Tajuan's at-risk childhood set her up for a life of pain, but today she is helping others on that same path. Plus, when Sue was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, her apathy towards God began to shift.
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HE WAS REALLY, REALLY
NICE, AND HE SAID,ç I'LL
TEACH YOU HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF.
Gordon: INSIDE THE
FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE IN THE WORLD.
I'VE BEEN TO EVERY STATE
IN A TRUCK.
I WAS JUST A DOPE FIEND AND
A WHORE AND A PROSTITUTE.
Gordon: SHE SHARES HOW
SHE ESCAPED.
I POINTED OUT THE WINDOW
AND SAID, I USED TO WALK THE
SAMEç STREET.ç
Gordon: ON TODAY'S "THE
700 CLUB."
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."
FOR TODAY'S HEADLINES, LET'S
GO OVER TO THE CBN
NEWSDESK.
Reporter: GORDON, THE
CRISIS ALONG THE BORDER WITH
MEXICO IS SPREADING TO TOWNS
ACROSS THE U.S.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A
TENSE STANDOFF, WITH PEOPLE
THERE BLOCKING BUSES FROM
BRINGING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
TO THEIR COMMUNITY.ç
DALE HURDç HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: THE TOWNS
PEOPLE OF MURIETTA,
CALIFORNIA, ARE ANGRY.
AND THEY BLAME PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
WHERE THE CAMERA.
MR. OBAMA, STOP IT.
Reporter: MOST SPEAKERS
BLAMED THE PRESIDENT FOR
ALLOWING AN IMMIGRANT
INVASION.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR
COMMUNITY.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
DESTROYED.
Reporter:çç AN ESTIMATED
52,000 CHILDREN HAVE CROSSED
THE BORDER SINCE OCTOBER,
AND ANOTHER 80,000 ARE
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE BORDER
THIS YEAR, IN WHAT WHIT THE
WHITE HOUSE CALLS A SECURITY
CRISIS.
ROW
Reporter: PROTESTORS
BLOCKED THE VEHICLES, AND
SOME PROTESTORS WERE THERE
TO SUPPORT THE ILLEGALS.
IT IS CHILDREN.
IT;HRjç NOT THEIR FAULT.
THEY'RE INNOCENT CHILDREN.
Reporter: BUT MANY
STRONGLY OPPOSED.
THEY'RE COMING HERE FOR
FREE FOOD, FREE HOUSING,
FREE MEDICAL.
OUR HOSPITALS ARE ALREADY
OVERBURDENED.
THEY NEED TO RESPECT THE
RULES.
I CAME OVER.
MY FOLKS CAME OVER.
THEY'RE NOT WAVING THE
MEXICAN FLAG.
THEY'RE WAVING THE AMERICAN
FLAG.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
THE BUSES TURNED BACK AND
HEADED SOUTH.ç
THISç IS A VICTORY FOR
MURIETTA.
IF THEY GO ANYWHERE ELSE,
STOP THEM BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT IS RIGHT.
Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS.
MORE PROBLEMS FOR
OBAMACARE, AND THEY COULD
POTENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE
PEOPLE UNDER THE NEW HEALTH
CARE LAW.
THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS
WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION
FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO SIGNEDP
FOSIGNED UP FOR INSURANCE.
THE INSPECTOR FOUNDç DETAILSç
SUBMITTED BY MANY PEOPLE,
LIKE ANNUAL INCOME AND
CITIZENSHIP, DON'T MATCH THE
RECORDS THE GOVERNMENT HAS
ON FILE.
THE ISSUE COULD TURN INTO
ANOTHER OBAMACARE POLITICAL
HEADACHE FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE UNITED STATES IS OUT OF
THE WORLD CUP AFTER A
HEARTBREAKING EXTRA TIME TWO
TO ONE LOSS AGAINST
BELGIUM.
WHILE MOST OF THE ATTENTION
HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE
MATCHES ON THE FIELD,
CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES HAVE
BEEN WORKING TO SPREAD THE
GOSPELç TO PEOPLEç WHO CAME TO
SEE THE SOCCER
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE
STORY.
George: THIS IS ANOTHER
GAMEx DAY HERE IN BRAZIL.
THOUSANDS OF FANS HAVE COME
FROM EVERYWHERE TO SUPPORT
THEIR TEAM.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE
ARE 600,000 TOURISTS
VISITING BRAZIL THIS MONTH.
MANY COMES FROM MUSLIM
COUNTRIES, LIKE ALGERIA AND
IRAN,çç WHERE THEY MAY NEVER
HEARD ABOUT JESUS.
IT IS A JUN A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM
HEAR THE GOSPEL MESSAGE.
SO THEY HAVE SENT
EVANGELISTS TO PARTS OF THE
CITY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS
OF SALVATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
WORD OF GOD COMPLETELY
TRANSFORMS THE LIFE AND
HISTORY OF A PERSON, AND
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SOCIETY
OF BRAZILçç PREPARED SPECIAL
LITERATURE FOR THIS WORLD
CUP PERIOD.
THEY PREPARED 100,000 COPIES
OF THE BIBLE, WITH COVERS
FOR EACH HOST CITY OF THE
WORLD CUP.
George: YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE LEADING THE EFFORT TO
TAKE THIS FESTIVAL VA OF
EVANGELISM TO THE STREETS OF
BRAZIL.
THEIR JOY AND ENTHUSIASM
ATTRACTS THE VISITING FANS.
Through Translator:
THIS MAN LOST HIS WIFE IN A
FIRE AND BECAME BLIND.ç
HEç STOPPED AND TALKED WITH
ME FOR A HALF HOUR.
I TOLD HIM ABOUT JESUS, AND
SUDDENLY HE SAID, NOW I
UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO THE
TRUTH.
AND AT THAT MOMENT HE GAVE
HIS LIFE TO JESUS.
George: YOUTH WITH A
MISSION IS HELPING TO
COORDINATE EVANGELISM, AND
SAYS IF CHURCHES AND
MINISTRIES CARRY OUT ALL OF
THEIR PLANS IN THE 12 HOST
CITIES, OVER A MILLION AND A
HALF PEOPLE COULD BECOME
FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST DURING
THIáZUJ
HAVE A POPULATION FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
THEY'RE COMING.
THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW OUR
NATION.
BRAZIL IS AS BIG AS A
CONTINENT.
SO IN THOSE CITIES, IN ALL
OF THEM WE HAVE GREAT
NEEDS.
AND HA THEY ARE ALL
INVOLVED.
THAT HELPS THE UNITY OF THE
CHURCH TO WORK FOR THE
KINGDOM.
George: THE GOALSçç FOR
BRAZILIAN CHRISTIANS FOR
THIS WORLD CUP IS
SALVATION.
THEY KNOW THEIR CELEBRATION
HERE WILL BE ECHOED IN
HEAVEN.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
THOSE ARE TODAY'S TOP
STORIES FROM CBN NEWS.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.
ççççççççççç
Gordon: STATISTICS SHOW
THAT NEARLY 10 PEOPLE DROWN
EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
DROWNING IS ALSO ONE Jx THEç
LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL
DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN.
AND WHEN COLIN JONES WAS
JUST FOUR YEARS OLD, HE
ALMOST BECAME ONE OF THOSE
STATISTICS.
TODAY HE IS AN OLYMPIC
SWIMMER.
AS EPHRAIM GRAHAM REPORTS,
HE IS ALSO ON A MISSION TO
SAVE LIVES.
Reporter: AT 6' 5,"
COLIN JONES' SPEED AND SKILL
IN THE SWIMMING POOL éEç TO
TWO GOLD AND TWO SILVER
OLYMPIC MEDALS.
HE IS ALSO ONLY THE SECOND
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN HIGH
HISTORY TO TAKE GOLD IN
SWIMMING.
I HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN
LONDON.
MY LIFE HAS CHANGED A LOT.
A LOT MORE RED CARPETS,
AIRLINE FOOD, AND HOTELS.
IT HAS BEEN FUN, THOUGH.
I ENJOY IT.
Reporter: SWIMMING
HELPED MAKE JONES A
CELEBRITY AND A BIT OF A
FASHION ICON.
MY DAD WASç BIG INTOç WHEN
YOU WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE,
YOU REPRESENT THE JONES'
FAMILY.
IT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME.
I'M VERY INTO FASHION.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WANTED
TO WRITE FOR G.Q., AND I
STILL THINK IT IS SOMETHING
I WOULD LOVE TO DO.
BUT I KIND OF EVOLVED THAT
INTO WANTING TO START MY OWN
LINE.
Reporter: STILL, MORE
IMPORTANT THAN HIS PASSION
AND FAME, SWIMMING HIS GIVENç
JO
WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
SPORT OF SWIMMING FROM JUST
BEING A SPORT TO A LIFE
SKILL.
IT IS JUST RIDING A BIKE.
ONCE YOU LEARN, YOU NEVER
FORGET.
Reporter: COLIN NEARLY
DROWNED AT AGE FIVE
WHILEVITYING WHILE
VISITING A PENNSYLVANIA
WATER PARK WITH HIS
PARENTS.
HIS FLOAT TURNED OVER AND
SENT HIM PLUNGINGç UNDERç THE
WATER IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
A CHILD CAN DROWN IN AS
LITTLE AS 20 SECOND.
I LITERALLY REMEMBER WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE.
I'VE GONE TO THAT PLACE A
COUPLE OF TIMES IN PRACTICE,
WHERE I HAD TO HOLD MY
BREATH REALLY, REALLY LONG.
AND LOOKING UP AND SAYING,
THAT MAY BE TOO FAR FOR ME
TO GET THE AIR.
I WAS APPREHENSIVE TO GET
BACK IN THE WATER.
IT TOOKçç MY MOM COACHING ME
AND TALKING TO DIFFERENT
COACHES, AND I WENT THROUGH
THREE PEOPLE UNTIL I
ACTUALLY FELT COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH TO PUT MY FACE IN THE
WATER.
Reporter: THE OLYMPIAN
NOW FEELS MORE AT HOME IN
THE WATER THAN OUT.
WHEN HE IS NOT SWIMMING, HE
TRAVELS WITH THE U.S.A.
SWIMMING FOUNDATION.
THEIR "MAKE A SPLASH" TOUR
HELPS CHILDREN GET
COMFORTABLEIN THEç WATER AND
BEAT THE ALARMING STATISTICS
THAT COLIN RATTLES OFF TO ME
WITHOUT THINKING.
60% OF LATIN-AMERICANS
DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM.
NEARLY 70% OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS DON'T KNOW
HOW TO SWIM.
Reporter: THAT 70% PUTS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT THE
HIGHEST RISK OF DROWNING.
MANY AVOID THE WATER BECAUSE
THEY FEELç FEAR,ç HAVING
PARENTS WHO DON'T NOW HOW TO
SWIM, AND EVEN PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE.
WHEN IT COMES TO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LADIES AND
THEIR HAIR, I GET IT.
MOM SPENDS MONEY ON THEIR
HAIR.
AND THEY WANT ME TO SPEAK ON
IT BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE.
WHEN I MAKE A WATER-PROOF
CAP, BESIDES BEING A
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE, I'LL LET
EVERYONE KNOW.
Reporter: UNTILç THEN,ç
JONES SHARES HIS STORIES OF
SURVIVAL, ALONG WITH STORIES
OF PAIN AND LOSS.
LIKE THAT OF ONE TOLITA
MOM.
WHEN I HEAR HER STORY, I
CRY.
Reporter: WANDA'S
16-YEAR-OLD SON, JOSH,
DROWNED, DURING A RAFTING
TRIP WITH FRIENDSçç IN A
MICHIGAN LAKE.
HE WAS ON A RAFT, AND
SOMEHOW HE GOT IN TROUBLE.
MY DAD SAW ONE OF HIS
RELATIVES DROWN WHEN HE WAS
A YOUNGSTER.
IT GAVE HIM A TREMENDOUS
FEAR OF DROWNING.
HE INSTILLED THAT IN ME.
AND I GAVE IT TO MY SON.
Reporter: A SIGN NOW
STANDS AT THAT LAKE BOTH AS
A WARNING ANDç Aç REMINDER OF
JOSH'S DROWNING.
I DIDN'T KNOW JOSH SHOULD
KNOW HOW TO SWIM, BUT I KNOW
SWIMMING IS A LIFE SKILL.
Reporter: A YEAR AFTER
THE TRAGEDY, WANDA STARTED A
PROGRAM TO TEACH CHILDREN TO
SWIM.
IT IS CALLED "THE JOSH
PROJECT."
THOUSANDS OF KIDS NOW SWIM
THANKS TO THE PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF THE JOSH
PROJECT'S BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS, COLIN JONES.
NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU'RE
BLESSED, YOUç HAVEç TO GIVE
BACK.
FOR ME, MY WAY TO GIVE
BACK -- WHEN I WON THE GOLD
MEDAL, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE
SPORT OF SWIMMING?
YOU KNOW HOW CAN YOU GIVE
BACK.
AND WORKING WITH THE
INITIATIVE IS MY WAY OF
GIVING BACK AND GETTING MY
PASTOR OFF MY BACK
(laughing).
Reporter: THOUGH HE
JOKES ABOUT HIS PASTOR,!f5 E-COLIN PRAISESç ALL
OF HIS
WORK, AND HONORS HIS FAITH
THAT SUSTAINED HIM WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD.
A MONTH LATER, I FOUND
OUT MY MOM HAD CANCER.
I BELIEVE IT HELPS ME SO
MUCH BEING IN CHURCH EVERY
SUNDAY, AND HEARING FROM MY
PASTOR.
Reporter: THAT COMFORT
GAVE YOUNG COLIN COURAGE TO
SHARE HIS FAITH WITH HIS
HERO, HIS FATHER.
MY MOM SAID I BLEW MY DAD
OUT OF THE WATER.
I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, AND Iç
SAID,ç I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
SEEING MOM AFTER SHE PASSES
AWAY.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HER.
I'LL SEE HER.
BUT, DAD, I'M WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR SOUL BECAUSE YOU DON'T
GO TO CHURCH AND YOUR SOUL
IS DISCONNECTED FROM
CHURCH.
THAT NEXT SUNDAY, HE NEVER
MISSED A DAY IN CHURCH.
Reporter: MOM BEAT
CANCER TWICE, AND DAD DIED
OF LUNG CANCER WHEN COLIN
WASçç JUST 16.
RONALD JONES WORE THE NUMBER
41 WHEN HE PLAYED
BASKETBALL.
COLIN WEARS HIS NUMBER AND A
CROSS.
HE PUSHED ME BECAUSE HE
WAS AN ATHLETE HIMSELF.
Reporter: CBN NEWS,
NORTH CAROLINA.
Gordon: JOIN IN THAT
PROJECT.
IT IS A LIFE SKILL FOR ALL
OF US TO BE ABLE TO LEARN
HOW TO SWIM,çç
I KNOW FOR MY CHILDREN, I
MADE SURE WHEN THEY WERE
STILL TODDLERS, LITERALLY
WHEN THEY BEGAN TO WALK, I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY
WERE ABLE TO SWIM AS WELL.
TERRY, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Terry: THE SAME THING.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
FOR ME, ANYWAY, IT WAS A
RELEASE OF ANXIETY TO
KNOW --
Gordon: YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO WORRY ANYMORE.
Terry: IT'S LIKE
DRIVING Aç CAR.ö
AND YOU GO, OKAY, WE'VE GOT
THAT ONE.
I'M A STRONG BELIEVER.
AND A CHILD ENJOYS WATER.
AND YOU REALLY DON'T ENJOY
THE PLAY THAT IS AVAILABLE
IN IT IF YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT DROWNING.
AND THAT'S A LEGITIMATE
WORRY.
A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.
WELL, UP NEXT, A SURVIVOR OF
SEX TRAFFICKING TELLS HER
SHOCKING STORY.
I'VE BEEN TO EVERY STATE
IN THE WEST ANDç HAWAII.ç
AS A TEENAGER, THERE WAS A
GROUP OF US THEY WOULD TAKE
ON CIRCUIT.
THE INDUSTRY IS VERY,
VERY ORGANIZED.
Terry: HEAR HOW THIS
WOMAN ESCAPED AND WHAT SHE
IS NOW DOING TO HELP
TRAFFICKED WOMEN ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
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Terry: WELL, IT DIDN'T
TAKE LONG.
WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RUNNING
AWAY, 15-YEAR-OLD TAWANçç
McCARTY MET HER FIRST
PIMP.
BUT 10 YEARS OF BEING SEX
TRAFFICKED FOLLOWED.
BUT HER STORY DOESN'T END
HERE.
FINALLY SHE FOUND THE WAY
OUT.
Reporter: WHEN TAWAN
WAS ONLY THREE MONTHS OLD,
HER FATHER WAS SENT TO
PRISON.
FOR ME THAT MEANT THAT
LOVE MEANT PAIN REALLY EARLY
ON.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IF HE
LOVED ME AND WANTED ME, WHY
HE WENT AWAY.çç
Reporter: TAWAN'S VIEW
OF GOD BROUGHT NO COMFORT.
GOD WAS SO FAR AWAY.
I SAW MY FATHER NOT
EMOTIONALLY THERE AND/OR
PHYSICALLY THERE.
AND I SAW MY HEAVENLY
FATHER, HE WASN'T, EITHER.
Reporter: WHEN TAWAN
WAS 12 YEARS OLD, A FAMILY
FRIEND SEXUALLY ABUSED HER.
DURING THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
SHE RAN AWAY REPEATEDLY AND
CARE AND GROUP HOMES.
I DON'T THINK I WAS
RUNNING FROM SOMETHING.
I THINK I WAS RUNNING TO
FIND SOMETHING.
I THINK THERE WAS SO MUCH
MISSING IN MY LIFE THAT
THERE WAS A HOLE, AND I
DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT
THE HOLE WAS.
Reporter: AT THE AGE OF
15, TAWAN RAN AWAY FOR
GOOD.
WITHIN THE FIRST 48
HOURS -- I DIDN'T PINPOINT
THE EXACT TIME -- IS WHEN I
MET MY FIRST PIMP.
HE APPROACHED ME,çç AND I HAD
TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, I
NEEDED TO EAT, AND HE WAS
REALLY, REALLY NICE AND A
VERY ATTRACTIVE MAN.
AND HE SAID, I'LL TEACH YOU
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF.
HE ACTUALLY HAD FOUR GIRLS
WITH HIM THEN.
Reporter: WITHIN THE
FIRST TWO-WEEK, TAWAN'S PIMP
SHOWED HER HOW TO SELL
COCAINE.
BUT IN A SHORT TIME, THE
DEMANDS INCREASED.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE
DANCELY.çç
DANCING.
AND THERE WAS THE NIGHT I
HAD TO GO TO THE TRUCK STOP,
AND I HAD TO COME BACK WITH
SO MUCH MONEY.
SO I HAD TO DO WHAT I HAD TO
DO TO MAKE THE MONEY IF I
WANTED TO GO HOME.
Reporter: TAWAN
EVENTUALLY BECAME ADDICTED
TO THEç DRUGSç SUPPLIED BY HER
PIMP.
I STARTED BRAINWASHING
MYSELF TO COPE.
AND I STARTED REINFORCING
WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME
AND THAT I WAS JUST A DOPE
FIEND AND A WHORE AND A
PROSTITUTE, AND NOTHING ELSE
MATTERED.
I NEVER LOOKED INTO MY
EYES.
I JUST MADE SURE I LOOKED
P@YRICALLYç THE WAY I WAS
SUPPOSED TO.
Reporter: HER PIMLY
THEPIMP THEN BEGAN PIMPING
HER ALL OVER THE STATE.
I'VE BEEN TO EVERY STATE
IN A TRUCK.
AS A TEENAGER, THERE WAS A
GROUP OF US THEY WOULD TAKE
ON CIRCUIT.
WE WENT ALABAMA, NASHVILLE,
AND I WENT GOING TO THE
KENTUCKY DERBY, BUT I NEVER
WENT INTO THE DERBY.
I REMEMBER A áBLE OFç PIMPS
SITTING DOWN AND TALKING
ABOUT THE OLYMPICS, AND
TRAFFICKING AND PIMPING
PROSTITUTES, AND THE WHOLE
INDUSTRY IS VERY, VERY
ORGANIZED.
Reporter: OVER THE NEXT
10 YEARS, THE VIOLENCE OF
THE MEN SHE ENCOUNTERED LEFT
HER WITH EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL SCARS.
MY THROAT HAS BEEN CUT.
GUNS PLACED TO MY HEAD, AND
THE TRIGGERç PULLED.ç
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN RAPED.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE PAID RAPES, I'M TALKING
ABOUT BRUTAL RAPES THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL LIVE
THROUGH OR NOT.
I HAVE NO CLUE.
Reporter: WHEN SHE WAS
ARRESTED AT THE AGE OF 26,
TAWAN FINALLY SAW A WAY
OUT.
AFTER PRISON, SHE WENT TO A
12-STEP PROGRAM.
SHE EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO
EARN Açç BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND
TO MASTERS' DEGREES.
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE
PERFECT TO PROVE THAT I
WASN'T THE DOPE FIEND AND
THE WHORE AND THE
PROSTITUTE.
BUT THERE WAS STILL
SOMETHING MISSING.
Reporter: IN 2009 SHE
DISCOVERED THE BIRMINGHAM
DREAM CENTER.
CURIOSITY LED HER INSIDE TO
ASK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS.
THERE WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN BEHIND THE DESK.
AND I SAID, WHAT DOç YOUç ALL
DO HERE?
AND SHE STARTED TELLING ME
ABOUT BIBLE STUDIES.
AND I STARTED GAGGING, AND
THE LAST THING SHE SAID, OH,
AND I'M ALSO TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO THE PROSTITUTES IN
THE AREA.
AND THIS WHOLE THING WENT
OFF INSIDE OF ME.
AND SHE TOLD ME WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, AND I SAID, HONEY,
IT'S ALL WRONG.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET HURT.
YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
AND SHE SAID, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT.çç
AND SHE SAYS HOLD ON A
MINUTE, AND SHE GETS A NOTE
PAD AND SHE'S TAKING NOTES.
AND TWO HOURS LATER, SHE
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HOW
DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS
STUFF?
AND BEFORE I COULD STOP
MYSELF, I POINTED OUT THE
WINDOW AND SAID, I USED TO
WALK THE SAME STREET.
Reporter: AND TAWAN
STARTED HELPING.
WHAT SHE DID DURINGçç THAT
TIME WAS SHE SET AN
EXAMPLE.
AND SHE SHOWED ME WHAT A
CHRISTIAN WOMAN LOOKED LIKE
AND WALKED LIKE AND LOVED
LIKE.
SHE SHOWED ME UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE.
I SAW WHAT JESUS REALLY
LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE OF HER.
ONE DAY SHE COMES TO ME, AND
THIS LADY IS IN THERE, AND I
REMEMBER I PRAYED.
AND ALL I PRAYED WAS, LORD,
HELP ME HELP HER.
AND I MET JESUS.çç
AT THAT MOMENT I MET JESUS,
TRYING TO HELP THAT GIRL.
I DIDN'T MEET THAT MAN THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I
WAS LITTLE.
THE HELL, FIRE, AND BRIM
STONE.
I MET JESUS CHRIST, THE SON
OF GOD.
THE ONE WHO LOVES US.çç
REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING.
Reporter: TAWAN SAYS
HER LIFE WAS COMPLETELY
TRANSFORMED AFTER HER
PRAYER.
I SEE A PICTURE OF ME,
AND I GO, WHO IS THAT GIRL?
THERE IS A COMPLETE
TRANSFORMATION IN THE LOVE
HE SHOWS ME THROUGH OTHERS,
AND THE LOVE HE GIVES ME
EVERY DAY.
HE'S A DADDY.
HE'S NOTçç JUST A FATHER; HE'S
A DADDY.
Reporter: TODAY TAWAN
IS USING HER PAST TO BRING
HOPE TO THE FUTURE OF
OTHERS.
SHE RUNS A CHRISTIAN HOME
FOR GIRLS TRAPPED IN THE SEX
INDUSTRY CALLED "THE WELL
HOUSE."
TO DATE, THE "WELL HOUSE"
HAS RESCUED OVER 100 WOMEN
AND SHE CONTINUES TO SHARE
HER MESSAGE WITH TRAFFICKED
GIRLS ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
ç I AMç YOU.
I HAVE BEEN THERE.
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND
WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF
YOU.
GOD HEALS AND HE REDEEMS AND
HE RESTORES.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, AND YOU
ARE NOT UNLOVED.
Terry: GOD RESCUES, HE
REDEEMS, AND HE RESTORES.
THAT'S THE GOSPEL MESSAGES
RIGHT THERe.çç
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE
MET GOD AND YOU SEE HIM AS
JUST A HELL, FIRE, AND BRIM
STONE, BEING OUT TO JUDGE
YOU AND GET YOU, YOU HAVE
NOT KNOWN HIM.
YOU CAN SEE IN HER, IN HER
COUNTENANCE, YOU CAN HEAR IT
IN HER VOICE, WHEN SHE
REALLY MET JESUS SHE WAS
GENUINELY TRANSFORMED AND
CHANGED.
HIS PRESENCEç DOES THATç TO
ALL OF US.
AND HE IS NOT A JUDGE OF
WHERE YOU'VE BEEN OR WHAT
YOU'VE DONE.
HE LOVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU RIGHT IN THE
MESS YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF
INTO.
LOVES YOU SO MUCH THAT HE
WAITS FOR YOU.
HE IS THERE RIGHT NOW WITH
YOU.
WHY?
WHY DOES HE DO THAT?
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU WITH AN
EVERLASTING LOVE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN
ABUSED IN YOUR LIFE,
SOMETIMES IT ISçç A HARD
MESSAGE TO RECEIVE.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE BEING
TOLD THAT IT IS COMING TO
YOU FROM SOMEONE YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW.
BUT YOU CAN KNOW HIM.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAITS FOR.
HE WAITS TO BE KNOWN.
HE ALREADY KNOWS YOU.
HE KNOWS, JUST LIKE TAWAN
SAID SHE KNEW THOSE WOMEN AS
SHE MINISTERS TO THEM.
SHE KNOWS WHAT THEY THINK
BECAUSE SHE'S BEENç THERE.ç
AND OUR SAVIOR HAS BEEN
THERE, TOO.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE OF THE
CROSS, BECAUSE WE NEEDED
SAVING, WE NEEDED
TRANSFORMATION.
AND HE BECAME YOUR SIN AND
MINE, TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF,
DIED ON THE CROSS,
SURRENDERING EVERYTHING HE
WAS AND EVERYTHING HE HAD,
SO YOU AND I COULD BE SET
FREE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE IS
WAITING FOR IN YOUR HEART
AND LIFE TODAY.
THEç QUESTIONç IS, WHAT WILL
YOU DO WITH THAT?
WILL YOU SAY YES WITH HIM
TODAY?
WILL YOU TRUST HIM?
EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN
PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT
HAVE BETRAYED YOU?
TODAY IS THE DAY YOU CAN
HAVE TRANSFORMATION AND A
NEW BEGINNING.
SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
IT STARTç WORKSç WITH JUST
STARTING.
HE'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED
TO WALK WITH HIM.
IT IS SCARY TO SURRENDER
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN ABUSED.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT SURRENDER IS FREEDOM,
AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT
TODAY.
THERE IS NO SIN THAT IS
STRONGER THAN HIS ABILITY TO
SET YOU FREE.
NOT ONE.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
YOU'VE COMMITTED IT, NO
MATTER THE LIFESTYLE YOU'VE
LED.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE POURED
INTO THAT LIFE OF SIN, HE
&Lç REDEEM YOU TODAY AND
GIVE YOU A NEW BEGINNING IF
YOU'LL LET HIM.
SO PRAY WITH ME.
PRAY WITH ME AND JUST MEANS
THIS IN YOUR HEART.
DON'T PRAY TO ME.
PRAY TO HIM.
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
JUST SAY, LORD JESUS, I AM A
SINNER IN NEED OF A SAVIOR.
I KNOWLEDGE THA ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT I HAVE SINFEEç AGAINST
YOU, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE,
BUT MANY, MANY TIMES, LORD.
I AM GIVING YOU WHAT IS LEFT
OF MY LIFE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
WANT IT OR WHY YOU'VE
WAITED, BUT I NEED YOU.
I WANT YOU.
SO, JESUS, BE THE SAVIOR OF
MY SOUL.
I'M SO SORRY FOR THE THINGS
I'VE DONE THAT HAVE HURT
YOU.
I'M ASKING YOU TO BE THE
LORD OF MY LIFE.
COME INTO THE CENTER OF MY
BEING.
WILL YOU TEACH MEç TOç THINK
YOUR THOUGHTS, HELP ME TO
SEE THINGS THROUGH YOUR
EYES?
GIVE MY HEART UNDERSTANDING
TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD AS I
READ IT, TO UNDERSTAND YOUR
LOVE, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
OH, GOD, CHANGE MY LIFE.
I'M ASKING YOU FOR A NEW
BEGINNING TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME.
THANK YOU FOR WAITING FOR
ME.
THANK YOU THAT YOUR POWER IS
ABLE TO DELIVER ME FROM
EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT
IS NOTç OF Yády
I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE JUST PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, THEN YOU HAVE BEGUN
AN EXCITING JOURNEY.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS
ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
GOD, AS HE CONTINUES TO MAKE
HIMSELF REAL TO YOU IS GOING
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU
MOVE CLOSER TO THE LORD, AND
SO WE PUT TOGETHER Açç PACKET
FOR YOU CALLED "A NEW DAY."
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE, A NEW
DAY, A NEW LIFE, A NEW
BEGINNING.
IT IS FILLED WITH
INFORMATION FROM GOD.
HOW DOES ONE MOVE FORWARD?
THIS IS FREER AND SO IS THE
PHONE CALL TO GET IT.
IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
CALL AND SAY, I PRAYED THAT
PRAYER AND I'D LIKE THE "NEW
DAY" PACKET, AND WE'LL GET
IT OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
GORDON?
Gordon: STILL AHEAD,
SHE WAS WATCHINGçç TV ONE
MINUTE AND THEN SHAKING
UNCONTROLLABLY THE NEXT.
AND I WAS GOING LIKE
THIS, AND THEN IT STARTED TO
GO LIKE THIS, AND THEN IT
STARTED TO GO LIKE THAT.
AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW -- I
COULDN'T STOP.
Gordon: THIS WOMAN WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH M.S.
SEE HOW SHE WAS MIRACULOUSLY
HEALED, LATER, ON TODAY'S
"700 CUK."
ççççç
AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN
RIGHTS HAS UPHELD FRANCE'S
LAW BANNING MUSLIM VEILS
FROM BEING WORN ON THE
STREET.
THE LAW RESTRICTS THE
WEARING OF VEILS THAT COVERS
FACES.
IT WAS THE FIRST RULING OF
ITS KIND SINCE FRANCE PASSED
THEç LAWç IN 2010 THAT FORBIDSúGúG
ANYONE TO HIDE HIS OR HER
FACES IN VARIOUS PLACES.
A FRENCH WOMAN SAID THE LAW
VIOLATED HER FREEDOM AND WAS
DISCRIMINATORY.
HOLLYWOOD IS TAKING A CLOSER
LOOK AT CHRISTIANITY AND
SHINING LIGHT ON THE WORLD'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL WORSHIP
BAND.
HILL'S SONG IS COMING TO CBN
NEWS.
AND CBN NEWS HAS THISç FIRSTç
LOOK AT THE VIDEO FOR THEIR
SONG, "LET HOPE SURVIVE."
THE MOVIE WILL DOCUMENT THE
BAND'S 30-YEAR JOURNAL FROM
A YOUTH CHURCH BAND, TO ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR BANDS IN
THE WORLD.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET
THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OURç WEBSITEç AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
çççççççççççç
Gordon: TODAY THE
AVERAGE COST OF RAISING A
CHILD IN AMERICA IS MORE
AND THAT'S AN INVESTMENT
BURT AND NATALIA ARE READY
TO MAKE, THANKS TO A
DECISION THEY MADE EARLY IN
THEIR MARRIAGE.
Reporter: BURT AND
NATALIA CAN HARDLY WAIT
UNTIL THE DAY WHEN THEY
BRING THEIR FIRST CHILD
HOME.
A NEW BABY ISN'T THE ONLY
THING THEY'RE EXCITED
ABOUT.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,
BURT'S REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
HAS BEEN STEADILY GROWING.ç
>, MY AVERAGE SALE HAS
INCREASED MORE THAN THREE
TIMES.
THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE
COMMISSION HAS INCREASED
PROPORTIONATELY AS WELL.
Reporter: THEY SAY IT
IS BECAUSE THEY DISCOVERED
THE SECRET TO FINANCIAL
SUCCESS.
WE HAVE JUST SEEN
PHENOMENAL THINGS HAPPEN AS
A RESULT OF TITHING.
AND NOW AS SOON AS THE CHECK
IS DEPOSITED, WE GO ONLINE
AND START GIVING.
Reporter: THAT WASN'T
ALWAYS THE CASE.
WHEN THE COUPLEç MARRIED,ç
BURT WAS TRYING TO BUILD UP
HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
WHEN THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF
THE HOUSING MARKET.
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY
COMING IN.
WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF OUR
HOUSE AND MOVE INTO AN
APARTMENT.
AND WE HAD TO LEASE OUR
HOUSE TO GET BY IN THE
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH
THE COUPLE HAD DOWNSIZED,
THEY STILL STRUGGLED TO MAKE
ENDS MEET.
IT WAS HARD.
INSTEAD OF BEINGç BUSY ANDç
PUTTING PEOPLE IN MY CAR AND
SHOWING THEM HOMES, I DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH TO DO.
WE WERE AT THE WORST POINT
FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY,
SITTING HOME IN THE
APARTMENT WATCHING MOVIES ON
NETFLIX.
AND NATALIA SAYS, I BELIEVE
WE SHOULD START TITHING.
Reporter: THEY HAD
HEARD ABOUT TITHING THROUGH
BIBLI
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT 10%
WAS GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING
WORSE.
Reporter: AND EVEN IN A
DEPRESSED MARKET, BURT'S
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS STARTED
PICKING UP AND JUST STARTED
GETTING BETTER.
2009'S INCOME WAS BETTER
THAN 2008.
WE CONTINUED TITHELY 10%
RIGHT OFF THE GROSS.
2010'S INCOME WAS MORE THAN
2009'S.çç
2011'S WAS HIGHER THAN 2012,
AND 2013 DOUBLED 2012'S.
Reporter: DURING THAT
TIME, THEY CONTINUED TITHING
TO THEIR CHURCH.
AND THEY ALSO STARTED GIVING
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
WHERE WE PUT OUR MONEY IS
WHERE I HEART IS.
THAT WAS A TURNING POINT.
BUT WATCHING CBN HAS
INCREASEDç US SOç MUCH BECAUSE
WE SAW WHAT THAT MINISTRY
DOES.
Reporter: BURT AND
NATALIA SAYS THEIR FINANCES
HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER.
AND THEY JUST MOVED INTO A
NEW HOME, JUST IN TIME TO
GET THE BABY ROOM READY.
THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF
THEIR GIVING AND GOD'S
FAITHFULNESS.
NOW TODAY WHEN WE TITHE,
IT IS NOT BLIND FAITH.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD WITH
HIM PROVIDING.
WHEN YOU TRUST GODç WITH THATç
MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO END
UP TRUSTING HIM WITH EVERY
ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.
AND IT WILL BE THE BEST
DECISION YOU CAN MAKE.
Gordon: TAKE THEIR
CHALLENGE AND TEST GOD,
PROVE HIM.
IT IS THE ONLY TIME WE GET
TO DO IT, IS IN OUR TITHES
AND OUR OFFERINGS.
AND WHEN YOU DO IT, AND YOU
DO IT CONSISTENTLY, THAT'S
WHEN THE BLESSING COMES.ç
THEç ZINZER'S ARE SAYING,
THIS IS NOT BLIND FAITH.
WE KNOW THIS WORKS.
AND WE NOW KNOW WE CAN TRUST
GOD NOT JUST WITH MONEY, BUT
WITH EVERYTHING.
JESUS SAID, WHERE YOUR
TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR
HEART WILL BE, ALSO.
IF YOU WANT TO PROVE THAT
YOUR HEART IS WITH HIM,
START GIVING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT,
JUST CALL US.
1-800-759-0700.
AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO
START A LIFETIME OF GIVING.
I WANT TO JOIN "THE 700ç
CLUB."ç
NOW, HOW MUCH IS IT?
WELL, IT IS JUST $20 A
MONTH, 65 CENTS A DAY, AND
YOU JOIN WITH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, JUST
LIKE THAT WONDERFUL COUPLE,
WHO SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO SEE THE GOSPEL GO
OUT.
WE WANT TO SEE HELP GO OUT.
WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF THESE
THINGS HAPPEN.
IT ALL HAPPENS BECAUSE
PEOPLE LIKE YOU GIVE.
NOW, WHEN YOU CALL, ASKç FOR
PLEDGE EJPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE, NOTHING TO MAIL IN.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND TO
YOU, "POWER FOR LIFE."
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, ASK
FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN YOU
CALL, OR LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
WHEN YOU GIVE MONTHLY ON THE
INTERNET, YOU AUTOMATICALLY
SIGN UP FOR PLEDGEç EXPRESS.ç
DO IT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, WE'RE
GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU
AND YOUR NEEDS.
BUT FIRST, THE AMAZING STORY
WHO WAS HEALED OF M.S.,
AFTER THIS.
çççççççççççç
Terry: THERE IS NO
KNOWN CURE FOR MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS, BUT DON'T TELL
THAT TO SUE WYNN.ç
DOCTORSç WERE OUT OF OPTIONS
TO HELP HER COPE WITH THAT
DISEASE WHEN HER PASTOR HAD
A VISION THAT CHANGED HER
PROGNOSIS COMPLETELY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS
LOOKED VERY ODD TO ME.
I LOOKED AT MY FINGERS, LIKE
THIS, AND I COULD SEE SOME
FINGERS, AND OTHERS I
COULDN'T.
AM I HAVING A STROKE, OR
WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT'S GOING ON.
Reporter: SUE WYNN WAS
28 YEARS OLD WITH A
PROMISING CAREERç WHENç THE
FIRST SYMPTOMS APPEARED.
AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE GOT
DISTURBING NEWS.
THE E.R. DOC SAID, I MUST
TELL YOU YOU HAVE A 50%
CHANCE OF HAVING M.S.
I JUST DISMISSED IT.
I SAID, I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THAT.
I FEEL FINE.
Reporter: SHE MOVED ON
WITH HER LIFE AND CAREER,
BUT ONE NIGHT AT HOME WITH
HER HUSBAND, HER SYMPTOMS
ERUPTED.
I WASç SITTINGç AND
WATCHING THE EVENING NEWS
WITH JEFF.
AND JEFF HAS THE TENDENCY TO
LIKE TO JIGGLE HIS FOOT.
AND I SAID, JEFF, STOP
JIGGLING.
AND HE SAID, I'M NOT, BUT
YOU.
AND I WAS GOING LIKE THIS,
AND THEN IT STARTED GOING
LIKE THIS, AND THEN LIKE
THAT.
AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
IT WAS, AND I COULDN'T
STOP.
Reporter: HER FAMILY
DOCTOR CONFIRMED HER FEARS.
SHEç SAYS, I THIKç THIS IS
M.S.
MY BREATH JUST WENT OUT OF
ME.
I COULDN'T BREATHE, YOU
KNOW.
HOW COULD THIS BE?
HOW CAN THIS -- MY WHOLE
LIFE IS JUST BEFORE MY EYES,
AND I'M SAYING EVERYTHING IS
GONE.
THERE WAS A COMPLETE
DARKNESS IN OUR LIVES.
A COMPLETE DEPRESSION IN
YOUR LIVES.
Reporter: HER
NEUROLOGIST FOUND LESIONS ON
HER BRAIN ANDç IMMEDIATELYç
STARTED TREATMENT FOR
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, SHE WAS
FORCED TO RETIRE ON
DISABILITY.
IT WAS CONTINUING ON WITH
THIS RELENTLESS ATTACK.
THERE WAS NO HELPFUL BRANCH
TO GRAB ON TO.
I COULDN'T SLOW IT DOWN.
THE TREMORS STARTED IN APRIL
OF 1996.
AND BY AUGUST I NEEDED
FOREARM CRUTCHES TO WAK'
>
Reporter: SUE JOINED AN
M.S. SUPPORT GROUP TO COPE
WITH THE DISEASE.
SHE MADE WITH FRIENDS WITH A
WOMAN WHO INVITED HER AND
JEFF TO CHURCH.
WE WERE VERY SKEPTICAL AT
FIRST.
ME, I WAS NEW AGE, BUDDHISM,
HINDUISM, ALL OF THAT MIXED
TOGETHER.
AND HERE JEFF IS AN ATHEIST,
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING SITTING
IN A PEW.
I WAS AGREEING ONLY
BECAUSEç I FUGHT IT WOULD
DISTRACT HER FROM THE PAIN
AND THE AGONY OF M.S.
BUT THEY WERE SO NICE TO
US.
AND WE JUST DECIDED WE
WANTED TO GO BACK AGAIN.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK EVERY
SUNDAY.
IT STIRRED US.
WE WERE BEING STIRRED.
WE WERE BEING TOUCHED BY
GOD.
I WANTED TO COMMIT MYSELF TO
HIM.
Reporter: THEY MET WITHç
THEç PASTOR TO FIND OUT
MORE.
HE TOOK US THROUGH A
MEMBERSHIP CLASS, AND I
LEARNED ABOUT GRACE.
AND SO WE GOT UP IN FRONT OF
THE WHOLE CHURCH AND SAID,
WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS
THE SON OF GOD.
IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING,
LIFE-CHANGING.
Reporter: AS SUE GREW
SPIRITUALLY, HER HEALTH WAS
DETERIORATING.
THE DOCTORS WERE OUT OF
OPTIONS, AND OFFERED HER
TO SLOW DOWN THE DISEASE.
I GOT SO SICK.
I JUST SAID TO JEFF, I DON'T
THINK I CAN DO THIS
ANYMORE.
I REALLY WANT TO STOP.
WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS OF
STOPPING THE CHEMOTHERAPY,
EVERYTHING WENT DOWNHILL.
THAT WAS SOME VERY
DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT TIMES.
Reporter: ONE SUNDAY
HER PASTORç SHOCKED THEç
CONGREGATION.
HE WAS STANDING IN THE
PULPIT AND HE SAID, I'M
GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT.
I HAVE HAD A VISION.
AND IN IT, SUE, YOU WERE
HEALED.
AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT
MY FACE LIT UP AND I
SMILED.
HE SAYS, THE FIRST THING WE
NEED TO DO IS GO TO HEBREWS
13: 8.
READ IT OUT LOUD.ç R&C @&Cú
THE MINUTE I SAID, JESUS
CHRIST IS THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
FOREVER I WAS IMMEDIATELY
CONVICTED THAT I HAD LIMITED
GOD.
AND THIS WORD WAS TELLING
ME, OH, YEAH, HE DOES HEAL.
Reporter: SHE BEGAN
READING HEALINGç SCRIPTURES,!f5 E-AND
WITH EACH VISIT WITH
THEIR PASTOR, SUE'S FAITH
GREW.
I JUST HAD FAITH.
YEAH, YEAH, HE'S GOING TO DO
IT.
I GO TO BED THIS ONE NIGHT,
AND A WAVE OF DOUBT CAME.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
M.S. IS INCURABLE.
YOU'RE NOT FOOLING
YOURSELF.
AND ON AND ON.
I WAS CRUSHED.
ALL MY FAITH, IT SEEMED,ç
WENT;H)IGHT OUT THE WINDOW,
AND I HEARD IN MY HEART,
YOU'RE SINKING IN A SEA OF
DOUBT.
AND I KNEW IT WAS THE LORD.
I KNEW IT WAS HIS VOICE.
Reporter: SUE WENT
DOWNSTAIRS AND READ HER
BIBLE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT A
SENSATION THAT I HAD NOT
FELT BEFORE.
I HAD FELT LITTLE, MAYBE
TINY TOUCHES, NOTHING LIKE
THIS.
IT WASç LIKEç OIL WAS BEING
POURED ON MY HEAD FROM THE
INSIDE OUT AND WAS SLOWLY
DEFUSING DOWN THROUGH
EVERYTHING, OUT TO THE
FINGERTIPS, DOWN TO THE
TOES, EVERYTHING.
AND I KNEW THAT AS IT WAS
HAPPENING, IT WAS JESUS AND
HE WAS HEALING ME.
EVERYTHING WRONG WAS SET
RIGHT, JUST RIGHT DOWN
THROUGH MY BODY.
AND I KNEW I WAS HEALED.
I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING,
AND I FELTç LIKE Iç HAD BEEN
PLUGGED INTO A SUPER
CHARGER.
I'M, LIKE, THERE IS POWER IN
ME THAT I HAVE NEVER FELT
BEFORE.
THIS IS A WHOLE NEW THING.
OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT HAS
HAPPENED.
Reporter: AS HER NEXT
VISIT TO THE NEUROLOGIST,
HER DOCTOR CONFIRMED HER
MIRACLE.
HE LOOKED IN MY EYES
FIRST.
AND THERE WAS DAMAGE IN MY
LEFT EYE THAT WAS VISABLE
WITH A SCOPE, AND ITç WAS
AND HE SAID, THIS IS GOD.
HE TESTED MY WHOLE BODY.
HE DID ALL OF THE USUAL
NEUROLOGICAL TESTS, AND
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY
NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
Reporter: FOR MORE THAN
A DECADE, SUE HAD BEEN FREE
OF M.S.
SHE AND JEFF HAVE STARTED A
MINISTRY, USING HER MIRACLE
TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHERS.
WHAT I REALLY WANT IS FOR
OTHERS TO KNOW HIM,
INTIMATELY.
I PRAYçç THAT WHEN I SPEAK TO
THEM AND WHEN I GIVE THEM MY
TESTIMONY, IT MAKES THEM
HUNGRY, AND THAT THEY WANT
TO PURSUE GOD.
HE IS JUST ENDLESS.
AND WHAT HE DOES IS
ENDLESS.
AND WITH HIM NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
Terry: I LOVE THIS
STORY BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT
SHE SOMEHOW DEVELOPED A DEEP
ENOUGH FAITH OR GOT GOOD
ENOUGH OR RAN THROUGH Açç
LITANY OF PRACTICES THAT
SOMEHOW QUALIFIED HER FOR
HEALING.
GOD MET HER RIGHT AT HER
POINT OF NEED.
BUT WHEN SHE FELT DOUBT, SHE
SAID, NO, I'M TRUSTING YOU,
AND SHE DREW CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO GOD.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU WHO
HAVE NEEDS AND YOU'RE
SAYING, I WANT THAT.
GOD SEES YOU AND KNOWS YOUR
NEEDS.
HERE IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL
STORY OF GOD'S POWER.
FOR OVER 30çç YEARS, DOUGLAS
WHO LIVED IN MICHIGAN
SUFFERED WITH HEPATITIS
"C."
IN DECEMBER OF 2012, HIS
BLOOD WORK SHOWED EVIDENCE
OF THE DISEASE.
AND THEN LAST JANUARY HE WAS
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
GORDON, HE HEARD YOU GIVE
THIS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:
"YOU'VE GOT A BLOOD DISORDER
WHERE YOU'VE GOT A LOW WHITE
BLOOD COUNT.
GOD IS HEALING AND RESTORING
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
JUST RECEIVE IT NOWçç IN
JESUS' NAME."
DOUGLAS CLAIMED HIS HEALING,
AND TWO MONTHS LATER HE WENT
TO HAVE HIS BLOOD RETESTED.
HIS DOCTOR WAS CONFOUNDED
WHEN THE REPORT CAME BACK.
IT VERIFIED THAT HE WAS FREE
FROM HEPATITIS "C."
Gordon: JESUS IS THE
SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
IN ARKANSAS.
IN ARKANSAS, LORI FELL DOWN
A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WAY BACK
IN 1999.çç
THE INJURY CAUSED HER TO
DEVELOP A PROBLEM WIT WITH
HER SCIATIC NERVE.
A FEW MONTHS AGO THE PAIN
BECAME CONSTANT.
AND THEN SHE WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB," AND TERRY,
YOU HAD A WORD.
"YOU'VE GOT A SCIATIC NERVE
PROBLEM.
LATELY IT HAS BEEN MUCH MORE
PREVALENT, AND GOD IS
HEALING THAT CONDITION.
YOU JUST RECEIVE THAT FROM%5ç TODAY."
WELL, LORI CLAIMED THE WORD
FOR HERSELF.
SUDDENLY ALL OF THE PAIN WAS
GONE, AND SHE HASN'T HAD A
PROBLEM SINCE.
GOD WANTS TO WORK MIRACLES.
LISTEN TO WHAT THAT STORY
SAID.
DON'T BE DROWNING IN A SEA
OF DOUBT.
WHEN THE BIBLE ANNOUNCES HE
HEALS ALL OUR DISEASES, GODç&
MEANS IT.
AND WITH HIM, THERE IS NO
SHADOW OF DOUBT.
BUT WHEN THAT IS ANNOUNCED
OVER YOU, GOD HEALS ALL YOUR
DISEASES, WHAT COMES TO
MIND?
IS THERE A DOUBT?
ARE YOU WONDERING, ARE YOU
GOOD ENOUGH?
ARE YOU WONDERING, HAVE YOU
PRAYED ENOUGH?
HAVE YOU BELIEVED ENOUGH?
HAVE YOU DONE THIS?
DO THE DOUBTSçç COME?
OR DO THE ARGUMENTS COME
THAT SOMEHOW YOU HAVE TO
CONVINCE GOD.
WHAT ABOUT MY CHILDREN?
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
ARE YOU ARGUING WITH HIM?
DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO
CONVINCE HIM, THAT YOU'RE
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM TO TURN
AND DO WHAT HE HAS ALREADY
PROMISED TO DO?
LET ALL OF THOSE DOUBTS JUST
FADE AWAY.
AND LET HIM COME TO YOU.
JESUS IS THE AUTHOR AND THEç!f5"QIT)áj
Q) OF YOUR FAITH.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
DRUM UP.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HE
GIVES TO YOU.
AND IT COMES WHEN HIS
PRESENCE OVERWHELMS YOU,
THAT HE IS IN YOU, HE IS ALL
AROUND YOU.
NOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, "IN HIM
WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE
OUR BEING."
SO HE IS ALREADY THERE.
ALL WE HAVE TO HAVE IS OUR
EYESçD=A1ñ OUR EARS OPEN,
AND A HEART OF UNDERSTANDING.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THAT, WELL
THEN HE TURNS AND HE HEALS
OUR DISEASE.
JUST BELIEVE.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
PRAY.
JUST BELIEVE.
IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS, START
DOUBTING YOUR DOUBTS.
AND LET'S JUST UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU
TODAY.
LET'Sç PRAY.ç
LORD, WE JUST COME TO YOU
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE
TO BE MANIFEST.
WE ASK THAT THE LIGHT OF
YOUR PRESENCE WOULD JUST
DAWN ON THEM.
THAT THE SWITCH WOULD TURN
ON AND THE SCALES WOULD FALL
OFF OF THEIR EYES AND THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE, THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR, THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TOç UNDERSTANDç
THE GREATNESS OF YOUR POWER
TOWARDS US WHO BELIEVE.
SO, LORD, RIGHT NOW WE JUST
ASK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT AND TOUCH AND
UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS OF
YOUR POWER.
FILL US TO OVERFLOWING.
AND WAçç JOIN IN AGREEMENT AND
WE SAY TO THESE DISEASES
NOW, BE HEALED AND BE MADE
WHOLE.
YOU SPIRITS OF INFIRMITY,
YOU MUST LEAVE NOW.
YOU HAVE NO HOLD HERE.
YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY.
IN JESUS' NAME, GO NOW.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE GOT
BURNING IN YOUR LUNGS, AND
IT IS RELATED TOç Aç SEVERE
ASTHMA CONDITION.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU
TO BREATHE.
AND THERE IS CONSTRICTIVE
BREATHING, ALMOST ON A
CONTINUOUS BASIS.
GOD IS RESTORING YOU NOW.
HE HAS FELT THAT GOING TO
YOUR LUNGS.
AND JUST TAKE IN A DEEP
BREATH AND REALIZE THAT YOU
ARE FREE.
IT IS NEVER GOING TO COME
BACK.
YOU'RE SET FREE NOW.
YOU'RE HEALED NOW.
TERRY?
Terry: RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS ANDçç OSTEOPOROSIS,
THE PAIN IS GONE.
RISE UP AND WALK STRAIGHT.
Gordon: AMEN.
GIVE US A CALL.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU IF YOU
NEED PRAYER.
1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM PSALM: "I WILL
TRUST IN THE DEPTH OF YOUR
WING."
FOR TERRY, FOR ME, FOR ALL
OF US, GOD BLESS YOU AND
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT
WEEK.
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