> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> TODAY, 10 SURGERIES.

WE NEED HELP.

AND THE MONSTER KEPT COMING

BACK. MIKITA WANT TO SEE YOUR

CHILD GO THROUGH THIS. TO MAKE

THIS BABY'S LIFE WAS IN

JEOPARDY. TO MAKE LUNG

COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING EVEN

DEATH.

SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC

EVIDENCE OF A MIRACLE. AND

LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS SEEING.

IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD. BEMENT

PLUS, HEIDI BAKER JOINS US LIVE

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

DIRECTV HAS GIVEN THE CABLE

NEWS CHANNEL NEWSMAX THE BOOT.

THE MOVE HAS SPARKED

ACCUSATIONS THAT CONSERVATIVE

VOICES IN THE MEDIA ARE ONCE

AGAIN BEING SHUT DOWN.

IT IS NOT JUST GRASSROOTS

ACTIVISTS LAY RAISING THE

ALARM. IT'S ALSO GETTING

ATTENTION ON CAPITOL HILL.

CBN'S CHIEF ANALYST DAVID BRODY

EXCELLENCE.

Reporter: CAN'T WATCH

NEWSMAX ANYMORE. IT COMES AS

NEWSMAX HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE

FOURTH HIGHEST RATED CABLE NEWS

CHANNEL IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. IT

COMES A YEAR AFTER DIRECTV

DROPPED CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN

NEWS. CHRIS IS NEWSMAX'S CEO.

WE WERE TARGETED BECAUSE WE

ARE CONSERVATIVES. THEY

ELIMINATED US AND ONE AMERICA

LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

REMOVE CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINTS.

Reporter: DIRECTV SAID,

QUOTE, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS,

WE MADE IT CLEAR TO NEWSMAX

THAT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO

OFFER THE NETWORK . ULTIMATELY,

NEWSMAX'S DEMAND FOR RATE

INCREASE WOULD HAVE LED TO

HIGHER COST. WE WOULD HAVE TO

PASS IT ON TO HER BROAD

CUSTOMER BASE. HE SAYS, THAT

IS PATENTLY FALSE, AND CLAIMS

BY TAKING AWAY 13 MILLION

FEWER HOMES, IT IS ALL ABOUT

PUTTING NEWSMAXOUT OF

BUSINESS. THERE ARE 22 LIBERAL

NEWS CHANNELS THAT DIRECT TV

STILL CONTINUES TO CARRY ON

THEIR SYSTEM. ALL OF THOSE

CHANNELS GET FEES. ALL OF

THOSE CHANNELS GET FEES MORE

THAN NEWSMAX WAS ASKING . MOST

OF THE CHANNELS HAVE MUCH LOWER

RATINGS.

Reporter: WHILE DIRECTV

ADDED THE FIRST OF CONSERVATIVE

COMMENTARY OUTLET FEATURING

BILL O'REILLY, CAPITOL HILL

REPUBLICANS STILL WANT

ANSWERS.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ACTION

TAKEN. WE BELIEVE IT IS

RESPONSIBLE TO ALLOW EVERYBODY

TO HAVE CHOICE OF WHAT NEWS

THEY CAN LISTEN TO AND WHAT

THEY WANT TO HEAR. IT COMES

DOWN TO FREE SPEECH.

Reporter: GOP SENATOR SEND A

LETTER TO AT&T, THE PARENT

COMPANY OF DIRECTV, DEMANDING A

RESPONSE TO 18 DETAILED

REQUESTS, INCLUDING, QUOTE,

THAT DIRECTV DIRECTLY OR

INDIRECTLY CONSULT OR ENGAGE

IN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH ANY

FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REGARDING

THE DECISIONS TO DROP NEWSMAX?

THAT IS A RELEVANT QUESTION,

CONSIDERING HOW HOUSE DEMOCRATS

SENT A LETTER TO CABLE AND

SATELLITE PROVIDERS BACK IN

2021 PRESSURING THEM TO STOP

CARRYING NEWSMAX AND OTHERS,

SAYING, QUOTE, SOME NEWS

OUTLETS HAVE BEEN

MISINFORMATION MILLS.

MISINFORMATION ON TV HAS LED TO

OUR CURRENT DELUDED

INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT THAT

RADICALIZE AS INDIVIDUALS TO

COMMIT SEDITIOUS ACTS AND

REJECTS PUBLIC HEALTH BEST

PRACTICES. SOME LAWMAKERS SEE

THIS AS A MY WAY OR THE

HIGHWAY PUSHED BY LIBERAL

POLITICIANS.

WILL THE WEATHER CHANNEL BE

CANCELED NEXT IF THEY REFUSED

TO BOW TO THE LEFTS ALTAR OF

CLIMATE CHANGE?

Reporter: TROY MILLER,

PRESIDENT OF THE BROADCASTERS,

SAYS NEWSMAX ALSO CARRIES A

FAITH-FRIENDLY MESSAGE.

SOMETHING SMELLS FISHY.

WE ARE SEEING THIS MORE AND

MORE. WE ARE ASKING, IS THAT

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH NEWSMAX?

WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE

SCENES? HE CALLS ON CHRISTIANS

TO LOOK DEEPER INTO WHAT'S

HAPPENING. IT'S BEEN A

CHRISTIANS HAVE TO REALIZE WHAT

IS GOING ON HERE IS A REAL

CLASH OF WORLDVIEWS. IT'S TIME

FOR CHRISTIANS TO STEP UP AND

TAKE BACK THIS MEDIA LANDSCAPE.

I THINK THAT THE SECULAR LEFT

REALLY LEANING SOCIALIST KIND

OF WORLDVIEW REALIZES IF IT

DOESN'T SILENCE THE CHURCH,

THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW, THEY

ARE NEVER GOING TO WIN. AND SO,

I THINK WE ARE RIGHT IN THE

CROSSHAIRS.

Reporter: NEWSMAX KNOWS THAT

FEELING AND ISN'T GIVING UP THE

FIGHT.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF

STEAK. IF THEY CAN GET DOWN THE

HIGHEST RATED NEWS CHANNELS,

BUT ALSO THEY GOING TO DO?

Reporter: DAVID BRODY, CBS

NEWS, WASHINGTON.

> CLEARLY, THEY WROTE A

LETTER ASKING CABLE OUTLETS ,

ASKING DIRECTV TO TRY TO MUZZLE

VOICES AND MUZZLE FREE SPEECH .

ALL DOING IT ON THE BASIS OF

WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6,

AND THEIR VIEW OF THE VACCINE

AND HOW TO PREVENT THE

PANDEMIC. BUT IT IS AGAINST

DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. IS

AGAINST FREE SPEECH. FREE

SPEECH IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR

CULTURE , AND IN THE IDEA OF

FREE SPEECH, EVEN SPEECH YOU

STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH, SHOULD

HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC

SQUARE. IT IS IN THE

COMPETITION OF IDEAS THAT THE

BEST IDEAS ALWAYS EMERGE. IN

THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE IS

ALSO AN ECONOMIC THING GOING

ON. FOR YEARS, CNN MADE MORE

MONEY THAN FOX NEWS, EVEN

THOUGH FOX NEWS WAS OUT

RAIDING CNN AND CHARGING HIGHER

ADVERTISING RATES. THE REASON

IS, CNN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

CABLE NEWS NETWORKS IN

EXISTENCE , AND ALL THE CABLE

SYSTEMS PAID CNN FOR THE

PRIVILEGE OF CARRYING CNN. THAT

IS WHAT BUILT THAT COMPANY.

WHEN FOX CAME ALONG, FOX HAD TO

PAY FOR ACCESS . AND SO, IT WAS

A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MODEL. AND

THAT IS SORT OF PLAYING OUT IN

THIS. CBN NEWS TRY TO GET ON

DIRECTV. THEY QUOTED US SUCH A

HIGH FEE TO DO THAT. WE SAID,

THAT'S A GO AWAY NUMBER. THERE

IS NO WAY WE COULD MAKE THAT OF

HER WORK. SO, HATS OFF TO

CHRIS. HE HAS BUILT UP FROM

SCRATCH. HE HAS BUILT IT IN A

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. HE HAS

BUILT IT IN A DECLINING CABLE

UNIVERSE. HERE HE IS, NUMBER

FOUR. CONGRATULATIONS.

> IN OTHER NEWS, CHINA SAYS

IT IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS

THAT A CHINESE SPY BALLOON HAS

BEEN FLYING OVER THE UNITED

STATES. EVAN ENGRAM HAS THAT

STORY AND MORE FROM THE CBN

NEWS ROOM.

Reporter: CHINA SAYS IT HAS

NO INTENTION OF VIOLATING THE

TERRITORY AND AIRSPACE OF ANY

SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, THAT COMMENT

COMES AFTER A SENIOR DEFENSE

OFFICIAL TOLD PENTAGON

REPORTERS THE U.S. HAS VERY

HIGH CONFIDENCE THE OBJECT WAS

A CHINESE-HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON

AND WAS FLYING OVER SENSITIVE

SITES TO COLLECT INFORMATION.

U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE BALLOON

IS UNMANNED. IT'S THE SIZE

ABOUT THREE BUSES. BUT THE

TECHNOLOGY BASIS OFFENDED

BELOW. ONE OF THE PLACE THE

BALLOON WAS SPOTTED WAS OVER

THE STATE OF MONTANA, WHICH IS

HOME TO ONE OF AMERICA'S THREE

NUCLEAR MISSILE SILO FIELDS.

INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC

MISSILES, THE MINUTEMEN THREE

THAT HAVE SILOS IN THE UNITED

STATES .

Reporter: THE BALLOON SIDING

COMES DAYS BEFORE SECRETARY OF

STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS

SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO CHINA.

THEY WANT THE AMERICANS TO

SEE THAT THEY DO HAVE THE

CAPABILITIES TO PUT SENSITIVE

MILITARY COLLECTION DEVICES

LIKE THESE OVER THE

CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

Reporter: THE INCIDENT ALSO

COMES AS TENSIONS WITH CHINA

ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH OVER

ISSUES RANGING FROM TAIWAN TO

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA. TURNING

NOW TO A MAJOR WEATHER TREND,

DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ,

AND WIND CHILLS ARE COMING TO

THE NORTHEAST. TODAY, SEVERAL

STATES ARE BRACING FOR WHAT

COULD BE THE COLDEST ARCTIC

BLAST IN YEARS. TBN'S BRODY

CARTER HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE

GOVERNOR WARNING THE BRUTAL

COLD IS AFFECTED BRING SEVERE

WIND CHILLS. AT NEGATIVE 30

DEGREES, HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN

AND JUST 10 MINUTES. WE KNOW IT

IS GOING TO BE EVEN COLDER THAN

THAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.

FROM MONTANA TO THE NORTH

ATLANTIC COAST, SEVERAL STATES

ARE PREPPING FOR WHAT COULD BE

AN UNPRECEDENTED AND COLD SPELL

OVER THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.

LEGAL DIGIT TEMPERATURES ARE

EXPECTED IN STATES LIKE NEW

HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE EXPECTING

DEADLY TEMPERATURES. BUT WITH

THE WINDCHILL FORECAST REALLY

PREDICTED TO GO BELOW NEGATIVE

40 DEGREES IN TERMS OF

WINDCHILL, VIRTUALLY ALL ACROSS

THE STATE. IN SOME PLACES, THE

WINDCHILL IS FORECAST TO BE

EVEN WORSE AT MINUS 60. PEOPLE

ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE

GETTING READY. I HAVE MY COAT

ON. MY GLOVES ARE IN MY BAG. I

HAVE MY HAT. I JUST BUNDLE UP

AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: NEARLY 70 MILLION

PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE

EITHER UNDER A COLD, ICE, OR

FLOOD ALERT. IN PORTLAND,

MAINE, STREET TEAMS ARE TELLING

THE HOMELESS ABOUT WARMING

SHELTERS. SOME REFUSED TO HEED

CAUTION.

I AM GOING TO STAY HERE .

Reporter: THE WARMINGS COME

AFTER ICE, SLEET AND SNOW HIT

THE SOUTH, TURNING TEXASROADS

TO A SHEET OF ICE.

BLACK ICE. STAY HOME. STAY

SAFE.

Reporter: HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS ARE

STILL WITHOUT POWER FROM

TENNESSEE TO TEXAS.

WE DID NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATED

TIME FOR RESTORATION.

Reporter: IN A TRAVEL

NIGHTMARE FOR MANY TAKING SHAPE

INTO THE WEEKEND, MORE THAN

700 FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED. IT

HAS BEEN TOUGH FOR MANY OF

THOSE STAYING AT HOME.

IT WAS 29 LAST NIGHT INSIDE

THE HOME. MAKE IT GET COLD,

BUT WE HAVE COVERS.

Reporter: AS TEXAS BEGINS TO

THAW OUT OF ITS MULTI-DAY ICE

STORM , ADDING INSULT TO INJURY

WITH HIS FORECAST.

I SEE THAT EVERYBODY DOES

THEIR PART. I AM MERELY THE

SAGE . BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE, I

SEE A SHADOW ON MY STAGE . AND

SO, NO MATTER HOW YOU MEASURE ,

IT IS SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER

WEATHER.

Reporter: THE GOOD NEWS IS,

ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONT IS

EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE

WEEKEND, IT IS EXPECTED END

LEANING TO ABOVE AVERAGE

TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. BRODY

CARTER, CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU.

> THURSDAY MARKED THE 71st

ANNUAL NATIONAL PRAYER

BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

IT'S A TRADITION THAT CALLS ON

MEMBERS FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE

AISLE TO SET ASIDE THEIR

DIFFERENCES AND UNITE FOR A

MORNING OF PRAYER. THIS YEAR,

THE BREAKFAST RETURN TO ITS

ROOTS , A SMALLER EVENT HELD ON

CAPITOL HILL, WITH ONLY

LAWMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE. THEY

WERE ENCOURAGED TO PRAY FOR

WISDOM AND CALL FOR UNITY.

WHAT A POWERFUL MESSAGE IT

WOULD BE TO THE WORLD IF WE

WALKED TOGETHER, PUT

COMPASSION OVER CALLOUSNESS,

COOPERATION OVER COMPETITION ,

AND AT THE END OF IT, GO AND DO

LIKEWISE. EVERYONE WHO HUMBLE

THEMSELVES AND COMES TO GOD AND

SAY, GOD HELP ME, GOD HAS GIVEN

HIS WORD, I WILL NEVER EVER

TURN YOU AWAY. I WILL GIVE YOU

THE VERY THING THAT YOU NEED.

IF ANYONE NEEDED TO PRAY FOR

WISDOM, ISN'T IT YOU FOLKS

EVERY SINGLE DAY? EVERY SINGLE

HOUR. IMMIGRATE PRAYER FOR OUR

LEADERS AND US ALL. GORDON?

THAT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE

CONGRESS COME TOGETHER AND

PRAY. I THINK THE HOPE FOR US

IN THE FUTURE IS IF CHRISTIANS

WHO ARE DEMOCRATS AND

CHRISTIANS WHO ARE REPUBLICANS

CAN COME TOGETHER AND SAY, HOW

CAN WE JOINTLY SOLVE OUR

PROBLEMS ? LET'S NOT MAKE

POLITICAL FOOTBALLS OUT OF

THIS. LET'S GET TOGETHER AND

SAY, WE HAVE GOT SOME REAL

PROBLEMS. HOW DO WE SOLVE THEM?

HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER? IT IS

IT THAT UNITY THAT GOD WILL

COMMAND THE BLESSING. TERRY?

STILL AHEAD, FROM ONE OF THE

MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH

TO RIGHT HERE IN OUR 700 CLUB

STUDIOS, HEIDI BAKER JOINS US

LIVE . HERE HER MIRACULOUS

STORIES OF GOD'S POWER MOVING

IN THE MIDST OF TERRORISM AND

DESPERATE POVERTY. THAT IS

COMING UP.

> BUT FIRST , THE ABCs OF

RELIGIOUS RIGHTS , A NEW SCHOOL

CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO TEACH

STUDENTS THEIR FIRST FREEDOM AS

AMERICANS. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,

THE DETAILS ON THAT AFTER THIS.

> BEFORE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, ONE'S

FREEDOMS STANDS FIRST IN OUR

CONSTITUTION, RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM. MOST AMERICANS DON'T

REALIZE THIS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG

AMERICANS. THAT IS I NEW HIGH

SCHOOL CURRICULUM HAS DESIGNED

TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

IT. JENNIFER REPORTS.

Reporter: IN THE LIST OF

RIGHTS ENJOYED BY AMERICANS

BEFORE SPEECH ON THE RIGHTS TO

ASSEMBLE AND PETITION, THE

FOUNDERS PLACED RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AT THE VERY TOP. WHILE

MANY SCHOLARS DESCRIBED AS THE

FOUNDATION FOR ALL OTHER HUMAN

RIGHTS, MORE AND MORE,

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN AMERICA IS

UNDER ATTACK.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY

OF THE U.S., THERE WASN'T A

SINGLE CHALLENGE AT THE HIGH

COURT LEVEL TO RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM FOR THE FIRST 100

YEARS.

Reporter: YET TODAY,

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS A REGULAR

TOPIC AT THE HIGH COURT. FOR

THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE BECKET

FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAS

KEPT AN INDEX ON AMERICAN

ATTITUDES ABOUT THIS FIRST

AMENDMENT PROTECTION.

MOST AMERICANS COULD , WHAT

THEY KNEW ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF

SPEECH, THAT WAS POPULAR. BUT

HALF ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE

FREEDOM OF RELIGION BEING

PROTECTED IN THE FIRST

AMENDMENT. SO I THINK THAT

SHOWS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR

EDUCATION ON THE ISSUE.

THAT IS WHERE AMERICANS

FIRST FREEDOM CURRICULUM PLUGS

IN.

Reporter: ONCE FOCUSED

ABROAD, THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

INSTITUTE NOW SPENT HALF ITS

TIME PROMOTING RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY HERE AT HOME AND SEES

EDUCATING STUDENTS AS KEY TO

MAINTAINING STRONG PROTECTIONS.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY

THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO BE

CONFIDENT TO UNDERSTAND

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, TO TALK

ABOUT IT , AND TO LIVE OUT

THEIR FAITH IN THE PUBLIC

SQUARE . THAT IS WHAT OUR

FOUNDERS INTENDED.

Reporter: AMERICA'S FIRST

FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

IS WRITTEN TO COMPLY WITH

NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES

STANDARDS. IT IS FIVE LESSONS

DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT U.S.

HISTORY, WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND

POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASSES. A

VERSION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

STUDENTS WILL BE RELEASED THIS

YEAR, AND PLANS FOR ELEMENTARY

STUDENTS ARE IN THE WORKS. THE

GOAL IS TO ARM NEXT-GENERATION

LEADERS WITH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT

THE ONE FREEDOM THAT PROTECTS

CONSCIENCE, ALLOWS AMERICANS TO

LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH, AND MAKES

THE NATION STRONGER.

WHAT I AM FINDING AT ALL

LEVELS OF EDUCATION IS A FEAR

, AN INSECURITY , OF TALKING

ABOUT RELIGION . IT IS OBVIOUS

FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE

FOUNDERS WERE NOT FEARFUL ABOUT

TALKING ABOUT RELIGION OR ABOUT

PLACING RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AT THE CORE OF OUR

DEMOCRACY. WE NEED TO BE

TALKING ABOUT IT IN OUR

CLASSROOMS. AND YET, WE ARE

NOT.

Reporter: DAVID, WHAT DID

THE FOUNDERS UNDERSTAND ABOUT

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THAT LED

THEM TO PUT IT AT THE TOP OF

THE LIST OF THE BILL OF

RIGHTS? HE'S BEEN AT THE

FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM TO BE CRITICALLY

IMPORTANT FOR ALL OTHER HUMAN

RIGHTS . THEY ALSO UNDERSTOOD

THAT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PLAYS A

CENTRAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING

OTHER SOCIETAL GOODS .

Reporter: COUNTRIES THAT

STRONGLY PROTECT RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY ARE MORE PEACEFUL AND

ECONOMICALLY STABLE, WHICH

BENEFITS ALL CITIZENS. DURING

JURY SAYS EVEN IF THERE WAS AN

EDUCATION GAP, THEIR LATEST

INFORMATION SHOWS AMERICANS

HAVE GOOD INSTINCTS IN THIS

AREA. IF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISN'T --

IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE ABLE

TO BE EXERCISED FULLY AND

VIGOROUSLY IF THERE ISN'T SOME

KIND OF POPULAR SUPPORT.

Reporter: WHEN ASKED

QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL

ISSUES, AMERICANS SIDED WITH

RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION.

ONE QUESTION WAS ABOUT A

WEBSITE DESIGNER WHO WAS ASKED

TO HOST A WEBSITE FOR A

SAME-SEX WEDDING. THAT IS

AGAINST HER RELIGIOUS

CONVICTIONS. SHE DECLINED.

SEVERAL QUESTIONS ALONG THOSE

LINES. WE SPLIT -- WE ASKED

ONE THIRD OF THE PEOPLE IN THE

EXAMPLE WE GIVE THEM , IT WAS A

JEWISH WEBSITE DESIGNER, AND

ONE THIRD WAS A QUESTION, AND

ONE-THIRD WAS A MUSLIM. WE GOT

ABOUT THE SAME RESPONSE

THROUGHOUT OUR CONFERENCE, LIKE

70% OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE

WEBSITE DESIGNER , REGARDLESS

OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF.

Reporter: STILL, BECKETT'S

INDEX SHOWS JEN XI, AMERICANS

26 AND UNDER, ARE THE

GENERATION LEAST SUPPORTIVE.

JUST 46% HAVE TOLERANCE AND

RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT BELIEF IN

GOD. DO YOU FEEL LIKE, IN SOME

WAYS, YOU ARE UP AGAINST THE

CLOCK WE

I THINK WE ARE UP AGAINST

THE CLOCK. THERE SEEMS TO BE A

WILLFUL DISREGARD OF

FUNDAMENTAL VISIBLE OF OUR

DEMOCRACY, FUNDAMENTAL

PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH AND THE

CRITICAL ROLE THAT RELIGIOUS

AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PLAY IN

SOCIETY. IF THERE IS RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AT HOME, IF IT IS

COMPROMISED AT ALL, THEN WE ARE

CERTAINLY GOING TO LOSE IT

AROUND THE WORLD.

Reporter: NOW, THE RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO

EXPAND ITS CURRICULUM ACROSS

THE BOARD INTO PUBLIC, PRIVATE

AND HOME SCHOOLS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY. JENNIFER , CBN NEWS.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS

ABSOLUTELY DRILLED INTO US.

YES, THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL

RIGHT. IT IS FUNDAMENTAL THAT

WILL BE CALLED THE AMERICAN

EXPERIMENT.

> NOW, I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL

IN A PLACE CALLED CHURCH LAND.

WHAT THAT MEANT WAS LAND WAS

SET ASIDE IN THE COLONY OF

VIRGINIA TO SUPPORT THE

ESTABLISHED CHURCH, THE CHURCH

OF ENGLAND. SO, THE INCOME FROM

THE CHURCH LAND WENT TO THE

CHURCH. AND THAT WAS A FORM OF

TAXATION TO SUPPORT RELIGION

AND TO BUILD CHURCHES , AND TO

SUPPORT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

IT IS CURIOUS THAT IN OUR BILL

OF RIGHTS AND THE COMMONWEALTH

OF VIRGINIA, THAT WAS ALL DONE

AWAY WITH. AND ONE OF THE FIRST

THINGS IN THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION AND ITS BILL OF

RIGHTS SAYS, CONGRESS SHALL

PASS NO LAW, RESPECTING THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT

OF EUROPEAN STATE RELIGIONS.

NOW, THEY WERE CHRISTIAN, BUT

THEY WERE STATE HAVING

SUPPORTED RELIGIOUS

INSTITUTIONS. AND THEY REALIZED

JUST HOW BAD THAT WAS , HOW IT

LED TO CORRUPTION, HOW IT LED

TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED THE POWER

, DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO WORSHIP

GOD. AND SO THEY SAID , FOR A

FUNDAMENTAL REASON, AND THAT

REASON IS BEING THE FREEDOM OF

ALL PEOPLE, WE CAN'T HAVE

THAT, AND WE CAN'T HAVE ANY LAW

THAT RESTRICTS THE FREE

EXERCISE OF RELIGION. WE CAN'T

HAVE EITHER ONE . THAT IS NOT

ALLOWED HERE. AND WE WANT

EVERYONE TO HAVE FREEDOM OF

CONSCIENCE. THE REASON BEING

IS THAT ALL RIGHTS COME FROM

OUR CREATOR. WE HOLD THESE

TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

THAT OUR CREATOR HAS GIVEN US

THESE RIGHTS. NOW, IN TODAY'S

WORLD, THERE IS A REAL RISE IN

SOCIALIST THOUGHT RIGHT HERE IN

AMERICA. FUNDAMENTALLY TO

SOCIALIST THOUGHT, THERE IS NO

GOD. YOUR RIGHTS DON'T COME

FROM GOD. YOUR RIGHTS COME

FROM THE STATE. AND IN THAT

IDEOLOGY, THEY WANT TO REMOVE

RELIGION TO SAY, NO, YOU DON'T

HAVE A CREATOR THAT YOU ARE

OBLIGATED TO. YOU ARE ONLY

OBLIGATED TO THE STATE. AND SO

IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE

STATE, YOU DON'T THINK LIKE THE

STATES, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.

AND YOU SEE THAT FULLY

EXPRESSED IN NATIONS LIKE

CHINA, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

YOU SEE NORTH KOREA. YOU SEE

THAT IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE

STATE IDEOLOGY, YOU JUST DON'T

BELONG HERE. LET US TEACH OUR

CHILDREN THE IMPORTANCE OF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM , THE

IMPORTANCE OF FREE EXERCISE,

THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN ABSOLUTE ,

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF

CONSCIENCE, FREEDOMOF BELIEF .

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE

CASES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY, AND

I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT ONE , THE

COLORADO BAKER, NOT BEING

ALLOWED TO HAVE HIS OWN

BUSINESS EXERCISING HIS FREEDOM

OF CONSCIENCE , WHAT CAKES HE

MAKES AND WHAT CAKES HE DOESN'T

MAKE. THAT IS NOT THE AMERICAN

EXPERIMENT. WE NEED TO

REESTABLISH , WE ARE FREE. AND

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF

CONSCIENCE. TERRY?

> WELL, STILL AHEAD, AN

UNBELIEVING LIFE AND A

CRITICALLY ILL DAUGHTER. THIS

MAN WAS DESPERATE FOR A

MIRACLE. YOU WILL SEE HOW HE

GOT ONE.

> PLUS, WE ARE GOING TO BE

PRAYING FOR YOU. THAT IS ALL

COMING UP.

> AND SPEAKING OF MIRACLES,

SHE HAS PERSONALLY SEEN THE

BLIND HEALED AND THE LAME WALK,

ALL WHILE FEEDING, EDUCATING,

AND LOVING THE POOREST OF THE

POOR AND THE MOST DANGEROUS

PLACE ON EARTH. HEIDI BAKER

JOINS US LIVE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> IN 1980, IRIS GLOBAL

MINISTRY STARTED WITH TWO

PEOPLE, HEIDI AND ROLAND

BAKER . THEY ARE BRINGING

HOPE TO THE POOREST OF THE

POOR.

THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO SERVE

IRIS GLOBAL HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT.

WE BELIEVE WE ARE CALLED TO

BRING THE LOVE OF GOD TO THOSE

IN NEED, TO THE ONES WHO PUT IN

FRONT OF US, AND TIMES OF

HARDSHIPS AND IN TIMES OF

PROSPERITY. IN CONFLICT , IN

DISASTER, AND FAMINE, AND PEACE

, AND IN PLENTY.

> PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE

700 CLUB, HEIDI BAKER. WHAT A

TREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. THE MAC

THANK YOU. IT IS REALLY

WONDERFUL.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOD S

GOT THIS: 40 DEVOTIONS OF

COURAGEOUS FAITH , YOUR LATEST

BOOK. SOMETHING WE ALL NEED NO

MATTER WHERE WE ARE LOCATED,

BUT YOU HAVE REALLY CLEANED

STORIES FROM SOME OF THE MOST

DIFFICULT PLACES IN THE WORLD.

IN FACT, YOU LIVE IN ONE OF

THE MOST DIFFICULT PLACES IN

THE WORLD. TALK ABOUT HOW YOU

LIVE IN THE MIDST OF THE TERROR

THAT IS GOING ON IN MOZAMBIQUE

WITH VICTORY?

WELL, WE JUST FIX OUR EYES

ON JESUS, DAY AND NIGHT. IT IS

HIM. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN

THE PRAYER HOUSE . OUT OF THAT

PLACE, WE JUST, WE GAIN

COURAGE. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE

NEVER AFRAID. BY THE WAY, THE

TERRORISTS ARE ONLY IN THE

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE, WHERE WE

HAPPEN TO LIVE. BUT HE JUST

GIVES YOU STRENGTH . AND HOLY

SPIRIT SHOWS YOU TOO WHEN YOU

NEED TO NOT GO INTO A CERTAIN

VILLAGE . SO YOU REALLY NEED TO

LEAN HARD, LEAN INTO HIM. HE

MET BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE

SAVIOR OF GOD IS WHAT YOU ARE

DOING. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE A

LONG TIME. ALL OF THIS HAS

EXISTED. YOU HAVE SEEN GOD SAVE

YOU A , IF YOU WILL, SURROUND

YOU, IF YOU WILL, AND KEEP YOUR

FAITH GOING.

HE IS SO FAITHFUL. WE HAVE

THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD.

EVERYBODY SHOULD FEEL THAT WAY.

THEY ARE SO FULL OF STRENGTH

AND COURAGE . AT TIMES, I DON'T

FEEL WORTHY TO WALK WITH THESE

GUYS, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE HAD

THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BEHEADED,

AND THEY HAVE JUST GONE

THROUGH HELLISH THINGS. AND YET

THEY SAY, YOU CAN NEVER BURN

JESUS OUT OF OUR HEARTS. AND

SO, FOR ME, IT IS THE GREATEST

PRIVILEGE IN MY LIFE. YOU

KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN THERE 28

YEARS. THE CONFLICT HAS ONLY

BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE. BUT THE

GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE

TO GET TO WALK WITH THESE MEN

AND WOMEN AND LEARN FROM THEM.

IT IS NOT JUST THE CONFLICT

THAT IS GOING ON. IT'S THE

POVERTY. IT'S SO EXTREME. DO

YOU EVER GET DISCOURAGED BY

THAT?

SURE. THERE ARE DAYS WE FEEL

OVERWHELMED. AND WE KNOW WHERE

TO GO. WE HAVE TO GO -- WE

DON'T HAVE TO GET TO, WE GET TO

GO INTO THE HEART OF JESUS AND

SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?

WHAT YOU WANT? HOLY SPIRIT,

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE MEANT TO

FEED? IT IS NOT UP TO US AND

ALL OF OUR AMAZING STRATEGY.

FEMA GETS KIND OF THE KEY,

ISN'T IT?

HUGE KEY. HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT

YOU WANT? HE SAYS, FEED 10,000,

20,000, 30,000 PEOPLE A DAY. IT

DOESN'T MATTER. AND THE NUMBER

GOES UP. AND SOMETIMES IT GOES

DOWN A BIT. IT DOESN'T MATTER,

AS LONG AS IT IS HIM. AND THEN

WE WALK, AND PROVISION COMES,

AND STRENGTH COMES, AND COURAGE

COMES.

WHENEVER YOU COME TO US, YOU

ALWAYS BRING SOME OF THE MOST

INSPIRING STORIES. THAT REALLY

IS WHAT YOUR DEVOTIONAL , GOD'S

GOT THIS, IS ABOUT. YOU

RELINQUISH IT TO THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN REALLY SOLVE IT, AND

YOU SEE MIRACLES. STOPPED FOR

ONE, THAT IS ONE OF THE

DEVOTIONS HERE. TELL US THE

STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE

BLIND WOMAN.

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL,

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. THE STORY IS,

I WAS VISITING ONE OF MY OLD

FRIENDS UP IN HER VILLAGE. YOU

KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CLIMB. I'M

CLIMBING THROUGH THE DIRT. AND

I AM LATE. I AM LATE. I CAN'T

GET -- I HAVE A DISCIPLESHIP

MEETING, AND I AM LATE. I JUST

FELT THE LORD. I WAS PROBABLY

AN HOUR LATE ALREADY, MORE THAN

THAT, MAYBE, TO BE HONEST. AND

I FELT HIM JUST SAY, JUST STOP.

AND I, SADLY, THIS IS

EMBARRASSING, BUT SADLY, I

LOOKED AT MY WATCH. IT IS LIKE

-- GOD, I'M LATE. YEAH. AND HE

SAID, STOP FOR THE ONE. AND I

SAW THIS WOMAN SITTING IN THE

SUN, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL IN OUR

CULTURE IN NORTHERN

MOZAMBIQUE. IT IS HOT ALL THE

TIME. WE DON'T SIT IN THE SUN.

WHAT IS SHE DOING THERE? I WENT

UP TO HER, AND I NOTICED HER

EYES WERE WHITE, JUST MILKED

OVER WHITE. I DIDN'T FEEL TO

PRAY FOR HER EYES, I JUST, I

ALWAYS STOP AND I HOLD PEOPLE .

SO I HELD HER. I ASKED HER HER

NAME AND JUST HELD HER HAND

FIRST. SHE SAID, I DON'T HAVE A

NAME. AND SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL

LIKE THEY ARE NAMELESS,

FACELESS. AND WE ARE NOT. WE

HAVE A NAME. AND A LADY, I

CALLED ANOTHER LADY, AND SHE

SAID, NO, HER MOTHER DIDN'T

GIVE HER A NAME. SHE IS BLIND.

BEFORE ANY PRAYING OR ANY

SHARING THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL, I

JUST GAVE HER A NAME. YOU EXIST

WITH JOY.

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. IT'S

MIMIC IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME.

AND SHE SMILED. SHE ONLY HAD A

FEW TEETH. I JUST HELD HER. I

JUST ROCKED HER. I SAID TO THE

LADY DOWN ABOUT OVER THERE, I

SAID, CALL HER BY NAME. AND SHE

JUST LAUGHED WITH THESE LITTLE

TEETH. I WANTED TO PULL ONE

OUT. YOU KNOW? THEY JUST

DANGLED THERE. I COULD HAVE.

AND SHE WAS UNDONE. AND JESUS

HIMSELF JUST TURNED HER EYES

WHITE, GRAY, BROWN . AND THEN I

SHARED THE GOSPEL. I MEAN, IT

WAS SO EASY FOR HER. SHE SAID,

WHERE IS HE? OF COURSE I WANT

TO MEET JESUS. AND, LONG STORY

SHORT, WHEN I GOT TO MY

DISCIPLESHIP MEETING, NOBODY

SEEMED TO NOTICE THAT I WOULD

LET IT ALL BECAUSE THEY WERE

HAVING A GREAT TIME ON THEIR

OWN. SO JUST TO HEAR, WHAT IS

OUR ASSIGNMENT? WHAT ARE WE

MEANT TO DO? WHO ARE WE MEANT

TO STOP FOR?

BE WILLING TO BE

INTERRUPTED.

YES. AND EVERYONE EXISTS

FOR JOY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL

CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.

MIMIC SO MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID

TO PRAY FOR HEALING, FOR

SOMEONE. WHAT IF , YOU KNOW,

WHAT IF GOD DOESN'T MOVE THE

WAY WE ARE PRAYING OR WANTING

HIM TO DO? EVERY PERSON YOU

HAVE PRAYED FOR HEALING FOR

SHIRLEY HASN'T BEEN HEALED. YOU

SHARE THE STORY OF A BLIND AND

CRIPPLED MAN WHO DIDN'T GET

HEALED WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIM.

WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT

HAVING THE FAITH TO PRAY AND

WHEN THAT LITTLE SEED OF DOUBT

SOMETIMES IS IN PEOPLE AND

KEEPS THEM FROM DOING IT?

I THINK WE SEE A LOT MORE

PEOPLE HEALED BECAUSE WE DO

PRAY FOR THEM THAN THOSE WHO

ARE JUST SO AFRAID. AND A WHOLE

LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET HEALED.

A WHOLE LOT OF THEM DON'T GET

HEALED ON THIS PLANET , BUT

THEY FEEL THE LOVE OF GOD. AND

IF YOU CAN STOP FOR SOMEBODY,

AND THEY CAN FEEL THE LOVE OF

JESUS, THEN REALLY, HAVE YOU

MISSED IT? YOU KNOW, HE OPENS

UP THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO

PRAY. AND I JUST SAY, IT IS

ABOUT LETTING THEM EXPERIENCE

THE LOVE OF GOD, THE LOVE OF

JESUS. AND HE POURS IT OUT

THROUGH OUR COMPASSION. AND

SO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE

JUST STOP. IT'S MIMIC THIS

BOOK, GOD'S GOT THIS, THIS

DEVOTIONAL, IT IS A REMINDER OF

WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IT,

REALLY PUSHING TO THE LORD.

WHAT IS THE KEY MESSAGE YOU

WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY AS

THEY READ THESE DEVOTIONS?

EVERYONE IS A JEWEL.

THE THING I LIKE ABOUT IT IS

IT IS DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S

STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE

WORLD. WHAT I WOULD LOVE FOR

PEOPLE TO DO IS JUST FIX THEIR

EYES ON JESUS IN THE STORM ,

BECAUSE THE STORMS COME. AND IN

THIS BOOK, IT TALKS ABOUT

PARENTS WHO LOST THEIR CHILDREN

TRAGICALLY AND HOW THEIR EYES

ARE STILL FIXED ON JESUS ,

ABOUT THINGS THAT, I MEAN,

IMAGINE , MY FRIENDS, A 4

1/2-YEAR-OLD WAS BEHEADED. ONE

OF OUR PASTORS SONS BEHEADED.

THAT IS A SUPER PAINFUL THING.

HIS EYES ARE FIXED ON JESUS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE THE

LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,

MIND, AND SOUL IN THE MIDST OF

THE STORM AND IN THE SHAKING

AND STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE

FAITH AND CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR

THE SICK, AND CONTINUE TO

DECLARE THAT GOD IS GOOD?

EVEN THAT IS A GIFT OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW? AND SO

IT IS AVAILABLE TO US. I JUST

WANT TO RECOMMEND THIS SO

HIGHLY. HEIDI'S NEW BOOK IS

CALLED GOD'S GOT THIS: 40

DEVOTIONS OF COURAGEOUS FAITH.

IT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR

FAITH WALK. IT IS AVAILABLE

WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. HEIDI,

THANK YOU. IT IS ALWAYS A

WONDERFUL TREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

> COMING UP, ANOTHER AMAZING

MIRACLE. NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW

YOU DON'T. A FISTULA BETWEEN A

CHILD ESOPHAGUS AND HER AIRWAY

IS CLEARLY SEEN.

> THEN, THE DOCTORS GO TO

REPAIR IT. IT'S GONE. SEE HOW

IT MIRACULOUSLY DISAPPEARED.

THAT IS LATER ON TODAY'S 700

CLUB.

> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700

CLUB FOR THIS CBN NEWSBREAK.

THE ADDITION OF AN EIGHT FOOT

STATUE ON TOP OF A COURTHOUSE

IN NEW YORK CITY HAS CREATED

SOME CONTROVERSY. IT IS A GOLD

STATUE OF A FEMALE WITH HORNS,

AND IT STANDS ALONGSIDE

SCULPTURES DEPICTING

HISTORICAL IMAGES AND LEGENDARY

FIGURES OF LAW, ALL OF THE MEN.

PAKISTANI AND AMERICAN ARTIST

SCULPTED THE FIGURE AND SAYS IT

SUPPORTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND

RUTH GATOR GINSBERG.

ONE OBSERVER TWEETED, IT LOOKS

LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE AT

A CETANE RITUAL. ANOTHER SAID,

I WASN'T A FAN OF RUTH BADER

GINSBURG, BUT SHE DESERVES

BETTER THAN THAT EYESORE.

CBN'S OPERATION BLESSING IS

HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED AROUND

THE WORLD DEVELOP SKILLS TO

BRING IN THEIR OWN INCOME. AND

HUNTER IS, A MAN IN HIS FAMILY

SITUATION BECAME UNSAFE . SHE

TOOK HER THREE BOYS AND FLED.

SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO KEEP UP

WITH EXPENSES. THEN, OPERATION

BLESSING STEPPED IN AND HELPED

HER TWICE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GO

TO OPERATION BLESSING'S FREE

COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY. SHE GAVE

MANICURES, PEDICURES, CUT AND

DYED HAIR AND APPLIED MAKEUP.

SHE NEEDED THE PROPER SUPPLIES,

AND OPERATION BLESSING

PROVIDED HER WITH SESSIONAL

BEAUTY EQUIPMENT. NOW SHE CAN

BUILD A BUSINESS TO SUPPORT

HER FAMILY. YOU CAN LEARN MORE

ABOUT WHAT OPERATION BLESSING

IS DOING BY VISITING OB.ORG.

MORE 700 CLUB IS COMING UP

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> CARS LINED UP AS FAR AS THE

EYE CAN SEE. THAT HAS BEEN THE

SCENE THAT MANY FOOD BANKS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE

LAST FEW YEARS. AT ONE FOOD

PANTRY IN TEXAS, VOLUNTEERS MET

A SINGLE MOTHER. HER NAME WAS

STEPHANIE. THEY DIDN'T JUST

GIVE HER GROCERIES, THEY ALSO

GAVE HER HOPE.

THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THE

RISING COST OF LIVING HAD LEFT

MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO FEED

THEIR FAMILIES. EVERY WEEK,

CARS LINED UP TO RECEIVE FOOD

THAT FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED

. STEPHANIE, A SINGLE MOTHER OF

THREE, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

WHEN SHE LOST HER JOB. A

WHEN COVID HIT, I WAS

WORKING IN A DOCTORS OFFICE AS

AN ALLERGY TECHNICIAN. THE

CLINIC CLOSED. THEY HAD TO LAY

ME OFF. IT DEFINITELY PUT A LOT

OF STRESS , WORRY, AND A LOT OF

FINANCIAL STRUGGLE IN THAT

POINT.

SIX MONTHS LATER, STEPHANIE

FOUND ANOTHER JOB. AFTER GOING

SO LONG WITHOUT A REGULAR

PAYCHECK, SHE NEEDED HELP. I

WAS GETTING BACK ON MY FEET. I

BARELY STARTED A NEW JOB .

BILLS WERE STILL COMING IN.

MONEY WAS TIGHT. AT THAT POINT,

I REALLY NEEDED FOOD. I DIDN'T

HAVE VERY MUCH IN THE FRIDGE.

AS A SINGLE MOM, I HAD TO LOOK

FOR ANOTHER WAY TO BE ABLE TO

PROVIDE FOR MY KIDS WHEN I

COULDN'T.

70 TURNED TO OPEN DOOR FOOD

BANK, A PARTNER OF OPERATION

BLESSING. AS SHE WAITED IN LINE

TO RECEIVE FOOD, A VOLUNTEER

APPROACHED HER CAR.

SHE PRAYED FOR ME. IT WAS A

BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. I FELT

THAT WAS GOD SPEAKING TO ME.

THAT WAS JUST THE ICING ON THE

CAKE BECAUSE I WAS GOING FOR

THE FOOD, AND I ENDED UP

GETTING BLESSED SPIRITUALLY IN

A WAY THAT I NEEDED. IT'S

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF

OPERATION BLESSING PARTNERS,

STEPHANIE FOUND THE HELP SHE

AND HER FAMILY NEEDED. NOW

THEY ARE BACK ON THEIR FEET AND

THRIVING IN THEIR NEW CHURCH

COMMUNITY.

FROM WHEN I CAME TO THE FOOD

BANK TO NOW, I AM IN A PLACE

WHERE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD

BE. I AM IN A PLACE WHERE I

HAVE HOPE. GOD DEFINITELY

SURPRISED ME. AND HE SAID THAT

APPLE . HE NEEDED THE FOOD. HE

KNEW I NEEDED AN ENCOUNTER WITH

HIM. THANK YOU, OPERATION

BLESSING.

> NOT JUST GIVING FOOD, BUT

GIVING HOPE, NOT A HANDOUT, BUT

A HAND UP INTO A NEW LIFE. YOU

MAKE THAT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU

JOIN THE 700 CLUB, BECAUSE YOU

ARE JOINING WITH TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SAY,

LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE

WORLD TODAY. LET'S LET PEOPLE

KNOW THAT GOD LOVES THEM, WANTS

TO CARE FOR THEM, IS VITALLY

CONCERNED WITH THEM , NUMBERS

EVERY HAIR ON THEIR HEAD. WE

WANT THAT GOOD NEWS TO GO OUT

ACROSS THE WORLD. AND RIGHT

HERE AT HOME, WE ARE DOING THIS

BY THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS. WE

ARE OVER 4000 FOOD PANTRIES

ARE BEING SUPPLIED BY OPERATION

BLESSING'S HUNGER STRIKE

FORCE. YOU ARE PART OF THIS.

YOU ARE PART OF THE CLEAN WATER

PROGRAMS, AND YOU ARE ALSO A

PART OF CBN INTERNATIONAL

PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN THEIR

OWN LANGUAGE. SHOWING STORIES

OF WHAT JESUS IS DOING IN THEIR

OWN COUNTRY, NOT SOME FARAWAY

PLACE, FAR AWAY TIME, BUT RIGHT

HERE AND NOW. IF YOU WANT TO

JOIN WITH THAT, CALL US.

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

TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 700 CLUB.

HOW MUCH IS THAT? JUST $20 A

MONTH , $.65 A DAY. SOME OF YOU

CAN JOIN AT HIGHER LEVELS. WE

HAVE 700 CLUB GOLD AT $40 A

MONTH. 1000 CLUB IS $1000 A

YEAR. THAT BREAKS OUT TO $84 A

MONTH. WHEN YOU JOIN AT ANY

LEVEL, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS.

IT IS MY LATEST TEACHING. IT

COMES OUT OF MY STUDY OF ST.

IGNATIUS, AS WELL AS A

WONDERFUL BOOK BY TL OSBORN,

YOU ARE GOD'S BEST. I WENT TO

THE STUDY BACK IN AUGUST ON A

PERSONAL PRAYER RETREAT, HOW TO

RENEW YOURSELF. THIS JANUARY, I

WANT YOU TO HAVE IT SO YOU CAN

-- ACTUALLY, WE ARE IN

FEBRUARY. I NEED TO KEEP TRACK.

BUT THE START OF THE YEAR. I

WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS. YOU CAN

HAVE DIVINE DIRECTION AND KNOW

WHERE YOU COME FROM AND WHO YOU

BELONG TO. AND WHERE ARE YOU

GOING? AND WHAT MATTERS IN

LIFE? WHAT IS IMPORTANT? I WANT

YOU TO HAVE IT. IT IS YOURS

WHEN YOU JOIN. 1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

> WELL, UP NEXT, A SINGLE

KIDNEY, A CLEFT PALATE, A RIB

DEFORMITY, AND THAT IS NOT THE

WORST OF IT FOR THIS INFANT.

SHE WAS ALSO FACING

CATASTROPHIC LUNG

COMPLICATIONS THAT COULD LEAD

WAVE OF PRAYER LEADS TO A IDE

MIRACLE, WHEN WE COME BACK.

> THEY WERE DESPERATE. THEIR

BABY GIRL'S LIFE ARE HANGING IN

THE BALANCE. SHE FIGURED THERE

WAS NO HARM IN OTHER PEOPLE

PRAYING. SHE SENT OUT A CALL

FOR PRAYER, AND BEFORE LONG,

SHE BECAME A BELIEVER.

I STOOD UP AND SAID, LISTEN,

GUYS. I GOT AN UNBELIEVING LIFE

AND A MEDICALLY ILL CHILD.

THAT IS WHAT I NEED PRAYERS

FOR.

RON DESPERATELY NEEDED

PRAYER FOR HIS FAMILY. IN 2016,

HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR

DAUGHTER, HUNTER, WHO FACED A

MYRIAD OF HEALTH ISSUES .

SHE WOULD BE TURNING BLUE

AT NIGHT . I TRY TO PUT HER

OVER MY SHOULDER TO GET HER TO

BREATHE AGAIN. THIS IS ALL

BEFORE SHE IS THREE MONTHS. WE

MET NONE OF HER KNOWN HEALTH

PROBLEMS COULD EXPLAIN WHY

HUNTER HAD DIFFICULTY EATING OR

WHY HER OXYGEN LEVELS DROPPED

BELOW LIFE-SUSTAINING LEVELS

MULTIPLE TIMES. THEN, AT THREE

MONTHS OLD, THEY DISCOVERED A

FISTULA. A SURGEON CARED FOR

HUNTER.

A FISTULA, THE TYPES THAT

HUNTER HAD, IS A PERSISTENT AND

LESS THAN IDEAL CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE ESOPHAGUS, WHICH IS

THE FEEDING TUBE IN THE AIRWAY,

WHICH IS THE BREEDING TUBE.

THE CONDITION IS SERIOUS

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AFTER BIRTH,

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE

SAFELY WITHOUT HAVING OUR LUNGS

CONTAMINATED BY WHAT WE ARE

TRYING TO FEED ON. THAT CAN

LEAD TO VERY CATASTROPHIC LUNG

COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING

ASPIRATION, PNEUMONIA, AND

DEATH.

RON AND ALMA GREW WEARY AS

MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE

FISTULA FAILED.

IT WAS HORRIBLE. AS A

MOTHER, YOU WOULD RATHER BE IN

THE PLACE OF YOUR CHILD. YOU

DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR CHILD GO

THROUGH THIS.

IN THE BEGINNING, I WAS

STILL A LOT OF SELF, LIKE I CAN

FIX THIS. OR I DON'T WANT TO

PUBLICIZE ANY PROBLEMS THAT MY

DAUGHTER HAS, BECAUSE I DON'T

WANT IT WORKING AGAINST HER.

IT'S

AFTER TWO SURGERIES IN

CHICAGO, AND TWO MORE IN

DENVER, THEY FINALLY THOUGHT

THE FISTULA WAS REPAIRED. AS

DR. WOOTEN WORKED ON HER CLEFT

PALATE, HE NOTICED SOMETHING

I STARTED TO BELIEVE THAT

THE LAST OPERATION THEY HAD IN

DENVER WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE

THAT FIXED HER FOREVER. IN THAT

CONTEXT OF THAT CLEFT PALATE

REPAIR, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A

LOOK AT THE AIRWAY. I

DISCOVERED THAT FISTULA HAD

REOPENED, THE CONNECTION

BETWEE THE ESOPHAGUS AND THE

AIRWAY WAS NOT FIXED, OR NOT

DURABLY FIXED. WHILE WORKING ON

THE CLEFT PALATE, DR. WOOTEN

PREPARED THE FISTULA FOR A

SURGERY. HE TOLD ALMA AND RON

THE NEWS. IT'S

I FELT LIKE THIS MONSTER

THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD , LIKE

WE HAD FOUGHT, THAT IT WAS

GONE, THIS MONSTER, AND I JUST

FELT IT ALL COME BACK .

AT THAT POINT, WE ARE LIKE,

OH, MAN. WE JUST GOT TO, YOU

KNOW, THE WIND TAKEN OUT OF OUR

SALES. BUT IT WAS REALLY, I

THINK, A GOD MOMENT, WHERE HE

WAS SAYING, YOU REALLY NEED TO

RELY ON ME. YOU CAN'T RELY ON

YOURSELF. IT WAS REALLY AFTER

THAT THAT WE REALLY LET THE

GUARD DOWN AND REALLY SAID, WE

NEED HELP, WE ARE IN A BAD

SPOT. THAT IS WHERE REAL

PRAYER AND THE INTERCESSION

CAME IN.

I WAS AGNOSTIC. I THOUGHT

THERE WAS NO HARM IN PRAYING.

WE HAD PEOPLE PRAYING ALL OVER

THE WORLD. MY FAMILY AND THE

UK WAS PRAYING. SHE HAD A GOOD

NETWORK OF PEOPLE PRAYING FOR

HER.

WITH PRAYERS FROM THEIR

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, HUNTER

WENT INTO HER TENT SURGERY.

THIS TIME, DR. WOOTEN FOUND A

PLEASANT SURPRISE.

I FOUND THE FISTULA WAS

TOTALLY HEALED. IT WAS BARELY

EVEN A VISIBLE DENT IN THE BACK

WALL OF THE TRACHEA.

HE CAME OUT THE DOOR, AND HE

STARTED TALKING ABOUT

PICTURES. HERE IS HER AIRWAY.

HERE IS THIS AND THAT. HERE IS

THE FISTULA. BUT IT IS NOT

THERE ANYMORE. WHAT DO YOU

MEAN? WELL, IT IS TAKING CARE

OF. IT IS GONE. AND THERE IS A

VISUAL. I AM A VERY VISUAL

PERSON, CHARTING ALL HER

MEDICAL RECORDS. WE HAVE

PRESURGERY PICTURES, AND WE

HAVE POST SURGERY PICTURES.

THE FISTULA WAS THIS HUGE HOLE,

AND IT WAS JUST GONE. IT WAS

MEDICALLY, THERE IS SOMETHING

THAT YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE

THAT IS NO LONGER THERE. I WAS

LIKE, I KNEW WHAT I WAS

SEEING. I KNEW THAT WAS THE

HAND OF GOD. I KNEW IT. LIKE,

THANK YOU. PRAYER IS ANSWERED.

BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT THIS WAS

GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE TURNING

POINT FOR MY WIFE, BECAUSE HOW

COULD SHE DENY WHAT JUST

HAPPENED?

I WAS TELLING HIM, HOLY --

THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. THERE

IS NO OTHER WAY.

WE NEED TO PETITION THE

FATHER WHEN WE ARE IN THESE

TYPE OF SITUATIONS, AND WHEN WE

ARE NOT. PRAYER IS A

THANKSGIVING. CONTINUE TO

PRAY. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING IS

A REAL THING. IT'S

AS A SURGEON WHO IS A

BELIEVER, I THINK OBVIOUSLY

PRAYER MATTERS. I THINK LIFTING

UP WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH

TO GOD IS CRITICAL. ALMA, WHO

HAD PREVIOUSLY DOUBTED GOD'S

EXISTENCE NOW IS A FIRM

BELIEVER IN THE GOD WHO ANSWERS

PRAYERS.

YOU OPEN UP, AND YOU OPEN

UP TO YOUR CHURCH AND OPEN UP

TO BELIEVERS . IT OPENS UP A

WHOLE NEW REALM OF

POSSIBILITIES . DEFINITELY THE

POWER OF PRAYER, YOU KNOW, I

MEAN, THAT CAN WORK WONDERS.

JUST KNOW THAT GOD IS WALKING

SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH YOU . YEAH,

HE GIVES YOU TRIALS AND

TRIBULATIONS, BUT HE HAS GOT A

PLAN.

IT WAS GOD'S ANSWER TO

PRAYER ON HIS TIME, ACCORDING

TO HIS WILL. WE FELT VERY

FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE KNEW NOT

EVERYBODY GETS THAT SAME

RESULT. I WAS JUST HUMBLED AND

AFFIRMED THAT THE POWER OF

PRAYER IS REAL.

YOU CAN BE HUMBLED AND

AFFIRMED THAT THE POWER OF

PRAYER IS REAL. AND IT IS NOT

THE POWER THAT IS IN YOUR

PRAYER, IT IS THE POWER THAT

IS RESIDENT IN GOD. JESUS GAVE

US THE KEYS TO MIRACLES , AND

THE NUMBER ONE KEY GIVES IN

MARK CHAPTER 11, HAVE FAITH IN

GOD. MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE .

DON'T MAKE IT COMPLICATED. WHEN

YOU START THINKING, I HAVE

PRAYED THE RIGHT WAY, HAVE I

SAID THE RIGHT WORDS, HERE YOU

HAVE A MOTHER THAT SAYS, I AM

AN AGNOSTIC, BUT THERE IS NO

HARM HERE. LET'S JUST TRY IT

OUT. YOU KNOW? IT'S AMAZING TO

SEE HER SAY, WOW, THERE IS A

GOD, AND HE DOES ANSWER PRAYER

, AND HE ANSWERS IT WITH HIS

POWER. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. WHEN

YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN SAY TO

THIS MOUNTAIN, BE REMOVED AND

CAST INTO THE SEA, AND IT WILL

GET UP . DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN

GOD? DO YOU HAVE THAT? MAYBE

YOU ARE LIKE THAT PARENT THAT

SAYS , HERE IS ALASSANE, IT

CAN'T HURT. I WILL GIVE IT A

TRY. HOW ABOUT YOU? LET'S SEE.

WHEN YOU TEST HIM IN THE , IT

IS NOT A TEST . IT IS NOT. HE

WANTS TO HEAL YOU. HE WANTS TO

SAVE YOU. HE WANTS TO SHOW UP

FOR YOU. HE WANTS TO MANIFEST

HIMSELF FOR YOU. IT'S NOT ANY

KIND OF PROBLEM FOR HIM TO

TAKE CARE OF HIS CHILDREN. SO

LET'S DO THAT. CAN YOU JUST

PRAY? BOW YOUR HEAD WITH US.

HUMBLE YOURSELF. I CAN'T DO

THIS, BUT GOD, IF YOU ARE

THERE, COULD YOU DO THIS FOR

ME? IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH ALL

OF YOUR HEART, HE WILL SHOW UP.

HE WILL ANSWER. HE WILL COME

WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS. IT

IS VERY NAME. IT IS HIS VERY

NATURE. HE WANTS TO DO THESE

THINGS FOR HIS CHILDREN.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, HE

THINKS, YOU ARE HIS CHILD. HE

THINKS THAT HE LOVES YOU. HE

THINKS THAT HE WANTS TO PROVIDE

FOR YOU. HE THINKS THESE THINGS

ABOUT YOU . ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS SAY YES. LET'S PRAY. LORD

GOD ALMIGHTY, WE COME TO YOU.

WE COME TO YOU BELIEVING . WE

ASK NOW, AND WE ASK

SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO

DON'T KNOW YOU THAT YOU WOULD

SHOW UP FOR THEM, THAT YOU

WOULD STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND

AND HEAL THEIR DISEASE. YOU

HAVE DONE THIS THROUGHOUT THE

CENTURIES WHERE YOU HAVE SHOWN

UP FOR PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T PART

OF THE INNER CIRCLE, BUT YOU

LOVE THEM . AND SO NO, STRETCH

FORTH YOUR HAND TO DO SIGNS,

WONDERS AND MIRACLES. HEAL

THEM, LORD GOD. RESTORE THEM.

@EXPERIENCE THAT TERRY AND I

HAVE HAD WITH YOU WHERE WE KNOW

THAT YOU ARE THERE AND WE KNOW

THAT YOU CARE . BE WITH THEM

NOW. TERRY, GOD IS GIVING YOU

SOMETHING. IT'S

THERE IS A MAN NAME HOWARD.

GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER,

HOWARD. HE IS ANSWERING THAT.

THERE IS ANOTHER MAN. I DON'T

THINK IT IS THE SAME PERSON.

YOU ARE A WOODWORKER. YOU HAVE

BIG EQUIPMENT. YOU HAVE BEEN

INJURED IN THAT. IT MIGHT EVEN

CHALLENGE WHETHER YOU WOULD BE

ABLE TO CONTINUE OR NOT. GOD'S

HEALING THAT WOUND FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW. LIFT YOUR HANDS UP.

PRAISE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR

THAT IN JESUS' NAME. IT'S

SOMEONE HAS A SERIOUS HEART

CONDITION. YOU ARE FACING

QUADRUPLE BYPASS SURGERY. GOD

IS ABLE TO RESTORE ALL THE

VEINS, ALL THE ARTERIES, ALL

THE BLOOD SUPPLY. HE IS ABLE TO

REMOVE ALL OF THE PLOTS, ALL OF

THE PLAQUE, ALL OF THE PROBLEM,

AND GIVE YOU SOMETHING

BRAND-NEW. BEATING STRONGLY,

GIVING YOU LIFE AND ENERGY, IN

JESUS' NAME, MAY YOUR HEART BE

HEALED, AND MAY IT BE MADE

WHOLE NOW . WE RECEIVE IT , IN

JESUS' NAME. IT'S

WHATEVER YOU ARE PRAYING

FOR, GOD IS ANSWERING YOUR

PRAYERS RIGHT NOW. BEGIN TO

THANK HIM, AND RECEIVE IT.

RECEIVE IT. IT IS ON THE WAY.

> SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE GOT

POLYPS IN YOUR SINUS CAVITY.

IT'S ACTUALLY PAINFUL FOR YOU.

IT HAS GROWN TO A SIZE THAT IT

IS AFFECTING BREATHING ,

AFFECTING YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.

GOD'S HEALING, HE IS REMOVING

IT RIGHT NOW. YOU JUST FELT THE

PAIN LEAVE YOU. IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, BE HEALED. LORD GOD, WE

THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL

THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, HOW

YOU HAVE SAVED US, HOW YOU HAVE

REDEEMED US, HOW YOU HAVE

HEALED US, HOW YOU HAVE CROWNED

US WITH TENDER MERCY AND

LOVINGKINDNESS. LORD GOD, WE

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS

YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, AND WE

THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. IN

JESUS' NAME , AMEN AND AMEN.

IT'S

JUST WANT TO SAY, THERE IS

SOMEONE NAMED ASHLEY. YOU ARE

IN A MARITAL SITUATION THAT IS

REALLY TOUGH, AND YOU CAN'T SEE

ANY CHANGE. YOU ARE IN GOD'S

WAITING ROOM. JUST WAIT. HE IS

AT WORK. IT'S

IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED,

SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT WITH US.

LET US KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE

FOR YOU. GIVE US A CALL,

1-800-700-7000. IF YOU NEED

PRAYER, IT IS OUR HONOR, OUR

PRIVILEGE TO PRAY WITH YOU,

PRAY FOR YOU. WE ARE HERE EVERY

DAY THAT ENDS IN DAY.

1-800-700-7000.

> HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALMS.

YOU OPEN YOUR HAND, AND

SATISFY THE DESIRE OF EVERY