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TODAY ON THE 700 CLUB.
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB. ANOTHER A HIGH-STAKES
POLITICAL SHOWDOWN IN
WASHINGTON. CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS HAVE PASSED A BILL
RAISING THE DEBT CEILING AND
THAT BILL INCLUDES SPENDING
CUTS. THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE?
NO WAY.
NO SURPRISE. SENATE
DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO REJECTING
THE HOUSE PLAN. JENNA BROWDER
BRINGS US THIS LOOK AT THE BILL
AND THE CAUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT
TO COME TO THE TABLE.
Reporter: THIS IS A BIG
MOMENT FOR REPUBLICANS,
ESPECIALLY FOR HOUSE SPEAKER
KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO WAS ABLE TO
PULL OFF THE PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL WITH THE TIGHTEST OF
MARGINS. THE HOUSE MOVED LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO PASS THE
SWEEPING LEGISLATION.
WE PASSED THIS EARLY. WE ARE
IN APRIL. WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF
THE DEBT LIMIT. WE ARE THE ONLY
PARTY TO TAKE PHYSICAL ACTION,
WITH A SOUND MIND, THAT WOULD
LIFT THE DEBT LIMIT WITHOUT
CREATING MORE HAVE ECONOMIC
DAMAGE .
Reporter: THEY WOULD RAISE
GOVERNMENT'S DEBT CEILING BY
$1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS UNTIL
MARCH OF NEXT YEAR IN EXCHANGE
FOR SPENDING CUTS AMOUNTING TO
$4.5 TRILLION. IT WOULD LIMIT
FEDERAL SPENDING ALLOWING
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING TO
INCREASE BY ONLY 1% ANNUALLY IN
THE YEARS AHEAD. THE PLAN WOULD
ALSO RECOVER UNUSED COVID
RELIEF MONEY. IT WOULD TARGET
THE IRS AND RESCIND NEARLY $71
BILLION FROM THE AGENCY. IT
WOULD BLOCK STUDENT RELIEF,
REPEALING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S
MOVE TO WAIVE $10,000 TO
$20,000 FOR NEARLY ALL
BORROWERS. REPUBLICANS BLAME
THE PRESIDENT AND CAPITOL HILL
DEMOCRATS FOR AMERICA'S
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
UNDER THE AFFECTS OF THE $10
TRILLION IN SPENDING OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS, $6 TRILLION
WERE ADDED TO THE NATIONAL
DEBT, ALONG WITH SOARING
INTEREST RATES, RECORD
INFLATION, TAKING A NOSEDIVE
INTO RECESSION.
Reporter: THERE COULD BE A
POSSIBLE DOWNTURN AHEAD.
EVERY MINUTE WASTED ON
SPEAKER McCARTHY'S EMPTY
GESTURE IS A MINUTE WE GET
CLOSER TO DEFAULT AND
REPUBLICAN-MANUFACTURED
RECESSION.
Reporter: THE
DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED SENATE IS
NOT EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE
BILL.
LET ME BE CLEAR. DEMOCRATS
CANNOT AND WILL NOT, FOR THE
SAKE OF AMERICA AND ITS
FAMILIES, ALLOW THE
REPUBLICANS' DOA ACT TO EVER
BECOME LAW.
Reporter: THEY SAID
WASHINGTON IS GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO REIN IN MORE
SPENDING.
THERE IS NO FAMILY IN THE
COUNTRY WHO WOULD
INTENTIONALLY, ALBEIT SOME DO,
WHO WOULD INTENTIONALLY SPEND
MORE MONEY THAN YOU ARE
BRINGING IN FOR 40 YEARS IN A
ROW.
Reporter: NOW ALL EYES ARE
ON THE PRESIDENT, SAYING HE
WANTS TO INCREASE THE DEBT
CEILING BUT REFUSING TO
NEGOTIATE.
THEY HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT
THE DEBT LIMIT. IT IS NOT ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE DEBT LIMIT
WILL GET SUSPENDED. THAT IS NOT
NEGOTIABLE.
WE WOULD REALLY LIKE IT. IT
WOULD BE EASIER IF PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN WAS SITTING AT THE
TABLE WITH THE SPEAKER, SAYING,
OKAY, LET'S COME UP WITH IDEAS
ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM.
IT IS UNTENABLE FOR
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO SAY, I
WILL NOT NEGOTIATE ON THE DEBT
CEILING. HE WAS THE PRIME
NEGOTIATOR ASSIGNED FROM
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO NEGOTIATE
THE DEBT CEILING IN 2011.
Reporter: THEY SAY THEY HAVE
DONE THEIR JOB BY PASSING A
MEASURE THAT WILL THE DEBT
CEILING. NOW THE FOCUS IS ON
SENATE DEMOCRATS AND THE
PRESIDENT TO SEE HOW THEY
RESPOND. IN WASHINGTON, JENNA
BROWDER, CBN NEWS.
> BEHIND ALL THE POLITICS
HERE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A
GREAT DEAL OF POLITICS AND
CAMPAIGNING FOR 2024, WE JUST
HAVE TO PASS A BUDGET AND
2023. SO, WHAT IS THE BUDGET
AND HOW MUCH FEDERAL DEFICIT
SPENDING ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW?
IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT WE
HAVE RUN UP A BILL THAT OUR
GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOT EVEN
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY. WHEN
YOU LOOK AT $30 TRILLION, HOW
IN THE WORLD YOU EVER PAY THAT
OFF YOUR THE POLICYMAKERS OVER
THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE SAID
WE WILL NOT EVER HAVE TO PAY IT
OFF. FOR IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN
OUR LIFETIME TO GET IT PAID
OFF. THAT CREATES LONG-TERM
PROBLEMS. I KEEP GOING BACK TO
THE BANK OF AMERICA STUDY DONE
20 YEARS AGO, THAT IF WE DO NOT
REIN IN FEDERAL SPENDING, IF WE
ALLOW THE FEDERAL DEFICIT TO
KEEP ON ACCUMULATING, AT SOME
POINT IN TIME, THE INTEREST
RATE ON THAT DEBT IS GOING --
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU
AND I AS TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY,
JUST ON THE INTEREST ON THE
DEBT IS GOING TO EXCEED WHAT WE
SPEND IN NATIONAL DEFENSE. WHEN
IT HITS THAT POINT, YOU CAN GET
RID OF ALL DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING, ALL OF IT. AND YOU
CAN STILL NOT HAVE A BALANCED
BUDGET. THAT OUGHT TO SCARE
EVERYBODY. IT CERTAINLY OUGHT
TO SCARE EVERYBODY IN ELECTED
OFFICE, REGARDLESS OF PARTY.
SO, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY MEANS TO
BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. WE
NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, CAN WE AT LEAST
PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR
CURRENCY RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE
ARE NOT CONTINUING THIS
RECKLESS SPENDING? IF WE CAN,
IF WE CAN POSSIBLY COME TO
AGREEMENT OVER THAT, THERE IS
HOPE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
GRANDCHILDREN. IF WE CANNOT,
THEN I DO NOT THINK THERE IS
MUCH HOPE FOR ANY OF US BECAUSE
AT SOME POINT, THE BILL GETS SO
LARGE YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY EVEN
PAY THE INTEREST.
> A VOLATILE HEARING IN
CONGRESS OVER THE COVID
LOCKDOWN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU
IN WASHINGTON. JOHN?
Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
SECOND LARGEST CHURCHES IN AND
TOLD LAWMAKERS THAT THEY DID
NOT HAVE INAPPROPRIATE
INFLUENCE IN KEEPING SCHOOLS
CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC ,
BUT CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
DISAGREE. THE EVIDENCE SHOWS
COVID WAS NOT A THREAT TO
CHILDREN. ON JULY 20th, 2020,
SWEDISH AND FINNISH PUBLIC
HEALTH AGENCIES ISSUED A PUBLIC
REPORT COMPARING THE TWO
COUNTRIES, CONCLUDING THAT
CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS HAD NO
IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF
LABORATORY CONFIRMED CASES IN
SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.
Reporter: CRITICS HAVE
BLASTED THE UNION FOR PROVIDING
GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC THAT
PLAYED A PART IN KEEPING
SCHOOLS CLOSED, SAYING IT HURTS
GRADES AND CREATED A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
> TURNING TO ISRAEL, WHERE
RON DeSANTIS IS IN JERUSALEM ON
A FOREIGN-POLICY TRIP AHEAD OF
AN EXPECTING PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
HE SPOKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE U.S./ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP,
SAYING THEY MUST WORK WITH
ISRAEL AND SUPPORT ITS RIGHT OF
SELF-DEFENSE. HE SAID FLORIDA
HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT THE
BOYCOTT AGAINST THE JEWISH
STATE AND ADDED THAT THE UNITED
STATES POLICY SHOULD RECOGNIZE
THAT JERUSALEM IS THE ETERNAL
CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
WE MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT,
HOWEVER THE FUTURE POLITICAL
WINDS MAY BELOW, THAT THE U.S.
EMBASSY WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT
HERE IN JERUSALEM. THAT IS
NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
Reporter: AS ISRAEL
CELEBRATES ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY
THIS WEEK, ONE KEY LEADER IS
ALREADY LOOKING DECADES AHEAD
TO FOCUS ON HOW THE NATION CAN
PREPARE FOR ITS 100th. CHRIS
MITCHELL BRINGS US THAT STORY
FROM JERUSALEM.
Reporter: FORMER KNESSET
MEMBER AND ISRAELI AMBASSADOR
TO THE U.S. MICHAEL LORENZEN
RECENTLY INTRODUCED HIS LATEST
BOOK, 2048, THE REJUVENATED
STATE. THEY HOPE THE BOOK WILL
ENCOURAGE A CONVERSATION OR
DEBATE LIKE THE ONE THAT TOOK
PLACE PRIOR TO THE STATES BIRTH
IN 1948.
BEFORE THIS COUNTRY WAS
CREATED, THERE WERE MANY YEARS
WHERE JEWISH THINKERS AROUND
THE WORLD FOUGHT ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF THIS STATE. A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS AS WELL, BY THE
WAY, THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER THIS
WOULD BE A SECULAR COUNTRY OR A
RELIGIOUS COUNTRY OR A POPULIST
COUNTRY. MANY OF THOSE DEBATES
WERE INFLUENTIAL IN SHARING
ISRAEL'S SUCCESS .
Reporter: AT THIS EVENT,
THEY EXPLAIN HOW HE WANTS HIS
BOOK TO BE A CONVERSATION
STARTER FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS
OF ISRAEL'S FUTURE.
THERE ARE 21 CHAPTERS THAT
COVER NEARLY ABOUT EVERY MAJOR
FIELD OF THIS FUTURE WITH
EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND SOCIAL
POLICY AND FOREIGN POLICY.
ISRAEL -- EVERYTHING. GENDER
ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES. IT IS ALL THERE. THE
IDEA IS TO GET LEADERS HERE AND
OTHERS TO ENGAGE WITH THE
VISION AND TO GET IN GRADE IT
AND THROW THE BOOK AT THE WALL.
DO ME A FAVOR AND ENGAGE WITH
IT AND LET US STIMULATE AND LET
US FACILITATE A DISCUSSION OF
WHAT KIND OF FUTURE WE WANT FOR
OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
Reporter: EVEN WITH THE
CHALLENGES, ISRAEL FACES THE
NUCLEAR IRAN AND JUDICIAL
REFORM AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER HOW FAR ISRAEL HAS
COME IN 75 YEARS.
IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
STORIES, IF NOT THE GREATEST
STORY IN MODERN HISTORY OF A
PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED THE
HOLOCAUST AND THEN THREE YEARS
LATER BECAME A STATE WITH NO
ALLIES AND NO NATURAL
RESOURCES. 600,000 JEWS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND WE TURNED IT AROUND
AND WE MADE A COUNTRY THAT HAS
AN ARMY TWICE AS LARGE AS THE
PERSIAN AND FRENCH ARMIES
COMBINED AND SEVEN LEADING
UNIVERSITIES. IT IS JUST A
POWERHOUSE OF THE COUNTRY. AN
EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM.
> AN AND PROBABLE STORY THAT
FULFILLS SCRIPTURE. GORDON?
IT IS AN WONDERFUL STORY
THAT SHOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN
GOD FULFILLS HIS PROMISE AND HE
KEEPS HIS COVENANT AND THAT IS
WHEN WE LOOK AT ISRAEL, LOOK,
THIS IS GOD KEEPING HIS
COVENANT. AND THE PEOPLE IN
ISRAEL RESPONDING TO THAT
COVENANT AND SAYING, OUR
PURPOSE, OUR DESTINY, IS TO BE
A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS, TO SHOW
PEOPLE WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN GOD
IS PROTECTING YOU. WE USED --
WE USED TO ADHERE TO THAT AND
TO DECLARE THAT WE ARE CITY ON
A HILL AND IT WAS A DECLARATION
OVER MASSACHUSETTS AND THE
COLONIAL PERIOD, BUT RESIDENT
REAGAN BROUGHT THAT BACK AND
SAID, THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES
SHOULD BE A CITY ON THE HILL.
CAN WE RETURN TO THAT? RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF
DIVISION. WE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT NOT TO DO IN POLITICS. CAN
WE TURN THIS AROUND AND SAY,
ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE A
CITY ON A HILL AND WE WANT TO
BE ACE CITY BLESSED BY GOD, A
BUT I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING.
JUST LOOK AT HER NOW.
I PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL
THOSE THINGS THEY SAID THEY
COULD NOT DO.
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> WAR CORRESPONDENT BENJAMIN
HALL SURVIVED A RUSSIAN BOMB
ATTACK WHILE COVERING THE WAR
IN UKRAINE. ONE YEAR LATER, HE
HAS RELEASED A NEW BOOK CALLED
"SAVED." WENDY GRIFFITH SPOKE
WITH HIM ABOUT HIS FACE AND HOW
IT HELPED HIM TO MAKE AN
AMAZING COMEBACK.
THIS WAS THE SCENE OF A
BATTLE A FEW DAYS AGO. THE
RUSSIANS ARE STILL HERE.
Reporter: THINGS TO
TRADEMARK BRITISH ACCENT AND
REPORTING STYLE, IT DID NOT
TAKE LONG FOR FOX NEWS
CORRESPONDENT BENJAMIN HALL TO
STAND OUT FOR HIS COVERAGE OF
THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
THEY ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC.
Reporter: ON MARCH 14, 2022,
HOWEVER, HALL BECAME THE STORY
AS HE AND HIS CREW FELL UNDER
RUSSIAN ATTACK ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF KYIV.
WE SLOWED DOWN TO A
CHECKPOINT, AN ABANDONED
CHECKPOINT, AND AS THE CAR
SLOWED DOWN, OUT OF NOWHERE
CAME THAT FIRST BOMB. IT CAME
WHISTLING OUT OF THE SKY, YOU
KNOW, AND LANDED ABOUT 30 FEET
IN FRONT OF US. AND WE QUICKLY
TRIED TO REVERSE THE CAR BUT
THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE
SECOND BOMB LANDED AND THAT ONE
LANDED JUST NEXT TO THE CAR.
AND AT THAT POINT, I BLACKED I
WAS AS CLOSE TO DEATH AS I
THINK YOU CAN BE, IN A TOTAL
SILENT BLACKNESS, AND INTO THAT
BLACKNESS CAME MY DAUGHTER, MY
7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HONOR. AND
SHE WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
AS CLEARLY AS ANYTHING SHE SAID
TO ME, DADDY, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
OUT OF THE CAR. AND MY EYES
OPENED. I WAS BROUGHT QUICKLY
BACK INTO THE WORLD, AND I
GRABBED MY WAY TOWARDS THE DOOR
OF THE CAR. AND JUST AFTER I
HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR, THE
THIRD BOMB HIT THE CAR ITSELF.
AND THAT ONE THREW ME AWAY AND
I WAS OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
Reporter: WHEN BEN REGAINED
CONSCIOUSNESS, HESAW THE
SERIOUS NATURE OF HIS INJURIES.
I'M ON FIRE. MY RIGHT LEG IS
GONE. MY LEFT FOOT IS GONE,
MOSTLY GONE, AND I'M PUTTING
THE FLAMES OUT AND ROLLING
AROUND, TRYING TO STOP THE
FIRE. NO ONE KNEW WHERE WE
WERE. NO ONE KNEW WE'D BEEN
HIT. AND THERE WAS NO CELL
PHONE RECEPTION. SO, I WAS
TRYING TO GET A PHONE SIGNAL
--YOU HAVE TO PRAY, YOU HAVE TO
THINK, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
Reporter: THEN A CAR WITH
UKRAINIAN SPECIAL FORCES DROVE
PAST.
IT DIDN'T SEE US THE FIRST
TIME, BUT IT GOT LOST DOWN THE
ROAD AND IT CAME BACK. AND I
WOKE UP SOON AFTER THAT IN A
HOSPITAL INSIDE KYIV, A SMALL
UKRAINIAN HOSPITAL. BUT THEN I
KNEW I WASN'T SAVED EITHER
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY OUT OF
THE CITY AND I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW
HOW I WAS GOING TO GET OUT. AND
THEN BEGAN THIS INCREDIBLE
EVACUATION LED BY "SAVE OUR
ALLIES," THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP,
AND THEY SENT AN INCREDIBLE
TEAM WHO MANAGED TO GET ME OUT
ON THE POLISH PRIME MINISTER'S
TRAIN.
Reporter: IN ADDITION TO HIS
RIGHT LEG AND LEFT FOOT, HALL
ALSO LOST AN EYE AND SUFFERED A
SEVERELY DAMAGED HAND. EVEN
WORSE, HIS LONGTIME FRIEND AND
CAMERAMAN, PIERRE ZAKRZEWSKI,
AND UKRAINIAN PRODUCER, SASHA
KUVSHYNOVA, DID NOT SURVIVE.
CLINGING TO LIFE, HALL HAD TO
ENDURE A 10-HOUR TRAIN RIDE AND
CROSS THE BORDER TO POLAND.
WE MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH
THE ROADBLOCKS TO GET THERE,
BREAKING THROUGH THE CURFEWS,
PEOPLE CHECKING MY WOUNDS TO
SEE IF I WAS REALLY INJURED OR
IF WE WERE A RUSSIAN HIT SQUAD
COMING IN. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER
POINT WHERE I JUST HAD TO PRAY.
AND IT WAS WHEN I GOT TO THE
POLISH BORDER 10 HOURS LATER
THROUGH INCREDIBLE AGONY THAT
THERE WAS A U.S. BLACK HAWK
WAITING. AND AS I ROSE UP INTO
THE SKY, THAT WAS THE TIME THAT
I KNEW THAT SURVIVAL WAS OVER
AND RECOVERY WAS BEGINNING.
Reporter: TELL US ABOUT THE
RECOVERY. THAT WAS HARD.
AND THE RECOVERY CONTINUES
TO THIS DAY. I'M IN PHYSIO
EVERY DAY. I SEE DOCTORS MOST
DAYS AND THERE IS STILL A LOT
OF WORK TO BE DONE. BUT I WAS
FIRST TAKEN TO LANDSTUHL IN
GERMANY, THE BIGGEST U.S. BASE,
WHERE ALL THE INJURED FROM
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ HAD BEEN
TREATED WITH VERY SIMILAR
WOUNDS TO MINE CALLED
POLYTRAUMA.
Reporter: IN HIS NEW BOOK,
"SAVED," A WAR REPORTER'S
MISSION TO MAKE IT HOME, HALL
WRITES THAT HE HAD TO KEEP
FIGHTING, NOT JUST FOR HIMSELF,
BUT FOR HIS WIFE AND THREE
YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
I DIDN'T WANT MY DAUGHTERS
TO COME AND SEE ME STRAIGHT I
DIDN'T WANT THEM TO SEE ME SO
BADLY INJURED, UNABLE TO MOVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT DROVE MY
RECOVERY, KNOWING THAT INSTEAD
OF THEM COMING TO SEE ME, I
WOULD GET BETTER AS FAST AS I
COULD AND AS WELL AS I COULD
EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO EVERY
DAY, I WOKE UP AND THE PLAN WAS
TO DO MORE THAN I DID THE DAY
BEFORE.
Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
WHEN YOUR DAUGHTERS FIRST SAW
THEIR DADDY AFTER THIS?
OH, MAN, I WAS QUITE NERVOUS
BECAUSE I HAD SPOKEN TO OTHER
PEOPLE, VETERANS WHO'D HAD
SIMILAR ACCIDENTS AS I'D HAD
AND WERE SIMILARLY LIMBLESS,
WHOSE CHILDREN WERE VERY AFRAID
OF THEM WHEN THEY FIRST SAW
THEM, BUT WHEN I WALKED IN THAT
DOOR AND I KNEW THEY WERE
WAITING INSIDE, I DIDN'T QUITE
KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE. AND
THEN THAT ONE MOMENT, AS THEY
JUST RAN UP AND GRABBED HOLD OF
ME, MY HONOR, MY ELDEST
WOULDN'T LET GO. AND THERE WAS
JUST THIS MOMENT WHERE SHE
WOULDN'T LET GO OF ME. "YOU'RE
BACK. YOU'RE BACK. YOU'RE
BACK." AND WE ALL CRIED. AND IT
WAS JUST, THAT'S WHAT I HAD
WORKED SO HARD TO DO. THEY WERE
WHAT SAVED ME AS WELL, WAS
GETTING HOME. SO THAT MOMENT
WAS ONE OF JUST TOTAL JOY.
REAL, REAL JOY.
Reporter: IN YOUR WIFE HAS
BEEN SUCH A SUPPORT THROUGH ALL
OF THIS?
OH, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, ONE
OF THE THINGS I SAID THE FIRST
TIME I SAW HER WHEN I WAS IN
LANDSTUHL IN GERMANY WAS
"SORRY." I SAID, I'M SO SORRY.
NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAD
HAPPENED, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT
LAY AHEAD. I KNEW THAT IT MEANT
A DIFFERENT LIFE FOR US. SHE
SAID, WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO DO?
WHERE DO WE DO IT? WE WILL DO
IT TOGETHER.
Reporter: YOU SAID YOU
THE PRAYERS OF PEOPLE, OF
EVERYBODY DURING YOUR RECOVERY,
EVEN NOW.
EVERY SINGLE DAY, I RECEIVED
LETTERS. I RECEIVED MESSAGES IN
THE MAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA FROM
PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA,
THOUSANDS OF THEM SENDING
PRAYERS WILLINGLY OR SENDING
BLESSINGS. AND EVERY SINGLE
TIME I READ ONE OF THOSE, IT
GAVE ME THAT LITTLE LEVEL OF
STRENGTH TO PUSH THROUGH. AND,
YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS, I AM
NOW MUCH CLOSER TO GOD. I FEEL
CLOSER THAN I WAS BEFORE.
Reporter: A BURDENSOME
UNIVERSE YOU SAID GOD GAVE ME
LIFE FOR A REASON. YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT IS?
NO -- I WOULD NOT SAY I
KNOW WHAT IT IS, HOWEVER I DO
KNOW THAT I WAS SAVED BECAUSE
OF INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND HELP
AND PRAYERS AND KINDNESS AND
BRAVERY FROM OTHER PEOPLE. IF I
CAN GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK,
THEN I THINK I WOULD BE DOING
THE RIGHT THING.
Reporter: WHAT ABOUT NOW?
ARE YOU BACK FULL-TIME AT FOX?
I HAVE MORE OPERATIONS
COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTH, SO
NOT AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE'RE
ALREADY TALKING ABOUT SOME
PLANS. AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON
SOME OF THE OPTIMISTIC SIDE AS
WELL. I'M SO AMAZED AT THE
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE I'VE MET, THE
PRAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID,
AND THE HEROES AROUND ME. FOR
THE FIRST TIME, I WANT TO TELL
SOME OF THOSE REALLY UPLIFTING,
OPTIMISTIC STORIES.
Reporter: WENDY GRIFFITH,
CBN NEWS.
> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HOPE
IN THIS WORLD, BENJAMIN'S
STORY, I THINK IT WOULD GIVE
EVERYONE HELP IF YOU WANT
PURPOSE, THE PURPOSE IS LET THE
REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO.
WHEN YOU ARE WEEKS, HE IS
STRONG AND HE SHOWS UP. HE IS
NOW VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIME
OF TROUBLE. TO HAVE THAT KIND
OF VISION AND THAT WRECKAGE,
YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR
AND GETTING OUT, ONLY TO TURN
AROUND AND SEE ANOTHER BOMB
HIT, WHAT AN AMAZING STORY AND
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY OF
COURAGE. A FAMILY STORY SAYING,
WE ARE WITH YOU . WE ARE WITH
YOU. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? HOW
DO WE MOVE FORWARD? LET IT BE A
LESSON FOR ALL OF US. LET US
LOOK AT BENJAMIN'S LIFE AND
SAY, YES, WE CAN DO THIS AND WE
CAN GET THROUGH WHATEVER COMES
OUR WAY IN THESE TURBULENT
TIMES. REGIMEN HALL'S NEW BOOK
IS CALLED "SAVED ," AND IT IS
THE POOL AND HOW THAT LED TO A
MIRACLE.
> PLUS, WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
> IN ALL OF HISTORY, THERE
HAVE BEEN FEW LIKE HIM. HE WAS
A PROPHET. A GIFTED SOUL. A
FEARED WARRIOR. AND A REVERED
KING. HE GAINED SPIRITUAL
INSIGHTS FOR YOUR LIFE FROM THE
LIFE OF KING DAVID AND PAT
ROBERTSON'S NEWEST AUDIOBOOK,
THE SHEPHERD KING. COMING MAY
THAT IS 800-850-2472 .
> MAX McKEE KNOWS HE IS A
MIRACLE. HE ALSO KNOWS WHO
SAVED HIS LIFE. WHEN HE WAS
ONLY TWO, HE WAS FOUND LIFELESS
AT THE BOTTOM OF A POOL. HE
REMEMBERS EXACTLY WHO WAS WITH
HIM UNDER THE WATER.
I AM MAKING A U-TURN IN THE
PARKING LOT, ABOUT TO PULL OFF
ON THE HIGHWAY, AND COURTNEY
GOES, STOP! AND RIGHT THEN,
COURTNEY JUST BEGAN TO PRAY FOR
OUR BABIES. PROTECTION OVER OUR
BABIES, PLEADING THE BLOOD OF
JESUS OVER THEIR LIVES, NOT
KNOWING WHAT EVENT WOULD HAPPEN
THE NEXT DAY.
IT WAS JULY 2019. BRANDON
AND COURTNEY McKEE HAD BUSY
WORK SCHEDULES AND DECIDED TO
TAKE THEIR KIDS TO HER MOM'S
HOUSE FOR A FEW DAYS.
2-YEAR-OLD MAX AND HIS OLDER
BROTHER, BRODY, WERE EXCITED TO
SPEND TIME WITH THEIR NANA.
SHE HAS A BIG FARM AND A
POOL AND THEY JUST WANTED TO
SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH HER WHILE
WE BOTH WORKED.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER DROPPING
THE KIDS OFF, COURTNEY WAS
OVERWHELMED WITH AN URGENT NEED
TO PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A PRESENCE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND JUST
PROMPTING ME AT THAT MOMENT TO
PRAY, JUST PRAY FOR THEIR
PROTECTION. IT WAS
INDESCRIBABLE.
THE NEXT DAY, WHILE AT WORK,
COURTNEY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM HER SISTER IN LAW FROM AT
.
SHE WAS CRYING AND I COULD
HEAR, YOU KNOW, SIRENS IN THE
BACKGROUND AND A LOT OF
COMMOTION. AND IT WAS AT THAT
MOMENT WHERE SHE TOLD ME THAT
THEY HAD FOUND MAX AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SWIMMING POOL.
MAX WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN
PULLED FROM THE POOL. THEY
CALLED 9-1-1 AND DID WHAT THEY
COULD TO RESUSCITATE MAX. HIS
BROTHER, BRODY, REMEMBERED THE
MOMENT AND HIS RESPONSE.
THE ONLY THING I COULD DO
WAS PRAY, SO I DROPPED TO MY
KNEES AND I SAID, GOD, CAN YOU
HELP MY LITTLE BROTHER? CAN
YOU? YOU SAVE HIM. KEEP
GUARDIAN ANGELS AROUND HIM.
JUST HELP HIM PROTECT HIM.
MAX WAS REVIVED AND RUSHED
BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY TRAUMA
CENTER. BRANDON AND COURTNEY
EACH BEGAN THEIR LONG DRIVE TO
THE HOSPITAL, PRAYING FOR MAX
WHILE WRESTLING WITH UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS.
HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN DOWN
THERE? WAS THE OUTCOME. I CAN'T
HEAR HIM. I CAN'T TALK TO HIM.
I CAN'T FEEL HIM. I CAN'T TOUCH
HIM. I DON'T SEE HIM. AND AT
THAT POINT, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE,
YOU KNOW, GOD, PLEASE HELP.
HELP MY BABY. HELP MY BABY.
AND I REMEMBER JUST CRYING
OUT TO GOD. I WAS BEGGING HIM,
GOD, I'LL DO ANYTHING. I DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME,
LORD, BUT I JUST BEG YOU, SAVE
MY BABY. DON'T TAKE MY BABY
FROM ME. WHATEVER YOU DO, LORD,
DON'T TAKE MY BABY.
DR. MARVIN MATA, THE
DIRECTOR OF PEDIATRIC ICU AT
RAPIDES WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL, KNEW THE RISKS MAX
WAS FACING.
HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
BREATHING. EVERY MINUTE MATTERS
WHEN THEIR BRAIN LACKS OXYGEN,
IT CAN HAVE SOME PROFOUND
EFFECTS. IT CAN CAUSE MEMORY
ISSUES. IT CAN CAUSE LEARNING
DISABILITIES. THE MOST
WORRISOME WOULD BE BRAIN DEATH.
WE NEEDED TO REALLY CLOSELY
WATCH MAX DURING THAT FIRST 24
HOURS. THAT'S ALMOST LIKE THE
GOLDEN PERIOD. IF THERE'S GOING
TO BE COMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD
HAPPEN, USUALLY YOU WILL SEE IT
WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND MAX HAD TUBES AND WIRES
AND CORDS ATTACHED TO HIM AND
MONITORS. AND THEY LIFTED MAX
AND THEY PUT ME ON THE BED AND
THEY PUT MAX ON MY CHEST. AND I
REMEMBER WHEN THEY DID, I JUST
STARTED TO CRY. AND I KEPT
SAYING, MAX, IT'S GOING TO BE
OKAY. MOMMY'S HERE. MOMMY'S
HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THE
EMOTIONS OF THAT MOMENT,
AS WORD SPREAD, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE FROM THEIR CHURCH AND
COMMUNITY PRAYED FOR MAX
OUR PASTOR CAME. TONS OF
FRIENDS THAT ARE PRAYER
WARRIORS CAME AND THEY JUST
SURROUNDED HIS BED. WE GRABBED
HANDS AND WE PRAYED AND WE JUST
BROUGHT DOWN THE POWER OF THE
LORD THAT DAY.
OH, MY GOODNESS. IT'S JUST
KNOWING THAT THE COMMUNITY OF
CHRIST, BELIEVERS, AND FAITH
COME TOGETHER AT A TIME OF NEED
TO PRAY FOR OUR BABY. I MEAN,
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU.
AFTER A NIGHT OF PRAYER AND
WAITING, THEY RECEIVED THEIR
ANSWER.
THE NEXT MORNING, MAX SHOWED
SIGNS THAT HE WAS MAX AGAIN.
AND I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THERE
WAS NO NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS
AND MAX WAS GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE KNEW THAT AT THAT POINT
THAT OUR PRAYERS HAD BEEN
ANSWERED AND GOD REALLY STEPPED
IN ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY.
THE
GOD CAN DO EXCEEDINGLY AND
ABUNDANTLY MORE THAN WE COULD
EVER ASK OR IMAGINE. SO, WE
KNEW WHO TO CALL ON AND HOW TO
CALL ON HIM. AND WE JUST
BROUGHT DOWN THE HEAVENS WITH
PRAYER FOR THAT BABY.
MAX MADE A FULL RECOVERY.
SOME TIME AFTER THE ACCIDENT,
HE REVEALED SOMETHING TO HIS
PARENTS.
AND HE LOOKED AT US ONE DAY
AND HE SAID, WHEN I WAS IN THAT
POOL, I WASN'T SCARED. AND WE
WERE LIKE, THAT'S GREAT, BUDDY.
AND HE SAID, WHEN I WAS IN THE
BOTTOM OF THAT POOL, JESUS HELD
ME. AND MY HUSBAND AND I JUST
KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN
SHOCK. AND THEN HE STOPPED AND
HE SAID, WHY DOES HE HAVE
SCRATCHES ON HIS HANDS?
JESUS GOT ME OUT OF THE
WATER. HE HAD BOO-BOOS AND
SCRATCHES ON HIS HANDS AND
FEET, HERE AND HERE.
IN THAT MOMENT. YOU'RE JUST
SITTING THERE LIKE, PRAISING
GOD, JUST LIKE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND KNOWING THAT HE
PERFORMED A MIRACLE ON MY BABY
AND THAT HE HELD MY BABY AT HIS
MO
TWO YEAR OLD LIFE, I MEAN, WOW!
I WAS JUST SPEECHLESS AT THAT
TIME.
IT'S ME AND JESUS, AND JESUS
IS HOLDING ME LIKE HE DID IN
THAT POOL.
AND I LOOK BACK ON ALL HE
DID AND HOW HE BROUGHT MY BABY
OUT OF THAT WATER. HE HELD HIM
IN THE WATER. AND THAT'S KNOWN
BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT IN
MY MIND. I'M SO THANKFUL. I AM
ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
I'M MAX AND I'M A MIRACLE!
THAT IS A PICTURE PAINTED,
ISN'T IT? THAT IS HOW GOD HOLDS
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN THE
PLACE THAT WE ARE AT. HE
CARES. HE KNOWS YOUR NAME. HE
UNDERSTANDS YOUR NEED. HE IS IN
YOU. HE IS WITH YOU. NOT
SOMEONE JUST TO BE CALLED OUT
TO THE GREAT UNIVERSE THAT HE
IS IN YOU. HE IS WITH YOU. THAT
IS HIS PROMISE, THAT HE WOULD
BE US -- WE WANT TO TAKE SOME
TIME TO PRAY FOR YOU TODAY.
THIS IS OUR WEEK OF PRAYER AT
CBN. WE WANT TO PRAY FOR ALL OF
YOU. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PRAYER REQUESTS THAT COME IN
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE
HIS TIME TO PRAY FOR YOU. LET
ME READ A COUPLE OF THESE. THIS
IS SOMEONE WHO SAID, I NEED A
FINANCIAL BLESSING DUE TO A
BLOOD INFECTION. I SPENT SIX
WEEKS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES AND
NOW I NEED HELP PAYING MY
BILLS. SOMEONE ELSE SAYS,
PLEASE PRAY WITH THE BODY OF
CHRIST THAT WOULD CRY OUT TO
GOD FOR THE PROTECTION AND
RETURN OF OUR NATIONS MISSING
AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
> SOMEONE NEEDS TOTAL HEALING
OF MOUTH CANCER. AND THEN
SOMEONE IS SAYING TO BE HEALED
FROM 37 YEARS OF RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS.
THIS ONE REQUEST TO BE
HEALED OF TYPE II DIABETES AND
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. AND THEN
DUE TO AN ACCIDENT AT WORK, MY
HUSBAND WAS PARALYZED FROM THE
WAIST DOWN. WE HAVE LOST OUR
HOME AND BUSINESS AND
RETIREMENT. WE NEED AN
AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE THAT
ACCOMMODATES DISABILITIES. PRAY
FOR THE RESTORATION OF BROKEN
RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR FAMILY
. AS A RESULT OF BROKENNESS, WE
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE OUR
GRANDCHILDREN. AND THEN PLEASE
PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL REVIVAL IN
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CHURCH IS
AN IN OUR HEARTS. JOIN WITH
US. JOIN TOGETHER. WE HAVE GOT
SO MANY PRAYER REQUESTS THAT
HAVE COME IN ON THIS WEEK OF
PRAYER AND EVERY DAY WE GATHER
IN OUR CHAPEL TO PRAY OVER
THEM. WE PRAY OVER THEM EVERY
DAY ON THIS SHOW AND WE INVITE
YOU TO JOIN WITH US. IF YOU
HAVE A NEED IN YOUR LIFE, LIFT
THAT TO THE LORD. YOU CAN JOIN
WITH US IN HAVE YOUR PRAYER
REQUEST HEARD. JUST CALL US AT
1-800-700-7000 . RIGHT NOW,
LET'S JUST DROP EVERYTHING.
LET'S PRAY. LET'S PRAY TO THE
SAME JESUS, THAT WONDERFUL
LITTLE BOY, THE ONE THAT SAW
JESUS, AND HE SAID I AM A
MIRACLE BECAUSE JESUS HELP ME.
I SAW THE WOUNDS ON HIS HANDS
AND HIS FEET. I SAW THE
BOO-BOOS. IT WAS JUST LIKE
DOUBTING THOMAS. IF YOU HAVE
DOUBTS IN YOUR LIFE, LET THEM
APPEA TO YOU TODAY. LET
INDENTATION -- THIS IS AN
INDENTATION FOR YOU. IF YOU
WANT TO PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE
WHOLE OF MY SIDE AND IN THE
WHOLE OF MY HANDS, HERE I AM.
THOMAS RESPONDED WITH THE GREAT
DECK RATION. HE GOT ON HIS
KNEES AND SAID, MY LORD AND MY
GOD. LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
MY LORD AND MY GOD. HERE ARE MY
NEEDS. HERE IS MY HEART. COULD
YOU COME AND DO MIRACLES FOR
ME? CAN YOU TRANSFORM ME? AND
YOU MAKE ME NEW? CAN YOU
RESTORE MY FAITH CAN YOU
RESTORE OUR WORLD? WHEN WE PRAY
TOGETHER, WE CAN GET AN ANSWER.
LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
>, WE COME TO YOU. WE DECLARE
JUST AS THOMAS DECLARED, MY
LORD AND MY GOD, WE COME AND WE
BOW BEFORE YOU NOW. WE ASK FOR
EVERYONE THAT IS WRITTEN IN,
EVERYONE THAT HAS FALLEN,
EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING RIGHT
NOW, WE BRING THAT REQUEST
BOLDLY TO YOUR THRONE OF GRACE
AND WE ASK FOR MERCY. WE ASK
FOR HEALING. WE ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS. WE ASK FOR
RESTORATION. WE ASK FOR
FINANCIAL NEEDS. LORD, WE ASK
FOR OUR COUNTRY. MAY YOU HEAL
US. MAY YOU HEAL OUR LAND.
BRING US, DRAW US BACK TO YOU.
TURN US , THAT WE MAY LOOK ON
YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
AND HOW YOU HAVE SACRIFICED FOR
US. BE WITH US NOW. FOR ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN SOME
KIND OF AN ACCIDENT THAT HAS --
IT HAS TORN YOUR BEARD ON ONE
SIDE OF YOUR FACE AND IT HAS
NOT GROWN BACK. I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT ALL THE COMPLICATIONS OF
THAT ACCIDENT IS BUT I KNOW
JESUS IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.
JUST LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND
RECEIVE IT AND BEGIN TO THANK
HIM.
THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD
A TREMENDOUS INJURY TO YOUR
LEFT I. YOU ARE LOOKING AT
SURGERY AND YOU'RE AFRAID
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR EYE.
IN JESUS' NAME, MAY YOUR EYE BE
HEALED. MAY YOU HAVE VISION
RESTORED AND BLOOD VESSELS
RESTORED AND NERVES RESTORED.
LET EVERYTHING BE NORMAL WITH
THAT EYE AND MAY IT SEE AGAIN .
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE
COMPLICATIONS WITH GETTING FULL
CAPACITY OF AIR IN YOUR LUNGS.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH. GOD IS
HEALING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
JUST A BREATH OF HEAVEN IS
BLOWING INTO YOU. JUST TAKE
THAT DEEP BREATH WAY DOWN TO
THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BELLY AND
APPRECIATE THAT SENSE OF
WELL-BEING AND ENERGY THAT
COMES THROUGH YOU IN JESUS'
NAME.
SOMEONE, I NEVER HEARD THIS
BEFORE BUT YOU HAVE PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR VEINS, WHERE THE
BLOOD DOES NOT FLOW PROPERLY
FROM THE VALVES BACK TO YOUR
HEART AND IT IS CAUSING
SWELLING IN YOUR EXTREMITIES.
GOD IS HEALING YOUR VEINS,
EVERYTHING CONCERNING THAT
RIGHT NOW COME ALL THE VALVES
ARE GOING TO PROPERLY WORK AND
ALL THE BLOOD FLOW IS GOING TO
BE THERE. ALL THE FLUID IN YOUR
LYMPH SYSTEM. ALL OF THAT IS
GOING TO BE NORMAL NOW, FOR THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD TO THE SOLES
OF YOUR FEET. MAY YOU BE HEALED
IN JESUS' NAME.
LORD, WE THANK YOU. WE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WE
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE FOR ALL OF US. WE THANK
YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR WHAT
YOU ARE DOING IN THE WORLD
TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR
SAVIOR. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN AND AMEN. IF YOU NEED
PRAYER, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AT
1-800-700-7000 . IF YOU HAVE
GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO PRAYER,
PLEASE LET US KNOW. ALL THAT
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MORE PRAYER COME YOU CAN JOIN
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AT NOON EASTERN TIME FOR LIVE
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HE JOINS US LIVE. THAT IS
COMING UP.
> IT STARTED AS A SIMPLE
CHAPEL SERVICE.
REALLY PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
ORDINARY AND UNREMARABLE.
I DO NOT REMEMBER MOST OF
WHAT HE SAID.
BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
THERE WAS CONTINUAL WORSHIP.
FROM CBN FILMS.
I FELT LIKE GOD WAS TELLING
ME THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN
MISSING.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS MOVING.
EXPERIENCE THE STORY.
THIS IS MORE THAN HUMAN
INTERVENTION. THIS IS SPECIAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
EXPERIENCE THE MOVE OF GOD.
I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.
EXPERIENCE THE ASBURY
AWAKENING.
WE WENT FROM A SCHOOL TO A
CHURCH TO A MISSION FIELD IN A
WEEK.
WE HAD LINES OF PEOPLE
AROUND CAMPUS. IT WAS NOT JUST
REGIONAL, BUT IT WAS HAWAII AND
OREGON AND NEW YORK AND MAINE
AND FLORIDA.
THE ASBURY AWAKENING,
EXPERIENCE IT STREAMING ONLINE
OR ON DVD TODAY FOR A GIFT OF
ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT.
HEARD HAIR WAS MATTED WITH
BLOOD.
THE DRIVER IS THROWN 160
FEET FROM THE ACCIDENT.
THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I
WAKE UP AND I AM IN A FIELD.
SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER
WALK AGAIN.
I COULD NOT FEEL ANYTHING
BUT I COULD NOT FEEL ANY PAIN.
JUST LOOK AT HER NOW.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL OF
THOSE THINGS THAT THEY SAID I
COULD NOT DO.
TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB.
> KIM HARRISON WAS 30 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A
JET SKI ACCIDENT. REALIZING HE
COULD HAVE DIED, ONE QUESTION
SURFACED IN HIS MIND. WHAT
WOULD HE SAY TO JESUS WHEN HE
WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM?
HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE
PURSUING THE ANSWER TO THAT.
A FORMER COP SERVING THE
NOTORIOUS AREA OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
LA, KIM HARRISON LATER FOUND
GREAT SUCCESS IN COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE. HE IS ALSO
SPEAKING ON TOPICS RELATED TO
MEN IN LEADERSHIP TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD. IN 2018, HE TOOK THE
REINS OF THE WELL-KNOWN MEN'S
MINISTRY, PROMISE KEEPERS. IN
HIS NEW BOOK, A DARING FAITH IN
A COWARDLY WORLD, HE EXPLAINS
HOW TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT
WASTE, REGRET, OR ANYTHING
UNFINISHED.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE
700 CLUB CAN HARRISON. IT IS A
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK.
I LOVE BEING INTERVIEWED BY
YOU.
AND I LOVE INTERVIEWING YOU.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
START BY TELLING US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE
LIKE RIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED.
WELL, WAS A POLITE AMERICAN
CHRISTIAN. I DID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. I
WENT TO CHURCH. I WAS ONE OF
THE REALLY HOLY ONES. I WENT ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND TO BIBLE STUDY.
YOU WERE COMMITTED.
AND THEN WHEN I WAS ON THE
GURNEY FOR AN HOUR, I THOUGHT I
HAD FIVE HOURS TO LIVE AND I
THOUGHT, I WILL GO SEE JESUS.
HE WILL SAY WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH THE SALVATION I GAVE YOU?
WHAT WILL I SAY? HE SAYS, WHO
WAS FED BECAUSE OF YOU. WHO WAS
CLOTHED AND SAVED BECAUSE YOU
ARE ON THIS EARTH? I WILL SAY
NOBODY. I DO NOT EVER WANT TO
BE IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN.
TELL ME ABOUT THE ACCIDENT
BECAUSE ACCIDENTS ARE -- YOU
KNOW, THEY HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
THEY ARE SUDDEN. YOUR LIFE IS
JUST CHANGED.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A
LOT OF SIX SHOOTINGS AND HIGH
SPEED PURSUIT. I THOUGHT I KNEW
WHAT DEATH WAS LIKE BECAUSE IT
WAS THIS IN ADRENALINE, BUT
THAT IS OVER BEFORE YOU REALLY
KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AND THEN WE
ARE LAUGHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT COPS DO. WHEN YOU
ARE LAYING ON THE GURNEY, YOU
DO NOT HAVE ADRENALINE TO COVER
UP THE TRUE EMOTIONS . NOW I
REMEMBER THINKING, IF I LIVE, I
WANT TO GIVE MY WHOLE LIFE FOR
CHRIST. I WANT TO KNOW THAT I
KNOW THAT I KNOW. IT HAS BECOME
A POPULAR CLICH÷ TO SAY I WANT
TO HEAR JESUS SAY "WELL DONE."
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
DO EVERYTHING. I WANT TO KNOW
THAT I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE JESUS
BECAUSE I GAVE MY OFFER HIM.
YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE, WHEN
THEY SAY THEY WANT TO HEAR WELL
DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,
THEY THINK THAT IS KIND OF A
GIVEN IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER.
HOW DID GOD SPEAK TO YOUR HEART
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS
MORE THAN THAT?
THROUGH SCRIPTURE. I TELL
YOU, HAD A THEOLOGIAN. I WILL
NOT SAY HIS NAME. HE SAID WHEN
YOU WROTE THIS BOOK, WE WILL
BE JUDGED FOR WHAT WE DID WITH
OUR SALVATION.
WHICH IS KIND OF FOREIGN.
AND IT WAS COMMON IN THE
CHURCH UP UNTIL THE REPARATION.
PEOPLE KNOW YOU WILL BE
REWARDED IS ON WHAT YOU DID
WITH YOUR SALVATION. THEY MAKE
IT CLEAR SALVATION COMES BY
GRACE, PERIOD. EPHESIANS 2:10
SAYS YOU WERE SAVED FOR GOOD
WORKS FOR YOU TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO, THE LORD, 11 FATHER, HAS
GIFTED ALL OF US, YOU
SPECIFICALLY TO DO WHAT YOU DO
TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAS DONE.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, HE IS GIFTED
YOU TO BE A GREAT MOM AND TO
RAISE GREAT KIDS, TO HAVE A
GREAT SMALL BUSINESS AND TO BE
AN EXAMPLE FOR HIM BUT HE IS
GOING TO JUDGE YOU BASED ON HOW
HE GIFTED YOU ON THE ASSIGNMENT
HE GAVE YOU BEFORE YOU EVER
BORN. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
WITH YOUR SALVATION? CAN I ASK
YOU -- IN AMERICA, I MEAN, WE
ARE SO BLESSED. WE HAVE
COMFORT IN MOST THINGS. I AM
NOT SAYING WE DO NOT HAVE
PROBLEMS. EVERYBODY HAS
PROBLEMS, BUT I LOOK AT PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING FOR JESUS AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND
THE SUFFERING AND THE PRICE
THEY PAY AND I KNOW WE ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO COMPARE EACH OTHER,
HOWEVER STILL, YOUR BOOK
RESONATED WITH ME IN SUCH A
WAY. THERE IS MORE.
THERE IS A LOT MORE. JESUS
-- HIS LAST WORDS SAYS, I AM
COMING QUICKLY AND MY REWARD
IS WITH ME TO GET TO EACH
PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS
DONE AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE GETTING
OFFER CHRIST, HE REMEMBERS AND
HE IS A LOVING FATHER AND HE
WILL REPORT HIS CHILDREN WHO
HAVE BEEN ABOUT HIS BUSINESS.
I HAVE HEARD PAT ROBERTSON
SAY ALSO THAT WE WILL NOT BE
SITTING ON CLOUDS LAYING HARPS.
THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE IN
GOD'S KINGDOM, SO HOW DID THIS
AFFECT HOW YOU SEE ETERNITY?
ETERNITY, TO ME, IS HOW
THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE
WE SEND. AN ETERNITY OF GETTING
TO KNOW GOD MORE AND MORE AND
THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR
LIVES HERE LIKE YOU, LIKE PAT,
WILL REIGN WITH JESUS CHRIST
AND THOSE WHO LIVE FOR
THEMSELVES WILL NOT RAIN WITH
JESUS CHRIST. THERE WILL BE
DIFFERENCES IN WHERE WE ARE IN
THE WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB
AND WHAT WE DO WITH ETERNITY.
WHAT WE DO IN THIS LIFE REALLY
MATTERS AND THAT IS WHY WANT TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KEEP GOING.
THAT IS WHY APOSTLE PAUL SAYS
RUN THE RACE TO WIN. DO NOT LET
ANYBODY TAKE YOUR CROWNS. WHAT
YOU DO REALLY MATTERS.
BUT YOU ARE NOT SAYING DO,
DO, DO, DO. GET BUSY. WHAT ARE
YOU SAYING?
GOD SAYS I AM YOUR FATHER.
THAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP. WELL,
HOW DO YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUR
KIDS? I WANT TO KNOW MY KIDS? I
WANT A RELATIONSHIP. I WANT
THEM TO KNOW ME AND IN KNOWING
AND LOVING ME, THEY WILL BE
ABOUT THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND
THEY LOVE THEIR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND CARE FOR EACH
OTHER. WE DO NOT DO OUT OF
RELIGION OR OBLIGATION BUT
BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR FATHER AND
WE LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, WHICH IS WHAT JESUS
SAID THE LAW WAS ABOUT.
I LOVE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT
PART OF OUR "DO" IS LOVING
JESUS. YOU CANNOT DO SO MUCH
THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR A
RELATIONSHIP THAT IS THE ONLY
RELATIONSHIP THAT GIVES MEANING
TO THINGS. HOW DO YOU FIND
BALANCE?
THINK ABOUT MARRIAGE. YOU
THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PEOPLE. GOD IS THE SAME WAY.
HE LOVES US DEARLY. HE WOULD
NEVER THROW US OUT OF HIS
FAMILY, NO MATTER WHAT WE DID.
HE WOULD NEVER SAY YOU ARE NO
LONGER MY SON OR MY DAUGHTER,
HOWEVER AS A GOOD FATHER, HE
SAYS THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO
ARE MORE QUALIFIED TO DO THE
FAMILY BUSINESS, TO HAVE
RESPONSIBILITIES, WE SEE THAT.
IF YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
LITTLE THINGS, I WILL GIVE YOU
BIGGER THINGS.
TALK ABOUT LEADING CHURCH --
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY
LEAVING CHURCH. WE HEAR THE
STATISTICS. I DO NOT KNOW
WHETHER THEY ARE ACCURATE OR
NOT, BUT WHY IS THAT HAPPENING?
TERRY, PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS. IF YOU
SEE YOURSELF AS A GOOD MOM, YOU
TEND TO ACT LIKE A GOOD MOM. WE
HAVE PREACHED CHEAP GRACE. IT
IS BELIEF WITHOUT REPENTANCE,
SO PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS SINNERS.
WE SAY, YOU ARE A SINNER SAVED
BY GRACE, NOW THERE IS NOTHING
LEFT TO DO. YOUR A BAD PERSON
AND JESUS LOVES YOU ANYWAY. HOW
DO I SEE MYSELF? I'M A BAD
PERSON, SO WHY TRY? WE NEED TO
SEE MYSELF AS I AM A SINNER --
WE SEE THAT AND WE GO, MAN, HE
HAS GIFTED ME FOR A PURPOSE.
THE EVIL THAT WE SEE, THE
DECLINE OF THE UNITED STATES, I
HAVE A PURPOSE TO DO AND IT
STARTS WITH MY FAMILY AND IT
STARTS WITH MORE.
DO NOT GIVE UP. DO NOT GIVE
UP. BE STEADFAST. WE HAVE SOME
EXCITING TIMES. WE LIVE IN
EXCITING TIMES. IT IS NOT JUST
THE CHINESE PROVERB. THE BOOK
IS CALLED "A DARING FAITH IN A
IN FRONT OF MILLIONS.
GEORGE FOREMAN, RATED PG-13.
NOW PLAYING.
SHE IS LIVING IN INDIA AND
GAVE BIRTH TO TWIN BOYS. THEIR
ARRIVAL SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT
GREAT JOY TO HER AND HER
HUSBAND BUT INSTEAD THE COUPLE
WAS HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE ONE OF
THEIR SONS NEEDED LIFE-CHANGING
SURGERY THE FAMILY COULD NEVER
AFFORD.
AS SHE BEGAN TO CARE FOR HER
NEWBORN TWIN BOYS, SHE WAS
DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR ONE OF HER
SONS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN BORN
WITH A CLEFT PALATE.
WHEN I SAW HIM FOR THE FIRST
TIME, MY KNEES WENT WEAK AND I
SAID TO MYSELF, WHY DID THIS
HAPPEN? MY HUSBAND AND I WERE
FINE. WHY IS OUR SON DIFFERENT?
HER GRANDMA WAS ALSO
SADDENED BY HER GRANDSON'S
CONDITION.
SHE WAS READY TO HELP.
I TOLD MY DAUGHTER IN LAW,
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RAISE
THEM, I WILL BRING HIM TO LIVE
WITH ME BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO
MUCH.
OTHERS WERE NOT SO KIND AND
SUPPORTIVE.
THE NEIGHBORS SAID I SHOULD
THROW HIM INTO THE RIVER AND TO
LIVE IN THE WOODS FOR ANIMALS
TO EAT.
HIS DAD IS A HARD WORKER AND
SOMETIMES HE WORKED THREE JOBS
TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE SURGERY.
I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR
AN OPERATION. I COULD BARELY
SAVE ENOUGH TO PURCHASE FORMULA
FOR THE TWINS. SOMETIMES, MY
WIFE AND I DID NOT EAT.
Reporter: BEFORE THE COVID
PANDEMIC HIT THE NATION OF
CAMBODIA, HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM
TO A CLINIC FOR VACCINATIONS.
THERE, DOCTOR TOLD THEM ABOUT
OPERATION BLESSING AND THEIR
FREE SURGERY PROGRAM. THEY THEN
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO
RECEIVE FREE OPERATION AT A
HOSPITAL IN INDIA AT A NEARBY
CITY.
WHEN IT WAS SAFE AFTER THE
COVID SHUT DOWN, WE WENT BACK
TO SEE HOW HE WAS DOING.
MY SON LOOKS AWESOME AND HE
COULD EAT WITHOUT CHOKING AND
CRYING AND HE IS GAINING
WEIGHT. NOW, EVERYONE SEES HIS
SWEET SMILE. I FEEL SO HAPPY.
I AM SO HAPPY AND GRATEFUL
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED
FREE SURGERY FOR MY SON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FIXING
MY SON SLIP.
THAT THANK YOU, THAT
GRATITUDE GOES ALL THE WAY TO
YOUR HOME IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF THE 700 CLUB. YOU MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR SURGERY TO COME TO
THAT WONDERFUL FAMILY TO FIX
THAT CLEFT PALATE. ISN'T IT
WONDERFUL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SAY,
YES, LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LET'S HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD. LET'S PREACH THE GOSPEL
AROUND THE WORLD. LET'S SHOW
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD THE
STORIES OF THE BIBLE. LET'S
HELP PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND LET'S
BROADCAST THE GOOD NEWS ACROSS
THE NATION, AROUND THE WORLD.
LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. THAT IS
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHEN YOU
JOIN THE 700 CLUB. YOU ARE
SAYING, YES, WANT TO BE PART OF
THAT. IF THAT IS YOU, GIVE US A
CALL RIGHT NOW AT
1-800-700-7000 . TO SAY, I
WANT TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB. HOW
MUCH IS THAT? IT IS JUST $20 A
MONTH OR $.65 A DAY. THERE ARE
A LOT OF CLUB LEVELS THAT WE
HAVE AND YOU CAN JOIN AT GOLD
OR AT 1000 CLUB. EITHER WAY, DO
IT NOW AND WHEN YOU DO IT, ASK
FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS, ELECTRONIC
MONTHLY GIVING. THE BANK DOES
ALL THE WORK AND WE SEND IS OUR
GIFT TO YOU, MONTHLY TEACHING
CDs. IF YOU LIKE THOSE, AS FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL. I
THINK WE HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT .
WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO ASKED,
WHERE DOES IT SAY IN THE BIBLE
THAT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE HURT YOU, GOD
WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU.
YOUR IT IS. THERE ARE A LOT
OF PLACES IN THE BIBLE, BUT
HERE IS ONE FROM MATTHEW
CHAPTER 6. THAT IS VERSES 14
THROUGH 15. FOR IF YOU FORGIVE
MEN THEIR TRESPASSES, YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO
FORGIVE YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NOT
FORGIVE MEN THEIR TRESPASSES,
NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER
FORGIVE YOUR TRESPASSES. IT IS
PART OF THE LORD'S PRAYER.
FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE
FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS. IT IS A
PART OF THE PARABLE THAT JESUS
TAUGHT ABOUT A GREAT DEBTOR WHO
OWED THIS ENORMOUS DEBT TO THE
KING AND HE GOES TO THE KING
AND HE SAYS, CANNOT REPAY. CAN
YOU FORGIVE ME? THE KING SAYS,
YES. I EXTEND MERCY TOO. I
WILL NOT PUT YOU IN PRISON. I
AM GOING TO SET YOU FREE FROM
THIS DEBT. SO, THE MAN FIND
SOMEBODY A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND HE DEMANDS IMMEDIATE
PAYMENT AND HE SAYS, IF YOU
CANNOT PAY ME, I WILL PUT YOU
IN PRISON. THE KING FINDS OUT
ABOUT IT AND HE SAYS, WELL, I
WILL DELIVER YOU TO THE
TORTURERS UNTIL YOU PAY EVERY
CENT. SO, WALK IN FORGIVENESS.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CLEAN IN THAT
AND YOU WILL HAVE WONDERFUL
BLESSINGS. HERE IS A WORD FROM
MATTHEW. LET YOUR LIGHT SO
SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY
SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY