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Cancerous Tumor Miraculously Dissolves from Man’s Face

“When you're going to the doctor and you hear nothing encouraging, that's when your faith, it's going to have to stand,” says Jerilyn Baker. In November 2020, her husband David started having constant nose bleeds. Doctors removed a polyp from his sinus cavity, but soon after things got worse. Jerilyn remembers, “When his face began to swell I thought he's got an infection. And I told him, 'We need to contact the doctor quickly.'”

The results of a CT scan shocked the family. David's brother in-law, Chuck Denny was there. “They told him he had stage four nasal cavity melanoma,” says Chuck. “They said surgery wasn't an option. Cause of the facial disfigurement would be too massive.” Jerilyn felt hopeless, “They told us that, that there was really nothing that they could do. Chemo wasn't for that type that he had.”

Chuck states, “I'd never seen anybody heal of cancer. Every time I heard the word cancer, it was a death sentence. And I feel like unless God moved, I feel like David wouldn't, you know, he wasn't gonna make it.”

“You know my first thought was in my teaching is that we need to move into a fast and seek God and see God heal,” says Jerilyn. David's face rapidly swelled to the point where he couldn't eat or see out of his right eye. 

Pastor, Marl Gilbert remembers the many prayers from multiple church locations and beyond. “Both church families was praying for David and there was a multitude of other people. It wasn't just our churches. David used to be a pastor himself. So there's a lot of people that he knows. It was praying for him in different areas of the country, just believing God for the turnaround in his life.”

“Several times a day we would pray together,” says Jerilyn. “And there was times that you felt like you were just lost for words. You felt like that you were only repeating yourself because you were worn out. You were worn down from this sickness.”

“His condition just kept getting worse,” says Chuck. “But the prayers at that point, we didn't see much.”

“This was swelling inside of his mouth, as fast as it was on the outside,” says Jerilyn. “And he couldn't hardly eat. It was just terrible. And we knew that we were facing a horrible storm in life.”

On Easter morning, Dr. Tom Renfro and his wife, Sid, were visiting their church for a special prayer service. Remembering her husband’s own miraculous healing from cancer, Sid was moved with compassion to pray for David.

Sid remembers, “When I prayed for David, I don't touch people's head. I, I normally just touch their shoulders, but I did touch his face because I, I wanted to be very specific and very direct.”

Jerilyn watched, “I remember standing there and I thought that's going to come off in her hand because you could feel such a presence of God's spirit.”

Sid continues, “I prayed the prayer that my dad had prayed. 'By this time tomorrow, this side of your face will look like this side of your face because that prayer had worked for my dad.”

The day after Easter, something amazing happened. “He said, 'There's a change in my face. Do you see it?' I said, 'I've already seen it,'” says Jerilyn.

David smiles and says, “I looked at my wife and I said, 'I see a change in my face.' She said, 'I do too. But I was afraid to say anything.' So, we decided to go eat with our family again. And we said, 'Well let's just see what they have to say.' And they all seen me and they said it, 'That thing's shrinking.' And it was just a matter of days. It was gone.”

David's tumor vanished and doctors later confirmed that he is now cancer free. The Bakers are forever thankful to God for answering their prayers. “There's many people that has got a diagnosis like David and I feel like they saw death,” says Jerilyn. “Maybe they prepared for death, but I'd say don't give up. I'd say take His word into your spirit and I'd say believe it with everything you've got because that's what we done.”

“What I witnessed with David up close and personal with him, I mean, it just boosted my faith,” says Chuck. “I mean I know God can do anything big, little, it don't matter. He can, he can move in anything.”

Sid smiles, “I felt jubilant when I saw the picture and the tumor was gone and he had a normal face.”

“When I see David now, I think about the benevolence of God, the mercy of God, that God in this state of David's life in his older years, that God has proven His faithfulness to him,” says Pastor Mark.

“Well, I'm thankful that you know what happened that God healed me,” says David. “I'm thankful for that. I've never doubted what God was capable of doing. I've always believed that He's the healer, that He can heal cancer, He can heal heart attacks, He can kill anything that's affected me and He can take care of it if we'll just believe Him and walk in His word and not let doubt and unbelief in 'cause that stops the hand of God. I’m very thankful.”

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Finding Purpose in the Art of Filmmaking

Choosing a political science major was a pretty easy decision for Lawrence, or “Law” Watford.
“I love politics. I love talking about politics,” says Law. There was just one problem. “There’s not really a career for a political scientist. You don’t graduate and be like ‘Yes, I’m a political scientist’ you know,” says Law. “What else could I do? I guess I can teach social studies.”

Then, in his senior year at Hampton University, he got his answer. “I saw The Matrix and I was so enamored. The creativity behind it, the philosophical nature of the questions it was asking, spiritual questions it was asking,” says Law. “That fascinated me, and I was like, ‘I want to do that.’”

After considering a number of film schools, Law chose Regent University - the only Christian University in the country offering a Master’s in Film. In his first days there he knew he was on the right track as a whole new world opened up to him.

“Then once we picked up the camera, I was like ‘Wow!’ These little Sony cameras at the time, and I remember the smell, I remember the sound, I remember what it’s like when you turn the camera on, I was like, ‘This is awesome,’” says Law. “And it’s just—the mind just started turning ideas, ideas, ideas.”

“There was a sense of freeness. So, at any given time if I had something that I was burning to do, I can get a camera and do it,” says Law. “They definitely provided that kind of environment.”

And for a young man deeply rooted in his faith, Regent allowed him to explore more than just an exciting career.

“I enjoyed the challenge of integrating my faith with the art,” says Law. “Like you know when you find something, it’s like, ‘Wow!’ Like that feels refreshing because it was something you were missing you didn’t know you were missing, you know. That’s what I discovered.”

After graduating in 2004, Law moved back to his hometown, New York City. He jumped right into the industry, landing freelance gigs on major film and television productions such as Law and order, Revolutionary Road, and Mission Impossible 3. He says his time at Regent prepared him both professionally and spiritually to be a witness to God’s love in such a challenging, secular industry.

“How do we create stories and-and-and-share—not just the Gospel, but something deeper, the thing that’s beyond the words,” says Law.

Then, after some twelve years in the industry, now married and a father of three, Law again questioned what the future held.

“I was on the verge of—I don’t know if I would have ever really given up, but I felt like ‘Okay, God is this it?’” says Law. “Like ‘Am I just destined to try to beat the bushes for freelance work? Because nothing was working out. I’d done a film two years prior to that called The Savior & The Samaritan. I thought it was a brilliant sort of discussion—nobody saw it,” laughs Law. “Nobody seemed to care.”

About that time, Law heard from an old friend who asked him to direct a short film, called Flipped—a story dealing with social justice and racial reconciliation—issues close to Law’s heart.

“He wanted to address the feeling of the day in the life of a Black teenager, but in a way that inverted the scenario so that the White teen is a minority in a Black environment and to create and tell the same story—take that—take the viewer on that same journey and to see, does it feel different like when you see those events play out,” says Law.

Flipped premiered in 2019 and has even screened at the iconic Chinese Theatre in L.A. Law has gone on to write, produce, and direct other films highlighting social justice issues, hoping his stories and characters offer audiences new perspectives.

“How do they resolve their differences; how do they dissolve the walls that are-are in between them?” says Law.” “And I think with regards to our faith, like that’s what the faith is about. It’s about reaching beyond ourselves, you know, and reaching out to humanity as a whole with this message of love, compassion, grace, mercy, and forgiveness.”

In 2021, he was named one of Essence magazine’s “7 Independent Black Filmmakers to Watch.” As he communicates through the language of film, Law continues to find his greatest source of inspiration in Jesus Christ.

“That’s the one consistent thing, I think, that’s held since Regent. I always felt that God wants me to communicate His heart, His nature,” says Law. “The overall message of Christ was really simple; love your brother, love one another, take on the burdens of one another,” says Law. “That’s still the goal, to communicate the heart of Christ, the nature of Christ, and dissolve the things that separate us.”
 

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A Boy’s Struggle, a Grandmother’s Fear, and Unexpected Hope

Ke always loved to watch table tennis and dreamed of competing like the professionals. "They’re fit, and fast, and strong as a cheetah,” he explains.

Ke’s grandmother raises him. Even though she’s poor, she managed to get him a table tennis paddle to pursue his dream. It was harder than he thought.

“I couldn’t hold out long because I was always weak and sick,” he recalls. “My heart beat really fast and it was hard to breathe.”

No-one knew why until he had a check-up at school and was diagnosed with a hole in his heart.

“I remember once I saw a TV show where the star died of heart disease,” he shares. “So, I was scared every day.”

Meanwhile, Ke started having nightmares.

“I felt hands pressed on my heart. I struggled to wake-up and was covered in sweat. My heart was beating fast, like someone had hit it with a hammer,” recounts Ke.

His grandmother says, “My grandson got sicker. I was more frightened than ever.”

Then a teacher at Ke’s school told Grandma Zhang about CBN, and you helped make heart surgery possible.

 “After the operation, I can exercise again,” Ke exclaims.

Grandma Zhang reports, “Every day after school he runs and play table tennis. When I see him come home sweaty, I ask him, ‘Are you tired?’ He says, ‘I'm not tired at all. I have lots of strength left.’”

Throughout the process, CBN shared the love of God with Ke.

He says, “They told me there was a mighty warrior named David in the Bible. He believed in God and God made him invincible. I decided to believe in God and follow Him. I even began to read the Bible at home.” Ke concludes, “Thanks to CBN for giving me a healthy heart and helping me know God.”

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Co-Founder of Gen Z for Jesus and Founder of Jesus Clubs

Brian was radically saved in high school. God gave him the dream to "Jesus Clubs" in high schools, They are now all over the world. He is also co-founder of Gen Z for Jesus.

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