As long as they made the minimum credit card payments, D.J. and Brandyn thought their finances were fine. But the result was a shocking $137,000 in credit card debt. See how following the Lord’s guidance transformed their hearts and eliminated ...
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COMING UP, A HIGH-SPEED
CHASE.
I JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY.
WHILE DRIVING DRUNK.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THE BIG
DEAL? THE LAST THING I KNEW, HIT
KNEW, HIT IT.
THE DRIVER WAS IN HANDCUFFS.
HER PRAYER --
I KNEW THAT DEATH WAS COMING
FOR ME.
-- TODAY ON THE 700 CLUB.
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WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB. UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING
SMARTER BY USING DRONES THAT CAN
CAN DESTROY TANKS AND THEIR
STRATEGY IS PAYING OFF. RUSSIAN
FORCES PULLED BACK IN THE FACE
OF A FIERCE COUNTERATTACK.
UKRAINE SUCCESS IS DUE IN
PART TO MILITARY AID SENT BY THE
THE WEST AND TECHNOLOGY GIVEN BY
BY PRIVATE DONORS. CHUCK HOLTON
BRINGS US THE STORY FROM THE
FRONT LINES.
Reporter: UKRAINIANS HOPE
THEIR MILITARIES
COUNTEROFFENSIVE IN THE EAST
COULD SIGNAL A TURNING POINT IN
THE WAR. THE ONGOING OPERATION
HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THE UKRAINIAN
ARMY HAS RE-TAKEN MORE GROUND IN
IN FIVE DAYS THAN THE RUSSIANS
CAPTURED IN THE PAST FIVE
MONTHS.
THIS OPERATION WAS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF THE RESOLVE OF THE
ARMED FORCES, BECAUSE OUR
COMMANDERS -- THEY WERE SO
DEVOTED TO VICTORY.
Reporter: THE CITY OF KHARKIV
KHARKIV HAS ENDURED ALMOST DAILY
DAILY ROCKET ATTACKS SINCE
APRIL. ON SUNDAY, A RUSSIAN
POWER GRID, CAUSING THEM TO
ARK. IT IS RELATIVELY EMPTY.
THOSE WHO STAYED LIVE IN
CONSTANT FEAR OF DEATH FROM A
RUSSIAN MISSILE. NOW, NEARBY
VILLAGES FEEL HOPEFUL AS
UKRAINIAN TROOPS PUSH THE
INVADERS OUT. UP UNTIL NOW,
RUSSIA HAS HELD A HUGE ADVANTAGE
ADVANTAGE BUT THE UKRAINIANS HAVE
FIGURED OUT HOW TO TURN OFF
TECHNOLOGY INTO A FORCE
MULTIPLIER, MAKING A COMMERCIAL
DRONE EQUAL TO A RUSSIAN TANK IN
IN COMBAT POWER.
IT IS STRONGER. IT IS
STRONGER THAN MAYBE 10 OR 20
SOLDIERS FROM RUSSIA.
Reporter: IF YOU'RE
UNFAMILIAR WITH WARFARE, YOU
MIGHT SAY THERE WAS HEAVY
FIGHTING GOING ON IN THIS AREA
WHERE WE ARE. THOUGH THERE HAVE
BEEN ARTILLERY BARRAGE IS GOING NEAR
CONSTANTLY FOR THE SEVERAL HOURS
HOURS WE HAVE BEEN HERE, IT DOES
IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY
AS A INTENSE BATTLE BECAUSE THE
RUSSIANS ARE RANDOMLY FIRING
ARTILLERY PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY
LONG, ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY HAVE
A LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF THAT, BUT
THEY ARE NOT REALLY MAKING ANY
GAINS AND THAT IS BECAUSE
UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING SMARTER
AND IN SO DOING, THEY CAN HOLD
OFF THE RUSSIANS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY OUTNUMBER THEM ABOUT 50 TO ONE.
TO ONE.
THIS HELPS US.
Reporter: A RUSSIAN TANK COST
COST ABOUT $4.5 MILLION TO
BUILD. A DRONE IS A LITTLE OVER $1000.
OVER $1000. SINCE THESE DRONES
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING
HUNDREDS OF TANKS, THAT MAKES
TEM PRICELESS FOR THESE
UKRAINIAN AIRBORNE TROOPERS.
RATHER THAN FIGHT FOR RUSSIAN
FOR RUSSIAN TANKS HEAD-TO-HEAD,
WE USE -- WE PASS IT ON TO THE
LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY TO BE
DESTROYED. THE ONLY THING WE
NEED IS MORE AMMO. IF WE HAVE
ENOUGH AMMUNITION, THEY WOULD
NOT STAND A CHANCE.
Reporter: MANY OF THESE
DRONES ARE BEING DONATED,
COURTESY OF INDIVIDUALS GIVEN TO
TO CROWDFUNDING PROJECTS. IT
BRINGS HOPE THAT THEY COULD GET
BACK TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
I TELL MY GIRLS I LOVE YOU SO
SO MUCH. THAT IS WHY I STAY
HERE. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER SAID,
PAPA, DID YOU GET SHOT? I SAID
THE RUSSIANS DO NOT HAVE THE
BUDGET FOR THAT THIS YEAR.
Reporter: FROM THE DONETSK,
CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.
THOSE ARE THE
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT WIFE
UKRAINIAN ARMY SEEMS TO BE
AGAINST ALL ODDS WINNING THIS
WAR, PUSHING RUSSIA BACK. I HOPE
HOPE RUSSIA GETS THE MESSAGE AND
AND THEY STOPPED THIS AND THEY
START RECOGNIZING UKRAINIAN BORDERS
UKRAINIAN BORDERS INSTEAD --
THAT THEY WILL SAY THIS IS A
TREMENDOUS MISTAKE AND WE SHOULD
SHOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED TO
CREATE A PROBLEM. THIS IS A
FALSE NATIONALISM. LET'S
RECOGNIZE OUR UKRAINIAN BROTHERS
BROTHERS AND STOP THIS WAR. LET
US ALL PRAY THAT HAPPENS VERY
QUICKLY
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A CUTBACK IN THE FLOW OF OIL
FROM RUSSIA TO EUROPE COULD MAKE
MAKE AN IMPACT RIGHT HERE AT
HOME. EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY AND MORE FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM.
Reporter: UNITED STATES COULD
COULD SEE A RISE IN GAS AND
ENERGY PRICES THIS WINTER. JANET
JANET YELLEN SAID HIGHER PRICES ARE
A RISK AS THE EUROPEAN UNION
PURSUES ITS PLAN TO HALT RUSSIAN
RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTS.
THIS WINTER, THE EUROPEAN
UNION -- THEY WILL STOP BUYING
RUSSIAN OIL FOR THE MOST PART.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT COULD CAUSE
A SPIKE IN OIL PRICES.
Reporter: GAS PRICES REACHED
ALL-TIME HIGHS EARLIER THIS
YEAR. WHILE THEY HAVE DROPPED,
THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON
OF GAS IS STILL MORE THAN $3.70.
$3.70. THAT COME ALONG WITH HIGH
HIGH INFLATION, HAS PUT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON THE
DEFENSIVE FOR ITS ECONOMIC
POLICIES. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT
RELEASES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR
AUGUST. WILL TELL US IF
INFLATION IS INCREASING OR
SLOWING DOWN. >
TURNING TO THE UNITED
KINGDOM, WHERE QUEEN ELIZABETH'S
ELIZABETH'S CASKET IS MAKING ITS
ITS JOURNEY THROUGH HER BELOVED
SCOTLAND. KING CHARLES III AND
THE QUEEN CONSORT MEETING THE
PROCESSION AFTER ADDRESSING
NUMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TODAY.
DALE HURD HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: THE NEW KING IN QUEEN
CONSORT MET WITH MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT BEFORE CHARLES III
ADDRESSED THE BODY THIS MORNING.
MORNING.
AS I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY,
I CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL THE
WEIGHT OF HISTORY, WHICH
SURROUNDS US.
Reporter: BEEN TRAVELING TO
SCOTLAND TO JOIN OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY FOR A
PROCESSION TO ST. GILES
CATHEDRAL, WHERE THE QUEEN
COBRAS CASKET WILL LIE IN STATE
SO THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND CAN
PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THE GLASS
WINDOW AND HURT HIS LEFT THEM
AND TRAVELED --
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY GOODBYE.
SAY GOODBYE. IT MEANS A LOT.
Reporter: THOUSANDS ON HER
ROUTE TO SAY GOODBYE.
WE LOVED HER.
Reporter: SOME THROUGH
FLOWERS. THERE WAS EVEN AN HONOR
HONOR GUARD OF TRACTORS. A DOZEN
DOZEN HORSES PAID TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN
AS AN EQUESTRIAN. CHARLES IS NOW HEAD
OF STATE TO 14 OTHER NATIONS
KNOWN AS REALMS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, INCLUDING THE
UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA,
CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, AND A HOST
OF CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDS. BUT THAT MAY BE
CHANGING. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AND JAMAICA ARE NOW SET TO VOTE
ON WHETHER TO REMOVE THE BRITISH
BRITISH MONARCH AS THEIR HEAD OF
OF STATE AND BECOME REPUBLICS.
BARBADOS BECAME INDEPENDENT EARLIER
THIS YEAR. THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL
BE HELD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FIRST
LADY JILL BIDEN HAVE EXCEPTED AN
AN INVITATION TO ATTEND. DALE
HURD, CBN NEWS. >
AT HOME, AMERICANS ACROSS THE
THE NATION PAUSED TO REMEMBER
THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS
21 YEARS AGO. COMMUNITIES HELD
TRIBUTE, PLEDGING TO NEVER
FORGET THOSE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES IN THE ATTACKS, AS WELL AS
AS THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO
SUCCUMBED YEARS LATER FROM
ILLNESS CONTRACTED AT THE SIGHT.
SIGHT. GATHERED -- AND THE
PENNSYLVANIA FIELD WHERE FLIGHT
93 CRASHED AFTER THE PASSENGERS
RUSHED THE COCKPIT. FIRST LADY JILL
BIDEN ADDRESSED THE CROWD.
9/11 TOUCHED US ALL. IT
CHANGED US ALL BUT IT REMINDS US
REMINDS US WE CAN BE A LIGHT IN
THAT DARKNESS.
HE SPOKE AT THE PENTAGON AND
THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS AT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE. IT WAS
ALSO 10 YEARS SINCE THE ATTACK
ON TWO U.S. FACILITIES IN THIS
AREA BY A RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP.
GROUP. THE AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA
AND THREE OTHER AMERICANS DIED
IN THOSE ATTACKS. >
LET'S NEVER, NEVER FORGET
WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11 AND THESE
ANNIVERSARIES CAME ON BY. IT
JUST IS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE
NOT REALLY WON THE WAR AGAINST
THE IDEOLOGY. YOU CANNOT
PARTICULARLY HAVE A WAR AGAINST
TERRORISM OUTSIDE OF A WAR OF IDEOLOGY
TO SAY, YOU HAVE RADICAL IDEAS
THAT SOMEHOW OR OTHER YOU ARE
SERVING GOD AND MAKING A PATHWAY
PATHWAY TO HEAVEN BY GOING AND
BLOWING PEOPLE UP AND TAKING
INNOCENT LIVES UNTIL WE SAY THAT
THAT IS A FALSE IDEOLOGY AND
UNTIL WE STAND UP TO THAT, WE
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE
THIS. IT IS HAPPENING,
LITERALLY, EVERY WEEK IN THE
MUSLIM WORLD AND THIS IDEOLOGY,
IT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO CHANGE.
Reporter: UP NEXT, HE SERVED
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
RIGHT-HAND MAN AND HE WAS ONE OF
OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM ACCORDS. THE FORMER --
TALKS ABOUT MAKING AND BREAKING
HISTORY. >
LATER ON, A DRUNK DRIVER REAR
REAR ENDS A MOTORCYCLE DURING A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE. SHE WAKES UP
IN THE ER WITH A POLICE OFFICER AT
HER SIDE. SEE HOW A MIRACLE SETS
SETS HER FREE. THAT IS LATER ON
TODAY'S SHOW.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE, JARED KUSHNER IS THE
ULTIMATE INSIDER. BATTLES WITH
THE MEDIA ON ONE FRONT AND
ENTRENCHED BUREAUCRACY ON THE
OTHER, KUSHNER COVERS THEM ALL
IN HIS NEW BOOK, RAKING HISTORY
A WHITE HOUSE MEMOIR. THE FORMER
FORMER SENIOR ADVISER ALSO
TALKED TO DAVID BRODY ABOUT WHAT
WHAT IT WAS LIKE WORKING FOR HIS FATHER-IN -LAW.
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
OF ALL THE BOOKS WRITTEN FROM
WRITTEN FROM INSIDE THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE, THIS IS THE FIRST
FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. IN JARED
KUSHNER'S NEW BOOK, BREAKING
HISTORY: A WHITE HOUSE MEMOIR ,
THE FORMER SENIOR ADVISER TO THE
THE PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT WHAT
MADE WORKING FOR HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW A CHALLENGE.
IT IS HARD -- HE IS A VERY
FLEXIBLE THINKER. HE IS PRAGMATIC
BUT HE IS OPEN TO HAVING HIS
MIND CHANGED, WHICH IS BOTH GOOD
GOOD AND BAD. I SAW THAT
FRUSTRATE PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL
KELLY, WHO WANTED HIM TO FOLLOW
WHAT HE SAID. HE WAS A BLACK AND
AND WHITE GUY, BUT WITH TRUMP,
THERE IS 50 SHADES OF GRAY.
LOTS OF LEAKING AND
BACKSTABBING AS WELL.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE AND THE
INFIGHTING GOING ON AND HOW
CHALLENGING ALL OF THAT WAS?
LOOK,
LOOK, POWER, I LEARNED, MAKES
MAKES PEOPLE MORE OF WHAT THEY
ALREADY ARE AND WHEN THEY GOT TO
TO THE WHITE HOUSE, IT WENT TO
CERTAIN PEOPLE'S HEADS. I WAS
VERY ILL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH
SOMEBODY WHO WAS SO NEFARIOUS
AND THE WAY THEY MADE BELATED
THE MEDIA TO TRY TO ATTACK AND
LABEL YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR PEOPLE
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND HOW WASHINGTON WORKS,
WORKS, THIS BOOK TRIES TO GIVE YOU
THE INNER WORKINGS OF HOW
WASHINGTON WORKS, ESPECIALLY
EVERYONE FOLLOWED THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SO CLOSELY AND
HAD OPINIONS BUT THIS IS TELLING
TELLING YOU WHAT WAS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING IN THE ROOMS.
Reporter: HE HAD AN ON CLOSE
VIEW OF IT ALL. SECRET SERVICE
MONIKER WAS "MECHANICS," PRETTY
APPROPRIATE FOR A JACK-OF-ALL
TRADES MR. FIX-IT KIND OF GUY. HE
HELD LEADING ROLES IN OPERATION
WARP SPEED, MAJOR INTERNATIONAL
TRADE DEALS, AND THE HISTORIC MIDEAST
HISTORIC MIDEAST PEACE ACCORDS.
AS AN OBSERVANT JEW, HE HAD A
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
I CAN TELL YOU THERE WERE
MOMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE WHERE I
THINK I HAD A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
FOR THE INSECURITIES THAT ISRAEL
FACES. MY GRANDPARENTS SURVIVED THE
HOLOCAUST AND THEY WRITE ABOUT
THEIR EXPERIENCE EXTENSIVELY IN
THE BOOK. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF
OF THE NOTIONS THAT ISRAEL FACES,
WHICH IS WHY THEY TREAT EVERY
ISSUE LIKE IT IS LIFE OR DEATH.
HE LEARNED ABOUT DEALING WITH
WITH THOSE HE FELT WERE OUT TO
GET HIM AND THE PRESIDENT. TALKS
TALKS ABOUT DEALING WITH THE
MEDIA KUSHNER SAYS GOD STORIES
WRONG ABOUT HIM AND FACING UP
BUREAUCRACY FIGHTING HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW'S AGENDA.
THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS EXTRAORDINARY AND
WHEN HARNESSED IN A POSITIVE WAY
A POSITIVE WAY CAN BE INCREDIBLY
BE INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL. THE
PROBLEM IS WHEN IS EITHER
SQUANDERED OR USED IN A NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE WAY, WHICH CAN HAVE
THEM BASED ON THE WHIMS OF
WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE. WHEN I
THINK ABOUT THE DEEP STATE, IT
IS MORE PEOPLE IN THE
BUREAUCRACY WHO MAYBE ARE
PUSHING THEIR OWN AGENDA, AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT'S THE ELECTED
PRESIDENT'S AGENDA IS. I DO
THINK PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
UNDERSTANDS IT. HE BROUGHT OUT
THE TRUTH. THE MEDIA EXPOSED WHO
WHO THEY WERE. A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE EXPOSED WHO THEY WERE IN
TRYING TO GET HIM.
WHICH LEADS US TO TODAY'S
HEADLINES ABOUT THE FBI RAID AT
MAR-A-LAGO.
HE IS FRUSTRATED, MORE THAN
FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHAT THE DOJ
AND F VI ARE DOING. WHAT ARE
YOUR VIEWS?
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS TO HAVE A VERY, VERY
HIGH STANDARD. I THINK THE FBI
ALREADY WAS OPERATING AT A
DEFICIT OF TRUST, NOT WITH THE
RANK AND FILE FIELD AGENTS. I
WORKED WITH SOME GREAT AGENTS
BUT THERE WERE SOME POCKETS OF
CORROSION IN THE LEADERSHIP AND
PEOPLE JUST DO NOT HAVE FULL FAITH
FULL FAITH THAT THAT HAS BEEN CLEANED
UP. AT THIS RATE, IT ONLY
FURTHER HEIGHTENED PEOPLE
SPHERE.
Reporter: KUSHNER FACE
FRIGHTENING MOMENTS. HE REVEALS
BEING MOMENTARILY GRIPPED BY
FEAR WHEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
COVID CRISIS HIT BUT THEN FOUND
HIS STRIDE. AND POSITIVE RESULTS
RESULTS BEGAN TO COME IN,
INCLUDING LONG-AWAITED CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, ONE OF THE MANY
AREAS WHERE HE WORKED CLOSELY
WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY. HOW
WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH EVANGELICALS?
THAT WAS A SPECIAL DYNAMIC?
MAYBE A LITTLE UNEXPECTED.
VERY UNEXPECTED. AS A JEW WHO
WHO WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK, DID
NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO
THE EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY. I
FIRST MET PAULA WHITE ON OUR
TRIP UP TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY I
I MET YOU, AS WELL, WITH
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN 2015
AND THAT OPENED MY EYES TO THE
EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY. THEY
BECAME INCREDIBLE FRIENDS, A LOT
LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF
WISDOM AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
THEY NEVER HAD A POSITIVE
OUTLOOK OR GAVE HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW A FAIR SHAKE WHEN
IT CAME TO HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WHEN YOU REPORT FAKE NEWS,
WHICH CNN DOES A LOT, YOU'RE THE
THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
I THINK THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT
HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. I WANT
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
OCCURRED, EVEN IN SUCH A HOSTILE
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. THE MEDIA
DOES NOT WANT TO KNOWLEDGE THAT
DURING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
TIME IN OFFICE, THERE WERE SOME
INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT WERE
ACCOMPLISHED AND THEY WERE NOT
EASY TO DO.
Reporter: NEITHER WERE THE
LONG DAYS OR PRESSURE OF THOSE
FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. A
A WILD WHIRLWIND.
WHAT HE SERVED AGAIN? WOULD IT
BE SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER AGAIN?
OY-GEVALT LEVEL? TO THE
IT IS PRETTY CLOSE. IF YOU
READ MY BOOK, YOU WILL SEE IT
WAS A BRUTAL EXPERIENCE IN MANY
WAYS BUT, AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY WAS TREMENDOUS AND I
I AM PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE DID.
DID. I AM REALLY ENJOYING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH
MY KIDS AND BE IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD BE CAREER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
Reporter: THAT IS DEFINITELY
NOT JARED KUSHNER. HE IS
BATTLING THYROID CANCER AND
COMING OUT ON THE SUCCESSFUL END
END OF IT. HE IS AWAY FROM THE
SWAMP AND LEADING A LIFE WITH
HIS JEWISH FACE AT THE CENTER OF
OF IT.
HOW DO YOU VIEW GOD IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM? I KNOW
GOD IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE
OF YOUR LIFE.
YEAH, I BELIEVE IN GOD AND I
THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
SEE IN THE STORY THAT I WRITE,
THAT I BELIEVE THE HAND OF GOD
IS IN IT AND THAT GOD WANTS US
TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT
HE GIVES US BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
HAVE FAITH THAT WILL HAPPEN. ONE LESSON
I HAVE LEARNED IS, IN MY LIFE,
THERE ARE TIMES I THOUGHT I HAD
SETBACKS THAT WERE BAD AND I
THINK GOD GIVES US WHAT WE NEED
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE
WANTS US TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU
LEARN FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT OCCUR,
THAT ARE IN YOUR PREFERENCE. MY
FAITH IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I PRAY
PRAY EVERY MORNING AND I TRY TO
TEACH THE LESSONS OF FAITH TO MY
MY CHILDREN.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL
ACHIEVEMENT TO HAVE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, SOMETHING THAT
WAS UNEXPECTED WHEN TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.
TOOK OFFICE. I THINK IT HAS BEEN
BEEN LARGELY IGNORED. AT THE
SAME TIME, THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGH
IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND -- THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO ALONG WITH
THE IDEOLOGY AND NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID
BE AFRAID ALL THIS AND WE ARE
NOT GOING TO BOW DOWN TO THEM
AND SAY, LET'S HAVE PEACE AND
LET'S HAVE BROTHERHOOD. IT IS A
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT AND
ANYTIME ANYONE TAKES ON PUBLIC
SERVICE, YOU HAVE TO TIP YOUR
HAT TO THEM BECAUSE IT HAS
BECOME A REAL BLOODSPORT AND
PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO
TAKE YOU OUT.'S BOOK IS CALLED
BREAKING HISTORY: A WHITE HOUSE
MEMOIR AND IT IS AVAILABLE
WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. >
STILL AHEAD, DEBT-FREE IN
FIVE YEARS. THIS COUPLE PAID OFF
OFF EVERY PENNY OF THE SIX FIGURES
THEY OWED. THEY WILL TELL US THE
THE SECRET TO THEIR SUCCESS. >
PLUS, THIS MILITARY FAMILY
WAS STRESSED OUT. SEE HOW YOU
GAVE THEM A HAND UP AFTER THIS.
>
THEY KEPT PAYING THEIR BILLS
THEY KEPT PAYING THEIR BILLS
BUT COULD NOT MAKE A DENT IN THE
IN THE DEBT BEFORE LONG, THEY
WERE ONE $37,000 IN THE RED. OR
IS HOW THEY MANAGED TO PAY IT
ALL OFF IN JUST FIVE YEARS.
BEFORE THEY MARRIED, BRANDYN
AND DJ DID NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT
ABOUT THEIR SPENDING OR THEIR DEBT.
THEIR DEBT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT HOUR
IMAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD
A HIGHER STATUS.I WANTED TO
HAVE THIS TYPE OF CAR AND THESE
ISSUES WHEN THEY RELEASED.
I DID NOT REALLY HAVE A BUDGET.
A BUDGET. IF AN EMERGENCY POPPED
POPPED UP, CREDIT CARDS WERE MY
SAVINGS.
Reporter: DURING HER SINGLE
YEARS AND AFTER BECOMING A
CHRISTIAN, BRANDYN TOOK A CLASS
AT CHURCH ON MONEY-MANAGEMENT.
SHE TRY TO PRACTICE WHAT SHE
LEARNED BUT WAS NOT CONSISTENT
AND CONTINUED TO SPEND. ME
WELCOME SHE BEGAN TYPING TO HER
CHURCH.
WHEN I STARTED TITHING, I WAS
WAS LIKE, I NEED TO. AS I
CHANGED MY MIND-SET, IT BECAME,
I WANT TO DO THIS TO HELP OTHERS,
TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF THE
LORD.
T.J. ALSO GAVE AT CHURCH BUT
SPENT WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THE
FUTURE. WHEN BRANDYN AND DJ TIED
TIED THE KNOT, NOTHING CHANGED.
THEY MADE EXPENSIVE PURCHASES OR
OR THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AND THEIR
THEIR JOINT DEBT GROWS SOON,
THEY DECIDED TO PURCHASE A
BIGGER HOME FOR THEIR EXPANDING
FAMILY AND WERE SHOCKED TO SEE
HOW MUCH INTEREST THEY HAD BEEN
CHARGED ON THE LOAN. THAT
PROMPTED THEM TO FINALLY FACE
THEIR OVERSPENDING AND THE
INTEREST ON THEIR CONSUMER DEBT
AND STUDENT LOANS.
IT IS LIKE, YOU REALIZE WE
PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
INTEREST ON SOMETHING THAT IS A CREDIT
CARD THAT IS $2000 BUT WE ARE
GETTING HIT EVERY MONTH FOR $150
$150 WHEN OUR PAYMENT IS $200.
WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS.
Reporter: THEY DECIDED IT WAS
WAS TIME TO GET A HANDLE ON THE
WAY THEY MANAGED MONEY. THEY CUT
CUT UP THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND
PLEASURE TO PAY OFF THEIR TOTAL
DEBT OF $137,000 . TO DO SO,
BRANDYN, A VP OF A LARGE
NONPROFIT, TOOK A JOB
WAITRESSING. DJ WAS AN ACCOUNTED
ACCOUNTED AND HE GOT A SECOND
JOB AS WELL.
WHATEVER WE MADE, IT WAS
GOING BACK TO OUR DEBT AND
TACKLING IT FROM THE SMALLEST TO
TO THE LARGEST PEER
Reporter: AT ONE POINT,
BRANDYN CHOSE TO STOP TITHING
FROM HER INCOME.
IT WAS LIKE, YOU REALLY NEED THAT
MONEY TO PAY TOWARDS DEBT. I LET
LET THE ENEMY GET IN MY EAR. I
STOPPED TRUSTING. I TOOK IT
BACK. I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING
WAS WRONG AND IT EATS ME UP
INSIDE SPIRITUALLY PEER
Reporter: AFTER YEAR OF NOT
TITHING, BRANDYN SAYS GOD SPOKE
TO HER.
I JUST HEARD GOD, YOU KNOW,
TRUST ME. TRUST ME. I BROUGHT YOU
THIS FAR. I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAUSE YOUR
TIES. CONTINUE TO GIVE AND PAY
OFF YOUR DEBT.
WE DID A LOT OF
SOUL-SEARCHING. PART OF WHAT I
WOULD SAY OUR JOURNEY WAS
FOCUSED ON IS GOD'S GUIDANCE.
SO, WE STARTED LOOKING MORE
SPIRITUALLY, LOOKING INWARD, AND
AND SAYING WE HAVE TO HUMBLE
OURSELVES PEER
Reporter: RAND AND BEGAN
TITHING AND THEY WATCHED WHAT
THEY SPEND, WHILE CONTINUING TO
WORK OFF THEIR DEBT.
I STARTED TO PREFER THE
FEELING OF BEING DEBT-FREE THAN
EATING SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BUILD MY IMAGE. ONE MATERIAL
THING JUST MAKES ME WANT ANOTHER
ANOTHER MATERIAL THINK YOU'RE
GETTING RID OF ONE DEBT DOES NOT
NOT MAKE ME WANT ANOTHER DEAD.
IT WAS GIVING ME ENCOURAGEMENT,
MAKING ME WANT TO PAY OFF
ANOTHER DEAD.
IN FIVE YEARS, THEY PAID OFF
ALL $137,000 OF THEIR DEBT. THEY
SAY THE PROCESS CHANGED THEIR PERSPECTIVE
ON MONEY AND GOD.
I LEARNED HOW TO TAKE MY
HANDS OFF ANY AND EVERY
SITUATION.
I BECAME THE MAN THAT I WAS
CALLED TO BE, THE HUSBAND I
NEEDED TO BE, THE FATHER -- WE
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS
WITHOUT GOD'S GRACE PEER
Reporter: TODAY, THEY ARE
COMMITTED TO BUDGETING AND STAYING
OUT OF THAT. ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO
TO MANAGE MONEY GOD'S WAY.
WE NEED TO BE BETTER STEWARDS
STEWARDS OF FINANCES. GIVE A
LITTLE MORE AND DEDICATE
YOURSELVES TO BECOMING MORE DISCIPLINED
TO YOUR FAITH, SO YOU CAN BE
DEDICATED AND DISCIPLINED TO
YOUR BUDGET.
I BELIEVE IN BEING OBEDIENT
TO THE WORD OF GOD. I TRY TO
TEACH MY CHILDREN THE SAME
THING, WHETHER IT IS THEIR TITHE
TITHE AND THEIR OFFERING, WHEN
YOU TRULY TRUST IN HIM, FOLLOW
HIS GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO
THESE THINGS, YOU WILL BE
BLESSED AND HE WILL MAKE A WAY.
GOD HAS SOME VERY SIMPLE RULES
AND IT IS AMAZING. WHEN YOU
FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES, THEN
BLESSINGS WILL COME. HERE IS --
IT IS TO HIS SON AND THE LORD,
TIMOTHY, FROM I TIMOTHY CHAPTER
6. TELL THOSE WHO ARE RICH NOT
TO BE PROUD AND NOT TO TRUST IN
THEIR MONEY, WHICH WILL SOON BE
GONE, BUT THEIR PRIDE AND TRUST
SHOULD BE IN THE LIVING GOD WHO
ALWAYS RITUALLY GIVES US ALL WE
NEED FOR OUR ENJOYMENT. TELL
THEM TO USE THAT MONEY TO DO
GOOD. THEY SHOULD BE RICH AND
GOOD WORKS AND THEY SHOULD GIVE
HAPPILY TO THOSE IN NEED. ALWAYS
ALWAYS BEING READY TO SHARE WITH
WITH OTHERS WHATEVER GOD HAS
GIVEN THEM. I GREW UP WITH ITS
PRINCIPAL. IT IS TO HELP OTHER
PEOPLE AND WHEN YOU DO THAT,
WONDERFUL THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO
YOU. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF
BUSINESS FIRST, IF YOU SEEK HIM
FIRST, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS
WAY OF DOING THINGS, THEN
WONDERFUL THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN.
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WILL BE
ADDED UNTO YOU. YOU WILL HAVE
THE ADDED BLESSING OF HAVING A
LIFE OF PURPOSE NOT JUST
PERSONAL ENJOYMENT. WHEN YOU DO IT
GOD'S WAY, THEN HE GIVES YOU
LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.
IF YOU ARE IN DEBT, HAVE A
SIMPLE FORMULA FOR YOU. IT IS
RELEASED TO REMEMBER. I CALL IT
THE 80/10/10 RULE, WHERE YOU
SAY, I AM GOING TO GET A BUDGET AND
BUDGET AND I AM GOING TO TOTAL
UP ALL MY MONTHLY INCOME FROM
WHATEVER SOURCES YOU HAVE AND SAY,
ALL RIGHT, I WILL TAKE 80% OF
THAT. I AM GOING TO LIVE ON 80%
OF MY INCOME. WHEN YOU MAKE THAT
THAT A HARD RULE, NOT SOME
SQUISHY THING, YOU SAY THIS IS
HOW I AM GOING TO LIVE. MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE THE RAINY DAY FUND
FUND AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS
WE NEED. I WILL LIVE ON 80%.
THEN I AM GOING TO TITHE 10%.
I'M GOING TO TAKE IT OFF THE
TOP. I WILL GIVE IT FIRST. I
WANT TO PUT GOD FIRST IN MY
LIFE. I WILL SEEK HIM FIRST.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
TITHE, TO SAY YOU ARE NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE. YOU HAVE MY
FINANCES. YOU HAVE MY FUTURE. I
TRUST IN YOU. AND THEN A STEP I
THINK MANY SKIP IS PAYING
YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE NOT
CREATING A FUND FOR YOUR FUTURE,
FUTURE, FOR RETIREMENT, FOR
SAVINGS, THEN YOU ARE WORKING
FOR NOTHING AND YOU ARE SPENDING
SPENDING EVERYTHING YOU EARN AND
AND YOU ARE NOT BUILDING FOR THE
THE FUTURE. WHEN YOU TAKE 10% OF
OF YOUR INCOME ON A REGULAR
BASIS, EVERY SINGLE PAYCHECK. I
AM PAYING MYSELF. THIS IS GOING
TO GO INTO INVESTMENTS AND INTO
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. PLEASE THINGS
THINGS WILL BUILD OVER TIME AND
IT WILL BE SUCH A BLESSING. SO, 80/10/10.
SO, 80/10/10. WHEN YOU LIVE THAT
LIVE THAT WAY, EVERY SINGLE
MONTH, EVERY SINGLE PAYCHECK,
THEN WONDERFUL THINGS CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE
YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY NOW.
ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? THEN YOU
WILL HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT GOD
GOD IS WITH YOU, THAT HE IS
GOING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
AND POUR OUT A BLESSING YOU
CANNOT CONTAIN. IF YOU WANT TO
START A LIFE OF TITHING, IT IS
SIMPLE. PICK UP THE PHONE AND
CALL US AND SAY I WANT TO JOIN
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GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU TO SAY,
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