A mother goes in to cardiac arrest. For fifteen minutes, she has no pulse. After going into a coma, there’s no guarantee she’ll wake up. See why she’s being called a “Christmas miracle†on today’s 700 Club.
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> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS
SPONSORED BY CBN.
> COMING UP --
GOT SICK.
A MOTHER IS IN CARDIAC
ARREST.
SHE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES
AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
FOR 15 MINUTES, SHE HAS NO
PULSE. SHE IS PUT IN A COMA
WITH NO GUARANTEES THAT SHE
WILL EVER WAKE UP.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE LIFE
WITHOUT HER.
SEE WHY SHE IS BEEN CALLED A
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
THAT IS WHAT SAVED ME.
ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING WITH US. WE HAVE A
TRIPLEDEMIC OF COVID, FLU, AND
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND IT IS
SURGING NATIONWIDE. THIS
PERFECT STORM HAS DOCTORS
OFFICES PACKED AND HOSPITAL
BEDS FOOL. COME WINTER, THE
CRISIS IS EXPECTED TO GET EVEN
WORSE.
THE RISE IN DEMAND FOR COLD
AND FLU MEDICATIONS HAS CREATED
A SHORTAGE. MEDICAL REPORTER
LORIE JOHNSON BRINGS US SOME
CREATIVE WAYS TO WORK AROUND
THE LACK OF AVAILABLE MEDICINE.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS DEFINITELY
FEELING THE STRAIN OF A PERFECT
STORM WITH THREE VIRUSES
HITTING ALL AT ONCE. HOSPITALS
AND DOCTORS OFFICES ARE
OVERWHELMED WITH THE FLU,
COVID, AND RSV PATIENTS.
OUR BUCK HAD SLOTS FILL UP
THE DAY BEFORE, SO WE ARE
SEEING THE SEARCH.
Reporter: ADDING TO THE
PROBLEM, SOME ANTIVIRALS AND
OTHER MEDICINES THAT CAN TREAT
HIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS ARE
BECOMING HARDER TO FIND IN MANY
PLACE TO US.
WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING
SHORTAGES IN SOME AREAS OF
SUPPLIES OF COMMON ANTIBIOTICS
LIKE AMOXICILLIN, WHICH IS THE
FIRST LINE OF MEDICATION FOR
THINGS LIKE EAR INFECTIONS HIM
AS WELL AS TAMIFLU AND SOME
OTHER MEDICINES AS WELL.
Reporter: NATIONWIDE,
PARENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING
UNABLE TO FIND CHILDREN'S
TYLENOL. ITS MANUFACTURER,
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING WHILE THERE
HAS BEEN HIGH DEMAND, THERE IS
NOT AN OVERALL SHORTAGE. IF YOU
CANNOT FIND THE MEDICATION
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, TALK TO
YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT POSSIBLE
SUBSTITUTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE,
CHILDREN'S MOTRIN CAN SOMETIMES
REPLACE CHILDREN'S TYLENOL.
THEN, THERE ARE HOME REMEDIES
LIKE THE OLD-SCHOOL FEVER
REDUCER OF PUTTING UP COLD
CLOTH ON THE FOREHEAD OR THE
BACK OF THE NECK, WHERE THE
BODY GETS COOLED MOST EASILY.
SUBSTITUTIONS, HOWEVER, NOT
ALWAYS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS WITH
THE CURRENT SHORTAGE OF
ADDERALL, COMMONLY USED TO
TREAT ADHD. OR FOR THE BABY
FORMULA SHORTAGE WITH
DESPERATE PARENTS EXPERIENCING
IT MONTHS AGO. THESE PHARMACY
SCARCITIES ARE DUE TO ONGOING
ISSUES.
THERE IS A SUPPLY CHAIN
PROBLEM. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE SOLVED 6 TO 9 MONTHS AGO.
REMEMBER PETE BUTTIGIEG,
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, WAS
SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
Reporter: ATOP BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HEALTH OFFICIAL
SAYS PHARMACEUTICAL SHORTFALLS
ARE NOT THEIR FAULT AND HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE SOME BROADER SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES WITH HOUR
MEDICATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD
FOR DECADES. I HAVE SEEN THIS
AS A PRACTICING CLINICIAN AND I
FIND SOME NORMAL MEDICINE I KIM
USED TO NOT USING BEING NOT
AVAILABLE. WE HAVE MADE A LOT
OF STRIDES IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION BUT OUR WORK
HERE IS NOT DONE. SO, WE HAVE
TO CONTINUE MAKING SURE THAT
THESE MEDICINES ARE AVAILABLE.
Reporter: SO WHILE AMERICA
STRUGGLES WITH THIS
TRIPLEDEMIC, DOCTORS AND
CONSUMERS WILL NEED TO BE
CREATIVE IN MAKING DO WITH
SHORTAGES OF MEDICATIONS THAT
TREAT THESE ILLNESSES AND
OTHERS.
TELL US. WHY ARE WE SEEING
SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF FLU
CASES? WHAT IS CAUSING THE
EARLY SEARCH?
WELL, NOT ONLY WITH THE BLUE
BUT ALSO WITH RSV, MOST ETHICAL
EXPERT STATUS BECAUSE OF THE
SHUTDOWNS WE EXPERIENCED LAST
WINTER AND -- WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT
GET THE FLU AND RSV LAST YEAR,
AND THE YEAR BEFORE, BECAUSE OF
THE SHUTDOWNS. IN FACT, THERE
WERE PRACTICALLY NO FLU AND RSV
CASES THE LAST COUPLE OF
WINTERS. WHY DOES THAT IMPACT
THIS YEAR? BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET
THESE VIRUSES, YOU DEVELOP
IMMUNITY TOWARDS THEM OR AT
LEAST PARTIAL IMMUNITY. SO,
THINK ABOUT THAT. ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT -- MANY OF THEM
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT LAST YEAR
OR THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WOULD
BE IMMUNE OR AT LEAST PARTIALLY
IMMUNE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER DRUGS THAT ARE IN SHORT
SUPPLY AND WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO
TO FIND MEDICINES THAT THEY
NEED?
WE TALKED ABOUT
AMOXICILLIN. THE ANTIBIOTIC.
TAMIFLU, CHILDREN'S TYLENOL,
AND ALSO ADDERALL. SO, THE
OTHER ONES THAT ARE IN SHORT
SUPPLY RIGHT NOW ARE AN
ANTIBIOTIC -- ANOTHER ONE IS
OFTEN PRESCRIBED FOR ASTHMA AND
IT OPENS THE AIRWAYS, BUT IT IS
OFTEN PRESCRIBED OFF-LABEL FOR
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND THEN A
LOT OF CONSUMERS ARE REPORTING
SEEING EMPTY SHELVES WHERE THE
COUGH AND COLD MEDICATIONS
USUALLY ARE, SO WHAT IS
HAPPENING NOW IS DOCTORS ARE
OFTEN PRESCRIBING A DRUG AND
THEY ARE GETTING THEIR PATIENTS
ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION SAYING,
HEY, THIS IS A DRUG I WANT YOU
TO HAVE, BUT IF THEY ARE OUT OF
IT, SEE IF THEY CAN GET THIS
ONE SOMETIMES, THESE ARE EVEN
EXCHANGES AND SOMETIMES THIS
REALLY WORKS WELL. THE DRUGS
ARE ALMOST THE SAME. OTHER
TIMES, NOT SO MUCH. FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH ADDERALL,
SOMETIMES DOCTORS ARE SAYING,
WELL, THEY'RE OUT OF THAT, YOU
CAN GET RITALIN. THESE ARE NOT
EXACTLY THE SAME. THEY ARE A
LITTLE BIT THE SAME, SO SOME
PATIENTS MIGHT EXPERIENCE A
DECREASED EFFICACY. ANOTHER
THING THAT IS HAPPENING IS
PHARMACIES, SOMETIMES IF THEY
ARE OUT OF THE MEDICATION, THEY
WILL CALL OTHER NEARBY
PHARMACIES AND IF THEY HAVE IT,
THEY WILL SEND THE PATIENT OVER
THERE TO THE OTHER PHARMACY AND
TRANSFER THE PRESCRIPTION. THAT
IS A BIT OF A PAIN. THIS IS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE RESORTING TO.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BOOST OUR
IMMUNE SYSTEMS, TO PROTECT
OURSELVES . SHOULD WE GO BACK
TO MAKE SURE YOU WASH YOUR
HANDS, LIKE, 20 TIMES A DAY?
YES.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT
ACTUALLY GETTING IT, SO WE DO
NOT NEED THE MEDICATION?
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
DOCTORS SAY THE NUMBER ONE
THING THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD DO
IS GET VACCINATED. THERE IS NO
VACCINE FOR RSV, BUT THERE IS
ONE FOR THE FLU AND ALSO THE
NEW COVID VACCINE AND BOTH ARE
AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE OVER THE
AGE OF SIX MONTHS. BELIEVE IT
OR NOT, GORDON, VERY FEW PEOPLE
ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE.
ONLY ABOUT 50% OF ADULTS ARE
GETTING THEIR FLU VACCINE. EVEN
THOUGH THIS YEAR, THE MATCH IS
VERY GOOD. THE FLU VACCINE IS
VERY EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR. THAT
IS OPPOSED TO SOMETIMES IT IS
NOT. OTHERWISE, YES, YOU KNOW
ALL THE THINGS. EVEN WEARING
MASKS IN SOME CASES . WASHING
THE HANDS. YOU KNOW, ONE THING
TO KEEP IN MIND IS PEOPLE
SHOULD KNOW THEIR OWN
VULNERABILITY. SO, SOME PEOPLE
ARE AT HIGHER RISK THAN OTHERS
AND ALSO BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE
GOING TO BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO
ARE VULNERABLE.
ALL RIGHT, LORIE, THANKS FOR
THAT REPORT. IN OTHER NEWS,
AFTER THE ATTACK ON NORTH
CAROLINA'S POWER GRID, OTHER
STATES ARE NOW REPORTING
SIMILAR STRIKES. JOHN JESSUP
HAS MORE ON THAT STORY FROM OUR
CBN NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
JOHN?
> OFFICIALS IN OREGON AND
WASHINGTON STATE TOLD THE FBI
ABOUT PHYSICAL ATTACKS ON FIVE
SUBSTATIONS LAST MONTH. WHILE
THEY ARE NOT MAKING THE PUBLIC
-- THEY'RE NOT MAKING PUBLIC,
RATHER, THE DETAILS, BUT A
SPOKESPERSON SAID ONE INCIDENT
CUT POWER TO RESIDENTS NEAR
PORTLAND.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WAS
MALICIOUS INTENT. THIS WAS NO
ACCIDENT.
Reporter: OFFICIALS IN NORTH
CAROLINA ARE FOLLOWING UP ON
LEADS, PARTICULARLY SHELL
CASINGS FOUND AT THE SCENE.
THEY HAVE ALSO FILED A FEDERAL
SEARCH WARRANTS AND ARE PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION TO ONLINE
FORMS CALLING FOR ATTACKS ON
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SOME
ANTIGOVERNMENT GROUPS HAVE MADE
AVAILABLE MATERIALS DOCUMENTING
WAYS TO DISABLE THE GRID,
INCLUDING WITH RIFLES . THEY
HAVE RESTORED POWER TO THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LEFT IN
THE COLD AND THE DARK BY THE
ATTACK.
> IN WASHINGTON, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVS IS SET TO VOTE
ON A BILL GETTING FEDERAL
PROTECTIONS TO SAME-SEX AND
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. THE BILL
REQUIRES STATES TO RECOGNIZE
LEGAL MARRIAGE REGARDLESS OF
SEX, RACE, ETHNICITY, OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN. THE MEASURE
PASSED IN THE SENATE AFTER AN
AMENDMENT WAS ADDED PROTECTING
PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BECAUSE OF
THEIR BELIEFS. SEVERAL
REPUBLICAN SENATORS OFFERED
STRONGER AMENDMENTS BUT THOSE
WERE VOTED DOWN. PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN SIGNALED HE IS READY TO
SIGN THE BILL AFTER IT IS
EXPECTED TO PASS.
> TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER, A
NEW CRISIS IS EMERGING THIS
YEAR. A RECORD NUMBER OF
SUICIDES AMONG BORDER PATROL
AGENTS. HEATHER SELLS REPORTS
THE EMERGENCY HAS A BIPARTISAN
GROUP OF LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR
ACTION TO HELP THE MEN AND
WOMEN POLICING THE BORDER.
Reporter: CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PATROL REPORT 14 SUICIDES THIS
YEAR. THAT IS THE HIGHEST
NUMBER IN MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
THESE ARE NOT STATISTICS.
THESE ARE NOT NUMBER ON A
PAPER. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE.
Reporter: TONY GONZALEZ AND
A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS
WANT TO END THIS TREND AND THEY
BELIEVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
BORDER SECURITY IS NOT A
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC ISSUE.
IT IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL
AMERICANS.
THESE THINGS THEY ARE
SEEING, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO, 100% HAS AN IMPACT
ON YOU.
Reporter: WEDNESDAY, THE
LAWMAKERS TO SET STRESS ON THE
JOB CONTRIBUTES TO AGENTS' POOR
MENTAL HEALTH. THEY'RE ASKING
CONGRESS TO PASS A PLAN THAT
WOULD ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
ASK FOR HELP WITHOUT PENALTY.
BORDER PATROL UNION PRESIDENT
BRANDON JUDD SAID MOST AGENTS
HAVE A REAL REASON TO FEAR
SEEKING OUT SERVICES.
THE THING THAT WE CONSTANTLY
HEAR IS THAT I DO NOT WANT TO
COME TO THE AGENCY AND LET THEM
KNOW BECAUSE I MIGHT LOSE PAY
AND I WILL LOSE MY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND
EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON.
Reporter: THE PLAN ALSO
CALLS FOR COUNSELORS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCE WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THERE IS A SPECIAL NEED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY
PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE WORK.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN
MISSING. IT CANNOT JUST BE A
FRIENDLY SOCIAL WORKER WHO DOES
WORK IN THE CIVILIAN WORLD. IT
HAS TO BE SOMEONE WITH
SPECIALIZED SKILLS, WHO
UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS AND CAN
HAVE THE TRUST OF THOSE
OFFICERS TO CONFIDE IN THEM.
Reporter: THE STRESS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY
WEDNESDAY AS BORDER PATROL
ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF AN AGENT
KILLED ON AN ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE WHILE TRACKING MIGRANTS
WHO HAD ILLEGALLY CROSSED IN
TEXAS. THAT STRESS COULD SOON
INCREASE IF TITLE 42 IS INDEED
LIFTED. MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING
OVER. A JUDGE HAS CALLED FOR
THE PUBLIC HEALTH RULE TITLE 42
TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS
MONTH. HOMELAND SECURITY
PREDICTS THAT WILL DOUBLE THE
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING THE
BORDER EVERY DAY. HEATHER
SELLS, CBN NEWS.
> THE RISE IN SUICIDES IS NOT
JUST AFFECTING BORDER PATROL
AGENTS BUT ALSO AFFECTING TEXAS
NATIONAL GUARD.
WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AND I
HOPE THIS BILL PASSES, SO THAT
WE CAN GET MENTAL HEALTH
ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AGENTS THAT
ARE ON THE FRONT LINES. BUT THE
REAL PROBLEM IS WHAT THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THIS IS ALL PART OF
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS. AND WE
HAVE SEEN IT IN OUR VETERANS
COMING BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN
AND IRAQ AND WE ARE SEEING IT
IN THE BORDER PATROL AND WE ARE
SEEING IT IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
IN TEXAS AND THE UNDERLYING
FUNDAMENTAL IS WE HAVE TO STOP
THE BORDER CRISIS. BUT THE
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE
TURNING A BLIND EYE TO IT. I DO
NOT UNDERSTAND IT. I HAVE SAID
ALREADY ON THIS SHOW, DO NOT
UNDERSTAND THEIR ENDGAME. AT
ONE POINT, WHETHER IT IS 2
MILLION OR 3 MILLION OR 4
MILLION OR 9 MILLION A YEAR IN
JUST TWO YEARS, YOU HAVE GOT TO
STAND UP AND SAY, NO, WE ARE
PROTECTING OUR BORDERS AND WE
ARE STOPPING THIS FLOOD OF
IMMIGRATION AND WE DO IT NOW.
THAT NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
BECAUSE THESE IMMIGRANTS ARE
HEARING ANOTHER MESSAGE. THEY
ARE HEARING THE BORDER IS OPEN
AND COME IN AND YOU WILL GET
ACCESS TO THE UNITED STATES.
EVEN IF YOU ARE STOPPED, YOU
WILL BE RELEASED. ALL OF THESE
MESSAGES ARE GOING AROUND THE
WORLD AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
SEEING A CRISIS. IF YOUR ANSWER
IS, WELL, LET'S SEND MORE.
LET'S SEND AIR MARSHALS AND
TAKE THEM OFF OF PLANES AND PUT
THEM ON THE BORDER, THAT IS NOT
AN ANSWER. YOU HAVE TO STOP THE
FLOOD OF IMMIGRATION AND YOU
NEED TO STOP IT NOW. TERRY?
> SEIZURES, FOAMING AT THE
MOUTH, AND THEN FULL ON CARDIAC
ARREST. SEE WHY THIS WOMAN IS
KNOWN AS THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
THAT IS COMING UP.
> ALSO, JEWS LIVING IN
AMERICA ARE IN DANGER. FIND OUT
WHY AND WHO IS URGING THEM TO
FULLY THIS NATION WHEN WE COME
BACK.
> JEWS LIVING IN AMERICA
TODAY ARE IN MORE DANGER THAN
EVER. FBI REPORTS OF MORE THAN
60% OF RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES IN
THE U.S. TARGET JEWS. EVEN
THOUGH THEY MAKE UP LESS THAN
TWO AND HALF PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION. THAT IS WHY
ONE ISRAELI JOURNALIST IS
TELLING AMERICAN JEWS TO GET
OUT NOW. PAUL STRAND REPORTS.
Reporter: HILLEL FULD
USUALLY ADVISES THE HIGH-TECH
INDUSTRY. RECENTLY, HE WAITED
INTO HEAVIER MATTERS WITH A
COLUMN ENTITLED, AND AMERICAN
JEWS, GET OUT NOW. HE WROTE IT
BECAUSE OF THE RISING TIDE OF
ANTI-SEMITISM AND HIS DESIRE
FOR HIS JEWISH FRIENDS IN THE
U.S. TO READ THE WRITING ON THE
WALL.
SINCE I AM A LITTLE KID,
HAVING GRANDPARENTS WHO
SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ, I HAVE
ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH THE
QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T THEY GET
OUT? NUREMBERG LAWS, FULL-BLOWN
ANTI-SEMITISM -- IT WAS IN
MAINSTREAM SOCIETY IN EUROPE
BUT THE JEWS JUST STUCK AROUND.
I ASKED MYSELF, WHY DID THEY
NOT READ THE WRITING ON THE
WALL? WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN? I
NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT. I ALWAYS
STRUGGLED WITH THAT. I LOOK AT
AMERICA RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE
FULL-BLOWN POP ARTIST, KANYE
WEST, GOING FLOW BOUND
ANTI-SEMITE AND YOU HAVE
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NORMALIZING
ANTI-SEMITISM. YOU HAVE NBA
PLAYERS BEING FULL-BLOWN
ANTI-SEMITES. DO JEWS TO BE
BEATEN IN THE STREETS? DONE. IT
IS DONE. BUT WHAT DOES IT HAVE
TO -- THIS IS NOT OUR HOME. YOU
KNOW, WE GROW UP SAYING NEVER
AGAIN. THE TRUTH IS IT COULD
NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE WE
HAVE IS REAL, BUT AMERICAN
JEWS, I THINK THEY ARE NOT
LOOKING AT HISTORY. I THINK
THERE MAY BE IGNORING WHAT WENT
ON THROUGHOUT JEWISH HISTORY
FROM THE SPANISH INQUISITION TO
THE GROVES TO THE HOLOCAUST. WE
GOT TOO COMFORTABLE.
Reporter: ALL JEWS ARE
BEING PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED IN A
NUMBER OF AMERICAN CITIES.
IT IS COMMON. I SEE IT EVERY
DAY IN MY FACEBOOK FEEDS EVERY
DAY. LITERALLY, LAST NIGHT, A
FRIEND OF MINE ON TWITTER SAID
SHE WAS WALKING WITH HER FAMILY
IN THE STREET AND SOME AFRICAN
AMERICANS CAME OVER AND SAID,
WE ARE GOING TO KILL ALL YOU
JEWS. EVERYONE WAS WATCHING
THIS THING, YELLING IN HER
FACE, CURSING HER, HER KIDS,
EVERYTHING. NOBODY SAID A WORD.
NOBODY DID NOTHING. THE WHOLE
THING DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE
BECAUSE -- THE JEWS ARE
STATISTICALLY NONEXISTENT. WE
ARE SO SMALL, RIGHT? I MEAN,
20% OF ALL NOBEL PRIZES WERE
GIVEN TO JEWS. YOU KNOW THAT?
20%. OR SOMETHING REMARKABLE
ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE. WE
SURVIVED AND THE ROMANS DID
NOT. THE GREEKS DID NOT. THE
NAZIS DID NOT. WE ARE HERE
RIGHT? BUT I DO NOT KNOW. I
CAN TELL YOU MY THEORY OF WHY
ANTI-SEMITISM EXISTS, BUT THERE
IS THIS HISTORIC THING THAT
JUST KEEPS SHOWING ITS UGLY
FACE EVERY GENERATION. AND,
AGAIN, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT
THE JEWS FORGET HISTORY. YOU DO
NOT HAVE TO THINK 300 YEARS. I
AM TALKING ABOUT GERMANY 80
YEARS AGO. THEY WERE
COMFORTABLE UNTIL THEY WERE
NOT.
Reporter: HE BELIEVES THE
SITUATION IS FOR JEWS TO LEAVE
AND GO TO ISRAEL. THOSE OUTSIDE
ISRAEL MIGHT BE UNDER THE
IMPRESSION IT JEWISH
PUBLISHING CONSTANTLY LIVES IN
FEAR OF TERROR ATTACKS.
FIRST OF ALL, DO NONE OF YOU
KNOW, BUT MY OLDER BROTHER WAS
MURDERED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK.
I KNOW IT FIRSTHAND. EVERY LIFE
THAT IS LOST IS AN ENTIRE
WORLD. HAVING SAID THAT, WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GRAND
SCHEME OF THINGS. TAKE A STEP
BACK. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A 75
YEAR PERIOD -- LISTEN TO THE
STATISTIC. IT IS PHENOMENAL. IT
IS JUST FASCINATING. THERE'S
NEVER BEEN A 75 YEAR PERIOD
SINCE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
TEMPLE THAT THERE WERE SO FEW
JEWS KILLED IN THE ROAD. SO,
AGAIN, EVERY LOSS TO TERRORISM
IS A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY, BUT IN
THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS,
THIS COUNTRY IS DEFENDING US.
WHERE AS IN AMERICA, WE ARE IN
THE MERCY OF EVERYONE ELSE, AND
WE KNOW HOW THAT TURNS OUT. I
THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SAFER
HERE. I'M NOT BELITTLING. THERE
IS TERRORISM, BUT IN THE GRAND
SCHEME OF THINGS, IT IS IN OUR
HANDS. THIS IS OUR HOME. I
HEARD SOMEONE SAY, IN AMERICA
YOU CAN'T SUCCEED DESPITE BEING
A JEWS. IN ISRAEL, YOU SUCCEED
BECAUSE YOU ARE JEW. THEY SAID
THEY MOVED TO ISRAEL NOT
BECAUSE HE IS A ZIONIST BUT
BECAUSE HE IS A CAPITALIST.
THAT IS AMAZING. THAT IS WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION. WE ARE LIVING THE
DREAM. IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS
GOOD FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. I
AM A BIG TALKER. MY PARENTS
BROUGHT ME HERE. IN AMERICA,
IT IS SCARY. SCARY TIMES.
IT IS SCARY TIMES. WHEN YOU
READ THESE FBI REPORTS, THE
NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES,
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING JEWS,
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING
SYNAGOGUES, IT MAKES YOUR BLOOD
RUN COLD. AMERICA HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND THIS GOES
ALL THE WAY BACK TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS
LETTER TO THE RHODE ISLAND
SYNAGOGUE, THAT THIS WILL BE A
SANCTUARY COUNTRY AND THIS WILL
BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GROW
AND YOU HAVE FREEDOM , FREEDOM
OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF
ASSEMBLY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. ALL OF
THESE THINGS WERE SUPPOSED BE
PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
NOW WE ARE SEEING THESE BROAD
CURRENTS AND OUR CULTURE THAT
ARE EERILY SIMILAR TO WHAT NAZI
GERMANY WAS DOING. BOTH IN
TERMS OF NORMALIZING RIDICULE
AND CREATING SPECIFIC JOKE
PATTERNS THAT TARGET SPECIFIC
PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MARGINALIZE
THEM AND DIMINISH THEM AND HAVE
PEOPLE THINK OF THEM NO LONGER
AS PEOPLE, BUT AS SOME KIND OF
TARGET AND FOR THIS TO BE
HAPPENING AND OUR CULTURE, ALL
GOOD PEOPLE NEED TO STAND UP
AND SAY, NO, NEVER AGAIN. WE
ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS.
THESE JOKES ARE NOT FUNNY. THIS
NORMALIZATION HAS TO STOP. THIS
SHOULD BE A PROTECTED PLACE.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THESE
FREEDOMS AND ENJOY THEM. THAT
IS PART OF OUR AMERICAN DREAM.
LET'S HOLD TO THAT DREAM
INSTEAD OF JUST READING IT. CAN
WE PLEASE MAKE IT REAL?
> UP NEXT, A HOLIDAY LUNCH
TURNS DEADLY. THIS WOMAN STOPS
BREATHING AND HER HEART STOPPED
BEATING FOR 15 MINUTES. DOCTORS
WARN HER FAMILY THAT IF SHE
SURVIVES, SHE WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME. SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT IS
COMING UP.
>, ALSO, WE WILL BE PRAYING
FOR YOU AFTER THIS.
> ANGIE CROSS WAS HAVING
LUNCH WITH HER FAMILY DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THEN SHE WENT
INTO SEIZURES AND WAS FOAMING
AT THE MOUTH. BEFORE HER
HUSBAND COULD RUSH HER TO THE
ER, AND SHE STOPPED BREATHING
AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
BUT HERE IS WHY HOSPITAL STAFF
CALLED ANGIE A CHRISTMAS
MIRACLE.
ON DECEMBER 14, 2017, AND HE
WAS IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND
ENJOYING LUNCH WITH HER FAMILY
WHEN SHE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE
UNBEARABLE STOMACH PAIN. SO,
SHE TOOK SOME OF THE MEDICINE
HER DOCTOR HAD RECENTLY
PRESCRIBED FOR THE STOMACHACHE
WHICH HE HAD AN ADVERSE
REACTION AND MOMENTS LATER, HER
@HUSBAND SAYS THINGS TOOK A TURN
FOR THE WORSE.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD STOP
HURTING BUT IT DID NOT. THIS
WAS SOME KIND OF REACTION. YOU
KNOW, SHE WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN
REAL SICK. AT THAT TIME, MY
YOUNGEST SON JUMPED UP, RAN
AROUND AND GRABBED HER AND PUT
HER IN THE CAR. WE DID NOT GET
A BLOCK AWAY BEFORE SHE
STARTED HAVING SEIZURES AND
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
THEN AND HE STOPPED
BREATHING. BILL PULLED OVER AND
THEIR SON PERFORMED CPR UNTIL
THE PARROT AMEX ARRIVED. AND
ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE WENT
INTO CARDIAC ARREST MULTIPLE
TIMES.
I WAS JUST DYING. I CANNOT
IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HER. ANGIE
IS MY SOULMAT. I DO NOT KNOW
IF I WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT HER.
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, CHEST
COMPRESSIONS CONTINUED.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TECHNICIAN
ERIC WAS PART OF THE TEAM
WORKING TO SAVE HER LIFE.
WHILE WE ARE DOING
COMPRESSIONS, WE WOULD STOP AND
SHE WOULD START SEIZING THE
WHOLE TIME, IMPRESSING AND
TALKING TO GOD, GOD, PLEASE
COME ON. DESPITE YOUR POWER FOR
ME RIGHT NOW. HELP ME TO BRING
HER BACK.
ANGIE'S HEART STOPPED
BEATING UP TO 15 MINUTES
SEVERAL TIMES. MEANWHILE,
FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEGAN TO
GATHER AND PRAY AS BILL CRIED
OUT TO GOD ON HIS WIFE'S
BEHALF.
AND I FELT SO HELPLESS. I
SAID, I CAN PRAY. SO, GOT ON
MY KNEES. I FELT LIKE I WAS IN
GOD'S PRESENCE. I WAS BLEEDING
HER CASE. LORD, PLEASE, YOU
KNOW, SPARE HER. SHE IS A GOOD
PERSON. OUR FAMILY NEEDS HER. I
FELT A RUSH, A SURGE OF ENERGY
, AND I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO
BE OKAY.
TWO AND HALF HOURS PAST AND
THEN A GLIMPSE OF HOPE.
FINALLY, ANGIE'S PULSE WAS
STEADY. BUT DOCTORS EXPECTED
HER TO HAVE SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE
AND WARNED BILL SHE MAY NEVER
BE THE SAME.
I JUST KEPT RAISING UP YOUR
PRAISE YOU, LORD GOD. THANK
YOU. PRAISE GOD. YOU JUST KEEP
PRAISING GOD BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
HAVE ANY DOUBT. ERIC COMES
WALKING UP.
HE GAVE ME A HUG . HE SAID
THANK YOU. I SAID, DO NOT THINK
ME. THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE IS
GETTING READY TO DO.
ANGIE'S LOVED ONES CONTINUE
TO PRAY WITH ANTICIPATION. ON
DAY SIX, SHE WAS AWAKENED FROM
A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA AND
TAKEN OFF THE VENTILATOR.
DOCTORS WERE ASTONISHED.
THEY ASKED ME, CAN YOU MOVE
YOUR FEET? CAN YOU MOVE YOUR
HANDS? WHAT IS THE DATE? YOU
KNOW, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT? WHO
WAS THE PRESIDENT. THAT WAS A
LOT OF QUESTIONS. THEN THE
NEUROLOGIST ASKED ME, HE GOES,
WHAT WAS DECEMBER 7th, 1941? I
WAS THINKING, LIKE, WHY IS HE
ASKING ME ABOUT PEARL HARBOR. I
SAID, IT IS PEARL HARBOR, YOU
KNOW? I SAID, WELL, IF ANY WERE
GOING TO GIVE ME A HISTORY
LESSON, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE
STUDIED. AND WE ALL GOT A
LITTLE CHUCKLE OUT OF THAT. HE
GAVE ME A THUMBS UP AND HE
WALKED OUT.
MEDICAL STAFF CALLED HER THE
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. SHE
CONTINUED RECOVERY AND ANGIE
WAS RELEASED TO GO HOME ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
THAT WAS ONLY 11 DAYS AFTER
HER BRUSH WITH DEATH.
SHE HAD NO LONG-TERM HEALTH
ISSUES. IN FACT, SHE SAYS SHE
FEELS BETTER THAN BEFORE.
I THANK THE LORD FOR GIVING
ME A SECOND CHANCE. THIS IS A
SECOND CHANCE. WHEN YOU WITHOUT
A HEARTBEAT FOR SO LONG, THERE
ARE THOUSANDS OF BAD THINGS
THAT COULD HAPPEN. THEY DID NOT
HAPPEN TO ME. I JUST WANT TO
GIVE THE GLORY TO GOD. I WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IN YOUR
WORST SITUATION, THE WORST
SCENARIO EVER, YOU CAN PRAY.
YOU CAN PRAY. THAT IS WHAT
SAVED ME.
ONE OF THE OTHER PRAYERS I
PRAYED WHEN I WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL ROOM, I SAID, LORD,
PLEASE, JUST LET US WALK IN THE
PASTURE. LET US HOLD HANDS IN
THE PASTURE AGAIN. WE CAME HOME
FROM THE HOSPITAL AND THAT IS
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID.
WE DROVE UP TO OUR PASTOR AND
WE WALK IN IT AND WE HELD HANDS
IN THE SUNSHINE AND WE JUST
THANK GOD FOR THAT MOMENT
BECAUSE LIFE IS A VAPOR. IT IS
GONE SO FAST. WE NEED TO DO
WHAT WE CAN AND LOVE OUR FAMILY
AND LIVE LIFE WHILE WE HAVE A
CHANCE.
THIS CHRISTMAS, ANGIE AND
BILL CELEBRATE THE JOY OF
FAMILY, FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME
LIKE FAMILY, THE BLESSING OF
PRAYER, AND THE GIFT OF HOPE.
THANK YOU, JESUS. THE LORD
IS DOING MIRACLES. HE IS
HELPING US EVERY DAY.
ANGIE AND BILL HAVE WALKED
THAT PATH AND THEY KNOW THERE
IS ALWAYS HOPE. PRAYER DOES
CHANGE THINGS. GOD IS WITH US,
EVEN WHEN THE OUTCOME IS NOT
WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE. I WAS
READING THAT ON A FRIEND'S
FACEBOOK POST TODAY, THAT WE
HAVE LOST SOMEONE BUT WE KNOW
THAT GOD IS WITH US. GOD WANTS
TO BE INTIMATE WITH YOU AND I,
TO HAVE THAT PERSONAL, DEEP
RELATIONSHIP AND I KNOW MANY OF
YOU KNOW THAT IS POSSIBLE AND
SOME OF YOU WANTS THAT SO
DESPERATELY. YOU SENT IN PRAYER
REQUESTS AND YOU ASK US TO PRAY
FOR YOU. WE WANT TO DO THAT
TODAY. SOMEONE SAYS, I NEED A
JOB TO REPAIR MY CAR. SOMEONE
ELSE SAID, NEED HEALING FROM
FIVE MONTHS OF VERTIGO AND
SOMEONE IS ASKING BOLDNESS TO
BE A BETTER WITNESS FOR CHRIST.
THAT IS A PRAYER FOR ALL OF US.
SOMEONE SAYS, I NEED HEALING
FROM OVARIAN CANCER. THINGS
THAT ARE HARD FOR MEN BUT NOT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD.
SOMEONE WANTS TO BE HEALED
FROM LUNG CANCER. A SAFE AND
HEALTHY PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
FOR THE BABY IN JANUARY AND
THEN HEALING A BROKEN FAMILY
RELATIONSHIP. LET'S TAKE THESE
PRAYER REQUEST TO THE LORD AND
REALIZE HE WANTS TO SEND HIS
WORD AND HEAL YOUR DISEASE.
YOU CAN TRUST IN THE WORD. NOW,
WHO IS THE WORD? IT IS QUITE
CLEAR. IT IS JESUS. IN THE
BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND HE
WAS WITH GOD. LET THAT
EXPRESSION OF HIS WORD BE
BIRTHED IN YOUR HEART. IT IS
CHRISTMAS. WE CELEBRATE THE
BIRTH OF JESUS. LET HIM BE BORN
AGAIN IN YOU. LET THAT WORD
COME TO YOU. ENERGIZE YOU. HEAL
YOU. DELIVER YOU. FORGIVE YOU.
LOVE YOU. SAVE YOU. ALL THE
THINGS HE DOES AND HE DOES SO
WELL. LET'S PRAY. LORD, GOD, WE
COME TO YOU. WE COME BELIEVING
IN YOUR WORD , THAT YOU SENT
YOUR WORD TO HEAL OUR DISEASE.
YOU SENT JESUS TO SAVE US, TO
FORGIVE US, TO LOVE US, TO DO
WHAT WE COULD NOT DO FOR
OURSELVES. SO, LORD, GOD,
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO DO
MIRACLES. READ FEWER WORD OVER
US AGAIN. LET US HAVE JESUS
TANGIBLE, MANIFESTED IN OUR
BODIES, IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR
WORDS AND OUR BREATH. BE WITH
US NOW. BE GOD WITH US, FOR WE
ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME, AND GOD
--
SOMEONE IS IN A PRETTY
DESPERATE SITUATION AND YOU
JUST ARE ASKING GOD FOR PEACE.
PEACE IN THE MIDST OF IT.
JESUS IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE
AND HE HAS COME, SO TODAY, I
SPEAK THE PEACE OF CHRIST OVER
YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, THE HOPE OF
GOD INTO YOUR HEART, THAT
PRAYER WOULD COME ALIVE FOR YOU
AND THE SENSE OF HIS PRESENCE
WOULD SURROUND YOU.
SOMEONE HAS TREMENDOUS PAIN
IN YOUR RIGHT HAND. IT IS FROM
REPETITIVE INJURIES. THERE IS A
LOT OF INFLAMMATION AND -- A
COUPLE OF THEM ARE CURLED. GOD
IS HEALING YOU FROM THAT. IT
WILL NEVER COME BACK. ALL THAT
INFLAMMATION IS GONE. OF THE
ARTHRITIS, ALL OF THAT
INABILITY HAS NOW TURNED INTO
ABILITY. DO WHAT YOU COULD NOT
DO BEFORE. YOU'RE GETTING A
DOUBLE HEALING OF YOUR RIGHT
HAND AND YOUR LEFT HAND. IT IS
NOT AS IMPAIRED BUT IT IS
AFFECTING BOTH. GOD IS HEALING
YOU RIGHT NOW AND RESTORING
YOU.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS A GROWTH
RIGHT HERE, WHERE YOUR GLANDS
ARE, UNDERNEATH YOUR NECK AND
YOU JUST DISCOVERED IT BUT IT
IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. GOD IS
HEALING THAT AND IT IS GOING
AWAY NOW IN JESUS' NAME. YOU
ARE BEING SET FREE.
SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH EYE
CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, IT IS
LIKE A SWELLING. I DO NOT KNOW
IF IT IS GLAUCOMA BUT A
SWELLING AROUND YOUR EYES AND
YOUR EYELIDS AND YOUR EYEBROW.
GOD IS HEALING YOU FROM THAT
AND JUST RESTORING EVERYTHING.
ALL OF THAT FLUID IS LEAVING.
ALL OF THE PRESSURE IS LEAVING
RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
SOMEONE WITH SERIOUS
DIGESTIVE ISSUES, YOU'VE HAD IT
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND YOU
JUST LIVE WITH IT. TODAY IS
YOUR DAY. JESUS IS SETTINGYOU
FREE. BE MADE WHOLE IN JESUS'
NAME.
SOMEONE ELSE WITH
GALLBLADDER PAIN AND I THINK
YOU ARE FACING SURGERY. GO BACK
AND GET CHECKED AND MAKE SURE
-- GET CHECKED AND YOU WILL SEE
THAT GOD HAS JUST TOUCHED YOU.
HE HAS HEALED YOU. LORD, WE
THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE HEALER.
YOU ARE THE WORD THAT HEALS OUR
DISEASE. WE REJOICE IN YOU. WE
RECEIVE YOU NOW IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED,
LET US KNOW. LET US SHARE IN
YOUR REPORT. JUST PICK UP THE
PHONE AND CALL US AT
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> STILL AHEAD, CONFESSIONS OF
THE WIFE OF A MAJOR-LEAGUE
BASEBALL COACH. BILLIE JAUSS
TALKS ABOUT HOW SHE HANDLES THE
CURVEBALLS IN LIFE, INCLUDING
THE FEAR OF NOT MEASURING UP.
SHE JOINS US LIVE. THAT IS
LATER ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700
CLUB. BRITTNEY GRINER COME THE
AMERICAN WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL PLAYER IS NOW FREE.
SHE WAS SERVING NINE YEARS IN A
PENAL FARM ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING
DRUGS INTO RUSSIA AFTER
OFFICIALS FOUND VAPED CANISTERS
WITH CANNABIS OIL IN HER
LUGGAGE. SHE IS ON HER WAY HOME
AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN APPROVED
A PRISONER SWAP FOR CONVICTED
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BOUT. CHINA IS EASING ITS
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THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THREE
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SYMPTOMS CAN NOW STAY AT HOME
INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED TO
REPORT TO GOVERNMENT CENTERS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WILL NO
LONGER BE SUBJECT TO LOCKDOWNS.
HOWEVER, SOME OFFICIALS POINT
OUT HOW CHINA'S LOW VACCINE
RATE MEANS THERE COULD BE AN
INCREASE IN COVID DEATHS THIS
WINTER.
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> HE WAS LIVING IN HONDURAS.
AT ONE TIME, HE HAD A LARGE
TUMOR GROWING ON HIS JOB.
DOCTOR SAID WITHOUT SURGERY, IT
WOULD KILL HIM. HE HAD NO MONEY
TO PAY FOR THE OPERATION UNTIL
HE GOT THE BEST NEWS OF HIS
LIFE THANKS TO YOU.
MELBIN IS A FARMWORKER WHO
LIVES WITH HIS WIFE IN A RURAL
COMMUNITY IN HONDURAS. FOR THE
PAST THREE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO FIND
PERMANENT WORK BECAUSE OF A
TUMOR THAT HAS BEEN GROWING ON
HIS JAW.
PEOPLE HAVE JUST COMMITTED
AGAINST ME. THEY SAY, WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU? WHY IS YOUR
FACE SWOLLEN? I HAD TO TELL
THEM IT WAS A TOOTH SO I WOULD
NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN.
MELBIN SAID HE WORKED FOR
ANYONE THAT WOULD HIRE HIM.
ONE DAY, I WAS DIGGING A
DITCH WITH A PICK AX. I STARTED
TO WORK, BUT WHEN THE SUN GOT
HOT, I STARTED TO BLEED FROM
THE INSIDE OF MY MOUTH. MY
FOREMAN TOLD ME TO LEAVE.
MELBIN AND HIS WIFE LIVED
WITH HIS PARENTS, WHO HAD BEEN
SUPPORTING THEM.
I FELT TERRIBLE. I COULD NOT
DO ANYTHING TO FIX MY
SITUATION, EVEN IF I WANTED TO.
I FELT HELPLESS/BACK POWERLESS.
HE ALSO GOT MONEY TO GO TO
THE CITY FOR MEDICAL TESTS.
THERE, SPECIALIST TOLD HIM HE
HAD A BENIGN TUMOR AND HE
NEEDED TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
WITHOUT AN OPERATION, THE
DOCTOR SAID THE TUMOR WOULD
GROW, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE
HEARING IN HIS LEFT EAR. HE
ALSO SAID, LEFT UNTREATED, THE
TUMOR WOULD KILL HIM.
AT THE CLINIC, THEY SAID,
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND DO
NOT GO OUT IN THE SUN. COME
BACK WITH THE MONEY OR WE
CANNOT DO THE SURGERY. BUT I
COULD NOT BECAUSE I DID NOT
HAVE THE MONEY.
THAN A STAFF MEMBER AT THE
CLINIC TOLD HIM ABOUT AN
ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HELP, OPERATION BLESSING. WE
MET WITH MELBIN AND GAVE HIM
THE GOOD NEWS.
WHEN OPERATION BLESSING
TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD HELP
ME, IT WAS THE BEST NEWS I HAVE
EVER RECEIVED IN MY LIFE.
OPERATION BLESSING THEN
ARRANGED FOR MELBIN TO RECEIVE
THE SURGERYHE NEEDED. IN A
COMPLEX PROCEDURE, A SURGEON
REMOVED THE TUMOR AND PART OF
HIS JAW AND REPLACED IT WITH A
3-D PRINTEDPROSTHETIC BONE.
THIS WAS THE RESULT.
I THINK GOD FOR HELPING ME.
I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE
CHANGED MY LIFE.
THAT THANK YOU GOES UP FROM
HONDURAS FROM THAT WONDERFUL
YOUNG MAN, ALL THE WAY TO YOUR
HOME IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
700 CLUB. A PORTION OF EVERY
GIFT YOU GIVE GOES INTO THE
WORK OF OPERATION BLESSING TO
HELP PEOPLE. IT IS THAT
SUSTAINING MONTHLY GIVING THAT
ALLOWS US TO SET UP THESE
OFFICES, WHETHER IT IS IN
HONDURAS OR GUATEMALA OR
MEXICO. OR THE PHILIPPINES OR
INDIA OR CHINA OR AFRICA. ALL
OF THESE DONATIONS COME
TOGETHER TO ALLOW US TO CREATE
STAFF AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE
NEEDED, SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE
HAS, LIKE MELBIN HAS A PROBLEM,
THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SOLVE
IT BUT WE CAN SAY, WE KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS. WE CAN HELP YOU.
WE CAN PAY FOR THIS. WE CAN GET
THIS TO THE QUALIFIED SURGEONS,
THE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN
KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU AND
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD LOVE
YOU AND WANT TO COME HELP YOU
IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. NOW, HOW
MUCH WAS THAT SURGERY? YOU
MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT THE
COST WAS JUST $3600. FOR HIM,
THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. HE COULD
NOT POSSIBLY EARN THAT MUCH
MONEY. WHEN YOU COME AND DO
THAT FOR HIM, WONDERFUL THINGS
CAN HAPPEN. JUST IMAGINE
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SAY,
YES, LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE WORLD. LET'S HELP PEOPLE IN
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> UP NEXT, I AM NOT GOOD
ENOUGH. I NOT SMART ENOUGH. I
DO NOT BELONG. IF THESE ARE
OTHER NEGATIVE THOUGHTS THAT
HAVE TAKEN ROOT IN YOUR MINDS,
STAYED TUNED. YOU'RE IN FOR A
DISTRACTION DETOX WHEN WE COME
BACK.
-- NEGATIVE THOUGHTS -- IT
IS TIME FOR A DISTRACTION
DETOX.
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER BILLIE
JAUSS IS THAT BY THE REAL WORLD
CHALLENGES WE ALL FACE, THE
BIGGEST OBSTACLE YOU WILL EVER
HAVE TO OVERCOME IS YOUR OWN
MIND. AS THE WIFE OF MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL COACH DAVID
CHOU'S, SHE HAD TO LEARN THIS
LESSON FOR HERSELF WHEN
NEGATIVE BELIEFS CONSUMED HER
AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN HER LIFE.
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS CONTROL
THE CHAOS GOING ON AROUND YOU,
BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
UNDOING THE SELF-LIMITING
THOUGHT PATTERNS YOU CREATE.
IN HER BOOK, DISTRACTION
DETOX, SHE SHARES HOW TO GET
RID OF DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS AND
REPLACE THEM WITH TRUTH THAT
BRINGS PEACE.
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB BILLIE JAUSS, AUTHOR OF
DISTRACTION DETOX. GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE.
IT AS SUCH AN ORDER.
YOU TALK ABOUT SUCH
PRACTICAL , YOU KNOW, HEADING
HOME THINGS, BUT -- THERE ARE
THINGS GOING ON IN US THAT
SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT
KNOW ABOUT. YOU SPENT 18 YEARS
IN PROFESSIONAL MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL, WHICH IS A LONG TIME.
BUT YOU SAID YOU OFTEN DID NOT
FEEL LIKE YOU BELONGED, SITTING
IN THE WIVES SECTION.
WE HAD BEEN THERE FOR 35
YEARS AND THE MAJOR LEAGUE FOR
18 OF THOSE 35 AND I JUST
ALWAYS HAD THIS LINGERING I DO
NOT BELONG. AND NOT GOOD ENOUGH
TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, MY
HUSBAND DID NOT PLAY
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL BUT GOT A
JAW COACHING IN PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL. THAT WAS AN ALL DID
THE SAME. PEOPLE WOULD SAY, HE
DOES NOT BELONG HERE BECAUSE HE
DID NOT PLAY AND THEN I TOOK ON
THE FEELING THAT I DO NOT
BELONG HERE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT
A FORMER PLAYER. IT WAS LITTLE
WORDS THAT WERE SAID TO ME BUT
THAT IS NOT WHAT TOOK ME SO FAR
INTO THE NEGATIVE THINKING. IT
WAS WHAT I KEPT CONTINUING TO
THINK ABOUT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
AND WE DO THAT. WE PUT THAT
LITTLE RECORDER OF ALL OF US.
YOU REFER TO DESTRUCTIVE
THOUGHTS AS TOXINS. WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON TOXINS
THAT CAN DESTROY US IF WE DO
NOT GET RID OF THEM?
THERE ARE THREE. WHEN I
STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROCESS
THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH,
BECAUSE I MADE A LIST OF THE
ONES THAT WERE BOTHERING ME AND
I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS MY
BIGGEST BULLY. NO ONE CAN BULLY
ME LIKE I CAN. AND THEN I
STARTED ASKING FRIENDS AND
GOING ONLINE AND ASKING --
THERE IS FEAR, UNBELIEF, AND
THEN ANOTHER TWO, SHAME AND
GUILT. YOU DO NOT HAVE SHAME
WITHOUT GUILT AND GUILT WITHOUT
SHAME.
THAT WAS A BIG ONE. THOSE
THREE, FEAR, UNBELIEF, AND
SHAME AND GUILT ARE THE THREE I
FOUND WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH. SO,
--
TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT FREE
FROM THAT. JESUS CAME TO SET
THE CAPTIVES FREE AND I THINK
HE IS SPEAKING TO THAT CAPTIVE
INSIDE OF US WHEN WE ARE OUR
BIGGEST BULLY.
IT IS A PROCESS. I WENT
THROUGH THIS PROCESS MYSELF.
THIS IS TRIED AND TRUE. WE
DETERMINED THOSE DISTRACTIONS.
WHAT ARE THOSE EMOTIONAL TOXINS
WE ARE HOLDING ONTO SO TIGHTLY?
EVALUATE THEM. THEY MAKE US
FEEL A CERTAIN WAY. WE ARE
USUALLY NOT THE WAY GOD WANTS
US TO FEEL. IT IS HOLDING US
BACK FROM THE GREAT THINGS THE
LORD WANTS US TO DO. WE GO INTO
-- NOT JUST TAKING THEM
CAPTIVE FOR TAKING THE
DECEPTION AND PLACING IT WITH
THE TRUTH. AND THEN I AM A
CHALLENGER. I HAD TO OUTLINE A
PLAN OF WHAT I AM GOING TO DO.
I WANTED -- AND THEN WE
EXECUTE THE PLAN. WHAT DO WE DO
TO TAKE THAT ONE STEP NEXT IN
TAKING THOSE DECEPTIONS AND
REPLACING THEM WITH TRUTH AND
REALLY COMING TO A PLACE WHERE
WE UNDERSTAND GOD IS BEST FOR
OUR LIVES. ONCE WE GET THAT
NOISE SETTLED DOWN AND HEAR
GOD'S TRUTH, WE CAN REALIZE WE
WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF THE
KING. HE HAS GIVEN US A LIFE TO
LIVE TO THE FULLEST. HE WANTS
US TO RELEASE THAT YOKE OF
SLAVERY AND LIVE IN THAT
FREEDOM HE HAS GIVEN US AND
THROUGH THAT DETOX PROCESS,
THAT IS WHERE WE LAND.
IS IT HARD TO EVALUATE THOSE
THINGS IN OURSELVES THAT WE ARE
STOPPING DOWN? I DO NOT WANT
YOU TO SEE WHAT I REALLY FEEL
BECAUSE YOU NOT -- HOW DO WE
GET TO THE PLACE OF HONESTY?
I THINK IT IS WITHIN
OURSELVES. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT
WE ARE SEEING, THOSE EMOTIONAL
TOXINS THAT WE HANG TIGHTLY TO,
WE NEED TO REALIZE THOSE ARE
NOT THE ONES GOD WANTS US TO
HEAVEN WE HAVE TO COME TO AN ON
HIS PLACE. I TELL PEOPLE THERE
ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU
MAY NEED COUNSELING FOR. YOU
MAY NEED PASTORAL HELP WITH
THEM. PLEASE GO DO THAT. IF WE
SIT WITH OURSELVES IN JESUS AND
WE ASK HIM TO TRULY REVEAL TO
US WHAT IT IS THAT IS HOLDING
US BACK FROM HIS VEST, TO
REVEAL WHAT WE ARE THINKING , I
AM A LIST MAKER. CONTINUE TO
MAKE A LIST OF THOSE THOUGHTS
THAT COME UP DURING THE DAY AND
THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THEM AND
SAY, OKAY, LORD, WHERE IN YOUR
WORD DOESN'T TELL ME THIS IS A
LIE? WE HAD TO FEEL THE
EMOTIONS. IF WE HELD INTO THEM
AND AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH LONG
ENOUGH, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT DOES IT MAKE ME FEEL AND
WHEN THOSE FEELINGS ARISE, WHAT
DO I FEEL BEFORE I START
THINKING THAT? WHAT DO I FEEL
AS I AM THINKING THAT? LAY IT
OUT TO REALLY REALIZE HOW WE
CAN REPLACE THAT.
AND THEN YOU LEAD US ALL TO
THE WORD, WHICH IS REALLY THE
TRUTH THAT SETS THE CAPTIVES
FREE, ISN'T IT? THAT IS WHAT
YOU'RE REPLACING. YOU'RE TAKING
THAT FALSE THOUGHT AND PUTTING
THE WORD OF GOD TO IT, WHICH
DEFINES WHO WE ARE MEANT TO
BE. SO, WHEN PEOPLE READ
DISTRACTION DETOX, YOUR
SUBTITLE IS WILL LEASE
EMOTIONAL BARRIERS AND
RESTRUCTURE PRIORITIES AND
REALIZE GOD'S BEST. IS THAT THE
TAKEAWAY OF THE BOOK?
I BELIEVE THE BIGGEST TAKE
AWAY IS FREEDOM. WE HAVE
FREEDOM FROM THAT SLAVERY WE
LIVE IN, THOSE NEGATIVE
THOUGHTS. JUST FREEDOM THAT
CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. STAND
FORM. STAND FIRM AND WILL LEASE
THAT YOKE OF SLAVERY. DO NOT
HOLD ONTO IT. FOR ME, IT IS
MORE OF FREEDOM. I AM NOT STUCK
IN A PLACE OF BEING, AS MY
HUSBAND SAYS, IN A PLACE --
SOMETIMES I VERBALIZE WHAT I AM
THINKING.
I THINK EVERYBODY DOES A
LITTLE BIT .
LIVE IN THE FREEDOM THAT
CHRIST HAS GIVEN US.
SUCH A WONDERFUL BOOK,
DEFINING HOW TO GET SET FREE
FROM ALL OF THAT. IT IS CALLED
DISTRACTION DETOX AND IT IS
AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE
SOLD. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
I AM HONORED TO BE HERE.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US. WE WILL BE BACK AND WE HAVE
YOUR EMAIL QUESTIONS UP NEXT.
> TIME FOR YOUR EMAIL
QUESTIONS. THIS ONE IS FROM
CHRISTINA, WHO ASKED, IN THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, THERE
ARE LAWS. ARE WE TO LIVE BY
THEM TODAY?
STAND FAST IN THE PRETTY,
WHERE CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE,
SO YOU CAN SUM UP THE LAWS OF
THE PROFITS IN THESE TWO
COMMANDMENTS, LOVE THE LORD,
YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART
AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE DOING
THOSE THINGS, THEN YOU ARE
FULFILLING THE LAWS. IF YOU
WANT TO ADD TO IT, I'VE THINK
OBEYING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IS
A GOOD IDEA. DO NOT MURDER
ANYBODY. DO NOT STEAL FROM
PEOPLE. DO NOT BEAR FALSE
WITNESS. HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND
FATHER. DO NOT MAKE IDOLS. DO
NOT HAVE ANY IDOLS. KEEP THE
SABBATH. THESE ARE ALL
WONDERFUL THINGS TO DO AS
CHRISTIANS, BUT IT IS THOSE TOP
TWO, LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART. LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
THIS IS FROM JANET. MY
GRANDSON WATCHES -- WHICH
VERSION OF THE BIBLE IS A
CHOICE TO GET FOR HIM? I KNOW
YOU ARE A SCHOLAR OF THE BIBLE,
BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS 11 YEARS
OLD AND STARTING OUT, WHAT DID
YOU DO FOR YOUR KIDS FOR THEIR
FIRST BIBLE?
I LIKE THE SPIRITUAL BIBLE.
THAT IS ONE THAT I THINK JACK
HAYFORD WAS THE EDITOR OF IT.
MY FATHER PURCHASED THE HATED.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT OPENS UP
THAT THERE ARE HEBREW WORDS AND
GREEK WORDS UNDERLYING IN
ENGLISH. IT RELIES ON THE NEW
KING JAMES VERSION TRANSLATION,
WHICH IS STILL KEEPING THE
POETRY OF THE KING'S CHAMBERS
IN. IN ANY TRANSLATION, YOU
HAVE TO REALIZE YOU WILL LOSE
A LITTLE BIT OF THE MEANING OF
THE ORIGINAL WORD. SO, WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT REFERENCE COMING
BACK, REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OF
THE READER, IT SORT OF OPENS A
WINDOW, THAT THERE IS MORE
HERE. THE CRY OF THE
RENAISSANCE. THIS GOES BACK TO
THE ORIGINAL SOURCE, LET'S NOT
TAKE THAT BEING THE OLD VERSION
BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE GREEK
AND HEBREW. THAT IS A GOOD
THING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD.
I TOLD YOU HE WAS A SCHOLAR.
HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALMS.
I WILL PRAISE YOU, FOR I AM