A nurse becomes a first responder when her husband experiences a heart attack. First, she calls 911 and then she calls on God. See how a string of miracles saved his life on today’s 700 Club.
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> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS
SPONSORED BY CBN.
> COMING UP, A NURSE'S OWN
HUSBAND WAS HAVING A HEART
ATTACK.
FIRST, SHE CALLED 911.
THEN SHE CALLED ON GOD.
I NEEDED PRAYER WARRIORS.
HOW A STRING OF MIRACLES
THAT SAVED HIS LIFE .? THERE
ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GOD
JUST ORCHESTRATED FOR HIM TO
LIVE.
COMING UP ON TODAY'S 700
CLUB.
> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
CHINA IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST
TALK OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO
TAIWAN BY HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI.
BEIJING IS WARNING THEY WILL
TAKE STRONG MEASURES IN
RETALIATION, INCLUDING POSSIBLE
MILITARY ACTION.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS
BALKING AT THE TIME, BUT STILL
DELAYING HER VISIT COULD BE
SEEN AS CAVING TO THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY . CAITLIN BURKE
HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: THE TRIP TO TAIWAN
WOULD BE THE FIRST BY A SITTING
HOUSE SPEAKER IN 25 YEARS.
AS SECOND IN MIND FOR THE
PRESIDENCY, HER PRESENCE WOULD
SEND A STRONG SIGNAL OF SUPPORT
FOR TAIWAN'S INDEPENDENCE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN.
THIS IS UP TO THEM TO DECIDE.
WHILE SHE HAS NOT CONFIRMED
THE VISIT, INITIAL REPORTS
SUGGEST AN AUGUST TIMETABLE AND
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN INDICATED
THE SPEAKER SHOULD WAIT.
I THINK THE MILITARY THINKS
IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA RIGHT
NOW, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE
STATUS OF IT IS.
Reporter: JOINT CHIEFS
CHAIRMAN MARK MILLEY WARNED
THAT CHINA'S MILITARY HAS
BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS OVER
THE PAST FIVE YEARS BUT EXPERTS
SAY IT IS UNLIKELY THE PENTAGON
WOULD ASK THE SPEAKER TO CANCEL
A TRIP.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
ABSORB SOME KIND OF NEGATIVE
REACTION FROM THE CHINESE,
PROBABLY WORSE THAN PREVIOUS
PERIODS, BUT WE CANNOT IMAGINE
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE, YOU
KNOW, WAR.
SOME CONCERN OVER THE TIMING
OF THE VISIT SITE AUGUST AS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF
THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.
THERE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT
DECISION NOVEMBER, WHEN THE
RULING COMMUNIST PARTY IS
EXPECTED TO GRANT PRESIDENT XI
JINPING AN UNPRECEDENTED THIRD
TERM.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION ASIAN STUDIES CENTER
POINTS OUT THERE WILL NEVER BE
A TIME FRAME WHEN THE CCP
SUPPORTS AN OFFICIAL U.S. VISIT
TO TAIWAN AND PRESIDENT XI
JINPING IS NOTHING TO PROVE.
HE IS ABOUT TO GET A THIRD
TERM AND THEN PUT A DOWN
PAYMENT ON A FOURTH TERM.
HE IS CONSOLIDATING POWER
WITHIN THE CCP.
I DO NOT SEE HIM AS WEAK AT
ALL.
I DO NOT SEE THEM HAVING TO
DEMONSTRATE ANYTHING.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CANNOT AFFORD TO SHOW WEAKNESS
AND HE SAYS THAT WILL BE THE
MESSAGE OF PELOSI CANCELED HER
TRIP.?
FIRST OF ALL, IT PUTS A LIE TO
WHAT WE TELL THE CHINESE ALL
THE TIME, THAT WE HAVE A
DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES AND WE HAVE
COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CANNOT MAKE THE SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE GO OR NOT GO.
IT IS UP TO HER.
THE SECOND MESSAGE IT SENDS,
AND THIS ONE IS ONE THAT WILL
BE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE
REGION, IS THERE IS A NEW
SHERIFF IN TOWN.
THE CHINESE DO NOT WANT US TO
GO TO TAIWAN.
THEY TELL US DO NOT GO OR WE
WILL CAUSE YOU TROUBLE OR
WHATEVER AND THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES CONVINCES THE
SPEAKER NOT TO GO.
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HAS A PHONE CALL
SCHEDULED WITH PRESIDENT XI IN
COMING WEEKS AND THERE IS
SPECULATION THAT HE IS BALKING
ON PELOSI'S TRIP OUT OF CONCERN
THE CALL WILL BE CANCELED.
THEY SAY IT IS MORE IMPORTANT
IN THE LONG RUN THAT CHINA
UNDERSTANDS IT CANNOT DETERMINE
THE PARAMETERS OF U.S. FOREIGN-
POLICY.
HOW IS TAIWAN REACTING TO
ALL OF THESE THREATS FROM CHINA?
TAIWAN HAS LONG ADVOCATED
FOR THESE VISITS BY
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS, SO
THEY ARE THRILLED AT THE
PROSPECTS OF A PELOSI VISIT,
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PREPARE
FOR A WORSE CASE SCENARIO.
YESTERDAY, IN TAIWAN'S CAPITAL,
THERE WERE DRILLS.
THIS GIVES THE MILITARY A
CHANCE TO PRACTICE THEIR
RESPONSE AND IT ALSO GIVES THE
PUBLIC A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IF
CHINA ATTACKED.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEING
SEVERAL INSTANCES OF CHINA WERE
PLANES COMING INTO TAIWANESE
AIRSPACE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A MILITARY
EXERCISE IS GOING TO BECOME THE
REAL DEAL.
EXPLAIN TO US WHY CHINA IS
REACTING SO STRONGLY.
WHAT DO THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO
GAIN BY GETTING THIS TO A
CRISIS POINT?
Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH THIS
CHINA EXPERT, GORDON CHANG.
HE SAYS BEIJING HAS REALLY
OBSERVED THE DISARRAY GOING ON
IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
THEY FEEL THEY CAN DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT, THAT THEY CAN CALL
THE SHOTS IN WASHINGTON.
THIS IS WHAT GORDON CHANG HAD
TO SAY ON THAT.
IT STARTED WITH THE FALL OF
AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO CONTINUED
WITH A FAILER TO DETER VLADIMIR
PUTIN FROM INVADING UKRAINE.
GENERALLY, THEY THINK WE ARE
DONE ANYWAY.
NOW, THEY HAVE CONFIRMATION OF
THAT.
WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE
CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY
ESTABLISHMENT RIGHT NOW.
ALSO, BEIJING HAS REAL PROBLEMS
AT HOME.
HE HAS A LOT OF INCENTIVE RIGHT
NOW TO ACTUALLY CREATE SOME
MILITARY MISADVENTURE ABROAD.
Reporter: HE SAYS CHINA HAS
REALLY MADE THIS A TEST OF
WILLS AND IT IS THE U.S. -- IF
THEY WANT TO SAVE FACE, THEN
PELOSI NEEDS TO GO TO TAIWAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE
WATCHING.
DOES THE PELOSI TRIP ACTUALLY
HAPPEN AND, IF IT DOES, WHAT
WILL BE THE CHINESE RESPONSE?
THEY SAID, FOR DECADES, THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING NEW, THAT THERE
IS A ONE CHINA POLICY.
DEBUT TAIWAN -- THEY VIEW THEM
AS A ROGUE PROVINCE AND IT USED
TO BE PART OF CHINA, GOING BACK
TO THE TIME OF THE EMPERORS.
THEY WANT TAIWAN TO COME BACK.
THEY WANT TO ASSERT -- THEY
WANT TO ASSERT RULE OVER
TAIWAN.
THEY WILL NOT ALLOW ANY FOREIGN-
POLICY THAT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE
THAT.
THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE A
GOOD FRIEND AND WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN HONG KONG IS A
LESSON FOR EVERYONE.
CERTAINLY, IT IS A LESSON FOR
@THEY HAD ENJOYED FREEDOM OF
SPEECH.
THEY HAVE FREE ELECTIONS.
THEY HAVE A CAPITALIST ECONOMY.
THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
THEY ARE REMARKABLY PROSPEROUS
AND TO USE ALL OF THAT TO SAY
WE ARE GOING TO COME FOR THE
MILITARY OPPRESSION AND SEE
CRACKDOWNS LIKE HONG KONG SAW,
CHINA MISSED A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY AND THE GREAT
PROMISE THAT THEY WOULD BE ONE
NATION BUT TWO SYSTEMS AND
ALLOW FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN
HONG KONG.
IF YOU SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, THERE IS AN
AUTOMATIC CRACKDOWN.
WORLD THERE BE A MILITARY ISSUE
ANTI-ONE?
I HOPE NOT.
IF THERE IS, I THINK CHINA HAS
LEARNED FROM UKRAINE THAT THEY
NEED TO HAVE OVERWHELMING
MILITARY ACTION IN ORDER TO
TAKE IT, WHICH IS NOT GOOD NEWS
FOR ANYONE.
SO, LET US PRAY AND LET'S ASK
FOR PEACE IN THE REGION.
> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
HAS MADE ANOTHER MOVE TO EXTEND
FEDERAL PROTECTION TO ABORTION.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN
WASHINGTON.
> THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES PROPOSED A
NEW RULE.
EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
SEX TO INCLUDE DECISIONS
CONCERNING ABORTION.
THEY ARE ALSO INCLUDING GENDER
IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
IN THE DEFINITION OF SEX
DISCRIMINATION.
THEY MAKE IT DISCRIMINATORY FOR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT
RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS TO REFUSE
GENDER TRANSITIONS OR OTHER
TREATMENTS.
THE RULE HAS BEEN UNDER
INTERNAL REVIEW SINCE MARCH OF
THIS YEAR AND IT IS OPEN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CRITICS ARGUE IT WOULD FORCE
SOME HEALTHCARE GROUPS TO
PROVIDE SERVICES THAT VIOLATE
THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
> INDIANA IS GROUND ZERO IN
THE ABORTION DEBATE, WITH A
STRONG REBUKE OVER A PLAN TO
BAN NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS.
KAMALA HARRIS HAD A VISIT THAT
WAS TIMED TO THE START OF A
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO
DEBATE THE PROPOSAL.
TARA MERGENER HAS MORE.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS SAID
IT SHOWED DEDICATION TO MOTHERS
AND BABIES.
CURRENTLY, ABORTION INDIANA IS
BANNED AFTER 12 -- 22 WEEKS OF
PREGNANCY.
IF PASSED, INDIANA WOULD JOIN
ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER STATES
BANNING ABORTION WITH SOME
EXCEPTIONS.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR DOES NOT
MEAN A PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE
YOUR ACTS LIKE YOU OR THINGS
LIKE YOU.
IT MEANS EVERYONE.
INDIANA LAWMAKERS
ENCOURAGING DECORUM ON A HIGHLY
EMOTIONAL ISSUE.
THE STATE BECOMES ONE OF THE
FIRST REPUBLICAN-LED
LEGISLATURES TO DEBATE THE
TIGHTER ABORTION LAWS.
FOLLOWING THE ROE V. WADE
DECISION LAST MONTH.
OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER, SUPPORT
FOR THE MOVE.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO STAND UP
FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
I BELIEVE A BABY IN THE WOMB
IS A PERSON.
Reporter: ALSO AGAINST THE
TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS IN THE
STATE, BANNING NEARLY ALL
ABORTIONS.
ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE.
ABORTION SAVES LIVES.
WE RESPECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS BASED
ON THEIR OWN BELIEFS.
Reporter: THE BILL, WHICH
WOULD ALLOW EXCEPTIONS IN CASE
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCEST, OR
TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S LIFE, IS
PAIRED WITH $45 MILLION SET
ASIDE FOR STATE AGENCIES THAT
SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF PREGNANT
WOMEN, POSTPARTUM MOTHERS, AND
INFANTS.
IT ALSO AIMS TO INCREASE ACCESS
TO PREGNANCY PLANNING AND
CONTRACEPTION, ESPECIALLY AMONG
LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
SINCE THE SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, THERE
HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS FOCUS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AS THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON
INDIANA, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS ADDED TO THE ATTENTION.
IT SHOULD BE THAT WOMAN'S
DECISION, NOT THE GOVERNMENT
TELLING HER WHAT TO DO WITH HER
BODY OR HER LIFE.
NO ONE HAS TO GIVE UP THEIR
FAITH OR THEIR BELIEF TO AGREE
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT TELL
SOMEBODY ELSE WHAT THEY SHOULD
DO.
Reporter: INDIANA MULLEN
MAKERS HAVE TO AUGUST 14th TO
FINISH THEIR WORK DURING THIS
SPECIAL SESSION.
IF THE TWO CHAMBERS CANNOT
AGREE BY THEN, TIME RUNS OUT ON
THE LEGISLATION.
PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE ABBY JOHNSON
SAYS THIS MEASURED STILL DOES
NOT GO FAR ENOUGH .
THERE IS REALLY NO REASON
FOR THESE BILLS TO HAVE SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND INCEST EXCEPTIONS.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED
BY SEXUAL ASSAULT DO NOT NEED
TO BE FIRMER TRAUMATIZED BY
ABORTION.
THEY NEED CARE AND COUNSEL.
AT LEAST 14 STATES HAVE
FUNNELED ROUGHLY $495 MILLION
TO CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS
SINCE 2010, WITH INDIANA COMING
IN SIXTH.
TEXAS IS FIRST WITH MORE THAN
$200 MILLION DIRECTED TOWARD
ITS PREGNANCY CENTERS.
IN WASHINGTON, TARA MERGENER,
CBN NEWS.
WE ARE NOW TURNING TO THE
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FUELING
WILDFIRES. IN DALLAS, WHAT
STARTED AS A GRASS FIRE TURNED
INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD INFERNO.
THEY DESTROYED AND DAMAGED MORE
THAN TWO DOZEN HOMES.
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS
104 DEGREES.
MEANWHILE, IN CALIFORNIA, MORE
THAN 2500 FIREFIGHTERS
CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE OAK
FIRE.
IT IS THEIR LARGEST WILDFIRE
THIS YEAR, BURNING 17,000 ACRES
SO FAR.
MORE THAN 6000 PEOPLE WERE
FORCED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES.
THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
UP IN THE WEST.
PARTS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COULD GET CLOSE TO 110 DEGREES.
SOME GOOD NEWS THOUGH FOR THE
NORTHEAST, WHERE OVERNIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS -- THEY WILL TAKE
WHATEVER RELIEF THEY CAN GET.
I WILL TAKE IT, TOO.
IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS HEAT
WAVE TO END, BUT PRAY FOR THOSE
PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA AND PRAY
FOR THE PEOPLE IN DALLAS.
THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF
WILDFIRES AND IN THIS KIND OF
TEMPERATURE, IT IS A NIGHTMARE,
WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
LET'S PRAY FOR THEM AND LET'S
REACH OUT TO TRY TO HELP THEM.
> LATER ON TODAY'S SHOW,
AGONIZED BREATHING.
THIS NURSE IMMEDIATELY KNEW HER
HUSBAND WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE.
STAY TUNED TO SEE THE MIRACLES
THAT LED TO HIS FULL RECOVERY.
> COMING UP NEXT, THE WAY TO
STOP CRIME.
IN ONE CITY, IT HAS LED TO A
27% REDUCTION IN GUN VIOLENCE.
FIND OUT HOW THEY ARE USING
TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE STREETS
SAFER, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
> PREDICTING VIOLENT CRIME
BEFORE IT BREAKS OUT.
THAT IS WHAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ARE DOING WITH SCIENCE DRIVEN
DATA TO FORECAST WHEN AND WHERE
THE NEXT CRIME WAVE COULD TAKE
PLACE.
IT IS CALLED CRIME MAPPING AND
IN ONE CITY, IT IS ACCOUNTING
FOR 27% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER
OF SHOOTING VICTIMS.
BRODY CARTER REPORTS ON HOW
THIS TOOL COULD BE THE FUTURE
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE
OLDEST NAVAL SHIPYARDS IN THE
U.S. AND IT ALSO HAVE ONE OF
THE HIGHEST MURDER RATES
THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
HIGHER THAN CHICAGO AND
WASHINGTON, D.C. SMALL
COMMUNITIES HAVE LIMITED
RESOURCES AND HOW ARE THEY
FIGHTING RISING CRIME RATES?
SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAKE
SOMEONE'S LIFE EVERY DAY.
Reporter: U.S. MURDER RATE
STARTED SURGING DURING THE
COVID PANDEMIC AND NOW IS AT
ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN NEARLY 2
DECADES .
MY FATHER WAS KILLED WHEN I
WAS TWO YEARS OLD.
I WAS RAISED BY WOMEN AND I AM
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE AND TRYING TO
ERADICATE THE SENSELESS CRIMES.
HE LEADS SUNDAY SERVICE AT
THE ALL PEOPLE CULTURAL LIFE
CHURCH.
THE LOCALS LOVINGLY CALL THE
CITY P-TOWN.
HOWEVER, THE CHARM IS
OVERSHADOWED BY ITS REPUTATION
FOR VIOLENCE.
MURDER HAS BECOME SUCH A
PROBLEM THAT THE STATE IS
GIVING IT $500,000 TO TRY TO
STOP IT.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO THEY
PLAN TO USE IT?
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS OUR
STRATEGY AND WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO AND HOW WE WILL ADDRESS
CRIME.
POINT BLANK, NOT GOING TO SAY
THAT.
YOU DO NOT TELL THE OTHER TEAM
IT IS YOUR NEXT MOVE.
'S CRYPTIC APPROACH DID NOT
@AFTER SERVING 10 MONTHS, THE
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE RENADO
PRINCE WAS FIRED AFTER THE
FOURTH OF JULY FOR A BREACH OF
TRUST.
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
NOT 20 MILES AWAY IN VIRGINIA
BEACH, CHIEF PAUL NEUDIGATE
BELIEVES HIS DEPARTMENT HAS A
SECRET WEAPON TO STOP RISING
CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE -- DATA.
INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING
MONEY AT OFFICERS, MAYBE THAT
SHOULD GO TO HELP THEM BUILD UP
AN ANALYTICAL SERVICES UNIT AND
HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR
ANALYTICAL PRODUCT, SO THE
OFFICERS THAT DO HAVE -- THEY
CAN BE FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS
FOR
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE
REINVESTING THEIR LAW
ENFORCEMENT TOOL THAT HAS BEEN
AROUND SOME 20 YEARS.
IT IS CALLED CRIME MAPPING.
IT USES HISTORICAL DATA TO
BUILD A HEAT MAP OF WHEN AND
WHERE CRIMES MIGHT HAPPEN IN
THE FUTURE.
THINK OF IT AS A FARMER'S
ALMANAC FOR CRIME PREVENTION,
WHERE POLICE CAN FORECAST CRIME
BEFORE IT EVEN HAPPENS.
IT IS INCREDIBLY TELLING
BECAUSE CRIME IS HISTORICAL AND
IT CAN BE CYCLICAL IF IT IS
HAPPENING YEAR OVER YEAR AT THE
SAME TIME.
IT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO TRY TO IMPACT IT.
SOME OF THE DATA IS MADE
PUBLIC IN THE WEEKLY ANALYSIS
FOR VIRGINIA BEACH ENGAGEMENT
AND STRATEGIES, ALSO KNOWN AS
WAVES.
WELL THEY'RE CONCERNED THE DATA
COULD BE BIASED TOWARDS PEOPLE
OF COLOR, CHIEF PAUL NEUDIGATE
ATTRIBUTES CRIME MAPPING TO
THE 27% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER
OF SHOOTING VICTIMS THIS YEAR.
IT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS
TELLING ME.
OTHER DISPARITIES ARE THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
DISPARITIES IN THAT DATA.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF VICTIMS OF
VIOLENT CRIMES ARE MINORITIES.
Reporter: ANOTHER TOOL
VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE USES
HIGHS ON THE CITY CODES
ROOFTOPS, CALLED SHOTSPOTTER.
IT ALERTS POLICE PRECISELY TO
THE LOCATION WHERE GUNSHOTS ARE
FIRED.
I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY HAS
A 95% SUCCESS RATE.
IT LEADS TO A CONFIRMED
ACTIVATION.
95% OF THE TIME, WE ARE
RESPONDING AND FINDING EITHER
SHELL CASINGS AND SOMETIMES
MAKING ARRESTS OR FINDING
WITNESSES THAT SAY, YEAH, I SAW
THIS AND HERE IS SOME GUNFIRE.
Reporter: WHILE CRIME
MAPPING AND SHOTSPOTTER HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, NOT ALL
DEPARTMENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THOSE RESOURCES.
IN THE CITY OF FORT SMITH, THE
LOCAL HOSPITAL IS FOOTING THE
CITY'S BILL TO PURCHASE
SHOTSPOTTER.
IT IS A SIGNAL OF HOPE FOR ITS
CITIZENS, WHO ARE STILL
DESPERATE TO FIND ANSWERS TO
THE VIOLENCE.
WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT PORTSMOUTH IS WE HAVE
POTENTIAL.
WE HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE
IN OFFICE.
BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS .
> IT IS LIKE A SCIENCE-
FICTION REPORT, WHERE YOU LOOK
AT MINORITY REPORT.
HOW DO YOU PREDICT CRIME?
WELL, YOU HEARD IT FROM THE
POLICE CHIEF, SAYING, WELL,
THERE ARE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
AND THERE IS A HISTORY OF CRIME
AND THEY HAVE CRIME-RIDDEN
AREAS.
THERE IS A TIME FOR IT, THAT
THESE PATTERNS WILL OCCUR OVER
TIME.
SHOULDN'T WE RESPOND TO THAT?
LET'S LOOK AT UVALDE.
WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL
IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
POLICE PROGRAM THAT WAS
MONITORING THAT SHOOTER'S CAR
SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHEN HE
STARTED TO MAKE THREATS, THAT
HE WAS ACTUALLY TAGGED, THESE
THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
TO BEAR, TO SAVE LIVES.
WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO
QUESTIONS OF PRIVACY AND WE ARE
GOING TO GET INTO QUESTIONS OF
DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN THAT KIND
OF SOCIETY THAT TRIES TO
PREDICT CRIME AND THEN PUT
ENFORCEMENT RIGHT WHERE THE
PREDICTION SAYS IT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
WILL IT UNNECESSARILY TARGET
MINORITY GROUPS WIN ALL OF
THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE WORKED
OUT BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS
COMING AND WE NEED TO BE READY
FOR IT.
HER HUSBAND WAS HAVING A
HEART ATTACK.
SHE HAD A HEART THAT WAS
POUNDING AS PENN AVENUE WAS
SETTING IN AND TIME WAS RUNNING
OUT.
SEE HOW SHE SAVED HIS LIFE
AFTER THIS.
> LAMAR WAS BREATHING LIKE A
FISH OUT OF WATER . HEART WAS
FAILING. HIS WIFE, FORMER
NURSE, THOUGHT HE COULD DIE AT
ANY MOMENT.
IT ALWAYS BEEN THE PICTURE
OF HEALTH, OFTEN TAKING HIKES
INTO THE WOODS TO FISH AND HUNT
IN HIS HOME STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th, 2020,
HE AND HIS WIFE, KAREN, HAD
SETTLED IN FOR A RELAXING
AFTERNOON AFTER CHURCH.
SHE CALLED A FRIEND TO CHAT
WHILE HE WENT DOWN THE HALL TO
HIS HOME OFFICE TO WATCH
FOOTBALL AND REST.
THE 67-YEAR-OLD HAD JUST COME
HOME FROM A HUNTING TRIP TWO
DAYS EARLIER.
A MINUTE LATER, KAREN HEARD HIM
CALL TO HER.
SO COME I SHOWED HIM THE
PHONE AND HE IS NOT A RUDE MAN.
WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL AGAIN, I
LOOKED TOWARDS HIM.
HE WAS MOTIONING FOR ME TO COME
TO HIM.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
KAREN, A RETIRED NURSE, HUNG
UP AND HURRIED TO THE OFFICE.
SHE FOUND HER HUSBAND IN
TREMENDOUS PAIN AND SLURRING
HIS WORDS.
I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THIS WAS
NOT GOOD.
MY HEART STARTED TO IMMEDIATELY
POUND.
MY HUSBAND WAS IN TROUBLE.
SUDDENLY, HIS BODY SEIZED UP
AND HE STARTED GASPING FOR AIR.
KAREN RECOGNIZED IT AS AXONAL
BREATHING, CONFIRMING HE WAS
HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
PANIC SORT OF SET IN.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE A FISH
OUT OF WATER.
HIS WAS LIKE A MOAN.
SOMETIMES, IT IS A GROWL, WHICH
MEANS HE COULD BE READY TO DIVE.
KAREN YELLED LOUDLY AND
SHOOK LAMAR, TRYING TO GET HIM
TO COME OUT OF IT.
AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, HIS BODY
RELAXED AND HE WAS BREATHING
NORMALLY AGAIN.
KAREN MOVED HIM TO THE FLOOR
AND DIALED 911.
HE WAS STILL IN TREMENDOUS PAIN
AND STARTED TO TURN PALE.
HE WAS ALERT AND DID NOT
REALLY WANT TO TALK, BUT HE WAS
CONSCIOUS AGAIN.
I COULD ACTUALLY PRAY FOR HIM,
AND I LAID HANDS ON HIM AND
PRAY FOR HIM.
I WAS ASKING GOD TO TOUCH HIM
AND KEEP HIM ALIVE, TO KEEP
THEM ALIVE AND KEEP HIM
BREATHING AND KEEP HIS HEART
BREATHING.
EMTs ARRIVED LESS THAN FIVE
MINUTES LATER.
SHE NOTICED THE EKG READOUT.
IT WAS A TROUBLED HEART.
THERE WAS A RISK HE COULD DIVE.
IT WAS A SCARY MOMENT.
THE EMTs LOADED HIM INTO
THEIR AMBULANCE AND RUSHED HIM
TO THE FIRE STATION, WHERE A
HELICOPTER WEIGHTED.
KAREN STAYED BEHIND AND STARTED
CALLING FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR
PRAYER.
THE FIRST THING ON MY MIND
WAS, LORD, WE NEED YOU.
I NEEDED PRAYER WARRIORS.
HE WAS FLOWN TO PENN STATE
HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER IN
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA.
MEANWHILE, KAREN BEGAN THE LONG
DRIVE, PRAYING AS SHE WENT.
AT ANY TIME, WHEN SOMEONE IS
HAVING A HEART ATTACK, USUALLY
THERE IS A BLOCKAGE SOMEWHERE.
UNTIL YOU GET THE BLOCKAGES
OPENED, THERE IS A RISK THAT
THE PERSON COULD DIE AT ANY
TIME.
BUT I -- THERE WAS SOMETHING IN
MY HEART, ALMOST THIS RELIEF
THAT HE WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF
AND THE LORD HAD A HOLD OF HIM.
AT THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS
DISCOVERED LAMAR HAD TWO
BLOCKED ARTERIES.
ONE WAS 90% AND THE OTHER WAS
100%.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO SURGERY
IMMEDIATELY, WHERE THE MEDICAL
TEAM INSERTED A STENT TO CLEAR
THE WORST OF THE TWO PEER KAREN
ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE
SURGERY AND SAW LAMAR BEING
WHEELED INTO HIS ROOM.
WHEN I SAW HIM, I WAS
ELATED.
I COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN
HIS COLOR ALREADY.
HE HAD ROSY CHEEKS.
HE HAD NORMAL FLESH COLOR.
HE WAS NOT THAT PALE GRAY THAT
HE HAD BEEN WHEN THE AMBULANCE
TOOK HIM.
DURING SURGERY, HIS KIDNEYS
HAD BEEN COMPROMISED.
SO, IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER
DAMAGE, DOCTORS HAD TO WAIT
UNTIL THEY WERE COVERED BEFORE
DOING ANOTHER SURGERY TO CLEAR
THE 90% BLOCKAGE.
AT ANY TIME, THAT ONE COULD
HAVE HAD A CLOT.
THE BLOCKAGE COMPLETELY CLOSED
UP.
SO, THERE WAS A DANGER YET.
TWO DAYS LATER, HIS KIDNEYS
HAD RECOVERED ENOUGH FOR THE
SECOND STENT SURGERY.
I ALMOST FELT 100% NORMAL.
ON JANUARY 8th, HE WAS
RELEASED TO GO HOME.
AS THEY THANKED GOD FOR
HEALING, THEY BEGAN TO SEE THE
LORD'S PROTECTION EVEN BEFORE
LE MARS HEART ATTACK.
TWO DAYS BEFORE, HE WAS OUT
HUNTING IN REALLY COLD WEATHER.
HE DID NOT DIVE.
HE DID NOT HAVE A HEART ATTACK
THEN.
IF HE HAD BEEN DRIVING, THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD . THERE ARE
SO MANY THINGS THAT GOD JUST
ORCHESTRATED FOR HIM TO LIVE.
TODAY, LE MARS HEART IS
STILL GOING STRONG.
THE COUPLE ARE BACK TO ENJOYING
LIFE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING MANY MORE YEARS
TOGETHER.
WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL TO GOD
FOR ALLOWING HIM TO LIVE.
HE JUST LOVES EVERYBODY.
HE IS WILLING TO UP EVERYONE
WHO WILL ASK HIM.
THE MORE PEOPLE PRAY FOR YOU,
THE BETTER THE RESULTS ARE
GOING TO BE.
I FELT BLESSED THAT THEY HAVE
THOSE FRIENDS WHO WOULD TAKE
THE TIME TO DO THAT.
HANG ON TO GOD, NO MATTER
WHAT.
THAT IS WHERE YOUR HEALTH COMES
FROM HIM.
HE WILL COME FOR YOU.
HE WILL HELP YOU AND HE WILL
SEE THINGS THROUGH FOR YOU AND
HE WILL WORK ALL THINGS
TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD.
HERE IS ANOTHER MIRACLE FROM
MARYLAND.
HE HAD DEBILITATING ARTHRITIS
IN THE SHOULDERS AND ARMS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL AND
MADE IT DIFFICULT TO RAISE HIS
ARMS OR USE HIS HANDS.
WHILE WATCHING THE SHOW, HE
HEARD TERRY SAY, THERE IS
SOMEONE THAT HAS ARTHRITIS IN
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A LIFE
INHIBITOR.
YOU HAVE HAD TO STOP DOING SO
MANY THINGS.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
THE SWELLING IS GONE AND YOU
CAN MOVE FREELY.
IT IS ALL RESTORED.
BY FAITH, HE AGREED IN PRAYER
FOR IT AND HE COULD RAISE HIS
HANDS OVER HIS HEAD AND THE
PAIN WENT AWAY.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
FOR YEARS, THEY SUFFERED FROM
CHRONIC PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF HER NECK.
NOTHING SHE TRIED GAVE HER
LASTING RELIEF.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
AND SHE HEARD YOU SAY, SOMEONE
ELSE HAS STRAINED THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR NECK AND THE MUSCLES
ARE TIGHT AND SWOLLEN.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFLAMMATION.
GIVE IT ALL TO HIM.
YOU JUST FELT IT LIFT OFF OF
YOU AND HE IS ABLE TO REARRANGE
THINGS SO IT NEVER COMES BACK.
YOU WILL LIVE A NORMAL, PAIN-
FREE LIFE.
BE HEALED.
SHE BELIEVED GOD WAS HEALING
HER AND THE PAIN LEFT AND HAS
NOT RETURNED.
HALLELUJAH.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
LIVING A LIFE FREE OF PAIN.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN PAIN.
IN HEAVEN, THERE IS NO PAIN.
THERE IS A PROMISE.
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.
IN EPHESIANS, THEY SAY THERE
SHALL BE NO PAIN.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE PAIN.
WE GET TO PRAY AND GOD'S WILL
WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS
IN HEAVEN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT PROMISE AND
PLEASE SAY IT WOULD BE REALLY
NICE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT RIGHT
NOW.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY PAIN.
I DO NOT HAVE CHRONIC PAIN.
I DO NOT HAVE CHRONIC
INFLAMMATION.
I CAN WALK FREELY.
I CAN BE HEALED.
YOU CAN PRAY THAT BECAUSE THAT
IS GOD'S WILL.
HE WANTS THAT FOR YOU . SO,
WITH THAT SAME CONFIDENCE THAT
YOU KNOW HIS WILL AND YOU KNOW
WHEN WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS
WILL, WE KNOW HE HEARS US AND
IF HE HEARS US, WE WILL HAVE
THE ANSWER.
SO, LET'S PRAY AND LET'S JUST
BELIEVE GOD.
DO NOT LOOK TO YOUR SYMPTOM.
LOOK TO YOUR ANSWER.
EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US.
HAVE HIM IN YOUR MIDST.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, GOD, WE COME TO YOU AND
WE ASK THAT THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN, THE DOMINION OF HEAVEN
-- WE COME -- THAT IT WILL DRAW
NEAR AND IT WILL BE IN OUR
BODIES, THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE
DONE IN OUR BODIES.
SO, RIGHT NOW, FOR ANYONE IN
CHRONIC PAIN, WE COME AGAINST
THAT NOW AND WE SAY, THIS IS
NOT ALLOWED IN THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.
SO, GOD'S WILL IS FOR US TO BE
PAIN-FREE.
WE DECLARE THAT.
WE DECLARE IT IS GOD'S WILL AND
GOD'S PURPOSE AND GOD'S WILL IS
BEING DONE IN MY BODY RIGHT
NOW.
BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, I
CLAIM IT.
PAIN, BE GONE.
LEAVE ME FOREVER.
LEAVE ME AND NEVER RETURN.
THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS
SUFFERED WITH MIGRAINES AND
WHEN THEY HIT YOU, THEY HIT YOU
HARD AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN A
DARK ROOM WITH NO STIMULUS, AND
EVEN THE SLIGHTEST LIGHT BRINGS
PAIN TO YOU.
GOD IS HEALING YOUR BRAIN,
HEALING THE BLOOD VESSELS IN
YOUR BRAIN, SO THAT EVERYTHING
WILL BE NORMAL.
NO MORE CLUSTER HEADACHES.
NO MORE BLINDING HEADACHES.
NO MORE HEADACHES AT ALL IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, BE RELEASED FROM
THIS, FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
MAY YOU HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT
MORE ABUNDANTLY.
THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE, I
BELIEVE IT IS A WOMAN.
YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR
VASCULAR SYSTEM IN YOUR LEFT
LEG.
IT IS VERY SWOLLEN.
IT IS NOT JUST TEMPORARY.
YOU HAVE HAD THIS YOUR WHOLE
LIFE.
IT CHANGES THE WAY YOU PURCHASE
CLOTHES AND THE WAY YOU WALK.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS.
THAT AREA WILL BEGIN TO TINGLE
AS EVERYTHING GOES BACK INTO
THAT NORMAL OPERATING WAY.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE IN
JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE IS SUFFERING FROM
CHRONIC HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND
IT HAS GONE OVER 200.
GOD IS HEALING YOU.
HE IS ABLE TO HEAL YOUR ENTIRE
BLOOD SYSTEM.
HE CAN GIVE YOU A NORMAL BLOOD
PRESSURE.
JUST RECEIVE IT RIGHT NOW.
JUST RELAX RIGHT NOW AND
RECEIVE YOUR HEALING.
THERE LOTS OF YOU THAT ARE
STRUGGLING WITH FORGIVENESS.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
BUT IT FEELS SO HARD.
GOD IS HELPING YOU WITH THAT
RIGHT NOW.
JUST SPEAK THOSE WORDS.
IN OBEDIENCE, I FORGIVE.
BE SET FREE FROM BITTERNESS AND
RESENTMENT AND ANGER IN JESUS'
NAME.
SOMEONE HEARD THE REPORT ON
ARTHRITIS.
YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER AND IT IS CAUSING PAIN
INTO YOUR RIGHT ARM.
THERE IS ALSO ARTHRITIS IN YOUR
RIGHT ELBOW.
GOD IS HEALING ALL OF YOUR ARM.
IN JESUS' NAME, ALL OF THAT IS
LIFTING OFF OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
BE HEALED AND BE RESTORED AND
BE MADE WHOLE, FOR WE ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN AND AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET US
KNOW.
LET US SHARE IN YOUR GOOD
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> A HEARTBREAKING DISCOVERY.
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> ONE ARTIST IS MAKING IT HIS
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HE JUST COMPLETED A YEAR-LONG
JOURNEY THROUGH 70 MAJOR
CITIES, MAKING HIM -- FROM A
SURFBOARD IN SAN DIEGO TO
GLASSBLOWING IN RHODE ISLAND,
DANIEL DIALED INTO WHAT CITY IS
KNOWN FOR AND CREATED ART TO
MATCH.
I JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF
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> SHE IS A CHILD WHO LOVES
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THINGS TO DO IS LISTEN TO
STORIES ABOUT JESUS.
SHE WANTS TO BE AN VALLEY AND
-- IT IS ALL THINGS TO YOU.
SHE WAS ONLY EIGHT DAYS OLD
WHEN SHE WAS ABANDONED.
WHEN SHE WAS FIVE, SHE JOINED
THE BEAUTIFUL DREAM SOCIETY,
SUPPORTED BY ORPHAN'S PROMISE.
MAVIN IS HER HOUSE MOTHER.
I MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS THAT
SHE IS LOVED.
I LOVE BEING PART OF THIS
COMMUNITY.
I LIKE TO PLAY WITH THE GIRLS
AND I LIKE MY SCHOOL.
I LOVE MY FAMILY.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ME.
PALESA IS ONE OF 11 CHILDREN
IN HIS HOME.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROVIDED WITH
AN EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING
THEY NEED, BUT THEY ALSO GET
TAUGHT ABOUT JESUS.
WE TEACH THEM THAT THE LOVE
OF JESUS IS UNCONDITIONAL, THAT
WHEN JESUS SAYS HE LOVES THEM,
HE MEANS IT AND IF THEY KNOW
HIM, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
I LOVE DEVOTIONS, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE GET TO TELL WHAT WE
LEARN FROM THE STORES.
I LOVE TO HEAR THAT JESUS WENT
FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO PREACH
TH WORD OF GOD.
WHEN I DRIVE, I WANT TO BE AN
EVANGELIST.
AT SCHOOL, I TELL MY FRIENDS
ABOUT JESUS.
HELPING THESE KIDS MAKES MY
HEART SO HAPPY.
TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS, WE
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THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR ME.
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TODAY, SHE HAS A PLACE TO
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I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT EVERY
STORY YOU SEE, WHETHER IT IS
SOMEONE COMING TO JESUS CHRIST
OR HEALING THAT IS TAKING
PLACE, SOMEONE FINDING FREEDOM
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THEIR LIVES, YOU ARE A PART OF
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> BY THE TIME HE WOKE UP,
HIS WORLD HAD COLLAPSED.
WHILE HE WAS IN BED, HIS WIFE,
JAMI, LOOKED AT HIS PHONE AND
DISCOVERED THAT MARK WAS HAVING
AN AFFAIR.
I'VE FELT -- I HAVE NEVER
HAD ANOTHER PERSON SEE ME LIKE
HE DID.
TWO MONTHS LATER, WE WERE
ENGAGED.
12 MONTHS LATER, WE WERE
MARRIED.
THIS WAS PERFECT.
A YEAR HAD GONE ON, AND OVER
THAT YEAR, I WAS STARTING A NEW
CAREER.
I WAS DOING WELL AND IT FELT
GOOD.
I WAS GETTING ACCOLADES.
THERE CAME A POINT WHERE HE
WAS WORKING SO MUCH.
I WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
MORE UNHAPPY, I THINK BECAUSE I
WAS WATCHING HIM GROW FURTHER
APART FROM THE LORD.
I WAS THINKING, HOLD ON.
WE ARE NOT GOING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS AN
INNOCENT FRIENDSHIP WITH A
COWORKER TURNED INTO A ONE
NIGHT STAND.
I JUST HAD AN AFFAIR.
I REALIZED THERE IS NO WAY
ANYBODY CAN NEVER FIND OUT
ABOUT THIS.
ONE AFTERNOON, I SAID, YOU
ARE SO TIRED, GO REST.
RIGHT BEFORE HE FELL ASLEEP,
HIS FOE BEEPED.
IT WOKE ME UP AND HE LOOKED AT
HIS PHONE AND IT HAD A WOMAN'S
NAME ON IT.
THEN HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT
ME AND I CLOSE MY EYES AND
ACTED LIKE I DID NOT SEE IT.
I KNEW THAT WAS NOT MY MOM.
I LOOKED AT HIS PHONE AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES
THAT WERE LIKE "HONEY, BABE."
IT HAD SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME ON
IT, LIKE THEY WERE IN A
RELATIONSHIP.
I FELT MY EARS POPPING.
IT WAS LITERALLY -- IT WAS ALL
FALLING DOWN.
I WAS NUMB.
I WAS CAUGHT.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT DO I SAY?
HOW DO I LOOK?
HOW DO I FIX IT?
I WAS LIKE, SCREW IT.
I SHOULD JUST CONTINUE ON.
THE KIDS WILL BE BETTER ON
WITHOUT ME.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO GET A
DIVORCE AND I STARTED OVER.
I WAS SITTING DOWN WITH A
THERAPIST.
I JUST WET.
I CRIED SO HARD IN THAT CHAIR.
I THOUGHT I HAVE FAILED IN SOME
GREAT WAY AND I WAS NOT GOOD
ENOUGH, SO HE HAD TO GO TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
THERE IS STILL SOMETHING IN
ME THAT WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING, MAN?
IS THIS REALLY THAT MUCH
BETTER?
IS THIS REALLY WORTH IT?
I FELT LIKE GOD ASKED ME TO
BE OBEDIENT.
HE SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I WANT YOU
TO STAY WITH HIM.
I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE IS NO
WAY I CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.
YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK A MIRACLE
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT GOING TO
WORK FOR ME.
RIGHT BEFORE ALL THAT HAPPENED,
THERE WERE WORDS ON THE
CHALKBOARD THAT SAID "BE KIND
AND TENDERHEARTED TOWARDS EACH
OTHER, FORGIVING EACH OTHER
LIKE CHRIST FORGAVE YOU.
I FELT LIKE GOD SHOWED ME
THAT VERSE AND BROUGHT THAT TO
MY MIND AND HE SAID, HOW DID I
FORGIVE YOU?
I SAID, WELL, WHILE WE WERE
STILL SINNERS, CHRIST FORGAVE
US.
I THOUGHT, THAT GOT ME.
I NEEDED TO BE IN A PLACE
WHERE IT WAS NO LONGER ABOUT
GETTING MY LIFE BACK AND SEEING
MY KIDS AGAIN, STATING MY
CAREER AND MY REPUTATION.
IT HAD TO BE JUST ABOUT GOD.
I REMEMBER FALLING ON MY KNEES.
I WAS LIKE, I NEED YOU TO DO
THIS.
I NEED YOU TO BE ENOUGH.
I NEED YOU TO BE EVERYTHING.
I WANT TO WORK ON THIS.
JAMI WAS LIKE, I FORGIVE YOU.
HERE IS THIS WOMAN AND I DID
THE WORST THING EVER TO HER AND
SHE IS TELLING ME THAT SHE
STILL LOVES ME.
THAT TOOK ME BACK.
ONE DAY, HE CAME WALKING
DOWN THE STREET AND -- HE SAID,
WILL YOU HAVE ME BACK?
I WANT TO COME HOME.
I AM DONE.
THIS IS IT.
YOU CAN TAKE ME BACK OR NOT,
BUT I AM STICKING WITH IT.
SO, I AGREED.
AT FIRST, I DESCRIBED IT AS A
ROLLER COASTER.
IT WAS UP AND DOWN ALL THE
TIME.
IT WAS JUST EXHAUSTING.
WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE COULD
SHOW UP AND WONDERING IF I MADE
THE RIGHT DECISION.
I WAS RELYING ON GOD'S PROMISE.
JUST SITTING IN THAT PLACE,
CHASING AFTER HIM, GOING TO
COUNSELING TWO OR THREE TIMES A
WEEK, IT WAS A MIRACLE GOD
SAVED OUR MARRIAGE.
HIS CHARACTER IS REDEMPTION.
HIS CHARACTER IS SAVING, THINGS
EVERYONE THOUGHT WERE LOST.
HIS CHARACTER IS REDEMPTION.
WE NEVER SEE THAT MORE THAN
WHEN WE ARE IN SUCH A BROKEN
SITUATION.
TO REDEEM SOMETHING IS TO TAKE
IT BACK.
TAKE IT BACK FROM WHATEVER OR
WHOEVER HAS STOLEN IT.
TO RESTORE IT.
SOMETIMES, WHEN A MARRIAGE IS
BROKEN, IT IS SO HARD TO EVEN
COMPLINE PLATE THAT COULD
HAPPEN.
YET, THE BREAKING OF IT, YOU
KNOW, IT HAPPENS GRADUALLY AND
SOMETIMES I THINK WE ARE JUST
GOING THROUGH LIFE AND LIKE
MARK WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A
FRIEND WE MEET SOMEWHERE OR
SOMEONE WE WORK WITH, A
NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY AT THE GYM,
WHEREVER.
PRETTY SOON, WE FIND OURSELVES
DOING THINGS, THINKING THINGS,
THINGS WE WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID
OTHERWISE.
WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE
OTHERWISE.
WE BEGIN TO LOSE WHAT WAS SO
PRECIOUS TO US AND IT FALLS
APART.
IT FALLS APART AND IT LOOKS A
LITTLE LIKE HUMPTY DUMPTY.
HOW DO YOU PUT IT BACK TOGETHER
AGAIN?
AT TIMES LIKE THAT, THERE IS
ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CAN REDEEM
WHAT HAS BEEN SO SHATTERED,
THAT HAS BEEN SO LOST, AND ONCE
WE REALIZE WHAT MARK DID, IS
THIS REALLY BETTER?
IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOUR LIFE
IS GOING TO BE ABOUT?
@BACK AT HIS FIRST LOVE, AT HIS
CHILDREN, AT THE HOME HE IS NOT
A PART OF ANYMORE AND HE SAYS,
I WANT THAT.
AND THEN GOD WORKS IN TWO
PARTS, AND IN COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
HE BRINGS THEM BACK TOGETHER
BUT IT STARTS WITH ONE PERSON,
ONE PERSON DRAWING NEAR TO THE
HEART OF GOD AND LISTENING TO
HIS WORD.
GOD'S WORD IS SO FILLED WITH
WISDOM.
IT IS SO FILLED WITH DIRECTION,
WITH PURPOSE, WITH INTENTION,
WITH LOVE AND WITH FORGIVENESS
AND HATS OFF TO JAMI FOR
RECOGNIZING THAT.
HATS OFF TO HER, THAT IN THE
PLACE OF HER PAIN AND HURT AND
HER DEEPEST PAIN, SHE RIDES
SCRIPTURE ON THE BOARD.
DO THAT AND LOOK FOR THE WORD
OF GOD AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT
YOUR SITUATION AND RIDE IT, SO
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY.
GOD IS FAITHFUL WHEN WE ARE
FAITHFUL, AND SO I AM ASKING
YOU TODAY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
SOMETIMES YOU THINK, HOW CAN WE
EVER PUT THIS BACK TOGETHER?
HOW DO WE EVER TRUST OR CARE
AGAIN?
IT HAPPENS.
IT HAPPENS WITH GOD ALL THE
TIME AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT IN
YOUR LIFE AND IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP AND IN YOUR
SITUATION.
TRUST GOD.
HE NEEDS TO BE THE ONE WE RUN
TO WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS
FALLING APART.
IF YOUR MARRIAGE IS FALLING
APART, RUN TO HIM.
HE IS THE GUY THAT CREATED
FAMILY AND KNOWS WHAT IT IS ALL
ABOUT.
TRUST GOD TO DO THAT, LIKE JAMI
AND MARK DID.
LET HIM RESTORE YOU.
IF YOU NEED SOME SOLID
INFORMATION ON WHAT THE BIBLE
HAS TO SAY ABOUT A LOVING
MARRIAGE, WE HAVE IT FOR YOU .
THIS IS THE TITLE "LOVE AND
MARRIAGE."
YOU CAN CALL US AT 1-800-700-
7000 TO GET IT.
JUST ASKED FOR IT AND WE WILL
GET IT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
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FRIENDS AT STORY PARTNERS FOR
THEIR TESTIMONY.
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YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS
THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE LORD.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THAT, WE WILL SHOW YOU IN THE
PACKET.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE
QUESTION.
THIS IS NICOLE, WHO SAYS HELLO,
GORDON.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE LOOKING TO
PURCHASE THE HOME.
ANY ADVICE?
MOVING IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
HAVING A WONDERFUL HOME THAT
BOTH OF YOU ENJOY IS ALSO
WONDERFUL AND GOD WANTS TO GIVE
YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PRACTICAL
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH
LOCATIONS BEING NUMBER ONE, BUT
IF YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU
LIKE, REALIZE GOD WANTS TO GIVE
YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
JUST DO NOT MAKE YOUR HOME AN
IDOL.
HERE IS A WORD FROM I PETER.
CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEPER LOVE
FOR EACH OTHER, FOR LOVE COVERS
A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
GOD BLESS YOU.