Shawn Brown talks faith and baseball with players from the Cardinals and Rangers at the World Series and preview the new movie, The Mighty Macs.
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Gordon: JOSH HAMILTON
AND THE RANGERS TAKE ON
ALBERT
PUJOLS AND THE
CARDINALS.
HE STAYS RED-HOT.
Gordon: CBN HAS YOUR
TICKET TO THE FALL CLASSICS
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "700 CLUB."
THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN IS HEATING UP, AND
CANDIDATES ARE ALREADY
STAKING THEIR GROUND AND
TARGETING VOTERS.
Terry: FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA, IT MEANS A BIG PUSH
FOR THE YOUNG VOTERS WHO
HELPED HIM WIN IN 2008.
AT DAVID BRODY REPORTS, THAT
MAY NOT BE AS EASY THIS TIME
AROUND.
Reporter: BARACK
OBAMA'S VICTORY IN 2008 WAS,
INDEED, HISTORIC, POWERED IN
LARGE PART BY A GROUP KNOWN
AS TH THE MILLENNIUMS.
Reporter: WHEN YOU GET
PEOPLE LIKE BARACK OBAMA,
YOU GET A GENERATION OF
VOTERS WHO NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT VOTING BEFORE.
Reporter: THE TIMES,
THEY ARE ACHANGING.
IN 2008, OBAMA TOOK 66% OF
THE YOUNGER CROWD.
NOW THE GAP HAS CLOSED
CONSIDERABLY.
THE NUMBERS ARE 52% TO 39%
IN THE DEMOCRATIC FAVOR OF
SWING.
FOR SOME OBAMA HOPEFULS, THE
HOPE AND CHANGE FEVER HAS
COOLED.
WE'RE STILL IN
RECESSION.
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE MY AGE
GRADUATING, WE DON'T HAVE
JOBS.
I THINK AS A RESULT OF THAT,
PEOPLE AREN'T AS GUNG-HO
ABOUT IT.
Reporter: WITH 45
45 MILLION MILLENNIUMS
HEADING TO THE VOTEING
SESSION, THE BAD NEWS FOR
OBAMA IS THIS RECESSION IS
HITTING THE 20 SOMETHING
CROWD HARD.
WHILE THE NATIONAL
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 9%, IT IS
AROUND 12% FOR THOSE 18.
THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THE
VOTERS STILL LEAN
DEMOCRATIC, SO THE PRESIDENT
HAS A BUILT-IN ADVANTAGE.
YOUNG REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN
IOWA AND ELSEWHERE KNOW THE
CHALLENGE IS
A
BIG ONE.
IT FEELS LIKE MOST OF THE
YOUNGSTERS ARE MORE ACTIVE
IN THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF
POLITICS.
Reporter: BUT THAT IS
NOT THE CASE FOR THE
STOLTINGS FROM VIRGINIA.
THEY STARTED THE GROUP "UNIT
THE U.S.A.," TO PROMOTE
BELIEVERS.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR
CHRISTIAN RIGHTS IN A
BIBLICAL WAY.
Reporter: THEY'RE
DISPENSING ON-LINE MATERIAL
TO YOUNG VOTERS SO THEY CAN
BE WELL-INFORMED.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE
INVOLVED IN AMERICA.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEARN
ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT, TO BE
EDUCATED ABOUT OUR HISTORY,
AND TO TAKE A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND TO
PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, PROTECT
OUR FREEDOM.
Reporter: YOU CAN COUNT
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
CAMPAIGN FIGHTING HARD FOR
THE YOUTH VOTE.
HE IS ALREADY HITTING THE
COLLEGE CIRCUIT AND CRANKING
UP HIS VAST SOCIAL MEDIA
NETWORK.
THE G.O.P. WILL TRY TO
COMPETE IN THAT AREA, TOO.
WHILE CARY AND STACEY WILL
BE PLUGGING AWAY.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE FELL
WITH APATHY AS THE KEY
INGREDIENT.
Reporter: DAVID BRODY,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Gordon: WITH ALL OF THE
PROBLEMS FACING OUR NATION
TODAY, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO
BE POLITICALLY ACTIVE.
THAT MEANS AS CITIZENS, WE
HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, AND
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO
PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT FOR
A REDRESS OF OUR
GRIEVANCES.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE RIGHTS
AND WE NEED TO EXERCISE
THEM.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF THE
TOP STORIES.
Reporter: THE UNITED
NATIONS SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE HAS PUBLICLY
ASKED IRAN
TO RELEASE PASTOR
YUSEF NARDARKHANI.
HE COULD BE EXECUTED FOR
CONVERTING TO
CHRISTIANITY.
AKMED
SHAHEED TALKED ABOUT
IRAN'S REPEATED VIOLATIONS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HE WAS
ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT A
RECENT RULING OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT THAT UPHELD A
DEATH CENTER FOR YUSEF
NARDARKHANI.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THIS CASE BY GOING TOcbnnews.com.
THE DEATH OF LIBYAN DICTATOR
MOAMMAR GADHAFI MAY BRING
NEW HOPE TO CHRISTIANS.
MOLLER IS THE HEAD OF OPEN
DOORS U.S.A.
HE SAYS CHRISTIAN WORKERS
THERE HAVE DISTRIBUTED MORE
BIBLES IN THE LAST NINE
MONTHS THAN IN THE PREVIOUS
NINE YEARS.
AND HE IS URGING CHRISTIANS
AROUND THE WORLD TO PRAY FOR
BELIEVERS IN LIBYA.
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS WILL STOP BANNING
PRAYER AND THE MENTION OF
GOD AND JESUS AT ALL
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
FEDERAL JUDGE LYNN HUGHES
HAS APPROVED A DESCENT
DECREE SETTLING A LAWSUIT
OVER THE BAN.
THE DEPARTMENT HAD TOLD A
CIVILIAN PASTOR HE COULD NOT
PRAY IN JESUS' NAME AT A
VETERANS CEREMONY IN
HOUSTON, AND THE LIBERTY
INSTITUTE SUED.
THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT
TELLING A PRIVATE GROUP THAT
IN THEIR CEREMONY WE'RE
GOING TO TELL THE PASTOR YOU
INVITED WHAT HE CAN PRAY.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY
SHOCKING.
AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, IT WAS
AT THE V.A. CEMETERY.
IT IS LIKE SOMEBODY
RENTING A GOVERNMENT FAS
CENTURY -- THE IDEA THAT
SOMEBODY CAN COME INTO A
PRIVATE CEREMONY BY A
PRIVATE GROUP AND THEN TELL
THE PASTOR WHO IS PRAYING IN
THAT WHAT HE CAN PRAY IS
BEYOND AN OVERREACH.
Reporter: SHACKELFORD
AND THE LIBERTY INSTITUTE
ACTUALLY FOUND SEVERAL CASES
OF THE DEPARTMENT CENSORING
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
CAN CELL PHONES REALLY CAUSE
CANCER?
THE CONCLUSION FROM THE
LARGEST STUDY EVERY DONE IS
KNOW.
DANISH RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT
30,000 CELL PHONE USERS OVER
A 10-YEAR PERIOD, AND THEY
FOUND INTO DIFFERENCE IN THE
CANCER RATES BETWEEN THOSE
WHO USE CELL PHONES AND
THOSE WHO DON'T.
STILL, THERE IS CONCERN
BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUDIES
WERE BASED ON OUTDATED
SCIENCE.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
Reporter: THE F.C.C.
TESTS THE AMOUNT OF
RADIATION THE CELL PHONES
PHONES PRODUCE.
IT REPRESENTS ONLY 3% OF THE
POPULATION.
THE NEW REPORT SUGGESTS THE
TESTS ARE NOT ACCURATELY
REPORTING THE AMOUNTS OF
RADIATION THE OTHER 90% OF
THE POPULATION ARE BEING
EXPOSED TO.
THAT INCLUDES WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
THE STANDARD FOR CELL
PHONES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
BASED ON OLD SCIENCE AND OLD
MODELS AND OLD ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT HOW WE USE CELL
PHONES.
THAT'S WHY THEY NEED TO
CHANGE.
Reporter: RADIATION
PENETRATES 150% DEEPER IN A
10-YEAR-OLD THAN IT DOES IN
AN ADULT MALE.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
TRUST IS WORKING TO FIND
ALTERNATIVE TESTS.
BUT THE F.C.C. AND
INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS SAY
THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE
EVIDENCE CELL PHONE
RADIATION CAUSES CANCER.
THERE IS DIFFERENT TYPES
OF RADIATION.
THE RADIATION YOU GET FROM
CELL PHONES IS THE SAME TYPE
OF RADIATION YOU GET FROM A
MICROWAVE OVEN.
Reporter: THE DOCTOR
SAYS IT IS STILL WISE FOR
PHONE USERS TO BE CAUTIOUS.
HE RECOMMENDS PARENTS LIMIT
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEIR
CHILDREN SPEND ON THE
PHONE.
AND HE SUGGESTS USING
HANDS-FREE DEVICES, LIKE
SPEAKER PHONES, WHENEVER
POSSIBLE.
Reporter: AN OREGON
FAMILY HAS LEARNED THE HARD
WAY JUST HOW EASILY INTERNET
PICTURES CAN BE STOLEN AND
POSTED ON PEDOPHILE
WEBSITES.
THE FAMILY'S MISTAKE WAS
SIMPLE, BUT DEVASTATING.
Reporter: APRIL
MILLER'S HUSBAND RECENTLY UP
LOADED HUNDREDS OF FAMILY
PICTURES.
MANY OF THE PICTURES WERE OF
THEIR TWO SONS, BOTH UNDER
AGE 12.
WHAT HE DIDN'T DO IS CLICK
ON THE PRIVACY BUTTON.
YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE.
HAD MY HUSBAND HAD KNOWN
THERE WAS THAT OPTION, HE
WOULD HAVE HIT IT.
HE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED
THEY WERE GOING TO BE
PRIVATE.
Reporter: A FEW DAYS
LATER, SOMEONE TOLD MILLER
THEY FOUND HER SON'S
PICTURES ON THE INTERNET.
SO SHE ASKED THE POLICE TO
INVESTIGATE.
THEY FOUND ONE OF THE
SITES, AND MY SON WAS ON
WHAT HE STATED WAS A GAY
PEDOPHILE SITE, WHERE THEY
CAN MAKE COMMENTS ON THE
PICTURES.
Reporter: OWN THOUGH
THE WEBSITE WAS SHUT DOWN,
THE PICTURES HAVE CONTINUED
TO CIRCULATE, AND THAT HAS
CHANGED LIFE FOR IT'S
MILLERS.
APRIL MILLER HAS REDONE HER
FAMILY'S DAILY ROUTINES,
AFRAID THOSE WHO VIEWED HER
CHILDREN'S PICTURES WILL
TRACK THEM DOWN IN REAL
LIFE.
IT WAS AN EASY MISTAKE,
BUT IT IS A MISTAKE THAT
WE'LL NEVER, EVER BE ABLE TO
TAKE BACK.
Reporter: COMPANIES
LIKE PHOTO BUCKET CAN MAKE
FAMILY PICTURES PUBLIC IF
THE PRIVACY SETTINGS ARE NOT
ON.
APRIL MILLER HOPES HER
FAMILY'S STORIES WILL BE A
REMINDER TO OTHER FAMILIES
TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN POSTING
ON THE INTERNET.
Reporter: GARD, YOU CAN
FEEL THAT FAMILY'S PAIN.
Gordon: YOU CAN SEE IT
WRITTEN ALL OVER THAT
MOTHER'S FACE.
BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU POST.
SOME OF THE SERVICES, WE
THINK ARE GREAT BECAUSE
FAMILY MEMBERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, OR EVEN AROUND THE
WORLD, CAN GO TO THAT SAME
SITE AND SHARE IN THE
PICTURES.
BUT BE AWARE OF PRIVACY
SETTINGS, AND PARTICULARLY
PRIVACY SETTINGS ON
Facebook.
IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS
PARTICIPATING IN Facebook,
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THEIR
PRIVACY SETTINGS AND GO
THROUGH THEM, AND MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ALL SET TO BE ON.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU
WANT IS SOME PICTURE THAT
YOUR TEENAGER POSTS THEN
GETTING CIRCULATED
THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, SHE WAS
PLACED IN A PRISON CAMP AT
THE AGE OF 13.
SHE ESCAPED AT 41.
A SURVIVOR REVEALS THE
ATROCITIES OF A NORTH KOREAN
LABOR CAMP AFTER THIS.
Gordon: COMING UP
LATER...
AND HE RIPS ONE DOWN INTO
THE CORNER.
Gordon: JOSH HAMILTON
AND THE RANGERS.
TAKE ON ALBERT PUJOLS AND
THE CARDINALS.
AND HE SWINGS AND IT'S
GOING TO LEFT CENTER FIELD,
AND IT'S WAY BACK.
Gordon: CBN HAS YOUR
TICKET TO THE FALL CLASSIC.
PUJOLS STAYS RED-HOT.
Gordon: MONDAY...
THE MESSAGES WERE
HORRENDOUS.
Gordon: BULLYING HAS
ENTERED THE INTERNET AGE.
FIND OUT HOW TO PROTECT YOUR
KIDS AND YOURSELF.
THEY NEED TO BRING IT
FORWARD.
THEY NEED TO COME CLEAN.
Gordon: PLUS, SHE IS
THE WIFE OF AN NFL LEGEND,
BUT BEFORE SHE MARRIED
CURT --
I HAD DEATH HIT ME.
I HAD DIVORCE HIT ME.
Gordon: FOR 28 YEARS
KIM YE SUK WAS IN A
PRISON.
WE WARN YOU THAT HER STORY
IS
JUST NOT SUITABLE FOR
CHILDREN.
HERE IS GEORGE THOMAS
REPORTING FROM SOUTH
KOREAIA.
Reporter: KIM YE SUK IS
PERHAPS THE LONGEST PRISON
EVER TO ESCAPE FROM NORTH
KOREA.
I WENT TO THE PRISON CAMP
WHEN I WAS ONLY 13 YEARS
OLD.
AND I GOT OUT WHEN I WAS
41.
Reporter: THE YEAR WAS
1975.
ONE MORNING NORTH KOREAN
GOVERNMENT AGENTS BURST INTO
HER HOME AND DRAGGED AWAY
ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF HER
FAMILY.
MY ENTIRE FAMILY WENT TO
PRISON.
SOME WERE TAKEN TO THE
MOUNTAINS, OTHERS WERE PUT
IN DIFFERENT LABOR CAMPS.
ALL BECAUSE OF MY
GRANDFATHER'S ONE MISTAKE.
HE ESCAPED TO SOUTH KOREA
DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
Reporter: KIM AND SOME
OF HER FAMILY WERE SENT TO
REEDUCATION CENTER NUMBER
18, ALSO KNOWN AS BUKCHANG.
HOW MANY MEMBERS OF YOUR
FAMILY WERE KILLED IN THE
LABOR CAMP?
SEVEN.
I LOST SEVEN MEMBERS,
INCLUDING MY GRANDMOTHER,
MOTHER, BROTHER, AND MY
HUSBAND.
Reporter: TODAY SHE
WEARS DARK GLASSES TO
CONCEAL HER IDENTITY.
I WEAR THESE GLASSES
BECAUSE I HAVE FAMILY IN THE
CAMP.
TWO OF MY SISTERS AND
BROTHER ARE STILL IN THERE.
Reporter: BUKCHANG
HOLDS SOME 50,000 PRISONERS,
IT IS ONE OF SIX POLITICAL
CAMPS ORGANIZED BY THE
KOREAN GOVERNMENT.
HUMAN RIGHTS ESTIMATE SOME
200,000 NORTH KOREANS ARE
LANGUISHING BEHIND THE WALLS
OF THESE SECRET IN TERMMENT
CAMPS.
I ATTENDED INDOCTRINATION
CLASSES IN THE MORNING.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE
CHILDREN WERE SENT TO PUSH
TROLLIES IN THE COAL MINES,
OFTEN WITHOUT ANY SAFETY
GEAR.
Reporter: KIM SAYS SHE
WAS FORCED TO WORK 16 TO 18
HOUR WORK DAYS WITH NO
REST.
PEOPLE WERE DYING AND THE
MINE.
THERE WERE NUMEROUS MINE
ACCIDENTS.
MANY LOST THEIR LEGS.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
Reporter: YOU WERE, IN
ESSENCE, TREATED LIKE A
SLAVE.
YES, I WAS TREATED LIKE A
SLAVE AND WORSE.
I HARDLY SLEPT.
IT WAS INHUMANE, BUT I NEVER
COMPLAINED.
I JUST FOLLOWED ALL OF THE
RULES.
I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO
SURVIVE.
Reporter: PRISONERS
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO
EAT.
A FAMILY OF SEVEN WAS
USUALLY GIVEN JUST 10 POUNDS
OF CORN A MONTH.
1996 WAS HORRIBLE.
THAT YEAR MANY PEOPLE DIED
OF STARVATION.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO EAT.
NO PLANTS OR GRASS FOR
GROWING.
AT FIRST I WAS SHOCKED, BUT
THEN YOU BECOME NUMB TO IT
ALL.
Reporter: WERE THERE
DAYS WHEN YOU FELT LIKE
PERHAPS THIS IS NOT WORTH
LIVING, THAT PERHAPS YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING
YOURSELF, THAT YOU WANTED TO
COMMIT SUICIDE?
YES.
I THOUGHT OF COMMITTING
SUICIDE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF TIMES IN THOSE
28 YEARS.
BUT THE WAY THE CAMP IS SET
UP, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
WATCHING YOU.
EACH PRISONER IS ASSIGNED TO
WATCH FOUR OR FIVE OTHER
PRISONERS.
SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, THE
OTHER PRISONERS WOULD ALERT
THE GUARDS BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO
TROUBLE THEMSELVES.
Reporter: YOU SAW
PUBLIC EXECUTIONS.
YOU SAW PEOPLE GET KILLED
INSIDE THE CAMP.
YES.
I WITNESSED COUNTLESS PUBLIC
EXECUTIONS.
AND OFTEN THESE PRISONERS
WERE KILLED OVER PETTY
THINGS LIKE STEALING FOOD.
THE GUARDS WOULD ALWAYS
GATHER PRISONERS TO WATCH
THE EXECUTIONS.
IT WAS A FORM OF
INTIMIDATION.
Reporter: PERHAPS MOST
CHILLING IS KIM'S ACCOUNT OF
FELLOW PRISONERS KILLING
THEIR OWN CHILDREN TO STAVE
OFF CHILDREN.
ONE TIME THIS MOTHER PUT
HER 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN
THIS BIG, CAST IRON POT AND
KILLED HER.
SHE WAS TOO BIG FOR THE POT,
SO TH THE MOTHER HAD TO
CHOP HER ARMS AND LEGS.
AND ANOTHER CASE, A MOTHER
CHOPPED HER CHILD UP AND
BROUGHT HIM TO THE BUTCHER
SHOP TO GET SOME FOOD.
Reporter: SHE FINALLY
ESCAPED FROM BUKCHANG IN
2003.
THE DETAILS OF THAT
ESCAPE
ARE BEING KEPT CONFIDENTIAL
FOR SECURITY REASONS.
NOW SHE LIVES IN SOUTH
KOREA.
THIS SUMMER KIM RELEASED HER
MEMOIR, IT INCLUDES IMAGES
THAT SHE DREW FROM MEMORY OF
THE HORRORS WITNESSED.
I AM THANKFUL TO BE
ALIVE, BUT I CAN'T GET OVER
THE FACT I LOST HALF OF MY
LIFE.
Reporter: IN DECEMBER,
SHE FLEW TO WASHINGTON TO
TESTIFY ABOUT THE BEATINGS,
STARVATION, AND BRUTAL
EXECUTIONS SHE WITNESSED IN
BUKCHANG CAMP.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE
WORLWORLD ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING ON IN NORTH KOREA?
MY MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
IS WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN
THESE LABOR CAMPS AND SET
THE PEOPLE FREE.
EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE DYING.
I AM LIVING PROOF THERE IS
NO HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH
KOREA.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS, SEOUL.
Gordon: IT IS A
HORRIFIC STORY.
YOU LOOK AT THE ATROCITIES
IN NORTH KOREA, AND THERE
ARE LITERALLY NO WORDS TO
DESCRIBE IT.
AND WHAT DO WE DO?
WELL, WE CAN PRAY.
AND WE CAN PRAY THAT THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH WOULD
ONCE AGAIN BE UNIFIED.
YOU GO BACK JUST 100 YEARS,
AND PYEONGCHANG, THE
CAPITAL, AND THERE WERE MORE
CHURCHES IN THAT CITY THAN
ANY OTHER AREA OF ASIAN.
THERE WAS A SWEEPING REVIVAL
THAT LITERALLY TRANSFORMED A
BUDDHIST NATION AND MADE IT
INTO A CITY WHERE THERE WERE
MORE CHURCHES THAN ANYWHERE
ELSE.
YOU LOOK AT THAT AND SAY,
WELL, HOW DID IT ALL GO
AWAY?
WELL, A SERIOUS OF WARS.
JAPANESE OCCUPATION, AND
THEN A COMMUNIST
DICTATORSHIP CAME IN AND
TRIED TO LITERALLY WIPE OUT
CHRISTIANITY.
CAN IT COME BACK?
YES.
AND WE NEED TO PRAY THAT IT
WILL.
AND PRAY THAT NORTH AND
SOUTH KOREA WILL BE UNIFIED
AGAIN.
Terry: UP NEXT, THEY'RE
OPPONENTS ON THE FIELD,
BATTLING IT OUT FOR THE
WORLD SERIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT THIS CARDINAL AND THIS
RANGER ARE UNITED IN FAITH.
THROUGH GOD, ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE.
GOD IS THE ULTIMATE.
HE IS EVERYTHING.
HE TRANSFORMED MY LIFE.
EVERYWHERE I GO IS A MISSION
FOR ME.
THERE IS A REASON FOR ME
BEING HERE AT THIS SERIES.
Terry: STAY TUNED FOR
MORE FROM BASEBALL'S BIGGEST
STARS RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Gordon: WELL LAST
NIGHT, AFTER BEING DOWN FOR
EIGHT INNINGS, THE TEXAS
RANGERS EVENED THE SCORE
AGAINST THE ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS AND TIED THE WORLD
SERIES.
WE'RE NOW ONE GAME EACH.
SEAN WENT TO ST. LOUIS TO
BRING US THIS REPORT.
THAT IS INTO RIGHT.
Reporter: THE CARDINALS
STRUCK THE FIRST ONE IN GAME
ONE OF THE 2011 WORLD
SERIES.
BUT IN GAME TWO, THE RANGERS
WERE ABLE TO MUSCLE A TWO
RUNS TO ONE VICTORY, AND THE
SERIES IS NOW TIED ONE TO
ONE, AND IT IS OFF TO DALLAS
FOR GAME THREE.
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO BUSCH
STADIUM.
WHERE THE TEXAS RANGERS WILL
MAKE THEIR SECOND
CONSECUTIVE ATTEMPT TO
CAPTURE THEIR VERY FIRST
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT STANDING IN THE WAY ARE
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS,
WHICH ARE NO STRANGER.
WINNING WOULD BE THEIR
SECOND.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
THINGS RUNNING ON THE MINDS
OF PLAYERS.
BUT PLAYERS ON BOTH TEAMS
AGREE THAT THE BEST WAY TO
CALM THEIR NERVES IS TO KEEP
THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, AND
TO REMEMBER THAT WINNING THE
WORLD SERIES IS NOT THE
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THEIR
LIVES.
I MAKE NO SECRET ABOUT
THE FACT THAT I'M A
CHRISTIAN AND I TRY TO
CONDUCT MY AFFAIRS ON AND
OFF THE FIELD IN A MANNER
THAT IS WORTHY OF JESUS
CHRIST.
I THINK IT IS EASY TO GET
CAUGHT UP IN THE HOOPLA OF
PLAYOFFS, WORLD SERIES.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, AND
CALMING, TO HAVE AN INTERNAL
PERSPECTIVE, RATHER THAN
BUILDING THIS THING UP TO BE
SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT.
IT IS A GREAT COMPETITION.
IT IS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY.
IT
IS A
BLESSING TO GET TO
PLAY IN NOW MY SECOND WORLD
SERIES.
AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
BY THE SAME TOKEN, IN NOT
THE END OF THE WORLD.
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY
HELPFUL WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE
IN A BIG SITUATION AND THE
BASES ARE LOADED.
TO HELP YOU RELAX AND KNOW I
SERVE A HIGHER PURPOSE THAN
JUST
A BASEBALL
PLAYER.
Reporter:
THIS IS HIS
SECOND TRIP TO THE WORLD
SERIES.
HE SAYS WHILE WINNING
ANOTHER WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP IS BIG, HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST IS EVEN BIGGER AND
THAT HE DOESN'T NEED A
TROPHY TO HAVE IT.
TO BE ON HIS SIDE, I'M
ALREADY A CHAMPION.
SO I DON'T NEED NO TROPHY.
I REALLY WANT THE TROPHY,
BUT
RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT GOD,
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN ASK.
Reporter: ALBERT PUJOLS
IS ONE OF THE LEADERS, AND
LIKE YACHTI, A WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP DOESN'T COMPARE
TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
GOD IS THE ULTIMATE.
HE IS EVERYTHING.
HE TRANSFORMED MY LIFE 12
YEARS AGO, AND HAS SHOWED ME
SO MUCH IN THIS GAME.
ALL OF THE GLORY AND ALL OF
THE CREDIT, I GIVE IT UP TO
HIM.
BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, I
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE
HERE.
WITHOUT HIM, I WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO COME THROUGH WITH
THE INJURIES THAT I HAVE IN
THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, HE HAS SHOWN ME,
YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN YOU ARE
HIGH, YOU STILL NEED TO
EMBRACE HIM, AND WHEN YOU
ARE LOW, YOU STILL NEED TO
EMBRACE HIM.
MY FOCUS IS GOD AND MY
FAMILY.
BASEBALL IS THE LAST THING.
GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
THAT.
HE CARES ABOUT THE PERSON
YOU ARE IN THE FIELD AND OFF
THE FIELD.
I THINK AT THE END, THAT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THAT IS SOMETHING HE HAS
SHOWN ME IN THIS GAME.
Reporter: THE RANGERS
ARE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO
MAKING HISTORY.
AND NELSON CRUZ GIVES ALL OF
THE GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST.
WHATEVER I AM RIGHT NOW,
AND WHATEVER I AM DOING, I
ALWAYS THANK GOD.
HE IS EVERYTHING, MAN.
HE IS THE MAIN REASON WE'RE
HERE.
LIKE I WAS SAYING, I'M
REALLY BLESSED TO BE BACK IN
THE WORLD SERIES AND TO HAVE
LIFE AND BE ABLE TO PLAY.
IT'S A REAL BLESSING.
Reporter: AFTER YEARS
OF ALCOHOL
AND DRUG ABUSE,
JOSH HAMILTON HAS BEEN GIVEN
A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE, AS
WELL AS A
SECOND CHANCE AT A
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE SAYS ON BOTH COUNTS, THE
GOAL IS STILL THE SAME: TO
SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S
LOVE.
EVERYWHERE I GO, IT IS A
MISSION FIELD FOR ME.
AT A BASEBALL FIELD, ST.
LOUIS, IN THE WORLD SERIES,
AND WHETHER WIN OUR LOSE,
THERE IS A REASON FOR ME
BEING HERE AT THE SERIES,
WHETHER I CAN TOUCH A FAN'S
LIFE.
I DON'T TALK DOWN ON THE
12-STEP PROGRAMS, THEY
WORK.
BUT THE COMBINATION OF --
THEY TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF
THE STEPS, MY GREATER POWER
IN ME IS JESUS CHRIST.
THE COMBINATION OF THAT, YOU
KNOW -- IT JUST WORKS.
IT DOESN'T JUST WORK FOR
SOBRIETY, BUT IT WORKS FOR
EVERY DAY LIFE.
ANY PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, ANY
RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAVE, IT
MAKES YOU STRONGER AND
BECOME A BETTER PERSON.
Reporter: THIS IS MATT
HARRISON FIRST WORLD SERIES,
HE ADMITS HE WAS NERVOUS.
BUT A PARTICULAR BIBLE VERSE
PUT IT ALL INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
HAMILTON SHOWED ME A
VERSE THE OTHER DAY THAT
SAID, "CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY
ON ME."
WHEN HE SHOWED ME THAT
VERSE, IT SEEMED ALL OF MY
ANXIETY WENT AWAY.
I WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL
AFTER THAT.
I REMEMBER THE DAY I WALKED
DOWN TO THE FRONT OF THEx
CHURCH, THE DAY I WAS SAVED,
AND THE FEELING I HAD
THROUGHOUT MY BODY AND
GIVING MY SPIRIT TO THE
LORD.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.
IT IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL
THING YOU EVER DO IN YOUR
LIFE.
IF I WERE TO TELL THAT TO
ANYBODY, THAT IS WHAT I
WOULD SAY.
Gordon: THE MOST
MEANINGFUL THING YOU CAN
EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW, LISTEN TO THAT.
HERE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS ON
THE WORLD STAGE.
HE'S IN THE WORLD SERIES.
NOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING, AND HE SAYS NO,
THIS IS NOT THE MOST
MEANINGFUL TIME FOR ME.
THE MOST MEANINGFUL TIME WAS
WHEN I GAVE MY HEART TO MY
CREATOR, WHEN I FOUND MY
MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST.
THAT CAN BE FOR YOU, AND IT
CAN BE TODAY.
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
ASK HIM.
IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.
JESUS CAME TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR US.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE
OTHER RELIGIONS, THEY ALL
TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
PERFECT OURSELVES, ALL OF
MEDITATION TECHNIQUES, AND
ALL OF THE THINGS YOU CAN
DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF, ALL THE
THINGS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO, AND ALL OF THE RITUALS
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE,
ONLY CHRISTIANITY, GOD, SAYS
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
I'LL DO IT ALL.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR MY
VOICE.
I WANT YOU TO CAST ALL OF
YOUR CARES ON ME FOR I CARE
FOR YOU.
ONLY IN CHRISTIANITY DOES
GOD COME DOWN AND SAY, I'LL
TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS
BELIEVE.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS OPEN
THE DOOR AND LET ME COME
IN.
AND IF YOU'LL DO THAT, I'LL
TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
NOW THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME.
THAT'S THE GREAT DREAM THAT
GOD HAS HAD FOR US FROM THE
BEGINNING.
THAT HE WOULD BE OUR GOD AND
WE WOULD BE HIS PEOPLE.
NOW, IF THIS IS FOR YOU, IF
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT, LET
THOSE PLAYERS INSPIRE YOU,
YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF
THE MONEY, YOU CAN HAVE ALL
OF THE FAME, BUT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW.
NOW, THE GREAT NEWS IS NOT
ONLY DO YOU KNOW, BUT YOU
CAN HEAR.
AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME
REVOLUTION THAT YOU CAN CAST
ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE DOWN
AND OUT.
IT'S FOR EVERYDAY LIVING.
YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
YOU CAN HEAR A VOICE BEHIND
YOU SAYING, THIS IS THE WAY;
WALK IN IT.
NOW, IF YOU WANT THIS, THIS
IS FOR YOU, ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY
A VERY SIMPLE PRAYER.
SO DO THAT.
LET TODAY BE YOUR DAY WHERE
YOU SAY, OKAY, I'LL ASK HIM
IN.
I'LL SEE.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT
PRAYERS.
JESUS, IF YOU'RE THERE, IF
YOU CAN HEAR ME, COME IN,
SHOW YOURSELF REAL TO ME.
HE'LL DO IT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK.
PRAY WITH ME.
LORD JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,
SAY IT OUT LOUD -- JESUS, I
COME TO YOU TODAY AND I WANT
YOU IN MY LIFE.
I OPEN UP MY HEART TO YOU,
AND I ASK THAT YOU COME IN.
AND, JESUS, I ASK THAT YOU
WOULD OPEN MY EARS, THAT I
COULD HEAR YOUR VOICE.
THAT YOU WOULD OPEN THE EYES
OF MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I
WOULD KNOW.
SO, JESUS, COME INTO MY
HEART.
MAKE ME NEW AGAIN.
FORGIVE ME OF ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT I'VE DONE
WRONG.
AND I PROMISE THAT IF YOU'LL
DO THIS FOR ME, I WILL
FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER, FOR I PRAY
IT IN JESUS' NAME.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I PRAY A BAPTISM IN
YOUR LUNG.
LET YOUR WARMTH, LET YOUR
PRESENCE JUST FLOW THROUGH
THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND LET THEM KNOW YOU HAVE
HEARD AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED,
AND LET TODAY BE THEIR DAY,
WHERE THEY KNOW YOU.
DO IT, FOR WE ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU'LL
BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND
THEN CONFESS WITH YOUR
MOUTH, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS
MAKE A TOLL-FREE CALL AND
SAY I JUST PRAYED.
I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO
MY HEART.
THE NUMBER IS ON YOUR
SCREEN, 1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, IT IS
SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO
HAVE.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IT IS A PACKET, AND THERE IS
A BOOKLET WITH BIBLE VERSES,
AND THERE IS A C.D.
TEACHING.
IT IS ABOUT AN HOUR LONG.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
HOW DO YOU LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO THIS
DAY TO DAY.
HOW DO YOU HEAR GOD'S VOICE?
HOW DO YOU PRAY?
GET AN ANSWER.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
JOIN A LOCAL CHURCH.
BUT IT STARTS WITH THAT
PHONE CALL.
BELIEVE WITH YOUR HEART AND
CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT
YOU JUST MADE JESUS THE LORD
OF YOUR LIFE.
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
FROM BASEBALL TO
BASKETBALL.
WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF A
NEW FILM BASED ON THE TRUE
STORY OF COACH CATHY RUSH.
SHE DIDN'T SET OUT TO
CHANGE THE WORLD.
SHE JUST SET OUT TO DO WHAT
IS RIGHT.
Terry: WATCH FOR A FEW
SNEAK PEEKS FROM THE MOVIE
"MIGHTY MAX," LATER ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
OUR MARRIAGE WAS SO
COMPLETELY BROKEN.
AND GOD KEPT SAYING JUST
WAIT.
JUST WAIT, JUST TRUST ME.
WATCHING KATIE, HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
STRENGTHENED SO MUCH, I
STARTED GOING TO CHURCH.
THERE IS ONE PERMANENT WAY
OUT OF IT, AND THAT'S BY THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
A CALIFORNIA MINISTER IS
ONCE AGAIN PREDICTING THE
END OF THE WORLD.
AND HE IS SAYING IT IS
TODAY.
HAROLD CAMPING OF FAMILY
RADIO INTERNATIONAL HAD
PREDICTED THE RAPTURE WOULD
TAKE PLACE ON MAY 21st.
WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, HE
SAID GOD'S JUDGMENT AND
SALVATION WERE COMPLETED ON
MAY 21st, AND THAT THE
UNSAVED AND WHOLE PHYSICAL
WORLD WOULD BE ANAL
ANNILHILATED
OCTOBER 21st.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
BRINGING HELP TO PEOPLE IN
EL SALVADOR.
MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE WERE
FORCED TO EVACUATE THEIR
HOMES BECAUSE OF CONSTANT
RAIN AND FLOODING.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING FOOD BAGS WITH
BEAN, RICE, AND MEDICAL
CARE.
DOWNED TREES AND COLLAPSED
BRIDGES MAKE TRAVELLING
DIFFICULT THERE, BUT MORE
THAN 4,000 PEOPLE E IN FOUR
COMMUNITIES HAVE RECEIVED
DISASTER RELIEF.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT
ob.org.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK AFTER THIS.
Gordon: MONDAY...
THE MESSAGES WERE
HORRENDOUS.
Gordon: BULLYING HAS
ENTERED THE INTERNET AGE.
NO ONE LIKES YOU.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS
WITH YOU.
Gordon: FIND OUT HOW TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR
KIDS.
PLUS, SHE IS THE WIFE OF AN
NFL LEGEND, BUT BEFORE SHE
MARRIED CURT --
I HAD DEATH HIT ME, AND I
HAD DIVORCE HIT ME.
Gordon: BRENDA WARNER
JOINS US LIVE MONDAY ON "THE
700 CLUB."
Terry: IT IS FRIDAY,
AND FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
THAT MEANS MOVIE NIGHT.
REPORTER MICHELLE BRINGS US
A LOOK AT A NEW FILM YOU MAY
JUST WANT TO CHECK OUT.
Reporter: HERE WE'RE ON
THE RED CARPET FOR THE
INSPIRATIONAL MOVIE "THE
MIGHTY MAX."
THE TRUE STORY OF AN ALL
GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM THAT
WHEN FROM OBSCURITY TO
BECOME NATIONAL CHAMPS.
[CHEERING]
Reporter: THE FILM "THE
MIGHTY MAX" IS FROM QUAKER
MEDIA PRODUCTIONS, AND IT
UNVEILS THE INCREDIBLY
INSPIRATIONAL NEW STORY OF
CATHY CRUSH, WHO TRANSFORMED
THE 1971/'72 BASKETBALL TEAM
INTO NATIONAL BASKETBALL
TEAM WINNERS.
WITH LITTLE SUPPORT OR
FINANCES, CATHY DARES TO
BELIEVE THAT DREAMS REALLY
CAN COME TRUE.
THE FILM STARS KARLA BUJINO,
ELLEN BURSTYN.
KARLA PLAYS CATHY RUSH.
SHE JUST SET OUT TO DO
WHAT SHE BELIEVES.
YOU'RE TRYING TOO HARD TO
CHANGE THESE GIRLS AND THEY
DON'T WANT IT.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T
WANT IT.
IT'S JUST THEY'VE BEEN TOLD
FOR SO LONG THEY CAN'T HAVE
IT, THEY CAN'T IMAGINE
HAVING IT.
Reporter: HE PLAYS THE
NBA REFEREE AND THE HUSBAND
OF CATHY RUSH.
IT IS THE STORY OF
ADVERSITY, OVERCOMING ONE'S
OWN FEARS AND SAYING, I CAN
GO OUT AND DO THIS.
DO I GET ASSISTANCE.
ONLY IF THERE ARE
VOLUNTEERS.
THIS IS OUR LAST BALL.
DON'T LOSE IT.
THANK YOU.
CAN I HAVE A KEY TO THE
GYM.
OH, YOU WON'T NEED ONE.
THE GYM BURNED DOWN THREE
MONTHS AGO.
Reporter: ACADEMY-AWARD
WINNER ELLEN BURSTYN PLAYS
THE HEAD OF THE COLLEGE.
SHE EVENTUALLY BECOMES ONE
OF CATHY'S BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS AND CHEERLEADERS
IN THE FILM.
SHE TOOK A SHOT.
SHE SAID, I
HAVE A FEELING.
I'M GOING TO DO
THIS, AND I
DON'T WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE
REGRETTING THAT I DIDN'T DO
SOMETHING I HAD AN IMPULSE
TO DO.
AND SHE WAS RIGHT.
[CHEERING]
ONE MORE!
Reporter: "THE MIGHTY
MAX" IS RATED P.G.
Terry: IT LOOKS LIKE A
FUN FAMILY FILM.
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL.
THIS ONE OPENS TODAY IN
THEATERS.
AND I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY
IT.
Gordon: THEY CALL
THEMSELVES "THE FORGOTTEN
PEOPLE."
IN THE WEST BANK, HUNDREDS
OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES LIVE
INTENTS AND SACKS, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE
NEVER SEEN A DOCTOR UNTIL
NOW.
Reporter: DEEP IN THE
ROCKY HILLS OF THE WEST BANK
IS A GROUP OF REFUGEES WITH
INTO PLACE TO CALL HOME.
THEY LIVE IN CAVES, TENTS,
AND SHACKS, AND EVERY DAY IS
A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.
HASHI AND HER FAMILY LIVE IN
THIS TENT.
HER SONS ARE OFTEN GONE
LOOKING FOR WORK, SO SHE
RAISES HER GRANDCHILDREN
HERE.
WITH NO ELECTRICITY AND NO
RUNNING WATER, THE WHOLE
VILLAGE GETS WATER FROM THIS
SAME SYSTEM.
BUT WITH ISRAEL IN ITS
SEVENTH YEAR OF DROUGHT, THE
SISTURNS ARE RUNNING DRY.
WE BEG FOR WATER BECAUSE
THEY DON'T BRING THE WATER
TANK ANYMORE.S5u
THEY WANT $85 FOR WATER.
WHERE AM I GOING TO GET $85?
Reporter: HASHI'S
FAMILY AND OTHERS TRY TO
EARN MONEY BY SELLING THE
WOOL FROM THEIR SHEEP.
BUT IN THIS ROCKY DESERT,
THESE ANIMALS HAVE NOWHERE
TO GRAZE, AND THESE
SHEPHERDS HAVE NOWHERE TO
LIVE.
THE OTHER VILLAGES DON'T
WANT US.
THEY TELL US WE'RE ON OUR
OWN.
AND NOBODY REBNIZES US.
REBNIZES -- RECOGNIZES US.
WE DON'T RECEIVE OR
ANYTHING.
Reporter: RECENTLY
"OPERATION BLESSING" SHOWED
THESE FAMILIES THEY WERE NOT
FORGOTTEN.
WE GAVE BOXES OF FOOD AND
SUPPLIES TO MORE THAN 400
PEOPLE.
EACH FAMILY GOT RICE, FRESH
FRUIT, POWDERED MILK AND
SOAP.
AND WE BROUGHT THEM
MUCH-NEEDED WATER.
I ASKED THEM, PLEASE GET
US SOME WATER.
THEY GAVE ME THREE GALLONS
OF WATER.
AND THEY ALSO GOT US WATER
IN THE TANKS.
I AM SO OVERWHELMED WITH
HAPPINESS THAT I WANT TO
FLY.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING" ALSO
GAVE FREE EYE EXAMS FOR
PEOPLE WHO HADN'T SEEN A
DOCTOR IN YEARS, AND GOT
GLASSES FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED
THEM.
WHILE THE DOCTORS WORKED,
VOLUNTEERS GAVE TOYS TO THE
CHILDREN.
FOR HASHI AND THE OTHERS IN
THIS VILLAGE, JUST BEING
NOTICED MEANS EVERYTHING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN US.
WE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
WE ARE SO HAPPY BECAUSE OF
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US AND
CARING FOR US.
Gordon: AND THANK YOU
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "700
CLUB," YOU'RE PART OF THAT.
BECAUSE A PORTION OF EVERY
GIFT GOES INTO "OPERATION
BLESSING" TO BRING HELP TO
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER AND
WANT TO JOIN WITH US, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS CU CALL
US.
1-800-759-0700.
HOW MUCH IS IT TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE "700 CLUB"?
$20 A MONTH, AND THAT'S JUST
65 CENTS A DAY.
WHEN YOU CALL, WE WANT TO
SEND TO YOU, "SIGNS OF THE
TIME."
IF YOU WANT EXTRAS, YOU CAN
JOIN THE "700 CLUB" GOLD,
THAT'S $40 A MONTH, AND
WE'LL SEND YOU THREE OF THEM
SO YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A
DESIGNATED GIFT TO HELP
"OPERATION BLESSING" IN
ISRAEL, THERE IS AN EASY WAY
TO DO THAT.
WHEN YOU CALL, SAY I WANT TO
GIVE TO "OPERATION BLESSING"
ISRAEL, OR YOU CAN WRITE US,
OR THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE
ON THE "OPERATION BLESSING"
WEBSITE AND THE CBN WEBSITE
IF YOU WANT TO DESIGNATE
YOUR GIFT TO THOSE IN NEED
IN ISRAEL.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH ACUTE
ATHLETE'S FOOT.
IT COVERED MY FEET.
I COULDN'T EVEN WEAR A
SHOE.
I WAS DESPERATE.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
Terry: SEE HOW THIS
CONDITION WAS HEALED
OVERNIGHT.
PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS, SO STAY WITH US.
Terry: ON "THE 700
CLUB," WE LOVE TO BRING YOU
STORIES OF MODERN DAY
MIRACLES.
TODAY WE TAKE YOU BACK TO
1987 WHEN A MAN NAME JOHN
CALHOUN IT WAS JUST 17 YEARS
OLD.
HE WAS A TROUBLED TEENAGER
WITH A SEVERE CASE OF
ATHLETE'S FOOT, AND BY THE
TIME HE WOKE UP, HE WOULD
WAKE UP TO A MIRACLE.
I WOULD LAY AWAKE AND
QUESTION, WHERE DID I COME
FROM?
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE
ANSWER.
NO ONE WAS THERE TO TELL
ME.
Reporter: JOHN CALHOUN
CAME FROM A BROKEN HOME.
EVEN AT 16, HE WANTED MORE
OUT OF LIFE.
HE TRIED DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,
EVEN THE OCCULT.
I WAS HOLDING A BOOK IN
MY HAND ABOUT ASTRO
PROJECTION.
I WASN'T REALLY BELIEVING
IN, BUT I'D BLINK MY EYES,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I BEGAN
TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF AND
OVER THE TOP OF THE HOUSE
AND WAS LITERALLY LEAVING
THE EARTH.
I REMEMBER GOING INTO OUTER
BLACKNESS AND DARKNESS, LIKE
I WAS BEING CATAPULTED BACK
WORDS AT A GREAT RATE OF
SPEED.
I WENT NUMB.
I WAS JUST FASCINATED AT
FIRST.
AND THEN FEAR OVERCAME ME.
IT WAS FEAR YOU COULD TASTE;
FEAR YOU COULD TOUCH.
AND I SCREAMED OUT FOR
HELP.
IT SEEMED AS IF SOMETHING
WAS PULLING ME INTO A PIT OF
DARKNESS.
THEN I HEARD A VOICE SAY
JESUS, AND MY MOTHER HAD
SEEN THIS TAKING PLACE.
SHE SAID MY EYES WERE ROLLED
BACK IN MY HEAD.
AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO.
SHE GRABBED AHOLD OF ME.
SHE SLAPPED ME ON THE FACE.
Reporter: HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH THE SUPER NATURAL
FRIGHTENED HIM.
IT MADE JOHN WANT TO
UNDERSTAND, WAS THERE MORE
TO THIS LIFE?
WERE HEAVEN AND HELL REAL?
JOHN HAD A PAPER ROUTE.
WHILE FOLDING PAPERS ONE
MORNING, HE CAME ACROSS "THE
700 CLUB."
PAT TALKED ABOUT YOU
COULD BE SAVED JUST BY WHAT
JESUS DID ON THE CROSS.
NOT BY GOOD WORKS OR BEING
RELIGIOUS.
I WAS AMAZED TO KNOW YOU
DIDN'T HAVE TO EARN GOD'S
LOVE.
THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND, THAT
YOU COULD JUST ASK JESUS TO
COME INTO MY HEART.
AND THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED
FROM ME.
SO I ASKED HIM INTO MY HEART
THAT DAY.
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT CAME INTO
THE ROOM AND FILLED THAT
VOID UP THAT WAS ON THE
INSIDE OF ME.
AND A PEACE THAT PASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING CAME INTO MY
HEART.
AND I KNEW THAT I WAS
SAVED.
Reporter: LATER AND THE
PROGRAM, PAT ROBERTSON
PRAYED FOR HEALING AND HAD A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE THAT GOT
JOHN'S ATTENTION.
AND PAT SAID SOMEONE HAS
AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH YOUR
FEET.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL.
AND I REMEMBER HE SAID IT'S
LIKE THERE ARE SCABS ON YOUR
FEET AND THEY'RE BLEEDING
AND THEY'RE VERY PAINFUL,
AND GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: FOR YEARS THE
TEEN HAD BEEN BATTLING A
PROBLEM WITH HIS FEET.
NO MEDICINE SEEMED TO HELP.
I HAD A CHRONIC FOOT
PROBLEM THAT YOU COULD SAY
WAS ATHLETES FEET.
IT WASN'T IN JUST ONE SPOT.
IT COVERED MY FEET.
IT GOT TO WHERE THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, I COULDN'T
EVEN WEAR A SHOE.
I WAS DESPERATE.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE UP
AND THEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY
FEET AND THEY WERE LIKE A
NEWBORN BABY'S SKIN, JUST
PERFECT.
ABSOLUTELY, INSTANTANEOUSLY,
TOTALLY HEALED.
I THINK GOD WANTED TO
REASSURE ME THAT HE HEARD MY
PRAYER OF SALVATION BY
SHOWING ME WHAT HE DID ON
THE OUTSIDE.
GOD WAS SAYING, IF I CAN DO
THIS ON THE OUTSIDE, THIS IS
WHAT I CAN DO ON THE
INSIDE.
Terry: AND IF HE CAN DO
IT FOR JOHN CALHOUN, HE CAN
DO IT FOR YOU.
MANY OF YOU ARE WATCHING
TODAY.
YOU HAVE NEEDS OF YOUR OWN.
YOU'VE BEEN CRYING OUT TO
GOD FOR THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO TOUCH
AND CHANGE.
THIS IS SARAH, SHE IS FROM
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA.
SHE DEVELOPED THYROID
CANCER.
SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND
RADIOACTIVE RADIATION, AND
THE CANCER HAD METASIZED IN
BOTH OF HER LUNGS.
BUT SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM, AND SHE HEARD YOU
GIVE THIS WORD, IF YOU HAVE
CANCER, LAY YOUR HAND ON
THAT AREA OF THE BODY WHERE
THE CANCER IS.
IN FAITH, SARAH RECEIVED
THAT FOR HERSELF.
A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN SHE
HAD THE C.D. SCAN, THE
DOCTOR WAS AMAZED BECAUSE HE
COULDN'T FIND ANY TRACE OF
CANCER.
Gordon: I LIKE IT WHEN
DOCTORS GET AMAZED.
THIS IS JEANNIE, SHE IS
SUFFERING FROM HEARTBURN FOR
MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
FINALLY WHEN IT CAUSED HER
TO CHOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, SHE WENT TO THE
DOCTOR.
HE DID A BIOPSY AND HE SAID
YOU PROBABLY HAVE ESOPHAGEAL
CANCER.
AND THEN HE DESCRIBED THE
SURGERY SHE WAS GOING TO
NEED.
LATER, HER FRIEND WAS
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB," AND
SHE HEARD TERRY GIVE THIS
KNOWLEDGE.
SOMEBODY WITH ESOPHAGEAL
CANCER, GOD IS HEALING YOU.
AND JEANNIE'S FRIEND CALLED
HER AND TOGETHER OVER THE
PHONE THEY CLAIMED THE
HEALING.
WHEN JEANNIE WENT BACK TO
THE DOCTOR, HE SAID YOU
DON'T HAVE CANCER.
SHE IS NOW FEELING BETTER,
AND NO MORE CHOKING.
SO NOT ONLY DID GOD TAKE
AWAY ANY CANCER, HE SOLVED
THE PROBLEM WITH THE
HEARTBURN.
NOW, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
GET HEALED?
WE GET A LOT OF THINGS THAT
ARE RUNNING THROUGH OUR
MINDS, THAT SOMEHOW OR
ANOTHER WE HAVE TO FAST, OR
THERE IS A PARTICULAR PRAYER
WE HAVE TO PRAY OR A
PARTICULAR PLACE THAT WE
HAVE TO GO.
OR WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
SPECIAL SO THAT GOD WOULD
TAKE NOTICE OF US.
NO.
IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT AT
ALL.
IT IS JUST LIKE SALVATION.
WHEN YOU BELIEVE THAT WHAT
JESUS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE
CROSS IS FOR YOU, THAT IT'S
FOR YOU, THEN YOU HAVE ALL
OF THE FAITH YOU NEED.
I LOVE TO TELL PEOPLE IF YOU
BELIEVE YOUR SINS ARE
FORGIVEN, YOU HAVE ALL OF
THE FAITH YOU NEED TO
BELIEVE FOR HEALING.
THE SAME THING ACCOMPLISHES
BOTH ENDS, THAT HE HEALS ALL
OF OUR DISEASES.
HE FORGETS ALL OF OUR
INIQUITIES, AND HE HEALS ALL
OF OUR DISEASES.
NOW, UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS
WAS FULFILLING THE WORDS OF
THE PROPHET ISAIAH, HE HAS
TAKEN AWAY ALL OF OUR
INFIRMITIES, AND HE HAS
BORNE ALL OUR PAIN, AND BY
HIS STRIVE STRIFES, WE ARE
HEALED.
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE.
THERE IS NO SPECIAL PRAYER,
THERE IS NO SPECIAL FAST.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU
CAN DO.
IT IS NOT BY OUR WORKS.
IT IS ALL BASED ON WHAT HE
DID.
SO LET'S PRAY.
AND WE JUST HAD TWO CANCER
REPORTS.
IF YOU HAVE CANCER, LAY YOUR
HAND ON THAT CANCER, AND IF
IT IS THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY,
LAY YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART
OR HEAD, AND LET'S BELIEVE
GOD.
AND LET'S BELIEVE WHAT HE
HAS ALREADY DONE, AND HOW
MUCH HE ALREADY LOVES YOU,
AND LET'S JUST RECEIVE.
PRAY WITH US.
JESUS, WE JUST COME TO YOU
RIGHT NOW, AND WE JUST
DECLARE THAT WE BELIEVE.
WE BELIEVE YOU ARE THE
PROMISED ONE OF THE FATHER.
WE BELIEVE YOU ARE THE
ANOINTED ONE AND THAT YOU
ACCOMPLISHED FOR US WHAT WE
COULDN'T DO FOR OURSELVES.
FOR WHILE WE WERE YET
SINNERS, YOU LOVED US SO
MUCH THAT YOU DIED FOR US.
SO, JESUS, WE JUST COME TO
YOU, AND AS PEOPLE ARE
LAYING HANDS ON THAT AREA OF
THE BODY THAT IS IN FIRMED
OR IN PAIN, WE DECLARE OUT
LOUD, BE HEALED AND BE MADE
WHOLE IN JESUS' NAME.
BY YOUR STRIPES WE ARE
HEALED AND WE RECEIVE IT
NOW.
WE RECEIVE ALL THAT YOU HAVE
FOR US.
THERE IS MUN, YOU'RE --
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'RE
LAYING YOUR HAND OVER YOUR
HEART.
YOU HAVE CANCER IN BOTH
LUNGS, AND GOD HAS HEARD
YOUR PRAYER AND IS HEALING
YOU NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE ELSE WITH A SPRAIN
IN YOUR RIGHT KNEE, AND GOD
HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER, AND
HE IS TAKING AWAY THAT PAIN
AND THAT NUMBNESS, AND HE IS
JUST RESTORING THE JOINT TO
WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE A COMPLICATION WITH
YOUR ADENOIDS -- I DON'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT
IS SEVERE.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO FEEL
LIKE A WARMTH IN THIS WHOLE
AREA OF YOUR THROAT AND NECK
HAS THAT SWELLING GOES
DOWN.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'VE HAD A
HYSTERECTOMY, AND YOU'RE
SUFFERING FROM COMPLICATIONS
TO THAT, BUT GOD IS HEALING
THAT AND MAKING YOU WELL AND
WHOLE.
Gordon: SOMEONE ELSE --
I DON'T KNOW IT IS IF FROM
THE ADENOIDS, BUT YOU'VE
LOST YOUR SENSE OF SMELL, IN
THE TUBES THAT GO IN YOUR
MOUTH TO YOUR NOSE, AND GOD
IS HEALING ALL OF THAT.
HE IS OPENING UP ALL OF
THAT.
ALL OF THAT INFECTION AND IM
IMFLAMMATION IS LEAVING YOU
NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE A EYE CONDITION --
IT IS LIKE THE SOFT
CONDITION UNDERNEATH THE
LIDS OF YOUR EYES.
AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS
SAND IN YOUR EYES.
YOUR EYES ARE GOING TO TEAR
AND GOD IS GOING TO HEAL
THAT FOR YOU.
JUST RECEIVE IT TODAY.
Gordon: IF YOU'VE BEEN
TOUCHED BY GOD, WE WANT TO
SHARE IN YOUR GOOD REPORT.
GIVE US A CALL AND LET US
KNOW.
WE REMIND YOU WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO AGREE
WITH YOU IN PRAYER, GIVE US
A CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM EXODUS: "I AM THE
LORD WHO HEALS YOU."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.