<b>SID: MIKE FRANCEN</b> <b>CHALLENGES CROWDS OF</b>
<b>THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO</b> <b>STONE HIM IF THEY DON'T</b>
<b>SEE AUTHENTIC MIRACLES,</b> <b>NEXT ON THIS EDITION OF</b>
<b>IT'S SUPERNATURAL.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪] LIFE AFTER DEATH</b> <b>EXPERIENCES AND ANGELIC</b>
<b>COMMUNICATIONS ARE ON THE</b> <b>INCREASE.</b>
<b>TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS</b> <b>WHOM DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN NO</b>
<b>HOPE ARE UNEXPLAINABLY</b> <b>CURED.</b>
<b>PEOPLE ARE BEING</b> <b>MYSTERIOUSLY PROTECTED</b>
<b>FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.</b>
<b>SID ROTH, YOUR</b> <b>INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER,</b>
<b>EXAMINES THIS INVISIBLE</b> <b>WORLD ON IT'S</b>
<b>SUPERNATURAL.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>SID: HELLO.</b>
<b>I'M SID ROTH YOUR</b> <b>INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.</b>
<b>MY GUEST MIKE FRANCEN HAS</b> <b>SEEN MIRACLES THAT MOST</b>
<b>PEOPLE JUST READ ABOUT AND</b> <b>THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT TRUE.</b>
<b>TELL ME THE FIRST MIRACLE</b> <b>YOU REMEMBER SEEING,</b>
<b>MIKE FRANCEN.</b>
<b>MIKE: THE FIRST MIRACLE I</b> <b>EVER SAW WAS SOMETHING</b>
<b>THAT HAPPENED TO MY</b> <b>MOTHER.</b>
<b>WE WERE NOT BROUGHT UP IN</b> <b>A CHURCH HOME AT ALL AND I</b>
<b>DIDN'T BELIEVE IN CHRIST.</b>
<b>IN FACT, I PROFESSED TO BE</b> <b>AN ATHEIST.</b>
<b>I BELIEVED IN BASKETBALL</b> <b>AS MY RELIGION.</b>
<b>I BELIEVED IN BASKETBALL</b> <b>AND THAT'S WHAT I DID ALL</b>
<b>OF MY LIFE, EVERY DAY.</b>
<b>AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY</b> <b>VERY SHORT,</b>
<b>A MIRACLE HAPPENED TO MY</b> <b>MOTHER.</b>
<b>WE WEREN'T BROUGHT UP IN A</b> <b>CHURCH HOME,</b>
<b>NEVER WENT TO CHURCH.</b>
<b>THEY WEREN'T CHRISTIANS.</b>
<b>THEY WERE NOT EVEN A</b> <b>RELIGIOUS FLAVOR AT ALL.</b>
<b>SID: I'M SO GLAD.</b>
<b>YOU KNOW WHY?</b>
<b>I HATE RELIGION.</b>
<b>MIKE: NOBODY HATES</b> <b>RELIGION MORE THAN I HATE</b>
<b>RELIGION.</b>
<b>SID: GOOD.</b>
<b>WE GOT SOMETHING IN</b> <b>COMMON.</b>
<b>MIKE: CHRISTIAN RELIGION</b> <b>CAN BE JUST AS DESPICABLE</b>
<b>AS ANY, IF WE'VE TAKEN THE</b> <b>WORD OF GOD AND JUST MADE</b>
<b>IT TRADITIONS AND</b> <b>SUPERSTITIONS.</b>
<b>SID: RULES.</b>
<b>RULES AND TRADITIONS.</b>
<b>SEE, I'M JEWISH AND WE GOT</b> <b>A CORNER IN THE MARKET ON</b>
<b>TRADITION.</b>
<b>BUT YOU CHRISTIANS ARE</b> <b>CATCHING UP REAL FAST.</b>
<b>MIKE: OH YEAH.</b>
<b>OH YEAH.</b>
<b>I MEAN, IT'S, I HATE</b> <b>RELIGION IN ALL FORMS.</b>
<b>AND SO ANYWAY, THE FIRST</b> <b>MIRACLE I EVER SAW</b>
<b>HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER.</b>
<b>AND LIKE I SAID, I CLAIMED</b> <b>TO BE AN ATHEIST AND I</b>
<b>KNEW THEY WEREN'T CHURCH</b> <b>PEOPLE OR DIDN'T BELIEVE</b>
<b>IN GOD.</b>
<b>A LADY PRAYED FOR HER.</b>
<b>SHE HAD LOCKJAW AND SHE</b> <b>ARTHRITIS IN HER KNEES SO</b>
<b>BAD SHE COULDN'T WALK</b> <b>UPSTAIRS,</b>
<b>AND HER JAW, SHE COULD</b> <b>ONLY OPEN IT JUST MAYBE</b>
<b>ONLY HALF AN INCH.</b>
<b>SID: OKAY.</b>
<b>I DON'T UNDERSTAND</b> <b>LOCKJAW.</b>
<b>IS THIS SOMETHING THAT</b> <b>JUST BY ITSELF GETS</b>
<b>BETTER?</b>
<b>MIKE: I DON'T, NO, IT</b> <b>DOESN'T GET BETTER.</b>
<b>SHE HAD BEEN TO THE</b> <b>DOCTORS MANY TIMES.</b>
<b>THERE WAS NOTHING, THEY</b> <b>COULDN'T TELL,</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, SHE WAS EATING A</b> <b>LOT OF HER FOOD THROUGH A</b>
<b>STRAW.</b>
<b>SHE'D GET A HAMBURGER AND</b> <b>SHE'D MASH IT DOWN TO TRY</b>
<b>TO SQUEEZE IT IN HER</b> <b>MOUTH.</b>
<b>AND THE DOCTORS COULDN'T</b> <b>DO ANYTHING FOR HER.</b>
<b>THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING</b> <b>FOR THE ARTHRITIS IN HER</b>
<b>KNEES.</b>
<b>THEY GAVE HER SOME</b> <b>DIFFERENT PAIN THINGS,</b>
<b>BUT SHE COULDN'T WALK UP</b> <b>AND DOWN THE STAIRS.</b>
<b>AND A LADY PRAYED FOR HER</b> <b>ONE DAY.</b>
<b>AND SHE WAS TOO</b> <b>EMBARRASSED TO REJECT THE</b>
<b>PRAYER, SO SHE LET HER</b> <b>PRAY FOR HER.</b>
<b>AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP THE</b> <b>NEXT MORNING THE PAIN LEFT</b>
<b>HER KNEES, HER JAW WAS</b> <b>FREED AND OPEN,</b>
<b>AND THAT WAS THE FIRST</b> <b>MIRACLE I EVER SAW.</b>
<b>SID: DID YOU BELIEVE IT</b> <b>WAS A MIRACLE?</b>
<b>MIKE: I KNEW SOMETHING</b> <b>HAPPENED BECAUSE I SAW A</b>
<b>RADICAL CHANGE IN HER</b> <b>LIFE,</b>
<b>AND THEN IT MADE A BIG</b> <b>DIFFERENCE TO MY FATHER</b>
<b>WHO WAS FAR FROM LIVING</b> <b>FOR GOD.</b>
<b>SID: BETTER QUESTION: DID</b> <b>YOU EVER THINK THAT YOU</b>
<b>WOULD PRAY FOR PEOPLE AND</b> <b>SEE MIRACLES FAR MORE</b>
<b>SPECTACULAR THAN THAT?</b>
<b>MIKE: NO, NO.</b>
<b>SID: BEYOND THE WILDEST</b> <b>IMAGINATION.</b>
<b>MIKE: NO, I NEVER,</b> <b>BASKETBALL WAS ALL THE,</b>
<b>THE ONLY FUTURE I EVER</b> <b>SAW.</b>
<b>SID: ALL RIGHT.</b>
<b>I WANT TO TEASE SOME</b> <b>PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.</b>
<b>THERE IS A WOMAN IN THE</b> <b>BIBLE THAT WAS HUNCHED</b>
<b>OVER.</b>
<b>SHE LITERALLY, SHE HAD TO</b> <b>WALK LOOKING AT THE FLOOR.</b>
<b>AND THE MESSIAH TOUCHED</b> <b>HER,</b>
<b>AND SHE WAS HEALED.</b>
<b>IN TANZANIA, THIS VERY</b> <b>SAME THING HAPPENED TO</b>
<b>YOU.</b>
<b>TELL ME ABOUT IT.</b>
<b>MIKE: IT WAS AN AWESOME</b> <b>MIRACLE.</b>
<b>IT WAS A MUSLIM WOMAN WHO</b> <b>HEARD FOR 30 YEARS,</b>
<b>THIS WOMAN, FOR 30 YEARS</b> <b>WAS BOWED OVER.</b>
<b>SHE WALKED, SHE HAD TO</b> <b>WALK ON ALL FOURS,</b>
<b>HER HANDS ON THE GROUND.</b>
<b>SID: I'VE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE</b> <b>THAT.</b>
<b>IT'S THE SADDEST THING.</b>
<b>MIKE: IT IS.</b>
<b>ALL DIGNITY HAS BEEN</b> <b>STRIPPED FROM THEIR LIVES.</b>
<b>THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT.</b>
<b>THEY CAN'T STAND AND TALK</b> <b>FACE TO FACE.</b>
<b>THEY LOOK AT PEOPLE'S</b> <b>FACE.</b>
<b>THEY LOOK AT THE DIRT.</b>
<b>FOR 30 YEARS - SID: SHE HAD</b> <b>TO BE SO DEPRESSED.</b>
<b>MIKE: SHE HAD GIVEN UP</b> <b>HOPE.</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, SHE, FOR THREE</b> <b>MONTHS SHE HAD NOT EVEN</b>
<b>BEEN OUTSIDE OF HER HOME</b> <b>AND FOR 30 YEARS BOWED</b>
<b>OVER.</b>
<b>AND THEN FOR FOUR DAYS, WE</b> <b>HAD A FIVE-DAY CRUSADE IN</b>
<b>TANZANIA, AND FOR FOUR</b> <b>DAYS,</b>
<b>SHE HEARD HER FRIENDS AND</b> <b>HER NEIGHBORS COME TALKING</b>
<b>ABOUT THE MIRACLES, THE</b> <b>BLIND AND DEAF,</b>
<b>AND CRIPPLED.</b>
<b>SID: BUT WHY WOULD A</b> <b>MUSLIM WOMAN COME,</b>
<b>BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN</b> <b>JESUS?</b>
<b>MIKE: NO HOPE.</b>
<b>HER RELIGION OFFERED HER</b> <b>NO HOPE.</b>
<b>HER RELIGION OFFERED HER</b> <b>NO HELP.</b>
<b>THERE WAS NOTHING THE</b> <b>DOCTORS COULD DO FOR HER,</b>
<b>NOTHING HER RELIGION COULD</b> <b>DO HER.</b>
<b>AND ALL HER FRIENDS, WHICH</b> <b>WERE,</b>
<b>SOME OF THEM WERE MUSLIMS</b> <b>BEFORE,</b>
<b>BUT CAME BACK TALKING</b> <b>ABOUT THIS JESUS,</b>
<b>TALKING ABOUT THE</b> <b>MIRACLES,</b>
<b>ALL OF A SUDDEN HER</b> <b>FRIENDS CAME TALKING ABOUT</b>
<b>THIS, AND SHE SAID, "I'M</b> <b>GONNA TO GO.</b>
<b>I'M GONNA GO."</b>
<b>SHE, ON THE LAST DAY OF</b> <b>THE CRUSADE,</b>
<b>SHE SAID, I'M GOING, ON</b> <b>HER HANDS AND KNEES.</b>
<b>SHE HADN'T EVEN WALKED FOR</b> <b>THE LAST THREE MONTHS,</b>
<b>NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF HER</b> <b>HUT FOR THREE MONTHS.</b>
<b>SHE LIVED ON TOP OF A</b> <b>MOUNTAINSIDE,</b>
<b>AND ON HER HANDS AND</b> <b>KNEES,</b>
<b>SHE GOT UP EARLY THAT</b> <b>SUNDAY MORNING,</b>
<b>AND SHE CRAWLED ON HER</b> <b>HANDS AND KNEES DOWN THAT</b>
<b>MOUNTAINSIDE, CRAWLED DOWN</b> <b>THE DIRT ROAD AND CRAWLED</b>
<b>ONTO A BUS.</b>
<b>AND IT TOOK HER ALL DAY</b> <b>LONG TO GET TO OUR</b>
<b>CRUSADE, AND SHE GOT THERE</b> <b>THAT AFTERNOON.</b>
<b>SHE CRAWLED INTO THE</b> <b>STADIUM AND WE HAD JUST</b>
<b>THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PACKED</b> <b>IN THIS PLACE.</b>
<b>AND SHE CRAWLED IN THERE.</b>
<b>SHE SAT AND SHE LISTENED</b> <b>TO ME TALK ABOUT JESUS</b>
<b>CHRIST AND HIS GOODNESS,</b> <b>AND HIS FAITHFULNESS TO</b>
<b>FULFILL HIS PROMISES AS I</b> <b>PROCLAIMED THEM.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT HAPPENED?</b>
<b>MIKE: I'M NOT GOING TELL</b> <b>YOU.</b>
<b>SID: OH COME ON, I'M GOING</b> <b>TO HIT YOU OVER THE HEAD.</b>
<b>MIKE: IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TO</b> <b>SEE THE MIRACLES,</b>
<b>SID, WHAT'S THE GREATEST</b> <b>MIRACLE YOU'VE EVER SEEN?</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO</b> <b>MANY.</b>
<b>SID: I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT</b> <b>HER.</b>
<b>I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS</b> <b>ONE.</b>
<b>YOU CAN'T DO THAT, MIKE</b> <b>FRANCEN.</b>
<b>MIKE: I'VE GOT A VIDEO YOU</b> <b>COULD BUY AND YOU CAN SEE</b>
<b>THE WHOLE THING.</b>
<b>SID: I HAVE BOX TOP TO</b> <b>SEND YOU.</b>
<b>NOW TELL ME.</b>
<b>MIKE: SHE SAT THERE.</b>
<b>SHE LISTENED TO ME PREACH</b> <b>THE GOSPEL OF JESUS</b>
<b>CHRIST.</b>
<b>SHE CRAWLED UP RIGHT NEXT</b> <b>TO THE PLATFORM AND THEN I</b>
<b>BEGAN TO PRAY A MASS</b> <b>PRAYER FOR THE SICK.</b>
<b>WHEN I ASKED, HOW MANY OF</b> <b>YOU WANT TO RECEIVE JESUS</b>
<b>CHRIST, SHE DIDN'T REALLY</b> <b>DO ANYTHING.</b>
<b>SHE PRAYED AND WENT</b> <b>THROUGH THE MOTIONS.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT</b> <b>FOR A PERSON TO DO?</b>
<b>MIKE: YOU CAN'T EXPECT IT.</b>
<b>THEN I PRAYED A MASS</b> <b>PRAYER FOR THE SICK AND</b>
<b>ALL OF A SUDDEN, HER BODY</b> <b>BEGAN TO SHAKE AND JUST</b>
<b>QUIVER.</b>
<b>AND SHE CAME UP IN A</b> <b>LITTLE BIT AND TOLD ME THE</b>
<b>STORY.</b>
<b>SHE SAID, "MY BODY BEGAN</b> <b>TO SHAKE.</b>
<b>MY ARMS SHOOK AND MY LEGS</b> <b>SHOOK."</b>
<b>AND THEN I SAID, I JUST</b> <b>SPOKE TO THE CROWD.</b>
<b>I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS</b> <b>THERE.</b>
<b>PEOPLE SAID, "OH, LOOK AT</b> <b>MIKE FRANCEN,</b>
<b>HE'S GOT GREAT FAITH FOR</b> <b>HEALING.</b>
<b>MIKE, YOU'VE GOT GREAT</b> <b>FAITH."</b>
<b>I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS</b> <b>THERE.</b>
<b>DON'T BLAME ME.</b>
<b>IT'S GOD HONORING HIS</b> <b>WORD.</b>
<b>DON'T BLAME ME FOR THE</b> <b>MIRACLES.</b>
<b>IT'S GOD AND JESUS CHRIST.</b>
<b>SID: YOU KNOW, AS YOU</b> <b>STATE THE TRUTH,</b>
<b>THAT BUILDS THEIR FAITH</b> <b>AND CAUSES A MIRACLE TO</b>
<b>HAPPEN.</b>
<b>MIKE: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED</b> <b>TO HER.</b>
<b>I PRAYED A MASS PRAYER FOR</b> <b>THE SICK.</b>
<b>GOD BEGAN TO TOUCH THEM.</b>
<b>THEN I SAID, "DO WHAT YOU</b> <b>CAN'T DO BEFORE,</b>
<b>WHICH YOU COULD NOT DO</b> <b>BEFORE AND SEE IF GOD HAS</b>
<b>GIVEN YOU A MIRACLE."</b>
<b>WELL SHE FELT SOMETHING</b> <b>SHAKE AND HAPPEN TO HER</b>
<b>BODY.</b>
<b>SO SHE BEGAN TO STAND TO</b> <b>HER FEET AND FOR THE FIRST</b>
<b>TIME IN THREE MONTHS, SHE</b> <b>WAS STANDING,</b>
<b>BUT SHE WAS STILL BOWED</b> <b>OVER.</b>
<b>AND I SAID, "DO WHAT YOU</b> <b>COULDN'T DO BEFORE."</b>
<b>ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE BEGAN</b> <b>TO STRAIGHTEN UP.</b>
<b>AND SHE CAME UP ON THE</b> <b>PLATFORM AND FOR THE FIRST</b>
<b>TIME IN 30 YEARS, SHE</b> <b>STOOD UP STRAIGHT,</b>
<b>AND SHE HELD HER HANDS UP,</b> <b>AND THE CROWD JUST WENT</b>
<b>WILD.</b>
<b>BUT THE STORY WENT ON FROM</b> <b>THERE.</b>
<b>SHE WENT BACK HOME.</b>
<b>SID: AND HOW DID SHE GO</b> <b>BACK HOME?</b>
<b>MIKE: SHE WALKED BACK</b> <b>HOME.</b>
<b>SID: STRONG AND ERECT.</b>
<b>MIKE: DIGNITY.</b>
<b>I MEAN, SHE HELD HER HEAD,</b> <b>JUST A SMILE.</b>
<b>SID: HOW OLD A WOMAN WOULD</b> <b>YOU SAY SHE IS?</b>
<b>MIKE: I WOULD SAY SHE WAS</b> <b>IN HER 60S,</b>
<b>LATE 60S.</b>
<b>SID: SO WOULD SHE, HAD SHE</b> <b>BEEN THIS WAY HER WHOLE</b>
<b>LIFE?</b>
<b>MIKE: FOR 30 YEARS SHE HAD</b> <b>BEEN BOWED OVER.</b>
<b>ALL OF HER FRIENDS KNEW</b> <b>IT.</b>
<b>SID: THIRTY YEARS.</b>
<b>MIKE: AND WE TOOK HER</b> <b>HOME.</b>
<b>SID: NOTHING BUT THE</b> <b>CROWD.</b>
<b>I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING</b> <b>MORE DEPRESSING.</b>
<b>MIKE: NO, NO.</b>
<b>SHE HAD NO HOPE.</b>
<b>BUT JESUS GIVES HOPE AND</b> <b>HOPE IS THE FOUNDATION OF</b>
<b>FAITH, AND FAITH BRINGS ON</b> <b>MIRACLES FROM GOD.</b>
<b>SID: SO SHE WENT HOME AND</b> <b>WHAT HAPPENED?</b>
<b>MIKE: WHEN SHE WENT HOME</b> <b>WE HAD,</b>
<b>WE DROVE HER HOME BECAUSE</b> <b>WE HEARD HER STORY.</b>
<b>IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL</b> <b>STORY.</b>
<b>SHE HAD A GREAT, WE NEED</b> <b>TO JUST INTERVIEW HER FOR</b>
<b>POSTERITY SAKE IF NOTHING</b> <b>ELSE.</b>
<b>AND SO WE WENT TO HER</b> <b>HOME.</b>
<b>WE DROVE UP THIS MOUNTAIN</b> <b>AND THEN ONE OF THE</b>
<b>PASTORS WALKED UP THERE</b> <b>WITH HER,</b>
<b>AND HE WAS HOLDING HER BY</b> <b>THE ARM.</b>
<b>WHEN SHE GOT NEAR HER</b> <b>HOME,</b>
<b>SHE SHOOK HER ARM LOOSE.</b>
<b>SHE SAID, "LET GO OF ME."</b>
<b>SHE SAID, "I TOLD MY</b> <b>FRIENDS AND MY NEIGHBORS I</b>
<b>WAS GOING TO GET HEALED,"</b> <b>AND SHE SAID,</b>
<b>"I WANT THEM TO SEE WHAT</b> <b>GOD HAS DONE."</b>
<b>SHE WALKED HOME, WALKING</b> <b>UP STRAIGHT.</b>
<b>ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS,</b> <b>"LOOK AT MAMA GET HEALED,</b>
<b>MAMA GOT HEALED, MAMA GOT</b> <b>HER MIRACLE."</b>
<b>AND IT JUST, I MEAN, THE</b> <b>GOSPEL WAS PREACHED IN</b>
<b>THAT LITTLE VILLAGE, EVEN</b> <b>THOUGH SOME OF THEM NEVER</b>
<b>WENT TO THE CRUSADE.</b>
<b>SID: YOU THINK THAT'S A</b> <b>GOOD MIRACLE.</b>
<b>WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW</b> <b>THIS WHOLE PHENOMENA OF</b>
<b>MIRACLES STARTED WITH MIKE</b> <b>FRANCEN. [MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>IT'S AMAZING.</b>
<b>AND GUESS WHAT?</b>
<b>GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF</b> <b>PERSONS.</b>
<b>GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS?</b>
<b>WHAT HE DID FOR THIS</b> <b>WOMAN,</b>
<b>HE CAN DO FOR YOU.</b>
<b>ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO</b> <b>THOSE WHO BELIEVE.</b>
<b>DON'T GO AWAY.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>(SWOOSH SOUND)</b>
<b>WE'LL RETURN TO MORE OF</b> <b>SID ROTH AND IT'S SUPERNATURAL.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>SID: HI. I'M SID ROTH YOUR</b> <b>INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.</b>
<b>I'M SPEAKING TO MIKE</b> <b>FRANCEN AND I WANT TO FIND</b>
<b>OUT HOW BLIND PEOPLE GET</b> <b>THEIR SIGHT BACK,</b>
<b>DEAF HEAR.</b>
<b>I MEAN, DID GOD COME TO</b> <b>YOU ONE DAY AND CALL YOUR</b>
<b>NAME OUT THREE TIMES, AND</b> <b>SAY,</b>
<b>"MIKE FRANCEN, GO TO</b> <b>AFRICA AND YOU WILL SEE</b>
<b>MIRACLES"?</b>
<b>MIKE: IT WAS INTERESTING</b> <b>THE WAY THAT THIS ALL CAME</b>
<b>ABOUT TO HAPPEN.</b>
<b>TO ME, I ACCEPTED CHRIST</b> <b>TWO YEARS AFTER MY MOTHER</b>
<b>HAD GOTTEN HEALED AND I</b> <b>REALIZED THAT I HAD BETTER</b>
<b>MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT MY</b> <b>INTERNAL DESTINY IS GOING</b>
<b>TO BE.</b>
<b>AND I GOT A HOLD OF ONE OF</b> <b>T. L. OSBORN'S BOOKS, AND</b>
<b>T. L. OSBORN HAS PROBABLY</b> <b>PREACHED TO MORE PEOPLE</b>
<b>FACE TO FACE THAN ANYONE</b> <b>WHO HAS EVER LIVED.</b>
<b>JUST FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS</b> <b>HE'S TRAVELED THE WORLD</b>
<b>WITH THE GOSPEL AND HAD</b> <b>MASSIVE CROWDS OF HUNDREDS</b>
<b>OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.</b>
<b>SID: I REMEMBER READING A</b> <b>BOOK ABOUT HIM AND HE WENT</b>
<b>TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND</b> <b>CAME BACK SO DISCOURAGED</b>
<b>AND BURNT OUT, AND THEN HE</b> <b>WENT BACK AND MIRACLES</b>
<b>HAPPENED, AND EVERYTHING</b> <b>CHANGED.</b>
<b>MIKE: YEAH.</b>
<b>THE FIRST PLACE HE EVER</b> <b>WENT TO WAS INDIA,</b>
<b>AND HE WENT THERE FOR A</b> <b>FIVE-YEAR TENURE,</b>
<b>AND CAME HOME AFTER 10 OR</b> <b>11 MONTH DEFEATED BECAUSE</b>
<b>HE COULDN'T CONVINCE THE</b> <b>MULTITUDE.</b>
<b>THE ONLY THING THAT</b> <b>SEPARATES WHAT WE HAVE</b>
<b>FROM ALL THE RELIGIONS IN</b> <b>THE WORLD,</b>
<b>IT'S NOT A PRAYER, BECAUSE</b> <b>THEY ALL HAVE PRAYER</b>
<b>MEETINGS.</b>
<b>IT'S NOT A BOOK, IT'S NOT</b> <b>OUR BIBLE BECAUSE THEY'VE</b>
<b>GOT, YOU CAN'T GO TO INDIA</b> <b>AND OPEN YOUR BOOK,</b>
<b>THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN</b> <b>BOOKS.</b>
<b>THE BUDDHISTS HAVE IT.</b>
<b>EVERYBODY HAS GOT THEIR</b> <b>OWN HOLY WRITINGS.</b>
<b>THEY ALL HAVE THEIR HOLY</b> <b>SERVICE.</b>
<b>THEY ALL HAVE THEIR</b> <b>RELIGIOUS PRAYERS AND THEY</b>
<b>ALL HAVE THEIR SONGS.</b>
<b>THE ONLY THING THAT</b> <b>SEPARATES WHAT WE BELIEVE</b>
<b>FROM ALL THE RELIGIONS IN</b> <b>THE WORLD IS MIRACLES.</b>
<b>AND THAT'S WHAT T. L. </b> <b>DIDN'T GO TO INDIA</b>
<b>WITH THE FIRST TIME. HE</b> <b>DIDN'T GO WITH THE MIRACLES.</b>
<b>HE WENT TRYING TO CONVINCE</b> <b>THEM,</b>
<b>TRYING TO PERSUADE THEM BY</b> <b>SIMPLY OPENING A BOOK.</b>
<b>BUT YOU SEE, JESUS</b> <b>QUALIFIED HIS LIFE BY</b>
<b>MIRACLES.</b>
<b>HE SAID, "GO AND TELL JOHN</b> <b>THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE</b>
<b>AND HEAR, THE BLIND SEE,</b> <b>THE LAME WALK."</b>
<b>T. L. WENT BACK TO INDIA YEARS</b> <b>LATER AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN</b>
<b>THE REVELATION AND THE</b> <b>UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD</b>
<b>USES MIRACLES TODAY JUST</b> <b>AS HE DID IN BIBLE DAYS.</b>
<b>HE NEVER, JESUS NEVER</b> <b>CHANGES.</b>
<b>AND SO HE WENT BACK WITH</b> <b>THAT AND SHOOK THE WORLD</b>
<b>IN INCREDIBLE WAYS.</b>
<b>TENS OF THOUSANDS OF</b> <b>CHURCHES ARE DOING IT</b>
<b>TODAY.</b>
<b>SID: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT</b> <b>HAPPENED TO YOU BECAUSE</b>
<b>YOU'RE JUST A NICE,</b> <b>NORMAL,</b>
<b>AMERICAN.</b>
<b>YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE</b> <b>WITH GOD.</b>
<b>YOU WANT TO SERVE HIM.</b>
<b>HOW DOES SOMEONE GET FROM</b> <b>POINT A TO HAVING</b>
<b>THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN</b> <b>THESE MIRACLE HEALINGS?</b>
<b>MIKE: IT WAS, I GUESS THE</b> <b>BRIEF VERSION THAT I SAW</b>
<b>IN ONE OF T. L. OSBORN'S</b> <b>BOOKS CALLED, "SOUL WINNING"</b>
<b>AND I SAW THE PICTURES,</b> <b>AND I SAW THE CRUSADES,</b>
<b>AND I SAW THE MIRACLE</b> <b>TESTIMONIES.</b>
<b>AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING</b> <b>TO SPEND MY LIFE GOING TO</b>
<b>THE WORLD AND TELLING</b> <b>PEOPLE THAT JESUS CHRIST</b>
<b>IS ALIVE.</b>
<b>HE'S NOT DEAD.</b>
<b>IT'S NOT ANOTHER RELIGION.</b>
<b>HE'S LIVING TODAY.</b>
<b>AND SO I SAW THAT AND I</b> <b>MADE PLANS.</b>
<b>IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT</b> <b>I FOUND MYSELF IN NIGERIA</b>
<b>WITH ONE OF THE GREAT MEN</b> <b>OF GOD,</b>
<b>RECENTLY WENT HOME TO BE</b> <b>WITH THE LORD.</b>
<b>HIS NAME WAS BENSON</b> <b>IDAHOSA.</b>
<b>SID: I KNEW HIM.</b>
<b>MIKE: POWERFUL MAN.</b>
<b>I JUST, I COULD SPEND ALL</b> <b>DAY TELLING MIRACLE STORIES</b>
<b>OF THINGS ABOUT HIM.</b>
<b>BUT I SAT THERE AND I</b> <b>WATCHED HIM IN CRUSADES,</b>
<b>AND I LIVED WITH HIM IN</b> <b>HIS HOME FOR THREE MONTHS</b>
<b>IN 1984.</b>
<b>AND HE TOOK ME FROM</b> <b>CRUSADE TO CRUSADE,</b>
<b>AND I MET T. L. OSBORN AT</b> <b>THAT TIME, AND I WATCHED</b>
<b>THEM AS THEY PRAYED</b> <b>FOR THE SICK.</b>
<b>AND I WATCHED THE</b> <b>MIRACLES,</b>
<b>AND I WATCHED ALL THESE</b> <b>DIFFERENT THINGS.</b>
<b>AND THEN AS I SAT ON ONE</b> <b>OF HIS CRUSADE PLATFORMS,</b>
<b>AND I WATCHED T.L. OSBORN,</b> <b>AND I WATCHED BENSON IDAHOSA</b>
<b>PREACH AND PRAY FOR THE SICK,</b> <b>AND MIRACLES HAPPENING,</b>
<b>IT WAS LIKE A THOUSAND</b> <b>VOICES BEGAN TO WHIRL ON</b>
<b>THE INSIDE OF MY HEAD: YOU</b> <b>CAN DO THIS.</b>
<b>YOU CAN DO THIS.</b>
<b>YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS.</b>
<b>YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS.</b>
<b>AND IT JUST, IT WAS JUST</b> <b>BOMBARDING MY EARS.</b>
<b>AND I WENT BACK IN</b> <b>DECEMBER OF 1984.</b>
<b>I LEFT JANUARY OF '85.</b>
<b>I WENT AND STARTED TO DO</b> <b>MY OWN MIRACLE CRUSADES.</b>
<b>SID: HOW DID YOU START,</b> <b>JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY?</b>
<b>MIKE: WHEN I WAS IN</b> <b>NIGERIA,</b>
<b>I HAD SPENT THOSE THREE</b> <b>MONTHS WITH IDAHOSA AND I</b>
<b>ASKED HIM SEVERAL</b> <b>QUESTIONS THE LAST DAY I</b>
<b>WAS THERE, AND I SAID,</b> <b>"PAPA,</b>
<b>I SAID, "WHAT AM I</b> <b>SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?"</b>
<b>I SAID, "YOU'VE NEVER DONE</b> <b>THIS FOR ANYBODY AND</b>
<b>YOU'VE INVITED ME HERE,</b> <b>AND YOU SAID I NEEDED TO</b>
<b>LEARN HOW TO DO BIG</b> <b>CRUSADES.</b>
<b>WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO</b> <b>NOW?"</b>
<b>HE SAID, "SON, GO DOWN AND</b> <b>DO LIKEWISE."</b>
<b>WELL NOBODY TOLD ME I</b> <b>COULDN'T DO IT.</b>
<b>I JUST, I SAID, OKAY,</b> <b>THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.</b>
<b>AND SO THE NEXT MONTH I</b> <b>GOT ON A PLANE AND WENT TO</b>
<b>THE PHILIPPINES.</b>
<b>DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY THERE,</b> <b>DIDN'T EVER BEEN THERE</b>
<b>BEFORE.</b>
<b>JESUS JUST SAID GO.</b>
<b>AND SO I WENT THERE AND I</b> <b>HAD A MASSIVE BUDGET OF</b>
<b>$120 FOR MY FIRST CRUSADE.</b>
<b>AND I GOT OVER THERE, AND</b> <b>I MADE A FEW FLYERS,</b>
<b>A FEW POSTERS AND</b> <b>HANDBILLS.</b>
<b>I MADE TWO 15-SECOND RADIO</b> <b>SPOTS ON THIS LITTLE</b>
<b>5-WATT RADIO STATION THAT</b> <b>DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.</b>
<b>SID: YOU DIDN'T HAVE MUCH</b> <b>MONEY.</b>
<b>MIKE: NO, I HAD $120 FOR</b> <b>MY FIRST BUDGET.</b>
<b>SID: $120.</b>
<b>SO HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO</b> <b>YOUR FIRST MEETING?</b>
<b>MIKE: IN THAT FIRST</b> <b>CRUSADE,</b>
<b>WE HAD SOMEWHERE NEAR 4000</b> <b>PEOPLE ACCEPT CHRIST.</b>
<b>SID: YOUR FIRST TIME.</b>
<b>HOW OLD WERE YOU?</b>
<b>MIKE: I WAS 22, 23.</b>
<b>SID: TWENTY-TWO YEARS OLD,</b> <b>YOU TAKE A PLANE TO THE</b>
<b>PHILIPPINES, YOU HAVE A</b> <b>LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED</b>
<b>DOLLARS.</b>
<b>YOU PUT UP A COUPLE OF</b> <b>LITTLE FLYERS.</b>
<b>MIKE: BRING THE BLIND,</b> <b>DEAF AND CRIPPLED.</b>
<b>SID: TELL ME YOUR FIRST</b> <b>THOUGHTS.</b>
<b>I MEAN, YOU'RE STILL KIND</b> <b>OF,</b>
<b>WAS THERE A LITTLE FEAR?</b>
<b>MIKE: THERE WASN'T ANY</b> <b>FEAR IN THE BEGINNING.</b>
<b>YOU KNOW WENT OVER THERE.</b>
<b>BENSON IDOHOSA SAID, "SON,</b> <b>GO DOWN AND DO LIKEWISE,</b>
<b>SO I DID.</b>
<b>I COULDN'T MAKE THE NICE</b> <b>COLORFUL POSTERS HE HAD,</b>
<b>BUT I MADE THESE TINY</b> <b>LITTLE POSTERS THAT SAID,</b>
<b>"MIRACLE HEALING CRUSADE.</b>
<b>BRING THE BLIND, THE DEAF</b> <b>AND THE CRIPPLED AND JESUS</b>
<b>WILL HEAL THEM ALL".</b>
<b>SID: DID MANY SICK PEOPLE</b> <b>COME IN?</b>
<b>MIKE: I GOT THERE THE</b> <b>FIRST NIGHT OF MY FIRST</b>
<b>CRUSADE.</b>
<b>I WAS THERE WITH</b> <b>EXCITEMENT AND WHEN I GOT</b>
<b>TO THE FIRST NIGHT I</b> <b>LOOKED AT THOSE PEOPLE,</b>
<b>AND I HAD NEVER SEEN SO</b> <b>MANY SICK PEOPLE ALL MY</b>
<b>LIFE.</b>
<b>I SAID, MY GOD, WHAT HAVE</b> <b>I DONE.</b>
<b>AND THEY WERE CARRYING</b> <b>THEM IN ON STRETCHERS.</b>
<b>THEY WERE LEADING THE</b> <b>BLIND IN.</b>
<b>I SAW WOMEN WITH HUGE</b> <b>GOITERS HANGING OFF OF</b>
<b>THEIR THROATS.</b>
<b>AND I HAD NEVER SEEN SO</b> <b>MANY SICK PEOPLE IN ALL MY</b>
<b>LIFE AS WHEN I SAW THAT</b> <b>FIRST DAY.</b>
<b>SID: YOU KNOW WHAT I'D</b> <b>LIKE TO DO,</b>
<b>I'D LIKE TO SEE A CLIP</b> <b>RIGHT NOW FROM THE</b>
<b>PHILIPPINES, AND THIS IS</b> <b>SOMEONE THAT,</b>
<b>A LADY THAT WAS BORN DEAF</b> <b>AND DUMB.</b>
<b>DO YOU REMEMBER HER?</b>
<b>MIKE: YEAH.</b>
<b>YEAH.</b>
<b>IT WAS A POWERFUL</b> <b>TESTIMONY.</b>
<b>SID: TELL ME ABOUT HER.</b>
<b>MIKE: I'M NOT SURE WHICH</b> <b>ONE THEY'RE SHOWING NOW</b>
<b>BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL</b> <b>IN THIS CLIP.</b>
<b>SID: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,</b> <b>LET'S JUST SHOW IT RIGHT</b>
<b>NOW.</b>
<b>MIKE: LET'S SHOW IT.</b>
<b>SID: THIS WOMAN FROM THE</b> <b>PHILIPPINES.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪] </b> <b>NARRATOR: THIS PRECIOUS</b> <b>23-YEAR-OLD</b>
<b>FILIPINO WOMAN WAS BORN</b> <b>DEAF AND DUMB.</b>
<b>SILENCE WAS THE ONLY WORLD</b> <b>SHE HAD KNOWN.</b>
<b>HER FRIEND WHO CAME WITH</b> <b>HER TO THE CRUSADE</b>
<b>TESTIFIED THAT SHE HAD</b> <b>NEVER SPOKEN A WORD IN HER</b>
<b>LIFE.</b>
<b>BUT THIS NIGHT JESUS</b> <b>PROVED HIMSELF ALIVE AS</b>
<b>HER EARS WERE OPENED AND</b> <b>HER TONGUE LOOSED.</b>
<b>SHE SPOKE HER NAME FOR THE</b> <b>VERY FIRST TIME.</b>
<b>TEARS OF OVERWHELMING JOY</b> <b>COVERED HER FACE AS THE</b>
<b>REALITY OF THE MIRACLE</b> <b>DAWNED.</b>
<b>SID: LISTEN,</b> <b>HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A</b>
<b>YOUNG MAN, MIKE FRANCEN</b> <b>STARTS SEEING THESE</b>
<b>MIRACLES AND THEN MAKE A</b> <b>STATEMENT: "STONE ME IF</b>
<b>YOU DON'T SEE MIRACLES."</b>
<b>YOU BETTER HAVE THE GUTS.</b>
<b>I MEAN, YOU'D REALLY</b> <b>BETTER.</b>
<b>CAN YOU PICTURE BEING IN A</b> <b>FOREIGN COUNTRY.</b>
<b>I MEAN, I'M NOT TALKING</b> <b>ABOUT NEW YORK CITY.</b>
<b>I'M TALKING ABOUT A</b> <b>FOREIGN COUNTRY.</b>
<b>"STONE ME IF YOU DON'T SEE</b> <b>MIRACLES."</b>
<b>WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AND</b> <b>WE'LL FIND OUT IF HE GOT</b>
<b>STONED.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>(SWOOSH SOUND)</b>
<b>WE WILL RETURN TO MORE OF</b> <b>IT'S SUPERNATURAL RIGHT</b>
<b>AFTER THIS.</b>
<b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>SID: HELLO. SID ROTH YOUR</b> <b>INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.</b>
<b>WHAT COULD POSSESS A YOUNG</b> <b>MAN OUT IN A FOREIGN</b>
<b>COUNTRY, THOUSANDS OF</b> <b>PEOPLE LISTENING TO HIM?</b>
<b>HE COMES OUT AND HE SAYS,</b> <b>"IF YOU DON'T SEE A</b>
<b>LEGITIMATE MIRACLE," I</b> <b>MEAN,</b>
<b>DON'T NOT COME BACK THE</b> <b>NEXT DAY,</b>
<b>"YOU CAN STONE ME."</b>
<b>WERE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?</b>
<b>HOW DID YOU EVEN THINK TO</b> <b>SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?</b>
<b>YOU WERE TELLING ME</b> <b>SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN</b>
<b>THAT MENTORED YOU, SO TO</b> <b>SPEAK,</b>
<b>BENSON IDAHOSA, WHO WAS A</b> <b>TREMENDOUS MAN OF GOD IN</b>
<b>AFRICA, NIGERIA.</b>
<b>WHEN DID YOU SEE HIM?</b>
<b>MIKE: THE FIRST TIME IN</b> <b>1984,</b>
<b>WHEN I SAW HIS FIRST</b> <b>CRUSADE,</b>
<b>AND I HAD SEEN THE</b> <b>PICTURES,</b>
<b>BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN</b> <b>YOU'RE THERE.</b>
<b>AND GOD WAS JUST POURING</b> <b>SO MUCH OF MY LIFE AT THAT</b>
<b>TIME.</b>
<b>AND I SAW BENSON IDAHOSA</b> <b>STAND UP,</b>
<b>AND I WENT TO THREE OF HIS</b> <b>CRUSADES,</b>
<b>AND I SAW HIM STAND UP IN</b> <b>ONE OF THE CRUSADES.</b>
<b>AND PEOPLE WERE</b> <b>CHALLENGING HIM.</b>
<b>THEY SAID, OH, THERE'S NO</b> <b>MIRACLES.</b>
<b>AND HE'S HAD INCREDIBLE</b> <b>THINGS THAT GOD HAS USED</b>
<b>HIM TO DO.</b>
<b>ONE TIME THE POLICE</b> <b>BROUGHT,</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, HE HAD TALKED</b> <b>ABOUT HEALING JESUS AND</b>
<b>GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD</b> <b>AND HOW YOU RAISE THE</b>
<b>DEAD.</b>
<b>DURING ONE OF HIS</b> <b>CRUSADES,</b>
<b>THE POLICE THREW A CORPSE</b> <b>ON HIS STAGE TO MOCK HIM</b>
<b>IN FRONT OF ALL THESE</b> <b>PEOPLE.</b>
<b>AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS</b> <b>A GIFT OF FAITH OR</b>
<b>SOMETHING CAME OVER HIM.</b>
<b>AND BENSON LOOKED OVER AT</b> <b>THEM AND JUST PEERED.</b>
<b>I MEAN, HE HAD PIERCING</b> <b>EYES.</b>
<b>AND HE LOOKED AT THEM, AND</b> <b>HE WENT OVER AND GRABBED</b>
<b>THAT CORPSE, AND HE SAID,</b> <b>"IN THE NAME OF JESUS</b>
<b>CHRIST, COME!"</b>
<b>AND IN A MOMENT OF TIME,</b> <b>THAT DEAD PERSON CAME BACK</b>
<b>TO LIFE.</b>
<b>I MEAN, IT'S - SID: WE</b> <b>JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE A WORD</b>
<b>CALLED CHUTZPAH, NERVE.</b>
<b>MIKE: YEAH.</b>
<b>SID: BENSON HAD CHUTZPAH.</b>
<b>MIKE: YEAH.</b>
<b>I SAW SO MANY THINGS LIKE</b> <b>THAT.</b>
<b>I WASN'T THERE THAT</b> <b>PARTICULAR ONE.</b>
<b>WHEN I SAW HIM DO ONE OF</b> <b>THE CRUSADES,</b>
<b>WHEN WE WERE IN A CITY IT</b> <b>WAS TOUGH.</b>
<b>THEY WERE RESISTANT TO THE</b> <b>GOSPEL.</b>
<b>THERE'S A VERY STRONG</b> <b>MUSLIM,</b>
<b>ISLAMIC HOLD IN THE NATION</b> <b>OF NIGERIA.</b>
<b>AND I WAS THERE, AND HE</b> <b>STOOD UP,</b>
<b>AND HE SAID, "IF THERE ARE</b> <b>NO MIRACLES HERE,</b>
<b>HE SAID, "YOU STONE ME.</b>
<b>IF JESUS DOES NOTHING HERE</b> <b>WHEN WE PRAY YOU STONE."</b>
<b>AND I'M WATCHING THIS AS A</b> <b>YOUNG 22-YEAR-OLD MAN.</b>
<b>AND THEN I SAW HIM ON THE</b> <b>SECOND DAY OF THAT CRUSADE</b>
<b>AND THINGS WERE TOUGH, AND</b> <b>HE WAS JUST PREACHING.</b>
<b>AND THERE WAS A PARALYZED</b> <b>WOMAN,</b>
<b>PARALYZED FROM THE NECK</b> <b>DOWN FOR YEARS.</b>
<b>HE SAID, "BRING THAT WOMAN</b> <b>UP ON THE STAGE."</b>
<b>AND I'M JUST ON THE EDGE</b> <b>OF MY SEAT,</b>
<b>WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.</b>
<b>SID: I MEAN, IF YOU'RE</b> <b>GOING TO PICK SOMEONE,</b>
<b>PICK SOMEONE WITH A</b> <b>HEADACHE.</b>
<b>MIKE: YEAH.</b>
<b>ANY BACKACHES HERE, YOU</b> <b>KNOW,</b>
<b>JUST COME UP HERE.</b>
<b>HE SAID, "BRING THAT ONE."</b>
<b>SHE WAS LAYING THERE,</b> <b>COULDN'T MOVE HER FINGERS.</b>
<b>"CARRY THAT WOMAN."</b>
<b>AND THEY FLOPPED HER UP</b> <b>THERE JUST LIKE A BAG OF</b>
<b>ROCKS.</b>
<b>SHE LAY THERE ON THE</b> <b>STAGE,</b>
<b>COULDN'T MOVE.</b>
<b>AND HE BEGINS AND HE SAYS,</b> <b>"I'M GOING TO PRAY."</b>
<b>HE SAYS, "IF THIS WOMAN</b> <b>WALKS YOU'LL KNOW THAT</b>
<b>JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND IF</b> <b>SHE DOESN'T YOU'LL KNOW</b>
<b>THAT I'M A FALSE PROPHET."</b>
<b>AND SO I'M JUST, I'M ABOUT</b> <b>READY TO RUN OFF THE STAGE</b>
<b>OR SOMETHING AT THAT</b> <b>POINT.</b>
<b>SID: THAT'S RIGHT.</b>
<b>IT COULD BE CONTAGIOUS.</b>
<b>MIKE: OH YEAH.</b>
<b>AND SO HE TAKES HER BY THE</b> <b>HAND AND HE SAYS,</b>
<b>"IN THE NAME OF JESUS, GET</b> <b>UP AND WALK."</b>
<b>AND HE ALMOST PULLED HER</b> <b>ARM OUT OF THE SOCKET.</b>
<b>HE SAID, "GET UP AND</b> <b>WALK!"</b>
<b>AND SHE GOT UP, AND SHE</b> <b>STARTED WALKING,</b>
<b>AND SHE STARTED DANCING,</b> <b>AND THE CROWD,</b>
<b>I MEAN, THE PLACE WENT</b> <b>WILD.</b>
<b>THERE WAS PROBABLY 40 OR</b> <b>50,000 PEOPLE</b>
<b>IN THAT FIELD</b> <b>AND THEY WENT WILD.</b>
<b>SID: YOU REALIZE WHAT</b> <b>WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE</b>
<b>HAD FALLEN DOWN AND</b> <b>COLLAPSED.</b>
<b>MIKE: THANK GOD SHE</b> <b>WALKED.</b>
<b>SID: I MEAN, CAN YOU</b> <b>IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE - </b>
<b>MIKE: THANK GOD SHE</b> <b>WALKED.</b>
<b>SID: I GUESS THERE'S</b> <b>NOTHING MORE YOU CAN SAY</b>
<b>THAN THAT.</b>
<b>SO YOU HAD SEEN THAT.</b>
<b>SO WHAT DID YOU DO?</b>
<b>MIKE: MY FIRST CRUSADE,</b> <b>YOU KNOW,</b>
<b>SEE, I JUST REMEMBERED</b> <b>BENSON'S WORDS WHEN HE</b>
<b>SAID, "SON GO DOWN AND DO</b> <b>LIKEWISE."</b>
<b>AND JESUS SAID, "GO INTO</b> <b>ALL THE WORLD."</b>
<b>AND HE SAID, "THESE SIGNS</b> <b>SHALL FOLLOW."</b>
<b>AND SO MY FIRST CRUSADE, I</b> <b>GET TO THE FIRST NIGHT AND</b>
<b>I'M LOOKING, AND I'M</b> <b>SEEING ALL THESE SICK</b>
<b>PEOPLE AND I SAID, MY GOD.</b>
<b>AND YOU ASKED, WERE YOU</b> <b>AFRAID,</b>
<b>ARE YOU SCARED, ARE YOU</b> <b>CONCERNED.</b>
<b>I SAW ALL THE SICK PEOPLE</b> <b>AT FIRST AND I RAN BEHIND</b>
<b>THE STAGE, THIS FAITH MAN,</b> <b>YOU KNOW.</b>
<b>I RAN BEHIND THE STAGE OF</b> <b>THAT FIRST CRUSADE AND I</b>
<b>SAID, "MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I</b> <b>DONE."</b>
<b>I SAID, "JESUS, I'M SO</b> <b>SORRY.</b>
<b>I'LL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN."</b>
<b>I JUST SAID, "GET ME OUT</b> <b>OF THIS,</b>
<b>GOD."</b>
<b>BECAUSE I WAS SCARED.</b>
<b>I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.</b>
<b>SID: I CAN UNDERSTAND.</b>
<b>MIKE: I TOLD THEM TO COME</b> <b>AND THEY CAME.</b>
<b>I GUESS I WAS HALFWAY</b> <b>EXPECTING THEY WOULDN'T.</b>
<b>THEN THE THOUGHT CAME TO</b> <b>ME.</b>
<b>I DIDN'T COME HERE IN THE</b> <b>NAME OF A CHURCH.</b>
<b>I DIDN'T COME WITH THE</b> <b>NAME OF A RELIGION.</b>
<b>I DIDN'T COME ON MY OWN</b> <b>NAME.</b>
<b>I CAME IN THE NAME OF</b> <b>JESUS CHRIST.</b>
<b>AND WHEN THAT THOUGHT CAME</b> <b>TO MY MIND,</b>
<b>I GRABBED THE MICROPHONE</b> <b>AND I PREACHED FROM</b>
<b>BENSON'S MESSAGES, AND I</b> <b>PREACHED LIKE I PREACHED A</b>
<b>THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE.</b>
<b>AND THEN I BEGAN TO MAKE</b> <b>STATEMENTS LIKE I HEARD</b>
<b>HIM MAKE.</b>
<b>"JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD</b> <b>AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY</b>
<b>FOR THE SICK, AND IF THE</b> <b>SICK GET HEALED,</b>
<b>YOU'LL KNOW HE'S THE</b> <b>CHRIST.</b>
<b>BUT IF THEY DON'T, YOU GO</b> <b>AHEAD AND YOU STONE ME AND</b>
<b>YOU RUN ME OUT OF YOUR</b> <b>TOWN."</b>
<b>SID: THIS WAS YOUR FIRST</b> <b>MEETING.</b>
<b>MIKE: FIRST CRUSADE.</b>
<b>SID: OY VEY, I CAN IMAGINE</b> <b>HOW YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.</b>
<b>SO WHAT HAPPENED?</b>
<b>I MEAN, YOU TOLD ME THERE</b> <b>WERE SOME VERY SICK PEOPLE</b>
<b>IN THE CROWD.</b>
<b>MIKE: THE FIRST PERSON TO</b> <b>TESTIFY WAS A MAN WHO HAD</b>
<b>BEEN IN A WAR AND A SHELL</b> <b>WENT OFF,</b>
<b>AND LET HIM TOTALLY DEAF</b> <b>FOR 35 YEARS.</b>
<b>I PRAYED LIKE I SAW HIM</b> <b>PRAY.</b>
<b>I PREACHED HIS MESSAGE.</b>
<b>I SHARED HIS TESTIMONIES.</b>
<b>FIRST MAN, TOTALLY DEAF 35</b> <b>YEARS.</b>
<b>THE NEXT MAN WAS A MAN WHO</b> <b>HAD NOT WALKED AND HAD NOT</b>
<b>SPOKEN IN SEVEN YEARS AND</b> <b>HE GOT UP,</b>
<b>AND HE WAS WALKING AND</b> <b>TALKING,</b>
<b>INCREDIBLE THINGS.</b>
<b>SO I COME BACK THE SECOND</b> <b>NIGHT OF THE CRUSADE AND</b>
<b>I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M</b> <b>FILLED WITH BOLDNESS AND</b>
<b>CONFIDENCE, AND PROBABLY</b> <b>SOME STUPIDITY,</b>
<b>BUT THANK GOD, HE SEES</b> <b>PASS OUR STUPIDITY</b>
<b>SOMETIMES.</b>
<b>AND I REMEMBER BENSON,</b> <b>WHILE I WAS PREACHING,</b>
<b>I REMEMBER, ALL OF A</b> <b>SUDDEN THIS THOUGHT CAME,</b>
<b>YEAH, HE PICKED UP THAT</b> <b>CRIPPLED WOMAN.</b>
<b>AND SO I REMEMBER SEEING A</b> <b>WOMAN CAME.</b>
<b>SHE HAD TWO CRUTCHES.</b>
<b>SHE HAD A MAN ON EACH ARM</b> <b>THAT HELPED HER GET THERE</b>
<b>AND I WATCHED HER COME IN</b> <b>THAT NIGHT.</b>
<b>AND SO WHILE I'M</b> <b>PREACHING,</b>
<b>ALL OF A SUDDEN I REMEMBER</b> <b>WHAT BENSON DID.</b>
<b>AND I LOOKED AND I SAID,</b> <b>"BRING THAT WOMAN UP ON</b>
<b>THE STAGE."</b>
<b>SHE, HER LEGS WERE DEAD.</b>
<b>THEY WERE USELESS.</b>
<b>SID: DEAD, DEAD.</b>
<b>MIKE: DEAD, DEAD.</b>
<b>AND I SAID, "BRING HER UP</b> <b>ON THE STAGE."</b>
<b>AND I SAID, "PUT HER IN</b> <b>THIS CHAIR."</b>
<b>SO SHE'S SITTING THERE AND</b> <b>ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M</b>
<b>STARTING TO MAKE AN ISSUE.</b>
<b>I SAID, "I'M GOING TO</b> <b>PRAY."</b>
<b>AND I SAID, "IF THIS WOMAN</b> <b>WALKS YOU WILL KNOW THAT</b>
<b>JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND IF</b> <b>SHE DOESN'T YOU'LL KNOW</b>
<b>THAT I'M A FALSE PROPHET."</b>
<b>AND I'M JUST LIKE BENSON</b> <b>DID.</b>
<b>SID: WEREN'T YOU FEARFUL?</b>
<b>MIKE: AT THAT POINT I</b> <b>WASN'T.</b>
<b>SID: SO OKAY, WHAT</b> <b>HAPPENED?</b>
<b>AND YOU'D BETTER TELL ME.</b>
<b>MIKE: I GRABBED HER BY THE</b> <b>HAND AND IF YOU BUY MY</b>
<b>VIDEO TAPE YOU CAN SEE</b> <b>EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT HAPPENED?</b>
<b>MIKE: I GRABBED HER BY THE</b> <b>HAND.</b>
<b>SID: I'LL BUY YOUR TAPE.</b>
<b>MIKE: IT'S NOT ON TAPE.</b>
<b>IT WAS MY FIRST CRUSADE.</b>
<b>I GRABBED HER HAND AND</b> <b>SAID,</b>
<b>"IN THE NAME OF JESUS</b> <b>CHRIST,</b>
<b>GET UP AND WALK."</b>
<b>AND I PULLED HER.</b>
<b>THANK GOD, SHE GOT UP AND</b> <b>WALKED.</b>
<b>SHE WALKED.</b>
<b>SHE STARTED TROTTING BACK</b> <b>AND FORTH ACROSS THE</b>
<b>STAGE.</b>
<b>THE AUDIENCE WENT WILD, AN</b> <b>INCREDIBLE MIRACLE.</b>
<b>AND THEN WHEN YOU GIVE AN</b> <b>ALTAR CALL AND ASK PEOPLE,</b>
<b>"HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO</b> <b>ACCEPT CHRIST,</b>
<b>AFTER THEY SEE SOMETHING</b> <b>LIKE THAT HAPPENING,</b>
<b>THEIR HEARTS,</b> <b>WHOLEHEARTEDLY.</b>
<b>SID: OKAY.</b>
<b>I WANT YOU TO SEE</b> <b>SOMETHING LIKE THAT</b>
<b>HAPPEN.</b>
<b>WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO</b> <b>A MIKE FRANCEN CAMPAIGN</b>
<b>THAT IS IN THAILAND, AND</b> <b>AS A MATTER OF FACT,</b>
<b>THIS IS SOMEONE THAT NEEDS</b> <b>TO LEARN HOW TO WALK ALSO.</b>
<b>NARRATOR: FOR 11 YEARS,</b>
<b>THIS WOMAN HAD NOT WALKED.</b>
<b>THE HEAD MAN OF HER</b> <b>VILLAGE BROUGHT HER TO THE</b>
<b>CAMPAIGN WHERE SHE</b> <b>RECEIVED A MIRACLE.</b>
<b>HE VERIFIED HER STORY IN</b> <b>THE NEW FOUND MIRACLE.</b>
<b>HER FIRST STEPS MAY HAVE</b> <b>BEEN SHAKY,</b>
<b>BUT THE SMILE ON HER FACE</b> <b>TESTIFIED OF THE AMAZING</b>
<b>MIRACLE.</b>
<b>SHE IS WALKING.</b>
<b>HER JOY HAS SPREAD ACROSS</b> <b>THE ENTIRE MASS OF PEOPLE,</b>
<b>WHO WITNESSED HER FIRST</b> <b>STEPS IN 11 YEARS.</b>
<b>THE CRIPPLES ARE WALKING.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT DOES</b> <b>IT FEEL LIKE,</b>
<b>MIKE FRANCEN, WHAT DOES IT</b> <b>FEEL LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE</b>
<b>LIKE HER WALK THAT</b> <b>COULDN'T WALK.</b>
<b>THE BLIND SEE, THE DEAF</b> <b>HEAR.</b>
<b>WHAT IS IT LIKE?</b>
<b>MIKE: YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN</b> <b>DOING THIS FOR 14 YEARS</b>
<b>AND THE MIRACLES NEVER GET</b> <b>OLD.</b>
<b>THE TESTIMONIES NEVER GET</b> <b>OLD.</b>
<b>I LOOK AT THAT AND I LOOK</b> <b>IN THEIR EYES AND I SEE</b>
<b>JESUS IN THEIR EYES.</b>
<b>AND YOU LOOK AT IT, FOR 11</b> <b>YEARS,</b>
<b>SHE HAD NOT STOOD ON THOSE</b> <b>LEGS.</b>
<b>YOU SAY, WELL SHE WASN'T</b> <b>RUNNING.</b>
<b>THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE</b> <b>STOOD IN 11 YEARS,</b>
<b>LET ALONE WALK.</b>
<b>AND THE HEAD MAN, THAT WAS</b> <b>LIKE THE CHIEF OF THAT</b>
<b>VILLAGE CAME.</b>
<b>THEY JUMPED IN THE BACK OF</b> <b>A PICKUP TRUCK.</b>
<b>THEY HEARD ABOUT THE</b> <b>CRUSADE,</b>
<b>THEY CAME.</b>
<b>AND THIS WOMAN PRAYED.</b>
<b>SHE HAD NOT STOOD ON HER</b> <b>LEGS FOR 11 YEARS.</b>
<b>SHE HAD NOT WALKED IN 11</b> <b>YEARS,</b>
<b>NOT ONE STEP, NOT STANDING</b> <b>FOR ONE SECOND,</b>
<b>AND THERE SHE IS.</b>
<b>AFTER WE PRAYED A MASS</b> <b>PRAYER FOR THE SICK,</b>
<b>WE SAID, "NOW DO WHAT YOU</b> <b>COULDN'T DO."</b>
<b>ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE'S</b> <b>THERE WALKING.</b>
<b>AND WE WENT ON LATER AND</b> <b>SHE WALKED BACK TO THAT</b>
<b>TRUCK.</b>
<b>SHE WALKED, INCREDIBLE</b> <b>MIRACLE.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT KIND OF MIRACLE</b> <b>DO YOU NEED?</b>
<b>MAYBE IT IS WALKING.</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S HEARING.</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S THE HEART.</b> <b>[MUSIC♪]</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S CANCER IN YOUR</b> <b>BODY.</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S DIABETES.</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S HIGH BLOOD</b> <b>PRESSURE.</b>
<b>MAYBE IT'S PAINS IN YOUR</b> <b>BODY,</b>
<b>YOUR BACK AND YOUR NECK.</b>
<b>DO YOU REMEMBER THE VERY</b> <b>FIRST MESSAGE THAT MIKE</b>
<b>GAVE?</b>
<b>HE SAID, "I DONíT COME IN</b> <b>MY OWN MY NAME.</b>
<b>I DON'T COME IN THE NAME</b> <b>OF A RELIGION.</b>
<b>I DON'T COME IN THE NAME</b> <b>OF A PARTICULAR GROUP.</b>
<b>I COME IN THE NAME OF</b> <b>JESUS THE MESSIAH,</b>
<b>THE ANOINTED ONE."</b>
<b>AND IT'S IN HIS NAME YOU</b> <b>ARE HEALED BECAUSE THE</b>
<b>WORD OF GOD SAYS, "BY HIS</b> <b>STRIPES,</b>
<b>BY HIS STRIPES, YOU WERE</b> <b>HEALED."</b>
<b>AND THEN MIKE SAID, "DO</b> <b>SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T DO</b>
<b>BEFORE."</b>
<b>SO I SAY TO YOU, IN THE</b> <b>NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH,</b>
<b>DO SOMETHING YOU COULD NOT</b> <b>DO BEFORE.</b>
<b>BEND THAT ELBOW.</b>
<b>MOVE THAT HEAD.</b>
<b>THEY'RE A THING OF THE</b> <b>PAST.</b>
<b>EYES ARE BEING HEALED, THE</b> <b>GUMS,</b>
<b>WHATEVER YOU NEED.</b>
<b>IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER</b> <b>I SAID IT OR NOT BECAUSE</b>
<b>HE PAID THE PRICE FOR ALL.</b>
<b>HE'S IRRESPECTIVE OF</b> <b>PERSONS.</b>
<b>IT'S YOURS.</b>
<b>IT'S YOURS.</b>
<b>IT'S YOURS.</b>
<b>DO SOMETHING AND PRAISE</b> <b>GOD.</b>
<b>LIFT LIKE YOUR HANDS LIKE</b> <b>KING DAVID DID,</b>
<b>ALL THE WAY ABOVE YOUR</b> <b>HEAD.</b>
<b>LIFT HOLY HANDS TO GOD AND</b> <b>YOU'LL SEE THAT HE IS A</b>
<b>GOD THAT DOES MIRACLES.</b>
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