HI EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB INTERACTIVE".
WELL, FRANK SINATRA'S SONG
"LOVE
AND MARRIAGE" IS ABOUT THE
SIMPLICITY OF GETTING MARRIED
AND GETTING MARRIED AND THE
STATISTICS SHOW THAT MOST FIRST
TIME MARRIAGES DON'T LAST.
AND THE COUPLE YOU'RE ABOUT
TO MEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF
THOSE STATISTICS. AFTER THEY
WERE MARRIED CHAD AND SARAH
BEGAN TO REBEL FROM THE WAY
THEY
WERE RAISED. FOR THE FIRST
TIME
IN THEIR LIVES THIS COUPLE
TURNED TO PARTYING AND
PORNOGRAPHY AND NOT AFTER LONG
THEIR MARRIAGE WAS IN TROUBLE.
THE FIRST YEARS WAS BRUTAL.
I WAS SELFISH.
THERE WAS THING GOING ON.
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THEIR YOUNG MARRIAGE WAS
FAILING. AFTER ALL THEY GREW
UP IN THE CHURCH
AND HE WAS A LEADER IN THE
CHURCH YET THEY WERE YOUNG AND
THEY BEGAN TO EXPLORE A
LIFESTYLE THEY WERE TAUGHT WAS
FORBIDDEN. THE ONLY TIME THEY
DIDN'T FIGHT IS WHEN THEY WERE
PARTYING.
I REMEMBER SHOWING UP ON A
SUNDAY MORNING AND NO ONE NEW
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN
AND WE DOING THAT.
WE WE WERE FREE.
AND IT ESCALATE TO ANOTHER
LEVEL PORNOGRAPHY.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING I BEGAN
TO DESIRE. I DON'T THINK WE
WERE WILLING TO ADMIT HOW BAD
OFF WE WERE, BUT LIKE I SAID I
GREW UP IN THIS PLEASE GOD OR
PLEASE DO WHAT WAS RIGHT TYPE
OF
MENTALITY AND ONCE YOU GET TO A
CERTAIN AGE IT'S LIKE WHAT IS
THE MOTIVATION ANYMORE? I HAD
BEEN OVER WEIGHT GROWING UP AND
LOST 60 POUNDS BEFORE AND MEN
NEVER LOOKED AT ME AND AFTER
THAT POINT I GOT FLIRTED WITH
WALKING DOWN THE STREET. IT
MADE ME FEEL GREAT AND THAT I
WAS PRETTY.
I WAS NEVER A WORKAHOLIC AND
I WENT INTO THAT AND FOUND
THINGS THAT FILLED THE VOID.
CHAD BEGAN WORKING AWAY FROM
HOME FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
AND SARAH GOT ATTENTION FROM
ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. HE WAS
ALSO
MARRIED.
AND I TALKED TO THIS OTHER
MAN. WE TALK TOED PHONE AND
HUNG OUT AND IT WAS A
FRIENDSHIP, THIS EMOTIONAL BOND.
BUT THAT TURNED INTO
SOMETHING MORE.
I TRIED NOT TO DO IT. I WAS
TRYING ON BE BETTER THAN I WAS
AND IT WENT FULL INTO A
COMPLETE
PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP AT THAT
POINT. EVERY TIME I WAS WITH
HIM AND WE DID SOMETHING THAT I
WOULD HAVE HAD HIDE FROM MY
HUSBAND THERE WAS GUILT. THIS
WAS ALWAYS GUILT BUT THE GUILT
WAS SO MUCH LESS THAN THE
DESIRE. I HATED MYSELF. I
HATED WHAT I WAS DOING BUT I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT IT.
I COULDN'T TELL. IF I TOLD MY
WORLD COME CRASHING DOWN.
THE AFFAIR LASTED THREE
YEARS
UNTIL A FRIEND CAUGHT ON AND
CALLED THEM OUT TO THE PASTOR
.
THE PASTOR CALLED THEM IN.
I WAS LIKE WHAT DO THEY
KNOW?
I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT SARAH
AT
ALL AND THEY SAID "SARAH, YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL CHAD".
I COULD HAVE KEPT LYING AND
I
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
BELIEVED AT THAT POINT AND EVEN
CHAD OR I COULD BE DONE WITH IT
NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCES AND
I
DECIDED TO TELL THE TRUTH.
MY FIRST REACTION OR MY
FIRST
FEELING WAS JUST SMOKE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING
TO LOSE MY DAUGHTER. I DIDN'T
KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY
HUSBAND. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I
WAS
GOING LOSE EVERYTHING -- SORRY,
BUT THAT WAS -- BEING DONE WITH
THAT AND BEING RIGHT WITH GOD
AND WITH MY HUSBAND WAS MORE
IMPORTANT.
WHILE SARAH SPENT THE NIGHT
AT HER PARENT'S HOUSE THEY MET
UP AT THE SCREENING OF "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST". THEY
COMMITTED TO ATTEND MONTHS
PRIOR.
THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
HAPPEN AND WE WERE SITTING NEXT
TO EACH OTHER AND I ADMITTED TO
THE AFFAIR AND SEEING THE
BEATING AND CRUISE FISSION OF
JESUS.
AND I AM SOBBING AND THE
LORD
ORCHESTRATED A MOMENT TO REMIND
ME OF THE EXTENT HE WENT TO
RESTORE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME.
I CAME TO UNDERSTAND THE
GRAVITY OF MY SIN AND HOW MUCH
IT BOTH HURT JESUS -- NOT JUST
MY HUSBAND BUT IT HAD HURT THE
LORD.
HOW CAN I STAND BEFORE LORD
AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR
ME AND MY STUPORRITY BUT THIS
WAS TOO MUCH.
HE WAS STILL SAD BUT HE WENT
OVER HIS TRANSFORMATION IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS AND HE SAID --
HOW CAN I NOT FORGIVE YOU
WHEN I HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.
AND THAT WAS THE DAY FOR US
BOTH DECIDING TO BE DONE --
BOTH
OF US, BUT ME PARTICULARLY A
HURT WAY OF LIFE, A SELFISH WAY
OF LIVING.
BOTH COMMITTED THEIR LIVES
TO
JESUS CHRIST THAT DAY. CHAD
STEPPED DOWN AS WORSHIP LEADER
THAT DAY.
IT'S BOTH PEOPLE COMING TO
THE POINT AND WHATEVER IT
ENTAILS WE WILL MAKE IT WORK.
WE CUT THE CABLE, POORED OUT
THE ALCOHOL. HE WENT TO
COUNSELING.
HE CLEANED EVERYTHING OUT
SPIRITUALLY PHYSICALLY, CUT ALL
TIES. WE WERE TOGETHER ALL THE
TIME.
AND AS WE GREW CLOSER
TOGETHER IN A PURE WAY WE WERE
GROWING CLOSER TO GOD TOO.
WE DIDN'T FIGHT. THIS WAS
AWESOME.
SINCE THEN THEY HAVE RENEWED
THEIR MARRIAGE VOWS AND THEY
REALIZED THE OLD MARRIAGE HAD
TO
DIE TO REBUILD THE NEW MARRIAGE.
WHEN I THINK THE GOD AS A
SAVIOR, AS THE SAVIOR, AS THE
ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO
SAVE ME.
THE KEY TO IT ALL IS THAT
YOU
HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO WHAT
CHRIST DID IN GOING TO THE
CROSS, AND YOU THINK ABOUT ONE
OF THE THINGS HE SUFFERED. HE
SUFFERED EMBARRASSMENT, SHAME.
THERE WAS PAIN AND DEATH
INVOLVED SO IT COMES DOWN TO
WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP
IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT HE HAS?
WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE
UP? THE APOSTLE PAUL TALKED
ABOUT THIS AND "I WAS WILLING
TO
SUFFER THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS"
AND OFTEN IN CHRISTIANITY TODAY
YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION,
WHAT DID YOU LOST? WHAT DID
YOU
GIVE UP? PAUL SAID I SUFFERED
THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS I MIGHT
GAIN, CHRIST AND GOES ON TO SAY
AND SHARE WITH HIM THE
FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERING,
AND
IF WE THINK CHRISTIANITY IS
SOMETHING CASUAL WELL WE'RE
MISSING THE MARK. CHRISTIANITY
REQUIRES -- YEAH, REQUIRES THAT
YOU GET TRANSPARENT. IT
REQUIRES THAT YOU TURN FROM THE
THINGS THAT YOU USED TO DO. IT
REQUIRES YOU CRUCIFY AND THAT
YOU BECOME IDENTIFIED WITH HIM,
WITH JESUS, ON THE CROSS, BUT
THEN IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
THEN YOU IDENTIFY HIM -- WITH
HIM IN THE RESURRECTION AND
JUST
AS YOU SAW WITH CHAD AND SARAH,
YES, THERE WAS A RESURRECTION,
A
RESURRECTION OF THEIR MARRIAGE,
OF THEIR JOY, OF THEIR PEACE.
NOW FOR YOU WHETHER YOU'RE
MARRIED OR NOT MARRIED I HAVE
ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. ARE YOU
RIGHT WITH GOD? ARE THINGS
THERE RIGHT? ARE YOU AT LEAST
TRANSPARENT WITH HIM? THAT YOU
KNOW THE POWER OF CONFESSION?
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR
INNER MOST BEING WHEN YOU GET
THAT JUNK OUT? SIN LIKES TO
HIDE. IT LOVES THE DARKNESS,
BUT WHEN WE BRING IT INTO HIS
WIFE LIGHT, AND WE HAVE OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM RESTORED,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES
TOGETHER. MAYBE YOUR LIKE CHAD
AND SARAH ON THE SURFACE AND
YOU'RE GOING TO CHURCH. YOU'RE
DOING THE CHRISTIAN THING BUT
ON
THE WEEKENDS THINGS AREN'T
RIGHT
AND YOU KNOW IT. AND YOU'RE
WONDERING HOW DO I GET FREE?
MAYBE YOU ARE LIKE SARAH, THE
FORCE OF THE TERMTATION WAS
GREATER THAN THE FORCE OF YOUR
GUILT. YOU COULD BE FREE. YOU
CAN WALK FREE FROM THAT AND YOU
COULD LIVE A LIFE OF SIMPLICITY
WHERE YOU AND GOD ARE ONE, AND
YOUR BACK IN RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM. NOW, IF YOU WANT THIS ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL A
TOLL-FEE PHONE NUMBER. THE
NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN.
1-800-777-1999. THERE WILL BE
SOMEBODY ON THE OTHER END OF
THAT LINE WHO IS WILLING TO
TALK
WITH YOU. IF YOU THINK YOU
NEED
TO CONFESS YOU DON'T NEED TO
LEAVE YOUR NAME. I BELIEVE IN
THE POWER OF CONFESSION. THE
BIBLE SAYS CONFESS YOUR SINS TO
ONE ANOTHER AND WHEN YOU DO
THAT
YOU GET FREE FROM THEM. YOU
GET
RESTORED. YOU FIND PEACE. YOU
FIND MERCY. YOU FIND LOVE, SO
IF THAT IS YOU, IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MAKE THAT
PHONE CALL, 1-800-777-1999.
JUST SAY "I WANT TO COME HOME.
I WANT WANT TO LIVE A
TRANSPARENT LIFE AGAIN. I WANT
TO BE NEW AGAIN. I WANT THE
JOY
OF MY SALVATION AGAIN". DO IT.
CALL RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE COME
BACK AUTHORS STACY AND JOHN
ELDRIDGE ARE HERE ON SKYPE AND
WILL DISCUSS THE BATTLES OF
THEIR OWN MARRIAGE AFTER THAT.
HELLO I AM TERRY MEEUWSEN.
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE OVER
148 MILLION ORPHANS IN THE
WORLD
TODAY BUT IT WAS THREE LITTLE
GIRLS THAT TAUGHT ME ABOUT THIS
PLIGHT. EIGHT YEARS AGO MY
HUSBAND AND I WERE IMMERSED IN
THE ACTIVITIES OF A ORPHANAGE
AND I SAW THE UTTER LONELINESS
AND THE REJECTION AND
OVERWHELMING
DESIRE TO LOVE AND FROM IT GREE
A MINISTRY ORPHANS PROMISE AND
WE'RE HELPING MANY CHILDREN IN
COUNTRY AND I AM ASKING YOU TO
JOIN WITH ME ANDK BECOME
FAMILIES TO THESE CHILDREN AND
WILL YOU CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT NOW AND EVERY
CHILD
DESERVES A CHANCE TO BE HAPPY.
SUPER KIDS.COM. WE HAVE
THIS
FOR KIDS TO LEARN THE BIBLE IN
A
NEW WAY.
THEY WILL LOVE IT. THE
ABILITY TO CREATE YOUR OWN
CHARACTERS. WE HAVE A PLACE TO
LISTEN TO SUPER BOOK ON RADIO.
IT'S THE SERIES THAT TEACHES
THESE STORIES AND ALL THE WAY
THROUGH CREATION THROUGH
CHRIST'S RETURN.
THE WEBSITE TEACHES LIFE
LESSONS ALSO. PARENTS CAN
SPEND
TIME LEARNING ABOUT THE BIBLE.
IT'S TOTALLY GOSPEL CENTERED
AND YOU WILL HELP BRING GOD'S
WORLD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE'RE REACHING A NEW
GENERATION WITH THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST. TODAY WE CAN
GIVE
THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE IN A FUN
AND EXCITING WAY THAT WILL
CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
JOHN AND STACY ELDRIDGE ARE
KNOWN FOR THEIR BOOKS AND WHAT
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THEY HAVE
CONSIDERED DIVORCE THEMSELVES,
NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. PLEASE
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE". WELCOME TO BOTH
YOU. GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
CAN I ASK YOU TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, THE
STRUGGLE YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH
IN YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH
EACH OTHER.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU BET.
I LOVE THAT TESTIMONY THAT
WE
JUST LISTENED TO AND IT'S NEVER
TOO MUCH, TOO LATE FOR GOD. WE
WERE REALLY INVOLVED IN OUR
CHURCH TOO. WE LOOKED REALLY
GOOD FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WE
WERE BLIND SIDED WITH HOW HARD
MARRIAGE IS, ONCE YOU GET INTO
THE REALITY OF IT, AND WE WERE
BARELY THREE YEARS IN WHEN I
BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF
DIVORCE WITHION AND I THOUGHT
WE
WERE LIVING TWO SEPARATE LIVES.
RIGHT. NOBODY WAS HAVING AN
AFFAIR. NOBODY WAS THROWING
DISHES, BUT IN MANY WAYS I WAS
HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MY WORK.
BUSY AT CHURCH AND FEELING
GREAT
MYSELF. I CAME INTO MARRIAGE
AS
A BOY IN A MAN'S BODY AND I
DON'T THINK THE TWO OF US KNEW
WHAT WE WERE REALLY IN FOR AND
WE WERE BARELY THREE YEARS IN
AND TALKING DIVORCE.
NOW THE D WORD COMES COMES
INTO YOUR CONVERSATION. YOU'RE
STILL YOUNG AND BASICALLY NEWIE
WEDS AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO
BEGIN TO FIX IT?
WELL, IT WAS PRETTY
DRAMATIC.
YOU THROW THE WORLD OUT THERE
AND A BOMB THAT GOES OFF AND
LETS YOU KNOW THINGS ARE
SERIOUS. THIS ISN'T GOING IN
THE DIRECTION WE DREAMED OF,
LONGED FOR AND I WAS REALLY
LONELY IN OUR MARRIAGE AND TO
BE
LONELY IN YOUR MARRIAGE IS
AWFUL. A LOT OF PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT JOHN AND
I DID IS WE SOUGHT COUNSELING.
WE DIDN'T DO MARRIAGE
COUNSELING AS MUCH AS
INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELING BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT
WE WERE DEALING WITH WAS REALLY
ALMOST HARDLY ABOUT THE
MARRIAGE
AT ALL. IT WAS ABOUT THE
BAGGAGE THAT WE BROUGHT INTO
IT.
WE COME FROM ALCOHOLIC
FAMILIES.
I HAD MAJOR ABANDONMENT WOUNDS
AS A BOY AND I HAD MADE THIS
VOW
WHEN I THINK I WAS TEN YEAR'S
OLD. I WILL NEVER TRUST ANYONE
AGAIN, AND I BECAME A CHRISTIAN
AT 19 AND IT WAS A DRAMATIC
CONVERSION. I MEAN I CAME IN
FROM THE DRUG WORLD AND HEAVY
CULTURE AND I WAS IN 100% FOR
JESUS, BUT BECOMING A CHRISTIAN
DOESN'T NECESSARILY TAKE THOSE
WOUNDS AWAY. YOU HAVE TO GO
BACK WITH CHRIST AND DEAL WITH
THOSE THINGS, AND SO THAT WAS
REALLY THE JOURNEY FOR OUR
DEALING AND KIND OF THE
EARTHQUAKE THIS IS NOT WORKING.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR LIFE.
YOU REALLY DO, AND I THINK
AS
YOU'RE SAYING THAT HOW MANY
PEOPLE WANT TO RUN FROM THE
PAIN
INSTEAD OF GOING BACK AND
WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH IT.
DO PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH US RIGHT
NOW WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? HOW DO
YOU ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO MOVE?
JOHN ESPECIALLY I THINK MEN ARE
NOT APT TO GO FOR COUNSELING
THAN WOMEN BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK IF I GO TO COUNSELING
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
ME. I'M A CRAZY PERSON. HOW
DO
YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FOR THAT?
WHEN YOU RUN FROM YOUR PAIN
YOU'RE RUNNING FROM YOUR
HEALING
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE NEVER TOO MUCH FOR GOD.
WE ARE ALL OF US BROKEN PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY.
SO IT'S NOT A STRANGE THING,
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY AS A MAN?
THE REASON WE WROTE "LOVE
AND
WAR" AND THE
DEVOTIONAL AND EVERYBODY IS
BROKEN AND EVERYBODY IS A MESS
AND IN THE CHURCH AND OUTSIDE
BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THE
CHURCH DON'T REALIZE THAT THE
OFFER OF JESUS IS THE HEALING
OF
YOUR BROKENNESS. LIKE THAT WAS
HUGE FOR ME. I HAD THE
FORGIVENESS PIECE AND I WAS
GRATEFUL BUT THERE WAS MORE.
JESUS SAID I CAME TO FREE THE
BROKEN HEARTED AND SET THE
CASKET FREE. I WANT THAT. I
WANT TO BE WHOLE. GUYS, DON'T
YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?
YEAH, IT'S LIKE HAVING A
GREAT BIG PRESENT AND NOT
UNWRAPPING IT.
EXACTLY, YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
CHRISTIAN DIVORCE RATE IS
APPROXIMATELY 41% AND YOU WERE
TALKING HOW YOU WERE STRUGGLING
IN YOUR MARRIAGE AND ACTIVE IN
CHURCH PARTICIPATION AT THAT
TIME. WHAT CAN THE CHURCH DO
THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE GET REAL
IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND FIND
THE KIND OF ABUNDANT LIFE THAT
JESUS TALKED ABOUT?
WELL, I THINK THE FIRST
THING
IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS
PULL BACK THE CURTAINS. PULL
THE SHAME OFF. IT'S HARD FOR
EVERYONE AND BE UP FRONT AND
SAY
THAT. PROVIDE A CONTEXT AND
ATMOSPHERE WHERE WE CAN SHOW
OUR
WOUNDS AND SCARS AND BRING THEM
TOGETHER BEFORE JESUS. NONE OF
US ARE DONE YET. WE ARE ALL ON
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION. SO
HONESTY --
IT'S HUGE. WHAT YOU'RE
DOING
NEEDS TO BE THE CULTURE OF
CHURCH AND HONESTY BECAUSE
PEOPLE PICK UP ON IT AND CAN I
BE HONEST HERE OR FAKE IT.
THEY HAVE TO HIDE IT.
WHAT'S THE CULTURE OF THE
CHURCH AND IF WE CAN HAVE A
CULTURE OF HONESTY. THIS IS
THE
BEST THING WE DID IN OUR
MARRIAGE AND A CULTURE OF
HONESTY. OUR SONS GREW UP THIS
WAY. THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW AND
RELATIONSHIP INTEGRITY AND NO
ONE IS FAKING IT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE REAL WITHOUT
BEING HONEST. THERE IS A BOOK
"LOVE AND WAR" AND THE
DEVOTIONAL FOR COUPLES AND BOTH
OF THEM ARE AWESOME. BOTH ARE
ABLE AT STORES NATIONWIDE.
STACY AND JOHN THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY AND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND MAKING A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE MARRIED AND CONSIDERED
MARRIAGE.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
GORDON.
A MAN IN DARKNESS RECEIVES
THE GIFT OF SIGHT RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
HI. I I WANT YOU TO KNOW
YOU
CAN INTERACT WITH THE CLUB
INTERACTIVE AND YOU CAN SCRIEP
IN.
THANKS FOR PRAYING PER ME.
MY
PLEASURE. YOU CAN EVEN CALL
US.
THANKS FOR CALLING "THE 700
CLUB
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YOU TODAY? INTERACT WITH US ON
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COULD MAKE THE WEBSITE EASIER
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THIS IS MUCH FASTER.
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I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO INDIA
AND MEET SOMEONE LOSING HIS EYE
SIGHT AND JOB BUT TODAY HE HAS
BOTH THANKS TO OPERATION
BLESSING.
HE LIVES IN INDIA. AFTER
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HIM WITH
LEPACY HE LOST HIS FAMILY AND
JOB.
WHEN I COULDN'T GO ON I MET
NUNS WHO GIVE ME A PLACE TO
LIVE
AND WORK.
HE WORKED AS A LANDSCAPER
UNTIL HE STARTED TO GO BLIND.
WHEN I COULDN'T SEE WHAT I WAS
DOING THE NUNS SAID THEY WOULD
HAVE TO LET ME GO. IF I LOST
THIS JOB I WOULD HAVE TO BEG ON
THE STREETS. I FELT LIKE DYING.
HE HAD CATARACTS IN BOTH
EYES
AND EVEN IF HE HAD THE SURGERY
MOST DOCTORS WOULD REFUSE TO
OPERATE BECAUSE OF THE LEPERACY
AND THE SISTERS CONTACTED THE
ONLY ORGANIZATION THEY KNEW
WOULD HELP.
I CONTACTED OPERATION
BLESSING TO HELP AND THEY
SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY.
DURING THE OPERATION THE
SISTERS PRAYED FOR HIS SIGHT TO
BE RENEWED. AFTER THE
BANDSAGES
WERE REMOVED HE HAD 20-20
VISION.
I HAVE GOLDEN VISION. CAN I
DO MY JOB WITH CONFIDENCE AND
THANKS TO THE OPERATION BY
OPERATION BLESSING.
AND THANK YOU IF YOU'RE A
MEMBER OF THE "THE 700 CLUB".
YOU'RE PART OF BRINGING THAT
BLESSING TO SOMEONE HALFWAY
AROUND THE WORLD ON THE COAST
IN
INDIA AND THERE WASN'T A WAY
BUT
GOD MADE A WAY AND HE MADE A
WAY
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARED
TO
GIVE. IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER
OF
THE "THE 700 CLUB" WE INVITE
YOU
TO JOIN. WE'RE MORE THAN A TV
SHOW. WE WANT TO REACH OUT
WITH
LOVE AND COMPASSION AROUND THE
WORLD AND CAN YOU BE A PART OF
IT IF YOU JOIN. HOW MUCH IS
IT?
$20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS A DAY AND
CALL US RIGHT NOW
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1-800-777-1999. WE HAVE TIME
FOR A PHONE CALL. HERE IS JOHN
FROM MARYLAND.
HI GORDON. HOW ARE YOU
DOING
TODAY?
I AM WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO
FOR
YOU?
BY THE WAY I LOVE THE SHOW
AND IT GIVES ME SO MUCH
ENCOURAGEMENT.
THANK YOU.
ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO I UPON
DWD A NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEM AND
I
HAVE BEEN -- IT'S MUST BE
OBSCURE BECAUSE I WENT TO SIX
DOCTORS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS
AND NONE OF THEM COULD FIND
OUT,
A LOT OF SPECIALISTS, AND I
HAVE
TAKEN ABOUT MAYBE 11 DIFFERENT
TYPES OF MEDICINES AND RIGHT
NOW
I'M ON MEDICINE MEANT FOR
EPILEPSY AND KIND OF MAKES IT
WORSE, SO I JUST NEED PRAYER.
I
WANT TO BE HONEST. I AM
STRUGGLING WITH THINGS, BUT I
KNOW THERE IS A LITTLE RAY OF
HOPE THAT I HAVE IN MY HEART
AND
I JUST FELT LIKE I SHOULD CALL
SO I AM REACHING OUT TO JUST
TRY
TO FIND SOLUTION.
OKAY JOHN. GOD WORKS WITH
LITTLE RAYS OF HOPE, AND YOU
JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
THINGS
HOPE FOR, SO YOU HAVE THAT
LITTLE RAY OF HOPE, AND THAT'S
ALL YOU NEED. THAT'S ALL YOU
NEED. AND GOD CAN DO A WHOLE
LOT WITH THAT LITTLE RAY. NOW,
HOW DOES THIS THING MANIFEST
ITSELF? IS IT PAINFUL?
IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT
PAINFUL LIKE A ONE, LIKE THE
DOCTOR ASKED ME. SOMETIMES IT
CAN GO INTO SHOOTING OR BURNING
PAIN.
ARE YOU PAIN RIGHT NOW.
JUST MILDLY.
OKAY. HERE IS A GOOD PRAYER
FOR YOU. LORD I BELIEVE HELP
MY
UNBELIEF AND RIGHT NOW WE ASK
FOR JOHN AND WE JUST ASK THAT
YOUR PRESENCE WOULD MANIFEST,
AND IT WOULD JUST FILL HIM, AND
REVEAL TO JONATHAN HE'S THE
TEMPLE OF THE WHOLLY SPIRIT.
REVEAL TO HIM THE GREAT MYSTERY
FROM THE AGES. CHRIST IN JOHN,
THE HOPE OF GLORY. THAT YOU'RE
IN HIM. THAT YOU'RE AROUND
HIM.
YOU'RE ABOVE HIM, BELOW HIM, IN
FRONT OF HIM AND BEHIND HIM AND
WHEN HE HAS YOU HE HAS ALL THE
HEALING HE NEEDS SO WE COME
AGAINST THAT PAIN NOW IN JESUS'
NAME. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
EXIST IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD.
AND
YOU MUST LEAVE HIS BODY NOW,
AND
NEVER RETURN. WE SPEAK TO THAT
IN JESUS' NAME BE NORMAL. BE
MORAL. NO MORE BURNING, NO
MORE
SHOOTING PAIN. NO MORE PAIN AT
ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND
NOW I JUST ASK FOR A SUPER
NATIONAL PEACE TO COME ON JOHN
NOW AND A MANTEL OF PEACE, A
BLANKET OF PEACE SURROUNDING
HIM
TO LET HIM KNOW THAT GOD HAS
HIS
FUTURE AND GOD HAS GIVEN HIM
THAT RAY OF HOPE. GOD HAS
PLANS
FOR HIM TO GIVE HIM A HOPE AND
A
FUTURE AND WE JUST ASK THAT
PEACE TO JUST SETTLE ON HIM AND
TAKE AWAY ALL WORRY, ALL
DISENCOURAGEMENT. IN JESUS'
NAME. AMEN.
AMEN.
WOW, DID YOU FEEL ANYTHING
JOHN?
I CAN'T SAY I ACTUALLY DID,
BUT I FELT THE PEACE AND YOUR
PRAYER IS SOMETHING BEING
SURROUNDING ME AND THE PEACE.
I
FEEL THE PEACE.
WELL, THAT'S FEELING
SOMETHING.
I KNOW GOD IS HEALING ME AND
I AM HEALED. I'M NOT SURE -- I
WON'T BE ABLE TO SOONER OR
LATER
AND IT COMES AND GOES.
YEAH.
ARE YOU STILL IN PAIN?
NOT ESPECIALLY.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU
STARTED THE CALL WERE YOU IN
PAIN?
MILDLY.
MILDLY?
YES.
OKAY. LORD, I BELIEVE HELP
MY OWN BELIEF. THAT'S A GOOD
PRAYER FOR JOHN.
THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHOW. YOUR
EXCELLENT SHOW AND THANK YOU FOR
PRAYING FOR ME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
AND LEAVE YOU WITH THIS WORD.
YOU WILL HAVE PERFECT PEACE AND
ALL THAT TRUST IN YOU WHOSE
THOUGHTS ARE FIXED ON YOU. GOD
BLESS. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN