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[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
TODAY WE WANT YOU TO THINK
OF YOUR FAVORITE STORY.
MAYBE IT'S AN ADVENTURE,
LIKE LORD OF THE RINGS,
MAYBE IT IS A FAIRY TALE,
LIKE CINDERELLA.
MAYBE IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM
THE BIBLE, LIKE NOAH AND THE
ARC.
WHEN WE THINK OF THE
GREATEST STORIES OF ALL
TIME, WE USUALLY THINK OF
TIMELESS CLASSICS WRITTEN
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
IN HIS NEW BOOK, "GOD'S
STORY, YOUR STORY," THE
AUTHOR SAYS THE BEST STORIES
EVERY TOLD ARE YOUR OWN.
MAX JOINS US VIA SKYPE.
MAX, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU, GORDON.
IT IS A TREAT TO HAVE A FEW
MINUTES TO TALK WITH YOU.
Gordon: YOU BEGIN YOUR
BOOK WITH THE STORY OF A
TRIP TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S
HOUSE WHEN YOU WERE 10 YEARS
OLD.
WHAT IS THAT SUCH AN
IMPORTANT STORY?
THE STORY STARTS WITH MY
PARENTS SENDING ME TO MY
GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE, AND
THEY THINK I NEEDED A LITTLE
TIME WITH MY GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA, BUT IT WAS A SMALL
TOWN AND DULLSVILLE.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
IT ALL CHANGED WHEN MY
GRANDMOTHER BEGAN TALKING TO
ME ABOUT MY BIOLOGICAL
GRANDFATHER.
I ASSUMED THAT MY
GRANDFATHER THAT I KNEW WAS
MY BIOLOGICAL ONE.
I WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OF AGE.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY HADN'T
TOLD ME.
MAYBE I HADN'T PAID
ATTENTION.
SHE BEGAN TELLING ME ABOUT
HER FIRST HUSBAND WHO DIED
OF TURKMENISTAN AOF
TUBERCULOSIS AT THE AGE OF
33.
HOW HE MOVED FROM OKLAHOMA
TO WEST TEXAS TO TRY TO FIND
FERTILE LAND AND A FRESH
START TO THE FAMILY.
ONLY TO BE INTERRUPTED BY
DISEASE.
AND SHE TOOK HIM BACK TO
OKLAHOMA AND HE DIED IN HER
ARMS.
WHAT I TOLD YOU IN ABOUT A
MINUTE, TOOK HER ALL
AFTERNOON TO DESCRIBE.
AND I ATE IT UP.
AND HERE IS WHY: ALL OF A
SUDDEN I CONNECTING TO THE
BIGGER PICTURE OF MY STORY.
IT'S THE SAME THING THAT
MIGHT HA HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY
IF THEY FIND OUT THEY'RE
DESCENTANTS OF NATIVE
AMERICANS.
WE LONG TO KNOW WHERE WE
CAME FROM.
THIS IS WHY THE BIBLE IS SO
IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE GOD'S STORY TELLS US
WHERE WE CAME FROM.
NOT JUST FROM BIOLOGICAL
PARENTS, BUT FROM THE
GREATEST MIND AND THE
KINDEST HEART IN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNIVERSE.
THAT DETERMINED BEFORE THE
EARTH BEGAN, WE COME FROM
HIM, AND WE'RE PART OF HIS
STORY THAT IS BEING LIVED
OUT RIGHT NOW IN HISTORY.
Gordon: MAX, YOU SAID
THE HALLMARK OF ANY STORY IS
DRAMA.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY GETTING
INTO THAT.
ALL OF US HAVE THIS CONCEPT
OF HOW DID I GET HERE AND
WHAT IS MY ORIGIN.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU SAY
THE ORDINARY MATTERS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
Reporter: WHAT I'VE
DONE IN THIS BOOK IS TRY TO
HELP A PERSON WHO IS TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STORY IN
LIGHT OF GOD'S STORY.
MY BIG CONTENTION IS THAT
LIFE ONLY MAKES SENSE WHEN
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT
YOUR STORY THAT MATTERS, BUT
GOD'S STORY, AND THEN
FITTING INTO HIS STORY.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE NEW
TESTAMENT, AND I LOOKED AT
THE 11 MAIN EVENTS OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT, TALKING ABOUT
HOW GOD BRINGS HIS STORY
INTO COMMON LIVES LIKE OURS
AND CHANGES OUR STORIES
FOREVER.
THE BEST EXAMPLE, THE BIRTH
OF JESUS WITH THE LIVES OF
MARY AND JOSEPH.
THESE TWO PEOPLE COULD NOT
HAVE BEEN MORE ORDINARY.
IF THEY WERE ALIVE TODAY,
YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE
THEM IF THEY WALKED THROUGH
A SHOPPING MALL.
NO ONE WOULD STOP AND SAY,
THERE IS JOSEPH AND MARY.
THEY LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN
ON THE FRIRCHL O FRINGE OF
THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
THEY WERE PEASANTS.
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE OPEN
TO GOD'S STORY, GOD'S WORK
THROUGH HISTORY, THEY BECAME
INVOLVED IN THE MOST
EXCITING EVENT IN THE
HISTORY OF HUMANITY, THE
BIRTH OF JESUS.
I THINK THAT IS YET JUST
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
HOW IF WE OPEN OURSELVES UP
TO GOD'S STORY, HE USES
ORDINARY PEOPLE, JUST LIKE
US.
INTO WHICH HE PLACES HIMSELF
AND THROUGH WHICH HE IS BORN
INTO THE WORLD.
Gordon: MAX, YOU SAY
THE TERROR ATTACKS OF 9/11
REVEALED AN INTERESTING
STORY ABOUT AMERICANS.
WHAT WAS THAT?
IT IS KIND OF GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS.
BUT I WAS STRUCK, FIRST OF
ALL, WITH THE IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE OF AMERICANS TO
PRAYER.
I KNOW OF A CHURCH ON 9/12,
SEPTEMBER 12, THAT FILLED
AND EMPTIED ITSELF SIX
DIFFERENT TIMES.
I KNOW OF CHURCHES ALL OVER
THE NATION ON
SEPTEMBER 12th THAT
WORSHIPPED.
WE PUT A SIGN UP THAT SAYS
PRAYER SERVICE ON 9/12.
THE PLACE WAS PACKED NOT
JUST THAT NIGHT, BUT THE
NEXT NIGHT AND THE NEXT
WEEK.
THAT TELLS ME NO MATTER WHAT
PEOPLE SAY, DOWN DEEP WE'RE
HUNGRY FOR SPIRITUAL
SOLUTIONS TO THE EARTHLY
PROBLEMS.
THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS WHAT
BEGAN AS A SPIRITUAL HUNGER
FOR MANY PEOPLE REALLY DID
NOT MATERIALIZE INTO A
REVIVAL, INTO A COMMITMENT,
INTO A LONGING TO WALK WITH
GOD.
WE WANTED GOD TO COME IN AND
GET US OUT OF OUR BAD
SITUATION, BUT NOT STAY WITH
US.
AND THIS IS THE REASON, I
BELIEVE, THAT MANY PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO HAVE AN ONGOING, VIBRANT
WALK WITH GOD.
WE JUST TURN TO HIM IN
MOMENTS OF CRISIS, BUT WE
TURN AWAY FROM HIM IN
MOMENTS OF NORMALCY OR EVEN
AFFLUENCE.
THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
SO I THINK WE UNVEILED ON
9/11 THAT WE REALLY ARE
SPIRITUAL PEOPLE, BUT WE
DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOCK IN
AND FOLLOW GOD IN A SPIRIT
OF DISCIPLESHIP.
Gordon: A LOT OF
AMERICANS, I HEAR, ARE
TURNING AWAY FROM RELIGION.
AND ORGANIZED RELIGION HAS
BECOME A BAD WORD.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY
PART OF ORGANIZED RELIGION.
DO YOU SEE US TURNING
INCREASINGLY THAT WAY?
DO YOU HAVE HOPE THAT THE
STORY OF AMERICA IN THE
FUTURE COULD BE A STORY OF
REVIVAL AND REPENTANCE AND
GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS?
OR DO YOU SEE US GOING THE
OTHER WAY?
THAT'S A WONDERFUL
QUESTION, AND I ASK IT
MYSELF QUITE OFTEN.
I ASKED IT JUST THIS MORNING
IN PRAYER AS I WAS PRAYING
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT REVIVAL
IS GOING TO HAVE TO BEGIN IN
THE CHURCH.
AND THAT REVIVAL IS GOING TO
HAVE TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF
A RADICAL COMMITMENT TO THE
PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST.
I BELIEVE THAT THE ONGOING
DEVELOPMENT OF JUST
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE
BUILDING OF MORE BUILDINGS,
AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS, THAT'S WEARING
OUT.
BUT WHERE THERE CAN BE A
VIBRANT RELATIONSHIP WITH A
PERSON AND GOD, THAT PERSON
CAN THEN BECOME A LIFE
CHANGER IN HIS OR HER OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IN THE FUTURE, THERE
IS GOING TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO
BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN
CHRISTIANITY AND ALL OTHER
WORLD RELIGIONS.
THERE IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE
MEDIA TO MAKE CHRISTIANITY
LOOK LIKE BUDDHISM OR
HINDUISM.
I THINK AS CHRISTIANS, WE
NEED TO BE KIND AND FIRM.
WE NEED TO BE KIND.
WE'RE NOT PURVEYORS OF
HATE.
WE NEED TO BE BE FIRM AND
POINT OUT THAT THE GOSPEL IS
ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE IN WORLD
HISTORY.
NO OTHER RELIGION OR
PHILOSOPHY OFFERS SALVATION
TO PEOPLE WHO DESERVE DEATH,
WHO ARE GUILTY, THROUGH THE
SACRIFICE OF GOD ON THE
CROSS.
THIS IS A UNIQUE MESSAGE.
I'M THINKING WE'RE GOING TO
PASS THROUGH A TIME OF
DIFFICULTY, BUT THEN THE
CHURCH IS GOING TO RECLAIM
THE PURE MESSAGE OF THE
GOSPEL.
WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
DENOMINATIONS.
I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT
ALREADY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PEOPLE
WHO WERE BOUGHT BY CHRIST,
ADOPTED BY CHRIST, AND
ACQUITTED BY CHRIST.
THIS MAY COME DURING A TIME
OF PERSECUTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE
AUTHORITIES ARE EVER GOING
TO EMBRACE THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER
GET BACK TO WHERE OUR
NATIONAL FOREFATHERS WERE,
BUT I AM OPTMISTIC WHERE
THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO THE
MESSAGE OF JESUS, THERE IS A
HOPE FOR REVIVAL.
Gordon: MAX, I'LL LEAVE
YOU WITH THAT.
THAT WAS A GREAT WORD.
CHRISTIANS SHINE THE
BRIGHTEST IN TIMES OF
ADVERSE SATELLITE.
ADVERSITY, I THINK NOW MORE
THAN EVER, WE NEED TO BE
SHINING.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "GOD'S
STORY, YOUR STORY."
IT IS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.
MAX, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
INVITATION.
Gordon: IT HAS BEEN
SAID EVERYONE HAS A STORY,
AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOURS.
GO TO
Facebook.COM/"700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE" AND TELL US
YOURS.
STILL AHEAD, THE STORY OF
THE WINNING ESTQUARTERBACK
IN NCAA DIVISION ONE
HISTORY.
COLT McCOY TELLS US HOW HE
CAME BACK FROM A CRIPPLING
INJURY AND BECAME AN NFL
STAR.
Gordon: COLT McCOY
WAS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AND
A STELLER ATHLETE FOR THE
TEXAS LONGHORNS, BUT DURING
THE FINAL GAME OF HIS
COLLEGE CAREER, COLT WAS
SIDELINED WITH A SHOULDER
INJURY THAT NOT ONLY PUT HIM
OUT OF THE GAME, IT ALMOST
COST HIM HIS FOOTBALL
CAREER.
Reporter: CLEVELAND
BROWNS' QUARTERBACK COLT
McCOY IS MAKING A NAME FOR
HIMSELF IN THE NFL.
BACK IN COLLEGE, HIS
STATISTICS ARE
UNPRECEDENTED.
IN ONE SEASON, HE WON 45
GAMES, MORE THAN ANY OTHER
QUARTERBACK.
IN HIS LAST GAME AS A
LONGHORN, THE 2010 B.C.S.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, HE
SUFFERED A SHOULDER INJURY
TO COULD HAVE CRUSHED HIS
NFL FUTURE.
I'M JUST PLAYING THE
GAME, AND I GET HIT THE
WRONG WAY, AND I'M DONE.
TO SIT ON THE SIDE AND BE A
CHEERLEADER, WHICH IS ALL I
CAN DO, AT THAT POINT, AND
WATCH THEM LOSE THAT GAME
AND THE HEARTACHE FROM THAT,
I WAS TORE UP.
Reporter: DANIEL COLT
McCOY GREW UP IN A
CHRISTIAN HOME WITH HIS TWO
YOUNGER BROTHERS IN TEXAS.
HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN
HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS
OLD.
MY PARENTS DID A GREAT
JOB WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
ME AND MY BROTHERS, OF
HAVING US IN CHURCH ALL OF
IT'S TIME.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE I JUST REALLY WAS
CONVICTED.
TARGETESTARTED GETTING
CONVICTED OVER THE SUMMER
AND WAS READING MY BIBLE A
LOT AND REALLY STUDYING.
THAT WAS AT THE TIME I WAS
REALLY STARTING TO GROW INTO
MYSELF AND MATURE A LITTLE
BIT, AND I JUST REALLY FELT
THAT THAT WAS THE TIME.
THAT WAS REALLY THE TIME
WHERE I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THIS IS REAL.
GOD IS REAL.
AND HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, AND
I WANT TO BE ON BOARD.
AND THAT'S WHEN I REALLY
MADE THE DECISION TO, YOU
KNOW, FOLLOW CHRIST.
Reporter: COLT PLAYED
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AS A
BOY.
BUT HE DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL
UNTIL HE WAS IN THE SEVENTH
GRADE.
IN HISTORY, HIS FATHER WAS
HIS HEAD COACH.
AND HE SAYS IT WAS AN
ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR HIM.
Reporter: WAS IT
CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU WERE
PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR YOUR
FATHER?
IT WAS HARD PLAYING FOR
MY DAD.
IT WAS HARD TO SEPARATE MY
DAD AS A COACH OR MY DAD AS
A DAD.
WHICH GUY IS IT?
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- I
HAD TO WORK TWICE AS HARD AS
ANYBODY ELSE JUST TO EARN A
JOB.
Reporter: COLT DIDN'T
BECOME A STARTER IN HIGH
SCHOOL UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE
YEAR, BUT WITHIN THREE
SEASONS, COLT BECAME THE
ALL-TIME LEADING PASSER FOR
THE STATE OF TEXAS, DWIS
DIVISION 2A.
DURING THE 2006 SEASON, HE
BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR
THE MOST TOUCHDOWNS THROWN
IN A SINGLE SEASON.
FAST FORWARD TO A THE 2010
DRAFT.
BECAUSE OF THE SHOULDER
INJURY, HE WASN'T SELECTED
IN THE FIRST OR SECOND
ROUND.
Reporter: WHAT WAS IT
LIKE, WATCHING A DRAFT,
HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA
WHAT OR WHEN YOU WERE
GOING -- OR IF AND WHEN YOU
WERE GOING TO GET PICKED
UP.
BY THIS TIME IN THE
DRAFT, I'M THINKING, JUST
GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T CARE IF I'M A FREE
AGENT.
JUST GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO PLAY.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
Reporter: IN THE THIRD
ROUND, COLT GETS THE CALL
FROM THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
THE CLEVELAND BROWNS
SELECT COLT McCOY,
QUARTERBACK, TEXAS.
Reporter: BY THE END OF
THE 2010 NFL SEASON, COLT
WAS NAMED THE STARTING
QUARTERBACK.
RECENTLY COLT RELEASED A
BOOK WITH HIS FATHER
ENTITLED "GROWING UP COLT"
WITH A SHARE ABOUT COLT'S
PERSISTENT JOURNEY IN THE
NFL.
NOW IN HIS SECOND SEASON, HE
SAYS WHATEVER HAPPENS, HE IS
READY TO BE THE LEADER GOD
HAS CALLED HIM TO BE.
Reporter: WHO DO YOU
WANT COLT McCOY TO BE FOR
THE CITY OF CLEVELAND?
I WANT TO DO THE SAME
THING I DID AND HAVE THE
SAME ATTITUDE I HAD WHEN I
CAME TO AUSTIN.
I JUST WANT TO BE THE
LIGHT.
THAT'S IT.
A CITY ON A HILL CANNOT BE
HIDDEN.
THE NUMBER ONE THING IN MY
LIFE IS JESUS CHRIST.
AND WITHOUT HIM, I'M
NOTHING.
WITHOUT HIM, I HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING.
AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW
THAT AND TO KNOW THAT, HEY,
YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME GIFT,
THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S FREE.
GOD'S GRACE IS FREE.
AND HE SENT HIS SON TO THIS
EARTH TO DIE ON THE CROSS
FOR OUR SINS AND GIVES US
THAT GRACE, THAT HOPE OF
KNOWING SOME DAY, WHEN I
PASS THIS EARTH, I'LL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WITH
HIM FOR ETERNITY.
Gordon: YOU GET THAT
SAME OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHAT COLT DISCOVERED,
YOU CAN HAVE, TOO.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
HOW DO YOU GET THERE?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER HOW
CAN I GET TO GOD?
YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER
RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD,
HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, ISLAM,
AND IT IS ALL ABOUT HOW CAN
I PERFECT MYSELF SO THAT GOD
WILL PAY ATTENTION TO ME.
NOW, WITH SOME OF THEM, LIKE
BUDDHISM, IT IS HOW CAN I
EMPTY MYSELF SO THERE IS
NOTHING LEFT, AND THERE IS
NO DESIRE LEFT.
AND SOMEHOW I CAN FIND
NIRVANA IN THAT EMPTYING
PROCESS, IN THE EMPTINESS,
WHERE THERE IS NO MORE OF
ME.
WELL, YOU LOOK AT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, AND IT IS ALL
ABOUT HOW CAN YOU PERFECT
YOURSELF.
HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT?
JESUS SAYS I'LL MAKE IT FOR
YOU.
I'LL MAKE THE WAY.
YOU WANT TO FIND GOD.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME
TO ME.
HE SAYS IT VERY CLEARLY, "I
AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND
THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT BY ME."
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, CAN YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH?
CAN YOU THINK ENOUGH GOOD
THOUGHTS?
CAN YOU, YOU KNOW, DENY
YOURSELF ENOUGH?
CAN YOU DO THAT?
WHERE SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOING
TO STOP BEING YOU AND TAKE
ON SOME OTHER FORM?
WELL, THE ANSWER IS QUITE
CLEARLY YOU CAN'T.
IF YOU'VE GOT TO THINK TWO
GOOD THOUGHTS FOR EVERY BAD
THOUGHT YOU THINK, YOU'RE
GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TRYING TO THINK GOOD
THOUGHTS.
YOU COME TO THE REALIZATION
I CAN'T DO IT.
I CAN'T GET THERE FROM
HERE.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS, AND IT'S
THE BEST NEWS THAT THE WORLD
HAS EVER HEARD, GOD SAYS
I'LL BE YOUR SALVATION.
I'LL TAKE ALL OF THE
PENALTY.
I'LL TAKE IT ALL.
MY BLOOD IS SUFFICIENT.
WHEN I OFFER MYSELF FOR YOUR
SINS, IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT,
AND IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT
FOR ALL TIME.
I'LL EVEN TAKE CARE OF THE
SINS YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED
YET.
AND I'LL DO THAT BECAUSE I
LOVE YOU.
AND I WANT TO SPEND ETERNITY
WITH YOU.
NOW, THAT'S THE MESSAGE OF
JESUS.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TO HIS
DISCIPLES.
I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR
YOU.
I WANT YOU, SO THAT WHERE I
AM, YOU CAN BE WITH ME.
I WANT YOU TO BE WITH ME.
NOW, WILL YOU TAKE THAT
INVITATION AND WILL YOU SAY
YES TO IT?
THE BIBLE SAYS VERY CLEARLY,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART, AND
THEN CONFESS WITH YOUR
MOUTH, AND YOU SHALL BE
SAVED.
NOW, I WANT TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR YOU.
JUST LIKE JESUS MADE IT
EASY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE ON HIM AND CONFESS
WITH YOUR MOUTH.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP
THE PHONE AND MAKE A
TOLL-FREE CALL.
IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN.
1-888-777-1999.
WHEN YOU CALL THAT NUMBER,
THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY ON
THE OTHER END WHO IS GOING
TO PRAY WITH YOU.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS SAY,
I WANT TO KNOW -- I WANT TO
KNOW IS JESUS REAL?
AND THEY'LL LEAD YOU IN A
PRAYER.
AND IT'S REAL SIMPLE.
JESUS, IF YOU'RE THERE, SHOW
ME.
JESUS, CAN YOU COME INTO MY
HEART?
CAN YOU DO FOR ME WHAT
YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHERS?
CAN YOU CLEAN ME?
CAN YOU MAKE ME NEW?
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?
THE WONDERFUL ANSWER IS
YES.
AND IT'S ALWAYS YES.
AND IT'S AN ETERNAL YES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CRY
OUT TO HIM AND HE'LL ANSWER
YOU.
CALL US, 1-888-777-1999.
COMING UP, WE'LL GIVE YOU A
UNIQUE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
GREATEST SUPER HERO STORIES
OF ALL TIME.
DON'T GO AWAY.
Gordon: THIS PAST
SUMMER, ABOUT A HALF DOZEN
SUPER HERO MOVIES HIT
THEATERS.
NEXT YEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE
MORE ACTION-PACKED, AND IT'S
NO PRICE.
KIDS WANT TO BE HEROS.
HERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT
THE NEW "SUPERBOOK" SERIES.
[YELLING]
TOTALLY AWESOME, CHRIS.
GIVE IT BACK.
OOH, GIVE IT BACK.
AH, CRY BABY.
HELP!
WHERE ARE WE?
I CANNOT LOCK IN ON OUR
TIME OR LOCATION.
I AM ADAM.
AND I AM CALLED EVE.
WHY IS HE WEARING
CLOTHES?
IS MOSES TALKING TO A
PLANT.
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M DAVID.
I PLAY FOR GOD.
I KIND OF WISH I HAD MY
GUITAR NOW.
DANIEL, YOU HAVE TO
LISTEN TO US.
AND WHO MIGHT YOU BE?
YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER.
THERE IS A PLOT TO HAVE YOU
KILLED.
LUCIFER, YOU HAVE SINNED
AGAINST THE LORD.
WHY DID HE DO THIS?
HE THOUGHT HE COULD BE
LIKE GOD.
EARTH WILL BE MY NEW
DOMAIN.
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
GET TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD
WITH THE RED SEA IN OUR
WAY?
HAVE FAITH.
THE LORD HAS A PLAN.
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO
KNOW WHAT THAT PLAN IS,
WOULD YOU, MOSES?
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE
DIDN'T CARE THAT HE WAS
GOING TO GET THROWN TO THE
LIONS FOR PRAYING.
DANIEL DID WHAT HE
BELIEVED WAS RIGHT, CHRIS.
IF DANIEL COULD DO THE
RIGHT THING, SO CAN I.
GIVE HIM BACK HIS
SKATEBOARD.
AND DON'T CALL ME KID.
TOMMY, NOT A GOOD TIME.
Gordon: "SUPERBOOK,"
WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING
YOU IN NOVEMBER HOW YOU CAN
GET THE WHOLE SERIES, IF YOU
WANT.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING
FOR IS HELP WITH THE
PRODUCTION.
WE'RE IN THE PRODUCTION OF
26 EPISODES FOR WORLDWIDE
BROADCAST.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING IT
TRANSLATED INTO 18 LANGUAGES
TO REACH THE CHILDREN OF THE
WORLD.
OUR GOAL IS FOR 300 MILLION
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD TO
WATCH THIS SERIES OVER THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THE GREAT NEWS IS YOU
CAN BE A PART OF IT.
YOU CAN HELP US WITH IT.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
IS TO SAY I'LL CONTRIBUTE TO
THE PRODUCTION COSTS OF THE
"SUPERBOOK" SERIES.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A ONE-TIME
GIFT OF $25.
AND WHEN YOU SEND US THAT,
WE'LL SEND AS OUR GIFT BACK
TO YOU, "LET MY PEOPLE GO,"
THE CBN PARTNER EDITION OF
THE STORY OF EXODUS.
COME NOVEMBER, WE'LL BE
ISSUING THE CHRISTMAS STORY,
AND THEN THE STORY OF
DANIEL.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
THE MAJOR STORIES OF THE
BIBLE, TAKE CHILDREN FROM
GENESIS ALL THE WAY TO WHEN
JESUS COMES BACK, SO THEY
KNOW THE GOSPEL AND THEY
KNOW THE MAJOR STORIES OF
THE BIBLE.
AND WE PRESENT IT TO THEM IN
A WAY THAT THEY CAN HEAR AND
THEY CAN UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU WANT THIS, CALL US
RIGHT NOW.
1-888-777-1999.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE
PART OF THE "SUPERBOOK"
PRODUCTION, AND HERE IS MY
GIFT OF $25.
AND WE'LL RUSH THIS OUT TO
YOU.
"LET MY PEOPLE GO, THE STORY
OF EXODUS."
AND YOU CAN LOG ON TO
cbn.com, AND YOU CAN
DESIGNATE YOUR GIFT TO
"SUPERBOOK."
AGAIN, FOR A GIFT OF $25 OR
MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE
STORY OF EXODUS.
IT IS TIME TO TAKE SOME
MINISTRY CALLS.
HERE IS LILIA ON THE PHONE.
HI, LILIA?
Caller: HI.
Gordon: HOW CAN I PRAY
FOR YOU.
Caller: I HAVE LUNG
CANCER AND I HAVE A
SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND A
LOT OF COUGH.
Gordon: I'M GOING TO
ASK MARGUERITE TO PRAY FOR
YOU AND WE'LL SEE WHAT GOD
DOES.
THANK YOU, LORD.
I THANK YOU FOR LILIA.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
YOU PAID THE PRICE FOR HER
COMPLETE HEALING.
IN JESUS' NAME, I DECLARE
HEALING OVER YOUR LIFE.
I SPEAK TO EVERY CANCER CELL
TO DIE IN JESUS' NAME, AND I
SPEAK LIFE TO YOUR LUNGS,
LIFE TO YOUR BREATHING.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR
PRESENCE.
THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS
WOMAN.
THANK YOU, LORD.
JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
LILIA.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE
DOING.
I SPEAK LIFE TO EVERY CELL
IN YOUR BODY.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
THANK YOU FOR COVERING HER.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
TAKE AUTHORITY OF THAT
INFIRMITY IN JESUS' NAME,
AND I SAY BE GONE IN JESUS'
NAME.
Caller: AMEN.
I SPEAK PEACE TO YOUR
BODY.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE,
LORD.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENCE,
LORD.
Caller: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
HOW DO YOU FEEL, LILIA?
DO YOU FEEL THE LORD'S
PRESENCE?
Caller: YES.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN
YOUR BODY?
Caller: NO PAIN.
JUST SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
NO PAIN.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
I ASK THAT YOU FEEL THIS
HEALING.
LILIA, I SEE THE LORD WANTS
YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE SO, SO
PRECIOUS TO HIM.
HE HAS NOT OVERLOOKED YOU.
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE YOU
ARE.
I HEAR HIM SAYING THERE IS
SO MUCH MORE FOR YOU.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
DREAM.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THINK OF THE THINGS YOU
ENJOY DOING, BECAUSE THE
LORD WANTS TO GIVE YOU MORE
OF THOSE.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
Gordon: AND, LORD, WE
ALSO PRAY FOR LILIA -- WE
TAKE AUTHORITY OVER ANY FEAR
IN HER LIFE AND FEAR OF THE
FUTURE.
AND WE JUST SPEAK YOUR
PERFECT LOVE, WHICH CASTS
OUT ALL FEAR.
AND JUST LET LILIA KNOW
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAVE HER
FUTURE.
AND SHE'S IN YOUR HAND NOW.
AND LET THAT PEACE THAT
SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
JUST FLOW THROUGH HER MIND,
HER HEART, HER LUNGS, HER
INNER MOST BEING, AND JUST
LET PEACE BE ALL AROUND HER
AND IN HER.
AND NOW WE ASK FOR BREATH,
AND WE ASK FOR LIFE.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU BREATHE
ON HER NOW.
AND FILL HER WITH THE BREATH
OF LIFE, NO ENERGY, NEW
VITALITY, NO LIFE FROM THE
BREATH.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
Caller: AMEN.
Consuelo: LILIA, CAN
YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH?
A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE
CHATROOM.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH FOR ME.
Caller: I CAN TAKE A
DEEP BREATH.
Gordon: IS THAT
BETTER?
Caller: IT IS NOT A BIG
BREATH, BUT IT IS A FAST
BREATH.
Gordon: A FAST BREATH.
JUST REST IN THAT, AND LET
US KNOW WHAT GOD IS DOING
FOR YOU.
Gordon: IS YOUR PAIN
GONE.
Caller: YES -- I DON'T
HAVE PAIN.
Gordon: JUST SHORTNESS
OF BREATH?
Caller: YES.
JUST SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND
COUGH.
Gordon: ALL RIGHT,
LILIA.
WE'LL KEEP PRAYING.
YOU KEEP PRAYING.
KEEP BELIEVING.
Caller: THANK YOU.
Gordon: ALL RIGHT.
THANKS FOR CALLING.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM FROM JOEL 1:
"TELL YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT IT
IN THE YEARS TO COME, AND
LET YOUR CHILDREN TELL YOUR
STORY.
PASS THE STORY DOWN FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
