COMING UP, A TWO-YEAR-OLD FOUND

FACE DOWN IN A POOL.

12 MINUTES GO BY WITHOUT A

HEARTBEAT.

THE NEUROLOGIST SAID SHE HAD

BRAIN DAMAGE.

NOW SEE HOW SHE MADE A FULL

RECOVERY.

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

MEDIA REPORTS SUGGEST THE U.S.

IS WORKING TOWARDS AN AGREEMENT

THAT WOULD NORMALIZE RELATIONS

BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL.

THE WHITE HOUSE WILL CONFIRM

THE REFORMED, BUT IT WOULD BE A

SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH IN THE

REGION.

CHRIS MITCHELL EXPLAINS WHAT IS

BEHIND THE OPTIMISM.

Reporter: THE NEGOTIATIONS

REPORTED WOULD TRANSFER CONTROL

OF TWO ISLANDS FROM EGYPT TO

SAUDI ARABIA.

ISRAEL IS A BALL BECAUSE OF A

1979 PEACE AGREEMENT WITH

EGYPT.

CBN NEWS ASKED THE ISRAELI

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED

NATIONS ABOUT THE REPORT.

I CANNOT COMMENT DIRECTLY,

BUT WE KNOW IT IS NOT A SECRET

THAT WE CELEBRATE THE ACCORDS.

WE WANT TO EXPAND THIS NEW

CIRCLE OF PEACE.

WE HOPE SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE

ONE OF THE NEXT COUNTRIES TO

JOIN THE CIRCLE OF PEACE.

Reporter: ONE QUESTION BEING

ASKED IS, WHY NOW?

SAUDI ARABIA AND AMERICA,

THEY ARE PARTNERS.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR

AMERICA TO BE PRESENT IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

Reporter: THE FORMER ISRAELI

AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT SAYS THAT

NOW THESE THREE COUNTRIES NEED

EACH OTHER, AND THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION HAS SEEN A SHIFT

IN RELATIONS.

IN PRINCIPLE, THE UNITED

STATES HAS DECIDED TO GET AWAY

FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.

Reporter: SAUDI INVOLVEMENT

OF THE JOURNALIST OF JAMAL

KHASHOGGI STRAINED RELATIONS

WITH THE WEST, A COMPROMISE

COULD HAPPEN FOR THE SAKE OF

STANDING AGAINST IRAN.

FACING IRAN WILL BE LED BY

SAUDI ARABIA, AND WITH EGYPT,

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THEY NEED ISRAEL, BECAUSE

ISRAEL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT

HAS AN INTEREST TO FACE

VIOLENCE, EVEN WITH WAR.

Reporter: HE SAYS EVERY

COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN INTEREST,

AND ONE WAY TO UNITE THEM WOULD

BE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

TO BUILD UPON THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS, WHICH WERE ENGINEERED

BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THAT'S ALL THE UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES NORMALIZE RELATIONS

WITH ISRAEL.

THEY GAVE THEM A VERY

IMPORTANT PATH TO BE TOGETHER

FOR AN ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

BASIS.

IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

NOW BIDEN HAS DONE NOTHING FOR

THE ACCORDS.

Reporter: HE SAYS THAT BIDEN

TOOK A POSITIVE STEP BY KEEPING

THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD

ON THE TERROR LIST.

IF THE REPORTED ISLAND DEAL

WERE TO SUCCEED, IT COULD

POSSIBLY EXPAND THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS STYLE RELATIONS, WHICH

WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO MORE

ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND STRENGTHEN THE

COALITION STANDING AGAINST

IRAN.

THESE RUMORS THAT SAUDI

ARABIAN WOULD JOIN THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES BRING

ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL DIPLOMATIC

BREAKTHROUGH. TOOK THE MAIN

ISSUES RIGHT NOW, TWO WITH HIM,

OIL IN IRAN, ALL THESE NATIONS

INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

THEY ALL SEE IRAN AS A MORTAL

ENEMY.

WITH IRAN WANTED TO DOMINATE

THE ENTIRE REGION.

SAUDI ARABIA WANTS A PROTECTION

FROM THE ELEMENTS RIGHT ON

THEIR BORDER THAT HAS BEEN

FIRING BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO

SAUDI ARABIA.

THEY WANT A COMMITMENT BY THE

WEST THAT WILL GUARANTEE THEIR

SECURITY.

AND WITH GAS PRICES HITTING A

HIGH IN THE U.S., THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION WANT SAUDI ARABIA

TO PUMP MORE OIL INTO THE

MARKETS.

ONE OTHER ISSUE WOULD BE THAT

THE WEST WANTS SAUDI ARABIA TO

SHIFT THEIR POLICIES AWAY FROM

RUSSIA AND CHINA AND BACK TO

THE U.S.

YOU RECENTLY TRAVELED TO THE

UAE AND MET WITH MANY LEADERS

THERE.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE

ABRAHAM ACCORDS?

Reporter: I WENT WITH A

DELEGATION LED BY THE AUTHOR

AND EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ALL

ISRAEL NEWS.

THE MAIN THEME WE HEARD FROM

ALL THE LEADERS IS THAT THERE

IS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE

ACCORDS.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT JUST THE

COUNTRIES, NOW WE SEE PEOPLE TO

PEOPLE RELATIONS.

ONE OF THE LEADERS TOLD US IT

IS LIKE COUSINS GETTING TO KNOW

EACH OTHER.

AND DESPITE THE REPORT TODAY

ABOUT THE REPROACH BETWEEN

SAUDI ARABIA AND THE U.S. AND

ISRAEL, THEY FELT THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS WOULD HAVE PROGRESSED

FURTHER TO OTHER NATIONS IF THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD

REMAINED IN POWER.

HAVING SAID THAT, THE FORMER

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL WROTE

RECENTLY THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS

UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW FOR

PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VISIT SAUDI

ARABIA NEXT MONTH.

FINELY, THEY EMPHASIZE THAT I

RAN IS THEIR NUMBER ONE THREAT.

WE HEARD FROM THE BAHRAINI

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, AND THEY

TOLD US THERE ARE THREE MAIN

THREATS, I RAN, IRAN, AND I

RAN.

CAN YOU TELL US WHY THERE IS

CONCERN ABOUT ANOTHER WAR

BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL?

12 ON THE HEBREW CALENDAR THIS

SUNDAY THEY MARKED THE

REUNIFICATION OF THE CITY OF

JERUSALEM DURING THE 1967 SIX

DAY WAR.

RIGHT NOW, SECURITY FORCES HERE

ARE ON HIGH ALERT BECAUSE, ON

SUNDAY, THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS

WERE MARCH IN AND AROUND THE

OLD CITY WITH ISRAELI FLAGS.

THEY WILL BE SINGING AND

DANCING.

THEY ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE

MUSLIM CORRIDOR.

THE PALESTINIANS ARE WARNING OF

AN EXPLOSION BECAUSE OF THE

MARCH.

THE FEAR RIGHT NOW HERE IN

JERUSALEM IS THAT ANOTHER WAR

WILL BREAK OUT, JUST LIKE YOU

DID LAST YEAR. DURING THE MARCH

LAST YEAR, HAMAS BEGAN FIRING

MISSILES THAT ALMOST REACHED

HERE IN JERUSALEM.

LATELY, WITH TERROR ATTACKS AND

20 ISRAELIS DEAD IN THE LAST

SEVERAL WEEKS, RIOTS ON THE

TEMPLE MOUNT, SOME SAY THIS IS

A PERFECT STORM GATHERING.

THAT IS WHY IT IS SO WOULD

PREFER AROUND THE WORLD TO PRAY

FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE HAVE A FILM THAT WE WILL

REALLY RELEASE ABOUT THE 1967

SIX-DAY WAR, THE REUNIFICATION

OF JERUSALEM, QUITE POSSIBLY

THE BIGGEST FULFILLMENT, IN MY

GENERATION. IT IS A WONDERFUL

FILM.

WE WILL RELEASE IT NEXT WEEK.

> IN OTHER NEWS, ANGER AND

YOU FALL THE TEXAS.

AUTHORITIES ARE CHANGING

CRUCIAL DETAILS ABOUT THE ATTACK

, AS PARENTS RAISE QUESTIONS

ABOUT THE POLICE RESPONSE.

MEANWHILE, A SPECIAL RESPONSE

TEAM OF CHAPLAINS IS ON THE

GROUND OFFERING COMFORT TO

GRIEVING FAMILIES.

Reporter: OFFICERS --

OFFICES APPROACHED THE

GUNMAN AND ENGAGED WITH THE

GUNMAN AT THAT TIME.

THE GUNMAN THEN ENTERED A

BACKDOOR AND WENT DOWN TWO

SHORT HALLWAYS AND THEN INTO A

CLASSROOM ON THE LEFT-HAND

SIDE.

Reporter: AS HEARTBREAK

COVERS OVER THE TOWN OF UVALDE,

AUTHORITIES ARE CHANGING KEY

DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE

MORNING OF THE ATTACK.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A

SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER

CONFRONTED THE SUSPECT.

NOT ACCURATE.

HE WALKED AN UNOBSTRUCTED.

Reporter: POLICE ARE USING

THIS VIDEO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA,

GOING FRAME BY FRAME, TO

CLARIFY WHAT HAPPENED.

I HAVE TAKEN ALL YOUR

QUESTIONS INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE WILL BE DOING UPDATES.

Reporter: NOW THE TIMELINE

OF THE SHOOTING IS GOING

QUESTIONS AS TO WHY HE TOOK UP

TO AN HOUR TO STOP THE SHOOTER.

THEY DIDN'T MAKE ENTRY

BECAUSE OF THE GUNFIRE THEY

WERE RECEIVING.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

CELLPHONE VIDEO SHOWS CHAOS

OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.

PEOPLE URGING POLICE TO GO

INSIDE AND STOPPED THE GUNMAN.

IT IS VIDEOS LIKE THESE AND

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS THAT ARE

TURNING GRIEF INTO ANGER.

I WAS YELLING, WHY DON'T YOU

GUYS GO IN?

SOME OF THEM JUST STOOD

THERE.

Reporter: WITH SO MANY

UNIMAGINABLE EMOTIONS RESTING

OVER THE CITY OF UVALDE,

CHAPLAINS WITH THE BILLY GRAHAM

RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, TRAINED TO

GRIEVE WITH FAMILIES DURING THE

TOUGHEST OF TIMES, ARE THERE

NOW TO LISTEN, PRAY AND CRY

WITH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE

SUFFERING.

WITHIN SEVERAL HOURS OF THE

SHOOTING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON,

WE HAD CHAPLAINS IN THE AREA ON

SCENE THAT SERVED ALONGSIDE

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HELP

GIVE DEATH NOTIFICATIONS.

Reporter: MORE THAN 2300

VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS NATIONWIDE

RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS

AND MAN-MADE CRISES. THE

DIRECTOR TELL CBN NEWS THAT

NOTHING COMPARES TO THE GRIEF

OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING.

THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TO

SAY AT A TIME LIKE THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.

THE GREATEST MINISTRY SOMETIMES

IS LISTENING TO PEOPLE.

JUST BEING SOMEONE THAT CAN

LISTEN.

Reporter: WHILE ANSWERS ARE

DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THIS

TRAGEDY, HISPANIC TWISTER

LEADERS TURN TO THE COMFORT

FOUND IN THE GOSPEL.

WE WANT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT

AND DEMONSTRATE THAT LIGHT CAN

OVERCOME DARKNESS.

AND IT WILL.

Reporter: BRODY CARTER, CBN

NEWS.

AND ALL THE AFTERMATH OF

THIS, WE ARE STILL WONDERING WHY

IN THE WORLD WOULD AN 18-YEAR-

OLD BOY GO AND BUY ASSAULT

WEAPONS AND PLOT TO TAKE OUT 19

CHILDREN IN AN ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL.

IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE.

WHY WOULD AN 18-YEAR-OLD SHOOT

HIS GRANDMOTHER?

WHY WOULD THESE THINGS EVER

HAPPEN?

WAS THERE ANY BACKGROUND OF

MENTAL ILLNESS?

WAS THERE ANY SORT OF ALERT ON

THE POLICE OR THE MENTAL HEALTH

COMMUNITY IN THAT SMALL TOWN?

SHOULD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME

KIND OF RED FLAG ON HIM?

ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE

ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL WE

GET AN ANSWER.

BUT HERE IS THE ULTIMATE ANSWER.

THERE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD.

THAT EVIL WANTS TO OPERATE

THROUGH HUMAN BEINGS.

WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTO OF THIS

YOUNG MAN AS HE IS PREPARING

FOR THIS ATTACKED, YOU GET

CHILLS.

YOU SEE IT.

YOU SEE THE DEATH ON HIS FACE.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT GOD WOULD

RESTRAIN THAT, THAT OUR

COMMUNITIES WOULD BE PROTECTED,

THAT OUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE

PROTECTED, OUR HOUSES OF

WORSHIP WOULD BE PROTECTED.

WE NEED TO PRAY AND ASK GOD TO

RESTORE HIS HAND OF PROTECTION.

THAT IS THE ONLY PROTECTION YOU

CAN REALLY COUNT ON.> STILL

AHEAD, A BACKYARD POOL PARTY

AND WITH A FRANTIC CALL TO 911.

THIS TODDLER WAS FOUND FACEDOWN

IN THE WATER.

WATCH THE SCRAMBLE TO SAVE HER

LIFE.

THAT IS COMING UP.

> PLUS, 1 MILLION ACRES

FILLED WITH POISONOUS SNAKES,

BITING INSECTS, AND THICK

BUYERS.

FOR THOUSANDS OF RUNAWAY

SLAVES, IT IS A SAFE HAVEN FROM

CAPTIVITY.

FIND OUT WHY THE GREAT DISMAL

SWAMP WAS SUCH A LARGE PART OF

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

AFTER THIS.

>

SNAKES, INSECTS, FLIES AND

THICK COVER.

THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP WAS A

THRIVING REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE.

GENERATIONS AGO, IS SERVED AS

ANOTHER TYPE OF SANCTUARY, A

HAVEN FOR PEOPLE DESPERATE TO

ESCAPE THE BONDAGE OF SLAVERY.

Reporter: THE GREAT DISMAL

SWAMP ONES COVER NEARLY 1

MILLION ACRES BETWEEN

NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND

SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

THE SCENE 1620 AND AROUND THE

TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR, IS

SERVED AS A THRIVING REFUGE FOR

RUNAWAY SLAVES WHO CHOSE TO

BUILD THEIR LIVES HERE IN

FREEDOM, NO MATTER THE

CONDITIONS.

YOU HAVE VENOMOUS SNAKES,

BITING INSECTS, AND FLIES,

THICK COVER, GREENBRIER US,

GREAT PLACES OF REFUGE FOR

WILDLIFE, NOT AS MUCH FOR

PEOPLE.

Reporter: AS MANY AS 50,000

RUNAWAY SLAVES SETTLED HERE ON

SMALL RISES OF LAND KNOWN AS

ISLANDS.

THE AMAZING PART ABOUT THE

ESCAPED SLAVES LIVING HERE IN

THE SWAMP IS THAT THE

CONDITIONS LIVING HERE WERE

BETTER FOR THEM THAN BEING

ENSLAVED.

THAT IS A DIFFICULT CONCEPT TO

UNDERSTAND TODAY.

Reporter: THE ESTABLISHED

HIDDEN COMMUNITIES IN THESE

HEAVILY HIDDEN WETLANDS

BUILDING SMALL PLOTS OF LAND.

RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THE FORMER

SLAVES FED THEIR FAMILIES BY

HUNTING DEER, WILD TURKEY AND

OTHER GAME, SKILLS THEY MAY

HAVE LEARNED FROM NATIVE

AMERICANS, WHO ALSO SOUGHT

SHELTER HERE.

THE RUNAWAYS WENT TO GREAT

LENGTHS TO KEEP THEIR

SETTLEMENT SECRET DUE TO FEAR

OF BEING CAPTURED BY

SLAVEOWNERS.

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AT AMERICAN

UNIVERSITY HAS STUDIED THE

MAROON ISLANDS FOR MORE THAN 10

YEARS.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SWAMP

WAS A FIRE PIT AND CABIN

FOOTPRINTS AND ALL THE STUFF

THAT SHOWS THIS WAS ACTIVE

LANDSCAPE.

MOST OF THE MATERIAL CULTURE

ARTIFACTS ARE STONE.

EQUALLY ABUNDANT IN SAND AND

CLAY.

Reporter: HE REALIZED HE WAS

ONTO A SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY.

PIECES OF CLEAR GLASS AND

PLATE FRAGMENTS.

SOME NAILS AND RED SHOT.

THERE WAS ENOUGH STUFF,

ARTIFACTS, THAT I WAS ABLE TO

DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THIS WAS

FROM A CERTAIN HISTORIC PERIOD.

Reporter: AS A DIRECT

DESCENDENT OF A SLAVE WHO

HELPED TO BUILD THE DISMAL

SWAMP, AND RICK SHEPPARD HAS A

PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THIS

HISTORY.

THE STORY OF THE ENSLAVED

PEOPLE THAT ESCAPE THE

PLANTATIONS AND WENT AND LIVED

IN THE SWAMP WAS REALLY FIRST

INTRODUCED TO ME AND THE SLAVE

NARRATIVE OF MY ANCESTOR, MOSES

GRANDY, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED

AS A WATER MAN.

Reporter: HE TRAVELED THE

SWAMP CANAL AND LEARNED TO

NAVIGATE BOATS AS LOGGING

OPERATIONS EXPANDED AT THE

SITE.

HE AND OTHER SLAVES DUG THE

CANAL AND SEVERAL DIGITS BY

HAND.

AS THE SWAMP IS TODAY, YES,

SLAVE LABOR, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE

A PERMANENT MARK ON THE SWAMP

AS IT IS TODAY.

Reporter: AFTER ARRANGING TO

BUY HIS FREEDOM, MOSES GRANDY

@DICTATED HIS STORY, SHARING HIS

LIFE AS A SLAVE AND WORKING IN

THE SWAMP, NEVER MENTIONING HIS

INTERACTIONS WITH THE ESCAPED

SLAVES LIVING DEEP IN THE

SWAMP.

HE HAD TO STILL BE MINDFUL

WHEN HE SHARED HIS STORY.

HE HAD TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE

WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

SECRECY.

Reporter: SOME SAW THIS AS A

STOP ON THEIR JOURNEY NORTH AS

PART OF THE UNDERGROUND

RAILROAD.

THE SWAMP WAS A HAVEN FOR

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

ACTIVITY. CAN YOU IMAGINE DOWN

IN LOUISIANA, IF YOU GET TO THE

DISMAL SWAMP, YOU ARE ALMOST

HOME FREE?

Reporter: IN 2004, THE

REFUGE WAS DESIGNATED AS AN

IMPORTANT LANDMARK ON THE

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO

FREEDOM.

ON THE ONE HAND, IT TELLS US

JUST HOW HORRIBLE SLAVERY WAS.

LET'S NOT FORGET THE RACISM AND

WHITE SUPREMACY PART OF THAT.

Reporter: SLAVERY ENDED IN

1863, AND RESIDENTS WERE FREE

TO LEAVE THE SHADOWS OF THE

SWAMP, MOVING TO SURROUNDING

COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS A TIME THAT IS COMPARED

TO THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE

ISRAELI FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE

EXPLANATION, THE SAME GOD OF

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

THE WRITER OF THAT WAS A SLAVE

OWNER.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT OUR

HISTORY, YES, YOU FIND

SLAVEOWNERS.

IT WAS A HORRIBLE PART OF OUR

HISTORY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HORRIBLE

PART, THERE WERE ASPIRATIONS

THAT WE COULD BE BETTER.

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT THOSE

ASPIRATIONS ARE NOW BREAKING

THROUGH?

LET'S JOIN THOSE ASPIRATIONS OF

THE ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NOT JUST SAY THE WORDS, BUT

LIVE AND.

HAVE THAT KIND OF SOCIETY THAT

WE CAN LEAVE TO OUR CHILDREN

AND GRANDCHILDREN TO SAY, YES,

WE DON'T JUST SAY THE WORDS, WE

WANT TO LIVE THE WORDS.

> COMING UP LATER, BEHIND THE

MUSIC, A HEALTH SCARE INSPIRED

A SONG.

> BUT FIRST, THEIR DAUGHTER

WAS IN A COMA. WATCH HOW A

GLOBAL GROUNDSWELL OF PRAYER

RESCUED THIS CHILD FROM THE

GRAVE.

> PLUS, WE ARE GOING TO PRAY

FOR YOU.

DON'T GO AWAY.

>

FIRST CAME THE QUESTION, HAS

ANYONE SEEN LAURA?

THEN CAME THE SCREAM, SHE WAS

FOUND FLOATING IN A POOL.

HER PARENTS WILL NEVER FORGET

THE TERROR THEY FELT WHEN THEY

SAW THEIR LIFELESS DAUGHTER.

NORAH REMEMBERS THAT DAY TOO.

SHE SAYS IT WAS THE DAY THAT

JESUS SAVED HER.

Reporter: A POOL PARTY WAS

AND THEN, AND AS THEY WERE

SAYING THEIR GOODBYES, KATIE

NOTICED HER TWO-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER, NORAH, WAS MISSING.

I LOOKED AROUND AND HEARD A

VOICE SAY TO ME, WHERE IS

NORAH?

THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED

SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

Reporter: PANIC FLOODED HER

MIND AS SHE TURNED TO HER

HUSBAND.

I CHECKED OUTSIDE.

I CALLED, AND SHE WOULDN'T

ANSWER.

THAT IS WHEN KATIE SAID,

CHECKED THE POOL.

THEN I HEARD MY HUSBAND MAKE

A SCREAM.

SHE WASN'T BREATHING.

SHE HAD NO LIFE TO HER.

I REMEMBER HER FACE.

SHE WASN'T THERE ANYMORE.

THAT IS WHEN I DROPPED TO MY

KNEES.

I SAID, NORAH, COME BACK TO

YOUR BODY RIGHT NOW, IN THE

NAME OF JESUS.

CRYING OUT, PLEASE BRING HER

BACK.

Reporter: KATIE CALLED 911

WHILE TWO NURSES AT THE PARTY

STARTED CPR.

ONE OF THEM WAS ALICIA MOSLEY.

I KNEW SHE WAS GONE, BUT I

KNEW IF WE COULD GET THE BLOOD

MOVING, SHE MIGHT HAVE A

CHANCE.

EVERYBODY WAS CRYING.

OLIVIA SAID, IS MY SISTER GOING

TO DIE?

Reporter: MOMENTS LATER,

PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.

WE DETERMINED THAT SHOULD

NOT HAVE A PULSE.

Reporter: AFTER WORKING FOR

SEVERAL MINUTES, THEY SAW A

HEARTBEAT ON THE MONITOR.

THEY GOT SOMETHING.

I KNEW SHE WAS ALIVE.

THERE WAS A CHANCE.

Reporter: BY THEN, NORAH

HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A HEARTBEAT

FOR AT LEAST 12 MINUTES.

AS SHE HOVERED BETWEEN LIFE AND

DEATH, THE AMBULANCE RACED

TOWARDS THE MEDICAL CENTER.

I WAS IN A TRAUMA STATE OF

SHOCK.

I KNEW ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.

I REMEMBER CALLING PEOPLE,

TEXTING PEOPLE, MAKING A PLEA

ON FACEBOOK FOR PRAYER.

I WAS EXPECTED TO HERE, YOU

KNOW, WORST-CASE SCENARIO, I

THOUGHT WE WOULD LOSE OUR

CHILD.

Reporter: AS THEY RUSHED TO

THE ER, THEY LEARNED THAT NORAH

WAS STILL ALIVE, BUT BARELY

HANGING ON.

DOCTORS PUT HER IN A MEDICALLY

INDUCED CALM A COMA TO REDUCE

BRAIN SWELLING.

DOCTORS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS

WAS CRITICAL.

THEY SAID THIS COULD GO

EITHER WAY.

Reporter: TO GET THROUGH THE

DARK 48 HOURS, THE COUPLE

LEANED ON EACH OTHER, AND A

GLOBAL GROUNDSWELL OF PRAYER.

GOD GAVE ME A VISION.

I SAW THE PRAYERS COMING UP

FROM THE EARTH AND GOING TO

GOD.

HE WAS BREATHING LIFE INTO THE

PRAYERS.

Reporter: NORAH SURVIVES,

BUT DOCTORS WERE CONCERNED THAT

THE 12 MINUTES SHE WENT WITHOUT

A HEARTBEAT AND OXYGEN HAD

CAUSED IRREPARABLE BRAIN DAMAGE.

MEANWHILE, DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO

REMOVE HER BREATHING TUBE AND

BRING HER OUT OF THE COMA.

SHE STILL WASN'T BREATHING

THE WAY SHE NEEDED TO.

SHE COULD NOT HOLD HER HEAD

OPERATE.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BALANCE.

THE NEUROLOGIST CAME IN WITH

HIS WHOLE TEAM. HE SAID, SHE

HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.

HE SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE

ABLE TO WALK OR TALK.

IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST

THINGS I HAVE HAD TO HERE IN MY

ENTIRE LIFE.

I'M TRYING TO BE STRONG.

Reporter: BECAUSE OF COVID-

19 RESTRICTIONS, KATIE AND RON

TOOK SHIFTS AT THE BEDSIDE OF

NORAH.

THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED THE NEWS

WHEN IT WAS RON WHO STAYED

WHILE KATIE WENT HOME.

I WAS SO BROKEN AND DEFEATED.

I JUST MISSED NORAH.

I GOT HER BED AND JUST CRIED

AND CRIED.

ALL THE SUDDEN, SOMETHING ROSE

UP IN ME.

I PUT ON A WORSHIP SONG AND

PRAISED JESUS AND COMMANDED

NORAH TO COME OUT OF HER GRAVE.

Reporter: DOCTORS DECIDED TO

MONITOR NORAH OVERNIGHT FOR

SEIZURES.

THEY CAME IN AND SAID THERE

WERE NO SEIZURES.

THE NEXT DAY, I REMEMBER WAKING

UP AND OPENING HER EYES.

SHE SAID MOMMY.

Reporter: LATER THAT MOMMY,

WHEN KATIE RETURNED, SHE WAS

STANDING UP AND PULLING UP AND

TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE CRIB.

SHE LAUGHED AND SMILED SO

HUGE ONCE YOU SAW ME.

I WAS VERY SURPRISED.

Reporter: RON WANTED KATIE

TO SEE THIS FOR HERSELF.

SHE WAS CRAWLING AROUND.

THAT EVENING, SHE STARTED

RUNNING AROUND THE ROOM.

I WAS OVERJOYED.

SHE WAS HAPPY AND SMILING.

THAT'S MY GIRL.

Reporter: 17 DAYS AFTER

DROWNING IN THE BACKYARD POOL,

@HOSPITAL . IN FACT, SHE WAS

DOING SO WELL THAT SHE DIDN'T

EVEN NEED THE PHYSICAL THERAPY

THAT WAS PRESCRIBED.

BEFORE LONG, SHE STARTED

TALKING AND HASN'T STOPPED

SINCE.

HAVING FULLY RECOVERED, SHE

DOESN'T HESITATE TO TELL PEOPLE

WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.

I THINK JESUS SAVED ME.

PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME

AFTER THE STORY.

THEY SAY, I NEED YOU TO PRAY

FOR ME, BUT YOU DON'T NEED ME,

YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

JUST USE YOUR AUTHORITY THAT

CHRIST HAS GIVEN YOU.

LOOK AT MY DAUGHTER, THAT IS

GOD.

THAT IS A MIRACLE.

JESUS IS DOING MIRACLES

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I HAVE SEEN IT.

IT IS THE RESURRECTION POWER

OF JESUS CHRIST.

HERE IS ONE OF THE WONDERFUL

THINGS THE BIBLE SAYS.

THAT SAME RESURRECTION POWER IS

IN YOU IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER IN

JESUS.

HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THAT KIND

OF POWER AND AUTHORITY SO YOU

CAN BE LIKE THAT WONDERFUL

MOTHER.

YOU'RE CRYING, YOU'RE MISSING

YOUR CHILD, WHAT WILL I DO?

IN THAT, SHE GETS AN

INSPIRATION, LET ME LISTEN TO

TO SOME PRAISE MUSIC.

LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

AND THEN IN THAT PRAYER AND

PRAISE, SHE COMMANDS A

RESURRECTION. ISN'T THAT

WONDERFUL?

THESE ARE INCREDIBLE THINGS

THAT HAPPENED TO BELIEVERS.

WHY?

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE. AND WHEN

YOU BELIEVE, WONDERFUL THINGS

WILL HAPPEN.

FAITH IS A RISK. WHEN YOU

ANNOUNCE THINGS THAT PEOPLE

ROUTE TO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE

KIDDING?

YOU'RE ANNOUNCING A RESURRECTION

. DOCTORS ARE MONITORING FOR

SEIZURES. YOU NEED TO START

PREPARING FOR A BURIAL.

BUT INSTEAD, YOU ANNOUNCE A

RESURRECTION.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

NOW, HOW DO YOU GET FAITH?

FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS

, BUT HOW DO YOU GET IT?

NUMBER ONE, YOU LOOK TO JESUS.

HE IS THE AUTHOR, HE IS THE

FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.

DON'T TRY TO DRUM IT UP ON YOUR

OWN.

LOOK TO HIM, LOOK TO THE WORK

OF THE CROSS.

I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, I DON'T

HAVE GREAT FAITH, BUT I KNOW

SOME REALLY GREAT FACTS, AND

THE GREAT FACTS I KNOW, JESUS

LEFT HEAVEN TO COME BE ON EARTH

TO SAVE PEOPLE.

THAT WAS HIS MISSION.

HE CAME TO MANIFEST ALL THE

PROPHECIES OF THE COMING MESSIAH

, THAT HE WOULD HEAL THE SICK,

GIVE EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND, THE

LAME WITH DILEEP, HE WOULD HAVE

THESE THINGS.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

THESE ARE WONDERFUL FACTS.

AFTER THREE YEARS OF WONDERFUL

MINISTRY LIKE THAT, JESUS WAS

CRUCIFIED, AND HE DID SO

WILLINGLY SO THAT I WOULDN'T

HAVE TO SUFFER, SO THAT YOU

WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER.

HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.

HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE GRAVE

THREE DAYS LATER. THEN HE

APPEARED TO THE DISCIPLES, HE

APPEARED TO MARY MAGDALENE

FIRST, AND THEN HE APPEARED TO

THE DISCIPLES, AND THEN HE

APPEARED TO 500, AND THEN HE

WENT TO HEAVEN.

WHAT IS HE DOING RIGHT NOW?

HE EVER LIVES TO PRAY FOR YOU.

THESE ARE FACTS.

IF JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU,

JUST JOIN WITH THAT PRAYER.

NOW, WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR

YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO COME INTO

AGREEMENT.

THE BIBLE SAYS, IT IS A

WONDERFUL VERSE, WHEN TWO OR

MORE AGREE, IT SHALL BE DONE

FOR THEM BY MY FATHER IN

HEAVEN.

THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.

SO WE WILL JOIN WITH YOU IN

PRAYER.

AND JESUS WILL JOIN WITH US

TOO.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

YOU CAN REACH OUT, YOU CAN LAY

A HAND, YOU CAN TOUCH, WE CAN

AGREE, AND GOD WILL DO ALL THE

REST.

BEFORE WE PRAY, WE HAVE OTHER

MIRACLES FOR YOU.

HERE'S ONE FROM PAULINE FROM

ALABAMA.

SHE HAD CONSTANT SINUS ISSUES,

DAILY SOURCE OF DISCOMFORT.

SHE WAS WATCHING THE SHOW, AND

TERRY SAID, YOU HAVE CHRONIC

SINUS DRAINAGE.

YOU HAVE HAD IT FOR A LONG

TIME.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE A

SMALL INFECTION THAT WILL NOT

GO AWAY.

WITHIN ONE HOUR OF PRAYING WITH

TERRY, PAULINE WAS COMPLETELY

HEALED.

GOD IS GOOD.

THIS IS PAUL, WHO LIVES IN

GEORGIA.

FOR SIX MONTHS HE SUFFERED WITH

DEBILITATING PAIN IN BOTH OF

HIS KNEES.

WHILE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM ONE

DAY, HERE HEARD YOU SAY, JESUS,

WE LIFT THOSE WHO ARE LAYING

HANDS ON THAT PART OF THE BODY

THAT NEEDS HEALING.

WE ASKED FOR YOUR HEALING.

NO MORE PAIN FOR THAT KNEE, NO

MORE SWELLING, NO MORE

DISCOMFORT.

PAUL BELIEVED HE WAS INSTANTLY

PAIN-FREE.

YOU CAN BELIEVE, PAULINE

BELIEVED, YOU CAN BELIEVE.

LET'S JOIN WITH A GREAT COMPANY

OF BELIEVERS AND SAY IT, YES,

JESUS HAS ALREADY DONE IT.

I AM HEALED.

I WAS HEALED 2000 YEARS AGO.

I AM JUST GOING TO REACH OUT

AND CLAIM IT.

I AM GOING TO TAKE THE

AUTHORITY GIVEN TO ME, AND I AM

GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT OVER MY

BODY.

LET'S PRAY.

LORD WE COME TO YOU WITH

THANKSGIVING.

WE COME TO YOU THANKING YOU FOR

YOUR SACRIFICE.

THANKING YOU FOR THE FINISHED

WORK OF THE CROSS.

THANKING YOU FOR HEALING ALL

OUR DISEASES FOR FORGIVING ALL

OUR INEQUITIES.

WE THANK YOU.

WITH THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO US,

WE REACH OUT AND TOUCH IT.

WE LAY A HAND ON IT AND SAY OUT

LOUD TO IT, BE HEALED, AND BE

MADE WHOLE.

LET THERE BE NO MORE PAIN,

NUMBER ILLNESS, NO MORE

INFIRMITY, IN JESUS' NAME , I

COMMAND YOU, BE HEALED AND BE

MADE WHOLE.

THERE IS SOMEONE NAMED ANGIE

PRAYING FOR SOMETHING VERY

SPECIFIC.

GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER.

YOU ARE BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW.

JUST LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND

BEGIN TO PRAISE.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS AN ISSUE WITH

HER STOMACH.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE

CONDITION IS, BUT IT IS

INDIGESTION, CHRONIC, DAILY, IT

AFFECTS YOUR LIFE.

GOD IS HEALING THAT RIGHT NOW.

PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR STOMACH

AND THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE IS

DOING, IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE HAS PAIN IN YOUR

RIGHT EAR.

GOD IS TAKING CARE OF ALL OF

THAT.

HE IS GOING TO HEAL YOU, GIVE

YOU NORMAL HEARING, IN JESUS'

NAME.

SOMEONE WITH PAIN IN HER RIGHT

KNEE.

DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE,

BEGIN TO MOVE THAT RIGHT KNEE

AND REALIZE THAT TOUCH YOU

JUST FELT IS GODS HAND MOVING

THROUGH THAT KNEE.

YOU ARE BEING HEALED.

YOU ARE BEING RESTORED NOW, IN

JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS GROWTHS

ALL OVER THEIR FEET. YOU CAN'T

SEEM TO GET RID OF THEM.

YOU BEEN TO THE DOCTOR, AND

THEY CAN'T HELP YOU.

IT IS COMING NOW, IN JESUS'

NAME.

SOMEONE HAS SKINNER OPTIONS

SKIN ERUPTIONS MULTIPLYING

AROUND YOUR NECK.

GOD IS HEALING YOU OF THAT.

HE IS TAKING AWAY WHAT

TRIGGERED THAT.

IT WILL NOT RETURN, IN JESUS'

NAME, BE HEALED.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU

ARE DOING FOR US, ALL THAT YOU

ARE.

WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

FOR US, IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU BUT HEALED, LET US KNOW.

LET US SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT.

JUST CALL US, 1-800-700-7000 .

IF IN PRAYER, WE BELIEVE IN

PREVAILING PRAYER, THE PRAYER

THAT DOESN'T GIVE UP UNTIL HE

GETS AN ANSWER.

IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRAY WITH

YOU.

IF YOU NEED PRAYER AND SOMEONE

TO STAND WITH YOU, JUST CALL, 1-

800-700-7000.

> STILL AHEAD, FIND OUT WHY

ONE KING&COUNTRY SINGER LEFT IN

THE MIDDLE OF A TOUR.

>

WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB.

THE HIGH COST OF GAS IS SLOWING

DOWN TRAVEL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL

DAY WEEKEND.

IT STANDS AT $4.60 PER GALLON,

AND THE CALIFORNIA, IT IS MORE

THAN SIX DOLLARS PER GALLON.

AAA ESTIMATES 39 MILLION PEOPLE

IN THE UNITED STATES WILL

TRAVEL 50 MILES OR MORE FROM

HOME.

THAT IS 8% OVER LAST YEAR, BUT

BELOW THE PEAK TRAVEL YEAR OF

2019.

> OPERATION BLESSING BROUGHT

LIFE GIVING WATER TO A SMALL

COMMUNITY IN MEXICO.

A POORLY DESIGNED WATER SYSTEM

DID NOT TREAT THE WATER FOR

SAFETY, AND IT DIDN'T REACH

EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

OPERATION BLESSING HELPED

PROVIDE A BRAND NEW, STATE-OF-

THE-ART, WATER SYSTEM THAT

BRINGS FRESH, CLEAN WATER TO

EACH OF ITS 338 RESIDENTS. THE

SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES A NEARLY

8000 GALLON WATER STORAGE TANK,

FILTRATION AND CHLORINATION

SYSTEM, AND FAUCETS OUTSIDE

EACH OF THE 86 HOMES IN THAT

COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

OPERATION BLESSING BY VISITING

OB.ORG.

MORRIS 700 CLUB IS COMING UP

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>

A WOMAN COULD ONLY FIND WORK A

COUPLE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

WHEN HEAVY WINDS AND RAIN

NEARLY BLEW WHO WERE, SHE HAD

NO MONEY TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE.

Reporter: A WIDOW RAISING

HER TWO CHILDREN, THEIR HOUSE

MADE OF BAMBOO AND PALM LEAVES

BOTH BY HER LATE HUSBAND.

I GOT SO SCARED WHEN THE

WIND AND RAIN CAME AND BLEW MY

HOUSE SO HARD THAT IT SHOOK.

THERE WAS ALSO WATER LEAKING

THROUGH THE ROOF.

I TRIED TO FIX THE HOLES IN THE

ROOF, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY.

I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUILD

ANOTHER HOUSE.

Reporter: SHE WORKS HARD TO

SUPPORT HER CHILDREN.

I WORK IN THE RICE FIELDS.

I EARNED ABOUT $2.50. BUT LAST

YEAR I ONLY WORKED FOR 70 DAYS

OUT OF THE WHOLE YEAR.

Reporter: THIS IS HER FOUR-

YEAR-OLD.

WHEN IT RAINS, I HAVE TO

STAY IN THE HOUSE. THE ROOF

LEAKS, AND THE HOUSE MOVES.

I AM AFRAID MY HOUSE WILL FALL

DOWN.

Reporter: OPERATION BLESSING

BROKE THE FAMILY A NEW HOUSE

WITH SOLID WALLS AND EIGHT

METAL DOOR AND ROOF.

I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD HAVE

A HOUSE LIKE THIS.

I AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

I AM NOT AFRAID LIKE I WAS

BEFORE.

I LOVE THIS NEW HOUSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE

WHO HELPED BUILD FOR US.

I TRY TO IMAGINE WHAT IT

WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE IN A HOME

WITH A HOUSE LIKE THAT WITH

SMALL CHILDREN WITH RAIN

POURING IN AND HAVING MY KIDS

TRY TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND

HAVING THEM GET SICK FROM THE

DMPNESS IN THE AIR.

YOU KNOW, THESE STORIES WE

SHARE WITH YOU ARE PEOPLE WHO

ARE IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS.

THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF CHANGING

THEM.

AND YET, YOU AND I HAVE THE

PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF

STEPPING RIGHT INTO THEIR

@NOT JUST A PROMISE, BUT ALSO ,

THE LOVE OF GOD.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 700

CLUB MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU ARE

DOING THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY

SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD.

SOMETIMES HERE AT HOME IN THE

UNITED STATES WITH OTHER ISSUES

PEOPLE CONTEND WITH.

WE ARE BRINGING HOPE AND LIGHT

TO THE DARKNESS THAT SOMETIMES

HAPPENS IN LIFE.

IT IS $.65 PER DAY, $20 PER

MONTH, TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB.

SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE THAT A

LONG TIME AGO.

MAYBE HAVE JOINED THE GENERAL

MEMBERSHIP LEVEL, BUT YOU COULD

GO UP TO 700 CLUB GOLD, A GIFT

OF $40 PER MONTH.

SOME MIGHT GO UP TO THE 1000

CLUB LEVEL, $84 PER MONTH, WILL

BECOME A 2500 MEMBER AT $209

PER MONTH.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, YOU

SEE THE FOUNDERS WHO JOINED

WITH ABOUT $5000 PER YEAR.

WHATEVER LEVEL YOU JOIN AT,

PLEASE KNOW YOUR TOUCHING AND

CHANGING LIVES WITH THE LOVE OF

CHRIST.

CALL NOW, 1-800-700-7000 . WHEN

YOU DO, WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THIS AS A THANK YOU.

PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.

HOW DO YOU ACTIVATE THAT ARMOR

IN YOUR LIFE?

THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU.

I KNOW YOU WILL BE BLESSED BY

IT.

CALL NOW.

> COMING UP, THE MOMENT A

KING&COUNTRY SINGER DECIDED TO

BURN THE SHIPS.

>

COURTNEY SMALL BONE WAS SEVEN

MONTHS PREGNANT AND AT A

BREAKING POINT.

HER HUSBAND, A SINGER WITH THE

BAND FOR KING&COUNTRY, WAS OUT

OF TOWN AND GETTING READY FOR A

SHOW.

COURTNEY WAS BACK HOME ALONE ,

SHAKING AND SHIVERING, AND

DESPERATELY NEEDING HELP.

I FELT SO MUCH SHAME FOR NOT

BEING STRONG.

SO I JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

ESPECIALLY, I COME FROM

GENERATIONS OF PASTORS, AND MY

HUSBAND IS INTERESTED IN MUSIC,

AND SO, WHERE DO YOU HAVE THIS

CONVERSATION ABOUT ANXIETY AND

ANXIETY ATTACKS AND FEELING

OVERWHELMED BY THIS FEAR?

I WAS 18 AND DIAGNOSED WITH A

RARE DISEASE, IT IS AN

INFECTION THAT STARTS IN YOUR

ARTERY AND SHOOTS TO ALL OF

YOUR ORGANS AND STARTS KILLING

THEM.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE I.C.U.

OF PEOPLE ARE OPERATING IN YOU,

AND IT IS A LIFE OR DEATH

SITUATION, I STARTED HAVING

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS.

DURING THAT TIME, I SHOVED IT

DOWN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW

I WAS HAVING NIGHTMARES AND

PANIC ATTACKS.

I HAD HORRIBLE MORNING

SICKNESS.

THEY GAVE ME A PRESCRIPTION.

THIS PRESCRIPTION WAS

INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN I

TOOK IT, I CALMED DOWN.

SO I JUST KEEP IT, I TAKE IT AT

HIGH DOSES.

MY MIDWIFE WAS QUESTIONING WHY

I WAS ON A. IN THAT TIME, I

DIDN'T SHARE THIS ADDICTION

WITH ANYONE.

SOMETIMES THIS PRESCRIPTION CAN

MESS WITH YOUR SEROTONIN

LEVELS.

I TAKE IT AND FEEL BETTER.

SO I KEPT TAKING IT.

THERE WAS THIS DAY THAT LUKE

WAS AT A SHOW IN TEXAS, AND I

WAS AT HOME, AND I TRIED TO GET

OFF OF THIS PILL.

I COULDN'T.

I STARTED SHAKING AND SHIVERING

AND HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.

MY HEART WAS RACING. I JUST

KNEW I COULDN'T TO DO IT ALONE.

HE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING

ON.

I WAS HIDING THIS FROM

EVERYONE.

I CALLED HIM AND SAID, YOU NEED

TO COME HOME.

IT WAS A FRANTIC PHONE CALL.

I CAN'T GET OFF OF THIS

PILL.

I AM NOT OKAY.

I JUST SHOVED IT DOWN, PAIN,

TRAUMA, ANXIETY, FEAR, ALL OF

IT.

IT JUST CAME OUT THAT DAY.

I GOT IN THE NEXT PLANE AND

WENT HOME.

I CAME IN THE BACK DOOR AND SAW

COURTNEY.

SHE SAID, I'M OKAY RIGHT NOW,

BUT AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED HER

HANDS BEGAN TO TREMBLE, AND

SHAKLEE STARTED SAYING THINGS

LIKE, I KNOW THE DOCTORS HAVE

TOLD ME I SHOULDN'T TAKE

ANYMORE THIS MEDICINE, BUT WHAT

IF I TAKE ONE MORE TO GET ME

THROUGH THE NIGHT?

AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED WE

HAD A PROBLEM.

THE NEXT DAY, WE WENT TO A

MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.

I CHECKED INTO AN OUTPATIENT

FACILITY FOR WEEKS.

I WAS DETOXING AT THE TIME.

I WAS SHIVERING AND GROUCHY.

AND I WAS SEVEN MONTHS

PREGNANT.

WHEN I WALKED IN, I FELT ALL

THE SHAME.

COURTNEY, HOW DID YOU GET THIS

FAR?

WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GET IN LINE?

WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GET YOUR

STUFF TOGETHER?

I REMEMBER WALKING IN AND JUST

SILENTLY PRAYING, LORD, YOU

HAVE TO USE THIS, YOU HAVE TO

SHOW UP, BECAUSE I AM NOT OKAY.

IT IS IN THIS PLACE OF

VULNERABILITY THAT HE UNDID MY

SHAME.

MY SHAME STARTED UNRAVELING.

I RECEIVED GRACE IN A WHOLE NEW

WAY.

I REALLY STARTED DIGGING INTO

THE WORD OF GOD.

I THOUGHT THAT I COULD ADD TO

THE CROSS OR DETRACT FROM THE

CROSS.

INSTEAD, I JUST UNDERSTOOD IN A

WHOLE NEW WAY THAT I CAN'T ADD

TO WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR ME,

AND I CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY BY

ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO.

I RECEIVED THIS GRACE.

SHE HAS SHOWN SUCH

REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT, THEY

SAID YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

JUST KEEP IT UP.

SOON AFTER THAT, WE WERE AT

HOME ONE NIGHT.

LUKE KAMAN, AND I HAD TAKEN

ALL OF THE PILLS, ALL OF THE

PRESCRIPTIONS, AND HE FOUND ME

IN THE BATHROOM.

I WAS FLUSHING THEM.

SHE SAID, I NEED TO FLUSH

THESE PILLS.

THEY REPRESENT SO MUCH SHAME

AND GUILT IN MY LIFE.

THEY NEED TO LEAVE.

IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT I WAS

REMINDED ABOUT A STORY ABOUT AN

EXPLORER WHO WENT TO A FARMLAND

AND SAID TO HIS MEN, WE ARE

GOING TO EXPLORE THE HORIZON.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT THIS

LAND HAS FOR US.

AND HE REALIZED THAT NONE OF

HIS MEN WANTED TO FOLLOW HIM.

THEY JUST WANTED TO STAY ON THE

SHIPS THEY ARRIVED IN BECAUSE

IT WAS COMFORTABLE AND

FAMILIAR.

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD.

HE WAITS A FEW MORE DAYS AND

SAYS, I WANT ALL MY MEN ON THE

SHORELINE.

HE GAVE GENERALS THE COMMAND TO

BURN THE SHIPS.

WE WILL NOT GO BACK AND

RETREAT, WE WILL FORCE

OURSELVES TO MOVE INTO THE

FUTURE.

FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, IT IS

DIFFICULT TO MOVE ON FROM THEIR

PAST.

FOR THOSE PEOPLE, I SAY, DO

WHATEVER YOU CAN TO BURN THE

SHIPS.

MY LIFE NOW IS BETTER THAN I

HAVE EVER IMAGINED OR DREAMT OF

FROM THE MOMENT I WAS CHECKED IN

TO THE OUTPATIENT THERAPY.

MY MIND IS NOT SURROUNDED WITH

ANXIETY AND FEAR.

I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT I

COULD HAVE A LIFE WITHOUT

ANXIETY ATTACKS, AND A LIFE OF

FREEDOM.

I USED TO FEEL LIKE A VICTIM OF

LIFE WHEN LIFE WOULD GET HARD.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE NOW IS ONE

HARD THINGS COME, AND PAIN

HAPPENS, I KNOW I WILL BE OKAY.

I KNOW THAT GOD IS A HEALER AND

CAN DO ANYTHING.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM.

WHEN LIFE STRIKES, AND IT

DOES STRIKE US ALL, USUALLY

MANY TIMES, OUR REACTIONS

SOMETIMES ARE THAT WE HAVE TO

DO SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE

CROSS.

IN SPITE OF ALL THAT JESUS

GAVE, THAT SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO

COME TO THE PARTY AND MAKE

SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE COME TO THE PLACE

HOPEFULLY OF RECOGNIZING WHAT

COURTNEY DID, THAT THE CROSS

WAS SUFFICIENT.

IN FACT, WE CAN'T ADD ANYTHING

TO IT TO CHANGE THINGS.

WE LIVE IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE

SUFFERING FROM ANXIETY.

I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.

THEY ARE SHOCKED THEMSELVES BY

THE FACT THEY ARE HAVING

ANXIETY ATTACKS, NOT REALIZING

THEY HAVE BEEN STUFFING AND

STUFFING, BECAUSE THEY FEEL

LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE

THEIR ACT TOGETHER.

WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS

LIVE RICHLY, ONE-ON-ONE, WITH

THE SAVIOR WHO WENT TO THE CROSS

SO THAT WE COULD BE SET FREE

FROM ALL THINGS.

JESUS SAID, I CAME TO SET THE

CAPTIVE FREE.

WHAT ARE YOU CAPTIVE TO TODAY?

ARE THERE THINGS YOU ARE HIDING

, THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL

ASHAMED?

YOU'RE NOT ENOUGH, AND YOU

CAN'T LET ANYBODY ELSE KNOW?

THAT WOULD MAKE YOU LOOK BAD.

COME TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.

COME TO JESUS. HE SAYS, COME TO

ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR, I WILL

GIVE YOU PEACE. NOT COME TO ME

AND EARNING ALONG THE WAY, COME

TO ME AND DO THIS AND THAT, HE

SAYS I CAN GIVE YOU PEACE.

ISN'T THAT THE HARDEST THING TO

ACCEPT ABOUT JESUS?

THAT HIS GRACE AND MERCY IS

FREE?

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO TO

EARN IT.

IT IS A GIFT.

TODAY, WILL YOU RECEIVE IT?

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING YOURSELF,

IF YOU FIND YOU JUST CAN'T GET

OVER THE MOUNTAIN, YOU CAN'T

CLIMB FAR ENOUGH AND FAST

ENOUGH, COME TO JESUS.

JUST REST WITH HIM.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.

JUST SAY, JESUS, I AM HERE.

HELP ME RECEIVE.

HELP ME RECEIVE THE FREE GIFT,

NOT JUST OF ETERNAL LIFE, BUT

OF FREEDOM, OF FORGIVENESS, A

CLEAN SLATE, PIECE IN MY SOUL.

LET ME REST IN GREEN PASTURES

WITH YOU.

TEACH ME THE FINE ART OF THAT.

I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.

I GIVE YOU MY PAIN.

I GIVE YOU MY HEART.

I GIVE YOU MY ADDICTIONS.

AND JESUS' NAME, I PRAY.

IT IS FOR YOU.> WE WOULD LOVE

TO SEND YOU FREEDOM FROM

ANXIETY.

YOU CAN HAVE A. CALL THE TOLL-

FREE NUMBER.

WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS.

FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A

SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER

AND OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND

MIND.

GOD BLESS YOU.