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.
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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.
THIS WOMAN TRIED TO HIDE HER
DEVASTATION AFTER THREE
MISCARRIAGES. WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN SHE FINALLY
SURRENDERS TO THE POWER OF
PRAYER.
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Reporter: SHUNDUOS WAS
BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP AND
PALATE. GROWING UP, HE COULD
BARELY EAT.
I LOOK AT HIS LIPS AND I
COULD NOT STOP CRYING.
HIS IMMUNITY GOT REALLY WEEK
AND HE ALWAYS GOT SICK.
Reporter: THE COUPLE DID NOT
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THEIR SON. SO THEY KEPT HIM AT
HOME.
I CLOSED ALL THE DOORS AND
WINDOWS. HE ALWAYS CRIED TO
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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