SHE'S TRAPPED IN THE GETAWAY

CAR ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

> HI, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO

THE "700 CLUB." WE'RE SO GLAD

YOU'RE WITH US. IT'S BEEN

NEARLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE

SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V.

WADE, AND NOW PRO-ABORTION, AND

PRO-LIFE FORCES ARE FIGHTING IT

OUT STATE TO STATE.

MANY SOUTHERN STATES ARE

PASSING STRONG RESTRICTIONS ON

ABORTION, BUT NOT VIRGINIA.

SOME WORRY IT'S GOING TO LEAD

TO THEM BEING AN ABORTION

DESTINATION.

Reporter: PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES

CREDIT TOUGHER LAWS IN THE

SOUTH FOR SAVING AN ESTIMATED

200,000 BABIES. HERE IN

VIRGINIA, CRITICS ARE BRACING

FOR AN INFLUX OF PATIENTS.

OVER 81 REPORTED ATTACKS ON

PREGNANCY CENTERS. 130 ATTACKS

ON CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

Reporter: PRESSURE IS

FOCUSED ON VIRGINIA, AS

TOUGHER ABORTION RESTRICTIONS

TAKE HOLD ACROSS SOUTHERN

STATES.

ESSENTIALLY, ALL OF OUR

STATES HERE IN THE SOUTHERN

REGION HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION

THAT PROTECTS THE UNBORN.

Reporter: SINCE THE SUPREME

COURT'S RULING ON DOBBS LAST

YEAR, THE COMMONWEALTH'S

NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH HAVE

PASSED SOME OF THE STRICTIST

ABORTION LAWS IN THE NATION.

VIRGINIA'S ABORTION LAWS ARE

MONDAY THE MORE LEGAL, WITH THE

PROCEDURE ALLOWED UNTIL 26

WEEKS. AND SINCE 2020, NO MORE

24 HOUR WAITING PERIOD AFTER AN

ULTRASOUND. STATE DEMOCRATS

ALSO RECENTLY DEFEATED SEVERAL

BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE LIMITED

ABORTION ACCESS.

THERE WAS PUSH BACK, OF

COURSE, ON ANY SORT OF PRO-LIFE

LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE 15

WEEK BILL FROM THE PRO ABORTION

VIRGINIA SENATE.

Reporter: NEARBY NORTH

CAROLINA'S NEW LAW, BANNING THE

PROCEDURE AFTER 12 WEEKS OF

PREGNANCY TAKES EFFECT JULY

1st.

LATER THIS MONTH, THE STATE

SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE UP THE

NEWEST ABORTION LAW.

Reporter: SOUTH CAROLINA

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE

PUSHING FOR PROHIBITION AFTER

SIX WEEKS. IF THEY SUCCEED,

VIRGINIA WILL BE THE ONLY

SOUTHEASTERN STATE TO ALLOW AN

ABORTION AFTER THE FIRST

TRIMESTER.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A

LOT OF LIVES SAVED, BECAUSE OF

THOSE BANS.

Reporter: ALABAMA,

MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE,

ARKANSAS, AND LOUISIANA HAVE

NEAR TOTAL BANS IN PLACE. AND

IT'S NO LONGER ALLOWED AFTER

SIX WEEKS IN GEORGIA AND

FLORIDA.

THESE BABIES HAVE BEATING

HEARTS. THEY CAN MOVE. THEY CAN

TASTE.

Reporter: WITH THIS LIMITED

ACCESS, THERE'S CONCERN ON BOTH

SIDES THAT VIRGINIA WILL BECOME

AN ABORTION DESTINATION.

YES, THERE ARE WOMEN THAT

ARE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE TO

HAVE ABORTIONS, BUT I ALSO

THINK, AND I HAVE SEEN THAT

MANY WOMEN WHO MAYBE WOULD HAVE

BEFORE CHOSEN ABORTION, ARE NOW

CHOOSING LIFE, JUST BECAUSE

THERE'S NOW SO MUCH

INFORMATION, SO MUCH TALK ABOUT

ABORTION IN THE MEDIA.

Reporter: VIRGINIA COULD

SOON STRENGTHEN ITS LAWS AS

WELL, IF REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR

GLENN YOUNGKIN HAS ITS WAY.

YOUNGKIN SAID HE WOULD SIGN

ANTI-ABORTION LEGISLATION IF IT

REACHES HIS DESK. HE MAY GET

THE CHANCE IF THE LEGISLATION

GOES RED IN THE NOVEMBER

ELECTION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE

COURTS ARE CONSIDERING THE

FUTURE OF ABORTION PILLS, WHICH

ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF ALL U.S.

ABORTIONS. IN NORTHERN

VIRGINIA, I'M TARA MERGENER,

CBN NEWS.

AS TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS ON

ABORTION HAVE SWEPT THROUGH THE

SOUTHERN STATES, PEOPLE HAVE

NOTICED VIRGINIA HAS BEEN

ABSENT FROM THIS, AND OF

COURSE, AS MENTIONED BY TARA,

GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN SEEMS READY.

> IN OTHER NEWS ON CAPITOL

HILL, WEDNESDAY, A FORMER NCAA

WILLIAMS'S SWIMMING STAR TOOK

AIM ADD A PROPOSAL ON

TRANSGENDER ATHLETES.

Reporter: ANDREW, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING TO

REWRITE TITLE 9 TO INCLUDE

ISSUES ON TRANSGENDERS IN

SCHOOLS. HE WEDNESDAY, RILEY

GAINS TESTIFIED ON DEFENDING

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS. GAINS

TALKED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE

WITH COMPETING WITH

TRANS-SWIMMER LEA THOMAS.

WE ONLY BECAME AWARE WE

WOULD BE UNDRESSING NEXT TO A

MAN WHEN WE HAD TO SEE A MAN

UNDRESSING WHEN WE WERE

SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDRESSING. I

WENT UP TO ONE OF THE OFFICIALS

ON THE POOL DECK AND SAID WHAT

ARE THE GUIDELINES. HE SAID WE

GOT AROUND THIS BY MAKING

LOCKER ROOMS UNISEX. SO I'M

THINKING FIRST AND FOREMOST,

YOU JUST ADMITTED THIS IS A

MALE.

THE NCAA STAR ALSO DISPUTED

A WITNESS WHO DENIED MALE

ATHLETES HAVE A BIOLOGICAL

ADVANTAGE OVER WOMEN. RILEY

CALLED REWRITING TITLE 9 TO

GIVE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES THE

ACT TO COMPETE ON TEAMS

CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER

IDENTITY QUOTE AN ABOMINATION.

> TURNING NOW TO THE SEARCH

FOR THAT MISSING DEEP SEA

VESSEL WITH FIVE PEOPLE

ONBOARD. THE RESCUE MISSION IS

IN A CRITICAL PHASE AS THEIR

OXYGEN IS EXPECTED TO RUN OUT

EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY PICKED

UP UNDERWATER BANGING NOISES

OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, BUT NO

SUCCESS IN LOCATING THEM SO

FAR. EXPERTS SAY IF THE VESSEL

IS TRAPPED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR,

THE PASSENGERS ARE EXPERIENCING

BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

YOUR BODY WILL START

SHIVERING AND THAT WILL USE UP

MORE OXYGEN, SO THAT'S NOT A

GOOD THING.

THIS COMES WITH MORE SHIPS

AND AIRCRAFT RACING TO THE

SEARCH AREA. IT'S A TERRITORY

ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF

CONNECTICUT. THERE ARE CONCERNS

EVEN IF THE CRAFT IS FOUND, IT

MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO SAVE THE

PASSENGERS SINCE A RESCUE COULD

TAKE MANY HOURS, OR EVEN DAYS

TO ACCOMPLISH.

> IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CONGRESS

ARE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET

FOR INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER. THE

U.S. IS SEEKING A STRONG

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD'S

LARGEST DEMOCRACY TO COUNTER

CHINA'S INFLUENCE. BUT THERE

ARE CONCERNS LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS

ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST THE

GOVERNMENT.

IT'S A GLOBAL REALIGNMENT

WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE

WORLD'S LARGEST DEMOCRACY,

RECEIVING AN OVAL OFFICE VISIT

AND A STATE DINNER. AN ADDRESS

TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA.

THE U.S., OF COURSE, IS

LOOKING TO COUNTER THE

INFLUENCE OF CHINA, BUT ALSO

THEY'RE ENCROACHING ACCESS

AROUND THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY

IN THE GLOBAL CELLS.

Reporter: INDIA RANKS NUMBER

FIVE IN GLOBAL MILITARY

STRENGTH. THE U.S. HOPES TO

RELY ON

CHINA'S DOMINANCE, NOT ONLY IN

INDO CHINA. WITH A LABOR FORCE

OF HALF A BILLION PEOPLE,

CORPORATE EXECUTIVES LIKE

TESLA'S ELON MUSK ARE LOOKING

TO EXPAND BUSINESS

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

OF CONCERN FOR THE UNITED

STATES IS INDIA'S RELATIONSHIP

WITH RUSSIA, AND ITS SILENCE ON

RUSSIAN ACCESS IN UKRAINE.

RIGHT NOW, I WOULD DESCRIBE

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIA

AND RUSSIA AS SOMETHING THAT'S

HIGHLY PRAGMATIC, AT LEAST ON

THE INDIAN SIDE. IT'S REALLY

AROUND DEFENSE AND PROCUREMENT

OF CHEAP RUSSIAN OIL.

Reporter: BUT OF GREATER

CONCERN IS MODI'S RECORD OF

TARGETING RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

LIKE MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS.

LAST WEEK, LEAVING AT LEAST 70

DEAD, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

HOMELESS, AND HUNDREDS OF

CHURCHES BURNED. DAVID CURRY

BELIEVES IT'S PART OF A PATTERN

OF BEHAVIOR ENCOURAGED BY THE

MODI GOVERNMENT.

THE ATTACKS HAVE REALLY BEEN

DRIVEN, I BELIEVE IT'S BY THE

BJP PARTY WHICH HAS MADE BEING

A CHRISTIAN SOMETHING THAT'S

NOT CONSIDERED A PART OF INDIA.

IT SEEMS AS IF THEIR MESSAGE

IS, IF YOU'RE NOT A HINDI,

YOU'RE NOT A REAL INDIAN.

Reporter: URGING PRESIDENT

BIDEN TO RAISE THE ISSUE DURING

HIS MEETING WITH MODI, AND THE

AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND

JUSTICE SENT A LETTER ASKING

THE PRESIDENT TO TELL MODI TO

STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS. SO THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION FACES A BIT OF

DILEMMA. BALANCING ECONOMIC

TIES WITH INDIA, WHILE AT THE

SAME TIME, FACING A PRIME

MINISTER WHO IS RANKED AS ONE

OF THE WORST PERSECUTORS

AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND

RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE

WORLD.

TIGHTROPE FOR THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION.

PEOPLE ARE CERTAINLY HOPING

THE PRESIDENT WILL BRING UP

THIS PERSECUTION MATTER,

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY

CONFIDENT IN THAT. IN 2014,

WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION CAME

INTO INDIA, THE VIOLENCE

AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS

HAS SKYROCKETED. WHAT A WAKEUP

CALL FOR THE AMERICAN CHURCH.

WE MEET WITH HOSTILITY, AND

HATRED ON OCCASION, BUT THESE

BELIEVERS AROUND THE WORLD

LITERALLY FACE PERSECUTION.

IT'S A GREAT WAKE UP CALL FOR

US TO BE IN PRAYER, NOT ONLY

> STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN

NEWS ALL DAY, ACROSS OUR

PLATFORMS.

> WELL IF YOU'RE A COLLEGE

SPORTS FAN, YOU'RE FAMILIAR

WITH RED SHIRTING. THAT'S THE

PRACTICE OF KEEPING ATHLETES

OUT OF COMPETITION WHILE THEY

IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS. NOW SOME

PARENTS ARE APPLYING THAT

CONCEPT TO KINDERGARTEN.

HOLDING THEIR KIDS BACK A YEAR

UNTIL THEY'RE MORE MATURE. THE

POSSIBILITIES AND PITFALLS OF

THIS GROWING TREND.

Reporter: PARENTS OFTEN ASK

THEMSELVES WHETHER THEIR KIDS

ARE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN,

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MAKE THAT

BIG TRANSITION. EXPERTS AGREE

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO WAIT UNTIL

6 INSTEAD OF 5, TO GET THAT

EXTRA YEAR OF GROWTH. OPINIONS

VARY ON THE OVERALL OUTCOME.

THAT LAST EXTRA YEAR OF

PRESCHOOL, HE WAS STILL THE KID

THAT WAS ROLLING AROUND TO GET

LAUGHS. HE WAS A CHARACTER. HE

WAS A CLOWN.

Reporter: NO QUESTION, SARAH

GOLDSTEIN SAYS THAT THEN

5-YEAR-OLD KIERNAN, WAS NOT

READY TO START KINDERGARTEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS

BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST BORN,

HIS OWN PERSONALITY.

Reporter: THE DECISION CAN

BE A TRICKY ONE, AND SARAH, AN

EDITOR FOR THE PARENTING

PLATFORM MOTHERLY, ISN'T ALONE.

JOINING A GROWING NUMBER OF

PARENTS WAITING TO ENROLL THEIR

CHILD IN KINDERGARTEN, EVEN

THOUGH THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR

SHOWS IT'S TIME.

WHEN HE'S 5, YOU DON'T

EXACTLY CHEAT, BUT YOU GAME THE

SYSTEM.

Reporter: IT'S BECOME SO

WELL KNOWN OVER THE LAST

SEVERAL DECADES.

WANTING TO GIVE THEM THE

PERCEIVED ADVANTAGE.

Reporter: IT HAS A NAME.

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT PARENTS

RED SHIRTING THEIR CHILDREN TO

GIVE THEM AN EDGE IN ACADEMICS?

Reporter: BORROWED FROM

COLLEGE SPORTS, RED SHIRTING

MEANS STUDENT ATHLETES ARE ON

THE TEAM, BUT STAY OUT OF

COMPETITION FOR A SEASON TO UP

THEIR GAME.

THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF

CONFERENCE U.S.A.

Reporter: IN THE CASE OF

KINDERGARTEN, IT MEANS THE

CHILD GETS ANOTHER YEAR TO

MATURE EMOTIONALLY, AND

ACADEMICALLY.

YOU MAY HAVE THAT CHILD THAT

IS THAT LATE BIRTHDAY, YOUNGER,

A LITTLE BIT MORE TIMID. AND

THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM BEING

THE OLDER CHILD THAT HAS MORE

OF THAT SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE

NUMBERS, PARENTS ARE MORE

LIKELY TO DELAY THEIR SONS THAN

DAUGHTERS.

MY DAUGHTER, PERHAPS BECAUSE

SHE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER WHO

SHOWED HER THE WAY, PERHAPS

BECAUSE OF WHO SHE IS, SHE WAS

BORN READY.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF AN

INTELLIGENCE GAP, BUT GIRLS DO

DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS AROUND

ORGANIZATION, FORWARD PLANNING,

ET CETERA, SOMEWHAT EARLIER

THAN BOYS DO.

MORE AND MORE PARENTS ARE

DECIDING TO WAIT AN EXTRA YEAR.

Reporter: ESTIMATES ON THE

NUMBER OF STUDENTS RED SHIRTED

VARY, WITH A NEW SURVEY SHOWING

IT'S DOUBLED SINCE 1980, FROM

10 TO 20%. STILL, THE GROWING

PRACTICE OF RED SHIRTING CAN

BECOME CONTROVERSIAL. IF SAY,

THE MOTIVATION IS BECAUSE

PARENTS HOPE IT MIGHT GIVE

THEIR CHILD AN ACADEMIC,

SOCIAL, OR ATHLETIC EDGE OVER

THEIR YOUNGER PEERS.

THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE

DEVELOPMENTALLY, THAT COMES

WITH THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT

IS NOT USUALLY THE HEALTHIEST

FOR A CHILD, AND THAT CAN

CREATE OTHER BEHAVIORAL ISSUES,

THAT PARENTS MAY NOT BE READY

FOR. AND MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN

KIDS BURN OUT.

Reporter: THOUGH THE NUMBERS

SHOW LOWER INCOME PATIENTS LESS

LIKELY TO HOLD A CHILD BACK

FROM STARTING KINDERGARTEN, DUE

TO THE COST OF PRESCHOOL, OR

DAYCARE.

THE SET BACKS THAT COME WITH

COVID SCHOOL CLOSURES AND

REMOTE LEARNING.

Reporter: DURING THE

PANDEMIC, COVID ALSO CAUSED

MANY PARENTS TO DELAY THE START

OF KINDERGARTEN, WITH

ENROLLMENT DROPPING 16% IN THE

2021 SCHOOL YEAR. NO MATTER THE

REASON, RED SHIRTING CAN ALSO

CREATE CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS,

NOW EXPECTED TO ACCOMMODATE A

WIDER RANGE OF MATURITY AND

ABILITY LEVELS IN CLASSES.

WHILE SOME STUDIES INDICATE A

SMALL ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE, WITH

RED SHIRTED KIDS MORE LIKELY TO

ATTEND COLLEGE, OTHERS SHOW NO

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

THOSE WHO START KINDERGARTEN

LATER, AND THOSE WHO START ON

TIME. EXPERTS BELIEVE A DELAY

CAN BE DAMAGING FOR AT-RISK

POPULATIONS, SUCH AS CHILDREN

IN LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND

THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

THOUGH FOR MANY FAMILIES, THE

EXTRA COST OF ANOTHER YEAR OF

DAYCARE OR PRESCHOOL IS TOO

MUCH OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN.

SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS,

INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY, HAVE

FORBIDDEN RED SHIRTING ON

EQUITY GROUNDS. ULTIMATELY,

PARENTS WHO HAVE THE CHOICE

MUST MAKE THE CALL.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRIKE A

BALANCE HERE BETWEEN WANTING

THE BEST FOR OUR KIDS AND NOT

CODDLING THEM.

Reporter: AS FOR KIERNAN,

NOW 17 AND COLLEGE BOUND, SARAH

HAS NO REGRETS.

WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR WITH

HIM, TO YOU KNOW, TEACH HIM HOW

TO TRULY DO THE LAUNDRY

CORRECTLY. JUST SO THAT WHEN HE

IS OUT IN THE WORLD, HE'S HAD

THAT ONE EXTRA YEAR, I THINK,

TO REALLY FEEL LIKE HE'S GOT

ALL THE TOOLS HE NEEDS.

Reporter: RED SHIRTING IS

NOT AN OPTION FOR ALL PARENTS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MOST STATES

REQUIRE CHILDREN ATTEND AT

LEAST HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN IN

THE SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THEIR

FIFTH BIRTHDAY, WITH SOME

EXCEPTIONS. PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAN

SET THEIR OWN RULES. IN

WASHINGTON, I'M TARA MERGENER.

I KNOW THAT REPORT HELPED A

LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE

DECISIONS. AS TARA POINTED OUT,

THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES.

CHILDCARE IS A LEGITIMATE

ISSUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

PEOPLE DO HAVE THE OPTION.

I'M FOR STARTING KIDS A YEAR

LATER UNLESS THE CHILD

INDICATES THAT THEY ARE REALLY

READY TO GO FORWARD. IT'S NOT

SO MUCH ABOUT INTELLECT, AS IT

IS ABOUT MATURITY. STUDIES SHOW

BOYS MATURE MORE SLOWLY THAN

GIRLS DO. YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR

CHILD, AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW

THAT YOU CAN DO IT, BUT THERE

ARE PLENTY OF PRESCHOOL

PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR

CHILD MOVING FORWARD IN, AND

MATURING IN.

FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE MAYBE

PASSED THIS STAGE, I JUST HOPE

THEY DON'T EXPRESS TO THEIR

CHILD, OH, WE SHOULD HAVE HELD

YOU BACK. WE SHOULD HAVE

STARTED YOU ON TIME. IF YOU'RE

IN THAT STAGE OF REGRET, I

DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SHARE

THAT WITH THE CHILD. WHAT'S

WRONG WITH ME MOM? WHAT'S WRONG

WITH ME, DAD? WHEN THESE

DECISIONS ARE MADE, WE DON'T

WANT TO BE COMPARIG OURSELVES

TO OTHER FAMILIES. THAT'S WHAT

A LOT OF THIS IS. KIDS ARE RED

SHIRTED, OR HELD BACK FOR

LEGITIMATE REASONS, OR I WANT

THEM TO PERFORM BETTER IN

SPORTS OR HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. WE

DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARING OUR

KIDS TO OTHERS.

BUT EVEN THINGS LIKE

DRIVING, I WOULD RATHER HAVE MY

CHILD HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF

MATURITY UNDER THE BELT, RATHER

THAN BE THE YOUNGEST IN THE

CLASS, DRIVING WITH SOMEONE WHO

MAY OR MAY NOT BE MATURE.

DAY YOU GET YOUR CONFIDENCE

BACK FOR GOOD. A CLEAR CHOICE

DAY CHANGES EVERY DAY. SCHEDULE

A FREE CONSULTATION.

> DEIDRA BARNETT NEVER

IMAGINED SHE WOULD SELL HER

BODY. YET, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

SHE DID TO FEED HER HEROIN

HABIT. THE ONCE POPULAR

CHEERLEADER ALSO NEVER IMAGINED

SHE'D BE IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE

WITH POLICE THAT LEFT HER

HOLDING THE BAG.

I LITERALLY THOUGHT THAT FOR

THE REST OF MY LIFE I WAS GOING

TO BE A DRUG ADDICT. OR I

THOUGHT, MAYBE NOT A DRUG

ADDICT, BUT I WOULD WAKE UP

EVERY DAY AND WANT TO GET HIGH.

DEIDRA WAS A POPULAR

CHEERLEADER IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE

WAS ACTIVE IN HER YOUTH GROUP,

AND WAS BAPTIZED WHEN SHE WAS

15.

I FELT MY SPIRIT MOVE WHEN I

WAS YOUNGER.

I FELT THAT WHEN I WAS

YOUNGER, AND I WAS LIKE, THAT

WAS THE ONLY TIME I'M TRULY

HAPPY.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHE FELL

IN WITH THE WRONG CROWD. SHE

BEGAN USING DRUGS AND DRINKING.

BEFORE LONG, SHE WAS PREGNANT

WITH HER DRUG DEALER'S BABY. AN

ULTRASOUND REVEALED THE BABY

HAD DIED IN UTERO.

SHE WAS TAKEN. I HAD A LOT

OF RESENTMENT TO GOD AT THAT

TIME. I PARTIED AND IGNORED GOD

COMPLETELY. IT WAS EASIER TO

GET HIGH, OR LIVE THE WAY I WAS

LIVING, BECAUSE IT NUMBED THE

PAIN.

IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE DRUG

USE CONSUMED HER ENTIRE LIFE.

THE ONLY TIME I REALLY COULD

FUNCTION IN I WAS IN THE BARS

DRINKING, PARTYING, SLEEPING

FROM COUCH TO COUCH, IN

DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

WOULD GET UP TO GET HIGH, AND

PARTY, AND GO BACK TO SLEEP.

AND IT WAS JUST A NEVER ENDING

CYCLE OF THAT.

THEN SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO

HEROIN.

CHAOS. COMPLETE CHAOS. IF I

DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN I WOKE UP,

I WAS VERY ILL. YOU KNOW,

THROWING UP, AND HOT AND COLD

CHILLS ALL DAY LONG.

DESPERATE FOR DRUGS AND

MONEY, DEIDRA BEGAN WORKING AT

A STRIP CLUB WHERE SHE COULD

EARN QUICK CASH.

A LOT OF GIRLS ALREADY HAD

THE STUFF THERE. I KNEW IF I

WAS GOING TO WORK, I WAS GOING

TO NOT BE SICK. SO THAT WAS A

LOT OF THE TEMPTATION THAT WENT

ALONG WITH THAT. THE DRUGS WERE

ALREADY THERE. SO LET ME JUST

GO GET BETTER AND THEN I'LL

WORK AND MAKE MONEY.

SHE THEN BEGAN SELLING HER

BODY, ALL TO PAY FOR HEROIN.

A DARK TIME IN MY LIFE DOING

THAT. I WOULD NEVER HAVE

GUESSED THAT I WOULD USE MY

BODY IN THAT WAY, BUT I DID TO

TAKE CARE OF MY DRUG HABIT.

OVER TIME, SHE RACKED UP

SEVERAL WARRANTS FOR DRUG

RELATED CRIMES. ONE NIGHT AFTER

A BINGE, SHE WENT ON A DRUG RUN

WITH A DEALER, SEEKING REVENGE

FOR A FRIEND'S MURDER.

EVERYONE HAS GUNS, AND

BULLETPROOF VESTS ON, AND

EVERYTHING. ALL HIS FRIENDS.

THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING

TO GET THEM TONIGHT. THEN ALL

THREE OF THEM JUST PUT THE GUNS

OUT THE WINDOW AND THEY SHOT UP

AN ENTIRE BLOCK.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS,

DEIDRA CRIED OUT TO GOD.

I REMEMBER TURNING AROUND,

AND I GOT ON MY KNEES AND I

START PRAYING. GOD, I'M SO

SCARED, I DON'T WANT TO BE

HERE. I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS

GOING TO DIE THAT NIGHT. I WAS

JUST TRYING OUT TO HIM.

A HIGH SPEED CHASE WITH

POLICE RESULTED IN A CRASH THAT

LEFT DEIDRA TRAPPED IN THE CAR.

THE OTHERS FLED WHILE SHE WAS

ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO JAIL.

FACING A SENTENCE OF UP TO 18

YEARS, DEIDRA WAS FINALLY READY

TO OPEN HER HEART TO GOD AGAIN.

I JUST REMEMBER GETTING ON

MY KNEES IN THIS ROOM OF GIRLS

AND PRAYING, AND SAYING TO

MYSELF, I DON'T EVEN CARE, LIKE

WHAT THEY SAY. I'M BEING JUDGED

AT THIS POINT. I JUST DON'T

CARE. I WAS JUST ASKING HIM TO,

YOU KNOW, COME INTO MY HEART

AND GIVE ME PEACE. PLEASE JUST

TAKE AWAY THE ADDICTION THAT

WAS IN MY BODY, BECAUSE I CAN

NEVER BE S SUCCESSFUL OR MOVE

FORWARD IF I STILL CRAVED

GETTING HIGH EVERY DAY. THAT

WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE

THING PULLING ME BACK. I DON'T

KNOW, BY THE NEXT MORNING, I'VE

NEVER FELT FREER. I'VE NEVER

FELT FREER. I JUST REMEMBER

FEELING THE SUN HIT MY FACE FOR

THE FIRST TIME. I JUST FELT SO

BLESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A

LONG TIME, YOU KNOW. THAT I WAS

STILL ALIVE, I WAS STILL HERE.

EVEN THOUGH

AROUND ME, BUT I DIDN'T CARE. I

JUST FELT FREE. I HAD A FUTURE,

YOU KNOW? I KNEW I HAD PURPOSE.

DEARED DEIDRA SPENT THE

NEXT THREE YEARS BEHIND BARS.

SHE SAID GIVING HER LIFE TO

JESUS SET HER FREE FROM THE

ADDICTIONS THAT ENSLAVED HER.

WHEN HE TOOK THAT FOR ME AND

YOU HAVE THIS WEIGHT LIFTED OFF

YOUR SHOULDERS, IT'S LIKE

NOTHING YOU'VE EVER FELT

BEFORE. IT'S SURREAL IN SO MANY

WAYS, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S LIKE,

JUST GO TO HIM. IT'S SO

BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU DO. YOU

KNOW? IT JUST, IT REALLY IS.

IT'S LIFE CHANGING.

DEIDRA SHARES HER STORY IN

HOPES THAT OTHERS WILL FIND THE

SAME PEACE AND FREEDOM THAT SHE

FOUND IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH

JESUS.

YOU'LL BE FREE. I PROMISE.

GOD'S THE HOPE. JUST START

TALKING TO HIM. EVEN IF IT'S A

LITTLE CONVERSATION HERE OR

THERE. JUST TALK TO HIM. PRAY.

HE WILL OPEN THAT DOOR. HE WILL

OPEN THAT DOOR. AND HE'S RIGHT

THERE KNOCKING.

IT'S A SOBERING STORY, ISN'T

IT? BECAUSE HERE'S A YOUNG

GIRL WHO KNEW JESUS WHEN SHE

WAS YOUNGER, HAD BEEN BAPTIZED.

WAS PART OF A YOUTH GROUP. WAS

A POPULAR CHEERLEADER. WHEN YOU

STATE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IT

DOESN'T ADD UP TO WHAT HAPPENED

IN DEIDRA'S LIFE. YOU KNOW,

CHOICES WE MAKE CAN CHANGE THE

DIRECTION, THE FOCUS OF OUR

LIVES SO QUICKLY. HERE SHE WAS

SUDDENLY FEELING EMPTY, AND

LIKE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO

GO, AND SHE GETS INVOLVED WITH

THE WRONG CROWD. YOU KNOW, THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT WHO YOU HANG

WITH IS WHAT YOU BECOME. IF

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NEVER, DEIDRA NEVER THOUGHT SHE

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PRESENCE. I NEED THE STRENGTH

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GOD, ARE IMMEASURABLY MERCIFUL.

WOULD YOU COME INTO MY LIFE?

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THE CORE OF MY BEING, MY

SPIRIT, GOD, WOULD YOU COME AND

TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN ME? ONLY

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I FEEL. THIS DEPENDENCE THAT I

HAVE ON THINGS THAT ARE

UNHEALTHY FOR ME, GOD. THIS IS

NOT HOW YOU CREATED ME TODAY,

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FRESH BEGINNING. A START OVER.

AND IN RETURN,I GIVE YOU ALL

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> AFTER A HURRICANE HIT,

CATHY AND DENIS TOOK ONE LOOK

AT THEIR HOUSE. IT SEEMED AS IF

THE WALLS WERE MELTING. MOLD

WAS EVERYWHERE, THE CEILING HAD

TO BE REPLACED. BEFORE LONG,

THEIR HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN TO

THE STUDS. INSURANCE WOULDN'T

COVER THE REBUILD, SO CATHY AND

DENIS HAD TO LIVE IN THEIR

GARAGE.

CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE MICHAEL

MADE LANDFUL ON THE FLORIDA

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HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN

THEY RETURNED HOME.

THE WALLS WERE -- LOOKED

LIKE THEY WERE MELTING. THEY

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OUR HOUSE WAS DESTROYED FROM

THE INSIDE. THE WALLS AND

CEILING, EVERYTHING HAD TO COME

OUT. WE STARTED FINDING MOLD.

WE THOUGHT IT MAY BE ISOLATED.

IT WASN'T. THE MORE WE PULLED,

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INSURANCE COVERED REMOVING

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LORD, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO

SPEND THE REST OF OUR DAYS

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HUSBAND WAS REALLY DEPRESSED AT

THAT TIME, BECAUSE HE KNEW HE

COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF

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THIS. I CAN'T FIX THIS. I CAN'T

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WHAT I FELT IN MY SPIRIT WAS

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CATHY AND DENIS DIDN'T KNOW

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> THIS IS A NIGHTMARE

SCENARIO FOR A PARENT. KENNY

BATSON WAS MOWING THE LAWN WHEN

THE ENGINE JAMMED. HE DIDN'T

KNOW WHY UNTIL HE LOCKED DOWN.

HIS 7-YEAR-OLD SON WAS

UNDERNEATH THE LAWNMOWER WITH

HIS CHEST HACKED OPEN BY THE

BLADES.

I SAID GOD DON'T LET MY SON

DAY. I COULD SEE HIS HEART AND

HIS LUNGS AND HIS INTESTINES

AND HIS RIBS. IT WAS JUST

HORRIFIC. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY

TO SAY IT.

ON A SUMMER EVENING IN 2010,

KENNY BATSON WAS MOWING HIS

LAWN ON HIS RIDING MOWER WHEN

HE NOTICED TWO OF HIS KIDS

PLAYING NEARBY.

SOMETHING CAUGHT MY

ATTENTION, I KNEW THEY WERE

BEHIND ME. I TURNED AROUND, AND

I KIND OF GAVE THEM A GLARE.

THEY KNEW TO QUIT, AND THEY

BOTH QUIT.

Reporter: LATER, HIS

7-YEAR-OLD SON JOSIAH SNUCK UP

BEHIND HIM.

IT SCARED ME. I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT IT WAS, AND I LOOKED DOWN

AND I COULD SEE MY SON

UNDERNEATH THE LAWNMOWER.

Reporter: HE CLUNG TO LIFE

AS HIS DAD RUSHED HIM TO A

NEARBY HOSPITAL. HE WAS THEN

LIFE FLIGHTED TO KANSAS CITY

CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL.

I JUST WANTED SOMEONE TO

TELL ME HE WAS GOING TO BE

OKAY. I JUST WAS FREAKING OUT,

BECAUSE MY BABY WAS LAYING ON A

TABLE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE

WAS EVEN GOING TO MAKE IT..

BASICALLY, I COULD SEE HIS

HEART AND LUNGS BECAUSE OF HOW

MUCH OF HIS CHEST WALL WAS

MISSING. A CENTER METER

CENTIMETER MORE, AND HIS HEART

WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN, AND HE

NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT.

Reporter: HIS DAD, KENNY IS

A PASTOR. IN THE ANGUISH OF

WATCHING HIS SON SUFFER, HE

STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S

PLAN.

AM I UNDER A CURSE, OR

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM HERE?

Reporter: AS WORD SPREAD,

MANY FROM THE CHURCH MADE THE

LONG DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL TO

PRY FOR JOSIAH'S SURVIVAL AND

HEALING.

WHEN I GOT TO THE WAITING

ROOM, I COULDN'T BELIEVE ALL

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.

THOSE PEOPLE FROM CHURCH AND

ANOTHER CHURCH I PASTORED, A

LOT OF THEM CAME UP. I COULD

LITERALLY FEEL THE GRACE OF

GOD. AND I COULD FEEL PRAYER.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I WITH

EXPLAIN IT. I JUST COULD TELL

PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR US.

THAT'S WHAT GOT US THROUGH.

Reporter: BY THE NEXT DAY,

THEIR PRAYERS WERE BEING

ANSWERED. A SURGERY TO REATTACH

JOSIAH'S HAND WENT BEYOND

DOCTORS EXPECTATIONS.

HE SAID MOMMA, I CAN MOVE MY

HAND. I WAS LIKE, SURE YOU CAN,

BABY. I WAS JUST KIND OF

TALKING TO HIM. THEN I LOOKED

OVER THERE, AND THERE IT WAS,

IT WAS GOING JUST LIKE THIS.

THAT WAS A MIRACLE, BECAUSE

HIS HAND WAS CUT OFF. ALL THE

TENDENS AND EVERYTHING WAS CUT

OFF.

THERE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS

IN MEDICINE THAT WE GET TO

WITNESS, THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE

A GOOD EXPLANATION. THE FACT

THAT HE HAD ANY MOTION AT ALL

WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAD GONE

ON IN THAT ARM, I AGREE IS

REALLY AMAZING.

JOSIAH SPENT WEEKS IN THE

HOSPITAL ICU AND BURN UNIT

ENDURING NUMEROUS SURGERIES AND

SKIN GRAFTS.

HE HAD DIRT AND GRASS IN HIS

BONE. LIKE POUNDED INTO HIS

BONES. SEGMENTS OF HIS BONE,

THAT WE THEN, OVER TIME, HAVE

TO TAKE OUT AND REMOVE.

Reporter: EVERY SURGERY WAS

SUCCESSFUL, AND JOSIAH'S

CONDITION SOON STABILIZED. THE

FAMILY FOUND HOPE IN GOD'S

PEOPLE AND THEIR LORD JESUS.

I TRUELY KNOW HIM AS MY LORD

AND SAVIOR. THAT HELPED. THAT

DIDN'T HELP, THAT WAS

EVERYTHING. AS FAR AS HIS

RECOVERY, IT'S A MIRACLE.

THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH LOVE

AROUND THEM. I THINK THAT

LIFTED HIM UP, AND HELPED HIM

THROUGH ALL OF THIS. HE REALLY

HAS AN AMAZING SPIRIT.

Reporter: AFTER 40 DAYS IN

THE HOSPITAL, JOSIAH RETURNED

HOME TO CONTINUE HEALING. OVER

THE FOLLOWING YEAR, KENNY AND

ANGIE MADE PEACE WITH GOD.

CAN AND I REMEMBER LAYING ON

MY FACE HERE, JUST PRAYING THAT

MORNING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I

FOUND MYSELF SAYING, GOD, I

THANK YOU FOR THE ACCIDENT. I

WAS REALLY MORE THANKFUL THAT

GOD SAVED HIS LIFE. I SAW IT

DIFFERENTLY. I SAW IT AS GOD

SAVED HIS LIFE, RATHER THAN GOD

LET SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN, THAT

HE SHOULDN'T HAVE LET HAPPEN.

HE DOESN'T GET TAKEN BY

SURPRISE. HE'S SOVEREIGN. AND

ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN OUR

LIFE, IF WE'RE TRUSTING IN

JESUS CHRIST, EVERY SINGLE

THING GOES THROUGH HIM. HE IS

GOOD.

GOD TAUGHT ME TO TRUST HIM

COMPLETELY, AND TO FORGIVE, AND

TO REALIZE THAT I NEED HIM JUST

AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS

HIM. THAT I'VE GOT TO LEAN ON

HIM IN THE HARD TIMES, AND IN

THE GOOD TIMES, AND THAT HE'S

GOOD NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON.

Reporter: IT'S BEEN OVER TEN

YEARS SINCE THE ACCIDENT, AND

JOSIAH HAS LIVED A HEALTHY,

ACTIVE LIFE. THANK.FUL FOR

GOD'S GOODNESS.

JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING SEEMS

BAD, OR LOOKS BAD, DOESN'T MEAN

THAT GOD CAN'T USE IT FOR GOOD.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD CAN USE

ANYTHING FOR GOOD. IF I CAN GO

BACK AND MAYBE IT NEVER

HAPPENED. I FEEL LIKE OVERALL,

GOD MADE A GOOD THING.

I JUST KEEP ON THINKING GOD

IS STILL GOD. JOSIAH IS STILL

HERE AND HE'S ORNERY, AND HE'S

SMART. GOD HAS BLESSED US.

I LIKE HUG HIM AND I SQUEEZE

HIM HIT ALL THE TIME. AND HE

PROBABLY THINKS OH, MY DAD

LOVES ME. BUT HE DOESN'T

UNDERSTAND. I'M SO GLAD I GET

TO HUG HIM. I JUST, I'M SO

THANKFUL.

INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT

FAMILY HAS BEEN ON, AND

CONTINUES TO BE WITH EVERY

EMOTION POSSIBLE. THEY WERE IN

THE CRUCIBLE. SOME OF YOU TODAY

FEEL LIKE, OR LITERALLY ARE

PRESSED IN BY GOD, AND CRUSHED

AND YOU'RE LOSING HOPE. AND YOU

CAN SEE IN THAT FAMILY'S

AMAZING STORY, THEY DID SEE GOD

IN THEIR SITUATION AND SAW HIM

MOVE. WE WANT TO PRAY THAT YOU

SENSE AND SEE GOD IN YOUR

SITUATION. PLEASE PRAY WITH

TERRY AND I. JUST SENSE THE

LORD WANTS TO DO AMAZING THINGS

IN YOUR HEART, AND MIND, AND

YOUR LIFE, AND THE PEOPLE

YOU'RE PRAYING FOR, AND THE

POWER OF GOD IS WITH US TODAY.

NOT BECAUSE TERRY AND I ARE

SPECIAL, BUT BECAUSE THE LORD

WANTS TO DO THINGS IN THE LIVES

OF HIS PEOPLE. FATHER GOD, WE

JUST COME BEFORE YOU NOW ON

BEHALF OF THOSE HURTING, AND IN

THE CRUCIBLE, AND REPRESSING,

AND THEY JUST ARE EMPTY. LORD

GOD, IN THAT SITUATION, YOU CAN

FILL US, WHEN WE'RE EMPTY, YOU

CAN MOVE AND ACT AND FILL US

WITH YOUR SPIRIT. AND LORD GOD,

JUST LIKE, IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT, THE FIERY FURNACE,

SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO

WERE IN THAT AND YOU WERE

PRESENT WITH THEM. YOUR

PRESENCE IS UNMISTAKABLE IN THE

LIVES OF PEOPLE IN CRISIS NOW.

LORD GOD, LET THEM SENSE YOUR

PRESENCE AND MOVE MIGHTILY IN

JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU, FATHER.

> THERE'S SOMEBODY, I DON'T

KNOW WHAT YOUR PRAYING FOR, BUT

GOD DOES. YOUR NAME IS LENNY.

AND THE REASON I THINK GOD

WANTS THAT NAME MENTIONED IS

BECAUSE YOU WATCHED THIS STORY,

AND YOU SAID WHY OTHER PEOPLE,

AND NOT ME. IT'S YOU, LENNY.

LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND RECEIVE

WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOU, AND

FOR YOU.

FATHER, GOD. JUST THINKING

OF PSALM 55 WHEN DAVID WROTE OF

THE HORROR HE WAS FEELING. THE

FEAR, THE TERROR UPON HIM, YET

THE MORE HE MEDITATED ON GOD,

AND WHO YOU ARE, HE SAID GOD

CAN HEARS ME. HE IS PRESENT

WITH ME. AND LORD GOD, I PRAY

FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW IN TERROR

AND FEAR. LORD GOD, THAT THEY

SENSE YOUR PRESENCE, THEY KNOW

YOU HERE. THEY KNOW YOU ARE

PRESENT WITH THEM, AND MOVE AND

ACT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WHEN

WE READ ABOUT THE ARMOR OF GOD

IN EPHESIANS 6, WE'RE TOLD TO

WEAR THE ARMOR OF GOD SO WE CAN

STAND HOLDING THE SWORD OF THE

SPIRIT AND THE BREAST PLATE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS. SHOES READY TO

BRING THE GOSPEL OF PEACE TO A

HURTING WORLD. LORD, GOD, WE

WEAR ALL OF THAT SO WE CAN

STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL. I JUST

PRAY PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY

AND MIGHT FROM YOU TO STAND. BY

THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, THEY

ARE STANDING IN THE AUTHORITY

OF JESUS CHRIST OVER THEIR

SITUATION.

SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A BABY, A

YOUNG, YOUNG, YOUNG BABY. MAYBE

NEWBORN. I'M NOT SURE.

NORMALLY, BABIES ARE BORN WITH

THE ABILITY TO SUCK AND TAKE

MILKK AND YOUR BABY DOES NOT DO

THAT. GOD'S CHANGING THAT.

WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO NORMALLY

HAPPEN IS NOW GOING TO

SUDDENLY. IT'S JUST SUDDENLY

HAPPENED FOR YOUR CHILD. JUST

BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD AND THANK

HIM FOR THAT.

FATHER, WE JUST ARE GLAD TO

BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. AND I PRAY

FOR THOSE WHO BEGAN THIS DAY

FEELING IN TERROR, OR UNHAPPY,

OR SADNESS, OR HEARTBREAK, THAT

TODAY NOW, LORD GOD, THEY FEEL

A RENEWED SENSE OF YOUR SPIRIT.

A RENEWED STRENGT, AND A

RENEWED SENSE OF YOUR LOVE AND

CARE FOR THEM. LORD, MAKE

YOURSELF KNOWN. WE PRAY IN

JESUS' NAME, AMEN. IF YOU NEED

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