THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN. >

COMING UP, GROWING UP AMISH.

AMISH.

IT WOULD DRIVE ME DOWN INTO

THE PIT OF DESPAIR.

ONE-MAN RISKS HIS FAITH.

THIS JUST NEVER HAPPENS IN

MY CIRCLES.

IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.

HE WAS TELLING ME THINGS

THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD IN MY

WHOLE LIFE. >

AND, THE HIT WORSHIP SONG

BIRTH OUT OF RACIAL UNREST.

I LOVE YOU, LET'S DO

SOMETHING, THIS IS FUN.

TODAY ON THE 700 CLUB.

>

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHO

GOD IS AS BEING A HEALER. >

WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB. A

TRIPLE THREAT. THAT'S WHAT

REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THREE

HISPANIC CANDIDATES IN THE RIO

GRANDE VALLEY. THE TRIO IS

HOPING TO WIN OVER VOTERS IN

THE REGION THAT CREATED A RED

WAY THAT HAS BEEN BLUE FOR

GENERATIONS. >

ALL THREE SUPPORT

CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND CALL

THEM SO PATRIOTS WHO LOVE GOD

AND COUNTRY. WE CAUGHT UP WITH

THE CANDIDATES AT A PRAYER

BREAKFAST IN SOUTH TEXAS.

Reporter:

Reporter: THE FOLKS HERE IN

SOUTH TEXAS HAVE LONG VOTED

RELIABLY BLUE. BUT, THIS

ELECTION CYCLE THERE ARE THREE CONSERVATIV E

THREE CONSERVATIVE LATINA CANDIDATES

LATINA CANDIDATES BUYING TO

TRANSFORM THE POLITICS, AND

TURN THE REGION RED.

MAINTAINING THAT CHRISTIAN VALUE

CHRISTIAN VALUE IS ON THE LINE.

THE THREE GOP CONGRESSIONAL

CANDIDATES RUNNING TO REPRESENT

REPRESENT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SEE

A RED WAVE BARRELING TOWARD

SOUTH TEXAS. WHILE THERE MOSTLY

MOSTLY HISPANIC WORKING-CLASS DISTRICTS

WORKING-CLASS DISTRICTS TEND TO

TO BE SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE AND

AND PRO-LIFE --

WE WANT TO PROTECT THE LIFE

OF THE UNBORN.

Reporter: THE BORDER REGION

HAS BEEN A DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLD

FOR GENERATIONS. CONGRESSWOMAN

MYRA FLOREZ, WHO RECENTLY WON

HER SEAT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION,

KATHY GARCIA, AND MONICA DE LA CRUZ,

LA CRUZ, CALL THEMSELVES

PATRIOTS WHO LOVE GOD AND

COUNTRY, AND ARE PROUD OF IT.

I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT IN

THE TELL ME THIS IS YOUR TIME.

Reporter: REPUBLICAN VALUES

ARE REALLY SOUTH TEXAS VALUES.

BUILT ON FAITH, FAMILY, AND THE OPPORTUNIT Y

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HARD WORK

HERE IN AMERICA. AS NEW POLLS

SHOW MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR THE GOP,

THE GOP, THEIR STRAIGHTFORWARD

MESSAGE HAS GAINED NATIONAL

ATTENTION.

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WALKED

AWAY FROM THE HISPANIC

COMMUNITY TO CATER TO THE FAR LEFT

FAR LEFT THAT IS ANTI-GOD, ANTI-FAMILY.

ANTI-GOD, ANTI-FAMILY. THAT IS

JUST NOT WHO WE ARE IN SOUTH TEXAS.

SOUTH TEXAS.

Reporter: THEY ALSO APPEAR

TOGETHER AT EVENTS AND A SHOW

OF UNITY. STANDING FIRM AGAINST

AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

NOW, AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN

HISTORY.

LET'S IMPROVE THAT PROGRESS

SO GOOD PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME

COME HERE AND NOT HAVE TO GO

THROUGH THE TRAUMA AND ABUSE.

BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE

FOCUSED ON THE HERE MONITOR PRICES.

MONITOR PRICES.

Reporter: AFTER WINNING THE

JUNE ELECTION -- FLOREZ BECAME

THE FIRST LATINA REPUBLICAN

SENT BY TEXAS TO CONGRESS. ALL

THREE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING IN DISTRICTS

ONCE THOUGHT TO BE UNTOUCHABLE.

UNTOUCHABLE.

I'M A CHRISTIAN MOM. SO THAT

THAT IS WHAT MOSTLY -- THE

CONSERVATIVE VALUES THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE. THAT'S WHAT PULLED

ME OVER.

Reporter: OF THE GROWING

NUMBER BLAME DEMOCRATS FOR

LURCHING TO THE LEFT, THE PARTY'S

THE PARTY'S NATIONAL HOLD ON

HISPANIC VOTERS APPEAR TO BE

LISTENING AS WELL. THE

PERCENTAGES HALF OF WHAT IT WAS

WAS A DECADE AGO.

I'M TALKING TO THE MOMS AND

DADS THAT ARE HAVING A HARD

TIME TO PUT GAS IN THEIR CAR.

THE FOOD ON THEIR TABLE. I TELL

TELL THEM DON'T GIVE UP HOPE.

GO VOTE COME THIS NOVEMBER.

Reporter: NATIONWIDE, THERE

ARE AT LEAST 32 MILLION LATINAS

LATINAS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE

THE MIDTERM ELECTION. MAKING

THEM ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING

GROWING SECTORS OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE .

AMERICAN ELECTORATE.

THE CHANGE IN THE HISPANIC

VOTE ABSOLUTELY CHANGED THE

RESULTS IN THE LAST ELECTION IN FLORIDA.

IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE JUST GOT A

FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE'LL FIND OUT

OUT IS IT GOING TO CHANGE IT IN

IN TEXAS AS WELL. >

THE MIDTERMS ARE JUST THREE

WEEKS AWAY, AND THE LATEST

POLLS SHOW DEMOCRATS ARE PAYING

PAYING A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR INFLATION.

FOR INFLATION. WE HAVE THAT

STORY AND MORE FROM THE CBN

NEWSROOM.

>

CBS NEWS BATTLE GROUND

TRACKER POLL TAKEN THIS WEEKEND

WEEKEND SHOWS REPUBLICANS OWN

PACE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE.

THE LATEST PREDICTION SHOW THE

GOP COULD WIN 224 SEATS TO THE

DEMOCRATS' 211. AND ISSUE A BIG

BIG CONCERN TO THE VOTERS, THE

ECONOMY. THE POLL OF REGISTERED

REGISTERED VOTERS SHOWS MOST

SEE THE ECONOMY AS GETTING

WORST AND THEIR HOLDING

DEMOCRATS RESPONSIBLE. THEY

BELIEVE DEMOCRATIC POLICIES

HAVE HARMED THE ECONOMY. 23%

AREN'T SURE. FORMER PRESIDENT

BARACK OBAMA IS HEADING TO THE

BATTLEGROUND STATES OF GEORGIA,

GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, AND

WISCONSIN TO CAMPAIGN IN THIS

FINAL STRETCH.

>

TURNING OVERSEAS NOW WITH

THE UNREST IN IRAN HAS SPREAD

TO A NOTORIOUS PRISON IN THE CAPITAL.

THE CAPITAL. PLANES ARE SEEN

COMING FROM THE PRISON SATURDAY.

PRISON SATURDAY. HUNDREDS OF

PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THE

NATIONWIDE PROTEST ARE BEING

HELD THERE. IT'S ALSO

WELL-KNOWN FOR THE RESUME'S

DETENTION AND BRUTAL TREATMENT OF

POLITICAL TREATMENT. OUTSIDE

PROTESTERS SET FIRES IN THE

STREETS AND YELLED DEATH TO THE DICTATOR.

THE DICTATOR. NO WORD ON WHAT

STARTED THE FLAMES INSIDE THE

PRISON. AGENTS SAY AT LEAST

EIGHT INMATES DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION.

SMOKE INHALATION. >

STAYING IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

AT THIS HOUR, SUNDAY NIGHT MARCH

THE AND OF THE FEAST OF TECH ANNAPOLIS.

TECH ANNAPOLIS. THOUSANDS OF

CHRISTIANS CAME TO JOIN THE

CELEBRATION.

Reporter: THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

OF TABERNACLES IS A FALL

HARVEST FEAST ON THE BIBLICAL CALENDAR

BIBLICAL CALENDAR THAT ALSO HAS

HAS A PROPHETIC PURPOSE HIDDEN

WITHIN IT. THAT IS THE SECOND

COMING OF THE LORD. THIS GATHERING

THIS GATHERING HAS CELEBRATED

THE FEAST FOR MORE THAN 40

YEARS.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF LIMITED

TOURISM BECAUSE OF THE COVID

PANDEMIC --

WE ARE CELEBRATING THE

COMING OF JESUS TO JERUSALEM.

Reporter: SHARON HASSELL, A

MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT, CAME

TO WELCOME THE PILGRIMS, AND

EXPLAIN WHY THEIR PRESENCE MEAN

MEAN SO MUCH.

THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE

MANY FRIENDS. THEY HAD A FEW,

BUT NOT MANY. TO SEE THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS LEADERS

AND BELIEVERS THAT ARE COMING

HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US,

PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR

ISRAEL. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME

TO SHOW THEM THAT IS NOT TAKEN

FOR GRANTED.

Reporter: SHE ALSO MENTIONED

THE PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT OF

THE FEAST FROM THE HEBREW

SCRIPTURES.

THE PROPHETS ACHARYA SPOKE

OF A FUTURE TIME WHEN ALL THE NATIONS

THE NATIONS WOULD COME TO

JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE THE

HOLIDAY OF SUPPORT. LOOK AROUND YOU.

AROUND YOU. WE ARE THE LIVING

PROOF OF THE ACCURACY OF THE

BIBLE, AND THE TRUTH OF THE

WORD OF GOD.

I THINK IT'S A MIRACLE. BE HERE

IT'S A MIRACLE. IT IS DIFFERENT.

IS DIFFERENT. I'M SO HAPPY TO

BE HERE.

IT IS LIKE COMING HOME. SUCH

SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO COME TAKE

PART IN WORSHIPING THE KING AT

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

Reporter: ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS

THE HIGHLIGHTS IS WHEN

CHRISTIANS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD JOIN ISRAELIS FOR THE

ANNUAL JERUSALEM MARCH. WHAT A

JOY TO BE HERE AND JERUSALEM.

I'M TELLING YOU, TO SEE THE

NATIONS GOING UP AS A

FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY, AND I

JUST LOVE IT EVERY TIME. IT'S

AMAZING TO BE BACK AFTER TWO

YEARS.

IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. WE

ARE CELEBRATING. THIS IS THE

LAND OF THE LORD, SO HALLELUJAH.

SO HALLELUJAH.

Reporter: FOR ISRAELIS, THE

CHRISTENS PRESENCE TOUCHES

THEIR HEARTS.

IT'S AMAZING.

THE VISION IS COMING TO.

THE VISION THAT WE READ NOW

IS COMING TO. ALL THE COUNTRIES

COUNTRIES ARE COMING TO ISRAEL .

ISRAEL .

IT FEELS LIKE A BIG HOME. IT

IT REALLY, REALLY DOES. WE

ALWAYS FEEL SO ISOLATED IN IS

REAL

. THE TEENY TINY JEWISH PEOPLE.

JEWISH PEOPLE. PEOPLE FROM ALL

OVER THE WORLD IS REALLY WONDERFUL.

WE APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE

PERSON WHO HAS COME.

Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,

CBN NEWS FROM THE JERUSALEM

MARCH.

WHAT A JOY TO HEAR THAT

STORY WITH YOU. >

IT'S A GREAT FULFILLMENT OF

WHAT WAS PROPHESIED SO LONG AGO.

LONG AGO. ALL OF US CAN

CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF

TABERNACLES. IT'S A GREAT

REMINDER THAT WE ARE ALL LIVING

LIVING IN THESE VERY TEMPORARY

DWELLINGS. WHERE IS OUR DESTINATION?

OUR DESTINATION? IS OUR

DESTINATION HERE ON EARTH, OR

IS IT IN HEAVEN? THE FEAST OF

TABERNACLES IS A DEFINITE WAY

TO REMIND OURSELVES, WE ALL

LIVE IN VERY TEMPORARY SHELTER.

SHELTER. >

WELL, UP NEXT, ONE IS A

FORMER METH ADDICT, THE OTHER

IS A GRAMMY NOMINATED MUSICIAN.

TOGETHER, THEY HAVE PENNED A

WORSHIP SONG THAT IS HEALING DIVISIONS,

HEALING DIVISIONS, AND THEY GO

BEYOND THE MUSIC OF THEIR HIT.

>

LATER, HE WASN'T RAISING A

BARN, HE WAS BURNING A BRIDGE.

SEE WHY THIS AMISH MAN TURNED

HIS BACK ON THE COMMUNITY THAT

RAISED HIM UP. COMING UP.

THEY ARE TWO UNLIKELY

THEY ARE TWO UNLIKELY

FRIENDS WHO MAKE POWERFUL MUSIC

MUSIC TOGETHER. ONE IS A FORMER

FORMER METH ADDICT. THE OTHER

NEVER STRAYED FROM HIS

CHRISTIAN UPBRINGING. THE

PANDEMIC BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER

DURING A TIME OF RACIAL UNREST.

WE TALKED WITH JASON CLAYBORN

AND STEPHEN McWHORTER ABOUT

THEIR LATEST SONG.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]

[ MUSIC ]

Reporter: YOUR CURRENT

SINGLE, "RAFFA", HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

WHAT DROVE IT?

SO MUCH STUFF WAS GOING ON

IN THE WORLD. IN OUR CHURCHES,

AND IN FAMILY MEMBERS, AND

FRIENDS OF OURS' LIVES. ONE DAY

DAY WE WERE LIKE WE NEED TO

TALK ABOUT WHO GOD IS. BEING A

HEALER. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]

WE WROTE A LYRIC IN THE SONG

SONG THAT SAYS WE ARE LEANING

ON YOUR POWER, YOU'LL DO WHAT

CAN'T BE DONE, EITHER NOW OR

FOREVER WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO

COME.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]

Reporter:

Reporter: YOU BOTH HAVE

INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY. YOU ARE

ADDICTED TO METH AND I HEARD YOURSELF

HEARD YOURSELF DESCRIBE

YOURSELF AS DID PREACHERS KID.

HOW DO YOU GO FROM THAT TO

WORSHIP LEADER? [ LAUGHTER ]

MY DAD WAS AN EVANGELIST. I

GREW UP WATCHING HIM PREACH ON

SUNDAY MORNING. BEHIND CLOSED

DOORS I SAW HIM PHYSICALLY BEAT

BEAT MY MOM. I SAID IF GOD IS

REAL HE IS NOT GOOD, AND I

DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH

THIS JESUS GUY. I REALLY

QUICKLY STARTED TO REBEL. 13,

SMOKING, DRINKING. 15, COCAINE'S,

15, COCAINE'S, PILLS, SELLING DRUGS.

SELLING DRUGS. 17, USING

CRYSTAL METH ALMOST EVERY DAY

FOR SIX YEARS. SOMEBODY GAVE ME

ME THIS BOOK. THEY HAVE BEEN

PRAYING FOR ME CALL THE CASE

FOR CHRIST. 3:00 IN THE MORNING

MORNING I'VE GOT DRUGS ON THE

SIDE TABLE NEXT TO ME. MUSIC

PLAYING IN THE CORNER., AS YOU

ARE. SEEMINGLY THE MOST

IMPROBABLE PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO

TO GET SAVED. I SAY IT'S THE

KINDNESS OF A VERY REAL GOD TO

MEET A WANTED PASTOR'S KID IN A

A PLACE COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED BY

BY THE HANDS OF MAN. IN THIS

PLACE WE HAD LIKE AN INTERNAL DIALOGUE.

INTERNAL DIALOGUE. I DIDN'T

AUDIBLY HEAR HIM BUT I KNEW I

WAS TALKING TO HIM. GOD, I WANT

WANT TO GIVE YOU MY LIFE. I

WANT TO QUIT ALL THIS ADDICTION

ADDICTION AND DARKNESS I'VE

KNOWN FOR SO LONG. I WANT TO,

BUT I CAN'T. I FELT LIKE THE

HOLY SPIRIT SAID YOU WON'T DO IT,

DO IT, GOD WILL. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC

]

Reporter: WERE YOU A MAN ON

THE RUN AS WELL AT SOME POINT?

MY STORE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MY GRANDMOTHER

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A MINISTER

OF MUSIC AT HER CHURCH. MY MOM

WAS A MINISTER OF MUSIC. MY

FATHER WAS A MINISTER OF MUSIC.

MUSIC. WE GREW UP IN CHURCH. MY

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A MINISTER

OF THE MUSIC 50 YEARS ALMOST.

GOD HAS GIVEN ME FAVOR AND PUT ME

PUT ME IN A LINE OF GREATNESS A

A LONG TIME AGO.

Reporter: WHAT UNITES YOU

TWO? WHAT HAPPENED THAT MADE

YOU GUYS SAY YOU KNOW, WE

SHOULD -- SOMEBODY CALL JESUS.

THE LORD.

WE LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO EACH

EACH OTHER. WE LIVE LIKE 10 MINUTES.

10 MINUTES. WE'VE KNOWN EACH

OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. WE BOTH

HAVE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT,

DURING THE PANDEMIC, HEY, LET'S

LET'S GET TOGETHER AND DO

SOMETHING. WE DID, AND IT WAS

SO FUN. IT WAS AT WORK AT ALL.

OH MY GOSH, I LOVE THIS. HEY,

PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU GUYS

AROUND HERE. PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.

TO THIS. WONDERING WHAT GOD IS

UP TO.

IT LITERALLY COMES AT THE HEIGHT

THE HEIGHT OF SOME RACIAL TENSION.

RACIAL TENSION.

NOT THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT

IT LIKE THAT. TO BE HONEST WITH

WITH YOU, THIS IS A VERY

KINGDOM FRIENDSHIP. IT IS NOT

WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING BECAUSE

I'M WHITE AND YOU ARE BLACK. IT

IT IS NO, MAN, I LOVE YOU,

LET'S DO SOMETHING TOGETHER,

THIS IS FUN. IT BECAME THAT,

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT WE WERE

WERE INTENDING.

IT IS US NOT TURNING EACH

OTHER INTO EACH OTHER. IT IS US

US BEING WHO WE ARE. ALLOWING

GOD -- AND ALLOWING THE

TRUTHFUL CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN.

TO HAPPEN. WE ARE ABLE TO SAY

HE'LL CALL ME. THIS IS A CONVERSATION.

A CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT'S

WHAT HELPS BUILD KINGDOM, AND

WHAT IS BUILDING THE

RELATIONSHIP, AS WE ARE ABLE TO

TO LISTEN TO MY STORY. YOU ARE

ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE HARDSHIPS

HARDSHIPS AND THE THINGS I'VE

BEEN THROUGH, AND GET A UNDERSTANDING

OF WHY THIS IS LIKE THIS. WHY

MY CULTURE IS LIKE THIS. I GET

AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOUR

CULTURE IS LIKE THIS, WHICH

MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO DO

MINISTRY TOGETHER.

I THINK GENUINE LOVE AND GRACE,

AND GRACE, WHICH THOSE ARE BIG

VOICES TO ALLOW, BUT AT THEIR

CORE, THEY HONOR YOU. THEY

HONOR EACH OTHER. WITH REAL

LOVE AND GRACE YOU BEGIN TO

TRUST EACH OTHER. HE CAN SAY WHATEVER

SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS TO ME

BECAUSE I KNOW HIM, I LOVE HIM,

HIM, AND HE HAS GRACE TO BE

THAT WAY WITH ME AND VICE

VERSA. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]

I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA OF A KINGDOM

A KINGDOM IS WHEN WE ARE FIXED

ON THE LORD, WE ARE NOT FIXED

ON EACH OTHER. RIGHT? EVERY

KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY TONGUE

WILL CONFESS, AND WE WILL ALL

SING TOGETHER TO HIM, HOLY,

HOLY, HOLY. IT WILL ALL BE

DIFFERENT TONGUES, DIFFERENT NATIONS.

DIFFERENT NATIONS. IT WILL JUST

JUST BE ALL AT ONCE ADORING

HIM.

I THINK WITH US WE JUST LIKE,

JUST LIKE, WE DO IT, IF YOU

LIKE IT OR NOT. IT'S WHAT GOD

GAVE US, AND WE ROLL WITH IT

AND PEOPLE ARE GRABBING A HOLD

TO ITS. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]

THEY ARE GIVING US A VERY

REAL PICTURE OF HEAVEN, AND

THAT HEAVEN CAN BE RIGHT HERE

ON EARTH. THAT'S WHAT JESUS

MEANT WHEN HE ASKED US TO PRAY,

PRAY, THAT GOD'S WILL WILL BE

DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

IN HEAVEN. IT WAS HIS PRAYER IN

IN JOHN:17 THAT WE WOULD BE ONE.

BE ONE. JUST AS HE AND THE

FATHER ARE ONE. NOT SOME

HOMOGENEOUS KIND OF BLENDING,

BUT WE ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR

WHO WE ARE. THAT WE WERE MADE

IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. AND THAT UNIQUENESS

THAT UNIQUENESS THAT EACH ONE

OF US HAS, IT'S THAT VERY

UNIQUENESS THAT MAKES US SO VALUABLE.

SO VALUABLE. WHEN YOU REALIZE

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE LIKE YOU IN

IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, THAT

GIVES YOU VALUE. THAT MAKES YOU

YOU SO IMPORTANT. BUT THEN YOU

LOOK AROUND YOU, AND YOU CAN SEE,

CAN SEE, WELL, THERE'S NOBODY

ELSE LIKE YOU, OR YOU, OR YOU.

EACH ONE UNIQUE, BUT AT THE

SAME TIME, ABLE TO BE ONE. ONE

IN HIM. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR

AMERICA TODAY.

>

OUR POLITICS, OUR ECONOMY,

OUR VERY SOCIAL STRUCTURES, SEEMED

STRUCTURES, SEEMED TO BE AIMED

AT DIVIDING ONE ANOTHER. TO

DIVIDE US INTO COMMUNITIES, AND

AND FIT THOSE COMMUNITIES

AGAINST EACH OTHER TO DRIVE

WEDGES BETWEEN US. BUT HERE IS

A GREAT UNIFIER, HIS NAME IS

JESUS CHRIST. IN HIM WE TRULY

CAN BE ONE. IN HIM, WE CAN

TRULY HEAL. AND HIM WE CAN

TRULY REALIZE THAT THERE IS A

UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD OF ALL PEOPLE.

ALL PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL RELATED.

WE ALL GO BACK TO ADAM AND EVE.

AND EVE. THERE AREN'T MANY RACES.

MANY RACES. THERE'S ONLY ONE

RACE, AND IT'S CALLED THE HUMAN RACE.

HUMAN RACE. HERE'S THE

SCRIPTURE FOR YOU. THERE IS NEITHER

IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, SLAVE

SLAVE NOR FREE, THERE IS

NEITHER MALE OR FEMALE, FOR YOU

YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.

CHRIST JESUS. LET'S PRAY FOR

AMERICA TODAY. WE ARE PRAYING

FOR 40 DAYS. WE NEED HEALING IN

IN OUR LAND. WE JUST SAW A

WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT THAT., AND

AND HEAL US. HEAL OUR DIVIDES.

LET US BE ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE GREAT

DREAM OF AMERICA. WE CAN

FINALLY REALIZE IT IN OUR GENERATION

OUR GENERATION IF WE JUST TURN

TO HIM. WITHOUT HIM, WE CAN'T

DO IT. WITHOUT HIM WE CAN'T.

HERE IS THAT GREAT WORD THAT

WAS GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. I

I CAN DO IT. YEAH, I'LL TAKE

THIS ON. I CAN DO THAT. LET'S

ASK HIM TO DO THAT FOR US.

LET'S COME TOGETHER AND PRAY.

LORD, WE LIFT AMERICA TO YOU,

AND LORD WE LIFT ALL THE

NATIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN AMERICA.

WITHIN AMERICA. WE ASK THAT WE

COULD BECOME ONE NATION. UNDER GOD,

UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE ASK

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME AND

HEAL OUR DIVISION. THAT WE

WOULD SEE EACH OTHER AS YOU SEE US

SEE US, AS YOUR CHILDREN. THE

VALUABLE ONES THAT WE ARE.

LORD, HEAL OUR LAND. LET US

COME TOGETHER AND WORSHIP YOU

WITH ONE VOICE AND ONE ACCORD.

DO THIS, LORD, BECAUSE WE CAN'T

CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN, WE

NEED YOU. WE ARE ONLY ONE WHEN

WE ARE IN YOU. HEAR OUR PRAYER,

FOR WE PRAY IT IN JESUS' NAME,

AMEN. WE ARE PRAYING FOR

AMERICA FOR 40 DAYS. WE ARE

INVITING YOU TO JOIN WITH US.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN AND

SAY YES, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, I

I WANT TO PRAY FOR AMERICA.

CALL US AT 1-800-700-7000. OR

GO TO PRAYFORAMERICA.COM . LET

US KNOW YOU WILL BE PRAYING

WITH US. WHEN YOU DO, WE'LL

SEND YOU A PRAYER FLAG AND A

PRAY FOR AMERICA BUMPER

STICKER, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS CALL US. 1-800-700-7000. OR

OR GO TO PRAYFORAMERICA.COM . >

UP NEXT, BREAKING AMISH.

IT'S NOT JUST A REALITY SHOW,

IT'S A STORY OF THIS MAN'S

LIFE. SEE WHY HE SHUNNED THE

AMISH COMMUNITY AND CULTURE,

AND FIND OUT WHAT HE DISCOVERED

DISCOVERED ALONG THE WAY. RIGHT

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THIS MAN STRIVES TO BE A

DEVOTE MEMBERED OF HIS COMMUNITY.

HIS COMMUNITY. HE TRIED TO

FOLLOW THE RULES. HE EVEN TRIED

TRIED TO ENFORCE THEM. STILL,

THROUGH IT ALL, HE COULD NEVER

SHAKE THE FEELING THAT HE HAD

BLOWN HIS SHOT AT SALVATION.

I KNEW THAT IF I OPENED MY

MOUTH AND I TOLD MY FAMILY WHAT

WHAT WAS GOING ON, IT WOULD BE

OVER WITH ME AS FAR AS TO BE A

GOOD STANDING MEMBER IN THE

AMISH CHURCH. I EVEN HESITATED

TO TELL MY WIFE.

HE GREW UP IN AN AMISH

COMMUNITY IN KENTUCKY WHERE HIS

HIS FATHER WAS A RESPECTED

DEACON IN THE CHURCH. RULES

WERE IMPORTANT TO KEEP, AND

WHEN YOUNG VERN BROKE THEM, HE

HE WOULD HAVE TO CONFESS TO THE

THE CHURCH.

I FELT SO CONVICTED AND SO DIRTY.

SO DIRTY. I FELT LIKE JUST

WRAPPED UP IN SOME KIND OF

AWFUL SIN. THAT'S HOW WE GREW UP.

GREW UP. IT WAS LIKE GOD WAS

LOVE, BUT HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH HE

WOULD PUNISH YOU.

VERN STRUGGLED TO PLEASE

GOD. WHEN HE MARRIED AND

STARTED A FAMILY, HE FELT

CALLED TO BE AN AMISH PREACHER.

STILL, HE NEVER FELT SURE OF

HIS SALVATION.

I NEVER KNEW THAT YOU COULD

KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO

HEAVEN. I COULD NEVER WRAP MY

MIND AROUND LIKE A WARM HUG

TYPE LOVE, LOVING GOD. THAT WAS

WAS A CONSTANT THING GOING ON

IN MY MIND. IS, WHAT CAN I DO

TO BE A BETTER PERSON? WHAT CAN

CAN I DO TO HAVE A BETTER SHOT

AT GETTING INTO HEAVEN? I WOULD

WOULD BE SO MISERABLE BECAUSE I

I DIDN'T KNOW. SO, I WOULD WORK

WORK AND I WOULD WORK AND I

WOULD WORK AT TRYING TO BE THE

BEST AMISH PERSON THAT I COULD

POSSIBLY BE.

DESPITE HIS BEST EFFORTS, HE

HE NEVER FELT PEACE.

IT WOULD DRIVE ME DOWN INTO

THIS PIT OF DESPAIR, AND I

WOULD BE LIKE OKAY, SO, THERE

GOES MY SHOT AT HEAVEN. THERE

GOES MY SHOT AT RIGHTEOUSNESS.

HE WAS A HARSH

DISCIPLINARIAN TOWARDS HIS KIDS,

HIS KIDS, AND EVENTUALLY HIS

MARRIAGE STARTED CRUMBLING.

VERN LONGED TO KNOW WHY HIS

LIFE WAS FALLING APART, DESPITE

DESPITE HIS BEST EFFORTS.

IT WAS AT THAT POINT IN MY

LIFE WHERE I JUST -- I CRIED

OUT TO GOD AND I SAID GOD, I

CAN'T DO THIS ANY LONGER. YOU

ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INTERVENE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP

ME OUT WITH THIS. I STUMBLED

ACROSS A SIMPLE PRAYER. I

PRAYED FOR TRUTH FOR THE VERY

FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.

THAT PRAYER WAS ANSWERED

WHEN VERN MOVED TO A NEW

COMMUNITY WHERE HE WAS ALLOWED

TO WORK OUTSIDE THE AMISH. HE

GOT A JOB DRIVING A TRACTOR,

THEN ONE DAY HE TURNED ON THE

RADIO WHEN HE HEARD A PASTOR

CHALLENGES BELIEVES.

HE WAS GOING THROUGH A

SERIES OF TEACHINGS ABOUT

FAITH, ABOUT GRACE, ABOUT MERCY.

ABOUT MERCY. HE WAS TELLING ME

THINGS THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD

IN MY WHOLE LIFE. I WAS HEARING

HEARING THAT YOU CAN APPLY THAT

THAT NOW, IN THIS LIFE, AND

KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO

HEAVEN. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT

WAIT UNTIL YOU DIED. AND LIVE

IN THAT FEAR. HE SAID I'M GOING

GOING TO DO THIS PRAYER, AND IF

IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG, AND IF YOU

YOU MEAN IT WITH EVERYTHING

THAT YOU HAVE, YOU CAN KNOW

THAT JESUS IS YOUR SAVIOR. SO,

I DID. I FOLLOWED ALONG WITH

HIM AS HE PRAYED. I MEANT IT

WITH EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME. I

I WOULD GO TO THE WORD OF GOD,

AND I READ THINGS THAT I HAD

HEARD THE AMISH PREACHERS

PREACH FOR YEARS, BUT I WOULD

SEE THIS AND IT WAS JUST LIKE

THE WORD OF GOD JUST LEAPT UP

OUT OF THE PAGES AND I WOULD BE

BE SO EXCITED. I COULDN'T

CONTAIN IT.

HE SHARED WHAT HE WAS

LEARNING WITH HIS WIFE, AND SHE

SHE CAME TO FAITH TOO. AS HIS

NEW FAITH GROUP, VERN FELT

COMPELLED TO VISIT A NON-AMISH

CHURCH.

THE PEOPLE RAISED THEIR

HANDS, THEY WORSHIPED GOD. THIS

THIS WAS AMAZING TO ME BECAUSE

THIS JUST NEVER HAPPENED IN MY

CIRCLES AMONGST THE AMISH.

THE PASTOR INVITED HIM TO

COME FORWARD. THOUGH FEELING SELF-CONSCIOU S,

FEELING SELF-CONSCIOUS, VERN

WALKED ON STAGE.

HE LAID HIS HANDS ON ME AND

STARTED PRAYING FOR ME. HE SAID

SAID JUST THROW YOUR HANDS IN

THE AIR AND JUST BASICALLY GIVE

GIVE IT ALL TO JESUS. I HEARD A

A SMALL VOICE TELL ME TONIGHT

IT'S NOT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

TONIGHT, IT'S ABOUT ME AND YOU.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME I JUST

THREW MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR

AND I JUST LOOKED UP AND I JUST STARTED

JUST STARTED SAYING JESUS OVER

AND OVER. THE GLORY OF GOD CAME

CAME DOWN AND HE HEALED ME WITH

WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT THAT

NIGHT. I STARTED CRYING, WEEPING.

CRYING, WEEPING. BECAUSE I KNEW

KNEW AT THAT MOMENT, THAT GOD,

THE SAME GOD THAT MADE THE UNIVERSITIES.

THE UNIVERSITIES. THE SAME GOD

THAT CREATED ME, MET ME IN A

PERSONAL WAY THAT NIGHT WHEN HE

HE BAPTIZED ME IN THE HOLY

SPIRIT. I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE

ANSWERS, BUT I KNEW THAT I

WOULD FOLLOW JESUS, WHATEVER IT

IT MAY, I WOULD FOLLOW JESUS IF

IF IT MEANT DEATH.

THE FAMILY HAD TO LEAVE

THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE

THE AMISH COMMUNITY. GOD

BLESSED THEIR DECISION AND

TRANSFORMED VERN'S LIFE.

THE LOVE OF JESUS WORKED IN

THE SO MUCH THAT IT IMMEDIATELY

IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED MY FAMILY.

I WOULD APOLOGIZE TO MY

CHILDREN WHEN I DID MESS UP, SO

SO IT JUST REALLY SOFTENED ME.

THE LOVE OF JESUS IMMEDIATELY

JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING.

THE LONGING HE HAD TO KNOW

WITH CONFIDENCE HE WAS SAVED

WAS FINALLY SATISFIED IN A

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

JESUS.

I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO

HEAVEN, AND I DON'T HAVE TO

WORK TO GET TO HEAVEN. I NOW

WANT TO WORK BECAUSE I'M GOING

THERE. I LOVE PLEASING MY MASTER,

MY MASTER, MY SAVIOR, MY LORD.

I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT IT FELT

LIKE TO HAVE THE FREEDOM OF NO,

NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW

CHURCH RULES. HE IS ALL IN ALL.

ALL. HE IS EVERYTHING, AND IN

HIM, WE ARE FULL. WE ARE COMPLETE.

ARE COMPLETE. THAT IS -- I'M

JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

JESUS SAYS HE CAME TO SET

THE CAPTIVES FREE. SOMETIMES WE

WE ARE CAPTIVE TO WRONG IMPRESSIONS

WRONG IMPRESSIONS OF WHO HE IS,

IS, AND WRONG TEACHINGS. NOT

DONE DELIBERATELY. ALL OF US

ARE ON A QUEST, ON A JOURNEY TO

TO DRAW CLOSE TO HIM. TO LEARN

MORE ABOUT HIM, TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT OUR JOURNEY HERE IS, AND

THAT HEAVEN IS THEIR HOME. IT

IS WHERE WE ARE HEADING. YOU

CAN'T EARN IT, YOU CAN'T GET

GOOD ENOUGH FOR IT. IT DOESN'T

WORK LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY

JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS. THE

BIBLE SAYS THERE IS NOW

THEREFORE NO CONDEMNATION FOR

THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.

HE DIDN'T ENDURE WHAT HE ENDURED,

HE ENDURED, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS

HE WAS SO MARRED BY THE BEATING

BEATING AND THE WHIPPING AND

ALL THAT HE WENT THROUGH THAT

HE WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE. BECAUSE

HE TOOK ON OUR SIN. HE BECAME SIN.

BECAME SIN. SO THAT YOU AND I

COULD INDEED BE SET FREE. WE

ARE SET FREE BY THE BLOOD OF

JESUS CHRIST. HE LOVED US THAT MUCH

THAT MUCH. MAYBE YOU, LIKE

VERN, HAVE HAD SOME TEACHING

THAT HAS MADE YOU THINK YOU CAN

CAN CLIMB SOME KIND OF A

SPIRITUAL LADDER. IT DOESN'T

WORK. IT LEAVES YOU EMPTY

INSIDE. IT LEAVES YOU

FRUSTRATED. WITHOUT HIM WE KNOW

KNOW WHO WE ARE. WE ARE SINNERS

IN NEED OF A SAVIOR. WITH HIM,

HIM, EVERYTHING CHANGES. VERN

EVEN SAYS THAT, I WAS WORKING

HARD FOR IT BEFORE. NOW, I'M

DOING THINGS THAT SEEMED LIKE

WORK BEFORE BUT I'M DOING IT

BECAUSE I LOVE MY MASTER. WHAT

A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES WHEN WE

KNOW HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES US.

AND ONE DAY WHEN WE ALLOW HIM TO

HIM TO INDWELL US WITH HIS HOLY

HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE INVITED TO

A AMAZING BANQUET. A WEDDING

BANQUET REALLY. WE ARE THE

BRIDE, HE IS THE GROOM, AND WE

WILL BE JOINED WITH HIM FOR ALL

ALL ETERNITY. IT IS A FREE GIFT.

FREE GIFT. THERE IS NOTHING YOU

YOU CAN DO TO EARN IT. BUT WHAT

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS SAY YES TO

THE INVITATION. IT IS AN

INVITATION THAT COMES WITH AN RSVP.

AN RSVP. GOD IS EXPECTIG US TO

TO RESPOND TO HIS INVITATION.

SO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE

FAR FROM HIM, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE

HAVE BEEN TAUGHT FALSE DOCTRINE.

FALSE DOCTRINE. MAYBE HAVE

NEVER BEEN IN THE WORD OF GOD

AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS

BEING TALKED ABOUT, BUT YOU

WANT TO KNOW THE LIVING GOD.

IT'S AS CLOSE AS SAYING YES.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SAYING JESUS,

SAYING JESUS, I WANT YOU IN MY

HEART AND IN MY LIFE. I WANT TO

TO LIVE YOUR WAY. I WANT YOU TO

TO CHANGE THE WAY I THINK. I

WANT TO KNOW AS VERN DID,

TRUTH. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS

TRUTH THAT I WANT TO BE SET

FREE. SET FREE FROM MYSELF. SET

SET FREE FROM BAD BEHAVIOR. SET

SET FREE FROM INCORRECT INFORMATION.

INCORRECT INFORMATION. SET FREE

FREE FROM THE WORLD AROUND THE

THAT IS CONSTANTLY BRUSHING

WITH TEMPTATION AND WITH ALL

KINDS OF STRESS. YOU CAN BE

FREE OF ALL OF THAT, AND IT CAN

CAN START TODAY. JUST PRAY WITH ME.

WITH ME. DO IT RIGHT NOW.

JESUS, I AM A SINNER IN NEED OF

OF A SAVIOR, AND OH, I AM UNDERSTANDING

AM UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR

DEATH WAS FOR ME. FOR ME. SO

TODAY I SAY TO YOU, YES, BE THE

THE SAVIOR OF MY SOUL. BE THE

LORD OF MY LIFE. REIGN IN MY HEART.

MY HEART. FILL ME WITH YOUR

HOLY SPIRIT LIKE YOU FILLED

VERN. GIVE ME WISDOM AND

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

BEYOND MY YEARS AND EXPERIENCE. GOD,

EXPERIENCE. GOD, WOULD YOU

TEACH ME TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

WHEN YOU SPEAK? WOULD YOU OPEN

MY EARS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS

YOU SPEAKING? WOULD YOU OPEN MY

MY HEART TO BE OBEDIENT TO WHAT

WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO ME? GOD,

ME? GOD, LEAD ME IN PATHS OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR YOUR NAME'S

SAKE. I THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT

OF ETERNAL LIFE. I THANK YOU

FOR FORGIVING MY SINCE. FOR A

BRAND-NEW BEGINNING, A START OVER.

START OVER. I WANT TO BE A

CHANGED PERSON FOR YOU, LORD.

I'M ASKING THIS IN THE MIGHTY

NAME OF JESUS. IF YOU'VE JUST

PRAY THAT PRAYER, THEN YOU HAVE

BEGUN THE JOURNEY. YOU ARE A

PART OF THE KINGDOM NOW. WHAT

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IT? HOW DO YOU LIVE IN IT? HOW

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WELCOME YOU TO THE FAMILY OF

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