> THEY FINALLY CAME BACK TO US
AND SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH
YOUR DOCUMENT.
LOCKED UP ABROAD.
I REALIZED THIS IS FOR REAL.
AN AMERICAN IS THROWN IN
IRAN'S TOUGHEST PRISON.
THEY BEAT ME FOR SIX HOURS.
THE FACE THE ULTIMATE
PENALTIMENT.
IF I'M GOING TO BE HERE THE
REST OF MY LIFE, WHY NOT CHECK
OUT.
THE OTHER WAY NOT TO STAY THERE
WAS TO DIE.
GORDON: WELL, CHEMCOME TO
THE "THE 700 CLUB."
FOFOR TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES LET'S
GO TO THE CBN NEWSDESK.
GORDON, SHOW IS FALLING TODAY
IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK AND
SOME NEW ENGLAND STATES.
THE SNOW COMES FROM THE
REMAINING ELEMENTS OF A MASSIVE
WINTER STORM BLAMED FOR SIX
DEATHS AND LEFT THOUSANDS OF
TRAVELERS STRANDED.
FLIGHTS ARE BEING CANCELED AGAIN
TODAY AFTER 1500 FLIGHTS WERE
CALLED OFF WEDNESDAY.
IT HASN'T BEEN MUCH BETTER ON
THE GROUND.
SLICK CONDITIONS FORCING MANY
DRIVERS TO GIVE UP AND STAY OFF
THE ROADS.
THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM
POUNDING AMERICA'S WANTLAND IS
HEADING NORTHEAST TODAY.
IT IS CLASSIFY AS A NOR'EASTER
BRINGING WITH IT HIGH WINDS.
SNOW AND SLEET.
THE MASSIVE SHORT SYSTEMS THE
WREAKED HAVOC FROM ARKANSAS TO
INDIANA, DROPPING RECORDS
AMOUNTS OF SNOW FALL.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF
THE PARKING LOT.
AND LEADING TO A CHRISTMAS
OUTBREAK OF RARE WINTER
TORNADOES.
MOBILE, ALABAMA WAS HIT HARD.
YOU FORGOT IT WAS CHRISTMAS.
THE POWER WENT OUT.
Reporter: FORECASTERS CALL
FOR 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW FROM
NEW YORK TO MAINE TODAY.
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
LANDING IN PENNSYLVANIA,
UPSTATE, NEW YORK AND OTHER NEW
ENGLAND STATES.
IF YO YOU CAN STAY OUT OF IT.
Reporter: IT IS MAKING IT
HAND ON TRAVELERS LOOKING TO
RETURN HOME AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET HOME OR
PLAN B.
WE GO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE
GRANDKIDS HERE.
EVERY FLIGHT GOING INTO
DAYTON, OHIO, HAS BEEN CANCELED
SO FAR, TODAY.
Reporter: OFFICIALS WARN
TRAVELERS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS
IF POSSIBLE.
HEAVY TRAFFIC MAKES IT DIFFICULT
FOR PLOWS TO GET THROUGH.
THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF INTO A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW AS THE NEARS THE COAST.
IRAN HAS ARRESTED PASTOR YOU WAS
AGAIN.
THIS TIME ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE PASTOR WAS ACQUITTED OF
A CHARGE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT HE
WAS TOLD HE WOULD HAVE TO FINISH
HIS THREE YOUR SENTENCE FOR
A DIFFERENT CRIME.
HE DID SERVE ALL 45 DAYS OF THE
SENTENCE AND SET FREE AFTER
POSTING BAIL.
NOW IRANIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM
THAT HE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO
PRISON AND FINISH HIS TIME.
CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS WORRY THAT
HE MAY NOT BE SAFE AFTER HE
SERVES THE 45 DAYS.
> SONIA SOTOMAYOR HAS DENIED A
REQUEST TO BLOCK A PART OF OBAMA
CARE THAT PROVIDES EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE THE MORNING AFTER PILL
AND SISTER DRUGS.
HOBBY LOBBY SUED THE GOVERNMENT
SAYING VIOLATES THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEF.
SOTOMAYOR SAID THERE WAS NO WAY
TO BLOCK THE GROUND ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
THE COMPANY CAN CONTINUE THE
LAWSUIT IN THE LOWER COURTS.
COMPANIES OFFICIALS HAVE TO
DECIDE IF THEY WILL VIOLATE
THEIR FAITH GOING ALONG WITH THE
REGULATION OR PAY A DAILY FINE
OF $1.3 MILLION STARTING
JANUARY 1st IF THEY IGNORE IT.
> GEORGE H.W. BUSH HAS BEEN
ADMITTED THE INTENSIVE CARE IN
A HOUSTON HOSPITAL.
A SPOKESPERSON IS SAYING HE
SUFFERED FROM SEVERAL SETBACKS
INCLUDING A FEVER.
DOCTORS ARE CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS CONDITION.
HE IS 88.
> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE
WILL BE A DEAL ON THE FISCAL
CLIFF BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE BACK IN
WASHINGTON AND PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA CUT HIS HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS
VACATION SHORT TO RETURN TO THE
NATION'S CAPITAL.
IF NO DEAL IS REACHED BY NEW
YEAR'S DAY TAXES WILL GO UP AND
DEEP SPENDING CUTS WILL TAKE
PLACE.
SOMETHING MANY ECONOMISTS AND
LAWMAKERS WARN WOULD BE BAD FOR
THE COUNTRY.
I WANT US NOT TO GO OVER THE
CLIFF.
I THINK IT HURTS OUR ECONOMY AND
COUNTRY.
AND TIMOTHY GEITHNER TOLD
CONGRESS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET
TO HIT THE BORROWING LIMIT ON
MONDAY.
HE IS PREPARING EMERGENCY
MEASURES TO REPAIR A GOVERNMENT
DEFAULT.
> MANY AMERICANS SPENT THEIR
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MOVIE
THEATER.
THEY FLOCKED TO SEE THE FRENCH
CLASSIC, LES MISÉRABLES, THE
MUSICAL BOUGHT IN MORE THAN
$18 MILLION THE FIRST DAY.
GORDON BRINGS US TO LOOK AT THE
FILM.
Reporter: THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON UNIVERSAL PICTURES
PRESENTS THE MUSICAL, LES
MISÉRABLES, BASED ON THE CLASSIC
MASTERPIECE.
SET IN 19th CENTURY FRANCE.
IT IS A STORY OF BROKEN DREAMS.
SACRIFICE AND REDEMPTION.
I'M NOT THE MAN.
Reporter: HUGH JACKMAN
PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE WHO STEALS
BREAD TO FIELD HIS STARVING
NEPHEW AND HUNTED FOR DECADES BY
A POLICEMAN.
WHEN HE STARTS OVER AS
A SUCCESSFUL FACTORY OWNER HE
TAKES IN A LITHS ORPHAN GIRL.
SUCH A THEME OF REF DEMPTION
FOR YOUR CHARACTER.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
UPLIFTING PARTS OF LES
MISÉRABLES FROM THE NOVEL TO THE
MUSICAL.
IN THAT THIS MAN -- IS -- PRETTY
MUCH CAST ASIDE BY SOCIETY AND,
AND -- DEALT A PRETTY BAD BLOW
IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS RECEIVING VIRTUE AND GRACE
IN THE FORM OF THE BISHOP.
HE CHANGES HIS LIFE.
HE SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE
TRYING TO LIVE UP TO THE EXAMPLE
HE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
HE REALLY DOES -- FROM A PLACE
WHERE REDEMPTION SEEMS
IMPOSSIBLE RISE ABOVE IT.
IT IS A GREAT UPLIFTING STORY.
TOP COOPER SAYS THE THEME OF
FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION IS
CLEAR.
THERE IS A VERY STRONG THEME
IN THE FILM THAT NO HUMAN BEING
SHOULD BE BEYOND FORGIVENESS.
THE CHARACTER SHOWS US THAT IT
IS POSSIBLE TO DO AN
EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION.
LES MISÉRABLES BREAKS NEW
GROUND TECHNOLOGICALLY IN THE
AREA OF MUSICAL PRODUCTION.
* [ MUSIC ]
WHAT AMAZED ME, PEOPLE JUST
STARTED APPLAUDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FILM.
IT FELT LIKE A LIVE PERFORMANCE.
YOU GUYS WERE SINGING WITH THE
EARPIECES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?
YES.
THE PROCESS WAS ONE IN WHICH WE
HAD AN EAR PIERCE IN OUR AIR.
THEN A PIANIST OFFSET WHO WAS
PLAYING AN ELECTRIC PEAUNT SO,
PLAYING SILENTLY INTO THE ROOM.
MY NAME IS --
SO THE LITTLE MICROPHONES
PICKING UP WHAT WE WERE SINGING
LIVE.
SO, IF WE SLOWED DOWN, THE
PIANIST WOULD SLOW DOWN.
IF WE SPED UP, HE WOULD SPEED
UP.
THE PIANO WAS REPLACED BY A 70
PIECE ORCHESTRA.
SO, WE HAD FREEDOM.
Reporter: FILMED ON
LOCATION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
THIS PRODUCTION GIVES THE
150-YEAR-OLD TALE A QUALITY THAT
WAS GREAT.
THERE IS NO EASY DAY ON LES
MISÉRABLES.
THERE IS NO LIKE WALK AND TALK
TODAY OR A DINNER PARTY SCENE.
EVERY DAY SOMEHOW REQUIRES --
A LEVEL OF -- EMOTIONAL TRUTH,
VOCALLY.
SOMETHING THAT ASK -- AS AN
ACTOR I NEVER PROBABLY HAD TO DO
BEFORE.
* [ MUSIC ]
WITH THE STELLAR CAST AND
A POWERFUL VOCAL PRESENTATION.
LES MISÉRABLES IS SURE TO BE A
HOLIDAY HIT.
IT IS RATED "PG" 13.
* [ MUSIC ]
THOSE ARE TODAY'S TOP STORIES
FROM CBN NEWS.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" IN
JUST A MOMENT.
> STILL AHEAD.
THEY FINALLY CAME BACK TO US
AND SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH
YOUR DOCUMENT.
LOCKED UP ABROAD.
I REALIZED THIS IS FOR REAL.
AN AMERICAN IS THROW-IN
IRAN'S TOUGHEST PRISON.
THEY BEAT ME FOR ABOUT SIX
HOURS.
TO FACE THE ULTIMATE PENALTY.
IF I'M GOING TO BE HERE THE
REST OF MY LIFE, WHY NOT CHECK
OUT.
THE ONLY WAY NOT TO STAY THERE
WAS TO DIE.
* [ MUSIC ]
GORDON: THE RECESSION HAS
FORCED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO
DELAY THEIR RETIREMENT.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MIKE
AND JENNY MASON.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, MIKE LOST
HIS JOB AND SUDDENLY THE MASON'S
WERE ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
MIKE IS JENNY MASON WERE LOOK
FORWARD TO VISITS FROM THEIR
GRANDCHILDREN.
HAS MIKE ENTERED HIS 60s HE
CAME TO A TERRIBLE CONCLUSION.
NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO
RETIRE.
I THOUGHT THAT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
YEARS OF CREDIT CARD SPENDING
LEFT THE MASON'S IN A DEEP
FINANCIAL HOLE.
WE'RE $44,000 PLUS IN CREDIT
CARD DEBT ONLY.
A 3rd, AT LEAST OF THE
3rd OF THE INCOME COMING IN
GOING TO CREDIT CARD DEBT.
MAYBE MORE.
IN THE MIDST OF THEIR
TROUBLES THE COUPLE MADE AN
IMPORTANT DECISION THEY WERE
PUTTING OFF FOR YEARS.
GENIE AND I MADE A COMMITMENT
TO THY FIRST.
JENNY HANDLED OUR FINANCE.
SHE WAS SO GOOD TO SAY, MIKE
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
WE NEED TO BE THYING.
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN RAISED TO
THAI.
I KNEW THAT IT WAS THE WAY TO
GO.
Reporter: THEY ALSO
INCREASED THEIR GIVING TO CBN.
WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PARTNERS FOR
YEAR.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE PART OF
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING
TIME DURING A DISCOURAGING
PERIOD IN MY LIFE.
SHORTLY AFTER TEETHING MIKE
GOT TERRIBLE NEWS.
HE WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB.
HE CONSIDERED THEIR OPTIONS.
I CONSIDERED BANKRUPTCY THE
ONLY WAY.
IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT WAY.
IT WAS THE ONLY WAY.
I JUST KEPT PRAYING FOR THE
LORD.
THANKING HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GOING
THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT.
Reporter: SO, THEY LEFT
THE BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WITHOUT SIGNING THE PAPERS.
WHEN THEY GOT HOME, THERE WAS AN
UNEXPECTED MESSAGE FROM THE TIRE
PLANT.
IT TURNED OUT THAT MIKE
QUALIFIED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT
BY JUST THREE DAYS.
THE COMPANY OFFER HIM
A SIGNIFICANT BONUSES FOR
RETIRING EARLY.
THE LADY LAID THE PAPERWORK
OUT IN FRONT OF ME.
LOW AND BEHOLD THERE WAS ENOUGH
MONEY THERE TO PAYOFF THE DEBTS.
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INVEST
MONEY AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD
AND TAKE RETIREMENT.
WE WERE FINALLY AT THE POINT,
THINGS WERE A MIRACLE.
MIKE AND JENNY ARE ENJOYING
THEIR RETIREMENT AND
GRANDCHILDREN, FREE FROM THE
FEAR THAT CAME WITH DEBT.
I HAD TO LET GO OF FEAR.
HE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME.
I KNOW THAT NOW.
I FINALLY SURRENDERED MY
FINANCES TO GO.
I WENT FROM DEBT TO OUT OF DEBT
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND --
SOMETHING I COULD HAVE NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT OUR PLANNED ON MY
OWN.
YOU CANNOT OUT GIVE GOD.
YOU CAN'T OUT GIVE GOD.
GORDON: WHEN WE JUST LIVE
IN ACCORDX WITH HIS PRINCIPLES
THINGS JUST SEEM TO LINE UP.
THERE IS NO REAL EXPLAINING IT.
HE JUST DOES THINGS FOR US.
HERE'S HIS PROMISE FROM
AFFICHENS CHAPTER 3 VERSE 20.
FROM HIM HE IS ABLE TO DO
EXCEEDINGLY ABANDONLY FROM WHAT
WE COULD ASK OR THINK ACCORDING
TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US.
NOW, MIKE AND JENNY, THEY DIDN'T
THINK THEY COULD EVER GET OUT OF
DEBT.
MIKE WAS THINKING I WILL NEVER
BE ABLE TO RETIRE.
AND THEN THE UNTHINKABLE
HAPPENED FOR MIKE'S SAYING I'M
NOT GOING TO HAVE A JOB ANYMORE.
I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE INCOME.
HOW CAN I DO THIS?
WELL, JENNY KNEW THE PRINCIPLES
AND SAID I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M
DOING THIS, I'M GOING TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SHUTDOWN.
I'M GOING TO GIVE.
WHEN SHE DID THAT GOD WAS ABLE
TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUDN'TLY
ABOVE ALL.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ASK OR THINK
ABOUT, THEY COULDN'T THINK THEIR
WAY OUT, BUT GOD HAD A WAY FOR
THEM.
YOU CAN DO THAT, TOO.
GOD CAN MAKE A WAY FOR YOU.
WHATEVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE IS.
YOU JUST START LISTENING TO HIM.
YOU START OBEYING WHAT HE SAYS
IN HIS WORD AND THEN THE
ABUNDANCE COMES, EXCEEDINGLY
ABUDN'TLY ABOVE ALL.
TERRY MANY OF YOU LIKE MIKE
AND JENNY HAVE LEARNED THE
SECRET OF GIVING.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU'RE
GIFTS ARE HELPING PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD.
IN HONDURAS YOU HELPED TO SOLVE
A PROBLEM THAT PLAGUED ONE
VILLAGE IT 100 YEARS OF.
Reporter: THIS SMALL
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TUCKED AWAY
IN THE TREES OF THE HONDURAS
MOUNTAINS FOR 100 YEARS.
EVERY DAY RESIDENTS HAVE TO GO
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND BACK UP
AGAIN JUST TO COLLECT FRESH
WATER FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE IS THE ONLY
ONE LEFT IN HER FAMILY WHO CAN
MAKE THE DAILY TRACK.
MY MOM IS 60 YEARS OLD AND MY
BROTHERS GO OUT TO WORK THE
LAND.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO FETCH THE
WATER.
THE HARDEST THING WAS GOING UP
WITH THE BUCKETS ON MY HEAD.
Reporter: SHE MAKES THE
TREK DOWN AND BACK UP THE
MOUNTAIN FOUR TIMES A DAY.
EACH TIME SHE CARRIES AS MUCH AS
50 POUNDS OF WATER ON HER HEAD.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE
WATE TIME SHE CARRIES AS MUCH AS
50 POUNDS OF WATER ON HER HEAD.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE
WATE NEARBY.
I THOUGHT AFTER -- I MA MARRY MY
CHILDREN WOULD HAVE TO DO WHAT
MY MOM DID.
Reporter: MANY
ORGANIZATIONS TRIED TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.
OPERATION BLESSING ARRIVED WITH
A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT THE
VILLAGE'S 100 YEAR DELEM HA CAME
TO AN END.
FIRST WE RAN A PIPE FROM THE
FRESHWATER SPRING TO A HOLDING
TANK.
RUN PIPES FROM THE WATER TANK TO
EACH 15 HOMES IN THE HILL TOP
COMMUNITY.
NOW, EVERY FAMILY HAS RUNNING
WATER.
NO ONE IS MORE GRATEFUL.
THAT DAY I JUMPED FOR JOY.
I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I THOUGHT
I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO CLIMB UP
THAT AGAIN.
THANK YOU OPERATION BLESSINGS
FOR MAKING THE DREAM COME TRUE.
THANK YOU.
Terry: 5 50 POUNDS OF WATER
FOUR TIMES A DAY UP A HILL.
LOOKING AT THAT AS SOME JOB,
SOME NEED YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO DO FOR YOUR
ENTIRE LIFE.
TALK ABOUT HOPELESSNESS.
TALK ABOUT FRUSTRATION AND THEN,
CBN PARTNERS YOU CAME INTO THE
MIDST OF THAT NEED AND HELPED US
FIND A CREATIVE ANSWER TO THE
PROBLEM THIS VILLAGE WAS FACING.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD WHO CAN'T TAKE
A CLEAN DRINK OF WATER EVERY DAY
WITHOUT WALKING LONG DISTANCES
JUST TO GET IT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DILEMMA.
THAT'S JUST WATER.
YOU'RE HELPING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE LIVES OF
SO MANY PEOPLE.
TODAY WE WANT TO ASK IF YOU'RE
NOT A "THE 700 CLUB" MEMBER,
WOULD YOU CONSIDER GOING TO YOUR
PHONE RIGHT NOW AND SAYING I
WANT TO BECOME A PART OF
CHANGING THE WORLD WITH THE LOVE
OF JESUS.
YOU CAN DO THAT CALLING THE TOLL
FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.
JUST CALL AND SAY THAT I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF CLUB LEVELS
THAT WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT TO
JOIN AT.
A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IS 65-CENTS
A DAY, $25 A MONTH.
THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT,
BUT WHEN WE LINK ARMS TOGETHER.
WE BECOME AN ARMY OF PEOPLE OUT
TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
SO, PLEASE CALL NOW.
WHEN YOU DO, YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DO IT USING EXPRESS.
YOUR BANK DOES ALL OF THE WORK.
I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER
STAMPS, ENVELOPES, MAILING.
IT IS DONE FOR YOU.
IT SAVES US A LOT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE CAWS AND OUR WAY
OF SAYING THANK YOU, IS SENDING
YOU POWER FOR LIFE TEACHING.
WE GET HERE AS STAFF HAS CBN.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE IT WITH
YOU.
YOU GET ONE OF YOUR VERY OWN.
WE THINK IT WILL TOUCH YOUR LIFE
WITH THE LORD AS YOU ARE
CHANGING LIVES AROUND THE WORLD.
CALL NOW, GORDON.
GORDON: COMING UP -- AN
AMERICAN IS ACCUSED OF SPYING IN
IRAN.
THEY PUT US IN PRISON CLOTHES
AND THEY BLINDFOLDED US AGAIN.
THEN THEY LED US DOWN INTO THE
BASISMENT AND PUT ME INTO ONE
PRISON CELL AND MY FRIEND INTO
ANOTHER ONE.
THERE I WAS IMPRISONED IN IRAN.
FOUND OUT WHO HE MET BEHIND
BARS NEXT.
Terry: THE MISSION
EVANGELIST DAN BAUMANN DEPUTY
TRAVELED THE WORLD TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL AND IN 1996, THE MOST
DANGEROUS JOURNEY YET.
A TWO WEEK VISIT TO IRAN.
ME AND A FRIEND FELT LIKE WE
WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON A TWO
WEEK VISIT INTO IRAN.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COUNTRY.
FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE.
WHILE WE WERE LEAVING THE
COUNTRY.
IT WAS CROSSING THE BORDER -- WE
HAND IN OUR DOCUMENTS TO BE
STAMPED OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND
WE DIDN'T GET THEM BACK.
IT WAS ABOUT SIX HOURS LATER
THEY FINALLY CAME BACK TO US AND
SAID, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH
YOUR DOCUMENTS.
THE REALITY IS THAT I HAD DEALT
WITH BEFORE I WENT, LIKE WHAT IF
YOU HAD A PROBLEM.
WHAT IF THERE COULD BE
COMPLICATIONS BEING AN AMERICAN.
YEAH.
IT ALL CAME TO THE SURFACE.
I REALIZED, WOW.
I COULD REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM.
LIKE THIS IS FOR REAL.
YEAH.
MY WALK WITH THE LORD AND IN
MANY DANGEROUS PLACES I ALWAYS
SEEN GOD COME THROUGH.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN, THE THOUGHT
HIT ME, WELL, WHAT IF THIS IS
DIFFERENT.
THEY SEPARATED ME AND MY FRIEND.
TOOK ME INTO TOGETHER ROOM AND
BEAT ME FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS.
KICKING ME AND HITTING ME.
AFTER THOSE SIX HOURS THEY
DRAGGED ME BACK DOWN TO THE
LOBBY WHERE I MET MY FRIEND
AGAIN WHO HAD BEEN BEATEN IN
ANOTHER ROOM.
THEY PUT US IN PRISON CLOTHES
AND BLINDFOLDED US AGAIN AND
THEN HELD US DOWN IN THE
BASEMENT AND PUT ME INTO ONE
PRISON CELL AND MY FRIEND INTO
ANOTHER ONE.
THERE I WAS IN PRISON IN IRAN.
IT WAS OUT OF MY HANDS.
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
EITHER GOD WOULD DO A MIRACLE I
HERE I WOULD STAY THERE.
THERE WAS NO SENSE OF FEELING
GOD.
I FELT LIKE GOD WAS FAR AWAY.
ALL THAT I COULD REALLY TRUST
HIM WAS HIS CHARACTER.
THAT HIS CHARACTER WOULD BE TRUE
NO MATTER WHAT I WAS FEELING AND
NO MATTER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE I
WAS GOING THROUGH.
THEY PUT ME IN A CELL IN
ISOLATION.
HAD A LIGHT IN ONE CORNER.
I WAS ON 24 HOURS A DAY.
IT WAS IN THE WINTER TIME.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY SNOW OUTSIDE,
BUT THE HEATER DIDN'T WORK WELL.
THEY ONLY LET ME OUT OF THE ROOM
TO BE INTERROGATED WHICH WAS
ONES A DAY OR SOMETIMES NOT AT
ALL.
THEY WOULD LEAD ME DOWN THIS
HALLWAY AND TAKE ME INTO THE
INTERROGATION ROOM, AN UGLY
ROOM.
IT THE BLOOD STAINS ON THE
FLOOR.
VERY DARK AND MURKY.
IT WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST
TERRIFYING PART OF THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE.
THE BEATINGS WOULD START.
THEY WOULD BE SLAPPING IN THE
FACE.
HITTING IN THE STOMACH.
SOMETIMES KICKING.
I STRUGGLED WITH FAITH, WAS GOD
WITH ME?
DID HE LOVE ME?
IF GOD IS GOOD, WHY WOULD HE
ALLOW ME IN THE SITUATION.
I REMEMBER ONE DAY I WOKE UP AND
I WAS DONE INSIDE.
I REMEMBER WAKING UP THAT DAY
THINKING TO MYSELF, IF I'M GOING
TO BE HERE THE REST OF MY LIFE,
WHY NOT CHECK OUT?
MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS NOT TO STAY
THERE.
THE ONLY WAY NOT TO STAY THERE
WAS TO DIE.
I STUCK MY HEAD IN THE SINK.
I FILLED IT UP AND TIED ONE END
TO A BRACKET, PUT IT OVER MY
HEAD.
THEN HOPEFULLY, WOULD TIE THE
OTHER END TIGHT.
THINKING THAT WITH MY HEAD IN
THE WATER IN A FEW MINUTES I
WOULD BE GONE.
FOUR TIMES I TRIED TO KILL
MYSELF.
EVERY TIME I TRY I WAS TOO
SCARED TO TIE THE OTHER END.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LAST
TIME.
AGAIN I TRIED.
AGAIN I WAS LIKE, COME ON DO IT.
AGAIN, I COULDN'T DO IT.
I COULDN'T TIE IT TIGHT.
I REMEMBER AT THAT MOMENT,
JERKING MY HEAD OUT OF THE
WATER.
IF I WAS EVER AWARE OF MY
BROKENNESS, I WAS AWARE OF IT AT
THAT MOMENT.
I REMEMBER FALLING DOWN ON THE
GROUND.
I WAS BROKEN.
IF I WAS EVER AWARE OF MY SHAME,
I WAS AWARE OF MY SHAME AT THAT
MOMENT.
I REMEMBER LYING DOWN ON THE
GROUND IN THAT MOMENT ALL OF THE
SUDDEN THE ROOM FILLS WITH THE
GLORIOUS LIGHT.
I TURN AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON AND THERE IS JESUS.
HE'S STANDING IN FRONT OF ME
WITH THIS BIG GRIN AND SMILE ON
THIS FACE.
IT WAS AT THAT LOWEST POINT THAT
HE MET ME.
HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE STRETCHES
OUT HIS HANDS AND PUTS THEM
UNDERNEATH ME LIKE THIS.
IN THE VISION, AS I SEE JESUS.
HE LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS THIS.
HE SAID, DAN I LOVE YOU.
I PROMISE TO CARRY YOU THROUGH
THIS MATERIAL.
FROM THAT DAY, UNTIL THIS DAY, I
HAVE NEVER HAD THOSE THOUGHTS
AGAIN.
THAT'S WHO JESUS IS.
HE MEETS US AT OUR LOWEST.
HE CAN RESCUE US FROM THE DEPTHS
OF US.
HE WANTS TO GIVE US LIFE IN THE
MIDST OF THE PAIN OF LIFE.
HE MEETS US AND HE LOVES US AND
HE WANTS TO RESCUE US NO MATTER
WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
Terry: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
MORE OF DANIEL'S STORY IN JUST
A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, HE FOUND HIMSELF IN
SOME EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNEXPECTED EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES.
LIFE IS KIND OF LIKE THAT ISN'T
IT?
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN THAT WE
DON'T SEE COMING.
THINGS HAPPEN THAT OUR EMOTION
EARLY DEVASTATING.
LOSS HAPPENS THAT IS INCREDIBLY
PAINFUL AND THOSE SAME QUESTIONS
COME UP FOR US THAT ATTACKED
DANIEL'S HEART AND MIND IN THAT
CELL.
GOD ARE YOU REAL?
DO YOU SEE ME?
ARE YOU HERE?
DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS?
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET
AN ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.
SOMETIMES WE'RE THERE FOR
A SEASON, FOR A WINDOW OF TIME,
BUT WHAT DANIEL LEARNED IN THE
MIDST OF ALL OF THAT, WAS THAT
JESUS SAID, JESUS WAS WHO HE
SAID HE WAS.
THAT HE DID STAY WITH HIM.
THAT HE DID GIVE HIM EVERYTHING
THAT HE NEEDED TO ENDURE UNTIL
HE CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT'S TRUE FOR YOU, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING
TODAY, BUT DON'T FACE IT ALONE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE --
COME TO A PLACE WHERE -- YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE
ANYMORE.
IT IS OKAY.
JESUS GETS THAT.
HE'LL MEET YOU RIGHT THERE AT
THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
HE DOESN'T ASK US TO GET GOOD
ENOUGH.
HE DOESN'T ASK US TO UNDERSTAND
ENOUGH OR TO HAVE FAITH ENOUGH.
HE SAYS, LET ME BE THAT FOR YOU.
LET ME BE THAT IN YOU.
LET ME MEET YOU AT THAT PLACE.
WHERE THERE IS NO MORE OF YOU.
LET ME SEW IT UP WITH ALL OF ME.
GOD WANTS TO DO THAT FOR YOU
TODAY.
WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
COME TO HIM.
REACH OUT TO HIM.
HE'S THE.
HE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
NOW, REACH OUT AND TAKE HIS
HAND.
LISTEN, HIS MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY
IS -- YOUR MY IDEA, I CREATED
YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
I HAVE A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR
YOU.
COME TO ME.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS.
COME TO ME.
LET ME TAKE ON YOUR BURDEN.
HE WANTS TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
HE WANTS TO TAKE ON -- YOUR SIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALIZATION
THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO COME TO,
THAT IS THAT WE'RE SINNERS IN
NEED OF A SAVIOR.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHEN
YOU HAVE RUN OUT OF ANSWERS.
WHERE YOU ARE RUN OUT OF YOUR
OWN ABILITY.
I'M YOU COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH
YOURSELF.
TODAY, JESUS WANTS TO GIVE YOU
A NEW PATH.
A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
A NEW DOOR TO WALK THROUGH.
FREEDOM.
FREEDOM FROM YOUR PAST.
FREEDOM FROM YESTERDAY'S
MISTAKES.
FORGIVENESS.
THE ABILITY TO OFFER THAT TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT AND WOUNDED
YOU.
WILL YOU ACCEPT IT TODAY?
IT IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO
WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE
LORD.
LET'S JUST PRAY RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TALK TO HIM ABOUT YOUR
NEED.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU THE WAY THAT
DANIEL KNOWS YOU.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE
WITH ME AND THE MIDDLE OF MY
NEED, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY
INADEQUACY, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY
LONEYNESS.
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SHAPE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PAIN.
I'M COMING TO YOU AND I'M
SAYING, BE THE SAVIOR OF MY
SOUL.
I KNOW I'M A SINNER.
I KNOW YOU NEED TO BE REDEEMED.
SO, JESUS, I'M ASKING YOU TO
COME INTO MY HEART AND LIFE.
I'M ASKING YOU ALSO TO BE -- MY
LORD.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO
LIVE FOR YOU.
I WENT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT
YOUR WAYS AND WHO YOU ARE AND
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN MY LIFE.
SO, TEACH ME.
FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
TAKE ANYTHING THAT I AM AND ALL
THAT I HAVE AND USE IT IN
WHATEVER WAY YOU WILL.
I WENT TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH
YOU.
I WANT TO BE WITH YOU,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN CREATED
ME FOR.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, THEN YOU HAVE BEGUN AN
INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIP THAT
WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
SO, WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
YOU PRAYED THE PRAYER, NOW IT IS
TIME TO REALLY GET TO KNOW HIM.
WE PUT TOGETHER A PACK FOR THE
YOU.
IT IS FREE.
IT IS CALLED A NEW DAY.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEGUN A NEW DAY
IN YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS FILLED WITH INFORMATION
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
INFORMATION ON HOW DO YOU MOVE
FORWARD AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO LIVE WITH JESUS' DAY TO
DAY.
WE WILL SEND THIS TO YOU FREE.
EVEN THE NUMBER IS FREE.
THERE'S NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.
JUST SAY THAT I JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAY, I WOULD LIKE TO NEW
DAYPACKT, WE WILL GET IT OUT TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO TAKE YOU
BACK TO DANIEL'S STORY.
GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
NEGOTIATED FOR HIS RELEASE BUT
TO NO AVAIL.
THE DAYS DANIEL SPENT BEHIND
BARS TURNED TO WEEKS.
THE RANNENS WE'RE GETTING READY
TO PUT HIM ON TRIAL.
GOD BEGAN TO CHALLENGE ME
WITH HIS LOVE FOR HOUR ENEMIES.
HE SAID THIS, DAN, ASK ME WHAT I
THINK ABOUT THIS MAN.
HE ASKED ME THE QUESTION ABOUT
THE MAN WHO WAS MY
INTERROGATEDDER.
THE MAN WHO BEAT ME, THE MAN WHO
HATED ME THE MOST.
IT WAS A FEW DAYS INTO IT, I
ASKED GOD, OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS MAN.
AT THAT MOMENT, YEAH.
MY HEART OPENED UP I BEGAN TO
SEE GOD WAS LOVE FOR THIS MAN.
HE LOVED HIM FROM THE BEGINNING.
HE MADE HIM, HE LOVED HIS
FAMILY.
I NEVER FORGET THE LAST DAY I
SAW HIM.
I REMEMBER ON THIS DAY THINKING
OH, MY GOSH WHAT IS HE GOING TO
TODAY.
AT THAT MOMENT I REMEMBER
LOOKING AT HIM AND SAID THIS, I
SAID, SIR, IF I'M GOING TO SEE
YOU THE REST OF MY LIFE EVERY
DAY, WHY DON'T WE BECOME
FRIENDS.
HE IS LIKE, NO THAT IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
I SAID, SIR YOU CAN START BY
TELLING ME YOUR NAME.
I STUCK OUT MY HAND TO HIM AND
SAID, SIR, LET'S BE FRIENDS.
HAS I STUCK OUT MY HAND TO STEAK
HIS HAND HE JUST STOOD THERE AND
FROZE.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE STARTED
TO SHAKE.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN I SAW HIS HAND
CREAM TOWARDS MINE AND HE SHOOK
MY HAND AND AS HE IS SHAKING MY
HAND AND SAW THE TEARS STARTING
TO ROLL DOWN HIS FACE.
FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES HE JUST
SHOOK MY HAND AND TEARS
STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE.
HE FINALLY LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS
THIS, DAN, HE CALLS ME BY MY
NAME.
MY NAME IS PROZAC.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR FRIEND.
IT CAUSED ME TO SEE THAT THERE
IS NO HEART-TO-HEART FOR JESUS.
THAT HE CAN CHANGE THE HARDEST
HEART.
GOD TAUGHT ME TO LOVE MY
ENEMIES.
I HEARD THE GUARDS TALKING ABOUT
THE FOREIGNERS.
ME AND MY FRIEND.
THEY ARE CHRISTIANS.
THEY FOLLOW JESUS AND ANOTHER
ONE SAID, OH, THESE FOREIGNERS,
THEY KNEW THEY COULD HAVE
PROBLEMS WHEN THEY CAME HERE,
BUT THEY HAVE PURPOSE.
THEY HAVE A REASON TO LIVE AND A
REASON TO DIE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
I HEARD THREE OF THESE MEN SAY,
YEAH, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
FOLLOW JESUS.
WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THEIR WAY.
IF THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON
WHY GOD ALLOWED ME DOWN THERE,
SO BE IT.
JUST LIKE, THOSE GUARDS IN
PRISON, I LONG FOR PEOPLE TO
KNOWED TO HOW GOOD JESUS IS.
THAT HE IS RESCUE US IN THE
MIDST OF PAIN, IN THE MIDST OF
OUR SHAME AND BROKENNESS.
HE WANTS TO MEET US.
HE IS GOOD NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE
GOING THROUGH.
THAT HE LOVES US.
I FOUND OUTED INDIRECTLY THAT I
WAS UNDER TWO DEATH SENTENCES.
ONE FOR BEING ADMISSIONARY.
ONE FOR BEING A SPY.
AGAIN IN THAT PRISON I HEARD
EXECUTIONS QUITE REGULARLY.
IT WAS MY MOMENT IN THE
COURTROOM I STOOD ON THE STAND,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM,
VIDEO CAMERAS, JUDGES.
THEN CAME THE QUESTION -- TELL
US TODAY, SIR, WHY, WHY DID YOU
COME TO IRAN.
SOMETHING ROSE UP WITHIN ME,
YEAH.
THE POWER OF GOD.
I REMEMBER LOOKING THAT JUDGE
AND SAYING THIS -- I CAME TO
IRAN TO TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS
CHRIST.
WHEN I SAID THAT, I'M LIKE, WHAT
DID I SAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN
I SAID IT AGAIN AND THEN I SAID
IT AGAIN.
THEN SOMETHING STARTED TO GROW
IN MY HEART AND FOR ABOUT 20
MINUTES I JUST PREACHED THE
GOSPEL.
I TOLD EVERY ONE IN THAT
COURTROOM, I TOLD EVERY ONE WHO
COULD HEAR ME ABOUT ABOUT WHO
JESUS IS AND THEY LOVED HIM.
THEN I REALIZED SOMETHING.
I'M FREE.
I'M FREE.
SO WHAT IF THEY KILL ME.
MY LIFE IS BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD
OF JESUS.
MY HOME IS IN HEAVEN.
NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY.
I REALIZED THAT IN THE MIDST OF
DEATH ITSELF, GOD GAVE ME THE
GRACE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK THE
TRUTH AND IN DOING SO IT BROUGHT
FREEDOM IN MY HEART KNOWING THAT
THIS LIFE ISN'T IT.
THERE IS MORE AND I'M GOING HOME
ONE DAY.
NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY.
Terry: DANIEL HAS ETERNAL
LIFE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE ONE
WHO OFFERS IT.
IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, TOO.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG TO
JESUS.
WHAT THE MEANS TO BE SET FREE
FROM YOUR SIGNS AND HAVE A NEW
BEGINNING, CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN.
SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END OF THE
LINE HAS PRAYED THE SAME PRAYER
OF SALVATION THAT DANIEL HAS
PRAYED AND WOULD LOVE TO SHARE
WITH YOU TODAY.
SO, PLEASE CALL.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE
FROM DAN BAUMANN GO TO OUR
WEBSITE FOR A WEB EXTRA.
> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
DON'T GO AWAY.
GORDON: COMING UP --
THE C WORD, IT IS
A DEVASTATING WORD.
GORDON: HE BEAT CANCER.
BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, I
WAS A VERY SICK, SICK MAN.
THEN THE REAL FIGHT BEGAN.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST
COMING ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER.
GORDON: ONE SURVIVOR'S
STORY ON TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."
Terry: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
EGYPT'S PREGNANT, MORSY IS
SAYING THE COUNTRY'S DISPUTED
ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION ESTABLISH
AS FEW REPUBLICAN.
IT WAS JUST APPROVED BY A PUBLIC
REFERENDUM, BUT OLYMPICS
QUESTION ITS LEGITIMACY, IT WAS
PASSED WITH A LOW VOTER TURNOUT.
IT RESTRICTS FREEDOM AND IGNORES
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND MINORITY
AND MORSY DISAGREES.
> GUNMAN KILLED AT LEAST FIVE
PEOPLE IN AN ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING OUTSIDE OF A VILLAGE IN
NORTHEAST NIGERIA.
FOUR OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.
THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN A CHURCH,
BUT A STATE POLICEMAN IS SAYING
IT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE
ELSEWHERE IN THE VILLAGE.
NO ONE TOOK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ATTACK.
THE ISLAMIC GROUP IT HAS KILLED
DOZENS OF CHRISTIANS IN ATTACKS
ON CHRISTMAS.
> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM OUR CBN NEWS, GO TO
OUR WEBSITE.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF THE "THE 700 CLUB"
AFTER THIS.
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GORDON: FOR 2 1/2 YEARS,
BOB BRUCE LIVED IN AGONY.
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A SIP OF
WATER FELT LIKE A KNIFE TO HIS
THROAT.
BOB'S PAIN DIDN'T COME FROM HIS
CANCER.
IT CAME AFTER HIS TREATMENT.
THE C WORD, IT JUST, IT IS
A DEVASTATING WORD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WHOLE
WORLD STARTS CRASHING IN.
JUST WEEKS BEFORE HE RECEIVED
THE STARTLING DIAGNOSIS, BOB
BRUCE FELT AN UNUSUAL GROWTH BY
HIS JAW LINE.
I KIND OF LOOKED UP AND THERE
WERE TWO PEA SIZED LUMPS THERE.
I THOUGHT, THOSE WERE NOT THERE
BEFORE, I DON'T REMEMBER THEM
BEFORE.
INITIALLY HE WAS NOT WORRIED.
AFTER THREE BIOPSIES, DOCTORS
SAID THE TUMORS WERE BENIGN, BUT
HE SHOULD HAVE THEM REMOVED.
THEY WERE CANCEROUS AFTER ALL.
HIS WIFE WAS IN THE WAITING ROOM
WHEN DOCTORS DELIVERED THE NEWS.
IT WAS A BIG SHOCK.
HE SAID, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN IT
IS CANCER.
IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING WHEN
YOU GET A CANCER DIAGNOSIS WITH
WHAT TO DO.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE
WHAT TO DO.
BOB REQUIRED ANOTHER SURGERY
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
DOCTORS REMOVED THE CANCEROUS
MASSES AND THE AFFECTED LYMPH
NODES AND SALIVA GLANDS.
TEST SHOWED THAT BOB HAD AN
EXTREMELY RARE AND FAST GROWING
CANCER OF THE SOME VERY GLANDS.
AT THE TIME OF HIS DIAGNOSIS
ONLY 31 CASES IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS SO DRAW NATICK AND
CAME SO FAST AND SO AGGRESSIVE.
IT HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT UPON
BOTH MY WIFE AND II.
BOB AND GLORIA DID THE ONLY
THING THEY COULD DO.
THEY PRAYED FOR HIS HEALING.
WE ASKED FOR PRAYER FROM
EVERY CONCEIVABLE PLACE WE KNEW
ABOUT.
WE WERE ON THE PRAYER LIST.
OUR FRIENDS, CHURCH FAMILY, "THE
700 CLUB" AND PEOPLE WERE
PRAYING FOR US.
Reporter: DOCTORS FOUGHT
THE CANCER WITH MULTIPLE SURGE
HEARS AND AGGRESSIVE RADDATION
TREATMENTS.
I HAD 35 TREATMENTS AND GOT
THROUGH SEVEN OR EIGHT THINKING
THIS IS NOT BAD AT ALL, BUT IT
IS VERY CUMULATIVE AND, BY THE
TIME IT WAS OVER, I WAS A VERY
SICK, SICK MAN.
Reporter: THE CANCER
TREATMENTS APPEARED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY LEFT BOB
WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND
DISCOMFORTN'T HIS TASTE BUDS
WERE DESTROYED.
THE OPENING OF HIS THROAT WAS
REDUCED TO THE SIZE OF A PEN.
HE HAD ULCERS IN HIS MOUTH AND
THROAT.
I COULD NOT EAT ANYTHING.
AFTER ABOUT -- 400 DAYS THEN I
WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME, LIKE
PUDDING OUR YOGURT, BUT IT FELT
LIKE I HAD A KNIFE IN MY THROAT
AND ANYTHING THAT PASSED THAT
WAS TOO EXCRUCIALATING.
SO, I WANT ON A 434 DAY FAST.
I WAS SUSTAINED BY A TUBE IN MY
STOMACH WITH 8-OUNCE CAN OF,
LIKE A BOOST, THAT IS
PRESCRIPTION, IT IS VERY
POWERFUL.
Reporter: IT BECAUSE BOB'S
GLANDS WERE REMOVED.
HE HAD TO SIT WATER CONTINUOUSLY
TO KEEP HIS MOUTH MOIST.
I HAD A COTTONMOUTH 24/7.
MY MOUTH WAS SO DRY, MY TONGUE
WOULD CLING TO THE ROOF OF MY
MOUTH.
WHEN I WOULD LIE DOWN, MY NOSE
WOULD GET CLOGGED UP.
I WOULD HAVE TO BREATHE LOW MY
MOUTH, THAT WAS NOT GOOD.
I SLEPT TWO THE THREE YEARS IN
A CHAIR SITTING UP.
IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY, UM,
TENSE TIME.
VERY DIFFICULT.
AS ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST
COMING, YOU KNOW, ONE RIGHT
AFTER ANOTHER.
HE NEVER GIVEN UP.
FACED -- THAT THE LORD WAS GOING
TO SEE HIM THROUGH, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT EVER THAT MEANT.
WE KNEW THAT WE KNEW THAT WE
WERE IN THE HANDS OF GOD.
IT DID NOT LESSEN ANY OF THE
PAIN.
ANY OF THE SUFFERING.
ANY OF WHAT WE HAD TO GO
THROUGH, BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAD
A PEACE AND THAT PEACE WAS
BEYOND UNDERSTANDING.
Reporter: AFTER 2 1/2
YEARS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, BOB
WAS IN FOR A SURPRISE.
WE WERE WORSHIPING AND --
WHILE IN WORSHIP I FELT THE
PRESENCE OF GOD COME OVER ME.
LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THE PRESENCE
OF GOD, BUT NEVER LIKE THIS.
I KNEW THAT I WAS BEING
MIRACULOUS TOUCH.
BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAD
SALIVA COME INTO MY MOUTH.
WHERE THERE WERE NO SALIVA
GLANDS.
I HAD A -- RESTRUCKATIVE MIRACLE
GOING ON MY LIFE.
I COULD FEEL THE SALIVA FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
IT IS JUST THERE.
WHEN BOB TOLD ME THE SALIVA
WAS PRESENT, YOU KNOW, AS WE
WERE SITTING THERE IN CHURCH, I
KNEW THAT IT HAD TO BE A
MIRACLE.
WE HAD NO IDEA HOW THIS COULD
BE POSSIBLE.
EXCEPT THAT GOD HAD DONE SOME
SORT OF CREATIVE MIRACLE.
SO, WE JUST PRAISED THE LORD
TOGETHER.
AND THEN BOB'S ULCERS
DISAPPEARED.
HIS TASTE BUDS WERE RESTORED.
HE WAS ABLE TO SWALLOW.
I COULD START EATING ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING WITH NO
RESTRICTIONS.
I WAS LIKE A KID IN A CANDY
STORE.
BAUD'S DOCTOR WAS NOW ABLE TO
STRETCH HIS ESOPHAGUS, CLOSE
TOOTED ORANGE SIZE.
THOUGH HE CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR
THE NEW SALIVARY GLANDS.
I KNOW OF ANYONE THAT, WE
DON'T KNOW -- IF THE SALIVARY
GLANDS COULD REGAIN THEIR
FUNCTIONS.
HE DOES HAVE FUNCTION.
SO, MEDICALLY WE CANNOT EXPLAIN
THAT.
Reporter: BOB HAS BEEN
CANCER FREE FOR TEN YEARS AND IS
STILL PRAISING GOD FOR THE POWER
OF PRAYER.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMUTE WITH
THE LORD.
THANK HIM.
KNOW THAT -- THAT HE DID IT.
NO ONE ELSE EVER DID IT.
THROUGH HIM BE THE GLORY.
GORDON: SEEN A LOT OF
MIRACLE STORIES.
THAT ONE JUST BRINGS TEARS TO MY
EYES.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT BOB WENT
THROUGH?
HOW LONG HE WENT THROUGH IT.
I WAS THINKING, COULD I DO THAT?
COULD I HOLD ON TO THE PEACE OF
GOD THROUGH ULCERS IN MY MOUTH.
THROUGH THE INABILITY TO EVEN
SWALLOW?
EVEN WATER WOULD FEEL LIKE A
KNIFE IN MY THROAT.
WOULD I HOLD ONTO MY JOY?
WOULD I STILL BE ABLE TO BE IN
CHURCH, RAISING MY HANDS AND
PRAISING GOD?
BOB FOUND ONE OF THE GREAT
SECRETS.
THAT IT IS WHEN WE HAVE PRAYER
WITH THANKSGIVING, WITH
THANKSGIVING, THAT'S WHEN WE
PRAISE HIM, EVERYTHING THAT HAS
BREATH, PRAISE THE LORD.
WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN THE
PRESENCE COMES.
HE'S ENTHRONED IN OUR PRAISE.
HE IS ENTHRONED IN IT.
WHEN WE HAVE HIM, ENTHRONED
WELL, THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THE
MIRACLE POWER YOU NEED.
NOW SOMETIMES WITH CHRONIC
DISEASE, IT IS VERY COMMON, I'M
NOT TRYING TO CONDEMN ANYBODY OR
BLAME ANYBODY, WE TEND TO TAKE
IT OUT ON GOD.
THEN WE START ASKING EVEN THE
SIMPLE QUESTION WHY?
GOD.
EVEN THAT QUESTION, WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE IS ARGUMENTATIVE.
STARTS TO SAY, CAN I REALLY
TRUST YOU?
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE SOURCE
OF HEALING AND THE SOURCE OF
DELIVERANCE, WE START TO
QUESTION.
WE START TO SEPARATE OURSELVES.
WELL, PRAISE.
IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULTY,
PRAISE LIKE PAUL, WHEN YOU ARE
IN JAIL AND YOUR FEET ARE BOUND
BY STOCKS AND IT IS LOOKING
REALLY BAD, THEY START
SINGING -- THEN THE EARTHQUAKE
CAME.
NOW WHAT MIRACLE DO YOU NEED?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN CRYING OUT?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN QUESTIONS GOD
ABOUT?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SAYING?
GOD, WHY DID YOU PUT ME HERE?
CAN YOU FROM THAT PLACE SAY, ALL
RIGHT, I'LL PRAISE YOU, I'LL
PRAISE YOU, I'LL ENTHROWN YOU IN
PRAISE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE INCREDIBLE
MIRACLES.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE PRAY, WE WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU, SOME OTHER
PEOPLE JUST LIKE BOB WHO HAD
MIRACLES HAPPEN TO THEM AND
STARTED THINKING IT CAN HAPPEN
TO ME.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ME.
GOD LOVES ME.
HE WANTS TO HEAL ME.
HE WANTS TO BRING DELIVERANCE TO
ME.
THESE THOUGHTS LEAD TO THAT.
LEAD TO THAT MOMENT OF FAITH.
YOU CAN PRAY FOR YEARS, BUT IT
IS THAT MOMENT OF FAITH WHEN,
WHEN YOU BELIEVE FOR A MOMENT
THEN IT HAPPENS.
HERE'S ONE, IT IS MARTHA -- FROM
TEXAS.
SHE HAD PROBLEMS IN HER RIGHT
EYE FOR TWO YEARS.
HER EYE WAS RED, SHE WOULD LOSE
HER SIGHT AT TIMES.
SHE WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN.
ISN'T THAT GREAT.
GOD LOVES EVEN NON CHRISTIANS.
THAT IS GREAT.
HE LUSKS YOU.
ONE DAY HER SISTER PERSUADED
HERE TO WATCH "THE 700 CLUB."
DURING THE "THE 700 CLUB," TERRY
HAD A KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAVE A LEAKING BLOOD VESSEL
IN THE BACK OF YOUR EYE AND LOST
VISION FROM IT.
MARTHA'S SISTER LOOKS AT HER AND
SAID THAT IS YOU.
WITHIN 5 MINUTES ALL OF THE
REDNESS WAS GONE FROM HER
EYEBALL AND SHE COULD SEE
CLEARLY.
BECAUSE OF THE MIRACLE MARTHA
WENT TO CHURCH, IMAGINE THAT,
THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY AND BECAME
A BELIEVER.
Terry: AMEN, THIS IS
AWESOME.
THIS IS MICHELLE FROM NEW YORK.
SHE SUFFERED FROM TERRIBLE PAIN
IN BOTH OF HER KNEES.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WALK BECAUSE
OF THE SHOOTING PAIN IN HER
LEGS.
SHE LIVED WITH THIS FOR TWO
YEARS.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING THE
PROGRAM.
HEARD GORDON GIVE A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PAIN IN
BOTH KNEES AND SHOOTING PAGES
GOING DOWN YOUR LEGS.
GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.
SHE RUBBED HER KNEES AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS MICHELLE
IS ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT ANY PAIN
AT ALL.
GORDON: THAT CAN HAPPEN TO
YOU, THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
JUST BELIEVE AND PRAISE HIM FOR
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
REALIZE THAT THE VERY BREATH YOU
HAVE IS A MIRACLE.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN HEAR MY
VOICE AND UNDERSTAND WORDS IS
A MIRACLE.
MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING ALL
AROUND US ALL OF THE TIME.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT
AND GRAB IT.
JESUS ANNOUNCED THE GOOD NEWS.
THE TIME IS FULFILLED.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.
CHANGE YOUR THINKING.
BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS.
NOW, IF THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
THAT HAND.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN REACH
RIGHT UP AND GET IT.
SO, DO THAT.
DO WHAT BOB DID.
HE REACHED RIGHT UP.
HE RAISED HIS HAND.
HE BEGAN TO PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT
HHE HAS DONE.
FOR THE BREATH THAT HE HAS.
FOR THE TIME THAT HE HAS.
THEN JESUS CAME.
HEALED HIM.
HE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.
HE'LL CREATE NEW SALIVA GLANDS.
HE'LL CREATE WHATEVER YOU NEED
AND BE THERE FOR YOU.
RIGHT NOW LET'S PRAY.
LORD JESUS WE JUST COME TO YOU.
WE PRAISE YOU.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.
THAT YOU CAME.
YOU WERE BORN IN A MANAGER.
YOU LIVED IN TIME -- YOU WERE
SUBJECTED TO ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE SUBJECTED TO.
YOU WERE ALWAYS TEMPTED AS WE
ARE.
YET YOU WERE OBEDIENT AND
OBEDIENT EVEN TO THE POINT OF
THE CROSS.
WHERE SOLDIERS TOOK YOU AND BEAT
YOU.
BECAUSE BY YOUR STRIPES, WE ARE
HEALED.
YOU DID IT ALL BECAUSE YOU LOVED
US.
YOU LOVED US SO MUCH THAT YOU
GAVE YOUR LIFE AS A RANSOM.
SO, JESUS RIGHT NOW, WE PRAISE
YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THAT YOU'RE TAKEN AWAY SIN AND
DEATH.
THAT YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY OUR
ILLNESS.
THAT YOU HAVE BORN OUR PAIN AND
OUR INFIRMITY.
IF YOU BORE IT, IF YOU TOOK IT,
WE DON'T HAVE TO BEAR IT
ANYMORE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE.
SO NOW WE LOOK TO YOU, THE
AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF OUR
FAITH AND WE SPEAK OUT LOUD TO
THESE BODIES NOW IN JESUS MIGHTY
NAME BE HEALED.
BE MADE WHOLE.
LORD, I ASK NOW THAT YOU'RE
PRESENCE WOULD JUST COME TO
PEOPLE.
THAT THEY WOULD SENSE YOU IN
THEM, ALL AROUND THEM, ABOVE
THEM, UNDER THEM, IN FRONT OF
THEM, BEHIND THEM.
LET THEM KNOW THAT IN YOU WE
LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR
BEING.
BE HEALED NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE YOUR LUNGS ARE JUST
OPENED.
YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY
BREATHING AND JUST TAKE A DEEP
BREATH NOW AND REALIZE THAT YOUR
LUNGS ARE OPENED.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE BEEN IN
AN ACCIDENT AND SHATTERED YOUR
RIGHT SHIN AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO
YOUR KNEE.
GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE,
JUST DO NOW, BEGIN TO GET UP AND
MOVE THAT KNEE.
REALIZE THAT PAIN IS GONE AND,
AND LITERALLY THINGS HAVE BEEN
CREATED AGAIN IN YOUR SUNSHINE.
GOD IS DOING A TREMENDOUS
MIRACLE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME.
TERRY.
Terry: THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE.
YOU HAD IT FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT
IS GETTING WORSE.
YOU FEEL THAT RESTRICTION WHEN
YOU TRY TO BREATHE.
RIGHT NOW GOD IS OPENING THAT UP
FOR YOU.
YOU CAN BREATH FREELY NO MORE
STRESS OR TENSION WITH THAT.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS A EAR ISSUE.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HEAR
OUT OF YOUR RIGHT HEAR.
THAT IS OPENING UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A FUNNY
CRINKLING CRACKLING SOUND IN
YOUR EAR AS GOD RESTORES THAT.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS A TUMOR
BEHIND YOU WRITE EAR.
IT IS VERY UNUSUAL, GOD IS
DISSOLVING THAT AND TAKING IT
AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST
A SYSTEM -- CYST, BUT GOD KNOWS
HE IS DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
IT IS SHRINKING NOW AND LEAVING
YOU NOW.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE A NECK
PROBLEM AND YOU, YOU -- HAD SOME
KIND OF SURGERY AND IT IS JUST
LEFT YOU SCARED AND, AND, YOU
HAVE DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING AND
SAY, PLEASE SAY THAT.
GOD IS RESTORING THAT TO YOU
RIGHT NOW, IN JESUS' NAME BE
HEALED.
THERE SAME WITH AN ALIGNMENT
DOWN YOUR SPINE.
SOMEONE YOU HAD SURGERY RIGHT
BELOW YOUR BRAIN STEM, GOD IS
HEALING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW
IN JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE ELSE WITH THYROID
CANCER AND, AND -- YOUR FACING
SURGERY.
YOU'RE WONDERING -- YOU'RE
SCARED OF IT.
GOD IS HEALING THE THYROID NOW.
GET IT TESTED AGAIN AND SEE WHAT
GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
NOW, LORD, FOR ALL OF -- THOSE
WATCHING RIGH RIGHT NOW, WE CLAIM
YOUR MARVELOUS WORD THAT YOU
FORGIVEURSE AND HEAL ALL OF OUR
DISEASE.
SO WE RECEIVE YOU.
WE RECEIVE FORGIVINGNESS AND WE
RECEIVE HEALING NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY
GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR GOOD
REPORT.
SO, GIVES US A PHONE CALL.
THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.
JUST A REMINDER WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU.
WE WENT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
WE ACTUALLY CONSIDER IT AN HONOR
TO PRAY WITH YOU.
IT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
IT IS ALWAYS ON.
SO, CALL US.
UM AND JUST REALIZE THAT, YOU
KNOW, GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.
SOMETIMES HEALING IS
PROGRESSIVE.
SOMETIMES IT IS INSTANTANEOUS.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF
THAT IN THE BIBLE.
WHERE JESUS HEALED A BLIND MAN.
IT TOOK HIM THREE TIMES TO PRAY
FOR HIM BEFORE HE GOT HIS SIGHT
BACK.
WHEN THE LEPERS WERE HEALED.
THEY WERE HOT HEALED IN FRONT OF
JESUS.
THEY WERE HEALED AS THEY WENT.
SO, THEY LEFT AS THEY WALKED
AWAY THEY WERE HEALED.
KEEP IN MIND THIS, THIS PARABLE
OF PRAYER IS THE PERSISTENT
PRAYER THAT GETS AN ANSWER.
IT IS THAT CONTINUAL KNOCKING.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE HEALER
IS THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU.
IT IS THAT PERSISTENT PRAYER
THAT GETS ANSWERED.
WE LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH THE
WORDS FROM LUKE 11.
FOR EVERYONE THAT ASKS RECEIVES.
FOR ALL OF US, GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
