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The 700 Club - September 13, 2023

A mom prepares to battle cancer with a spirit of no surrender. See the miracle that blows the doctors away on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


WELL, WELCOME THE 700 CLUB A

BUDGET BATTLE AND AN

IMPEACHMENT.

WELL, THAT'S THE SEPTEMBER

AGENDA FOR THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES.

SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY

ANNOUNCED THE INQUIRY INTO

PRESIDENT JOE ROLE IN HIS

FAMILY'S BUSINESS DEALINGS.

MEANWHILE THE GOVERNMENT ALSO

FACING A POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN.

CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT MATT

GALLAGHER REPORTS.

WELL, SUMMER BREAK INDEED OVER

HERE ON CAPITOL HILL AND

THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING BACK TO

WORK.

SPEAKER MCCARTHY'S ANNOUNCEMENT

YESTERDAY COULD ACTUALLY BE

VIEWED AS A WAY TO TRY AND GET

SOME MORE REPUBLICANS ON BOARD

TO ADDRESS SEPTEMBER'S OTHER

BIG ISSUE AVOIDING A GOVERNMENT

SHUTDOWN.

THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE

OF POWER OBSTRUCTION AND

CORRUPTION AND THEY WEREN'T

FURTHER INVESTED GATION BY THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MCCARTHY CALLED ON COMMITTEE

HEADS TO FORMALLY START THE

PROCESS OF MOVING TOWARD A

POTENTIAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT

JOE BIDEN.

REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO

MAKE THE CASE THAT BIDEN USED

HIS POWER AS THEN VICE

PRESIDENT TO INFLUENCE BUSINESS

DEALS FOR HIS SON HUNTER.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW

THAT THE PUBLIC OFFICES ARE FOR

SALE AND THAT THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IS BEING USED TO

COVER UP THE ACTIONS OF A

POLITICALLY ASSOCIATED FAMILY.

WHILE NO HARD EVIDENCE BEEN

PRODUCED SO FAR BY THE HOUSE

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,

REPUBLICANS, IT COULD COME OUT

IN THE INQUIRY.

I DO EXPECT THEM TO OPEN AN

INQUIRY IF FOR NO OTHER REASON

TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE MORE

COOPERATION IN TERMS OF GETTING

THE FACTS.

AND IF THEY DECIDE TO DO THAT

I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO IMPEACH A

PRESIDENT YOU SHOULD HAVE AN

INQUIRY.

THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T DO THAT.

BUT I THINK THE WAY TO MAKE AN

INQUIRY LEGITIMATE IS TO HAVE A

VOTE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU

SHOULD HAVE ONE AT ALL RATHER

THAN JUST THE LEADERSHIP

DECIDING.

SPEAKER MCCARTHY VOWED TO

CALL A FLOOR VOTE IF IT GETS TO

THAT POINT.

THIS IS ALL HAPPENING.

CONGRESS FACES AN END OF MONTH

DEADLINE TO CONTINUE FUNDING

THE GOVERNMENT OR FACE A

POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN.

SOME REPUBLICANS WANT TIGHTER

BORDER SECURITY AND TO PARTS

OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S ALSO A DEBATE OVER

WHETHER UKRAINE AID SHOULD BE

INCLUDED IN THAT FUNDING BILL.

THE SPEAKER'S IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY COULD BE A WAY TO MEND

WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSHING

MCCARTHY TO NOT GIVE ANY GROUND

TO DEMOCRATS.

FLORIDA'S MATT GAETZ THREATENED

TO CALL FOR REMOVING MCCARTHY

EVEN AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY ANNOUNCEMENT.

I RISE TODAY TO SERVE

NOTICE.

MR. SPEAKER, YOU ARE OUT OF

COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT

THAT ALLOWED YOU TO ASSUME THIS

ROLE.

THE PATH FORWARD FOR THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS TO

EITHER YOU INTO IMMEDIATE TOTAL

COMPLIANCE OR REMOVE YOU

PURSUANT TO A MOTION TO VACATE

THE CHAIR ENGAGE SAYS HE'S

PREPARED TO TAKE MULTIPLE VOTES

FROM MCCARTHY'S REMOVAL IF

THERE IS A PUSH TO PASS A

CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

C.R. IS BASICALLY A ONE MONTH

PATCH TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT

FUNDED SO DEBATES OVER LONG

TERM SPENDING BILLS CAN

CONTINUE.

GORDON OH MATT, LET'S START

WITH THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

SO ARE YOU REPUBLICANS

ACTUALLY UNITED BEHIND THE

SPEAKER ON THIS MOVE?

YES.

SO THIS COMES DOWN TO HOW THE

SPEAKER IS GOING IT RIGHT

CALLING FOR HIS COMMITTEE HEADS

TO START THIS INQUIRY ACTUALLY

SHIELDS A LOT OF HIS MEMBERS

THAT ARE IN BIDEN DISTRICTS

DISTRICTS THAT VOTED FOR THE

THE REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS BUT

VOTED FOR JOE BIDEN FOR

PRESIDENT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY

VOTES YET.

BUT IF IT DOES GET TO A FLOOR

THEN IT COULD GET PRETTY TRICKY

AND SOME OF THOSE MORE

VULNERABLE MEMBERS THEY MIGHT

HAVE TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION.

WELL, IN MANY ARE SUPPORTIVE

OF THE INQUIRY.

WELL, IN THAT TOUGH DECISION

DECISION AND IF YOU'RE IN ONE

OF THOSE SWING DISTRICTS IS IS

THE HOUSE MAJORITY FOR THE

REPUBLIC AT STAKE?

WELL, WITH SUCH A SLIM MAJORITY

YOU COULD PAINT THAT PICTURE.

BUT FOR A LOT OF THE CENTRIST

REPUBLICANS WHO MIGHT BE IN

THOSE BIDEN DISTRICTS, THERE

ARE ALSO MCCARTHY BACKERS.

SO I THE FEELING FROM

LEADERSHIP IS THAT A LOT OF

THESE MEMBERS EVENTUALLY FALL

IN LINE, ESPECIALLY IF MORE

FACTS COME OUT DURING THIS

INQUIRY.

OKAY.

WELL HOW IS THIS GOING TO

AFFECT AN EFFORT TO PASS A

SPENDING BILL KEEP THE

GOVERNMENT OPEN?

WELL, I IF YOU'RE SPEAKER

KEVIN MCCARTHY, YOU'RE HOPING

THAT THE INQUIRY AT LEAST

ASSUAGE SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF

SOME OF THE MORE HARDLINE

MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE MATT GAETZ

IS OF THE WORLD EVEN THOUGH WE

JUST SAW THAT IS FULLY PREPARED

TO CALL THESE VOTES FOR

REMOVAL.

SPEAKER MCCARTHY HAS HAD A

TOUGH YEAR TRYING TO EVERYBODY

TO COALESCE AND GET BEHIND

ISSUES.

YOU GO BACK TO WHEN HE WAS

VOTED IN FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP.

BUT THIS MIGHT BE HIS TOUGHEST

TEST SO FAR.

IT COULD BE A LONG SEPTEMBER ON

CAPITOL HILL.

ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE

A LONG SEPTEMBER.

OUR TOUGH YEAR IS NOT OVER.

WE GOT A FEW MORE MONTHS TO GO

BUT GUESS IS NEXT YEAR IS GOING

TO GET TOUGHER.

WELL, MATT, THANKS FOR YOUR

REPORT AND FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

IN OTHER NEWS, A HIGH STAKES

SUMMIT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE

LEADERS OF NORTH KOREA AND

RUSSIA.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT

STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON JOHN.

THAT IS RIGHT, GORDON KIM

JONG UN MET WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN

IN THE RUSSIAN CITY OF

VLADIVOSTOK.

KIM'S TAKING HIM TO RUSSIA,

RUSSIA'S FAR EAST WHERE HE AND

TOURED A ROCKET LAUNCH SITE FOR

SPACE VEHICLES.

WESTERN BELIEVE PUTIN IS

LOOKING TO GET NORTH KOREAN

WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION FOR ITS

ONGOING ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE.

THE NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR

PLEDGING HIS FULL AND

UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR WHAT

HE CALLED RUSSIA'S SACRED FIGHT

AGAINST UKRAINE DURING FIVE

HOUR MEETING, NORTH KOREA FIRED

TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE

SEA OFF EAST COAST.

PYONGYANG HAS LAUNCHED SEVERAL

CRUISE MISSILES IN RECENT

WEEKS.

WELL, HEARTBREAKING NUMBERS OUT

OF LIBYA WHERE THE TOLL FROM

THE DEVASTATING FLOODS

CONTINUES TO RISE.

MORE THAN 5100 PEOPLE HAVE

REPORTEDLY DIED IN THE

COUNTRY'S EASTERN COASTAL CITY

OF DERNA.

POWERFUL STORM SWEPT THROUGH

THE BRINGING HEAVY RAINS.

THE WATERS OF ONE TWO DAMS AND

FOUR BRIDGES IN DERNA

UNLEASHING FLOODS SUBMERGED

MOST OF THE CITY.

WAVES AS HIGH AS 23 FEET

REPORTEDLY WASHED ENTIRE

NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE SEA.

ONE LOCAL AUTHORITY PREDICTS AS

MANY AS 20,000 PEOPLE MIGHT

HAVE PERISHED IN THE FLOODS.

WELL, IN NEARBY OPERATION

BLESSING CONTINUES TO DELIVER

RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF LAST

FRIDAY'S EARTHQUAKE.

ALTHOUGH MANY LOST NEARLY

EVERYTHING THE, TEAMS ARE

BRINGING THEM HELP AND HOPE.

CBN'S CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE

THE LATEST FROM THE QUAKE ZONE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY

VILLAGES OUTSIDE OF MARRAKESH

ABOUT AN HOUR'S DRIVE.

YOU CAN SEE ME HOW DESTRUCTIVE

THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN AND

NOW BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF

AFTERSHOCKS, MANY OF THE PEOPLE

IN THIS REGION ARE LIVING IN

TENTS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

ON OUR WAY TO THESE OUTLYING

VILLAGES, CBN NEWS SAW

THOUSANDS OF THOSE PEOPLE IN

TENTS IN THE VILLAGE OF IBN

HUSEIN.

WE SPOKE WITH FORTNER WHO

LOST HER HUSBAND IN THE

EARTHQUAKE.

HER

AND HER HOME IS NOW THE RUBBLE

YOU SEE BEHIND HER.

SO MY HUSBAND DIED AND THE

WHOLE VILLAGE HAS BEEN

DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND

I WAS SHOCKED.

ARE ROCKS ON THE MOUNTAIN SO

THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO

BUILD HOUSES.

THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO

BUILD A HOUSE IN THIS AREA

ANYMORE.

AS NIGHT FELL.

OPERATION BLESSING BEGAN A FOOD

DISTRIBUTION TO MANY OF THESE

NOW HOMELESS MOROCCANS READY TO

MOVE VERY LITTLE IF ANY RELIEF

IS REACH SOME OF THESE OUTLYING

VILLAGES.

THAT'S WHY OPERATION BLESSING

IS HERE TO PROVIDE FOOD.

SOLAR LAMPS THERE'S NO

ELECTRICITY AND HOPE FOR THE

FUTURE OF OUR SERVICEMEN AND

WOMEN WHO SHOT THERE IS NOT A

LOT OF GROUND TO PUT ON FOR.

IT'S JUST REALLY HUMBLING

BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT THAT OUR

DONORS HAVE GONE TO GIVE US THE

OPPORTUNITY TO BE INSTRUMENTS

OF LOVE HERE IN MOROCCO BUT

ALSO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE AND

HEAR THEIR STORIES LOSS AND THE

DEVASTATION AND START TO BRING

THAT HOPE.

IT REALLY TOUCHES YOU IN YOUR

HEART THE HEARTBEAT OF MANY OF

THESE RELIEF OPERATIONS BY

OPERATION BLESSING THE

VOLUNTEERS WHO COME TO GIVE

THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO BRING

AND HELP TO THESE PEOPLE IN

NEED.

MICHAEL, YOU'VE GOT TO FLASH

REAL GOOD.

A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT A LOT OF

THEM HAVE DEEPER TIES LOCALLY

THAN WE DO.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN

MOROCCO.

SO HAVING PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE

CULTURE, WHO KNOW THE PEOPLE

WHO KNOW THE LANGUAGE CAN

REALLY HELP US CONNECT AND MAKE

THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE REALLY

IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE WHEN

YOU'RE OUT HERE TRYING TO

DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE.

VOLUNTEERS LIKE LEILA AND

SUE HERE, THEY REALLY NEED THAT

BASIC THING AND WE ARE VERY

BLESSED AND HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO

HELP HERE.

THEY ARE THANKFUL, VERY

GRATEFUL, VERY BLESSED AND WE

CAN FEEL THE BLESSING IS COMING

IN THROUGH THIS AREA.

THEY NEED SOME PEOPLE TO

ENCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE THEY

HAVE A SHOCK EVEN THE SMALL

SOUND WHICH IS DIFFERENT WITH

THEM.

EVEN WHEN YOU COME TO THEM AND

ENCOURAGE THEM BY WHAT THEY

THEY MAKE THEM VERY VERY HAPPY.

WE JUST WANT TO THANK

EVERYBODY WHO IS DONATING FOR

THIS SPECIAL OPERATION HERE.

WHENEVER LIKE PEOPLE COME TO

THEM WITH AIDS AND HELP THEY

CAN WE CAN SEE LIKE THAT THEY

ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE

AND IT'S MAY IT MAKES A HUGE

DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES AND

PEOPLE FEEL THE JOY TO RECEIVE

THIS AID AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT

THING.

THEY FEEL THEIR LIFE CHANGING

THROUGH THIS.

CHRIS MITCHELL CBN NEWS FROM

THE VILLAGE OF HUSEIN MOROCCO

LIVES WHERE THE NEED IS SO

GREAT GORDON.

THAT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE

THANK YOU GOES TO YOU IF YOU'VE

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPERATION

BLESSING DISASTER RELIEF FUND

IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN

THE RELIEF EFFORT IT'S REAL

SIMPLE CALL US ONE 800 707,000

JUST SAY I WANT TO GIVE TO THE

OPERATION DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

YOU CAN ALSO WRITE TO US AT CBN

CENTER VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

TWO THREE, FOUR, SIX THREE.

YOU TEXT US, I'LL BE D.R.

271777 OR YOU CAN GO TO SEE ME

INCOM THERE'S A PLACE YOU CAN

DESIGNATE YOUR GIVING TO THE

OPERATION BLESSING DISASTER

FUND.

EITHER WAY DO IT RIGHT NOW AND

BE A PART OF HELPING PEOPLE IN

PLATFORMS IN OKLAHOMA THE

MARIJUANA BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

THOUSANDS OF SHOPS HAVE CROPPED

UP SINCE THE STATE LEGALIZED

MEDICAL BACK IN 2018 WHILE THE

INDUSTRY BLOSSOMED BLOSSOMS.

IT'S BEARING BITTER FRUIT

OKLAHOMA HAS SEEN A RISE IN

CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, OVERDOSES

AND CHILD NEGLECT IN RECENT

YEARS.

AND ONE LOCAL SHERIFF IS

WARNING THE REST OF THE NATION

BEFORE YOU LEGALIZE MARIJUANA,

CONSIDER WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.

TARA MESSINA REPORTS FROM

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA.

PERHAPS NO STATE HAS BEEN AS

RADICALLY TRANSFORMED THE

LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL

MARIJUANA AS OKLAHOMA WITH A

NUMBER OF GROWERS AND SELLERS

AND USERS SKYROCKETING ACROSS

THE STATE.

IT'S NO SURPRISE IT'S BEING

CALLED THE WILD OF WEED.

WE DON'T SMOKE MARIJUANA IN

SCHOOLS.

THAT NUMBER ONE HITCH FROM

1969 SOUNDS IRONIC TODAY

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA WHERE YOU

DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO THE

STATE'S 13TH LARGEST CITY IS

NOW SINGING DIFFERENT TUNE.

WE LIKE TO LIVE IN RIGHT AND

FEEL FREE.

THIS BIBLE BELT TOWN OF

37,000 IS NOW A MARIJUANA MECCA

JUST BLEW UP AND GAVE ALL THESE

LICENSES THAT SAND DRIFTING

DOWNWIND AND ENTREPRENEURS

KNOWN AS BIG POPPA AND BOSS

LADY RIDING HIGH THE PROFITS GO

FREE WITH EVERYBODY ALONG.

IF WE HAD A BONG YOU SEE

THEM WITH A BAG IN THEIR HAND

THERE'S A BIG OLD GRIN MEET RON

AND BEE AND EVERSON TO THE

DELIGHT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS PUT

OFF RETIREMENT TO RUN THIS FOUR

HOUR WEED UTOPIA.

CANA OIL SHOW OR COFFEE

THERE'S JUST SO MANY WAYS THAT

PEOPLE CAN GET MEDICATED FOR

ALL OF OUR TERMINAL PATIENTS.

WE OFFER THEM THIS FOR NOTHING.

THERE'S PEOPLE ON THIS FOR

THEIR MEDICINE.

IT'S CLEAR MORE PEOPLE ARE

COUNTING ON IT.

VOTERS HAVE APPROVED A MEASURE

THAT WOULD MAKE THE USE SALE

AND GROWING OF MEDICAL

MARIJUANA LEGAL IN THE STATE

SINCE VOTERS MEDICAL MARIJUANA

IN 2018 BY A DOUBLE DIGIT

MARGIN.

ONE IN TEN OKLAHOMANS CARRY

A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD AND NO

QUALIFYING MEDICAL CONDITION IS

REQUIRED.

THERE'S DOCTORS AND DOCTORS

RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA ALL

ACROSS THE WORLD THEY'LL TELL

YOU SMOKING A JOINT CARE OF

YOUR PROBLEMS THANKS TO HIGH

DEMAND AND LOW LICENSE.

MORE THAN 12,000 BUSINESSES

HAVE POPPED UP IN NEARLY EVERY

OKLAHOMA COUNTY EARNING THE

SOONERS STATE A NEW NICKNAME.

THE HOME AWAY OR THE BOMBS

ARE OFTEN ON THE WAY.

THIS RED REPUBLICAN STATE

HAS BASICALLY TURNED GREEN BY

UP MORE RETAIL MARIJUANA STORES

THAN COLORADO, OREGON AND

WASHINGTON COMBINED ALONG WITH

MORE LICENSED THAN CALIFORNIA.

SOON AS LICENSES WERE BEING

ISSUED AND OPENED, BUSINESSES

WERE BEING OPENED.

EVERYBODY WAS COMPETING FOR

CUSTOMERS.

ALTOGETHER THERE ARE DOZENS

OF MEDICAL AND FARMS IN THE

CITY INCLUDING THIS FORMER

OFFICE TRANSFORMED INTO A GROW

FACILITY IN THE DOWNTOWN

BELIEVED TO BE OPERATED BY THE

CHINESE.

OKLAHOMA HAS 30 TIMES MORE

REGULATED MEDICAL CANNABIS THAN

NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND OF

LICENSED PATIENTS.

THAT IT TOUGH FOR LAW

ENFORCEMENT EASIER FOR ILLICIT

BUSINESSES TO HIDE IN PLAIN.

THESE CHINESE RUN GROW

HOUSES HAVE BECOME VERY COMMON

.

YES THIS IS THE LOCATION OF ONE

OF THE ILLEGAL GROWS THAT OF

BEING SHUT DOWN AND A MONTH AGO

CLOSE

MARIJUANA FARMS ARE OWNED BY

CHINESE NATIONALS.

THEY'RE UP MORE THAN A

MILLION ACRES IN THE HEARTLAND

TO GROW BLACK MARKET WEED.

CALIFORNIA THEY COME FROM

BACK EAST AND I KNOW WHAT

THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

THEY WANT TO BUY ENOUGH MASSIVE

ACREAGE.

THEY PUT THESE CHINESE THESE

MARIJUANA FARMS UP.

THEY WOULD ADVERTISE ON ON MY

MANDARIN WEBSITE SAYING COME TO

OKLAHOMA, GROW.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE

MADE.

OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF IS RACING TO

SMOKE THEM OUT.

SO FAR SEIZING MORE THAN

£600,000 OF PRODUCT.

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BODY.

BODY.

MULTIPLE BODIES.

AGENTS WHO DESCENDED ON THIS

FARM A FEW HOURS FROM MUSKOGEE

FOUND CHINESE WORKERS KILLED

EXECUTION STYLE.

MADE IT LOOK LIKE A THIRD

WORLD COUNTRY WITHOUT THE

LIVING CONDITIONS THEY WERE

LIVING IN AND CHANTIES MADE OUT

OF PLYWOOD, NO RUNNING WATER

AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS

UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS.

TO SLOW THINGS DOWN A TWO

YEAR STATE MORATORIUM ON NEW

LICENSES NOW IN EFFECT.

WE HAVE FENTANYL DEATHS

OFTEN OVERDOSES AND OUR

OFFICERS CARRY NARCAN OBVIOUSLY

TO HELP WITH THAT AND I REALLY

BELIEVE THAT STARTED WITH THE

MARIJUANA ISSUE.

SINCE MEDICAL CAME TO TOWN

IT'S BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY A RISE

IN CRIME.

HOMELESSNESS AND CHILD

NEGLECT CASES.

I WOULD SAY 75 80% OF THE

CARS WE STOP HAVE MARIJUANA AND

IF NOT MORE YOU THINK OKLAHOMA

GOT MORE THAN IT BARGAINED FOR?

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

EVERYBODY NOW THAT THE

UNRESTRICTED BILL THAT WAS

PASSED WAS WAS REALLY A

FAILURE.

AND AFTER YEARS OF MARIJUANA

MOMENTUM, VOTERS HAVE HIT THE

BRAKES.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SHOCK AND

DISAPPOINTMENT AS THE RESULTS

CAME IN RECENTLY REJECTING A

PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE MADE

OKLAHOMA THE 22ND STATE TO

LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

USE.

IS ANYTHING GOOD COME OUT OF

LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL

PURPOSES?

I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO

BENEFIT.

ANY OTHER STATE THAT'S THINKING

ABOUT DOING IT SHOULD COME IN

AND, HANG OUT FOR A WHILE.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP.

AS MUSKOGEE WELL KNOWS, THIS

IS ONE CROP THAT FOREVER

CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE FOR

BETTER OR WORSE IN THE EYE OF

THE BEHOLDER.

I WAS GOING TO YOUR HOME TO

RAISE IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA

TARA MIRJANA CBN NEWS.

WELL UNFORTUNATELY HISTORY

KEEPS REPEATING.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE OPIUM

OF CHINA OR HERE GREAT BRITAIN.

THEY HAD THIS THIS EMPIRE THEY

EVEN CALLED IT THAT THEY WANTED

IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS

THIS GREAT EMPIRE THEY WOULD

TAKE TEA GROWN IN INDIA, THEY

WOULD TAKE SPICES GROWN IN

INDIA AND THEY WOULD SHIP IT

BACK TO GREAT BECAUSE THEY

REALLY LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN THEY GROW A BUNCH OF

OPIUM.

THEY WOULD SHIP THAT TO CHINA.

THEY WOULDN'T LET IT COME INTO

GREAT BRITAIN.

THEY WOULD SHIP IT TO CHINA.

CHINA GOT ADDICTED TO AND THERE

WERE THREE OPIUM WARS.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND

REALIZE THEY WENT TO WAR IN

ORDER.

MAKE SURE THE MARKET IN CHINA

WAS OPEN OPIUM IMPORTS.

THE EMPRESS CHINA GOT REALLY

UPSET, SHE WROTE SHE WROTE A

LETTER TO QUEEN ASKING FOR THIS

HEART TO STOP.

THE LETTER WAS INTERCEPTED WAS

NEVER DELIVERED BECAUSE THERE

WAS MONEY TO BE MADE AND MONEY

TO BE MADE OVER HUMAN

SUFFERING.

THAT'S HAPPENED.

CHINA CALLS IT THEIR LOST

CENTURY.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AMERICA

AND WE'RE SO-CALLED ENLIGHTENED

.

WE'VE GOT A WHOLE NEW WAY AND

THE WAR DRUGS DIDN'T WORK AND

LET'S DECRIMINALIZE.

BUT WE'VE TAKEN IT TO

ANOTHER STAMP WHERE WE'VE MADE

IT FREELY AVAILABLE.

THERE'S A REASON WE CALL IT

DOPE.

IT MAKES YOU.

IT DESTROYS YOUR MEMORY, IT

DESTROYS YOUR AMBITION, IT

DESTROYS YOUR ABILITY TO DO A

LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED IN

LIFE.

AND IF YOU'RE SPENDING ALL YOUR

TIME GETTING HIGH ARE WE IN

AMERICA HEADED TO A LOST

CENTURY?

LET'S NOT REPEAT THIS

HISTORY.

LET'S WAKE TO IT AND REALIZE

THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY

FORWARD.

WELL, BRENDA SCOTT WAS

EXPECTING A GOOD REPORT WHEN

SHE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR FOR A

ROUTINE EXAM.

WHAT SHE GOT WAS ANYTHING

BRENDA COULD HAVE CAVED UNDER

THE FEAR OF HER SCARY PROGNOSIS

.

BUT INSTEAD SHE TURNED TO THE

POWER OF PRAYER PRAYER.

YOU KNOW THE SHOCKING PART FOR

ME WAS JUST HEARING THE WORD

CANCER A ROUTINE DOCTOR'S

APPOINTMENT WOULD END UP AND

DEVASTATE WAITING NEWS.

I HAVE CANCER AND YOUR WIFE

GOES TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT

OR YOURSELF WHOEVER YOU KNOW

YOU WERE HOPING TO GET A

REPORT.

WE DIDN'T GET THAT.

I REMEMBER ASKING WHY GOD, WHY

US?

WHY BRENDA?

WHY OUR AND WHY NOW?

CANCER IS ONE THING BUT YOU

KNOW AND, THEN THE NEXT BREATH

WE FIND OUT THAT IT WAS TRIPLE

NEGATIVE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE

WORST CASE OF CANCERS THERE.

THERE IS.

MY HEART SANK.

I COULDN'T FIND REFERENCE TO

CURE ABILITY THAT AMPED IT UP

EVEN MORE.

MY FEARS MY CONCERNS AS WE

FOUND OUT MORE AND THAT YOU

KNOW TRIPLE NEGATIVE IS ONE OF

THE WORST CANCERS THERE IS AND

CANCER ACTUALLY THERE'S ONLY A

5% PEOPLE THAT GET IT AND THIS

IS NOT A HIGHER SURVIVAL RATE

FOR IT.

BRENDA SOUGHT A SECOND OPINION

AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND HOPE

FROM HER ONCOLOGIST DR.

SHIBLEY.

I TOLD HER THAT THE SAVIOR'S

THE HEALER MAN IS NOT JUST THE

VESSEL AND THAT IF SHE PUTS ALL

HER HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST THE

HEALER HE ALREADY DIED ON THE

CROSS FOR HER.

AND THEN WE NEED TO START

THANKING HIM FOR HER HEALING.

YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE

PRESENCE OF GOD EVEN IN A

CANCER IN HER OFFICE THERE.

AND THAT WAS A GOOD NOT JUST A

GOOD FEELING.

THAT WAS IT.

IT'S LIKE GOD HAD PLACED US

THERE.

BEFORE BRENDA BEGAN 16

TREATMENTS OF AN AGGRESSIVE

CHEMOTHERAPY SHE PREPARED FOR

THE BATTLE.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WHEN I

HAVE THIS WITH THE LORD HE

GIVES ME TACTICS THAT'S GOING

TO HELP ME IN FIGHT.

TODAY THE FIGHT A SONG SHE SAID

OF WITH THE HAIR I WANT TO SEE

HER AND SAVED.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT ON

THE FLOOR IN THE BED IN MY BED

AND WITH THE CHEMO TREATMENTS

AND THAT TO ME LET ME KNOW THAT

SHE'S READY TO HIT THIS.

WE ARE READY.

YES.

I THINK HER BEING ABLE TO THE

EFFECTS OF AN ATTACK IF SHE

WANTED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE

THAT ON WHY NOT SAY IF YOU'RE

GOING TO TAKE IT OR TRY TO TAKE

IT I'LL BEAT YOU TO IT.

IT'LL BE IN THE GAR

IT'S IN YOUR HANDS.

I'M AMY PROW.

WHILE ANTHONY HAD ORIGINALLY

MADE THE VIDEO THEIR FAMILY,

BRENDA FELT GOD CALLING HER TO

POST IT ONLINE.

SO WHENEVER MY STEPBROTHER

UPLOADED THAT OF BIZARRE OUR

EXPERIENCES OF GOING THROUGH A

HAIRCUTTING PARTY IT WAS SUCH A

RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE

COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR FAMILY

AND FRIENDS AND THEN ONWARD

FROM THERE.

AND AT THAT POINT I KNEW

BETWEEN THE DOCTOR BEING A

CHRISTIAN THIS GOING VIRAL SO

TO SPEAK WE KNEW 100% THAT GOD

HAD HIS HAND IN THIS.

THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT REACHED

OUT TO HER THAT SHE HAD NEVER

MET.

THERE GROUPS THANK GOD FOR THE

GROUPS THAT PRAYED.

THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT

RESPOND TO IT AND JUST LIKE

OVERNIGHT.

AND THEN OF COURSE ALL THE

PEOPLE AT THAT POINT TOO WE HAD

ALREADY HAD PRAYING NATIONALLY

AND INTERNATIONALLY ALL OF OUR

FRIENDS FAMILY PASTORS AFTER

RECEIVED HER FIRST TREATMENT

SHE IMMEDIATELY KNEW SHE HEALED

.

SHE TOLD ME DURING THAT

TREATMENT SHE A SHARP STRIKE TO

THE EXACT THAT THEY HAD FOUND A

SPOT ON HER BREASTBONE.

I'M HEALED.

SHE SPOKE IT.

SHE WENT THROUGH FOUR

TREATMENTS.

WANTED TO GET AN ULTRASOUND

BECAUSE WE COULD NO LONGER

LOCATE THE MASS AT ALL.

SHE WENT AND RECEIVED AN

ULTRASOUND.

SHE WAS THERE FOR A VERY LONG

TIME BECAUSE I COULD NO LONGER

LOCATE THE MASS.

EVEN THE DOCTORS WERE BLOWN

AWAY.

THAT'S A TRUE DEFINITION OF A

MIRACLE.

MIRACLE HAD JUST TAKEN

PLACE.

HE LOOKED AT HER AND HE SAID

MA'AM, HE SAYS AS IF I WOULD

HAVE NEVER KNOWN YOU EVER.

HE SAID IT'S LIKE YOU'VE NEVER

HAD CANCER IN YOUR BODY.

HE SAID I CAN'T FIND

ANYTHING.

I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HADN'T.

THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

WELL, OF COURSE I'M CELEBRATING

.

BERNARD DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK

FOR ANY MORE TREATMENT.

SHE WAS HEALED, INHALED FROM

THE BOTTOM OF HER FEET, THE TOP

OF HER HEAD AND THE

CELEBRATIONS AT THAT POINT

DEFINITELY BEGAN.

WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS THAT

HER MASS WAS GONE THAT I KNEW

THAT GOD HEALED HER AND SO DID

SHE.

SHE HAD DECREED AND DECLARED IT

FROM DAY ONE THAT SHE WAS GOING

TO PUT OUR HANDS IN THE LORD

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO BE HIS

VESSEL.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT GOD

HEALED MY BODY.

WHEN I READ PSALMS LOVE SONGS

THOSE ARE ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD

AND I HAD AN ENCOUNTER THAT HAS

JUST CHANGED MY LIFE.

I FEEL WHEN I PRAY FOR

PEOPLE.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW, WE

THINK IF SOMEONE'S HAVING A

HARDSHIP OR WHATEVER JUST KIND

OF ALMOST A CLICHE THING TO SAY

IS HOW PRAY FOR YOU.

IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME NOW.

IF A PATIENT HAVE ANY HOPE THEN

THEY'LL HAVE THEY WON'T LIVE

FOR ANYTHING.

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS.

THAT'S THE TRUTH.

WE NEED TO DO TO DO TO HER AND

ALL THIS WAS TO PRAY.

THE DOCTOR SAID IT'S AS IF IT

WAS NEVER THERE.

I SAID LORD, I SAID WHAT WOULD

YOU HAVE ME TELL THE PEOPLE?

AND HE SAID TELL THEM THAT'S I

FORGIVE.

IT'S AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.

WOW.

PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT GOD HAS

DONE IN BRENDA'S LIFE IN

THROUGHOUT HER BODY AND WE ARE

ACTUALLY IN A SPECIAL TIME AT

CBN WE ARE IT'S DURING SEVEN

DAYS OF BLAZE WHERE IT'S A TIME

WHERE WE THE EMPLOYEES, THE OF

CBN WE ASK YOU GUYS TO SEND IN

PRAYER REQUESTS SO THAT WE CAN

PRAY FOR A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE

.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO

WHAT BRENDA HAS EXPERIENCED

MAYBE.

YOU'VE GOT A DIAGNOSIS, MAYBE

IT'S A LOVED ONE WE WANT TO

STAND AGREEMENT WITH JESUS WHO

IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF

THE FATHER INTERCEDING FOR YOU

FOR A MIRACLE TO HEAL AND TO

SET FREE.

WE'VE GOT SOME SOME PRAYER

REQUESTS AND WE'RE GOING TO

PRAY FOR THOSE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO JUST GOING TO

ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE

TODAY AND MOVE HOWEVER HE WANTS

TO MOVE.

THESE ARE THE PRAYER REQUESTS

IN FRONT OF US AND THEN I'VE

GOT SOME IN MY HAND RIGHT HERE.

THIS ONE IS THIS PERSON IS

SAYING I JUST LOST MY JOB.

I NEED A FINANCIAL BLESSING AND

A JOB SO I CAN PAY MY RENT AND

OTHER BILLS.

ANOTHER PERSON IS ASKING FOR A

FULL RECOVERY FROM PARKINSON'S

DISEASE ANOTHER PERSON TO BE

HEALED OF HEART CONDITIONS

INCLUDING AFIB AND ANOTHER

PERSON THAT MY HUSBAND WOULD BE

DELIVERED FROM ADDICTION

PORNOGRAPHY.

GORDON YOU HAVE SOME AS WELL

TOTAL HEALING OF CONGESTIVE

FAILURE, SLEEP APNEA, DIABETES

AND MIGRAINES, HEALING AND

FINANCIAL BLESSING AS I RETIRE

AND MOVE BACK HOME TO CARE FOR

MY PARENTS, THE LORD PROVIDE

WISDOM AND DIRECTION FOR MY TWO

ADULT GRANDSONS.

THEY NEVER TAKEN TO CHURCH BUT

I SHOWED THEM MANY SUPERBOOK

VIDEOS FOR YOU TO BE HEALED OF

THE SIDE EFFECTS OF SHINGLES

INTENSE PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE

OF MY HEAD AND MY NECK I'VE HAD

SHINGLES I KNOW HOW PAINFUL IT

IS BUT GOT HEALED OH GOD

TOUCHED ME AND JUST HE TOUCHED

BRENDA HE CAN TOUCH YOU.

LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAYS THE

MESSAGE OF GOD BECAUSE THE

MESSAGE FROM THE DOCTOR IF I

HAD NEVER KNOWN YOU I WOULD

HAVE NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD

EVER HAD CANCER.

LOOKING AT THESE MEDICAL SCANS

,IT'S IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER HAD

IT AND THEN BRENDA SAYS, YOU

KNOW, GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO TELL THEM?

SAY JUST LIKE THIS SINCE YOU'RE

SINCE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN

THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

YOU'VE BEEN JUSTIFIED.

AND I LIKE TO JUSTIFIED MEANS

JUST AS IF YOU'D NEVER DONE

THAT.

HE IS ABLE TO MAKE YOU NEW

AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT THE REBIRTH AND

CHRIST IS ALL ABOUT.

YOU ARE REGENERATED FROM YOUR

INNERMOST BEING.

WHEN GOD HEALED ME I WAS REBEL

MALARIA.

I HAD A DOCTOR COME BACK AND

SAY I CAN'T FIND ANY PARASITES.

I CAN'T EVEN FIND

DEAD PARASITES IN YOUR BLOOD.

IT'S LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED.

YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED BUT HERE

YOU ARE AND IT'S LIKE IT NEVER

HAPPENED.

THAT'S MIRACLE POWER.

THAT'S WHAT GOD CAN DO.

HE ROLLED OUT THE HEAVENS WITH

THE WORD.

HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU.

AND WHO IS THAT WORD?

WELL, THE WORD BECAME FLESH.

HIS NAME IS JESUS AND THE WORD

CAN BECOME FLESH IN YOU AND

MAKE YOU NEW AGAIN.

SO LET'S HOLD TO THAT.

LET'S BELIEVE THAT.

ENTER INTO THAT.

THAT'S MIRACLE GIVING POWER

FROM OUR CREATOR.

HE IS ABLE TO DO IT.

HE WANTS TO DO IT.

SO LET'S RECEIVE IT.

LORD, WE LIFT ALL OF THESE

REQUESTS TO YOU AND WE KNOW

THAT YOU ARE ABLE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU WILLING.

WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO

PROVIDE FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

SO WE COME TO YOU JUST AS

LITTLE DO AND WE SAY DADDY, CAN

I BE HEALED?

CAN I BE DELIVERED?

CAN I BE SET FREE?

CAN I BE FORGIVEN.

CAN YOU PROVIDE FOR ME?

SO WE JOIN WITH ALL OF THESE

REQUESTS THE ONES US THE ONES

THAT HAVE BEEN SET AND WE JOIN

WITH THEM SAY YOU ARE THE

ANSWER TO EVERY HUMAN NEED.

WE RECEIVE YOUR ANSWER NOW.

WE RECEIVE YOUR WORD AND WE

SAY MAY BE TO US ACCORDING TO

YOUR.

ACTUALLY GOD'S GIVEN YOU.

SO YEAH I JUST BELIEVE GOD.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE

INCLUDING THIS PRAYER REQUEST

THAT I READ EARLIER FOR

DELIVERANCE FROM PORNOGRAPHY

WHETHER IT'S YOURSELF OR

SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW IS

STRUGGLING WITH THAT AND I JUST

BELIEVE GOD IS GOD IS SHARING

THAT HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW

HEART.

HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW

HEART THAT YOU CAN SEE HIM WITH

NEW EYES AND YOU HEAR HIM WITH

NEW EARS.

IT IS NOT BY YOUR STRENGTH.

IT IS NOT BY YOUR WISDOM.

IT IS BY THE POWER, THE HOLY

SPIRIT LIVING INSIDE OF YOU

INSIDE YOUR HEART THAT'S GOING

TO SET YOU FREE FROM THIS

ADDICTION.

JUST RECEIVE THE POWER THE

HOLY SPIRIT RIGHT NOW IN THE

NAME OF JESUS IN THE NAME OF

JESUS.

THANK YOU LORD.

FOR ANYONE SUFFERING WITH A

COMPULSION, WITH ADDICTION,

WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW IS

NOT RIGHT.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT AND YOU KNOW

GOD DOESN'T LIKE IT.

LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU INVITE HIM

INTO ADDICTION.

DON'T SEAL HIM OFF FROM THAT

AND SAY WELL, I'LL COME BACK TO

YOU WHEN I'M WHEN I'M DONE.

NO INVITE HIM INTO THAT AND IN

THAT HE'S ABLE TO TRANSFER AND

IS ABLE TO TRANSFORM YOUR

INNERMOST IMPULSES WHERE HE

COMPLETELY RENEWS YOU.

HE CAN SET YOU FREE RIGHT NOW.

NOW FOR ANYONE SUFFERING WITH

SHINGLES PAIN WE COME TOGETHER

WITH YOU RIGHT NOW AND WE ASK

THAT YOUR NERVES BE REGENERATED

.

THEN ALL THAT SCARRING ALONG

THE PATHWAY OF YOUR IS

COMPLETELY TAKEN AWAY.

GOD'S TO GIVE YOU NEW NERVES.

WE ASK FOR IT RIGHT NOW ALL OF

THAT PAIN ON THE SIDE OF YOUR

NECK GONE NOW IN JESUS NAME.

LORD, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU

ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERY HUMAN

NEED.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE

US WE THANK YOU FOR BREATHING

LIFE OVER US.

WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU

HAVE FOR US NOW IN JESUS NAME.

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TOMORROW ON THE SEVEN HUNDRED

CLUB.

WELL, AT ONE VILLAGE IN

MEXICO IT'S THE JOB ELENA AND

HER SISTERS TO FETCH WATER.

THAT MEANS AN HOUR LONG TRIP

BOTH WAYS TO A DIRTY RIVER.

IT MEANS THE GIRLS DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH TIME IN THEIR DAY TO

EVEN GO TO SCHOOL FOR

GENERATIONS, MARIA AND NOW HER

CHILDREN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO

CARRY BUCKETS OF WATER MORE

THAN ONE HOUR EACH WAY FROM A

POLLUTED RIVER.

THE WATER WAS THE COLOR OF

COFFEE.

IT WAS CLOUDY AND SMELT NASTY

BUT WE HAD NO OTHER WATER TO

DRINK.

MARIA'S DAUGHTER ELENA TOLD

US WHAT SHE SAW IN THE WATER.

THE WATER GOT BLACK WHEN THE

COWS CHAMPIONING THE WATER

SMELLED LIKE COW DRINKING.

IT MADE ME SICK.

AND BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN

THE GIRLS JOB TO CARRY WATER

OFTEN MISSED SCHOOL.

THEN OPERATION BLESSING CAME

TO THE COMMUNITY AND SET UP THE

RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM.

WHEN IT RAINS WATER IS

COLLECTED FROM THE ROOF INTO

GUTTERS.

IT THEN TRAVELS TO THIS TANK

WHERE IT'S TREATED WITH

CHLORINE.

THIS WATER IS USED FOR

DRINKING, COOKING AND WASHING

DISHES.

THE GIRL SAYS MOM, LOOK AT

HOW MUCH WATER WE HAVE BEFORE

WE COULD ONLY CARRY A LITTLE.

NOW WE HAVE SO MUCH WATER AND

IT'S SO CLEAN.

THE RAINY SEASON LAST TEN

MONTHS HERE SO THERE IS WATER

ALMOST ALL YEAR LONG.

WHEN IT'S DRIER.

FAMILIES BEEN TAUGHT BY

OPERATION BLESSING HOW TO

CONSERVE AND MAKE THE WATER.

CLEAN WATER MEANS GOOD

HEALTH FOR ALL OF US.

NOW I DON'T MISS SCHOOL BECAUSE

I HAVE TO COLLECT.

I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE FROM

OPERATION BLESSING THANK YOU

FOR THIS CLEAN WATER.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND THAT

THANK YOU GOES ALL THE WAY FROM

MEXICO TO YOUR BECAUSE YOU

CARED ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU WERE

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FROM THE TIME SHE WAS JUST IN

PRESCHOOL, KELLY SUFFERED BOTH

PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE.

YEARS OF SHAME AND REBELLION

FOLLOWED UNTIL SHE HEARD A

VOICE SAY SOMETHING THAT SHE

THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE THAT

BEAUTY COME FROM THE ASHES.

SHE WAS A BUDDING TENNIS

STAR DOING WELL IN SCHOOL AND

COLLEGE BOUND KELLY LESTER HAD

ALWAYS WALKED THE STRAIGHT AND

NARROW.

AS A PASTOR'S DAUGHTER IT WAS

EXPECTED IT WAS HER ROLE.

PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID YOU'RE JUST

LIKE YOUR DAD.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR DAD.

AND SO THERE WAS THIS IMAGE

LIVING UP TO BE LIKE HIM.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT HIM

IN THAT.

AND SO I FELT THE SAME WAY

ABOUT GOD.

I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID THAT I WAS

GOING TO DISAPPOINT GOD.

IT WAS THE THING SHE CONTROL

THAT WOULD MAKE THAT ROLE MUCH

HARDER.

AT YEARS OLD SHE WAS MOLESTED.

WHILE SHE HAS LITTLE MEMORY OF

IT IT ROBBED HER OF HER

INNOCENCE.

ONE OF MY FIRST MEMORIES AS A

CHILD IS DOING INAPPROPRIATE

WITH DOLLS AND MY MOM IN ON

THAT.

HORRIFIED AND AND JUMPED INTO

THIS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?

AS SHE GREW OLDER AND INTO

PUBERTY SHE SUPPRESSED THOSE

FEELINGS SAVING MYSELF FOR

MARRIAGE.

THEN ONE NIGHT HER FRESHMAN

YEAR SHE SNEAKED OUT OF THE

HOUSE AND WENT TO A PARTY AND

STARTED MAKING OUT WITH AN

OLDER BOY.

AND THEN HE WANTED TO KEEP

GOING AND I DID NOT.

AND SO YES, I FOUGHT BACK.

BUT DIDN'T STOP HIM AND HE

RAPED HER.

KELLY HER FRIENDS BUT THEY

DIDN'T BELIEVE HER TOO AFRAID

TO TELL HER PARENTS SHE

CONFIDED IN HER YOUTH PASTOR

AND HER RESPONSE TO ME WAS IF

YOU'D NEVER SNUCK OUT AND GONE

TO THAT PARTY WOULD HAVE NEVER

HAPPENED.

NOW BELIEVING SHE WHICH SHE

DESERVED.

KELLY WALKED AWAY FROM GOD

ANGRY AND DISCOURAGED.

I NEVER DOUBTED GOD EXISTED.

I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT I WAS

GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM

TO ACCEPT ME AND SO I TRIED.

THAT WAS ALL KELLY NEEDED

GIVE HERSELF OVER TO WHAT SHE

REALLY WANTED.

I HAD THAT CONNECTION IF IT WAS

FOR A MOMENT PEOPLE LIKED ME,

YOU KNOW A BOY LIKED, ME I GOT

ATTENTION AND FELT GOOD ABOUT

MYSELF AND SO WOULDN'T EVER

ADMIT TO ANYTHING BECAUSE I

STILL WANTED THAT PERCEPTION OF

BEING A GOOD GIRL.

AT 15 SHE GOT PREGNANT IN AN

EFFORT TO SAVE FACE AND NOT

DISAPPOINT HER PARENTS.

KELLY HAD AN ABORTION WHICH

SHE DIDN'T COUNT ON WAS THE

ANGER, GUILT AND SHAME THAT

FOLLOWED AND THAT IS WHAT

DRAMATIC CHANGED ME BECAUSE YOU

KNOW, IT WENT FROM BEING RAPED

OR BEING PROMISCUOUS TO KILLING

MY CHILD AND I KNEW THAT THAT'S

WHAT I WAS DOING.

AND THAT DAY WAS THE MARKED

CHANGE FROM STARTING A

REBELLIOUS TO GOING COMPLETELY

OFF THE DEEP END.

KELLY'S LIFE REVOLVED AROUND

PARTYING.

SHE STOPPED PLAYING TENNIS AND

PLANS FOR COLLEGE WERE SHELVED

.

TEN YEARS AFTER GRADUATION SHE

WAS ADDICTED TO DRUGS, ALCOHOL.

SHE WOULD HAVE THREE MORE

ABORTIONS AND LIVE WITH VIOLENT

MEN WHO BEAT HER.

I WAS VIOLENT BACK.

I WAS BREAKING WINDOWS AND

THROWING THINGS AND PUNCHING.

I FELT LIKE I DESERVED IT.

I REALLY DID.

THEN AT 27 YEARS OLD, KELLY

CALLED HER FATHER TO COME GET

HER.

IT HAD BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE SHE

AND HER BOYFRIEND HAD ANOTHER

VIOLENT FIGHT AND HE'D STOPPED

JUST SHORT OF HITTING HER IN

THE HEAD WITH A TWO BY FOUR.

I QUICKLY GET IN THE CAR AND

I'M LIKE DAD, I'M FINE.

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND HE

LOOKS AT ME AND HE SAYS KELLY.

TWO NIGHTS AGO I WAS ASLEEP AND

I WAS WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF

NIGHT BY THE LORD AND I HAD A

VISION OF YOU LAYING DEAD ON

THE FLOOR WITH YOUR HEAD SPLIT

WIDE OPEN.

AND SO I BEGAN TO PRAY AND I

REALIZED AT THAT MOMENT THAT

THAT MOMENT WHEN MY DROPPED THE

BOARD IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY

FATHER'S PRAYERS.

BACK HOME WITH HER PARENTS.

KELLY STARTED GOING TO CHURCH,

SHE SAYS ONE DAY DURING A

SERMON GOD SPOKE TO HER.

IF YOU FOLLOW ME I MAKE

BEAUTY FROM ASHES.

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED IN LIFE BEING MOLESTED

AND BEING RAPED AND THE

ABORTIONS AND THE ABUSE AND HOW

DO YOU MAKE THAT BEAUTIFUL?

AND I JUST HEARD HIM SAY IT

AGAIN.

IF YOU FOLLOW ME.

I WILL MAKE BEAUTY FROM

ASHES.

AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM QUITE

HONESTLY.

BUT AT THAT POINT I WAS SO

DESPERATE I RAN TO THE ALTAR,

FELL ON MY FACE AND WAS A MESS

ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS AND

BEGGING GOD TO SAVE ME.

ONE OF THE MOMS OF THE

CHURCH CAME OVER AND WAS

TALKING TO ME AND AND I SAID,

YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T HAVE

ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE I'M

GOING TO GO.

HE'S HE'S THE ONLY OPTION I

LEFT.

SHE WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S

ALL YOU NEED, HONEY.

THROUGH READING THE BIBLE AND

THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS WHO

LOVED CARED FOR HER, KELLY

BEGAN TO FIND HEALING.

HEARING GOD'S TRUTH AND HEARING

WHAT GOD SAYS I BEGAN TO

REPLACE THE LIES THAT I

BELIEVED AS CHILD.

YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

I'M NOT VALUABLE.

I'M NOT WORTHY.

I'M NOT TO WHAT YOU ARE BECAUSE

I LOVE YOU AND I SENT MY SON TO

DIE FOR YOU TODAY KELLY IS

MARRIED TO ROBBIE AND MOTHER OF

SIX.

SHE'S FORGIVEN HERSELF FOR

ABORTIONS AND TRAVELS

NATIONALLY AS A SOUGHT AFTER

PRO-LIFE SPEAKER HOPING TO

REACH OTHERS WITH A MESSAGE

LOVE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY.

I AM OVER WHELMED CONSTANTLY BY

GOD'S LOVE.

IT'S SO GOOD AND SO PURE AND

UNDESERVED.

UNRELENTING LIMITLESS PRAISE

GOD.

DO YOU WANT TO BE

OVERWHELMED BY GOD'S LOVE

TODAY?

YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE

THAT.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE

WATCHING NOW AND MIGHT HAVE

JUST WATCHED KELLY'S STORY AND

SAID WELL THAT'S GREAT FOR BUT

I DON'T THINK THAT COULD EVER

HAPPEN FOR ME.

BUT YOU WATCHED KELLY'S STORY.

SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE

SAME THING.

SHE THOUGHT THERE'S NO WAY GOD

THAT YOU CAN TURN MY BROKEN,

DIRTY, SINFUL LIFE INTO

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

THERE'S NO WAY BUT GOD

SPECIFICALLY SAID FOLLOW ME AND

I WILL TURN AT THE ASHES THE

BROKEN PIECES OF YOUR LIFE INTO

SOMETHING.

AND THAT WORD ACTUALLY COMES

FROM THE OLD.

THE SCRIPTURE IS ISAIAH 61

THREE AND I WANT TO READ IT TO

YOU GUYS.

IT SAYS TO ALL WHO MOURN IN

ISRAEL WILL GIVE BEAUTY FOR

ASHES A CROWN, A JOYOUS

BLESSING INSTEAD OF MORE

MOURNING AND FESTIVE PRAISE

INSTEAD OF DESPAIR.

JUST LISTEN TO THAT.

THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND

ACTIVE AND CUTS STRAIGHT TO OUR

HEARTS.

YOU WANT THAT IF YOU WANT TRUE

TRUE CHANGE IF YOU HAVE COME TO

THE END OF YOURSELF AND YOU'RE

LIKE GOD, I.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO

DO.

TAKEN AT HIS WORD HIS WORD WILL

NEVER RETURN.

BOY, YOU CAN STAND FIRM ON THAT

AND I BELIEVE THAT WORD IS FOR

YOU TODAY THAT SAME THAT KELLY

HEARD FROM THE LORD.

FOLLOW ME AND I WILL TURN THE

ASHES INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

I BELIEVE THAT IS FOR YOU

TODAY.

AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN KELLY'S

LIFE HE WANTS TO DO AND YOURS

JUST INVITE HIM INVITE HIM SAY

YES GOD I INVITE YOU INTO MY

LIFE I WANT YOU TO TRANSFORM ME

FROM THE INSIDE OUT IF YOU WANT

TO DO THAT TODAY, PRAY WITH ME

RIGHT NOW.

JUST GET ON YOUR KNEES.

LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND LET'S

PRAY TOGETHER.

I CRY OUT TO YOU JESUS I NEED

YOU IN MY LIFE I'M DONE DOING

LIFE MY WAY FATHER GOD I

BELIEVE IN YOU I BELIEVE THAT

YOU SENT SON JESUS TO DIE ON

THE CROSS FOR MY SINS.

SO THAT I WOULD BE FORGIVEN

AND MADE NEW AND MADE CLEAN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOUR SON

RESURRECTED THREE DAYS LATER

AND THAT SAME RESURRECTION

POWER CAN LIVE INSIDE OF ME.

I CHOOSE YOU TODAY I WANT YOU

TO CLEAN HOUSE, GIVE ME A NEW

HEART LORD MAKE ME NEW.

TRANSFORM LIFE.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO IT I

BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE

BROKEN PIECES THE ASHES AND YOU

CAN RESTORE IT AND REDEEM

AND MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF MY

LIFE.

IN JESUS NAME I ASK PRAY ALL

THIS AMEN AND AMEN FRIENDS, IF

YOU JUST PRAY THAT WITH ME

PLEASE GIVE US A CALL ONE

HUNDRED 707,000 WE WANT TO HEAR

FROM YOU.

WE HAVE SOME AMAZING FREE THAT

ARE GOING TO HELP YOU ON THIS

NEW FAITH JOURNEY.

BUT WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM PSALMS AS FAR

AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST.

SO FAR HAS HE REMOVED OUR

TRANSGRESSIONS US?

PRAISE GOD.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

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