With the faith of a child a girl is cured from years of pain. Plus, how pro-lifers are helping women in the classroom and beyond on today’s 700 Club.
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TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
HERE IS A QUOTE, I'VE GOD A
SURPRISE. THAT IS THE WAY MY
FATHER ANNOUNCED LIVE ON THE
AIR THE START OF WHAT WOULD
BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN
THE WORLD, OPERATION BLESSING.
AND NO ONE WAS MORE SURPRISED
THAN HIS COHOST, THEN CAN SLOW
AND THE ENTIRE CBN STAFF .
> OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS,
OPERATION BLESSING HAVE BROUGHT
FOOD, WATER ALL OVER THE
WORLD. GEORGE THOMAS HAS MORE.
BABA JOHNSON, HIS LONGTIME
SECRETARY AND CONFIDANT
REMEMBERS THE MOMENT OPERATION
BLESSING CAME TO BE.
THE FIRST ANY OF US KNEW
ABOUT IT WAS THE MORNING HE
CAME IN AND ANNOUNCED IT ON THE
700 CLUB.
NOVEMBER 14th, 1978, PAT
TOLD BEN KINSLOW.
I GOD A SURPRISE. THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS
AUDIENCE YOU MAYBE NEED FOOD,
SHELTER, CLOTHING. THERE ARE
ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO HAD AN EXTRA SUIT,
MORE FOOD THAN THEY NEED,
EXTRA SHELTER, SOMETHING THEY
CAN PROVIDE TO THOSE PEOPLE.
SO WHY DON'T WE PUT THEM
ALTOGETHER?
THAT IDEA BECAME KNOWN AS
OPERATION BLESSING AND SOON
GREW INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
EVEN CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN .
CBN AND THE 700 CLUB'S
BLESSING OPERATION HAVE GIVEN
$2.5 MILLION TO MORE THAN 8500
CHURCHES AND THIS MONEY IS THEN
MATCHED BY THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
45 YEARS LATER, OPERATION
BLESSING CONTINUES TO TOUCH
LIVES AROUND THE WORLD
PROVIDING HUNGER RELIEF, CLEAN
WATER, MEDICAL CARE AND
DISASTER RELIEF TO COUNTLESS
COMMUNITIES IN DESPERATE NEED.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING AN
IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN MORE THAN
90 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN DISASTERS HIT,
OPERATION BLESSING IS OFTEN THE
FIRST TO RESPOND IN THE LAST TO
LEAVE . WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND
ENTERPRISE PROJECTS IN
EARTHQUAKE-HIT TURKEY AND
DISTRIBUTE FOOD SUPPLIES TO
COMMUNITIES IN GUAM FOLLOWING
THE DEVASTATING -- WORK IN
UKRAINE CONTINUES MORE THAN A
YEAR AFTER WAR STARTED THEIR
THE HANDS AND MERCY OF
JESUS AT THIS TIME.
Reporter: HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES, OPERATION BLESSING
JUMPS INTO ACTION BRINGING WITH
THEM AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS AND
SUPPLIES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
LAST YEAR ALONE, OPERATION
BLESSING HELPED OVER 300
FAMILIES RECOVERING FROM
NATURAL DISASTER AND ALSO
DELIVERED MORE THAN 1 MILLION
POUNDS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES TO
THOSE FAMILIES IN DESPERATE
NEED RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
Reporter: PATHS AS
INSPIRATION FOR STARTING
OPERATION BLESSING CAME FROM
THE WORDS OF ISAIAH 58.
IF YOU WILL DRAW YOUR BED
TO THE POOR, IF YOU WILL LOOK
AFTER THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE
NAKED AND TAKE THE HOMELESS
INTO YOUR HOUSE, I WILL ANSWER
YOUR PRAYER AND I WILL ANSWER
YOU. THE GLORY OF THE LORD , I
WILL LOOK AFTER YOU.
FOR OPERATION BLESSING, IT
IS MORE THAN MEETING PHYSICAL
NEEDS.
WE DELIVER SOMETHING EVEN
MORE PROFOUND, THE GOOD NEWS OF
GOD'S BOUNDLESS LOVE AND IT IS
IN THIS MESSAGE OF LOVE THAT
IGNITES A SPARK OF HOPE WITHIN
THE HEARTS OF THOSE IN
DESPERATE SITUATIONS.
REMINDING THEM THAT THEY ARE
NOT ALONE IN THEIR STRUGGLES.
MORE THAN FOUR DECADES AND
COUNTING, HE CONTINUES TO BE A
STRATEGIC FORCE.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY
THAT IS! IT IS ALL TRACED BACK
TO THE PASSION AND THE VISION
OF OUR FOUNDER, PAT ROBERTSON ,
AND HIS DREAM OF HAVING A
WORLD-CLASS HUMANITARIAN
MINISTRY THAT WILL BE USED BY
GOD TO BRING THE KINGDOM OF
GOD AND THE LOVE OF GOD TO
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
Reporter: GEORGE THOMAS, CBN
NEWS.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
I REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST
STARTED, THE STAFF COMPLAINING
AND SAYING, HOW IN THE WORLD
ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS AND DO
A DAILY TELEVISION SHOW AND
ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT
YOU WANT TO DO? AND HE WAS
QUITE DIRECT AND SAYING, PUT
IT ON A ROLODEX. THAT'S ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO, HAVE SOMEBODY WITH
A NEED AND SOMEBODY WITH A
SUPPLY AND MATCH THEM UP. IT IS
REALLY SIMPLE. HE LIKED TO
SIMPLIFY THINGS AND WALKING
OUT THE DETAILS SOMETIMES ON
THE VISION , HE LEFT THAT WORK
TO OTHERS LIKE TERRY MUCIN .
YOU JUST LOVE THAT ABOUT
HIM. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T KNOW HIM WELL WHO WOULD
SAY, WHAT AN AUDACIOUS
SUGGESTION. YOU COULD SAY THAT
ABOUT A UNIVERSITY, YOU COULD
SAY THAT ABOUT OPERATION
BLESSING OR YOU COULD SAY THAT
ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE BUT WITH
THE LORD, IT BECOMES OBEDIENCE
AND IT IS NOT AUDACIOUS, IT IS
OBEDIENCE AND HE WAS WILLING TO
TAKE THAT AND RUN WITH IT.
HIS NORMAL HABIT OF
READING THE BIBLE IN THE
MORNING. THIS IS WHAT I WANT
YOU TO DO, I WANT YOU TO SHARE
YOUR FOOD WITH THE HUNGRY, I
WANTED TO CLOTHE THE NAKED AND
PROVIDE HOUSING TO PEOPLE AND
IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, WHEN
YOU CALL, I WILL ANSWER. AND
DAD SAID, OKAY, LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S START OPERATION BLESSING.
> DERELICTION OF DUTY. HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE LEVELING THAT
CHARGE AFTER THE HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY BORDER
POLICIES. EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY AND MORE FROM THE CBN
NEWS ROOM.
> SECRETARY MAYORKAS IS THE
FOCUS OF A HOUSE HEARING WHERE
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT
ENCOUNTER OVER THE BORDER ARE
UP OVER THE LAST YEAR. SOME
CLAIM THE SECRETARY'S POLICIES
ARE TO BLAME.
OUR END OF INVESTIGATION
HAS UNEARTHED NEARLY 80
INCLUSIONS IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN
OUT RIGHT DISHONEST AND
MISLEADING AND OTHER INSTANCES
IN WHICH HE HAS DISPLAYED AN
EXIT BOOK EXERTS ABOUT THE
BASIC ASPECTS OF THE ONGOING
CRISIS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE
CHALLENGES AT THE BORDER
BECAUSE POVERTY AND INSTABILITY
ARE CAUSING MILLIONS TO FLEE
THEIR HOME COUNTRIES BUT THE
NOTION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN OR
SECRETARY MAYORKAS ARE GUILTY
OF, QUOTE, DERELICTION OF DUTY
ARE ABSURD ! PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND SECRETARY MAYORKAS HAVE
BEEN PROACTIVE IN TAKING STEPS
TO PROTECT OUR HOMELAND.
> IN THE SENATE, JAMES
LANKFORD AND ARIZONA'S KYRSTEN
SINEMA ARE MOVING TO PROTECT
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM RECRUITMENT
BY DRUG CARTELS. THE
BIPARTISAN BILL AIMS TO HOLD
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABLE FOR
ALLOWING CARTELS TO USE ITS
PLATFORMS TO LURE TEENAGERS
INTO
DRUG SMUGGLING.
> TURNING NOW TO NEW ORLEANS
WHERE THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION HARDENED IT STANDS
AGAINST PASTORS.
THAT CHURCH IS NOT IN
FRIENDLY COOPERATION WITH THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
THE CONVENTION VOTING BY
STRONG MAJORITIES AGAIN
SADDLEBACK CHURCH IN THE
KENTUCKY CONGREGATION THAT
ALLOW WOMEN TO HOLD THE TITLE.
LATER VOTING IN FAVOR OF A
CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT
THE SBC CHURCHES HAVE , QUOTE,
ONLY MEN AS ANY KIND OF PASTOR
OR ELDER. THE MEASURE MUST PASS
ANOTHER VOTE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE
BEFORE IT BECOMES OFFICIAL.
ALSO VOTING TO RETAIN A TASK
FORCE ON ABUSE REFORM.
> REVIVAL IS HAPPENING. THAT
IS THE WORD FROM THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA PASTOR , GREG
LAURIE, HOLDING A MASS BAPTISM
AT PIRATE COVE BEACH IN THE
COMING WEEKS . THE LOCATION IS
BEST KNOWN AS THE SPOT WHERE
CROWDS OF PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
DURING THE JESUS REVOLUTION IN
THE 60s AND 70s. RECENTLY, MORE
THAN 4000 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
AT THE SITE. IT WAS SPONSORED
BY MORE THAN 280 CHURCHES. THE
RESPONSE FOR A MASS BAPTISM
BROUGHT SUCH AN OVERWHELMING
RESPONSE THAT THEY HAD TO MOVE
THE DATE. IT IS NOW SCHEDULED
FOR JULY 8th .
> JESUS COMMANDED HIS
DISCIPLES TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO
THE WHOLE WORLD. IT IS KNOWN AS
THE GREAT COMMISSION. WE REPORT
FROM JERUSALEM, SOME BELIEVE
THE CASK CAN BE COMPLETED IN
OUR GENERATION.
OUR BIG VISION IS THAT EVERY
PERSON ON EARTH WOULD HAVE AN
AUTHENTIC ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS
CHRIST THROUGH THE POWER AND
PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY
PENTECOST 2023.
Reporter: THE DOCTOR IS
LEADING THE WORLDWIDE EFFORT ,
EMPOWERED TO ONE , WHICH BEGAN
IN 2013.
WHICH WE ARE FINDING IS A
GROWING NUMBER OF MOVEMENTS,
DENOMINATIONS AND NETWORKS WHO
ARE MAKING COMMITMENTS TOWARD
2023 TO BRING THE GOSPEL TO
EVERY PERSON ON EARTH. THIS IS
A VERY UNUSUAL TIME FOR US, IT
MAY BE UNLIKE ANY TIME IN
CHRISTIAN HISTORY WHERE A
UNIFIED COMMITMENT IS GOING ON
ACROSS THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO
BRING THE GOSPEL WHERE IT HAS
NEVER BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE IN
OUR GENERATION.
Reporter: RECENT EVENTS OF
GLOBAL LEADERS IN NEW YORK
CITY.
WE DID A COMMITMENT CALL THE
2023 COMMITMENT WHERE ALL OF US
COMMITTED THAT THIS WOULD BE
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECADE OF
GREAT COMMISSION EFFORT IN THE
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND
TOGETHER, I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
Reporter: LATER THIS MONTH,
A GATHERING IN AMSTERDAM WILL
START AS THIS EVANGELISTIC
EFFORT TAKES OFF WITH 160
LEADERS FROM MORE THAN 120
NATIONS.
I BELIEVE AMSTERDAM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT CHRISTIAN GATHERING
OF OUR LIFETIME. I KNOW THAT
SOUNDS AMAZING BUT I REALLY
BELIEVE IT BECAUSE WE ARE
FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THING
TOGETHER ACROSS THE BODY OF
CHRIST.
Reporter: WHILE REACHING THE
WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL APPEARS A
DAUNTING TASK, WILSON SAYS IT
SIMPLY BEGINS WITH ONE PERSON.
I CANNOT REACH EVERYBODY BY
MYSELF BUT I CAN REACH ONE AND
IN THAT, THE POTENTIAL OF
MULTITUDES. THE WOMAN OF
SAMARIA WAS ONE PERSON BUT IN
HER CONVERSION WAS A WHOLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME
TO JESUS. JUST ONE PERSON BUT
WHEN HE GOD SAVED, A WHOLE
LEGION OPENED UP TO THE
MINISTRY OF JESUS. THE THEME OF
AMSTERDAM IS EVERYONE BUT WITH
A FOCUS OF REACHING EVERY
SINGLE PERSON.
CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM.
> THE GREAT COMMISSION IS
STILL OUR MISSION, GORDON?
I APPLAUD WHAT HE IS DOING.
LET'S EMPOWER THE CHURCH TO DO
IT . LET'S FINISH THE GREAT
COMMISSION. LET'S REMIND
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD,
THE REASON IT IS CALLED THE
GREAT COMMISSION IS NOT
BECAUSE IT IS THE GREAT
SUGGESTION! WHEN WE FINISH THE
JOB, THEN JESUS COMES BACK .
THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL
BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD AS
A WITNESS AND THEN THE END WILL
COME. HERE IS THE AMAZING
THING , GOD THINKS WE CAN DO IT
. HE HAS FAITH IN US AND HE
SAYS YES, MY KIDS CAN MAKE THIS
HAPPEN . I JUST GIVE THEM THE
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, I
GIVE THEM MY PRESENCE AND,
ABSOLUTELY, THEY CAN GO
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD , EVERY
TRIBE, EVERY NATION, EVERY
TONGUE. THIS COVENANT
TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB.
> STAY CONNECTED TO CBN NEWS
ALL DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.
> COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO BECOME
PREGNANT OFTEN THINK THEY MUST
CHOOSE A CHEWING HAVING A BABY
AND GETTING A DEGREE AND MANY
FEEL ISOLATED AND UNSUPPORTED.
THANKS TO AN ORGANIZATION IN
ALABAMA, THAT NARRATIVE IS
CHANGING ONE STEP AT A TIME.
Reporter: THE NONPROFIT
GROUP, BABY STEPS, HELPS
PREGNANT AND EXPECTING MOMS AT
UNIVERSITY WITH HOUSING,
SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY. IT CAN
EMPOWER THEM TO HAVE THEIR BABY
AND EDUCATION. THE MISSION BABY
STEPS HOPES TO SPREAD TO OTHER
CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE HOUSING IN THE FRONT
HOUSE FOR OUR STUDENT MOMS BUT
THEN WE HAVE THREE APARTMENTS
SEPARATE IN THE BACK FOR MOMS
WHO HAVE TODDLERS.
Reporter: BABY STEPS HAS
OPERATED NEAR THE AUBURN CAMPUS
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS,
KAITLYN WILLING, SHARES HOW IT
ALL STARTED.
IN 2017, MICHELLE SCHOLZ HAD
AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY HERE IN
AUBURN WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT,
A JUNIOR . AND SHE DID NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO. SHE REALLY THOUGHT
HER LIFE WAS OVER AND DID NOT
THINK THAT SHE COULD STAY IN
SCHOOL AND FINISH HER DEGREE .
WHEN I INITIALLY FOUND OUT I
WAS PREGNANT, I THOUGHT, WHAT
IS THAT WE LIVE RIGHT THERE ?
BECAUSE I WAS NOT READY AND I
WAS NOT EXPECTING IT.
Reporter: THAT IS THE
REALITY FOR MANY COLLEGE
STUDENTS WHO FEAR A CHILD
COULD SHATTER THEIR DREAMS OF
GETTING AN EDUCATION.
I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND
WORK. I WORKED FULL TIME AND I
WAS LIVING IN TALLASSEE . I
WOULD GO TO SCHOOL AND I WOULD
HAVE TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES HOME
AND BY THE TIME I GOD HOME ,
IT WAS TIME TO GET CONNIE READY
FOR BED. THERE WAS SO MUCH
DISCONNECT FROM STRUGGLING TO
BE A PARENT AND GOING TO
SCHOOL.
Reporter: AN ISSUE THAT
SHE KNOWS ALL TOO WELL.
WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR , I HAD
AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AND
NAVIGATING THAT WAS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST TRYING TIMES OF
MY LIFE. I DID NOT KNOW IF I
COULD STAY IN SCHOOL AND FINISH
MY DEGREE.
Reporter: BABY STEPS
PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HELP
WOMEN ON THEIR JOURNEY TO A
COLLEGE DEGREE WHILE ALSO
EMBRACING MOTHERHOOD.
THERE IS A GAP HERE WHERE
WOMEN MAY SAY, I DO WANT TO
HAVE MY CHILD BUT NOW, WHAT DO
I DO? AND WE KNOW THAT THE
MOST AMOUNT OF UNPLANNED
PREGNANCIES HAPPEN BETWEEN THE
AGE OF 18 AND 29 SO WE SAW THAT
THERE WAS A NEED FOR A RESOURCE
TO HELP WOMEN TRULY FINISH
THEIR EDUCATION
THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO TAKE
ALL OF THE THINGS OFF OF THEIR
PLATE THAT ARE STRESSING THEM
OUT.
Reporter: AND ON CAMPUS CLUB
IS ONE WAY TO HELP ALLEVIATE
SOME OF THE PRESSURE.
WE HELP MOMS IN TUTORING,
WE PACKAGE AND DELIVER MEALS
THIS YEAR WHICH IS A NEW THING
THAT WE STARTED SO THAT IS FUN.
WE GET TO OFFER BABYSITTING
SERVICES TO MOMS.
Reporter: DEVON McCLUNG
SAYS VOLUNTEERING TO HELP
FELLOW STUDENTS IS BOTH
REWARDING AND INSPIRING.
IT IS REALLY COOL TO SEE
GRADUATION PICTURES FROM THEM
BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO PROUD AND
THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY DID
SUCH A HUGE THING. THEY RAISED
A KID AND THEY GOD AN EDUCATION
BY PUTTING IN THE WORK THAT IT
TAKES AND I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW
HARD IT IS.
Reporter: WHILE AUBURN DOES
NOT FUND THE CLUB, WILLIE SEES
IT AS AN ASSET TO THE
UNIVERSITY.
WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES
ON CAMPUS. THEY WANT THEIR
GIRLS TO STAY IN SCHOOL. IT IS
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY THE
COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP AND
SAID WE ARE GOING TO FILL IN
THE GAPS FOR THESE WOMEN AND WE
ARE GOING TO HELP THEM SUCCEED.
Reporter: AS A GRADUATE, SHE
SAYS IT IS REFRESHING TO SEE
OTHER WOMEN FULFILL THEIR
GOALS.
WE HELPED A STUDENT 18
STUDENTS GRADUATE. WHETHER
THEY ARE STILL PREGNANT OR HAVE
A LITTLE ONE IN TOW WHICH IS A
BEAUTIFUL THING, WE HAVE HELPED
85 MOMS AND WE HAVE HAD EIGHT
LIVE IN THIS AND FINISH THEIR
DEGREE.
Reporter: MANY ARE BEYOND
GRATEFUL.
WITHOUT BABY STEPS, I DON'T
THINK I COULD HAVE INVESTED IN
MY CHILD THE WAY I NEEDED TO
AND THEY GAVE ME THAT WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY. AND I AM GLAD I
TOOK IT.
Reporter: MUCH-NEEDED HELP
THAT WILL SOON EXPAND TO YOUNG
MOTHERS TO BE ON OTHER CAMPUSES
.
WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA. WE HAVE ONE
FUNCTIONING SITE. WE ARE IN THE
WORKS OF GETTING THE CAMPUS
LAUNCHED AND WE HAVE ANOTHER
ONE THAT IS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND
THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH TO
OPEN THEIR DOORS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY. WHAT
A WONDERFUL GROUP IF YOU ARE
LIKE I WHERE WE CELEBRATE
MOTHERHOOD, WE ENCOURAGE WOMEN
TO GIVE BIRTH AND WE PROVIDE
SUPPORT . WE PROVIDE CARE. WE
PROVIDE FINANCES. WE PROVIDE
WHATEVER IT IS THEY NEED. WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN
FINISH THEIR EDUCATION. ALL OF
THESE THINGS ARE NECESSARY IF
YOU WANT A CULTURE OF LIFE. SO
LET'S JOIN TOGETHER AND SUPPORT
GROUPS LIKE BABY STEPS, LET'S
SUPPORT GROUPS AT EVERY COLLEGE
CAMPUS AROUND THE NATION. LET'S
DO THIS BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE
ABSOLUTELY OUR FUTURE. WE DON'T
WANT TO CUT OFF FUTURE
GENERATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF
SOME FINANCIAL NEED OR
SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON
NOW, $79 AT CARDIO.COM. OR
AMAZON.
> FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
CBN'S MISSION HAS BEEN TO
BROADCAST THE GOSPEL AROUND THE
WORLD AND THAT HAS ALWAYS
INCLUDED THE HEART OF THE HOLY
LAND. ON THE SAME DAY IN 1967,
TWO EVENTS OCCURRED THAT SET
THE STAGE FOR CBN PROGRAMMING
IN ISRAEL AND BEYOND.
Reporter: ON JUNE 5th 1967,
THE SIX-DAY WAR BEGAN. IN
ISRAEL WHEN REUNITING JERUSALEM
UNDER JEWISH RULE FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 2000 YEARS. ON
THE SAME DAY, CBN BROKE GROUND
ON THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE OLD
STUDIO AT WYAH .
ISRAEL IS THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.
THEY ARE THE CHOSEN NATION. AND
SO, IN 1967, FOR CBN TO BREAK
GROUND AT THE SAME TIME OF THE
SIX-DAY WAR, IT WAS FOR DAD,
AN ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANCE. THE
TWO ARE NOW TIED TOGETHER.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
Reporter: THAT BOND WAS
STRENGTHENED WHEN PAT TRAVELED
TO ISRAEL IN 1974 TO INTERVIEW
THE PRIME MINISTER, YITZAK
RABIN .
THE FUTURE MIGHT NOT BE AS
HOPEFUL AS IT CAN BE.
HE KNEW THAT AMERICA WAS
STRONG AND ISRAEL WOULD BE
TAKEN CARE OF. I WENT BACK TO
OUR GROUP WHO WAS WITH ME UP
ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES WHERE WE
WERE STAYING AND, THAT NIGHT,
I MADE A VOW THAT I WOULD
PERSONALLY IN ANY MINISTRY I
WAS ASSOCIATED WITH, REGARDLESS
OF THE COST, WE WERE GOING TO
STAND WITH ISRAEL.
PAT BEGAN PRAYING FOR A WAY
TO BROADCAST INTO ISRAEL.
YEARS LATER, HE WAS OFFERED A
TV STATION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
WAS ON THE BORDER OF ISRAEL
AND IT WAS BEING GIVEN TO ME
BUT I KNEW THAT I SHOULD NOT
PUT MY HAND ON SOME THINGS IN
THAT VOLATILE REGION WITHOUT IT
BEING CLEARED FOR SURE BY THE
LORD
PAT PRAYED FOR A SIGN,
SPECIFICALLY THAT HE WOULD
RECEIVE SOMETHING OF GOLD AS
EVIDENCE THAT HE SHOULD TAKE
THE STATION. DAYS WENT BY WITH
NO GOLD BUT STILL, HE CHECKED
HIS PRIVATE MAILBOX.
INSIDE WAS A LETTER AND
SEVERAL PICTURES OF GOLD COINS,
24 KARAT GOLD STRUCK IN A MOLD
BY PABLO PICASSO AND HE SAID,
I WANT TO MAKE THESE AVAILABLE
TO CBN. THAT WAS THE EVIDENCE
AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE
HEARD FROM THE LORD.
PAT ROBERTSON, IN THE NAME
OF MESSIAH JESUS, I AM PLEASED
TO HAND YOU THE KEYS TO JESUS'
SORT OF HOPE TELEVISION
STATION RIGHT HERE IN THE LAND
OF THE HOLY LAND.
SPRING OF 1982, MIDDLE EAST
TELEVISION, A CBN-OWNED AND
OPERATED TV STATION WAS PUT ON
THE AIR.
WITH ACCESS TO 12 NATIONS IN
THE REGION, AND ME TV USED
POPULAR PROGRAMMING LIKE NFL
FOOTBALL, SOCCER AND THE SHOW,
"TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"
PEOPLE STAYED TUNED TO THE 700
CLUB.
NOBODY WAS DOING THAT AND IT
HAD AN AWESOME IMPACT AMONG THE
ARAB-SPEAKING POPULATION NORTH
OF LEBANON AND EAST OF SYRIA
AND JORDAN AND ACROSS ISRAEL.
THAT PLEDGE THAT MY FATHER
MADE IS CONTINUING ON AND I
SHARE IN THAT PLEDGE. WE STAND
WITH ISRAEL. TODAY THROUGH CBN
ISRAEL, WE ARE DOING THAT WE
ARE DOING THAT IN YOUR NAME
WITH HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND
WE DON'T CARE WHAT RELIGION YOU
ARE, JEWISH, MUSLIM,
CHRISTIAN, NONE OF THE ABOVE,
IF YOU ARE IN NEED IN ISRAEL,
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.
THROUGH OUR NEWS BUREAU WHERE
WE TELL YOU ALL OF THE STORIES
FROM ISRAEL AND TELL THEM FROM
A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE AND
THEN THROUGH CBN FIELDS WHICH
IS ANOTHER OUTREACH FROM CBN
ISRAEL WHERE WE WANT TO TELL
THE STORY OF THE MODERN STATE
OF ISRAEL, NOT THE STORY OF THE
TERRORIST ATTACK OR ALL OF THE
FOAM AND AND ALL OF THAT BUT
THE WILL WONDERFUL THINGS THAT
ISRAEL IS DOING TO CHANGE THE
WORLD, HOW THEY ARE BEING A
LIGHT TO THE NATIONS, THE
STARTUP NATION, ALL OF THE
WONDERFUL INVENTIONS COMING OUT
OF ISRAEL, TODAY . WE WANT TO
TELL THAT STORY AND IN THAT,
FIREBIRDS 27, LAID A STRANGER
PRAISE YOU. WE WANT TO PRAISE
ISRAEL AND TELL THAT STORY AND
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW WHAT A
WONDERFUL NATION, WHAT A
WONDERFUL PEOPLE. IT IS ALL
PART OF THE LEGACY OF MY
FATHER AND IF YOU WANT TO JOIN
WITH US AS WE CELEBRATE HIS
LIFE, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN
VIRTUALLY FOR A CELEBRATION OF
LIFE ON MONDAY, JUNE 19th AT
NOON. THE SERVICE WILL BE LIVE
STREAMED AND CAN BE VIEWED ON
CBN FAMILY. YOU CAN GO TO THE
CBN FAMILY APP. YOU CAN GET
THAT FOR ANY SMART DEVICE,
TABLET, PHONE OR SMART TV. YOU
CAN ALSO GO TO CBN.COM /
PATMEMORIAL. KEN COPELAND WILL
LEAVE THE SERVICE AND WE WILL
HAVE CHRIS MITCHELL FROM REGENT
STAFF, ONE WHO LEFT MY FATHER
DEARLY AND WILL PAY SPECIAL
TRIBUTE AND THE FOUR CHILDREN
WILL ALSO PAY TRIBUTE. YOU CAN
WATCH THE SERVICE TO 19, 11:30
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN
AND YOU CAN TELL THEM PAT BOONE
GAVE YOU THE NUMBER.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700
CLUB FOR THE CBN NEWS BREAK .
> THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS
HOLDING OFF ON ANOTHER
INTEREST RATE HIKE FOR THE TIME
BEING. JEROME POWELL
ANNOUNCING THAT DECISION AND
THE FEDS ARE MEETING WEDNESDAY
AS IT WORKS TO COMBAT
INFLATION. DEPOSIT AND RATE
HIKES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15
MONTHS COMES AMID LOCAL NEWS ON
OVERALL INFLATION THIS WEEK.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX RISING AT
AN ANNUAL RATE OF 4%, THE
SLOWEST PACE IN TWO YEARS. THE
DECISION TO KEEP INTEREST RATES
STEADY AFTER CONSECUTIVE RATE
HIKES. THE FED WILL DECIDE TO
RAISE AGAIN AS SOON AS JULY.
> THIS IS NATIONAL FLAG WEEK
AND WE WILL REMEMBER WHAT THE
STARS AND STRIPES REPRESENT AS
THE BANNER WAVES ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
IN A PROCLAMATION, THE WHITE
HOUSE URGES ALL AMERICANS TO
DISPLAY THE FLAG HONORING OUR
BRAVE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THE
ONES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
FREEDOM AT EVERY DAY IS A GOOD
DAY TO RESPECT THE FLAG. AFTER
DELIVERING A PACKAGE EARLY THIS
SPRING , AN AMAZON WORKER NAMED
LAWRENCE JONES STOPPED IN
FRONT OF A HOME TO STRAIGHTEN
AND SALUTE THE AMERICAN FLAG.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, THE
PATRIOTIC ACT ON THE SECURITY
CAMERA SAYING THE GESTURE
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ON OUR WEBSITE, CBNNEWS.COM. .
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> WENT TO PAT'S GREATEST JOYS
WAS SEEN REGENT UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS GRADUATE AND MAKE
THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD.
MORGAN AVERY McCOY .
Reporter: AND AWARD WINNING
ACTRESS AS WELL AS A TALENTED
WRITER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER .
THE LATEST FILM, FINDING BOAZ,
IS A FAITH BASED ROMANTIC
COMEDY.
WHEN YOU ARE A LITTLE GIRL,
YOU DREAM OF YOUR WEDDING DAY
AND ONE DAY, THAT DREAM BECOMES
A REALITY, RIGHT?
WHERE IS HER MAN?
OR NOT .
I DON'T NEED A MAN .
THEN REALITY SETS IN.
IF I DON'T HAVE JOSH FOR A
HUSBAND AND I'M GOING TO BE
SINGLE LIKE YOU, I CANNOT MAKE
IT. IF YOU CANNOT DO IT
YOURSELF, YOU CALL IN THE
EXPERT. ME AND MY COUSIN, COME
AND JOIN US AS WE GO ON A
HILARIOUS JOURNEY. MEL HELPS
ME CATCH A MAN.
FINDING BOAZ IS NOW
STREAMING ON PEACOCK.
> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB, MORGAN AVERY McCOY. IT
IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THAT IS HILARIOUS! TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOUR TIME
AT REGENT UNIVERSITY INFLUENCED
THE WRITING OF ALL OF THIS.
WHEN I WAS AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY, I GOD ENGAGED BUT
BEFORE GRADUATING, THAT
ENGAGEMENT ENDED AND I WAS
DEVASTATED. I DID NOT KNOW THAT
WAS A THING! AND I REMEMBER
BEING IN MY CLASS AND THEY
SAID TO WRITE SOMETHING I WAS
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I STARTED
WRITING ABOUT THIS.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MOVIE
. I CHUCKLED THE MINUTE I HEARD
THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE.
IT IS A FAITH-BASED ROMANTIC
COMEDY WHO AFTER A FAILED
ENGAGEMENT, SHE GOES INTO HOW
TO CATCH A MAN SCHOOL AND ENDS
UP LEARNING SOMETHING THAT IS
FAR MORE VALUABLE. A RUTH AND
NAOMI STORY WITH A TWIST WHERE
YOU LAUGH AND LEARN AND
REFLECT.
SPEAKING OF THE NEED TO BE
ENCOURAGED, AS YOU DID ALL OF
THIS AND CREATED ALL OF THIS ,
COVID HAPPENED. HOW DID THAT
IMPACT WHAT YOU ARE DOING?
IT WAS DEVASTATING! IT TOOK
A WHILE TO SHOOT THE FILM AND
GET IT READY AND FINALLY WHEN
THE MOVIE WAS READY, WE WERE
WORKING ON A DEAL TO GET IT
INTO THE THEATERS AND COVID
HAPPENED. AND I THOUGHT, GOD ,
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?
AND I REMEMBER PRAYING AND
TALKING TO MY HUSBAND AND
TALKING TO MY PARENTS. AND HE
DID COME ON THE SCENE AT THE
THAT I WAS PRAYING, HOW CAN I
GET THIS MOVIE OUT ? I PRAYED
AND I SAID LORD, SHOW ME. AND I
SAW ONLINE, A FRIEND OF MINE
WHO IS A FILMMAKER, HIS MOVIE
IS ON PEACOCK AND I MESSAGED
HIM AND I SAID, I HAVE A
FAITH-BASED MOVIE. AND HE SAID,
I WILL WATCH A MOVIE AND I WILL
SHARE IT WITH A DISTRIBUTOR IF
I LIKE IT. I SENT HIM AND
NEVER IT BECAME MY DISTRIBUTED
PARTNER AND THEY GOD A SIGIL
WITH PEACOCK . IT WENT FROM NO
ONE SEEING IT TO 20 MILLION
SUBSCRIBERS.
YOU HAVE HAD NOT JUST THIS
MOVIE BUT OTHER SUCCESSES THAT
HAVE REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL.
NOT EVERYBODY WHO GRADUATES
FROM COMMUNICATION SCHOOL
ANYWHERE IN FIELD GOES ON TO
DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SOMETIMES THAT IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A PIPE DREAM FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE, ANYWAY. BUT GOD HAS
BLESSED YOU WITH OPENDOOR AFTER
OPENDOOR AFTER OPENDOOR. HOW
HAVE YOU STAYED WHERE YOU WANT
AND NEED TO BE, SPIRITUALLY, IN
THE MIDST OF AN INDUSTRY THAT
IS HARD TO DO THAT IN?
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS
TO BE WHERE YOU ARE CALLED TO
BE. GOD CALLED ME TO THIS
INDUSTRY SO BEING IN POSITION
WITH THE RIGHT POSTURE ON
PURPOSE. YOU KNOW? AND I AM
THEY ARE BECAUSE GOD CALLED ME
HERE TO THIS SPACE AND I ONLY
TELL THE STORY THAT HE HAS
CALLED ME AND I WILL GO THROUGH
THE DOORS THAT HE WANTS FOR ME.
THERE IS SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU THE
DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. WHAT I
HAVE LEARNED IN THE COURSE OF
THIS INDUSTRY AND ALSO IN
WAITING FOR MY HUSBAND, HIS
DESIRE FOR ME , THAT IS WHAT
THE MOVIE TALKS ABOUT.
AND TO BE WILLING TO WAIT
UNTIL CONFIRMATION COMES. YOU
HAVE THAT WITH COVID, YOU HAVE
THAT WITH JUST GETTING IT
CONNECTIONS THAT YOU NEED AFTER
THAT. WRITER, ACTRESS,
PRODUCER, WHAT DO YOU LOVE THE
MOST? I AM GOING TO ROLLOUT
PRODUCER .
VERY WISE. YES. ACTING IS
MY FIRST PASSION. I LOVE
BRINGING STORIES TO LIFE AND AT
AND WRITING , THAT WHOLE
STORYTELLING PROCESS.
WHEN IT IS BIRTHED IN YOU,
IT IS SO THIN, SO EASY IF YOU
HAVE THAT GIFT. YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE PROJECTS I KNOW THAT HAVE
TO BE IN THE WORKS FOR YOU DOWN
THE ROAD. TELL US WHAT IS
HAPPENING. I KNOW AT TRENTON
CBN.COM, IT IS A WORKBOOK
ABOUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR VALUE
, HURTS AND PAINS AND GETTING
THE RIGHT PASTOR TO MEET WHO
GOD WANTED ME AND WHAT GOD HAS
FOR YOU . AND SO WE ARE REALLY
ENCOURAGED TO SEE HOW IT IS
GOING TO BE A BLESSING TO
SINGLE CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD .
YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING IN 2018
THAT ALMOST ENDED THE WHOLE
DREAM. TELL US ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE IN WITH A TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY AND I LOST MY
ABILITY TO REMEMBER LINES . I
WAS IN A MOVIE AT THE TIME AND
I COULD NOT FINISH. HERE I AM A
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND I
CANNOT PUT TOWARD TOGETHER.
HERE I AM AN ACTRESS AND I
CANNOT REMEMBER MY LINES BUT
GOD IN HIS HEALING POWER HAS
RESTORED ME AND I AM SO
THANKFUL. IT WAS A PROCESS AND
IT TOOK A WHILE. ANOTHER
WAITING PERIOD BUT HERE I AM TO
GOD BE THE GLORY.
A MAN AND STAR A MAN. I WANT
PEOPLE FIRST OF ALL, IT IS
WONDERFUL FUN EXPERIENCE TO
WATCH MORGAN'S MOVIE. IT IS
CALLED FINDING BOAZ AND IT IS
CURRENTLY STREAMING ON
PEACOCK. SHE ALSO HAS A
WORKBOOK AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
CALLED FINDING BOAZ, FINDING
ME. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO
TO CBN.COM . SO WONDERFUL TO
MEET YOU. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU
BACK ON CAMPUS. THAT'S RIGHT,
WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN ALL YOU
DO.
I KNOW THAT WOULD MAKE MY
FATHER'S HEART GLAD TO SEE A
REGENT UNIVERSITY STUDENT
GRADUATE AND SUCCEEDING SO
WELL. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
REGENT UNIVERSITY AND HOW YOU
CAN ATTEND, IN TODAY'S WORLD,
THERE ARE SO MANY COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES THAT SEEM
DEDICATED TO DESTROYING FAITH,
WE WANT TO BUILD YOUR FAITH AND
GIVE YOU THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO
SUCCEED . IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
APPLY, GO TO REGENT.EDU AND
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION OR YOU CAN CALL
THAT NUMBER, 866-910- 7165 .
REGENT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT
DEGREE PROGRAMS WHETHER IT IS
BUSINESS, LEADERSHIP, DIVINITY,
TEETH DAY. BECAUSE YOUR CLEAR
CHOICE DAY IS THE DAY YOU GET
YOUR CONFIDENCE BACK FOR GOOD,
A CLEAR CHOICE DAY CHANGES
EVERY DAY. SCHEDULE A FREE
CONSULTATION.
> GIVING PEOPLE IN NEED A
HAND UP HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FOCUS
OF OPERATION BLESSING. SHE
BEGAN TAKING CARE OF HERSELF
AND HER SIX SIBLINGS WHEN SHE
WAS JUST 14 YEARS OLD. WHEN
OPERATION BLESSING OFFERED TO
TEACH WOMEN IN HER VILLAGE A
SELF-HELP GROUP , SHE TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY AND RAN WITH IT.
NOW HER LIFE AND THE LIVES OF
MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLETELY
CHANGED.
Reporter: RANA HAS BEEN
HELPING OTHERS SINCE SHE WAS A
LITTLE GIRL. WHEN SHE LOST HER
PARENTS, SHE BECAME THE SOLE
PROVIDER FOR HER SIX SIBLINGS.
I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING
CARE OF THEM. I WAS JUST A
TEENAGER BUT I MANAGED MY
FAMILY AFFAIRS AND FED MY
SIBLINGS .
Reporter: WENT IN AND
OPERATION BLESSING TEAM VISITED
RANA'S VILLAGE, WE RECOGNIZED
HER STRENGTH AND
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. WE
TAUGHT WOMEN IN SELF-HELP
GROUPS BY PULLING THEIR MONEY
AND PROVIDING GROUPS TO START
SMALL BUSINESSES. RANA QUICKLY
BECAME A LEADER .
I EXPLAINED THE BENEFIT OF
FORMING THESE GROUPS. THE IDEA
WAS TO HELP EACH OTHER HAVE OUR
OWN SMALL EARNINGS. EVERYON
SAID IT WAS A GREAT IDEA SO WE
FORMED A GROUP.
HERS IS ONE OF 38 SELF-HELP
GROUPS FORMED IN THIS AREA.
OPERATION BLESSING WAS VERY
HELPFUL AND INSPIRING.
Reporter: SHE TOOK OUT A LOW
INTEREST LOAN FROM THE GROUP TO
BUY SEWING MACHINES AND OTHER
SUPPLIES.
EVENTUALLY, I THOUGHT OF
OPENING MY OWN SHOP SO THAT I
COULD CATER TO MORE CUSTOMERS.
WALKING THAT FAR WAS A BIT OF
A HASSLE. THE OPERATION
BLESSING TEAM HEARD ABOUT THIS
AND GAVE ME A NEW BICYCLE. NOW
I CAN EASILY COMMUTE TO WORK
AND SAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO MORE
SEWING.
Reporter: WITH HER BUSINESS
WELL-ESTABLISHED, SHE STARTED
TEACHING OTHER YOUNG WOMEN HOW
TO SO AND MANY ARE USING THEIR
SKILLS TO FIND GOOD JOBS IN
NEARBY TOWNS.
I LIVE IN A NICE HOUSE AND I
HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING MY
OWN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. I AM
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE OVERCOME ALL
OF MY OBSTACLES AND NOW I HAVE
PEACE IN MY LIFE.
ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE
DIGNITY, THE DIGNITY OF KNOWING
THEY CAN CONTROL THEIR FUTURE,
THEY CAN EARN A LIVING, THEY
CAN PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILY,
THEY HAVE A HOPE, THEY HAVE A
FUTURE. ALL OF THAT WAS MADE
POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU CARED
ENOUGH TO GIVE TO CBN. THAT YOU
JOIN THE 700 CLUB.
NOT A MEMBER, I INVITE YOU TO
JOIN RIGHT NOW. HOW MUCH IS IT?
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH AND $.65
A DAY. SOME OF YOU CAN JOIN AT
HIGHER LEVELS. $40 A MONTH, THE
$1000 CLUB IS $1000 AND A YEAR
BREAKING DOWN TO $80 A MONTH. I
HAVE AN AUDIO VERSION OF MY
FATHER'S LATEST BOOK CALLED THE
SHEPPARD KING, THE LIFE OF
DAVID ALONG WITH THE AUDIO COPY
OF IT THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD
AND STREAM AND WE WILL ALSO
SEND YOU FOUR AUDIO CDS. YOU
WILL GET AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART,
A 10 DAY DEVOTIONAL FROM THE
SONS OF DAVID. I REMEMBER IN
MY OWN WALK WITH THE LORD
DISCOVERING THAT THE SONGS ARE
NOT JUST SONGS BUT PRAYERS AND
IF I START PRAYING THEM, I WILL
PRAY THE SAME PRAYER THAT DAVID
PRAYED OR SAMUEL PARADE OR
MOSES PRAYED. YOU CAN HAVE THAT
NOW OR GO TO CBN.COM.
AVAILABLE NOW .
> FOR FIVE YEARS, CHARITY IVY
WATCHED HER DAUGHTER SUFFERED.
LITTLE SIERRA WAS OFTEN IN TOO
MUCH PAIN TO PLAY OR EVEN TO
SLEEP. REPEATED VISITS TO
DOCTORS DID NO GOOD AND THEN
ONE DAY, SHE WAS INSTANTLY
HEALED RIGHT IN HER OWN HOME.
HER MOTHER NOTICED BLOOD IN
HER STOOL.
OTHER SYMPTOMS STARTED,
SHAKING AND VOMITING AND
DIZZINESS AND PAIN IN HER
STOMACH. IT WAS LIKE AN ALL
DAY THING. SHE WOULD COME TO ME
OUT OF THE BLUE AND SAY MY
STOMACH IS HURTING.
IT STARTED RIGHT HERE AND IT
MOVED DOWN .
WE STARTED TAKING HER TO THE
DOCTOR AND WE COULD NOT FIND
OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER. IT
IS VERY SCARY.
Reporter: OVER THE NEXT TWO
YEARS, CIARA'S SYMPTOMS
WORSENED. SHE CAME HOME WITH
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
I WOULD HAVE TO SIT WITH MY
DAUGHTER ON THE COUCH AND HOLD
HER BECAUSE SHE WAS IN PAIN AND
SHE WAS DIZZY. AND SHE WAS
ASKING ME, MAMA, AM I GOING TO
BE OKAY?
IT'S REALLY MADE ME SAD . I
COULD NOT GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I COULD NOT PLAY HARD. NONE OF
THAT STUFF .
SHE WAS ASKING ME WHY THIS
WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH HER AND I COULD NOT
TELL HER.
Reporter: WHEN SIERRA WAS
FIVE, DOCTORS FINALLY REACHED A
DIAGNOSIS. CIARA HAD A HIATAL
HERNIA. THEY RECOMMENDED A
STRICT DIET . NEITHER BROUGHT
MUCH RELIEF TO SIERRA.
MOM!
SURGERY FOR CIARA WAS THE
LAST OPTION. I KNEW THAT I
NEEDED AN ANSWER FROM GOD REAL
SOON. I WAS ASKING GOD EVERY
DAY TO HEAL SIERRA. WHEN YOU
ARE PRAYING, YOU WANT IT TO
HAPPEN NOW. AND DOCTORS ARE
GOOD BUT THEY ARE NOT GOD.
ON AUGUST 4th OF 2015, THEY
WERE WATCHING THE 700 CLUB.
WHEN I GET READY TO PRAY, I
ALWAYS CALL, WE ARE GETTING
READY TO PRAY. WE ALL SAT ON
THE COUCH.
SOMEBODY IS BEING HEALED OF
A HIATAL HERNIA. THE LORD IS
TOUCHING YOU IN HEALING YOU
RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME.
I WAS REALLY SHOCKED WHEN I
HEARD THAT.
I SAID, CIARA CLAIMANT IN
JESUS'S NAME .
AND I CLAIMED IT AND I SAID
GOD, THANK YOU FOR HEALING ME.
INSTANTLY, HER SYMPTOMS
SUBSIDED . CERTAIN OF HER
DAUGHTERS HEALING, SHE
SCHEDULED AN UPPER G.I. SCAN.
TOGETHER, THEY SAT IN THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE WAITING FOR
RESULTS .
I COULD NOT WAIT TO GO AND
HEAR WHAT GOD HAD DONE FOR HER
AND THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME
NONCHALANTLY AND SAID, SHE
DOESN'T HAVE A HIATAL HERNIA. I
LOOKED AT CIARA AND I SAID,
PRAISE GOD, YOU ARE HEALED .
AND I WAS JUST SO HAPPY
BECAUSE HE HAD JUST HEALED IT
LIKE THAT.
I KNEW IT WAS HIM BECAUSE
THEY DON'T GO AWAY ON THEIR OWN
ENDS
THESE DAYS, CHARITY COULD
NOT BE HAPPIER. BOTH ARE
THANKFUL THAT THEY FOUND THEIR
HOPE IN GOD .
BACK THEN, I COULD'T EVEN
DANCE OR PLAY HARD AND NOW I
CAN DANCE HARD, PLAY HARD. GOD
GIVES ME HOPE. EVERY DAY.
DON'T EVER LOSE HOPE
BECAUSE GOD IS THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW.
NOTHING ON THIS EARTH IS AS
AMAZING AS HE IS. WE HAVE TO
PUT OUR FAITH IN HIM. WE HAVE
TO WAIT FOR HIM. IT IS NOT A
TIMING . IT IS HIS.
FOR ALL OF THE PAIN AND
WAITING, THAT LITTLE GIRL'S
LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY
THE HAND OF GOD. MANY OF YOU
HAVE A NEED IN YOUR LIFE. YOU
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR GOD SPEAK
KSN TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT MENTIONED
HERE. RECEIVE HIS HEALING,
RECEIVE HIS POWER AS WE PRAY
TOGETHER, TODAY. WHAT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO THE
THRONE ROOM TOGETHER. YOU,
GORDON AND I ARE ALL GOING TO
PRAY TOGETHER THAT GOD WILL
HEAR YOUR PRAYER, THAT HE WILL
HEAL YOU AS YOU WILL MEET YOUR
NEEDS WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER TESTIMONIES
HERE. THIS IS ANGELA WHO SAYS I
WILL NEVER FORGET MANY YEARS
AGO WHEN GOD USED PAT TO
MINISTER TO ME AND I WAS A
YOUNG TEENAGER IN A VERY DARK
PLACE IN MY LIFE AND I HEARD
HIM SPEAKING A POWERFUL WORD TO
A YOUNG WOMAN SITTING ON A
COUCH AND HOLDING THE BOX. I
KNEW THAT WHAT WAS DIRECTED TO
ME. GOD USED PAT ROBERTSON
ABSOLVING IN MY PAIN TO SPEAK
LIFE INTO ME WHEN I NEEDED IT
THE MOST. IN THAT DARK MOMENT,
I WANTED TO GIVE UP. I FOUND
THE FAITH IN GOD AND STRENGTH
TO MOVE ON. PAT STOPPED ME FROM
DOING SOMETHING VERY FINAL AND
STUPID. MY LIFE WAS FOREVER
CHANGED. THANK YOU PAT FOR
ALLOWING GOD TO USE YOU TO NOT
ONLY SAVE MY LIFE BUT SO MANY
OTHERS AS WELL. WELL DONE,
SIR. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.
> HERE'S ANOTHER ONE PAIRED
PAT PRAY FOR ME LIFE ON HIS TV
PROGRAM IN 1971. I WAS IN AN
ATLANTA HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION WITH BLOOD CLOTS IN
BOTH LUNGS AND TWO HEART
ATTACKS. AFTER PAT STARTED
PRAYING FOR ME, IT FELT LIKE
ELECTRICITY CAME IN THE TOP OF
MY HEAD, RAN THROUGH MY BODY,
DOWN THROUGH MY FEET AND I FELT
LIKE I WAS FLOATING AND I FELT
THE MOST AWESOME PEACE THAT I
HAVE EVER FELT. AND THEN THE
ELECTRICITY RAN FROM MY FEET
BACK UP THERE MY BODY TO MY
HEAD AND LEFT. AFTERWARDS, NO
SCARS WERE FOUND ON MY HEART .
I HAD EXPERIENCED A MIRACLE.
YES, INDEED, YOU EXPERIENCED A
MIRACLE! AND YOU CAN HAVE ONE,
TOO. GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS. WHAT HE DID , HE WILL
DO FOR YOU. ALL THAT YOU HAVE
TO DO IS BELIEVE. TERRY SAYS
WE ARE GOING TO ENTER THE
THRONE ROOM. HOW DO YOU DO
THAT? YOU DO THAT WITH
THANKSGIVING. YOU ENTER INTO
HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. LET'S
BRING YOUR REQUEST WITH
THANKSGIVING. HE WANTS TO
ANSWER AND HE WANTS TO HEAL
YOU. LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WE COME
TO YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU. WE
PRAISE YOU THAT YOU HAVE
CREATED ALL THINGS. WE PRAISE
YOU THAT YOU FOR YOUR SON,
JESUS. WE PRAISE YOU THAT YOU
SO LOVE IS THAT YOU GAVE HIM.
AND THAT WHOSOEVER WOULD
BELIEVE ON HIM WOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. SO, WE
SPEAK LIFE TO EVERYONE PRAYING,
RIGHT NOW. WE SPEAK LIFE AND
HEALTH OVER THEM . HEAL THEM,
LORD GOD, FOR WE ASK IT IN
JESUS NAME. TERRY, GOD HAS
GIVEN YOU --
THIS IS A BROAD WORD FOR
PEOPLE WITH EYE ISSUES. SOME
HAVE STARTED LOSING YOUR VISION
AND SOME HAVE CONDITIONS WITH
THE THREAT OF THAT HAPPENING.
SOME HAVE RESTRICTED VISION,
GOD'S HEALING ARISE. JUST LIFT
UP YOUR HANDS, BEGIN TO PRAISE
HIM AND THANK HIM. JUST LIKE
CIARA DID, DON'T WAIT. DO IT
NOW. THANK HIM NOW. HE IS AND
AT WORK IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR
BODY.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW, YOU'VE GOD ANGINA AND YOU
ARE WORRIED THAT YOU WILL ONCE
AGAIN HAVE THAT CRIPPLING
PAIN. GOD'S HEALING YOUR HEART,
RIGHT NOW. HE IS RESTORING YOUR
HEART MUSCLE. HE IS RESTORING
NORMAL RHYTHM AND NORMAL BLOOD
FLOW. ALL OF THE VEINS AND ALL
OF THE ARTERIES ARE GOING TO
WORK FINE. ALL OF THE VALVES
ARE GOING TO WORK FINE.
EVERYTHING CONCERNING YOUR
HEART RIGHT NOW IS HEALED. JUST
BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT HE
HAS DONE FOR YOU.
> A STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM IS ALSO BEING HEALED
RIGHT NOW. JUST REACH OUT AND
CLAIM THAT.
> LORD, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE
YOU ARE THE HEALER AND WE
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE IN JESUS NAME. AMEN AND
AMEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOUCHED,
LET US KNOW. 1-800-700-7000 IS
THE NUMBER TO CALL IF YOU NEED
PRAYER.
> "WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK
WHEN YOU PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YOU
RECEIVE THEM, AND YOU WILL