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The 700 Club - December 8, 2022

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. Read Transcript


> 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

1-800-700-7000. IF YOU NEED

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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

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CENTERS. PEOPLE DISPLAYING MILD

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

NEED AND PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE

HUNGRY AND CLOTHES FOR THE

MEETING AND SHELTER FOR

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AND FLOODS IN AMERICA. ALL OF

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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

Find Peace with God

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