> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> TODAY, CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

WITH INSIGHT EDITION'S MEGAN

ALEXANDER.

THERE WAS SOMETHING HARD.

AN CALL TO PRAYER IS

CENTERED AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS

MIRACLE.

IT IS A BLESSING TO BE HOME.

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELL, WELCOME TO THE TREND

ONE. AT LONG LAST, WE THOUGHT

WE WOULD NEVER GET HERE. THE

2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE

FINALLY WRAPPING UP IN GEORGIA.

SENATOR WARNOCK AND CHALLENGER

WALKER ARE IN THE FINAL PUSH.

THE OUTCOME OF THIS RUNOFF

COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

ON THE DEMOCRAT AGENDA. L

CORRESPONDENT MATT GALKA

EXPLAINS.

Reporter: AT ONE POINT,

ANALYSTS PREDICTED THIS RACE

IS THE ONE THAT COULD TIP THE

SCALES FOR CONTROL OF THE

SENATE SINCE DEMOCRATS HAVE

ALREADY LOCKED UP THE CHAMBER.

THIS RACE MAY NOT BE THE

PRIORITY IT WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO

BE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT

IS ANY LESS IMPORTANT.? EVERY

VOTE COUNT IS BOTH CANDIDATES

MAKE THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS

AROUND THE PEACH STATE.

WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. NO

ONE IS GOING TO HURT GOD'S

PEOPLE. NOT ON MY WATCH BECAUSE

I'M GOING TO PROTECT MY FAMILY.

I WILL PROTECT GEORGIA. I WILL

PROTECT THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA.? I'D LIKE TO BE IN A

CHURCH TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS MY

FAITH THAT HAS DRIVEN ME IN

PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU DO NOT HAVE

A SENATOR WHO USED TO BE A

PASTOR. YOU HAVE A PASTOR IN

THE SENATE.

Reporter: WHILE WARNOCK

EDGED OUT WALKER IN NOVEMBER'S

GENERAL ELECTION IN A CLOSE AND

CONTESTED RACE, NEITHER

CANDIDATE GOT MORE THAN 50% OF

THE VOTE, TRIGGERING THIS

RUNOFF. LOCKER HUB STORE TO

GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP'S

POPULARITY AND SUPPORT CAN GET

HIM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THAT IS WHY I AM BACK. I

HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME IN VOTING

FOR HIM.

Reporter: WHILE WARNOCK

BROUGHT BACK FORMER PRESIDENT

OBAMA IN THE CLOSING DAYS.?

SOME FOLKS ARE ASKING, WELL, IF

DEMOCRATS ALREADY HAVE CONTROL

OF THE SENATE, WHY DOES THIS

MATTER? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN 50 AND 51? THE ANSWER

IS A LOT. THE SENATE HAS BEEN

DEADLOCKED 50-50 FOR THE PAST

TWO YEARS, WITH THE VICE

PRESIDENT BEING THE DECIDING

VOTE. A WARNOCK VICTORY WOULD

GIVE DEMOCRATS MORE POWER. THAT

IS SOMETHING NOT LOST ON

CURRENT MEMBERS.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

50-50, WHICH I HAVE SEEN OVER

THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND 51-49

SENATE IS SIGNIFICANT. LOOK AT

THE WAY OUR COMMITTEES ARE

STRUCTURED VERY EVENLY DIVIDED

AND THAT MEANS DEMOCRATS CANNOT

PASS LEGISLATION WITHIN AT

LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN SUPPORTING

THEM.

OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME

TOGETHER. WHETHER IT IS 50-50

OR -- WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE

BEST .

Reporter: A CONDENSED EARLY

VOTING PERIOD FOR THE RUNOFF

HAS SHATTERED PREVIOUS RECORDS

WITH MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION

GEORGIANS ALREADY VOTING BEFORE

ELECTION DAY.

PEOPLE SHOW UP -- WHAT WE

ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW, VOTERS

ARE ENERGIZED ON BOTH SIDES OF

THE AISLE. A LOT OF MONEY IS

BEING BENT ON TV. I'M SURE

PEOPLE CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT TO

BE OVER, BUT I THINK WE WILL

HAVE STRONG TURNOUT ON TUESDAY.

Reporter: AFTER ANALYZING

STATE PUBLIC VOTING DATA, THEY

HAVE DETERMINED THAT ALMOST

80,000 PEOPLE WHO DID NOT VOTE

IN THE GENERAL ELECTION HAVE

ALREADY EARLY VOTED FOR THE

RUNOFF. MATT GALKA, CBN NEWS.

SO MUCH FOR RESTRICTIONS AND

TRYING TO INHIBIT THE VOTE. WE

ARE SEEING RECORD TURNOUT

ACROSS THE NATION AND RECORD

TURNOUT TODAY IN GEORGIA. IN

THE OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION,

IS IT GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH

DIFFERENCE, CONSIDERING THE

SENATE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN

DEMOCRAT CONTROL? CONGRESS IS

ALREADY IN REPUBLICAN CONTROL.

THAT ONE VOTE DOES MAKE A

DIFFERENCE BECAUSE SENATOR JOE

MANCHIN COME OVER THE PAST TWO

YEARS, HAS HELD LEGISLATION

BACK IN ORDER TO GET CERTAIN

THINGS ADDED TO IT. SO, IT WILL

-- WILL THE CENTER BE ABLE TO

GOVERN? WILL WE LOOK FOR

COMPROMISE, BIPARTISAN

LEGISLATION -- THE ANSWER IS

PROBABLY NOT. BOTH SIDES ARE

INCREDIBLY POLARIZED AND BEING

LED BY THOSE POLARIZING FACTORS

AS OPPOSED TO HOW CAN WE GOVERN

FROM THE MIDDLE? REGARDLESS OF

WHO WINS, THERE IS GOING TO BE

VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE COMING

TO THE U.S. SENATE.

> IN OTHER NEWS, THE SUPREME

COURT HEARD A LANDMARK CASE

INVOLVING FREE SPEECH THAT

INVOLVES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT

STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

Reporter: THE CASE INVOLVED

A CHRISTIAN WEB DESIGNER

CHALLENGE TO AN AMOUNT OF

COMMISSION LINE COLORADO. LORIE

SMITH TOLD THE HIGH COURT THE

LAW COMPELS HER TO PROMOTE A

MESSAGE THAT CONFLICTS WITH HER

FAITH, IN THIS CASE, SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE ME

TO CREATE CUSTOM UNIQUE ARTWORK

TO PROMOTE IDEAS INCONSISTENT

WITH MY FAITH AND THE CORE OF

WHO I AM. NO GOVERNMENT

OFFICIAL SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO

THAT TO ANY OF US.

NEIL GORSUCH APPEARED TO

LEAN TOWARDS SMITH'S ARGUMENT,

SAYING TO HER ATTORNEY, THERE

ARE CERTAIN HETEROSEXUAL UNIONS

THAT YOUR CLIENT WOULD NOT

SPEAK FOR EITHER. THE QUESTION

IS NOT WHO BUT WHAT. ANOTHER

JUSTICE THAT RULING FOR SMITH

WOULD AMOUNT TO DECLARING THAT

A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS COULD

REFUSE TO SERVER OF A CUSTOMER

BASED ON RACE, SEX, RELIGION,

OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THE NEW

JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON

LINKED THE CASE TO RACIAL

DISCRIMINATION, SAYING

HISTORICALLY, OPPOSITION TO

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE AND

INTEGRATION IN MANY INSTANCES

WAS ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS. THE

DECISION IS EXPECTED NEXT

SUMMER.

> THE POPULAR STREAMING

SERIES, THE CHOSEN, CONTINUES

TO GAIN TRACTION WITH U.S.

AUDIENCES, SHOCKING

INVITATIONS. ONE EVENT PREMIERE

THE FIRST TWO EPISODES

NATIONWIDE IN THEATERS. IT

PLAYS SECOND IN U.S. BOX OFFICE

REVENUE FOR THE DAY AND THIRD

OVERALL FOR THE WEEKEND. THEY

REPORT IT IS THE HIGHEST

GROSSING EVENT IN ITS HISTORY,

SELLING MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION

TICKETS AND GROSSING NEARLY 14

1/2 MILLION DOLLARS AT THE BOX

OFFICE. SEASON THREE OF THE

SERIES BEGINS STREAMING ON

SUNDAY DECEMBER 11th, RELEASING

A NEW EPISODE WEEKLY PEER

> FILMS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND

ARCHAEOLOGY ARE BECOMING MORE

POPULAR. A RECENT DOCUMENTARY

EXPLORES THE EVIDENCE FOR THE

SITE OF MOUNT SINAI. AS BILLY

HALLOWELL REPORTS, THEY SEEK

NOT TO DOCUMEN HISTORY, BUT TO

STRENGTHEN PEOPLES FAITH.

Reporter: I'M LOOKING FOR A

PATTERN OF EVIDENCE MATCHING

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS

RECORDED IN THE BIBLE.

REPORTER:'S LATEST FILM

TAKES HIM ON AN INVIGORATING

QUEST TO FIND THE MOUNTAINOUS

LOCATION WHERE GOD CAME DOWN TO

MEET MOSES AND THE ISRAELITES

AND DELIVER THE LAW. PATTERNS

OF EVIDENCE JOURNEY TO MOUNT

SINAI AS AN INVESTIGATION WITH

DEEP BIBLICAL RULES.

THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF

ACTIVITY HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE.

IN FACT, MOSES WAS OUT MINDING

HIS OWN BUSINESS WITH A FLOCK

OF SHEEP WHEN GOD APPEARS TO

HIM IN A BURNING BUSH.

Reporter: WHILE THE EXACT

LOCATION HAS BEEN DEBATED, IT'S

BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE CANNOT BE

OVERSTATED. HE EXPLAINS HOW HE

NAVIGATES COMPLEX BIBLICAL

TERRAIN IN SEARCH OF TRUTH.

WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS DONE IS A

LOOK FOR A PATTERN. WE ALWAYS

GO BACK TO THE BIBLICAL

CRITERIA. WHAT I HAVE -- MY

TEAM AND I HAVE DONE -- WE HAVE

GRADED AN INVESTIGATION

CRITERIA.

Reporter: AND HIS SEARCH, HE

USES A SCORECARD TO ASSESS

POTENTIAL LOCATIONS BASED ON

BIBLICAL DESCRIPTIONS. THIS IS

THE FIRST OF TWO FILMS

EXPLORING THE CRITERIA OF SIX

POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.

THIS IS A TWO-PART FILM

STORIES PURPOSEFIRST ONE LOOK

AT THE FIRST THREE MOUNTAINS

AND WE WILL ASK THE QUESTION,

CAN WE FIND THE JOURNEY? IS

THERE EVIDENCE OF THE ROUTE

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN?

Reporter: IS FILMMAKING IS

AT SIX PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE

FILMS AND COUNTING. HE SAYS HIS

INVESTIGATION INTO BIBLICAL

RUTH IS SPARKED BY A QUEST TO

CORROBORATE HIS WORLDVIEW.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE

FACT THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAID IT

IS NOT TRUE, THEN I HAVE GOT A

CONFLICT OF MY WORLDVIEW. SO, I

WANTED TO FIND OUT MY BELIEVING

A FAIRYTALE OR AM I BELIEVING

SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAPPENED?

Reporter: HE FEELS THESE

JOURNEYS HAVE NOT ONLY

VALIDATED SCRIPTURE, BUT ALSO

SIMULTANEUSLY INSPIRED HIS

FAITH. HE IS HOPING TO DO THE

SAME IN VIEWERS' HEARTS AND

MINDS.

MY TAKE AWAY IS WE HAVE TO

WAKE UP AND PAY ATTENTION. YOU

KNOW, IF WE ARE -- WE ARE

GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO

THE TIME OF CHRIST RETURNING.

SO, THERE ARE MANY WARNINGS

ABOUT FALLING ASLEEP. THESE

FILMS, I THINK, ARE TO WAKE

PEOPLE UP AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM

THAT THIS IS TRUE.

Reporter: HE IS NO DOUBT

HELPING BRING THE PAST ALIVE

THROUGH POWERFUL EYE-OPENING

EXPLORATIONS THAT POINT

BELIEVERS BACK TO ETERNAL

TRUTH. THIS IS BILLY HALLOWELL

FOR CBN NEWS.

> IT LOOKS LIKE A FASCINATING

FILM. GORDON, BACK TO YOU.

EVERY DAY IN ISRAEL, THE

ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE TURNING OVER

STONES AND FINDING THAT GOD'S

WORD IS WRITTEN IN THE STONES

UNDERNEATH OUR FEET, THAT

ARCHAEOLOGY IS PROVING THE

EVIDENCE OF THE BIBLE EVERY

SINGLE WEEK. YOU KEEP FINDING

IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. ON THIS

FILM, WILL WE EVER REALLY CALM

TO CONCLUSIONS THAT SCHOLARS

WILL LINE UP AND SAY, YES, YOU

FOUND MOUNT SINAI? I DO NOT

THINK SO BUT IT IS GOOD TO

THINK ABOUT IT AND THINK, WHAT

PATTERNS EXIST IN VARIOUS

LOCATIONS THAT WOULD SHOW, YES,

YES, INDEED, THERE WAS AN

ACCIDENTS. THERE WAS AN

EXPERIENCE MOSES HAD ON TOP OF

THE MOUNTAIN WHERE HE RECEIVED

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND THEN

BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE CHILDREN

OF ISRAEL. THEY HAVE TRIED TO

LIVE BY THOSE COMMANDMENTS EVER

SINCE. IT IS A WONDERFUL STORY

AND A WONDERFUL INVESTIGATION.

TERRY?

> WELL, AMERICA IS A SINGLE

DEADLIEST DRUG THREAT, FENTANYL

. FENTANYL FROM CHINA IS

POURING ACROSS THE BORDER FROM

MEXICO. EVEN WORSE, THESE DRUGS

ARE BEING MARKETED TO CHILDREN.

FIND OUT WHAT IS BEING DONE TO

STOP THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL

CRISIS.

> LATER ON, WE SEE A

SHOCKWAVE . THERE IS SOMETHING

WRONG WITH YOUR BABY'S HEART.

IN NO TIME, THEIR CHILD WAS ON

A VENTILATOR, STRUGGLING FOR

LIFE. SEE HIS ONLY OPTION FOR

SURVIVAL. THAT IS COMING UP.

> 100 TIMES STRONGER THAN

MORPHINE. 50 TIMES MORE POTENT

THAN HEROIN AND CHEAPER TO

MASS-PRODUCE. FENTANYL IS

SURGING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN

BORDER, ALONG WITH A RISING

WAVE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

TARA MERGENER REPORTS ON THIS

DEADLY THREAT.

THE AGENCY SAYS MOST ARE

COMING INTO THE U.S. -- NO

LONGER SENT FROM CHINA THROUGH

THE MAIL. INSTEAD, CHINA IS

SENDING IT TO MEXICO, WHERE IT

IS MANUFACTURED IN LABS AND

SMUGGLED OVER THE BORDER. LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS POINT TO

THE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL

FUNNELING ACROSS THE BORDER AS

THE NATION'S SINGLE DEADLIEST

DRUG THREAT.

DESCRIBED TO ME HOW IT IS

GETTING IN HERE.

CHINESE CRIMINALS ARE

EXPORTING THESE CHEMICALS INTO

MEXICO, SO THE MEXICAN CARTELS

CAN THEN DISTRIBUTE AND

MANUFACTURE THIS POISON AS

COUNTERFEIT PILLS. THE WHOLE

POINT BEHIND IT IS TO DRIVE

ADDICTION AND TO MAKE A PROFIT.

Reporter: SOLD AS POWDER OR

A PILL, FENTANYL IS 100 TIMES

STRONGER THAN MORPHINE, 50

TIMES MORE POTENT THAN HEROIN,

AND CHEAPER TO MASS-PRODUCE.

FENTANYL THAT IS COMING

ACROSS OUR BORDER IN RECORD

NUMBERS, SURGING 134% LAST

YEAR.

Reporter: EVEN A TINY AMOUNT

CAN BE LETHAL.

WE ARE LOSING 289 AMERICANS

AT DAY. THAT IS EVERY FIVE

MINUTES, YOUNG KID IS DYING.

Reporter: AN ESTIMATED

100,000+ IN THE U.S. DIED

BECAUSE OF FENTANYL DURING THE

PANDEMIC ALONE. NUMBERS

CONTINUE TO SOAR.

IT HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE

BLACK-MARKET ADDERALL, IT HAS

FOUND IN ECSTASY PILLS. IT HAS

BEEN FOUND IN COCAINE. PEOPLE

THINK THEY ARE BUYING ANOTHER

DRUG AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY

INGESTING FENTANYL PEER

Reporter: DA LAB TEST SHOWS

60% OF FENTANYL LACED FAKE

PILLS ANALYZED IN 2022

CONTAINED A POTENTIALLY FATAL

DOSE OF THE OPIOID. ONLY TAKE

PRESCRIPTION PILLS THAT ARE

PRESCRIBED TO YOU PERSONALLY

AND THAT COME FROM A PHARMACY.

COLORFUL FENTANYL PILLS, AGENTS

SAY, BEING USED TO TARGET

CHILDREN AND ARE ALSO POPPING

UP IN ONE COMMUNITY AFTER

ANOTHER. FEDERAL AGENTS WITH AN

LEARNING WARNING TO PARENTS

ABOUT RAINBOW FENTANYL, PILLS

THAT ARE THE COLORS OF CANDY.

Reporter: SINCE OFFICE,

OFFICERS HAD SEIZED OF THE

DEADLY FENTANYL ACROSS TWO

DOZEN STATES AND COUNTING.

CRITICS OF THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING TEXAS

GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, CALL THE

CRISIS A RESULT OF THE

PRESIDENT'S REFUSAL TO SECURE

THE BORDER.

THEY ALSO SENT THIS LETTER

TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE

PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,

DEMANDING THAT THEY CLASSIFY

DRUG CARTELS OPERATING IN TEXAS

AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY THAT

THERE IS ANY ATTEMPT BY THIS

ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THESE

DRUGS FROM POURING OVER THE

BORDER?

THEY NEED TO PUT PRESSURE

ON MEXICO TO IDENTIFY THESE

CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TO

IDENTIFY THESE CHEMICAL WEAPON

LABS THAT ARE BEING

MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO, THAT

ARE DISTURBING DRUGS IN MASS

QUANTITIES.

Reporter: TEXAS ALONE HAVING

MORE THAN 400 MILLION DOSES OF

FENTANYL SEIZED SINCE MARCH OF

2021.

IT IS NO QUESTION IS THAT WE

HAVE A BORDER THAT IS

OUT-OF-CONTROL, THAT THERE ARE

THOUSANDS OF THOUSAND OF PEOPLE

COMING OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE WE HAVE

A FENTANY PROBLEM ON TOP OF

THAT. IT IS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFICKING

PERSONS, THOSE ARE THE SAME

ONES PRODUCING FENTANYL AND

SENDING IT INTO THE U.S.

Reporter: ADDING TO THE

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, LEGAL

IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED FOR DRUG

SMUGGLING ARE NOT SUPPORTED AND

THEY REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY AND

PROCESSED IN OUR SYSTEM.

GORDON?

TARA, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARING TO

LIFT A TRUMP-ERA POLICY ON

ASYLUM SEEKERS CALLED TITLE 42.

WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT IN

CHANGING THE POLICY?

WELL, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THEY

ARE HANGING BY A THREAD. THE

ILLEGAL CROSSINGS, THE ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION, THE BORDER PATROL,

THEY ARE HANGING BY THIS

THREAD. NOW, THEY ARE EXPECTING

THAT TITLE 42 IS LIFTED. THEY

BELIEVE THEY COULD TRIPLE THE

ILLEGAL CROSSINGS. AT 8000

PEOPLE A DAY, ILLEGAL CROSSINGS

-- DO THE MATH. 8000 -- IT IS

GOING TO BE 24,000 A DAY

POSSIBLY AND UP TO 9 MILLION

CROSSINGS A YEAR, GORDON. MANY

PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED. YOU

KNOW THAT THE RESOURCES ARE

ALREADY DEPLETED. YOU HAVE THE

AIR MARSHALS AND THEY HAVE

ALREADY BEEN REMOVED, MOST OF

THEM, FROM THE AIR OR IN THE

PROCESS OF THAT. THE RESOURCES

ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW,

DIVERTED TO THE BORDER AND MORE

STRAINED AND MORE RESOURCES

WILL BE DIVERTED TO THAT AND

THEY SAY THEY ARE VERY

CONCERNED THAT THE SAFETY OF

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS

LESSENING EVERY DAY.

I'M HAVING TROUBLE FINDING

OUT OR FIGURING OUT THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION'S ENDGAME ON

THIS. WHEN YOU START TALKING

ABOUT 2 1/2 MILLION -- WE ARE

GOING TO TOP 3 MILLION. YOU ARE

PROTECTING AS MUCH AS 9 MILLION

A YEAR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

I HAVE A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT

WHAT, POLITICALLY, HOW DOES HE

THINK THAT IS A WIN? SO, CAN

YOU FILL IN THE BLANK FOR ME?

WHAT IS IN IT FOR THIS

ADMINISTRATION, TO CONTINUE

THIS POLICY?

THE ANSWER IS NOBODY KNOWS.

I HAVE ASKED A LOT OF PEOPLE,

WHAT IS THE END GAME. ALL MY

TRIP TO THE BORDER, I HAVE

ASKED EVERYBODY I TALKED TO

WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE

REASON THAT THEY ARE LETTING

THEM FLOOD THE BORDER? GORDON,

THEY DO NOT KNOW. THAT IS THE

SIMPLE ANSWER. ALL THEY KNOW IT

IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND

THAT IS IT. NOBODY CAN FIGURE

OUT POLITICALLY EVEN THE

ENDGAME BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE

THINK THAT MAYBE IT IS

POLITICAL. THAT YOU FLOOD THE

BORDER AND THAT MAYBE THOSE

PEOPLE VOTED DEMOCRAT BUT

PEOPLE CANNOT SAY THAT IS THE

REASON EITHER. NOBODY KNOWS.

THE VERY DEFINITION OF

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, THEY DO NOT

HAVE VOTING RIGHTS, SO I

CANNOT FILL IN THE BLANK. LET'S

TALK ABOUT THE DRUG EPIDEMIC

THAT IS NOW COMING WITH US.

THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT A

FENTANYL VACCINE. TELL US MORE

ABOUT IT.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT IN TEXAS

JUST TOURED A FACILITY AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. SO, IT

IS A VACCINE THAT IT DOES NOT

PREVENT -- IT DOES NOT PREVENT

THAT IT IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW,

STOP THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE

OF A CRISIS. ESSENTIALLY, IT --

IT PREVENTS THE DRUG TO AFFECT

THE BRAIN, AND SO IT IS

HOPEFULLY GOING TO HELP THE

OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND IT IS

HOPEFULLY GOING TO NOT, YOU

KNOW, PENETRATE THE BRAIN

BARRIER AND BASICALLY HELP THE

OPIOID EPIDEMIC BECAUSE RIGHT

NOW, GORDON, IT BASICALLY --

YOU HAVE 150 PEOPLE A DAY DYING

FROM THIS DISEASE. HOPEFULLY,

WHEN THEY DO THE RESEARCH ON

THIS AND THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE

THIS, IT WILL HELP PEOPLE

BATTLE ADDICTION AND HELP THEM

HEAL AND STOP THE CRISIS IN

SOME PARTS.

WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE DEMAND

NORTH OF THE BORDER. REGARDLESS

OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND

REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION

POLICY, THE DRUG POLICY IS ALL

ABOUT HOW DO WE REDUCE DEMAND?

IS IT TRUE THAT THE TEXAS

NATIONAL GUARD HAS DEPLOYED

ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS TO

THE BORDER?

YES, THAT IS VERY TRUE. THEY

DEPLOYED 10 OF THEM AT THE

SECURITY CHECKPOINTS. THEY ARE

CALLED M1 13 ARMORED PERSONNEL

CARRIERS. AGAIN, THEY HAVE 10

OF THEM. THE MAIN FEATURE AS I

UNDERSTAND THEM IS THEY ARE IN

CLOSE. THEY ARE ALUMINUM ALLOY

AND THEY ARE AIMED AT

PREVENTING THE ARMORED

PERSONNEL FOR GETTING HURT,

GETTING KILLED. SO, THEY HAVE

GOT MACHINE GUNS MOUNTED TO THE

TOP OF THEM. THIS IS THE UNITED

STATES. IT IS SHOCKING TO SEE

THIS IS NECESSARY. THE REASON

FOR IT IS THE SPIKE IN DRUG

CARTEL ACTIVITY. SO, YOU HAVE

MORE DRUG CARTEL ACTIVITY SINCE

THE LAST TWO YEARS AND IT IS

DANGEROUS. AGAIN, WHEN TITLE 42

IS LIFTED, THEY ARE REALLY

CONCERNED THAT VIOLENCE IS

GOING TO GET EVEN WORSE AND IT

IS -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT

300, MORE THAN 300 AT THIS

POINT, VIOLENT INCIDENTS OR

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AT THE

BORDER. THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE

LIVES HERE, GORDON.

I AM ALL FOR PROTECTING THE

BORDER AND FOR PROTECTING THE

NATIONAL GUARD. ANYTHING THAT

DOES THAT IS OKAY WITH ME.

TARA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

REPORT. IT IS UNBELIEVABLY

ALARMING. TERRY?

> STILL TO COME, THE SMALL

TOWN CHRISTMAS STORE IS MAKING

A TRIP TO R STUDIO. THE HOST

OF THE SERIES, MEGAN ALEXANDER,

JOINS US TODAY ON THE PROGRAM.

> UP NEXT, A THREE MONTH OLD

WITH HEART FAILURE AND A

TRANSPLANT IS HIS ONLY OPTION.

SEE HOW 15,000 FACEBOOK

FOLLOWERS HELP SAVE HIS LIFE

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

> THREE MONTH AFTER HE WAS

BORN, KALEB WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

A HEART CONDITION THAT REQUIRED

A TRANSPLANT. NEEDED A MIRACLE

TO STAY ALIVE AND 15,000

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS HELPED HIM

GET ONE. THAT WAS JUST IN THE

NICK OF TIME.

MARISSA AND KALE WADDLETON

WERE ENJOYING THE LABOR DAY

WEEKEND AT THE BEACH HOUSE NEAR

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHEN THEIR

THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY, KALEB,

DEVELOPED BREATHING PROBLEMS.

I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF,

EVERYTHING IS FINE. HE IS

TEETHING OR HAS A COLD OR MAYBE

HE HAS ASTHMA. BUT SOMETHING

WAS TELLING ME OTHERWISE.

THEY DECIDED TO TAKE KALEB

TO AN URGENT CARE CENTER NEAR

THEIR HOME IN COVINGTON,

GEORGIA.

THE DOCTOR WALKS IN AND

LOOKS OVER HIM AND SAYS I DO

NOT LIKE THE WAY HE IS

BREATHING. SO, MULTIPLE PEOPLE

STARTED COMING IN AND THEY DID

ALL KINDS OF TEST.

ONE ABNORMAL EKG GIVE MORE

REASON FOR CONCERN.

SHE TOOK US BACK INTO THE

ROOM -- THEY SAID, THERE IS

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR

BABY'S HEART. HE NEEDS TO GO TO

THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE.

WE FELL TO THE FLOOR,

CRYING. WE JUST NEEDED TO GET

HIM ON MEDICINE.

HE WAS MEDIVACED CHILDREN S

HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA. WHEN

MARISSA AND KALE ARRIVED, THEY

LEARNED HE WAS IN STABLE BUT

CRITICAL CONDITION.

MY CHILD IS ON A VENTILATOR.

THERE IS NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE

SEEING HIM LIKE THAT.

Reporter: HE WAS A KEY PART

OF KALEB'S MEDICAL TEAM.

KALEB CAME TO US WITH A

VERY COMMON SYMPTOMS OF HEART

FAILURE, WHICH ARE OFTEN MISSED

INITIALLY. BECAUSE WE DO NOT

THINK OF HEART FAILURE IN

BABIES, THE HEART -- MORE

IMPORTANTLY, THEY WOULD HAVE

DETERIORATED.

Reporter: THEY KNEW THEY

NEEDED GOD'S HELP AND CALLED

THEIR UNCLE TO COME PLAY WITH

THEM.

THEY HAD A CHAPEL. WE JUST

PUT IT ALL IN GOD'S HANDS. WE

JUST WANTED OUR BABY BETTER. WE

KNEW WE COULD NOT DO IT, SO IT

WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

THE HEART FUNCTION WAS POOR

ENOUGH THAT EVEN ON

MEDICATIONS, THERE WAS REALLY

NO IMPROVEMENT SEEN. THE ONLY

OPTION WOULD BE A

TRANSPLANTATION AT THAT POINT.

Reporter: KALEB WAS PUT ON

A WAITING LIST AND THEY DID NOT

KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD BE TO

FIND A SUITABLE HEART FOR THE

INFANTS. FRIENDS TO SOCIAL

MEDIA -- THEY PUT OUT CALLS FOR

PRAYER FOR THEIR BABY BOY.

PEOPLE WOULD PRAY -- THEY

SAID THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT

YOU, PRAYING -- THEY WERE

GIVING US HOPE.

I JUST WENT CRAZY WITH THE

PRAYER. PEOPLE WERE REACHING

OUT TO US AND IT REALLY,

REALLY, REALLY HELPED.

AS THEY WAITED, WEEKS TURNED

INTO MONTHS.

IT WAS TOUGH. YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE WE PRAYED EVERY DAY FOR

THAT HARD TO COME AND IT JUST,

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF

ANYTHING.

KALEB WAS ALWAYS JUST HAPPY

AS CAN BE. HIS HEART RATE COULD

BE ASTRONOMICAL, BUT HE WAS

ALWAYS SMILING.

IT WAS EXHAUSTING, MENTALLY

EXHAUSTING. VERY MUCH OF A

ROLLER COASTER. IT HAS GOOD

DAYS AND THEN THERE WERE BAD

DAYS. AND THEN IT WAS, YOU TAKE

ONE STEP FORWARD AND THERE WERE

THREE STEPS BACK.

Reporter: ON DECEMBER 3rd,

THEY GOT THE CALL THAT A

POTENTIAL HEART HAD BECOME

AVAILABLE. WHEN IT WAS

CONFIRMED TO BE A MATCH, BABY

KALEB WAS TAKEN INTO SURGERY.

THERE IS NO WORDS TO

DESCRIBE HANDING HER BABY OVER,

KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE

THE HEART OUT OF HIS BODY. I'M

A BIG CAR GUY. TAKE THE MOTOR

OUT OF THE CAR, PUT IN ONE,

SOMETIMES IT DON'T CRANK RIGHT

BACK UP YOUR THAT IS THE ONLY

THING I'M THINKING. YOU PUT THE

HEART IN BUT WHAT IF IT DOES

NOT START BEATING? THEN I DO

NOT HAVE A LITTLE BOY.

FINALLY, WE HAD TO PRAY,

LIKE, PLEASE BE A PERFECT HEART

FOR KAYLA. LET THAT HEART BE

KALEB'S HEART.

THE TRANSPLANT WAS A SUCCESS

AND KALE AND MARISSA KNEW THEIR

PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

YOU WALK IN ANY HAS THE

PRETTIEST LITTLE SKIN

COMPLEXION. HIS LIPS WERE PINK.

WE KNEW WE WERE ON THE ROAD TO

RECOVERY.

THE NEW HEART WOKE UP VERY

APPROPRIATELY, VERY HEALTHY,

AND STAYED VERY HEALTHY, MORE

IMPORTANTLY.

WE WENT HOME SEVEN DAYS

LATER ON DECEMBER 11th. BEING

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, IT WAS

GREAT. JUST A BLESSING TO BE

HOME.

TODAY, KALEB IS STILL

HEALTHY, GROWING, AND SHOWING

NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. THIS

AND EVERY CHRISTMAS, KALE AND

MARISSA ARE GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S

WONDERFUL GIFTS.

HE IS DEFINITELY A REMINDER

THAT GOD HEALS. GOD FIXES. HE,

YOU KNOW, TAKES A VERY SICK

CHILD AND MAKES HIM NEW AGAIN.

I MEAN, HE CAN DO THAT AND HE

DID.

OUR PRAYERS WORTH THANK YOU,

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT JUST

TOTALLY CHANGED OUR HOLE

FAMILIES OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

YOU CANNOT GIVE UP AND YOU

CANNOT LOSE YOUR FAITH. YOU

HAVE TO KEEP PRAYING AND NEVER

STOP. TRUST IN GOD AND KNOW HE

IS THERE FOR YOU. EVERYTHING

WILL BE OKAY.

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

SO OFTEN, WE LOOK AT OUR OWN

PRAYERS AND WE LOOK AT TWO I

BELIEVE ENOUGH? DO I HAVE

ENOUGH FAITH? HERE IS A VERSE

FOR YOU AND I HOPE YOU GET IT

KEEPING YOUR HEART. FAITH WORKS

THROUGH LOVE. WHEN YOU

UNDERSTAND HIS LOVE TOWARDS US,

THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,

HE DIED FOR US, HE LOVES US SO

MUCH. HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE

HIS LIFE FOR US. WHEN YOU START

UNDERSTANDING THE GREATNESS OF

HIS LOVE , WELL, THEN YOUR EYES

GET OPENED TO THE GREATNESS OF

HIS POWER. YOU ARE NO LONGER

TRYING TO DRUM UP ANYTHING. YOU

SAY, YES, FATHER, I RECEIVE ALL

THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE FOR ME.

YOU GET OVER AM I GOOD ENOUGH ?

HAVE I GIVEN ENOUGH? HAVE I

READ ENOUGH? HAVE I GONE TO

SUNDAY SCHOOL ENOUGH? ALL THOSE

THINGS, YOU GET RID OF AND YOU

COME HUMBLY TO THEM. OUR

FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME. YOU ARE

GREAT. YOU LOVE US SO MUCH,

THAT YOU GAVE YOUR ONLY

BEGOTTEN SON. THIS IS

CHRISTMAS, WHERE WE CELEBRATE

THE COMING OF JESUS. THE

GREATEST GIFT THAT WAS EVER

GIVEN, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE

WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY

BEGOTTEN SON , THAT WHOSOEVER,

HERE IS THE GREAT NEWS, YOU CAN

BE A "WHOSOEVER." WHOSOEVER

THAT WOULD BELIEVE WILL NOT

PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING

LIFE. LET'S BELIEVE. LET'S

BELIEVE IN HIS NAME. LET'S

BELIEVE IN HIS LOVE. LET'S

BELIEVE IN HIS FORGIVENESS.

LET'S BELIEVE IN HIS HEALING.

LET'S BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING

THAT JESUS CAME TO PROVIDE FOR

YOU AND ME. LET'S JUST RELAX

INTO IT. WHEN YOU RECEIVE LOVE,

IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU STRIVE

FOR. YOU JUST GET IT. WHEN YOU

GET IT, YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU

NEED. IT IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF

THE PROGRAM, WHERE WE GET TO

PRAY FOR YOU. WE GET TO BELIEVE

TOGETHER FOR MIRACLES. THE

BIBLE SAYS IF TWO OR MORE

AGREE, TOUCHING ANYTHING, IT

SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM BY MY

FATHER IN HEAVEN. THESE ARE THE

WORDS OF JESUS. THESE ARE THE

WORDS OF THE ONE GOD SENT TO

US, TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE NEWS.

TERRY AND I WILL BE YOUR TWO OR

MORE. YOU JUST AGREE WITH US

AND REACH OUT AND TOUCH. BEFORE

WE PRAY, HERE ARE SOME OTHER

REPORTS. PEOPLE HAVE AND HEALED

AND FAITH WORKS THROUGH LOVE

AND THEY RECEIVED IT. SOMEONE

STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONE

OF HER EYES, SOMETHING LIKE A

HAZING FILM MADE SEEING THE

CHALLENGE. SHE HEARD TERRY SAY,

SOMEONE HAS -- IT IS NOT LIKE

YOU HAVE VISION. IT WAS JUST

NOT CLEAR. LINDA CLAIMED THE

WORD AND WAS HEALED.

SHE HAD DEVELOPED

INFLAMMATION AND PAIN IN HER

LEFT KNEE. SHE WORE A BRACE AND

WAS NOT ABLE TO WALK. DURING

ONE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS,

CHRISTINE HURT YOU, GORDON,

SAYING YOU ARE LAYING YOUR LEFT

HAND ON YOUR LEFT KNEE AND

THERE IS SEVERE PAIN ON THE

OUTSIDE OF THAT LEFT ME. YOU

HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY HEALED.

AFTER THE PRAYER, SHE NOTICED

THE SWELLING WAS GONE AND SO

WAS THE PAIN.

LET'S AGREE FOR YOU. JUST

LAY YOUR HAND ON THAT AREA.

WALK INTO THIS WONDERFUL LOVE

AND RECEIVE EVERY THING HE HAS

FOR YOU AND ME. PRAY. LORD,

GOD, ALMIGHTY, WE COME TO YOU

AND WE DECLARE YOU ARE OUR

FATHER. THAT YOU CREATED US.

YOU BREATHE LIFE INTO US. YOU

WANTED US TO BECOME LIVING

SOULS. YOU WANTED TO SHARE YOUR

VERY ESSENCE WITH US. OUR

FATHER, HOLY IS YOUR NAME. MAY

YOUR KINGDOM COME. MAY YOUR

DOMINION COME. MAY YOUR WILL BE

DONE IN OUR BODIES AS IT IS IN

HEAVEN. WE SEE HEAVEN. THERE

IS NO ONE SICK. THERE IS NO ONE

TROUBLED. THERE IS NO ONE

DEPRESSED. THERE IS NO ONE

POOR. YOU WATCH OVER US. MAY

YOUR WILL BE DONE TODAY . AS WE

REACH WITH A HINT OF FAITH AND

PUT IT ON THAT AREA OF THE BODY

THAT NEEDS HEALING, WE AGREE.

WE AGREE WITH YOU AND YOUR

LOVE. WE RECEIVE IT NOW.

STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO JOIN

WITH US AND HEAL AND RESTORE

AND DELIVER US FROM ALL

ANXIETY, ALL PAIN, ALL

INFIRMITY NOW. WE ASK IT IN

JESUS' NAME, AMEN. TERRY, GOD

IS GIVING YOU SOMETHING?

SOMEONE HAS AN ODD CONDITION

ON YOUR FEET. THEY BOTH BURN

AND AT THE SAME TIME -- THERE

IS NO RELIEF. GOD IS HEALING

THAT FOR YOU. DON'T KNOW IF IT

IS NEUROPATHY OR WHAT, BUT NOW,

IN JESUS NAME, IT IS GONE AND

YOU'RE SET FREE FROM IT.

SOMEONE, YOU ARE LAYING YOUR

RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND

GOD -- LET NOT YOUR HEART BE

TROUBLED. NEITHER BE DISMAYED.

YOUR ANXIOUS AND CONCERNED

ABOUT MANY THINGS. GOD JUST

WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE PEACE

THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.

HE WANTS TO STILL THE BEATING

OF YOUR HEART. IN JESUS' NAME,

THE HEALED. AND PEACE TO YOUR

MIND. PEACE TO YOUR SOUL. P

STEERING FROM US BEING. LET

THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH. HE

HAS GOODWILL FOR YOU. HE WANTS

YOU TO REJOICE IN WHAT HE HAS

DONE FOR YOU, WHAT HE IS DOING

FOR YOU. LET THIS BE THE DAY

YOU REJOICE. SAY, THIS IS THE

DAY THE LORD HAS MADE.

SOMEONE HAS A BROKEN

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR DAUGHTER

AND IT IS SUCH A HEART ACHE TO

YOU. THE LORD IS RESTORING THAT

RELATIONSHIP, ALICE. BEGIN TO

THANK HIM AND WORSHIP HIM

BEFORE YOU SEE ANY OF IT BEGIN

TO HAPPEN.

GOD WANTS TO GIVE PEACE TO

HIS CHILDREN, SO LIFT YOUR

HANDS TO HIM AND SAY, LORD, I

NEEDED THAT. I NEED YOUR PEACE

AND I NEED YOUR COMFORT AND I

NEED TO KNOW YOU ARE EMANUEL.

GOD WITH US. I WANT TO TANGIBLY

FEEL YOUR PRESENCE. IN ME,

AROUND ME, FILL ME TO

OVERFLOWING WITH YOUR BREATH

AND YOUR LIFE AND YOUR SPIRIT.

I RECEIVE IT ALL NOW IN JESUS'

NAME AMEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN

HEALED, IF YOU HAVE BEEN

TOUCHED, LET US KNOW HIM BETTER

SHARE IN YOUR REPORT. HOLLIS AT

TRANS US. I REMIND YOU, WE ARE

HERE TO PRAY FOR YOU. WE WANT

TO STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.

WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

PRAYER, THE PRAYER THAT DOES

NOT GIVE UP UNTIL THE ANSWER

COMES. WE WANT TO DO THAT WITH

YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

REACH OUT AND CALL US AT

1-800-700-7000. TERRY?

> COMING UP, THE MAGIC OF A

SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS. TV HOST

MEGAN ALEXANDER TAKES US TO THE

WONDERLAND KNOWN AS HEARTBEAT

FALLS. THAT IS COMING UP NEXT.

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

TWO OF THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN

NATIONS IN EUROPE ARE NO LONGER

MAJORITY CHRISTIAN. FEWER THAN

HALF THE PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND

WALES CONSIDER THEMSELVES

CHRISTIAN ACCORDING TO THE 2021

CENSUS . IT IS THE FIRST TIME

IT HAS DROPPED SO LOW. 46% OF

THE POPULATION OF ENGLAND AND

WALES DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS

CHRISTIAN, DOWN FROM 59% A

DECADE EARLIER. 37% SAID THEY

HAD NO RELIGION, UP FROM 25

PERCENT IN 2011.

> MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP

IS REQUESTING FOR THE PRAYER

FOR THE SAFETY AS WITH RELIEF

OBTAINED IN MOZAMBIQUE.

31-YEAR-OLD RYAN KOHER OF

IDAHO, SR. WITH HIS FAMILY, WAS

TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY OFFICIALS

IN MOZAMBIQUE WHILE PREPARING

TO FLY VITAMINS AND OTHER

SUPPLIES TO CHURCH-RUN

ORPHANAGES IN THE COUNTRY. HE

WAS DETAINED ALONG WITH TWO

SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS ON

SUSPICION -- ON SUPPORT OF

INSURGENT ACTIVITY. HE IS BEING

HELD IN THE HIGH-SECURITY

MOZAMBIQUE PRISON HERE. YOU CAN

ALWAYS GET THE LATEST FROM CBN

NEWS BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

CBNNEWS.COM. GORDON AND TERRY

WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF THE

700 CLUB RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> MEGAN ALEXANDER HAS

TRAVELED TO THE NORTH POLE, THE

ONE IN ALASKA, COURSE BUT SHE

IS ALSO VISITED -- THERE MIGHT

BE -- THE SMALL TOWNS AND MANY

MORE LIKE THEM PERFECTLY

CAPTURE THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS.

MEGAN ALEXANDER IS AN EMMY

NOMINATED HOSE, NATIONAL

CORRESPONDENT FOR INSIDE

EDITION, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR,

AND SPORTS COMMENTATOR. SHE IS

ALSO THE HOST AND EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER OF THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL

SHOW, SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS. HER

LATEST BOOK, THE MAGIC OF A

SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS, TAKES

READERS ON A JOURNEY TO THE

IMAGINARY TOWN OF HEARTBEAT

FALLS, SHOWCASING THE SWEET

TRADITIONS THAT SMALL TOWNS

OFFER DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

MEGAN ALEXANDER IS JOINING

US VIA SKYPE. MEGAN, WE WELCOME

YOU BACK TO THE PROGRAM.

MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS. IT

IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND YOU. DID YOU GROW UP IN

A SMALL TOWN?

I DID. I GREW UP IN EDMOND,

WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MINUTES

OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

AND A VERY MAGICAL SMALL TOWN

CALLED LEAVENWORTH. IT IS NEAR

EASTERN WASHINGTON. MY FAMILY

HAS ALWAYS LOVED TO TRAVEL

DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND NOW WE

ARE IN FRANKLIN, JUST A SMALL

TOWN OUTSIDE NASHVILLE.

SUCH A PRETTY SMALL TOWN.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT A

SMALL TOWN, WHAT ABOUT A SMALL

TOWN CAPTURES THAT MAGIC OF

CHRISTMAS.

YOU KNOW, HALF THE FUN OF

PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SHOW IS

THE FIRST PHONE CALL THAT I

MAKE. I AM STILL DOING MY

RESEARCH ON WHICH COUNTS WE

SHOULD FEATURE AND FOR SEASON

TWO, AS I WAS HEARING:-- THEY

IMMEDIATELY SAY, OH, YOU HAVE

TO CALL JOE AND HIS TREE FARM

OR JANET AND HER BAKERY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY AND

THEY ARE EACH OTHER'S FANS.

THEY KNOW THEY NEED EACH OTHER

BECAUSE SMALL BUSINESSES NEED

TO BE SUPPORTED AND I'M

INSPIRED BY MANY OF THESE

EVENTS BEING VOLUNTEER DRIVEN.

PEOPLE PUT ON THESE EVENTS FOR

FREE BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT AND

THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF

SOMETHING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE BEEN TOO MANY SMALL

TOWNS AS A TV HOST, BUT WHAT

ARE THE UNIQUE TRADITIONS YOU

HAVE SEEN IN YOUR JOB?

YEAH, COUPLE UNIQUE ONES

THAT I THINK YOU AND YOUR

VIEWERS WILL APPRECIATE. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO ME AND I ALWAYS

LOVE TO GO TO A SMALL TOWN AND

SEE WHAT THE WORSHIP COMMUNITY

IS LIKE. THE FUTURE -- YOU MAY

NOTICE I DID NOT -- DOLLY

PARTON'S DOLLYWOOD AMUSEMENT

PARK IS THE ONLY AMUSEMENT PARK

IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A

FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN AND A

FULL-TIME CHAPEL. SO, EVERY

SUNDAY, EMPLOYEES OR GUESTS

CAN ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE. WE

FEATURE THAT. THE CHAPEL IS

NAMED AFTER THE DOCTOR THAT

DELIVERED DOLLY PARTON. I

THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY

INSPIRING. IN NORTH POLE,

ALASKA, TERRY, YOU WILL NEVER

BELIEVE IT. THEY HAD ST.

NICHOLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH.

OF COURSE.

OF COURSE. I GOT TO WORSHIP

WITH THEM.

THAT IS WONDERFUL. WHAT ARE

SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS

TRADITIONS GROWING UP?

YOU KNOW, FOR ME, MY PARENTS

ALWAYS MADE SURE TO HEART OF

OUR LIVES, WHETHER IT IS

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AND

GOING TO THE CANDLELIGHT

SERVICE. I DO THAT WITH MY KIDS

NOW. DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN HAS A

CUTE LITTLE CHURCH WE GO TO AND

WE SING OUR CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. A FUN

ONE WE STARTED THE LAST COUPLE

OF YEARS IS WE HAVE A

FLASHLIGHT CANDY CANE HUNT IN

THE BACKYARD. WE SPRINKLE CANDY

CANES ALL OVER. THEY COME WITH

FLASHLIGHTS AND THEY TRY TO

FIND THE MOST CANDY CANES, SORT

OF LIKE AN EASTERN AT.

WHAT ABOUT FOOD? DO YOU HAVE

ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE PASSED

IT DOWN TO YOUR CHILDREN?

YEAH, WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT

YOU NEED TO GET BACK INTO THE

KITCHEN. ALL OF -- THEY TAUGHT

ME HOW TO MAKE AND BESSIE'S

CARAMEL CAKE AND SHE GAVE US

THE RECIPE, WHICH WE POSTED ON

THE UPTV WEBSITE. I LIKE TO

FIND OUT WHAT IT IS FOR PEOPLE.

FOR ME , IT WAS -- IF YOU'RE

FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT IS A

CANADIAN TREE. IT IS FUDGE AND

BUTTERCREAM AND EVERYTHING

GOOD. MY BOYS JUST LOVED GOOD,

OLD-FASHIONED COOKIES LIKE

SNICKERDOODLES.

LET'S GET TO ONE OF THE

REASONS WHY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN

IN YOUR KITCHEN LATELY. YOU

HAVE BEEN WRITING. YOU HAVE A

NEW BOOK THAT IS SO CHARMING.

IT IS CALLED THE MAGIC OF A

SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS. IT IS

BRAND-NEW AND YOU TAKE THEM TO

THE FICTIONAL TOWN OF HEARTBEAT

FALLS. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE

TAKEAWAY TO BE FOR PEOPLE WHO

TAKE THIS BOOK AND READ IT?

TERRY, AS A MOTHER OF THREE

LITTLE KIDS, I JUST WANT TO

CONTRIBUTE POSITIVE CONTENT TO

THIS WORLD. THAT HAS REALLY

BEEN MOTIVATING FOR ME. I

WANTED TO WRITE THIS BOOK. YOU

CAN READ IT AND WATCH IT WITH

YOUR FAMILIES. WHEN IT

TRAVELED, I COME HOME AND I

WANT TO TELL MY KIDS ABOUT WHAT

I SAW AND EXPERIENCED AND I

READ -- WHAT IS THAT FOR

LITTLE KIDS? STORYTIME. READING

TO OUR KIDS AT NIGHT. WE TOOK

SOME ELEMENTS OF ALL OF THE

TOWNS WE COVER IN SEASON ONE

AND SEASON TWO OF A SMALL TOWN

CHRISTMAS AND I CREATED THE

IMAGINARY TOWN OF HEARTBEAT

FALLS AND IT HAS ALL THE SWEET

ELEMENTS WE LOVE. IT IS

ILLUSTRATED BY THE INCREDIBLE

-- I HAVE TO GIVE SUCH CREDIT

TO THEM. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

PICTURE OF THE CHURCH. MY HOPE

IS THAT PARENTS WILL REMIND

THEIR KIDS THAT, YES, CHRISTMAS

IS ABOUT SHINY, BEAUTIFUL

OBJECTS AND SO MUCH FUN. I LOVE

IT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS

ABOUT THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY

THAT GATHER WITH US AROUND THE

TABLE AND WE GET TO EXPERIENCE

THESE MOMENTS WITH THEM AND OUR

FAITH AND JESUS' BIRTH AND

KEEPING HIM THE REASON FOR THE

SEASON. I AM HOPING THIS CAN BE

A TOOL FOR OTHER FAMILIES.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS

ABOUT A BOOK IS THAT IT ALSO

INITIATES CONVERSATION. SO, IT

REALLY GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY

AS YOU ARE DOING IT WITH YOUR

CHILDREN TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF

THE THINGS YOU HAVE MENTIONED

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER

STUFF LIKE THE LIGHTS, SANTA,

GINGERBREAD, CANDY CANES.

MAKING SURE THE REAL MEANING OF

CHRISTMAS IS AT THE CORE OF IT

ALL IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US AS

BELIEVERS.

I COMPLETELY AGREE, TERRY.

HOUR SMALL TOWNS ARE DOING

SOMETHING RIGHT. AS I TRAVEL TO

THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND I

TRY TO REFLECT THIS IN THE

BOOK, CHURCH IS STILL THE

CENTER OF SO MUCH ACTIVITY IN

SMALL TOWNS. THEY ARE

OVERFLOWING WITH PEOPLE. THAT

IS VERY APPARENT. JUST THE

THINKING BEYOND YOURSELF THAT

YOU FEEL IN A SMALL TOWN, THAT

IS SELFLESSNESS OF LET'S

ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER AND TALK

TO EACH OTHER AND SHOW UP FOR

EACH OTHER. I WANT TO TRY TO

PASS THAT ALONG AND HELP

PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAVE

THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEIR

KIDS, LIKE I AM TRYING TO DO.

TO ALL OF OUR VIEWERS, THEY

CAN GO TO HEARTBEAT FALLS IN

MEGAN'S BRAND-NEW CHILDREN'S

STORY CALLED "THE MAGIC OF A

SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS." IT IS

AVAILABLE IN STORES NATIONWIDE.

MEGAN, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU

AND YOUR FAMILY. IT IS GREAT TO

SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU TOO, TERRY. MERRY

CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY TO EXTRACT

HIS FAMILY HAD NO INCOME, NO

HOME, AND NOWHERE TO GO. SEE

WHO HELPED THEM WHEN NO ONE

ELSE WOULD. PLUS, WE WILL BE

ANSWERING YOUR EMAILS, SO DO

NOT GO AWAY.

> DANNY AND HIS FAMILY LOST

THEIR HOME TWICE. FIRST,

BECAUSE OF A TYPHOON AND SECOND

BECAUSE OF COVID-19. THE FAMILY

HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO UNTIL

OPERATION BLESSING BUILT THEM A

NEW HOUSE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

COVID-19 PANDEMIC, DANNY AND

HIS FAMILY WERE ABOUT TO LOSE

THEIR HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES.

THE PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN

DOESN'T BELONG TO US. THE OWNER

JUST ALLOWED US TO LIVE HERE IN

EXCHANGE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE

LAND.

DANNY'S FAMILY STARTED

LIVING THERE AFTER A CATEGORY 5

TYPHOON DESTROYED THEIR HOME,

LIVELIHOOD, AND BELONGINGS.

THE OWNER THEN ASKED US TO

LEAVE, SO WE WENT TO MINDANAO.

LIFE WAS HARDER FOR US THERE. I

COULDN'T FIND A JOB AND THERE

WERE A LOT OF REBELS LIVING IN

-- WE ALSO MET SUSAN. SHE IS

A SINGLE MOM WHO WAS DISPLACED

BY THE TYPHOON. SHE AND HER

CHILDREN HAD BEEN LIVING IN A

SQUATTER'S CAMPS.

WE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THIS

AREA, BUT THE THING IS WE HAVE

NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. IT IS SO

DIFFICULT. HOW CAN WE GET

MATERIALS TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE?

I AM JUST TRYING MY BEST TO

LOOK FOR ANOTHER PLACE.

WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT DANNY

AND SUSAN, WE BUILT THEM NEW

HOUSES IN OPERATION BLESSING

COMMUNITY OF HOPE IN THE

PHILIPPINES. WE RECENTLY BUILT

HOUSES THERE FOR EIGHT OTHER

FAMILIES AS WELL.

I AM CRYING TEARS OF JOY

BECAUSE I AM HAPPY. IT IS

BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE AND THE

HELP OF OPERATION BLESSING.

MY HEART IS SO GRATEFUL

BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A HOME. I

AM SO THANKFUL. GOD GAVE US A

HOUSE THROUGH OPERATION

BLESSING. LORD --

I GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD

BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS THE ONE

WHO MADE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.

THAT THANK YOU GOES TO YOU

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE 700

CLUB. YOU ARE PART OF THAT

BLESSING, GIVING PEOPLE A HOPE,

A FUTURE, NOT JUST A HANDOUT,

BUT HOW CAN WE HELP YOU

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD LOVES YOU

AND WE LOVE YOU WHEN WE WANT

YOU TO HAVE EVERY THING THAT

YOU NEED IN ORDER TO SURVIVE

AND IN ORDER TO THRIVE IN THE

WORLD. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF

THE 700 CLUB, THANK YOU. A

PORTION OF EVERY GIFT YOU GIVE

HAS GONE INTO THE WORK OF

OPERATION BLESSING. IF YOU ARE

NOT A MEMBER, ENCOURAGE YOU TO

JOIN WITH US. YOU CAN BE A PART

OF BLESSING PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD, WHETHER THAT IS

PROVIDING HOMES IN THE

PHILIPPINES, DISASTER RELIEF

TO THE REFUGEES IN UKRAINE,

DISASTER RELIEF TO PEOPLE WITH

THE KENTUCKY FLOODS, THE

HURRICANES IN FLORIDA. IT IS

ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE

LIKE YOU CARE ENOUGH TO GIVE.

SO, JOIN WITH US. CALL US AT

1-800-700-7000. TO SAY, I WANT

TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 700 CLUB.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER,

ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCREASE. GO

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OR 1000 CLUB AT $8000 A YEAR OR

$84 A MONTH. WHEN YOU CALL,

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CAN SEND IS OUR GIFT YOU A

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TEXT THE LETTERS CBN TO 71777.

DO IT NOW. CALL US AT

1-800-700-7000 . WE HAVE SOME

TIME FOR SOME EMAILS.

THIS FIRST ONE COMES FROM

ALFRED. HE SAYS I SAW WHAT I

BELIEVED TO BE ANGELS THAT

APPEARED ON MY CEILING. AND IS

CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

WHEN ANGELS APPEAR TO PEOPLE.

THEY DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO

ME. I JUST STARED AT THEM.

GOD'S WORD SAYS THAT HE IS

APPOINTING ANGELS TO GUARD OVER

YOU. THAT MEANS EACH ONE OF US

HAS AT LEAST TWO, WHICH IS

REALLY GOOD NEWS. SOME PEOPLE

GET VERY AWARE OF DEMONS AND

THE POWERS OF DARKNESS AND ALL

OF THAT. WE NEED TO BE MORE

AWARE OF WHAT GOD HAS PLACED,

THAT HE HAS PUT THESE ANGELS

CHARGE OVER US TO PROTECT US.

SO, WE HAVE THAT. IF YOU HAVE

BEEN GIVEN THE ABILITY TO SEE

THAT, IT IS CALLED DISCERNING

SPIRITS AND DISCERNING THINGS

IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.

NORMALLY, WHEN ANGELS APPEAR

AND MANIFEST, THEY HAVE TO

START OUT WITH "FEAR NOT." WHEN

YOU HAVE THAT DIRECT ENCOUNTER,

IT IS A VERY POWERFUL

EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE'S VIEW

OF THE UNIVERSE CHANGES. I

WOULD VIEW IT AS SOMETHING THAT

IS COMFORTING, GOD SHOWING YOU,

YES, I HAVE GOT YOU. I HAVE

ANGELS WATCHING OVER YOU. YOU

ARE IN GOOD HANDS.

JOYCE SAYS, HELLO, I HEARD A

PASTOR REMARKED THAT GOD LOVES

THE DEVIL TO RUN PART OF THIS

WORLD AND IT IS DONE IN ORDER

TO FULFILL PROPHECY. WHY WOULD

GOD ALLOW THE DEVIL ANY

AUTHORITY OVER OUR LIVES,

WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS? CAN

YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

WELL, THE ENEMY IS A

DEFEATED FOE. THERE IS

SOMETHING WONDERFUL THAT

HAPPENED. DEATH AND

RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST --

IN THAT, HE LED -- HE

FULFILLED WHAT GOD SAID OVER

EVE, THAT FROM YOU, THERE WILL

BE A DESCENDENT -- HE IS A

DEFEATED FOE. I LOVE WHAT MY

FATHER ALWAYS SAYS. HE IS GOD

THE DEVIL. WHEN FACING THAT

ADVERSARY, REALIZE YOU HAVE A

HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES YOU,

WHO HAS GIVEN YOU DOMINION AND

AUTHORITY. WHAT WAS SOLD TO HIM

IN THE GARDEN OF EACH AND HAS

NOW BEEN REDEEMED AND YOU HAD

EVERY RIGHT TO FIND HIM AND GET

HIM OUT FROM YOUR PRESENCE.

HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALM 62.

TRULY MY SOUL FINDS REST IN

GOD. MY SALVATION COMES FROM