COMING UP A TRAGIC CAR
ACCIDENT TURNS ONE MAN'S WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
CRIED FOR THAT LONG AND THAT
HARD.
OVERWHELMING PAIN OF A LOSS.
UNTIL HE FOUND PEACE IN THE
ONE PERSON HE REJECTED.
HE IS SO FAITHFUL TO COMFORT
THOSE WHO MOURN.
TODAY ON "THE 700 CLUB"
INTERACTIVE.
WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO PRAY FOR
EACH OTHER.
AND EXPLORE TOPICS THAT MATTER
TO YOU.
WATCH WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE
WORLD TODAY.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
THERE ARE PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN
LIFE.
ONCE A HAPPY GO LUCKY KID,
IAN BECAME LOST AND ISOLATED
UNTIL THE DAY HE BEGAN TO
LISTEN TO THE VOICE THAT PUT A
SMILE BACK ON HIS FACE.
I WAS WHIMSICAL.
I REMEMBER SEEING EVERYTHING
COMPLETELY DIFFICULT REFNLT YOU
JUST LIVE LIFE WITHOUT THE
CARES OF THE WORLD AND WITHOUT
WORRY.
YOU GET TO JUST HAVE FUN.
I FEEL LIKE I FELT THAT AS A
CHILD.
THAT CHILD-LIKE FAITH TO
BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT ALMOST
DON'T MAKE SENSE TO BELIEVE IN
SOMETIME.
WHEN I WAS 12 IT WAS A PIVOTAL
TIME IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE.
A MARRIED COUPLE, THEY WERE MY
FRIENDS.
TREATED ME LIKE I MATTERED AND
I COUNTED.
I REMEMBER I CAME HOME FROM
SCHOOL AND MY MOM WAS ON THE
PHONE WEEPING.
TELLING ME THE FRIENDS -- SHE
DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WITH A
BABY.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER CRIED
FOR THAT LONG AND THAT HARD.
JUST HOURS AND HOURS OF JUST
LIKE CRYING OUT WHY, WHY WOULD
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN?
NOT REALLY HAVING ANY ANSWERS
OR ANY REAL RESOLUTION.
JUST AN OVERWHELMING PAIN OF A
LOSS.
LIFE KIND OF SHIFTS THEN FROM
THE CHILDHOOD WHIMSY AND THAT
CHILDHOOD FAITH EVEN
EXPERIENCING A PAIN THAT DEEP
AND LIKE REALLY NOT BEING ABLE
TO PROCESS IT BUT EXPERIENCING
IT.
THE ONLY EMOTION I COULD REALLY
CONNECT TO IS ANGER.
IT FELT SAFE.
IT COULD COME ON AND YOU COULD
EXPRESS IT.
LASH OUT.
ANYTHING THAT I FEEL VULNERABLE
LOSING SOMEBODY FEELS SO
POWERLESS -- I STARTED GETTING
IN BANDS.
ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES.
DOING DRUGS.
DRINKING.
FINDING ANYTHING LIKE THAT
ANGER TO DETRACT FROM PAIN AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF FEELING PAIN.
BEING ABLE TO FEEL SOMETHING
AND IN PURSUIT OF SOMETHING.
IN PURSUIT OF A REAL ENCOUNTER,
A REAL EXPERIENCE THAT WASN'T
GOING TO KILL ME OR WASN'T
GOING TO HURT ME.
A SELF-PROTECTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET PEOPLE GET
CLOSE ENOUGH TO ME FOR ME TO BE
ABLE TO FEEL THAT.
NOT GOING TO OPEN UP MY HEART
OR MY GUARD TO BE ABLE TO EVEN
COME TO THE POINT WHERE I BE
ATTACHED TO ANYTHING ENOUGH TO
CRY ABOUT IT OR ATTACHED TO
ANYTHING ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY
FEEL LOVE.
THERE WAS JUST A STRUGGLE.
THE LIFE THAT I'M IN AND THE
LIFE I COULD HAVE.
ME AND A BUNCH OF FRIENDS THAT
WERE IN JUST AS MUCH CRAP
DECIDED WE KNOW GOD IS REAL.
LET'S JUST GET TOGETHER AND
WORSHIP HIM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
STILL DOING EVERYTHING THAT
WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE STILL DOING DRUGS, WE'RE
STILL SLEEPING AROUND.
WE'RE STILL IN ALL THIS.
WE CAN'T DENY THAT HE IS REAL.
IN THAT PLACE BEGINNING FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO HEAR HIS VOICE.
THE KINDNESS BEHIND HIS VOICE
AND WHAT HIS ACTUAL HEART FOR
ME WAS.
WENT ON FOUR AND FIVE HOUR LONG
WALKS THROUGHOUT MY
NEIGHBORHOOD FEELING HIS
PRESENCE SO I WALKED AND TOLD
HIM EVERYTHING AND HE JUST
BEGAN TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO ME.
JUST LIKE THAT INTENSIFIED ONE
AFTER ANOTHER.
ALL THE ADDICTIONS STARTED
FALLING OFF.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE.
HE STARTED SHOWING ME HIS VALUE
FOR ME.
HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE MY COMFORT
ZONE AND LEAVE THE GROUP OF
FRIENDS I WAS IN.
MY FRIENDS THAT BELIEVED IN GOD
BUT STILL LIVING THE LIFE THEY
WERE LIVING.
TO HAVE A REAL DIFFICULT TIME
PROCESSING HEAVY EMOTIONS.
FOR ME IT HAD TO HAPPEN TO
MUSIC.
I HAD TO WRITE A SONG THAT I
WOULD PROBABLY NEVER SHARE WITH
ANYBODY ABOUT WHAT I WAS
FEELING.
WHAT WAS THE DEEP, DEEP
INDISCERNIBLE THOUGHTS GOING ON
IN MY SOUL.
♪♪
RATHER THAN MY MUSIC BEING
ANGRY IT CAN BE EMBRACING THE
REALM OF EMOTIONS AND BEING
ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS LIKE
LOVE.
BEING ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS
EVEN LIKE LOSS.
BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY LET GO
OF IT RATHER THAN HOLDING ONTO
IT FOREVER.
♪ LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES ♪
NO MATTER THE WEIGHT OF THE
SITUATION AND THE PAIN YOU'RE
FEELING AND THE HURT YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH, JUST FEEL IT ALL.
GET IT ALL OUT.
BECAUSE HE IS SO FAITHFUL TO
COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN.
DEATH SEEMS TO BE PART OF
LIFE.
SEEMS TO BE A PART OF EVEN
GROWING UP THAT WE'VE ALL HAD A
TOUCH AT SOME POINT IN TIME OUR
LIVES.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, ARE YOU
LOOKING AT WHERE YOU'RE GOING
AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE?
AND ARE YOU READY FOR THAT?
I'LL NEVER FORGET RIDING IN A
JEEP IN A RE MOET ISLAND OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE DRIVER WAS
TRYING TO SAVE ELECTRICITY.
WE WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND
THERE WAS A BUMPER STICKER
WHERE I WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF
ME SAID PREPARE TO MEET YOUR
MAKER.
AND SO ARE YOU READY?
AND THAT CERTAINLY INCREASED MY
PRAYER LIFE AS I'M GOING
THROUGH THE SUGAR CANE FIELDS
IN AN ISLAND ON THE PHILIPPINES.
IT MAY SEEM HUMOROUS NOW BUT
WHEN I WAS DOING THAT IT WASN'T
HUMOROUS AND I HAD TO COME TO
GRIPS WITH AM I READY?
IS THIS SOMETHING I'M READY TO
DO?
ASK YOURSELF, ARE YOU READY?
IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, WOULD
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING?
WOULD YOU HAVE THE ASSURANCE
THAT YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT
NOW WITH JESUS THERE IS NO MORE
CONDEMNATION?
DO YOUR OWN THOUGHTS CONDEMN
YOU?
ARE YOU SITTING ON UNCONFESSED
SIN?
DO YOU EVEN WONDER IS JESUS
REAL?
DOES HE HAVE THE ANSWER?
CAN YOU SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM?
CAN YOU HAVE THE PROMISE OF
ETERNAL LIFE AND DO YOU HAVE IT
NOW?
IF ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS DON'T
LINE UP IN YOUR OWN SPIRIT, NOW
IS THE TIME TO GET RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE
NOT PROMISED TOMORROW.
WE'RE NOT PROMISED IT AT ALL.
BUT WE ARE PROMISED TODAY AND
WE ARE PROMISED SALVATION IF WE
JUST ASK FOR IT.
SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING, IF
YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, NOW
IS THE TIME TO GET RIGHT WITH
GOD.
NOW IS THE TIME TO FIND PEACE
WITH HIM.
TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE LOVES YOU
AND HE IS READY, WILLING AND
ABLE TO FORGIVE YOU, TO CLEANSE
YOU FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
AND JESUS IS ABLE TO PRESENT
YOU IN HIS PRESENCE SPOTLESS
WITH EXCEEDING JOY IF YOU JUST
RECEIVE HIM.
IF THIS IS BRAND-NEW TO YOU,
THIS VERY SIMPLE PRAYER, JESUS,
IF YOU'RE THERE, IF THIS IS
REAL, IF I REALLY CAN BE
FORGIVEN, WOULD YOU SHOW ME?
WOULD YOU COME TO ME?
WOULD YOU BE WITH ME?
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU SEEK
HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART,
THEN YOU'LL FIND HIM.
AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY PRAYED
THAT PRAYER, YOU'VE ALREADY HAD
SALVATION, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE
JOY OF IT, BUT FOR WHATEVER
REASON THERE IS UNCONFESSED SIN
IN YOUR LIFE, NOW IS THE DAY TO
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
DON'T THINK GOD IS MAD AT YOU.
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE WILL
BE FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE
US AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
TURN TO THE SOURCE THAT CAN
CLEANSE YOU AND MAKE YOU NEW
AGAIN, THAT CAN GIVE YOU BACK
THAT JOY AND THAT PEACE THAT
YOU LONG FOR.
IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS, IF
YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH
YOU, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT
ARE BURDENING YOUR HEART, I
BELIEVE IN CONFESSION.
CONFESSION IS THE WAY TO FIND
CLEANSING.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK TO US
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
888-777-1999.
DON'T LET ANOTHER DAY GO BY.
FIND PEACE WITH GOD AND DO IT
TODAY.
CALL US NOW.
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TERRY.
UP NEXT A MAN WHO BRINGS JOY
IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE.
GOD'S VOICE SPOKE TO ME 9
1/2 YEARS AGO TO SING TO HIS
PEOPLE AS THEY TRANSITION.
FIND OUT HOW HIS MUSIC IS
BRINGING COMFORT TO OTHERS AT
THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF
THEIR LIVES.
I STARTED FEELING PAIN
BETWEEN MY SPINE AND MY
SHOULDER BLADE.
ALL I HAD WAS PAIN AND NO
RELIEF.
THERE WAS A SIZEABLE MASS
CONSISTENT WITH A MALIGNANT
CANCER IN THE UPPER RIGHT LUNG.
THAT'S COMPLEX AND TOUGH STUFF.
I WAS WALKING AND TALKING BUT
DIDN'T KNOW HOW SICK I WAS.
I REMEMBER SEEING THE AD FOR
CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF
AMERICA AND I THOUGHT THIS IS
THE PLACE HE NEEDS TO BE.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
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OPTIONS FOR CANCER, GO TO
CANCER CENTER.COM.
YOU WILL SEE HOW THEY COMPARE
TO NATIONAL AVERAGES AND CHECK
FOR PARTICIPATING INSURANCE
PLANS.
THE GAME PLAN WAS THERAPY
AND RADIATION THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE PERIOD.
AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN OF ATTACK.
I LIKED THAT.
WE GAVE HIM CHEMOTHERAPY AND
RADIATION.
HE TOLERATED TREATMENT
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.
CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF
AMERICA IS DIFFERENT.
YOU FEEL IT THE MOMENT YOU CALL
OR WALK INTO ONE OF OUR
HOSPITALS.
IT IS STATE-OF-THE-ART
MEDICINE, UNIQUE TREATMENT
OPTIONS AND A LEVEL OF
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THEIR EXPERTISE, BUT THEIR
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MY STRENGTH CAME BACK AND I
BEGAN TO BECOME MYSELF AGAIN.
GEORGE DOES HAVE HIS LIFE
BACK NOW.
HE HAS A LIFE THAT I NEVER
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE.
WITH TEAMWORK, THE TREATMENT
PLANS, THE FACILITIES.
THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE
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THE MAN IN OUR NEXT STORY IS
BRINGING JOY TO OTHERS WHEN
THEY NEED IT MOST.
KEVIN DUNN IS THE FATHER OF
FIVE WHO HAD LOST HIS JOB AND
THEN DISCOVERED HE HAD AN
UNLIKELY CALLING IN HOSPICE.
♪ THEN SINGS MY SOUL, MY SAVIOR
GOD TO THEE ♪
MY NAME IS KEVIN DUNN.
GOD'S VOICE SPOKE TO ME SOME 9
1/2 YEARS AGO TO SING TO HIS
PEOPLE AS THEY TRANSITION.
♪♪
I KNEW I WANTED TO VOLUNTEER
MY GIFT THROUGH SONG AND ONE
MORNING I WAS TAKING THE KIDS
TO SCHOOL.
AS I WAS ON MY WAY BACK HOME, I
WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
GOD SPOKE TO ME AND GOD SAID
HOSPICE.
BUT IMMEDIATELY I KNEW I DID
NOT WANT TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE I'M A COMPASSIONATE
PERSON.
THE ONLY THING I THOUGHT WHEN
IT CAME TO HOSPICE WAS PEOPLE
ACTUALLY CAME HERE TO DIE.
AND THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS -- THERE WAS NO LEFT,
NO RIGHT, NO MIDDLE.
YOU CAME HERE TO DIE.
KNOWING THAT THE CLARITY OF THE
VOICE I HEARD I KNEW I HAD TO
BE EXPEDIENT ABOUT LOOKING INTO
THIS.
I MADE THE CALL THE NEXT DAY.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO HOSPICE,
THE LAST TWO PODS NOBODY WORKED
IN THE PODS.
I ACTUALLY WENT DOWN THERE TO
SING AND I THINK I FOUND OUT ON
MY FIFTH WEEK THOSE ROOMS WERE
EMPTY.
I TOOK THAT AS GOD GIVING HIS
ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SONG SO WHEN
PEOPLE DID COME IN THEY WOULD
FEEL HIS PRESENCE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE OPEN THE DOORS.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL COME
TO ME AND SAY THEY NEVER SAW ME
BUT THEY KNEW I WAS OUT THERE
SINGING.
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT GOD'S
SPIRIT CAN DWELL IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
GOD HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH TO
JUST UNDERSTAND THERE IS A
POINT IN TIME TO LIVE AND THERE
IS A POINT IN TIME TO DIE.
I'M COMING IN HERE TO BLESS
THEM AND THEY END UP BLESSING
ME.
TELLING ME TO HOLD ON EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE IN PAIN AND THEY
ARE SUFFERING.
STILL TELLING ME THAT GOD IS
REAL.
MY MOM PASSED ABOUT TWO YEARS
AGO.
I HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY SING
TO MOM AT HER BEDSIDE DURING
HER TRANSITION AND HAD A PEACE
ABOUT IT.
I KNEW SHE HEARD ME.
THE HOSPICE PREPARED ME TO JUST
BE WHAT I NEEDED TO BE FOR MY
MOM DURING THAT TIME.
SOME PEOPLE COME IN AND -- WHO
HAVE NOT KNOWN GOD AND THEY'VE
SHARED WITH ME THAT WITH THIS
MINISTRY THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT
GOD WAS REAL AND THEY WANTED TO
ACCEPT CHRIST.
IT INCREASED MY FAITH TO KNOW
THAT GOD IS STILL REAL AND IF
YOU HONOR HIM AND YOU HONOR HIS
WORD, HE IS FAITHFUL TO HONOR
YOU AS WELL.
♪ HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪
BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HAVE A
STORY FOR YOU ABOUT AN
ABANDONED BABY ON THE DOORSTEP.
AND THE REASON TO SMILE.
YOU'LL SEE WHY RIGHT AFTER THIS.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ROAD
OF REDEMPTION FOR ME.
THERE IS FORGIVENESS, A NEW
LIFE.
EVERYTHING IN TRUSTING GOD.
JUST TAKE THAT ONE STEP.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
I FELT LIKE A NEW PERSON.
I AM A NEW CREATION.
I FELT LIKE I HAD HAD A WEIGHT
LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS.
WATCH "THE 700 CLUB" NEXT.
IF YOU'RE THE MOTHER OF A
CHILD WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS I
WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
I'M JANET AND I'M A BEHAVIORAL
THERAPIST AND MOM.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHETHER
THE CHILD THAT YOU LOVE BECOMES
A DEFIANT, OUT OF CONTROL CHILD
WHO DISRESPECTS YOU.
THAT'S WHY MY HUSBAND JAMES AND
I CREATED THE TOTAL
TRANSFORMATION.
THE PROGRAM THAT TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF MOMS ARE NOW USING
TO TURN AROUND THEIR CHILD'S
BEHAVIOR.
IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TOTAL
TRANSFORMATION AND WONDERED IF
IT WILL WORK FOR YOU, NOW YOU
CAN TRY IT FOR FREE.
I'M WILLING TO GIVE AWAY 1,000
PROGRAMS TODAY FOR FREE.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET THE
PROGRAM AND LET US KNOW HOW IT
WORKS FOR YOU.
WE'LL LET YOU KEEP IT FOR FREE.
I KNOW THE TOTAL TRANSFORMATION
WORKS BECAUSE I USE THESE
TECHNIQUES WITH MY OWN SON AND
WITH TROUBLED KIDS FOR OVER 30
YEARS.
LET ME PROVE TO YOU THAT IT
WORKS BY GIVING YOU THE PROGRAM
FREE.
CALL NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN
NOW TO GET THE TOTAL
TRANSFORMATION FREE.
COMING UP DISCOVER WHAT YOUR
HUSBAND ISN'T TELLING YOU.
HONEY, THERE IS A WOMAN AT
WORK TEMPTING ME AND COMING ON
TO ME.
I WANT TO STAY FAITHFUL TO YOU.
A PASTOR SPILLED THE BEANS
ABOUT THE THINGS YOUR HUSBAND
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ON THE
NEXT "THE 700 CLUB" INTERACTIVE.
IN THE WESTERN WORLD WHEN A
MOTHER HAS A BABY SHE DOESN'T
WANT, USUALLY IT ENDS IN
ABORTION.
IN CHINA, SOMETIMES IT ENDS
WITH THEM BEING ABANDONED AT
BIRTH AND THIS BABY WAS ONE OF
THOSE WHO WAS ABANDONED.
HER PARENTS LEFT HER ON SOMEONE
ELSE'S DOORSTEP BECAUSE SHE WAS
BORN WITH A BIRTH DEFECT.
MR. AND MRS. FENG RUN LIVING
HOPE CHRISTIAN ORPHANAGE WHERE
THEY ALWAYS WELCOME ABANDONED
CHILDREN WITH OPEN ARMS.
MRS. FENG REMEMBERS THE DAY
SOMEONE DROPPED A BOX OFF AT
HER FRONT DOOR.
INSIDE THE BOX SHE FOUND A BABY
GIRL WITH A CLEFT LIP AND
PALLETE.
THE BABY I FOUND AT MY DOOR WAS
IN NEED OF LOVE AND SURGERY.
SHE TOOK THE BABY IN AND
NAMED HER A NAME THAT MEANT
GOD'S GRACE WILL MAKE HER FEEL
SWEET.
SHE STILL LIKED TO SMIL EVEN
WITH HER CLEFT LIP.
WHENEVER SHE SAW STRANGERS SHE
WOULD COVER HER MOUTH WITH HER
HAND RIGHT AWAY LIKE SHE KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
HER.
THE WAY SHE LOOKED WASN'T THE
ONLY PROBLEM.
IT MADE IT HARD TO FEED HER SO
SHE STARTED LOSING WEIGHT.
MR. AND MRS. FENG KNEW THAT
SURGERY WAS HER ONLY HOPE BUT
THE COUPLE COULD BARELY PROVIDE
BASIC NECESSITIES FOR THE
CHILDREN ALREADY IN THEIR CARE.
SO MRS. FENG CONTACTED CBN
IN THE PAST YEARS CBN HAD
HELPED US WITH FREE CLEFT LIP
AND PALLET SURGERY FOR SOME OF
OUR OTHER ORPHANS.
THE SURGERIES MADE ALL THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE CHILDREN'S
LIVES.
WE QUICKLY SET UP SURGERY
FOR THEIR BABY GIRL.
THE NEWS MADE ME SO HAPPY
AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT
HELPED US AT THE ORPHANAGE
HUGGED EACH OTHER AND SMILED
AND JUMPED FOR JOY WHEN I TOLD
THEM THAT CBN SAID YES.
THE CLEFT LIP AND PALLET
SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS AND NOW
SHE LOVES TO PLAY WITH HER
FRIENDS AND SHE CAN'T STOP
SMILING.
WE ARE SO ENCOURAGED BY
CBN'S HELP.
NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ANYMORE.
I WANT TO THANK CBN FOR THE
TIMELY SURGERY YOU HAVE
PROVIDED FOR THIS GIRL.
YOUR HELP COMPLETELY
TRANSFORMED HER FACE AND GAVE
HER A CHANCE ON LIFE.
GIVING SOMEONE A CHANCE ON
LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS CAME TO DO.
HE CAME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE
AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
AND HE HAS AUTHORIZED US TO BE
HIS AMBASSADORS TO DO THE SAME
THING.
IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT,
BE PART OF EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS
JUST STRAIGHT FROM YOUR LIVING
ROOM BY JOINING THE "THE 700
CLUB".
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT GOES
INTO OPERATION TO HELP PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD AND THE OTHER
HALF GOES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.
JOIN THE 700 CLUB.
CALL US REAL EASY AT OUR TOLL
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TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB".
WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED GOD'S PLAN FOR
AMERICA.
MY FATHER'S LATEST DVD TEACHING.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR AMERICA
AND WHAT DOES GOD THINK ABOUT
WHEN HE THINKS ABOUT AMERICA?
DOES HE THINK ABOUT THE EARLY
SETTLERS WITH THE DAWN OF THE
ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS HERE WHERE
THEY STARTED WITH A PRAYER
MEETING ON A BEACH?
HE DOES REMEMBER THAT.
HE REMEMBERS THE COVENANT THAT
WAS MADE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE THAT, JUST
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB".
IT'S $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS A
DAY.
CALL RIGHT NOW.
WELL, WE'VE GOT SOME EMAILS.
AN EMAIL QUESTION.
I'LL ASK THE FIRST ONE.
I'M NEW TO THE INTERACTIVE
CHATROOM AND POSTED A PRAYER
REQUEST.
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE ANOTHER
CHATTER WROTE A PRAYER FOR ME.
I PRAYED IT OUT LOUD AND FELT
GOD CLEANSE MY HEART.
I'M A TRUE WITNESS OF GOD'S
AMAZING POWER.
I HAD NEVER FELT WORTHY OF
GOD'S LOVE BEFORE NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SHOW
AND YOUR MANY VIEWERS.
I LIKE THAT ONE.
AND THE REASON I LIKE IT IS
THAT IT UNDERSCORES SOMETHING
THAT I THINK IS AN ABSOLUTE
PRINCIPLE IN PRAYER.
THAT PRAYER, WHEN IT'S OUT
LOUD, IT -- THERE IS A POWER TO
THAT.
THE POWER GETS RELEASED.
I'VE NOTICED IN MY OWN PRAYERS
WHEN I PRAY THEM OUT LOUD I'M
LISTENING AND I CAN KIND OF
TELL DO I REALLY BELIEVE WHAT I
JUST SAID?
AND IT GIVES YOU A CHECK AND
THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AT IT
AGAIN AND SAY NO, LET'S REALLY
MOVE IT.
PRAYER BECOMES REALLY
SPECIFIC WHEN YOU PRAY OUT
LOUD, TOO.
WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING QUIETLY IN
YOUR HEAD, THINGS WANDER.
WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING IT -- AND
I THINK THERE IS POWER IN THE
SPOKEN WORD.
IT AFFIRMS WHO WE ARE.
THERE IS ALSO POWER IN
COMMUNITY PRAYER.
THE REASON THE LORD'S PRAYER
BEGINS WITH OUR, HE IS
INTENTIONAL THAT WE NEED TO
PRAY IN COMMUNITY AND REAFFIRM
ONE ANOTHER IN PRAYER.
SO SOMEONE WRITES A PRAYER IN A
CHATROOM, YOU REPEAT IT OUT
LOUD TO YOURSELF AND IT CAN
REALLY MOVE THINGS.
HERE IS ONE FOR YOU.
THIS IS FROM DOUG WHO WRITES.
I'M CONFUSED BY SCRIPTURES THAT
SPEAK OF JUDGMENT.
I HAVE TROUBLE RECONCILING THE
TALK OF THEIR BEING, QUOTE, NO
CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST.
HOWEVER WE'RE STILL TO FACE
JUDGMENT WHEN WE DIE.
CAN YOU BRING LIGHT TO THIS FOR
ME?
HEBREWS TALKED ABOUT IT'S
APPOINTED TO MAN ONCE TO DIE
AND THEN THE JUDGMENT.
PAUL SPOKE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO
STAND AND NOW THE ISSUE IS WHO
IS STANDING WITH YOU.
IF YOU'RE UP THERE ON YOUR OWN,
WELL THEN YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE
TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW
THAT YOU ARE NOT DEFENSIBLE.
THAT YOU'RE GUILTY AS CHARGED.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AT THE
JUDGMENT, YOU HAVE YOUR
ADVOCATE AND HIS NAME IS JESUS.
AND HE IS GOING TO TELL THE
JUDGE THAT I'VE COVERED THIS.
THIS TRANSGRESSION IS PAID FOR
AND IT IS PAID FOR IN MY BLOOD.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS
ABLE TO PRESENT YOU SPOTLESS IN
HIS PRESENCE WITH EXCEEDING JOY.
AND NOT JUST THE FORGIVENESS OF
SIN, BUT THE REMISSION WHERE
IT'S COMPLETELY TAKEN AWAY AND
YOU ARE JUSTIFIED.
I LOVE THE MESSIANIC TITLES
THAT JESUS IS A FRIEND OF
SINNERS.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THAT
MEANS HE IS MY FRIEND.
THAT HE JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE HE
JUSTIFIES ME.
AND SO PUT YOUR HOPE THERE IN
HIM ON WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE
AND THEN YOU CAN GET THROUGH
ALL THE VERSES ON JUDGMENT TO
SAY JESUS HAS GOT THAT COVERED
FOR ME.
SHOULD CHRISTIANS GET INVOLVED
IN POLITICS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT
ONE?
I THINK THEY SHOULD.
I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT
IS PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHARE GODLY
PRINCIPLES OR VALUES ARE GOING
TO BE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
AND OF DECISION MAKING, OF LAW
MAKING, LAW BREAKING, AND SO I
THINK THAT IT'S KEY FOR ALL OF
US.
I'M HEARING A PHRASE, THE
NEW MORALITY.
I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON EVERY
CITIZEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
POLITICAL PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY
BY VOTING.
I ALSO HOLD TO SOMETHING THAT
PERHAPS WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY
FROM.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC CALLINGS FOR
PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLED INTO
LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL
LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL POWER.
WE SEEM TO HAVE DISMISSED THAT
IN THESE DAYS.
BUT I THINK FOR SOME CHRISTIANS
THERE IS A CALLING TO WORK IN
GOVERNMENT, TO WORK IN PUBLIC
SERVICE, AND IF YOU HAVE THAT,
THEN YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT
CALL.
CREATIVE IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS
TO THINGS COME FROM THE LORD.
I MEAN, I THINK OF JOSEPH IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HOW GOD
NOT ONLY PUT HIM IN A POSITION
OF AUTHORITY IN THE LAND BUT
GAVE HIM THE CREATIVE IDEA OF
HOW TO BUILD STOREHOUSES AND
HOW TO SAVE AND THEN MEET OUT
WHAT PEOPLE NEEDED THROUGH A
GREAT FAMINE BUT NOT ONLY SAVE
HIS FAMILY BUT THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY HE WAS LIVING IN.
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
IDEAS OF CREATIVITY COME FROM
GOD WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IN A
POSITION OF DECISION MAKING?
WE COULD USE SOME JOSEPHS, A
DANIEL, A DAVID, A SOLOMON,
EVEN A CYRUS.
THE BIBLE IS VERY SPECIFIC,
THEY WERE CALLED BY GOD TO THAT
PARTICULAR POSITION THAT HE
WANTED THEM TO BE IN A POSITION
OF RULING, OF LEADERSHIP, OF
STEWARDSHIP AND THEY ALL TOOK
THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND I THINK ALSO IT'S SUCH A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE BOTH TRAVEL AND DO
WORK IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND
SOMETIMES THE HEAD PERSON, AS
IN JOSEPH'S TIME, ISN'T THE
BELIEVER BUT SOMEONE UNDER HIM
SERVING AND BRINGING WISDOM TO
THE TABLE AND LIVING A LIFE OF
GODLY VALUES HAS TREMENDOUS
IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THOSE TOP LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS
THAT GOD USES US AS BELIEVERS
IN THE WHOLE GOVERNMENTAL
SYSTEM.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US.
I'LL ADD ONE OTHER WARNING,
I GUESS.
POLITICS IS NOT GOING TO GET
THE JOB DONE.
AND IF YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR
ENERGY INTO POLITICAL
SOLUTIONS, YOU ARE MISSING THE
MUCH BIGGER PICTURE.
UNTIL THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
CHANGE, UNTIL THEY TURN TO GOD,
SO MUCH OF OUR DEMOCRACY IS
BUILT ON THE INDIVIDUAL TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN
ACTIONS AND LIVING UNDER THE
LAW OF LIBERTY, WHICH IS,
NUMBER ONE, YOU LOVE GOD AND
NUMBER TWO, YOU LOVE ONE
ANOTHER.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR AWAY
FROM THAT AS A CULTURE WHERE
LITERALLY WE EXPLOIT ONE
ANOTHER.
THAT WE HAVE GREED HAS TAKEN
OVER, PRIDE HAS TAKEN OVER.
YOU KNOW, YOU START LISTING THE
SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND BOY,
AMERICANS ARE GUILTY OF A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THEM.
SO WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A RETURN
ON AN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY
BASIS TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE ONE
NATION UNDER GOD.
LET'S GO OVER TO OUR CHATROOM.
MARGUERITE HAS SOMETHING.
HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR OTHERS
TO FIND JOY IF THEY HAVE ALMOST
NO SELF-WORTH?
IF THEY HAVE NO SELF-WORTH?
PRAY FOR THAT FIRST.
SO MUCH OF JOY IS UNDERSTANDING
WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
JOY FROM A WORLDLY STANDPOINT
IS BASED ON PLEASURE.
AND PLEASURE IS SO FLEETING.
BUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU REALLY ARE A CHILD OF GOD,
THAT HE REALLY DOES LOVE YOU,
THAT HE REALLY WANTS YOU WITH
HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY, THAT HE
DIED FOR YOU, THAT THE WORTH HE
AT TRIBUTES TO YOU IS THAT HE
IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE JESUS
FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU REALLY GET THAT, THEN
ALL THE SELF-CONDEMNATION GOES
AWAY.
ALL THE FEELING THAT YOU'RE
UNWORTHY GOES AWAY.
AND WITH THAT COMES JOY.
THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS TO BRING.
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WORK ON THAT
FIRST.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WORD FROM
LAMENTATIONS.
GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS.
HIS MERCIES BEGIN AFRESH EACH
DAY.
THE LORD IS MY INHERITANCE,
THEREFORE I WILL HOPE IN HIM.
GOD BLESS YOU AND WE'LL SEE YOU
