> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP, HOW CHINA IS

SPYING ON YOU.

THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS

TO BE CONCERNED, NOT ABOUT THE

VIDEOS, BUT THE DATA GOING BACK

TO CHINA.

THROUGH THE MOST POPULAR

SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY HAVE PEOPLE INSIDE

TIKTOK AND EVERYTHING IS SEEN

IN CHINA.

THEY ARE NOT JUST COLLECTING

DATA BUT CHANGING THE MINDS OF

AMERICANS.

THROUGH CONTROLLING THE

ALGORITHM, CHINA CAN INFLUENCE

AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION.

> THIS BEST-SELLING OFFER

TELLS US WHY THE BEST IS YET TO

COME ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE

NATION IS BAKING IN A

BLISTERING HEAT WAVE.

FROM COAST TO COAST, THERE ARE

WARNINGS OF DEADLY HIGH

TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO LAST

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

THE EXTREME HEAT IS ALSO

INTENSIFYING WILDFIRES AND

DROUGHT IN THE WEST, AS WELL AS

FUELING SOARING ENERGY COSTS

ALL ACROSS AMERICA.

HEATHER SELLS REPORTS.

Reporter: MORE THAN 100

MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE

FACING HEAT ADVISORIES AND

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

THEY ARE IN 29 STATES, RANGING

FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW

HAMPSHIRE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY

OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THESE

TEMPERATURES ARE DANGEROUS.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS VIRAL

VIDEO OF A UPS DRIVER IN

ARIZONA, COLLAPSING AS HE RANG

A DOORBELL.

ANOTHER DRIVER TOLD ABC 15 --

NO AMOUNT OF TRAINING

PREPARES YOUR BODY FOR THIS.

Reporter: HE DESCRIBED HOW

THE HEAT IS AFFECTING HIM.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE

I HAVE WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE NIGHT, CRAPPING UP, MY

LEGS CRAMPING, MY HANDS

CRAMPING.

Reporter: THEY WARN THE HEAT

IS THE TOP WEATHER KILLER AND

CAN LEAD TO DEHYDRATION AND

HEAT STROKE.

IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO OTHER

DANGERS.

IN GEORGIA, A LIGHTNING STRIKE

KILLED ONE SOLDIER AT FORT

GORDON AND INJURED NINE OTHERS.

IN TEXAS, IT IS FUELING

WILDFIRES.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THE HEAT IS PLAYING A ROLE.

THIS HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IS

NOW MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS

TO CITIES LIKE PHILLY, BOSTON,

AND NEW YORK.

THEY TOLD CUSTOMERS TO CONSERVE

TO AVOID OUTAGES.

DO NOT RUN YOUR AIR

CONDITIONER WHEN YOU'RE NOT AT

HOME.

DO NOT COOL ROOMS YOU ARE NOT

IN.

CLOSE THE DOOR.

IF YOU ARE RUNNING HEAVY

APPLIANCES LIKE A DISHWASHER,

USE THAT LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY

IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE SYSTEM

IS NOT IN HIGH DEMAND.

Reporter: CLIMATE CHANGE

ACTIVISTS SAYS -- OTHER EXPERTS

NOTE THAT URBAN SPRAWL IS ALSO

ACCELERATING THE TREND.

WE ARE PUTTING MORE

PIGMENTS, BLACK PIGMENT, AND --

TEMPERATURES ARE RAMPING UP

IN EUROPE, WHERE PEOPLE IN

CITIES LIKE LONDON AND PARIS

ARE FLOCKING TO FOUNTAINS AND

WATER SPRINKLERS TO ESCAPE THE

UNUSUAL HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS.

MORE THAN 1000 DEATHS ARE

BLAMED ON THE WEATHER AND IT IS

ALSO LEADING TO WIDE-RANGING

FOREST FIRES.

FOR AMERICANS, IT IS A HEAT

ALERT WEEKEND, TIME TO LIMIT

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND KEEP

COOL AND KEEP SAFE.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

IN THE HEIGHT OF THIS HEAT

WAVE, THE PRESIDENT IS

ANNOUNCING EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO

FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN

WASHINGTON.

Reporter: SPEAKING IN

MASSACHUSETTS, HE SAID CLIMATE

CHANGE IS A, QUOTE, CLEAR AND

PRESENT DANGER TO THE NATION.

WE HAVE TO ACT.

IT CAUSES SHORTAGES FOR

CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES AND

CLIMATE CHANGE IS LITERALLY AN

EXISTENTIAL THREAT FOR OUR

NATION AND TO THE WORLD.

THE MASSES TODAY IS THIS.

SINCE CONGRESS IS NOT ACTING AS

IT SHOULD, THESE GUYS HERE ARE

AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY

REPUBLICAN VOTES -- THIS IS AN

EMERGENCY.

I WILL, I WILL LOOK AT IT THAT

WAY.

THE PRESIDENT VOWED TO USE

EXECUTIVE ACTION TO FIGHT

CLIMATE CHANGE, INCLUDING $2.3

BILLION IN FEMA FUNDING TO

BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP IN

EXTREME WEATHER SITUATIONS.

HE ALSO PROMISED MORE ROBUST

ACTION IN THE FUTURE BUT

CLIMATE CHANGE IS LOW ON

AMERICANS' LIST OF CONCERNS FOR

ONLY 1% SAID IT WAS THEIR

BIGGEST CONCERN IN A POLL ON

CAPITOL HILL , AN EMOTIONAL

PLEA FOR MORE AID TO UKRAINE.

WE ARE IN WASHINGTON MEETING

WITH LAWMAKERS.

THEY ARE SPEAKING ON THE HOUSE

FLOOR AND THEY ASKED FOR MORE

HELP IN HER COUNTRY'S FIGHT

AGAINST THE RUSSIAN INVASION.

WE ARE ASKING FOR WEAPONS,

WEAPONS THAT WILL BE -- TO

PROTECT ONE'S HOME AND THE

RIGHT TO WAKE UP ALIVE IN THAT

HOME.

I AM ASKING FOR AIR DEFENSE

SYSTEMS, IN ORDER FOR OUR KIDS

NOT TO BE KILLED AND NOT TO

KILL CHILDREN IN THEIR

STROLLERS.

SHE HIGHLIGHTED THE FLIGHT

OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS,

SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN, WHOM SHE

SAYS HAS BEEN KILLED BY RUSSIAN

MISSILE STRIKES.

THE WHITE HOUSE WARNS RUSSIA IS

PLANNING TO ANNEX MORE

UKRAINIAN TERRITORIES.

THEY SEIZED THE GRAMMARIAN

PENINSULA AND THEY SAID IT IS

FOLLOWING THE SAME PLAYBOOK TO

CLAYMORE TERRITORY AS PART OF

RUSSIA, MEANING THE SOUTHERN

AREAS OF KHERSON AND THE

EASTERN REGIONS OF DONETSK AND

LUHANSK.

THEY CONTROL MUCH OR ALL OF

THOSE TERRITORIES RIGHT NOW.

> THEY HOLD THEIR FINAL

SUMMER HEARING TONIGHT.

THE HEARING WILL FOCUS ON

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

ACTIVITIES AFTER THE CAPITAL

WAS BREACHED.

THEY SAY MR. TRUMP DID NOT TAKE

ACTION TO STOP THE RIOT FOR

MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

IT IS EXPECTED TO SHOW

TESTIMONY FROM PAT CIPOLLONE

AND OTHER AIDES ABOUT WHAT

HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME, AS

WELL AS REVIEW SOME SECRET

SERVICE TEXT MESSAGES FROM

JANUARY 5th AND JANUARY 6th

THAT THE COMMITTEE SUBPOENAED.

IT IS ALSO LOOKING AT REPORTS

THAT SOME HAVE BEEN DELETED.

> LAWMAKERS HOPE TO EVENT --

PREVENT JANUARY 6th FROM

HAPPENING AGAIN.

SUSAN COLLINS AND JOE MANCHIN

ARE SPEARHEADING IT.

IT INFORMS -- TO CLARIFY THE

ROLE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT IN

CONGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO A

CONTESTED PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

CAITLIN BURKE EXPLAINS.

Reporter: IN SHORT, THE

ELECTORAL COUNT ACT LAYS OUT

HOW CONGRESS COUNT ELECTORAL

COLLEGE VOTES FROM EACH STATE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A

CHALLENGE.

AFTER A DISPUTED ELECTION IN

1876, THE ELECTORAL COUNT ACT

ESTABLISHED A JURIED SESSION OF

CONGRESS TO OVERSEE THE

COUNTING OF ELECTORAL VOTES.

DURING THAT PROCESS, ANY

WRITTEN EXCEPTION FROM ONE

HOUSE MEMBER AND ONE SENATOR

SENDS LAWMAKERS BACK TO THEIR

RESPECTIVE HOUSES TO CONSIDER

THE OBJECTION.

THE POWER TO SUSTAIN OR

OVERRULE PLACED FULLY WITH

CONGRESS.

THAT SCENARIO PLAYED OUT AFTER

THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

AND NOW THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BY

THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE

THROWS IT INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

THOSE ARE ALLEGING THAT

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

KNOWINGLY TRIED TO EXPLOIT

LOOPHOLES TO STAY IN POWER.

WHAT EXACTLY DID PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY

DID HE KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE

ILLEGAL FOR MIKE PENCE TO

REFUSE TO COUNT ELECTORAL

VOTES?

HERE IS ONE SAMPLE OF

TESTIMONY GIVEN BY ONE OF THE

WITNESSES BEFORE US TODAY, THE

VICE PRESIDENT'S GENERAL

COUNSEL.

DID HE EVER ADMIT IN TERMS

-- THAT HIS PROPOSAL WOULD

VIOLATE THE ELECTORAL COUNT

ACT?

I BELIEVE THEY DID.

THEY INSIST MIKE PENCE HAD

THE POWER TO THROW OUT CERTAIN

ELECTION RESULTS OR SEND IT

BACK TO THE STATES.

THEY WERE HOPING THAT THERE

WOULD BE OBJECTIONS MADE UNDER

THE ACT BY A MEMBER OF THE

HOUSE OR THE SENATE TO THE

ELECTORAL VOTES COMING FROM

PARTICULAR STATES LIKE GEORGIA

AND ARIZONA AND THEN THERE

WOULD BE A DEBATE OVER WHETHER

IT SHOULD BE SUSTAINED OR

OVERRULED.

THEY WERE ALL OVERRULED, SO THE

VICE PRESIDENT DID NOT HAVE THE

POWER TO THEN SOMEHOW CHANGE

WHAT THE SENATE HAD DECIDED,

WHAT THE HOUSE HAD DECIDED.

I THINK THERE WERE FOLKS HOPING

HE WOULD DO THAT, BUT HE DID

NOT HAVE THE POWER, NEITHER

UNDER THE STATUTE, NOR UNDER

THE CONSTITUTION.

AN ELECTION INTEGRITY EXPERT

SAYS THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ROLE

IN CERTIFYING ELECTION RESULTS

IS PURELY MINISTERIAL, WHICH

MEANS HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY

POWER AT ALL, A POINT THAT MIKE

PENCE HAS ADDRESSED.

I HAD NO RIGHT TO OVERTURN

THE ELECTION.

THE PRESIDENCY BELONGS TO THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE ALONE.

FRANKLY, THERE IS NO IDEA MORE

UN-AMERICAN THAN THE NOTION

THAT ANY ONE PERSON COULD

CHOOSE THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

Reporter: WHILE HE SEES 2020

IS AN EXAMPLE OF ELECTORAL

COUNT ACT WORKING, BIPARTISAN

GROUP OF LAWMAKERS FEEL THE LAW

NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

THEY CLARIFY THE VICE PRESIDENT

DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO

REJECT ELECTORS AND MAKES IT

MORE DIFFICULT FOR CONGRESS TO

OBJECT TO AN ELECTION BY

REQUIRING THE SUPPORT OF ONE

FIFTH OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

IT ALSO SAYS ESTATE CAN APPOINT

ONLY ONE SET OF ELECTORS, WHICH

IS SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY ONE

DESIGNATED OFFICIAL.

CANDIDATES WITH CONCERNS WOULD

TAKE THEIR CASE TO A THREE-

JUDGE PANEL AND AT AN EXPEDITED

PATH TO THE SUPREME COURT.

ANOTHER BILL PROTECTS POLL

WORKERS BY DOUBLING FINDS. IT

ALSO CLARIFIES HOW THE POST

OFFICE SHOULD HANDLE MAIL-IN

BALLOTS.

THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THE BILL

PASS CONGRESS LONG BEFORE THE

NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

> GORDON, BACK TO YOU.

ONCE THE STATES CERTIFY

THEIR ELECTORS, IT SHOULD BE

OVER.

THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS

SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY

OBJECTIONS TO IT AND TO GIVE

OPPORTUNITY WITHIN STATE AND

FEDERAL COURTS TO OBJECT IF

THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR

PROBLEMS IN ANY PARTICULAR

STATE.

THIS BILL WILL CLARIFY THAT

WHOLE PROCESS AND TAKE IT TO

THE HOUSE AND SENATE, WHERE IF

ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ONE

MEMBER OF THE SENATE OBJECT AND

BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

GO BACK AND CONSIDER THAT

OBJECTION, AND IT CLARIFIES THE

ROLE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

THEY ARE THERE JUST TO COUNT

THE VOTES.

ASHLEY?

> SHE IS A FORMER STAY-AT-

HOME MOTHER OF FOUR.

TODAY, SHE IS THE LEADING VOICE

IN WOMEN'S FICTION.

DEBBIE MacOMBER HAS MORE THAN

200 MILLION BOOKS IN PRINT

WORLDWIDE AND YOU WILL GET A

SNEAK PEEK AT HER LATEST NOVEL

WHEN SHE JOINS US, COMING UP.

> IT IS THE MOST POPULAR

SOCIAL MEDIA APP.

IT IS ALSO BEIJING'S BACK DOOR

TO THE PERSONAL DATA OF

MILLIONS OF USERS.

THE THREAT TIKTOK POSES TO THE

U.S. SECURITY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> TIKTOK IS THE MOST POPULAR

SOCIAL MEDIA APP ON THE MARKET.

IT COULD ALSO BE ONE OF THE

MOST DANGEROUS TWO-HOUR

NATIONAL SECURITY.

LAWMAKERS CLAIM THAT BEIJING IS

USING TIKTOK TO GATHER DATA ON

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND

EXPERTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM

ABOUT THE LONG ARM OF THE

CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

CAITLIN BURKE HAS THAT STORY.

Reporter: TIKTOK IS THE MOST

DOWNLOADED APP IN THE WORLD.

KNOWN FOR SHORT, VIRAL VIDEOS,

IT HAS TENS OF MILLIONS OF

USERS IN THE U.S. IN ORDER TO

OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY, TIKTOK

COLLECTS A LOT OF DATA.

IT TRACKS ACCOUNT INFORMATION,

SEARCH HISTORY, ANY CONTENT

CREATED THROUGH THE PLATFORM,

ALONG WITH USERS' LOCATIONS AND

BEHAVIORAL INFORMATION.

COMPANIES LIKE FACEBOOK AND

GOOGLE COLLECT SIMILAR DATA,

BUT THERE IS ONE MAJOR

DIFFERENCE -- TIKTOK IS BASED

IN CHINA.

CHINA HAS A NATIONAL

SECURITY LAW THAT COMPELS EVERY

ENTITY WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION

TO AID ITS ESPIONAGE AND WHAT

THEY VIEW AS THEIR NATIONAL

SECURITY EFFORTS.

THIS MEANS CHINESE COMPANIES

ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE ALL DATA

THEY COLLECT AVAILABLE TO THE

CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, NO

EXCEPTIONS.

BRANDON CARR, COMMISSIONER AT

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION, SAYS THAT INCLUDES

ALL THE PERSONAL INFORMATION

TIKTOK HAS BEEN GATHERING ON

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT

OTHER ENTITIES HOLD INTO THE

CCP, WHETHER IT IS HUAWEI, ZTE,

CHINA MOBILE , AND WE SEE JUST

A HISTORY OF NEFARIOUS CONDUCT,

FRONT BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL

ESPIONAGE TO BLACKMAIL.

THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS TO BE

CONCERNED, NOT ABOUT THE

VIDEOS, BUT THE UNDERLYING DATA

GOING BACK EN MASSE TO CHINA.

ONE INVESTIGATION WAS FIRST

LAUNCHED BY THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENT BACK IN 2019.

IN 2020, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

THREATENED TO BAN THE

ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM IF IT

DID NOT SELL ITSELF TO A U.S.

COMPANY.

THROUGH IT ALL, TIKTOK

MAINTAINED IT HAD NEVER SHARED

DATA WITH THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT AND INSISTED THE

INFORMATION OF AMERICAN USERS

WAS SECURE, BEING HANDLED ONLY

BY U.S.-BASED TEAMS.

THEN IN JUNE, BUZZFEED GOT

ACCESS TO A COLLECTION OF

LEAKED TAPES FROM INTERNAL

MEETINGS AT TIKTOK AND THEY

TOLD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

STORY.

THEY HAD PEOPLE INSIDE

TIKTOK SAYING, EVERYTHING IS

SEEN IN CHINA.

THEY HAD A MASTER ADMIN PERSON

WHO, AGAIN, WAS DISCLOSING THAT

THERE WAS ALMOST NO CHECKS ON

WHAT COULD GO BACK THERE.

TIKTOK WHAT ON DAMAGE

CONTROL AND RECENTLY ASSURED

CONCERNED REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS

THAT NEW STEPS ARE NOW BEING

TAKEN TO FURTHER SECURE

AMERICAN DATA, INCLUDING THE

TRANSITION TO A U.S. BASED

CLOUD SERVICES PROVIDER THAT

THEY SAY WILL SOON BE USED TO

OPERATE THE APP, AS WELL AS

STORE AMERICAN USERS' PERSONAL

INFORMATION.

WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE A STEP IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION, TIKTOK'S

CEO ALSO ADMITTED SOME CHINA-

BASED ENGINEERS WILL STILL

REQUIRE ACCESS TO THE APP,

WHICH, BY LAW, GRANTS THAT SAME

ACCESS TO BEIJING.

WITH THAT DATA, CHINA IS

ABLE TO FEED IT INTO ITS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

AND ALSO PERHAPS ABLE TO

COMPROMISE AMERICANS.

A KEY PART OF THE WORK THAT

WILL STILL NEED TO BE DONE IN

CHINA INVOLVES TIKTOK'S

ALGORITHM.

THIS EXPERT AND AUTHOR SAYS

THAT IS THE BIGGEST SECURITY

CONCERN OF ALL.

THROUGH CONTROL OF THE

ALGORITHM, CHINA IS ABLE TO

OPINION. AMERICAN PUBLIC

WE KNOW THAT IN 2020, THE

CHINESE MILITARY USED TIKTOK TO

INCITE VIOLENCE ON AMERICAN

STREETS.

TIKTOK GLORIFIES DRUG USAGE IN

AMERICA AND THERE ARE OTHER

THINGS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING TO

INTERFERE IN OUR POLITICAL

PROCESS.

IN A RARE SHOW OF BIPARTISAN

COOPERATION, LAWMAKERS ARE NOW

SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

TO HAVE THIS KIND OF

INFORMATION, IN A SENSE, BE

VACUUMED OFF INTO THE COMMUNIST

PARTY OF CHINA, AND WHAT THEY

HAVE BEEN DOING WITH A LOT OF

TECHNOLOGY AND DATA

ACQUISITION, IT SCARES THE

DICKENS OUT OF ME.

IT IS TIME WE PUT A HALT TO

THIS RIGHT NOW.

THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE SENT A LETTER TO THE

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION BE

LAUNCHED INTO TIKTOK.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE,

SENATOR MARK WARNER, SAYS HE

BELIEVES THE EVIDENCE AGAINST

THE COMPANY IS OVERWHELMING.

SENATOR RUBIO AND I HAVE

SAID, RIGHT, FEDERAL TRADE

COMMISSION, THIS COMPLETELY

FALLS INTO THE AREA OF A

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE.

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE A LOT TO

PREVENT.

YOU NEED TO DO THE

INVESTIGATION.

THE HEADS OF THE FBI AND THE

UNITED KINGDOM'S MI5 RECENTLY

ISSUED A VERY CLEAR WARNING

ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY

CHINA.

THE MOST GAME CHANGING

CHALLENGE WE FACE COMES FROM

THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

IT IS COVERTLY APPLYING

PRESSURE ACROSS THE GLOBE.

THIS MIGHT FEEL ABSTRACT, BUT

IT IS REAL AND IT IS PRESSING.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

WE NEED TO ACT.

SENATOR WARNER SAYS ONE STEP

LAWMAKERS CAN TAKE IMMEDIATELY

INVOLVES PASSING DATA PRIVACY

LEGISLATION.

HE POINTS OUT THIS MAY BE THE

LAST BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT CAN

BE ADDRESSED AHEAD OF THE

MIDTERMS.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

I HOPE CONGRESS CAN ACT AND

ACT QUICKLY ON THIS.

IT IS ABOUT TIME.

EUROPE HAS A DATA PROTECTION

LAW ON THE BOOKS AND,

CURIOUSLY, CHINA HAS A LOT ON

THE BOOKS, TOO, THAT THEY

PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS FROM ANY

DATA BEING EXPORTED OUTSIDE OF

CHINA.

SO, WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME

THING.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME

PROTECTION AND SOME WOULD ARGUE

THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS

CORRECT, THAT TIKTOK SHOULD NOT

BE OWNED IN CHINA AND THAT THE

DATA SHOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND WHEN

YOU CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE --

RIOTING IN THE UNITED STATES,

ON INCITING TO VIOLENCE, THESE

THINGS SHOULD NOT -- WE SHOULD

NOT ALLOW THEM AT ALL.

YOU SHOULD NEVER ALLOW A

FOREIGN POWER TO HAVE THAT KIND

OF INFLUENCE ON YOUR CITIZENS.

I HOPE AND I PRAY CONGRESS ACTS

AND ACTS QUICKLY.

UP NEXT, BEATEN, CUT, AND

BURNED AND SOLD.

THIS MAN'S CHILDHOOD WAS A

NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE AT THE

HANDS OF HIS PERVERTED

STEPFATHER.

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE

FINALLY BREAKS FREE AND SEE HOW

HE LEARNS TO FORGIVE THE

UNFORGIVABLE AFTER THIS.

> VERBAL, EMOTIONAL, VERBAL,

AND EVEN SEXUAL ABUSE.

THAT IS WHAT HE ENDURED FOR

SEVEN YEARS DURING HIS

CHILDHOOD.

IT WAS HIS DAILY REALITY.

ONCE HE FOUND THE COURAGE TO

TELL HIS MOTHER, THE ABUSE GOT

WORSE.

THEN, ONE DAY, WHEN HE WAS 14,

HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT

BACK.

THIS MAN CAME INTO MY LIFE

AND HE BEGAN TO ABUSE ME.

HE BEGAN TO ABUSE ME IN EVERY

WAY, SHAPE, AND FORM.

VERBALLY, EMOTIONALLY,

PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY.

THAT WAS MY REALITY.

THAT IS ALL I KNEW, THIS

REJECTION, THIS PAIN, THIS

BROKENNESS, THIS SORROW.

MARK GREW UP WITHOUT HIS

BIOLOGICAL FATHER.

HIS MOTHER DIVORCED HER FIRST

HUSBAND AFTER HE CHEATED ON HER

AND MARK WAS BORN OUT OF AN

AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED MAN WHO

QUICKLY ABANDONED THEM.

WITH A LOT OF NEGLECT IN HER

OWN LIFE, REJECTION AND PAIN,

INSECURITIES AND FEARS.

AS HER PAIN BECOME LOUDER, HER

HERTZ BECAME LOUDER AND IT

SPILLED OUT.

WHEN HE WAS SEVEN, HIS

MOTHER MARRIED A MAN 20 YEARS

YOUNGER THAN HER.

AFTER, THE ABUSE BEGAN.

I NEVER FORGET IT.

I STILL REMEMBER THE SMELL OF

MY ABUSER'S BREATH.

I STILL REMEMBER THE THRESHOLD

THAT CRACKLED AND I REMEMBER

THE ATTACK OF MY BODY.

I WAS VERY CONFUSED BECAUSE I

WAS ATTACKED IN A SEXUAL WAY,

NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT

THOSE KINDS OF TOUCHES, GOOD

TOUCHES, BAD TOUCHES.

I REMEMBER IT VERY CLEARLY.

FIVE USER TOLD ME TO KEEP IT A

SECRET OR THEY WOULD TAKE ME

AWAY.

THE USE OCCURRED ALMOST

DAILY AND NOT JUST SEXUALLY.

HE WAS BEATEN, CUT, BURNED, AND

SOLD TO OTHER MEN FOR THEIR

PERVERSE PLEASURES.

I FELT LIKE I WAS BAD.

I FELT LIKE I DID SOMETHING

WRONG.

THIS WAS A NORMALITY.

I WOULD COME HOME AND BE ABUSED

AND FINES ONE AND SOLD TO OTHER

AND THIS WAS JUST MY REALITY .

IT WAS ALL I KNEW.

I DID NOT KNOW A DIFFERENT WAY.

I KNEW ABUSE AND I BECAME EMPTY.

THAT HE GET THE ABUSE FROM

HIS MOTHER BUT WHEN HE TOLD HER

WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HIS AGONY

FELL ON DEAF EARS.

SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO

HANDLE THAT.

SHE CALLED MY ABUSER IN THE

ROOM AND SHE CONFRONTED MY

ABUSER WITH MY ABUSE, AND HE

PROMISED NEVER TO DO IT AGAIN.

THE NEXT MORNING, I GOT THE

BIGGEST BEATING OF MY LIFE, SO

I FELT EMPTY, ALONE, GUILTY,

AFRAID.

THE ABUSE CONTINUED FOR

SEVEN YEARS UNTIL MARK TURNED

14 AND HE FOUND THE COURAGE TO

FIGHT OFF HIS ABUSER.

HE THEN RAN TO HIS UNCLE, WHO

TOOK HIM IN AFTER HE LEARNED

WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO STOOD UP

FOR ME AND HE PROTECTED ME FROM

THAT DAY FORTH.

AFTER THE DAY I TOLD MY UNCLE,

THE ABUSE NEVER CAME AGAIN.

WHEN HE TURNED 16, HE WAS

INVITED TO CHURCH BY A FRIEND.

THERE, HE FOUND COMFORT AND

COMMUNITY THE LIKES OF WHICH HE

NEVER KNEW.

HE WAS ALSO INTRODUCED TO JESUS

CHRIST.

I SAID THAT PRAYER, FATHER,

COME INTO MY LIFE.

FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS AND

BECOME MY LORD AND SAVIOR . AT

THAT MOMENT, I KNEW JESUS

CHRIST WAS WITH ME AND I BECAME

A FIXTURE AT THAT CHURCH.

I MET SOME GREAT PEOPLE.

I MET PEOPLE WHO LOVED ME AND

SUPPORTED ME.

THE CHURCH TRULY BECAME A

SANCTUARY.

HE FELT A CALLING TO GO TO

BIBLE COLLEGE AND BECOME A

PASTOR.

HE GRADUATED AND GOT MARRIED,

STARTING A FAMILY.

HE WOULD BECOME A PASTOR OF HIS

OWN CHURCH, BUT THE TORTURES OF

HIS YOUTH WERE AN EVER PRESENT

SHADOW.

THE THINGS THAT STUCK WITH

ME AFTER I LEFT THE HOME, THE

LIES THAT BUILT MY HEART AND MY

MIND AND SOUL WAS THE

INSECURITY.

MARK, YOU ARE JUNK.

IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS

ALWAYS THERE, LIKE THE SUN

RISING IN THE MORNING AND THE

SUN SETTING AT NIGHT.

MY ABUSE WAS ALWAYS THERE.

IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT ME.

THE ANXIETIES AND FEARS

BEGAN TO AFFECT HIS HEALTH.

HE FOUND COMFORT IN FOOD UNTIL

A FREEDIVE NEGLECT DIAGNOSIS

TOLD HIM TO -- HE KNEW

SOMETHING NEEDED TO CHANGE.

I WAS ALWAYS WAITING FOR THE

DAY IS THAT THE HERTZ WOULD NO

LONGER BE THERE.

THAT DAY NEVER CAME.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT GOD

BECAME LOUDER.

GOT BECAME BIGGER.

MY GOD IS STRONGER.

I STARTED TO GET CONFIDENCE NOT

IN ME BUT ONE THAT COMES FROM

KNOWING MY GOD CAN STILL OPEN

DOORS AND MOVE MOUNTAINS.

HE CAN STILL MAKE A WAY.

HE CONFRONTED HIS PASSED

THROUGH PRAYER, READING GOD'S

WORD AND COUNSELING.

HE THEN FOUND TRUE HEALING WHEN

HE MADE THE CHOICE TO FORGIVE

HIS ABUSER.

FORGIVENESS CHANGED

EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT SEVERED

THE ATTACKS.

IT SEVERED THE LIES OF MY

ABUSER.

NOW, GOD'S TRUTH ECHOED LOUDER

THAN THE ABUSER.

I HAVE FORGIVEN MY ABUSER BY

GIVING HIM INTO THE HANDS OF

GOD.

TALKING TO COUNSELORS, TALKING

TO CHRISTIAN SOCIAL WORKERS,

HAVING MENTORS IN YOUR LIFE,

THAT IS HOW ALL THIS CAME TO

PLACE.

I GAVE MYSELF THE FREEDOM TO

SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M ANGRY

TODAY.

CAN I REALLY FORGIVE?

I CANNOT, EXCEPT FOR CHRIST.

HE RECONCILED WITH HIS

MOTHER BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY

AND MET HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER

AT THE AGE OF 45.

HE ASKED MARK TO FORGIVE HIM

FOR HIS ABANDONMENT.'S

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL

LIFE ARE HEALTHY NOW AND HE

STARTED A MINISTRY CALLED FOR

GIVING THE NIGHTMARE, WHERE HE

SHARES HIS STORY OF OVERCOMING

ABUSE THROUGH THE LOVE OF

CHRIST.

GOD SAID, YOU'RE NO LONGER A

VICTIM.

YOUR NO LONGER ABUSED.

YOU ARE NO LONGER LEFT OVER.

YOU ARE NO LONGER JUNK.

YOU ARE NO LONGER BROKEN.

NOW, THROUGH ME, AND ONLY

THROUGH ME AND IN ME ARE YOU AN

OVERCOME HER.

NOW, MY NAME IS NO LONGER

VICTIM BUT VICTORIOUS.

NOW MY NAME IS NO LONGER

BROKEN.

IT IS OVERCOME HER.

I LIVE IN THAT.

MY IDENTITY -- IT IS TRUE,

100%, THAT I WAS ABUSED,

NEGLECTED, RAPED THAT IS 100%

TRUE BUT THAT IS NOT WHO I AM.

WHO I AM IS WHAT CHRIST CALLS

ME.

I AM A SON OF GOD.

I AM A SERVANT OF THE MOST HIGH

AND I AM DELIVERED AND SET FREE

IN JESUS.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME

FREEDOM.

YOU CAN BECOME MORE THAN A

CONQUEROR THROUGH THE LOVE OF

CHRIST GIVEN TO YOU.

THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

YOU CAN OVERCOME THIS.

JUST LIKE MARK, YOU ARE NO

LONGER A VICTIM.

YES, THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO

ME.

YES, I WAS ABUSED BUT I NO

LONGER CHOOSE TO BE A VICTIM.

I CHOOSE TO OVERCOME IT THROUGH

LOVE.

HIS STORY MIGHT BE YOUR STORY.

MAYBE YOU WERE ABUSED

PHYSICALLY AND MAYBE YOU WERE

ABUSED SEXUALLY.

MAYBE THINGS WERE DONE TO YOU

WHERE YOU HAD NO CONTROL AT ALL

AND YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO

THOSE MOMENTS AND WHAT DID I DO

WRONG?

WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE BETTER

OR WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE

DIFFERENTLY AND ALL OF THESE

FONTS HAUNT YOU.

JUST LIKE MARK, YOU CAN BE

FREE.

YOU CAN SAY, JUST LIKE MARK,

YES, THIS HAPPENED TO ME BUT I

HAVE OVERCOME AND I HAVE

OVERCOME BECAUSE I HAVE A

SAVIOR WHO LOVES ME AND WHO

WANTS TO SEE ME THREE.

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE POWER

OF FORGIVENESS, HOW IT

LITERALLY SETS YOU FREE, THEN

YOU WILL WANT TO DO THAT.

YOU WILL WANT TO BE FREE.

THAT IS A PROCESS.

FOR MARK, BEGAN WITH A PRAYER,

WHERE HE ASKED JESUS TO JOIN

HIM IN HIS JOURNEY AND HE SAID,

JESUS, COULD YOU COME INTO MY

HEART?

COULD YOU BE WITH ME?

AFTER THAT, HE SAID, I WANT TO

FOLLOW HIM.

I WILL BE A PASTOR.

I WILL GO TO BIBLE SCHOOL.

HE HAD NOT GOTTEN THROUGH THE

PAIN.

HAD NOT GOTTEN THROUGH WHAT HAD

HAPPENED.

THE NEXT STEP WAS ACCEPTING IT

AND GOING THROUGH THE ANGER.

THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.

THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED

TO ME.

THE QUESTION, WHY DID IT

HAPPEN?

THEN, GETTING TO THE

RESOLUTION.

I CHOOSE TO FORGIVE.

I CHOOSE TO SET MYSELF FREE.

I CHOOSE THE PATH OF LOVE AND

FORGIVENESS.

I CHOOSE TO WALK IN THE LIGHT,

JUST AS JESUS IS IN THE LIGHT.

IT IS NOT A DENIAL OF WHAT

HAPPENED.

IT IS AN ACCEPTANCE AND A

FORGIVENESS AND IN THAT, YOU

CAN BE SET FREE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF STAGES TO

FORGIVENESS.

IN MY OWN LIFE, FORGIVING

MYSELF WAS A BIG PROBLEM

BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, I KNEW

BETTER.

I DID THINGS AND I KNEW I WAS

WRONG.

SOME OF US, YOU HAVE ANGER

TOWARDS GOD.

WHERE WAS GOD WHEN THIS

HAPPENED TO ME?

FOR SOME OTHERS, IT IS FAMILY

MEMBERS, THOSE WHO WERE CLOSEST

TO US.

IT IS SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU THAT

BETRAYS YOU.

WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO SAY, I

FORGIVE, I SET THEM FREE, I OWE

THEM NOTHING, THEY OWE ME

NOTHING -- YOU CAN WALK FREE.

IF YOU WANT THIS, IF YOU WANT

TO HAVE THIS FREEDOM, DO WHAT

MARK DID.

START WITH ASKING JESUS TO COME

INTO YOUR HEART.

DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

BOW YOUR HEAD WITH ME.

LET'S PRAY A VERY SIMPLE

PRAYER.

YOU BECOME MORE THAN A

CONQUEROR THROUGH THE LOVE OF

CHRIST GIVEN TO US.

HOW DO YOU GET THAT LOVE?

WELL, YOU ASK FOR IT.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER AND LET GOD

DO ALL THE REST.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS.

SAY HIS NAME AND SAY IT OUT

LOUD.

JESUS.

I ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME INTO

MY HEART.

I ASK THAT YOU WOULD SET ME

FREE.

I ASK, FIRST, THAT YOU WOULD

FORGIVE ME OF ALL THE THINGS

THAT I HAVE DONE WRONG.

NOW, I ASK THAT YOU GIVE ME THE

LOVE, GIVE ME YOUR FORGIVENESS,

THAT I CAN FORGIVE OTHERS.

I SET THEM FREE.

THEY OWE ME NOTHING.

I HOLD NOTHING AGAINST THEM.

I WANT TO BE FREE OF ALL THE

ANGER, THE BITTERNESS, THE

HURT, THE PAIN.

LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, TAKE IT ALL

FROM ME NOW.

JESUS, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU.

I WANT TO WALK IN YOUR LIGHT,

IN YOUR PRESENCE.

BE WITH ME NOW, FOR I ASK IT IN

JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

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> COMING UP, A RECORD-

BREAKING NEW YORK TIMES BEST-

SELLING AUTHOR, DEBBIE

MacOMBER, TELLS US WHY SHE DID

NOT LEARN HOW TO READ UNTIL SHE

WAS JUST 10 YEARS OLD.

YOU ALSO SHARE THE SECRET

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> THIS 29-YEAR-OLD HAD QUITE

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TO EACH DRIVER TO FILL UP.

HE SPENT $20,000 PUMPING

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ONE GAS TANK AT A TIME.

HE SAYS HE JUST WANTED TO BRING

HOPE.

OPERATION BLESSING IS BRINGING

RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF

DEVASTATING FLOODS THAT ARE

HITTING WESTERN VIRGINIA.

MORE THAN 110 HOMES AND

BUSINESSES --

> SCHOOL WAS NOTHING BUT

FRUSTRATING FOR A BOY FROM

INDONESIA. HE WAS ON THE VERGE

OF GIVING UP ONE HIS MOTHER

ENROLLED HIM IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL

PROGRAM.

IT TURNS OUT IT DID MORE THAN

JUST HELP FAREL WITH SCHOOLWORK

BUT KEPT HIM FROM STARVING

WITH HIS FAMILY.

10-YEAR-OLD FAREL LIVES IN

THIS COMMUNITY IN INDONESIA.

HE WAS STRUGGLING IN SCHOOL.

I REALLY STRUGGLED TO LEARN

ENGLISH.

I REMEMBER, ONE DAY, I FELT

LIKE GETTING UP AND WALKING OUT

OF CLASS.

HIS MOM ENROLLED HIM IN A

FREE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM IN

THEIR COMMUNITY, SUPPORTED BY

CBN'S ORPHAN'S PROMISE.

THEY SAID THE TEACHERS HELPED

WITH SCHOOLWORK AND GAVE HIM

SNACKS AND A HOT MEAL ONCE A

WEEK.

ALL OF THE TEACHERS AT THE

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM ARE KIND.

THEY WORKED WITH ME UNTIL I

UNDERSTOOD MY LESSONS.

AS A CHRISTIAN, FAREL SAID

HE ALSO LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE

BIBLE THROUGH CBN'S SUPERBOOK.

I LOVED THE SUPERBOOK STORY

OF DAVID.

I WANTED TO TRUST IN THE LORD

JUST LIKE DAVID BELIEVED IN

HIM.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE

COVID PANDEMIC, THE AFTER-

SCHOOL PROGRAM SHUT DOWN.

HIS MOTHER, WHO WAS A SINGLE

PARENT, LOST HER JOB AND

WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF

FOOD.

ONE DAY, WE ONLY HAD A

LITTLE RICE LEFT TO EAT BECAUSE

SHE DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO

PURCHASE FOOD.

SO, ORPHAN'S PROMISE

DELIVERED PACKS WITH RICE, OIL,

SUGAR, AND NOODLES TO THE

FAMILY.

HIS MOM SAID SHE WAS ABLE TO

STRETCH THAT FOOD SUPPLY AND

MAKE IT LAST FOR A FEW WEEKS.

I REMEMBER DURING THE EARLY

MONTHS, WHEN COVID HIT,

ORPHAN'S PROMISE GAVE US FOOD

PACKS TWICE A MONTH.

THOSE FOOD PACKS REALLY HELPED

TO SUPPLY OUR NEEDS DURING THE

PANDEMIC.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO

RECEIVE THE FOOD.

HIS MOM HAS NOW FOUND A NEW

JOB AND THE AFTER-SCHOOL

PROGRAM HAS REOPENED.

I REALLY THANK ORPHAN'S

PROMISE FOR HELPING MY SON IN

THE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE

FOOD PACKS THEY GAVE US.

IT MEANS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE

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THAT THANK YOU AND THOSE

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WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH US, WE

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THIS IS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK

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IT IS OUR LATEST TEACHING,

CALLED "PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF

GOD."

PAT READ THROUGH THE BOOK OF

EPHESIANS AND THERE IS -- HE IS

ABLE TO ELABORATE ON SOME OF

THE TOPICS THAT ARE DISCUSSED

AND MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS AND

NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO READ

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> UP NEXT, A THIRD GRADE

TEACHER ONCE SAID SHE WOULD

NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.

FINES ONE SET HER JOURNEY

HAPPEN ANYWAY.

SHE IS JOINING US RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

> DEBBIE MacOMBER WAS JUST 30

YEARS OLD AND A STAY-AT-HOME

MOM WHEN SHE WROTE HER FIRST

NOVEL.

FIVE YEARS LATER, SHE SOLD HER

FIRST BOOK.

TODAY, SHE IS AN INTERNATIONAL

SENSATION WITH RECORD-BREAKING

BOOK SALES.

DEBBIE MacOMBER IS A NEW

YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

WITH OVER 200 MILLION BOOKS

PRINTED WORLDWIDE.

SEVERAL OF HER NOVELS HAVE

BECOME MAJOR TV SERIES.

IN HER LATEST NOVEL, THE BEST

IS YET TO COME, IT FOLLOWS A

ROW MONTHS AND A MYSTERY AND

THE HOPE OF NEW BEGINNINGS.

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE

700 CLUB THE AUTHOR OF THE

NEWEST NOVEL, THE BEST IS YET

TO COME.

DEBBIE MacOMBER, THANK YOU FOR

BEING WITH US TODAY.

IT IS MY JOY.

IT IS OUR JOY AS WELL.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW

BOOK, LET'S TURN BACK THE

CLOCK.

YOU WERE JUST 10 YEARS OLD AND

YOU COULD NOT READ.

WHY WAS THAT?

THEY TOLD MY MOTHER THAT I

WAS A NICE, LITTLE GIRL BUT I

WOULD NEVER DO WELL.

I HEARD THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT

BECAUSE SHE SAID IT.

SO, I STARTED OFF -- IT WAS NOT

UNTIL I WAS 10, IN THE FIFTH

GRADE, WHEN I UNDERSTOOD HOW TO

SOUND OUT WORDS.

SOMETHING CLICKED IN MY BRAIN.

IT WAS A GIFT GOD GAVE ME.

HE GAVE ME THE GIFT OF

IMAGINATION.

HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THAT

SENSE OF FAILURE AND THOSE LIES

THAT YOU BELIEVED YOU COULD NOT

DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU WERE

DYSLEXIC?

I KNOW WHAT WAS THE LORD.

I BECAME A CHRISTIAN WHEN I WAS

22.

WHEN I ACCEPTED CHRIST INTO MY

LIFE, IT GAVE ME THE POWER TO

BELIEVE IN MYSELF BECAUSE HE

BELIEVED IN ME.

HE IS THE ONE WHO GAVE ME THIS

GIFT.

> AMEN.

EVERY TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT

BEING A RIDER, RIDING STORIES,

I FELT JOY.

I LOVE THAT.

YOU SAY THAT GOD GAVE YOU THE

GIFT OF STORYTELLING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

WELL, IT IS PART OF MY

PERSONALITY, TO SEE A STORY IN

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN LIFE

AND SO MUCH OF WHO I AM IS A

STORYTELLER.

EVEN AS A CHILD, AS A

BABYSITTER, I WAS THE MOST

POPULAR BABYSITTER BECAUSE I

WOULD MAKE UP STORIES FOR THE

CHILDREN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

THAT WAS JUST AS A KID.

AMEN.

TAKE US BACK TO THE MOMENT WHEN

YOU WROTE YOUR FIRST BOOK.

YOU WERE 30 YEARS OLD.

YOU ARE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM OF

FOUR.

SURE THE MAMAS ARE LIKE, HOW

DID SHE FIND THE TIME?

WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU SOLD

YOUR FIRST BOOK?

OKAY, IT WAS ABOUT TWO OLDER

GIRLS THAT WERE AT SCHOOL.

I HAD TWO HOURS EVERY DAY TO

RIDE.

I HAD A TYPEWRITER.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE A

RIDER SO BAD.

I NEVER WANTED ANYTHING MORE IN

MY LIFE.

IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO SELL.

THAT WAS -- ANYTIME GOD DOES A

BIG WORK IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE, HE

DOES IT IN A WAY THAT YOU WILL

THINK ABOUT -- ALL OF US HAVE

GONE THROUGH A TIME WHERE GOD

WORKS IN OUR LIVES.

THAT IS WHAT HE DID FOR ME.

AMEN, THAT IS A WORD RIGHT

THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, DEBBIE.

YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED THE

LEADING VOICE OF WOMEN'S

FICTION, YET YOUR STYLE OF

RIDING IS THE OPPOSITE OF MOST

POPULAR FICTION.

HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR YOUR

SUCCESS?

FIRST OF ALL, I CAN TELL YOU

I IT -- GOD IS WITH ME.

I PRAY TO GOD ABOUT EVERY BOOK

I RIDE, EVERY SINGLE TITLE.

IT COMES BACK TO MY MISSION

STATEMENT.

EARLY IN MY CAREER, I HAD TO

CHOOSE A MISSION STATEMENT.

IT WAS ME, ME, ME.

I WANT TO BE A BESTSELLER.

I WANT TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE.

I LOOKED AT THAT LIST AND I

THOUGHT, I AM PUTTING MYSELF

FIRST BUT GOD HAS TO BE FIRST.

IT WAS NO SURPRISE TO ME --

WHEN I WAS -- WHEN GOD MADE HIS

COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM IN

GENESIS 12, HE SAID I WILL MAKE

YOU A BLESSING.

THAT IS MY MISSION STATEMENT.

MY BOOKS AND MY PRAYER IS THAT

MY BOOKS WILL BE A BLESSING TO

OTHERS.

AMEN TO THAT.

DEBBIE'S LATEST BOOK IS CALLED

"THE BEST IS YET TO COME."

IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE SOLD AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GET IT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF

THE MANY AMAZING STORIES YOU

HAVE GIVEN US.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS MY PLEASURE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR

SOME EMAILS.

LET'S GO FOR IT.

THIS IS DENISE.

SHE SAYS, GORDON, WHERE IN THE

BIBLE DID YOU EVER READ THAT

OUR PHYSICAL BODIES WILL BE

RESURRECTED?

ONLY OUR SPIRIT CAN BE

RESURRECTED.

THE BODY RETURNS TO THE EARTH

AND CAN NEVER BE PUT BACK

TOGETHER AGAIN.

I HAVE A LOT OF SCRIPTURE

WHERE THE BODIES ARE

RESURRECTED AND IT BECAME --

THE CONTROVERSY IN THE EARLY

CHURCH, PARTICULARLY IN THE

GREEK CHURCH, WAS BECAUSE THE

GREEKS HAVE THIS NOTION THAT

YOUR SOUL WENT ON, YOUR BODY

WENT INTO THE GROUND AND

DECAYED AND WAS GONE FOREVER,

AND THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD

LAST WOULD BE YOUR SOUL.

THIS IS WHY THE APOSTLES' CREED

SAYS, I BELIEVE IN THE

RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.

THE APOSTLE PAUL DEALT WITH IT

AND SOME -- IF CHRIST IS

PREACHING HE HAS BEEN RAISED

FROM THE DEAD, HOW DO YOU SAY

THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE

DEAD?

IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF

THE DEAD, THEN CHRIST IS NOT

RISEN.

IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN, THEN

OUR PREACHING IS EMPTY AND YOUR

FAITH IS EMPTY.

YES, WE ARE ALSO FINDING FALSE

WITNESSES OF GOD BECAUSE WE

HAVE TESTIFIED OF GOD HE RAISED

UP CHRIST, IN WHOM HE DID NOT

RAISE UP IF THE DEAD DO NOT

RISE.

CHRIST IS NOT RISEN -- DID

JESUS RISE BODILY?

THE ANSWER IS, CLEARLY, YES.

THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY AND

THE GRAVE WAS EMPTY.

DID LAZARUS RISE BODILY?

YES, HE DEAD.

HE WAS DEAD FOUR DAYS AND HE

ROSE BODILY.

PAUL GOES ON, IN THE SAME

CHAPTER, FIRST CORINTHIANS 15.

IT IS THE SAME WAY WITH THE

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.

OUR EARTHLY BODIES ARE PLANTED

IN THE GROUND WHEN WE DIE, THE

DAY OUR EARTHLY BODIES WILL BE

RAISED TO LIVE FOREVER.

OUR BODIES ARE BURIED IN

BROKENNESS BUT THEY WILL BE

RAISED IN GLORY.

THEY WERE BURIED IN WEAKNESS

BUT THEY WILL BE RAISED IN

STRENGTH.

THEY WILL BE RAISED AS

SPIRITUAL BODIES.

THERE ARE NATURAL BODIES AND

ALSO SPIRITUAL BODIES.

IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THERE IS

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN

JESUS DIED.

BODIES CAME TO LIFE.

IT WAS IN MATTHEW 27, VERSUS 51

THROUGH 53.

THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS TORN

IN TWO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE ROCKS

WERE SPLIT AND THE GRAVES WERE

OPENED AND MANY BODIES OF THE

SAINTS THAT HAD FALLEN ASLEEP

WERE RAISED.

COMING OUT OF THE GRAVES, AFTER

HIS RESURRECTION, THEY WENT

INTO THE HOLY CITY AND APPEARED

TO MANY.

HERE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS

FROM JOHN 5. THE OUR IS COMING

WHEN THE DEAD WILL HEAR THE

WORDS OF THE SON OF GOD AND

THOSE THAT HERE IT WILL LIVE.

AS THE FATHER HAS LIFE IN

HIMSELF, SO HE HAS GRANTED THE

SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF AND

HAS GIVEN HIM AUTHORITY TO

EXECUTE JUDGMENT, ALSO BECAUSE

HE IS THE SON OF MAN.

THE HOUR IS COMING IN WHICH ALL

WHO ARE IN THE GRAVES WILL HEAR

HIS VOICE AND COME FORTH.

THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD TO THE

RESURRECTION OF LIFE AND THOSE

WHO HAVE DONE EVIL TO THE

RESURRECTION OF CONDEMNATION.

JESUS HIMSELF IS SAYING THE

DEAD WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR.

YOU LOOK AT THE STORY OF

LAZARUS, AND HE IS DEAD FOUR

DAYS AND HIS SISTER SAYS, LORD,

HE SPEAKETH.

HE CAME BACK TO LIFE.

HOW DID HE HEAR?

I DO NOT KNOW, BUT HE DID.

WHEN JESUS SAYS, LAZARUS COME

FORTH, LAZARUS CAME FORTH.

THE SAME WILL HAPPEN FOR THOSE

WHO DIE IN CHRIST FOR THEY WILL

BE ABLE TO HEAR OUR SHEPPARD'S

VOICE.

THEY WILL RISE AGAIN.

WILL THEIR BODY BE THE SAME?

I DO NOT THINK SO.

YOU LOOK AT THE RESURRECTION OF

LAZARUS.

I HAVE BEEN TO HIS SECOND TOMB

IN CYPRUS AND HE WAS RAISED

INTO A NATURAL BODY.

WHEN JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE

DEAD, HIS BODY HAD SOME UNUSUAL

CHARACTERISTICS.

HE COULD GO THROUGH WALLS AND

WOULD NEVER DIE AGAIN.

WE WILL HAVE THE SAME THING.

IT IS VERY MUCH A PHYSICAL

RESURRECTION, WHICH IS WHY THE

APOSTLES CREATE SAYS I BELIEVE

IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE

BODY.

GET THAT STRAIGHT.

THERE IS A WHOLE THEOLOGY OF

WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO ARE

LOST AT SEA AND A WHOLE

THEOLOGY TO THOSE WHO ARE

BURNED, WHERE THE BODIES ARE

NOT DISCOVERED ANYMORE AND

THERE IS NO GRAVE FOR HIM TO

COME OUT OF, BUT HAVE IT AS AN

ARTICLE OF FAITH.

BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF

THE BODY.

YOU JUST GOT SCHOOLED,

Y'ALL.

IN A GOOD WAY.

IN A REALLY GOOD WAY.

THIS IS FROM MARY.

AND YOU EXPLAINED IF IT IS

NECESSARY FOR CHRISTIANS TO

TITHE 10% OF OUR INCOME OR IS

IT MOSTLY ABOUT GIVING TO GOD

CHEERFULLY WHAT YOU DECIDE TO

GIVE THAT COMES FROM THE DEPTH

OF YOUR HEART?

YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ON

THIS AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

OF OPINION AMONG CHRISTIANS AS

TO WHAT IS THE PROPER AMOUNT TO

TITHE.

LOOK TO THE EARLY CHURCH AND

THEY NEARLY GAVE EVERYTHING.

THEY WOULD SELL THEIR PROPERTY

AND GIVE IT ALL AND IF THEY

HELD BACK A PORTION AND WOULD

TRY TO CLAIM THEY WERE GIVING

ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT

LIKE THAT AT ALL.

SOME PEOPLE, TODAY, BELIEVE 10%

IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND TRY

TO GIVE 20%.

SOME PEOPLE SAY I WANT TO GIVE

90% AND JUST KEEP 10% . I WANT

TO DO A REVERSE TITHE.

I LIVE ON 10% OF MY INCOME.

I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE

THAT HAVE PULLED THAT OFF,

WHICH IS A MIRACLE.

HOWEVER, I AGREE WITH YOU.

GIVE CHEERFULLY AND GIVE AS GOD

DIRECTS YOU AND IF YOU HAVE A

LIFE OF GIVING, GIVING 10% IS A

WAY YOU CAN DO THAT PRETTY

EASILY.

THERE ARE FIVE PLACES WHERE YOU

CAN HELP OTHERS AND LAY UP YOUR

TREASURE IN HEAVEN.

YOU WILL HAVE ETERNAL GLORY.

HERE IS A WORD FROM JOB.

I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON

YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND

THEY SHALL PROPHESY AND YOUR

OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS AND

YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE

VISIONS.