The 700 Club - July 29, 2011

We’re waiting. Go, go, go. Meet the Duggar family. Small Duggar Boy: I have to go to all the bathrooms and get the laundry. All 21 of them. I never dreamed in a million years that all this would happen. Go behind the scenes with the stars of 19 Kids and Counting on today’s 700 Club. Michele Duggar: It’s been a lot of hard work, but much joy, much, much joy. Welcome to The 700 Club. Republicans have failed to pass their debt ceiling bill in the House of Representatives, and many Tea Party conservatives say what the proposal is, well it doesn’t cut spending enough. If Congress can’t pass a measure to resolve the situation, some legal scholars believe the president should take some unusual measures to end the deadlock. Charlene Israel has the story. Late into the night, Republican leaders announced there would be no vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt ceiling bill. Boehner’s plan would cut $900 billion from the deficit and extend the debt ceiling only through next spring. But some House conservatives say it doesn't go far enough. If it passes the House, Boehner’s bill may not have much hope in the Senate. Democrats and the White House made it clear they would oppose it. The bill being considered in the House cannot be an option, because it will not pass the Senate. So it's dead on arrival. House Republican leaders tried to win over Tea Party holdouts, but in the end the votes still weren’t there. It’s the second time this week that conservative opposition forced Boehner to postpone a vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was quick to respond. I apologize to everyone for the late hour. We've been waiting for the House to conduct their business and they're having trouble conducting it. House Republican leaders are growing increasingly frustrated, noting that they already passed one bill that Senate Democrats rejected. The fact is the president has asked us to compromise. We've compromised. We sent over our idea, the vision of how we would take this country forward if we were in control; that was “cut, cap and balance." The Senate dispensed with that immediately and tabled it. Meanwhile, with the deadline to raise the debt ceiling just days away, some Democrats want the president to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to prevent the nation from going into default. It states, "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” The clause was originally formed to settle any doubt that the U.S. would pay debts incurred during the Civil War. Some experts say it may be necessary for the president to try to invoke the amendment if Congress can’t break its deadlock. But the White House says it doesn’t believe the president has the authority to raise the debt ceiling by himself. Charlene Israel, CBN News. It looks like we’re not going to see any kind of bill come out of the House or the Senate that would end up on the president’s desk before the deadline. What’s the result of that? Well, I think we’re going to see a fairly stiff sell-off in world stock markets because of the uncertainty that this brings to the table, and then once you don’t pass something that increases the debt ceiling, what happens to the United States government, and what happens to the various government services, and what happens specifically to the treasury bills and the interest payments that are due them? Well, now we’re into an unknown territory and where do we go with this? Does the president as the executive, then executive branch, does he have the authority to pick and choose what bills to pay? Much like many of us, you pick and choose what bills to pay, and sometimes there’s more month than money; and so you let some of them slide for another month. Is he going to have the ability to do that, or does he have to pay bills as they become due? Can he pick which spending? And understand all of this spending was authorized by Congress. So can he pick and choose? Can he give priority to the Treasury bill? Can he give priority to Social Security, Medicare? Can he give priority to the military? Those are unknowns, and whenever you get into that kind of unknown, what happens? Now, there has been a report already that Moody’s is going to downgrade the debt of any municipality that has heavy government employment, and they’ve already issued it for northern Virginia which has a lot of government employment. So that’s going to be a big deal. We’re going to see a spill into municipality debt. We’re going to see a spill into state debt. And the question, the biggest one for the world financial markets is what’s the status of the U.S. Treasury bill? Will those bills be honored? I was going to ask you. We would be in this scenario financially no matter what, but if there wasn’t a looming election, would the process that we’re seeing change, do you think? Well, fortunately, there’s always a looming election. That’s true. Is politics being played? You betcha. For Harry Reid to say on the Senate floor the House Republicans aren’t doing their job, for the White House to come out and say Republicans are trying to ruin Christmas, obviously politics is being played. For the president to say social security checks aren’t going to come, people are definitely playing politics with this. We’re in a showdown. Part of the politics is you have a whole group that was elected saying “I will never raise taxes” . . . . Yes. Where do you go with that? . . . . “I’m here to cut spending.” So they’ve made that campaign promise. Then you have another whole group on the Democrat side: “We will never cut entitlement. We will never cut Social Security. We will never cut Medicare.” Well the problem with both of those positions is you can’t come to an agreement. If you don’t cut entitlements, I don’t care what you do on the tax side, you don’t solve the problem. At the same time, if you’re not into raising taxes, I don’t see how we get there, either. Yes. Well, John Jessup has the rest of our top stories from our Washington bureau. John. Thanks, Gordon. New government figures confirm the economy has gotten weaker. The economy only grew at a 1.3 percent rate in the second quarter of this year and just four-tenths of one percent in the first quarter. That’s the slowest growth since the recession started. A Muslim soldier admits to planning an attack on Fort Hood. The Army says. Naser Abdo stashed weapons in a hotel room near the Texas post. You may recall in 2009 Ft. Hood was the site of the worse mass shooting on a military base. CBN Terrorism Analyst Erick Stakelbeck says the latest attack plan could highlighted a new trend. What’s important to note that Al Qaeda mouth pieces Anwar al-Awlaki and Adam Gadahn, both American born, have both called for Muslims in the U.S. military to rise up and attack their fellow troops. So we may be seeing a very disturbing trend develop here in the U.S. military. Police were warned about Abdo by the same gun store where the 2009 shooting suspect bought a pistol used in the attack. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit trying to keep Texas Gov. Rick Perry's from taking part in a national prayer event scheduled for Aug. 6th in Houston. The Freedom from Religion Foundation argued that Perry’s participation in the event called “The Response” would violate the First Amendment. The judge says the group had no standing to sue and dismissed the case. The Response is sponsored by several evangelical Christian groups. Perry has invited President Obama, the nation’s governors and Texas lawmakers to attend. Gordon, what do you think? Is this a victory for the First Amendment? I think so. I think it’s a victory for the First Amendment rights of a sitting governor of a state. And if a governor can’t say “I want to pray, and I’d like to do that in public,” if we don’t have that as a basic constitutional right, then we’ve lost a great deal. We’ll be back with more of The 700 Club right after this. Coming up later . . . . . . . . a biker with a dream that sent him to prison. I’m a convict. I’m a thief. I’m a liar. I’m the lowest of the low. How letters from a stranger changed his life. I’m reading this letters and saying, “Wow, is he drunk or why would this man be telling me he loves me?” Have you ever heard the expression “good as gold?” Well, gold is on everybody’s minds these days, and rightfully so, having risen in value dramatically since 2001. For years now, I’ve been singing the praises of one of the most recognized and trusted names in gold, Swiss America. They believe, like I do, that people need to know what’s good about gold. 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But as they read what the Bible had to say, they knew they had to start giving away 10 percent of their income. That’s when we decided it was time to start giving God what was God’s. Rick was hoping for a promotion at work that was delayed because of the economy. It affected the family’s finances. It just seemed like we were spinning our wheels all the time, and something that I had been thinking about. Let’s just go ahead and increase. One percent would be great. We can do that, and probably wouldn’t even miss that. At the same time, I’m feeling in my heart, one percent, maybe we can do that. So the family increased their giving to 11 percent. A week later they got a notice that their mortgage payment had been decreased. Then the next week Rick got good news at work. One day, my boss calls me into his office and says, “Hey, I need to talk to you.” I’m thinking, “I hope this is good.: And he sits me down and he slides a piece of paper across, and he says, “Congratulations, you’ve been promoted.” I’m thinking, “Where did that come from?” Just kind of out of the blue. So it just one thing after another, boom, boom, boom. It was just proof that God was up there smiling down on us saying thanks for being obedient. Janna and Rick have since increased their giving even more. But it was that first one percent increase that taught them about God’s faithfulness. I can sleep at night, and not just have to lay awake thinking, “Oh, my gosh, what am I going to do?” Have faith in God to lead us through whatever it is. Even the small things. He is good and He wants to do good things for us. And for Him to prove it like that, it’s just amazing to me. He’s so good and so wonderful. He is good. He is wonderful. And blessings come to those who obey Him. Here is the word. It’s from Deuteronomy 20:8, “And all those blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God” (NKJV). Richard and Janna learned that, that blessings overtake them. You her heard her say, “Boom, boom, boom.” All these things happened. Blessings overtook them, because they obeyed the voice. They obeyed the suggestion. Well, don't just tithe. Do tithes and offerings, and that will lead to abundance. That will lead to blessings overtaking you, when you obey the voice of your God. Terry. Well, Chinese laws prevent many families from having more than one child. So children born with defects are often unwanted or even abandoned and left to die. For 20 years Mr. and Mrs. Wen wanted to have a baby. They tried everything that their doctor suggested, but were never able to conceive. I was so sad especially when I saw other parents with their children. 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See how a series of love letters brought this tough guy to his knees. Still ahead . . . . We're waiting. Go, go, go. Meet the Duggar family. I have to go to all of the bathrooms and get the laundry. All 21 of them. I never dreamed in a million years that all this would happen. Go behind the scenes with the stars of 19 Kids and Counting, on today's 700 Club. It has been a lot of hard work, but much joy, much, much joy. Our world moves at an incredible pace, but there is a destiny that awaits each one of us, and all of us will face life’s ultimate question: where will I spend eternity? In Life Beyond the Grave . . . . . . . . you’ll meet real people who’ve experienced Heaven or Hell and have a powerful witnessing tool to share with others. I want you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your destiny is sealed forever in Heaven. When you look in the mirror, can you imagine erasing years of aging? That's what I used to look like. Lifestyle Lift takes only about an hour. 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My dream in life was just another needle with heroin or cocaine. And then as the newness started wearing off of this. Then I started looking for the drugs not necessarily for the recreation part of it but because my body was telling me that I had to have it. It was my everyday thought. He was part of a notorious motorcycle gang and thought he had it all. I was pretty much a social outcast of society at that point. In the drug world and in the motorcycle world, I was accepted. I had really what I wanted. All I had to do was go steal and the drugs would be there. As long as I could steal enough to support that habit. And I knew that there was another side of life but I had no idea how to get out of this. His life of drugs and crime landed him in prison for 11 years. So I would put this persona on that I am this tough guy. And at that point in time I was doing my best to live that image. But the real Billy was hid inside. When Christian ministers came to the prison Billy sat and listened. Anything to get out of his cell. But believing in Jesus didn't fit his image. And like I told one preacher, I said, “If I can't see Him, and I can't touch Him, and I can't talk to Him, you're never going to make me believe that He's real.” He said, “I'm not going to give up on you Billy.” One day a visiting preacher passed Billy's name on to John Capitono, a chapter leader of the Christian Motorcycle Association. And I started receiving mail, letters from this man John Capitrono saying, “I don't know you, but I love you.” I’m reading these letters and saying, “Wow, is he drunk? Or why would this man be telling me he loves me? I’m an ex-heroin addict. I’m a convict. I’m a thief. I’m a liar. Why in the world would this man be telling me he loves me?” When he was released from prison, Billy agreed to meet with John. Johnny did something that just totally showed me the love that he had been talking about, that all the preachers had been talking about. Not knowing me, he opened his wallet up and pulled out $60. He said, “Billy, go buy yourself some new clothes.” And I said, “Why? What do you want in return?” He said, “For you to understand the love of Jesus Christ. That’s what I want in return.” Soon after, Billy visited a Christian Motorcycle Association meeting. The people he met amazed him. When I walked up into their meeting and said, “I’ve just got out of prison, ex heroin addict,” I was perfectly honest with everybody. “I’m the lowest of the low, but I heard that you people love people like that.” And they said, “Yes we do. Come on in.” When all these people kept showing me the same amount of love and even more than the next one and saying, “You know what? I love you man. I don’t even know you, but I love you.” I started believing this, and I said, “Well, why are these people treating me like this? I’m so accustomed to the drug world. Why are these people so different? I got on my knees in my room at home, closed the door by myself, and I said, “Lord, my life’s Yours. All my life I’ve known dirt, filth, stealing and lying. And, Lord, the only thing that appeals to me these days, as of right now, is you. I hear you now, and I can even touch you because I have your living word here in my hand.” And that’s when my life changed. The Lord used 2nd Corinthians 5:17 to let me know, “You’re not the same anymore. I own you. You are Mine. I have you under My wings. I love you. I forgive you of everything you’ve ever done. Old things are passed away and behold, all things are become new.” And I said, “Lord, that’s me.” Billy lives a new life today. He still rides motorcycles but no longer with a gang. He’s the chaplain for the New Orleans chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association. I have never experienced anything like this, and I would never give it up for anything that I would ever experience. Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life, so being a servant today for Jesus Christ is the most wealthy thing. It’s the most blessed miracle that I could ever imagine in my life. God’s awesome. God is awesome. And He wants you to know Him. He wants you to be in that same place, where you're under His wings. He's got you now. He'll forgive you for everything. He'll protect you. He’ll make you new. Behold, all things can be made new. Maybe you've lived a rough life like Billy. Maybe the only thing you knew was dirt and crime and lying and stealing. Or maybe you're like him in another way, where you say, “Well, if I can't see Him, and if I can't touch Him, how am I supposed to believe in Him?” Well, one of Jesus' disciples did the same thing. And he said—his name is Thomas. We call him doubting Thomas. And he said, “Unless I can put my finger in the holes of His hands, unless I can put my hand into the hole of His side, I’m not going to believe that He is raised from the dead.” It is an incredible thing to believe that there is life after death, to believe in a resurrection, to believe that Jesus came, that He truly came from Heaven, He is the Son of God, and that He lived a perfect life, He lived a sinless life, and that He died on a cross. The Romans crucified Him, beat Him, scourged Him, put a crown of thorns on Him. And He died, and He took the sins of all people everywhere for all time. And that He rose from the dead. Those are hard things to believe. But Jesus showed up for Thomas. And he said, “Hear my doubts, Lord,” and it's the greatest excavation of Christ's divinity in the Bible. When Thomas saw Him and saw the holes, he got on his knees and said, “My Lord and my God.” What about you? Do you have doubts? Do you wonder, “Is Jesus real? Is all of this real? Can I be made new?” Well, take the testimony of Billy Rivers. Here is somebody who was part of a motorcycle gang, heroin addict, ex-con, and he says, “I have peace. I have more than peace. I have love. I have forgiveness. I have been made new.” And start understanding that is for you. It's the love of God that leads to repentance. It is not the judgment of God. If you've been living a sinful life, you know all about judgment. You know you're reaping what you sow. But what you don't know is that God still loves you, and you haven't gone too far. Jesus says clearly, “There is no sin that can't be forgiven.” All you have to do is turn to Him and come to Him. And the same thing Billy asked, you can have. And you can have evidence, and you can have substance that Jesus is real. And the transformation in your life will be the proof. Now, if this is for you, if this is what you want, if you want Jesus to show up for you just as He did for doubting Thomas, all you have to do is a very simple prayer, “Jesus, if you're there, if you can do these things, if you can do them for me, if you love me, show me. I want to know.” And the Bible says that when we seek Him with all of our heart, we'll find Him. Now, for Billy, that was getting on his knees and crying out and saying, “I need you.” And do the same thing. Just say, “Jesus, I need you.” And if this is for you, if this is what you want to do, don't turn away. Don't change the channel. Let today be the day where you meet Him and you know Him. And He is no longer something written in a book or somebody that somebody talks about. He is your Savior, and He is yours for all eternity. If this is for you, bow your head. Say a very simple prayer, and let Jesus do all the rest. He'll do it for you. All you have to do is ask. Pray with me. “Jesus.” That's right. Say it out loud. “Jesus, I want to know you. I want to know that you're real, that you love me, and that you want to save me. So, Jesus, right now I open my heart to you, and I ask that you come in. I ask that you forgive me, that you make me new. And, Jesus, I especially ask that you surround me with your love. Do it now, for I ask it in Jesus' name.” Father, for those who just prayed, I pray a baptism in your love. I pray you surround them and fill them with the knowledge of you. And, Lord, we just ask that any chain, anything that hinders, be broken off of them now, that you would renew their minds, renew their hearts, renew their whole being, for we ask it in Jesus’ name. Amen. The Bible says that if you'll believe in your heart and then confess with your mouth, you shall be saved. What I want you to do is confess, and just say, “I prayed, I asked Jesus to come in.” It’s a toll free number to call to do it: 800-759-0700. When you call, I’ve got something for you. It's called “A New Day,” and I want you to have this. In here is a CD teaching on how to live the Christian life, what to do now. What are the next steps? There is also a booklet with Bible verses. We encourage you to get a copy of the Bible, read it every day. We also encourage you to find a local fellowship. It could be in a Christian biker group. It could be in a local church. But find a local fellowship. Get into a fellowship of believers. That's how you grow as a Christian. Call us: 1-800-759-0700. Terry, over to you. Well, still ahead, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar already have 19 kids. Could number 20 be on the way? Michelle Duggar: I’m 44, and if that would happen, we would be thrilled. But it will just be a matter of waiting to see what the Lord has in store for us. We get a behind the scene's look at the hit show 19 Kids and Counting, so don't go away. Still ahead . . . . . . . . a young woman riddled with tumors. 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It documents their daily life and has captured the birth of their five youngest children. Michelle gave me a tour of the 7000 square foot home that they built themselves. The next room is the pantry. This is where we have all the food. Now this is stocked like an expert stocks a grocery store. Do the children do this? Well the children do now, but dad is the one that taught them, because he used to work at a grocery store. For the record, the Duggars do 40 loads of laundry per week, spend $3000 a month on groceries, and have lived completely debt-free for over 20 years. But, there's no doubt that the first question most people ask them is, “Why have so many children?” We had our first child Josh, four years into marriage, and then I went back on the pill, and then I ended up getting pregnant while I was on the pill. I lost that baby; I had a miscarriage. At that point is when we really begin to evaluate what we were thinking, and with our own hands, with our own lack of knowledge, we had destroyed our own baby, and that was devastating. We got on our knees, and we cried out to God and we said, “Father, forgive us, and give us a love for children like you love children.” And when He says that children are a gift, and a blessing, and a reward, we have seen that lived out now for the last 23 years. It's been a lot of hard work, but much joy, much, much joy. Jim Bob manages several commercial properties to provide for the family and never imagined he would be a media sensation. I never dreamed in a million years that all this would happen, but this is a window of time that God’s opened us to minister to millions of people. Our prayer is that many people would come to know the Lord and maybe just start a relationship with Christ and start making right choices with their lives. This large household runs like a well-oiled machine. With each member pitching in. I have to go to all the bathrooms and get the laundry. They don't have a bucket, but my mom and dad do. You'd think Michelle has her hands full between making grocery lists, feeding and driving kids to and from appointments. But they're not just her children; they're also her students. That's right, Michelle even homeschools. (To Michelle): Why do you think the country and the world is just so fascinated by your family? It could be a number of things. I really think maybe just the sure curiosity of how a family with 19 children functions, but I also believe that there is a vacuum in America and even in each individual's life where they want to know the answers to life's questions. It’s that vacuum where only really God’s Spirit can fill. So when people connect with that aspect of our lives, I think that is what makes the difference. Michelle developed complications in her last pregnancy, and little Josie arrived three months earlier than expected. Since the NICU experience was still fresh in Michelle's mind, I asked her if she's open to having more babies in the near future. I'm 44 and if that would happen we would be thrilled, but it will just be a matter waiting to see what the Lord has in store for us. Their lives may seem reminiscent of the Waltons; but life is not always easy, and the Duggar’s do have their share of critics. There's people that don't like us because of the size family that we have, but we've had many e-mails from people, like this one lady the other day who said, “I was getting ready to have an abortion, and I turned on the TV and I saw your show, and I thought, if these people can do it with 17 children, I can do it with one; and I decided not to have an abortion.” I'm so thankful for testimonies like that, because it keeps us going. There's so many encouraging e-mails of people that came to know the Lord, or maybe families that have started taking the family to church and getting involved in giving their life to the Lord, and that's what it's all about. Well, it was 17 when Jim Bob got that letter. Its 19 today, and counting, as you heard. Their book is A Love that Multiplies, and it talks about do they make this all happen? This is a family that has loved the Lord and has really found a way to raise their family in a way that makes a difference, which in today's world is pretty astonishing. There are so many things the come against family values and family closeness. And, boy, the Duggars seem to have found a . . . . I tell you what, if I were them, I’d want to hire a drill sergeant to run things. The interesting thing is, I don't very often hear either of them raise their voices at all. No. It seems to be quiet. Yes, well, maybe not quiet. Well, their leadership is quiet. The book is available nationwide. Get a hold of it. It is really interesting. Leading through love. Yes. Well, up next, a young woman with piercing pain in her shoulder and a tumor in her chest. It was the size of a softball. The doctors performed a few more tests, simply because I was unable to breathe. And at this point they diagnosed me as being septic, and was pretty much near death. See how she was healed without surgery. Plus, we'll be praying for you and your needs, so stay with us. Life can be tough. There are challenges for all of us. Jesus told us to pray for one another, and that’s exactly what we want to do. On 700 Club Interactive, we use technology to bring Christians together to pray for each other, meet others just like you and talk or share with them in real time. Watch God work miracles in people’s lives. Be part of 700 Club Interactive weekdays at 9:30 on ABC Family. Now is a good time to get a new HD TV but, did you know you need more than a cool TV to see true HD? 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Call and switch to Dish Network today. Monday . . . . Nineteen different medications that I was taking every single day. A pill popper gets a taste of his own medicine. I am dying. There is nothing that can be done about it. Plus . . . . Have faith in God. Harness the power of miracles, using the laws of the Secret Kingdom. Command, speak, in the name of Jesus. Monday on The 700 Club. Well, Kerry Lewis was the manager of an intensive care unit. So she is used to taking care of the sick. When she woke up one morning with a pain in her shoulder, she never dreamed that within a week she would be fighting for her own life. Hi, my name is Kerry Lewis, and I'm actually 32 years old. Originally from the UK, I had been residing in Cyprus for the past six years working as an intensive care manager. Little did I know that one day, basically, I would wake up and I would end up being the patient and no longer the actual manager of a unit. One Monday morning I woke up with incredible pain just in my left shoulder blade, and it radiated through by the end of the evening into the front of my chest. Within one week, basically, I ended up being admitted into the clinic. Due to such an increasing swelling of the left side of my chest, that was a size of a softball, the doctors performed a few more tests simply because I was unable to breathe. At this point, they diagnosed me as being septic, and was pretty much near death. It was seen by several specialists and they realized that basically I had tumors in my body. They weren’t just in my chest, but they were also within my ovaries and my thyroid and this is what was making me sick. The doctors told me that if I had surgery they would have to remove the left shoulder blade and most of the left side of my chest, which would've left me totally disfigured for the rest of my life. We really took this in faith and prayer to God and asked Him to make it clear as to whether He wanted to heal me miraculously through the supernatural or whether He wanted to heal me through the medical profession. We asked if He was going to heal me supernaturally, that He would do that within three days and that there would be some kind of improvement within the size of the growth in my chest. With my mind I’m thinking, “Lord, you know I’ve seen miracles, and I know you can do it; but are you really going to do it for me?” It was at a time where I just also believed in medicine, and this has been a huge part of my career. So is a fine line for me to know where that fine line really was between the supernatural and the medical profession. The Lord just really kind of talked to my spirit during that time, and He said, “It's not a point of understanding; it's a point of faith, and it's a point of having a grateful and a thankful heart.” And on the third day, I went down for my tests, and basically I had my ultrasound; and they told me that the growth had reduced by .03 millimeters. Even though it was so small, I was just so excited I just wanted to worship God, like, “Yay, you’re actually performing this miracle for me!” And I didn't know how long it would take, but we just were so excited. God had started this healing process, and He was faithful to finish what He had started. So we basically pressed in for healing for the rest of that week in the hospital, and the next Tuesday it was to the point where it was so improved that the doctors allowed me to actually be released from the hospital and allowed me to go home and just be an outpatient for an entire week, going back to the clinic and having IV antibiotic therapy twice a day. I was supposed to go home and rest, but I took this rest in the form of attending a “Catch the Fire” conference that we were organized with. And basically I just rested in the presence of God and rested in just worshiping Him. And during this time, I've never felt such an incredible strength resonate throughout my body that just gave me such a power and the ability to worship and to attend the conference. I sometimes get flashing lights that are signposts of people who have angels of his presence. And I know you’re really tired, but you have an angel of his presence who is ministering to you and strengthening you right now. We come against now anything that would hinder or delay. Within two months, they had me go back for repeat tests, and they basically told me that they could not find any trace of any lesions or tumor in my body at all, that all infection had completely disappeared and that I was perfectly healthy and full of life. I really felt that this one time in my life where I knew the devil was really trying to take me out of the picture, it was going to be the time that the Lord was going to take me on to great victory. It was an amazing thing to see her recover, when the doctors had given up hope, the sepsis had set in, and they didn’t think that she would ever, ever make it through. And so she comes to this conference and is just bathed in prayer, morning, afternoon, night. Regardless of how she felt, she wanted to be there. She wanted to be in the presence of God. There was one day she showed up with an IV running into her, because she wasn't able to take proper fluids. And God did a miracle for her! And God wants to do miracles for His children. Sometimes it takes being bathed in prayer, constant months of prayer to see it and to see the recovery. Sometimes we have to contend. Sometimes it happens in a moment. But whichever way it happens, understand it happens. And it's for you, and it's the children's bread. That's how Jesus described it. It’s the children's bread. Give us this day our bread. We can have this, this day, not some far off time, but right now. Now, it’s my favorite time of the program where we get to pray for you. And just start asking that angels of God's presence will come to you, that healing would come, that Jesus would come, and that by His stripes you were healed. When did your healing happen? It happened 2,000 years ago. When do you receive it? When you see it, when you have evidence of things, that kind of faith that appropriates what God has already provided. Now, before we pray, we've got some other answers to prayer. Here is Linda of Bakersfield, California. She was wheezing every time she took a breath. She couldn’t inhale deeply without coughing. Her chest hurt every breath. One day watching The 700 Club, Linda was praying along with the host, and Terry, you had a word of knowledge: “You have a lung condition. It’s almost like a webbing is growing there. And it is obviously affecting your ability to breathe deeply. Breathe deeply now.” Well, Linda knew it was for her. She took a deep breath. The first couple of times it hurt, but the more she breathed deeply, the better she got. The pain left her chest. The wheezing ceased immediately, and coughing stopped within a few days. She hasn't had any problem since. Wow, God is good. This is Walter. He lives in Phoenix. For over a year, he experienced a deep, aching pain in his right shoulder. Side effects included sleeplessness, the inability to use his right arm for reaching. He took medication, but the pain didn't stop. And then one day while watching this program, Walter heard you, Gordon, give a word of knowledge concerning someone with a severe pain in the clavicle of their right shoulder. And you added, “That pain just left you, in Jesus' name. Just lift your right arm and realize you’re pain free. It's all gone.” Well, Walter claimed this word for himself. When he began moving his right arm around, he said he felt a popping sound and felt a release of the pressure and the pain that had been in his right shoulder. Right away, he began praising God for his healing. That night he had no trouble sleeping, and he has had no pain since then. Praise God. Amen. Healing comes. Faith is an action. When you have the faith to believe, you act like you believe. And that’s what happened with him. He acted on it. We've got a prayer request that has come in through our chat room. It’s from Michael, “I suffer from excruciating nerve disorder. The pain is getting worse, and the affected area is widening. How can I avoid true despair?” The way to avoid that is to get healed, Michael. So we're going to pray for you right now. Now, for those of you needing healing, this is more than just Michael. It’s for all those that believe. All of us get the children's bread. If you need healing, in an act of faith, lay your hand on that area of the body needs healing. And just say out loud, “I believe. I believe in Jesus. I believe that by His stripes I was healed, I am healed,” and then act it. We're going to pray. We're going to ask for God to come down and visit you right where you are. And He wants to do that. Understand that. He wants to manifest Himself. You don't have to beg Him to. He wants to do it. So just with that assurance, we're going to pray. And the Bible says if two or more agree touching anything, it shall be done. So you're touching, we're agreeing, and God is going to do the rest. Let's pray. “Lord, we just lift those who are laying hands on that area of the body that needs healing, and specifically for Michael, we rebuke that pain. We rebuke all of that nerve damage now, in Jesus' name. And we say be whole. And we speak specifically to the numbness, the tingling, and that searing pain, and be gone now. Torment him no more. Let there be peace flowing through that area now, in Jesus' name. Be healed.” There is someone crying out for the soles of your feet. There is a pain in your arch. It’s really bad in the left foot, and God is healing that now for you. That pain just left. It’s just like it just vanished. God has healed you. He has restored you. You're going to be able to walk normally. You don't need to worry about it anymore. It is not ever coming back. Just rejoice in what God has done for you. Terry. Someone else, you have a wrist issue. You've broken your wrist multiple times. I don’t really know the reason that that’s happening, but you're having trouble with healing. God is touching that part of your body right now, and that wrist is going to heal and heal strongly. You'll not have the problem again. I don't know the cause of this, but there is somebody with blistering on your eyeball. And it is a particular problem in your right eye. And God is healing that blistering now. And all that pain and discomfort and inability has turned into ability and comfort, and you're pain free now. In Jesus' name, just receive that. Michael, I just feel compelled to speak to you, to your body, and say, body, align yourself with the perfect will of God, that His will might be done on earth, even as it is in Heaven. And every muscle, every bit of tissue, every nerve ending come into perfect alignment with God's will, in Jesus’ name. Someone else with redness and cracking on the soles of the feet, and it's painful for you, and you say, “Please say that.” And God is healing the skin right now, in Jesus' name. Be set free from that. Someone else with a debilitating back injury, enormous pain from your neck to your right shoulder. And you're just despairing. You're despairing of life and your future. And God wants to give you hope and a future. He’s taking that pain from you now. Lift your arms now and receive healing from Him now. He is coming to you now. Lord, we thank you, for you are the healer. When we receive you, we receive healing. If you've been touched by God, we want to share in your good report, so call us: 1-800-759-0700. We leave you with these words from Matthew . . . . . . . . “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move." Here at CBN, we see amazing things happen when we stand together. 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