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>> WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.
>> Gordon: FROM THE
MOVIE, "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN," THE REAL CHRISTY
BEAM SPEAKS OUT.
>> I THINK SHE IS MAKING
UP FOR LOST TIME.
I REALLY DO.
>> Gordon: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO "700
CLUB INTERACTIVE."
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TELL
YOU THE STORY OF A NEAR
TRAGEDY THAT RESULTED IN
TWO MIRACLES, AND IT IS
ALSO A STORY THAT IS NOW
BEING TOLD IN THEATERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Terry: IT IS ABOUT A
DETERMINED MOTHER AND AN
8-YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED
ANNABELLE BEAM.
ANNABELLE LIVED IN CHRONIC
PAIN, PAIN SO BAD THAT SHE
SAID HE JUST WANTED TO DIE
AND GO TO HEAVEN WITH
JESUS.
AS IT TURNS OUT, A FEW
DAYS LATER, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THERE IS CURRENTLY NO
CURE FOR ANNA'S CONDITION.
>> DOCTOR, PLEASE, THIS IS
OUR LITTLE GIRL.
>> I'M SCARED.
>> ME, TOO.
>> WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.
*
>> WE NEED A MIRACLE AND
WE NEED IT NOW.
>> AND WE'LL GET IT.
>> HOW?
>> BY NOT LOSING OUR
FAITH.
>> CAN YOU EVEN HEAR ME?
[YELLING]
* THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG
* TAKE BACK MY LIFE SONG
>> YOU'RE TELLING ME WHEN
THIS BABY GIRL FELL
30 FEET, SHE HIT HER HEAD
JUST RIGHT AND IT DIDN'T
KILL HER AND IT DIDN'T
PARALYZE HER; IT HEALED
HER?
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO
BELIEVE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE JUST LOOKING FOR
A MIRACLE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
WE'RE CRAZY.
>> YOU ROLL WITH THE WAVE
OR YOU GET ROLLED OVER.
*
>> HE TOLD ME I WOULD BE
FINE.
* I'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF
FIGHT LEFT IN ME *
>> WHO TOLD YOU YOU WOULD
BE FINE?
>> Gordon: JOINING US
NOW IS THE REAL MOTHER,
NOT JENNIFER, BUT THIS IS
CHRISTY BEAM AND SHE IS
THE MOTHER OF ANNABELLE,
AND SHE IS HERE TO TELL US
ABOUT THE REAL STORY AND
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS,
THERE SEEMS TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE MIRACLE OF
HEALING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Gordon: WHAT WAS IT
LIKE TO HAVE A DAUGHTER
COME TO YOU AND SAY,
MOMMY, THE PAIN IS SO BAD,
I JUST WANT TO DIE.
I DON'T WANT THIS ANYMORE.
>> I WILL NEVER FORGET
THAT DAY, EVER.
I WILL NEVER FORGET
ANNABELLE SAYING THAT TO
ME.
AND WE WERE IN THE
HOSPITAL WHEN IT HAPPENED.
AND I JUST CRAWLED IN THE
BED WITH HER AND JUST
RAPIRAPPED MY ARMS AROUND HER
AND WE BOTH CRIED.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO WHEN
YOUR BABY WANTS TO DIE?
YOU JUST LOVE THEM.
AND I PRAYED.
>> Gordon: DID YOU GET
MAD AT GOD?
I'M TRYING TO PUT MYSELF
IN THAT POSITION.
GOD, WHAT DID WE DO TO
DESERVE THIS?
>> I ASKED ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS.
I ABSOLUTELY ASKED ALL OF
THOSE QUESTIONS, WHY ANNA?
WHY US?
WHY ME?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT
CAN WE DO TO FIX IT?
IF I'VE DONE SOMETHING
WRONG, THEN I'LL DO IT
RIGHT.
YOU BEGIN TO GET TO THE
PLACE WHERE YOU ALMOST
DON'T BARTER WITH GOD, BUT
YOU'RE, LIKE, WHATEVER I
DID WRONG, TELL ME, AND
I'LL MAKE IT RIGHT BECAUSE
YOUR CHILD'S SUFFERING IS
PROBABLY THE WORST THING
YOU CAN ENDURE.
>> Gordon: DID YOU GET
ANY ANSWERS TO THOSE
PRAYERS?
>> EVENTUALLY WE GOT MANY
ANSWERS.
AND IT WASN'T ANYTHING WE
HAD DONE WRONG.
AND GOD'S HEALING WAS THE
GREATEST PART OF HIS PLAN
FOR HER.
>> Gordon: WHEN I GET
INTO SITUATIONS WHERE I
WANT TO GET MAD AT GOD, I
GO TO JOHN 9, THE STORY OF
THE MAN BORN BLIND.
THE DISCIPLES ASKED HIM,
WAS IT HIS FAULT?
IF HE WAS BORN THAT WAY,
HE HADN'T YET DONE
ANYTHING, SO IS THAT JUST?
IS IT HIS PARENTS' FAULT?
IF HIS PARENTS DID
SOMETHING, IS IT JUST TO
HAVE IT DONE TO THE BABY.
AND I LOVE THE ANSWER THAT
JESUS GAVE: NEITHER.
THIS HAPPENED THAT THE
GLORY OF GOD MAY BE
REVEALED.
>> WE WENT OVER AND OVER
THAT AT THE TIME OF OUR
STRUGGLE.
IT'S SO INTERESTING THAT
YOU BRING THAT UP.
WE READ THAT OVER AND
OVER.
>> Gordon: AND THEN THE
GLORY OF GOD WAS REVEALED.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS, BOY,
DID HE.
>> Gordon: FOR PEOPLE
WHO DON'T KNOW THIS STORY,
HERE SHE IS, SHE HAS AN
INCURABLE MEDICAL
CONDITION, AND SHE IS
OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH HER
SISTERS.
>> YEP.
>> Gordon: AND TRAGEDY
HAPPENS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Gordon: AND SHE FALLS
INTO A COTTONWOOD TREE.
AND IT IS, LIKE, A 30-FOOT
FALL?
>> YES, SIR.
>> Gordon: I IMAGINE YOU
THOUGHT AT THE TIME, SHE
IS NOW, IN ADDITION TO A
MEDICAL CONDITION, THERE
IS NOW AN INJURY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Gordon: WHAT WENT
THROUGH YOUR HEAD?
>> YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I
DIDN'T REALIZE THE REALITY
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
I THOUGHT ANNABELLE
CLIMBED AND GOT STUCK UP
IN A TREE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN
ABBEY CAME TO TELL ME
ANNABELLE HAD FALLEN IN A
TREE, SHE TRULY HAD
FALLEN.
WHEN SHE WAS
NON-RESPONSIVE, I THOUGHT,
GOD ANSWERED HER PRAYER.
MAYBE HE LET HER DIE.
AND SO MANY EMOTIONS WENT
THROUGH ME.
YOU CAN'T HAVE HER, GOD,
NOT NOW, NO EVER.
DON'T DO THIS WHILE I'M
ALIVE.
BUT THEN I JUST PRAYED.
AND I JUST CRIED OUT TO
GOD, DON'T TAKE HER.
DON'T TAKE HER.
PROTECT HER AND LOVE HER.
AND THEN SO MANY THINGS
CAME INTO PLAY.
THE FIREFIGHTERS, WHO WERE
SAYING THEY NEVER HAD
ANYBODY FALL 30 FEET AND
NOT SUFFER PARALYSIS OR
BROKEN BONES.
SO THEN THERE IS THAT
TERROR IN YOUR MIND: WHAT
IS SHE GOING TO LOOK LIKE
WHEN SHE COMES OUT?
BUT GOD HAD IT ALL UNDER
CONTROL.
EVERY SINGLE MOMENT WAS
ORCHESTRATED PERFECTLY.
>> Gordon: WHEN YOU DID
KNOW SHE WAS ACTUALLY
OKAY?
>> WELL, WHEN SHE CAME OUT
OF THE TREE AND WE WENT TO
THE HOSPITAL, THEY RAN
EVERY TEST YOU COULD
IMAGINE.
THEN THE DOCTOR SAID,
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH HER.
HIS WORDS WERE, JESUS MUST
HAVE BEEN WITH THAT LITTLE
GIRL IN THAT TREE.
HE SAID, THERE IS A MINOR
CONCUSSION, WE WANT TO
KEEP HER OVERNIGHT, BUT
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH HER.
AND AS ONE DAY TURNED INTO
ANOTHER, WE REALIZED
SOMETHING WAS VERY
DIFFERENT, AND HER STOMACH
PROBLEMS --
>> Gordon: WERE GONE?
>> YES.
>> Gordon: WHEN DID YOU
FIND OUT SHE HAD AN EN
COUNTDOWENCOUNTER WITH JESUS.
>> THE NEXT DAY.
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE
ROAD IN THE TRUCK, AND SHE
TURNED TO ME AND SAID, YOU
KNOW, MOMMY, I WENT TO
HEAVEN WHEN I WAS IN THAT
TREE.
AND I JUST LOOKED AT HER,
AND I SAID, REALLY.
I WISH I HAD SAID
SOMETHING BRILLIANT AND
PROFOUND.
ALL I SAID WAS, REALLY?
AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS,
HOW HARD DID YOU HIT YOUR
HEAD, BABY?
>> Gordon: AN INJURY?
>> YES.
BUT SHE WAS SO ARTICULATE
ABOUT THINGS THAT
ANNABELLE WOULD NOT HAVE
KNOWN, SOME THINGS SHE
SAID, THE WAY SHE SAID
THEM.
AND THEN SHE SHARED A FAIR
AMOUNT THAT DAY, BUT THEN
AS DAYS PASSED, SHE WOULD
COME AND GIVE MY TIDBITS,
AND I WOULD WRITE THEM
DOWN, AND GET THEM
WHEREVER I COULD, ON A
NAPKIN, OR ON MY PHONE,
AND I BEGAN TO COMPILE ALL
OF THE MEMORIES SHE WAS
SHARE.
SHE LIVED IT.
THERE WAS NO DENYING
ANNABELLE LIVED WHAT SHE
WAS SHARING.
>> Gordon: YOU'RE
INITIAL REACTION WAS, YOU
REALLY HIT YOUR HEAD HARD?
>> YES.
>> Gordon: A WHATPOINT
DIWHAT POINTDID YOU GET TO, SOMETHING
REALLY HAPPENED?
WHAT CONVINCED YOU?
>> WHAT CONVINCED ME WAS
WE HAD HAD TWO
MISCARRIAGES.
I HAD TOLD THE GIRLS
BECAUSE A FRIEND HAD HAD A
MISCARRIAGE, AND THEY WERE
VERY CONCERNED.
AND I SAID, THEY HAPPEN.
THEY'RE UNFORTUNATE, BUT
MOMMY HAS HAD TWO.
AND I WENT ON TO HAVE
THREE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
SO GOD STILL HAS A PLAN
FOR OUR FRIEND.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAD
EVER TOLD THEM.
AND THEN ANNABELLE SAID
SHE SAW A LITTLE GIRL IN
HEAVEN.
AND SHE SAID SHE ASKED GOD
IF THERE WAS -- THERE WAS
A LITTLE GIRL WHO LOOKED
LIKE HER AND ABBEY, AND
SHE ASKED GOD, WHO WAS
THAT LITTLE GIRL, AND HE
SAID IT WAS HER SISTER.
AND ONE OF THE
MISCARRIAGES WAS NOT A
VIABLE GIRL, SO HOW WOULD
ANNABELLE KNOW THAT AND
NOT HAVE SAID, I SAW TWO
LITTLE GIRLS IN HEAVEN?
>> Gordon: SO SOMETHING
PROFOUND HAPPENED, AND SHE
DID HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH
JESUS, AND JESUS TOLD HER
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
AND THERE ARE SOME FIREMEN
COMING FOR HER.
HE EVEN TELLS HER WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN SHE
IS BACK IN THE TREE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Gordon: AND I'M GOING
TO SEND AN ANGEL WITH YOU.
AND YOUR DAUGHTER SAYS IT
WAS THE LIFE IN THE ANGEL
THAT ALLOWED HER TO SEE
THE ROPE COMING DOWN.
>> AND SHE ALSO SAYS -- WE
TALK ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK,
AND SHE SAYS THAT'S WHY
SHE WAS SO PEACEFUL,
BECAUSE THE ANGEL SAT
THERE WITH ME.
AND THE FIREFIGHTERS COULD
NOT UNDERSTAND, SHE NEVER
CRIED, SHE NEVER CALLED
OUT.
WHEN SHE WAS ALERT,
FINALLY, SHE WAS SO
PEACEFUL.
AND THEY SAID IT WAS SO
PEACEFUL IT WAS EERIE, AND
NOW WE KNOW WHY.
>> Gordon: I THINK IF I
WAS TRAPPED IN A TREE, I
WOULD BE PANICKED AND
YELLING, PLEASE GET ME OUT
OF THIS NOW.
AND SHE IS SO PEACEFUL.
>> YES.
SO PEACEFUL.
>> Gordon: FROM A
MEDICAL STANDPOINT, WHAT
DO DOCTORS SAY HAPPENED TO
THE CONDITION HAD BEFORE
HE FELL?
>> THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY JUST SAY THAT ALL
THEY CAN DO IS LOOK AT
WHERE SHE IS NOW.
THEY SAY SHE IS
ASYMPTOMATIC.
SHE'S ON ZERO MEDICATIONS.
SHE'S BEEN RELEASED FROM
THE CARE OF THE PEDIATRIC
GURU IN BOSTON.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
BUT SHE IS HEALED.
SHE NO LONGER HAS TWO
INCURABLE DIGESTIVE
DISORDERS.
>> Gordon: AND NOW SHE
EATS LOT OF PIZZA?
>> SHE EATS A LOT OF
EVERYTHING.
SHE IS CRAZY.
I THINK SHE IS MAKING UP
FOR LOST TIME, I REALLY
DO.
>> Gordon: WHAT DO YOU
HOPE THAT PEOPLE GET FROM
THE MOVIE?
>> THERE IS SUCH A MESSAGE
OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGE.
I FEEL IF PEOPLE CAN WALK
AWAY WITH NEW LENSES IN
THEIR EYES, TO SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY, THAT GOD HAS
A PLAN.
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE
STRUGGLES, BUT IT IS IN
HIS CONTROL.
I THINK THAT MESSAGE OF
HOPE IS JUST SO POWERFUL.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO FEEL THAT.
>> Gordon: I ASSUME
YOU'RE STILL GOING THROUGH
STRUGGLES IN LIFE?
>> OH, YES.
>> Gordon: THE MIRACLE
HIGHWAYSHAPPENS, AND THEN NOW DO
YOU APPROACH THOSE WITH A
DIFFERENT VIEW?
HOW IS THE GLORY OF THE
LORD GOING TO BE REVEALED
IN THIS?
>> I DO.
AND I ALSO HAVE FOUND
DURING TIMES OF TRIAL AND
STRUGGLES, NOT TO LOOK
DOWN, LIKE I DID BEFORE,
BECAUSE I MISSED ALL OF
THOSE MIRACLES THAT WERE
GOING ON AROUND ME BEFORE
BECAUSE I WAS SO TRAPPED
IN MY DARKNESS AND
STRUGGLE THAT I WAS
LOOKING DOWN.
BUT NOW I LOOK AROUND, AND
I'M, LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU
GOING TO BE FAITHFUL
TODAY, GOD.
WHAT MIRACLES ARE GOING TO
BE IN MY LIFE TODAY, GOD,
BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE AND
I DON'T WANT TO MISS THEM.
>> Gordon: THAT'S A
POWERFUL LESSON.
THAT'S A LESSON I HOPE
EVERYONE TAKES AWAY.
>> YES.
>> Gordon: BECAUSE WE DO
GET CASUAL WITH THE
MIRACLES THAT ARE
HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.
>> YES.
>> Gordon: IT IS ONE OF
THOSE GREAT SCRIPTURES,
GOD LOVES TO HIDE.
HE LOVES TO HIDE WHAT HE'S
DOING.
HE IS LOOKING FOR US TO
HAVE THAT DELIGHTED
SURPRISE, WOW, YOU REALLY
DID THAT FOR ME, IF WE
JUST LOOK FOR IT AND JUST
EXPERIENCE THAT AND JUST
BE IN THAT MOMENT WITH IT.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Gordon: IT REALLY
CHANGES EVERYTHING.
HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS --
ARE YOU EXPECTING GOD TO
MOVE?
ARE YOU EXPECTING THE
GLORY TO HAPPEN?
THEN IT DOES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Gordon: AND YOU GET
TO SEE IT.
YOU GET TO WITNESS IT.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Gordon: WHAT HAS IT
DONE FOR YOUR STRENGTH?
>> IT HAS DEFINITELY
STRENGTHENED MY FAITH.
IT HAS DEFINITELY TALLEST
ME THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE,
THAT HE HAS A PLAN.
BEFORE I WONDERED, YOU
KNOW, ARE YOU INVOLVED IN
THIS, GOD?
ARE YOU HEARING MY
PRAYERS?
HE WASN'T JUST HEARING
THEM, HE WAS LISTENING AND
ANSWERING THEM.
AND HE WAS INTIMATELY
INVOLVED THE WHOLE TIME.
HE WASN'T JUST THIS BIG
GOD IN HEAVEN WATCHING IT
ALL HAPPEN.
HE WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED
WITH ME.
AND IT HAS STRENGTHENED MY
FAITH GREATLY TO KNOW THAT
EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY
HE LOVES ME AND HE LOVES
SWEET ANNABELLE MORE THAN
I CAN LOVE HER, AND ALL OF
MY GIRLS.
AND THAT AMAZES ME.
>> Gordon:
H'MMM...WHAT'S HAPPENED
WITH ANNABELLE?
>> SHE IS AMAZING.
SHE IS SO -- WE CALL HER
AN OLD SOUL BECAUSE SHE
UNDERSTANDS THINGS THAT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND STILL.
SHE IS A GRASP FOR HIM AND
FOR THE KINGDOM AND FOR --
SHE IS SO DEEP.
BUT THEN YOU SAY THE WORD
CHICKEN, AND SHE IS ON THE
FLOOR.
SHE IS SO FULL OF JOY.
AND SHE IS JUST GRATEFUL
THAT SHE IS WELL.
>> Gordon: AMEN.
AMEN.
>>> LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU,
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THIS, AND IF YOU
WANT MORE OF CHRISTY'S
STORY AND ANNABELLE'S
STORY, YOU'RE GOING TO
NEED A TICKET.
AND "MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN"
OPENS IN THEATERS TODAY,
MARCH 16th, JUST IN TIME
FOR EASTER.
AND, CHRISTY, THANK YOU
FOR THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REAL
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME, AND I
KNOW IT WILL BE AN
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ANYBODY
GOING THROUGH STRUGGLES,
CAN YOU LOOK TO SEE HOW
GOD IS GOING TO REVEAL
THIS GLORY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL MESSAGE.
>>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH MORE OF "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE" RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
>> Gordon: CHRISTIANITY
IS ON THE RISE IN CHINA,
AND PEOPLE LIKE TIAN CHIN
ARE A BIG REASON WHY.
SHE IS BOLDLY TELLING
FOLKS ABOUT THE GOSPEL,
THANKS TO A LITTLE HELP
FROM "SUPERBOOK."
>> Terry: TIAN CHIN IS A
CHRISTIAN AT A SCHOOL IN
CHINA, WHERE MOST STUDENTS
ARE ATHEISTS AND MUSLIMS.
>> WE ARE TAUGHT THAT
THERE REALLY IS NO GOD,
BUT THAT HAS NEVER STOPPED
ME FROM BELIEVING IN THE
GOD AT THE ADVISORIES, AND UNIVERSE, AND
HOW HE GAVE HIS OWN BLOOD
TO SAVE US.
I WANT MY CLASSMATES TO BE
BLESSED AND SAVED, LIKE I
AM.
BUT SOMETIMES WHEN I
SHARE, THEY TELL ME I'M IN
A CULT AND THAT I AM
LYING.
ONE TIME A BOY MOCKED MY
FAITH AND I CRIED.
>> Terry: FOR A MONTH,
TIAN CHIN STOPPED GOING TO
CHURCH AND WAS AFRAID TO
SHARE THE GOSPEL.
THEN SHE HAD A TALK WITH
HER DAD AND REMEMBERED AN
EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK" SHE
HAD SEEN.
>> "SUPERBOOK" TAUGHT ME
LOTS OF PRINCIPLES ABOUT
LIFE.
AND THAT MADE ME WANT TO
DO THINGS GOD'S WAY AND
PLEASE HIM.
PLUS I FOUND OUT THAT
CHRIS AND JOY ARE JUST
LIKE ME.
>> Terry: TIAN CHIN
LEARNED SHE HAD TO LOVE
HER ENEMIES, SO SHE
STARTED PRAYING FOR THE
STUDENTS WHO HURT HER
FEELINGS.
AND WHEN SHE FOUND OUT
THERE WAS GOING TO BE A
"SUPERBOOK" PARTY AT
CHURCH, SHE INVITED HER
CLASSMATES.
>> THEY ALL CAME AND FOUND
IT VERY INTERESTING.
>> Terry: AFTER
"SUPERBOOK" WAS SHOWN,
TIAN CHIN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHER ASKED IF THERE WAS
ANYONE WHO WANTED TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT JESUS, AND SOME
OF HER CLASSMATES STOOD
UP.
>> I HAD NEVER BEEN TO
CHURCH BEFORE, SO THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME I LEARNED
ABOUT JESUS.
I LEARNED ABOUT HOW JESUS
COULD CHANGE MY LIFE.
>> NOW I WANT TO WATCH
MORE "SUPERBOOK."
>> HAVING MY CLASSMATES
KNOW JESUS IS LIKE SAVING
THEIR LIVES.
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
>> "SUPERBOOK" IS
FANTASTIC.
MY WISH IS THAT MORE AND
MORE CHILDREN IN CHINA
WILL WATCH IT AND KNOW THE
LORD JESUS, AND THAT
EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD
WILL ACCEPT GOD.
>> Gordon: THAT IS A
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>> Terry: PICTURE THIS:
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HI UP
ON A MOUNTAIN, WITH A
WINDCHILL FACTOR OF
NEGATIVE 30°.
FOR MIKE AND MATTHEW
WALSH, THAT IS PERFECT
SNOWBOARDING WEATHER.
THEY CLIMBED UP A HILL
LOOKING FOR AN AFTERNOON
OF FUN, BUT SOON AFTER
THEY WERE PRAYING JUST TO
MAKE IT DOWN ALIVE.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYTHING STARTS TO LET
GO, THE LEDGE AND
EVERYTHING.
BY THIS TIME I HAD LOST MY
SIGHT OF MATT.
AND I COULDN'T SEE MY HAND
IN FRONT OF MY FACE,
THINKING HE IS DEAD.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL
WALSH AND HIS YOUNGER
BROTHER, MATT, THOUGHT
THEY FOUND THE PERFECT
SPORT FOR SNOWBOARDING IN
WYOMING.
THEY PARKED MICHAEL'S
TRUCK AND CLIMBED TO THE
STEEPEST POINT, NEVER
THINKING ABOUT AVALANCHE
DANGER.
>> IT IS BASICALLY A SNOW
CLIFF THAT BUILDS UP WITH
ALL OF THE WIND.
IT CURLS AND CURLS AND
CURLS AND BUILDS A BIG
LEDGE.
WE WERE SITTING RIGHT ON
THE EDGE OF IT.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS WE
WERE BOTH GOING TO GO DOWN
AT THE SAME TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I CHANGED
THE PLAN.
HE WAS ALREADY STRAPPED
IN, AND I HAD ONE BINDING
STRAPPED IN BY THIS TIME.
I LOOKED OVER AT HIM, AND
I WAS, LIKE, HEY, MATT,
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
>> Reporter: HIS
BLOTTERBROTHER, MATT, JUMPED OFF
THE SLOPE AND TRIGGERED A
MASSIVE AVALANCHE.
>> ALL YOU HEARD WAS POP,
POP, POP.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT
TRAIN.
>> Reporter: MATT SLID
HUNDREDS OF FEET DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN, CAUGHT IN THE
AVALANCHE.
THE WALL OF SNOW BEHIND
HIM HIT HARD, BURYING HIM
UNDER THREE FEET OF
HEAVY-PACKED SNOW.
MICHAEL LOOKED ON
HELPLESSLY.
>> I DIDN'T SEE NO SIGNS
OF HIM, NOTHING.
THERE WAS JUST ROCKS AND
SAGE BRUSH, AND DIRT
KICKED UP FROM THE GROUND,
FROM OUT OF THE SNOW.
TO SEE HIM DISAPPEAR AND I
COULDN'T STOP IT, THAT WAS
VERY HARD.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL HAD
A DECISION TO MAKE: RUN TO
HIS TRUCK TO CALL
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE, OR TRY
TO FIND HIS BROTHER ON HIS
OWN.
>> IF I WENT AND LOOKED
FIRST, THERE WAS NO WAY I
WAS GETTING BACK UP THAT
HILL BY MYSELF TO CALL
SEARCSEARCH-AND-RESCUE AGAIN.
SO I JUST CRIED OUT TO
GOD.
I SAID, GOD, WHAT DO I DO.
AND I HEARD HIM AS LOUD AS
YOU'RE TALKING TO ME, GO
FIND YOUR BROTHER.
I HAD NEVER HEARD GOD TO
SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT
BEFORE, AND IT ROCKED ME.
>> Reporter: HE RAN DOWN
THE HILL, FRANTICALLY
CALLING HIS BROTHER'S
NAME.
>> AS SOON AS I GET ON TO
THE SLIDE AREA, WHERE IT
ALL SETTLED, IT WAS JUST
DESTRUCTION.
AND NO SIGN.
I'M LOOKING FOR A HAT, HIS
HAND, SOMETHING STICKING
OUT OF THE SNOW.
NOTHING.
AND THEN I STARTED TO
SECOND GUESS MYSELF.
WAS THAT REALLY GOD
TELLING ME TO GO FIND MY
BROTHER.
THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS
GOING TO FIND HIM.
THERE WAS NOTHING, NO SIGN
OF HIM.
AND THEN I FINALLY CAME TO
A POINT WHERE I JUST KIND
OF LIKE GAVE UP.
IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE TO GIVE
UP, BUT I COULDN'T SEE ANY
SIGN OF HIM.
>> Reporter: MATT LAID
BURIED DEEP IN THE HEAVY
SNOW, UNABLE TO MOVE.
RUNNING OUT OF AIR AND
HOPE.
>> RIGHT WHEN I REALIZED I
WAS BURIED AND THERE WAS
NO WAY I WAS MOVING MY
BODY, I WAS CERTAIN I WAS
GOING TO DIE.
AT THAT POINT I HA HADN'T
GIVEN UP, I'M TRYING TO
GET UP, BUT I KNEW I WAS
GOING TO DIE.
>> Reporter: AS HE LAID
THERE, HE FELT GOD'S
PRESENCE.
>> THE PEACE I FELT WAS
AMAZING.
I WOULD SAY IT WAS HIM
WITH ME AT THE MOMENT.
I WAS READY.
I KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING.
I WASN'T SCARED.
>> Reporter: HE HEARD
GOD SPEAK TO HIM AND
REMIND HIM OF A PROPHECY
GIVEN TO MATT'S MOTHER
WHEN SHE NEARLY MISCARRIED
WHEN HE WAS A BABY.
BUT THAT HE WOULD DO GREAT
THINGS.
>> I THOUGHT, HE IS GOING
TO RESCUE ME.
HE IS GOING TO SAVE ME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP
HERE.
HE STILL HAS A PLAN AND
PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: MATT SAYS
HOPE PROPELLED HIM TO
ACTION.
HE HAD AN AIR POCKET NEAR
HIS FACE, AND HE WAS ABLE
TO DIG ONE ARM NEAR THE
SURFACE.
MEANWHILE, MICHAEL STOOD
DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM,
UNAWARE OF HIS LOCATION.
>> I'M PRETTY MUCH ABOUT
TO FALL TO MY KNEES AND
LOSE ALL HOPE, AND I
DECIDED TO LOOK ONE MORE
TIME.
THE WIND IS BLOWING
60 MILES PER HOUR, SO WHEN
YOU'RE WEARING A HOOD AND
A HAT, YOU CAN'T HEAR VERY
WELL.
AND EVERYTHING GOES DEAD
SILENT, AND I HEAR, MIKE,
I'M FINE.
THERE IS NO WAY I SHOULD
HAVE HEARD HIM WITH HOW
HARD THE WIND IS BLOWING.
I TURN AND TAKE A STEP
BACK, AND I LOOK UNDER MY
LEFT FOOT, I SEE A HOLE
THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL.
I DUG ABOUT TWO FEET, AND
I THOUGHT, I'M CRAZY, THAT
WASN'T REALLY HIM.
I KEPT DIGGING AND
DIGGING, AND I COULD SEE
THE OAKLEY SYMBOL ON HIS
JACKET THAT I HAD JUST
BOUGHT HIM ABOUT A WEEK
BEFORE THAT.
I DUG TO HIS FACE, AND I
COULD SEE HE WAS BASICALLY
STILL ALIVE AND OKAY.
I STARTED CRYING LIKE A
BABY.
I WAS JUST SO HAPPY AND SO
SCARED ALL AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> Reporter: HE SPENT
THE NEXT HALF HOUR DIGGING
MATT OUT OF WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN A SNOWY GRAVE.
THEY SAY IT WAS ONLY BY
GOD'S GRACE THAT THEY MADE
IT OUT ALIVE.
>> HE LED ME RIGHT TO THE
SPOT WHERE MATT WAS.
I HAD NO IDEA WHICH
DIRECTION HE WAS BECAUSE
OF THE WAY IT SWEPT HIM.
TO LEAD ME DEAD CENTER ON
TOP OF HIM, THAT'S NOT
COINCIDENCE.
EVERYTHING FELL WHO PLACE
JUST PERFECT.
GOD MET ME THERE AND HELD
MY HAND ALL THE WAY DOWN
THERE, AND KEPT ME SAFE
AND HIM SAFE.
>> I THINK I SURVIVED
BECAUSE GOD HAS A BIGGER
PLAN FOR MY LIFE.
HE HAS BIG THINGS IN STORE
FOR ME, AND I DON'T THINK
HE WAS GOING TO LET THAT
BE FOILED BY AN AVALANCHE.
IT WASN'T HIS WILL.
I'M DEFINITELY VERY
THANKFUL THAT GOD WOULD
RESCUE ME FROM THIS, THAT
HE WOULD WORK IT OUT IN A
WAY THAT WE BOTH WOULD
COME OUT OKAY.
>> DEFINITELY THE SCARIEST
THING I EVER HAD HAPPEN TO
ME IN MY LIFE.
WATCHING MY BEST FRIEND
AND THINKING, HE'S DEAD,
THERE IS NO WAY I'M EVER
GOING TO FIND HIM.
AND THEN HAVING THE LORD
JUST MEET ME THERE ON THAT
HILL AND BE THERE WITH ME
THE WHOLE TIME.
HE WAS THERE, AND HE HEARS
YOUR PRAYERS IN YOUR TIME
OF NEED.
>> Terry: HE IS WITH US
ALL THE TIME.
AND HE IS ALWAYS THERE
RIGHT AT OUR POINT OF
NEED.
I HOPE THAT WAS HOPE AND
FAITH-BUILDING FOR YOU.
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
PRAYEPRAY FOR YOU IN A FEW
MINUTES.
STARLING FROM LAS VEGAS
WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE
PAIN IN HER LEFT ARM.
DOCTORS WERE CONCERNED SHE
HAD MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
AND ONE DAY SHE WAS
WATCHING A PRAYER ON HER
CBN APP, AND AT THAT
MOMENT SHE STARTED TO PRAY
AND IMMEDIATELY THE PAIN
LEFT HER ARM.
>> Gordon: AND HERE IS
ONE FROM ABILENE, TEXAS.
IRENE'S ARM WAS HURTING SO
BAD IT CAUSED HER TO STAY
AWAKE AT NIGHT.
ONE DAY SHE HEARD TERRY
GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT SOMEONE WITH PAIN ON
BOTH SIDES OF HER NECK.
IRENE CLAIMED THAT WORD
FOR HERSELF, AND WHEN SHE
DID, THE PAIN WENT AWAY,
AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT
RETURNED.
LET'S PRAY RIGHT NOW.
LET'S BELIEVE GOD.
LET HIM BE YOUR VERY
PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF
NEED.
REALIZE WHATEVER HAS
HAPPENED TO YOU HAS
HAPPENED SO THAT THE GLORY
OF THE LORD WOULD BE
REVEALED IN YOU.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE JUST COME TO YOU,
AND WE COME WITH THE NEEDS
OF THOSE WHO ARE PRAYING
RIGHT NOW, THOSE WHO ARE
CRYING OUT FOR A MIRACLE.
AND YOUR WORD SAYS IF WE
ASK IN YOUR NAME, THE
FATHER WILL DO IT.
SO THAT YOU MAY BE
GLORIFIED.
SO, LORD, REVEAL YOUR
GLORY IN THESE PEOPLE'S
LIVES TODAY.
WHATEVER THE NEED,
FINANCIAL, WITH THEIR
FAMILY, WITH MARRIAGE,
WITH HEALING IN THROUGH
BODY -- YOU ARE THE ANSWER
TO EVERY HUMAN NEED.
SO STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND
AND DO WONDERS NOW.
AND WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
>> Terry: AMEN.
>> Gordon: THAT'S ALL OF
THE TIME WE HAVE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
WONDERFUL VERSE FROM
PSALMS: "O LORD, MY GOD, I
CRIED OUT TO YOU AND YOU
HEALED ME."
DO THAT.
REALIZE HE WANTS TO HEAL
YOU.
HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU.
HE WANTS TO BE GLORIFIED
IN YOU.