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Abundant Healing Saves Woman with Grade Five Arteriovenous

Jenn shares, “You're worried about the people that you love, how it's going to affect them, their heart.”

The news came as a shock for Jenn Murff and her husband Justin. In June of 2022, they learned she had a tangled mass of blood vessels in her brain known as an arteriovenous malformation or “AVM.” On a scale of 1-6, it measured a five. It was so large and complex, they couldn’t find a neurosurgeon qualified or willing to perform the delicate, high-risk procedure. Without it, the mass could rupture causing permanent brain damage.

Justin says, “We began to pray, ‘Lord, first of all, if it's your will, bring healing.’ Then the next prayer was, ‘Lord, if it is your will that you're going to operate and that you're going to heal her medically, please make it be the right surgeon.’”

After three weeks of phone calls and many prayers, they found one of a few neurosurgeons in the world who would take her case: Dr. Nirav Patel, director of the AVM program at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and one of the top neurosurgeons in the world. He explained that following a successful surgery the 37-year old mother of four could go on to live a perfectly normal life, or she could have complications such as seizures, physical disabilities or brain damage.

Jenn recalls, “I was trusting the Lord, but I didn't know the outcome. Like, was I gonna walk again? Was I gonna be able to function normally? Was I gonna be bedridden for the rest of my life?”

Justin shares, “She's a mom of four. She homeschools our children, she runs a ministry in the Middle East. She's active doing so many things and really had no clue what effect this was going to have on our family and on our life, but we knew things were going to dramatically change.”

In early July, a month before surgery, Jenn received a text from a friend who told her to watch the 700 Club. Terry Meeuwsen had given a word of knowledge she and her family needed to hear.

Terry Meeuwsen says, “The word that comes is entwined, and I believe this is somebody, you have a, some kind of a mass in your head, and it's operable, but the problem is, it's entwined with other things that make it very, very difficult. God is creating pathways to healing for you right now. Just right now receive it, God is healing you in powerful ways.”

Jenn remembers, “It was pretty unbelievable to see that we did hear from the Lord, and he already went before us, and I didn't have to be afraid.”

On august 8th, Dr. Patel and his team performed what would be the first of three surgeries. In all, Jenn would endure 40 hours of surgery over a 9-day period before the mass was successfully removed. But until Jenn was brought out of her medically induced coma, there was no way to determine what complications, if any, she might have. For two weeks, Justin, their children and hundreds of others agreed in prayer.

Justin says, “I tried to be as confident with my children as possible, that mom is in the lord's hands. And that healing takes time. And that sometimes the Lord answers our prayers immediately. And sometimes he answers our prayers over a series of, of days, weeks, months and years.”

On August 21st, Jenn was brought out of her coma and taken off the ventilator. For her, it could have been a very frightening experience.

Jenn recalls, “I woke up to that not being able to feel my body and move my arms. I couldn't itch my nose. I couldn't function the way I did before. I wasn't afraid at all. I just wanted to know how to fix it.”

Now in rehab, Jenn would need several more surgeries to address infections. Meanwhile, she was re-learning motor skills from holding a fork to walking. As the holder of a doctoral degree and an adjunct professor at Regent University, Jenn says at times she questioned God.

Jenn shares, “Why would you take away the very thing that you gave me to use for your glory? You're taking my brain. I thought I was just having brain surgery. I didn't think you were gonna take my intellectual capacity.”

Even then, the couple always came back to God’s promise.

Justin says, “Being a husband, a dad, just being real and just saying, I don't understand either, but I know  that you're in the Lord's hands.”

Jenn shares, “I remember saying, well Lord, if this will bring you glory, I will do whatever you want.”

After 6 weeks of rehab Jenn was walking on her own, and able to go home to Virginia where she continued rehab. Then in March 2023, nine months after the mass was removed, Jenn returned to Boston for one last surgery to replace a portion of her skull that was infected. Afterward, she took a victory lap with the team who helped her in her journey to healing and recovery.

Jenn remembers, “We cried thinking, God, you are never early, you're never late, you're always on time. And so, my skull cap, you've taking care of it. So, I've never worried that I'm gonna have to have it replaced again. The prayers of the righteous are effective and they avail.”

Jenns’ case was so complex, Dr. Patel is presenting his findings in a case study to help other surgeons treat grade 5 AVM. As for Jenn, she continued physical therapy, and eventually was strong enough to go hiking in the Swiss alps with her family. She also returned to work full time. Although she has numbness on the right side of her body, Jenn has full use of her right arm and leg. Whatever the outcome, Jenn and Justin are thankful for prayer and God’s healing touch.

Justin says, “It's really unbelievable. In fact, the doctors say, we don't know how to explain it other than the word miraculous. Really He does not leave us or forsake us. The single most profound element that made the difference in our journey is having that confidence through prayer.”

Jenn shares, “I don't think that I would've been able to survive this without prayer. God is so faithful to hear our prayers, to listen, to lean in, to respond. The Lord wants to meet us right where we are, even in our hard times.”

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700 Club

An Unlikely Man with Profound Faith Brings Wildcats to Success

One word defines “greatness” in college baseball, Omaha, the site of the annual College World Series. For more than 120 years, Omaha had eluded the Kentucky baseball team.  Turns out all they needed was a coach with an aerospace degree and an utter dependence on God.

Coach Nick Mingione: I ended up going to Embry-Riddle to an aeronautical university where all I've ever wanted to do since I was 12-years-old was coach. I have a degree in Aerospace studies.

Will Dawson: So, you’re not an astronaut?

Mingione: No! (Laughs)

While playing baseball at Embry-Riddle in 1996, Nick Mingione gave his heart to Jesus.

“I went to church that day and it came time for the invitation. And I'll never forget, the pastor was like, ‘Hey, heads are bowed and eyes are closed,’ says Mingione. And he's like, ‘Hey, if you feel like you're lonely, you're tired of trying to please people,’ I'm a people pleaser, He's like, ‘you come right now.’ And he's like, ‘If you don't know for a fact, if you were to die today, you're going to heaven, you come right now.’ And that's when Romans 10:9 became the verse that really changed my life. ‘If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, you believe in your heart, God raised him from the dead, you'll be saved.’ And, so that was in October of ‘96 and I'm not where I want to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be.”

From 2002 to 2016, Mingione coached as an assistant at Florida Gulf Coast, Embry-Riddle, Kentucky, Western Carolina, and Mississippi State. In 2017, he received his first offer to be a head coach.

“I walk into John Cohen’s office one day and he's like, ‘Nick, close the door.’ And he's like, ‘I really think you're ready to be a head coach. I want you to be the head coach of Kentucky.’

In his first season as a head coach in Lexington in 2017, the Wildcats finished with one of the best records in school history,  just two games short of the College World Series. Coach Mingione was named conference and national coach of the year.

Dawson: It's a pretty incredible first year. You had to be thinking to yourself, why didn't I do this earlier? Yeah, it's pretty easy stuff, right?

Mingione: Yeah. Then that was that was part of my downfall as well. You know?
After winning the 2017 SEC coach of the year, Kentucky failed to make the NCAA tournament in five consecutive seasons. For a competitor like nick, losing began taking a toll.

Mingione: Boy, did I get humbled?

Dawson: Well the expectations were really high. Once you do that your first year I mean what comes next has to be the next step, right?

Mingione: Our culture had not gotten good. It had gotten bad. And it realized to me about the importance of culture being every day you got to work on your culture every day.

Dawson: To hear that you were in a bad place, that you were down and beaten down, what did it look like?

Mingione In 2022, I felt like we had built it back and we were like, ‘All right, this is the team.’ Well, our Friday starter goes down and shortly after our Saturday starter goes down and it's like as a coach, you're just, oh man, when your players get hurt, it crushes you. And to watch those players hurt and to watch our team and to watch us lose and I'm just like, ‘Golly, like, this was the team!’ And I was really in a in a dark place because I had felt so bad. We had worked so hard, and I was just trying everything I could to get the program to back where it needed to be for our players, for our staff, like just to have success. And I was beat down.
It was then, in 2023, Nick cried out to God.

“I was just I was like, ‘You know what? I'm done.’ Like, ‘I'm not doing this anymore.’ And I was just I really got on my hands and knees and it was like, ‘Lord, I'm, I'm done. Like I surrender, like I'm letting go of this. Like, you can have it. If you want me to be the coach here, I'll be the coach here. If you want me to go coach, do something else. I'll do whatever. Like it. But I'm done trying to do this on my own,’” says Mingione.

Nick made some changes, including moving out of the dugout to the third base coaching box. As a result, Kentucky had an incredible finish to 2023. They would play for a super-regional, just short of Omaha. Some friendly advice helped Nick put the true meaning of success into perspective. 

“He said, ‘Nick, what you’re chasing or what you're pursuing reveals what you love’. 
And I was chasing that trophy instead of chasing God. And he taught me this. He's like, ‘There are two glories that we could aim for. Man's glory, which equals bondage. Or you can chase after God's glory, which equals freedom.’  And I wanted to chase and aim after God's glory.”

The next season, in 2024, armed with a new perspective, coach Nick Mingione led Kentucky to their first ever College World Series in Omaha. In their first game, the Wildcats beat NC State with a walk-off home run.

“And I'm like Lord you're just showing off. Like you're just flexing your muscles,” said Mingione. 

“I was able to just coach with complete freedom. Like the battle's already won. He's already on his throne. It’s  not like some prosperity gospel deal. Like, you know, we finished fifth. Yeah, but we lost like, we didn't win it. But he was glorified. And that was the most important thing that God would be glorified through it all. That thing?(Points at College World Series Trophy) Who knows where that thing's going to be. That's going to be someone's basement one day. Who knows? But those people and those lives now, that's forever. Yeah, that is what I'm most proud of, is that God was able to glorify, and we were able to use that experience to advance and further his kingdom.”

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700 Club

It's Either Food or Water, She Chose Water

Prakaiwan and her husband are farmers in Thailand. They have two sources of water to drink: jars outside their home and an old community water tank. 

“The water tastes bad from both places. I tried to clean it by boiling it, but it still tastes funny. Sometimes when I see mosquito larvae in it I don’t drink it.” Notes Prakaiwan. 

Then Prakaiwan was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her doctor told her to stop drinking the bad water and only buy purified water. Soon they could not afford to do that. 

“We did not always have enough money for food. We were starving. I prayed and asked God to provide us with clean water.” She continues. 

Then Operation Blessing came to village. first, we tested the two water sources and confirmed it contained bacteria.  

Then thanks to you  Operation Blessing built a new water system for the community. We drilled a 400 foot deep well and added a 3-stage water treatment system. The clean water is stored in a tank for use by more 220 families —including Prakaiwan

“I never dreamed that this day would come. God answered my prayers! The water from the Operation Blessing well is clear, clean, and safe to drink. My doctor asked me, ‘What did you do? Your health has improved so much!’ I’m so grateful to the people who support Operation Blessing. Thank you!” She concludes. 

Chuu Chuu, an 11-year-old girl in Myanmar, smiles brightly at the camera. Gizmo flies behind her to the right. The CBN Animation and Superbook logos are stacked above Gizmo.
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Superbook Sparks a Little Girl’s Faith

In the heart of Myanmar, an 11-year-old girl named Chuu Chuu lives with her aunt, surrounded by challenging circumstances. Her parents, non-believers, are often away for work, leaving Chuu Chuu in an environment dominated by drug users, drug dealers, and constant negativity. Despite these hardships, Chuu Chuu's story is one of hope, transformation, and the incredible power of faith.

Before encountering the Superbook curriculum, Chuu Chuu struggled with forgiveness and understanding the importance of apologizing for her wrongdoings. Her manners were rough, shaped by the difficult environment she lived in. However, everything began to change when she started attending Sunday school regularly and learning from the Superbook lessons.

One lesson in particular had a profound impact on her—“Jacob and Esau.” Through this story, Chuu Chuu learned the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation and chose to make Jesus her Savior. “Jesus is my master who forgave my sins, so I thank Him and accept Him as my Savior. Even though my parents do not believe in Jesus, I testify that I do believe in Jesus… I decided to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior,” Chuu Chuu shares with conviction.

The transformation in Chuu Chuu’s life was remarkable. She began to forgive her friends, apologize for her mistakes, and actively do good for others. Her manners improved, and she found joy in participating in church worship programs, singing, and dancing. The Word of God, rooted in her heart through the Superbook curriculum, brought about a significant change in her behavior and outlook on life.

Chuu Chuu’s story is a testament to the global reach and impact of CBN Animation’s Superbook. Through engaging storytelling and captivating animations, Superbook brings the Word of God to children worldwide, fostering spiritual growth and transformation. In Chuu Chuu’s case, the lessons from Superbook brought her to salvation, helping her to connect deeply with God’s Word and experience Jesus’ love. Her behavior changed in profound ways. 

We invite you to join us in this mission to bring the Word of God to life for the next generation. By donating to CBN Animation’s Superbook ministry through the link below, sharing this story, or accessing Superbook resources for your own families, you can help extend this ministry to even more children and families around the world. Together, we can inspire more children like Chuu Chuu to be a light in their communities, shining brightly with the love of Jesus.

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