The 700 Club features a distinctive blend of news from a biblical perspective, inspirational interviews and biblical teaching for everyday life.
#PersonalStory
#Testimony
#Faith
#Healing
#Religion
#Government
#News
#Music
#Musician
#inActive
#Redemption
#GordonRobertson
#Psalm91:11
#TerryMeeuwsen
#The700Club
Closed captions
Show Timecode
The 700 Club | January 27, 2025 | January 27, 2025
- (screen beeping continues)
- 00:01:00.427 --> 00:00:00.943
- (dramatic music)
- 00:00:01.543 --> 00:00:03.011
- - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
- 00:00:03.011 --> 00:00:06.281
- - [gordon] coming up.
- 00:00:06.281 --> 00:00:07.716
- - i screamed (maurice screaming)
- 00:00:07.716 --> 00:00:08.851
- And i fell to the floor.
- 00:00:08.851 --> 00:00:10.085
- (body slams)
- 00:00:10.085 --> 00:00:11.019
- - [gordon] slammed by a stroke.
- 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:12.621
- - [maurice] it felt like something exploded in my head.
- 00:00:12.621 --> 00:00:15.290
- - [gordon] his life was slipping away.
- 00:00:15.290 --> 00:00:17.893
- - i said, call 911.
- 00:00:17.893 --> 00:00:21.396
- - [gordon] a patient is healed.
- 00:00:21.396 --> 00:00:23.165
- - and i felt myself getting whole again.
- 00:00:23.165 --> 00:00:26.301
- - [gordon] and his wasn't the only miracle.
- 00:00:26.301 --> 00:00:28.837
- - she said, god must have sent you here for me.
- 00:00:28.837 --> 00:00:31.540
- - [gordon] the story on today's "700 club".
- 00:00:31.540 --> 00:00:34.843
- (dramatic music)
- 00:00:34.843 --> 00:00:41.483
- Welcome to "the 700 club".
- 00:00:42.251 --> 00:00:44.086
- Michael molthan went from building luxury homes
- 00:00:44.086 --> 00:00:46.955
- To being homeless, and then he served a stint in prison.
- 00:00:46.955 --> 00:00:51.293
- - so, how did he wind up with a radio show
- 00:00:51.293 --> 00:00:53.896
- That reaches an audience of more than half a million?
- 00:00:53.896 --> 00:00:57.199
- Charlene aaron brings us his remarkable story
- 00:00:57.199 --> 00:00:59.835
- From riches to rock bottom to better than ever.
- 00:00:59.835 --> 00:01:03.872
- - five nights a week here in this studio in dallas,
- 00:01:05.207 --> 00:01:08.443
- Michael molthan reaches an audience of people
- 00:01:08.443 --> 00:01:10.812
- From all walks of life, tackling tough topics like drug
- 00:01:10.812 --> 00:01:14.983
- And alcohol addiction, an issue he knows all too well.
- 00:01:14.983 --> 00:01:19.454
- - gather round, gather round, gather round, clowns.
- 00:01:19.454 --> 00:01:22.691
- Michael molthan, "m2 the rock",
- 00:01:22.691 --> 00:01:23.926
- Coming to you live from dallas, texas.
- 00:01:23.926 --> 00:01:25.794
- D town, baby.
- 00:01:25.794 --> 00:01:27.095
- I never imagined in my life
- 00:01:27.095 --> 00:01:28.797
- And what a great feeling it is,
- 00:01:28.797 --> 00:01:30.899
- Is to help people, to help save their life.
- 00:01:30.899 --> 00:01:35.971
- I get messages every day
- 00:01:36.638 --> 00:01:38.073
- On how god is using me to touch people.
- 00:01:38.073 --> 00:01:42.978
- We reach over half a million people a week.
- 00:01:42.978 --> 00:01:45.314
- We have got a lot to talk about today.
- 00:01:45.314 --> 00:01:48.250
- - [charlene] via his podcast and facebook shows
- 00:01:48.250 --> 00:01:50.519
- Called "m2 the rock", molthan shares about his dark past
- 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:54.122
- As an alcoholic and drug addict,
- 00:01:54.122 --> 00:01:56.325
- And how he went from building homes to being homeless.
- 00:01:56.325 --> 00:01:59.461
- - when i had the home building company
- 00:01:59.461 --> 00:02:00.996
- And i was married at the time,
- 00:02:00.996 --> 00:02:03.232
- My behaviors were getting worse and worse.
- 00:02:04.333 --> 00:02:07.502
- My consequences were getting worse and worse.
- 00:02:07.502 --> 00:02:10.205
- And i will never forget in 2009,
- 00:02:10.205 --> 00:02:14.376
- I got pulled over and i got arrested.
- 00:02:14.376 --> 00:02:16.812
- I had a large amount of cocaine in my truck.
- 00:02:16.812 --> 00:02:19.414
- I was intoxicated and i was arrested.
- 00:02:19.414 --> 00:02:22.651
- And i'll never forget when they took me down to the jail,
- 00:02:22.651 --> 00:02:25.487
- I had my very first mugshot.
- 00:02:25.487 --> 00:02:28.023
- - [charlene] 26 mugshots later, molthan hit rock bottom.
- 00:02:28.023 --> 00:02:31.793
- - when i look back, that's how the word powerless,
- 00:02:31.793 --> 00:02:34.329
- I'm powerless over this deadly disease.
- 00:02:34.329 --> 00:02:36.665
- - [charlene] agitated and facing three years behind bars,
- 00:02:36.665 --> 00:02:39.768
- He experienced a spiritual encounter
- 00:02:39.768 --> 00:02:42.504
- After an inmate asked him to read to him.
- 00:02:42.504 --> 00:02:44.506
- - and i grabbed this book
- 00:02:44.506 --> 00:02:47.376
- From a gangbanger, a black panther.
- 00:02:47.376 --> 00:02:50.679
- And he used it as a pillow, brand new book.
- 00:02:50.679 --> 00:02:53.982
- And it was the living recovery bible,
- 00:02:53.982 --> 00:02:56.218
- New living translation.
- 00:02:56.218 --> 00:02:57.819
- Now, these are black words on white paper at the time.
- 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:01.957
- They're not meaning anything to me.
- 00:03:01.957 --> 00:03:04.126
- And the next thing i know, four days have passed by
- 00:03:04.126 --> 00:03:09.398
- And i started thinking about this
- 00:03:10.365 --> 00:03:11.900
- And i go, four days just went by
- 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:13.969
- And i wasn't anxious,
- 00:03:13.969 --> 00:03:16.104
- I wasn't in fear,
- 00:03:16.104 --> 00:03:18.407
- I was calm, and i was at peace.
- 00:03:18.407 --> 00:03:21.643
- - [charlene] later that night, another life-changing moment.
- 00:03:21.643 --> 00:03:24.713
- - i couldn't breathe. i was like, oh, oh, like that.
- 00:03:24.713 --> 00:03:27.449
- And all a sudden, (exhales)
- 00:03:27.449 --> 00:03:29.184
- I felt all this trash and hatred and anger and resentment
- 00:03:29.184 --> 00:03:34.923
- And everything just coming out of my body like flies.
- 00:03:36.258 --> 00:03:39.661
- All this stuff was just coming out.
- 00:03:39.661 --> 00:03:41.563
- And i just took this breath and i just go,
- 00:03:41.563 --> 00:03:44.533
- And something magical happened and i was full of love.
- 00:03:44.533 --> 00:03:48.704
- And i was looking around and i loved everybody.
- 00:03:48.704 --> 00:03:52.474
- - [charlene] that love motivated him
- 00:03:52.474 --> 00:03:54.142
- To hold bible studies behind bars.
- 00:03:54.142 --> 00:03:57.145
- - and i started preaching
- 00:03:57.145 --> 00:03:58.347
- And i didn't realize what i was doing.
- 00:03:58.347 --> 00:04:00.382
- And i did it at the end of every dinner.
- 00:04:00.382 --> 00:04:02.884
- - [charlene] in 2017, a paperwork error
- 00:04:02.884 --> 00:04:05.187
- Led to molthan's accidental release.
- 00:04:05.187 --> 00:04:07.656
- So, with no money or food,
- 00:04:07.656 --> 00:04:09.491
- He walked 300 miles to ask judge jennifer bennett
- 00:04:09.491 --> 00:04:13.328
- To send him back to jail.
- 00:04:13.328 --> 00:04:15.130
- - i walk in there to turn myself in and i'm excited.
- 00:04:15.130 --> 00:04:17.899
- I'm like, i'm gonna go back to prison.
- 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:19.701
- I'm gonna go do my time
- 00:04:19.701 --> 00:04:21.169
- And get this over with and get this behind me.
- 00:04:21.169 --> 00:04:23.171
- I'm in complete acceptance. god is running the show, right?
- 00:04:23.171 --> 00:04:26.541
- And i walk in there and judge bennett says,
- 00:04:26.541 --> 00:04:29.244
- "mr. molthan, there's obviously someone
- 00:04:30.345 --> 00:04:32.047
- A lot bigger working in your life than me,
- 00:04:32.047 --> 00:04:35.584
- And i'm not gonna get in the way."
- 00:04:35.584 --> 00:04:37.986
- And she set me free.
- 00:04:37.986 --> 00:04:39.755
- And she says, "i want you to come back tomorrow
- 00:04:39.755 --> 00:04:41.590
- With a self-correct program."
- 00:04:41.590 --> 00:04:43.759
- And she goes, "i want you to go pay it forward."
- 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.161
- - [charlene] and molthan is doing just that
- 00:04:46.161 --> 00:04:48.330
- By sharing his story of freedom and sobriety
- 00:04:48.330 --> 00:04:51.066
- With those seeking help for addiction.
- 00:04:51.066 --> 00:04:53.335
- - i was the biggest mess in the state of texas.
- 00:04:53.335 --> 00:04:56.872
- Today, the judges call me to ask me for my advice.
- 00:04:56.872 --> 00:05:01.710
- There are judges in the state of texas
- 00:05:02.778 --> 00:05:04.146
- That have reached out to me
- 00:05:04.146 --> 00:05:05.680
- That i have personally helped them with their family members
- 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.550
- To get them into treatment to get help.
- 00:05:08.550 --> 00:05:11.920
- There are judges that family members
- 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:13.622
- Who have watched the show,
- 00:05:13.622 --> 00:05:15.123
- That have reached out, that are now clean and sober today.
- 00:05:15.123 --> 00:05:18.593
- - [charlene] judge bennett has even appeared as a guest.
- 00:05:18.593 --> 00:05:21.430
- And the impact of molthan's work
- 00:05:21.430 --> 00:05:23.265
- Is reaching around the globe.
- 00:05:23.265 --> 00:05:25.267
- - i've been on podcasts all over the world,
- 00:05:25.267 --> 00:05:27.836
- But we're getting,
- 00:05:28.470 --> 00:05:30.005
- The majority of 'em are from america, but it's all over.
- 00:05:30.005 --> 00:05:33.775
- - [charlene] in the end, molthan says his message is simple.
- 00:05:33.775 --> 00:05:37.045
- If god changed him, he can change anybody.
- 00:05:37.045 --> 00:05:40.482
- - i don't wake up
- 00:05:40.482 --> 00:05:41.917
- In the middle of the night craving a drink.
- 00:05:41.917 --> 00:05:44.252
- The mental obsession of drugs and alcohol has been removed.
- 00:05:45.654 --> 00:05:49.758
- And my drug of choice today is god.
- 00:05:49.758 --> 00:05:52.260
- I am grateful that through all the pain, my story,
- 00:05:52.260 --> 00:05:56.698
- And everything that i've been through in my life
- 00:05:56.698 --> 00:05:59.468
- Is that i finally understand better
- 00:05:59.468 --> 00:06:03.171
- On what forgiveness means.
- 00:06:03.171 --> 00:06:04.940
- - [charlene] charlene aaron, cbn news, dallas.
- 00:06:04.940 --> 00:06:07.442
- - to become-
- 00:06:07.442 --> 00:06:08.510
- - well, if you're like michael,
- 00:06:08.510 --> 00:06:09.878
- You're struggling with addiction,
- 00:06:09.878 --> 00:06:11.546
- You're struggling with who you are,
- 00:06:11.546 --> 00:06:13.849
- Realize you are still a child of god.
- 00:06:13.849 --> 00:06:17.486
- He will not reject you.
- 00:06:17.486 --> 00:06:19.688
- If you turn to him, those black words on a white page
- 00:06:19.688 --> 00:06:23.625
- Will become living in your life just as they did for him.
- 00:06:23.625 --> 00:06:27.896
- Here's the prayer for you.
- 00:06:27.896 --> 00:06:29.364
- Jesus, if you're real,
- 00:06:29.364 --> 00:06:30.799
- If you really are my savior, could you show me?
- 00:06:30.799 --> 00:06:33.768
- Could you show up for me?
- 00:06:33.768 --> 00:06:35.670
- We'll be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this.
- 00:06:35.670 --> 00:06:39.140
- (dramatic music)
- 00:06:39.140 --> 00:06:43.712
- Still ahead, a world-class musician
- 00:06:44.679 --> 00:06:47.716
- From one of the most oppressed groups in europe.
- 00:06:47.716 --> 00:06:50.952
- How did he wind up playing carnegie hall?
- 00:06:50.952 --> 00:06:54.055
- And then, a man is rushed to the er after having a stroke.
- 00:06:54.055 --> 00:06:59.127
- So, why is the hospital staff saying he healed them?
- 00:07:00.362 --> 00:07:07.235
- (soft upbeat music)
- 00:07:07.869 --> 00:07:09.137
- - [advertiser 1] wanna be a part of a community
- 00:07:09.137 --> 00:07:10.605
- That inspires your spiritual growth while winning prizes?
- 00:07:10.605 --> 00:07:13.475
- The all new mycbn app.
- 00:07:13.475 --> 00:07:15.577
- Connect with the community for prayer and encouragement,
- 00:07:15.577 --> 00:07:18.380
- Track and set spiritual goals,
- 00:07:18.380 --> 00:07:20.448
- Enjoy conversation starters with friends and family,
- 00:07:20.448 --> 00:07:23.318
- And collect points to win prizes.
- 00:07:23.318 --> 00:07:25.554
- The all new mycbn app, a great place to belong.
- 00:07:25.554 --> 00:07:28.924
- Download the app at cbn.com/mobile.
- 00:07:28.924 --> 00:07:31.860
- Grow, connect, have fun. the all new mycbn app.
- 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:36.031
- (soft upbeat music)
- 00:07:36.031 --> 00:07:37.933
- - i start drinking alcohol
- 00:07:37.933 --> 00:07:39.901
- Under the pretense of i'm celebrating.
- 00:07:39.901 --> 00:07:42.604
- I wasn't celebrating, i was medicating myself.
- 00:07:42.604 --> 00:07:45.974
- I felt completely defeated and broken.
- 00:07:45.974 --> 00:07:48.710
- I was weak in my relationship with god,
- 00:07:49.711 --> 00:07:51.746
- And i was just a weak human being.
- 00:07:51.746 --> 00:07:54.482
- And god got further and further away.
- 00:07:54.482 --> 00:07:56.851
- When you feel his presence
- 00:07:57.619 --> 00:07:59.120
- And you walk away from it, there's guilt, there's shame,
- 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.190
- But there's also a sense
- 00:08:02.190 --> 00:08:04.326
- That it'll never happen for you again.
- 00:08:04.326 --> 00:08:07.495
- My daughter, who was 12 at the time, she said,
- 00:08:07.495 --> 00:08:10.165
- "daddy, i want you to be happy.
- 00:08:10.165 --> 00:08:12.400
- I want you to know jesus."
- 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:14.669
- God started to reveal himself to me again
- 00:08:15.770 --> 00:08:18.907
- And he started to meld away the ice that was my heart.
- 00:08:18.907 --> 00:08:23.612
- I'm trying to talk people
- 00:08:24.379 --> 00:08:25.580
- Into this life that is second to none.
- 00:08:25.580 --> 00:08:29.884
- This life's of feeling christ's presence in your life.
- 00:08:29.884 --> 00:08:33.655
- (soft upbeat music)
- 00:08:33.655 --> 00:08:36.992
- - [advertiser 1] introducing the cbn bible from cbn.com.
- 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:42.731
- Now, an easier way to study the bible in growing your faith.
- 00:08:42.731 --> 00:08:46.668
- Highlight your favorite verse.
- 00:08:47.502 --> 00:08:49.104
- Read separate versions at a glance.
- 00:08:49.104 --> 00:08:51.773
- Click and read a commentary
- 00:08:51.773 --> 00:08:53.808
- Or cross-reference your favorite verse
- 00:08:53.808 --> 00:08:55.477
- Using the strong's concordance.
- 00:08:55.477 --> 00:08:57.746
- All the right tools to study the bible all in one place.
- 00:08:57.746 --> 00:09:02.317
- The cbn bible, available at cbn.com/bible
- 00:09:02.317 --> 00:09:05.920
- Or the itunes app store.
- 00:09:05.920 --> 00:09:08.123
- - i had a drug test that was coming up.
- 00:09:08.123 --> 00:09:10.325
- I had the drugs in my hand
- 00:09:10.325 --> 00:09:11.760
- And i was thinking that if i use this today,
- 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:15.096
- I'm going to lose my kids.
- 00:09:15.096 --> 00:09:17.766
- So, i got on my knees
- 00:09:18.433 --> 00:09:19.934
- And i went down a list of everything that i could think of
- 00:09:19.934 --> 00:09:22.871
- That i had done wrong, both outwardly and inside.
- 00:09:22.871 --> 00:09:26.541
- I just told him, i'm sorry that i did these things.
- 00:09:26.541 --> 00:09:30.311
- And jesus, i want you to come into my heart
- 00:09:30.311 --> 00:09:33.148
- And be the lord of my life.
- 00:09:33.148 --> 00:09:35.383
- And it was real.
- 00:09:35.917 --> 00:09:38.386
- (dramatic music)
- 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:43.591
- - when odon racz was born,
- 00:09:44.392 --> 00:09:45.994
- His father brought a musical instrument
- 00:09:45.994 --> 00:09:48.396
- To the hospital to put in his hands.
- 00:09:48.396 --> 00:09:51.433
- And that was the beginning of a childhood steeped in music.
- 00:09:51.433 --> 00:09:55.704
- Over the years, odon's amazing career
- 00:09:55.704 --> 00:09:57.906
- Has taken him all over the world.
- 00:09:57.906 --> 00:10:00.341
- Dale hurd brings us the story
- 00:10:00.341 --> 00:10:01.976
- Of this remarkable musician from budapest, hungary.
- 00:10:01.976 --> 00:10:06.047
- - [dale] as a member of hungary's roma or gypsy community,
- 00:10:07.549 --> 00:10:10.785
- Odon racz has known discrimination and obstacles,
- 00:10:10.785 --> 00:10:14.989
- But his tremendous musical ability has taken him
- 00:10:14.989 --> 00:10:17.759
- From one of the lowest rungs in hungarian society
- 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.429
- To the pinnacle of european classical music
- 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:24.699
- As the principle double bass
- 00:10:24.699 --> 00:10:26.501
- For the vienna philharmonic orchestra.
- 00:10:26.501 --> 00:10:29.104
- (orchestral music)
- 00:10:29.104 --> 00:10:31.906
- Born into a family of talented musicians,
- 00:10:31.906 --> 00:10:34.476
- Odon's career path was already set before him at birth.
- 00:10:34.476 --> 00:10:38.780
- - [voice-over] when i was born,
- 00:10:38.780 --> 00:10:40.281
- My father brought a tiny musical instrument to the hospital
- 00:10:40.281 --> 00:10:42.117
- To see if i would take it into my hands.
- 00:10:42.117 --> 00:10:44.753
- From my childhood,
- 00:10:44.753 --> 00:10:46.087
- Music was the most important thing in our family.
- 00:10:46.087 --> 00:10:48.056
- Music surrounded us.
- 00:10:48.056 --> 00:10:49.557
- - [dale] odon began to play the double bass at age nine.
- 00:10:49.557 --> 00:10:52.560
- By 13, he had performed his first public solo concert
- 00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:56.364
- At the music academy of budapest.
- 00:10:56.364 --> 00:10:59.167
- He was a teenager when his cousin
- 00:10:59.167 --> 00:11:01.202
- Shared with him the message of salvation.
- 00:11:01.202 --> 00:11:03.905
- At first, he resisted.
- 00:11:03.905 --> 00:11:05.874
- - [voice-over] i was not interested
- 00:11:05.874 --> 00:11:06.875
- In what they were talking about,
- 00:11:06.875 --> 00:11:08.209
- But my cousin started to pray.
- 00:11:08.209 --> 00:11:10.612
- And when i started to pray too,
- 00:11:10.612 --> 00:11:12.147
- I started crying and i couldn't stop crying.
- 00:11:12.147 --> 00:11:15.416
- - [dale] and when he went to a church service
- 00:11:15.416 --> 00:11:17.285
- And the altar call was given,
- 00:11:17.285 --> 00:11:19.287
- He and his mother went forward.
- 00:11:19.287 --> 00:11:21.422
- He asked us if he could play one
- 00:11:21.422 --> 00:11:23.091
- Of his favorite gospel songs for us,
- 00:11:23.091 --> 00:11:25.860
- "you are my hiding place".
- 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:28.963
- (double bass music)
- 00:11:29.597 --> 00:11:48.216
- (double bass music continues)
- 00:11:49.017 --> 00:11:55.023
- The romani have lived in hungary for centuries,
- 00:11:56.191 --> 00:11:58.927
- Having migrated from northern india.
- 00:11:58.927 --> 00:12:01.563
- They're the largest minority in hungary.
- 00:12:01.563 --> 00:12:04.365
- They were victims of the holocaust
- 00:12:04.365 --> 00:12:06.467
- And still face discrimination across europe.
- 00:12:06.467 --> 00:12:09.904
- - [voice-over] the roma people
- 00:12:09.904 --> 00:12:11.272
- Should not be excluded from society, but included,
- 00:12:11.272 --> 00:12:13.241
- So that we can share with them the love of god,
- 00:12:13.241 --> 00:12:15.610
- So that they can be saved.
- 00:12:15.610 --> 00:12:17.445
- - [dale] and odon says god
- 00:12:17.445 --> 00:12:18.880
- Has given the romani special gifts.
- 00:12:18.880 --> 00:12:22.083
- - [voice-over] the roma people have a special talent
- 00:12:22.083 --> 00:12:23.751
- For arts and dance and music,
- 00:12:23.751 --> 00:12:25.653
- And especially for improvised music.
- 00:12:25.653 --> 00:12:27.722
- This is something that can't be taught. we are born with it.
- 00:12:27.722 --> 00:12:30.625
- (instrumental music)
- 00:12:30.625 --> 00:12:32.493
- - [dale] his career has taken him all over the world.
- 00:12:32.493 --> 00:12:34.896
- But he says one of his favorite cities is new york,
- 00:12:34.896 --> 00:12:38.600
- Where at carnegie hall, he has met
- 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:40.401
- And worked with such names
- 00:12:40.401 --> 00:12:41.803
- As yo-yo ma and michael tilson thomas.
- 00:12:41.803 --> 00:12:45.073
- Odon says when he plays, he offers his music
- 00:12:45.073 --> 00:12:48.009
- As a sacrifice to god
- 00:12:48.009 --> 00:12:50.245
- And that makes a real difference in his performance.
- 00:12:50.245 --> 00:12:53.948
- - [voice-over] when i go on stage, i tell the lord,
- 00:12:53.948 --> 00:12:56.084
- I want to serve you with my music.
- 00:12:56.084 --> 00:12:58.553
- Let it be a great sacrifice to you.
- 00:12:58.553 --> 00:13:00.355
- And when an artist plays like this,
- 00:13:00.355 --> 00:13:02.824
- It's a special experience for the audience.
- 00:13:02.824 --> 00:13:05.493
- (double bass music)
- 00:13:05.493 --> 00:13:10.265
- - [dale] dale hurd, cbn news, budapest.
- 00:13:11.332 --> 00:13:15.470
- - and amazing people, amazing gifts,
- 00:13:16.471 --> 00:13:19.240
- Amazing spirituality in the roma communities.
- 00:13:20.375 --> 00:13:23.378
- And whether that's the communities in india
- 00:13:23.378 --> 00:13:25.880
- Or ukraine or russia or romania
- 00:13:25.880 --> 00:13:29.217
- Or here from hungary, absolutely amazing.
- 00:13:29.217 --> 00:13:32.420
- The gifting that has been given to them
- 00:13:32.420 --> 00:13:34.455
- And the praise that they have.
- 00:13:34.455 --> 00:13:36.891
- It's a wonderful story and it's a worldwide story.
- 00:13:36.891 --> 00:13:40.628
- - yeah, they perform and they dance with such,
- 00:13:40.628 --> 00:13:43.998
- I don't know, (laughs) intensity.
- 00:13:43.998 --> 00:13:46.701
- It's wonderful. (both laughing)
- 00:13:46.701 --> 00:13:48.069
- Well, up next,
- 00:13:48.069 --> 00:13:49.304
- Like a transformer exploding in my head,
- 00:13:49.304 --> 00:13:52.340
- That's the sensation one man felt
- 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:54.442
- The moment he was having a stroke.
- 00:13:54.442 --> 00:13:56.844
- So, how was he able
- 00:13:56.844 --> 00:13:58.313
- To walk out of a hospital just a day and a half later?
- 00:13:58.313 --> 00:14:02.150
- You'll find out the answer.
- 00:14:02.150 --> 00:14:03.618
- Plus, we're gonna be praying for you when we come back.
- 00:14:03.618 --> 00:14:06.521
- (upbeat music)
- 00:14:06.521 --> 00:14:10.024
- - [interviewer] you considered yourself an atheist.
- 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:13.661
- - yeah. - what did you specifically
- 00:14:13.661 --> 00:14:15.530
- Have against christianity?
- 00:14:15.530 --> 00:14:17.098
- - my dad was a former music minister.
- 00:14:17.098 --> 00:14:20.101
- I saw a lot of hurt in that church.
- 00:14:20.101 --> 00:14:22.537
- - [interviewer] in 2015, walker lost his record deal
- 00:14:22.537 --> 00:14:25.907
- And had their family van repossessed by the label.
- 00:14:25.907 --> 00:14:29.210
- That's when craig decided
- 00:14:29.210 --> 00:14:30.712
- To give their family van to walker.
- 00:14:30.712 --> 00:14:33.748
- - their unconditional love,
- 00:14:33.748 --> 00:14:35.350
- It was so different from what we were used to.
- 00:14:35.350 --> 00:14:39.587
- I went and got a bible
- 00:14:39.587 --> 00:14:40.855
- And just started reading and reading and reading.
- 00:14:40.855 --> 00:14:43.191
- - it was amazing to watch the transformation
- 00:14:43.191 --> 00:14:46.694
- And just the power of the holy spirit.
- 00:14:46.694 --> 00:14:50.298
- - [interviewer] walker had given his life to christ
- 00:14:50.298 --> 00:14:52.400
- And couldn't wait to share the news with craig.
- 00:14:52.400 --> 00:14:55.269
- - i said, i believe.
- 00:14:55.269 --> 00:14:56.904
- - are you telling me that you believe that jesus
- 00:14:56.904 --> 00:15:00.141
- Is the son of god
- 00:15:00.141 --> 00:15:01.376
- And that you want to live your life for him?
- 00:15:01.376 --> 00:15:04.145
- He said, "that's exactly what i'm saying."
- 00:15:05.246 --> 00:15:08.383
- (upbeat music)
- 00:15:08.383 --> 00:15:11.686
- - the international outreach of cbn is simply amazing.
- 00:15:11.686 --> 00:15:15.623
- - i think cbn ends up touching many of the areas
- 00:15:15.623 --> 00:15:18.426
- Of the world that you as an individual cannot touch.
- 00:15:18.426 --> 00:15:21.963
- - it allows me to be a part
- 00:15:21.963 --> 00:15:23.364
- Of such an amazing body of christ.
- 00:15:23.364 --> 00:15:27.068
- - this thrilled us. we love to give.
- 00:15:27.068 --> 00:15:29.771
- - it's a blessing to be able to be a part of this,
- 00:15:29.771 --> 00:15:32.306
- To be able to speak about an amazing community that cbn is.
- 00:15:32.306 --> 00:15:36.544
- (dramatic music)
- 00:15:36.544 --> 00:15:40.448
- - i wanted to be a boy one week.
- 00:15:41.249 --> 00:15:42.650
- I wanted to be a girl next week.
- 00:15:42.650 --> 00:15:44.118
- It was constantly like that. confusion always in my mind.
- 00:15:44.118 --> 00:15:46.754
- I always felt like i was more in tune to femininity.
- 00:15:46.754 --> 00:15:50.091
- - [gordon] at 16, tommy decided
- 00:15:50.091 --> 00:15:51.692
- It was time to give in to those desires.
- 00:15:51.692 --> 00:15:54.262
- Now, addicted to meth, he dropped out of school
- 00:15:54.262 --> 00:15:57.465
- And began frequenting gay chat rooms and nightclubs.
- 00:15:57.465 --> 00:16:00.701
- - [tommy] had an internal knowing that it was just wrong.
- 00:16:00.701 --> 00:16:03.137
- - [gordon] despite his doubts,
- 00:16:03.137 --> 00:16:04.272
- Tommy started taking female hormones
- 00:16:04.272 --> 00:16:06.707
- And making plans to have a sex change operation.
- 00:16:06.707 --> 00:16:10.078
- Tommy was doing drugs with his brother
- 00:16:10.078 --> 00:16:12.046
- And sister when he felt an oppressive, paralyzing fear.
- 00:16:12.046 --> 00:16:16.717
- Terrified, tommy left the house
- 00:16:16.717 --> 00:16:18.586
- And went to his mom
- 00:16:18.586 --> 00:16:19.987
- Who had recently committed her life to christ.
- 00:16:19.987 --> 00:16:22.523
- - i had to cry out to god,
- 00:16:22.523 --> 00:16:23.691
- Because i just knew in that moment
- 00:16:23.691 --> 00:16:25.059
- That he was the only one that was able to help me.
- 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:26.761
- So, i remember just telling him,
- 00:16:26.761 --> 00:16:28.396
- I'm sorry of the lifestyle that i was living.
- 00:16:28.396 --> 00:16:30.598
- I just went into this deep place of repenting
- 00:16:30.598 --> 00:16:33.634
- And asking for forgiveness.
- 00:16:33.634 --> 00:16:35.069
- If jesus did it for me, he could do it for you.
- 00:16:35.069 --> 00:16:37.772
- We all need a savior.
- 00:16:37.772 --> 00:16:39.006
- We all come from a place of brokenness.
- 00:16:39.006 --> 00:16:41.209
- - my head was just killing me.
- 00:16:41.209 --> 00:16:43.411
- I never experienced it to that magnitude,
- 00:16:43.411 --> 00:16:46.080
- Like i'm gonna have to go to the er.
- 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.249
- - the doctor who was on call, he said,
- 00:16:48.249 --> 00:16:51.285
- "it looks like a brain bleed."
- 00:16:51.285 --> 00:16:53.454
- We begin to plead the blood of jesus.
- 00:16:53.454 --> 00:16:55.490
- Holy spirit spoke to me when he said,
- 00:16:55.490 --> 00:16:57.425
- "the bleeding has stopped."
- 00:16:57.425 --> 00:16:58.960
- We were just all rejoicing
- 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.428
- When we heard she's gonna be fine.
- 00:17:00.428 --> 00:17:02.864
- - i'm grateful every single day,
- 00:17:02.864 --> 00:17:04.098
- 'cause if god brought me through that,
- 00:17:04.098 --> 00:17:06.534
- God can bring you through anything.
- 00:17:06.534 --> 00:17:08.436
- I believe in prayer, the power of prayer.
- 00:17:08.436 --> 00:17:11.439
- - [narrator 1] melissa and her husband, rick,
- 00:17:11.439 --> 00:17:12.840
- Have come a long way from when they met.
- 00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:14.942
- Melissa was in real estate.
- 00:17:14.942 --> 00:17:16.644
- Rick had been living on credit cards,
- 00:17:16.644 --> 00:17:18.880
- Trying to start a number of businesses
- 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.149
- And was $80,000 in debt.
- 00:17:21.149 --> 00:17:23.584
- All the while, the hinnants were tithing
- 00:17:23.584 --> 00:17:26.287
- And the newly married couples
- 00:17:26.287 --> 00:17:27.522
- Started working their way out of the red.
- 00:17:27.522 --> 00:17:29.757
- - i think i had bought into society saying,
- 00:17:29.757 --> 00:17:33.161
- Here's what you should have.
- 00:17:33.161 --> 00:17:34.562
- I simply asked god, do i have money before you?
- 00:17:34.562 --> 00:17:37.865
- I asked god to forgive me instantly.
- 00:17:37.865 --> 00:17:40.835
- I told god whether i make a lot of money
- 00:17:40.835 --> 00:17:43.771
- Or not, i'm done striving.
- 00:17:43.771 --> 00:17:46.607
- - [narrator 1] today, rick and melissa have three children
- 00:17:46.607 --> 00:17:49.210
- And choose to live way below their means,
- 00:17:49.210 --> 00:17:51.379
- So they can help the poor.
- 00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:53.181
- They've already built 13 orphanages
- 00:17:53.181 --> 00:17:55.550
- And a freedom house in india.
- 00:17:55.550 --> 00:17:57.385
- - what i loved about operation blessing
- 00:17:57.385 --> 00:17:59.187
- Is that we were really able to see the fruit of that gift.
- 00:17:59.187 --> 00:18:02.757
- - now, i have the hunger to make more money,
- 00:18:02.757 --> 00:18:05.626
- So we truly can give to all of these places,
- 00:18:05.626 --> 00:18:08.896
- 'cause there's a lot of need out there.
- 00:18:08.896 --> 00:18:11.799
- - when i was eight years old, i was molested by a boy
- 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.001
- That was only a year older than me.
- 00:18:14.001 --> 00:18:15.970
- I became very sexualized.
- 00:18:15.970 --> 00:18:17.805
- I started going all over the state
- 00:18:18.773 --> 00:18:20.441
- Just for random sexual encounters that i would find online.
- 00:18:20.441 --> 00:18:24.245
- Nothing was satisfying anymore.
- 00:18:24.245 --> 00:18:26.747
- And so, i began to remember all the fantasies
- 00:18:26.747 --> 00:18:29.483
- I had as a child of feeling like a boy.
- 00:18:29.483 --> 00:18:32.787
- I began to transition.
- 00:18:32.787 --> 00:18:34.121
- I began to take the hormones
- 00:18:34.121 --> 00:18:35.656
- And at first, it was the greatest thing ever.
- 00:18:35.656 --> 00:18:38.593
- I was really excited about the results
- 00:18:38.593 --> 00:18:40.061
- And i liked how it looked physically.
- 00:18:40.061 --> 00:18:41.996
- I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man
- 00:18:41.996 --> 00:18:44.865
- And that was devastating to me.
- 00:18:44.865 --> 00:18:47.168
- But after about a month of just crying out to the lord
- 00:18:47.168 --> 00:18:49.604
- After night after night,
- 00:18:49.604 --> 00:18:51.305
- I had a clear vision of jesus christ himself,
- 00:18:51.305 --> 00:18:53.874
- Getting down on one knee,
- 00:18:53.874 --> 00:18:55.343
- He reached his hand into the pit
- 00:18:55.343 --> 00:18:56.844
- And he said, do you trust me?
- 00:18:56.844 --> 00:18:58.980
- I took his hand. i walked away from my entire identity.
- 00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:02.516
- You are who god created you to be
- 00:19:02.516 --> 00:19:04.085
- And you are put on this earth for his purpose.
- 00:19:04.085 --> 00:19:06.454
- God loves you more than you could ever even imagine.
- 00:19:06.454 --> 00:19:09.156
- (piano music)
- 00:19:09.156 --> 00:19:12.460
- - [advertiser 2] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
- 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:17.598
- Jesus said it, "i came to give you life."
- 00:19:18.699 --> 00:19:22.203
- Life to the fullest.
- 00:19:22.837 --> 00:19:25.539
- Life in your family.
- 00:19:26.173 --> 00:19:28.576
- Life in your finances.
- 00:19:29.243 --> 00:19:31.479
- Life in your body, mind, and spirit.
- 00:19:32.546 --> 00:19:37.151
- Life in your everyday.
- 00:19:37.818 --> 00:19:39.587
- (upbeat music)
- 00:19:39.587 --> 00:19:43.724
- At cbn.com, we're taking what jesus said seriously.
- 00:19:44.992 --> 00:19:48.829
- (upbeat music)
- 00:19:48.829 --> 00:19:52.166
- We're here to help you discover life.
- 00:19:53.267 --> 00:19:55.503
- (upbeat music)
- 00:19:55.503 --> 00:20:00.174
- Life,
- 00:20:00.608 --> 00:20:01.442
- (upbeat music)
- 00:20:01.442 --> 00:20:02.543
- Live it fully.
- 00:20:02.543 --> 00:20:04.245
- Cbn.com.
- 00:20:04.245 --> 00:20:05.780
- (upbeat music)
- 00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:12.186
- (dramatic music)
- 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:16.457
- - maurice hilliard stumbled on his way back to bed.
- 00:20:17.692 --> 00:20:20.961
- His head felt like it had exploded.
- 00:20:20.961 --> 00:20:23.898
- His speech was slurred and his balance was shot.
- 00:20:23.898 --> 00:20:27.401
- Maurice had just suffered a stroke
- 00:20:27.401 --> 00:20:30.338
- And what followed next was nothing short of supernatural.
- 00:20:30.338 --> 00:20:41.082
- - i put my hand on the counter to steady myself,
- 00:20:42.316 --> 00:20:44.285
- And that's when it felt like something
- 00:20:44.285 --> 00:20:46.253
- Was happening in my head that like a transformer explodes.
- 00:20:46.253 --> 00:20:51.125
- It felt like something exploded in my head.
- 00:20:51.125 --> 00:20:53.728
- - [narrator 2] may 3rd, 2019,
- 00:20:54.562 --> 00:20:56.330
- Maurice hilliard was going back to bed
- 00:20:56.330 --> 00:20:58.132
- After using the bathroom, but then...
- 00:20:58.132 --> 00:21:01.001
- - felt sparks coming all through my head
- 00:21:01.001 --> 00:21:03.437
- And i was totally out of control.
- 00:21:03.437 --> 00:21:05.406
- I screamed (maurice screaming)
- 00:21:05.406 --> 00:21:06.540
- And i fell to the floor.
- 00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:07.641
- (body slams)
- 00:21:07.641 --> 00:21:08.876
- - i woke up and i looked toward the bathroom.
- 00:21:08.876 --> 00:21:10.378
- There was my husband, maurice, on the floor,
- 00:21:10.378 --> 00:21:14.215
- And i noticed he couldn't speak, he couldn't move.
- 00:21:14.215 --> 00:21:17.551
- Immediately, i started praying.
- 00:21:17.551 --> 00:21:19.553
- I prayed the word of god for healing.
- 00:21:19.553 --> 00:21:22.523
- - [narrator 2] losing his ability to speak,
- 00:21:22.523 --> 00:21:24.291
- Maurice knew he was in trouble.
- 00:21:24.291 --> 00:21:26.427
- - i said, call 911.
- 00:21:26.427 --> 00:21:28.963
- - [narrator 2] paramedics rushed maurice and earlene
- 00:21:30.297 --> 00:21:32.233
- To nearby chesapeake general hospital in virginia.
- 00:21:32.233 --> 00:21:35.569
- Maurice was disoriented,
- 00:21:35.569 --> 00:21:37.204
- Had slurred speech, and chest pains.
- 00:21:37.204 --> 00:21:39.974
- - the main concern that doctors had
- 00:21:39.974 --> 00:21:42.576
- When they first brought me in,
- 00:21:42.576 --> 00:21:44.612
- They thought i'd had a stroke.
- 00:21:44.612 --> 00:21:47.648
- - i prayed that he'd be completely healed
- 00:21:47.648 --> 00:21:49.383
- From the top of his head to the soles of his feet
- 00:21:49.383 --> 00:21:51.986
- And that he would have no side effects
- 00:21:51.986 --> 00:21:54.355
- Or anything like that.
- 00:21:54.355 --> 00:21:55.856
- - i was beginning just to say, god, you got to help me.
- 00:21:55.856 --> 00:21:59.160
- - [narrator 2] maurice was wheeled back immediately
- 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.961
- For a ct scan.
- 00:22:00.961 --> 00:22:02.863
- Then, as the technician
- 00:22:02.863 --> 00:22:04.465
- Was injecting an imaging dye into his brain,
- 00:22:04.465 --> 00:22:07.168
- Maurice felt something change.
- 00:22:07.168 --> 00:22:09.203
- - i began as that dye went in to feel like,
- 00:22:09.203 --> 00:22:12.640
- Hey, i'm coming back again.
- 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.509
- That dye is washing and i felt myself getting whole again.
- 00:22:15.509 --> 00:22:20.381
- - [narrator 2] of course, he knew
- 00:22:21.348 --> 00:22:22.650
- It wasn't the dye had work.
- 00:22:22.650 --> 00:22:24.585
- - i just said, lord, you've done this.
- 00:22:24.585 --> 00:22:26.454
- Whatever happened to my body, yeah, i'm healed.
- 00:22:26.454 --> 00:22:29.623
- - [narrator 2] the preliminary ct scan was inconclusive,
- 00:22:30.991 --> 00:22:33.327
- So doctors kept maurice at the hospital for observation
- 00:22:33.327 --> 00:22:36.330
- And ordered an mri for that afternoon.
- 00:22:36.330 --> 00:22:39.166
- Meanwhile, maurice's speech
- 00:22:39.166 --> 00:22:40.901
- And mind continued to clear
- 00:22:40.901 --> 00:22:42.970
- As he began telling everyone about his miracle..
- 00:22:42.970 --> 00:22:46.173
- - the nurses and people who came in to clean the room,
- 00:22:46.173 --> 00:22:51.245
- All i could just say were the good god that i served
- 00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:55.683
- And how he healed me so.
- 00:22:55.683 --> 00:22:58.986
- - [narrator 2] the next day,
- 00:22:59.753 --> 00:23:01.222
- The mri results confirmed maurice had had a stroke.
- 00:23:01.222 --> 00:23:04.592
- - it was on the left side of his brain,
- 00:23:04.592 --> 00:23:06.293
- So that will affect the right side of your body typically.
- 00:23:06.293 --> 00:23:09.396
- When he came for his mri,
- 00:23:09.396 --> 00:23:10.898
- He really didn't have any deficits, they had all subsided.
- 00:23:10.898 --> 00:23:14.201
- - when i got the results, i had just rejoiced so much.
- 00:23:14.201 --> 00:23:19.273
- I was so thankful that god had healed me.
- 00:23:20.374 --> 00:23:23.110
- I even told the doctor, no, god has healed me.
- 00:23:23.110 --> 00:23:27.882
- - [narrator 2] then, someone else found healing,
- 00:23:27.882 --> 00:23:29.750
- But not in the physical sense.
- 00:23:29.750 --> 00:23:31.919
- As maurice talked about god's goodness,
- 00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:34.121
- Ashley began to share her pain,
- 00:23:34.121 --> 00:23:36.056
- The pain of a troubled heart.
- 00:23:36.056 --> 00:23:38.192
- - she began to say, "i'm angry with god.
- 00:23:38.192 --> 00:23:41.529
- I lost my father.
- 00:23:42.162 --> 00:23:44.331
- God took my father."
- 00:23:44.965 --> 00:23:47.067
- - i was really unhappy with my relationship with god,
- 00:23:47.067 --> 00:23:52.139
- Because i didn't understand why my dad got taken from me.
- 00:23:53.507 --> 00:23:56.443
- I almost was so angry,
- 00:23:56.443 --> 00:23:58.312
- Like i could feel it every day
- 00:23:58.312 --> 00:23:59.647
- Like i was carrying it with me.
- 00:23:59.647 --> 00:24:01.715
- - and i say, oh, ashley, your father is still alive.
- 00:24:01.715 --> 00:24:06.720
- He's still in you.
- 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.821
- I just told her how much love god had for her.
- 00:24:08.956 --> 00:24:12.893
- - [narrator 2] after months of anger and resentment...
- 00:24:12.893 --> 00:24:15.462
- - like it just all washed away.
- 00:24:15.462 --> 00:24:17.665
- This man is here. this is your angel.
- 00:24:17.665 --> 00:24:19.700
- He's been sent to you to let you know that god is all around
- 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:23.537
- And everything has happened the way it's supposed to happen.
- 00:24:23.537 --> 00:24:27.508
- It was amazing.
- 00:24:27.508 --> 00:24:28.642
- - she says, "i'm not angry anymore."
- 00:24:29.610 --> 00:24:32.980
- She said, "god must have sent you here for me.
- 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:35.716
- God must have sent you here for me."
- 00:24:36.784 --> 00:24:40.020
- - [narrator 2] that afternoon, after several more tests,
- 00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:42.489
- Maurice was discharged with a clean bill of health.
- 00:24:42.489 --> 00:24:45.960
- - and the doctor says, "you got to go."
- 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.796
- I walked out of the hospital
- 00:24:48.796 --> 00:24:51.198
- That i had gone in 35 hours earlier.
- 00:24:51.198 --> 00:24:56.136
- - [narrator 2] today, maurice is symptom-free
- 00:24:56.136 --> 00:24:57.871
- And healthier than ever.
- 00:24:57.871 --> 00:24:59.640
- He thinks back to his time in the hospital
- 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.775
- As he continues to try and be an encouragement to others.
- 00:25:01.775 --> 00:25:05.679
- - he's still here,
- 00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.947
- He's still able to walk, he's still able to talk.
- 00:25:06.947 --> 00:25:10.184
- And that's what's so great about god
- 00:25:10.184 --> 00:25:11.885
- That you can give your testimony and encourage others.
- 00:25:11.885 --> 00:25:16.290
- - i know that god is with me every day
- 00:25:16.290 --> 00:25:18.058
- And you just never know
- 00:25:18.058 --> 00:25:19.560
- When something's gonna happen to you to change your life.
- 00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:22.096
- By me talking to mr. hilliard for a half hour maybe,
- 00:25:22.096 --> 00:25:26.634
- I helped him, but he changed my life forever.
- 00:25:26.634 --> 00:25:31.705
- - if ashley could say god sent you by here for me
- 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.541
- And i had a miracle,
- 00:25:34.541 --> 00:25:35.843
- And if took that god for you to get the glory,
- 00:25:36.977 --> 00:25:41.949
- God, it was worth it all, it was worth it all.
- 00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:46.954
- - for maurice to say it was worth it all,
- 00:25:48.022 --> 00:25:50.324
- To have that kind of devastating effect,
- 00:25:50.324 --> 00:25:54.461
- And then 35 hours later, get completely released,
- 00:25:54.461 --> 00:25:58.899
- That is absolutely a miracle.
- 00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:02.636
- But then, the greater miracle, to be able to be a witness
- 00:26:02.636 --> 00:26:06.073
- In the middle of what you're going through,
- 00:26:06.073 --> 00:26:08.909
- Maurice is saying, well,
- 00:26:08.909 --> 00:26:10.544
- This wonderful nurse is more important than me. (chuckles)
- 00:26:11.912 --> 00:26:15.149
- I've got to witness to her.
- 00:26:15.149 --> 00:26:17.851
- I've got to get her through this.
- 00:26:17.851 --> 00:26:20.721
- If you're suffering with any anger, resentment,
- 00:26:20.721 --> 00:26:23.590
- If you're blaming god for things,
- 00:26:23.590 --> 00:26:25.693
- Then just check your heart right now with this story
- 00:26:25.693 --> 00:26:29.663
- And realize god is your answer
- 00:26:29.663 --> 00:26:32.166
- And he is working all things together for your good,
- 00:26:32.166 --> 00:26:37.071
- For those that love him,
- 00:26:37.071 --> 00:26:38.539
- And are called according to his purpose.
- 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:41.975
- So, realize you're called.
- 00:26:41.975 --> 00:26:43.877
- Now, you need to know do you love him?
- 00:26:44.878 --> 00:26:47.748
- And when you do, suddenly, you break free.
- 00:26:47.748 --> 00:26:50.884
- You break free of anger,
- 00:26:50.884 --> 00:26:52.820
- Resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness,
- 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:55.389
- All of those things which are actually destroying you
- 00:26:55.389 --> 00:26:58.625
- And destroying your health,
- 00:26:58.625 --> 00:26:59.893
- Destroying your life, destroying your outlook.
- 00:26:59.893 --> 00:27:03.097
- Look to jesus. he is the author and finisher of your faith.
- 00:27:03.097 --> 00:27:07.935
- Does jesus know rejection? does jesus know doubt?
- 00:27:07.935 --> 00:27:12.439
- Does he know pain? the answer is absolutely yes.
- 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:16.977
- He's been through it all. he is been through worse.
- 00:27:16.977 --> 00:27:20.247
- So, look to him
- 00:27:20.247 --> 00:27:21.982
- And realize you can say just as he said,
- 00:27:21.982 --> 00:27:25.185
- "this is the day the lord has made.
- 00:27:25.185 --> 00:27:28.021
- I will rejoice and be glad in it."
- 00:27:28.021 --> 00:27:30.891
- You find that in psalm 118.
- 00:27:30.891 --> 00:27:32.960
- That's the last psalm of a seder service.
- 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.330
- Jesus and his disciples would've sung that psalm
- 00:27:36.330 --> 00:27:39.800
- At the last supper the night before he was crucified.
- 00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:44.338
- So, if jesus can do that, what can we do?
- 00:27:44.338 --> 00:27:46.940
- So, right now, just leave all that anger,
- 00:27:48.041 --> 00:27:51.378
- All that bitterness, turn it all over to him.
- 00:27:51.378 --> 00:27:54.381
- Look to him and realize he has resurrection power,
- 00:27:54.381 --> 00:27:59.119
- He has healing power,
- 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:01.388
- And by his stripes we were healed.
- 00:28:01.388 --> 00:28:04.858
- It's already happened.
- 00:28:04.858 --> 00:28:07.194
- It's not something you have to beg god for.
- 00:28:07.194 --> 00:28:09.496
- It's not something you have to bargain for.
- 00:28:09.496 --> 00:28:11.899
- The bargain has already been made.
- 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:15.068
- The covenant in his blood has already been made.
- 00:28:15.068 --> 00:28:19.072
- All we have to do is agree with it
- 00:28:19.072 --> 00:28:21.675
- And say, jesus, that's for me and that's for me today.
- 00:28:21.675 --> 00:28:26.513
- I claim it, i claim the heavenly breakthrough i need.
- 00:28:26.513 --> 00:28:31.585
- And when you do that, you're standing on very solid ground,
- 00:28:32.953 --> 00:28:35.422
- Because god watches over his word to perform it.
- 00:28:35.422 --> 00:28:40.494
- Now, terry and i are going to pray for you.
- 00:28:41.628 --> 00:28:42.763
- Before we pray,
- 00:28:42.763 --> 00:28:44.164
- We've got some wonderful miracles that have happened.
- 00:28:44.164 --> 00:28:46.300
- Here's albert from boston, kentucky.
- 00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:48.669
- He had severe kidney pain.
- 00:28:48.669 --> 00:28:50.804
- Watching this show, terry said,
- 00:28:50.804 --> 00:28:53.173
- "someone has kidney issues.
- 00:28:53.173 --> 00:28:54.741
- Be healed. in jesus' name, it is gone."
- 00:28:54.741 --> 00:28:57.778
- And then, i followed up, "it's in your right kidney.
- 00:28:57.778 --> 00:29:00.180
- It's inflamed and you're having terrible pain.
- 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.950
- God has healed you. he has taken all of it away.
- 00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.086
- You felt the touch go into your right kidney.
- 00:29:06.086 --> 00:29:09.122
- You are being healed and set free."
- 00:29:09.122 --> 00:29:12.392
- Well, albert, here's the secret.
- 00:29:12.392 --> 00:29:14.127
- Albert believed
- 00:29:14.127 --> 00:29:16.730
- Soon after he realized the pain
- 00:29:16.730 --> 00:29:18.765
- Was completely gone and hasn't returned.
- 00:29:18.765 --> 00:29:22.102
- - wow, that's wonderful.
- 00:29:22.102 --> 00:29:23.604
- Well, this is valda who lives in indianapolis, indiana.
- 00:29:23.604 --> 00:29:26.340
- She had a left eye that was red and puffy for weeks.
- 00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:28.709
- It wasn't getting any better, so she saw her doctor.
- 00:29:28.709 --> 00:29:31.311
- He wasn't able to diagnose any reason for it.
- 00:29:31.311 --> 00:29:34.081
- Valda was watching this program
- 00:29:34.081 --> 00:29:35.649
- And, gordon, you said,
- 00:29:35.649 --> 00:29:37.117
- "someone, you have a severe infection in your left eye.
- 00:29:37.117 --> 00:29:39.219
- God has taken that infection away. he's removed the redness.
- 00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:42.723
- Your eye will be completely healed and made whole now."
- 00:29:42.723 --> 00:29:45.425
- She believed the word was for her and went about her day.
- 00:29:45.425 --> 00:29:48.528
- The next morning, she woke up, the eye was perfect.
- 00:29:48.528 --> 00:29:51.932
- - god cares for you. realize that he cares for you.
- 00:29:51.932 --> 00:29:55.135
- He cares. he numbers every hair on your head.
- 00:29:55.135 --> 00:29:58.238
- He numbers every eyelash.
- 00:29:58.238 --> 00:30:00.507
- All you have to do is believe in his unfailing love.
- 00:30:00.507 --> 00:30:05.545
- Believe in the covenant that was made for you.
- 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.017
- It's made expressly for you.
- 00:30:10.017 --> 00:30:12.786
- Jesus leaves the 99 to go look for the one.
- 00:30:12.786 --> 00:30:17.324
- That means he's looking for you right now.
- 00:30:17.324 --> 00:30:19.359
- The eyes of the lord going to and fro
- 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.862
- Over the whole earth to show himself strong.
- 00:30:21.862 --> 00:30:26.033
- So, let's have that breakthrough now.
- 00:30:26.033 --> 00:30:28.936
- The bible says, "when two or more agree touching anything,
- 00:30:28.936 --> 00:30:32.105
- It shall be done for them by my father in heaven."
- 00:30:32.105 --> 00:30:35.275
- These are the words of jesus.
- 00:30:35.275 --> 00:30:37.377
- So, let's believe that.
- 00:30:37.377 --> 00:30:39.112
- What i want you to do, in an act of faith,
- 00:30:39.112 --> 00:30:40.981
- Touch that area of the body that needs healing.
- 00:30:40.981 --> 00:30:44.251
- We'll agree, you touch,
- 00:30:44.251 --> 00:30:46.520
- We'll all come together, god will do the rest.
- 00:30:46.520 --> 00:30:49.456
- Let's pray.
- 00:30:49.456 --> 00:30:50.924
- Lord, we just lift those who are reaching out right now,
- 00:30:50.924 --> 00:30:54.895
- Reaching out in an act of faith,
- 00:30:54.895 --> 00:30:57.364
- Laying hands on that area of the body that needs healing.
- 00:30:57.364 --> 00:31:01.268
- We join with them in faith
- 00:31:01.268 --> 00:31:05.172
- And we speak to these bodies now.
- 00:31:05.172 --> 00:31:08.275
- Be healed now in jesus' name. be every bit whole.
- 00:31:08.275 --> 00:31:13.947
- Let all disease, all cancer, all infirmity, all pain,
- 00:31:15.182 --> 00:31:20.253
- Leave your bodies now in the name of jesus.
- 00:31:21.388 --> 00:31:25.726
- There's a man, your name is leonard.
- 00:31:26.693 --> 00:31:27.928
- You're laying your hand on your left knee
- 00:31:27.928 --> 00:31:29.696
- And god has just healed that knee.
- 00:31:29.696 --> 00:31:32.632
- The pain, the discomfort,
- 00:31:32.632 --> 00:31:34.468
- The inability to move it, all of that is gone.
- 00:31:34.468 --> 00:31:38.405
- Just get up and realize you can test it,
- 00:31:38.405 --> 00:31:41.341
- You can lean on it, you can put your weight on it.
- 00:31:41.341 --> 00:31:43.977
- God has healed you and restored you in jesus' name. terry?
- 00:31:43.977 --> 00:31:49.049
- - yeah, there's someone else. this is odd.
- 00:31:50.150 --> 00:31:51.318
- You're a wine drinker
- 00:31:51.318 --> 00:31:52.552
- And you actually drink too much wine
- 00:31:52.552 --> 00:31:55.355
- And you've excused it, because you drink a white wine
- 00:31:55.355 --> 00:31:58.058
- And you feel like it's not the same as being an alcoholic,
- 00:31:58.058 --> 00:32:01.762
- But really, you are a social alcoholic.
- 00:32:01.762 --> 00:32:03.964
- God wants to set you free today.
- 00:32:03.964 --> 00:32:06.500
- Receive this in jesus' name. just lift your hands.
- 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:10.237
- It's done now.
- 00:32:10.237 --> 00:32:12.672
- - there's a woman named mary
- 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.075
- And you're suffering with confusion.
- 00:32:15.075 --> 00:32:18.345
- It's like there's this cloud in your thoughts
- 00:32:18.345 --> 00:32:21.014
- And you can't break through to clarity of thought.
- 00:32:21.014 --> 00:32:25.018
- There's also some memory lapses
- 00:32:25.018 --> 00:32:27.020
- And you're worried about dementia.
- 00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:29.022
- God is healing your brain and he's healing your mind.
- 00:32:29.022 --> 00:32:32.959
- He's giving you a right mind.
- 00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:35.829
- Clarity of thought, clarity of purpose,
- 00:32:35.829 --> 00:32:38.265
- Clarity of memory is yours right now in jesus' name.
- 00:32:38.265 --> 00:32:42.803
- Just receive it.
- 00:32:42.803 --> 00:32:44.571
- It's a miracle happening for you right now.
- 00:32:44.571 --> 00:32:49.209
- - there's someone else named alan.
- 00:32:49.209 --> 00:32:50.510
- You have a financial need for your business.
- 00:32:50.510 --> 00:32:53.146
- God has heard your request and the answer is in process.
- 00:32:53.146 --> 00:32:56.917
- Believe him for this and begin to worship
- 00:32:56.917 --> 00:32:59.653
- And thank him now even before you see it.
- 00:32:59.653 --> 00:33:02.355
- - lord, we thank you and we worship you
- 00:33:02.355 --> 00:33:05.025
- And we declare this is the day the lord has made.
- 00:33:05.025 --> 00:33:09.329
- We will rejoice and be glad in it.
- 00:33:09.329 --> 00:33:12.399
- Bring gladness to your people today, lord,
- 00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:16.002
- For we ask it in jesus' name.
- 00:33:16.002 --> 00:33:18.905
- Amen and amen. if you need prayer, we're here for you.
- 00:33:18.905 --> 00:33:22.709
- We're here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- 00:33:22.709 --> 00:33:25.378
- All you have to do is pick up the phone and call us.
- 00:33:25.378 --> 00:33:28.148
- 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:33:28.148 --> 00:33:31.084
- Terry?
- 00:33:31.084 --> 00:33:32.352
- - well, still to come, the secret to success
- 00:33:32.352 --> 00:33:34.921
- According to a pair of financial planners.
- 00:33:34.921 --> 00:33:37.524
- What is their number one piece of advice?
- 00:33:37.524 --> 00:33:40.794
- And then, doomed for eternity,
- 00:33:40.794 --> 00:33:43.630
- This young woman says, she did something so terrible,
- 00:33:43.630 --> 00:33:46.867
- She had no chance at salvation.
- 00:33:46.867 --> 00:33:49.503
- What did she do and how did she get a second chance?
- 00:33:49.503 --> 00:33:53.173
- You'll see it's all later on today's show.
- 00:33:53.173 --> 00:33:56.042
- (robust music)
- 00:33:56.042 --> 00:33:59.379
- - i just couldn't keep anything down.
- 00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:01.781
- The nausea and the fatigue, shortness of breath.
- 00:34:01.781 --> 00:34:05.318
- As a nurse, i knew it wasn't just a flu.
- 00:34:05.318 --> 00:34:07.654
- My prayer was, lord, give me a diagnosis
- 00:34:07.654 --> 00:34:11.258
- And give me a treatment plan.
- 00:34:11.258 --> 00:34:12.592
- Give me a doctor who knows me
- 00:34:12.592 --> 00:34:14.060
- And understands what's going on.
- 00:34:14.060 --> 00:34:15.762
- And gordon said, "if you wanna be healed right now,"
- 00:34:15.762 --> 00:34:18.732
- He said, "you just put your hand on that body part."
- 00:34:18.732 --> 00:34:21.134
- So, i did, i put my hand.
- 00:34:21.134 --> 00:34:22.602
- I said, lord, i'm believing you that you can heal me.
- 00:34:22.602 --> 00:34:26.306
- And at that moment, gordon said-
- 00:34:26.306 --> 00:34:28.775
- - there's someone you're saying, please say crohn's disease.
- 00:34:28.775 --> 00:34:31.645
- - mm. - and so, we're saying
- 00:34:31.645 --> 00:34:33.180
- Crohn's disease for you,
- 00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:35.148
- But your body no longer fight against itself
- 00:34:35.148 --> 00:34:38.485
- But be restored now in jesus' name.
- 00:34:38.485 --> 00:34:42.689
- - and i've had no issues since that time
- 00:34:42.689 --> 00:34:46.092
- And i just give god the glory for that.
- 00:34:46.092 --> 00:34:49.596
- What i know is that jesus touched me
- 00:34:49.596 --> 00:34:51.231
- And that i've been healed.
- 00:34:51.231 --> 00:34:52.966
- (dramatic music)
- 00:34:52.966 --> 00:34:59.172
- (upbeat music)
- 00:34:59.706 --> 00:35:02.976
- ♪ oh ♪
- 00:35:03.476 --> 00:35:04.744
- ♪ and when there's joy, there's action ♪
- 00:35:04.744 --> 00:35:06.112
- ♪ it's like a great attraction ♪
- 00:35:06.112 --> 00:35:07.948
- ♪ let's start some chain reaction ♪
- 00:35:07.948 --> 00:35:09.783
- ♪ but with almost satisfaction ♪
- 00:35:09.783 --> 00:35:11.484
- ♪ i love the way this joy makes me move ♪
- 00:35:11.484 --> 00:35:17.524
- ♪ i got the joy ♪
- 00:35:18.191 --> 00:35:20.460
- ♪ i dance around because i know joy ♪
- 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:24.197
- ♪ i move around because i got it, joy ♪
- 00:35:24.197 --> 00:35:29.269
- ♪ joy to the heart ♪
- 00:35:29.936 --> 00:35:34.107
- ♪ joy ♪
- 00:35:34.107 --> 00:35:35.275
- ♪ i dance around because i know joy ♪
- 00:35:35.275 --> 00:35:39.179
- ♪ i move around because i got it, joy ♪
- 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:44.251
- ♪ joy to the heart ♪
- 00:35:44.918 --> 00:35:48.922
- ♪ joy ♪
- 00:35:48.922 --> 00:35:52.158
- ♪ joy to the heart ♪
- 00:35:52.158 --> 00:35:56.196
- ♪ joy ♪
- 00:35:56.196 --> 00:35:58.231
- - i was angry, hurt, out of control.
- 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.968
- It's like i didn't even care about life.
- 00:36:01.968 --> 00:36:04.104
- I knew of god but i didn't know him.
- 00:36:04.104 --> 00:36:06.506
- It has to be a better plan for my life than this.
- 00:36:07.741 --> 00:36:09.743
- I'm tired. lord, help me.
- 00:36:09.743 --> 00:36:11.611
- Help me lord, help me.
- 00:36:11.611 --> 00:36:13.647
- My heart totally changed.
- 00:36:13.647 --> 00:36:16.016
- I felt a overwhelming love now
- 00:36:16.016 --> 00:36:18.985
- I had been set free from all the hurt.
- 00:36:18.985 --> 00:36:21.121
- I started learning the love of god
- 00:36:21.121 --> 00:36:23.256
- That changed everything within me.
- 00:36:23.256 --> 00:36:25.692
- (dramatic music)
- 00:36:25.692 --> 00:36:29.095
- (soft upbeat music)
- 00:36:29.729 --> 00:36:38.605
- (upbeat music)
- 00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:59.959
- - giving to "the 700 club" is giving to the world.
- 00:37:01.194 --> 00:37:05.432
- "700 club" are my feet. they're walking it there.
- 00:37:05.432 --> 00:37:08.335
- All i'm doing is helping write the check.
- 00:37:08.335 --> 00:37:10.870
- - it's just like planting a seed in the ground
- 00:37:12.072 --> 00:37:14.374
- And the water comes and the sun hits it and it grows.
- 00:37:14.374 --> 00:37:18.812
- - you can trust cbn.
- 00:37:18.812 --> 00:37:20.180
- They're gonna take your money and invest it wisely.
- 00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:23.216
- - [citizen] you are saving souls through your giving.
- 00:37:23.216 --> 00:37:26.186
- (dramatic music)
- 00:37:26.186 --> 00:37:30.924
- - i was muslim for four years.
- 00:37:31.725 --> 00:37:33.660
- I had spells cast on me
- 00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:36.129
- And just everything you can think of.
- 00:37:36.129 --> 00:37:38.832
- I never got what i was looking for.
- 00:37:38.832 --> 00:37:41.701
- There was no real power to change my life.
- 00:37:41.701 --> 00:37:45.472
- I had tried everything.
- 00:37:45.472 --> 00:37:47.073
- It was just came to a point
- 00:37:47.073 --> 00:37:48.708
- Where it was like, you know what?
- 00:37:48.708 --> 00:37:50.176
- I don't want to do this anymore.
- 00:37:50.176 --> 00:37:51.945
- The little old lady at the church, she'd come and get me.
- 00:37:51.945 --> 00:37:54.914
- She prayed for me
- 00:37:54.914 --> 00:37:56.416
- And all i know is i felt the love of god.
- 00:37:56.416 --> 00:38:00.820
- We would read from genesis to revelation
- 00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:03.289
- And we just went deep in the word of god.
- 00:38:03.289 --> 00:38:06.192
- Everything about me,
- 00:38:06.192 --> 00:38:07.694
- Even my very continents began to change after that point.
- 00:38:07.694 --> 00:38:11.931
- And now, i just have a desire
- 00:38:11.931 --> 00:38:13.800
- To see them experience
- 00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:17.103
- The loving kindness of god that i have experienced.
- 00:38:17.103 --> 00:38:20.373
- To see that true change is possible
- 00:38:20.373 --> 00:38:23.209
- And that what you thought
- 00:38:23.209 --> 00:38:24.677
- That you were looking for can only be found in christ.
- 00:38:24.677 --> 00:38:27.514
- (dramatic music)
- 00:38:27.514 --> 00:38:30.683
- - it was alarming how much i was vomiting.
- 00:38:30.683 --> 00:38:33.686
- - it was a condition called acute tubular necrosis.
- 00:38:33.686 --> 00:38:36.423
- - [patient] they kept saying septic, septic.
- 00:38:36.423 --> 00:38:38.057
- I think she's getting septic.
- 00:38:38.057 --> 00:38:39.225
- - they sent this lady in
- 00:38:39.225 --> 00:38:40.460
- To prepare us for a lifetime of dialysis
- 00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:44.330
- And this medicine was going to destroy
- 00:38:44.330 --> 00:38:46.032
- Every dream my girl could possibly have.
- 00:38:46.032 --> 00:38:48.168
- - thousands and thousands,
- 00:38:48.168 --> 00:38:49.702
- Literally around the world were praying for her.
- 00:38:49.702 --> 00:38:52.238
- - mom runs out into the hallway
- 00:38:52.238 --> 00:38:53.807
- And she's like, "he just told me he canceled your surgery."
- 00:38:53.807 --> 00:38:58.077
- He was like,
- 00:38:58.077 --> 00:38:59.379
- "your kidney biopsy came back completely clean."
- 00:38:59.379 --> 00:39:02.449
- I stood up on my hospital bed
- 00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:04.150
- With my iv bag just we were hugging and screaming.
- 00:39:04.150 --> 00:39:06.786
- It was like just the biggest celebration.
- 00:39:06.786 --> 00:39:09.322
- - i know there were a lot of people praying for her.
- 00:39:09.322 --> 00:39:11.424
- I think those prayers were answered.
- 00:39:11.424 --> 00:39:13.226
- - [companion] hi, yay. (companion faintly speaking)
- 00:39:13.226 --> 00:39:16.529
- - [companion] you do?
- 00:39:16.529 --> 00:39:17.997
- - i am beyond thankful
- 00:39:17.997 --> 00:39:19.265
- That i have been singing nonstop, prayers work.
- 00:39:19.265 --> 00:39:22.836
- They work.
- 00:39:22.836 --> 00:39:24.204
- Ask people to pray for you and like really believe,
- 00:39:24.204 --> 00:39:26.706
- Really believe that anything is possible.
- 00:39:26.706 --> 00:39:29.075
- (dramatic music)
- 00:39:29.075 --> 00:39:32.212
- - christine halchak and her father, wallace,
- 00:39:32.212 --> 00:39:34.547
- Are financial planners.
- 00:39:34.547 --> 00:39:36.115
- They've spent their careers managing money
- 00:39:36.115 --> 00:39:39.085
- And helping people plan for their future.
- 00:39:39.085 --> 00:39:42.088
- Now, christine and wallace
- 00:39:42.088 --> 00:39:43.556
- Want to tell you the secret to financial freedom.
- 00:39:43.556 --> 00:39:47.694
- - [narrator 3] wallace voege and christine halchak
- 00:39:48.962 --> 00:39:50.897
- Are a father-daughter team
- 00:39:50.897 --> 00:39:52.499
- At a successful financial planning firm in tampa, florida.
- 00:39:52.499 --> 00:39:56.169
- Both enjoy being partners at the firm.
- 00:39:56.169 --> 00:39:59.272
- - seeing the clients at different stages of their lives,
- 00:39:59.272 --> 00:40:02.008
- And then helping them through some
- 00:40:02.008 --> 00:40:04.410
- Of the choices that they need to make
- 00:40:04.410 --> 00:40:06.346
- And we know we did our job
- 00:40:06.346 --> 00:40:07.714
- And we took care of them and they're thankful,
- 00:40:07.714 --> 00:40:09.883
- It's just a very rewarding profession.
- 00:40:09.883 --> 00:40:12.886
- - [narrator 3] christine is married
- 00:40:12.886 --> 00:40:13.920
- With a family of her own now,
- 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.955
- But as a child, she remembers learning important lessons
- 00:40:15.955 --> 00:40:18.791
- From her parents, including about tithing and giving.
- 00:40:18.791 --> 00:40:22.362
- She noticed when they shared stories
- 00:40:22.362 --> 00:40:24.264
- That couldn't be explained as coincidence,
- 00:40:24.264 --> 00:40:26.866
- Like the time her father pledged
- 00:40:26.866 --> 00:40:28.268
- To give a thousand dollars he didn't have.
- 00:40:28.268 --> 00:40:31.337
- - about two weeks later, i received a commission
- 00:40:31.337 --> 00:40:34.807
- On an investment that i was unaware
- 00:40:34.807 --> 00:40:38.478
- The gentleman was going to invest in that way.
- 00:40:38.478 --> 00:40:41.948
- And it came out that i had a commission
- 00:40:41.948 --> 00:40:44.050
- Of approximately a thousand dollars.
- 00:40:44.050 --> 00:40:46.419
- So, it was return.
- 00:40:46.419 --> 00:40:47.654
- The more we are blessed, the more we can give
- 00:40:47.654 --> 00:40:51.124
- And it's more joyful to give than to receive.
- 00:40:51.124 --> 00:40:53.960
- - [narrator 3] one of the places
- 00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:55.228
- Where wallace and christine give is cbn.
- 00:40:55.228 --> 00:40:58.031
- - it's phenomenal that they have the well project.
- 00:40:58.031 --> 00:41:00.667
- It's just a wonderful gift
- 00:41:00.667 --> 00:41:02.135
- To those communities that are very remote.
- 00:41:02.135 --> 00:41:05.371
- - [wallace] operation blessing is always there.
- 00:41:05.371 --> 00:41:08.174
- The trucks roll and people are helped.
- 00:41:08.174 --> 00:41:10.743
- - [christine] the program, helping the home front,
- 00:41:10.743 --> 00:41:13.012
- Is a phenomenal new program
- 00:41:13.012 --> 00:41:15.415
- To work with these military families
- 00:41:15.415 --> 00:41:18.151
- And encourage their faith.
- 00:41:18.151 --> 00:41:20.219
- - [wallace] "superbook", i was very impressed
- 00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:22.455
- On the spreading of the gospel throughout the world.
- 00:41:22.455 --> 00:41:25.725
- - [christine] orphan's promise is doing a beautiful job
- 00:41:25.725 --> 00:41:28.995
- Of helping these orphans that otherwise would be left
- 00:41:28.995 --> 00:41:32.465
- And instead, now they're chosen.
- 00:41:32.465 --> 00:41:35.034
- - [narrator 3] this father-daughter team
- 00:41:35.034 --> 00:41:36.436
- Plans to keep giving to cbn for a long time to come.
- 00:41:36.436 --> 00:41:41.007
- - the gift is for the giver.
- 00:41:41.007 --> 00:41:42.842
- It's not about the organization that's asking for the funds.
- 00:41:42.842 --> 00:41:46.212
- It's about doing the right thing
- 00:41:46.212 --> 00:41:49.182
- That the lord has put on your heart to do.
- 00:41:49.182 --> 00:41:51.818
- It's important to open your mind and open your pocketbook
- 00:41:51.818 --> 00:41:54.854
- And let the lord in, because he's an amazing god.
- 00:41:54.854 --> 00:42:00.026
- - this is absolutely the time to test god
- 00:42:01.127 --> 00:42:04.330
- With your tithes and your offerings.
- 00:42:04.330 --> 00:42:06.432
- I encourage everyone to live by
- 00:42:06.432 --> 00:42:08.301
- What i call the 80-10-10 rule
- 00:42:08.301 --> 00:42:10.403
- Where you live on 80% of your income,
- 00:42:10.403 --> 00:42:12.939
- You save 10% of your income,
- 00:42:12.939 --> 00:42:15.708
- And then most importantly, you give 10% of your income.
- 00:42:15.708 --> 00:42:19.545
- You tithe, because when you tithe,
- 00:42:19.545 --> 00:42:22.048
- You walk into this wonderful promise
- 00:42:22.048 --> 00:42:24.017
- That god will open the windows of heaven
- 00:42:24.017 --> 00:42:26.986
- And pour out a blessing you cannot contain.
- 00:42:26.986 --> 00:42:30.657
- God always watches over his word to perform it.
- 00:42:30.657 --> 00:42:34.560
- It's the only time we get to test him.
- 00:42:34.560 --> 00:42:37.263
- We get to test him with our tithes and offerings.
- 00:42:37.263 --> 00:42:40.500
- If you want to do that right now, call us.
- 00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:43.536
- 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:42:43.536 --> 00:42:46.105
- And say, i want to start giving.
- 00:42:46.105 --> 00:42:48.374
- If you're already a "700 club" member,
- 00:42:48.374 --> 00:42:50.677
- I encourage you to consider increasing right now
- 00:42:50.677 --> 00:42:54.847
- The opportunities that we have to preach the gospel
- 00:42:56.182 --> 00:42:59.385
- To a hurting world
- 00:42:59.385 --> 00:43:00.853
- Or the greatest that they've ever been in my lifetime.
- 00:43:00.853 --> 00:43:03.322
- And we want to take advantage of these opportunities,
- 00:43:03.322 --> 00:43:06.159
- But we need finances to do it.
- 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.794
- So, if you wanna be a part of that effort,
- 00:43:07.794 --> 00:43:09.996
- Whether it's "superbook", orphan's promise,
- 00:43:09.996 --> 00:43:12.298
- Operation blessing,
- 00:43:12.298 --> 00:43:13.566
- Provided food to people right here in america,
- 00:43:13.566 --> 00:43:16.969
- Or preaching the gospel in local languages around the world,
- 00:43:16.969 --> 00:43:21.207
- You're a part of all of it when you join "the 700 club".
- 00:43:21.207 --> 00:43:24.444
- Now, how much is it? it's just $20 a month.
- 00:43:24.444 --> 00:43:27.413
- That's 65 cents a day.
- 00:43:27.413 --> 00:43:28.981
- Some can join at $40 a month at 700 club gold.
- 00:43:28.981 --> 00:43:33.152
- And then, we have 1000 club,
- 00:43:33.152 --> 00:43:34.921
- That's $1,000 dollars a year.
- 00:43:34.921 --> 00:43:36.289
- That breaks out to $84 a month.
- 00:43:36.289 --> 00:43:38.558
- At whatever level, do it now. 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:43:38.558 --> 00:43:43.196
- Now, when you call, ask for a pledge express.
- 00:43:43.196 --> 00:43:45.498
- That's electronic monthly giving.
- 00:43:45.498 --> 00:43:47.233
- The bank doing all the work.
- 00:43:47.233 --> 00:43:49.502
- There's no checks to write, nothing to mail in,
- 00:43:49.502 --> 00:43:52.038
- And we can send as our gift to you,
- 00:43:52.038 --> 00:43:53.940
- Power for life, monthly teaching cds.
- 00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:56.943
- So, if you'd like those,
- 00:43:56.943 --> 00:43:58.411
- Ask for pledge express when you call or go to cbn.com.
- 00:43:58.411 --> 00:44:02.415
- When you give monthly on the internet,
- 00:44:02.415 --> 00:44:04.050
- You automatically sign up for pledge express.
- 00:44:04.050 --> 00:44:06.452
- Do it now. 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:44:06.452 --> 00:44:09.822
- Terry?
- 00:44:09.822 --> 00:44:11.023
- - well, up next, a cycle of addiction.
- 00:44:11.023 --> 00:44:13.059
- This woman endured years of drugs,
- 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.895
- Alcohol, and toxic relationships.
- 00:44:15.895 --> 00:44:18.765
- So, how did she end her pain overnight?
- 00:44:18.765 --> 00:44:22.668
- Find out after this.
- 00:44:22.668 --> 00:44:24.370
- (dramatic music)
- 00:44:24.370 --> 00:44:29.275
- - [advertiser 3] give to cbn the easy way
- 00:44:30.376 --> 00:44:32.278
- With pledge express.
- 00:44:32.278 --> 00:44:33.579
- Pledge express lets you give via your credit
- 00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:36.048
- Or debit card or directly from your bank.
- 00:44:36.048 --> 00:44:38.484
- It saves you time and money
- 00:44:38.484 --> 00:44:40.386
- And your gift is sent automatically each month.
- 00:44:40.386 --> 00:44:43.055
- You can cancel or make changes to your gift at any time.
- 00:44:43.055 --> 00:44:46.192
- It's safe, secure, and convenient.
- 00:44:46.192 --> 00:44:48.561
- Plus, pledge express users
- 00:44:48.561 --> 00:44:50.396
- Receive inspirational resources each month.
- 00:44:50.396 --> 00:44:52.999
- To sign up, just call 1-800-700-7000
- 00:44:52.999 --> 00:44:56.369
- Or go to cbn.com and click give now.
- 00:44:56.369 --> 00:44:59.172
- - when i was a young girl,
- 00:44:59.939 --> 00:45:01.474
- I went to fetch water for my mother.
- 00:45:01.474 --> 00:45:03.476
- The weight of the water made my neck hurt so bad.
- 00:45:03.476 --> 00:45:06.512
- I just poured the water out
- 00:45:06.512 --> 00:45:07.713
- And went home with an empty container.
- 00:45:07.713 --> 00:45:09.816
- The stream is very far and i go four times a day.
- 00:45:09.816 --> 00:45:13.753
- I get home exhausted.
- 00:45:13.753 --> 00:45:15.388
- I feel terrible drinking that water
- 00:45:15.388 --> 00:45:17.456
- And giving it to my family.
- 00:45:17.456 --> 00:45:19.125
- We often get intense stomach aches and vomit.
- 00:45:19.125 --> 00:45:22.695
- When my son was three, he got very sick from the water.
- 00:45:22.695 --> 00:45:27.033
- Thank you, operation blessing, for giving us a new life.
- 00:45:27.033 --> 00:45:30.136
- When you came, we were all so grateful.
- 00:45:30.136 --> 00:45:33.306
- We could not hold back our joy.
- 00:45:33.306 --> 00:45:35.308
- I've never had this kind of water before.
- 00:45:35.308 --> 00:45:38.477
- Every time i drink it, i feel good and healthy.
- 00:45:38.477 --> 00:45:41.681
- With the well this close,
- 00:45:41.681 --> 00:45:43.983
- Even my daughter can easily fetch water.
- 00:45:43.983 --> 00:45:46.452
- We are healthy and we are happy.
- 00:45:46.452 --> 00:45:48.988
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- 00:45:48.988 --> 00:45:52.725
- - [advertiser 2] partner with cbn for $20 a month
- 00:45:52.725 --> 00:45:55.695
- And be part of the miracle for people all around the world.
- 00:45:55.695 --> 00:46:00.299
- Changing lives is now easier than ever
- 00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:02.535
- With text to join.
- 00:46:02.535 --> 00:46:04.270
- Text cbn to 71777
- 00:46:04.270 --> 00:46:07.607
- And tap on the secure link to transform a life.
- 00:46:07.607 --> 00:46:11.210
- You'll feed the hungry, heal the sick,
- 00:46:11.210 --> 00:46:13.779
- Bring water to the thirsty,
- 00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:15.581
- Hope to the hopeless, and so much more.
- 00:46:15.581 --> 00:46:18.684
- It only takes a moment
- 00:46:18.684 --> 00:46:20.019
- To make a huge difference in someone's life.
- 00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:22.521
- Text cbn to 71777
- 00:46:22.521 --> 00:46:26.259
- And change the world right from where you are.
- 00:46:26.259 --> 00:46:30.229
- - i'm not breathing enough to make a feather move.
- 00:46:30.229 --> 00:46:32.832
- It really frustrated me,
- 00:46:32.832 --> 00:46:34.300
- Because my quality of life had drastically changed.
- 00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:39.372
- I could just say, just lord, i need your help.
- 00:46:40.506 --> 00:46:42.608
- - there's someone else, you have breathing issues.
- 00:46:42.608 --> 00:46:44.777
- Take a complete breath
- 00:46:44.777 --> 00:46:46.279
- And exhale as jesus christ heals you completely.
- 00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:50.116
- - i can feel that air
- 00:46:50.116 --> 00:46:52.151
- Going clear down to my stomach and back.
- 00:46:52.151 --> 00:46:55.621
- He will always be there walking this out for your benefit.
- 00:46:55.621 --> 00:47:00.159
- - in the last five minutes of my labor
- 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:02.495
- And delivery was when i noticed something was wrong.
- 00:47:02.495 --> 00:47:05.598
- They put her on my chest and right away, they took her away
- 00:47:05.598 --> 00:47:08.834
- And she wasn't crying and she looked sorta gray.
- 00:47:08.834 --> 00:47:12.204
- I didn't know if she was gonna live or die.
- 00:47:12.204 --> 00:47:15.274
- Then, they came back in the room
- 00:47:15.274 --> 00:47:16.642
- And said, "she's had a brain injury."
- 00:47:16.642 --> 00:47:19.578
- That's when i really started praying,
- 00:47:19.578 --> 00:47:21.414
- God, please, please let her mind be okay.
- 00:47:21.414 --> 00:47:24.884
- Turned on the tv and just randomly flipping the channels.
- 00:47:24.884 --> 00:47:27.720
- Here's cbn. it really lifted me up.
- 00:47:27.720 --> 00:47:29.755
- It gave me that little bit of hope i needed at the time.
- 00:47:29.755 --> 00:47:32.191
- After that, i really felt
- 00:47:32.191 --> 00:47:33.659
- Like things started moving even more.
- 00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:35.828
- She went from being behind to advanced for her age.
- 00:47:35.828 --> 00:47:40.199
- I could never deny the power of prayer.
- 00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:42.335
- I would always just say,
- 00:47:42.335 --> 00:47:43.602
- Pray and pray more and just keep trusting god.
- 00:47:43.602 --> 00:47:47.573
- His word is true.
- 00:47:47.573 --> 00:47:49.241
- He saw me through all the bad things
- 00:47:49.241 --> 00:47:50.977
- I thought would happen to my daughter and he healed her.
- 00:47:50.977 --> 00:47:54.080
- Psalms 34:4, "i sought the lord and he answered me.
- 00:47:54.080 --> 00:47:57.717
- He delivered me from all of my fears."
- 00:47:57.717 --> 00:47:59.885
- - [advertiser 2] life, it's meant to be lived fully.
- 00:48:01.120 --> 00:48:04.190
- Jesus said it, "i came to give you life."
- 00:48:05.291 --> 00:48:08.027
- Life to the fullest.
- 00:48:08.027 --> 00:48:10.096
- Life in your family, life in your finances,
- 00:48:10.096 --> 00:48:13.766
- Life in your body, mind, and spirit, life in your every day.
- 00:48:13.766 --> 00:48:18.838
- At cbn.com, we're taking what jesus said seriously.
- 00:48:20.072 --> 00:48:23.275
- We're here to help you discover life.
- 00:48:23.275 --> 00:48:25.644
- Life, live it fully. cbn.com.
- 00:48:26.445 --> 00:48:29.815
- Introducing the cbn bible from cbn.com.
- 00:48:30.883 --> 00:48:35.187
- Now, an easier way to study the bible
- 00:48:35.187 --> 00:48:36.789
- And grow in your faith.
- 00:48:36.789 --> 00:48:38.824
- Highlight your favorite verse.
- 00:48:39.625 --> 00:48:41.627
- Read separate versions at a glance.
- 00:48:41.627 --> 00:48:43.963
- Click and read a commentary.
- 00:48:43.963 --> 00:48:46.332
- Or cross-reference your favorite verse
- 00:48:46.332 --> 00:48:47.967
- Using the strong's concordance.
- 00:48:47.967 --> 00:48:50.269
- All the right tools to study the bible all in one place.
- 00:48:50.269 --> 00:48:54.840
- The cbn bible, available at cbn.com/bible
- 00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:58.477
- Or the itunes app store.
- 00:48:58.477 --> 00:49:01.847
- - dana goodrum craved her father's attention
- 00:49:03.015 --> 00:49:05.885
- Until he showed up dead drunk at one of her softball games.
- 00:49:05.885 --> 00:49:09.955
- After that, dana started looking for love elsewhere,
- 00:49:09.955 --> 00:49:13.159
- Leading her to a toxic cycle of bad relationships and abuse.
- 00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:18.964
- - i had my master's degree.
- 00:49:19.732 --> 00:49:22.268
- I was exceptional when it came to education.
- 00:49:22.268 --> 00:49:26.739
- I was fantastic when it came
- 00:49:27.506 --> 00:49:30.876
- To moving up the ranks in any profession,
- 00:49:30.876 --> 00:49:34.580
- But when it came to relationships, i was a disaster.
- 00:49:35.815 --> 00:49:40.319
- - [narrator 2] dana goodrum's life
- 00:49:41.287 --> 00:49:42.588
- Was torn between two worlds.
- 00:49:42.588 --> 00:49:45.191
- Raised catholic,
- 00:49:45.191 --> 00:49:46.459
- She understood what it meant to be and do good,
- 00:49:46.459 --> 00:49:50.162
- But more than that, there was a deep longing
- 00:49:50.162 --> 00:49:52.231
- To be seen and affirmed, especially by her alcoholic father.
- 00:49:52.231 --> 00:49:56.235
- - i constantly just tried to impress him.
- 00:49:57.369 --> 00:49:59.672
- I tried to get his approval. i did well in school.
- 00:49:59.672 --> 00:50:03.542
- My sports were exceptional. it wasn't enough.
- 00:50:03.542 --> 00:50:08.581
- - [narrator 2] however, it was one
- 00:50:09.548 --> 00:50:10.783
- Of her middle school softball games
- 00:50:10.783 --> 00:50:12.985
- That served as a turning point in her heart.
- 00:50:12.985 --> 00:50:16.188
- When she decided to look elsewhere for acceptance.
- 00:50:16.188 --> 00:50:19.125
- - he showed up so wasted and i was pitching
- 00:50:20.226 --> 00:50:26.565
- And he stood behind the backstop.
- 00:50:27.533 --> 00:50:29.768
- - [dana' dad] come on now. (cage rattles)
- 00:50:29.768 --> 00:50:31.036
- - [dana] and he was rattling the cage.
- 00:50:31.036 --> 00:50:33.706
- (dana's dad faintly speaking)
- 00:50:33.706 --> 00:50:34.640
- - [dana' dad] throw the ball.
- 00:50:34.640 --> 00:50:36.108
- - and he was like, "come on, dana jo, pitch the ball."
- 00:50:36.108 --> 00:50:39.345
- And he was cursing. - throw the ball in there.
- 00:50:39.345 --> 00:50:42.581
- - and i just thought about all the times
- 00:50:42.581 --> 00:50:44.483
- That i wished he was there and now he's there
- 00:50:44.483 --> 00:50:46.785
- And i wanted nothing but for him to just leave.
- 00:50:46.785 --> 00:50:50.990
- Because of that, i remember seeking approval elsewhere.
- 00:50:52.324 --> 00:50:57.796
- I was doing hard drugs at 14.
- 00:50:58.631 --> 00:51:01.567
- And the drinking group is unfortunately
- 00:51:01.567 --> 00:51:04.904
- Where i found my relationships with men.
- 00:51:04.904 --> 00:51:08.440
- - [narrator 2] from her early teens
- 00:51:09.408 --> 00:51:10.509
- Until her sophomore year of college,
- 00:51:10.509 --> 00:51:12.311
- Dana struggled with drugs and alcohol,
- 00:51:12.311 --> 00:51:14.780
- But quit when she met a man
- 00:51:14.780 --> 00:51:16.415
- Whom she eventually had her son with and then married.
- 00:51:16.415 --> 00:51:19.385
- Despite his verbal abuse and cheating,
- 00:51:19.385 --> 00:51:21.187
- She stayed with him for two years until they divorced.
- 00:51:21.187 --> 00:51:25.024
- - [dana] this is the man who's supposed to protect me,
- 00:51:25.024 --> 00:51:28.360
- Protect my feelings, my confidence,
- 00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:31.197
- And i completely just shrunk into myself.
- 00:51:31.197 --> 00:51:36.268
- It was that feeling of rejection
- 00:51:37.069 --> 00:51:38.204
- And i went right back into panic mode.
- 00:51:38.204 --> 00:51:41.574
- - [narrator 2] even though her world was shaken,
- 00:51:41.574 --> 00:51:43.342
- Dana went back to college
- 00:51:43.342 --> 00:51:44.843
- And received her master's, which helped her land a good job.
- 00:51:44.843 --> 00:51:48.314
- She also landed in another abusive relationship
- 00:51:48.314 --> 00:51:51.116
- And had her daughter.
- 00:51:51.116 --> 00:51:52.318
- She left him after two years
- 00:51:52.318 --> 00:51:53.786
- And continued the cycle with yet another abusive man.
- 00:51:53.786 --> 00:51:56.956
- - i didn't care about anything.
- 00:51:57.756 --> 00:52:00.626
- I didn't think that life itself could get any worse.
- 00:52:00.626 --> 00:52:04.930
- - [narrator 2] unfortunately, it did. dana lost her job.
- 00:52:04.930 --> 00:52:08.601
- Then, shortly after ending
- 00:52:08.601 --> 00:52:09.835
- What would be her last toxic relationship,
- 00:52:09.835 --> 00:52:12.338
- She found out she was pregnant.
- 00:52:12.338 --> 00:52:14.840
- In desperation, she got an abortion.
- 00:52:15.808 --> 00:52:18.877
- - i knew at that moment, i was going to hell.
- 00:52:18.877 --> 00:52:22.281
- I think that people assume
- 00:52:23.048 --> 00:52:25.251
- That it is an easy decision and it is not.
- 00:52:25.251 --> 00:52:29.455
- I was in a fog, i was terrified.
- 00:52:29.455 --> 00:52:33.058
- - [narrator 2] jobless and at rock bottom,
- 00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:36.528
- She and her children
- 00:52:36.528 --> 00:52:37.763
- Were now living in a one bedroom apartment
- 00:52:37.763 --> 00:52:39.498
- In a bad neighborhood, just surviving.
- 00:52:39.498 --> 00:52:42.735
- - i had applied to 152 jobs
- 00:52:42.735 --> 00:52:47.806
- And got rejected by every single one.
- 00:52:48.874 --> 00:52:52.177
- - [narrator 2] finally, dana called her mom,
- 00:52:52.177 --> 00:52:54.146
- Who shared how jesus had recently changed her life.
- 00:52:54.146 --> 00:52:57.716
- Then, she told dana he could do the same for her
- 00:52:57.716 --> 00:53:00.619
- And all she had to do was lift up her hands
- 00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:03.656
- And give it all to god.
- 00:53:03.656 --> 00:53:05.491
- - i listened to my mom, i got down on my knees,
- 00:53:05.491 --> 00:53:09.728
- I lifted up my hands to the ceiling
- 00:53:09.728 --> 00:53:12.965
- And i just said, god, i know you are probably so mad at me.
- 00:53:12.965 --> 00:53:17.836
- I cannot do this on my own anymore. i said, i just can't.
- 00:53:17.836 --> 00:53:22.541
- And i started crying. everything was just coming out.
- 00:53:22.541 --> 00:53:27.179
- I was crying about the abortion.
- 00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:29.048
- I was crying about the guys. i was crying about my dad.
- 00:53:29.048 --> 00:53:32.918
- I was crying about my kids,
- 00:53:32.918 --> 00:53:34.953
- The people that i had let around them,
- 00:53:34.953 --> 00:53:37.389
- The situations that i had put them in,
- 00:53:37.389 --> 00:53:40.926
- And i just released it all.
- 00:53:41.694 --> 00:53:45.297
- I started to follow him that night.
- 00:53:45.297 --> 00:53:50.069
- I woke up the next day and i got two phone calls
- 00:53:51.303 --> 00:53:55.941
- With job offers, the very next day.
- 00:53:55.941 --> 00:53:59.912
- But bigger than that, it was me knowing,
- 00:53:59.912 --> 00:54:02.648
- One, that god heard me, and, two, that he wasn't mad at me,
- 00:54:02.648 --> 00:54:06.485
- That i hadn't exceeded his grace,
- 00:54:07.453 --> 00:54:10.422
- That i hadn't surpassed his mercy,
- 00:54:10.422 --> 00:54:13.392
- That i wasn't going to hell.
- 00:54:13.392 --> 00:54:15.994
- And that was bigger than any job offer.
- 00:54:15.994 --> 00:54:19.698
- And all of a sudden,
- 00:54:19.698 --> 00:54:20.933
- My entire perspective and outlook shifted
- 00:54:20.933 --> 00:54:24.336
- And i started to understand his reckless pursuit for me.
- 00:54:24.336 --> 00:54:28.941
- - [narrator 2] dana began attending church, got baptized,
- 00:54:30.309 --> 00:54:33.345
- And now continually inspires others with her testimony.
- 00:54:33.345 --> 00:54:37.416
- Through giving her life to the lord,
- 00:54:37.416 --> 00:54:39.618
- She's come to understand the deep affirming love
- 00:54:39.618 --> 00:54:42.087
- Of her father in heaven
- 00:54:42.087 --> 00:54:43.655
- And that there's no need to search
- 00:54:43.655 --> 00:54:44.890
- For any other approval than his.
- 00:54:44.890 --> 00:54:47.793
- - even though my earthly dad may have failed me,
- 00:54:47.793 --> 00:54:52.865
- My father in heaven was with me the entire time.
- 00:54:53.999 --> 00:54:57.102
- I can stand here firm in my faith
- 00:54:57.102 --> 00:55:01.273
- And be able to speak to other women
- 00:55:01.273 --> 00:55:03.575
- And speak to children who are in that place
- 00:55:03.575 --> 00:55:05.711
- And tell them confidently and boldly who their father is,
- 00:55:05.711 --> 00:55:10.215
- Even when their earthly parents fail them.
- 00:55:10.215 --> 00:55:13.285
- (gentle music)
- 00:55:13.285 --> 00:55:16.054
- - god is not mad at you.
- 00:55:16.722 --> 00:55:20.526
- He's not mad at you.
- 00:55:20.526 --> 00:55:22.761
- He waits for you.
- 00:55:23.395 --> 00:55:24.763
- Can you imagine that the one who created the universe
- 00:55:24.763 --> 00:55:28.133
- Waits for you and for me to decide,
- 00:55:28.133 --> 00:55:31.303
- We're done trying to do it ourselves.
- 00:55:31.303 --> 00:55:33.572
- We're done trying to find our own methods,
- 00:55:33.572 --> 00:55:36.442
- Our own roads of opportunity and never come to him.
- 00:55:36.442 --> 00:55:42.181
- He loved you so much that he gave everything,
- 00:55:43.282 --> 00:55:47.085
- Everything 2,000 years ago
- 00:55:47.085 --> 00:55:50.589
- When he suffered and died for you and for me.
- 00:55:50.589 --> 00:55:54.326
- The bible says he was so marred by the beating
- 00:55:54.326 --> 00:55:58.096
- And what had been done to him that he was recognizable.
- 00:55:58.096 --> 00:56:03.368
- Why did he do that?
- 00:56:04.002 --> 00:56:05.537
- He did it, because he loves you and he loves me
- 00:56:06.772 --> 00:56:08.740
- And because he has a plan for us, not just for here,
- 00:56:08.740 --> 00:56:12.678
- But a plan to be with him for eternity.
- 00:56:12.678 --> 00:56:15.747
- And he waits for us,
- 00:56:16.381 --> 00:56:17.850
- Because his mercy is beyond our understanding, really.
- 00:56:17.850 --> 00:56:21.587
- Who can know the heart and mind of god?
- 00:56:21.587 --> 00:56:23.789
- He's so different than we are.
- 00:56:23.789 --> 00:56:25.824
- And sometimes when we do what dana did,
- 00:56:25.824 --> 00:56:29.161
- We attribute anger to god or that he's going to reject us,
- 00:56:29.161 --> 00:56:32.931
- It's because we hate what we're doing ourselves.
- 00:56:32.931 --> 00:56:37.202
- And yet, in the middle of it, there he is,
- 00:56:37.202 --> 00:56:39.371
- Standing and waiting and this is the message that he says.
- 00:56:39.371 --> 00:56:43.308
- I stand at the door and knock.
- 00:56:44.109 --> 00:56:48.380
- Anyone who opens the door,
- 00:56:48.380 --> 00:56:51.383
- I will come in and have fellowship with him.
- 00:56:51.383 --> 00:56:55.120
- He will live in your heart. he will change your thinking.
- 00:56:55.120 --> 00:56:59.191
- He will change your woundedness
- 00:56:59.191 --> 00:57:00.859
- And your need just like he did for dana.
- 00:57:00.859 --> 00:57:03.362
- And it's as basic as this.
- 00:57:03.362 --> 00:57:05.964
- Jesus, i am a sinner in need of a savior.
- 00:57:05.964 --> 00:57:12.771
- Be my savior.
- 00:57:13.305 --> 00:57:15.440
- And i want more than that,
- 00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:16.975
- God, for you to be the lord of my life.
- 00:57:16.975 --> 00:57:20.112
- Change me.
- 00:57:20.112 --> 00:57:21.780
- I want to belong to you and i give it all.
- 00:57:21.780 --> 00:57:25.050
- And i ask it in your name.
- 00:57:25.050 --> 00:57:27.319
- Pray that prayer.
- 00:57:27.953 --> 00:57:29.521
- If you'd like to know how do i grow once i pray the prayer,
- 00:57:29.521 --> 00:57:32.925
- We've got a little packet called a new day for you.
- 00:57:32.925 --> 00:57:35.260
- It's completely free, so is the number to get it.
- 00:57:35.260 --> 00:57:37.796
- It's 1-800-700-7000.
- 00:57:37.796 --> 00:57:40.899
- Just call and say, i just prayed that prayer
- 00:57:40.899 --> 00:57:42.834
- And i'd like the new day packet.
- 00:57:42.834 --> 00:57:45.137
- We wanna leave you with these words from psalm 91:11,
- 00:57:45.137 --> 00:57:49.074
- "for he shall give his angels charge over you
- 00:57:49.074 --> 00:57:52.210
- To keep you in all your ways."
- 00:57:52.210 --> 00:57:55.280
- He is a good, good father and he loves you.
- 00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:57.950
- God bless you. see you next time.
- 00:57:57.950 --> 00:57:59.651
- (dramatic music)
- 00:57:59.651 --> 00:57:59.990