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- [Gordon] Coming up, 18 and married.

- I was scared our of my mind.

- [Gordon] And pregnant.

- Do it is easiest for everyone.

- [Gordon] And she thoughtthere was only one way out.

- ' Cause I'm walking inand my heart's racing.

- [Gordon] Her decision.

- And doctor came in, wash his hand

and he didn't speak to me.

- [Gordon] And lastsecond change of heart.

- I had this voice say,it's not too late get up.

- On today's 700 Club.

(bright music).

Welcome to The 700 Club.

Let's go over to the CBNnewsroom for today's top stories.

- Gordon, another recordfor new Coronavirus cases

in a single day, 55,000, Thursday,

that comes amid concern theoutbreak could get worse

after public celebrations overthe fourth of July weekend.

As George Thomas now report,

states are taking tougher measures

to slow down the spread of the disease.

- [George] In Texaswhere coronavirus cases

are skyrocketing, thegovernor there ordering most

to start wearing face coveringsin public immediately.

- We've learned that the best way

that we can both remain open for business

while also containingthe spread of COVID-19

is through the strategy of requiring masks

that will slow the spread.

- [George] This after more than 8000 cases

were reported in the Lone StarState in a day on Wednesday,

compared to 2400 a few weeks ago.

Texas joining three other states,

California, Arizona and Florida,

where more than 50% of thecountry's new COVID-19 cases

are being recorded.

- Right now if you lookat the number of cases,

it's quite disturbing.

And we're setting records practically

every day of new cases.

- [George] Health expertsare concerned the pandemic

could get worse after thefourth of July weekend.

So hospitals across thecountry are preparing.

- It makes me really nervous.

I know after the fourth that

we can potentially see another surge.

- [George] To get ahead of thesurge, states like California

are rolling back their reopening plans.

Instead ordering indoorrestaurants, entertainment centers,

movie theaters and beachesclosed for the next three weeks,

and urging residents to wear masks.

19 other states taking similar measures

to pause or reverse their reopening plans.

- I feel that more and more people

are realizing, you know what,the numbers aren't dropping,

we have to take this more serious.

- [George] Weeks afterlockdown rules were lifted,

40 of the 50 states in America,

now seeing their infection numbers spiking

as many Americans havebecome less vigilant

about covering their faces

and maintaining socialdistancing guidelines.

- If things don't change

and people don't take ita little more serious,

in the next two weeks, you know,who knows where we will be?

- [George] George Thomas, CBN News.

- President Trumptweeted the rise in cases

is because of massivetesting in the United States

and the death rate is down.

And a new study has foundthe anti-malaria drug,

hydroxychloroquine, helppatients survive COVID-19.

The study from the Henry FordHealth System in Michigan

said the drug significantlycut the death rate of patients.

The analysis of 2500COVID-19 patients found

it can be effective if they received it

early in their treatment.

The President touted the drugas a treatment for a while,

but other studies found it had no benefit.

The coronavirus outbreak has changed

many aspects of our daily lives

and even after the eraof social distancing,

many of our actions might change forever.

Even the handshakecould be on its way out.

Gabe Lamonica brings us that story.

- From the kiss to the handshake

to more complicated rituals,

the coronavirus could bechanging the way we greet

anyone outside of ourimmediate family forever.

The handshake has long been acenterpiece of political life.

And old habits die hard.

- Okay, I like that.

- [Gabe] But since thatday when the President

declared the coronavirusnational emergency,

the handshake has become fullper.

- The handshakes is the worst.

There's absolutely noguidelines for handshakes.

- [Gabe] Griping about the perfect grip

has long been in comic's pasta.

- Sometimes a guy willgive you a strong grip

later release and pull you in

for the too close conversation.

(audience laughing)

To him I say that threestrikes you're out.

- [Gabe] The custom of clasping hands,

the Jerry Seinfeld confronted in the '90s

dates back to the ancient Greeks.

- It started thousands of years ago.

- [Gabe] Patti Wood isa nationally recognized

body language coach and anexpert on the handshake.

- You grip the other person so it made it

harder for them to kill you.

- Why is it so important now?

- A handshake is actually equal to

three hours of continuousface to face interaction,

and its ability to establish rapport.

- [Gabe] Without thatjoining together of hands,

people are resorting to other ways

of signaling good intentions.

- Do the same my man.- You too.

- How's your family?

- [Gabe] From the practical alternatives.

(indistinct chatter)

to magical possibilities,

and even chemical solutions.

- Good to see you too.- Yeah you too.

- [Gabe] People are letting their feet

do the work of their hands.

♪ Oh nanana ♪

♪ Oh nanana ♪

♪ Oh nanana ♪

But fancy footwork is nomatch for grasping hands.

- Shake here, the physical touch,

you actually in that handshakeare exchanging chemicals.

And to get down to the deep science

those chemicals act as a mnemonic device

and the memory device, you're more likely

to remember the person,

because of that chemicalread that you get from them.

And then deeper, you're actually getting

some genetic informationabout that person's health.

- [Gabe] It's also a great way

to spread disease like COVID-19.

Dr. Anthony Fauci with

the White House Coronavirus Task Force

has suggested an end to the handshake.

- We don't need to shakehands, we got a break,

we've got to break that custom.

- [Gabe] As athletes startto take the field again.

- [Commentator] The mostblistering stars, here--

- [Gabe] The elbow bump hasbecome the go to greeting

in the stadium.

- I can't see you, I acan't, how close can you get.

- You got elbow bump.

- [Gabe] And in the political arena.

- I thank you so much.- Thank you.

(gentleman murmuring)- Cool good to see you, yes.

- It's great to see you.

- It does seems like right now

that the arm bump is kind of

become the kind of (mumbles) replacement.

- There is become the He-ManGreeting Ritual to say,

hey, I'm not willingto take this much risk.

- [Gabe] For now that we'll have to do,

but nothing will ever seal the deal,

or the friendship, like a handshake.

- [Voice over] Go ahead, shake his hand.

I'm George Seinfeld,

I've been on the tonight show.

(audience laughing)

- Well, can I?

- Our body language expert says

some people are stilluncomfortable with the elbow bump,

they think it's a little too close.

So she suggests signaling a hug,

or a wave,

or even a bow.

At least until medical professionals

tell us it's safe to shake hands again.

Gabe Lamonica CBN News,Falls Church, Virginia.

- Thanks, Gabe.

Tomorrow, Americans willcelebrate the fourth of July,

marking the nation'sindependence and freedoms.

But when our founders cameup with the First Amendment,

were they trying to keepgovernment free from religion

or religion free from the government?

Paul Strand looks at who thefounders were trying to protect

as they separated church and state.

- The phrase wall of separationbetween church and state

has come to me in keepingGod or His believers

from having a big effect ongovernment and public life.

But that's not at all

what the founding fatherswere thinking about

when they were separatingchurch and state.

They were afraid of what so many

of the old world countries had,

a religion established by thestate as its one true religion

that would tyrannicallyrule over the faith

and conscience of every citizen.

For as the Providence Forum'sPeter Lillback puts it.

- They recognized havinga model of the church

was a dangerous thing.

- [Paul] Because it made the king

not only their physical sovereign,

but all powerful spiritual ruler.

Before the pilgrims fled England.

- The pilgrims pastor was executed,

because he made thestatement that Jesus Christ

is head of the church,

and the monarch declared,"No I'm headed the church,

"you're dead."

- [Paul] American Minutehistorian William Federer.

- Now their big fear wasthe federal government

was gonna follow the blueprintof every country in Europe

and pick one national denomination.

- Consciously thereforethey were separating

the church from government.

- [Paul] But that was strictlyto protect the churches

and each believer's faith and conscience

from the government.

That's what Christianhistorian Eddie Hyatt says,

Thomas Jefferson was talkingabout when he wrote the letter

that first used the famous phrase.

- He said that the First Amendment

had erected a wall of separation,

that would be protect them

from any intrusion of the government.

- But the idea of God, He'son both sides of the wall.

And He's welcome there, and He should be.

- But today, a complete flip.

- Those who once believedin this really high

and impregnable wall of church and state,

we now see the governmentreaching over that wall

and saying, but don't preachthat text of the Scripture.

- All of a sudden thegovernment's regulating

religious activities,was what Jefferson said

they would not do because ofseparation of church and state.

- The founders would be so distressed

to see how that statementhas been turned on its head.

- [Paul] Lillback says we have to remember

what our founders intended.

- This is a theistic government.

So God was not separated from government.

So any interpretationof the First Amendment

that takes God out of government

is turning the whole story on its head.

- Because the founders believeda nation founded on liberty

could only stay free if itscitizens were Godly people.

As wall builders, David Barton points out

believers in God havetheir eyes on eternity,

and it makes them practice self-control.

- When you're God conscious, you realize,

I'm gonna have to answerto him for what I do,

and it limits my bad behavior.

- They were creating anation for a free people,

but also for a virtuous peoplewho would govern themselves

from within according to Christian values.

- [Paul] And the foundersknew they also needed

the perfect law of a loving all-wise God.

- There was a clear understanding that

the government needed to havean ultimate check and balance,

even beyond the people thatran it and their elections,

and that is the Transcendent Law of God.

And so that is why when we look

at our Declaration of Independence,

there are four references to deity.

- But then came the US Constitution,

which some say is a Godless document,

because God isn't mentioned in it.

But as soon as they were finished with it,

the founders called for aday of thanksgiving to God.

- Now, if their intent was to get rid

of God from government, boydid they miss their point

because they turned around

and thanked him foreverything that they had,

which shows the utter history absurdity

of the Godless constitution.

- [Paul] And God isn't reallyabsent from the constitution

or its authors lives.

- They are not Godless they are in fact,

people at the end oftheir very work they said,

in the year of our Lord 1787,

the last words of the Constitution

are reference to Jesus Christ.

It's no surprise then thatthe ultimate motto is,

"we are one nation under God."

- [Paul] Paul Strand,CBN News, Washington.

- Those are today's topstories from CBN News.

Gordon and Terry backwith more today 700 Club

right after this.

(bright music)

- Every two minutes asexual assault happens

in the United States.

And these crimes often go unreported.

In the era of MeToo awareness,an award winning film

aims to change the culture,especially on college campuses.

Charlene Aaron sat down witha woman whose personal story

is the inspiration for the film.

- I'm a freshmen, I've beenon this campus for two weeks,

and I was sexually assaulted six days ago.

(weeping)

And no one tells youwhere to go from there.

- [Charlene] One in everyfive women and one in 16 men

will be the victims of sexual assault

during their time in college.

- Between 11 and 17, I wasabused by my adopted father.

- I was repeatedly molestedby my first grade teacher.

- I was 15, he was 17, and hewas supposed to be my friend.

- Former televisionpersonality Rosemary Trible

knows that pain well.

At 25 an attacker brutally raped her

at gunpoint in her Virginia hotel room.

Earlier that same day,she had hosted a segment

about sexual assault.

- And I went down for coffee.

And when I came back into the room,

a huge man was there.

And he began to attack me,

and he began to first strangle me.

And I'll never forget his words

because he put a gun to my temple.

And he said, "Okay, cute talk show host,

"what do you do with a gun in your head?"

And I never thought about that.

And it was a night ofabsolute complete horror.

- [Charlene] The attack left Trible

in a constant state of fear.

- I had always been a verytrusting and open person.

And suddenly, I had thiswall around me for fear.

One of my challenges in healing was that

within the next six months,

my husband began running forthe United States Congress.

And so it made it even harderbecause I was torn inside,

but putting on a happyface of candidate's wife,

and then he was elected.

- [Charlene] As a Christian,

she leaned on faith for healing,

which included forgiving herattacker who was never caught.

- And I said to the Lord, Lord, I forgive

the man that raped me.

And I will pray the rest of my life

that someone will tell himabout Jesus and forgive him,

and that I will spend eternitywith a man who raped me.

- [Charlene] In 2010, she wrotea book about her experience,

and now helps others find healing

through her nonprofitorganization, Fear 2 Freedom.

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- [Charlene] Her EmmyAward winning documentary,

"Be the Change," challenges schools

to make campuses safe for everyone.

Her work began at ChristopherNewport University

in Newport News, Virginia,

where her husband now serves as President.

- I think that it has encouragedwomen to come forward.

And sometimes confidentially

and sometimes revealing their names.

There has been such a stigma in the past

about talking about beingwounded by sexual abuse,

whether it's childabuse or sex trafficking

or being violated.

- [Charlene] Fear 2Freedom Executive Director,

Tricia Russell, says abig part of the program

focuses on male students.

- For the young men,they're gonna be the ones

that make a big change in this,

because they need to be theones that tell their friend,

that's not okay.- Yeah.

- Don't do that, that's not good behavior.

- [Charlene] More than 50colleges and universities

across the country haveembraced this effort

and hosted events, includingRadford and George Mason.

- When we first startedFear 2 freedom, that was,

I guess I wrote the book 11 years ago

and maybe seven years or sostarted the Fear 2 Freedom.

Very few people were reallytalking about this yet.

- [Charlene] Russell says it now extends

well beyond the campus itself.

- We partner in each college town

with the hospital andalso community partners,

crisis centers, counselingcenters, shelters,

and even domestic violence shelters.

- [Charlene] They encouragestudents to take an active role

by putting together aftercarekits for assault victims.

These are helpfulbecause after an assault,

a victim's clothing is kept for evidence.

So each kit contains a t-shirt,

sweatpants and toiletry items.

- A lot of victims werehaving to leave the hospital

in either paper scrubs or hospital gowns.

And you've already beenthrough the most traumatic

and humiliating thing in your life.

And now you're gonna haveto walk out like that.

- [Charlene] Also included apersonal note of encouragement

from a student.

- And I think that's a moment that really

blesses both the student,

but also blesses the personthat was sexually assaulted.

- [Charlene] Since2011, student volunteers

have put together morethan 20,000 aftercare kits.

Russell says the impact onsurvivors has been overwhelming.

- They're just amazedthat someone packed this

or did this for them.

A lot cry.

A lot are just heartbroken to begin with,

that this just helps them.

- [Charlene] While,Trible recently retired

as head of Fear 2 Freedom,

her legacy and achievementsare well recognized.

Earlier this year, theVirginia General Assembly

awarded her a commendation

for helping other victims find freedom.

- What was meant for evil Itruly believe was made for good

because I would have neverbegan this nonprofit,

I would have never beenable to come forward

and really be someone that

could be a voice for the voiceless.

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- Oh, congratulations to Rosemary Trible.

What an incredibleeffort, a lifetime effort

that she's poured her life into this

to say how can I turn this around,

what the enemy meant, for God,

God can turn this around to help others.

And what a great thing todo on college, campuses

to get, let's get men involved,let's get women involved,

let's reach out to those whohave been injured, traumatized,

violated by sexual violence.

And let's tell them we love them.

We're here for 'em.

We want to see them come to freedom.

You can find out more about Fear 2 Freedom

in the documentary "Be the Change."

All you have to do is goto CBN News.com, Terry.

- Up next, a woman who was seconds away

from having an abortion.

- I heard this voice say

it's not too late get up.

I know it's the Lord 100%.

I just thought, I can't do this.

- Watch how this woman's choice for life

gives a childless couple a son

and how that son grows up tobe a champion for the unborn.

(calm ambient music)

(bright music)

In 1993 Melissa Coleswas a scared 18 year old

on the doctors tableabout to have an abortion.

Susan Scott was a womandesperate to adopt a baby.

Melissa's 11th hour decisionto choose life for her baby

set off a chain of amazingevents with ongoing blessings.

- I got married, I marriedmy high school sweetheart

and we easily got pregnant

and were devastated when our first child

was born with a disability.

And he lived 12 days.

(calm ambient music)

- [Narrator] It wouldn't bethe last time Susan Scott

would feel the sting of losinga child to a birth defect.

Her second son died at two anda half on December 22 1986,

just three days before Christmas.

- I had a hard time havingany faith, any hopes.

I couldn't have a healthychild, I was angry.

- You think pregnancy,baby, you think happy

and I didn't feel that way.

And then I felt guilty because I felt

the way I felt.

- [Narrator] Melissa Coleswas an unmarried poor

and pregnant 18 year old, whofelt she only had two options.

- I was scared out of mymind, and I was so conflicted

that I could keep him, it wasn't too late,

and the other,

do what

is easiest for everyone.

As I'm walking in and my heart's racing,

and doctor came in and washhis hands, put on his gloves,

and he didn't speak to me.

He didn't tell me what he was gonna do.

He didn't ask me how I was.

He didn't explain anythingwith the procedure.

I think every negative emotionthat someone could feel.

- [Narrator] At the sametime 800 miles away,

another woman was holding on to the hope

of adopting a newborn.

- I just prayed for a healthy child.

For the right thing to work out.

- [Narrator] After thedeath of her second son,

Susan's husband left,

and she swore she wouldnever get pregnant again.

Now remarried, she and her husband Jimmy

had tried for two years to adopt.

- There were so many let downs

and the process was difficult,

but I kept saying we can do this,

God's helping us and wejust need to stick with it.

- [Narrator] Back in Indiana,a doctor was mere seconds

from aborting Melissa's baby.

- Right as his hands went in,

detached me, he's quiet, held my left leg.

I heard this voice say,

it's not too late get up.

I know it's the Lord 100%.

I just thought, I can't do this.

And doctor gets up, rolls his eyes,

rips his gloves off andleaves the room and left me.

- [Narrator] Having decidedto save her baby's life,

Melissa still faced uncertainty.

Then later a social workergave her an alternative

she hadn't considered, adoption.

- I wanted him.

And

I think if he was withsomeone that was more like me,

then he would have been raised more

like how I would have raised him.

- [Narrator] After finding an agency,

Melissa received dozens ofletters from potential parents.

The one that grabbed her attention

was from Susan and Jimmy.

- And then I just fell in love with Susan.

She starts, telling me her story.

And she's been througha lot of pain herself.

- [Narrator] But it wasa phone conversation

that sealed the deal.

- I said, how do you baityour hook down there?

- When we go fishing,we use to hook minnow,

and you have to put the hookthrough the eye of the minnow.

I said and I always bait my own hook.

- And I just saycongratulations you're a mom,

because I knew, I justI knew at that point

she was gonna be the mom thatwas gonna take him fishing

and teach him the kind ofthings I would teach him.

(relaxing ambient music)

- [Narrator] In December 1993,

Melissa gave birth to a healthy baby boy,

she was given the choice to hold her son

before she gave him up.

- I just knew that holdinghim can make it hard

and

harder

to let go.

But, I'm glad I did.

He didn't cry.

He was just peaceful.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile inLouisiana, Jimmy got the call.

- I was excited and so muchwas going through my mind,

I almost forgot to call Susan

and tell her that the baby was born.

- [Narrator] It was December 22, 1993,

seven years to the day thatSusan lost her second son.

- I get to the phone andhe's like, it's a boy.

And I'm like, okay, is it real?

It's really real.

- [Narrator] They named himDavid James after Susan's father

who had passed nine months earlier.

They held him for the firsttime on Christmas Eve.

- I am crying, happy tearsare just flowing, flowing,

and he's beautiful, he's just perfect.

It's so joyful

and we walk out the hospitalJimmy and I are together

and it starts to snow.

Now from Louisiana, and that is just like

tears from heaven, just joy,

just the ultimate, ultimate joy.

He was like wow. (laughing)

(calm ambient music)

- [Narrator] Melissa later married

and started her own family.

In the coming years not a day passed

that she didn't thinkabout the son she gave up.

- Deep down I knew I did the right thing.

I knew he was safe.

And I knew that they weregiving him everything I could.

- [Narrator] David grew upin a loving Christian home.

And yes, spent lots of timefishing with his mom and dad.

He always knew he was adopted

and in high schooljoined a pro-life group.

At 18, he reached out to Melissaand the two agreed to meet.

By then a documentary teamhad picked up their story

and was there to film their reunion.

- My heart was racing so fast,

and I couldn't get outthe door fast enough.

That when he get there andhug him no matter what,

as long as I feel that hugand feel that connection,

and there was a beautiful moment.

- [Narrator] There was somethinghe wanted Melissa to know.

- She made a brave decision,and a courageous decision

that wasn't easy.

That was the whole reasonthat we were coming here,

was to thank her and reaffirmher that her decision

was the right decision.

- I felt a lot more freedand my spirit healing up.

(relaxing ambient music)

- [Narrator] Since then Davidhas finished law school,

and he and Melissa havejoined in a common goal.

Through speaking engagementsand the documentary,

"I lived on Parker Avenue,"

they work to inform women about adoption

and encourage them to choose life.

- And knowing that forevery 100 abortions,

only two adoptionsfacilitated in this country,

we really had a unique opportunity

to share the adoption option.

And I think that was God's calling for us.

Got her rolling all of this.

The chain of events is just

too amazing for me not to think that.

- God has had his handin this from the get go

and He carried me through,

and He molded everything.

- And that's His promise.

Sometimes I think we find ourselves

in very difficult circumstances.

And we think we only haveone choice, maybe two,

very painful and means letting go.

But God,

but God,

when we invite Him to step into

the midst of our circumstances,

His promise is this, thatwhat the enemy meant for evil,

God will work for good.

But we have to be willing to trust Him

and to let go, and tomake the wise choice.

Today, maybe you are facingan unexpected pregnancy

and you're feeling so alone.

I can only imagine what thatmust be like feeling like,

you're gonna disappoint so many people,

you're changing youropportunities and your future.

But I just want to say toyou that there is such hope,

look what God did.

Does it mean that there'snot any pain involved?

Absolutely not.

But you know, every day, she said,

Melissa said she thought of that son.

But every day she thought of the son

that she gave life to, theson who was becoming someone

who was going to dosomething that mattered.

When you choose to abort,

don't think you don't thinkof that child every day too,

but with grief.

Making the right choiceis such a hard thing.

Sometimes what we think is easiest,

winds up not beingeasiest for the long haul.

I wanna say to you todaychoose life, trust God.

He is the Creator, the giver of life,

and He will not just give life and hope

and a future to your baby, butHe'll do it for you as well.

Some of you may have made

what seemed like the easy choice

and maybe your heart is burdened,

wondering who your child might have been.

And maybe you didn'teven know the Lord then

and you've come to know Christ since then,

God is so grace filled.

He loves us so much.

It's why He gives us the giftof confession and forgiveness.

Don't be afraid to go toHim, He's not judging you.

Jesus said, I came thatwe might have freedom,

that we might have life,have it abundantly.

Living under the guilt of choices

that we've made in the past,doesn't allow for that.

But coming to the one who died for us all

gives the kind offreedom, the kind of hope,

the kind of new beginningthat every one of us

needs and longs for.

On top of that, He gives usthe deep relationship with Him

that changes who we are,changes the way that we live.

No matter what you'refacing today come to Christ.

It's the reason He came, iswhat His death was all about,

His death was so that we could live

making wise choices about the gift of life

and many other things that we face.

Will you pray with me rightnow and make that decision.

Just stop what you'redoing and bow your head

and let's pray together.

Jesus, I need you, I need you right now

in the midst of my today.

In the midst of my choices,my hurt, my pain, my fear,

oh God, oh God, take my life,

make it count for you.

Jesus, I give you everythingthat I am and all that I have.

Help me to walk through this with you.

Help me to walk through this

to forgiveness on the otherend, to wholeness, to life,

to goodness,

to a future with you.

Forgive my sins, you know them all God.

I'm asking you to forgive each one

and I receive your forgiveness.

Now, change the way that I think,

change the way that I behave,

change the way that I see the world.

I wanna see it through your eyes,

I wanna hear your voicewhen you speak to me,

I want ears to hear whatyou're saying as you lead me.

Fill me with your Holy Spirit,

with strength, with courage,with power to face each day,

knowing that you are in charge of it all,

and that you are a goodgood God who is trustworthy.

Thank you for loving me, Lord.

Thank you for forgiving me.

Thank you for giving me a new beginning.

I receive it all today.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Listen, if you've prayed, you

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- Still ahead a single momgets a serious setback.

- My right leg got infected.

That was septic, I was very sick.

I'm like, oh goodness, I'mgonna be off from work,

bills to have to be paid.

- [Gordon] See wherethis woman turn for help,

that's coming up.

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recognized Israeli sovereignty

over the Golan Heights last year.

Israel thanked him by naminga community after him,

it's called Trump Heights.

But recently vandals ripthe letters off the sign

for the community, Rabbi Tulywho is founder of Israel365

that he believes it was meantto undermine the friendship

between the US and Israel.

So in honor of America's Independence Day,

they are fixing thesign and planting trees

to beautify the area.

- The fourth of July inAmerica as a great holiday

and in Israel also, it's a chance for us

to show our appreciation, tocelebrate the shared friendship

and the relationship betweenIsrael and the United States.

- CBN's OperationBlessing has provided food

to those desperatelyneeding it in El Salvador

which is under a coronavirus quarantine.

The streets are usuallyfull of people selling goods

and buying food, but now the streets

are lined with white flagsa symbol of desperation.

The families wavingthese flags are starving.

The quarantine has cut them off

from sources of income and food.

Operation Blessing staff in country

were able to pack bags full of food.

Hundreds of families receive bags

stuffed with familiarfoods, like rice and beans.

Thanks to its faithful partners,

Operation Blessing is able to answer cries

for help in El Salvador

and bring hope to people around the world

during the coronavirus outbreak.

And you can learn moreabout Operation Blessing

by visiting OB.ORG.

Gordon and Terry are backwith more today 700 Club,

it's coming up right after this.

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- Tina Keith runs a busy daycare

and she's also a singlemom with a son of her own.

Not long ago after five surgeries,

Tina was down for the countand couldn't walk or work.

She desperately needed a hand up

and that's exactly what she got

from CBN's Operation Blessing.

- Josiah, this way.

- [Narrator] Tina Keith has been running

an in home daycare for 28 years.

- I love children, kids are a joy.

And God said to take care of His children,

so I'm taking care ofHis children. (laughing)

- [Narrator] 11 years ago,she felt God prompting her

to become a foster mom.

Josiah was three months old,

his grandmother and hersee of the children,

then grandma get sick.

- [Narrator] Tina got permanent custody,

and she's been Josiah's mom ever since.

- He's been a joy in my life.

In times when I was sad, he made me happy.

He's very loving, he's very, very smart.

- [Narrator] Several yearsafter becoming Josiah's mom,

Tina found herselfstruggling to provide for him

when her leg required five surgeries.

- My right leg got infected.

I was septic, I was very sick.

I'm like, oh goodness, I'mgoing to be off from work.

They'll still have to be paid

whether you're working or not.

I'm the sole provider in my family

and I have to take care of Josiah,

the home, everything, I have it all to do.

It was hard.

- [Narrator] Tina wasn'table to work for over a year

and had to temporarily close her daycare.

Desperate for help, sheasked God what to do.

He led her to Operation Blessing partner,

Five Loaves and Two Fishes.

- It was just amazing how much was there

from household supplies,clothing, foods, everything.

I was able to take money anddo something else with it.

That really need to be done

like paying the garbage bill.

Is like a miracle, likewith my daycare kids,

they bring a child here

and that child may not have what it needs,

I can always pick the phoneup to say, Miss Linda,

I need such and such tohelp my mommy with her baby.

And she says, "Come on, get it."

And that right there is a wonderful thing.

- [Narrator] Not long aftershe began receiving food,

Tina decided it was time to volunteer.

- And went back several more times,

and then I said you know what?

I wanna give back, I wantto be a part of that.

It is a joy, it's ablessing all the way around.

- [Narrator] Tina says she doesn't know

what she would have donewithout the help she received

from Operation Blessing partners.

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We're providing food forpeople right here in America.

Our stats show as much as3 million Americans a month

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to the people in need.

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Terry.

- Up next, a Hotshot fighter pilot

gives a deadly order during training.

- I gave him someinstructions on the radio

unbeknownst to me that was basically,

I directed a maneuver which was suicidal,

he ended up crashing into the ocean

perishing instantaneously.

- [Terry] Watch how thisman overcome shame and guilt

when we come back.

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- Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" had nothing

over fighter pilot Brad King.

For years, Brad's ego andarrogance were flying high.

Then one day with one deadly mistake,

Brad's life took a sudden nose down.

- Everything that I didwas basically driven

to be the best, so I couldbe chosen as the best

and to get the best.

- [Narrator] Brad King hasnever done anything halfway.

In college, he graduatedat the top of his class

with two aeronautical degrees

and reached his life's goal

becoming an F-15 fighterpilot in the US Air Force.

His success was his and his alone.

- While I taught myself that,hey, all you have to do is

work very, very hard, outwork anybody

and you can be successful.

- [Narrator] As a pilot,he took self confidence

to another level.

- If I could be theloudest, drunkest, wildest,

sky chasing, hair on fire fighter pilot,

I wanted to be the guy thateverybody looked up to.

- [Narrator] Brad married and was promoted

to chief flight and weapons instructor.

Lauded for his flyingskills, he exuded confidence

and arrogance until aroutine training mission

with another pilot went wrong.

- He ends up crashing into the ocean

perishing instantaneously.

I gave him some instructions on the radio

unbeknownst to me that was basically,

I directed a maneuver which was suicidal.

You don't have the room todo what I told him to do.

And it was just

unbelievable to me thatI had made these mistakes

because they're so fundamentally basic.

I didn't know what to do, Ididn't know what to think,

I was like, how couldthis possibly happen?

Very difficult for me to getmy mind, around very difficult.

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- [Narrator] Brad shock and disbelief

quickly turned to shame and guilt,

and investigation followed,

and Brad was grounded indefinitely.

- At that point, what'sthe point of going on?

Because you've lost everything.

There were many nightsthat I sat in my room

and cried my eyes out.

And there was a more than one occasion

that I thought about maybenot waking up the next day.

- [Narrator] There was oneflash of hope during this time.

After six years of tryingand eight miscarriages,

Brad and his wife Carolyn had a daughter.

- I can remember holding her going,

this is a gift from the almighty

'cause there's no waythis should have worked.

Most stressful point of ourlives ever, I'm being destroyed,

my wife is going through things.

And lo and behold, wehave this beautiful child.

I can just rememberthinking that I'm gonna

try to make this the best I can.

- [Narrator] Throughyears of court battle,

Brad got his record cleared andflight clearance reinstated.

He left the Air Force andgot a job flying for FedEx,

his confidence and the ego were back.

- I still wanted to kinda hang on to that

or I was successful in where I had

some bones if you will,so I hang on to that life.

- [Narrator] That lifestylewould lead to an affair

with his best friend's wife.

Eventually Carolyn foundout, Brad ended the affair,

but it was too late.

- I knew he had lied to me,

that's the one thing Isaid when we got married

just don't ever lie.

When the trust is broken,there is no hope for us.

I told him I didn't knowwhat I was gonna do,

but, I was just done.

And I think he knew by myvoice I was really done.

- [Narrator] As Brad stoodalone in an empty house,

he says he had an encounter with God.

- It's just this awakeningand you start becoming

aware of who you are, what you've done,

and how you measure up.

I just collapsed to the floor,

because the weight of all the sin

and the weight of theguilt, and that knowledge

was just so overwhelming.

I was never gonna measure up.

The Lord moved me to a placewhere he was completely absent,

that was terrifying.

It was a very clear thoughtI have never forgotten that

this is what judgment is like.

Finally, I said, please help me.

I didn't see anything but I can remember

feeling the presence, somethinginside of me said, be calm.

At that point I just said, thank you,

and I gave my heart andsaid, would you please,

Lord, (chuckling) be my Lord and Savior,

- [Narrator] Brad called Carolyn

and begged her to give him another chance.

Although doubtful, sheagreed and came home.

She says the change in him was undeniable.

- It was like a lightningbolt that hit him.

I mean, it was a change overnight,

and it was obvious to me

that something was verydifferent about this man.

Before he was very self-centered.

If I would have left it was I get nothing,

it's all his and this time he said,

"you can have everything.

"I've just been a rotten person.

"I just hope in time thatyou will think better of me.

"And I'm gonna prove to you

that I'm a differentperson and I have changed."

I kept waiting for therug to be pulled out

from underneath my feet and it never did.

He just kept surprising me

and he was an absolutely changed person.

- [Narrator] Over time,the trust was restored.

In fact, Carolyn alsodedicated her life to Christ.

These days, Brad and Carolyn's marriage

is stronger than ever.

Brad lives a life of contentment,and surrender to God.

- I come to him as my father,

as a child, I try to rememberthat I can always come to him.

You can't hide from God,He's right there all the time

just waiting for you to reach out

'cause He's looking for you,

His love will always findyou, no matter where you are

just nothing you'vedone, nothing you can do

that will separate youfrom the love of God.

- He's looking for you,that's what Brad said,

He's looking for you.

In his darkest moment, he found a God

who was looking for him.

Now maybe you're like Brad,

you've lived life whereyou were a hard charger,

hard worker, you pouredeverything into it,

and then for whateverreason, you made a mistake,

and then the consequences start.

For Brad, it was a couple of mistakes.

First one in a fighterjet caused someone to die,

and the second one in his marriage,

and it caused a break, a break in trust,

a break in any kind ofhope, any kind of future,

it all went away,

all because of what Brad had done.

And where do you go with that?

What do you do with that?

Well, I've got good news for you.

And it's great news.

There is one who is ableto take all of that,

take all of our mistakes

and say, I love you,

I forgive you, I restore you.

Now, what does it take to get that?

Well, it takes turning.

That's number one, you can'tcontinue in the mistake.

And then number two, it takes believing

that this is for you.

For Brad, that belief came

after a voice told him to be calm.

For you, what's it going totake for you to believe it?

That Jesus came for you,that He died for you,

that He is your Messiah, thatHe lived the perfect life.

Why did he do that?

So that you and I would be saved.

That all our imperfections,all our mistakes, all our sins,

would be taken care of.

And we could finally come home,

we could finally find a place with Him.

That peace,

that calm that only comes from Him.

If you've tried to livelife on your terms,

it's real simple,

surrender.

And say "God, now my will,will you be my Lord and Savior.

"Not my way, your way."

And in that surrender, youcan come to the same calm,

the same peace that Brad found.

And his wife, you heard her testimony.

He was a changed man.

What had happened to himwas he had an encounter

with a real living God.

You can have that.

All you have to do is ask for it.

The prayer is very simple.

Lord, I turn away from allthe things that I've done.

If you can save me, ifyou can be my Messiah,

could you show me?

Could you show up for me?

And if you pray thatwith all of your heart,

that's what the Bible says,

"When you seek me with all of your heart,"

then you'll find me.

If you want to help with thatprayer, we're here for you.

We're just a phone call away.

All you have to do is pick up the phone,

say I need to find Jesus.

I need to find Him right now.

Call us 1-800-700-7000.

Here's a word from Psalms, it's 103.

"As far as the east is from the west,

"so far He has removed ourtransgressions from us."

From all of us here, God bless you.

We'll see you again.

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