A

YOUNG COUPLE, COMMITTED TO

PRAYING FOR 40 DAYS.

Terry: ONE OF THOSE

PRAYER TIMES WAS FILMED.

WE WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT

HAPPENED WHEN THEY START

PRAYING WITH THEIR EYES

OPEN.

GOD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL

FOR YOU, AND I'M SO

THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE

DONE IN OUR MARRIAGE.

I KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE

MICHAELA THE WAY YOU LOVE

HER.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH,

GOD, THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT

US TOGETHER AND THAT

YOU'VE KEPT US UNDER YOUR

HAND.

THE FIRST TIME WE MET

WAS AT THE BUS STOP IN OUR

NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, AND

HE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE.

GOD, I WANT TO PROTECT

HER AND HONOR HER ALL OF

THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE ME

WISDOM.

IT IS VERY, VERY INTIMATE.

IT WAS COMPLETELY

COMFORTABLE.

ALL OF THE CAMERAS JUST

KIND OF DISSIPATED.

IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS

TALKING TO GOD ABOUT ME

AND I JUST GOT TO HEAR THE

CONVERSATION.

AND THAT WAS REALLY,

REALLY POWERFUL.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I

GOT SO BLESSED.

WOULD YOU JUST KEEP YOUR

ARMS AROUND US, AND KEEP

OUR HEARTS TETHERED

TOGETHER AND CHOSE

TOGETHER.

GOD, YOU'RE SO GOOD.

WE THANK YOU, GOD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU.

Gordon: AH,

NEWLYWEDS.

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: WE'LL BE BACK

IN 20 YEARS.

Gordon: YEAH, WE'LL

MEASURE HOW THAT GOES.

THE TRUTH IS, AND STUDIES

DO SHOW, THAT COUPLES THAT

PRAY TOGETHER ARE FAR MORE

INTIMATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO IF YOU WANT A BETTER

MARRIAGE AND A BETTER

LIFE, LEARN HOW TO PRAY

WITH YOUR SPOUSE.

Terry: IN FACT, IF

YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY THAT

40-DAY PRAYER CHALLENGE

WITH YOUR SPOUSE, GO TO

40-daypray.com, AND YOU

CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

HOW THEY HAVE DONE THAT IN

THEIR OWN LIVES.

> AT DUNMOR HIGH SCHOOL

IN PENNSYLVANIA, FOOTBALL

AND PRAYER ARE A

TRADITION.

THE COACH HAS BEEN LEADING

THE TEAM IN PRAYER FOR THE

LAST 45 YEARS.

Gordon: IT IS NOT A

COMPLICATED PRAYER.

THE COACH SAYS, WE PRAY TO

THE GOD LORD, HOPING THAT

NONE OF OUR PLAYERS OR THE

OTHER PLAYERS ARE HURT

BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW HARD

THEY WORK.

THAT IS A SIMPLE PRAYER.

AFTER AN ATHEIST GROUP

FROM WISCONSIN FILED A

COMPLAINT, THE COACH TOLD

HIS PLAYERS HE COULD NO

LONGER LEAD THE PRAYER.

Terry: SORRY THAT

HAPPENED IN MY HOME STATE.

Gordon: WHAT HAPPENED

WITH THOSE CHEESEHEADS.

Terry: I DON'T KNOW.

THE TEAM HAD A DECISION TO

MAKE, WOULD THEY CONTINUE

THE TRADITION.

THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO

DO IT ON THE 50-YARD

LINE -- YES -- AND SAY THE

"OUR FATHER," AND THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

I LOVE THAT.

Gordon: AND THAT IS

PERMISSIBLE.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE

TO SLICE AND DICE IT SO

THERE IS NO SCHOOL

EMPLOYEE LEADING THE

PRAYER, BUT IF IT IS A

STUDENT-LED PRAYER, YOU

CAN PRAY ALL YOU WANT, AND

THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING.

ESTABLISHMENT STAN Terry: STAND UP,

STAND UP.

AND THE BUCKS ARE

UNDEFEATED.

WE'RE ROOTING FOR YOU AND

KEEP THOSE WINS COMING AND

KEEP PRAYING.

Gordon: IN

WASHINGTON, D.C. AT A

SCHOOL, THE CHORUS TEACHER

SPENDS A PART OF EACH DAY

SINGING CHORUS SONGS WITH

HER STUDENTS.

Terry: ONE DAY HER

SON WAS SO OVERCOME WITH

GOD'S GOODNESS WHILE

SINGING, SHE HAD TO

CAPTURE IT ON HER PHONE.

WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU

THAT TEAR-JERKING MOMENT

THAT HAS NOW GONE VIRAL.

* FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP,

YES THE LORD IS GOOD

FOREVER *

*

Gordon: FROM THE

MOUTH OF BABES.

HE HAS ORDAINED WORSHIP.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY

WONDERFUL.

Terry: BOY, I NEED A

TISSUE.

I JUST LOVE HOW HE JUST

FALLS BACK INTO THE ARMS

OF GOD EMOTIONALLY.

HOW AWESOME.

Gordon: HE IS

DEFINITELY ALL IN.

THAT IS A LESSON FOR US

ALL.

LET THE LITTLE ONES LEAD

US BY THE HANDS TO SHOW US

HOW TO WORSHIP.

> REMEMBER WHEN PILATE

ASKED JESUS, WHAT IS

TRUTH?

IT SEEMS TODAY SOME PEOPLE

DON'T WANT THE ANSWER TO

THAT QUESTION.

THEY WANT POST-TRUTH.

Terry: OXFORD

DICTIONARY HAS ANNOUNCED

POST-TRUTH IS THE WORD OF

THE YEAR.

IT MEANS RELATING TO OR

DENOTING CIRCUMSTANCES IN

WHICH OBJECTIVE FACTS ARE

LESS INFLUENTIAL IN

SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION

THAN APPEALS TO EMOTIONAL

AND PERSONAL BELIEFS.

IN ESSENCE, FEELINGS TRUMP

FACTS.

Gordon: THIS YEAR

ALONE, ITS USAGE HAS

JUMPED BY 2,000 PERCENT.

AND THE OXFORD

DICTIONARY'S PRESIDENT

GAVE A FEW REASONS FOR ITS

POPLARITY.

ONE, A HIGHLY CHARGED

ELECTION.

THE GROWING USE OF SOCIAL

MEDIA AS A SOURCE FOR

NEWS.

AND A DISTRUST OF THE

ESTABLISHMENT.

AND HAVING JUST FISHE FINISHED A

POLITICAL CYCLE, I CAN SAY

THE DISTRUST OF THE

ESTABLISHMENT IS

WELL-EARNED.

BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT

THE SUPPOSED NEWSPAPERS OF

RECORDS, NEWS SOURCES OF

RECORD, AND WE FIND THAT

THEY WERE ACTIVELY

CAMPAIGNING, AND

CAMPAIGNING FOR A SPECIFIC

CANDIDATE.

SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING

AT YOUR NEWS SOURCES ARE

NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY, ARE

THE FACTS THAT YOU'RE

GETTING FROM THEM WITHOUT

SPIN AND WITHOUT EDITORIAL

COMMENT?

I DON'T THINK IT IS SO

MUCH POST-TRUTH AS THE

ESTABLISHED METHODS OF

NEWS DISSEMINATION HAVE

BECOME, IN THE MINDS OF

MANY PEOPLE, CORRUPTED.

NOW WHERE DO YOU GO IN

ORDER TO FIND THE FACTS?

Terry: WELL, AND I

ALSO THINK THAT FOR A LOT

OF OUR CULTURE, THERE IS A

POST-TRUTH ELEMENT.

AND WE WANT WHAT WE WANT

WHEN WE WANT IT --

Gordon: YOU, TOO?

Terry: -- AND DON'T

DARE BOTHER ME WITH THE

FACTS.

NO, I WANT THE FACTS.

TODAY YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF

THE COLLEGE STUDENTS LYING

DOWN IN THE STREETS AND

PROTESPROTESTING AND CRYING.

FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A

CLASS YOU OUGHT TO BE IN.

Gordon: THERE IS A

LIFE YOU NEED TO BE

LIVING.

Terry: EXACTLY.

Gordon: ONE OF THE

PROBLEMS, THOUGH, AND I

THINK THIS IS BEYOND THE

ELECTION, THAT WITHIN

SOCIAL MEDIA WE'RE FINDING

THAT YOU GET INTO A

RECUSIVE CYCLE, AND THE

ALGORHYTHMS KNOW WHAT YOU

LIKE AND THEREFORE REPORT

WHAT YOU LIKE.

I'VE BEEN A NEWS HOUND FOR

DECADES, AND ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT HELPS ME IS GO

TO THE FOREIGN PRESSES.

GET THE CHINA MORNING POST

OR THE SINGAPORE TIMES OR

INDIA TODAY.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF

DIFFERENT ONES IN THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THERE IS A GREAT ONE OUT

OF BRAZIL, AND

UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T

THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW.

GET OUTSIDE THE U.S., AND

YOU GET A VIEW THAT IS NOT

TAINTED BY OUR POLITICS.

AND YOU GET TO SEE HOW

OTHER CULTURES ARE VIEWING

US.

SO IT IS IN THE VARIETY OF

OPINION, THE VARIETY OF

POINT OF VIEW THAT YOU GET

A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

Terry: THE SUB FACT

OF THAT IS THAT WE HAVE

LOST CREDIBILITY.

IT USED TO BE THE FACTS,

NOTHING BUT THE FACTS, AND

NOW --

Gordon: I THINK THERE

HAVE BEEN PERIODS OF TIME

IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE

YOU HAD THAT.

MUCK-RAKING IS A TERM THAT

GOES BACK PROBABLY 130

YEARS.

NEWSPAPERS HAD AGENDAS

BEFORE.

Terry: YEAH.

Gordon: AND IT'S IN

THE BALANCE OF OPINION

THAT YOU ARRIVE AT TRUTH.

Terry: VERY

INTERESTING DAYS.

Gordon: WELL, WE HAVE

SOME ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.

"DUCK DYNASTY" HAS KICKED

OFF ITS 11th SEASON THIS

WEEK.

Terry: AND THE

ROBERTSON CLAN HAD A BIG

ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.

WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR Y'ALL.

THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL

SEASON.

AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE'VE

DECIDED -- WE DECIDED AS A

FAMILY FOR THIS TO BE THE

FINAL CHAPTER OF THE "DUCK

DYNASTY" SERIES.

THIS WILL BE THE BEST

SEASON YET.

MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND

EVERY ONE OF YOU.

[YELLING]

YAY!

Gordon: OH, NO, IT IS

TIME TO BREAK OUT THE

HANKIES.

I THINK WE NEED AN ONLINE

PETITION, PLEASE TAKE IT

TO SEASON 12.

Terry: THEY'VE LEFT A

WONDERFUL LEGACY, JUST IN

SHARING WHERE THEIR FAMILY

IS COMING FROM AND HOW

THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.

Gordon: I REMEMBER

WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED,

DOING INTERVIEWS WITH

THEM, AND THEY KEPT

SAYING, IF IT LASTS, IF IT

LASTS, AND HERE WE ARE IN

SEASON 11, AND I SAID,

IT'S A GREAT NAME, "DUCK

DYNASTY", AND THERE IS A

POTENTIAL HERE FOR IT TO

BE INTERGENERATIONAL AND

TO STAY ON TELEVISION AS

LONG AS YOU WANT.

FOR THEM TO VOLUNTARILY GO

OFF, OH, NO.

Terry: IT IS KIND OF

NICE WHEN IT IS VOLUNTARY.

Gordon: AND IT'S

ALWAYS NICE TO GO OUT

LEAVING THEM WANTING MORE.

HATS OFF TO THEM.

THEY'VE DONE A GREAT THING

AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT

THING TO OUR CULTURE.

THEY REINTRODUCED PRAYER

OVER OUR MEALS.

THAT'S A GREAT THING.

> NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL

ADOPTION MONTH.

IF YOU HAVE EVER

CONSIDERED FOSTER CARE OR

ADOPTION, WE WANT TO

ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE

NEXT STEP.

Terry: FOR RANDALL

AND KELLY NICHOLS, THEIR

NEXT STEP INVOLVED RAISING

MONEY.

THEY WANTED TO ADOPT A

LITTLE GIRL FROM CHINA,

BUT THEY SOON REALIZED

THAT INTERNATIONAL

ADOPTION CAN BE VERY

EXPENSIVE.

CHARLENE AARON SHOWS THE

UNIQUE SOLUTION THEY FOUND

TO HELP FOOT THE BILL.

Charlene: RANDALL AND

KELLY KNEW FROM THE TIME

THEY MARRIED THAT THEY

DREAMED OF ADOPTING.

WHEN WE WERE DATING, WE

TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME DAY

WE WANTED TO ADOPT.

Charlene: AFTER THREE

YEARS AND SEVERAL CHILDREN

OF THEIR OWN, THEIR PLANS

CHANGED.

BUT THEN THAT ALL CHANGED

WHEN THEY SAW A LITTLE

GIRL IN CHINA.

THEY POSTED A PICTURE

AND I KNEW THIS WAS OUR

DAUGHTER.

Charlene: BRINGING

ISLA HOME, HOWEVER, WOULD

BE A CHALLENGE.

WE DID NOT HAVE MONEY

FOR ADOPTION.

AND WE DID HAVE ENOUGH FOR

DOMESTIC ADOPTION, SO

THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF

STARTED THERE.

BUT WHEN WE SAW THE COST

THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED

WITH AN INTERNATIONAL

ADOPTION, WE THOUGHT,

THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN DO

THIS.

Charlene: WHILE U.S.

ADOPTIONS COST UP TO

$26,000, AN INTERNATIONAL

ADOPTION CAN RUN FROM

$35,000 TO $40,000.

WHEN PRAYING ABOUT HOW TO

PROCEED, THE NICHOLS

TURNED TO GO FUND ME.

HI, WE'RE THE NICHOLS

FAMILY AND THIS IS OUR

ADOPTION STORY.

WE HAD TO TRUST GOD FOR

EVERY DOLLAR, NO MATTER

WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

WE KNEW WE COULDN'T DO IT

ALONE.

Charlene: THEIR

CAMPAIGN STARTED OFF SLOW,

AND THEN BEGAN TO PICK UP

MOMENTUM.

FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND EVEN

STRANGERS CONTRIBUTED MORE

THAN $40,000 TOWARDS THEIR

ADOPTION EFFORT.

AFTER AN 18-MONTH JOURNEY,

THE TIME FINALLY ARRIVED

TO MEET THEIR LITTLE GIRL

FACE TO FACE.

SHE REACHED FOR ME.

I WANTED HER TO COME TO US

WHEN SHE WAS READY.

AND SHE REACHED FOR ME.

I COULDN'T STOP CRYING,

YOU KNOW.

IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO

JUST BE IN THE MOMENT

WITHOUT FEELING A LITTLE

BIT OUT OF CONTROL.

Charlene: AT THEIR

HOMECOMING, SUPPORTERS

GREETEDED THEM WITH LOVE

AND FAN FAIR.

MANY CALLING ISLA A

CELEBRITY.

THEY ADMIT RAISING A CHILD

WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IS

CHALLENGING.

ISLA HAS A HEART CONDITION

THAT HAS LED TO ONE

OPEN-HEART SURGERY.

AND SHE IS SET TO UNDERGO

ANOTHER PROCEDURE SOON.

STILL, HER PARENTS SAY

THAT ALL PAILS IN

COMPARISON TO HAVING HER

AS PART OF THEIR FAMILY.

IT IS HARD TO THINK OF,

BECAUSE THE JOY SHE HAS

BROUGHT US HAS SO FAR

OUTWEIGHED THE CHALLENGES.

Charlene: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: THAT IS A

HEARTBREAKING STORY.

AND MORE THAN

HEARTBREAKING, BUT VERY

HOPEFUL.

SO WHAT IS NOW GOING TO BE

THE HOPE AND THE FUTURE

FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL?

Terry: EXACTLY.

TALK ABOUT A LIFE CHANGED.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN

ADOPTION OR FOSTER CARE,

WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE

FOR YOU.

AND ITS CALLED "ADOPTION

AND FOSTER R.X.," AND IT

IS FOUR D.V.D.s.

FOR A GIFT OF $35, WE'LL

SEND IT TO YOU.

JUST CALL US AT

1-800-700-7000, OR YOU CAN

GO TO

ORPHANSPROMISE.ORG.

WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO

GIVE THIS TO YOU.

COMING UP NEXT, SHE IS

THE QUEEN OF CHRISTIAN

FICTION WITH 25 MILLION

BOOKS IN PRINT.

KAREN KINGSBURY JOINS US

LIVE TO TALK ABOUT HER

LATEST NOVEL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT,

SO DON'T GO AWAY.

BAX TERSE

COME TOGETHER AFTER

TRAGEDY ANDUIT AND WITNESS A

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.

Terry: KAREN JOINS US

NOW.

WHAT A CRAZY BUSINESS YOU

HAVE IN THI.

DID YOU EVER THINK WHEN

YOU WROTE YOUR FIRST BOOK

THAT IT WOULD COME TO

THIS?

WHEN I WOULD PRAY ABOUT

IT, I FELT LIKE I COULD

SEE TABLES WITH STACKS OF

BOOKS.

LIKE GOD WAS SAYING, THIS

IS GOING TO TOUCH CULTURE,

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE

CULTURE.

AND I JUST HAD TO BE

FAITHFUL.

I COULDN'T FOCUS ON THAT.

I COULDN'T WILL IT.

I HAD TO LET IT BE ALL

HIM.

WHEN I'M WRITING, IT IS

JUST LIKE A MOVIE IN MY

HEAD THAT GOD PUT THERE.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I GET

A CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD THAT

ON TO MY LAPTOP AND THEN

YOU GET TO READ IT.

Terry: WOW, THAT IS

AMAZING.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO LIFE

THE BAXTER FAMILY.

I HEAR THAT IT IS

PATTERNED AFTER YOUR OWN

FAMILY.

WAS YOUR OWN FAMILY REALLY

LIKE THAT?

WELL, THE BAXTERS HAVE

A BEST FRIEND FAMILY, CALL

THE FLANIGANS, AND THEY

ARE SHAMELESSLY US.

THEY REALLY ARE.

THEY HAVE JENNY AND JIM,

AND THEY ARE THE PARENTS.

AND THEY HAVE SIX KIDS,

THREE ARE ADOPTED FROM

HAITI.

AND SO IT IS VERY MUCH OUR

FAMILY.

SO THE BACK BAXTERS, WHEN THEY

HAVE FUNNY MOMENTS, THEY

CAME FROM OUR FAMILY.

WHEN THEY HAVE TENDER

TRADITIONS OR WAYS OF

RESOLVING CONFLICT, THAT

CAME FROM US.

BUT THE FLANIGANS REALLY

ARE US.

BUT THEIR CONFLICTS REALLY

ARE FICTIONAL.

I TOLD MY FAMILY, ONCE THE

FLANIGANS BEGAN TO TAKE

MORE CENTER STAGE AND WE

WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

THEM, I THOUGHT, DON'T

WORRY, I'M NEVER GOING TO

PUT OUR REAL HEARTACHES

INTO THE FICTION.

Terry: SO WHERE DO

YOUR IDEAS COME FROM?

WELL, THEY ALWAYS COME

FROM GOD.

I MAY BE AT AN AIRPORT AND

WITNESSING A HEARTBREAKING

SCENE BETWEEN A FATHER AND

A SON.

ONE TIME A FATHER WAS

SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A SON,

AFTER A DIVORCE, AND THE

STEPMOM WAS SITTING ON THE

SIDE.

THE LITTLE BOY WAS STOIC

UNTIL HE GOT ON THE PLANE.

AND THE FATHER TURNED TO

THE WALL AND PUT HIS ARM

UP AND WEPT.

HE JUST WEPT.

SO THAT IGNITES SOMETHING

IN ME.

IN ADDITION TO WRITING,

GOD HAS GIVEN ME THIS

BLESSING OF EMPATHY.

Terry: I WAS JUST

GOING TO SAY.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE WIFE

BEING DETACHED, BUT HOW DO

YOU ENTER INTO SOMEONE'S

PAIN.

IN THAT CASE, I DIDN'T

TALK TO HIM.

BUT THE LITTLE BOY WAS ON

MY FLIGHT.

AND ON THE OTHER END, THE

WOMAN WHO PICKED HIM UP

WAS WELCOMING HIM OFF THE

PLANE.

SHE WAS SO TENDER-HEARTED,

AND I TOLD HER WHAT I SAW.

AND SHE GOT TEARS IN HIS

EYES AND SHE SAID, HE LEFT

US.

AND IT IS THE HEARTACHE OF

THIS SITUATION.

LOVE IS A DECISION.

IT IS A DECISION TO STAY

AND TO MAKE THIS HONORING

TO GOD.

AND THEN YOU'LL FIND JOY

IN THAT.

I GOT SOME CRAZY FUNNY

LETTERS, WHERE THEY'LL

RIGHT AND SAY, YOU'RE

CHARACTERS ARE SO GREAT,

ONE WOMAN SAID, I FEEL

LIKE GOD IS DELLING M TELLING ME TO

LEAVE MY HUSBAND BECAUSE

MY HUSBAND IS NOT LIKE

YOUR CHARACTER.

I WROTE BACK QUICKLY, AND

I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU

BUILD YOUR HUSBAND UP.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY SOME OF

THE THINGS THE BAXTERS DO

TO SAVE THEIR MARRIAGE.

AND SO THEY ENDED UP

STAYING TOGETHER AND HAD

MORE KIDS.

SO IT HAS BECOME A REAL

TEACHING TOOL FOR LIFE.

Terry: YOU HAVE A

WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

COMING UP WITH ROMA DOWNEY

AND MARK BURNETT.

TWO YEARS AGO, ROMA

CALLED AND SHE SAID, I'M

READING THE BAXTER FAMILY.

AND SHE WAS IN "RE

"REDEMPTION."

AND SHE SAID, I WOULD LIKE

YOUR BLESSING TO TURN THE

BAXTER FAMILY INTO A

CLASSIC TELEVISION SERIES

FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.

AND WE BEGAN TO BE NOT

ONLY WORKING TOGETHER, BUT

FRIENDS.

LAST SUMMER I GOT A CHANCE

TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS

WHERE I WOULD JUST HANG

OUT AT THEIR HOUSE, AND WE

WOULD HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER

AND JUST PRAY OVER THE

BAXTER FAMILY.

SHE IS SO EXCITED TO KEEP

THEM WHO THEY ARE.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW

THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE

FAMOUS.

Terry: I LOVE WHAT

THEY'RE DOING, THAT

THEY'RE PLANNING A NETWORK

THAT IS GOING TO FEATURE

FAMILY-FRIENDLY,

FAITH-BASED STORIES.

WHAT A BOOM TO THE

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.

WELL, WE NEEDED IT.

AND IT WILL BE THE SOURCE

FOR ORIGINAL CONTENT AS

WELL.

THEY HAVE SOME GREAT

OPPORTUNITIES, AS DO ALL

OF US WHO RIGHT CHRISTIAN

BOOKS AND STORIES.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE

NETWORKS, ALTHOUGH THEY'LL

SOMETIMES RUN SOMETHING,

YOU FIGHT FOR EVERY

MENTION OF THE WORD GOD.

WITH ROMA, IT IS GOING TO

BE THE COMPLETE CREATIVE

CONTROL THAT YOU ALWAYS

WANTED THAT WILL -- YOU

SEE THE "DUCK DYNASTY"

FAMILY PRAY ON TV, AND WHY

CAN'T THEY DO THAT IN

FILM.

Terry: WHEN IS THE

START DATE?

ABOUT THE END OF 2017

OR EARLY INTO THE NEXT

YEAR.

I HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE

PILOT SCRIPT AND IT IS

AMAZING, AND IT IS SO MUCH

LIKE THE BOOK.

IT IS GOING TO BE

FANTASTIC.

Terry: THAT IS

WONDERFUL.

YOU SPOKE AFTER THE

ELECTION AT LIBERTY

UNIVERSITY.

UH-HUH.

Terry: SPEAKING OF

MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION,

YOU BRING A WORD OF

WISDOM.

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE

STUDENT BODY THERE?

I WASN'T LOOKING

FORWARD TO THAT MOMENT

BECAUSE WHO KNEW WHO WAS

GOING TO WIN AND THAT KIND

OF THING.

I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE IN

MY VIEWPOINTS AND I'M VERY

PRO-LIFE, AND WE DIDN'T

KNOW.

I WAS PRAYING AND ASKING

GOD TO GIVE ME SOMETHING

THAT WAS INSPIRATIONAL.

AND HE GAVE ME THIS POEM.

AND THE POEM HAD TO DO

WITH THE POLITICAL

LANDSCAPE IN BETHLEHEM AT

THE TIME OF JESUS' BIRTH,

AND HOW THERE WERE

FACTIONS AND DIVISIONS AND

UNFAIR TAXES, AND A KING

WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT

PRO-LIFE.

HE WAS GOING TO GO ON TO

KILL BABIES BECAUSE OF

JESUS.

SO IT WAS VERY SIMILAR.

AND THEY WANTED A LEADER

TO MAKE ISRAEL GREAT

AGAIN.

AND GOD TOOK A LOOK AT

WHAT THEY NEEDED, AND HE

SAID, IT ISN'T GOING TO

END UP BEING A KING.

IT IS GOING TO BE

CHRISTMAS.

Terry: AND I

MENTIONED ALSO THAT THIS

IS NATIONAL ADOPTION

MONTH.

YOU ARE AN ADOPTIVE MOM.

AND HOW HAS THAT CHANGED

YOUR WORLD?

WHEN YOU ADOPT, I THINK

YOU SET OUT TO BLESS A

CHILD.

YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO

HELP THEM.

BUT AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE,

CHILDREN BLESS US.

OUR ADOPTED KIDS HAVE

BROUGHT US EVERYTHING FROM

HUMOR TO A REALIZATION OF

THE ACTUAL NEED OF KIDS

THAT ARE STARVING TO

DEATH.

WE'RE BIG FANS OF

"COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL

NOW," AND OUR FAMILY

SPONSORS 16 KIDS.

ONE OF OUR ADOPTED BOYS,

SEAN, HE LOST A SISTER,

WHO WAS THREE YEARS OLD,

WHO DIED OF STARVATION.

THEY HAVE BLESSED US

BEYOND WORDS.

I GOT A TEXT THIS MORNING

FROM SEAN.

HE SAID, HEY, BEAUTIFUL

MOM, I'M PRAYING FOR YOU

TODAY.

OUR FAMILY IS SO FULL AND

SO RICH.

WE LAUGH AND HAVE SO MUCH

FUN TOGETHER.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY

WEREN'T A PART OF OUR

FAMILY.

Terry: I JUST WANT TO

REMIND PEOPLE AGAIN, IF

YOU'VE READ ALL 22 OF THE

BAXTER BOOKS, YOU WANT TO

BE SURE TO PICK UP A COPY

OF "A BAXTER FAMILY

CHRISTMAS."

KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING WITH US.

GOD BLESS YOU.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

YOU, TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TERRY.

Gordon: UP NEXT, HER

SON WAS SO SICK, SHE HAD

TO CARRY HIM EVERYWHERE ON

HER BACK.

SEE HOW YOU HELPED LIGHTEN

HER LOAD, WHEN WE COME

BACK.

STAY AT HOME.

I WAS LIKE A BIRD BEING

LOCKED IN A CAGE.

I WANTED TO FLY, BUT MY

WINGS WERE BROKEN.

ONE DAY I SAW HIM DROP

TO THE GROUND.

I RUN TO HIM AND HE CRIED,

"MAMA, MY HEART HURTS SO

MUCH."

HIS FACE STARTED TO TURN

GREY.

I DID NOT WANT TO DIE.

I KNEW IF I DID, MY

PARENTS WOULD BE 10 TIMES

MORE UPSET.

Terry: LONG

DESPERATELY NEEDED

SURGERY, BUT MR. AND

MRS. CHU ONLY MAKE ABOUT A

DOLLAR A DAY.

THEN AT OUR MOST

HOPELESS POINT, CBN

OFFERED TO HELP PAY FOR

THE SURGERY.

I COULD NOT EVEN GET MY

RELATIVES TO HELP.

I USED TO THINK THAT

NOBODY CARES WHEN YOU ARE

IN TROUBLE.

BUT CBN CARES.

AND THAT MADE ME FEEL

LOVED FOR THE FIRST TIME

EVER.

Terry: LONG'S HEART

SURGERY WAS SET UP AND

COMPLETED IN JUST THREE

DAYS.

I HAD ONLY DREAMED OF

THIS MOMENT.

NOW I CAN WALK AND RUN,

AND I DON'T FEEL TIRED

ANYMORE.

I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO

HELPED ME ARE AMERICANS.

SO WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT

TO COME VISIT YOU AND

THANK YOU FOR HEALING MY

HEART.

I'M SO HAPPY!

Gordon: THAT THANK

YOU GOES OUT TO YOU IF

YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE

700 CLUB."

BECAUSE A PORTION OF EVERY

GIFT YOU GIVE GOES INTO

THE WORK OF "OPERATION

BLESSING" TO HELP PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD.

ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO

THE WORK OF CBN

INTERNATIONAL, TO PREACH

THE GOSPEL AROUND THE

WORLD.

YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF IT

WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, GO

TO THE PHONE AND CALL US.

AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO

JOIN.

THE NUMBER IS ON THE

SCREEN: 1-800-700-7000.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

IT'S JUST $20 A MONTH, AND

THAT BREAKS OUT TO 65

CENTS A DAY.

AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED

IN SPONSORING A SURGERY,

WE HAVE A SPECIAL FUND FOR

YOU.

IT'S CALLED "THE SPECIAL

SURGERY FUND," WHERE YOU

CAN BE A PART,

INDIVIDUALLY, OF PROVIDING

LIFE-SAVING SURGERY FOR

PEOPLE IN NEED.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT,

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO

TO THE WEBSITE, cbn.com,

AND ON THE DONOR PAGE, YOU

CAN DESIGNATE YOUR GIFT TO

SPECIAL SURGERIES.

THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE

HAVE.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS

WORD FROM JOSHUA: "BE

STRONG AND OF GOOD

COURAGE.

DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE

DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD

YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU

WHEREVER YOU