COMING UP.

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STARTED

SHOOTING.

A GUNMAN RUNS WILD IN THE

PARKING LOT.

HE THEN TURNS TO US AND

BEGINS TO OPEN FIRE. BLOOD WAS

COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH, COMING OUT

OF MY HEAD.

AND TWO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS

ARE IN HIS CROSS HAIRS.

HE SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW

INTO MY FACE.

SEE THEIR MIRACULOUS

SURVIVAL.

GOD'S BEEN HERO AND GOD IS TAKING

CARE OF THEM.

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB. >

WESTBROOK TO THE 700 CLUB. IAN

IS NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,

BARRELING TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF

FLORIDA.

MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE

ARE UNDER ORDERS TO EVACUATE AND

AND THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY LOST

POWER. CHARLENE AARON HAS THE DETAILS.

Reporter: HURRICANE IAN IS A

DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 STORM AS IT

IT APPROACHES FLORIDA'S WEST

COAST. HIGH WINDS AND RAIN ARE ALREADY

STARTING TO IMPACT THE STATE. IAN

IS DELIVERING ITS FIRST BLOW,

HOURS BEFORE IT'S EXPECTED TO

MAKE A DIRECT HIT AS A MAJOR

HURRICANE. RESIDENTS ARE MAKING

LAST-MINUTE PREPARATIONS TO

THEIR HOMES, AND MILES OF CARS

ON THE ROADS AS RESIDENTS SEEK

TO ESCAPE AHEAD OF THE MONSTER STORM.

WE HAVE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION

FLORIDIANS CURRENTLY UNDER SOME TYPE

OF AN EVACUATION ORDER.

Reporter: ST. PETERSBURG'S

MAYOR WARNED THOSE STAYING

BEHIND.

AFTER A CERTAIN TIME WHEN

TROPICAL FORCE WINDS ARE HERE,

WE WILL NOT BE SENDING OUT FIRST

FIRST RESPONDERS.

Reporter: IAN IS FORECAST TO MAKE

LANDFALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN

THE FORT MYERS AREA. LIFE-THREATENING

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED,

INCLUDING SEVERAL FEET OF STORM

SURGE AND MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF RAIN

IN SOME AREAS.

THERE WILL BE CATASTROPHIC

FLOODING AND LIFE-THREATENING

STORM SURGE.

Reporter: 30,000 WORKERS ARE

ON STANDBY TO RESTORE

ELECTRICITY AFTER THE STORM

PASSES. 7,000 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS

ALREADY ACTIVATED UNDER THE

STATE OF EMERGENCY.

IT COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM

SECURITY TO TRANSPORTATION. AVIATION

IS A BIG PART IF WE END UP IN

SEARCH AND RESCUE SCENARIOS. WE

ARE KIND OF THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE

KNIFE OF RESCUE AND WE CAN DO

WHATEVER THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

NEEDS US TODAY.

Reporter: GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR DECLARED

A STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH 500

NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ON STANDBY.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

AND BRODIE CARTER IS JOINING

US FROM TAMPA. WE HAVE IMAGES OF

OF PEOPLE EVACUATING, BOARDING UP.

WHAT IS THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW?

NOW?

Reporter: WELL, IT'S A

BLUSTERY MORNING HERE IN TAMPA. WE

ARE SEEING SANDBAGS, BOARDED UP

WINDOWS FOR BOTH BUSINESSES AND

HOUSES. IT'S PRETTY MUCH A GHOST TOWN

OUT HERE ASIDE FROM THE NATIONAL

NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS LIKE

MYSELF OUT HERE. BUT THERE ARE

PEOPLE HOLDING TOWN THE FORT. I'VE

SEEN TWO PEOPLE RUNNING THIS

MORNING, ONE GUY TRAINING FOR A

MARATHON. ONE THING THAT'S

INTERESTING HERE HAPPENING IN THE

CHANNEL BEHIND ME, THIS IS THE

HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. YOU CAN CAN

SEE THE GUNK BUILDING UP ON THE

CHANNEL WALL THERE. THAT WATER

IS BEING SUCKED OUT INTO THE BAY,

INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO, WHERE

CATEGORY 4 IAN IS READY TO BARREL

DOWN HERE IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA. IT

WILL COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE,

A VENGEANCE, 10 TO 12 FEET OF STORM

SURGE THREATENING THE TAMPA BAY

AREA. I'M 6 FEET TALL SO ADD

ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX AND THAT'S

HOW TALL IT WILL BE. NOBODY IS

REALLY HERE, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE

PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BRAVE THE

STORM.

ARE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA

RESPONDING TO THE WARNINGS AND THREATS?

IS THE EVACUATION ONGOING?

Reporter: YEAH, FOR THE MOST

PART. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT

THE PEOPLE COMING OUT HERE TO

WATCH AND TAKE IN THE SPECTACLE BEFORE

IT HITS, THEY WANT TO TAKE IT IN BECAUSE

IT'S HISTORIC FOR TAMPA BAY. THERE'S

GAWKERS, AND LORD WILLING THEY

WILL MAKE IT TO SAFETY BEFORE

HURRICANE IAN MAKES ITS WAY IN

HERE. SO HEEDING THE WARNINGS,

YES FOR THE MOST PART. BUT THERE ARE

DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

STORM. IT'S THE 15 INCHES OF

RAIN FORECAST FOR SOME AREAS, THAT

CATASTROPHIC SURGE THAT COULD BE

BE MAKING ITS WAY HERE

POTENTIALLY TO WHERE I'M

STANDING. SO IT'S MOST IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT HERE TO STRESS THAT IF

IF YOUR LOCAL CITY OFFICIALS ARE

ARE TELLING YOU TO LEAVE, BY GOLLY,

LISTEN TO THEM.

AND YOU'RE THERE WITH THE

OPERATION BLESSING TEAM. HOW ARE

TEAM. HOW ARE THEY HELPING ONCE THE

STORM PASSES?

Reporter: OPERATION BLESSING

HAS DEPLOYED PERSONNEL ON THE

GROUND, AND THEY ARE MAKING MOVES.

PARTICULARLY THEY ARE WAITING ON

ON THE HURRICANE TO MAKE ITS WAY

WAY THROUGH BEFORE THEY CAN JUMP

CAN JUMP TO ASSIST. EVERYONE IS

BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES, AND THE

WEATHER IS REALLY ISOLATING

RIGHT NOW. ONCE THIS MOVES IN,

THEY HAVE TWO CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS

TO BE HELPING WITH THE

REBUILDING PROCESS ONCE THE

STORM IS WELL SAID AND DONE. THERE'S

OTHER TRAILERS AND TRUCKS

CARRYING SUPPLIES THAT ARRIVED

AT THE WAREHOUSE AT OCALA, AN

HOUR AND 15 NORTHEAST OF WHERE

WE ARE HERE IN TAMPA. ONCE THE

STORM PASSES, THEY ARE IN

CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL

CHURCH PASTORS ABOUT THE

GREATEST NEED, THE HURTING

CITIES THAT NEED OPERATION BLESSING

THE MOST. THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL JUMP

OUT AND HELP DISAPPEARING THIS HISTORIC

MOMENT FOR THE TAMPA BAY AREA.

TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE, I

THINK. STAY SAFE AND GET TO A

PLACE WHERE YOU'RE NOT IN ANY

PATH OF THE STORM. THANKS FOR

THE REPORT.

Reporter: WE ARE STAYING IN

ORLANDO, FLORIDA. WE ARE HEADING THERE

NOW. THANK YOU, GORDON.

THANK YOU.

>

MONDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELEVATION

AND GOT SOME CRITIQUE FROM SOME OF

THE VIEWERS. HERE WE ARE ABOUT 8

8 FEET AND IF A 12-FOOT STORM

SURGE CAME THROUGH, MOST OF THIS

THIS CITY WOULD BE UNDERWATER. I

UNDERWATER. I WAS TOLD THE

AVERAGE ELEVATION IN TAMPA WAS 40-SOMETHIN G

FEET, SO THERE'S AN ELEVATION

MAP TO SHOW YOU THERE'S A RIDGE

LINE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF

FLORIDA WHERE YOU'RE OVER 100

FEET. I WANT TO POINT OUT, IF YOU'RE

IN ST. PETERSBURG ON THE

WATERFRONT IN TAMPA, IF YOU'RE

IN SARASOTA, IN PORT CHARLOTTE

OR FORT MYERS, ALL THAT BLUE

AREA AND LIGHT GREEN AREA IS

DEFINITELY WITHIN THAT STORM

SURGE. SO DON'T LOOK AT YOUR

AVERAGE ELEVATION. MAKE SURE

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION

WHERE YOU ACTUALLY ARE. IF YOUR

CITY OFFICIALS, IF THE EMERGENCY

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IN YOUR AREA

AREA ARE SAYING EVACUATE, PLEASE

PLEASE DO. I'VE SEEN THE DAMAGE

FROM STORM SURGE. I WAS IN

MISSISSIPPI AFTER KATRINA CAME

THROUGH. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

ANYWHERE NEAR IT. ANOTHER MAP

SHOWS THE STORM SURGE FOR ALL OF

ALL OF FLORIDA. YOU KNOW, EVEN ON

THE EAST COAST, THE ATLANTIC

SIDE, YOU CAN SEE UP TO 6 FEET

OF STORM SURGE, AND THAT PARTICULAR

AREA AROUND BONITA BEACH,

DEFINITELY DON'T STAY. PLEASE

GET OUT IN ADVANCE AND PLEASE

MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROTECTED. IF YOU

WANT TO HELP IN THE AFTERMATH OF

OF THIS STORM, OPERATION

BLESSING IS PREPOSITIONING. WE

WANT TO DEPLOY TO THE HARDEST

HIT AREAS. WE TEAMS ACTIVELY WORKING

IN PUERTO RICO, IN THE

PHILIPPINES, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF

RELIEF EFFORT, YOU CAN GIVE TO

THE CBN DISASTER RELIEF FUND. PUT

DISASTER RELIEF FUND IN THE MEMO LINE.

YOU CAN CAN CALL US AND SAY, I WANT

TO GIVE. (800)700-7000. GO TO

CBN.COM AND THERE'S A PLACE ON THE

GIVING PAGE THAT YOU CAN DESIGNATE

YOUR GIFT TO DISASTER RELIEF. OBDR,

JUST TEXT THOSE LETTERS TO 71777

71777 AND BE PART OF HELPING. THIS

IS A ONCE IN A CENTURY STORM FOR TAMPA

AND WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR THEM

FOR THEM IN THE AFTERMATH.

>

MOSCOW IS CLAIMING LARGE

PARTS OF EASTERN UKRAINE WANT TO

TO JOIN RUSSIA.

RUSSIAN LEADERS CLAIM

RESIDENTS IN FOUR TERRITORIES OF

OF UKRAINE VOTED TO BECOME PART OF

RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND THE WEST

CALLING THE WHOLE PROCESS A

SHAM. THERE ARE ACCUSATIONS OF

SABOTAGE AGAINST NATURAL GAS

PIPELINES RUNNING FROM RUSSIA TO

TO EUROPE. SEISMOLOGISTS ARE

DETECTING EXPLOSIONS NEAR THE

LINES BENEATH THE BALTIC SEA. NEITHER

LINE IS CURRENTLY SHIPPING NATURAL

GAS. NO INDICATION OF WHO WOULD ATTACK

THEM OR WHY.

>

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S MOVE TO CALL

CALL 300,000 MORE TROOPS IS

CAUSING UPHEAVAL IN BORDERING

NATIONS.

Reporter: CARS LINE UP FOR

MILES AT THE BORDER CROSSING

BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FINLAND. THIS

RUSSIA AND FINLAND. THIS IS ONE

OF THE FEW PLACES LEFT THAT WILL

WILL ALLOW RUSSIANS TO ENTER. THREE

BALTIC STATES BORDERING RUSSIA

RECENTLY DECIDED NOT TO OFFER

REFUGE TO CITIZENS OF RUSSIA,

GIVEN PUTIN'S ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT

ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT CHANGE CAUSED PROTESTS

ACROSS RUSSIA AS THOUSANDS OF

YOUNG MEN WANT TO LEAVE THE

COUNTRY TO AVOID THE WAR. THAT LEAVES

FINLAND AS ONE OF THE ONLY

PLACES TO GO. OPPOSITION TO THE

WAR IS RISING ACROSS RUSSIA,

EVEN THOUGH PROTESTERS RISK

15-YEAR JAIL TERMS OR WORSE,

BEING SENT TO THE FRONT LINES. 21-YEAR-OLD

ZACH LEFT IN MARCH.

I WENT TO THE FRONT AND LIKE

SIX POLICEMEN WERE CHASING ME. I

ME. I JUST LEFT RUSSIA AND SINCE

SINCE RECENT EVENTS, I'M SO HAPPY

I LEFT.

Reporter: MANY OF RUSSIA'S

NEIGHBORS ARE PREPARING FOR A

POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF THE

CONFLICT. SIMILAR DRILLS HAVE

BEEN ONGOING IN FINLAND. FINLAND'S

MILITARY IS TINY. THEIR WHOLE ARMY

COULD FIT IN THE STADIUM HERE,

ABOUT 25,000 MEN. HOWEVER, IF THEY

GO TO WAR, THE CONSTITUTION SAYS

CONSTITUTION SAYS THE NATIONAL

DEFENSE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY CITIZEN,

CITIZEN, SO THEY COULD QUICKLY

SCALE UP TO A QUARTER MILLION

WITH A RESERVE OF ALMOST 900,000

900,000 MEN. THAT MAKES THEM A

FORMIDABLE FORCE AGAINST ANY

RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.

WE WILL ACTIVELY KEEP THE

OPTION AND THAT WILL BE OF

COURSE OUR OWN DECISION, AND THE

THE REST IS UP TO NATO. FOR US,

THIS COOPERATION PARTNERSHIP IS

VERY IMPORTANT, BEING PARTNERS

WITH NATO ALREADY SINCE 90s AND

ACTIVE WITH DIFFERENT

OPERATIONS. NOW WE ARE PREPARING

ARE PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN

OTHER OPERATIONS. THERE IS A LONG

HISTORY OF DEVELOPING THE

MOBILITY AND COOPERATION WITH

NATIONS.

Reporter: FINLAND'S MILITARY

HAS A STRONG REPUTATION FOR

FIGHTING OFF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. THE

JULY DECISION TO ALLOW FINLAND

AND SWEDEN INTO NATO IS ONE MORE

MORE REASON THE WAR IS NOT GOING

GOING TO WAY PUTIN INTENDED. IT'S

UNLIKELY THEY WILL ATTACK ANOTHER

COUNTRY BUT THE NEIGHBOR STATES

ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES, AND

THE DECISION TO LIMIT ACCESS TO

RUSSIANS IS BRINGING THE WAR

HOME IN A TANGIBLE WAY.

IN FACT, THIS IS VERY SAD

BECAUSE THE MORE RUSSIAN PEOPLE

GO ABROAD, THE MORE THEY LEARN

ABOUT EUROPE AND EUROPE VALUES. THEY

SHOULD NOT BAN ANYONE, BUT

SHOULD INVITE EVERYONE.

I'M WORRIED AND MY FRIENDS ARE

TOO. NO PERSON WANTS TO GO TO WAR.

LIKE ANY SANE PERSON IN RUSSIA,

WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS.

AND JUST UNDERLINES THERE

WILL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. THOSE

RUMORS ARE RAMPANT, RUSSIA

SHUTTING DOWN THE NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE

AS THEY FACE THE WINTER MONTHS. COULD

THIS EXPLODE INTO WORLD WAR III? COULD

RUSSIA ACTUALLY USE NUCLEAR

WEAPONS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE

MANDATED RESPONSE FROM NATO AND

THE UNITED STATES? WE ARE

CALLING ON EVERYONE TO PRAY. WE

NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP

AND PRAY FOR AMERICA. WE NEED TO

TO REALIZE THE DIVISIONS WITHIN

OUR COUNTRY ARE QUITE SMALL WHEN

SMALL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

DIVISIONS BETWEEN US AND RUSSIA

OR US AND IRAN OR US AND NORTH KOREA.

WE HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS

THREATS THAT WE ARE FACING AND

WE CANNOT BE DIVIDED AS WE FACE

THEM. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL IS,

ARE WE TURNING BACK TO GOD AND CONTINUING

TO PURSUE THINGS THAT ARE NOT

GOD? JEREMIAH CHAPTER 2, THIS IS

2, THIS IS A VERSE I THINK APPLIES

TO AMERICA TODAY.

>

HAS ANY NATION EVER TRADED

ITS GODS FOR NEW ONES? EVEN

THOUGH THEY ARE NOT GODS AT ALL. YET

MY PEOPLE HAVE EXCHANGED THEIR

GLORIOUS GOD FOR WORTHLESS

IDOLS. THE HEAVENS ARE SHOCKED

AT SUCH A THING, AND SHRANK BACK

BACK IN HORROR AND DISMAY, SAYS

THE LORD. FOR MY PEOPLE HAVE DONE

TWO EVIL THINGS: THEY ARE

ABANDONED ME, THE FOUNTAIN OF

LIVING WATER, AND THEY HAVE DUG

FOR THEMSELVES CRACKED CISTERNS THAT

CAN HOLD NO WATER AT ALL. HAVE

WE TRADED THE LIVING GOD FOR THE ALMIGHTY

DOLLAR? HAVE WE TRADED DEVOTION

TO HIM TO DEVOTION TO SUCCESS OR

OR TO FAME OR THINGS THAT

ACTUALLY HOLD NO PROMISE, NO

FUTURE AT ALL? I THINK THE

ANSWER IS CLEARLY YES. WE HAVE

TRADED THE WORSHIP FOR THE LIVING

GOD TO A WORSHIP AND PURSUIT OF

THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WILL NEVER

SATISFY US IN THE LONG RUN. SO,

LET US TURN TODAY, BACK TO HIM AND

THE WONDERFUL NEWS: HE WILL

RECEIVE US WITH OPEN ARMS AND SAY

YES, YOU WILL BE MY PEOPLE AND I

I WILL BE YOUR GOD. LET'S PRAY. LORD,

WE TURN TO YOU. WE TURN AWAY FROM

ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE

DISTRACTED US FROM YOU. THE

NUMBER OF IDOLS THAT ARE IN OUR

CULTURE TODAY WHERE WE HAVE

REPLACED YOU WITH THE PURSUIT OF

OF THESE OTHER THINGS, SOMEHOW

THINKING THAT THESE THINGS WILL

SATISFY. LORD, WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE

DONE AND WE TURN BACK. WE LOOK

AT IT WITH DISMAY AND SORROW,

AND LORD SAY WE ARE SORRY. WE

REPENT NOW AND WE TURN TO YOU, AND

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD FORGIVE

US, FORGIVE US FOR PURSUING

DREAMS THAT ARE NOT OF YOU. RESTORE

US, LORD GOD, RESTORE YOUR

PRESENCE, YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. RESTORE

TO US THE SEEKING OF YOUR

KINGDOM, THAT WE WOULD PUT IT

FIRST, YOUR KINGDOM AND ITS

RIGHTEOUSNESS. LET US DO THIS AS

AS A PEOPLE. LET US DO IT

WHOLEHEARTEDLY. LET US COME

TOGETHER AND ONCE AGAIN BE ONE

NATION UNDER GOD. BE WITH US

NOW, FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN WITH

US IN PRAYING FOR THE COUNTRY,

JUST CALL US, (800)700-7000 OR

GO TO PRAYFORAMERICA.COM AND LET

LET US KNOW YOU'LL BE PRAYING

WITH US. WE'LL SEND YOU A PRAYER

PRAYER FLAG AND PRAY FOR AMERICA

AMERICA BUMPER STICKER FOR FREE. JUST

CALL (800)700-7000 OR GO TO PRAYFORAMERICA .COM.

>

COMING UP, THEY HAVE BEEN

WAITING FOR 20 YEARS TO COME HOME,

AND NOW THEY ARE GETTING THAT

CHANCE. WATCH AS JEWS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD ARE RETURNING

TO ISRAEL, AND SEE WHAT'S

HELPING MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND

AHEAD, ALL THE CAR WINDOWS BLOWN

BLOWN OUT AND BLOOD EVERYWHERE. A

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE SITTING

SITTING IN THEIR PARKED CAR WHEN

WHEN A GUNMAN WENT ON A SHOOTING

SHOOTING SPREE. SEE HOW THEIR

SURVIVAL STUNNED THE DOCTORS,

LATER ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

AS A 16-YEAR-OLD IN THE 80s,

WALKING 300 MILES AT NIGHT TO

SUDAN. AFTER A YEAR, HE WAS

FLOWN TO ISRAEL.

DOORS TO 85,000 ETHIOPIAS WHO

WHO WERE MISPLACED, NOW

FACILITATING FOR 3,000 IMMIGRANTS.

THEY HELPED RESETTLE THE

IMMIGRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND

JEWS CHARTERED THE FLIGHT TO

ISRAEL.

I FEEL THE WORDS OF THE

PROPHETS COMING TO LIFE, THAT

2,000 YEARS AGO JEREMIAH AND EZEKIEL,

THEY SAW THIS.

AND THEY WILL BRING AROUND

5,000 JEWS HOME EACH YEAR.

WHEN I THINK OF MY

GRANDFATHER, WHO'S A HOLOCAUST

SURVIVOR FROM GERMANY. HE SAYS

ONE DAY ALL THE JEWS OF THE

WORLD AND CHRISTIANS WILL MAKE

THIS HAPPEN.

Reporter: ANYONE WITH A

JEWISH GRANDPARENT WHO'S NOT CONVERTED

TO ANOTHER RELIGION IS ALLOWED

TO BECOME A CITIZEN. BUT MANY

HAVE HAD TROUBLE PROVING LINEAGE IN

ORDER TO QUALIFY.

PART OF THEM DON'T QUALIFY

UNDER THE LAW OF RETURN. THE

MAJORITY ARE ENTERING BY A DECISION

OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT HAS NEW

CRITERIA EVERY TIME. EACH TIME

ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT CAN GO.

Reporter: THAT'S LEFT MANY

WAITING FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES

FOR NO REASON.

WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, MY

MY MOTHER BROUGHT ME HERE. MY MOTHER

WAITED 23 YEARS TO GO TO ISRAEL.

ISRAEL.

Reporter: AND FINALLY SHE AND

AND HER HUSBAND WERE APPROVED TO

WERE APPROVED TO COME TO ISRAEL

ON THE RECENT FLIGHT WITH THEIR

CHILDREN AND HER SISTER AND

SISTER'S FAMILY.

WE ARE JEWS AND WE WANT TO GO

GO TO ISRAEL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE

WE BELONG.

Reporter: MOST BELIEVE THESE

ARE PART OF THE LOST BIBLICAL TRIBE

OF DAN. IN THE 80s, ISRAEL'S CHIEF

RABBI DECLARED THEM TO BE JEWS. LATER,

THOSE WHO HAD CONVERTED TO

CHRISTIANITY WERE ALSO INCLUDED. SINCE

THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS

OPERATIONS TO BRING THE DESCENDANTS

TO ISRAEL.

MY GRANDFATHER CAME 11 YEARS AGO,

MY PARENTS AND BROTHER ONE, TWO

YEARS AGO. MY WIFE IS VERY HAPPY WE

ARE GOING AND SHE WANTS TO RAISE OUR

CHILDREN AS JEWS.

Reporter: THERE ARE ABOUT 150 NEW

IMMIGRANTS WHO BOARDED THE

FLIGHT TO HEAD HOME. DOZENS OF

RELATIVES WERE ON THE PLANE.

I'M VERY BLESSED TO MEET MY

CHILDREN AFTER SO MANY YEARS.

IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE IN

WORDS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A DREAM.

DREAM.

Reporter: AT THE AIRPORT,

THEY RECEIVE NEW PAPERWORK AND WILL

SPEND TIME LEARNING HEBREW AND

STUDYING JUDAISM, AS WELL AS

ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN ISRAEL.

HOME IS WHERE HEART IS, SO WE

WE CAME HOME. WE'RE HAPPY AND NOW

EVERYTHING FEELS OKAY.

Reporter: THE JEWISH AGENCY

AND CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS STAND

READY TO HELP FULFILL GOD'S WORD

WORD TO BRING HIS PEOPLE BACK

HOME.

THAT'S JUST ONE STORY OF

DECADES OF SUPPORT FOR THE

JEWISH AGENCY AND THE

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF

CHRISTIANS AND JEWS. IT GOES BACK

TO THE 70s WITH THE EVACUATION

OF RUSSIAN JEWS THAT WAS

PERMISSION GRANTED FOR THE

RUSSIAN JEWS TO LEAVE. THROUGH

THE DECADES IT'S BEEN A GREAT

HONOR TO PARTICIPATE, TO HELP. WHEN

YOU SEE THEM ON THE TARMAC IN

ISRAEL AND THEY ARE NO LONGER IN

IN A PERSECUTED MINORITY, BUT

THEIR OWN COUNTRY, THERE IS A

SPIRITUAL MOMENT THAT JUST CAN'T

CAN'T BE DESCRIBED. ASHLEY JUST

EXPERIENCED THAT.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE? TO SEE THE

PLANE COMING IN.

I DID SEE, AND THERE WERE

INDIVIDUALS FROM UKRAINE WHO

CAME TO ISRAEL. YOU COULD SEE

THE RELIEF IN THEIR EYES. THEY

WERE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD BE

ABLE TO HAVE A NEW LIFE IN THEIR

THEIR TRUE HOMELAND.

IT'S ALL PART OF WHAT WE ARE

DOING WITH CBN ISRAEL. YOU CAN

BE A HELP TO IT. THERE ARE MANY

WAYS TO GIVE TO HELP BUT ONE OF

THE WAYS IS TO SUPPORT CBN

ISRAEL. WE ARE NOT JUST HELPING

JEWS RETURN, BUT HELPING THOSE

WITHIN ISRAEL, BEING A BLESSING TO

THEM. IT'S NOT WHETHER THEY ARE

JEWISH OR MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN,

BUT WE ARE HELPING ALL PEOPLE IN

IN NEED IN ISRAEL. THERE'S NO

TEST FOR THE SUPPORT. WE WANT TO

TO HELP.

>

COMING UP, A AND DAUGHTER SHOT

POINT-BLANK IN A PARKING LOT. DOCTORS

SAID THEY BOTH NEEDED MIRACLES

TO SURVIVE. STAY WITH US TO SEE

HOW THEY GOT THEM. AND SHE'S THE

THE HEAD OF GLOBAL FAITH

PARTNERSHIPS AT FACEBOOK, BUT

THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE'S NOT FELT

FELT TRIGGERED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. HOW

SHE'S RESPONDED, AND HOW YOU CAN

CAN TOO, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

WE SEE STORIES IN THE NEWS

ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA USE, LINKED

TO INSECURITY AND LOW

SELF-ESTEEM. NORA KNOWS THIS TO

BE TRUE BECAUSE IT'S ALSO HAPPENED

TO HER.

Reporter: AUTHOR AND PASTOR

NONA JONES HAS BEEN A VOICE OF

HEALING TO VICTIMS OF TRAUMA DUE

DUE TO HER OWN HISTORY AS A SURVIVOR

OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SHE

IS ALSO A CELEBRATED BUSINESS

LEADER AS THE HEAD OF GLOBAL

FAITH-BASED PARTNERSHIPS AT

FACEBOOK. DESPITE ACHIEVING

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS,

SHE CAN FEEL THE PRESSURE TO

COMPARE HERSELF TO OTHERS,

EXACTLY IN THE HEIGHTENED ERA OF

OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE SHARES HOW

TO DEFEAT TOXIC COMPARISON,

REMOVE INSECURITY TRIGGERS, AND

DETERMINE YOUR TRUE SOURCE OF

SELF-WORTH.

AND NONA, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU

WITH US TODAY.

I WISH I WAS THERE IN PERSON.

IN PERSON.

ONE DAY YOU WILL BE. YOU

WROTE THE BOOK "KILLING

COMPARISON" AFTER AN INCIDENT

YOU HAD WHILE SCROLLING THROUGH YOUR

OWN FACEBOOK FEED?

SURE. I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED IN

IN MY LIFE. MY HUSBAND AND I

HAVE A THRIVING MINISTRY AND OF COURSE

THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE

TRAILER, BLESSED IN MY CAREER. BACK

IN 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS

SPINNING UP, I HAD A WHOLE

CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.

I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE YEAR BUT

BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING GOT

CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE

PANDEMIC. ONE MORNING I WAS

ABOUT TO LOG ON TO A VIDEO

CONFERENCE FOR WORK AND CHECKED

MY INSTAGRAM JUST REALLY

QUICKLY. I SAW A POST FROM A FRIEND

OF MINE SAYING SHE WAS EXCITED BECAUSE

SHE WAS GOING TO SPEAK AT THIS

HUGE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE THAT

NORMALLY MET IN PERSON BUT IT WAS

GOING VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF THE

PANDEMIC. I THOUGHT, THAT'S

COOL. THEN I SAW ANOTHER FRIEND POSTING

ABOUT HOW EXCITED SHE WAS TO

SPEAK AT THIS WOMEN'S

CONFERENCE. I WAS LIKE, OKAY. I SCROLLED

DOWN MORE AND THERE WAS ANOTHER

FRIEND AND ANOTHER FRIEND, AND

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT

FELT LIKE THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS

IN MY NEWS FEED. SOMETHING IN

THE INSIDE GOT TRIGGERED BECAUSE

TRIGGERED BECAUSE I KNEW ALL THE

KNEW ALL THE SPEAKERS AND KNEW

THE HOST, AND I BEGAN TO ASK THE

THE HOST, LIKE WHY WASN'T I

INVITED TO SPEAK? WHY WASN'T I

GOOD ENOUGH? WHY HER, NOT ME? IT

ME? IT GOT SO BAD THAT I CLICKED

CLICKED ON THEIR FOLLOWERS AND

COMPARED FOLLOWERS TO ME AND

WHAT OTHER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. I

STARTED DOING ALL THAT COMPARING

THAT COMPARING UNTIL I HEARD THE

THE HOLY SPIRIT ASK A DIFFERENT

QUESTION: WHY DOES IT MATTER? WHY

DOES IT MATTER THAT YOU WERE NOT

NOT INVITED TO SPEAK? THAT

PLACED ME ON THE PATH TO DOING

THE WORK TO GET FREE FROM TOXIN

COMPARISON.

AND MANY INSECURITIES STEMMED

STEMMED FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? WHAT

WENT ON THERE?

GRATEFUL FOR THE LORD'S GRACE,

SURVIVAL OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL

ABUSE, VERBAL ABUSE. I TALK

ABOUT HOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT LIFE

AND DEATH ARE THE POWER OF THE

TONGUE. THAT WORD POWER IS ACTUALLY

THE HEBREW WORD WHICH MEANS

HAND. IN MY CHILDHOOD, THE HAND

OF MANY PEOPLE'S TONGUES SHAPED

MY IDENTITY, FRACTURED MY

IDENTITY. I WAS CALLED UGLY,

TOLD I WOULD NEVER BE ANYTHING,

TOLD I WASN'T SMART. THE HANDS

OF SO MANY PEOPLE'S WORDS FRACTURED

MY IDENTITY, AND I WAS ABLE TO

RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN IN THAT

MOMENT WHEN MY INSECURITY WAS

TRIGGERED. LIKE, IT MUST BE

BECAUSE I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I'M

I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH. IT TOOK ME

TOOK ME BACK TO ALL THE WORDS

THAT WERE SPOKEN OVER ME. I

THINK THAT'S WHERE MANY OF OUR

INSECURE IDENTITIES HAVE THEIR

ORIGIN.

DEFINITELY. HOW HAVE YOU

MANAGED TO OVERCOME THIS TOXIC

COMPARISON? I JUST CAME BACK TO SOCIAL

MEDIA AND I WAS OFF FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

I LIKE TO TAKE SOCIAL MEDIA

FASTS BECAUSE THERE'S GREAT

THINGS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND

ALSO BAD THINGS WITH IT TOO. HOW

TOO. HOW CAN WE OVERCOME THAT

TOXIC COMPARISON?

I LOVE THAT QUESTION. FIRST

AND FOREMOST, SOCIAL MEDIA IS

BLAMED FOR CAUSING INSECURITY.

SINCE I WORK IN THIS SPACE, I DEFINITELY

KNOW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSES

OUR INSECURITY. I ALSO KNOW THAT

KNOW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T THE

THE SORT OF OUR UNSECURITY. I'LL TELL

YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. TWO

PEOPLE CAN SEE THE EXACT SAME

POST AND ONE PERSON CAN WALK

AWAY FROM IT LIKE, WOW, THAT'S

SO EXCITING, SO INSPIRING. ANOTHER

PERSON CAN WALK AWAY FROM IT AND

AND SAY, WHY AM I NOT GOOD

ENOUGH, WHY DON'T I GET TO DO

THAT? IT'S A QUESTION OF OUR

HEART POSTURE. INSECURITY ISN'T

EVEN ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM. I THINK

SOMETIMES WHEN WE FEEL INSECURE OR

TRIGGERED, WE'LL RUN TO THE

STRUCTURES AND SAY, YOU'RE

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE,

YOU SHOULDN'T FOAL THIS WAY. BUT

WAY. BUT INSECURITY ISN'T ABOUT

SELF-ESTEEM. IT'S WHAT IS YOUR

IDENTITY SECURED TO? IF IT'S

SECURED TO AN INSECURE FOUNDATION,

ANYTHING THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE

APPROVAL OF OVER PEOPLE, YOU'LL

FEEL INSECURE. ONE STEP IS TO

FIRST BE WILLING TO ADMIT THAT

YOU'RE INSECURE IN THE FIRST

PLACE. I THINK WE SPEND SO MUCH

TIME DENYING IT THAT WE DON'T

SPEND THE TIME WE NEED TO

DEFEATING IT. AND WE HAVE TO

REFRAME THE THINGS THAT TRIGGER

US. IF WE SEE SOMEBODY WINNING,

WE CAN'T SEE THAT AS OUR LOSS. IF

THEY LOST 20 POUNDS, INSTEAD OF

SAYING, I COULD NEVER DO THAT,

SAY THAT'S AMAZING, WHAT CAN I LEARN

FROM THEM SO I CAN ACHIEVE IT?

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING

FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. LEARN

MORE IN THE BOOK CALLED KILLING

COMPARISON AND IT'S AVAILABLE

NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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STILL AHEAD, THEY WALKED OUT

OF A HEALTH CLINIC THEN NEEDED TO

BE RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL. THIS

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE

AMBUSHED BY A CRAZED GUNMAN IN A

A PARKING LOT. SEE THE MIRACLES

THAT HELPED THEM SURVIVE, LATER ON

TODAY'S SHOW.

WELCOME BACK. THE CHRISTIAN

WORLD IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF

BROTHER ANDREW, ALSO KNOWN AS

GOD'S SMUGGLER. HE DIED TUESDAY AT

THE AGE OF 94 IN THE

NETHERLANDS. HE SPENT DECADES

SMUGGLING BIBLES INTO THE SOVIET

SOVIET UNION, AND HIS WORK LED TO

THE OPENING OF THE FOUNDING OF

INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY,

SUPPORTING PERSECUTED

CHRISTIANS. AFTER THE FALL OF

THE SOVIET UNION, HE FOCUSED ON

SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN THE

MUSLIM WORLD.

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FRANKLIN GRAHAM KICKED OFF A SIX-STATE

EVANGELISTIC TOUR OVER THE WEEKEND.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE

THE EVENT IN ALLENTOWN,

PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT. HUNDREDS

RAISED THEIR HANDS TO ACCEPT CHRIST.

THE FOLLOWING DAY ABOUT 10,000

PEOPLE ATTENDED A SECOND EVENT

IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WILL BE IN

IN OHIO TUESDAY AND MICHIGAN ON

THURSDAY. MORE THAN 725 CHURCHES

CHURCHES IN SIX CITIES ARE

PARTICIPATING IN THE OUTREACH. AND

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE LATEST BY

BY GOING TO CBNNEWS.COM. WE'RE

BACK WITH MORE AFTER THIS.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, THIS

NURSE CONTRACTED COVID HERSELF

AND WENT INTO RESPIRATORY

FAILURE. AS A SINGLE MOTHER,

SHE HAD NO WAY TO FEED HER

FAMILY OF FIVE, UNTIL YOU CAME TO

HER RESCUE.

Reporter: AFTER WORKING AS A

NURSE, SHE WOUND UP A PATIENT HERSELF

AFTER GOING INTO RESPIRATORY

FAILURE.

THEY SAID I WAS GONE FOR

ABOUT EIGHT SECONDS. THEY

BELIEVE I HAD COVID AND THAT TURNED

TO PNEUMONIA.

Reporter: THE SINGLE MOM HAD

TO QUIT WORKING AS A NURSE

BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T RISK

EXPOSURE TO COVID.

WE WERE HONESTLY LIVING OFF

THE SAVINGS THAT I HAD

ACCUMULATED. THAT STARTED

DWINDLING AND I STARTED

PANICKING.

Reporter: THEN HER PASTOR

SAID THE CHURCH WAS STARTING A

FOOD PANTRY, AND SHE RECEIVED

WHAT SHE NEEDED.

THE FOOD PANTRY HELPED ME AND

AND MY KIDS A LOT. IT GAVE US

NOURISHMENT AND GOD REALLY ANSWERED

MY PRAYERS.

Reporter: HER PASTOR GAVE HER THE

CHANCE TO RUN THE FOOD PANTRY

AND SHE SEIZED THE CHANCE.

WHEN WE PARTNER WITH

OPERATION BLESSING, IT OPENS UP

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO DO WHAT

I KNOW THE LORD DESIRES FOR ME

TO DO, WHICH IS MEET OTHERS IN

THEIR NEED.

Reporter: THANKS TO OPERATION

OPERATION BLESSING, THE FAMILY

MADE IT THROUGH THE ROUGH PATCH

AND SHE'S BACK TO WORKING AS A

NURSE AND THEIR FAMILY IS

THRIVING.

THE LORD HAS CARRIED ME

THROUGH SO MANY STORMS. I'M

FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY AND

HAPPINESS.

THAT COMES FROM YOU. IF YOU'RE

A MEMBER OF THE 700 CLUB, A PORTION

OF EVERY GIFT YOU HAVE GIVEN

GOES INTO THE WORK OF OPERATION

BLESSING TO HELP PEOPLE. WHETHER

PEOPLE. WHETHER IT'S OUR DISASTER

RELIEF TEAMS OR THE WORK OF WHAT

WHAT WE CALL HUNGER STRIKE

FORCE, WHERE WE ARE SUPPLYING

MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF FOOD TO

AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I BELIEVE

IT'S OVER 4,000 FOOD BANKS

ACROSS AMERICA WHERE WE ARE

SUPPLYING TRUCKLOADS, AND ALL

MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU CARED

ENOUGH TO GIVE. IF YOU'RE A

MEMBER, THANK YOU. THAT

WONDERFUL FAMILY THANKS YOU. IF

YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, I INVITE

YOU TO JOIN US IN EVERYTHING WE

ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD. CALL

THE WORLD. CALL (800)700-7000

AND SAY, I WANT TO JOIN THE 700

CLUB. HOW MUCH IS THAT? JUST $20

IS THAT? JUST $20 A MONTH, 65

CENTS A DAY. SOME CAN JOIN AT

HIGHER LEVELS. WE HAVE GOLD AT

$40 A MONTH, $1,000 A YEAR WHICH

WHICH IS $84 A MONTH. IF YOU'RE

ALREADY A MEMBER, CONSIDER

INCREASING OR GOING TO GOLD. WHEN

YOU CALL AND JOIN, I'VE GOT A

NEW TEACHING ON PSALM 23. MOST

OF US HAVE MEMORIZED THIS BACK

IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. THIS WILL

BREAK DOWN THE HEBREW MEANING,

VERSE BY VERSERS AND GIVE YOU THE

CHRISTIAN COMMENTARY, HOW IT CAN

CAN GUIDE YOUR LIFE. YOU TOO CAN

CAN JOIN IN WITH WHAT DOES THE

PSALM REALLY MEAN. (800)700-7000,

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT WHEN YOU

JOIN.

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UP NEXT, IN THE CROSS HAIRS

OF A GUNMAN. SHE THOUGHT IF SHE

PLAYED DEAD, HE WOULD LEAVE. STAY

TUNED TO SEE THEIR MIRACLE SURVIVALS.

CAR WHEN A SHOOTER FIRED A ROUND

ROUND RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF HER

HER HEAD.

I CAN TELL SOMETHING REALLY

BAD HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND

MY DAUGHTER. I GOT REALLY MAD

AND SAID SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY BAD

HERE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT

TO GO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

Reporter: AUGUST 1st, 2021,

VANDY JUST LEFT HIS DAUGHTER AND

AND WIFE AT A CLINIC IN BATON

ROUGE. RACHEL HAS AUTISM AND

NEEDED A NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO

RETURN TO SCHOOL. AS THEY SAT IN

IN THEIR CAR, THEY NOTICED A MAN

MAN WITH A GUN YELLING AT A

DRIVER IN A NEARBY TRUCK.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STARTS

STARTS SHOOTING. HE THEN TURNS

TO US AND BEGINS TO OPEN FIRE. IT

WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING,

JUST IN THAT SPLIT SECOND I

THREW THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND STARTED

BACKING UP. I ZIGGED AND ZAGGED

IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND STAY A

MOVING TARGET. HE WENT AROUND TO

TO MY SIDE OF THE CAR AND SHOT

THROUGH THE WINDOW INTO MY FACE. I

GRABBED MY DAUGHTER AND LAID

ACROSS THE SHIFT, THINKING MAYBE

MAYBE IF I PLAYED DEAD, HE WOULD

WOULD LEAVE. HE SHOT SHOT ME ONE

ONE MORE TIME IN THE BACK OF THE

THE HEAD.

THE GUNMAN FIRED TEN ROUNDS

THE INTO THEIR CAR, THEN STOLE A

A CAR THAT HAD BEEN LEFT RUNNING

LEFT RUNNING AT THE CLINIC.

I GOT A CALL FROM HER AND

KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I

TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK OVER

OVER THERE.

Reporter: DEBBIE KNEW SHE

NEEDED A MIRACLE FOR HER AND

RACHEL'S SURVIVAL.

I PRAYED. I SAID, GOD, JUST

PLEASE KEEP ME ALERT AND

CONSCIOUS LONG ENOUGH TO GET HER TO

SAFETY. BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF

MY MOUTH, IT WAS COMING OUT OF MY

HEAD. BY THIS TIME I WAS COVERED WITH

BLOOD. WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND I

WALKED AROUND, AND SHE SAID MOM,

MOM, I'M SHOT. AND SHE WAS WHITE

WHITE AS A SHEET. AND SHE

STARTED SCREAMING AND SCREAMING,

SCREAMING, JUST THIS

BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAM THAT I

HOPE I NEVER HEAR AGAIN. BUT SHE

AGAIN. BUT SHE COLLAPSED. AND

AGAIN, I JUST PRAYED FOR HER AND

FOR HER AND FOR ME.

Reporter: MOMENTS LATER,

VANDY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND

TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HE

SAW.

ALL THE WINDOWS ARE BLOWN

OUT. THERE'S BULLET HOLES IN THE

THE SIDE OF THE DOORS. I COULD

SEE THE BLOOD IN THE CAR.

Reporter: AFTER A MOMENT OF

EXTREME ANGER, HE WAS OVERCOME

WITH FAITH THAT GOD WAS IN

CONTROL.

GOD'S BEEN HERE AND GOD IS

TAKING CARE OF THEM. I HAVE TO

HAVE THE FAITH RIGHT NOW TO KNOW

TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE OKAY EVEN

THOUGH I CAN'T SEE THEM. I

HAVEN'T HAD THAT COME OVER ME

LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.

Reporter: THE GUNMAN WAS

CAPTURED BY LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT. THEY WERE RUSHED TO THE

HOSPITAL, RACHEL SHOT IN THE

CHEST. THE CHIEF OF SURGERY DR.

MICHAEL CONNORS DESCRIBED THE

LIFE-THREATENING NATURE OF HER

INJURY.

THE BULLET TRACKED ACROSS THE

ACROSS THE MID-LINE, HITTING

REALLY THE BACK OF HER HEAD AND

TRAVERSING TO THE RIGHT THERE. ANY

OF THE MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS HIT CAN

BE CATASTROPHIC. THE AIRWAY CAN

BE CATASTROPHIC AS WELL AS THE

ESOPHAGUS.

Reporter: DEBBIE WAS ALSO

BEING TREATED FOR HER WOUNDS. THE

BULLET TO HER FACE FOLLOWED AN

INTERESTING PATH.

THE BULLET WENT IN MY CHEEK,

THROUGH THE TONGUE TO THE BACK

OF MY NECK AND ENDED UP HERE,

WHERE IT STILL IS. BUT IT MISSED

IS. BUT IT MISSED EVERYTHING VITAL.

Reporter: THANKFUL SHE WOULD

BE OKAY, DEBBIE WAITED AND

PRAYED FOR NEWS OF RACHEL'S

CONDITION.

FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS, WE

DIDN'T KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I

WOULD EVER SEE HER AGAIN.

RACHEL IS A YOUNG FEMALE, SO

FRONT TO BACK IS NOT VERY THICK,

THICK, AND IT TRAVERSED DIRECTLY

DIRECTLY ACROSS HERE, MISSING

ALL HER MAJOR ORGANS. MY

PERSONAL THOUGHTS, A BULLET

TRAVERSING FROM HERE COMPLETELY ACROSS

THE MID-LINE WITHOUT THE

INDIVIDUAL HAVING SUFFERED

REALLY ANY INJURIES AT ALL, IT'S

IT'S AMAZING. I DIDN'T REALLY

HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR HER,

OTHER THAN JUST TAKE THIS BULLET

BULLET OUT. OUTSIDE THAT, SHE REQUIRED

NO TREATMENT.

Reporter: THEY SHARE THE

MIRACLE OF BEING SPARED FROM

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A

LIFE-ENDING SITUATION.

THAT IS GOD. THAT'S A

MIRACLE. BY HIS GRACE, BY HIS

HANDS, TOTALLY IN CONTROL. IT WAS

DONE BY HIM.

I'M BACK TO MY NORMAL LIFE. I

LIFE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN

AMAZING, HIS GRACE. PEOPLE WERE

PRAYING FOR US ALL OVER THE

WORLD. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL

AFTERWARDS.

Reporter: THEY HAVE FULLY

RECOVERED, THANKFUL GOD SPARED

THEIR LIVES AND HEARD THEIR

PRAYERS.

GOD WAS WITH ME 100%. HE WAS

THERE FOR THE WHOLE THING. HE

WAS GUIDING THOSE BULLETS. THERE'S

NO WAY WE SHOULD HAVE SURVIVED

THIS. NO WAY EITHER ONE OF US

SHOULD HAVE SURVIVED IT. I DON'T BELIEVE

IN LUCK. I BELIEVE IN GOD.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT

I'M SITTING HERE IN AWE OF THAT

STORY. GOD IS AMAZING. WHAT A

MIRACLE THAT BOTH OF THOSE WOMEN

WOMEN DID NOT SUFFER ANY

LIFE-THREATENING OR ALTERING

INJURIES FROM THOSE BULLETS. THAT

IS SERIOUSLY A MIRACLE AND I

HOPE THAT IT HAS ENCOURAGED YOU

IN YOUR FAITH. IT BROUGHT TEARS TO

MY EYES BECAUSE I FELT THE LOVE

OF GOD SO STRONGLY, NOT JUST FOR

FOR DEBBIE AND HER DAUGHTER IN

THAT SITUATION, BUT FOR YOU AND

WHAT YOU ARE ASKING HIM TO DO. HE'S

READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO GO ABOVE

AND BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD ASK,

THINK OR IMAGINE. GORDON AND I

ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU AND WE

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR FAITH

WITH MORE MIRACLES AND ANSWERS

TO PRAYERS. KAREN WROTE US AFTER

AFTER LIVING IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION

THAT SHE LACKED THE COURAGE TO

LEAVE. SHE HEARD GORDON GIVE A

WORD, SAYING THAT HARDSHIP IS

ABUSIVE. WALK AWAY FROM IT. KAREN

KNEW THE WORD WAS FOR HER. SHE

OBEYED THE LORD AND LEFT THE

RELATIONSHIP. SHE NOW FEELS LIKE

LIKE SHE HAS HER LIFE BACK AND SHE'S

THANKING JESUS. PRAISE GOD.

WILLIAM OUT OFFARTHER,FORT

WORTH, TEXAS, RETIRED PASTOR

THAT HAD TO USE A WALKER BECAUSE

BECAUSE OF FOOT PAIN. ASHLEY

SAID, THERE'S A MAN WATCHING AND I

SEE A WALKER IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU

HAVE TO WALK WITH YOUR WALKER

BECAUSE OF YOUR LEFT HIP. THE LORD

IS HEALING THAT RIGHT NOW. MOVE

THAT WALKER AND BEGIN TO WALK, FULLY

HEALED ON YOUR LEFT SIDE. WILLIAM'S

WIFE WAS WATCHING WITH HIM. SHE

SAID, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU. WELL,

HE STOOD UP. THERE WAS

ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN. HE CALLED A

FEW MONTHS LATER TO SAY HE'S

NOTED HAD ANY PAIN IN THAT HIP

SINCE. GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKER, OUR

VERY PRESENT HELP IN THE TIME OF

OF OUR NEED. LET'S COME TOGETHER AND

LET HIM DO WHAT HE'S PROMISED TO

TO DO FOR YOU. LORD, WE LIFT

EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO YOU. WE

SPEAK PEACE OVER THEM. WE ASK

THAT YOU WOULD LIFT UP YOUR

COUNTENANCE, THAT YOU WOULD BE

GRACIOUS TO THEM AND CAUSE YOUR

FACE TO SHINE UPON THEM, AND

GIVE THEM YOUR WHOLENESS, YOUR PEACE,

HEALING, YOUR FORGIVENESS, YOUR

ALL IN ALL. SHINE ON THEM, LORD GOD,

IN JESUS' NAME.

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I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEBODY

WATCHING AND WHEN YOU HEARD GORDON

SAY MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON

THEM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU

CRINGED BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF

OF WHAT IS ON YOUR FACE,

SOMETHING LIKE A RASH FROM

FOREHEAD TO YOUR CHIN. GOD IS

HEADING THAT FOR YOU. YOU DO NOT

NOT HAVE TO BE ASHAMED OF

ANYTHING. HE'S HEALING THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET

US KNOW. WE HAVE WORDS FROM

COLOSSIANS: DEVOTE YOURSELVES

TO PRAYER WITH AN ALERT MIND AND

AND THANKFUL HEART. GOD BLESS YOU,