Efrem: AND THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR

CBN "NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

WASHINGTON IS ALREADY

TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS

NEXT, FOLLOWING THE

INDICTMENT OF PAUL

MANAFORT AND HIS LONG TIME

ASSOCIATE, RICK GATES.

CBN'S NATIONAL SECURITY

CORRESPONDENCE ERIC

GONZALES HAS MORE ON THE

INDICTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES

CONSPIRING AGAINST THE

U.S. AND MONEY LAUNDERING.

Reporter: THE FIRST

CHARGES WERE OUTLINED IN

THIS 31-PAGE INDICTMENT AS

PART OF THE ONGOING

INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN

INTERFERENCE IN THE

ELECTION.

IN MUELLER'S CROSSHAIRS,

PAUL MANAFORT, PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S FORMER CAMPAIGN

CHAIRMAN AND RICK GATES.

BOTH MEN ARRIVED FOR THEIR

FIRST FEDERAL COURT

APPEARANCE MONDAY, WHERE

THEY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO

ALL CHARGES.

THE INDICTMENT DETAILS

MANAFORT'S LOBBYING WORK

IN UKRAINE.

THE INDICTMENT STATES:

MANAFORT USED HIS HIDDEN

OVERSEAS WEALTH TO ENJOY A

LAVISH LIFESTYLE IN THE

UNITED STATES WITHOUT

PAYING TAXES ON THAT

INCOME.

HE LAUNDERED MORE THAN

$18 MILLION.

AND GATES IS ACCUSED OF

TRANSFERRING MORE THAN

$3 MILLION FROM OFFSHORE

ACCOUNTS.

AND THEY ARE CHARGED WITH

MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

KEVIN DOWNING CALLED THE

INDICTMENT AGAINST HIS

CLIENT RIDICULOUS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

CORRECT, THERE IS NO

EVIDENCE THAT MR. PAUL

MANAFORT OR THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN COLLUDED WITH THE

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

Reporter: THE

INDICTMENT MAKES NO

MENTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP

OR ELECTION MEDDLING.

PAUL MANAFORT HAS

REPEATEDLY DENIED

COLLUSION, INCLUDING HIS

TIME AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

CHAIRMAN.

ARE THERE ANY TIES

BETWEEN YOUR CAMPAIGN AND

MR. PUTIN.

NO, THERE ARE NOT.

Reporter: ONE OF

TRUMP'S EARLY CAMPAIGN

ADVISORS, GEORGE

PAPADOPOULOS, PLEADED

GUILTY ABOUT MEETING WITH

THE KREMLIN, THAT HAD

TIES.

PRESS SECRETARY SA SARAH SAND

SANDERS HELD FIRM.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING FROM

DAY WASN'T THERE IS

NOTHING WITH THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, AND IT IS

STILL THE SAME.

Reporter: THE

PRESIDENT'S TWITTER

RESPONSE QUOTE: SORRY, BUT

THIS IS YEARS AGO BEFORE

PAUL MANAFORT PART OF THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

BUT WHY AREN'T CROOKED

HILLARY AND THE DEMS THE

FOCUS."

THE SARAH SANDERS SAYS THE

REAL COLLUSION HAD

EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE

CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND

FUSION G.P.S. AND RUSSIA,

CLAIMING THERE IS CLEAR

EVIDENCE OF THEM TRYING TO

SMEAR THE PRESIDENT.

ERIC GONZALES, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Efrem: A FEDERAL

JUDGE BLOCKED MOST OF

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICY

BANNING TRANSGENDER

AMERICANS FROM SERVING IN

THE MILITARY.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED

THE POLICY IN A TWEET LAST

JULY.

AND HE SAID THE MILITARY

WOULD NOT PAY FOR

TRANSGENDER SURGERIES.

HE LATER GAVE THE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SIX

MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT THE

POLICY.

Reporter: THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES TOLD THOUSANDS OF

AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS

THAT THOUGH THEY WILL LAY

DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US,

THAT HE -- THAT WE WILL

NOT FIGHT FOR THEM.

Efrem: SEVERAL

TRANSGENDER MILITARY

PERSONNEL SUED TO BLOCK

THE POLICY, AND THE JUDGE

AGREED, FOR THE MOST PART,

STRIKING DOWN THE BAN, BUT

LEAVING THE PROVISION OF

NOT PAYING FOR SURGERIES.

THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED

2500 TRANSGENDER SERVICE

MEMBERS ON ACTIVE DUTY

NOW.

> SCOSCOTT LLOYD, THE MAN

WHO HEADS THE OFFICE OF

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SAYS

THE AGENCY IS REVIEWING

ITS POLICY ON PREGNANT

TEENAGERS IN SHELTERS WHO

REQUEST AN ABORTION.

THEY HAVE SAID

UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT

MINORS AND ITS CUSTODY

HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL

RIGHT TO ABORTION.

THE ACLU IS SUING THEM

OVER THAT POLICY.

THEY SAY PREGNANT MINORS

IN SHELTERS HAVE LIMITED

RIGHTS.

THEY'RE IN A SITUATION

WHERE THEY'RE NOT IN A

POSITION TO EXERCISE FULLY

WHATEVER RIGHTS THEY MAY

HAVE.

IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME TO

TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE GUN

SHOP, WHETHER THEY HAVE A

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OR

NOT, THE PROGRAM IS GOING

TO DENY THAT REQUEST.

Efrem: LLOYD

DESCRIBED THE NUMBER OF

PREGNANT TEENAGERS IN THE

SHELTER AS A TINY MINORITY

AND HE ADDS THAT MOST ARE

NOT ASKING FOR ABORTION.

THE ACLU RECENTLY WON A

LAWSUIT.

JANE DOE SAID THE SHELTER

STAFF REFUSED TO TRANSPORT

HER FOR AN ABORTION OR

ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO DO

SO.

> CAN SAUDI ARABIA BEAT

REFORM?

THAT IS THE VISION OF ITS

FUTURE LEADER.

Reporter: SAUDI

ARABIA'S YOUNG CROWN

PRINCE WANTS TO BRING A

KINDER AND GENTLER ISLAM

TO THE DESERT KINGDOM.

BUT TRYING TO MAKE IT

HAPPEN COULD NOT ONLY BE

TOUGH, BUT DANGEROUS.

MUHAMMAD BIN SOLMAN HAS

BEEN TRYING TO MOVE SAUDI

ARABIA AWAY FROM MOHABISM,

IT IS SO REPRESSIVE THAT

IT IS COMPARED TO THE

IDEOLOGY OF ISIS.

MANY CALL IT A SOURCE OF

MODERN ISLAMIC TERRORISM.

THE PRINCE'S REFORM PLAN

IS PART OF A PROGRAM

CALLED "VISION 2030,"

INTENDED TO REMAKE THE

SAUDI ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

AND DISTRICT ALONG THE RED

SEACOAST, COSTING

$500 BILLION.

BUT REFORMING WAHABISM

WILL BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE.

IT HAS BEEN SAUDI ARABIA'S

DOMINANT BRAND OF ISLAM

SINCE ITS BEGINNING.

WOMEN HAVE FEW RIGHTS.

AND ONLY JUST RECENTLY

JUST GAINED THE RIGHT TO

DRIVE CARS.

THE OPEN PRACTICE OF

CHRISTIANITY IS ILLEGAL.

PUBLIC BEHEADINGS HAVE

BEEN ROUTINE.

CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD TOLD

THE LONDON GUARDIAN

NEWSPAPER HE WILL RETURN

SAUDI ARABIA TO MODERATE

ISLAM AND OPEN THE COUNTRY

TO ALL RELIGIONS.

I ONLY WANT TO GO BACK

TO WHAT WE WERE, THE

MODERATE ISLAM THAT IS

OPEN TO THE WORLD, OPEN TO

ALL OF THE RELIGIONS.

Reporter: MUHAMMAD IS

SAID TO HAVE ALREADY

SIDELINED WAHABI ISLAM

LEADERS, AND HE BELIEVES

DEM GRAPHICDEMOGRAPHICS ARE ON HIS

SIDE.

30% OF THE SAUDI

ARABIANS ARE LESS THAN 30

YEARS OLD.

WE WILL NOT WASTE 30 YEARS

OF OUR LIVES WITH DEALING

WITH EXTREMIST IDEAS.

Reporter: BUT THE

LAST TIME SOCIAL REFORM

WAS ATTEMPTED IN 1979,

MILITANTS SEIZED THE GRAND

MASK FOR 15 DAYS, AND

CALLED FOR THE OVERTHROW

OF THE HOUSE OF SAUDI

ARABIA.

THE SAME HARDLINE SPIRIT

IS STILL STRONG IN SAUDI

ARABIA TODAY, AND COULD

FIGHT TO PREVENT THE KIND

OF REFORM THE PRINCE WANTS

TO BRING.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: COMING UP, THE

LIGHTS MAY HAVE GONE OUT

ON "DUCK DYNASTY", BUT

THAT IS NOT STOPPING THE

ROBERTSON CLAN FROM MAKING

THEIR VOICES HEARD.

KORIE ROBERTSON SPEAKS OUT

ABOUT RACISM AND OTHER

Efrem: "DUCK DYNASTY"

ENDED ITS RECORD-BREAKING

SIXTH SEASON RUN A FEW

MONTHS AGO, AND MUCH OF

THE FAMILY HAS GONE BACK

TO LIVING THEIR LIVES

OFF-CAMERA.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON SAT DOWN

WITH KORIE ROBERTSON TO

DISCUSS LIFE AFTER "DUCK

DYNASTY."

FIRE IN THE HOLE.

Reporter: FOR FIVE

YEARS THE ROBERTSON FAMILY

ENTERTAINED MILLIONS WITH

THEIR REALITY SHOW, "DUCK

DYNASTY", BREAKING THE

RECORD FOR THE

MOST-WATCHED NON-FICTION

CABLE SERIES IN TV

HISTORY.

WE WERE TOTALLY

SURPRISED.

I THINK WE FELT LIKE, YOU

KNOW, WE THOUGHT IT WAS

FUNNY.

[LAUGHTER]

WE THOUGHT IT WAS

FUNNY, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA.

THERE WAS NO IDEA TO

PREDICT THAT IT WAS GOING

TO DO WHAT IT DID.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH IT

WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN SHOW,

THE ROBERTSONS EXPRESSED

THEIR FAITH IN EACH

EPISODE.

KORI TOLD ME WHY SHE

THINKS IT RESONATED.

I THINK OTHER BELIEVERS

NEED TO STEP UP AND GET

INTO ENTERTAINMENT BECAUSE

ENTERTAINMENT REALLY DOES

AFFECT OUR COUNTRY.

AND IT AFFECTS US IN A BIG

WAY.

WE SAW THAT WITH OUR SHOW.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS A BIG

PART OF IT.

PEOPLE SAY, I CAN WATCH IT

WITH MY 3-YEAR-OLD OR MY

GRANDDAD AND I DON'T HAVE

TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS

GOING TO BE ON TELEVISION.

AND THAT IS GOOD FOR

TELEVISION TODAY.

I THINK THAT THE SUCCESS

OF OUR SHOW SHOULD HAVE

SENT A PRETTY STRONG

MESSAGE THAT THIS IS

REALLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT

AND WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO

SEE.

Reporter: FROM THE

START, VIEWERS GOT A

STRONG MESSAGE WHEN THE

FAMILY WOULD PRAY TOGETHER

TO END EACH SHOW.

IT JUST BECAME THIS

REALLY BIG DEAL.

IT MADE SUCH AN IMPACT.

AND AS WE HEARD STORIES

FROM OTHER PEOPLE, WHO

WOULD COME UP AND SAY, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE SITTING DOWN

AS A FAMILY, AND OUR

CHILDREN WON'T LET US EAT

BEFORE WE SAY A PRAYER

BECAUSE OF YOUR SHOW.

IT HAD IMPACT ON FAMILIES

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

Reporter: WHILE KORI

AND HER FAMILY ARE

ADJUSTING TO LIFE AWAY

FROM THE CAMERAS, THEY'RE

NOT OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT.

FAMILY MEMBERS TRAVEL THE

COUNTRY, SPEAKING THEIR

HEART ON ISSUES, RANGING

FROM RELIGION TO RACISM.

WE HAVE TO STAND UP.

AND WE SHOULD BE EMOTIONAL

ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE HAVE TO STAND UP

AND TALK ABOUT IT.

WHEN OUR FAMILY HIT

MAINSTREAM AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN ALL OF AMERICA IS

WATCHING, THEY NOTICED OUR

SON IS BI-RACIAL, AND WE

GOT COMMENTS AND HATE AND

NEGATIVITY, AND WE WERE

ACTUALLY TARGETED BY WHITE

SUPREMACISTS AT ONE POINT.

IT IS SHOCKING AND SCARY

AND SAD TO KNOW THAT STILL

EXISTS IN OUR COUNTRY.

Reporter: HOW DO YOU

THINK THE CHURCH SHOULD BE

PROMOTING RACIAL HEALING

IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW?

I THINK THE CHURCH

SHOULD BE A LEADER IN

THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK

UP, AND WE NEED TO TALK

ABOUT IT.

SOMETIMES WE KIND OF JUST

DON'T TALK ABOUT IT

BECAUSE MAYBE IN SOME WAYS

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY,

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A

MISTAKE, AND WE WANT TO BE

POLITICALLY CORRECT, SO WE

JUST STAY SILENT AND HOPE

THAT IT GETS BETTER.

AND I DON'T THINK --

THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY

TO HEALING.

WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT

IT.

Reporter: KORI AND

HER HUSBAND EVEN SHARED

THEIR FAMILY VIEWS OVER

SUPPORTING PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

HE DOES SAY A LOT OF

THINGS I DON'T AGREE

WITH -- I KNOW THEY DON'T

MATCH UP WITH MY VALUES,

SO THAT HAS BEEN HARD.

BUT I THINK AS CHRISTIAN

WOMEN, WE CAN'T JUST PUT

OUR HEAD IN THE SAND.

I THINK THIS IS A TIME

WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME

TOGETHER, HOW TO FIND THE

COMMONALITY, FIND THE

THINGS WE DO AGREE ON, AND

HOW TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE

PEACEFUL AND UNIFIED

COUNTRY.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS

GOING TO GOD IN PRAYER,

TAKING IT TO HIM.

Reporter: HER

DAUGHTER, SADIE, IS TAKING

HER MOTHER'S ADVICE,

POSTING A VIDEO ON

YouTube, PRAYING FOR

OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR

COUNTRY.

MR. TRUMP, IF YOU'RE

WATCHING THIS, I AM

ROOTING YOU ON.

I BELIEVE THE BEST IN YOU.

Reporter: AND SADIE

ALSO RECENTLY SHARED ABOUT

HER STRUGGLES WITH AN

EATING DISORDER THAT SHE

HID FROM HER FAMILY.

AS A MOM, IT BREAKS

YOUR HEART TO HEAR THAT

YOUR CHILD IS GOING

THROUGH THAT.

BUT I'M SO THANKFUL SHE IS

ABLE TO USE THAT AND HOW

GOD OVER CAME THAT THROUGH

HER, AND HOW SHE OVER CAME

IT THROUGH GOD, AND HOW HE

IS ABLE TO TALK TO OTHER

GIRLS AND ENCOURAGE OTHER

GIRLS BECAUSE IT IS

SOMETHING THAT IS SUCH A

STRUGGLE FOR SO MANY YOUNG

GIRLS AND WOMEN OF ALL

AGES, THAT IF WE DON'T

TALK ABOUT IT, WE KEEP

THINGS IN THE DARKNESS,

AND THEN SATAN HAS POWER

OVER IT.

WHEN WE BRING IT TO THE

LIGHT, GOD CAN DO HIS

WORK.

Reporter: HOLLYWOOD

DIDN'T INTEND ON PUTTING

THE ROBERTSON'S FAITH ON

ESTA PLADISPLAY FOR SIX SEASONS,

BUT THERE EVEN SOME THINGS

THAT HOLLYWOOD CAN'T HIDE.

OUR FAITH INFORMS

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

Reporter: AS YOU LOOK

BACK ON ALL OF THE

EPISODES AND THE SEASONS,

DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS A

REAL DEPICTION OF YOUR

FAMILY'S LIFE?

IT REALLY WAS.

IT IS A TELEVISION SHOW,

OF COURSE, AND THERE HAS

TO BE A STORY LINE, A

BEGINNING AND AN END, BUT

IT REALLY WAS WHO WE ARE.

WE FOUGHT HARD FOR THAT IN

THE BEGINNING.

WE THIS IS WHO WE ARE,

THIS IS OUR FAMILY, IF YOU

WANT US, THIS IS WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

AND WE TRIED TO BE TRUE TO

WHO WE ARE THE WHOLE TIME.

Reporter: AS FOR WHAT

IS NEXT, KORI SAYS SHE

REALLY DOESN'T KNOW YET,

BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS, I

WERE SAY WE'VE ONLY SEEN

THE BEGINNING OF HIS

ROBERTSON FAMILY.

> REPORTING FROM

WASHINGTON, ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: UP NEXT, I'M

SITTING DOWN WITH WORSHIP

LEADER CODY CARNES TO HEAR

THE STORY BEHIND HIS

LATEST PROJECT.

Efrem: CHRISTIAN

AUTHOR AND SPEAKER LISA

TURKQUEST SAYS SHE HAS

BREAST CANCER.

SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

IN A Facebook LIVE VIDEO

ON MONDAY.

SHE WENT IN FOR A ROUTINE

MAMMOGRAM, AND WHEN SHE

WENT TO DOCTORS, THEY SAW

A MASS.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES

AFTER SHE ANNOUNCED SHE

WOULD BE DIVORCING HER

HUSBAND OF 25 YEARS

BECAUSE OF INFIDELITY.

DESPITE THE HARD-HITTING

NEWS, SHE SAYS SHE FEELS

LIKE SHE IS IN GOOD

SPIRITS.

PLEASE KEEP HER IN YOUR

PRAYERS.

> CODY CARNES IS A

WORSHIP LEADER AND IS

MARRIED TO CARY JOBE.

I SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO

HEAR ABOUT HIS LATEST

PROJECT.

* THE CROSS HAS THE FINAL

WORD *

* THE CROSS HAS THE FINAL

WORD *

*

* THE CROSS HAS THE FINAL

WORD *

Efrem: I'D LIKE TO

BEGIN TALKING ABOUT YOUR

DEBUT ALBUM, "THE DARKER

THE NIGHT, THE BRIGHTER

THE MORNING."

YES.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.

Efrem: FIRST, THAT

TITLE, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT

WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT

WE'RE HEARING?

YES.

THAT TITLE COMES FROM A

SONG ON THE RECORD CALLED

"HOLD IT ALL" WHICH SAYS,

"YOU HOLD IT ALL."

JOHN 1 TELLS US LIGHT HAS

OVERCOME THE DARK AND THE

DARKNESS CANNOT EXTINGUISH

IT.

THE TRUTH IS WHAT JESUS

DID AT THE CROSS SILENCED

AND OVERCAME DARKNESS ONCE

AND FOR ALL.

WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD,

IN A TIME, WHERE DAY TO

DAY IT CAN SEEM LIKE

DARKNESS IS WINNING.

IT CAN SEEM LIKE EVIL IS

RISING UP.

IT CAN SEEM LIKE THINGS

ARE GETTING OUT OF

CONTROL.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT WAS

ALREADY LOST.

IT WAS PERSONAL FOR ME AND

FOR CARRIE AS WELL.

HER ALBUM "THE GARDEN,"

CAME OUT OF A TIME OF A

LOT OF DEVASTATION IN OUR

FAMILY.

I WAS WRITING THIS ALBUM

AROUND THAT SAME TIME.

I JUST LEARNED THE

IMPORTANCE OF WORSHIP IN

THOSE SCENARIOS.

I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE

OF WORSHIP IN SOMETHING

HARD, AND ACTUALLY

DECLARING THE FAITHFULNESS

OF GOD, YOU SEE THE

FAITHFULNESS OF GOD WHEN

YOU SPEAK IT AND YOU

DECLARE IT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS ALBUM IS,

A DECLARATION OF FAITH,

AND SAYING, GOD, I TRUST

YOU, NO MATTER WHAT IT

LOOKS LIKE.

WE'VE SEEN GOD WORK SOME

AMAZING MIRACLES IN OUR

FAMILY, IN OUR LIVES.

AND, MAN, HE HAS REALLY

TURNED ASHES INTO BEAUTY

IN SOME AMAZING WAYS.

SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF

ALSO LIKE A TESTIMONY OF

OUR LIVES AND WHAT WE'VE

SEEN GOD DO.

I'VE SEEN YOU BE FAITHFUL

EVERY TIME, GOD, AND THIS

WON'T BE ANY DIFFERENT.

Efrem: MY FAVORITE

SONG IS "THE CROSS HAS THE

FINAL SAY."

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE

SONG?

I LOVE "WHAT FREEDOM

FEELS LIKE," AND THAT'S

REALLY GREAT.

THERE ARE -- I REALLY AM

PROUD OF IT.

I REALLY LOVE ALL OF THE

SONGS ON IT.

Efrem: IN LIGHT OF

THE FACT THAT THERE IS A

GARDEN AT YOUR HOUSE

GIVING BIRTH TO SOME GREAT

MUSIC, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL

ME ABOUT THAT GARDEN.

IT WAS FUNNY.

WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN

DECEMBER, SO WE REALLY HAD

NO IDEA THERE WAS A GARDEN

BACK THERE BECAUSE

EVERYTHING WAS DEAD.

IN APRIL, YOU KNOW, CARRIE

COMES DOWN ONE DAY, AND

SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF

WRITING HER ALBUM, AND SHE

WALKS DOWN ONE DAY, AND IT

LITERALLY FELT LIKE THE

GARDEN IN OUR BACKYARD

BLOOMED OVERNIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU STEPPED OUT

INTO THAT GARDEN, IT WAS

LIKE GOD WAS SPEAKING,

I'VE GONE BEFORE YOU.

YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF

GOD IN THAT PLACE.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE

GARDEN SONG CAME FROM.

WE WERE WRITING AT OUR

HOUSE WITH A COUPLE OF

FRIENDS, AND GOD WILL

SPEAK IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS

IF YOU LISTEN -- SOMETIMES

I MISS IT -- BUT, YEAH,

GOD REALLY SPOKE THROUGH

THAT.

Efrem: YOU'VE BEEN

SINGING FOR AS LONG AS YOU

HAVE, BUT THIS IS YOUR

DEBUT ALBUM.

YES.

Efrem: WHAT TOOK YOU

SO LONG?

I TOOK A LEFT TURN IN

LIFE BECAUSE I MOVED TO

ARIZONA TO PLAN A CHURCH.

AND IT REALLY DIDN'T MAKE

ANY SENSE TO ME.

I WAS, LIKE, GOD, I'M

ABOUT TO START THIS MUSIC

THING.

AND IT IS ALL WORKING, AND

GOD SAID, NO, I WANT YOU

TO GO DO THIS.

AND GOD REALLY DID SOME

THINGS IN MY HEART AND MY

CHARACTER IN THAT SEASON.

I FEEL THANKFUL FOR THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK IF I WOULD

HAVE JUMPED INTO IT BEFORE

GOD'S TIMING, I THINK IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH.

I THINK I MAYBE WOULD NOT

HAVE MADE THE ALBUM I

SHOULD HAVE MADE.

OR MAYBE WOULD HAVE JUMPED

INTO A DEAL THAT WASN'T

RIGHT.

BECAUSE I WAITED,

EVERYTHING I STEPPED INTO

HAS BEEN SO EFFORTLESS, SO

EASY.

THE DOORS HAVE JUST BEEN

OPEN.

AND I'VE BEEN WALKING

THROUGH WHAT GOD PUT

BEFORE ME.

I DON'T EVER HAVE TO MAKES

WAVES FOR MYSELF.

I CAN ALWAYS TRUST GOD

THAT HE IS DOING THINGS

AND WORKING THINGS OUT.

I JUST HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL

AND DILIGENT TO WALK

THROUGH WHAT HE PUTS IN

FRONT OF ME.

THAT WAS JUST THE WAY IT

WORKED OUT.

Efrem: THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

IT IS A PLEASURE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Efrem: "THE DARKER

THE NIGHT, THE BRIGHTER

THE MORNING" IS AVAILABLE

WHEREVER MUSIC IS SOLD.

FOR MORE UPLIFTING

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, BE

SURE TO CHECK OUT "STUDIO

5."

THIS WEEK WE'RE SITTING

DOWN RECORDING ARTIST TINA

CAMPBELL JUST AS SHE

CANCELS HER TOUR.

HEAR WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY

SHE ENDORSES PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

> STAY WITH US, THERE IS

MUCH MORE OF CBN

"NEWSWATCH" COMING UP

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Efrem: IT IS TIME NOW

FOR YOUR TUESDAY

TWEETABLE, AND I HOPE THIS

MESSAGE WILL INSPIRE YOU

AND MOVE YOU TO POST, TAG,

TWEET, AND SHARE IT WITH

OTHERS.

CONSIDER THIS, AND CARRY

THIS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY:

REGARDLESS OF THIS MOMENT

OF CRISIS OR MOMENT OF

COMFORT, GOD IS ABOUT TO

DO HIS GREATEST WORK IN

YOU.

WITH THAT WORD, BE SURE TO

MAKE THIS A TERRIFIC

TUESDAY.

THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR

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