I HAVE BEEN IN HORRIBLE,
EXCRUCIATING PAIN FOR FOUR
STRAIGHT MONTHS.
Reporter: JOHN TESH
TELLS ALL.
THE PAIN IS REAL.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, TAKE A PAIN
PILL.
THAT'S LIKE TAKING AN
ASPIRIN WHEN YOU BROKE YOUR
LEG.
Reporter: AND YOU'LL
NEVER BELIEVE HOW BAD IT
GOT.
SHE CAUGHT ME ON THE
FLOOR ABOUT 2:00 IN THE
MORNING AND I COULDN'T
BREATHE.
Reporter: JOHN TESH
MAKES A STUNNING CONFESSION
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
IT PUTS EVERYTHING INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
Gordon: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB
THESE DAYS, YOU CAN EXPECT
BUSINESSES TO START
SEARCHING IN INTERNET TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU.
BUT NOW SOME COMPANIES ARE
TAKING THE NEXT STEP.
YOU COULD BE ASKED FOR YOUR
Facebook NAME AND
PASSWORD.
Terry: IS THAT A BREACH
OF PRIVACY, AND IS IT EVEN
LEGAL?
TYLER JAMES HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: IT IS NO
SECRET THAT Facebook IS
FAIR GAME TO PROS
SPECULATIVE EMPLOYERS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO ASSUME
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT THAT MESSAGE.
Reporter: BUT NOW MANY
HAVE IT SET TO PRIVATE.
WHICH MEANS THEY CAN'T SEE
PERSONAL PICTURES AND TAT
STATUS UPDATES.
SOME COMPANIES ARE DEMANDING
MORE ACCESS.
IT IS TOO FAR FOR
EMPLOYERS TO ASK FOR YOUR
PERSONAL PASSWORD.
THAT IS CROSSING THE LINE
BETWEEN YOUR BUSINESS AND
PERSONAL LIFE.
Reporter: BUSINESSES
SAY PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REFUSE GIVING UP
THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
BUT MANY JOB-SEEKERS WILL
FEEL THE PRESSURE TO GIVE IN
AND GIVE THE INFORMATION.
I CAN SAY I CAN'T GIVE
YOU MY PASSWORD, BUT I CAN
DIRECT YOU TO MY
Facebook.
Reporter: THE LAW SAYS
ANYONE CAN'T ACCESS AN
ACCOUNT PROPOSING TO SOMEONE
ELSE.
LEGISLATION FOCUSES ON THE
LEGALITY OF THE NEW
PRACTICE.
IF PASSED, IT WOULD BAN
AGENCIES FOR ASKING FOR
ACCESS TO SOCIAL NETWORK
ACCESS.
NOW THE OFFICIALS SAY THE
DECISION TO HAND OVER A
PASSWORD IS ALWAYS UP TO THE
JOB-SEEKER.
I WOULD BE TAKEN ABACK.
I WOULD SAY, I'M NOT REALLY
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT
IF YOU LIKE, I COULD
PROBABLY BRING BRING UP MY
ACCOUNT FOR YOU.
Gordon: THAT'S THE
LEAST INVASION, TO SAY I
WON'T GIVE YOU THE PASSWORD
SO YOU CAN HAVE ONGOING
ACCESS --
Terry: I THINK IT IS
OVER THE EDGE.
Gordon: WOULD YOU BRING
UP THE ACCOUNT TO SAY HERE,
I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT IT
RIGHT NOW?
Terry: MAYBE I'M WRONG,
BUT I THINK OF Facebook AS
A PERSONAL -- I DON'T KNOW,
MAYBE IT MEANS DIFFERENT
THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
BUT PEOPLE SHARE WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I DON'T THINK A PERSON
HIRING YOU HAS ANY RIGHT --
Gordon: KIND OF LIKE
BRINGING YOUR EMPLOYER INTO
YOUR HOME.
Terry: EXACTLY.
WE'RE MEETING FACE TO FACE,
SO WHY DO YOU NEED TO LOOK
AT MY Facebook.
Gordon: WHAT ABOUT
POLICE MATTERS?
Terry: WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
DEAL WITH SECURITY AND
AUTHORITY AND WHO WILL CARRY
ARMS, I THINK THAT'S A
DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
Facebook, BUT I THINK WE
MAYBE NEED TO DO A FEW MORE
SECURITY CHECKS THAN WE DO
WITH PEOPLE.
Gordon: THE RIGHT TO
PRIVACY IS NOW GUARANTEED BY
THE CONSTITUTION, DESPITE
WHAT YOU MAY THINK.
AND I THINK THIS MAY BE ONE
WHERE WE NEED SOME
LEGISLATION.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWS ROOM.
Reporter: GORDON,
WHITNEY HOUSTON DIED FROM
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
BUT CHRONIC COCAINE USE AND
HEART DISEASE WERE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN HER
DEATH.
THE DRUG WAS FOUND IN HER
SYSTEM WHEN SHE DROWNED IN A
HOTEL BATHTUB ON
FEBRUARY 11th.
HER FAMILY THEN RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE
SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE
TOXICOLOGY RESULTS, ALTHOUGH
WE ARE GLAD TO NOW HAVE
CLOSURE.
AMERICANS AND RALLYING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
PROTEST PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
CONTRACEPTION MANDATE.
THAT MEASURE REQUIRES
RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE,
INCLUDING ABORTION-INDUCING
DRUGS.
RALLIES ARE BEING HELD IN
140 CITIES FROM COAST TO
COAST, AND IN ALASKA AND
HAWAII.
THE EVENT IS CALLED "STAND
UP FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM."
RELIGIOUS SPEAKERS WILL
SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE
MANDATE.
WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THE
EVENTS ON CBNNEWS.COM.
A NEW MOVIE HITS THEATERS
THIS WEEKEND, AND IT IS
MAKING A BUZZ IN THE
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
IT IS CALLED "OCTOBER BABY,"
AND IT IS INSPIRED BY THE
TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL
WHO SURVIVES AN ABORTION AND
LATER GOES ON A SEARCH FOR
HER BIRTH MOTHER.
WENDY GRIFFITH SAT DOWN WITH
SOME OF THE CAST AND CREW.
"OCTOBER BABY" IS THE
STORY OF HANNAH, A
19-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
SHE LEARNS SHE IS ADOPTED
AND WAS NEVER TOLD BECAUSE
SHE IS THE SURVIVOR OF AN
ABORTION.
THIS IS MY CHANCE TO FIND
OUT WHO I REALLY AM.
Reporter: JOHN AND HIS
BROTHER ANDREW HAD THEIR
BACKGROUND IN MUSIC VIDEOS,
BUT FELT COMPELLED TO MAKE
"OCTOBER BABY" THEIR FIRST
FEATURE FILM.
IT IS INSPIRED BY A TRUE
STORY.
WHEN I HEARD HER SPEAK FOR
THE FIRST TIME -- SHE HAS
SINCE BECOME A VERY DEAR
FRIEND -- I WAS SHATTERED.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS SUCH
A THING AT ABORTION
SURVIVORS.
I THOUGHT WE HAD TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
"OCTOBER BABY" IS
DEFINITELY A MOVIE WHERE YOU
LAUGH AND YOU DO CRY.
IT IS SUCH A HEAVY ISSUE, IT
NEEDED TO BE A COMING OF
AGE.
Reporter: SHERRY RIGBY
PLAYS HANNAH'S BIRTH MOTHER,
A ROLE THAT HITS VERY CLOSE
TO HOME FOR THE ACTOR
ACTRESS, WHO HERSELF HAD AN
ABORTION.
I READ THE SCRIPT AND WAS
READING SOMETHING THAT
PARALLELLED MY LIFE.
I REALIZE THAT GOD WAS WEST
WEAVING THIS TAPESTRY OF MY
LIFE.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
MORE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS IS
WHEN HANNAH FINALLY FINDS
HER BIRTH MOTHER.
I GUESS I CAME HERE
BECAUSE I HOPED THAT MEANT
SOMETHING FOR YOU.
HE GAVE ME THAT COMPLETE
FORGIVENESS.
HE MET ME, SO TO SPEAK, AT
THE WELL.
AND HE GAVE ME THAT LOVE AND
GRACE AND TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND FORGIVENESS AND
TO SAY, IT'S OKAY.
Reporter: THE IRWIN
BROTHERS SAY THEY'RE BIGGEST
HOPE IS THAT THE MOVIE WILL
MAKE PEOPLE REALLY THINK
ABOUT THE ISSUE OF LIFE.
AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE
GOING TO SEE THIS MOVIE
WILL -- THAT IT WILL CHANGE
THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
LIFE.
Reporter: THE MOVIE
DEBUTS IN SELECT THEATERS
THIS WEEKEND.
WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.
Reporter: BY THE WAY,
RIGBY SHARES HER PERSONAL
TESTIMONY AT THE END OF THE
MOVIE.
AND 10% OF THE PROFITS FROM
THE MOVIE WILL GO TO PRO
LIFE, ADOPTION GROUPS.
Gordon: I HOPE THIS
REALLY TAKES OFF.
I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE
IT.
IT IS ONE THING TO SORT OF
TALK IN TERMS OF THE
POLITICS OF ABORTION, BUT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN ABORTION
SURVIVOR, WHO IS NOW AN
ADULT AND HEAR HER STORY AND
WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH, IT
WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A
BELIEVER OUT OF YOU IN TERMS
OF THE IMPACT OF THIS.
Terry: I SAW THE
MOVIE.
VERY WELL DONE.
VERY WELL DONE.
IT'S NOT -- EVERYBODY OUGHT
TO SEE IT, REALLY.
BECAUSE THE MESSAGE ABOUT
FORGIVENESS IS FOR ALL OF
US.
Gordon: YES, IT IS.
THERE ARE TWO ABORTION
SURVIVORS IN THIS MOVIE, AND
YOU NEED TO SEE BOTH OF
THEM.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
*
Announcer: COMING
UP...
I WAS A DISEMBODIED
VOICE.
Reporter: A RECORD
EXECUTIVE WHO WORKED WITH
THE JACKSONS AND LUTHER
VANDROSS.
I HAD NEVER SEEN THAT
MUCH MONEY IN MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
I WORKED ALL OF THESE YEARS
TO GET HERE, AND THERE IS
SOMETHING MISSING.
Announcer: MONDAY, HE
CHEATED ON HIS WIFE FOR
SEVEN YEARS.
WHAT WAS ON THE INTERNET
EVENTUALLY LED TO ME GOING
OUT TO THE CRUISE AREAS.
EVENTUALLY LED TO ME MEETING
UP AT HOTELS.
Announcer: WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN HIS WIFE FINDS
OUT.
PLUS, BLUEGRASS FROM DAILY
NEWS.
MONDAY ON "THE 700 CLUB."
Gordon: BARNEY WAS A
MUSIC PRODUCER WHO BLEW
THROUGH MONEY AS FAST AS HE
MADE IT.
HE SAYS HE WAS EMPTY INSIDE,
UNTIL ONE MORNING WHEN HE
WAS ALONE IN HIS HOTEL ROOM
AND HE TURNED ON THE TV.
Reporter: BERNIE
DELIVERED A
NEWSPAPER TO A RADIO STATION
IN BALTIMORE.
HE CALL THE ATTENTION OF
JAMES BROWN AT WEBB, WHO
ASKED BERNIE TO RECORD A
PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
BERNIE WAS ONLY 15, AND HE
WAS HOOKED.
I WAS A DISEMBODIED
VOICE.
I LOVED BEING BEHIND THE
MICROPHONE AND NOT BEING
SEEN, AND DOING THINGS AND
SAYING THINGS IN A CERTAIN
WAY THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE.
Reporter: BY HIS 20s,
BERNIE WAS LIVING OUT HIS
WILDEST RADIO DREAMS, AND
WORKING FOR A TOP THREE
MARKET IN CHICAGO.
HE WAS SWEPT UP IN A
WORLD-WIND OF SUCCESS,
MONEY, AND GLAMOUR.
MY LIFESTYLE IN THE RADIO
BUSINESS WAS FAST LANE,
FILLED WITH A LOT OF DRUGS,
GROUPIES, AND A LOT OF
MONEY, TOO, CAN BE MADE.
WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MONEY
IS ONE THING, AND WHAT YOU
DO WITH THE GROUPIES WAS
ANOTHER THING.
IT WAS CALLING UP PROS
SUBSTITUTES AND HAVING --
PROSTITUTES, AND HAVING
PEOPLE COME OVER AND USING
AND ABUSING DRUGS.
IT IS A DOG EAT DOG WORLD.
AND I HAD TO BE ACCLIMATED
TO THAT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU USED
THINGS TO GIVE YOU A BOOST.
I USED COCAINE TO GIVE ME A
BOOST.
I USED MARIJUANA TO RELAX.
IT IS SUCH A VICIOUS CYCLE.
Reporter: HE WAS
OFFERED A JOB IN NEW YORK,
ANOTHER TOP THREE MARKET.
DURING THAT TIME, HE BEGAN
TO WRITE MUSIC, WITH CREDITS
SUCH AS "I CAN'T TAN STAND
THE RAIN."
I REMEMBER THE ROYALTY
CHECK THAT I HAD GOT.
IT WAS LIKE $19,000.
I HAD NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH
MONEY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I USED EVERY DROP OF IT ON
DRUGS.
Reporter: IN 1987, SONY
RECORDS OFFERED BERNIE A
POSITION AT V.P. OF A AND
R.
HIS SIX-FIGURE SALARY AND
MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET WAS
ALL HE THOUGHT HE EVER
WANTED.
BUT ONE DAY BERNIE REALIZED
IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
I WOKE UP AFTER BEING
THERE FOR A YEAR AND SAID,
IS THIS IT?
I WORKED ALL THESE YEARS TO
GET HERE, AND THERE IS
SOMETHING MISSING.
THERE WAS A VOID IN MY
LIFE.
THE NIGHT BEFORE, I KNEW I
WAS WATCHING AN X-RATED
MOVIE, AND I KNEW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I ROLLED
OVER ON THE REMOTE
CONTROL -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED -- BUT I WOKE UP
THAT MORNING AND I TURNED
THE TV ON AND IT WAS "THE
700 CLUB."
AND THERE WAS SOMEONE ON
THERE SAYING THERE IS
SOMEONE WHO IS STRUGGLING
RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU ARE AT A POINT IN
YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU HAVE
MADE IT, YOU'VE DONE ALL OF
THE THINGS YOU'VE WANTED TO
DO, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT IS MISSING.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT
THAT SOMETHING MISSING IS
JESUS.
AND HE PURPOSELY PUT A
CHRIST-SHAPED VACUUM IN YOUR
LIFE.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW, I WAS
ON MY KNEES, ASKING THE LORD
TO COME INTO MY LIFE AND TO
SAVE ME.
THERE WAS A TOTAL
PERSONALITY CHANGE, SO TO
SPEAK.
I FOUND MYSELF NOT WANTING
TO DO THE THINGS I USED TO
DO.
I ASKED THE LORD TO TAKE THE
TASTE OF CIGARETTES AND
ALCOHOL AND ANY OTHER
SUBSTANCES OUT OF MY
TASTEBUDS.
AND HE DID.
AND AS I THINK ABOUT THAT
MOMENT, THINGS HAVE CHANGED
IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: AFTER BERNIE
GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST, HE
FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO
CONTINUE HIS WORK WITH THE
RECORD LABEL.
THE NEXT YEAR, SONY DECIDED
NOT TO RENEW HIS CONTRACT.
AND BERNIE MILLER MOVED TO
CHATTANOOGA TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN RADIO ANNOUNCER.
EVENTUALLY BERNIE ATTENDED
SEMINARY AND BECAME A
FULL-TIME PASTOR.
ALL OF THE GOLD RECORDS,
ALL OF THE FAMOUS PEOPLE
THAT I'VE KNOWN MEAN NOTHING
TO ME COMPARED TO THE
RELATIONSHIP I FOUND BY
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
AND ANYONE WHO'S HURTING,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WANT
JESUS.
AND WHEN I WAS AT THE TOP OF
MY CAREER, I DIDN'T REALLY
NEED ANYTHING, BUT THERE WAS
A VOID IN MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY, YOU'RE VERY
SUCCESSFUL, BUT ALL OF THOSE
THINGS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING
TO YOU.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
TILL HAVE A VOID IN YOUR
LIFE.
AND THAT VOID IS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
THAT'S THAT SAME VOID THAT I
HAD.
AND YOU WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL
YOU DO WHAT I DID, AND THAT
IS, ASK HIM TO BE YOUR LORD
AND SAVIOR.
Gordon: MAYBE YOU'RE
LIKE BERNIE AND YOU JUST
SORT OF STUMBLED ACROSS THIS
SHOW, AND YOU'RE WONDERING,
CAN THAT BE TRUE?
IS REALLY THE SOLUTION TO
THE EMPTINESS IN MY LIFE --
IS THAT REALLY TRUE?
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS --
YOU'LL FIND IT I IN
ECCLESIASTES, KING SOLOMON
WROTE IT -- HE SAYS THAT GOD
HAS PUT ETERNITY IN OUR
HEARTS.
YOU MAY BE TRYING TO FILL
THAT UP WITH SOMETHING
ELSE.
YOU MAY BE TRYING TO SAY,
OKAY, I'LL BE AS SUCCESSFUL
AS I CAN, OR I'LL FILL IT UP
WITH MONEY, OR I'LL FILL IT
UP WITH DRUGS.
I'LL FILL IT UP WITH
ALCOHOL.
I'LL FILL IT UP WITH
RELATIONSHIPS.
I'LL TRY TO FIND SOME KIND
OF MEANING IN ALL OF THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN
THERE -- YOU KNOW THERE IS
NO MEANING.
THAT IT'S ALWAYS A CONTINUE
YOU'LL CHASE.
THAT YOU NEVER REALLY FIND
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU NEVER FIND THAT
SATISFACTION.
YOU NEVER FIND PEACE.
YOU NEVER FIND REST FOR YOUR
SOUL.
YOU DON'T FIND IT.
BUT JESUS IS SAYING TO YOU,
AND HE IS DOING IT RIGHT
NOW, COME TO ME.
ALL WHO ARE WE'REY AND HEAVY
LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU
REST.
YOU CAN FIND PEACE FOR YOUR
SOUL.
YOU CAN FIND IT IN HIM.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU WERE MADE FOR
HIM.
THE REASON HE PUT ETERNITY
IN YOUR HEART IS SO THAT HE
COULD FILL IT UP.
IT IS WHEN YOU FIND THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM THAT
YOU FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR.
NOW, THE WORLD WILL TELL YOU
THAT RELATIONSHIP MEANS THAT
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UP A
BUNCH OF THINGS, AND YOU CAN
NEVER HAVE FUN AGAIN.
WELL, I'M HERE TO ASSURE IT
IS THE GREATEST ADVENTURE
YOU COULD EVER HAVE, WHERE
YOU'VE COME TO KNOW YOUR
CREATOR.
YOU CAN HEAR HIS VOICE.
YOU CAN HAVE THIS GUIDANCE
IN YOUR LIFE.
AND IF YOU LIVE FOR HIM --
NOT LIVE FOR YOURSELF, BUT
IF YOU LIVE FOR HIM, AND IF
YOU SEEK HIS RULES, HIS
KINGDOM FIRST, THEN ALL THIS
OTHER STUFF GETS ADDED UNTO
YOU.
AND YOU FIND THE JOY.
YOU FIND THE PEACE.
AND LIFE BECOMES A GREAT
ADVENTURE.
AND EVERY DAY YOU START
WAKING UP, GOD, WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO TODAY?
WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO MEET
TODAY?
HOW CAN I INFLUENCE SOMEBODY
FOR YOU TODAY?
WHAT GOOD THINGS DO YOU HAVE
WHEN
YOU HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP,
HE COMES, AND IT IS A DAILY
THING.
HIS MERCY IS NEW EVERY
MORNING.
YOU CAN BE A NEW CREATION
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU CAN HAVE JOY, YOU CAN
HAVE PEACE, AND YOU CAN HAVE
LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.
NOW, IF THIS IS FOR YOU, IF
YOU WANT TO LEAVE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING NOW AND FIND
HIM, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
ASK.
AND HERE IS THE PROMISE FROM
JESUS: "BEHOLD, I STAND AT
THE DOOR AND KNOCK.
IF ANYONE -- ANYONE" --
THAT'S YOU --" HEARS MY
VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR,
I'LL COME IN."
SO IF YOU'RE "ANYONE," DON'T
CHANGE THIS CHANNEL.
DON'T SPEND ANOTHER DAY --
YOU ALREADY KNOW IT'S NOT
GOING TO LEAD YOU ANYWHERE.
FIND HIM AND HE'LL LEAD YOU
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU THE
DESIRES OF YOUR HEART IF YOU
JUST LET HIM.
SO RIGHT NOW, DON'T TURN
AWAY.
DON'T CHANGE THIS CHANNEL.
BUT RIGHT NOW BOW YOUR
HEAD.
AND PRAYER A VERY SIMPLE
PRAYER, AND LET JESUS DO ALL
OF THE REST.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
HIS NAME, SAY IT OUT LOUD --
JESUS, I COME TO YOU, AND I
HEAR THAT YOU CAN CHANGE MY
LIFE.
THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME
PURPOSE, THAT YOU CAN GIVE
ME PEACE.
SO, JESUS, RIGHT NOW I OPEN
THE DOOR, AND I ASK THAT YOU
COME IN, AND THAT YOU MAKE
ME NEW AGAIN.
AND, JESUS, YOU KNOW THE
THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE
WRONG.
AND I ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU
FORGIVE ME.
AND FOR ANYONE WHO HAS HURT
ME, I FORGIVE THEM.
AND I SET THEM FREE BECAUSE
I WANT TO BE FREE.
JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART,
CHANGE MY LIFE.
GIVE ME PEACE.
LET ME FIND REST FOR MY
SOUL.
FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
CFATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I ASK FOR A BAPTISM
IN YOUR LOVE.
I ASK THAT THEY WOULD KNOW
THAT THEIR PRAYER HAS BEEN
HEARD AND HAS BEEN ANSWERED
TODAY.
FILL THEM WITH YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT.
FILL THEM WITH LOVE.
AND GIVE THEM THE PEACE THAT
THEY LONG FOR.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
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 DO
THAT, JUST TELL SOMEBODY.
I MADE IT EASY FOR YOU.
YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE A
TOLL-FREE PHONE CALL.
1-800-759-0700 IS THE
NUMBER.
AND CALL AND JUST TELL
SOMEBODY, I JUST PRAYED.
I JUST ASKED JESUS INTO MAY
HEART.
WHEN YOU CALL, WE HAVE A
FREE PACKET FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
AND THERE IS A C.D.
TEACHING, HOW TO LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A
COPY OF THE BIBLE AND START
READING IT.
START WITH THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN.
READ IT EVERY DAY.
IT IS THROUGH HIS WORD YOU
HAVE A RENEWING OF YOUR
MIND, A RENEWING OF YOUR
SPIRIT.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
JOIN(ky A LOCAL CHURCH.
GO THROUGH WATER BAPTISM.
IT STARTS WITH A PHONE CALL
AND TELLING SOMEBODY RIGHT
NOW, I JUST PRAYED.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: STILL AHEAD, SHE
WAS KNOWN AS THE MADAM OF
MUSTANG, A MULTI-MILLION
BROTHEL OUTSIDE OF VEGAS.
I WAS ALL ABOUT THE
MONEY, THE POWER.
I FIGURED ANYONE COULD BE
BOUGHT.
SO IF I WAVED A $100 BILL,
THEN YOU WOULD DO AS I SAY.
Terry: SEE WHY THIS
MADAM QUIT THE BUSINESS.
THAT'S COMING UP.
I FINALLY GOT TO THE
POINT WHERE THERE WASN'T
ENOUGH COCAINE AND THERE
WASN'T ENOUGH ALCOHOL.
Announcer: WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
THEY STARTED DISCUSSING
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, A
NEED TO PRAY FOR THIS GUY.
COME ON, GOD, GIVE ME THE
BUZZ.
I WAS JOKING AROUND.
I WAS DARING GOD.
THEY FINISHED PRAYING, AND
BEN SAYS THE GUY WE WERE
PRAYING FOR DIDN'T GET THE
BUZZ HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
MY HEART STOPPED.
HE SPOKE TO ME THAT NIGHT,
AND HE SAID WHEN YOU'RE
SERIOUS.
I WENT SCREAMING OUT THE
NAME OF JESUS TO SAVE ME.
I REMEMBER WHAT BEN SAID,
AND I SCREAMED OUT, JESUS,
JESUS, HELP ME.
SAVE ME.
THE VERY SECOND I DID
THAT -- IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE
IN MIRACLES, THEN DON'T
BELIEVE IN ME BECAUSE I AM
ONE.
I FELT BLESSED.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THAN 900 WOMEN DIED
LAST YEAR FROM OTTER
KILLINGS IN PAKISTAN, THAT'S
ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL
RECORD FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN.
IT FINDS AMONG THOSE KILLED,
93 WERE MINORS, AND SEVEN
CHRISTIANS ALSO REPORTEDLY
AMONG THE DEAD.
NEARLY 600 OF THE WOMAN
KILLED WERE ACCUSED OF
HAVING ILLICIT RELATIONS,
AND MORE THAN 200 WERE
MURDERED FOR MARRYING
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND THE
WORLD ON THURSDAY TO
CELEBRATE WORLD WATER DAY.
IT IS A DAY MEANT TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO THE WORLDWIDE
WATER CRISIS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
WORKING TO SAVE LIVES BY
PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING
WATER FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
LAST MONTH, IN INDIA ALONE,
THEY DRILLED 28 WELLS.
AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE WATER
PURIFICATION SYSTEMS.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT
OB.ORG.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" AFTER THIS.
*
Terry: AS THE MADAM TO
500 PROS SUBSTITUTES,
SHARNEL SUTY WAS THE HIGH
FLIGHT IN THE 1990s.
AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS ALL
STRIPPED AWAY.
SHARNEL WAS LEFT WITH
NOTHING.
Reporter: TUCKED AWAY
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LAS
VEGAS IS THIS BROTHEL.
ITS FIRST OWNER, JOE, WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN LEGALIZING
PROS SUBSTITUTION IN THE
'70s.
SHARNEL WAS THE MADAM OF THE
RANCH, AND RAN THE ESTATE
WITH 500 PROSTITUTES.
SHE WAS ALSO JOE'S
MISTRESS.
TOGETHER THEY RAN THE MOST
PROFITABLE BROTHEL IN
NEVADA.
I WAS ALL ABOUT THE
MONEY, THE POWER.
I FIGURED ANYONE COULD BE
BOUGHT.
IF I WAVED A $100 BILL, YOU
WOULD DO AS I SAY.
Reporter: SHARNEL'S
JOURNEY TO THIS POWERFUL
POSITION STARTED AS A YOUNG
GIRL.
HER MOTHER WAS A BLACKJACK
DEALER, LEAVING SHARNEL AND
HER BROTHER HOME ALONE.
AND HER BROTHER HAD LOTS OF
PARTIES.
AND SHARNEL WAS INTRIGUED
UNTIL THE DAY SOMEONE RAPED
HER.
I FELT SHAMEFUL, I FELT
GUILTY.
I FELT LIKE I DID THIS.
Reporter: AT 16,
SHARNEL DECIDED TO RUN AWAY
AND HITCHED A RIDE WITH A
TRUCKER, NOT CARING WHERE
SHE WOULD END UP,.
I HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS
GETTING INTO.
WHEN I WENT TO THE TRUCK
STOP, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
AND GOT IN WITH HIM, I
DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE
THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF WHAT
I HAD JUST CHOSE.
Reporter: WU WHAT
SHARNEL DIDN'T KNOW, THE
TRUCKER EXPECTED HER TO
SLEEP WITH HIM AND HIS
FRIENDS.
THEY HAD THIS PARTY AND
THEY ALL CAME INTO THE
ROOM.
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
THEY'RE TAKING TURNS, ONE
AFTER ANOTHER ON ME.
TO THIS DAY, IT'S REALLY
JUST RIPPED MY HEART OUT.
TO THINK THAT MEN, EVEN
THOUGH I COULD LOOK AT MY
PAST AND KNOW THAT I LOOKED
OLDER AND WHATEVER, I WAS
MORE MATURE, BUT TO KNOW
THAT NOT JUST ONE MAN, BUT
FIVE MEN COULDN'T MAKE A
DECISION THAT THIS IS A
YOUNG GIRL.
THIS COULD BE YOUR
DAUGHTER.
Reporter: SEVERAL YEARS
LATER, SHARNEL MET JOE, THE
BROTHEL OWNER.
WHEN HE OFFERED HER A
POSITION AT THE BROTHEL, SHE
JUMPED AT THE CHANCE.
SHARNEL BECAME THE MADAM OF
MUSTANG, YET BEHIND THE
MONEY AND POWER, SHE
SUPPRESSED A HUGE AMOUNT OF
SHAME.
I FELT A LOT OF DISGUST.
I HATED MYSELF.
Reporter: IN 1999, JOE
WAS CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION
AND FLED THE COUNTRY.
THE I.R.S. CLOSED THE RANCH,
AND SHARNEL LOST
EVERYTHING.
I WAS AT THE END OF MY
ROPE.
TIRED OF FIGHTING ALL MY
LIFE, AND EVERYTHING BEING
SO BAD ALL MY LIFE.
I COULDN'T SEE WHY -- I MEAN
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR ME
TO BE ALIVE?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR ME
TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THIS
WORLD IF I CONSTANTLY HAVE
TO BATTLE.
SO WHAT I DID WAS, I TOOK A
BRAND NEW PRESCRIPTION
BOTTLE OF 100-MILLIGRAM
ELAVIL, AND I SLIT MY WRISTS
AND WAS HOPING TO CALL IT
QUITS.
Reporter: THE SUICIDE
ATTEMPT PUT SHARNEL IN A
COMA FOR EIGHT DAYS.
WHEN HE AWOKE, SHE HAD ONE
THOUGHT.
I WAS SO MAD THAT I HAD
HAD TO STAY ON THIS PLANET
AND CONTINUE FEELING PAIN
AND PEOPLE HURTING ME.
Reporter: DOCTORS SENT
HER HOME TO RECOVER ON BED
REST.
ONE DAY, WHILE WATCHING TV,
SHE STUMBLED ON A MAN
TELLING HOW HE ACCEPTED
JESUS CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR.
HIS STORY INTRIGUED
SHARNEL.
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING
ELSE, AND NOTHING HAS
WORKED.
AND THERE IS NOTHING OUT
THERE THAT I WANT, BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO BE HERE,
BECAUSE I'VE TRIED IT ALL.
SO I'VE GOT TO TRY THIS ONE
LAST THING.
I'VE GOT TO TRY.
Reporter: SHARNEL ASKED
FOR FORGIVENESS, AND INVITED
JESUS CHRIST INTO HER LIFE.
I FELT RENEWED,
REFRESHED, HOPEFUL, FREE.
EVERYTHING FROM MY PAST THAT
WAS FOUL, THAT WAS PAINFUL,
THAT WAS DEATH, THAT WAS
HUMILIATING, THAT WAS SHAME,
THAT WAS GUILT.
HE WIPED IT ALL AWAY, HE
WASHED IT ALL AWAY, BY THAT
PRAYER OF ME ASKING HIM INTO
MY HEART.
Reporter: SHARNEL FOUND
A CHURCH HOME AND SURROUNDED
HERSELF WITH CHRISTIAN
FRIENDS.
GRATEFUL TO BE AWAY FROM THE
SHAME CONNECTED TO THE SEX
INDUSTRY, SHE WAS EXCITED TO
START HER OWN MINISTRY..
SHE NOW REACHES OUT TO
OTHERS, SHARING HER STORY.
NOTHING THEY'VE DONE IS
SO SHAMEFUL THAT GOD WON'T
FORGIVE THEM.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN
GIVE ME WHAT CHRIST GAVE ME
WHEN I ASKED HIM INTO MY
Terry: YOU KNOW, A
GREAT SAINT IN THE BODY OF
CHRIST, CORY TENBALM, ONCE
SEA THERE IS NO PIT SO DEEP
THAT GOT GO GOD IS NOT
DEEPER STILL.
WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES YOU
FIND YOURSELF IN, MAYBE
YOU'RE FED UP WITH THE WHOLE
JOURNEY, MAYBE YOU'VE
THOUGHT OF TAKING YOUR
LIFE.
PRESENTS ITSELF.
LIVE IN A
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND TO HAVE
US WHOLLY AND
COMPLETELY.
BUT HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE A
WAY TO HAVE THAT FELLOWSHIP,
THAT RELATIONSHIP, WITH MY
CHILDREN, THE ONES I'VE
CREATED.
SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN TO
MAR OUR
MARER OF LIFE, BECAUSE
IT IS PLEASURE TO PUT US
UNDER A BURDEN OF SHAME AND
DISGUST.
SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS
BECAUSE WE MAKE MORE CHOICES
OURSELVES.
BUT LISTEN, HERE IS THE
GREAT NEWS: YOU GET TO
CAN'T GET GOOD
HE PAID THE PRICE FOR ME AND
FOR YOU.
HE DID IT BECAUSE HE IS
MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS AND
LOVING.
TO OUR
SO HERE IS THE QUESTION --
HE IS WILLING TO REACH DOWN
INTO THE PIT THAT HAS BECOME
YOUR LIFE.
WILL YOU REACH UP AND GRAB
HIS HAND?
WILL YOU SAY YES TO HIM
TODAY?
WILL YOU TAKE THE NEW
BEGINNING THAT HE OFFERS
YOU?
IT'S THERE FOR THE ASKING.
THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS YOU, WHAT
WILL YOU DO WITH IT?
YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT DO I
HAVE TO DO?
WELL, YOU JUST SAY YES.
YOU SAY YES, AND YOU HUMBLE
YOURSELF TO SAY, I NEED
YOU.
I HUMBLE YOURSELF TO SAY,
I'M WILLING TO PUT ASIDE
EVERYTHING THAT IS OF ME,
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN
DONE TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT
I AM, BECAUSE I WANT ALL
THAT YOU ARE.
WHEN WE COME TO CHRIST, WE
GIVE HIM ALL THAT WE ARE.
AND IN RETURN, HE GIVES US
ALL THAT HE IS.
DO YOU WANT TO PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW?
KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
HOW TO DO THIS, BUT I'M
COMING TO YOU TODAY IN
DESPERATE NEED, FILLED WITH
SHAME AND DISGUST OVER WHAT
I'VE BECOME.
FILLED WITH BITTERNESS
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE TO ME.
FILLED WITH SELF-HATRED AND
LOATHING BECAUSE OF WHAT
I'VE DONE.
I NEED A FRESH BEGINNING.
I'M TAKING YOU AT YOUR WORD
TODAY.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE
ME THAT NEW START.
JESUS, WILL YOU BE MY
SAVIOR?
OH, I KNOW I NEED YOU.
I KNOW I'M A SINNER.
I'M CONFESSING ALL OF MY SIN
TO YOU TODAY.
EVERY BRI BIT OF IT, EVERY
DARK CORNER OF MY LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE IT ALL.
WASH ME CLEAN.
GIVE ME A FRESH BEGINNING.
FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT.
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS AND HOW
TO LIVE FOR YOU.
TO BE KNOWN AS
BELONGING TO YOU.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THAT MEANS, WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE FORGIVEN, WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE LOVED AND TO BE ABLE
TO LOVE FREELY AND WHOLLY,
TO BE HEALED COMPLETELY.
AND IN RETURN, LORD, I GIVE
YOU EVERYTHING THAT I AM AND
ME.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME SO
MUCH THAT YOU STOOD BY, EVEN
IN MY DEEPEST NEED.
I SAY YES TO YOU, YES.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, THEN YOU'VE BEGUN
THE RELATIONSHIP.
YOU'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
WE'VE PUT A FREE PACKET
TOGETHER FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY," AND
IT'S FILLED WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW TO GROW IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
THIS IS YOURS FOR THEING
ASKING.
THE NUMBER IS EVEN
TOLL-FREE.
1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, JUST SAY, I
THIS
OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
THERE IS LOTS MORE STILL TO
COME ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Announcer: COMING UP
LATER...
I HAD HAD BEEN IN
HORRIBLE, EXCRUCIATING PAIN
FOR FOUR STRAIGHT MONTHS.
Reporter: THE SECRET
AGONY OF JOHN TESH.
THE PAIN IS REAL.
AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, TAKE A
PAIN PILL.
THAT'S LIKE TAKING AN
ASPIRIN WHEN YOU BROKE YOUR
LEG.
THAT STUFF DOESN'T WORK.
SHE CAUGHT ME ON THE FLOOR
ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING
AND I COULDN'T BREATHE.
Announcer: JOHN TESH
MAKES A STUNNING
CONFESSION.
*
Gordon: IN MANY ARAB
COUNTRIES, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES OFTEN SPEND
THEIR LIVES AT OUTCASTS,
WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF GOING
TO SCHOOL OR FINDING A JOB.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
CASE FOR A PALESTINIAN GIRL
NAMED TAMARA WITHOUT HELP
FROM "OPERATION BLESSING."
Reporter: TAMARA ALWAYS
WALKS AROUND ON HER TOES,
LIKE A LITTLE BALLERINA.
SHE WAS BORN WITH A
DISABILITY THAT AFFECTS HER
FEET.
SO WHEN SHE WAS
ONE-WEEK-OLD, HER MOTHER
ABANDONED HER.
HEAN TOOK HER IN.
I LOVE HER.
I'M RAISING HER AS MY OWN
DAUGHTER.
AND I'M DOING EVERYTHING I
CAN TO GIVE HER A BETTER
LIFE.
SHE'S MY BABY.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
Reporter: SHE KNOWS HER
DAUGHTER NEEDS EXPENSIVE
SURGERY, BUT HEAN DOESN'T
HAVE A STUDY JOB OR A
REGULAR INCOME.
I COULD DO CRAFTS AT
HOME, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY TO GET STARTED.
Reporter: IN THE
KITCHEN, THEIR CUPBOARDS ARE
BARE.
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT
HOW DIFFICULT MY LIFE IS,
AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE
ANYMORE.
BUT I GO TO CHURCH AND I
PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER.
Reporter: HER BIGGEST
WORRY IS ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO TAMARA.
RIGHT NOW SHE IS TOO YOUNG
TO KNOW SHE IS DIFFERENT
FROM ANYONE ELSE.
HERE IN THE WEST BANK,
GROWING UP WITH JUST A MINOR
DISABILITY LIKE THIS ONE
WOULD MEAN IN SCHOOL OTHER
CHILDREN WOULD TEASE AND
MAKE FUN OF HER EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
AND WHEN SHE GOT OLDER, IT
WOULD BE HARD FOR HER TO
FIND WORK OR GET MARRIED AND
HAVE A FAMILY OF HER OWN.
WHAT THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE
GIRL DOESN'T REALIZE IS
TODAY "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS GOING TO CHANGE HER LIFE
FOREVER.
"OPERATION BLESSING" PAID
FOR SURGERY TO FIX TAMARA'S
FEET.
AND WE BOUGHT HEAN ENOUGH
FOOD TO FILL HER CABINETS
AND DRAWERS.
AND WE GOT HER SET UP WITH
EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS TO MAKE
JEWELRY AT HOME.
AND SINCE MOM GOT WORK
TABLES, WE GAVE TAMARA A
COZY NEW BED AND BLANKETS
SHE LOVED.
JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER HER
SURGERY, TAMARA WAS LEARNING
HOW TO WALK NORMALLY.
SOON SHE'LL BE RUNNING AND
JUMPING WITH THE REST OF THE
KIDS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
HER LIFE.
TAMARA IS DOING REALLY
WELL.
SHE RUNS AND JUMPS AND
DANCES A LOT.
AS A MOTHER, I'M VERY
EXCITED.
NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW
HAPPY I AM.
I THANK GOD FOR ANSWERING
OUR PRAYERS.
AND I ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR
"OPERATION BLESSING" AND
EVERYONE THAT HELPED.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Gordon: GLU GOD BLESS
YOU.
AND THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "700
CLUB," YOU'RE A PART OF
THAT.
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INTO "OPERATION BLESSING" TO
HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
WE'RE NOT JUST A TV SHOW.
WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO
PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE, ASK
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WHEN YOU -- IF YOU WANT TO
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ABOVE, WE WANT TO HELP
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TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, JOHN
TESH REVEALS HIS BIGGEST
SECRET.
WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN
LIKE THAT, IT PUTS
EVERYTHING INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
Terry: SO WHAT KNOCKED
HIM DOWN?
YOU'LL FIND OUT.
OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
JOHN TESH IS NEXT.
PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS, SO STAY WITH US.
*
Terry: WELL, FANS OF
JOHN TESH KNOW THAT HE
SUFFERED FROM BACK PAIN NOT
LONG AGO, BUT THEY DIDN'T
KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS.
NO ONE KNEW.
FOR MONTHS TESH STRUGGLED
THROUGH UNBEARABLE PAIN, AND
AS HE TOLD SCOTT ROSS, THAT
PAIN NEARLY COST HIM TO TAKE
HIS LIFE.
Reporter: HIS OBITUARY
WOULD HAVE READ "CELEBRITY
JOHN TESH COMMITS SUICIDE BY
DROWNING OFF THE JERSEY
SHORE."
WHEN PAIN TAKES YOUR
FAITH AWAY -- IT REALLY
CAN -- THE ONLY THING THAT
IS LEFT IS THE PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN YOU, WHO CAN HELP
KEEP YOU CONNECTED TO GOD.
Reporter: HE HAS ALWAYS
HAD THE MIDAS TOUCH.
JOHN TESH'S CAREER IN
BROADCASTING AND
ENTERTAINMENT HAS GARNERED
HIM A HOST OF ACCOLADES.
THREE GOLD RECORDS, TWO
GRAMMY NOMINATIONS, SIX
EMMYS, AND AN ASSOCIATED
PRESS AWARD FOR
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM,
JUST TO NAME A FEW.
EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HIM AS
THE POPULAR COHOST OF
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT.
HE STUNNED A LOT OF VIEWERS
BY LEAPING OUT OF
BROADCASTING INTO HIS FIRST
PASSION, MUSIC.
I'M THE POSTER BOY FOR
QUIT YOUR JOB, FOLLOW YOUR
DREAMS.
Reporter: NOW HE IS
PERFORMING LIVE ON STAGE AND
SPEAKING ON THE AIRWAVES
FROM HIS OWN RADIO SHOW
"INTELLIGENCE FOR YOUR
LIFE."
WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF
RANGE OF TOPICS FROM SOCIAL
NETWORKING TO HUMANITARIAN
RELIEF.
SO I WAS SHOCKED, FOR THE
FIRST TIME PUBLICLY, JOHN
BROUGHT UP HOW A BACK INJURY
TOOK HIM ON A DARK JOURNEY
OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND
HOPELESSNESS.
I HAD A PIECE OF DISC
MATERIAL IN MY SPINE CAME
OFF ON MY NERVE ROUTE AND
PARALYZED ME.
I STARTED A NEW JOURNEY.
Reporter: AS THE PAIN
GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE,
JOHN DID HIS RADIO SHOW ON
HIS BACK.
HE TRIED KEEPING HIS
SUFFERING IN PERSPECTIVE.
NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO GO
THROUGH, BUT THE PAIN IS
REAL.
AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, TAKE A
PAIN PILL.
I WAS IN ONE OF THESE PAIN
CENTERS, WHO GIVE THE
EPIDURALS, AND THAT IS LADY,
I LATER FOUND OUT, HAS BEEN
IN PAIN FOR 20 YEARS.
AND SHE LOOKS OVER AT ME AND
SHE SAYS, OH, YOUR SUCH A,
YOA YOUNSTER AT THIS AND
YOU'LL GET YOUR SPINE FIXED
AND YOU'LL BE OUT OF HERE.
AND I'LL STILL BE HERE.
CONSIDER YOURSELF BLESSED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M THINKING, THIS
WOMAN, WHO KNOWS THROUGH
FAILED BACK SURGERY, SHE
WILL LIVING THAT LIFE, AND
SHE STILL HAD HAD THE ENERGY
TO PRAY FOR ME.
I FELT PRETTY HORRIBLE AT
THAT MOMENT.
Reporter: JOHN SAYS
PAIN BECAME THE FOCUS OF HIS
LIFE.
I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN.
I COULDN'T TAKE PAIN PILLS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WORK.
CONNIE IS SUCH A TROUPER,
BUT I DON'T THINK SHE KNEW
HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL SHE
CAME IN AND CAUGHT ME -- I
NEVER HAD AN ANXIETY
ATTACK -- I NEVER HAD ONE
BEFORE -- SHE CAUGHT ME ON
THE FLOOR AT 2:0:00 ON THE
FLOOR AND I COULDN'T
BREATHE.
SHE KNEW WHAT TO DO.
SHE HAD ME BREATHE INTO THE
PAPER BAG.
Reporter: JOHN SAID HE
HAD SUPPORT FROM HIS WIFE
CONNIE, AND Facebook FANS
OFFERED PRAYERS.
STILL THE PAIN SCREAMED
LOUDER.
AND I HAD BEEN IN
HORRIBLE, EXCRUCIATING SPAIN
FOR FOUR STRAIGHT MONTHS.
AND I LOSS THE USE OF MY
LEFT LEG.
I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND I
COULDN'T PLAY MUSIC
ANYMORE.
Reporter: JOHN
CONVINCED HIMSELF THE ONLY
WAY TO STOP THE PAIN WAS TO
TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.
HE PLANNED TO GET DRUNK AND
LET THE OCEAN TAKE HIM
UNDER.
THE DOCTOR SAID YOU CAN'T
GO IN THE WATER BECAUSE YOU
WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT
OUT.
I'M CRAWLING IN THE WATER
BECAUSE OF MY LEG.
I HAD DOWNED ABOUT A HALF
BOTTLE OF VODKA AND I'M IN A
WETSUIT, HEADING TO THE
JERSEY SHORE, GOING TO GO
FOR A SWIM.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS
KILL MYSELF BECAUSE I JUST
COULDN'T TAKE THE PAIN
ANYMORE.
Reporter: JOHN'S
SUICIDE ATTEMPT ENDED IN THE
ARMS OF HIS SON, GIB.
HE GRABBED ME AND SAID,
YOU WANT TO GO FOR A SWIM.
AND I SAID, YEAH.
HE TOOK ME AND HELD ME IN
THE WATER AS THE WAVES
WASHED OVER ME AND THE TEARS
CAME DOWN.
I REALIZED THAT I HAD A LOT
TO LIVE FOR.
Reporter: A SUCCESSFUL
BACK SURGERY EVENTUALLY
RESTORED JOHN'S HEALTH.
WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN
LIKE THAT, IT PUTS
EVERYTHING INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
Reporter: AND YOU'RE
HEALED NOW?
I AM.
Reporter: SO THE PRAYER
WORKED?
THE PRAYER WORKED.
AND EVERYBODY WAS PRAYING
FOR ME.
Reporter: WHAT DID YOU
LEARN IN THAT KIND OF
SUFFERING?
I LEARNED THE POWER OF
INTERSESORY PRAYER, AND I
LEARNED YOU CAN NEVER DO IT
ALONE.
Reporter: AND YOUR
FAITH IS INTACT NOW?
MORE THAN EVER.
MORE THAN EVER.
I TRIED EVERYTHING, AND THE
ONLY THING THAT WORKS FOR ME
IS JESUS CHRIST.
I GUARANTEE YOU AT 58 YEARS
OLD, I TRIED EVERYTHING.
NEW AGE, THIS, THAT, AND THE
ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS A
CONNECTION TO GOD.
Terry: HE IS THE SOURCE
OF EVERYTHING.
HE'S THE SOURCE OF ALL
THAT'S CREATED, THE SOURCE
OF POWER THAT HEEL HEALS
US, THAT MOVES IN OUR LIFE.
THIS IS DAVID, HE LIVES IN
GARDENDALE, ALABAMA.
HE DEVELOPED A HERNIA IN HIS
CHEST IN 2005.
AND THAT ACTUALLY PROTRUDED
AND COULD BE SEEN AND FELT.
WHENEVER HE ATE SPICY FOODS,
HE SAID HE WOULD EXPERIENCE
A BURNING SENSATION.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO FACE AN
OPERATION, SO HE ENDURED
THIS CONDITION FOR THE NEXT
SEVEN YEARS.
LAST JANUARY HE WAS WATCHING
THIS SHOW.
GORDON, YOU SAID IN AN ACT
OF FAITH, LAY YOUR HAND ON
THAT AREA THAT NEEDS
HEALING, AND SAY OUT LOUD,
BY HIS STRIPES, I AM HEALED,
AND THEN ACT IT.
DAVID DID THIS, AND HE SAYS
WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE
MIRROR, HE NO LONGER SAW THE
KNOT IN HIS CHEST, NOR COULD
HE FEEL IT.
AND SINCE THAT DAY HE HAS
NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM.
Gordon: HERE IS
BEATRICE FROM OKLAHOMA.
SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR
BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING
TERRIBLE PAIN AND CRACKLING
IN HER RIGHT EAR.
HE PRESCRIBED HER WITH A
SEVERE INFECTION AND
PROVIDED MEDICATIONS.
AFTER TWO MONTHS, THE
MEDICATIONS WERE NOT
RELIEVING HER SYMPTOMS, AND
SHE BEGAN HAVING LOSS OF
HEARING IN THAT EAR.
AND ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND TERRY, YOU HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
AND YOU SAID, SOMEONE HAS A
HEARING ISSUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A
CRACKLING SOUND IN YOUR EAR
AS GOD RESTORES THAT FOR
YOU.
BEATRICE PUT ONE HAND OVER
HER EAR, AND RAISED HER
OTHER HAND TO GOD, AND SAID,
"BY JESUS' STRIPES, I AM
HEALED."
HER EAR BECAME WARM, AND ALL
OF THE PAIN AND CRACKLING
WERE GONE, AND SHE COULD
HEAR.
SHE HAS HAD NO MORE SYMPTOMS
SINCE THAT DAY.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE DO THE
THINGS THE BIBLE SAYS TO DO,
WE'LL GET THE SAME RESULTS
THE BIBLE SAYS WE'LL GET.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF TWO OR
MORE AGREE TOUCHING
ANYTHING -- THESE ARE THE
WORDS OF JESUS: "IF TWO OR
MORE AGREE, TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE."
AND THE REASON PETER SAID
"BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE
HEALED," IS BECAUSE IT HAS
ALREADY HAPPENED.
THE CROSS IS ALREADY AN
ESTABLISHED FACT.
YOU, IN AN ACT OF FAITH, LAY
THAT AREA THAT NEEDS
HEALING, AND WHETHER YOU'VE
HAD PAIN FOR SEVEN DAYS OR
TWO MONTHS OR TWO YEARS OR
SEVEN MINUTES, LET'S BELIEVE
GOD.
AND LET'S BELIEVE THAT BY
HIS STRIPES, WE WERE
HEALED.
IT IS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.
WE JUST HAVE TO RECEIVE IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE TO
RECEIVE IT.
NOT SOME HOPE FOR, NOT SOME
KIND OF PRETEND, BUT
UNDERSTAND THAT ITS THERE.
THAT HE CAN BE TOUCHED WITH
YOUR INFIRMITY, AND THAT HE
IS TAKING IT ALL.
IF HE IS TAKING IT, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BEAR IT ANY
LONGER.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, AS PEOPLE ARE LAYING
HANDS ON THAT AREA OF THE
BODY, WE JUST COME TOGETHER
WITH THEM.
AND TOGETHER WE SAY OUT
LOUD, BY HIS STRIPES I AM
HEALED.
AND IN JESUS' NAME, BE
HEALED AND BE SET FREE FROM
PAIN AND FROM DISEASE AND
FROM CANCER AND FROM
INFIRMITY.
BE RESTORED.
JESUS CAME THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE
ABUNDANTLY.
JESUS CAME TO SET THE
CAPTIVE FREE.
JESUS CAME THAT YOU MIGHT BE
HEALED, BODY, SOUL, AND
SPIRIT.
SO BE HEALED NOW IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A LEFT
SHOULDER INJURY, AND IT IS
CAUSING YO YOU NUMBNESS
DOWN INTO YOUR FINGERS, AND
GOD IS JUST HEALING AND
RESTORING.
BEGIN TO MOVE THAT ARM.
WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE,
DO IT NOW AND RECEIVE
HEALING INTO THAT SHOULDER.
TERRY?
Terry: THIS IS NOR
MULTIPLE PEOPLE, NOT ONE
PERSON.
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING
ANXIETY ATTACKS SO
TERRIFYING TO YOU.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER ONE AGAIN.
AND YOU'VE FELT THE MOVE OF
GOD UPON YOU WHEN GORDON WAS
SPEAKING THOSE SCRIPTURES.
JUST RECEIVE THE PEACE OF
CHRIST.
Gordon: THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE WITH BACK PROBLEMS
BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW.
BEGIN TO MOVE AND TWIST AND
BEND OVER AND RECEIVE
HEALING INTO YOUR BACK RIGHT
NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
WE ALWAYS REJOICE.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO SHARE
A TESTIMONY WITH, GIVE US A
CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT
WEEK.