DEVIL IS A LIAR. WELCOME TO

THE 700 CLUB. THE DAY HAS

STRENGTHENED INTO A HURRICANE

AS IT TAKES AIM AT FLORIDA.

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

IS WARNING THERE IS A RISK OF

LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE

AND DANGEROUS WINDS IN THE NEXT

TWO DAYS.

AND IDALIA COULD HAVE

SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 120

MILES AN HOUR MAKING IT A

CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. ABIGAIL

ROBINSON RINGS US IS LOOK AT

HOW THE FLORIDIANS ARE

PREPARING TO FACE THE STORM.

Reporter: ALMOST 50

COUNTIES ALONG THE WEST COAST

OF FLORIDA HAVE DECLARED A

STATE OF EMERGENCY AND GOVERNOR

RON DeSANTIS HAS TAKEN A BREAK

IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

TRAIL TO HUNKER DOWN WITH

FLORIDA RESIDENTS TO PREPARE

FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A

MAJOR STORM.

FLORIDIANS SHOULD EXPECT

THAT THIS WILL BE A MAJOR CAT 3

PLUS HURRICANE.

Reporter: ADELE YOU ALREADY

WREAKED HAVOC WITH HIGH WINDS

MS RAIN AND FLOODING. THE

STORM IS GAINING STRENGTH AS A

HEADS TOWARDS FLORIDA WHERE IT

IS ON TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL

WEDNESDAY MORNING ALTHOUGH IT

COULD START HITTING THE STATE

WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AS

EARLY AS TONIGHT. AN AREA KNOWN

AS BIG BEND, JUST NORTH OF

TAMPA COULD SEE A DIRECT HIT,

BUT THE STORM COULD SHIFT AT

ANY TIME. A COUNTIES ALONG THE

COAST OF ORDERED TORY

EVACUATIONS AHEAD OF WHAT COULD

BE DEADLY STORM SURGES.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GO

AWAY, YOU START PLANNING AHEAD

OF TIME BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, NO

KIDDING, IT IS HORRIBLE.

Reporter: THE TAMPA

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SHUT DOWN

ALL FLIGHTS FOR TODAY AND WILL

REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL IT CAN

ASSESS THE DAMAGES LATER IN THE

WEEK.

WE ARE GETTING THE

SANDBAGS.

Reporter: FOOD AND OTHER

SUPPLIES ARE FLYING OFF THE

SHELVES AS RESIDENTS PREPARE

FOR WHAT COULD BE DAYS WITHOUT

POWER. THE FLORIDA NATIONAL

GUARD IS ON STANDBY AS A STATE

PREPARES FOR THE BIGGEST SINCE

HURRICANE IAN LAST SEPTEMBER

WHICH DECIMATED THE FORT MYERS

AREA AND CLAIM THE LIVES OF AT

LEAST 150 PEOPLE. ADDING TO THE

STRESS, THE RECENT STORMS HAVE

CAUSED A HOME INSURANCE CRISIS

IN FLORIDA WITH MANY POLICIES

CAUSING 80% MORE THAN LAST

YEAR AND SOME INSURANCE

COMPANIES HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM

THE STATE ENTIRELY. HEAVY

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE

SOUTHEAST AFTER THE STORM MOVES

THROUGH FLORIDA WITH THE STORM

PROJECTED TO MOVE THROUGH

GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BY

THE END OF THE WEEK. ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.

IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF

THAT HORRIBLE STORM, PLEASE

OBEY THE EVACUATION ORDERS

THE STORM SURGE CAN ABSOLUTELY

BE DEADLY AND YOU NEVER WANT TO

GET CAUGHT IN IT.

> OPERATION BLESSING IS

PREPOSITIONING DISASTER RELIEF

KITS IN OUR OWN CALL A

WAREHOUSE IN FLORIDA AND WE

WANT TO BE READY TO HELP THOSE

IN NEED AFTER THE STORM CLEARS

THROUGH. IF YOU ARE IN THIS

PATH, PLEASE, GET OUT.

> THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRIAL ON

CHARGES OF TRYING TO OVERTURN

THE 2020 ELECTION. IT WILL COME

THE DAY BEFORE A MAJOR

POLITICAL PRIMARY. JOHN JESSUP

HAS A STORY FROM OUR CBS NEWS

BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.

Reporter: THE TRIAL DATE IS

SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 4th OF NEXT

YEAR AND TRUMP LAWYERS WANTED

THE TRIAL IN APRIL OF 2026,

ARGUING THAT IT WAS NECESSARY

TO DEAL WITH THE HUGE VOLUME OF

EVIDENCE THEY ARE REVIEWING

WHAT THEY CALL AN UNPRECEDENTED

PROSECUTION. BUT THE JUDGE

DISAGREED SETTING THE TRIAL

DATE ONE DAY BEFORE THE WIDELY

ANTICIPATED SUPER TUESDAY

PRIMARY. IT WOULD MEAN THAT

THE WASHINGTON CASE WILL BE THE

FIRST OF FOUR CASES AGAINST

TRUMP TO REACH TRIAL. IT WOULD

ALSO, ONE DAY BEFORE SUPER

TUESDAY WHICH IS A CRUCIAL DATE

IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CALENDAR

BECAUSE OF THE HUGE NUMBER OF

DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS. MANY

TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE ARGUED

THAT THE LEGAL CASES ARE

POLITICAL BEING SET IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL

PRIMARIES AND A NEW POLL FOR

NEWSWEEK FINDS A MAJORITY OF

DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WHO BACKED

PRESENT JOE BIDEN IN 2020

THINK THE INVESTIGATIONS AND

CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST

TRUMP CONSTITUTE COMICAL, AND

INTERFERENCE IN THE 2024

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 50% OF

2020 BIDEN VOTERS BELIEVE THE

CHARGES ARE INTERFERENCE

COMPARED TO 27% WHO DISAGREED

AND OVERALL, 60% OF AMERICANS

THINK THE FOUR CASES CONSTITUTE

AN -- INTERFERENCE . THE POLL

FOUND THAT 57% BELIEVE TRUMP

WILL BE FOUND GUILTY AND

IMPRISONED ON AT LEAST ONE OF

THE FOUR INDICTMENTS.

> CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL

HAS SUED A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER ITS NEW

POLICY REQUIRING SCHOOL TO

NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEIR

CHILDREN CHANGE THEIR GENDER

IDENTIFICATION OR PRONOUNS TO

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS

SEEKING A COURT ORDER TO

IMMEDIATELY BLOCK THE POLICY

AND IT IS THE LATEST ROUND AND

AN INTENSIFYING BATTLE BETWEEN

A HANDFUL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT

AND THE STATE ABOUT THE RIGHTS

OF TRANS-KIDS AND THEIR

PARENTS. POLICIES LIKE THE ONE

ADOPTED BY CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT FORCIBLY OUT

TRANSGENDER STUDENT AND

THREATENED THEIR WELL-BEING IN

THE DISTRICT BOARD PRESIDENT

AND SUPPORTER SAVE PARENTS

HAVE A RIGHT TO NOTE THE

DECISIONS THEIR CHILDREN ARE

MAKING IN SCHOOL AND A COUPLE

DISTRICTS HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR

MEASURES AND ONE MORE IS

CONSIDERING DOING SO.

> ALSO IN CALIFORNIA, AFTER

35 YEARS IN BUSINESS,

NORSTROM'S CLOSER STORE IN

SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY. FOOT

TRAFFIC AT THE ONCE A VIBRANT

STORE HAD DROPPED OFF SOME IN

CHILLY AND OTHER STORES IN THE

AREA HAVE ALSO PULLED OUT AND

THE STORE WAS THE WESTFIELD

SAN FRANCISCO CENTER WHICH ALSO

LOST OTHER KEY LOCATIONS

CRITICS IN THE CITY ARE BLAMING

POLITICAL LEADERS FOR THE

INCREASE IN THE PROBLEMS THAT

HAVE LED BUSINESSES TO LEE.

> TURNING OUT TO THE TRAGIC

FIRES IN HAWAII . AMID ALL THE

TRAGEDY, STORIES OF SURVIVAL

AND MIRACLES ARE STARTING TO

SURFACE. CBN'S WENDY GRIFFITH

HAS MORE.

Reporter: JUST OVER A MONTH

AGO, I WAS SAYING IN WHAT USED

TO BE THIS BEAUTIFUL OCEANFRONT

RIGHT HERE ON FRONT STREET IN

LAHAINA. I WAS STAYING IN ROOM

NUMBER FOUR WHICH I THINK WAS

RIGHT ABOUT HERE. AS YOU CAN

SEE, IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY

CONSUMED BY THE FIRE, JUST

DEVASTATING. JUST NEXT DOOR TO

WHERE I STAY, DAVID AND

CHRISTIANS CONDOMINIUM BUILDING

-- CHRISTIANS CONDOMINIUM

BUILDING IS STILL STANDING.

THERE IS NO WATER, ELECTRICITY,

AND IT MAY EVEN BE CONDEMNED.

THIS IS OUR PARADISE HOME.

NOW WE HAVE NOTHING TO GO BACK

TO.

Reporter: THEY RETRIEVE A

FEW ITEMS FROM THE HOME

INCLUDING CHRISTIAN'S

PADDLEBOARDER, ONE OF HER

FAVORITE HOBBIES, WHICH WAS

UNHARMED ALTHOUGH THE COVER DID

HAVE A BURN HOLE. FORTUNATELY,

THE COUPLE WAS ON THE OTHER

SIDE OF THE ISLAND WHEN THE

FIRE STARTED.

IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO WALK

DOWN HERE AND SEE ALL OF THE

HOMES BURNED DOWN. WE'VE GOT

EACH OTHER, WE LOVE EACH OTHER

AND WE WILL MAKE IT NO MATTER

WHAT. GOD IS WITH US.

WE HAD TO GO INTO THE SMOKE

AND IT WAS SO DENSE , SO THICK,

IT WAS DARKER THAN THE NIGHT

WITHOUT STARS IN A MOOD. SUPER

DARK. LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN.

Reporter: HE SAYS HE AND HIS

FAMILY ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

AND SHOWED US HOW THE WIRE CAME

DOWN THE HILL THEN JUMPED OVER

THE HIGHWAY INTO HIS

NEIGHBORHOOD. AMAZINGLY SPARED

HIS HOUSE.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD IT

WAS AT THE MOMENT. TWO DAYS

LATER, LISTENNG TO STORIES, I

LEARNED HOW CLOSELY WERE

DRUMMED UP AND IT WAS A

MIRACLE.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH HIS HOME

LOOKS UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE,

IT IS UNLIVABLE. NO WATER,

ELECTRICITY OR KNOWING HOW

LONG BEFORE LAHAINA'S

INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE

RESTORED.

I AM STAYING AT A BED AND

BREAKFAST THAT SOMEONE IS

DONATING TEMPORARILY TO US. WE

ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE.

Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY

ARE TEMPERATE DISPLAYS, AS

BELIEVERS, THEY HAVEN'T LOST

HOPE AND ARE EVEN HELPING

OTHERS THROUGH THIS TOUGH

TIME.

I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY

MIRACLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED

THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY, AND YOU

CAN SEE GOD IN THOSE MIRACLES.

AND OUT OF ASHES JUDY IS

COMING OUT. -- BEAUTY IS

COMING OUT.

IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY.

THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IN THE

MIDDLE OF A TRAGEDY. JESUS

SAID IT SO CLEARLY, IN THIS

WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE BUT

BE OF GOOD CHEER BECAUSE I HAVE

OVERCOME THE WORLD . OUR HOPE

SHOULD NEVER BE IN OUR HOMES OR

OUR JOBS OR CAREERS OR BANK

ACCOUNTS ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALL OF THAT CAN GET TAKEN AWAY,

BUT WHAT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AND

NEVER BE SHAKEN IS THE KINGDOM

OF GOD AND HIS WONDERFUL

BLESSINGS . ALL WE HAVE TO DO

TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB.

> STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN

NEWS ALL DAY, ACROSS ALL

PLATFORMS.

> NORTH DAKOTA IS HOME TO

REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN AND

UKRAINE . OVERALL, THOSE

REFUGEES HAVE BEEN WELCOMED

WITH OPEN ARMS . MARK MARTIN

SHOWS US HOW THE COMMUNITY OF

FARGO HAS EMBRACED AND

SUPPORTED THOSE WHO HAVE FLED

FROM THEIR WAR-TORN COUNTRIES.

Reporter: AUGUST 2021. THE

UNITED STATES PULLS REMAINING

TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN

RESULTING IN CHAOS PLUS THE

DEATHS OF 13 AMERICAN SERVICE

MEMBERS AND AROUND 170 AFGHAN

CIVILIANS. IT ALSO STRANDS U.S.

ALLIES IN A HOSTILE COUNTRY

RULED BY THE TALIBAN. CBN NEWS

MET ONE OF THOSE ALLIES LIVING

AS A REFUGEE IN FARGO, NORTH

DAKOTA. FOR SAFETY, "ABDUL"

WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

SERVING AS AN INTERPRETER FOR

THE U.S. MILITARY, HIS FIRST

ATTEMPTS TO EVACUATE KABUL CAME

UP SHORT.

I CAME BACK HOME, SO THE

FAMILY TOLD ME, JUST STAY HOME.

DON'T GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE

NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE

AREA, THEY KNOW WHERE YOU'VE

BEEN WORKING AND WHO YOU'VE

BEEN WORKING. AND WE DON'T FEEL

ABOUT YOURSELF, LIKE ABOUT YOUR

LIFE AND YOUR SECURITY.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY, THE

U.S. MILITARY FOUND A FLIGHT

FOR HIM AT ANOTHER AIRPORT.

STAYING IN AFGHANISTAN COULD

HAVE COST HIM HIS LIFE.

WE'RE HEARING EVERY DAY,

LIKE THE TALIBAN, OR THE PEOPLE

WHO ARE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT

RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE KILLING THE

AFGHAN FORCES WHENEVER THEY

FIND ABOUT THEM, LIKE

ESPECIALLY THE COMMANDOS AND

AFGHAN SPECIAL FORCES. SO YEAH,

THEY COULD DO THE SAME THING

WITH ME, OR EVEN WITH MY

FAMILY.

Reporter: HIS FAMILY,

UNFORTUNATELY, DID NOT MAKE IT

OUT.

ACTUALLY, IT WAS TOO HARD

FOR ME, EVEN I COULDN'T SAY

THEM GOOD-BYE, OR GIVE THEM A

HUG, SO IT WAS PRETTY HARD FOR

ME TO LEAVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO I

LOVED THEM, OR THEY LOVED ME,

LIKE MY FAMILY, AND IT WAS HARD

FOR ME.

Reporter: AFTER SPENDING A

FEW WEEKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

"ABDUL" ENDED UP IN THE U.S.,

WHERE HE SAYS NORTH DAKOTA

OFFERED THE BEST OPPORTUNITY.

IT WAS SUPER AMAZING FOR ME

WHEN I COME TO THE AIRPORT HERE

¿ THAT WAS THE WINTERTIME;

EVERYWHERE WAS SNOW ¿ AND THOSE

PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY

ARE PRETTY GOOD PEOPLE, AND

THEY TOLD ME LIKE A BEST

WELCOME TO NORTH DAKOTA, FARGO.

Reporter: THE LUTHERAN

IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

HELPED MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST AFGHAN

FAMILY THAT ARRIVED IN 2021 A

HUSBAND WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN

HERE A PERIOD OF TIME, WELCOMED

HIS FAMILY, I BELIEVE, OF FIVE,

AND WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE

EMBRACED AFTER HAVING BEEN

SEPARATED FOR A SIGNIFICANT

AMOUNT OF TIME. IT BROUGHT

TEARS TO MY EYES AND MY

COLLEAGUE'S EYES. IN FACT, ONE

OF MY STAFFERS TURNED TO ME AND

NUDGED ME AND SAID, THIS IS WHY

WE DO THIS WORK.

Reporter: HANNAHER HELPED

FORM THE NORTH DAKOTA OFFICE OF

LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND

REFUGEE SERVICE IN MARCH OF

2021. SINCE THAT TIME, THEY'VE

HELPED AROUND 500 REFUGEES.

WHILE HANNAHER HAS SEEN SOME

RESISTANCE, HE ADDS, OVERALL,

THE COMMUNITY IS VERY

WELCOMING.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE

OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND LOVE

FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE

ALWAYS DETRACTORS. THERE ARE

THOSE WHO FEAR THE UNKNOWN, OR

SIMPLY HAVE A DIFFERENT THOUGHT

PROCESS AROUND HOW THEY FEEL

ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

Reporter: OTHER REFUGEES

NOW CALLING NORTH DAKOTA THEIR

HOME ESCAPED RUSSIA'S WAR ON

UKRAINE. SERGII LISTRATENKO,

HIS WIFE, NATALIIA, AND THEIR

DAUGHTER, KIRA, LIVED IN THE

UKRAINIAN CITY OF KHARKIV.

WE SAW BURNING TANKS,

BURNING CARS, YEAH. A LOT OF

PEOPLE DIED, BUT A LOT OF

PEOPLE -- OUR MILITARY FORCES

EVACUATED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

EVACUATED TO WESTERN UKRAINE

AND AFTER SIX MONTHS, THEY

DECIDED NATALIIA AND KIRA

SHOULD HEAD TO THE U.S. SERGII

STAYED BEHIND TO HELP IN THE

WAR EFFORT. AT ONE POINT, HE

FEARED NEVER SEEING HIS WIFE

AND DAUGHTER AGAIN.

WHEN I MOVED BACK TO

KHARKIV, ALMOST EVERY DAY,

RUSSIANS LAUNCHED ROCKETS. IT

CONTINUES EVERY DAY FOR A HALF

A YEAR WHILE I WAS IN KHARKIV,

BUT SURE I THOUGHT THAT I COULD

NEVER SEE THEM."

Reporter: SEVEN MONTHS

PASSED AND SERGII DECIDED TO

JOIN HIS FAMILY IN THE U.S. A

FRIEND RECOMMENDED FARGO, AND

THEY SETTLED HERE, PREFERRING

THE COLDER CLIMATE MUCH LIKE

UKRAINE. ALTHOUGH HE WAS

OVERJOYED TO SEE THEM AGAIN,

LEAVING HIS HOMELAND WAS

BITTERSWEET.

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT

I LEFT MY PARENTS, MY MOM, MY

DAD, MY BROTHER, AND MY

NEPHEWS, AND THEY'RE STILL IN

UKRAINE."

Reporter: GOVERNMENT

STATISTICS SHOW MORE THAN

400,000 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY

100,000 FROM AFGHANISTAN HAVE

COME TO THE UNITED STATES SINCE

THOSE MAJOR EVENTS IN THEIR

COUNTRIES. BOTH "ABDUL" AND

SERGII REQUEST PRAYER FOR THE

MANY MORE LEFT BEHIND.

SO, JUST I WANT TO ASK FOR

THE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THE

PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. AND

ALSO, I WANTED THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO

FORCE ON THE TALIBAN TO REOPEN

THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY AND

LET THE GIRLS AND THE FEMALES

TO GO TO AND CONTINUE THEIR

EDUCATION.

THEY SHOULDN'T PRAY FOR US

BECAUSE WE ARE IN SAFE PLACE,

SO THEY SHOULD PRAY ABOUT OUR

BRAVE WARRIORS THAT DEFENDING

OUR, PROTECTING OUR LAND.

Reporter: AND THAT SAFE

PLACE FOR THESE REFUGEES NOW IS

NORTH DAKOTA. MARK MARTIN, CBN

NEWS, FARGO.

THAT IS A WONDERFUL STORY.

THEY ARE SAYING WE WANT TO

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> RICK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE

PICTURE OF HEALTH AND THEN ONE

SUNDAY MORNING, OUT OF THE

BLUE, HE FELT ABSOLUTELY

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ON THE GROUND WITH NO PULSE AND

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I SAW RICK LAYING ON THE

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RICK ARRIVED AT CHURCH AND

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I AM STANDING ABOUT 15 FEET

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YOU HOLD ONTO IT AND THAT THE

LAST THING I REMEMBER.

THAT MORNING, IT FELT

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I HAD MY HANDS RAISED.

HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT RICK

HAD COLLAPSED.

I LOOKED OVER AND RICK WAS

TOTALLY LAID OUT ,

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WITH MY DISPATCH AND CALLED FOR

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WE DO HAVE A FRIENDSHIP. WE

HAD A VERY GOOD POND AT A VERY

STRONG RAPPORT WITH EACH

OTHER. TO SEE SOMEBODY YOU CARE

ABOUT , IT REALLY JUST HITS

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LIFE. HE WAS GONE.

I DECIDE TO LEAVE RICK IN

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WALKING TO THE STAGE, I WAS

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DO? WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY? I

HAVE KNOWN RICK FOR 12 YEARS

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS.

SEEING MY FRIEND ON THE FLOOR,

LIFELESS, AND DOING WHAT I AM

CALLED TO DO AND LEAD PEOPLE

WHERE COMES THE ATMOSPHERE ARE

NOT INSIGHTS FEAR, OR ANXIETY

IN PEOPLE, I HAD ALL THESE

EMOTIONS GOING THROUGH ME WHEN

I WALKED UP ON THE STAGE, BUT

GOD CAME THROUGH IN A

SUPERNATURAL WAY.

HE CONTINUED ON THE PASTOR

ASKED THE CONGREGATION TO START

PAYING -- PRAYING FOR RICK.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE EXTENT

OF THE SITUATION OR

CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT THEY KNEW

SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG.

EVERYBODY WAS PRAYING AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN, RICK'S EYES

JUST STARTED OPENING , LIKE OUT

OF A SLEEP. THEY JUST ROLLED

BACK AND I WAS LIKE, WOW. WHAT

JUST HAPPENED? IT WAS --

THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO DESCRIBE

IT. I MEAN, JUST TO SEE THAT,

WAS UNREAL. IT WAS A COMPLETE

MIRACLE.

I OPEN MY EYES TOWARDS THE

END OF THE PRAYER AND I SAW

RICK STAND UP. A GUY WHO WAS

LIFELESS, NO PULSE, NOT

BREATHING, I JUST SAW RICK

STAND UP.

IF ANYBODY TELL YOU --

TELLS YOU PRAYER DOESN'T WORK,

YOU TELL THEM THE DEVIL IS A

LIAR.

RICK WAS CHECKED OUT BY

MEDICS AND THEN IN THE DAYS

THAT FOLLOW SAID --

I HAVE A NEW NICKNAME. I

DON'T KNOW WHY GOD CHOSE ME .

I AM HUMBLE AND THANKFUL THAT

HE CHOSE AND USE ME FOR HIS

GLORY. HE DID THAT FOR ME, OF

COURSE, NATURALLY, HE BROUGHT

ME BACK, BUT HE DID THAT FOR

PEOPLE WHO WERE IN CHURCH THAT

THEY. EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN

CHURCH THAT DAY THAT WITNESSED

THAT, THEY BECAME PART OF THAT

MIRACLE.

OUT LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT

SAID THAT RICK WAS LIKE A

PICTURE OF THE CHURCH AND GOD

WANTS TO AWAKEN HIS CHURCH

BECAUSE A SLEEPING CHURCH

CANNOT IMPACT CULTURE.

I -- TO HELP A WORLD THAT

IS HURTING.

IT STRENGTHENS MY FAITH.

THERE ARE DAYS YOU WAKE UP AND

YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT IS MY

PURPOSE? WHEN SOMETHING LIKE

THAT HAPPENS, THAT IS YOUR

PURPOSE. THAT IS YOUR CALLING.

THAT IS WHERE GOD PUTS YOU. I

DID NOTHING THAT DAY. I CALLED

FOR RESCUE. I AM GLAD I WAS

HERE. I'M GLAD MY FRIEND IS

OKAY.

IT WAS ALL GOD.

MENTALLY, I HAVE CHANGED.

IT GAVE ME A NEW LEASE ON HOW

I SEE THINGS. WE ARE HERE FOR

A PURPOSE.

I BELIEVE GOD CAN DO

ANYTHING. ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE TO THEM THAT BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE

AND STRENGTHENING THEIR FAITH

IN WHAT GOD CAN DO AND I

BELIEVE THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE

A PLACE WHERE ANYTHING CAN

HAPPEN. IT JUST REINFORCED THE

IDEA THAT GOD IS BIG AND GOD

IS SUPERNATURAL. AND GOD IS

BIGGER THAN ANY BOX OR ANY

LIMITATION I CAN PLACE ON HIM.

THAT HE WANTS TO DO EXCEEDINGLY

OF LOVE ALL AND I CAN'T

IMAGINE -- I CAN IMAGINE. IF

YOU CAN USE ME, AND THE PERSON

I AM, WITH ALL THE FAULTS I

HAVE, THEN HE CAN USE

ANYBODY. HE CAN USE YOU. YOU

CAN BE USED . IF A USER, IT

WILL NEVER BE BAD. IT WILL

ALWAYS BE FOR GOOD.

HEARS THE GREAT AMAZING

FACTS. HE WANTS TO USE YOU.

HE WANTS TO HEAL YOU. HE WANTS

TO RESTORE YOU. HE WANTS TO

FORGIVE YOU. HE WANTS TO DO

ALL OF THESE THINGS. BECAUSE

THAT IS WHO HE IS. WHEN YOU

UNDERSTAND HIS PERSONALITY,

AND HIS NAME IS A DESCRIPTION

OF HIS PERSONALITY, THEN, YOU

GET MORE FAITH. NOW, OVER --

TO RISE FROM THE DEAD BECAUSE

THEY HAD A POLICE OFFICER

LOOK FOR A PULSE AND COULDN'T

FIND ONE. THE TRAINED POLICE

OFFICER LOOKED FOR BREATH,

COULDN'T FIND IT. HE IS LAID

OUT ON THE FLOOR AND EMTs ARE

ON THEIR WAY. THE CHURCH

STARTED TO PRAY. AND THE

PASTOR GIVES YOU THE KEY. THEY

BELIEVED GOD. THEY DIDN'T

BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE SEEING

WITH THEIR EYES, THEIR EYES

WERE TELLING THEM RICK WAS

DEAD. THE PULSE WAS TELLING

THEM RICK WAS DEAD. THE LACK

OF BREATHLESS TELLING THEM RICK

WAS DEAD, BUT GOD SAID NO. YOU

ARE GOING TO HAVE LIFE AND

LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY. THEY

BELIEVED GOD. NOW, HOW DO YOU

GET A MIRACLE? JESUS SAYS IT

VERY PLAINLY. HE WALKS US

THROUGH THE STEPS IN MARK 11.

HAVE FAITH IN GOD. DON'T HAVE

FAITH IN YOUR PRAYER . DON'T

HAVE FAITH AND HOW GOOD RICK IS

AND ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

MISSING IF RICK IS NOT AROUND.

I FASTED 40 DAYS OR WHATEVE

THOSE THINGS ARE, DON'T HAVE

FAITH IN ANY OF THAT. HAVE

FAITH IN GOD THAT HE IS WHO HE

SAYS HE IS. AND THEN, IF YOU

DO NOT DOUBT IN YOUR HEART,

AND YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART

THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU ARE

ASKING FOR, THEN YOU WILL HAVE

IT. IF THERE IS ONE THING TO

DOUBT IN THIS WORLD AND THAT

IS YOUR DOUBT, DON'T LET YOUR

DOUBTS CROWD OUT THE GOSPEL .

THE GOOD NEWS. DON'T LET IT

CROWDED OUT. HOW DO YOU GET

THESE THINGS WHERE YOU DON'T

HAVE ANY DOUBT? BECAUSE THAT IS

A PROBLEM FOR SOME PEOPLE. I

KEEP THINKING, WELL I'VE GOT TO

BE REAL HERE. HERE IS HOW YOU

DO IT. YOU PRAY IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. THIS ISN'T SOME MAGICAL

INCANTATION. WHAT YOU DO IS YOU

SAY TO YOURSELF, HE IS THE

SAVIOR. HE IS THE HEALER. HE IS

THE DELIVERER. IS THE

PROVIDER. HE IS MY

RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE IS ALL OF

THESE THINGS. AND WHEN YOU

START CYCLING THROUGH HIS

NAMES AND START TO UNDERSTAND

THE NAMES ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF

HIS PERSONALITY, AND IF THAT

IS WHO HE IS AND HE IS IN ME,

THAT I AM ALL -- I HAVE ALL THE

FAITH I NEED. TODAY, LET JESUS

BE YOUR FAITH. LET HIM BE YOUR

ALL AND ALL. LOOK AT HIM , THE

AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR

FAITH. THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE

FAITH THAT YOU NEED. NOW,

TERRY AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU

BUT BEFORE WE DO, WE HAVE SOME

OTHER MIRACLE STORIES.

TESTIMONY ENCOURAGED PEOPLE.

WHAT YOU SAW WAS AMAZING

TESTIMONY AND HERE ARE SOME

MORE. I WANT TO AFFIRM WITH YOU

WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR OTHERS,

HE WILL DO FOR YOU. ALL YOU

HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE. HERE IS

ONE COMMON EMAIL. I STARTED

HAVING ISSUES WITH MY LEFT-HAND

RING FINGER LOCKING UP ALL OF A

SUDDEN. THEN MY RIGHT HAND

STARTED MIRRORING THE SAME

ISSUE. TWO WEEKS AGO THEY

STARTED FEELING SEVERE PAIN.

THEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24th,

SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAD

NEUROPATHY IN HER HAND, BUT

NOW, IT IS NUMBNESS IN YOUR

FINGERS AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO

FEEL THE TINGLING COME BACK AS

GOD RESTORES YOUR TOUCH AND

YOUR ABILITY TO FEEL WITHOUT

INTERRUPTION IN JESUS' NAME. I

STARTED CRYING AND I RECEIVED

THAT AND I STARTED FEELING THE

PAIN AND NUMBNESS GO AWAY. GOD

HAD HEALED MY HANDS.

PRAISE THE LORD. THAT'S

AWESOME. GORDON, THIS ONE

COMES BY PHYLLIS. IT SAYS IN

NOVEMBER 2019, I WAS INJURED IN

A TERRIBLE WALL. DOCTORS TOLD

ME I NEEDED AND REPLACEMENT

SURGERY. ON AUGUST 2nd OF THIS

YEAR, GORDON SAID, PUT YOUR

HANDS ON THE AREA YOU NEED

HEALING. I TOUCHED MY LEFT

ANKLE AND GORDON PRAYED AND I

WAS HEALED. I WAS SO GRATEFUL.

WE ARE GOING TO DO EXACTLY

WHAT PHYLLIS DID. AN ACT OF

FAITH IS LAYING YOUR HAND ON

THAT AREA OF THE BODY THAT

NEEDS HEALING. WE WILL PRAY IN

THE NAME OF JESUS. WE WILL PRAY

IN HIS NAME AS HEALER, AS

RESTORE, AS DELIVERER. WE WILL

ASK IN PLACE AT HAND . SO DO

THAT. LAY A HAND ON THAT AREA

THAT NEEDS HEALING. TERRY AND

I WILL AGREE WITH YOU. THE

BIBLE SAYS, IF TWO OR MORE

AGREE TOUCHIN ANYTHING, SO YOU

TOUCH AND WE WILL BEAT YOUR

TWO OR MORE AND GOD WILL DO

ALL THE REST. LET'S PRAY. LORD

GOD ALMIGHTY WE COME TO YOU.

WE PRAY IN YOUR NAME. FOR YOUR

NAME IS HEALER. YOUR NAME IS

RIGHTEOUSNESS. YOUR NAME IS

DELIVERER. YOUR NAME IS

PROVIDER. YOUR NAME , YOUR NAME

IS ABOVE ALL NAMES. SO, WE

JOIN WITH YOU, WE LOOK TO YOU,

AND WE STRETCH FORTH OUR HAND

TO TOUCH NOW AND WE AGREE AND

WE SAY OUT LOUD, BE HEALED

NOW. IN JESUS' NAME. BY THE

STRIVES OF THE RISEN SAVIOR, I

AM HEALED . I AM DELIVERED. I

AM RESTORED. NOW. PAIN HAS NO

DOMINION OVER ME. ILEUS --

ILLNESS HAS NO DOMINION OVER

ME. SICKNESS HAS NO DOMINION.

IN JESUS' NAME, I HAVE

HISTAMINE NOW. KINGDOM OF GOD,

CALM, WILL OF GOD, BE DONE IN

MY BODY. AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME .

AMEN. TERRY, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU

SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE HAD SUCH CONFUSION

MENTALLY, BUT BEYOND THE

CONFUSION, FEAR. I DON'T KNOW

IF IT WAS YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR

FATHER HAD A LOT OF DEMENTIA

BEFORE PASSING AND NOW YOU ARE

AFRAID IT HAS COME TO YOU WE

REVIEWED THAT SPIRIT OF FEAR IN

JESUS' NAME. IT IS OFF OF YOU

NOW AND YOU ARE THINKING

CLEARLY. YOU DON'T HAVE

DEMENTIA, NOR WILL YOU HAVE

DEMENTIA. GOD HAS SET YOU FREE

FROM ALL OF THAT IN JESUS'

NAME.

SOMEONE'S GOT DIFFICULTIES

WALLOWING IN WITH DIAGNOSED

WITH PROBLEMS WITH THEIR

ESOPHAGUS. THE LINING OF YOUR

ESOPHAGUS. IT'S JUST IRRITATING

AND CAUSES SORT OF A CONSTANT

LOW-LEVEL PAIN. BUT IF YOU TRY

TO EAT, IT IS LITERALLY

IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU. GOD IS

HEALING THAT ESOPHAGUS NOW. HE

IS HEALING YOU FROM THE TOP OF

YOUR HEAD TO THE SOLES OF YOUR

FEET. HE DELIVERED NOW. IN

JESUS' NAME. NEXT SOMEONE ELSE

HAS ISSUES WITH ASTHMA AS WELL.

JUST, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF

YEAR AND THE COMING FALL AND

MOISTURE, GOD IS TAKING THAT

AWAY FROM YOU RIGHT NOW. TAKE

A DEEP, DEEP HER BREATH. NO

COUGHING, NO IRRITATION. GOT

TO SETTING YOU FREE FROM THAT

IN JESUS' NAME.

IF YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH

YOUR LOWER SINUS IN YOUR RIGHT

CHEEK, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS

HAPPENED, BUT SOMEHOW OR

ANOTHER, YOU WOULD HAVE SOME

KIND OF CHEMICAL OR SOME KIND

OF CHEMICAL WENT INTO THAT.

YOU HAVE HAD BONE LOSS AND

DETERIORATION OF THE SINUS AND

IT HAS A ACTED YOUR UPPER

TEETH. GOD IS HEALING YOU. HE

IS RESTORING BONE TO YOU. HE IS

RESTORING YOUR LOOK. HE IS

RESTORING EVERYTHING

CONCERNING IT. YOU JUST FELT

THAT GO INTO YOUR RIGHT CHEEK.

IN JESUS' NAME, BE HEALED AND

BE MADE WHOLE.

SOMEONE ELSE IS HARBORING

BITTERNESS AGAINST PEOPLE WHO

HAVE DONE YOU WRONG. IT WAS

AWFUL FOR YOU . IT HAS CHANGE

YOUR LIFE AT THIS POINT. GOD IS

INVITING YOU TO FREEDOM.

FORGIVE, REACH UP RIGHT NOW

AND GRAB HOLD OF THAT FREEDOM

AS JESUS FORGAVE YOU, BE SET

FREE IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN I

THINK THIS IS A GENERAL WORK

FOR EVERYONE. I HAVE THE SENSE

THAT THERE IS THIS JOKE ON YOUR

BACK AND IT HAS TO DO WITH

THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO

YOU IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE

STRUGGLED WITH FORGIVENESS

BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF

WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S LIKE A

BURDEN OVER YOU. HIS BURDEN

IS LIGHT. HIS YOKE IS EASY --

HE CAN TAKE THAT OFF YOU AND

LET HIM -- JUST LIFT YOUR

HANDS TO HIM AND SAY, JESUS, I

CAN'T DO THIS, BUT YOU SURE

CAN. HELP ME WITH THIS. HELP ME

WALK THROUGH TO WHERE YOU ARE.

GUIDE ME, LEAD ME, DIRECT ME IN

THE WAY TO GO. BE MY SHEPHERD

TO LEAD ME INTO GREEN PASTURES

BESIDE STILL WATERS THAT

THERE IS NO MORE TURBULENCE IN

MY SOUL. LET EVERYTHING BE

STILL AND PEACEFUL AND

FORGIVEN. I CAN'T DO THIS. YOU

CAN DO IT. DO IT FOR ME NOW.

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

SHARE YOUR GOOD REPORT BY

CALLING US 1-800-700-7000 . IF

YOU NEED PRAYER OR SOMEONE TO

AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER, WE

ARE HERE FOR YOU AND WE ARE

HERE FOR YOU 24 HOURS A DAY,

ADVANTAGE OF THIS ONE TIME

OFFER. ONCE THEY ARE GONE,

THEY ARE GONE FOR GOOD.

> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON.

TWO MORE COUNTRIES ARE

ESTABLISHING EMBASSIES TO

ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM. PAPUA

NEW GUINEA WILL OPEN IT IN THE

-- EMBASSY AND THE PRIME

MINISTER OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

ISLAND NATION WILL ATTEND.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA IS A SECOND

COUNTRY IN THREE DAYS TO

ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

AN ASSUMED -- IN JERUSALEM.

SIERRA LEONE PRIME MINISTER

SAID THEY WOULD ALSO LIVE THERE

EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV. SIX

COUNTRIES WILL NOW HAVE

EMBASSIES IN ISRAEL'S CAPITAL

INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.

MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE HEARD

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

PREACH SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN

FRANKLIN GRAHAM RETURNED TO

THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH HIS

GOD LOVES YOU TOUR. CHRISTIANS

FROM LONDON AREA CHURCHES

PARTNERED WITH BILLY GRAHAM

EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION FOR

THE OUTREACH AND HE TWEETED, I

THINK GOD FOR THE HUNDRED WHO

CAME FORWARD TO TURN FROM THEIR

SIN AND PUT THE IN TRUST IN

JESUS CHRIST. THEIR LIVES ARE

CHANGED FOR ETERNITY. AFTER

PREACHING, HE IS SCHEDULED TO

SHARE THE GOSPEL IN GERMANY AND

ITALY LATER THIS FALL. YOU CAN

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GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

> WE ARE KIND OF CHUCKLING

WITH THE LEAD-IN TO THIS,

RELAXIUM SLEEP, BECAUSE THE

QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE

TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT?

WELL, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. OVER

40% SAY THEY RARELY GET A GOOD

NIGHTS SLEEP. THE DOCTOR YOU

ARE ABOUT TO MEET USED TO BE

ONE OF THEM.

Reporter: OUR SOCIETY

PRAISES BUSYNESS SAYS DR.

SAUNDRA DALTON-SMITH. SHE

BELIEVES WE CANNOT BE

EFFECTIVE IN LIFE WITHOUT TRUE

REST. SHE SAYS THERE IS MUCH

MORE TO REST THAN SLEEPING. SHE

HAS IDENTIFIED SEVEN TYPES OF

PRESENTLY MENTAL, SPIRITUAL,

AND SENSORY. HER LATEST BOOK,

"SACRED REST" EXPLAINS HOW TO

GET COMPLETE REST AND BEAT THE

FATIGUE THE PLAGUE SO MANY OF

US.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB DR. SAUNDRA DALTON-SMITH,

THE AUTHOR OF "SACRED REST."

LET'S START I TALKING A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO

BE BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR OWN

STORY THAT INITIATED THIS . HOW

DID YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE

YOU REALIZE YOU NEEDED TO

CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND SOMETHING

NEEDED TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT

KIND OF REST?

I BURNED OUT IN THE MIDDLE

OF BEING A MOM AND WORKING FULL

TIME AS AN INTERNAL MEDICINE

PHYSICIAN. I REMEMBER COMING

HOME ONE DAY PICKING UP MY KIDS

FROM SCHOOL AND I LAID OUT ON

THE FLOOR AND NEEDED A MOMENT

TO MYSELF AND IF FELT LIKE THE

FIRST TIME GOD HAD SPOKEN TO MY

HEART. AT THAT MOMENT WHAT I

THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING WAS, THIS

IS THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER

WIRED TO ME ABOUT IT.

YOUR HUSBAND CAME HOME AND

HE JUST THOUGHT, WHY ARE YOU

LAYING ON THE FLOOR? AND THE

TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW. I DON'T

THINK WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE IS

UNUSUAL, DO YOU?

I DON'T SO EITHER. AT THE

TIME I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT IT

WAS BUT THE MORE I STARTED

TREATING PEOPLE AND HEARING

STORIES, IT IS A PANDEMIC OF

YOUR OWN TREND OF ITS OWN.

YOU SAY THAT "SLEEP IS NOT

THE FOUNDATION OF REST, BUT THE

BY-PRODUCT OF REST." WHAT DO

YOU MEAN BY THAT?

SACRED REST IS RETURNING

BACK TO WHERE WE HAVE RESPECT

FOR REST. SO MANY OF US, WE

THINK WORK IS WHAT IS MOST

IMPORTANT SO WE PUT ALL OF OUR

ENERGY INTO THE WORKING UNTIL

WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE THE

WORK IS NOT COMING FROM THE

BEST PARTS OF OURSELVES.

WE MENTIONED IN THE INTRO

YOU DESCRIBED SEVEN DIFFERENT

TYPES OF REST.

THEY INCLUDE PHYSICAL,

MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL,

CREATIVE, -- IT DEPENDS ON

WHERE YOU ARE SPENDING ENERGY

FOR A LOT OF US, WE EXPEND

ENERGY IN CERTAIN AREAS AND

THAT IS THE AREA YOU ARE MOST

LIKELY TO GET A REST DEFICIT.

PEOPLE CAN'T QUIET THEIR BRAINS

AT NIGHT TO GO TO SLEEP AND THE

LACK OF REST ENDS UP AFFECTING

THEIR ABILITY TO GET HIGH

QUALITY SLEEP.

I THINK I GET PRETTY GOOD

SLEEP BUT I FIND WHEN I THINK

ABOUT BEFORE I GO TO BED HAS A

LOT TO DO WITH HOW WELL I GO TO

SLEEP. YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT

SOME ANSWERS AND ONE THING YOU

SAY IS BOUNDARIES ARE

IMPORTANT. THAT WAS SURPRISING

TO ME. TALK ABOUT BOUNDARIES

AND WHY YOU SEE THEM AS

SIGNIFICANT TO OUR REST.

OUR LACK OF BOUNDARIES IS

WHAT ADDS TO OUR PROBLEMS. WE

SAY YES TO THINGS WE SHOULD SAY

NO TO YOU. -- SO, I THINK WE

HAVE TO BE AWARE OF HOW

BOUNDARIES AFFECT OUR ABILITY

TO HAVE ROOM SPACE IN OUR LIFE

WHAT ABOUT RESTORATIVE

REST?

THAT IS WHAT REST IS. OFTEN

TIMES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REST,

WE THINK ABOUT STOPPING, REST

IS ABOUT RESTORATION AND BEING

POURED BACK INTO. IF WE JUST

STOP, THAT DOESN'T LOOK THE

DEFICITS.

HOW DOES FAITH PLAY A PART

IN ALL OF THIS? GOD WANTS TO

REJUVENATE US AND POUR BACK

INTO US AND WANTS US TO BE

RESTED AND LIVE OUR BEST LIFE.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS THE

FOUNDATION OF THE BOOK. THE

BOOK STARTED OUT WITH ME GOING

TO ISAIAH -- BUT THAT LAST

SENTENCE, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE

NONE OF IT, THAT IS WHAT GOT ME

LOOKING INTO THE SCRIPTURE AND

SHARING IT AS IT RELATES TO THE

SCIENCE. I BELIEVE BOTH ARE

IMPORTANT AND THEY GIVE US A

FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT THIS

REALLY MEANS.

DO WE FIND TOO MUCH OF OUR

VALUE, TOO MUCH OF OUR

IDENTITY IN WHAT WE DO SO WE

ARE UNWILLING TO BREATHE

DEEPLY AND TAKE A REST?

THANK THAT IS A BIG PART FOR

A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE OUR

WORTH WRAPPED UP IN OUR WORK

INSTEAD OF OUR WORTH WRAPPED UP

IN JESUS. WE FIND OURSELVES

STRIVING AND I OFTEN TIMES

THINK WHAT WAS DOING WHILE GOD

WAS RESTING . THEY WERE

RESTING. I THINK WE NEED TO

RECOGNIZE IT IS SET UP IN SUCH

A WAY, EVEN FROM THE VERY

BEGINNING, WE DON'T WORK TO

EARN OUR BEST, WE ARE TO WORK

FROM UP PLACE OF REST AND FROM

THAT WE CAN FLOW TO A LEVEL OF

REALLY POURING OUT THE BEST WE

HAVE INTO THE WORLD

AND FINDING OUR PLACE AND

PURPOSE IN ALL APPEARED WHAT

IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE WE MAKE,

DO YOU THINK?

THINKING THAT SLEEP AND

REST ARE THE SAME. SOMETIMES

THE REST YOU NEED IS EMOTIONAL

REST. UNI-PEOPLE WHERE YOU CAN

SHARE YOUR FEELINGS. SOMETIMES

IT IS SPIRITUAL REST AND

SOMETIMES IT IS CREATIVE REST.

I WANT TO SAY TO PEOPLE, WE

HAVE SKIMMED THE SURFACE OF THE

INFORMATION IN THIS . I THINK

IT IS REALLY APPLICABLE FOR

MOST OF US. THE BOOK IS CALLED

"SACRED REST." IT IS

EVERYTHING IS BACK ON THE MENU.

SCHEDULE A FREE CONSULTATION.

> BERTHA'S HOUSE WAS

DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF A

VICIOUS TORNADO. ONCE I WAS

TORN UP AND THE ROOF WAS BLOWN

OPEN WATER AND DEBRIS WERE

EVERYWHERE. BERTHA DIDN'T

THINK HER HOUSE WAS

SALVAGEABLE, THANKS TO YOU,

HER HOUSE IS NOT BETTER THAN

EVER.

Reporter: BERTHA IS A WIDOW

WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN

KENTUCKY FOR 60 YEARS.

A LOT OF MEMORIES. PEOPLE

DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE GOT

UNTIL THEY LOSE IT.

Reporter: SHE WAS TAKING

SHELTER WITH HER DAUGHTER WHEN

IN EF-3 TORNADO WENT OVER HER

HOUSE.

IT WAS SCARY. IT WAS A

MESS. IT TORE ONE SIDE ALL

UP. BROKE THE WINDOWS OUT. IT

BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE FRONT

PART OF IT AND MOST OF IT HAS

HOLES IN IT WHERE THE WATER

WAS COMING THROUGH. DOWN THE

WALLS AND EVERYTHING. I DIDN'T

THINK IT COULD BE FIXED. IT

WAS GONE.

Reporter: ONE AND OPERATION

BLESSING TEAM FOUND OUT ABOUT

BERTHA, WE KNEW WE HAD TO HELP

HER.

THEY FIXED IT AND THEN

SOMEBODY CAME IN AND GOT IT

FIXED. IT WAS A MIRACLE.

Reporter: WE REPLACE THE

WINDOWS, FLOORING AND CABINETS

AND REPAIR THE WALLS , THEN WE

BROUGHT IN NEW FURNITURE TO

REPLACE WHAT WAS DAMAGED.

BERTHA COULD NOT BELIEVE THE

TRANSFORMATION.

IT JUST FELT REAL GOOD.

THEY FIXED IT IN MADE IT NEW

AGAIN. YOU COULDN'T TELL

ANYTHING HAPPEN TO IT. I

DIDN'T THINK IT COULD BE FIXED.

IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE IS

GRATEFUL TO ANYONE WHO

GENEROUSLY GAVE TO OPERATION

BLESSING AND MADE IT ALL

POSSIBLE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY

FOR WHAT THEY DID . FIXING

EVERYTHING. Y'ALL HAVE DONE

WONDERS TO THE SOUTH.

YOU DID GREAT WONDERS TO

THAT HOUSE. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER

OF THE 700 CLUB, A PORTION OF

EVERY GIFT YOU GIVE GOES INTO

OPERATION BLESSING TO MAKE

SURE WE HAVE DISASTER RELIEF

TEAMS, MEDICAL TEAMS,

LIVELIHOOD TEAMS, ALL DOING

GOOD WORK AROUND THE WORLD TO

HELP PEOPLE IN TIME OF NEED. TO

EXTEND VERY TANGIBLE HELP .

SO, IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER, I

INVITE YOU TO JOIN. JUST CALL

1-800-700-7000. IF YOU ARE

ALREADY A MEMBER, I ENCOURAGE

YOU TO INCREASE. JUST SAY, I

WANT TO BE A 700 CLUB GOLD

MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO DO THE

1000 CLUB. WHAT EVER LEVEL,

CALL US NOW. TREND NUMBER

1-800-700-7000. WE HAVE TIME

FOR SOME EMAILS.

THIS FIRST ONE COMES FROM

ELIZABETH. I NEVER KNOW WHAT

TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE HAS DIED IN

THEY ARE NOW IN ANGEL WATCHING

OVER THEM. I KNOW IT GIVES THEM

COMFORT TO KNOW THAT. -- OR

CERTAIN IMAGE THEY SEE IN A

ROCK WORK CLOUD. SHOULD I TRY

TO CORRECT THEIR THINKING OR

JUST LET IT GO? THESE ARE

MOSTLY CHRISTIANS WHO JUST

DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLE VERY

WELL. OTHERS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS

BUT WANT TO MAKE UP COMFORTING

SCENARIOS.

ARE YOU CORRECT THAT

PEOPLE BECOME ANGELS? THE

ANSWER IS NO. IT IS QUITE CLEAR

IN THE BIBLE THAT ANGELS AND

HUMAN BEINGS ARE ENTIRELY

DIFFERENT. YOU DON'T CROSSOVER

IF YOU WILL AND BECOME AN

ANGEL. BUT IN TERMS OF

CORRECTION, GOD DOESN'T HAVE A

POLICE FORCE , IF THAT MAKES

ANY SENSE TO YOU. PEOPLE

SHOULDN'T BE GOING AROUND

SAYING, I AM HERE TO CORRECT

HER DOCTRINE. IF YOU ARE IN

AUTHORITY OVER SOMEONE, THEN

YES, IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO

RAISE THEM UP. TO INSTRUCT THEM

IN THE COMMANDMENTS AND HOW

GOD HAS ARRANGED THE UNIVERSE

AND THEIR THINKING PROCESSES

CLEAR BUT THEIR BELIEF IS

CLEAR AND IT WILL NOT BE UPSET

IF YOU RAISE UP A CHILD IN

THIS. YOU WON'T DEPART FROM IT

LATER IN LIFE. THESE ARE THINGS

THAT IF YOU HAVE THE

AUTHORITY, OKAY. YOU HAVE

PERMISSION FROM GOD TO APPLY

CORRECTION . I WOULD ENCOURAGE,

IF YOU DON'T, GOD BLESS YOU AND

THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD

BEST BE LEFT UNSAID. HERE'S A

WORD FROM PSALM 27:13. I

WOULD HAVE LOST HEART, UNLESS I

HAD BELIEVED THAT I WOULD SEE