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EVERYONE WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB.
U.S. FIGHTER JETS LAUNCHED
AIRSTRIKES EARLY AGAINST TWO
LOCATIONS IN EASTERN SYRIA.
THOSE LOCATIONS ARE LINKED TO
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AND
THE PENTAGON MADE IT CLEAR THE
STRIKES WERE IN SELF-DEFENSE
AFTER ATTACKS ON AMERICAN
FORCES.
ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS
RETALIATORY CAMPAIGN AGAINST
HAMAS GAZA AHEAD OF ITS PLANNED
GROUND INVASION.
CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US THE
LATEST FROM JERUSALEM.
THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING U.S.
PLANES LAUNCHED STRIKES AGAINST
IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS AFTER
REPEATED ATTACKS ON US BASES IN
SYRIA AND IRAQ BY DRONES AND
ROCKETS.
AGAIN, OUR AIM TO AVOID ANY
REGIONAL EXPANSION OF ISRAEL'S
WITH HAMAS.
BUT WE STAND READY AND PREPARED
TO PROTECT AND OUR PARTNERS AND
OUR INTERESTS AND WE'LL ACT TO
DO SO.
FINALLY, IN TERMS OF FORCE
PROTECTION, THE MESSAGE IS
SIMPLE SECRETARY AUSTIN HAS
CONSISTENTLY MADE CLEAR WE WILL
TAKE ALL NECESSARY TO DEFEND
OUR TROOPS AND OUR INTERESTS
OVERSEAS.
THE U.S. ATTACK COMING AS
ISRAELI TROOPS, TANKS AND ARMOR
CONDUCTED A RAID INTO CENTRAL
GAZA STRIP FOR THE SECOND NIGHT
IN A ROW.
THE IDF SAYS A NUMBER OF
COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS AND
HAMAS TERRORISTS.
THE IDF ALSO KEPT UP ITS AIR
CAMPAIGN AND SAYS IT HAS KILLED
A NUMBER OF HAMAS LEADERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OCTOBER
SEVENTH MASSACRE OF JEWS.
ISRAEL IS CONTINUING TO ASK
RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN GAZA TO
FLEE THE AREA AND.
RELEASE THIS PHONE CONVERSATION
WITH A RESIDENT OF GAZA SAYS
HAMAS IS STOPPING PEOPLE FROM
GETTING OUT OF HARM'S WAY
BEFORE I LEFT ALL ALONE I'M
ALSO LOOKING DOWN AND STUCK ON
THE TOP PEOPLE MOST OF THEM
FROM THE IDF.
IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLED
ON ISRAEL TO STOP AIR ATTACKS
ON GAZA AND WARNED THE WAR
MIGHT EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF
THE MIDDLE EAST.
I HAVE REALIZED THAT ACCORDING
TO THE SCENARIO SET BY
HEZBOLLAH, ANY STEP THE
RESISTANCE WILL TAKE RESULT IN
A HUGE EARTHQUAKE AGAINST THE
ZIONIST ENTITY.
HE WARNED AT THE U.N. THAT
THEY WILL STRIKE THE U.S. IF
ISRAEL PERSISTS IN ITS BOMBING
OF THE GAZA STRIP AMID THE
FIGHTING.
FORMER U.S. ENVOY JASON
GREENBLATT STRONGLY CRITICIZED
PRESIDENT JOE CALL FOR A TWO
STATE SOLUTION ALLOWING FOR A
PALESTINIAN STATE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE
KILLING OF 14 ISRAELIS TWEETING
THERE'S NO GOING TO THE STATUS
QUO.
WHAT IN THE U.S. CHRISTIANS
SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT ISRAEL.
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HELD A
PRAYER VIGIL BECAUSE.
WE ASK THAT YOU BREAK OUR
HEART FOR WHAT PROTESTERS
THOUGHT AND ON A ROUNDTABLE OF
CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN AMERICA
ALSO SPOKE OUT ON BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH STATE.
THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN
LEADERS FOR ISRAEL IS A NETWORK
OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS
COLLABORATE IN SUPPORT OF
ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
AND IN JUST FIVE DAYS WE WERE
ABLE TO GARNER THE SIGNATURES
OF OVER 115 CHRISTIAN LEADERS
FROM OVER HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONS
TO SIGN ON THREE LETTERS THE
WELL-BEING OF ISRAEL THE JEWISH
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE IS IMPORTANT
TO US.
AND SO WE WANTED TO ADD THE
STRENGTH OF OUR VOICE TO THAT
OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE
VARIOUS JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.
CONTINUE CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR ALL OF THOSE INCLUDING THE
PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN HARM'S WAY BY HAMAS,
NOT BY ISRAEL AND NOW BE STANDS
IN COMPLETE AND FULL SUPPORT OF
ISRAEL.
AND WE BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL AND WE WILL TO PRAY FOR
THEM.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHRIS.
ROBERT STEARNS IS WITH US NOW.
HE IS THE FOUNDER OF EAGLE'S
WINGS MINISTRIES WHICH CONNECTS
CHRISTIANS TO THE LAND OF OF
ISRAEL AND HE'S ALSO CO-FOUNDER
OF THE DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE
PEACE OF THAT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT
INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES
WORLDWIDE WIDE.
ROBERT, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB.
WELL, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
BUT I WISH WE COULD BE TALKING
ABOUT HAPPIER TOPICS BUT WE'RE
IN A DIFFICULT TIME AND
ISRAEL'S IN A TERRIBLE POSITION
NOW.
A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
TODAY.
YOUR MINISTRIES OVERWHELMED
WITH REQUESTS FROM CHURCHES WHO
WANT TO KNOW HOW TO UNDERSTAND
AND RESPOND TO THIS CONFLICT.
WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THEM?
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR
SO MANY YEARS 700 CLUB CBN, OUR
MINISTRY AND SO MANY OTHER
MINISTRIES BEEN URGING THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE WEST TO
MORE DEEPLY ENGAGE WITH THE
JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF
ISRAEL TO UNDERSTAND THE
CONFLICTS IN THE REGION.
AND RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE GOT TO
ZERO IN AND UNDERSTAND IS THAT
THIS IS NOT ISRAEL AGAINST THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE REALITY OF HAMAS
WHICH IS A RADICALIZED NEO
FASCIST ISLAMIC GROUP THAT IS
TYRANNIZED IN THAT PART OF OUR
WORLD.
THEY'RE BACKED BY IRAN IN
COLLUSION WITH HEZBOLLAH IN
SYRIA IN THE NORTH.
AND THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL
BATTLE THIS IS NOT A GROUP THAT
IS SEEKING PEACEFUL
COEXISTENCE.
THIS IS NOT A GROUP THAT IS
SEEKING A TWO STATE SOLUTION.
IS A GROUP WHOSE CHARTER
DECLARES THE ANNIHILATION OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST HAS GOT
TO WAKE UP RIGHT NOW AND SAY
WHAT WOULD WE HAVE DONE AS WE
SAW HITLER RISE TO POWER?
THIS IS THE SAME EXISTENTIAL
THREAT THAT ISRAEL IS FACING IN
DEALING WITH HAMAS.
IT'S ALARMING.
SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
PRO-PALESTINIAN HAPPENING
AROUND THE WORLD?
WHAT CAN CHURCHES DO TO HELP
JEWISH COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW?
WELL, THE THING IS THAT
IGNORANCE IS DANGEROUS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT IGNORANCE IS
DANGEROUS AND WE LIVE IN SUCH A
KIND OF SOCIAL JUSTICE FILTERED
WORLD RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN DON'T
REALLY HAVE THE FACTS ON THE
GROUND IT'S EASY TO SPIN AND
MAKE ISRAEL LOOK LIKE GOLIATH
AND.
THE PALESTINIANS LOOK LIKE
DAVID.
WHEN YOU GET CLOSER IN
UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT
ISRAEL HAS OFFERED PEACE TO HER
NEIGHBORS TIME AND TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
ISRAEL WITHDREW FROM GAZA IN
2005 AND HAS BEEN MET BY
NOTHING BUT ROCKET FIRE.
IGNORANCE IS DANGEROUS AND SO
WHAT I AM ENCOURAGING EVERY
CHRISTIAN DO RIGHT NOW IS SPEAK
TO YOUR PASTOR.
PASTOR DOES OUR CHURCH TAKE A
STAND ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL ON
BEHALF OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
BRING EDUCATION TO YOUR CHURCH
AND THEN GET YOUR CHURCH IN
SOLIDARITY WITH YOUR LOCAL
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
ROBERT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR
CHRISTIANS TO PRAY FOR THE
INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THIS
INNOCENT PALESTINIANS CAUGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THIS CONFLICT.
HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE
REALITIES OF SUPPORTING ISRAEL
AND CARING FOR INNOCENT
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE?
IT'S A TRAGEDY.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE AND PEOPLE
OFTEN SAY OH ROB
PRO-ISRAEL I'LL SAY I'M I'M
PRO-ISRAEL, I'M
PRO-PALESTINIAN, I'M PRO PEOPLE
BECAUSE GOD IS PRO-PEOPLE.
BUT THE PATH TO PEACE NOT THE
EVIL VIOLENCE OF HAMAS.
AND WE CAN'T CONFUSE THE
SITUATION IN THAT WAY.
THE ONLY PATHWAY TO PEACE FOR
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE MANY OF
WHOM ARE INNOCENT AND ARE
SUFFERING HORRIBLY UNDER THE
EVILS OF HAMAS IS FOR THE
COMPLETE ERADICATION OF HAMAS
AND TRAGICALLY UNFORTUNATELY
THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ISRAEL
TO DO THE JOB THAT IT HAS TO DO
AND THERE WILL CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES WHICH IS THE TRAGEDY
OF WAR.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, THAT'S
ROBERT STEARNS.
ROBERT, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
IN OTHER NEWS, ONE OF ISRAEL'S
LARGEST MEDICAL VOLUNTEER
GROUPS IS PREPARING
HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES FOR
PEOPLE HURT BY THE ISRAEL-HAMAS
WAR.
UNITED HATZALAH VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDED WHEN HAMAS
TERRORISTS STRUCK GAZA BORDER
COMMUNITIES.
NOW THE GROUP MUST GET READY
FOR A POTENTIALLY LONG TERM
WAR.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE STORY
FROM JERUSALEM.
ELLIE BEER SAYS OCTOBER 7TH
WILL BE REMEMBERED A BLACK
SATURDAY FOR HIS FAMILY WHO ARE
ALSO SURVIVORS.
I SAW PICTURES OF MY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO WERE MURDERED THE
NAZIS.
IT WAS ALL BLACK AND WHITE.
OCTOBER 7TH THEY SAW IT IN
COLOR.
ALL OF US MADE WAY BY WAR.
WE HAD A MINI HOLOCAUST.
I SAW CHILDREN CHOPPED UP TO
PIECES.
WE SAW LITTLE KIDS PUT INTO AND
THEY TURNED ON THE OVENS.
THE MAXIMUM HEAT COULD BURN
THEM WITHIN MINUTES OF THE
HAMAS SURPRISE ATTACKS, PHONES
AT THE UNITED HATZALAH COMMAND
CENTER LIT UP I.V. IBRAHIM
SHAMI WAS MANNING THE PHONES
THAT DAY.
THEN IT TOOK A WHILE UNTIL I
REALLY REALIZED THERE WAS GOING
ON BUT LIKE I FELT LIKE I WAS
WORKING LIKE AN AUTOMATIC LIKE
A ROBOT.
THE DIGITAL SCREENS AT THE
CENTER BLINKING WITH THOUSANDS
EMERGENCY CALLS COMING IN AT A
FEVERISH PACE.
THIS WHOLE SCREAM KEPT GOING.
YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
IT WAS DISPATCHING VOLUNTEERS
EVERYWHERE?
I WOULD SAY THAT FIRST OF ALL,
NEVER IN MY LIFE I SAW ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
IT'S LIKE LOOK LIKE A CYBER
ATTACK.
ELIE BIER CO-FOUNDED UNITED
HATZALAH AN RESPONSE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS 7000
VOLUNTEER DOCTORS, NURSES,
MEDICS AND PARAMEDIC WHO RELY
ON GPS TECHNOLOGY AND AND
BICYCLES TO GET TO PEOPLE IN
TIME OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
ON THAT SATURDAY MORNING, 1700
UNITED HATZALAH VOLUNTEERS
ANSWERED THE CALL.
THEY WENT IN AND FIRE THEN
SHOOTING ABOVE THEIR HEADS.
THEY MISSILES FLYING EVERYWHERE
AND THEY WENT IN NOT THINKING
THAT SOME OF THEM SAY GOODBYE
TO THEIR FAMILIES THEY KNEW
THIS IS FOR OUR LIFE.
THIS IS A FIGHT FOR ISRAEL
TO VOLUNTEERS THEIR LIVES AND
HAMAS CAPTURED TWO OTHERS.
ALTHOUGH BEER SAYS HE NEVER
IMAGINED TERROR GROUP COULD
PULL OFF SUCH A COMPLEX TERROR
OPERATION.
HAMAS ARE STUPID IDIOTS.
THEY ARE ICIS THEY'RE NOT SMART
PEOPLE THEY JUST LOVE CHOPPING
OFF HEADS.
THIS ALL I RAN BEHIND THIS
WHOLE OPERATION OF HAMAS SO
THEY CAME MUCH MORE
SOPHISTICATED THAN WE WERE EVER
IMAGINED.
UNITED HUDSON HAS ABOUT A
THOUSAND OF THESE SO-CALLED
AMBY CYCLES AND ABOUT 400
E-BIKES ELECTRIC BIKES, ABOUT
60 AMBULANCES AND IN EACH OF
THESE AMBY CYCLES HAVE A MAJOR
MEDIC BAG.
THEY'VE GOT A DEFIBRILLATOR AND
OBVIOUSLY A BULLETPROOF VEST.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
OCTOBER 7TH THEY IMMEDIATELY
REALIZED THEY COULDN'T SEND
THEIR VOLUNTEER ON THESE AMBY
CYCLISTS BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE
BASICALLY VULNERABLE TO
ATTACKS.
SO NOW THEY'RE UNDER A MAJOR
CAMPAIGN TO GET BULLETPROOF
AMBULANCES.
20 DAYS AFTER THE HORRIFIC
EVENTS OF THAT SATURDAY, BIER
IS NOW PREPARING FOR AN ISRAELI
MILITARY OPERATION THAT HE
BELIEVES COULD LAST AT LEAST A
YEAR.
THIS THING MIGHT COME FROM
THE NORTH INTO ISRAEL SOUTH OF
COURSE AND INSIDE ISRAEL WE
HAVE A LOT OF ENEMIES.
I WANT TO GET MORE
AMBULANCES, MORE BULLETPROOF
AMBULANCES.
I WANT TO GET OXYGEN TANKS
DEFIBRILLATORS, MONITORS,
MEDICINE.
WE CAN BUY EVERYTHING AND,
PUT IT IN STOCK SO WE CAN
OPERATE AND KEEP OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBS NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
THANK YOU, GEORGE.
ON THE GROUND IN JERUSALEM WE
HAVE BROUGHT YOU STORIES
PREVIOUSLY ABOUT EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TEAM BUT THIS IS A
BRAND NEW INSIDE LOOK AND HAVE
NEVER BEEN AS IMPORTANT AS THEY
ARE NOW AND THEY WERE ON
OCTOBER 7TH TERRY.
INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCIES SAY
THEY'RE LIMITING OPERATIONS IN
THE STRIP BECAUSE THEY'RE
RUNNING OUT OF SUPPLIES.
SOME OF THE FAMILIES MOST IN
NEED OF AID ARE AMERICAN
CITIZENS AND.
ESTIMATED 500 TO 600
PALESTINIAN AMERICANS ARE IN
GAZA.
CBN CORRESPONDENT HILARY POWELL
IS TRACKING THE SITUATION AND
BRINGS US THIS LOOK AT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED.
AIRSTRIKES IN THE GAZA STRIP
ARE GETTING CLOSER TO
PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN ABU
DHAKAL.
HE SNAPPED THIS PICTURE MOMENTS
AFTER ONE TODAY'S DAY 19 OF THE
WAR.
WE'RE STILL IN RAFAH.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY
STRONG BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY
.
AIRSTRIKES HAVE INTENSIFIED.
MY SON WAS NOT ABLE SLEEP,
YOUSEF NOT UNTIL 1:00 IN THE
MORNING.
30 SIX YEAR OLD NEVER
THOUGHT VISITING FAMILY IN GAZA
EARLIER THIS MONTH WOULD LEAVE
HIM STRANDED IN A WAR ZONE WITH
HIS WIFE WAFA.
ONE YEAR OLD SON YOUSEF
DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET BACK
HOME TO MASSACHUSETTS.
THEY'RE HUDDLING IN A HOME
WITH TEN AMERICANS NEAR THE
RAFAH BORDER CROSSING INTO
EGYPT.
THE FAMILY LAWYER SAYS, THE
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HASN'T
DONE ENOUGH.
WE ARE ALL SO FRUSTRATED
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET
COMMUNICATIONS THEM.
THERE IS STILL NO CONFIRMED
DEPARTURE OPTION FOR A SINGLE
AMERICAN CITIZEN IN GAZA.
FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES
TRAPPED IN GAZA, THE LACK OF
AID IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
DIRE.
THE LOCALS WEANED THEIR ONE
YEAR OLD OFF MILK BECAUSE THERE
IS NONE.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE U.S.
STATE DEPARTMENT TELLS CBN
NEWS THERE IS NO HIGHER
PRIORITY THAN THE SAFETY OF
U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD AND
THEY'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO
SECURE A SAFE DEPARTURE.
AND COURSE
OPEN TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID
TO GO IN WE BE TRYING TO GET
OUT THE AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO
ARE IN GAZA WHO WANT TO LEAVE.
LEGAL EXPERTS AID SAY THERE
ARE LAWS THAT GOVERN HOW TO
KEEP INNOCENT SAFE.
THERE ARE ACTUAL RULES AND
LAWS THAT DEAL HOW WAR IS
CONDUCTED AND THE MAIN REASON
FOR THAT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE SORT
OF INNOCENTLY CAUGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF WARTIME.
A MAJOR OF THAT LAW IS FOUND IN
THE FOUR GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF
1949 WHICH THE RED CROSS SAYS
IS ADOPTED BY ALL NATIONS OF
THE WORLD.
THEY FORBID THE DESTRUCTION OF
FOOD, WATER, OTHER MATERIALS
NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL.
IN DIPLOMATIC AID FROM EGYPT IS
ENTERING GAZA OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS WHERE THE POPULATION OF
2.3 MILLION HAS BEEN RUNNING
OUT OF FOOD WATER AND MEDICINE
SINCE ISRAEL SEALED THE
TERRITORY AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH
ATTACKS BY HAMAS TERRORISTS.
ISRAEL IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT
DELIVERING AID, CITING EXAMPLES
OF HAMAS STEALING HUMANITARIAN
AID IN THE PAST.
IN A SOCIAL ON EX PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN SEEMING TO HIGHLIGHT AID
ECHOING U.S. SUPPORT FOR
ISRAEL'S DEFENSE WHILE QUOTE
OPERATING CONSISTENT WITH THE
LAW OF WAR.
THE FAMILY HAS ONE MORE LIFE.
THEY'RE WATCHING OVER A CAT.
LITTLE FOUND MILKA TAKING SOME
COMFORT DURING CHAOS.
HILLARY POWELL.
CBN NEWS.
HILLARY TELLS US A FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OFFICER HAS NOW BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THIS FAMILY
MONITORING THEIR SAFETY AS
FIGHTING GROWS WITH HEZBOLLAH
ALONG ISRAEL'S NORTHERN BORDER.
FEAR IS RISING ON THE SIDE.
MANY RESIDENTS ARE MOVING TO
THE NORTH OR LEAVING THE
COUNTRY ALTOGETHER.
ONE BEIRUT PASTOR TELLS CBN NO
MATTER WHAT HE'S DETERMINED TO
STAY TO HELP HIS CONGREGATION
AND HIS COUNTRY NO MATTER THE
COST.
WENDY GRIFFITH BRINGS US HIS.
EVERYBODY EXPECTING THE
WORST TO HAPPEN?
EVERYBODY IS AFRAID.
PASTOR SAEED LEADS A CHURCH AT
THE LIFE CENTER IN BEIRUT.
HE SAYS LEBANON IN A PANIC.
THE EMBASSIES ARE CALLING
THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE LEBANON
IMMEDIATELY.
ALL THE EMBASSIES SO PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING ARE FLEEING.
THAT IS KIND OF A PANIC ON THE
AIRPORT.
PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, SCARED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN
THE WAR WILL START.
SINCE THE OCTOBER SEVENTH
MASSACRE THERE'S BEEN AN
INCREASE IN MILITARY ACTIVITY
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH
ALONG THE BORDER.
DB WHO SURVIVED THE 2020
BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION AND HAS
LIVED THROUGH NUMEROUS WARS.
HE'S NOT AFRAID.
I HAVE PEACE IN MY HEART THIS
TIME THAT THERE WILL BE NO WARS
IN JESUS NAME.
WHY WHY I HAVE THIS ASSURANCE
BECAUSE WE ARE PRAYING.
WE LAUNCHED 50 HOURS FASTING
AND PRAYER AROUND THE CLOCK AND
WE BELIEVE GOD ORDERED PEACE.
SINCE THIS LATEST FIGHTING
BEGAN IN ISRAEL, DEEB SAYS MORE
PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP AT CHURCH
,EVEN NONBELIEVERS.
PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE OPEN IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY ARE COME
TO ME PLEASE.
CAN WE CAN YOU SIGN US FOR THE
BIBLE INSTITUTE?
AND WE JUST WE HAVE 360
STUDENTS NOW EVERY DAY.
THE CHURCH LOCATED ONE OF
BEIRUT'S POOREST AREAS ALSO
PROVIDES MEALS AND OTHER ITEMS
TO PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY
REFUGEES FROM ARMENIA AND
PALESTINE.
EVERY BODY TO THE CHURCH AND
FOR THE BIBLE STUDENTS WE OFFER
THEM FOOD.
HEZBOLLAH IS LEBANON'S
STRONGEST POLITICAL AND
MILITARY FORCE.
AND FOR LEBANESE CHRISTIANS IT
CAN BE A COMPLICATED SUBJECT.
THERE CAN BE BOTH SUPPORT AND
BLAME FOR ISRAEL.
SO EVEN DISCUSSING POLITICS CAN
BE DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHY PASTOR REMAINS
FOCUSED ON THE MISSION OF
PREACHING JESUS AND PRAYING FOR
PEACE.
THE CHURCH WILL NEED US.
THE PEOPLE WILL NEED US BECAUSE
IF IN CASE WARS WILL TAKE PLACE
THIS IS WHERE THE MOST NEEDED.
I CANNOT FLEE THE COUNTRY
LEAVING MY PEOPLE DYING AND
LEAVING EVERYBODY GETTING
HUNGRY AND SUFFERING IN
SHELTERS AND THIS WILL BREAK MY
HEART.
HE SAYS THAT BOMBS START TO
FALL.
HE HAS A PLACE TO HIDE.
YES, I HAVE ONE PLACE.
THE LORD IS MY SHELTER REFUGE.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE.
TRUST ME IT'S WORK WITH US.
THE LORD TOLD IN 2006 ONE THING
IT SAID THE SAFEST PLACE PLANET
EARTH IS TO BE IN THE WILL OF
GOD.
MY WILL IS THE SAFEST PLACE
YOU'LL BE.
WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THE LIFE CENTER CHURCH IN
BEIRUT AND HOW YOU CAN HELP GO
TO CBN NEWS.COM.
TERRY, BACK OVER TO YOU.
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THESE
TRAUMATIZED VICTIMS OF THE WAR
AS MUCH NORMALCY RETURN TO
THEIR LIVES AS THEY CAN GET.
HERE'S YOU ARE MAKING IT
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL.
WHILE OPERATION BLESSING AND
CBN ISRAEL WERE HOUSING AND
FEEDING FAMILIES FLEEING THE
VIOLENCE ALONG THE GAZA BORDER
,WE RECOGNIZE THE KIDS WHO ARE
SERVING NEEDED TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL.
SO WE HELPED SET ONE UP RIGHT
AT THE HOTEL.
I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO
OPERATION BLESSING.
THEY BROUGHT SOME VERY GOOD
DEVICES.
THE KIDS CAN WORK AND ACCESS
DIFFERENT APPS THAT THE
MINISTER OF HAS OPENED FREELY
FOR THEM TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY
ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN PACE AND
LEARN A LITTLE BIT.
WE WANT OUR KIDS STILL TO
DEVELOP THEIR MIND AND SOUL.
THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT WE
BROUGHT IN TABLETS AND MANY
OTHER SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
CHILDREN AND FOR THE FAMILIES
AS WELL TO HAVE A ROUTINE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A ROUTINE IT'S
VERY EASY FOR YOU TO FEEL
SECURE AGAIN.
THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR HOMES.
IT'S NOT SAFE THERE ANYMORE.
AND HELPING HELPING THE
CHILDREN SETTLE DOWN AND DO
SOME MEANINGFUL THAT WILL
DEVELOP THEM AND WILL HELP THEM
BUILD THEIR RESILIENCE AND TO
BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE NEW
SITUATION WHICH IS WAR.
NOW THESE KIDS LIVES ARE
FEELING A LITTLE MORE NORMAL
AND STRUCTURED.
OPERATION BLESSING IS SUCH A
GREAT HELP AND YOUR HELP HELPS
US TO BE FREE FOR THE EMOTIONAL
NEEDS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS.
THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT
HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT FORGOTTEN
AND NOBODY IS LOOKING AWAY OR
STEALING THEIR EARS BECAUSE
THERE ARE LISTENING TO US.
THEY HEAR US AND THEY REALLY
WANT TO.
NOW ONE OF THE GREAT
ELEMENTS OF BECOMING A 700 CLUB
MEMBER IS THAT YOU ARE
EVERYWHERE WHERE IS TRAUMA,
WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING THAT
ARE DISRUPTING PEOPLE'S LIVES
AND YOU GET TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
I LOVE THAT JOINING THE 700
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BUT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S
GOING ON IN ISRAEL, IN GAZA,
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
NORTHERN NEAR LEBANON, YOU CAN
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ISRAEL BY SENDING IT TO CBN
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ANDREW THANK YOU TERRY.
VIRGINIA'S LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR WON A HISTORIC VICTORY
2021 AND NOW THERE'S TALK OF
WINSTON CHURCHILL SERIES
BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S BLACK
FEMALE GOVERNOR.
WE'LL SEE.
SHE'S A WOMAN OF STRONG FAITH
AND IN HER NEW BOOK HOW SWEET
IT IS DEFENDING THE AMERICAN
DREAM, SHE RECOUNTS HOW THE
LORD HAS LED HER THROUGH THE
UPS AND DOWNS OF HER
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
I WENT SOME SEARS WHEN SOME
EARL SEARS NOT ONLY BECAME
VIRGINIA'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
IN 2021, SHE BECAME THE FIRST
WOMAN OF COLOR AND FIRST
IMMIGRANT TO REACH STATEWIDE
OFFICE IN VIRGINIA HISTORY.
BORN IN JAMAICA, SHE CAME TO
THE U.S. AT AGE SIX AND JOINED
THE MARINES RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL.
IN HER NEW MEMOIR HOW SWEET IT
IS EARL SERIES RECOUNTS HOW SHE
CAME TO KNOW THE LORD AS A
YOUNG MOM AND HOW HE'S SEEN HER
THROUGH RAISING A FAMILY
STARTING BUSINESS, THE DEATH OF
HER OLDEST DAUGHTER AND
GRANDDAUGHTERS AND THE ROLLER
COASTER LIFE OF POLITICS AS A
REGENT GRAD AND EMERGING
CONSERVATIVE.
SHE FIRST FELT GOD CALLING
HER TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN 2001
SHE ENTERED THE VIRGINIA HOUSE
OF DELEGATES AFTER DEFEATING A
LONGTIME INCUMBENT.
NEXT SHE FELT THE CALL TO RUN
FOR CONGRESS AND CAMPAIGN AS A
WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE.
TWO RACES SHE DID NOT.
I BELIEVE ANY TIME THAT YOU
OBEY THE LORD YOU ALWAYS WIN.
NO THE OUTCOME.
IN 2021 SHE REBOUNDED THE
UNDERDOG IN VIRGINIA'S
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RACE.
A FORMER STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEMBER SHE SEIZED ON
PARENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT SCHOOLS
AS HER PRIMARY ISSUE.
HER MOMENTUM EVENTUAL
VICTORY HELPED TO CREATE A RED
WAVE IN VIRGINIA.
HOW SWEET IT IS.
IN HER NEW BOOK CREDITS THE
LORD FOR LEADING HER EVERY STEP
.
NOW MANY ARE WONDERING WHAT'S
NEXT.
AND NOW WE KNOW WHY THE BOOK
IS CALLED HOW SWEET.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WIN SOME
WORLD SERIES JOINS US NOW.
WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
WE'RE THRILLED HERE.
SO ONE OF THE MOST
CAPTIVATING PARTS OF YOUR BOOK,
YOUR FATHER COMES TO THE U.S.
THE EARLY SIXTIES WITH A DOLLAR
75.
AND NOW HIS DAUGHTER IS THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF
VIRGINIA.
THAT'S A GOD STORY.
IT IS.
I MEAN IT'S IT'S A MIRACLE I
CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD BECAUSE
.
IT'S SO AWESOME.
JUST IMAGINE.
SEVEN QUARTERS.
SO HERE HE IS A FOREIGNER IN, A
FOREIGN LAND AND HE COMES AT
THE HEIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT JUST 17 DAYS BEFORE
DR. KING GAVE HIS I HAVE A
DREAM SPEECH.
AND BY THE WAY, DR. KING, WHEN
HE CAME TO JAMAICA, DID THAT
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE HE FELT
MOST LIKE A MAN.
SO THAT WAS JUST SO AWESOME TO
US.
AND SO MY LIFE JUST SEEMS TO BE
SO INTERTWINED WITH HIM.
YES.
IT'S A FASCINATING LIFE AND IN
FACT WHEN YOU GREW UP YOU KIND
OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY BOUNCED
BUT IT WAS JAMAICA, NEW YORK
CITY A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH
AND YOU EVEN IN YOUR BOOK
DESCRIBE THE FRAGRANCE OF NEW
YORK.
I MEAN YOU REALLY BRING US
THERE.
DID LIVING IN NEW YORK GIVE AND
JAMAICA BACK AND FORTH I MEAN
TO GIVE YOU A BOLDNESS, A
TOUGHNESS?
WELL I LIKE TO THINK THAT I
WAS JUST RAISED THAT WAY.
I WAS RAISED SUCCEED.
THERE IS NO FAILURE.
IN FACT MY GRANDFATHER I HEARD
TELL THE OLDER GRANDKIDS
BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG THEN THERE
IS NOTHING THAT BEATS A TRY BUT
A FAILURE AND IF YOU FAILED
IT'S BECAUSE YOU TRIED AND THEN
YOU TRY AND TRY AGAIN.
HE SAID THIS WORD CAN'T SHOULD
BE TAKEN OF THE DICTIONARY.
THERE IS NO SUCH WORD SO YOU
GROW UP HEARING THAT AND YOU
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE
AND WHEN BECAUSE MY FATHER CAME
AGAIN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT JUST 17
DAYS BEFORE DR. KING GAVE HIS
SPEECH, WHAT COULD I TELL MY
FATHER IS THE REASON THAT I
FAILED.
I CAN'T SAY IT'S BECAUSE I'M
BLACK.
SAY IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE POOR.
I CAN'T SAY IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE
FOREIGNERS BECAUSE HE WAS ALL
THOSE THINGS AND YET HE
SUCCEEDED.
AND HERE I AM SECOND IN COMMAND
IN THE FORMER CAPITAL OF
CONFEDERATE STATES AND A
MARINE.
NOW THAT TEACHING FROM YOUR
FAMILY HELPS EXPLAIN I GUESS
WHY YOU JOINED THE MARINES.
BUT YOU TELL IN YOUR BOOK WHEN
YOU WERE JOINING THE MARINES
WHICH GAVE YOU MORE TOUGHNESS
AT FIRST SAID WHAT AM I DOING
HERE?
YES.
YES.
I MEAN WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
MY GRANDMOTHER DIED AND I FELT
MY WHOLE WORLD DIED BECAUSE I
DON'T KNOW GRANDPARENTS JUST
HAVE EXTRA SPECIAL LOVE FOR
YOU.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT HER IN THE
CASKET I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO COLLEGE AND
I THOUGHT THERE'S NO WAY I GO
TO COLLEGE, JUST NO WAY.
I HAD MY BOOKS READY, MY
CURRICULUM EVERYTHING AND AND I
THOUGHT ALL THE LIFE THAT SHE
LIVED WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
LIFE IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO
DIE AND AND OF COURSE I KNOW
NOW KNOW BECAUSE SHE RAISED US
AS CHRISTIANS AND SO WE
UNDERSTAND SHE'S IN HEAVEN.
SHE'S HAVING A GLORIOUS TIME.
BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEN
AND NOW I KNOW AND SO I FELT I
NEEDED SOME DISCIPLINE AND
TOUGHNESS SO THE MARINES WOULD
DO IT FOR ME.
AND AMERICA HAD BEEN SO GOOD TO
MY FAMILY.
WHAT WAS THAT MARINE
EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU?
WELL, IT WAS TOUGH.
I MEAN KNOW IT IS THE MARINE
CORPS AFTER ALL.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY TELL
YOU IS WE NEVER PROMISED YOU A
ROSE GARDEN AND BUT I LEARNED
LEADERSHIP THERE SO I TO MY
FAMILY BUT I LEARNED EVEN MORE
LEADERSHIP.
I UNDERSTOOD FOR EXAMPLE THAT
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EAT UNTIL
YOUR MEN FOR EXAMPLE EAT IF
YOU'RE IN LEADERSHIP.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO
GIVE OF SELF YOU KNOW THERE IS
SACRIFICE AFTER ALL AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WAR AND YOU HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO TRUST.
I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST MY
LEADERS THAT YOU MEAN BEST FOR
US THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST
INFORMATION THAT WILL GET US
THROUGH.
I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME
OF US MAY DIE BUT.
WE DIE TO SELF.
WE DIE FOR OTHERS.
THERE IS PURPOSE IN IT.
IS IT AN INTERESTING HOW YOUR
TIME IN THE MARINES PREPARED
YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW?
WELL, IT'S TRUE, YOU KNOW
AND YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING
LEADERSHIP AND I AND YOU KNOW
THERE IS THIS FEAR WE'RE BUILT
WITH FEAR AFTER ALL.
AND THE LORD TELLS US WE
OVERCOME THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WE
LEARNED OF DAVID IN FIRST
SAMUEL'S 21 WE HEAR OF A
DIFFERENT DAVID.
IT'S NOT THE DAVID WHO
KILLED BEARS AND LIONS AND AND
BY THE WAY I'M GOING TO KILL
YOU TO GOLIATH.
NO, THIS DAVID WAS RUNNING FROM
SAUL HIS LIFE AND THEN HE RAN
AWAY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND
HE WAS AFRAID THAT THAT KING
MIGHT KILL HIM.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAID AND I'M
THINKING WAIT A MINUTE.
THIS DAVID THAT DAVID YOU KNOW,
WE HEAR ABOUT THAT, DAVID.
IT'S A FEAR OF MAN AND SAMUEL
HAD IT TO THE PROPHET AND FIRST
SAMUEL 16.
SO WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT
FEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE WITH
YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME
IT.
THE INSULTS.
YOU MAY LOSE YOUR JOB.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO PAY
YOUR MORTGAGE BUT GO AND DO IT.
THE LORD BE WITH YOU.
TAKE THE INSULTS YOU SAID
AND ONE THING YOUR BOOK CLEARLY
COMMUNICATES POLITICS IS IT IS
ROUGH.
IT IS NOT THE FAINT OF HEART.
YOU OVER DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS
OVER DIFFERENT DECADES HAVE
COME UNDER SIGNIFICANT ATTACK.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY WAR
IS.
WELL, CAMPAIGNS THAT WORD
CAME FROM WAR.
SO A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IS NO
LESS THAT AND IT'S A VERY
PUBLIC LIFE.
BUT IF YOU ARE CALLED TO YOU
WILL GET THE STRENGTH GOD WILL
GIVE YOU THAT STRENGTH.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAY WE'RE
REALLY ALL IN POLITICS.
YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT PART ABOUT OF
THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND
FOR THE PEOPLE WELL Y'ALL ARE
THE PEOPLE.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE IN
POLITICS.
WE ALL ARE.
WE HAVE THAT WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA TO ELECT
OUR LEADERS AND WE TO FIGHT FOR
WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE
RIGHTEOUS THING AND IF WE LOSE
WE DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, PICK
UP OUR MARBLES AND GO WE KEEP
IN THE BATTLE.
IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
BECAUSE.
WE ARE NO LESS THAN FIGHTING
AGAINST THE DARKNESS WE'RE
MAKING THE DARKNESS TREMBLE.
YOU WERE OUT OF POLITICS TWO
DECADES RIGHT WHEN YOU I GUESS
THE LORD TOLD YOU YOU
DETERMINED YOU DECIDED TO RUN
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
YEAH.
HOW BIG A UH HOW SIGNIFICANT
WAS PRAYER IN THAT DECISION AND
THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN?
WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT BIBLE
VERSE WHEN I WAS ASKING THE
LORD, YOU KNOW, IS THIS
SOMETHING
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIGGER STAGE
THAN I HAD 20 YEARS BEFORE AND
AND THE VERSE WAS FIRST
PHILIPPIANS WELL PHILIPPIANS
ONE VERSE 28 AND IT'S DON'T BE
AFRAID OF OPPONENTS BECAUSE IN
THE SAME WAY THAT YOU ARE
SUCCESSFUL CHRIST YOU MUST ALSO
SUFFER WITH CHRIST.
AND I THOUGHT I DON'T HAVE ANY
OPPONENTS AND YOU KNOW I GOT
THE DANIEL CALL AND THE DANIEL
CALL WAS ARE YOU WILLING TO BE
EATEN.
SO WITH ALL THOSE THINGS PUT
TOGETHER AND WAS DANIEL CALLED
TO BE A POLITICAL LEADER SECOND
IN COMMAND TO THE EMPEROR IF I
MAY GET TO THE HEART OF
SOMETHING HERE NOW PRIOR TO
THIS CAMPAIGN YEARS BEFORE YOU
ENDURED SOMETHING HORRIFIC AND
THAT WAS THE DEATH OF A
DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN.
CAN YOU DID THAT JUST ROCK YOUR
FAITH?
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE GOT THAT
PROVERBIAL 2:00 KNOCK ON THE
DOOR AND THE TWO SHERIFFS WERE
STANDING THERE AND THEY SAID
YOUR DAUGHTER IS DEAD.
YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER VICTORIA IS
DEAD AND YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER
FAITH IS ON LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST FELL IN THE
CHAIR AND MY HUSBAND WAS AT THE
DOOR.
MY ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS WAS
COMING DOWN THE STEPS AND I
HEARD MYSELF SAY LIKE JOE THE
LORD, GIVE US AND THE LORD
TAKETH AWAY.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
.
AND AFTER THAT I WAS JUST
COLLAPSING EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN YOU'RE WALKING YOU'RE IF
YOU'RE YOU JUST DROP BECAUSE
YOU NEVER HAD TIME TO SAY
GOODBYE.
IT'S NOT AS IF THEY HAD
CANCER.
I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE
CANCER BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW
THE END IS INEVITABLE AND SO
YOU REMINISCE AND YOU GO OVER
THE THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD
TIMES AND YOU LAUGH AND YOU ASK
FOR FORGIVENESS AND WHATEVER
ELSE.
BUT I HAD NONE OF THAT.
IT WAS ONE DAY THEY'RE HERE IN
THE NEXT THEY'RE GONE.
AND SO THE LORD SAID TO ME GOD,
WE'RE FINISHED.
THE SENTENCE.
AND I SAID OH, GONE HOME?
YES.
AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY
YOU LOST YOUR CHILDREN.
I WOULD SAY THE LORD SAID TO ME
LOST.
DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?
OH, THEY'RE IN HEAVEN, YOU
KNOW.
SO I SEE DEATH A WHOLE LOT
DIFFERENTLY NOW.
FINISH THE SENTENCE THEY'RE
NOT GONE.
WE'RE THEY'RE LOST.
THEY'RE IT'S YES, IT'S A
TRAGEDY BUT REALLY THEY'RE IN
THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THE FACE
OF GOD THAT THEY THEY'RE WHERE
I WANT TO BE.
SO BUT YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE
HARD STILL AND ON THIS JOURNEY
YOU'VE HAD YOUR HUSBAND WHO IN
YOUR BOOK IT'S CLEAR YOU LOVE
VERY MUCH.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN WE'RE A TEAM.
YOU.
HE HE HELPS ME SO MUCH YOU
KNOW, TO BE THE PERSON THAT I
AM.
HE IS THE STABLE STEADY VOICE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE
NOT STABLE.
STEADY IN THE MARRIAGE.
WELL LET ME TELL YOU THERE ARE
TIMES YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
MORE FIRE AND HE'S THE STILL
WATERS, YOU KNOW AND MAYBE I'LL
WANT TO KEEP UP A A FIGHT BUT
HE HE WON'T, YOU KNOW.
I'LL ASK HIM SOMETHING YOU KNOW
HE SAY WHY?
WHY DON'T WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
FIGHT ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, SO
YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT FIRE AND
YOU'RE A MARINE BUT ALSO ALONG
THE WAY I MEAN YOU'RE A MARINE
BY THE WAY AND YOU SAW YOUR IN
JAMAICA TAKE IN A HOMELESS
PERSON RIGHT AT ONE POINT AND
YOU SPENT YEARS HELPING WOMEN
WHO WERE AND GETTING THEM BACK
ON THEIR FEET.
IT'S ALL PREPARED YOU FOR YOUR
CURRENT CURRENT JOB AS A YEAH.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE THINK THAT
LIFE IS WELL THEY THINK THAT IF
THEY GET THIS JOB THEN THEY
HAVE ARRIVED OR THAT THIS OTHER
THING THAT'S THE GOAL.
NO ALL OF LIFE IS THE
JOURNEY KNOW THE WHOLE IT'S NOT
THIS THING NO YOU'RE WALKING ON
THIS PATH OF LIFE AND THIS
HAPPENS AND THAT'S PART OF THE
EXPERIENCE THIS HAPPENS BUT YOU
JUST KEEP WALKING.
THE GOAL IS HEAVEN AND AS THE
MARINES TOLD ME, WE DIDN'T
PROMISE YOU A ROSE GARDEN AND
SO THE LORD HASN'T PROMISED A
ROSE A ROSE GARDEN TO US.
HIS PROMISE THOUGH THAT HE WILL
NEVER LEAVE US.
HE WILL NEVER US.
HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US TWISTING
IN THE WIND WONDERING WHICH WAY
TO GO.
NOW YOU KNOW YOU PROBABLY
PRESUMED I WOULD ASK THERE'S
TALK YOU AS GOVERNOR IN A FEW
YEARS OR RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE ON
THAT?
WE ARE FOCUSING THIS YEAR ON
2023.
WE'VE GOT TO WIN THE SENATE AND
WE'VE GOT TO THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT
RIGHT NOW?
WE'LL THINK ABOUT THE OTHER
THINGS LATER.
BUT I WOULD LOVE IT IF I LOOK
DOWN FROM THE ROSTRUM I SEE
MORE REPUBLIC THAN THE OTHER
SIDE BECAUSE I THINK THEN WE
WILL HAVE PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALONG
BETTER.
YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO
DIVIDE PEOPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KNOW THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY
THEY'RE YOUR MONEY.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM BACK TO
YOU.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
BUSINESSES WANT TO RELOCATE
VIRGINIA BUSINESSES, OF COURSE
ARE THE JOB CREATORS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS
HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE
WHERE THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD GO
TO SCHOOL.
WHY SHOULD THAT BE
CONTROVERSIAL OR SO PASSIONATE
ABOUT EDUCATION IN YOUR
CAMPAIGN AND IT REALLY MADE A
DIFFERENCE.
YES, IT'S WHAT RAISED MY FAMILY
OUT OF POVERTY AND EDUCATION
WILL DO THAT FOR EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY THAT
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND WE
DON'T HAVE TIME FOOL AROUND.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY.
MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BOOK.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S BOOK
IS CALLED HOW SWEET IT IS.
IT'S A GREAT INSIGHT WHO SHE
IS.
IT'S AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
THE SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED GUNMAN
ROBERT CARD IS EXPANDING AFTER
THE MASS SHOOTINGS IN LEWISTON,
MAINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHERE 18
PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 30
WOUNDED.
HUNDREDS OF POLICE AND FBI
AGENTS PURSUING A MULTISTATE
MANHUNT FOR THE US ARMY
RESERVIST THURSDAY NIGHT.
OFFICERS SURROUNDED A HOME
BELONGING TO HIM IN MAINE
TRYING TO PURSUE ALL LEADS.
CBN'S OPERATION BLESSING IS
HELPING PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL
NEEDS AROUND WORLD.
ROSE A SINGLE MOTHER IN KENYA
FOUGHT CONSTANT FATIGUE AND
HEADACHES FOR YEARS WHILE
STRIVING TO PROVIDE FOR HER TEN
CHILDREN THROUGH HER FARMING.
THEN THE GLANDS NECK BEGAN TO
SWELL OUT OF CONTROL ALONG WITH
HER MASSIVE WITH MASSIVE LUMPS
ON HER THROAT.
BUT SHE FOUND OPERATION
BLESSING AND RECEIVED LIFE
CHANGING SURGERY THANKS TO
THEIR PARTNERS THE MASSES ON
HER NECK WERE SUCCESSFULLY
REMOVED AND SHE COOKS AND
CLEANS FOR HER FAMILY, WORKS
HARD IN THE FIELD AND BUILDING
HER BUSINESS IN THE LOCAL
MARKETPLACE.
SHE THANKED OPERATION BLESSING
SAYING I SAW THE HAND OF GOD
AND BELIEVED THAT HE INDEED
PEOPLE TO BLESS OTHERS.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
OPERATION BY VISITING OBI DAWG
LESS SATURDAY BO NEXT DIDN'T
JUST LEAD THE OREGON DUCKS TO
VICTORY.
HE ALSO SET THE RECORD FOR THE
MOST QUARTERBACK STARTS IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY 54
STARTS THIS THE OREGON DUCKS
ARE SIX ONE AND IN PRIME
POSITION THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYOFFS.
SPORTS REPORTER WILL DAWSON SAT
DOWN WITH BO NEXT TO SHOW US
THE PERSONAL SIDE OF THIS
RECORD QUARTERBACK MY GOAL
ULTIMATELY FOR OUR TEAM IS TO
WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S ONE OF THE NATION'S
BEST QUARTERBACKS LEADING ONE
OF THE TOP PROGRAMS COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
BO NIX.
YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT GOAL
AS A TEAM, IF WE HAVE THAT
MINDSET GOING IN AND YOU KNOW
WE CAN WIN AS MANY GAMES AS
POSSIBLE TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO
WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU KNOW
THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT I WANT.
HE WASN'T BORN WITH A
FOOTBALL IN HIS HAND.
HOWEVER IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG
TO FIND ONE AS A BOY BO HAD A
BLOSSOMING LOVE FOR FOOTBALL
AND FOR GOD.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS
OLD IS WHEN I KIND OF, YOU
KNOW, LEARNED WHAT IT MEANT TO
HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
SO WHEN I WAS SEVEN WE LIVED IN
ATLANTA.
I ASKED JESUS INTO MY AND YOU
KNOW, FROM THEN ON IT'S BEEN
RELATIVELY RELATIVELY, YOU
KNOW, RELATIONSHIP AND JOURNEY.
HIS FATHER PATRICK WAS THE
QUARTERBACK AT AUBURN FROM 1992
TO 1995.
NATURALLY, BO WANTED TO FOLLOW
IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS THE ADDED
PRESSURE OF BEING A TOP
PROSPECT.
GROWING UP WITH THAT BEING A
COACH MOM BEING AN GRAD HERSELF
WE ALWAYS WATCHED AUBURN AND
THEN DAD'S TEAM ON SATURDAY SO
WAS SOMETHING YOU KNOW A PART
OF OUR LIFE AND A PART OF OUR
FAMILY.
DID YOU FIND IT HARD AS A HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETE AS A FIVE STAR
RECRUIT TO LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH.
YEAH, IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT
WAS A DAILY CHALLENGE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KIND OF BE
THAT PERSON TO STAND OUT FOR IT
AND YOU KNOW, TAKE A STAND FOR
IT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
KNOW, I UNDERSTOOD WHY WAS
DOING IT AND IT WASN'T REALLY,
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I WAS DOING
IT FOR OTHER PEOPLE YOU YOU
KNOW, IT WAS REALLY STRONG IN
MYSELF AND I FELT LIKE KNOW
THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THE DAY YOU COMMITTED TO
AUBURN IT PROBABLY HAD TO FEEL
LIKE YOU WERE LIVING OUT A
DREAM.
WAS THAT THE CASE FOR YOU?
YES.
AND IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE IN
A MOMENT THAT I ALWAYS LOOKED
FORWARD TO AND YOU KNOW, I JUST
REMEMBER A VERY SPECIAL TIME IN
MY BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT I WORKED VERY HARD FOR AND
I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LORD
HAD PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
AND ME THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO, YOU KNOW, CHASE MY DREAMS.
BO EXCELLED HIS FRESHMAN
YEAR AT AUBURN LEADING THE
TIGERS TO A NINE WIN SEASON.
HOWEVER THE NEXT TWO SEASONS HE
BATTLED INJURIES AND THE TIGERS
STRUGGLED TO REACH WINS.
THE NEGATIVITY SPILLED OVER ON
SOCIAL.
I THINK WHAT HURT THE MOST IS
THAT YOU KNOW I WAS SUCH A HUGE
AUBURN FAN AND WANTED IT WANTED
ALL YEAR AND TO WIN EVERY
SATURDAY AND WHEN YOU KNOW I
WAS WHEN I COULDN'T GET THAT
DONE ON SATURDAYS YOU KNOW I
FELT YOU KNOW A BIGGER BURDEN
THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
CARRIED BUT YOU KNOW I LEARNED
A LOT ABOUT MYSELF THROUGH THAT
TIME, YOU KNOW, RESILIENCY AND
YOU KNOW, TOUGHNESS AND YOU YOU
KNOW, EVENTUALLY IT WAS JUST
TIME TO KIND OF LET GO OF THAT.
BO GRADUATED FROM AUBURN
LEAVING HIM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TRANSFER AND TWO YEARS OF
ELIGIBILITY IN 2022.
THE OREGON DUCKS CAME CALLING.
TURNS OUT ALL HE NEEDED WAS A
FRESH START.
DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
FOLLOWING GOD'S DIRECTION?
YOU KNOW I DID BECAUSE I
NEVER FELT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING
BUT PEACE ABOUT MY DECISION AND
I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE PLACED IT
ON MY HEART BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
PUT ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, IN
THE WAY HE MAKE MY DECISION
DIFFICULT.
HE KIND OF JUST MADE ALL ROADS
TO OREGON EVER SINCE YOU KNOW
JUST BEEN ABLE TO PLAY FREE AND
JUST GO OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN
ON SATURDAYS.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE DOING THAT
YOU CAN HAVE INFLUENCE ON OTHER
PEOPLE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING AN
IMPACT ON PEOPLE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR
YOU ON AND OFF THE FIELD?
YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IN MATTHEW
WHICH SAYS YOU'RE THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW, I THINK
THAT OUR MAIN GOAL ON EARTH IS
TO GO AND INFLUENCE OTHERS AND
TO POINT THEM TOWARDS, YOU
KNOW, THE LORD HE STANDS FIRM
AND WHO HE IS IN CHRIST.
IT'S NOT A BATTLE FOR HIM TO
WATCH HIS LANGUAGE.
IT'S PART OF WHO HE IS.
IT'S NOT A BATTLE FOR HIM TO BE
MOTIVATED.
HIS WALK WITH CHRIST TO HONOR
GOD LIKE HIS TELLS US AND
COLOSSIANS 323 HE JUST DOES
EVERYTHING FOR GOD'S GLORY AND
.
HE ACTUALLY COACHES GUYS
SOMETIMES CHARACTER WISE ON THE
FIELD.
HE'S JUST A CONFIDENT, QUIETLY
STRONG OF GOD WHO'S GOING TO
TRUST GOD TO LEAD WHEREVER HE
GOES.
LAST BO MARRIED IZZY AND
TOGETHER THEY DESIRE TO MAKE
MINISTRY LIFE OUR GOAL AS A
MARRIED COUPLE WE JUST WANT TO
INFLUENCE PEOPLE AND AND
INFLUENCE PEOPLE WITH OUR WORLD
AS FAR AS MINISTRY GOES.
IF IZZY AND I ARE JUST ABLE
TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE LOVE
DOING AROUND PEOPLE, WE LOVE
MAKING AN IMPACT AND YOU KNOW,
POINTING PEOPLE TOWARDS, YOU
KNOW, WHAT'S BIBLICAL AND
WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU KNOW THE
TRUTH OF THE LORD THEN YOU
KNOW, I'D SAY WE'RE YOU KNOW,
HAVING SUCCESS NO MATTER WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE.
HE IS A PROJECTED ROUND PICK
IN THE UPCOMING NFL DRAFT
REGARDLESS OF PROSPECTS, BO
HOPES TO GLORIFY GOD NO MATTER
THE.
I THINK MY STORY IS A LOT
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW WE GO THROUGH LIFE.
WE WANT TO SUCCEED.
WE WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE
IN WHAT WE DO AND WE WANT TO DO
WELL WITH OUR LIFE THAT WE'VE
BEEN GIVEN AND, YOU KNOW, AT
TIMES ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKED
DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO BE YOU
KNOW AT OUR LOWEST POINT.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
GOD HAS DESIGNED US TO FOLLOW
HIM AND TO BE WHERE WE AND IF
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NECESSARILY
THINK, IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, THE LORD DOESN'T HAVE A
PLAN FOR US BECAUSE HE DOES AND
I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW, HE YOU
KNOW, HE NEVER WAVERS.
HE NEVER SHAKES AND HE'S JUST
ALWAYS GOING TO BE AND ALWAYS
GOING TO BE THERE FOR US AND
HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO PUT US
EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WHAT A GREAT YOUNG GUY
THOROUGHLY DIRECTED BY HIS
FAITH AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE
SO SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT HE'S
DOING.
ENJOYED THAT STORY.
WE'VE GOT E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S JUST HEAR SOME OF THIS.
THIS IS LISA WHO WE HAVE A NEW
PASTOR WHO SAYS THAT THERE'S NO
SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE THAT IS
A QUOTE SINNER'S PRAYER TO
ACCEPT JESUS.
HE THAT IN BIBLICAL TIMES TO
CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD
TAKING A STAND FOR JESUS AND
THEN IS PROOF WE ARE KNOWN BY
OUR FRUITS.
PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF
I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THE PLAN
OF SALVATION CAN WE BE SAVED
WITHOUT ASKING JESUS TO COME
INTO HEARTS?
OUR WORSHIP SERVICES HAVE ENDED
WITH THE PASTOR PRAYING AND
PRAYER PARTNERS COMING FORWARD
IF PEOPLE WANT PRAYER BUT
THERE'S NO DIRECTIVE ON COMING
TO THE ALTAR TO BE SAVED.
PLEASE HELP ME KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE THE SITUATION AND IF I
HAVE IT ALL WRONG IN THE FIRST
PLACE IT'S GOOD TO TO PAUL
ABOUT THIS IN ROMANS TEN.
HE SAID IF YOU CONFESS WITH
YOUR MOUTH THAT JESUS IS LORD
AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT
GOD THE FATHER RAISED FROM THE
GRAVE YOU WILL BE SAVED IN A
COUPLE VERSES LATER PAUL SAYS
ALL WHO CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.
SO YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH
AND BELIEVE THE KEY THAT JESUS
ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
BUT FRIENDS IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE CROSS IT'S THE CROSS AND
REPENTANCE SAID I PREACH CHRIST
AND HIM CRUCIFIED.
THAT'S THE KEY WHETHER YOU'RE
CALLING IT A SINNER'S PRAYER I
MEAN CONFESSING YOUR MOUTH BUT
ALSO CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED
IT WAS ACTS RIGHT AND PETER
SAYS REPENT, REPENT TURN TO GOD
AND BE SAVED AND THAT IS FOUND
IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
THAT IS THE KEY TO THE CROSS
AND REPENTANCE SALVATION.
THIS IS ANNIE WHO SAYS I
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TITHING.
I HEARD THAT CHRISTIANS UNDER
NEW TESTAMENT LAW ARE NOT BOUND
BY OLD TESTAMENT LAW SO GIVE AS
MUCH AS YOU LIKE FAR AND BEYOND
A 10% TITHE GIVE YOUR MONEY
GIVE YOUR TIME, GIVE YOUR
HEART.
SO SHOULD WE BE TITHING 10% OR
SO?
SHOULD WE BE TITHING 10% OR
NOT?
I REMEMBER WHEN PAT USED TO
GET QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO THIS
KIND OF THING AND HE USED TO
SAY GOD IS NOT A PHILADELPHIA
LAWYER.
HE'S NOT UP THERE WITH A
CALCULATOR ON EVERY SINGLE
TIME.
IT'S IN THE HEART.
10% SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO ASK BUT
THEN WHEN WE REALLY CONSIDER
IT'S NOT YOU COULD DO THE NEW
TESTAMENT WAY REMEMBER JESUS
WAS APPROACHED AND THE
GENTLEMAN SAID HOW CAN I
INHERITED ETERNAL LIFE?
AND JESUS SAID FOLLOW THE
COMMANDMENTS AND HE SAID I'VE
DONE THAT.
AND THEN JESUS SAID WELL THEN
SELL ALL YOU AND GIVE TO THE
POOR.
AND THE MAN WENT AWAY.
IF HE'D LIKE TO FOLLOW THE NEW
TESTAMENT MODEL SELL ALL YOU
HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR
BUT TEN PERCENT IT'S HARD TO
PART WITH OUR MONEY IT BUT IF
OUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE
GOD JUST WANTS TO DELIGHT IN
OUR GIVING WELL AND HE LOVES
WHEN WE GIVE OVER AND ABOVE OUT
OF A CHEERFUL HEART.
YES.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR JOINING
TERRY AND I TODAY.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS
FROM THE BOOK OF JAMES HUMBLE
THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US AND
WE WILL SEE YOU ON MONDAY.
WE'LL BE MONDAY RIGHT TO HAVE