YOUR CHILD WON'T SLEEP?
IT HAPPENS ALL OF THE
TIME.
Reporter: DOCTOR HARVEY
CARP HAS THE BEDTIME
SOLUTION.
WE COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE
THE LITTLE BEAN INSIDE MY
BELLY.
THEN I NOTICED THAT THE TECH
WASN'T TALKING ANYMORE.
THEIR PROGNOSIS.
THE BABY WILL NOT
SURVIVE.
AND THE SEND OPINION.
LIKE A BALL OF ENERGY IN
MY STOMACH.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
*
Gordon: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
THANKS FOR SPENDING AN HOUR
WITH US.
WE ALL HEARD ABOUT VOTERS
WHO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN PLIT WU --
POLITICAL PARTIES, BUT IT IS
ALL TOGETHER DIFFERENCE WHEN
A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
WORKS -- NOT JUST WORKS, BUT
HE IS A CO-CHAIRMAN FOR A
DEMOCRAT FOR PRESIDENT, AND
THEN THE VERY NEXT ELECTION
HE SWITCHES AND HE REPORTS A
REPUBLICAN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT?
ARCHER DAVIS IS DOING.
JENNIFER WISHON TALKED TO
DAVIS TO FIND OUT WHY.
Reporter: ARCHER DAVIS
MAY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
UNLIKELY RESUMES IN
POLITICS.
TWO YEARS AGO, HE RAN FOR
ALABAMA GOVERNOR AS A
DEMOCRAT, AND FOUR YEARS
AGO, SERVED AS A CO-CHAIR OF
BARACK OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
TODAY HE SPENDS MUCH OF HIS
TIME STOMPING FOR REPUBLICAN
MITT ROMNEY AND WILL BE A
FEATURED SPEAKER AT THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS
HAVE BETTER ANSWERS FOR OUR
FUTURE THAN DEMOCRATS DO.
MY OLD FRIENDS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPEND MOST
OF THEIR TIME ARGUING ABOUT
THE PAST.
WE HAVE TO START HAVING
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR
FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I HEAR THOSE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Reporter: THERE IS NOT
A SPECIFIC EVENT THAT CAUSED
DAVIS TO CHANGE HIS MIND.
HE SAYS THERE IS A NUMBER OF
THINGS.
IF THERE IS A SECOND
OBAMA TERM, ONE CAN ASSUME
IT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
I THINK WE NEED TO STOP THAT
DIRECTION, AND I THINK THAT
GOVERNOR ROMNEY WILL DO
THAT.
I'M SUPPORTING HIM BECAUSE I
THINK HE WILL BE THE BETTER
PRESIDENT FOR THESE TIMES.
Reporter: WHILE DAVIS
SUPPORTED MANY OF THE
PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVES, HE
WAS NEVER A GO ALONG KIND OF
DEMOCRATIC.
HE WAS A BLUE DOG, OFTEN AT
EYES WITH THE MORE LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS.
A FACT DEMONSTRATED WHEN HE
VOTED AGAINST THE HEALTH
CARE LAW.
AND HE SAYS HE IS TURNING
THE PARTY TOO FAR TO THE
LEFT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT SUSTAINS
GROWTH AND CREATES JOBS WHEN
BUSINESSES DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS AND HAVE NO
IDEA WHICH DIRECTION
WASHINGTON IS GOING TO LURCH
IN.
Reporter: INSTEAD OF
QUIETLY VOTING FOR ROMNEY,
DAVIS TAKES THE STAGE AS A
G.O.P. ACTIVIST.
WHY?
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 2012
ELECTIONS.
THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
PICKED MORE FIGHTS WITH THE
COMMUNITY OF FAITH THAN
ANYONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED
FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN BARACK
OBAMA WAS VISITING RICK
WARREN IN SADDLEBACK AND
TALKING ABOUT REACHING OUT
TO PEOPLE OF FAITH.
Reporter: AND DAVIS IS
TAKING ON DEMOCRATS.
CASE IN POINT, VICE
PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN'S
RECENT REMARKS IN VIRGINIA
WHERE HE TOLD A PREDOMINANT
MANY BLACK CROWD THAT
ROMNEY'S REGULATORY POLICIES
WOULD, QUOTE,"PUT YOU ALL
BACK IN CHAIN."
DAVIS WROTE THAT CHAINS
REPRESENT THE CLEAREST CODES
IN RACIAL POLITICS, AND SAID
BIDEN WAS PRACTICING RACIAL
VICIOUSNESS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE QUESTIONS
OVER DIVERSITIY IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
DAVIS SAYS ITS PEOPLE OF
COLOR SEE REPUBLICAN IDEAS,
INCLUDING THE ECONOMY,
THEY'LL SLOWLY GET ON
BOARD.
I SEE AMERICANS OF COLOR
WINNING ELECTIONS AND
CONTINUING TO WIN ELECTIONS
OUTSIDE THEIR RACIAL GROUP
BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING AT
CITIZENS OF THEIR STATE AND
AMERICANS, AND NOT AS PEOPLE
WHO RAN AN ETHNIC IDENTITY
BOX.
Reporter: JENNIFER
WISHON, CBN NEWS.
Gordon: IN CASE YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD, THIS IS AN
ELECTION YEAR.
IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
YOU'VE GOT A SPECIFIC DUTY
TO VOTE.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT
REGISTERED TO VOTE, AND
WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL TOOL FOR
YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
cbn.com, AND CLICK ON THE
STATE WHERE YOU LIVE, AND IT
WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN
GET REGISTERED.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED
TO VOTE, IT IS UP ON
cbn.com, AND ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS CLICK ON IT, LIKE
THEY'RE DOING RIGHT THERE,
AND UP WILL POP YOUR STATE'S
INFORMATION.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT QUICKLY,
BECAUSE SOME STATES STOP
REGISTERING NEW VOTERS, SOME
AS LONG AS A MONTH OUT FROM
THE ELECTION.
IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED,
DON'T WAIT.
DO IT TODAY.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE OF THE TOP
STORIES.
Reporter: GORDON, THE
MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL IS BEING
HOLD WITHOUT BOND.
FLOYD CORKINS IS BEING
CHARGED WITH INTENT TO
KILL.
HE WALKED INTO THE
HEADQUARTERS WITH A BACKPACK
FULL OF CHICK-FIL-A
SANDWICHES AND A BOX FULL OF
AMMUNITION.
HE REPORTLY SAID, "I DON'T
LIKE YOUR POLITICS," AND
OPENED FIRE.
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TONY PERKINS SAID
THOSE WHO LABEL HIS
ORGANIZATION A HATE GROUP
SHARE SOME OF THE BLAME.
CORKINS WAS GIVEN A
LICENSE TO SHOOT AN UNARMED
MAN BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER, THAT HAVE BEEN
RECKLESS IN LABELLING
ORGANIZATIONS' HATE GROUPS
BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH
THEM ON PUBLIC POLICY.
Reporter: THE PUBLIC
POVERTY LAW CENTER BASED IN
ALABAMA CALLED PERKINS
COMMENTS OUTRAGEOUS.
RETIRING ARMY GENERAL JERRY
BOYKIN WAS AT THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL WHEN THIS
SHOOTING OCCURRED.
BOYKIN IS THE F.R.C.'s NEW
VICE PRESIDENT.
HE RAN IN THE LOBBY JUST AS
THE GUNMAN WAS BEING
SUBDUED, AND HE HELPED
ATTEND THE VICTIM'S GUNSHOT
WOUND.
HE SAID IT HAS ONLY
STRENGTHENED HIS VIEW TO BE
ON THEFRONT LINES OF THE
SO-CALLED CULTURE WARS.
I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU
COULDN'T BLOW ME OUT OF HERE
WITH A STICK OF DYNAMITE
NOW.
I'M SO DETERMINED THAT WE
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
STANDING FOR BIBLICAL
VALUES, FAMILY VALUES,
FREEDOM, FAITH.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE,
AND I WILL BE PART OF THIS.
AND I MUST TELL YOU, LEE, I
HOPE THAT THIS STIMULATES
OTHER AMERICANS THAT HAVE
THE SAME VALUES TO GET
INVOLVED IN WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS COUNTRY.
TO GET BEHIND GROUPS LIKE
THE F.R.C.
WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BACK
DOWN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE OR
MODIFY OUR POSITIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO STAND FIRM
IN WHAT WE BELIEVE.
Lee: AND YOU CAN HEAR
MY ENTIRE PHONE INTERVIEW
WITH GENERAL BOYKIN ON
CBN.COM.
PEOPLE IN STAMFORD, TEXAS,
ARE CALLING ON GOD TO SEND A
SEASON OF RAIN AND END THE
DROUGHT THERE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE DO
ASK YOUR BLESSING ON US AND
WET THIS LAND DOWN SO THAT
WE CAN BE PRODUCTIVE FOR
YOU.
Lee: FARMERS AND
RANCHERS, WHO'S LIVELIHOODS
ARE AT STAKE, CAME OUT TO
SEEK GOD'S BLESSING, AS YOU
CAN SEE.
ONE RANCHER HAS SOLD ALL HIS
CATTLE BECAUSE HE COULDN'T
AFFORD TO FEED THEM.
THE DROUGHT HAS SENT CORN
PRICES UP.
NEVERTHELESS, THESE FOLKS
SAY THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP
HOPE.
IF YOU KEEP SINGING ABOUT
GOD, WE'LL SEE YOU.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN CLIFTON PARK,
NEW YORK.
THEY WANT TO BAN THE
TEACHING OF SONGS MENTIONING
GOD, THAT INCLUDES SONGS
LIKE "THANK YOU FOR THE
WORLD SO SWEET," AND "NOW I
LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP."
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE
CHRISTIAN GROUP THAT THEY
VIOLATE NO LAWS.
TWO TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
WINNER GABBY DOUGLAS IS
USING HER NEW-FOUND FAME TO
TALK ABOUT HER CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
SHE FLEW BACK TO HER HOME
TOWN OF VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA.
SHE SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS, TOOK
PICTURES, AND HELD A BRIEF
NEWS CONFERENCE.
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION
FROM CBN NEWS, THE OLYMPIC
CHAMPION AND HER FAMILY SAID
HER FAITH SUSTAINED HER
DURING THE COMPETITION.
MY FAITH WAS STRONG.
I WAS MEDITATING ON
SCRIPTURES IN LONDON.
I HONOR GOD.
SHE WOULD SAY, MOM, GIVE
ME MY DAILY SCRIPTURE.
AND AS RECENTLY, SHE SAID I
WANT TO WIN THE
COMPETITION.
Lee: AND YOU CAN SEE
MORE OF OUR CONVERSATION
WITH GABBY AND HER FAMILY BY
GOING TO CBN.COM.
GORDON?
Gordon: I TELL YOU, SHE
WAS WONDERFUL.
I'M NOT MUCH INTO
GYMNASTICS, BUT, BOY, SHE
HAD HAD ME UP JUST
CHEERING.
SHE IS JUST SO ELEGANT.
IT WAS REALLY JUST
INCREDIBLE TO WATCH HER.
Kristi: I KNOW.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THESE
YOUNG LADIES, AND THEY'RE
AVERAGE IS 16 YEARS OLD.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE
PRESSURE.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE
CAMERAS.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE
EYES.
BUT THEY'RE STILL COMPOSED,
THEY'RE FOCUSED.
AND THEY WALK IN
EXCELLENCE.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN A GYMNAST
TYPE OF GAL, BUT I WAS
WATCHING THE GYMNASTICS, BUT
I WAS SAYING, LET ME TRY IT,
AND A BONE WOULD GO POP, AND
I THOUGHT, LET ME SIT ON
DOWN.
Gordon: I'M NOT THAT
LI LIMBER.
Kristi: I KNOW, BUT YOU
GET SO INSPIRED.
Gordon: AND HER
GRANDMOTHER IS A PASTOR IN A
LOCAL CHURCH.
AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO
WELCOME HER HOME.
Kristi: I WAS THINKING
ABOUT TWEETING HER THIS
MORNING, AND SAYING CALL
ME.
I WANT TO INTERVIEW YOU.
I AM GOING TO TWEET YOU.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOUR
KIDS ARE STARTING TO GROW
UP, GORDON, BUT DO YOU
REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE
LITTLE?
Gordon: YEAH.
Kristi: WERE THEY GOOD
SLEEPERS?
Gordon: IN MY ARMS,
THEY ALWAYS WERE.
I HAD A SPECIAL ROCKING
CHAIR, AND I WOULD COME
HOME, AND THEY WOULD GO
RIGHT OUT.
Kristi: I BELIEVE IT.
WELL, COMING UP, IF YOU HAVE
TODDLER IN THE HOUSE,
CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE A
BATTLE AT BEDTIME.
OUR DAUGHTER, SHE IS TWO
AND A HALF, BUT SHE IS
REALLY CHALLENGING TO PUT TO
BED BECAUSE SHE CONTINUES TO
GET UP EVERY 30 MINUTES.
IT IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING
AND FRUSTRATING.
Kristi: SOUND
FAMILIAR?
WELL, HELP IS AHEAD FOR THE
BABY DOC.
STAY TUNED.
Kristi: WELL, HE'S A
DOCTOR SPOCK OF THE NEW
GENERATION.
DR. HARVEY CARP HAS HELPED
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING CELEBRITIES, LIKE
PIERCE BROSNAN AND JEWEL.
RECENTLY HE TALKED ABOUT
WHAT IT TAKES TO GET LITTLE
ONES TO GO TO BED AND STAY
IN BED SO THEIR PARENTS CAN
GET SOME GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED
SLEEP.
Reporter: CELEBRATED
PEDIATRICIAN DR. HARVEY CARP
CAN HELP TAKE THE STRESS OUT
OF BEDTIME WHEN IT COMES TO
LITTLE ONES.
FOR EXAMPLE, NEWBORNS SLEEP
BETTER IN AN ENVIRONMENT
SIMILAR TO THE WOMB.
SO WRAP THE BABY SNUGGLY,
AND PLAY WHITE NOISE THAT IS
LOW AND RUMBLY, ABOUT AS
LOUD AS A SHOWER. THE NEXT
STEP?
TEACH THE INFANT TO PUT
HIMSELF BACK TO SLEEP WHEN
HE WAKES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT.
HOW?
WHEN YOUR BABY FALLS ASLEEP
IN YOUR ARMS, WAKE HIM UP A
LITTLE WHEN YOU PLACE HIM IN
BED.
I WANT HIS EYES OPEN FOR
5 OR 10 SECONDS, BECAUSE HE
WILL LEARN HOW TO PUT
HIMSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Reporter: BUT A RECENT
SURVEY SHOWS 50% OF PARENTS
LOSE SLEEP OVER THEIR
TODDLERS.
SINCE OUR SON, LENNOX,
WAS BORN, OUR DAUGHTER --
SHE'S TWO AND A HALF, AND
SHE IS JUST REALLY
CHALLENGING TO PUT TO BED.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE BEST WAY TO GET HER TO
BED AND HAVE HER STAY IN BED
BECAUSE SHE CONTINUES TO GET
UP EVERY 30 MINUTES OR SO.
AND IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING
AND A BIT FRUSTRATING.
IT HAPPENS ALL OF THE
TIME, WHEN A BABY IS BORN,
IT KIND OF MESSES UP A
TODDLER'S SLEEP.
Reporter: TO GET ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, SET A SCHEDULE
AND STICK TO IT.
ONE OF THE KEYS TO GETTING
YOUR TODDLER TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT IS TO START THE
BEDTIME ROUTINE FIRST THING
IN THE MORNING.
OH, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO
BEAT ME.
Reporter: THAT MEANS
GET THE CHILD MOVING AND
KEEP THEM ACTIVE TO BURN
ENERGY.
TYPICALLY WHEN WE GET
FALISE READY FOR BED, I SIT
AND WE READ BOOKS AND WIND
DOWN FOR THE EVENING.
WHEN DAD DOES IT, THEY'RE
RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE AND
LOUD AND JUMPING OFF THE
WALLS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
CONFUSING TO HER WHEN IT
COMES TO BEDTIME.
IT IS VERY COMMON FOR
PARENTS TO HAVE DIFFERENT
BEDTIME ROUTINE, AND
SOMETIMES GRANDPARENTS HAVE
A DIFFERENT BEDTIME ROUTINE
THAN THE PARENTS.
OF COURSE IT IS BEST TO BE
CONSISTENT.
I LIKE YOUR WAY, READING
STORIES AND KIND OF CALMING
DOWN BEFORE BEDTIME.
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD FOR
DADS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO
ENERGETIC BECAUSE THEY JUST
GET HOME FROM WORK.
BUT, OF COURSE, THE KIDS GET
AMPED UP AND IT IS HARD TO
DECREASE THEIR ENERGY.
Reporter: 30 MINUTES
BEFORE BEDTIME, DR. CARP
RECOMMENDS TURNING ON WHITE
NOISE SOFTLY IN THE
BACKGROUND.
BECAUSE THAT GIVES A CUE
TO A CHILD'S BRAIN, OKAY,
SLEEP PERIOD IS COMING.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET READY
FOR THAT.
Reporter: ALSO, DIM THE
LIGHTS AND TURN OFF
ELECTRONICS.
LIGHT ACTUALLY GOES IN
THROUGH YOUR EYES AND IT
TURNS OFF MELATONIN.
WHICH IS YOUR BRAIN'S NORMAL
SLEEP HORMONE.
SO LOOKING AT D.V.D.s AND
TELEVISION RIGHT BEFORE
BEDTIME ACTUALLY DISTURBS A
CHILD'S SLEEP AND MAKES IT
HARDER FOR THEM TO FALL
ASLEEP.
Reporter: ANOTHER GREAT
TIP IS TO MAKE A BE BEDDY
BYE BOOK THAT HAS ACTUALLY
PICTURES OF YOUR CHILD'S
BEDTIME ROUTINE.
HERE YOU ARE EATING
DINNER, HERE YOUR BRUSHING
YOUR TEETH, AND HERE YOU'RE
PUTTING ON YOUR PAJAMAS.
YOU PRACTICE THAT WITH HER
EVERY DAY.
AND SO SHE KNOWS WHAT IS
COMING.
YOU CAN SAY, OH, YOU'RE
BRUSHING YOUR FEITH TEETH,
WHAT COMES NEXT?
AND SHE IS PREPARING HERSELF
FOR GOING TO BED.
Reporter: SO A LITTLE
KNOW-HOW CAN HELP YOUR
ENTIRE FAMILY GET MORE SLEEP
AND BETTER ENJOY THIS
PRECIOUS TIME OF LIFE.
LAURIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Kristi: YOU KNOW, I
HAVE TO ADMIT, GORDON, AS I
AM SITTING HERE WATCHING
THIS STORY, I LOVE THE
PSYCHOLOGIST, AND I
APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS
IDEAS --
Gordon: BUT YOU DIDN'T
DO THAT?
Kristi: I THINK THERE
IS AN OVERALL CONCEPT --
Gordon: IF YOU GET OUT
OF BED AGAIN --
Kristi: WELL --
Gordon: DID IT WORK?
Kristi: YOU CREATE A
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT, A
LOVELY ENVIRONMENT, WHERE
THEY CAN GO TO SLEEP.
Gordon: THAT'S NOT A
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.
Kristi: WHAT I'M
SAYING, YOU CREATE A
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT, AND AS
LONG AS THEY'RE NOT HUNGRY,
THEY STAY IN SCHOOL.
AND TELL THEM NOT TO GET UP
AGAIN.
YOU DARE THEM, GET UP
AGAIN.
GET UP AGAIN, AND THEN THEY
DON'T.
Gordon: I'M SCARED
NOW.
I ACTUALLY SOME CUES FROM A
MARINE WHO USED TO TRAIN THE
RECRUITS.
AND HE SAID THE KEY TO A
HAPPIER RECRUIT IS MAKE SURE
HE IS EXHAUSTED EVERY
NIGHT.
SO YOU JUST RUN THEM ALL
DAY, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY PROBLEMS.
Kristi: IT WORKS FOR
ME.
I'M EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME I
GO TO BED.
OKAY.
Gordon: OKAY.
Kristi: WELL, WE'RE
GOING TO SWITCH GEARS.
UP NEXT, A MOM WHO GETS
SHOCKING NEWS ABOUT HER
UNBORN BABY.
MAJOR HEART DEFECT,
KIDNEY PROBLEMS, WEB NECK,
WHERE THE NECK ACTUALLY
COMES OUT TO HERE.
SHE TOLD US THAT LESS THAN
1% WILL ACTUALLY SURVIVE
IT.
Kristi: WATCH HOW THIS
MOM AND DAD MAKE A LIFE OR
DEATH DECISION, AND SEE THE
MIRACLE THAT FOLLOWS.
PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
*
Kristi: WELL, MONICA
AND HER HUSBAND WERE
THRILLED THEY WERE HAVING A
BABY, ESPECIALLY SINCE
MONICA HAD BEEN TOLD SHE WAS
INFERTILE.
BUT THEIR JOY TURNED TO
SHOCK, AND THEN SORROW,
ESPECIALLY AFTER DOCTORS
TOLD THEM THAT THEIR BABY
WOULD MOST LIKELY NEVER
SURVIVE.
I WENT FOR JUST A ROUTINE
CHECKUP WITH MY DOCTOR.
I HAD SOME KIND OF ODD
SYMPTOMS, SO WE RAN SOME
BLOOD TESTS.
IT WAS DETERMINED THEN THAT
I WAS INFERTILE.
I WAS KIND OF SAD.
IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE IN
APRIL 2009, WHEN WE
DISCOVERED THAT I AM NEARLY
SIX WEEKS PREGNANT.
IT WAS A BIG SHOCK.
BY THE TIME WE WENT TO OUR
FIRST ULTRASOUND, WHICH WAS
AT 11 WEEKS, WE WERE REALLY
EXCITED.
WE COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE THE
LITTLE BEAN INSIDE MY
BELLY.
THEN I NOTICED THAT THE TECH
WASN'T TALKING ANYMORE.
SHE HAD BECOME VERY QUIET.
AND NOT REALLY RESPONDING TO
ME.
AND SHE EXCUSED HERSELF AND
LEFT THE ROOM.
SHE CAME BACK IN WITH A
DOCTOR, WHO JUST LOOKED AT
THE SCREEN AND NODDED HER
HEAD.
AND SHE EXPLAINED THAT WE
HAD A SIX MILLIMETER CYSTIC
HYDROMA, WHICH IS THE A SACK
ON THE BACK OF THE NECK, AND
IT IS A RED FLAG INDICATOR
OF A PROBLEM OF SOME SORT.
SHE KEPT GOING BACK TO THE
TURNER SYNDROME.
AND SHE GAVE US SOME
INFORMATION, PRINTED
INFORMATION.
WE WENT ON TO MEET WITH THE
GENETIC COUNSELLOR.
WITH TURNER SYNDROME, THERE
ARE MANY MANIFESTATION,
MAJOR HEART DEFECTS, THAT
REQUIRE OPEN HEART
SURGERIES, AND KIDNEY
PROBLEMS, WHERE THEY'RE
MISSING A KIDNEY OR THEY
HAVE MISSHAPED KIDNEYS.
WESTBOUNWEBBED NECK, WHERE
THE NECK COMES OUT TO HERE.
AND SHE TOLD US LESS THAN 1%
WILL ACTUALLY SURVIVE IT.
THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID YOU
REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER
ABORTION BECAUSE YOUR BABY
WILL NOT SURVIVE.
IF YOU DON'T ABORT, YOU CAN
EXPECT TO MISCARRY IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SITTING IN THAT OFFICE,
LISTENING TO A DOCTOR SAY
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
THIS CHILD.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO
LOSE THIS CHILD.
A LITTLE BIT OF DEPRESSION
SET IN THERE, FEAR.
FEAR WAS THE BIGGEST, NOT
KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND CAN WE DEAL WITH THE
CHILD IF SHE DOES MAKE IT?
BUT IF YOU WAIT AND YOU
DON'T ABORT AND SHE DOESN'T
MISCARRY RIGHT AWAY, YOU'LL
HAVE TO GO ANOTHER ROUTE
BECAUSE IT WILL BE TOO LATE
TO ABORT.
MAKE YOU'RE DECISION.
DON'T DWELL ON IT, AND JUST
MOVE ON.
WE WERE NOT GIVEN MUCH
HOME.
AND WE WERE SENT HOME TO
MAKE A DECISION BASICALLY
WHEN TO ABORT.
I IMMEDIATELY CAME HOME
AND LOCKED MYSELF IN THE
BEDROOM AND GRABBED MY
LAPTOP.
AND EVERYTHING I FOUND WAS
HORRIBLE.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND PRAYED
ABOUT IT.
I THOUGHT, NO, I WOULD LIKE
TO GIVE GOD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHINE HERE.
I WENT BACK IN, AND I SAID,
MONICA, PUT THAT STUFF
AWAY.
LET'S GO TO CHURCH.
I SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GO TO CHURCH AND
IT IS THE ONE PLACE I CAN
FALL APART.
I SPOKE WITH THE MINISTER,
AND THE PASTOR SAID, DO YOU
MIND IF WE LAY HANDS ON US.
THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR
US.
THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION CAME
AND LAID HANDS ON US.
THIS WASN'T AN ACT.
THEY REALLY MEANT IT.
THEY REALLY FELT IT, AND
THEY PRAYED FOR HEALING.
THE ENTIRE CHURCH CAME
TOGETHER FOR US.
WHICH, TO ME, WAS THE
DECIDING FACTOR.
SHORTLY AFTER I WENT AND
SAT BACK DOWN IN MY SEAT SO
THEY COULD BEGIN SERVICE.
AND I FELT SOMETHING
HAPPENING IN THE WOMB THAT I
KNEW WAS UNEXPLAINABLE.
WHEN YOU'RE 11 WEEKS
PREGNANT, YOU DON'T FEEL A
THING.
BUT I WAS FEELING THE
EQUIVALENT OF A 10-POUND
BABY IN MY BELLY FLIPPING
AROUND.
IT WAS A VERY STRONG
FEELING, LIKE A BALL OF
ENERGY IN MY STOMACH.
AND IT TICKLED
TREMENDOUSLY.
I KNEW GOD WAS TOUCHING ME
AT THAT MOMENT.
HE WAS TOUCHING THAT BABY.
HE JUST REACHED INTO MY WOMB
AND WHATEVER THAT WAS WRONG
THAT WAS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM WAS NO LONGER GOING
TO BE A PROBLEM.
IT WAS FIXED.
WE FIRED THE CLINIC WE
INITIALLY WENT TO.
WE DECIDED TO FIND A NEW
DOCTOR, AFFILIATED WITH A
NEW HOSPITAL, THAT WOULD BE
MORE POSITIVE.
WENT IN FOR THE 16-WEEK
ULTRASOUND, AND THEY FOUND
THE CYSTIC FIBROMA WAS
GONE.
THEY CHECKED HER HEART, AND
THEY WERE LOOKING SO HARD TO
FIND WHAT THEY WERE
EXPECTING TO SEE, WHICH WAS
WHERE THE AORTA ACTUALLY
NARROWS, WHICH REQUIRES
MULTIPLE SURGERIES IF THEY
SURVIVE IT.
THEY KEPT LOOKING.
AND THEY HAD ME COME BACK
MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND FINALLY THEY SAID, IT'S
NOT THERE.
AND I SAID, OF COURSE IT IS
NOT THERE.
BUT THAT'S OKAY, YOU CAN
KEEP LOOKING.
AND WE JUST REALLY
DELIGHTED IN WATCHING THESE
DOCTORS SCRATCH THEIR HEAD.
IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN FINALLY THE DAY
CAME THAT WE WENT INTO
LABOR.
MONICA HAD AN CESAREAN.
THEY DELIVERED ELLIE, AND OF
COURSE THEY RUSH HER OVER
AND DO THEIR THING WITH HER
AND WRAPPED HER UP AND
HANDED HER TO ME.
AND AT THAT POINT, IT REALLY
SUNK IN WITH ME THAT SHE'S
HERE, AND THAT SHE'S REAL
AND SHE IS OKAY.
AND SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND
HEALTHY.
I LOOKED INTO HER EYES
EYES...AND I KNEW SHE WAS
GOD-SENT.
I KNEW SHE HAD A PURPOSE,
AND WE HAD A NEW ADDITION TO
OUR FAMILY.
NEARLY 100% OF WOMEN
DIAGNOSED JUST WITH THE
CYSTIC HYDROMA, EVEN BEFORE
IT IS KNOWN IF IT IS DOWN
SYNDROME --
TO LOOK HER OVER AND SEE
SHE HAS ALL OF HER FINGERS
AND TOES --
NEARLY 100% OF WOMEN ARE
ADVISED TO ABORT.
SHE WAS SCREAMING AND SHE
WAS ALIVE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING
WEEK AFTER WEEK ON THE
FORMS, I'VE BEEN TOLD TO
ABORT.
SO I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO
THEM THAT THERE IS MORE HOPE
THAN THAT.
I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF
SEEING THIS LIVE CHILD.
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO
ABORT.
AND SHARE WITH THEM OUR
STORY.
WHERE NINE MONTHS BEFORE
WE WERE TOLD SHE WOULD NOT
LIVE.
PRAISE GOD.
Kristi: WOW.
WHO'S REPORT ARE YOU GOING
TO CHOOSE THIS DAY TO
BELIEVE?
WHO'S REPORT?
THE DOCTOR'S REPORT OR GOD'S
REPORT?
I TELL YOU WHAT, I WATCH
STORIES LIKE THESE, AND I
COULD WATCH THAT A GAZILLION
TIMES.
AND A GAZILLION TIMES I WANT
TO JUMP UP AND LEAP FOR JOY
AT THE GOODNESS, THE GRACE,
THE POWER, AND THE LOVE OF
OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS A MIRACLE-WORKING
GOD.
JUST LIKE GOD WORKED A
MIRACLE FOR THAT COUPLE, HE
CAN AND WILL WORK A MIRACLE
FOR YOU TODAY.
GORDON AND I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY.
Gordon: WE'VE GOT SOME
GOOD REPORTS.
HERE IS WILTON FROM
MICHIGAN.
SHE HAD UNDERGONE A
LUMPECTOMY, AND HAD
RADIATION TREATMENTS ALL FOR
BREAST CANCER.
AND AFTER ALL OF THESE
TREATMENTS, SHE HAD A
CONTINUAL BURNING SENSATION
IN HER RIGHT BREAST.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB," AND KRISTI,
YOU HAD A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
THAT SOMEONE HAD A BURNING
SENSATION IN HER RIGHT
BREAST, AND GOD WAS HEALING
HER.
AND SHE HASN'T FELT BURNING
SINCE.
Kristi: AND MYLES FROM
NEW MEXICO TRIPPED WHEN HIS
DOG RAN UNDER HIS FOOT.
HIS FOOT SWELLED AND TURNED
BLACK AND BLUE, AND HE
COULDN'T AFFORD TO SEE A
DOCTOR.
TWO WEEKS LATER, HE WOKE UP
ABOUT 1:30 IN THE MORNING
WITH SEVERE PAIN IN HIS
FOOT.
HE BEGAN TO PRAY AND ASK GOD
TO HEAL HIM.
HE TURNED ON THE TELEVISION,
AND GORDON, THAT'S WHEN YOU
GAVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE.
YOU SAID THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A CRUSH INJURY ON YOUR
LEFT FOOT.
GOD IS HEALING THAT AND HE
IS GIVING YOU BACK THE
ABILITY TO WALK ON THAT LEG
IN JESUS' NAME.
AND MYLES SAID ALL OF A
SUDDEN ALL OF THE PAIN FADED
AWAY.
BY MORNING, HE WAS ABLE TO
WALK NORMALLY, WITHOUT ANY
PAIN, AND HE HAS HAD NO
PROBLEMS SINCE THAT DAY.
COME ON, NOW!
Gordon: GOD IS A
MIRACLE-WORKING GOD.
THAT WONDERFUL STORY WE JUST
WATCHED -- WE'RE FEARFULLY
AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
HE KNEW US IN OUR MOTHER'S
WOMAN.
WOMB.
TODAY HE NUMBERS THE HAIRS
ON YOUR HEAD.
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO
WITH YOU.
AND HE HAS GOT PLANS AND HE
HAS GOT PURPOSES.
AND HE IS A LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER.
SO LET'S JUST COME TO HIM.
JUST CRAWL UP INTO DADDY'S
LAP, AND LET HIM COMFORT
YOU, AND LET HIM HEAL YOU,
AND LET HIM PROVIDE FOR
YOU.
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO DO
THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK HIM
INTO IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE WITH
HIM.
WE JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE.
AND TRUST.
SO LET'S DO THAT.
IN AN ACT OF FAITH, JUST AS
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT PIECE,
LAY YOUR HAND ON THAT AREA
OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEALING.
KRISTI AND I WILL AGREE.
THE BIBLE SAYS "WHEN TWO OR
MORE AGREE, TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE."
LET'S JUST TRUST THAT.
LET'S RELY ON THAT.
LET'S BELIEVE THAT AND LET
GOD DO ALL OF THE REST.
LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF
THE AUDIENCE TO YOU RIGHT
NOW.
AS PEOPLE, IN AN ACT OF
FAITH, ARE LAYING THEIR
HANDS ON THAT AREA OF THE
BODY THAT NEEDS HEALING.
WE JUST COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THEM, AND TOGETHER WE
SAY OUT LOUD, BE HEALED, AND
BE EVERY BIT WHOLE.
AND, LORD, AS EXPECTANT
MOTHERS ARE JUST LAYING
HANDS OVER THEIR WOMB, WE
JUST COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THEM AND WE BLESS THEIR
CHILDREN.
AND WE RECOGNIZE YOUR HAND
AT WORK IN KNITTING THEM
TOGETHER AND PROVIDING FOR
THEM, AND PROVIDING A HOPE
AND A FUTURE AND A PLAN AND
A DESTINY.
WE JUST COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THAT BLESSING NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD
AN INJURY TO YOUR RIGHT EYE,
AND YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THERE GOING TO BE
RESIDUAL BLINDNESS, AND GOD
IS ABLE AND HE IS HEALING
THAT NOW FOR YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
ALL OF THE TRAUMA, WE PULL
IT OFF OF YOU NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE
HEALED.
Kristi: THE LORD IS
HEALING PEOPLE WITH ISSUES
OF THE MIND.
THERE IS A PERSON WHO HAVE
BEEN PRAYING BECAUSE WORDS
GET JUMBLED, AND YOUR
THOUGHTS GET JUMBLED, AND
YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR
CLARITY.
GOD IS GIVING YOU THAT
CLARITY RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A MOM WHO HAS BEEN
PRAYING FOR HER CHILD IN
REGARDS TO DYSLEXIA.
I LITERALLY SEE A CHALKBOARD
AND I SEE LETTERS ON THE
CHALKBOARD ALL SCRAMBLED
UP.
AND AS YOU HAVE BEEN
PRAYING, GOD IS PUTTING
THOSE LETTERS IN ORDER.
AND THE ISSUE OF DYSLEXIA
THAT YOU ARE PRAYING FOR IS
GONE RIGHT NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, PRAISE
GOD.
YOU WILL BE ASTOUNDING BY
THE MIRACLE WORK THAT GOD IS
GIVING IN THAT CHILD.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE WITH A GROWTH ON
YOUR RIGHT EAR, AND YOU'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE THAT
AWAY NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS A WOMAN, WHO'S NAME
IS MARILYN AND YOU'RE
SUFFERING FROM MIGRAINE
HEADACHES, GOD IS TAKING
THAT OFF FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
RECEIVE IT IN JESUS' NAME.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOU
ARE THE HEALER.
AND YOU ARE A WONDERFUL,
LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE
DOING IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY
GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE IN
YOUR GOD REPORT.
JESUS IS THE SAME YESTERDAY,
TODAY, AND FOREVER.
WHAT HE DID WHEN HE HAD
THREE YEARS OF MINISTRY ON
THE EARTH, HE HAS CONTINUED
FOR 2,000 YEARS, AND WE CAN
BELIEVE IT AND TRUST HIM.
IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED, GIVE
US A CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
LET US KNOW.
WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR
TESTIMONY WITH THE WORLD.
AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER,
THERE IS A REASON JESUS
TALKED ABOUT PREVAILING
PRAYER, PRAYER THAT
CONTINUES, THAT KEPT ON
ASKING, KEPT ON KNOCKING,
KEPT ON SEEKING.
SO IF YOU NEED THAT, IF YOU
NEED PEOPLE TO STAND WITH
YOU IN PRAYER, IT IS OUR
HONOR TO PRAY WITH YOU.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU 24 HOURS
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO
AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER,
JUST GIVE US A CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
KRISTI?
Kristi: THAT'S SO
BEAUTIFUL.
DON'T YOU LOVE THE PRAYER
TIME.
I LOVE THE PRAYER TIME.
Gordon: MY FAVORITE
TIME.
Kristi: MY FAVORITE
TIME, TOO.
STILL AHEAD, KISSING THE
FACE OF GOD.
I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT IN֖
THE WORLD DOES THAT MEAN?
IF YOU STAY TUNED, YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT
MEANS AND WHO IS DOING IT,
LATER ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
A GERMAN APPEALS COURT HAS
RULED THAT A RIGHT WING
GROUP CAN DISPLAY CHARACTERS
OF MOHAMMED, THE FOUNDER OF
ISLAM.
THAT COURT REJECTED AN
APPEAL BY THREE MOSQUES TO
STOP THE DISPLAY.
ISLAMIC LAW GENERALLY
OPPOSES ANY PORTRAYAL OF
MOHAMMED.
THE IMAGES WILL BE SHOWN AT
A DEMONSTRATION THIS
WEEKEND.
THE SLOGAN FOR THE EVENT IS
"ISLAM DOES NOT BELONG IN
GERMANY, STOP
ISLAMIZATION."
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING AN EASIER WAY TO
CARRY WATER TO MORE THAN
3,000 FAMILIES IN HAITI,
GUATEMALA, KENYA, AND
UGANDA.
THEY ARE TEAMING WITH A
COMPANY THAT DESIGNS
SPECIALTY BACKPACKS THAT CAN
CARRY UP TO 200 LITERS
20 LITERS OF CLEAN WATER.
PACK H.2O OFFERS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO HEAVY CANS
AND MAKESHIFT ITEMS USED TO
CARRY WATER.
O.B. HELPS TO DISTRIBUTE THE
PACKS AND PROVIDES
COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT
OB.ORG.
GORDON AND KRISTI WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Kristi: WELL, WHAT IF
WORSHIP ON SUNDAY MORNINGS
BECAME WORSHIP THAT CHANGES
THE WORLD?
THAT'S THE GROUNDBREAKING
CONCEPT THAT COMBINES
WORSHIP WITH COMPASSION.
AND IT'S ALSO CALLED
"KISSING THE FACE OF GOD."
LET'S WATCH.
Reporter: CONTEMPORARY
CHURCHES GO TO GREAT LENGTHS
TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL
WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.
SENIOR PASTOR DALE HARPER
SAYS IT CAN BE MUCH MORE.
THIS SETTING IS LIKE MANY
MODERN DAY CHURCHES.
WE'VE GOT DRUMS, KEYBOARDS,
THE LIGHTS ARE ON THE
STAGE.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE
MODERN CHURCH DOES TO CREATE
THAT WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR THE
PRESENCE OF GOD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
CAN'T GET FROM ENTERTAINMENT
OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
Reporter: BUT YOU WOULD
SAY THAT THEY'RE MISSING
PART OF THE EQUATION?
GOD HAS ALWAYS MEANT FOR
WORSHIP TO BE THE COMPLETE
EXPERIENCE.
I CALL THIS WORSHIPFUL
COMPASSION, WHICH IS LOVING
PEOPLE AS AN ACT OF
WORSHIP.
NOT JUST GOING INTO GOD'S
PRESENCE IN A WORSHIP
SERVICE, BUT BEING THE
PRESENCE OF JESUS, THE HANDS
AND FEET OF JESUS, TO
OTHERS, AND LETTING THEM
EXPERIENCE THIS SUPER
NATURAL TOUCH OF GOD THROUGH
US.
Reporter: IN HIS BOOK
"KISSING THE FACE OF GOD,
WORSHIP THAT CHANGES THE
WORLD," DALE SAYS THAT MANY
CHRISTIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT WORSHIP AND COMPASSION
GO HAND-IN-HAND.
WORSHIP WITHOUT
COMPASSION CAN BECOME EMPTY
RITUALISM.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
COMPASSION WITHOUT WORSHIP
CAN BECOME BURN OUT.
SO THE IDEA IS ONE WITHOUT
THE OTHER LOSES ITS
LIFE-GIVING ESSENCE.
Reporter: DALE ADMITS
IN HIS EARLY DAYS AS A
PASTOR, HE DIDN'T GET THE
CONNECTION EITHER.
THEN HE WENT TO THE
PHILIPPINES, WHERE HE MET A
2-YEAR-OLD FATHERLESS GIRL
WHO LIVED IN A CEMETERY.
AND SO I PICKED HER UP
AND HUGGED HER AND SAID, OH,
BABY, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
I STARTED TO TRY TO PUT HER
DOWN, AND SHE JUST, LIKE,
DUG HER NAILS INTO MY NECK.
AND JUST HAD THAT SENSE OF
WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO ME.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ONE OF
YOUR DAUGHTERS LIVED THEIR
WHOLE LIFE IN A CEMETERY.
AND I REMEMBER SAYING I
WOULD DO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE LORD
SAID, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I
FEEL.
AND YOU CAME HERE FOR THAT
PURPOSE, BECAUSE ONE LITTLE
GIRL NEEDED TO FEEL THE
FATHER'S LOVE.
Reporter: SOON AFTER,
DALE'S CHURCH OPENED A
FEEDING CENTER NEAR THE
CEMETERY.
BUT THAT WAS JUST THE START
OF WHAT IS NOW CALLED "HART
FOR THE WORLD MINISTRIES."
THEY HELP THOUSANDS THROUGH
RELIEF EFFORTS AND AID.
BUT DALE SAYS THAT IS NOT
ALWAYS ENOUGH.
WE OFTEN THINK IN THE
CHURCH OF HELPING THE POOR
AS MEETING THEIR PHYSICAL
NEEDS, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY
THOSE NEEDS ARE REAL.
Reporter: BUT YOU SAY
THERE IS A STEP MORE THAT WE
NEED TO TAKE BEYOND JUST
MEETING JUST PHYSICAL NEEDS
FOR THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
THE IDEA OF BEING FRIENDS
WITH THE POOR IS FAR MORE
IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WHAT WE FIND IS THAT
THEY HAVE MORE TO GIVE TO US
THAN WE HAVE TO GIVE TO
THEM.
AND SO IT'S THAT SHARING OF
LIFE, AND ESPECIALLY TO
WORSHIP WITH THEM.
Reporter: WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT TO HAPPEN PERSONALLY
IN THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE
WHEN WE EMBRACE THIS IDEA OF
WORSHIP AND COMPASSION?
I REALLY BELIEVE IT
CREATES A REVOLUTION IN
HEARTS.
AND IT CREATES A WHOLE OTHER
KIND OF COMMUNITY.
I REALLY BELIEVE IT IS
TRANSFORMING.
IT GIVES US A TENDERNESS AND
IT GIVES US SOMETHING BIGGER
TO LIVE FOR.
Kristi: YOU KNOW, WE
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE
TRINITY, THE FATHER, THE
SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT THE OTHER TRINITY I LOVE
TO THINK ABOUT IS PRAYER,
READING THE WORD, AND
WORSHIP.
AND THOSE THREE GOES
TOGETHER.
EACH OF THOSE THINGS BRINGS
US TO THE HEART OF GOD.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "KISSING
THE FACE OF GOD, WORSHIP
THAT CHANGES THE WORLD."
YOU CAN GET THIS WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
YOU CAN LOG ON TO cbn.com
AND FIND MORE INFORMATION
THERE, OR I GUESS ANY OF THE
OTHER RETAIL BOOKSTORES
NATIONWIDE, COMPANY STORES.
YOU'RE TURN, GORDON.
Gordon: FAITH IN
ACTION.
I LOVE THAT.
WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE AND
REALLY PRACTICE WHAT YOU'RE
PREACHING AND THEN BECOME
IT.
JESUS CAME TO US.
HE WAS BORN IN A STABLE.
HE WAS KNOWN AS A FRIEND
TESTIFY SINNERS.
HE ACTUALLY TOOK HONOR IN
THAT TITLE.
AND WE NEED TO BE FRIENDS
WITH PEOPLE, NOT JUST
VIEWING THEM AS SOME KIND
OF -- YOU KNOW, COMPASSION
NEEDS TO COME RIGHT OUT OF
OUR HEART.
I LOVE WHAT HE IS SAYING, BE
A FRIEND TO THE POOR FIRST,
AND THEN TRY TO HELP THEM
FROM WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF
ALL WE DO INTERNATIONALLY AT
CBN TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND PEOPLE LIKE THE FATHER
IN OUR NEXT STORY, IF YOU
CAN IMAGINE THIS, HE ONLY
MADE $3 A DAY AND HE HAD TO
SUPPORT A FAMILY OF SIX.
WELL, TO HELP OUT, HIS WIFE
PICKED THROUGH GARBAGE TO
FIND SOMETHING TO SELL, BUT
NOT ANYMORE.
AND HERE IS WHY.
KAJENDRA HAULS MORE THAN
200 POUNDS OF ICE, FUEL, AND
FISHING EQUIPMENT EVERY DAY
ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF
INDIA.
THE MONEY HE MAKES SUPPORTS
HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN.
I WORK 10-HOUR DAYS, BUT
I ONLY EARN $3 EACH DAY.
I STRUGGLED A LOT TO BUY
FOOD AND PAY FOR MY
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
Reporter: HIS WIFE
PICKED THROUGH GARBAGE
DUMPS, LOOKING FOR THINGS
SHE COULD TRADE OR SELL.
IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY
COULD MAKE ENOUGH TO BUY
FOOD.
IT WAS VERY TOUGH FOR
US.
I THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING MY
CHILDREN AT THE ORPHANAGE.
AT LEAST THERE THEY WOULD
HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
INSTEAD STUDYING, I HELP
MY FATHER ON THE WEEKENDS.
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO
WORK ALONE.
Reporter: ONE DAY WHILE
HE WAS TRANSPORTING A LOAD
OF FISH, HIS RIG SAW BROKE
DOWN.
ALL OF THE PARTS WAS
RUSTY, SO ONE OF THE WHEELS
CAME OLD.
I COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY A
NEW ONE.
I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT I
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF MY FAMILY.
Reporter: WHEN CBN
LEARNED ABOUT THE FAMILY'S
PROBLEM, WE FIRST INVITED
THEIR CHILDREN TO AN AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAM SPONSORED BY
"ORPHANS' PROMISE." THERE
THEY RECEIVED SCHOOL
SUPPLIES AND A GOOD
EDUCATION.
THEN WE BOUGHT KAJENDRA A
NEW RICK SAW.
I AM CONFIDENT I WILL BE
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD
LIFE FOR MY FAMILY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE
CAN BUY FOOD FOR OUR
CHILDREN.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO PICK
THROUGH THE GARBAGE DUMP
ANYMORE.
AND NOW MY DAD NO LONGER
NEEDS MY HELP AT WORK, SO I0w
CAN CONCENTRATE ON MY
STUDIES.
CBN HAS HELPED MANY POOR
PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I PRAY THAT GOD WILL
CONTINUE TO BLESS CBN AND
EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF IT.
Gordon: I LOVE HOW
PEOPLE RESPOND, THAT THEY
START PRAYING FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU HELP THEM OUT, HE
SAYS, OKAY, LET'S START
PRAYING.
LET'S START PRAYING FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF
"THE 700 CLUB," WE INVITE
YOU NOW TO JOIN.
WE'RE A LOT MORE THAN A TV
SHOW.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO DO THAT AROUND
THE WORLD.
AND WE'RE DOING IT IN YOUR
NAME WHEN YOU'RE A MEMBER OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS IT TO JOIN?
JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS
A DAY, AND YOU JOIN WITH
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TODAY.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ONE
LIFE AT A TIME.
WHEN YOU JOIN, WE'VE GOT
SOMETHING FOR YOU.
I CONSIDER IT ONE OF MY
FATHER'S LEGACY TEACHINGS.
IT IS CALLED "THE THREE
BLESSINGS."
WHAT HAVE BEEN HIS LIFETIME
PRAYERS.
MY MEMORY OF MY FATHER
GROWING UP, EVERY SINGLE
MORNING, I'D GET UP, AND HE
WOULD ALREADY BE UP AND ON
HIS KNEES PRAYING.
THESE ARE THE PRAYERS HE
PRAYED FOR ALMOST 51 YEARS
OF MINISTRY.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO HAVE
IT.
IT IS YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
SO CALL US.
1-800-759-0700.
Kristi: UP NEXT, A MAN
WHO WAS VICTIMIZED AS A BOY
BY A SICK ADULT.
MY UNCLE WOULD SAY COME
AND LAY DOWN WITH ME IN THE
BED.
AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO
TELL MOM.
HE SAID TO ME, IF YOU DO SAY
ANYTHING TO MOM, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A BEATING.
Kristi: SEE HOW THIS
VICTIM'S SECRET ALMOST STOLE
HIS LIFE.
Gordon: HERE'S A
FRIGHTENING STATISTIC FOR
YOU, ACCORDING TO THE
SURVEYS, ONE IN SIX BOYS IS
SEXUALLY ABUSED BEFORE THE
AGE OF 16.
CHAPMAN PAYNE WAS ONLY SIX
YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS
VIOLATED BY A MEMBER OF HIS
OWN FAMILY.
AND THAT WAS ALSO THE SAME
AGE THAT CHAPMAN BEGAN
DRINKING ALCOHOL TO DEADEN
HIS PAIN.
I WAS IN THE HOUSE AND MY
UNCLE WOULD SAY COME AND LAY
DOWN WITH ME IN THE BED.
AND I SAID I'M GOING TO TELL
MOM.
AND HE SAID TO ME, IF YOU DO
SAY ANYTHING TO MOM, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A BETTING.
Reporter: CHAPMAN PAYNE
GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS OF
PHILADELPHIA, WHERE HE WAS
ONE OF 11 CHILDREN BORN TO
ALCOHOLIC PARENTS.
MY PARENTS -- SOMETIMES
MY MOTHER WOULD BE DRUNK.
MY FATHER, HE HAD LEFT AND
HE COMES BACK EVERY NOW AND
THEN, AND THEY WOULD LAY
TOGETHER AND THEY WOULD HAVE
ANOTHER BABY, AND THEN HE
WOULD GO AWAY.
Reporter: THE TRAUMATIC
MOLESTATION THAT STOLE
CHAPMAN'S INNOCENCE HAPPENED
WHEN HE WAS JUST SIX YEARS
OLD.
BECAUSE OF HIS UNCLE'S
THREATS, CHAPMAN NEVER TOLD
ANYONE, AND THE ABUSE
CONTINUED FOR A YEAR.
BITTERNESS, ANGRY,
LONELINESS, MAD, UPSET,
OUTRAGED.
I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM AT
SOME POINT.
Reporter: BY THEN HE
WAS ALREADY STEALING HIS
MOTHER'S WINE TO DEADEN THE
PAIN.
IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY
JUST WALKED INTO ME AND JUST
RIPPED ME APART.
AND I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK
TOGETHER, BUT IT JUST WON'T
FIT.
BEFORE I EVEN GOT TO 17, I
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
I TRIED TO HANG MYSELF
BECAUSE I SAID NO ONE LOVED
ME.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT ME.
Reporter: THEN AT 17,
HE HAD HIS FIRST HIT AT
SPEED.
HE WAS IMMEDIATELY
ADDICTED.
HIS FINANCED HIS ADDICTION
BY SELLING DRUGS.
BUT NO DRUG COULD NUMB HIS
INTENSE PAIN.
IT WAS UNBEARABLE.
FOR ME TO EVEN FACE MYSELF.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY FEAR WAS
THERE, SHAME WAS THERE.
Reporter: CHAPMAN
JOINED THE RANKS OF THE
HOMELESS BECAUSE HE WOULD
RATHER LIVE ON THE STREETS
THAN WITH HIS ABUSIVE
FAMILY.
MY FIRST NIGHT ON THE
STREET WAS VERY
FRIGHTENING.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
I DIDN'T CARE BECAUSE I WAS
SO HURT AND VIOLATED THAT IT
DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
TO ME.
Reporter: HE WAS
DESPERATE FOR A WARM PLACE
TO SPEND THE NIGHT.
SO HE MET A GROUP OF
CHRISTIANS.
AND THEY TOOK HIM TO A
HOMELESS MISSION.
THEY SAID YOU'RE COMING
INTO OUR PRAYER ROOM.
AND I SAID, UT UCH.
UH-OH.
OKAY, FINE.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CIRCLED
AROUND ME AND THEY STARTED
PRAYING AND LAYING HANDS ON
ME.
AND THEY STARTED TALKING
ABOUT GOD AND THIS AND
THAT.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT
I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
BEFORE.
BUT I KNOW IT GOT AHOLD OF
ME.
Reporter: DURING THIS
STAY AT THE MISSION, HE
HEARD A SERMON THAT CHANGED
HIS LIFE.
AND WHEN HE CALLED US
DOWN TO THE ALTER, I CAME
DOWN TO THE ALTER.
AND HE SAID, REPEAT AFTER
ME.
SO I REPEATED THE SINNER'S
PRAYER.
THIS WAS A NEW RELATIONSHIP
IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: CHAPMAN
REALIZED HOW MUCH HE NEEDED
GOD'S LOVE AND FORGIVENESS.
I NOW LIVE BY FAITH, AND
I CAN LOVE FOR REAL NOW.
WITH THAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME, AND
NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR
GRANTED ANYMORE.
Reporter: CHAPMAN
WORKED AT THE MISSION FOR 12
YEARS WHILE ATTENDING
SEMINARY.
TODAY HE IS MARRIED AND THE
PASTOR OF "HOUSE OF WORSHIP
INTERNATIONAL CHURCH."
I FOUND THE LOVE THAT I
HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR MY
WHOLE LIFE.
AND THAT LOVE IS JESUS
CHRIST.
Gordon: THAT LOVE IS
JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS LOVE.
THAT'S WHAT JOHN SAYS.
HE SAYS GOD IS LOVE.
AND THE WONDERFUL THING IS
THAT THAT LOVE CAN BE POURED
OUT ON YOU.ñ
HE CAN CAUSE HIS FACE TO
SHINE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU
PEACE, GIVE YOU JOY.
FIND THE LOVE YOU'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR.
I LOVE THIS STORY.
WHAT CHAPMAN'S STORY IS IS A
FULFILLMENT OF SCRIPTURE.
HERE IS A PROMISE -- HE WENT
FROM BEING HOMELESS, OUT IN
THE STREET, TO BEING SET
AMONG PRINCES.
HERE IT IS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE
8: "HE RAISES THE POOR FROM
THE DUST AND LIFTS THE
BEGGER FROM THE ASH HEAP TO
SET THEM AMONG PRINCES AND
MAKE THEM INHERIT AT THE
THRONE OF GLORY."
GOD CAN MAKE YOU AN
INHERITANCE, AND YOU CAN
HAVE THAT.
YOU CAN HAVE WHAT CHAPMAN
HAS.
HE WENT FROM TRYING TO
MEDICATE HIS PAIN WITH
ALCOHOL.
HE DIDN'T CARE.
HE'D BEEN SO VIOLATED, HE
SAYS IT IS BETTER FOR ME TO
BE ON THE STREET.
AND GOD CHANGED ALL OF
THAT.
NOW, HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WELL, SOME PEOPLE CAME TO
HIM, AND THEY SAID WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE YOU TO OUR
PRAYER ROOM, AND WE'RE GOING
TO PRAY OVER YOU.
AND THEN A PASTOR SAID COME
DOWN TO THE ALTER AND LET'S
PRAY A PRAYER TOGETHER.
AND GOD IS GOING TO DO THE
REST.
NOW, I'M GOING TO DO THAT
SAME THING.
LET'S PRAY A PRAYER TOGETHER
AND LET GOD DO THE REST.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REPEAT
IT, AND HE'LL DO THE SAME
THING FOR YOU THAT HE DID
FOR CHAPMAN.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, I COME TO YOU --
THAT'S RIGHT, SAY IT OUT
LOUD -- LORD, I COME TO
YOU.
AND I NEED YOUR LOVE.
I NEED YOUR FORGIVENESS.
I NEED TO BE SET FREE.
I NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU WANT
ME AND WANT ME TO INHERIT
THAT THRONE, LORD.
SO, JESUS, COME INTO MY
HEART.
MAKE ME KNEW AGAIN.
SET ME FREE, FOR I ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, WE'VE
GOT A GREAT CIRCLE OF PRAYER
FOR YOU.
AND IT'S FREE.
IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CALL
IT.
1-800-759-0700.
THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY ON
THE OTHER END OF THAT LINE
THAT WILL PRAY FOR YOU.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO JUDGE
YOU.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN
YOU.
WE'RE HERE TO LOVE YOU AND
LET YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES
YOU, TOO.
SO MAKE THAT CALL.
WE'VE GOT FREE PACKETS FOR
YOU.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN
YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JOHN: "FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
WHO SO EVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE."
GOD BLESS YOU.
