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The 700 Club - July 26, 2022

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. Read Transcript


> 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

REPORT.

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WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

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THAT IS THE PRAYER THAT DOES

NOT GIVE UP UNTIL IT GETS AN

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SEE HOW THIS FORGOTTEN GIRL

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> A HEARTBREAKING DISCOVERY.

A STRING OF ROMANTIC TEXT OF

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> ONE ARTIST IS MAKING IT HIS

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THROUGH ART.

HE JUST COMPLETED A YEAR-LONG

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CITIES, MAKING HIM -- FROM A

SURFBOARD IN SAN DIEGO TO

GLASSBLOWING IN RHODE ISLAND,

DANIEL DIALED INTO WHAT CITY IS

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MATCH.

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EXPLORING THEIR PASSIONS AND

SEEING THEIR EYES LIGHT UP WHEN

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> SHE IS A CHILD WHO LOVES

HER HOME TO ONE OF HER FAVORITE

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

REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING

YOU DO TO MAKE THEIR LIVES

EASIER AND HAPPY.

I PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP YOU

TO CONTINUE GIVING.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING

THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR ME.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T SHE?

TODAY, SHE HAS A PLACE TO

BELONG AND SHE HAS JOY IN HER

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IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT

IF THERE WAS NOT SOMEONE THERE,

CARING ABOUT HER.

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

FROM ADDICTION OR SOMETHING IN

THEIR LIVES, YOU ARE A PART OF

THAT.

THE CREDIT FOR THAT GOES TO YOU

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YOU AND STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH.

YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.

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I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT AS WELL.

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A HUSBAND HAS A ONE NIGHT

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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.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR

FRIENDS AT STORY PARTNERS FOR

THEIR TESTIMONY.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF

THEIR SHORT FILMS, YOU CAN

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE.

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.

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