TODAY ON "THE 700 CLUB."

WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

THINK OF SOMETHING SO BIG IT

CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH GOD. JAY

SEKLOW OF THE AMERICAN CENTER

FOR LAW AND JUSTICE RELIEVES

THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEYS TO MY

FATHER'S LIFE AND LEGACY.

FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS , ACL

J BECAME A GLOBAL FORCE

DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE

RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS

EVERYWHERE. GARY LANE SPOKE

WITH JAY ABOUT PADS RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AND HIS BELIEF.

Reporter: MORE THAN THREE

DECADES AGO, PAT ROBERTSON

RECEIVED A DIVINELY INSPIRED

VISION TO ESTABLISH A LEGAL

CENTER TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF

CHRISTIANS.

CITY AFTER CITY, COUNTY

AFTER COUNTY, WE HAVE BEEN

ROBBED OF OUR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS

AND IT IS TIME TO SAY NO MORE!

JAY SEKLOW RECALLS THE DAY

HAD ASKED HIM UP.

I WILL NEVER FORGET HOUR

FIRST MEETING AT THE

CHESAPEAKE HOLIDAY INN BACK IN

1990, I THINK. AND THE IDEA

WAS OBVIOUSLY HIS , INSPIRED BY

THE LORD TO PUT TOGETHER

RESOURCES THAT WOULD ENABLE AN

ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS TO FORCE

IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND

THE WORLD AND HE WAS ALWAYS A

GREAT SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT

AND WISDOM. I CANNOT SAY THIS

ENOUGH: THIS GUY WAS OUR

MENTOR, OUR FRIEND AND OUR

COLLEAGUE.

Reporter: AS AN EDUCATED

LAWYER, PAT ROBERTSON FULL OF

VARIOUS LEGAL DECISIONS AND

BECAME AN AVID SUPREME COURT

WATCHER. HE LEARNED THE COURT

STRUCK DOWN ROE VERSUS WADE .

HE WAS THRILLED TO REMEMBER

THE FIRST CASE WAS A CASE THAT

HE SET THE ARGUMENT FOR THAT I

MADE AT THE SUPREME COURT OF

THE UNITED STATES IN 1992 AND

1993. THE RECOGNITION OF THAT

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OVERTURNING

OF ROE VERSUS WADE BASED ON

THE CASE , I THINK IT WAS A

TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR

HIM AND PRIDE IN THE RIGHT WAY

, THAT DIVISION THAT HE HAD FOR

THE ORGANIZATION FROM THE

BEGINNING HAS CONTINUED.

PATS CONTINUED COMMITMENT

EXPANDED TO A GLOBAL SCALE

WHERE HE STARTED THE EUROPEAN

CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE.

I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WE

WERE STANDING IN 1997 IN

STRASBURG WHERE I WENT TO LOOK

AT OFFICE SPACE FOR AN

ORGANIZATION WE WANTED TO FORM

THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FORMING,

REVIEWED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS

A GOD-GIVEN INALIENABLE RIGHT

NOT JUST BASED ON THE

CONSTITUTION OR A DECLARATION

OF UNIVERSAL RIGHTS BUT AS A

GOD-GIVEN RIGHT AND THAT IS

WHAT THE MOTIVATING FACTOR WAS

AND ENDED UP FORMING THE

CENTER OF JUSTICE WHICH HANDLES

CASES LITERALLY THROUGHOUT

EUROPE.

Reporter: HOW ABOUT YOU

PERSONALLY? HOW DID HE CHANGE

YOU?

I LEARNED FROM HIM THE ART

OF THE POSSIBLE. AND I THINK

THAT IS WHAT WILL STICK WITH ME

THROUGH ALL OF THIS. DON'T

LIMIT WHAT GOD IS SEEKINGTO DO

AND DON'T PUT IT IN A BOX. A

QUOTE FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL

AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS SINGING

YOU STOOD UP FOR SOMETHING AND

YOU GOD ATTACKED FOR IT . GOOD.

THAT MEANS YOU STOOD UP FOR

SOMETHING. HE WAS JUST A

TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF

ENCOURAGEMENT AND I REMEMBER

THAT STATEMENT IN THE DRESSING

ROOM . THINK OF SOME SO BIG

THAT IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH

GOD AND THAT IS HIS LIFE AND

HIS LEGACY AND THAT IS

IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

AN AMAZING LEGACY. AN

AMAZING HISTORY. HOW MANY

THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE

GOD SPOKE TO MY FATHER AND MY

FATHER SAID YES. ABRAHAM --

AMEN TO GOD -- ABRAHAM DID

THAT AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO

HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. MAY MY

FATHER'S MEMORY BE A BLESSING

TO YOU TODAY.

> THE FORMER PRESIDENT,

DONALD TRUMP , PLED NOT GUILTY

TO 37 CHARGES RELATED TO HIS

HANDLING OF NATIONAL SECURITY

DOCUMENT. THEN HE FLEW TO NEW

JERSEY FOR A FUNDRAISER. DALE

HEARD REPORTS.

Reporter: ALMOST AS

NOTEWORTHY AS THE ARRAIGNMENT

OF A FORMER PRESIDENT IN A

MIAMI COURT ON TUESDAY WAS WHAT

NEWS CAMERAS CAPTURED

AFTERWARD. PRAYER FOR THE

FORMER PRESIDENT. WHEN TRUMP

MET WITH SUPPORTERS AT A LOCAL

RESTAURANT --

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT

YOU HAVE GIVEN US PRESIDENT

TRUMP --

Reporter: AT A FUND-RAISING

EVENT LATER, TRUMP CALLED JACK

SMITH A LUNATIC AND A THUG.

THE PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE ,

I WILL CALL IT OUR CASE, IS A

THUG. I HAVE NAMED HIM DERANGED

JACK SMITH.

Reporter: TRUMP PLED NOT

GUILTY TO ALL 37 COWS AT HIS

ARRAIGNMENT INCLUDING THE

WILLFUL RETENTION OF NATIONAL

DEFENSE INFORMATION,

WITHHOLDING OR CONCEALING

DOCUMENTS IN A FEDERAL

INVESTIGATION, FALSE STATEMENTS

AND CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT

JUSTICE.

THREATENING ME WITH 400

YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING

MY OWN PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS. WE

WITNESSED THE MOST EVIL AND

HEINOUS ABUSE OF POWER IN THE

HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, A VERY

SAD THING TO WATCH.

Reporter: IS CBN CHIEF

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, DAVID

BRODY, SAYS THE INDICTMENT HAS

MADE TRUMP EVEN STRONGER.

WE ARE LIVING IN AN AMERICA

WHERE YOU HAVE A FORMER

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

UNDER INDICTMENT AND HE IS

GETTING STRONGER IN THE POLLS?

WHY IS THAT EXACTLY? HERE'S THE

ANSWER: WE HAVE LOST TRUST IN

OUR INSTITUTIONS.

Reporter: BUT BILL BARR

SAYS IN THIS CASE, HE IS NO

VICTIM.

I DEFEND THE PRESIDENT ON ,

I STOOD UP AND CALLED OUT (

POLITICIZED HIT JOB AND I HAVE

SPOKEN THAT 30 YEARS ABOUT THE

ABUSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

PROCESS TO GET TO INFLUENCE

POLITICS BUT THIS IS SIMPLY

NOT TRUE. THIS PARTICULAR

EPISODE OF TRYING TO RETRIEVE

THOSE DOCUMENTS , THE

GOVERNMENT ACTED RESPONSIBLY

AND IT WAS DONALD J. TRUMP WHO

HAD DID ACTED IRRESPONSIBLY.

Reporter: MALCOLM SAYS THE

VERY DIFFERENT WAY THE CLINTONS

ALLEGED MISUSE OF CLASSIFIED

MATERIALS WAS HANDLED SHOWS HIM

THE JUST THIS DEPARTMENT HAS

NOT IN NEUTRAL.

HER SERVER WAS NEVER SEIZED,

SHE WAS NEVER CHARGED. HER

ATTORNEYS WERE ALLOWED TO GO

OVER THE MATERIAL AND TURNOVER

WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO TO

TURNOVER AND THEN THEY WIPED

HER HARD DRIVE CLEAN AND

DESTROYED HER CELL PHONES.

Reporter: AHEAD OF TRUMPS

ARRAIGNMENT, THE FELLOW

CANDIDATE REPEATED HIS PLEDGE

TO PARTNER TRUMP IF ELECTED.

I HAVE DEMANDED THAT EVERY

OTHER CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE

EITHER SIGNED THIS COMMITMENT

TO PARKING ON JANUARY 20 2025

OR ELSE TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE

NOT.

Reporter: SOME OF TRUMP'S

RIVALS ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE

PRESIDENT SAYING THAT CHARGES

ARE SERIOUS AND THE CASE NEEDS

TO PLAY OUT IN COURT. DALE

HEARD, CBN NEWS.

THE CHARGES ARE SERIOUS AND

IN THIS CASE, ABSOLUTELY, IT

WILL PLAY OUT IN COURT,

COURT IN FLORIDA AND THE WHOLE

NATION WILL BE WATCHING WHAT

THE COURT DOES. AND HOW WILL

THIS CASE BE DEALT WITH? BUT

THE EROSION OF TRUST OF OUR

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS

ABSOLUTELY PROFOUND IN AMERICA

. AND YOU SEE IT BOTH IN

TERMS OF ALL OF THE RIOTS

THAT HAPPENS, THE MISTREATMENT

OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN

COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE DOUBLE

STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO

POLITICS, WHEN IT COMES TO

PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY ON

THE INSIDE. AND I WILL JUST

POINT OUT A FEW CASES THAT YOU

HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT,

HILLARY CLINTON AND HOW SHE

HANDLED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION,

HOW SHE HAD HER OWN PRIVATE

SERVER AND ALL OF THESE THINGS

IN THE AFTERMATH OF SOME

DEVICES ERASED. YOU GOD MY

PANTS HAVING CLASSIFIED

INFORMATION AT HIS HOUSE.

YOU'VE GOD OUR CURRENT

PRESIDENT HAVING CLASSIFIED

INFORMATION IN A GARAGE AT A

VACATION HOME . AND THERE IS NO

ACTION AT ALL AGAINST THEM.

BUT LET'S GO BACK TO LOIS

LERNER. HERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS

IN THE EXEMPT DIVISION OF THE

IRS. SHE WAS OPEN ABOUT IT.

SHE SAID, I BLOCKED TEA PARTY

COMMITTEES FROM GETTING TAX

EXEMPTIONS AND I DID IT IN

THE 2012 ELECTION. SO HERE SHE

IS ADMITTING DOING SOMETHING

THAT WAS AGAINST HER OATH OF

OFFICE AND THERE WAS NO ACTION

AT ALL. NOTHING, WHATSOEVER.

AND SHE IS STILL COLLECTING A

PENSION THAT YOU AND I ARE

PAYING FOR. THESE THINGS MAKE

NO SENSE TO ME AND THE EROSION

OF TRUST IS ABSOLUTELY

PROFOUND, TODAY. WE HAVE TWO

ABSOLUTELY HAVE AN FBI AND A

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE

COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF

> THE TWO TERRORIST GROUPS

ARE BOTH BACKED BY IRAN AND

THEY BOTH SEEK THE DESTRUCTION

OF ISRAEL. THEY AT TIMES HAVE

CONFLICTING AGENDAS. WE REPORT

ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AND

THE THREATS THAT THEY POSE TO

ISRAEL.

Reporter: HAMAS FORMED IN

1987 AND HAS HELD POLITICAL

POWER OVER THE GAZA STRIP SINCE

IT SEIZED POWER IN A VIOLENT

COUP IN 2007.

EACH ONE OF THEM IS HAVING A

TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW ABOUT

THE SECRET FIGHT AGAINST ISRAEL

AND HOW TO BRING IN SALVATION.

Reporter: THE PROFESSOR OF

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY SEES HAMAS

AS HAVING A MORE POLITICAL

LONG-TERM PRIORITY WHICH IS WHY

HAMAS STAYED OUT OF THE

FIGHTING.

IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND

ACTUALLY TO A PLACE , THE OLD

LEADER AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO

TURN HAMAS INTO THE

UNQUESTIONABLE LEADER. THEY

ARE ALSO HAVING KIND OF AN

INFLUENCE.

Reporter: HAMAS ALSO WANTS

TO BE SEEN AS THE PROTECTOR ON

THE TEMPLE MOUNT. WHILE BOTH

HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD GET

SUPPORT FROM IRAN, THE LATTER

IS MUCH MORE CONNECTED TO THE

REGIME AND FOCUSED MUCH MORE ON

VIOLENCE THAN POLITICS.

THIS IS A VERY EXTREMIST

ORGANIZATION. THEY DON'T HAVE

WHATSOEVER AN AGENDA IN THE

SENSE OF RUNNING PEOPLE, AND

THE SENSE OF CONDUCTING THE

DAILY LIFE. THEY ARE A VERY

EXTREMIST GROUP WHICH WAS

FOUNDED IN 1981 WHICH MEANS

ACTUALLY MORE THAN 40 YEARS

AGO. THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE OF

IRAN.

Reporter: THE ISLAMIC

RESOLUTION THAT BROUGHT THE

AYATOLLAH TO POWER IN IRAN HAS

HAD LASTING INFLUENCE ON

ISLAMIC JIHAD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A

WIN-WIN BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE

APPROXIMATE TO ISRAEL SITTING

SIDE-BY-SIDE TO ISRAEL. IN A

WAY, I WOULD SAY ACT IN

ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IRAN'S OUR

.

Reporter: ISRAEL AND SOME

ARAB STATES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

IRAN ACTIVATING ITS PROXIES.

THEY ARE FINE TO BUILD UP

AROUND ISRAEL INCLUDING TODAY

AND SAMARIA, GAZZA, JERUSALEM,

LEBANON WITH A GROUP FANNING

THE FLAMES .

Reporter: ROBBIE SEES ISRAEL

TRYING TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN

HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD AND

HAMAS REALIZES IT COULD HAVE

LOST MONEY HAD IT ENTERED THE

RECENT BATTLE AGAINST ISRAEL.

FOR MORE THAN 17,000

PALESTINIANS, THIS IS KIND OF

A GAME CHANGER WHEN IT COMES TO

THE GAZA. NEW RIDES WHEN IT

COMES TO THE FISHERY. THIS IS

FOR THE TIME BEING, VERY

COMFORTABLE FOR HAMAS.

HE HAD THAT IN THE LONG RUN,

ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH

HAMAS WHICH IS BUILDING FORCES

TO THE NORTH AND LEBANON.

WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY PREPARE

OURSELVES FOR SOMETHING BIGGER

WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN AND ITS

PROXIES.

THAT MEANS THE MIDDLE EAST

AS A WHOLE HAS A BIG DECISION

TO MAKE AS IT HEADS FURTHER

INTO THE 21st CENTURY.

THERE IS AN ONGOING

COOPERATION IN SO MANY STATES

OF ISRAEL WHICH IS ALMOST A

MIRACLE. ON THE OTHER HAND,

THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES

COMING FROM THESE GUYS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST. AND DEREK AND ITS

ALLIES ARE TRYING TO INSTALL

IN ORDER TO MAKE IRAN MUCH

MORE THAN IT IS.

> FOR MORE ON THE STORY, THE

CBN MIDDLE EAST BUREAU CHIEF

JOINS US FROM JERUSALEM. CHRIS,

HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD ARE

BOTH PROXIES OF IRAN. HOW DOES

THAT FIT? IT SEEMS LIKE THEY

ARE TRYING A PENSIVE MOVEMENT

OR CONFUSION IN THEIR OWN

PROXIES.

I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING

IS, RECENTLY, WE INTERVIEWED

THE AMBASSADOR, A STRATEGIC

AFFAIRS MINISTER. HE DESCRIBES

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HAMAS

AND JIHAD BUT ALSO ALL OF

IRAN'S PROXIES THAT THEY ARE

TRYING TO TIE A NOOSE AROUND

ISRAEL. GEOGRAPHICALLY, YOU

HAVE HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD ON

THE SOUTH, ON THE NORTH, HELPS

FILL THE , FAR MORE POWERFUL.

THEY HAD MAYBE AS MANY AS

200,000 MISSILES AND ROCKETS.

SOME OF THEM ARE PRECISION

GUIDED. SO YOU HAVE HEAVY

MILITIAS ALSO IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

AND BALLISTIC MISSILES THAT

CAN REACH ALL OF ISRAEL. THESE

ARE ALL PART OF THAT NEWS THAT

IRAN IS TRYING TO SURROUND

ISRAEL WITH AND THEY CAN BE

UNLEASHED IN ONE OF TWO

SCENARIOS. FIRST OF ALL, IRAN

CAN ACTIVATE AT ANY TIME BUT

PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY

SERVE AS A DETERRENT TO

PREVENT ISRAEL FROM ATTACKING

IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. RIGHT

NOW, ISRAEL IS PREPARING FOR

MULTI-FRONT

DAYS AGO, THEY COMPLETED A

MILITARY EXERCISE CALLED FIRM

HAND TO DEAL WITH A SCENARIO

ON A MULTI-FRONT WAR SITUATION

HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

TALK ABOUT THEIR ULTIMATE

GOAL. IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY

OBVIOUS IN THE DESTRUCTION OF

ISRAEL BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK

THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR THE

REGION?

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY

WANT TO HAVE THIS ARK ALL THE

WAY FROM TEHRAN TO THE

MEDITERRANEAN. AND THEY WANT TO

CONTROL, THEY WANT TO HEDGE

OVER THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WANT

TO REALLY PUT SUBMISSION OVER

SOME OF THE SUNNI ARAB NATIONS

THAT WOULD BE SAUDI ARABIA,

THE GULF STATES AND EVEN EGYPT.

THEY WANT TO BE DOMINANT OVER

THE REGION. WE TALKED TO AN

IRANIAN EXPERT MANY YEARS AGO ,

GORDON, AND HE SAID WHAT THEIR

GOAL IS FIRST IS TO DESTROY

THE LITTLE STRAITS WHICH IS

ISRAEL AND THE GREAT STATE

WHICH IS AMERICA. WHAT THEY

MEAN BY THE LITTLE SATAN IS

JUDAISM SO THEY WANT TO DESTROY

JUDAISM AND THEN THEY WANT TO

DESTROY CHRISTIANITY AND THAT

WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY THE

UNITED STATES. ULTIMATELY,

THEIR GOAL IS NOT JUST THE

MIDDLE EAST BUT THEY WANT TO

CONTROL THE WORLD,

THEOLOGICALLY, THEY WANT TO

FOMENT THEIR SORT OF

APOCALYPTIC SCENARIO TO RETURN

THE 12th . THEOLOGICALLY, THAT

IS WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND. THIS

IS AN APOCALYPTIC ISLAM THAT

THEY ARE PREPARING FOR IT.

TELL US ABOUT THE RECENT WAR

OF WORDS BETWEEN KHOMEINI AND

NETANYAHU .

KHOMEINI WARNED THAT THE

WEST CANNOT STOP IRAN FROM

GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON JUST

LIKE IT HAS NOT STOPPED ANY

NUCLEAR PROGRESS SO FAR AND HE

ADDED THAT ON THE BASIS OF

THEIR ISLAMIC IDEAS, THEY

REALLY DON'T WANT A NUCLEAR

WEAPON AT THAT SEEMS A LITTLE

INCREDULOUS THAT PEOPLE WOULD

BELIEVE THAT. AS HE HAS FOR

YEARS, NETANYAHU HAS REITERATED

THAT ISRAEL WILL DO WHATEVER

IT TAKES TO STOP IRAN FROM

GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND

THAT IS REITERATED BY NOT ONLY

NETANYAHU ABOUT THE IDEA AND

ONLY NOT ONLY ACROSS THE

SPECTRUM , ISRAELIS ARE UNITED

TO STOP IRAN FROM GETTING A

NUCLEAR WEAPON.

I AM HEARING REPORTS THAT

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS

STILL TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH

THEM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO

RESURRECT THE OBAMA DEAL WITH

THE IRANIAN REGIME . HOW IS

ISRAEL RESPONDING TO THOSE

EFFORTS?

IT SEEMS INCREDULOUS THAT

THE U.S. IS STILL TRYING TO DO

THIS NUCLEAR DEAL. THE PRIME

MINISTER SAID VERY CLEARLY THE

OTHER DAY THAT ISRAEL WILL BE

BOUND BY ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE U.S. AND IRAN AND MADE

THAT CLEAR IN RECENT TALKS WITH

THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE,

ANTONY BLINKEN. THE QUESTION

IS, RIGHT NOW, HOW SUBSTANTIAL

ARE THESE TALKS? THEY ARE

APPARENTLY BEING MEDIATED BY

THE U.S. AND IRAN. NETANYAHU

SAID JUST YESTERDAY THAT THEY

CAN LIVE WITH WHAT HE CALLS A

MINI DEAL BUT THERE IS CONCERN

THAT THESE TALKS ARE MORE

SUBSTANTIAL THAN THAT WITH THE

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING

JUST THE OTHER DAY, ONE OF THE

MAIN NEWSPAPERS OVER HERE

REPORTED THAT THE U.S. WILL

AVOID CALLING ANY TALKS WITH

IRAN " BACK AGREEMENT. THAT

WOULD PREVENT THE

ADMINISTRATION FROM TAKING ANY

, QUOTE, AGREEMENT TO CONGRESS

FOR AN AGREEMENT. BYPASSING

CAPITOL HILL. THE WHITE HOUSE

DENIES THAT BUT IT IS STILL

CONCERNING FOR ISRAEL THAT THE

U.S. IS STILL TRYING TO GET

SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING WITH

IRAN OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST

LEARNED JUST A FEW HOURS AGO,

SOME ISRAELIS BELIEVE THAT IF

THE U.S. WOULD SUPPORT ISRAEL

PUBLICLY, TO STRIKE IRAN'S

NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THAT THAT

WOULD HAVE A GLOBAL IMPACT AND

THAT WOULD HAVE A DETERRENCE ON

RUSSIA AND ALSO CHINA IN

REGARDS TO TAIWAN AND THAT

MESSAGE NOT NECESSARILY

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BUT SOME

FORMER IDF OFFICIALS RECENTLY

COMMUNICATED THAT

REPRESENTATIVES ON CAPITOL HILL

WHETHER OR NOT THE U.S. AND OR

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE WHITE

HOUSE IS GOING TO GO FOR THAT

REMAINS TO BE SEEN BUT THAT

COULD BE ONE WAY TO REALLY

SPREAD THE U.S. DETERRENCE

WHICH HAS BEEN WEAKENED HERE IN

THE U.S. MIDDLE EAST. NOT

MANY PEOPLE ARE TRUSTING THE

U.S. 'S WORDS, RIGHT NOW .

IT SEEMS SOME OF THE RECENT

DEALS MENTIONED IN THE PIECE,

THE U.S. SEEMS TO BE AGAINST

THE ISRAELI INTEREST IN FORCING

THEM INTO BAD BARGAINS . THE

LEBANON DEAL. SOME OF THESE

THINGS, IT REALL MAKES NO

SENSE THAT THEY WOULD FORCE

ISRAEL TO SIGN THOSE AGREEMENTS

AND HOLD OVER ISRAEL'S HEAD

THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I

THINK IT IS QUITE CLEAR IN

TERMS OF IRAN. THEY ARE GOING

TO BYPASS ISRAEL. IF THEY ARE

WILLING TO BYPASS CONGRESS,

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO

BYPASS ISRAEL. CHRIS, THANK

YOU FOR THE INSIGHT AND ONCE

AGAIN FOR YOUR WATCHING, PLEASE

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM. PLEASE PRAY THAT WE

WOULD STAND WITH HER . FOR US

AT CBN, MY FATHER MADE A PLEDGE

A LONG TIME AGO AND I

AMERICANS . CALL THE NUMBER ON

THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN TELL

THEM THAT PAT BOONE GAVE YOU

THE NUMBER .

> PAT ROBERTSON SPENT 60

YEARS . OCTOBER 1st, 1961, AT

3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, A SNOWY

BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE APPEARED

ON THE TV SCREENS IN TIDEWATER

VIRGINIA AND PAT WAS ON THE

AIRWAYS.

WITH SOME EARLY DONATIONS,

PAT GOD THE FCC LICENSE OR

CHANNEL 27 WITH CALL LETTERS

WYAH, THE FIRST FOUR LETTERS OF

THE HEBREW NAME OF GOD. WITH

THAT, CBN BECAME THE FIRST

TELEVISION STATION IN AMERICA

LICENSED TO BROADCAST 50% OR

MORE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING.

THE STUDIO WAS FAR FROM BEING

READY AND PAT STILL OWED RCA

$5000 BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM

FROM SCHEDULING CBN'S INAUGURA

BROADCAST FOR OCTOBER 1st,

1961.

I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY ON

THE DAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO

ON THE AIR AND I OPENED THE

BOTTLE AND IT SAID THE

SALVATION OF THE LORD IS AT

HAND AND I JUST BEGAN TO PRAISE

GOD . ON THE WAY TO CHURCH THAT

DAY, I ENCOUNTERED A FRIEND

AND I SAID, COME ON OVER TO THE

STATION, WE ARE GOING ON THE

AIR . HE STOPPED BY AND I

SAID, I AM SHORT $5000. HE

SAID, I WILL LET YOU HAVE THE

FIVE. AND I SAID, OKAY . THE

ENGINEER DID NOT THINK WE WOULD

GET IT SO HE WAS NOT READY.

BY 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON,

THE ENGINEER HAD COBBLED

TOGETHER THE BROKEN EQUIPMENT

AND THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING

NETWORK MADE ITS TELEVISION

DEBUT.

CBN, THE CHRISTIAN

BROADCASTING NETWORK PRESENTS

THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM.

IT WAS A SNOWY BLACK AND

WHITE IMAGE OF PAT

THE GOSPEL IN FRONT OF A DRY

WORDED ROTTED CURTAIN.

MY CHURCH WAS THERE IN THAT

LITTLE STATION . IT DIDN'T LOOK

TOO IMPRESSED, TO TELL YOU THE

TRUTH.

WE HAD THIS TINY

TRANSMITTER. I DID NOT KNOW IF

WE WERE ON THE AIR. WE HAD NO

MONITOR.

MY HUSBAND CAME BACK AND

SAID WE KNOW YOU ARE AT LEAST

GETTING TO THE CORNER WHICH WAS

LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY. IT

WASN'T VERY FAR.

BUT IT WAS A START, ONE

THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH

CHALLENGES.

IT WAS SURVIVAL. DID WE GET

ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THE BILLS?

WILL THE TRANSMITTERS STAY ON

THE AIR? WILL IT BLOW UP IN MY

FACE? THERE IS ALWAYS PRESSURE

. THE LORD WHEN YOU ARE

WALKING BY FAITH, IT IS NOT

NECESSARILY EASY .

I OFTEN MARVELL WYNNE PAT

TELLS THE STORIES OF THE EARLY

BEGINNINGS, I DON'T THINK I

WOULD'VE HAD THE CHUTZPAH TO DO

SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE

DID WITH GREAT ADMIRATION I SAY

THAT.

DOCTOR PAT ROBERTSON, YOU

KNOW HIM AS PAT, HE DEFINITELY

HAD THE CHUTZPAH AND I WAS

THINKING GOD THAT I AM ACTUALLY

ONE OF THE MANY INDIVIDUALS

AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE

STANDING ON HIS SHOULDERS

BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID. REALLY

AN AMAZING LIFE AND HOW

AMAZING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT

IMAGE . AND YOU SAY THAT WAS

YOU SITTING ON YOUR MOM'S LAP.

THAT IS A PICTURE OF US

WATCHING THE TELEVISION . WE

WERE OVER AT A DEAR FRIEND OF

MY PARENTS WHO REALIZED HOW

FINANCIALLY STRAPPED WE WERE

AND SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THE KIDS GOD A GOOD SUNDAY

SUPPER. AND SO AFTER CHURCH ON

SUNDAY, WE WOULD GO OVER TO HER

HOUSE AND SHE WOULD FEED US

THIS LAVISH FEAST AND WE DID

NOT HAVE -- THAT IS ME ON MY

MOM'S LAP. I GOD THAT LITTLE

JUMPSUIT . IT IS HARD TO

BELIEVE TODAY THAT I WAS EVER

THAT TINY. BUT HERE WE ARE AND

WE ARE WATCHING DAD AND HE HAS

GOD A BOTTLE IN HIS HAND . THAT

IS ABSOLUTELY NOT OUR HOUSE.

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.

AND YOU LOOK BACK ON THESE DAYS

AND YOU SAY, BUT GOD, ONE OF

THE LOCAL TV STATIONS IN

PORTSMOUTH , THEY WERE VERY

KIND TO US. THEY WOULD HAVE AN

ENGINEER WHO WOULD RATE HOW

MANY HOURS THEIR LIFE HAD

BURNED AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO

SUBSTITUTE THE AMOUNT BECAUSE

THEY CAN BLOW UP ON YOU. SO WE

WENT TO THEM AND SAID, WHEN YOU

AGE YOUR LIGHTS OUT, CAN YOU

GIVE THEM TO US ? AND EVERY

ONCE IN A WHILE, ONE OF THEM

WOULD BLOW UP AND GO POP IN THE

MIDDLE OF A SHOW. WE WOULD

JUST CALMLY SWEEP IT UP AND

KEEP ON GOING. FOR ME, I HAD TO

GO BACK WHEN I GOD THE VISION

TO GO AND START CBN NATION

MANILA AND IT WAS THE SAME

THING, THAT SAME STRUGGLE, HOW

ARE WE GOING TO MAKE PAYROLL?

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THESE

THINGS? I HAVE BEEN TASKED TO

REACH ASIA WITH THE GOLF

GOSPEL. ALL OF THESE THINGS

ARE GOING ON AND I WENT BACK

AND READ IT AND I SAID, YEA,

GOD, YOU GAVE MY FATHER A

VISION AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU

EXPECT US TO WALK IT OUT AND

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FAITH. HE ALWAYS SUPPLIED. IT

IS AMAZING. HE ALWAYS

SUPPLIED. AND HE WILL SUPPLY

FOR YOU. ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO

DO IS SAY YES, GOD . IF HE

TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, GO

ALL IN ON IT AND SAY YES, I AM

WITH YOU ON THIS AND I JUST

HAVE TO AMEN GOD AND YOU WILL

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ONE LEADING ANALYST PREDICTS IT

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THOUGH INFLATION WAS CLOSE

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> TAKING MUSICAL CUES FROM

JERRY GARCIA . HE IS A POET

AND A PRIEST AND HE IS USING

THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE TO

KENDALL PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION

FOR CHRIST.

I CANNOT THINK UNLESS I HAVE

BEEN THOUGHT NOR CAN I SPEAK

UNLESS I HAVE BEEN SPOKEN. I

CANNOT TEACH EXCEPT AS I AM

TAUGHT OR BREAK THE BREAD

EXCEPT AS I AM BROKEN. I MIND

BEHIND THE MIND THROUGH WHICH I

SEEK. A LIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT

BY WHICH I SEE . A WORD

BENEATH THE WORDS WITH WHICH I

SPEAK OH FOUNDING UNFOUND

WISDOM FINDING ME. MY NAME IS

MALCOLM GUITE. I AM A PRIEST

AND A MUSICIAN AND A SCHOLAR.

I HAVE BECOME QUITE BLIND BUT

WHAT I AM SHARING IS SOMETHING

A LITTLE MORE INTIMATE ABOUT MY

OWN PERSONAL STORY IN A WAY

THAT GOD INTERVENED IN MY LIFE

AND HELPED TO TURN ME AROUND.

I WAS BORN IN NIGERIA. MY DAD

WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE

METHODIST CHURCH THAT HE WAS A

LOCAL PREACHER, A RADICAL

CHRISTIAN IN MANY WAYS. MY

FATHER SAID TO ME VERY EARLY IN

MY LIFE WAS THAT THERE IS NO

DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SACRED

AND THE SECULAR. GOD ISN'T

JUST IN THE BOX LABELED CHURCH,

GOD IS EVERYWHERE AND YOU CAN

DO EVERYTHING TO THE GLORY OF

GOD SO I THINK I HAD A QUITE

STRONG SENSE OF GOD AS

INVISIBLY EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS

A NATURAL PART OF MY UPBRINGING

AND I DID NOT SEE ANY COURSE

TO QUESTION IT. WHEN I WAS A

TEENAGER , I SPENT THOSE YEARS

AT A BOARDING SCHOOL IN

ENGLAND . THAT WAS REALLY

TRAUMATIC IN MANY RESPECTS. I

WAS VERY, VERY HOMESICK AND I

SUDDENLY EXPRESSED EVERY YOU

CAN THINK OF. I WAS READING

MORE AND MORE THE KIND OF STUFF

THAT MADE MY FAITH LOOK

RIDICULOUS OR OUTDATED. IT WAS

THE FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN IN AN

ATMOSPHERE WHERE MOCKING

CONTEMPT FOR RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

IN GENERAL WAS JUST PART OF THE

TONE. SO THERE WAS QUITE A LOT

OF BULLYING OR OTHER KINDS OF

CORROSIVE BEHAVIOR. I WAS ALSO

OCCASIONALLY GOING THROUGH

SEVERE BOUTS OF DEPRESSION

BECAUSE I FELT SO LONELY AND

PERSECUTED . AT ONE POINT, I

ACTUALLY CLIMBED ONTO A SCHOOL

ROOF WITH THE THOUGHT OF

THROWIN MYSELF OFF OF IT. ONE

OF THE THINGS DRIVING ME THAT

WAS A SENSE OF GUILT, THE

SENSE OF BEING UNWORTHY WHICH

WAS INTERNALIZING THE VOICES OF

MY PERSECUTORS. THEN I HAD

THIS MOMENT OF COMPLETE CHARLIE

T

WHAT IF GOD IS IN THERE AT

ALL? WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS AS

SO MANY OF THESE OTHER

WRITINGS AS IF TO SAY,

EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR THE

HUMAN MAKING? SO I DECIDED

THAT GOD WASN'T THERE AND

CLIMBED DOWN OFF OF HE ROOF.

LATER IN MY TEENS, MY PARENTS

WERE NOT ABLE TO BRING ME HOME

FOR EVERY SCHOOL HOLIDAY. I

WAS SORT OF BUMMED OUT TO

RELATIVES AND ONE OF THESE

RELATIVES TOOK ME TO SEE THE

FAMOUS POET IN LONDON. THEY

HAD UP ON THE WALL THE

NIGHTINGALE POEM. THE WORDS:

MY HEART ACHES AND A DROWSY

NUMBNESS PAINTS MY SENSE SO

HEMLOCK I HAD DRUNK ALL

EMPTIED SOME OPIATE TO THE

DRAINS ONE MINUTE PAST . SO I

AM READING JUST AND I'M GOING,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT

THERE IS A SPIRITUAL

NONMATERIAL TRANSCENDENT,

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE .

THIS WAS A PURELY LITERARY

EXPERIENCE SO I TOLD MYSELF BUT

OF COURSE , WHAT WAS COMING

THROUGH IT WAS SOMETHING MORE

THAN LITERARY. I HAD THIS

EXPERIENCE AND I SUDDENLY

REACTED, I LOVE THIS. I CAN DO

IT. IN 1977, I WON A

SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT

COLLEGE OF CAMBRIDGE. ONE OF

THE PROFESSORS INSISTED YOU

SHOULD READ THE BOOK OF

PRAYER AND THE BIBLE SO I SET

ABOUT READING THE PSALMS JUST

TO MAKE MYSELF FAMILIAR WITH

THEM, REALLY. THAT WAS ONE

READING 145 IN A ROOM ON MY

END THAT I SUDDENLY BECAME

ABSOLUTELY AWARE OF THE

PRESENCE OF GOD. A POETIC

RESPONSE TO SOMEONE HUNDRED AND

45 , I TURNED MY INNERMOST

BEING BACK TO YOU TO MAGNIFY

AND PRAISE YOU FROM MY HEART

WHOSE HEART IS LOVING AND WHOSE

WORD IS TRUE DELIGHTING IN THIS

PSALM WHICH PLAYED A PART IN

MY CONVERSION 40 YEARS AGO , AN

UNBELIEVER, THEN. I THOUGHT I

WOULD START TO READ THE BIBLE

AS A POET SO I STARTED WITH THE

PSALMS AND I RECALLED A SINGLE

VERSE THAT CHANGED ME. AND

WOULD SHOW ME HOPE THAT LAST.

THE LORD UPHOLDERS UPHOLDS

ALSO JUST FALLS , ALSO, PSALM

145:14-15A êTHE LORD UPHOLDS

ALL WHO FALL, AND RAISES UP ALL

WHO ARE BOWED DOWN.THE EYES OF

ALL LOOK EXPECTANTLY TO YOU.î

THEN, A SUDDEN HOPE SPRING TO

THAT IN ALL, I MIGHT BE FOUND.

I NOW DOWN , LOOKED UP. ONE

MINUTE, I WAS IN AN EMPTY ROOM

IN AN EMPTY HOUSE AND IN SOME

RESPECTS, IN AN EMPTY UNIVERSE

AND THE NEXT MINUTE, I WAS IN

A PRESENCE WHICH SO UTTERLY

PRESENT AND I HAD THE SENSATION

OF BEING OUT ON THE FAR EDGE

AND AS IT WERE, DANGLING FROM A

THREAD. MY OWN EXISTENCE, THIS

TINY THING ON A THREAD COMPARED

TO THIS IMMENSE LIVING , HOLY

PRESENCE . AND FEELING LIKE, IF

YOU LOOKS AWAY, I DISAPPEAR.

BUT I CAN ONLY LOOK AT HIM

BECAUSE IT IS TOO BRIGHT TO

BEAR. I DON'T BELONG. I HAD A

STRONG SENSE OF MY UNHOLINESS,

OF MY CONTINGENCY AND MY FALL.

AND I SORT OF HOPED IT WOULD GO

TO WAY LIKE I WOULD GO TO

SLEEP AND WAKE UP THE NEXT

MORNING AND GO, WELL THAT WAS

WEIRD AND GO ON WITH LIFE BUT

IT WAS JUST CARRIED ON. A FEW

MONTHS LATER, A FRANCISCAN

FRIAR WHO WAS VISITING

CAMBRIDGE PREACHED A SERMON

THAT BROUGHT ME EVEN CLOSER TO

AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD IS

. I LISTEN TO HIM AND HE

SUDDENLY REACHED THIS METAPHOR

. HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO THINK

ABOUT THE INTERDEPENDENCY OF

THE NAME IN THE WOMB . AND I

THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SAY

THIS IS THE WAY WE ARE WITH GOD

AND I WAS READY FOR THAT. YEAH,

THIS IS HOW I FEEL. BUT HE

SAID, THAT IS NOT THE WHOLE

TRUTH. THAT GOD WHO CREATES

EVERYTHING IN ON HIM WE ARE

DEPENDENT , LOVES US SO MUCH,

HE COMES DOWN INTO THE WOMB OF

MARY . HE BECOMES THE LITTLE

BABY DANGLING FROM THE THREAD.

HE BECOMES UTTERLY

DEFENSELESS. ON HIM WE DEPEND,

HE BECOMES UTTERLY DEPENDENT

TO US . SOMEHOW IN THE MIDDLE

OF ALL OF THAT, AND I THOUGHT,

OH MY GOODNESS, MY GOD WHO I

NOW KNOW TO BE THIS COMPLETELY

HOLY PRESENCE ALSO KNOWS WHAT

IT IS LIKE TO BE ONE OF HIS OWN

CREATURES, TO BE FULLY HUMAN.

AND I WENT BACK TO THE CHAPTER

AND I SAID I THINK I CAN SAY

THE GLORY AND SO I DID. I

CERTAINLY FELT AS THOUGH

SOMETHING HAD BEEN SEVERELY

DISLOCATED IN ME , WAS FALLING

BACK INTO PLACE SO I FELT A

GREAT INTEGRATION. EVENTUALLY,

I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT GOD

WAS CALLING ME TO BE A

CHRISTIAN BUT WITHIN THAT, TO

TAKE ON THE MINISTRY OF

PRIESTHOOD. SO I WAS ORDAINED

AT THE CHURCH. THE FIRST FEW

YEARS OF MINISTRY WERE VERY

FRUITFUL AND VERY DEMANDING. I

WAS THE CHAIR OF 16 DIFFERENT

COMMITTEES. I WAS SUPPOSED TO

BE ORGANIZING ALL KINDS OF

PROJECTS. ALL OF WHICH I WAS

BAD AT AND FEELING STRESSED

BECAUSE I WAS NOT MADE TO DO

THAT. MEANWHILE, I WENT TO A

RETREAT. THE THING OF THIS

RETREAT WAS MEANT TO DO WAS TO

TRY TO DISTILL DOWN INTO A

SINGLE SENTENCE WHAT YOU

THOUGHT YOUR PARTICULAR MISSION

FROM GOD WAS. SO MY SENTENCE

WAS, TO USE MY LOVE OF

LANGUAGE IN MY FACILITY FOR IT,

TO KINDLE MY OWN AND OTHER

PEOPLE'S IMAGINATIONS FOR

CHRIST. SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, I

NEED TO RESHAPE THIS AND I NEED

TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I AM

DOING. I AM SPENDING MORE AND

MORE OF MY TIME AND ENERGY AS A

POET.

SAID ON THE SOULS OF

ACROPOLIS, THE REASONS.

AND I SEE THAT NOW. MY

VACATION LOCATION IS A POET

AND MY VOCATION AS A PRIEST

WERE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME

COIN. I HOPE MY POETRY JOSTLES

THE SOUL OF THE IMAGINATION SO

THAT WHEN THE REAL COME, THEY

FALL ON GOOD GROUND AND CAN

TAKE ROOT. OH SOUNDING SONG

WHOSE DEATH IS SOUNDING ME, ALL

MEMORY OF TIME REMINDING ME MY

GROUND OF BEING ALWAYS

GROUNDING ME , MY MAKERS

FOUNDING LINE DEFINING ME.

COME. COME WITH ALL YOU

BRING. COME TO ME NOW .

DISGUISED AS EVERYTHING.

I HOPE YOUR SOUL HAS BEEN

JOSTLED SO THAT YOU CAN GET

THAT SAME SEED FROM THAT SAME

SEWER THAT MALCOLM GOD .

LISTEN TO WHAT HE WROTE : I

CANNOT THINK UNLESS I AM

THOUGHT. YOU DID NOT COME UP

WITH YOURSELF. YOU ARE A

CREATED BEING . YOU ARE CREATED

TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH YOUR

CREATOR . IT IS A WONDERFUL

PARTNERSHIP THAT HE WANTS TO

HAVE WITH YOU. IT IS A

WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU

CAN HAVE ABSOLUTE COMMUNION

WITH YOUR CREATOR . YOU CAN

KNOW HIM. YOU CAN HEAR HIS

VOICE. YOU CAN SEE HOW HE

WORKS. YOU CAN HAVE THIS

WONDERFUL TRANSCENDENT

EXPERIENCES. HOW DO YOU GET

THEM? YOU DO THE SAME THING

THAT MALCOLM DID. YOU KNOW, HE

HAD HIS REVELATION FROM READING

PSALM 145. THE LORD UPHOLDS

ALL WHO FALL . MALCOLM HAD THIS

THOUGHT . WELL, I CAN BE ALL. I

CAN BE ALL OF THAT. IF THE

LORD UPHOLDS ALL WHO FALL ,

THEN HE CAN UPHOLD ME. IF YOU

HAVE THAT, IF YOU WANT THIS,

IT IS REAL SIMPLE TO GET IT. DO

WHAT MALCOLM DID. HE GOD ON

HIS KNEES AND HE ASKED . AND

THEN THE ROOM TRANSFORMED AND

THE PRESENCE OF GOD CAME IN.

THAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU

SEEK HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR

HEART. HE WANTS TO MANIFEST.

HE WANTS TO HOLD YOU. HE WANTS

TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH HE LOVES

YOU. IF THIS IS FOR YOU, BOW

YOUR HEAD WITH ME , LET'S PRAY

A VERY SIMPLE PRAYER. WHAT GOD

DID FOR MALCOLM, HE WILL DO FOR

YOU. LET'S PRAY. LORD GOD, I

COME TO YOU AND LORD, I WANT

TO BE ONE OF THE ALL THAT YOU

UPHOLD. I WANT TO BE A

WHOSOEVER WOULD BELIEVE ON YOU

. SO, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, COME

INTO MY HEART , FORGIVE ME OF

THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE

WRONG . SET ME FREE FROM THOSE

CONSEQUENCES

YOU. AND I ASK THAT YOU

FORGIVE ME, NOW. AND COME INTO

MY HEART. DO IT, LORD, FOR I

ASK IT IN JESUS NAME. AMEN AND

AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

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