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Coming up.

- I screamed (man screaming)and I fell to the floor.

- [Announcer] Slammed by a stroke.

- [Maurice] It felt likesomething exploded in my head.

- [Announcer] His life was slipping away.

- I said call 9-1-1.

- [Announcer] A patient is healed.

- And I felt myself getting whole again.

- [Announcer] And hiswasn't the only miracle.

- She said, "God, must'vesent you here for me."

- [Announcer] The storyon today's "700 Club."

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- Welcome to the "700 Club."

for today's top headlines,

let's go over to the CBN news desk.

- Thanks, Gordon.

Lawmakers are aiming to boost

the COVID relief stimuluschecks to Americans.

The House of Representativespassing legislation

upping the amount to $2,000.

This as December is now thedeadliest month of the pandemic

and a post-holiday COVID surge looms.

Charlene Aaron has the story.

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- The motion to reconsideris laid on the table.

- [Charlene] The Democrat controlled

House of Representatives voted Monday

to increase the amount

of individual relief payments to $2,000.

An effort PresidentTrump had been pushing.

But it's unlikely to pass theRepublican controlled Senate.

The legislation comes one dayafter the President signed

a sweeping coronavirusrelief bill into law

which provides $600 indirect payments for Americans

who earn less than $75,000 a year,

enhanced unemploymentbenefits, eviction protection

and small business loans.

Struggling Americans say the help

is needed now more than ever.

- I worry, and I careabout myself and my family.

We need COVID relief so bad.

- [Charlene] December isnow the deadliest month

of the pandemic with65,000 COVID related deaths

since the first of the month.

The forecast for the remainderof the month looking grim.

- As we get into the next few weeks

it might actually get worse.

- [Charlene] Millions ofAmericans traveling by air

and road over Christmas and New Years

despite advice from the CDCabout holiday gatherings.

On the vaccine front,over two million doses

have been given in the U.S.,

falling far short of the 20 million

the White House aimed forby the end of the month.

- The 20 million doses will be distributed

to states by the first week in January.

That's where we are.

- [Charlene] And in California,where cases are surging,

hospitals are turningsome ambulances away.

Officials extendinglockdowns in some counties,

fearing the worst is yet to come.

Meanwhile, it's not clear when Americans

can expect those $600 stimulus checks.

Earlier, Treasury SecretarySteve Mnuchin suggested

it may only take a week or sofor money to start going out.

Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- The House of Representatives voted

to override President Trump's veto

of a defense spending bill Monday.

He vetoed the bill becauseit did not repeal protections

for social media companies.

Something lawmakers say has nothing to do

with national defense.

The President also cited provisions

to rename military bases namedafter Confederate generals.

The Senate will take upthe veto later this week.

Investigators are stilllooking for a motive

in the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville.

Officials say 63-year-oldAnthony Quinn Warner

died in the blast.

His father once worked for Southern Bell,

which later merged with AT&T,

but they can't say if that'swhy he set the bomb off

in front of the AT&T building.

"The New York Times" reportsWarner told one friend

that he had cancer.

He gave away his car and his home

in the weeks before the attack,

reportedly telling one neighbor

that Nashville and the world quote

"is never going to forget me."

President-elect Joe Biden

is accusing the Trumpadministration of not communicating

with his transition team,

specifically the Department of Defense

and Office of Management and Budget.

- Right now we just aren'tgetting all the information

that we need for the ongoing, outgoing

and from the outgoing administration

in key national security areas.

It's nothing short, in myview, of irresponsibility.

- Biden claims defense agenciessuffered massive damage

to capacity and moralein the last four years.

We're just one week away

from the crucial runoffelection in Georgia,

which will determine thebalance of power in Washington.

As CBN's Eric Philips reports,

heavy hitters from both partiesare there to rally voters.

- This will be the President'ssecond trip to Georgia.

The campaign for senatorsLoeffler and Perdue.

Ironically, some arefearful that his involvement

may hurt more than help

in an election whereturnout is everything.

One of the President'slatest tweets announced

on behalf of two great senators,

David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler,

I will be going to Georgiaon Monday night, January 4th,

to have a big and wonderful rally.

So important for ourcountry that they win.

(people cheering)

But some Trump supporters may be prompted

to shy away from the polls

because of his get out the vote message

being overshadowed by his rhetoric.

- They cheated and they riggedour presidential election.

- [Eric] Just a week and a half ago,

the Vice President alsostumped in Georgia.

- And I'm here because westand with Senator David Perdue

and Senator Kelly Loeffler.

(people cheering)

We're gonna keep fighting.

We're gonna keep fighting forevery legal vote in America.

- [Eric] Not to be upstaged,

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

appeared in the peach statejust days before Christmas

on the trail to rally supportfor Democrats Jon Ossoff

as Reverend Raphael Warnock.

- Everything is at stake.

Everything that was at stakein November is at stake

leading up to January 5th

- [Eric] Followed her soon-to-be boss,

who was there days earlier.

- It's time to stand up.

Take back our democracy.

Send me these two men, andwe will control the Senate

and we'll change the livesof people in Georgia.

- [Eric] Georgia was thrustinto the national spotlight

after none of the candidatesin the state's two Senate races

won 50% of the vote on November 3rd.

Now Loeffler and Warnock,and Purdue and Ossoff

are going head to headin these state races

with national implications.

More than two millionGeorgians have voted early

since December 14.

- It has certainlybrought a lot of attention

to the state of Georgia andit really drives home the fact

of how important it isto get out and vote.

- I've been studyingsome of the recent polls

and granted they have to betaken with a grain of salt.

Some say, Republicans are ahead.

Others have Democratsup, but there's one thing

they all agree on.

And that is candidates in both races

are within a few razorthin percentage points

of one another.

Meaning these races willcontinue to be tight

all the way down toelection day on January 5th.

Eric Philips, CBN News.

- We're just a few days from the New Year.

Traditionally a timefor making resolutions.

CBN medical reporter,Lorie Johnson, tells us

that making changes todaycould prevent and even reverse

the impact of one dreadeddisease, Alzheimer's.

Here's her report.

- Just like a roof with dozens of holes

can only work if all of them are repaired,

Alzheimer's has dozens of causesthat must all be addressed.

After 30 years ofresearch, Dr. Dale Bredesen

believes the disease canpossibly be controlled.

- Let's make dementia a rare problem.

Let's make Alzheimer's a raredisease, just as it should be.

- [Lorie] His book, "TheEnd of Alzheimer's Program"

lists the many differentcauses of Alzheimer's

and describes how his Bredesen Protocol

can make a difference.

- You can get your cognitionback and that's what counts.

- [Lorie] Sally Weinrich saysshe experienced a reversal

in her Alzheimer's symptomsafter starting the protocol

nearly four years agoand gives God the glory.

- From helping me hear about Dr. Bredesen,

from the chance to talk toyou and share it with others

'cause I think that's God's wish

for all of us to have health,

and to help me treasure

and appreciate my loved ones even more

who've been critical and very instrumental

in my reversing of Alzheimer's.

- [Lorie] The first step involves

getting what's called a cognoscopy.

- So We recommend that everyone

who is 45 years of age, or older,

consider getting a cognoscopy,and especially for anyone

who has any Alzheimer'sdisease or dementia of any sort

in their family to get checked out early

and get on prevention.

- A cognoscopy testsfor each of the dozens

of Alzheimer's risk factors.

Because we're all different,

we'll each have different results.

I took a cognoscopy and it was easy.

I just gave blood samples andtook a quick online MoCA test.

That stands for MontrealCognitive Assessment,

and ranges from zero to 30.

The blood tests measureyour levels of good things,

like vitamin D, magnesiumand zinc as well as bad,

such as toxins and inflammation.

Also your genetic risk.

- It is a complicated disease.

I think there's no one magic bullet.

- [Lorie] Dr. Rebecca Ryder,

who prescribes the Bredesen Protocol,

ordered my cognoscopy andreviewed my results with me.

- Most patients will havea combination of things,

like they'll have a littlebit of hormone deficit,

a little bit of blood sugar problems,

maybe some concern for toxin exposure.

- [Lorie] Based on myindividual risk factors,

she prescribed a program just for me

using diet, exercise, sleep,

stress reduction, supplements, and more.

- We've seen some good reversalsof cognitive decline here.

I mean, I have seen thepatients get better,

not all of them.

As with anything the earlieryou catch it, the better.

- [Lorie] Even thepeople who test positive

for one or both copies ofthe dreaded Alzheimer's gene

can benefit from making life changes.

- We can't control thegenes we were dealt with,

but there's a wholefield called epigenetics,

which says how our genes are translated.

So those lifestyle factors,your diet, your exercise,

all that affects what genes are promoted

or not promoted for your health.

- [Lorie] Now I'm one ofthe more than 5,000 people

on the Bredesen Protocol.

- And those 5,000 people,some of them all the way

to MoCA scores of zero in late stage.

Now, no surprise, theearlier that you get started

the easier it is to get positive outcomes.

However, we have seen seen some people

even in late stages with improvement.

- [Lorie] Dr. Bredesenpublished 100 documented cases

with before and after evidenceof improved cognition,

including Sally's.

- Life's good.

So no matter what stage you're at,

or even if you have whatsociety calls aging problems,

I'd encourage all yourviewers to just do it.

Just do it.

It's worth it.

- [Lorie] Meanwhile, thedoctor's research continues.

- We're also, I should say,

in the midst of the first trial in history

in which instead ofpredetermining a treatment say,

okay, we're gonna treatwith this drug or that drug,

we're instead looking at allof the different contributors

to the cognitive decline for each person,

and then addressing those.

And this is the way of the future.

This is the way

that people will betreating cognitive decline

for years to come.

- [Lorie] So insteadof using a single drug

to treat Alzheimer's,

it appears a customizedmulti-pronged approach

Could be the best strategyagainst this scourge.

Lorie Johnson, CBN News.

- And Gordon and Terry will be back

with more of the "700Club" right after this.

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- [Announcer] Still ahead,a world-class musician

from one of the mostoppressed groups in Europe.

How did he wind up playing Carnegie Hall?

And then, a man is rushed tothe ER after having a stroke.

So why is the hospitalstaff saying he healed them?

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- When Odon Racz was born,

his father brought a musicalinstrument to the hospital

to put in his hands.

And that was the beginning ofa childhood steeped in music.

Over the years, Odon's amazing career

has taken him all over the world.

Dale Hurd brings us the storyof this remarkable musician

from Budapest, Hungary.

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- [Dale] As a member of Hungary'sRoma, or gypsy community,

Odon Racz has knowndiscrimination and obstacles,

but his tremendous musicalability has taken him

from one of the lowestrungs in Hungarian society

to the pinnacle ofEuropean classical music

as the principal double bass

for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Born into a family of talented musicians,

Odon's career path was alreadyset before him at birth.

(Odon speaking in foreign language)

- [Translator] When I wasborn, my father brought

a tiny musical instrument to the hospital

to see if I would take it into my hands.

From my childhood, musicwas the most important thing

in our family.

Music surround us.

- [Dale] Odon began to playthe double bass at age nine.

By 13, he had performed hisfirst public solo concert

at the Music Academy of Budapest.

He was a teenager whenhis cousin shared with him

the message of salvation.

At first, he resisted.

- [Translator] I was not interested

in what they were talking about,

but my cousin started to pray.

And then I started to pray too.

I started crying and Icouldn't stop crying.

- [Dale] And when hewent to a church service

and the altar call was given,

he and his mother went forward.

He asked us if he could play one

of his favorite gospel songs for us,

"You Are My Hiding Place."

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The Romani have livedin Hungary for centuries

having migrated from Northern India.

They're the largest minority in Hungary.

They were victims of the Holocaust

and still facediscrimination across Europe.

(Odon speaking in foreign language)

- [Translator] The Romapeople should not be excluded

from society, but included

so that we can sharewith them the love of God

so that they can be saved.

- [Dale] And Odon says God has given

the Romani special gifts.

- [Translator] The Romapeople have a special talent

for arts and dance and music.

And especially for improvised music.

This is something that can't be taught.

We are born with it.

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- [Dale] His career hastaken him all over the world,

but he says one of hisfavorite cities in New York,

where at Carnegie Hall,he has met and worked

with such names as Yo-Yo Maand Michael Tilson Thomas.

Odon says when he playshe offers his music

as a sacrifice to God.

And that makes a realdifference in his performance.

- [Translator] When I goon stage, I tell the Lord,

"I want to serve you with my music.

Let it be a great sacrifice to you."

And when an artist place like this,

it's a special experiencefor the audience.

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- [Dale] Dale Hurd, CBN News, Budapest.

- Amazing people, amazinggifts, amazing spirituality

in the Roma communities.

And whether that's thecommunities in India,

or Ukraine or Russia or Romania,

or here from Hungary,absolutely amazing the gifting

that has been given to themand the praise that they have.

It's a wonderful story andit's a worldwide story.

- Yeah, they perform and they dance

with such, I don't know, intensity.

That's wonderful.

Well, up next, like atransformer exploding in my head.

That's the sensation one man felt

the moment he was having a stroke.

So how was he able towalk out of a hospital

just a day of the half later?

You'll find out the answer.

Plus, we're gonna be prayingfor you when we come back.

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- Maurice Hilliard stumbledon his way back to bed.

His head felt like it had exploded.

His speech was slurredand his balance was shot.

Maurice had just suffered a stroke.

And what followed next wasnothing short of supernatural.

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- I put my hand on thecounter to steady myself

and that's when it felt like

something was happening in my head,

like a transformer explodes.

It felt like somethingexploded in my head.

- [Woman] May 3rd, 2019, Maurice Hilliard

was going back to bed afterusing the bathroom, but then.

- I felt sparks coming all through my head

and I was totally out of control.

I screamed (man screams)and I fell to the floor.

- I woke up and I lookedtoward the bathroom.

There was my husband,Maurice, on the floor

and I noticed he couldn't speak.

He couldn't move.

Immediately, I started to praying.

I prayed the word of God for healing.

- [Woman] Losing his ability to speak,

Maurice knew he was in trouble.

- I said, "Call 9-1-1."

- [Woman] Paramedicsrushed Maurice and Arlene

to nearby Chesapeake GeneralHospital in Virginia.

Maurice was disoriented, hadslurred speech and chest pains.

- The main concern that doctors had

when they first brought me in,

they thought I had had a stroke.

- I prayed that he be completely here

from the top of his headto the soles of his feet

and that he would have no side effects

or anything like that.

- I was beginning to just to say,

"God you've got to help me."

- [Woman] Maurice waswheeled back immediately

for a CT scan.

Then as the technician wasinjecting an imaging dye

into his brain, Mauricefelt something change.

- I begin as the dye went in to feel like,

hey I'm coming back again.

That dye is washing and I feltmyself getting whole again.

- [Woman] Of course he knewit wasn't the dye at work.

- I just say, "Lord, you've done this.

Whatever happened to my body, I'm healed."

- [Woman] The preliminaryCT scan was inconclusive.

So doctors kept Maurice atthe hospital for observation

and ordered an MRI for that afternoon.

Meanwhile, Maurice's speechand mind continued to clear

as he began tellingeveryone about his miracle.

- All of the nurses

and people who came in to clean the room,

all I got to say whata good God that I serve

and how He had healed me so.

- [Woman] The next day,the MRI results confirmed

Maurice had had a stroke.

- It was on the left side of his brain.

So that will affect the rightside of your body typically.

When he came for his MRI,

he really didn't have any deficits.

They had all subsided.

- When I got the results,I just rejoiced so much.

I was so thankful that God had healed me.

I even told the doctor,no, God has healed me.

- [Woman] Then someone else found healing,

but not in the physical sense.

As Maurice talked about God's goodness,

Ashley began to share her pain.

The pain of a troubled heart.

- She began to say, "I'm angry with God.

I lost my father.

God took my father."

- I was really unhappy withmy relationship with God

because I didn't understandwhy my dad got taken from me.

I almost was so angry likeI could feel it every day

like I was carrying it with me.

- And say, "Oh, Ashley,your father's still alive.

He's still in you."

I just told her how muchlove God had for her.

- [Woman] After monthsof anger and resentment.

- [Ashley] Like it just all washed away.

This man is here.

This is your angel.

He's been sent to you to letyou know that God is all around

and everything has happened theway it's supposed to happen.

It was amazing.

- She says, "I'm not angry anymore."

She said, "God must'vesent you here for me.

God must have sent you here for me."

- [Woman] that afternoonafter several more tests,

Maurice was discharged witha clean bill of health.

- And the doctor says, "You've got to go."

I walked out of the hospital

that I had gone in 35 hours earlier.

- [Woman] Today, Maurice is symptom free

and healthier than ever.

He thinks back to his time in the hospital

as he continues to try and bean encouragement to others.

- He's still here.

He's still able to walk.

He's still able to talk andthat's what's so great about God

that you can give yourtestimony and encourage others.

- I know that God is with me every day.

And you just never know whensomething's gonna happen to you

to change your life.

By me talking to Mr. Hilliardfor a half hour, maybe,

I helped him, but hechanged my life forever.

- If Ashley could say, "Godsent you down here for me."

And I had a miracle.

And it's to that God,for you to get the glory.

God was worth it all.

It was worth it all.

- For Maurice to say it was worth it all,

to have that kind of devastating effect

and then 35 hours laterget completely released,

that is absolutely a miracle,

but then the greater miracleto be able to be a witness

in the middle of whatyou're going through.

Maurice saying,

"This wonderful nurse ismore important than me.

I've got to witness to her.

I've got to get her through this."

If you're suffering withany anger, resentment,

if you're blaming God for things

then just check your heartright now with this story

and realize, God is your answer.

And he is working all thingstogether for your good,

for those that love Him

and are called according to His purpose.

So realize your call.

Now you need to know, do you love Him?

And when you do, suddenly you break free,

you break free of anger, resentment,

bitterness, unforgiveness,all of those things,

which are actually destroying you

and destroying your health,destroying your life,

destroying your outlook.

Look to Jesus.

He is the author andfinisher of your faith.

Does Jesus know rejection?

Does Jesus know doubt?

Does He know pain?

The answer is absolutely yes.

He's been through it all.

He's been through worse.

So look to Him and realize,you can say, just as He said,

this is the day the Lord has made.

I will rejoice and be glad in it.

You find that in Psalm 118.

That's the last Psalm of a seder service.

Jesus and his discipleswould have sung that Psalm

at the Last Supper.

The night before He was crucified.

So if Jesus can do that, what can we do?

So right now just leave all that anger,

all that bitterness,turn it all over to Him.

Look to Him and realizeHe has resurrection power.

He has healing power.

And by His stripes, we were healed.

It's already happened.

It's not something youhave to beg God for.

It's not something youhave to bargain for.

The bargain has already been made.

The covenant in His bloodhas already been made.

All we have to do isagree with it and say,

"Jesus that's for meand that's for me today.

I claim it.

I claim the heavenly breakthrough I need."

And when you do that, you'restanding on very solid ground

because God watches overHis word to perform it.

Now, Terry and I aregoing to pray for you.

Before we pray, we've gotsome wonderful miracles

that have happened.

Here's Albert from Boston, Kentucky.

He had severe kidney pain.

Watching this show, Terry said,

"Someone has kidney issues.

Be healed, in Jesus's name it is gone."

And then I followed up,"It's in your right kidney.

It's inflamed.

And you're having terrible pain.

God has healed you.

He has taken all of it away.

You felt the touch gointo your right kidney.

You are being healed and set free."

Well, Albert, here's the secret,

Albert believed, soon after he realized

the pain was completelygone and hasn't returned.

- Wow, that's wonderful.

Well, this is Valda who livesin Indianapolis, Indiana.

She had a left eye that wasred and puffy for weeks.

It wasn't getting any better.

So she saw her doctor.

He wasn't able to diagnoseany reason for it.

Valda was watching this program and Gordon

you said, "Someone, youhave a severe infection

in your left eye.

God has taken that infection away.

He's removed the redness.

Your eye will be completelyhealed and made whole now."

She believed the word was for her

and went about her day.

The next morning she wokeup the eye was perfect.

- God cares for you.

Realize that He cares for you.

He cares.

He numbers every hair on your head.

He numbers every eyelash.

All you have to do is believein His unfailing love.

Believe in the covenantthat was made for you.

It's made expressly for you.

Jesus leaves the 99 togo look for the one.

That means He's looking for you right now.

The eyes of the Lord going toand fro over the whole earth

to show Himself strong.

So let's have that breakthrough now.

The "Bible" says when two ormore agree touching anything,

it shall be done for themby my Father in heaven.

These are the words of Jesus.

So let's believe that.

What I want you to do in an act of faith,

touch that area of thebody that needs healing.

We'll agree.

You touch.

We'll all come together.

God will do the rest.

Let's pray.

Lord, we just lift those whoare reaching out right now,

reaching out and an act of faith,

laying hands on that area ofthe body that needs healing.

We joined with them in faith

and we speak to these bodies now.

Be healed now in Jesus's name.

Be every bit whole.

Let all disease, all cancer,all infirmity, all pain

leave your bodies nowin the name of Jesus.

There's a man, your name is Leonard.

You're laying your hand on your left knee.

And God has just healed that knee.

The pain, the discomfort,the inability to move it

all of that is gone.

Just get up and realize you can test it.

You can lean on it and youcan put your weight on it.

God has healed you andrestored you in Jesus's name.

Terry?

- Yeah, there's someone else.

You're a wine drinker and youactually drink too much wine

and you've excused it becauseyou drink a white wine

and you feel like it's not thesame as being an alcoholic,

but really you are a social alcoholic.

God wants to set you free today.

Receive this in Jesus's name.

Just lift your hands.

It's done now.

- There's a woman named Mary

and you're suffering with confusion.

It's like there's thiscloud in your thoughts.

And you can't break throughto clarity of thought.

There's also some memory lapses

and you're worried about dementia.

God is healing your brainand He's healing your mind.

He's giving you a right mind.

Clarity of thought.

Clarity of purpose.

Clarity of memory is yoursright now in Jesus's name.

Just receive it.

It's a miracle happeningfor you right now.

- There's someone else named Alan.

You have a financialneed for your business.

God has heard your requestand the answer is in process.

Believe Him for this and beginto worship and thank Him now

even before you see it.

- Lord, we thank you.

And we worship you.

And we declare this isthe day the Lord has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Bring gladness to your people today, Lord,

for we ask it in Jesus's name.

- Amen.- Amen.

- If you need prayer, we're here for you.

We're here for you 24 hoursa day, seven days a week.

All you have to do is pickup the phone and call us.

1-800-700-7000.

Terry?

- Well still to come the secret to success

according to a pair of financial planners.

What is their number one piece of advice

and then, doomed for eternitythis young woman says

she did something so terrible

she had no chance at salvation.

What did she do?

And how did she get a second chance?

You'll see.

It's all later on today's show.

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- Welcome back to the "700Club" for this CBN Newsbreak.

"Bible" sales are up worldwide this year.

Lifeway Christian Resourcessays "Bible" sales

have remained strong since the outbreak

of the coronavirus in the United States

with a significant increaseApril through June.

The "Bible" distributorsays this is no accident.

As people often go to the"Bible" as a source of hope

in times of crisis and uncertainty.

The "Bible" is a reminderthat God does not leave us

to walk through difficult times alone.

'TIs the season to return allthe gifts you did not want.

We all know Christmas is moreabout giving than receiving,

but don't worry, you're not alone

if you have receivedsomething you just can't use.

The National Retail Federationestimates one in 10 gifts

will be heading back to the store

and 2/3 of shoppers will head to stores

to make returns this week.

Of course, this year returningthings is a little bit harder

due to the pandemic.

So many retailers are remindingeveryone to wear a mask

and maintain social distancing.

Others are offering curbside returns.

You just pull up, park, and say goodbye

to your unwanted gift.

And you could always getthe latest from CBN News

by going to our website at cbn.com.

Gordon and Terry will be backwith more of the "700 Club"

right after this.

Stay with us.

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- Christine Halchak andher father, Wallace,

are financial planners.

They've spent their careers managing money

and helping people plan for their future.

Now, Christine and Wallacewant to tell you the secret

to financial freedom.

- [Man] Wallace VoegeAnd Christine Halchak

are a father/daughter team

at a successful financialplanning firm in Tampa, Florida.

Both enjoy being partners at the firm.

- Seeing the clients atdifferent stages of their lives

and then helping themthrough some of the choices

that they need to make,and we know we did our job

and we took care of themand they're thankful,

it's just a very rewarding profession.

- [Man] Christine is marriedwith a family of her own now,

but as a child, she rememberslearning important lessons

from her parents, includingabout tithing and giving.

She noticed when they shared stories

that couldn't be explained as coincidence.

Like the time her father pledged

to give $1,000 he didn't have.

- About two weeks laterI received a commission

on an investment that I wasunaware the gentlemen was going

to invest in that way.

And it came out that I had a commission

of approximately $1,000.

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The more we are blessed,the more we can give.

And it's more joyful togive than to receive.

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where Wallace and Christine give is CBN.

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It's just a wonderfulgift to those communities

that are very remote.

- [Wallace] OperationBlessing is always there.

The trucks roll and people are helped.

- [Christine] The programHelping the Home Front

is a phenomenal new program.

To work with these military families

and encourage their faith.

- [Wallace] Superbook,I was very impressed

on the spreading of thegospel throughout the world.

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of helping these orphansthat otherwise would be left.

And instead now they're chosen.

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to CBN for a long time to come.

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- This is absolutely the time to test God

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I encourage everyone to live

by what I call the 80-10-10 rule,

where you live on 80% of your income.

You save 10% of your income.

And then most importantly,you give 10% of your income.

You tithe.

Because when you tithe, youwalk into this wonderful promise

that God will open the windows of heaven

and pour out a blessingyou cannot contain.

God always watches overHis word to perform it.

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Terry?

- Well up next, a cycle of addiction.

This woman endured years of drugs, alcohol

and toxic relationships.

So how did she end her pain overnight?

Find out after this.

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Dana Goodrum craved her father's attention

until he showed up dead drunkat one of her softball games.

After that, Dana startedlooking for love elsewhere

leading her to a toxic cycleof bad relationships and abuse.

- I had my master's degree.

I was exceptional whenit came to education.

I was fantastic when itcame to moving up the ranks

in any profession.

But when it came torelationships, I was a disaster.

- [Woman] Dana Goodrum's lifewas torn between two worlds.

Raised Catholic, she understoodit meant to be and do good,

but more than that,there was a deep longing

to be seen and affirmed,especially by her alcoholic father.

- I constantly just tried to impress him.

I tried to get his approval.

I did well in school.

My sports were exceptional.

It wasn't enough.

- [Woman] However, it was one

of her middle school softball games

that served as a turningpoint in her heart,

when she decided to lookelsewhere for acceptance.

- He showed up so wastedand I was pitching

and he stood behind the backstop.

- [Father] Come on now.

- [Dana] And he was rattling the cage.

- [Father] Dana Jo, throw the ball.

- And he was like, "Come on,Dana Jo, pitch the ball."

And he was cursing.

And I just thought about all the times

that I wished he wasthere and now he's there

and I wanted nothing, butfor him to just leave.

Because of that, I rememberseeking approval elsewhere.

I was doing hard drugs at 14.

And the drinking group is, unfortunately,

where I found my relationships with men.

- [Woman] From her early teens

until her sophomore year of college,

Dana struggled with drugs and alcohol,

but quit when she met a man

whom she eventually had herson with and then married.

Despite his verbal abuse and cheating,

she stayed with him for twoyears until they divorced.

- [Dana] This is the man whois supposed to protect me,

protect my feelings, my confidence

and I completely just shrunk into myself.

It was that feeling of rejection

and I went right back into panic mode.

- [Woman] Even thoughher world was shaken.

Dana went back to collegeand received her masters,

which helped her land a good job.

She also landed in anotherabusive relationship

and had her daughter.

She left him after two years

and continued the cycle withyet another abusive man.

- I didn't care about anything.

I didn't think that lifeitself could get any worse.

- [Woman] Unfortunately, it did.

Dana lost her job.

Then shortly after ending

what would be her last toxic relationship,

she found out she was pregnant.

In desperation, she got an abortion.

- I knew at that momentI was going to hell.

I think that people assumethat it is an easy decision

and it is not.

I was in a fog.

I was terrified.

- [Woman] Jobless and at rock bottom,

she and her children were now living

in a one-bedroom apartmentin a bad neighborhood

just surviving.

- I had applied to 152 jobs

and got rejected by every single one.

- [Woman] Finally, Dana called her mom

who shared how Jesus hadrecently changed her life.

Then she told Dana, Hecould do the same for her.

And all she had to dowas lift up her hands

and give it all to God.

- I listened to my mom.

I got down on my knees.

I lifted up my hands to theceiling and I just said,

"God, I know you areprobably so mad at me.

I cannot do this on my own anymore."

I said, "I just can't."

And I started crying.

Everything was just coming out.

I was crying about the abortion.

I was crying about the guys.

I was crying about my dad.

I was crying about my kids.

The people that I had let around them.

The situations that I had put them in

and I just released it all.

I started to follow Him that night.

I woke up the next dayand I got two phone calls

with job offers.

The very next day.

But bigger than that,

it was me knowing one that God heard me

and two that He wasn't mad at me.

That I hadn't exceeded His grace,

that I hadn't surpassed His mercy,

that I wasn't going to hell.

And that was bigger than any job offer.

And all of a sudden my entire perspective

and outlook shifted and I started

to understand His reckless pursuit for me.

- [Woman] Dana began attendingchurch, got baptized.

and now continually inspiresothers with her testimony.

Through giving her life to the Lord,

she's come to understandthe deep affirming love

of her Father in heaven, andthat there's no need to search

for any other approval than His.

- Even though my earthlydad may have failed me,

my Father in heaven waswith me the entire time.

I can stand here firm in my faith

and be able to speak to other women

and speak to childrenwho are in that place

and tell them confidently andboldly who their Father is.

Even when their earthly parents fail them.

- God is not mad at you.

He's not mad at you.

He waits for you.

Can you imagine that?

The one who created theuniverse waits for you

and for me to decide we'redone trying to do it ourselves.

We're done trying to find our own methods,

our own roads of opportunityand never come to Him.

You know, He loved you somuch that He gave everything.

everything, 2,000 years ago,

when He suffered anddied for you and for me.

The "Bible" says He wasso marred by the beating

and what had been done to Himthat He was unrecognizable.

Why did He do that?

He did it because Heloves you and He loves me

and because He has a planfor us, not just for here,

but a plan to be with Him for eternity.

And He waits for us

because His mercy is beyondour understanding really.

Who can know the heart and mind of God?

He's so different than we are.

And sometimes when we do what Dana did,

we attribute anger to God orthat He's going to reject us,

it's because we hate whatwe're doing ourselves.

And yet in the middle of it,

there He is standing and waiting.

And this is the message that He says.

I stand at the door and knock.

Anyone who opens the door, I will come in

and have fellowship with him.

He will live in your heart.

He will change your thinking.

He will change yourwoundedness and your need.

Just like he did for Dana.

And it's as basic as this.

Jesus I am a sinner

in need of a savior.

Be my savior.

And I want more than that, God.

For you to be the Lord of my life.

Change me.

I want to belong to you and I give it all.

And I ask it in your name.

Pray that prayer.

If you'd like to know how doI grow once I pray the prayer,

we've got a little packetcalled a New Day For You.

It's completely free.

So is the number to get it.

It's 1-800-700-7000.

Just call and say, "Ijust prayed that prayer.

And I'd like the New Day Packet."

We wanna leave you withthese words from Psalm 91:11.

For He shall give Hisangels charge over you

to keep you in all your ways.

He is the good, goodfather, and He loves you.

God bless you.

See you next time.

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