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The 700 Club - September 20, 2023

A plane crashes right after take-off and only one person survives. See how a team of angels rescues a 7-year-old boy on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB WELCOME TO

THE 700 CLUB.

A HIGH STAKES SPEECH AT THE

NATIONS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED WORLD

LEADERS THAT UP TO RUSSIA'S

INVASION OF UKRAINE IS VITAL TO

WORLD.

THE PRESIDENT DECLARED THAT

THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE

MILITARY AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

FOR UKRAINE.

YET A RECENT POLL SHOWS MORE

THAN HALF OF AMERICANS THINK

THE US HAS DONE ENOUGH.

NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT

CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS ON THE

ONGOING WAR IN TOOK CENTER

STAGE AS THE MAIN FOREIGN

POLICY ISSUE THE PRESIDENT

RUSSIA.

LATER THE WORLD WILL GROW

WEARY AND ALLOW IT TO BRUTALIZE

UKRAINE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE.

BUT I ASK YOU THIS IF WE

ABANDON CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE

UNITED STATES TO APPEASE AN

AGGRESSOR ANY MEMBER STATE IN

THIS BODY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT

THEY ARE PROTECTED?

BIDEN CONTINUED U.S.

MILITARY AND FINANCIAL AID FOR

UKRAINE AND CALLED ON OTHER

WORLD LEADERS TO RAMP UP THEIR

SUPPORT.

UKRAINIAN VLADIMIR ZELENSKY

ALSO MAKING AN APPEAL AND THE

GOAL OF THE PRESENT WAR AGAINST

UKRAINE IS TO TOUR OUR LAND,

OUR PEOPLE, OUR LIVES OUR

RESOURCES INTO A WEAPON AGAINST

YOU AGAIN THE INTERNATIONAL

RULES BASED ORDER.

WHILE THE BIDEN COMMITMENT

TO UKRAINE REMAINS STEADFAST, A

RECENT CNN POLL REPORTS 51% OF

AMERICANS SURVEYED BELIEVE THE

US HAS DONE ENOUGH TO HELP

UKRAINE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST

COMPARED TO 48% WHO WANT

AMERICA TO DO MORE.

ZELENSKY VISITS CAPITOL HILL

AND THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK

AS GOP WRESTLES OVER A NEW

BUDGET BILL INCLUDING ANOTHER

$24 BILLION FOR UKRAINE.

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY IS

MAKING NO PROMISES.

ZELENSKY ELECTED TO CONGRESS

IS HE OUR PRESIDENT?

I DON'T THINK I HAVE A

COMMITTEE I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR.

IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE

MONEY WE ALREADY SPENT?

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR VICTORY

?

FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT AND

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS

INSTITUTION O'HANLON TELLS CBN

NEWS THAT IF THE WAR CONTINUES

ANOTHER YEAR DEBATE WILL LIKELY

BE ABOUT CUTTING BACK AID

RATHER THAN CUTTING IT OFF

COMPLETELY.

I THINK THAT THAT ALLOW FOR

A SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AMOUNT

OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE BY AT

LEAST HALF MAYBE THREE FOURTHS

AND STILL ALLOW UKRAINE TO HOLD

ON TO THE FIVE SIX OF ITS

TERRITORY THAT IT HAS TODAY AND

PROTECT ITS GOVERNMENT CAPITAL

THE MAJORITY OF ITS PEOPLE MOST

OF ITS ECONOMY FOR.

UKRAINE DESERVES A FULLER

FAIRER CHANCE TO TAKE BACK ITS

LAND.

BIDEN HAS A SIDELINE MEETING

PLANNED WITH ISRAELI MINISTER

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THE FIRST

SINCE NETANYAHU RETURNED TO

OFFICE.

ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE,

TWO WILL DISCUSS COUNTERING AND

DETERRING IRAN ALONG WITH OTHER

ISSUES FOCUSING ON THE SHARED

DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF THE TWO

COUNTRIES.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

WELL HERE'S A SIGNIFICANT

FACT THAT ISN'T BEING REALLY

REPORTED MUCH AND THAT IS THERE

WEREN'T ANY OTHER WORLD LEADERS

AT BIDEN'S SPEECH.

THERE WERE U.N.

REPRESENTATIVES.

BUT I THINK IT UNDERLINES THAT

WORLD DOESN'T THINK THE U.N.

HAS ANY POWER AND.

THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT

COMES FROM THIS SPEECH AS WE

START GOING INTO THIS

MULTIPOLAR WHERE YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE NEW U.S. INTERESTS,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CHINESE

INTERESTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

INTEREST IN INDIA.

BRAZIL ANNOUNCED AS PART OF

U.N. GATHERING THAT THEY WERE

NOW THE SPOKESPERSON FOR ALL OF

LATIN AMERICA, FOR SOUTH

AMERICA.

THESE INCREDIBLE CHANGES.

IS EUROPE FRACTURE OR ARE THEY

COMING TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF

THIS WAR?

BUT IF THEY ARE WHY AREN'T THEY

SENDING ANYBODY TO HEAR THIS

SPEECH AT THE U.N. HERE'S

SOMETHING THE SECRETARY GENERAL

OF THE U.N. SAID JUST YESTERDAY

AND SO IT'S IT'S NO COINCIDENCE

HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A STATEMENT

ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD

TODAY.

HOW IS BECOMING UNHINGED

GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS ARE

RISING, GLOBAL CHALLENGES ARE

MOUNTING AND WE SEEM INCAPABLE

OF COMING TOGETHER TO WE ARE

INCHING EVER CLOSER TO A GREAT

IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL

SYSTEMS AND TRADE RELATIONS.

WE SHOULD ALL PAY ATTENTION

TO THIS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST

TIME THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE U.N. HAS RAISED DIRE

WARNINGS.

HE'S DONE THIS IN THE PAST BUT

THIS TIME HE'S MAKING VERY

SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT.

WE CHANGE THE U.N., WE CHANGE

THE SECURITY COUNCIL.

WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING ON A

GLOBAL BASIS FOR TRADE.

AS A CHRISTIAN, I LOOK AT

THAT KIND OF STATEMENT BY WORLD

LEADER AND I'M FRANKLY IT GIVES

ME A CHILL.

YOU KNOW, ARE WE INCHING

CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE

RECOMMENDING THAT WE SCRAP ALL

THE NATION STATES AND COME UP

WITH SOME KIND ONE WORLD

GOVERNMENT.

WELL, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE

THAT'S TO LEAD.

IN OTHER NEWS, ONE OF THE

ISSUES ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER

WILL DISCUSS WITH PRESIDENT

BIDEN IS A DEAL TO NORMALIZE

RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA

AND THE JEWISH STATE.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN

WASHINGTON.

JOHN, THANKS GORDON THE

NATIONS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING A

POTENTIAL FOR MONTHS.

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT THE

UNITED STATES IS CONSIDERING A

DEFENSE TREATY WITH THE SAUDIS

TO HELP SEAL THE DEAL.

THE NEW TIMES REPORTS THE DEAL

WOULD MIRROR AGREEMENTS THE

UNITED STATES HAS WITH ASIAN

ALLIES LIKE JAPAN AND SOUTH

KOREA.

IT REPORTEDLY MILITARY

SUPPORT IF THE US OR SAUDI

ARABIA IS ATTACKED THE REGION.

THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE HAS ALSO

ASKED FOR HELP DEVELOPING A

CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM IF THE

DEAL GOES THROUGH.

SAUDI WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME

RECOGNIZE ISRAEL AS INDEPENDENT

COUNTRY.

WELL, HERE AT HOME IN NEW YORK

CITY, NEW DEVELOPMENTS CASE OF

A TODDLER'S DEATH AFTER

EXPOSURE TO THE DEADLY DRUG

FENTANYL AT A BRONX DAYCARE.

OFFICIALS ACCUSED THE DAYCARE

OWNER OF RUNNING A DRUG

OPERATION AND DELAYING A CALL

FOR HELP WHILE TRYING TO COVER

UP THE INCIDENT.

RECIPIENTS WENDY GRIFFITH HAS

MORE.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY A

KILOGRAM OF FENTANYL WAS STORED

ON TOP OF CHILDREN'S MATS USED

FOR NAPPING AT THE NEW YORK

DAYCARE.

THAT'S ENOUGH TO KILL 500,000

PEOPLE.

THE OWNER OF DIVINO NINO

DAYCARE IN THE BRONX AND HER

ALLEGED COCONSPIRATOR ARE

FACING FEDERAL CHARGES IN THE

DEATH OF A ONE YEAR OLD

TODDLER.

THEY WERE RUNNING A DRUG

OPERATION FROM A DAYCARE CENTER

A DAYCARE CENTER, A PLACE WHERE

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT SAFE

NOT SURROUNDED BY A DRUG THAT

COULD KILL THEM IN AN INSTANT.

AFTER FINDING FOUR CHILDREN

UNRESPONSIVE, THE OWNER

ALLEGEDLY DELAYED 911.

MAKING THREE OTHER CALLS BEFORE

SEEKING HELP.

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR HER

HUSBAND WHO FLED THE SCENE WITH

TWO FALL SHOPPING BAGS.

THE DEFENDANT'S ALLEGED

CONDUCT THAT LED TO THOSE

POISONINGS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

IT'S INEXCUSABLE.

THE CHILDREN RUSHED TO A

HOSPITAL AND TREATED

NARCAN AN OPIOID REVERSAL DRUG.

ONE YEAR OLD NICHOLAS DOMENICI

NOT SURVIVE.

HIS FATHER DEVASTATED.

KNOW I LOVE HIM.

I MISS HIM.

I WANT HIM BACK.

FENTANYL IS SYNTHETIC OPIOID

THAT IS UP TO 100 TIMES MORE

POTENT THAN.

CITY AND HEALTH REPORTER LAURIE

JOHNSON SAYS THE DRUG NARCAN

CAN SAVE LIVES.

THIS IS THE DRUG THAT STOPS

AN OVERDOSE WHILE.

IT IS IN PROCESS.

YOU CAN GET THIS NARCAN AT MOST

PHARMACIES WITHOUT A

PRESCRIPTION.

MOST SCHOOLS HAVE IT.

PEDIATRIC DEATHS FROM OPIOIDS

ARE SKYROCKETING.

IN 2018 381 CHILDREN DIED OF

OPIOID POISONING.

IN 2021 THAT NUMBER MORE THAN

QUADRUPLED.

NATION WIDE ACCORDING TO PUBLIC

RECORDS, THE DAY CARE PASSED A

SURPRISE INSPECTION EARLIER

THIS MONTH.

IF THE SUSPECTS ARE CONVICTED

ON THESE FEDERAL CHARGES, THEY

COULD FACE 20 YEARS TO LIFE IN

PRISON.

WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, WENDY

WILL ALONG WITH SOCIETY SOCIAL

PROBLEMS.

THERE ARE INCREASING STUDIES

THAT CLAIM AMERICANS ARE LOSING

THEIR RELIGION.

CHARLENE AARON RECENTLY SAT

DOWN WITH ONE AUTHOR WHO'S

CONVINCED THAT'S NOT TRUE AND

THAT CHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON.

COULD WE BE WITNESSING A

RETURN OF BELIEF IN GOD IN OUR

GENERATION.

IN HIS NEW BOOK THE SURPRISING

REBIRTH OF BELIEF IN GOD,

JUSTIN BRIERLEY OUTLINES THE

RISING OF A NEW CONVERSATION

ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND GOD.

WE'VE SEEN INCREASING

DECLINE OF CHURCHGOING THE

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CHRISTIAN

FAITH OF ANY KIND.

BUT I DON'T THINK THOSE

STATISTICS TELL US THE WHOLE

STORY.

JUSTIN BRIERLEY, FORMER HOST

OF THE POPULAR UNBELIEVABLE

WHICH FEATURED DEBATES BETWEEN

CHRISTIANS AND IS DIVING INTO

THE ISSUE IN HIS LATEST BOOK

THE SURPRISING REBIRTH OF

BELIEF IN GOD WHY NEW ATHEISTS

OLD AND SECULAR THINKERS ARE

CONSIDERING CHRISTIANITY AGAIN

.

BRIERLEY SAYS SOME ARE TAKING A

CLOSER LOOK AT FAITH AS SEARCH

FOR MEANING.

I'M FINDING A LOT MORE

PEOPLE NOW OPENING UP TO THE

IDEA THAT THERE MAY BE MORE.

I BELIEVE WE ARE SEEING ROOM

FOR CHRISTIAN STORY TO EMERGE

AGAIN IN OUR CULTURE INCLUDING

AMONG SOME WELL KNOWN SECULAR

INTELLECTUALS INTERESTING

CHARACTERS LIKE JORDAN PETERSON

.

HE'S A PSYCHOLOGIST FROM CANADA

BUT HE HAS DRAWN HUNDREDS

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO HIS

LECTURES, HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL,

HIS YOU KNOW, HIS PODCAST AND

VERY MUCH PUTTING IN FRONT OF

THEM THE FACT THAT CHRISTIANITY

NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS EVEN AS A NONBELIEVER.

BRIERLEY ALSO EXPLAINS WHY

NEW ATHEISM.

THE BELIEF THAT RELIGION IS THE

BREEDING GROUND FOR HOSTILITY,

VIOLENCE AND CRIME IN OUR

SOCIETY IS FAILING THE

ARCHITECTS OF THAT PHENOMENON

PEOPLE LIKE RICHARD DAWKINS AND

SAM HARRIS.

THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD

BASICALLY GET RID OF GOD BELIEF

IN PEOPLE BY KIND OF ARGUING IT

OUT OF THEM.

THAT IS REALLY DWINDLED.

IN MANY WAYS IT'S IT'S IT'S IN

THE BACK MIRROR NOW.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALIZING

YOU CAN ONLY RUN ON THAT STORY

OF MATERIALIST ATHEISM FOR SO

LONG BEFORE IT STOPS GIVING YOU

ANY ANSWERS AS MANY SEEK

REMAINING SPIRITUAL HUNGER IS

ON THE RISE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR CHRISTIANS

FROM ACROSS THE FLOCKED TO

ASTBURY UNIVERSITY AFTER

STUDENTS A SPONTANEOUS PRAYER

SERVICE THAT LASTED FOR WEEKS

AND AS CBN NEWS HAS REPORTED,

COLLEGIATE MINISTRY LEADERS

POINT TO THE INCREDIBLE

SPIRITUAL APPETITE AMONG MANY

OF TODAY'S STUDENTS.

THEY HAVE NO RELIGIOUS

BACKGROUND.

THEY HAVEN'T FOOT IN A CHURCH

BUT 80% OF THEM ARE SPIRITUALLY

OPEN.

THERE IS A SPIRITUAL HUNGER

OUT THERE AMONG GENERATION BUT

IT IS COMPLETELY AND UNDIRECTED

.

ALL SIGNS OF HOPE THAT

BRIERLEY ENCOURAGES THE CHURCH

TO EMBRACE DESPITE CULTURAL

THAT SAY OTHERWISE.

GOD IS ALWAYS DOING A NEW

THING AS ALWAYS A RENEWAL

SEASON AROUND THE CORNER AND I

THINK THERE'S BEEN AN

INTELLECTUAL RENEWAL GOING ON

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

CHARLENE AARON CBN NEWS AND

BASED ON OUR REPORTING IT

CERTAINLY DOES SEEM LIKE GORDON

WE'RE EXPERIENCING SPIRITUAL

AWAKENING WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR

COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHETHER IT'S

ASBURY OR AUBURN WE'RE SEEING A

REVIVAL.

IT BREAKING OUT WHERE PEOPLE

ARE SPONTANEOUSLY ENCOUNTERING

GOD.

THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER NOT TO

HAVE A CHURCH SERVICE BUT TO

HAVE AN ENCOUNTER.

I VIEW THAT AS ABSOLUTELY

WONDERFUL.

NOW I CHURCHES TODAY IF YOU

WANT TO PART OF THIS REVIVAL

IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

IF YOU GO AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER

A LIVING GOD, IT'S GOING TO BE

VERY HARD FOR YOU TO SAY OKAY

THIS CHURCH SERVICE WHERE WE

HAVE THREE FAST SONGS AND THEN

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE SLOW

SONGS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP AN

OFFERING AND THEN WE'RE GOING

TO HEAR A SERMON AND THEN ALL

GOING TO GO HOME.

IF THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION

YOUR CHURCH SERVICE WELL WHERE

IN THAT IS AND THE ENCOUNTER

WITH THE LIVING GOD?

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY

FOR BECAUSE THEY'RE REALIZING

THAT WITHOUT GOD THEY ARE

WITHOUT HOPE AND WHAT THE

APOSTLE PAUL WROTE 2000 YEARS

AGO.

WAS ATHEISM THEN?

YES.

PEOPLE OPENLY THE RELIGION OF

THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

THEY'RE OPENLY QUESTIONING

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF LIFE OF

THESE THINGS.

THESE QUESTIONS HAVEN'T GONE

AWAY.

AND IF WITHOUT GOD IT MEANS

YOU'RE WITHOUT HOPE.

CHRISTIAN SANITY IS ALL ABOUT A

MANUAL GOD WITH US.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT

ENCOUNTER IT CHANGES YOU AND IT

CHANGES YOU NOT JUST HERE ON

EARTH.

IT CHANGES YOU FOR ALL

ETERNITY.

NOTHING ELSE WILL FILL THAT

VOID.

NOTHING ELSE EVEN COMES

CLOSE TO THAT EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ENCOURAGE

WE WILL HAVE THAT DIRECT

EXPERIENCE WITH GOD ALMIGHTY.

YOU CAN DO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS ASK FOR IT.

VERY SIMPLE PRAYER.

GOD IF YOU'RE REAL, IF YOU'RE

REALLY THERE, IF YOU REALLY

SENT JESUS TO BE MY SAVIOR, IF

THESE THINGS ARE TRUE THAT GOD

SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT

WHOSOEVER WOULD BELIEVE ON HIM

WOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE

EVERLASTING LIFE.

IF THAT'S TRUE, COULD YOU SHOW

ME?

COULD YOU SHOW UP FOR ME?

IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH ALL OF

YOUR HEART YOU'LL AN ANSWER

BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO BACK UP

HIS WORD.

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS

PRAYER?

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.

I GOT TO DO IS CARLOS ONE 800

707,000.

JUST TELL THE PERSON ON THE

OTHER END OF THE LINE.

I WANT TO KNOW IF GOD IS REAL.

I WANT TO KNOW I CAN BE SAVED.

I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN HAVE

THIS ENCOUNTER.

I SEE, OTHERS HAVE I WANT TO

PLATFORMS ADDICTION PSYCHOTIC

EPISODES AND THOUGHTS OF

SUICIDE.

WELL, THAT'S THE FALLOUT FROM A

DANGEROUS SWEEPING THROUGH

AMERICA'S SCHOOLS.

MORE TEENAGERS AND YOUNG

CHILDREN ARE VAPING THC THE KEY

INGREDIENT INGREDIENT IN

MARIJUANA.

MEDICAL REPORTER LAURIE

JOHNSON REPORTS ON THIS MAJOR

HEALTH THREAT.

THE MOST RECENT CDC FIGURES

AVAILABLE SHOW MORE THAN ONE IN

FIVE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS VAPED

THC IN 2020 A SIGNIFICANT

INCREASE PRIOR YEARS AND LIKELY

EVEN GREATER TODAY.


THE MAIN PSYCHOACTIVE IN

MARIJUANA BUT DON'T REALIZE

VAPING IS MUCH MORE POTENT THAN

SMOKING A JOINT.

IT STARTED WHEN I WAS 14

YEARS OLD.

I WAS ABOUT IN THE EIGHTH

GRADE.

VAPING THC PROVIDES A MUCH

QUICKER HIGH THAT CAN BE

DAMAGING AND ADDICTIVE.

IT WAS LIKE ONE OR TWO HITS

IN THE PAN AND I WAS INSTANTLY

BEHIND.

UNLIKE TYPICAL MARIJUANA

CIGARETS CONTAIN 10% THC.

THESE NEW VAPING DEVICES CAN

CONCENTRATED TO A STAGGERING

95% AND THE HIGHER THE DOSE OF

THC EXAMPLE THE HIGHER THE

LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU WILL END UP

WITH A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE AND

THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO END UP IN

THE EMERGENCY ROOM DEPARTMENT.

THE LONGER THAT I USED IT

JUST THE MORE MY MENTAL HEALTH

STARTED DETERIORATING.

MY GRADES WERE SLIPPING.

I COULDN'T REALLY THINK TO

CONCENTRATE AS WELL.

IN MY MIND I WAS TRAPPED IN

THIS DELUSION OF LIKE I HAVE TO

COMMIT SUICIDE BECAUSE MY

PARENTS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT.

DOCTORS SAY TODAY'S ULTRA

POTENT POT CAN INTERFERE WITH

HEART LUNG FUNCTION PLUS CAUSE

SEVERE VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL

PAIN.

ALL OF THESE ARE I KNEW

PRESENTING ISSUES THAT

PHYSICIANS ARE SEEING IN THE

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS

ASSOCIATED CONSUMPTION OF HIGH

LEVEL THC THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW EXISTED.

VAPING THC IS OFTEN ODORLESS SO

IT'S EASY TO HIDE EVEN AT

SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW I COULD DO IT IN

CLASS.

I COULD DO IT IN THE BATHROOM.

SINCE TURBO THC DELIVERS SUCH A

POWERFUL HIT TO THE BRAIN'S

PLEASURE CENTER IT CAN ALSO

LEAD TO ADDICTION.

THE ONLY I WAS THINKING

ABOUT WAS ONCE THE NURSE USES

LIKE WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME I CAN

GO TO THE BATHROOM OR THE

TEACHER WILL LET ME GO?

A LOOPHOLE IN THE 2018 FARM

BILL WHICH LEGALIZED HEMP ALSO

COVERED EIGHT THC VAPE PRODUCTS

WHICH ARE SYNTHESIZED HEMP.

THAT MEANS IN ADDITION TO

CANNABIS DISPENSARIES THEY CAN

BE SOLD AT SMOKE SHOPS, GAS

STATIONS AND ONLINE WITHIN IN

NEARLY EVERY STATE.

MANUFACTURERS LITERALLY

SWEETEN THE DEAL BY ADDING KID

FRIENDLY FLAVORS LIKE

STRAWBERRY AND BUBBLEGUM.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHY

THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.

THAT IS THEIR JOB.

THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PROFIT

OFF OUR CHILDREN'S OFF OUR

FAMILIES DESTRUCTION AND HAVE A

LOT OF POWER IN OUR COUNTRY.

CHRISTIAN PARENTING EXPERT

KELLY NEWCOMB ISSUES A CALL TO

ACTION.

ULTIMATELY WORD SAYS THAT WE

ARE TO BE SOBER MINDED.

WE ARE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THE DEVIL PROWLS LIKE A ROARING

LION WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO

DEVOUR.

AND MARIJUANA IS ONE WAY TO

JUST SORT OF NUMB CHILDREN'S

BRAINS.

ONE OTHER WAY THAT SATAN IS

USING GET KIDS TO WALK AWAY

FROM THE FAITH.

NEWCOMB SAYS PARENTS BECOME

FAMILIAR WITH THE APPEARANCE OF

VAPE PENS AND IF SUSPICIOUS

SEARCHED THEIR CHILD'S BEDROOM

AND BACKPACK FOR THE AS WELL AS

MISSING OR SPLICED CHARGING

CORDS WHICH ARE USED TO POWER

THE PENS WHEN THEY ARE THIS

YOUNG?

BECAUSE I'VE HEARD OF 11 YEAR

OLDS EVEN USING THIS AS THEIR

ENTERING INTO LIKE FIFTH OR

SIXTH GRADE.

IT'S REALLY ACTION.

YOU NEED TO ACT REALLY FAST.

NEWCOMB RECOMMENDS TAKING SMART

PHONES FROM KIDS SUSPECTED

USING DRUGS TO LIMIT POTENTIAL

ACCESS BECAUSE IS HOW THEY'RE

ACCESSING ALL OF THAT THROUGH

AND YOU COULD CALL THEM DEALERS

BUT THEY'RE OFTEN JUST FRIENDS.

THEY'RE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL

WHO'VE GOT OLDER SIBLINGS WHO

ARE BUYING IT BUT ESSENTIALLY

THEY'RE DEALERS ALLOW KIDS TO

COMMUNICATE USING A KID SAFE

PHONE LIKE PINWHEEL AND WILL

ALLOWS YOU TO READ ALL OF YOUR

CHILD'S TEXT MESSAGES FROM YOUR

OWN PHONE THROUGH THE CAREGIVER

PORTAL AND THAT'S REALLY

HELPFUL AND YOU CAN SORT OF

FIND WHO ARE THE KIDS WHO ARE

ASKING FOR VAPE OR ASKING IF

THEY WANT VAPE.

PARENTS CAN ALSO USE A DRUG

TEST AVAILABLE PHARMACIES AS AN

OPTION.

SO IT'S JUST HAVING THAT

CONVERSATION OF SAYING WELL I

TRUST YOU.

I CAN'T YOU KNOW, I TRUST GOD

AND I FEAR GOD THAN I THEN I

FEAR YOU BEING MAD AT ME FOR

TESTING BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY

PREVALENT.

SOME PARENTS TESTING

ACTUALLY GAVE THEIR CHILD AN

EXCUSE TO STAY SOBER WHILE ALSO

SAVING FACE.

IT WAS A GOOD PREVENTATIVE

MEASURE FOR HIM TO SAY TO HIS

PEERS WHO ARE PRESSURING HIM TO

USE LIKE YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING

TO USE BECAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING

TO GET DRUG ANY DAY BUT THC

METABOLITE IS ACTUALLY STORED

THE FAT AND IT'S LASTS A LONG

TIME SO IT CAN ACTUALLY STAY IN

THE URINE FOR UP TO 4 TO 6

WEEKS.

SOME KIDS CHOOSE THC VAPES

BECAUSE THEY DO NOT TYPICALLY

CONTAIN FENTANYL LIKE OTHER

STREET DRUGS.

DOCTORS FEAR THAT COULD CHANGE.

I THINK WE CANNOT BE

COMPLACENT THEN WE HAVE TO BE

OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT

SOMEONE MAY THINK ABOUT DOING

THIS AND SAY WELL IF I WANT TO

HAVE A UNIQUE PRODUCT FOR

VAPING THC WHAT ABOUT I MIXED

IT WITH FENTANYL THEN SELL A

PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO BE

INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.

FORTUNATELY GOT THE HELP HE

NEEDED TO QUIT VAPING THC I

FEEL SO MUCH BETTER OFF THAT

IT'S LIKE I FEEL LIKE I CAN BE

FREE AND EXPERIENCE LIFE LIKE I

SHOULD.

HE URGES OTHERS TO KICK THE

HABIT OR BETTER YET NEVER START

.

LORI JOHNSON CBN NEWS.

THE BEST TO NEVER FORM A HABIT

IS TO NEVER START.

SO IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR CHILDREN

HAVE STARTED WELL YES YOU NEED

TO INTERVENE.

IT MAY SEEM LIKE AN INVASION OF

THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY OBJECT TO

IT BUT PLEASE PROTECT THE MIND

OF YOUR CHILD.

A REASON WE CALL IT DOPE.

IT'S BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU DOPE

.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED IN

LIFE, IF YOU WANT TO GET GOOD

IN SCHOOL, IF YOU WANT TO

ADVANCE, IF YOU WANT TO ABLE TO

HAVE YOUR OWN FAMILY ALL THE

THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO

HAVING A REWARDING LIFE WHILE

AROUND GETTING HIGH I'M GOING

TO GET YOU THERE IF YOU IF KEEP

GOING BACK TO THIS STUFF THAT

HABIT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO

DESTROY YOUR LIFE.

SO THE BEST THING NEVER START.

SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT PLEASE

WATCH OUT FOR IT.

IF YOU WANT RESOURCES ON HOW TO

PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM THIS

GROWING PROBLEM.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO CBN

NEWS.COM.

CLICK THE ARTICLE THERE ON THIS

STORY AND YOU'LL WE WANT TO

PROVIDE IT FOR YOU.

WE WANT TO HELP YOUR FAMILY.

SEVEN YEAR OLD MASON WAS

THROWN THE FIERY WRECKAGE OF A

PLANE CRASH.

HIS INJURIES WERE SEVERE AND

THE DOCTORS SAID HE MIGHT HAVE

PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.

TODAY MASON IS ALIVE AND WELL

ALL THANKS TO A TEAM OF PRAYER

WARRIORS AND A LEAGUE OF ANGELS

.

MAY 31ST, 2020

SCHOOLTEACHER, TEACHER AND

DIVORCED MOTHER OF TWO LINDSEY

JETER CAME HOME FROM WORK TO

FIND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES IN THE

FRONT YARD.

I IMMEDIATELY KNEW SOMETHING

WAS WRONG.

THEY HAD NEWS ABOUT HER YEAR

OLD SON MASON.

HE SAID, WELL, YOUR SON

BEEN IN A PLANE CRASH AND I'M

HERE TO TAKE YOU TO.

MY INITIAL REACTION WAS TO BE

VERY UPSET.

I SAID HE GOING TO BE OKAY.

AND HE SAID, MA'AM, I DON'T

KNOW.

MASON HIS DAD AND UNCLE THE

WERE TAKING A SCENIC FLIGHT IN

PINE VILLE, LOUISIANA WHEN THE

SMALL PLANE CRASHED SHORTLY

AFTER TAKEOFF.

BOTH MEN WERE KILLED INSTANTLY.

MASON THROWN CLEAR WHEN HIS

SEATBELT TOUR AND THE TOP OF

THE PLANE WAS RIPPED OFF.

I REMEMBER JUST PLEADING AND

BEGGIN, BEGGING GOD, YOU KNOW,

PLEASE, PLEASE JUST JUST HELP

HIM BE OKAY.

THE OFFICERS DROVE LINDSAY

TO RAPIDS MEDICAL CENTER 30

MINUTES AWAY.

LINDSAY'S MOTHER MARILYN SMITH

FOLLOWED IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE

AND I TOLD HER I JUST NEED TO

GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AND START

PRAYING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW

WHAT INJURIES HE HAS AND HOW

BAD IT IS.

FINALLY THEY GOT TO MASON'S

SIDE.

IT WAS TERRIFYING BECAUSE

HIS HEAD WAS SWOLLEN, HIS EYES

WERE PURPLE AND SWOLLEN.

IT WAS JUST SURREAL.

THAT'S AN IMAGE THAT YOU

DON'T EVER GET OUT OF YOUR.

IT WAS VERY SHOCKING TO SEE HIM

LIKE THAT.

HE WAS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE.

JUST A HORRIFIC SCENE.

MASON'S INJURIES WERE

EXTENSIVE.

HE HAD BROKEN BONES, A SKULL

FRACTURE THAT LEFT HIM WITH

BRAIN SWELLING AND MULTIPLE

ORGAN DAMAGE THAT INCLUDED

BRUISED AND A LACERATED LIVER.

THOUGH THE BOY WAS STABLE,

DOCTORS WARNED HE MIGHT HAVE

PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.

MASON WAS IN A MEDICALLY

INDUCED COMA AND ON A

VENTILATOR TO HELP REDUCE THE

BRAIN SWELLING.

MARILYN, A FORMER NURSE,

UNDERSTOOD HIS INJURIES BETTER

THAN MOST.

AND KNEW WHAT WAS AT STAKE WITH

EACH ONE.

I JUST FELT MORE AND MORE

CRUSHED BECAUSE THERE WAS SO

MANY OF THEM.

THEY WERE ALL SEVERE.

AND ANY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE

HAD SEVERE THAT WOULD HAVE

TAKEN HIM AWAY FROM US.

WORD OF THE ACCIDENT SPREAD

AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED

FROM ALL OVER THE SURROUNDING

TO COMFORT THE GRIEVING FAMILY

AND TO PRAY.

SOME, INCLUDING LINDSEY'S

FELLOW TEACHERS MET IN THE

PARKING LOT BELOW MASON'S ROOM

AS HE WAS TAKEN INTO SURGERY TO

REPAIR HIS BROKEN FEMUR.

THEY DID A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

FOR HIM.

IT'S AMAZING.

VERY HUMBLING.

THAT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING.

WE KNEW THAT MASON HAD LOTS

AND LOTS OF PRAYERS GOING UP

AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD GET HIM

THROUGH THIS.

THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL.

THEN AS THEY WAITED FOR HIS

LUNGS AND OTHER ORGANS TO HEAL

AND THE SWELLING IN HIS BRAIN

TO GO DOWN.

LINDSAY GOD LED HER TO READ

SOME 91 VERSE 11.

HE SHOWED ME THAT HE'S GIVEN

ANGELS TO GUARD US.

THAT EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED MY

FAITH AND I PRAYED THAT GOD

WOULD DISPATCH HIS GUARDIAN

ANGELS TO WATCH OVER AND OVER

THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MASON'S LUNGS BEGAN TO

IMPROVE AND HIS LIVER HEALED.

BUT FRIDAY, FIVE DAYS AFTER

THE ACCIDENT, MASON'S KIDNEYS

STARTED A SIGN THAT HIS ORGANS

MAY BE SHUTTING DOWN.

DEFINITELY SCARY, BUT I JUST

HAD A SENSE OF PEACE ABOUT THAT

AND JUST TOTALLY UTTERLY

LEANING ON GOD IN A WAY THAT

HAD NEVER HAD TO BEFORE.

BY MONDAY MORNING MASON'S

KIDNEYS HAD DRASTICALLY

IMPROVED AND DOCTORS FELT

CERTAIN THEY WOULD FULLY

RECOVER.

WHAT THEY WEREN'T SURE ABOUT

WAS HOW MUCH IF ANY BRAIN

DAMAGE MASON SUFFERED.

THEN FOUR DAYS LATER ON JUNE

5TH, MASON WAS TAKEN OFF VENT

AND BROUGHT OUT OF THE COMA.

IT WAS AN ANXIOUS MOMENT FOR

LINDSAY.

HE DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY

RECOGNIZE ME AND THAT SCARED

ME.

HE RECOGNIZED MY MOM BUT HE DID

NOT RECOGNIZE ME.

THEN HALF AN HOUR LATER

MASON CALLED LINDSAY MOM AS HIS

MEMORY RETURNED AND WE KNEW

THAT HIS BRAIN FUNCTION WAS

FULLY THERE.

THAT WAS COMFORTING.

AFTER JUST OVER TWO WEEKS IN

THE HOSPITAL MASON WAS

RELEASED.

THAT HE'S HERE IS A MIRACLE

BUT THAT HE HAD NO PERMANENT

ORGAN DAMAGE.

PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE WHICH IS

A TOTAL MIRACLE.

TODAY MASON IS A HEALTHY,

ACTIVE BOY WHO STILL FLYING.

SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT HE WAS

ACCEPTED HIS SCHOOL'S

ACADEMICALLY GIFTED PROGRAM.

AFTER ALL, HE'S THROUGH.

MASON HAS LEARNED A LOT

ABOUT PRAYER.

THE POWER OF PRAYER IS VERY

STRONG.

IT'S REALLY JUST COOL.

KNOW THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE

CARED ABOUT ME?

PRAYER ALTERED THE STORY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO

DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW HE MAY NOT HAVE HEALED

AS QUICKLY.

WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE POSSIBLY.

I THINK THAT THE LORD

DEFINITELY HONORS OUR PRAYER

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT THERE

WAS OF ANGELS THAT WERE

ASSIGNED TO HIM AT THAT MOMENT,

THAT DARK HIM OUT OF THAT PLANE

WHEN IT CRASHED.

MASON KEPT FLYING AND HE FLEW

WITH THEM.

BUT I THINK THAT WITHOUT THE

PRAYERS DON'T KNOW THAT WE

WOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME

OUTCOME.

THERE IS MONEY POWER IN, EVERY

PRAYER AND THE LORD IS STILL IN

THE MIRACLE BUSINESS.

HE'S STILL PERFORMING EVERY DAY

.

HE IS STILL PERFORMING MIRACLES

EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE BELIEVE

THAT HE WILL DO A MIRACLE IN

YOUR LIFE EVEN TODAY EVEN IN

THESE NEXT FEW MOMENTS WE GO

BOLDLY TO THE THRONE ROOM OF

GRACE LIFTING YOUR NEEDS UP TO

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO SEES

YOU WHO HEARS YOU AND WHO LOVES

YOU.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT WE WANT

TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND FAITH.

AND HERE ARE SOME AMAZING

ANSWER TO PRAYERS THAT HAPPENED

ON THIS PROGRAM RECENTLY.

THIS IS SHARON AND SHE EMAILED

US SAYING ON SEPTEMBER 14TH,

2023.

I WAS LISTENING TO THE 700 CLUB

AND GORDON SAID SOMEONE WITH

THE RIGHT EYE TWITCHING IS

CAUSING NERVE PROBLEMS.

I HAD EYE TWITCHING A FEW

MONTHS AND IT WAS STILL GOING

ON.

WHEN I HEARD GORDON I RECEIVED

THE PRAYER AND BELIEVED I WAS

HEALED.

SINCE THEN IT HASN'T TWITCHED.

NOT ONCE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

AND HERE'S JESSICA WROTE IN BY

EMAIL I AM QUITTING SMOKING IS

A TREMENDOUSLY STRESSFUL THING.

I HAD A BAD AND DIDN'T FEEL

RIGHT ABOUT WHAT I WAS WATCHING

SO I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH

CHANNELS.

THEN MY REMOTE STOPPED WORKING

AFTER FALLING FOR 10 MINUTES I

STOOD UP MORE CLOSER TO THE TV

TO ON.

IT TURNED PERFECTLY TO THE 700

CLUB AND NOT AMAZING.

AND ASHLEY SAYING THAT THERE

WAS A WOMAN STANDING IN FRONT

OF HER TV RIGHT NOW?

I KNEW THAT WAS ME SO I

LISTENED.

SHE SAID THAT GOD GOING TO TAKE

THAT ISSUE AWAY FROM ME.

I CLOSED MY EYES.

I FELT IT THROUGH MY BODY.

MY REMOTE WAS BEING CONTROLLED

BY GOD TO PLACE ME WHERE I

NEEDED TO BE AT THE MOMENT I

NEEDED TO HEAR FROM THROUGH.

ASHLEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

PROGRAM.

GET THAT PICTURE FROM PSALM

91.

HIS PLACE IS ANGELS CHARGE OVER

YOU THE TABERNACLE THAT WAS IN

THAT TEMPLE HAS A WONDERFUL

PICTURE OF WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE

THAT TABERNACLE HAD ANGELS AND

THEY HAD WINGS THAT CAME UP

OVER AND THEY TOUCHED AND IN

THAT PRESENCE IN THAT PHYSICAL

THING THE GLORY OF THE LORD

APPEARED.

NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT GOD

DOESN'T DWELL ON TEMPLES MADE

WITH HUMAN HANDS.

WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS DWELL IN

YOU.

THAT'S JESUS DIED TO PERFORM

THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE HAS BEEN

TORN INTO.

BUT THAT PICTURE HAVE THAT

MENTAL.

YOU HAVE AN ANGEL ON ONE SIDE.

YOU AN ANGEL ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEIR WINGS ARE COVERING

OVER YOU AND IN THAT THE GLORY

OF THE WILL APPEAR FOR YOU.

THERE PRAY JESUS IS PRAYING FOR

YOU.

GOD WANTS TO DO A MIRACLE IN

YOUR LIFE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE

AND WHEN YOU BELIEVE GET THAT

GLORY YOU GET THAT EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO LET GOD DO ALL

THE REST.

HE'S PROMISED HIS ANGELS, HIS

PROMISES, OUTPOURING OF HIS

HOLY.

HE GAVE US HIS SON.

HE'S DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS

FOR US.

SO HEALING WILL BE PART OF THAT

AND BE PART OF IT FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW.

LET'S PRAY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,

WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK THAT YOU GAVE US

JESUS.

WE THANK YOU THAT.

YOU'VE POURED OUT YOUR HOLY

SPIRIT ON US.

WE THANK THAT YOUR GLORY IS

BEING REVEALED.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE

PLACED ANGELS CHARGE OVER US.

SO LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

LET US HAVE YOUR GLORY.

LET YOUR GLORY APPEAR TO US AND

THE WORDS OF JESUS.

LET THEM RING DEEP OUR

INNERMOST BEING.

THIS HAS HAPPENED THAT.

THE GLORY OF THE LORD WOULD BE

REVEALED.

YOU ARE ABLE CURE ALL SICKNESS,

ALL DISEASE, ALL PAIN OF SO

YOU'RE ABLE TO CURE ME RIGHT

NOW.

MAY YOUR GLORY AND MAY BE IN

ME ON ME ALL AROUND ME AND IN

THAT MAY EVERY SINGLE DISEASE

BE CAST OUT FROM MY BODY NOW.

I ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME AMEN

ASHLEY GOD'S GIVEN YOU MAN I

BELIEVE GOD IS IS WANTING TO

HEAL SPECIFICALLY HEAD

INJURIES.

SO IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS

AND YOU'VE HAD A HEAD INJURY

WHETHER IT'S A CONCUSSION

THERE'S BEEN SOME FORM OF A

WOUND ON YOUR HEAD

DIZZINESS, ALL EVEN HEADACHES I

BELIEVE GOD IS ALSO HEALING

HEADACHES.

SO IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY

OF THOSE THINGS JUST LIFT UP

YOUR HANDS AND RECEIVE THE

HEALING FROM YOUR HEAVENLY

FATHER.

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING

THIS PRAYING FOR THIS FOR A

WHILE.

SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.

GOD SEES YOU HE HEARS YOU.

HE LOVES YOU JUST RECEIVED THIS

HEALING FROM THE TOP YOUR HEAD

TO THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET AND

THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS

THERE'S SONG YOU'RE WORRIED

ABOUT LUNG CANCER YOU'VE HAD

SOME KIND OF SCAN THAT HAS

SHOWN TWO SPOTS IN THE UPPER

PART OF YOUR RIGHT LUNG AND IN

THE NAME OF JESUS BE HEALED AND

MAY THOSE SPOTS DISAPPEAR.

GO BACK AND GET SCANNED AGAIN.

GOD'S DONE A MIRACLE FOR AND

YOU WERE ABLE TO BE CANCER FREE

SPOT.

FREE.

NOTHING IS GOING TO HURT YOU.

IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN

JESUS NAME.

YEAH.

THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING AND

YOU'RE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT

WE SAY VERTIGO AND THERE IT IS

VERTIGO.

I JUST BELIEVE YOU BEEN ASKING

GOD TO HEAL YOU OF THAT

CONDITION.

IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD.

YOU AND I JUST BELIEVE GOD IS

HEALING THE ROOT ISSUE WHICH IS

YOUR INNER EAR AND THAT INNER

BALANCE AND I BELIEVE GOD IS

JUST HEALING YOU OF THAT

COMPLETELY.

YOU WON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH

THAT OR EXPERIENCE ANY VERTIGO

ANY MORE.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS SOMEONE

YOU SUFFER WITH RECURRING

INFLAMMATION IN YOUR HANDS BUT

IS PRIMARILY IN YOUR RIGHT

HANDS LIKE THE THE TOP OF THE

KNUCKLES AND THE FIRST JOINT IN

THE FINGER THEY THEY JUST UP

AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL FOR YOU

TO MAKE A FIST OR USE YOUR

FINGERS GOD IS HEALING YOU OF

THAT AND IT'S NEVER TO RECUR.

YOU HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FROM

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND ALL

OF THAT PAIN RIGHT NOW AND

JESUS JESUS LORD WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT

YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND WE WANT

TO SHOW FORTH YOUR GLORY TO THE

WORLD.

LET US HAVE THIS GIFT LORD FOR

WE ASK IT IN JESUS NAME A MAN

IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED LET US

LET US SHARE IN YOUR GOOD

REPORT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL US ONE 800 707,000 AND SAY

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND

IF YOU NEED PRAYER BELIEVE IN

PREVAILING PRAYER.

THAT'S THE PRAYER THAT

DOESN'T GIVE UP UNTIL YOU GET

THE ANSWER.

SO WE WANT TO STAND WITH YOU IN

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THE SPEAKER TO CANCEL PLANNED

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WELL TURNING TO THE FEDERAL

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WELL LIKE A LOT OF WOMEN RASTA

HAD MORNING SICKNESS HER

PREGNANCY.

SO SHE DECIDED TO TAKE MEDICINE

TO HELP WITH THE NAUSEA BUT

THEN HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITH

A CLEFT LIP AND.

RASTA BLAMED HERSELF.

RASTA CAN NEVER FORGET HOW

SHE FELT ON THE DAY WHEN HER A

SHAVER WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT

LIP AND PALATE.

I WAS HEARTBROKEN WHEN I SAW

HER BECAUSE I KNEW COULD NOT

AFFORD A SURGERY TO FIX IT.

RASTA SAID SHE'D BEEN

EXTREMELY NAUSEOUS DURING HER

FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY,

BLAMED HERSELF FOR HER

DAUGHTER'S CONDITION.

I CONSUMED EACH TIME I FELT

NAUSEOUS SOMETIMES WONDERED IF

I CAUSED THE CLEFT PALATE FROM

THINKING MEDICINE.

AS A CHRISTIAN RASTA SAID

SHE CRIED TO GOD FOR HELP.

I SAID WHY GOD?

WHY DO YOU GIVE US A CHILD

WITHOUT GIVING US THE MONEY TO

FIX HER LIP OR BUY WHAT SHE

NEEDS?

THEN HER HUSBAND RUDY GOT

LAID FROM WORK.

I GREW HOPELESS.

I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

PAY FOR HER SURGERY.

THEN ONE DAY OPERATION

BLESSING MET WITH THE FAMILY

AND ARRANGED FOR EACH OTHER TO

RECEIVE FREE SURGERY TO REPAIR

HER CLEFT LIP.

I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE MY

DAUGHTER NOW.

I AM.

AND NOW SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU SO TO OPERATION

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NEED.

BUT BECAUSE YOU SAID YES TO GOD

TO A BLESSING UNTO OTHERS IN

DOING IT IN HIS NAME YOU ARE

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WORLD.

SO WE JUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR

PARTNERS.

AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS AND

YOU FEEL A TUG ON YOUR HEART,

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OF ELMO IS THE LIFE OF THE

PARTY A CENTER OF ATTENTION THE

PERSON EVERYONE HAD EYES ON?

WELL, HERE'S THE CATCH VERMA'S

REAL NAME WAS BLAKE AND BLAKE

WAS A MAN BLAKE HOWARD'S

JOURNEY TO HOMOSEXUAL STARTED

AT A YOUNG AGE.

RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME HE

LONGED FOR THE AFFECTION OF HIS

FATHER BUT RARELY GOT TO SPEND

TIME WITH AS HE WAS ALWAYS AT

WORK.

INSTEAD BLAKE CONNECTED WITH

THE ONE PERSON WHO WAS THERE

FOR HIM HIS MOTHER.

THEN BEGAN TO KIND OF SEE

MYSELF TAKING ON KIND OF LIKE A

FEMALE ROLE GROWING UP WATCHING

CARTOONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS

LIKE THAT.

I FOUND MYSELF CONNECTING MORE

WITH THE FEMALE CHARACTERS

RATHER THAN THE MALE

CHARACTERS.

EVEN WHEN BLAKE AND HIS

FATHER DID HAVE TIME TOGETHER

IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO

GET ALONG DUE TO BLAKE'S

FEMININE INTERESTS.

THIS LEFT HIM FEELING LIKE HE

WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

THEN AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, BLAKE

HAD A HOMOSEXUAL ENCOUNTER

INITIATED BY A FRIEND.

HE KNEW THAT NEITHER HIS

PARENTS NOR GOD WOULD APPROVE.

IT'S STILL LEFT HIM CONFUSED.

IT FELT WRONG.

IT FELT THAT WAS SOMETHING

WRONG OR DIRTY ABOUT IT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME LIKE I AM

CURIOUS SO I NEVER TOLD MY

PARENTS.

I NEVER ABOUT IT BECAUSE I FELT

LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE

LORD WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE

TO FORGIVE ME OF.

AND THAT KIND OF LED ME INTO AS

I GREW UP INTO A TEENAGER KIND

OF JUST TURNING AWAY FROM GOD.

I WAS LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT

ENOUGH FOR HIM.

GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL, BLAKE

WAS OFTEN BULLIED AND LABELED

AS GAY BY HIS PEERS BASED ON

HIS AND THE WAY HE DRESSED.

BLAKE DENIED IT EVEN THOUGH HE

DID FIND HIMSELF ATTRACTED TO

BOYS.

THEN IN HIS HIS SENIOR YEAR HE

LANDED A ROLE IN A SCHOOL PLAY

AS A WOMAN.

HIS PERFORMANCE WAS A HIT

AFTER SHOW.

PEOPLE WOULD COME UP TO ME AND

SAY OH MY GOSH, YOU DID SO

AMAZING.

I GOT THAT VALIDATION JUST

COMPLETELY LIKE OH, THIS IS

THIS IS GOOD.

THIS IS SO MAKES ME FEEL LIKE

I'M ENOUGH THIS MAKES ME FEEL

LIKE BELONG IS I'M ACCEPTED.

AND THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST

EXPERI SINCE BEING IN DRAG

QUEEN.

BLAKE TOOK ON THE PERSONA

VELMA AND PARTICIPATED IN MORE

EVENTS IN DRAG THOUGH UNDER AGE

HE WENT TO GAY BARS WHERE HE

BEGAN USING ALCOHOL AND WHILE

DEVELOPING HOMOSEXUAL

RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT AFTER A TIME THE HEAVY

PARTYING BEGAN TO WEIGH ON HIM

ALL THE THINGS THAT I TRIED TO

USE TO FILL THE VOID AND HOLES

IN MY HEART LIKE I WAS STILL

BROKEN AND IT SCARED ME.

I ALMOST OVERDOSED ON COCAINE.

I STARTED LOOKING AT CHRISTIAN

COLLEGES TO GO TO BECAUSE I

WANTED TO GET MY LIFE TOGETHER

AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE DRUGS

AND THE ALCOHOL BUT THE

HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE SOMETHING

HE PLANNED TO GIVE UP.

IN 19 BLAKE WAS ACCEPTED INTO A

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN ALABAMA.

THEN ONE NIGHT AT A WORSHIP

SERVICE ON CAMPUS HE HAD A

PROFOUND EXPERIENCE.

I FELT JESUS JUST COME UP

BEHIND ME AND JUST LIKE HOLD ME

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN LIKE FELT

ALL OF THE HOLES FILL UP IN MY

HEART.

I BEGAN JUST GO ON THIS

JOURNEY WITH THE LORD AND I

STARTED LIKE PURSUING HIS

PRESENCE.

I WANTED TO BE WITH JESUS

BUT STRUGGLED WITH SAME SEX

ATTRACTION.

BLAKE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO

STUDYING THE BIBLE AND WHILE HE

DID GIVE UP ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.

HE WAS DETERMINED TO CARRY ON

AS THE DRAG QUEEN VELMA AND

MAINTAIN HIS HOMOSEXUAL

LIFESTYLE AND SECRET.

HEARING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY KNOWING IN

MY MIND THAT I STILL LIKE GUYS

AND THEN I WOULD SPEND LIKE THE

NEXT 45 MINUTES OR AN HOUR

DURING WORSHIP LIKE BEING IN

THE ALTAR OR FEELING LIKE I WAS

A PIECE OF AND JUST LIKE

APOLOGIZING AGAIN TO THE LORD

ALL WHILE STILL TRYING TO MAKE

OKAY IN MY HEAD THAT I COULD

BECAME CHRISTIAN.

IT WAS LIKE THIS CONSTANT

AND FORTH KIND OF THING.

BUT THE MORE HE READ THE BIBLE

AND SPENT WITH GOD THE MORE HE

WANTED TO CHANGE.

ONE DAY I WAS IN PRAYER AND THE

LORD SPOKE TO ME AND HE SAID IT

IS NOT A GAY TO STRAIGHT

TRANSITION IT'S FROM BROKEN

WHOLE TRANSITION.

I WAS FINISHING MY MAKEUP AND I

REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE MIRROR

AND THINKING LIKE I DON'T WANT

TO DO THIS ANYMORE.

IT'S NOT WHO I AM AND SO I

BEGAN TO FEEL LESS AND LESS

CONNECTED TO VELMA AND LESS AND

LESS TO THE LGBTQ AND I'M NOT

GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE

THINGS BECAUSE I WANT TO PURSUE

JESUS MORE THAN I WANT A.

I BEGAN TO FEEL THIS HAPPINESS

JOY LIKE BECAUSE HE GENUINELY

CARES AND LOVES ME.

BLAKE OPENED UP TO CHRISTIAN

MENTORS WHO HELPED HIM STAY

ACCOUNTABLE.

HE ALSO MET A CHRISTIAN WOMAN

WHILE IN COLLEGE AND STRUGGLED

WITH SAME SEX ATTRACTION AS

WELL AND THE TWO BECAME CLOSE

FRIENDS AND THEN FELL IN LOVE.

YEARS LATER THEY MARRIED AND

ARE STARTING A FAMILY.

BLAKE IS NOW A PASTOR SHARING

ABOUT THE WHOLENESS HE FOUND IN

JESUS CHRIST.

GOD CAN DELIVER YOU AND MAKE

YOU FREE.

WHOLENESS IS WHEN YOU BEGIN TO

TRULY RELY ON JESUS FOR

EVERYTHING MORE THAT I WENT

AFTER JESUS THE LESS THAT I

CARED ABOUT EX-BOYFRIEND THEN

THE LESS I CARED ABOUT WALKING

INTO AND BEING ATTRACTED TO 80%

OF THE GUYS IN THERE JUST GOING

FROM BEING THIS DRUGGY DRAG

QUEEN TO SEE THAT HE HAD CALLED

ME TO SO MUCH MORE IS JUST MIND

BOGGLING.

THE LORD MOVED IN SUCH A WAY

LIKE IT RESTORED MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DAD.

I WAS LOOKING FOR A MAN TO FILL

THAT VOID IN MY HEART AND I

FINALLY ONE THAT COMPLETELY

GAVE ME EVERYTHING I NEED.

AND HIS NAME IS JESUS BLAKE

STORY BE LIKE YOUR STORY AND I

THINK ALL COMPULSIONS FALL

WITHIN THOSE WHERE YOU

EXPERIENCE AND SUDDENLY YOU

HAVE THIS SENSE WELL, I'M NOW

ENOUGH I'M NOW ACCEPTED IF I IF

I DO THIS THING I'M NOW GOING

TO BE ACCEPTED.

I'M NOW GOING TO BELONG.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED TO

BLAKE BUT IN IT HE KNEW HE WAS

BEING TORN.

HE KNEW THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT.

HE HAD THIS INNERMOST SENSE.

THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM.

NOW YOU WHATEVER COMPULSION

YOU'RE YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM IF

YOU THINK IN YOUR MIND THAT

IT'S THE COMPULSION THAT YOU

NEED TO GET RID OF.

LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS TOLD BLAKE

THE IS NOT FROM THAT TO NOT

THAT IT'S FROM BROKENNESS TO

WHOLENESS THAT WHEN YOU GET

THAT HOLE IN YOUR HEART FILLED

WITH PRESENCE NOTHING ELSE

MATTERS.

SO WHETHER IT'S AN ADDICTION TO

CIGARETS OR AN ADDICTION TO

DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING OR

SEX HAS A VARIETY OF

COMPULSIONS AND ADDICTIONS

WHATEVER IT IS.

WHEN BECOME WHOLE IN HIM AND

YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP

NOTHING ELSE COMPARES AND

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS AND IT'S

WONDERFUL.

YOU CAN HAVE THIS ENCOUNTER.

FOR BLAKE IT HAPPENED AT A

WORSHIP SERVICE AND THEN IT

TOOK A TRANSITION PERIOD FOR

HIM.

CAN HAVE THIS AND YOU CAN HAVE

IT RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND

RIGHT.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PRAYER.

JESUS IF YOU'RE THERE, IF

YOU'RE REAL, IF YOU REALLY CAN

SAVE ME, IF YOU CAN REALLY MAKE

ME WHOLE AGAIN WELL THEN I WANT

THAT.

I WANT YOU COULD JUST SHOW UP.

COULD YOU SHOW UP FOR ME IF YOU

NEED TO GET RID OF SIN IF YOU

NEED TO REPENT YOU NEED TO

TURN.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE

WONDERFUL.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIM

TO HELP YOU CHANGE YOUR

THINKING.

BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS JESUS

WANTS TO HELP YOU.

HE WANTS TO DELIVER.

HE WANTS TO SET YOU FREE

FROM ANY COMPULSION ANYTHING

THAT TAKES YOU AWAY FROM HIM.

HE WANTS YOU AND YOU ARE

ACCEPTED BY HIM.

IF YOU WANT HELP WITH THIS

PRAYER WE'VE GOT A FREE NUMBER

FOR YOU.

ALL YOU YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL US ONE 800 707,000.

HERE'S WORD FROM JOHN FOR

THOSE WHO EMBRACE AND TOOK HOLD

OF HIS NAME HE GAVE AUTHORITY

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