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I WAS THE MOMENT THAT I KNEW
THAT WAS CALLED
TO MUSIC. AND THAT'S
SPECIFICALLY MUSIC FOR WHY HIS
GLORY ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
WELCOME TO THE
700 CLUB HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI IS EXPECTED TRIP
TO TAIWAN CONTINUES TO DIAL UP
THE DRAMA.
CHINA'S PRESIDENT HAS
THREATENED SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
WILL FOLLOW HER
VISIT SAYING THOSE WHO PLAY
WITH FIRE WILL PERISH BY IT.
SPEAKER PELOSI WOULD BE THE
HIGHEST RANKING US OFFICIAL TO
VISIT TAIWAN. IN
25 YEARS. HER PRESENCE THERE
WOULD PUSH U.S. CHINA RELATIONS
TOPUSH U.S.
-CHINA RELATIONS TO THE BRINK.
CAITLIN BURKE IS FOLLOWING THIS
STORY.
Reporter: THE NEW MESSAGE
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORTS HER VISIT TO TAIWAN.
COUNSEL COORDINATORS FOR
COMMUNICATION SAY THERE IS
NOTHING NEW ABOUT THEM VISITING
THE ISLAND.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR
BEIJING TO TURN A POTENTIAL
VISIT, CONSISTENT WITH LONG-
STANDING U.S. POLICY, INTO SOME
SORT OF CRISIS OR CONFLICTS, OR
TO USE IT AS A PRETEXT TO
INCREASE AGGRESSIVE MILITARY
ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND THE
TAIWAN STRAIT.
Reporter: SHE ALSO HAS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM
REPUBLICANS PRAISED HER LONG-
STANDING OPPOSITION TO THE
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OF BEIJING
AND DETERMINATION TO SUPPORT
TAIWAN.
I DISAGREE WITH HIERONYMUS
EVERY ISSUE AND I WILL NOT BE
SAD TO SEE HER GO, COME NEXT
CONGRESS.
ON THIS ISSUE, SHE HAS A LONG
TRACK RECORD GOING BACK TO
TIANANMEN SQUARE, BEING WILLING
TO CRITICIZE THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IN STANDING UP
FOR TAIWAN.
Reporter: CUT TRAVEL
COINCIDES WITH THE ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S
LIBERATION ARMY.
OVER THE WEEKEND, BEIJING SENT
A MESSAGE BY CONDUCTING LIVE
FIRE MILITARY DRILLS OFF ITS
COAST, JUST ACROSS FROM TAIWAN.
MONDAY, CHINA'S FOREIGN
MINISTRY SPOKESMAN MADE CLEAR
OF THE SPEAKER VISITS TAIWAN
COME IT WILL LEAD TO, QUOTE, A
VERY SERIOUS SITUATION AND
CONSEQUENCES.
WHILE NOT PROVIDING SPECIFICS
AS TO THOSE CONSEQUENCES, HE
SAID THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION
ARMY WILL NOT SIT BY IDLY.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT CHINA
CALLS IS WOLF OF DIPLOMACY,
WHERE IT IMITATES, BADGERS,
MANIPULATES, ALL TO GET WHAT IT
WANTS PEER
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN'S BUT WITH XI JINPING FOR
OVER TWO HOURS LAST WEEK.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM
BEIJING, IN REFERENCE TO
TAIWAN, PRESIDENT XI WARNED HIM
THAT THOSE WHO PLAY WITH FIRE
WILL PERISH BY IT.
IN SOME MEANINGFUL SENSE,
THE INVASION OF TAIWAN HAS
ALREADY BEGUN.
THIS IS PART OF IT.
THEY ARE PREPARING THE BATTLE
SPACE, TRYING TO MAKE US AFRAID
AND TO CONVINCE THE TAIWANESE
THEY CANNOT COUNT ON US AND WE
NEED TO STAND UP TO THAT
GROWING AGGRESSION.
Reporter: THE KREMLIN IS
WEIGHING IN, ADDING A WARNING
OF ITS OWN AGAINST THE U.S.
PROVOKING CHINA.
THE SPEAKER -- ECONOMIC
PARTNERSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS
CHINA IS LIKELY TO ESCALATE ITS
WARNINGS.
WHAT STEPS MIGHT THEY TAKE?
Reporter: IN A BRIEFING,
KIRBY TOLD REPORTERS THAT SOME
OF THE RESPONSES THEY ARE
EXPECTING COULD INCLUDE
MISSILES FIRED NEAR TAIWAN,
LARGE-SCALE AIR OR NAVAL
ACTIVITY, OR WHETHER OR NOT THE
TAIWANESE STRAIGHT IS TRULY
INTERNATIONAL WATER.
THE WHITE HOUSE DID SAY THEY
WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
TRANSPARENT WITH AMERICANS,
EVEN AS MORE RHETORIC IS
EXPECTED FROM CHINA.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE U.S.
RESPONSE TO BE?
HOW WOULD THEY RESPOND TO
CHINA'S THREATS?
Reporter: THE MILITARY HAS
NOT DETAILED THE PRECAUTIONS
THEY HAVE TAKEN.
ONLY THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO
SHIPS OPERATING IN THE REGION.
THE USS REAGAN AND THE U.S. AS
TRIPOLI.
IN OTHER NEWS, THEY KILLED I
CAUGHT HIS TOP LEADER. HE WAS
OSAMA BIN LADEN'S DEPUTY ON
911.
WE HAVE THAT STORY FROM OUR CBN
NEWSBUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
ANNOUNCING AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI'S
DEATH TO THE NATION, MAKING A
PROMISE TO OTHER ENEMIES OF
AMERICA.
IF YOU ARE A THREAT TO OUR
PEOPLE, WE WILL FIND YOU AND
TAKE YOU OUT.
THEY USED TWO MISSILES TO
KILL HIM AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE
BALCONY OF HIS SAFE HOUSE IN
ABUL.
THERE WERE NO CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES AND PRAISE U.S.
INTELLIGENCE FOR TRACKING AND
CONFIRMING HIS LOCATION.
THEY PLAN TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS.
HIS PRESENCE IN AN NEIGHBORHOOD
HERE IS RAISING QUESTIONS WHERE
THE TALIBAN HAD PROMISED THEY
WOULD NOT HARBOR TERRORIST LIKE
AL QAEDA MEMBERS IN TERMS SENT
FROM WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
> VOTERS WILL GO TO THE POLLS
FOR THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
THE PRIMARIES IN SEVERAL STATES
WILL DETERMINE WHO IS RUNNING
IN NOVEMBER.
MANY ARE LOOKING TO ARIZONA,
WHERE THE GOVERNOR'S TRADE
COULD BE A BELLWETHER FOR
REPUBLICANS.
MATT GALKA REPORTS.
BOTH CANDIDATES IN THE
PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR ARE
FEUDING OVER WHICH ONE CARRIES
THE TRUE REPUBLICAN BANNER.
BELOW THE SURFACE, IT IS SEEN
AS A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE BETWEEN
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S MAC A
MOVEMENT AND THE TRADITIONAL
REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT.
YOU ARE GOING TO ELECT A
TRULY GREAT WOMAN, WHO I HAVE
GOTTEN TO KNOW VERY WELL, KARI
LAKE, AS YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
Reporter: MEET THIS TV NEWS
ANCHOR THAT GOT THE COVETED
ENDORSEMENT.
SHE STOOD SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE
FORMER PRESIDENT IN ARIZONA IN
THE RUN UP TO THE STATE'S
PRIMARY.
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS BETTER
THAN HER HOW TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA AND
THE RADICAL LEFT.
THEY ARE PARTNERS.
DO WE LOVE THIS MAN OR WHAT?
THEY ARE LIKELY FAMILIAR
WITH HER FROM DECADES AS A
NEWSCASTER.
HER ARRIVAL INTO THE PRIMARY --
SHE HAS CLOSED THAT GAP WITH AD
SPENDING AND THE BACKING OF THE
MORE TRADITIONAL WING OF THE
PARTY.
WHILE LAKE APPEARED WITH TRUMP,
MIKE PENCE AND KARRIN TAYLOR
ROBSON AND DOUG DUCEY ARE HERE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE ARIZONA
AND AMERICA NEED KARRIN TAYLOR
ROBSON AS THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF
ARIZONA.
MIKE PENCE HAS LED AND
LIVED HIS CONSERVATIVE VALUES.
BOY, DO WE MISS HIM IN OFFICE
RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: ARIZONA HAS BEEN A
FOCAL POINT OF THE ELECTION
ALLEGATIONS, LEADING TO A HIGH-
PROFILE AUDIT THAT TURNED UP NO
EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING.
THOUGH THEY BOTH BELIEVE THERE
WERE ISSUES WITH THE ELECTION
RESULTS, THEY ALSO ACCUSE EACH
OTHER OF BEING A FAKE
REPUBLICAN WHILE POINTING TO
PAST DEMOCRATIC TIES.
SO, WHERE ARE ARIZONA VOTERS
HEADING?
WHAT WAS ONCE A COMPETITIVE
RACE BETWEEN KARI LAKE AND
KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON SHOWS THAT
KARI LAKE IS MORE FAVORABLE.
Reporter: ONE PROMINENT
POLLING FIRM HAS LAKE
DOMINATING BY DOUBLE DIGITS.
IF IT WAS BASED ON THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON TV,
KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON SHOULD BE
CARRYING THE DAY, BUT IT IS
NOT.
LAKE IS CLEARLY BREAKING AWAY
AND I THINK IT IS A NEW WORLD
EVER SINCE TRUMP CAME ON BOARD
AND THIS BATTLE IN THE GOP --
RIGHT NOW, TROUBLED FOLKS HAVE
THE UPPER HAND.
WHILE THAT MIGHT JUST BE ONE
POLE COME OTHERS HAVE FEATURED
LEAK LAKE IN THE LEAD.
SHE HAS ALLEGED FRAUD BUT HAS
DECLINED TO GET INTO SPECIFICS.
MATT GALKA, CBN NEWS.
IT IS LOOKING LIKE A PROXY
BATTLE BETWEEN TRUMP AND PENCE
FOR THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE
GOP.
I WOULD NOT READ INTO JUST
MUCH ONE ELECTION.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THE BIGGER ELECTION IS
THE ONE GOING ON IN KANSAS,
WHERE THE VOTERS ARE DECIDING
WHAT THEIR STATE CONSTITUTION
SAYS ABOUT ABORTION.
THEY RULED ABORTION IS SOMEHOW
GUARANTEED BY THEIR STATE
CONSTITUTION, SO WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CHANGES
TODAY.
THAT VOTE IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT TO THE RIGHT TO LIFE
MOVEMENT.
> A SHORT FUSE AND A VOLATILE
TEMPER.
EVERYONE KNEW NOT TO CROSS THIS
MAN.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HIS
WIFE GETS TIRED OF WALKING ON
EGGSHELLS AND A MARRIAGE
COUNSELOR TELLS HER TO LEAVE
THIS CAVEMAN.
> SHE ONCE WANTED TO BE AN
ASTRONAUT.
C WHAT IS BEHIND HER SONG "MY
JESUS" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
> SHE IS -- SHE SET HER
> SHE IS -- SHE SET HER
SIGHTS ON A MUSIC CAREER BUT
BEFORE THAT, SHE WANTED TO BE
AN ASTRONAUT.
SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY
THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HER
LIFE.
YOU JUST RECEIVED TWO K-LOVE
AWARDS.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT SO
MANY PEOPLE.
I AM SO GRATEFUL.
YOU ARE NOT EVEN THINKING OF
A CAREER?
NO, NOT AT ALL.
I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT AND
WORK FOR NASA.
I HAD A DEEP LOVE FOR SPACE.
I WANTED TO EXPLORE GOD'S
CREATION.
I WAS PURSUING WANTING TO BE AN
ASTRONAUT.
THAT WAS MY PASSION.
IN 2017, FIVE YEARS AGO, MY BIG
BROTHER JACOB PASSED AWAY IN A
CAR ACCIDENT.
HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD.
THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
I REALIZED THAT THERE IS SUCH A
SHORT LIFE THAT WE LIVE HERE ON
EARTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
FOLLOWING JESUS AND TELLING
PEOPLE ABOUT HIM AND HIS LOVE.
I NEVER WANTED SOMEONE TO HAVE
TO LOSE A LOVED ONE AND KNOW
THAT THEY DID NOT GO TO HEAVEN.
THAT WAS SUCH A HEAVYWEIGHT.
THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT I KNEW
I WAS CALLED TO MUSIC,
SPECIFICALLY MUSIC FOR THE LORD
AND HIS GLORY.
SO, CRAZY STORY, HOW IT ALL
TURNED OUT.
THIS IS -- THIS SONG CAME
FROM --
RIGHT AFTER MY BROTHER
PASSED AWAY, I STARTED
JOURNALING.
I WOULD RIDE DOWN THE DATE AND
RIDE DOWN AT THE END OF EACH
DAY THAT GOD HAD GOTTEN ME
THROUGH ANOTHER DAY.
I WANTED TO PROVE TO MYSELF
THAT I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE THE
TRAGEDY BECAUSE -- I SURE IF
YOU HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE OR
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH ANYTHING
THAT IS REALLY HARD, THERE ARE
TIMES YOU WANT TO GIVE UP
COMPLETELY.
SO MANY DAYS, I WANTED TO GIVE
UP AND GO TO HEAVEN AND BE WITH
JESUS AND JACOB.
I WOULD FIND MYSELF THAT, IN
THOSE MOMENTS OF WANTING TO
GIVE UP, CHOOSING NOT TO GIVE
UP WAS SO IMPORTANT.
I NOTICED THAT I HAD ONLY
REFERRED TO THE LORD AS "MY
JESUS," LIKE YOU WOULD NEVER
FIND -- I WOULD SAY, I LOVE
YOU, MY JESUS.
I JUST REMEMBER HAVING THIS
MOMENT OF REALIZING, WHY IS IT
I'VE ONLY EVER WRITTEN MY
JESUS?
I FELT THE LORD SPEAK TO ME AND
SAY, BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUTH.
YOU ARE MINE AND I YOURS AND
YOU HAVE A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP.
THIS IS WHAT FLOWS OUT OF
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS CALLED "MY JESUS."
TELL ME THE STORY BEHIND IT.
SUNDAY SERMONS IS MY CURRENT
SINGLE.
I GREW UP IN CHURCH MY WHOLE
LIFE.
I WAS RAISED IN AN INCREDIBLE
CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
MY PARENTS ARE AMAZING.
I KNEW THE LORD FROM A YOUNG
AGE, KNEW OF HIM, BUT I DID NOT
COME TO KNOW HIM UNTIL THE
SEVENTH GRADE CAMORRA ACTUALLY
ACCEPTED HIM AS MY LORD AND
SAVIOR.
I REMEMBER REALIZING THAT GOD
USED EVERY SUNDAY SERMON, EVERY
CHURCH SERVICE, TO PLANT SEEDS
IN MY LIFE.
SUNDAY SERMONS WAS A REMINDER
TO PEOPLE, THAT YOU ARE
PLANTING SEEDS ALONG THE WAY.
IF YOU ARE RAISING YOUR KIDS IN
CHURCH, KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE
THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR THAT.
HE IS GOING TO USE THAT.
IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT NEXT
SONG AND THE RIGHT NEXT SINGLE.
I LOVE THE COUNTRY ASPECT OF
IT.
IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER
DONE BEFORE.
YOU ARE SINGING -- BUT YOU
ARE ALSO INTO SONGWRITING?
MY SISTER WROTE A SONG ABOUT
THE GRIEF OF LOSING OUR
BROTHER.
RIDING WAS SOMETHING THAT DID
NOT COME EASY TO ME.
I FEEL LIKE MOST ARTISTS --
RIDING IS THAT EVERYTHING EVER
AND THEY ARE SUPER GOOD AT IT
AND PASSIONATE AT IT.
I NEVER REALLY WAS UNTIL OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT IS HOW IT STARTED SLOWLY,
YOU KNOW, GETTING DEVELOPED.
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAD TO WORK
AT AND GET BETTER AT.
ONE THING ABOUT JACOB WAS HE
HAD THIS PERSPECTIVE ON PEOPLE.
I NEVER MET ANYONE ELSE THAT
HAS HAD THIS.
I WOULD BE HAVING A HARD DAY
AND SOMEONE WOULD FRUSTRATE ME
AND I WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, THIS
PERSON DID THIS AND THAT HE
WOULD SAY, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THEY ARE WALKING THROUGH IN
THEIR LIFE.
WE ARE NOT TO JUDGE OR TO TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE.
I REMEMBER THAT IMPACTING ME
UNTIL THIS DAY.
TO LOVE PEOPLE LIKE JESUS
LOVES, TO BE KIND TO PEOPLE
LIKE HE IS KIND TO OTHERS.
I KNOW THAT IN MY HEART HE
WOULD BE SO PROUD AND EXCITED
AND I FULLY BELIEVE THAT HE IS
IN A GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES
AND THAT HE CAN SEE WHAT IS
GOING ON AND I KNOW HE IS
WATCHING OVER ME.
WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY.
HE WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT
AND NOW SHE IS A SINGER.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
HER DEBUT ALBUM IS CALLED "MY
JESUS."
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE IT COMES
FROM.
MOSES SAID IT.
HE SAID YAHWEH HAS BECOME MY
SALVATION.
IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, IT IS
YESHUA, WHICH MEANS "MY JESUS."
IT IS AVAILABLE ON CD AND FOR
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WHEREVER MUSIC
IS SOLD.
> A 2-YEAR-OLD IS DECLARED
BRAIN-DEAD AND HIS DAD TAKES A
VISIT TO HEAVEN.
FIND OUT WHAT HE SAW AND HEARD
AND SEE HOW IT COMPLETELY
CHANGED HIS LIFE.
> DARIN WAS THE CONSUMMATE
TOUGH GUY THAT HAD A CHIP ON
HIS SHOULDER.
ONE DAY, TRAGEDY STRUCK AND
LATER THAT EVENING, HE WAS
INSTANTLY TRANSPORTED TO
HEAVEN.
WHEN HE CAME BACK TO EARTH, HE
WAS NEVER THE SAME.
I WAS JUST A TOUGHER DUDE
AND I HAD A SHORT FUSE.
I WOULD NOT REALLY CONSIDER
MYSELF AN ANGRY PERSON, LIKE,
WALKING AROUND ANGRY ALL THE
TIME.
PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESPECTFUL.
IF THEY DID NOT, I WOULD TAKE
THEM BY THE THROAT.
DARIN HAMM NEVER UNDERSTOOD
WHY PEOPLE ANGERED HIM SO
EASILY.
RAISED IN A LOVING HIM, HE WAS
CONSTANTLY GETTING INTO FIGHTS
AS A BOY.
THEN, TAKING OVER HIS FAMILY'S
STRUGGLING SANITATION BUSINESS
AT 19 AND DEALING WITH GREEDY,
DECEITFUL CUSTOMERS MADE IT
WORSE.
THAT IS WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT
THE DARK SIDE OF PEOPLE.
THE WAY THEY WILL ATTACK,
BELITTLE, AND DEMEAN YOU.
BUT I WAS RIGHT AND EVERYBODY
ELSE WAS WRONG.
IS A VOLATILE NATURE WOULD
SPILL INTO OTHER AREAS OF HIS
LIFE.
AT 26 YEARS OLD, HE MARRIED JEN
AND STARTED A FAMILY.
AS LONG AS NO ONE CROSSED HIM,
HE WAS FINE.
HE NEVER GOT PHYSICAL WITH
ME.
HE MOSTLY WAS JUST SO VOLATILE.
HE WOULD LOSE IT, LOSE HIS
TEMPER.
EVERYONE KNEW YOU COULD SAY THE
WRONG THING TO DARIN AND IT IS
GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
Reporter: AS THEIR FAMILY
GREW, JEN, WHO WAS RAISED
CATHOLIC, WANTED TO RECONNECT
WITH GOD.
HE STARTED GOING TO CHURCH,
HOPING IT WOULD HELP THEIR
MARRIAGE, YET DARIN WANTED
NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS, THE
CHURCH, OR THE PEOPLE IN IT.
I WOULD TELL HER SHE IS
CHASING AN INVISIBLE MAN.
DARIN, FOR BUSINESS, FELT
LIKE THE CHRISTIANS WERE THE
ONE BEING THE WORST HIM.
HE DID NOT LIKE HIM BY PERCY.
IT REALLY TURNED HIM OFF THE
CHURCH.
OVER THE YEARS, SHE GREW
TIRED OF WALKING ON EGGSHELLS
AROUND HER HUSBAND.
I WAS VERY UNHAPPY AND OUR
MARRIAGE.
I DEFINITELY CONSIDER GETTING A
DIVORCE.
IN 2009, SHE CONVINCED DARIN
TO GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING.
I WAS OBLIVIOUS.
I WAS SO SELF ABSORBED THAT I
DID NOT RECOGNIZE ANY ISSUES IN
OUR MARRIAGE.
I DID NOT SEE THE PROBLEM AND I
DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE.
IT TURNED INTO A BIG FIGHT
ABOUT IT.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF
COUNSELING, DARIN STOPPED
GOING.
A SHORT TIME LATER, THE
THERAPIST TOOK GENOCIDE.
HE WAS LIKE, LOOK, I'M A
CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR AND YOU
SHOULD LEAVE YOUR HUSBAND.
HE IS A CAVEMAN.
IT WAS A GUT PUNCH TO ME AT THE
TIME BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, NO, I
NEED HELP.
SHE DECIDED TO STAY FOR
THEIR TWO BOYS.
I WAS PRETTY MUCH ACCEPTING
I WILL JUST HAVE TO LIVE THIS
LIFE OF MISERY AND THAT IS HOW
IT IS GOING TO BE.
IN 2011, GRIFFIN, THEN TWO
YEARS OLD, DEVELOPED SUDDEN
BREATHING PROBLEMS.
WITHIN DAYS, HE WAS
HOSPITALIZED AND IN CARDIAC
DISTRESS.
THERE WAS LITTLE DOCTORS COULD
DO.
SITTING BY GRIFFIN'S HOSPITAL
BED, DARIN BEGAN TO HOPE THAT
MAYBE JESUS EXISTED AFTER ALL.
I WAS IN SUCH DESPERATION
THAT IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY
OF THAT BEING TRUE, I WOULD
EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES.
FOUR DAYS LATER, DOCTORS
DECLARED GRIFFIN BRAIN-DEAD.
I FELT WEEK.
I FELT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MY LIFE, THAT I WAS NOT TOUGH
ENOUGH.
SHE SPENT MOST OF HER DAY
HOLDING GRIFFIN AND SAYING
GOODBYE TO HIM.
WHEN EVENING CAME, DARIN
MUSTERED THE STRENGTH TO HOLD
HIS LITTLE BOY.
I SQUEEZED HIS HAND.
I INSTANTLY WAS TAKEN TO
HEAVEN.
I COULD SEE GRIFFIN AND HE WAS
JUST SO HAPPY.
I WAS IN AWE.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER AND
HOPELESS.
THERE HE WAS, FULLY ALIVE AND
VIBRANT, THE HAPPIEST HE HAD
EVER BEEN.
DARIN SAYS GRIFFIN STARTED
TALKING TO SOMEONE.
DARIN COULD NOT SEE WHO IT WAS,
BUT SOMEHOW KNEW IT WAS JESUS.
FEELING GOD'S LOVE FOR THE
FIRST TIME, DARIN FINALLY SAW
THE TRUTH ABOUT HIMSELF AND
GOD.
I KNEW MY SIN CONDITION.
I KNEW THE PAIN BUSINESS OF
HEAVEN.
I KNEW THE LOVE OF GOD AND I
WAS SHOCKED AT THE DEPTH OF THE
LOVE THAT HE HAD FOR ME,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE TYPE
OF BRUTE THAT I WAS.
I IMMEDIATELY WAS A BELIEVER.
IT WAS THEN THAT DARIN
ACCEPTED THAT HIS SON WAS IN
GOD'S HANDS.
I WAS VERY AWARE OF -- IT
WAS INCOMPARABLE TO HOW MUCH
GOD LOVES HIM AND THAT GRIFFIN
IS SAFE.
THEN I IMMEDIATELY WAS BACK IN
THE HOSPITAL.
SADLY, GRIFFIN DIED THE NEXT
DAY.
THROUGH GRIEF AND TEARS, JEN
NOTICED FOR ONCE DARIN DID NOT
LASH OUT IN ANGER.
HE WAS AT PEACE.
THEN HE TOLD HER AND EVERYONE
ELSE WHAT HE HAD WITNESSED.
DARIN IMMEDIATELY WAS
TELLING EVERYBODY , IT IS ALL
ABOUT LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE AND
RELATIONSHIPS.
GRIFFIN IS GOING TO BE IN A
GOOD PLACE.
DARIN BEGAN SEEKING GOD,
READING HIS BIBLE, AND GOING TO
CHURCH WITH HIS FAMILY.
I COULD UNDERSTAND GOD'S
LOVE, AND THE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF LOVE.
WOULD UNFOLD TO ME AND MY
MARRIAGE WAS IMMEDIATELY
HEALED.
I SAW EVERYTHING THAT I HAD PUT
HER THROUGH AND I KNEW HER
LOVE.
I KNEW THAT I WAS SELFISH.
DARIN IS A NEW MAN.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT IT IS LIKE A
SALT TO PAUL TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
WITH DARIN.
ALMOST 2 YEARS AFTER
GRIFFIN'S DEATH, DARIN AND JEN
HAD A DAUGHTER.
DARIN SAYS THE REALITY OF
CHRIST'S LOVE HAS TRANSFORMED
HIS LIFE COMPLETELY.
IT MAKES ME CRY.
THE THOUGHT OF HIS LOVE JUST
BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES.
IT IS DEEPER THAN WHAT CAN BE
KNOWN.
IF YOU EVER HAVE AN
ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS, YOU WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
YOU CANNOT WALK AWAY FROM THAT
ENCOUNTER AND GO BACK TO WHAT
YOU USED TO DO.
IT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
ONCE YOU HAVE THAT, ONCE YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, AND YOU
UNDERSTAND THE LOVE THAT GOD
HAS FOR YOU -- IT IS THE BEST
NEWS ANYONE HAS EVER HEARD,
THAT THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING,
THE GOD BEHIND ALL OF IT, LOVES
YOU AND LOVES YOU INFINITELY,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR DESCRIBES
HIM AS A CAVEMAN.
HE IS COUNSELING HIS WIFE TO
POLICE A DIVORCE HIM.
DO NOT STAY IN THIS MARRIAGE.
THAT IS THE WAY GOD LOVES.
HE KNOWS INFINITELY.
THIS IS LOVE.
THIS IS HOW THE BIBLE DESCRIBES
LOVE.
THIS IS LOVE.
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
JESUS DIED FOR US.
THAT IS HOW HE LOVES.
HE WAS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE
FOR YOU.
SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR
ACTIONS IF YOU WOULD TAKE ALL
OF THE PENALTY, ALL OF THAT, HE
WOULD TAKE IT TO THE CROSS AND
GET RID OF IT.
HE WOULD ABOLISH THE LAW OF SIN
AND DEATH.
YOU WOULD SET US FREE FROM THE
CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS, SO
WE CAN BE WITH HIM FOR ALL
ETERNITY.
FOR DARIN, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED
THAT, IF WAS AT A MOMENT OF
GREAT TRAGEDY.
HE IS LOSING HIS SON . HE GETS
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN AND HE
UNDERSTANDS GOD'S LOVE TOWARDS
US.
IT WAS FOR HIS SON AND FOR HIM
AND FOR ALL PEOPLE, FOR ALL
TIME.
HE FINALLY GOT IT.
IT TRANSFORMED HIM.
IT MELTED THAT HARD HEART.
YOU CHANGED HIM.
THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN TO
YOU.
HOW DO YOU GET IT?
YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH A
TRAGEDY?
NO.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ASK FOR
IT.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU WILL DRAW
NEAR TO GOD, HE WILL DRAW NEAR
TO YOU.
JESUS SAYS, AND HE SAYS IT VERY
CLEARLY, BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE
DOOR AND KNOCK.
IF ANYONE, THAT IS YOU, IF
ANYONE OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL
COME IN AND I WILL SUP WITH
THEM.
THAT MEANS HE WILL HAVE
COMMUNION WITH YOU.
HE WILL SHARE HIS LIFE, HIS
ESSENCE, WITH YOU.
IT IS A WONDERFUL PROMISE.
HOW DO YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT PROMISE?
YOU ASK FOR IT.
YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU SAY,
JESUS, IF YOU ARE THERE, IF YOU
ARE MY SAVIOR, COULD YOU SHOW
ME?
COULD YOU SHOW ME HOW MUCH YOU
LOVE ME?
COULD YOU TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
MY SIN, ALL THE THINGS I HAVE
DONE WRONG?
COULD YOU TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
THAT?
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YES.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME, IF
YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT DOOR, BOW
YOUR HEAD WITH ME AND PRAY THIS
VERY SIMPLE PRAYER.
JESUS WILL ANSWER IT TODAY.
YOU CAN DISCOVER HIS LOVE FOR
YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK.
LET'S PRAY.
JESUS.
SAY HIS NAME.
SAY IT OUT LOUD.
JESUS.
I OPENED THE DOOR OF MY HEART
TO YOU.
I ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME IN.
I DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
I WANT TO -- I DRAW NEAR TO
YOU.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL COME TO
ME.
YOU WILL COME INTO MY HEART.
THAT YOU WILL FORGIVE ME OF ALL
THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE
WRONG, THAT YOU WILL CLEANSE ME
FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
LORD, IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME, I
WANT TO FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS
OF MY LIFE.
HEAL MY PRAYER -- COME INTO MY
MIND.
BE WITH ME, FOR I ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
FATHER, FOR THOSE THAT JUST
PRAYED, I ASK FOR A BAPTISM IN
YOUR LOVE AND ASK YOU FILL THEM
TO OVERFLOWING.
LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE
THEM AND CARE FOR THEM.
BE WITH THEM NOW.
WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THE
BIBLE SAYS IF YOU BELIEVE IN
YOUR HEART AND CONFESS WITH
YOUR MOUTH, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
WE MADE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO
CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL
1-800-700-7000 . THAT IS THE
NUMBER TO CALL.
WHEN YOU CALL, SAY, I PRAYED
AND I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO
MY HEART.
WE HAVE A FREE PACKET AND YOU
CAN GET IT AS A DOWNLOAD OR AS
A CD.
IT IS YOUR CHOICE.
IN THERE, THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE AND HOW DO
YOU KNOW IF YOUR SINS ARE
FORGIVEN AND HOW DO YOU LIVE A
CHRISTIAN LIFE?
IT IS ALL FREE.
JUST ASK FOR IT.
CALL 1-800-700-7000.
> A STUDENT RIDING TO A
CHURCH RETREAT MAKES A TRAGIC U-
TURN.
A HORRIFIC CRASH FOLLOWS.
STAY TUNED TO SEE THE MIRACLE
MARRIAGE THAT TAKES PLACE ONE
YEAR TO THE DAY.
> WE ARE GOING TO BE PRAYING
FOR YOU.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700
CLUB . THEY HOLD THE FIRST
REFERENDUM ON ABORTIONS AND THE
OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE
IN KANSAS.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT WOULD OVERRIDE AT
2019 STATE SUPREME COURT RULING
MAKING ABORTION A GUARANTEED
RIGHT.
IT WOULD GIVE LAWMAKERS THE
UNFETTERED ABILITY TO RESTRICT
ABORTION.
ONE POLL FOUND 47% OF KANSANS
PLAN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT WHILE 43% PLAN TO
VOTE AGAINST IT.
10% SAID THEY ARE UNDECIDED.
> TURNING TO THE FLOODING IN
KENTUCKY.
AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
AND HUNDREDS ARE STILL MISSING
SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN COMPLICATED BY WASHED OUT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
OPERATION BLESSING IS ON THE
GROUND, DISTRIBUTE AND 18
PALLETS OF BOTTLED WATER
ATTRIBUTION CENTERS.
VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO WORKING
THROUGH LOCAL CHURCHES TO
DISTRIBUTE WATER AND HOME DEPOT
BUCKETS FILLED WITH CLEANING
SUPPLIES.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON HOW TO
HELP BY VISITING OB.ORG.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH THE 700 CLUB RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
> GAS AND GROCERY PRICES ARE
PUTTING SOME AMERICANS AT RISK
OF GOING HUNGRY.
THE GOOD NEWS?
THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU GIVE TO CBN COME
YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES TO MAKE IT
THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY
FAMILIES ARE STILL AT THEIR
LOCAL FOOD BANKS.
OPERATION BLESSING IS DOING ALL
THEY CAN TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN COMING BACK HERE
FOR TWO YEARS AND IT HELPS ME A
LOT BECAUSE I AM BY MYSELF.
I AM DISABLED.
IT HELPS WHEN I DO NOT HAVE
MONEY TO PURCHASE FOOD.
TRAVIS KLINGEMAN HAS BEEN
FEEDING THOSE IN NEED SINCE HE
WAS A KID.
I LIVE IN PADEN, OKLAHOMA.
THIS IS THE POOREST COUNTY IN
OKLAHOMA.
I WAS RAISED FEEDING THE POOR.
NO ONE ELSE WAS FEEDING THE
POOR OUT HERE.
OPERATION BLESSING ASKED ME IF
THERE WAS A NEED IN THE AREA.
ME AND MY WIFE SAID YES.
FAMILIES ARE NOW GETTING THE
HELP THEY NEED.
PEOPLE DRIVE UP TO GET FOOD AND
SOME VOLUNTEERS EVEN TAKE FOOD
TO FAMILIES THAT CANNOT COME
GET IT THEMSELVES.
I SACK IT UP AND DIVIDE IT
BETWEEN THESE FOUR FAMILIES.
I LIKE GIVING AND HELPING
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SO PLEASED TO GET
THEM.
THEY LET ME KNOW HOW THANKFUL
THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH IT HELPS
THEM.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE VALUE IN
THEMSELVES, LET ALONE IN THIS
LIFE.
GIVING WAY THROUGH THE STEPS
THROUGH THAT WALL AND SHOWS
THEM THEIR VALUE.
REALLY, IT IS WHAT DRIVES US,
THE ABILITY TO LOVE ON PEOPLE
THROUGH FOOD.
IT HELPS A LOT.
I MEAN, IT IS LESS WORRIES ON
HOW I AM GOING TO FEED MYSELF
AND IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING FOR
ME.
I CANNOT SAY THINGS ENOUGH
TO OPERATION BLESSING AND ALL
@IT TAKES ALL OF US TO BE THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AS WE SERVE
JESUS.
I THINK THEY ARE DOING WHAT
GOD WANTS THEM TO DO AND I
THINK THEY LOVE JESUS.
THAT IS THE WAY I SEE IT.
YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN WE SHARE
WITH YOU THE DIFFERENCE YOU ARE
MAKING IN PLACES AROUND THE
WORLD, WHERE POVERTY IS AN
EVERYDAY SITUATION, BUT I HOPE
YOU CAN SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE
YOU ARE MAKING IN THE LIVES OF
AMERICANS WHO HAVE JUST BEEN
HIT WITH A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AND
BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY AND
YOUR COMPASSION AND KINDNESS,
WE ARE THERE, TO BRING HOPE AND
PRACTICAL HELP INTO THE MIDST
OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT A
DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES.
JOINING THE 700 CLUB IS SUCH A
PRACTICAL THING TO DO BECAUSE
IT MEANS YOU AND I CAN REALLY
BE THERE IN THE MIDST OF'S
DIFFICULTIES.
WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
$.65 A DAY OR $20 A MONTH MAKES
YOU A 700 CLUB MEMBER.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE
MEMBERS.
MAYBE YOU CAN CONSIDER GOING UP
TO 700 CLUB GOLD, THE NEXT
LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE CHART.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A GOLD
MEMBER, CONSIDER GOING UP TO
THE 1000 CLUB LEVEL OR $84 A
MONTH OR JOINED THE 2500 CLUB
AT $209 A MONTH.
OUR FOUNDERS JOIN AT $417 A
MONTH, OR ABOUT $5000 A YEAR.
ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU
TO DO BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST
GIVING.
IT IS GIVING IN A WAY THAT IS
TOUCHING AND CHANGING PEOPLE'S
LIVES ON EVERY LEVEL, EVEN
SPIRITUALLY.
THEY ARE SO TOUCHED TO HAVE
SOMEONE PRAY WITH THEM AND
BRING THE LOVE OF CHRIST INTO
THE MIDST OF THEIR DISASTER.
WILL YOU BE A PART OF THAT?
OUR LINE IS TOLL-FREE.
CALL 1-800-700-7000 . LISTEN,
WHEN YOU CALL AND SAY, I WANT
TO JOIN, WOULD YOU SAY I WOULD
LIKE TO DO IT USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS?
THAT IS ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING AND YOUR BANK WILL DO
ALL THE WORK.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EVEN STOP --
IT SAVES SOME ADDITIONAL
EXPENSES FOR US, SO WE CAN PUT
YOUR MONEY INTO THE LIVES OF
THOSE IN KENTUCKY.
WHEN YOU USE PLEDGE EXPRESS, WE
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BY
SENDING YOU POWERFUL LIFE
TEACHING SPIRIT YOU WILL GET
ONE EVERY MONTH AND WE THINK
THEY WILL BE A GREAT BLESSING
TO YOU.
A REMINDER, YOU'RE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
OTHERS.
WHEN YOU JOIN US, HERE IS
SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
IT IS PAT'S LATEST TEACHING,
PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.
THIS IS A CD THAT YOU CAN
LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT IS A TEACHING FROM THE BOOK
OF EPHESIANS.
I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE
SIGNIFICANT THING THAN KNOWING
HOW TO PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD,
SO CALM NOW.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BE A
WORLD CHANGER.
YOU REALLY CAN.
1-800-700-7000.
CALL NOW.
> A YOUNG WOMAN'S CAR IS HIT
BY A MACK TRUCK SHE SUFFERS A
MAJOR HEAD AND FACIAL TRAUMA.
DOCTORS DOUBT SHE WILL SURVIVE.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO HER WHEN
WE COME BACK.
> HE WAS ENGAGED TO THE LOVE
OF HIS LIFE AND THEN HE GOT A
PHONE CALL THAT HIS FIANCC
IN A SERIOUS CAR WRECK.
THEY FOUND OUT -- THE ACCIDENT
WAS LIKELY KILL HER.
THEY MET AS STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
AFTER DATING FOR ABOUT A YEAR,
BRAD KNEW SHE WAS THE LOVE OF
HIS LIFE.
SHE IS KIND AND SWEET, BUT,
AT THE SAME TIME, DRIVEN.
I WAS DRAWN TO HER THE MORE I
KNEW ABOUT HER.
THEY GOT ENGAGED AFTER
GRADUATION AND SET A WEDDING
DATE IN MAY OF 2009.
AT THE TIME, SHE WAS WORKING
FOR THE FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 12th,
THE STAFF WAS DRIVING TO A
RETREAT.
AFTER MISSING THEIR TURN, THE
CAR ASHLEY AND SOME COWORKERS
WERE IN MADE A U-TURN AND WAS
HIT BY A MACK TRUCK.
FATHER MATYA WAS FOLLOWING IN
ANOTHER CAR.
THEY COULD NOT GET OUT OF
THE CAR AND THERE WAS SCREAMING
AND GLASS AND BLOOD AND
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE.
WE WERE PRAYING AND INTERCEDING
ON THEIR BEHALF.
THAT IS ONLY WHAT WE COULD DO
AT THAT MOMENT.
FATHER MATYA CALLED 911.
FOUR OF THE GIRLS HAD MINOR
INJURIES BUT ASHLEY SUFFERED
MAJOR HEAD AND FACIAL TRAUMA.
SHE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO THE
NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER.
A MUTUAL FRIEND CALLED BRAD TO
LET HIM KNOW.
THEN BRAD'S BROTHER DROVE HIM
TO THE HOSPITAL.
I DO NOT REMEMBER A LOT.
ALL THE RUMOR IS PRAYING, JUST
BE WITH ASHLEY.
JUST BE WITH ASHLEY.
JUST BE WITH ASHLEY.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE
HOSPITAL, HE AND FATHER MATYA
FOUND A NURSE FOR AN UPDATE .
SHE WAS THE ONE TO TELL ME
THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT
AND THE SEVERITY OF ASHLEY'S
CONDITION AND THAT SHE MAY NOT
MAKE IT.
I HAD NOT THOUGHT THIS COULD
BE THE END FOR ASHLEY.
I DID NOT THINK THIS ACCIDENT
COULD KILL HER.
WE WENT BACK TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AND SHE WAS
REALLY BANGED UP.
I MEAN, IT WAS ROUGH.
I COULD SEE IT WAS HER CLOTHES,
BUT I COULD NOT SEE IT WAS HER.
AND IT FRIGHTENED ME.
FRIENDS ARRIVED AT THE
HOSPITAL OFFERING PRAYERS AND
SUPPORT.
THE LOBBY AND THE WAITING
AREA HAD FILLED UP JUST WITH
STUDENTS FROM CAMPUS, FRIENDS
OF ASHLEY, FRIENDS OF MINE, AND
THE SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY
OF FAITH JUST KEPT BUILDING.
THERE WAS THIS HUGE RESPONSE
OF PRAYER, WHICH IS WHAT WE
NEEDED.
I MEAN, CANNOT OVER EMPHASIZE
HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
YOU TURN TO GOD AND PUT
YOURSELF IN HIS PRESENCE AND IN
HIS CARE AND THAT IS THE BEST
THING WE CAN DO IN ANY
SITUATION LIKE THAT.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
PRAYERS FOR ASHLEY WENT AROUND
THE WORLD.
HER BRAIN PRESSURE WAS REACHING
DANGEROUS LEVELS AND DOCTORS
PUT IN A DRAIN TO REMOVE EXCESS
SPINAL FLUID.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE SHE
WAS GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THIS
AND NO GUARANTEE THAT IF SHE
DID, WHAT HER RECOVERY WOULD
LOOK LIKE.
HER SWELLING CAME DOWN BUT
THERE WAS STILL COMPLICATIONS.
HE SET UP A CARING BRIDGE PAGE
WITH UPDATES AND PRAYER
REQUESTS FOR ASHLEY.
ALL THROUGHOUT HER
RECOVERING, SHE WOULD GO
THROUGH CHALLENGES AND WE WOULD
SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR PRAYERS
FOR THAT CHALLENGE AND THEY
WOULD BE MAD.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN
TO PRAY FROM OUR HEART AS WELL.
WE WERE DOING THAT, YOU KNOW,
TELLING THE LORD THAT WE WERE
TOTALLY ENTRUSTING THE
SITUATION TO HIM, KNOWING THAT
HE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE
SITUATION BETTER THAN WE COULD.
GIVE IT TO HIM.
AFTER ONE MONTH IN THE ICU,
SHE WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO BE
MOVED.
SHE WAS FLOWN TO ATLANTA TO
BEGIN INTENSIVE REHAB.
THE FIRST TRIAL IS IS SHE
GOING TO LIVE?
WILL SHE KNOW ME?
THOSE ANSWERS CAME, THANK GOD.
EVEN AFTER A MONTH, WE DID NOT
KNOW WHAT RECOVERY WOULD LOOK
LIKE.
SHE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND
WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL
TO START OUTPATIENT REHAB.
SHE GREW STRONGER, FINDING
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THEIR
PRAYERS POSTED ON HER CARING
BRIDGE PAGE.
IT WAS AT THE TIME THE MOST
IMPORTANT MEDICINE FOR ME TO
HAVE -- TO FEEL COVERED IN
PRAYER, TO FEEL ENCOURAGED, AND
TO FEEL SUPPORTED THAT I WAS
NOT ALONE.
HAVING ALL THESE PRAYERS
ANSWERED, HAVING HER RECOVERY
PROGRESS, HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE
LOVE US, LOVE US IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND TO PRAY FOR
US, MY FAITH WAS STRENGTHENED
IN A WAY THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
ASHLEY AND BRAD MARRIED THAT
DECEMBER ON THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF HER ACCIDENT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT DAY
ALWAYS BEING A REMINDER OF THE
PAIN, WE WANTED IT TO BE A
REMINDER OF JOY.
WE WANTED TO RECLAIM THAT
MOMENT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE
FRUITS OF THE PRAYERS AND JUST
HAVE A PARTY, RATHER THAN MAKE
IT INTO A SAD ANNIVERSARY.
TODAY, THEY ENJOY THEIR TIME
WITH THEIR THREE LITTLE GIRLS.
TIME THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT
HAVE WITHOUT THE POWER OF
PRAYER.
IF IT WERE NOT FOR THOSE
PRAYERS AND THOSE COMMENTS AND
THAT ENCOURAGEMENT, I WOULD NOT
BE WHERE I AM TODAY.
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PRAYER
LIFE WAS CRITICAL. NOT ONLY DO
I THINK WAS IT CRITICAL TO HER
RECOVERY, BUT ALSO FOR US
COMING TOGETHER AS A COUPLE, TO
CREATE THE FOUNDATION THEN FOR
OUR FAMILY.
THERE IS NO BURDEN TOO SMALL
NOT TO ASK FOR A PRAYER, YOU
KNOW?
OFTEN, WHEN BIG THINGS LIKE
THIS HAPPEN, WE ALL RALLY UP
AND ASK FOR PRAYER.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT GOD
WORKS IN SMALL WAYS, TOO.
WHETHER IT IS PRAYING FOR KIDS
OR MARRIAGES OR, YOU KNOW, THE
LOSS OF A JOB.
THERE IS NOTHING IN HER LIFE
THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN TO GOD IN
PRAYER.
THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE
THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN.
HE CAN TAKE IT ALL.
HE WANTS TO TAKE IT ALL.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
AND IN THAT, YOU GET THIS
WONDERFUL KNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS
WORKING ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR
OUR GOOD AND HE IS ABLE TO TAKE
THE DEEPEST TRAGEDY AND MAKE IT
YOUR GREATEST MIRACLE.
HE WANTS TO DO THAT.
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
HE WANTS TO DO THAT.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BARGAIN FOR
IT.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BEG FOR IT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE.
BY FAITH, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD
AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM.
WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN HIS MIRACLE
POWER.
WHEN YOU BELIEVE ALL THINGS ARE
WORKING TOGETHER, WHEN YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOUR DESTINATION
IS HEAVEN, WHEN YOU BELIEVE
THESE THINGS, MIRACLES CAN
HAPPEN.
WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU.
BEFORE THAT, WE HAVE OTHER
MIRACLE TESTIMONIES.
SHE HAD DIGESTIVE ISSUES AND
WAS WATCHING THIS SHOW.
THEY SAID SOMEONE HAS BEEN
SEEING DOCTORS BECAUSE YOUR
METABOLIC SYSTEM IS JUST MESSED
UP.
IT IS AFFECTING YOUR LIFE AND
HEALTH BUT JESUS IS HEALING
THAT FOR YOU.
LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND PRAISE
HIM AND RECEIVE YOUR HEALING.
SOMEONE HAS A BACTERIAL
INFECTION -- GOD IS CLEANSING
THAT.
SOME KIND OF AMOEBA IN YOUR
BODY.
GOD IS RELEASING IT.
SANDRA BELIEVED AND WAS
INSTANTLY HEALED.
SHE HAS NO LONGER ANY PAIN AND
CAN DIGEST FOOD NORMALLY.
HALLELUJAH.
THIS PERSON LIVES IN
FLORIDA.
THEY SUFFERED FOR FIVE YEARS
WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
THEY HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF
SOMEONE RIGHT HERE, WHO WAS
HEALED OF A BREATHING ISSUE.
HE THEN HEARD YOU SAY YOU ARE
LAYING YOUR RIGHT HAND ON YOUR
CHEST AND HAVE BREATHING ISSUES
AND YOU ARE SAYING, PLEASE SAY
THAT OVER ME.
THAT INFECTION, ALL OF THAT IS
LEAVING YOUR BODY AND YOUR
LUNGS ARE BEING CLEANSED AND
HEALED RIGHT NOW.
SHE BELIEVED AND FELT THE TOUCH
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WAS
HEALED COMPLETELY.
YOU CAN BE HEALED
COMPLETELY.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU ARE SICK
-- IF ANY OF YOU ARE SICK, CALL
FOR THE ELDERS.
I WILL BE AN ELDER FOR YOU.
THE PRAYER OF FAITH -- THAT IS
THE KEY.
THE PRAYER OF FAITH, BELIEVING.
YOU JUST HEARD TWO WONDERFUL
TESTIMONIALS AND SAW A MIRACLE,
WHERE DOCTORS WERE PREDICTING
THAT SHE WILL NOT SURVIVE.
NOT ONLY DID SHE SURVIVED, BUT
SHE THRIVED.
SHE GOT MARRIED AND HAS THREE
DAUGHTERS.
WHAT THEY SAID WAS IMPOSSIBLE
BECAME POSSIBLE BECAUSE WITH
GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
WHEN YOU GET THAT FAITH, WHICH
IS A GIFT FROM GOD, YOU GET
THAT, YOU CAN BELIEVE IN THE
IMPOSSIBLE.
HOW DO YOU GET THAT?
YOU LOOK TO JESUS.
HE IS THE AUTHOR.
HE IS THE FINISHER OF YOUR
FAITH.
SO, IF ANY OF YOU ARE SICK,
CALL FOR YOUR ELDERS AND A
PRAYER OF FAITH WILL RAISE YOU
UP.
WE WILL DO THAT.
LOOK TO JESUS.
HE HAS ALREADY DONE IT.
HE HAS ALREADY DONE EVERYTHING
NEEDED FOR YOUR HEALING.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ENTER INTO
IT.
LET'S PRAY.
LET'S BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IT.
BEFORE WE EVEN PRAY, YOU KNOW
HE PROVIDES THE ANSWER.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU.
WE COME TO YOU BELIEVING.
WE COME TO YOU BELIEVING THAT
WE WILL WALK INTO OUR HEALING,
THAT WITH YOUR PRESENCE, THERE
IS HEALING.
YOUR VERY NAME IS HEALING
DELIVERANCE.
SO, LORD, BY FAITH, WE SAY
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN COME.
BE DONE IN OUR BODIES NOW.
LET THERE BE NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE SUFFERING, NO MORE TEARS,
BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND
JOY IN YOU.
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE IN US, ALL
AROUND US, AND GIVE US THE
FAITH THAT WE NEED TO BELIEVE
FOR PERFECT HEALING.
WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
HAVE PURCHASED FOR US.
WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING.
WE RECEIVE IT NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
THERE IS SOMEONE -- I DO NOT
KNOW WHY BUT YOU HAVE SO MUCH
ANXIETY.
YOU CANNOT SIT STILL, LIKE YOUR
HANDS TREMBLE AND YOU ARE
ALWAYS, ALWAYS MOVING.
IT IS LIKE YOU ARE DRIVEN BY
SOMETHING INSIDE AND RIGHT NOW,
JESUS SAYS TO YOU, PEACE BE
STILL, IN JESUS' NAME.
HE IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
EVERY BIT OF THAT ANXIETY IS
DRAINING OUT OF YOU RIGHT NOW,
FROM THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD TO
THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TOES.
YOU ARE STILL.
BE AT PEACE.
THE PRINCE OF PEACE HAS ENTERED
YOUR SITUATION AND SET YOU
FREE.
JUST BEGIN TO REJOICE IN THAT.
LET JOYCE FLOOD OVER YOU IN
JESUS' NAME.
YOU ARE PRAYING FOR YOUR
DAUGHTER AND HER NAME IS
ANNABEL.
YOU ARE FEELING WAVES OF GLORY
GO THROUGH HER AND YOU.
GOD IS JUST HEALING EVERYTHING
CONCERNING HER, FROM THE TOP OF
HER HEAD TO THE SOLES OF HER
FEET.
MAY SHE BE RESTORED AND BE MADE
WHOLE IN JESUS' NAME.
WE RECEIVE IT NOW.
SOMEONE HAS AN EXTREME
PROBLEM WITH LIVER ENZYMES.
GOD IS SETTING THAT IN ORDER
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT MEDICINE COULD NOT DO, THE
HEALER HAS GIVEN YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
THEIR PARENTS PRAYING FOR
THEIR CHILDREN.
GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU
ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEM BACK
AND RECEIVE THEM BACK WHOLE.
GOD IS DELIVERING THEM AND
ANSWERING YOUR PRAYERS NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING.
CHILDREN AND PARENTS -- JUST
KEEP PRAYING.
KEEP TRUSTING AND BELIEVING.
KEEP WAITING.
THE LORD IS ACTIVELY DOING
THINGS NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET US
KNOW AND LET US SHARE IN YOUR
GOOD REPORT.
HERE IS A WORD FROM JAMES.
THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE
THE SICK AND THE LORD WILL