[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER,
WE SEE A LOT OF PINK
RIBBONS, AND MEN WALKING A
MILE IN HER SHOES TO BRING
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
SHIS YEAR MORE THAN 200,000
AMERICANS WILL BE DIAGNOSED
WITH THE DISEASE.
Terry: AND WITH ITS
PROGNOSIS COMES INVASIVE
SURGERY AND PAINFUL
TREATMENTS.
SADLY, NEARLY 40,000 PEOPLE
WILL LOSE THEIR BATTLE WITH
BREAST CANCER IN 2011
ALONE.
HOWEVER, AS LAURIE JOHNSON
TELLS US, THE BEST WAY TO
BEET THIS DISEASE IS WITH A
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND EARLY
DETECTION.
Reporter: PAM SMITH
SEES EVERY DAY AS A GIFT
FROM GOD.
LIFE TOOK ON NEW MEANING
WHEN SHE LEARNED HE HAD
BREAST CANCER.
IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO ME,
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.
Reporter: THAT NEWS
CAME FOLLOWING HER YEARLY
MAMMOGRAM, THE BREAST X-RAY
THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED
FOR ALL WOMEN BEGINNING AT
AGE 40.
MAMMOGRAMS CAN DETECT CANCER
WHEN IT IS STILL VERY SMALL,
WHICH IS VALUABLE BECAUSE
CANCER BECOMES DEADLY AS IT
GROWS AND SPREADS TO OTHER
ORGANS.
THE PHONE RANG, IT WAS
8:00 AND THE MORNING, AND HE
IS STANDING THERE, AND I
TURN TO HIM AND SAY, OH, MY
GOD, THEY THINK I HAVE
BREAST CANCER.
WE BOTH JUST -- HE
STARTED CRYING AND I STARTED
CRYING.
WE WERE -- IT WAS
DEVASTATING.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
Reporter: IN HER NEW
BOOK "101 THINGS YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT BREAST CANCER,"
PAM CHRONICLES HOW SHE
SUFFERED THROUGH A
MASTECTOMY, CHEMOTHERAPY,
AND RADIATION.
HER PROGNOSIS IS GOOD
BECAUSE AT AGE 46 SHE CAUGHT
IT EARLY THANKS TO THAT
MAMMOGRAM.
BUT NOW A GOVERNMENT PANEL
RECOMMENDS WOMEN WAIT UNTIL
AGE 50 TO BEGIN GETTING
THOSE CHECKUPS.
A MOVE THAT COULD CARRY
DEADLY CONSEQUENSES.
IT ENDED UP BEING FOUR
TUMORS.
ONE WAS FAIRLY LARGE.
IF I HAD WAITED, THERE IS NO
DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE SPREAD.
AND IF I WAITED UNTIL 50, I
MEAN -- I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
Reporter: THE REASON
GIVEN BY U.S. PREVENTIVE
SERVICES TASKFORCE IS THEY
SAY EVEN THOUGH MAMMOGRAMS
REDUCE THE RISK OF DYING BY
15% AMONG WOMEN IN THEIR
40s, THE RISK OF FALSE
POSITIVES AND INNOVATIVE"7C
PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS.
AND THEY ALSO BRING UP A
COST FACTOR.
MAMMOGRAMS PERFORMED ON
WOMEN IN THEIR 40s SAVE
ONE LIFE EVERY 1900
MAMMOGRAMS PERFORMED.
COMPARED TO WOMEN IN THEIR
50s, AND DR. NINA
SPECIALIZES IN READING
MAMMOGRAMS AT A CANCER
NETWORK, ONE OF ONLY 32
SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE WITH
ACCREDITATION BY THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
SURGEONS.
SHE ALSO DISPUTES THE
GOVERNMENT'S NEW
GUIDELINES.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION YET TO
SAY, NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO
HAVE MAMMOGRAMS IN YOUR
40s.
Reporter: HER OWN STUDY
OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT
SINTERA FOUND NOW EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT WAITING UNTIL AGE
50.
WE IDENTIFIED ABOUT THE
SAME NUMBER OF CANCERS IN
THE 40-YEAR-OLDS AS WE DID
IN THE 50-YEAR-OLDS.
AND I JUST -- I DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.
Reporter: FURTHERMORE,
SHE POINTS TO A RECENT
SWEDISH STUDY OF A MILLION
WOMEN FOLLOWED OVER 20 YEARS
THAT SUGGESTS SCREENING
WOMEN IN THEIR 40s COULD
REDUCE THE DEATH RATE BY
ALMOST 30%.
SURVEYS LIKE THAT ARE WHY SO
MANY DOCTORS AND THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
STICK BY THE ORIGINAL
RECOMMENDATION OF STARTING
MAMMOGRAMS AT AGE 40.
IN ADDITION TO GETTING
MAMMOGRAMS, DOCTORS ALSO
RECOMMEND WOMEN DO THEIR OWN
BREAST SELF-EXAMS AT HOME
EVERY MONTH, IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING MENSTRUATION.
Reporter: USING TWO
FINGERS, PRESS DOWN FIRMLY
IN SMALL CIRCLES, GOING OVER
THE ENTIRE BREAST AREA.
TELL YOUR DR. IMMEDIATELY IF
YOU FEEL A THICKENING OR
LUMP THAT MIGHT FEEL LIKE A
PEBBLE OR FROZEN PEA.
SHE OFFERS EDUCATION ABOUT
BREAST HEALTH 101 AT
CHURCHES OR CIVIC
ORGANIZATIONS.
I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE
PATIENTS TO KNOW THEIR
BREASTS MORE THAN THEIR
DOCTORS, SO THEY IF THEY
KNOW SOMETHING IS KNEW,
THEY -- NEW, THEY CAN POINT
IT OUT TO THE DOCTOR AND SAY
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
I'VE NOTICED.
Reporter: SHE ALSO
POINTS OUT RESEARCH THAT THE
CHANCE OF GETTING BREAST
CANCER CAN BE REDUCED BY
EXERCISING, MAINTAINING A
HEALTHY WEIGHT, AND EATING A
DIET HIGH IN FRESH FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES.
ALSO STAY AWAY FROM SUGAR,
TRANS-FATS, ALCOHOL AND
SMOKING.
WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
MAKE LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO DECREASE
YOUR CHANCE OF GETTING
BREAST CANCER, YOU CAN ALSO
PUT AWAY SOME OF THE MYTHS
ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT CAUSES
IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, DEODERANTS AND
ANTIPERSPIRANTS DO NOT CAUSE
BREAST CANCER.
THE SAME GOES FOR UNDERWEAR
BRAS, OR ANY CLOTHING FOR
THAT MATTER.
HAVING LARGE BREASTS OR
BREAST IMPLANTS DO NOT
INCREASE YOUR RISK.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE
RADIATION FROM A MAMMOGRAM
DOES NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT
THREAT.
IT IS ABOUT THE SAME
AMOUNT OF RADIATION AS IF
YOU'VE TAKEN AN AIRPLANE
TRIP FROM BOSTON TO L.A.
SO IT'S A VERY LOW AMOUNT.
MUCH LESS THAN, SAY, A CHEST
X-RAY.
Reporter: SO WHILE
MAMMOGRAMS AREN'T PERFECT,
THEY DO SAVE LIVES.
I WOULD HAVE MISSED MY
SON'S GRADUATION FROM
COLLEGE.
I WOULD HAVE MISSED MY SON'S
WEDDING.
HE HAS GOT A BEAUTIFUL
WIFE.
I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER
FINALLY.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
YOU MISS IF YOU DON'T GO AND
GET THAT ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM.
Reporter: LAURIE
JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Terry: WELL, TODAY'S
GUEST IS ONE OF THE
COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO HAS
OVERCOME CANCER, BREAST
CANCER, AND WE'D LIKE TO
WELCOME HOLLY WAGNER TO "700
CLUB INTERACTIVE."
HOLLY, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US?
THANKS, IT'S GREAT TO BE
HERE.
Terry: HOLLY, LET'S
TALK ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS FIRST
AND FOREMOST.
YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY, AND
WHEN DO YOU THINK A WOMAN
SHOULD RECEIVE HER FIRST
MAMMOGRAM?
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE
EREARLIER, THE BETTER AS
WELL.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY I
FOUND THE LUMP IN MY BREAST
BECAUSE I WAS COMMITTED TO
DO MY MONTHLY SELF-EXAM.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
TO DO THEIR OWN SELF-EXAM.
I WENT DOWN TO HAVE A
MAMMOGRAM AND I WAS IN MY
EARLY 40s.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
HAVE A BASE LINE, EVEN IF
THERE IS NOTHING THERE, SO
YOU HAVE A BASE LINE OF WHAT
A HEALTHY BREAST TISSUE
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
Terry: WHEN YOU FIRST
FOUND THE LUMP, DID YOU
ASSUME IT WAS CANCER?
WERE YOU FEAR-FILLED?
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS.
I HAVE HAD A CYST BEFORE.
IT DID FEEL A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN THE CYST
BECAUSE IT WAS HARDER.
BUT I THOUGHT, MAYBE THIS IS
JUST A HARDER CYST OR
SOMETHING.
SO I DIDN'T REALLY GO IN
EXPECTING IT TO BE BREAST
CANCER.
SO WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT
WAS, I WAS PRETTY
SURPRISED.
ACTUALLY, WHEN I WALKED IN
THERE, THE NURSE WAS
CRYING.
SO YOU KNOW IT IS NOT GOING
TO BE GOOD WHEN THE NURSE IS
CRYING.
Terry: YEAH, I GUESS
NOT.
NOT A GOOD SIGN.
Terry: WERE YOU FILLED
WITH FEAR?
WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?
WELL, SURPRISE AND
SHOCK.
AND I JUST REMEMBER,
YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND WAS
THERE WITH ME, AND WE WENT
HOME AND TOLD OUR KIDS.
AND IN THAT MOMENT I
REALIZED THAT THE WAY THAT I
NAVIGATED THIS, THE WAY THAT
I APPROACHED IT, WOULD
ACTUALLY BE THE WAY THAT IT
AFFECTED MY FAMILY.
SO I JUST WENT, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THAT CANCER HAS TO BOW TO
ME.
SO I'M GOING TO PUT
EVERYTHING I KNOW, PUT ALL
OF MY FAITH AND HOPE AND
TRUST IN HIM, AND I'M GOING
TO BE THAT WARRIOR THAT
RISES EN THE MIDST OF
CHALLENGE AND I'M GOING TO
FIGHT IT WITH FAITH.
I'M GOING TO DO ALL OF THE
NATURAL STUFF I NEEDED TO
DO.
I CHANGED MY EXERCISE
ROUTINE AND WHAT I EAT AND
HOW I SLEEP, AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT I DID REALIZE THAT
I NEEDED TO CALL IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
Terry: HOLLY, WHAT WERE
SOME OF THE STRUGGLES YOU
ENCOUNTERED?
WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
SOME BATTLES IN LIFE THAT --
THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE
YOUR BATTLES.
IN MARRIAGE AND PARENTING,
THAT IS PROBABLY GOOD
ADVICE.
BUT I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO
BATTLE CANCER.
IT JUST SORT OF CAME UP.
AND SO I REALIZE FOR ME I
HAVE THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO
RISE IN THE MIDST OF THIS
CHALLENGE.
AND THERE ARE -- IN PROVERBS
31, IT SAYS, SHE RISES WHILE
IT IS YET NIGHT.
I'M THINKING, NO, SHE
DOESN'T.
SHE SLEEPS WHILE IT IS
NIGHT.
THAT VERSE USED TO ANNOY
ME.
BUT IT IS SHE, THIS AMAZING
WOMAN, SHE RISES IN THE
MIDST OF CHAOS AND
ADVERSITY.
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE
COLLAPSING, SHE RISES.
I HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION
TO BE THE SHE THAT RISES.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR
ATTITUDE.
AND WHEN YOU WOULD RATHER GO
IN THE CORNER AND MOAN AND
CRY, YOU HAVE TO GO NO,
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THE
SHE THAT RISES.
AND THERE ARE SURGERIES AND
PAIN AND TREATMENTS.
YOU READ THE STATISTICS
ABOUT BREAST CANCER, WHICH I
HAD TO LEARN TO LIMIT -- I
WASN'T GO TO READ ALL OF THE
STATISTICS ABOUT BREAST
CANCER BEFORE I WENT TO
BED.
SO I HAD TO CHANGE SOME OF
THOSE THINGS.
I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION IN
MY HEART AND SOUL TO BE THE
SHE THAT RISES.
Terry: HOLLY, EVEN
HAVING DONE THAT, AS YOU
TALK ABOUT HAVING TO GO
THROUGH SURGERY AND HAVING
PAIN INVOLVED WITH IT, AND
JUST ALL OF THE UNKNOWNS
THAT ARE A PART OF CANCER
TREATMENT, DID YOU EVER HAVE
TIMES WHERE YOU SUFFERED
FROM DEPRESSION, OR WHERE
YOU FELT LIKE GOD HAD
FORGOTTEN YOU?
I DON'T KNOW THAT I
REALLY GOT DEPRESSED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE
IS ONE THING I DID RIGHT,
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I
HAD TO LEARN.
I HAD TO LEARN TO HAVE FAITH
FOR THIS DAY.
I'M THE KIND OF PERSON I
WANT TO KNOW THE PLAN.
I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS
THE STAGE OF CANCER, AND
THIS IS THE TREATMENT I HAVE
TO HAVE, WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IF WE DO THIS.
ALL OF THAT BRINGS FEAR.
I HAD TO HAVE FAITH FOR THIS
DAY.
ONE THING I DID RIGHT IS I
SURROUNDED MYSELF WITH JUST
STRONG PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ONLY
COMPASSIONATE, BUT WHO WERE
PRAYING FOR ME.
AND SO THERE WERE MANY TIMES
WHEN I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
A TREATMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ABSOLUTELY
OVERWHELMING, AND I FELT
UNDEUNDERGURDED AND
STRENGTHENED.
I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS PRAYING
FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE
GOTTEN THROUGH THIS WITH THE
PEOPLE I SURROUNDED MYSELF
WITH.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I DID THE
RIGHT THING, I POSITIONED
MYSELF WELL FOR THIS
BATTLE.
I HAD SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE
AROUND ME.
THE ONES THAT REMINDED ME OF
MY PURPOSE.
THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I
WANTED TO FREAK OUT.
I WAS IN A MEETING WITH
SOMEONE WHO HAD A DOUBLE
MASTECTOMY AND FELT LIKE SHE
NEEDED TO MOVE TO WEST
VIRGINIA AND MOVE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND PLAY HER
UKULELE WITH NO STRESS.
AND I THOUGHT, MAYBE I NEED
TO MOVE AND PLAY MY UKULELE,
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T PLAY
ONE, AND I HAD A FRIEND THAT
SAID THE CALL AND PURPOSE
GOD HAS GIVEN ME WAS HERE IN
LOS ANGELES.
Terry: SPEAKING OF
FIGHTING THE FIGHT, THE NAME
OF YOUR BOOK IS "WARRIOR
CHICKS," AND YOU HAVE A LOT
OF WONDERFUL ADVICE IN HERE,
NOT FOR JUST PEOPLE
STRUGGLING WITH BREAST
CANCER, BUT ANY AS VERSITY.
COMING INTO WHATEVER HAPPENS
TO YOU IN LIFE, FULLY
PREPARED WITH, I ASSUME, THE
KIND OF PEOPLE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, AND ABOUT
BEING IN THE WORD AND ALL
KINDS OF WONDERFUL ADVICE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BEING ON THE PROGRAM TODAY
AND FOR OFFERING THIS KIND
OF HOPE FOR WOMEN WHO ARE IN
THE SAME SITUATION YOU ARE
AND ALSO WOMEN WHO FIND ALL
KINDS OF STRUGGLES.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I HOPE IT IS AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO PEOPLE.
Terry: IT SURE IS.
"WARRIOR CHICKS" IS THE NAME
OF THE BOOK.
GORDON?
Gordon: COMING UP ON
THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO
BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS.
STAY TUNED.
Gordon: EACH YEAR
NEARLY 200,000 WOMEN IN
AMERICA ARE DIAGNOSED WITH
BREAST CANCER.
CYNTHIA KNOEL WAS ONE OF
THEM.
IT COULD TAKE YEARS FOR A
WOMAN TO BEAT THE DISEASE,
BUT FOR CYNTHIA, IT TOOK TWO
DAYS.
I WASN'T FEELING WELL.
IT WAS EXTREMELY TIRED.
AND I SENSED THAT SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
BUT I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE.
SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
AND SHE WAS EXAMINING ME,
AND SHE FELT SOMETHING IN MY
BREAST.
AND SHE SAID, WE NEED TO
HAVE A MAMMOGRAM.
I SAID, OKAY.
I'LL GO HAVE ONE.
AND I DID.
AND THEY FOUND A THREE
CENTIMETRE LUMP IN MY
BREAST.
I WENT TO CHURCH BECAUSE I
WAS BURDENED ABOUT IT.
I WAS AFRAID OF BEING SICK.
I WAS AFRAID OF LEAVING MY
FAMILY.
THE PREACHER SAID THERE IS
SOMEONE HERE WHO HAS CANCER
IN YOUR BREAST, AND YOU HAVE
UNFORGIVENESS.
IT WAS LIKE GOD OPENED MY
EYES.
THE SCALES -- THEY WERE JUST
REMOVED FROM MY EYES.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I
DO HAVE UNFORGIVENESS.
AND GOD JUST REVEALED IT TO
ME.
IN A WAY THAT WAS POWERFUL.
AND I WENT TO THE ALTER, AND
I RELEASED IT.
AND I WAS WATCHING CBN AND
GORDON HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
Gordon: SO RIGHT NOW,
CHOOSE TO FORGIVE.
FROM YOUR INNER MOST BEING,
JUST FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE
HURT YOU.
AND I KNEW THAT WAS JUST
A CONFIRMATION.
I FELT THAT GORDON WAS
SPEAKING TO ME.
IT ALMOST FELT LIKE HE WAS
SAYING MY NAME.
AND I THOUGHT, THANK YOU,
LORD.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING
THROUGH GORDON TO ME.
I RECEIVE IT.
ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER, I WENT
BACK AND THEY DID ANOTHER
MAMMOGRAM.
AND THEY COULD FIND
NOTHING.
AND I KNEW I HAD BEEN
HEALED.
SO I ENDED UP IN ONE DAY
HAVING FOUR MAMMOGRAMS AND
AN ULTRASOUND AND THEY
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
AND I KNOW THAT GOD HEALED
ME.
I KNOW HE HEALED ME, AND I
JUST PRAISE HIM FOR IS.
Gordon: HE WILL HEAL
YOU.
WHAT'S THE ONE THING THAT
WILL STOP GOD'S FORGIVENESS
FROM FLOWING, AND THAT'S
WHEN WE HAVE UNFORGIVENESS
TO OTHERS.
WE START LOOKING AT OUR
BODIES, OUR PHYSIOLOGY --
START UNDERSTANDING, WE
WEREN'T MADE FOR THAT.
WE WEREN'T MADE TO HAVE
UNFORGIVENESS.
WE WEREN'T MADE TO HAVE
BITTERNESS AND ANGER.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND GOD'S
PLAN, GOD'S PLAN FOR US WAS
WE WOULD DWELL IN A GARDEN.
AND HE WOULD PROVIDE FOR ALL
OF OUR NEEDS.
HE WOULD COME DOWN IN THE
COOL OF THE EVENING AND TALK
WITH US.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT MESSED
THAT UP.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT GOT INTO
JUDGMENT.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT ATE FROM
THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
AND WHEN WE DID THAT, WE
STARTED JUDGING.
AND WE STARTED SAYING, WELL,
THIS ISN'T RIGHT.
SOME OF US, WE JUDGE
OURSELVES.
WE DO THAT EVERY DAY.
WE LOOK IN THE MIRROR, AND
WE SAY WE DON'T LOOK RIGHT.
WE START SAYING, YOU KNOW,
WHY WAS I SO STUPID?
AND YOU START JUDGING AND
CONDEMNING YOURSELF.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TO OTHERS,
WE DO IT TO US.
AND IN THAT, THERE IS
TREMENDOUS POWER IN OUR
WORDS.
AND THAT POWER CAN CREATE
STRESS AND ANXIETY.
AND MODERN MEDICINE IS
STARTING TO UNDERSTAND NOW
HOW MUCH THAT BITTERNESS,
STRESS, ANXIETY STARTS TO
LEAD TO BREAK DOWN IN
CELLULAR STRUCTURE, STARTS
TO LEAD TO ALL OF THE
DISEASES OF IMFLAMMATION.
YOU CAN LITERALLY BRING ON A
HEART ATTACK.
ALL BASED ON WHAT WE THINK
AND HOW WE EXPRESS THAT.
AND THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD
ON TO.
NOW, JESUS HAD A PARABLE,
AND IT IS ABOUT A MAN WHO
HAD A DEBT TO A KING, AND IT
WAS MORE THAN HE COULD EVER
PAY, EVER, EVER, EVER.
IT WAS HUGE.
AND THE KING SAID, OKAY,
I'LL FORGIVE YOU THE DEBT,
I'LL LET YOU WALK FREE FROM
IT.
AND AS HE WAS LEAVING THE
KING'S PRESENCE, HE FOUND
SOMEONE WHO OWED HIM A SMALL
AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND HE
REFUSED TO FORGIVE THE
DEBT.
AND HE TOLD THEM, I WILL
HOLD YOU IN PRISON UNTIL YOU
PAY EVERY PENNY.
NOW, JESUS TOLD THAT PARABLE
AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN
GOD FINDS OUT WE DON'T
FORGIVE OTHERS.
IT IS INTERESTING THE WORDS
HE CHOSE.
HE SAID, "THE KING DELIVERED
HIM OVER TO THE TORTURERS
UNTIL HE WOULD PAY EVERY BIT
OF IT."
WELL, IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW
BITTERNESS STO TORTURES
YOUR OWN BODY, YOU
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING
BEHIND THAT PARABLE.
HOW LITERALLY YOU TORTURE
YOURSELF.
AND EVERY TIME YOU REMEMBER
WHAT WAS DONE WRONG TO YOU,
YOU RELIVE IT, AND YOU
RELIVE THE INJURY.
THE PERSON THAT DID IT TO
YOU IS LONG GONE.
YOU KNOW?
THEY'RE NOT BEING AFFECTED
AT ALL BY YOUR BITTERNESS.
BUT YOU'RE BEING AFFECTED BY
IT.
AND IT'S BREAKING DOWN YOUR
BODY.
SO FORGIVE.
WAS FREE FROM IT.
WALK IN LOVE.
WALK IN FORGIVENESS.
AND WHEN YOU DO, THEN YOU
OPEN UP WINDOWS IN HEAVEN
AND YOU RECEIVE FORGIVENESS
AS WELL.
AND YOU RECEIVE HEALING, AND
YOU RECEIVE RESTORATION.
YOU LITERALLY DWELL IN THIS
PRESENCE.
AND JUST LIKE IN THE GARDEN
OF EDEN, GOD WILL COME DOWN
AND TALK WITH YOU.
AND HE'LL RESTORE YOU AND
REFRESH YOU.
SO IF YOU WANT THAT, WALK IN
FORGIVENESS.
FORGIVE US OUR DEBT, AS WE
FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS, AND
THAT'S THE LORD'S PRAYER.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE LINK
BETWEEN THEM, THAT'S WHEN
YOU START WALKING IN
FORGIVENESS AND YOU FORGIVE
EVERYBODY, INCLUDING
YOURSELF.
NOW, THAT'S THE BASIS FOR
IT.
IF YOU WANT PRAYER FOR
HEALING, AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW --
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
AGREE, BUT BEFORE WE DO
THAT, JUST START THINKING OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU HOLD
AGAINST SOMEBODY ELSE, AND
JUST SAY, I FORGIVE THEM.
I SET THEM FREE.
THEY OWE ME NOTHING.
I WANT THEM TO WALK FREE
FROM ANY GUILT AND SHAME,
AND I WANT TO BE FREE FROM
THIS MYSELF.
AND THAT WILL RELEASE YOU.
AND THEN RELEASE GOD'S
HEALING POWER INTO YOUR
BODY.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE JUST LIFT THE NEEDS
OF THE AUDIENCE TO YOU RIGHT
NOW.
AND AS PEOPLE ARE THINKING
OF ALL THE WOUNDS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO THEM OVER THEIR
LIFE, WE JUST JOIN WITH THEM
AND WE SAY WE FORGIVE.
WE SET THEM FREE.
THEY OWE US NOTHING.
AND, LORD, WE WANT NOTHING
TO SEPARATE US FROM YOUR
FORGIVENESS.
AND SO WE SAY FORGIVE.
WE SET FREE NOW, AND WE ASK
FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR
HOLDING ON TO BITTERNESS.
AND, LORD, WE ALSO FORGIVE
OURSELVES BECAUSE IF YOU
DIED FOR US, WE'RE THAT
VALUABLE, WE'RE WORTH THE
PRICE THAT YOU PAID.
SO WE SET OURSELVES FREE
FROM ALL THE MISTAKES OF OUR
PAST, AND WE SAY "BEHOLD,
ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW."
AND WE SAY TODAY IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE AND
WE WILL REJOICE AND BE DPLAD
GLAD IN IT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
FUTURE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE OUR FUTURE.
AND NOW LET YOUR HEALING
FLOW.
LET YOUR ANOINTING FLOW.
LET YOUR PEACE BE MULTIPLIED
INTO PEOPLE'S BODIES NOW.
AND WE SAY TO THAT HEADACHE
RIGHT NOW, BE STILL; PEACE
TO YOU.
NO MORE PAIN.
NO MORE ILLNESS.
BE GONE NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE WITH AN EYE
CONDITION, YOU'VE BEEN
DIAGNOSED AS IT'S CAUSED BY
STRESS, AND IT CAUSES A
FEELING OF PAIN IN YOUR
EYES -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE
LITTLE GRAINS OF SAND ON
YOUR EYELID.
AND GOD IS HEALING YOU AND
RESTORING YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
BE HEALED.
ALL PAIN BE GONE NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE, YOU'VE
BEEN IN SOME KIND OF AN
ACCIDENT -- NOT NECESSARILY
A CAR ACCIDENT, BUT YOU HAVE
CRACKED YOUR OCCIPITAL
BONE.
AND GONE IS HEALING YOU.
ALL OF THAT SWELLING AND
PAIN AND THAT OVERWHELMING
FEELING OF PRECIOUS AR --
PRESSURE ARE GOING TO BEGIN
TO LEAVE YOU.
AND SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU'VE
HAD SUCH A PROBLEM WITH YOUR
SINUSES, YOU CAN HARDLY
BREATHE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
ALLERGY-RELATED, BUT YOU'LL
FEEL IT LOOSEN UP.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BREATHE
COMPLETELYLY FREELY, AND IT
WILL NOT RETURN AGAIN.
Gordon: SOMEBODY WITH
INJURY TO YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER, YOUR DOCTOR HAS
TOLD YOU YOU HAVE
QUARTERBACK SHOULDER, FROM
SOME KIND OF REPETITIVE
INJURY, AND GOD IS HEALING
YOU NOW.
YOU'RE BEING RESTORED.
YOU HAVE FULL MOVEMENT.
WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE,
DO NOW.
AND RECEIVE HEALING INTO
YOUR BODY.
START MOVING YOUR RIGHT ARM
AND REALIZE YOU'VE BEEN SET
FREE.
Terry: SOMEBODY ELSE,
YOU HAVE UNEVEN HIPS.
AND GOD IS EVENING THAT OUTS
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
Gordon: LORD, WE THANK
YOU FOR YOU ARE THE HEALER.
YOU ARE THE FORGIVER.
YOU ARE OUR ALL IN ALL.
WHEN WE RECEIVE, YOU WE
RECEIVE ALL WE NEED.
BLESS YOU FOR WHAT WE'VE
DONE.
IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY
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YOUR GOOD REPORT.
SO CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, GIVE US
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TERRY?
Terry: WHEN SATA WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, SHE
THOUGHT SHE WAS GIVEN A
DEATH SENTENCE.
BUT INSTEAD, THIS INDONESIAN
WOMAN WAS ABOUT TO SEE A
MIRACLE.
IT ALL STARTED WITH A
TELEVISION SHOW AND A PHONE
CALL.
Reporter: SOMETIMES SHE
WOULD FEEL FAINT.
OTHER TIMES SHE WOULD SIMPLY
LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.
I WENT TO SEE SOME
DOCTORS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS
WRONG, BUT THEY COULDN'T
GIVE ME A CLEAR DIAGNOSIS.
AND THE PAIN MEDICINE THEY
PRESCRIBED DIDN'T WORK
EITHER.
I WAS LIVING WITH SO MUCH
PAIN, AND IT WAS GETTING
WORSE BY THE DAY.
Reporter: SARTE FINALLY
FOUND ANOTHER DOCTOR WHO
GAVE HER THE GRIM DIAGNOSIS:
CANCER.
AFTER SEVERAL CHECKUPS,
THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I HAVE
TUME TUMORS IN MY BODY, ONE
IN MY BRAIN AND ONE IN MY
BREAST.
I FELT SO SAD AND ALONE.
TO ME, HAVING CANCER IS A
DEATH SENTENCE BECAUSE MY
MOTHER DIED A YEAR AGO OF
BREAST CANCER.
Reporter: BUT ONE NIGHT
GOD REVEALED TO SARTE HE
WOULD NEVER LEAVE HER
ALONE.
GOD PUT SOMETHING INTO MY
MIND.
HE REMINDED ME ABOUT THE
TIME I SAW A TV PROGRAM
CALLED SALUCY.
I REMEMBER I HAD EVEN
WRITTEN DOWN THEIR PRAYER
NUMBER.
Reporter: SARTE SENT
PRAYER, AND A COUNSELLOR
CALLED HER AND BEGAN TO PRAY
WITH HER ON A REGULAR
BASES.
MY FAITH WAS GETTING
STRONGER.
Reporter: DAYS WENT BY,
SARTE STILL SUFFERED WITH
PAIN, BUT SHE KEPT TRUSTING
GOD FOR HEALING AND SHE
CONTINUED CALLING FOR
PRAYER.
THEN ON THE SEVENTH DAY,
SARTE SAYS A MIRACLE
HAPPENED.
AS SHE AWOKE THAT MORNING,
THERE WAS NO MORE PAIN IN
HER HEAD.
NO MORE LUMP ON HER BREAST.
SARTE HAD BEEN TOTALLY
HEALED.
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I
REALIZED I WAS HEALED.
I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE I
RECEIVED THAT FROM GOD.
IT WAS A MIRACLE FOR ME.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE
PRAYERS AND FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE PART
OF THIS MIRACLE, TOO.
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Gordon: WE LEAVE YOU
WITH THIS WORD FROM ROMNS --
"ENDURES DEVELOPS STRENGTH
OF CHARACTER
AND CHARACTER STRENGTHENS OUR
CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF
SALVATION."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.