A boy born into a gang grows up to join the family business. See the wake-up call that set him straight. Plus, a child is swallowed by a sinkhole. Learn about the four-hour rescue to save his life on today’s 700 Club.
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ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING WITH US. IT IS THE
NATIONAL ADDITION OF BEAT THE
CLOCK. THE PRESIDENT SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE IS CRUMBLING TO
CONVINCE THEIR MEMBERS TO GET
ON BOARD WITH THE DEBT CEILING
DEAL.
WITH THE DEADLINE IN LESS
THAN A WEEK, ONE SENATOR SAID
IT IS, QUOTE, THE ONLY WAY
FORWARD IS TO AVOID A
DISASTROUS DEFAULTS. ABIGAIL
ROBERTSON BRINGS US THE LATEST.
Reporter: THE HOUSE RULES
COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY TO
DISCUSS THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET
DEAL AGREED TO OVER THE WEEKEND
WITH HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN
McCARTHY HOPING FOR A VOTE ON
THE BILL ON WEDNESDAY.
MAYBE IT DOES NOT DO
EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE, BUT
THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN SAYS HE FEELS VERY GOOD
ABOUT THE DEAL.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY IT
SHOULD NOT BE DONE BY THE
FIFTH. I AM CONFIDENT IT WILL
GO THROUGH THE HOUSE.
Reporter: BIDEN AND McCARTHY
MUST WORK TO COLLECTIVELY TO
WHIP UP ENOUGH VOTES TO GET IT
THROUGH CONGRESS. AT LEAST 10
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE LEANING
TOWARDS OR VOTING NO, CLAIMING
IT DOES NOT DO ENOUGH TO CUT
GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
THERE IS SO MUCH IN THIS
THAT IS POSITIVE AND MEASURED
COMPARED TO OTHER DEBT
CEILINGS. WHEM REPUBLICANS HAVE
THE PRESIDENCY, THE SENATE, AND
THE HOUSE, DO THEY CUT
SPENDING?
Reporter: KEVIN McCARTHY
CLAIMS REPUBLICANS HAVE SCORED
A HISTORIC SERIES OF WINS,
INCLUDING CUTTING SPENDING
YEAR-OVER-YEAR FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A DECADE WHILE FULLY
FUNDING NATIONAL DEFENSE AND
VETERANS HEALTH BENEFITS,
CLAWING BACK $40 BILLION IN
UNSPENT COVID RELIEF FUNDS, AND
ACHIEVING WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR
WELFARE PROGRAMS. WHILE THE
WHITE HOUSE FEELS THEY STRUCK A
GOOD DEAL, SOME DEMOCRATS ARE
LESS ENTHUSIASTIC.
CONGRESSWOMEN PRAMILA JAYAPAL
SAYS THE CUTS ARE TOO DEEP.
I THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO
THIS.
Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
ACKNOWLEDGES NEITHER SIDE GOT
EVERYTHING THEY WANTED BUT SAY
THEY ARE PROUD THEY PROTECTED
BIDEN'S LEGISLATIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LAST 2
1/2 YEARS AND BEAT BACK EXTREME
DEMANDS FROM THE GOP'S FIRST
PROPOSAL. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
CHRIS COONS TWEETED, THIS DEAL
IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD TO
AVOID A DISASTROUS DEFAULT,
ADDING HE FEELS THIS IS THE
BEST DEAL THAT COULD BE
REACHED. IF THE BILL PASSES THE
HOUSE, IT STILL HAS TO CLEAR
THE SENATE BY THE JUNE 5th
DEADLINE. SENATE LEADERS SAY
THEY PLAN TO DO SO TO KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT FROM AN
UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL
DISASTER. ABIGAIL ROBERTSON,
CBN NEWS.
AM LITTLE LOST IN ALL THE
POLITICAL POSTURING ON THIS.
THERE WAS A RULE FOR A LONG
TIME THAT ESSENTIALLY SAID IF
CONGRESS HAS AUTHORIZED THE
EXPENDITURE, THEN WE DO NOT
NEED TO FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE
INCREASE IN THE NATIONAL DEBT.
IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY GOES UP.
THAT EXPIRED IN 2011 AND NOW WE
ARE INTO THIS THING AND THE
POLITICKING JUST SEEMS TO DRIVE
YOU CRAZY, BUT HERE IS THE
OTHER THING. WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO A BALANCED BUDGET? WHATEVER
HAPPENED TO THAT? WHY IN THE
WORLD ARE WE SPENDING OURSELVES
INTO OBLIVION? THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE ARE DOING. I HAVE SAID
IT BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO SAY
IT AGAIN. YOU LOOK AT HISTORY
AND THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK
CITY STATES, WHEN DEMOCRACIES
LEARN THAT THEY CAN VOTE
THEMSELVES THE TREASURY, IT IS
THE END OF THE DEMOCRACY
BECAUSE YOU CAN NO LONGER
AFFORD THE BASICS AND THE
BASICS ARE PROTECTING YOUR
CITIZENS, PROTECTING AGAINST
WAR. YOU CANNOT AFFORD IT
ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU VOTED ALL
THE MONEY AWAY. IN OTHER NEWS,
ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA IS
THAT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE A
NATIONAL STRATEGY TO STOP IT.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BRO IN
WASHINGTON. JOHN?
Reporter: ANTI-SEMITIC
INCIDENTS ROSE TO HISTORIC
LEVELS IN 2022. THE
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
REPORTING AN INCREASE OF 36%
OVER THE YEAR PRIOR. BRODY
CARTER REPORTS ON THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION'S NEW EFFORT TO
ROLL BACK THE DISTURBING TREND.
Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN CALLS ANTI-SEMITISM A
THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
THEY ARE TAKING ACTION TO
PROTECT JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND
REVERSE THIS ALARMING TREND.
ONE EFFORT INVOLVES WORKING
WITH FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES TO
PROMOTE FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN
THE WORKPLACE. WHILE AMERICAN
JEWS ACCOUNT FOR 2.4% OF THE
U.S. POPULATION, FBI STATISTICS
SHOW THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF
63% OF RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED
HATE CRIMES . A STATISTIC THAT
HAS THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE
MOVE.
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY. WE
CANNOT REMAIN SILENCE.
Reporter: WASHINGTON'S A
STRATEGY TO COUNTER THIS HATRED
HAS THREE KEY GOALS
WE MUST INCREASE AWARENESS
AND UNDERSTAND THE
ANTI-SEMITISM AND
JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE.
SECOND, WE HAVE TO IMPROVE
SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR JEWISH
COMMUNITIES. THIRDLY, WE MUST
REVERSE THE NORMALIZATION OF
ANTI-SEMITISM AND ADDRESS
ANTI-SEMITIC DISCRIMINATION NOW
AND MILDLY.
Reporter: THE STRATEGY ALSO
SEEKS TO LEVERAGE THE FIGHT
AGAINST OTHER FORMS OF HATRED,
INCLUDING DISCRIMINATION AND
BIAS AGAINST ALL RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES, RACE, AND GENDER.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE RELIGIOUS
FOR EVERYONE, NO ONE WILL HAVE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
Reporter: BRIAN GRAHAM,
PRESIDENT OF THE BUSINESS
FOUNDATION, IS CATHOLIC,
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. HE IS
TEACHING FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
HOW ALL FAITHS WORKING IN
BUSINESS CAN BUILD A BETTER
WORLD.
BY HAVING INFORMATION THAT
HAVE PEOPLE OVERCOME SOMETHING
THAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW ABOUT
BUT IT IS HARD TO PUT YOURSELF
IN THEIR SHOES. YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW IT CONTINUES
TODAY.
Reporter: WHILE PRAISING THE
PLAN, JOHNNY MOORE AND THE
CONGRESS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS
SAYS IT DOES RAISE SOME
QUESTIONS.
THIS IS LIKE 90%, 90% THERE
BUT THERE ARE A FEW BLIND SPOTS
IN THE PLAN THAT WILL BE
CURIOUS TO WATCH. FOR INSTANCE,
THE ENTIRE PLAN, YOU DO NOT
SEE THE WORD IS ZIONIST OR
ZIONISM OR ANTI-ZIONISM.
Reporter: VIRGINIA HAS
ALREADY IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES
TO STOP THE HATRED.
YOU COME IN AND SIGN -- IF
YOU VIOLATE EVERYONE TO CIVIL
RIGHTS, YOU WILL BE HEARING
FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
VIRGINIA VERY SHORTLY.
Reporter: JASON MIYARES
LAUNCHED A NEW TASK FORCE --
THAT IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT, BRINGING THOSE IN
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
SECURITY AND EDUCATION
BACKGROUND ON ONE PAGE. THEY
CAN GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE
DEPTHS OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE
ARE SEEING IN VIRGINIA AND
OBVIOUSLY HERE.
Reporter: THE STRATEGY COMES
AT A TIME WHEN ANTI-SEMITIC
HARASSMENT IS SURGING IN ALL 50
STATES AND
ONLY FIVE STATES ACCOUNT FOR
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL
INCIDENTS. NEW YORK LEADS THE
PACK, FOLLOWED BY CALIFORNIA,
NEW JERSEY, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS.
BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.
MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS
AROUND THE WORLD UNITED IN A
DAY OF PRAYER FOR ISRAEL AND
THE NATIONS ON PENTECOST.
HUNDREDS MET ON THE SOUTHERN
STEPS JUST BELOW THE TEMPLE
MOUNT TO PRAY FOR THE JEWISH
STATE. CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS
IT ALSO TOUCHED OFF A HISTORIC
EVANGELISTIC EFFORT TO REACH
THE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL.
Reporter: DURING THIS GLOBAL
DAY OF PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM AND
THE NATIONS, AN UNUSUAL
LATE-SEASON RAIN FOR THOSE WHO
ATTENDED. MILLIONS MORE JOINT
ONLINE.
I THINK IT IS A GOD MOMENT.
THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS AND
COLLABORATIONS AND
DENOMINATIONS. PEOPLE FROM THE
EAST AND THE WEST COMING
TOGETHER.
Reporter: THREE MAJOR PRAYER
EFFORTS CONVERGED ON THE DAY OF
PENTECOST, INCLUDING PENTECOST
2023 AND THE ESSENTIAL DAY OF
PRAYER INITIATIVE.
THIS IS HISTORIC. SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED.
OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE PRAYING
FOR ISRAEL AND PRAYING FOR THE
WORLD WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS
10 YEAR COLLABORATION FOR THE
FULFILLMENT OF THE GREAT
COMMISSION
Reporter: THOSE PRAYERS CAME
FROM NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING INDONESIA, INDIA,
KENYA, AND THE USA. AT THE
MEETING, GLOBAL CHRISTIAN
LEADERS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT
BILLY WILSON, LAUNCHED
COMMITMENT 2033, A TENURE
INITIATIVE TO REACH THE WORLD
WITH THE GOSPEL.
JESUS, YOU PROMISED WHEN THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON US, WE
WOULD HAVE POWER AND WE WOULD
BE YOUR WITNESSES. STARTING IN
JERUSALEM, THEN JUDEA, SAMARIA,
AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
WE PRAY THAT WILL BE TRUE IN
OUR GENERATION IN THE 21st
CENTURY.
Reporter: IT ALSO MARKED THE
END OF 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND
FASTING BY AN INITIATIVE CALLED
ISAIAH 62 FAST. IT REALLY BEGAN
IN EARLY MARCH TO MOBILIZE AT
LEAST 5 MILLION BELIEVERS TO
FAST AND PRAY FOR ONE HOUR A
DAY BASED ON ISAIAH 62. 12,000
MINISTRIES FROM 120 NATIONS
AND 100 LANGUAGES JOINT THE 21
DAY FAST. THE EVENTUAL GOAL IS
TO RAISE 100 MILLION
INTERCESSORS FOR ISRAEL. MIKE
MICKLE, WHO LAUNCHED THE
EFFORT, SAYS THEY WANTED TO
PRAY FOR ISRAEL TO BE PROTECTED
FROM IRAN.
YOU HAVE THIS GUY WITH AN
OCULAR -- WITH RUSSIA AND
CHINA BEHIND THE SCENES BACKING
THEM UP IN CERTAIN WAYS. AND
THE LORD SAYS, I HAVE GOT THIS
ONE. I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS
FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE A
FIVE MILLION-MEMBER CORPORATE
DANIEL ON A 21 DAY FAST AT
SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
Reporter: SOME
ULTRA-ORTHODOX GROUPS CONDEMN
THE EVENT, CALLING THE
MISSIONARIES AND TELLING THEM
TO GO HOME. PROTESTERS CLAIMED
THEY WERE DEFILING TO HOLY
SITES AND TRIED TO BLOCK THEM
FROM COMING TO THE PRAYER
MEETING. ONE CHRISTIAN LEADER
IN JERUSALEM TOLD CBN NEWS IT
WAS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND
HATEFUL REACTION IN HIS ALMOST
30 YEARS IN ISRAEL. OTHER
ISRAELI OFFICIALS LIKE THE
JERUSALEM DEPUTY MAYOR
CONDEMNED THE ACTIONS OF THE
PROTESTERS.
DESPITE THE DISTURBANCE,
MANY CONTINUE TO PRAY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PRAY. IT
IS THE TIME TO INTERCEDE AND TO
INTERCEDE. DO NOT BE SLACK. I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE,
EVEN THE YOUNGER GENERATION,
CONTINUE TO BE HOT AND WARM AND
ON FIRE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS, THE SOUTHERN STEPS,
JERUSALEM.
THANKS. CHRISTIANS AROUND
THE WORLD ARE EAGER TO SEE A
MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YES. I AM ONE OF THEM, EAGER
TO SEE THE CHILDREN OF THE
PROPHETS BECOME THE PROPHETS
ONCE AGAIN. THE FULFILLMENT OF
ISAIAH 59, LOOK AT THE VERY
LAST VERSE OF THAT CHAPTER. YOU
CAN SEE A COVENANT THAT GOD
MAKES WITH THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL, THAT HIS WORD WOULD NOT
DEPART FROM THEIR MOUTH, NOR
FROM THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
FROM THIS TIME FOR EVERMORE.
GOD UNDERLINES HE HAS A
COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. AS
CHRISTIANS, LET'S JOIN WITH
THAT. LET'S PRAY FOR THE PEACE
OF JERUSALEM. THAT IS A
COMMANDMENT. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
IS A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL
NATIONS. ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
HAVE A RIGHT TO GO TO JERUSALEM
AND PRAY AND PRAY TO A GOD WHO
ANSWERS THAT PRAYER. HE KEEPS
HIS COVENANT. HE KEPT HIS
COVENANT WITH NOAH AND WITH
WE JUST FOUND A SPOT ON YOUR
SON'S BRAIN.
THE MIRACLE THAT STUNS THE
MEDICS.
DAD, DO NOT WORRY. GOD WILL
HEAL ME.
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> HIDING HEADS IN THE SAND
AFTER THE SUPREME COURT SAID
ABORTION TO THE STATE THAT IS
HOW SOME GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDERS ARE BEING DESCRIBED.
THEY ARE DUCKING THE LIFE
ISSUE. THEY KNOW IT COULD COST
THEM THE 2024 ELECTION. CBN 2
POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID BRODY
EXPLAINS THE CHALLENES OF
PRO-LIFE POLITICS.
Reporter: SINCE THE END OF
ROE V. WADE, THE ABORTION ISSUE
HAS BECOME A BIT MORE
POLITICALLY COMPLICATED FOR THE
GOP. THE LACK OF A COHESIVE
MESSAGE FOLLOWING THE SUPREME
COURT DECISION COST THEM SOME
MIDTERM RACES. NOW CANDIDATES
MUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE
PRO-LIFE WHILE ALSO NOT TURNING
OFF SWING VOTERS. FORMER WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAYLEIGH
MCENANY TELLS CBN NEWS IT'S
BEEN AN OVERALL PASSIVE
STRATEGY.
THEY NEVER GO ON OFFENSE ON
THIS ISSUE. THEY TEND TO HIDE
FROM IT RATHER THAN GIVING AN
OPTIMISTIC AND LOVING VIEW FOR
HOW WE, AS A PARTY, TREAT LIFE
AND THE HEARTBEAT AND THE
CHILD, BUT THEY ALWAYS STAY ON
THEIR HEELS AND AVOID THE
TOPIC. AND WHEN THEY DO TALK
ABOUT IT, THEY NEVER GO ON
OFFENSE AND ASK THE LEFT,
"WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?"
Reporter: THAT OFTEN LEAVES
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT, FACING QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND ON A
FEDERAL ABORTION BAN. THEIR
ANSWERS VARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP
SUPPORTED A 20-WEEK BAN WHILE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE. NOW, AS A
CANDIDATE, HE PLANS TO
NEGOTIATE THE BEST DEAL.
SOME PEOPLE ARE AT SIX
WEEKS, SOME PEOPLE ARE AT THREE
WEEKS OR TWO WEEKS. PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS GOING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION WHAT HE THINKS IS
GREAT FOR THE COUNTRY AND WHAT
IS FAIR FOR THE COUNTRY.
Reporter: RECENTLY, TRUMP
SUGGESTED THE SIX WEEK ABORTION
BAN IN FLORIDA SIGNED BY GOP
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS MAY HAVE BEEN TOO
HARSH, LEADING TO A QUICK
RESPONSE.
I THINK THAT AS A FLORIDA
RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T
GIVE AN ANSWER ABOUT "WOULD YOU
HAVE SIGNED THE HEARTBEAT BILL
THAT FLORIDA DID?" IT HAD ALL
THE EXCEPTIONS THAT PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT. THE LEGISLATURE PUT IT
IN. I SIGNED THE BILL. I WAS
PROUD TO DO IT. HE WON'T ANSWER
WHETHER HE WOULD SIGN IT OR
NOT.
Reporter: FROM A POLITICAL
PERSPECTIVE, THE SQUABBLING
OVER BANS RANGES FROM HOW MANY
WEEKS TO JUST SIMPLY STAYING
AWAY FROM THAT PART OF THE
ISSUE. GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE SENATOR TIM SCOTT
SUPPORTS A 20-WEEK BAN.
RECENTLY, GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE ASA HUTCHINSON TOLD
CBN NEWS THERE'S A REASON THE
GOP SHOULD ACT AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS
RESOLVED AT THE STATE LEVEL,
BUT I KNOW THE DEMOCRATS, IF
THEY GET CONTROL OF CONGRESS,
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
NATIONAL ABORTION STANDARD THAT
OPENS UP THE FLOODGATES FOR
ABORTION. REPUBLICANS, IF WE
ACTUALLY WIN CONTROL OF BOTH
HOUSES, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SET A NATIONAL STANDARD ON
THAT. IF CONGRESS DID ACT ON
THAT AND IT PROTECTED LIFE AND
IT HAD THE APPROPRIATE
EXCEPTIONS IN PLACE, THEN I
WOULD SIGN THAT BILL.
Reporter: ON THAT SUBJECT,
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDER NIKKI HALEY IS TAKING
A WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE. WHILE
STAUNCHLY PRO-LIFE, SHE SAYS
WHEN IT COMES TO A FEDERAL BAN,
YOU NEED TO BE REALISTIC.
LET'S BE HONEST WITH THE
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS AND SUPPORTED
A SIX WEEK BAND IN FLORIDA.
ARE YOU IN? HE SEEMS TO BE IN
WITH A 15 WEEK BAN, BUT YOU ARE
RELUCTANT TO GO THERE NOW. IS
THAT ACCURATE?
LET'S BE HONEST THAT NO
REPUBLICAN CAN BAN ALL
ABORTIONS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
EVEN CLOSE TO 60 VOTES IN THE
SENATE. WE'RE AT 45. WE HAVEN'T
HAD 60 IN OVER 100 YEARS. NO
DEMOCRAT CAN BAN ALL THESE LIFE
LAWS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE
STATES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EVEN
CLOSE TO 60 VOTES. SO IF WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY
LEGISLATION AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL, LET'S START WITH
CONSENSUS.
Reporter: NATIONAL PRO-LIFE
GROUPS POINT TO A CLEAR
CONSENSUS, CITING POLLS THAT
SHOW MORE THAN 7 IN 10
AMERICANS OPPOSE ABORTION AFTER
15 WEEKS. THAT INCLUDES 75% OF
WOMEN AND 70% OF INDEPENDENTS.
MARJORIE DANNENFELSER,
PRESIDENT OF THE SUSAN B.
ANTHONY LIST, SAYS THE GOP
NEEDS TO STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM
THE ISSUE.
WHAT THEN IS THE REPUBLICAN
STRATEGY GOING FORWARD
SPECIFICALLY? YOU SAY IT CANNOT
BE THE OSTRICH STRATEGY. WHAT
S THE PITCH?
THE STANDARD, YES, IT IS
NOT ALL THAT WE WANT BUT IT IS
CONSENSUS IN THIS COUNTRY.
CONTRAST IT WITH THE
PRO-ABORTION CANDIDATE, IT IS A
WINNING ISSUE. EVERY SINGLE
TIME, A CONTRAST THAT UP UNTIL
THE END PAID FOR BY
TAXPAYERS.THAT'S WHAT THEY
OUGHT TO BE SAYING.
Reporter: DANNENFELSER ADDS
THAT INCLUDES PRO-LIFE
CONGRESSMEN WHO SUPPORTED A
FEDERAL ABORTION BAN BEFORE THE
ROE V. WADE REVERSAL. NOW THEY
SEE IT AS A STATES' RIGHTS
ISSUE AND SHE SAYS THAT'S NOT
NEARLY ENOUGH.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND HOUSE
GOP MEMBERS AS WELL?
SITTING BACK AND WAITING
MEANS DEATH TO CHILDREN AND IT
MEANS WOMEN DON'T GET THE LOVE
AND SERVICE THAT THEY ACTUALLY
NEED. SO IF YOU'RE A SENATOR
AND YOU SAY THIS IS A STATES'
RIGHTS ONLY POSITION, THEN THE
POSITION OF THE PRO-LIFE
MOVEMENT IS WE CAN NOT SUPPORT
YOU.
Reporter: THE NATION WILL BE
WATCHING HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS AS
WE GET CLOSER TO 2024 . DAVID
BRODY, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
I WISH THE SUPREME COURT HAD
NEVER MADE THIS SOME KIND OF
CONSTITUTIONAL SHADOW. THAT WAS
THE TERM THEY USE. THEY SAID
THE SHADOW THAT THE MOON CAN
CAST. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US BECAUSE
IT BECAME THIS PSEUDO
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND NOW
WE ARE INTO THE VERY MESSY
BUSINESS OF A DEMOCRACY, WHERE
WE GET TO VOTE FOR
REPRESENTATIVES AND WE GET TO
PICK. SO, ON ONE EXTREME YOU
HAVE THE CURRENT LAW IN NEW
YORK STATE, WHICH PERMITS
ABORTION UP TO AND INCLUDING
THE DAY OF BIRTH, WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC. AND ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT WEEKS OR MONTHS?
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW
DOES THIS WORK OUT? WHAT I WISH
AND I WISH IT VERY STRONGLY IS
THAT ALL THE EFFORT ON BOTH
SIDES WOULD GET FUNNELED INTO
HOW CAN WE HELP MOTHERS AND HOW
CAN WE CREATE A CULTURE WHERE
MOTHERS WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN
AND THEY WANT TO RAISE THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEY WANT THEIR
CHILDREN TO PROSPER AND BE
EDUCATED. THE WELL SAID. ALL OF
800-778-6903.
> NEVER KNOWING IF HE MIGHT
BE NEXT. EVERY DAY, BOBBY LIVED
IN FEAR OF -- HIS GANG BANGER,
DRUG DEALER WAS STEEPED IN
CRIME. AND THEN ONE DAY, A
WOMAN HE LOVED WAS FACED WITH A
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND
BOBBY WAS BROUGHT TO HIS KNEES.
BOBBY BARRERA'S EARLIEST
MEMORIES IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
WERE OF FEAR, DEATH, AND CRIME.
HE WAS BORN INTO THE NOTORIOUS
BARRERA FAMILY, WHO LOST MANY
OF THEIR OWN TO RIVAL GANGS.
BOBBY NEVER KNEW WHEN HE MIGHT
BE NEXT.
I ALWAYS REMEMBER EVERY TIME
IN THE CAR, ON THE WAY THERE, I
WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THESE
BUTTERFLIES, THIS FEELING IN MY
STOMACH.
BOBBY WAS SIX WHEN HIS
PARENTS DIVORCED. LIVING WITH
THEIR MOM, HE AND HIS TWO
BROTHERS RARELY SAW THEIR DAD.
WHEN THEY DID, IT WAS AT THE
PENITENTIARY WHERE HE WAS
SERVING A LIFE TERM FOR
MULTIPLE CRIMES.
IT WAS LIKE THE LOVE JUST
WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE. LIKE,
THAT WASN'T AN OPTION TO SEEK,
LIKE, BEING EMBRACED.
BY THE TIME BOBBY WAS 18, HE
WAS FULLY VESTED IN THE FAMILY
BUSINESS -- DEALING DRUGS,
CONSTANTLY ON THE RUN FROM
POLICE AND RIVAL GANGS. HE ALSO
HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND, SHERRY.
HOUSES GETTING SHOT UP, KIDS
COULDN'T SLEEP IN THE ROOM. I
WOULD PUT THEM IN THE BASEMENT,
THINKING THAT THEY WOULD BE
SAFER DOWN THERE IN CASE THE
HOUSE GOT SHOT. IT WAS JUST
REAL BAD.
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE BOBBY
WAS HOOKED ON COCAINE.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS
COMBINED. YOU KNOW, TO JUST
MEDICATE MYSELF TO MAYBE BE AT
SOME PEACE.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN HIS
LIFE WHO TRIED TO CONVINCE
BOBBY THERE WAS A BETTER WAY --
HIS AUNT BECKY. A ONCE VIOLENT
GANG BANGER HERSELF, SHE HAD
FOUND FAITH IN CHRIST WHILE
SERVING TIME.
I TOLD HIM, THIS IS NOT
LIFE. I SAID, YOU JUST GOT TO
KNOW, BOB. LOOK AT ME. LOOK
WHAT GOD DID FOR ME, MIJO. I
SAID, CAN'T YOU SEE HOW GOOD HE
IS AND WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU
GUYS?
EVEN THOUGH BOBBY WANTED TO
BELIEVE HER, HE COULDN'T PULL
FREE FROM THE LIFE HE KNEW.
SO, IT WAS LIKE THE STREET
LIFE WAS PULLING ME THIS WAY,
BUT WANTING TO BE THAT FATHER
IN MY KIDS' LIFE WAS PULLING ME
THE OTHER WAY. SO, IT WAS LIKE
A BATTLE, LIKE A TUG OF WAR.
IN 2010, AFTER BOTH HIS
BROTHERS LANDED IN PRISON,
BOBBY, NOW 32, DECIDED IT WAS
TIME FOR A FRESH START AND
MOVED HIS FAMILY TWO HOURS AWAY
TO GRAND RAPIDS. NONETHELESS,
HE WENT BACK TO WHAT HE KNEW --
SELLING DRUGS. HIS ADDICTION
ONLY GOT WORSE.
THE FEAR OF BEING BROKE AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE -- I
STARTED PROVIDING FOR MY KIDS
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS -- THAT'S
WHAT DROVE ME. IT WAS IF I
DON'T DO THIS, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?
NOW IT WAS SHERRY WHO WAS
TALKING TO BOBBY ABOUT JESUS.
THEY HAD STARTED GOING TO
CHURCH ON OCCASION AFTER
GETTING AN INVITE FROM THEIR
NEW NEIGHBORS.
SHERRY WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME,
BOBBY, GOD TOLD ME THAT IF YOU
WOULD JUST DO THE RIGHT THING,
THAT OUR LIVES WOULD CHANGE.
BUT I NEVER LISTENED THOUGH.
BOBBY WOULD CONTINUE
IGNORING SHERRY AND GOD FOR
SEVEN MORE YEARS. THEN IN 2017,
SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH
KIDNEY FAILURE. DOCTORS WERE
NOT SURE SHE WOULD LIVE.
NONE OF THE SHOOTINGS, NONE
OF THE DRUG RAIDS, NONE OF THE
VIOLENCE, NONE OF THAT STUFF
EVER COMPARED TO THIS. THIS WAS
A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF
BATTLE. I FELT LIKE IT WAS MY
FAULT THAT SHE WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL. IT'S MY FAULT BECAUSE
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO WHAT'S
RIGHT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING
LEFT FOR BOBBY TO DO.
I HAD TO SURRENDER. I CALLED
OUT TO JESUS. IT WAS JUST
STRICTLY BETWEEN ME AND HIM
SAYING, I'M READY. I'M READY TO
JUST LET GO OF MY WILL. I'M
READY TO LET GO OF THESE DRUGS.
I'M READY TO LET GO OF THIS
LIFESTYLE. I'M READY TO SERVE
YOU. I'M READY FOR WHATEVER IT
IS THAT YOU HAVE.
BOBBY SAID HE WAS DELIVERED
FROM COCAINE INSTANTLY. NOW
SOBER, HE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT SHERRY AND AUNT BECKY HAD
BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG.
I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT
GOD REALLY LOVES ME. IT WAS SO
REAL. I FELT IT. I'M LIKE, HE
REALLY LOVES ME. LIKE HE AND
ME, AFTER EVERYTHING I DID MY
WHOLE LIFE, ALL THESE THINGS
THAT I DID AND THIS LIFESTYLE
THAT I HAVE BEEN LIVING, I'M
LIKE, BUT YOU'RE STILL SPEAKING
TO ME? YOU ARE STILL RESCUING
ME?
THREE MONTHS LATER, SHERRY
WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL
AND REMARKABLY RECOVERED. BOBBY
GOT A JOB AND STARTED MAKING
HONEST MONEY. THE BARRERAS
MARRIED IN 2018 AND THEIR WHOLE
FAMILY, NINE IN ALL, INCLUDING
TWO GRANDCHILDREN, ARE
BENEFITINGFROM WHAT GOD HAS
DONE.
HE FILLED ME. HE FILLED ME
WITH SOMETHING THAT THE MONEY,
THE DRUGS, THE REPUTATION, THE
NAME, THE WHATEVER I THOUGHT I
HAD BACK THEN -- IT WAS A WHOLE
DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE,
CONFIDENCE, AND COURAGE. THIS
IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE
SOBER, TO BE A MAN. THIS IS
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO REALLY BE
LOVED.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME
KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE TO BE LOVED. ISN'T
THAT AMAZING? YOU SEE IT IN HIS
EYES. YOU SEE THE CHANGE. YOU
LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF IT,
BOBBY, WHEN HE WAS IN GETTING
LIFE AND YOU SEE THE PICTURES
TODAY. AND THERE IS LIGHT IN
HIS EYES. THERE IS HOPE. HE HAS
A FUTURE. HE KNOWS THAT THERE
IS A GOD, A GOD WHO LOVES HIM.
NOW, THAT WAS A GREAT
REVELATION FOR HIM. IT WAS
SOMETHING HE NEVER EXPECTED.
WOW, GOD REALLY LOVES ME. JUST
FOR ME. NOT BASED ON WHAT I DO
OR HOW MANY GOOD ACTS I HAVE IN
MY LIFE OR ALL THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. HE LOVES ME BECAUSE
I AM HIS CHILD. NOW, WHEN YOU
GET THAT, WHEN YOU GET THAT
REVELATION, IT CHANGES
EVERYTHING. FOR BOBBY, TO LIFE
OF THAT. HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD
KIDNEY FAILURE AND HE DID NOT
KNOW WHERE TO GO. THE GANG
COULD NOT HELP WITH THAT. DRUGS
CANNOT HELP WITH THAT. VIOLENCE
COULD NOT HELP WITH THAT. ONLY
GOD COULD HELP WITH THAT. SO,
HE TURNED TO THAT SOURCE AND
FOUND THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING
AND HE FOUND WHAT HE ALWAYS HAD
BEEN LOOKING FOR. THAT IS LOVE.
NOW, YOU CAN FIND IT TOO. ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.
HERE IS A VERSE FOR YOU. YOU
MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD IT.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT WRITTEN ON
PLACARDS. IT IS JOHN:316. FOR
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT IS
YOU, YOU ARE PART OF THAT, FOR
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, BUT
WHOSOEVER, YOU CAN BE
WHOSOEVER,, WE BELIEVE ON HIM
-- THEY NEVER PERISH BUT HAVE
LIFE. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON. HE GAVE JESUS. SO THAT ALL
HIS OTHER CHILDREN COULD BE
WITH HIM. IT IS THE BEST NEWS
THAT ANYONE HAS EVER HEARD . IF
YOU DOUBT THIS, THINK ABOUT
THIS. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE
CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS. THERE IS
A SEAT NEXT TO HIM. THE ONE
WHO WAS A THIEF SAID, REMEMBER
ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR
KINGDOM. AND JESUS REPLIED,
THIS DAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME
IN PARADISE. THIS DAY. LET
THIS DAY, TODAY, BE THE DAY
WHERE YOU UNDERSTAND THE
PARADISE HEAVEN CAN COM TO YOU
AND BE IN YOUR HEART AND THE
LOVE THAT GOD HAD FOR BOBBY,
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT SAME
THING. IT CAN COME. HEAVEN CAN
INVADE YOUR HEART AND GIVE YOU
A PIECE THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW
WAS POSSIBLE. HE IS WILLING TO
DO IT AND HE IS WILLING TO DO
IT RIGHT NOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS TURN TO HIM. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE THIS, IF YOU WANT THIS
EXPERIENCE AND IT IS AN
EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CAN TASTE
AND SEE, THAT THE LORD IS GOOD,
IF YOU WANT THIS, BOW YOUR HEAD
WITH ME. LET'S PRAY A VERY
SIMPLE PRAYER TOGETHER. JESUS
WILL ANSWER. HE WILL COME TO
YOU. HE WILL COME TO YOU RIGHT
NOW. LET'S PRAY. JESUS. SAY HIS
NAME. SAY IT OUT LOUD. JESUS. I
TURN TO YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART
AND I ASK AND I SEEK AND I
KNOCK. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOVE
TOWARDS ME. I WANT TO SEE AND
FEEL AND EXPERIENCE HOW DEEP
AND HOW WIDE YOUR LOVE IS. SO,
JESUS, I OPEN THE DOOR OF MY
HEART. I ASK THAT YOU WOULD
COME IN. I ASK THAT YOU WOULD
FORGIVE ME OF ANYTHING I HAVE
EVER DONE WRONG. I ASK FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS. AND IN TURN, I
FORGIVE ALL WHO HAVE SINNED
AGAINST ME OR OFFENDED ME OR
DONE THINGS TO ME. I FORGIVE
THEM ALL AND I ASK FOR PEACE
AND I ASK FOR YOU AND I ASK FOR
YOUR LOVE. COME TO ME NOW, FOR
ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED, I ASKED FOR A BAPTISM.
I ASK THAT YOU FILL THEM TO
OVERFLOWING WITH JOY AND WITH
PEACE AND WITH THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT ONLY COMES
FROM YOU. DO IT NOW, LORD.,
FURRY ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
ONE MORE THING I WANT YOU TO
DO. I WANT YOU TO LESS SOMA NO.
THEY SAY THAT WHEN YOU BELIEVE
IN YOUR HEART, AND CONFESS WITH
YOUR MOUTH, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
WE MADE THAT EASY FOR YOU. PICK
UP THE PHONE AND CALL
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PACKET WITH NO FINANCIAL
OBLIGATION. THE PHONE CALL IS
FREE. IN THERE IS A TEACHING
CALLED A NEW DAY. YOU CAN ALSO
GET IT AS A DOWNLOAD. THERE IS
A BOOKLET WITH BIBLE VERSES. I
WANT YOU TO HAVE IT BECAUSE IT
WILL SHOW YOU WHAT CHRISTIANS
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> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON
FOR THIS NEWSBREAK. RUSSIA'S
INTERIOR MINISTRY ISSUED AN
ARREST WARRANT FOR SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
CITING HIS COMMENTS IN THE
FIGHTING IN UKRAINE. HE MET
WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY IN KYIV. HIS OFFICE
RELEASE AN EDITED VIDEO OF THE
MEETING, SHOWING HIM SAYING THE
RUSSIANS ARE DYING. HE ALSO
DESCRIBES U.S. MILITARY
ASSISTANCE AT, QUOTE, THE BEST
MONEY WE HAVE EVER SPENT. WHILE
REMARKS COME FROM DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THEIR CONVERSATION,
ZELENSKYY'S OFFICE BUT THE
COMMENTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER,
SPARKING RUSSIAN ANGER. GRAHAM
SAYS HE VIEWS THAT WARRANT AS
A BADGE OF HONOR.
> NOW TO SOME ENCOURAGING
NEWS. ELEVATIONS AND BAPTISMS
ON A PENSACOLA BEACH OVER THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE MET FOR A TIME OF
WORSHIP AND GOSPEL PREACHING
SATURDAY IN ADVANCE BY 14
CHURCHES. SEAN FEUCHT OF LET US
WORSHIP REPORTS DOZENS OF
SALVATION'S AND AT LEAST 30
BAPTISMS AT THE SERVICES
POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A NEW
JESUS PEOPLE MOVEMENT IS HERE.
HE ALSO SAID THIS IS REVIVAL.
YOU CANNOT STOP THE MOVE OF
GOD. THEY BELIEVE IT IS TIME
FOR THE CHURCH TO UNIFY AND
WORK TOGETHER TO PUSH BACK
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM. GORDON AND TERRY
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF THE
700 CLUB RIGHT AFTER THIS.
THAT WAS NOT THE WORST PART.
WE JUST FOUND A SPOT ON YOUR
SON'S BRAIN.
THE MIRACLE THAT STUNS THE
MEDICS.
THAT, DO NOT WORRY. WILL
HEAL ME.
ON TOMORROW'S 700 CLUB.
SHE IS A YOUNG MOTHER LIVING
IN INDONESIA . AFTER THE BABY
WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP AND
PALATE, SHE BEGAN TO DREAD THE
DAY HE WOULD ASK HER THIS
QUESTION. MOM, WHY IS MY LIP
LIKE THIS? NOW, THANKS TO YOU,
THAT DAY WILL NEVER COME.
24-YEAR-OLD NIWATI WAS
DEVASTATED WHEN SHE SAW THAT
HER SON, BIYOND, HAD BEEN BORN
@WITH A CLEFT LIP.
I WONDERED, WHY WAS MY SON
BORN LIKE THIS? DID I DO
SOMETHING WRONG?
AT FIRST, IT WAS HARD FOR ME
TO ACCEPT IT. I FELT GUILTY AND
I BLAMED GOD FOR MY SON'S LIP.
NIWATI ALSO WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT HE WOULD EXPERIENCE AS HE
GREW UP.
THE THING THAT WOULD REALLY
BREAK MY HEART WAS THE DAY HE
WOULD SAY, MOM, WHY IS MY LIP
LIKE THIS? I JUST COULD NOT
IMAGINE THAT.
EVERY DAY, NIWATI'S HUSBAND,
ANJAS, WENT OUT TO SELL KITCHEN
UTENSILS ON HIS MOTOR SCOOTER.
HE KNEW HE COULD NEVER EARN
ENOUGH TO PAY FOR HIS SON'S
SURGERY. THEN A RELATIVE TOLD
THE COUPLE ABOUT OPERATION
BLESSING IN INDONESIA.
BEFORE WE MET OPERATION
BLESSING, IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET HELP FOR OUR SON. WHEN
WE HEARD THAT OPERATION
BLESSING WOULD HELP, MY HOPE
STARTED TO GROW.
OPERATION BLESSING THEN PAID
FOR BIYOND TO RECEIVE FREE
SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS CLEFT
LIP. THE OPERATION WAS
SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
OPERATION BLESSING FOR HELPING
TO PROVIDE FREE SURGERY FOR OUR
SON. ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE
DONORS FOR THEIR KIND HEARTS.
GOD BLESS YOU!
HOPELESSNESS IS A TERRIBLE
THING. IMAGINE BEING A PARENT,
KNOWING THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR
YOUR CHILD BUT YOU CANNOT
AFFORD IT. WELL, 700 CLUB
MEMBERS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
YOU'RE MAKING IT POSSIBLE IN
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN NEED
HERE AT HOME AND AROUND THE
WORLD EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU CAN
DO THAT FOR JUST $.65 A DAY .
THAT IS A GENERAL 700 CLUB
MEMBERSHIP. $20. $20 A MONTH.
WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO DO
THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT
ALREADY. MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY A
700 CLUB MEMBER. WOULD YOU
CONSIDER GOING UP TO 700 CLUB
GOLD WE MET THAT IS A GIFT OF
$40 A MONTH MANY PEOPLE JOIN AT
1000 CLUB AT $84 A MONTH OR
EVEN THE 2500 CLUB, $209 A
MONTH. DOUBTERS JOIN US AT
$5000 A YEAR, OR $417 A MONTH.
ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU
DO BECAUSE WHEN WE ALL LINK
ARMS TOGETHER, WE REALLY CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE WANT
YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT. RIGHT
NOW, WHEN YOU JOIN THE 700
CLUB, WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU.
IT IS PAT ROBERTSON'S LATEST,
"THE SHEPHERD KING: THE LIFE OF
DAVID" -- THERE ARE FOUR
DISCS IN THIS ONE, THIS AUDIO
VERSION. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE
THIS. AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART
WILL ALSO COME, A 10 DAY
DEVOTIONAL FROM THE PSALMS OF
DAVID. THIS IS YOURS WHEN YOU
CALL RIGHT NOW AND SAY, I WANT
CALL 1-800-700-7000 OR GO TO
CBN.COM.
HE DOES NOT REMEMBER
ANYTHING ABOUT THE DAY HE FELL
INTO A SINKHOLE. THE 6-YEAR-OLD
WAS BURIED UNDER 11 FEET OF
COLD, WET SAND FOR FOUR HOURS.
BY THEN, HIS RESCUE HAD BECOME
A RECOVERY EFFORT AND THE
CORONER WAS STANDING BY.
IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, A
CAREFREE HIKING TRIP ON THE
SAND DUNES OF MOUNT BALDY,
INDIANA TURNED INTO A
NIGHTMARE. GREG WOESSNER AND
HIS FRIEND, KEITH, WALKED ALONG
THE TOP OF THE DUNE. GREG'S
SON, NATHAN, AND KEITH'S SON,
COLLIN, WERE BEHIND THEM.
THEY WERE PLAYING AROUND,
RUNNING AROUND, UP AND DOWN THE
HILL. WE HEARD COLLIN SCREAMING
AND HOLLERING THAT NATHAN HAD
FALLEN IN A HOLE. WE QUICKLY
RAN DOWN THERE AND FOUND THE
HOLE THAT HE WAS IN. WE WERE
ABLE TO TALK TO HIM.
GREG AND KEITH TOLD COLLIN
TO RUN DOWN THE HILL AND CALL
9-1-1. KEITH'S WIFE, RACHEL,
MADE THE CALL.
9-1-1.
YES, I'M AT THE MOUNT BALDY
BEACH, AND MY FRIEND'S SON, HE
GOT STUCK IN A SAND DUNE AND
HE'S UNDER THE SAND AND WE
CANNOT GET HIM OUT.
YOU SOUNDED SO CLOSE.
MY HUSBAND AND HIS DAD ARE
TRYING TO DIG HIM OUT.
OK, WE GET IT. WE'VE GOT
THEM ON THE WAY, OKAY?
OK, THANK YOU.
YOU COULDN'T SEE HIM. IT WAS
SO DARK. KEEPING HIM CALM WAS
MY FIRST THING. HE WAS SAYING
HE WAS SCARED.
I CRAWLED DOWN IN THE HOLE.
AND GREG HELD MY ANKLES. I
TRIED TO REACH FOR HIM AND
COULDN'T GET HIM AT ALL.
THEN THE HOLE COLLAPSED.
6-YEAR-OLD NATHAN WAS BURIED
ALIVE UNDER 11 FEET OF SAND.
THAT'S WHEN FAITH MADE HER
WAY UP THE HILL.
THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT
NATHAN WAS UNDER THERE AND I
JUST CAME APART. I STARTED
CRYING, PRAYING, AND DIGGING.
EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND ME WAS
SUCH A BLUR. AND I WAS HAVING
THESE VISIONS IN MY HEAD OF HIM
DOWN THERE, AND HE'S GOT SAND
IN HIS FACE AND IN HIS MOUTH,
AND HE CAN'T BREATHE. AND I
REMEMBER BEGGING GOD TO JUST BE
WITH HIM AND TO GIVE HIM A
POCKET OF AIR SO THAT HE COULD
BREATHE, AND TO HOLD HIM, AND
TO PLEASE BE WITH HIM.
OTHER VACATIONERS AND
BYSTANDERS HELPED THEM DIG BY
HAND, BUT THE GIANT DUNE WAS A
RELENTLESS FOE. EVERYONE KEPT
DIGGING, BUT THE SAND CONTINUED
TO CAVE IN. WITHIN 15 MINUTES,
FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, AND PARK
RANGERS JOINED THE EFFORT.
THEIR SHOVELS HELPED, BUT THEY
WERE STILL LOSING THE BATTLE.
FINALLY, SOMEONE SHOWED UP WITH
A BACKHOE.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THEN DID
THEY REALLY START MOVING A LOT
OF SAND. BUT WE'VE ALREADY --
YOU GOT 40, 50 GUYS DIGGING BY
HAND FOR PROBABLY AN HOUR AND A
HALF TO TWO HOURS.
WE WERE FEARING THE WORST.
WE REALLY WERE. WE WERE STILL
HOPING, BUT IT HAD BEEN SO
LONG.
THE POLICE PERSUADED GREG
AND FAITH TO TAKE A BREAK AFTER
THREE HOURS OF NONSTOP DIGGING.
THEIR FRIEND, KEITH, KEPT ON
GOING.
AFTER ABOUT THE 5th OR 6th
COLLAPSE, I PRETTY MUCH
EXHAUSTED MYSELF AND I KNEW I
HAD TO STOP OR I WASN'T GOING
TO MAKE IT MYSELF.
BUT THE FIGHT TO RESCUE
NATHAN CONTINUED. THEY USED
LONG POLES TO PROBE THE SAND.
IF AN AREA GOT THE ALL CLEAR
SIGN, THEY WOULD BRING IN THE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT. NEARLY FOUR
HOURS INTO THE SEARCH, A LOCAL
FIREFIGHTER FOUND HIM.
THEY HAD ALREADY SWITCHED IT
FROM A RESCUE TO A RECOVERY BY
THE TIME THEY FOUND HIM. THE
CORONER WAS THERE ON SITE. THEY
LOCATED HIS HEAD, AND THEN THEY
SWITCHED FROM USING SHOVELS,
AND THEY WERE USING THEIR
HANDS.
AND GET RIGHT UNDER HIS ARM.
AND FROM THERE, HE WAS ABLE TO
PULL HIM RIGHT UP OUT OF THE
SAND. IT WAS A LIFELESS LIMP
BODY, THAT HE HELD LIKE HIS
SON, AND IT JUST REMINDED HIM
OF HIS SON.
THEY CHECKED AGAIN, AND HE
WASN'T BREATHING, AND THERE
WASN'T ANY PULSE, SO
ESSENTIALLY, AT THAT TIME, HE
WAS NOT ALIVE.
NATHAN HAD A ONE FOURTH OF
MILE TRIP IN THE LIFEGUARD
TRUCK TO THE AMBULANCE, WHERE
HE STARTED TO BREATHE AGAIN. HE
WAS TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL CENTER
IN MICHIGAN CITY. HIS PARENTS
FOLLOWED HIM TO THE ER AND ALL
THEY COULD DO WAS WAIT AND
PRAY.
THEN BUDDY CAME IN ONE OF
THE EMT. AND HE SAT DOWN IN
FRONT OF ME AND SAID, HE'S
ALIVE. I REMEMBER TURNING TO
LOOK AT GREG AND I SAID, HE
HEARD US. HE REALLY HEARD US.
HE ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. I WAS
SO HAPPY.
THEY HAD TO REMOVE SAND FROM
HIS LUNGS AND THROAT AND HIS
HEAD WAS INJURED DURING THE
DIGGING. NATHAN HAD BEEN
DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN TO HIS BRAIN
FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS. BRAIN
DAMAGE WAS A MAJOR CONCERN, BUT
DOCTORS DETERMINED THAT NATHAN
WAS PERFECTLY FINE.
HIS PROGRESS MOVED ALONG SO
WELL THAT WEDNESDAY, THEY ENDED
UP TAKING OUT THE BREATHING
TUBE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET A
LOT OF THE STUFF OUT HIMSELF,
AS FAR AS ANY OF THE DEBRIS AND
STUFF IN HIS LUNGS.
NATHAN DOESN'T REMEMBER
ANYTHING ABOUT THE SINKHOLE
THAT ALMOST TOOK HIS LIFE. HE
DOESN'T REMEMBER HIS AMAZING
RECOVERY. BUT HE DOES KNOW
ABOUT GOD. WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS
FAVORITE BIBLE STORY IS, HE
QUICKLY THOUGHT OF THE STORY OF
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
IT'S MY FAVORITE STORY
BECAUSE HE FIGHTED THE GIANT
AND I LIKE IT BECAUSE HE FALLS
DOWN TO THE GROUND, AND HE'S
LIKE A REALLY BIG GIANT AND A
LITTLE TINY KID.
THIS COULDN'T BE ANYTHING
BUT A MIRACLE. THIS COULDN'T BE
ANYTHING BUT GOD. THERE'S NO
WAY THAT YOU CAN TAKE GOD OUT
OF THIS EQUATION. HE WAS BURIED
IN COLD, WET SAND FOR FOUR
HOURS. EVERYBODY BELIEVED THAT
HE WAS GONE. AND GOD PROVED TO
EVERYBODY THAT HE'S NOT. I'M
GOD. I CAN STILL DO AMAZING
THINGS. AND HE DID.
HE TRULY, TRULY DEAD.
NATHAN'S MOM SAID THERE IS NO
WAY YOU COULD TAKE GOD OUT OF
THIS EQUATION. I WANT TO SAY TO
YOU TODAY, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
NEED IS, DO NOT TAKE GOD OUT OF
THE EQUATION, NO MATTER HOW
IMPOSSIBLE, NO MATTER HOW LONG
OR HOW DEEP THE PROBLEM HAS
BEEN. DO NOT TAKE THEM OUT. HE
IS THE VICTOR AND THE END. HERE
ARE SOME OTHER STORIES TO JUST
ENCOURAGE YOU. THOMAS WAS
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM ON APRIL
10th AND GORDON, YOU HAD A WORD
OF KNOWLEDGE. YOU SAID THERE IS
A MAN NAMED TOM. YOU HAVE NEEDS
THAT ARE DETERIORATING . THE
PAIN IS REALLY BAD IN THE RIGHT
KNEE. GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT
NOW. YOU JUST FELT THAT GO
THROUGH. HE IS ABLE TO RESTORE.
HE IS ABLE TO REBUILD AND HE IS
ABLE TO MAKE NEW AGAIN. IN
JESUS' NAME, RECEIVE IT AND
REALIZE, YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. I
AM PAIN-FREE. YOU ARE MADE
WHOLE IN JESUS' NAME. HE
CLAIMED IT AND HE HAS NOT HAD
ANY PAIN SINCE AN EVEN BETTER
THE PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE HAS
DISSED HERE AS WELL.
HALLELUJAH. HERE IS ANOTHER
MIRACLE FROM TEXAS. HE SERVED
OVERSEAS IN JAPAN MORE THAN 40
YEARS AGO AND DEVELOPED A
SIGNIFICANT CASE OF TENDINITIS.
HE WAS WATCHING THE 700 CLUB
APRIL 25th THIS YEAR. TERRY
SAID SOMEONE WITH A RINGING IN
YOUR EARS IS CONSTANT AND SO
ANNOYING. YOU ARE FRUSTRATED
AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO
AND YOU HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW, JESUS CHRIST IS
HEALING YOU. JUST LIFT UP YOUR
HANDS AND THANK HIM. WELL, THE
-- HE WANTED TO BE SURE HIS
HEALING WAS COMPLETE. WELL, HE
HAPPILY REPORTS IT IS GONE.
HALLELUJAH.
LET YOUR DISEASE BE GONE
TODAY. LET YOUR AFFIRMATIVE BE
GONE. HE HAS CARRIED IT ALL
AWAY. THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS. WHEN HE OFFERS HIS SOUL
AS A SACRIFICE FOR SIN, AS PART
OF THAT TRANSACTION, HE HAS
CARRIED AWAY ALL HOUR
INFIRMITY, ALL OUR PAIN. HE HAS
DONE IT ALL FOR US. LET HIS
SACRIFICE BE SUFFICIENT FOR
YOU. LED YOUR EARS HEAR THE
SAME WORDS THAT HE GAVE TO
LAZARUS. LAZARUS, COME FORTH.
NOW, LAZARUS WAS DEAD. HE WAS
FOUR DAYS DEAD. HIS SISTER SAID
HE STINKS. BUT IN GOD'S VIEW,
HE CAN BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE.
FOR NATHAN, HE WAS NOT FOUR
DAYS DEAD, BUT HE WAS FOUR
HOURS IN THAT SANDPIT. JESUS
SAID, NATHAN, COME FORWARD. HE
CAN DO IT FOR YOU. ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS BELIEVE. ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE TO THEM THAT
BELIEVE. DID I NOT TELL YOU IS
THE WORDS OF JESUS. IF YOU
BELIEVE, YOU WILL SEE THE GLORY
OF THE LORD. ISN'T THAT
WONDERFUL? BELIEVE. BELIEVE
THAT GOD LOVES YOU. BELIEVE
THAT HE SENT JESUS. BELIEVE IN
THE CROSS. BELIEVE IN THE
MESSAGE THAT ALL YOUR SINS ARE
FORGIVEN. BELIEVE THAT ALL YOUR
DISEASES ARE HEALED. LET'S
PRAY. LORD, WE COME TO YOU
BELIEVING. WE BELIEVE IN YOUR
LOVE. WE BELIEVE IN YOU. WE
BELIEVE IN THE ONE THAT YOU
SENT. WE BELIEVE AND WE ASK NOW
, BELIEVING, THAT YOU WOULD
COME, THAT YOU WOULD HEAL OUR
BODIES, THAT YOU WOULD TAKE
AWAY ALL PAIN AND ALL
INFIRMITY, EVERYTHING THAT IS
WRONG, BE GONE NOW IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN. SOMEONE, YOU HAVE
GOT LUNG DAMAGE AND I THINK IT
IS FROM SANDBLASTING. GOD IS
HEALING YOUR LUNGS. HE IS ABLE
TO RESTORE. HE IS ABLE TO MAKE
IT ALL BRAND-NEW AGAIN. IN
JESUS' NAME, TAKE THAT BIG
BREATH AND REALIZE ALL THAT
PROBLEM IS GONE AND YOU ARE
FREE FROM IT. YOUR ARE
LIBERATED. PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT
HE HAS DONE FOR YOU NOW. TERRY?
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE HAD A
PROCEDURE THAT HAS REQUIRED
STITCHES. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT
THAT WAS BUT WHAT I KNOW IS THE
STITCHES ARE NOT HEALING AND IT
IS AN ISSUE WITH CONCERN. GOD
IS CAUSING THAT TO SHOOT BACK
TO LIFE, TO HEAL COMPLETELY.
YOU WILL FEEL THE WARMTH AND AN
ITCHING. I THINK IT IS IN YOUR
LEG. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT BUT
JUST RECEIVE IT NOW. BEGAN TO
THANK HIM AS HE HEALS YOUR BODY
IN JESUS' NAME.
A WOMAN NAMED SUE, YOU HAVE
HAD AN ANEURYSM AND THE DOCTORS
ARE SAYING PORTIONS OF YOUR
BRAIN MAY NEVER RECOVER. GOD IS
HEALING YOU. HE IS RESTORING
YOU. HE IS RESTORING PROPER
FUNCTION, PROPER MEMORY, PROPER
THOUGHT, PROPER CONSCIOUSNESS,
PROPER FOCUS. EVERYTHING IS
BEING RESTORED NOW IN JESUS'
NAME.
ELSE, YOU HAVE LOST VISION
IN ONE EYE. YOUR EYE IS
BEGINNING TO WATER AS JESUS IS
HEALING IT AND RESTORING YOUR
VISION TO YOU.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE GOT
PROBLEMS IN YOUR RIGHT
IT IS RELATED TO YOUR JOB BUT
IT GOES BACK INTO YOUR EAR
CANAL. OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE.
HE IS ABLE TO HEAL ALL THAT
JOINT IN JESUS' NAME . AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, LET US
KNOW AND LET US SHARE IN YOUR
GOOD REPORT. IF YOU NEED
PRAYER, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
CALL US AT 1-800-700-7000.
GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS, FOR
THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND