> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP, A FRONT ROW SEAT

TO HISTORY FROM THE OPENING OF

THE U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM

TO THE SIGNING OF THE LANDMARK

ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL

SHOWS HOW THE IMPOSSIBLE WAS

ACHIEVED.

DAVID FRIEDMAN SHOWS US HOW HE

PAVED THE WAY FOR THE MIDDLE

EAST BY TAKING A SLEDGEHAMMER

TO THE PAST ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

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> WELCOME TO THE "700 CLUB".

OMICRON CASES ARE NOW DROPPING.

MASK MANDATES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN SEVERAL

STATES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

OTHERS ARE STICKING WITH THE

MANDATES.

THAT IS WHY MANY PARENTS ARE UP

IN ARMS AND SOME ARE EVEN

MOVING THEIR FAMILIES TO STATES

WITH FEWER RESTRICTIONS.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: SEVERAL GOVERNORS

ARE TAKING AN ABOUT-FACE WHEN

IT COMES TO REQUIRING MASKS IN

PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CITING THE

RAPID DROP OFF IN COVID-19'S

OMICRON SURGE. EVEN AS THE

MANDATES COME TO AN END, SOME

FEDDE PARENTS SAY THE MOVE IS

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO MANAGE

COVID TO ZERO.

WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH

COVID AS WE MOVE OF THE

PANDEMIC TO THE ENDEMIC PHASE

OF THIS VIRUS.

Reporter: THE END TO THE

MANDATES IN NEW JERSEY,

CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE AND

OREGON WILL TAKE EFFECT BETWEEN

NOW AND THE END OF MARCH,

DEPENDING ON THE STATE.

I THINK IF IT WERE TO BE

TODAY, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR

OF IT.

WEARING FOR YOUR OVERALL

PROTECTION.

Reporter: THE STATEWIDE MASK

MANDATE IN NEW YORK, ONCE

GROUND ZERO FOR THE PANDEMIC,

IS SET TO EXPIRE THURSDAY.

GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL IS

EXPECTED TO KEEP IT IN PLACE

FOR CITY SCHOOLS.

CDC DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE

WALENSKY CAUTIONED AGAINST

LIFTING THE REQUIREMENTS,

SAYING THE COUNTRY IS NOT OUT

OF THE WOODS YET.

WE STILL HAVE

HOSPITALIZATION RATES HIGHER

THAN THEY EVER WERE DURING THE

PEAK OF THE DELTA AWAY.

SIMILARLY FOR DEATHS, STILL AT

2300 A DAY.

WE ARE NOT THERE NOW.

PEOPLE ARE CAUTIOUSLY

OPTIMISTIC.

Reporter: THE BATTLE IS

STILL PLAYING OUT IN VARIOUS

WAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IN CHICAGO, A GROUP OF STUDENTS

RECENTLY WALKED OUT OF CLASS

AFTER BEING TOLD TO MASK UP.

MASKING ANOTHER COVID

RESTRICTIONS ARE CAUSING SOME

FAMILIES TO LEAVE BLUE STATES

FOR RED.

TEXAS, ARIZONA AND FLORIDA, ALL

REPUBLICAN-LED STATES, HAVE

BANNED MASK MANDATES AND ARE

SEEING A SURGE IN NEW

RESIDENTS.

A LIFELONG NEW YORKER AND

COLUMNIST FOR THE NEW YORK POST

RELOCATED HER FAMILY TO

FLORIDA.

AT THE TIME, MY FIVE-YEAR-

OLD, NOW SIX, HAD NEVER BEEN IN

SCHOOL WITH ADD A MASK.

I SEE DELAYS AND HIM.

HE IS NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL HIS

SIBLINGS WERE AT THIS POINT.

WE BASICALLY MOVED TO FLORIDA

BECAUSE OF HIM.

Reporter: SHE SEES A BIG

DIFFERENCE.

IT IS VERY, VERY GOOD.

MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL MASKLESS

EVERY DAY.

THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR MASKS

SINCE WE LANDED IN FLORIDA.

YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE

LOST UNTIL YOU SEE NORMAL

ELSEWHERE.

Reporter: MEANWHILE, MORE

STATES MAY FOLLOW SUIT LIFTING

MASK MANDATES NOW THAT SCHOOL-

AGED CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE FOR

VACCINATIONS.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

TO MASK, NOT TO MASK, THAT

SHOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL

DECISION.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WAVES OF

CONTAGION AND THAT IS WHAT THE

CDC PREDICTED IN MARCH 2020.

WE CAN EXPECT MULTIPLE WAVES AS

THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO MUTATE.

NOW THE ISSUE IS HOW TO LIVE

WITH THAT AND WHAT TO DO WITH

THAT AND IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO

LIVE WITH COVID.

THE PROBLEM IS, NOBODY KNOWS

THE FUTURE OF THIS VIRUS.

NOBODY KNOWS HOW IT WILL MUTATE

IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE AND PREDICTED THE

PREVIOUS MUTATIONS, OTHER THAN

THE PREDICTION IT WILL MUTATE.

THAT PREDICTION STAYS IN PLACE.

ARE WE GOING TO MASK, ARE WE

NOT GOING TO MASK, WILL THERE

BE A MANDATE, ARE THERE

MANDATES ON VACCINATIONS, DO

THE VACCINES EVEN WORK AGAINST

THE NEW MUTATION?

THIS IS ALL PART OF, I GUESS,

WHAT WE WILL START CALLING A

NEW NORMAL.

HERE IS THE OTHER PROBLEM.

WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL IMPACT

OF THIS VIRUS ON PEOPLE.

WE HAVE PEGGED IT AS A

RESPIRATORY DISEASE BUT NOW WE

ARE SEEING IT CAUSES BLOOD

CLOTTING, WE SEE VASCULAR

IMPACT FROM THAT AND WE SEE

HEART CONDITIONS NOW ON THE

RISE, ALL BECAUSE OF COVID

INFECTIONS.

IT IS VERY EASY TO SAY, LET'S

GET ON WITH LIFE, BUT

UNFORTUNATELY, THE VIRUS IS

GOING TO GET IN THE WAY.

> THE IMPACT IN CHILDREN GOES

FAR BEYOND WEARING MASKS.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT

STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT,

GORDON.

THE NATION'S TOP DOCTOR BACK IS

ADDRESSING THOSE SURGE IN

MENTAL HAD CRISES IN THE

NATION'S YOUTH.

DR. VIVEK MURPHY, THE SURGEON

GENERAL, POINTED TO A STRING OF

MEDIA THAT UNDERMINES A CHILD'S

SENSE OF SELF-WORTH TO CYBER

BULLYING THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN

ANYWHERE TO BE TORMENTED.

THE SURGEON GENERAL ADDED THE

PANDEMIC MADE IT ALL WORSE.

ALL OF THESE FACTORS

AFFECTING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

WORKER TRUE BEFORE THE COVID-19

PANDEMIC BUT IT DRAMATICALLY

CHANGED EXPERIENCES AT HOME, AT

SCHOOL AND IN COMMUNITIES.

IT IS JUST NOT THE NUMBER OF

DEATHS OR THE INSTABILITY, IT

IS THE PERVASIVE SENSE OF

SENSE OF FEAR. HE NAGGING

A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF

SENATORS IS WORKING ON

LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES

GREATER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH

CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG

PEOPLE.

> PROTESTS OVER COVID

RESTRICTIONS IS HAVING A

SPILLOVER EFFECT FROM CANADA TO

THE UNITED STATES AS

DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK TRAFFIC AT

A MAIN ENTRY POINT.

A 10 MILE BACKUP OF TRUCKS IS

CAUSING DELAYS. IT IS THE

BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL LAMB

BORDER IN NORTH AMERICA WITH

$323 MILLION IN GOODS CROSSING

THE BRIDGE DAILY.

THE DISRUPTION IN SUPPLY CHAIN

COULD AFFECT THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

THE PROTESTS AGAINST VACCINES

ANOTHER COVID RESTRICTIONS ARE

PARALYZING PARTS OF OTTAWA.

PROVINCES ARE MOVING TO LIFT

RESTRICTIONS.

TRUCKERS IN THE UNITED STATES

ARE ORGANIZING A PROTEST TO

DRIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM

CALIFORNIA TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

> THE SENATE'S LEADING RAQQA

PUBLICAN IS BLASTING THE RNC%

DURING TWO MEMBERS.

THEY FORMALLY CENSURED LIZ

CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER FOR

THEIR WORK ON THE JANUARY 6th

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE.

MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL

SAID IT WAS NOT THE JOB OF THE

RNC TO SINKER OUT PARTY

MEMBERS.

McCONNELL HAD A COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE RNC

REVOLUTION, WHICH DESCRIBE

THOSE INVOLVED IN THE JANUARY

6th ATTACK AS ENGAGING IN

LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE.

IT WAS A VALID INSURRECTION.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO

PREVENT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER

OF POWER AFTER A LEGITIMATELY

CERTIFIED ELECTION.

OTHER REPUBLICANS HAVE

CRITICIZED THE RNC'S ACTIONS AS

A DISTRACTION WHEN THE PARTY

SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON MIDTERM

ELECTIONS.

> THE ECONOMY TOPS MOST VOTERS

LIST OF PRIORITIES.

AMERICANS BOUGHT $859 BILLION

IN GOODS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

AND WE SOLD TO THEM LAST YEAR.

THAT IS UP 27% OVER THE PAST

YEAR AND THE LARGEST GAP EVER.

SOME ECONOMISTS SAY THAT IS NOT

ALL BAD NEWS WITH THE FACT THAT

AMERICANS ARE BUYING MORE.

THAT SUGGESTS A STRONG ECONOMY,

EVEN IF THE MONEY BEING SPENT

IS GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

ALL EYES ARE ON TOMORROW'S

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND WHAT

IT HAS TO SAY ABOUT INFLATION.

ECONOMISTS PREDICT PRICES HAVE

INCREASED 7.3% SINCE JANUARY

2021.

WE ARE IN STRANGE ECONOMIC

TIMES.

ECONOMISTS ARE GOING ALL THE

WAY BACK TO THE 1950s TO FIND A

SIMILAR ECONOMY.

HERE WE WERE COMING OUT OF A

WAR AND SUDDENLY THE ECONOMY

STARTED TO OVERHEAT.

THERE WERE LABOR SHORTAGES AND

WAGE INCREASES.

WITH THAT, INFLATION AND THEN

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTED

TAMPING DOWN ON THE MONEY

SUPPLY.

IT THREW EVERYTHING INTO A

RECESSION.

WE ARE VERY UNCERTAIN IN THESE

TIMES.

COULD IT BE YET ANOTHER BOOM?

WE ALL ADJUST TO THE NEW PRICES?

GOOD WAGES GO UP AND MATCH

THOSE PRICES?

WE WILL SEE. EVERYBODY ALWAYS

WANTS A SOFT LANDING.

IT IS SOME OF THE MOST

UNCERTAIN TIMES I HAVE SEEN

SINCE 2008.

ASHLEY?

> BE SURE TO TUNE INTO THE

"700 CLUB" NEXT WEDNESDAY, PO-

BOY 16.

PAT ROBERTSON WILL BE BACK IN

OUR STUDIO, BACK IN THIS

BATTLE.

HE AND WENDY GRIFFITH WILL BE

ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS LIVE

ON AIR.

TO LEAVE A QUESTION, YOU HAVE

TO DO IS CALL US AT THE NUMBER

ON YOUR SCREEN, 1-800-677-7884.

THE PHONE LINES WILL BE OPEN

TODAY ONLY, TODAY ONLY BETWEEN

NOW AND 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME.

ONCE AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS ONE

806 SEVEN 778 FOUR.

BE SURE TO WATCH THE 700 CLUB

NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 TO

HEAR PAT ANSWER YOUR VOICEMAIL

QUESTIONS.

GORDON?

> UP NEXT, THE ARCHITECT

BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE

FORMER AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL

GIVES US THE INSIDE STORY ON

THE HISTORIC ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

HE WILL REVEAL HOW HE HELPED

TO SET THE STAGE FOR PEACE AT A

TIME CRITICS SAY HE WAS LEADING

THE REGION INTO WAR.

> ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, NEVER

A BRIDE.

TO BE EXACT, 13 TIMES OF

BRIDESMAID AND NEVER THE BRIDE.

AUTHOR AND SPEAKER CHRISTA

SMITH SHARES HOW SHE FOUND THE

LEAF FOUND LOVE COMING UP.

> THE TRUNK ADMINISTRATION

PUT TOGETHER WHAT MOST PEOPLE

CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE, PEACE

BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB

NEIGHBOR.

IN THAT TIME, AMBASSADOR DAVID

FRIEDMAN SERVED AS ONE OF THE

MAIN ARCHITECTS OF WHAT HAS

BEEN KNOWN AS THE ABRAHAM E-

COURSE.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: AMBASSADOR DAVID

FRIEDMAN SERVED DURING ONE OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES IN

ISRAEL RELATIONS AND

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

IN 2018, FRIEDMAN PRESIDED OVER

THE OPENING OF THE ISRAELI

AMBASSADOR BUT INSTEAD, PEACE

BROKE OUT.

HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE HISTORIC

AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ISRAEL, THE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BAHRAIN,

SUDAN AND MOROCCO, THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS.

FOR DECADES, MANY SAID IT

COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT FIRST

SOLVING THE PALESTINIAN

-ISRAELI CONFLICT.

FRIEDMAN AND HIS TEAM BROKE

WITH THAT WISDOM AND PRODUCED

GROUNDBREAKING RESULTS.

HE TALKS ABOUT THE MANEUVERING

IN HIS NEW BOOK, FRIEDMAN, HELP

BREAKING WITH THE PAST BROUGHT

PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

FROM THE OVAL OFFICE TO THE

HALLS OF POWER IN THE REGION,

IT IS THE STORY BEHIND THE

ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

JOINING US NOW IS, IN MY

OPINION, THE GREATEST U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL WE HAVE

EVER HAD.

AMBASSADOR DAVID FRIEDMAN IS

WITH US NOW.

HIS NEW BOOK IS CALLED

"SLEDGEHAMMER" . HELP BREAKING

WITH THE PAST BROUGHT PEACE TO

THE MIDDLE EAST.

AMBASSADOR FRIEDMAN, WELCOME TO

THE "700 CLUB".

THANK YOU, GORDON.

IT IS REALLY SUCH AN HONOR TO

BE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BOOK

AND SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE A

BIG WORD THERE, SLEDGEHAMMER.

WHY DID YOU USE THAT AS THE

TITLE?

YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE

METAPHOR ACTUALLY CHOSEN BY THE

NEW YORK TIMES WHEN WE OPENED UP

WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS THE

PILGRIMAGE ROAD, THIS

INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY THAT

CONNECTS WHERE JEWISH PROVED

PILGRIMS WOULD DATE BEFORE THEY

WENT TO THE TEMPLE.

IT CONNECTS THAT TO THE TEMPLE

MOUNT.

IT WAS THIS MASSIVE, INCREDIBLE

DISCOVERY, THIS ENTIRE ROAD WAS

FOUND INTACT.

IT WAS FOUND BY PONTIUS PILATE

AND UNDOUBTABLY WHERE HE

VISITED FOR THE PILGRIMAGES AND

SO I WAS GIVEN, AT THIS

CEREMONIAL OPENING, WAS GIVEN A

SLEDGEHAMMER TO KNOCKDOWN THIS

CEREMONIAL WALL.

OF COURSE, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE

MOVING EVENT AND A PEACEFUL

EVENT, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,

BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES

CONSIDERED THIS AS PROVOCATIVE

AND REFERRED TO ME AS A

SLEDGEHAMMER GOING FOR. I

TURNED THAT METAPHOR AROUND AND

EXPLAINED HOW A SLEDGEHAMMER,

AT LEAST METAPHORICALLY, WAS

WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE

GAPING ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

YOU CERTAINLY BROKE THROUGH

THE PAST.

YOU HAD TO FIGHT YOUR OWN STATE

DEPARTMENT AND YOUR OWN

SECRETARY OF STATE JUST TO HONOR

THE WILL OF CONGRESS IN MOVING

THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED

STATES FROM TEL AVIV TO

JERUSALEM.

IT SEEMS LIKE A MIRACLE TODAY

BUT YOU ACTUALLY GOT IT DONE.

HOW DID YOU DO IT?

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT

ACTUALLY WAS A MIRACLE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ASSESSED

MY QUALIFICATIONS OFTEN SAY,

EITHER I HAVE INSUFFICIENT

QUALIFICATIONS OR MAYBE BECAUSE

I AM NOT A CAREER DIPLOMAT IT

IS A GOOD THING.

FEW PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTOOD

THAT I APPROACHED THIS JOB WITH

A DEEP SENSE OF FAITH, THAT I

WAS PUT IN THIS PLACE, IT WAS SO

IMPROBABLE, SO UNLIKELY I WOULD

EVER GET TO THIS POSITION THAT

I DID SINCE THERE WAS A CERTAIN

AMOUNT OF MIRACULOUS NEST TO

THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

IT REALLY WAS A MIRACLE.

BEYOND THAT, LOOK, I CAME INTO

THIS BEING LOYAL TO ONE PERSON,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES.

HE APPOINTED ME.

ALL THE HEADWINDS I ENCOUNTER,

WHETHER IT WAS FROM THE

SECRETARY OF STATE, REX

TILLERSON, ONCE MIKE POMPEO

CAME AROUND, IT WAS A DIFFERENT

EXPERIENCE, HE WAS WONDERFUL.

THERE WERE OTHERS IN THE

ADMINISTRATION THAT DID NOT

WANT TO MOVE THE EMBASSY, DID

NOT WANT TO BRING THE UNITED

STATES CLOSER TO ISRAEL.

MY RESPONSE TO ALL OF THEM WAS,

YOU KNOW, GO TELL IT TO THE

PRESIDENT.

IF HE AGREES WITH YOU, I WILL

FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENT CASE TO

THE PRESIDENT AND I WILL FOLLOW

HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

I DON'T WORK FOR ANY OF YOU.

I AM ALWAYS 60 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE LIVED A LIFE WITH A LOT

OF EXPERIENCE.

I AM NOT LOOKING TO GET A

PROMOTION OR A GOOD REPORT

CARD.

I AM LOOKING TO ACHIEVE THINGS.

I WENT TO ACHIEVE THE

PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.

WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT DECIDES

I WILL FOLLOW BUT I WILL MAKE

THE CASE TO HIM WHY WE OUGHT TO

BE MOVING OUR EMBASSY AND

RECOGNIZING ISRAELI SOVEREIGN

SEE OVER THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND

THE CHALLENGING OF THE

LEGITIMACY OF JEWISH SOCIETY

AND STILL MAKE PEACE WITH

ISRAEL'S NEIGHBORS.

IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE

RELATIONSHIP I HAD WITH

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE

AUTHORITY AND THE RUNAWAY HE

GAVE ME TO MOVE FORWARD ON HIS

AGENDA.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER

MIRACLE, WHICH IS THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS.

HERE YOU BROKE WITH THE

PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE

UNDER OBAMA, HE ACTUALLY CAME

OUT AND SAID THERE COULD NOT BE

PEACE WITH THE OTHER ARAB

NATIONS UNTIL YOU STILL HAVE A

PEACE ACCORD WITH THE

PALESTINIANS.

YOU TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER TO THAT

IDEA.

YOU BROKE IT.

HOW DID THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS

COME ABOUT?

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD TO FIGHT

THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

YOU HAD TO FIGHT ESTABLISHED

WISDOM AND OTHERS WEREN'T EVEN

WILLING TO TRY AND YOU

SUCCEEDED.

IT BEGAN, REALLY, WITH THE

MOVE OF THE EMBASSY TO

JERUSALEM.

THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO DO

WAS TO BREAK THAT LIST HE AND

VITO.

LOOK, WE WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS

IN THE REGION.

WE WANT PALESTINIANS TO HAVE A

BETTER LIFE.

WE CAN'T BE MORE PRO-

PALESTINIAN THAN THE

PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP, WHICH,

UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS

JUNCTURE, RANGES FROM BEING

CORRUPT TO TERRORISTS,

DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE YOU

FOCUS ON.

WE HAD TO END THAT VITO, THE

THEY EXERCISED THAT VERY

EFFECTIVELY MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

IF THEY WEREN'T ON BOARD,

NOTHING MOVED FORWARD.

BY MOVING THE EMBASSY, THE

MESSAGE WE SENT WAS, THE WORLD

IS MOVING FOR.

THE UNITED STATES MADE A

COMMITMENT TO THE STATE OF

ISRAEL THROUGH THE JERUSALEM

EMBASSY ACT OF 1995.

IT WAS ENDORSED BY 425 MEMBERS

OF CONGRESS.

WE WILL FOLLOW THAT.

THAT IS A COMMITMENT THAT THE

UNITED STATES MADE TO ISRAEL IN

A COMMITMENT THE PRESIDENT MADE

DURING HIS CAMPAIGN.

THE PALESTINIANS BEGAN TO

REALIZE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE

VETO.

THE WORLD STOOD UP AND TOOK

NOTICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN MOVING

THE EMBASSY DID NOT RESULT IN

ANY OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE.

WE CONTINUE TO SHOW

UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT FOR THE

STATE OF ISRAEL.

WE HAVE STOOD WITH ISRAEL, BUT

WE HAD OVERTURES TO ALL THESE

ARAB COUNTRIES.

WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH

SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES.

I THINK WITH A RECOGNIZED IS

THAT IN THIS DANGEROUS PART OF

THE WORLD, WHAT YOU REALLY WANT

IS TO BE ALIGNED WITH UNITED

STATES.

WHAT THEY SAW IS WHAT A GOOD

FRIEND WE WERE TO ISRAEL.

A LOT OF THEM SAID, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

WE WANT THAT KIND OF

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED

STATES, AS WELL.

HOW DO WE BECOME CLOSER TO THE

UNITED STATES SO WE CAN HAVE

THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP.

IN ALL CASES, THE ROADWAY, AT

LEAST IN PART, TO JERUSALEM.

WE SAID IT WAS HARD TO HAVE

THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH

YOU IF YOU WILL BE SO HOSTILE

TO OUR MOST CHERISHED ALLY IN

THE REGION.

THROUGH THE U.S. SORT OF BEING

THE HUB WITHIN THE SPOKE OF

COUNTRIES, ALL THESE COUNTRIES

CAME TO VIEW ISRAEL, NOT AS A

CHALLENGE, NOT AS AN ADVERSARY,

BUT AS AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY

AND ALLY.

IT JUST REALLY BEGAN WITH THE

U.S. TAKING IN A PRINCIPLED,

UNAPOLOGETIC STAND WITH THE

STATE OF ISRAEL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

WAT DO YOU SEE AS THE FUTURE

OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS?

YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAID ON THIS

PROGRAM THAT THE GREATEST ENEMY

O THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IS

THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO HOLD

ONTO SOME KIND OF DREAM THAT

THEY CAN DRIVE IS REAL INTO THE

SEA, AS LONG AS HAMAS IS IN

CONTROL OF GAZA, YOU WILL NEVER

SEE ANY KIND OF ECONOMY, ANY

KIND OF FUTURE.

IT WILL ALWAYS BE HOPELESS.

DO YOU SEE HOPE HERE FOR PEACE

WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY?

IF SO, HOW DO WE GET THERE?

I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY

RIGHT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE

CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE

LEADERSHIP.

THE LEADERSHIP IS DEEPLY

OPPRESSIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN

PEOPLE.

I GOT TO KNOW MANY OF THEM VERY

WELL AS I WAS AMBASSADOR.

THEY WANT A BETTER LIFE FOR

THEIR CHILDREN, BETTER

OPPORTUNITY, BETTER EDUCATION,

MORE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN

THEIR COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE NOT COMPLICATED

THINGS THAT ARE NOT

DELIVERABLE.

THERE BING HELD HOSTAGE BY

CORRUPT LEADERS.

I THINK THOSE LEADERS WILL

CHANGE OVER TIME.

THEY WILL KIND OF CYCLE OUT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR

THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SEE

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS

THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

THEY ARE PAYING VERY CAREFUL

ATTENTION TO THE RELATIONSHIP

THAT ISRAEL IS FORGING NOW AND

THEY SEE WHAT IS COMING OF IT

IS MASSIVE TRADE, TOURISM

OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITY, A

HUGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS

INVESTMENT AND THE PALESTINIAN

PEOPLE ARE WELL-EDUCATED.

THEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS A

FUTURE THAT THEY CAN GRAB IT

BUT THEIR LEADERSHIP STANDS

BETWEEN THEM AND A BETTER

FUTURE.

LOOK, WE BROKE THROUGH A LOT OF

MOLDS IN ORDER TO GET THE

ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

I THINK WE WILL ULTIMATELY GET

TO THE POINT WHERE THE

PALESTINIANS EMBRACE THIS NEW

MIDDLE EAST.

IF WE WERE STILL IN OFFICE WE

WOULD HAVE SAUDI ARABIA AS AN

ABRAHAM ACCORDS PARTNER.

I THINK WE WOULD POTENTIALLY

HAVE FIVE OR 10 MORE.

THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE

MIDDLE EAST.

ODDLY ENOUGH, THE MIDDLE EAST

IS NOW KIND OF LEADING THE

WORLD TOWARDS A MORE PEACEFUL

FUTURE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER

THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN 10 OR

20 YEARS AGO.

WE ARE BURSTING WITH

OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK IT IS A QUESTION OF THE

U.S. ENCOURAGING THAT AND

SENDING THE RIGHT SIGNALS.

THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO DO

THAT, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I AM

READING.

THEY HAVE RESTORED FUNDING TO

THE HUMAN RELIEF AND WORKS

AGENCY WHICH JUST SEEMS TO FUEL

AND FUND PALESTINIAN

DISCONTENT.

THEY HAVE RESTORED THINGS TO

THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY THAT

REWARD THE MARTYR PAYMENTS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO REWARD A

CONSUL INTO THE PALESTINIAN

AUTHORITY IN, OF ALL PLACES,

JERUSALEM.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING

TO DO A RESET.

YOU ARE WORKING ON A FOUNDATION

TO FURTHER THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS

IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL

ENVIRONMENT, THE CURRENT

ADMINISTRATION, HOW CAN PEOPLE

WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, HOW

CAN THEY HELP YOU FURTHER PEACE

IN THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH WHAT

YOU ARE DOING?

LOOK, OUR FOCUS, THIS IS A

PHRASE COMING BY RONALD REAGAN,

NOT BY ME, BUT WE HAVE THE

FREEDOM CENTERED THROUGH PEACE

THROUGH STRENGTH.

THE GOAL OF THE FOUNDATION IS

TO EXPAND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT

ISRAEL HAS FORGED WITH ARAB

COUNTRIES BUT TO DO IT FROM A

POSITION OF PRINCIPLE, FROM A

POSITION OF STRENGTH . NOT, AS

YOU POINT OUT, NOT BY CHASING

THE PALESTINIANS, NOT BY

THROWING MONEY AT A CORRUPT

ORGANIZATION, NOT BY FUNDING,

GOD FORBID, THE PAYMENT OF

TERRORISTS, WHICH IS A

REPREHENSIBLE POLICY, BUT BY

EDUCATING THE WORLD, THE REGION

AND THE WORLD, THAT THERE IS A

BETTER FUTURE, BUT THAT FUTURE

HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE

JUDEO CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT

MAKE AMERICA GREAT, THAT MAKE

ISRAEL A GREAT NATION, THAT

MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP STRONG.

YOU KNOW, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO

ME, SOME VERY BASIC, SIMPLE

THINGS.

WE BECAME A GREAT NATION

BECAUSE WE ADHERED TO JUDEO-

CHRISTIAN VALUES.

ISRAEL IS, SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

IS VERY MUCH PART OF THOSE

VALUES.

WE CAN'T BE ASKED TO COMPROMISE

THAT.

WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT .

UNAPOLOGETICALLY, TO SHOW

WITHIN THAT CONSTRUCT, THERE IS

A BETTER WORLD AVAILABLE TO

THOSE WHO SEEK IT, FOR THOSE

WHO APPROACH ISRAEL IN GOOD

FAITH AND WISH TO MAKE PEACE.

I THINK THAT IS THE THEME OF

THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT

THING, DIPLOMATICALLY,

EDUCATIONALLY, PHILANTHROPIC

LATE AS BEST WE CAN.

AMBASSADOR FRIEDMAN, THANK

YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THANK YOU

FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR

ISRAEL.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

DONE FOR ME PERSONALLY . YOUR

FIRST TRIP WAS IN 1971, I BEAT

YOU BY TWO YEARS.

I WAS 11.

MY FIRST TRIP WAS 1969.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME HOPE THERE

COULD BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU SHOWED, NOT ONLY IS IT

POSSIBLE, BUT LET'S GO OUT AND

ACHIEVE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE.

I HOPE SOON YOU GET ANOTHER

OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN AMBASSADOR

TO ISRAEL AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

I HOPE SO, TOO.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE

DONE, AS WELL, FOR AMERICA AND

THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

THE BOOK IS CALLED

"SLEDGEHAMMER" . HOW BREAKING

THROUGH THE PAST BROUGHT PEACE

TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

YOU CAN GET IT WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE SOLD AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO

DO IT IF YOU WANT TO GET A

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT ON HOW

THINGS CAN CHANGE IN ISRAEL.

GET THIS BOOK.

> WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE

OF THE "700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

> COMING UP, SINGLED OUT.

CHRISTA SMITH GOES LOOKING FOR

MR. RIGHT AND FIND SOMETHING

BETTER ALONG THE WAY.

HER LOVE STORY NEXT ON THE "700

CLUB".

> CHRISTA SMITH HAD IT ALL

PLANNED OUT.

MEET THE RIGHT GUY, GET

HITCHED, START A FAMILY.

CRISTA FIGURED SHE WOULD HAVE

THAT ALL CHECKED OFF BY THE

TIME SHE TURNED 30.

IT TURNS OUT, SHE WAS DEAD

WRONG.

AUTHOR, INTERNATIONAL

SPEAKER AND MINISTER CHRISTA

SMITH KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO

WAIT.

DESIRING TO BE A WIFE,

CHRISTA'S DREAM WOULD NOT

BECOME A REALITY FOR ALMOST 40

YEARS.

IN HER BOOK, "SINGLED OUT IN A

COUPLES WORLD", CHRISTA SHARES

HOW WE CAN BE CONTENT WHILE

STILL CONTENDING FOR OUR GOD-

GIVEN DREAMS.

ALL RIGHT.

CHRISTA SMITH JOINS US NOW VIA

ZOOM.

CHRISTA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

ME.

I AM HONORED TO BE HERE.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU.

LET'S START WITH THE BEGINNING

OF YOUR JOURNEY.

IT STARTED AFTER A BREAKUP WHEN

YOU WOULD JUST 19 YEARS OLD.

YOU PRAYED A VERY SPECIFIC

PRAYER TO THE LORD.

HE ANSWERED. TELL US ABOUT

THAT.

YOU ARE SO RIGHT.

I WAS 19 YEARS OLD.

I FOUND MYSELF HEARTBROKEN.

I PRAYED THIS PRAYER, JESUS,

GIVE YOU MY HEART.

GUARD IT, SHIELD IT AND GIVE IT

BACK TO ME WHEN YOU WANT ME TO

GIVE IT AWAY, SPECIFICALLY IN

THE AREA OF MARRIAGE.

EVERYBODY ELSE WAS AROUND ME IN

COLLEGE.

I FOUND THAT A PEACE OF GOD

CAME UPON ME.

THAT IS WHAT REALLY BEGAN MY

JOURNEY OF TRUSTING GOD TO

WRITE MY STORY AND ME NOT

WRITING MY OWN STORY AND REALLY

ALLOWING GOD TO DO THE TIMELINE

IN MY LIFE, EVEN THOUGH IT

LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT

I THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IN THAT PRAYER AT 19 YEARS OLD,

THERE WAS AN HONEST AND

AUTHENTIC SURRENDER THAT GAME.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WENT

TO MY LIFE AND MY LOVE STORY TO

BE WRITTEN BY THE LORD.

AMEN.

YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF AT LEAST

20 DIFFERENT WEDDINGS.

BASICALLY, IN EVERY CAPACITY

EXCEPT BRIDE. WHAT WAS GOING

THROUGH YOUR MIND DURING THAT

TIME IN YOUR LIFE?

THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I GET ASKED THAT A LOT.

WHEN I SHARE THAT, YOU CAN SEE

THE FEAR IN SOME PEOPLES FACES.

OH, MY GOSH. THE REALITY IS

THIS.

I HAD A CHOICE.

WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE WHEN WE

ARE AROUND PEOPLE AND THEY ARE

EXPERIENCING THE BREAKTHROUGH

WE ARE PRAYING FOR.

FOR ME, I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY

AS A BRIDESMAID 13 TIMES, I WAS

INVOLVED IN OVER 20 WEDDINGS, I

PERFORMED THE CEREMONY,

PASTORED FOR MANY YEARS,

FINDING MYSELF IN THE SITUATION

WHERE I HAD TO CHOOSE OTHER

PEOPLES BREAKTHROUGH AND FRAME

IT IN A WAY THAT IT DID NOT

BECOME NEGATIVE AND REMINDING

ME WHAT I DIDN'T HAVE, I

ALLOWED THE LORD TO REFRAIN

THAT BREAKTHROUGH WHERE I SAW

OTHER PEOPLES BREAKTHROUGH,

REALLY BE A PROMISE OF WHAT GOD

COULD DO IN MY LIFE.

ACHY COULD DO IT IN THEIRS, HE

COULD DO IT IN MIND.

I REFRAMED IT FROM A PLACE OF

HOPE.

RATHER THAN IT BE A NEGATIVE

EXPERIENCE I WAS A BRIDESMAID

13 TIMES, IT WAS, I WAS ABLE TO

STAND WITH AMAZING FRIENDS IN

MY LIFE AND STAND WITH THEM AND

LET IT FILL THE HOPE IN WHAT

GOD COULD DO IN MY STORY.

THERE ARE SO MANY VICTORIES

THAT ARE EMPOWERING.

YOU HANDLED THIS RELATIVELY

WELL UNTIL YOU TURNED 35.

WHAT SNAPPED INSIDE OF YOU TO

SUDDENLY FEEL DISCONTENT?

ABSOLUTELY.

AT 35 YEARS OLD, LITERALLY AT

MY 35, MY 35th BIRTHDAY PARTY,

WAS BLOWING OUT MY BIRTHDAY

CANDLES AND I EXPERIENCED THAT

GRACE.

I WAS IN A GRACE, A REAL PEACE

WITH MY SINGLENESS.

AT 35 I BLEW OUT THE CANDLES

AND IT IS LIKE I BLEW OUT GOD'S

GRACE HE HAD GIVEN ME.

I SAW SUCH PURPOSE BECAUSE HE

ALLOWED IT TO BE LIFTED.

HE WAS ABOUT TO ASKED ME A

QUESTION THAT SHIFTED

EVERYTHING.

HE ASKED ME A QUESTION WITH

ONLY THREE WORDS, AM I ENOUGH?

I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT.

YOU KNOW WHEN THE LORD ASKED A

QUESTION AND YOU AND HIM KNOW

WHAT IT MEANS.

I KNEW HE WAS ASKING ME,

CHRISTA, IF YOU NEVER GET

MARRIED, AM I ENOUGH?

I WRESTLED WITH THE QUESTION

FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

I CAME BACK HONEST AND

AUTHENTIC.

YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH, JESUS, BUT

YOU NEED TO BECOME ENOUGH.

EVEN IF YOU GIVE ME MARRIAGE,

IF YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH, MARRIAGE

WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.

WE CAN STILL FOCUS ON THE

BREAKTHROUGH IN THE ANSWER TO

THE PRAYERS WE ARE BELIEVING

FOR, BUT IF JESUS IS NOT YOUR

ANCHOR POINT, IF JESUS IS NOT

SURE SOURCE, NOTHING WILL TRULY

SATISFY BUT THE LORD.

IT WAS THAT NEXT YEAR AND A

HALF FROM 35 TO 36 1/2 THAT I

HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS

OF JESUS BECOMING TRULY ENOUGH

IF I NEVER GOT MARRIED.

I TRULY REACHED THAT PLACE BUT

IT WAS A JOURNEY AND A PROCESS.

THE LORD ALLOWED, AS I BLEW OUT

THOSE CANDLES AT 35, FOR ME TO

EXPERIENCE THE DESPERATION AND

THE DEPTH OF MY LONGING.

IT IS EASY TO ANSWER THE

QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE GRACE

AROUND YOU, YEAH, OF COURSE YOU

ARE ENOUGH.

IF YOU ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THE

DEPTH OF YOUR LONGING AND

ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YOU HAVE

TO WEIGH THAT.

THAT IS WHAT HE ALLOWED IN HIS

WISDOM FOR ME TO DO THAT AND

COME TO HIM IN AN HONEST AND

AUTHENTIC PLACE WHERE

EVENTUALLY HE TRULY BECAME THAT

NUMBER ONE IN MY LIFE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS SO GOOD.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A

SINGLE PERSON WHO MAY BE

WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO MAY FEEL

STUCK IN THIS SEASON OF

SINGLENESS AND THIS SEASON OF

WAITING?

FOR ME, IT IS REMOVING THE

PAUSE BUTTON UP YOUR LIFE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T EVEN

REALIZE WE ARE PUTTING PARTS OF

OUR LIFE, DREAMS AND DESIRES,

THINGS GOD HAS PUT WITHIN US,

WE ARE PUTTING THEM ON HOLD

BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR

MARRIAGE, WE ARE WAITING FOR

THAT NEXT CHAPTER TO BEGIN.

I THINK WHAT IS REALLY

IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU REMOVE

THAT PAUSE BUTTON AND YOU START

LIVING YOUR LIFE FULLY FOR GOD,

THAT ABANDONED WORSHIP, THAT I

AM ALL IN FOR YOU, JESUS,

SOMETIMES TAKING THAT GOD JOB,

MOVING STATES AND T IS MOVING

YOU TO PURSUE AND LIVE WHAT GOD

HAS FOR YOU.

I ENCOURAGED SO MANY PEOPLE, I

RAN SCHOOLS AND MINISTRIES AND

MENTORED YOUNG PEOPLE.

I REALLY SAW THEM, WHEN THEY

BECAME A FOCUS ON GOD BEING THE

GOAL AND NOT MARRIAGE, I SAW

THEM AND MYSELF LEFT FROM A

PLACE OF SUCH GREATER

FULFILLMENT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T

WAITING FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T

HAVE CONTROL OVER, BUT WAITING

ON GOD REALLY TO ORDAIN OUR

STEPS.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT AS YOU

TAKE THE PAUSE BUTTON OFF YOUR

LIFE, THAT IS WHEN YOU START

LIVING.

IT REALLY DOES BREAK THAT

BOREDOM.

IT BREAKS UP THAT RESTLESSNESS

AND IT BREAKS UP THAT

DISCONTENTMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAN DID

BRING INTO YOUR LIFE.

HIS NAME IS SEAN.

YOU SAY HE WAS NOT WHAT YOU

WERE EXPECTING.

HOW SO?

YOU KNOW, SEAN, HE IS OLDER

THAN ME.

WE COME FROM COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

WE ARE DIFFERENT RACES.

WE ARE A BIRACIAL COUPLE.

I LOVE OUR DIFFERENCES.

THAT IS WHY I EVEN TALK ABOUT

IN MY BOOK, TEAR UP THAT LIST.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN DON'T HAVE

EXPECTATIONS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T HAVE

DESIRES OR WANTS, BUT THERE IS

A HEALTHY PLACE WE GET WITH

GOD.

LORD, I WANT A MAN THAT SO

GOING AFTER HEART FOR YOU,

NOTHING ELSE WILL SATISFY HIM.

I WANT A MAN THAT WALKS IN

INTEGRITY, THAT WALKS IN

CHARACTER, THAT IS GENEROUS

WITH HIS LIFE, HIS TIME AND HIS

FINANCES.

THOSE WERE THINGS IMPORTANT TO

ME AND MY NONNEGOTIABLE

AS IN THE PACKAGE IN WHICH

IT CAN, WE HAD DIFFERENT

STORIES AND WE HAVE WALKED

DIFFERENT PATHS.

IT IS OUR DIFFERENCES THAT HAS

CREATED SUCH A BEAUTY AND OUR

MARRIAGE, CREATED SUCH A

BALANCE IN OUR MARRIAGE.

ALTHOUGH HE CAME IN A DIFFERENT

PACKAGE AND I CAME IN A

DIFFERENT PACKAGE FOR HIM, IT

REALLY IS THOSE THINGS THAT HAS

ADDED SUCH A DEPTH IN OUR

MARRIAGE.

HE TRULY IS THE BEST MAN I

COULD HAVE ASKED FOR.

NO ONE IS PERFECT BUT I EVEN

SAID THIS IN MY WEDDING VOWS,

HE IS PERFECT FOR ME.

HE IS TRULY THE KINDEST SOUL.

HE IS THE MOST GRACIOUS MAN.

HE IS GOING AFTER GOD.

SOMETIMES I CAN BARELY KEEP UP.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I PRAYED

FOR.

I WANTED OF MARRIAGE, I WANTED

A MAN THAT WOULD BE A SPIRITUAL

LEADER IN OUR HOME.

HE IS SO EASY TO FOLLOW BECAUSE

HE WALKS WITH SUCH INTEGRITY

AND SUCH A GODLY CHARACTER.

HE TRULY HAS BEEN THE GREATEST

GIFT OF MY LIFE.

AMEN.

GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND

HE IS THE BEST MATCHMAKER.

YOU CAN GET MORE FROM CHRISTA

IN HER BRAND-NEW BOOK CALLED

"SINGLED OUT IN A COUPLES

WORLD" AND I ENCOURAGE

EVERYONE TO GET IT.

IT IS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.

CHRISTA, THANK YOU FOR BEING

HERE AND SHARING YOUR STORY

WITH THE WORLD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GORDON?

> STILL AHEAD, UNCONTROLLABLE

BLEEDING, UNBEARABLE PAIN.

THIS WOMAN SUFFERED WITH BOTH

FOR MONTHS.

FIND OUT HOW SHE WAS INSTANTLY

HEALED.

LATER -- A PREGNANT MOTHER

EVACUATES AHEAD OF A HURRICANE.

WHEN SHE COMES HOME, DEBRIS IS

EVERYWHERE.

PART OF THE ROOF IS MISSING.

YOU CAME TO HELP HER.

THAT IS COMING UP.

> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON

FOR THIS CBN NEWSBREAK.

SOME TENSE MOMENTS FOR VICE

PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'

HUSBAND TUESDAY.

SECRET SERVICE AGENTS RUSHED

SECOND GENTLEMAN DOUGLAS EMHOFF

OUT OF A WASHINGTON, D.C. HIGH

SCHOOL BECAUSE OF A BOMB

THREAT.

HE WAS VISITING DUNBAR HIGH

SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE BLACK

HISTORY MONTH.

STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE ALSO

EVACUATED BUT NO BOMB WAS

FOUND, FORTUNATELY.

THIS COMES AFTER MORE THAN 20

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER

INSTITUTIONS WERE TARGETED WITH

BOMB THREATS EARLIER THIS

MONTH.

THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THOSE

INCIDENTS AS HATE CRIMES AND

SAY THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF

SUSPECTS, ALL JUVENILES.

> A MARYLAND'S POLICE

OFFICER'S QUICK THINKING SAVED

A STUDENT.

OFFICER ANNETTE GOODYEAR WAS

DIRECTING TRAFFIC WHEN A DRIVER

IGNORED THE HAND SIGNAL.

SHE PULLED THE STUDENT TO

SAFETY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE

VIDEO, PLACING HERSELF IN

HARM'S WAY.

SHE SUFFERED SCRAPES AND

BRUISES.

THE TOWN MAYOR IS PREPARING A

COMMENDATION RECOGNIZING HER

SACRIFICE.

> YOU CAN GET THE LATEST NEWS

FROM CBN NEWS.COM, JUST GO TO

CBNNEWS.COM.

GORDON AND ASHLEY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF THE "700 CLUB"

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> JUST ANOTHER REMINDER FOR

EVERYBODY.

NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, WE

WILL FEATURE YOUR VOICEMAILS ON

THIS PROGRAM.

PAT AND WENDY GRIFFITH WILL BE

HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

TO LEAVE A QUESTION FOR THEM,

CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN,

1-800-677-7884.

CALL IT A DAY, ONLY FROM NOW

UNTIL 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME.

AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS 1-800-677-

7884.

BE SURE TO TUNE INTO THE "700

CLUB" NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

16.

GORDON?

> THIS COUPLE SHOULD HAVE

BEEN GETTING THEIR HOUSE READY

FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR SECOND

CHILD.

INSTEAD, THEY WERE WONDERING IF

THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN

THEIR HOUSE AT ALL.

THAT IS BECAUSE THAT CAT 4

HURRICANE RIPPED THROUGH THEIR

NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TWO WEEKS

BEFORE THEIR BABY WAS DUE.

Reporter: WHEN PHILLIP HIMEL

AND HIS WIFE, LAUREN, WERE

WEEKS AWAY FROM THE BIRTH OF

THEIR SECOND CHILD, A HURRICANE

HIT LOUISIANA.

NO ONE WAS EXPECTING IT TO

STRENGTHEN THE WAY IT DID.

WHEN WE SAW ON THE NEWS IT WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE A CAT 4 SITTING

OVER THIBODEAU, COMING TO

HOUMA, WE MADE THE DECISION TO

RUN.

WE STAYED IN LAKE CHARLES FOR

TWO DAYS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T

ALLOWED BACK IN.

IT WAS A WAITING GAME, NOT

KNOWING WHAT YOU WERE COMING

BACK TO.

Reporter: WHEN THEY GOT

HOME, THEY WERE DEVASTATED TO

SEE LARGE TREES DOWN IN THEIR

YARD AND A ROOF MISSING A LOT

OF SHINGLES.

PHILLIP AND HIS DAD STRUGGLED

TO DO THE WORK THEMSELVES.

MY WIFE IS DUE IN TWO WEEKS.

WITH THIS STORM, TRYING TO GET

ROUGH FOR A WHILE BECAUSE

EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING THROUGH

SO MUCH.

IT IS REALLY HARD TO ASK

SOMEBODY FOR HELP WHEN THEY

HAVE THEIR OWN THING THEY ARE

TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF AT THEIR

HOUSE.

Reporter: THAT IS WHEN

OPERATION BLESSING ARRIVED.

WE REMOVED THE DOWNED TREES AND

TOPPED THE ROOF.

INSURANCE WILL COVER THE

REPAIRS, BUT UNTIL ROOFERS CAN

COME OUT, THE TARP WILL PROTECT

THE HOME FROM FURTHER DAMAGE.

I THINK OPERATION BLESSING

IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING.

THEY SHOWED UP AND GOT STRAIGHT

TO WORK, HELPING WITH

EVERYTHING THEY COULD.

THE STRESS THAT HAS BEEN

RELIEVED FROM THE EXTRA HELP

IS, IT IS UNREAL.

PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE, KNOWING

SOMEONE IS THERE TO HELP YOU.

THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY PUT IN

HERE OUT HERE, IT'S INSANE.

THEY REALLY HELPED US THROUGH A

TIGHT SPOT.

Reporter: THEY HAD THE BABY

AND BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF

OPERATION BLESSING, PHILLIP AND

LAUREN WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR

BABY HOME.

I WANT TO THANK OPERATION

BLESSING AND EVERYONE THAT HAS

PARTNERED WITH THEM FOR ALL THE

HELPED.

WORDS REALLY CAN'T SAY HOW

THANKFUL I AM FOR Y'ALL COMING

OUT HERE AND HELPING US RIGHT

NOW.

THAT THANK YOU GOES TO YOU,

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE 700

CLUB.

A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT YOU

GIVE GOES INTO THE WORK OF

OPERATION BLESSING.

WHETHER THAT IS DISASTER RELIEF

RIGHT HERE AT HOME OR AROUND

THE WORLD, FRESHWATER WELLS FOR

PEOPLE WHO NEED DRINKING WATER,

WE ARE NOW DOING WATER SYSTEMS

FOR ENTIRE VILLAGES, ENTIRE

NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ARE FEEDING PEOPLE HERE IN

AMERICA, MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF

FOOD IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE

YEAR, ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, ALL

BECAUSE YOU CARE ENOUGH TO GIVE

. IF THAT IS YOU AND YOU ARE

NOT A MEMBER, ALL YOU HAVE TO

DO IS CALL US AND SAY, YEAH, I

WANT TO JOIN, I WANT TO BE PART

OF THE 700 CLUB.

WE ARE A LOT MORE THAN A TV

SHOW.

WE ARE REACHING OUT AROUND THE

WORLD AND DOING IT IN YOUR NAME

WHEN YOU ARE A MEMBER.

CALLED US.

1-800-700-7000.

SAY, I WANT TO JOIN.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, $0.65 A

DAY.

SOME OF YOU CAN JOIN AT HIGHER

LEVELS.

WE HAVE 700 CLUB GOLD AT $40 A

MONTH, THE 1000 CLUB IS $1000 A

YEAR, $84 A MONTH.

WHEN YOU CALL AND PLEDGE RIGHT

NOW, I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

IT IS MY FATHER'S LATEST BOOK,

"THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN YOU".

THE END OF THIS TITLE IS IN

YOU.

HE WILL TAKE HIS 60 YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE, GUIDING CBN, USING

THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GUIDANCE TO

HAVE ALL THE WONDERFUL

BREAKTHROUGHS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED IN THIS MINISTRY OVER

THE DECADES.

HE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO GET

THE SAME GUIDANCE THE HOLY

SPIRIT WILL SPEAK TO YOU.

HE WILL GUIDE YOU.

HE WILL LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU VERY

PRACTICAL STEPS ON HOW YOU CAN

GET IT.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

IT IS YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN.

1-800-700-7000.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DESIGNATE

YOUR GIFT TO DISASTER RELIEF,

WE HAVE A SPECIAL FUND.

THE OPERATION BLESSING SPECIAL

DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

IT IS EASY TO GET TO.

JUST GO TO THE GIVING PAGE ON

CBN.COM.

THERE IS A WAY TO DESIGNATE

YOUR GIFT.

YOU CAN ALSO JUST WRITE TO US

AT CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH,

VIRGINIA.

JUST PUT OPERATION BLESSING

DISASTER RELIEF IN THE MEMO

LINE OF A CHECK.

YOU CAN NOW TEXT OB DR TO

71777.

EITHER WAY, DO IT RIGHT NOW, 1-

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ASHLEY?

A NEXT, A WOMAN HAS A CANCER

SCARE AND DOCTORS ARE NOT ABLE

TO HELP HER.

SEE WHERE SHE TURNS INSTEAD AND

HOW AT LEAST TO HER TOTAL

HEALING.

WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR

NEEDS SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

> UNBEARABLE PAIN AND

UNCONTROLLABLE LEADING.

BETH SUFFER FROM BOTH OF THE

SYMPTOMS.

EVEN WORSE, SHE FEARED THERE

WERE SIGNS OF CERVICAL CANCER,

THE SAME CANCER THAT HAD KILLED

HER AUNT .

Reporter: AT 48 YEARS OLD,

UBER DRIVER BETH WORKU HAD

NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH HER

MONTHLY CYCLE.

THAT IS, UNTIL JUNE 2018.

IT LASTED TWO WEEKS, TWICE AS

LONG AS USUAL.

BETH AND HER HUSBAND , ELYAS,

A PASTOR, WERE CONCERNED.

BETH MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH

HER DOCTOR.

THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT THE

ISSUE WAS.

THEY WANTED ME TO TAKE BIRTH

CONTROL PILLS BECAUSE I THOUGHT

IT WAS A HORMONAL ISSUE.

I DID NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

Reporter: AT FIRST, THE

PILLS WORKED AS PLANNED,

REGULATING HER CYCLE AND THE

BLEEDING.

SIX MONTHS LATER, NOT ONLY DID

HER CYCLE LAST THREE WEEKS --

THE CRAMPING I HAD WAS

SEVERE.

REALLY UNBEARABLE KIND OF PAIN,

NOT THE NORMAL THING I USUALLY

GET WHEN I GET MY CYCLES.

BUT THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT.

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THERE

WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

Reporter: BETH IMMEDIATELY

THOUGHT OF HER AUNT, WHO DIED

OF CERVICAL CANCER AFTER

GETTING A LATE DIAGNOSIS.

OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY SHE

GOT SICK.

COME TO FIND OUT, SHE FOUND OUT

IT WAS ALREADY STAGE 3. I WAS

JUST HOPING AND BELIEVING AND

PRAYING THAT GOD, DON'T LET

THAT HAPPEN TO ME.

Reporter: BETH WENT BACK TO

HER DOCTOR, WHO COULDN'T FIND

ANYTHING WRONG AND ENCOURAGED

HER TO CONTINUE TAKING THE

BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.

SHE STRUGGLED TO DO HER JOB AND

OTHER DAILY TASKS ACTRESS AS

HER CYCLES KEPT GOING LONGER.

BY JANUARY 2020, SHE WAS

CONSTANTLY BLEEDING AND IN

PAIN.

HER DOCTORS STILL HAD NO

ANSWERS.

ALL THEY TELL ME WAS TAKE

THE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AGAIN.

I DID BUT IT WAS NOT HELPING

THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP TAKING IT

EACH DAY UNTIL IT STOPS.

BUT THE BLEEDING WAS EVEN MORE

NOW.

THE SUFFERING, THE PAIN WAS

UNBEARABLE.

FOR ME TO WORK FULL TIME WAS

VERY IMPORTANT BUT I WAS NOT

ABLE TO DO THAT.

Reporter: BETH AND HER

HUSBAND PRAYED FOR HER HEALING.

I JUST KEPT PRAYING, I KEPT

ASKING GOD, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAL

ME.

I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO

SUFFER.

I DIDN'T EVEN TELL MY IMMEDIATE

FAMILY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DON'T

WANT THEM TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

THAT WAS REALLY HARD, AS WELL.

Reporter: ON MARCH 10, 2020,

BETH AND ELYAS WERE WATCHING

THE "700 CLUB" WHEN TERRY BEGAN

TO PRAY.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE A

BLOOD SITUATION, I DON'T EVEN

KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT.

THERE IS SOMETHING, IT IS AN

ILLNESS, I AM GOING TO SAY, IN

YOUR BLOOD, WHICH IS JUST

CAUSING HAVOC WITH OTHER PARTS

OF YOUR BODY.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

WHAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO

MANAGE WITH MEDICATIONS AND

REATMENTS IS NOW BEING MADE

COMPLETELY WHOLE FOR YOU BY

GOD.

I KNEW THAT WAS FOR ME.

I JUST GRABBED IT!

MY EXPRESSION WAS LIKE, AMEN!

MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE, AMEN!

AMEN, AMEN, THANK YOU, JESUS!

I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT

MOMENT.

Reporter: BETH STOPPED

TAKING THE BIRTH CONTROL AND

SAYS THE BLEEDING AND THE PAIN

STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.

EVER SINCE THEN, BETH HAS HAD

NO ISSUES AND IS ENJOYING THE

ACTIVE LIFE SHE LOVES.

GOD HEALED ME.

EVER SINCE THEN, EVERYTHING IS

NORMAL.

I AM LIVING A HAPPY, HEALTHY

LIFE AND TELLING PEOPLE THAT

IT'S POSSIBLE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST

BELIEVE.

DON'T GIVE UP.

JUST BELIEVE IN HE WILL HEAL

YOU.

HE'S A HEALER.

YES, BETH GOT IT RIGHT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE .

JUST BELIEVE.

GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU.

HE WILL HEAL YOU.

IT IS BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS

CHRIST THAT WE ARE HEALED.

NOT GOING TO BE, BUT ARE HEALED

RIGHT NOW.

WHATEVER PAIN, WHATEVER

SUFFERING YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,

GRAB A HOLD OF THAT, JUST LIKE

BETH DID.

SHE SAID SHE GRABBED IT AND

SAY, AMEN, THAT IS FOR ME!

GRAB A HOLD OF YOUR HEALING

TODAY.

BELIEVE . BELIEVE THAT JESUS,

OUR SAVIOR HE WILL HEAL YOU.

IT WILL MANIFEST FOR YOU IN

JESUS' NAME.

WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU

AND YOUR KNEES.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO

SHARE SOME MORE AMAZING MIRACLE

STORIES OF JESUS HEALING HIS

AWESOME CHILDREN.

HERE IS DORIS IN NEW ORLEANS,

LOUISIANA.

SHE STRUGGLED DAILY WITH EXCESS

SALIVA.

WHILE WATCHING THE "700 CLUB"

ON FEBRUARY 11, SHE HEARD

GORDON SAY, YOU HAVE EXCESS

SALIVA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR

FACE.

IT IS LIKE YOUR MOUTH GETS

FLOODED.

GOD IS HEALING THAT, HE IS

RESTORING PROPER FUNCTION TO

ALL YOUR GLANCE.

BE HEALED, BE SET FREE FROM

THIS AND MAY IT NEVER RETURN TO

YOU AGAIN.

DORIS BELIEVED GOD FOR HEALING

TO MANIFEST.

HER MOUTH DRIED UP IMMEDIATELY

AND SHE HAS NOT HAD THAT

PROBLEM SINCE.

SHE GRABBED IT.

HERE IS PETER FROM

PENNSYLVANIA.

HE IS 88 YEARS OLD AND HE

GRABBED IT.

HE HAD TREMENDOUS PAIN IN HIS

LEFT LEG, WHICH MADE WALKING

VERY DIFFICULT.

WHILE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM,

ASHLEY SAID, THERE IS A MAN

WATCHING.

IT IS LIKE YOUR WHOLE LEFT SIDE

IS TRACKING AND YOU DON'T HAVE

A LOT OF MOVEMENT.

THE LORD IS HEALING THAT FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

GET UP RIGHT NOW AND BEGIN TO

WALK PAIN-FREE.

FULLY HEALED IN YOUR HIP AND ON

YOUR LEFT SIDE AND BY FAITH,

PETER GRABBED IT AND BELIEVED

GOD.

THE PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG IS NOW

COMPLETELY GONE.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORIES,

REALIZE THE SAME THING CAN

HAPPEN TO YOU.

ALL YOU ARE DOING IS IMITATING

FATHER ABRAHAM.

HE IS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE

FAITH.

HE BELIEVED GOD.

IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

HE WAS FULLY PERSUADED THAT HE

WHO IS PROMISED IS ABLE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A WORD

TO GRAB, I LOVE PSALM 103.

BLESS MY LORD, HE FORGIVES ALL

YOUR INEQUITIES.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

HE MAKES THEM ALL GO AWAY.

HE SEPARATES YOU FROM THEM AS

FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE

WEST.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

IT DOES NOT STOP THERE.

HE HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES.

WHAT PART OF YOUR DISEASE IS

LEFT OUT OF ALL?

ALL OF IT.

LET'S GRAB THIS.

LET'S COME TO HIM.

LET'S COME TO THE SAVIOR, THE

HEALER, THE RESTORE.

LET'S DO IT RIGHT NOW.

LORD, WE COME TO YOU, WE COME

BELIEVING.

WE COME SAYING AMEN AND AMEN.

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WE RECEIVE

IT NOW FOR BY YOUR STRIPES WE

ARE HEALED.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU ARE

SUFFERING WITH DIVERTICULITIS.

IT IS THIS PAINFUL KNOT IN YOUR

INTESTINES. YOU CAN ACTUALLY

FEEL HOW HARD AND IT IS.

GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.

HE IS ON LINING ALL OF THAT.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE

NORMAL FOR YOU NOW, IN JESUS'

NAME.

ASHLEY?

SOMEBODY IS WATCHING, YOU

SAW THAT ISSUE WITH BLOOD AND

YOU ARE PRAYING TO GOD, ASKING

THE LORD TO HEAL YOU OF THAT

SAME ISSUE.

HE IS HEALING YOU OF THAT RIGHT

NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

THE HEALING, IT IS COMPLETELY

HEALED IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHING, YOU

ARE WEARING A BACK BRACE.

WHATEVER ISSUES YOU HAVE GOING

ON WITH THE VERTEBRAE IN YOUR

SPINE, THE LORD IS HEALING YOU

OF THAT IN JESUS' NAME.

YOU WON'T BE IN ANY PAIN ANY

LONGER.

JUST BEGIN TO WALK RIGHTLY IN

JESUS' NAME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE

SAME PERSON ASHLEY JUST

MENTIONED, BUT YOU WANT TO HEAR

THE WORD FIBROID TUMOR.

YOU'VE GOT THEM.

IT LITERALLY CAUSES GUSHING.

GOD IS HEALING YOU OF THAT.

HE IS TAKING AWAY THAT TUMOR.

HE IS RESTORING EVERYTHING

CONCERNING YOU.

YOUR INNERMOST BEING IS BEING

RENEWED RIGHT NOW.

YOU ARE FEELING IT.

YOU ARE FEELING IT GO RIGHT NOW

IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED AND

BE MADE WHOLE.

I BELIEVE THE LORD IS JUST

HEALING SEVERAL DIFFERENT

PEOPLE FROM BLOOD DISORDERS,

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, ANYTHING

ELSE, JUST CLAIM THAT HEALING.

CLAIM IT.

GRABBED IT AND RECEIVE IT RIGHT

NOW FOR YOU.

BE HEALED IN JESUS' NAME.

> SOMEONE HAS BLINDING,

MIGRAINE HEADACHES.

GOD IS RESTORING A NORMAL LIFE

TO YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY

DEBILITATED BY THIS.

I JUST SEE YOU SITTING IN A

DARK ROOM.

GOD IS HEALING YOU.

HE IS SETTING YOU FREE.

YOU CAN COME INTO THE LIGHT.

YOU CAN COME INTO HIS PRESENCE

RIGHT NOW.

LIFT YOUR ARMS TO HIM.

LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE

HIM AND HOW MUCH YOU RECEIVED

THIS IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET US

KNOW.

SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT.

1-800-700-7000.

HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALMS 5.

THE RIGHTEOUS; WITH FAVOR YOU

WILL SURROUND HIM AS WITH A