> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB. DAMAGE CONTROL IS

UNDERWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

AFTER TOP-SECRET PENTAGON

PAPERS WERE PUBLISHED ONLINE

FOR ALL TO SEE. THE LATEST

SECURITY BREACH COULD BE THE

WORST IN A DECADE AND WEEKS OF

INFORMATION ABOUT INTELLIGENCE

GATHERING FROM AMERICA'S

ADVERSARIES AND ALSO FROM OUR

ALLIES.

A NEW REPORT CLAIMS THAT

THE LEAKER IS A YOUNG MAN WHO

HAD ACCESS TO A MILITARY BASE.

HE POSTED THE MATERIAL ON AN

ONLINE GAMING PLATFORM.

NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT

CAITLIN BURKE HAS THE LATEST.

Reporter: THIS WEEK

INCLUDES DOZENS OF SECRET

BRIEFINGS FOR TOP OFFICIALS,

ALONG WITH OTHER HIGHLY

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION . IN

ADDITION TO REVEALING

INTELLIGENCE ON OUR

ADVERSARIES, THERE WAS ALSO

INTEL ON OUR ALLIES. AMONG THE

MOST POTENTIALLY DAMAGING, THE

WAR IN UKRAINE . THEY WANTED TO

KEEP THESE SECRET.

IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR

PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AND IT

SHOULD NOT BE OUT THERE. WHAT

WE WILL TRY TO DO IS DO THE

BEST WE CAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW

THIS HAPPENED.

Reporter: ONE SPOKESMAN

ADMITS THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT

KNOW HOW MANY MORE DOCUMENTS

ARE OUT THERE. FOR NOW, THE

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED

A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND

THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION

IS ON DAMAGE CONTROL.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE TAKE

THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE WILL

CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND

TURN OVER EVERY ROCK UNTIL WE

FIND THE SOURCE OF THIS AND THE

EXTENT OF IT.

WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH ALLIES

AND PARTNERS AT HIGH LEVELS

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,

INCLUDING TO REASSURE THEM

ABOUT OUR OWN COMMITMENT TO

SAFEGUARDING INTELLIGENCE AND,

OF COURSE, HOUR INTELLIGENCE

WITH SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS

Reporter: THEY EXPRESSED

CONCERN AT THE PENTAGON THE SUM

OF THE LEAKED INTEL HAS BEEN

ALTERED ADMINISTRATION

OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO

CONFIRM THE VALIDITY OF THE

DOCUMENTS.

AS THESE DOCUMENTS CIRCULATE

ONLINE, I WOULD LIKE TO

HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY PRESENT A

VERY SERIOUS RISK TO NATIONAL

SECURITY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL

TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION.

Reporter: THERE'S SOME

SPECULATION RUSSIA IS BEHIND

THE LEAK. THE KREMLIN, HOWEVER,

HAS NOT TAKEN ANY

RESPONSIBILITY, COMMENTING ONLY

THAT IT'S COMMON TO BLAME

RUSSIA FOR EVERYTHING.

RUSSIA NOW HAS A GREATER

INSIGHT INTO HOW WE COLLECT

INTELLIGENCE AGAINST THEM AND

THAT, TO ME, IS THE MORE

CONCERNING THING.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE

BOTTOM OF THIS. AND THEN IF

THERE ARE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO

BE TAKEN, AS WE LEARN MORE

ABOUT THE EXTENT OF WHAT

HAPPENED HERE, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY

TAKE THOSE.

Reporter: THESE LEAKS

REPRESENT THE MOST DAMAGING

BREACH OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE IN

A DECADE AND LAWMAKERS ON BOTH

SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE AMONG

THOSE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK

SCHUMER REQUESTING CONGRESS BE

BRIEFED AS THE INVESTIGATION

CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. CAITLIN

BURKE, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.

THE BIGGER QUESTION IS HOW

DOES SOMEBODY WHO IS ENLISTED

GET ACCESS TO THIS KIND OF

INTELLIGENCE DATA? YOU GO BACK

IN HISTORY AND THERE WAS A

CORPORAL WHO HAD ACCESS TO

DIPLOMATIC CABLES. THE PRIVATE

MUSINGS , IF YOU WELCOME OF OUR

AMBASSADOR AND SECRETARY OF

STATE AND ALL OF THAT GOT

PUBLISHED. NOW, THAT INDIVIDUAL

GOT CONVICTED AND PUT IN JAIL,

BUT IT STILL SEEMS THAT THERE

IS THIS BROAD ACCESS IN THE

MILITARY TO DATABASES AND WHY

IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU PUT THAT

KIND OF SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE

INTO EVERYBODY'S HANDS BECAUSE

IT JUST MULTIPLIES THE

OPPORTUNITY FOR LEAKS. WE WILL

SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT BUT WE

HAVE ABSOLUTELY EXPOSED OUR

BETTER FIELD ABILITY TO GATHER

INTELLIGENCE ABOUT BOTH SIDES

OF THAT BATTLE AND NOW THAT IS

OUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE.

> A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT

RULED THAT THE ABORTION PILL

CAN STAY ON THE MARKET WITH

SOME LIMITATIONS. JOHN JESSUP

HAS MORE ON THAT STORY FROM OUR

CBN NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.

JOHN?

> THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF

APPEALS RULED TO PRESERVE

ACCESS TO THE ABORTION PILL

MIFEPRISTONE FOR NOW. A

THREE-JUDGE PANEL PUT ON HOLD A

TEXAS JUDGE'S RULING THAT

INVALIDATED AN FDA APPROVAL OF

THE DOG. THEY SAY TOO MUCH TIME

HAD PASSED TO TELL HIS INITIAL

APPROVAL, GRANTED IN 2000 BUT

THEY DID RULE THAT ACTIONS

TAKEN TO INCREASE ACCESS OF THE

PILL SINCE 2016 CAN BE

CHALLENGED, INCLUDING EXPANDING

THE TIMELINE OF USE FROM SEVEN

WEEKS TO 10 WEEKS AND ALLOWING

THE DRUG TO BE SENT BY MALE.

THE CASE IS LIKELY HEADED TO

THE SUPREME COURT.

> NOW THE LATEST IN A MASS

SHOOTING IN LOUISVILLE, WITH

NEWLY RELEASED 911 RECORDINGS

OF THE SHOOTERS MOTHER TRYING

TO WARN AUTHORITIES AND POLICE

BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING THE

HEROIC RESPONSE, PLUS THE

CHAPLAINS ON THE GROUND WHO ARE

NOW MINISTERING TO FAMILIES.

BRODY CARTER REPORTS.

Reporter: IN THE MOMENTS

BEFORE THE SHOOTING, THE

SUSPECT'S MOTHER ALERTED BY HER

SON'S ROOMMATE, CALLING 911 TO

WARN THEM.

HE IS NOT VIOLENT.

OKAY, AND YOU DO NOT BELIEVE

HE OWNS A GUN?

Reporter: HE HAD LEGALLY

PURCHASED A GUN JUST SIX DAYS

BEFORE. THE ATTACK HIGHLIGHTING

THE HORROR CAUSED BY AN ACTIVE

SHOOTER. AND THE COURAGE OF

THOSE RUNNING TOWARDS DANGER.

FIVE PEOPLE DIED AND ANOTHER

EIGHT INJURED, INCLUDING THE

LOUISVILLE OFFICER WHO

RESPONDED AFTER 25-YEAR-OLD

BANK EMPLOYEE CONNOR STURGEON

STARTED SHOOTING COWORKERS . IN

A STATEMENT, HIS FAMILY

EXPRESSED HER SORROW FOR THE

ATTACK AND ACKNOWLEDGED HE

FACED MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

THAT WERE BEING ADDRESSED.

THEY SAY THE HEART IS

WICKED.

Reporter: A RETIRED POLICE

OFFICER HAS SEEN A LIFETIME OF

DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. HE AND

HIS WIFE NOW WORK WITH THE

BILLY GRAHAM RAPID RESPONSE

TEAM, SERVING IN THE MOST

DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHEN WE DEPLOYED TO THESE

TYPES OF SITUATIONS, OUR

INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE

EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL

SUPPORT, SO THEY ARE GRIEVING.

Reporter: MONDAY THE

SHOOTING IS THE 15th MASS

KILLING IN THE U.S. THIS YEAR.

TWO WEEKS AFTER A FORMER

STUDENT FATALLY SHOT THREE

CHILDREN AND THREE ADULTS AT A

CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

ONE IN FIVE PARENTS SAY THEY

EITHER HAVE PULLED THEIR CHILD

TO SCHOOL OR CHANGE A CHILD'S

SCHOOL OR THOUGHT ABOUT

CHANGING SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY

ARE WORRIED ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

Reporter: THAT STATISTICS IS

FROM THE KAISER FAMILY

FOUNDATION. THE DIRECTOR OF

THE SURVEY HELPED LEAD THE

NATIONWIDE STUDY, TRACKING

AMERICAN EXPERIENCES WITH GUN

RELATED VIOLENCE.

WE DID NOT PUT OUT THE

SURVEY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED

IN LOUISVILLE. UNFORTUNATELY,

IT SEEMS LIKE WE CANNOT GO

MORE THAN SEVERAL DAYS IN THIS

COUNTRY WITHOUT NEWS OF A

SHOOTING.

Reporter: SOME OF THOSE

RESULTS INCLUDE ONE IN FIVE

ADULTS HAVE PERSONALLY

WITNESSED A SHOOTING. ONE IN

THREE BLACK ADULTS HAVE HAD A

FAMILY MEMBER KILLED BY A GUN.

84% OF ADULTS SURVEYED HAVE

TAKEN AT LEAST ONE PRECAUTION

TO PROTECT THEMSELVES OR THEIR

FAMILIES FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

MORE THAN HALF OF U.S.

ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE

EITHER PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED

OR HAD A FAMILY MEMBER

EXPERIENCE AN INCIDENT WITH A

GUN LIKE THIS.

Reporter: THE BOTTOM LINE IS

THIS IS A SIN ISSUE. THIS

WORLD IS BROKEN AND WE CAN ONLY

GET INVOLVED WITH GUN CONTROL,

TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE ARE JUST

HERE TO POINT PEOPLE TO CHRIST

BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS A SIN

ISSUE. BECKY DID SAY THE POLL

UNCOVERED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

HEALTH OFFICIALS TO GET MORE

INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION

BECAUSE DATA ONLY SHOWS 5% OF

ADULTS SAY A DOCTOR OR OTHER

HEALTHCARE PROVIDER HAS EVER

TALKED TO THEM ABOUT GUN

SAFETY. BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.

> TURNING NOW TO SOME

ENCOURAGING NEWS IN THE

ECONOMY. CONSUMERS ARE PAYING

LESS FOR GAS AND GROCERIES AS

INFLATION CONTINUES TO SLOWLY

EASE. STILL, IT IS NOT COMING

DOWN FAST ENOUGH FOR THE

FEDERAL RESERVE, WHICH IS

EXPECTED TO RAISE INTEREST

RATES AT LEAST ONCE MORE. WENDY

GRIFFITH HAS DETAILS.

Reporter: MARCH NUMBERS SHOW

THE RATE OF INFLATION SLOWING,

DROPPING FROM 6% THIS TIME LAST

YEAR TO 5% THIS YEAR. THE NINTH

CONSECUTIVE MONTH IT HAS

FALLEN. GROCERY PRICES FELL FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN 2 1/2 YEARS.

DOWN 3/10 OF A PERCENT FROM

FEBRUARY TO MARCH. BEEF, MILK,

FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND EGGS,

ALL DOWN. GAS PRICES ALSO FELL

4.6%. HERITAGE FOUNDATION

ECONOMIST ANTHONY TOLD CBN NEWS

FAITH NATION THAT IS A GOOD

SIGN.

IT IS VERY GOOD THAT WE ARE

SEEING ENERGY PRICES COME DOWN

BECAUSE THERE ARE ENERGY PRICES

THAT AFFECT LITERALLY

EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE

ECONOMY.

Reporter: ANTONY SAYS

PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS ARE STILL

NOT GOING AS FAR BECAUSE

INCOMES ARE NOT GOING UP AS

FAST AS INFLATION AND PARTLY

DO TO HIRE BORROWING COST.

WHAT HAPPENS IS AS PRICES GO

UP FASTER THAN WAGES, EVEN

THOUGH YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MORE

MONEY IN YOUR PAYCHECK, YOU CAN

PURCHASE LESS, SO THAT IS WHAT

WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REAL

WAGES. INFLATION HAS ROBBED YOU

OF YOUR PURCHASING POWER.

PRICES IN THE SERVICE

INDUSTRY CONTINUE TO RISE.

BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS ARE

DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO

COPE.

I AM SEEING MORE PRICE

CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS LATELY.

CERTAINLY, WE COOK MORE AT

HOME THAN WE EVER HAVE DUE TO

THE RISING COST.

Reporter: THE FED IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RAISING

INTEREST RATES TO BRING

INFLATION DOWN BUT THAT IS ALSO

HURTING CONSUMERS AND THE FED

MAY TAKE A PAUSE AFTER ANOTHER

HIKE NEXT MONTH. WENDY

GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.

> A MIXED BAG IN THE ECONOMY.

THANKS, WENDY. GORDON, BACK TO

YOU.

IT IS A MIXED BAG. WHAT WAS

THE ABSOLUTE CAUSE OF THE

INFLATION IS DIFFICULT TO

REALLY PIN DOWN. AS OF THE LOW

INTEREST RATES BECAUSE THE

FEDERAL RESERVE KEEPS RAISING

THEM AND WILL LIKELY RAISE

THEM AGAIN? WAS IT SUPPLY CHAIN

ISSUES RELATED TO COVID-19?

WERE WHOLE ECONOMIES AND WHOLE

CITIES IN CHINA SHUT DOWN AS A

RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC? WAS IT

EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING,

EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT STIMULUS

CHECKS BEING PUMPED INTO THE

ECONOMY TO PROP UP CONSUMERS

AND IN THAT, CREATE EXCESS

DEMAND? I THINK IT IS ALL OF

THE ABOVE AND THE ONE THING WE

ARE NOT TAMING IS OUR

GOVERNMENT. WE ARE OVERSPENDING

AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE AND

INCREASING OUR NATIONAL DEBT AT

AN INCREDIBLE RATE AND WITH NO

END IN SIGHT FOR THAT. SO, ONCE

AGAIN, WE ARE RAISING THE DEBT

CEILING. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE NOT

PASSING BALANCE BUDGETS. ALL OF

THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT US FOR

YEARS TO COME, IF NOT DECADES

TO COME. LET'S GET GOVERNMENT

SPENDING REINED IN AND THEN WE

MIGHT BE ABLE TO REIN IN

> A TEXAS BUSINESSMAN ON A

MISSION TRIP ASKED FOR A LASS

OF WATER AND HE CAME

FACE-TO-FACE WITH A STARK

REALITY. MOST PEOPLE IN THE

WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO

SAFE DRINKING WATER. AT THAT

MOMENT, CHRIS BETH HEARD THE

LORD SPEAK TWO WORDS, HELP

THEM. 10 YEARS LATER, 250,000

FAMILIES IN 20 NATIONS NOW HAVE

CLEAN WATER. CHARLENE AARON

BRINGS US THIS STORY.

Reporter: FROM HIS

HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH TEXAS,

THE BUCKET MINISTRY IS

FULFILLING ITS MISSION OF

SHARING THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH

PROVIDING THE GIFT OF SAFE,

CLEAN DRINKING WATER IN PLACES

LIKE NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH

AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, ASIA,

AND AFRICA.

WE HAVE PROBABLY DISTRIBUTED

FILTERS IN ALMOST 30 COUNTRIES

NOW. WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING IN

ABOUT 12 COUNTRIES.

Reporter: DURING A MISSION

TRIP WITH HIS DAUGHTER TO THE

BRAZILIAN AMAZON, TEXAS

BUSINESSMAN CHRIS BETH SAW

FIRSTHAND WHAT IT MEANT TO NOT

HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER

AFTER BEING ASKED IF HE WAS

THIRSTY.

I EXPECTED HER TO GO INTO A

REFRIGERATOR AND GET A BOTTLE

OF WATER. BUT WHAT SHE DID IN

TURN WAS SHE WENT OUT ONTO THIS

LITTLE PLANK ON THIS HOUSE,

BENT DOWN WITH TWO CUPS, THEY

WERE IRREGULAR, THEY WERE MIX

MATCHED AND CRACKED AND SHE

FILLED THESE TWO CUPS UP WITH

RIVER WATER.

Reporter: SHOCKED BY WHAT HE

SAW, BETH SAYS WHAT HAPPENED

NEXT WAS SOMETHING HE NEVER

IMAGINED.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A

HEARING GOD'S VOICE BUSINESS.

IN FACT, I THOUGHT WHEN PEOPLE

SAY, YOU KNOW, GOD TOLD ME, I

THOUGHT, OH, BOY. AND SO, I

HEARD SOMETHING -- AND I HEARD

TWO WORDS AND HE CLEARLY SAID,

HELP THEM.

Reporter: BETH BEGAN

SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO HELP AS

SOON AS YOU RETURN HOME. HE

FOUND THE ANSWER AT A DALLAS

CAMPING SUPPLY STORE WHERE HE

SAW A FILTER THAT USES THE SAME

TECHNOLOGY AS KIDNEY DIALYSIS

THAT COULD BE USED TO REMOVE

HARMFUL BACTERIA FROM DIRTY

WATER.

IT ATTACHES TO ANY BUCKET OR

RECEPTACLE. I PUT SOME FROM

THE LOCAL LAKE. WE WILL SEE IF

WE CAN MAKE SOME CLEAN WATER.

WE WILL TIP THE FILTER DOWN AND

ALLOW IT TO FILTER INTO THE

CLEAN CUP AND AS YOU CAN SEE,

THE WATER IS GOING FROM THE

BUCKET THROUGH THE HOSE,

THROUGH THE FILTER. THE FILTER

IS CAPTURING ALL OF THE DIRT,

THE DEGREE, THE PARASITES,

EVERYTHING THAT IS MAKING

PEOPLE SICK FROM DRINKING

UNCLEAN SURFACE WATER. AND THIS

IS WHAT WE ARE LEFT WITH AS A

RESULT.

Reporter: EQUIPPED WITH

FILTERS, THE BUCKET MINISTRY

WAS BORN AS BETH RETURNED TO

BRAZIL, SUPPLYING COMMUNITIES

WITH CLEAN, SAFE DRINKING

WATER.

TODAY, THE MINISTRY HAS A

GROWING PRESENCE IN MORE THAN

20 COUNTRIES.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE

PROBABLY DISTRIBUTED IN EXCESS

OF 250,000. SO, WE'VE HELPED

250,000 FAMILIES. JUST LAST

YEAR ALONE WE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT

35,000 .

Reporter: ONE OF ITS MAIN

OUTREACHES IS IN THE KIBERA

SLUM IN NAIROBI, KENYA WHICH IS

HOME TO SOME 400,000 PEOPLE.

MOST HUMAN WASTE ENDS UP IN THE

RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH THE

SLUM WHICH CONTAMINATES THE

WATER LEADING TO DISEASE AND

DEATH. DARREL LARSON SERVES

AS INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR FOR

SAWYER PRODUCTS, WHICH MAKES

THE FILTER USED BY THE

MINISTRY.

HOUR FILTER, THE ONE YOU

COULD TAKE, THE SAME ONE THAT

BACKPACKERS AND HIKERS USE ON

THE TRAIL, BUT WE DEVISED A WAY

TO HOOK IT UP TO A BUCKET,

WHICH IS VERY COMMON ALL AROUND

THE WORLD. THAT IS KIND OF HOW

THE BUCKET MINISTRY STARTED.

Reporter: LARSON SAYS WHEN

HIS COMPANY, WHICH GIVES 90

PERCENT OF ITS ANNUAL PROFITS

TO CLEAN WATER PROJECTS AROUND

THE WORLD, LEARNED THAT BETH

WANTED TO GIVE CLEAN WATER TO

THE ENTIRE KIBERA SLUM IT

JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO

GET INVOLVED.

HE HAD THIS INCREDIBLE MAP

OF THE SLUM -- THREE SQUARE

MILES, 400,000 PEOPLE, AND IT

ENDED UP BEING 95,000 HOMES.

SAWYER ACTUALLY DONATED ALL

95,000 OF THE FILTERS.

Reporter: THE DIFFERENCE HAS

BEEN LIFESAVING AS THE NUMBER

OF PEOPLE SICK AND DYING FROM

WATER-BORN ILLNESS HAS DROPPED

DRAMATICALLY.

WE ARE HEARING REPORTS THAT

THE NUMBERS OF PATIENTS COMING

THROUGH CLINICS ARE SO FEW

COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS THAT

CLINICS ARE HAVING TO CLOSE AND

CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS.

Reporter: PROVIDING CLEAN

WATER HAS ALSO LED TO MANY

OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL.

WE USE THE WATER AS A TOOL,

AND IT IS A TOOL TO GET TO THAT

POINT OF SHARING THE GOSPEL.

SO, FOR US, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE

GREAT COMMISSION AND GOING AND

MAKING DISCIPLES.

Reporter: THE FILTER CAN

LAST MORE THAN 20 YEARS IF

CLEANED DAILY. EACH FILTER

DISTRIBUTED IS STAMPED WITH A

UNIQUE BARCODE, SOMETHING THAT

ALLOWS BETH AND HIS TEAM TO

TRACK THE SUCCESS OF THE

FILTER, AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL

AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF

FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THEY

SERVE.

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED FOR OVER

10 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO SEE

MOTHERS THAT DID NOT NAME THEIR

CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE

CHILDREN WERE GOING TO DIE. I

GET TO SEE THEM HAVE THIS CLEAN

WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME

THROUGH THIS SIMPLE TOOL.

Reporter: IT IS A SIMPLE

TOOL THAT HAS EVEN MADE A

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN

BETH'S LIFE TOO.

PRIOR TO THE LAST 10 YEARS,

I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE

CHURCH. I WASN'T EVEN A VERY

GOOD FOLLOWER OF JESUS. AND NOW

I GET TO SEE HIM WORK EVERY

SINGLE DAY. AND WHAT IT'S DONE

FOR ME IS IT'S GIVEN ME A FAITH

THAT I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE

EVER HAD WITHOUT SEEING HIM

WORK LIKE THIS.

Reporter: CHARLENE AARON,

CBN NEWS, HOUSTON.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS

BETH. IT IS JUST UNDERSCORING

WHAT JESUS SAID. MY SHEEP, HEAR

MY VOICE. HERE IS CHRIS ON A

MISSION TRIP. HE IS TRYING TO

DO THE CHRISTIAN THING AND IN

THE MIDDLE OF THAT, HE IS

EXPOSED TO WHAT IS REALLY

HAPPENING ON THE GROUND, WHAT

PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH

, AND THEN HE HEARS A VOICE,

HELP THEM. AND THEN HE TAKES

THE STEP, OKAY, I WILL OBEY

THAT. I WILL LISTEN TO MY

SHEPHERD AND I WILL OBEY WHAT

HE IS TELLING ME TO DO. WHEN

YOU DO THAT, WONDERFUL THINGS

CAN HAPPEN. IT IS AMAZING WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST SAY, YES,

GOD, I WILL GO WITH WHAT YOU

ARE TELLING ME TO DO. I WILL

HELP PEOPLE. I WILL BE PART OF

YOUR GREAT PLAN BECAUSE THAT IS

HIS GREAT PLAN. HE WANTS TO

HELP PEOPLE AND WHEN WE GET

INVOLVED IN THAT, WE ARE DOING

THE LORD'S WORK. TERRY ?

> SHE PUT ON HER SUNDAY

BEST. FOR HER, THAT MEANT A

BUTTON UP SHIRT, DRESS PANTS,

AND A NECKTIE. JUST LIKE ONE OF

THE GUYS. SHE WALKED INTO

CHURCH EXPECTING TO BE JUDGED.

INSTEAD, SHE FOUND HER TRUE

IDENTITY.

I FELT ABANDONED, LIKE,

OKAY, WHY DID YOU TAKE MY MOM?

EVERYONE ELSE HAD A MOM.

Reporter: LAKEISHION GAHNS

SPENT MUCH OF HER LIFE

STRUGGLING TO FIND HER

IDENTITY. UNTIL SHE WAS NINE,

SHE THOUGHT HER GRANDMOTHER WAS

HER MOTHER.

SHE SAT DOWN WITH ME AND

TWO OF MY SIBLINGS TO LET US

KNOW THAT MY MOM HAD PASSED

AWAY WHEN I WAS TWO. AND THAT

SHE WAS ACTUALLY MY GRANDMOTHER

. I FELT LIKE I WAS LIED TO,

LIKE, HOW COME YOU WAITED THIS

LONG?

Reporter: AFTER HER

GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY,

LAKEISHION WAS PASSED AROUND TO

DIFFERENT RELATIVES. SHE WAS

SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY

INHERITANCE CHECK, BUT SOMEONE

WOULD OFTEN CONFISCATE IT.

WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT, I WAS

LIKE, WOW, IT IS NOT JUST

BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO TAKE CARE

OF US. I WAS VERY HURT AND THAT

CAUSED A LOT OF BITTERNESS AND

CAUSED A LOT OF HATRED TOWARD

MY FATHER, TOWARD MY AUNT, AND

I WAS ALREADY DEALING WITH

REJECTION WAY BACK WHEN I WAS

YOUNGER. SO, NOW IT IS LIKE,

THAT IS GETTING FED EVEN MORE.

Reporter: WITH NO STRONG

MALE FIGURES IN HER LIFE,

LAKEISHION BEGAN TO ASSUME THAT

ROLE FOR HERSELF.

THE ENEMY REALLY BEGAN TO

PUT LIES IN MY MIND AND MAKE ME

BELIEVE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, YOU

WASN'T BORN TO BE A BOY. YOU

WERE BORN A BOY. I WAS STILL

SNEAK THOUGH AND PUT ON MY

BROTHERS) FIVE CAUSES WERE

ALWAYS CALLING YOU TOMBOY AND I

DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT

I WAS LIKE, OH, I AM A TOMBOY.

I TOOK ON THAT. I TOOK ON THAT

IDENTITY, I DID.

Reporter: SHE SOMETIMES

ATTENDED CHURCH WITH RELATIVES

BUT BOTH CHRISTIANS WERE

JUDGMENTAL. SOME OF COMING

ACROSS CHRISTIANS THAT ARE

SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, LOVE AND

ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IT DID

AFFECT ME REAL BAD BECAUSE THAT

WAS MY PERCEPTION OF WHO GOD

WAS. SO, I'M LIKE, OKAY, IF GOD

IS LIKE THIS, DO YOU WANT THEM.

Reporter: IN HER TEENS, SHE

BEGAN TO DRINK HEAVILY AND

SMOKE. BETH EIGHT .

Reporter: SHE BEGAN DATING A

WOMAN AND MOVED IN WITH HER.

SHE CONTINUED TO COVER HER

EMOTIONAL PAIN WITH DRUGS AND

ALCOHOL.

I WAS CONSIDERED WHAT THEY

CALLED A STUD , A STUD BEING

THE ONE THAT PORTRAYS TO BE THE

MALE-DOMINATED ONE, SO YOU

WOULD JUST DRESS LIKE A MAN.

SHE WAS INVITED TO CHURCH

ONE NIGHT BY A FRIEND.

I AM LIKE I AM GOOD. I WOULD

NEVER STEP FOOT IN ANOTHER

CHURCH. BUT SHE WAS VERY

PERSISTENT.

SHE RELENTED AND AGREED TO

VISIT CHURCH, BUT HAD HER GUARD

UP THE WHOLE TIME.

I AM DRESSED LIKE A GUY, A

DUDE. I HAVE A BUTTON UP, A

TIE, THE DRESS PANTS, ALL OF

THOSE THINGS. SO, WHEN I WALKED

IN THERE, MAN, WHEN I WALKED IN

THERE, I FELT AN OVERWHELMING

LOVE, WHERE EVERYBODY WAS

COMING UP, HUGGING ME.

I THINK IT KIND OF TOOK HER

BY SURPRISE BECAUSE SHE

PROBABLY WASN T EXPECTING THAT

BEHAVIOR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE

PAST EXPERIENCES THAT SHE

PROBABLY RAN INTO .

THEY WERE JUST SAYING, THANK

YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU DRESS

REAL NICE. THAT SHOCKED ME.

WHAT DID HE MEAN , I AM DRESSED

NICE. THERE WAS THE PRAISE AND

WORSHIP. THEY WERE SINGING

ABOUT HOW JESS LOVES US AND I

AM LIKE, HOLD ON. AFTER THE

PRAISE AND WORSHIP, THE PASTOR

GETS UP AND HE LITERALLY BEGINS

TO TALK ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD

AND I AM CRYING, SITTING THERE,

CRYING, AND AM MAD BECAUSE I AM

CRYING. I WILL NEVER FORGET

PASTOR JONES. HE POINTED OUT AT

ME AND SAID, WELL, HERE IT

GOES. HE SAID, YOU, GOD HAS A

PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE. HE SAID,

HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH. THERE ARE

THINGS HE IS GOING TO DO IN

YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DO NOT -- IT

WILL JUST BLOW YOUR MIND.

Reporter: OVER THE

FOLLOWING WEEKS PASTOR DERICK

JONES AND HIS WIFE CULTIVATED A

RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

SHE KEPT COMING BACK TO

CHURCH AND THAT CAUGHT MY

ATTENTION, AND IT CAUGHT MY

WIFE'S ATTENTION. SO, WE

STARTED TO SEE HER OVER A

PERIOD OF TIME CHANGING. AND

WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO

JUST MINISTER LOVE TO HER.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU COULD

TELL THERE WAS SOME LEVEL OF

BROKENNESS, THERE WAS SOME

LEVEL OF REJECTION THERE, BUT

WE COULD TELL THERE WAS

SOMETHING MORE INSIDE OF HER

THAT WAS WAITING TO COME OUT.

WE STARTED SEEING HOW GOD WAS

WORKING IN HER HEART, WORKING

IN HER LIFE.

EVENTUALLY, LOVE BROKE

THROUGH.

I WENT BACK ANOTHER SUNDAY

AND HE WAS SAYING HOW JESUS,

THE LOVE OF JESUS, HE IS NOT

LOOKING FOR YOU TO BE PERFECT.

I ACCEPTED HIM IN MY HEART THAT

DAY, NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT

REALLY MEANT BUT I ACCEPTED,

WOW, YOU ACCEPT ME? I ACCEPT

YOU. I WAS LIVING WITH A GIRL I

WAS WITH AND EVERYTHING I WOKE

UP THE NEXT MORNING I LOOKED AT

HER AND I SAID I CANNOT DO

THIS. I LEFT EVERYTHING. THERE

WAS NO MORE DESIRE. I JUST WANT

YOU, DIED.

SHE THRIVED IN FAITH AND TO

LETTER MET AND MARRIED BRIAN

AND THEY MOVED TO TEXAS TO

PURSUE MINISTRY. TODAY, THEY

HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN

AND SHE HAS A NEW IDENTITY IN

CHRIST.

I CURRENTLY GO TO SEMINARY

SCHOOL, WHERE I WILL BE

GRADUATING IN MAY. THEN THE

LORD CONNECTED ME TO A

COMMUNITY GROUP. WE HAVE BIBLE

STUDIES ON WEDNESDAYS. WE

GATHER TOGETHER. THOSE

RELATIONSHIPS I FELT I DID NOT

HAVE, HE RESTORED THAT WITH

KINGDOM FAMILY.

TO SEE HER NOW AS THIS

BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY, YOU KNOW,

WHO IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR, YOU

KNOW, SHE MINISTERS AND SHE

SHARES HER TESTAMENT WITH OTHER

PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE -- IT

IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE.

I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT

JESUS, EVEN IF IT JUST TOUCHES

ONE PERSON. I WANT PEOPLE TO

KNOW WHAT THE LOVE OF GOD CAN

DO. I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY

AT ALL THAT I COULD GET OUT OF

SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW I WAS BOUND IN. NOW, THERE

IS A PERMANENT PEACE THAT I

HAVE THAT, LITERALLY, NO MATTER

WHAT I FACE, NOBODY CAN TAKE

THIS PIECE AWAY FROM ME. NO ONE

CAN TAKE AWAY THIS JOY.

THE ONE THAT THE SON SETS

FREE IS FREE INDEED.

LAKEISHION HAD A VERY MIXED UP

CHILDHOOD. THE BIBLE SAYS WE

ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY

MADE AND WE REALLY ARE, BUT WE

ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO THINGS.

OUR HEARTS ARE TENDER AND OUR

MINDS ARE VULNERABLE AND WHEN

WE GET MIXED UP, IN HER

SITUATION, IT WAS THE LIFE THAT

SHE WAS BORN INTO AND SOME OF

THE PEOPLE AROUND HER AND SHE

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT BUT

IT IMPACTED HER. IT IMPACTED

HER AND MADE HER CONFUSED ABOUT

HER IDENTITY, REALLY ABOUT HER

VALUE. YOU SEE, EACH AND EVERY

LOVED BY GOD WITH AN

EVERLASTING LOVE THAT HE SAW

WHILE WE WERE BEING FORMED IN

OUR MOTHER'S WOMB AND HE HAS AN

INTENTIONAL PLAN FOR OUR LIVES.

BUT IF ALONG THE WAY

CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE MESS ALL

OF THAT UP AND YOU DO NOT KNOW

HIM, YOU ARE SO VULNERABLE TO

ALL OF THAT. HERE SHE IS, A

YOUNG GIRL AND SHE IS A MIXED

UP ABOUT LOVE AND WHAT IT IS

AND WHO IT SHOULD COME FROM,

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE

THIS OPEN DOOR INTO YOUR MIND

AND YOUR HEART. MAYBE YOU'RE

NOT A WOMAN. MAYBE YOU WERE

BORN A MISTAKE. YOU KNOW, WHEN

YOU HAVE COME THROUGH THE

THINGS THAT SHE HAS COME

THROUGH, THAT WOULD BE AN EASY

THING TO THINK, THEN YOU BEGIN

TO WALK DOWN THAT ROAD , AND

YOU HEARD HER SAY THERE WERE

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL INVOLVED

BECAUSE WHEN WE CANNOT FIGURE

OUT WHO WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE

HURTING AND BROKEN INSIDE, WE

NUMBED THAT. WE NUMBED THAT

WITH WHATEVER WE CAN. SOMETIMES

WE NUMB IT WITH RELATIONSHIPS

AND WE JUST KEEP COMING UP

EMPTY. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT

CHANGED HER LIFE WAS LOVE. THAT

CAN SOUND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO

CORNY , BUT ONE LOVE IS REAL,

WHEN SOMEONE DOES NOT JUDGE

YOU, WHEN THEY RECEIVE YOU JUST

THE WAY THEY ARE, WHEN THEY SEE

THE VALUE IN YOU AND ARE NOT

AFRAID TO TELL YOU SO, THINGS

TURN AROUND. AND THEY DID FOR

HER. WAS IT RIGHT AWAY? NO. BUT

SHE KEPT GOING BACK BECAUSE THE

LOVE THAT WAS THERE MOVED HER.

IT WAS LIKE A SONG SUNG TO A

HEART THAT HAD BEEN LEFT EMPTY.

I WANT TO SAY TO THOSE OF US

IN OUR CULTURE WHO KNOW JESUS

AND WHO LOVE JESUS AND YOU

UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE IN HIM,

WHO HE IS IN US, DO NOT JUDGE.

DO NOT JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE. YOU

KNOW, WE KNOW SOMETIMES THAT

THINGS ARE OUT OF ORDER. IT IS

NOT OUR JOB TO SET THEM

STRAIGHT. GOD HAS TOLD ME THAT

IN MY LIFE SO MANY TIMES. DO

NOT DO THAT. JUST LOVE THEM.

JUST LOVE THEM. THAT IS OUR

JOB. THE HOLY SPIRIT'S JOB IS

TO WOO THEM TO THE FATHER'S

HEART OF GOD AND WHAT AN

INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE WASN'T

IT? YOU SAW THE LOSS THAT SHE

SHARED ABOUT HER LIFE BEFORE

THE BROKENNESS . THE SADNESS.

BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN

LOOK ROUGH AND TOUGH ON THE

OUTSIDE, YOU DO NOT HAVE IT

TOGETHER. AND YOU HOPE NOBODY

SEES THAT, BUT MOST OF THE

TIME, IT IS PRETTY EVIDENT. BUT

THEN , THEN JESUS COMES AND

JESUS BEGINS TO HEAL US. HE

BEGINS TO TELL US WHO HE IS AND

WHO WE ARE AND WHO HE WANTS US

TO BE IN US AND BIT BY BIT BY

BIT , WHAT WE WERE CREATED TO

BE BEGINS TO BE RESTORED AND

THEN HE EVEN USES THE

BROKENNESS THAT WAS A PART OF

OUR LIFE TO GO AHEAD AND SET

OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BROKEN

FREE. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU

FALL TODAY. I DO NOT KNOW IF

YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN

LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE

WRONG PLACES, TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT WHO YOU ARE OR WHETHER YOU

ARE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS JESUS AND

KNOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE BROKEN.

GOD WANTS TO SPEAK AND WORK IN

ALL OF US. SO, ASK WHAT HE

WOULD HAVE YOU DO. IF YOU ARE

BROKEN, IT IS SIMPLE. HE IS

SAYING, COME TO ME. ALL YOU WHO

ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN, I

WILL GIVE YOU REST. IF REST IS

WHAT YOU WANT TODAY, COME TO

HIM. JUST BE REAL. HE IS SO

REAL WITH US. JUST BE REAL. ASK

HIM TO COME IN AND TO FIX THE

BROKEN AREAS IN YOUR LIFE AND

THEN BE WILLING TO GO WHERE HE

TELLS YOU TO GO AND DO WHAT HE

TELLS YOU TO DO TO MEET PEOPLE

THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU, TO

GO TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE LOVE

OF JESUS. THEY ARE PRETTY

EVIDENT TO SEE. LET THEM SET

YOU FREE WITH THE TRUTH OF

CHRIST. IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO

HAS THE TRUTH, GO TO THE

BROKEN. RUN TO THEM. YOU HAVE

THE MESSAGE. YOU HAVE GOT THE

MESSAGE. IF YOU ARE SEARCHING

FOR YOUR IDENTITY, WE HAVE A

GREAT RESOURCE CALLED YOUR

IDENTITY IN CHRIST. THIS IS

WHAT YOU WERE CREATED FOR. WE

WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND

IF YOU'RE COMING INTO THAT

RELATIONSHIP IN A NEW WAY, A

NEW DAY IS A PACKET PUT

TOGETHER FOR YOU NOW THAT YOU

HAVE INVITED JESUS INTO YOUR

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> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON

FOR THIS BREAK. TENNESSEE STATE

HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN

PEARSON RETURNS TO THE STATE

LEGISLATURE TODAY. LAST WEEK,

HE AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE

JUSTIN JONES, BOTH DEMOCRATS,

WERE EXPELLED BY THE REPUBLICAN

MAJORITY FOR THEIR ROLES IN A

GUN-CONTROL PROTEST ON THE

HOUSE FLOOR. JONES WAS

REINSTATED TO OFFICE MONDAY AND

THEIR POSITIONS ARE BOTH

INTERIM BASED, AS BOTH PLAN TO

RUN IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR

THEIR SEATS.

> TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION. SOUTH CAROLINA'S TED

SCOTT, THE U.S. SENATE'S LONE

BLACK REPUBLICAN, IS MOVING

TOWARD A POSSIBLE RUN FOR THE

WHITE HOUSE IN 2024. WEDNESDAY,

ANNOUNCING HE IS FORMING AN

EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR

PRESIDENT, HE WILL JOIN OTHER

CANDIDATES CHALLENGING FORMER

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO

REMAINS THE FRONT RUNNER,

INCLUDING FELLOW SOUTH

CAROLINIAN, FORMER GOVERNOR

NIKKI HALEY. YOU CAN ALWAYS

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CBNNEWS.COM. GORDON AND TERRY

> PIA IS A YOUNG MOM WHO

LIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND

HER HUSBAND ONLY MAKES SIX

DOLLARS A DAY. WHEN THEIR

INFANT SON NEEDED SURGERY, THE

COUPLE KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY

THEY COULD EVER PAY FOR IT.

÷÷÷ BLAMED HERSELF TO WHAT

HAPPENED TO HER SON. HE WAS

BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP AND

PALATE .

HE COULD NOT AFFORD IT WHEN

I WAS PREGNANT. WE DID NOT HAVE

ENOUGH MONEY. I FEEL SO GUILTY.

JHOREX S CONDITION HAS MADE

IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO EAT AND

DRINK SO HE BECAME

MALNOURISHED. HIS DAD WORRIES

ABOUT HIS SON'S FUTURE. êI AM

AFRAID HE WON T HAVE A NORMAL

CHILDHOOD, THAT HE WILL GET

BULLIED . .

ALEX EARNS ABOUT SIX DOLLARS

A DAY. THE YOUNG PARENTS KNEW

THEY COULD NEVER AFFORD TO PAY

FOR SURGERY FOR THEIR SON, SO

TWO MONTHS AFTER HER DELIVERY,

PIA WENT OUT LOOKING FOR HELP.

EVEN IF IT WAS RAINING HARD

OR REALLY HOT, OR IF I WAS IN

PAIN, I STILL WENT LOOKING FOR

HELP.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BOTH OF

US LOOKING, BUT I HAD TO EARN

EXTRA MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR

BUS FARE. I TOOK ANY TEMPORARY

JOBS I COULD GET.

MONTHS PASSED AND THEY

COULDN T FIND ANYONE TO HELP

UNTIL PIA MET A STRANGER AND A

êGOOD SAMARITANî NAMED EDWIN.

WHEN I SAW PIA CARRYING THE

BABY, I ASKED IF HE COULD TAKE

HIS PICTURE AND POSTED ONLINE.

OPERATION BLESSING SAW AT

ONCE VOTER, WE WERE ABLE TO

CONNECT WITH JHOREX'S FAMILY.

BECAUSE HE WAS MALNOURISHED, WE

GAVE THEM SOME VITAMINS AND

FORMULA TO MAKE THEM STRONGER.

THEN WE SET UP AND PAID FOR HIM

TO HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS

CLEFT PALATE. NOW, HE IS A

HEALTHY, HAPPY CHILD WHO LOVES

TO EAT AND DRINK.

I AM OVER THE MOON. I THANK

GOD FOR THIS. TO OPERATION

BLESSING, I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE

JOY I FEEL THAT YOU FOUND AND

HELPED MY SON.

I HOPE YOU FEEL A SENSE OF

JOY THAT YOU MADE THAT KIND OF

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A

LITTLE BOY WHOSE LIFE WOULD

HAVE BEEN TRAGIC WITHOUT THAT

SURGERY. HIS PARENTS NEVER

COULD HAVE AFFORDED IT BUT YOU

CAN SEE HOW HEARTBROKEN THEY

WERE BY THE NEED OF THEIR SON

AND THEN RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF

THAT HOPELESSESS, JESUS CHRIST

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TO SAY I WANT T JOIN THE 700

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YOUR OPTIONS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO

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JOIN AT $209 A MONTH . THEN WE

HAVE OUR FOUNDERS. 417 OR MORE

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A YEAR. ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD

HAVE YOU DO AND THEN CALL WITH

THE EXPECTANCY OF KNOWING YOU

ARE TOUCHING AND CHANGING

LIVES. WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT

OTHERS LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO

THANK YOU TO YOU. I WANT TO

SEND YOU GORDON'S LATEST

TEACHING CALLED DIVINE

DIRECTION, GOD'S BLUEPRINT FOR

YOUR FUTURE. THIS IS DORA. SHE

HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THIS AND

SHE SAYS AFTER LISTENING TO

DIVINE DIRECTION, I WAS ABLE TO

UNDERSTAND GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MY

LIFE AND TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY

INTO HIS WORD. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. WE WANT TO SEND THIS TO

YOU, ALONG WITH THE DAILY

DIRECTIONS 21 DAY DEVOTIONAL.

WE THINK THIS WILL TOUCH YOUR

LIFE IN A SPECIAL WAY AND YOU

WILL BE TOUCHING SOMEONE ELSE'S

LIFE, ACTUALLY THOUSANDS OF

OTHERS WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS.

PLEASE CALL NOW. GORDON?

> A DECADE AGO, GREG KELLEY

WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WITH A

FULL RIDE FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP

AND HIS WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF

HIM. THEN, HE WAS BLINDSIDED BY

A HORRIFIC ACCUSATION. BEFORE

LONG, GREG WAS FACING 25 YEARS

IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE FOR A

CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT.

EVERYTHING WAS STRIPPED AWAY

FROM ME IN LIFE. YEAH, I AM MAD

AT GOD. I AM MAD AT EVERYBODY.

GREG KELLEY IS WAITING --

Reporter: IN A HIGHLY

PUBLICIZED TRIAL, GREG KELLEY,

THE FOOTBALL STAR ON HIS WAY TO

A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, WAS FOUND

GUILTY OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING

TWO 4-YEAR-OLD BOYS, A CRIME HE

DID NOT COMMIT.

I REMEMBER THE SCREAMING AT

HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING? IT

WAS A NIGHTMARE. IT WAS THE

START OF JUST A NIGHTMARE.

BECAUSE HIS PARENTS HAD

MEDICAL ISSUES AND COULD NOT

DRIVE, HE WAS STAYING AT THE

HOME OF HIS BEST FRIEND AND

TEAMMATE, JONATHAN McCARTY, WHO

LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM

LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL. THE TWO

18-YEAR-OLD HAD AN UNCANNY

RESEMBLANCE. HOWEVER, GREG WAS

THE ONLY ONE QUESTIONED AND

SUSPECTED OF THE ABUSE THAT

TOOK PLACE IN THE DAYCARE RUN

IN THE McCARTY HOME BY

JONATHAN'S MOTHER. GREG WAS

SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS WITH NO

PAROLE.

I AM ASKING GOD, MAN, IF YOU

ARE REAL, STEP IN RIGHT NOW. I

NEED A SAVIOR. I CANNOT DO THIS

BY MYSELF. I AM CRYING OUT.

THOSE WHO KNEW GREG COULD

NOT FATHOM HE WAS GUILTY. OTHER

CONCERNED CITIZENS LIKE JAKE

BRYDEN WERE CONVINCED HE GOT

WHAT HE DESERVED. UNTIL HE

BECAME AWARE OF A DIFFERENT

POINT OF VIEW.

I STARTED SEEING PEOPLE ON

FACEBOOK JUST COMMENT ABOUT HOW

WRONG IT WAS AND I HAD A GUY

CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, MAN, HAVE

YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS GREG

KELLEY THING? I SAID I JUST

HEARD ABOUT IT. HE SAID, MY

DAUGHTER WENT TO THE TRIAL

EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HE DID NOT

DO THIS.

JAKE SPOKE TO MANY OTHERS

WHO KNEW GREG. SOON, HE TOO WAS

CONVINCED THAT THE GOODMAN HAD

BEEN WRONGLY CONVICTED AND

DECIDED SOMETHING HAD TO BE

DONE. TWO DAYS AFTER GREG'S

VERDICT, HE BROUGHT HUNDREDS TO

THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE GREG WAS

BEING HELD.

COMPLETE STRANGERS, AS WELL

AS PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY,

WERE COMING AND RALLYING AND

JUST CHANTING, FREE GK. FREE

GK. IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD

TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING

SOMEWHERE, LIKE PEOPLE ARE

FIGHTING FOR ME. YOU KNOW,

THERE IS A REASON TO HAVE HOPE

NOW.

EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO THE

STATE PENITENTIARY IN

HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, GREG WOULD

FIND EVEN MORE REASON TO HAVE

HOPE.

THE LORD HAD MY UNDIVIDED

ATTENTION NOW THAT I WAS

SITTING THERE, GETTING TO KNOW

HIM, GETTING TO KNOW JESUS, WHO

HE WAS, AND PREPARING ME FOR

THE JOURNEY I'M ABOUT TO FACE.

AND, ULTIMATELY, HE LET ME KNOW

I'M GOING TO BE WITH YOU

THROUGH IT ALL.

BY NOW, JAKE HAD HIRED

DEFENSE ATTORNEY KEITH HAMPTON

TO LOOK DEEPER INTO GREG'S

CASE. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG TO

SEE THINGS WERE NOT ADDING UP.

MEANWHILE, THOUSANDS WERE

PRAYING FOR GREG.

THERE WERE PRAYERS OF ME

BEING FREE AND MY NAME BEING

CLEARED. THERE WERE PRAYERS OF

ME BEING ABLE TO GET FOOTBALL

BACK AND PLAY FOOTBALL. THERE

WERE PRAYERS WITH ME GETTING MY

GIRLFRIEND BACK IN, MARRYING

HER, NOT AT THE AGE OF 45 WHEN

I WOULD GET OUT, BUT AS A YOUNG

MAN.

GREG WAS SPEND THE NEXT

THREE YEARS AND PRESENT WAITING

FOR A RETRIAL. HE RELIED ON GOD

TO GET HIM THROUGH EACH DAY.

DURING THAT TIME, HIS ATTORNEY,

MR. HAMPTON, MADE SOME

DISTURBING FINDINGS SUCH AS A

DETECTIVE AND PROSECUTOR WHO

WERE EAGER FOR A CONVICTION, A

MISHANDLED POLICE

INVESTIGATION, AND NO DUE

PROCESS. HE TOOK HIS FINDINGS

AND NEW EVIDENCE TO THE NEW

DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO AGREED TO

REOPEN THE CASE. ON AUGUST

22nd, MR. HAMPTON HANDED GREG A

PIECE OF PAPER SAYING THAT

JUDGE DONNA KING HAD RULED THAT

HIS CASE WOULD GO TO THE TEXAS

APPEALS COURT. AND THERE WAS

ONE OTHER THING.

HE GOES TO THE CLASS AND I

START BREAKING DOWN. IT SAYS,

IMMEDIATE RELEASE. AND, MAN, IT

WAS LIKE, OH, WOW -- IT WAS

SUCH A SURREAL MOMENT. IT WAS

LIKE -- I ASKED, I ASKED HE

IS, ARE YOU FOR REAL?

GREG'S FIVE REDEMPTION WAS

NOT OVER YET. OUT ON BOND, HE

WENT HOME TO HIS FAMILY, WHERE

HE HAD TO WAIT FOR A DECISION

FROM THE APPEALS COURT.

I JUST KNEW TOMORROW I COULD

GET STRIPPED AWAY FROM

EVERYBODY AGAIN AND GET THROWN

BACK INTO PRISON.

IN NOVEMBER 2019, SIX YEARS

AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY, A NOW

24-YEAR-OLD GREG KELLEY

APPEARED BEFORE JUDGE KING.

HIS CONVICTION HAD BEEN

OVERTURNED AND HE WAS DECLARED

INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

WONDERFUL MOMENTS I EVER HAD IN

MY LIFE. I AM YOUNG AND I GOT

OF LIFE LEFT TO LIVE.

AS OF TODA, NO ONE HAS BEEN

CHARGED FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING

THE TWO BOYS, INCLUDING GREG'S

FORMER FRIEND AND LOOK-ALIKE,

JONATHAN McCARTHY. HE WAS LATER

CONVICTED OF OTHER SEXUAL

CRIMES. AS FAR AS GREG, HE WENT

ON TO PLAY ONE SEASON OF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT EASTERN

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. HE MARRIED

HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART,

CABRINI, WHO OPENED AN AXE

THROWING BUSINESS, AND IT'S

BEING UP HIS BUSINESS DEGREE AT

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN

AUSTIN. AS TEMPTING AS IT MIGHT

BE TO HOLD BITTERNESS AGAINST

THOSE WHO WRONGED HIM, GREG

SAYS HE CAN ONLY POINT TO JESUS

CHRIST.

IT IS SO CRAZY TO SAY THAT

PRISON IS A PLACE FULL OF HATE,

BUT IT IS WHERE I LEARNED HOW

TO LOVE. AND THE MORE I GOT TO

UNDERSTAND JESUS AND WHAT HE

DID FOR ME, RIGHT, BEARING THAT

CROSS, SHARING -- SHEDDING HIS

BLOOD FOR ME, FOR MY SINS, AND

TO CHOOSE TO LIVE THE VERY BEST

LIFE IN HIS REFLECTION THAT I

CAN AND THAT MEANS FORGIVENESS.

THAT DOES MEAN FORGIVENESS.

LIVING THE VERY BEST LIFE THAT

YOU CAN MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO

FORGIVE. YOU NEED TO FORGIVE

EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HURT YOU,

EVEN WHEN YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY

RIGHT AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY

WRONG AND IT WAS IN JUST AND

THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO SPEED

THINGS ALONG , TO GET A

CONVICTION AND THEY WERE TRYING

TO DO THINGS THE EASY WAY AND

THEY WERE NOT TRYING TO DO WITH

THE RIGHT WAY. ALL OF THESE

THINGS, WE NEED TO FORGIVE.

WHY? WHY? WHY DO YOU NEED TO

FORGIVE? I CAN SAY WITH

CERTAINTY IT IS REALLY NOT FOR

THEIR BENEFIT. IT IS FOR YOUR

BENEFIT, SO THAT YOU CAN WALK

FREE . WHEN WE HOLD ONTO

BITTERNESS, WHEN WE HOLD ONTO

ANGER, WHEN WE HOLD ONTO

RESENTMENT, WHEN WE HAVE OUR

LIST OF WRONGS AND WE ARE

CHECKING IT TWICE AND MULLING

IT OVER AND YOU ARE RELIVING

ALL OF THOSE FEELINGS, AND THEY

ARE ALL COMING BACK TO YOU, AND

YOU MOLD THEM OVER, WELL, WHAT

IS HAPPENING TO YOU? WELL,

INSIDE YOUR VERY BODY, YOU ARE

DESTROYING YOURSELF, AND

MEDICAL SCIENCE IS PROVING

THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HEART

DISEASE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL

THE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS. WHEN

YOU LOOK AT ARTHRITIS, ALL OF

THESE THINGS, AND UNDERNEATH

IT, YOU FIND EMOTIONAL CAUSES

FOR IT. THAT THE VERY THING

THAT WE ARE GENERATING WITH OUR

MEMORY IS NOW LITERALLY

DESTROYING OUR MINDS. JESUS

HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT

FORGIVENESS AND ONE OF HIS

SPECIFIC THINGS IS IF WE DO NOT

FORGIVE, THEN OUR HEAVENLY

FATHER WILL NOT FORGIVE US. AND

THERE IS A WONDERFUL PARABLE

THAT IS QUITE CHILLING WHERE IF

WE DO NOT FORGIVE, THEN WE ARE

THROWN INTO A DUNGEON AND

DELIVERED OVER TO THE

TORTURERS. THAT TORTURER IS

YOU. THAT IS YOUR MEMORY AND IT

IS ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE

HOLDING ONTO. JESUS DID

SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY

INCREDIBLE. FROM A CROSS ,

AFTER HE WAS WRONGFULLY

CONVICTED, WRONGFULLY ACCUSED,

WITNESSES WERE BROUGHT -- HE

WAS INITIALLY FOUND INNOCENT --

HE WAS BEATEN AND HE WAS

MOCKED AND HE WAS SPIT ON AND

HE WAS BETRAYED AND HE WAS

ABANDONED AND HE WAS REJECTED

AND DESPISED. ALL OF THESE

THINGS HAPPENED TO HIM. FROM

THE CROSS WITH HIS DYING

BREATH, HE SAID, FATHER,

FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT

WHAT THEY DO. IN THAT MOMENT,

HIS LOVE WAS STILL THERE. HIS

LOVE WAS BEING POURED OUT. HE

COMMITTED HIMSELF TO OBEY GOD

AND HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO

LOVE UNTIL THE END. USING HIM

AS OUR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE

ANYTHING AGAINST ANYONE,

FORGIVE THEM RIGHT NOW. I HAVE

LEARNED IN MY LIFE THAT

FORGIVENESS CAN BE A PROCESS. I

HAVE ALSO LEARNED IN MY LIFE

THAT MANY PEOPLE I HAVE TO

FORGIVE INCLUDE ME BECAUSE I

HAVE DONE THINGS THAT I KNEW

WERE WRONG AND I WANT TO

FORGIVE MYSELF , SOME PEOPLE,

YOU THINK THAT GOD SOMEHOW MADE

IT SO THAT YOU ARE GOING TO

SUFFER IN LIFE, SO YOU HAVE TO

COME TO A NEW REALIZATION, NO,

THAT WAS NOT HIS INTENT AT ALL.

HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO SET

YOU FREE. MAYBE IT IS YOUR

PARENTS. MAYBE IT IS YOUR

FRIENDS. MAYBE IT IS YOUR

BROTHERS OR SISTERS. WHATEVER

IT IS, FORGIVE THEM. IF YOU

CANNOT FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO

START CONFESSING IT WITH YOUR

MOUTH, I FORGIVE THEM, THEY OWE

ME NOTHING, I HOLD NOTHING

AGAINST THEM, IN THAT PROCESS,

YOUR HEART WILL CHANGE AND

FORGIVENESS WILL TRULY FLOW

FROM YOUR INNERMOST BEING. WHEN

YOU HAVE THAT, YOU ARE FREE AND

YOU ARE FREE INDEED. IF THERE

ARE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED

TO YOU AND YOU ARE STRUGGLING,

HOW CAN I FORGIVE, I ENCOURAGE

YOU TO CALL US. WE WILL BE GLAD

TO WALK YOU THROUGH A PRAYER, A

PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS FOR

YOURSELF AND FOR EVERYONE

AROUND YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL

1-800-700-7000 . WE ALSO HAVE A

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FORGIVENESS. GOD'S POWER IN

YOUR LIFE . HOW TO FORGIVE

YOURSELF, HOW TO RELEASE

BITTERNESS TOWARDS GOD, HOW TO

RELEASE YOUR FAMILY AND FORGIVE

ANYONE ELSE. THESE THINGS TEND

TO HOLD ON AND WHETHER IT IS A

GREAT SCHOOL TEACHER THAT HAD

SOMETHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT YOU,

WHATEVER IT IS, WHEN YOU LET

IT, YOU WILL FIND THAT WHO THE

SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED.

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