A hard-partying couple decides to get married. She settles down, he doesn’t. Hear about her departure and find out what brought them back together on today’s 700 Club.
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COMING UP, WHEN THEY DATED,
THEY PARTIED HARD.
GETTING DRUNK, DRUGGING,
WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY, HAVING
SEX.
AFTER THEY MARRIED, THEY
SETTLED DOWN. HE DID NOT.
I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT HER.
HER. I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MYSELF.
WE WERE COMING AND GOING IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
THE POWER THAT BROUGHT THEM
COMING BACK TOGETHER.
I FELT SOMETHING DEEP IN MY
HEART.
ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB . >
WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB. JUST IMAGINE ENERGY BILLS
BILLS UP TO 15 TIMES MORE THAN NORMAL
THAN NORMAL. AS WINTER
APPROACHES, THAT IS WHAT
EUROPEANS ARE FACING IN THE
WORST ENERGY CRISIS IN MODERN
HISTORY.
IT IS BECAUSE OF EUROPE'S
MOVE TOWARDS GREEN ENERGY AND
THE GREATER DEPENDENCE ON
RUSSIAN FUEL. AMERICA COULD BE
FACING A SIMILAR CRISIS IF THE
WHITE HOUSE GETS ITS WAY WITH
100% GREEN ENERGY WITHIN THE
NEXT 13 YEARS. DALE HURD EXPLAINS.
HURD EXPLAINS.
Reporter: SOME EUROPEANS ARE
SO ANGRY OVER SKY-HIGH ENERGY
BILLS THAT THEY ARE BURNING
THEM. OTHERS ARE STARTING TO
GATHER FIREWOOD FOR WINTER.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST
WEALTHIEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD
AND YET CITIZENS ARE WONDERING
IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAT
THEIR HOMES WHEN THE WEATHER
TURNS COLD. THE MAYOR IS WARNING
WARNING MILLIONS WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD OR HEAT THIS
THIS WINTER IN LONDON.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY
THAT MUCH FOR THEIR ENERGY.
Reporter: THE CLOSURE OF
HUNDREDS OF POWER PLANTS IN
EUROPE IN FAVOR OF WIND AND
SOLAR AND ITS DECISION TO RELY
ON RUSSIA FOR 40% OF ITS NATURAL
NATURAL GAS HAVE BACKFIRED BADLY.
BACKFIRED BADLY. THESE PIPELINES
PIPELINES FROM RUSSIA TO GERMANY
GERMANY ARE BOTH OFF-LINE AFTER
BEING ROCKED BY AN EXPLOSION
LAST WEEK IT IS EXPECTED TO BE
SABOTAGED. THEY WERE WARNED
REPEATEDLY BY THEN VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE THAT IT WAS
WAS MAKING A BIG MISTAKE BY
TURNING TO RUSSIA FOR ENERGY,
INCLUDING THE SPEECH AT THE
UNITED NATIONS IN 2018.
GERMANY WILL BECOME TOTALLY
DEPENDENT ON RUSSIAN ENERGY IF
IT DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY CHANGE
COURSE.
GERMANY'S U.N. DELEGATION
APPEARED TO LAUGH AT PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP'S WARNING BUT THEY
ARE NOT LAUGHING NOW. ONE DOCTOR --
DOCTOR --
IT IS CRAZY. EVERYBODY IS
AFRAID OF THE UPCOMING WINTER.
NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AND NOBODY KNOWS
WHERE THE ENERGY IS GOING TO
COME FROM PEER
Reporter: BUSINESSES ACROSS
EUROPE THAT CAN NO LONGER AFFORD
AFFORD THEIR MONTHLY ENERGY
BILLS ARE SHUTTING DOWN. THE
VALUE OF THE EURO AND THE
BRITISH POUND HAVE DROPPED
DRAMATICALLY. DESPITE AN ENERGY
CRISIS THAT HAS TURNED INTO AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS, EUROPEAN
NATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO CLOSE
AND DISMANTLE NUCLEAR REACTORS.
10 YEARS AGO, GERMANY HAD 17
NUCLEAR REACTORS. IT HAS DECIDED
DECIDED TO KEEP ONLY TWO AND
ONLY HAS BACKUPS.
AMERICA SHOULD LEARN A LESSON
LESSON FROM YOU EBBS CRISIS BUT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEMS
TO BE GOING DOWN THE SAME ROAD.
THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS AMERICA ON
100% GREEN ENERGY IN 13 YEARS
AND CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS
CONTINUE TO PRESSURE BANKS TO
STOP FUNDING THE OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY.
ANSWER WITH A SIMPLE GUESS OR
OR KNOW. DOES YOUR BANK HAVE A
POLICY AGAINST FUNDING OIL OR GAS
OR GAS PRODUCTS?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT WOULD BE
BE THE ROAD TO HELL FOR AMERICA.
AMERICA.
IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY IN
EUROPE, WHERE THEY ARE BRACING
FOR A WINTER OF SOCIAL UNREST.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
WE ARE LISTENING TO JAMIE
DIMON. IT WOULD BE THE ROAD TO
HELL. WE HAVE HAD ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE FOR SOME TIME. YOU
GO BACK TO THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION. THEY REALLY
INCENTIVIZED NEW DRILLING AND
THAT WAS FOR ENVIRONMENTALISTS,
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, THAT WAS SORT
SORT OF THE WORST THING YOU
COULD DO, BUT WHAT IT DID WAS IT
IT REALLY CEMENTED IN OUR
ECONOMY LOWER ENERGY PRICES.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TO
DEAL WITH VERY HIGH GAS PRICES
AND HIGH NATURAL GAS PRICES AND
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE REALLY
IMPACTED INFLATION, SO WE ARE
UNDERSTANDING THE WISDOM OF
SAYING, WE NEED ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE. WHATEVER SOURCES
THEY ARE, YOU NEED IT FOR A
VIBRANT ECONOMY. IF YOU PUT OUR
ECONOMY AND SOME KIND OF 13 YEAR
YEAR FAST TRACK TO BE ALL GREEN,
I HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE
ENERGY EXPERTS THAT THERE IS NOT
NOT ENOUGH LAND TO PUT THE SOLAR
SOLAR FARMS OR ENOUGH LAND TO
PUT THE WIND FARMS. YOU ARE
GOING TO RUN INTO SOME PRETTY
SEVERE TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES,
TRYING TO DO THAT. SO, HOW CAN
WE GET OFF OF COAL AND GET ON
NATURAL GAS AND GET ON THINGS
THAT ARE NOT AS POLLUTION
ORIENTED AND LET'S TRY TO CARVE
A SOFT LANDING INTO AN ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND LET ME
UNDERLINE INDEPENDENCE THAT
MAKES SENSE ECONOMICALLY AND IS
DRIVEN BY BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION
THE EQUATION, THE ONE THAT
REDUCES FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, KEEPS THE
ECONOMY HUMMING. EUROPE DID NOT
DO THAT AND THEY ARE SEEING THE
AFTEREFFECTS OF IT. BACK IN
2018, GERMANY SAID THERE IS NO
WAY WE WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
RUSSIA. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY
WRONG AND THEIR DEPENDENTS ON
THE NATIONAL GAS PIPELINE IS
REALLY HURTING THEM TODAY AND IT
IT IS HURTING ALL OF EUROPE TODAY.
EUROPE TODAY. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM AND
SAY, NOT US. LET'S GO A
DIFFERENT WAY. >
THE SUPREME COURT'S NEW TERM
IS UNDERWAY AND THE ADDITION OF
A NEW JUSTICE HAS CREATED
HISTORIC CHANGES. JOHN JESSUP
HAS THAT STORY AND MORE FROM OUR
OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
IN WASHINGTON.
SINCE JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON JOINED THE COURT, THERE
ARE NOW FOUR WOMEN SITTING ON THE
BENCH AND TWO AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. ABIGAIL ROBERTSON
REPORTS ON NEW BEGINNINGS AT THE
THE HIGH COURT, AS WELL AS WHAT
IS ON THE DOCKET, INCLUDING SOME
SOME CRUCIAL CASES DEALING WITH
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM
OF RELIGION.
Reporter: SINCE 2020, THE
SUPREME COURT REOPEN ITS DOORS
TO THE PUBLIC AND BEGAN THE NEW
TERM WITH THE FAMILIAR SIGHT OF
PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE FOR
HOURS TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS.
THE COURT ALSO WAS REMOVING THE
BARRICADES ERECTED IN MAY AS
PART AS RAMPED UP SECURITY AFTER
AFTER THE DOBBS OPINION LAKE.
LAST MONTH, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN
ROBERTS ADMITTED THOSE TWO
MEASURES MADE FOR AN UNUSUAL AND
AND DIFFICULT YEAR.
IT WAS GUT WRENCHING EVERY
MORNING TO DRIVE INTO THE
SUPREME COURT WITH BARRICADES
AROUND IT.
Reporter: PERHAPS EVEN MORE
CONCERNING IS THE PUBLIC'S
GROWING MISTRUST OF THE COURT.
WORRIES ESPECIALLY ON THE LEFT
THAT THE COURT HAS BECOME
POLITICAL. LAST MONTH, A GALLUP
POLL FOUND JUST 40% OF U.S.
ADULTS APPROVE OF THE COURT, A
RECORD-TYING LOW. ROBERTS TOOK
ON THOSE CONCERNS AT THE
CONFERENCE, SAYING IT IS ALWAYS
APPROPRIATE TO CRITIQUE THEIR
OPINIONS, BUT HE CALLED OUT
THOSE WHO QUESTION ITS
LEGITIMACY.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN OPINIONS THAT
THAT PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH AND
THE LEGITIMACY OF THE COURT. IF
THE COURT DOES NOT MAINTAIN ITS
LEGITIMATE FUNCTION OF
INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION, I
I AM NOT SURE WHO WOULD.
Reporter: ON MONDAY, THE
NEWEST JUSTICE, KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON, TOOK THE BENCH. THE
COURT NOW HAS FOUR WOMEN
JUSTICES FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER. THE JUSTICES LOADED THE
DOCKET WITH HIGH-PROFILE CASES,
INCLUDING RACE, ELECTIONS, AND
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
IT PREVENTS ME FROM
CONTINUING MY WORK.
Reporter: A COLORADO WINNING
DESIGNER IS CONTESTING A LAW
THAT PREVENTS HER FROM REFUSING
TO WORK ON GAY WEDDINGS.
IT IS FREE SPEECH CASE.
Reporter: THEY TELL CBN NEWS
THIS IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE
MASTERPIECE CAKE SHOP CASE THAT
THEY PREVIOUSLY RULED ON.
THIS ONE INVOLVES WEBSITE CREATION
WEBSITE CREATION AND THE FIRST
AMENDMENT FREE-SPEECH ISSUES AND
AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE
JUSTICES DO WITH THIS CASE.
Reporter: AND P'S YESHIVA
UNIVERSITY, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH
SCHOOL, AGAINST A GROUP OF GAY
STUDENTS WANTING TO FORM A
CAMPUS CLUB.
THIS IS THE CONFLICT WE ARE
SEEING MORE. A CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE SUPPOSEDLY NEUTRAL LAWS AND
THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY INTERESTS
OF THOSE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO
THOSE LAWS AND THIS IS A
QUESTION THE COURT CANNOT AVOID
FOR MUCH LONGER.
Reporter: ONE PIECE OF
BUSINESS VISTAS INCLUDES FINDING
FINDING OUT WHO LEAKED THE DRAFT
DRAFT OPINION OF THE DOBBS
ABORTION CASE. JUSTICE ROBERTS
ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION, BUT SO
SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO
UPDATE. REPORTING FROM
WASHINGTON, ABIGAIL ROBERTSON,
CBN NEWS. >
THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION
STRIKING DOWN FEDERAL PROTECTION
PROTECTION FOR ABORTION IS
PLAYING OUT IN MIDTERM
ELECTIONS. DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IT
IS A KEY ISSUE THAT COULD HELP
THEM KEEP THEIR HOUSE MAJORITY
IN NOVEMBER, SO THEY ARE POURING
POURING MONEY INTO ADS PLEDGING
TO PROTECT ABORTION AS POLITICAL
POLITICAL REPORTS OF DEMOCRAT
CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEES HAVE SPENT MORE THAN
$18 MILLION IN FOUR BATTLEGROUND
BATTLEGROUND STATES, MORE THAN
THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT THEY
SPEND ON ABORTION ADS BACK IN
2018. >
THE ABORTION BATTLE IS NOT
JUST PLAYING OUT ON CAPITAL --
THE HOUSE HELD A HEARING ON THE
IMPACT OF A POTENTIAL NATIONAL
BAN. WHILE SOME PRO-LIFE
ADVOCATES CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
UNIFORM RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, MATT GALKA IS REPORTING
REPORTING ON IT.
Reporter: A HANDFUL OF BILLS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED ON
CAPITOL HILL, CALLING FOR SOME
FORM OF NATIONAL ABORTION
RESTRICTION. FOLLOWING THE
RULING, THAT ISSUE IS FAR FROM A
A SETTLED ONE IN WASHINGTON.
ALL THE SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
THAT ARE KNOWN IN THE ROOM
BEFORE THEY WERE BORN -- FOR US
OR FOR COMPANIES TO HAVE
POLICIES, LAWS, OR REQUIREMENTS
TO FORCE PEOPLE TO VIOLATE THEIR
THEIR DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS
CONVICTIONS IS JUST WRONG.
Reporter: LAWMAKERS WENT BACK
BACK AND FORTH OVER THE
POTENTIAL FOR NATIONAL ABORTION
RESTRICTIONS. WITNESSES INCLUDED
INCLUDED PITTSBURGH'S KELSEY
LEE, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE
DIFFICULTY OF MAKING HER
ABORTION DECISION WHEN DOCTORS
TOLD HER THE BABIES HEALTH WAS
AT RISK.
IF MY PREGNANCY CONTINUED HE
LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE
ABILITY TO SWALLOW. HE MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BREATHE AND
HIS BONES WOULD HAVE BROKEN
DURING DELIVERY, NO MATTER WHAT
.
Reporter: SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION
IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY BAN IN
EFFECT UNDER 20 WEEKS. THIS
PRO-LIFE OB/GYN TOLD THE
COMMITTEE THAT THERE WAS A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TREATMENT OF
A MISCARRIAGE AND THAT IT WOULD
STILL BE ALLOWED IF ABORTIONS
WERE NOT.
ABORTION NOT ONLY POSES A
RISK TO THE MOTHER BUT IT IS
ALWAYS LETHAL TO AN UNBORN
CHILD. IT IS MY OPINION THAT
ABORTION IS NOT HEALTHCARE.
Reporter: IT IS NOT -- MANY
BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO
THE STATES, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
THE RULING IN THE DOBBS
DECISION. OTHERS PROPOSING A
NATIONAL BAN BELIEVE THAT,
ULTIMATELY, THEIR COLLEAGUES
WOULD END UP SIDING WITH THEM IF
IF IT DID COME DOWN TO A VOTE.
MATT GALKA, CBN NEWS.
>
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN VISITED
PUERTO RICO MONDAY TO MEET WITH
VICTIMS OF HURRICANE FIONA. THE
CATEGORY ONE STORM TORE THROUGH
THE ISLAND OVER TWO WEEKS AGO
AND ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER. HE PLEDGED
AN ADDITIONAL $16 MILLION IN AID
AID MONEY IN ADDITION TO THE $2
MILLION TO HELP THEM RECOVER. HE
HE IS SET TO VISIT FLORIDA
TOMORROW TO BE LOOKING AT THE
DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE IAN.
IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN
100 DEATHS. NEW IMAGES OF THE
DEVASTATION ARE COMING OUT AND
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE
FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS, CUT OFF FROM
WHEN THE BRIDGES CONNECTED THEM
TO THE MAIN LAND.
THERE IS MORE URBAN SEARCH
AND RESCUE TEAMS IN FLORIDA NOW
THAN IN ANY ONE PLACE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 11th.
MORE THAN 400,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER. THEY ARE
PLEDGING TO GET MOST POWER
RESTORED BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
WEEK. >
OPERATION BLESSING IS ON THE
GROUND IN FLORIDA, WORKING WITH
CHURCHES TO DISTRIBUTE RELIEF.
IN CAPE CORAL, A SEMI TRUCK
DELIVERED SUPPLIES AND THEY
UNLOADED PALLETS OF WATER AND
HOME DEPOT CLEANING SUPPLY
BUCKETS AND EMERGENCY MEALS AND GATORADE.
AND GATORADE. THEY SAID THE
SUPPLIES HELPED THE CHURCH TO
ASSIST WITH THE BASIC NEEDS OF
THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE SAME
WAY WITHOUT A PARTNER LIKE
OPERATION BLESSING BECAUSE THE
STORES AROUND HERE DO NOT HAVE
THE -- THEY DO NOT HAVE CASES
AND CASES OF WATER BOTTLES IN
STOCK. THAT STUFF HAS ALREADY
BEEN PURCHASED AND HAS ALREADY
BEEN RATED, SO TO SPEAK. THOSE
ARE EMPTY SHELVES. WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO BE THE HANDS AND
FEET OF JESUS AND GET INTO
ACTION, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT A PARTNER LIKE OPERATION
OPERATION BLESSING, WE CANNOT
PROVIDE THEM IN THE SAME WAY
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE
HERE.
LIKE HE SAID, WE ARE BEING
THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS.
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STILL AHEAD, INSTANT
GRATIFICATION, DRINKING, DOING
DRUGS, WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY AND
SERIAL CHEATING. THAT IS WHAT
CONSUMED THIS HUSBAND UNTIL HIS
WIFE FOUND OUT. SEE WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT. THAT IS COMING
UP. >
ALSO, UNDER ATTACK. ONE IN
FOUR AMERICANS HAVE REPORTED
ANTI-SEMITISM. NOW, A NEW
STRATEGY FOR TARGETING IS
MAPPING PROJECT IS MAKING THE
WAY FOR EVEN MORE ATTACKS. THAT
COMES AFTER THIS.
ELDERLY JEWISH MEN ASSAULTED
ON THE STREET. ANGRY MOBS
ATTACKING JEWS AT A RESTAURANT.
AN ALARMING RISE IN
ANTI-SEMITISM IS HAPPENING RIGHT
RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA AND NOW A
A NEW INTERACTIVE TOOL IS MAKING
MAKING IT EASIER TO TARGET
JEWISH PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES.
HEATHER SELLS REPORTS FROM
BOSTON ON THE MAPPING PROJECT.
Reporter: CREATORS OF THE
MAPPING PROJECT SAY IT IS
DESIGNED TO EXPOSE THOSE WHO
SUPPORT THE COLONIZATION OF PALESTINE
OF PALESTINE. IT GOES A STEP
FURTHER, HOWEVER, CALLING FOR
THE DISMANTLING AND DISRUPTION
OF ALMOST 500 ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS, MANY WHO ARE
JEWISH, LIKE ROB LEIKIND. HE IS
THE NEW ENGLAND DIRECTOR FOR THE
THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE .
THERE IS EXTENSIVE RESEARCH
-- THEY ARE GIVING THEM THE
NAMES OF DIRECTORS.
Reporter: ELLIE COHANIM , THE
THE FORMER DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY
ON ANTI-SEMITISM, SAYS THE MAP
PAVES THE WAY FOR MORE ATTACKS.
THE MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES
ARE COMPLETELY SHOCKED.
Reporter: IT COMES ADMIXED
RISING LEVELS OF VIOLENCE IN THE
THE U.S. AS WELL IS A RISE IN
ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS, INCLUDING
HERE IN NEW ENGLAND. ATTACKS
LIKE THESE IN NEW YORK LAST
YEAR, WHEN AN ANGRY MOB CAME
AFTER JEWISH DINERS. ASSAILANTS
ARE ALSO GOING AFTER ELDERLY
JEWISH MEN AND EVEN VANDALIZE
SCHOOLS.
--
Reporter: ANTI-DEFAMATION
LEAGUE TRACKS VANDALISM AND
ASSAULT IN THE U.S. LAST YEAR,
IT RECORDED THE HIGHEST NUMBER
SINCE IT BEGAN FOLLOWING THE
ATTACKS IN 1979. AMERICAN JEWISH
JEWISH COMMITTEE'S STATE ONE IN
FOUR AMERICANS USE REPORTED
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE LAST YEAR.
THERE IS THIS TREMENDOUS
ANXIETY IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE
MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
Reporter: ROB LEIKIND SAYS
AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THE
HOLOCAUST, AMERICAN JEWS FOUND
GROWING ACCEPTANCE IN U.S.
SOCIETY. THERE WAS A SENSE OF
THE PAST BEEN LEFT BEHIND. NOW,
NOW, HE SEES A NEW BOLDNESS AND
ANTI-SEMITIC THINKING.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE IDEAS,
WHO KEPT IT TO THEMSELVES, NOW
FEEL INCREASINGLY COMFORTABLE
EXPRESSING THEM.
Reporter: THAT IS POPPING UP
IN THE FORM OF FLYERS, LIKE THESE
LIKE THESE DROPPED IN SUBURBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS. OTHERS BLAME
MAHSA AMINI PROFITING OFF THE
PANDEMIC. THIS ANTI-JEWISH HATE
IS COMING FROM BOTH THE EXTREME
LEFT AND RIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE,
RIGHT SUPREMACISTS DRIVEN
IDEOLOGY MOTIVATED A PITTSBURGH
SYNAGOGUE SHOOTER, WHO KILLED 11
11 PEOPLE. HE EXPLAINS THE
DISTURBING LINE OF THOUGHT.
JEWS ARE SOMEHOW THE
ENGINEERS BEHIND A VAST
CONSPIRACY TO TURN AMERICA INTO
INTO MUD PEOPLE. WE ARE MIXED RACING.
MIXED RACING. ALL OF A SUDDEN,
WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS
COUNTRY INTO A HOMOGENOUS
COUNTRY, WHERE WHITE PEOPLE WILL
WILL NO LONGER EXIST. THAT IDEA
SOUNDS CRAZY TO MANY OF US, BUT
IT NOW HAS A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL AUDIENCE.
SUBSTANTIAL AUDIENCE.
Reporter: ON THE LEFT, THERE
IS ANTI-ZIONISM, WHICH LEADS TO
ANTI-SEMITISM.
THE NOTION THAT ISRAEL IS THE
THE WORST PLACE ON EARTH, AND --
--
Reporter: THERE IS A TREND IN
IN EUROPE, WHERE ATTACKS ON JEWS
JEWS INCREASE WHEN THERE IS
CONFLICT IN ISRAEL. THAT IS NOW
NOW HAPPENING IN THE U.S., MOST
RECENTLY DURING ISRAEL'S
CONFLICTS WITH GAZA.
WE HAD TERRAPINS OF
PALESTINIAN-FLAGGED CARS DRIVING
DRIVING FOR JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS,
JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS,
PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR MAGA
ATTACK AND, IN FACT, THEY DID
ATTACK JEWS .
Reporter: THE FBI'S KEEPING
TABS ON THE MAPPING PROJECT. IN
BOSTON, A WIDE ARRAY OF ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
HAVE DENOUNCED IT. STILL, THE
WEBSITE REMAINS AND SO DOES THE
THREAT. IN LIGHT OF THAT, ROB
LEIKIND IS MORE FOCUSED ON
UILDING BRIDGES AND ENCOURAGING
ENCOURAGING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM, HOPING
PEOPLE WILL LEARN TO BETTER
TOLERATE AND EVEN APPRECIATE
THEIR DIFFERENCES. REPORTING IN
BOSTON, HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
NEWS.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
UN-AMERICAN. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE A BASTION OF LIBERTY, A
BASTION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION
AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND OF
OF ASSEMBLY, ALL OF THESE
THINGS, AND TO SEE THIS
TARGETING HAPPENING IN OUR OWN
COUNTRY IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP. WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE FBI DATABASE, THEY
TRACK HATE CRIMES, RELIGIOUS
HATE CRIMES, AND THE NUMBER ONE,
ONE, FAR AND AWAY, IS HATE
CRIMES DIRECTED AT JEWISH
PEOPLE. THERE IS A SPIRITUAL
REASON BEHIND THIS. RABBIS SAY
IN EVERY GENERATION, -- IT SEEMS
SEEMS TO BE MORE FREQUENT NOW.
IT SEEMS TO BE SOMEHOW TOLERATED
TOLERATED AND SOMEHOW PART OF
THIS BIZARRE NOTION THAT THEY
ARE COMING AGAINST THE
COLONIZATION OF PALESTINE, WHICH
WHICH ARE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
KNOW THEIR HISTORY. THE VERY
NAME PALESTINE IS FROM EMPEROR
HADRIAN. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE IN
IN 1870, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO 135
135 A.D. GO TO 65 YEARS LATER.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS BENT ON WIPING
WIPING OUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HE
HE WANTS TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE
MAP, SO HE RENAMES ISRAEL. THAT
IS WHERE PALESTINE COMES FROM.
THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY A ROMAN
EMPEROR TO DESTROY THE JEWS. HE
PLOWED THE TEMPLE MOUNT SO THERE
THERE COULD NEVER BE A TEMPLE
REBUILT. HE DID ALL OF THOSE
THINGS TO WIPE OUT THE JEWS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE JOINING IN WITH
IT, THEY ARE JOINING WITH THE
SAME SPIRIT THAT THEY WANT TO
WIPE OUT THE JEWS AND THAT IS
THE CRY OF THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY, TO DRIVE ISRAEL INTO
THE SEA. THAT HAS BEEN THE CRY
SINCE 1948. AS CHRISTIANS, WE
STAND WITH ISRAEL. WE STAND WITH
WITH THEIR RIGHT FOR
SELF-DETERMINATION AND WE STAND
WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THAT
NEEDS TO BE REALLY EMPHASIZED
TODAY BECAUSE TODAY IS YOM
KIPPUR. IT IS THE HOLIEST DAY ON
ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR. AS
CHRISTIANS, CAN WE PARTICIPATE
IN THAT? YOU BETCHA. JESUS HAS
COME INTO THE TEMPLE AND HAS
MADE THE SACRIFICE FOR US. THIS
IS WHAT YOM KIPPUR IS ALL ABOUT,
ABOUT, OUR DAY OF ATONEMENT,
WHERE CHRIST GIVES THE SACRIFICE
SACRIFICE FOR ALL PEOPLE, FOR
ALL TIME. SO, CHRIST HAS BECOME
THE HIGH PRIEST. ALL THE GOOD
THINGS THAT HAVE COME -- THAT
WAS NOT MADE BY HUMAN HANDS AND
IS NOT PART OF THIS CREATIVE
WORLD. WITH HIS OWN BLOOD, NOT
THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES,
HE ENTERED THE MOST HOLY PLACE
FOR ALL TIME AND SECURED OUR
REDEMPTION FOREVER. UNDER THE
OLD SYSTEM, THE BLOOD OF GOATS
AND BULLS AND THE ASHES OF A
HEIFER COULD CLEANSE PEOPLE'S
BOTTLE IS -- JUST THINK HOW
MUCH MORE THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
WILL PURIFY OUR CONSCIENCES FROM
FROM SINFUL DEEDS, SO THAT WE
CAN WORSHIP THE LIVING GOD. FOR
BY THE POWER OF THE ETERNAL
SPIRIT, CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF
TO GOD AS A PERFECT SACRIFICE
FOR OUR SINS. THAT IS WHY HE IS
THE ONE WHO MEDIATES A NEW
COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND PEOPLE,
PEOPLE, SO THAT ALL WHO ARE
CALLED CAN RECEIVE THE ETERNAL
INHERITANCE. FOR CHRIST DIED TO
SET THEM FREE FROM THE PENALTY
OF THE SINS THEY HAVE COMMITTED
UNDER THAT FIRST COVENANT. I
ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS TO STUDY
WHAT HAPPENS ON YOM KIPPUR. KNOW
KNOW WHAT THAT PASSAGE MEANS.
WHY DID THE HIGH PRIEST HAVE TO
OFFER HIS OWN BULL? WHY WAS
THERE A RED HEIFER IN THE ASHES?
ASHES? WHY WERE THERE GOATS WHO
WERE SET ASIDE ? THESE ARE
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS TO UNDERSTAND
JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED IT ALL
AND HE HAS FULFILLED ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW AND ALL
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TORAH,
SO YOU AND I CAN HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF THE NEW COVENANT
MADE IN HIS BLOOD. TODAY, LET'S
JOIN WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND
THEY HAVE THIS WONDERFUL PRAYER.
PRAYER. I ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS
TO LOOK AT IT. JESUS TALKED
ABOUT IT. HE TALKED ABOUT THE
TAX COLLECTOR WHO STOOD AT THE
BACK OF THE TEMPLE AND HE WOULD
BEAT HIS CHEST AND SAY, HAVE
MERCY ON ME, A SINNER. THAT IS
EXACTLY A PICTURE OF THE PRAYER.
PRAYER. THE PEOPLE BEAT THEIR HEART
THEIR HEART AND SAY IT IS FROM
OUR HEART THAT THESE SINS HAVE
COME. WE HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR IT.
IT IS FROM OURSELVES THAT WE
HAVE TURNED FROM YIELD. HERE IS
A PORTION OF THAT PRAYER. WE
HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM YOUR
COMMANDMENTS AND FROM YOUR LAWS
AND AT THE END, WE CAME TO
REALIZE THAT OUR REBELLIOUSNESS
HAS NOT SERVED US ANY GOOD. YOU
ARE JUST AND RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR
JUDGMENT AND IN YOUR -- WE ADMIT
ADMIT THAT WHATEVER MISFORTUNE
IS BEFALLING US, IT IS THE FRUIT
FRUIT OF OUR OWN DOING. YOU HAVE
HAVE TAUGHT US TO SEEK
RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT WE IGNORED
YOU. WE HAVE BROAD WICKEDNESS
UPON OURSELVES. TODAY, WE ARE
PRAYING FOR AMERICA. YOU CAN
PRAY FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY. I
BELIEVE IN THE DREAM OF AMERICA.
AMERICA. I BELIEVE IN THE CITY
ON A HILL. I BELIEVE THAT FROM
THE SHORES, THE GOSPEL WILL GO
INTO ALL THE WORLD. I BELIEVE IN
IN THE COVENANTS THAT WERE MADE
BY OUR FOREFATHERS. I BELIEVE
THAT WE NEED TO RENEW THOSE
COVENANTS, THAT WE HAVE TURNED
AWAY FROM GOD. WE HAVE TURNED TO
TO OUR OWN WICKEDNESS AND ALL
THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY
ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. WE HAVE NOT
PURSUED JUSTICE. WE HAVE NOT
PURSUED EQUALITY. WE HAVE NOT
PURSUED THE LIBERTY THAT WE HAVE
HAVE BEEN GIFTED BY PREVIOUS
GENERATIONS. WE HAVE GIVEN UP,
IF YOU WILL, ON THE IDEAL THAT
PEOPLE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR.
LET'S RENEW THAT COVENANT. LET'S
LET'S TURN BACK TO OUR
FOUNDATION. LET'S ASK GOD TO
HEAL LOWER LAND. AND ASKING,
TODAY OF ALL DAYS, LET US TURN FROM
OUR WICKED WAYS AND SEEK HIS
FACE. IF WE DRAW NEAR TO HIM, HE
HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO US. SO,
LET'S PRAY. LORD, GOD, WE COME
TO YOU. WE COME TO YOU HUMBLY,
CONSISTING OUR SINS. LORD, IN
OUR LAND, THERE IS RISING
VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE,
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. IN OUR
LANDS, THERE IS WICKEDNESS THAT
WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE NAMES FOR.
IN OUR LAND, WE HAVE TURNED FROM
FROM YOU, THE LIVING GOD AND
HAVE PURSUED THINGS THAT DO NOT
BRING ANYTHING BUT DESTRUCTION.
WE HAVE PURSUED OUR OWN MATERIAL
MATERIAL GAIN AND WE HAVE
PURSUED OUR OWN VISION OF
SUCCESS AND WE HAVE PURSUED
THINGS THAT ARE NOT OF YOU. SO,
TODAY, WE TURN TO YOU. WE SEEK
YOUR KINGDOM. WE SEEK YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS. LORD, OUR DESIRE
IS TO KNOW YOU. SO, AND BE WITH
US. BE THE PROMISE OF GOD WITH
US. WE TURN TO YOU. YOU ARE OUR
ONLY HOPE. YOU ARE THE ONLY WAY
FORWARD. WE CANNOT DO THIS ON
OUR OWN. ENABLE US TO SEEK YOUR
FACE. ENABLE US TO DRAW NEAR TO
YOU. FORGIVE US OUR SINS.
CLEANSE OUR LAND. HEAL US ONCE AGAIN
ONCE AGAIN. LORD, IF YOU FORGIVE
FORGIVE US, WE ARE FORGIVEN. IF
YOU HEAL US, WE ARE HEALED. IF
YOU RESTORE US, WE ARE RESTORED.
RESTORED. DO THIS NOW FOR US,
LORD. WE ASK IT IN THE NAME
ABOVE ALL NAMES. IN THE NAME OF
THE KINGDOM THAT IS FOREVER
ETERNAL. DO IT, FOR WE ASK IT IN
IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN AND AMEN.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN WITH US.
US. IT IS EASY TO DO. YOU CAN
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THEY PARTIED TOGETHER. ONCE
MARRIED, SHE WANTED OUT OF THE
PARTY SCENE BUT HE WAS ALL IN.
SEE HOW THIS WAYWARD HUSBAND
WINS HIS WIFE BACK AFTER THIS.
SHE FINALLY LEFT HIM. HERE IS
IS HOW OMAR CONVINCED HER TO
COME BACK.
WE PARTIED A LOT. HE HAD A
LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND AND THAT
WAS USUALLY A NEW OUTFIT EVERY
WEEKEND, SO WE COULD GO TO THE
CLUBS. IT WAS MONEY ON ALCOHOL
OR MONEY ON DRUGS. WE WERE
SMOKING A LOT OF WEED. WE WERE
DOING COCAINE. IT IS PRETTY MUCH
MUCH THE FIRST YEARS OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.
OMAR AND DANIELLE GONZALEZ
HAD A HISTORY OF DRUG AND
ALCOHOL ABUSE. OMAR WAS ALSO
ADDICTED TO SEX AND PORNOGRAPHY.
PORNOGRAPHY.
I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT HER.
HER. I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MYSELF. IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME. IT
WAS ME LEANING ON WHAT I WANTED,
WANTED, INSTANT GRATIFICATION TO
TO MEET MY NEEDS. GETTING DRUNK,
DRUNK, DRUGGING, WATCHING
PORNOGRAPHY, HAVING SEX.
THE COUPLE DATED ON AND OFF
FOR SEVEN YEARS. WHEN DANIELLE
FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT, THEY
THEY DECIDED TO GET MARRIED.
DANIELS PARTYING LIFE SLOW DOWN,
DOWN, BUT OMAR'S DID NOT.
WE REALLY HAD A ROCKY YEAR
THAT YEAR. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE
GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
OUR PRIORITIES, OUR GOALS, YOU
KNOW, THEY WERE NOT IN LINE AS A
A MARRIED COUPLE. THERE WERE NOT
NOT IN LINE AS A FAMILY.
DANIELLE DID NOT SEE ANY HOPE
HOPE IN THEIR MARRIAGE AND LEFT
OMAR.
WHEN I REALIZED SHE WAS GONE,
MY MARRIAGE WAS ABOUT TO BE
GONE, I STARTED REALIZING THAT
IT WAS ME THAT WAS THE PROBLEM,
THAT I NEEDED SOMETHING BIGGER
TO HELP ME.
Reporter: SHE -- HE FOUND IT
ATTENDING A FRIEND'S CHURCH.
THE GUY THAT WAS TEACHING OR
FACILITATING THE CLASS STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT. I STILL REMEMBER
THAT. HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
THE POWER OF WHAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT DOES WHEN HE DWELLS IN
YOU, AND HOW HE IS YOUR
COMPANION EVERY DAY. AND, ALL OF
OF A SUDDEN, I FELT SOMETHING
REALLY DEEP IN MY HEART AND I
STOPPED THE CLASS AND I SAID,
GUYS, WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A
MINUTE. I WANT THAT. I WANT WHAT
WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE. I WANT TO
COMMIT MY LIFE TO CHRIST. I
FREIGHT THE GOOD CONFESSION TO
ACCEPT CHRIST IN MY HEART. IT
WAS THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY
LIFE, TO KNOW JESUS PERSONALLY.
TWO WEEKS LATER, I GOT BAPTIZED
AND I CONTINUED SEEKING HIM.
READING EVERY DAY, THE BIBLE, READING
BIBLE, READING HIS WORD.
SEVERAL MONTHS HAD PASSED AND
AND DANIELLE SAW A CHANGE IN
OMAR.
I COULD TELL THAT, YOU KNOW,
HIS WORDS AND HIS VOICE, IT WAS
NOT COMING FROM A PLACE OF ANGER
ANGER ANYMORE. IT WAS NOT COMING
COMING FROM A PLACE OF -- NOT
HATE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I FELT
FOR A LONG TIME THAT WAS WHAT
OUR LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION WERE
WERE . AND I JUST FELT LIKE IT
WAS BETTER.
HE PUT THAT DESIRE TO RESTORE
RESTORE THE MARRIAGE, YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT
I WANTED, MY MARRIAGE. BUT
ALONGSIDE THAT, I DISCOVERED
JESUS, WHO GAVE ME A BIGGER
DESIRE FOR HIM, FOR HIS KINGDOM,
KINGDOM, FOR HUMANITY, NOT JUST
MY MARRIAGE. I NEEDED TO SEE
THAT COMPASSION IN JESUS CHRIST,
, THAT HE SEES IN US EVERY DAY.
I NEEDED TO MODEL THAT. I NEEDED
NEEDED TO LOVE MY WIFE THE WAY
JESUS LOVES THE CHURCH.
HE SHARED WITH ME THAT, YOU
KNOW, HIS THOUGHT PROCESS IS
DIFFERENT, THAT HE WANTS TO BE
BETTER, THAT HE REALLY WANTS TO
GROW AS THIS NEW PERSON, A
SERVANT, A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
THAT WAS NEVER A PRIORITY, YOU
KNOW, IN OUR MARRIAGE. THAT WAS
NEVER A PRIORITY IN MY LIFE AS A
A CHILD, GROWING UP. IT WAS NOT
REALLY IN HIS BUT I KNEW IT WAS
NOT COMING FROM NOWHERE. I COULD
COULD TELL THAT HIS ATTENDANCE
AT CHURCH AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO
TO BE BAPTIZED, IT WAS COMING
FROM A GENUINE, GENUINE HEART.
OMAR AND DANIELLE MOVED BACK
IN TOGETHER AND HE EVENTUALLY
LED HER TO CHRIST. THEY HAVE
LEFT THEIR LIFE OF PARTYING
BEHIND AND TODAY THEIR MARRIAGE
IS THRIVING, WITH JESUS AT THE
CENTER.
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT GOD HAS
HAS RESTORED MY MARRIAGE.
BECAUSE WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON
OUR CALLING FOR THE KINGDOM AND
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT HE
HAS DONE IN OUR LIFE. NOT JUST
RESTORING OUR MARRIAGE. WE GET
TO DO HIS WILL, WHICH IS
PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO PEOPLE
THAT DON'T KNOW IT.
I HAVE LIVED IN A MARRIAGE
THAT WAS OF THE WORLD AND NOW I
HAVE THAT SAME MARRIAGE THAT IS
OF CHRIST. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE
THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT, AND
AND YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT
STRONGER. IT IS JUST WHAT IS
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE GRACE?
YOU KNOW, DO YOU REALLY GRASP
THAT CONCEPT? DO YOU KNOW THAT
YOU ARE NOT PERFECT AND THAT OUR
OUR FATHER GIVES ALL OF US
GRACE, BUT AS LONG AS WE LEARN
AND WE MOVE ON AND WE PUT HIM AT
AT THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR LIVES,
LIVES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
ABSOLUTELY GET THROUGH IT.
JESUS IS NOT DONE WITH YOUR
MARRIAGE. GOD IS NOT DONE WITH
YOU. GOD CREATED YOUR MARRIAGE
TO BE A RELATIONSHIP AND A
COVENANT BETWEEN YOU AND GOD AND
AND YOUR SPOUSE, SO DO NOT GIVE
UP.
THAT IS REMARKABLE, ISN'T IT?
IT? THE DIFFERENCE THAT JESUS
CHRIST MAKES IN OUR LIFE. HERE
IS OMAR, PREACHING THE GOSPEL
FROM THE DEEPEST PART OF HIS
HEART, SPEAKING SCRIPTURE,
TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF FOLLOWING CHRIST AND HAVING
HIM AT THE HEART OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SPOUSE.
THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS DEEP INTO
THE THINGS OF THE WORLD BEFORE
THIS. YOU KNOW, PARTYING, HAVING
HAVING A GREAT TIME, HE THOUGHT,
THOUGHT, DRINKING, DOING DRUGS,
EVEN AFTER HE MARRIES THE WOMAN
HE THINKS HE LOVES AND EXPECTS
TO HAVE A CHILD WITH. HE STILL
IS OUT THERE, DOING HIS THING.
YOU KNOW, WE DO THINGS -- WE ARE
ARE SUCH INTERESTING CREATURES
TO ME. WE DO THINGS THAT ARE SO
AGAINST THE VERY PLAN AND
PURPOSE THAT GOD HAS FOR OUR
LIVES AND WE CALL THEM FUN. WE
KIND OF GET LOST IN THE PROCESS.
WE DO NOT THINK ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE DOING ANYMORE OR THINK ABOUT
ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. FOR
MANY, THAT IS THE REASON THEY DO
DO NOT COME TO CHRIST. THEY KNOW
KNOW THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO
LIVE AND THEY ARE NOT LIVING IT.
IT. FOR THIS MAN, THERE WAS A
MOMENT IN TIME WHERE HE
REALIZED, YOU KNOW, I WILL LOSE
EVERYTHING THAT EVER MATTERED TO
TO ME AND WHAT AM I GOING TO
LOSE IT FOR? THERE IS AN
EMPTINESS IN THE THINGS OF THE
WORLD THAT WE PURSUE. YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES IT IS NOT THINGS LIKE
DRUGS OR PARTYING OR BEING
UNFAITHFUL. SOMETIMES, IT IS
AMBITION. WE CAN LOSE OURSELVES
IN THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN SET
BEFORE US, THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN,
THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE, JUST
BUSYNESS, ALL THINGS THAT ARE A
DISTRACTION FROM WHAT WE WERE
REALLY CREATED FOR. GOD KNEW ALL
ALL OF THAT. JESUS SAID, HE CAME
CAME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND
AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. HE SAID
HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES
FREE. SO, LET ME ASK YOU TODAY,
ARE YOU FREE? DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE LIVING THE PURPOSE FOR
WHICH GOD CREATED YOU? WE ARE
CREATED WITH INTENTION AND
PURPOSE. GOD SAYS, I KNOW THE
PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, PLANS TO
BLESS YOU, NOT TO HARM YOU,
PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A
FUTURE. WE SOMETIMES WALK AWAY
FROM THAT, THAT PROMISE FROM THE
THE VERY ONE WHO CREATED US AND
TO BEHAVIOR THAT DOES NOT BRING
US ANYTHING. AT THE TOP OF MANY
OF THE MOUNTAINS WE CLIMB, THERE
CLIMB, THERE IS NOTHING. WE HAVE
HAVE CLIMBED AND CLIMBED AND
CLIMBED AND THERE IS NOTHING BUT
BUT THE AMAZING THING ABOUT GOD IS
GOD IS HE HAS BEEN WITH US
THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND
EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM HIS
BLESSING, WALKED AWAY FROM THE
PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM, WALKED
AWAY FROM THE FREEDOM OF BEING
FORGIVEN, HE WAITS. IMAGINE
THAT, THE CREATOR OF THE
UNIVERSE WAITS FOR YOU AND FOR ME.
FOR ME. WHEN WE COME HOME, HIS
ARMS ARE SPREAD WIDE AND HE SAYS
SAYS WELCOME HOME. HE LOVES US
AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE FORGIVES
OUR SIN AS FAR AS THE EAST IS
FROM THE WEST AND HE REMEMBERS
IT NO MORE. HE IS AN AMAZING
GOD. HIS LOVE IS EVER FORGIVING.
FORGIVING. HIS MERCH SEE AND HIS GRACE
HIS GRACE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND
THERE IS NO SIN TOO GREAT THAT
IT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN. TODAY, IF
IF YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN CHASING A LOT OF EMPTINESS
AND YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
LIFE IS ABOUT AND WHY YOU ARE
HERE, I INVITE YOU TO INVITE HIM
HIM RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF
YOUR LIFE, RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE --
MIDDLE -- YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
CLEAN UP YOUR MESS OR GET GOOD
ENOUGH. HE IS JUST ASKING YOU TO
TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
HIM. SO, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO.
YOU SAY, JESUS, I HAVE SINNED
GREATLY. I HAVE RUN FROM YOU. I
HAVE DONE MY OWN THING. I HAVE
MADE MYSELF MY OWN GOD. I HAVE
WOUNDED OTHERS IN THE PROCESS.
TODAY, I AM COMING HOME TO YOUR
HEART AND I AM ASKING YOU TO
COME INTO MIND. JESUS, WILL YOU
BE THE SAVIOR OF MY SOUL? WILL
YOU BE THE LORD, GOD OF MY LIFE?
LIFE? WILL YOU TEACH ME YOUR
WAYS? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM
AND I DO NOT KNOW THEM AND I
WANT TO. TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE
FOR YOU AND FILL MY MIND WITH
THOUGHTS OF YOU. OPEN UP THE
EARS AND EYES OF MY
UNDERSTANDING AND MAKE MY LIFE
MATTER. I AM GIVING YOU ALL THAT
THAT I AM AND ALL THAT I HAVE.
BE MY LORD, MY GOD, MY SAVIOR. I
I AM ASKING IT IN THE MIGHTY
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ALEXIS NEEDED $1800 IN
REPAIRS FOR HER CAR. WHAT IS
WORSE, SHE AND HER HUSBAND,
COOPER, ONLY HAD $300 IN
SAVINGS. THIS MILITAR COUPLE
WERE IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION
UNTIL YOU CAME TO THEIR RESCUE.
E 4 SPECIALIST'S --
IF YOU LIKE A COLLING. IT
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ABOUT WHETHER IT IS DISCIPLINE OR
DISCIPLINE OR IT JUST HELPS YOU
TO GROW UP IN AWAY.
HIS WIFE APPRECIATES HIS
DEDICATION TO HIS COUNTRY AND
HIS FAMILY.
I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM. HE
WORKS HARD TO PROVIDE FOR OUR
FAMILY AND MAKES SURE WE ARE
HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND WE HAVE
EVERYTHING WE NEED.
ALEXIS ADMITS BEING AN ARMY
WIFE HAS ITS CHALLENGES. THE
TOUGHEST WAS WHEN HE DEPLOYED
FOR NINE MONTHS, JUST FOUR WEEKS
WEEKS AFTER THEIR WEDDING. HER
FAITH PLAYED A BIG PART IN
GETTING HER THROUGH THE MONTHS
ALONE AS A NEW BRIDE.
PRAYING FOR HIM OVER THERE,
MAKING SURE HE WAS SAFE.
SOON AFTER, THEY BECAME A
FAMILY OF THREE WITH THE ARRIVAL
ARRIVAL OF THEIR DAUGHTER. LIFE
WAS GOOD UNTIL THEIR FINANCIAL
SITUATION TOOK A BLOW WENT
ALEXIS' CAR BROKE DOWN. THEY
CANNOT AFFORD THE $1800 IN
REPAIRS, LEAVING THEM WITH UBER
HAS OLD, UNRELIABLE TRUCK AS
THEIR ONLY TRANSPORTATION. THEY
KNEW IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN,
TOO.
I FELT WORRIED. WE ONLY HAD
$300 IN SAVINGS. THERE WAS NO
WAY WE COULD GET IT FIXED. IT
WAS A BAD SITUATION.
DESPITE THEIR PREDICAMENT,
THEY RELIED ON THEIR FAITH IN
GOD.
I FEEL LIKE HE HAS A PLAN. HE
HE HAS SOMETHING IN THE WORKS
FOR US. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT
IS. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL
HAPPEN. I AM HOPING THAT IT WILL
WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME SOON BUT I
DO BELIEVE, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE,
OR FORM, HE IS GOING TO FIND A
WAY OF GETTING US OUT OF IT.
THEY WENT TO AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED CADENCE INTERNATIONAL,
WHO CONTACTED HELPING THE HOME
FRONT ABOUT THE SITUATION.
LEADERS DAN AND CHARLOTTE
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HER FAMILY BY REPLACING YOUR
TRUCK WITH A RELIABLE, USED CAR.
GUYS IN AND HELP YOU GET YOU
INTO A CAR, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
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THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I -- I AM SORRY. YOU
GUYS CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW
MUCH THIS WILL HELP OUR FAMILY
AND OUR FUTURE. I AM SO BLESSED.
BLESSED.
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THIS ONE IS FROM ELLIE. SHE
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WILL NOT TALK TO ME BECAUSE OF
THE PAST AND HOW HE WAS RAISED.
I WAS WITH MEN WHO ARE ABUSIVE
AND MY SON SAW EVERYTHING. I
NEED MY SON IN MY LIFE. WHAT DO
I DO? I DO NOT WANT TO PUSH HIM
AND MAKE HIM GO FURTHER WAY. MY
SON ONCE BELIEVED IN GOD BUT
DOES NOT NOW.
BOY, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. I
WANT TO UNDERLINE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE VERSES. LOVE NEVER
FAILS. LOVE HIM. JUST EXPRESS
HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. DO NOT
TRY TO PUSH HIM INTO ANYTHING
AND DO NOT TRY TO PUSH HIM INTO
BEING A BELIEVER. REALIZE IT IS
THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD THAT LEADS
TO REPENTANCE. HE SAW
EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU REACH OUT
IN LOVE AND SAY, I HAVE FOUND
LOVE AND I HAVE FOUND PURPOSE
AND FOUND MEANING AND YOU
EXPRESS THAT AND DO THAT VERY
TANGIBLY AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF
LOVE, NOT PREACHING THE GOSPEL,
BUT PREACHING THROUGH ACTS OF
LOVE AND KINDNESS, YOU CAN MELT
THAT HEART AND YOU CAN BE
RESTORED.
THIS IS CHERYL, WHO SAYS, I
HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITH A
CHRONIC ILLNESS FOR MANY YEARS
THAT HAS NEGATIVELY AFFECTED MY
LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS. I NO
LONGER HAVE A FRIEND IN THE
WORLD. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF
PRAYERS TO BE HEALED AND
ATTENDED HEALING MEETINGS, YET
MY HEALTH HAS NOT IMPROVED ONE
BIT. IF ANYTHING, I'M GETTING
WORSE AS I GOT OLDER. I DO NOT
KNOW WHAT TO DO. I JUST WANT TO
BE WELL. WAY AM I NOT BEING
HEALED?
THAT IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
QUESTIONS THERE IS. WHY DOES IT
WORK WITH SOME PEOPLE AND NOT
WORK WITH OTHERS? I DO NOT WANT
TO GIVE YOU SOME STANDARD ANSWER
ANSWER BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK
THERE IS ONE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU, WITH THE SAME WORDS OF
JESUS. KEEP ASKING. KEEP
KNOCKING. KEEP SEEKING UNTIL YOU
YOU GET IT. FOR ME, THAT HAS
BEEN THE KEY TO ANSWERED PRAYER,
PRAYER, WHEN I GIVE UP, THAT IS
WHEN I CAN GUARANTEE I WILL NOT
GET AN ANSWER. BUT WHEN I KEEP
PRESSING IN, NOW THE ISSUE IS
WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING? ARE YOU
LETTING THE SYMPTOMS -- ARE YOU
SEEKING HIS PRESENCE? ARE YOU
SEEKING TO BE WITH HIM
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO
TO YOU? A GREAT PRAYER OF
SURRENDER -- I HAVE BEEN HERE
AND THOUGHT I WAS DYING OF
CEREBRAL MALARIA. I THOUGHT GOD
WAS NOT GOING TO HEAL ME. WHAT I
I SAID, I SAID, GOD I AM OKAY,
WHETHER YOU SHOW UP AND HEAL ME
OR JUST SHOW UP AND TAKE ME
HOME. YOU ARE STILL SHOWING UP.
YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
PRAYER, AMAZING THINGS CAN
HAPPEN. HERE IS A WORD FROM
PSALM 66. WE WENT THROUGH FIRE
AND THROUGH WATER; BUT YOU
BROUGHT US OUT TO RICH
FULFILLMENT. GOD BLESS YOU AND