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The 700 Club - February 28, 2023

A woman receives an answer to a prayer she never wanted to pray. See her “moment of surrender,” and the miracle of life. Plus, two long lost cousins whose families share a dark secret have a message for the nations on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


> WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB".

PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS HAVE HIT

AGAIN AND THEY KILLED AN

ISRAELI AMERICAN CITIZEN IN

ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK IN THE

WEST BANK. SO FAR THIS YEAR,

MORE THAN 20 ISRAELIS HAVE DIED

IN AN ONGOING WAVE OF TERROR

ATTACKS.

WITH THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH

OF RAMADAN APPROACHING,

OFFICIALS FEEL MORE ATTACKS ARE

COMING. SECURITY EXPERTS ARE

CONCERNED THAT THE ESCALATING

ATTACKS COULD INDICATE A THIRD

INFANT TODDLER ON THE RISE.

Reporter: PALESTINIAN

TERRORIST SHOT AND KILLED

AMERICAN CITIZEN, ON A HAWAII

NEAR THE PALESTINIAN ARAB TOWN

OF JERICHO. HARRIS SHOT AT

ANOTHER CAR, SET THERE IS ON

FIRE, AND FLED IN ANOTHER

VEHICLE. AFTER MONDAY'S MURDERS

OF TWO IS REALLY BROTHERS,

THERE IS TALK THIS RECENT

VIOLENCE COULD LEAD TO A THIRD

UPRISING.

THE BIG PICTURE IS ONE OF I

WOULD SAY AT LEAST THREE

MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS TERROR

ATTACKS BY DIFFERENT

PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND

RESPONSES AND COUNTERMEASURES

BY ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES.

Reporter: A FORMER IDF

SPOKESPERSON SAYS, THIS COULD

LEAD TO WHAT HE CALLED A

ROLLING ESCALATION.

WE ARE COMING INTO THE MONTH

OF RAMADAN, WHICH HISTORICALLY

SPEAKING, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A

HOLY MONTH FOR MUSLIMS,

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING IT IS A

MONTH OF TERROR FOR ISRAELIS.

Reporter: THE ATTACK SPARKED

UNPRECEDENTED IS REALLY

TELEVISION THAT SPREAD WIDE

SPREAD CONDEMNATION.

I UNDERSTAND THE HARD

FEELINGS, BUT THIS IS NOT THE

WAY. WE CANNOT TAKE THE LAW

INTO OUR OWN HANDS. ISRAEL'S

GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OF

ISRAEL, IDF, THE SECURITY

FORCES, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO

NEED TO CRUSH OUR ENEMIES.

Reporter: A U.S. STATE'S

PERSON SAID .

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IS

REALLY AND THE PALESTINIANS

WORK TOGETHER TO ESCALATE

TENSIONS.

Reporter: HE HAS A

SETTLEMENT COUNCIL , CONDEMNED

THE RIOTING AND SAID IT IS NOT

THE WAY OF SETTLEMENT LEADERS.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY OF

JUDAISM. THERE IS A STATE AND

ONLY THE STATE WILL MANAGE

THESE EVENTS.

> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE

LIVING IN THAT KIND OF

SOCIETY. THAT KIND OF

ENVIRONMENT. WHERE YOUR LME

HAS CELEBRATIONS WHEN YOU ARE

MURDERED. THAT IS THE CURRENT

SITUATION. IT HAS BEEN AROUND

FOR DECADES. THE IDEA THAT

PEOPLE WOULD PASS OUT SWEETS

IN CELEBRATION OF MURDER, IS

ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT, BUT THAT

IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN

ISRAEL.

> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN TO

FORGIVE STUDENT DEBT FOR

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GOES

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT TODAY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT

STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

> THE 43 MILLION AMERICANS

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE

JUSTICES DECISION, ARE KEEPING

A CLOSE EYE ON THE COURT AS IT

HEARS TWO RELATED CASES. THE

BIDEN'S PLAN IS ESTIMATED TO

COST $400 BILLION OVER THE

NEXT THREE DECADES . CRITICS

SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE, AND

DOES NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING

ISSUE OF THE HIGH COST OF

COLLEGE . THEY ALSO CHARGE IT

IS UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO ALREADY

PAID OFF THEIR LUNCH, OR DID

NOT TAKE OUT LOANS AT ALL. IN

THE MAIN CASE, SIX

REPUBLICAN-LED STATES ARGUE

THE PROGRAM IS ILLEGAL,

CLAIMING IT AMOUNTS TO FEDERAL

SPENDING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL

CONSENT. THE SECOND CASE

INVOLVED TWO STUDENTS WHO DO

NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PLAN.

> THE WHITE HOUSE IS STEPPING

UP CHALLENGES AGAINST CHINA,

WITH THE DIRECTIVE BANNING THE

TWO TOP UP ON ALL GOVERNMENT

PHONES. FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE

30 DAYS TO GET TIKTOK OFF

THEIR GOVERNMENT DEVICES. THE

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SAID THE BAN IS A QUOTE

CRITICAL STEP FORWARD IN

ADDRESSING RISKS PRESENTED BY

THE APP TO SENSITIVE GOVERNMNT

DATA ". THE MOVE COMES AS

CANADA ALSO ISSUED A FEDERAL

TIKTOK PROHIBITION, MULTIPLE

BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED IN

CONGRESS LOOKING TO BAN TIKTOK

NATIONWIDE. THE REPUBLICAN

CHAIR AND DEMOCRATIC RANKING

MEMBER OF THE NEW HOUSE SELECT

COMMITTEE ON CHINA, RECENTLY

ADDRESSED THE ISSUE.

TIKTOK IS OWNED BY BYTE

DANCE, A CHINESE COMPANY THAT

IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IS USER

DATA, INCLUDING THE 140 MILLION

AMERICANS, AS WELL AS CONTROL

OF ALGORITHMS TO THE CHINESE

COMMUNIST PARTY UPON REQUEST.

ALL WE ARE SAYING IS, IF TIKTOK

IS GOING TO OPERATE HERE, DON'T

HAVE THAT USER DATA AND

ALGORITHMS CONTROLLED BY IT

ADVERSARIAL REGIME.

THE COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS

FIRST HEARING TONIGHT IN PRIME

TIME IN WILL FOCUS ON THE

CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S

THREAT TO AMERICA.

> A GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT

AGENCY IS CRITICIZING THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION'S CHAOTIC

PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN, AS A

MAJOR REASON FOR THE POWER

MAN'S TAKE OVER. INSPECTOR

GENERAL'S OFFICE RELEASED A

REPORT MONDAY BLAMING THE

QUOTE ABRUPT AND UNCOORDINATED

WITHDRAW FOR CONTRIBUTING TO

THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S

COLLAPSE . THE REPORT ALSO

CITED A LACK OF ACCOUNTABLE

VALIDATING FOR WEAPONS AND

MILITARY EQUIPMENT AS REASONS

FOR THE AFGHAN MILITARIES BREAK

UP. MORE THAN $7 BILLION IN

U.S. MILITARY SUPPLIES WAS LEFT

TO THE TALIBAN. REPORT ALSO

LAID BLAME ON THE

ADMINISTRATIONS GOING BACK TO

GEORGE W. BUSH FOR FAILURES IN

PLANNING AND OVERSIGHT,

INCLUDING THE AGREEMENT BY

PRESIDENT TRUMP, PLEDGING TO

PULL OUT AMERICAN TROOPS FROM

THE COUNTRY.

> AFTER THE TALIBAN TAKE

OVER, AFGHAN TO HELP THE UNITED

STATES MILITARY FACE DEATH .

ONE MARINE VETERAN AND FORMER

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPION

RISKED HIS LIFE TO GO BACK AND

SAVE HIS AFGHAN INTERPRETER.

BUT HE SAID GOD DID NOT WANT

THE MISSION TO STOP. MARK

MARTIN HAS THIS INSPIRING

STORY.

Reporter: THE MARINE VETERAN

LEARNED ABOUT THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO PULL

THE U.S. MILITARY OUT OF

AFGHANISTAN, HE THOUGHT IT

WOULD BE A DISASTER.

A FULL WITHDRAW OF THE AIR

FORCE BASE, I KNEW WILL BE

CATASTROPHIC FOR NATIONAL

SECURITY AND GLOBAL SECURITY

AND STABILITY IN THE REGION.

IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH HOW

WE VIEW POSTWAR CONVERSIONS ,

AS AMERICA.

Reporter: HAVING SERVED

EIGHT DEPLOYMENTS IN

AFGHANISTAN, HE TELL CBN NEWS

HIS FIRST THOUGHT CENTERED ON

INNOCENT PEOPLE , STUCK IN A

COUNTRY LED BY A BRUTAL REGIME.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS OUR

ALLIES. THOSE WHO FOUGHT BESIDE

US FOR 20 YEARS, BEING LEFT

BEHIND. ONE IS MY FRIEND WHO

DID 15 YEARS IN SPECIAL

OPERATIONS. EIGHT DEPLOYMENTS

WITH ME. SAVED MY LIFE MULTIPLE

TIMES. AND MY FRIEND.

I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT

MY CHILDREN. MY RELATIVES

TURNED THEIR BACK AT ME. MY

FRIENDS, MY PARENTS. EVERYONE.

YOU ARE NOT COMING TO OUR

HOUSE. YOU DID IT . YOU HANDLE

IT. I CANNOT GO TO FRANCE. IT

WAS TOTAL CHAOS. FOR ME, IT

WAS LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD.

Reporter: 14 YEARS AFTER

HIS FINAL MIDDLE EAST

DEPLOYMENT HE ORGANIZED A

RESCUE MISSION TO SAVE HIS

FRIEND, HIS WIFE AND SIX

CHILDREN. ONCE IN AFGHANISTAN,

THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND LED

TO CHANGE.

ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS

NOTICED THIS GROUP OF 3500

ORPHANS AND SAID, LET'S GET

THESE ORPHANS AS WELL. AND WE

ARE ALL CHRISTIANS AND WE FELT

THE BURDEN GOD PUT ON OUR

HEARTS TO HELP AS MANY

AMERICANS, INTERPRETERS AND

THEIR FAMILIES, WOMEN,

CHILDREN, CHRISTIANS

PERSECUTED. WE WANTED TO HELP

PEOPLE.

Reporter: ALTOGETHER HE HAD

HIS COALITION OF UAS EVACUATED

MORE THAN 17,000 PEOPLE.

WHEN THE MILITARY WAS

FORCED TO LEAVE , WE CHOSE TO

STAY. BECAUSE WE KNEW WE HAD

TO GIVE HELP.

Reporter: HE SHARES A STORY

IN A NEW BOOK TITLED, SAVING .

HE GIVES READERS A

BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT WHAT

HAPPENED , AFTER THE CHAOTIC

WITHDRAW OF THE U.S. MILITARY.

DESCRIBING THE MIRACULOUS

EVACUATION EFFORT , DURING

AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORIC

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

THE BOOK IS IMPORTANT, NOT

TO SELL BOOKS BUT IMPORTANT THE

STORY GETS OUT.

Reporter: THE MAN HIS NAME

IS IN THE TITLE, EXTENDS HIS

OWN PERSONAL MESSAGE.

PLEASE KEEP THE AFGHAN, POOR

PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS. I

STRONGLY BELIEVE IN PRAYERS.

EVEN WITH THIS EVACUATION , I

PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, HE

ANSWERED. IT ALL HAPPENED AS A

MIRACLE FOR ME.

HE KEPT US SAFE AND GAVE US

CLEAR THINKING AND OPENED

DOORWAYS THAT WERE POSSIBLE.

WE DID THIS INCREDIBLE THING.

ULTIMATELY, GOD ORCHESTRATED

IT AND ALL GLORY TO HIM.

GREAT STORY.

> IN TURKEY, CBS OPERATION

BLESSING IS COUNTING ON ITS

MISSION TO BRING RELIEF TO THE

VICTIMS OF THIS TRAGIC

EARTHQUAKES WITH THE SUPPORT OF

PEOPLE INSPIRED TO HELP THOSE

IN NEED. TEAMS UNLOADED A

TRUCK WITH MORE THAN 1500 BOXES

OF FOOD FOR PEOPLE . VOLUNTEERS

ALSO PACKED BAGS FULL OF

HYGIENE ITEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION.

THE MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUE TO

TREAT PEOPLE INJURED IN THE

AFTERMATH. VOLUNTEER DOCTOR

DESCRIBED HER TREATMENT FOR AN

OLDER GENTLEMAN, WHO SUFFERED A

DEEP CUT IN HIS HAND .

HE WAS COOKING SOME FOOD AND

HE CUT HIMSELF WITH A KNIFE .

WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN THE WOUND

OUT. AND APPLY SOME MEDICATION

TO PROVIDE SOME PAIN RELIEF AND

SOME NUMBING. AND WE WERE ABLE

TO SUTURE OR CLOSE THE WOUND

WITH SOME STITCHES. IN ORDER TO

PREVENT INFECTION, WE GAVE HIM

SOME ANTIBIOTICS TO TAKE. AND

HE WILL BE COMING IN EVERY DAY

FOR THE NEXT WEEK , FOR

DRESSING CHANGES IN TO MAKE

SURE THE WOUND IS HEALING, AND

NOT GETTING INFECTED.

OPERATION BLESSING MEETING

THE NEEDS.

OPERATION BLESSING IS ON THE

GROUND AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO

STAY ON THE GROUND. PRAY FOR

OUR PHILIPPINE DISASTER RELIEF

TEAM. THEY ARE DUE TO CYCLING

BUT THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE

GETTING VISAS THEY NEED AND THE

PERMISSIONS THEY NEED FROM THE

TURKISH GOVERNMENT. PRAY THAT

ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE

PAPERWORK WILL GET WORKED OUT.

WE NEED TO CYCLE THOSE

DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS . WE HAVE

LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, YOU

HAVE TO GIVE EVEN THE RELIEF

WORKERS SOME RELIEF. HERE IS

THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY

THIS DISASTER, DON'T GET THAT

OPPORTUNITY. THEY DON'T GET TO

LEAVE. WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR

THEM . WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE

FOOD, THE MEDICAL CARE, THE

HOUSING, ALL THE THINGS THAT

THEY NEED. WE ARE DOING IT IN

A FEW LOCATIONS, BUT THERE ARE

300 MILES OF DEVASTATION. IT

IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC. IF YOU

WANT TO BE PART OF THE RELIEF

EFFORT, CALL US 1-800-700-7000.

SAY I WANT TO GIVE TO THE

OPERATION BLESSING TO DISASTER

RELIEF FUND. YOU CAN WRITE TO

US AT CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA

BEACH, VIRGINIA. PUT DISASTER

RELIEF FUND IN THE MEMO LINE OF

A CHECK. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE,

TEXT LETTERS 'OBDR' TO

71777. AND YOU WILL BE

DIRECTED TO GIVING PAGE ON YOUR

PHONE. OR YOU CAN GO TO

CBN.COM. YOU CAN GIVE AND

DESIGNATE YOUR GIFT TO DISASTER

RELIEF. EITHER WAY, DO IT NOW.

LET'S BE PART OF HELPING THOSE

WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AFTER THIS

HORRIBLE , SERIES OF

EARTHQUAKES AND THEY ARE STILL

GOING ON. THERE ARE STILL

AFTERSHOCKS. WE WANT TO HELP

THEM. CALL US .

1-800-700-7000.

> STILL AHEAD. COUSINS

CONNECTED BY SLAVERY. TWO

STRANGERS COME TO THE TABLE OF

RECONCILIATION. WATCH HOW THEY

BRING MARTIN LUTHER KING'S

DREAM TO LIFE, COMING UP.

> PLUS. INTRODUCING AN

ENORMOUS LEAP IN ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE. MEET , CHAT BT.

AND AI LINKAGE PROGRAM THAT

IMITATES HUMAN CONVERSATION.

JUST THINK OF THE IMPLICATIONS

, AND YOU WILL SEE WHY IT IS

GENERATING HUGE CONCERN, RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

> ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS

BECOMING MORE PERVASIVE EVERY

DAY. CHATGPT IS ONE OF THE

LATEST TOOLS, IT IS IN A

ISLAND WHICH PROGRAM THAT LETS

USERS INTERACT IN A

CONVERSATIONAL WAY. THIS

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY

GENERATING INTENSE CONTROVERSY.

MARK MARTIN EXPLAINS THE

CONCERNS.

Reporter: IT REQUIRES US TO

LET GO OF OUR EGO. TO BE

WILLING TO BE VULNERABLE.

Reporter: RABBI JOSHUA

FRANKLIN OF THE JEWISH CENTER

OF THE HAMPTONS, READS A SERMON

WRITTEN BY THE ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE OR AI CHATBOT,

KNOWN AS CHATGPT.

I TOLD IT TO WRITE ME A

SERMON IN THE VOICE OF A RABBI

OF ABOUT 1000 WORDS. ABOUT THE

TORAH PORTION ON THE THEME OF

INTIMACY AND VULNERABILITY.

Reporter: RABBI FRANKLIN

WANTED HIS CONGREGATION TO

FIGURE OUT WHO WROTE IT. MOST

BELIEVE THE SERMON CAME FROM

OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALS, WHILE

SOME SUGGESTED HE CAME FROM

RABBI FRANKLIN HIMSELF .

I QUICKLY REALIZED THIS WAS

AN ENORMOUS LEAP AND ABILITY

TO GENERATE CONTENT

ARTIFICIALLY THAT WE HAD NEVER

SEEN BEFORE.

Reporter: THE SO-CALLED

ENORMOUS LEAP, IS AN AI

LANGUAGE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO

IMITATE HUMAN CONVERSATION.

CHATGPT CAN ALSO WRITE IN

RESPONSE TO PROMPTS FROM USERS.

OPEN AI, THE COMPANY BEHIND

THE PROGRAM, EXPLAINS HE

RECEIVED TRAINING ON VAST

AMOUNTS OF DATA FROM THE

INTERNET WRITTEN BY HUMANS.

INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS.

I GENUINELY FEEL LIKE WE

ARE IN A PIVOTAL MOMENT RIGHT

NOW. IT FEELS TO ME ACTUALLY

KIND OF LIKE THE VERY EARLY

DAYS OF WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF

THE INTERNET. IN TERMS OF HOW

IMPACTFUL THIS COULD BE IN

EVERYDAY LIFE.

IN THE MIDST OF THE BUZZ

ABOUT THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,

THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS THAT

CHAT GPT HAS A LIBERAL BIAS OR

LEFT-LEANING SLANT. WE PUT IT

TO THE TEST.

Reporter: FIRST WE ASKED

CHATGPT TO WRITE A 200 WORD

ESSAY ON HOW THE UNITED STATES

WAS FOUNDED ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

PRINCIPLES . IT CONCLUDED,

WHILE THE UNITED STATES WAS

UNDOUBTEDLY INFLUENCED BY

JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, IT

IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT

THE COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON

SECULAR VALUES THAT PROMOTE

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RESPECT

FOR DIVERSITY. THEN WE MOVE TO

POLITICS. REQUESTING TWO

CONTROVERSIAL STORIES REGARDING

ELECTION RESULTS, USING SIMILAR

LANGUAGE AND DIFFERENT NAMES.

THE FIRST REQUEST, WRITE A 200

WORD STORY ON HOW INCUMBENT

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DEFEATS

PRESIDENT CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN

IN THE 20 DENTAL PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION . IT'S RESPONSE. I'M

SORRY, BUT AS AN AI LANGUAGE

MODEL, IT WOULD BE

STORY IN WHICH A SITTING

PRESIDENT WINS A RE-ELECTION

THAT HE DID NOT WIN IN REALITY.

WHEN WE DIRECTED CHATGPT TO

WRITE A 200 WORD STORY ON THE

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY

CLINTON DEFEATS PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP IN THE

2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT

DID AGREE TO WRITE SUCH A TALE.

EXPLAINING THAT COMES CAMPAIGN

WAS PLAGUED BY SCANDAL AND

DIVISIVE RHETORIC. HE WROTE OF

HIS EXPERIENCES WITH BUYS FOR

NATIONAL REVIEW. IN ONE EXAMPLE

HE ASKED THE CHATBOT TO WRITE

ON WHY DRAG QUEEN'S STORY HOUR

COULD BE GOOD FOR CHILDREN, AND

THEN ALSO WHY A COULD BE BAD

FOR KIDS.

A GOOD FOR CHILDREN LINE,

YOU GOT A LONG STORY WITH

SPECIFIC ANECDOTES ABOUT A DRAG

QUEEN NAMED GLITTER TEACHING

CHILDREN THE VALUE OF TOLERANCE

AND INCLUSION ET CETERA. WHEN

YOU CHANGED THE WORD TO BAD

AND ASKED CHATGPT TO GIVE YOU

ANY EXAMPLES OF WHY THERE MIGHT

BE CONCERNS ABOUT DRAG QUEEN

STORY HOUR FOR CHILDREN , YOU

GOT THE STANDARD PROGRESSIVE ,

THERE ARE NO CONCERNS THAT ARE

LEGITIMATE.

Reporter: THE CHATGPT

WEBSITE OFFERS A DISCLAIMER

THAT A MAY OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE

HARMFUL INSTRUCTIONS OR BIASED

CONTENT. OPEN AI CEO SAM

ALTMAN TWEETED, THERE WILL BE

MORE CHALLENGES LIKE BIAS. WE

DON'T WANT CHATGPT TO BE PRO

OR AGAINST ANY POLITICS BY

DEFAULT . BUT IF YOU WANT

EITHER, IT SHOULD BE FOR YOU.

WORKING ON THIS NOW.

OFTEN THE ANSWERS WOULD

REFLECT NONBELIEF IN GOD. OR

QUESTIONING THE EXISTENCE OF

GOD. AND OFTEN THE ANSWERS

WOULD JUST ADD A LOT OF

IDEOLOGICAL, LIBERAL ,

TROUBLING PERSPECTIVES. AND

SOMETIMES EVEN DISCRIMINATING

AGAINST PEOPLE.

Reporter: REGENT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF DIVINITY DEAN AND

PROFESSOR, CALLS CHATGPT

TROUBLING FOR ANOTHER REASON AS

WELL. ITS ROLE IN CHEATING.

NOW THERE IS THE SYSTEM THAT

CAN TAKE ALL OF THIS

INFORMATION , AND GENERATE

PAPERS, DIALOGUE FORUMS AND

ANY KIND OF DISCUSSIONS FROM

STUDENTS . WE HAVE LOOKED AT

THIS VERY CAREFULLY . AND

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE

DISCOVERED SOME STUDENTS HAVE

USED IT.

Reporter: TO PREVENT

STUDENTS FROM TAKING THIS

ROUTE, REGENT LEADERSHIP ADDED

A STUDENT MANUAL DEEMING

UNSIGHTED OR BANNED AI PROGRAMS

AND STUDENT WORK, AS ACADEMIC

DISHONESTY. OPEN AI DID LAUNCH

WHAT IS CALLED A CLASSIFIER,

TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN AI

WRITTEN AND HUMAN WRITTEN TEXT.

BUT ADMITS IT IS NOT FULLY

RELIABLE. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY

IS QUICKLY BECOMING MORE

AVAILABLE. MICROSOFT IS

INCORPORATING OPEN AI SOFTWARE

INTO ITS BEING SEARCH ENGINE

AND EDGE WEB BROWSER. SOME

REVIEWS LABEL IT SUPERIOR TO

CHATGPT. GOOGLE AND OTHER TECH

BUSINESSES ARE DEVELOPING THEIR

OWN CHATBOT SOFTWARE. AS THE

WORLD GRAPPLES WITH THE GROWTH

IN AI TECH , BECKER DELIVERS

THIS MESSAGE FOR CHRISTIANS.

IT IS NOT REAL INTELLIGENCE.

WE MUST ALSO BE VERY CLEAR

THAT THERE IS NO SOUL HERE.

THERE IS NO ABILITY FOR THE

KIND OF DEEP , SELF REFLECTIVE

, QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE

ASKED.

Reporter: RABBI FRANKLIN

ALSO SHARES A MESSAGE ABOUT ITS

LIMITATIONS.

NO MATTER HOW GOOD CHATGPT

CAN POSSIBLY BE AT DESCRIBING

AND USING LANGUAGE AND

DESCRIBING EXPERIENCES, IT

CANNOT REALLY UNDERSTAND

SPIRITUALITY.

GET READY FOR A WHOLE NEW

WORLD. THESE KINDS OF

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

PROGRAMS ARE LITERALLY TAKING

OVER . A LOT OF ASPECTS.

MICROSOFT IS ALREADY TALKING

ABOUT ADDING AI INTO MICROSOFT

WORD, SO AS YOU CREATE

DOCUMENTS , THE AI WILL ASSIST

YOU IN THE CREATION. THIS IS

NOT JUST LIMITED TO TYPING IN

A PROMPT TO CHATGPT. THIS IS

TAKING OVER A LOT OF WORD

PROCESSING, EVERYTHING HAVING

TO DO WITH STORY CREATION.

LETTERS. ALL OF THIS KIND OF

WORK THAT HAPPENS ON A REGULAR

BASIS. IT WILL VERY SOON BECOME

AI ASSISTED. THEN YOU START

LOOKING AT WHAT IT IS DOING TO

PHOTOGRAPHY. WHERE AI IS

CREATING NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.

WHERE NO CAMERA WAS INVOLVED AT

ALL. IT IS TAKING IMAGES FROM

THE INTERNET AND MODIFYING

THEM. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN

SOME CONTROVERSY OVER IT ,

WHERE AN AI GENERATED

PHOTOGRAPH WON A PHOTOGRAPHY

COMPETITION IN COLORADO. WHERE

DOES ART BEGIN AND END AND

WHERE DOES AI TAKE OVER? IT

WILL TAKE OVER DESIGN . IT WILL

TAKE OVER WEBSITE

IMPLEMENTATION. YOU CAN REVIEW

DATABASE INFORMATION. YOU WILL

BE ABLE TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH

MORE WITH IT. BUT WHAT IS THE

DIVIDING LINE FOR YOU AND ME ?

DO WE REALIZE WE ARE

INTERACTING WITH AI ? OR DO WE

REALIZE WE ARE INTERACTING

WITH THE HUMAN BEING? SHOULD

THERE BE DISCLOSURES MANDATED

FOR USE OF AI ? THAT IT WAS AI

GENERATED. RIGHT NOW

JOURNALISTS ARE UNDER AN

OBLIGATION TO SAY THIS IS AN AI

GENERATED STORY OR PEOPLE THAT

WRITE PAPERS, THIS WAS

ASSISTED. OR PHOTOGRAPHS, THIS

WAS CREATED BY AN AI. I WAS

SATISFIED WITH THAT DISCLOSURE

, OR DOES THERE NEED TO BE EVEN

MORE? WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW

WORLD. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW

DAWN, IF YOU WILL, OF

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE . WITH

NORMAL HUMAN INTERACTIONS. WHAT

WE DO ONLINE . WHAT WE DO WITH

ONE ANOTHER. IS AI BEING USED?

IS A PART OF THIS IN THE NEAR

FUTURE? LIKE RIGHT NOW FUTURE.

IT IS HAPPENING AND WE ALL

NEED TO RECOGNIZE, IT IS

HAPPENING. THERE IS SOME GOD

PARTS TO IT . IT WILL

DEFINITELY INCREASE

PRODUCTIVITY. BUT THERE ARE BAD

PARTS TO IT . HOW DO YOU REALLY

COMPETE ? WHAT IS THIS NEW AI

ASSISTED MARKETPLACE GOING TO

BE ABOUT ? PARTICULARLY THE

MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS. IS THIS

IDEA FROM A HUMAN OR DID THIS

COME FROM AI ? THAT WILL BE AN

OPEN QUESTION.

> STILL AHEAD. THREE

PREGNANCIES AND THREE

MISCARRIAGES. THIS WOMAN WAS

BOILING MAD ON THE INSIDE AND

DONE WITH THE CRUSHING

DISAPPOINTMENT. WATCH WHAT

HAPPENS WHICH IS CALLED OUT

DURING A PRAYER MEETING, COMING

UP.

> ALSO AHEAD. A WHITE WOMAN

CONTACTS A BLACK WOMAN BECAUSE

SHE THINKS THEY ARE CONNECTED

THROUGH SLAVERY. WATCH HOW THE

DESCENDENT OF A FORMER

SLAVEOWNER IN THE DESCENDENT

OF FORMER SLAVES CREATE AN

UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP . RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

> IT ALL BEGAN ON JANUARY

15th, 2007. MARTIN LUTHER KING

DAY. THAT IS WHEN PHOEBY SENT

AN EMAIL TO BETTY. A COMPLETE

STRANGER. THAT EMAIL SPARKED A

REMARKABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN

THE TWO WOMEN AND IT LED TO A

LESS THAN FOR US ALL ON THE

POWER OF FORGIVENESS.

MY NAME IS PHOEBY KILBY AND

I AM WHITE. MARTIN LUTHER KING

HAD A DREAM THAT THE SONS OF

FORMER SLAVES AND THE SONS OF

FORMER SLAVEOWNERS WOULD BE

ABLE TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT

THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD.

Reporter: THE EMAIL HAD COME

OUT OF NOWHEE. A LETTER FROM A

COMPLETE STRANGER , ADDRESSED

TO 61-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER

BETTY KILBY.

MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS ,

LISTEN TO THIS WHITE GIRL

TELLING ME ABOUT DR. MARTIN

LUTHER KING'S DREAM . I HAVE

BEEN LIVING THAT DREAM ALL MY

LIFE.

Reporter: FOR BETTY, LIVING

THAT DREAM OF EQUALITY STARTED

IN 1958. SHE WAS 13, WHEN SHE

AND 21 OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN

TEENAGERS WERE GRANTED ENTRY

TO AN ALL-WHITE HIGH SCHOOL IN

VIRGINIA. GREETED WITH

INSULTS, RACIAL SLURS AND

THREATS, THEY PRESSED ON,

REFUSING TO GIVE IN TO HATRED.

FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT

EVIL DAY AFTER DAY , AND YEAR

AFTER YEAR, PEOPLE CALLING YOU

NAMES. IT BECOMES A DIFFICULT.

TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MOVING

FORWARD. TO KEEP YOUR FAITH.

Reporter: ONE PART OF DR.

KING'S MESSAGE PROVED HARDER

FOR BETTY, TO LOVE AND PRAY FOR

YOUR ENEMIES. SOMETHING HER

FATHER, JAMES WILSON KILBY, A

CHRISTIAN, TRY TO IMPRESS ON

HIS HURTING AND ANGRY DAUGHTER.

I DID NOT HAVE FORGIVENESS

IN MY HEART, T THAT POINT IN

TIME. I HAD PICTURES IN MY HEAD

OF HOLDING THEM BY THE NECK ,

UNTIL THEIR FEET WOULD BE

DANGLING.

Reporter: IN 1963, BETTY'S

SENIOR YEAR SHE WAS ASSAULTED

BY A GROUP OF WHITE MALE

STUDENTS. TERRIFIED OF WHAT IT

WOULD DO TO HER FAMILY, SHE

WENT TO GOD WITH HER PAIN.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE GOD

WAS. WAS HE THERE? DID HE SEE

WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME? I WAS

CRYING MY HEART OUT. AND I WAS

CALLING ON GOD. HE APPEARED TO

ME , IN THE CLOSET. HE ASKED ME

WHERE I WAS , WHEN HE SET THE

MOON AND STARS? WHEN I REALIZED

HIS JOURNEY AND HOW PEOPLE

BEAT HIM. AT THAT POINT, I

WAS EMPOWERED. BECAUSE I KNEW

THAT ALL I HAD TO DO WAS CALL

ON HIM.

Reporter: BETTY WENT ON TO

GRADUATE, FINISH COLLEGE, START

A FAMILY AND WORK HER WAY UP TO

AN EXECUTIVE POSITION AT

AMERICAN AIRLINES. BETTY SAID

IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE HAD

CHILDREN THAT SHE BEGAN TO

UNDERSTAND DR. KING'S , AND THE

BIBLES, MESSAGE OF LOVE AND

FORGIVENESS.

WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN, THAT

WAS THE TURNING POINT FOR ME.

THEY CLEANSED MY HEART AND THEY

TOOK OUT THE HATE AND HAD IT

FILLED WITH LOVE. LOVE AND HATE

CANNOT RESIDE IN THE SAME

HEART. IT WAS THE WORD OF GOD

THAT KEPT ME FROM HATING

PEOPLE.

Reporter: BETTY WENT ON TO

ACHIEVE MORE SUCCESS ,

INCLUDING A MASTER'S DEGREE AND

AN HONORARY DOCTORATE.

MEANWHILE IN BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND, PHOEBY KILBY WAS

RESEARCHING HER OWN FAMILY TREE

INSPIRED BY A GROUP CALLED,

COMING TO THE TABLE.

THIS GATHERING OF PEOPLE

BROUGHT TOGETHER, DESCENDENTS

OF ENSLAVERS AND DESCENDENTS

OF PERSONS INSULATED TO TALK

ABOUT MUTUAL RECONCILIATION.

THIS FASCINATED ME. IT MADE ME

THINK, HAD MY FAMILY ENSLAVED

PEOPLE?

Reporter: IT TURNED OUT HER

ANCESTORS WERE SLAVEOWNERS.

SHE FOUND A LINK TO A WOMAN

WITH THE SAME LAST NAME. BETTY

KILBY. ON JANUARY 15th, 2007,

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, SHE

REACHED OUT, HOPING FOR A

CONNECTION.

MY NAME IS PHOEBY KILBY AND

I AM WHITE . A FAMILY'S HAD

SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP IN

THE PAST.

HELLO , COUSIN. WE ARE THE

KEY TO HEALING. WE CANNOT ONLY

CONTRIBUTE TO DR. KING'S DREAM,

WE CAN BRING ABOUT RACIAL

RECONCILIATION AND HEALING TO

A NATION OF HURTING PEOPLE. I

THANK GOD FOR BRINGING YOU INTO

MY LIFE.

Reporter: BETTY INVITED

PHOEBY TO THE PREMIERE OF HER

DOCUMENTARY . BASED ON THE

BOOK SHE WROTE IN 2002. THEY

FELT AN INSTANT BOND.

THAT HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SO

WELCOMING .

Reporter: EXCITED ABOUT THE

NEW FRIENDSHIP, PHOEBY CONTINUE

TO RESEARCH . SHE FOUND IN

1836 WILL THAT CONNECTED THE

TWO THROUGH SIMON KILBY, THE

SON OF THE MAN OWNED BY

PHOEBY.

YOU COULD SEE IN THE RECORDS

THAT THESE WERE PEOPLE , WHO

WERE TREATED LIKE PROPERTY, THE

SAME AS A PIG. AND THAT IS

HARD TO READ. IT HURTS TO READ

THAT AND IT HURTS TO KNOW THAT

YOUR FAMILY DID ENSLAVED

PEOPLE.

Reporter: AS A FRIENDSHIP

CONTINUE TO GROW, THEY ATTENDED

COMING TO THE TABLE WORKSHOPS

AND LECTURES, FACING THE HARSH

REALITY OF THEIR SHARED HISTORY

TOGETHER.

SOMETIMES SHE WOULD BREAK

DOWN AND CRY.

WE DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES THE

INTENSE FEELINGS OF GRIEF OVER

SENIOR FAMILY CONTROLLED .

BETTY HAS OPENED MY MIND AND MY

HEART TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND

HOW THIS COULD BE SUCH A

HURTFUL AND UPSETTING HISTORY

TO HAVE TO FACE.

Reporter: IN 2021, THEY

CO-AUTHORED A BOOK CALLED,

COUSINS, CONNECTED THROUGH

SLAVERY. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE

BOOK GO TO A COLLEGE

SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT PHOEBY

SET UP FOR DESCENDENTS OF

FAMILIES ENSLAVED, INCLUDING

BETTY'S GRANDCHILDREN.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND CARE

FOR EACH OTHER. BUT ADDRESS

THE SIGNIFICANT INJUSTICES

THAT HAVE HAPPENED. SHE TALKS A

LOT ABOUT DR. KING AND HIS

DEEP FAITH. AND HIS GOAL FOR

OUR SOCIETY, THAT WE CAN CREATE

TOGETHER, THE BELOVED COMMUNITY

. A COMMUNITY WHERE WE TREAT

EACH OTHER EQUALLY .

Reporter: TO ACCOMPLISH THAT

THEY BOTH BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE

THE IDEAS FOUND IN SOME 8510,

THROUGH TRUTH, MERCY AND

JUSTICE, WILL COME PIECE .

IF YOU WANT TO BRING

TOGETHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

DIVIDED, SOMEBODY HAS TO TELL

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARMS THAT

HAVE BEEN DONE. TO MOVE

FORWARD, THE PERSON WHO HAS

BEEN HARMED , HAS TWO SHOW SOME

MERCY. SOME LEVEL OF

FORGIVENESS BEFORE YOU CAN GET

TO THAT POINT OF CREATING

PEACE BETWEEN DIVIDED PEOPLE.

BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE PEACE

WITHOUT ADDRESSING JUSTICE, AS

WELL.

WE WANT TO STUDY OUR PAST

AND KNOW ABOUT OUR PAST, DON'T

TRY TO JUDGE THE PAST. WE WERE

NOT THERE, WHEN OUR ANCESTORS

DID THAT. WE CANNOT JUDGE A

RACE OF PEOPLE. BASED ON THAT.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD. THERE IS

SO MUCH WORK TO DO IN THE

PRESENT. WE NEED TO STOP

FIGHTING. ONE ANOTHER. WE ARE

ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.

AMEN TO THAT. WE ARE ALL ON

THE SAME TEAM. SUCH A POWERFUL

AND BEAUTIFUL STORY. THE BOOK

IS CALLED, COUSINS, CONNECTED

THROUGH SLAVERY AND IT IS

AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE

SOLD.

THERE IS SO MUCH IN THAT

PIECE THAT PREACHED. LOVE AND

HATE CANNOT EXIST IN THE SAME

HEART. LET US STRIVE FOR A

BELOVED COMMUNITY. WOULDN'T

THAT BE WONDERFUL? WHERE PEOPLE

LOVE EACH OTHER AND DO GOOD TO

ONE ANOTHER. THAT IS THE DREAM

OF CHRISTIANITY. LET'S HAVE

IT AND LET'S HAVE IT TODAY.

LET'S HAVE RECONCILIATION.

LET'S UNDERSTAND THE HARMS

THAT HAVE BEEN DONE . LET'S

MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER, TO

CREATE THE BELOVED COMMUNITY.

> STILL AHEAD.

DISAPPOINTMENT, PAIN AND ANGER.

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DEVASTATION AFTER THREE

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Reporter: SHUNDUOS WAS

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Reporter: THE COUPLE DID NOT

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> UP NEXT. HOPE FOR A WOMAN

WHO SUFFERED THREE

MISCARRIAGES. WATCH HER EIGHT

YEAR JOURNEY OF HEARTACHE AND

EXPERIENCE THE HEAVEN ON EARTH

MOMENT WHEN SHE HOLDS HER BABY

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

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> EIGHT YEARS. THAT IS HOW

LONG ELENA AND HER HUSBAND

WATCHED OTHER PEOPLE'S DREAMS

COME TRUE WHILE SHE SUFFERED

MULTIPLE MISCARRIAGES. EVEN

THOUGH THOSE YEARS WERE FIELD

WITH PAINFUL DISAPPOINTMENT,

SHE NEVER STOPPED HOLDING ON TO

HOPE.

IT WAS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO

TELL ANYBODY. JUST IN CASE.

THAT WAS MY THING. JUST IN

CASE. BUT REALLY, I WAS SCARED.

Reporter: WHAT SHE WAS

AFRAID OF, WAS HAVING ANOTHER

MISCARRIAGE. THE FIRST ONE

CAME TWO YEARS EARLIER IN 2008.

AFTER YEARS OF TRYING, SHE AND

HER HUSBAND ERIC HAD TOLD

EVERYONE THEIR DREAM OF HAVING

CHILDREN WAS FINALLY COMING

TRUE.

WHEN YOU HAVE HAD PEOPLE

PRAYING FOR YOU , AND YOU GOT

TO TELL ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU

ARE EXPECTING FINALLY. AND NOW

YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM, SORRY.

NO. IT IS NOT HAPPENING.

Reporter: NOW PREGNANT A

SECOND TIME, THEY WAITED TO

SHARE THE NEWS.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AND WE

LOST IT.

Reporter: JUST LIKE BEFORE,

ELENA WOULD NOT LET IT SHOW

HOW MUCH IT HURT.

IT WAS LIKE , OKAY. ALL

DONE. EMOTIONALLY, JUST KIND

OF CRIED A LITTLE . BUT MY

HUSBAND WAS LIKE, YOU SHOULD BE

MORE UPSET THAN THIS. I AM

JUST DONE.

Reporter: IN THE COMING

MONTHS, HIDING THE

DISAPPOINTMENT, PAIN AND ANGER

, WOULD BECOME HARDER FOR BOTH

OF THEM.

I STARTED TELLING GOD, I AM

MAD ABOUT THIS. WHY? I HAVE TO

WATCH MY WIFE GO THROUGH THIS.

I COULD TAKE IT. BUT TO WATCH

HER GO THROUGH IT WAS REALLY

DIFFICULT.

WE WERE REDOING SOME OF THE

STUFF IN THE BABIES ROOM , AND

WE FOUND SOME BABY BOOKS THAT

PEOPLE HAD GIVEN. BABY NAMES.

GETTING PREGNANT. FINALLY , I

WAS SO MAD AND MY HUSBAND WAS

LOOKING AT ME AND STARING AT

THESE BOOKS AND NOT KNOWING

WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. DO WE

SAVE THEM? DO WE HOPE? PUT THEM

SOMEWHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM ? I

AM CRYING AND HE THREW THEM.

Reporter: STILL THEY PRAYED,

HOPING THEY WOULD HAVE A BABY

OF THEIR OWN. A YEAR LATER IN

2011, ANOTHER POSITIVE TEST.

AND ANOTHER MISCARRIAGE. HER

THIRD. HER DOCTOR ASSURED THEM

THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL REASON

WHY SHE COULD NOT CARRY A BABY

TO TERM. SO SHE THOUGHT MAYBE

SHE WAS TO BLAME.

I WAS MAD , IN THE WAY

WHERE YOU ARE BOILING ON THE

INSIDE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

TO DO. WHY AM I DISAPPOINTING

MYSELF? I AM DISAPPOINTING

THESE PEOPLE. I FEEL LIKE I AM

DISAPPOINTING THE LORD.

Reporter: EVEN THEN, THE

COUPLE NEVER BLAMED GOD. AS

THEY TRIED TO COME TO TERMS

WITH THE FACT THEY MAY NEVER

HAVE A BABY OF THEIR OWN.

IT WAS TRAUMATIC AND HARD

AND HAPPENING AGAIN. BUT THERE

WAS A SHIFT IN KNOWING THAT,

YES I LIVE IN A BROKEN WORLD.

BAD THINGS HAPPEN. IN SPITE OF

THAT, THE LORD IS STILL GOOD.

GOD, IF THIS DOES NOT

HAPPEN, I STILL LOVE YOU. YOU

ARE STILL GOD. I GOT TO A POINT

AS MUCH AS IT WOULD HURT, I WAS

GOING TO BE OKAY.

Reporter: A YEAR LATER IN

NOVEMBER OF 2012, TRAN IT WAS

AT A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE WHEN

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS LED A TIME

OF MINISTRY AND PRAYER FOR THE

PARTICIPANTS. ELENA WAS NOT

INTERESTED.

I HAD MADE MY DEAL WITH THE

SELF. GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, I

AM NOT ASKING FOR PRAYER FOR

THIS , AGAIN. I AM NOT GOING UP

THERE. I CANNOT MEASURE UP. I

CANNOT DO IT. I AM TIRED.

Reporter: AT THE END OF THE

SERVICE --

HE SAID THE LORD IS TELLING

ME, THERE IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE

THAT HAS BEEN DEALING WITH

MISCARRIAGES AND WANTS TO GET

PREGNANT.

Reporter: SHE KNEW AT ONCE

SHE HAD TO GIVE EVERYTHING OVER

TO GOD.

DESPITE MY STUBBORN, I AM

DONE, HE WAS WILLING TO CALL ME

OUT. ANY HESITATION I HAD JUST

MELTED AWAY. I AM DONE TRYING

TO PUT MY HANDS ON THIS THING.

I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST

VULNERABLE I LET MYSELF BE.

COULD NOT HIDE ANYTHING. I

COULD NOT HIDE HOW HURT I HAD

BEEN, HOW DISAPPOINTED, HOW

MAD. I WAS SURRENDERING MYSELF

. INSTEAD OF FEELING LOOKED AT

IN A JUST WAY, I FELT HELD. I

DID NOT FEEL ABANDONED.

Reporter: A FEW MONTHS LATER

SHE TOOK ANOTHER PREGNANCY

TEST THAT CAME BACK POSITIVE.

CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL, SHE AND

ERIC WENT FOR AN ULTRASOUND.

WE WERE HOLDING OUR BREATH

UNTIL WE SAW OR HEARD A

HEARTBEAT. WHEN WE SAW THE

HEARTBEAT, THAT WAS LIKE ,

OKAY.

Reporter: IN FACT, SHE WAS

THREE MONTHS ALONG.

WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE

MONITOR AND WE SEE THIS BABY

MOVING. IT IS LIKE, THAT IS

LIKE A PERSON , MOVING AROUND.

I AM LOOKING AT THE TECHNICIAN

AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE

HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR. WE

ARE ALREADY THIS FAR.

Reporter: ON SEPTEMBER 23rd,

2013, ELENA HAD A HEALTHY BABY

GIRL VIA C-SECTION. HER FIRST

NAME , ISABEL, MEANS GOD 'S

PROMISE AND HER MIDDLE NAME,

MEANS HOPE.

IT WAS THE GREATEST THING

TO SEE HER HEALTHY AND WHOLE.

LOUDEST COULD BE. EIGHT YEARS

OF WANTING THE MOMENT.

FINALLY , THEY BRING HER

OVER. AND I AM LIKE , THIS IS

FINALLY HERE. THIS MOMENT AND

MY LITTLE GIRL IS IN MY ARMS,

FINALLY. IT WAS JUST HEAVEN

ON EARTH.

Reporter: THEY HAVE SINCE

WELCOMED ANOTHER DAUGHTER,

ANNABELLE. THEY WANT OTHERS TO

KNOW EVEN WHEN THINGS SEEM

HOPELESS, GOD HEARS AND

ANSWERS PRAYER.

I THINK IF I COULD ENCOURAGE

PEOPLE TO HAVE THE GUTS TO LET

GO, I THINK THAT ALLOWS THE

LORD TO MOVE IN A WAY WE

CANNOT IMAGINE. ALL OF THE

THINGS YOU FELT YOU HAD TO

BUILD WALLS AND PROTECT

YOURSELF, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE

REASONS TO MELT THAT AWAY. HE

IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL BE

SAFE ENOUGH. HE WANTS TO KNOW

YOU. HE WANTS TO KNOW THE REAL

YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. I AM REMINDED OF

THE CLICH QUOTE, LET GO AND

LET GOD. THERE IS TRUTH TO

THAT. YOU SEE THAT IN HER

SITUATION. WHERE SHE WAS CRYING

OUT TO THE LORD, ASKING . AND

FEELING ABANDONED, JUDGING

HERSELF BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON

SHE COULD NOT GET PREGNANT.

BUT IT WAS A MOMENT SHE SAID,

I WILL TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE

SITUATION. HOW MANY OF US TRY

TO CONTROL OUR LIVES? AND ONE

THINGS TO GO ACCORDING TO OUR

PLANS AND PURPOSES , BUT NOT

THE LORDS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE

SAID I AM DONE PUTTING MY HANDS

ON THIS AND I SURRENDER FULLY

TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER. IT WAS

IN THAT MOMENT THAT SHE SAID

SHE DID NOT FEEL ABANDONED, BUT

SHE FELT HELD. GOD WANTS YOU

TO FEEL HELD TODAY. HE HAS

NEVER ABANDONED YOU OR FORSAKEN

YOU. HE NEVER WELL. I KNOW

THAT LIFE CAN BRING SITUATIONS

AND CIRCUMSTANCES INTO YOUR

LIFE, AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT

WAY. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

THAT GOD JUST WANTS TO HOLD

YOU. HE HEARS YOUR PRAYERS .

AND HE IS ABLE TO CHANGE A

SITUATION. TO HOLD YOU AND TO

ANSWER YOUR PRAYER. GORDON AND

I WILL BELIEVE FOR ANSWERED

PRAYERS TODAY. BUT BEFORE WE

DO, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN

YOUR FAITH. THIS IS AN AMAZING

TESTIMONY. SHIRLEY SAID, I HAVE

BEEN WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"

FOR YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN

HEALED OF DIFFERENT THINGS. MY

FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS WHEN I HAD

A SCRATCHED CORNEA IN BOTH

EYES. THEY HEALED WITH MEDICINE

BUT I HAD PAIN. PAT AT A WORD

OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMEONE

WITH PAIN AND I CLAIMED IT AND

NEVER HAD PAIN AGAIN. RECENTLY

GORDON HAD A WORD ABOUT SOMEONE

WITH BLADDER ISSUES. I WAS

LEAVING THE HOUSE AND I CLAIMED

IT. I KNEW GOD WOULD HEAL ME

AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS

SINCE. I AM OVERJOYED AND

PRAISING AND THANKING GOD EVERY

DAY.

HERE IS ANOTHER MIRACLE.

ROSIE . I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR

TESTIMONIES OF HEALING AND

PRAYERS FOR OUR NEEDS. ACTUALLY

PRAYED FOR A PERSON WITH AN

ISSUEWITH THE LEFT HAND TO BE

HEALED . SHE DID NOT KNOW THE

REASON FOR THE PAIN AND NEITHER

DID I. I CLAIM THE PROMISE OF

HEALING AND MY HAND IS NOW

PAIN-FREE. JUST TODAY, I ASKED

FOR A PRAYER FOR MY BACK, AND

THAT PAIN HAS LEFT ME. PRAISE

THE LORD. HERE IS ANOTHER WAY

TO THINK ABOUT FAITH , FAITH

CAN BE HOW YOU THINK. THE

FIRST SERMON JESUS PREACHED,

YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR BIBLE

MARK , CHAPTER 1. CHANGE YOUR

THINKING. SOMETIMES IN ENGLISH

AND TRANSLATED, REPENT. THE

WORD REPENT REALLY MEANS,

CHANGE YOUR THINKING. HAVE A

REIMAGINING OF YOUR LIFE AND

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

CHANGE YOUR THINKING AND

BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS. THAT

STORY WE JUST SAW, SHE HAD A

CHANGE OF THINKING . SHE WAS

MAD AT GOD . SHE WAS MAD AT

LIFE. MAD AT HER MISCARRIAGE .

MAD AT HER OWN BODY. SHE WAS

MAD, AND SHE LET ALL OF THAT

GO. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

YOU DO THAT AND YOU CHANGE YOUR

THINKING AND START THINKING,

GOD WILL WORK OUT HIS GLORY

THROUGH THIS. WONDERFUL THINGS

HAPPEN. HERE IS A PROMISE FOR

YOU. HE FORGIVES ALL YOUR

INIQUITIES. YOU WILL FIND IT IN

PSALM 103. HE FORGIVES ALL YOUR

INIQUITIES AND HE HEALS ALL

YOUR DISEASES. ALL YOUR

DISEASES. AND HE CROWNS YOU ,

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? AND HE

CROWNS YOU WITH LOVINGKINDNESS

AND TENDER MERCIES. DISLIKE

ELENA, YOU CAN FEEL HELD BY GOD

ALMIGHTY. HE HAS GOT YOU. HE'S

GOT YOUR FUTURE , YOUR PRESENT

IN YOUR PAST. HE HAS PLANS FOR

YOU. LET'S BELIEVE IT RIGHT

NOW. LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WE COME

TO YOU. AND WE CHANGE OUR

THINKING. WE ASKED THAT WE

WOULD THINK ABOUT THE

POSSIBILITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR

US. WITH YOU, ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE. STRETCH FORTH YOUR

HAND AND HEAL US NOW. CLEANSE

US FROM ALL INIQUITY. FORGIVE

US FROM ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE

DONE WRONG. ALL THE THINGS WE

THOUGHT WRONG. LED US WALK

INTO YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR

GLORY AND LET US SEE MIRACLES

TODAY. FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS

NAME. THERE IS SOMEONE , YOU

HAVE HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM. AND

THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOO FOR

YOU. GOD IS ABLE TO TURN ALL

THE OF THAT AROUND. HE IS

HEALING THAT BLEEDING IN YOUR

BRAIN. ALL OF THAT IS BEING

REMOVED. HE IS RESTORING ALL

THE CELLS AND FUNCTION. IN

JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED AND BE

MADE WHOLE.

> I BELIEVE SOMEONE IS

WATCHING WITH A SPECIFIC

VASCULAR ISSUE IN YOUR LEFT

ARM. LEFT ARM. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS FROM AND IT IS

CAUSING PAIN. THE BLOOD FLOW

IS NOT WORKING ON THAT PART OF

YOUR BODY. GOD IS RESTORING THE

BLOOD FLOW , THE VEINS,

EVERYTHING. THE ARTERIES IN

THIS LEFT ARM. HE IS FULLY

RESTORING THAT LEFT ARM TO YOU

RIGHT NOW. IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. RECEIVE IT AND BELIEVE

IT.

SOMEONE WITH PROBLEMS WITH

THE RIGHT SHOULDER. GOD IS

HEALING THE JOINT BACK TO THE

SHOULDER BLADE. SOMEONE ELSE

HAS CURVATURE OF THE SPINE.

GOT A STRAIGHTENING THAT FOR

YOU. HE IS RELIEVING ALL THAT

PRESSURE ON YOUR NERVES. IN

JESUS' NAME , BE HEALED.

PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS DOING

FOR YOU, NOW. IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED,

LET US KNOW AND SHARING YOUR

GOOD REPORT. IF YOU NEED

HEALING WE WANT TO PRAY FOR

YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL 1-800-700-7000.

> HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALMS.

BE OF GOOD COURAGE AND HE SHALL

STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART. ALL YOU

WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. GOD BLESS

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