> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

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> TODAY, THEY SAID HER

HUSBAND WAS SEVERELY BRAIN

DAMAGED.

THERE IS NO WAY TO BRING HIM

BACK.

ALIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THERE WAS THIS VISTA OF

FLOWERS AND MEADOWS.

ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO THE

GREAT BEYOND.

THAT WAS THE MOMENT I WAS

HIS FOREVER. I WAS IN A COLD

HOSPITAL ROOM ON A GURNEY,

SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY

LUNGS.

TODAY, ON THE 700 CLUB.

WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

HERE ARE SOME QUOTES FOR YOU.

AN EPIDEMIC OF HATE. RIGHT IN

OUR FACE . IT IS THIS ROLE.

STRONG WORDS FROM AMERICA'S A

SECOND GENTLEMAN WHO IS TAKING

A HARD STAND AGAINST THE

EXPLOSION OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN

THE UNITED STATES.

THEY HOSTED A ROUNDTABLE

WITH THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK,

CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS TO

STAND AGAINST THE GROWING

HATRED TOWARDS JEWS. WE ARE

LOOKING AT THAT STORY.

AS A FIRST JEWISH PERSON

MARRIED TO A VICE PRESIDENT,

THE GROWING PROBLEM WITH

ANTI-SEMITISM IS DEEPLY

PERSONAL TO SECOND GENTLEMAN

DOUG EMHOFF. HE SAYS EVERYONE

MUST STAND AGAINST IT.

THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF HATE

FACING OUR COUNTRY.

Reporter: THE ROUNDTABLE IS

ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE

CONVERSATION.

LET ME BE CLEAR. WORDS

MATTER. PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER

SAYING THE CLIENT PARTS OUT

LOUD. THEY ARE LITERALLY

SCREAMING THEM. RIGHT NOW, IT

IS RIGHT IN OUR FACE . WHAT IS

HAPPENING NOW IS VISCERAL. IT

IS REAL.

Reporter: ACCORDING TO A

2020 WHEN PEW RESEARCH POLL,

MORE THAN NINE OUT OF 10 U.S.

JEWS SAY THERE IS SOME

ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA AND

THREE QUARTERS BELIEVE THERE IS

MORE ANTI-SEMITISM NOW THAN

FIVE YEARS AGO. ONE 2018 CNN

POLL REVEALED ONE IN 20

EUROPEANS SAID THEY HAVE NEVER

HEARD OF THE HOLOCAUST. OF

THOSE WHO HAVE, IT THIRD

INDICATED THEY BELIEVE THE

JEWISH PEOPLE USED TO THE

HOLOCAUST TO ADVANCE THEIR

POSITION OR TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN

GOALS. 28% RESPONDED JEWISH

PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE

OVER GLOBAL FINANCE AND

BUSINESS.

THE AMERICAN JEWELRY IS VERY

SMALL. WE ARE THE TARGETS.

Reporter: ONE RABBI TELLS US

THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT

EXPLOSION OF ANTI-JEWISH HATRED

IN THE U.S. COMING FROM

INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE, LIKE THE

RAPPER FORMERLY KNOWN AS KANYE

WEST. HE WARNS THAT WORDS

MATTER.

WE ARE ALREADY A COMMUNITY

THAT IS SPENDING A LOT IF IT'S

RESOURCES TO SECURE THE SAFETY

OF OUR JEWISH SCHOOLS, SIMPLY

WALKING TO SYNAGOGUE AND THE

SABBATH. TO COORDINATE WITH THE

LOCAL PD.

HE SAYS HE WELCOMES THE

CONVERSATION HOSTED BY -- THEY

THINK LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO DO

MORE.

I ALSO BELIEVE ACTION BY THE

DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE

THERE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE

SQUAD, WHO HAVE, FROM THE

CONGRESSIONAL BULLY PULPIT,

EXPRESSED ANTI-SEMITISM AND

PAID NO PRICE WHATSOEVER FOR

IT.

Reporter: JOHNNY MOORE TOLD

CBN NEWS EVANGELICALS NEED TO

TAKE ACTION TO COMBAT

ANTI-SEMITISM.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO FEEL

GOOD, TO HAVE A SENTIMENTAL

FEELING ABOUT OUR JEWISH

NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE STATE OF

ISRAEL AND ATTACKS ON THE STATE

OF ISRAEL . WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY

DO THINGS AND THAT BEGINS WITH

EDUCATION.

LEADERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

ROUNDTABLE CLAIM THAT FOR FAR

TOO LONG, PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO

TAKE ANTI-SEMITISM'S DARIUS

SLAY AND ADDED THE TIME TO ACT

AND CURTAIL THE SURGE IS NOW

BECAUSE LATER WILL BE TOO LATE.

REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.

AS PART OF OUR EDUCATION, WE

NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE

RABBIS SAY ABOUT THIS AND THEY

SAY VERY CLEARLY, IN EVERY

GENERATION, THERE RISES -- THEY

TRIED TO WIPE OUT THE JEWS.

WHETHER THAT IS IN THE FORM OF

ANTI-SEMITISM OR IN THE FORM OF

BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT,

SANCTIONS, OR EXCLUSION OR IN

THE FORM OF VIOLENCE. VIOLENT

PERSECUTION. THESE ARE THE

THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND IT

HAPPENS IN EVERY GENERATION.

WHY? BECAUSE THERE IS A

SPIRITUAL FORCE THAT WANTS TO

WIPE OUT THE WITNESS OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE. THE WITNESS OF

THE JEWISH PEOPLE IS THERE IS A

GOD AND WHEN HE MAKES PROMISES

IN THE TANAKH, IN THE BIBLE,

HE FULFILLS THEN AND HAS

FULFILLED THEM QUITE TANGIBLY

IN THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL.

THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE

EDUCATION. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL

BATTLE. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE

IN THE NATURAL. YOU LOOK AT IT

AND GO, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD

A MUSIC STAR TAKE THIS ON OR

WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD A

COMEDIENNE GO AND TELL JEWISH

JOKES? WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD

SOMEONE TAKE A WEAPON INTO A

SYNAGOGUE AND TRY TO KILL

PEOPLE? THE REASON IS

SPIRITUAL. THERE IS AN ENEMY

AND THAT ENEMY WANTS TO WIPE

OUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE. IN OTHER

NEWS, A POLITICAL STUNT ARE

COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON. A KEY

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR HAS

ANNOUNCED SHE IS LEAVING THE

PARTY. JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT

STORY FROM OUR CBN BUREAU IN

WASHINGTON.

Reporter: ARIZONA SENATOR

KYRSTEN SINEMA WILL NOW

IDENTIFY AS AN INDEPENDENT

RATHER THAN A DEMOCRAT. SHE

TOLD CNN SHE HAS NEVER NEATLY

FIT INTO A PARTY BOX AND SHE

DOES NOT WANT TO. SHE ALSO

BELIEVES MANY AMERICANS WILL

IDENTIFY WITH HER MOVE BECAUSE

THEY ARE TIRED OF

PARTISANSHIP. SHE HAS DISAGREED

WITH DEMOCRATS ON SOME KEY

ISSUES LIKE HIGHER TAXES ON

BUSINESSES AND CHANGING THE

FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE SO

DEMOCRATS CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH

SOME OF THEIR PRIORITIES. HE

PLANS TO CONTINUE TO CAUCUS

WITH DEMOCRATS SO HER DECISION

IS UNLIKEL TO CHANGE THE

BALANCE OF POWER, LEADING

DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL.

> TURNING TO WHITNEY GRINER,

THE AMERICAN SET FREE IN A DEAL

BETWEEN THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION AND RUSSIA. SHE

RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES

TODAY. HER PLANE ARRIVED EARLY

AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO IN

TEXAS. THE BASKETBALL STARS

DETENTION IN RUSSIA MADE HER

THE MOST HIGH PROFILE AMERICAN

JAILED ABROAD AND SET UP A

POLITICAL FIRESTORM. THEY ARE

-- REPUBLICAN SENATOR TOM

COTTON WAS ONE OF THE MANY

CRITICS OF THE DEAL, SAYING,

QUOTE, AMERICANS WELCOMED THE

RELEASE OF BRITTNEY GRINER BUT

IT SHOULD NOT HAVE COME AT THE

COST OF RELEASING ONE OF THE

WORLD'S WORST ARMS DEALERS,

PUTTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

FOR OUR ENEMIES. DETAINED

AMERICANS AND DEMOCRATS WILL

AGREE TO SET YOUR WORST KILLERS

FREE. THEY WERE SERVING A

SENTENCE ON CHARGES THAT THEY

CONSPIRED TO SELL TENS OF

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WEAPONS

THAT U.S. OFFICIALS SAID WERE

GOING TO BE USED AGAINST

AMERICANS. TO THE CONTROVERSY

OVER TECHNOLOGY AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT, SHOULD ROBOTS BE

USED TO KILL DANGEROUS

ASPECTS? IT IS A HOT TOPIC FOR

DEBATE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE

SUPERVISORS HAVE PUT A

CONTROVERSIAL POLICY ON HOLD.

IT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO USE

ROBOTS FOR DEADLY FORCE AND AS

BRODY CARTER REPORTS, THE MOVE

CAME AFTER A FIERCE PUSHBACK

AND PROTEST AGAINST THE PLAN.

Reporter: KILLER ROBOTS ARE

NO LONGER JUST A SCIENCE

FICTION. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES

LIKE THIS ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH A

TACTICAL RIFLE PRODUCED BY

GHOST ROBOTICS SHOW JUST HOW

FAR TECHNOLOGY HAS COME. IN SAN

FRANCISCO, POLICE WANT TO USE

LETHAL TO KNOWLEDGE IN THE

FIELD AND WHILE THE DEPARTMENT

SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO USE

ROBOTS WITH GUNS, IT WANTS TO

USE ROBOTS EQUIPPED WITH

EXPLOSIVES.

WE HAVE IT AS A TOOL. WE DO

HAVE TIME. WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO

IN AND STOP THE THREAT

IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE SECURED

THE SCENE AND WE WAY OUT DO WE

WANT TO RISK LIVES IN THE

PUBLIC BY GETTING OURSELVES

EXPOSED TO THE SUSPECT OR CAN

WE SEND A ROBOT IN TO DEAL WITH

IT?

THANK YOU -- THE MOTION

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

Reporter: THEY APPROVE THE

MEASURE TO USE ROBOTS WITH

DEADLY FORCE. ONE WEEK LATER,

MID PUBLIC OUTCRY, THE

CONTROVERSIAL POLICY WAS

REMOVED FROM A LARGER ORDINANCE

AIMED AT POLICE FUNDING. SOME

SAN FRANCISCO OFFICIALS WANTED

TO GO AHEAD WITH ALLOWING

ROBOTS TO USE DEADLY FORCE IN

CERTAIN CASES. THEY ARGUED THAT

NOTHING WOULD REALLY CHANGE, SO

THERE IS NO NEED TO REVERSE THE

POLICY BUT THE VOTE, PUTTING

THE BAN ON LETHAL ROBOTS,

PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES DO

WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE

MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS THROUGH

A ROBOT ARM WITH A BOMB TO BLOW

THINGS UP? THE ANSWER TO THAT

IS NO.

Reporter: IT IS THE FIRST

TIME THEY HAVE USED SOMEONE TO

KILL IN 2016 AFTER A 45 MINUTE

SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE KILLED

FIVE OFFICERS. S.W.A.T. WAS

GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO SEND

IN A ROBOT, ARMED WITH C-4

EXPLOSIVES. IN SAN FRANCISCO,

POLICE CAN USE ROBOTS TO CHECK

OUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

SCENES IS SO THAT OFFICERS CAN

STAY BACK.

ROBOT TECHNOLOGY FOR LAW

ENFORCEMENT HAS BECOME MORE

WIDELY AVAILABLE. PLEASE ACROSS

THE COUNTRY RARELY DEPLOYED

DEADLY ROBOTS TO KILL OR

CONFRONT SUSPECTS. THE

TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING AHEAD

FAST. PRETTY SOON, POLICE

DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE,

POSSIBLY IN YOUR AREA, COULD BE

WRESTLING WITH THE LOCATIONS OF

USING ROBOTS TO STOP CRYING.

BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.

SWITCHING GEARS.

> THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS

HERE, TIME WHEN BILLIONS

WORLDWIDE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY

AND AS COMMERCIALISM BILLS,

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRIST'S

BIRTH GETS LOST IN THE NOISE.

ONE DOCTOR WANTS TO BRING

ATTENTION BACK TO THE TRUE

REASON FOR THE SEASON AND JENNA

BROWDER SHOWS US HE IS DOING

JUST THAT.

Reporter: THIS IS THE NAME

OF A DOCUDRAMA PLAYING AT THE

MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE. IT IS A

JOURNEY BACK IN TIME THAT

ANSWERS SOME OF THE BIGGEST

QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE BIRTH

OF CHRIST.

IS WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED HOPE,

GOD WOULD SEND A BABY, A KING,

TO OFFER A FORETASTE OF THE

PUDER FUTURE.

VITALIZED BY THIS DOCTOR, HE

FILMED THE NATIVITY, LOOKING

AT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

IT IS THE STORY THAT IS

BEGGING TO BE SHOWN AND

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NO WAY YOU

CAN SHOW IT AND HAVE IT BE

EVERYTHING IT SHOULD BE. WE

CAME CLOSE. I'M REALLY EXCITED

ABOUT IT.

Reporter: JEREMIAH SPOKE

WITH CBN NEWS AT THE MUSEUM OF

THE BIBLE. THE FILM IS NOW

PLAYING THROUGH THE FIRST PART

OF JANUARY. HE PLAYS JOSEPH.

WE WISH WE COULD BE A PART

OF SOMETHING BIG. WE WANT TO

KNOW GOD'S PLAN. IT IS A

BLESSING TO BE HERE.

Reporter: THEY DID THE ROLE

OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS.

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE

PROCESS . IT IS SO SPECIAL.

Reporter: IN A SCRIPT

NARRATED BY JEREMIAH, HE

ANSWERS A HOST OF QUESTIONS,

INCLUDING WHY THE VIRGIN MARY

AND WHY A CARPENTER NAMED

JOSEPH AND WHY POOR SHEPHERDS

AND WEALTHY KINGS BOWING DOWN

TO WORSHIP THE NEWBORN KING AND

PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHY

SHOULD WE CARE AND WHAT TO THE

BABY IN THE MANGER MEAN TO US

AS WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE

CHRISTMAS?

I HOPE THEY WILL LEARN THE

CONTINUITY OF THE STORE. THEY

HAVE TOLD ME THIS MOVIE PUTS

THE STORY TOGETHER, SO THAT ALL

THE THINGS MAKE SENSE. THE

TIMING OF THE WISEMEN, THE

ANXIETY OF JOSEPH DURING THE

PERIOD WHERE HE DID NOT KNOW

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

Reporter: IT RUNS ABOUT AN

HOUR AND 20 MINUTES LONG AND IS

ALREADY A HUGE HIT. TO DATE,

CLOSE TO 5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE

WATCHED WHY THE NATIVITY ON

YOUTUBE ALONE. JENNA BROWDER,

CBN NEWS.

> ANYTIME WE CAN BE REMINDED

FOR THE TRUE REASON FOR THE

SEASON, THAT IS A GOOD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DR.

JEREMIAH. WHAT A WONDERFUL

THING TO DO. A WONDERFUL THING

TO PRODUCE AND MADE THAT 5

MILLION 250 MILLION PEOPLE AND

GET EXPOSED TO THIS WONDERFUL

STORY, A STORY OF THE NATIVITY

AND CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN

REPEATING THIS STORY FOR

THOUSANDS OF YEARS, EVEN DURING

-- TO SEE IT CONTINUE ON,

LET'S KEEP TELLING THE

WONDERFUL STORY OF CHRISTMAS.

TERRY?

> STILL AHEAD, CELEBRATE AN

IRISH-AMERICAN CHRISTMAS WITH

KEITH AND KRISTYN GETTY. THE

COUPLE WILL SHARE THE

HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR HOLIDAY

TOUR AND THEY MAKE YOU A

CHRISTMAS OFFER YOU WILL NOT BE

ABLE TO REFUSE . THAT IS COMING

UP LATER.

> UP NEXT, EXPERIENCE HOLY

LAND CHRISTMAS WITHOUT LEAVING

YOUR LIVING ROOM. SEE THE GIFT

FROM ISRAEL THAT KEEPS ON

GIVING AFTER THIS.

CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLY LAND.

ONCE AGAIN, TOURISTS CAN VISIT

ARIES ROLE FOLLOWING THE

PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN AND FOR THOSE

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO ISRAEL,

WELL, ISRAELI BUSINESSES ARE

BRINGING THE HOLY LAND TO YOU.

CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE DETAILS

FROM JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY.

Reporter: WE ARE AT THE EDGE

OFF THE GATE. ISRAEL'S

MINISTRY OF TOURISM SAYS

TOURISM IS NOW BACK TO NEAR

PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. FOR MANY

PEOPLE, A VISITOR TO THE HOLY

LAND IS STILL A DREAM. THAT IS

WHERE ONE SHOP IN JERUSALEM'S

OLD CITY COMES IN.

THIS IS JERUSALEM CHRISTIAN

SITE. IT HAS BEEN THE LARGEST

WEBSITE IN JERUSALEM THAT

PROVIDES CHRISTIAN ITEMS, ITEMS

THAT BRING THE BIBLE TO LIFE.

Reporter: ZAK MISHRIKY OATS

A THIRD-GENERATION GIFT SHOP IN

THE OLD CITY. HE OFFERS A RANGE

OF GIFTS FROM ALL OF WHAT

NATIVITY SETS TO ANCIENT COINS

AND OIL LAMPS.

I WANT TO COMMUNICATE THE

BIBLICAL TRUTH OR THE BIBLICAL

STORIES AND THE THINGS THAT

WERE FOUND IN OUR BIBLE. FOR

EXAMPLE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS

COIN FROM THE TIME OF JESUS. IT

IS THE STORY OF THE WIDOW'S

MITE. I PUT ON TOP OF IT, YOU

KNOW, IT IS YOUR HEART THAT

MATTERS, NOT YOUR MONEY. IT IS

A BIBLICAL TRUTH. GOD CARES FOR

OUR HEART. HE DOES NOT NEED ANY

MONEY.

Reporter: WORKERS DO SO

WHILE PROVIDING GIFTS FOR MANY,

HE ALSO SUPPORTS A STRUGGLING

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO LOVE

CHRIST TO BE HERE. IT IS

IMPORTANT THAT PILGRIMS, WHEN

THEY COME TO JERUSALEM, THEY

SEE THIS IS NOT ONLY STONE OR

CHURCHES, BUT THEY CAN SEE REAL

PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD

AND THEY TESTIFY HIS TOMB IS

EMPTY. MY BUSINESS ALLOWS

PEOPLE TO WORK, TO BE

PRODUCTIVE, AND TO HAVE FOOD

ON THEIR TABLE AND STAY HERE.

Reporter: THAT IS WHERE

ARTZA BOX ALSO PLAYS A ROLE. A

JEWISH COMPANY DESIGNED TO

BRING THE HOLY LAND TO

CHRISTIANS IN NORTH AMERICA.

THE MAIN GOAL FOR ARTZA IS

TO CONNECT. TO CONNECT PEOPLE

IN ISRAEL TO PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

IT IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE

BIBLE, TO THE WORDS, TO THE

STORIES OF THE BIBLE AND ALSO

TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO MODERN-DAY

ISRAEL, TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE

HERE, TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES,

TO DAILY LIFE HERE AS WELL. IT

IS CONNECTING THIS MIXTURE OF

ANCIENT AND BIBLICAL BUT ALSO

MODRN BETWEEN ISRAEL AND

AMERICA AND COMPLAIN IT

ALTOGETHER.

Reporter: ONE INSCRIPTION

PROVIDES A LOCALLY MADE GIFTS

FOUR CENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THIS MONTH'S FOCUSES ON TOWNS

CONNECTED WITH THE LIFE OF

JESUS.

BECAUSE IT IS CHRISTMAS AND

WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF

JESUS, WE HAVE PRODUCTS FROM

BETHLEHEM, FROM JERUSALEM, FROM

NAZARETH, AND FROM GALILEE.

EVERYPLACE OF TWO PRODUCTS FROM

THAT PLACE AND IT TAKES ON THIS

IMMERSIVE JOURNEY THROUGHOUT

ISRAEL, FROM ALL OF THOSE

REGIONS. THEY ARE REALLY

BEAUTIFUL. THEY ARE COMPLETELY

UNIQUE AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY

EXCITED FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE

IT.

LIKE ZAK, THEY PROVIDE LOCAL

BUSINESSES AND CHARITIES WITH

MUCH NEEDED WORK.

COUNTLESS OF THESE

BUSINESSES AND CHARITIES THAT

CRY ON THE PHONE TO WAS WHEN WE

PLACED THE ORDER AND WOULD

RECOMMEND THEY TELL US

DIRECTLY. ARTZA IN OUR

SUBSCRIBERS, WE HAVE STAYED IN

BUSINESS FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR

THEY CAN KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES.

Reporter: THEY SAY THAT THE

GIFT BOXES BRING THE HOLY LAND

TO LIFE.

THEY GET VERY EMOTIONAL

WITH THEY OPEN THEM. THEY OPEN

THEM UP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

AND YOU HAVE KIDS OPENING UP

WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS. YOU HAVE

HUSBANDS AND WIVES. IT HAS BEEN

VERY HEARTWARMING.

Reporter: ARTZA BOX AND

ZAK'S JERUSALEM GIFTS AIM TO

BRING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON TO

LIFE AND THAT REGARDLESS OF

COVID, THE MESSAGE REMAINS THE

SAME.

THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE

MESSAGE WAS, DO NOT WORRY. GOD

IS GOOD. YOU KNOW, NOW AFTER

COVID IS OVER AND LIFE CAME

BACK TO NORMAL, I STILL ASSURE

YOU THAT GOD IS STILL GOOD.

GOD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY AND

GOODNESS SHALL FOLLOW YOU TO

THE END OF DAYS WITH COVID OR

WITH NO COVID. HE IS GOOD.

Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,

CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY.

DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN,

TERRORISM 120 AND AS A RESULT,

ALL OF THE ARTISANS EMPLOYED

HAD VERY LITTLE -- SO, HOW DO

YOU DO THAT? THIS IS A

WONDERFUL NEW WAY TO DO IT.

BOTH ZACKS JERUSALEM GIFTS AND

ARTZA BOX ARE OFFERING A

SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR CBN

VIEWERS. DOES USE THE PROMO

CODE "CBN 20 IS GOOD AT

CHECKOUT AND YOU'LL GET A 20%

DISCOUNT OFF YOUR ORDER AND YOU

CAN FIND BOTH LINKS AT

CBNNEWS.COM AND IF YOU ORDER

TODAY, I THINK YOU CAN STILL

GET IT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

> A MAN DRAWS HIS FINAL

BREATH. FIND OUT WHAT HE SEES

ON THE OTHER SIDE.

> PLUS, CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

WITH SONGWRITERS WHO PENNED IN

CHRIST ALONE. THEY TALK ABOUT

THEIR BRAND-NEW CHRISTMAS STORE

AFTER THIS.

> THE POPULAR SONG, IN CHRIST

ALONE, HAS BEEN SUNG BY MORE

THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE

WORLDWIDE. IT WAS WRITTEN BY

KEITH AND KRISTYN GETTY. THESE

POSSESSIONS ALSO INSPIRED

FRIENDS WITH CHRISTMAS MUSIC

PERFORMED IN THE IRIS

TRADITION. THIS CHRISTMAS, YOU

CAN CATCH THEM ON THEIR U.S.

TOUR.

WE WANTED TO WRITE HYMNS

THAT HELPED PEOPLE WORSHIP THE

BEAUTY OF GOD OF THE BIBLE. WE

WROTE HYMNS -- THE FIRST ONE

WAS IN CHRIST ALONE. THAT

REALLY JUST LAUNCHED US ON THIS

JOURNEY.

KEITH AND KRISTYN GETTY HAVE

BEEN WRITING MODERN-DAY HYMNS

FOR THE CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 20

YEARS. THEIR BELOVED SON, IN

CHRIST ALONE, HAS BEEN SUNG

WORLDWIDE FOR MORE THAN 100

MILLION PEOPLE. THIS DECEMBER,

THEY BRING THEIR HYMNS AND

FAVORITE CAROLS ON U.S. TOUR IN

CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS.

SOME OF THE GREATEST HYMNS

THAT THE CHURCH HAS -- WE

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL

TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT AND

PUT A BAND TOGETHER AROUND

CHRISTMAS TIME, PRIMARILY TO

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SING AND TO

SING CAROLS AT CHRISTMAS AND TO

REMEMBER THAT RICH HERITAGE.

THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS PARTY

IN THE IRISH TRADITION. THERE

IS SONGS AND DANCE AND LAUGHTER

AND FUN. OF THE SECOND HALF IS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE.

SINCE 2010, THERE TOUR HAS

PERFORMED IN VENUES FROM

CARNEGIE HALL TO -- THEY ARE

SHARING THE HOPE OF GOD'S LOVE

FOR THE WORLD AS FOUND IN THE

CHRISTMAS STORY.

CHRISTMAS CAN BE A TRICKY

TIME FOR SO MANY OF US. IT

EMPHASIZES FEELINGS OF LOSS OR

FRUSTRATION OR DISAPPOINTMENT

OR JUST COLD WEATHER AND JUST

PUSHING THROUGH TO THE SPRING.

SO, TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE

TREE, THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS

AND WHAT IT IS AND TO SING THAT

AND WE HOPE IS SUCH A WARM AND

WINSOME WAY, IT REALLY BRINGS

THAT SENSE OF TRUE JOY THAT IS

ALWAYS THERE, WHATEVER

CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE. I THINK

GIVING PEOPLE HOPE THROUGH THEM

AND MUSIC IS SUCH A POWERFUL

TOOL TO DO THAT. I ALWAYS HOPE

THAT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE

END, THE GOSPEL STORY IS

PRESENTED AS BEAUTIFULLY AND AS

A FULLY AND RICHLY AS POSSIBLE.

JOIN THEM AS THEY CELEBRATE

THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS.

GROWING UP IN IRELAND, WE

WERE TAUGHT VERY MUCH THE

IMPORTANCE OF HOSPITALITY. SO,

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND

LAUGH AND ENJOY AND HEAR GREAT

MUSIC. IN THE SECOND HALF, WE

WANT THEM TO GO ON THIS

JOURNEY, WHERE WE DISCOVERED

THE BEAUTY OF THE CHRISTMAS

STORY. WE PRAY THAT EACH PERSON

WILL LEAVE REFRESHED AND

RENEWED IN MANY WAYS.

> IT IS SO EASY TO JUST GET

BUSY DURING THE SEASON, BUT YOU

WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO JUST BE

ABLE TO ENJOY ONE OF THESE

CONCERTS AND REALLY PUT

CHRISTMAS MUSIC BACK INTO

CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT JUST

BRINGS THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND

A SENSE OF THE HOLINESS OF THE

HOLIDAY AND THE JOY. WE WANT

YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN JOIN KEITH

AND KRISTYN GETTY FOR "SING,

AND IRISH CHRISTMAS " IN

WASHINGTON, NASHVILLE, NEW

YORK, THERE ARE DOZEN OF OTHER

STOPS. THE GETTYS HAVE A

SPECIAL GIVEAWAY EXCLUSIVELY

FOR VIEWERS OF THE 700 CLUB .

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEIR TOP 30

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FOR FREE. PLUS, YOU CAN RECEIVE

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CHRISTMAS TOUR STOPS. FOR MORE

INFORMATION, GO TO THEIR

WEBSITE , GETTYMUSIC.COM/700.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO

CELEBRATE.

WE ARE WRAPPING ALL OF THE

PRESENTS. YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND HAVE A

NICE CUP OF COFFEE.

YOU BETTER SIGN UP.

SIGN ME UP.

THIS IS -- WHAT A FANTASTIC

HYMN. IT SEEMS SO TIMELESS.

YOU THINK, BOY, THIS HAS -- IT

IS AMAZING, THE CREATIVITY GOD

WANTS TO GIVE.

I THINK I WAS TALKING ABOUT

HOW IT MUST FEEL WHEN YOU ARE

THE PERSON GOD HAS WITH THAT IN

HEAVEN ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH

THE WORLD.

THEN IT BECOMES THEIR OWN,

YES? THAT IS ONE OF THE

BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ACTUALLY

CREATES COMMUNITY. WELL, STILL

AHEAD, ME DIAMOND JIM,

SELF-MADE BUSINESS TYCOON.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE IS

STRUCK WITH ONE INCURABLE

DISEASE, AND IS ORGANS SHUTDOWN

AND HIS DOCTORS SAY THERE IS

NO WAY TO BRING HIM BACK.

> PLUS, $80,000 IN DEBT AND

ON THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY.

THIS SCIENTIST AND HER HUSBAND

WERE AT ODDS ABOUT HOW TO GIVE

BACK. SHE DEMANDED PROOF AND

YOU WILL SEE HOW SHE GOT IT.

THAT IS COMING UP.

> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON

FOR THIS BREAK. A GROWING

NUMBER OF CONGREGATIONS IN

TEXAS ARE LEADING THE UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH TO REGIONAL

CONFERENCES IN THE STATE

APPROVED THE REQUEST OF 439

CHURCHES WHO HAD ASKED TO LEAVE

LAST WEEKEND OVER DISAGREEMENTS

WITH THE CHURCH'S LEADERSHIP ON

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE

ORDINATION -- SO FAR, ABOUT 546

OF THE 1260 CHURCHES IN TEXAS

ARE LEAVING THE DENOMINATION

ACCORDING TO THE DALLAS MORNING

NEWS. EACH OF THE CHURCH IS

FIVE U.S. 2 RESTRICTIONS MET

SEPARATELY IN NOVEMBER TO

APPROVE MEASURES SO THAT LGBTQ

PEOPLE WILL BE PROTECTED,

AFFIRMED, AND EMPOWERED. THE

DOMINATION HAS ALSO ELECTED IS

SECONDLY OPENLY GAY BISHOP. YOU

CAN LOOK AT THE DIVISIONS ON

CBNNEWS.COM.

> OPERATION BLESSING IS

CHANGING LIVES AROUND THE WORLD

FOR MEDICAL SURGERIES. IN NAOMI

-- THEY SUFFERED FROM A

DEFORMITY BEFORE HE WAS TWO

YEARS OLD. HE DESPERATELY

NEEDED SURGERY FOR HIS CLEFT

LIP AND PALATE. HIS MOTHER SAID

THAT EATING SOME TYPES OF FOOD

AND DRINKING WATER WAS A

PROBLEM FOR HIM BUT HIS

PARENTS, WHO LIVED IN A SLUM

COMMUNITY, COULD NOT AFFORD THE

OPERATION TO HELP HIM. THEY

FOUND OUT THAT MOHAMMED COULD

GET A FREE SURGERY FOR

OPERATION BLESSING'S

LIFE-CHANGING SURGERY PROGRAM.

OPERATION BLESSING THE GENEROUS

PARTNERS PROVIDED THE FUNDS FOR

HIS FAMILY TO FIX HIS CLEFT LIP

AND PALATE. NOW, HE CAN EAT,

SPEAK, ALL WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

HIS GRATEFUL MOTHER SAYS SHE

CAN UNDERSTAND HIM CLEARLY AND

SHE THINKS OPERATION BLESSING

FOR ITS SUPPORT. YOU CAN FIND

OUT MORE ABOUT OPERATION

BLESSING BY VISITING OB.ORG.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF TODAY'S 700 CLUB

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> $80,000 IN DEBT. STEPHANIE

AND ALAN FOUGHT LIKE SLAVES TO

THE BANK. ALAN CAME UP WITH A

PLAN TO PAY OFF THEIR DEBT BUT

STEPHANIE WAS NOT CONVINCED.

SHE IS A SCIENTIST, SO SHE DID

APPROVE THE PLAN WOULD WORK AND

PROVE WAS EXACTLY WHAT SHE GOT.

WITH MANY MILLENNIALS,

STEPHANIE AND ALLAN BORTNICK

WERE IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT. THEY

WERE ALREADY UP TO $40,000 WHEN

ALLEN, AND ETHICAL DESIGNER,

LOST HIS JOB IN A LAYOFF.

I WAS STILL IN SCHOOL. WE

WERE STILL STRUGGLING TO PAY

OFF THE DEBT THAT WE HAD

ACCUMULATED WHILE HE HAD LOST

HIS JOB. SO, IT WAS -- IT WAS

A HARD TIME.

NOW TOOK OUT A BANK LINE OF

CREDIT FOR BASIC LIVING

EXPENSES AND TO KEEP UP WITH

STEPHANIE'S EDUCATION COSTS AND

GENETIC RESEARCH.

IT FELT DISCOURAGING AND WE

FELT LIKE A SLAVE TO THE BANK,

REALLY. I HAVE THIS DEBT AND I

JUST CANNOT SEEM TO GET IT

UNDER CONTROL.

Reporter: AFTER SIX MONTHS

OF UNEMPLOYMENT, ALLAN SWITCHED

CAREERS, HOPING TO CREATE

BETTER LONG-TERM SECURITY AND

PAY. WHEN HE TOOK A 50% PAY CUT

-- ALLEN SEARCHED THE BIBLE

FOR ANSWERS ABOUT MONEY

TROUBLES AND HE CAME AWAY

CONVINCED THEY NEEDED TO

TITHE.

MY ATTITUDE WAS DEAF, HE DID

NOT THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING

THAT. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO

GRASP THIS IDEA OF GIVING AWAY

WHAT I FELT LIKE WE DID NOT

HAVE.

THEY NEGOTIATED A COMPROMISE

AND GIVING 5% FROM THEIR

INCOME.

IT STILLED, IT DID NOT MAKE

SENSE TO ME.

AFTER SHE GRADUATED, THEY

MOVED TO A METRO AREA THAT HAD

THE BEST JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR

GENETIC RESEARCHERS. THEY PAID

BASIC LIVING EXPENSES ON THEIR

LINE OF CREDIT.

I COULD NOT FIND WORK, AND

WE GOT INTO A SIGNIFICANT

AMOUNT OF DEBT AT THAT POINT.

EVENTUALLY, ALLENTOWN THE

JOB WHILE SHE WORKED PART-TIME

AT A COFFEE SHOP. FINALLY,

AFTER NINE MONTHS, SHE WAS

HIRED IN A GREAT RESEARCH

POSITION, BUT FREE MONTHS

LATER, SHE WAS LAID OFF WHEN

10% OF THE WORKFORCE WAS LAST.

IT WAS TERRIFYING. IT WAS --

IT JUST MADE YOU QUESTION. IT

WAS VERY HARD TO STAY FOCUSED

IN THAT TIME AND JUST SAY, GOD,

I KNOW YOU HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE

WAITING PATIENTLY BUT HURRY UP

A LITTLE BIT.

THE DEBT INCREASED UNTIL

STEPHANIE LANDED HER DREAM JOB

IN CONNECTICUT RESEARCH. HEFEI

ALSO INCREASED AS A JOURNEYMAN

ELECTRICIAN. BY THEN, BUT IT

HAD SWELLED TO $80,000. THEY

COULD BARELY MEET THEIR MONTHLY

BILLS. THAT IS WHEN THEIR BANKS

SUGGESTED THEY CONSIDER

BANKRUPTCY.

WE WERE TOLD FROM A BANK

WHEN WE WENT TO TALK TO THEM

THAT YOU DO NOT COME BACK FROM

THIS KIND OF DEBT.

INSTEAD, ALLEN SAW THIS AS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE

IDEA OF TITHING.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT GOD

WANTED US TO DO, TO TAKE THAT

STEP FORWARD WHEN WE COULD NOT

SEE WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US.

SHE WANTED TO PROVE THAT WE

STILL CAN'T AFFORD TO DO 10%.

I AM A SCIENTIST. I NEED TO

DO EXPERIMENTS. I HAVE A

HYPOTHESIS. I TEST IT. I HAVE

TO SEE A CONCRETE ANSWER.

THAT IS ONE STEPHANIE SAID

SHE TESTED GOD EVERY MONTH

ABOUT TYPING.

I THINK THAT IS WHEN THINGS

STARTED TO REALLY TURN.

SOMEHOW, MONEY WOULD SHOW

UP. WE WOULD GET A RANDOM CHECK

FROM THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE

THERE WAS A TAX MISTAKE OR

ALLEN WOULD BE OFFERED A SMALL

SIDE JOB. SO, GOD ALWAYS MEETS

US WHERE WE NEED TO BE MET. HE

SHOWED ME EVERY MONTH WHEN I

ADDED UP THAT TOTAL THAT THERE

WAS A LITTLE TINY BIT OF GREEN.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE. I JUST CAME

-- THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

THIS IS TOO MANY COINCIDENCES

FOR IT TO SAY THIS WAS NOT A

GOD INCIDENT.

INSTEAD OF DEFAULTING ON

THEIR STUDENT LOANS AND

DECLARING BANKRUPTCY ON THE

REST OF WHAT THEY OWED, WITHIN

SIX YEARS, THEY PAID OFF

$30,000 DEBT IN FULL.

I FEEL LIKE STEPHANIE'S

HEART HAS CHANGED WITH GIVING

NOW BECAUSE IT IS OFTEN HER

IDEA TO GIVE NOW, NOT MINE.

WE WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THAT

IF WE DID NOT TITHE. I AM

GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO PASS

THAT ON TO MY SONS NOW. IT DOES

NOT FEEL LIKE A CHALLENGE. IT

FEELS LIKE A THANK YOU. GOD,

THANK YOU. HERE IS THE FIRST

10%, NOT THE LAST.

NOW THAT HE FELT LIKE

STEPHANIE'S HEART CHANGED.

THERE IS A PART OF GIVING THAT

IS ALL ABOUT THAT, THAT IS OUR

HEART SAYING, GOD, THIS IS WHAT

YOU DECLARE I WILL DO THIS AND

I AM GOING TO TRUST IN YOUR

PROMISES. THAT IS THE BOTTOM

LINE. HERE IS THE AMAZING

THING. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT AND

WHEN WE FOLLOW GOD'S DIRECT, HE

USES US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN

THE LIVES OF OTHERS. HE HAS

CALLED US ALL TOGETHER AS HIS

CHURCH AND THERE ARE SO MANY

WAYS IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT GOD

CALLS US TOGETHER AS HIS

PEOPLE. WHEN YOU AND I GIVE, WE

ARE CERTAINLY BEING OBEDIENT,

WHICH OPENS ALL THINGS FOR US.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE

REACHING OUT IN A POWERFUL WAY

TO TOUCH AND CHANGE LIVES

AROUND THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FAITHFUL 700

CLUB MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WANT

TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE. AND WE

HAVE ALL COME TO APPRECIATE

THE JOY OF DOING IT TOGETHER.

WE WANT TO INVITE THOSE OF YOU

WHO HAVE NOT DONE THAT TO CALL

OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR

SCREEN. IT IS 1-800-700-7000 .

JUST CALL AND SAY, I WANT TO

JOIN THE 700 CLUB. IT IS $.65 A

DAY OR $20 A MONTH, A BASIC

MEMBERSHIP . SOME OF YOU ARE

BASIC MEMBERS BUT TODAY, I

WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU,

ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOLIDAY

SEASON, WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH

NEED AROUND THE WORLD, JUMP UP

TO THE NEXT LEVEL. LET ME SHOW

YOU THE LEVELS. THERE IS 700

CLUB GOLD OF $40 MONTH OR YOU

COULD BECOME 1000 CLUB AT $84 A

MONTH . YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A

2500 CLUB LEVEL AT $209 A

MONTH OR OUR FOUNDERS OF $417 A

MONTH, WORKING OUT TO $5000 A

YEAR. ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD

HAVE YOU DO AND THEN TRUST HIM.

TRUST HIM LIKE ALLAN AND

STEPHANIE DID AND GIVE WITH

JOY BECAUSE YOU WILL CERTAINLY

BE DOING WHAT HE ASKS US TO DO

BUT ALSO YOU WILL BE IMPACTING

THE WORLD WITH YOUR GENEROSITY.

SO, CALL US NOW AT

1-800-700-7000. WHEN YOU DO

THAT, WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU.

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. THIS

IS GORDON'S TEACHING ON THE

23rd PSALM AND IT IS POWERFUL.

MANY OF US HAVE LOVED THIS

PSALM, KNOWN IT ALL THE OUR

LIVES AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE

THIS TEACHING. YOU CALL NOW AND

WHEN YOU GIVE, WOULD YOU DO IT

USING PLEDGE EXPRESS? THAT

ELECTRONIC MONTHLY GIVING.

YOUR BANK DOES ALL THE WORK. IT

DOES HELP US SAVE SOME EXPENSE

THAT WE CAN PUT EVEN MORE OF

YOUR GIFT INTO THE NEEDS OF

OTHERS. SO, CALL NOW AND SAY, I

WANT TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB. TELL

US WHAT LEVEL AND THEN SAY, I

WOULD LIKE TO DO IT USING

LIGHT EXPRESS. YOU WILL GET

THESE POWERFUL LIFE TEACHINGS

OUT TO YOU AS A WAY OF SAYING

THANK YOU EACH MONTH AND YOU

WILL LOVE THE LORD IS MY

SHEPHERD. GORDON?

> UP NEXT, AND INCREDIBLE

VISTA OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND

MEADOWS. THAT IS WHAT THIS MAN

SAW WHEN HE GOT A GLIMPSE OF

HEAVEN. FIND OUT WHAT ELSE HE

SAW AND HOW IT CHANGED HIS LIFE

FOREVER. THAT IS RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

> HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT AND

HAD NO BRAIN ACTIVITY. HIS

ORGANS HAD ALSO DOWN. THEN,

SUDDENLY, HE GOT A MAJOR

WAKE-UP CALL.

ALL THE THINGS I THOUGHT

WERE SOME CRAZY, OLD LEGEND. IT

WAS REAL. IT IS A DIMENSION

THAT EXISTS. SOMETHING FAR

BEYOND ANYTHING I COULD HAVE

EVER IMAGINED. IT WAS HAPPENING

TO ME.

JIM WAS A SELF-MADE MAN AND

EARNED THE NICKNAME DIAMOND

JIM. HE WAS FOCUSED ON

PROVIDING A LIFE OF LUXURY FOR

HIS FAMILY.

NOTHING WAS TOO BIG OF A

PROBLEM. HE COULD FIX IT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY WAY OF

SHOWING HER HOW MUCH I LOVED

HER AND CARED FOR OUR FAMILY,

BY PROVIDING EVERYTHING THAT I

COULD.

BUT LORRAINE, A CHRISTIAN,

PRAYED FOR SOMETHING MORE.

GOD, PLEASE CHANGE HIS

HEART. BRING HIM TO KNOW JESUS

CHRIST AND JUST MAKE A CHANGE

IN HIM AND DEAL WITH THIS

MATERIALISTIC WAY.

OVER THE YEARS, THE MONEY

AND MATERIALISM HAS STARTED TO

CONSUME JIM AS HE PULLED AWAY

FROM HIS FAMILY.

I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WOULD

SAY TO MYSELF, IS THIS ALL

THERE IS?

AT 61 YEARS OLD, JIM WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE

SYNDROME, A RARE, INCURABLE

DISEASE, RESULTING IN CHRONIC

PAIN.

UNREMITTING, ELECTRICAL PAIN

AND EVERY PART OF MY BODY,

ACCOMPANIED WITH PARALYZING

INABILITY TO MOVE.

FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, JIM

RELIED ON PRESCRIPTION MEDS TO

MANAGE THE PAIN.

HE WAS JUST GETTING TO BE A

VERY ANGRY PERSON. THE PAIN

WAS JUST CONSUMING HIM.

NEVER ONCE, AND THIS SPEAKS

TO THE ARROGANCE, DID I REACH

INSIDE OR LOOK UP TO THE SKY

AND SAY, GOD, IF YOU EXIST,

HELP ME OUT HERE. NOT ME. NOT

DIAMOND JIM.

IN APRIL 2014, LORRAINE SAID

A DESPERATE PRAYER FOR JIM'S

HEART.

I SAID, GOD, I HAVE BEEN

PRAYING, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN

ANY CHANGE. MAYBE YOU JUST HAVE

TO BREAK HIM TO REMAKE HIM. BUT

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR.

LATER THAT MONTH, AFTER

TAKING MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AS

DOES THAT, JIM WENT TO

INSPECTOR FIELD TO SNOW. HE

SAID WHILE SITTING IN HIS

TRUCK, HE FELT A GROWING

BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEGS.

SUDDENLY, I REALIZED I COULD

NOT BREATHE. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS

FILLING WITH WATER. I WAS ABOUT

TO DRAW MY LAST BREATH --

SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF ME, I DID

NOT EVEN KNOW EXISTED, I CRIED

OUT, GOD, FORGIVE ME. FORGIVE

ME.

WHEN JIM DID NOT COME HOME,

LORRAINE CALLED THE POLICE. HE

WAS FOUND IN HIS TRUCK,

UNRESPONSIVE, AND WAS RUSHED TO

THE HOSPITAL. LORRAINE RALLIED

FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO PRAY.

THE HEAD DOCTOR CAME OUT AND

HE SAID, YOUR HUSBAND IS

SEVERELY BRAIN DAMAGED. THERE

IS NO BRAIN ACTIVITY THERE. HE

SAID, WE HAVE HIM ON FULL LIFE

SUPPORT BECAUSE HIS ORGANS HAVE

ALL SHUT DOWN. HE SAID, THERE

IS NO WAY TO BRING HIM BACK.

I WAS APOLOGIZING FOR

PRAYING WHAT I PRAYED -- I DID

NOT KNOW IT WOULD COME TO THIS.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE

SHE DID NOT KNOW. SINCE THE

ATTACK, JIM HAD BEEN

EXPERIENCING A VERY DIFFERENT

REALITY.

I LOOK TO MY RIGHT AND THERE

IS THIS INCREDIBLE VISTA OF

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND MEADOWS.

AND I TURNED TO THE LEFT AND

THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN GRASS WENT

FROM GREEN TO BROWN TO SCORCHED

TO BLACK AND DROPTOP IN A

CREVASSE. I SAW THE MOST

HIDEOUS CREATURE YOU COULD EVER

IMAGINE AND I FELL BACK IN

ABJECT TERROR. THE LOOK OF

HATRED IN HIS EYES, FOR ME AND

ALL OF MANKIND -- BUT AT THIS

POINT, I TURNED TOWARD THE

LIGHT AND I RAISED BOTH HANDS

THIS TIME AND I CRIED OUT, GOD,

HELP ME. HELP ME.

THEN JIM SAYS THREE ANGELS

CAME AND TOOK HIM THROUGH

HEAVEN.

I REALIZED I WAS LOOKING AT

NONE OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST,

THE SON OF GOD. HE LOOKED AT ME

WITH THOSE VIOLET EYES AND ALL

I HEARD WAS, JAMES, WHAT DID

YOU DO WITH THE LIFE MY MASTER

GAVE YOU? I HAD NO ANSWER BUT

AS I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES AND

HE SMILED AT ME. HE SMILED AT

ME. HE KNEW ME. I SAW SUCH

INTENSE LOVE AND FORGIVENESS

FOR ME, FOR ME WHO DESERVED

NOTHING. AND THAT WAS THE

MOMENT I WAS HIS FOREVER.

WHATEVER WAS ABOUT TO BECOME OF

ME, I WAS HIS. I LOVE HIM AND

HE LOVED ME.

JIM SAYS HE WANTED TO STAY,

BUT JESUS HAD OTHER PLANS FOR

HIM.

GO BACK AND TELL YOUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE

WONDERS WE HAVE SHOWN YOU.

SUDDENLY, I AM IN A COLD

HOSPITAL ROOM ON A GURNEY,

SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY

LUNGS. I SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS

OUT OF SOME OF THE NURSES.

A NURSE CAME OUT AND SAID,

MRS. WOODFORD, CAN YOU COME

HERE WITH ME? I THOUGHT, HE IS

GONE.

AND I AM JUST OVERWHELMED

THAT I AM SEEING LORRAINE

AGAIN. I SAID, LORRAINE, I SAW

JESUS AND JESUS HAS HORSES.

THE MORE I COULD TALK TO HIM

AND KNOW HE WAS SANE, I KNEW

GOD HAD RESTORED HIM.

LORRAINE REALIZE GOT IT ALSO

ANSWERED HER PRAYER TO BREAK

JIM TO REMAKE HIM.

HE WAS FOCUSED ON JESUS AND

HE BECAME MUCH GENTLER.

AND WHILE JIM STILL HAS THE

MARKERS OF GUILLAIN-BARRE

SYNDROME , HE HAS BEEN

COMPLETELY PAIN-FREE. TODAY,

JIM IS INTENT ON TELLING

EVERYONE HE CAN ABOUT SALVATION

IN JESUS CHRIST.

YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR OF

YOUR HEART TO LET HIM IN, AND

THE DOOR OF MY HEART HAS NOW

BEEN OPENED.

YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR OF

YOUR HEART. THAT IS WHAT JIM

CAME BACK FROM HEAVEN WITH. YOU

CAN OPEN THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART

AND LET HIM IN. I -- HE

REALIZED HE WAS DYING IN THE

CAB OF THE TRUCK AND HIS CRY

FROM DEEP WITHIN HIM, GOD,

FORGIVE ME. AND THAT CRY, THAT

PRAYER, GOD ANSWERED. HERE IS

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. THIS, YOU

WILL FIND IN THE BOOK OF

REVELATION. BEHOLD, I STAND AT

THE DOOR AND KNOCK. IF ANYONE,

THAT IS YOU, IF ANYONE HEAR MY

VOICE AND OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL

COME IN AND I WILL SUP WITH

HIM. THAT MEANS HE WILL HAVE A

COMMUNION MEAL. WHAT AN

INCREDIBLE THING THAT THE

CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE CARES

SO MUCH ABOUT YOU THAT HE IS

OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART

RIGHT NOW, KNOCKING. HE IS

KNOCKING. HE IS WAITING

PATIENTLY FOR YOU TO HEAR AND

HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND OPEN

THAT DOOR. HE HAS BEEN WAITING

FOR YOU. NOW, HERE IS THE

STORY. IT IS A GREAT STORY.

BACK IN THE BEGINNING, GOD

SAID, I WANT TO CREATE A

PARADISE FOR PEOPLE. I WANT

THEM TO BE CAREFREE AND I WILL

PROVIDE ALL THEY NEED. I WILL

COME DOWN TO THE COOL OF THE

EVENING. I WILL SPEAK WITH

THEM. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

HAVE FUN WITH ME. THAT WAS

GOD'S IDEA. THAT IS WHAT HE

WANTED. NOW, WE ARE THE ONES

WHO SAID, WELL, DID GOD SAY WE

LISTEN TO THAT AND WE QUESTION

THE VOICE. WE DID WHAT HE TOLD

US NOT TO DO. WE WENT OUR OWN

WAY. BUT HERE IS THE GREAT

NEWS. GOD DID NOT GIVE UP ON

HIS DREAM. HE STILL HAS

PREPARED A PLACE FOR US. HE

STILL SAYS, I WANT TO BE YOUR

GOD. I WANT YOU TO BE MY

PEOPLE. I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN

IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING AND

TALK WITH YOU AND KNOW YOU BY

NAME AND CALL YOU JAMES AND

CALL YOU BY YOUR NAME. SO THAT

YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE

YOU, JUST HOW MUCH I CARE. WHEN

YOU GET THIS KIND OF

REVELATION, YOU DO NOT TURN

BACK. YOU GO, WOW, I WANT THAT.

I WANT HIM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE

TO GET IT? WELL, IT TAKES WHAT

JIM DID. HE OPENED THE DOOR OF

HIS HEART. THE FIRST WAS HIS

LIFE IS IN DANGER. FROM A DEEP

PLACE WITHIN HIM, HE CRIED OUT,

GOD, FORGIVE ME. AND THEN HE

HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF THE LOVE

OF JESUS THAT CHANGED HIM

FOREVER. HE SAID THAT. I AM HIS

FOREVER NOW. HE KNOWS THE

GREATNESS OF HIS LOVE. NOW, HOW

DO YOU GET THAT. THE PROBLEM

FROM JESUS IS HE WILL MANIFEST

HIMSELF -- YOU DO NOT HAVE TO

THINK IT IS SOME FARAWAY THING.

NOT THAT THIS IS A MYTH. IT IS

REAL AND YOU CAN HAVE A REAL

EXPERIENCE WITH A RISEN SAVIOR

RIGHT NOW. HOW DO YOU GET IT?

YOU ASK FOR IT. SO, LET'S DO

THAT. LET'S OPEN THE DOOR AND

ASK HIM TO COME IN. PRAY WITH

ME. JESUS. SAY HIS NAME. SAY IT

OUT LOUD. JESUS. I OPENED THE

DOOR OF MY HEART TO YOU. I WANT

TO KNOW YOU. SO, JESUS. I CRY

OUT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. FORGIVE

ME. SET ME FREE FROM MY SINS.

SET ME FREE FROM ANY COMPULSION

THAT WOULD DRAW ME AWAY FROM

YOU. IN JESUS -- I WANT TO KNOW

YOU. I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU

ARE THERE AND YOU ARE REAL AND

YOU CAN BE IN ME AND ALL AROUND

ME. OPEN MY EYES SO THAT I CAN

SEE. OPEN MY EARS SO THAT I CAN

HEAR. MOST OF ALL, FILL ME WITH

YOUR LOVE. JESUS, IF YOU DO

THIS FOR ME, I WANT TO FOLLOW

YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

HEAR MY PRAYER. I PRAY IT IN

JESUS' NAME , AMEN. IF YOU

PRAYED WITH ME, THERE IS ONE

MORE THING I WANT YOU TO DO.

LET SOMEBODY KNOW. CALL US AT

TRENDS SIX. WE HAVE A PACKET

FOR YOU CALLED "A NEW DAY. HERE

IS A WORD FROM CORINTHIANS. EYE

HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR

HEARD...THE THINGS WHICH GOD

HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE