> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE'S

DAUGHTER. THAT IS A QUOTE FROM

THE MOTHER OF A 20-YEAR-OLD

WOMAN WHO WAS SEXUALLY

ASSAULTED AND KILLED BY A GANG

MEMBER WHO ALLEGEDLY CROSSED IN

THE U.S. ILLEGALLY.

TAMMY NOBLE TESTIFIED BEFORE

LAWMAKERS THAT WITH STRICTER

BORDER POLICIES HER DAUGHTER

WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. NOW

A RARE BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT IS

BEHIND A NEW BILL THAT CAN BE A

BREAKTHROUGH IN IMMIGRATION

REFORM.

MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION

KNOWN ILLEGAL GOT A WAYS HAVE

SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED THE BORDER

UNDETECTED. THESE INCLUDE DRUG

DEALERS, GANG MEMBERS, AND

INDIVIDUALS ON THE TERRORIST

WATCH LIST. THAT IS NOT A

SECURE BORDER.

PLEASE REMEMBER, THE BORDER

IS SIMPLY A TRANSIT LOCATION,

NOT A DESTINATION. THESE

PEOPLE AND THINGS ARE GOING TO

EVERY CITY, TOWN, AND STATE.

Reporter: LAWMAKERS ALSO

HEARD TESTIMONY FROM TAMMY

NOBLES. LAST YEAR POLICE

ARRESTED AN ALLEGED MS 13 A

MEMBER FOR KILLING HER

20-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. THE

16-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT HAD BEEN

APPREHENDED FOR ILLEGALLY

CROSSING INTO THE WEST AND

ALLOWED TO LIVE WITHIN AND IN

MARYLAND.

WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED FOR

MURDER, HE LAUGHED AND SMIRKED.

THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.

THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR

EVERYONE LIVING IN THE UNITED

STATES.

Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE IS

SHARING THE NIGHTMARE HER

FAMILY EXPERIENCED BECAUSE

NOTHING WILL CHANGE OF PEOPLE

DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

HAS TO SECURE OUR BORDER. WE

NEED TO PROPERLY VET ALL BORDER

CROSSERS. THE GOVERNMENT COULD

HAVE PLACED A PHONE CALL AND

FOUND THAT HE WAS A GANG

MEMBER, BUT THEY DIDN'T. IF WE

HAD STRICTER BORDER POLICIES,

MY DAUGHTER WOULD STILL BE

ALIVE TODAY.

Reporter: MEANWHILE, TWO

HISPANIC LAWMAKERS INTRODUCED A

RARE BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION

REFORM BILL.

THIS BILL REPRESENTS A

BREAKTHROUGH, A TRUE

BREAKTHROUGH, AND A TRUE

COMPROMISE.

Reporter: THE LEGISLATION

DETAILS A 12 YEAR PATH TO

CITIZENSHIP FOR IMMIGRANTS IN

THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. IT WOULD

PROVIDE FUNDING FOR MORE BORDER

PATROL AGENTS AND PROPOSES

CHANGES TO STREAMLINE THE

ASYLUM SYSTEM.

WE ARE GOING TO TREAT YOU

WITH HUMANITARIAN METHODS, BUT

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GAME

THE ASYLUM SYSTEM ANYMORE. NO

MORE HIDING SOMEWHERE. WE WILL

TREAT YOU WELL AND DETERMINE

YOUR CASE IN TWO MONTHS.

Reporter: IT HAS BEEN 13

YEARS SINCE CONGRESS SERIOUSLY

ADDRESSED THE IMMIGRATION

SYSTEM. BESIDES A BIPARTISAN

NATURE , IT IS UNLIKELY TO VERY

FAR. THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED

HOUSE VOWS NOT TO TAKE UP ANY

IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION UNLESS

IT IS AIMED AT SECURING THE

SOUTHERN BORDER.

WE ALL KEEP HOPING FOR

PROGRESS ON AN IMMIGRATION BILL

. LET'S HAVE COMPREHENSIVE

LEGISLATION THAT CAN HANDLE THE

ENORMOUS PROBLEM WE ARE FACING

EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE BORDER.

AND LET'S ECHO WHAT THE BORDER

AGENT SAID, THE BORDER IS NOT A

DESTINATION. IT IS JUST A PLACE

OF TRANSIT. THESE PEOPLE ARE

GOING THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY,

AND THEY ARE GOING,

ESSENTIALLY, UNINHIBITED.

> NOWHERE NEAR A DEAL ONTHE

DEBT CEILING. THAT IS WHAT

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY IS

TELLING REPUBLICANS BEHIND

CLOSED DOORS. JOHN JESSUP HAS

MORE ON THAT FROM WASHINGTON.

Reporter: SPEAKER McCARTHY

PUBLIC HE IS SAYING THE WHITE

HOUSE AND CONGRESS CAN MEET THE

JUNE 1 DEADLINE TO PREVENT A

DEFAULT ON US GOVERNMENT DEBT.

BUT IN PRIVATE, HE ADMITS THERE

IS STILL A WAY TO GO. FAILURE

TO STRIKE A DEAL ON THE DEBT

LIMIT WOULD BE UNPRECEDENTED

AND THROW THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

INTO TURMOIL, INFLICTING

ECONOMIC PAIN ON HOUSEHOLDS AND

THE MILITARY. NEGOTIATIONS

OVER RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT

CONTINUE ON CAPITOL HILL WITH

JUST DAYS TO GO BEFORE THE

COUNTRY RUNS OUT OF MONEY.

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY

SOUNDING CONFIDENT THAT

LAWMAKERS ARE CLOSE TO STRIKING

A DEAL.

WE CAN STILL FINISH THIS BY

JUNE 1.

Reporter: PRIVATELY HE

REPORTEDLY CONCEDED TO

REPUBLICAN MEMBERS THAT THEY

ARE NOWHERE NEAR A DEAL YET.

THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS TALKS

HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE.

EVERYONE IS WORKING IN GOOD

FAITH AND RECOGNIZES THAT NO

ONE IS GOING TO GET EXACTLY

WHAT THEY WANT. WE WILL GET IT

DONE.

Reporter: REPUBLICANS

CALLING A PRESIDENT BIDEN AND

DEMOCRATS TO CUT SPENDING TO

PRE-2022 LEVELS , STREAMLINE

OIL AND GAS PROJECTS, AND

IMPOSE NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS

FO THOSE RECEIVING GOVERNMENT

AID. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO

RETAIN CURRENT SPENDING LEVELS

AND RAISE TAXES FOR WEALTHY

AMERICANS AND LARGE

CORPORATIONS.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP

BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE

THEY ARE ON FINANCES.

Reporter: A DEFAULT WOULD

SEND SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE

GLOBAL ECONOMY AND FINANCIAL

MARKETS. EXPERTS SAY THE U.S.

ECONOMY COULD FALL INTO

RECESSION WITH MILLIONS LOSING

THEIR JOBS AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

IT WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE

NATIONAL DEFENSE , AS MEMBERS

OF THE U.S. MILITARY WOULD NOT

BE PAID. THE HEADS OF THE JOINT

CHIEFS WARNING DEFAULT WOULD

HAVE AN IMMEDIATE AND DRAMATIC

IMPACT ON READINESS.

THE POTENTIAL HERE COULD BE

CATASTROPHIC FOR US. I DON'T

SAY THAT LIGHTLY.

Reporter: AMERICANS ARE ON

EDGE.

IT IS VERY STRESSFUL.

I PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY

AND MEDICAID, AND NOW THEY'RE

TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY?

WE'RE PLAYING RUSSIAN

ROULETTE WITH THE UNITED STATES

CREDIT.

Reporter: CBN CHIEF

POLITICAL ANALYST DAVEY BRODY

PREDICTING THE TWO SIDES WILL

PROBABLY REACH A DEAL IN TIME,

BUT THE POLITICAL BRINKMANSHIP

IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THEY WILL MEET

SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.

DEMOCRATS HAVE ALL THE PRESSURE

TO SETTLE THIS THING, BECAUSE

THEY CONTROL THE LEVERS OF

GOVERNMENT IN THE IMPORTANT

SENATE AND THE PRESIDENCY. THIS

IS A WIN FOR REPUBLICANS, BUT

EITHER WAY, NOT A WIN FOR THE

COUNTRY.

Reporter: NEGOTIATORS WILL

CONVENE AGAIN TODAY FOR ANOTHER

ROUND OF TALKS AS THE CLOCK

TICKS CLOSER TO THE JUNE 1

DEADLINE.

> FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON

DESANTIS MAKING IT OFFICIAL

TODAY, ANNOUNCING HIS CAMPAIGN

FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

FOR PRESIDENT. DESANTIS

DECLARING HIS INTENTIONS DURING

A LIVE AUDIO APPEARANCES

EVENING ON TWITTER WITH ELON

MUSK. THE DESANTIS CAMPAIGN

WILL ALSO PUBLISH A LAUNCH

VIDEO . THE GOVERNOR WILL BEGIN

VISITING PRIMARY STATES AFTER

MEMORIAL DAY. HIS FRONT RUNNER

, DONALD TRUMP, IS HIS PRIMARY

RIVAL, AND HE TRAILS THE

PRESIDENT BY MORE THAN 35

POINTS.

> TURNING TO A STORY OF FAITH

AND PERSEVERANCE. A CHINESE

CONGREGATION THAT ESCAPED

PERSECUTION AND FOUND ASYLUM

HERE IN AMERICA. THE MAYFLOWER

CHURCH FLED FIRST TO SOUTH

KOREA, AND THEN THAILAND AND A

QUEST FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

ONE FINAL CHALLENGE OPENS THE

HOME TO A NEW DOOR.

Reporter: THE MAYFLOWER

CHURCH CONGREGATION ESCAPED THE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN

2019 AND HEADED TO SOUTH KOREA,

AND THEN TO THAILAND. STRANDED

THERE WHILE HOPING FOR U.N.

REFUGEE STATUS. ALL HOPE SEEMED

LOST WHEN IMMIGRATION POLICE

ARRESTED ALL 63 MEMBERS FOR

EXPIRED VISAS. THEY WORRIED

ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

THE THAILAND POLICE WAS

DIFFERENT FROM THE CHINESE

POLICE. IF WE WERE CAUGHT FROM

THE CHINESE POLICE, THEY WOULD

BEAT US, BUT SOMETIMES I FELT

DESPERATE, BECAUSE OF WERE SENT

BACK TO CHINA, IT WOULD BE A

LOT WORSE FOR ALL OF US.

Reporter: THEY WORRIED ABOUT

CHINESE OPERATIVES POSSIBLY

ABDUCTING THEM IF THEY HAD BEEN

RELEASED FROM THE DETENTION

CENTER AFTER PAYING THE FINE.

WHAT WE HAVE IS A SITUATION

WHERE THE GOVERNMENT POLICE

ARE NOT ABLE TO PREVENT THESE

KIDNAPPINGS AND OBJECTIONS AND

BEING HELD FOR RANSOM. THEY

WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN IN A

VERY, VERY TENUOUS AND POSSIBLY

DANGEROUS SITUATION. GOD HEARD

OUR PRAYERS. EVEN SOMETHING

HORRIBLE LIKE THE GROUP BEING

ARRESTED AND THROWN INTO THE

IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER,

THAT WAS STILL USED BY THE

LORD TO HIGHLIGHT THE

DIFFICULTY OF THE SITUATION ,

AND IT THEN MOVED THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A QUICKER

DECISION TO RESETTLE THEM.

Reporter: THEY WERE STUNNED

WITH THE MIRACULOUS

INTERVENTION.

I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE

AMERICANS SAID THEY ALREADY

BOUGHT THE TICKETS, AND WE ARE

TO LEAVE RIGHT AWAY. IT WAS

SORT OF IMPOSSIBLE. I AM

REMINDED OF THE VERSES SAYS, I

HAVE HEARD ABOUT YOU, BUT NOW I

SEE YOU. WHEN I GOT ON THE

PLANE, I FELT LIKE I WAS

DREAMING. IT REMINDS ME THAT

GOD IS AT WORK AND WILL DO

WHAT HE PROMISED.

Reporter: MAYFLOWER CHURCH

MEMBERS RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME

AFTER LANDING IN DALLAS. HUMAN

RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS HELPED

THEM GAIN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND

ASYLUM IN THE U.S. THE MEMBERS

OF THE MAYFLOWER CHURCH ARE

GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW LIFE THEY

NOW HAVE IN AMERICA.

I THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING

THAT HE HAS DONE FOR ALL OF

US. HE TOOK US OUT AT THE

DETENTION CENTER AND LETTUCE

TO AMERICA. I BELIEVE HE WILL

LET US LIVE IN PEACE HERE.

AMERICA, A PLACE OF HOPE AND

REFUGE. GORDON, BACK TO YOU.

WE STARTED OFF WITH A

NEGATIVE STORY ABOUT

IMMIGRATION, AND HERE'S A

POSITIVE STORY. BUT THEY FOLLOW

THE RULES. THE FIRST APPLIED

FOR ASYLUM IN A NEIGHBORING

COUNTRY. IN THAT PROCESS, THE

U.S. GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THAT

THIS WASN'T GOING TO WORK, AND

SO LEGALLY, THEY OPENED THE

DOOR, AND WE WELCOMED THEM WITH

OPEN ARMS. THIS IS THE STANDARD

THAT AMERICA LIVES BY. WE WANT

TO BE A SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO

ARE IN NEED.

> HERE IS THE ALLEGATION. A

GLOBAL PAY TO PLAY SCHEME THAT

SOLD ACCESS TO JOE BIDEN WHEN

HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT. CAPITOL

HILL REPUBLICANS SAY THEY HAVE

EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THAT CLAIM.

THEY ARE DETERMINED TO DIG

DEEPER INTO WHAT THEY CLAIM IS

THE BIDEN FAMILY PROFITING AT

THE EXPENSE OF AMERICA'S

NATIONAL INTERESTS. GARY LANE

BRINGS THE DETAILS.

Reporter: REPUBLICAN MEMBERS

OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT

COMMITTEE RECENTLY LAID OUT

WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A GLOBAL

WEB OF BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE

PEDDLING. THE 36 PAGE

MEMORANDUM ALLEGES THAT FOREIGN

BUSINESSMEN SENT MILLIONS IN

WIRE TRANSFERS TO NUMEROUS

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

THAT THEN TRANSFER THE CASH THE

BANK ACCOUNTS OF AT LEAST NINE

BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS. MUCH OF

THE MONEY CAME FROM CHINA,

INCLUDING TRANSACTIONS

INVOLVING THE CHINESE ENERGY

COMPANY. A BIDEN ASSOCIATE ,

ROB WALKER, USED HIS COMPANY TO

FUNNEL MONEY FROM THE CHINESE

THE VARIOUS BIDEN FAMILY

MEMBERS.

DEMOCRATS DISMISSED THE

EVIDENCE. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS

BASED ON BANK RECORDS DIRECTLY

FROM THE BANK. HUNTER BIDEN'S

REPRESENTATIVES CLAIMED THE

MONEY WAS GOOD FAITH SEED

FUNDS, BUT COULD NOT EXPLAIN

WHY THOSE FUNDS WENT THROUGH AN

INTERMEDIARY IN ATTEMPT TO

HIDE THE TRANSFERS FROM THE

CHINESE.

Reporter: THE REPUBLICANS

CONTEND THAT SUBPOENAED BANK

RECORDS SHOW THE CHAIRMAN OF A

NOW DEFUNCT COMPANY GAVE

HUNTER BIDEN A THREE CARAT

DIAMOND RING WORTH $80,000 . IN

FEBRUARY 2017, NINE DAYS AFTER

HE MET HIM IN MIAMI, $3

MILLION WAS WIRED TO A COMPANY

OWNED BY HUNTER BIDEN BUSINESS

ASSOCIATE ROBERT WALKER,

FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER $3 MILLION

THE NEXT MONTH. THE U.S.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL

CRIMES ENFORCEMENT UNIT LISTED

THE TRANSFERS AS SUSPICIOUS

ACTIVITY . AT LEAST $500,000

MADE ITS WAY FROM THE WALKER

LLC TO HUNTER BIDEN'S COMPANY

THAT YEAR.

THE ONLY LOGICAL CONCLUSION

OF A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL IS

THAT YOU ARE CONCEALING MONEY .

LET ME RESTATE THIS, YOU ARE

CONCEALING MONEY FROM EITHER

THE IRS OR FROM CREDIT

AGENCIES OR FROM OTHER PEOPLE

IN GENERAL. THAT IS THE ONLY

REASON YOU SET UP A STRUCTURE

LIKE THIS.

Reporter: FORMER ASSISTANT

FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA , JOHN O'CONNOR,

SEES A TROUBLING PATTERN.

EVERYTHING POINTS TO

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. I THINK

THERE IS PLENTY THERE, IN MY

VIEW, TO SHOW MONEY-LAUNDERING

AND WHAT THEY CALL STRUCTURING,

HAVING DIFFERENT DEVICES

INTENDED TO FOOL THE

AUTHORITIES AS TO WHAT WAS

HAPPENING IN A CORRECT

TRANSACTION.

Reporter: WHILE THE HOUSE

GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

HAS NOT YET DECLARED THE MONEY

TRANSFERS A LEGAL, MEMBERS ARE

PLANNING ADDITIONAL SUBPOENAS

IN HOPES OF UNCOVERING THE

TRUTH.

EVERY TIME WE TURN OVER A

ROCK, THERE IS MORE

INFORMATION, MORE POSSIBLE

CORRUPTION, MORE POSSIBLE

ALLEGATIONS THAT NEED TO BE

INVESTIGATED.

Reporter: HOUSE REPUBLICANS

CHARGE THE F.B.I. IS NOT

COOPERATING WITH THE

INVESTIGATION. THAT IS BECAUSE

THE F.B.I. REFUSED TO SUBPOENA

A KEY DOCUMENT TIME JOE BIDEN

TO AN ALLEGED BRIBERY SCHEME

WITH A FOREIGN NATIONAL. THE

BUREAU CLAIMS ATTORNEY OVER THE

DOCUMENT WOULD HARM

CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES AND

INFORMATION. NOW OVERSIGHT

COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO HAVE

ALLEGATIONS FROM AN IRS

WHISTLEBLOWER WHO REPORTS THE

ENTIRE TEAM INVESTIGATING

HUNTER BIDEN FOR TAX EVASION

HAS BEEN DISBANDED.

THIS IS A MASSACRE, BUT IT

IS DONE BY STEALTH AND

POISONING. NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED

TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. IT REALLY

IS VERY BOTHERSOME. ANOTHER

THING THAT IS WELL WITHIN THE

CONGRESSIONAL PURVIEW TO

INVESTIGATE , BECAUSE THAT,

ITSELF, IS A FORM OF

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

Reporter: HE ALSO CONTENDS

THAT BANK RECORDS SHOW BIDEN

FAMILY MEMBERS RECEIVED THE

TRANSFER OF $1 MILLION FROM A

ROMANIA BUSINESSMAN WHEN JOE

BIDEN SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT.

WHILE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN

WAS LECTURING ROMANIA ON

ANTICORRUPTION POLICIES, IN

REALITY, HE WAS A WALKING

BILLBOARD FOR HIS SON AND

FAMILY TO COLLECT MONEY. IN

FACT, THE MONEY STOPPED

FLOWING FROM THE ROMANIAN

NATIONAL SOON AFTER JOE BIDEN

LEFT THE VICE PRESIDENCY.

Reporter: WHAT IS THE LIKELY

OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION?

O'CONNOR BELIEVES CHARGES MAY

BE BROUGHT AGAINST HUNTER BIDEN

FOR NOT REGISTERING AS A

FOREIGN AGENT , AND THAT MIGHT

BEGIN TO SPELL TROUBLE FOR HIS

PRESIDENTIAL FATHER.

IF CHINA JOE BIDEN KNEW THIS

AND PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME

FOR HIS SON TO ACT AS AN

UNREGISTERED FOREIGN AGENT,

CORRUPTLY OR OTHERWISE , THAT

PITS HIM AS A POTENTIALLY, IN

THE LINE OF FIRE HERE.

Reporter: FURTHERMORE, HE

BELIEVES A SPECIAL COUNSEL

SHOULD BE APPOINTED

IMMEDIATELY.

THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF A

CONFLICT, BECAUSE AFTER ALL,

JOE BIDEN IS THE BOSS OF

MERRICK GARLAND. YOU HAVE TO

APPOINT ONE.

Reporter: THE PUBLIC IS

LIKELY TO SUPPORT THE

APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL

COUNSEL. A HARVARD UNIVERSITY

POLITICAL STUDIES POLL RELEASED

LAST APRIL FOUND THAT 67% OF

AMERICAN ADULTS FELT, IF FOUND

TO BE TRUE, HUNTER BIDEN

SELLING ACCESS TO HIS FATHER IS

AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE FOR

PRESIDENT BIDEN.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT

TRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY DON'T TRUST CONGRESS, THEY

DON'T EVEN TRUST THE PRESIDENT

BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF ALLEGED

CORRUPTION WITH THE AT EVERY

LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. NO ONE IS

EVER HELD TO ACCOUNT.

Reporter: SO FAR, HOWEVER,

REPUBLICANS ARE ALONE IN THEIR

EFFORTS. DEMOCRATS OF VARIOUS

NEWS OUTLETS ARE EITHER

DEBUNKING OR IGNORING THE

FINDINGS.

IF A SCANDAL FALLS IN THE

FOREST, AND NOBODY IS THERE TO

HEAR IT, IS THERE A SCANDAL?

WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A

DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN CREATED

BY DEMOCRATS OVER THE HUNTER

BIDEN LAPTOP. ARE WE SEEING

THAT NOW WITH THIS? I WOULD

ENCOURAGE THE INVESTIGATORS ON

CAPITOL HILL, THE REPUBLICANS,

YOU WANT TO TALK WITH

CHRISTOPHER HINES. CHRISTOPHER

HINES IS RELATED TO JOHN KERRY

. JOHN KERRY MARRIED HIS

MOTHER. CHRISTOPHER HINES WAS

ALSO A BUSINESS PARTNER WITH

HUNTER BIDEN. THEY BOTH WENT TO

YALE LAW SCHOOL TOGETHER. THEY

WERE TOGETHER ON THE FAMOUS

TRIP WITH JOHN KERRY AND JOE

BIDEN WHEN THEY WERE BOTH ,

JOHN KERRY WITH SECRETARY OF

STATE AND JOE BIDEN WAS VICE

PRESIDENT, THEY WENT WITH THEIR

FATHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW TO

CHINA TOGETHER. THEY SOMEHOW

SECURED DERELL SMITH AIRMALL

THEIR FATHERS WERE DOING

DIPLOMATIC VISITS. CHRISTOPHER

BIDEN BROKE HIS RELATIONSHIP

WITH HUNTER BIDEN OVER

BURISMA. HE LEFT THAT

PARTNERSHIP . THAT IS A KEY . I

THINK CONGRESS OUGHT TO ASK

WHY. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WHAT

WAS TROUBLING YOU IN ALL OF

THOSE ARRANGEMENTS? I THINK

THAT IS THE KEY. WHEN YOU TALK

TO PEOPLE WHO WERE IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH HUNTER BIDEN

AND THEN LEFT, WHAT IS THE

REASONING BEHIND THAT? THIS IS

GOING TO GET VERY SERIOUS OVER

THE NEXT YEAR. IT WILL

ABSOLUTELY PLAY OUT IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

> JULIE BUSLER SAYS SHE WAS

THE BLONDE BUBBLY MOM AND ALL

THE EVENTS. HER FRIENDS EITHER

NICKNAMED HER JOYFUL JULIE. YET

ON THE INSIDE, JOYFUL JULIE WAS

STRUGGLING, AND AT TIMES, IT

WAS SO BAD THAT SHE GOOGLED HOW

TO END HER LIFE.

Reporter: AUTHOR, WIFE, MOM

AND MISSIONARY . JULIE BUTLER

GREW UP IN A LOVING CHRISTIAN

HOME. WHEN HER MOM DIED FROM

CANCER, HER FAMILY WASN'T SURE

HOW TO HANDLE THEIR GRIEF, SO

THEY DIDN'T. AND THINGS ONLY

GOT WORSE.

MY THOUGHTS WENT TO

PLANNING HOW I WOULD DIE.

Reporter: IN HER BOOK,

JOYFUL SORROW, JULIE SHARES HER

STORY, HER BATTLE WITH

DEPRESSION AND PTSD, AND HOW

GOD HELPED HER FIND HOPE.

JULIE IS HERE WITH ME NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

WITH ME TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

YOU LOOK FABULOUS. I AM

LOVING THE JUMPSUIT . IT IS

BEAUTIFUL. LET'S GET INTO YOUR

STORY. YOU LOST YOUR MOM TO

CANCER AT A PRETTY YOUNG AGE.

AND THEN YOU LOST YOUR FATHER

TO SUICIDE. ANYONE WOULD BE

DEVASTATED BY THIS. HOW DID YOU

HANDLE ALL OF THAT?

THAT IS THE PROBLEM. I

DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A.

WHEN YOU GROW UP IN A FAMILY

WHERE YOU ARE TAUGHT ABOUT

EMOTIONS AND GRIEF, AND I

CERTAINLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE

BIBLE TALKED ABOUT WAS

SUFFERING, I JUST SHOVED IT

DEEP DOWN AND REALLY PRETENDED

LIKE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

THAT IS WHAT MOST OF US DO.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALK

ABOUT YOUR BOOK ABOUT

DEPRESSION IS, IT DOESN'T

ALWAYS LOOK LIKE WHAT WE THINK.

SOMEBODY IS IN THE BED CRYING

ALL DAY. YOU CAN STILL BE

FUNCTIONING AT A NORMAL LEVEL

AND EXPERIENCE DEEP DEPRESSION.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH

YOU. TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

I THINK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY

PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH, TO HAVE

THIS IDEA THAT, TO BE A

CHRISTIAN MEANS YOU'RE HAPPY

ALL THE TIME , AND WE SHOULD BE

PEOPLE ENJOY. THERE IS ALWAYS

JOY IN THE LORD. WHEN THE

SPIRIT IS LIVING IN YOU, THE

FRUIT OF JOY IS THERE, BUT WE

DON'T HAVE TO BE CHEERFUL ALL

THE TIME. IT IS OFTEN TIMES

WHEN THERE IS SORROW AND

SIMULTANEOUS JOY FROM THE LORD

THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE

THAT THE REALLY IS HOPE IN

CHRIST. SO I AM TRYING TO

REALLY CHANGE THE FACE OF

MENTAL ILLNESS, BECAUSE THERE

ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH

CONTEXT WHO ARE STRUGGLING. THE

CURRENT STATISTIC IS 1 IN 5

ADULTS IN THE U.S. WILL

STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

LOOK AROUND YOUR CONGREGATION.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE

STRUGGLING.

LET'S GET BACK TO YOUR

STORY. IN THE EARLY 2010S, YOU

AND YOUR HUSBAND, YOU MOVED TO

TURKEY AS MISSIONARIES. YOU

ARE SEEMINGLY ENJOYING LIFE.

YOU HAVE CHILDREN. YOU STARTED

YOUR FAMILY, AND YET, YOU HAD

SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. TAKE US BACK

TO THOSE DAYS. WHAT WAS

HAPPENING?

THE PROBLEM IS THAT I NEVER

DEALT WITH THIS TRAUMA, BECAUSE

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO. I DIDN'T

KNOW THERE WERE RESOURCES

AVAILABLE. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW

WHAT THE BIBLE SAID. IS IT JUST

A FAITH PROBLEM? SO I SHOVE

THAT DOWN. EVEN MY LOVING

HUSBAND HAD NO IDEA, BECAUSE I

DIDN'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT.

WE'RE IN TURKEY AND SHARING

HOPE, AND THERE'S ONLY SO LONG

YOU CAN PRETEND TO BE OKAY.

EVENTUALLY I RAN OUT OF THE

ABILITY TO PRETEND.

AT WHAT POINT DID YOU END

UP SHARING WITH SOMEBODY YOU

WERE HAVING THE STUDENTS

SUICIDAL THOUGHTS?

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW CAME TO

VISIT US IN TURKEY. WORK SO

EXCITED TO HAVE HER AND LETTER

HERO LANGUAGE AND MEET THE

PEOPLE. THE TURKISH PEOPLE ARE

AMAZING PEOPLE. THAT I REMEMBER

WATCHING HER WITH MY CHILDREN,

AND THEY WERE ALSO EXCITED TO

HAVE HER THERE. REMEMBER

THINKING, I FEEL NOTHING

INSIDE. OFTENTIMES, NUMBNESS

CAN BE A SYMPTOM OF TRAUMA.

THAT IS WHEN THIS INTRUSIVE

THOUGHT ENTERED MY MIND THAT I

DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF. I DO

BELIEVE I HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT

I DO WITH THE THOUGHT, AT THE

TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. IT

WAS, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE

MY LIFE, BECAUSE SHE IS HERE

AND CAN GET MY HUSBAND, KIDS,

MY BODY HOME TO OKLAHOMA. THAT

WAS A BIG WAKE-UP CALL. IF I

DON'T GET HELP, I WON'T SURVIVE

THIS.

YOU ENDED UP GETTING HELP.

YOU WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. ENDED

UP COMING BACK TO THE STATES.

AND THEN YOUR DEPRESSION

ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING

WORSE. WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THIS

MISSIONARY FAMILY THE PEOPLE

LOOK UP TO. WHETHER OR NOT THEY

MEAN TO, THEY PUT ANYONE IN

MINISTRY UP ON A PEDESTAL. YOU

ALMOST ARE ABOVE SUFFERING OR

STRUGGLING. IT IS VERY

UNHEALTHY, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL

HUMAN. WE LIVE AND FALLEN

BODIES. WE DO NEED HELP. AND

SO, I THINK I WAS SO ASHAMED

THAT I WAS STRUGGLING. I JUST

FELT LIKE I HAD NO PLACE IN

MINISTRY ANYMORE. I AM

DISCARDED. I AM NOT USEFUL TO

GOD. THAT SHAME MAYBE SPIRAL

DEEP DOWN THINKING MY LIFE HAS

NO PURPOSE ANYMORE.

WHAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR

TRUE CHANGE WHEN IT CAME TO

DEPRESSION?

IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY. I

HAD TO LEARN THAT MEDICINE

THERAPY ARE GOOD GIFTS. I

MEAN, MEDICINE CAN HELP

STABILIZE THE BRAIN AND THERAPY

CAN HELP US RECOGNIZE

IRRATIONAL THOUGHT PATTERNS,

BUT NOTHING TRANSFORMS THE MIND

LIKE THE WORD OF GOD. JESUS IS

ALWAYS THE HOPE. AFTER WALKING

THROUGH THERAPY IN MEDICINE,

AND I SEEM CHANGED, IT IS NOT

UNTIL I REALLY STARTED WAKING

UP EVERY DAY AND SEEKING THE

LORD IN HIS WORD THAT I STARTED

TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION

HAPPENING. IT WAS GOD TRULY

SUSTAINING ME WITH HIMSELF ,

EVEN AS I AM LEARNING TO ACCEPT

THESE RESOURCES AND HELP.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THE STIGMA THAT SO MANY,

SPECIFICALLY CHRISTIANS,

STRUGGLE WITH GOING ON

ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND ANTIANXIETY

MEDICATION? OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS

SOMETHING THAT IS HELP TO YOU

AND SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT SO MANY

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT

THEY NEED HELP WITH THAT. BUT

LIKE YOU SAID, THAT WITH THE

WORD OF GOD CAN BRING ACTUAL

TRANSFORMATION IN YOUR LIFE.

THERE IS A STORY IN SECOND

KINGS CHAPTER 20 THAT REALLY

HELPED ME. I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT I BELIEVE. I FELT ASHAMED

TO TAKE MEDICINE. IN THE STORY,

HEZEKIAH IS TOLD HE HAS THIS

ILLNESS, ISAIAH TELLS THEM, YOU

ARE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE. SO HE

CRIES OUT TO GOD . THE LORD

COMES BACK TO HEZEKIAH AND

SAYS, I HAVE HEARD YOUR

PRAYERS, I HAVE SEEN YOUR

TEARS, AND I WILL HEAL YOU. BUT

THEN SOMETHING INTERESTING

HAPPENS. HEZEKIAH BRINGS THIS

CAKE OF FIGS AND PUTS IT ON

HIS ILLNESS. BACK THEN, FIGS

WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE MEDICINAL

QUALITIES. IN THAT TIME AND

CONTEXT, THAT IS WHAT THEY HAD.

AND HAS ATTIRED RECOVERED. FOR

TALKING IS AT THE FIGS OR GOD?

GOD SAID, I WILL HEAL YOU. I

REALIZED WE CAN'T EXCLUDE THE

FIGS FROM PARTLY HEALING, BUT

ANYTHING WE USE HAS BEEN

EMPOWERED BY THE HEALER

HIMSELF.

AMEN. I LOVE THAT. YOU

ALWAYS SAY THAT THERE IS

PURPOSE IN OUR PAIN. I TOTALLY

BELIEVE THAT. TALK ABOUT HOW

THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALED THAT

TO YOU IN YOUR PERSONAL

JOURNEY.

WE HAD BEEN HOME SEVERAL

YEARS. I TOLD MY HUSBAND, I

WILL NEVER TELL ANYONE ABOUT MY

STRUGGLES. BUT WE ALL KNOW

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TELL GOD

THAT. AND SO, I WAS WITH A

PLANNING COMMITTEE IN MY SMALL

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AS A BUSY PASTOR, AND THE

STRESS WAS TAKING ITS TOLL ON

HIM AND HIS FAMILY. ONE DAY HE

HIT ROCK BOTTOM, AND THEN HE

OPENED HIS BIBLE TO PSALM 23.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, ROB FELT

GOD LEADING HIM IN A RADICAL

NEW DIRECTION.

AS A PASTOR, I KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT I WAS SAY TO ME IF I WAS

SITTING IN MY OFFICE. I KNEW

THE BIBLE VERSES THAT I WOULD

QUOTE TO ME. I KNEW THE ADVICE

I WOULD GIVE. I KNEW THE

ENCOURAGEMENT THAT I WOULD SAY,

THAT WILL GET YOU THROUGH. BUT

NONE OF IT WORKS. I WAS

PASTORING AT A CHURCH, AND IT

WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE HARDEST

EXPERIENCED. I FOUND MYSELF

BEING ONE OF THE ONLY ONES

THERE HELPING TO CARE FOR AND

SHEPHERD A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE,

NOT KNOWING HOW TO DO THAT ,

WHILE I WAS INSIDE FALLING

APART, NOT EVEN KNOWING IF I

COULD GET OUT OF BED THAT DAY.

LIFE STARTED TO REALLY UNRAVEL

FOR US. IT FELT LIKE WE GOT HIT

WITH ONE UNEXPECTED WAVE AFTER

THE NEXT. JEN SISTER PASSED

AWAY, TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, MY

GRANDMOTHER UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED

AWAY. MY GRANDFATHER, WHO IS

LIKE A SECOND DAD, HE PASSED

AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH JEN GOT MORE

MORE STRAINED, BECAUSE

EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING ALL

AROUND US.

EVERY DAY WAS A BAD DAY, AND

EVERY MOMENT SEEMED LIKE A BAD

MOMENT. WE JUST KEPT CONTINUING

TO BE BUSY, INSTEAD OF FACING

WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN

OUR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.

AND SO, WE PUT THESE

EXPECTATIONS ON OURSELVES THAT

WE WOULD BE THE SAVIOR , AND WE

WOULD FIX IT, WE WOULD MAKE

THEM FEEL BETTER, WE WOULD WIPE

EVERY TEAR, AND WE WOULD MAKE

EVERYONE FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING

TO BE OKAY. UNTIL WE LEARNED

THAT, NO MATTER HOW HARD WE

TRIED, WE COULD NEVER DO THAT.

MANY PEOPLE SAID TO ME, GOD

IS GOING TO USE THIS SUNDAY.

GOD IS GOING TO USE YOUR PAIN

FOR SOMEBODY ELSE SOMEDAY. I

REMEMBER THINKIN INSIDE MY

HEAD, HOW MUCH MORE DO I HAVE

TO GO THROUGH? I REMEMBER

CALLING ROUND AND SAY, I DON'T

KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO. I DON'T

KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN. I HAVE

HIT ROCK BOTTOM.

I REAP THE HARVEST OF

FALLING APART , BECAUSE THERE

WAS NO FOUNDATION, THERE WAS

NOTHING THERE ANY LONGER. AND

I FAKED IT AS LONG AS I COULD

UNTIL I COULDN'T ANYMORE. I

REMEMBER LAYING DOWN AND

YELLING TO GOD, I CAN'T FIX

THIS. EVERYTHING IN ME IS

FALLING APART, AND NOTHING IS

WORKING. I CAN'T FIX THIS. AND

RESPONSE I HEARD IN MY HEART

AND SPIRIT WAS, YOU CAN'T, BUT

I CAN. ARE YOU GOING TO LET

ME? ARE YOU GOING TO LET ME BE

THE ROCK AND STOP TRYING TO BE

THE ROCK. AND SO, I OPENED MY

BIBLE, AND IT OPENED TO ONE OF

MY FAVORITE PASSAGES, PSALM 23.

THE FIRST THING SAYS, THE LORD

IS MY SHEPHERD, I LACK NOTHING.

I KEPT FOCUSING ON THAT PHRASE

. I REALIZED THAT I WOULDN'T

LIVE WITHOUT LACK BECAUSE I HAD

EVERYTHING . I LEARNED THAT I

AM LIVING WITHOUT LACK BECAUSE

I HAVE MY SHEPHERD. SO I SAID

TO THE LORD THAT NIGHT, YOU BE

MY SHEPHERD. YOU ARE GOING TO

BRING ME THROUGH THE DARK

VALLEY. BECAUSE I CAN'T DO IT

ON MY OWN. AND SO, JEN WOKE UP

THE NEXT MORNING, AND I SAID

THERE, I REACHED OUT TO THIS

PASTOR AND HE INVITED US TO

THIS MARRIAGE RETREAT. WOULD

YOU GO WITH ME? THANKFULLY, SHE

SAID YES, I WILL GO. AND THAT

WAS THE NEXT PIECE OF THE

RESTORATION JOURNEY. THAT IS

WHEN WE STARTED TO PRIORITIZE

OUR HEALING. WHEN I STOPPED

TRYING TO GET THROUGH WHAT WE

WERE GOING THROUGH, AND I

STARTED TO REALIZE THAT I WAS

GOING THROUGH IT WITH JESUS,

EVERY STEP OF MY JOURNEY

CHANGED. BECAUSE NOW I HAD

HOPE. MY FAMILY WAS INCREDIBLY

STIR CRAZY ONE DAY. WE SAID,

LET'S GO VISIT A FARM. ALL THE

WHILE, WHILE WE ARE WALKING

THERE, I'M HAVING THIS ARGUMENT

WITH GOD. GOD WAS PUTTING ON MY

HEART THAT THIS IS WHERE IT IS

GOING TO BE. YOUR MINISTRY IS

GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON A FARM .

I REMEMBER GETTING HOME THAT

DAY AND SAYING TO MY WIFE, WE

NEED TO HAVE A TALK. I HAVE TO

TELL YOU SOMETHING. WE NEEDTO

SELL EVERYTHING AND MOVED TO A

FARM. SHE LOOKED ME IN THE

EYES AND SAID OKAY. WE TRIED

TO SELL HER HOUSE DURING THE

PANDEMIC . IS SOLD IN LESS THAN

THREE DAYS. WITH A NEW WE

WOULD BE WELL OVER $100,000

SHORT OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO

PURCHASE THE FARM. IT WAS

COMPLETELY OUT OF MY HANDS. I

HAD NO WAY OF COMING UP WITH

THIS MONEY. ONLY GOD WOULD BE

ABLE TO DO IT. SO WE PRAYED

AND THOUGHT, MAYBE WE CAN GET

SOMEBODY TO LOAN US THE MONEY.

WE TALKED TO ONE PERSON, THE

CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY, THEY

SAID, GOT PUT IT ON MY HEART,

AND I WILL DONATE IT. SO IN

TWO DAYS, WE RAISED ALL THE

FUNDS WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO

MOVE TO THE FARM. WE LIVE ON A

LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN THAT WE

CALL RESTORATION FAMILY FARM.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE FARM, WE

FIGHT FOR YOU TO HAVE REST.

BEING AT REST IT JUST MEANS

FEELING COMPLETELY FILLED UP

BY HIM AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE

HIS CHILDREN, AND THAT IS IT.

REST IS SOMETHING THAT IS

AVAILABLE TO EVERY SINGLE

PERSON, BECAUSE GOD CREATED IT

AS A GIFT FOR EVERYONE. BUT THE

UNIQUE PIECE ABOUT GOD IS THAT

HE IS SO CREATIVE THAT REST

LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY

SINGLE PERSON. AND SO, PART OF

OUR JOURNEY IS TO UNDERSTAND,

GOD, WHAT DOES YOUR RHYTHM

ARREST THAT YOU HAVE CREATED

FOR ME LOOK LIKE, AND HOW CAN I

LIVE THAT OUT IN MY LIFE?

IT BEGINS WITH EACH MORNING

COMMITTING THE DAY TO THE LORD

AND SAYING, WHAT IS MY NEXT

STEP? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO

TODAY?

THE BEAUTY OF A RESTORATION

JOURNEY IS THAT IT IS NEVER

OVER. BUT WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT

GOD SAYS WE WILL LIVE WITHOUT

LACK BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR

SHEPHERD, YOU CAN FIND JOY IN

THE JOURNEY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW

YOUR JOURNEY INCLUDES WALKING

WITH YOUR SHEPHERD.

I HOPE THIS STORY IS SPOKEN

TO YOU. SO OFTEN IN OUR HECTIC

LIVES WITH THE BUSINESS OF

DOING THE WORK OF MINISTRY ,

YOU LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR NEED TO

FIND REST IN HIM. AS WE'VE

GONE THROUGH A COVID PANDEMIC,

AS WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE

TROUBLE IN THE WORLD TODAY, ALL

THE NATURAL DISASTERS, THE

WARS, THE RUMORS OF WAR, THE

POLITICAL FIGHTS THAT WE ARE

ALL IN, WE ALL GET WEARY. AND

WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? DO WE

LET IT GET DEEP IN OUR SOULS TO

PRODUCE ANXIETY , TO PRODUCE

BURNOUT? DO YOU THINK SOMEHOW

THE SOLUTION IS TO WORK HARDER

OR DO MORE AND DO ALL THESE

OTHER THINGS? THOSE ARE NEVER

THE ANSWER. LET'S GO BACK TO

PSALM 23. HE MAKES YOU LIE

DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES. YOU

HEARD THE FIRST VERSE, THE LORD

IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT

WANT. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN

GREEN PASTURES. HOW DO SHE GET

MADE TO LIE DOWN? THEY REACH A

POINT OF EXHAUSTION . GOD

SHOWED ME THIS VERY CLEARLY. I

TOOK MY DOG, DAISY, FOR A VERY

LONG WALK. WE NORMALLY JUST

WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON

A SHORT WALK, AND SHE LIKES

THAT. SHE DOES HER BUSINESS, -

BUT THAT DAY, I SAID LET'S GO

FOR A VERY LONG WALK. WHEN WE

FINALLY GOT HOME AND SAW THE

GREEN OF THE GRASS, DAISY, ON A

LEASH, LAID DOWN IN THE GRASS

AND WOULD NOT GET UP. SHE WAS

ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED. SHE GAVE

ME THAT LOOK, WHAT HAVE YOU

DONE TO ME? SHE LAID DOWN IN

THE GRASS. IF YOU ARE

EXHAUSTED, LAID DOWN IN THE

GRASS. IT'S OKAY. HE MAKES YOU

DO THAT. THAT EXHAUSTION.WERE

YOU FINALLY REALIZE, I CAN'T DO

IT . DAISY LOOKED TO ME, ARE

YOU LOOKING TO GOD IS THE

SOURCE? ARE YOU LOOKING TO HIM

AS YOUR PROVIDER? ARE YOU

TRYING TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN?

OR ARE YOU LIKE ROB, I GIVE UP,

I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE. I GIVE

IT ALL TO YOU. THE SECOND PART

OF THE SAME VERSE THAT HE LEADS

YOU BESIDE STILL WATERS, THERE

WAS A POINT IN TIME, THIS IS

YEARS AGO IN MANILA WHERE I WAS

LITERALLY EXHAUSTED, AND I AM

READING PSALM 23, JUST AS ROB

WAS. IN THAT VERSE, HE LEADS ME

BESIDE STILL WATERS. AS I READ

IT, HE HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT

SPEAK TO ME. GORDON, I COULD

LEAD YOU BESIDE STILL WATERS,

BUT I CAN'T MAKE YOU DRINK.

ISN'T THAT AMAZING? YOU CAN'T

TO MAKE SHEEP AND DRINK. YOU

CAN EXHAUST THEM, MAKE THEM LIE

DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, BUT YOU

CAN TO MAKE THEM DRINK. TAKE

TIME TO DRINK OF THE LORD. TAKE

TIME TO DRINK OF HIS HOLY

SPIRIT. READ HIS WORD, HAVE

THAT TIME OF COMMUNION. WITHOUT

HIM, YOU CAN DO NOTHING, BUT

WITH HIM, YOU CAN DO ALL

THINGS. HE WILL LEAD YOU, HE

WILL GUIDE YOU, HE WILL DIRECT

YOUR STEPS. FOR ROB, IT WAS TO

SELL EVERYTHING AND BUY A FARM.

IN THAT, YOU WILL FIND REST FOR

YOUR SOUL. YOU WILL FIND THE

PEACE THAT COMES FROM THE

RHYTHMS OF LIVING ON A FARM AND

LIVING IN A RURAL COMMUNITY.

YOU WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THAT.

IF YOU'RE STRESSED OUT LIVING

IN A CITY, PLEASE FIND A

GARDEN. PLEASE FIND A PART. GO

SPEND TIME THERE. JUST LISTEN

TO THE WIND BLOWING THROUGH THE

TREES. HAVE COMMUNION WITH YOUR

SAVIOR. LET HIM COME AND

RESTORE YOUR SOUL. BECAUSE

THAT IS THE POINT OF IT ALL.

YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT HE IS

YOUR SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT

WANT. HE MAKES YOU LIE DOWN IN

GREEN PASTURES. HE LEAVES YOU

BESIDE STILL WATERS, AND HIS

GOAL IS TO RESTORE YOUR SOUL.

ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? HE WANTS

TO HELP YOU. HE WANTS TO BE

YOUR SAVIOR. SO TODAY, RESOLVED

THAT YOU WILL DO THAT. THAT YOU

WILL ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. HE WILL

PROVIDE ALL YOUR NEEDS. DECLARE

THAT. WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS,

JUST SAY, I DON'T HAVE TO WORK

FOR THIS. GOD IS GOING TO

PROVIDE IT TO ME FOR FREE. IF

YOU ARE EXHAUSTED, TAKE TIME,

LAID DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.

FIND A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE

YOUR SOUL RESTORED . MOST

IMPORTANTLY, DRINK OF HIM.

DRINK OF THE STILL WATERS. LET

THE STILL WATER FROM HIM COME

INTO YOUR SOUL AND BECOME A

LIVING RIVER IN YOU OUT OF YOUR

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HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A

DECISION TO MAKE. THIS IS

GOING ON IN MY LIFE, I NEED

YOUR HELP. COMMIT YOUR WAY TO

THE LORD. AND HE WILL GUIDE

YOU. HIS WORD WILL BE A LIGHT

INTO YOUR PAST. JUST ASK HIM

VERY QUIETLY, LORD, COULD YOU

GIVE ME A VERSE? COULD YOU SHOW

ME IN YOUR WORD? THAT WAY I

KNOW IT IS FROM YOU. I'M NOT

MAKING IT UP. IT IS NOT SOME

IMAGINATION. BUT I KNOW IT IS

FROM YOU. COULD YOU GIVE ME A

VERSE? AND THEN, BE QUIET.

STOP YOUR REQUEST. LET HIM

SPEAK TO YOU. HAVE THE FAITH TO

BELIEVE HE WILL RESPOND. HE

WILL GIVE YOU A VERSE AND

ANSWER YOU. YOU CAN THEN READ

IT IN THE BIBLE, AND NOW YOU

KNOW, BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS THE

WORD OF GOD. YOU HAVE QUIETED

YOURSELF. IT WILL BE A PRACTICE

THAT WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH

YOUR LIFE.

> WE LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH

PSALM 23. THOUGH I WALK THROUGH

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF

DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR

YOU ARE WITH ME. MAY JESUS BE