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The 700 Club - February 22, 2023

A man suppresses childhood traumas and the result is alcoholism and rage. Witness his powerful life transformation on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

MAJOR CHANGES, MAYBE COULD BE

COMING TO THE INTERNET. AND

THAT WOULD BE COURTESY OF THE

SUPREME COURT. AN ISSUE,

WHETHER OR NOT BIG TECH IS

LIABLE FOR CONTENT POSTED ON

THE PLATFORMS.

CURRENTLY, A LOT WRITTEN AT

THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET ERA

PROTECTS THESE COMPANIES AND

YESTERDAY THE JUSTICES HEARD

ARGUMENTS IN A CASE THAT COULD

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS.

Reporter: EIGHT YEARS AGO, A

23-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN COLLEGE

STUDENT WAS KILLED DURING A

SERIES OF COURT NEEDED ISIS

TERROR ATTACKS IN THE PARIS.

AND SEEKING JUSTICE, HER FAMILY

ISN'T GOING AFTER THE

TERRORISTS, INSTEAD THEY ARE

TARGETING YOUTUBE, A COMPANY

OWNED BY GOOGLE.

HOPEFULLY IT WILL CHANGE

THE LAWS AND B FOR THE GRADE.

Reporter: THE FAMILY CLAIMS

U2'S INTERNAL ALGORITHM

HIGHLIGHTED ISIS PRODUCED --

AND GONZALES THAT THE FAMILY

WAS DOING IN A CASE THAT HAS

MADE ITS WAY TO THE SUPREME

COURT. TUESDAY, IT JUSTICES

LISTENED TO ARGUMENTS ON

SECTION 230 OF THE

COMMUNICATION DECENCY ACT. THE

1996 LAW STATING INTERNET

COMPANIES CANNOT BE SUED OVER

CONTENT UPLOADED BY

THIRD-PARTY USERS.

SECTION 230 HAS BEEN EVOKED

ACROSS ALL ACTIVE CASES

BECAUSE THE COURTS HAVE GIVEN

THEM , TECH COMPANIES, BROAD

IMMUNITY . THEY HAVE REALLY

INTERPRETED THE ORIGINAL TEXT

OF THE LAW TO BE FAR MORE

ENCOMPASSING THAN WHAT IT WAS

INTENDED TO BE AND IT IS BEST

SEEN THROUGH THE ALGORITHM

ISSUE.

Reporter: DURING TUESDAY'S

HEARING, THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY

ARGUED YOUTUBE IS NOT SIMPLY

PROVIDING THIRD-PARTY CONTENT,

ADDING THE COMPANY USES AN

ALGORITHM THAT MAKES

UNSOLICITED VIDEO

RECOMMENDATIONS TO USERS.

ACCORDING TO HIM, IT IS NOT

PROTECTED BY SECTION 230.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS , IN

SO FAR AS THEY ARE ENCOURAGING

PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AT THINGS,

THAT IS WHAT IS OUTSIDE

PROTECTION OF THE STATUTE, NOT

THAT THE STUFF WAS THERE.

Reporter: GOOGLE, MEANWHILE,

ARGUE THE RECOMMENDATIONS DO

FALL UNDER THE STATUTE

PROTECTIONS. BECAUSE IT IS

ACTING AS A PUBLISHER WHEN

RELATED VIDEOS ARE POSTED.

PUBLISHING MEANS RELATING

COMMUNICATION. WHEN WEBSITES

COMMUNICATE THIRD-PARTY

INFORMATION AND PLAINTIFF HARM

CLOSE FROM THAT COMMUNICATION,

C-1 BARS THE CLAIM. CHUCK THEY

AGREED THAT COMPLETION I HAVE

BLANKET PROTECTION ALTHOUGH

THEY STRUGGLED TO FIND THE LINE

WERE COMPANIES BECOME LIABLE.

JUSTICES WONDERING ABOUT, IF

IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE

COURTS OR CONGRESS.

WE ARE A COURT, WE DON'T

REALLY KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT LIKE

THE NINE GREATEST EXPERTS ON

THE INTERNETS.

Reporter: HE BELIEVED THE

COURT SHOULD APPLY THE STATUE

THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WHILE

AGREEING THAT CONGRESS HAS A

ROLE TO PLAY. TODAY, ANOTHER

REGULATION CASE, THIS ONE WITH

TWITTER AS A DEFENDANT. IT ALSO

DEALS WITH SECTION 230

PROTECTIONS, QUESTIONING

WHETHER THE TECH GIANT SHOULD

BE HELD LIABLE FOR FAILING TO

KEEP ISIS OFF ITS PLATFORM.

ALLEN PARK, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

> WE WILL SEE WHAT THE

SUPREME COURT DOES. THE OLD

ADAGE IN LAW, BAD FACTS MAKE

FOR BAD LOT AND IT COULD BE

THAT THE EFFORT TO TAMP DOWN ON

TERRORIST GROUPS, LEADS TO

SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESTRICT

SPEECH FOR EVERYONE. BUT WE

HAVE TO RECOGNIZE SECTION 230

WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR

PEOPLE WITH COMMENTARY ON THE

ARTICLES IN THE DETERMINATION

THAT WE DON'T WANT THE PLATFORM

HELD LIABLE FOR WHAT SOMEONE

ELSE IS SAYING ON THAT SAME

PLATFORM. WE WANT FREE EXCHANGE

OF IDEAS AND WE WILL PROVIDE

PROTECTION FOR THE PLATFORM,

FOR WHAT PEOPLE WRITE ON

THERE. BUT IT SEEMS ADEQUATE

-- WHO PUTS COMMENTS AND

CHECKBOXES ANYMORE . IF YOU ARE

HIGHLIGHTING TERRORIST

MATERIAL, THERE IS A PROBLEM

WITH YOUR ALGORITHM AND THAT

NEEDS TO BE FIXED , REGARDLESS

OF THE LAW. BUT HERE IS A

CHALLENGE FOR YOU, AND IT IS A

CHALLENGE I GOT IN MY FIRST

YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL. TRIED TO

WRITE A STATUTE THAT COVERS IT,

YOU WILL QUICKLY FIND OUT THAT

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ENACT

THINGS IN A FLUID ENVIRONMENT

LIKE THE INTERNET. HOW DO YOU

PROTECT FREE SPEECH, AT THE

SAME TIME PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF

OTHERS AND PARTICULARLY TRY TO

KEEP TERRORISM OUT.

> GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE

GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO REASSURE

CITIZENS IN EAST PALESTINE,

OHIO, THAT THE DRINKING WATER

IS SAFE. JUST IMAGINE SOMEONE

KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR, SAYING

THAT YOUR DRINKING WATER IS

SAFE. IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO

REASSURE YOU. JOHN JESSUP HAS

MORE ON THAT STORY FROM OUR

NEWS CREW IN WASHINGTON.

Reporter: FOR NEARLY THREE

WEEKS AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING

TOXIC CHEMICALS DERAILED IN

THEIR TOWN, RESIDENTS IN EAST

PALATINO REPORT HEADACHES,

BURNING SKIN AND IRRITATED EYES

IN ADDITION TO FEARS OF

LONG-TERM HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM

CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND

WATER. THE EPA IS ORDERING

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD TO

SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THE

CLEANUP.

Reporter: MORE THAN TWO

WEEKS AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED IN

THE SMALL VILLAGE OF EAST

PALESTINE, OHIO, INCLUDING THE

TOXIC CHEMICAL VINYL CHLORIDE,

THE EPA IS STEPPING IN AND

ORDERING THE RAILROAD TO TAKE

RESPONSIBILITY.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN WILL PAY

FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS THEY

CREATED, AND THE TRAUMA THEY

INFLICTED ON THIS COMMUNITY.

Reporter: WRECKAGE BURNED

FOR DAYS AND PRESIDENTS WERE

ORDERED TO EVACUATE THEIR

HOMES. NOW, THEY ARE REPORTING

HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING SKIN,

EYE AND THROAT IRRITATION.

OUR FACE IS BURNING,

HEADACHES, MASSIVE, ALMOST

PASSING OUT.

Reporter: THIS CHURCH HAS

BEEN TURNED INTO A HEALTH

CLINIC WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN

BY NURSES AND TOXICOLOGISTS.

RESIDENTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED

ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER. OHIO

GOVERNOR MIKE DeWINE AND A TOP

EPA OFFICIAL, GOING HOUSE TO

HOUSE TO REASSURE CITIZENS.

SO IT IS SAFE TO DRINK THE

WATER? BUT THE WATER IS SAFE.

Reporter: SOME LOCAL FARMERS

WORRY ABOUT HOW THE PLUME OF

SMOKE FROM A CONTROLLED RELEASE

MIGHT AFFECT THEIR CROPS.

I AM CONCERNED FOR WHAT

COULD BE THE TOXICITY OF MY

SOIL AND DOES INDICATE HOW WE

CAN PLANT THIS SPRING.

Reporter: TRANSFER TERRY

SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG SAID

HE WOULD VISIT THE -- .

WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD A

THREE-PART DRIVE ON RAIL

SAFETY. THINGS THAT WE ARE

DOING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION TO RAISE THE

BAR, THINGS THAT WE NEED HELP

FROM CONGRESS TO DO. IN ORDER

TO HOLD REAL COMPANIES

ACCOUNTABLE.

Reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

SET 4500 CUBIC YARDS OF

CONTAMINATED SOIL AND 5

MILLION GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED

WATER HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM

THE SITE. THE COMPANY IS VOWING

TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE

THINGS RIGHT, WITH THE

COMMUNITY INCLUDING, $1 MILLION

IN RECOVERY FUND FOR RESIDENTS.

ARMOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

PLANS TO VISIT THE OHIO TOWN

TODAY AND CELEBRITY

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTORS GET AIR

BROUGHT TO GET -- BROCKOVICH

WILL VISIT AS RESIDENTS

CONTINUE TO RECOVER.

> THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND

UPPER MIDWEST ARE BRACING FOR

WINTER STORM THAT COULD DUMP UP

TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IN SOME

AREAS, TODAY AND IT IS JUST THE

OPENING STAGE OF A HUGE STORM

THAT WILL STRETCH 2600 MILES

FROM COAST TO COAST BY THE END

OF THE WEEK. 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE

ARE UNDER A BLIZZARD WARNING

WITH ANOTHER 13 MILLION PEOPLE

FACING WINTER STORM WARNINGS.

SCHOOLS IN THE DAKOTAS,

MINNESOTA, AND WISCONSIN ARE

CLOSED TODAY. THE STORM

PREDICTED TO BRING SLEET AND

FREEZING RAIN FROM IOWA TO

BOSTON THROUGH THURSDAY,

CAUSING DANGEROUS ROAD

CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES.

> WE ARE TURNING OVERSEAS TO

THE QUAKE ZONE IN TURKEY, WITH

INFRASTRUCTURE DESTROYED AND

MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE

DISPLACED, ONE OF THE MAJOR

NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS A DRINKING

WATER. AS CHRIS MITCHELL SHOWS

US, OPERATION BLESSING IS ON

THE GROUND, OFFERING A

SOLUTION.

Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE VISIT

THE REGION HARDEST HIT BY THESE

EARTHQUAKES, THEY ARE STRUCK BY

THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE

DISASTER.

THIS AREA OF THE COUNTRY IS

ALMOST LOST. IN SOME OTHER

DISASTERS, IT IS A FRACTION AND

IT IS NOT LIKE THEY SHOULD IS

OFF THE CHARTS.

Reporter: HE IS OPERATION

BLESSING'S ON-SITE WATER

ENGINEER, HERE.

THE SOLUTION IS WATER, BUT

NOT ENOUGH OF THE WATER SO WE

ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS BASED

--.

Reporter: ONE OF THE FIRST

IMPACTS OF A NATURAL DISASTER

LIKE THIS IS ON THE QUALITY OF

WATER, THAT IS WHY OPERATION

BLESSING HAS THIS REVERSE

OSMOSIS SYSTEM TO TAKE AN

DRINKABLE WATER AND MAKE IT

SAFE. HE SHOWS CBN NEWS THE

PROCESS OF MAKING THE WATER

SAFE. FIRST HE TAKES SOME OF

THE WELL WATER FROM THIS

STORAGE TANK.

YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF

THE WATER . ALSO A LOT OF

MINERALS, CALCIUM, A LOT OF IT

UNDRINKABLE.

Reporter: OSCAR GOT A

READING OF OVER 1000,

INDICATING HIGH CONTAMINATION.

IT MAYBE HAS SOMETHING

LIKE EXCESSIVE MINERALS,

EXCESSIVE METALS, EVEN. THAT IS

SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT

GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN ON OUR

WATCH.

Reporter: IN THE KITCHEN,

OSCAR SHOWS HOW THEY TAKE

CONTAMINATED WATER TO MAKE IT

SAFE FOR COOKING AND DRINKING.

AFTERWARD, HE TAKES HIS

INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE AGAIN AND

IT DROPPED FROM OVER 1000 TO

50.

THIS IS THE WATER FROM THE

WELL? RIGHT NOW, YOU OPEN THE

FAUCET DOORS ON THIS

PARTICULAR SITE AND THIS IS THE

ONE THAT COMES FROM THE REVERSE

OSMOSIS SYSTEM. AND IT IS

TOTALLY DRINKABLE. I BE SAFE

AFTER THIS, THIS IS GOOD.

Reporter: CONTAMINATED WATER

LIKE THIS COULD HAVE LONG-TERM

CONSEQUENCES.

TOXIC METALS, EVEN HEAVY

METALS AFFECTS THE ORGANS FOR

LONG YEARS. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME

SYMPTOM, IT IS TOO LATE.

Reporter: MAJOR HELP IS

NEEDED AFTER A DISASTER OF THIS

SCALE.

THIS IS HUGE. I WILL NEED

SEVERAL YEARS TO RESTORE AND I

ASK OTHER PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO

SUPPORT THESE ON A MAJOR SKILL.

Reporter: AND HE SAID PRAYER

IS VITAL.

THAT IS SOMETHING, FOR SURE,

NEEDED. WHAT WE DO, IS TO SHOW

THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH OUR

ACTIONS. AND THAT IS THE WAY WE

DO IT RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,

CBN NEWS, TURKEY.

> THEY ARE SHOWING AN

INNOVATIVE YET PRACTICAL WAY TO

BE CRITICAL NEEDS.

THAT IS WHAT OPERATION

BLESSING DOES. WE HAVE BEEN

GOING TO DISASTER ZONES FOR

DECADES AND THROUGH THAT, WE

HAVE LEARNED, ONE OF THE BEST

THINGS WE CAN DO IS TO PROVIDE

CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR

PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE

WATER EXPERTS ON PART OF THE

DISASTER RECOVERY SCENE AND YOU

SAW ONE OF THEM IN ACTION, IN

YOUR NAME IN TURKEY. IF YOU ARE

PART OF THE OPERATION BLESSING

DISASTER RELIEF FUND, YOU ARE

PART OF THAT OUTREACH. IF YOU

ARE NOT PART OF GIVING TO IT,

I AM BUT YOU TO RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

AFFECTED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE. IT

IS 300 MILES LONG. PEOPLE ARE

DISPLACED, THEY ARE WORRIED

ABOUT AFTERSHOCKS, FURTHER

EARTHQUAKES . THE BUILDINGS ARE

NOT SAFE TO LIVE IN. HOW DID

THEY GET THAT? HOW DID THEY GET

SHELTER? HOW DO THEY GET CLEAN

WATER? WHAT WE WANT TO BE THERE

FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND

WE ARE THERE IN YOUR NAME. IF

YOU WANT TO HELP, GIVE US A

CALL, 1-800-700-7000. JUST

SAY, I WANT TO GIVE TO THE

OPERATION BLESSING DISASTER

RELIEF FUND. YOU CAN WRITE A

CHECK TO US AND SEND IT TO CBN

CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.

JUST PUT DISASTER RELIEF FUND

IN THE MEMO LINE OF THE CHECK

OR YOU CAN TEXT OPDR TO 71777,

OR GO TO CBN.COM. EITHER WAY,

LET'S HELP THE PEOPLE IN TURKEY

AND LET'S DO IT TODAY.

> UP NEXT, IT HAS BEEN ONE

YEAR SINCE RUSSIA INVADED

UKRAINE. AND THOUSANDS HAVE

DIED, MILLIONS MORE HAVE FLED.

NEITHER SIDE IS BACKING DOWN.

STAY TUNED FOR A LOOK AT WHAT

HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AND WHAT

MAY COME NEXT.

> ALSO, SHE WAS A PRODUCER

FOR AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. THEN

ONE DAY HER OWN HOME BECAME A

CRIME SCENE. MICHELLE HORD

TELLS US ABOUT THE MURDER THAT

SHATTERED HER WORLD, COMING UP.

> THIS IS GORDON ROBERTSON,

PRESIDENT OF OPERATION

BLESSING. THIS IS AN URGENT

ACTION ALERT. RIGHT NOW,

DEVASTATED FAMILIES IN TURKEY

AND SYRIA ARE FACING THE

UNTHINKABLE. THOUSANDS OF

BUILDINGS , OBLITERATED BY

CATASTROPHIC 7.8 EARTHQUAKE.

MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT SHELTER

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.

SURVIVORS ARE AGONIZING OVER

MISSING LOVED ONES, AS THE

DEATH TOLL IS STILL CLIMBING.

IT IS NOW OVER 41,000 PEOPLE.

OUR OPERATION BLESSING DISASTER

RELIEF TEAMS ARE ON THE MOVE

RIGHT NOW, MOBILIZING IN

RESPONSE TO THIS DEVASTATING

EVENT. YOU CAN BE THERE IN

THEIR TIME OF NEED, TO LET THEM

KNOW THAT GOD LOVES THEM . IF

YOU WANT TO JOIN THIS EFFORT,

PLEASE DON'T DELAY, PICK UP A

PHONE AND CALL US RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE

CRITICAL, SO CALL NOW OR GO TO

OPERATION BLESSING. OR G.

> PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED OUT

RUSSIA'S BRUTALITY IN UKRAINE

DURING A SPEECH IN POLAND

YESTERDAY. THEN-PRESIDENT PUTIN

RESPONDED, BY BLAMING THE WEST

RESPONDED, BY BLAMING THE WEST

FOR STARTING AT ALL. CBN'S

CHUCK COLEMAN HAS BEEN ON THE

GROUND, REPORTING ON THE WAR

AND AS WE NEAR THE ONE-YEAR

ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION,

HE BRINGS THIS LOOK AT THE

TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE

UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.

Reporter: FEBRUARY 24th,

2022, LIFE AS UKRAINIANS KNEW

IT, COMES TO AN END. A

FULL-SCALE INVASION BY LAND,

SEA AND AIR, AS RUSSIAN TROOPS

POURED INTO UKRAINE. WORLD

LEADERS IMMEDIATELY LEVY

SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.

THE RUSSIAN MILITARY HAS

BEGUN A BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE

PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. WITHOUT

PROVOCATION, WITHOUT

JUSTIFICATION, WITHOUT

NECESSITY. THIS IS A

PREMEDITATED ATTACK.

MORE THAN 70,000 RUSSIAN

TROOPS TRIED TO ENCIRCLE THE

CAPITAL OF KYIV, BUT THE

ADVANCED QUICKLY BOXED OUT.

RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE POORLY

TRAINED, LIKE COME EQUIPPED AND

POORLY MOTIVATED. THEY

ENCOUNTERED FIERCE RESISTANCE.

HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE

TAKING THE SAND OUT OF THE

CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND USING

THEM TO MAKE TAMPAX WITH.

IF WE DON'T STOP THEM NOW,

MY GRANDCHILDREN MUST FIGHT

THEM MAYBE 20 YEARS LATER. WE

MUST STOP THIS.

Reporter: AS THE INVASION

BOX DOWN IN THE LATE SPRING,

RUSSIAN RESORTS TO LONG-RANGE

MISSILE STRIKES, CAUSING

THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES AND

BILLIONS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HOSPITALS, HOMES, AND SCHOOLS

ARE OFTEN THE TARGETS.

THIS LADY BEHIND ME IS NAMED

OLGA AND HER HOME WAS DESTROYED

BY A VERY LARGE MISSILE. IT

BLEW UP ALL THE HOUSES, IT IS

JUST A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

THERE IS A MILITARY TARGET, OR

ANYTHING. SHE IS A RUSSIAN

SPEAKER, SHE HAS LIVED IN THIS

HOUSE ALL OF HER LIFE AND HAS

NO PLANS, NO MONEY TO BE ABLE

TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE. SO SHE'S

JUST SORT OF SIFTING THROUGH

THE RUBBLE, AT THIS POINT,

TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO

NEXT.

Reporter: BY APRIL, IT IS

CLEAR THE UKRAINIANS WILL HOLD

KYIV AT RUSSIA PULLS BACK TO

REFOCUS COMBAT IN THE EAST.

AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL, LIBERATED

AREAS REVEAL HORRIFIC WAR

CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

RUSSIA CAPTURES MARIUPOL IN

MAY AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF COSTLY

FIGHTING. THOUSANDS DIE IN THE

PROCESS AND THE CITY IS REDUCED

TO RUIN. AS RUSSIAN CRUISE

MISSILES CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND

WEAPONS FALL, UKRAINIAN

FARMERS CANNOT SHIFT THE GRAIN

TO MARKET, CAUSING ANOTHER

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. WHEAT

SUPPLIES PLUMMET, CAUSING A

GLOBAL SHORTAGE. CONCERNS ABOUT

FIGHTING AT THE ZAPORIZHZHIA

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOMINATE

THE SUMMER AIRWAVES AS THE

RUSSIANS HOLD THE FACILITY

HOSTAGE AND ENGENDER IN PLACE.

WHAT IS AT STAKE IS THE

NUCLEAR SAFETY OF THE

POWERPLANT.

Reporter: THEY LIBERATE OVER

600,000 SQUARE FEET OF

KILOMETERS IN THE NORTH AND

SOLDIERS DONATE AMERICAN

EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES A

DIFFERENCE.

ONE OF OUR SOLDIERS WITH THE

TECHNOLOGY IS STRONGER THAN

MAYBE 10 OR 20 SOLDIERS FROM

RUSSIA. IT HELPS US TO WIN.

Reporter: UKRAINIANS GET

CREATIVE WITH OFF THE SHELF

TECHNOLOGY USING STANDARD

CAMERA DRONES TO TAKE OUT

HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN TANKS.

SUFFERING HEAVY LOSSES, PUT AND

ORDERS OF HIS MILITARY

MOBILIZATION SINCE WORLD WAR

II, MORE THAN 1 MILLION MEN

FLEA FLEA. -- THE BRIDGE IS

BONDED DAYS LATER. SOON

AFTERWARD, UKRAINIAN ARMY

RETAKES -- AND SPARKING

STREET CELEBRATIONS. THESE

CHRISTIANS MOVED IN TO PRAY FOR

THE CITY.

I CANNOT EVEN EXPRESS WHAT

I'M FEELING. IS HEAVINESS AND

FOR ME, IT IS A MOUNTAIN THAT

WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE MOVED,

BUT IT WAS MOVED ONLY BY GOD.

Reporter: RUSSIA TARGETS

CRITICAL OF THE STRUCTURE USING

THE COLD AS A WEAPON. DAILY

ROCKET ATTACKS LEAVE MANY

VILLAGES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY,

WATER, OR HEAT. BATTLE LINES

HARDEN AS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY

REQUESTS MORE AID, BECAUSE HIS

ARMY IS FIRING OR ARTILLERY IN

A MONTH THAN MOST COUNTRIES

ACQUIRE IN A YEAR. OPERATION

BLESSING AND ORPHANS PROMISE

HAVE BEEN ASSISTING UKRAINIAN

CHRISTIANS SINCE THE BEGNNING,

PROVIDING DESPERATELY NEEDED

HELP TO THE FRONT-LINE AREAS

AND DISPLACED FAMILIES ACROSS

THE COUNTRY.

THESE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE

HERE, THIS CHURCH, FOR PEOPLE,

HERE, THEY FIGHT FOR ME, TOO.

IT IS LIKE ANOTHER LEVEL OF

SOLDIERS.

Reporter: ONE YEAR AFTER

THE INVASION, RUSSIA HAS YET TO

REALIZE ANY OF ITS STRATEGIC

GOALS AND ESCALATION SEEMS

INCREASINGLY LIKELY AS NATO

DEPLOYS MORE TRIPS TO THE

EASTERN BORDER. ANY RUSSIAN

OFFENSIVE WITH UP TO 500,000

TROOPS HOPES TO DEFEAT THE

UKRAINIANS BEFORE THEY CAN FEEL

PROMISE TANKS AND LONG-RANGE

WEAPONRY. BUT UKRAINE NOW HAS 1

MILLION MAN ARMY AND IS BETTER

PREPARED AND EQUIPPED, EXPERTS

SAY THE WORKED LAST YEAR'S BUT

WHETHER UKRAINE GETS THE

WEAPONS IT NEEDS IN THE NEXT

FEW MONTHS COULD MAKE ALL THE

DIFFERENCE. FROM UKRAINE, I'M

CHUCK COLEMAN FOR CBN NEWS.

THAT WAS A HISTORY OF A

HORRIBLE WAR AND I HOPE AND

PRAY THAT RUSSIA CHANGES ITS

MIND. THAT THEY STAND DOWN,

THAT THEY NO LONGER WANT TO

TRY TO ACHIEVE SOME STRANGE

DREAM OF A GREATER RUSSIA THAT

WOULD INCLUDE UKRAINE, THAT

WOULD INCLUDE EASTERN EUROPE.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE GOAL OF THE

PRESIDENT, BUT IS IT REALLY THE

GOAL OF THEIR PEOPLE? I THINK

THEY WOULD RATHER LIVE IN

PEACE, WITH EVERYONE IN

UKRAINE. SO LET'S PRAY THAT

THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND

THAT THEY STAND DOWN. LET'S

HAVE PEACE IN THIS REGION. AT

THIS CONTINUES TO GO ON, AND IF

RUSSIA CONTINUES LOSING AND

STARTS WORRYING ABOUT, IS THERE

GOING TO BE SOME INVASION OF

RUSSIA, THEN THIS TRIGGER INTO

A MUCH BROADER COMPLEX. LET'S

PRAY AND LET'S PRAY FOR PEACE.

> COMING UP LATER, HEADING

INTO THE FLAMES, WHILE WEARING

GASOLINE DRAWERS. THIS MAN'S

DRINKING WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

STAY TUNED , TO SEE THE

CONFESSION THAT LED HIM TO GIVE

UP DRINKING FOR GOOD.

> UP NEXT, HER 7-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER WAS KILLED AND THE

MURDERER WAS HER HUSBAND.

MICHELLE HORD CHAIRS ABOUT

FINDING LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF

DARKNESS, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017,

MICHELLE HORD ANSWERS A PHONE

CALL. HER DAUGHTER'S NANNY IS

SCREAMING, THERE IS BLOOD

EVERYWHERE. MICHELLE RUSHES

HOME AND HER LIFE BECOMES A

LIVING NIGHTMARE.

MICHELLE HORD WAS FRESH OUT

OF JOURNALISM SCHOOL WHEN SHE

LANDED A JOB ON THE TV SHOW ,

AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. YEARS

LATER, SHE BECAME A VP AT NBC

, UNIVERSAL. AT HOME,

MICHELLE'S MARRIAGE HAD

DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS AND

SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE. THE JOY

OF HER LIFE WAS THE

EFFERVESCENT 7-YEAR-OLD,

GABRIELLE. BUT HER WORLD

SHATTERED WHEN HER SOON-TO-BE

EX-HUSBAND MURDERED THEIR

PRECIOUS DAUGHTER. THE OTHER

SIDE OF YET IS MICHELLE'S STORY

OF HEALING AND FINDING HOPE,

AGAIN. AND HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE

FOR US ALL.

MICHELLE HORD, THANK YOU FOR

BEING WITH US TODAY. TAKE US

BACK TO THE DAYS, LEADING UP TO

THE ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY IN YOUR

LIFE. WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN

YOUR MARRIAGE AND IN YOUR WORLD

AT HOME NEXT

FIRST OF ALL, IT IS

WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. I SAT AT

MY GRANDMOTHERS KNEE WATCHING

THE 700 CLUB.

ARE YOU SERIOUS QUITE

IT MEANS A LOT TO BE IN THIS

BUILDING AND TO BE SITTING

HERE. IT IS A BLESSING. I, LIKE

A LOT OF US, UNFORTUNATELY,

YOU ARE IN A MARRIAGE, YOU PRAY

AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN. THEN

YOU REACH ACROSS ROADS. IT

BECAME CLEAR THAT THE MARRIAGE

WAS NOT GOING TO BE A HEALTHY

MARRIAGE ANYMORE AND MOST

IMPORTANTLY TO ME, MY DAUGHTER

LIVED IN A HOME WHERE THERE WAS

PEACE AND THAT SHE SAW GOOD

EXAMPLES FOR WHAT MARRIAGE

SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO I ASKED

FOR A DIVORCE. MY NOW

EX-HUSBAND DID NOT WANT A

DIVORCE. SO IT WAS A VERY

TUMULTUOUS SEVERAL MONTHS BACK

AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH

AND ON JUNE 5th, HE FINALLY

AGREED TO SIGN THE PAPERS AND I

FELT THIS RELIEF, THAT

SUDDENLY WERE GOING TO TURN

AROUND AND WITHIN 24 HOURS MY

WHOLE WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN.

SO THAT WAS THE NEXT DAY ,

YOU GOT A PHONE CALL. TELL US

ABOUT THAT MOMENT , AND THAT

DATE.

A DEACON FROM OUR CHURCH WAS

OUR CAREGIVER AND UNBEKNOWNST

TO ME AT THE TIME, MY

EX-HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT OUR

DAUGHTER WAS SICK AND DID NOT

NEED TO COME BY. SO SHE SHOWED

UP AND SURPRISED HIM, NOT

REALIZING SHE WAS APPRISING HIM

TO COME GET THE LAUNDRY DONE

AND LIKE MOST MONTH, THE PHONE

IS NEVER FAR AWAY SO I WAS

VERY CLOSE TO MY PHONE. I

MISSED THE CALL, CALL BACK

WITHIN 30 SECONDS AND IT WAS

CLEAR THAT SOMETHING HORRIFIC

HAD HAPPENED. I WAS

FACILITATING A WORKSHOP, I

FOUND A LITTLE SMALL CLOSET

AND GOT ON MY KNEES AND SAID,

GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M

GOING TO WALK INTO BUT PLEASE

GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO HANDLE

IT.

WILL AFTER THAT PHONE CALL,

YOU SAID, IN THIS MOMENT WHERE

YOU ARE HAVING THIS PRAYER TO

THE LORD, AND CRY OUT TO THE

LORD AND BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW

ANYTHING, SOMETHING CAME TO

YOUR MIND AND IT WAS SCRIPTURE

IN JOB. WHAT WAS THE SCRIPTURE

AND HOW DID IT LEAD YOU AND

KEEP YOU GROUNDED AS YOU WALKED

OUT THE TRAGEDY?

I FEEL LIKE FAITH IS AN

INSURANCE POLICY. I GREW UP IN

THE CHURCH AND BIBLE VERSES,

PSALM WILL COME TO YOU. AND I

HEARD, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET I

WILL TRUST HIM. AND BY THE TIME

WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE

CRIME AND MY PASTOR PULLS OUT

-- I HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP AND

MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS RIGHT. SO

THAT BECAME MY BATTLE CRY, THAT

BECAME THE THING THAT I SAID

OVER AND OVER ON MY KNEES. AND

IT TOOK, INITIALLY I THINK IT

WAS ASPIRATIONAL , GOD, I HAVE

TO TRUST YOU. WHAT ARE MY

ALTERNATIVES? I DON'T

UNDERSTAND THIS BUT I'M GOING

TO STAND WITH YOU. AND SO THAT

IS HOW THE VERSE BECAME SO

IMPORTANT TO ME. AND REALLY WAS

THE CENTERPIECE OF THE BOOK,

AND THE TITLE OF HOW WE GET TO

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT YET

WHERE WE CAN TRUST GOD AND

STILL HAVE A LIFE.

I REALIZED THAT WAS WHERE

THE TITLE CAME FROM AND IT WAS

LIKE, THAT IS INCREDIBLY

PROFOUND. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO

FIND ANY OUNCE OF HOPE AND JOY

, WALKING THROUGH THIS

NIGHTMARE?

THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I

THINK THAT GOD GIVES US LITTLE

SIGNS IF WE LOOK FOR THEM EVERY

DAY. THE DAY AFTER I LOST MY

DAUGHTER I STARTED TO SEE A

CARDINAL THAT I HAD NOT SEEN

BEFORE. I WOULD BE OUTSIDE IN

THE MORNING READING MY BIBLE

AND PRAYING, CRYING, DOING

DEVOTIONAL READINGS AND THERE

WAS A LOUD CHIRP. THEY ARE

LOUD.

YEAH.

THE CARDINAL CAME EVERY DAY.

AND HAS CONTINUED TO COME WHEN

I MOVED, I HAVE CONTINUED TO

FIND IT AND THERE IS A

CARDINAL ON THE COVER OF THE

BOOK AND I BELIEVE GOD SENDS

SIGNS OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT, OF

HIS PRESENCE AND MY DAUGHTER

WAS STILL WITH ME, THAT EVEN

THOUGH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IN

THIS WORLD, THAT OUR LOVED ONES

ARE CLOSE BY AND WILL BE

REUNITED AGAIN.

EVEN TO THAT, YOUR

EX-HUSBAND WAS CONVICTED OF

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HOW ARE

YOU ABLE TO FORGIVE HIM AND ,

HAVE YOU? AND IF YOU HAVE, HOW

WERE YOU ABLE TO GET TO THAT

POINT? ALL OF US CAN AGREE

THAT IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO

DO.

FOR ME, FORGIVENESS IS ABOUT

SOMEONE SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND

REPENTING, AND HIS PLIGHT IS

BETWEEN HIM AND THE LORD. HE

STILL IN COURT , BATTLING NOT

GUILTY. HE'S GONE INTO THE

COURT OF APPEALS . WHAT I HAVE

NOT DONE, I HAVE NOT ALLOWED A

HEART TO BE HARDENED BY HOW

EVIL OVERTOOK HIM. I BELIEVE

THERE ARE EVIL FORCES IN THE

UNIVERSE. THE BIBLE TELLS US

THAT WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK

ABOUT THAT BUT I BELIEVE EVIL

OVERTOOK HIM. I BELIEVE THAT

THE PERSON I KNEW DOESN'T EXIST

ANYMORE. I PRAY FOR HIS SOUL. I

PRAY HE DOES REPENT AND I HAVE

FOCUSED ON RECONCILIATION. THAT

HAS MEANT IS 85-YEAR-OLD

MOTHER, WHOSE ONLY CHILD,

MURDERED HER ONLY GRANDCHILD,

KEEPING HER CLOSE AND IN MY

LIFE. TAKING CARE OF HER, GOING

TO CHURCH WITH HER EVERY

SUNDAY. SO IT HAS BEEN , NOT

HAVING A BITTER HEART, A

HARDENED HEART, THAT HAS

ALLOWED ME TO KEEP MOVING

FORWARD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR MOTHER

IN LAW. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO

STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH

HER? WAS THAT HARD?

IT WAS DIFFICULT, INITIALLY.

I WANTED -- TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

YOU HOLD ONTO AND WHAT YOU LET

GO OF AND THAT HAS BROADER

APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? IF IT IS A

JOB, A DIVORCE, IF IT IS

CANCER, WE HAVE LIFE-CHANGING

MOMENTS WHERE IT FEELS LIKE

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

YET YOU MAY HAVE THINGS THAT

ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, THAT YOU

WANT TO HOLD ONTO AND I LOVED

MOTHER IN MY 20s , SHE WAS LIKE

A MOTHER TO ME. SO I DECIDED

THAT THE DEVIL WASN'T GOING TO

GET THIS, TOO. SO IT HAS BEEN A

BLESSING TO BOTH OF US TO STAY

CONNECTED TO OUR LOVE TO

GABRIELLE. AND SHE HAS BECOME

ONE OF OUR WEAKEST SUPPORTERS

FOR THE NONPROFIT WE STARTED.

IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE A

BLESSING, AND ONLY GOD.

ABSOLUTELY. LET'S TALK ABOUT

GABRIELLE. WHAT WAS SHE LIKE

AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE

NONPROFIT YOU STARTED IN HER

NAME AND IN HER HONOR.

GABRIELLE, IF YOU LOOK AT

ANY PICTURE, SHE BUBBLES

THROUGH THE SCREEN. AND EVERY

MOMMY HAS THAT BIAS. BUT WHAT

WAS SO POWERFUL TO ME IS

HEARING FROM CLASSMATES AFTER

I LOST HER, HOW KIND SHE WAS,

HOW SHE WOULD TAKE A CHILD OFF

THE BUDDY BENCH THAT DIDN'T

HAVE ANYONE TO PLAY WITH, HOW

SHE DID ALLOW TWO TO BE

BULLIED. THAT LED ME TO

GABRIELLE'S WINGS AND FOCUSING

ON A GLOBAL EFFORT IN

COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ON

CHILDREN IN UNDERSERVED

COMMUNITIES WHO LOOK LIKE HER,

WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

OPPORTUNITIES SHE HAD. SO

CURRENTLY WE HAVE WORK IN

SOUTH AFRICA, IN THE STATES,

AND POLICE FOCUS ON EDUCATION

AND I HEAR HER SMILE AND LAUGH

AS THESE CHILDREN ARE BLESSED

AROUND THE WORLD.

MY GOODNESS, I KNOW THAT SHE

SO PROUD OF YOU AND SMILING.

I HOPE SO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU. YOU

HAVE SINCE REMARRIED. HOW HAVE

YOU BEEN ABLE TO FIND LOVE

AGAIN AND REALLY BE ABLE TO

TRUST AGAIN?

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I

WAS NOT LOOKING. FOR STARTERS,

WHAT I REALIZED WAS , GOD GAVE

ME THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO

WORK ON ME. AND TO WORK ON WHAT

I NEEDED TO WORK ON. AT THE

SAME TIME HE WAS WORKING ON ONE

OF HIS OTHER CHILDREN, AND WE

FOUND EACH OTHER. SO WE STARTED

OUR DAY WITH PRAYER. IS BACK

HOME IN CONNECTICUT AND WE

PRAY THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME

TO THE STUDIO. AXEL HAS BEEN A

DEMONSTRATION TO ME. I STATUS

MY FIRST MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT IS

MY MARRIED -- MARRIAGE IS

CENTERED IN LOVE AND CHRIST AND

WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOD CAN DO

ANYTHING.

OH MY GOODNESS, ABSOLUTELY.

I FEEL LIKE WE COULD TALK FOR

HOURS AND HOURS, BUT WE ARE OUT

OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

BEING COURAGEOUS AND BRAVE TO

SHARE YOUR STORY. THANK YOU FOR

YOUR MEMOIR AND EVERYTHING

YOU'RE DOING WITH THE

NONPROFIT. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD

BLESS YOUR MARRIAGE AND

EVERYTHING THAT HAS FOR YOU.

> MICHELLE'S BOOK IS CALLED

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> VICTOR'S MOM WAS THREATENED

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WITH JAIL. BUT SHE WASN'T A

THIEF OR A MURDERER, OR A DRUG

DEALER. HER CRIME WAS FAR MORE

INNOCENT. SHE SIMPLY DID NOT

HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND HER

SON TO SCHOOL. VICTOR IS A

CREATIVE YOUNG MAN WITH BIG

DREAMS.

WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE

ENGINEER AND HAVE A GOOD JOB.

HE PLAYS ALONG THE COMPOUND,

MAKES CHOICE --.

Reporter: VICTOR'S MOM DID

HER BEST TO TAKE CARE OF HER

CHILDREN, BUT EVERY DAY WAS A

STRUGGLE.

DOING FARM WORK MADE IT

HARD TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR MY

FAMILY. I COULD NOT EVEN AFFORD

TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

I OFTEN WOULD GO TO BED WITH NO

FOOD. AT TIMES, I WAS AFRAID I

WOULD DIE. I REMEMBER ONE DAY,

-- I COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL.

VICTOR BEGGED ME TO TAKE HIM TO

SCHOOL. IT TROUBLED ME. I

SIMPLY COULD NOT PAY THE FEES

FOR MY CHILDREN. SAID IF I DID

NOT FIND A WAY, I WOULD GO TO

JAIL. I WAS HOPELESS.

THEN SHE HEARD ABOUT TAVETA

CHILDREN'S ASSISTANCE,

SUPPORTED BY ORPHANS PROMISE.

SHE REACHED OUT TO US FOR HELP

AND WE SPONSORED VICTOR AND

HIS SIBLINGS TO GO TO SCHOOL.

-- I LEARNED TO READ AND

WRITE AND I LOVE TO PLAY. I'M

PROUD TO BE IN SCHOOL AND I'M

SMARTER THAN I WAS BEFORE. I'M

SURE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT.

Reporter: EVERY SUNDAY,

THEIR FAMILY ATTENDS CHURCH AT

THE TCA CENTER.

I LOVE SUNDAYS BECAUSE WE

GET TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORD OF

GOD. HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO

MY HEART AND I LOVE THEM

BECAUSE HE PROTECTS US AND

TAKES CARE OF US. BUT AFTER

THE SERVICES, WE PROVIDE MEALS

TO VICTOR AND OTHER CHILDREN.

VICTOR'S MOM NOW WORKS AT THE

FEEDING PROGRAM AND WITH THAT

EXTRA INCOME, SHE CAN FEED HER

FAMILY.

IS SO FULFILLING THAT I'M

HELPING THEM. BEFORE COMING

HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW GOD AND I

FACED PROBLEMS OF MY OWN. I NOW

HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD IN MY

HEART AND I KNOW THAT GOD IS

GOOD. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO

SUPPORTS US. I KNOW ACTUALLY

AND SUCCEEDING IN LIFE AND

ACHIEVING MY DREAMS BECAUSE OF

YOU. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL LET'S

YOU AND LIFT YOU UP FOR

MENTORING OUR FAMILY. THANK

YOU FOR EVERY GOOD THING YOU

HAVE DONE FOR US. WE ARE SO

GRATEFUL.

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> UP NEXT, OUT FOR BLOOD FOR

40 YEARS. THIS MAN SPENT

DECADES, WANTING TO KILL THE

MAN WHO ABUSED HIM AS A CHILD.

SEE HOW HE FOUND THE STRENGTH

TO FORGIVE.

> SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY, HE

GREW A LITTLE COLDER AND A

LITTLE ANGRIER. HE ALSO BEGAN

DRINKING A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

ANDRE WAS CONSUMED BY FEELINGS

OF BITTERNESS AND WAS BEING

EATEN ALIVE BY A SECRET HE KEPT

HIDDEN FOR YEARS.

I WAS VERY ANGRY AND VERY

BITTER.

ANDRE CAMPBELL HAVE FALLEN

FAR FROM HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH.

OF 45 YEARS OLD, HE WAS IN

FAMILIAR TERRITORY, AN

ALCOHOLIC, WOMANIZER, DEFEATED

AND ASHAMED .

I REALLY DID BELIEVE THAT

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS

WRONG WITH ME.

Reporter: HE REMEMBERED THE

JOY HE FELT WHEN HE GAVE HIS

LIFE TO CHRIST AT 19. HE BEEN

ARRESTED ON ALCOHOL-RELATED

CHARGE, KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE

AND SENT TO LIVE WITH CHRISTIAN

RELATIVES IN LOUISIANA.

MY RELATIVES WERE TALKING

ABOUT JESUS IS SO GREAT AND SO

REAL AND CAN HEAL YOU AND CAN

TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. I TRIED

EVERYTHING ELSE SO I MADE A

DECISION TO TRY JESUS. AND AT

THAT MOMENT, BURDENS WERE

LIFTED. I FELT FREE. IT WAS

LIFE ALTERING.

Reporter: ANDRE PUT HIS OLD

LIFE BEHIND HIM AND WITHIN A

YEAR, MARRIED SOMEONE HE MET AT

CHURCH. THEY STARTED A FAMILY

AND AS THE YEARS ROLLED BY,

ANDRE REALIZED SOMETHING WASN'T

QUITE RIGHT BUT DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT IT WAS.

SUDDENLY AND GRADUALLY OVER

TIME I BEGAN TO BACK AWAY AND

GROW A LITTLE BIT COLDER AND I

BEGAN TO DEFAULT BACK TO THE

OLD PERSON. JUST MAD AND ANGRY

AND NOT A VERY FUN PERSON TO

BE AROUND. THE DRINKING

ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE I

WAS DRINKING EVERY DAY.

BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WHAT DOES

IT MATTER?

Reporter: ANDRE'S RAGE

FUELED ADDICTION AND LEAD TO

FOUR DUIS AND THE END OF HIS

22 YEAR MARRIAGE. AFTER THE

DIVORCE, HE SPENT THE NEXT

SEVEN YEARS LIVING ALONE,

DRINKING AND PARTYING.

I JUSTIFY THE THINGS I WAS

DOING. IF I'M GOING TO GO TO

HELL, I'M GOING WITH GASOLINE

DRAWERS ON. THAT WAS MY

MENTALITY. I ENJOYED THE

DRINKING , I ENJOYED THE

RAMBUNCTIOUS LIFESTYLE. IT WAS

FUN, BUT I WAS STILL EMPTY.

Reporter: BY HIS MID-40s,

ANDRE HAD GROWN TIRED OF HIS

LIFESTYLE AND STARTED ATTENDING

CHURCH AGAIN PERIODICALLY.

HOPING TO REKINDLE HIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. HOWEVER,

DRINKING WAS STILL A BIG PART

OF HIS LIFE.

I FELT EMOTIONALLY TIRED,

JUST DRAINED AND REALIZED THAT

THIS IS NOT THE PATHWAY

FORWARD. AND I SAID, GOD, I

WANT TO FULFILL MY PURPOSE. IF

THAT IS POSSIBLE, I NEED YOU TO

HELP ME SO THAT I CAN DEPEND ON

YOU AND NOT THESE SPICES . I

CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF, I NEED

YOUR HELP.

Reporter: A SHORT TIME

LATER, ANDRE STARTED DATING A

STRONG CHRISTIAN WOMAN HE HOPED

TO ONE DAY MARY. ONE NIGHT

AFTER HIS FIFTH DUI, HE CALLED

HER FROM JAIL. HER RESPONSE

BROUGHT ANDRE TO HIS NEEDS.

I DON'T WANT A LIFE WITH A

MAN WHO HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM.

SHE SAID, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW

THAT ICU AND I KNOW WHO YOU

ARE. SHE BELIEVED IN ME. SHE

SAW WHO I WAS WHEN I REALLY

NEVER FELT MANY PEOPLE EVER

SAW WHO I WAS AND WHAT SHE SAW

WAS THE MAN OF GOD. IT WAS

SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY SHE

BELIEVED IN ME THAT BROUGHT ME

BACK TO THE CROSS. AND BROUGHT

ME TO A POSITION OF

UNDERSTANDING MORE FULLY , HIS

LOVE FOR ME, THAT IS

UNCONDITIONAL.

ANDRE BEGAN TO REALIZE HOW

FAR HE HAD STRAYED FROM GOD.

MY DIALOGUE WITH GOD BECAME

VERY TRANSPARENT. TELLING HIM

THAT , YES, I DO NEED YOU. I AM

SURRENDERING , I THOUGHT I WAS

FULLY SURRENDERED BEFORE AND I

WASN'T , OBVIOUSLY. HELP ME TO

BE MORE LIKE YOU.

Reporter: ANDRE STOPPED

DRINKING COLD TURKEY AND IN

2014 GOT MARRIED. ALTHOUGH

GROWING IN HIS RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD, SOMETHING WAS AMISS.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE SAID

THAT GOD PROMPTED HIM TO WRITE

A LETTER. A LETTER OF

FORGIVENESS TO THE MAN WHO

SEXUALLY ABUSED HIM FOR THREE

YEARS STARTING WHEN ANDRE WAS

SEVEN . HE NEVER TOLD ANYONE.

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE THERE

WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME. I

SORT OF CARRIED AROUND THE

FEELING OF DEEP EMPTINESS ON

THE INSIDE. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE

A SICK FEELING IN MY GUT. THAT

I FOUND WAS THAT THOSE

FEELINGS OF DARKNESS ,

CONFUSION, INSECURITY, WHEN I

DRINK, IT KIND OF WENT AWAY.

Reporter: THROUGH THE YEARS,

ANDRE SHELVED HIS DEEP HATRED

TOWARD HIS ABUSER.

I'VE NEVER BEEN A VIOLENT

PERSON BUT IN MY MIND, I WANTED

TO KILL HIM. I CARRIED THAT

THOUGHT AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS VERY ANGRY. VERY BITTER.

I FELT LIKE HE HAD STOLEN

SOMETHING FROM ME. THAT I

COULD NEVER RECAPTURE, THAT I

COULD NEVER REGAIN AND IT WAS

SO UNFAIR.

Reporter: NOW, IT WAS TIME

TO LET IT GO.

WHEN I DID THAT, THERE WAS

SOMETHING SO LIBERATING AND

FREEING FOR ME. REALLY HARD TO

DESCRIBE, OTHER THAN SAYING IT

LITERALLY FELT LIKE CHAINS FELL

OFF. I NOTICED AFTER THAT ,

THAT RELATIONALLY, EVERYTHING

THAT BETTER. I BECAME MORE

PATIENT. IT WAS REALLY

TRANSFORMATIVE.

Reporter: TODAY, ANDRE AND

HIS WIFE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL

MARRIAGE AND MINISTER AT THE

CHURCH TOGETHER. HE SAID

EXTENDING FORGIVENESS ALLOWED

HIM TO BE THE KIND OF MAN HE

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.

IT MADE ME UNDERSTAND THE

LEVEL OF LOVE THAT IS SO

UNCONDITIONAL AS I POSITION

MYSELF TO LOVE THE WAY THAT HE

LOVES, WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS

AND LOOK BEYOND PEOPLE'S

FAULTS. I BELIEVE HE ASKS US TO

FORGIVE BECAUSE HE WANTS US TO

FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE. HE HAD TO

FORGIVE THE VERY ONES WHO

CRUCIFIED HIM. THAT IS A HARD

THING TO DO. IT KIND OF MAKES

THE STUFF WE GO THROUGH SMALL.

AND I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT. I

WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOVE LIKE

THAT.

WE ALL SHOULD WANT TO BE

ABLE TO LOVE LIKE THAT. LOVE

THAT DOESN'T KEEP ANY RECORD

OF WRONGS AND ALWAYS HOPES ,

THAT ALWAYS SEES PAST BEHAVIOR

, TO THE MAN TO THE WOMAN, OF

GOD , UNDERNEATH IT ALL. AND

THEN, HAS THE FAITH TO CALL IT

FORTH, TO SAY, THIS ISN'T THE

REAL YOU, THE REAL YOU IS MADE

IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. ANDRE

STORY IS UNFORTUNATELY, AN ALL

TOO FAMILIAR STORY IN OUR

CULTURE. WHEN YOU LOOK,

STATISTICALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE

HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT ANDRE

WENT THROUGH. THAT THEY WERE

ABUSED AS A CHILD, THEY WERE

ABUSED AS A TEENAGER. THEY

WERE ABUSED AS AN ADULT AND

THEN , WHAT YOU DO WITH ALL THE

ANGER , ALL OF THAT BITTERNESS,

ALL OF THAT OFFENSE, WHERE YOU

ARE VIOLATED. YOU WEREN'T IN

CONTROL ANYMORE AND, WHAT DO

YOU DO WITH THAT? ANDRE, HE

CHOSE TO MEDICATE IT AND HIS

MEDICATION OF CHOICE WAS

ALCOHOL. AND YOU HURT HIM VERY

CLEARLY SAY, THEN I WAS

DRINKING AND I FELT BETTER.

AND THAT IS A REALITY. IS VERY

HONEST WITH THAT, IT FELT GOOD.

THE VERY THING KILLING HIM,

THE VERY THING THAT WAS LEADING

TO FIVE DUIS, THE VERY THING

THAT WAS GOING TO SEND HIM TO

PRISON, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, HE

WAS IGNORING , BECAUSE IT MADE

HIM FEEL GOOD. BUT UNDERNEATH

IT ALL, UNDERNEATH ALL OF THAT

HURT , THAT VIOLATION,

UNDERNEATH ALL THAT ALCOHOL,

UNDERNEATH HIM SAYING, WHAT

DOES IT REALLY MATTER? IT HAD

GOTTEN TO THE POINT, WHERE IS

THE PURPOSE IN LIFE? IF THIS

IS ITS, WHAT DOES IT REALLY

MATTER? UNDERNEATH IT ALL, IS

A CHILD OF GOD WHO HAD A

PURPOSE AND DESTINY . AND

HERE'S WHAT THAT CHILD OF GOD

WAS DOING. ANDRE SAYS IT'S

VERY CLEARLY. HE PRAYED. HE

WAS TALKING WITH GOD IN THE

MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. HE WAS

HAVING THAT I'M GOING

CONVERSATION THAT WE ALL HAVE

THE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF

HAVING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL

CHILDREN OF GOD. HE WAS

PRAYING, GOD, I WANT TO FULFILL

MY PURPOSE. THAT IS A GREAT

PRAYER . YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME

PRAYER. GOD, I WANT TO FULFILL

MY PURPOSE. AND WHAT DOES GOD

DO? WILL HE ORGANIZES THINGS.

HE WORKS ALL THINGS TOGETHER

FOR GOOD, FOR THOSE WHO ARE

CALLED, ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSE. EVEN IF WE ARE NOT

LOVING HIM AT THAT MOMENT, HE

STILL IS WORKING ALL THINGS

TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. HE

SAYING, I'VE GOT YOU. I'M GOING

TO SEND MESSENGERS AFTER MY OWN

HEART , WHO ARE GOING TO CALL

THAT FOURTH, WHO ARE GOING TO

SAY, I SEE THAT CHILD OF GOD

IN YOU. I WANT TO CALL THAT

FOURTH INTO BEING. SO ANDRE IT

DID SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS

VERY COURAGEOUS, HE ASKED GOD

TO TAKE OVER. HE ASKED GOD TO

TAKE AWAY THE PROBLEMS HE WAS

EXPERIENCING. HE ASKED GOD FOR

HELP AND HE KEPT SAYING, I

SURRENDER, I SURRENDER, I

SURRENDER. NOW HERE IS A

REALITY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS REALITY.

YOU THINK IT IS A ONE TIME

THING. YOU THINK IF I SURRENDER

ONCE, THEN I'M GOOD TO GO. IT

IS AN ONGOING THING. AND HERE

IS THE BIG THING ABOUT THE

UNIVERSE. GOD IT DOESN'T TAKE

AWAY YOUR WILL. HE DOESN'T TAKE

-- EVER TAKE THAT AWAY. YOU

ALWAYS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO

CHOOSE THOUGH LIKE ANDRE, YOU

CAN CHOOSE TO DRINK, TODAY OR

CHOOSE HIM. THAT CHOICES WITH

YOU, ALWAYS. ANDRE STARTED

CHOOSING GOD , AND IN THAT, HE

SLIPPED. HE HAD PROBLEMS, HE

WENT BACK BECAUSE HE WASN'T

DEALING WITH THE UNDERLYING

PROBLEM , AND IT IS A VERY

SEVERE ONE. WHEN YOU HOLD ON TO

UNFORGIVENESS, YOU SEPARATE

YOURSELF FROM GOD. HEAR THE

WORDS OF JESUS, DO NOT JUDGE ,

AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED. DO

NOT CONDEMN AND YOU WILL NOT BE

CONDEMNED. FORGIVE AND YOU

WILL BE FORGIVEN. WHEN ANDRE

FINALLY SAID, I FORGIVE MY

ABUSER, I LET HIM GO , HE OWES

ME NOTHING , HE DOESN'T EVEN

HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, I FORGIVE, I

SET HIM FREE AND THEN

SUDDENLY, HE GOT FREE. AND HE

GOT FREE OF ALL THE COMPULSION

. IF YOU WANT THAT SAME

FREEDOM, IT IS THERE FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW. NOW YOUR HEAD, LET'S

PRAY A WONDERFUL PRAYER

TOGETHER , AND JESUS WILL DO

THE REST. WHAT HE DID FOR

ANDRE, HE WILL DO FOR YOU.

LET'S PRAY. JESUS, SAY HIS

NAME OUT LOUD, JESUS, I WANT

TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE LIKE YOU

FORGIVE. SO, JESUS, I ASK

RIGHT NOW THAT YOU COME INTO MY

HEART , AND THROUGH ME, ALLOW

ME TO FORGIVE EVERYONE WHO

HAS EVER HARMED ME IN ANY WAY.

I SET THEM FREE , THEY OWE ME

NOTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO

APOLOGIZE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO

SAY THEY ARE SORRY. I SET THEM

FREE. AND JESUS, I NOW ASK

THAT YOU SET ME FREE , THAT YOU

GIVE ME A NEW HEART. DO THIS

FOR ME , FOR I WANT TO FOLLOW

YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT, LET

ME KNOW. CALL US,

1-800-700-7000 . WE'VE GOT A

FREE PACKAGE UNFORGIVENESS .

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR

IT. HERE IS A WORD FROM

EPHESIANS, BE KIND TO ONE

ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED,

FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER EVEN AS

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