes or am I gonna
do something about it?"
- [Will] Bubba continues to grow
in his relationship with God,
even through moments hesays he's not proud of.
- There's one particularmoment that I can remember
where I, I said some choicewords, got caught on camera
and, you know, my team hit me fast.
I went into the media centerand they asked me right away,
said, "Your language, youcall yourself a Christian,"
and I said, "Man, I want to thank y'all,"
and I said, "I want to thank y'all
because that's how I get better."
"If you don't call meout, I can't get better."
We're all gonna havemoments, younger days,
I wouldn't have done it that way.
But since '10 when I won, going forward
and more wins after that, it just means
I'm putting on a biggerpedestal, a bigger spotlight,
but I have to be readyto face my bad moments
in a different way.
- The Bible talks aboutiron sharpening iron,
it sounds like you had a really,
a really good team surrounding you
and that's important in theChristian life, as well.
- Oh, 100% and I, again, Ipraise my wife all the time.
Without meeting her, itwouldn't have jump started me
to get back to where I should be.
And then, the close teamaround me, my close friends,
the different pastors thatI've been able to meet,
yeah, they've been ableto put wisdom into me.
Now, it takes me a slowtime to learn that wisdom,
but it's growing.
- You've been very generous with your time
and with your money, whyis that important to you?
- When you start listeningand learning about the gospel,
learning about the Bible,you want to give back.
On my, I hate to saythis, but on my deathbed,
I don't want my kids to goon the podium and be like,
"He was a two-time Masters champion."
If they say that, I've already missed,
I missed everything I was supposed to do.
Well, I've been blessed so much
that why not bless other people?
- He's had quite an incredible life
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Fascinating.- What an incredible
revelation he had.
Here he is, he's weighing himself
and saying, "My health is at risk
and if I need to quit golf,"but he's literally asking God
to take him.
You know, "I don't wantto live this way anymore."
And sometimes you can get to that point
where, you know, I just,I can't bear this anymore.
What a great revelation.
If Jesus were to appear to me and say,
"Well, you got 10 minutesleft," what would you do?
Would you still sit here on this bed
and cry and complain about what you're,
what you're going throughor would you get up
and do something?
And he said, "Well, I'm gonnaget up and do something."
- [Terry] Yeah, I love that.
- Which is,- I love it.
- Which is a phenomenal revelation.
- And, you know, sometimes,as Bubba's talking about,
when you make that decisionto get up and do something,
you're set free- Yeah.
- From what was chaining you down.
- Yeah, as long as youview yourself as a victim,
well, you're gonna stay there.
As soon as you view yourself,
"I am more than a conquerorthrough the love of Christ
given to me," that'swhat the original Greek
of that wonderful versefrom Romans, Chapter Eight,
"I'm more than a conqueror,I can do all things
through Christ, he can see me through."
"My past does not define me,my present doesn't define me,
what defines me is the hopeand the future I have in him."
"I'm going to pursue that."
You take that first step with him,
boy, he'll come through for you.
He did it for me, I knowhe'll do it for you.
Well, still ahead, steroidcream, steroid shots,
natural remedies, thiswoman tried everything
to ease her unbearable itching.
Well, nothing workeduntil her mother told her
to watch TV.
So, what happened next?
See for yourself.
It's coming up.
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- Welcome back to Washingtonfor this CBN Newsbreak.
Virginia's new lieutenant governor elect
gave thanks to God for herhistoric win Tuesday night.
Winsome Sears, who came tothe United States from Jamaica
as a child, is not only the first woman,
but the first woman ofcolor to win the post.
- We ran an impossible,improbable campaign against-
- God was with you.- God was exactly with us,
otherwise, we would neverhave made it and so,
I want to finish up bythanking you, Jesus.
How sweet it is.
- And as Gordon mentionedat the top of the show,
Sears also exhorted the crowd
not to be divided by racial politics.
Well, a true David and Goliath story
is shaping up in New Jerseywhere a commercial truck driver
is beating the democratic politician
who's led the state senatefor more than a decade.
So far, republican EdwardDurr holds a slim lead
over Senate president Steve Sweeney.
Sweeney is the secondmost powerful official
in New Jersey governmentand he's been discussed
as a likely candidatefor governor in 2025.
Durr has never held public office
and lost a race for theassembly back in 2019.
He's reportedly spent lessthan $10,000 on his campaign.
Well, you can always getthe latest from CBN News
by going to our website at cbnnews.com.
Gordon and Terry will be backwith more of The 700 Club
right after this.
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- Pastor Edgy had a big problem,
lack of funds was about to shut down
his church's rehab centers.
So, how did he and hiswife come up with a plan
that produced morefinances than ever before?
You're about to find out.
- The lord has put a passionand hunger in my heart
to reach our community.
We want to help andreach out to those that,
that sometimes the world doesn't look at.
We have a statement that goes,"From Useless to Useful,"
and our vision is to reach,to teach, to amend and send.
- [Narrator] Since 2017,Senior Pastor Edgy Gallegos
and wife, Sonia, have ledthe Living Word Inland Empire
Four Square Church, locatedin Grand Terrace, CA,
where they sponsor both amen's and women's rehab center.
- We have centers for,spouse abuse center for women
and we have a drug rehab center for men.
Our centers are free andso, we have to fundraise
and raise money to takecare of our centers.
- I just love hanging out with them
and hearing their backgrounds and to see
the transformation that Godhas done in their lives.
It's just amazing.
- [Narrator] The centershad been running smoothly,
year after year, until March of 2020.
- When COVID hit, everything stopped.
Our church stopped, in a sense,
our programs were closingdown and so, things changed,
our dynamics changed.
- Are the finances gonna come in?
How is everything gonna run
without the structure we already have?
How are we gonna still reachpeople during this pandemic?
- We had to just almostreinvent the wheel,
do things a little different,just so that we can get by
and still preach the gospel.
- [Narrator] As thecountry continued to close,
supporting the rehab centersand supplying basic needs
for the residents became a challenge.
Pastor Edgy turned to prayer.
- I said, "God, okay, God,this is, this is your problem."
"Okay, Lord, help me strategize,
so that we can beat the devil.
- [Narrator] While watchingThe 700 Club in June of 2020,
the couple learned how CBNcontinued to reach the world
by feeding the hungrythrough Operation Blessing.
- We see them giving outfood, we see them talking,
we see them going outand just ministering.
We knew the power, so we couldn't be doing
what 700 Club can do, so then, we said,
"Well, we can sow to that."
And so, that was what we believed,
that we could do that during this COVID.
- [Narrator] Edgy and Soniabecame 700 Club partners.
Just three months beforethey would've been forced
to close down the rehab centers,blessings began to flow.
- People send in checks to thehomes that never gave before.
God proved hisself beyondwhat we could even imagine.
We had more in our bank accountthan we had the year before
when there wasn't a pandemic.
- [Narrator] The church wasable to open their doors again
to continue helping those in need.
Both centers haveremained fully functional
since June of 2020.
- This is gonna produce forkids, for moms, for dads
to take a load off of themand I'm honored to give,
just to see that othersknow that God loves them.
- We gave because wewanted to help others.
And then in return, we just seen how God
began to bring in thefloodgates of heaven,
pour down the rain, open up doors.
- If we give to him, he'sgonna give back to us.
Because when you sow seed, Godalways multiples that seed.
- When you sow, he always multiplies.
When you get that principlethat if you want to reap,
you need to sow.
What farmer would expectto just go out to a field
and say, "Okay, field,it's time for the harvest."
Doesn't work that way.
Gotta till the ground,you gotta sow the seeds,
you gotta water it,you gotta watch over it
and then the harvest comes in.
It's the same principle thatJesus so clearly announced,
we call it the Law of Reciprocity.
These aren't my words, theseare the words of Jesus.
"Give and it will be given unto you."
And then he adds to it, "Itwill be heaped up, pressed down,
shaken together and running over,
what a wonderful harvest awaits."
You know, he talked about30, 60, 100 fold harvest
because you're faithful enough to give.
This isn't an on again, off again thing,
this is a regular thing,just like farming.
You have to plant to reap,you have to plant to reap,
you have to keep on planting.
The Apostle Paul said,"With the measure you use,"
Jesus said, "With the measure you use,
it will be measured back to you."
The Apostle Paul says,"If you sow sparingly,
you'll reap sparingly."
So, if you want to get to this level
and just see what happened to that pastor
and his wonderful wife,they're trying to help people,
they're running out ofmoney and they get the idea,
"We're gonna give," and they get harvest.
If you want to see that inyour life, start giving.
And if you'd like to join The 700 Club,
call us now, 1-800-700-7000.
Just say, "I want to be a member."
How much is it?
It's just $20 a month,that's 65 cents a day.
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1000 Club is $1000 a year,that breaks out to $84 a month.
Whatever level, do it right now.
1-800-700-7000.
Well, up next, myfavorite part of the show,
Terry and I will be prayingfor you and your needs,
so stay with us.
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- There's a Bible verse that says,
"Absent from the body ispresent with the lord."
I was with the lord.
- I felt wonderful Jesus walk in the room.
- He is the god that can makethe impossible, possible.
- The kingdom of heaven candraw near to you right now
and when his kingdomcomes, miracles happen.
- [Narrator] "The Nearness of Heaven",
get this hope-filled teaching today.
- Like it was on fire,that's how Jamie Cain
said her skin felt for two years.
Jamie is married to a doctor,but he couldn't cure her.
So, Jamie's mom had an idea.
What was it?
How did it lead to 100% healing for Jamie?
See for yourself.
- [Narrator] Jamie Cainand her husband, Jim,
couldn't imagine anythingspoiling their love
for the outdoors.
That is, until the summer of 2020,
when Jamie developed painfulcysts under her arms.
- Yeah, it was just intense itching,
it was very, my skinwas so inflamed and red
and then I had thesecyst-like bumps under my arms
and it honestly felt like it was on fire.
- [Narrator] Jamie hadbeen dealing with a rash
under her arms for years,caused by the deodorants
she was using.
- It'd go away and it'd comeback and go away and come back
and this has been somethingthat's been ongoing.
- [Narrator] Her husband,Jim, a family physician,
diagnosed the rash as contact dermatitis.
- It's an allergic rashdue to a sensitivity,
usually something topical orlike a soap or a detergent.
- [Narrator] Over the next several years,
Jamie tried different deodorants,
but they always caused a flare up.
In fact, the rash was getting worse.
Then, in 2020, after using a different,
more natural new deodorant...
- I had developed theselittle cysts under my arms.
They were very painful,they were spreading,
they were just really embarrassing.
- [Narrator] Jamie stoppedusing the deodorant,
but this time the rashand cysts didn't go away.
So, she tried severalways to treat the issue,
or at least to make it more bearable.
- We tried steroid cream,steroid shots, prednisone.
I tried all sorts ofnatural remedies, as well,
and nothing was helping it.
Emotionally, I was very, very frustrated,
I was annoyed and a littlebit depressed about this
'cause I didn't know howlong I would have this,
if this would ever truly go away.
- You know, I was getting quite concerned.
I have this beautiful wife that, you know,
I don't want to see he suffer, obviously,
and I can see she's very distraught.
- [Narrator] Jamie told hermother, a retired nurse,
about her condition.
She told her daughter to pray.
She also shared the story ofhow she was healed one day
while watching The 700 Club.
- My mom had said that shehad gotten a word of knowledge
on her right knee and shehadn't had any pain since then,
so she encouraged me toalso tune into The 700 Club
and, you know, perhaps Icould get a word of knowledge,
you know, as well.
- [Narrator] Taking her mom's advice,
Jamie began to pray for healing.
- "Father, I know this isnot that big of a deal,
I know it's not terminal,but would you please,
you know, heal this?"
- [Narrator] Every day sheprayed and watched The 700 Club.
Then, in December of 2020, Terry Meeuwson
and Gordon Robertson were praying
for the needs of the audience.
- 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.
- I was thinking, "Well,that's gotta be for me
and, you know, I willdefinitely claim this
because if this means thatthis is going to be resolved
once and for all."
- [Narrator] Just a fewdays, it disappeared.
- Not one speck of anythingleft, not, not anything.
No redness, no nothing under my arms.
All the cysts were gone,completely, 100% gone.
I called my husband, I waslike, "Come look at this,
these are completelygone, this is incredible."
- Praise God.
You know, God's will be done.
- [Narrator] Jamie ishappily living pain free.
She has even resumed hikingwith her husband, Jim.
- God's sovereign, God's a healer,
every breath we take, that'snot anything else but God.
- It had to be supernatural'cause the only thing
that cured it and healed itcompletely was the touch of God.
- How else do you explainthat but that God moved
at their, their need, at their request,
at their trust in him, their belief
that the word was from him?
That's what this time isall about for you, too.
You know, there are manypeople who are sending in
answers to prayer, justlike Jamie and her husband
just talked about.
This is Steve who lives in Sabula, Iowa.
Suffered with a terrible burningsensation in his abdomen,
went on for seven weeks,nothing gave him relief,
on October the 29th, just last month,
he was watching this programand heard you, Gordon, say,
"There's someone sufferingwith a tremendous burning
in your intestines."
"It's primarily on the lower left side,
but it spreads across."
"God is healing you of that."
"You just felt it leave,that's God touching you."
"Just receive all that hehas for you right now."
Steve claimed the word ofknowledge, was completely healed.
- Hallelujah, praise God.
Here is Gloria.
"Something stronger than metold me to turn the TV on."
"I was happy to see your program
and to have the opportunity to pray."
"Then Terry said, 'Thereis someone who is suffering
from hand pain.'"
"'Their hands hurt to the point
where they can't even touch things
without being in pain.'"
"I have been praying andbegging God to heal my hands."
"The pain came all of asudden and for months,
I was in pain."
"I accepted the prayer and healing."
"My husband was amazed, mychildren are so happy for me."
"I want to thank you,Jesus, for my healing."
Isn't that incredible?
Jesus is the healer.
Just look to him, let him be the author,
the finisher of your faith.
Let him do for you whathe's done for so many.
He wants to come to you,he wants to save you,
he wants to deliver you,he wants to heal you,
all you have to do is say, "Yes and amen,
I receive it right now."
Let's pray.
Lord, we come to you, welift anyone in the audience
that has any kind oftrouble, any kind of pain,
any kind of diseaseand we speak over them.
Be healed now, be restored, be made whole,
let the love of Jesuscome and bathe every cell
in the anointing.
Heal your people, Lord God,for we ask it in Jesus' name.
There's someone, you have a liver disorder
and it's caused a, it'slike this burning, itching
scalp condition for you.
God's healed your liverand he's going to restore
everything concerning it.
Go back and get retested and realize
all the enzyme levels are now normal.
Your skin is clearing, it'snever going to come back.
You're released from thisaffliction now, in Jesus' name.
There's someone else,you just heard the story
about the man with burning pain
and you're saying,"Please say that again."
Burning pain, just for you,burning pain in your stomach
and your intestines, God's released you
from that right now.
You just felt it leave,you have no more pain,
in Jesus' name.
Terry.
- Yeah, someone else, youhave broken your clavicle
and it, you know, it'sbeen broken for a bit,
but it's very painful, doesn'tseem to be healing well,
but God's healing that for you today.
All of that is going to just come together
as it should be and the painwill be gone, in Jesus' name.
- There's someone, you have extreme pain
in your right jaw, in the back,
I don't know if it's, like, wisdom teeth
or what that is, but you know what it is
and God's healing that.
And you're afraid to go tothe dentist, be healed now,
in Jesus' name, amen.
If you've been healed, let usknow, call us, 1-800-700-7000.
Here's a word from Revelation,
"God will wipe away everytear from their eyes,
there shall be no moredeath, sorrow, crying."
"There'll be no more pain,for the former things
have passed away."
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