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The 700 Club - May 30, 2023

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. Read Transcript


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

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> 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

1-800-700-7000 I HAVE

SOMETHING FOR YOU. IT IS A FREE

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

800-519-4790.

> 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

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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

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