-- ON TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB.

♪

> WELL, WELCOME TO "THE 700

CLUB." ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE

TORNADO SEASONS IN HISTORY

CONTINUES TO DESTROY PARTS OF

THE COUNTRY. MORE THAN 300

CONFIRMED TWISTERS HAVE TOUCHED

DOWN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE

YEAR, KILLING 68 PEOPLE.

FORECASTERS PREDICT IT'S NOT

OVER YET. A LINE OF STORMS IS

NOW STRETCHING FROM THE DEEP

SOUTH TO WESTERN NEW YORK. MARK

MARTIN REPORTS.

Reporter: ANOTHER DEADLY

MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM IS PLOWING

THROUGH THE NATION'S MIDSECTION

THE THIRD OVER THE PAST TWO

WEEKS. SO FAR THIS YEAR

TORNADOES HAVE TAKEN THE LIVES

OF AT LEAST 68 PEOPLE. THAT'S

JUST TWO LESS THAN THE AVERAGE

FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. 14 REPORTED

TORNADOES IN JUST A 36-HOUR TIM

PERIOD, INCLUDING THIS ONE IN

IOWA.

LOOK AT THIS TORNADO GO.

Reporter: AND THIS ONE IN

ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE WEATHER HA

30 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT.

IT'S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR TH

HOUSE.

Reporter: METEOROLOGISTS SAY

AN EF-2 TWISTERS WITH WIND GUST

UP TO 130 MILES PER HOUR TOUCHE

DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

WEDNESDAY MORNING JUST BEFORE

SUNRISE, KILLING AT LEAST FIVE

PEOPLE. THE STORM DAMAGED DOZEN

OF BUILDINGS AND WIPED OUT AT

LEAST 12.

YOU COULD HEAR EVERYTHING

JUST BANGING ON THE HOUSE. YOU

COULD HEAR TREES POPPING AND

EVERYTHING. IT WAS VERY SCARY.

Reporter: KEITH LINCOLN AND

HIS WIFE HUDDLED IN THEIR

BATHTUB BEFORE THE TORNADO TORE

APART THEIR HOME.

THANKING THE GOOD LORD, HE

HELPS US. HE SAVED THE HOUSE,

EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND

THANKFULLY, HE DID.

Reporter: THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS THE

TWISTER APPARENTLY STAYED ON TH

GROUND FOR 15 MINUTES, CARVING

20-MILE PATH. GOVERNOR MIKE

PARSON TOURED THE DESTRUCTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE WEEKS UPON

MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER.

IT'S A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD FOR

THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

Reporter: IN KENTUCKY, THE

MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE SAYS A

TORNADO TOOK THE LIFE OF AT

LEAST ONE PERSON OVERNIGHT.

REPORTS CAME IN OF EXTENSIVE

DAMAGE, INCLUDING THIS HOME ON

THE MARKET SPLIT IN TWO BY A

TOPPLED TREE.

WE DID NOT HEAR THAT TREE

FALL, NEVER DID.

Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN

TORNADO-RAVAGED ARKANSAS, CBN'S

OPERATION BLESSING IS PROVIDING

HOT MEALS.

WE'RE AT GROUND ZERO RIGHT

NOW. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK AROUND

US, YOU SEE DEVASTATION. THIS I

AN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY THAT

WE'RE MINISTERING TO HERE, AND

WE'RE SET UP TO FEED THOSE THAT

ARE IN NEED, NOT ONLY THE

RESIDENTS HERE, WE'VE BEEN

FEEDING THE VOLUNTEERS, WE'VE

BEEN FEEDING THE WORKERS, AND

IT'S BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO SE

THAT HOPE IS BEING RESTORED.

Reporter: THIS STRONG SYSTEM

MOVING EAST IS EXPECTED TO BRIN

SEVERE WEATHER TO PARTS OF THE

MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST ON

THURSDAY. MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS

DISASTERS JUST SEEM TO KEEP

COMING, AND WE SEEM TO KEEP

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> WELL, IN OTHER NEWS, CHINA

IS THREATENING RETALIATION AFTE

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY'S

MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF

TAIWAN. EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE O

THAT STORY FROM OUR CBN

NEWSROOM.

Reporter: GORDON, IT IS THE

FIRST TIME A HOUSE SPEAKER AND

TAIWANESE PRESIDENT HAVE MET ON

U.S. U.S. SOIL IN MORE THAN 40

YEARS. McCARTHY IS LEADING A

BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL

DELEGATION TO WELCOME THE

PRESIDENT AT THE RONALD REAGAN

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN SIMI,

CALIFORNIA. THE SPEAKER PLEDGED

BY PARTISAN AND UNWAVERING

SUPPORT BY THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN

IN THE FACE OF CHINA'S

AGGRESSION.

FIRST WE MUST CONTINUE THE

ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN AND MAKE

SURE SUCH SALES REACH TAIWAN ON

A VERY TIMELY BASIS.

Reporter: CHINA'S FOREIGN

MINISTRY CONDEMNED THE MEETING,

PROMISING TO TAKE RESOLUTE AND

FORCEFUL MEASURES TO DEFEND ITS

NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. LAWMAKERS

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE

DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM THE WHIT

HOUSE AS NEW INFORMATION

SUGGESTS THAT CHINESE SPY

BALLOON WAS ABLE TO COLLECT MUC

MORE INTELLIGENCE THAN THE

ADMINISTRATION FIRST ADMITTED.

NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT

CAITLIN BURKE HAS MORE.

Reporter: WE KNOW NOW THE

BALLOON'S WEEKLONG TRIP ACROSS

THE U.S. ALLOWED IT TO COLLECT

INTELLIGENCE FROM SENSITIVE

MILITARY SITES, DESPITE EFFORTS

BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO

BLOCK THAT CAPABILITY. MEDIA

REPORTS CITING ADMINISTRATION

SOURCES ALSO MAINTAIN CHINA

CONTROLLED THE BALLOON AS IT

MADE MULTIPLE PASSES OVER SOME

SITES, COLLECTING INFORMATION

FROM THE ELECTRONIC SIGNALS

TRANSMITTED FROM THINGS LIKE

WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND ON-BASE

COMMUNICATIONS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE HAD THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES SAYING THAT HE WA

NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

FOLKS SHOULDN'T BE ANXIOUS.

Reporter: THE PENTAGON

INSISTS ANY INFORMATION GATHERE

BY BEIJING WAS OF, QUOTE,

LIMITED ADDED VALUE. BUT

VICTORIA COATES, A FORMER U.S.

DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISE

SAYS THE MOST VALUABLE

INTELLIGENCE CHINA GAINED LIKEL

CAME FROM THE INITIAL LACK OF

U.S. RESPONSE TO THE BALLOON.

I WOULD ASSUME THEY THOUGHT

THAT THE THING WOULD BE SHOT

DOWN OVER ALASKA, YOU KNOW, AND

THAT WOULD TEACH THEM ONE THING

BUT WHAT THEY LEARNED WAS THEY

COULD FLY THIS THING WITH

IMPUNITY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL

UNITED STATES.

Reporter: THE BALLOON

CONTAINED A SELF-DESTRUCT

MECHANISM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN

ACTIVATED REMOTELY BY CHINA.

IT'S CLEAR IF IT MALFUNCTIONED

OR WASN'T ACTIVATED. REGARDLESS

COATES BELIEVES IT COMMUNICATES

HOW FRANTIC CHINA IS FOR

INFORMATION ON THE U.S.

I THINK FROM THEIR

PERSPECTIVE IS SHOWS THAT THEY

WERE IN THIS TO GET AS MUCH AS

THEY COULD OUT OF THE BALLOON,

THAT PROTECTING THE BALLOON OR

DESTROYING ITS SENSITIVE

MATERIALS WAS LESS IMPORTANT TO

THEM THAN SEEING HOW FAR THEY

COULD GET AND WHAT THEY COULD

GATHER.

Reporter: REPUBLICAN AND

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS ALIKE WANT

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO

MORE TO PROTECT AMERICANS.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PATH

THAT BALLOON TOOK, THERE WAS

NOTHING ACCIDENTAL ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE GATHERING INFORMATION

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, BUT I'M

SURE WE'LL FIND OUT AS TIME

MOVES ON. BUT THE FACT IS IT WA

INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.

Reporter: COATES SEES THIS A

A BASIC NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE

AND HOPES CONGRESS CAN UNITE

AROUND IT. SHE'S JOINING IN

CALLS FOR THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION TO START

COMMUNICATING ACCURATE

INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO GAVE

THEM THE JOB, THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE. CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS

WASHINGTON.

> RUSSIA IS THREATENING

MILITARY AND OTHER MEASURES IN

RESPONSE TO FINLAND'S JOINING

NATO THIS WEEK. VLADIMIR PUTIN

IS NERVOUS BECAUSE IT ENDS

FINLAND'S ERA OF MILITARY

NON-ALIGNMENT AND DOUBLES THE

LENGTH OF NATO'S SHARED BORDER

WITH RUSSIA. THIS REPORT FROM

HEL SINKY.

Reporter: THE 31st FLAG IS

BEING RAISED IN FRONT OF NATO

HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS TO

CELEBRATE FINLAND OFFICIALLY

BECOMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF

NATO. AS A RESULT, NATO NATIONS

NOW STRETCH 800 MILES ALONG

RUSSIA'S BORDER, DOUBLE ITS

PREVIOUS LENGTH. IT ALSO MEANS

THE NATO ALLIANCE HAS MORE THAN

60% OF THE WORLD'S COMBINED

MILITARY POWER.

THIS IS TRULY A HISTORIC DAY

BECAUSE VERY SHORTLY AS THE

SECRETARY GENERAL SAID, WE WILL

BE WELCOMING FINLAND INTO THE

ALLIANCE TO ITS SEAT AT THE

TABLE. AND I'VE TEMPTED TO SAY

THIS IS MAYBE THE ONE THING WE

CAN THANK MR. PUTIN FOR BECAUSE

HE ONCE AGAIN HAS RECIPROCATED

SOMETHING HE CLAIMS TO WANT TO

PREVENT BY RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION,

CAUSING MANY COUNTRIES TO

BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO

MORE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEIR OWN

DEFENSE AND TO MAKE SURE TH

THEY COULD DETER POSSIBLE

RUSSIAN AGGRESSION GOING

FORWARD.

THIS MILITARY MUSEUM IN

HELSINKI DETAILS THE STORIED

HISTORY OF THE FINISH MILITARY.

THEY'VE REALLY BEEN LEGENDARY,

ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE 20th

CENTURY AS THEY'VE FOUGHT OFF

SUPERIOR NUMBERS, MOSTLY

SOVIETS, WITH FEWER MEN, FEWER

GUNS AND DONE SO VERY

SUCCESSFULLY. THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS WHY NATO LEADERS WANT

THE FINS AND THE SWEDISH TO JOI

THEIR ORGANIZATION, AND THEY

FAILED TO GET THEM TO DO SO FOR

MANY YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAD A

POLICY OF MILITARY NEUTRALITY.

HOWEVER, WHAT NATO LEADERS

FAILED AT FOR YEARS, VLADIMIR

PUTIN SUCCEEDED AT, IN DAYS.

Reporter: WHILE FINLAND'S

ACTIVE MILITARY IS SMALL, IT'S

VERY WELL EQUIPPED. FINLAND'S

ARTILLERY CAPACITY EXCEEDS

POLAND, GERMANY, NORWAY AND

SWEDEN COMBINED. ITS FORCES HAV

ALSO BEEN TRAINING ALONGSIDE

U.S. TROOPS FOR YEARS.

AS THE SITUATION IN EUROPE

HAS CHANGED QUITE MUCH OVER THE

LAST YEAR, I THINK IT GIVES

FINLAND A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR

BETTER SAFETY IN THE FUTURE. SO

WE HAVE BEEN -- FOR A LONG TIME

WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON OUR

INDEPENDENCE AND NEUTRALITY, AN

WE JUST REALIZE THAT THAT'S NOT

THE PATH OF THE FUTURE.

IT'S BEEN NOTHING -- YOU

KNOW, IT'S NO CHANCE IN THIS

SITUATION.

Reporter: AS THE WORLD WAITS

TO SEE HOW PUTIN RESPONDS TO

THIS NEW MOVE, PART OF THE

KREMLIN'S CONSIDERATION COULD

FOCUS ON FINLAND'S RESERVE CORP

OF MORE THAN 900,000 CITIZEN

SOLDIERS STANDING READY TO DETE

ANY FURTHER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.

CHUCK HOLTEN, CBN NEWS,

HELSINKI.

> TURNING NOW TO THE MIDDLE

EAST WHERE SEVERAL ROCKETS WERE

FIRED AT ISRAEL TODAY FROM

SOUTHERN LEBANON. ISRAEL'S

MILITARY SAYS ITS IRON DOME

DEFENSE SYSTEM INTERCEPTED AT

LEAST ONE OF THEM. THIS COMES

JUST HOURS AFTER LEBANON'S

TERROR GREUB, HEZBOLLAH

SUPPORTED BY IRAN WHICH WOULD

SUPPORT ALL MEASURES PALESTINIA

GROUPS MAY TAKE AGAINST ISRAEL.

PALESTINIAN MILITANTS ALSO

LAUNCHED ROCKETS AT SOUTHERN

ISRAEL IN GAZA. THE MILITARY

SAYS THE ROCKETS EXPLODED M

MID-AIR. THIS ALL COMES AFTER

ANOTHER TENSE NIGHT ON THE

TEMPLE MOUNT WHERE PALESTINIANS

THREW ROCKS AND STONES. ISRAELI

POLICE TRYING TO CLEAR THE AREA

SINCE THE ISLAMIC HOLY MONTH OF

RAMADAN BEGAN, MUSLIM WORSHIPER

HAVE REPEATEDLY TRIED TO STAY

OVERNIGHT AT THE AL-ASQA MOSQUE

WHICH HAS LONGSTANDING

AGREEMENTS ABOUT MANAGING THE

AREA.

> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT JOE

BIDEN IS MARKING PASSOVER BY

CALLING ON AMERICANS TO CONFRON

ANTI-SEMITISM. ON AN OP-ED

PUBLISHED ON CNN, THE PRESIDENT

WRITES LET US JOIN HANDS ACROSS

RACES, FAITH AND BACKGROUNDS TO

MAKE IT CLEAR HATE WILL NOT WIN

WILL NOT PREVAIL AND

ANTI-SEMITISM WILL NOT BE THE

STORY OF OUR TIME. EVIL INDEED

WILL NOT WIN. GORDON.

WE SHOULD APPLAUD THE

PRESIDENT ON THIS, AND LET US

ALL TAKE A STAND AGAINST

ANTI-SEMITISM AS WE HEAD INTO

PASSOVER, AS WE HEAD INTO

EASTER. LET US UNDERSTAND THAT

WE ARE ALL TOGETHER IN THIS.

THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER

HOLOCAUST. THERE SHOULD NEVER B

AN ATTEMPT TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF

THE MAP. THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE

A RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION,

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR LAND

AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND

IT. WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

OUT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORIT

IS THE WORST ANTI-SEMITISM

POSSIBLE WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO

DRIVE ISRAEL INTO THE SEA, YOU

WILL NEVER ACCEPT A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION, YOU ONLY WANT ONE

STATE, AND THAT'S A PALESTINIAN

. WELL, CHRISTIANS ONE OF THE

LARGEST VOTING BLOCS IN THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND IF YOU

LOOK AT THE SURVEYS, THEY'RE

ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST VOTING

BLOCS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

FOR THE REPUBLICANS, THEY'RE

GOING TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN

CHOOSING THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE. CBN'S DAVID BRODY

BRINGS US THIS LOOK AT THE

POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR

EFFORTS TO COURT EVANGELICAL

VOTERS. [ CHANTING ]

Reporter: AS EXPECTED,

REPUBLICAN EVANGELICAL VOTERS

WILL STAND FOR ISSUES LIKE

FIGHTING FOR THE SANCTITY OF

LIFE, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,

SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND

CONSERVATIVE JUDICIAL

APPOINTMENTS. SO FAR IN THIS

CAMPAIGN CYCLE, PARENTAL RIGHTS

AND THE RADICAL PUSH ON GENDER

IDEOLOGY ARE TAKING UP MOST OF

THE SPACE. GOP PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY AND OTHER

ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.

ALL OF THIS WOKISM IS TRYING

TO CHANGE THE CORE OF WHAT THE

FAMILY IS. THE FAMILY HAS ALWAY

BEEN ONE THAT PRAYS AT HOME,

GOES TO CHURCH, TEACHES MORALS,

GROWS THEIR CHILDREN AND SENDS

THEM OUT TO DO GOD'S WORK.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE

UNTIL NOW.

Reporter: FORMER SECRETARY O

STATE MIKE POMPEO HAD IS

EXPECTED TO RUN RECENTLY ECHOED

THAT SAME CONCERN ON "THE 700

CLUB."

IF WE TEACH OUR KIDS GARBAGE

IF WE DO NOT REMIND THEM THAT

THIS IS A JUDEO CHRISTIAN NATIO

AND IS THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL

NATION IN THE HISTORY OF

CIVILIZATION, IF WE CAN'T TEACH

THEM THE BASICS OF READING AND

WRITING AND REASONING, IF WE GE

THOSE THINGS WRONG, NO SECRETAR

OF STATE CAN FIX THAT PROBLEM.

THE NEXT GENERATION WILL GROW U

THINKING, GOSH, WE WERE TAUGHT

AMERICA IS RACIST, WE WERE

TAUGHT AMERICA IS FOUNDED ON AN

IRL LOGICAL IDEA AND THERE IS A

OPPRESSOR CLASS. YOU CAN'T GET

THOSE THINGS BACK.

Reporter: FOR DECADES

EVANGELICALS HAVE FOCUSED ON

WHAT KIDS ARE LEARNING IN THE

CLASSROOM, FROM HOMESCHOOLING T

SCHOOL VOUCHERS, THE ISSUE

REMAINS IMPORTANT. NOW THE

SUBJECT ENCOMPASSES AREAS MANY

PARENTS NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE

CONSIDERED SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS I

ALSO EXPECTED TO ENTER THE RACE

HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT.

YOU DO NOT TAKE A 6-YEAR-OLD

BOY AND TELL HIM HE MAY ACTUALL

BE A GIRL. THAT IS WRONG, AND

THAT IS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF

FLORIDA BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS.

Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HA

HARPED ON THE SAME THEME ABOUT

PROTECTING KIDS.

I WILL REVOKE EVERY BIDEN

POLICY PROMOTING THE CHEMICAL

CASS STRAITION AND SEXUAL

MUTILATION OF OUR YOUTH. [

APPLAUSE ]

AND ASK CONGRESS TO SEND A

BILL PROHIBITING CHILD SEXUAL

MUTILATION IN ALL 50 STATES.

Reporter: WHILE FORMER

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP STILL

ENJOYS POPULARITY WITH

EVANGELICALS, WINNING THEM OVER

AGAIN IN DROVES IS NOT A SLAM

DUNK. WITH AN INDICTMENT NOW A

REALITY, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN

WHETHER HIS SUPPORT WITH

EVANGELICALS WILL DROP OR

POSSIBLY EVEN GROW STRONGER.

TRUMP EVANGELICALS HAVE ALWAYS

HAD A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON A

MUTUAL FEELING OF BEING OUTCAST

IN SOATZ, SO THIS INDICTMENT

COULD ACTUALLY HELP HIM EVEN

MORE. AS IT STANDS NOW, A NEW

MONMOUTH POLL SHOWS 34% OF

EVANGELICALS SUPPORT TRUMP AS

THE NOMINEE, RON DESANTIS IS

CLOSE AT 32%. SCORING IN THE

SINGLE DIGITS ARE PEOPLE LIKE

MIKE PENCE, NIKKI HALEY AND MIK

POMPEO. ONE CONCERN FOR TRUMP I

A POTENTIALLY HEAD-TOHEAD

MATCHUP WITH DESANTIS WHO HAS A

SLIGHTLY HIGHER FAVORABILITY

RATING, 82-80% AMONG

EVANGELICALS. HE ALSO LEADS

TRUMP BY SEVEN POINTS, 51-44% A

WELL. RALPH REED, CEO OF THE

FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION SAY

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, TRUMP

HAS CHANGED THE EVANGELICAL

PRIMARY DYNAMIC.

DONALD TRUMP THROUGH HIS

PRESIDENCY, THROUGH HIS

ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR LIFE, FOR

ISRAEL, FOR MARRIAGE, FOR

FAMILY, FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

HAS RAISED THE BAR OF

EXPECTATIONS AMONG ALL

CONSERVATIVE AND FAITH-BASED

VOTERS. AND EVERY CANDIDATE

BETTER BE READY TO LAY OUT WHAT

THEY'RE GOING TO DO, NOT JUST

WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

Reporter: WHILE TRUMP WILL B

EXPECTED TO SAY HE'S DELIVERED

ON THOSE PROMISES, REED SAYS

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WON'T B

A VIBRANT RACE AHEAD.

EVANGELICAL VOTERS LIKE ALL

REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL WANT TO

SURVEY THE FIELD, KICK THE

TIRES, CHECK OUT OTHER

CANDIDATES. I THINK THEY'RE

GOING TO FEEL THEY HAVE A CIVIC

RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE OTHERS A

CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR CASE. IN

THE END, EVERY ELECTION, NOT

JUST 2024, BUT EVERY ELECTION,

WHETHER YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP,

RONALD REAGAN, WINSTON CHURCHIL

OR BARACK OBAMA IS ABOUT THE

FUTURE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PAST

Reporter: AND THAT'S WHERE

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT

COMES IN AS HE MULLS WHETHER TO

RUN, HE BELIEVES EVANGELICALS

AND VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW.

I SENSE PEOPLE LONG FOR THE

KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT COULD

UNITE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AROUN

OUR HIGHEST IDEALS, INCLUDING

CIVILITY AND RESPECT. YOU KNOW,

OUR POLITICS ARE VERY DIVIDED

RIGHT NOW, DAVID, BUT I'M NOT

SURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AS

DIVIDED AS OUR POLITICS.

Reporter: BUT IT WILL LIKELY

BE A DIVIDED PRIMARY FIELD WITH

TRUMP ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER

CALLING THE PARTY TO MOVE ON

FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THE

2024 QUESTION IS WHETHER ENOUGH

EVANGELICAL VOTERS WOULD BREAK

FROM TRUMP AND CHOOSE A

DIFFERENT CANDIDATE THEY BELIEV

CAN STILL BRING THE RESULTS THA

TRUMP DID AS PRESIDENT. DAVID

BRODY, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.

UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK

IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO ANY

PARTICULAR VOTING BLOC. I THINK

WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH

THESE INDICTMENTS IS ACTUALLY

CLEARING THE FIELD AND MAKING I

QUITE POSSIBLE, IF NOT PROBABLE

THAT TRUMP WILL WIN. BUT WE'LL

SEE. WE GOT A LONG TIME BEFORE

THE ELECTION. A LOT OF THINGS

CAN HAPPEN. HERE'S MY NUMBER ON

THING I WANT TO LET EVERYONE

LISTENING KNOW, PLEASE VOTE.

PLEASE PARTICIPATE. WHEN YOU

SAY, OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO

VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION,

WELL, YOU'RE MISSING THE BIGGES

THING. THE BIGGEST THING IS HOW

DO WE CHOOSE PARTICULAR

CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE?

USUALLY IT WAS ALL DONE IN SOME

KIND OF BACK ROOM WITH PARTY

INSIDERS, ALL OF THAT. THIS RAC

IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE HAV

TO CHOOSE WISELY. SO PLEASE GET

EDUCATED, GET AS EDUCATED AS YO

CAN. I'LL ECHO WHAT RALPH REED

SAID, LET'S KICK THE TIRES,

LET'S FIND OUT NOT JUST WHAT

THEY BELIEVE BUT WHAT THEY

PROPOSE TO DO, AND IN THIS

WONDERFUL PROCESS THAT WE ALL

WISH WOULD JUST GO AWAY, BUT

IT'S HERE, AND WE NEED TO HAVE

-- OKAY, LET'S HAVE ACTIVE

> TOMMY MOTA WAS FASCINATED

WITH HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS. HE

LOVED THE WAY THEY MOVED, THE

WAY THEY SPOKE, THE WAY THEY

GESTURED. TOMMY DESPERATELY

LONGED TO BE JUST LIKE THEM, AN

HE WAS PLANNING A SEX CHANGE

OPERATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I WANTED TO BE A BOY ONE

WEEK. I WANTED TO BE A GIRL THE

NEXT WEEK. IT WAS CONSTANTLY

LIKE THAT, CONFUSION ALWAYS IN

MY MIND.

Reporter: THE CONFUSION HAD

STARTED EARLY FOR TOMMY MOTA.

THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT IN A

BLENDED FAMILY, TOMMY IDENTIFIE

MORE WITH HIS MOTHER AND

SISTERS.

I WAS VERY SENSITIVE. I

ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WAS MORE IN

TUNE TO FEMININITY AND HOW THEY

MOVED, HOW THEY TALKED, HOW THE

GESTURED.

Reporter: ADDING TO HIS

CONFUSION, HIS HALF SIBLINGS

ENGAGED IN THINGS HE DIDN'T

UNDERSTAND.

THERE WERE SEXUAL THINGS

TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE

HOUSEHOLD WITH THE SIBLINGS. I

WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THESE

THINGS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. IT

KIND OF PAINTED A PICTURE LIKE

THIS WAS A NORMAL THING.

Reporter: TOMMY'S FEMINISM

MANNERISMS BROUGHT INSULTS AND

BULLIES FROM HIS BROTHERS AND

KIDS AT SCHOOL.

HEARING ALL THAT STUFF

CONSTANTLY. I KIND OF WENT INTO

A PLACE OF SELF-DEFEAT. IT WAS

VERY LONELY. I WAS IN A LONELY

PLACE AND REALLY TRYING TO HAVE

A SENSE OF WANTING TO BELONG.

Reporter: SO TO FIT IN, TOMM

BEGAN USING COCAINE AT 13.

DURING THAT TIME, HE WAS ALSO

FIGHTING HIS GROWING ATTRACTION

TO BOYS.

I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY WHOLE

SEXUALITY. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDIN

IT, NOT KNOING WHAT IT WAS, IT

WAS JUST VERY LONELY TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT EVERYTHING IN MY LIF

AND WHO CAN I TELL.

Reporter: AT 16, TOMMY

DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GIVE IN

TO THOSE DESIRES.

I JUST ALLOWED MYSELF TO

REALLY GO INTO THAT PLACE OF

WHAT THEY'RE CALLING ME, AND I'

JUST GOING TO DO WHAT I WANT TO

DO.

Reporter: NOW ADDICTED TO

METH, HE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL

AND BEGAN FREQUENTING GAY CHAT

ROOMS AND NIGHTCLUBS.

I DID FEEL LIKE I WAS WANTED

PEOPLE WANTED TO BE AROUND ME,

PEOPLE ARE GRAVITATING TOWARDS

ME NOW, MORE SO THAN I EVER FEL

IN MY LIFE. SO IT WAS VERY

ACCEPTING.

Reporter: EVEN THEN, HE HAD

FEELING HE COULDN'T ESCAPE.

HAD AN INTERNAL KNOWING IT

WAS JUST WRONG AND, LIKE, I JUS

KNEW THAT WAS WRONG.

Reporter: DESPITE HIS DOUBTS

TOMMY STARTED TAKING FEMALE

HORMONES AND MAKING PLANS TO

HAVE A SEX CHANGE OPERATION. NO

IN HIS EARLY 20s, HE EVEN ASKED

GOD TO MAKE HIM A WOMAN.

I SAID IT WOULD BE SO MUCH

BETTER IF I WAS A FEMALE, I

WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE

TORMENT OF WHAT I WAS FEELING O

KNOWING THIS WAS WRONG, ALWAYS

STRUGGLING BACK AND FORTH,

FEELING LIKE -- HONESTLY LIKE

THIS WAS A MISTAKE. THIS IS NOT

IT. THIS IS NOT WHO I'M SUPPOSE

TO BE.

Reporter: THEN ONE NIGHT HE

WOKE UP AFTER HAVING A BAD DREA

AND TURNED ON THE TV. A

TELEVISION SHOW WAS AIRING A

STORY ABOUT A TRANSGENDER MAN

WHO HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE TO CHRIS

AND BECAME THE MAN GOD INTENDED

HIM TO BE.

SOMETHING HAPPENED, SOMETHIN

CHANGED. I ALWAYS HAD A KNOWING

OF GOD AND KNOWING THAT'S NOT

THE PLAN THAT HE HAD FOR ME

THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE LIFE, I JUS

KNEW THIS WAS NOT WHAT WAS

INTENDED FOR ME.

Reporter: TOMMY STOPPED

TAKING HORMONES, BUT NOT KNOWIN

WHERE TO TURN, CONTINUED TO BE

STUCK IN THE LIFESTYLE.

STILL JUST FEELING EMPTY,

WANTING CHANGE BUT NOT KNOWING

HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING CHANGE.

AM I ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LOSER

AM I ALWAYS GOING TO BE THIS

THING?

Reporter: THEN ON THE EVENIN

OF MAY 9th, 2012, TOMMY WAS

DOING DRUGS WITH HIS BROTHER AN

SISTER WHEN HE FELT AN

OPPRESSIVE, PARALYZING FEAR.

I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS IN

MY APARTMENT, I JUST COULDN'T

SEE IT. NOW I'M FEELING HANDS

ALL OVER ME, BUT NOT SEEING

ANYTHING THERE.

Reporter: TERRIFIED, TOMMY

LEFT THE HOUSE, WENT TO HIS MOM

WHO HAD RECENTLY COMMITTED HER

LIFE TO CHRIST AND ASKED HER TO

PRAY FOR HIM.

I HAD TO CRY OUT TO GOD

BECAUSE I JUST KNEW IN THAT

MOMENT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT

WAS ABLE TO HELP ME. I REMEMBER

JUST TELLING HIM THAT I WAS

SORRY FOR HOW I TREATED MY

MOTHER AND MY FATHER. I'M SORRY

ABOUT THE LIFESTYLE I WAS

LIVING. I JUST WENT INTO THIS

DEEP PLACE OF REPENTING AND

ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. I JUST

FELT AIR LEAVE MY BODY OUT OF M

MOUTH, LIKE IF I WAS TAKING,

LIKE, DEEP BREATHS OR YAWNS, IN

THAT MOMENT, I JUST HAD THAT

KNOWING THAT I WAS BEING

DELIVERED. I ENDED UP GOING TO

SLEEP, AND THEN I WOKE UP TO A

PLACE WHERE I NEVER FELT SO

CLEAN IN MY LIFE. I WAS JUST

UNDONE. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. BUT

I NEVER FELT CLEAN IN MY LIFE

LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO

GET DRUGS. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO

DO THE SAME THINGS I WAS DOING

BEFORE, JUMPING ON THE CHATLINE

JUMPING ON THOSE WEBSITES. IT

WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT CHANGED

THE DESIRE TO BE A WOMAN, ALL

THAT STUFF, THAT GOT ERADICATED

Reporter: TOMMY STARTED

ATTENDING CHURCH AND STUDYING

THE BIBLE. HE ALSO BEGAN TO

EMBRACE HIS IDENTITY AS A MAN.

ALL THAT TOOK TIME, BUT

THAT'S SOMETHING I SUBMITTED TO

GOD WHERE LORD CREATED ME, WHAT

YOU CALLED ME TO BE FROM THE

BEGINNING OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF

THE EARTH. YOU CALLED ME TO BE

MAN, YOU CREATED ME IN THOSE

THINGS. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE A

LIFE WHERE I FAIL YOU. I DON'T

WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO THINK THAT

YOU'RE A GOD THAT DOESN'T SAVE

BECAUSE THE GOD THAT I MET THAT

NIGHT, THAT CHANGED ME.

Reporter: TODAY TOMMY IS

COMMITTED TO HELPING OTHERS FIN

THEIR TRUE IDENTITY THROUGH

JESUS CHRIST.

GOD SAYS TOMMY IS A CHAMPION

GOD SAYS TOMMY IS AN OVERCOMER.

GOD SAYS TOMMY HAS CHOSEN -- AN

JESUS DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN DO

IT FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THAT

LOOKS LIKE. WE ALL NEED A

SAVIOR. WE ALL COME FROM A PLAC

OF BROKENNESS.

TOMMY'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT, WE

ALL NEED A SAVIOR. YOU KNOW, TH

WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT YOU AND I

ARE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE AND

LIKENESS. I MEAN, JUST THINK

ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. GOD

BEING WHO HE IS, THE CREATOR OF

ALL THAT IS, AND WE'RE CREATED

IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS. SO I

THERE IS AN ENEMY OF GOD, WHAT

DO YOU THINK HIS GREATEST HOPE

AND PLAN IS? IT'S TO BESMIRCH

THE IMAGE OF GOD IN YOUR OWN

HEART AND LIFE, TO CHANGE HOW

YOU SEE YOURSELF, TO PUT YOU IN

SITUATIONS WHERE YOU BEGIN TO

DOUBT WHERE THERE IS CONFUSION,

THEN OTHER PEOPLE BEGIN TO

REINFORCE BY CALLING YOU NAMES,

BY BEING UNKIND. YOU KNOW, WE

ARE VULNERABLE TO THESE THINGS

UNTIL WE MEET THE LIVING GOD.

TOMMY HAD AN AMAZING MOMENT

RIGHT THERE WITH THE HOLY

SPIRIT, NOT EVEN HAVING A LOT O

HISTORY OR BACKGROUND, HE JUST

BEGAN TO RECOUNT TO THE GOD THA

HE KNEW WAS ALIVE AND LISTENING

ALL THE WAYS THAT HE HAD FALLEN

SHORT, ALL THE WAYS THAT HE KNE

HE HE HAD OFFENDED, ALL THE

CHOICES HE'S MADE THAT WENT

AGAINST THE WAYS OF GOD. YOU

KNOW, IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHE

HE TALKED ABOUT AS A YOUNG CHIL

INITIALLY GETTING INVOLVED IN

SOME OF THESE THINGS, HE SAID

THERE WAS SOMETHING IN ME THAT

ENATELY KNEW THAT IT WAS WRONG.

BUT THE MORE WE LEAN TOWARD WHA

WE WANT TO DO, WHAT WE'RE

ENCOURAGED TO DO, WHAT WE'RE

TEMPTED TO DO, THE OTHER SIDE O

WHAT WE WERE CREATED FOR, THE

MORE WE BEGIN TO BE DRAWN TO IT

THE MORE WE WANT

CONFUSED WE BECOME. GOD'S WORD

ALSO SAYS HE IS NOT THE AUTHOR

OF CONFUSION. THE TOMMY YOU SEE

AT THE END OF THAT IS WHAT GOD

WANTS TO DO IN YOUR LIFE. WHEN

GOD COMES INTO YOUR HEART, WHEN

YOU HAVE TAKEN TIME TO HONESTLY

AND SINCERELY CONFESS ALL THE

THINGS YOU'VE DONE THAT HAVE

SEPARATED YOU FROM HIM, ALL OF

THEM, WE ALL HAVE THEM, WHEN WE

SINCERELY RENOUNCE THOSE THINGS

AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS, I

MEAN, HERE WE ARE IN THE HOLY

WEEK, PEOPLE. I MEAN, THIS IS

THE TIME TO SAY, "JESUS, JESUS,

YOUR DEATH WAS FOR ME, YOUR

BLOODSHED WAS TO MAKE ME WHOLE.

I WANT TO RECEIVE THAT TODAY. "

BUT IT BEGINS WITH CONFESSION.

IT BEGINS WITH STARTING TO TELL

GOD ALL THE WAYS YOU'VE MESSED

UP. WHEN WE DO THAT, AND HE

KNOWS THAT WE ARE SINCERE IN

COMING TO HIM, THEN HE FILLS US

LIKE HE FILLED TOMMY WITH HIS

HOLY SPIRIT AND ALL THE THINGS

THAT WE HAVE LONGED FOR BECOME

PART OF OUR SOULS, A PART OF OU

HEARTS, A PART OF OUR THINKING.

ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE NEED T

DEAL WITH AFTERWARDS IN

TEMPTATION? YES, SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES NOT. BUT MOST OF ALL,

THAT FEELING OF BEING CLEAN AND

WHOLE AND KNOWING THE LIVING ON

WHO CREATED YOU IS BEYOND

IMAGINING, AND IT CAN BE YOURS.

IT'S FREE FOR THE ASKING. YOU

CAN'T EARN IT, CAN'T DO ANYTHIN

TO MAKE YOURSELF MORE ACCEPTABL

TO GOD OTHER THAN TO COME TO HI

AND ACKNOWLEDGE HOW UNACCEPTABL

YOU ARE. AND THEN HE COMES IN,

AND HE SAYS "LET ME SHOW YOU

WHAT YOU WERE CREATED FOR. LET

ME FILL YOU WITH MY LOVE FOR

YOU. LET ME AFFIRM WHO YOU ARE

IN ME. ". GOD WILL DO THAT FOR

YOU IF YOU ASK HIM. MAYBE YOU'R

DEALING WITH SOME OF THE SAME

CHALLENGES THAT TOMMY WAS, MAYB

IT'S SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR

LIFE, MAYBE IT'S JUST THE DRUGS

MAYBE IT'S JUST GOING YOUR OWN

WAY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IDOL.

WHEN GOD WANTS TO LIVE IN US AN

THROUGH US, CONFESS IT TO GOD

TODAY, RIGHT NOW, IT'S A PERFEC

TIME TO DO THAT JUST BEFORE

RESURRECTION SUNDAY WHERE GOD

REDEEMS ALL THAT'S BEEN LOST.

YOU CAN CONFESS RIGHT NOW. JUST

JESUS, HERE ARE THE WAYS THAT I

HAVE OFFENDED YOU, THE WAYS THA

I HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM YOU, TH

WAYS THAT I HAVE DONE MY OWN

THING, THE THINGS THAT I HAVE

DONE THAT HAVE DESTROYED MYSELF

AND THE THINGS I HAVE DONE THAT

HAVE DESTROYED OTHERS, I AM

LAYING IT ALL BEFORE YOU. AND I

AM ASKING YOU NOT BECAUSE I

DESERVE IT, I'M ASKING YOU

BECAUSE OF YOUR GREAT MERCY TO

FORGIVE ME, TO FORGIVE MY SINS

AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE

WEST, AND LIKE YOUR WORD SAYS,

GOD, TO REMEMBER THEM NO MORE,

TO FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY

SPIRIT, TO TEACH ME YOUR WAYS,

TO GIVE ME A LIFE THAT HAS

ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE. AND I

RECEIVE THAT FORGIVENESS TODAY,

JESUS. TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE FOR

YOU. I'M ASKING ALL OF THIS IN

YOUR PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN. IF

YOU'VE PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH

ME, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT QUESTION

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> BEING BULLIED AND OUTCAST,

THOSE WERE ELAINE'S WORST FEARS

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MY SON BECAME AWARE THAT HE

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Reporter: DANIEL AND HIS

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Reporter: THEN OPERATION

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FINALLY MY SON WOULD GET THE

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FOR.

Reporter: THE SURGERY WAS A

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SMILE, AS DO THE FACES IN HIS

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> AFTER AN ACCIDENT, JERMAINE

GREEN WAS PARALYZED ON HIS LEFT

SIDE. THEN HE WAS HEALED FOR

JUST THREE WEEKS. LESS THAN A

MONTH AFTER HIS MIRACLE,

JERMAINE BLACKED OUT. WHEN HE

WOKE UP, HE WAS PARALYZED AGAIN

HE WONDERED WHY HIS HEALING HAD

ONLY BEEN TEMPORARY. WELL, TWO

YEARS LATER, JERMAINE RECEIVED

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION ON

EASTER SUNDAY

Reporter: ON NOVEMBER 14th

2004, A TRASH TRUCK SLAMS INTO

JERMAINE GREEN'S CAR, PUTTING

HIM IN A COMA WITH SEVERE HEAD

TRAUMA, HIS MOTHER AND DAD

RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

IT WAS VERY, VERY PAINFUL IN

THE SENSE THAT BEING IN A COMA

AND NOT REALLY KNOWING WHETHER

OR NOT HE WAS GOING TO COME OUT

OR NOT.

I WAS, LIKE, OKAY, LORD, YOU

TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO BE A

PREACHER, HE HAD WORK TO DO. I

SAID, GOD, WHATEVER THIS IS, I

SAID, GOD, YOU GOT TO TURN THIS

AROUND.

Reporter: JERMAINE WAS

PARALYZED ON ONE SIDE OF HIS

BODY. HIS PARENTS AND THEIR

CHURCH PRAYED NONSTOP FOR

HEALING. THEN ONE NIGHT --

WE'RE PRAYING, I KIND OF

OPENED MY EYES, AND I LOOK UP,

LEFT HAND WAS GOING UP. IT WAS

GOING UP, AND HE DID LIKE THIS.

BUT THE THING WAS, HE DIDN'T

KNOW HE RAISED HIS HAND. GOD DI

IT, YOU KNOW, HE RAISED HIS

HAND. THAT WAS ENCOURAGEMENT TO

US.

Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING,

HE WAS UP AND WALKING.

I'M WALKING AROUND MY ROOM,

I'M GIVING GOD PRAISE. TEARS AR

FALLING FROM MY EYES. I CANNOT

BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS JUST GIVEN

ME A MIRACLE.

Reporter: JERMAINE WENT HOME

TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, BUT

THREE WEEKS LATER AT HIS

PARENT'S CHURCH, HE BLACKED OUT

WHEN HE WOKE UP, THE LEFT SIDE

OF HIS BODY WAS PARALYZED AGAIN

I JUST FELT LIKE THE LORD

WASN'T WITH ME. I FELT LIKE WHY

-- WHY WOULD YOU -- WHY WOULD

YOU ALLOW ME TO BE HEALED JUST

TO BE SICK AGAIN?

Reporter: DOCTORS DIAGNOSED

HIM WITH HEMO PERESIS, A

WEAKNESS ON ONE SIDE OF HIS

BODY.

I BELIEVE IN GOD FOR A

MIRACLE. SO NOW MY APPROACH

ABOUT IT IS ANY DAY NOW, WE'RE

GOING RIDE THE WAVE, AND AS SOO

AS HE WAVES HIS HAND AT ME, I'M

GOING TO GET UP AND BE FINE. BU

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT. I

FELT LIKE WHAT COULD I HAVE DON

THAT WAS WRONG? IN A MONTH, YOU

JUST HEALED ME FROM THIS, WHY A

I EXPERIENCING THIS AGAIN?

Reporter: ALL ATTEMPTS AT

PHYSICAL THERAPY FAILED, AND

JERMAINE HAD TO FACE LIFE

CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER, JERMAINE AN

HIS WIFE DIVORCED, EVENTUALLY H

BECAME A SINGLE FATHER OF FOUR.

JERMAINE FELL INTO A DEPRESSION

AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT

IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE

IF HE ENDED HIS LIFE.

I GOT THESE BLOOD PRESSURE

PILLS, I HAD THEM IN MY HAND.

AND SO WHAT STOPPED ME WAS MY

DAUGHTER CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR,

JUST LAUGHING AND SMILING TO TH

POINT THAT WHERE SHE CLIMBED UP

YOU KNOW, ON MY LEG. SO SHE SAT

RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOTTLE OF

PILLS, AND THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY

SAVED ME FROM -- I DIDN'T DO IT

Reporter: EVENTUALLY

JERMAINE'S PARENTS MOVED IN TO

HELP HIM. DURING THIS TIME,

JERMAINE HAD A REVELATION, NO

MATTER WHAT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES,

HE WOULD LIVE HIS LIFE FOR GOD.

I HAD MADE UP IN MY MIND IT

DIDN'T MATTER, I'M GOING TO

PREACH, I'M GOING TO PROPHESIZE

I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER YOU

TELL ME TO DO. IF I'M IN THIS

WHEELCHAIR UNTIL I DIE, SO BE

IT.

Reporter: THEN TWO YEARS

LATER ON EASTER SUNDAY, 2007,

JERMAINE WAS BRINGING THE

SERVICE TO A CLOSE WHEN HE SAYS

GOD TOLD HIM TO TELL THE CHURCH

TO PRAISE HIM.

AND I JUST REMEMBER HIM

SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT'S

ANOTHER WAVE -- GOD IS GIVING M

A WALKING MIRACLE.

JUST STOOD UP RIGHT AFTER

THAT AND STARTED WALKING. AND I

STOOD UP TO THAT MIRACLE.

AND I'M LOOKING AT HIM. AND

WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IS WHAT I

SAW. HE WASN'T WALKING, HE WAS

GLIDING. THAT'S THE WAY HE

LOOKED GOING DOWN THE AISLE.

THAT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

THING TO SEE HIM.

Reporter: IT TOOK JERMAINE A

MOMENT TO REALIZE HE HAD BEEN

HEALED.

I'M STILL, LIKE, OH, MY GOD,

WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S A MIRACLE.

SO PEOPLE ARE HUGGING ME, AND

I'M HUGGING THEM, AND IT'S STIL

NOT REALLY HITTING ME TOTALLY

THAT, OKAY, YOU'RE UP. NOW, I

DIDN'T KNOW I WAS OUT OF THE

WHEELCHAIR UNTIL I SAW THAT MY

WHEELCHAIR WAS EMPTY. WHEN WE

LEFT THE CHURCH, THE MOST

POWERFUL MOMENT WAS THE

WHEELCHAIR ASSISTED ME IN, BUT

WAS TAKING IT OUT.

Reporter: LATER JERMAINE WEN

BACK TO THE DOCTOR FOR A

CHECKUP.

THE DOCTOR COMES IN, YOU'RE

UP. I SAID, "YES, SIR, I AM." H

SAID THIS IS A MIRACLE.

Reporter: JERMAINE HAS SINCE

BECOME KNOWN AS THE WHEELCHAIR

PREACHER. NOW REMARRIED WITH A

BLENDED FAMILY, HE AND HIS WIFE

MARGARET, MINISTER HOPE THROUGH

GOD'S HEALING POWER ON THEIR

WEEKLY RADIO SHOW AND IN

CHURCHES.

HE RESTORED EVERYTHING THAT

LOST. THE LORD BLESSED ME WITH

WONDERFUL WOMAN OF GOD. SHE'S

THE ONE THAT GOD TOLD ME THAT'S

MINE. SO SHE'S MY HOLY GHOST

GIRL.

HE'S STILL A HEALER. HE'S

EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. ALL WE

NEED TO DO IS ASK HIM.

IF YOU JUST TRUST GOD, AND I

YOU JUST BELIEVE, GOD WILL HEAR

YOU. AND HE WILL ANSWER PRAYER.

SOMETIMES HEALINGS HAVE

STAGES, AND JERMAINE WENT

THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT

STATION. FIRST HE GOT SICK, HE

GOT PARALYZED. AND THEN HE GETS

A MIRACLE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST

ONE. HE STARTED WALKING AROUND,

PRAISING GOD FOR HIS MIRACLE,

AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO

WHEN MIRACLES HAPPEN. IT MAKES

IT VERY EASY TO PRAISE GOD AND

THANK HIM FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL

THINGS HE DOES FOR US. IT GETS

VERY EASY TO PRAISE WHEN YOU

HAVE THAT GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE

WELL, THEN JUST A FEW WEEKS

LATER, THE HEALING WENT AWAY,

AND NOW JERMAINE IS GOING "WHAT

HAPPENED"? GOD'S NOT WITH ME

ANYMORE. I'M HAVING A DARK NIGH

OF THE SOUL. AND THEN HE STARTE

ASKING "WHAT DID I DO WRONG? "

MAYBE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT

STAGE, YOU'VE GOT AN ILLNESS,

YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S THE

PATHWAY FORWARD, AND YOU'RE

LOOKING, WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

WELL, THERE'S A WONDERFL STORY

IN THE BIBLE, IT'S NOT A

PARABLE, IT'S A REAL THING THAT

HAPPENED. YOU FIND IT IN JOHN

CHAPTER 9. THERE WAS A MAN BORN

BLIND, AND THE DISCIPLES. NOT

THE PHARISEES, NOT THE ACCUSERS

OF JESUS, BUT THE MAN BORN BLIN

WAS BROUGHT TO HIM, AND THEY

WERE ASKING A THEOLOGICAL

QUESTION, WHO SINNED, HIS

PARENTS OR HIM? BECAUSE THEY

COULDN'T FIGURE THIS OUT. IF

IT'S HIS PARENT'S SIN, HOW IS I

JUST FOR HIM TO BE BORN BLIND?

IF THEIR SIN RESULTED IN

BLINDNESS FOR THEIR CHILD, HOW

IS THAT FAIR TO THE CHILD? AND

THEN -- WELL, IF HE SINNED, AND

THAT'S WHY HE WAS BORN BLIND,

WELL, IS IT FAIR TO DO THAT IN

ADVANCE OF THE SIN? S

TROUBLE WITH IT. AND SOMETIMES

YOU AND I HAVE TROUBLE WHEN BAD

THINGS HAPPEN TO US. WE WONDER,

WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WHAT

HAPPENED HERE? I LOVE THE ANSWE

JESUS GAVE. NEITHER. ISN'T THAT

WONDERFUL? NEITHER. THIS

HAPPENED THAT THE GLORY OF THE

LORD WOULD BE REVEALED. ISN'T

THAT GREAT? REALIZE THE

SACRIFICE OF JESUS HAS CLEANSED

YOU FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. H

FORGIVES ALL YOUR INECK WITS. I

YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT A

PARTICULAR INIQUITIES, THAT YOU

HAVEN'T CONFESSED, YOU HAVEN'T

TURNED FROM IT, BY ALL MEANS, D

THAT AND THEN RECEIVE THE FREE

GIFT OF SALVATION, THE FREE GIF

OF FORGIVENESS. HE DOESN'T WANT

TO HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST YOU.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT FREEDOM, YOU

CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD. FOR

JERMAINE, HE DIDN'T GET THAT

RIGHT AWAY. HE WAS THINKING

ABOUT DEATH. HE WAS THINKING

ABOUT ENDING IT ALL. WHAT DID

GOD DO? GOD SENT HIS DAUGHTER T

HIS LAP, GAVE HIM ENCOURAGEMENT

AND THEN HE HIT ANOTHER STAGE,

AND THIS IS THE STAGE THAT'S

REALLY HARD, THIS IS A GARDEN O

GASEME MOMENT. HE SAYS NO MATTE

WHAT, I'M GOING TO SERVE YOU,

I'M GOING TO PRAISE YOU, I'M

GOING TO PROPHESIZE IN YOUR

NAME, I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER

YOU ASK ME TO DO, I'M GOING TO

DO IT, NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR

WILL BE DONE. AND THEN THE

FOURTH STAGE, IN THE MIDDLE OF

PRAISE, HE'S NOT EVEN REALIZING

IT, BUT HE'S BEING HEALED. LET

THAT BE YOUR STAGE TODAY. IN TH

MIDDLE OF PRAISE, GOD AND HABIT

THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE. IF

YOU THINK GOD IS FAR FROM YOU,

JUST START PRAISING, PUT ON A

GARMENT OF PRAISE, AND IN THAT

YOU'LL GET HIS PRESENCE, YOU'LL

GET HIS FORGIVENESS, YOU'LL GET

HIS HEALING, YOU'LL GET

EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS FOR YOU.

NOW, TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO

PRAY FOR YOU. THERE'S SOME OTHE

MIRACLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED,

JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU, FAITH

COMES BY HEARING, HEARING BY TH

WORD, AND SOMETIMES FROM THE

WORD OF TESTIMONY. LOLITA OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SHE CAME DOW

WITH COVID FOR THE THIRD TIME.

ALL THREE TIMES SHE HAD TO BE

HOSPITALIZED. DUE TO HER HEART

CONDITION, HER DOCTORS WONDERED

IF SHE WOULD SURVIVE. SHE WAS

HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY

BREATHING, HER OXYGEN LEVELS

WERE DANGEROUSLY LOW. FROM HER

HOSPITAL BED, LOLITA HEARD TERR

GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT

SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH

LUNGS FILLED WITH MUCOUS AND LO

OXYGEN LEVELS. SHE SENSED IT WA

FOR HER. IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS,

LOLIT A'S LUNGS CLEARED, HER

OXYGEN LEVELS WERE NORMAL, AND

SHE WAS AMAZED.

WOW! JANICE LIVES IN NEW

YORK. SHE STARTED HAVING

TERRIBLE PAIN IN HER BACK, HIPS

LEGS AND ANKLES. SHE WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH FOUR HERNIATED

DISKS AND WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDS.

SHE WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED TO SEE

BACK SURGEON WHICH SHE DID, AND

SHE GOT AN MRI. THEN SHE HEARD

YOU, GORDON, GIVE A WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE SPECIFICALLY FOR

SOMEONE WITH ALL OF HER ISSUES

AND SYMPTOMS. THE PAIN STARTED

GOING AWAY. WHEN SHE WENT BACK

TO GET HER MRI RESULTS, THE

DOCTOR ASKED, WHO DID YOUR BACK

SURGERY? WHEN SHE TOLD THE

DOCTOR SHE HADN'T HAD ANY

SURGERY, SHE RESPONDED, WELL,

SOMEBODY'S DONE SOME WORK ON

YOUR BACK. HE SHOWED HER THE

MRI, AND JANICE SAID GOD FIXED

MY BACK.

LET HIM FIX YOU, LET HIM COM

TO YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST IN AN AC

OF OBEDIENCE, PRAISE HIM, IN

EVERYTHING GIVE PRAISE, LET

EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH

PRAISE THE LORD. IN THAT, YOU'L

GET THAT PATHWAY TO HIS

PRESENCE. LORD, GOD, ALMIGHTY,

WE COME TO YOU, WE THANK YOU. W

THANK YOU THAT YOU LOVED US SO

MUCH THAT YOU GAVE US YOUR ONLY

BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOAFER,

LORD, CAN WE BE WHOSOAFERS

TODAY? WHOSO FAR EVER WOULD

BELIEVE ON YOU WOULD NOT PERISH

BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. COME

LORD JESUS, COME, GOD THE

FATHER, COME, HOLY SPIRIT,

INHABIT US, HEAL US, DELIVER US

SET US FREE FROM ALL GUILT AND

ALL CONDEMNATION, FOR WE ASK IT

IN JESUS' NAME. TERRY, GOD'S

GIVEN YOU SOMETHING.

SOMEONE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WIT

A SERIOUS LIVER CONDITION, AND

YOU'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF

THIS PROCESS. BUT GOD'S HEALING

YOU TODAY. THIS DAY, LIFT UP

YOUR HANDS, BEGIN TO THANK THE

LORD AND RECEIVE THAT FROM HIM.

SOMEONE HAS A BLOOD DISORDER

THAT YOUR BLOOD DOES NOT CARRY

OXYGEN PROPERLY TO YOUR BODY,

YOU DON'T HAVE A LUNG ISSUE, BU

YOU HAVE A BLOOD ISSUE, AND GOD

IS HEALING YOUR BLOOD. HE'S ABL

TO RESTORE, HE'S ABLE TO CHANGE

HE'S ABLE TO INCREASE YOUR RED

BLOOD CELLS, HE'S ABLE TO HEAL,

IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED AND B

SET FREE FROM THIS.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE LOS

YOUR SENSE OF SMELL AND YOUR

SENSE OF TASTE. GOD IS RESTORIN

THAT TO YOU AFTER MANY WEEKS,

EVEN MONTHS SOME OF YOU OF NOT

BEING ABLE TO USE THOSE

FACULTIES. GOD IS RESTORING YOU

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN AND AMEN. IF YOU HAVE

BEEN HEALED, GIVE PRAISE. LET U

KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.

800-700-7000. HERE'S A WORD FRO

PSALMS, I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIV

AND DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE