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The 700 Club - April 27, 2023

A two-year-old is discovered at the bottom of a swimming pool. No one knew how long he’d been down there. See what brought him back to life on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


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.

TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB.

STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN NEWS

ALL DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS .

> 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

SAME NUMBER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE

MORE PRAYER COME YOU CAN JOIN

US EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

AT NOON EASTERN TIME FOR LIVE

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THE 700 CLUB CHANNEL ON

YOUTUBE. YOU CAN ALSO ENCOURAGE

OR PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER THROUGH

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

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