Efrem: THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LOOKING

TO UNDO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S

PLAN TO TACKLE CLIMATE.

HE IS EXPECTED TO SIGN AN

EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT

RESCINDS MORE THAN A HALF

DOZEN MEASURES.

AND HE WILL INITIATE A

REVIEW OF THE GREEN POWER

PLAN, WHICH RESTRICTS

GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS AT

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON

TAXES.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS PIG BIG

CUTS IN TAXES FOR

CORPORATIONS AND ALL

AMERICANS, BUT WILL

CONGRESS AGREE?

GARY LANE IS ON THIS

STORY.

Reporter: WITH THE

HEALTH CARE DEFEAT,

PRESIDENT TRUMP LEARNED

THAT BUILDING CONSENSUS,

EVEN IN HIS OWN PARTY, CAN

BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

CONVINCING CONGRESS TO

PASS MEANINGFUL TAX REFORM

MAY BE JUST AS HARD, AND

THE WHITE HOUSE MAY LOOK

ACROSS THE AISLE FOR SOME

VOTES.

I THINK IT IS TIME FOR

OUR FOLKS TO COME

TOGETHER.

AND I ALSO THINK IT IS

TIME TO GET A FEW MODERATE

DEMOCRATS ON BOARD AS

WELL.

Reporter: BUT CHUCK

SCHUMER SUGGESTS THE

PRESIDENT MAY HAVE TO

BECOME MORE LIKE A

DEMOCRAT.

HE MOVED SO FAR TO THE

RIGHT.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO

WORK WITH HIM.

IF HE CHANGES, HE COULD

HAVE A DIFFERENT

PRESIDENCY.

Reporter: BUT

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

UNLIKELY TO CHANGE HIS

TENDENCIES, AT LEAST WHEN

IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE

AND THE TAXES.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS IF THE

UNITED STATES IS TO

ATTRACT BUSINESSES FROM

OVERSEAS, IT MUST DROP THE

RATE DOWN FROM 35% TO 15%.

AMERICA WOULD BECOME A

COUNTRY WITH ONE OF THE

LOWEST CORPORATE TAX RATES

IN THE WORLD.

AND TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO

LOWER THE TAXES ON THE

AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY.

I THINK MOVING FORWARD,

THE PRESIDENT'S VISION ON

LOWERING TAXES FOR EVERY

AMERICAN WILL UNITE NOT

JUST THE DEMOCRATS, BUT I

THINK SOME OF THE

REPUBLICANS WILL COME ON

BOARD AS WELL.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

Reporter: ALSO PART

OF THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN, A

BORDER TAX ON IMPORTS.

HE SAYS THAT WILL EVEN THE

PLAYING FIELD WITH OTHER

COUNTRIES WHO HAVEN'T

PLAYED FAIR ON TRADE.

IT IS DESIGNED TO BRING IN

MORE MONEY TO OFFSET THE

LOSS OF REF GNAW REVENUES FROM THE

TAX CUTS.

BY CONGRESSMAN MARK

MEADOWS PREDICTS REAL TAX

REFORM WITH LOWER RATES

WILL GENERATE MORE INCOME

AND GREATER ECONOMIC

GROWTH, WHICH WILL HELP

PROMOTE BUSINESSES AND

CONSUMERS.

WHEN WE TART T START TO GROW

THE ECONOMY AT 4%, 4.1%,

IT NOT ONLY INCREASE

WAGES, BUT IT PUTS MORE

MONEY IN AMERICAN'S

POCKETS EACH AND EVERY

DAY.

Efrem: LEADING

DEMOCRATS ON THE HOUSE

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

SAYS REPUBLICAN NUNES

NEEDS TO STEP DOWN FROM

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN

THE 2016 ELECTION.

NUNES SAYS IN THAT MEETING

HE WAS SHOWN INTELLIGENCE

REPORTS RELATED TO THE

PRESIDENT'S CLAIM ABOUT

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA

WIRETAPPING HIM.

WHAT I'VE READ BOTHERS

ME, AND I THINK IT SHOULD

BOTHER THE PRESIDENT

HIMSELF AND HIS TEAM.

Efrem: NUNES BELIEVES

THERE MAY BE EVIDENCE THAT

TRUMP TOWER WAS UNDER

SURVEILLANCE.

> CANADA'S NATURAL

RESOURCE MINISTER SAYS HIS

GOVERNMENT IS HAPPY THE

KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE HAS

FINALLY BEEN APPROVED BY

THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT THE

BATTLE TO BUILD THE

PIPELINE IS NOT OVER JUST

YET.

BEN KENNEDY IS ON THIS

STORY.

Reporter: THE

LONG-DELAYED KEYSTONE X.L.

PIPELINE IS ONE STEP

CLOSER TO REALITY AFTER

PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A

PERMIT TO BREAK GROUND.

President Trump:

TRANSCANADA WILL FINALLY

BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETE

THIS LONG OVERDUE PROJECT

WITH EFFICIENCY AND SPEED.

Reporter: FRIDAY'S

PERMIT CAPS A YEAR-LONG

FIGHT BETWEEN

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND

ENERGY INDUSTRY ADVOCATES.

BUT THE BATTLE COULD

CONTINUE AWAY FROM THE

WHITE HOUSE AND ALONG THE

ROUTE.

OIL WILL TRAVEL THROUGH

FIVE STATES, AND IT IS

THERE THAT NATIVE AMERICAN

TRIBES AND EVEN LOCAL LAND

OWNERS WILL CONTINUE TO

OPPOSE THE PIPELINE.

THE $8 BILLION PROJECT

WOULD CARRY OIL FROM

CANADA TO REFINERIES ALONG

THE TEXAS GULF COAST, SOME

800,000 BARRELS WORTH WILL

TRAVEL LIE THROUGH MONTANA,

SOUTH DAKOTA, KANSAS, AND

OKLAHOMA.

THAT IS ROUGHLY ONE FIFTH

OF THE OIL THAT CANADA'S

EXPORTS TO THE U.S.

President Trump: THIS

IS PART OF A NEW ENERGY

POLICY THAT WILL LOWER

COSTS FOR AMERICAN

FAMILIES, AND VERY

SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR

DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL

AND CREATE THOUSANDS OF

JOBS RIGHT HERE IN

AMERICA.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS A LOT

SAFER TO HAVE PIPELINES

THAN TO USE OTHER FORMS OF

TRANSPORTATION.

Reporter: INDUSTRY

ADVOCATES ANY THE PIPELINE

WOULD IMPROVE U.S. ENERGY

SECURITY AND CREATE NEW

JOBS.

THIS PROJECT WILL

DIRECTLY GENERATE AN

ESTIMATED 16,100 JOBS,

ACCORDING TO THE STATE

DEPARTMENT, ALL WITHOUT

SPENDING A TIME OF

TAXPAYER MONEY.

Reporter: BUT

OPPONENTS CLAIM IT WOULD

ADD TO GLOBAL WARMING AND

THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS

CLEANER SOURCES OF ENERGY.

President TrumpENERGY.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS

KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE

WILL START WHEN?

WE HAVE TO GET A PERMIT

FROM NEBRASKA.

President Trump:

NEBRASKA?

I'LL CALL NEBRASKA.

Efrem: THE COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE HAS DRAWN AN

IMPRESSIVE LINEUP OF

SPEAKERS IN WASHINGTON FOR

ITS CROWD OF SOME 18,000

PEOPLE.

NIKKI HALEY AND PAUL RYAN

SPOKE TO THE CROWD THIS

WEEK, EACH REAFFIRMING

THEIR COMMITMENT TO

REPAIRING AND

STRENGTHENING THE ALLIANCE

BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE

UNITED STATES.

THESE PAST EIGHT YEARS

HAVE BEEN TOUGH.

OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS BEEN

TESTED.

NO SINGLE POLITICAL SPAT

OR PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT CAN

SEVER OUR HISTORIC

ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL, BUT

IT CAN ERODE TRUST.

AND I THINK THE ACTIONS OF

THIS PAST ADMINISTRATION

DAMAGED THIS TRUST.

AND THAT IS WHY I WANT TO

PLEDGE TO YOU RIGHT HERE

AND RIGHT NOW, SO LONG AS

I AM IN THIS JOB AS

SPEAKER, WE WILL MEET OUR

MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO

ISRAEL AND PROVIDE HELP IN

TIME OF CRISIS WHEN SHE

NEEDS US.

WE WILL BE THERE.

WE ARE THERE AND WE WILL

BE THERE FOR ISRAEL.

THE DAYS OF

ISRAEL-BASHING ARE OVER.

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

TAKE OUR NUMBER ONE

DEMOCRATIC FRIEND IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND BEAT UP ON

THEM.

FOR ANYONE WHO SAYS YOU

CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE AT

THE U.N., THEY NEED TO

KNOW THERE IS A INTO

SHERIFF IN TOWN.

Efrem: THE CONFERENCE

CONCLUDES TODAY WITH

SPEECHES FROM THE SENATE

MAJORITY AND MINORITY

LEADERS MITCH McCONNELL

AND CHUCK SCHUMER.

> FOR DECADES THE TERM

"GENERATION GAP" HAS BEEN

USED TO DEFINE HOW YOUNGER

PEOPLE SEE THE WORLD

COMPARED TO THEIR PARENTS.

IT DEALS WITH CULTURE,

POLITICS, AND

RELATIONSHIPS, AND IT ALSO

APPLIES TO ISRAEL.

CHRIS MITCHELL TAKES A

LOOK AT WHY ONE MINISTRY

IS INTRODUCING MILLENNIAL

PASTORS TO THE LAND OF THE

BIBLE.

Chris: IN THEIR FIRST

VISIT TO ISRAEL, THESE

YOUNG PASTORS WILL GET A

SPECIAL LOOK AT THE

COUNTRY AND ITS HISTORY.

WE NEED TO REPRESENT

ISRAEL IN A FRESH LENS AND

TO CULTIVATE THAT HEART.

Chris: ROBERT STERNS

BELIEVES ISRAEL IS TOO

OFTEN PORTRAYED AS A

VILLAIN BY MEDIA, THE

U.N., AND MOVEMENTS LIE

B.D.S., WHICH CALLS FOR

BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND

SANCTIONS AGAINST THE

STATE.

TOO OFTEN, IN A NAR RE, NARROW,

FIRST-GLANCE LOOK, ISRAEL

CAN BE PAINTED AS THE

GOLIATH AND THE

PALESTINIANS AS THE DAVID.

SO IT IS VITAL TO COME

HERE AND UNDERSTAND THE

REALITIES ON THE GROUND.

Chris: THOSE

REALITIES INCLUDE SEEING

AN ISRAEL BEYOND THE

HEADLINES AND OTHER NOISE.

SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY

GENERATION ARE, LIKE, I

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE

ANYMORE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SEE

IT TO BELIEVE IT.

TO COME HERE, YOU SEE THE

TRUTH.

AND YOU CONNECT WITH

PEOPLE, YOU TALK WITH

PEOPLE, AND YOU REALLY DO

FIND OUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY

GOING ON HERE.

Chris: SOME FELT THAT

AS MILLENNIALS MOTIVATED

BY SOCIAL JUSTICE, THEY

NEEDED TO HEAR THE JEWISH

SIDE OF THE

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN

CONFLICT.

TAKING THE JOURNEY OF

THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND

BEING ABLE TO WALK THAT

WITH THEM, AND TO BE ABLE

TO NOW SAY, I STAND WITH

ISRAEL.

AND AFTER SEEING THEIR

JOURNEY, THERE IS NO OTHER

SIDE TO STAND ON.

Chris: THIS RABBI,

ONE OF AMERICA'S LEADING

YOUNG RABBIS, JOINED THIS

GROUP OF EVANGELICAL

PASTORS.

I THINK THAT THEY GET

IT.

AND I THINK THAT THE MORE

THAT JEWS REALIZE THAT

THEY HAVE BROTHERS AND

FRIENDS IN THE EVANGELICAL

WORLD, AND PARTICULARLY

WITH THE EMERGING

GENERATION OF MILLENNIALS,

I THINK THE GREATER OF THE

CHANCES OF THE SUCCESS OF

THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND

FOR THE COMING OF THE

MESSIAH.

Chris: MANY FELT IT

WAS TIME TO MAKE THE TRIP

TO ISRAEL.

I WOULD CHALLENGE

EVERYONE TO DO WHATEVER IT

IS, WHATEVER SACRIFICE

THEY HAVE TO MAKE,

WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO SET

ASIDE TO MAKE THIS TRIP,

BECAUSE IT IS

LIFE-CHANGING.

FOR ME, IT HAS

COMPLETELY OPENED UP MY

EYES TO GOD'S PLAN FOR

THIS LAND, GOD'S PLAN FOR

THE JEWISH PEOPLE, GOD'S

PLAN FOR CHRISTIANS.

AND THIS PARTNERSHIP THAT

HAS STARTED TO COME

TOGETHER IS HISTORY IN THE

MAKING.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Efrem: COMING UP, GOT

A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER?

ARE YOU NURSING A GRUDGE?

SEE WHY IT COULD BE MAKING

YOU SICK.

Efrem: DID YOU KNOW

UNFORGIVENESS CAN MAKE YOU

SICK?

IT IS ACTUALLY CLASSIFIED

AS A DISEASE IN MEDICAL

BOOKS.

NOW FORGIVENESS THERAPY IS

BEING USED TO HELP TREAT

DISEASES LIKE CANCER.

HERE IS LORIE JOHNSON.

Lorie: JANE BAL SACCA

MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY IF

SHE HADN'T LEARNED TO

FORGIVE.

WHEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND

WERE IN MEXICO, SHE WAS

KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED

WHILE JANE NEGOTIATEDED NEGOTIATED HIS

RELEASE.

SHE DESCRIBES THE ORDEAL

IN HER BOOK, "WE HAVE YOUR

HUSBAND."

I KNEW THE STRESS COULD

BE TAKING A HUGE TOLL ON

MY IMMUNE SYSTEM.

Lorie: AFTER EIGHT

MONTHS, EDUARDO WAS

RELEASED, BUT NOW JANE HAD

TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE.

I WAS ALMOST NOT

SURPRISED, BUT STILL

COMPLETELY DEVASTATED TO

HEAR THE WORDS, "YOU HAVE

STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER."

Lorie: SHE PRAYED FOR

HEALING, EVEN THOUGH

DOCTORS GAVE HER A DEATH

SENTENCE.

I DID COLLECT

INFORMATION.

IN ONE OF THE BOOKS I

READ, I READ ABOUT CANCER

TREATMENTS OF AMERICA.

Lorie: JANE ADDED

FORGIVENESS THERAPY TO HER

CANCER TREATMENT WITH

DR. MICHAEL BERRY, A

PASTOR AND AUTHOR OF THE

BOOK "THE FORGIVENESS

PROJECT."

HARBORING THESE

NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, ANGER,

AND HATRED, CREATES A

STATE OF CHRONIC ANXIETY,

WHICH PRODUCES ADRENALIN

AND CORTISOL, WHICH

DEFEATS THE NATURAL

FIGHTING CELLS.

Lorie: THE STUDY

SHOWED 61% HAD FORGIVENESS

ISSUES, AND MORE THAN HALF

OF THOSE WERE SEVERE, LIKE

JANE'S.

SHE WAS CONSUMED WITH

REVENGE AGAINST HER

HUSBAND'S KIDNAPPERS.

FORGIVENESS THERAPY BEGINS

WITH PUTTING TO REST THREE

MYTHS: FORGIVENESS IS NOT

THE SAME THING AS

RECONCILIATION.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU

CONDONE THE BAD BEHAVIOR.

AND IT DOES NOT STOP THE

PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.

JANE'S PATH TO FORGIVENESS

INCLUDED WRITING A LETTER

TO HER ENEMIES, PRAYING

FOR THEM, AND AMAZINGLY,

FINDING EMPATHY FOR THEM.

I SAW THE KIDNAPPERS AS

BABIES.

AND I TOOK THEM ONE BY ONE

FORWARD IN TIME, IN AN

IMAGINARY SCENARIO THAT I

CREATED, GOING THROUGH

THINGS I THOUGHT THEY

COULD PROBABLY HAVE GONE

THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET TO

WHERE THEY GOT TO DO THE

THINGS THAT THEY DO, AND

TO DO WHAT THEY DID TO ME

AND MY FAMILY.

AND IT WAS THEN THAT I

IMMEDIATELY FELT THIS HUGE

SENSE OF RELIEF.

IT WAS AS IF A HUGE TON,

THIS WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,

WAS INSTANTLY LIFTED FROM

MY SHOULDERS.

WHEN A PERSON FORGIVES

FROM THE HEART, WHICH, OF

COURSE, IS THE GOLD

STANDARD THAT WE USE IN

MATTHEW 18 -- FORGIVENESS

FROM THE HEART -- WE FIND

THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND A

SENSE OF PEACEFULNESS.

QUITE OFTEN OUR PATIENTS

REFER TO THAT AS A FEELING

OF LIGHTNESS.

LORIE, WE DON'T REALIZE

WHAT A BURDEN ANGER AND

HATRED IS UNTIL WE LET IT

GO.

Lorie: UNFORGIVENESS

IS CLASSIFIED AS A

DISEASE, WHICH IS DEFINED

AS SOME PROCESS THAT

OVERWHELMS NORMAL

FUNCTION.

HE PUTS IT THIS WAY:

UNFORGIVENESS MAKES PEOPLE

SICK AND KEEPS THEM SICK.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO

TREAT EMOTIONAL WOUNDS OR

DISORDERS BECAUSE THEY

REALLY CAN HINDER

SOMEONE'S REACTIONS TO THE

TREATMENTS, EVEN SOMEONE'S

WILLINGNESS TO PURSUE

TREATMENT.

Lorie: IN CASE YOU'RE

WONDERING ABOUT EDUARDO,

WELL, HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A

POSITIVE OUTLOOK.

I LOVE LIFE.

I LOVE MY FAMILY.

I LOVE FOOD.

I LOVE EVERYTHING.

SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE

TIME TO THINK ABOUT THESE

CRIMINALS TOO MUCH.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY

TIME, WHATEVER I HAVE

LEFT

TO BE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL

PLANET, TO THINK ABOUT

NEGATIVITY.

Lorie: EDUARDO, JANE,

AND DR. BERRY SHARED A

STAGE WITH PRESIDENT

OBAMA.

THEY WERE HONORED FOR

THEIR LIVING TESTIMONY OF

THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE

CHURCH THAT ARE JUST BEING

ATTACKED BY THIS THING

CALLED FEAR.

Efrem: STILL AHEAD,

WE ARE SITTING DOWN WITH

SINGER AND SONGWRITER

JASON BEAR.

THE WORSHIP LEADER SHARES

HIS HEART WITH US IN

Efrem: SINGER JASON

BEAR SCORED CHART-TOPPING

HITS AS AN INDEPENDENT

RECORDING ARTIST, BUT HE

STILL BATTLED STAGE

FRIGHT.

THAT FEAR IS THE

INSPIRATION FOR HIS NEW

PROJECT, "FEARLESS."

I RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH

HIM FOR OUR WEEKLY

SEGMENT, "STUDIO 5," "ONE

TO WATCH."

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY JASON

BEAR, SINGER AND

SONGWRITER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

HAVING ME.

Efrem: YOUR NEW

ALBUM, "FEARLESS."

YES.

Efrem: WHY FEARLESS?

TO BE HONEST, FOR

YEARS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST

THINGS I HAVE FOUGHT IN MY

LIFE AND MY CHRISTIAN WALK

IS FEAR.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE

IN THE CHURCH THAT ARE

BEING ATTACKED BY THIS

THING CALLED FEAR.

IT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE

BIGGEST TOOLS THAT THE

ENEMY IS USING TO BREAK US

DOWN, TO HOLD US BACK, TO

KEEP US FROM ACHIEVING THE

THINGS THAT GOD HAS CALLED

US TO.

I THINK THE BIGGEST

MESSAGE I COULD BRING

RIGHT NOW TO THE BODY OF

CHRIST IS, LOOK, YOU CAN

LIVE FEARLESS.

CHRIST HAS ALREADY

OVERCOME.

HE HAS ALREADY BEEN

VICTORIOUS, AND HE SAYS

YOUR VICTORIOUS.

AND I LOVE SHARING THE

MESSAGE.

Efrem: PEOPLE MAY BE

SURPRISED THAT YOU

EXPERIENCED FEAR, SEEING

THAT YOU WERE IN A SINGING

COMPETITION AT AGE 17, AND

TOP BILLBOARD SINGER AND

SONGWRITER AS AN

INDEPENDENT ARTIST.

YES, INDEPENDENT.

Efrem: HOW DO YOU

CONQUER FEAR AND BECOME

THAT?

DURING ALL OF THAT,

STAGE FRIGHT HAS BEEN ONE

OF MY BIGGEST THINGS.

I HAVE ALWAYS SHUTTEREDED

ASHUTTERED ATGETTING UP IN FRONT OF

PEOPLE AND THINKING THAT

PEOPLE WILL CRITIQUE ME.

BUT THAT STAGE FRIGHT

SEEMED TO KEEP SURFACING

AND SURFACING, AND I WOULD

PRAY, GOD, HELP ME FIND A

WAY AROUND THIS.

EVEN WITH THE ACCOLADES

AND SUCCESSES, YOU STILL

FIGHT THROUGH THOSE

THINGS.

NONE OF THAT CHANGES IT.

THAT LITTLE THING DOWN

INSIDE STILL MAKES YOU

THINK, AM I GOOD ENOUGH?

CAN I REALLY DO THIS?

BUT SOMEHOW WE JUST KEEP

PUSHING AND FIGHTING, AND

WE GIVE IT THE BEST THAT

WE HAVE.

AND I REALIZED THAT GOD

CALLED ME, AND IF HE

CALLED ME, HE EQUIPPED ME.

AND THAT MEANS HE IS GOING

TO GIVE ME WHAT I NEED TO

DO IT.

AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

HE HELPS US MAKE THE

CONNECTIONS AND GET THE

MUSIC IN THE RIGHT HANDS

AT THE RIGHT TIME SO WE

CAN HAVE THOSE SUCCESSES.

Efrem: ONE I'VE BEEN

LISTENING TO, "ON THIS I

STAND."

TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

IT IS KIND OF ONE OF

THE TOKEN SONGS ON THIS

NEW RECORD, "FEARLESS,"

BECAUSE IT IS THE

FOUNDATION FOR WHO WE ARE

AS CHRISTIANS AND

BELIEVERS.

AND THE ONE THING WE CAN

GO BACK TO WHEN FEAR TRIES

TO GRIP US AND THINGS TRY

TO OVERTAKE US IS ALWAYS

REMEMBERING THAT GOD NEVER

CHANGES.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE

FACING, HOW BIG THE

MOUNTAIN MAY SEEM, GOD IS

NEVER CHANGING, AND HE IS

STILL BIGGER THAN THAT

PROBLEM.

Efrem: DO YOU HAVE A

FAVORITE SONG?

GOODNESS.

I HAVE SEVERAL FAVORITE

SONGS ON THIS RECORD.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

EVER I CAN SAY THAT.

I THINK TODAY ONE OF MY

FAVORITE SONGS ON THIS

RECORD IS CALLED "MIGHTY

REDEEMER."

AND THE REASON BEING IS

BECAUSE WE MAKE SO MANY

DECISIONS IN OUR LIFE.

WE MAKE MISTAKES.

WE FAIL.

WE GET BACK UP AND WE TRY

AGAIN.

AND WE FAIL AGAIN.

BUT THROUGH IT ALL, WE

SERVE A GOD THAT PAID THE

PRICE, THE ULTIMATE PRICE.

HE SHOWED US WHAT MERCY

WAS WHEN HE GAVE HIS LIFE

ON THE CROSS.

AND SO HE TOOK EVERYTHING,

EVERY DECISION WE MAKE,

ALL THE RIGHT, ALL THE

WRONG, ALL OF THEE THE GOOD,

THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, AND

HE REDEEMS EVERY BIT OF IT

FOR GOOD.

* IN THE TIMES OF

TROUBLE *

* AND GRACE IS LIKE IT IS

SOMEWHERE OUT OF REACH *

* WHEN THE FAILURES ARE

ALL THAT CAN BE SEEN *

* THERE IS STILL A VOICE

WHISPERING *

* YOU ARE LOVED

* YOU ARE REDEEMED

* YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU'VE

BEEN MADE CLEAN *

* THERE IS NOTHING THAT

CAN CHANGE OR PULL APART *

* WHAT THE GREAT I AM SAYS

YOU ARE *

Efrem: MY LAST

QUESTION FOR YOU: AS A

SONGWRITER, WHAT IS YOUR

PROCESS?

HOW DOES IT COME TO YOU?

DIFFERENT WAYS.

FOR THE MOST PART

SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETHING

THAT INSPIRES ME, WHETHER

I SEE IT IN A MOVIE OR ON

A BILLBOARD OR A THOUGHT

THAT HITS ME WHILE I'M

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SOMEHOW THE LYRICS AND

THE CHORD PRO SESSIONS PROSESSIONS

START COMING.

AND SOMETIMES WE ALL SIT

IN A ROOM AND THIS GENIUS

IDEA COMES INTO THE ROOM

AND WE KNOW IT IS GOD

SPEAKING.

Efrem: THAT'S RIGHT.

INDEED IT IS.

> "FEARLESS" IS

AVAILABLE NOW.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY

SHOW "STUDI "STUDIO 5."

YOU CAN WATCH IT BY GOING

TO cbn.com/studio5 STAY

WIT.STAY WITH US, THERE IS

MORE OF "NEWSWATCH" AHEAD.

Efrem: IT IS TIME FOR

YOUR TUESDAY TWEETABLE.

AND THIS IS A MESSAGE I

PRAY WILL BLESS YOU AND

INSPIRE YOU TO SHARE WITH

OTHERS.

CONSIDER THIS: THE

WINDSHIELD IS LARGER THAN

THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR FOR A

REASON.

LOOK AHEAD AND STOP

WORRYING ABOUT WHAT IS

BEHIND.

NO MATTER HOW GREAT WHAT

BEHIND YOU MAY BE, THERE

IS ALWAYS GREATER AHEAD OF

YOU.

WITH THAT WORD, BE SURE TO

MAKE THIS A TERRIFIC

TUESDAY.

> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT

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