> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> HELD AT GUNPOINT.

THINGS DID NOT WORK OUT AND

HE PULLED A GUN ON ME.

HE PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY.

WHY SHE WANTED HIM TO PULL

THE TRIGGER.

THAT IS HOW BAD I WANTED TO

DIE.

WHAT GAVE HER A SECOND

CHANCE AT LIFE.

WHEN I FINISH THAT BOOK, I

GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES AND I

WEPT.

TODAY, ON THE 700 CLUB.

> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE

700 CLUB.

AN EXPLOSIVE WEEKEND.

FORMER RESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

CAME OUT SWINGING BY CALLING

THE FBI "A THREAT TO

DEMOCRACY."

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PULLED NO

PUNCHES, CALLING TRUMP

SUPPORTERS IS SEMI---

A FEDERAL JUDGE IS EXPECTED

TO GRANT HIS REQUEST FOR A

SPECIAL MASTER TO EXAMINE THE

SEIZED DOCUMENTS.

DALE HURD HAS THE DETAILS.

Reporter: JUDGE AILEEN

CANNON IS INDICATING SHE IS

INCLINED TO APPROVE THE SO-

CALLED SPECIAL MASTER AT A

HEARING THURSDAY.

THAT IS A THIRD-PARTY EXPERT TO

EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE SEIZED BY

THE FBI ON AUGUST 8th.

AS INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS

REVIEW THE TRUST DOCUMENTS FOR

POSSIBLE SECURITY RISKS,

REPUBLICANS WANT MORE

INFORMATION ON THE REASON FOR

THE RAID.

THEY DID NOT GET IT FROM THE

HEAVILY REDACTED DOCUMENTS

RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

CONGRESSMAN ANDY BIGGS TWEETED

TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THIS

IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DESERVES

MORE TRANSPARENCY.

CALLING THE FBI "A THREAT TO

DEMOCRACY," PRESIDENT DONALD

TRUMP'S FUNDRAISING TEAM HAS

BEEN HAULING IN $1 MILLION A

DAY IN DONATIONS FROM HIS

SUPPORTERS.

WITHIN A WEEK OF THIS RATE,

THE TRUMP ONLINE FEIGNED RISING

ACTUALLY EXPLODED BECAUSE,

CLEARLY, EVEN IF IT WERE NOT

NEFARIOUS, FOR ALL OF US WHO

ARE JUST ON MARKERS OR

BYSTANDERS, IT LOOKS VERY

DUBIOUS.

Reporter: OVER THE WEEKEND,

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CALLED

TRUMP SUPPORTERS A THREAT TO

DEMOCRACY AND A SEMI-FASCIST

MOVEMENT.

THE MAGA REPUBLICANS DO NOT

JUST THREATEN OUR PERSONAL

RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.

THEY ARE A THREAT TO ARE VERY

DEMOCRACY AND THEY REFUSE TO

ACCEPT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT

PTH.

FORWARD, THE FUTURE, UNITY,

HOPE, AND OPTIMISM.

REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS

SUNUNU SAYS BIDEN SHOULD

APOLOGIZE.

EFFECTIVELY CALLING HALF OF

AMERICA SEMI-FASCIST BECAUSE HE

IS TRYING TO STIR UP

CONTROVERSY, BECAUSE HE IS

TRYING TO STIR UP THIS

ANTIREPUBLICAN SENTIMENT RIGHT

BEFORE THE ELECTION, IT IS

HORRIBLY INAPPROPRIATE AND

INSULTING AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE

INSULTED BY IT.

Reporter: AFTER MONTHS OF

GLOOMY PREDICTIONS OF A MIDTERM

ROUT, THEY ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC

ABOUT SALVAGING THEIR MAJORITY

WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS A

BACKLASH TO ABORTION

RESTRICTIONS, OPPOSITION TO

TRUMP, AND JOE BIDEN RISING IN

THE POLLS.

LAST WEEK, MITCH McCONNELL

CAME OUT AND SET THE DEMOCRATS

ARE LIKELY TO HOLD THE SENATE

AND NOW SOME DEMOCRATS SAY THEY

SEE A NARROW PATH TO HOLDING

THE HOUSE.

HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK THAT

SCENARIO IS?

I WAS SURPRISED BY

McCONNELL'S COMMENTS BECAUSE IT

REMAINS A DIRE POLITICAL

LANDSCAPE FOR DEMOCRATS.

YOU CAN CHERRY PICK POLLS ALL

DAY LONG BUT THE ONE THAT

COUNTS IS THE ONE THAT SAYS

THREE QUARTERS OF AMERICAS

THINK THIS NATION IS ON THE

WRONG TRACK.

WE STILL HAVE HIGH INFLATION,

HIGH GASOLINE PRICES, AND AN

ENERGY CRISIS AND REPUBLICANS

ARE NOT IN CHARGE.

YOU CANNOT BLAME THEM.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO

SIMPLY MAKE ENDS MEET, TRYING

TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FEED

THEIR FAMILY, THEY WILL MAKE A

POINT TO VOTE AND THEY ARE

GOING TO VOTE FOR CHANGE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY.

> A WIN FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

IN THE BATTLE OVER TRANSGENDER

MEDICINE.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT STORY FOR

US AND MORE FROM THE CBN

NEWSROOM.

ONE COURT STRUCK DOWN A

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MANDATE

FORCING DOCTORS TO PERFORM

ABORTIONS AND GENDER TRANSITION

TREATMENTS.

A CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE

HAS ALREADY WON A PERMANENT

INJUNCTION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

ROUNDS AGAINST A 2016 RULE

REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE SUCH

PROCEDURES.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

ATTEMPTED TO RENEW THE RULE,

CITING A DIFFERENT COURT

DECISION.

FRIDAY, A THREE-JUDGE PANEL OF

THE FIFTH CIRCUIT BLOCKED IT.

> THE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE

WAY PEOPLE VIEW GENDER.

UPDATING A MANUAL THAT BYPASSES

THE TRADITIONAL BINARY APPROACH

WITH AN EXPLANATION OF GENDER

THAT GOES BEYOND MALE AND

FEMALE.

BRODY CARTER EXPLAINS.

Reporter: UNITED NATION'S

PRIMARY MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN

PEACE AND SECURITY BUT THE

AGENCY'S HEALTH UNIT HAS A PLAN

THAT UPSETS THE TRADITIONAL

UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER,

PUSHING -- GOING BEYOND MALE

AND FEMALE.

THEY WORRY IT IS A POLITICAL

MOTIVATED AGENDA THAT WILL

CAUSE MORE CONFUSION.

THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE

EXPLICIT THAT THE NEW MANUAL

WILL BE PROMOTING A NON-BINARY

CONCEPT OF SEX AND GENDER.

Reporter: THE GENDER

MAINSTREAMING MANUAL AIMS TO

TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT GENDER

ROLES IN RELATION TO HEALTH-

RELATED BEHAVIORS.

IT IS WIDELY USED AND CITED AND

SUPPORTS NEW HEALTHCARE

PLICIES AND LOST AND THE

MANUAL COULD CHANGE THE WAY WE

TALK ABOUT SEX AND GENDER.

PEOPLE COULD DECIDE THE WHO

AND SAY WE ARE DOING -- WE ARE

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE AND THE

EXPERTS.

THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT

THE CENTER FOR FAMILY AND HUMAN

RIGHTS SAYS THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION PIONEER TO MAKING

TRANSSEXUALITY MAINSTREAM IN

2018 WHEN IT REMOVED FROM ITS

LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS

GENDER DYSMORPHIA, FORMALLY THE

MENTAL ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH

IDENTIFYING AS TRANSGENDER.

THEY WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF

ALL, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE PERFECTLY

FINE AND WE HAVE, IT YOU KNOW,

TREATMENTS FOR YOU.

WE CAN GIVE YOU SURGERIES AND

GIVE YOU HORMONES TO FIX WHAT

IS NOT WRONG WITH YOU.

UPDATES TO THE AGENDA

INCLUDE CHANGING KEY CONCEPTS

AROUND GENDER TO INCLUDE A

POWER DYNAMICS, PRIVILEGE, AND

INEQUALITY.

NORMALIZING GENDER IDENTITY

OUTSIDE OF MALE AND FEMALE AND

INTRODUCING NEW LESSONS IN

TEAMBUILDING EXERCISES TO TEACH

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHY

MALE AND FEMALE GENDERS

DISCRIMINATE AGAINST

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.

THIS IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO

REALLY INTIMIDATE AND

STREAMLINE A PARTICULAR WAY OF

THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS

ISSUE.

NICOLE HUNT.

WE ARE SEEING THIS PRESSURE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE MERRIAM-

WEBSTER DICTIONARY ANNOUNCED

THAT IT WAS CHANGING ITS

DEFINITION OF FEMALE TO INCLUDE

ANYONE WHO HAS A GENDER

IDENTITY THAT IS OPPOSITE OF

MALE.

WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO

DEFEND IT.

THEY SAY THE GENDER

MAINSTREAMING UPDATE IS BASED

ON POLITICAL WINDS AND LOOKING

AT THE LARGEST DONOR BEING THE

WHITE HOUSE, ALLOCATING BETWEEN

200 AND $600 MILLION EVERY

YEAR.

THEY WARN THIS UPDATE TO THE

MANUAL COULD HAVE LEGAL

CONSEQUENCES.

WE WILL START TO SEE MORE OF

AN ACCEPTANCE OF THINGS THAT

ARE ANTI-BIBLICAL AND THAT IS

GOING TO INFLUENCE THE LAWS OF

THIS LAND IN A WAY THAT OUR

CONSTITUTION IS INTERPRETED.

NICOLE ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO

LEARN THIS INFORMATION WHEN IT

IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, SO

YOU CAN BETTER DEFEND AGAINST

IT.

BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.

> TURNING TO ALL EYES ON THE

STOCK MARKET AFTER THE DOW

JONES PLUNGED MORE THAN 1000

POINTS FRIDAY.

THAT IS A 3% DROP AFTER JEROME

POWELL ANNOUNCED THE CENTRAL

BANK WILL CONTINUE ITS

AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY TO HALT

INFLATION.

THAT MEANS MORE HIKES IN

INTEREST RATE, WHICH HE WARNED

COULD MEAN BIG PAIN FOR THE

ECONOMY, INCLUDING SLOWER

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A SOFT

LABOR MARKET.

> DESPITE ADDING AN

UNPRECEDENTED 3.8 MILLION JOBS

IN 2021, WORKFORCE

PARTICIPATION REMAINS LOW.

ONE REPORTS THIS SHORTAG IS

CREATING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

FOR THOSE WITH A CHECKERED PAST.

AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE

STRUGGLING TO FILL VACANT

POSITIONS, MANY HAVE BEGUN TO

CONSIDER SOURCES THAT MAY HAVE

BEEN IGNORED IN THE PAST.

THEY HAVE CONSIDERED THIS

STATISTIC, THE UNEMPLOYMENT

RATE FOR THOSE WITH A CRIMINAL

RECORD IS 27% COMPARED TO THE

NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF

JUST 3.5%.

AT AGE 21, JESSE COMMITTED A

CRIME THAT LED TO TIME BEHIND

BARS.

I SPENT ABOUT 10 YEARS IN

PRISON FOR ARMED BANK ROBBERY

AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND

PURPOSE IN MY LIFE, CHOOSING

ALL THE WRONG THINGS.

Reporter: AFTER BECOMING A

CHRISTIAN AND -- AFTER HIS

RELEASE IN 2006, HE COMPLETED

LAW SCHOOL AND IS A PRACTICING

ATTORNEY.

HE ALSO WORKS WITH PRISON

FELLOWSHIP, HELPING OTHERS LIKE

HIMSELF NAVIGATE DIFFICULT LIFE

ON THE OUTSIDE.

THERE ARE HOUSING BARRIERS,

EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS, BARRIERS

TO PURCHASING A HOME, LOTS OF

THINGS.

THERE IS A SOCIAL STIGMA THAT

IS WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD.

Reporter: THEY KNOW ABOUT

THAT STIGMA.

AFTER THREE YEARS IN PRISON ON

A DRUG CHARGE, FINDING WORK

PROVED FRUSTRATING.

THEY DENIED ME BECAUSE I

HAVE A FELONY.

NOBODY WOULD INTERVIEW ME.

Reporter: THE ONGOING LABOR

SHORTAGE CREATED BY THE

PANDEMIC HAS OPENED UP

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR

THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED TIME.

MAJOR CORPORATIONS ARE

COMING OUT AND TAKING,

ENCOURAGING OTHER CORPORATIONS

TO SAY, TAKE A RISK.

WE ARE SEEING MORE

OPPORTUNITIES.

IN 2018, THEY WERE REHIRED

AT HUNTINGTON SHIPYARD.

HE PAYS IT FORWARD BY

ENCOURAGING THE COMPANY TO HIRE

OTHERS LIKE HIM, SOMETHING HE

SAW PAY OFF AT A RECENT HIRING

EVENT.

THESE GUYS FROM THE

COMMUNITY HEARD ABOUT IT AND

CAME AND THEY WERE OFFERED A

JOB THAT DAY.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL

MAKE THAT COMPANY BETTER BY

GIVING THEM A SHOT.

Reporter: REMOVING BARRIERS

IS FAR FROM OVER.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL

ACTUALLY GO THE EXTRA MILE AND

MAKE SURE THAT IS SUSTAINED

OVER TIME AND THAT WILL TAKE AN

ADDITIONAL EFFORT.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

> WHEN OPPORTUNITY CAN MAKE

ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS

STORY TO US.

PERHAPS IT IS MORE DIFFICULT

FOR A LOT OF MEN AND WOMEN

GETTING OUT OF PRISON AND IT

WAS ONE SERVING TIME WITH THE

SOCIAL STIGMA.

AS A CONVICTED FELON, HOW DO

YOU FIND UNEMPLOYMENT?

THERE IS A NEED IN THE

WORKFORCE AND WE ARE GOING TO

SEE A LOT OF HIRES OCCUR AND

LET'S PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE

BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON,

THAT THEY CAN'T FIND A NEED.

> A HUSBAND IS SUPERNATURALLY

HEALED.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HIS WIFE

MAKES A PHONE CALL TO SHARE THE

GOOD NEWS?

YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE

IT.

I DOUBLE MIRACLE IS COMING UP.

> CONQUERED AND RECONQUERED

MULTIPLE TIMES AND LIKE NO

OTHER CITY ON EARTH.

JERUSALEM IS RISING TO ITS

GREATEST GLORY.

SEE HOW PROPHECY IS BEING

FULFILLED IN THE HOLIEST OF

LANDS AFTER THIS.

> AN AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER

TELL THE HISTORY OF THE HOLIEST

CITY ON EARTH IN A NEW BOOK.

IT CONTAINS THE OLDEST

PHOTOGRAPHS OF JERUSALEM EVER

TAKEN.

THEY ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT

JERUSALEM RISING MEANS IN TERMS

OF VOCAL PROPHECY AND CHRIS

MITCHELL HAS THE DETAILS.

> DOUG HERSHEY USES PAST AND

CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHOW THE

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSFORMATION OF

JERUSALEM OVER THE PAST 175

YEARS.

THE BOOK CONTINUES HIS UNIQUE

LOOK AT PROPHECY AND THE HOLY

LAND.

MUCH LIKE ISRAEL RISING

DOCUMENTED THE REVIVAL OF THE

LAND, JERUSALEM RISING IS

DOCUMENTING THE FULFILLMENT OR

AT LEAST THE BEGINNING

PROCESSES OF THESE BIBLICAL

PROPHECIES ABOUT JERUSALEM

THINGS THE BOARD RESTORED.

Reporter: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER

COMBED THE CITY WITH HERSHEY.

TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THESE

LOCATIONS. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH

THE FENCE.

IT WILL LOOK BETTER WHEN WE SEE

THE ACTUAL PHOTOS BUT SOME OF

THAT STUFF RIGHT THERE IS WHERE

HE IS GETTING A SHOT OF STUFF

FROM THE EARLY 1900S.

TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SOME OF

THESE LOCATIONS AND FIND THE

EXACT LOCATIONS WHERE A

PHOTOGRAPHER SET UP 175 YEARS

AGO TO CAPTURE WHAT JERUSALEM

LOOKS LIKE AND THEN GO BACK

TODAY TO THE EXACT SAME

LOCATION.

SOME OF THE OLDEST PHOTOS OF

JERUSALEM EVER TAKEN WERE FROM

1044 AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF

THOSE IN JERUSALEM RISING AND

ALL OF THOSE HAVE NEVER BEEN RE-

CREATED.

THIS IS OUTSIDE THE JAFFA

GATE OF JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY

WALLS.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS

KNOWN AS THE TOWER OF DAVID.

THEY SAY MOST ANY CITY ON EARTH

MAY LOOK DIFFERENT OVER THE

COURSE OF 100 YEARS BUT

JERUSALEM IS UNIQUE.

THERE IS NO OTHER CITY ON

EARTH THAT HAS HAD ITS HISTORY

FORETOLD FROM ITS DESTRUCTION

TO ITS DESOLATION TO A REVIVAL

AS A WORLD PLAYER.

SO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF

THAT BEGINNING TO UNFOLD IN OUR

DAY IS REALLY AMAZING.

THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN

DOCUMENTED IN JERUSALEM RISING.

Reporter: SOME OF THOSE

PROPHECIES CAN BE SEEN ON THE

STREETS.

IN ZECHARIAH 8, GOD SAYS HE

WILL RETURN TO THE CITY AND HE

WILL DWELL WITH HIS PEOPLE,

WHICH IS A PROFOUND STATEMENT

FOR ONE OF THE PROFITS TO SAY

TO GOD, THAT I WILL RETURN TO

JERUSALEM AND WELL WITH MY

PEOPLE.

OLD MEN AND WOMEN WILL DWELL

SAFELY IN THE STREETS, LEANING

ON THEIR CANES AND THE CHILDREN

WILL BE PLAYING IN THE STREETS

AND THE NATIONS WILL BEGIN TO

FLOOD TO JERUSALEM.

Reporter: BEFORE COVID,

ISRAEL SET RECORDS FOR TOURISM.

NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY HAVE

THE NATIONS FLOODED TO

JERUSALEM THE WAY THEY ARE IN

OUR DAY.

CLEARLY, IN ZECHARIAH 8, IT IS

IN THE CONTEXT OF COMING TO

WORSHIP THE KING OF JERUSALEM,

BUT IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT THESE

ARE THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES,

HISTORICALLY , THAT WE ARE

SEEING UNFOLD.

Reporter: IF WE WANT TO

UNDERSTAND JERUSALEM, WE MUST

LOOK TO THE SCRIPTURES.

ULTIMATELY, IF WE CONTINUE

READING THE SCRIPTURES, IF WE

BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHETS SAID,

JERUSALEM IS GOING TO BE A SEAT

OF POWER FOR A JEWISH KING.

EZEKIEL 5:5 SAYS GOD HAS PLACED

JERUSALEM IN THE CENTER OF THE

EARTH.

OKAY, IT IS ALREADY IN THE

CENTER OF THE EARTH AND, ONE

DAY SOON, BEGINNING NOW, IT IS

ALREADY BECOMING THE CENTER OF

THE WORLD'S ATTENTION.

Reporter: THE CITY THAT HAS

STOOD AT THE CROSSROADS OF

HISTORY AND PROPHECY FOR

THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

JERUSALEM HAS BEEN CONQUERED

AND RECONQUERED MULTIPLE TIMES

AND HAS CHANGED HANDS OVER 40

TIMES AND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY

LEVELED AT LEAST TWICE.

THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS AND

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS

WHERE THE CITY HAS AVOID

DESOLATE ACCORDING TO

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

NOW, THINGS ARE STARTING TO

REVIVE.

PROPHETIC WORDS FROM ZECHARIAH

OR ISAIAH OR ANY OF THESE

PROPHETS ABOUT ISRAEL AND

JERUSALEM, WHERE WE THOUGHT

THEY WERE ALLEGORICAL OR

@SPIRITUAL OR JUST ABSTRACT

CONCEPTS, WE ARE FINDING THAT

GOD IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE

SAID.

NEVER BEFORE HAVE THESE

PROPHECIES BEEN FULFILLED IN

SUCH A DRAMATIC AND SIGNIFICANT

WAY AND IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR

DAY IN A REALLY POWERFUL AND

UNIQUE WAY.

Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,

CBN NEWS, THE JAFFA GATE,

JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY.

THE BOOK IS CALLED JERUSALEM

RISING AND IT IS AVAILABLE

WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

> MEET ONE TOUGH COOKIE.

THE PANDEMIC NEARLY FORCED THIS

BAKER TO CLOSE UP SHOP.

SEE HOW A TIKTOK VIDEO HELPED

SAVE HER SMALL BUSINESS.

> FIRST, ONE MINUTE SHE WAS

ON A DATE AND THE NEXT, SHE HAD

A GUN PULLED ON HER.

WHY DID THIS WOMAN TELL THE

GUNMEN TO SHOOT?

YOU WILL FIND OUT AFTER THIS?

> SHARON WAS ON A DATE WITH

ONE OF HER CLIENTS WHEN,

SUDDENLY, IT TURNED DEADLY.

THE MAN PULLED A GUN ON HER.

INSTEAD OF HEARING FOR HER

LIFE, SHE WANTED HIM TO PULL

THE TRIGGER AND PUT HER OUT OF

HER MISERY.

IT WAS A DATE AND THINGS DID

NOT WORK OUT AND HE PULLED A

GUN ON ME.

I JUST TOLD HIM, SHOOT ME AND

PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY.

THAT IS HOW BADLY I WANTED TO

DIE.

AS A YOUNG WOMAN, SHARON

DUTRA HAD AN INTENSE SELF-

LOATHING BORN OUT OF ALL THE

REJECTION SHE EXPERIENCED.

WHAT I REMEMBER OF MY MOTHER

WAS THAT SHE WORKED NIGHTS AND

SHE HAD A DAUGHTER FROM A

PREVIOUS MARRIAGE WHO BABYSAT

ME, BUT SHE WAS DRINKING AND

PARTYING WHILE SHE WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE BABYSITTING ME.

THE NEXT MORNING, MY MOTHER SAT

US DOWN AND THAT IS WHEN SHE

SAID, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PUT

YOU IN FOSTER CAN.

I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.

WHEN SHE GOT OLDER, SHE

BEGAN USING DRUGS.

I GOT IN WITH THE WRONG

CROWD BUT IT ALSO HELPED ME TO

KIND OF NOT FEEL.

THERE WAS SO MUCH BETRAYAL,

ABANDONMENT, AND REJECTION.

HERSELF IS TRADED MANIFESTED

IN OTHER WAYS.

A FEW TIMES, I STARTED

HITTING MYSELF, JUST TRYING TO

BE IN PAIN IN MY BODY SO THAT

IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE PAIN IN

MY MIND AND MY HEART AND MY

SPIRIT.

HER FATHER STRUGGLED WITH

ALCOHOL AND REMARRIED SEVERAL

TIMES.

AS A RESULT, SHARON WAS IN AND

OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

I WOULD GO LIVE WITH THEM

AND THEN THEY GET A DIVORCE AND

I WOULD GO BACK TO FOSTER CARE.

SO, WHEREVER I WAS, IT WAS NOT

SETTLED.

I DID NOT FEEL SAFE.

I DID NOT FEEL SECURE.

I DID NOT FEEL WANTED.

HER DRUG USE INCREASED.

I USE INTRAVENOUS DRUGS FOR

6 1/2 YEARS AND THEN I SMOKED

CRACK FOR TWO YEARS.

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I HAD SOME

CONTROL OVER MY LIFE.

IT ALSO TOOK AWAY FROM THE PAIN

THAT I WAS FEELING.

I FELT I HAD DEVELOPED BY THEN

A SORTED EXTERIOR PERSONA THAT

I WAS TOUGH AND I COULD MAKE IT

THROUGH AND NOBODY IS GOING TO

HURT ME AGAIN.

BY AGE 15, SHE WAS LIVING ON

THE STREETS, SEEKING ACCEPTANCE

WERE EVER AND FROM WHOMEVER SHE

COULD.

I WAS RAPED A COUPLE TIMES.

THAT WAS PRETTY DEVASTATING.

IT ALMOST FELT BAD -- LIKE I

WAS SUCH A BAD PERSON AND I WAS

SO UNWORTHY THAT SOMEONE

HURTING ME WAS NOT OUT OF THE

QUESTION.

SHARON MARRIED AND HAD TWO

CHILDREN BEFORE SHE WAS 20, BUT

THE MARRIAGE FAILED.

I USED TO TELL THEM, I AM

NEVER GOING TO LEAVE YOU LIKE

MY MOTHER LEFT ME.

I BELIEVED THAT AT THE TIME,

BUT MY EX-HUSBAND AND I WERE IN

AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, SO I

ENDED UP GOING BACK TO THE

STREETS.

TO SUPPORT HERSELF, SHARON

GOT INTO PROSTITUTION.

ONE EVENING, WHILE ON A DATE,

SHARON HAD A GUN PULLED ON HER

BY A CUSTOMER.

I SERIOUSLY WANTED HIM TO

PULL THE TRIGGER, TAKE ME OUT

OF MY MISERY.

BUT HE JUST ENDED UP LEAVING.

SHE WAS ARRESTED 13 TIMES

BEFORE SHE WAS 29 FOR CHARGES

RANGING FROM PROSTITUTION TO

BREAKING AND ENTERING.

WHILE AT THE CALIFORNIA

INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN, SHE

STARTED READING A BOOK SHE

THOUGHT WAS ABOUT AL CAPONE.

IT IS ABOUT A GANGSTER, AL

CAPONE'S GANGSTER CHAUFFEUR.

HE HAD PEOPLE KILLED AND KILLED

PEOPLE AND HE WENT TO PRISON

AND HE ACCEPTED CHRIST THERE.

OF COURSE, HE HAD DONE THINGS A

LOT WORSE THAN I HAD, BUT THERE

WAS SUCH A PARALLEL THERE OF

BROKENNESS, THAT REALIZATION

THAT OUR SIN IS SO GREAT AND

GOD IS SO WONDERFUL.

THAT REACHED MY HEART.

AND WHEN I FINISHED THAT BOOK,

I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES AND I

JUST WHACKED.

IT ALL POURED OUT.

I ACCEPTED CHRIST RIGHT THERE

ON THE FLOOR.

IT COMPLETELY, RADICALLY

CHANGED MY LIFE. I REALIZED HOW

MUCH GOD HAS LOVED ME AND I

REALIZED THAT HE FORGIVE ME FOR

WHAT I DID.

SHARON SPENT THE REST OF HER

TIME IN PRISON MINISTERING TO

OTHER INMATES.

I WANTED TO HELP OTHER WOMEN

WHO WERE BROKEN AS WELL.

I BECAME A SONG LEADER IN THE

CHAPEL.

THE CHAPLAIN BROUGHT ME A BIBLE

WITH HIS OWN MONEY.

I READ THAT AMERICAN STANDARD

BIBLE EVERY DAY FOR HOURS.

IT WAS TRUTH, LIFE, LIGHT.

IT WAS POWER.

THEY SAW THAT I WAS A NEW

PERSON AND I DO NOT THINK THEY

UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT THEY SAW IT.

WHEN SHE WAS RELEASED,

SHARON PLUGGED INTO A LOCAL

CHURCH.

THEY ACCEPTED ME, NURTURED

ME, DISCIPLED ME, AND THEN 10

MONTHS LATER, I MET MY

BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND, MICHAEL.

TODAY, SHE WRITES ABOUT HER

EXPERIENCES.

SHARON'S BOOK HELPS MINISTER TO

WOMEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE STARTED THE MINISTRY, BE

TRANSFORMED MINISTRIES, AND IT

HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.

WE ARE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

AND HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

I HAVE WRITTEN THREE BOOKS

ALTOGETHER.

IT IS SO AMAZING.

GOD LOVES TO TAKE THE BROKEN

AND HEAL IT AND USE IT AND USE

US FOR HIS PURPOSES.

WE ALL HAVE A STORY OF THE WAY

GOD USES US.

HE REACHES US IN THAT SPECIAL

WAY AND THEN HE USES US, SO

THAT WE CAN REACH OTHERS FOR

HIM.

NO MATTER HOW DARK, NO MATTER

HOW BROKEN, NO MATTER HOW USED

AND ABUSED YOU ARE, GOD CAN

DEFINITELY TAKE YOUR LIFE, HEAL

YOU, AND BRING YOU INTO A

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

YOU KNOW, SHARON'S STORY IS

NOT REALLY UNUSUAL.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SPECIFIC

CIRCUMSTANCES MAY CHANGE FOR

SOME BUT, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES

THINGS HAPPEN TO US AS

CHILDREN.

THE RESULTS OF OTHER PEOPLE

SINNING AND OTHER PEOPLE

FALLING SHORT AND WE CANNOT

CONTROL THOSE THINGS BUT IT

PUTS IN US SUCH A DESPERATE

NEED TO CONTROL.

YOU DO NOT EVER WANT THAT TO

HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE WORLD MAKES US FEEL OUT OF

CONTROL AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE

BEEN WOUNDED BY THOSE THINGS,

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ATTACKED THE

VERY THINGS THAT MAKE US FEEL

ACCEPTABLE TO OURSELVES, WE

START TO MAKE FOOLISH CHOICES.

WE START TO MAKE FOOLISH

CHOICES BUT SOMETIMES THEY MAKE

US FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME

CONTROL AND IT COULD TAKE THE

PAIN AWAY FOR A WINDOW OF TIME.

SOMETIMES, DESPERATION, JUST

TRYING TO LIVE AND TRYING TO

GET THROUGH EVERY DAY AND EAT

SOMETHING AND FIND A PLACE TO

SLEEP AND NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT

IN CONTROL BUT OUR LIVES ARE

COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.

THE MORE WE SIT IN THAT PLACE,

THE MORE WE FEEL IT IS OF OUR

OWN MAKING AND THE MORE WE FEEL

WE ARE NOT WORTH TWO CENTS.

THE HARDER IT IS TO BELIEVE

THAT ANYONE WOULD LOVE US, THAT

ANYONE WOULD FIND US VALUABLE

ANYWAY.

THEN JESUS COMES.

THEY COME RIGHT INTO THE MIDST

OF THAT MESS.

YOU KNOW, HE SEES US THROUGH

THE LENS OF THE SACRIFICE HE

PAID FOR US.

HE DOES NOT SEE OUR SIN.

HE SEES US AS HIS CREATION.

HIS HEART IS SO TENDER TO YOU

AND TO ME.

HIS LOVE IS SO GREAT TO YOU AND

TO ME.

NOT LOOKING AT WHAT IS WRONG

WITH US OR THE FOOLISH CHOICES

WE HAVE MADE OR THE MASSIVE OUR

LIVES.

INSTEAD, HE COMES WITH THIS

INVITATION.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU BEAUTY FOR

ASHES.

THE OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING.

TELLING US HE WANTS TO MAKE US

THE PLANTING OF -- THE FIELD

THAT BELONGS TO HIM.

THE ORCHARD THAT IS GOING TO

PRODUCE FRUIT THAT BELONGS TO

HIM, PRODUCTIVE LIVES, LIVES

THAT MATTER AND THAT MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

IT IS WHY, WHEN WE HEAR OF THAT

STORY AND MAYBE YOU ARE HEARING

IT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME,

THE HOPE BEGINS TO GLIMMER.

WHAT THE WORLD HAS TRIED TO

SNUFF OUT, THE LIGHT BEGINS TO

FLICKER AND YOU SAY MAYBE, JUST

MAYBE.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE

SHEPHERD LEAVES THE 99 WHO ARE

FOUND TO GO OUT AND FIND THE

ONE WHO WAS LOST.

IS THAT TODAY AN MAYBE YOU ARE

THE ONE.

MAYBE YOU ARE AFRAID TO TRUST

GOD. IT IS SCARY, ISN'T IT?

WHEN THE WORLD HAS HURT YOU AND

IT IS SO SCARY TO TRUST, BUT I

AM TELLING YOU HE IS THE ONE

PLACE, HE IS THE ONE PERSON WHO

WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, NEVER

GOING TO FORSAKE YOU, NEVER

GOING TO BETRAY YOU.

YOU CAN COME TO HIM AND KNOW

THAT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS

SAFE.

THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALSO

SAYS.

THERE IS POWER IN THE WORD.

WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,

CHRIST DIED FOR US.

HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR

PERFECTION BUT FOR YOUR HEART.

THEN HE SAYS THIS.

IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, HE

BECOMES A NEW CREATION.

ALL THINGS PASS AWAY.

EVERYTHING BECOMES NEW.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT TODAY.

IT IS FREE.

IT IS YOURS FOR THE ASKING.

DO YOU WANT TO START OVER?

LISTEN.

TAKE A CHANCE ON HIM.

YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.

JUST SAY, JESUS, I AM A SINNER.

I AM IN NEED OF A SAVIOR.

I HAVE BLOWN IT.

I WANT A START OVER.

I WANT TO KNOW YOU.

@I WANT TO RECEIVE YOU.

I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING LEFT OF

MY LIFE.

MY THOUGHTS.

MY HEART, MY LIFE, THE THINGS I

DO EVERY DAY.

INVADE ME, GOD, AND MAKE ME --

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS.

IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY.

THAT PRAYER, YOU HAVE NO IDEA

THAT PRAYER IS BEGINNING A

WHOLE NEW JOURNEY FOR YOU.

IT IS A BRAND-NEW DAY.

WE HAVE A PACKET CALLED A NEW

DAY.

YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO WALK

WITH JESUS?

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

ASK US TO SEND YOU THIS.

IT IS FREE AND THERE IS NO

MONEY INVOLVED.

JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER,

1-800-700-7000 . SAY, I WOULD

LIKE THE NEW DAY PACKET.

WE WILL GET IT TO YOU RIGHT

AWAY AND RIGHT NOW, FAN THAT

HOPE THAT IS IN YOU BY

BEGINNING TO READ THE WORD OF

GOD.

START WITH THE BOOK OF JOHN.

IT IS GOD'S LOVE LETTER TO US.

DO IT NOW.

> MEET A WOMAN WHO SUFFERED

FROM BIRTH WITH SCOLIOSIS AND

HEAR HOW SHE WAS INSTANTLY

HEALED AND WAS --

> WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU LATER,

SO STAY WITH US.

> THE BAKER AND BEYONCC.

SEE HOW THIS MASTER CAKE MAKER

GOT A LOT OF DOUGH FROM A

SUPERSTAR.

THAT IS COMING UP.

> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700

CLUB FOR THIS CBN NEWS BREAK.

MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE ARE DEAD

AFTER MONTHS OF WIDESPREAD

FLOODING IN PAKISTAN.

AN UNPRECEDENTED MONSOON SEASON

BRINGING DEVASTATION TO FOUR OF

THE PROVINCES.

IN MID-JUNE, FLOODWATERS CAUSED

BY HEAVY RAINS HAVE WASHED AWAY

ENTIRE VILLAGES.

NEARLY 300,000 HOMES ARE GONE

AND MANY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE.

THE FLOODS ALSO DESTROYED CROPS

AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO

MILLIONS.

> TURNING NOW TO SOUTH

AFRICA, WHERE THE SUPERBOOK

TEAM IS REACHING MORE CHILDREN

WITH THE GOSPEL.

CBN SOUTH AFRICAN TEAMS STARTED

AIRING GIZMOS DAILY BIBLE BYTE

ON YOUTUBE.

ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN

CBN'S ANIMATED BIBLE STORIES

SHARES AT DAILY SUPER VERSE

FROM THE BIBLE.

THIS HELPS CHILDREN TO LEARN

IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS,

ENCOURAGING THEM TO APPLY GOD'S

WORD TO THEIR DAILY LIVES AND

GROW WITH GOD.

THIS NEW SERIES IS PART OF

CBN'S INITIATIVE TO REACH MORE

CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD

THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA BY USING

THE LATEST PRODUCTION

TECHNOLOGY.

THEY CAN ANIMATE GIZMO IN REAL

TIME AND THE CHILDREN CAN HAVE

FUN SEEING GIZMO IN COSTUMES,

PROPS, AND WITH ALL OF HIS

ROBOTIC GADGETS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE OF WHAT

CBN IS DOING BY GOING TO

CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.

ANDREA AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH

MORE OF THE 700 CLUB RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

> NO NEED TO SUGARCOAT THIS.

SWEET CRAVINGS WAS IN TROUBLE.

SWEET CRAVINGS WAS IN TROUBLE.

SHE HAD BEEN HIT HARD BY THE

PANDEMIC AND SHE WAS ABOUT TO

HANG UP HER APRON FOR GOOD.

INSTEAD, SHE IS STILL MAKING

MOUTHWATERING SWEETS THANKS TO

SOME HELP FROM BEYONCC.

I REMEMBER THE SMELLS OF THE

KITCHEN.

I REMEMBER HER WEDDING RINGS

HITTING THE SIDE OF THE BOWL,

WHEN SHE FLOURED THE PAN.

Reporter: KIMBERLY OUTLAW

HAS A KNACK FOR CREATING

SPECTACULAR SPECIALTY CAKES.

FOR HER, BAKING IS A PASSION

THAT STARTED IN HER GRANDMOTHER

MARJORIE'S KITCHEN.

THAT IS WHEN I FIRST HAD A

LOVE FOR BAKING, NOT ONLY

BECAUSE THE SWEETS WERE SO

AMAZING, BUT SPENDING TIME WITH

HER, LISTENING TO HER STORIES

ABOUT WHEN SHE BAKED WITH HER

GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE

GIRL AND WAITING TO LICK THOSE

BEATERS AT THE END.

IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING

SOMEONE -- YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR

LOVE INTO BAKING AND THE CAKES

AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT

EVERYONE REMEMBERS.

SHE CONTINUE THE TRADITION

WITH HER OWN KIDS.

I WAS JUST MAKING CAKES FOR

MY BABIES AND WHEN I STARTED

POSTING THE PICTURES, PEOPLE

WERE LIKE, COULD YOU MAKE A

CAKE FOR MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY

OR MY CHILDREN?

EVERYONE WAS ASKING FOR

CAKES AND IN 2016, SHE STARTED

SWEET CRAVINGS BAKERY.

AS HER BUSINESS GREW, SHE PUT

INTO PRACTICE SOMETHING SHE

LEARNED FROM BOTH HER

GRANDMOTHERS.

MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY

GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT US HOW TO

PRAY AND TALK TO THE LORD AND

HOW TO LIVE.

THEIR WHOLE LIVES WERE PUTTING

GOD FIRST AND TRUSTING GOD.

I ALWAYS, ALWAYS GAVE TO GOD

BECAUSE IT IS AN HONOR TO DO IT

AND IT IS THE LEAST YOU CAN DO.

HE GIVES US SO MUCH AND HE IS

ONLY ASKING FOR A LITTLE IF YOU

REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

I GIVE.

HER BUSINESS DID WELL AND

THEN COVID HIT.

SOON, THE RESTRICTIONS TOOK A

TOLL.

I AM IN THE CELEBRATION

BUSINESS AND MOST OF MY CAKES

ARE VERY ELABORATE CAKES.

USUALLY, BOOKED FOR HUGE EVENTS

@GRADUATIONS, THINGS OF THAT

NATURE, WHERE THERE WILL BE A

LARGE GATHERING.

THAT DEFINITELY PUT A HIT ON MY

BUSINESS.

BY MID-2020, SWEET CRAVINGS

WAS BARELY SURVIVING.

SHE TURNED TO WHOLESALING TO

KEEP HER BUSINESS AFLOAT AND

THEN SHE SUFFERED MORE LOSSES.

I WENT FROM HAVING TWO

GRANDMOTHERS TO HAVING DONE BY

NOVEMBER 2020.

I LOST MY GRANDMOTHER MATTIE

IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 ON NOVEMBER

6th AND I LOST MY GRANDMOTHER

MARJORIE ON NOVEMBER 9th OF

2020.

MY GRANDMA MARJORIE LIVED TO BE

100, WHICH IS SUCH A BLESSING

IN ITSELF, YOU KNOW?

EVEN THOUGH SHE LIVED 100

YEARS, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH.

IT WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR

ME.

TO LOSE SOMEONE LIKE THAT, THAT

IS SO CLOSE TO YOU, WAS SO

DEVASTATING.

DISCOURAGED AND OVERWHELMED

WITH GRIEF, SHE FELT LIKE

GIVING UP ON HER BUSINESS

COMPLETELY.

CREATIVITY WAS SHOT.

I DID NOT WANT TO TOUCH ANOTHER

CAKE AT FIRST BECAUSE THE LAST

CAKES I MADE, ONE WAS FOR MY

GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.

IN MY MIND, AND THINKING, MY

GRANDMOTHER WAS LIVING THE LAST

TIME I DID THIS.

HOW CAN I DO THIS AGAIN?

AGAIN, SHE STATES THE

COURSE, TITHING, PRAYING, AND

TRUSTING GOD TO SEE HER

THROUGH.

I DID A LOT OF PRAYING.

I WAS PRAYING ABOUT MY

DIRECTION AND ABOUT MY PURPOSE,

JUST THE PHYSICAL, YOU KNOW,

HURT I WAS GOING THROUGH.

ONE DAY, SHE WAS FLIPPING

THROUGH TIKTOK WHEN SHE CAME

ACROSS A YOUNG WOMAN GIVING

TIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO, SHE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW,

DID YOU KNOW THAT BEYONCE

KNOWLES-CARTER AND HER BEYGOOD

FOUNDATION HAVE PARTNERED WITH

NAACP AND THAT THEY ARE

OFFERING $10,000 GRANTS TO

BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES THAT

WERE AFFECTED DURING THE COVID-

19 PANDEMIC?

ALTHOUGH IT WAS A LONG SHOT,

SHE APPLIED AND QUICKLY PUT IT

OUT OF HER MIND.

WHEN SHE CHECKED HER EMAIL A

FEW MONTHS LATER, I JUST

CLICKED ON IT.

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

ME.

WHEN I READ IT, MY KIDS WILL

TELL YOU I SCARED THEM TO DEATH

BECAUSE I SCREAMED, PROBABLY

THIS BELLOW AND THEN I STARTED

CRYING.

SHE HAD BEEN SELECTED TO

RECEIVE THE $10,000 GRANT.

IT WAS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL

MOMENT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING MOMENTS OF

MY LIFE.

HER BUSINESS IS NOT ONLY

REBOUNDED BUT EXPLODED.

SHE SAYS THROUGH HER PRAYERS,

GOD SUPPLIED THE INSPIRATION

AND THE FUNDS TO KEEP GOING.

GOD JUST ENCOURAGED MY

HEART.

I THINK HE REALLY DID WRAPPED

HIS HAND AROUND MY TENDER,

ROUGH HEART AND MASSAGED IT.

IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING, FANTASTIC

OCCURRENCES THAT HAS EVER

HAPPENED TO ME DURING ONE OF

THE MOST TRAGIC TIMES OF MY

LIFE AND I THINK IT IS A

BEAUTIFUL GIFT FROM GOD FOR ME

TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND

VALIDATION, LIKE, YES, YOU'RE

DOING THE RIGHT THING.

DO NOT QUIT.

SHE KEEPS HER GRANDMOTHERS

MEMORY ALIVE THROUGH HER BAKING

AND SHE HAS LEARNED SHE CAN

TRUST GOD TO HELP HER THROUGH

ANY TALENT SHE MAY FACE.

WHEN I'M WORKING ON A CAKE,

IT IS LIKE WORSHIP TO HIM.

GOD HAS US HERE FOR A REASON

AND I WANT TO MAKE HIM PROUD.

I WANT TO MAKE THOSE LADIES

PROUD.

I WANT TO INSPIRE MY BABIES TO

BE STRONG AND MAKE IT THROUGH

THINGS.

WHATEVER CHALLENGE COMES, GOD

GUIDES ME TO MANEUVER IT WITH

HIM.

BY MYSELF, I DO NOT THINK I CAN

DO IT, BUT AS LONG AS HE IS

LEADING ME AND THAT, I KNOW I

AM IN GOOD HANDS AND I CAN

TACKLE ANYTHING.

THOSE SWEETS LOOK GOOD.

KIMBERLY IS ONE GIFTED BAKER

AND THINGS -- SHE WAS THRIVING

AND THEN I GUESS IT DOES NOT

MATTER HOW OLD WE ARE.

WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GOD'S

DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT GOD

WOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE ANSWER

THROUGH BEYONCC?

SHE IS A -- IT IS GREAT TO SEE

KIMBERLY BACK ON HER FEET AND

BLESSING MANY PEOPLE THROUGH

THOSE AMAZING CAKES.

WHAT A TRIBUTE TO HER

GRANDMOTHERS.

WHAT A LEGACY.

SHE CARRIED THE BALL.

> ANITA LING WAS BURIED

BENEATH $300,000 OF DEBT.

SHE COULD BARELY AFFORD

GROCERIES BUT, TODAY, SHE IS

THRIVING, SO WHAT MADE ALL THE

DIFFERENCE IN HER LIFE?

SHE WILL TELL YOU HERSELF.

ANITA LING IS A BUSY REAL

ESTATE INVESTOR WHO MANAGES

OVER 80 PROPERTIES BUT SHE

ALWAYS FINDS TIME TO HELP

OTHERS.

RECENTLY, SHE WENT TO PERU FOR

A MISSIONS TRIP.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE

TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.

THAT IS MY "WHY."

THAT IS MY PURPOSE.

HER FAVORITE PART IS HELPING

OUT THE LOCAL CHILDREN.

SHE HAS GIVEN THEM BIKES,

SOCCER BALLS, AND COPIES OF

SUPERBOOK.

I ESPECIALLY LOVE SUPERBOOK,

WHICH I BELIEVE IS A GREAT WAY

TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO JESUS.

ANITA SAYS SHE WORKS HARD

AND SO SHE CAN HAVE THESE

CHANCES TO GIVE TO OTHERS BUT A

FEW YEARS AGO, SHE WAS HAVING

PROBLEMS SUPPORTING HERSELF.

HER TENANTS COULD NOT PAY

THE RENT AND BY 2009, SHE WAS

$300,000 IN DEBT.

I WAS STUCK WITH ALL THESE

MORTGAGES WITH NO INCOME AND I

JUST DID NOT KNOW HOW IT WAS

GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.

SHE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND

COULD BARELY AFFORD GROCERIES.

LATER, A FRIEND INTRODUCED HER

TO THE 700 CLUB.

IT GAVE ME A LOT OF

ENCOURAGEMENT AND I WAS VERY

EMOTIONAL WHEN I HEAR SOME OF

THEIR STORIES.

ALSO, SEEING ALL THE GOOD WORK

THAT THEY ARE DOING AROUND THE

WORLD.

SHE BECAME A CBN PARTNER.

SINCE THEN, SHE HAS SEEN HER

INCOME GROW.

THE FEW YEARS BEFORE THAT, I

ALWAYS END UP WITH ABOUT $2000,

$3000, $4000 LEFT IN MY

PERSONAL ACCOUNT AT THE END OF

EACH YEAR.

IN 2017, WHEN IT STARTED TO

TITHE, THAT YEAR, AT THE END OF

THE YEAR, I HAD 10 TIMES THAT

AMOUNT.

I HAD $39,000 IN MY ACCOUNT AT

THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT IS THE MOST MONEY I EVER

HAD IN MY LIFE SAVED UP.

ANITA IS THANKFUL FOR THE

BLESSINGS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS

AND SHE IS GLAD SHE HAS PLACED

HER FINANCES IN GOD'S HANDS.

IF I LEAVE IT ALL TO GOD, HE

WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

HE REALLY DOES.

GOD IS INTERESTED IN EVERY

ASPECT OF OUR LIVES FROM WHERE

WE ARE AT AS FAR AS OUR

COMMITMENT TO HIM IS CONCERNED

BUT ALSO INTERESTED IN OUR

RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE AND

OUR FINANCES AND THE BIBLE HAS

A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MONEY,

WHETHER IT CONTROLS US FOR USE

IT AS WE ARE INTENDED TO.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT GOD CALLS

US TO BE PART OF WHAT HE IS

DOING AROUND THE WORLD AND

CALLS US TO USE THE BLESSINGS

AND THE GIFTS HE HAS GIVEN

FINANCIALLY TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF

OTHERS.

WE ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD AND

WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER.

WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE IN NEED, WE

REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM

HOWEVER WE CAN.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GREAT

IS YOU CAN DO THAT WITHOUT

LEAVING YOUR LIVING ROOM.

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

EVERY DAY, WE ARE ALL AROUND

THE WORLD, DOING WORK THAT IS

REACHING PEOPLE AT THEIR POINT

OF NEED AND WE WANT TO INVITE

YOU TO BE A PART OF IT.

IT IS A BLESSING.

THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS TO CALL

OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 1-800-700-

7000.

COLLINS SAID, I WANT TO JOIN

THE 700 CLUB.

A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IS $0.65

OR $20.00 . WE HAVE A GOLD

LEVEL AT $40 A MONTH OR YOU

COULD JOIN THE 1000 CLUB AT $84

A MONTH.

2500 CLUB MEMBERS JOIN US AT

$209 A MONTH AND THEN WE HAVE

THE FOUNDERS WHICH JOINED US

WITH GIFTS OF $417 OR MORE A

MONTH.

ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU

DO BECAUSE WE ARE ALL

CONNECTED.

WE ARE MEANT TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE

WHEN YOU KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD,

TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH

OTHERS.

WHEN YOU CALL, WE WILL SEND YOU

THIS TEACHING.

IT IS CALLED PUTTING ON THE

ARMOR OF GOD FROM THE BOOK OF

EPHESIANS.

I THINK IT WILL BE A HUGE

BLESSING.

IF YOU USE PLEDGE EXPRESS, YOUR

BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.

OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU IS

TO SEND YOU POWERFUL LIFE

TEACHINGS.

YOU WILL GET ONE EVERY MONTH

AND WE THINK THAT WILL

ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR WALK WITH

THE LORD.

CALL NOW.

> UP NEXT, THIS WOMAN CALLED

THE 700 CLUB TO REPORT HER

HUSBAND HAD BEEN HEALED AND

BEFORE SHE WAS -- SEE WHAT

HAPPENED.

STAY WITH US AND WE WILL PRAY

FOR YOU.

> BONNIE BOWLES WITH BORN

WITH SCOLIOSIS AND LIVED HER

WHOLE LIFE WITH CHRONIC BACK

PAIN.

SHE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE THAT ONE

DAY SHE WOULD BE PAIN-FREE.

STILL, SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO BE

HEALED OVER THE TELEPHONE.

I HAVE HAD SCOLIOSIS SINCE I

WAS A KID.

OF COURSE, YOU ARE BORN WITH IT

AND I WOULD BE BENT OVER OR --

BONNIE BOWLES REMEMBERS

SUFFERING WITH BACK PAIN IN

SCHOOL.

I WAS IN THE PEP CLUB.

I WOULD ABOUT BLACKOUT AND HAVE

PROBLEMS STANDING THAT LONG.

SHE MARRIED TONY IN 1974 AND

THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN.

IT WAS HARD TO CARRY BABY

CARRIERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE KIDS WERE LITTLE AND I

THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING I

WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

HER DOCTOR FITTED HER WITH A

BACK BRACE.

THE WORST I SEEM TO GET, THE

BRACE WOULD NOT FIT.

I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BECOME

DISABLED FROM IT.

IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING

ANY BETTER.

DESPITE THE PAIN, SHE TRIED

TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.

I WAS TOLD I SHOULD JUST

LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE BY ONE

DOCTOR, AND JUST WATCH LIFE GO

ON.

I WAS LIKE, NOT ME.

THROUGHOUT THEIR MARRIAGE,

HER HUSBAND HAD TO WORK ON HER

BACK TO STRAIGHTEN HER OUT

ENOUGH TO FUNCTION.

THE CHIROPRACTOR HELPED A

LOT.

MY HUSBAND WOULD WORK AT HOME

AND BETWEEN VISITS.

THIS DOCTOR IS A

CHIROPRACTOR IN OHIO.

HE TREATED BONNIE FOR MANY

YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN SEEING HER FOR

CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN.

JUST ALWAYS NAGGING HER.

SHE WOULD ALWAYS GET ADJUSTED.

SHE WOULD DO DIFFERENT THERAPY.

WITH SCOLIOSIS, ESPECIALLY

LUMBAR SPINE, IT IS

DEGENERATIVE.

THEY WILL GET WORSE AND WORSE

AND YOU START GETTING ARTHRITIS

BUILDING UP AND YOU CAN HAVE A

PROBLEM WITH A DISK.

THEY CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR

GOD TO INTERVENE.

I WOULD PRAY FOR HEALING

FROM SCOLIOSIS.

I KNEW IT COULD BE HEALED VERY

EASILY.

IT JUST WAS NOT THE TIME YET.

IN 2019, THEY WERE WATCHING

THE 700 CLUB WHEN HER HUSBAND

HEARD A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE.

I HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A

BAD ROTATOR CUFF AND SHE PRAYED

FOR SOMEBODY WITH A RIGHT

SHOULDER ISSUE TO BE HEALED AND

I FELT SOMETHING THAT IS HARD

TO DESCRIBE.

IT WAS LIKE FINGERS, FINGERS

GOING INTO MY SHOULDER.

WHEN I WAS DONE, IT WAS LIKE

THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN.

SHE SAID, DID YOU HEAR HIM PRAY

FOR THAT?

I SAID, WELL, YEAH.

SHE SAID, DID YOU CLAIM IT?

I SAID, YEAH, I DID.

SHE CALLED TO REPORT FOR

HEALING AND THEN --

I SAID, WELL, I HAVE

SCOLIOSIS.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF

THAT.

HE SAID, SCOLIOSIS?

I WAS PRAYED FOR OVER THE PHONE

AND I SUDDENLY BECAME TALLER

AND I WAS POPPING BUTTONS AND I

WOULD BE GLAD TO PRAY FOR YOU.

I SAID I WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE

YOU PRAY FOR ME.

HE DID AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, MY

GOSH.

I THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED.

I USUALLY USE THE WEED WHACKER

GOING OUTSIDE ALONG THE DITCH

AND I CANNOT DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

THAT AFTERNOON, I WENT AND DID

THE WHOLE YARD.

SHE WENT TO SEE HER

CHIROPRACTOR.

HE VERIFIED IT THEN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS EYES.

HE COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

SHE KNEW SHE HAD A REDUCTION

OF PAIN TO THE POINT WHERE SHE

THOUGHT IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE

TRUE.

THERE WAS NO BACK TENSION AND

THINGS WERE STRAIGHTENED OUT.

THE INFORMATION THAT WAS

PLAGUING HER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY

IMPROVED.

JUST HER RANGE OF MOTION, HER

MOVEMENT PATTERNS WERE

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO

SEE.

NOW SHE IS FULLY FUNCTIONING

AND PAIN-FREE.

I CAN DO STUFF THAT HURT

BEFORE.

NOW, I CAN GO TO THE FOOTBALL

GAMES AND SCHOOL CONCERTS AND

ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND I DO

NOT HAVE TO BE SITTING.

IT IS GONE.

IT IS GONE.

IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

TONY AND BONNIE ARE GRATEFUL

TO GOD FOR HEALING THEM BOTH.

GOD DOES NOT -- HE DOES THEM

PERFECTLY.

IT IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

JUST KEEP BELIEVING AND KEEP

PRAYING.

I JUST KNEW SOMEDAY IT WOULD

HAPPEN AND IT DID.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE?

GOD KNOWS WHAT IT IS YOU

STRUGGLE WITH.

HE KNOWS THE HURTS AND HE KNOWS

THE PAIN AND SCRIPTURE SAYS THE

ONE THE SUN SETS FREE SETS YOU

FREE INDEED.

WHEN WE ASK JESUS TO COME INTO

THE MIDST OF OUR NEED, WHETHER

IT IS SOMETHING LIKE BONNIE WAS

STRUGGLING WITH OR HER HUSBAND

WITH HIS ROTATOR CUFF OR AN

ADDICTION.

GOD UNDERSTANDS AND WANTS YOU

TO BE FREE FROM THOSE THINGS.

WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME IN

THE SHOW TO SIMPLY GO BEFORE

THE LORD WITH YOU, AND WE

GATHER AT THE FOOT OF THE LORD

AND WE SAY, WOULD YOU, GOD,

WRAP YOURSELF AROUND US AND SET

US FREE?

LET'S PRAY.

FIRST OF ALL, ANASTASIA FROM

NEW YORK DIAGNOSED WITH

DIABETES FOR TWO YEARS.

SHE CALLED OUR LINE REGULARLY

AND RECEIVED PREVAILING,

BELIEVING PRAYER.

SHE RECEIVED RESULTS FROM

RECENT BLOOD WORK AND THEY

CONFIRMED HER BLOOD SUGAR IS

NOW NORMAL.

SHE STARTED HAVING TROUBLE

BREATHING AND HER DOCTOR FOUND

A NODULE ON HER LONG.

BEFORE GOING FOR A FOLLOW-UP CT

SCAN, SHE CALLED THE PRAYER

LINE AND RECEIVED PRAYER,

BELIEVING FOR GOD'S COMPLETE

HEALING AND SHE RECEIVED THE

RESULTS FROM HER SCAN AND HER

LUNGS WERE NORMAL.

WE WOULD LOVE TO PRAY FOR YOU.

PLEASE JOIN WITH US.

LORD, GOD, WE LOVE YOU AND

THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT

WITH US.

RIGHT NOW, WE LIFT UP THE NEEDS

OF THE AUDIENCE AND WE JUST

DESIRE TO BE A VESSEL FOR WHAT

YOU ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE

AND DO ON BEHALF OF THOSE

WATCHING.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU HAVE

NOT HAD THIS FOR MOST OF YOUR

LIFE, BUT SUDDENLY, YOU BEGAN

TO HAVE PAIN IN YOUR MOUTH,

YOUR TEETH, YOUR BONES, JUST

EVERY THING, REALLY SUDDENLY

AFFECTED.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU.

EVERY ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE IN

YOUR MOUTH WITH THE PAIN IS

GONE IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE IS TERRIFIED TO

DRIVE.

SUDDENLY, THIS FEAR HAS COME

OVER YOU, THIS TRAUMA OF NOT

WANTING TO GET IN YOUR VEHICLE

AND THE LORD IS CALMING YOU,

BRINGING YOU PEACE AND TAKING

-- THE ENEMY HAS HAD A FOOTHOLD

IN SOME WAY AND GOD IS

DELIVERING YOU FROM THAT FEAR

RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

IT IS GOING TO BE GONE.

> MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

DIAGNOSED, DIAGNOSED WITH BLOOD

DISEASES.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW IN A WAY YOU CANNOT

EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND.

PUT UP YOUR HANDS AND BEGIN TO

WORSHIP HIM AND THANK HIM FOR

IT.

HE SET FREE IN JESUS' NAME.

TERRY WAS PRAYING AND

TALKING ABOUT HOW IT CAN BE

SCARY, COMMITTING TO THE LORD

WHEN WE HEAR HIS CALL.

THERE IS A MAN WHO HAS BEEN

WRESTLING WITH THAT.

YOU'RE HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD

CALLING YOU TO A RELATIONSHIP

WITH HIM AND IT IS FRIGHTENING

YOU.

IT IS RIGHT OUT OF REVELATION

3:20.

JESUS STANDS AT THE DOOR AND

KNOCKS.

WHOEVER HEARS MY VOICE AND

OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL HAVE

FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND YOU

HAVE HEARD THE VOICE AND NOW

GOD IS TELLING YOU TO TRUST HIM

AND OPEN THE DOOR.

HE WANTS TO JUST LOVE YOU AND

BRING YOU HOPE AND THIS IS THE

DAY TO STOP WRESTLING AND OPEN

THE DOOR.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH

EATING.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU

EAT.

YOUR STOMACH BECOMES VERY

DISTENDED AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR ABDOMEN.

JESUS, HEAL.

SET THIS PERSON FREE IN JESUS'

NAME.

SOMEONE IS WATCHING IN

ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING

HOME.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN

YOU'RE ELDERLY BUT YOU HAVE

THIS OVERWHELMING LONELINESS

AND DEPRESSION.

GOD SEES YOU.

GOD SEES YOUR NEED AND WHEN YOU

FEEL LIKE NO ONE ELSE CARES FOR

YOU, HE DOES.

HE IS FAITHFUL AND LOVING AND

HE HEARS YOUR PRAYERS.

HE IS WITH YOU NOW IN JESUS'

NAME.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

> WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

HAVING PRESENT WITH US.

WE THANK YOU, THAT YOU HAVE

OVERCOME THE WORLD.

GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN US THAN

IN THIS WORLD.

WE LOVE YOU, JESUS.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED A MIRACLE?

GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-700-

7000.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH PSALM 118.

I CANNOT DIE BUT LIVE AND

DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD.

WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.