13-year-old PGA Junior League golf player Traden Karch's skull was crushed in a car accident. Prevailing prayer throughout the world brought about miraculous results.
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> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS
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> COMING UP, A TERRIBLE
ACCIDENT.
IT WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
A TEENAGER'S SCROLL IS
CRUSHED.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND SAID
THERE WAS NOTHING MORE
MEDICALLY WE CAN DO FOR HIM.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD LIVE
MAY BE 24 HOURS.
AND A PRAYER CALL HEARD
AROUND THE WORLD.
EVERY DOCTOR CAME IN TO SAY
HOW HE WAS A MIRACLE.
ON TODAY'S BEST "700 CLUB".
> WELCOME TO KEY THE "700
CLUB".
FOR TODAY'S HEADLINES, LET'S GO
TO THE CBN NEWS DESK.
GORDON, THE NUMBER OF COVID-
19 CASES IS SETTING RECORDS AS
THE HOLIDAYS MARCH FORWARD .
THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE HAS HIT A
NEW HIGH BUT MOST OF THOSE
CASES ARE MILD.
MEANWHILE, THE COUNTRY IS
FACING A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF TEST
AS PEOPLE ARE LINING UP ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO FIND OUT IF THEY
HAVE THE DISEASE.
BRODY CARTER HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: THE U.S. SHATTERED
A NEW RECORD OF COVID-19
INFECTIONS WITH MORE THAN
440,000 CASES ON TUESDAY.
OF THE HOLIDAY, SCENE SIMILAR
TO THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID,
WITH CAR SITTING IN LINES IN
CITIES ACROSS THE NATION,
WAITING HOURS FOR COVID TEST.
YOU CAN EVEN GO TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD DRUGSTORE.
HERE WE JUST GOT SHUT DOWN
SAYING THEY ARE TAKING A MORE
PEOPLE.
Reporter: CRITICS SAY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHOULD
HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND HAD MORE
TESTS READY TO GO WHEN COLDER
WEATHER CAME.
THE CDC SAYS CURRENT DATA IS
INCOMPLETE SINCE TESTING SITES
WERE CLOSED OVER CHRISTMAS AND
STATES ARE STILL SORTING
THROUGH A BACKLOG OF CASES.
STILL, THE WINTER SURGE RACES
ON.
WE HAVE NO BEDS.
WE ARE HOLDING PATIENTS BACK IN
THE ER FOR MULTIPLE HOURS, IF
NOT DAYS..
RECENT CHANGES FROM THE CDC ARE
STEERING DOUBT AND CONFUSION.
HEALTH OFFICIALS ORIGINALLY SAID
OMICRON NUMBERS HAD TO BE
BACKPEDALED DOWN TO 58%.
TESTS ARE HARD TO COME BY
IN THAT MAY MAKE IT HARDER.
Reporter: THIS AFTER
CRITICISM AFTER THE AGENCY
RECOMMENDED CUTTING THE
QUARANTINE PERIOD AND HAVE FROM
10 DAYS TO FIVE, RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVING
ISOLATION WHILE STILL
CONTAGIOUS AND POSSIBLY
SPREADING THE VIRUS.
WITH SOME 40% OF THE NATION
UNVACCINATED, LARGE
METROPOLITANS ARE URGING
VIGILANCE AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING
HOLIDAY.
OMICRON AND DELTA ARE COMING
TO YOUR PARTY.
Reporter: THERE IS SOME GOOD
NEWS AS ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE
PEAK OF OMICRON MAY PASS
RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND SO FAR,
APPARENTLY ONLY POSES A SMALL
THREAT TO THOSE FULLY
VACCINATED.
> THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS LED
TO A NEW TREND IN EDUCATION,
BOOM IN HOMESCHOOLING.
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING
TAUGHT BY THEIR PARENTS HAVE
DOUBLED SINCE COVID LOCKDOWNS
BEGAN, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT
SPIKE IN BLACK FAMILIES AS MANY
SWITCH TO HOME EDUCATION FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
CHARLENE AARON HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: WHEN COVID HIT
LAST YEAR, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LIKE
OTHER INSTITUTIONS, WERE FORCED
TO SHUT DOWN.
MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
STRUGGLED WITH REMOTE LEARNING.
NOW THAT CLASSROOMS ARE
REOPENED, SOME KIDS ARE STILL
HOME WITH PARENTS TURNING INTO
TEACHERS.
OUR VERY FIRST TIME
HOMESCHOOLING, MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THIS
PROGRAM AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
GOD IS SAYING THIS IS A TIME TO
DO THIS.
Reporter: CRYSTAL LYNCH
RECENTLY TURNED HER FLORIDA
HOME INTO A CLASSROOM FOR HER
BOYS.
THAT ALSO MEANS TEACHING THREE
GRADE LEVELS, THIRD, FIFTH AND
HIGH SCHOOL.
I DID NOT LIKE WHAT I WAS
SEEING IN THE NUMBERS IN
FLORIDA WITH THE VIRUS.
I FELT THERE WAS TOO MUCH BACK
AND FORTH WITH, YOU KNOW, THE
MASK WEARING AND NO MASK
WEARING AND THINGS WERE
HAPPENING WITH THAT I DIDN'T
REALLY LIKE IN PARTICULAR.
Reporter: WHEN SCHOOLS WENT
VIRTUAL, AS A FORMER TEACHER,
SHE HELPED HER KIDS WITH THE
LESSONS.
SHE DISCOVERED IT WAS EASIER TO
TEACH THEM AT HOME WHILE
PROTECTING THEM FROM COVID AND
THE DEBATE SURROUNDING IT.
I PULLED THEM OUT.
I COULD HAVE PUT THEM IN PUBLIC
VIRTUAL SCHOOL.
I WAS LIKE, NO, I AM NOT DOING
THIS.
I'M NOT WAITING ON ANYONE.
WE ARE TAKING THIS INTO OUR OWN
HANDS.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO DATA,
THE PANDEMIC HAS SPARKED NEW
INTEREST IN HOMESCHOOLING.
IN 2019, 2.5 MILLION STUDENTS
LEARNED AT HOME.
TODAY, THAT NUMBER HAS DOUBLED
TO NEARLY 5 MILLION.
IN CALIFORNIA, APPLICATIONS TO
HOMESCHOOL TRIPLED FROM 2020 TO
2021.
BLACK HOUSEHOLDS SAW THE
LARGEST BOOST, THE RATE RISING
FROM 3.3% IN THE SPRING OF 2020
TO 16.1% IN THE FALL.
BRIAN WRIGHT IS PRESIDENT OF
THE NATIONAL HOME EDUCATION
RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
THAT IS A HUGE INCREASE,
MAYBE 40% TO 50%, MAYBE MORE
NOW THAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN
THE AREA.
THAT IS A PRETTY BIG SYSTEM.
IT IS RIVALRY CHARTER SCHOOLS
NOW.
VIRGINIA AS PART OF THE
GROWING TREND.
WE HAVE GONE FROM 44,000
HOMESCHOOLERS TO OVER 65,000
HOMESCHOOLERS JUST IN THE STATE
OF VIRGINIA ALONE.
TOOK TO BONBON OF THE STATE
HOME EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION SAYS
WHILE COVID PLAYS A ROLE IN THE
INCREASE, OTHER FACTORS ARE
ALSO HAVING AN IMPACT.
FOR EXAMPLE, MORE SCHOOLS ARE
ADOPTING CRITICAL RACE THEORY,
AN ACADEMIC COLLEAGUE SET
TEACHING RACISM EXISTS
EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA.
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF REACTION TO
COVID AND BECAUSE OF HEALTH
REASONS, PARENTS ARE CONSIDERING
SOMETIMES A CHILD IS NOT ABLE
TO WEAR A MASK IN SCHOOL.
CRT IS ALSO A FACTOR.
WE HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN A
TREMENDOUS OUTCRY FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
HEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS.
EVEN MINORITY HOMESCHOOLERS,
THOSE PARENTS ARE NOT HAPPY
WITH THIS, EITHER.
Reporter: SHE SAYS MANY WANT
TO SPARE THEIR KIDS FROM OTHER
HOT BUTTON ISSUES, SUCH AS
TRANSGENDER POLICIES IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
YOU LET GO OF YOUR CHILD'S
CHILD MIND SIX HOURS A DAY.
Reporter: THEY ARE SEARCHING
FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS
FOR FAMILIES.
WE ARE SEEING PASTORS
CALLING US AND PASTORS ARE
ASKING, HOW CAN WE HELP OUR
CHURCH FAMILIES?
HOW CAN WE HELP THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN OUR CONGREGATIONS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?
THEY WANT AN ALTERNATIVE.
WE ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT
THEY HAVE ABOUT HOW TO START A
CHURCH CO-OP OR A POD OR A
COMMUNITY OF THEIR PARENTS WHO
CAN WORK TOGETHER IN TEACHING
THEIR CHILDREN.
Reporter: A COMMON THEME FOR
A NUMBER OF PARENTS IS THAT
THEIR KIDS PERFORMED WELL WHILE
HOMESCHOOLING.
THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
LAST YEAR, I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE TRIED HOMESCHOOLING FOR
THEY WERE DOING GOVERNMENT
SCHOOL AT HOME AND THEY
REALIZED, WOW, WE COULD DO A
LOT OF THINGS IN TWO OR THREE
HOURS THAT TAKES THE PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL SIX HOURS
TO DO.
Reporter: THE RESULTS ARE
UNDENIABLE.
HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS SCORED
ABOVE THE 83% OF IN LANGUAGE
ARTS AND MATHEMATICS ON THE
STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST.
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND A
GOOD YEAR, NOT A COVID YEAR,
BUT A GOOD YEAR, ONLY SCORED IN
THE 50 PERCENTILE ON THE SAME
TEST.
Reporter: SOMETHING SHE SAYS
IS WORTHWHILE.
I CAN FIND OUT WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY NEED HELP.
THERE WERE SOME AREAS THEY MAY
NOT HAVE MADE THE GAINS A
SHOULD HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THEY
WERE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS AT
WORK WITH THEM ON.
Reporter: MEANWHILE, AS
INTEREST IN HOMESCHOOLING GOES,
SHE BELIEVES IT IS MORE THAN
JUST A FAD.
IT WILL KEEP GROWING FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE
THIS MOVING FORWARD.
THE KIDS LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.
I HAVE SEEN GREAT GAINS FROM
IT.
Reporter: CHARLENE AARON,
CBN NEWS.
> TURNING OUT TO
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, THE LIFE OF
NFL HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK
KURT WARNER IS THE FOCUS OF A
NEW FILM IN THEATERS NOW CALLED
AMERICAN UNDERDOG.
PART OF THE STORY IS HIS FAITH
AND HIS CONNECTION TO HIS WIFE,
BRENDA.
TAKE A LOOK.
AS LONG AS I HAVE A BALL IN
MY HANDS, I FEEL ALIVE.
I KIND OF LIKE HOW I FEEL RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: AMERICAN UNDERDOG
--
I HAVE WORK TO DO.
Reporter: IS THE INSPIRING
TRUE STORY OF NFL HALL OF FAME
QUARTERBACK KURT WARNER.
I PROMISE I WILL TAKE CARE
OF YOU AND THE KIDS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WILL DO.
THIS IS YOUR DREAM?
Reporter: WHOSE REAL LIFE IS
AN UNFORGETTABLE DREAM AND
JOURNEY FROM STOCKING SHELVES
IN A GROCERY STORE TO WOWING
FANS ON THE FIELD AND BECOMING
A SUPER BOWL CHAMPION.
Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
IS THE AWAKENING MOMENT FOR YOU
AND THIS AMERICAN UNDERDOG
STORY?
I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF
MOMENTS I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY
. HOW DID I GET HERE?
WHY AM I HERE?
GOD, WHAT YOU DOING IN THIS
SITUATION?
THERE WERE SO MANY OF THOSE
MOMENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH
YOU.
I AM SORRY, WHO ARE YOU?
Reporter: HOW DO YOU TELL
THE IMPOSSIBLE STORY?
ONE STEP AT A TIME.
I WILL SAY THIS, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT IN GOD'S PLAN THIS MOVIE
HAD NOT BEEN MADE, I AM GLAD TO
GET THE ONE TO MAKE IT.
Reporter: WITH AN AWARD-
WINNING CAST, INCLUDING ZACHARY
LEVI IS KURT WARNER.
THE FILMMAKERS SAY YOU WERE
BORN FOR THIS ROLE.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
I SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I WOULD AGREE, TO THAT
EXTENT.
IF THIS IS PART OF MY JOURNEY
FOR MY LIFE AS BEING BORN, THEN
I ACCEPT THIS ROLE.
DESCRIBED BRENDA WARNER TO US
.
THE KINDEST, GENTLEST, YOU
KNOW, MOST LOVING HUMAN.
SHE IS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME ON
THE OUTSIDE AND CAN WITHSTAND
MORE THAN MOST HUMAN BEINGS CAN
INSTILL KEY GOING.
Reporter: WHERE DOES THAT
STRENGTH COME FROM?
I BELIEVE IT COMES FROM MY
FOUNDATION OF FAITH.
I HAVE A STRONG FAITH THERE IS
A PLAN FOR MY LIFE AND THAT I
AM LOVED BY AN AMAZING GOD.
Reporter: NOW A CELEBRATED
CELEBRITY COUPLE, THE WARNERS
STILL LEAN ON THEIR LOVE FOR
GOD AND THEIR LOVE FOR EACH
OTHER TO DEFY ALL THE ODDS.
THIS IS WHAT FAITH LOOKS
LIKE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM
HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES
NEXT, BUT WE WILL DO THIS
TOGETHER.
Reporter: IT IS A TRIUMPH
AND UNDERDOG STORY OF FAITH,
FAMILY AND FOOTBALL.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
THOSE ARE TODAY'S TOP
STORIES FROM CBN NEWS.
GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH
MORE OF TODAY'S "700 CLUB"
AFTER THIS.
> BEATEN AND TORTURED, THAT
IS WHAT AN ATTORNEY SUFFERED
FROM COMMUNIST IN ROMANIA.
AFTER SHE PERSONALLY HUMID AIR
THE DICTATOR, SHE THOUGHT IT
WAS THE END OF THE LINE.
AN ASSASSIN CAME TO HER OFFICE
AND POINTED A GUN AT HER HEAD.
ABIGAIL ROBERTSON TELLS US WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT.
Reporter: VIRGINIA PRODAN
DOESN'T HIDE THE FACT THAT SHE
SHOULD BE DEAD . IN HER BOOK,
SAVING MY ASSASSIN, SHE TELLS
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF DEATH
STARING HER IN THE FACE AND HOW
SHE FOUGHT BACK WITH NOTHING
BUT THE WORD OF GOD.
I AM NOT A HERO. GOD GAVE ME
THIS MISSION.
I WAS A TOOL IN GOD'S HANDS.
Reporter: WHY DID THE
ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT WANT YOU
KILLED?
BECAUSE I DEFENDED CHRISTIAN
AND HUMAN RIGHTS CASES.
THE GOVERNMENT, SOCIALIST
GOVERNMENT, IT'S A GOVERNMENT
WHO WILL ESTABLISH A SYSTEM
WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR
GOD, NOT CHRIST.
Reporter: DURING DICTATOR
@THE 1980s, CHRISTIANS FOUND
WITH BIBLES OR SHARING CHRIST
WITH OTHERS WERE THROWN IN
JAIL, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY
HOW HAD RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAWS.
I WAS TOLD IN THE
INTERROGATIONS THAT THOSE LAWS
WEREN'T IN THE BOOKS TO PROTECT
ROMANIAN FREEDOM OF RELIGION
AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THEY
WERE IN THE LAW BOOKS OF
ROMANIA FOR THE WESTERN
CIVILIZATION TO BELIEVE THAT WE
HAD FREEDOM.
Reporter: VIRGINIA USED
THOSE LAWS TO FIGHT THE
GOVERNMENT ANYWAY.
LATER ON I FOUND OUT THAT
WHEN I WAS IN THE COURT ROOM
FACING THE JUDGE AND THE
PERSECUTORS, BEHIND ME THERE
WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
AMERICA, FROM FRANCE, ITALY,
JEWISH, ISRAEL, ALL OVER THE
WESTERN EUROPE, WHO WOULD TAKE
NOTES AND SEND IT TO THEIR
GOVERNMENT.
FOR THAT REASON, I AM ALIVE AND
NOT DEAD BECAUSE GOD PROTECTED
ME.
Reporter: VIRGINIA CAUGHT
THE ATTENTION OF WESTERN
GENERALISTS FROM PLACES LIKE
FREE EUROPE AND VOICE OF
AMERICA.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO LET ME
BE PRESENT AT THIS, OTHERWISE
THEY HAD TO RESPOND WHERE IS
SHE, WHAT IS THE SITUATION AND
SO FORTH.
Reporter: OUTSIDE THE
COURTROOM, THE GOVERNMENT TOOK
ITS REVENGE BY BEATING AND
TORTURING HER.
I REMEMBER FULL OF BLOOD,
FULL OF PAIN AS MANY OF THEM
WERE HITTING ME AND SO FORTH.
I LOOKED STRAIGHT UP TO THEM
AND I SAID, I DON'T LIKE WHAT
YOU ARE DOING, BUT GOD LOVES
YOU AND I CHOOSE TO LOVE YOU.
AND THEY HAD TO TURN THEIR
FACES BECAUSE THEY WERE CRYING.
Reporter: THROUGH IT ALL,
VIRGINIA WAS WINNING HER
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY CASES.
THEN CAME HER BIGGEST TEST.
IT WAS SO RISKY THAT WHEN I
RECEIVED THIS ASSIGNMENT, I
SAID, LORD, YOU GIVE THEM A
CHANCE TO ACTUALLY PICK UP THE
GUN AND KILL ME.
I RECEIVED DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD
PROVE THAT THE DICTATOR WAS
LYING, CONTINUING TO LIE, TO
AMERICA.
Reporter: TRUSTING IN THE
LORD, SHE ACCEPTED.
I TO THE JOB AND LATER ON AT
NIGHT, I CREATED A POCKET IN MY
SUIT AND I PUT MY DOCUMENTS
THERE WITH THE INTENTION TO
GIVE IT TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I HAD A
CASE AND I NEW THAT THEY WOULD
BE IN THE COURTROOM.
Reporter: MIRACULOUSLY, HER
PLAN WORKED.
THEY TOOK ME AND THEY
INTERROGATED ME.
BUT THAT DAY THEY FORGOT TO
SEARCH ME.
Reporter: THE DOCUMENTS MADE
IT TO PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN,
INFURIATING THE ROMANIAN
DICTATOR.
HE DECIDED TO SEND A CLIENT
TO MY OFFICE, THE ASSASSIN.
HE SAID TO ME, I AM NOT YOUR
CLIENT. I AM HERE TO KILL YOU.
HE POINTED THE GUN TO ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.
Reporter: AS THE ASSASSIN
SCREAMED AT HER, VIRGINIA
FOUGHT BACK THE ONLY WAY SHE
KNEW HOW.
I LOOKED AT THE MAN, AND I
STARTED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, HE
WAS JUST A HUMAN BEING LIKE ME,
LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH, LIKE I
USED TO LOOK MANY YEARS AGO.
AS I SHARED THE GOSPEL WITH
HIM, I NOTICED, I LOOKED AT THE
MAN WHO SCREAMED A FEW SECONDS
AGO, MELTING UNDER GOD'S POWER.
Reporter: INSTEAD OF TAKING
HER LIFE, HE ACCEPTED CHRIST.
HE LEFT MY OFFICE AS A FREE
MAN, INDEED, AND AS A BROTHER
IN CHRIST AND OUR LIVES WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME.
Reporter: VIRGINIA'S BOOK
INCLUDES A CHAPTER FROM HER
WOULD BE ASSASSIN ON HOW GOD
TRANSFORMED HIS LIFE AFTER
THEIR DIVINE ENCOUNTER, EVEN
LEADING HIM INTO MINISTRY.
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON,
ABIGAIL ROBINSON, CBN NEWS.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY,
INCREDIBLE BRAVERY BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, INCREDIBLE LOVE.
WHEN YO LOOK AT THE ROLE
TODAY, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW IN HONG KONG, WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING IN CHINA, WHAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING IN INDIA, WHAT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA,
YOU LOOK AT THE STORIES OF
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION AND WE
NEED TO HAVE LOVE, LIKE NEVER
BEFORE.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID, HERE
IS AN ASSASSIN SCREAMING AT
HER, POINTING A GUN AND SHE
SAYS, NO, I LOVE YOU.
I WANT TO SHARE SOME REALLY
GOOD NEWS WITH YOU, HOW YOU CAN
BE FREE OF HATRED AND THESE
THINGS THAT DESTROY US.
THIS IS LOVE. SHE'S GOT IT.
LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY WITH ALL
OUR HEART.
THAT IS WHAT THE APOSTLE PETER
SAID, 1:23. LOVE EACH OTHER
DEEPLY.
SHE DECIDED TO LOVE HER
ENEMIES, JUST WHEN SHE WAS
BEING PERSECUTED, WHEN SHE HAD
A GUN POINTED AT HER, SHE CHOSE
TO LOVE. THAT FULFILLED THIS
WONDERFUL VERSE, LOVE NEVER
FAILS.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A COPY OF
THE BOOK, IT IS AVAILABLE
NATIONWIDE.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
> UP NEXT, WORDS PARENTS
NEVER WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
DOCTORS.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO
FOR YOUR SON.
HOW DID THIS YOUNG TEEN SURVIVE
AFTER BEING GIVEN LESS THAN A
DAY TO LIVE?
> THE NICKNAM FOR TRADEN
KARCH WAS BAKESHOP.
HIS GOLF COACH STARTED CALLING
HIM THAT BECAUSE OF HIS KNACK
FOR COMING THROUGH IN THE
CLUTCH.
@TRADEN WITH THE CRUSHED SKULL,
BAKESHOP WAS GOING TO HAVE TO
BEAT THE ODDS ONE MORE TIME.
Reporter: THE IMPACT WAS
DEAFENING, A TRUCK FAILING TO
YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
BROADSIDED THE VAN CARRYING
JERRY HIGGINS AND HIS TWO
GRANDCHILDREN, CEY AND TRADEN
KARCH.
Reporter: TERRY AND HIS
GRANDDAUGHTER WERE OKAY.
13-YEAR-OLD TRADEN, HOWEVER --
HIS SKULL HAD BEEN CRUSHED.
IT WASN'T VERY LONG AND THE
PARAMEDICS WERE THERE.
THAT IS WHEN I CALLED AMANDA.
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
HE SAID THERE WAS JUST BLOOD
EVERYWHERE.
HE KIND OF HAD A FEW SEIZURES.
I JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD AND I
SAID, GOD, YOU KNEW THIS WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE DID NOT CATCH YOU BY
SURPRISE AND SO I TRUST YOU.
I KNOW HE IS IN YOUR HANDS AND
YOU ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL.
Reporter: MANDA ARRIVED AT
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA,
OKLAHOMA, SHORTLY AFTER TRADEN.
HE WAS BARELY ALIVE.
I JUST STARTED TEXTING
EVERYONE I KNEW AND JUST
SAYING, WE NEED YOU TO PRAY.
Reporter: HIS DAD, CHRIS,
GOT TO THE ER MOMENTS BEFORE
HIS SON WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY.
I WAS DEFINITELY NOT
EXPECTED TO SEE ALL THE BLOOD.
IT MADE THE SITUATION VERY
REAL.
THE DOCTORS AND NURSES HAD
ALL TOLD US THEY THOUGHT HE
WOULD LIVE MAYBE 24 HOURS.
Reporter: AS THE HOURS
PASSED, THE WAITING ROOM FILLED
UP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PRAYING FOR THE TEENAGER.
SO THAT WAS A BLESSING, YOU
KNOW, TO HAVE JUST SO MANY
PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY PRAYING
FOR HIM.
Reporter: AS FOR CHRIS AND
MANDA, MEMORIES FLOODED OF THE
FUN-LOVING SEVENTH GRADER WHO
MONTHS LATER HAD SUNK THE
WINNING PUTT FOR HIS TEAM AT
THE JR. PGA REGIONAL FINAL.
THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T THE BEST
BY A LONGSHOT ON THEIR TEAM.
END I SAID, LOOK AT WHAT GOD
DID FOR YOU, HOW HE LET YOU
MAKE THAT WINNING PUTT.
@BEGGING GOD FOR THEIR SON'S
LIFE.
THEY ALSO REACHED OUT THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT WAS A DESPERATE PLEA,
BASICALLY JUST SAYING, IF YOU
ARE A PRAYING PERSON, PLEASE
PRAY.
I NEED AS MANY PEOPLE RIDING TO
GOD AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
Reporter: TRADEN SURVIVED
THE SIX HOUR SURGERY AND WAS
PLACED IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED
COMA.
THE DOCTORS CAME IN AN SAID,
WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN
POSSIBLY DO FOR TRADEN.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE MEDICAL
WE CAN DO FOR HIM.
THE REST IS UP TO TRADEN.
WE REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR IF HE
WAS GOING TO WAKE UP.
HE WILL NEVER TALK OR WALK,
HE WILL BE KIND OF IN A
VEGETATIVE STATE.
Reporter: PRAYERS AND
ENCOURAGEMENT CAME IN FROM
EVERYWHERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA,
INCLUDING THE PGA . IN FACT,
ONE OF JIK TO FAVORITE GOLFERS,
RORY McELROY, SEND HIM A
PERSONAL MESSAGE.
AND I WISH YOU A REALLY
SPEEDY RECOVERY.
GOLF IN THE PGA JR. LEAGUE
REALLY NEED YOU.
WHEN YOU ARE FEELING BETTER, I
WANT YOU TO COME TO THE
TOURNAMENTS AND MEET ME AND WE
CAN HANG OUT AND HOPEFULLY WE
WILL SEE YOU SOON.
Reporter: WITH TRADEN STILL
IN A COMA, THE FAMILY CLUNG TO
THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND
THEIR FAITH IN GOD.
THREE WEEKS AFTER SURGERY, THE
SWELLING IN HIS BRAIN HAD GONE
DOWN AND HE WOKE UP .
HE STARTS TO SIT UP ON HIS
OWN.
ONLY A WEEK LATER DOES HE START
WALKING AROUND THE HOSPITAL
WITH ASSISTANCE.
EACH DAY THEY WOULD SEE HIS
PROGRESS.
EVERY DOCTOR WOULD JUST COME IN
AND SAY HOW HE WAS A MIRACLE.
Reporter: AFTER ONLY FIVE
WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL, TRADEN
WAS RELEASED TO GO TO REHAB.
TRADEN ACTUALLY WALKED OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN.
Reporter: STILL, TRADEN
FACED MAJOR HURDLES.
HE COULDN'T SPEAK AND HAD LOST
HIS MEMORY.
AS HE WORKED WITH THE REHAB
STAFF JUST TO FORM SOUNDS, THE
FAMILY AGAIN TURNED TO PRAYER.
WITHIN A WEEK, THEY SAW MORE
SIGNS OF GOD'S HEALING.
TRADEN HEADS MY NAME FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME.
YES!
THANK YOU!
HE COULDN'T ACTUALLY SAY
WORDS SO HE WAS SOUNDING OUT
EACH LETTER TO MY NAME, JUST TO
MOM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Reporter: AND WHEN CHRIS
IRAQ TWO-PARTER TO HIM DISTRICT
THAT IS WHEN I NEW.
THAT PART HAD STAYED BECAUSE HE
GRIPPED IT THE EXACT SAME WAY.
WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS SIX IN A ROW.
TWO MONTHS AFTER THE
ACCIDENT, TRADEN WENT HOME, HIS
SPEECH ANNE-MARIE CONTINUING TO
IMPROVE AS HE HAD TO RELEARN
EVERYTHING HE HAD LEARNED
SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
BY FALL HE WAS BACK IN ACTION
SCHOOL AND FINISHED THE SEVENTH
GRADE THAT YEAR. BY THAT TIME,
HE HAD WATCHED RORY McELROY'S
MESSAGE DOZENS OF TIMES AND GOT
TO MEET HIM.
I REMEMBER HE WALKED IN IN
MY MIND WAS LIKE, IS THIS
REALLY HIM?
SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS.
Reporter: AT 17, TRADEN
SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF SPEECH OR
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT AND HE LOOKS
FORWARD TO GRADUATING IN 2022.
HE IS ALSO BACK ON THE GOLF
COURSE AND CHALLENGING HIS DAD
WHENEVER HE CAN.
I WAS THERE.
I HEARD THE PROGNOSIS.
I KNEW WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
GOD HEALED TRADEN, THERE IS NO
DOUBT.
IN MY OPINION, THE ONLY
REASON WHY I AM STILL ALIVE IS
PEOPLE PRAYING.
THERE IS SO MUCH POWER IN
PRAYER.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE
SAME POWER, WE CAN CALL UPON
THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED
CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
AND SO, YOU HAVE TO CALL UPON
THAT POWER.
YOU CAN CALL UPON THE SAME
POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM
THE DEAD.
WOULD TRADEN'S MOTHER IS
QUOTING, SHE IS QUOTING FROM
THE BIBLE THAT THAT SAME
RESURRECTION POWER IS NOT SOME
FARAWAY PLACE.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID THAT SAME
RESURRECTION POWER IS IN YOU.
PAUL WAS TALKING FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, IT TALKS
ABOUT HIM BEING TAKEN OUTSIDE
THE CITY AND STONED TO DEATH,
THEY WERE THROWING HEAVY ROCKS
AT HIM. THE DISCIPLES COME OUT,
THE CHRISTIANS COME OUT AFTER
THE CROWD WAS FINISHED.
THEY PRAYED OVER PAUL AND HE
RISES BACKUP.
HE DOES SOMETHING UNUSUAL, HE
WALKS BACK INTO THE CITY.
PAUL NEW WITH THAT
RESURRECTION POWER WAS BECAUSE
HE HAD EXPERIENCED IT.
TRADEN KNOWS THAT RESURRECTION
POWER BECAUSE HE HAS
EXPERIENCED IT . HE HAS
EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE RECOVERY.
REALIZE THAT SAME RESURRECTION
POWER IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. IT
IS NOT IN SOME FAR OFF PLACE.
IT IS RIGHT WITHIN YOU.
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED JESUS INTO
YOUR HEART, YOU HAVE THE
RESURRECTED WANT INSIDE YOU.
HIS POWER IS THE SAME,
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE IT
AND RELEASE IT AND HAVE FAITH
TO BELIEVE FOR THAT.
THE EYES OF THE LORD GO TO AND
FRO OVER THE WHOLE EARTH TO
SHOW HIMSELF STRONG.
HE SHOWED HIMSELF STRONG FOR
@PRAYER OF FAITH, EVEN THOUGH
THE DOCTORS SAID IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE, WITH GOD, ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PRAY AND WE
ARE GOING TO BELIEVE FOR YOU.
WE WILL BELIEVE FOR THAT
RESURRECTION POWER TO BE
RELEASED.
BEFORE WE PRAY, WE WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE YOUR
OTHER MIRACLES.
HERE IS IDLING FROM NEW YORK.
SHE SUFFERED WITH ACHILLES
TENDINITIS, AN ACHILLES' HEEL.
SHE FINALLY MADE AN APPOINTMENT
TO SEE A PODIATRIST.
WHILE SHE WAS WAITING, SHE WAS
WATCHING THE700 CLUB.
TERRY HAD A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
FOR SOMEONE WITH HER EXACT
CONDITION.
EILEEN SHOUTED TO HER HUSBAND,
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT AN
ACHILLES' HEEL!
THE NEXT TIME, EILEEN HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN.
SHE CANCELED HEARD DOCTORS
APPOINTMENT, CALLED THE CBN
PRAYER LINE TO SAY SHE WAS
PAIN-FREE.
IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD TENDINITIS
OR TENDINOSIS OR THAT KIND OF
THING, YOU KNOW THAT IS A
MIRACLE.
GOD IS IN THE MIRACLE BUSINESS
AND HE IS IN IT FOR YOU.
WHAT YOU HAVE?
THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER ONE,
LINDA OF TEXAS HAD HAD KNEE
SURGERY A YEAR AGO BUT STILL
SUFFERED FROM PAIN AND COULD
NOT WALK. SHE HAD LOST A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TISSUE
AROUND HER KNEE.
WHILE WATCHING THE 700 CLUB,
SHE HEARD YOU SAY GOD IS
RECONSTRUCTING THINGS IN THAT
KNEE.
SHE FELT SOMETHING.
THAT WAS THE HAND OF GOD
TOUCHING AND STIRRING THE
JOINT, REALIZING YOU CAN PUT
WEIGHT ON THAT JOINT, YOU CAN
STAND UP AND HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE YOU ARE HEALED, IN
JESUS' NAME, BE MADE WHOLE.
LINDA CLAIMED GOD'S HEALING.
WITHIN THREE DAYS, HER KNEE WAS
NORMAL.
THAT WAS NOT JUST HER OPINION,
HER DOCTOR CONFIRM THE HEALING
BE A X-RAYS.
NOW SHE IS WALKING NORMALLY AND
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD!
GOD'S HEALING STANDS UP TO X-
RAYS.
GOD'S HEALING IS UP TO MEDICAL
EXPERTS AND SAYS, NO, YOU ARE
WRONG.
I AM COMING IN AND MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
I AM RAISING THIS ONE UP.
LET THAT BE YOU AND LET IT BE
YOU RIGHT NOW.
REALIZED THERE IS NOTHING YOU
NEED TODO TO QUALIFY YOURSELF.
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
THE BREATH GOD GAVE TO ADAM IS
IN YOU. HE WANTS TO BREATHE ON
YOU AGAIN TO GIVE YOU NEW LIFE,
NEW HEALTH, THE RESURRECTION
TODAY.
TERRY AND I WILL AGREE.
WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO IS SHOW
AN ACT OF FAITH.
IN AN ACTIVE FIRE, LAY YOUR
AREA ON THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEARING HEALING.
WE WILL AGREE WITH YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN TWO OR MORE
AGREE AND TOUCH ANYTHING, IT
SHALL BE DONE.
LET'S TRUST IN THAT AND LET'S
PRAY.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU.
IN AN ACT OF FAITH, WE LAY
HANDS ON THAT AREA OF THE BODY
THAT NEEDS HEALING.
WE COME INTO AGREEMENT OVER IT.
WE COME INTO AGREEMENT THAT BY
YOUR STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED.
YOU HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED
EVERYTHING WE NEED.
I FAITH, WE SAY THE
RESURRECTION POWER THAT BROUGHT
YOU BACK FROM THE DEAD IS IN US
AND ABLE TO RESURRECT US AND DO
MIGHTY THINGS.
IN JESUS' NAME, BODY, BE HEALED
NOW.
BE RESTORED AND BE MADE WHOLE.
ANY INFIRMITY BE GONE NOW IN
JESUS' NAME, ANY DISEASE, ANY
INFECTION, ANY CANCER, REMOVE
YOURSELF NOW. YOU HAVE NO PLACE
IN MY BODY IN JESUS' NAME, I AM
HEALED . NOW, LORD, I THANK YOU
FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL
DO.
I THANK YOU FOR IT. I THANK YOU
FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY
ACCOMPLISHED.
I RECEIVE IT NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
YOUR NAME IS A MISSING YOU ARE
LAYING HANDS ON BOTH OF YOUR
KNEES AND YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS
PAIN IN BOTH KNEES, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, BE HEALED AND BE
RESTORED.
LET ALL THAT PAIN JUST
DISSIPATE AWAY.
THAT ALL THE CARTLIDGE AND THE
CUSHIONING IN THE KNEE BE
RESTORED.
LET THERE BE FULL AND COMPLETE
AND PAIN-FREE FUNCTION FROM
THIS MOMENT FORWARD IN JESUS'
NAME.
TERRY?
YOU HAVE A DEFORMITY ON YOUR
SPINE, ANYWAY, GOD IS HEALING
THAT FOR YOU, HE IS JUST
CORRECTING IT.
YOU HAVE HAD IT YOUR WHOLE
LIFE.
THIS IS A DEFORMITY THAT HAS
BEEN THERE SO LONG, YOU HAVE
NOT EVEN THOUGHT TO PRAY FOR IT
TODAY GOD IS HEALING YOUR SPINE
FOR YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
IT.
MANY OF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH
BREATHING, IT IS NOT COVID-19
BUT YOU ARE FEARFUL OF THAT
BECAUSE OF YOUR BREATHING
ISSUES.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU.
BREATH OF HEAVEN, HEALED THAT
FOR YOU NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
YOU HAVE A FRACTURED
TAILBONE AND COCCYX AND THERE
IS SWELLING AND INFLAMMATION
AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
PAIN.
YOU CAN'T SIT.
GOD IS JUST HEALING THAT, WHAT
THE DOCTORS SAY THEY CAN'T DO,
GOD IS DOING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
HE IS RESETTING THAT BONE AND
TAKING THAT BREAK COMPLETELY
AWAY.
ALL OF THAT PAIN JUST LEFT YOU.
ALL OF THE SWELLING, ALL OF THE
INFORMATION IN JESUS' NAME, BE
HEALED , BE MADE WHOLE.
LORD GOD, ALMIGHTY, WE THANK
YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY
GIFTS TO US.
WE DON'T DESERVE ANY OF THEM,
BUT YOU LOVE US AND YOU LOVE US
SO MUCH YOU WANT US RESTORED TO
YOUR.
WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS'
NAME . AMEN AND AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET US
KNOW.
GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-700-
7000.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE BELIEVE
IN PREVAILING PRAYER, WE
BELIEVE IN PRAYER THAT GETS AN
ANSWER SO WE ARE HERE FOR YOU
24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK, WE ARE A PHONE CALL AWAY.
1-800-700-7000.
TERRY?
> COMING UP, SENT TO A PSYCH
WARD.
WHY IS THIS COLLEGE STUDENT
THROWN INTO A MENTAL
INSTITUTION? A
RAISING NINE KIDS OFF ONE
INCOME.
HOW DOES THIS FAMILY DO IT?
HERE THEIR SECRET WHEN WE
RETURN.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE "700
CLUB".
FORMER SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
HARRY REID DIED YESTERDAY.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
PANCREATIC CANCER IN 2018.
A SURGE IN CONVERSE FROM 1983
UNTIL 2017 AND HELP TO PASS
OBAMACARE AND LOWERED THE VOTES
IN THE SENATE TO SIMPLE
MAJORITY WISH WERE USED TO
CONFIRM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
NOMINEES TO THE SUPREME COURT.
HE SAID HE DID NOT MAKE IT ON
HIS GOOD LOOKS OR BECAUSE HE
WAS A GENIUS, HE MADE IT
BECAUSE OF HARDWARE.
HARRY REID WAS 1982.
> THE TIME CENTURY TIME
CAPSULE FROM THE 18th CENTURY
WAS OPEN.
AMMUNITION AND OTHER ARTIFACTS,
INCLUDING AN IMAGE FROM AN 1865
ISSUE FROM HARPERS WEEKLY.
IT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME
FROM THE YOUR 1887.
DOZENS OF RICHMOND RESIDENTS
MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 60
OBJECTS TO THE CAPSULE.
> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS FROM CBN.COM.
GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH
MORE OF TODAY'S "700 CLUB"
AFTER THIS.
> JOHN AND AMY HAVE ENOUGH
CHILDREN TO FIELD A BASEBALL
TEAM.
SO ON ONE SALARY.
THE COUPLE SAYS LIFE GETS
CHAOTIC AT TIMES AND HERE IS
THE SECRET TO HOW THEY MANAGE
IT ALL.
Reporter: AS THE PARENTS OF
NINE CHILDREN, JOHN AND AMY
McHUGH SAY LIFE IS NEVER
BORING.
TO ME, IT IS LIKE A NASCAR
RACE WITHOUT ANY BREAKS AND NO
FINISH LINE.
IT IS FULL SPEED, ALL THE TIME.
YOU GET THESE QUIET MOMENTS
THAT ARE LOVELY.
Reporter: YEARS AGO, WHEN
AMY WAS PREGNANT WITH THEIR
FIRST DAUGHTER, SHE LEFT HER
FULL-TIME JOB AS A TEACHER,
EVEN THOUGH THE FAMILY WAS
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
THEY STILL TITHED, PRACTICE
THEY LEARNED FROM THEIR
CHURCH.
Reporter: JOHN WAS WORKING
AT CONSTRUCTION AND DOING
HANDYMAN WORK ON THE SIDE AND
BEGAN RECEIVING PERIODIC
RAISES.
THEIR FAMILY GREW TO THREE
CHILDREN.
AT THAT TIME, AMY STARTED
WATCHING THE "700 CLUB".
THE KIDS WANTED TO GIVE.
THEY LIGHT THAT ARYNN WAS
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE.
THEY SAY, I WANT TO GIVE AND
THEY SAY, WE DO, TOO SO WE JUST
DID IT.
Reporter: McKAYLA, NOW IN
HER 20s, RECALLS THOSE DAYS.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL
THING BUT IT HAD SUCH A LARGE
IMPACT.
Reporter: AMY SAYS DURING
THIS TIME GOD PROVIDED EVEN
BEYOND HER FAMILY'S BASIC NEEDS.
WE WOULD GO TO A GARAGE SALE
AND THE FREE BOX WOULD HAVE
EXACTLY THE POLLY POCKET DOLL
McKAYLA WANTED.
HE SHOWED HE WAS THE PROVIDER.
Reporter: JOHN WAS DOING
WELL AND DECIDED TO FOCUS ON
HIS OWN BUSINESS FULL-TIME.
WE WERE FAITHFUL FROM DAY
ONE.
INCREMENTS AND INCREMENTS, YOU
ARE TRUSTED WITH A LITTLE AND A
LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT IS WHERE
GOD HAS KEPT US.
HE HAS WALKED WITH US THE WHOLE
WAY.
Reporter: JOHN AND AMY
McHUGH CONTINUED TO TITHE AND
JOHN RECEIVED HIS LARGES
CONTRACT TODAY, EQUALING HIS
SALARY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
I KNOW IT IS NOT ME.
EVERYBODY IS LIKE, YOU DO THIS.
I DON'T DO ANYTHING.
GOD DOES IT ALL.
I JUST SHOW UP.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE RAISING NINE KIDS ON ONE
INCOME, JOHN AND AMY McHUGH
HAVE NEVER STOPPED GIVING TO
CBN .
CBN CAN DO A LOT MORE THAN
WHAT I CAN DO MYSELF.
I CAN ONLY DO ONE THING. BY
INVESTING IN CBN, WE HAVE THIS
HUGE MINISTRY ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY IN MANY LOCATIONS.
THEY CAN DO THINGS I COULDN'T
EVEN DREAM ABOUT BUT I CAN
SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY TO
ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT MINISTRY.
FOR ME, IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GOD SAYS, YOU KNOW, TRY ME
IN THIS.
IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE
BIBLE WHERE HE SAYS, TRY ME.
YOU GIVE TO GOD FIRST.
WE WANT TO TEACH THE CHILDREN
THAT.
YOU INSTILL IT IN THEM YOUNG
AND EARLY NAC THE BLESSINGS,
THEY SEE THE RETURN ON THAT AND
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO.
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, TITHING
WORKS.
IT IS EARLY HOW IT WORKS.
IT IS NOT SOME ON-AGAIN, OFF-
AGAIN THING. WE HAVE A LIFETIME
OF GIVING, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO
PUT GOD FIRST IN MY LIFE, I
WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, I WANT
MY CHILDREN TO KNOW, I WANT TO
KNOW GOD IS FIRST.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE BLESSINGS
SEEM TO MULTIPLY AND MULTIPLY
AND MULTIPLY.
THESE BLESSINGS ARE NOT FOR
THINGS FOR YOUR OWN ENJOYMENT.
THESE BLESSINGS ARE SO YOU CAN
HAVE EVEN MORE TO GIVE TO
OTHERS, TO BE THERE FOR THEM IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED. WHETHER
THAT IS RAISING NINE CHILDREN
ON YOUR OWN WITH ONE SALARY OR
HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,
THAT IS THE PURPOSE.
THAT IS WHY GOD GIVES YOU THE
POWER TO GET WEALTH, NOT SO YOU
CAN CONSUME IT ON YOUR OWN, SEE
YOU CAN HAVE EVEN MORE TO SHARE
WITH OTHERS.
THAT IS THE WONDERFUL SECRET,
JESUS LAID IT OUT, WE CALL IT
THE LAW OF RECIPROCAL CITY.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU.
WHAT IS GOD LOOKING FOR?
HE IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO PUT IT
INTO ACTION.
IT IS NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE
IT AND THEN GIVE, NO, IT IS,
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO START DOING
THAT, GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-
700-7000.
SAY, YES, I WANT TO JOIN IN
EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AROUND
THE WORLD, WHETHER IT IS
OPERATION BLESSING, ORPHAN'S
PROMISE, HELPING THE HOME
FRONT, OUR INTERNATIONAL
BROADCAST, YOU ARE PART OF ALL
OF IT WHEN YOU JOIN THE 700
CLUB.
HOW MUCH IS IT, JUST $20 A
MONTH, $0.65 A DAY.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A 700 CLUB
EVER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO
700 CLUB GOLD, $40 A MONTH.
WE ALSO HAVE THE 1000 CLUB,
$1000 A YEAR, IT BREAKS DOWN TO
$80 A MONTH.
NO MATTER WHICH LEVEL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS, THE ELECTRONIC
MONTHLY GIVING.
THE BANK IS DOING ALL THE WORK
AND WE CAN SEND AS OUR GIFT TO
YOU, A MONTHLY TEACHING CD.
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN YOU
CALL OR GO TO CBN.COM.
TERRY?
> A SHOT OF TEQUILA AT 8:00
AM.
THAT IS HOW ARYNN ANDREWS DEALT
WITH ALCOHOLISM.
LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THE DEPTH
OF THE DEPRESSION BEHIND HER
DRINKING AND HOW IT WOULD
EVENTUALLY TAKE HER SOMEWHERE
SHE WOULD NEVER DREAM SHE WOULD
GO.
I NEVER THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
AT ANY POINT DURING MY GROWING
UP I WOULD END UP IN A MENTAL
INSTITUTION. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS
LED TO THIS MOMENT.
HOW DISAPPOINTING.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF CHRISTIANS
AS THESE REALLY EMPHATIC PEOPLE
WHO WANTED ME TO BASICALLY JUST
TURN AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT
WAS FUN.
IF WE ARE BAD, WE GET PUNISHED
BY GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOOD AND
HE CAN'T STAND THAT.
I HAVE THIS DISTANT, ARBITRARY
VIEW OF GOD.
I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
WE WOULD GO TO CHAPEL THREE
TIMES A WEEK.
YOU DRESS UP EVERY DAY, YOU ARE
REALLY SMART, YOU GET ALL AS,
EVERYBODY LIKES YOU, YOU ARE
DOING ALL THESE GREAT THINGS
AND YOU HAVE THIS GREAT FUTURE.
I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD BELIEVE
IN GOT IN MY HEAD THAT I WOULD
JUST DO MY OWN THING.
THE MINUTE I WAS OUT OF MY
HOUSE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO TO THIS PARTY, DRINKING
AT 18, I HAD NEVER DONE THAT,
THAT WOULD BE FUN.
I WOULD TRY NEW THINGS.
I FELT EDGY BECAUSE I WAS
BREAKING THE LAW AND I WAS
BREAKING THE RULES.
I JUST HAD FUN WITH IT.
A LONG PATTERN OF THAT, YOU
KNOW, THINKING I COULD JUST
KEEP DOING IT AND IT WOULD
NEVER CATCH UP TO ME.
WHEN I WAS 19 AND A SOPHOMORE
IN COLLEGE, I WAS TAKING A SHOT
OF TEQUILA AT 8:00 AM ON A
MONDAY MORNING.
IT BECAME A LITTLE TOO
CONSISTENT.
I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT
THE TERM ALCOHOLISM.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TERM
DEPRESSION.
THAT WAS NOT THE THING I WAS
THINKING OF.
I WAS JUST THINKING THIS IS
SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO TO GET
THROUGH THE DAY.
ON THE OUTSIDE, I AM POSTING
PICTURES WITH MY FRIEND SAYING
I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS SMILING.
I COULD ALMOST FEEL MYSELF, MY
MENTAL HEALTH, MY PHYSICAL
HEALTH, DETERIORATING.
AS A TEENAGER, I HAD HEARD
ABOUT SELF-HARM FROM MY FRIENDS
AND STUFF.
I THOUGHT, LIKE, WHEN I WAS 17,
MAYBE I WILL JUST TRY IT ONE
TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE MINUTE I SAW THE
BLOOD, I WAS HOOKED.
THIS DOPAMINE HIT.
IT WAS ALMOST REWARDING MYSELF
WITH SELF HARMING.
I LOOKED DOWN AT MY ARMS AND
LEGS AND THOUGHT, THAT IS NOT
REAL.
I DON'T LIKE WHO I AM AT ALL.
AS ALCOHOLISM PROGRESSED, THE
URGE TO SELF-HARM GOT SO MUCH
STRONGER.
I FELT, TOO, EVEN IF GOD LOVES
ME, HE IS NOT GOING TO WHAT TO
ASSOCIATE WITH ME MUCH BECAUSE
LUKE WHERE I ENDED UP.
ALL OF THESE FEELING STARTED
COMING UP AND I COULD NOT
CONTROL THEM.
I REMEMBER MY PARENTS ASKED ME,
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ASKED,
ARE YOU DEPRESSED?
I TOLD THEM, NO.
I WENT BACK TO THE SPRING
SEMESTER AND I COULD NOT KEEP
IT ALL IN.
IT HAD JUST STARTED TO UNRAVEL
INSIDE OF ME.
THIS THOUGHT KEPT OCCURRING TO
ME, JUST DEATH.
I COULD JUST END THIS.
I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
IT IS JUST VERY STRONG AND I
WAS THINKING ABOUT IT ALL THE
TIME.
I REMEMBER ONE DAY I DECIDED I
JUST HAVE TO TRY, I AT LEAST
HAVE TO TRY ONE TIME.
I REMEMBER TAKING THE RAZOR AND
SLITTING MY WRISTS.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
I KEPT GOING.
I JUST KEPT GOING.
FINALLY, I WAS SURROUNDED BY
BLOOD BUT I WAS NOT LEADING OUT.
I REALIZED, I DON'T THINK THIS
IS GOING TO WORK.
I HAD BROKEN MY RAZORS.
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR ME
TO USE.
MY FRIEND KIND OF CAME IN AND
SHE SORT OF PUT AN END TO WHAT
I WAS TRYING TO DO.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I REALLY CRIED IN A LONG TIME.
WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, YOU CAN'T JUST GO
BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.
I HAD TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED
FOR A WEEK AFTER THAT.
I REMEMBER, I JUST CRIED AND
CRIED.
I THOUGHT, I HAD NEVER, EVER
BEEN THIS LOW.
THIS IS WHERE I HAD ENDED UP.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAD LED TO THIS
MOMENT.
HOW DISAPPOINTING.
WHEN YOU'RE 19 YEARS OLD, YOU
WANT YOUR WHOLE FUTURE TO BE
GLEAMING.
AT 19 YOU ARE REALIZING, OH MY
GOSH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH
GOING FOR ME.
I SORT OF LET GO MY
STUBBORNNESS.
I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, MY PLAN
ACTUALLY WASN'T BETTER THAN
GOD'S PLAN.
EVEN IF GOD'S PLAN WASN'T THAT
GOOD, IT HAD TO BE BETTER THAN
THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY
NOT GOOD.
I REMEMBER WAKING UP THE NEXT
DAY AND I WENT INTO THE ROOM
WHERE ALL THE PATIENTS HANG OUT.
THERE WAS A GROUP OF NURSING
STUDENTS THERE.
LO AND BEHOLD, THIS GUY KIND OF
COMES OUT OF THE BLUE AND SITS
DOWN NEXT TO ME.
HE SAID IMMEDIATELY TO ME, I
FEEL LIKE GOD WANTS ME TO TALK
TO YOU.
I THOUGHT, OKAY, IS THIS GUY
CRAZY?
I AM NOT SURE.
HE SAID, I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN.
I CAN FEEL WHAT IS COMING OFF
OF YOU.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW GOD LOVES
YOU AND HE HAS THE LEFT YOU NOT
LEFT YOU.
HE TOLD ME TO READ MY BIBLE
EVERY DAY.
THAT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE THAT WAS
SOMETHING I USED TO DO WHEN I
WAS A TEENAGER.
HE TOLD ME TO START IN THE BOOK
OF PSALMS AND THEN GO THROUGH
THE GOSPELS.
I REMEMBER THINKING, IF HE CAN
SAY THAT, THAT MEANS SOMETHING
GOOD WILL COME OUT OF MY LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT
IT IS BETTER THAN THIS.
WHAT HE GAVE ME THAT DAY WAS
JUST A LOT OF HOPE.
THIS VISION OF MYSELF, LIKE
GETTING OUT OF THERE AND MAY BE
DOING SOMETHING GOOD WITH MY
LIFE, THEY GAVE ME A REASON TO
TRY TO GET BETTER AND GAVE ME A
REASON TO STOP DRINKING MAYBE
I FINALLY HAD THE POSSIBILITY
OF SOMETHING BETTER.
WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FOR
THE JUNIOR YEAR, I FINALLY MADE
APPOINTMENT, I WOULD JUST READ
ONE CHAPTER EVERY DAY, LIKE HE
TOLD ME.
THE FIRST DAY, OBVIOUSLY,
NOTHING CHANGED TOO MUCH.
THE SECOND DAY, NOTHING CHANGED
TOO MUCH.
OVER TIME, I STARTED SEEING
THINGS IN MY LIFE START TO COME
TOGETHER IN MY EYES STARTED TO
UP INTO A LOT OF THINGS.
I WAS STILL SELF HARMING, IT
WAS STILL SOMETHING I STRUGGLED
WITH.
DEPRESSION IS STILL SOMETHING I
STRUGGLED WITH.
THOSE THINGS DO NOT GO AWAY
IMMEDIATELY.
OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, I FELT
LIKE, I AM BEING READ TO LEAD
TO THE RIGHT DOCTOR AND THIS
MEDICATION WILL PROBABLY HELP
ME.
OVER THE FIRST SEMESTER, I
DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STOPPED, I
DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME I
CUT WAS BUT I REMEMBER LOOKING
DOWN, KIND OF AT THE END OF THE
YEAR AND REALIZING, I HAD NOT
CUT IN A REALLY LONG TIME AND I
DID NOT EVEN SEE ANY SCARS ON
MY ARMS ANYMORE.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE TO ME
BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD
@I WAS LOOKING DOWN AT MY SKIN
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
I CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT
MY FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING I GO
TO WHEN I AM FEELING STRONG.
IT IS WHEN I AM FEELING WEAK
AND VULNERABLE.
IT IS WHEN I AM FEELING DO IT
ANYMORE. IT IS ME RELYING ON
JESUS.
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO RELY ON.
I STILL JUST READ ONE CHAPTER
EVERY DAY.
IT IS THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN
I GET UP.
IF I DON'T DO THAT, I DON'T
KNOW WHO I. I THINK, WHAT I
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IS,
SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET TO THE
POINT WHERE I DON'T WANT TO DO
THIS ANYMORE.
I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
THAT IS WHERE GOD DESIRES TO
COME IN.
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN FIX
YOUR FOCUS BROKENNESS IS JESUS.
WHEN WE ARE YOUNG, A LOT OF
THE THINGS WE ARE TOLD BY OUR
PARENTS, BY OUR CHURCH, BY OUR
SCHOOL, AFTER A WHILE, WE FEEL
LIKE WE ARE JUST PERFORMING.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEBODY
SAY THEY PERFORM FOR AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE?
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
REALIZED THAT PERFORMANCE FOR
OTHERS HOLDS UP.
IT JUST DOESN'T SUSTAIN YOU.
WHEN YOU COME TO KNOW CHRIST IN
A REALLY PERSONAL WAY, YOU
BEGIN TO LIVE FOR HIM AND IN
HIM.
HE LIVES THROUGH YOU.
IT CHANGES THINGS.
ARYNN SAID SOMETHING EARLY ON
WHICH WAS SO INTERESTING WHEN
SHE STARTED TO BRANCH OUT FROM
THE SAFE RULE KEEPING LIKE SHE
HAD BEEN LIVING.
SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD JUST KEEP
GOD IN MY HEAD IN MY HEART THAT
I WOULD EXPLORE AND EXPAND
THINGS OUT HERE.
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CANNOT HAVE
TWO MASTERS. YOU WILL LOVE ONE
AND HATE THE OTHER.
TODAY, IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING IN
YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD, I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT
ARYNN DID, GET INTO THE WORD.
FEEL THE PART OF YOU WORTHY,
FEET THE PART OF YOU THAT WILL
TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE THAT
MATTERS.
DON'T LET THE WORLD FEET THE
OTHER PART OF YOU.
TAKE CONTROL OF THAT.
YOU CAN.
EVEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU ARE DRINKING A SHOT
OF TEQUILA OR SOMETHING AT 8:00
IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN SAY,
GOD, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME
RIGHT NOW.
I NEED YOU TO COME INTO MY
LIFE.
I NEED YOU TO TOUCH MY MIND AND
MY HEART.
AND MY VERY BEING, EVEN MY BODY
AND TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE FOR AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE.
I WANT TO PLEASE YOU.
I WANT TO WALK IN YOUR WAYS.
I WANT TO BE SET FREE FROM
MYSELF AND ALL THE GARBAGE AND
TEMPTATION I HAVE ALLOWED TO
IMPACT MY LIFE.
I WANT A FRESH BEGINNING TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS YOU ARE FACED WITH IN YOUR
LIFE.
@I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PRAY
WITH SOMEONE, IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
WE HAVE A PRAYER LINE AVAILABLE
24 HOURS A DAY.
IT IS TOLL-FREE.
IT IS 1-800-700-7000.
YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER. THERE
IS A FRIEND WHO WILL ANSWER
STANDING BY TO PRAY WITH YOU
TODAY.
PLEASE DO THAT.
LET THE POWER OF GOD BE SET
FREE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR HEART
AND LIFE.
WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH
A VERSE FROM ACTS , CHAPTER 2.
NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE
THAT IS YOU, MY FRIEND.
GOD LOVES YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU
ARE AT.
