A wedding is delayed as the groom is on life support after double pneumonia, sepsis, and a stroke. See what saves his life and why he was able to walk down the aisle on today’s 700 Club.
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WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING WITH
US.
ISRAEL HAS ISSUED AN
UNPRECEDENTED EVACUATION ORDER
TELLING MORE THAN 1 MILLION
PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE NORTHERN
GAZA BEFORE IT LAUNCHES THIS
MASSIVE GROUND INVASION.
AND IF YOU CAN I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW DIABOLICAL THIS
IS.
HAMAS IS TELLING PALESTINIANS
TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
WELL, THE ORDER CAME SHORTLY
AFTER ISRAEL'S NEW EMERGENCY
TOOK OFFICE.
THE COUNTRY AND ITS LEADERSHIP
ARE BOTH IN THEIR DETERMINATION
TO DEFEAT THE TERRORISTS AND
WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS
GAINING GROUND AS NEVER BEFORE.
CHRIS REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM.
THURSDAY NIGHT ISRAEL'S NEW
EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT WAS SWORN
IN.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU EXPLAINED WHY MILLION
SINCE OCTOBER SEVEN, 2023 AT
6:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE OF
THE WAR THAT WAS FORCED ON THE
STATE OF ISRAEL THROUGH A
MURDEROUS TERRORIST ATTACK FROM
THE GAZA.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT INCLUDES
FORMER IDF CHIEF OF BENNY GANTZ
AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES AS THE IDF
AMASSES A HUGE MILITARY FORCE
ON THE GAZA BORDER, IT'S
WARNING CIVILIANS IN GAZA TO
GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY TO SAVE
PALESTINIAN LIVES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ
VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD THE
MESSAGE THAT WE SENT OBVIOUSLY
IN ARABIC TO THE LOCAL IN GAZA
CITY INFORMING THEM OF THE NEED
TO EVACUATE FROM WHERE THEY ARE
FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.
THIS IS THE MESSAGE THE IDF
CALLS FOR THE EVACUATION OF ALL
CIVILIANS FROM GAZA CITY.
I CAN ZOOM IN IN A SECOND FROM
GAZA CITY FROM THEIR HOMES
SOUTHWARDS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY
AND PROTECTION AND TO MOVE TO
THE AREA SOUTH.
ONE OF THE OTHER THE RIVER OF
GAZA AS SHOWN ON THE MAP.
WE ARE NOT SEEING THE
RESIDENTS OF GAZA STRIP AS
ENEMIES.
HAMAS IS OUR ENEMY.
HAMAS OUR ENEMY AND WILL PAY
THE PRICE OF WHAT THEY DID TO
US.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ISRAEL IS
REVENGE.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
IT'S NOT REVENGE.
HOW CAN YOU REVENGE?
ONE YEAR OLD BABY THAT THEY
SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD.
WHAT IS THE REVENGE FOR IT?
THERE IS NO REVENGE FOR IT.
THIS IS JUST A WAR AND AN
OPERATION STRATEGY OF ISRAEL TO
ELIMINATE HAMAS OF ITS POWER.
HAMAS CLAIMING THEY DID NOT
TARGET CIVILIANS.
WE HEAR WOULD LIKE TO STRESS
THAT THERE WERE CLEAR
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TOP
COMMANDER OF AL-QASSAM BRIGADES
TO AVOID TARGETING CIVILIANS OR
KILLING THEM.
YONAH BOB, MILITARY
CORRESPONDENT FOR THE JERUSALEM
POST WITNESSED THE CARNAGE IN
THE KIBBUTZ THE AREA PEOPLE ARE
SAYING HAMAS IS ISIS AND THAT'S
WHAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE WOMEN,
CHILDREN, BABIES, ELDERLY
SLAUGHTERED, HEADS BEING CUT
OFF BLOOD EVERYWHERE THE YOU
KNOW THE PICTURES, THE VIDEOS
THAT HAVE COME OUT, WHAT WOULD
THEY DID TO THESE COMMUNITIES
WAS JUST HORRIFIC, MONSTROUS.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO ON WITH
THE ADJECTIVES AND THAT IS WHAT
HAS TURNED THE WORLD.
I DON'T THINK THE WORLD WAS FOR
HAMAS BEFORE BUT THE WORLD IS
BEHIND ISRAEL.
ON A LEVEL IT HASN'T BEEN IN A
VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE,
YOU KNOW, OTHER BARBARITY THAT
THEY SAW FROM HAMAS IN THIS
CASE BURY WHICH I JUST SAW.
AND IN ANOTHER 21 COMMUNITIES.
ISRAEL IS ALSO BUILDING UP
ITS PRESENCE ALONG NORTHERN
BORDER IN CASE OF FIGHTING WITH
HEZBOLLAH.
TODAY'S ACTIONS COME AFTER THE
U.S. AND GOT TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT THAT GUTTER WILL NOT
ACT ON ANY REQUEST FROM IRAN TO
ACCESS $6 BILLION IN IRANIAN
FUNDS THAT WERE UNBLOCKED AS
PART A PRISONER SWAP LAST
MONTH.
AND JEWS AROUND THE WORLD URGED
TO BE CAUTIOUS AFTER A FORMER
HAMAS CHIEF CALLED FOR A DAY OF
BY MUSLIMS FOR TODAY.
BUT FOR NOW THE FOCUS IS ON
GAZA AND ISRAEL'S APPARENTLY
IMMINENT GROUND.
I CAN'T IMAGINE A GOVERNMENT
URGING ITS CITIZENS TO STAY IN
THE PLACE TO STAY THEIR HOMES
AS THEY'RE FACING IMMINENT
INVASION.
HERE'S A FACT AND IT'S AN
HISTORICAL FACT BACK TO 2006
UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE THE ARAB SPRING.
LET'S HAVE DEMOCRACY SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST.
LET'S STOP THESE DICTATORSHIPS.
LET'S STOP ALL THE VIOLENCE,
ALL THE.
AND THEY ARRANGE FOR THERE
TO BE FREE AND OPEN ELECTIONS
IN GAZA.
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DO?
THEY ELECTED HAMAS.
THEY ELECTED A TERRORIST GROUP
TO RULE THEM.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE REAPING THAT
AND AND FOR THAT SAME GROUP TO
SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE
FOR YOU, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW
YOU TO EVACUATE, WE'RE GOING TO
FORCE YOU TO IN THERE IN YOUR
OWN HOMES.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY DIABOLICAL TO
HEAR THEM SAY THE SOLDIERS
THESE YOU KNOW, THE HORRIBLE
INVASION THAT THEY WEREN'T
ORDERED TO TO RAPE THEY ORDERED
TO KILL CHILDREN.
WELL, WE HAVE AN AUDIO
RECORDING THE SAME GROUP SAYING
YES, THIS WAS OUR TACTIC.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE
ORDERED THEM TO DO.
IT'S THEY EXPECT THE WORLD
TO LISTEN TO THEIR LIES AND GO
ALONG WITH IT.
I'VE GOT TO CALL THEM ON IT.
THAT'S A COMPLETE AND TOTAL
LIE.
FOR ON THIS STORY LET'S GO TO
CHRIS MITCHELL, OUR CBN ISRAEL
BUREAU CHIEF.
SO CHRIS, TELL US ABOUT THE
GROUND INVASION.
IT JUST SEEMS TO BE
POTENTIAL FOR CASUALTIES ON
BOTH SIDES.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT, THE U.S.
HASN'T DECIDED.
OUR OUR SPECIAL FORCES AREN'T
UP FOR THE TASK SO IF IF THE
IDF IS GOING TO TREAD IN HERE I
MEAN WHEN NAVY SEALS SAY WE
DON'T WANT TO GO IN.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A
PROLONGED AND HORRIFIC BATTLE.
YEAH, IT SHOULD BE.
GORDON YOU KNOW, HAMAS HAS HAD
YEARS TO BUILD TUNNELS
UNDERNEATH, GAZA CITY TRAPS
AND THAT'S REALLY THE NIGHTMARE
SCENARIO FOR IDF FORCES.
THAT'S WHY TIME AFTER TIME EVEN
THOUGH THEY'VE GONE CONFLICTS
WITH WITH HAMAS, THEY HAVE
AVOIDED A GROUND INVASION.
I THINK 2014 WAS THE ONE
EXCEPTION BECAUSE URBAN WARFARE
IS THE WORST KIND OF WARFARE
AND HAMAS HAS IS ARE THEY'RE
KIND OF MASTERS AT PUTTING
TRAPS IN TUNNELS.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO SAY,
GORDON, THAT THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME THAT THE IDF AND
ISRAEL HAS WARNED PEOPLE IN
GAZA TO GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
TIME AFTER TIME THEY'VE DROPPED
LEAFLETS THEY CALL PEOPLE THEY
SEND TEXT MESSAGES.
THEY D
GET CIVILIANS OUT OF HARM'S WAY
AND YOU KNOW, HAVING HAMAS TELL
PEOPLE TO STAY EVEN THOUGH
THERE MAY BE A BOMBING CAMPAIGN
OR AN INVASION REMINDS ME OF
ISIS BACK IN MOSUL WHEN THE
IRAQI WAS TRYING TO GET ISIS
OUT OF MOSUL.
ACTUALLY WERE SHOOTING
CIVILIANS AS THEY WERE LEAVING.
SO THEY WANTED THEM AS HUMAN
SHIELDS.
AND SO IT'S VERY REMINISCENT
SORT OF ICES WHAT THEY'VE DONE
IN MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
WELL, WE'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT
ON THE FACE OF EVIL.
IT'S JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW STILL CONSIDERED HUMAN.
IT'S JUST IT'S BEYOND WORDS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE LONG TERM
EFFECTS THE WAR AND I SPEAK AS
AN AMERICAN.
WE HAD 911.
WE WENT INTO AFGHANISTAN, THE
TALIBAN.
THIS IS CLEARLY WHERE THEY WERE
TRAINED AND HOW TO TAKE OVER
AIRPLANES.
ALL OF THAT WAS QUITE EVIDENT
TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
WE HAD A MILITARY OCCUPATION
FOR NOW OVER 20 YEARS.
AND WHEN WE LEFT WHO TAKES OVER
THE TALIBAN ONCE AGAIN?
AND SO ONCE AGAIN AFGHANISTAN
IS BACK UNDER AN EXTREME MUSLIM
GOVERNMENT IT IN UNDER
TERRORISTS CONTROL.
SO LOOKING AT GAZA, WHAT DO YOU
THINK THE LONG TERM EFFECTS
WILL BE?
WELL, I'M NOT SURE ANYONE KNOWS
THAT, GORDON, BUT I CAN SAY
THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO LOOK AT
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER
THE CAMPAIGN.
I THINK I CAN REMEMBER BACK TO
1967 WHEN MOSHE DAYAN THEN
ISRAEL'S DEFENSE WAS LOOKING AT
GAZA AND NOT SURE HE REALLY
WANTED TO OCCUPY THAT.
SO IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT
PLACE TO ACTUALLY GOVERN ONCE
YOU ONCE YOU TAKE OVER.
I THINK DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE
OVER.
SO THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF
THIS ARE STILL YET TO BE FOUND
OUT.
BUT BUT I THINK NOW WE'RE
LOOKING AT THIS CAMPAIGN WHO
KNOWS HOW LONG IT MAY BE
SOMEONE SAYING EARLIER PRAY FOR
A MIRACLE.
I MEAN THERE WAS A MIRACLE IN
1967 IN THE SIX-DAY WAR.
PERHAPS HIS CAMPAIGN CAN BE
SHORTER AND LESS DEADLY ON BOTH
SIDES.
THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A
WELCOME RELIEF AFTER SO MUCH
CARNAGE IN THE LAST SIX DAYS.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
IMMINENT INVASION AND I WOULD
ADD, GORDON, THIS IS THE FRONT
PAGE OF TODAY'S JERUSALEM POST
THAT SAYS ISRAEL WHICH IS THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WILL WIN.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN
ISRAELIS SO UNIFIED RIGHT NOW
IN MANY WAYS YOU HAVE
RESTAURANTS COOKING FOOD FOR
SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINES.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE DOING ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THEIR SOLDIERS ON
THE FRONT LINES.
AND AGAIN, I'VE SAID BEFORE
THIS IS A FAMILY.
ISRAEL IS A FAMILY.
360 RESERVISTS HAVE BEEN CALLED
UP SO ALMOST EVERYONE HAS
INVOLVED IN THIS WAR.
IT COULD BE A SON OR DAUGHTER,
A FATHER, A MOTHER IN THE ARMY,
A COUSIN, A FRIEND.
AND SO ARE SO UNIFIED RIGHT
NOW.
THEY WANT TO ERADICATE THIS
EVIL ONCE AND FOR ALL.
IN THE SAME TIME THEY WANT TO
SAVE PALESTINIAN LIVES.
WELL, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE DAY OF?
I HEAR THAT THERE'S ALREADY
BEEN AN ATTACK IN PARIS, THIS
WORLDWIDE CALL FOR A DAY OF
RAGE, A DAY OF.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IN
JERUSALEM?
WELL, THAT WAS THE CALL BY A
FORMER HAMAS LEADER WHO LED
MICHEL AND HE HAD SAID THIS IS
A DAY OF RAGE.
IT'S FRIDAY.
THIS IS THE DAY OF PRAYER FOR
FOUR MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE AND HE
WAS RALLYING THEM AROUND A THAT
HAS GONE BACK OVER 100 YEARS
WHICH IS SAVE THE AL-AQSA
MOSQUE HERE IN JERUSALEM.
IT'S THE THIRD HOLIEST SITE FOR
MANY MUSLIMS IN THEIR RELIGION
AND THE CALL AND THE THE
ACCUSATION IS WHAT THEY'RE
DOING WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING IS
UNDERMINING OR GOING TO DESTROY
THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE.
BACK HUSSEINI BACK IN THE 1920S
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE
CALL.
IT'S LASTED EVER SINCE.
SO FAR IT'S BEEN QUIET HERE IN
JERUSALEM.
THERE WAS A THAT ATTACK IN
PARIS.
BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO RALLY
MUSLIMS AROUND WHAT HAMAS HAS
DONE IN THE RIGHT THERE IN
ISRAEL.
AND WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE
ROCKETS ARE STILL GOING HERE
GORDON.
THERE WAS A ROCKET THAT WENT TO
HUNDREDS THAT HAS A 250
KILOMETER BUT 150 MILE RANGE.
IT HIT ALL THE WAY TO HAIFA.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A
BOMBING CAMPAIGN GOING ON BY
IDF TWO AGAINST GAZA, THEY'RE
STILL FIRING ROCKETS STILL IN
NEAR THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES
AND ALL THE WAY TO HAIFA.
WELL, THEY CALL THE INVASION
THE AL-AQSA FLOOD AND IT'S A I
JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU
CAN KILL BABIES AND CLAIM THAT
YOU'RE DOING IT IN THE NAME OF
GOD.
JUST KNOW.
AND I DON'T THAT AT ALL, CHRIS.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANKS FOR YOUR.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND THE ENTIRE
TEAM THERE MAY STAY SAFE.
THANK YOU.
LET ME UNDERLINE ANOTHER PIECE
OF HISTORY.
IN MY VIEW THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE ARE ESSENTIALLY ON
GOVERNABLE.
SO YOU HEARD ABOUT MOSHE DAYAN
SAYING WE CAN'T POSSIBLY GOVERN
THEM IN GAZA.
IT DOESN'T WORK.
ALL THE ARAB NATIONS AROUND
ISRAEL HAVE REFUSED THE THEY
THEY SAY NO, YOU CAN'T COME IN
.
AND PART OF THAT IS WHEN THE
PALESTINIANS COME IN THEY TRY
OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
HOST COUNTRY.
SO THEY THAT IN JORDAN AND THEY
TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE KING AND
REPLACE HIM WITH A RADICAL
PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT.
THAT CAUSED JORDAN TO SAY WELL,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
DO HERE, WE'RE GOING TO THROW
YOU OUT.
AND WHERE DID THEY GO?
THEY WENT TO LEBANON WHICH USED
TO BE THE JEWEL THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
IT USED TO BE A SHOWCASE WHERE
MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
AND YOU KNOW, EVERY RELIGION
CAN ALL ALONG WE CAN ALL HAVE A
GOVERNMENT TOGETHER.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, IT TURNED INTO AN
ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE AND THEY
FORMED TERRORIST CELLS AND IT
TURNED INTO PARTIZAN FIGHTING
ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS AND
LEBANON IS ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED
TODAY.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE EVIDENCE
OF IT, WHEN YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE
ARE REALLY LIKE OR LET'S
BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST TIME WE
SEE IT, WHY DOES IT TAKE
DECADES OF SEEING IT TO FINALLY
WAKE UP?
THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND NOT
JUST A PROBLEM FOR ISRAEL.
IT'S A PROBLEM FOR OF US
BECAUSE AFTER ISRAEL WHO IS
THEIR NEXT TARGET?
WELL, IT'S YOU AND ME AND
THEY'VE ALREADY DECLARED THAT.
WELL, A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
LAWMAKERS FROM THE US MET WITH
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IN
ISRAEL THIS WEEK.
THEY SHOWED SOLIDARITY WITH THE
ISRAELIS BY SUPPORTING THEM
AGAINST THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS
FROM HAMAS.
ONE SENATOR ON THAT TRIP SPOKE
WITH CBN, MATT GORKA AFTER
ARRIVING BACK IN THE UNITED
STATES.
WE HAVE SPENT THE DAY IN
ISRAEL MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF
AFFECTED FAMILIES AND SPEAKING
WITH LEADERS IOWA SENATOR JONI
ERNST TRAVELED TO ISRAEL JUST
DAYS AFTER THE BRUTAL ATTACK
FROM HAMAS.
SHE LED A BIPARTISAN
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO,
THE MIDDLE EAST THAT FIRST MET
WITH LEADERS IN SAUDI ARABIA
AND BAHRAIN.
I WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT
CONTINUING OUR TRIP INTO TO
SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAELI
LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL AGAINST THESE HAMAS
ATTACKS BRUTAL, VIOLENT
ATTACKS.
THE SENATOR ALONG WITH TWO
HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND THREE
DEMOCRATS TALKED WITH NETANYAHU
ABOUT HELPING IN THE FIGHT THE
PRIME MINISTER SHARED WITH US
DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THAT THEY
MIGHT NEED AND OF COURSE WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
RECONSTITUTING THE IRON DOME AS
THE NUMBER OF DEAD AND WOUNDED
CONTINUES TO RISE.
EARNED SAYS THE CONVERSATIONS
WITH SURVIVORS STILL STICK WITH
HER.
SHE MET AN ISRAELI FAMILY THAT
DEFENDED THEMSELVES AS HAMAS
TERRORISTS INVADED THEIR FARM.
THE HAMAS SAYS THEY INVADED
THE HOME, BOUGHT SOME VERY
PRECIOUS TIME FOR THEIR MOTHER
TO ESCAPE BUT THEIR BROTHER WAS
MURDERED IN THIS ATTACK AS
WELL.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA THEIR FATHER
IS THEY DON'T KNOW HIS
CONDITION IF HE'S EVEN STILL
ALIVE.
ERNST AND A GROWING NUMBER
OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
HAVE PUSHED THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO FREEZE $6
BILLION RELEASED TO IRAN AS
PART OF A SWAP DEAL.
AS ACCUSATIONS FLY ABOUT IRAN'S
POSSIBLE IN ISRAEL, PRESSURE
HAS GROWN LEADING TO REPORTS
THAT MONEY AGAIN FROZEN
ALTHOUGH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS
WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT PUBLICLY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER AND WHAT I CAN
TELL YOU IS THAT EVERY SINGLE
DIME OF THAT MONEY IS STILL
SITTING IN A COUNTRY BANK.
NOT ONE OF IT NOT ONE DIME OF
IT HAS BEEN SPENT EARNED SAYS
PRESSURE MUST REMAIN ON THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO IRANIAN
SANCTIONS.
THIS DEAL NEVER SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND
NOW I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY CRITICAL
OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR
CONTINUING TO APPEASE IRAN.
WE KNOW THEY ARE THE LARGEST
STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR SO THEY
FUND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HAMAS
AND HEZBOLLAH THE HOUTHIS AND
THEY THEY CREATE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
IRAN FEARS.
AND SO THEY CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
IN THESE TYPES OF TERROR
ATTACKS AGAINST OUR FRIEND AND
ALLY ISRAEL.
SENATOR ERNST ALSO SAID THAT
THE LACK OF A SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE IN CONGRESS WAS WORRISOME
BECAUSE IT PREVENTS UNITED
STATES FROM PROVIDING ANY SORT
OF CONGRESSIONAL AID.
SHE SAID THAT
MET WITH IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION.
MATT GORKA, CBN NEWS.
WELL, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THE
TRUTH BEHIND THE JEWISH AND
ARAB CLAIMS TO THE LAND OF
ISRAEL.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A DVD THAT
GIVES THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND
TO THE NEWS YOU'RE SEEING
TODAY.
IT'S CALLED WHOSE LAND IS
IT?
IT HAS THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
SUCH AS WHETHER NOT GAZA AND
THE WEST BANK ARE QUOTE
OCCUPIED TERRITORY CLOSE QUOTE.
WHY THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE
CRISIS STILL REMAINS A PROBLEM
TODAY MORE THAN 70 YEARS AFTER
THE 1948 WAR.
WELL, YOU CAN RECEIVE A DVD
COPY OF WHOSE LAND IS IT?
AS FOR A GIFT ANY DOLLAR
AMOUNT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO CBN
ICON SLASH WHOSE LAND.
OR CALL US ONE 800 707,000
PLATFORMS ISRAEL IS GOING TO
OBLITERATE HAMAS.
WELL THAT'S THE ASSESSMENT OF
FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO DAVID
FRIEDMAN.
CBN'S DAVID BRODY SPOKE TO
FRIEDMAN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
THE WAR AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS SAID
THAT HAMAS'S ATTACK WOULD
CHANGE THE MIDDLE.
I'M WONDERING WHAT HE MEANT BY
THAT.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROAD MAP
FORWARD NOW?
WELL, I THINK ISRAEL HAS
BEEN IN BATTLES WITH HAMAS FOR
COUPLE OF DECADES, AS YOU KNOW
AND THE WAY THEY'VE LOOKED AT
IT IN THE PAST HAS BEEN TO
MANAGE THE CONFLICT.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE WORDS
THAT THEY USE TO DEGRADE HAMAS,
SEND IT BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS
AND THEN REVISIT THE ISSUE
LATER NOW.
EVERYTHING IS NOW CHANGED
BECAUSE.
THIS ATTACK BY HAMAS AS OTHERS
HAVE SAID AS I'VE SAID TIMES
THAT THE GREATEST MOST BARBARIC
ASSAULT ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE
SINCE THE HOLOCAUST.
THIS CHANGES THE EQUATION.
WHAT THIS TELLS ISRAEL AND THE
WORLD IS THAT IT CAN NO LONGER
MANAGE THIS CONFLICT.
IT CAN NO LONGER DEGRADE HAMAS,
DECLARE CEASE FIRE AND GO BACK
TO ITS BUSINESS.
THEY HAVE TO END HAMAS.
THEY HAVE TO DESTROY HAMAS.
IT'S TO OBLITERATE HAMAS AND.
AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT
THAT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND
IT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SUCCEED IN
DOING IT.
AND I THINK WHEN THEY DO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MIDDLE
EAST, THEIR COMMON ENEMIES I
MEAN PART OF THE ABRAHAM
ACCORDS WHEN WE PUT THAT
TOGETHER WAS WAS BUILT UPON THE
FACT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S
ISRAEL OR UAE OR BAHRAIN AND
MOROCCO, ALL OF THESE NATIONS
ARE BATTLING RADICAL ISLAMIST
EXTREMISTS.
AND AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THEM
BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S HAMAS OR
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OR,
ISLAMIC, I THINK IT WILL IT
WILL DRAW OUT AND ULTIMATELY
THESE EXTREMISTS THROUGHOUT THE
REGION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HAMAS
BEING ELIMINATED, WHAT DOES
THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND IN
GAZA?
I MEAN LITERALLY THEY'RE GOING
TO GO IS THE AUDIENCE GOING TO
GO INTO OBVIOUSLY GAZA GOING
INTO GAZA?
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM
SAY SECURING THE GAZA AREA AS
IT RELATES TO CONTROL THEN THEY
WILL BE THEN IN CONTROL ON THE
GROUND IN GAZA.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING
OUT SPECIFICALLY?
LOOK, IT'S A WAR.
I MEAN I THINK YOU LOOK AT IT
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WARS IN OUR
HISTORY AND WE SORT OF HAVE A
TEMPLATE FOR THAT.
LOOK, LOOK, I'M LOOKING SORT OF
HEAD AT WORLD WAR TWO.
WHAT HAPPENS GERMANY, THE
AMERICA AND THE ALLIES DEFEATED
GERMANY THEY GOT RID OF ALL THE
NAZIS.
THEY THEY THEY CLEANED IT AS
BEST THEY COULD AND THEY HELD
IT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THEY WERE
ABLE TURN IT OVER TO PEOPLE
THAT THEY COULD TRUST TO BE
PEACEFUL AND IT ACTUALLY WAS
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD
RELATIONS NOW WITH GERMANY,
GREAT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN
OUT THIS AREA, RID IT OF
RADICAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISM BY
THE WAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY
YOU KNOW THE REAL WINNERS ARE
THE REAL WINNERS ARE THE PEOPLE
OF GAZA BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE
BEEN LIBERATED FROM THESE THIS
OPPRESSIVE REGIME.
AND KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO
THEN HOLD IT AND YOU KNOW, KIND
OF IT AND RESUSCITATED.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I CAN TELL THIS ISRAEL
DOESN'T WANT IT.
ISRAEL HAS NO TERRITORIAL
ASPIRATIONS HERE.
WHAT ISRAEL WANTS IS JUST A
QUIET BORDER AND THEY'LL HOLD
IT AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO TO
IN THAT QUIET BORDER.
WHAT SHOULD ISRAEL DO WITH
IRAN AT THIS POINT?
I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS
FULL RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DEALING
WITH HAMAS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HEZBOLLAH IN THE
NORTH?
WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT IF
HEZBOLLAH WE'VE ALREADY SEEN
SOME MINOR I GUESS INCURSIONS
TO A DEGREE BUT THEY HAVE THE
TUNNELS, THE TERROR.
WHAT HAPPENS IF HEZBOLLAH
STRIKES FROM THE NORTH?
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
IRAN AND POTENTIALLY AMERICA'S
INVOLVEMENT AT THAT POINT?
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
I MEAN I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
AND THERE'S NO GOOD REASON YOU
KNOW, AS I AS I TRY TO PUT
MYSELF IN HEZBOLLAH'S SHOES
WHICH IS AWFULLY DIFFICULT TO
DO BUT AS I THINK IT YOU KNOW,
IRAN WHICH IS ULTIMATELY
CALLING ALL THE SHOTS HERE IRAN
ACHIEVED I THINK ALL THAT IT
COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ASKED FOR
IN THIS PROXY WAR THROUGH
HAMAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD
WANT TO JEOPARDIZE HEZBOLLAH'S
ASSETS AND ULTIMATELY TURN I
THINK THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON
AGAINST HEZBOLLAH BECAUSE IT
WOULD RESULT I BELIEVE IN A
BASICALLY ISRAEL I THINK WOULD
FLATTEN LEBANON AND I BELIEVE
THEY CAN AND I WOULDN'T I WOULD
UNDERESTIMATE UNDERESTIMATE THE
RESOLVE OF THE IDF THAT THEY
WILL WIN THIS.
AND I THINK HEZBOLLAH KNOWS
THAT IF THEY DO ENTER THE WAR
OF COURSE IS GOING TO ENGENDER
A COMPLEXITY AS TO.
LOOK, WE GOT TO STOP APPEASING
IRAN.
I MEAN THIS IS THIS IS BASIC
STUFF.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY
SAME TIME THAT THE UNITED
STATES AND IRAN ARE NEGOTIATING
A PRISONER AND AMERICA IS
FREEING UP $6 BILLION TO SHOW
AMERICA GOOD FAITH AS IF
AMERICA IS THE ONE BETWEEN TWO
PARTIES TO SHOW ITS GOOD FAITH
AT THE VERY SAME TIME IRAN AND
HAMAS ARE PLANNING THIS ATTACK
AND WE SHOULD TAKE THESE
SANCTIONS UP AS FAR AS THEY CAN
GO.
AMBASSADOR FRIEDMAN,
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
CERTAINLY AGREE WE SHOULD NOT
APPEASE AROUND ANYMORE.
IT HAS ECHOES OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IN OUR TIME AND ALL
OF THAT AND THEN THE HORROR
THAT CAME WE SHOULDN'T BE
APPEASING WE SHOULDN'T BE
ENABLING WE NEED TO BE STANDING
STRONG AND STANDING STRONG WITH
ISRAEL AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
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FROM ISRAEL WHO'S THIS WAS A
SURVIVOR.
SHE SURVIVED DOMESTIC ABUSE
WHEN HAMAS INVADED HER TAIL.
SHE AND HER CHILDREN WERE
LOCKED DOWN AND BOMB SHELTER
FOR 12 HOURS IN THE MIDST OF
THE CHAOS.
ESTHER KNEW EXACTLY WHO TO
CONTACT FOR HELP.
CBN ISRAEL WAS HELPING THOSE
NEED IN THE HOLY LAND LONG
BEFORE THE WAR BROKE OUT.
WE WERE WORKING WITH ESTHER,
A SINGLE MOTHER JUST DAYS
BEFORE THE TERRORIST ATTACKS
BEGAN.
I SUFFERED TEN YEARS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MY SAW
WAS CRUSHED.
I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE TO MY
CHILDREN THIS KIND OF LIFE.
YOU'VE HELPED ME SO MUCH AND
NOW I DON'T FEEL ALONE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A MOTHER AND
A FATHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
SOMETIMES STRANGERS MAKE A
BETTER FAMILY THAN YOUR OWN
FAMILY.
TO YOU I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M
DROWNING ANYMORE.
ALICE
OF TERRORISM DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE JUST AS THOUGH IT'S
FILMING US THOUGH.
AND HER FAMILY TELLING YOU HOW
MUCH THE SITUATION OF LIVING IN
A WAR ZONE IS ALREADY HARD.
TERRORISTS INVADING SDEROT SHE
LOCKED IN HER BOMB SHELTER FOR
OVER 12 HOURS WITH NO FOOD, NO
WATER, NOTHING SHE'S TEXTING
ME, CALLING ME, WHISPERING TO
MY PHONE BEGGING ME TO GET HER
OUT OF THERE.
I'M TALKING TO THE MILITARY I'M
TALKING TO THE POLICE.
EVERYONE IS IN THE SAME
SITUATION.
EVERYONE IS PANICKING.
THERE ARE SO MANY TERRORISTS IN
THE CITY.
NO ONE IS GETTING OUT.
EVERYONE IS JUST BLOCKED IN
THEIR BOMB SHELTERS.
SCARED TO DEATH.
THE KIDS ARE VOMITING.
SOME OF HER KIDS HAD FEVER ONLY
YESTERDAY MORNING.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER OUT OF
SDEROT FINALLY.
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SLEEP.
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ME.
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MY HUSBAND IS IN BORDER OF
LEBANON.
THE ENTIRE TEAM IS WORKING
HERE.
WE'RE ALL CRYING.
THIS IS A DISASTER AND YOU
HELPING US.
IT'S JUST A HUGE, HUGE ROW OF
LIGHT THE DARKNESS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S THE REALITY ON THE
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ONE 800 707,000 CHARLIE.
DR. LEE WARREN IS A
NEUROSURGEON AND A VETERAN
COMBAT SURGEON OF THE IRAQ WAR.
HAS SEEN DEVASTATING TRAUMA
REPEATEDLY OVER THE YEARS YET
COULD HAVE PREPARED HIM FOR THE
MASSIVE TRAGEDY THAT HIS HOME.
DR. LEE WARREN IS A FATHER
OF FIVE WHOSE LIFE WAS
SHATTERED BY THE TRAGIC DEATH
OF HIS SON MITCH IN 2013.
MITCH AND A FRIEND BOTH FOUND
DEAD BY STABBING.
LEARNING HOW LIVE AGAIN AFTER
MASSIVE TRAUMA SEEMS
INCONCEIVABLE.
BUT DR. WARREN SAYS IT'S
ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.
IN A NEW BOOK HOPE IS THE FIRST
DOSE DR. WARREN PRESCRIBES HOPE
AS A TREATMENT PLAN AND
TESTIFIES TO GOD'S TO HEAL EVEN
IN THE DEEPEST HEARTACHE.
AND PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO
THE 700 CLUB DR. LEE WARREN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
SO GREAT TO BE BACK, CHARLIE
AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT WE'RE
SEEING IN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
YOU IN COMBAT IN IRAQ.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
TRAGEDY, THE TRAUMA THAT
SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS ARE
FACING RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, THAT REMAINS THE HARDEST
THING THAT I'VE SEEN WITH MY
EYES IS HOW PEOPLE WITH THESE
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA REALLY THAT
HAPPENS AFTER THESE EVENTS.
SO PEOPLE FACING THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING TO THEM NOW THAT
THEY'LL NEVER GET OVER.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMAIN
PRAYERFUL AND COMPASSIONATE
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
JUST A SHORT EVENT IN THEIR
LIVES.
SWITCHING GEARS TO TALK
ABOUT YOU PERSONALLY.
YOU CALL TRAUMA THE MASSIVE
THING TMT AND YOU EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING IN 2013 IN YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE.
TALK ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT HIT
YOUR.
YEAH, WE LOST OUR SON MITCH
WHO WAS 19 IN A DEVASTATING
EVENT.
HE AND HIS BEST WERE BOTH
KILLED AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THAT EVENT NEVER REALLY MADE
CLEAR TO US AND NO ONE EVER
REALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT
HAPPENED AND SO WE HAD A
SITUATION WHERE GOD PUT
SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES THERE
WAS NO ANSWER TO AND NO ABILITY
TO EVEN FIND OUT THE ANSWERS
TO.
SO REALLY THE AFTERMATH OF THAT
HAS SORT OF REDEFINED FAMILY
AND OUR FAITH AND IT TOOK US
YEARS TO FIND OUR FEET AND OUR
HOPE.
SO POLICE REALLY DIDN'T COME
TO ANY TYPE OF CONCLUSION AS TO
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WITH YOUR
SON, HIS FRIEND WHO WERE FOUND
DEAD.
THEY MADE A SORT OF A QUICK
JUDGMENT OF WHAT THOUGHT
HAPPENED.
THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
REMAINING US.
THERE WAS A IT WAS CONSIDERED A
MURDER SUICIDE.
WE'VE BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH
THAT ANSWER MENTIONED THIS
FRIEND.
WE'RE BEST FRIENDS FOR YEARS
AND.
NEITHER ONE MORE VIOLENT AND WE
JUST WE CAN'T REALLY BELIEVE
THE OFFICIAL STORY.
WOW.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING IS
A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY PARENT.
HOW DID YOU AND YOUR WIFE LISA
COPE WITH THE GRIEF OF LOSING
YOUR SON.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS
IS SHOCK.
YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT
DENIAL, WHICH IS TRUE.
AND THEN FOR A WHILE YOU
QUESTION FAITH AND AND
FORTUNATELY FOR US WE HELD ON
TO EACH OTHER AND THE THINGS
THAT WE HAD DECIDED YEARS
BEFORE THAT WE BELIEVED ABOUT
GOD TURNED OUT BE TRUE.
WE KNEW HE WAS WITH US WHEN WE
WERE BROKEN HEARTED AND WE KNEW
HE WAS SHOWING UP IN WAYS
THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE AND AND
THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND IN PRAYER
AND EVENTUALLY WE FOUND OUR
LIGHT AGAIN AND FOUND OUR HOPE
AGAIN.
YOU TALK IN YOUR BOOK ABOUT
GRIEF AND HOW IT CAN SOMETIMES
BECOME AN IDOL.
YES.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THAT?
WELL, I HAD A DEAR FRIEND, A
CHAPLAIN WHO CAME ALONGSIDE ME
AND IT REMINDED ME OF THINGS I
HAD SEEN BEFORE WHEN PEOPLE GO
THROUGH HARD THINGS LIKE BRAIN
CANCER AND LOSING THINGS THAT
SOME OF US SORT OF ALLOW WORLD
TO BECOME DEFINED BY THE
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE'VE FACED.
AND OVER TIME THAT CAN BECOME
BIGGER THAN GOD EVEN IF THE
THING THAT YOU'VE GONE IS THE
BIGGEST THING THAT YOU CAN SEE
IF IT BECOMES THE ONLY THING
THAT YOUR LIFE IS ABOUT THEN IT
BECOMES AN IDOL AND BECOMES
IMPOSSIBLE FOR EVEN GOD TO
SPEAK INTO THAT SITUATION.
AND SO WE HAD TO LEARN THAT GOD
CAN COME ALONGSIDE YOU AND OVER
TIME HELP YOU SORT OF TRANSFORM
THE WAY YOU SEE THOSE MASSIVE
EVENTS AS THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
YOUR LIFE BUT NOT THE THING
THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW YOU ARE A NEUROSURGEON.
YES.
HOW DOES TRAUMA AFFECT OUR
BRAINS.
TALK ABOUT.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS
IS TRAUMA AND MAKES YOUR BRAIN
FEEL A LOT OF THINGS AND YOU
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FEELINGS
AREN'T FACTS FEELINGS ARE
CHEMICAL EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN
YOUR BRAIN.
AND SOMETIMES FEELINGS TELL THE
TRUTH.
SOMETIMES THEY POINT AWAY FROM
THE TRUTH.
AND SO I TEACH THIS PROCEDURE.
I CALL THE THOUGHT BIOPSY WHERE
YOU LEARN TO PUT A LITTLE SPACE
BETWEEN THE FEELING AND THE
REALITY OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY
HAPPENING SO YOU CAN LEARN HOW
TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS UNDER
CONTROL WHICH THE BIBLE TOLD US
A LONG TIME AGO IS CORINTHIANS
TEN FIVE ABOUT TAKING YOUR
THOUGHTS CAPTIVE AND BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS
AREN'T ACTUALLY TRUE THE TIME
THEN WE HAVE TO LEARN TO ASSESS
THEM AND DECIDE IF THEY'RE
TRUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT PAUL'S TALKING
ABOUT IN ROMANS 12 WHEN HE SAYS
TO DON'T LET YOUR WORLD CONFORM
YOU TO WAY IT WANTS YOU TO
THINK BUT TRANSFORM YOUR
THINKING AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN
CHARGE AGAIN AND THAT'S THAT'S
WHAT WE FOUND IS THE WAY TO GET
OUR FEET BACK UNDER US IS TO
LEARN TO STOP LISTENING TO
THOSE LIES THAT TRAUMA TELLS
YOU THIS WILL NEVER BE OKAY.
I'LL NEVER GET OVER THIS.
GOD MUST NOT LOVE ME.
THOSE THINGS AREN'T TRUE BUT
THEY SOUND VERY LOUD AND VERY
TRUE THEY FEEL VERY TRUE RIGHT
AFTER TRAUMA SO TAKE CONTROL.
WOW THAT'S POWERFUL.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WALKED
THROUGH TRAUMA YOU KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ALSO YOU GIVE SOME REALLY
PRACTICAL WAYS PEOPLE TO COPE
WITH TRAUMA.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE WAYS FOR
THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TODAY
THAT THEY CAN PRACTICALLY APPLY
TO THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW?
WELL, I THINK THE FIRST
THING IS TO MAKE DECISIONS EVEN
NOW IF YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING HARD, MAKE SOME
DECISIONS WHO IS GOD.
PUT SOME THINGS IN YOUR HEART
SO YOU CAN CALL THEM BACK MIND.
THAT'S WHAT I KEPT SAYING AS I
WAS LOOKING AT TRAUMA AS I WAS
LOOKING BACK TO THE BIBLE AND
PEOPLE LIKE DAVID AND THE GUY
WHO WROTE LAMENTATION OF WHAT
THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH AND THEY
ALL MAKE A DECISION IN THE
MIDDLE OF THEIR EVENT TO CHANGE
THEIR MINDS ABOUT IT AND THEY
CALL BACK TO MIND THINGS THAT
THEY LEARNED ABOUT GOD AND THE
THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE.
SO WHEN TRAUMA'S LYING TO YOU
YOU CAN TAKE THE HIGH GROUND
AND TURN THAT THOUGHT BACK
AROUND DECIDE GOD'S REALLY WITH
ME NOW HE DOES HE IS CLOSE TO
THE BROKEN HEART AND HE WILL
RISE TO SHOW ME COMPASSION AND
YOU START GAINING AGAIN AND
STOP LISTENING TO THOSE LIES
AND AND SO PRACTICALLY SPEAKING
PUT SOME THINGS IN YOUR HEART
THAT YOU WON'T FORGET EVEN WHEN
THE PRESSURE'S ON AND THEN YOU
CAN BEGIN TO TO TAKE CHARGE
AGAIN.
POWERFUL STUFF, DR. WARREN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
AND DR. WARREN'S BOOK IS CALLED
HOPE IS THE FIRST DOSE AND IT'S
AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.
WHILE MAUI'S DEADLY WILDFIRES
HAVE FADED FROM THE HEADLINES,
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY REMAINS
FRONT PAGE NEWS FOR THOSE WHO
LOST EVERYTHING.
SAFE HOUSING IS AMONG THE NEEDS
AND OPERATION BLESSING IS
HELPING TO MEET IT.
TRUCKS TRAVELED FIVE DAYS AND
THOUSANDS OF MILES TO MAKE THE
COAST TO COAST DELIVERY.
OUR EFFORT GRAHAM CAUGHT UP
WITH THE TEAM AS THEY ARRIVED
IN LONG BEACH.
YOU COULD CALL THIS A
CARAVAN OF HOPE OPERATION
BLESSING FLATBEDS ARRIVING AT
THIS LONG BEACH SHIPPING CENTER
AHEAD OF.
DELIVERING AN ANSWER TO MANY
PRAYERS.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE
FIRST UNDERTAKING OF MODULAR
HOMES EVER HAPPENED.
I AM NOT AWARE OF FOUR HOMES
TRAVELING 12 TIME ZONES QUITE
LITERALLY.
JOHN CRONIN RUNS THE COMPANY
BUILT THE PRE-WIRED POP UP
HOMES IN HUNGARY.
THEY ARRIVED NEW JERSEY DAYS
AGO WHERE OPERATION BLESSING'S
TRUCKS PICKED THEM UP FOR THIS
LEG OF THE JOURNEY.
WHAT WHAT'S BEHIND IS 90 MORE
UNITS THAT ARE TRAVELING TO AND
TRAVELING TO MAUI AND WE HAVE
GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OPERATION
BLESSING OUR PARTNERS FROM
VANGUARD LOGISTICS.
EACH TRUCK CAN CARRY AS MANY AS
TEN UNITS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY
TEN HOMES.
AND ONCE THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR
FINAL DESTINATION EACH CAN BE
ASSEMBLED IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO
10 MINUTES AND STAND READY TO
BE USED.
AND HERE'S WHAT THE HOMES WILL
LOOK LIKE ONCE THEY ARRIVE AND
ARE ASSEMBLED IN MAUI AT THE
FAMILY LIFE CENTER'S NEW OHANA
HOPE VILLAGE WHERE NEARLY 250
PEOPLE WILL LIVE THERE AMONG
THE THOUSANDS DISPLACED BY THE
MAUI WILDFIRE.
FAMILIES COMING OUT OF TRAUMA
THEY DESERVE PRIVACY OF AND
KITCHENS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN
CALLING AS A TEMPORARY WITH A
HOME LIKE FEEL.
DR. ASHLEY KELLEY TRAVELED FROM
MAUI TO LONG BEACH TO SEE THE
HOMES ARRIVE.
KELLEY HAS BEEN WORKING NONSTOP
SINCE THE DISASTER.
THIS IS MORE A JOB.
IN MY YOUTH I SPENT SOME
TIME ON THE STREETS.
I WAS IN A BAD PLACE IN MY LIFE
AND WAS THERE BY MY OWN CHOICE
.
BUT I SAW WHAT THE STREETS WERE
LIKE AND I SAW PEOPLE WHO THERE
NOT BY THEIR OWN CHOICE.
AND THESE FAMILIES THEY
DESERVE THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING
THAT REALLY FEELS LIKE HOME.
IT'S ALSO A PERSONAL PASSION
BEHIND WORK ON THIS HOUSING
PROJECT.
HE GREW UP IN UKRAINE.
I WAS A FIRE SURVIVOR MYSELF
IN A VERY YOUNG AGE.
I WAS PULLED OUT FROM THE
BURNING BUILDING WITH MY MOM
WITH UNCONSCIOUS MOM AND THE
BUILDING LITERALLY COLLAPSED
LIKE FEW MINUTES AFTER.
AFTER WE WERE PULLED OUT.
AND SO I LIVED ALL MY LIFE
TRAUMATIZED BY THAT BY THE FIRE
THAT THAT HAS SPANNED FROM FROM
ALL OVER THE GENERATIONS.
AND SO WHEN WE HEARD THAT THERE
WAS A FIRE I KNEW I KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT THOSE FAMILIES ARE
GOING THROUGH.
WHEN THE SHELTERS SHIPPED
FROM LONG TO THE PEOPLE OF
MAUI, THEY DELIVERED MORE THAN
JUST A HOME TO THOSE NEED.
THEY'LL ALSO DELIVER CARDS
WITH MESSAGES OF HOPE GIVEN TO
THE DRIVERS FROM OPERATION
BLESSING IN PLACES LIKE
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
TAKE THIS ONE FROM A SEVEN YEAR
OLD WHO WRITES I HOPE GOD
BLESSES TO FIND SOMEWHERE SAFE.
EPHREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS LONG
BEACH, CALIFORNIA HOUSING TO
SAFETY, SECURITY AND DIGNITY.
WELL YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
OPERATION BLESSING BY VISITING
OBI DOT ORG.
WAS SET TO GET MARRIED IN JUST
TWO WEEKS AND THEN HE WAS HIT
WITH COVID AND HOSPITAL ADVISED
HIS CONDITION BECAME SO GRIM
DOCTORS TOLD HIS THAT THE
OUTLOOK FOR HIS RECOVERY WAS
PRETTY HOPELESS.
I REMEMBER PRAYING AND JUST
SAYING LORD, DID WE DO
SOMETHING WRONG?
SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2021 WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A CELEBRATION.
THE DAY MELANIE FOX WAS TO GET
MARRIED INSTEAD HER 56 YEAR OLD
FIANCEE MICHAEL WAS IN A
HOSPITAL
LIFE.
THEY'RE MEETING AND HAD BEEN
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER WHEN
MELANIE NOW.
DO YOU NOT WANT US TO GET
MARRIED?
I WAS STARTING TO QUESTION
EVERYTHING.
AND I SAID, LORD, DO YOU NOT
LOVE US ANYMORE?
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE WEDDING,
MICHAEL CONTRACTED COVID.
WITHIN DAYS HE WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH DOUBLE PNEUMONIA
AND HIS OXYGEN LEVELS HAD
PLUMMETED.
ACCORDING TO THE DOCTORS
REPORT HIS WAS AN EXTREMELY
UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WITH
EVIDENCE OF CONTINUED
WORSENING.
THE PULMONOLOGIST DID COME
IN ONE DAY AND HE JUST OF STOOD
AT THE END OF THE BED AND SHOOK
HIS HEAD AND I JUST LOOKED AT
HIM AND I SAID IT'S NOT GOOD IS
IT?
AND HE SAID YOU MAY WANT TO LET
YOUR FAMILY KNOW THAT THIS
LOOKS PRETTY HOPELESS AT THIS
POINT.
MICHAEL'S SON ROBBY SAW IT
DIFFERENTLY.
HE WAS ONE OF MANY WHO
FILLED THE HOSPITAL WAITING
ROOM PRAYING HIS DAD.
I KNEW HE WOULD WALK OUT OF
THERE.
I KNEW THE BEGINNING HE WOULD.
HOWEVER THINGS WOULD ONLY
GET WORSE OVER THE COMING WEEK.
MICHAEL WOULD HAVE A STROKE AND
DEVELOPED SEPSIS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH HOSPITALS.
THEN HIS KIDNEYS BEGAN TO SHUT
DOWN EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF ANTIBIOTICS.
NOTHING WAS WORKING AND I
KNOW THAT YOU SAID LORD, THAT
WE WOULD BE TOGETHER.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND WERE
TIMES WHEN I HONESTLY WAS SO
NUMB.
THEN ANOTHER SETBACK AS
MEDICAL STAFF WERE PREPPING
MICHAEL FOR DIALYSIS AS ONE OF
HIS LUNGS COLLAPSED TRYING TO
AVOID PUTTING HIM ON A
VENTILATOR.
THEY DECIDED FIRST TO INCREASE
HIS OXYGEN AND WAIT TO SEE IF
THAT WOULD WORK.
MELANIE AND MICHAEL'S YOUNGEST
SON JOHN WERE WAITING IN THE
HALLWAY AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND
HE SAID MY DAD NEEDS A MIRACLE.
AND I SAID YES, HE DOES.
I SAID, JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU ASK
GOD TO GIVE HIM THAT MIRACLE?
AND SO HE JUST LOOKED UP AND HE
SAID GOD, MY DAD AND HE REALLY
NEEDS A MIRACLE RIGHT NOW.
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL PARKING
LOT WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE ALSO
BELIEVING FOR A MIRACLE THAT
GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY.
DOCTORS ARE GREAT.
THEY REALLY HELPED OUT A LOT
AND THEIR HANDS ARE GUIDED BUT
THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE
FINAL SAY IN THINGS.
WITHIN THE HOUR MICHAEL'S
OXYGEN LEVELS HAD RISEN AND HIS
LUNGS RE INFLATED SO HE DIDN'T
NEED EVENT.
NOT ONLY THAT HIS KIDNEYS BEGAN
TO RECOVER.
THEY SAID HE DOESN'T NEED THE
DIALYSIS.
HIS MARKERS UP HE'S GOOD.
EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
AND EVEN THE SEPSIS GONE.
SOON AFTER THEY WERE ABLE TO
BRING MICHAEL OUT OF SEDATION.
BUT HE WASN'T WAKING UP AND
DOCTORS CAUTIONED THE FAMILY
ABOUT GETTING THEIR HOPES UP.
THE STROKE COULD HAVE LONG TERM
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
AND I REMEMBER JUST LOOKING
UP AND SAYING LORD, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND I
DON'T BUT I TRUST YOU.
FINALLY MICHAEL WOKE UP.
HIS FIRST WORDS THE SAME ONES
HE HAD SAID TO MELANIE AFTER HE
WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
I SAID YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK
BEAUTIFUL YOUR WEDDING DRESS.
BECAUSE I KNEW NUMBER ONE THAT
I WAS GOING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE
THE LORD SHOWED IT TO ME.
BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT THAT WOULD
BRING COMFORT TO HER.
I THOUGHT OKAY, LORD, HE
SAID WAS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL
IN MY DRESS.
SO I KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO
MAKE IT THROUGH.
MICHAEL BEGAN TO IMPROVE AND
EVENTUALLY SENT TO REHAB.
HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL 43
DAYS WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED
ALTHOUGH WOULD TAKE MONTHS OF
REHAB TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS
OF HIS STROKE.
THERE WAS ONE THING MICHAEL
WASN'T WAITING FOR.
OH, I HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES
BECAUSE I CAME HOME IN A
WHEELCHAIR AND I COULD BARELY
GET FROM THE CAR TO THE
WHEELCHAIR AND.
SO THAT WAS ON OCTOBER THE I
BELIEVE AND ON OCTOBER THE 17TH
I DETERMINED I WAS GOING TO
WALK DOWN THE AISLE TO MARRY MY
WIFE AND HE DID.
WITH PRAYER AND REHAB.
MICHAEL HAS FULLY RECOVERED.
THE HAPPY COUPLE AND THEIR
FAMILIES ARE ENJOYING EVERY
THEY HAVE TOGETHER.
THANKFUL FOR THE MIRACLE GOD
HAS GIVEN THEM.
I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
PRAYING FOR ME.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT
PRAYER WAS WAS HEARD BY THE
LORD.
I KNOW.
I KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE IT NOT
GAVE ME STRENGTH.
BUT IF YOU GET MENTALLY STRONG
HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
HE'S GOT US YOU KNOW THAT'S GOT
US EVEN IN THE HARDEST TIMES.
YOU KNOW, SAYS HE'LL NEVER
LEAVE US.
HE'LL NEVER FORSAKE US.
EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST
HOPELESS AND THE END AND IT'S
GOING TO BE OVER AND DONE YOU
THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE
YOU.
HE'S NOT GOING TO FORSAKE YOU.
HE'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU
AND HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND
HAVE OUR BEING.
HE WANTS TO BE YOUR FATHER HE
WANTS TO BE YOUR HE WANTS TO BE
YOUR HEALER.
HE WANTS TO BE YOUR GOD.
WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GO OH, WHY
IS HE.
WHY IS HE NOT ACTED WISE AND
NOT DOING IT?
WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?
HERE'S A PRAYER SURRENDER THAT
MELANIE PRAYED.
SHE SAID LORD, THAT'S THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO START A LORD.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR SOVEREIGN
LORD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL PRAYER.
IT'S ADMITTING YOU'RE HELPLESS
THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT.
THE MORE WE TRY TO THINK WE CAN
DO IT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH AND
OUR OWN WAY WE CAN FIGURE THIS
OUT AND GET A SOLUTION WE CAN
GET ALL THESE THINGS WE'RE
RELYING ON OURSELVES.
SHE SAID LORD, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I TRUST YOU
IN THAT AMAZING.
NOW THERE'S A GREEK FOR FAITH
PERSISTENCE IT CAN MEAN TRUST.
IT CAN MEAN RELY.
IT CAN MEAN FAITH.
BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REALLY
SUM IT UP DO YOU TRUST GOD?
CAN YOU BE LIKE MELANIE IT'S
ALL SUPPOSEDLY HOPELESS?
IT'S ALL THE ALL THE
INFORMATION IS NEGATIVE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SEPSIS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT STROKE,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT LUNG FAILURE.
YOU'RE LOOK AT ALL THESE
THINGS.
YOU HAVE A PERMANENT
PULMONOLOGIST WHO'S SHAKING HIS
HEAD AT THE FOOT OF THE BED.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS
TELLING YOU THIS ISN'T WORKING
OUT.
BUT GOD SAYS YEAH, I CAN WORK
IT OUT.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE.
SO MELODY TOOK THAT INTO HER
PRAYER LORD, I TRUST YOU NOW
CAN YOU DO THAT AND CAN WE DO
THAT TOGETHER?
AND SAY JESUS, RELY ON YOU
WE RELY ON YOUR NATURE.
WE RELY WHO YOU ARE WE RELY ON
YOUR LOVE, YOUR FORGIVENESS,
YOUR SALVATION, YOUR HEALING
YOU DO IT ALL NOW COULD YOU DO
IT ALL FOR ME?
AND COULD YOU DO IT NOW BECAUSE
NOW LORD I TRUST YOU NOW LORD
I'M NOT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON BUT YOU ARE HERE AND
YOU ARE ABLE LET'S PRAY RIGHT
NOW IN AN ACT OF FAITH LAY YOUR
HAND ON THAT AREA OF THE BODY
THAT NEEDS HEALING.
CHARLIE AND I WILL AGREE WITH
YOU THE BIBLE SAYS TWO OR MORE
AGREE TOUCHING ANYTHING IT
SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM BY MY
FATHER IN HEAVEN.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.
LET'S RELY ON THEM.
LET'S TRUST THEM.
SO YOU TOUCH WILL AGREE AND GOD
WILL DO ALL THE REST.
PRAY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WE COME
TO YOU AND WE CONFESS RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU ARE LORD.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR BODIES.
WE JUST HEAR THESE REPORTS.
WE HEAR FROM THE DOCTORS.
BUT LORD GOD, I WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU.
I TRUST YOU.
I TRUST YOUR UNFAILING LOVE.
I TRUST WITH MY LIFE.
I TRUST YOU WITH MY BODY RIGHT
NOW.
SO IN JESUS NAME I A HAND ON
THAT AREA THAT NEEDS HEALING
AND I COME INTO AGREEMENT RIGHT
NOW TOUCHING IT.
I SAY OUT LOUD OVER IT BE
HEALED AND BE EVERY BIT HOME BY
THE STRIPES OF JESUS CHRIST THE
RISEN.
I AM HEALED NOW IN HIS NAME A
MAN CHARLENE GOD'S GIVEN YOU
KILL THE LORD IS RELEASE SEEING
SOMEONE RIGHT NOW FROM
ARTHRITIS PAIN YOU'VE HAD
SEVERE ARTHRITIS PAIN IN YOUR
KNEES AND IN YOUR BACK.
AND THE LORD IS RELEASING YOU
FROM THAT PAIN RIGHT?
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL JUST A
WARM SENSATION IN YOUR THE LORD
IS PRESENT RIGHT NOW HE IS
HEALING YOU.
HE IS SETTING YOU FREE FROM
THAT PAIN.
THANK YOU LORD JESUS SOMEONE
YOU'RE SUFFERING WITH A SWOLLEN
LIVER AND IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE.
I'M NOT SURE THE CAUSE AND IT
REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
GOD'S HEALING IT.
HE IS RESTORING YOUR LIVER
AND YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW
RESTORING
TO YOU SOMEONE ELSE YOU'VE HAD
A HEAD INJURY AND JUST SEEING
YOU IN A HOSPITAL BED BANDAGES
ALL AROUND YOUR HEAD.
GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW
YOU ARE BEING HEALED.
YOUR BRAIN IS GOING TO
FUNCTION NORMALLY IN JESUS NAME
LET US NOW CALL US ONE 800