George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL IS

UNDER WAY.

WOOWE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IRAQ'S

CHRISTIANS ARE FIGHTING A

MUCH DARKER SPIRITUAL

BATTLE, ON THEIR KNEES.

PLUS, FRANKLIN GRAHAM IS

CALLING ON AMERICAN

CHRISTIANS TO GET OUT OF

THEIR CHURCHES AND GO TO

THE VOTING BOOTHS.

SEE WHY HE SAYS THIS ISX

THE MOST IMPORTANT

ELECTION OF HIS TIME.

> AND...HE'S AN ATHLETE

WHO BRINGS HIS FAITH TO

THE FIELD.

SEE WHY TIM TEBOW WON'T

LET HIS FAITH BE SHAKEN BY

LIFE'S STORMS.

*

George: HELLO,

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

MY COLLEAGUE, WENDY

GRIFFITH, WILL BE BACK

NEXT WEEK.

KURDISH AND IRAQI

MILITARY FORCES ARE

GAINING GROUND IN THEIR

QUEST TO TAKE IRAQ'S

SECOND LARGEST CITY,

MOSUL, FROM THE ISLAMIC

GROUP, ISIS.

SO FAR THEY HAVE LIBERATED

SEVERAL VILLAGES NEAR THE

CITY, BUT THAT IS NOT THE

ONLY BATTLE IN THE REGION.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,

CHRISTIANS ARE WAGING A

SPIRITUAL FIGHT FOR THE

FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

Chris: OFFICIALS

EXPECT IT COULD TAKE

MONTHS TO LIBERATE THE

IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL FROM

THE GRIP OF ISIS.

WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING ON

THE GROUND, A DIFFERENT

CAMPAIGN IS TAKING ANOTHER

ROUTE.

A GROWING PRAYER MOVEMENT

IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT

THE MIDDLE EAST.

THESE HOUSES OF PRAYER ARE

PRAYING FOR GOD'S PLAN TO

BE FULFILLED IN PERHAPS

THE MOST VOLATILE REGION

ON EARTH.

WE'RE SEEING AN

INCREASE IN THE HOURS OF

PRAYER MEETINGS, BOTH FROM

LOCAL BELIEVERS AND ALSO

PEOPLE OUTSIDE PRAYING FOR

THE MIDDLE EAST AND COMING

HERE TO PRAY AS WELL.

George: THIS IS THE

MESOPOTAMIS HOUSE OF

PRAYER.

THE CO-FOUNDER SAYS

THEY'RE PRAYING FOR THE

FULFILLMENT OF ISAIAH 19,

WHICH SAYS: "IN THAT DAY,

ISRAEL WILL BE ONE OF

THREE WITH EGYPT AND

ASSYRIA, A BLESSING IN THE

MIDST OF THE LAND, WHICH

THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL

BLESS, SAYING BLESSED IS

THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT, AND

ISRAEL, MY INHERITANCE."

IN ORDER FOR THAT TO

HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

TO BE A BLESSING ON THE

EARTH, WE NEED TO BECOME A

HABITATION OF THE PRESENCE

OF GOD.

AND IN ORDER TO BE A

HABITATION FOR THE

PRESENCE OF GOD, GOD IS

BUILDING THE ALTER OF

PRAYER AND WORSHIP.

Chris: WITH SO MUCH

CARNAGE IN THE REGION,

THIS FULFILLMENT MIGHT

SEEM FAR-FETCHED.

GRESH SAYS IN LIGHT OF ALL

OF THE BAD NEWS, IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE TO

LOOK.

WE ARE TO LOOK TO

JESUS.

WE ARE TO LOOK AT GOD'S

PROMISES IN HIS WORD.

SO WE WOULD BE INFLUENCED

BY HIM AND NOT BY WHAT

HAPPENS AROUND US IN THIS

WORLD.

WE EASILY CAN GET

INFLUENCED BY DARKNESS AND

IT CAN AFFECT US, BUT IF

WE LOOK AT JESUS AND LOOK

AT HIS WORD, WE SEE THAT

GOD WANTS TO POUR OUT HIS

SPIRIT.

HE IS COMING BACK FOR A

BRIDE, AND EVEN HERE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

WE NEED TO LOOK TO JESUS

AND NOT BE INFLUENCED BY

BAD NEWS.

AND HEAR GOOD REPORTS OF

WHAT JESUS IS DOING, AND

THIS WAY IT STIRS OUR

HEARTS AND GIVES US HOPE

TO BELIEVE FOR MORE.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, IRBIL,

NORTHERN IRAQ.

George: THANKS,

CHRIS.

GARY LANE HAS BEEN TO

MOSUL AND THE SURROUNDING

REGIONS, AND HE JOINS US

TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE

EVENTS OF THIS WEEK.

A DRAMATIC MOMENT THIS

PAST WEEKEND IN KIRKUK,

INVOLVING SOME CHRISTIAN

GIRLS WITH ISIS FIGHTERS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

VERY DRAMATIC.

ABOUT 500 STUDENTS WERE IN

A SCHOOL IN KIRKUK, A

CALDEAN SCHOOL, AND THE

ISIS FIGHTERS CAME INTO

THEIR SCHOOL.

THERE WERE ABOUT 30 GIRLS

STILL IN THE SCHOOL, STUCK

THERE.

THESE ISIS FIGHTERS

ACTUALLY HAD A ROOM NEXT

TO THE GIRLS, AND THE

GIRLS WERE HIDING UNDER

THE BED, AND THEY WEREN'T

DETECTED.

THESE GUYS HAD SUICIDE

VESTS ON, AK-47s, THAT

KIND OF THING.

George: INCREDIBLE.

AND WE GET THIS

INFORMATION THAT TROOPS

HAVE BEGUN TO LIBERATE

SOME OF THE CHRISTIAN

TOWNS.

IN THE PROCESS OF

LIBERATING SOME OF THOSE

TOWNS, THEY CAME ACROSS

THIS YOUNG GIRL -- LET'S

PLAY THE TAPE REAL

QUICKLY, AND THEN WE'LL

COME BACK TO GARY.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

George: SHE SAYS THAT

SHE WAS WAITING FOR THESE

MEN TO COME AND RESCUE

THEM.

THREE DAYS SHE'S BEEN

THERE WITHOUT ANY WATER,

WITHOUT ANY FOOD.

George: THESE

CHRISTIAN TOWNS -- ARE

IRAQIS GOING BACK TO THE

TOWNS YET?

SOME OF THEM ARE GOING

BACK AT LEAST TO CHECK OUT

THEIR HOMES.

WHEN THEY GO BACK IN, THEY

ARE FINDING THEY HAVE

NOTHING LEFT THERE.

THE HOMES HAVE BEEN

DESTROYED.

ONE MAN SAID, WHAT ARE WE

GOING TO DO, GO BACK IN

LIVE IN A TENT?

THEY CAN'T GO BACK YET.

THEY HAVE NO MONEY, OF

COURSE, GEORGE, TO GO BACK

AND REBUILD.

George: HOW CAN WE

PRAY FOR THEM IN THIS VERY

DIFFICULT CONDITION?

HAY WOUL THEY WOULD SAY PRAY

THAT GOD WOULD GIVE THEM

STRENGTH.

George: AND THE

RETAKING OF MOSUL IS GOING

TO TAKE A WHILE.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE

MONTHS, AND POSSIBLY

YEARS, TO REBUILD THESE

COMMUNITIES.

George: IN SOME

WAYS -- I MEAN, WHAT ARE

THE AUTHORITIES DOING TO

SAY, CHRISTIANS, YOU CAN

COME BACK --

ARTILLERY SHELLS CAN

STILL COME INTO THOSE

VILLAGES, SO THEY'RE NOT

OUT OF DANGER.

George: I'M HEARING,

GARY, IN MOSUL, THERE ARE

I.E.D.s AND BOOBY-TRAPS,

AND THE TOWN IS COMPLETELY

TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE

GOING BACK TO CHECK THE

HOUSES, TO SEE IF THEY ARE

STILL THERE, AND THEY'RE

NOT LIVING THERE.

George: WE NEED TO

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

IRAQ.

OF COURSE.

George: THANK YOU,

GARY.

> WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD

NEWS COMING IN FROM THE

NATION OF IRAN.

A PASTOR THERE HAS BEEN

RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER

SPENDING SIX YEARS BEHIND

BARS.

HIS NAME, BEN HAM IRANI.

HE WAS CONVICTED OF CRIMES

AGAINST THE NATIONAL

SECURITY AFTER HIS HOUSE

CHURCH WAS RAIDED BACK IN

2010.

HIS SENTENCE WAS EXTENDED

WHEN 18 ADDITIONAL CHARGES

WERE BROUGHT UP AGAINST

HIM.

DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT,

HE SPENT TIME IN SOLITARY

CONFINEMENT AND HAS

SUFFERED SERIOUS HEALTH

PROBLEMS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HIS

SUPPORTERS ARE ASKING FOR

PRAYER FOR HIS COMPLETE

RECOVERY.

COMING UP, EVANGELIST

FRANKLIN GRAHAM HITS ALL

50 STATES HERE IN THE

U.S., WITH A SIMPLE

MESSAGE TO ALL CHRISTIANS:

VOTE LIKE YOUR FAITH

DEPENDS ON IT.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

THE SON OF BILLY GRAHAM IS

ON A MISSION TO WAKE UP

AMERICA'S CHURCHES AND GET

CHRISTIANS TO VOTE.

FRANKLIN GRAHAM HELD

PRAYER RALLIES IN ALL 50

STATES.

MARK MARTIN CAUGHT UP WITH

HIM IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

THE ONLY HOPE FOR THIS

COUNTRY IS GOD.

Reporter: ON THE

GROUNDS OF THE VIRGINIA

STATE HOUSE, FRANKLIN

GRAHAM LED THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE IN A TIME OF BIBLE

READING AND PRAYER.

AS GOD BRINGS TO YOUR

THOUGHT, TO YOUR MIND THE

SINS THAT THIS NATION HAS

COMMITTED, LET'S CONFESS

THESE SINS OUT LOUD TO

GOD, RIGHT HERE ON THE

STEPS OF YOUR CAPITAL.

Reporter: IT WAS ALSO

A TIME TO RALLY VOTERS.

I WANT THE CHURCH TO

WAKE UP.

[APPLAUSE]

THE CHURCH HAS TO VOTE.

AMERICA NEEDS TO HEAR THE

VOICE OF GOD'S PEOPLE.

Reporter: GRAHAM SAYS

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

ELECTION IN HIS LIFE, AND

HE TOLD THE CROWD THE

ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT THE

SUPREME COURT.

AND IN THE NEXT FOUR

YEARS, THERE COULD BE TWO,

THREE, POSSIBLY UP TO FIVE

JUSTICES THAT COULD BE

APPOINTED.

THAT'S HUGE.

IT WILL CHANGE THE

DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY.

THE WRONG JUSTICES,

PROGRESSIVE JUSTICES, IF

THEY'RE APPOINTED, IT IS

FINISHED FOR THIS NATION.

Reporter: CBN NEWS

CAUGHT UP WITH GRAHAM ON A

"DECISION AMERICA" TOUR

BUS.

HE SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT

TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO

VOTE, BUT HE DOES WANT

THEM TO HEAD TO THE POLLS.

IF WE SIT AT HOME,

20 MILLION TO 30 MILLION

SIT AT HOME, OUR COUNTRY

IS FINISHED.

BUT IF THE CHURCH WILL

WAKE UP, AND IF THE CHURCH

WILL VOTE -- AGAIN, YOU'RE

NOT VOTING FOR A PERSON OR

A PERSONALITY -- WE'RE

VOTING ABOUT PUTTING A

PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE

THAT WILL APPOINT THE

RIGHT JAWFORTS.

JUSTICES.

THAT'S WHAT THIS ELECTION

IS ABOUT.

Reporter: THAT

MESSAGE STRUCK A CHORD AT

THE RALLY.

I KNOW THE TWO

CANDIDATES ARE NOT THE

BEST CHOICES ON EITHER

SIDE, BUT YOU HAVE AN

OBLIGATION AS AN AMERICAN

TO VOTE, AND BE PRAYERFUL

ABOUT IT.

DON'T THINK ABOUT THE

PERSONALITIES.

THINK ABOUT WHAT IS AT

STAKE.

THE SUPREME COURT IS AT

STAKE HERE, OUR WAY OF

LIFE, IN A MANNER OF

SPEAKING, IS AT STAKE.

PRAYERFULLY DECIDE AND

VOTE.

Reporter: MARK

MARTIN, CBN NEWS,

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

George: RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM ISSUES IS A HUGE

CONCERN HERE IN AMERICA,

WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

CHRISTIAN BUSINESS OWNERS

HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES

TARGETED SIMPLY FOR

FOLLOWING THEIR BELIEFS.

NOW THEY'RE COMING

TOGETHER TO FIGHT THIS PER

CONSTITUTION.

PAUL STRAND BRINGS US THAT

STORY.

Reporter: NONE OF

THESE THOUGHTS LIVING

THEIR BELIEFS THROUGH

THEIR BUSINESS WOULD MAKE

THEM CRIMINALS IN THE EYES

OF THE LAW.

THEY'RE SPREADING THE WORD

ON HOW AN AGGRESSIVE GAY

RIGHTS AGENDA CAN THREATEN

LIVELIHOOD AND EVEN FREED.

CHRISTIANS ALL ACROSS THE

COUNTRY HAVE TO ASK

THEMSELVES, DO WE ALL NEED

TO WORRY?

BARON STUDSMAN FACES

LOSING EVERYTHING.

SHE REFUSED TO DO THE

FLOWERS FOR A LONG-TIME

CUSTOMER AND FRIEND'S

SAME-SEX WEDDING.

WHETHER YOUR CHRISTIAN

OR NOT, BE AWARE THAT THE

GOVERNMENT IS COMING IN

TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO

THINK, HOW TO ACT, WHAT TO

BELIEVE, WHAT TO CREATE.

THAT IS NOT A FREE

AMERICAN.

THEY CAN BULLY YOU INTO AN

AGENDA, THEN WE DO NOT

HAVE A CONSTITUTION.

Reporter: STUDSMAN

WAS ASKED WHY SHE WOULDN'T

TAKE A SETTLEMENT OFFERED

BY WASHINGTON STATE.

I WASN'T OFFERED A

SETTLEMENT.

I WAS OFFERED AN

ULTIMATUM.

EITHER YOU WILL DO AS I

TELL YOU TO DO, YOU WILL

THINK THE WAY I TELL YOU

THINK, AND YOU WILL

PERFORM THE WAY I TELL YOU

TO PERFORM, AND IF YOU

DON'T, I WILL DESTROY YOU.

Reporter: AND THEY

ARE TAKING BLAINE A ADAMSAN

TO COURT FOR REFUSING TO

PRINT GAY T-SHIRTS.

HE WAS TREATED AS IF HE

WAS DOING WRONG, WHEN HE

SAID ALL HE IS DOING IS

BACKING UP HIS BELIEFS.

HE THINKS ALL AMERICANS

NEED TO BE CONCERNED.

I DON'T THINK IT IS

JUST CHRISTIANS BECAUSE

OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES TRAVEL

TOGETHER.

IF THE GOVERNMENT FORCES

ME TO SPEAK A MESSAGE,

THAT'S A SCARY THING.

BECAUSE AS ADMINISTRATIONS

CHANGE AND AS POLICIES

CHANGE, THAT SAME FORCE

COULD APPLY TO SOMEONE WHO

THINKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT

THAN ME.

Reporter: CALVIN LOST

HER JOB AS ATLANTA'S FIRE

CHIEF AS DEFENDING THE

BIBLICAL MODEL OF MARRIAGE

IN A PRIVATE BOOK WRITTEN

FOR A MEN'S CHURCH GROUP.

WE'RE SEEING A TREND IF

YOU OPENLY LIVE OUT YOUR

FAITH, IT COULD ACTUALLY

YOU YOUR CAREER OR YOUR

BUSINESS.

Reporter: THESE

OWNERS OF A PHOENIX ART

STUDIO ARE FIGHTING A NEW

CITY ORDINANCE THAT COULD

JAIL THEM IF THEY EVER

REFUSE TO DO ART FOR A

SAME-SEX WEDDING, OR EVEN

PUBLICIZE WHY THEY

WOULDN'T.

IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN

THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE

POWER TO TELL A BUSINESS

OR ANYONE YOU CAN POST

THIS STATEMENT ON YOUR

WEBSITE; YOU CAN'T POST

THAT STATEMENT.

Reporter: TERRY CUBIC

REPRESENTS JACK PHILLIPS,

FOUND GUILTY FOR REFUSING

TO BAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY

WEDDING.

THEY COMPARED JACK TO

PER TRADERPERPETRATORS OF THE

HOLOCAUST AND SLAVE

OWNERS.

THIS WAS EXTRA UPSETTING

BECAUSE JACK'S FATHER WAS

PART OF WORLD WAR II AND

PART OF THE D-DAY

INVASION.

JESUS PROMISED US THAT

THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT SOME

POINT.

WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A

FREE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS.

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE

THE GOVERNMENT CAN TELL US

WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT TO

BELIEVE.

THAT SHOULD BE CONCERNING

FOR PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS

AND ALL BELIEFS.

Reporter: BUT ALL OF

THESE CHRISTIANS SAY IN

THIS DECAYING CULTURE, IT

IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE

STANDS LIKE THEY HAVE.

JESUS SPECIFICALLY

SAID, IF YOU DENY ME

PUBLICLY, I'LL DENY YOU

BEFORE MY FATHER IN

HEAVEN.

IF WE HAVE TO MAKE A

CHOICE -- ACCORDING TO THE

WAY I WAS RAISED, WHEN

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A

CHOICE BETWEEN YOUR FAITH

AND YOUR JOB, YOU CHOOSE

YOUR FAITH.

Reporter: PAUL

STRAND, CBN NEWS.

George: THIS IS NOT

JUST HAPPENING HERE IN

AMERICA.

IN IRELAND, CHRISTIAN

BAKERS LOST THEIR APPEAL

TO OVERTURN A VERDICT THAT

FOUND THEM GUILTY OF

DISCRIMINATION.

BACK IN 2014, THE OWNERS

OF ASSCHER'S BAKERY

REFUSED TO MAKE A CAKE

WITH A GAY MARRIAGE THEME.

THE COURT ORDERED THEM TO

PAY A FINE TO THE

PLAINTIFF, A GAY RIGHTS

ACTIVIST.

WHAT WE REFUSED TO DO

WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN

PROMOTING A POLITICAL

POSITION.

BECAUSE WE'RE CHRISTIANS,

WE SUPPORT THE CURRENT

LAW, AND WE FELT THAT

MAKING THAT CAKE WOULD

MAKE US RESPONSIBLE FOR

ITS MESSAGE.

IT HAS BEEN A TRYING TIME,

BUT WE'RE THANKFUL TO GOD

AND HIS FAITHFULNESS

THROUGH EVERYTHING.

George: THE OWNERS

THERE ARE EXPECTED TO FILE

AN APPEAL.

> UP NEXT, IT'S NOT ALL

FUN AND GAMES FOR TIM

TEBOW.

SEE HOW THIS ATHLETE'S

FAITH REMAINS UNSHAKEN IN

THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.

George: WELL, HE IS

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS

ATHLETES HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES, BUT THINGS

HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY

FOR TIM TEBOW.

RECENTLY MY COLLEAGUE

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON ASKED

HIM HOW HIS FAITH HAS

HELPED HIM GET THROUGH THE

STORMS OF LIFE.

Reporter: THE WORLD

HAS NOTICED TIM TEBOW

PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL,

BUT WHO COULD HAVE

PREDICTED THAT A HEISMEN

TROPHY WINNER WOULD FIND

HIMSELF IN SCOTTSDALE,

ARIZONA, TO PLAY MINOR

LEAGUE BASEBALL.

> WHY BASEBALL?

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO

START OVER, AND HOW DID

YOU FILL HITTING A HOMERUN

YOUR FIRST TIME STEPPING

UP TO BAT?

WELL, HITTING A HOMERUN

FELT GOOD.

PLAYING BASEBALL FOR ME

WAS SOMETHING I ALMOST DID

OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

I DECIDED TO GO TO THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, AND

IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT

HAS BEEN ON MY HEART

THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE

OF YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE

LAST TWO.

I REALLY FELT LIKE, WHY

NOT GO PURSUE IT IF IT IS

SOMETHING I'M PASSIONATE

ABOUT.

I FOUND IT IN MY HEART, SO

GO AFTER IT.

Reporter: TIM MAY BE

PASSIONATE ABOUT BASEBALL

NOW, BUT IT WASN'T EXACTLY

HIS FIRST CAREER CHOICE.

THE DENVER BRONCOS DRAFTED

HIM RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE,

AND AFTER BEING PROMOTED

TO STARTING QUARTERBACK,

TIM LED THE TEAM TO THEIR

FIRST PLAYOFF WIN IN SIX

YEARS.

DESPITE THAT PROMISING

FIRST SEASON, THE BRONCOS

TRADED HIM, AND IT WENT

DOWNHILL FROM THERE.

TIM WAS CUT OR RELEASED

FROM THREE MORE TEAMS IN

THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING

THROUGH THAT, WHAT DO YOU

HAVE TO HOLD ON TO?

WHAT IS YOUR FOUNDATION?

WHO'S ARE YOU IN YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST?

Reporter: A LITTLE

OVER A YEAR AGO, TIM FELT

GOD PROMPTING HIM TO WRITE

A BOOK FOR OTHERS.

I WANTED TO WRITE A

BOOK FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND

TELL THEM THERE IS STILL A

GOD WHO CREATED YOU, WHO

LOVES YOU, AND YOU MATTER,

AND YOU'RE SIGNIFICANT.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING

THROUGH TOUGH TIMES, THEY

HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD ON

TO, AND THEY DO IN THEIR

RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.

Reporter: IN HIS NEW

BOOK "SHAKEN," TIM TALKS

ABOUT HIS TOUGHER TIMES.

THOSE RANGE FROM TRYING TO

JUST BE ONE OF THE GUYS ON

A NEW TEAM SURROUNDED BY A

MEDIA FRENZY, TO LIVING IN

ISOLATION AS PAPARAZZI

CAMPED OUT 12 FEET FROM

HIS FRONT DOOR, TO

REALIZING HIS FUTURE IN

FOOTBALL WAS LIKELY OVER.

AS HE WRITES, "I HAD NO

JOB, NO CAR, NO HOME.

ALL THE WHILE SPORTS

ANNOUNCERS AND MEDIA

HEADLINES BLOWING UP WITH

PEOPLE HAPPY TO SEE HIM

FAILING."

NOT EVERYBODY CAN

RELATE TO THE HIGHS, BUT

ALMOST EVERYBODY CAN

RELATE TO THE LOWS.

IN THOSE MOMENTS, HOW DO

WE HANDLE IT?

HOW DO WE BOUNCE BACK FROM

IT?

BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO

BE TOUGH TIMES.

LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY,

BUT WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO

FOCUS ON GOD AND HIS PLAN

FOR YOUR LIFE, IT IS WORTH

IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY

MATTERS.

Reporter: THROUGH

RELENTLESS CRITICISM, TIM

HAS MANAGED TO KEEP CALM

AND REMAIN FOCUSED.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF AND YOUR DOING

THE RIGHT THING, YOU HAVE

TO BLOCK OUT THE CRITICISM

AND YOU HAVE TO BLOCK OUT

THE NAY-SAYERS.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL

SAY, LET IT GO IN ONE EAR

AND OUT THE OTHER.

I THINK, DON'T EVEN LET IT

GO IN ONE EAR.

DON'T LISTEN TO IT.

DON'T GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

DON'T READ IT.

DON'T WATCH THE TV.

FOR ME, IT IS STAY FOCUSED

ON WHAT YOUR GOAL IS AND

DON'T LET THE NAY-SAYERS

SWAY YOU FROM YOUR GOAL.

Reporter: IN YOUR

BOOK, YOU BOLDLY CHALLENGE

PEOPLE TO WALK WITH JESUS

AND TAKE UP THE CROSS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THE TAKE

ANYWHERTAKE-AWAY FROM YOUR BOOK

TO BE?

TO GO AND FIND A DEEPER

RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.

IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO

CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING

OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT IT

IS A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP,

ONE-ON-ONE, WITH A GOD WHO

LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE SENT

HIS OWN SON TO DIE FOR

YOU.

Reporter: HE SHARED

HIS PHILOSOPHY ON

RELATIONSHIPS.

I THINK PRAYER IS

IMPORTANT.

I THINK HAVING GODLY

WISDOM IS IMPORTANT, FROM

PEOPLE THAT YOU LOOK UP

TO.

AND I THINK HAVING PEOPLE

AROUND YOU THAT ARE GOING

TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU

REALLY NEED TO HEAR, NOT

WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, AND

THEY'RE ABLE TO BE THE

PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP GUIDE

YOU IN THAT PATH, BECAUSE

SOMETIMES IN RELATIONSHIPS

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SEE

CLEAR, BUT PEOPLE AROUND

YOU CAN.

Reporter: "SHAKEN" IS

NOT JUST INSPIRED BY HIS

OWN EXPERIENCES, BUT

OVERCOMING DISAPPOINTMENT.

I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO

ARE SO SHAKEN, AND THEY

THINK, I DON'T EVEN KNOW

IF I'M GOING TO BE HERE

TOMORROW, BUT EVEN IN THE

MIDST OF ALL OF THAT, THEY

STILL HAD SOMETHING TO

HOLD ON, AND THAT WAS

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

CHRIST.

Reporter: IN 2010,

TIM CREATED THE TIM TEBOW

FOUNDATION, THAT HELPS

THOUSANDS OF ORPHANS,

SPECIAL NEEDS, AND

TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN.

GOD PLANTED THIS SEED WHEN

HE WAS 15 AND MET A

FILIPINO BOY NAMED

SHERWOOD WHO HAD BACKWARDS

FEET.

IN 2015, THE HOSPITAL

OPENED IN THE PHILIPPINES

THAT PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES.

ALL OF THE BOYS LIKE

SHERWOOD WITH THEIR FEET

ON BACKWARDS, WE GET TO

PICK THEM UP AND CARRY

THEM TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND THEY GET TO WALK OUT.

THEY DON'T JUST WALK OUT

WITH PHYSICAL HEALING, BUT

SPIRITUAL HEALING AND

EMOTIONAL HEALING AS WELL.

Reporter: THE

HOSPITAL IS ONE OF TIM'S

PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE

PEOPLE GO IN WITH THEIR

HEAD DOWN, AND HOPEFULLY

THEY WALK OUT WITH THEIR

HEAD UP.

PEOPLE WILL CRITICIZE

AND SAY WHY, THE CHANCE OF

MAKING IT ARE SO SLIM.

BUT FOR ME IT IS ABOUT

PURSUING YOUR PASSION AND

NOT BEING AFRAID OF

FAILURE, AND NOT BEING

AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE

GOING TO SAY.

I'M ALSO A BELIEVER THAT

PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL

FEAR.

LET'S JUST LOVE GOD AND

BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WE

LOVE IN THE NAME OF JESUS?

HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WE

HELP IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THAT IS THE GOAL.

NOTHING ELSE IS THE GOAL.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS, PLAIN

AND SIMPLE.

THAT'S MY PASSION.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS MY

PURPOSE, TOO.

Reporter: AND THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT TIM IS DOING

ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

HE MAY NOT BE PLAYING IN

ARENAS OF 75,000 ANYMORE,

BUT THE SMALLER CROWDS

HAVE LED TO SOME DIVINE

OPPORTUNITIES.

TIM RECENTLY MADE

HEADLINES FOR PRAYING OVER

A FAN HAVING A SEIZURE

AFTER ONE OF HIS GAMES.

HE LATER LEARNED THE MAN

DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS

WHILE WATCHING THE GAME,

AFTER OVERHEARING OTHER

FANS TALKING ABOUT GOD.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE THAT

YOU SERVE A BIG GOD, AND

YOU BELIEVE HE HAS A PLAN

AND A PURPOSE FOR YOU, CAN

WALK WITH CONFIDENCE AND

GO AFTER WHAT HE PUTS ON

YOUR HEART.

AND YOU CAN DO IT WITH

BOLDNESS AND COURAGE, AND

YOU CAN GO AFTER IT

WITHOUT LISTENING TO THE

NAY-SAYERS.

Reporter: TIM MAY NOT

HAVE SEEN BASEBALL IN HIS

FUTURE, BUT GOD SURE DID.

WITH EACH CURVEBALL THROWN

AT HIM, HE HAS CONTINUED

TO TRUST GOD'S PLAN FOR

HIS LIFE AND NOT LET HIS

FAITH BE SHAKEN.

REPORTING FROM SCOTTSDALE,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN

NEWS.

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George: AND FINALLY

ON THE BROADCAST THIS

WEEK, CBN'S DISASTER

RELIEF BROUGHT HELP TO

FLOOD VICTIMS IN VIETNAM.

TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSED

RIVERS TO OVERFLOW,

KILLING MORE THAN 20, AND

LEAVING HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

CBN VOLUNTEERS ARE AT WORK

IN THE COUNTRY, ACTUALLY

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

THEY BROUGHT FOOD AND

WATER TO VICTIMS IN TWO

PROVINCES.

THEY ALSO HELD A MEDICAL

CLINIC.

> OKAY, DOING GREAT WORK

AROUND THE WORLD.

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FOR JOINING US ON THIS

WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, ON BEHALF

OF EVERYONE HERE, GOOD-BYE

AND GOD BLESS YOU.