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- No place is too hard,no place is too dark.

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- I wanted to die.

- [Announcer] A singlemom with a death wish.

- I would do things to other people,

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- Something just dropped down on me.

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- Welcome to The 700 Club.

A curriculum of hate against Israel.

Well, it's taught to children

in Palestinian-controlled areas.

And one of its biggestfinancial supporters

is Israel's new peace partner,the United Arab Emirates.

- That's raisingquestions about the future

of the recent agreementbetween Israel and the UAE.

Chris Mitchell brings usthis story from Jerusalem.

- [Chris] As world leaders andnews outlets proclaim peace

between Israel and the UAE,

rockets and explosiveballoons continue to pour

into Israel from Gaza.

What's the connection?

- This deal can eitherbe a great blessing,

or it can be a disaster.

It's a blessing if the UnitedArab Emirates stops funding

the incitement of UNRWA,

the United NationsRelief and Works Agency.

Right now, the UAE is thenumber five funder of UNRWA.

And UNRWA has a curriculumbased on war on the Jews.

- [Chris] David Bedein heads

the Center for Near East Policy Research.

For years, his group has investigated

what's taught to Palestinianchildren in UNRWA schools,

and shown it to the world indocumentaries like this one:

- [All Children] (chantingin foreign language)

- [Chris] Most Palestinianchildren in Gaza attend schools

teaching this hate.

- So that the curriculum

which we have painstakingly gone through,

all 364 school books, whichmandates that children have

to be trained forbelligerence against Israel,

to take up arms against Israel.

Their slogan is "The Rightof Return by Force of Arms".

The only way to stop it isto go to the donor countries.

- [Chris] Gaza children wentback to school in early August,

while nearby, youngpeople were launching fire

and explosive balloons at Israel.

(speaking in foreign language)

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- The school year has begunon the wrong foot with Hamas,

which controls UNRWA, basically.

They're firing all of Israel.

Well, that can be restrained.

- [Chris] And Bedeinfeels that that begins

with pressure on the UAE

to take full advantageof the peace opportunity.

- The U.S. and Israel are approaching

this major donor nation to UNRWA, UAE.

Now is the time to say--

Now this is a time of good feelings,

this is a time of business,

this is a time of euphoria.

Let's use the euphoria in a direct way.

- [Chris] Currently the school curriculum

is written by the Palestinian Authority.

Bedein wants to see a differentapproach to education,

written and taught byPalestinians who want peace.

He believes had theU.S. and Israel insisted

on that approach during theOslo Accords back in the 90s,

things would be different today.

Chris Mitchell, CBN News.

- Well, we've beentelling you for some time

that the Palestinian Authority

trains children in incitement.

They glorify what they call martyrs,

people who kill Jews and are put in prison

in Israel for doing that,

or are killed in the process,

where setting off suicide bombing vests.

They actually put up statues to them

and they name streets andcity centers after them.

And it's been our tax dollars

that have gone into that effort.

And the money that's gone tothe Palestinian Authority,

either through the UN, through UNRWA,

or through direct U.S.aid, was absolutely used

to reward the families of suicide bombers.

This training happens very early.

They start training theirchildren to kill Jews.

It sounds unbelievable,

but that's the reality on the ground.

We've been saying this for a long time.

We finally have an administration,the Trump administration,

I applaud what they've done.

They have said, "We're nolonger going to fund that.

"If you're going to use our tax dollars

"to pay terrorist families,

"we're going to cut that off."

And not only did theycut off the direct aid

because of that, the TaylorForce Act was also a part of it.

So it's, it's Congress, it's the Senate,

and it's our administrationcoming into agreement,

saying "no more."

Not only did they cut that off,

but this administration alsocut off U.S. aid to UNRWA,

which has been a fiction saying,

"We're going to haverefugee status forever

"for the Palestinians."

All that money does ispay for more incitement,

and pay for people togo out and kill Jews,

to drive them into thesea by force of arms.

Well, now the UAE has cometo the table and said,

"We want peace with Israel."

And can this be an opportunity,

where once again we point out,

"Here's what UNRWA's doing,

"here is what the PalestinianAuthority is doing"?

There is constant incitement,

children are trained from birth

to hate Israel, to kill Jews.

This has to stop.

If we want to ever seepeace in this region,

that kind of incitement has to stop.

Well here at home,

President Trump and Joe Bidenare on the campaign trail,

trying to win voters in key swing states.

And John Jessup has that story

from our CBN News Bureau in Washington.

John.

- That's right, Gordon.

Polls show the presidentialrace tightening,

including in those keybattleground states.

And that's where the Presidentand his Democratic challenger

traveled in recent days,including Wisconsin,

hit with protests and violence,

and Joe Biden's homestate of Pennsylvania.

Paul Strand brings us the story.

- [Paul] In Kenosha, Joe Bidentalked to residents there

after visiting the family of Jacob Blake,

the African-Americanwhose shooting by police

kicked off days of violent rioting.

Biden was discussing racism in America.

- It also exposed

what had not been paidenough attention to,

the underlying racismthat is institutionalized

in the United States still exists,

has existed for 400 years.

- [Paul] In Biden's ownhome state of Pennsylvania,

Trump attacked his opponentfor softness on the violence

amid racial justiceprotests in recent months,

and silence on law and order.

- For the entire summer Biden was silent,

as far-left rioters viciouslyattacked law enforcement

in Democrat-run cities all,

burned down businesses,terrorized civilians

and just recently marchedthrough the streets

chanting "Death to America".

This is what we have.

- [Paul] Biden's been trying to use

the coronavirus pandemic's death count

and havoc caused to theeconomy by the lockdowns

against the President.

But Trump says the economyis quickly rebounding,

as America is moving ahead onits effort to defeat COVID-19.

- In the hopefully roundingthe turn on the pandemic,

we're rounding that turn,

and vaccines are coming along great.

You know the job thatthey've done, the doctors,

everybody else, we'reyears ahead of schedule.

Anybody else as president,you wouldn't be talking

about vaccines for twoor three years from now,

I'll tell you right now.

- [Paul] Also on the subjectof coronavirus in the economy,

Biden's tried to clarify his recent stand

that he would shut thewhole country down again,

if scientists recommendedthat move to fight the virus.

- There's gonna be no need, in my view,

to be able to shut down the whole economy.

- [Paul] While thoseissues predominate now,

Trump is again highlightinghow Democrats' push

for tens of millions of mail-in votes,

could be the biggestproblem come Election Day,

as both campaigns arealready lawyering up.

His Attorney General WilliamBarr discussed the problem

on CNN, including how it'sbeen portrayed in the media.

- The bi-partisan commission chaired

by Jimmy Carter and JamesBaker said back in 2009,

that mail-in voting is fraught

with the risks of fraud and coercion.

Since that time there havebeen, in the newspapers,

in networks, academicstudies saying it is open

to fraud and coercion.

The only time the narrative changed is

after this administration came in.

- Law and order, theeconomy and the coronavirus

are certainly top issues in the campaign.

But by election night,

the problems withwidespread mail-in voting

could be the major headline,

and a roadblock to quickly knowing

who's actually won the election.

Paul Strand, CBN News, Washington.

- Thanks Paul.

One top Democratic operativetold the New York Post

that voter fraud is real,especially with mail-in ballots.

He said he knows it's truebecause he's been doing it

for decades on a majorscale, telling the paper

there are multiple waysto carry out voter fraud

with mail-in ballotingand warning there will be

a, quote, "war inNovember over this stuff".

Well, the economy andjobs remain a top issue

in this election,

and the latest government numbers today

show a clear improvementin the jobs picture,

as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%,

far better than expectationsand below the key level of 10%.

Today's numbers show theeconomy added 1.4 million jobs

in August, down from July,

as the pace of new hirings slowed down.

There will only be onemore unemployment report

before the presidentialelection in November.

Well, a federal officerhas killed a man suspected

of shooting and killing asupporter of a conservative group

in Portland, last weekend.

Michael Forest Reinoehl wasshot as a federal taskforce

tried to arrest him in Washington state.

One official said the suspect pulled a gun

during the encounter.

Reinoehl appeared toadmit he was responsible

for the deadly shootingof Aaron J. Danielson

at a protest in Portland,

during an interview with Vice News.

He was a self-described sympathizer

of the radical group Antifa,

which has been involved inviolence during protests

in recent months.

Well, typically,diversity in the workplace

means recognizing race,gender or sexual orientation.

But as Heather Sells reports,there's a growing movement

to make workplaces morefriendly for people of faith.

- [Heather] In July,PayPal launched Believe,

an employee effort designedto promote awareness

and understanding of worker'sfaiths and worldviews.

And PayPal is not alone.

Last year, Walmart introducedits employee faith group,

joining other top companieslike Texas Instruments,

American Airlines and Salesforce.

Dr. Brian Grim, Presidentof the Religious Freedom

& Business Foundation spearheads the push

to make corporate America faith-friendly.

- They're not there tosubstitute for church

or for going to synagogue orsome other place of worship.

But they're there to givesupport to employees,

recognizing that if you bringyour whole self to work,

including your faith,that you're more likely

to stick at the job, beexcited about the job,

and it gives you insightsinto customers and clients

and your fellow employees,

even if they're a different faith.

- [Heather] These groups could help fight

workplace discrimination.

In 2018, the EEOC had morecomplaints about religion

than sexual orientation,

and it's good business, thanksto a growing population.

By 2050, there will be 2.3 billion

more religiously-affiliatedpeople on the planet.

Research also shows economies thrive

when cultures are open to religion.

- Where you have a more opensociety to matters of faith,

giving people the freedom to have a faith

or change their faith oreven have no faith at all,

that that coincides withmore innovative thinking.

It also coincides with amore robust civil society,

all of which are important factors

for having an economythat's built to last.

- [Heather] And corporate leaders say

becoming faith-friendly canalso help attract workers.

- And it's a great message togo out to university campuses

and to talk about diversityand inclusion at your company.

To be able to say, "We havefaith-based initiatives."

- It's no longer just aboutConstitutional freedom.

Promoting religiousdiversity in the workplace

can now be seen as just good business.

Heather Sells, CBN News.

- Thanks, Heather.

Gordon, for people of faith,

a welcome change in the workplace.

- It is a welcome change,

but it also underlinesthe overall social change

that we've been experiencingthe last 50 years in America,

where increasingly Christiansare being marginalized,

and actually discriminatedagainst because of their faith.

So to see employers say,

"Well, let's do it the other way around,

"and let's encourage it,"

I certainly stand up and applaud it.

But pay attention to that statistic,

that at the EEOC--

that's the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission,

that's a federal agency--

their number one complaint

has been religious discrimination.

And the number one group in that complaint

are evangelical Christians.

How much has the currentpolitical environment led to that,

with literally tarring and feathering

Christian conservatives,

where you're not evenallowed to have a voice?

And you hear this again and again

in the public square.

I've said for a long time,

it would be practically impossible

for a true evangelical Christian

to get approved ontothe U.S. Supreme Court.

And when you hear U.S.Senators openly say,

"your dogma speaks veryloudly" in Senate hearings--

essentially having a religioustest for public office--

when you hear these thingshappen, and no one challenges it.

No one rebukes it.

Nobody says, "This isn'tthe America that we want

"for our children and our grandchildren".

We need to bring it,

and bring this to the forefront.

And I certainly applaud the companies

who are doing this.

And more should.

We need to be "one nation,under God, indivisible,

"with liberty and justice for all."

That means, everybody.

Ashley.

- Amen to that.

All right, well, up next:

Revivals in the midst of riots.

Christians are bringing the gospel

to our nation's hot spots.

See how they're flipping the script

inside our embattled cities.

Then, she's quoting scriptureright before smoking dope.

How did this pastor'sdaughter get hooked on drugs?

Her surprising answer,later on today's 700 Club.

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- Record salvations and mass miracles.

That's what's happeningright now across our nation,

even in the midst of riots,looting and the COVID pandemic.

As Charlene Aaron reports,

a spiritual awakening is on the move.

- [Charlene] In Kenosha, Wisconsin,

worshipers fill the streets,

after the city was rockedby violence and protests.

Spiritual awakening also appears

to be sweeping New Jersey,New York and Massachusetts,

complete with salvations andbaptisms in public places.

(crowd cheering)

It's hard to imaginethat less than 200 miles

from this scene in Seattle,

you see something like this, in Oregon.

- We're here to lift up the name of...

- [Crowd In Unison] Jesus!

(crowd cheering)

- [Charlene] A wave of revival is growing.

In Portland, thousands ofChristians recently lifted

their voices in prayer,praise and worship,

for an event called Riots to Revival,

an effort to heal the brokenness

resulting from the pandemic.

Just hours before, protestors lit fire

to the city's police headquarters.

(firebombs exploding)

Sean Feucht has been a leaderof the worship movement.

- Watching God show up.

You know, we've spent the last 15 years,

I have, going into a lot ofreally dark, hard nations

around the world, NorthKorea, Iraq, Afghanistan,

Saudi Arabia, and now we getto do it in our own nation.

- [Charlene] In Seattle,the area formerly known

as CHOP or CHAZ, had becomea focal point for protestors,

who took over the neighborhoodearlier this summer.

Demonstrators basically tookover this part of the city

following the death of George Floyd.

A group recently tried to shutdown a prayer rally there,

but Feucht says thepower of God took over.

- The Lord started to move,

even on some of the Satanists that came,

God started to move.

We were able to pray andminister with a lot of them.

- [Charlene] In California,where indoor worship services

have been banned, churcheshave been discovering new ways

to serve their communities.

Pastor Mickey Stonier ofSan Diego's Rock Church

shared on CBN's Prayer Linkhow God is using the pandemic

to the church's advantage.

- We've had 135 churchesin San Diego come together.

We had a prayer event,eleven different locations.

We had over 15,000 peoplearound San Diego, or online--

we call it We Pray San Diego--

praying for an hour for theLord, His work, His revival

to be taking place.

- [Charlene] In July,

on the sandy shores of Huntington Beach,

hundreds came to worship,pray and receive salvation,

as part of an event called Saturate OC.

Many gave their lives toChrist and were baptized.

Jessi Green, one ofthe event's organizers,

also spoke with CBN News.

- People are just being set free,

and there's so much joy and so much peace.

And people are being set free

from depression and suicidal thoughts.

And it feels like what Godwould always want the earth

to look like.

- [Charlene] A similaroutcome recently played out

in Chicago, where deadlyviolence has been rampant.

A ministry called The Last Reformation,

flooded the city through tent revivals

and street evangelism.

- There was hundreds of peoplethat went out in the street,

all different neighborhoods and areas.

People have been really receptive.

People were getting healed on the street,

they were coming back to the tent,

they were getting baptized,

they were giving their life to Jesus.

- [Charlene] Earlier this year,

a prayer and fasting movementinvolving 1000 churches

called Awaken Tennessee sparked a revival

that lasted several months.

Pastors reported recordsalvations and mass miracles,

as a result of the Holy Spiritshowing up and taking over.

All reasons why Feucht hopesto take his mobile ministry

to even more cities.

- God is going to flip thescript on these cities.

That no place is too hard,no place is too dark.

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- It's time for the churchto make a difference.

And it's wonderful tosee revivals breaking out

in the middle of riots.

That is God.

When the enemy comes in like a flood,

and he wants to divide, he wants to kill,

he wants to destroy,

he wants to do all of those things,

the Lord always raises up a standard.

And the question for you and I is,

do we want to be part of that?

Do we want to be part ofraising up the standard?

Do we want to be on God's side on this?

Do we want to say, "God, I see your plan,

"I see what you're trying to do,

"can you include me?

"Can I be part of your plan?"

So you can always pray.

That is the most effectivething you can do.

Please be praying for our country.

You can also participate.

There's so many different--

This is literally breaking out in cities,

wherever you see the riots,

this same thing is breaking out.

Can you be a part of it?

Pay attention to what yourlocal churches are doing.

In the Tidewater area,there's a wonderful thing

called the City Collective,

that is both marching for racial justice

and marching for Jesus,

saying we want our nationto be restored and return.

"If my people, who are called by My name",

this is a call out to Christians,

"If my people, who are called by My name,

"will humble themselves and pray,

"I will hear from Heavenand I will heal their land."

Let that be your watchword.

There's several great events happening

in Washington, DC in September.

There's events happeningin every single city.

Be a part of it.

Be a part of it in prayer.

Let your voice be heard in Heaven.

Ashley.

- Amen to that.

All right, well still ahead,

she's been named a hero by CNN,

and she's rescued thousands of kids

from the streets of Chicago.

She'll share her story with us.

But first, why did thissingle mom want to get HIV?

Find out, and plus see how shegot a clean bill of health,

right after this.

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- Yolanda lived andbreathed for crack cocaine.

To feed her addiction, shewould rob from some people,

and sell her body to others.

And even with a crack pipe in her hands,

Yolanda was praying that Godwould give her a way out.

- I wanted to die.

I wanted to commit suicide.

I was ashamed.

I was embarrassed.

It was so bad that, youknow, I wanted to die,

but I was afraid to kill myself.

I was afraid to do it.

So I would do things to other people,

expecting them to killme, but they wouldn't.

I even went as far as to the point

as to have sex with a guy with HIV,

thinking that I was going to die.

- [Narrator] Yolanda Walters grew up

in a prominent family in South Carolina.

Her father was a pastor,businessman and city councilman.

She was raised in the church,

but as a young girl, began to rebel.

- My view of God was very distorted,

growing up as a preacher'skid, hearing about God.

And you know, and as a child,

you think of anyone thatserves God, they're perfect.

You know, they don't makemistakes, they don't make errors.

I think I was bitter towards my parents.

I believe that I was bittertowards Christians as well.

- [Narrator] Her rebellion took her

on a spiritual journeythat led her further

and further away from Christ.

- I tried different religions.

I became a Seventh-Day Adventist,

then I became a Jehovah Witness,

and then I startedstudying the holy Koran.

- [Narrator] When she was a teen,

she got pregnant by an older man.

Her parents put pressureon her to marry him,

which fomented more resentment in Yolanda.

- Of course, my parents were devastated.

I was devastated too.

You know, the first time havingsex and getting pregnant.

But my mom wanted me to get married,

because it was anembarrassment, it was a shame.

You know, I'm a preacher's daughter,

but first of all, I'm having a child,

and I'm not married.

- [Narrator] Her husbandphysically abused Yolanda

and introduced her to drugs.

- I didn't want to use drugs,

but after being in anabusive relationship,

and getting beat and getting beat,

guess what, I don't wantto get beat anymore.

I'm just going to join you.

When I joined him, Ididn't get abused as much.

- [Narrator] As time went on,Yolanda's drug use increased.

- And then, afterintroducing me to marijuana,

he began to introduce meinto what they called,

at that time, called lacedjoints or laced blunts.

And then we went fromthere to sniffing cocaine,

and then from that, smoking crack cocaine.

- [Narrator] Yolandaeventually left her husband,

but her drug use continued.

- I began to live andbreathe for crack cocaine.

I didn't care about my kids,

I didn't care about my family,

the only thing that Icared about was drugs.

- [Narrator] Her reputationfor violence soon spread

among the local police.

- I had gotten to aplace that I was so hurt,

and I got into the mindsetof to kill or be killed.

I began to prostitute,

I began to sell my body,

I began to rob.

And the more I did that,

the more dope I smoked.

- [Narrator] But evenduring her darkest times,

Yolanda would still call on God.

- I would take the crack pipeand I would put it in my hand

and I could remember, and I would say,

"Father God, you saytrust in the Lord thy God

"with thy whole heart,

"and lean not to thy own understanding,

"but in all thy ways acknowledge Him."

And I'd say, "Father God,and I'm acknowledging you,

"in what I'm doing.

"God, you know I don'twant to smoke this dope."

- [Narrator] Yolanda rackedup 35 felony drug convictions

and was facing 111 years.

But the judge only gave her two years.

- I can remember beingin the prison walls,

where I began to find Christ again.

Being in prison is just you and God.

- [Narrator] Yolandacontinued seeking the Lord

from her prison cell.

At one point, she hadto be tested for AIDS.

- When you come into prison,

they have what is called areceiving and evaluation.

And what you have to do is,

you have to become medically clear.

And I began to think aboutwhen I was having sex

with that guy with that HIV,

and I just knew I had AIDS.

And I remember going in theroom and crying out and saying,

"Father, Daddy, help me.

"Daddy, I don't want to die."

I remember waking up that morning,

and open up my bible to Joel 3:21.

And the scripture says "Thyblood that once wasn't clean,

"has now been made clean."

And it says, "Your sinshas been forgiven."

And I remember maybe,like, three days later,

they tested me and I was negative.

- [Narrator] Yolanda wasreleased from prison,

and in 2011, someoneinvited her to church.

- And when I walked into the church,

it was like somethingjust dropped down on me,

like the weight began torelease itself off me.

And I remember falling down on the floor,

bowing down, like...

It was like I was at the foot of Jesus.

And I began to worship Him.

I began to worship Him.

And I began to cry out and I began to cry,

and I said, "God, I need you.

"God, I can't do this."

I was helpless.

I got to the end of myself,

so that God can come in.

And I remember just crying out,

and saying, "God have your way.

"God, whatever it is thatyou want to do in my life,

"just do it.

"I surrender.

"I surrender."

- [Narrator] That experience was

the turning point for Yolanda.

- Our test becomes our testimony.

Our mess becomes His message.

Our story becomes Hishistory of who He is.

- [Narrator] Yolanda now has a ministry

and is also using hersinging talents for God.

- I'm known as the "hope dealer".

When trials and tribulations come,

and you're trying to find away to alleviate that pain,

we get high, we drink, wesmoke, we gossip, we gamble,

we party, we find gangs to get into.

And what I do now is Iteach individuals that

there's a way of escape,

and that way of escape doesn'thave to be drugs and alcohol.

You can find a way of escape in God.

From 2008 up until now,2020, I'm still HIV free.

Don't take my medication,I have no sicknesses.

I'm in good health.

I'm delivered from crack cocaine.

I'm delivered from prison.

I'm delivered from sickness.

Wow!

That's the type of God I serve.

- And you can have that same thing.

You can have deliverance.

You can have a lifethat's free of addiction.

You don't have to belooking for escape anymore,

because you have found a sanctuary in Him.

Yolanda's story reminds meof something from the Bible.

And it's one of the thingsthat happened to Jesus,

where He's coming in toeat in a Pharisee's home.

These are leaders of the synagogue.

And a sinful woman comes in,

and she just cries over his feet,

and begins to wash hisfeet with her tears,

and then wipe it with her hair.

And she loves so much the knowledge

that she's been forgiven,she's been set free.

What do the Pharisees do?

They look at her with scorn,

and then they look at Jesus with scorn.

That He can't possibly be a righteous man,

because if He knew what manner of woman

was touching His feet,

you're being ritually contaminated by her.

But Jesus loved her,

and loved what she was doing.

Yolanda, she comes into a church,

she's out of prison,

she goes to the altar,

and she just falls on her face.

She falls at the feet of Jesus, weeping,

"Lord, whatever you need, I'm all in.

"I'm all yours."

And in that, she findsrelease, she finds shelter,

she finds acceptance.

Jesus didn't rejectthat woman in the Bible,

and He won't reject you.

Look at Yolanda's life, what she did,

how far she went, howmany felonies she had,

you look at these things,

her fear of HIV, all of these things.

And Jesus says, "I'll take you.

"I'll take you home.

"I'll make you new.

"I'll give you new blood.

"I'll give you a completelynew nervous system.

"I'll take away the compulsions.

"I'll take away all andI'll give you, in return,

"righteousness, peace and joy in me.

"I'll give you life and I'llgive it more abundantly."

If this is for you, bow your head with me.

Do the same thing that Yolanda did.

Don't hold on anymore.

I don't care if you havea crack pipe in your hand,

I don't care if you have abottle of vodka in your hand.

Doesn't matter.

Jesus doesn't care either.

What He's looking for isa broken heart to say,

"I'll come and I'll just lay at your feet.

"I'll give it all to you.

"Lord, if you can make anythingof my life, here it is.

"Take me."

If this is you, if this iswhat you want, let's pray.

And Jesus will do for youwhat He's done for others.

Pray with me.

Jesus.

That's right, just say His name.

Say it out loud.

Jesus.

I come to you.

And Lord, here is my life.

I give it all to you.

If you can make anything of it,

Lord, please, come into my heart.

Please, forgive me of all thethings that I've done wrong.

Please, set me free from every compulsion.

Make me new again.

And Jesus, if you do this for me,

I want to follow you every day.

Every day, I want to be made new.

Every day, I want to be with you.

Hear my prayer, for I askit in Jesus' name, amen.

Father, for those who just prayed,

I ask for a baptism in your love.

I ask that you fill them to overflowing

with your love, your presence,your breath, your spirit.

Be with them, Lord God.

For we ask it in Jesus'name, amen and amen.

If you prayed with me,

there's one more thing I want you to do.

I want you to tell somebody.

And that's one of the keys.

When you believe in your heart,

and then confess with your mouth,

you shall be saved.

All you go to do is say,

"I prayed with that guy on TV.

"I asked Jesus to come into my heart."

When you call, I've got something for you.

It's a CD teaching on what do you do now.

How do you live the Christian life.

I encourage you to geta copy of the Bible,

and start with the gospel of John,

that's the gospel of love.

And you'll learn about Jesus

just by reading about Him in the gospels.

And do that everyday.

It's through reading scripturesthat you renew your mind,

you change your thinking,

and you start thinkingGod's way, the kingdom way.

But it starts with that phone call.

So make it now, 1-800-700-7000.

Ashley.

- All right, well still ahead,

she's dedicated to gettingkids off the block.

And gang bangers have shotup her van because of it.

How is this mom creating a safe space

inside one of America's mostdangerous neighborhoods?

That's next.

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- Welcome back to Washingtonfor this CBN Newsbreak.

Archeologists have uncovered rare remains

of a royal structure from the time

of the kings of Judah, in Jerusalem.

This video posted on the Facebookpage of the City of David,

ancient Jerusalem, shows stoneartifacts made of limestone

with carvings that date back to the time

of the Judean kings.

Experts believe they areremnants of the grand mansion

that overlooked the TempleMount and Jerusalem's old city.

The carvings are engravedwith an ancient symbol

representing the Jewishkingdoms of Judah and Israel.

The same symbol is printed today

on the Israeli five shekel coin.

Well, as COVID-19 spreads,

CBN's Operation Blessingis finding more people

in desperate need of incomeall around the world.

Maria, an older woman in Guatemala,

was making money sellingsnacks before COVID hit.

She had to stop and lostincome when people grew fearful

to leave their homes.

She felt hopeless, and wonderedhow she would earn money.

But Operation Blessing'sgenerous partners provided her

with a new way to put food on the table.

She and other women receivedthe materials needed

to create face masks from their homes,

giving her a new way to make ends meet

for her and her family.

Maria told Operation Blessing,

"It has been a great blessingfor me to be making these.

"I'm very grateful for all of this."

- Well, you can find outmore about Operation Blessing

by visiting OB.org.

Gordon and Ashley will be backwith more of The 700 Club,

right after this.

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- The numbers coming outof Chicago are shocking.

More than 500 homicides so far this year,

already more than in all of in 2019.

At least 40 children have been killed,

including a nine-year-old boy,

who was shot whileplaying in a parking lot.

Diane Latiker has been an eye witness

to this type of senseless violence,

and she's dedicated herlife to stopping it.

- [Narrator] Diane Latikerwas named a CNN Hero

for helping thousands of at-risk teens

in her dangerous Chicago neighborhood.

After raising eight kids of her own,

Diane was looking forwardto some time to herself.

God had other plans.

He stirred her heart to offerthe kids in her community

a safe haven from gang and gun violence.

- We'll do whatever we canto help them be successful.

We get to know them personally.

We want to know them personally.

And we want to be a supportsystem for their families.

- [Narrator] In her book,"Kids Off The Block",

Diane shares her inspiring story

of protecting Chicago'smost vulnerable youth.

- Well, Diane Latikerjoins us now via Skype.

Diane, it is truly anhonor to talk to you today.

Thank you so much for being with us.

- Thank you so much for inviting me on.

- Of course.

Well, as we mentioned earlier,

Chicago is in the middle of an epidemic.

I mean, we've seenprotests and riots erupt

in parts of this city.

What kind of conversationsare you having with the kids

who are involved in your program?

- I want to make sure that they feel safe.

That's the bottom line.

Whether it be violence,whether it be protests,

whether it be worrying about the virus,

I just want to make surethat the young people

that we serve, feel safe.

Because once they feel safe,

they're able to adjustto life around them,

and not become part of that life.

- Yeah, absolutely.

Well, you've said that you'renot just talking to the kids,

but you're listening,which is so important.

What kind of revelations have you gotten

from listening to the kids?

- I've gotten that they are scared,

that they don't knowfrom one day to the next.

They were already dealingwith violence around them,

losing friends,

and now the virus and on top of that,

they're not going backto school physically.

So now they're at home.

And they're worried about that.

Because they were strugglingin the physical building,

and now they're in their home environment,

which is much harder for some of them,

because they don't haveaccess or resources.

So, they're worried about that.

- Well, how are you combating the fear

that they're struggling with?

- By comforting them,

by letting them knowthere's people like me

in their community who care,

who will help anyway wecan, by giving them--

We just did our back-to-schoolgiveaway two days ago

to help them with tools,that at least to learn,

to help them, you know,kind of ease the threat

of not having what they need at home,

but also to be a support system.

We're here 24 hours a day.

- Wow. That's amazing.

Well, let's, let's go back a little bit.

How did the program KidsOff The Block even start?

Tell us about that.

- Well, my husband and Ihave eight kids of our own,

four boys and four girls,

and Aisha, who was 13 at the time,

she was the last one at home.

And so, I just wanted tomake sure she graduated

from high school and went to college.

And so, I was kind of stalking her.

(laughing)

She had nine friends, and soI would just take them fishing

and swimming and to the movies.

My mom thought--

My mom's a minister, and she said,

"Diane, those kids like and respect you.

"You should do something."

And I'm like, "No, I'm gonnabe free after Aisha's gone.

"I won't have to be busy."

And she said, "No, youneed to do something."

And I prayed for three days.

Like, "Lord, what can I do?

"I'm just a mom, I don'thave any degrees, any money.

"What can I do with other people's kids?"

That voice came to me andsaid, "Just go out there.

"Go out in the front of yourhouse and talk to them."

And that's how it got started,

with Aisha's friends, andthe next thing I know,

I got kids knocking at my doorwho I've never seen before,

asking for help.

- That's amazing, that really is amazing.

Well, you've described being shocked

when you've asked thekids what they wanted

to be when they grew up.

Why is it shocking when you've asked that?

- It was shocking becausethey were acting like

they were two and three years old.

(laughing)

It's like nobody hadever asked them before,

what they wanted to be.

What did they want to be?

And how can we help them to get there?

And they wanted to be everything,

from singers, to rappersto lawyers to nurses,

they wanted to be everything.

And it was just awesome.

It brought tears to my eyes.

Cause they did have dreams.

- How are you guys helpingthem achieve those dreams?

What goes on in a typicalday at Kids Off The Block?

- Well, before the virus,

they were getting tutoring.

They were being mentored constantly.

And they had a support system,

a huge support systemfrom educators to pastors

to community residents, theyhad a big support system.

And in our community,that's very important,

because if we don't, as acommunity, surround our children,

the streets will take them,the gangs will take them.

They don't care.

They will take them.

And although it's a negative family image,

the gangs have a familyimage to the young people,

because they want to belong to something.

So we as a community haveto surround our young people

and our children and make sure they know

that we are the supportsystem they should have.

- Yeah, definitely.

Well, speaking of gangs, Imean, you take in children

regardless of their gang affiliation.

That's led you to some sticky situations,

one time getting your car shot up.

What happened?

- Well, first I had two gang leaders come

to the front of my house andthreaten me and my family,

and I had to have them arrested.

That led to a confrontation.

I've had six gangs in myliving room at one time.

And so, it led to allkinds of confrontations

because the kids wanted to get out.

And, they shot up my van.

I've had 45s pointedright directly at my head.

I got off a school bus with 52 kids,

and I faced an AK-47.

But, in all thosethings, God protected us.

He did that.

- Yeah, definitely.

Well, before we go, Ihave to ask you this.

I'm sure there's a lot of people watching

who are inspired by what you are doing,

and want to give back totheir own communities.

What advice would you give to those

who are wanting to give back?

- Do it.

God didn't say, "Wait til Igive you a million dollars.

"Wait til I give you a big building."

He said, "Diane, go do it."

That's faith.- Amen.

- Living faith.

If something is botheringyou, an issue you care about,

go do it.

Get involved with it,

or get involved withpeople that are doing it.

That's what God wants us to do.

- Yeah, amen, amen.

Well, you guys can read more great stories

about Diane's work in new book.

It's called, "Kids Off The Block",

and it's available nationwide.

Diane, thank you somuch, and God bless you

in everything that you're doing.

- God bless.

- Thanks.- Gordon.

- Well, Linda Bevert isanother community hero.

She's volunteered with church ministries.

She's also baked meals forinmates at the local jail.

Linda says there's areason she helps others.

It's because she'salready been given help,

the greatest blessing of all.

- [Narrator] Linda Bevertloves helping others.

- I've been always veryactive in my church,

volunteering different ways.

I've volunteered there for many years

as an interpreter for deaf people.

- [Narrator] When she seesa need in her community,

Linda is always quick to respond.

- God just put it in my heart

to cook a meal for theinmates at the county jail.

So ever since December of 2016,

we've cooked a very abundant meal

for the inmates every two months.

And we laugh and fellowship,

and it's just a wonderful thing.

- [Narrator] One of theother ways she helps people

is through her support of CBN.

- I love watching whatthey do across the world,

helping people in thethird world countries,

that just need water to even live

and not get sick drinking fromthe creeks by their house.

I think that's probably thepart closest to my heart.

There's just so many thingsthat the Operation Blessing does

that I think anybody oughtto give, I really do.

- [Narrator] Since she'sbeen giving regularly,

Linda says she's seen Godbless her in her own life.

- There's a verse in theBible that says when we give,

He gives back, presseddown, shaken together

and running over.

And I believe he's givenback to me in that way.

- [Narrator] Linda wantsothers to have the joy

she's found in giving.

- God promises that He'll take care of us

when we put Him first.

He gave His best gift for us, Jesus.

We can't top that.

Whatever we do, we'rejust giving back to Him.

- It's part of thefundamental nature of God.

He gives and He gives abundantly.

It's the central message of the gospel.

For God so loved the world

that He gave.

And He gave the thing thatwas most precious to Him,

His only begotten Son.

So we as recipients ofthat gift, what do we do?

And how do we mirror that nature of God?

As Christians, we need to know,we have the mind of Christ

and when love compels us to do things,

when we see problems in our neighborhoods,

when we see problems in the world,

our response needs to be one of love.

And love always asks "What can I do?

"How can I be a part?

"How can I support?

"How can I send?

"How can I go?"

When you have this mind,wonderful things will happen.

Just as you saw with Linda,

wonderful things started happening,

all because she said,"I care enough to give."

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And now we've got some email questions.

Are you ready for this, Gordon?

- [Gordon] I'm ready.

- All right, so this first question,

this is from Jeff.

And the question is,

"Second Corinthians 12:2talks about a third heaven.

"What and where exactly is that?"

- Well, Jeff, don'tmake it too complicated.

In the view, and it's aview that exists today,

the first heaven in our atmosphere.

And when you reach theedge of our atmosphere,

you reach outer space,that's the second heaven.

That's where the stars are.

This is all visible and visible

whether it's 2,000 years ago or today.

With light pollution, it'sa little less visible,

you can't see the Milky Way.

But in Paul's day, that'swhat he's talking about.

The first heaven is atmosphere,

second heaven is space.

The third heaven is where God is.

That's what this means.

Paul says, "I was caught up into heaven.

"I was caught up into thepresence of the Lord."

He had multiple appearanceswhere Jesus would come

and be with him.

He saw into that.

You can see various things where,

in the Book of Revelation,

John heard a voice, "Come up here."

You can see it in, I believe it's Exodus,

where the seventy elders have a visitation

from God Almighty.

They literally see Himstanding on something

that looks like sapphire.

And He appears in the form of a man.

Exactly where is that, isa really good question.

We don't exactly know.

It's almost like it'sin another dimension.

But here's a unique key,

where Jesus says, "The Kingdomof Heaven is in your midst."

Some translation say it's "within you".

So you have access to it through prayer.

And I encourage people, ask for it.

Ask for that revelation.

Here's a word from Ephesians:

"Put on all of God's armorso that you will be able

"to stand firm against allthe strategies of the Devil."

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