* SHE'S BEEN WALKING THE

SAME OLD ROAD FOR MILES

AND MILES *

Andrew:

GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST ZACH

WILLIAMS SHARES THE REAL

LIFE STORY BEHIND HIS HIT

SONG "CHAIN MAKER."

AND THE MOMENT HE OWN

CHAINS WERE BROKEN.

IT WAS JUST, LIKE, I

DON'T HAVE TO GO AND DO

WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING

ANYMORE.

Andrew: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

HI, AND WELCOME TO THE

SHOW.

WELL, LESS THAN TWO YEARS

AGO, ZACH WILLIAMS

RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO

SINGLE, AND IT WAS CALLED

"CHAIN BREAKER," AND IT

MADE THE TOP 10 ON

CHRISTIAN RADIO.

THIS YEAR HIS ALBUM OF THE

SAME NAME WON A GRAMMY.

IT IS TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM

A CHAPTER OF ZACH'S REAL

LIFE, A TIME WHEN HE WAS

CHAINED TO HIS OWN PRISON

OF ADDICTION.

I'D BEEN IN NASHVILLE

FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK,

WRITTEN SONGS ALL WEEK

LONG, HAD A FOUR-HOUR

DRIVE AND ALL I COULD

THINK ABOUT WAS GETTING

HOME.

I SAT DOWN WITH JONATHAN

AND MIA, JONATHAN SMITH

AND MIA FIELD AMERICAN

STOC, AND AT THETIME, MY AND MY WIFE WERE

VERY INVOLVED IN PRISON

MINISTRY AT OUR CHURCH.

AND "CHAIN BREAKER" WAS

THROWN OUT.

AND THE FIRST THING OUT OF

MY MOUTH WAS, IF YOU'VE

BEEN WALKING THE SAME OLD

ROAD FOR MILES AND MILES.

AND LITERALLY, 15, 20

MINUTES LATER, WE HAD

WRITTEN THAT SONG.

*

Andrew: ZACH

WILLIAMS' "CHAIN BREAKER"

WON A GRAMMY.

BUT THERE WAS A TIME IN

ZACH'S LIFE WHEN HE HAD

CHAINS OF HIS OWN.

HE WAS RAISED IN

JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO

CHRISTIAN PARENTS, AND IT

WAS RAISED IN CHURCH.

IT WAS A STORYBOOK

CHILDHOOD.

I HAD A GREAT FAMILY.

FROM AS EARLY AS I CAN

REMEMBER, WE WERE IN

CHURCH ON SUNDAYS AND

WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAYS.

AND I KNEW ALL OF THE

STORIES IN MY HEAD.

I KNEW THE SCRIPTURES AND

THE TEACHINGS AND THINGS.

I'M NOT SURE I REALLY

UNDERSTOOD THE HEART PART

OF IT.

Andrew: IN HIGH

SCHOOL, HOWEVER, HE BEGAN

DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS.

IT JUST KIND OF SUCKED

ME IN.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT

HAPPENED IN MY PAST OR MY

CHILDHOOD THAT WOULD PUSH

ME TO USING DRUGS OR

ALCOHOL.

IT WAS MORE OF A -- YOU

KNOW, JUST KIND OF THE

WRONG CROWD.

I KNEW IT WAS WRONG, BUT

IT WAS ALSO -- FOR ME, AT

THAT TIME, IT WAS FUN.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A

BIG DEAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY AS

GOT OLDER, IT BEGAN TO BE

A MUCH BIGGER DEAL IN MY

LIFE.

Andrew: HE HOPED TO

GO ON TO PLAY COLLEGE

BALL, BUT WHEN AN INJURY

SIDELINED HIS CAREER, HE

BEGAN TO PLAY GUITAR AND

HIS GOALS CHANGED.

I WANT TO BE A ROCK

STAR, AND IT IS JUSTIFIED.

SO FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS

OF MY LIFE, I LITERALLY

CARRIED A GUITAR WITH ME

EVERYWHERE I WENT.

Andrew: AND HE

EVENTUALLY FORMED HIS OWN

BAND.

WE HAD SOME SUCCESS.

WE TOURED EUROPE A COUPLE

OF TIMES AND DID A TOUR

WITH THE U.S.O., AND

PLAYED SOME MUSIC FOR THE

TROOPS OVER IN JAPAN ONE

SUMMER.

FOR ME, I FELT LIKE I MADE

IT.

Andrew: ZACH MET AND

BEGAN DATING CRYSTAL, BUT

ZACHARY FUSED T REFUSED TO CHANGE.

I WAS STILL USING DRUGS

AND DRINKING, AND I

REMEMBER TELLING MY WIFE,

YOU KNEW THIS WHEN YOU MET

ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

THAT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF MY

THEME WHEN SHE WOULD COME

TO ME AND SAID, YOU NEED

TO GROW UP.

WE NEED TO MAKE SOME

CHANGES.

I KNEW SHE WAS TELLING THE

TRUTH, I DID NEED TO MAKE

SOME CHANGES.

Andrew: ALL THE

WHILE, HIS PARENTS

CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR HIM.

THEIR FAITH WAS TESTED,

BUT I ALSO SAW THEM NEVER

GIVE UP PRAYING.

THEY WOULD COME AND PRAY

FOR ME AND MY WIFE AND MY

FAMILY.

Andrew: EVENTUALLY,

ZACH TIRED OF THE ROCK

LIFE, AND THE TOLL IT WAS

TAKING ON HIS FAMILY.

LIVING THE LIFESTYLE I

WAS, IT TOOK A TOLL ON MY

FAMILY.

I WAS A MISERABLE SHELL OF

A PERSON.

GOING OUT AND PLAYING

THESE SHOWS WASN'T MAKING

IT ANY BETTER.

I WAS STANDING ON STAGE

EVERY NIGHT, JUST KIND OF

FOR THE HIGH THAT I GOT OF

BEING OUT THERE IN FRONT

OF THE CROWD.

AND I WAS WALKING OFF

STAGE EVERY NIGHT,

MISERABLE.

I HEARD "REDEEMED" BY BIG

DADDY REEVE, WHEN WE WERE

IN SPAIN, AND IT GOT MY

ATTENTION.

AND BASICALLY GOD SAID, I

SEE YOU DIFFERENTLY THAN

YOU SEE YOURSELF.

I'VE GIVEN YOU THIS GIFT

AND ALL OF THESE CHANCES.

I WANT YOU TO USE THIS FOR

ME, AND IF YOU WILL, I'LL

GIVE YOU THINGS YOU'VE

NEVER DREAMED OF.

Andrew: THAT NIGHT

ZACH CALLED CRYSTAL.

I WAS, LIKE, WHEN THIS

TOUR IS OVER, I'M DONE.

I'M QUITTING MY BAND,

CANCELLING THE SHOWS.

I REMEMBER WALKING IN THE

DOOR AND BUSTING INTO

TEARS AND ASKING FOR

FORGIVENESS FROM MY WIFE

AND KIDS, AND APOLOGIZING

FOR THE PAST AND ALL OF

THE WRONGS I HAD DONE.

I FELT HORRIBLE.

AND IT WAS, LIKE, THIS

MOMENT WITH GOD WHERE I

JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, I

CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

I DON'T CARE IF I EVER

PLAY ANOTHER SONG OR I

PLAY GUITAR.

IF WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO

WITH MY LIFE IS WORK WITH

MY DAD IN THIS

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND

JUST BE A GOOD DAD AND A

GOOD FATHER AND GO E TO GO TO

CHURCH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT

TO DO.

WHEN I GOT DONE PRAYING, I

ASKED GOD TO COME LIVE IN

MY LIFE AND BE THE LORD OF

MY LIFE.

I WAS, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE

TO GO AND DO WHAT I'VE

BEEN DOING ANYMORE.

AND THINGS STARTED

CHANGING IN MY LIFE.

Andrew: ZACH AND

CRYSTAL ACCEPTED CHRIST IN

2015, AND STARTED

ATTENDING A CHURCH.

OUT OF THE BLUE ONE

DAY, I WAS WALKING AROUND

A CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH

MY DAD, AND I STARTED

HEARING SONGS IN MY HEAD

AND I STARTED WRITING THEM

DOWN.

Andrew: SOON AFTER,

THE LEADERSHIP OF THE

CHURCH ASKED ZACH TO BE

THE WORSHIP PASTOR.

IT KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY

BECAUSE THEY WERE WILLING

TO TAKE A CHANCE OF

SOMEBODY THEY REALLY

DIDN'T KNOW VERY MUCH.

BUT THE FIRST TIME I STOOD

ON STAGE AND LED WORSHIP,

IT IS THE VERY FIRST TIME

I EVER REMEMBER FEELING

LIKE I WASN'T FAKING IT.

I HAD MY EYES CLOSED AND I

WAS JUST SINGING TO THE

LORD.

Andrew: OTHER DOORS

BEGAN OPENING FOR ZACH,

INCLUDING THE CHANCE TO

WRITE WITH SEVERAL NOTED

NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS.

HE BEGAN MAKING THE

FOUR-HOUR TREK FROM

JONESBORO.

ONE EVENING HE GOT A CALL

FROM A RECORD EXECUTIVE.

HE SAID, ARE YOU

SITTING DOWN?

AND I SAID, YEAH.

AND HE SAID, I PLAYED YOUR

SONG IN A MEETING, AND

THEY WANT TO OFFER YOU A

RECORD DEAL.

AND I SAID, WHAT?

THE PRAYER THAT I PRAYED

SIX MONTHS BEFORE THAT,

GOD HEARD MY PRAYER.

Andrew: HE IS

CURRENTLY TOURING WITH HIS

BAND AND IS SKAT EXCITED TO SEE

WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR

HIM.

IT HAS BEEN ONE THING

AFTER ANOTHER THAT GOD HAS

SHOWN UP AND DONE IN MY

LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE.

HE STRENTHENED MY

MARRIAGE, MY RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN ME AND MY WIFE.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY NEAT TO

SEE AND BE A PART OF.

IT HAS BEEN SO HUMBLING.

JUST TO KNOW THAT HE HEARS

YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR

CRIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S

REALLY COOL.

Andrew: WHAT A STORY

OF SURRENDER FROM ZACH AS

HE CAME BACK TO THE LORD.

YOU HEARD HIM SAY HE GREW

UP IN CHURCH.

HE HAD A GOOD CHILDHOOD.

HE LEARNED ABOUT SCRIPTURE

AND WHO CHRIST WAS.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF

TIME, HE DRIFTEDED. DRIFTED.

HE LET HIS FLESH AND

THINGS TAKE HIM ANOTHER

WAY.

AND THEN THINGS STARTED TO

SPIRAL.

PERHAPS YOU'VE EXPERIENCED

THAT.

I'M CONVINCEDE CONVINCED IF WE'RE

KNOWLEDGEABLE OF CHRIST

AND HAVE HAD A

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND

THEN BEGIN TO WANDER AWAY,

FOLLOW WHAT WE THINK WILL

MAKE US HAPPY APART FROM

CHRIST, FOLLOW THE WAYS OF

THE FLESH, I THINK WE'LL

BE MORE SAD AND DEPRESSED

AND EVEN ANGRY THAN PEOPLE

WHO NEVER KNEW CHRIST.

WHY IS THAT?

BECAUSE DEEP IN OUR

SPIRIT, WE KNOW WE HAVE

LEFT OUR FIRST LOVE.

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL

BE RELENTLESS IN SEEKING

US FOR RELATIONSHIP AGAIN.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT.

HE IS A PERSON.

HE DOESN'T GIVE UP ON US.

HE WILL CONTINUE TO

RESPECTFULLY, AND

SINCERELY, WITH LOVE,

KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF OUR

HEART FOR A RELATIONSHIP.

GOD NEVER, EVER DESIRES

THAT THERE IS A

TERMINATION OR A SEVERING

IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH

HIM.

NEVER.

HE ALWAYS DESIRES A

RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE WITH

HIS CHILDREN.

SIN IS NEVER GOOD FOR US,

EVER.

IT IS NEVER GOOD FOR US.

IT IS NEVER GOOD FOR

ANYBODY WE'RE CONNECTEDED

WITH.

CONNECTED

WITH.

DON'T BELIEVE THE LIE OF

THE ENEMY WHO TELLS YOU

YOU ARE TWO FAR GONE TO

HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH

CHRIST.

AFTER YOU SIN, THE DEVIL

WILL TELL YOU, HE'LL NEVER

TAKE YOU BACK.

YOU'RE TOO DIRTY.

YOU'RE UNDER CONDEMNATION.

NO.

HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN BY

HOUSE AND IT SAYS

"CONDEMNED" ON IT, AND IT

MEANS NOT FIT FOR USE.

WE'RE NOT MADE THAT WAY.

IT SAYS IN ROMANS 8: "NOW

THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION

FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN

CHRIST JESUS."

HE HAS NEVER, EVER LOST

HIS LOVE FOR US.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE

DONE.

THE PURSUIT OF YOU, THAT

KNOCKING ON YOUR HEART, IS

A PURSUIT OF LOVE FROM

GOD.

THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THE

CROSS AND THEN IT BEGINS

TO MAKE SENSE.

THIS IS THE LOVE GOD HAS

FOR YOU.

WHERE HIS VERY OWN SON WAS

NAILED TO A CROSS AND

CRUCIFIED AND BLED FOR YOU

AND FOR ME BECAUSE WE

CAN'T EARN OUR SALVATION.

JESUS DID ALL OF THE WORK.

BUT WE ARE CALLED TO

RECEIVE HIM AND WALK IN

OBEDIENCE.

AND WALKING IN OBEDIENCE

IS THAT ULTIMATE

SURRENDER.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME HOME

TODAY TO CHRIST, TO THE

ONE YOU KNEW, THE ONE YOU

MIGHT HAVE WANDERED AWAY

FROM, I INVITE YOU TO PRAY

WITH ME NOW.

FATHER, WITH OUR AUDIENCE

AND THOSE WATCHING, I JUST

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF

RELATIONSHIP WITH US.

YOU YO NEVER GIVE UP.

FOR THOSE WATCHING RIGHT

NOW WHO HAVE FELT, UNTIL

THIS MOMENT, THEY'RE TOO

FAR GONE, THEY'RE TOO

DIRTY, THEIR RECORD OF SIN

IS BEYOND ANYONE ELSE, I

WANT TO REMIND TODAY THAT

THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS FOR

THEM.

IT IS THIS DAY, FATHER, I

DEVOTE MY LIFE TO YOU.

I SURRENDER TO YOU.

AND I ASK YOU TO LEAD ME

AND GUIDE ME AND

OBEDIENCE.

I ACCEPT YOU INTO MY HEART

HEART.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I

PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER

PRAYER, GIVE US A CALL AT

1-800-700-7000.

WE WOULD LOVE TO PRAY

FURTHER WITH YOU YOU.

> WELL, COMING UP, FROM

A NOSE THAT SNIFFS OUT

CANCER TO THRIVING GROVES

AND ROCKY DESERTS, NEW

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ARE

SAVING LIVES AROUND THE

WORLD.

AND COMING UP, ONE AUTHOR

TELLS US WHO IS BEHIND

THESE BREAKTHROUGHS.

DON'T GO AWAY.

Andrew: FROM

TECHNOLOGY TO MEDICINE, TO

AGRICULTURE, ISRAEL LEADS

THE WORLD IN ADVANCES THAT

MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER

PLACE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT A FEW

BREAKTHROUGHS, INNOVATIONS

THAT HAVE CHANGED THE

WORLD.

Reporter: FROM A

DEVICE CALLED THE NANO

ARTIFICIAL NOSE, WHICH

SNIFFS OUT CANCER, TO

TECHNOLOGY THAT GIVES

SIGHT TO THE BLIND AND

MAKES THE LAME WALK AGAIN,

ISRAEL LEADS THE WORLD IN

MEDICAL INNOVATIONS.

EVERY DAY MILLIONS AROUND

THE WORLD USE SOME KIND OF

MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT

CAME FROM ISRAEL.

ISRAELI ENTPRENEURS AND

SCIENTISTS ARE ALSO

PIONEERS IN AGRICULTURE

AND INVENTED TECHNIQUES

THAT ALLOWED THE TINY

NATION TO TURN ROCKY

DESERT LANDSCAPES INTO

LUSH ORCHARDS, AND

MOSQUITO-INFESTED SWAMPS

INTO CITRUS GROVES.

AND ISRAEL HAS EXPORTED

THESE TECHNIQUES TO THE

REST OF THE WORLD.

IN HIS NEW BOOK "THOU

SHALT INNOVATE: HOW

ISRAELI INGINUITY REPAIRS

THE WORLD," THE AUTHOR

REVEALS WONDEROUS

INNOVATIONS THAT ARE

CHANGING THE LIVES OF

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD, AND EXPLORE WHY

ISRAELI INNOVATORS OF ALL

FAITHS FEEL COMPELLED TO

MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.

Andrew: IT'S A GREAT

BOOK.

AVI JORISCH JOINS US NOW.

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

Andrew: WHAT

COMPELLED YOU TO WRITE THE

BOOK?

IT IS AN INTERESTING

STORY.

IT WAS THE FEAR OF GOING

INTO BOMB SHELTERS.

AS I TOOK MY CHILDREN IN

AND OUT OF BOMB SHELTERS

THAT SUMMER, I REALIZED IT

WASN'T JUST THE IRON DOME

THAT WAS SAVING LIVES.

I REALIZED THAT ISRAELI

INNOVATIONS ARE IMPROVING

THE LIVES OF BILLIONS OF

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,

IN SCIENCE, IN MEDICINE,

IN WATER, AND AGRICULTURE.

Andrew: LET'S START

WITH THE IRON DOME FOR

PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT

IT IS.

IN 201 IT WA 2012 IT WAS THE

FIRST TIME YOU COULD SHOOT

A HUMAN PROJECTILE OUT OF

THE SKY.

AND THIS SAVES LIVES ON

BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER,

SAVES ISRAELIS,

PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS

BY ENSURING IF PROJECTILES

ARE FIRED INTO THE AREA,

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN.

ISRAEL HAS THE CAPACITY TO

SHOOT THEM OUT OF THE SKY,

SAVING THE LIVES OF ITS

OWN CITIZENS.

Andrew: HOW ABOUT HOW

INNOVATIONS IN ISRAEL ARE

HELPING TO FEED PEOPLE.

SURE.

LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE

AGRICULTURE.

FOR ALL OF YOU VIEWERS WHO

HAVE SEEN A ZIPLOC BAG,

ISRAEL CREATED A ZIPLOC

BAG THAT IS USED IN 100

COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD

THAT ALLOWS FARMERS TO PUT

IN THEIR GRAINS, AND

ASPHYXIATE THE BUGS

WITHOUT HAVING TO USE ANY

DRUGS.

THAT IS KNOWN AS THE GREEN

COCOON.

Andrew: WHAT ABOUT

WATER?

THIS IS ONE OF MY

FAVORITE STORIES.

ISRAEL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

IN THE WORLD TO HAVE

DECLARED WATER

INDEPENDENCE.

FIVE YEARS AGO, ISRAEL

DECLARED IT IS COMPLETELY

INDEPENDENT OF THE WEATHER

AND ITS NEIGHBORS.

IT IS THE WORLD'S ONLY

WATER SUPER POWER.

THEY HAVE FIVE

DESALINATION PLANTS, WHICH

ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE WATER

FROM THE OCEAN AND MAKE IT

PAPALATABLE.

AND DRIP IRRIGATION, YOU

USE A THIRD OF THE WATER

AND DOUBLE THE YIELD.

THAT IS USED BY A BILLION

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND AS A RESULT, ISRAEL

CAN EXPORT ITS WATER TO

ITS NEIGHBORS.

Andrew: ONE OF THE

MOST FASCINATING STORIES

IN THE BOOK IS ABOUT YOUR

ROOMMATE WHO WAS IN THIS

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT --

THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD

BRAIN CANCER.

HE DECIDED OF WAITING THE

FIVE, 10 YEARS IT WOULD

TAKE TO DEVELOP

TECHNOLOGY, HE DEVELOPED

HIS TECHNOLOGY ON HIS OWN.

I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

Andrew: HOW DID HE DO

THAT?

HE FIGURED OUT THAT

BUGS HAVE CERTAIN

EYESIGHT, AND DEVELOPED A

CAMERA THAT ALLOWS YOU TO

GO INTO THE BRAIN BECAUSE

IT IS SMALL ENOUGH, AND

THAT TECHNOLOGY IS USED

AROUND THE WORLD.

Andrew: HE EDUCATED

HIMSELF?

HE EDUCATED HIMSELF AND

WENT AROUND THE WORLD.

THERE ARE FIVE THINGS THAT

DRIVE INNOVATION: GREAT

UNIVERSITIES, A VERY

DIVERSE SET OF PEOPLE,

CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, JEWS,

ARABS -- YOU NAME IT, THEY

HAVE IT, AND THEY HAVE

GREAT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

AND A HIGHLY GREAT

MILITARY.

AND YOU CANNOT, FOR 3,000

YEARS, REPEAT FEED THE

HUNGRY, HELP THE SICK,

HELP THOSE IN NEED, AND

NOT HAVE A DEEP IMPACT ON

THE CULTURAL D.N.A. OF

YOUR PEOPLE.

YOU CANNOT BELIEVE YOU'RE

A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS

WITHOUT WANTING TO HELP

THE OTHERS.

AND THIS MAN WHO WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, HE

NOT ONLY WANTED TO HELP

HIMSELF, BUT HE WANTED TO

HELP OTHERS.

Andrew: ONE THING YOU

DIDN'T MENTION YET IS THEY

ALLOW THEMSELVES TO FAIL,

AND ALMOST ENCOURAGE THE

PROCESS.

TELL US ABOUT IT?

IN ISRAEL, IF YOU HAVE

NOT FAILED IN A START-UP,

PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU A

LITTLE FUNNY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THE

PROCESS TO SUCCESS IS YOU

MUST FAIL.

TOTHOMAS EDISON IS A

WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT,

A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE HE

CREATED THE LIGHTBULB.

AND ISRAELIS HAVE FIGURED

OUT FAILURE IS PART OF THE

PROCESS.

Andrew: HOW DO THEY

MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR

ENTREPRENEURS.

THEY HAVE SMART

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

IF YOU'RE AN ENTREPRENEUR,

YOU CAN PUT DOWN 20% OF

THE CAPITAL, AND THE

ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WILL

GIVE YOU THE OTHER 80%.

IF THE COMPANY SUCCEEDS,

YOU PAY IT BACK IN THE

FORM OF A LOW-INTEREST

LOAN, AND IF YOU FAIL, IT

BAMES A GRANT.

Andrew: I HEARD YOU

SAY IF YOU ARE HAVING A

MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN

ISRAEL, YOU MAY GET A

RESPONSE A 60 SECONDS.

IF YOU WERE HAVING A

HEART ATTACK, YOU WOULD

CALL 9-1-1, AND 20 MINUTES

LATER, AN AMBULANCE WILL

ARRIVE.

IN ISRAEL, THAT IS WAY TOO

LONG WITH TERRORIST

ATTACKS.

MY FRIEND CREATED AN

ORGANIZATION THAT MANAGED

TO DO THREE THINGS

SUCCESSFULLY: ONE, IT

CREATED AN ARMY OF

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS,

5,000 IN ALL AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

SECOND, THEY GAVE EACH AND

EVERY ONE OF THEM AN

UBER-LIKE APPLICATION,

THAT HAILS THE FIVE

NEAREST EMERGENCY

RESPONDERS, AND IT GAVE

THEM AN AMBU-CYCLE.

AND THERE IS A BOX ON THE

BIKE THAT HAS MEDICAL

EQUIPMENT.

AND AS A RESULT OF THE

5,000 PEOPLE AROUND THE

COUNTRY, THIS UBER-LIKE

APPLICATION, AND THIS

AMBUAMBU-CYCLE, AND IT TAKES

60 SECONDS.

JERSEY CITY IS THE FIRST

CITY IN THE UNITED STATES

TO IMPLEMENT THIS CHEAP

TECHNOLOGY, BUT THERE IS

NO REASON WHY THIS TECH

SHOULDN'T BE AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

IN SAN FRANCISCO, NEW

YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY.

THIS TECH IS NOW, TO SOME

DEGREE OR ANOTHER,

AVAILABLE IN 20 COUNTRIES

AROUND THE WORLD, BUT

JERSEY CITY IS THE FIRST.

Andrew: TELL US ABOUT

THITHIS PROPHETIC PRAY

TRADITION.

WE BELIEVE, AS THE

JEWISH PEOPLE, WE HAVE A

CONTRACT WITH GOD.

THREE TIMES A DAY THE

RELIGIOUS JEWS PRAY THE

PRAYER WHICH CALLS UPON US

TO IMPROVE THE WORLD.

THE CLASSIC BODY OF RABIN

RABINIC TEACHINGS NO LESS

THAN 10 TIMES INSTRUCTS US

TO PREPARE TH REPAIR THE WORLD.

THE PROPHET ISAIAH CALLS

FOR US TO BE A LIGHT ON TO

THE NATION.

WE PRAY.

AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN TRYING TO ELEVATE THE

MUNDANE INTO THE HOLY.

70 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK,

BEN-GURION DECLARED THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE

OF ISRAEL.

HE DID TWO THINGS: ONE,

HE SAID THE BORDERS ARE

OFFICIALLY OPEN.

JEWS CAN RETURN HOME

WHENEVER THEY WISH.

SECONDLY, HE SAID, "ISRAEL

HAS THE GREAT PRIVILEGE

AND THE OBLIGATION TO

TACKLE SOME OF THE GRAVEST

CHALLENGES OF THE 20th

CENTURY."

HE SEEMED TO BE SAYING

THAT ISRAEL'S PLACE IN THE

WORLD WAS NOT ONLY TO

ENRICH ITS OWN CITIZENS,

BUT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF

THE WORLD'S CITIZENS.

THERE IS NO DENYING THAT

ISRAEL IS A COMPLICATED

PLACE.

BUT ISRAEL ALSO HAS

INNOVATORS THAT ARE BOUND

TOGETHER NOT BY RELIGION,

MONEY, OR STATURE, BUT

RATHER BY A DESIRE TO DO

GOOD AND MAKE THE WORLD A

BETTER PLACE.

Andrew: YOU TELL

PEOPLE TO BE A MENCSH?

THAT MEANS TO BE A GOOD

PERSON.

IT LITERALLY MEANS, DON'T

BE A WILD ANIMAL.

WE ALL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

OF BEING A GOOD PERSON AND

NOT.

VALUES ARE THE MOST

IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE.

THE JEWISH PEOPLE DON'T

HAVE THE INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY LOCKED DOWN ON

VALUES.

WE LEARNED THAT THE WORLD

STANDS ON THREE THINGS...

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

...TORAH, WHICH I

TRANSLATE INTO VALUES,

HARD WORK, AND CHARITABLE

ACTS OF KINDNESS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE

OF ISRAEL, ISRAEL IS NOT

JUST AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE.

ISRAEL IS A COUNTRY THAT

IS LEVERAGING ITS

TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT

OF BILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

IT IS MAKING THE WORLD A

BETTER PLACE FOR THOSE

AFFLICTED WITH MULTIPLE

SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON'S,

WATER, MEDICINE, SCIENCE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE

HELPING BOTH HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES AND AROUND

THE GLOBE.

Andrew: AFI, I AVI, IT IS A

GREAT BOOK.

IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER

BOOKS ARE SOLD.

> STILL AHEAD, A JEWISH

GIRL AND HER FAMILY FLEE

TO ISRAEL TO ESCAPE THE

FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.

SEE HOW CBN PARTNERS HELP

Andrew: WHEN RUSSIA

INVADED UKRAINE A FEW

YEARS AGO, ANASTASIA AND

HER FAMILY WERE CAUGHT IN

THE CROSS-FIRE.

BETWEEN BOMBS FALLING DOWN

AND SOLDIERS STIRRING UP

TROUBLE, THEY KNEW THEIR

HOME WASN'T SAFE ANYMORE.

SO THEY BECAME REFUGEES IN

ISRAEL, WHERE THEY MET A

TEAM FROM CBN WHO HELPED

THEM LAND BACK ON THEIR

FEET.

Reporter: ANASTASIA

HID IN THE BASEMENT AND

COVERED HER HEAD AS BOMBS

RAINED DOWN ON HER CITY IN

UKRAINE.

IT WAS THE LOUDEST

SOUND I HAD EVER HEARD IN

MY LIFE.

MY MOM CAME AND HELD ME.

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD END

SOON, BUT IT JUST KEPT

GOING AND GOING.

THERE WERE SO MANY

EXPLOSIONS, AND THE BOMBS

FELL SO FAST IF I COULDN'T

TELL ONE FROM THE NEXT.

THE HOUSE SHOOK LIKE WE

WERE IN AN EARTHQUAKE.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

SURVIVED THE BOMBING, BUT

FIGHTING BETWEEN UKRAINIAN

AND PRO-RUSSIAN FORCES

ONLY GOT WORSE.

IT WAS COMPLETELY

LAWLESS, JUST CHAOS.

EVERY DAY THERE WERE MORE

GUNSHOTS AND EXPLOSIONS.

IT DIDN'T SEEM REAL.

THE WHOLE TIME I ONLY

THOUGHT ABOUT PROTECTING

MY CHILDREN.

THE WORST TIME WAS WHEN

MASKED MEN WITH GUNS CAME

INTO OUR HOME AND TOOK MY

DAD.

I WAS AFRAID I WOULD NEVER

SEE HIM AGAIN.

Reporter: HER FATHER

WAS HELD HOSTAGE FOR MANY

DAYS, UNTIL HE WAS FINALLY

LET GO.

THE FAMILY KNEW THEY

COULDN'T STAY IN THE

UKRAINE ANY LONGER.

BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWISH,

THEY WERE ABLE TO FLEE TO

ISRAEL.

I WAS REALLYED SAD TO REALLY SAD TO

LEAVE OUR HOME.

EVERYTHING GOT LEFT

BEHIND, EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE

COULD CARRY.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

TOLD ME THEY STRUGGLED TO

FIND WORK IN ISRAEL AND

DIDN'T E KNO KNOW WHERE TO GET

HELP WITH FOOD.

WE HAD NOTHING TO START

WITH, AND E W WE DIDN'T KNOW

THE LANGUAGE.

Reporter: THEN A

LOCAL MINISTRY, SUPPORTED

BY CBN ISRAEL, FOUND OUT

ABOUT THEM.

WE STARTED GIVING THE

FAMILY FOOD AND DIAPERS

AND OTHER NECESSITIES.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US

TO HAVE THE SUPPORT.

THEED FOOTHE FOOD IS AMAZING.

I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE MY

CHILDREN TAKEN CARE OF.

Reporter: ANASTASIA'S

FATHER RECENTLY FOUND A

GOOD JOB, AND SHE IS

ENROLLED IN SCHOOL,

LEARNING HEBREW AND MAKING

NEW FRIENDS.

THE FAMILY WAS ABLE TO

MAKE A FRESH START.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR

US TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY

CARES.

YOU HELPED US AND I CAN'T

SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.

IT MAKES ME FEEL GREAT

TO KNOW THERE ARE GOOD

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Andrew: WE HEARD

ANASTASIA'S MOM SAY IT IS

SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT

SOMEONE CARES.

SO OFTEN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL

THAT WAY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE

A SLRKA "700 CLUB" MEMBER, YOU

SPREAD LOVE AND HELP

AROUND THE WORLD.

THAT POOR FAMILY DEALING

WITH BOMBS AND THEIR

FATHER BEING TAKEN AWAY,

YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM

A WHOLE NEW LIFE.

WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700

CLUB," THOSE THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL US

AT 1-800-700-7000.

OR YOU CAN GO TO

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> TODAY WE LEAVE YOU

WITH EPHESIANS 2:10: FOR

WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP,

CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS

FOR GOOD WORKS, THAT GOD

PREPARED BEFOREHAND, THAT

WE WALK IN THEM."

AND WE ARE ALWAYS HERE IF

YOU NEED PRAYER.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.