COMING UP, RUSHED TO THE ER.

THAT'S MY BABY.

A YOUNG MAN'S BODY IS

SHUTTING DOWN.

JUST HANG IN THERE.

BE STRONG.

AND DOCTORS DON'T KNOW WHY

IT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WAS

EXPECTING.

I LOST IT AS A FATHER.

HOW WAS HE ABLE TO BEAT THE

ODDS AND WALK OUT ALIVE?

THAT'S JESUS.

[ LAUGHTER ] THAT'S A MIRACLE.

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

PRESIDENT BIDENS BUILD BACK

BETTER HAS BITTEN THE DUST,

PROBABLY ONCE AND FOR ALL.

THE MULTITRILLION DOLLAR

SPENDING BILL WAS SHUT DOWN BY

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOE MANCHIN.

JOE MANCHIN SAYS CONCERNS

ABOUT INFLATION AND THE SOARING

FEDERAL DEBT PREVENTED HIM FROM

VOTING FOR THE PACKAGE.

THE SENATOR ALSO HAD STINGING

WORDS FOR HOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE

TRYING TO "DRAMATICALLY RESHAPE

OUR SOCIETY."

Reporter: JOE BIDEN STOP

LEGISLATIVE GOAL COULD BE DEAD

THINGS TO A MEMBER OF HIS OWN

PARTY WHO SAYS HE JUST CAN'T

VOTE FOR IT.

WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE

MANCHIN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

SUNDAY.

I CANNOT VOTE TO CONTINUE

WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

I JUST CAN'T.

I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING

POSSIBLE.

I CAN'T GET THERE.

YOU ARE DONE.

THIS IS A NO.

THIS IS A NO.

Reporter: HE SAYS HE OPPOSES

THE EXPENSIVE PACKAGE WITH

PUBLIC INCENTIVES CALLED A

WELFARE GOODIE BAG BECAUSE OF

CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION AND

GROWING FEDERAL DEBT.

THE INFLATION THAT I WAS

CONCERNED ABOUT, IT IS NOT

TRANSITORY, IT IS REAL AND

HARMING EVERY WEST VIRGINIA.

Reporter: THE HOUSE ALREADY

PASSED THE LEGISLATION THAT

PUTS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING

TOWARDS FIGHTING CLIMATE

CHANGE, PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND

CHILDCARE, FREE COLLEGE AND

FREE HEALTHCARE. WHILE THE

PACKAGE IS ADVERTISED AS $2

TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS AND THE

WHITE HOUSE HAS CLAIMED THE

TRUE COST WOULD BE ZERO, ONE

STUDY SHOWED THE REAL COST

WOULD BE $4.6 BILLION.

JOE MANCHIN ALSO ACCUSED

DEMOCRATS IN A WRITTEN

STATEMENT OF TRYING TO

DRAMATICALLY RESHAPE OUR SOCIETY

IN A WAY THAT LEAVES OUR

COUNTRY EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO

THE THREATS WE FACE.

THE FAR LEFT IN THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY, THE SO-CALLED

PROGRESSIVE WING, WAS FURIOUS.

I THINK HE HAS A LOT OF

EXPLAINING TO DO TO THE PEOPLE

OF WEST VIRGINIA TO TELL HIM

WHY HE DOESN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO

LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION

DRUGS.

WHY HE IS NOT PREPARED TO

EXPAND HEALTHCARE. WEST

VIRGINIA IS ONE OF THE POOREST

STATES IN THIS COUNTRY.

Reporter: JOE MANCHIN HAS

BEEN SIGNALING OPPOSITION FOR

MONTHS.

THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY

CALLED THE ANNOUNCEMENT A

SUDDEN AND INEXPLICABLE

REVERSAL IN HIS POSITION AND A

BREACH OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO

JOE BIDEN AND CONGRESSIONAL

DEMOCRATS.

DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING JOE

MANCHIN COULD STILL VOTE FOR A

SLIMMED-DOWN VERSION OF THE

LEGISLATION, BUT IT WOULD HAVE

TO BE MUCH SMALLER, SOMETHING

PROGRESSIVES IN THE PARTY WOULD

LIKELY FIND HARD TO ACCEPT.

CERTAINLY STUNNING NEWS FOR

A SITTING SENATOR TO BREAK SO

VISIBLY WITH HIS OWN PARTY AND

WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS HISTORICAL, BUT WHEN

YOU LOOK AT THE VOTE TOTALS

FROM WEST VIRGINIA, THIS GETS

VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT IS REALLY

GOING ON. SENATOR SANDERS WILL

SAY HE HAS A LOT OF EXPLAINING

TO DO TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST

VIRGINIA, WELL, HERE IS THE

VOTE TOTAL FROM THE 2020

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

YOU RARELY SEE A 39% SWITCH OR

SPREAD IF YOU WILL BETWEEN A

REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT IN

ANY PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THIS IN NEW

YORK OR CALIFORNIA.

SO FOR A TRADITIONALLY

DEMOCRATS DATE, WEST VIRGINIA,

TRADITIONALLY DEMOCRAT, TO VOTE

OVERWHELMINGLY FOR TRUMP, THAT

TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS ON

THE MIND OF JOE MANCHIN.

IT WASN'T JUST THE PRESIDENT.

YOU LOOK AT THE SENATE

ELECTION.

70% VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN IN

2020.

IT'S LIKE THE DEMOCRAT WASN'T

EVEN CLOSE. THEN YOU LOOK AT

THE GOVERNOR RACE, 64%.

SO IT IS NOT JUST ON NATIONAL

POLITICS, IT IS DATE POLITICS

AND ACROSS-THE-BOARD.

THEY HAVE COMPLETELY SWITCHED

AND ARE NOW A REPUBLICAN STATE.

NOW LET'S GO BACK TO 2018 WHEN

JOE MANCHIN WON. AT THE TIME IT

WAS CONSIDERED SOME KIND OF

SIGNAL THAT TRUMP HAD LOST HIS

EDGE AND A SIGNAL FOR ALL OF US

TO GET READY FOR 2020, BUT HE

JUST WON BY 3% OF THE VOTE.

SO IF YOU ARE JOE MANCHIN AND

LOOKING AT ELECTION RESULTS

LIKE THIS, WELL, YOU'RE GOING

TO BE SAYING I NEED TO ALIGN

MYSELF WITH THE REPUBLICANS IF

I WANT TO GET ELECTED IN 2024.

NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS

THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE ADAPTING

A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY TOWARD

THE.

YOU WILL SEE MORE FROM SENATOR

SANDERS, MORE FROM THE

PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE PARTY.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALREADY

CALLED HIM A LIAR.

IF I AM MITCH McCONNELL, WHAT

AM I DOING?

I AM KNOCKING ON JOE'S DOOR AND

SAYING, YOUR PEOPLE ARE MY

PEOPLE.

IF YOU CAN COME ACROSS THE

AISLE, YOU WILL BE MORE THAN

WELCOME.

STAY TUNED TO THIS BECAUSE YOU

LOOK AT THE VOTE TOTALS AND IT

GETS VERY OBVIOUS WHAT IS ON

HIS MIND.

> IN OTHER NEWS, THE OMICRON

VARIANT IS RAPIDLY SPREADING

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT

THERE IS STILL GOOD NEWS.

ONE GOOD NEWS IS FROM THE

VACCINE MAKERS AND ANOTHER IS A

STUDY OUT OF OREGON THAT IF YOU

ARE VACCINATED AND THEN GET ONE

OF THE VARIANTS, YOU GET SOME

KIND OF SUPER IMMUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT, BUT

HERE IS MORE FROM THE CBN

NEWSROOM.

MODERNA ANNOUNCED TODAY THE

BOOSTER SHOT SIGNIFICANTLY

RAISES ANTIBODIES THAT IS

EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE OMICRON

VARIANT AS HEALTH OFFICIALS

PREDICT OMICRON WILL BECOME THE

DOMINANT VARIANT IN A FEW

WEEKS.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS OMICRON

IS SPREADING RAPIDLY.

@ALL OTHERS INCLUDING DELTA WITH

THE DOUBLING TIME OF ABOUT 2 TO

3 DAYS, WHICH MEANS THIS IS

REALLY SOMETHING TO BE RECKONED

WITH.

OMICRON IS SPREADING NEARLY

ALL STATES.

STUDIES SHOW YOU COULD SPEND UP

TO THREE TIMES FASTER THAN

DELTA WITH THE RISK OF

REINFECTION MORE THAN FIVE

TIMES HIGHER.

THIS AS A NATION IS ALREADY

EXPERIENCING A SURGE IN DELTA

CASES.

HOSPITAL MISSIONS ARE NOW UP

41% NATIONWIDE.

THE NBA HAS CANCELED FIVE GAMES

IN THE END FOR NFL POSTPONED

SEVERAL.

ISRAEL IS ADDING THE U.S. TO A

LIST OF COUNTRIES ITS CITIZENS

CANNOT VISIT DUE TO OMICRON.

MONDAY THE CABIN ALSO VOTED TO

INCLUDE CANADA AND SEVERAL

EUROPEAN NATIONS TO THE NO-FLY

LIST.

> RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARE

PETITIONING THE SUPREME COURT

FOR A STAY OF THE VACCINE

MANDATE.

FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE FILED

AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION OVER

THE WEEKEND.

THIS AFTER THE SIXTH U.S.

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS LIFTED

A LOWER COURT INJUNCTION

AGAINST THE MANDATE ON FRIDAY.

THE APPLICATION SEEKS TO HALT

THE MANDATE FOR RELIGIOUS

EMPLOYERS WHILE LITIGATION

CHALLENGING IT GOES FORWARD.

> SOME BUSINESSES ARE

IMPOSING THEIR OWN VACCINE

MANDATES.

UNITED AIRLINES IS ONE OF THE

FIRST MAJOR CARRIERS TO DO SO,

AND NOW THE CEO IS IN HOT WATER

AFTER THREATENING EMPLOYEES

SEEKING RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS.

ANY PILOT THAT HAS DECIDED

ALL THE SUDDEN OR EMPLOYEE ALL

OF A SUDDEN DECIDED I AM REALLY

RELIGIOUS, YOU PUT YOUR JOB IN

JEOPARDY.

BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

Reporter: THIS APPROACH HAS

LED MORE THAN 2000 UNITED

WORKERS TO JOIN A CLASS-ACTION

LAWSUIT AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYER.

THAT, PLUS THE UNPAID LEAVE

THEY RECEIVED AFTER APPLYING

FOR RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL

EXEMPTION TO THE MANDATE.

WE ARE STANDING FOR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND MEDICAL

AUTONOMY.

WE BELIEVE WE ARE ENTITLED TO

THE PROTECTIONS OF TITLE VII.

Reporter: THE GROUP CLAIMS

THE AIRLINE VIOLATED THEIR

STATUTORY RIGHTS.

STILL, UNITED FIRE 200 WORKERS

AND ANOTHER 2000 HAVE NOT BEEN

PAID FOR A MONTH.

THIS MORNING I SPOKE WITH A

10 YEAR PLAN FIGHT ATTENDANT

FOR UNITED WHO WAS A SINGLE MOM

, AN IS THE MANIC SINGLE MOM

FROM TEXAS YOU'RE FIRED.

SHE RECEIVED HER TERMINATION

NOTICE TIED TO A TRASHCAN ON

HER FRONT GATE.

THERE PREVENTING US FROM

SEEKING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS OUR

SAVINGS IN THE 401(K).

IT IS GETTING PRETTY BLEAK OVER

HERE.

Reporter: THEIR PLATES ALSO

CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE

SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY.

UNITED HAS DEMONSTRATED A

CALLOUS APPROACH TO AND DISDAIN

FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH.

Reporter: THE CASE NOW RESTS

WITH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT OF

APPEALS.

IF THE WORKERS WENT ON MERIT

RECEIVE A PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION, UNITED WOULD HAVE

TO RESTORE THEIR EMPLOYMENT ARE

GIVEN PAID LEAVE.

WE HOPE THEY WILL FIND IT IN

THEIR HEARTS TO PUT US BACK TO

WORK.> THE CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES ARE

STRUGGLING TO RECOVER AFTER A

SUPER TYPHOON BATTERED THE

COUNTRY.

IT CARRIED WIND GUSTS UP TO 168

MILES PER HOUR.

THE STORM LEFT A TRAIL OF

DESTRUCTION AFFECTING AT LEAST

300,000 PEOPLE.

OPERATION BLESSING IS ON THE

GROUND BRINGING RELIEF TO

VICTIMS LEFT ISOLATED BY

FLOODING AND DAMAGED ROADS.

Reporter: THE TROPICAL

CYCLONE MADE ITS FIRST LANDFALL

IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES,

BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND A

MASSIVE STORM SURGE.

A RESIDENT SHARES HOW SHE AND

HER CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED OF

THE VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE

BIG WAVES THAT SMASH THEIR

HOME, ALONG WITH OTHER HOUSES

IN THEIR COASTAL VILLAGE.

SHE SAYS SHE IS THANKFUL

EVERYONE IN THEIR FAMILY IS

SAFE, BUT SHE ALSO SAYS THAT WE

NEED FOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE FOOD BECAUSE ALL

THE DISASTER FOOD GOT WET WHEN

THE ROOF OF THE EVACUATION

CENTER WAS BLOWN AWAY.

PLEASE GIVE US FOOD.

THE SLOW-MOVING STORM WITH

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 150 MILES

PER HOUR MADE EIGHT MORLAND

FALLS ACROSS THE REGION,

DESTROYING HOUSES AND FARMLANDS

, TOPPLING TREES AND CAUSING

MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES.

MANY RESIDENTS WERE RESCUED AS

FLOODS ROSE QUICKLY.

AMONG THEM, A ONE-MONTH-OLD

BABY IN A TUB BEING PUSHED BY

THE COAST GUARD AND CHEST DEEP

WATER.

THE DEATH TOLL HAS REACHED 208

AND IS EXPECTED TO RISE AS

SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS

CONTINUE.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS

LOGISTICS AS THESE ISLAND

PROVINCES ARE DIFFICULT TO

REACH.

OPERATION BLESSING TEAMS HAVE

RESPONDED, TRAVELING BY LAND

FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS AND

CROSSING THE SEA.

THEY HAVE REACHED THE REMOTE

AREAS.

THEY ARE BRINGING VICTIMS MUCH-

NEEDED FOOD SUPPLIES,

MEDICATIONS AND PLAY GAMES.

ANOTHER TEAM IS PARTNERING WITH

THE ARMED FORCES OF THE

PHILIPPINES TO REACH AREAS CUT

OFF FROM THE MAINLAND.

MORE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS

ARE UNDERWAY TO HELP THE PEOPLE

IN THESE HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES.

INCREDIBLE DAMAGE THERE IN

THE PHILIPPINES.

WONDERFUL THAT OPERATION

BLESSING IS ON THE GROUND.

GORDON, BACK TO YOU.

WE'RE MOBILIZING ON FRIDAY,

AND THEN DISPATCHING OUR CREWS

TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.

WE HAVE ONGOING RELIEF IN

TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. FLOOD

VICTIMS IN LOUISIANA.

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, WE WANT

TO STRIKE BACK WITH LOVE AND

COMPASSION AND VERY TANGIBLE

NEED.

THERE IS A HUGE NEED RIGHT NOW

IN THE PHILIPPINES JUST FOR

FOOD AND WATER.

WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR THEM.

WE WANT TO SUPPLY THAT.

OUR TEAMS ARE GOING IN YOUR

NAME IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE

700 CLUB.

A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT YOU

GIVE GOES INTO THE WORK OF

OPERATION BLESSING.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, IF

YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE RIGHT

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH

DISASTERS, OR YOU WANT TO HELP

PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES, ALL

YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE TO OUR

DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH

VIRGINIA.

JUST PUT DISASTER RELIEF IN THE

MEMO LINE OF THE TRACK.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OBD ARE ARE

GIVE A DESIGNATED GIFT ON

CBN.COM OR JUST CALL US AND SAY

I WANT TO GIVE TO HELP THOSE IN

NEED.

1-800-700-7000

> STILL AHEAD, A FEVER OF

104, PNEUMONIA, LIVER AND

KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION.

THIS TEENAGER WAS IN BAD SHAPE

WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE ER.

EVEN WORSE, DOCTORS HAD NO CLUE

AS TO THE CAUSE. WHAT ACTION

DID HIS PARENT TAKE?

YOU WILL SEE FOR YOURSELF.

> AND THEN COMING UP, A PLACE

OF REFUGE FOR MIGRANTS OF ALL

CORNERS OF THE EARTH, 35,000 OF

THEM HAVE PASSED TO THE DOORS

OF THIS CHURCH IN TIJUANA.

HOW IS THIS SAFE HAVEN A DREAM

COME TRUE?

YOU ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

A GOD-GIVEN DREAM.

THAT IS WHAT LED THE START OF A

THAT IS WHAT LED THE START OF A

SMALL CHURCH IN TIJUANA MEXICO.

HE AND HIS WIFE NEVER IMAGINED

IT WOULD COME A REFUGE FOR TENS

OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS

SEEKING FREEDOM IN AMERICA

BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT

HAPPENED.

GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US THE

STORY.

Reporter: SIX MILES FROM

TIJUANA AND A SHORT DISTANCE

FROM THE US-MEXICO BORDER, IT

IS ONE OF THE POOREST

NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.

THIS AREA IS ON THE

OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY.

NOT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT.

NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE

EITHER.

Reporter: IT IS EASY TO SEE

WHY. THERE ARE NO PAVED ROADS.

THE HILLSIDE IS STREWN WITH

GARBAGE.

THERE IS NO SEWAGE SYSTEM AND

CRIME IS RAMPANT.

WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WE

WANTED CHICKENS, HORSES.

Reporter: IN 2011 GOOSED OFF

AND HIS WIFE MOVED HERE AFTER

HEARING FROM THE LORD IN A

DREAM.

THERE WAS A CLEAR MANDATE

FROM GOD TO MOVE HERE EVEN

THOUGH THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY

NOTHING IN THIS PLACE.

Reporter: TEACHERS BY TRADE,

THE MEXICAN COUPLE WERE TOUCHED

BY THE OVERWHELMING NEEDS OF

THE COMMUNITY.

MOST FOLKS HERE WERE POOR

FARMERS.

GOD GAVE ME A DREAM THAT I

HAD TO BUILD A CHURCH.

WE WORKED FOR EIGHT MONTHS DAY

AND NIGHT.

WE KNEW GOD WAS GOING TO DO

SOMETHING SPECIAL. BUT NOBODY

HAD A CLUE ABOUT WHAT REALLY

WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

Reporter: BACK HERE THE

AMBASSADORS OF JESUS WAS BORN

IN THE HEART OF THE CAN YOU.

CANYON.

THEY HAVE SERVICES ON SUNDAY

AND HIT THE RECORD ROADS THE

REST OF THE WEEK GOING HOUSE TO

HOUSE MINISTERING TO SPIRITUAL

AND PHYSICAL NEEDS.

WE SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS

WITH THEM.

THERE WAS A MANDATE OF GOD THAT

WE HAD TO GO TO THE POOR.

Reporter: IN 2016 THAT FOCUS

DRASTICALLY CHANGED WHEN

THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS, ESCAPING

POVERTY AND BACK-TO-BACK

NATURAL DISASTERS, BEGAN TO

CARVE A DANGEROUS 7000 MILE

PATH TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER.

MANY LANDED ON THE DOORSTEPS OF

THE CHURCH LESS THAN 30 MINUTES

FROM THE BORDER.

WITHIN MONTHS 22,000

HAITIANS HAD ARRIVED IN THE

CITY OF TIJUANA.

Reporter: THE CHURCH BECAME

A PLACE OF REFUGE.

I DID NOT KNOW, NOR DID I

EVER IMAGINE, THAT THERE WOULD

BE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE

CHURCH.

Reporter: SINCE THEN HE HAS

OPENED THE CHURCH DOORS TO

MIGRANTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE

WORLD.

IT STARTED WITH MIGRANTS

COMING FROM HAITI, AFRICA,

PAKISTAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

TODAY WE MAINLY HAVE PEOPLE

FROM EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA,

ECUADOR, NICARAGUA, COLUMBIA.

IT IS HARD TO TELL, BUT WE

ESTIMATE ABOUT 35,000 PEOPLE

HAVE COME THROUGH THE CHURCH,

EASILY.

Reporter: 1200 WERE STAYING

IN THE CHURCH THE DAY CBN NEWS

VISITED.

WE FEED THEM THREE TIMES A

DAY.

WE TRY TO HELP THEM WITH ALL

THEIR NEEDS.

AT NIGHTTIME, THE ENTIRE CHURCH

BECOMES ONE BIG IT GIANT AND

SOMETIMES THERE IS NO ROOM TO

EVEN WALK ON THE FLOOR.

Reporter: THIS MAN HAS BEEN

HERE FOR FOUR MONTHS.

HE SAYS GANGS KILLED HIS FATHER

AND THREATENED TO TAKE HIS LIFE

AS WELL.

THANK GOD I AM NOT IN DANGER

ANYMORE.

Reporter: THIS 24-YEAR-OLD

FROM GUATEMALA IS HERE WITH HER

TWO GIRLS.

I AM SO THANKFUL TO GOD

BECAUSE OF THE DOORS OF THE

CHURCH.

IF THEY WEREN'T OPEN, I DON'T

KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE HERE.

WE DON'T GO HUNGRY HERE.

WE HAVE A WARM PLACE.

ALL THANKS TO GOD AND THE

PEOPLE THAT HELP US.

Reporter: MOST MIGRANTS STAY

HERE AN AVERAGE OF SIX MONTHS

BEFORE TRYING TO LEGALLY CLEAR

ACROSS THE BORDER.

CHURCH VOLUNTEERS RUN A SCHOOL

FOR THE CHILDREN, OVERSEE

COMPUTER TRAINING AND PROVIDE

OTHER SKILLS TO HELP MIGRANTS

PREPARE FOR THEIR NEW LIFE IN

AMERICA. AREA CHURCHES AND NGOS

ALSO PITCH IN WITH FOOD AND

OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR

THE MIGRANTS TO KNOW WHEN THEY

GET HERE IS THAT THERE IS HOPE,

AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE LEFT

THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND, ALL OF

US THAT ARE HERE HAVE BECOME

THEIR FAMILY.

Reporter: COME SUNDAY

EVERYONE PICKS UP THEIR BED AND

DRESSES UP FOR A LIVELY CHURCH

SERVICE.

I KNOW I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE

BIT OF TIME WITH THEM.

MY JOB IS FOR THEM TO KNOW AS

MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT JESUS,

BAPTIZE THEM AND SEND THEM TO

THE UNITED STATES BELIEVING IN

JESUS.

Reporter: THE CHURCH WAS

STARTED BACK IN 2011 WITH NO

IDEA, BUT HE WOULD BE HOUSING

THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD.

TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER, A NEW

STRUCTURE IS GOING UP WHICH

WILL BE THE FUTURE HOME FOR THE

MIGRANTS.

HE ONCE HAD A DESIRE TO BE A

MISSIONARY TO HAITI, NOT

ANYMORE.

I EVEN STARTED LEARNING A

LITTLE BIT OF THEIR LANGUAGE,

BUT WHEN I WANTED TO GO TO

HAITI, HAITI CAME TO ME.

AFTER HAITI CAME, ALL THE OTHER

NATIONS STARTED COMING TO THIS

PLACE. I DON'T HAVE THE

NUMBERS, BUT FOR YEARS WE HAVE

BEEN BAPTIZING SO MANY OF THEM

AND MANY MORE ARE SURRENDERING

TO JESUS.

THAT IS MY CALLING NOW.

WHAT AN AMAZING GOD-GIVEN

STORY.

HERE YOU ARE, YOU HAVE A

LONGING.

I WANT TO BE A MISSIONARY AND

GOD PUTS HAITI ON YOUR HEART.

AND THEN, IN 2011 HE GIVES YOU

A DREAM TO BUILD A CHURCH AND

IN ALL PLACES, SCORPION CANYON.

IF I HEARD THAT, I MIGHT REVIEW

GET.

YOU GO BUILD A CHURCH IN A

SCORPION CANYON.

GOD, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

DOING.

BUT THIS IS AMAZING.

HE WAS OBEDIENT.

HE GOT THE VISION AND THE DREAM

AND SAID OKAY, I WANT TO BE A

MISSIONARY, BUT YOU WANT ME TO

BUILD A CHURCH RIGHT HERE

MEXICO, I WILL DO THAT.

AND THEN AMAZINGLY, THE DREAM,

THE HEART LONGING, IT ALL COMES

TOGETHER AND MAKE SENSE WHEN

YOU SEE THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF

GOD.

WHAT HE DOES TO SATISFY YOUR

SOUL.

HE GIVES GOOD WORKS FOR US.

HE HAS A PLAN AND PURPOSE.

IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A DREAM,

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY YES.

THAT IS WHAT ABRAHAM DID.

HE SAID AMEN TO GOD AND

ACCOUNTED HIM FOR

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY AND

INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US.

WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A DREAM,

WHEN HE GIVES YOU A DIRECTION,

JUST SAY YES.

A GREAT ADVENTURE IS WAITING.

> UP NEXT, PLACED ON A

VENTILATOR IN A MEDICALLY

INDUCED COMA, THIS TEENAGER WAS

GOING DOWN FAST.

THE ONLY OPTION LIFE-SUPPORT.

SO WHAT MADE HIS DOCTOR DECLARE

HIM A MIRACLE?

YOU WILL SEE FOR YOURSELF AFTER

THIS.>

IF YOU ARE A CBN PARTNER, JUST

WANT FOR THIS MAILING COMING TO

YOU.

ON THE BACK IT HAS THIS

WONDERFUL QUESTION.

MAY WE PRAY FOR YOU THIS

CHRISTMAS?

YOU CAN WRITE DOWN YOUR PRAYER

REQUEST.

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND TWO

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.

ON ONE YOU CAN WRITE DOWN YOUR

REQUEST AND RETURN IT TO US IN

THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.

OUR STAFF WILL PRAY FOR YOU

THIS CHRISTMAS.

THE SECOND ORNAMENT IS FOR YOU

TO HAVE ON YOUR TREE AS A

REMINDER WE ARE PRAYING FOR

YOU.

IF YOU'RE NOT A CBN PARTNER,

YOU CAN STILL GIVE US YOUR

PRAYER REQUEST.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL US,

1-800-700-7000 , OR GO TO

CBN.COM.

> HAYDEN SMITH WAS JUST 18

YEARS OLD WHEN HIS LIVER, HIS

KIDNEYS, HIS LUNGS AND HIS

HEART WERE FEELING AND HIS

DOCTORS DIDN'T KNOW WHY.

HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT WHEN HIS

MOTHER CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, I

WANT A MIRACLE, I WANT

SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL FOR

HAYDEN.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE

GOT.

I HUGGED HIM.

I KISSED HIM.

I SAID HAYDEN, I LOVE YOU.

AND THEY WHEELED HIM AWAY.

I WAS SCARED.

I WAS SCARED BECAUSE THAT'S MY

BABY.

Reporter: IT HAD BEEN LESS

THAN 24 HOURS SINCE NADINE

SMITH BROUGHT HER 18-YEAR-OLD

SON HAYDEN TO THE ER WITH A

HEADACHE, FATIGUE AND A 104

DEGREE TEMPERATURE.

AFTER TESTING NEGATIVE FOR

COVID HE WAS SENT HOME. BY THE

NEXT MORNING HE HAD DIARRHEA

AND WAS VOMITING. PANAX, NADINE

RUSHED HIM TO METHODIST

HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN

IMMEDIATELY TO THE I.C.U.

OVERSEEING HIS CASE WAS A

PULMONARY SPECIALIST.

THE INITIAL SUSPICION WAS

THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF

SEPSIS OR SEPTIC SHOCK TAKING

PLACE.

HE HAD EVIDENCE OF PNEUMONIA

INVOLVING AN INFECTION IN HIS

LUNGS.

HE HAD SIGNS OF LIVER

DYSFUNCTION AS WELL AS KIDNEY

DYSFUNCTION THAT WERE CAUSING

PROBLEMS.

ALSO, HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WAS

VERY SEVERELY LOW.

WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS

HEART FUNCTION AS WELL.

Reporter: AS HOSPITAL STAFF

RAN TESTS TO PINPOINT A

DIAGNOSIS, NADINE WENT HOME

WHERE SHE WAITED AND PRAYED.

I SAID GOD, YOU KNOW, I

TRUST YOU.

HAYDEN DOESN'T BELONG TO ME, HE

BELONGS TO YOU.

I BELIEVE HAYDEN HAS A DESTINY.

IT IS NOT FULFILLED YET.

BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE

HAYDEN, YOU ARE STILL GOD, AND

I STILL TRUST YOU.

Reporter: MOMENTS LATER A

NURSE CALLED.

IT WASN'T SEPSIS OR COVID,

WHICH HAYDEN HAD RECOVERED FROM

A FEW WEEKS EARLIER.

IN FACT, DOCTORS WERE NOT SURE

WHAT IT WAS ATTACKING HIS BODY.

HIS FATHER TRIED TO REMAIN

HELPFUL AND HOPEFUL AS HE SPOKE

WITH THE SUN ON THE PHONE.

THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT

HAPPENED TO YOU.

IS HANG IN THERE AND BE STRONG.

HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE HOME IN A

COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE NURSE TOOK THE PHONE WITH

ME AND WAS SPEAKING TO ME, SHE

SAID YOUR SON IS REALLY ILL.

HE DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.

I WAS DEVASTATED ON THE INSIDE.

Reporter: LATER THAT NIGHT

THEY LEARNED JUST HOW CRITICAL

THEIR SON WAS.

HIS LIVER, KIDNEYS, LUNGS AND

HEART WERE FEELING AND THE

YOUNG MAN HAD TO BE PUT INTO A

MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA AND

PLACED ON A VENTILATOR.

AND SOMEONE LIKE HIS CASE

WHERE FOUR ORGAN SYSTEMS ARE

DETERIORATING, THE RISK OF

MORTALITY FROM SOMETHING LIKE

THAT IS IN EXCESS OF 60%.

SOMETIMES WITH SOME OF HIS

NUMBERS YOU CAN BELIEVE IN

EXCESS OF 80% MORTALITY.

THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING I WAS

EXPECTING.

I JUST LOST IT AS A FATHER.

I JUST STARTED BAWLING.

I JUST STARTED CRYING.

Reporter: STILL, THEY FOUND

THE STRENGTH TO BELIEVE GOD

FOR A MIRACLE.

I STARTED PRAYING AND TAKING

AUTHORITY.

GOD, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT

CAN HEAL HIM.

THIS IS UP TO YOU NOW.

IT IS OUT OF THE DOCTOR'S

HANDS.

GOD, MAKE IT LIKE IT NEVER

HAPPENED.

I WANT A MIRACLE.

I WANT SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL

FOR HAYDEN.

Reporter: THE ONLY OPTION

NOW WAS TO PUT HAYDEN ON AN

ADVANCED LIFE-SUPPORT MACHINE

THAT DID THE WORK FOR HIS HEART

AND LUNGS.

MEANWHILE, THE PRAYERS BECAME

MORE FERVENT, AND THEY WEREN'T

ALONE.

PEOPLE IN LONDON WERE

PRAYING FOR HIM.

PEOPLE IN AFRICA WERE PRAYING

FOR HIM.

MY FAMILY IN FLORIDA WAS

PRAYING FOR HIM.

WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON WHAT

IS HAPPENING, WE ARE FOCUSED ON

WHAT GOD CAN DO.

Reporter: THEN TWO DAYS

LATER THE IMPOSSIBLE.

HIS LUNGS, LIVER, KIDNEYS AND

HEART STARTED WORKING ON THEIR

OWN.

WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID I DON'T

UNDERSTAND US, HE SAID WE TOOK

HIM TO GET AN MRI OF HIS HEART

AND IT WAS PERFECT.

I SAID, THAT'S JESUS!

THAT'S A MIRACLE!

Reporter: HAYDEN SOON BROKEN

OUT OF HIS COMA AND TAKEN OFF

ALL LIFE-SUPPORT.

IT WAS MORE THAN WORDS CAN

EXPRESS.

I JUST HUGGED HIM.

I WAS LIKE HAYDEN, GOD IS GOOD.

YOU ARE A MIRACLE.

IT WAS A REALLY SURREAL

EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE THE

WAY I THOUGHT ABOUT IT IS, I

JUST AS EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN

ANOTHER STATISTIC OF SOMEONE

WHO HAD DIED, BUT INSTEAD GOD

GAVE ME THIS CHANCE TO BE A

TESTIMONY.

Reporter: HAYDEN MADE A FULL

RECOVERY IN A MATTER OF WEEKS

WITH NO REACHES OF ALL EFFECTS.

DOCTORS WOULD LATER CONCLUDE

THAT HE HAD LIKELY SUFFERED A

CARDIAC INJURY BROUGHT ON BY

SEVERE INFLAMMATION FROM HIS

PREVIOUS BOUT WITH COVID.

IT TRULY CAN BE CONSIDERED A

MIRACLE BECAUSE HERE IS A

PERSON WHO CAME WITH SUCH AN

ACUTE AND SEVERE ILLNESS WHICH

THE NUMBERS AND ALL THE MEDICAL

TESTING AND DIAGNOSTICS WOULD

INDICATE WAS AT A VERY HIGH

CHANCE OF DYING, AND WITH TIME

AND WITH PRAYER AND HEALING, HE

RECOVERED.

Reporter: THE SMITH FAMILY

HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THEIR

JOURNEY THAT SHARES THAT HIS

RECOVERY ISN'T JUST A MIRACLE,

IT IS EVIDENCE OF A GOD WHO

STILL CARES AND STILL WORKS

WONDERS.

THE WHOLE SITUATION HAD

GIVEN ME A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON

BOTH THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN

THE GOODNESS OF GOD.

HE STILL ALLOWED ME TO GO

THROUGH IT AND WORKED IT OUT

FOR THE GOOD.

I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT MY

SON WAS SAVED THROUGH PRAYERS.

I THANK HIM FOR HEARING AND

ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS FOR OUR

SON.

I AM IN AWE OF WHAT GOD HAS

DONE.

TO SEE THIS MIRACLE WALKING,

BREATHING, RUNNING, AND

TALKING.

GOD STILL DOES MIRACLES.

GOD STILL HEALS AND PRAYER

STILL WORKS.

I HOPE THAT IS A WORD OF

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU TODAY.

I HOPE THE STORY IS AN

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU TODAY.

WHEN ALL SEEMS HOPELESS, WHEN

THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAT WE

CAN DO, GOD RISES UP AND

EXTENDS HIS HAND.

HE HEARS OUR VOICES AND

UNDERSTANDS OUR NEED.

TODAY WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME

TO PRAY FOR YOU.

MANY OF YOU HAVE SENT IN YOUR

PRAYER REQUEST.

WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING REGULARLY.

THIS IS SOMEWHAT REQUESTING

PRAYER FOR A HERNIATED DISC IN

THEIR BACK AND HOW PAINFUL THAT

CAN BE.

SOMEONE SAYING OUR NEW

BUSINESS.

IT TAKES A LOT TO GET BUSINESS

OFF THE GROUND.

AND SOMEONE SAYS I NEED AN

APARTMENT FOR ME AND MY

CHILDREN.

IMAGINE THAT NEED.

ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.

WE HAVE REQUESTS ON OUR

CHRISTMAS TREE RIGHT HERE IN

THE STUDIO.

THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT

REQUESTS OF THAT HAVE COME IN.

JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THEM.

WE HAVE THEM HERE TO REMIND US

TO PRAY FOR YOU.

HERE IS ONE SAYING I NEED

HEALING FOR AN AUTOIMMUNE

DISORDER TO BE HILD OF LUNG

CANCER.

AND I AM GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS

OF A LOVED ONE.

WHATEVER YOUR PRAYER NEED IS,

LET'S TAKE IT TO GOD.

IS HE ABLE, JUST ASKED THAT

QUESTION, IS HE ABLE?

THE ANSWER IS YES.

HE CAN DO ALL THINGS.

THROUGH HIM I CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS

ME.

SO HE IS ABLE.

HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY.

HE IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY HUMAN

NEED.

HE IS WORKING ALL THINGS

TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD.

SOMETIMES THAT IS TOUGH TO SEE,

PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOSE A

LOVED ONE, PARTICULARLY WHEN

YOU ARE SUFFERING AND PAIN,

PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE

THESE INCREDIBLE DIAGNOSES

WHETHER YOU ARE ON A VENTILATOR

WITH COVID OR YOU HAVE GOT

CANCER.

ALL THESE THINGS.

YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH.

HOW DO YOU GET THAT?

YOU LOOK TO JESUS.

HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER

OF YOUR FAITH.

YOU DON'T LOOK TO YOUR PROBLEM.

YOU WILL NOT FIND A SOLUTION

THERE.

YOU WILL FIND A SOLUTION IN

HIM.

YOU CAN ASK HIM, LORD, SHOW ME.

SHOW ME THE GREATNESS OF YOUR

POWER.

OPEN MY EYES, OPEN MY EARS,

GIVE ME A HEART OF

UNDERSTANDING.

THIS IS THE GREAT.

PRAYER OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

OPENED MY EYES, OPEN MY EARS,

GIVE ME A HEART OF

UNDERSTANDING THAT I MAY KNOW

THE GREATNESS OF YOUR POWER

TOWARDS US WHO BELIEVE.

IS IN THAT GREAT?

NOW, HE HAS CREATED A COMMUNITY

FOR YOU.

SO YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN YOUR

PRAYER REQUEST.

YOU SENT IT IN.

WE WILL TOUCH THESE REQUESTS

AND ASK GOD FOR AN ANSWER.

BELIEVE, OPEN EYES, OPEN EARS,

HEART OF UNDERSTANDING, WE

BELIEVE WE MAY KNOW.

THIS IS IS SOME INTELLECTUAL

KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS EXPERIENTIAL

KNOWLEDGE.

LET'S PRAY AND LET'S BELIEVE

GOD, AND HE WILL TOUCH YOU.

PRAY WITH US.

BOARD, WE COME TO YOU.

WE LIFT UP ALL OF THESE

REQUESTS, ALL THE ONES THAT

HAVE BEEN WRITTEN DOWN, AND

LORD, ALL THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T

BEEN WRITTEN DOWN.

FOR EVERYONE WATCHING RIGHT

NOW, WE COME INTO AGREEMENT AND

DECLARE OVER THEM THAT YOU ARE

GOD ALMIGHTY.

YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERY

HUMAN NEED.

WE ARE THE SHEEP OF YOUR PASTOR

AND YOU ARE THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

YOU LOVE US TENDERLY. YOU CARE

FOR OUR EVERY NEED.

YOU MAKE SURE WE ARE CAREFUL.

YOU ARE WORKING ALL THINGS

TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. NOW,

GIVE US EYES TO SEE THAT.

GIVE US EARS TO HEAR THAT.

GIVE US A HARD TO UNDERSTAND

THE GREATNESS OF YOUR POWER.

NOW STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO

DO MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS.

WE AGREE RIGHT NOW AND IN PHASE

3 REACH UP TO THE INFINITE

POWER THAT YOU HAVE.

WE ASK FOR THE ANSWER TO OUR

NEED RIGHT NOW.

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SOMETHING.

THE WORD IS REVERSAL.

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING A

VERY BAD PROGNOSIS.

ENOUGH THAT YOUR FAMILIES HAVE

BEEN TOLD AND YOU ARE DOING

FINALIZING THINGS.

GOD IS REVERSING THAT FOR YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY MORE

YEARS OF LIFE.

YOU'RE GOING TO START TO FEEL

IT RIGHT NOW.

ALL THE SUDDEN, ALL OF THE

SYMPTOMS YOU ARE FEELING ARE

BEGINNING TO WANE AND YOU ARE

STARTED TO FILL WELL AGAIN.

JUST BEGIN TO PRAISE THE LORD.

LORD, WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU.

SOMEBODY FEELS LIKE YOU ARE IN

SOME KIND OF CHESS GAME AND

FACING CHECKMATE, BUT GOD WANTS

YOU TO KNOW THE KING STILL HAS

A MOVE . HE IS GOING TO MOVE ON

YOUR BEHALF.

IT IS NOT HOPELESS.

YOUR SITUATION IS NOT HOPELESS.

STAND STRONG IN FAITH RIGHT NOW

AND RECEIVE THE BLESSING THAT

GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU.

LORD, WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU WORK

MIRACLES, THAT YOU DO THINGS WE

CAN'T EXPLAIN.

WE PRAISE YOU FOR.

WE PRAISE YOU FOR LIFE, WE

PRAISE YOU FOR BREATH, WE

PRAISE YOU FOR THE SAVER YOU

SENT TO US.

GOD EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE HERE

FOR YOU.

1-800-700-7000 . YOU CAN ASK

FOR YOUR ORNAMENT AND WRITE ON

IT YOUR PRAYER REQUEST AND MAIL

IT TO US.

IT WOULD BE OUR HONOR AND

PRIVILEGE TO INCLUDE YOU AND TO

PRAY FOR YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL US,

1-800-700-7000 .

> STILL AHEAD, HOME FOR THE

HOLIDAYS WITH A BLENDED FAMILY?

WE HAVE TIPS FROM TOP EXPERT

RON DEAL COMING UP LATER.

STAY TUNED.

>

WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB.

THIS IS A CBN NEWSBREAK.

THE MISSIONARIES RELEASED BY A

HAITIAN GANG ARE ALL BACK HOME.

THE MINISTRY SAYS THEY ARE IN

GOOD SHAPE, BUT NO WORD YET ON

THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR

RELEASE.

THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF

CHRISTIAN AID MINISTRIES HAD

THIS MESSAGE FOR THE

KIDNAPPERS.

JESUS TAUGHT US BYWORD AND

BY HIS OWN EXAMPLE THAT THE

POWER OF FORGIVING LOVE IS

STRONGER THAN THE HATE AND

VIOLENT FORCE.

THEREFORE, WE EXTEND

FORGIVENESS TO YOU.

THE HOSTAGES TOLD YOU PLAINLY

HOW YOU CAN ALSO BE FORGIVEN BY

GOD IF YOU REPENT.

OUR DESIRE IS THAT YOU READ THE

STATEMENT, COME TO THE SAVING

KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST OUR

SAVIOR, THE SON OF GOD AND

PRINCE OF PEACE.

POWERFUL MESSAGE.

THE GANG HELD THE MISSIONARIES

HOSTAGE FOR TWO MONTHS.

> RECENTLY THE CBN MUSIC TEAM

IN THE PHILIPPINES RELEASED ITS

THIRD ORIGINAL SONG 2 AM WIDE-

AWAKE.

THEY AIM TO PRODUCE

INSPIRATIONAL SONGS THAT WILL

TRANSFORM LIVES AND PENETRATE

THE MAINSTREAM MUSIC SCENE.

THERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY

A POPULAR FILIPINO ARTIST. 2 AM

WIDE-AWAKE SHARES THE DEPTH OF

GODS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS BASED

ON THE BIBLE.

THE TRACK IS AVAILABLE

WORLDWIDE AND THE OFFICIAL

MUSIC VIDEO CAN BE FOUND ON THE

REVERB PH YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

WHAT CBN IS DOING AROUND THE

WORLD BY GOING TO

CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>

MORE AND MORE AMERICAN FAMILIES

ARE BLENDED FAMILIES. 40% OF

ALL MARRIED COUPLES WITH

CHILDREN ARE STEPFAMILIES.

DURING THE HOLIDAYS, TRYING TO

COORDINATE SCHEDULES, PLANS,

GIFTS BETWEEN MULTIPLE

HOUSEHOLDS IS ENOUGH TO STEAL

THE MERRY FROM ANYONE'S

CHRISTMAS.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: BEST-SELLING

AUTHOR RON DEAL IS ONE OF THE

MOST RECOGNIZED EXPERTS ON

BLENDED FAMILIES.

IS A LICENSED MARRIAGE AND

FAMILY THERAPIST, HE SAYS IT IS

IMPORTANT FOR COUPLES AND THEIR

CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO

THRIVE AS A FAMILY AFTER THE

WEDDING.

RON SHARES IN HIS LATEST BOOK,

PREPARED TO BLEND, HOW COUPLES

CAN SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE THE

EXPECTATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF

MERGING TWO HOUSEHOLDS INTO ONE.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB RON DEAL . IT IS GREAT TO

HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.

THANKS.

IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU

AND GOOD TO BE BACK ON THE

PROGRAM.

LET'S START WITH THE TERM

BLENDED FAMILY.

WHAT SHOULD IT REALLY BE CALLED?

YOU KNOW, THERE ACTUALLY A

LOT OF TERMS.

DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE

WORLD ACTUALLY.

CULTURE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

STEPFAMILY IS A PREDOMINANT

TERM IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND

IN MOST PARTS AROUND THE WORLD.

THE UK, SOUTH AFRICA, MOST

AFRICAN COUNTRIES, NEW ZEALAND,

STEPFAMILY IS THE PREDOMINANT

TERM.

FOR MOST THE MOST PART, BLENDED

FAMILY IS THE PREDOMINANT TERM

IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT FOR

SOME PEOPLE THAT REFERS TO A

BIRACIAL COUPLE AND REALLY HAS

NOTHING TO DO WITH A

STEPFAMILY.

YOU CAN SEE HOW CONFUSING IT

GETS SOMETIMES.

YOUR BOOK IS CALLED

PREPARING TO BLEND.

WHY DO YOU RECOMMEND CHILDREN

BE A PART OF THE WEDDING

CEREMONY?

OH MY GOODNESS.

LISTEN, THE RESEARCH IS VERY

CLEAR.

WHEN KIDS HAVE ANY SORT OF ROLE

IN THE PLANNING OF A WEDDING

AND THE PREPARATION UP TO THE

WEDDING AND THEY GET TO CHOOSE

WHAT ROLE THEY WANT TO PLAY IN

THE WEDDING, AND SOMETIMES THEY

DON'T REALLY WANT A ROLE AT

ALL, AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE

MIXED FEELINGS COMING INTO THE

MARRIAGE, SO THEY WOULD RATHER

SORT OF REMAIN QUIET AND

HIDDEN, BUT OTHER CHILDREN WANT

A VERY ACTIVE ROLE.

HERE'S THE POINT, WHEN YOU GIVE

KIDS A VOICE IN WHAT HAPPENS,

NOT JUST TELL THEM OR DICTATE,

BUT GIVE THEM A VOICE, IT IS

RESPECT THAT HELPS THEM THEN TO

RESPECT THE WEDDING AND THE

PEOPLE IN THE WEDDING.

KIDS OFTENTIMES LEADING UP TO A

PARENTS MARRIAGE HAVE NOT HAD

ANY VOICE.

A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED

THAT WAS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL

AND EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN FROM

THE.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO GET THEM A

LITTLE SOMETHING BACK THAT THEY

GET TO SPEAK INTO.

THAT SEEMS TO HELP THEM SEE THE

WEDDING AS CREDIBLE AND BEGIN

THIS JOURNEY OF EMBRACING THEIR

NEW FAMILY.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY RON IS

THE VERY BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO

MERGING A FAMILY?

YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I THINK

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ADULTS.

I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE

EXPECTATIONS OF ADULTS AS THEY

PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THE

WEDDING AND FORMING A FAMILY.

IF YOUR EXPECTATION IS YOU AND

I LOVE EACH OTHER, THAT IS ALL

THAT IS NEEDED HERE, MY NEWS TO

PEOPLE IS, COUPLENESS DOES NOT

NECESSARILY EQUAL FAMILYNESS.

THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

COUPLE THIS IS WHAT TOOK PLACE

WHEN YOU WERE DATING AND

FALLING IN LOVE AND GETTING

ENGAGED AND NOW PLANNING TO BE

A COUPLE UNTIL DEATH DO YOU

PART, BUT FAMILYNESS IS WHAT

HAPPENS WITH THE KIDS, FORMER

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN MOVING

BETWEEN HOMES AND HOW COMPLEX

THAT CAN BE.

MULTIPLE SETS OF GRANDPARENTS.

THAT IS FAMILYNESS AND TAKES

QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR MOST

PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO SETTLE AND

FIGURE OUT.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE LIVING

IN A PANDEMIC.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T

HAVE ANY IDEAS.

WE WERE JUST SCARED.

THEN ALL THE SUDDEN YOU GET

YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND

FIND NEW RHYTHMS AND FIGURE OUT

HOW TO NAVIGATE LATTICE AND THE

WORLD.

WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO

ANYMORE, AND YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

AND ALL THE SUDDEN YOU ARE

LIVING LIFE AGAIN.

THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE

BLENDED FAMILY JOURNEY.

IF YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE

SUPERHIGH FOR YOU AND THE KIDS,

OFTENTIMES IT SABOTAGES WHAT

COULD BE.

SO WE HELP PEOPLE RELAX INTO

WHAT IS REALISTIC AND BE VERY

STRATEGIC AND WISE, APPLY

BIBLICAL WISDOM TO MERGING

THEIR FAMILY OVER TIME.

WHAT IS HEALTHY CO-PARENTING

ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE?

THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF

BECOMING A HEALTHY BLENDED

FAMILY NOT ALL STEPFAMILIES

HAVE ANOTHER HOME THE CHILDREN

GO BETWEEN, BUT MANY HAVE

MULTIPLE HOMES.

KIDS MAY BE FROM TWO OR THREE

OR FOUR DIFFERENT HOMES WITH

LOT THE PARENT.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

YOU MAY HAVE SEVEN ADULTS AND

THEN 10 TO 14 GRANDPARENTS AND

STEP GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE

PARENTING THESE KIDS.

IT IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

THAT IS THE COMPLEXITY WE HELP

PEOPLE NAVIGATE.

CO-PARENTING IS ONE OF THOSE

LITTLE PIECES.

ESSENTIALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE

THIS, ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT

CHRISTMAS THIS WEEK AND THE

HOLIDAYS.

CHILDREN MOVING BETWEEN HOMES.

A LOT OF THIS STUFF COMES TO

THE SURFACE ABOUT NOW.

THAT IS, HOW CAN WE BLESS THE

KIDS TIME IN THE OTHER HOME?

HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO

LIKE, LOVE AND GET ALONG WITH

THE NEW PEOPLE IN THE OTHER

HOME, STEPFAMILY MEMBERS.

KIDS HAVE TO WORK OUT THOSE

RELATIONSHIPS ON THEIR OWN

TERMS, BUT WHEN A PARENT SAYS I

WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE YOU

HERE, AND THEN THE PARENT KIND

OF GETS EMOTIONAL AND UPSET AND

CAUSE THE CHILD AT THE OTHER

HOME ALL THE TIME, THE MESSAGE

IS THAT WE WANT YOU HERE, YOU

SHOULDN'T BE OVER THERE.

IT IS WRONG OF YOU TO BE OVER

THERE.

FROM THE CHILD'S POINT OF VIEW,

THAT IS THEIR FAMILY TOO.

SO PART OF IT IS EMBRACING THAT

YOUR CHILD HAS TWO HOUSEHOLDS

AND YOUR JOB IS TO COOPERATE

WITH THE OTHER HOME AS BEST YOU

CAN IN ORDER TO CREATE AN

ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE CHILDREN

CAN MOVE BACK AND FORTH AND DO

SO IN A LOVING WAY.

THAT IS A LOT OF WISDOM.

YOU SAY PREVIOUS SPOUSES SHOULD

NOT TRY TO OUT BY ONE ANOTHER.

IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

THINK ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE

NATURE OF CO-PARENTING.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET?

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING

ABOUT GETTING.

THE MORE YOU COOPERATE, THE

MORE YOU COMMUNICATE AND THE

MORE THE TWO HOMES COME

TOGETHER AND NEGOTIATE HOW THEY

WILL DO CHRISTMAS, THEN YOU

DON'T GET INTO THE GAMES.

YOU DON'T GET INTO ONE HOME

SPENDING ALL KINDS OF MONEY ON

THE KIDS AND ANOTHER THAT

DOESN'T HAVE THAT SORT OF

MONEY.

ALL THE SUDDEN, IT CREATES

FAVORITISM AND PULLS ON THE

LOYALTIES OF CHILDREN.

ALL THAT DOES, THE ADULT GAME

IS ABOUT ADULTS GETTING

REVENGE, TAKING OUT THERE ON A

MOSSADEGH ABOUT THE PAST AND

ONE ANOTHER.

THAT IS NOT A BLESSING FOR KIDS

AT ALL.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROVERBS

ABOUT CO-PARENTING IS WHEN --

IT IS NOT ABOUT CO-PARENTING,

BUT I THINK IT IS.

WHEN TWO ELEPHANTS FIGHT, IT IS

THE GRASS THAT SUFFERS.

THEY ARE NOT EVEN THINKING

ABOUT THE GRASS.

KIDS GET TRAMPLED A LOT AND

ADULTS ARE TRYING TO DO

SOMETHING MANIPULATIVE OR

CONTROLLING OR SOMETIMES WE

SELF JUSTIFY BASED ON SINCE THE

OTHER PERSON DID AGAINST US

WITH BACK WHEN WE WERE MARRIED.

NOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE

EVIL?

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THE ADMISSION IN ROMANS

12 IS THAT WE PAY EVIL WITH

GOOD.

IN SO DOING, YOU SHOW THEM WHAT

GOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS.

YOU BRING GOOD TO THE

RELATIONSHIP.

THAT IS A BLESSING FOR

CHILDREN.

IT REALLY IS.

ESPECIALLY THE HOLIDAYS THERE

IS SO MUCH TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT

HOW TO BLEND WELL.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE BOOK IS

CALLED PREPARING TO BLEND . IT

IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE

SOLD AND FILLED WITH LOTS OF

WINSTON.

THANKS.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

> UP NEXT, HER HUSBAND WAS

KILLED BY A TERRORIST JUST

HOURS AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR

THIRD CHILD.

WITHOUT AN INCOME, THIS WIDOW

COULD BARELY FEED HER CHILDREN.

SEE HOW A HAND UP HELPED HER

FAMILY NOT ONLY TO SURVIVE, BUT

TO THRIVE.

>

IT IS TIME TO DISCOVER THE

HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE

MEANING OF THE HOLIDAY

TRADITIONS THROUGH OUR DVD

CHRISTMAS, THE STORY BEHIND THE

TRADITIONS.

YOU WILL LEARN WHY CHRISTMAS IS

ON DECEMBER 25.

AND THE SYMBOLISM BEHIND

CHRISTMAS TREES AND STOCKINGS.

HOW THE TRADITION OF GIFTGIVING

EVEN BEGAN AND SO MUCH MORE.

FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY DOLLAR

AMOUNT, WE WILL SEND YOU A DVD

COPY OF CHRISTMAS, THE STORY

BEHIND THE TRADITIONS ALONG

WITH INSTANT STREAMING ACCESS.

CALL 1-800-700-7000 OR VISIT

CBN.COM/TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS

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IT ALSO MAKES A GREAT CHRISTMAS

GIFT.

> JUST IMAGINE , HER HUSBAND

WAS KILLED IN A TERRORIST

ATTACK JUST HOURS AFTER SHE HAD

GIVEN BIRTH. THAT IS WHAT

HAPPENED TO A YOUNG MOTHER IN

KENYA.

NOW A WIDOW, SHE HAD TO RAISE

THREE CHILDREN ON HER OWN WITH

NO SOURCE OF INCOME.

HOW DID THEY SURVIVE?

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: AGNES IS A WIDOW.

HER HUSBAND JOSEPH WAS KILLED

IN A TERRORIST ATTACK JUST A

FEW HOURS AFTER THEIR THIRD

CHILD WAS BORN.

AFTER JOSEPH DIED, LIFE

BECAME VERY HARD FOR US BECAUSE

HE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS

PROVIDING FOR OUR NEEDS.

I COULDN'T WORK YET.

Reporter: DROWNED ALREADY

DEVASTATED HER SMALL FARM.

WITHOUT HER HUSBAND WORKING IN

TOWN, AGNES COULD BARELY FEED

HER CHILDREN.

LIFE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A SOURCE OF

INCOME.

Reporter: THEN OPERATION

BLESSING, AND INTERNATIONAL

CHRISTIAN CONCERN, SET UP A

SMALL STORE FOR AGNES AT THE

LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER.

SINCE I GOT THE SHOP OUR

LIFE HAS BECOME SO MUCH BETTER.

I CAN NOW TAKE CARE OF MY

CHILDREN.

I PAID THEIR SCHOOL FEES AND

PROVIDE THEM WITH FOOD AND

OTHER NECESSITIES.

Reporter: WITH SOME OF THE

PROCEEDS FROM THE SHOP, AGNES

EVEN BOUGHT SOME CHICKEN STEW

RAISE TO EXPAND HER BUSINESS.

I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK

YOU, MAY GOD BLESS YOU, MEJIA

INCREASE YOU SO YOU CONTINUE TO

BLESS OTHERS.

THAT PRAYER FOR INCREASE

GOES ALL THE WAY FROM KENYA TO

YOU IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE

700 CLUB.

PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU

AROUND THE WORLD.

GIVING THANKS FOR YOU AROUND

THE WORLD.

WHY?

BECAUSE YOU CARED ENOUGH TO

GIVE.

YOU CARED ENOUGH TO SAY I WANT

TO BE A PART.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING OR IN

NEED, I WANT TO BE THERE FOR

THEM.

I WANT TO HELP THEM.

I WANT TO HELP THEM IN THEIR

TIME OF NEED.

NOW, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE 700

CLUB, YOU ARE DOING THAT

BECAUSE A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT

GOES INTO THE WORK OF PRAYERS

AND OPERATION BLESSING AND MORE

GOES INTO PREACHING THE GOSPEL

AROUND THE WORLD.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER,

ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VOTE US,

1-800-700-7000 . SAY YES, I

WANT TO JOIN.

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, $.65 A DAY.

SOME OF YOU CAN JOIN AT HIGHER

AMOUNTS.

IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MEMBER,

MAYBE YOU COULD INCREASE.

700 CLUB GOLD $40 A MONTH, 1000

CLUB IS $1000 A YEAR WHICH

BREAKS OUT $84 A MONTH.

WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN I HAVE

SOMETHING CALLED THE NEARNESS

OF HEAVEN, A DVD.

YOU CAN ALSO STREAM IT.

STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED

AND GONE TO HEAVEN AND THEN

COME BACK AND TOLD US WHAT IT

IS ALL ABOUT.

AND A TEACHING ON HOW HEAVEN IS

NEAR. THAT IS WHAT JESUS ASKS

US TO DO, TO PRAY THAT GODS

WILL IS DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS

IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US A CALL, 1-800-700-7000.

> TIME FOR AN EMAIL QUESTION.

CARRY SAYS I FEEL REGRET FOR MY

SIN TOWARD SOMEONE WHO PASSED

AWAY, MY EX-HUSBAND.

AND I PRAY FOR RECONCILIATION

OR IS IT TOO LATE?

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW

BUT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS.

YOU RECONCILED TO GOD.

IF THERE ARE THINGS ON YOUR

CONSCIENCE YOU NEED TO GET

CLEARED, BE RECONCILED WITH HIM.

IN TERMS OF RECONCILIATION WITH

SOMEBODY WHO IS ALREADY DEAD,

IT WILL BE VERY HARD BECAUSE

THEY ARE NOT THERE TO FORGIVE

YOU OR EVEN RECEIVE YOUR

APOLOGY.

BE RECONCILED TO GOD.

THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING YOU CAN DO.

ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU.

HERE ARE WORDS FROM JAMES.

EVERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY

PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND

COMES DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF

LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO

VARIATION.