ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

> HELLO, WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB. I'M ANDREW KNOX, HENEFER

GORDON ROBERTSON. TARGET IN THE

CROSSHAIRS. THE RETAILER IS

FACING PUSHBACK AFTER -- THE

COMPANY LAUNCHED THE LINE AHEAD

OF JUNE'S PRIDE MONTH,

CELEBRATING THE LGBTQ

COMMUNITY.

SINCE THE CONTROVERSY

STARTED, TARGETS STOCK HAS

DROPPED 12%, A LOSS OF $9

BILLION IN MARKET VALUE. NOW,

THE RETAIL GIANT IS PULLING

SOME OF THE PRODUCTS OFF THE

SHELVES. CHARLENE AARON

REPORTS.

Reporter: TARGET BEGAN

ADVERTISING GAY PRIDE PRODUCTS

IN MAY, INCLUDING THOSE FOR

TRANS WOMEN. FOLLOWING INTENSE

PUSHBACK, THE COMPANY DECIDED

TO REMOVE SOME OF THE ITEMS

FROM STORES. THIS COMES AS

OTHER BUSINESSES EXPAND

PROMOTIONS AND DISPLAYS IN

ASSOCIATION WITH THE JUNE PRIDE

MONTH. FROM THIS ADIDAS AD

SHOWING A BIOLOGICAL MALE

WEARING A WOMEN'S SWIMSUIT, TO

ITEMS FEATURING SLOGANS LIKE

"LIVE, LAUGH, LESBIAN," AND

CLOTHING FOR BABIES AND

CHILDREN, THE MARKETING OF

PRIDE PRODUCTS ABOUND.

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN.

PEOPLE SAY "DO NOT PUSH YOUR

AGENDA ON PEOPLE. DO NOT PUSH

YOUR AGENDA ON PEOPLE." THEY

WILL SAY THIS IS JUST FOR

ADULTS. THESE ARE BABY CLOTHES

FOR KIDS. THIS IS FOR

EVERYONE.

Reporter: THIS FORMER GAY

SPECIAL DESIGNER, NOW A DEVOUT

CHRISTIAN, CALLS THE WIDESPREAD

APPROVAL OF LGBTQ IDEOLOGY PART

OF AN OVERALL ACTIVIST

STRATEGY. HE SINGLES OUT THIS

BOOK, "AFTER THE BALL: HOW

AMERICA WILL CONQUER ITS FEAR

AND HATRED OF GAYS IN THE

'90s," AS PROOF OF THE GAY

AGENDA TO UNDERMINE

CHRISTIANITY AND CHRISTIAN

AMERICAN FAMILY VALUES.

WE ARE INUNDATED WITH TV

SHOWS AND MOVIES AND MEDIA,

SOCIAL MEDIA. THE '90s WAS THE

DECADE IT REALLY TOOK OFF WITH

"WILL & GRACE" AND "SEX AND THE

CITY." AFTER DECADES OF THAT

HAPPENING AND BEING INUNDATED

WITH THAT, IT IS NO WONDER THAT

THE CULTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY

NORMALIZED.

Reporter: MANY ARE PUSHING

BACK AGAINST THE NORMALIZATION.

THOUSANDS ARE NOW BOYCOTTING

TARGET, FORCING A CHANGE TO

REMOVE SOME PRIDE MERCHANDISE

FROM THE STORE SHELVES AND, IN

SOME LOCATIONS, MOVING DISPLAYS

FROM THE FRONT OF STORES TO THE

BACK. IN A STATEMENT TUESDAY,

THE COMPANY CITED SAFETY

CONCERNS, SAYING, SINCE

INTRODUCING THIS YEAR'S

COLLECTION, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED

THREATS IMPACTING OUR TEAM

MEMBERS WITH CONCERNS THEIR

SAFETY AND WELL-BEING WHILE AT

WORK. GIVEN THESE VOLATILE

CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE MAKING

ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PLANS,

INCLUDING REMOVING ITEMS THAT

HAVE BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE

MOST SIGNIFICANT

CONFRONTATIONAL BEHAVIOR. THIS

MINISTER LIVED AS A LESBIAN FOR

20 YEARS. SHE SAYS IN A CULTURE

THAT EMBRACES LGBTQ IDEALS,

CHRISTIANS CAN MAKE A

DIFFERENCE. TODAY, SHE RUNS A

CHRISTIAN CLOTHING LINE

FEATURING THE RAINBOW.

GOD SHOWED ME A VISION

CLUTCHING THE RAINBOW.

Reporter: AS THE BATTLE OVER

THIS AND OTHER ISSUES CONTINUE,

MANY STRESS THAT VIOLENCE IS

NEVER THE ANSWER. THEY SHOULD

BE CONDEMNED. SHE ENCOURAGES

BELIEVERS INSTEAD TO PRAY FOR

THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT

HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.

HE DIED FOR THE GAYS AND THE

TRANSGENDERS, BUT THAT IS WHY

WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN. I

THINK THAT THE CHURCH NEEDS TO

BE THAT PILLAR . WE HAVE TO

SHOW LOVE WITHOUT COMPROMISE.

COOK AGREES.

EVERY DAY, DURING PRIDE

MONTH, WE SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR

PEOPLE TO GET SAVED OUT OF THAT

LIFE, LIKE GOD DID WITH ME.

Reporter: CHARLENE AARON,

CBN NEWS. CBN NEWS.

> I THINK THIS HAS BEEN

ANTICIPATED . THE COMPANIES

ROLLOUT THEIR MARKETING

MATERIALS AND THIS TYPE OF

STUFF HAPPENS. $9.3 BILLION

MARKET LOSS FOR TARGET. OF

COURSE, CHRISTIANS,

EVANGELICALS, RIGHT-WING

CONSERVATIVES, WHATEVER YOU

WANT TO LABEL THEM, THAT IS

EVERYDAY AMERICANS. THAT HIS

MOM'S WHO WANT TO BRING THEIR

DAUGHTER INTO TARGET OR

WHATEVER RETAIL STORE TO BUY A

BIRTHDAY CARD OR GET A BATHING

SUIT. THOSE ARE THE FAMILIES

WHO ARE SAYING, I DO NOT WANT

TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS. BUD

LIGHT, GUYS GET OFF WORK ON A

FRIDAY AND WANT TO PICK UP

THEIR SIXPACK OF BEER WITHOUT

ENGAGING IN THE CULTURE WAR.

ALSO, WHEN AMERICANS FEEL A

THING WHERE KIDS ARE BEING

TARGETED, WHETHER COMPANIES SAY

THEY ARE OR ARE NOT, FAMILIES

RESPOND. AMERICANS RESPOND. YOU

KNOW OTHER COMPANIES ARE

DEFINITELY WATCHING WHAT IS

HAPPENING.

> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE

AMONG THE MILLIONS TRAVELING

THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THEY

MIGHT HAVE TO DO A QUICK

TURNAROUND IF NEGOTIATORS REACH

A DEAL IN THE DEBT LIMIT. JOHN

JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN

WASHINGTON. JOHN?

Reporter: THEY SUGGEST THE

WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL

REPUBLICANS ARE CLOSER TO AN

AGREEMENT. ELEMENTS OF THE DEAL

REPORTEDLY INCLUDE RAISING THE

DEBT LIMIT FOR TWO YEARS,

GETTING THEM PASS THE 2024

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AS WELL

AS SPENDING LIMITS ON PROGRAMS

UNRELATED TO THE MILITARY AND

VETERANS. DESPITE THE PROGRESS,

MANY ARE ANXIOUS FOR THE

CONSEQUENCES OF THE JUNE 1st

DEADLINE, IF IT PASSES WITHOUT

A DEAL.

OBLIGATIONS OR OBLIGATIONS.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MINE AT

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIRS.

WITHOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND

SNAP, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MONEY

TO PURCHASE FOOD.

IF THE TWO SIDES REACHED AN

AGREEMENT OVER HOLIDAY,

CONGRESS WILL HAVE 24 HOURS TO

RETURN AND 72 HOURS TO READ THE

BILL AND MAKE FINAL VOTES , A

RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO MEET

THE DEADLINE.

> TO THE SUPREME COURT, A

DECISION HANDED DOWN, WEAKENING

THE POWER OF THE MARMOT

PROTECTION AGENCY. IN OPINION

IS TO THURSDAY, THE HIGH COURT

UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THE CLEAN

WATER ACT DOES NOT GIVE THE EPA

THE AUTHORITY TO BLOCK

HOMEOWNERS FROM BUILDING A HOME

NEAR A WETLAND IN IDAHO. THOUGH

THE JUDGE -- THE JUSTICES,

RATHER, WERE SPLIT FIVE MINUS

402Y. WITH ALL THE DEFINITION

OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

MUST BE RESTRICTED TO A WATER

SOURCE WITH A CONTINUOUS

SURFACE CONNECTION TO MAJOR

WATERWAYS.

> LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY FROM

THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON,

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IS

FORECASTING A 70% CHANCE OF A

NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL SEASON.

THEY ARE PREDICTING MORE THAN

A DOZEN NAMED STORMS BETWEEN

JUNE 1st AND NOVEMBER 30th,

INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF

MULTIPLE MAJOR HURRICANES OF

THE EVENT TO COAST. WARMER THAN

AVERAGE OCEAN TEMPERATURES AND

EL NIÑO COULD MAKE FOR AN

UNUSUALLY ACTIVE SEASON.

> STORMY WEATHER ALONG THE

EAST COAST WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A

HECTIC HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TENS OF

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE

TRAVELING OVER MEMORIAL DAY IN

WHAT EXPERTS SAY

THE BUSIEST IN DECADES. GEORGE

THOMAS HAS THE DETAILS.

Reporter: GET READY FOR ONE

OF THE BUSIEST MEMORIAL DAY

WEEKENDS IN OVER TWO DECADES.

A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN.

I'M GLAD WE ARE HERE EARLY.

Reporter: FROM LA TO NEW

YORK AND BOSTON AND CITIES IN

BETWEEN, DRIVERS ALL TRYING TO

BEAT THE RUSH AHEAD OF THE

HOLIDAY.

YOU ARE GOING TO GET STUCK

IN TRAFFIC FOR THREE HOURS OR

MORE.

Reporter: AIRPORTS AND

HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE

PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS AS MILLIONS

SET OFF BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY.

SOME 37 MILLION PEOPLE ARE

EXPECTED TO DRIVE AT LEAST 50

MILES FROM HOME THIS WEEKEND,

UP 2 MILLION MORE THAN LAST

YEAR THIS TIME. AAA IS

PREDICTING LONG LINES AND

POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS AT

AIRPORTS AS TSA AGENTS GET

READY TO SCREEN MORE THAN 10

MILLION FLYERS, A 14% INCREASE

SINCE 2022.

TRANSPORTATION WAS CLOSE TO

2019 OR PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS.

THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER IS BIGGER

THAN PRE-PANDEMIC.

Reporter: AIRLINES FACING

HUGE STAFF SHORTAGES AND

CANCELLATIONS IN RECENT TIMES

WILL ALSO HAVE THEIR SYSTEMS

TESTED THIS WEEKEND.

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE

CAN TO PRESS AIRLINES TO HAVE

GOOD SERVICE. IF THERE IS AN

ISSUE, WE WILL HAVE YOUR BACK.

Reporter: IF YOU THINK

WAITING UNTIL TUESDAY TO FLY

BACK WILL HELP YOU, THINK

AGAIN.

THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME. WE

WILL HAVE HIGHER THAN NORMAL

VOLUME. MAYBE THOSE TRYING TO

AVOID THE CRUNCH, TOO MANY

PEOPLE MAY HAVE THE SAME IDEA.

Reporter: WITH MILLIONS

HITTING THE SANDS, A RISE IN

SHARK ATTACKS HAVE SOME

BEACHGOERS WORRIED. IN STONE

HARBOR, NEW JERSEY, 15-YEAR-OLD

MAGGIE WAS BIT BY A SHARK WHILE

SURFING EARLIER THIS WEEK.

I WAS IN SHOCK. I WAS UNDER

THE WATER. I TRY TO SHAKE MY

LEG AS HARD AS I COULD.

Reporter: SHE IS NOW

RECOVERING AT HOME AFTER

SUFFERING NO SERIOUS INJURIES.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.

> ANDREW, BACK TO YOU.

> WELL, IT IS MEMORIAL DAY

WEEKEND AND THERE ARE SHARK

SIGHTINGS AND AIR TRAVEL AND

CAR TRAVEL. GET READY FOR THE

DELAYS. IT IS GOOD TO

ANTICIPATE THAT. THE AIRLINES

GOD IS THE MASTER ARTIST AND

WE ARE HIS CANVASS.

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> DELUSIONAL, PARANOID, AND

PSYCHOTIC IS HOW ONE YOUNG MAN

FROM COLORADO BECAME AFTER FIVE

YEARS OF MARIJUANA USE.

EVENTUALLY, HE TOOK HIS OWN

LIFE. NOW, ALMOST 11 YEARS

AFTER THE STATE LEGALIZED

MARIJUANA, HIS FAMILY IS

WARNING OTHERS ABOUT THE

DANGERS OF THE TRUCK. MARK

MARTIN BRINGS US BOTH SIDES OF

THIS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

HELLO, I AM JOHNNY. I AM A

SERIOUS PERSON. THIS IS MY

BROTHER, JAMES, THE WILD ONE.

JOHNNY WAS A WONDERFUL YOUNG

MAN. HE WAS VERY SMART, HAD A

PERFECT SAT SCORE IN MATH --

800 OUT OF 800 -- HAD A 4.0 GPA

ALL THROUGH SCHOOL. HE LOVED

JESUS. WE ARE A CHRISTIAN

FAMILY.

Reporter: BEHIND THE

ACCOLADES, HOWEVER, A DEEP

STRUGGLE CAME TO LIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN

COLORADO, WHERE MARIJUANA WAS

LEGALIZED HERE IN 2012 WHEN

JOHNNY WAS 12 YEARS OLD. AND IN

2014, IT CAME OUT INTO THE

DISPENSARIES AND HE WAS 14

YEARS OLD AND IN NINTH GRADE.

Reporter: SHE SAID THAT'S

WHEN HER SON, JOHNNY, WENT TO

HIS FIRST HIGH SCHOOL PARTY AND

TOOK A HIT OF MARIJUANA FOR THE

FIRST TIME.

AND I SAID, JOHNNY, I'M

REALLY KIND OF SURPRISED AT

THAT. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME,

BUT DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN. I

SAID, MARIJUANA WILL RUIN THAT

BEAUTIFUL BRAIN OF YOURS.

Reporter: STACK SAID SHE

DIDN'T DWELL ON HIS DECISION.

IN MY HEAD I SAID, YOU KNOW,

IT'S JUST WEED. I USED IT WHEN

I WAS A GIRL. I'M FINE. IT'S NO

BIG DEAL. AND I WAS SO WRONG.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF FIVE

YEARS OF ADDICTION WITH OUR

SON, AND SADLY, HE TOOK HIS OWN

LIFE WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD

-- FIVE YEARS LATER AFTER HE

BECAME PSYCHOTIC, VERY

DELUSIONAL, PARANOID, AND

SUSPICIOUS FROM USING THE

MARIJUANA.

Reporter: THREE DAYS BEFORE

HE DIED, STACK SAYS HER SON

ISSUED A WARNING.

> HE SAID, MOM, I JUST WANT

YOU TO KNOW YOU WERE RIGHT. AND

I SAID, ABOUT WHAT? AND HE

SAID, ABOUT THE MARIJUANA. YOU

TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD HURT MY

BRAIN AND IT'S RUINED MY MIND

AND MY LIFE. I'M SORRY AND I

LOVE YOU. AND THREE DAYS LATER,

HE WAS GONE.

Reporter: NOW STACK AND HER

HUSBAND, JOHN, TRAVEL AROUND

THE COUNTRY, SHARING JOHNNY'S

STORY AND HIS WARNING ABOUT

MARIJUANA. THEY STARTED THE

NON-PROFIT, "JOHNNY'S

AMBASSADORS," WITH THE GOAL OF

PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM

USING THE SUBSTANCE, BY

ENLISTING "AMBASSADORS" TO GET

THE WORD OUT IN THEIR

COMMUNITIES.

WE TRY TO TALK TO PARENTS

AND TEENS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

TO OUR SON AND THE DANGERS OF

THESE NEW PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON

THE MARKET, THAT THEY'RE NOT

THE SAME. IT'S NOT JUST WEED.

THEY'RE VERY HIGH POTENCY.

THIS IS NOT YOUR WOODSTOCK

WEED. WE'RE SEEING PRODUCTS UP

TO 99.9% PURE THC. AND IF YOU

SMOKED MARIJUANA 20 OR 30 YEARS

AGO, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN

RECOGNIZE THESE PRODUCTS.

Reporter: THC IS THE MAJOR

PSYCHOACTIVE COMPONENT IN

CANNABIS. IT'S THE MAIN TRIGGER

BEHIND MARIJUANA'S EFFECTS ON A

PERSON'S MENTAL STATE. SABET IS

THE FORMER DRUG POLICY ADVISOR

TO THREE PRESIDENTIAL

ADMINISTRATIONS.

WE'RE SEEING HUGE RATES OF

MENTAL ILLNESS IN PLACES THAT

HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA AND

HAVE NORMALIZED IT OVERALL IN

THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE SEEING

VERY LARGE INCREASES IN

EMERGENCY ROOM ADMISSIONS,

ACCIDENTAL POISONINGS, PEOPLE

GETTING THESE EDIBLES BECAUSE

TODAY'S MARIJUANA IS NOT YOUR

OLD JOINT. IT'S COMING IN GUMMY

BEARS, COOKIES, CANDIES,

LOLLIPOPS.

Reporter: THE CENTERS FOR

DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

FINDS 3 IN 10 MARIJUANA USERS

ARE UNABLE TO STOP USING EVEN

THOUGH IT CAUSES THEM HEALTH

AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS. CBN NEWS

SPOKE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH

INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING

AREA, KEITH WEIS, ABOUT THE

STATE'S ACCIDENTAL MARIJUANA

POISONINGS.

THERE HAS BEEN A 56%

INCREASE LAST YEAR IN THE

NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL

POISONINGS FROM MARIJUANA FOR

ALL AGES.

AND IT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED,

I BELIEVE, TO THE HIGHER THC

PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE

AND MORE OUT THERE.

Reporter:STILL, THE HEAD OF

THE NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY

ASSOCIATION, AARON SMITH,

DEFENDS THE SAFETY OF THE

INDUSTRY.

TO PUT IT PLAINLY, WE WANT

OUR INDUSTRY T

FAIRLY LIKE ANY OTHER LEGAL

INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY.

CANNABIS IS BY FAR SAFER THAN

ALCOHOL BY EVERY MEASURE.

VOTERS HAVE COME TO REALIZE

THAT AND SUPPORT LAWS THAT HAVE

PUT IN PLACE INDUSTRIES WITH

EACH STATE BY STATE.

Reporter: WHILE SMITH

DESCRIBES BUSINESS IN COLORADO

AS "STRONG," HE ALSO

ACKNOWLEDGES A DOWNTURN IN

SALES.

WE HAD SORT OF A PROBABLY

ARTIFICIAL BUMP IN SALES DURING

COVID WHEN PEOPLE WERE OUT OF

WORK, STAYING HOME. AND THEN I

THINK PROBABLY MORE IMPACTFUL

THAN THAT IS JUST INFLATIONARY

PRESSURE THAT'S AFFECTING

EVERYONE.

Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE

DENVER GAZETTE, COLORADO

CANNABIS SALES HAVE BEEN

DECREASING DRAMATICALLY FOR

MONTHS AFTER THE STATE

EXPERIENCED A PANDEMIC HIGH. IN

2022, COLORADO BROUGHT IN $325

MILLION IN CANNABIS TAX

REVENUE, AND THAT'S A DROP OF

$100 MILLION FROM THE YEAR

BEFORE. ANOTHER TRADE

ASSOCIATION, THE MARIJUANA

INDUSTRY GROUP, RECENTLY

REPORTED THAT COLORADO

RECREATIONAL AND MEDICAL

MARIJUANA SALES FIGURES SHOWED

A CONTINUED, STEEP SALES

DECLINE.

ILLEGAL CANNABIS IS NOT

TAXED. IT'S NOT TESTED FOR

POTENCY AND THAT SORT OF THING,

SO IT'S TYPICALLY CHEAPER AND I

THINK IN THESE DAYS, MORE

CONSUMERS ARE GOING INTO THE

CRIMINAL MARKET.

Reporter: TO LAURA STACK,

EVEN THE LEGAL MARIJUANA MARKET

IS DANGEROUS. SHE LEARNED AFTER

HER SON'S SUICIDE THAT HE WENT

BEHIND HIS PARENTS' BACKS AND

GOT A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD.

PEOPLE ALWAYS TRY TO TELL

ME, OH, YOU KNOW, HE GOT BAD

WEED, OR IT WAS BLACK MARKET

WEED, AND IT'S LIKE, NOPE, HE

BOUGHT IT IN A LEGAL

DISPENSARY. THESE ARE LEGAL

PRODUCTS. HE HAD A LEGAL CARD

AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IN HIM IT

CAUSED MENTAL ILLNESS AND

SUICIDAL THINKING THAT

EVENTUALLY CAUSED HIM TO TAKE

HIS LIFE.

Reporter: SHE DOES FIND

CONSOLATION IN HER MISSION OF

WARNING OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN

STUDENTS COME UP TO HER

FOLLOWING SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES TO

TELL HER THEY'RE USING, AND

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO STOP.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE BEST

GIFT THAT I CAN GET. AND I HUG

THEM AND ASK THEM IF I CAN PRAY

FOR THEM AND GIVE THEM MY

CONTACT INFORMATION, AND I JUST

THINK THAT IT IS CHANGING

LIVES.

Reporter: HER ARMY OF

"JOHNNY'S AMBASSADORS" NOW HAS

GROWN TO OVER 10,000 ACROSS THE

COUNTRY. MARK MARTIN, CBN

NEWS, COLORADO.

THANK YOU FOR REPORTING.

LAURA'S HEARTBREAKS WHEN SHE

RECALLS HER SON SAYING, MOM,

YOU ARE CORRECT. IT HAS RUINED %

MY LIFE. SHE'S MAKING THE

DIFFERENCE NOW FOR SO MANY KIDS

IN FAMILIES AROUND THE COUNTRY

AND PARENTS, WE HAVE GOT TO BE

REALLY EMOTIONALLY SENSITIVE

AND ON GUARD AND ENGAGE. IF YOU

HAVE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES

OF 10 AND EARLY 20s, WE NEED TO

BE EMOTIONALLY ENGAGED AND

WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK.

OUR KIDS, THEY WANT TO PULL

AWAY BUT THEY PULL US IN AND

THEY WANT INDEPENDENCE BUT THEY

WANT TO KNOW THEY ARE COVERED

WITH LOVE AND PROTECTION. WE

NEED TO STAY ENGAGED IN WHAT IS

GOING ON THEIR LIFE AND YOU

HEARD THIS DOCTOR SAY -- HE

SERVED THREE PRESIDENTIAL ,

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. HE

SAID, LOOK, WE DO IS NOT WHAT

IT USED TO BE. IF YOU'RE

NEARING 50 LIKE I AM AND YOU

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF

SELF-CONTROL, YOURS WHEN YOU

JOIN THE CBN ANIMATION CLUB.

> A SEVERE HEART ATTACK AND A

SUFFOCATED BRAIN. MARK MURO

DIED AFTER WORKING OUT AT THE

GYM. HIS FAMILY SAYS THERE IS

ONLY ONE REASON WHY HE IS ALIVE

TODAY AND IT IS BECAUSE GOD

GAVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE.

AT 5:15 A.M., HE WAS AT THE

GYM. HE JUST KNOCKED OUT A NEW

TIME AND -- JUST A FEW MINUTES

LATER, HE WAS DEAD .

I PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT

AND I SEE AN AMBULANCE AND I

SEE PARAMEDICS EVERYWHERE AND

THE ONLY THING I COULD MAKE OUT

WAS MY DAD PASSED OUT AND

STARTED SEIZING. THAT WAS

REALLY ALL THAT WAS GOING ON.

Reporter: PARAMEDICS HAD TO

SHOCK HIM SIX TIMES BEFORE THEY

GOT A PULSE. SCORCHING HIS

CHEST IN THE PROCESS.

THEY WERE JUST SLAMMING ON

HIS CHEST WITH ALL OF HIS

MITES, TRYING TO GET SOME TYPE

OF RESPONSE BUT HE WAS

COMPLETELY GONE AT THAT POINT

AND I JUST FELT THEY CANNOT DO

ANYTHING. HE IS THERE, DYING ON

THE FLOOR AT THIS JIM.

Reporter: WHILE HIS HEART

WAS SLOWLY BEATING, HIS BRAIN

WAS SUFFOCATING. FOR 33

MINUTES, HE WANTS WITHOUT

OXYGEN. ON THE WAY TO THE

HOSPITAL, HE FLATLINED TWICE.

HE WAS LAYING THERE ON THIS

OPERATING TABLE. HIS EYES WERE

WIDE OPEN AND HE WAS COMPLETELY

LIFELESS. THAT WAS MAYBE THE

HARDEST THING TO SEE THROUGH

THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THEY

COULD DO AFTER REVIVING HIM.

THEY AIRLIFTED HIM TO A LEVEL

II TRAUMA CENTER 20 MILES AWAY.

THAT WAS MAYBE THE HARDEST

MOMENT BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING

THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME

THAT WE EVEN SEE OUR DAD.

SHELL-SHOCKED, BOTH OF THEM

MAY THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL,

PRAYING.

THE PRAYER AT THAT POINT WAS

TO JUST HAVE A PRAYER OF

DESPERATION LIKE, GOD, SPARE

HIM. SAVE HIS LIFE. DO NOT LET

THIS BE THE END. WE JUST KEPT

CALLING OUT ON THE NAME OF THE

LORD AND SAYING, HEAL HIM.

BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.

MARK WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR

IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.

DOCTORS TOLD HIS FAMILY THAT HE

MIGHT NOT WAKE UP.

AND THAT WAS A VERY HARD

CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE THAT

DOCTOR TELLING US THE TRUTH,

BUT IT WAS HARD TO HEAR THAT

THE BEST CASE SCENARIO IS OUR

DAD WOULD NOT BE THE SAME

PERSON, EVEN IF HE WOKE UP.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, MARCH 9th

WAS MARK'S BIRTHDAY. AS HE

TURNED 58, HE WAS BARELY

CLINGING TO LIFE. MEANWHILE,

HIS FAMILY CRIED OUT TO GOD.

THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO ME

AND SAID, JUST STAND AND I KNEW

THEN I COULD STAND ON WHO HE

WAS AND HE WAS A HEALER AND HE

WAS IN CONTROL AND I DID NOT

EVEN HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING

-- I COULD JUST STAND.

I THINK FROM THAT POINT ON,

WE WERE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT

GOD WAS GOING TO HEAL MY DAD.

GOD WAS GOING TO BRING HIM BACK

TO US. EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO

BE OKAY. AND MY MOM, SHE SET

THE TONE FOR THAT.

OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL, A

CROWD GATHERED, LIFTING THEIR

VOICES IN WORSHIP. OTHERS WERE

PRAYING FOR

SEEING THE FAITH OF THE

PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH AND THE

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS

SUCH A COMFORT TO US, BUT IT

ENCOURAGED US AND IT CAUSED OUR

FAITH TO RISE UP. GOD, YOU CAN

DO THIS.

PRAYERS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT

THE WEEK AND THEN AT ABOUT 72

HOURS AFTER THE HEART ATTACK, A

DOCTOR CALLED MARK'S NAME. TO

EVERYONE'S SURPRISE, HE OPENED

HIS EYES.

IT WAS LIKE A LAZARUS

MOMENT. I KNEW AT THAT POINT

THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE RAISED

UP AND IT WAS QUITE A BEAUTIFUL

MOMENT FILLED WITH HOPE AND WE

WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESS

IN AND TO BELIEVE GOD FOR A

COMPLETE MIRACLE.

Reporter: ON SUNDAY, THE

CONGREGATION WAS GETTING READY

FOR MORNING WORSHIP. THEY GAVE

THEM NEWS THAT NO ONE HAD

ANTICIPATED.

YOU WILL WANT TO SEE THIS.

HE HAD HIS CLIPBOARD AND

PAPER AND HIS PEN.

HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO ME --

THE FIRST THING HE WROTE TO

ME WAS TO ASK ME WHAT HAD

HAPPENED TO HIM.

I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY

AND HE SAID, GOD MUST NOT BE

FINISHED WITH ME YET. HE CANNOT

WAIT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. SAY

HELLO, MARK.

THAT MORNING, MARK WAS UP

AND ABLE TO WATCH CHURCH

ONLINE. THAT DAY, THE DOCTOR

TOLD HIM THE UNBELIEVABLE NEWS.

MARK HAD NO SIGNS OF BRAIN

DAMAGE OR RESIDUAL DAMAGE TO

HIS HEART. IN FACT, THEY

EXPECTED A FULL RECOVERY.

THEY COMPLETELY HEALED -- IT

WAS A MIRACLE.

THEY COULD ONLY HAVE HAD IT

HAPPENED BY THE HEALING TOUCH

OF OUR GREAT HEALER.

ON MARCH 17th, NOT EVEN 10

DAYS AFTER HE DROPPED DEAD,

MARK WAS CLEARED TO GO HOME.

HOORAY. PRAISE THE LORD.

ICU, DOCTOR . HE LOOKED AT

MY DAD IN THE EYES AND HE SAID,

YOU ARE A MIRACLE.

WE GOT HIM. YOU GUYS OKAY?

LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE

VIDEOS MY KIDS WERE TAKING AND

MY WIFE PRAYING OVER ME AND THE

KIDS AND THE CHURCH PRAYING,I

KNOW JESUS HEARD THEM AND I

KNOW JESUS HEALED ME AND IT

REALLY RESONATES WITH THE

STORIES OF HEALING IN THE

BIBLE.

A FEW WEEKS LATER, AGAINST

ALL ODDS, MARK RETURNEDTO THE

PULPIT, SHARING HIS STORY WITH

RENEWED PASSION.

HOPE IS HERE.

EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW THE

STORY. YOU'RE THE MIRACLE MAN.

GOD HE'LL DO. HE CAN HEAL YOU.

I AM SURE HE CAN HEAL SOMEONE

ELSE YOU KNOW. CAN YOU PRAY FOR

THEM? WE BEGAN ENCOUNTERING

NICE OUR CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE

COULD COME ON A SUNDAY NIGHT

AND WE WOULD WORSHIP JESUS AND

LAY HANDS ON THEM AND SEE THEM

HEALED.

ON THE DAY WE MET MARK, THE

MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE DIED WITH

BRAIN DAMAGE SENT IN HIS FINAL

PAPER FOR HIS DOCTORATE. TODAY,

HE IS THANKFUL TO BE BACK WITH

HIS FAMILY AND CHURCH. HE IS

EVEN BACK IN THE GYM AND HE

WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THE

REASON WHY.

GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME

YET. HE STILL HAS THINGS FOR ME

TO DO. HE HAS GIVEN ME THAT

SECOND CHANCE. HE LOVES TO

DEMONSTRATE HIS POWER IN OUR

LIVES.

HE RAISED MY HUSBAND BACK TO

LIFE SO HE COULD COMPLETE THE

WORK THAT GOD HAD FOR HIM.

AND I THINK HE HAS REALLY

TAKEN THAT CHARGE. GOD, YOU

HAVE MORE FOR ME. I WANT TO

STEWARD THIS TIME THE BEST I

CAN.

HE HAS HEALED ME OF THAT

HEART CONDITION AND ALLOWED ME

TO CONTINUE TO TOUCH OTHER

LIVES.

A MIRACULOUS STORY. THERE IS

NO DOUBT. THE POWER OF PRAYER

CHANGES THINGS. YOU KNOW, GOD

CALLS US TO IT. HE CALLS US TO

CRY OUT TO HIM AND HE SAYS,

KEEP DOING IT. KEEP DOING IT.

GOD HEARS US WHEN WE PRAY AND

HE HEARS US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE

PRAY ALTOGETHER. WE WANT TO

TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT WITH

AND FOR ALL OF YOU RIGHT NOW.

FIRST, TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE

YOU, LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU

FROM SUE, WHO LIVES IN

WATERTOWN, TENNESSEE. SHE WAS

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AND COULD

BARELY STAND THE PAIN CAUSED BY

CARPAL TUNNEL AND ARTHRITIS IN

HER RIGHT HAND. FOR YEAR, SHE

COULD NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT ON HER

HAND AS SHE CONTINUED TO WATCH

THE SHOW IN TEARS, THE PRAYER

SEGMENT STARTED AND COME

ANDREW, YOU SAID, SOMEONE HAS

CARPAL TUNNEL AND ARTHRITIS IN

THE RIGHT HAND AND IS IN A LOT

OF PAIN. GOD IS HEALING THAT

RIGHT NOW. SUE CLAIMED IT AND

THE PAIN IMMEDIATELY LEFT. SHE

STARTED CRYING, THIS TIME NOT

FROM PAIN, BUT FOR JOY. WE

REJOICE WITH YOU. WHAT A

WONDERFUL STORY.

THAT GIVES US JOY. HERE IS

ANOTHER REPORT. THREE YEARS

AGO, THEY WERE TRIMMING SOME

SHRUBS WHEN AN INSECT BETTER.

IT HAS BOTHERED HER. THE FLOOR

IT MADE HER SKIN READ AND

EDITED. THEY TRIED CREAMS AND

NOTHING WORK. WHEN HER DAUGHTER

SUGGESTED SURGERY, SHE

DECLINED, BELIEVING IN GOD FOR

HEALING. SHE WAS WATCHING THE

700 CLUB ON APRIL 25th, 2023

AND HEARD TERRY SAY, SOMEONE

HAS AN HEART CONDITION

APPARENTLY CAUSED FROM THE

BITE OF AN INSECT. IT HAS

CAUSED YOU PROBLEMS AND GOD IS

HEALING THAT FOR YOU, HEALING

YOUR HEART AND CONDITIONS OF

YOUR BODY. YOU WILL BE RESTORED

TO FULL ENERGY AND HEALTH AND

WELL-BEING. SHE CLAIMED HER

HEALING AND WAS COMPLETELY

HEALED. AMEN.

PRAISE THE LORD.

WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING

YOUR REPORTS. THAT TESTIMONY,

WE SAW MARKS WIVES SAY THE HOLY

SPIRIT TOLD HER TO STAND, TO

STAND. SOMETIMES WHEN WE PRAY

AND WE ARE IN DESPERATE

SITUATIONS, WE FEEL LIKE

SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO WORDS

LEFT TO EXPRESS. SO, WE ARE

TOLD TO STAND. EPHESIANS 6, WE

STAND, WE ARE TOLD, THEY

PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

WITH A BREASTPLATE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND A BELT OF

TRUTH AND A HELMET OF SALVATION

AND IS BORED OF THE SPIRIT AND

SHOES READY TO BRING THE GOSPEL

OF PEACE. WHY? SO THAT WE CAN

STAND WHEN WE STAND , THAT IS A

POSITION OF AUTHORITY. IT IS

WONDERFUL TO BE ON OUR KNEES

AND SUBMIT BEFORE THE FATHER.

IT IS IMPORTANT, YET WHEN WE

STAND, WE RECOGNIZE THE

AUTHORITY IN JESUS CHRIST TO

HEEL. SO, WE ARE STANDING WITH

YOU TODAY. LET'S PRAY. WHATEVER

YOUR NEED IS. HEAVENLY FATHER,

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR JESUS AND

WE COME BEFORE YOU IN HIS NAME

AND IN HIS AUTHORITY, LORD,

GOD, FOR THOSE WATCHING, THEY

ARE IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS AND

THEY ARE IN PAIN AND IN CRISIS.

LORD, YOU KNOW THEIR NEEDS AND

WE PRAY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT NOW

MOVES IN THEIR LIVES IN JESUS'

NAME. FOR THAT ONE WITH A VERY,

VERY PAINFUL MIGRAINE, THESE

MIGRAINES HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS

AND YEARS AND YOU ARE AT THE

BREAKING POINT WITH YOUR PAIN.

THE LORD IS HEALING THAT

CONDITION NOW. YOUR PRAYERS

ARE BEING ANSWERED. THANK YOU,

LORD, GOD, FOR WHAT YOU ARE

DOING.

SOMEONE HAS A VASCULAR

CONDITION. IT IS NOT THE

HEADACHES BUT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE

WITH YOUR VEINS AND IT IS SO

PAINFUL. IT REALLY BOTHERS YOU

EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALL DAY,

EVERY DAY AND SOMETIMES WAKES

YOU UP AT NIGHT. GOD IS HEALING

THAT CONDITION FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW. FROM YOUR KNEES DOWN, ALL

OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GONE AND

THE PAIN IS GOING TO BE GONE

AND YOUR BLOOD DISTRIBUTION

WILL BE EVEN AS IT HAS ALWAYS

BEEN AND TODAY IS YOUR DAY.

JUST LIFT UP YOUR HAND AND

BEGAN TO THANK THE LORD.

GOOD NEWS. EVEN TODAY,

HAVING TO HOLD ON TO THINGS IN

YOUR HOUSE TO STAND UP

STRAIGHT. YOU HAVE HAD THIS

DIZZINESS AND YOU'RE NOT SURE

WHAT IS CAUSING IT BUT YOU ARE

BEING HEALED OF THAT, HEALED OF

THAT CONDITION.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS A PROBLEM

WITH YOUR LUNGS AND THEY ARE

CLEAR RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

THE THING THAT HAD BEEN

BLOCKING YOU BEFORE, THE THING

THAT WAS DISCOVERED, REALLY, BY

SURPRISE, IT IS GONE. SOMEONE

ELSE WITH TONIGHT IS IN YOUR

EAR. JUST CONSTANT RINGING,

GONE IN JESUS' NAME. YOU'RE SET

FREE FROM THAT.

I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS A

MOTHER AND A SON OR A

GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDCHILD

WATCHING. YOU ARE JUST PRAYING

FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR

COLLEGE, FOR THIS YOUNG ONE. IT

HAS REALLY BURDENED YOU AND GOD

HEARS YOUR PRAYERS AND HE WILL

MOVE ON YOUR BEHALF. THANK YOU,

LORD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOT

ONLY PHYSICAL HEALING AND

FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE

SEEKING IT, LORD, BUT FATHER,

WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THOSE

SUFFERING UNDER THE BURDEN OF

FICTION. SOMEONE WITH A SEVERE

EATING DISORDER , YOU PUT

BEFORE THE LORD AND SAID, I

CANNOT CONQUER THIS ON MY OWN.

HE IS GOING TO MOVE ON YOUR

BEHALF NOW. HE LOVES YOU. THANK

YOU, LORD. BEFORE SOMEONE

ELSE, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS CAR

ACCIDENT. YOU'RE ABLE TO WALK

OUT BUT YOU'RE HAVING TERRIBLE

NECK PROBLEMS AND YOU ARE

BURDENED WITH THIS AND IT IS

VERY BAD PAIN. THE LORD IS

HEALING YOU NOW. LORD, WE THANK

YOU FOR MEETING WITH US AND WE

STAND. WE STAND, FATHER, GOD,

IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS AND

WE DECLARE TODAY, WE WILL NOT

LET THE ENEMY BRING US DOWN IN

OUR SPIRITS. WE ARE FIGHTERS IN

YOUR ARMY, LORD, AND WE DO

BATTLE

AND TRUST YOU FOR VICTORY IN

JESUS. THAT IS IN HIS NAME WE

PRAY, AMEN. IF YOU HAVE

EXPERIENCED A MIRACLE, WE WOULD

LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU . THE

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PERU. FOR EXAMPLE, SOPHIA, A

MOTHER, WAS ALREADY PROVIDING

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LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH

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> I WANT HER TO A SHIRLEY.

SHE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN TO

WALK AND IN A TIME SHE COULD

NOT SLEEP. SHE WAS SUFFERING

FROM A HERNIA AND THE PRICE TAG

TO FIX IT WAS MORE THAN SHE HAD

EVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

45-YEAR-OLD SHIRLEY SUFFERED

WITH A HERNIA FOR OVER A YEAR

BEFORE SHE HAD THE MONEY TO

CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS. SHE IS A

SINGLE MOM, RAISING TWO

CHILDREN IN A REMOTE PART OF

MEXICO. TO MAKE ENDS MEET, SHE

WORKED 12 HOURS OUTDOORS,

WAITING ON CUSTOMERS OR

CARRYING HEAVY BOXES TO KEEP

THE STORE STOCKED. SHE SAID THE

PAIN WAS WORSE IN HER LEG.

WERE TIMES WHEN I SAT DOWN -

BECAUSE I NO LONGER HAD

STRENGTH IN MY LEG TO WALK.

SHE SCRAPED ENOUGH MONEY TO

SEE A DOCTOR AND HE CONFIRMED

SHE SUFFERED FROM A HERNIA.

HE SAID I NEEDED AN

OPERATION BECAUSE IT COULD GET

MUCH WORSE. HE SAID IT WOULD

COST $600. I WAS IN SHOCK

BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THAT

KIND OF MONEY.

SHE QUIT HER JOB AT THE

STORE AND SOLD COSMETICS ON THE

STREET. SHE SAID THAT ALLOWED

HER TO WORK AT HER OWN PACE AND

ALLOWED HER TO REST HER LEG.

THEN THE HERNIA GOT WORSE.

IT SWELLED UP AND THE PAIN

WAS TERRIBLE. SOMETIMES, IT WAS

SO BAD THAT I COULD NOT SLEEP.

AT ONE POINT, I WAS IN BED FOR

THREE DAYS BECAUSE THE PAIN

WOULD NOT LEAVE.

YET, SHE CONTINUED TO WORK

THROUGH THE PAIN.

THERE CAME A TIME WHEN MY

LEG NO LONGER WANTED TO MOVE,

BUT I FORCED MYSELF FORWARD. I

ENDED UP WALKING REALLY SLOWLY

AND ACTUALLY HAD TO DRAG MY

LEG.

THEN OPERATION BLESSING

ARRANGED FOR HER TO RECEIVE A

FREE OPERATION TO REPAIR THE

HERNIA. THE SURGERY WAS A

SUCCESS. AFTER SHE RECOVERED,

SHE SAID SHE NO LONGER SUFFERED

FROM THE DEBILITATING PAIN THAT

SHE LIVED WITH FOR OVER A YEAR.

I FEEL LIKE I GOT MY LIFE

BACK. I CAN WORK AND TAKE CARE

OF MY HOUSE AND MY CHILDREN.

SHE SAYS SHE FEELS SO GOOD

THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SELL

TWICE AS MUCH MAKEUP AS BEFORE,

DOUBLING HER INCOME.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE

WHO HELPED ME AND THANKS TO

OPERATION BLESSING. I DO NOT

KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS

WITHOUT YOU.

> DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHIRLEY

SAID? I FEEL LIKE I GOT MY LIFE

BACK. NOW, I CAN CARE FOR MY

CHILDREN. YOU MAY NOT HAVE

THOUGHT WHEN YOU WROTE YOUR

CHECK FOR THE MONTH OR YOUR

DONATION CAME OUT OF HER BANK

ACCOUNT THAT YOU ARE HELPING A

WOMAN IN MEXICO WITH TWO YOUNG

CHILDREN AND SHE WAS IN DIRE

STRAITS AND HAD PHYSICAL

CHALLENGES, NEEDING SURGERY.

WHILE YOU SLEEP, THIS FAMILY IS

BEING HELPED AND YOU CAN SEE

IT. IT IS WONDERFUL TO DO WORK

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> SHE WAS DETERMINED TO TURN

THE TABLES AND NEVER FEEL

POWERLESS AGAIN. SHE WENT FROM

BEING THE PRAY TO BEING THE

PREDATOR. BY THE TIME SHE

TURNED 16, SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH

50 SEXUAL PARTNERS AND SHE WAS

STILL COUNTING.

I HAD DECIDED, IN THAT

MOMENT, THAT I WOULD NEVER BE A

VICTIM AGAIN, THAT I WOULD BE

THE PREDATOR. I REMEMBER AT 16

YEARS OLD I WAS STILL COUNTING

MY SEXUAL PARTNERS. AT 16, I

ALREADY HAD 50.

ONCE A SWEET, CHURCH-GOING

GIRL, MICHELLE CASWELL'S LIFE

WAS UPENDED WHEN SHE WAS SIX

AND HER PARENTS DIVORCED.

MICHELLE PRAYED DESPERATELY

THAT GOD WOULD MAKE THINGS

BETTER AGAIN.

I KNEW THAT HE WAS A

MIRACLE-WORKING GOD AND I KNEW

THAT IF YOU PRAYED THEN HE

WOULD ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS AND I

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WASN'T

ANSWERING MY PRAYERS. HE COULD

MAKE MY MOM AND DAD GET BACK

TOGETHER AND HE DIDN'T. SO, THE

FEELINGS WERE DEFINITELY LIKE A

HOPELESS FEELING. A HELPLESS

FEELING.

THEN A SHORT TIME LATER, SHE

WAS MOLESTED BY AN OLDER BOY

SHE TRUSTED.

I KNEW IT WAS WRONG AND I

STARTED LOOKING AT MYSELF IN A

BAD WAY, LIKE I WAS HIS DIRTY

LITTLE SECRET. AND THAT IS WHEN

I STARTED FEELING LIKE GOD

STARTED GETTING MORE AND MORE

DISTANT, AND I STARTED FEELING

LIKE HE WAS ALSO VERY

DISAPPOINTED IN ME.

HER CONFUSION AND

HOPELESSNESS SPILLED OVER INTO

ANGER AND SHE STARTED ACTING

OUT. BY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MICHELLE

WAS DRINKING, SMOKING

MARIJUANA, AND FLIRTING WITH

BOYS. THEN, AFTER SHE WAS

DATE-RAPED AT 14, MICHELLE

DECIDED TO TURN THE TABLES AND

VOWED SHE WOULD NEVER TO BE

POWERLESS AGAIN.

I STARTED BECOMING THE

PREDATOR. I LOOKED AT MEN AS

JUST SOMETHING TO BE USED AND

ABUSED. I LOOKED AT THEM AS

SOMETHING TO BE CONQUERED AND I

WANTED THEM TO FALL IN LOVE

WITH ME SO THAT I COULD MAKE

THEM FEEL THE WAY THAT I FELT

IN THE PAST. THE ATTENTION WAS

ACTUALLY A REAL DRUG FOR ME,

MORE SO THAN ANY OF THE DRUGS

THAT I TOOK.

WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT AT 17,

MICHELLE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK

TO CHURCH TO TRY AND GET HER

LIFE STRAIGHT. HOWEVER, BY THEN

SHE FELT SHE COULDN'T MEASURE

UP.

THEY SEEMED PERFECT AND THEY

SEEMED HAPPY. BUT I FELT LIKE I

DIDN'T FIT IN THERE. AND SO, I

WOULD JUST TRY TO GET GOOD. AND

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS

DOING WHEN I WENT TO CHURCH. TO

GET GOOD.

BY NOW, MICHELLE'S

ADDICTIONS TO SEX AND DRUGS

WERE STRONGER THAN HER GOOD

INTENTIONS. THROUGHOUT HER 20s,

SHE CONTINUED TO DRINK AND TOOK

HARDER AND HARDER DRUGS. SHE

STILL USED MEN FOR SEX.

I DIDN'T CALL MYSELF A SEX

ADDICT, BUT I CALLED MYSELF A

NYMPHO. I DIDN'T CALL MYSELF AN

ALCOHOLIC OR A DRUG ADDICT OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I CALLED

MYSELF A PARTY GIRL. I DIDN'T

EVEN KNOW I HAD A PROBLEM.

AFTER COUNTLESS SEXUAL

CONQUESTS, A COUPLE OF FAILED

MARRIAGES, BEING UNEMPLOYED

WITH TWO KIDS, AND AS MANY

ABORTIONS, MICHELLE REALIZED

HOW OUT OF CONTROL HER LIFE WAS

AND DECIDED SHE NEEDED TO FIX

HERSELF. SO, SHE SIGNED UP FOR

A CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S RETREAT AS

A GIFT TO HERSELF ON HER 30th

BIRTHDAY.

YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GET

GOOD, SO THAT'S WHY I SIGNED UP

FOR IT. I WAS TRYING TO CRAWL

MY WAY OUT OF MY ADDICTION. I

JUST THOUGHT, JUST LIKE ANY

OTHER PART OF MY LIFE, YOU PULL

YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.

EVEN THEN, SHE ARRIVED AT

THE RETREAT A DAY LATE AND

DRUNK. SHE EXPECTED THEY'D MAKE

HER LEAVE AND JUDGE HER.

INSTEAD, THEY LISTENED INTENTLY

AS SHE SHARED HER STORY.

INSTEAD OF THEM LOOKING DOWN

ON ME, THEY ALL LIKE GOT UP

SPONTANEOUSLY AND WALKED

STRAIGHT OVER TO ME AND STARTED

LAYING THEIR HANDS ON ME AND

PRAYING FOR ME. AND THEY WERE

PRAYING FOR THE BABY I JUST

ABORTED 12 DAYS BEFORE. THEY

WERE PRAYING OVER MY SONS AND

OUR FUTURE AND IT WAS JUST

WEIRD BECAUSE HERE THEY WERE,

ACTUALLY TOUCHING ME, LOVING ON

ME, PRAYING FOR ME, AND

BELIEVING IN ME WHEN I JUST

TOLD THEM ALL THIS HORRIBLE

STUFF THAT I HAD JUST DONE AND

WHO I WAS AND SO THAT WAS

REALLY SURPRISING.

THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE

SOFTENED HER HEART. THE

FOLLOWING WEEK, MICHELLE

STARTED A CHRISTIAN REHAB

PROGRAM WHERE SHE STARTED TO

ADDRESS HER ANGER AND ADDICTION

ISSUES. THEN, FOUR MONTHS INTO

THE PROGRAM, MICHELLE

DISCOVERED SOMETHING

UNSETTLING.

THE LORD SHOWED ME, LIKE,

ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE NO GIFTS.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT

YOURSELF. AND IT WAS

GUT-WRENCHING BECAUSE THAT

DOESN'T FEEL GOOD WHEN SO MANY

PARTS OF YOUR IDENTITY HAS BEEN

STRIPPED AND NOW YOU FIND OUT

YOU'RE ALSO NOT A GOOD PERSON,

YOU KNOW? SO, HE KNEW ALL MY

STUFF AND HE ACTUALLY FORGAVE

ME. AND WHEN I RECEIVED HIS

FORGIVENESS, THAT WAS THE

MEANING OF LOVE FOR ME.

MICHELLE SOON ACCEPTED

CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR. SHE ALSO

GOT CLEAN, AND OVER THE NEXT

YEAR FOCUSED ON PLEASING THE

MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN HER

LIFE, GOD.

I WAS SO ASHAMED OF WHO I

HAD BECOME AND SO ANGRY AT

MYSELF FOR THE CHOICES I HAD

MADE. IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT

TO BE THIS GIRL ANYMORE. I

DON'T WANT TO BE A SEDUCTRESS,

A TEMPTRESS, A HARLOT, YOU

KNOW? I DON'T WANT TO BE THIS

PERSON ANYMORE. HE SHOWED ME

HOW TO JUST PURIFY MY THOUGHTS

AND PURIFY MY FEELINGS TOWARDS

OTHER PEOPLE, TO VIEW MEN AS

BROTHERS AND NOT AS SEXUAL

OBJECTS. HE SHOWED ME HOW TO BE

A GODLY WOMAN.

SIX YEARS LATER, MICHELLE

MET AND MARRIED BILL AND THE

TWO HAVE A HAPPY BLENDED

FAMILY.

HE DIDN'T LOOK DOWN ON ME

FOR MY PAST. HE WAS PROUD OF ME

FOR WHAT I HAD GONE THROUGH AND

OVERCAME. IT MADE ME REALLY

FEEL LOVED BY GOD AND THAT I

JUST FEEL LIKE HE WAS PERFECTLY

DESIGNED FOR ME.

MICHELLE WANTS TO SHARE THE

HOPE SHE'S FOUND IN GOD'S

RELENTLESS LOVE WITH EVERYONE

SHE MEETS.

GOD WENT AFTER ME AND LOVED

ME ENOUGH TO CHOOSE ME, USE ME,

AND FORGIVE ME. THAT FILLED ME.

MY LIFE IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT

THAN IT USED TO BE. YOU KNOW,

IF THERE'S HOPE FOR ME, THEN

THERE'S HOPE FOR ANYBODY.

> WE ARE SO BROKEN, AREN'T

WE? I MEAN, SO VULNERABLE IN

SOME WAYS TO THE ENEMY. THE

BIBLE CALLS HIM THE DECEIVER,

THE FATHER OF LIES AND THAT

BEGINS WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN

AND HARMS US, HURTS US. SHE WAS

VERY YOUNG AND SOMEONE MOLESTED

HER. SOMEONE SHE TRUSTED. RIGHT

THERE, THERE IS SOMETHING

INSIDE OF US THAT SAYS THERE

MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH

ME. THEN SHE IS ASSAULTED AT

14 AND SHE HAS HAD IT. SHE IS

ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AND THAT

IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY

WOUNDS US SO DEEPLY. WE DO NOT

KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THE PAIN

INSIDE OF US AND WE BECOME HURT

AND ANGRY AND SOMETIMES ANGRY

WITH OURSELVES AS SHE EXPRESSED

BECAUSE WE START LIVING OUT OF

THAT BROKEN PLACE. INSTEAD OF

LIVING OUT OF THE WHOLE MESS

AND THE FULLNESS THAT GOD

OFFERS US WITH HIS LOVE AND

FORGIVENESS. TEACHING US HOW TO

FORGIVE OTHERS. IT BE THAT WE

ARE BEING SET FREE FROM THE

BONDAGE OF THAT . SO, TODAY,

MAYBE YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO, LIKE

MICHELLE, HAS BEEN MISSED USED

AND ABUSED AND THEN FINALLY YOU

WIND UP DOING THAT TO YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, IT IS

SELF-DESTRUCTIVE . I AM NOT

WORTHY PEER GOD COULD NOT LOVE

ME. I CANNOT BE FORGIVEN. TOO

MUCH WATER HAS GONE OVER THE

DAM. HERE IS THE GREAT NEWS

TODAY. THERE CANNOT BE TOO MUCH

WATER THAT GOES OVER THE DAM.

JESUS LOVES YOU. HE LOVES YOU.

HE VALUES YOU. HE HAS SEEN ALL

THE JUNK, ALL THE STUFF THAT

HAS TRIED TO MARK YOUR LIFE,

THAT HAS TRIED TO DEFINE YOU AS

SOMEONE OTHER THAN A CHILD OF

GOD. COME HOME TO THE FATHER

TODAY. LISTEN. TO TRUST AFTER

YOUR TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN TIME

AND TIME AGAIN IS A VERY HARD

THING, BUT THE ONLY ONE WE CAN

TRUST IS JESUS. HE IS THE ONE

WHO GAVE IT ALL FOR US AND HE

GAVE IT ALL FOR YOU

SPECIFICALLY. WILL YOU TRUST

HIM TODAY? JUST COME TO HIM AND

PRAY THIS PRAYER. JESUS, I AM

A SINNER. I HAVE BEEN WOUNDED

AND HURT, BUT I AM A SINNER IN

NEED OF A SAVIOR. IT WAS ME YOU

DIED FOR 2000 YEARS AGO. IT WAS

MY SIN THAT YOU TOOK UPON

YOURSELF. I AM LAYING MY LIFE

DOWN TO YOU TODAY AND I AM

OPENING MY HEART AND I AM

TRUSTING. WILL YOU COME INTO MY

LIFE AND FORGIVE MY SIN? WILL

YOU HEAL THOSE BROKEN PLACES IN

ME THAT HAVE BEEN HURT BY

OTHERS AND, GOD, I AM NOT THERE

YET, BUT WILL YOU TEACH ME HOW

TO FORGIVE AND HOW TO LET GO OF

THE HOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED

IN ME , BY THE POOR CHOICES OF

OTHER PEOPLE? I WANT TO BELONG

TO YOU. I WANT TO BE FREE AND I

WANT TO RECEIVE EVERYTHING YOU

HAVE TO GIVE ME AND I WANT THE

POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT ALIVE

AND WELL IN MY LIFE TODAY. I AM

ASKING THIS, JESUS, IN YOUR

PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. IF YOU

HAVE PRAYED THAT PRAYER, THEN

CALL US AND LET US PRAY WITH

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