THAT IS ESCAPING FROM ONE
PLACE.
Reporter: A SCUBA
ACCIDENT TAKES ONE DIVER
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE
TO THE BRINK OF ETERNITY.
IT WAS THE PLACE I KNEW I
WAS WELCOMED.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO THE SHOW.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE AT
WORK, AND THIS TIME YOUR
MONEY IS BEING USED FOR
POPULATION CONTROL
OVERSEAS.
GORDON, THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
FUNDAMENTALLY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTERNATIONALLY FOR
SO-CALLED FAMILY PLANNING.
LEE WEBB REPORTS ON THIS
CAMPAIGN IN THE AFRICAN
NATION OF UGANDA.
THE BILLBOARD STATES
267,000 YOUTHS CAN'T FIND
JOBS EVERY YEAR.
THE U.S. AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
USED TAX DOLLARS TO HELP PAY
FOR THE BILLBOARDS.
BISNER IS FOUNDER AND HID OF
A COALITION OF CHRISTIAN
LEADERS.
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SHOULD
BE CONCERNED ABOUT
BILLBOARDS LIKE THAT
PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY ARE
AMERICAN ELITEST,
ANTIPOPULATION GROWTH
THOUGHT, FORCING ITSELF ON
THE THINKING OF POOR PEOPLE
IN POOR COUNTRIES.
Reporter: BUT THE
BILLBOARDS ARE ONLY A SMALL
PART OF THEIR OVERALL
CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE UGANDA
WHAT IT CALLS FAMILY
PLANNING AND HEALTH.
BISNER PREFERS TO CALL IT
POPULATION CONTROL.
A SPOKESWOMAN DID TELL ME
THAT 41% OF WOMEN IN UGANDA
WANT TO DELAY, SPACE, OR
LIMIT CHILD BEARING, BUT
LACK ACCESS TO THE SERVICES
THEY WANT.
SHE EMPHASIZED THOSE
SERVICES ARE VOLUNTARY AND
INCLUDE A WIDE MIX OF
CONTRACEPTIONS.
ABORTION IS NOT MENTIONED
AMONG THE SERVICES
PROVIDED.
ABORTION IS ILLEGAL IN
UGANDA, EXCEPT TO SAVE THE
LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
STILL, BISNER MAINTAINS MOST
EWINEWINGUGANDANS WANT A
LOT OF CHILDREN.
BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU
WHEN YOU GET INTO OLD AGE.
THEY THINK OF CHILDREN AS
A BLESSING.
Reporter: PAUL BONACCLI
BELIEVES THE EMPHASIS ON
POPULATION CONTROL IN
COUNTRIES LIKE EU UGANDA
COMES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE FIGURED TRIPLED TO
$15 MILLION IN THE FIRST
YEAR OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, AND NOW
STANDS AT $24 MILLION.
BONACCELLI BELIEVES THAT
MONEY COULD BE USED FAR MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
LACK OF JOBS MEANS LET'S
HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT
LET'S TRY TO LIMIT THE
NUMBER OF FAMILIES.
Reporter: AND THEY BOTH
BELIEVE THERE IS A MORE
SINISTER MOTIVE BEHIND THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN.
WHY IS IT JUST PEOPLE OF
COLOR WE SEEM TO WANT TO
LIMIT THE NUMBERS OF.
IT IS TROUBLING.
IT SHOCKS ME.
IT BOTHERS ME.
IT IS RACIST.
IN THE END, IT IS RACIST.
YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT
OVERPOPULATION IN THE
NETHERLANDS, WHICH IS 1300
PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE, BUT
YOU HERE ABOUT IT IN SUB
SAHARA, AFRICA.
THE ISSUE ISN'T POPULATION
DENSITY: IT'S COLOR.
AND USAD'S ORGANIZATION
IS IN EWING GHANA.
GHANA.
TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED
TO CURB THE POPULATION.
BACK TO THE BILLBOARDS.
IMAGINE DRIVING THROUGH ANY
INNER CITY IN THIS COUNTRY
AND SEE ONE OF THOSE
BILLBOARDS.
HOW DO YOU THINK WE WOULD
REACT TO THAT?
Gordon: I NOT SURE OF
HOW WE WOULD REACT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, THEY SEEM TO
DRIVE LOWER INCOME
NEIGHBOURHOODS.
THERE TENDS TO BE A STRATEGY
TO BRING BIRTH CONTROL AND
ABORTION SERVICES TO LOW
INCOME WOMEN.
SO THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING
UNNOTICED.
AND CERTAINLY UNPROTESTED
HERE IN AMERICA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
WOULD.
THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO
THIS, AND HAVING LIVED IN
THE PHILIPPINES AND HAVING
SEEN DESPERATE FAMILIES OF
10 OR MORE, IT IS VERY HARD
TO JUST FEED THE CHILDREN.
SO WHEN POPULATION CONTROL
WAS FINALLY BROUGHT IN --
IT'S A CATHOLIC NATION, AND
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON A
DOCTORAL BASIS DOESN'T
BELIEVE IN CONTRACEPTION.
AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
PUSHED IT THROUGH THAT
CONTRACEPTION WOULD BE
AVAILABLE, I WAS CERTAINLY
FOR THAT.
I THINK WOMEN SHOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, AND
SHOULD EXERCISE FAMILY
PLANNING.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE FOR
US, LEE?
Lee: ANOTHER
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED CAMPAIGN.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
BUYING TV ADS IN PAKISTAN,
DENOUNCING THE ANTIMUSLIM
FILM THAT IS BEING BLAMED
FOR RIOTS AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY HAVE SPENT $70,000 ON
ADS.
THE ADS FEATURE PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND SECRETARY OF STATE
CLINTON DENOUNCING THE VIDEO
AND PRAISING AMERICAN
TOLERANCE FOR ALL
RELIGIOUS.
MEANWHILE, THE PAKISTAN
GOVERNMENT DECLARED A
HOLIDAY SO MUSLIMS COULD
DEMONSTRATE.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS TRIED TO REACH
THE U.S. EMBASSY BEFORE
BEING TURNED BACK.
AND THE POLICE OPENED FIRE
ON RIOTERS WHO WERE TORCHING
A CINEMA.
PETER KING SAYS THE WHITE
HOUSE IS -- EGYPT HAS ASKED
FOR THE RELEASE OF THE
SO-CALLED BLIND SHAKE, OMAR
ABDEL RAHMAN, AND THE
CAMPAIGN FOR HIS RELEASE MAY
EXPLAIN SOME OF THE UNREST
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
OFFICIALS IN SOME ARAB
CAPITALS, INCLUDING CAIRO,
SAY THE ANGER THAT LED TO
THE MURDER OF U.S.
AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS, IS
SPARKED IN PART FOR THE
RELEASE OF RAHAMAN.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF PLOTTING
THE FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK
ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN
1993, A TRUCK BOMBING WHICH
KILLED SIX PEOPLE AND
INJURED MORE THAN 1,000.
RAHMAN IS HIGHLY POPULAR
AMONG SOME MUSLIMS, AND
PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI HAS
VOWED TO PUSH FOR HIS
FREEDOM.
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAVE ALL RELEASED
STATEMENTS FLATLY RELYING
THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIS
RELEASE.
WE LET HITLER TAKE A
CHUNK OF AUSTRIA, AND WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD STOP HIM,
BUT HE WANTED MORE, MORE,
MORE.
IF WE RELEASE BLIND SHEIKH,
THEY'LL BE ASKING FOR THE
RELEASE OF ZA ZACHARY
MASAUI.
THEY SAY THE RELEASE OF
RAHMAN OR ANY TERRORIST TO
PLANS TO KILL AMERICANS
WOULD BE SEEN AS ANY
WEAKNESS AND A LACK OF
RESOLVE BY THE UNITED STATES
AND ITS PRESIDENT.
Lee: BACK IN THIS
COUNTRY, SEVERAL NEW ORLEANS
PREACHERS ARE FIGHTING FOR
FREE SPEECH ON BOURBON
STREET.
A CITY ORDINANCE PLANS
SO-CALLED AGGRESSIVE
SOLICITATION.
IT RESTRICTS RELIGIOUS OR
POLITICAL SPEECH AFTER
DARK.
PASTOR PAUL GROSS SAYS
POLICE ASKED HIM TO LEAVE OR
FACE ARREST BACK IN MAY.
SEVERAL OTHER PREACHERS HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE IS REPRESENTING
ONE OF THOSE PREACHERS.
IN A LETTER TO THE CITY,
THEY SAID A GOVERNMENT BODY
MAY NOT EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT
THE SPEECH OF PRIVATE
PARTIES FOR THE SOLE REGION
THAT THE SPEECH IS RELIGIOUS
OR CONTAINS A RELIGIOUS
PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL
PROPOSITION OF
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
SPEAKING OF THE
CONSTITUTION, THIS IS THE
225 ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SIGNING OF THAT HISTORIC
DOCUMENT.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHED
CONSTITUTION WEEK TO
ENCOURAGE MORE AMERICANS TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
THE CAPITAL HAS EXHIBITS AND
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY, AND
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAVE
HOSTED EVENTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
REGENT UNIVERSITY SAYS THE
CONSTITUTION IS THE HEART OF
WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE.
IT IS THE CENTER OF ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DEBATES OF OUR COUNTRY.
PARTLY BECAUSE I THINK THE
CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF THOSE
MORAL DOCUMENTS.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GO TO
IT TO FIND OUT HOW DO WE
LIVE OUR LIFE.
AND NOW THE CONSTITUTION IS
AT THE VERY CENTER AT HOTLY
CONTESTED ISSUES.
IT IS VERY MUCH AT THE
CENTER OF NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
Lee: BY THE WAY,
CONSTITUTION WEEK LASTS
THROUGH THIS SUNDAY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE
CASHING IN ON THE iPHONE 5
FRENZY.
THEY'RE GETTING PAID
BY iPHONE FANS, IT SEEMS,
TO WAIT IN THE INCREDIBLY
LONG LINES IN THEIR PLACE.
APPLE SHOPS FROM LONDON TO
HONG KONG ARE MOBBED WITH
LINES THAT WRAP AROUND
ENTIRE CITY BLOCKS.
MANY PEOPLE WAITING
OVERNIGHT.
OTHERS CAMPED OUT FOR A WEEK
TO GET THEIR HANDS ON
THE iPHONE 5.
THE LATEST EDITION IS
THINNER, TALLER, AND CAN
WORK ON FASTER MOBILE
NETWORKS.
INCREDIBLE.
Gordon: UNFORTUNATELY,
I'M TIED INTO A CONTRACT, SO
I CAN'T DO ONE.
BUT I DO KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
VERY ANXIOUS FOR IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW
SAMSUNG ADS FOR THE THREE
WHICH IS MOCKING PEOPLE IN
LINE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
TECHNOLOGY, EVERY TIME YOU
GET SOMETHING, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS WAIT THREE MORE
MONTHS AND THERE IS
SOMETHING NEW UP THERE.
Gordon: YOU'RE NOT ON
THE UPGRADE?
NO.
I'M NOT IN THE UPGRADE.
WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL?
Gordon: WHEN THEY'RE
SHOWING OFF ALL OF THE
FEATURES THE iPHONE 3 HAS
HAD.
SO THEY'RE MOCKING THEM?
Gordon: THEY ARE
MOCKING.
YOU TECHIES LOVE STUFF
LIKE THAT.
Gordon: OKAY.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Kristi: MEET A SET OF
IDENTICAL TWINS WITH ONE
SINGLE VISION.
WE SHARED A ROOM.
WE SHARED A ROOM, AND NOW
WE SHARE AN OFFICE.
Kristi: SEE HOW THESE
FORMER PRO BASEBALL PLAYERS
ARE BUILDING THEIR BUSINESS
BY SOMETHING THEY CALLED
MISSIONARYING.
Gordon: AND THEN KRISTI
IS GOING TO SING SOME MORE.
Gordon: DAVID AND JASON
ARE TWIN BROTHERS WHO ONCE
SHARE THE DREAM OF PLAYING
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.
BUT AFTER GOING PRO, THEY
TRADED THE BASEBALL FIELD
FOR THE MISSION FIELD, RIGHT
IN THEIR OWN OFFICE.
JOHN JESSOP BRINGS US THE
STORY OF THE BUSINESS MODEL
THAT THE BENAN BROTHERS CALL
MISSIO MISSIONARING.
Reporter: AS BUSINESS
PARTNERS, THEY COULDN'T BE A
BETTER FIT.
WE SHARED A WOMB, WE
SHARED A ROOM, AND NOW WE
SHARE AN OFFICE.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE SHARE.
Reporter: THE TRUTH IS
THE IDENTICAL TWINS SHARE
MUCH MORE, A PASSION FOR
ATHLETICS AND HEALTHY
LIVING, FOR FAMILY, FOR
THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND
FOR BUSINESS.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS,
THEY MAKE NO BONES ABOUT
THEIR LACK OF TRAINING.
WE NEVER STUDIED ANY
BUSINESS.
WE WERE NOT TRAINED BY A DAD
THAT HAD A BUSINESS.
WE WERE TRAINED TO BE
BIBLICAL THINKERS.
Reporter: THEY STARTED
A REAL ESTATE COMPANY ABOUT
12 YEARS AGO.
THEY TODAY OPERATE IN 35
STANDPOINTS, AN35 STATES,
AND THEY SAY THAT'S JUST THE
BEGINNING.
AFTER COLLEGE, BOTH WERE
DRAFTED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL.
DAVID WENT TO THE BOSTON RED
SOX, AND JASON PLAYED FOR
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON THE
FIELD, THEIR DREAM OF
PLAYING BALL TRANSFORMED
INTO SOMETHING MORE.
AND GOD USED THREE YEARS
FOR ME IN THE MINOR LEAGUES,
AND FOUR YEARS FOR MY
BROTHER, TO RESHAPE OUR
DREAMS INTO SOMETHING I
CONSIDER A LITTLE BIGGER.
Reporter: WHILE THEY
APPEARED TO BE ON THE TOP OF
THEIR GAMES, RUNNING THEIR
BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL, BUT
THEY
ACTUALLY HIT ROCK
BOTTOM.
I
WENT FROM SWINGING A
BAT IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE
ROSTERSE, TO BUSHING A BROOM
AS A JANITOR.
Reporter: DAVID LEFT
BASEBALL TO FOCUS ON HIS
FAMILY,
MOVING TO
CHARLOTTETOWN TO BE CLOSER
TO HIS BROTHER.
BUT THEY STRUGGLED TO PAY
THE BILLS.
WE WANTED TO DO REAL
ESTATE, BUT TO GET TO THAT
POINT HE HAD TO MOW LINES.
WE STAINED SOME DOORS AND
STACKED PRINTING PAPER.
Reporter: BUT FOR THE
BROTHERS, THEY BECAME A
TURNING POINT.
THAT WAS ONE OF HIS
MILESTONES, AND A TEACHING
POINT.
GOD TOOK HIM TO THE BOTTOM
AND SAID BE GOOD AT WHAT YOU
DO, NO BHATD WHAT I MATTER
WHAT YOU DO.
PRODUCE MORE VALUE THAN
YOU TAKE IN PAY, BREATHE
LIFE, FAITHFUL AND LITTLE.
WE STARTED BUILDING OUT WHAT
WE ENVISIONED A KINGDOM
BUSINESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE DIDN'T READ ANY BOOKS BY
ANYBODY.
EVERYTHING WAS FRESH.
AND GOD EXPLODED OUR VISIT
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GLORIFY
THEM.
Reporter: RATHER THAN
TRIBUTEIN ATTRIBUTING THEIR
SUCCESS TO GOOD TIMING, THEY
BELIEVE IT IS MISSIONARING.
YOU'VE GOT PIONEERING,
AND MISSIONARING.
Reporter: YOU SEE BIBLE
MOTIVES AND OCCASIONAL
PRAYERS.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
WHAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND THE
CITY.
Reporter: ONE EXAMPLE
HOW THE BROOTD BROTHERS ARE
MAKING A MARK IN THEIR
COMMUNITY, THEY HAD AREA
PASTORS TO ORGANIZE THE
PRAYER EVENT CALL CHARLOTTE
714.
IT DREW 9,000 PEOPLE FROM
MORE THAN 700 DIFFERENT
CHURCHES.
GOD ALLOWED AN OLD,
BROKEN DOWN BUSINESS OWNER
LIKE ME TO PUT THAT CALL
OUT, AND CHURCHES FLOCKED TO
THE IDEA OF IT BECAUSE IT
WASN'T HELD BY ANY ONE
PARTICULAR CHURCH.
Reporter: THEY'RE NOW
SETTING THEIR SIGHTS
OVERSEAS.
THE GOAL: START COMPANIES
THAT PRODUCE MORE MISSION
MISSIONARS.
WE TAKE THE PROFITS AND
REINVEST THEM INTO THE CITY
AND INTO THE PEOPLE, AND
REACH OUT AND MINISTER TO
THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
THROUGH FUNDS THAT ARE
DERIVED OVERSEAS.
Reporter: DAVID AND
JASON BELIEVE THEIR BUSINESS
PHILOSOPHY EXTENDS TO ALL
PEOPLE OF FAITH, TO SEE
THEIR CAREER FIELD AS THE
MISSION FIELD.
MISSIONARING TO US IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN BUSINESS
AND MINISTER AND TO
COMPLETELY ERASE IT AND SAY
YOU ARE SIMPLY COMPLETING
YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
WHETHER THAT IS RUNNING A
CHURCH, OR WHETHER THAT IS
RUNNING A BUSINESS, YOU ARE
RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION, AND
GOD WANTS YOU TO BRING THIS
KINGDOM IN THAT.
Reporter: THAT'S WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS THE SECRET
TO THEIR SUCCESS.
JOHN JESSOP, CBN NEWS,
CONCORDE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Gordon: I LOVE IT.
PROSPERING IN THE MIDDLE OF
A RECESSION.
ALL BECAUSE THEY'VE
ORGANIZED THEIR BUSINESS
ALONG BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
AND THEY PUT GOD FIRST.
AND THAT'S IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SCRIPTURE.
IF YOU SEEK FIRST THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN ALL OF
THESE OTHER THINGS WILL BE
ISLANDE ADDED UNTO YOU.
Kristi: I LOVED THAT.
Gordon: BUT YOU DIDN'T
BELIEVE HE WAS OLD AND
BROKEN DOWN.
Kristi: RIGHT.
Gordon: YOU'RE GOING,
YOU'RE NOT BROKEN DOWN.
Kristi: EXACTLY.
STILL AHEAD, A TRIBUTE TO
WILLIAM.
SEE HOW HIS BIBLICALLY-BASED
IDEAS LAID THE FOUNDATION
FOR AMERICA'S GOVERNMENT.
FIRST WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
OUR NATION, AND WE WANT YOU
TO JOIN WITH US.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
THIS IS DAY FIVE OF OUR A 51
DAYS OF PRAYING FOR
AMERICA.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MAILED IN
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS YET,
THERE IS STILL TIME.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
1-800-759-0700.
AND WE WILL BE ADDING YOUR
REQUEST TO THE FLAG, RIGHT
BEHIND US.
I'LL TELL YOU, THAT IS A
GOOD-LOOKING FLAG.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR THEM AND OUR
COUNTRY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THE ELECTION DAY.
Gordon: IT IS REALLY
INCREDIBLE.
> 58,000 PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY SIGNED UP TO PRAY
FOR AMERICA OVER THE NEXT 46
DAYS, IF MY MATH IS RIGHT.
Kristi: YES.
Gordon: AND WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO cbn.com, OR CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU AND
PRAY FOR THESE REQUESTS THAT
WE'RE GATHERING EVERY DAY AT
CHAPEL, AND WE ARE GOING TO
PRAY FOR THESE REQUESTS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA, THAT OUR BEST DAYS
ARE AHEAD OF US, NOT BEHIND
US, AND GOD WOULD ONCE AGAIN
BLESSES.
LEAR IS A PRAYER REQUEST.
MY PRAYER FOR AMERICA: "FOR
THE BIBLES TO RETURN TO
SCHOOLS."
AND ONE ASKS THAT WE RETURN
THE FULL SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.
MY PRAYER FOR AMERICA, AN
END TO GREED AND
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
Kristi: HERE'S ONE,
PEOPLE WOULD RETURN TO
PRAYING.
WE'VE GOT TO START OUT WITH
THAT ONE FIRST.
THAT GOD'S CHILDREN WOULD
AN AWAKEN FROM OUR LETHARGY.
THAT EN CAPSULES IT ALL.
Gordon: LET'S PRAY FOR
THESE AND ALSO PRAY FOR
AMERICA.
WE'RE A DIVIDED NATION.
LET US PRAY THAT WE WOULD
ONCE AGAIN BE ONE NATION,
UNDER GOD, I IN DEVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUST FOR
ALL.
LORD, WE LIFT THESE REQUESTS
TO YOU, AND WE LIFT THE
REQUESTS OF ALL WHO HAVE
PHONED IN, ALL WHO HAVE
LOGGED IN, AND WE JUST JOIN
WITH THEM AND WE COME INTO
AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND WE
ASK FOR THEIR REQUESTS TO BE
HEARD.
AND WE HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE
THAT IF WE PRAY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL,
THEN OUR REQUESTS ARE
HEARD.
AND IF THEY ARE HEARD, THAT
THEY ARE ANSWERED.
SO, LORD, WHEN WE CALL,
ANYONE SWIFTLY.
AND WE CALL, WE CRY OUT, FOR
THIS GREAT NATION.
WE CRY OUT FOR AMERICA.
WE JOIN WITH THE PRAYERS OF
THE FOUNDING FATHERS.
WE JOIN WITH THE PRAYERS OF
THE COLONISTS WHO CAME, WHO
KNELT ON THESE SHORES, AND
ASKED FOR YOUR BLESSING.
AND WE JOIN WITH THAT, AND
WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING
ONCE AGAIN FOR AMERICA.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD
FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS.
THAT YOU WOULD ESTABLISH
JUSTICE HERE.
THAT YOU WOULD ESTABLISH
EQUALITY HERE, THAT ONCE
AGAIN WE WOULD BE ONE NATION
UNDER GOD.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Gordon: THIS WEEK IS
OUR SEVEN DAYS OF BLAZE HERE
AT CBN.
AT NOON EVERY DAY, OR STAFF
HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR OUR
PARTNERS.
YESTERDAY BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR MAX LEUCADA WAS OUR
GUEST SPEAKER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT GRACE
IS SIMPLY THE WORD THAT THE
BIBLE HAS CHOSEN TO USE TO
DESCRIBE GOD'S RADICAL
COMMITMENT TO RESCUE AND
REDEEM A PEOPLE FOR
HIMSELF.
YOU'RE NOT STUCK.
YOU'RE NOT STUCK.
THE SAME GRACE THAT SAVED
YOU INITIALLY WILL KEEP YOU
ETERNALLY.
TRUST THIS GRACE, LIVE IN
THIS GRACE, STAY OPEN TO
THIS GRACE, IMMERSE YOURSELF
IN THIS GRACE.
WORSHIP, TRUSTING,
BELIEVING, AND JUST KNOW
THAT GOD IS COMMITTED TO
YOU.
AND NOW WE PRAY FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS WHO'S NEEDS HAVE
COME OUR WAY, WE LIFT THEM
UP TO YOU, FATHER.
LET'S JUST READ ALOUD THE
NAMES.
KIND OF ALL PRAY AT ONE TIME
OUT LOUD.
JUST SAY THE NAMES ON THE
PEOPLE ON YOUR CARD.
KNOWING, LORD, THAT YOU WILL
WORK NOW, KNOWING, FATHER,
THAT YOU WILL RESPOND.
WE BLESS YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
Gordon: THAT WAS OUR
CHAPEL FROM YESTERDAY, IN
OUR SMALL LITTLE CHAPEL ON
THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A WEEK
OF PRAYER, WE'RE GOING TO BE
AT THE REGENT UNIVERSITY
CHAPEL, WHICH IS BEING BUILT
RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO OVER TO MY FATHER,
WHO IS THERE LIVE FOR A
REPORT OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
DAD, WHAT'S GOING ON?
Pat: GORDON, I'M
EXCITED.
WE HAVE WAITED P A LONG
TIME TO GET THIS CHAPEL
BUILT.
THIS IS SORT OF A HIGHLIGHT
AS WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE
CHAPEL THE STEEPLE.
THIS STEEPLE WEIGHS 65 --
EXCUSE ME, 15,000 POUNDS AND
IT IS 65 FEET HIGH.
IT IS GOING UP RIGHT NOW.
THE CRANE IS LIFTING IT UP
BEHIND ME.
YOU CAN SEE IT GOING UP IN
THE AIR.
65 FEET, AND IT WEIGHS
15,000 POUNDS.
IT IS FINISHED IN COPPER.
A GORGEOUS THING.
IT IS GOING UP RIGHT NOW.
MEN ARE WAITING IN A BASE
THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR
IT UP AT THE TOP, WHERE THIS
IS GOING TO BE.
THIS CHAPEL IS MODELED AFTER
A PLACE THAT IS CALLED
ST. MARTIN'S IN THE FIELD IN
LONDON, ENGLAND.
RIGHT NEAR TRAFALGAR
SQUARE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SWING THAT
ON TODAY, AND LATER ON
THEY'LL ADD TO IT A CROSS.
AND THE CROSS HAS SOME GOLD
LEAF ON IT.
IT IS GOING UP, AND WE'LL
PRAISE THE LORD FOR THIS,
AND HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE
MEN IN THE BASE DON'T GET
HIT BY THE CHAPEL STEEPLE AS
IT COMES DOWN.
THEY'VE GOT TO SET THAT DOWN
IN PLACE, AND HOPEFULLY THE
CRANE OPERATOR KNOWS WHAT HE
IS DOING.
THIS IS HIS FIRST DAY ON THE
JOB, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF HE
HAS LEARNED HOW TO RUN THOSE
CRANES OR NOT, BUT IF HE
DROPS IT, WE HAVE A
WORKMAN'S COMP -- I'M ONLY
KIDDING.
I'M ONLY KIDDING.
THIS IS EXCITING.
IT IS COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW,
AND THOSE MEN ARE WAITING
THERE TO RECEIVE IT.
LATER ON THERE IS GOING TO
BE A NINE-FOOT CROSS THAT IS
GOING TO HAVE GOLD LEAF ON
IT.
THE STEEPLE IS CLAD IN
COPPER.
IT'S SHINY COPPER NOW.
IT WILL TURN INTO A
BEAUTIFUL GREENISH COLOR
LATER ON, SORT OF A
BEAUTIFUL SHADE.
THEY'RE SETTLING IT DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GETTING IT IN
PLACE.
AND THERE IT GOES.
IT IS COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW,
ON TO THE BASE.
AND LOWERING DONE, AND, YES,
THIS CRANE OPERATOR IS VERY
SKILLFUL.
I WAS ONLY JOKING.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
AND THERE IS 15,000 POUNDS,
65 FEET, GOING DOWN RIGHT
NOW.
AND THEY'RE LAYING IT DOWN,
SKILLFULLY, IN PLACE ON TO
THE REGENT UNIVERSITY
CHAPEL.
AND WE THANK GOD FOR THAT.
GORDON, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY,
YOU AND KRISTI, JOIN WITH US
IN PRAYER.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
THIS MOMENT IN THIS CHAPEL.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS
BUILDING THAT WILL BE THE
CENTER OF WORSHIP AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY AND FOR CBN.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS IT AND
BLESS THOSE PARTNERS WHO
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PAYING
THE COSTS OF IT.
THANK YOU, LORD.
FOR THIS DAY, IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
AND THEY'VE GOT IT IN
PLACE.
A SKILLED CRANE OPERATOR.
AND ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL.
THEN LATER ON, THERE IS
GOING TO BE A NINE-FOOT
CROSS ADDED TO IT, AND THE
CROSS IS GOING TO BE
FINISHED IN GOLD LEAF.
AND, KRISTI, I KNOW YOU'LL
BE INTERESTED.
I AM WEARING A JACKET THAT
MY SON GORDON GAVE ME AS A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT, WHICH HE
GOT USED ON eBAY.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: YOU LIKE IT?
Kristi: I LOVE IT.
Pat: YOU LOVE IT?
GOD BLESS YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN
CREATED A STIR ACROSS SOCIAL
MEDIA WITH A CAMPAIGN
FUNDRAISING POSTER OF AN
AMERICAN FLAG.
INSTEAD OF 50 STARS, THOUGH,
REPRESENTING THE 50 STATES,
THE BLUE STAR FIELD IS
REPLACED BY OBAMA'S "O"
CAMPAIGN LOG LOW.
THE SYMBOLLISM SHOWS THE
PRESIDENT BEING GREATER THAN
THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY
THE STARS.
BUT THE CAMPAIGN TWEETED,
THERE ARE NO RED STATES OR
BLUE STATES, ONLY THE UNITED
STATES.
THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN IS
SELLING THE FLAGS ON LINE
FOR $35.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PARTNERING WITH HUMIDICAS TO
HELP REFUGEES.
THEY ARE DISPLACED BY THE
SYRIAN CONFLICT THERE.
"OPERATION BLESSING" AND
MEDICA ARE PROVIDING AID TO
DISPLACED FAMILIES.
THEY ARE OPERATING A PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE CLINIC, TREATING
90 PATIENTS A DAY.
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT WHAT "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS DOING AROUND
THE WORLD BY GOING TO
OB.ORG.
GORDON AND KRISTI WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" AFTER THIS.
STAY TUNED.
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Gordon: THE LIBERTY
BELL HAS LONG BEEN A SYMBOL
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
IN 1752, THE PEOPLE OF
PHILADELPHIA COMMISSIONED
THE FORGING OF THE BELL TO
HONOR SOME OF THE FOUNDERS
OF OUR NATION, WILLIAM
PENN.
Reporter: IN 1825,
THOMAS JEFFERSON GAVE
TRIBUTE TO ONE OF AMERICA'S
FOUNDING FATHERS.
WILLIAM PENN WAS THE
GREATEST LAW-GIVER THE WORLD
HAS PRODUCED.
BEING THE FIRST IN EITHER
ANCIENT OR MODERN TIMES WHO
HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE PURE AND
UNADULTERATED PRINCIPLES OF
PEACE AND RIGHT.
Reporter: HE WAS BORN
IN ENGLAND, AND AT 22, HE
JOINED THE SOCIETY OF
FRIENDS, ALSO KNOWN AS
QUAKERS.
A DECISION THAT CHANGED HIS
HEART AND MIND.
WILLIAM PENN OPERATED OUT
OF A LENS OF PLEASING THE
FATHER.
Reporter: DARYL FIELDS,
AUTHOR OF "THE SEED OF A
NATION," SAYS PENN WAS THE
FIRST TO HAVE THE IDEA OF A
SELF-GOVERNING PEOPLE, BUT
ONLY THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE BIBLE.
THAT IDEA WAS THE SEED THAT
FORMED A NATION.
THAT'S A HUGE PRECEDENT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK
JEFFERSON SAW.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE
SEEING YET TODAY.
Reporter: ON MARCH
4th, 1681, KING CHARLES
THE SECOND GAVE PENN FULL
AUTHOR OVER THE PENNSYLVANIA
GOVERNMENT.
THE NEXT DAY HE PENNED A
LETTER TO A FRIEND WITH
THESE WORDS: "MY GOD, WHOM
HAS GIVEN IT ME THROUGH MANY
DIFFICULTIES, WILL, I
BELIEVE, BLESS IT AND MAKE
IT THE SEED OF A NATION.
I SHALL HAVE A TENDER CARE
TO THE GOVERNMENT, THAT IT
BE WELL-LAID AT FIRST."
Reporter: PENN LIVED
ONLY FOUR YEARS AT
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT WAS A SYMBOL OF HIS
WEALTH AND HIS AFFLUENCE,
AND SOME COULD ARGUE HIS
SEED OF GOVERNMENT.
SO IT WAS BIG AND NEEDED TO
BE SUCH.
Reporter: DOUG MILLER
IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
PENN'S MANOR.
PENN SET UP A COLONY
BASED ON RELIGIOUS
TOLERATION.
HE FOUND THIS WONDERFUL
NICHE.
PENN BEING AN EDUCATED MAN,
WAS PA PAMPHLETING IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND
LANGUAGES.
MANY PEOPLE WANTED A FRESH
START, AND PENN OFFERED THAT
HERE.
Reporter: IN 1751, HE
WROTE PENNSYLVANIA'S FIRST
CONSTITUTION.
THIS DOCUMENT WOULD LATER
BECOME THE FOUNDATION FOR
AMERICA'S BILL OF RIGHTS.
IT IS BASED IN FREEDOM.
IT'S SOCIAL JUSTICE, CIVIL
EQUALITY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT --
IT HAD ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE NON-EXISTENT IN
THE WORLD AT THAT TIME.
BY THE MID-18th CENTURY,
PHILADELPHIA IS THE ECONOMIC
EPICENTER OF THIS
HEMISPHERE.
MORE COMMERCE IS GOING IN
AND OUT OF PHILADELPHIA THAN
ANY OTHER POINT ON THIS SIDE
OF THE ATLANTIC.
IT WAS HUGE.
AT LEAST A PORTION OF THAT
WE OWE TO THE STRUCTURE THAT
PENN PUT IN PLACE.
Reporter: 50IARIE 50
YEARS LATER, IN
PHILADELPHIA, THEY HAD THE
LIBERTY BELL, IN HONOR OF
WILLIAM PENN.
45 YEARS LATER, DURING
THE READING OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
THAT BELL RINGS OUT TO BRING
THE PEOPLE INTO THE COURT
YARDS FOR THE READING OF
THEIR SEVERANCE FROM THE
MOTHER COUNTRY.
Reporter: THE BELL WAS
INSCRIBED WITH THESE WORDS:
"PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT
THE LAND AND TO ALL OF THE
INHABITANTS THEREOF."
Gordon: AND THE BELL
BECAME THE SYMBOL OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS AS WELL BECAUSE
THAT PROCLAIMED LIBERTY HAD
TO DO WITH FREEING THE
SLAVES.
IN PHILADELPHIA, ONE WEEK
FROM TODAY, THOUSANDS OF
CHRISTIANS WILL BE GATHERING
ON INDEPENDENCE MALL, FOR A
NATIONAL CALL OF PRAYER FOR
JESUS, 2012.
HERE TO TELL US MORE ARE MY
DEAR FRIENDS, AND ANN AND
JOHN.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A BLESSING TO BE
HERE, GORDON, THANK YOU.
Gordon: YOU HAVE A
WHOLE CAREER OF MAKING
NATIONAL CALLS TO PRAYER.
MY HUSBAND DID.
"WASHINGTON FOR JESUS."
Gordon: "WASHINGTON FOR
JESUS" IN 1980 I THINK
CHANGED THE WORLD.
YES, IT DID, AND I THINK
WE'RE IN A MORE DESPERATE
TIME THAN IN 1980.
THAT BELL, A REPLICA OF IT,
IS GOING TO RING OUT.
IT WILL BE ON THE MALL IN
PHILADELPHIA.
Gordon: WHY RIGHT NOW?
WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT WE AS
CHRISTIANS NEED TO DO IN
ORDER TO TURN AMERICA
AROUND.
GORDON, AMERICA IS IN
TROUBLE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT.
WE'RE NOT DEMOCRATS, REAR
NOT REPUBLICANS, WE'RE
CHRISTIANS.
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE OUR
NATION.
WE CAN'T PUT OUR HOPE IN A
MAN.
OUR TRUST IS IN GOD, 2
CHRONICLES 7: 14 "MY
PEOPLE."
GIDEON, GOD TRIMMED HIM DOWN
TO 300.
AND HE SAID NOW I CAN DO
SOMETHING BECAUSE NOW I'LL
GET THE GLORY.
I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT
HAS HAPPENED, EVEN OF
RECENT, IS BECAUSE WHAT GOD
DOES, GOD WILL GET THE GLORY
IN AMERICA.
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO COME, REPENT
FROM OUR SINS, AND WE'RE
GOING TO PRAY.
AND HE SAID, "I'LL HEAL YOUR
LAND."
Gordon: I HAVE NOTICED,
PARTICULARLY SINCE THE
TERROR ATTACKS OF 2001, THAT
WE TEND TO LOOK AT OUR
MILITARY, WE TEND TO LOOK AT
OUR ECONOMY, WE TEND TO LOOK
AT ALL OF THE FREEDOMS THAT
WE, OUR DEMOCRACY, AND IT
SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS NOT
WORKING AS PLANNED.
YES.
Gordon: THAT OUR
MILITARY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL
WITH THE THREAT OF TERRORISM
BECAUSE THEY CAN SLIDE UNDER
THE RADAR AND ATTACK IN YOUR
SAFE HOUSES IN LIBYA.
THESE THINGS JUST SEEM TO BE
UNCONTROLLABLE.
YES.
Gordon: I GO BACK TO
THAT WONDERFUL PSALM,
"UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES,
THE WATCHMEN WATCH IN
VAIN."
AND WE NEED GOD WATCHING OUT
FOR US.
AMEN.
THE PROBLEM, WE BELIEVE,
IN AMERICA IS A SPIRITUAL
WON.
ECONOMICS IS NOT GOING TO
SOLVE IT.
IF WE PRAY AND SEEK GOD, I
BELIEVE THAT PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS CALL TO
PRAYER IN PHILADELPHIA HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM
THE NATION, TO BE A SPARK
FOR REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH
AND BRING AN AWAKENING IN
THE NATION.
WE NEED AMERICA TO TURN BACK
TO GOD.
Gordon: YOU'RE DOING
MORE THAN JUST PRAYING.
THIS WEEKEND YOU DID AN
OUTREACH INTO THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THANK GOD FOR "OPERATION
BLESSING" AND MANY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME
TOGETHER.
BUT OVER 15,000 PEOPLE WERE
FED WITH 1500 VOLUNTEERS
COMING TOGETHER ON A
SATURDAY.
IT WAS THE 15th, THIS LAST
WEEK, AND GOD JUST REALLY
BLESSED.
AND HUNDREDS CAME TO CHRIST
AS A RESULT.
THERE WERE EIGHT OUTREACH
CENTERS OVER GREATER
PHILADELPHIA.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST OUTREACH
I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF,
AND "OPERATION BLESSING" WAS
A GREAT PART OF IT BY
SUPPLYING A LOT OF OUR
SUPPLIES THAT CAME IN.
Gordon: WHEN DOES THE
PRAYER MEETING START?
IT STARTS NEXT FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28th, ON THE
MALL, INDEPENDENCE MALL,
WHERE THE LIBERTY BELL IS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
YOUTH RALLY.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME
AND BRING THEIR YOUTH GROUPS
OUT.
AND RON LOSE, WITH TEEN
MAÑANA, AND LOU ENGEL, WITH
THE CALL ARE HEADING IT UP.
AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING,
SEPTEMBER 29th, FROM THE
RISING OF THE SUN TO GOING
DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON
THAT MALL, HUMBLING
OURSELVES AND PRAYING.
GORDON, IT'S IN THE EVENING
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
REESTABLISH AND MAKE
COVENANT WITH GOD.
WE WANT TO COME BACK AND
CALL AMERICA BACK INTO ITS
COVENANT.
AMERICA'S BROKEN COVENANT.
WE WORSHIPPED OTHER GODS IN
AMERICA.
AND WE WANT AMERICA TO BE
HEALED AND COME BACK TO
GOD.
Gordon: IT IS
SIGNIFICANT, PHILADELPHIA.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WAS DRAFTED.
THIS IS WHERE THE BILL OF
RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
AND OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
WERE MADE.
AND, GORDON, WE'RE GOING
RIGHT INTO THE TIME.
JOHN THAN KAHN TOLD ME -- I
SAID WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DATE.
HE SAID YOU'RE GOING AFTER
ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR,
AND AFTER SOLOMON DEDICATED
THE TEMPLE, WHEN GOD SPOKE
TO HIM, 2 CHRONICLES, "IF MY
PEOPLE" -- AND THAT'S RIGHT
WHERE WE'RE GOING, THIS IS
THE HOLY WEEK.
WE'RE GOING RIGHT IN THERE
AT THE SEASON THAT GOD GAVE
HIM THE PROMISE, "IF MY
PEOPLE."
Gordon: IF YOU WANT TO
ATTEND, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS LOG ON TO cbn.com, AND
WE'LL GET YOU THE SCHEDULE.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU
CAN BE A PART OF THIS GREAT
PRAYER MEETING.
ANN'S LATEST BOOK IS CALLED
"RESURRECTION, LIFE NOW."
IT'S ALL ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCE.
I'M A PURE MIRACLE.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD TWO
YEARS AGO, BURIED BESIDE MY
HUSBAND.
THE DOCTOR SAID THERE IS NO
CHANCE I COULD LIVE.
BUT I DID.
Gordon: GOD STILL HAD A
PLAN.
GOD STILL HAD A PLAN.
Gordon: HE WANTED YOU
TO ORGA ORGANIZE THE NATION
TO PRAYER.
ABSOLUTELY.
Gordon: WELL, WHEN WE
COME BACK, WE'LL BE PRAYING
FOR YOU AND YOUR NEEDS.
STAY WITH US.
Kristi: WE, THROUGHOUT
THIS WEEK, WE'VE BEEN
FOCUSING ON THE POWER OF
PRAYER.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU HOW PRAYER WORKED IN THE
LIVES OF SCOTT AND DARNISHA
SHALE LOR, WHEN DARNISHA WAS
AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE.
HAWAII, THE BAHAMAS, THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS, THESE ARE
JUST A FEW OF THE EXOTIC
LOCATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE
SCUBA DIVED.
IN THE WATERS OF CRYSTAL
LAKE, MICHIGAN, DEATH LURKED
UNDER WATER.
WE GOT PREPARED, PUT ON
OUR GEAR, AND WE STARTED
WADING OUT INTO THE WATER.
WHAT YOU DO IS, YOU GET TO A
LEDGE.
AT THE LEDGE, IT DROPS DOWN
50 FEET.
Reporter: SCOTT AND
DARNISHA EXPLORED THE BOTTOM
OF THE LAKE FOR 30 MINUTES.
THE LEDGE IS YOUR
MARKER.
IF YOU STAY ON THE LEDGE,
YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE, BASICALLY.
BUT THIS DAY WE LOST TRACK
OF THE LEDGE.
AND SO MY HUSBAND LOOKS AT
MY -- TURNS AROUND TO ME,
AND LOOKS A AT THE COMPASS
TO TRY TO GET A BEARING, AND
SEES THAT MY EQUIPMENT IS
NOT WORKING.
I'VE GOT BUBBLES COMING
OUT.
WHEN I SAW THE CONSTANT
STREAM OF AIR BUBBLES COMING
OFF HER AIR HOLES -- NOT HER
BREATHING AIR HOSE, BUT THE
HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO HER
B.C., OR BUOYANTCY VEST.
HE GESTURED TO ME TO GO
TO THE SURFACE SO I COULD
FIX MY COUP LER ANLER.
I WAS TRYING TO FIX THE
COUPLER, AND IT WOULD NOT
REATTACH.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
SCUBADIVING, YOU KNOW YOU
ADD EXTRA WEIGHT IN ORDER TO
BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE
BOTTOM.
I WAS CARRYING AT LEAST,
PROBABLY 50 TO 70 EXTRA
POUNDS OF WEIGHT.
AND I WAS FIGHTING AGAINST
THAT TO STAY ON TOP OF THE
WATER.
AT THAT TIME, I TRIED TO
START A CLOCK IN MY MIND TO
KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO DO
A SAFETY STOP, WHICH IS
BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE
MINUTES, WHICH IS STANDARD
IN DIVING.
AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO BE
ON THE SURFACE AND CLASP IT
AND THEN HEAD BACK DOWN.
I'M TRYING TO RUN THESE
NUMBERS IN MY HEAD BECAUSE I
KNOW IF IT GOES BEYOND THIS,
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.
WE NEED TO CALL OFF THE
DIVE.
I WAS STARTING TO GET
WINDED AND TIRED.
I THOUGHT, WELL, BEFORE I
RUN OUT OF AIR, LET ME FILL
UP MY B.C. MANUALLY, WHICH
IS REALLY THE FIRST THING
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I WENT TO DEPRESS THE
VALVE TO FILL IT UP, AND NO
AIR WOULD GO IN.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS
NOT GOING TO WORK.
I STARTED TO REALLY FEEL I'M
IN TROUBLE.
I STARTED PRAYING, GOD,
PLEASE SEND MY HUSBAND TO
THE SURFACE.
PLEASE LET HIM KNOW I NEED
HELP.
Reporter: DARNISHA
STRUGGLED FOR SEVERAL MORE
MINUTES.
SHE HAD NO MORE STRENGTH TO
STAY AFLOAT.
I REMEMBER ONE OF MY
FINAL PRAYERS TO THE LORD
SAYING, OKAY, FATHER, IF
THIS IS YOUR WILL, I'M GOING
TO TRUST YOU TO TAKE CARE OF
EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT WAS THE MOMENT I SHUT
MY EYES.
I SAID, OKAY, LORD, JUST
HELP ME TO SWIM STRAIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I DRIFTED
OFF INTO ETERNITY.
I GOT UP TO THE SURFACE
BUT WAS KIND OF SURPRISED
WHEN AS I WENT UP, THAT I --
THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NOT
AROUND OR NOT HANGING ON THE
LINE.
I DID A 360 A COUPLE OF
TIMES, LOOKING AROUND.
SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR AIR
BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE.
I WOKE UP ON MY KNEES IN
THIS PLACE THAT WAS -- THE
ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DESCRIBE
IT IS IT WAS A ROOM, BUT IT
HAD NO WALLS.
IT WAS JUST A WIDE, OPEN,
BRIGHT SPACE THAT WAS SO
PEACEFUL.
IT WAS VERY PURE.
IN THE DISTANCE I COULD TELL
THERE WAS THIS GREAT
DESTINATION, THIS GATEWAY,
THIS PLACE THAT PEOPLE WERE
ENTERING INTO.
I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE I
WAS HOME, EVEN THOUGH IT
DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE
MY HOUSE.
IT WAS A PLACE THAT I KNEW I
WAS WELCOMED.
Reporter: DARNISHA SAW
OTHER PEOPLE IN HER VISION,
AND ONE OF THEM IN
PARTICULAR GOT HER
ATTENTION.
WE DIDN'T TALK, THOUGH,
BUT WE COMMUNICATED.
AND IT WAS AS IF SHE WAS
ASKING ME, ARE YOU COMING?
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
SAY.
THE ANXIETY STARTED
INCREASING THERE A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
I STARTED DOING A SPIN.
I STARTED YELLING, YELLING
HER NAME OUT.
Reporter: SCOTT FINALLY
SAW HIS WIFE.
SHE WAS YOU 200 YARDS AWAY.
HE SWAM TOWARDS HER.
I KEPT POPPING BACK UP TO
THE SURFACE TO ADJUST MY
BEARINGS, TO MAKE SURE I WAS
SWIMMING IN THAT DIRECTION.
Reporter: BY THE TIME
SCOTT REACHED DARNISHA, SHE
WAS SINKING TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE LAKE.
EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.
AND I STARTED REACTING LIKE,
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
I'M HOME.
WHY ARE THEY BOTHERING ME?
AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT
I REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE ACCIDENT, AND THAT
I HAD DROWNED.
BEFORE THAT, IN THIS
PEACEFUL PLACE, I DIDN'T
REMEMBER ANY OF THAT.
I REMEMBERED HAVING TO TALK
TO MYSELF AND SAYING, OKAY,
I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.
AND I REMEMBER ACTUALLY
HAVING TO SPECIFICALLY MAKE
THE DECISION: DO I STAY OR
DO I COME BACK?
I HEARD CLEARLY, YOU NEED TO
RELAX AND LET HIM BRING YOU
BACK.
AND I SAID OKAY.
AND I INHALED, ALLOWED THE
PROCESS.
AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE THAT
I EVEN FOUND HER IN THAT
LAKE.
SO I HAD HER -- MY ARM
AROUND HER, AROUND HER BACK,
AND JUST POUNDING AS HARD AS
I COULD ON HER CHEST AND
BREATHED INTO HER MOUTH.
AND THAT FIRST BREATH
JUST -- THE FIRST AIR COMING
BACK OUT OF HER LUNGS WASN'T
HER BREATHING YET.
IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING
BECAUSE ALL I COULD HEAR WAS
THE WATER GURGLING IN HER
LUNGS.
Reporter: SCOTT SPOTTED
A BOAT AND HE SCREAMED FOR
HELP.
AS SOON AS THE BOAT CUT
ITS ENGINES, THE FIRST THING
I HEARD WAS PRAYERS OF ALL
THREE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT,
PRAYING AND CRYING OUT TO
JESUS FOR HELP.
AS SOON AS WE GOT HER UP,
SHE COUGHED UP ALL OF THE
WATER OUT OF HER LUNGS AND
STARTED BREATHING.
Reporter: SCOTT AND
DARNISHA WERE TAKEN TO
SHORE.
HE DROVE HER TO THE NEAREST
HOSPITAL, 45 MINUTES AWAY.
AFTER M.R.I. TESTS AND
X-RAYS, DARNISHA WAS TREATED
AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY.
THE REPORT THAT THE
DOCTOR GAVE BACK WAS IT
LOOKS REALLY GREAT.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HARDLY LOOK
LIKE SHE HAD THIS TYPE OF AN
ACCIDENT.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE
GOD HAD BEHIND THE SCENES,
THAT WERE WORKING FOR OUR
BENEFIT AND FOR OUR GOOD.
HE DOES NOT EXPECT THAT
OUR WILLPOWER WILL GET US
THROUGH DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT
THERE IS A PROCESS, THAT
THERE ARE EMOTIONAL THINGS
THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WALK
THROUGH, THAT THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE DIDN'T
FORESEE.
HE IS STILL MORE THAN
CAPABLE OF GIVING US GRACE
TO BE ABLE TO GET ON TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ABOUT WHATEVER IS
DEALT TO YOU, THAT YOU ARE
ABLE TO WALK THROUGH IT WITH
THE LOVE AND THE GRACE OF
GOD.
AND HE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE
IT.
Kristi: THERE ARE SOME
STORIES AND SOM SOME
TESTIMONIES THAT JUST LEAVE
YOU SPEECHLESS, AND THAT IS
ONE OF THEM.
ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD IS SO
GOOD.
HIS MIRACLE-WORKING POWER
IS JUST SO GOOD.
HELP ME OUT, GORDON.
THAT IS AMAZING.
Gordon: YOU LOOK AT
THAT, AND SO MANY BIBLICAL
VERSES ARE FULFILLED IN IT.
"TO BE ABSENT IN THE BODY IS
TO BE PRESENT WITH THE
LORD."
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FEAR
DEATH.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN
YOU CALL TO HIM, HE WILL
ANSWER YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE.
AND HERE SHE IS, LITERALLY
UNCONSCIOUS, BUT SHE
BELIEVES, JUST RELAX AND LET
HIM TAKE YOU BACK.
SO SHE BELIEVES.
AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
DROWNED, THERE IS NO BRAIN
PROBLEM.
SHE WAS RELEASED THE SAME
DAY.
THE DOCTORS ARE AMAZED AT
HOW THIS ACCIDENT EVEN
HAPPENED.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES FOR US,
IS TO JUST BELIEVE.
DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO BE
GOOD ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO FAST LONG
ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE THE
BIBLE ENOUGH.
JUST LOOK TO JESUS.
HE IS THE AUTHOR, HE IS THE
FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
HE IS THE MIRACLE WORKER.
JUST RELY ON HIM AND WHAT HE
HAS ALREADY DONE.
THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS YOU
TO DO.
WHAT DOES GOD WANT US TO
DO?
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THEY
GAVE TO JESUS WHEN HE WAS ON
THE EARTH.
WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO
DO?
BELIEVE IN THE ONE HE SENT.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY.
HERE IS SOMEONE WHO SAYS, "I
WANT FINANCIAL WISDOM ABOUT
OUR BUSINESS."
"I FEEL LOST AND CONFUSED."
AND THEN A JOB FOR A
SON-IN-LAW WHO LOST HIS
AFTER 20 YEARS WITH THE
COMPANY.
Kristi: HERE IS ANOTHER
ONE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
JOBS SO I CAN KEEP MY HOME
AND FAMILY.
TO BE DELIVERED FROM
ALCOHOL AND WITCHCRAFT, AND
A WIDOWER WHO LOST HIS WIFE
OF 47 YEARS.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Gordon: LORD, WE ASK
FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE.
FOR THE ONE CRYING OUT FROM
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, BE
RESTORED.
COME BAC BACK TO YOUR SANE
MINE NOW.
FOR THE ONE ASKING FOR
HEALING FROM BACK SURGERIES,
WE JUST SAY OVER THEM BE
HEALED.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ONE THAT
WAS SENT.
WE ASK FOR HEALING.
WE ASK FOR DELIVERANCE.
WE ASK FOR RESTORATION OF
JOBS, RESTORATION OF
DIGNITY, RESTORATION OF
PURPOSE.
SEND ANSWERS TO YOUR
PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOST,
CONFUSED, WONDERING WHAT TO
DO, HOW TO EARN MONEY, WE
SPEAK CREATIVE IDEAS INTO
THEIR SPIRIT, INTO THEIR
MINDS, INTO THEIR HEARTS,
THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THAT
YOU'RE THE LIVING GOD.
AND YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR
CHILDREN.
YOU'LL PROVIDE FOR THEM,
THEIR DAILY BREAD.
SO BE WITH THEM, LORD GOD.
KRISTI, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
SOMETHING?
Kristi: UH-HUH.
THE WORD "BELIEF," THERE ARE
SO MANY OF YOU WHO STRUGGLE
WITH THAT WORD.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOOD,
BUT IS HE GOOD FOR ME?
WILL HE DO IT FOR ME?
HE WILL.
THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU OUT
THERE WHO ARE BEGGING, LORD,
JUST CALL OUT MY NAME.
HE ALREADY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
HE KNOWS YOUR NAME.
JUST TRUST THAT HE IS GOING
TO DO WHAT HE PROMISED.
HE WHO PROMISED THE
FAITHFUL.
JUST BELIEVE.
Gordon: NOW, LORD, WE
JUST ASK AGAIN FOR AMERICA.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD TURN
OUR HEARTS, THAT THE FATHERS
WOULD BE TURNED TO THE
CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN TO
THE FATHERS, THAT MARRIAGES
WOULD BE RESTORED, THAT
RIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD BE KNOWN
IN OUR LAND.
THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS SCAWLTS
EXALTS A NATION.
TURN US, LORD, GOD, AND MELT
OUR HEARTS WITHIN US, THAT
WE MAY COME AND WORSHIP
YOU.
FOR YOU DESIRE WORSHIPPERS
IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
Kristi: THANK YOU,
LORD.
Gordon: AMEN.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
HERE FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
US, 1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM ROMANS: "DO NOT
BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD."
FOR KRISTI, FOR LEE, FOR ALL
OF US HERE, GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
Kristi: GOOD SHOW.
