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- These are people that didnot grow up around church,

it doesn't fit within theirnorms of how to do life.

- [Reporter] See how these church planters

are bringing the Gospel to Las Vegas.

- Literally, that is thefront door for people.

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- Well, welcome to the 700 Club.

A red line, that's whatthe Taliban is now calling

the August 31st deadlineto evacuate thousands

of Americans from Afghanistan,

as well as thousands moreAfghans who face certain death

if they don't get out.

So, are they being held hostages?

Oh, that is not what thepress secretary of Biden says.

So, what danger does theTaliban's deadline threat hold?

And meanwhile, U.S. military advisors

have come up with their ownultimatum to the White House.

What is it and how will Biden respond?

National security correspondent,Caitlin Burke, has more.

- President Biden's national security team

remains confident that all Americans

who want to leave Afghanistancan be out by August 31st.

Realistically, that leavesonly a few more days

for evacuations.

The remainder of thetime needed to withdraw

the 5,800 troops on the ground in Kabul.

- The goal is to get as manypeople out as fast as possible.

- [Caitlin] Still, the situationin Kabul remains dangerous.

Many desperate evacueesreporting the violence

surrounding the airportis keeping them out.

The Pentagon acknowledgingtwo specific incidents

where special forcesand American helicopters

went into Kabul to extractsome 350 Americans.

And national securityadvisor, Jake Sullivan,

says there's a plan to getthe remaining Americans

who want to leave to the airport.

- We've contacted Americansstill in Afghanistan

by email, by phone, by text

to give them specific instructions.

We have developed a methodto safely and efficiently

transfer groups of Americancitizens onto the air field.

For operational reasons, I'm not gonna go

into further detail on this.

- [Caitlin] White Housepress secretary, Jen Psaki,

pushing back at a reporterwho referred to Americans

as being stranded.

- First of all, I think it's irresponsible

to say Americans arestranded, they are not.

We are committed to bringing Americans

who want to come home, home.

- [Caitlin] Meanwhile,lawmakers are trying

to get to the bottom of whathappened in Afghanistan.

Members of the HouseIntelligence Committee

meeting with intelligenceofficials on Monday

to discuss the fallout.

- We view this, as Isaid during the hearing,

as the beginning of vigorous oversight

of what went wrong in ourdeparture from Afghanistan.

- President Biden meetswith European allies

during a G7 meetingtoday where he's expected

to face pressure to extendthe Kabul evacuation deadline.

Caitlin Burke, CBN News.

- Ladies and gentlemen, did you ever hear

such a cloud of nonsense as being put out

by that poor woman, Psaki?

I'd hate to have her job.

She's gotta sit thereand lie and tell things

that no rational person believes.

"Oh, we have a plan toget them out," yeah sure.

No such plan.

"Well, we're gonna sendthem emails and texts

and tell them to go to the Kabul airport,"

which they can't do because the Taliban

controls all the access to it.

I mean, the whole thing is nonsense

and it just breaks your heart.

As it was yesterday, I'd say it again,

my heart is breakingwhen you think of those

hundreds of thousands ofpeople who are depending on us,

they're crying out, "Please help us,"

and Biden still isn't acting.

His own military advisors say,

"You've got about twomore days to make a move."

Well, CBN's chiefinternational correspondent,

Gary Lane, is with us.

And, Gary, President Bidenreportedly sent out a top spy,

the CIA head, to meet withTaliban, can you tell us

anything more about that?

- Yes, he really had no choice, Pat,

but to send CIA director, William Burns,

to meet with Mullah Baradar,they're in Afghanistan

in Kabul, and the reason for that is

the president has reallyboxed himself into a corner

because if he sticks with his deadline

and withdraws on August 31st,then he places American lives

at risk and the risk ofothers there in Afghanistan,

especially in Kabul with the Taliban

breathing down their necks.

And the State Departmentand the White House

still cannot tell us howmany Americans there are,

how many are remaining in Afghanistan,

I don't think they really know.

So, then, on the other hand,if he extends the deadline,

you've heard what the Taliban have said,

"It's a red line, August31st is a red line

and the U.S. will sufferthe consequences."

Well, what are the consequences?

Are we going to see fire fights

between marines and ourtroops and the Taliban

there in Kabul around theairport and the access points

to the airport?

So, this is really a mess.

And then you've got ourallies, who are meeting today

at the G7, they're goingto be discussing this

because they're concernedabout their people,

the Germans, the French,and also the British

that are still there in the country,

they want more time to get out

and can you trust theTaliban and their word?

They say they're 2.0, butthey're fundamentalist Muslims

and by the Koran, theyare determined to lie,

they call it Taqiya, Pat, Taqiya means in,

to advance Islam, they can lie to anyone,

their wives, infidels,especially, but anyone

to advance Islam.

And so, they cannot be trusted

and that's unlike Judeo-Christian ethics,

the Ten Commandments,where the ninth Commandment

is "Thou shalt not bear false witness,"

that means nothing to the Taliban.

- Gary, it looks likethey want our troops out,

but if the troops leave,there's not a chance

of anybody ever gettingout of that country.

We've got to take military action

and we've got about,at best, a week and a,

I mean, about two more,I'm trying to think,

about 10 days left or less than that

- One week.- to, what do we,

to get them out.

I mean, if the troopsare gone, it's hopeless

for the rest of them, am I right?

- Well, it is, but thenthey're on their own.

But, remember, do you rememberthe bomb of all bombs,

the mother of all bombs that Donald Trump

dropped on the Taliban backin, I think it was 2017?

They were very frightenedby that, very concerned,

that kind of brought them around,

so are there those types of threats?

Did Burns make that type of threat

when he went to Kabul?

We don't know, so we'lljust have to wait and see

what the president decides, but it's not

a good situation, Pat.

- I doubt very seriously if that man,

who, by the way, is apretty experienced guy,

that he made any threatto the Taliban at all.

I imagine he was trying to make nice,

but you can't make nice to those people.

Well, in other news, the moment

you've been waiting for is here.

That's the president's messageon the unvaccinated Americans

who've been holding outfor full FDA approval

of COVID vaccines.

And now the Pfizer vaccine has it.

So, how many of the 80 million Americans

eligible for this shot will get it

and how many businesses will mandate it

for employees and customers?

Here's medical reporter, Lorie Johnson.

- Pat, President Biden moved quickly

to use the FDA's action as an opportunity

to once again encourageunvaccinated Americans

to get the shot.

- If you're one of themillions of Americans

who said that they will not get the shot

when it's, until it has fulland final approval of the FDA,

it has now happened.

The moment you've beenwaiting for is here.

It's time for you togo get your vaccination

and get it today.

- [Lorie] So far, 60%of adults 18 and over

have been fully vaccinated.

That leaves more than 80million folks out there

still eligible to get the shot.

A survey back in Junefound that three in 10

unvaccinated adults wouldbe more likely to take it

if a vaccine were fully approved.

But some officials are not waiting.

Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

announcing vaccine mandates

for the nation's largest school system.

The U.S. surgeon generalsays he expects more mandates

from private businesses, colleges

and even local and state governments.

The FDA approval also means the military

will now up the timeline forvaccinating their troops.

We're expecting more guidanceon that within days, Pat.

- Lorie, should thisapproval convince skeptics

that the vaccine is truly safe?

- Well, we'll wait and see.

You know, just in June, theKaiser Family Foundation

did a survey and found that among

the unvaccinated Americans,a third of them said

that they would be morelikely to take a vaccine

if it had final approval.

It didn't say definitely they would,

so we'll have to waitand see in the days ahead

if those vaccine numbers go up,

but we do know a lot more people will be

getting vaccinated simplybecause of all these

brand new vaccine mandates, Pat.

- We're seeing a rise inchildren getting the infection,

how effective are the vaccinesagainst this Delta variant?

- Well, it's a very sadsituation with the children.

We're seeing about 1,300 kids

in the hospital, Pat, right now.

That's the highest numberof hospitalized children

for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

And so, there have been hundreds of deaths

among children and the cases are very high

among the youngsters anddoctors really aren't sure why.

Is it because the Delta variantis actually more virulent,

it's more severe, or because it's just

that much more contagiousand so many more kids

are getting infected that we would see

these hospitalizations go up naturally

just because of the sheernumber of kids who are infected.

But, as we talked aboutthe other day, Pat,

the vaccines, yes, they are effective,

not as effective as they once were,

but they definitely offer some protection.

We're seeing that yourchance of getting infected

has gone up, but still, yourchance of being hospitalized

or dying if you are fully vaccinated

is far less than if youweren't fully vaccinated.

We're seeing about 90%,Pat, of the hospitalizations

are among the unvaccinated at this point.

- Well, I want to headmy amen to this one.

Ladies and gentlemen, thisCOVID thing is dreadful.

What it does to people is beyondimagination, it's horrible.

And so, if you could take avaccine and have a mild case

or a little less problem,it certainly is worthwhile

doing it, it really is.

Well, also in the news, ashowdown on Capitol Hill.

Guess what?

It's Speaker Pelosiversus House leadership

and 10 members of her own party.

The bottom line, no dealso far on the president's

nearly five trilliondollar economic agenda.

So, what happens next?

Jenna Browder brings usthe latest from Washington.

- Pat, it's a standoffbetween House leadership

and Speaker Nancy Pelosiand moderate democrats.

They were on the Hill overnighttrying to come to terms

on a procedural vote thatwould begin moving two pieces

of massive legislation forward,but they left with no deal.

Coaxing her caucus in aletter, Pelosi insists delays

will jeopardize the party's policy goals,

per President Biden's quote,"Transformative vision

and historic progress."

- The vision is to build back better.

- The Rules Committee will come to order.

- [Jenna] House lawmakersare briefly back in D.C.,

the White House endorsing Pelosi's plans

for the procedural vote toadvance the 3.5 trillion dollar

human infrastructure budget blueprint,

the first step towardadvancing the broader bill.

- When you take this bill together

with the American Rescue Plan

and the reconciliation billthat's getting underway,

we are implementing oncein a generation policies

that will change people'slives for the better.

Housing, clean energy,dealing with climate,

the climate crisis.

- [Jenna] The proceduralvote would then lead

to a budget resolution,which would allow democrats

to pass the measurewithout a republican vote.

- Because this is what thespeakers brought us in for,

not to deal with Afghanistan,not to deal with inflation,

not to deal with a border on fire,

not to deal with crime out of control

because we're defunding the police,

but to deal with unbridled spending,

unbridled spending in thepassage of the Green New Deal

and the Socialist BudgetReconciliation Act

offered by Bernie Sanders.

- [Jenna] But democrats themselves

are facing a test of unity.

Fearing the budget blueprintwill be scaled back,

Pelosi and Houseprogressives want that passed

before the 1.2 trillion dollar

bipartisan infrastructure bill,

which has already passed the Senate.

Standing in the speaker'sway are nine party moderates

who are weary of the 3.5trillion dollar price tag

and are threatening to vote against it

unless the 1.2 trilliondollar bill is passed first.

- But this is a goodexample that just because

you're in the majority and in control

doesn't mean that anyand everything is easy.

- [Jenna] Nathan Gonzaleswith Inside Elections

on CBN's Faith Nation.

- Well, I think thatthese moderate democrats

who tend to be, who,most of them are some of

the most vulnerabledemocrats in the house,

realize that they're going to get attacked

for voting for the budgetand a lot of the spending

that comes along with that, so they want

the infrastructure billthat has some things

that they can take backto their constituents

and say, "This is what we got done,

this is what we got accomplished."

- And...

- [Man Behind Camera] Askher, just ask the question.

- Well, the massive budgetbill has zero GOP support,

so that means that moderatedemocrats could kill it,

the speaker, Pelosi, will tryfor the procedural vote today,

but can she only lose three votes?

So, what do you think,Jenna, what are these

moderate democrats in the Senate who are

opposed to the bill, what are they doing?

- Well, that's the real question, Pat.

Even if this bill does,this budget blueprint

gets out of the House, itfaces a huge uphill battle

in the Senate.

A couple of senators, JoeManchin and Kyrsten Sinema,

two outspoken more moderate democrats

saying they can't support a3.5 trillion dollar price tag.

Joe Manchin, with astatement and strong words,

"The House should put politics aside,

it would send a terriblemessage to the American people

and this bipartisan bill,it would be held hostage,"

so essentially accusing NancyPelosi and House leadership

of holding this 1.2trillion dollar bill hostage

for the sake of this budgetblueprint, 3.5 trillion dollars.

Kyrsten Sinema also saying that she cannot

take this back to herconstituents, that price tag

and in the coming weeks will be working

behind the scenes to try tobring that price tag down.

Pat.

- Jenna, I want to ask you something.

It'll take three votes,if I understand it,

to flip the House to the republicans

and there are eight ornine of these moderates

who are posing this particular bill,

do you think it might be a group

that might be willingto vote against Pelosi

as speaker in January?

Is that a possibility, you believe?

- Well, it could be anda lot of these democrats

are some of the most vulnerable democrats

coming up in the 2022 midterms and so,

they have to be able, they have to go back

to their constituents and beable to explain this spending

and a lot of them, they don't feel like

they can go back and say this is why

3.5 trillion dollars is necessary.

So, I think, Pat, that'swhy we're seeing them

stand so strong.

You know, normally, NancyPelosi is really masterful

at being able to, youknow, tighten the screws

and get her members in line,

but this time could be different,

these moderate democratsare standing strong.

Pat.

- Thanks, Jenna.

Ladies and gentlemen, you never can tell,

miracles do happen.

I feel, without question, inthe next midterm elections,

there's going to be a tsunami of anger

against what's being done to our country

by these socialists and I think the house

is going to exchange membershipthat, without question,

a couple more seats in theSenate are going to shift

and so, and with thedemocratic move in the census,

the demographic, I'll say it right,

but the shift, several newseats are up for grabs,

the whole thing is inplay, the question is

can we wait that long?

And so we can rejoice thatthere are a group of democrats

in the House that areopposing this and please pray

for Joe Manchin and KyrstenSinema in the Senate

because we need them.

Terry.

- Well, up next, the spiritis moving in Sin City.

How are these Las Vegasmissionaries growing churches

during a pandemic and in what ways

is social media fueling their mission?

Plus, here she is, MissAmerica 1990 joins us live.

Debbye Turner-Bellrecalls her uphill climb

to winning the crown, but whatdevastating losses followed

and how is the pain fromher past shaping her future?

Find out on today's 700 Club.

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- Sin City.

Las Vegas holds the distinction

as one of the most unchurchedcities in the country,

but now that's changing.

A wave of church plants istaking the city by storm,

fueled, guess what, by social media.

Senior national affairscorrespondent, Heather Sells,

has got good news from Las Vegas.

- Las Vegas is one of thefastest growing cities

in the U.S. and one ofthe most unchurched.

That's why church planters here

say this city is key toadvancing the gospel.

- The overall majority ofpeople, I guarantee you,

especially if they're from the West Coast,

have never had someone sitdown and explain who Jesus is.

- [Heather] Seeing themselvesfirst as missionaries,

Josh Carter and Joseph Gibbons

work as Southern Baptist church planters.

Their mission field, what they describe,

is the pre-Christian culture of Las Vegas.

- These are people that didnot grow up around church,

it doesn't fit within theirnorms of how to do life.

- [Heather] That's whyCarter Gibbons and their team

hope to take what many knowas Sin City for the gospel.

They're planting 13 churchesin this booming metropolis

of two million.

- Good morning, friends, good morning.

- [Heather] With an updated play book

that uses social mediaas a starting point.

- It literally, that isthe front door for people.

They're gonna check you out,they're gonna follow you.

- [Heather] These churchplanters also rely heavily

on meeting their neighbors face to face.

For Gibbons and his wife, that has meant

local Vegas playgroundsduring the height of COVID.

- Really, nothing wasopen, we have little kids,

five and three, and so, mywife would take them out

to parks and she would meet moms.

- [Heather] That led torelationships that then moved

toward a focus on the word.

- For us, it's about notthinking of ourselves

more highly than we ought,but getting into a posture of

we all need to meet eachother on the ground level

of the gospel.

- [Heather] And fromthere, Favor City Church

began to grow, right inthe midst of a pandemic.

- When the limit of gathering was 10,

we were like, "Great, we have six,"

and so, we just started to gather.

- [Heather] Favor City is part of a wave

of Southern Baptist plantsthat are moving the needle

in the right direction.

The denominations NorthAmerican Mission Board, or NAMB,

launched close to 600 lastyear, up 36% over 2019.

- I think there is hope.

You know, the North American Mission Board

is planting hundreds uponhundreds of churches,

surprisingly high numbers, even in 2020.

- [Heather] And thesechurches are diverse.

Six in 10 last year were non-Anglo.

That is crucial, asexperts predict that whites

will decline to a minoritypopulation as early as 2045.

Researchers say plants like Favor City

could lead the way asthe church in the U.S.

seeks to diversify and reverse trends,

especially out West and in New England,

where large numbers of people

have no religious affiliation.

They're also battling church closures,

which outpaced openings in 2019.

To keep up with these closing doors

and population growth,Lifeway Research estimates

that nearly 2,000 newchurches must open each year.

That means the call for church planters

is as urgent as ever, butthose in the trenches caution

the work is difficult and slow.

- You don't necessarily, like,magically launch a church

on one day.

You engage a city over a periodof time, you make disciples.

- [Heather] Favor City recently baptized

a new group of believersand began services.

So, while it's seen as anuphill climb in this city,

Gibbons says the spirit is moving.

- I'm not building this thing.

Like, I'm just stewardingwhere God is active.

- [Heather] Reporting in LasVegas, Heather Sells, CBN News.

- Well, is it possible?

They say whatever takes placein Vegas stays in Vegas,

well, we want the good newsto spread all over the country

from Vegas, so congratulations.

Terry, what's next?

- Well, still ahead, courageous faith

from a former Miss America.

So, what motivatesDebbye Turner-Bell today?

She's gonna tell us herselfwhen she joins us live.

And then, later on,trapped in a brain fog.

How did this woman clearher mental thoughts

while watching TV?

Stay tuned and you'll find out.

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Seven years, 11 pageants andone move to another state.

That's the perseverance ittook for Debbye Turner-Bell

to win the Miss America crown.

So, was her life smoothsailing from there?

Not so much.

Take a look.

- [Narrator] Life turned ona dime for Debbye Turner-Bell

when she was crowned Miss America 1990.

She soon became a veterinarian,broadcast journalist

and motivational speaker.

It could easily appearthat Debbye's known nothing

but success in life, but she's candid

about her heartaches and failures.

In her new book, "Courageous Faith",

Debbie clearly presentsthe 10 life principles

that have shaped herand will empower anyone.

- Well, joining us now viaSkype is Debbye Turner-Bell.

Debbye, it's wonderful to see you.

- Aww, Terry, so good to see you.

Good to be with you.

How are you?

- I'm great and obviouslyyou are, as well.

I want to talk about your book.

It starts off with failure,which isn't what you'd think

a chapter title would be ina book from Miss America.

You're in your hotel room,you're crying in a fetal position

after losing the Miss AmericaPageant for the third time,

talk about what happened next.

- Sure.

Yeah, my book opens with probablyone of the lowest moments

during my trajectory inthe Miss America Program.

I had unsuccessfully attempted to win

the Miss ArkansasPageant for a third time,

I was the first runnerup the previous year

and there was this ongoingtradition at the time

that usually the returning first runner up

came back and won the next year

and that just didn't happento me and I was devastated.

And I did, as you said,ended up in a fetal position

on the hotel room floor,sobbing, asking God, "Why?"

"Why did you make me go through this?"

"Why did this happen?"

You know, at that, bythat time, I was already

in veterinary school,I was going to school

on guaranteed student loans,like the rest of middle America

and I was like, "I could'vedone without this."

And it was in that fetal position,

I literally cried myself out.

My body could not produce any more tears

and it was in thatcondition, I laid there,

probably as still and aspeaceful as I've ever been

and I heard this voice speak in my heart,

the voice of the lord, and he said,

"Debbye, I'm faithful, now get up."

And I, you know, I shook myself off

and washed what was leftof my makeup off of my face

and I didn't know whatI was gonna do next,

but I did know one thing,that God is faithful

and that he's immutable, he's unchanging,

he doesn't change his mind about us,

he doesn't change the purposes

and the gifts that he's given to us

and so, I didn't know howit was gonna play out,

but I did know that God was a good god

and that this would worktogether for my good

and of course, you readall about it in the book,

what happened from there, butthat was the pivotal moment,

really, in my life of learning to have

what I now call courageous faith.

Many of us have faith, we believe in God,

we believe in a higher power,we believe in ourselves,

but courageous faith is aboutgetting up off the floor

in your lowest moment, notknowing what the next step

is going to be, but believingthat God will direct you.

- So, how did that failure help propel you

to become Miss America?

- Well, I opened thebook, as you mentioned,

with a chapter on failurebecause I sincerely believe

that every success is builton a foundation of failures

because failure means you've tried,

it means you've gone outthere, you put yourself out

and you've made an attempt.

And with each failure, if we do it right,

if we fail right, we learn, we improve,

we get better and so, that moment, for me,

taught me, first of all,to trust God above all,

to not trust the media orother people's opinions

about me or what theconventional wisdom was,

but to trust God and justtake it one step at a time.

And I've conducted mylife like that ever since.

You know, these 32 years later,

I can't believe it's been that long,

I've lived on that principleof trusting God in the moment,

I don't have to know what theend is going to look like,

I don't really have to knowwhere my foot is gonna land

on the next step, what I doknow is that if I take a step

in faith, God is gonnabe there to support me

and so, I talk about that a lot.

- A few years after that triumph,

you experienced devastation,a real loss in your family,

how does one deal with thatand get up and move on?

- Yeah, it's very difficult.

I've dealt with a few losses,the next one after that

was the loss of my mother,who was this vivacious,

vibrant, anointed preacherof the word of a woman.

Everything I know aboutGod, everything I know

about being a woman, I learned from her,

she was just amazing and she was diagnosed

with cancer and died.

Now, I grew up watchingmy mother pray for people

and them being healed andso, I had every expectation

that God was gonna heal herand it didn't happen, she died.

And so, I'll be, I'm honest in the book

and I'll be honest rightnow, I was mad at God.

I didn't, I didn't doubt his existence,

I didn't doubt his power, Ijust didn't like him that much,

I didn't like his ways.

But I was honest with the lord.

You know, those that worship him

must worship him in spirit and in truth

and that wonderful mom that I had

had taught me to beauthentic before the lord

and to tell him how I really feel

'cause he knows anyway,but what's important

is for me to be honest with myself

and in that position ofauthenticity and vulnerability,

that's where the Holy Spirit can come in

and do his best work in our heart.

And so, it was just amatter of being honest

and being open andsaying, "I don't get this,

I don't like this, okay,God, you know, what is it

that you want me to do?"

And so, I, as I like tosay, I ate the elephant

one bite at a time.

- You end your book.- I just took one step

after the next.

- You end your book with perseverance.

People going through a difficult journey,

what do you want them to know?

- I want them to know that roadblocks

and seemingly dead ends arenot necessarily the end.

It just might be a detour.

And so, when God has placeda purpose in our life

and he has given us something to do

and he is a god of finishing.

"Now unto him who is able todo abundantly above anything

we can ask or think."

And so, when he starts something,

he's already finished it supernaturally.

And so, what I want the readers to get

when they read my book is don't give up

in the difficult times,don't let the setbacks

set you down for good,to keep moving forward,

to persevere, and then,for those of us of faith

to trust God and havingwisdom in how to persevere,

I am living, a living witnessand a living testimony

that if you don't give up,that you will reach the goals

and the purposes that God has for you.

- It's such a wonderful message

and I want our viewers to know

that you can find Debbye'sstory and her wise counsel

by getting her book, it's called,

"Courageous Faith: A LifelongPursuit of Faith Over Fear"

and it's in stores nationwide.

Deb, it's great to seeyou, you look wonderful,

God bless you.

- Thank you.

Bless you, too, sister.

- Thanks.

Pat, over to you.

- Well, you just sawtwo former Miss Americas

talking to each other,that's kind of nice.

Well, still ahead, like she was wrapped

in a plastic bubble, that'show this woman described

the brain fog shesuffered after a long bout

with what is called COVID-19.

So, what retrained herbrain supernaturally?

She'll tell you herself after this.

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But we'd love to join with you in praying

about the things and concernsthat are on your heart,

so let us know.

Pat.

- Well, COVID left Maggie Kyle,quote, "living in a bubble."

Maggie felt detached fromeverything and everyone

and that's because of social distancing.

For months, Maggie feltlike her brain was in a fog.

So, what finally cleared it up overnight?

See for yourself.

- My name is Maggie Kyle,I work for CBN part time

and I love doing that becauseI love talking to people

and I love praying for people

because it gives me achance to listen to them,

show them compassion.

I had COVID for about five to six months.

I was one of those people thathave the longterm effects,

I was really tired out,fatigued for the longest time,

probably up until April,the first part of May,

that's when I actually started feeling

like I was having the brain fog

'cause it was more pronouncedthen, in about April.

The brain fog actually made me feel like

I was wrapped in a plastic bubble.

I felt like I was detached from everybody,

that everyone, people would talk to me

and I couldn't process whatthey were saying to me.

I just felt like I wasn't even part

of the environment I was in.

I told the doctor Icouldn't seem to process

and I would go to the doctor's office

and they would say, "Well,we need to do a test,

you need to turn over on your side,"

and they said left sideand I would look at them

and I felt like, "What is my left side?"

I didn't even, I couldn't even correlate

how to turn on my left side.

That lasted actually until July 2nd

when I had the word of knowledge.

I normally watch The700 Club every morning

before I go on the phones at noon.

I turned on The 700 Cluband I just had finished

talking to my friend on the telephone

and I was telling herabout this brain fog.

So, Wendy had this word of knowledge.

- There's somebody, you justfeel like you are in a fog.

It's like you normallyhave great mental clarity,

but you can't remember anything

and you are just in this fogand you've even said to people,

"I feel like I'm in a fog,"God is lifting that fog

off of you right now.

Just start praising him,that fog is disappearing,

in Jesus' name.

- And I thought, "That is me."

I started saying, "Praiseyou, Jesus, thank you, Jesus,"

and I was just wanted, just jump up

out of my chair and shout.

It started, I could feelsomething from my head to toe,

like a sensation, and it started going,

by the next morning,it was completely gone.

I felt better, I felt likeI was part of life again,

I didn't feel detached.

I praise God for that, thathe followed me through,

so I can continue to do his work.

- Tell you what, Godis greater than COVID,

God is greater thanwhatever's wrong with you,

God is the one who made you and he said,

"Hitherto you've asked nothing in my name,

ask and you shall receive,that your joy may be full."

And we want to have some joy today

and I just want to share with you

a couple of reports that have come in

and we want to pray for you.

Now, on this program onthe 19th of this month,

that was just a few days ago, Terry said,

"Somebody has healed, Godhas healed somebody's bones

in their mouth."

"She gave a word, I immediately felt

my painful jawbone infection was relieved

and the pain disappearedand I want to thank Terry

for being an obedient servant."

Okay.- I thank the lord

- All right, amen.- for making that a reality.

Well, this is Pam, who wrote by email.

She said, "I think itwas Monday, August 16th,

and Pat was praying for someonewho had a break/fracture

in their leg."

"I had a broken ankle onthe inside and outside

of my right ankle."

"I felt a warm sensationand prayed it was for me."

"On Wednesday, I went to the doctor,

he said it healed really well."

"I am 69 years young."

"I saw the test results and it said,

'good mineralization of bone.'"

"I am grateful because mydaughter is getting married

on September 5th."

"It brings me to tears,thank you for all you do."

Well, Pam, that's awesome.

- Folks, you know, Terry andI didn't know those people,

Wendy didn't know the ladythat had the brain fog,

but God knows you and heallows us together, as we pray,

to see miracles happen in your life.

We've seen it thousands of times,

not just one or two, butthousands and thousands of people

who have had miraculoushealings, instantaneous healing

because God is showing forth his power,

"In the latter days, Iwill pour out my spirit

upon all flesh," and Ithink we're in the midst

of God's outpouring and so, we're thrilled

to be part of it.

And we want to pray for you right now,

we're going to join hands,we're gonna believe God.

Father, in Jesus' name, werejoice as we hear these reports.

God, all things are possible through you.

In the name of Jesus,somebody else has got

a lung infection, someoneyesterday had that,

there's another lunginfection and, you know,

we've talked about emphysema,we've talked about corona,

see, whatever's an infectionin your lungs right now,

in the name of Jesus, touch them.

And I believe the nameis Emily, so take it.

Now, what do you have?

- Yeah, I don't know what this is about,

but there's somebody, you'regonna know this is you

because of this term, youneed a stipend of money

for something and it'smoney that you don't have

and it's really importantthat you have it.

God is your provider,that money is on the way.

You begin to praise him for itright now before you see it,

it is coming.

- Amen, we receive that, thank you, lord.

Somebody, you've got mononucleosis,

you've got night sweats andthis thing has seized you

and right now, you're gonna find a fire

going through your entire body

and that infection, mononucleosisis taken out of your body

and you are totallyhealed, in Jesus' name,

Mike, I believe it is, take it.

Terry.

- There's someone else, youhave been lied about unfairly

and you're very shakenthat your reputation

has been impacted.

God's word for you is, "Leaveyour reputation with me."

Just begin to thank thelord and praise him.

Do not allow fear or anxietyor the concerns of others

about your reputation to impact

your spiritual walk right now.

- Oh, Nicholas, you've got a, it's a,

probably your leg, I believe,it is your quad muscle

that's all messed up, just putyour hand down on your leg,

in the name of Jesus, power'sgoing through that leg.

Now, Father, in Jesus' name, once again,

we hold up before youthe suffering people,

the people over in Afghanistan,

the people who are left behind,

the people who are crying out for help,

Lord, all over thisworld, people are enslaved

and are crying out to you,hear the prayer, Lord,

of those suffering,hear an answer, we pray,

in Jesus' name, we prayand we pray for this nation

of ours that we might turnto God and be blessed by you,

in Jesus' name amen and amen.- Amen.

- We love to hear fromyou, we like to hear

the answers to prayer, we liketo hear your prayer requests,

so please give us a call, don't be afraid,

just pick up the phone.

Somebody's here who caresabout you, who loves you.

Terry.

- Well, still ahead, a couple is matched

with a baby for adoption.

The surprise, the baby has a twin,

so can they handle this double?

See for yourself coming up.

And then, Pat heads to the hot seat

for another round of yourquestions, honest answers.

Peter writes, "Pat, the Bible says

that during the millennium,there will be people

in flesh bodies that willrepopulate the Earth."

"Who are these people?"

Wonder what Pat will say to that.

Find out, that's later on today's show.

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Cory and Jillian werewaiting for a baby to adopt,

but they never imaginedthey'd be matched with a twin.

The couple didn't wantto separate the babies,

but they knew they could neverafford to raise them both.

So, what happened?

See for yourself.

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- [Narrator] U.S. Army soldier,Cory, considers himself

a servant, devoted tohis family, his country

and other soldiers as an army chaplain.

- I began to see the tremendous need

that was right in front of me,

the toll that prolonged years of war

was taking on families andwanted to pursue the chaplaincy,

so that I could specificallyserve and pastor

those families that werecarrying so much of the load

for our country.

- [Narrator] In additionto being a stay at home mom

with their three children,his wife, Jillian,

enjoys working alongsideCory as the chaplain's wife.

- I think I just saw it as a mission field

that we were both gonna serve on together.

I think we both believe it'swhere God has us right now

and so, I'm just happy to do it

as long as God has us doing it.

- [Narrator] The couplefelt God leading them

to start a new chapter intheir lives by adopting a baby.

They were approved, placed on a register

and started saving up the$16,000 they would need.

They were shocked when the agency called

and said they'd been matchedwith a baby who was a twin.

They were asked if they'd adopt both,

plus, live out of state for a few months

because the twins were born 10 weeks early

and needed NICU care.

- This was way more than we expected.

It was about double the costs,

it was double the babies,double the time away,

double the travel distance,about twice as much

as we'd expected to do.

- [Narrator] In spite ofthe financial obstacles,

the couple knew they couldn'tseparate the siblings

and said yes.

- Only God can make it happen,

only God could get us through this.

We pray with, with expectation.

Like, "All right, Lord,we're gonna see you show up,

we just don't quite know howyet or what it will look like."

- [Narrator] While thecouple was arranging

to move the entire family out of state,

their church, River Oakin Chesapeake, Virginia,

was planning a surprisewith Helping the Homefront.

Pastor Steve Reedergave them some big news.

- I've got a check to the adoption agency

for the entire amount.

- Really?

Thank you.

- I can't believe it.

- I don't know what to say.

- [Narrator] He also toldthem CBN was covering the cost

of living out of state while the babies

were in the hospital.

- I can't believe you're,like, sitting here

across from me right now.

I don't feel like this is real.

I really don't feel like this is real.

This isn't, like, a realthing that happens to me

in the real world, doyou know what I mean?

- [Pastor Steve] Yeah, I know.

- [Narrator] After a few months in NICU,

the twins were released andthey all went home to Virginia.

This army family is nowfocusing on their new arrivals,

rather than worrying about finances.

- But every little step alongthe way as we trust God,

he just shows up in away abundantly beyond

all that we could ask or imagine.

- That's right.- And I would say that this is

abundantly beyond what we haveasked for or even imagined.

- That's how it works with God, isn't it?

Always, always hearing us, knowing us,

responding to us, holdingus in difficult times,

blessing us at other times.

You know, the way heteaches us and blesses us

comes through ourfellowship with each other

and you can be a part of that.

You know, we are working allaround the world all the time,

this happened to be Helping the Homefront

because we have such aheart for our military

but 700 Club members aremeeting people's needs

here in the United Statesand all around the world

every single day in waysthat are life changing

and you can be a partof making that happen.

65 cents a day, $20 a monthmakes you a 700 Club member,

so go to your phone today and call.

You can make such a difference

and you'll be blessed by it, as well.

Our way of saying thank you to you

for partnering with allof us is to send you this,

"God Is For Us!".

This is Pat readingverses of salvation, peace

and victory from the Book of Romans

and I know it'll be a blessing to you,

just like it was to Lou, wholives in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

He says, "Pat, thank you forrecording "God Is For Us!"

"Listening to it comforts me so much."

"You read it like you're right next to me,

explaining things to me."

"Your voice is filled with love

and that helps me verymuch to understand Romans."

A very significant and importantbook in the scriptures,

so we want you to havethis and we want you

to join with us in touchingthe lives of others.

Well, up next, we've got your questions

and some honest answers.

Kristen writes, "I feel like I committed

the unforgivable sin of blasphemy."

"Do I still have hope for forgiveness?"

Pat weighs in on that andmore, so stay with us.

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We've been promising it and now it's time

for your questions andPat's honest answers.

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Pat, this first one comes from Peter.

He says, "Pat, love your show."

"My question is, the Bible says

that during the millennium,there will be people

in flesh bodies that willrepopulate the Earth."

"Who are these people,where did they come from

and how did they make itthrough the tribulation

to enter with flesh bodies and not die?"

"Are these people born-again Christians?"

"This has stumped me for many years."

- First of all, what yousaid is not in the Bible.

I had our producer check that and that

and it's, it's somebody who wrote,

wrote something likethat, it was a, it was a,

- An opinion.- it was an opinion he wrote,

it wasn't biblical and Iknow nothing in the Bible

that says any such thing.

You know, it says inthe Book of Revelation,

"They lived and reigned withhim for a thousand years

and the devil would bebound," and so forth,

but it says nothing about flesh bodies

or any of that stuff, so I don't know,

I don't know where yougot, somebody wrote it,

it's an opinion, but itis not in the Bible, okay?

- Okay, Kristen says, "Icompared something to God

when I was a teenager andnow, I feel like I committed

the unforgivable sin of blasphemy."

"Do I still have hope for forgiveness?"

- Of course you do.

You know, if you haveblasphemed the Holy Spirit,

you wouldn't have any sense of remorse,

you'd be dead and cold.

You know, but that, youknow, comparing the,

God to something else, no way.

You know, it happened to mewhen I first came to the lord.

I was in Canada at this youth conference

and I was just rejoicing in the lord

and I went to sleep, itwas a Sunday afternoon,

took a nap, and all of a sudden,

the devil came to me and said,

"You have committed the unpardonable sin

and you're going to hell."

And I felt this, likesomebody was choking me,

and I said to the devil,"I want you to know

that if I am going to hell, I'll go there

praising the lord, Jesus,'cause he's my savior,"

and that was the end of it.

But that, it's the most horrible feeling

that you had blasphemed,you said something,

it doesn't work that way.

No way.

Okay?

- This is Yvette, whosays, "I recently learned

the vaccine is going to bemandatory to keep your job."

"I know it's being required to go places,

to fly, et cetera."

"I don't want to lose my job,

but I feel this is likethe mark of the beast

and do not want to go to hell."

"Can you tell me your thoughts?"

- Look, this vaccine has nothing to do

with the mark of the beast.

This isn't something set upby, by some anti-Christ system

anymore than when you'rea kid, you get vaccinated

from whooping cough.

I mean, you know, andwe have tetanus vaccine,

everybody, when you were alittle kid, had a vaccination.

It had nothing to do withthe mark of the beast.

Now, we're gonna havesomething in another few days

about a company that hasa, has got a blood test

that'll tell you if youhave natural immunity

and whether or not you need it,

but that's a totally different thing.

You know, the vaccine has nothing to do

with the anti-Christ, mark of the beast

or any of that stuff, okay?

- This is Linda, who says,"Hello, Pat, what does it mean

when people say, 'You'reso heavenly minded,

you're no earthly good?'"

"First Corinthians 2:16 says,

'But we have the mind of Christ.'"

- Look, the statement thatwe're so heavenly minded,

you know, I think that's just a statement.

What worried me is that you'vegot your head in the clouds

and you're not paying attention

and you need to getwith it and get to work.

You know, but that's not in the Bible,

has nothing to do withthe Bible, all right?

- Maria says, "Can youplease explain to me

the passage in Matthew 5:37 that says,

'Let your yes be yes and your no, no,

for whatever is more thanthese is from the evil one.'"

- Well, if you affirm something,

you know, your word should be your bond

and if you say, "I willdo something," then do it.

And if you don't want to do something,

say, "I don't want to do it."

You know, you shouldn'thave to have a big contract

all written down, andthat's what it means,

it means let your yea beyea and your nay be nay.

I mean, let your word be your bond.

So, that's what it means.

- Well, that's all thetime we have for today, but

that was a lot of questions.- I thank you very much.

Tomorrow is a big day, you,it's your program tomorrow,

the audience, and we'llbe having those questions,

I think it's fine.

We leave you with these wordsfrom First Thessalonians,

"Rejoice always, praycontinually, give thanks

in all circumstances,for this is God's will

for you in Christ Jesus."

So, for Terry and all ofus, this is Pat Robertson,

thank you so much for being with us

and tomorrow it's your show,so you don't want to miss it.

We'll see you then.

Bye bye.

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