> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP, TIME WAS RUNNING

SHORT.

I AM NOT READY TO BE A

WIDOW.

AS HE WAS GIVEN TWO YEARS TO

LIVE.

I HAVE ACCEPTED THE FACT I'M

GOING TO DIE.

WATCH HOW HE GOT A CARDIAC

TRANSPLANT --

IT WAS GIVING ME HOPE.

WITHOUT SURGERY.

THAT WAS COURTESY OF A WHITE

CHRISTMAS.

I WAS LIKE, THIS IS SNOW.

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING WITH US. ISRAEL NOW

HAS A NEW GOVERNMENT. BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU ANNOUNCE THE GOOD

NEWS JUST BEFORE THE MIDNIGHT

DEADLINE.

WHEN HE TAKES OFFICE, HE

WILL BECOME PRIME MINISTER FOR

AN UNPRECEDENTED SIXTH TIME.

CBN MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT

JULIE STAHL BRINGS US THE STORY

FROM JERUSALEM.

Reporter: JUST BEFORE THE

MIDNIGHT DEADLINE, BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU PHONED ISRAELI

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG.

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT THANKS TO THE HUGE SUPPORT

WE RECEIVED DURING THE

ELECTIONS, I WILL FORM A

GOVERNMENT THAT WILL TAKE CARE

OF ALL CITIZENS OF ISRAEL AND I

INTEND, OF COURSE, TO ESTABLISH

IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: HIS COALITION

CONSISTS OF HIS LIKUD PARTY AND

RELIGIOUS PARTIES.

THERE IS NO DISPUTING ON ANY

END OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM

THAT IT WILL BE THE RIGHT WITH

MOST GOVERNMENT THAT ISRAEL HAS

HAD IN ITS 70 PLUS YEARS OF

MODERN HISTORY.

Reporter: HE IS NOW REQUIRED

TO REVEAL THE TERMS OF THE

AGREEMENTS HE MADE WITH HIS

COALITION PARTNERS UNTIL 48

HOURS BEFORE THE NEW GOVERNMENT

IS SWORN IN. THAT WILL TAKE

PLACE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE

UNITED NATIONS RELEASED A

NUMBER OF ANTI-ISRAEL

RESOLUTIONS IN BOTH U.S. AND

EUROPEAN UNIONS RESTATED THEIR

SUPPORT FOR A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTI

NIAN CONFLICT. THAT IS A

NONSTARTER FOR NETANYAHU'S

GOVERNMENT AND MUCH OF ISRAEL.

THEY REACTED SOMEWHAT

CAUTIOUSLY FROM WASHINGTON ,

STILL SAYING RELATIONSHIPS WITH

ISRAEL AND THE U.S. GOES ON AS

ALWAYS. WE WILL WORK WITH THE

NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT.

Reporter: EDITOR AND

POLITICAL ANALYST JOHN WADLEY

SAYS NETANYAHU, WHO WORKED AT

TO SHIFT THE FOCUS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST --

HE HAS A VISION FOR

DIPLOMACY AND HE WILL TRY TO

TRANSCEND IRAN BY GOING THROUGH

THESE AREAS AND SEEING IF HE

CANNOT CHANGE THE BALANCE OF

MAKING THE PALESTINIANS THE

CENTER POINT OF MIDDLE EASTERN

NEGOTIATIONS IN DIPLOMACY.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH A

PLURALITY OF ISRAELIS HAS VOTED

FOR NETANYAHU, THE ACTION TO

THE GOVERNMENT IS MIXED.

THIS IS A BAD GOVERNMENT.

VERY BAD. IT IS A RACIST

GOVERNMENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT

WILL LAST MORE THAN A YEAR. I

REALLY HOPE IT WILL NOT MAKE

IT.

I HAVE HOPES FOR THE NEW

GOVERNMENT. WE HOPE THIS

GOVERNMENT WILL BE A LIGHTNING

GOVERNMENT, THAT WILL DO A LOT

OF GOOD. I AM SURE THAT IS REAL

ISRAEL WILL BUILD THE COUNTRY,

BUILDING NEW SETTLEMENTS.

Reporter: AFTER FIVE

ELECTIONS IN LESS THAN FOUR

YEARS, THE BIG QUESTION ON MOST

ISRAELIS MINDS IS WILL THE NEW

GOVERNMENT LAST? ONLY TIME IS

WILL TELL. JULIE STAHL, CBN

NEWS, JERUSALEM.

MY PRODUCTION IS IT WILL

LAST BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE TO

GO INTO CONTINUAL ELECTION

AFTER ELECTION AFTER ELECTION

IS NOT GOING TO BE APPEALING TO

ANY ISRAELI ON EITHER SIDE, ANY

OF THE SIDES. THEY DO NOT HAVE

TWO PARTIES. THEY HAVE DOZENS

OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND YOU

ALWAYS HAVE TO FORM COALITIONS

AND CRAFT AGREEMENTS IN ORDER

TO COME TO THAT MAJORITY TO

ELECT A PRIME MINISTER. SO,

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AGAIN, HE

HAS BEEN THE LONGEST SERVING

PRIME MINISTER IN ISRAEL'S

HISTORY. HE GETS ANOTHER TERM

AND I WISH HIM VERY WELL.

HOWEVER, THE WORLD IS

ABSOLUTELY AGAINST ISRAEL RIGHT

NOW. THE NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS

COMING OUT OF THE U.N. AND

THEN TO MY AMAZEMENT, PEOPLE

TRYING TO CALL FOR A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION BASED ON THE 1967

BORDERS. CLEARLY, THEY DO NOT

UNDERSTAND THE REALITY ON THE

GROUND AND THAT THAT WOULD

LITERALLY DESTROY JEWISH CITIES

THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED AND

EXIST AND WOULD PUT ISRAEL'S

SECURITY AT ABSOLUTE RISK. YOU

WOULD BE ABLE TO SHELL TEL

AVIV FROM THOSE BORDERS AND

ISRAEL CANNOT HAVE THAT. YOU

CANNOT SURVIVE AS A CULTURE IF

YOU HAVE AN ENEMY AND OPEN

WARFARE. THEY HAVE HAD THEIR

ENTIRE EXISTENCE -- PRAY FOR

THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. PRAY

FOR ISRAEL. THIS IS SOMETHING

THE BIBLE REQUIRES FROM ALL OF

US, ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH.

> DURING HIS ADDRESS TO

CONGRESS, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT

THANKED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR

THEIR AID IN THE WAR AGAINST

RUSSIA. HE ALSO PROMISED THAT

AID WOULD ENSURE GLOBAL

SECURITY. WENDY GRIFFITH HAS

THAT STORY AND MORE FROM THE

CBN NEWSROOM. WENDY?

Reporter: FRESH FROM THE

FRONT LINES. PRESIDENT

ZELENSKYY MET WITH PRESIDENT

JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE

WEDNESDAY. IN ONE ADDRESS TO

CONGRESS, HE STRESSED THE NEED

FOR ONGOING U.S. SUPPORT IN

UKRAINE'S WAR AGAINST RUSSIA.

GARY LANE REPORTS.

Reporter: UKRAINIAN

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY APPEARED

BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF

CONGRESS, THANKING THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE FOR THEIR HELP IN ITS

WAR AGAINST RUSSIA.

YOU CAN SPEED UP OUR

VICTORY.

Reporter: HE WAS THE FIRST

WARTIME LEADER TO ADDRESS BOTH

HOUSES OF CONGRESS SINCE

WINSTON CHURCHILL. HE SAID MORE

HELP IS NEEDED IF UKRAINE IS TO

DEFEAT PUTIN'S ARMY.

YOUR MONEY IS NOT CHARITY.

IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE

GLOBAL SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY

THAT WE HANDLE IN THE MOST

RESPONSIBLE WAY.

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT IS

LIKELY TO GET HIS WISH.

EARLIER, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

ANNOUNCED A NEW AID PACKAGE FOR

UKRAINE WITH NEARLY $2 BILLION.

THEY INCLUDE THE DEPLOYMENT OF

ADVANCED SERVICE -- AMERICA'S

AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM. ZELENSKYY

IS REQUESTING THE PATRIOTS TO

WARD OFF RUSSIAN MISSILES AND

DRONE ATTACKS.

WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH

UKRAINIANS TO GIVE THEM THE

ABILITY TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE.

YOU CANNOT WIN GOOD ON THE

YOUTH THAT --

Reporter: $45 BILLION TO

BOTH UKRAINE AND NATO IN FISCAL

YEAR 2023. SENATE MINORITY

LEADER MITCH McCONNELL INSISTS

80 UKRAINE IS THE TOP PRIORITY

OF MOST REPUBLICANS.

PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE

UKRAINIANS TO DEFEAT THE

RUSSIANS , THAT IS THE NUMBER

ONE PRIORITY FOR THE UNITED

STATES RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: KEVIN McCARTHY,

WHO IS SEEKING TO BECOME

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WHEN THEY

TAKE CONTROL EARLY NEXT MONTH,

WARNS HIS MEMBERS WILL NOT BE

WRITING UKRAINE A BLANK CHECK.

MANY OF THEM WANT

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE BILLIONS

OF DOLLARS AND WEAPONS ALREADY

SENT TO ZELENSKYY'S GOVERNMENT.

IN THE MEANTIME, ONGOING

RUSSIAN ATTACKS AGAINST

UKRAINE'S POWER GRID MEAN MANY

UKRAINIANS ARE IN FOR A COLD,

HARSH WINTER WITHOUT

ELECTRICITY. MANY ALSO LACKS

FOOD AND WATER AND ZELENSKYY

SAYS HIS PEOPLE WILL ENDURE. HE

PROTECTS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

PUTIN MAY LODGE A MAJOR GROUND

OFFENSIVE IN THE SPRING BUT HE

SAYS WITH AMERICA'S HELP, HIS

COUNTRYMEN WILL CLAIM VICTORY.

MAY GOD PROTECT OUR BRAVE

TROOPS AND CITIZENS. MAY GOD

FOREVER BLESS THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND

HAPPY VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

> CONGRESS IS RACING TO PASS

THE ON ABYSS SPENDING BILL BY

FRIDAY BEFORE A PARTIAL

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE BILL

IS 4100 PAGES LONG. THAT IS

MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE SIZE

OF THE BIBLE. NORTH CAROLINA

AND BISHOP TALKED ABOUT COMING

TO THE DOCUMENT. SOME ITEMS

THEY FOUND, $575 MILLION FOR

FAMILY PLANNING TO, GET THIS,

LIMIT POPULATION GROWTH IN

AREAS WHERE PLANTS, ANIMALS,

INSECTS, AND OTHER LIFE IS AT

RISK. THERE IS ALSO $410

MILLION FOR BORDER SECURITY IN

SEVERAL MIDEAST NATIONS,

INCLUDING JORDAN AND EGYPT, BUT

NOT HERE, NOT AT THE U.S.

BORDER, AND ALSO THE BILL HAS

THOUSANDS OF EARMARKS FOR

LAWMAKERS PET PROJECTS IN THEIR

HOME STICKS.

> A MAJOR WINTER STORM

THREATENS TO -- THEY ARE

FACING WEATHER ALERTS. BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS ARE SWEEPING THE

MIDWEST TODAY. IN CHICAGO,

AUTHORITIES ARE TELLING PEOPLE

TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. AIRLINES

ALREADY CANCELED MORE THAN 8000

FLIGHTS.

TIRED, STRESSED, HUNGRY,

JUST HOPELESS, HONESTLY.

THERE IS SNOW IN KANSAS CITY

WAITING FOR US, SO WE ARE

LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING

THERE.

HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE -- IT

WILL EXTEND OVER MUCH OF THE

COUNTRY. TEXAS AND THE

SOUTHEAST WILL GO FAR BELOW

FREEZING. PARTS OF THE

NORTHEAST WILL SEE SUBZERO

TEMPERATURES.

> AS MANY HOPE TO MAKE IT

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, THAT WILL

NOT BE THE CASE FOR MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS BEHIND BARS. FOR

INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES,

THIS CAN BE A PAINFUL TIME OF

YEAR. AS BRODY CARTER REPORTS,

PRISON MINISTRIES ARE DOING

WHAT THEY CAN TO ENCOURAGE

THOSE WHO WILL NOT MAKE IT

HOME.

Reporter: ROUGHLY 2 MILLION

AMERICANS WILL SPEND THE

HOLIDAYS BEHIND BARS, INCLUDING

IN VIRGINIA BEACH. WHAT MAY BE

A BITTERSWEET TIME FOR THE

INMATES, FOR THE MINISTERS WHO

VISIT, THEY REMIND THEM THAT

THE HOLIDAYS ARE FOR THE BEAUTY

OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS.

WE PUT CHAPLAINS IN JAILS

WHERE THEY BELONG. BUT WORKING

IN A JAIL IS A VERY DIFFICULT

THING. SO, WE TRY TO HELP THE

STAFF AND THE DEPUTIES

UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT JUST HERE

FOR THE INMATES. WE ARE HERE

FOR PEOPLE. AND GOD LOVES

PEOPLE.

Reporter: MORE THAN 1000

INMATES ARE CALLING THIS A JAIL

HOME. MOST ARE FIRST-TIME

OFFENDERS AND THIS CHAPLAINS

SERVES AS THEIR LIFELINE TO

HELP.

THAT IS THE INTERCEPTION. IT

IS THE GREAT COMMISSION TO HELP

OTHER PEOPLE GET THROUGH THEIR

STUFF AND FIND GOD IN THE MIDST

OF THEIR STRUGGLES.

Reporter: IS PART OF THE

GOOD NEWS JAIL AND PRISON

MINISTRY, NONPROFIT NETWORK OF

400 CHAPLAINS IN 25 STATES. THE

VOLUNTEERS PREACH THE GOSPEL

AND OF THE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITH

BACKGROUNDS COPE WITH LIFE IN

JAIL.

ONE OF THE MORE MOVING PARTS

OF THE JOB IS WHEN AN INMATE

FINDS OUT THAT A LOVED ONE HAS

DIED ON THE OUTSIDE. AND HERE

THEY ARE IN JAIL, AND THEY

CANNOT BE WITH THEIR FAMILY.

THAT IS SOME OF THE MORE

DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, BUT

ALSO THE MOST MEANINGFUL.

Reporter: TODAY'S CHRISTMAS

TIME AND -- VOLUNTEERS ARE

SPREADING GOOD CHEER IN THE

FORM OF CHRISTMAS CARDS AND

POSTAGE, NEW SOCKS, COOKIES,

AND AN ACTIVITY BOOK WITH THE

GOSPEL MESSAGE.

I HAVE MORE FAITH NOW THAN I

DID EVER BEFORE.

Reporter: 42-YEAR-OLD JESUS

HAS BEEN IN JAIL FOR NINE

MONTHS WITH ANOTHER SIX MONTHS

TO GO. HE SAYS THE ONLY THING

HE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS IS

PATIENCE TO FINISH OUT HIS

SENTENCE.

HE HAS DELIVERED ME FROM SO

MANY THINGS. MY LIFE COULD BE

WORSE AND I KNOW I AM IN A

SITUATION RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT

VERY GOOD LOOKING, BUT I AM

ALIVE. I STILL GET A SECOND

CHANCE. THAT IS THE GRACE OF

HIM.

Reporter: THE CHAPLAIN

PROGRAM IS ONE OF A HANDFUL

MADE AVAILABLE TO THE INMATES

DURING THEIR TIME HERE. IT IS

ONE THAT GIVES THEM HOPE AND

EVERYTHING ELSE MIGHT HOPELESS.

YOUR LIFE IS ESSENTIALLY

OVER. IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME

THAT YOU WOULD TURN TO GOD, IT

IS PROBABLY WHEN YOU ARE GOING

THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

Reporter: --

IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.

FOLKS THAT ARE INCARCERATED

HERE ARE PAYING A DEBT TO

SOCIETY AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT

THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS AS WELL.

THEY CERTAINLY DESERVE TO HAVE

THAT VISION OF HOPE THAT THERE

IS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF HERE

AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY TURN

THEIR LIVES AROUND.

Reporter: IN MATTHEW, JESUS

SAYS, I WAS NAKED AND YOU

CLOTHED ME. I WAS SICK AND YOU

VISITED ME. I WAS IN PRISON AND

YOU CAME TO ME. WHEN HIS

DISCIPLES -- THEY SAID, LORD,

WHEN DID WE DO THESE THINGS? HE

REPLIED, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU,

WHEN YOU HAVE DONE SO TO ONE OF

THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU HAVE

ALSO DONE SO TO ME. THE

CHAPLAIN SAYS WE SEE THE HEART

OF GOD IN THIS PASSAGE AND IS

INVITING EVERYONE THIS HOLIDAY

SEASON TO BLESS THEIR

COMMUITIES BY BLESSING OTHERS.

I AM BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.

THAT IS THE GOSPEL. WE NEED

MORE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IN

PRISONS. GORDON?

ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS

TIME, WHEN YOU VISIT PRISONERS

DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, YOU ARE

REMINDED THAT THERE IS HOPE. SO

MUCH OF WHAT THEY ARE DEALING

WITH AND -- THEY TRY TO

DEHUMANIZE THEM. THERE ARE

THESE PEOPLE MADE IN THE IMAGE

OF GOD AND JESUS SAID IT

CLEARLY. WHEN YOU COME TO ME IN

PRISON, YOU ARE NOT JUST COMING

TO A PERSON. YOU ARE COMING TO

SOMEONE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF

JESUS CHRIST. YOU ARE DOING IT

UNTO HIM. WHAT A WONDERFUL

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. WHAT A

WONDERFUL THING TO DO AND I

APPLAUD EVERYONE WHO IS

INVOLVED IN PRISON MINISTRY.

ASHLEY?

YES AND AMEN. STILL AHEAD,

HER HUSBAND NEEDED A HEART

TRANSPLANT AND SHE REFUSED TO

PRAY FOR IT. FIND OUT WHY, WHEN

SHE PRAYED FOR INSTEAD, AND HOW

IT LED TO A WHITE CHRISTMAS

MIRACLE. THAT IS COMING UP.

> ALSO, LIFE IN A WAR-RAVAGED

CITY NEAR THE FRONT LINES IN

UKRAINE. CHUCK HOLTON VENTURE

INTO THE DANGER ZONE TO BRING

US THIS FIRSTHAND LOOK AT

COURAGE UNDER FIRE. THAT IS

AFTER THIS.

> THEY ARE FREEZING. PEOPLE

> THEY ARE FREEZING. PEOPLE

LIVE IN CLOSE TO THE FRONT

LINES OF THE WAR, EXPERIENCING

THE MOST DESPERATE CONDITIONS.

IN THE MIDST OF THE DANGER,

ORPHAN'S PROMISE IS WORKING

WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO HELP

THOSE SUFFERING TO SURVIVE.

CHUCK HOLTON BRINGS US THIS

FIRSTHAND REPORT.

Reporter: DEVOID OF

ELECTRICITY, WATER, OR HEAT,

LIFE ON THE FRONT LINES IN

SOUTHERN UKRAINE IS SHEER

SURVIVAL. THIS TOWN WAS ONCE

HOME TO 20,000 PEOPLE AND TODAY

LESS THAN 10% REMAIN. ABANDONED

PETS ROAM THE STREETS, HUNGRY

AND TRAUMATIZED BY THE NEAR

CONSTANT SHELLING, WHICH HAS

DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MORE THAN

70% OF THE CITY. THE FEW WHO

REMAIN SAY THEY HAVE NOWHERE

ELSE TO GO. NO CAR, NO MONEY,

AND NO DESIRE TO GIVE UP THE

LAND OF THEIR ANCESTORS HAVE

OCCUPIED FOR GENERATIONS.

THIS VILLAGE IS ONLY A FEW

MILES FROM THE FRONT LINE. IT

IS UNDER FIRE EVERY DAY BECAUSE

THEY BASICALLY ARE BOMBING

THESE TOWNS INTO SUBMISSION,

TERRORIZING THE PEOPLE INTO

LEAVING, AND THEY CAN MOVE IN

WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE. BUT

THESE VILLAGERS ARE NOT GOING

ALONG WITH THAT PLAN. THEY ARE

STAYING HERE IN THE VILLAGE,

BUT THEY ARE LIVING IN THE

SELLERS OF THIS BUILDING. LET'S

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: SHE HAS FIVE

CHILDREN AND SHE HAS BEEN

STAYING THIS BASEMAN STUDENTS

JUNE. YOU CAN SEE HOW SMOKY IT

IS. THEY ARE USING THE SCREEN

FIRE WHAT TO TRY TO KEEP THE

PLACE WARM. THEY ARE LIVING IN

A TINY LITTLE SECTION OF THIS

BASEMENT. WHY HAVE YOU NOT LEFT

AND GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE?

NO, I WANT TO LIVE ON MY

LAND, MY UKRAINIAN LAND. I HOPE

THAT MY CITY WILL BE DELIVERED

SOON. WE JUST WANT PEACE. I

JUST WISH THERE WERE NO ROCKETS

AND BOMBS FLYING OVER OUR

HEADS. WE JUST WANT PEACE.

Reporter: ORPHAN'S PROMISE

AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE

HELPING SUCH PEOPLE STAY ALIVE

FOR THE WINTER BY DELIVERING

FOOD, MEDICINES, AND WARM

CLOTHING TO THIS PASTOR FROM A

LOCAL CHURCH, WHO DECIDED TO

STAY HERE WITH HIS FAMILY TO

HELP THOSE WHO CANNOT LEAVE.

WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT

WHAT TO DO, WHETHER TO STAY OR

LEAVE, WE WERE PRAYING AND GOD

ANSWERED US AND SAID, I WILL

BLESS YOU WHETHER YOU GO OR

STAY, BUT MY NAME WILL BE

GLORIFIED MORE IF YOU STAY.

IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS TO BE

A UKRAINIAN RIGHT NOW. NOBODY

KNOWS WHO WILL BE NEXT. IT DOES

NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN

KYIV, IN LVIV, IT DOES NOT

MATTER. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO

WILL BE NEXT.

Reporter: AND SO CLOSE TO

THE FRONT LINES, MORE PEOPLE

ARE SEEKING GOD.

BEFORE THE WAR, WE HAD 30 TO

40 PEOPLE COMING TO THE CHURCH

BUT NOW WE HAVE SERVICES WITH

ABOUT 100. SO THE CHURCH HAS

THE ANSWER FOR THE PEOPLE HERE.

THE SHELLING GETS WORK AFTER

DARK.

Reporter: ASKED IF I COULD

STAY THE NIGHT WITH THIS.

AFTER. -- THAT WAS A PRETTY

LARGE ATTACK HAPPENING NEARBY

AND THIS FAMILY I AM STAYING

WITH RESPONSE TO THAT BY

GATHERING AROUND THE KITCHEN

TABLE IN PRAYER. THAT IS WHAT

THEY ALWAYS DO WHEN THE BOMB

START FOLLOWING AND THEY

BELIEVE THAT IT IS VITAL TO

THEIR PROTECTION . THEY BELIEVE

THEY ARE HERE FOR A REASON,

THAT GOD INTENDS FOR THEM TO

STAY HERE, AND THAT THROUGH

PRAYER AND FAITH, THEY WILL BE

ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE

PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET OUT OF

THIS AREA AND BE PROTECTED IN

THE PROCESS.

I SEE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE

STILL HILL, THIS CHURCH -- THEY

ARE FIGHTING FOR ME TOO. IT IS

LIKE ANOTHER LEVEL OF SOLDIERS.

WE ARE THE ARMY OF CHRIST.

WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT ON HIS

SIDE ENTERING THE WORD OF GOD

TO THESE PEOPLE.

FROM UKRAINE, I'M CHUCK

HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.

THAT IS AN INSIDE LOOK. AS

YOU GO DOWN INTO THE SELLERS OF

THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, TO

SEE THE TINY CRAMPEDPLACES

THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED TO

LIVE IN, FORCED TO BURN

FIREWOOD AND ENDURE THESE

HARDSHIPS, THEY DO NOT WANT TO

LEAVE BECAUSE IT IS THEIR

LANDS. THIS IS THEIR HOME. WHAT

THE RUSSIANS ARE DOING IS AN

ABSOLUTE WAR CRIME. THEY

SPECIFICALLY TARGETED THE

ELECTRICAL GRID, THE ABILITY

FOR PEOPLE TO HEAT THEIR OWN

HOMES, TO PROVIDE FRESHWATER

FOR THEMSELVES. THEY ARE TRYING

TO CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLIES. THEY

ARE DOING THESE THINGS TO

TERRORIZE THE CIVILIAN

POPULATION. HERE IS THE GOOD

NEWS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARE AND

SAY, NO, WE WILL HELP OUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

UKRAINE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE

PART OF THE RELIEF EFFORT,

WHETHER IT IS FOR THE REFUGEES

WHO HAVE LEFT OR FOR THOSE WHO

ARE STAYING. ALL OF THAT IS

HAPPENING THROUGH OUR CENTERS

TO ROUTE UKRAINE. WE ARE NOT

NEW TO THIS. WE HAVE BEEN IN

UKRAINE FOR DECADES. WE WANT TO

HAVE MORE HELP, MORE HELP FOR

THOSE DESPERATE PEOPLE BECAUSE

IT UKRAINE, IT IS GOING TO GET

VERY COLD THIS WINTER. IT

ALREADY IS BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW

COLD UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN IN

UKRAINE. I HAVE BEEN THERE IN

FEBRUARY AND TO HAVE NO HEAT,

NO ELECTRICITY, NO RUNNING

WATER, WE WANT TO DO OUR PART

TO HELP THEM. IF THAT IS YOU,

IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT,

GIVE US A CALL AT

1-800-700-7000 . JUST SAY, I

WANT TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB. A

PORTION OF EVERY GIFT YOU GIVE

GOES INTO THE WORK OF OPERATION

BLESSING TO HELP PEOPLE AND

HELP THOSE REFUGEES AND HELP

THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN UKRAINE

. ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO

THE WORK TO PREACH THE GOSPEL,

TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN THESE

DIFFICULT TIMES THAT THERE IS A

GOD WHO LOVES THEM, WHO CARES,

WHO CARED ENOUGH TO COME AND

DIE FOR THEM. NOW, MORE THAN

EVER, WE NEED TO GET THE GOSPEL

AROUND THE WORLD AND WE NEED

YOUR HELP TO DO IT. SO JOIN

WITH US. CALL US AT

1-800-700-7000. ASHLEY?

> UP NEXT, THIS WOMAN ASKED

GOD FOR A SIGN THAT HER HUSBAND

WOULD BE HEALED. THAT IS

EXACTLY WHAT SHE GOT. ON THE

FIRST WHITE CHRISTMAS IN SOUTH

TEXAS IN 100 YEARS. WATCH THIS

AMAZING STORY WHEN WE COME

BACK.

> PLUS, WE WILL BE PRAYING

FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> THAT IS WHAT TONI ASKED

GOD FOR AFTER SHE PRAYED THAT

HER HUSBAND'S HEART WOULD BE

HEALED. TONI ASKED FOR A VERY

SPECIFIC SIGN AND HERE IS HOW

HER REQUEST LED TO A WHITE

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.

EVERY TIME I PRAY, I HAVE TO

ALWAYS ASK FOR A SIGN. AS A

LITTLE GIRL EVEN. JUST A LITTLE

SIGN, LORD. JUST A LITTLE SIGN.

Reporter: TONI ESPINOZA HAD

BEEN PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE

SINCE MARCH OF 2004. THAT WAS

WHEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND,

DAVID, LEARNED HE ONLY HAD TWO

YEARS TO LIVE.

HE SAID, I HATE TO TELL YOU

THIS BUT YOUR HEART IS

ENLARGED. IT IS NOT BEATING

LIKE A NORMAL HEART. HE HAS IS

THE EFFICIENCY RATING OF YOUR

HEART. A HEALTHY HEART IS

CONSIDERED 60. I WAS AT 12%. IT

WAS SHOCK. YOU KNOW, MY FIRST

EMOTION WAS SHOCKED.

I WAS NUMB. I REALLY WAS. I

WAS LIKE A ZOMBIE THE FIRST FEW

DAYS, THE FIRST WEEK. MY PRAYER

WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW,

HELP ME THROUGH THIS.

THEY SOUGHT A SECOND OPINION

AND A THIRD, BUT ALL CAME BACK

WITH THE SAME DIAGNOSIS.

SO, IT IS MORE ABOUT

GETTING MY FAMILY READY FOR

WHEN I WAS NOT HERE ANY LONGER.

I HAVE ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT I

AM GOING TO DIE.

TONI AND HER DAUGHTERS WERE

NOT GIVING UP FAITH. THEY MADE

AN APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR IS

AT THE DeBAKEY HEART INSTITUTE

SEVEN HOURS AWAY IN HOUSTON.

I AM NOT READY FOR THIS. I

AM NOT READY TO BE ALONE. I AM

NOT READY TO BE A WIDOW. I AM

NOT READY. I WAS ASKING GOD

JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT DAVID GETS

A HEART TRANSPLANT. THAT IS

WHAT I WAS PRAYING FOR.

ASKED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS

AT CHURCH TO PRAY FOR DAVID.

OH, THAT WAS AWESOME.

SUDDENLY, I MONTCLARE LIST

EVERYWHERE.

THEY ALL RALLIED AROUND US

AND PRAYED FOR HIM AND IT WAS

JUST AMAZING.

FOR THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS,

THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE MONTHLY

TRIPS FROM THEIR HOME IN

McALLEN TO HOUSTON FOR

CHECKUPS.

I WAS NOT IMPROVING. I WAS

NOT GETTING WORSE, BUT MY EF

CONTINUE TO BE 12%.

THE DOCTORS TOLD DAVID

NEEDED A HEART TRANSPLANT AS

SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS WHEN

TONI CAME TO A SURPRISING

REALIZATION. WHY AM I ASKING

FOR DAVID TO GET A HEART

TRANSPLANT? SOMEBODY HAS TO

DIE. IT JUST -- IT DID

SOMETHING TO ME WHEN I HEARD

THAT. I MEAN, I STARTED

PRAYING. IT IN HEART, BUT NOT

SOMEONE ELSE'S HEART. YOU CAN

DO THAT. YOU CAN GIVE HIM A NEW

HEART.

THANKSGIVING CAME AND WENT.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS STILL IN NEED

OF A TRANSPLANT, DAVID WAS

ENCOURAGED THAT THE LORD WAS

WORKING.

I CONTINUE TO GET LITTLE

MESSAGES FROM GOD. AT THE END

OF MATTHEW, I WILL BE WITH YOU

UNTIL THE END OF AGE. THEN I

RAN ACROSS EZEKIEL, WHERE HE

SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW

HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT. I TRULY

BELIEVE THAT HE WAS GIVING ME

HOPE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING

TO COME.

I REMEMBER SAYING, THANK YOU

FOR HEALING DAVID. I KNOW YOU

HAVE HEAL DAVID. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LORD, THANK YOU. BUT

I JUST -- I JUST NEED THAT

LITTLE SIGN. IT WOULD BE

AWESOME IF IT SNOWED IN

McALLEN. I BELIEVE I SAID

CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY.

McALLEN, DOWN IN THE RIO

GRAND VALLEY, IT IS PRETTY MUCH

TWO SEASONS. YOU HAVE SUMMER

FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS OUT OF THE

YEAR AND FOR ONE MONTH OUT OF

THE YEAR, YOU HAVE GOT FALL.

IF YOU HAVE THAT FAITH, THE

SIZE OF A MUSTARD SEED, AND YOU

JUST PRAY, GOD, YOUR WILL BE

DONE AT -- IT WAS THAT

CHRISTMAS EVE AND EVERYONE HAD

GONE TO BED. I LOOKED OUT AND I

SAW THIS STUFF COMING DOWN. I

OPENED THE DOOR AND I WAS LIKE,

THIS IS SNOW. I FELT LIKE THAT

SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT. THERE

WAS NO NOISE, NOTHING. I FELT

HIM. I FELT HIM. LIKE, I AM

HERE. I HAVE NEVER LEFT YOU. IT

CONTINUED. IT CONTINUED AND IT

CONTINUED AND IT CONTINUED AND

I WAS JUST LIKE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT MORNING, ALL OF

SOUTH TEXAS WOKE UP TO A WHITE

CHRISTMAS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

OVER 100 YEARS.

AND FOR HIM TO SHOW ME THAT

WAY THAT I AM -- I AM JUST A

LITTLE SPECK IN THE WORLD, BUT

HE KNOWS WHO I AM.

GOD IS AWESOME. AND HIS

MERCY AND HIS COMPASSION, IT IS

JUST OVERWHELMING.

THREE WEEKS LATER AND THEY

WENT FOR DAVID'S MONTHLY

CHECKUP IN HOUSTON.

AND THEN WE GO TO THE DOCTOR

AND HE OPENS THE CHARTS AND IT

IS JUST -- HIS EYES OPEN UP.

AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? I

CANNOT EXPLAIN IT, BUT YOU'RE

NOT SICK ANYMORE. TONI AND I

LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID,

WE KNOW. WE CAN EXPLAIN IT.

I GRABBED HIS HAND AND I

SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED. GOD

ANSWERED OUR PRAYER.

NOW MY EF IS UP IN THE

MID-50s AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED

OTHER THAN IT SNOWED. WE PUT

OURSELVES IN HIS HANDS AND HE

DID THE REST.

SINCE 2004, DAVID HAS BEEN

ENJOYING LIFE WITH A HEALTHY

HEART. HE AND TONI CONTINUED TO

PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR THEIR

MIRACLE.

YOU CAN BE AT YOUR LOWEST.

YET , HE WILL PICK YOU UP. AS

LONG AS YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOU

BELIEVE.

I HAVE A PROFOUND LOVE, YOU

KNOW, FOR HIM. THAT IS THE GOOD

NEWS -- NOT THAT I GOT HEALED,

BUT JUST NOW I HAVE A STORY TO

TELL YOU OF HOW GREAT GOD IS.

WHAT A STORY. WHAT A GOD .

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE HOLY

SPIRIT HAS PUT ON MY HEART TO

ENCOURAGE YOU. HERE WE ARE IN A

SEASON OF JOY AND THERE ARE SO

MANY SIGNS THAT SAY JOY,

ORNAMENTS, SIGNS ON PEOPLE'S

DOORS, MERRY CHRISTMAS. BUT A

LOT OF TIMES, MANY PEOPLE ,

THIS TIME IS THE OPPOSITE OF

JOY. IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF

BEING MARY. I JUST BELIEVE THAT

THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WANTS TO

ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY. THEY WANT

TO FILL YOUR HEART WITH HOPE

LIKE NEVER BEFORE. I LOVE WHAT

TONI SAID WHEN SHE WALKED OUT

THE DOOR IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE

AND SHE PRAYED FOR THAT

SPECIFIC SIGN OF SNOW,

SOMETHING VERY UNLIKELY IN

SOUTH TEXAS. SHE WALKED OUTSIDE

AND SHE REALIZED THAT HER GOD

ANSWER HER PRAYER.

SHE SAID, I AM JUST A SPECK

IN THIS WORLD BUT HERE IS THE

THING. WE MIGHT BE JUST ONE

PERSON IN THIS UNIVERSE, BUT

GOD SEES US. HE LOVES US. WE

ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. YOU

ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. HE

WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR VERY

SPECIFIC PRAYERS TODAY. GORDON

AND I ARE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT

HE WILL ANSWER TODAY. HEALING

IS FOR YOU. SALVATION IS FOR

YOU. HOPE AND JOY LIKE NEVER

BEFORE IS FOR YOU TODAY. SO,

JUST HAVE FAITH . WE JUST PRAY

THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OPENS YOUR

SPIRITUAL EYES AND EARS TO

RECEIVE WHAT GOD WANTS TO SHOW

YOU, WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU TODAY.

HE IS A GOOD FATHER AND HE

GIVES GOOD GIFTS. SO JUST

POSITION YOUR HEART TODAY TO BE

STILL, TO OPEN YOUR HANDS, TO

RECEIVE WHATEVER HE HAS FOR YOU

BECAUSE IT IS GOOD THINGS. IT

IS GOOD THINGS. WE HAVE SOME

ANSWER -- THESE ARE PRAYER

REQUESTS COMING IN ON OUR

PRAYER ORNAMENTS. WE WANT TO

READ THESE BEFORE WE GO INTO

PRAYER, BUT SOMEHOW -- MY

HUSBAND PASSED AWAY IN MARCH.

TO BE HEALED OF FIBROMYALGIA. A

NEW JOB , A CONSISTENT, STABLE

INCOME, AND HEALING OF MIGRAINE

HEADACHES. WE WILL LIFT THOSE

UP TO THE LORD.

THIS ONE IS ASKING TO BE

HEALED OF MS, TO BE HEALED OF

DIABETES, FINANCIAL

BREAKTHROUGHS, SO THAT I CAN

PURCHASE A CAR. SALVATION FOR

MY CHILDREN WHO ARE LOST. TONI

IS ASKING FOR A SIGN. MAYBE

YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SIGN . GOD

HAS GIVEN YOU A SIGN. JUST LOOK

AT THE GOSPEL OF LUKE IN THE

SECOND CHAPTER. IT IS A

WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.

THIS WILL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU.

YOU WILL FIND A BABE LYING IN A

MANGER. THAT HAPPENED. THAT

SIGN HAPPENED 2000 YEARS AGO.

THE BREAD OF LIFE COMING DOWN

TO BE IN A MANGER. THE MANGER

IS TO FEED ANIMALS. IT IS A

PROPHECY OF WHAT HE IS GOING TO

BECOME. HE WILL BE THE BREAD OF

LIFE, THE BREAD FOR YOU, THE

BREAD BROKEN, HIS BODY BROKEN

FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU COULD BE

HEALED. WHEN YOU GET HIM, WHEN

YOU PARTAKE OF HIS DIVINE

NATURE, THAT IS WHAT COMMUNION

IS ALL ABOUT. THAT IS WHAT

CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT. A

SAVIOR BORN TO US FROM THE LINE

OF DAVID, ALL OF THE PROPHECIES

FULFILLED IN A LITTLE BABY.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? LET THAT

BE A SIGN FOR YOU, AND THEN YOU

CAN REJOICE JUST AS DAVID DID.

I WILL REJOICE OVER THE HEALING

-- I NOW HAVE A STORY TO TELL

YOU. ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? IT

IS THE LORD OF OUR TESTIMONY,

THE LOGOS -- THE MESSAGE THAT

GOD WANTS TO GIVE AND LIVE

THROUGH EACH ONE OF US SO THAT

WE HAVE OUR OWN STORY, OUR OWN

I FOUND A BABE LYING IN A

MANGER STORY. TO LET PEOPLE

KNOW, YES, THERE IS A MESSIAH

AND THERE IS A SAVIOR AND THERE

IS A HEALER. WHEN YOU FIND HIM,

YOU FIND THE ANSWER TO EVERY

HUMAN NEED. SO, LET'S GO TO

HIM. LET'S GO BELIEVING. LET'S

BELIEVE IN THAT BABE IN THE

MANGER. LET'S BELIEVE IN THE

SAVIOR. LET'S BELIEVE IN THE

RESURRECTION. LET'S BELIEVE IN

HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS.

LET'S BELIEVE AND IN THAT

BELIEF, RECEIVE THE MIRACLE

THAT HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU.

LET'S PRAY. LORD, GOD, WE COME

TO YOU. ASHLEY AND I JOINED

TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT, TOUCHING

EVERY ONE WHO IS LISTENING.

EVERYONE, YOU CAME FOR ALL, FOR

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE

GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,

THAT WHOSOEVER WOULD BELIEVE ON

HIM WOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE

EVERLASTING LIFE. LORD, YOU

CAME TO BRING US LIFE AND LIFE

MORE ABUNDANTLY. YOU CAME TO

TAKE AWAY ALL HOUR SICKNESS,

AND SURELY YOU HAVE BORNE HOUR

SICKNESS AND CARRIED AWAY OUR

PAIN. SURELY, YOU HAVE DONE

THESE THINGS FOR US. WE RECEIVE

IT NOW IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

ASHLEY, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU

SOMETHING?

ONE OF THE ORNAMENTS -- ONE

IS FOR A STABLE JOB AND I PRAY

-- MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

PRAYING AND CRYING OUT TO THE

LORD FOR JUST THEIR INCOME,

THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

RIGHT NOW, WE JUST PRAY IN THE

NAME OF JESUS AND THAT

BREAKTHROUGH IS HAPPENING RIGHT

NOW. THIS NEW SEASON, IN THIS

NEW YEAR, BREAKTHROUGH IS

COMING FOR YOU WHEN IT COMES TO

YOUR FINANCES OR YOUR JOB. JUST

CONTINUED TO WALK DOWN THE PATH

OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND CHEWS

JESUS EVERY DAY. CHOOSE TO BE

OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE IS ASKING

YOU TO DO WITH YOUR FINANCES.

GOD IS WITH YOU. GOD LOVES YOU

AND HE IS WITH YOU EVEN IN THIS

AREA OF YOUR LIFE. CONTINUE TO

TRUST HIM. CONTINUE TO

SURRENDER THIS AREA TO THE

LORD. HE WILL BLESS YOU OF

THINLY BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD

EVER ASK, THINK, OR IMAGINE IN

THE NAME OF JESUS.

> SOMEONE IS SUFFERING WITH

MENINGITIS AND IT IS LIKE THE

ENTIRE BACK OF YOUR NECK IS

GOING UP -- IT IS FROZEN. IT IS

SO STIFF. IT IS FROZEN. YOU

CANNOT MOVE. IN JESUS' NAME,

THAT INFECTION BE GONE FROM YOU

RIGHT NOW. LET IT NEVER

RETURNED, NEVER OCCUR. YOU ARE

HEALED. LET THE ANOINTING OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST FALL ON

YOU FROM THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD

TO THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET

THROUGHOUT YOUR FINAL AREA. LET

IT BE GONE FROM YOU RIGHT NOW.

WHAT YOU COULD NOT DO BEFORE,

TURN THAT NECK AND REALIZE YOU

JUST GOT RELEASED. SOME

HEALINGS ARE GRADUAL. YOURS IS

INSTANTANEOUS RIGHT NOW IN

JESUS' NAME. BE HEALED.

> SOMEONE ELSE HAS SCIATICA

IN YOUR RIGHT LEG JUST SHOOTING

PAIN. IT IS AGONY AND YOU

CANNOT SIT FOR A LONG TIME. YOU

CANNOT STAND FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO

MOVE AND READJUST. GOD IS

DELIVERING YOU FROM ALL OF THAT

PRESSURE, ALL THAT PINCHING ON

THAT NERVE. EVERYTHING IS BEING

PUT INTO HARMONY AGAIN. YOU

WILL BE PAIN FREE FROM THIS

MOMENT FORWARD . NO MORE PAIN.

GET UP AND DO WHAT YOU COULD

NOT DO BEFORE. THAT HAS LEFT

YOU AND IT IS NEVER, EVER GOING

TO COME BACK.

I ALSO SAW SOMEBODY WITH A

NECK ISSUE AND I BELIEVE IT IS

THE SAME PERSON THAT ROB

TALKED ABOUT. I BELIEVE THAT

GOD IS HEALING YOU. JUST

RECEIVE IT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

THANK YOU.

GOD WANTS PEOPLE -- YOU

JUST WANT JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND

FULL OF HIS GLORY. RAISED HER

HANDS TO HIM. JUST RECEIVE IT

RIGHT NOW. LET THAT FLOW OVER

YOU RIGHT NOW. JOY UNSPEAKABLE

AND FULL OF GLORY. LET HIS

PRESENCE JUST MANIFEST IN YOU,

ALL AROUND YOU AND BE JOYFUL.

LET THE JOY OF THE LORD BE YOUR

STRENGTH. CAST OFF ALL THE

DOUBT, UNBELIEF, ALL DESPAIR,

ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR, TO

JUST CAST THEM ALL OFF. CAST

YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE

CARES FOR YOU. JUST RECEIVE THE

JOY UNSPEAKABLE, FULL OF GLORY,

THAT HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU RIGHT

NOW. JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS TO

HIM. THERE IT IS, COMING ON

YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST BEGIN TO

PRAISE HIM. PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT

HE IS DOING. PRAISE HIM FOR THE

BREAKTHROUGH THAT YOU ARE GOING

TO HAVE IN THE COMING YEAR.

PRAISE HIM FOR THAT

BREAKTHROUGH. PUT ON THE

GARMENT OF PRAISE IN JESUS'

NAME. RECEIVED IT AND BELIEVE

IT. IT IS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

I BELIEVE GOD IS TOUCHING

PEOPLE WITH AUTOIMMUNE

DISORDERS. THERE IS

BREAKTHROUGH IN THIS AREA . NO

MORE ACTIVE LEGIONS.

FIBROMYALGIA, NO MORE PAIN IN

YOUR LIGAMENTS AND JOINTS. YOU

WILL BE HEALED COMPLETELY FROM

THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD TO THE

SOLES OF YOUR FEET IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN

TOUCHED, LET US KNOW. LET US

SHARE IN YOUR GOOD REPORT. GIVE

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

IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE ARE HERE

FOR YOU. WE BELIEVE IN THAT

PRAYER THAT IS NOT GIVE UP

UNTIL YOU GET AN ANSWER. WE ARE

HERE FOR YOU. WE ARE HERE FOR

YOU SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS

A DAY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

PICK UP THE PHONE. IT IS OUR

HONOR TO PRAY WITH YOU, SO CALL

US AT 1-800-700-7000. ASHLEY?

> STILL AHEAD, THIS COUPLE

WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BECOMING

EMPTY-NESTERS, SO HOW DID THEY

WIND UP ADOPTING NINE CHILDREN

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS?

STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT. THAT

STORY IS COMING UP.

> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700

CLUB. COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA ARE CLEANING UP

AFTER THAT 6.4 EARTHQUAKE

RATTLED THAT AREA MORE THAN A

DOZEN HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE SO

SEVERE THAT THEY ARE DEEMED

UNLIVABLE. SOME 30 PEOPLE ARE

DISPLACED AND MORE THAN A DOZEN

WERE INJURED. DOESN'T LINED UP

TO PICK UP BOTTLED WATER AND

SUPPLIES AND POWER HAS BEEN

RESTORED TO MOST OF THE

COMMUNITIES. ABOUT 200 WORKERS

ARE STILL ON THE JOB TO FINISH

THAT TASK AND BUSINESS HAS

LOST THOUSANDS OF MERCHANDISE

AS IT TUMBLED OFF THE SHELVES.

LOOK AT THAT.

> POLICE IN ALBANY ARE TAKING

THEIR TURN AS SANTA'S HELPERS

THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. THEY ARE

DELIVERING TOYS TO KIDS AT

ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER. IT IS

THE NINTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT

AND IT BRINGS JOY TO THE KIDS

THAT CANNOT MAKE IT HOME FOR

THE HOLIDAYS. CHILDREN AT THE

HOSPITAL GOT A CHANCE TO MEET

THE STATE POLICE K-9 AND PICK A

TOY. ONE SPECIALIST SAYS IT IS

ABOUT MAKING KIDS AND THEIR

FAMILIES FEEL AT HOME. THE

TROOPERS ALSO PROVIDED LUNCH

FOR THE STAFF, DOCTORS, AND

NURSES . THEY NEED CHEERING UP

AS WELL. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST

FROM CBN NEWS BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AT CBNNEWS.COM. GORDON

AND ASHLEY WILL BE BACK WITH

MORE OF THE 700 CLUB RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

> CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY FOR

MILITARY FAMILIES AT FORT

CAMPBELL IN CLARKSVILLE,

TENNESSEE AND YOU MADE IT

POSSBLE. CBN JOINED THEM ON

THE SCENE TO BRING US ALL THE

HIGHLIGHTS.

Reporter: CHRISTMAS CHEER

WAS PLENTIFUL FOR FORT CAMPBELL

SOLDIERS THINGS TO CBN'S

PARTNERSHIP WITH COMBAT

MINISTRY. HELPING THE HOME

FRONT SPONSORED A DELICIOUS

CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR SOLDIERS

AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE

HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS A

CBN SUPERBOOK BOX FOR EACH

CHILD LOADED WITH BOOKS,

CRAFTS, AND DVDs THAT SHOWCASED

THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

THEY ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE

TONIGHT TO SPONSOR

BATTLEGROUND. WE SPONSORED THE

CHRISTMAS DINNER AND WE ARE

GIVING OUT THE SUPERBOOK BOXES.

WE HAVE 200 FAMILIES HERE THAT

ARE GETTING THOSE BOXES AND

HAVING A GREAT CHRIS IS MALE.

THE FOUNDER IS GRATEFUL FOR

CBN SPONSORHIP.

I MEAN, THIS IS SUCH A

BEAUTIFUL EVENT. EVERYTHING IS

GOING VERY WELL.

FORT CAMPBELL WHICH IS ONE

OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS GIVING OUT

SUPERBOOK BOXES. IN FACT,

HELPING THE HOME FRONT

DISTRIBUTED 4000 BOXES THIS

CHRISTMAS NATIONWIDE.

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT

THEM AND WE COULD NOT DO IT

WITHOUT THE MULTIPLE MILITARY

INSTALLATIONS WITHOUT PEOPLE

LIKE YOU. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE

HERE AND GO ARMY.

THE APPRECIATION WAS

EVIDENT.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU

PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND

SPONSORING IT AND IT FEELS GOOD

AS WELL. IT IS PRETTY AWESOME.

I THINK IT IS GREAT. IT IS

AWESOME THAT CBN IS HERE. SO, I

THINK IT IS GREAT.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME

EXPOSURE BEFORE. MY KIDS LIKE

IT ALREADY.

THANK YOU CBN PARTNERS FOR

YOUR GENEROSITY, SO HELPING THE

HOME FRONT CAN BLESS MILITARY

FAMILIES DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

THAT THANK YOU GOES TO YOU.

THANK YOU, CBN PARTNERS. YOU

ARE MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL

THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT IS

BROADCASTING THE GOSPEL IN

MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. I BELIEVE

WE HAVE OVER 70 LANGUAGES

AROUND THE WORLD , TO HELP US

DELIVER FOOD TO PEOPLE, TO UP

MILITARY FAMILIES THAT ARE

HELPING THE HOME FRONT, TO HELP

THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES, TO HELP

PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH

DISASTERS. YOU ARE A PART OF

ALL OF IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

JOIN WITH US, GIVE US A CALL AT

1-800-700-7000 . IF YOU ARE

ALREADY A MEMBER AND YOU WANT

TO INCREASE THE SEASON, THEN WE

HAVE PLENTY OF LEVELS FOR YOU.

WE HAVE 700 CLUB GOLD AT $40 A

MONTH AND 1000 CLUB THE

THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR OR 2500

CLUB AT $2500 A YEAR. FOUNDERS

PAY $5000 AND CHAIRMEN'S ART

10,000 OR MORE A YEAR. AT

WHATEVER LEVEL, WHEN YOU CALL,

ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS,

ELECTRONIC MONTHLY GIVING. THE

BANK DOES ALL THE WORK AND WE

CAN SEND YOU IS OUR GIFT,

MONTHLY TEACHING CITIES . IF

YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE AS CDs OR

DOWNLOADS, IT IS YOUR CHOICE.

WHEN YOU CALL, YOU CAN GO --

YOU CAN GIVE MONTHLY ON THE

INTERNET AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY

SIGN UP FOR IT. ASHLEY?

> UP NEXT, SEVEN SIBLINGS WHO

HAD NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE

WRAPPED GIFT. SEE WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN THEY GET THEIR FIRST WRAP

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ALONG WITH

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL.

> SPUR OF MOMENT TRAVELING

AND SPONTANEOUS LIVING AND

DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT,

WHENEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT.

THAT IS WHAT THE HAWTHORNS ARE

LOOKING FORWARD TO AS

EMPTY-NESTERS. SO, HOW DID THIS

COUPLE END UP WITH A FULL HOUSE

OF NINE CHILDREN RIGHT BEFORE

THE HOLIDAYS? TAKE A LOOK.

I HAD ALREADY TOLD TERRI

THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO ADOPT

ANY. OUR KIDS ARE ALMOST GROWN.

WE WERE AT A POINT THAT IF WE

WANT TO TRAVEL OR, YOU KNOW,

TAKE SOME TRIPS, WHATEVER WE

WANT TO DO, WE CAN DO IT. AND

I KIND OF ATE MY WORDS RIGHT

THERE.

MICHAEL AND TERRI HAWTHORNE

HAVE FOUR GROWN CHILDREN OF

HER OWN AND WERE THINKING ABOUT

RETIREMENT. THROUGHOUT THEIR

MARRIAGE, THEY HAVE FOSTERED

SEVERAL CHILDREN.

WE GOT A LITTLE BOY THAT IS

SIX NOW. HE CAME TO US AT THREE

WEEKS, WEIGHING FIVE POUNDS. WE

ALMOST LOST HIM A COUPLE TIMES.

HE HAD SOME RESPIRATORY ISSUES

AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE

WERE NOT AWARE OF. AND I CAN

REMEMBER BEING UP IN ICU WITH

THEM. AND I THINK GOT REALLY

DEALT WITH ME THEN AND I KNEW

THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A

BATTLE FOR ANYONE TO TRY TO

TAKE THEM FROM US.

TO THE DOCTORS AMAZEMENT,

HIS HEALTH BEGAN IMPROVING

RAPIDLY. SOON, THE HAWTHORNS

WERE ALSO FOSTERING HIS SISTER,

PAISLEY. THE HAWTHORNS THEN

FOUND OUT ABOUT HIS SIBLING

GROUP OF SEVEN THAT ALSO NEEDED

FOSTER CARE. MICHAEL AND TERRY

SAY GOD BEGAN CHANGING THEIR

HEARTS.

THE CHILDREN CAME FROM A

VERY ROUGH UPBRINGING AND THEY

WERE ALSO PHYSICALLY ABUSED AND

NEGLECTED. THEIR EDUCATION

LEVEL WAS SO LOW. THEY WERE NOT

AT THE GRADE LEVEL THAT THEY

WERE IN. I THINK THAT IS WHEN

GOD STARTED WORKING ON US AND

HE DEFINITELY HAD DIFFERENT

PLANS FOR OUR LIVES THAN WHAT

WE THOUGHT.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORIES OF

WHAT SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE

ALREADY BEEN THROUGH, YOU

THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST MAYBE WE

CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR

LIVES.

THE HAWTHORNS FELL IN LOVE

WITH THEM AND INITIATED PLANS

TO ADOPT THEM ALL.

WHEN WE OPEN OUR PASTA

ROMCOM WE WERE ONLY OPEN AS A

FOSTER HOME. YOU HAVE TO EITHER

BE OPEN AS A FOSTER TO ADOPT OR

AN ADOPTIVE HOME. SO, WE HAVE

TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES

WITH THAT AND THEN WE HAVE TO

MEET ALL THE CRITERIA, ENOUGH

SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE RAMS AND

IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS CONSTANTLY

A BATTLE.

AFTER A LONG WAIT, THE

HAWTHORNS FINALLY ADOPTED THE

CHILDREN.

THAT PROCESS, IT TOOK US

UNTIL DECEMBER 3rd OF 2018 IN

ORDER TO ADOPT THEM, RIGHT

BEFORE CHRISTMAS TIME. AND

THAT WAS SUCH A REWARDING THING

FOR US AND A BLESSING FOR THE

CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO BE

PLACED IN A HOME PERMANENTLY

THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. SO, IT

HAS JUST BEEN TRYING TO MAKE

ALL THOSE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

AND MEMORIES FOR THE CHILDREN.

IT WAS SPECIAL. IT WAS VERY

SPECIAL.

THESE KIDS HAD NEVER HAD A

PRESENT WRAPPED. ALL OF THEIR

PRESIDENTS THAT THEY HAD EVER

GOTTEN WERE IN WALMART BAGS OR

TRASH BAGS. THE LOOK ON THEIR

FACES WHEN THEY THEY GOT THEIR

GIFTS, THEIR EYES WERE LIGHTING

UP AND THEN TO OPEN THEM.

THE COUPLE IS ALSO TRYING TO

TEACH THEIR NEW FAMILY ABOUT

THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

WE DO SIT DOWN AND READ

ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND

WHAT THE REAL MEANING OF

CHRISTMAS IS.

AFTER THEIR ADOPTION, MANY

OF THE CHILDREN BEGAN

EXPRESSING THEIR DESIRE TO

COMMEMORATE THEIR NEW LIFE BY

TAKING ON NEW NAMES.

THE JUDGE HAD MENTIONED TO

US THAT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST

DECISIONS THAT THEY WOULD BE

ABLE TO MAKE IS TO CHOOSE THEIR

NEW NAME IF THEY WANTED TO. SO,

WE LEFT IT OPEN TO THEM AND MY

OLDEST DAUGHTER HELPS THEM

CHOOSE THEIR FIRST AND MIDDLE

NAMES.

ALTHOUGH THE PROCESS HAS

BEEN INCREDIBLY REWARDING, IT

HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT

CHALLENGES.

WE HAD TO LEARN A LOT OF

PATIENCE. IT TAKES A LOT OF

PRAYER TO BE ABLE TO -- WHEN

YOU GO FROM A HOUSE THAT IS

ALMOST EMPTY OF KIDS TO A HOUSE

THAT IS OVERFLOWING, IT IS A

BIG, BIG CHALLENGE.

I DID NOT HAVE PEOPLE WHO

WERE IN MY LIFE THAT ACTUALLY

LOVE TO ME AND IT WAS TOUGH

UNTIL I MET MY PARENTS NOW.

THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR ME.

THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME

WHEN I NEEDED THEM. THEY WERE

CARING, UNDERSTANDING, NICE,

THOUGHTFUL. THEY WERE

EVERYTHING EVERYONE WANTED IN A

PARENT. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE

GIVEN BIRTH TO ME, BUT THEY ARE

LAZY AS A PARENT.

THEY ARE STILL LEARNING AND

WE ARE STILL LEARNING, BUT

EVERY DAY IT IS SOMETHING NEW.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND IT IS AS

IF WE ARE THEIR OWN. NO ONE

WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WE WERE

ADOPTED.

THE HAWTHORNE CHILDREN HAVE

ADAPTED WELL TO THE NEW HOME

AND SCHOOL AND ARE ALL BUSY

WITH EXTRA CURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES.

DAWSON IS HIGH SCHOOL

CHEER, AND THEN THE THREE

EIGHTH-GRADERS ARE IN SHEER,

VOLLEYBALL, AND TWO OF THEM ARE

IN BASKETBALL, SO THAT IS FIVE

NIGHTS A WEEK THAT THEY HAVE

PRACTICES THEY NEED TO BE AT.

THEN WE ALLOWED NATALIE AND

OTHERS TO PLAY PEEWEE

BASKETBALL.

MICHAEL AND TERRY SAY THEY

CANNOT IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT

THEIR NINE NEW CHILDREN.

THE KIDS' GRADES HAVE ALL

GONE UP. THEIR READING LEVELS

HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE THEY ARE

SUPPOSED TO BE OR IF NOT ABOVE.

THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF

IT WOULD NOT BEEN FOR, YOU

KNOW, THE LORD'S HELP IN ALL OF

THIS, HIS HAND ON HIS DIRECTION

AND OUR DECISIONS THAT WE MADE.

PEOPLE SAID THEY CANNOT DO

IT BUT I THINK GOT OPENED YOUR

HEART AND YOUR MIND AND YOUR

ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE

OF THEM.

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS

WAYS. SO, IF THEY HAVE THE

HEART AND THE ABILITY OR THE

SPACE TO OFFER THAT, I WOULD

DEFINITELY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE

PEOPLE TO GIVE IT A TRY BECAUSE

JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF

DIFFERENCE THAT THEY CAN MAKE

IN ONE OF THESE CHILDREN'S

LIVES WILL THEM FOREVER.

GOD BLESS THE HAWTHORNS AND

GOD BLESS ANY FAMILY WHO HAS

ADOPTED OR FOSTERED. IT REALLY

IS A REFLECTION OF THE FATHER'S

HEART FOR US. ARE YOU READY FOR

EMAIL?

I GUESS I AM.

WE ARE GOING INTO IT. WE

HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

KAREN IS ASKING, DO YOU THINK

THAT IT IS OKAY FOR A PERSON TO

GET CREMATED AFTER DEATH? I

WOULD APPRECIATE GORDON'S

ANSWER ON THIS.

THAT IS AN INITIAL QUESTION.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IF YOU

BURN SOMEONE'S BONES, IT WAS A

SIGN OF A CURSE AND YOU WERE

CUTTING THEM OFF FROM THE

NATION OF ISRAEL. SO, DO I

RECOMMEND IT? THE ANSWER IS NO.

I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION

-- IT IS PART OF THE BELIEF --

I PERSONALLY WANT TO BE BURIED

. I DO NOT WANT TO BE CREMATED.

FOR THOSE WHO SAY, OKAY, CAN I

BE CREMATED OR FOR THOSE WHO

HAVE HAD RELATIVES THAT ARE

CREMATED, LOOK AT THE SACRIFICE

OF ISAAC. HE WAS BOUND , THE

KNIFE WAS IN THE AIR. HE

CARRIED HIS OWN WORD. THAT

MEANT HIS BODY WAS GOING TO BE

BURNED. ABRAHAM BELIEVED THAT

GOD COULD RAISE HIM FROM THE

DEAD. IF YOU HAVE THAT BELIEF

THEN, OKAY, GO FOR IT. BUT

YOUR CHOICE.

HERE IS A WORD FROM MATTHEW

25. TRULY, I TELL YOU, WHATEVER

YOU DID FOR ONE OF THE LEAST OF

THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF

MINE, YOU DID FOR ME. MERRY