CBN’s Andrew Knox reflects on the power of Good Friday and shares a personal encounter with God that gave new meaning to Easter in his own life on today’s 700 Club.
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I WAS ON.
WE GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF
HERE.
WELL, WELCOME TO THIS
SPECIAL GOOD FRIDAY EDITION OF
THE 700 CLUB.
TODAY CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE
REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE FOR OUR
SINS THAT JESUS MADE ON THE
CROSS DURING THE EASTER SEASON.
THE CITY OF JERUSALEM IS
FILLED WITH CHRISTIANS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS YEAR THERE FAR FEWER
VISITORS AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS
,THIS IS THE GARDEN TOMB IN
JERUSALEM.
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE CHRIST ROSE
FROM THAT TOMB OR ONE MUCH LIKE
IT AND FROM THAT RESURRECTION
COMES THE ABILITY FOR EVERY TO
FIND AND BE UNITED WITH A VERY
LIVING GOD.
MOST YEARS AROUND EASTER THE
GARDEN TOMB IS FILLED WITH
CHRISTIANS COMING FROM AROUND
THE WORLD TO REJOICE AND
WORSHIP GOD.
HOWEVER, DUE OCTOBER SEVEN AND
THE ONGOING WAR AGAINST HAMAS
GARDEN TOMB DIRECTOR HOLLAND
EXPECTS FAR FEWER VISITORS.
WE ARE JUST SEEING VERY
SMALL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COME
HERE AT THE MOMENT AND THERE'S
A GREAT FEAR.
I THINK IN PEOPLE AND JUST
KNOWING THERE'S A CONFLICT AND
WAR THESE.
TIMES OF SUFFERING, DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION CAN ALSO LEAD
TO DOUBT ABOUT GOD'S EXISTENCE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE
FOR GEORGE.
AND WHEN HE BACKED OFF WHOSE
MINISTRY BRINGS JOYFUL WORSHIP
TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S HARDEST
PLACES.
WHY DO THAT?
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE ONLY GOD
FILL PEOPLE WITH TRUE JOY AND
PEACE ESPECIALLY IN TOUGH TIMES
.
HE IS LIFE RESURRECTION.
JOY HOPE.
PEACE.
LOVE.
HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT THAT IN
THIS TIME?
THE BIBLE SAYS THE JOY OF
THE LORD OUR STRENGTH.
AND ONLY THE LORD CAN POUR THAT
STRENGTH INTO US.
LIKE HE DID WHEN GEORGE IN
MET GOD UNSTOPPABLE JOY CAME.
HE FILLED ME WITH THE SPIRIT
CHRIST GAVE ME SOME WHO
ACTUALLY WILL GO INSIDE YOU IF
YOU ASK THAT HOLY SPIRIT FELL
ON THE DISCIPLES SOON AFTER
CHRIST DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
IT GAVE THEM GREAT POWER TO
REACH MILLIONS AND OVERCOME
PERSECUTION THAT THREATENED TO
OUT CHRISTIANITY.
THE EARLY CHURCH HAD SHARE
OF HARD TIMES BUT MY GOODNESS
THAT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IS NO
ONE CAN CONQUER THAT SPIRIT AND
WHEN HE MAKES HIS HOME IN YOU
YOU YOU CAN'T BE CONQUERED.
WHEN HE POINTS OUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT STILL LIVES TODAY READY
TO GIVE BELIEVERS EVERYTHING
THEY NEED TO REJOICE.
EVEN WHEN TIMES ARE REALLY
TOUGH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING
GOD THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
REALLY SUSTAIN US THROUGH HARD
TIMES, THROUGH PERSECUTIONS
EVEN MARTYRDOM.
SAINTS DIE THAT GLORY SHOWS
UP.
LORD APPEARS STRONGER THAN
EVER.
GEORGE SAYS PEOPLE SHOULDN'T
BLAME GOD FOR HAPPENINGS LIKE
THE HOLOCAUST OR OCTOBER 7TH.
THE DEVIL EXISTS AND USES EVIL
TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST GOD'S
GOODNESS.
RESIST THIS OF COURSE
BECAUSE ADAM TURNED TO DEVIL.
SO EVERY DAY WE'RE TAKEN AWAY
FROM THE DEVIL.
HIS AUTHORITY HIS AUTHORITY,
HIS PROPERTY.
HE DOESN'T LIKE IT SO HE'S
FIGHTING EVERY INCH.
SIMON POINTS OUT CHRIST DIED
ON THE CROSS TO UNDO DEVIL'S
EVIL IS WHERE JESUS ENTERS INTO
ALL THAT TENSION, THAT PAIN
WHERE HE'S REACHING INTO THE
BROKENNESS OF THE WORLD AND IT
WITH LOVE.
FATHER FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY
KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO WE FIND GOD AT THE VERY
HEART OF SUFFERING, OF DEATH,
OF PAIN, OF CRUELTY, OF
INJUSTICE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE DEVIL
COMES TO KILL, STEAL AND
DESTROY.
BUT GOD COMES TO GIVE LIFE AND
LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY AND
THERE'S NO PLACE THAT WE CAN GO
NOW WHERE HAS NOT BEEN TO COME
AND FIND US EVEN WHEN THAT IS
IN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR.
JORDAN AND WINNIE BELIEVE
EVERYONE CAN KNOW THIS LORD IF
THE WONDER OF THIS GOD THANK
GOD CAN YOU HELP ME BELIEVE IT
IF YOU ARE REAL.
SHOW UP.
THAT'S I SAID IT.
GOD IF YOU'RE REAL SHOW SHOW ME
RIGHT NOW.
AND HE DID JUST GOD.
DO YOU EXIST?
DO YOU WANT TO BE A FRIEND?
ME?
HE WILL ANSWER.
HE WILL SHOW HIMSELF TO THOSE
SEEK HIM AND HE WILL GIVE THEM
THE LOVE, PEACE AND JOY THAT
CAN CONQUER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
AND HELP THEM REJOICE.
AND EVEN THE HARDEST TIMES.
PAUL STRAND, CBN
NEWS REPORTING THE GARDEN TO
JERUSALEM.
AND THIS IS WHY WE CELEBRATE
FRIDAY.
IT'S THE DAY WHERE JESUS GAVE
HIMSELF HE OFFERED HIS SOUL AS
A SACRIFICE FOR SAID HE
FULFILLED WHAT THE PROPHET
ISAIAH WROTE CENTURIES BEFORE
HIS DEATH.
AND YOU CAN READ IT YOURSELF
AND CHAPTER 53 BUT FOLLOW IT
WINNIE AND GEORGE AND SAID YOU
CAN PRAY THAT SAME PRAYER THIS
GOOD FRIDAY IF IF YOU'RE
WONDERING IS JESUS REAL?
DID HE REALLY RISE FROM THE
DEAD?
CAN HE REALLY BE MY SAVIOR?
CAN YOU REALLY BE MY MESSIAH.
WELL, YOU COULD ASK FOR IT.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT GREAT
THINGS WE GET TO DO.
IT'S THE BEST NEWS ANYONE HAS
EVER HEARD.
THE GOD WANTS TO BE EMMANUEL.
HE WANTS TO BE GOD WITH YOU IN
YOU ABOVE YOU BELOW YOU IN
FRONT OF BEHIND YOU TO YOUR
RIGHT TO YOUR LEFT.
HE WANTS TO TOTALLY IMMERSE YOU
IN HIM.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR
IT.
SO PRAY THAT TODAY.
PRAY JESUS.
IF YOU'RE THERE IF YOU REALLY
ARE MY SAVIOR.
IF YOU CAN REALLY FORGIVE ME
ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE
WRONG COULD JUST SHOW UP.
COULD SHOW UP FOR ME.
AND IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH ALL
OF YOUR HEART HE'LL ANSWER IT.
HE'LL COME TO YOU AND HE'LL
FILL YOU JUST AS HE FILLED ME
IN.
JUST AS HE FILLED WHITNEY IN.
JUST AS HE FILLED AND JUSTICES
FILLED COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE 2000 YEARS.
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NEWS DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.
WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB
FOR TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM
CBN NEWS.
FLORIDA STATE STUDENTS TURNED
OUT IN PERSON AND FOR AN
IMPROMPTU MEMORIAL SERVICE LAST
NIGHT AFTER A SHOOTER KILLED
TWO AND INJURED SIX YESTERDAY
BEFORE BEING CAPTURED.
BRODY CARTER HAS OUR REPORT
.
CHAOS AT FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN POLICE 20 YEAR OLD STUDENT
FENIX EICHNER OPENED FIRE
OUTSIDE THE STUDENT UNION.
I HEARD THE SIRENS.
I SAW THE POLICE GOING.
I SAW PEOPLE RUNNING LIKE
CRAZY.
WITNESSES SAY EICHNER SHOTGUN
JAMMED BEFORE HE A HANDGUN
KILLING TWO AND WOUNDING SIX.
STUDENTS SHELTERED IN PLACE AS
POLICE CLEARED BUILDINGS.
FSU POLICE RESPONDED A
ENGAGED NEUTRALIZE AND
APPREHENDED SHOOTER.
THE SHOOTER IS BELIEVED TO BE A
CURRENT FSU STUDENT.
EICHNER REFUSED TO LISTEN TO
ORDERS AND WAS SHOT BEFORE
BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
HE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN
STABLE CONDITION.
INVESTING SAY THE GUN USED
BELONGED TO HIS STEPMOTHER.
A 20 YEAR VETERAN OF THE LEON
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
A MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
EICHNER WAS ACTIVE IN A LAW
ENFORCEMENT YOUTH PROGRAM AND
COURT RECORDS SHOW A HISTORY OF
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
THE PRESIDENT ASKED ABOUT GUN
CONTROL, REAFFIRMED HIS SUPPORT
FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
THE GUN DOESN'T DO THE
SHOOTING.
THE PEOPLE DO.
A PHRASE THAT'S USED PROBABLY
TOO OFTEN EICHNER FELONY
CHARGES AND IS EXPECTED IN
COURT ONCE MEDICALLY CLEARED.
BRODY CARTER CBN NEWS.
THANKS BRODY.
WELL THIS WEEK HOLY WEEK IS
VERY SPECIAL FOR CHRISTIANS
AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S WHEN THEY COMMEMORATE THE
DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION
JESUS AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS
FROM JERUSALEM.
RECENT DISCOVERIES AT THE
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER
SHED NEW LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED
IN JERUSALEM 2000 YEARS AGO.
THE NEW DISCOVERIES HERE AT
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY
SEPULCHER HAPPENED DURING A
RECENT RESTORATION AROUND THE
TOMB OF JESUS.
THAT'S WHEN EXCAVATORS DUG
BELOW THE ORIGINAL OF THE
FOURTH CENTURY CHURCH.
ARCHEOLOGIST DR. FRANCESCA
SOLAR LED THE EXCAVATIONS AND
IN THE CENTER SEPULCHRAL THE
EXCAVATION IN THE CHURCH OF.
THE HOLY SEPULCHER HAS ALLOWED
US TO REDISCOVER THE LONG
HISTORY OF JERUSALEM.
THE OLDEST EVIDENCE IS RELATED
TO A QUARRY THE IRON AGE AND
THEN THE SETTLEMENT SEQUENCE OF
THE ROMAN CITY.
THE FIRST CHRISTIANIZATION OF
JERUSALEM BECAUSE OF EMPEROR
CONSTANTINE.
THE FIRST MONUMENTS BUILT IN
MEMORY OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
AND FINALLY THE ENTIRE
ARCHITECTURAL SEQUENCE UP TO
THE MODERN AGE.
ONE OF THEIR DISCOVERIES
HERE AT THE CHURCH VALIDATES
THE GOSPEL ACCOUNT IN THE BOOK
OF JOHN THAT DESCRIBES CALVARY
AND THE SITE OF JESUS BURIAL AS
BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A GARDEN
AND IT GOES TO THE EAST KAVI, A
LOCAL MAN DURING THE
EXCAVATIONS NOTICED HOW THE
LARGE QUARRY AS IT WAS
GRADUALLY ABANDONED WAS USED
FOR BURIALS ACCORDING TO JEWISH
CUSTOM.
SO WERE ROOMS DUG INTO THE
ROCK.
AT THE SAME TIME SOME AREAS HAD
TERRACES MADE WITH DRY STONE
WALLS AND WITHIN THESE SMALL
SPACES WE FOUND TRACES OF
CULTIVATION PALEO BOTANICAL
ANALYZES OF POLLEN THAT
REVEALED TRACES CULTIVATION.
THIS DATA SOMEHOW ECHOES THE
GOSPEL OF JOHN WHICH SPEAKS OF
VEGETABLE GARDENS AND GARDENS
IN THE AREA OF THE VENERATED
TOMB AND CALVARY.
PROFESSOR ISOLA SAYS THE
EXCAVATIONS ARE LIKE READING
HISTORY ITSELF.
BEN-AMI AND IMPORTANT.
FOR ME THE RECONSTRUCTION
THE HISTORICAL SEQUENCE IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND DIGGING IS LIKE
READING A BOOK AND TURNING A
PAGE ONLY THEY ARE PAGES OF
EARTH.
YOU TURN ONE PAGE AT A TIME AND
SO THE IMPORTANT IS PRECISELY
THIS LONG STORY.
IT ALSO BECOMES EXCITING TO
DEAL WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT
STORY WITH A STORY TOLD IN THIS
WAY AND WITH A STORY SO FELT BY
MILLIONS PEOPLE.
OF COURSE HE SENT PETER THE
MILIONE PERSONA.
CHRIS MITCHELL CBN NEWS.
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY
SEPULCHER JERUSALEM.
THANK YOU CHRIS.
EVANGELIST FRANKLIN GRAHAM A
SPECIAL PROGRAM THIS SUNDAY
EASTER FROM THE ASHES.
IT'S ABOUT FINDING HOPE IN DARK
TIMES.
WE ASKED REVEREND GRAHAM WHY
IT'S A TIMELY MESSAGE.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS IN
CALIFORNIA WE WERE FILMING THIS
SO MANY WHO WENT THROUGH THE
FIRE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING LIKE
GOING THROUGH THE FLAMES OF.
AND SO I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO
THAT'S FOCUS OF MY EASTER
MESSAGE THIS YEAR.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW JESUS
PREACHED ON HOW GOD WARNS US
ABOUT.
SO I THOUGHT I'LL JUST TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY AND JUST USE
THIS TO TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT
IS A REAL PLACE.
HEAVEN IS REAL BUT IS REAL AND
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE
IT TO HEAVEN IS BY CONFESSING
OUR SINS AND BELIEVING ON THE
NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
AND ASKING HIM TO COME IN TO BE
THE LORD OF OUR LIVES.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.
SO THIS THIS PROGRAM IS A FOCUS
ON THAT.
AND YOU CAN WATCH FRANKLIN
GRAHAM SPECIAL EASTER AND THE
ASHES THIS AT 1 P.M. 4 P.M. AND
10 P.M. EASTERN ON THE
NEWS CHANNEL AND ON CBN NEWS ON
YOUTUBE.
TO LEARN MORE CALL TODAY OR GO
TO GENTLE CURE SCAR.
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE
VIOLENCE IS SO BRUTAL IT'S HARD
TO FATHOM.
AND THIS NEXT SEGMENT ANDREW
KNOX TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT
JESUS CRUCIFIXION AND THE GOOD
NEWS THAT FOLLOWED IT FOR
BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE.
BY THE TIME THE IRON NAIL
WHICH ABOUT SEVEN INCHES LONG
WAS DRIVEN INTO HIS WRIST,
JESUS HAD ALREADY CARRIED THE
NEAR £100 CROSSBAR HUNDREDS OF
YARDS AND HE'D BEEN SAVAGELY
BEATEN, FLESH TORN FROM HIS
BODY EVEN BEFORE HIS AGONIZING
WALK BEGAN.
JUST AS ISAIAH HAD PROPHESIED
JUST AS THERE WERE MANY WHO
WERE APPALLED AT HIM, HIS
APPEARANCE WAS SO DISFIGURED
BEYOND THAT OF ANY HUMAN BEING
AND HIS FORM MARRED BEYOND
HUMAN LIKENESS.
THE SOLDIERS OF THE GOVERNOR
HAD MADE SURE TO TAKE THE TIME
TO HUMILIATE HIM WHEN THEY'D
HAD JESUS ALL TO THEMSELVES.
STRIPPED HIM AND PUT A
SCARLET ROBE ON HIM AND AFTER
TWISTING A CROWN OF THORNS THEY
PUT IT ON HIS HEAD AND A REED
IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND THEY
KNELT BEFORE HIM AND MOCKED HIM
SAYING KING OF THE JEWS.
THEY SPAT
THE REED AND BEGAN TO BEAT HIM
ON THE HEAD.
AFTER THEY HAD MOCKED HIM THEY
TOOK THE SCARLET ROBE OFF HIM
AND PUT HIS OWN GARMENTS BACK
ON HIM AND LED HIM AWAY TO
CRUCIFY HIM.
NOW ATOP THE HILL IT'S
DOUBTFUL JESUS SAW THE HAMMER
BEING RAISED HIGH ABOVE HIS
HEAD THROUGH HIS SWOLLEN BLOOD
SOAKED EYES.
STILL IT CAME DOWN WITH
FEROCIOUS VENOM POUNDING
THROUGH HIS FLESH.
BY THIS TIME THE ROMANS
PERFECTED CRUCIFIXION.
LIKE A DEMENTED SURGEON THE
ROMAN WARRIOR FELT FOR SPACE
BETWEEN THE BONES OF THE
FOREARM.
THE PRECISE SPOT THAT WOULD NOT
SEVER ARTERIES HE MUST BE EXACT
AS THE LOCATION OF THIS NAIL
MUST SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF
JESUS WITHOUT TEARING APART HIS
FLESH.
I WONDER COULD JESUS THE CLANG
OF THE HAMMER AND NAIL ABOVE
SCREAMING JEERS AND TAUNTS OF A
HATEFUL CROWD?
OR OVER THE SOBBING OF THOSE
DARED STILL FOLLOW HIM.
AS ONE SOLDIER HAMMERS ANOTHER
PREPARES THE FEET OF JESUS FOR
A SIMILAR FATE WHILE YET A
THIRD LAUGHS ONLY TO SPIT IN
HIS FACE, THE SOLDIER'S SALIVA
CRAWLS DOWN THE SIDE OF
CHRIST'S QUICKLY SWALLOWED UP
BY POOLS OF BLOOD COLLECTING
BENEATH THE CROSSBAR.
JESUS IS NOW STRETCHED OUT
UPON.
LISTEN CAREFULLY NOW.
THE SOUNDS ARE HAUNTING.
TOO EXHAUSTED TO SCREAM OUR
SAVIOR WEAKLY WHEN HE CAN
MUSTER ENOUGH COURAGE HE
BREATHES DEEPLY.
EACH BREATH BRINGS EXCRUCIATING
WAITING PAIN THE STEADY RHYTHM
OF HIS BLOOD DRIPS TO THE
GROUND.
THIS PREPARES THE LANDSCAPE FOR
VIOLENT TREMORS SOON TO COME.
THE CLANG OF THE IRON NAIL
DRIVEN INTO HIS OTHER WRIST
CUES THE SUN THAT IT'S ALMOST
TIME TO DISAPPEAR, HIDE FROM
VIEW AND BE REPLACED WITH THE
EERIE SUBSTITUTE OF DARKNESS.
THEY LEFT HIM.
NOW A NEW TORTURE BEGINS AS
HIS CROSS SLOWLY RISES AND
SLAMS INTO THE GROUND INTO AN
POSITION.
HIS CROWN OF THORNS DIGS DEEPER
INTO FLESH AND SKULL WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF A FEW IT GROWS
QUIETER.
JESUS OPENS AND I JUST ENOUGH
TO SEE SOLDIERS GAMBOL FOR HIS
GARMENTS JUST AS DAVID PENNED A
THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE THEY
PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET.
I CAN COUNT ALL MY BONES.
THEY LOOK.
THEY STARE AT ME.
THEY DIVIDE MY GARMENTS
AMONG THEM AND FOR MY CLOTHING
THEY CAST LOTS.
DAYS BEFORE DESPERATE PEOPLE
REACHED THROUGH CROWDS SIMPLY
TO HIS CLOTHES AND SEEK THE
MIRACULOUS.
NOW CLOTHES ARE JUST PRIZES TO
BE WON.
THE DIVINE NATURE OF JESUS IS
HEARD IN HIS PRAYER.
FATHER FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DO
NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING
AND THE HUMAN NATURE OF JESUS
IS HEARD IN HIS LAMENT.
I'M THIRSTY.
THE SMELL OF WINE VINEGAR
EMANATES FROM A JUG BENEATH THE
CROSS AND A SOAKED SPONGE IS
LIFTED TO HIS LIPS AFTER
COMMITTING HIS SPIRIT TO HIS
FATHER JESUS DECLARES IT IS
FINISHED.
THE SOUND THUNDER MOVES IN
WHILE THE SUN DISAPPEARS DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN AND ACROSS THE
ROAD A ROMAN SOLDIER COLLECTING
THE INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE THEY
USED ON JESUS HOURS BEFORE IS
ALARMED BY THE SUDDEN DARKNESS
OVER THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE.
THEN HE HEARS IT AS THE THUNDER
BRIEFLY SEIZES THE CURTAIN OF
THE TEMPLE TORN IN TWO FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM AND THE EARTH BENEATH
HIM SPLITS.
THE SMELL OF DEATH RESTS ON THE
MOUNTAIN.
THE ON THE CROSS IS STILL.
THERE IS NO MOVEMENT NOW
JUST A CONTINUAL STREAMING OF
BLOOD DRIP BY DRIP.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST FALLS AND
SPLATTERS ON THE GROUND.
EACH DROP CARRYING THE
ASSURANCE THAT HE LOVES US
BEYOND.
MEASURE SECOND CORINTHIANS
FIVE TELLS US THAT GOD MADE WHO
KNEW NO SIN BE SIN FOR US SO
THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.
THIS IS WHY THE CRUCIFIXION
MATTERS.
HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR
TRANSGRESSIONS.
HE WAS CRUSHED FOR OUR
INIQUITIES THE PUNISHMENT THAT
BROUGHT US PEACE WAS UPON HIM
AND BY HIS WE ARE HEALED.
THIS IS LIFE CHANGING NEWS.
YET THE BRUTAL DEATH AND
SACRIFICE OF CHRIST IS NOT THE
END OF THE STORY.
THERE IS GREATER THINGS IN
STORE AND IT'S JUST A FEW DAYS
AWAY.
THIS FRIDAY JOIN THE SAINTS
THROUGH THE CENTURIES WHO HAVE
ON THE WOUNDS OF CHRIST AND
WHAT JESUS DID SO THAT YOU AND
I COULD WALK FREE FROM THE LAW
OF SIN AND DEATH.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS
JOURNEY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ
PSALM 22 THE VERSES THAT ANDREW
JUST MENTIONED FROM THE LAST
PART OF ISAIAH CHAPTER 52 AND
ALL OF CHAPTER 53.
IT'S CALLED THE THE SIN
BEARING SERVANT PROPHECY AND
HOW JESUS IT WAS PROPHESIED
THAT HE WOULD SUFFER THAT HE
WOULD BE REJECTED, THAT HE
WOULD BE WOUNDED, THAT HIS
HANDS AND HIS FEET WOULD BE
PIERCED THAT HE WOULD THIRST,
THAT HE WOULD MARRED BEYOND
RECOGNITION THAT HE WOULD TAKE
OF THE DISEASES FOR ALL PEOPLE
FOR ALL TIME.
THAT HE WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE
SIN FOR ALL PEOPLE, FOR TIME
AND IT'S ALL FULFILLED.
AND ONE PERSON HIS NAME JESUS.
NOW THERE'S A VERSE IN ISAIAH
53 THAT I WANT YOU TO REALLY
PAY ATTENTION TO.
WHEN HE OFFERS HIS SOUL AS A
SACRIFICE FOR SIN HE SHALL SEE
HIS DESCENT ENDS AND HIS SOUL
WILL BE SATISFIED.
FIRE!
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
JESUS AS HE'S GIVING HIS SOUL
IS A SACRIFICE FOR YOU.
SAW YOU.
AND IN THAT VISION HE WAS
SATISFIED.
THIS IS THE WRITER OF
HEBREWS SAYS FOR THE JOY SET
BEFORE HIM JESUS ENDURED THE
CROSS.
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW
THAT AS HE'S THIS AS HE'S
GIVING HIS ESSENCE FOR YOU HE
SAW YOU AND IN THAT HIS SOUL
WAS SATISFIED IF YOU DON'T KNOW
JESUS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP I SAID
IT BEFORE I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW
IT'S FOR YOU.
YOU BE A WHOSOEVER FOR GOD SO
LOVE THE WORLD THAT YOU THAT HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
JESUS THAT WHOSOEVER THAT'S YOU
YOU CAN BE A WHOSOEVER WOULD
BELIEVE ON HIM WOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE WHAT
GREAT LOVE HE DEMONSTRATED THAT
WHILE YOU WHILE WE WERE SINNERS
WHILE I WAS A SINNER HE LOVED
ME SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF
FOR ME AND HE SAID I'LL TAKE
ALL THE PUNISHMENT.
I'LL TAKE ALL THE ALL OF THIS
AND I'LL TAKE IT ALL SO THAT I
DON'T HAVE TO BEAR IT SO THAT
DON'T HAVE TO BEAR IT.
AND AS HE'S DOING THIS SAYING
SO IF YOU WANT THIS IF YOU WANT
THIS RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU CAN
SEE HIM BACK YOU CAN KNOW THAT
HE'S THERE.
WONDERFUL PRAYER.
JESUS, IF YOU'RE THERE IF YOU
REALLY ARE MY SAVIOR, IF YOU
CAN REALLY COME AND FORGIVE ME,
IF YOU CAN REALLY BE WITH ME IF
YOU REALLY CAN BE GOD IN ME
WITH ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER
TO THE FALL THIS ISRAEL COULD
YOU SHOW ME COULD YOU SHOW UP
FOR ME IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH
ALL OF YOUR HEART HE'LL ANSWER
HE'LL COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW NOT
SOME FAR OFF TIME.
HE'LL COME RIGHT NOW AND HE'LL
SHOW UP FOR YOU IF YOU WANT
HELP WITH THIS PRAYER, WE'RE
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ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS I HEAR I
CAN MEET JESUS TODAY.
I HEAR I CAN HAVE THIS
RELATIONSHIP.
I CAN ACTUALLY KNOW THAT HE'S
HERE IF THAT'S ALL I GOT TO
SAY.
CAN YOU PRAY WITH ME?
CAN YOU SHOW ME?
I WANT TO MEET HIM.
I WANT TO KNOW CAUSE
JEANNE MOOS STRUGGLED TO
PRACTICE THE MUSLIM DAILY
PRAYER.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO HARD.
THEN ONE DAY TIM WHO PRAYED A
VERY DIFFERENT PRAYER AFTER
WATCHING AN EPISODE OF
SUPERBOOK CALLED HE RISEN 11
YEAR OLD TIM WHO WAS CONFUSED
BY HIS PARENTS TWO RELIGIONS.
MY DAD WAS MUSLIM AND MY MOM
WAS.
AT ONE POINT HE SAID.
HE TRIED TO PRACTICE ISLAM.
MY DAD TOLD ME I HAVE TO
PRACTICE THE MUSLIM DAILY
PRAYER.
BUT IT WAS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
ONE DAY HE ACCEPTED AN
INVITATION VISIT AN AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY
CBN'S ORPHANS PROMISE.
THERE HE RECEIVED SNACKS AND
FREE TUTORING.
ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE BIBLE
FROM CBN SUPERBOOK.
THE FIRST STORY I WATCHED
WAS ABOUT DAVID GOLIATH.
I LIKED WHEN DAVID STOOD
BRAVELY AND WAS NOT AFRAID TO
FIGHT GOLIATH.
BUT IT WAS THE STORY OF
JESUS DYING ON THE CROSS THAT
FINALLY GRABBED HEART.
I ACTUALLY TEARED UP WHEN I
SAW THAT PART OF THE STORY
WHERE JESUS GOT WEPT WAS
CARRYING CROSS AND FINALLY
CRUCIFIED.
THAT DAY TIMO PRAYED TO
BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
I PRAYED GOD PLEASE FORGIVE ME
FOR MY SINS.
I ALSO PRAYED JESUS I INVITE
TO COME INTO MY HEART TO BE MY
LORD AND MY SAVIOR.
HE ALSO SAID HE LOVES
SHARING SUPERBOOK STORIES WITH
HIS FAMILY AND PRAYS THAT
ONE DAY THEY WILL ALL GO TO
CHURCH TOGETHER.
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EGG HUNTS, BUNNIES AND BASKETS
THE REAL MEANING OF CHRIST'S
RESURRECTION CAN ACTUALLY GET
LOST.
THAT'S WHY TERRI BROUGHT HER
GRANDDAUGHTER IZZY TO THE
STUDIO TO DEMONSTRATE FUN WAY
TO TEACH CHILDREN THE TRUE
SIGNIFICANCE OF EASTER.
HI, I'M TERRI.
I'M HERE WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER
IZZY.
AND EASTER IS A REALLY TIME IN
OUR HOUSE AND OUR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, WE DECORATE WITH
THINGS LIKE EGGS AND BUNNIES
AROUND THE HOUSE BUT WE DON'T
DO BECAUSE OF THE EASTER BUNNY.
WE DO IT BECAUSE THEY ALL
REPRESENT NEW LIFE AND THE NEW
LIFE IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT
PART OF EASTER TO REMEMBER WHAT
JESUS DID FOR US.
RIGHT.
WHEN YOU THINK OF EASTER, WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF.
I THINK THAT GOD IS REALLY
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
I'LL TAKE THAT.
THANK YOU.
THAT WAS UNREHEARSED.
MY GIRL.
WELL, IZZY AND I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE FUN TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
MAKE CAKE POPS.
THIS IS A FUN THING YOU CAN DO
TO CELEBRATE EASTER AND YOU CAN
DO IT WITH YOUR KIDS.
DO IT YOURSELF OR YOU CAN DO IT
WITH THE CHILDREN IN YOUR.
BUT WE ENJOY EATING CAKE POPS,
RIGHT?
AND WHERE DO WE USUALLY DO
THAT?
OH, AT STARBUCKS.
HONEST WORD.
WELL, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS I
WANT TO TELL A FEW OF THE
INGREDIENTS YOU'RE GOING TO
NEED.
YOU'LL NEED A YELLOW CAKE MIX.
YOU'LL NEED SOME VANILLA
FROSTING, SOME WHITE CHOCOLATE.
WE HAVE BEEN MUNCHING ON THESE
ALL DAY.
TWO TO THREE CONTAINERS OF
SPRINKLES.
I LIKE THE EASTER COLORS BUT
YOU CAN WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR
YOUR DECORATIONS AND SOME
COCONUT OIL.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE THE
EQUIPMENT PIECES YOU'RE GOING
TO NEED A SOME LARGE BOWLS, A
MIXER, LOLLIPOP STICKS, WATER
TO GET THE CHOCOLATE, YOUR TIN
ICE TRAYS AND UTENSILS.
AND ONE THING I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND IS THE STYROFOAM
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO PLACE YOUR CAKE POPS
TO DRY AFTER YOU START PUTTING
THEM TOGETHER.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS TO MAKE
YOUR CAKE NOW DUE TO THE MAGIC
OF TELEVISION.
WE ALREADY HAVE A CAKE THAT'S
BEEN MADE.
SO IS THE I'M GOING TO PUT
THIS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU
MOVE THESE THINGS OVER AND I'M
GOING TO TAKE THIS LITTLE BOWL
THE BOWL BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO DO I'M GOING TO REACH
RIGHT OVER YOU.
WE'RE TO CUT THIS MUCH OF
THIS CAKE FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE FUN OF THIS IS WE
GET TO DO YEAH, WE GET IT.
WELL, NOT IN YOUR MOUTH, HONEY.
IT'S GONE IN THIS BOWL.
SO JUST PICK IT UP, TEAR OFF
A PIECE AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO
CRUMBLE IT IN THIS BOWL BECAUSE
THE MIXER IS GOING TO HELP US
REALLY BLEND IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE SO.
CRUMBLE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS BOWL
FULL AND WIPE YOUR HANDS ON
THAT APRON OR THIS BOWL OF
CRUMBLED CAKE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN
HERE, LOCK IT INTO OUR MIXER.
HANG ON A SECOND.
OKAY.
PUT IT ON JUST A LOW
COURSE.
ALL WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
DO IS TO GET THE MIXER TO MORE
SAFELY NOW WE CAN PUT IT DOWN
TO THREE.
THERE WE GO.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE
HERE?
PROCESSING MADE THIS RIGHT OUT
OF THE CONTAINER AT HOME, BUT
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN HERE
RIGHT NOW FOOD AND THAT WERE
GOOD AND THEN DO YOU I'M GOING
TO PUT THIS DOWN AND CAN YOU
TURN THAT ON AGAINST STUART I
LIKE THE LOW LOW SETTING AND WE
WANT THAT FROSTING TO MIX WITH
ALL OF THE BREAD PIECES.
SO WHILE THAT IS MIXING
TOGETHER LET'S TAKE OUR WHITE
CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT OIL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
MICROWAVE AND I AM GOING TO
CLEAN THIS OFF AND I'LL BRING
IT OVER HERE AND KIND OF WORK
ON OUR NEXT PART OF THIS.
OKAY, LET'S CHECK THAT BECAUSE
IT SHOULD BE IT SHOULD BE DONE
BY NOW.
OH YEAH.
SO NOT JUST ONE.
OKAY.
BRING IT OVER HERE NOW YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF
PUT THIS IN THIS BOWL.
OH, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE UP THE THAT GO IN THIS
LITTLE FORM YOU WANT TO DO WHAT
.
WE'LL DO LET'S DO THREE OF
THEM.
OKAY, SO TAKE ABOUT THAT MUCH.
WHAT YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT
YOU HAVE LITTLE HANDS.
I HAVE CAKE POP SIZE HANDS.
THERE YOU GO.
BECAUSE SEE THE BASE OF THAT?
YEAH, THE FESTIVE THING THERE.
OKAY, MY LEFT HERE BE A LITTLE
BIT.
OH GOOD.
OKAY, NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY WHY
DID WE MELT THIS CHOCOLATE?
WELL, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY
ANCHOR THE STICK IN THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO GRAB ONE OF THE
STICKS WE HAVE HERE THIS OUT OF
THE WAY DIP IT IN THE
CHOCOLATE.
YEAH.
I MEAN REALLY DIP IT LIKE OKAY,
DO YOU HAVE IT ON THERE NOW
TWIRL IT NOW STICK IT IN BUT
NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUST
INTO THE MIDDLE.
CAN YOU DO THAT PER DOWN ENOUGH
TO HOLD THAT GIRL.
OKAY TAKE ANOTHER EACH DO
ONE SO TWIRL THE CHOCOLATE
STICK DON'T LET IT DROP OFF
YEAH STICK IT IN AND THEN GOOD
JOB.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT THIS
IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR 2 TO 8
HOURS OR YOU CAN FREEZE IT IF
YOU WANT TO SO WE'RE GOING TO
GO BACK AND TAKE SOMETHING OUT
OF THE FREEZER THAT'S ALREADY
BEEN DONE AND PUT THIS ONE IN.
WE WANT TO GET THE BIG ONE.
CAREFUL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT.
THERE YOU GO.
THE REALLY FUN PART OF THIS
OF COURSE, IS THE WE'VE GOT OUR
LARGE BOWL OF WHITE CHOCOLATE
MELTED WITH A COUPLE TEASPOONS
OF COCONUT OIL FOR THIS NEXT
PART AND YOU NEED TO MOVE FAST
BECAUSE THE OIL WILL KEEP THE
CHOCOLATE FROM SEASONING BUT IT
HAPPENS.
SO TAKE ONE SHOULD WE DIP IT
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LIKE
TWIST IT LIKE THAT AFTER THE
DIP IT LIKE LIFT UP AND WHOA
YEAH OH MAMA SIT UP THAT LOOKS
GOOD DOESN'T IT?
OKAY WELL WAIT GRIP IT DRIP
BUT IT DRIP LET IT DRIP TWIST
OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO HOLD
THIS AND YOU DECKER OH, WELL,
THIS CAN BE A LITTLE MESSY BUT
IT'S FUN.
GO AHEAD SPRING.
OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IS THAT LOOKS GREAT.
HOW ABOUT THE TOP OF THAT ONE A
LITTLE MORE.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO
SET THIS ONE IN A NEW THERE WE
GO.
CAN YOU PUSH A LITTLE UP?
I'LL JUST SAY I'M NEVER
WAIST FROSTING MY MOTTO SO BY
THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION AGAIN
WANT TO SHOW YOU A PLATTER OF
FINISHED PRODUCT?
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED
THERE.
THEY ARE.
AND NOW FOR MY FAVORITE PART IS
IF THAT'S YOURS.
THIS IS MINE.
YOU READY?
MM.
DELICIOUS.
DELICIOUS.
WHAT YOU THINK?
HAPPY EASTER.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY MAKING THIS
FUN RECIPE.
MOST OF ALL, WE HOPE YOUR
EASTER IS FILLED WITH THE JOY
OF THE REAL STORY OF EASTER THE
SALVATION HAVE IN JESUS HAPPY
HOPE.
HAVE A HAPPY EASTER.
YOU CAN FIND MORE RECIPES
AND SPECIAL FEATURES IN OUR
EASTER SEGMENT ON THE CBN
FAMILY APP.
YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT THERE
YOU GO TO CBN FAMILY DOT COM.
I THINK I NEED TO HAVE A WHOLE
NEW FAMILY TRADITION OF CAKE
POPS.
YOU IF THEY REALLY ARE GOOD BUT
BEYOND THAT IT'S JUST FUN DO
THINGS WITH YOUR KIDS AND YOUR
GRANDKIDS AND YOUR LITTLE
GRANDKIDS ARE GOING TO BE
COMING UP PRETTY SOON AND THERE
YOU'LL BE WITH YOUR APRON ON
AND SOON TO BE AFTER HIS YEAH
THAT'S OUR TRADITION WAS TO DO
BOTH ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND
EASTER TO DO A SOUFFLE ON
EASTER WE GET TO HAVE THE JOKE
HE IS RISEN YEAH WHEN YOUR
SOUFFLE RISES IS RISEN DID I
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BRITTANY GILCHRIST WAS
TRAVELING WITH HER TWO
DAUGHTERS WHEN THEIR CAR WAS
STRUCK HEAD ON.
ANGELS WHO WITNESSED THE
ACCIDENT FOUGHT THROUGH THE
SMOKE TO GET THEM ALL OUT.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY A BYSTANDER
WENT INTO FERVENT FOR THEIR
MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL.
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JUNE 22ND, 2011.
DERRICK COUNTY, CALIFORNIA A
HEAD ON COLLISION INVOLVING A
4X4 TRUCK AND PASSENGER STOPS
TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 41.
SEVERAL MOTORISTS RUN TO GIVE
AID.
ONE OF THEM WAS THEN 62 YEAR
OLD VIETNAM WAR VET BOB ANTHONY
WHO RAN TO THE CAR.
I FOUND A ROCK BROKE OUT THE
WINDOWS BECAUSE I COULD SEE
THERE WAS PEOPLE IN THERE IN
THE BACK WHERE A FOUR YEAR OLD
GIRL AND AN INFANT STILL
STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT.
THE DRIVER 28 YEAR OLD BRITTANY
GILCHRIST WAS PINNED UNDER THE
DASHBOARD UNCONSCIOUS.
SMOKE FILLING THE CAR.
I WAS YELLING EVERYBODY, WE
GOT TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE
BECAUSE WHEN I GOT A WHIFF OF
THAT SMOKE AND KNOCKED MY FEET
,YOU KNOW I DIDN'T WANT HER TO
DIE.
A COUPLE MEN GOT THE
CHILDREN OUT WHILE BOB AND
OTHERS PULLED BRITTANY FROM THE
WRECKAGE SECONDS LATER.
THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES.
MOTORIST HARRIS WAS SITTING IN
THE GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC JUST A FEW
CARS AWAY.
I CAN SEE YOU KNOW, IN
DISTANCE, YOU KNOW THE FIRE AND
I NEED TO START PRAYING BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT I DO WHEN I SEE A
WRECK.
LORD GOD, I JUST WANT TO
INTERCEDE FOR THESE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
I PRAY FOR WHOEVER IT THAT YOU
KNOW, YOU SAVE THEM, PROTECT
THEM, GIVE THEM GIVE THEM LIFE.
WHEN IMUS TOOK OVER THEY
DETERMINED BRITTANY WAS
BLEEDING INTERNALLY, HAD
MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND IN
CRITICAL CONDITION HER
DAUGHTERS WITH NON-LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES WERE TAKEN
TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS
UNINJURED.
MEANWHILE SKYLAR ARRIVED TO
TAKE BRITTANY TO COMMUNITY
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN
FRESNO A FLIGHT SHE CODED TWICE
.
LYDIA SAYS IT WAS ONE OF HER
DUTIES.
HUSBAND MARK ARRIVED ABOUT THE
SAME TIME THE CHOPPER LANDED.
HE SAW HIS WIFE OF FIVE YEARS
HOOKED UP TO A VENTILATOR
BEFORE SHE WAS TAKEN TO
EMERGENCY SURGERY.
SHE WASN'T REALLY CONSCIOUS.
SHE WAS KIND OF MOVING A LITTLE
BUT SHE WASN'T AWARE OF
ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
SEEING HER LIKE THAT.
IT REALLY JUST SAYS LIKE OH MY
GOSH, SHE MIGHT DIE.
SO IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING AND
THEN I WENT I WENT BACK IN THE
ROOM AND I JUST BROKE DOWN.
I THINK AT THAT MOMENT I DO
REMEMBER PLAYING AND I WAS JUST
TAKE HER.
JUST WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED,
PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER.
BRITTANY WOULD NEED TO SURGE
TO REPAIR HER LEGS THAT WERE
BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES.
THEIR CONCERN THOUGH WAS THE
MASSIVE NET TRAUMA SHE
SUSTAINED AND WHETHER SHE'D
BROKEN HER SPINAL CORD.
BUT THERE WAS SO LEFT UNCERTAIN
THAT WE COULDN'T BE OF
ANYTHING.
SO IT WAS A MATTER OF LIKE YES,
SHE'S OUT BEING IN EXTREMELY
CRITICAL SITUATION WHERE SHE
MIGHT DIE AT ANY MOMENT TO THEN
THE SURGERY TO THEN YOU KNOW,
IS HER SPINE AND IS SHE GOING
WALK AGAIN?
AS FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS, THEY
HAD BEEN TO VALLEY CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
FOUR YEAR OLD CAMBRIA HAD TWO
BROKEN ARMS AND WOULD STAY IN
THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO MONTHS.
FIVE WEEK OLD SHAE LYNN HAD
ONLY A FEW CUTS AND WAS SENT
HOME WITH RELATIVES.
MEANWHILE PEOPLE BEGAN PRAY FOR
BRITNEY.
AMONG THEM WAS THE MOTORIST
BRENDA WHO HAD NEVER STOPPED.
I DIDN'T KNOW LIKE WHO THAT
PERSON WAS.
I MEAN LIKE AT THAT TIME AND
THEN DAYS LATER WHEN I WENT TO
WORK I HEARD IT WAS BRITNEY THE
NURSE I WORK WITH AND I PUT HER
ON A PRAYER PRAYER AT OUR
CHURCH.
AND I ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF
FRIENDS AND BIBLE STUDY AND
ASKED THEM TO PRAY BECAUSE SHE
WAS VERY CLOSE TO DEATH.
FINALLY AN MRI CONFIRMED
THERE WAS NO SPINAL FRACTURE
AND HER NECK WOULD HEAL IN TIME
.
STILL DOCTORS WEREN'T SURE IF
SHE'D WALK AGAIN IN AND OUT OF
CONSCIOUSNESS.
BRITNEY WAS TAKEN OFF THE
VENT.
IT'S JUST SO HARD AND I KNEW
DEEP DOWN EVEN THOUGH I
COULDN'T REMEMBER I KNEW HOW
SEVERE WAS.
I KNEW THAT WE WERE HERE FOR A
REASON THAT GOD OUR LIVES AND
ACTUALLY THAT'S THE FIRST LIKE
THOUGHT HER NOT NECESSARILY OF
LIKE A PLACE BUT WAS A FEELING
WAS THAT GOD HAD US THAT WE
ALIVE FOR A REASON AND THAT HE
WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT
PEACE, YOU KNOW, CAME FROM.
OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN
A YEAR BRITNEY HAD TWO MORE
SURGERIES AND CONTINUED REHAB
SHE FINALLY WALKED ON HER OWN,
RETURNED TO HER NURSING CAREER
AND TODAY CONTINUES TO SEE
HEALING.
THERE'S DAYS THAT IT'S A
ROUGH YOU KNOW OR I'LL DO A FEW
THINGS AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT
A COUPLE DAYS AFTERWARDS BUT
THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENT.
THE LORD HAS GIVEN STRENGTH IN
IT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOT
EVERY BIT HAS BEEN HEALED BUT
HE HAS IN CHUNKS, YOU KNOW, AS
AS HE WILLS AND AS HE YOU KNOW
WHAT HE HAS FORCED YOU KNOW,
WE'RE LIKE OKAY LORD, WHATEVER
YOU HAVE YOUR WILL BE DONE.
AND HE HAS DONE THAT.
BOB ANTHONY AND TWO OTHERS WERE
LATER HONORED WITH THE AMERICAN
RED CROSS REAL HERO AWARD FOR
THEIR EFFORTS.
HE AND THE FAMILY ARE GRATEFUL
GOD'S HANDS WERE ON THEM ALL
THAT DAY AND FOR THE PRAYERS
THAT HAS SUSTAINED THEM FROM
THE GRACE OF GOD.
WE WERE ALL THERE AND WE
WERE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP.
I'M THANKFUL I WAS THERE IN
THAT DAY TO IT WAS JUST
AMAZING.
I LOOK BACK ON IT AND.
I SAID GOD WAS THERE.
THEY SAID I WOULDN'T WALK
AGAIN.
THEY WOULDN'T A NURSE, YOU
KNOW.
ALTHOUGH THEY SAID THE ACCIDENT
WAS UNSURVIVABLE TO THEM AND
WE'RE HERE SO YOU KNOW, WITH
GOD ALL THINGS ARE GOD WASN'T
JUST THERE THAT DAY.
GOD WITH US.
YOU KNOW, HE SAYS WHEN WE SPEAK
FOR HIM WITH OF OUR HEARTS HE'S
THERE, HE'S PRESENT, HE
RESPONDS.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIM.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU TODAY WHO
MIGHT NOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT
LIKE BRITNEY WAS OR HAVE SUCH
SERIOUS CASUALTIES THAT HAVE
BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE YOU
KNOW, DISEASES UPON PEOPLE.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
WE WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU TODAY
WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS MAYBE
IT'S FINANCIAL.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WITH YOUR
CHILDREN, YOUR MARRIAGE.
WHO KNOWS?
GOD KNOWS HE KNOWS US.
HE KNOWS THIS INSIDE AND OUT.
HE KNOWS US BY NAME AND HE IS
PRESENCE AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE
SOME TIME TO PRAY FOR YOU AND
WITH YOU TODAY WE HAVE SOME
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN
AND THIS IS GABRIELLE SHE WROTE
BY EMAIL.
SHE SAID I WAS IN MY CAR DURING
MY 30 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK
WATCHING THE 700 CLUB THROUGH
MY IPHONE GARDEN SPOKE ABOUT
SOMEONE WITH A VARICOSE ON THE
RIGHT LEG.
I HAD NEVER BEFORE FELT THAT A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE FROM THE 700
CLUB WAS FOR ME BUT I KNEW THIS
WAS FOR ME WHEN GORDON SAID
SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE PAIN
AND ARE SCARED THAT IT MIGHT
CAUSE PROBLEM OR INJURY.
RIGHT THEN I DECLARED HEALING
AFTERWARDS I HAVEN'T HAD ANY
DISCOMFORT.
PRAISE THE LORD.
HERE'S WARREN FROM GRAHAM
WASHINGTON.
HE TOOK A LARGE VITAMIN TABLET.
THE PILL WENT DOWN THE WRONG
PIPE.
HIS RIGHT STARTED FILLING WITH
MUCUS A SORE BACK ACID BURNED
THE TOP OF HIS LONG WINDPIPE
AND THE BACK OF HIS.
AFTER A WEEK OF INTENSE PAIN
THE BURNING UP A BIT HE WAS
MISERABLE, CRACKLING AND ALL
DAY AND NIGHT ON WARREN AS PAM
WE'RE WATCHING THE 700 CLUB AND
HERE'S TERRY PRAYING.
THIS IS ALSO A LUNG ISSUE.
YOU HAVE ASPIRATED SOME STUFF
INTO YOUR LUNGS MORE THAN
ONE TIME NOW YOU'RE HAVING
ISSUES WITH YOUR BREATHING,
YOUR LUNGS AND WITH INFECTION.
GOD IS HEALING THAT RIGHT AS
THOUGH IT NEVER HAPPENED.
WOW.
WHILE HE AND PAM LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER BUT THEY DID AND CLAIM
THE HEALING.
SINCE THEN HE QUIT CHOKING
COUGH AND CAN BREATHE FREELY.
HE'S HEALED AND GIVES ALL
PRAISE TO JEHOVAH OUR HEALER
LET THAT NAME JUST BE WRITTEN
ON YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW THAT HE
IS HEALER.
I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOUR
DISEASE.
HE IS OUR HEALER.
NOW WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN WHEN WAS WAS WAS THAT
EVIDENT WHILE IT WAS THERE FROM
THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
HE WANTED WANTED TO HEAL THE
ALL THE DISEASES OF THE
ISRAELITES.
HE DID.
HE KEPT THEM DISEASE FREE MADE
SURE THEIR GARMENTS DIDN'T WEAR
OUT.
HE DID THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.
BUT WHEN DID IT HAPPEN FOR ALL
PEOPLE FOR ALL TIME?
WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
WELL, IT HAPPENED ON GOOD
FRIDAY.
IT HAPPENED WHEN JESUS OFFERED
HIMSELF AS A SACRIFICE FOR SAID
THAT HE CARRIED AWAY ALL OUR
INFIRMITY AND THAT WONDERFUL.
I LIKE TO CHALLENGE CHRISTIANS.
IF YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO
BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE SINCERE FOR
FORGIVING YOU HAVE ALL THE
FAITH THAT YOU NEED TO BELIEVE
FOR HEALING.
NOW THAT MAY BE A NEW THOUGHT
FOR YOU BUT HERE'S ANOTHER
THOUGHT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE AND THAT WONDERFUL ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
SO HOW BIG IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU
?
HOW BIG IS GOD FOR YOU?
DON'T LOOK TO YOUR ACTS.
DON'T LOOK TO YOUR OWN PRAYERS.
DON'T LOOK TO HOW GOOD ARE YOU
KNOW ALL THE BAD THINGS WILL
HAPPEN IF YOU'RE NOT HEALED.
DON'T LOOK TO ANY OF THAT.
LOOK TO THE FINISH WORK THE
CROSS.
LOOK TO JESUS.
HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER
OF YOUR FAITH.
LOOK TO HIM TO COME TO YOU AND
HEAL YOUR DISEASE.
NOW HERE'S SOME SCRIPTURE WHEN
TWO OR MORE GATHER TOGETHER IN
MY NAME THERE I IN THE MIDST OF
THEM.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
ONE, TWO OR MORE AGREED
TOUCHING ANYTHING IS SHALL BE
DONE FOR THEM BY MY FATHER IN
HEAVEN.
LET TERRY AND I BE YOUR TWO OR
MORE AND LET JESUS DO ALL THE
REST.
LET'S PRAY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WE
COME TO YOU AND WE DECLARE THAT
WITH YOU ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE DECLARE THAT BY YOUR
SACRIFICE ALL OF SINS ARE
FORGIVEN ALL OF OUR DISEASES
ARE HEALED WE DECLARE THE GOOD
NEWS AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD
REACH FORTH YOUR HAND TO DO
SIGNS WONDERS AND MIRACLES
TODAY MAY PEOPLE BE HEALED FROM
THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD TO THE
SOLES OF THEIR FEET.
NOW IN JESUS NAME THERE'S
SOMEONE YOU HEARD THE REPORT
ABOUT ASPIRATED AND YOU'VE HAD
I BELIEVE A STOMACH ACID THAT'S
BEEN ASPIRATED AND THAT'S A
PARTICULAR PROBLEM IN YOUR LEFT
LUNG AND THERE'S SEARING PAIN
AND LINGERING PROBLEMS FROM GOD
IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE
NAME OF JESUS MAY THAT LUNG
TISSUE BE COMPLETE RESTORED,
MAY YOUR ESOPHAGUS BE RESTORED,
MAY YOUR VOCAL CORDS BE
RESTORED, MAY EVERYTHING
CONCERNING YOU BE RESTORED
RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME.
TERRY, THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE A DEVIATED SEPTUM.
WHAT'S JUST NOT AN UNUSUAL
THING?
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE IT BUT FOR
YOU IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT
AFFECTS YOUR WHOLE SINUS CAVITY
AND INFECTION.
GOD'S HEALING FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED
SURGERY OR ANYTHING ELSE.
JUST RECEIVE IN JESUS NAME AND
THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL SETTING.
THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT THE PERSON YOU'RE
PRAYING FOR.
BUT THERE'S A BREATHING ISSUE.
THERE'S LIKE THIS ROUND MACHINE
THERE'S LIKE AN ACCORDION GOES
UP AND DOWN AND IT MAKES THE
SWOOSHING SOUND AND YOU ARE
PRAYING FOR THE LIFE AND
WELL-BEING OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
JESUS IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
HE'S IN CHARGE OF IT ALL.
HE'S GOT THE LIFE OF YOUR
ONE IN HIS HANDS.
JUST RECEIVE THAT AND TRUST HIM
IN JESUS NAME.
THERE'S SOMEONE WITH THE
RIGHT SHOULDER INJURY YOU'RE
BEING HEALED SOME THE RIGHT JAW
YOU'RE WITH ALL THAT SWELLING
PAIN LEAVING RIGHT NOW SOMEONE
WITH ENORMOUS PAIN IN YOUR
HEART CONGESTION THAT AFFECTS
YOUR HEART MUSCLE COUNTS
HEALING ALL IT RIGHT NOW IN
JESUS NAME AMEN.
WELL IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED LET
US NOW CALL US 1-800-700-7000
IS THE WORD FROM PETER HIM SO
FOR OUR SINS AND HIS BODY ON