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ON HUNDRED CLUB WELL WELCOME TO
SEVEN UNDER CLUB.
IRAN WILL PAY A PRICE FOR
ATTACKING THE WORD FROM THE
HEAD OF THE IDF.
THE QUESTIONS WHERE AND HOW?
WELL, KEY CONCERNS IS
KEEPING TOGETHER THE COALITION
STATES AND EUROPEAN NATIONS
ALONG ALONG WITH SAUDI ARABIA
AND JORDAN.
CBN MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT
JULIE STALL HAS MORE SAYS
THERE'S NO DOUBT IT WILL
RESPOND TO THE UNPRECEDENTED
MISSILE ATTACK BY IRAN.
IRAN WILL FACE FOR ITS
ACTIONS.
.
WE WILL CHOOSE OUR RESPONSE
ACCORDINGLY.
THE QUESTION IS HOW AND WHEN
RESERVE BRIGADIER GENERAL AMIR
AVIV TELLS CBN NEWS THEY
PRESENTED PLANS FOR STRIKING
BACK EVEN BEFORE THE ATTACK.
HIS PLANS REALLY CAN BE BE
FROM, YOU KNOW CYBER ATTACKS TO
DESTROY AND GET NUCLEAR PLANTS
TO COMPLETELY WIPING OUT THE
OIL PRODUCTION OF IRAN THINKING
OF OUR OUR NAVY THAT SO MANY
POSSIBILITIES.
STILL THE WHITE HOUSE
CONTINUES ISRAEL NOT TO TAKE
RETALIATION TOO FAR.
A WAR WITH IRAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A BROADER
REGIONAL CONFLICT DO WHAT WE
HAVE TO DO TO DEFEND ISRAEL.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO A CEASE
THAT WILL BRING THE HOSTAGES
HOME AND PREVENT SPREADING
BEYOND WHAT IT ALREADY HAS.
AVI SAYS HIT IRAN IN MANY
WAYS THERE'S SOMETHING
SOMETHING BIGGER AT STAKE.
ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS
THAT ISRAEL OF COURSE WOULD
RATHER SEE A BUILDUP OF A
COALITION.
ISRAEL'S SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
IS DUE TO A COALITION THAT
INCLUDED ARAB NATIONS LIKE
JORDAN AND SAUDI ARABIA.
JORDANIAN PLANES TOOK PART IN
SHOOTING DOWN THE MASSIVE WAVES
OF DRONES HEADED FOR ISRAEL.
THE JERUSALEM POST REPORTS
SAUDI ARABIA ACKNOWLEDGED ITS
PART IN THE COALITION.
IT'S BLAMING IRAN FOR
INSTIGATING THE OCTOBER 7TH
ATTACK BY HAMAS TO THWART
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SAUDI
ARABIA.
THE FRAGILE COALITION IS PART
OF A U.S. LED EFFORT TO BUILD A
MIDDLE EAST ALLIANCE THAT
RECOGNIZES THE DANGER THAT SHIA
IRAN POSES TO SUNNI MUSLIM
NATIONS AND ISRAEL.
IN AN ARTICLE IN THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL, ONE U.S.
OFFICIAL SAID THE ABRAHAM
ACCORDS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE
BY ALLOWING THE COUNTRIES TO
WORK TOGETHER.
ISRAEL'S DEFENSE WAS
STRENGTHENED BY A COALITION OF
COUNTRIES LED BY THE TOGETHER.
AVIV SAYS THE COALITION THE
COALITION WHICH ALSO INCLUDED
BRITAIN AND FRANCE, UNDERSTOOD
THEY COULD BE COULD BE NEXT.
U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILES
FLYING MORE THAN THOUSAND
KILOMETERS IN 10 MINUTES
TOWARDS ISRAEL.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT NEXT THAT
MISSILES CAN REACH EUROPE THEY
WILL REACH ALSO THE U.S..
AND IN A YEAR OR TWO THERE CAN
BE NO PLAN.
SO WE NEED DECISIVELY WITH THE
THREAT FROM IRAN TO REALLY
BUILD WOULD BE WILLING TO POSE
A MILITARY THREAT AND DEAL WITH
THIS AND DEAL WITH THIS
CHALLENGE.
WHILE THE U.S. SAYS IT WON'T
TAKE PART IN TAKE PART IN A
STRIKE ON IRAN, IT'S COMMITTED
TO DEFENDING ISRAEL.
CBN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
ABIGAIL ROBERTSON REPORTS THAT
BIDEN IS PUSHING CONGRESS TO
SWIFTLY FOREIGN AID.
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED
IRAN'S ATTACK NO DAMAGE A
SPECTACULAR AND EMBARRASSING
ALTHOUGH IT ALSO MADE CLEAR
IRAN'S INTENT TO CAUSE TO CAUSE
DESTRUCTION IN ISRAEL.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS URGING
URGING THE HOUSE TO PASS THE
BIPARTISAN NATIONAL SECURITY
SUPPLEMENTAL THAT ALREADY
CLEARED THE SENATE SO THAT
ISRAEL AND UKRAINE TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
MEANWHILE, PROTESTERS
BLOCKED AND BRIDGES IN MULTIPLE
CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
PROTESTING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
JULIE STAHL CBN NEWS.
WELL BEFORE ISRAEL TO THIS
IRANIAN ATTACK I WOULD
ENCOURAGE BUSINESS IN GAZA
FIRST.
YOU NEED YOU NEED TO SECURE
THAT SOUTHERN BORDER.
HAMAS HAS PLEDGED TO REPEAT
REPEAT OCTOBER SEVEN AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND SO.
SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT PLEDGE
THAT THEY SHOULDN'T EXIST
ANYMORE.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE THE
GOVERNMENT OF GAZA ANYMORE.
AND IT'S THE SAME FOR IRAN.
IT'S NOT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
PEOPLE.
IT'S THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC THAT
IS WHAT IS FUELING ALL OF THIS
AND AND THEY KEEP, YOU KNOW,
STANDING UP.
ISRAEL IS THIS HUGE ENEMY AND I
THINK IT'S SOME KIND OF EFFORT
TO STAY TO STAY IN POWER.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS
THEY'VE BEEN LYNCHING THEIR OWN
PEOPLE.
IF YOU PROTEST AGAINST THE
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT
AND AGAINST THEIR POLICIES THEY
ARE GOING TO HANG YOU HANG YOU
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
IF YOU'RE A WOMAN AND YOU AND
YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR HEADSCARF
PROPERLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT
YOU TO DEATH.
YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND
WHERE IN THE DO YOU FIND
ANYBODY THAT SAYS I WANT TO
THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST ISRAEL.
BUT WE'RE SEEING IT IN OUR OWN
STREETS.
YOU'VE.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAND WITH
THAT.
YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAND STAND
WITH TERRORISM.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAND WITH WITH
LET'S ATTACK INNOCENT CIVILIANS
AND KILL THEM MERCILESSLY.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU
EVER WITH THAT KIND OF ACTION
BUT WE'RE SEEING IT AND IT'S
THIS WHOLE IDEOLOGY THAT ISRAEL
HAS TO BE WIPED OFF THE MAP.
WE STAND WITH ISRAEL.
ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO AND
THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
THE REST OF THE REGION IS
WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT.
I IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO
ACCEPT THAT AND LIVE IN PEACE
WITH ISRAEL.
BUT IT'S THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC.
IT'S THIS RADICALIZATION HAS
HAPPENED AND THAT IS OUR ENEMY
AND THAT'S WHAT TO FIGHT.
IN OTHER NEWS, FOREIGN AID
TO ISRAEL.
UKRAINE HAS BEEN STUCK IN
CONGRESS FOR MONTHS.
WELL, TODAY HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON
IS EXPECTED TO TRY TO UNTANGLE
THE MESS.
JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT STORY
FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN
WASHINGTON.
THAT'S RIGHT, GORDON.
THE SENATE IN FEBRUARY
COMBINING AID TO ISRAEL,
UKRAINE AND TAIWAN AND TAIWAN
THAT WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE
HOUSE.
JOHNSON'S PLAN WILL PLAN WILL
BREAK UP THE FUNDING INTO
INDIVIDUAL BILLS WITH SUPPORT
FOR ISRAEL GETTING THE FIRST
VOTE POSSIBLY AS SOON AS THIS
WEEK.
THE HOUSE TO TAKE UP THE SENATE
MEASURE ARGUING THAT THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD DEAL ITS SOUTHERN
BORDER FIRST.
BUT SOME REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
OPPOSE MORE AID TO UKRAINE EVEN
VOWING TO OUST HE AGREES TO
MORE FUNDING.
SPEAKING ON CBS, GOP CHAIRMAN
OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MIKE MCCAUL.
WITHOUT WESTERN SUPPORT,
UKRAINE RISKS LOSING.
I TALKED TO THE AMBASSADOR
OUR AMBASSADOR.
SHE SAID THE SITUA
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW KHARKIV COULD IMPLODE
ANY DAY NOW AS MILLION PEOPLE
AND THE POWER GRID IS UNDER
THREAT RIGHT NOW.
IF THE POWER GRID GOES OUT IN
UKRAINE ALTOGETHER, WE DON'T
HAVE OUR SIDE HERE, MARGARET.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE.
I WOULD WHAT I NEED TO EDUCATE
MY COLLEAGUES.
THEY'RE ALL TIED.
THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER.
YES.
I MEAN IRAN IS SELLING THIS
STUFF TO RUSSIA.
.
GUESS WHO'S BUYING IRAN'S
ENERGY?
CHINA.
SPEAKER SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS
THE TEXT OF THE BILLS COULD BE
RELEASED AS SOON AS TODAY.
.
WELL, IT'S A BUSY DAY IN THE
HOUSE AS SPEAKER JOHNSON PLANS
TO SEND AN IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES
AGAINST HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
OVER TO.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHARGE
MAYORKAS IS VIOLATING THE
CONSTITU AND BY REFUSING TO
ENFORCE LAWS TO PROTECT THE
BORDER.
THE LED SENATE WILL DECIDE
WHETHER TO HOLD A TRIAL.
AS MAYORKAS IS SET TO TESTIFY
IN THE HOUSE ON BORDER POLICIES
,BORDER CROSSING ARRESTS FELL
LAST MONTH PARTIALLY
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
NEW BORDER PATROL NUMBERS
BORDER PATROL NUMBERS REPORT
MORE THAN 137,000 ARRESTS IN
MARCH.
.
THAT'S DOWN BY 3100 FROM
FEBRUARY.
THE NUMBERS MARK SOME MARK SOME
OF THE LOWEST OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WHICH SAW A
RECORD HIGH OF NEARLY 250,000
ARRESTS BACK IN DECEMBER.
WELL, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT TELLS CBN NEWS HE WON'T
BACK DOWN IN HIS LEGAL BATTLE
AGAINST THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OVER HIS STATE'S
ATTEMPT AT SECURING THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE FIGHT CENTERS AROUND A NEW
MEASURE ALLOWING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ARREST
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
CBN ANALYST DAVID BRODY BRINGS
US AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM
AUSTIN.
THE SAYING GOES EVERYTHING
IS BIGGER.
WELL, THAT INCLUDES THE
FIGHT OVER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
.
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.
THANKS FOR INVITING US INSIDE
OF TEXAS.
HE HAS A TEXAS SIZED BATTLE ON
HIS HANDS ON HIS HANDS NOT JUST
AT THE BORDER BUT IN
WASHINGTON, D.C..
JOE BIDEN HAS HAS A
REQUIREMENT UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION TO SECURE OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY.
HE'S UTTERLY FAILED AT THAT.
AND SO ABBOTT HAS TAKEN MATTERS
INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
HE'S BUILDING A WALL A
HANDFUL OF BORDER COUNTIES.
THE STATE HAS ITS OWN BORDERS
ARE HE'S BUSED ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS OUT OF TEXAS AND
INTO LIBERAL SANCTUARY AND HIS
OPERATION LONE STAR PROGRAM HAS
LED TO A ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
APPREHENSIONS AND THE SEIZURE
HUNDRED MILLION LETHAL DOSES OF
FENTANYL HAS GONE DOWN IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS
BY 72%.
AT THAT VERY SAME TIME.
IT HAS INCREASED IT HAS
INCREASED.
IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEW
MEXICO BY 24%.
SO IT SHOWS THAT WHAT WE ARE
DOING IS WORKING.
ADMINISTRATION SAYS TEXAS HAS
OVERSTEPPED THEIR AUTHORITY
WHEN ABBOTT INSTALLED RAZOR
WIRE IN EAGLE PASS BARRIERS IN
THE RIO GRANDE AT THE CENTER OF
THE ILLEGAL HERE IN TEXAS IS A
LAW BACKED BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE POWER
TO ARREST.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
FIGHTING IT FIGHTING IT.
AND MOST LIKELY THIS WILL END
UP AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
WELL.
WELL THAT WORKS ITS WAY
THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THE TENSION MOUNTS BETWEEN
BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND
THE FEDS OVER THIS TERM OF
CIVIL CIVIL WAR.
BUT IN OTHER WORDS SKIRMISHES
BETWEEN THE TEXAS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AT
THE BORDER IF BIDEN GETS
ANOTHER TERM?
LISTEN, I'M RESOLUTE ABOUT
WHAT TEXAS IS DOING.
FAR WILL TEXAS GO HERE?
BECAUSE YOU CAN GO YOU CAN
GO PRETTY FAR.
OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DEFEND OUR BORDER WHERE WE
ARE ABLE TO COMPLETELY
COMPLETELY REDUCE ILLEGAL
CROSSINGS INTO THE STATE OF
TEXAS.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN MEAN
GOING IN TO MEXICO CERTAIN
REPUBLICANS LIKE FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RON
DESANTIS HAVE FLOATED THE IDEA
OF CARRYING OUT ATTACKS ON DRUG
CARTELS INSIDE MEXICO.
IN THE CASE OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT
HE OFFICIALLY CALLED THIS AN
INVASION.
SO ACCORDING ARTICLE ONE
SECTION TEN, CLAUSE THAT MEANS
A STATE CAN ENGAGE IN WAR IN
WAR IF AN INVASION HAPPENS.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IS IT
OFF THE TABLE THE TABLE THAT
YOU WOULD GO AND GET RID OF
THESE DRUG CARTELS CERTAIN ONES
WITHIN WITHIN MEXICO ACTUALLY
GOING INTO MEXICO?
SO I'VE ALREADY DECLARED
DECLARED THE DRUG CARTELS AS
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND
THAT AUTHORIZES LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO TAKE EXTRA ACTION AGAINST
IT.
AND YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE A WAR
WITHOUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY
INVADING COUNTRY THE WAR WOULD
NOT BE AGAINST MEXICO.
THE WAR AT THIS MOMENT IS
HERE ON THE HOMELAND ONE OF
ABBOTT'S BIGGEST AND GRAVEST
CONCERNS IS IS THOSE FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST COMING OVER THAT
ARE ON THE TERROR WATCH LIST.
.
SOME OF THEM ARE KNOWN.
MANY ARE NOT.
AND JUST AS AS MUCH OF A
CONCERN TO ABBOTT ARE CHINESE
MEN OF MILITARY AGE ILLEGALLY
ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE MORE
THOUSAND.
IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS
FISCAL ALREADY ANOTHER 22,000.
AND SO SO THERE IS BASICALLY A
CHINESE MILITARY EQUIVALENT IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND ONCE AGAIN NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE UP TO.
OF COURSE THOSE AREN'T THE
ONLY.
THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO ARE
SEEKING ASYLUM AND AND A BETTER
LIFE HERE IN AMERICA AND ARE
DESPERATE TO GET AWAY FROM
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY WELL
YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPASSION.
OTHERS WILL SAY WELL WAIT, LAW
AND ORDER MAKING SURE THERE
ISN'T CHAOS IS COMPASSIONATE.
WELL, CHAOS OBVIOUSLY IS NOT
COMPASSIONATE.
RIGHT.
BUT ALSO WHAT IS NOT
COMPASSIONATE IS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ENTICING WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
OTHERS TO BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
BY THE DRUG CARTELS, PHYSICALLY
ABUSED, SOMETIMES MURDERED BY
THEM OR THEM INTO A SITUATION
WHERE THEY DROWNED TRYING TO
CROSS THE RIVER COMPASSIONATE
ABOUT A DEADLY BORDER.
THERE HOWEVER ABOUT ORDER AND
SOCIETY WHAT TEXAS IS TRYING TO
ACHIEVE IS ORDER IN OUR SOCIETY
.
ABBOTT'S BATTLE AGAINST THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RAGES.
DAVID BRODY CBN NEWS IN
AUSTIN, TEXAS THANKS DAVID
GORDON.
IT'S INCREDIBLE WE CAN'T DEFEND
OUR OWN BORDER THAT WE CAN'T
ACTUALLY TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT
NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
WELCOME HERE UNLESS YOU GO
THROUGH OUR DESIGNATED PROCESS.
YOU JUST CAN'T CROSS A RIVER
AND SUDDENLY ENTER INTO THE
LAND OF FREEDOM THAT OUR
IMMIGRATION LAWS JUST FLAT
DON'T WORK THAT WAY.
IT'S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD
THE ADMINISTRATION IS UP TO
WHAT'S THEIR IN THIS.
YOU KNOW, AT THE START IT
WAS SOME SLOGAN WHAT THEY WERE
GOING AGAINST, WHAT AGAINST
WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS
DID IN SEPARATING MIGRANT
FAMILIES WHERE CHILDREN WERE
TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS WHICH
IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC SHOULD
HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND
OF CAMPAIGN THING.
BUT NOW IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING
WHAT IN THE WORLD WORLD ARE
THEY DOING?
AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU IF YOU
WANT TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT
THEY'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE
CENSUS NUMBERS BECAUSE THE
CENSUS DOESN'T COUNT VOTERS IT
COUNTS PEOPLE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TO
SAY LET'S HAVE OUR URBAN AREAS
HAVE A GREATER WEIGHT IN
CONGRESS, IT'LL BE ONE WAY TO
MAKE SURE WE TAKE CONTROL OF
THE CONGRESS OF THE CONGRESS.
BUT THAT'S A VERY LONG GAME
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL 30
WHEN THE NEW CENSUS SO IT STILL
DOESN'T MAKE ANY WELL, WHY IN
THE WORLD WOULD YOU NOT ENFORCE
THE LAWS THE LAWS AND IF YOU
WANT TO SAY FOR POLITICAL
REASONS WELL WE'RE TRYING TO
TRYING TO GET NEW IMMIGRATION
REFORM THROUGH CONGRESS AND WE
CAN'T GET ANYTHING THROUGH
CONGRESS THROUGH CONGRESS.
ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAWS ON
THE BOOKS.
AND I AGREE WITH GOVERNOR
COMPASSIONATE ABOUT ENCOURAGING
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE
HORRIBLE JOURNEY HERE.
AND WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD THESE
REPORTS ON THIS SHOW FOR FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS NOW OF WHAT
THEY GO THROUGH THE NUMBER OF
TIMES THAT THEY FACE DEATH AND
ONLY AT THE VERY END FOR WOMEN
AND CHILDREN TO DROWN IN THAT
RIVER BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT
THEY'RE INVITED TO COME INTO
THE UNITED STATES.
THERE'S NOTHING COMPASSION
ABOUT ANY.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION
.
THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE DOING
TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB STAY
CONNECTED WITH CBN NEWS ALL DAY
ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.
YESTERDAY THE US SUPREME
COURT COURT RULED THAT AN IDAHO
LAW OUTLINING OUTLAWING GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS CAN
GO INTO EFFECT.
WELL, GOOD NEWS FOR MANY
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE
QUESTIONING THEIR GENDER AREAS
.
THE CHURCH IS PROVIDING SUPPORT
FOR THESE FAMILIES THAT OFFER
RESOURCES AND OTHER PRACTICAL
HELP REPORTS THIS IS JONATHAN
WEST WHO IS NOW JENNA.
IT CAME FROM NOWHERE EVEN IN
CHRISTIAN HOMES LIKE LIKE
MELINDA'S GENDER IDENTITY AND
TRANSITIONING IS SURGING.
MY SON WAS GONE AND THIS
PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WAS GOING
TO BE CHANGING AND IT WASN'T
THE PERSON I KNEW.
LONG HAIR NAILS HORMONE
THERAPY ALL PART OF JONATHAN'S
TRANSITION PROCESS.
THEY WENT IN AND THEY TOOK
TWO INCHES OFF OF EACH SIDE OF
HIS COLLARBONE AND THEY CLOSED
TOGETHER SO THAT HIS SHOULDERS
WOULD NOT BE.
MELINDA CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW
SHE MISSED IT.
SHE UP AS A TYPICAL BOY PLAYING
BASEBALL BASEBALL AND ATTENDING
A YOUTH GROUP.
WE REALLY STRUGGLED ON HOW
TO AS CHRISTIAN PARENTS ADDRESS
THIS GENE AND I NEED TO ADMIT
OUR HELPING PARENTS LIKE
MELINDA.
THE COUPLE A CHRISTIAN
SUPPORT GROUP AT CROSS CHURCH
IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS CREATED
TO GUIDE PARENTS WITH SAME SEX
ATTRACTED CHILDREN.
40% OF THE GROUP NOW INCLUDES
PARENTS OF THOSE AS TRANS.
THAT'S BASICALLY HELPING
THROUGH ALL THIS.
MAINTAIN AND BEING ABLE TO
STAND BUT ALSO SHOW THE LOVE OF
GOD OF GOD TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IT'S VERY
UNUSUAL THAT SOMEONE REACHES
OUT FOR A SUPPORT GROUP GROUP
RIGHT AWAY.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST TRY TO
WORK THROUGH IT BY THEMSELVES
ABOUT HOPE IS PART OF THE
NATIONAL HOPE RESTORATIVE
NETWORK.
GENE AND ANITA'S GROUP MEET
CONFIDENTIALLY EVERY WEEK THIS
ROOM.
MANY JOINED ONLINE FROM
ACROSS THE NATION OF THEM ARE
GIVEN THE SAME TOOLS.
NOW HELPING MELINDA SON.
WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO US IT
THE FIRST FEW WEEKS WE WERE
GOING THROUGH BOUNDARIES
CREATING HEALTHY BOUNDARIES HER
SAYING I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY
HEALTHY.
AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR
PARENTS IS CALLED OUR OG KIDS
DOT COM ARO STANDS FOR RAPID
ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA
DYSPHORIA.
I WOULD SAY THAT EVERY
PARENT GOES THROUGH LIKE WHAT
DID I DO WRONG NOW?
I CERTAINLY DID.
STARTED STARTED IN 2017.
THE ORGANIZATION NOW HAS
MEMBERS WORLDWIDE.
IT OFFERS INFORMATION TO ALSO
THERAPISTS WHO WILL NOT SIMPLY
AFFIRM THEIR.
THAT'S A GENDER THERAPIST
AND THEY SAY I AND THEY SAY I
CONFUSED AND THEY SAY WELL
YOU'RE TRANS AND AND YOU'RE
YOUR PROBLEM IS BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS DON'T AFFIRM YOU?
OKAY, WELL THAT'S JUST BAD
THERAPY.
MELINDA SUPPORT GROUP HAS
TAUGHT HER WHAT SHE'S UP
AGAINST AND HOW TO NAVIGATE HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH JONATHAN.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS SHE
HOW STRONG GOT AND SHE'S THAT'S
AWESOME.
SHE HAS LEARNED NO HE WON'T
RECEIVE GIFTS FROM ME BECAUSE
PINK.
BUT A CULTURE THAT
CELEBRATES THE TRANSGENDER THIS
CAN BE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR
PARENTS THROUGH PROPER PEOPLE
LIKE MELINDA ARE LEARNING TO
COPE TO COPE AND TRUST THEY
CAN'T CHANGE THEM.
AND SO IN THEIR CHRISTIAN
FAITH THEY HAVE TO FALL BACK ON
THAT THAT THE LORD IS THE ONLY
ONLY ONE THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE
SOMEONE.
I AM HOPING AND PRAYING THAT
AS HE LEARNS WHO HE IS IS HE
WILL LEARN WHO HE IS THROUGH
CHRIST IN ARKANSAS.
PAUL PETITE CBN NEWS.
WELL ALL OF THIS GENDER
AFFIRMING IF A QUESTION AND
WHAT SHOULD QUESTIONED IN
THERAPY YOU YOU WONDER WHAT.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU
AFFIRM SOMEBODY GOING SOMEBODY
GOING THROUGH THAT KIND OF
RADICAL CHANGE IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTION ABOUT IT IT IF IF
THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
AND YOU YOU LOOK AT IS THERE
A PROFIT MOTIVE?
ARE THEY GOING TO BE EARNING
MORE MONEY IF THEY WALK THROUGH
SOMEONE THROUGH THIS TRANSITION
FOR CHILDREN SHOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY UP TO PARENTS.
WHAT KIND OF THEY GET, WHAT
KIND OF MEDICAL TREATMENT THEY
GET.
THINGS SHOULD BE PARENTS
FIRST BECAUSE CHILDREN DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS A LONG
TIME DECISIONS YOU MAKE WHEN
YOU'RE 12, 13, LAST FOR A VERY
LONG TIME AND IF YOU AND IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND AND YOUR
TWENTIES AND THIRTIES YOU'RE
CHANGING IT WAY TOO LATE.
WELL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS
DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE, ALL
CALL 8552634826 TO SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE A VISIT AND SEE WHY WE
ARE THE ONLY PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER TO CARRY THE AARP
NAME.
NOVEMBER 11 ROSANNE AND ROD
HOLLINS OLDEST CHILD
DISAPPEARED HIS BACKPACK ON THE
FRONT STEPS OF A CHURCH OF DRUG
ABUSE.
MARK HAD BECOME SCHIZOPHRENIC
AND WAS AND WAS WANDERING THE
STREETS LIKE A ZOMBIE.
FOUR MONTHS LATER POLICE
DISCOVERED HIS BODY AND HIS
PLUNGED INTO THE DEPTHS OF
UNRELENTING GRIEF.
WHY WHY?
WHY ME?
WHY THIS?
THAT'S MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS
WHY MARK MARK WAS OUR
FIRSTBORN.
HE WAS A HAPPY FULL OF WONDER
LITTLE BOY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DELIGHT IN
MARK.
HE LOVED HE FELL IN LOVE WITH
TOLKIEN AND STORY HAD A REAL
ACTIVE A REAL ACTIVE
IMAGINATIVE MIND.
IT JUST IT CHANGED HIM WONDER
AND IMAGINATION JUST VANISHED.
IT SEEMED LIKE IT JUST IT JUST
SHUT HIM DOWN AND SHUT ALL THE
LIGHT OUT OF HIS EYES AND AND
LITTLE WAYS AND EVERYTHING
BECAME ABOUT THAT OBSESSION.
WE TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FOUND
THAT WERE HIS SOURCES AND WE
LOCKED OFF COMPUTERS THE BEST
AND WE MADE RULES.
WE MADE GROUND RULES.
THEY WERE BROKEN AND OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE TOOK ON
A VERY, VERY COMBATIVE NATURE
AND IT WAS HIM AGAINST THE
WORLD AND HIM AGAINST US
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WHERE I
HAD TO TAKE A HARD STAND HAD TO
CLOSE OFF A PORTION OF MY HEART
TO LOVE HIM WAS MY BIGGEST
PRAYER GOD.
I HAVE A HARD TIME LOVING THIS
BOY MY OWN SON HAVING A HARD
TIME LOVING HIM GOD WAS
FAITHFUL TO REMIND ME HE IS IN
MY SON'S LIFE AND HE LOVES HIM
MORE THAN I EVER COULD IMAGINE
.
IT WAS HARD BECAUSE TIME IT
FELT LIKE WE WERE LOSING HIM.
WE HAD TRIED EVERYTHING AND
IN EVERY CASE I THOUGHT I HAD
HOPE BUT AT EVERY STEP I
THOUGHT WELL IT TO THE POINT
WHERE HE HAS TO LEAVE THE HOME
BUT HE DID.
HE FLUNKED OUT OF SCHOOL HE WAS
EVEN STEALING FROM US AT SOME
POINT TO GET MONEY TO BUY DRUGS
.
I HAD NO QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
I HAD TO DO.
THERE WAS NOTHING REPENTANT IN
THE TIME HE TURNED 18 I SAID
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE.
NEVER CEASES TO BE YOUR SON.
AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.
THAT'S WHAT IT SO HARD.
IT WAS HURTING ME BUT I HAD
WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT
HE CHOSE TO DO.
HE WAS LIKE A ZOMBIE WANDERING
THE STREETS AT NIGHT AND
STEPPING OUT IN TRAFFIC HE
DISAPPEARED.
I REMEMBER HAVING TO GO DOWN
AND LOOK FOR HIM NOT FINDING
HIM.
AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?
FELT THE LOWEST.
I HAVE I HAVE NO PLAN.
WE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GOING TO
STAY OR MAKE IT BUT.
HE DID.
BY GOD'S GRACE HE STAYED AND
AFTER A FEW MONTHS HE ACTUALLY
MADE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE
LORD AND WAS BAPTIZED.
WE SAW LIGHT IN HIS EYES NOT
SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
WE ARE SO.
HE CALLED US A FEW TIMES
SOMETIMES UP I CAN DO THIS
SOMETIMES CRYING.
I'M A LOSER I SHOULD HAVE NEVER
LEFT BUT I TOLD HIM I SAID
HONEY GOD IS THE GOD OF SECOND
CHANCES.
AND YOU CAN DO THIS.
I LOVE YOU.
WE LOVE YOU.
JESUS IS WITH YOU.
JUST THAT.
AND HE SAID I LOVE YOU UP
.
IS THE QUESTION OF WHY DIDN'T
YOU STOP HIM?
YOU KNOW YOU, COULD.
I KNOW YOU COULD HEAR THE GOD
OF OUR HEARTS RIGHT.
YOU CAN CALL US OUT OF DARKNESS
.
WHY NOT?
I REMEMBER OUR PASTOR AT AT
MARK'S MEMORIAL SERVICE SAID
YOU MAY ASK YOU MAY ASK THE
QUESTION WHERE WAS JESUS WHEN
MARK TOOK HIS LIFE WHEN HE TOOK
THOSE PILLS?
HE SAID I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU
THAT HE WAS THERE THERE AND HE
CAUGHT HIM WHEN HE FELL TOOK
HIM HOME TO BE WITH HIM.
WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AS A
FAMILY TO RECEIVE THAT CALL
CALL AND IT ALLOWED US TO
GRIEVE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
THE KIDS THEY COULD SEE US
TOGETHER ABOUT IT AND GRIEVE IN
FAITH AND GRIEVE IN GOD.
EACH IN THEIR OWN TO FAITH
AND THAT THEY'LL SEE HIM AGAIN.
THEY'LL HIM AGAIN.
THEY'LL SEE MARK AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT GOD LOVED HIM HIM
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE END.
I KNOW THAT I CAN TRUST HIM
WITH MY CHILDREN AND.
I KNOW THAT WHAT HE DOES IS
RIGHT AND GOOD.
WHAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS
REALLY GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
.
WHAT HE SHOWED ME IS THAT THAT
WHEN HE TAKES AWAY HE GIVES UP
UP AND IN RETURN BECAUSE HE'S
GIVEN ME HIMSELF IN ALL THE
LOSSES GONE THROUGH I HAVE
SOUGHT HIM AND I FOUND HIM AS I
LEARNED TO THANK GOD EVERY DAY
LITTLE THINGS AND FOR THE
THINGS THAT I HAD LEFT.
IT GAVE ME.
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
JAMES HE SAID COUNTED ALL JOY
BROTHERS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
TRIALS.
HOW CAN YOU OTHERWISE RECOGNIZE
GOODNESS IN EVERY PART OF YOUR
LIFE?
I THANK GOD THAT EVEN PART OF
MY HEARING I CAN STILL HEAR
BIRDSONG AND I THANK GOD
THROUGH MY CAMERA AND SEE HIS
BEAUTY.
WHO LOVES ME AND CARES FOR ME?
I BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND NOW
TWO GRANDSONS AND ANOTHER AND
ANOTHER ON THE WAY.
I HAVE A CHURCH BODY THAT CAME
AROUND US US DURING THE TIME OF
MARK'S DEATH THAT JUST BLEW US
AWAY WITH THEIR LOVE.
HOW CAN I NOT BE GRATEFUL?
I FIND THAT I FALL IN LOVE WITH
THE POTTERY WHEN I MAKE IT.
I CAN PUT MY THUMB IN IT AND IT
SHOWS I CAN PUT A STAMP IN IT.
IT SHOWS THAT AND THEN I CUT IT
OFF THE WHEEL AND I SET IT
ASIDE AND AND IT'S NOT SOFT AND
PLIABLE ANYMORE.
IT'S HARD AND IT'S KIND OF
LIFELESS.
IT COMES THROUGH THAT FINAL
FIRING.
IT'S JUST LIKE LIKE WOW.
IT TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW LIFE.
THERE IS ALMOST A PATHWAY OF
DEATH AND REBIRTH IN THAT WHOLE
PROCESS THAT I THINK IS
REFLECTED IN WHAT WE'VE COME
THROUGH IN A LOT OF WAYS ONE OF
US GOES THROUGH HAS GOD THROUGH
DEATH REALLY INTO NEW AND IT'S
HIS WAR AND HE BRINGS YOU FORTH
REALLY, REALLY GLORIFIES HIM.
I LOVE CAPTURING LIGHT LIGHT.
I LOVE THE WAY GOD HAS CREATED
LIGHT AND THE WAY IT FILTERS
THROUGH THINGS, THE WAY IT IT
CHANGES COLORS IN THE WAY THE
LANDSCAPE CHANGES.
I GET UP IN THE MORNINGS AND
I LOOK OUT AND THE FIRST THING
I SEE IS A SUNRISE.
IT'S JUST A CONSTANT REMINDER
OF HIS FAITHFULNESS EVERY EVERY
DAY AND THE SUN RISES.
HE'S THERE EVERY DAY DAY.
HE'S WITH ME.
HE NEVER FAILS.
NEVER NEVER EVER FAILS.
HE'S ALSO WITH US IN THE
DARKNESS BEFORE THE SUNRISE.
THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN SUCH A
VISUAL OF HOW TO WALK PLACES,
HOW TO WALK THROUGH VERY HARD
PLACES IS MOST PALPABLE WHEN
YOU'VE LOST AND IT SEEMS
UNFAIR.
TRAGIC.
YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S KNOW
THERE'S THERE'S DEATH WHEN IT
COMES IN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE
ALL EXPECT IT IT TO AND THEN
THERE ARE THE UNEXPECTED LOSSES
ALONG THE WAY GOD'S OKAY WITH
YOU'RE ASKING WHY HE CAN MANAGE
THAT.
HERE'S THE THING THIS FAMILY
HAD FAITH SO EVEN BEFORE MARK'S
DEATH WHEN THEY WERE WALKING
THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES
ALL OF THE CHALLENGES TRYING TO
BE ENOUGH TRYING TO MAKE THINGS
CHANGE CHANGE OR TRYING TO
IMPACT MARK'S LIFE THEY HAD GOD
BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS WITH US
NEVER LEAVES US OR FOR SUCCESS
THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND
FOREVER.
BUT FRIENDS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
THESE THINGS IF YOU DON'T DON'T
KNOW THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU
DON'T KNOW THE PROMISES OF GOD,
WHERE ARE YOU WITH THAT IN
THOSE DARK PLACES WHEN YOU'RE
ASKING THE WHYS THOSE ARE THE
PLACES WHERE YOUR RELATION WITH
GOD COMES INTO PLAY WHERE YOU
CAN AS WAS WRITTEN AND THOUGH
HE SLAYS ME YET WILL HIM
BECAUSE YOU KNOW HIM WELL
ENOUGH TO IN THE HARD TIMES.
IT'S NOT TRUST IN THE GOOD
EVERYBODY LIKES THE GOOD TIMES.
WHERE ARE YOU WHERE ARE YOU
IN THE DARKNESS.
WHERE ARE YOU IN THE HARD
TIMES WE GET TO CHOOSE.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
ROSEANNE'S STORY IS THAT SHE
THEN THREE YEARS LATER WENT ON
WITH SOME OF THE PHYSICAL
THINGS THAT SHE WENT THROUGH.
SHE GOT TO CHOOSE.
YOU KNOW SHE COULD HAVE SAT
IN OF ALL OF THAT AND SHE COULD
HAVE MADE A LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL
THAT WERE HAPPENING TO HER AND
HER FEELINGS OF THOSE THINGS
AND WHAT IT WAS THAT THAT WAS
THE LOSS THAT.
INSTEAD SHE CHOSE TO MAKE OF
ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT WERE A
PART OF WERE A PART OF HER
LIFE.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE HOW WE
WE CHOOSE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
AND THAT.
THAT GIFT OF BEING ABLE TO
CHOOSE IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES
US FROM ALL OF THE REST OF
GOD'S CREATION.
WE GET TO SAY WHAT WE WILL
DO.
WE GET TO CHOOSE THINK YOU KNOW
TODAY I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU
MAY BE IN A DARK PLACE.
YOU MAY BE IN A PLACE WITH LOTS
IN YOUR LIFE.
CHOOSE GOD CHOOSE TO BE WITH
HIM, BE PRESENT WITH YOU IN
YOUR MOMENT MOMENT.
HE'S THERE.
HE WAS WITH MARK MARK IN THAT
COVERED SLIDE.
HE WAS WITH ROSANNE AS SHE
WALKED WALKED THROUGH ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS GOING
THROUGH PHYSICALLY AND HE IS IS
WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
TALK TO HIM.
PRAY JUST INVITE HIM RIGHT
MIDST OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE,
YOUR LOSS, YOUR NEED.
AND HE'S THERE AND HE CAN
MANAGE YOUR IF YOU'RE
STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF IN YOUR
LIFE IN YOUR LIFE MAYBE YOU'VE
LOST SOMEONE OR GONE THROUGH A
SITUATION THAT YOU CAN'T QUITE
QUITE SEEM TO COME OUT FROM
UNDER.
WE HAVE A RESOURCE FOR YOU
CALLED OVERCOMING GRIEF.
IT'S FILLED WITH WONDERFUL
INFORMATION FROM THE WORD OF
GOD.
WE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND IT TO
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THE FBI LAUNCHING A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CARGO
THE CARGO SHIP THAT SLAMMED
INTO BALTIMORE'S FRANCIS SCOTT
KEY BRIDGE CAUSING A DEADLY A
DEADLY COLLAPSE LAST MONTH.
AGENTS BOARDED THE DONLEY
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL
SHIP WITH SEARCH WARRANTS
MONDAY AND THEY'RE FOCUSING ON
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS
BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER IMPACT
.
INVESTIGATORS WANT TO FIND OUT
IF THE CREW KNEW WHETHER THE
SHIP HAD POTENT MECHANICAL
ISSUES THAT MADE IT DANGEROUS
TO SAIL ON THE HARBOR.
FAR DIVERS HAVE RECOVERED FOUR
BODIES FROM THE WRECKAGE.
TWO REMAINING VICTIMS ARE STILL
MISSING UNDERWATER.
WELL, A THREE PART DOCU DRAMA
SERIES ABOUT MOSES HAS LANDED
AMONG NETFLIX'S TOP TEN MOST
POPULAR SERIES.
IT'S CALLED TEST IT THE STORY
OF MOSES AND IT DEBUTED ON THE
STREAMING PLATFORM BACK IN IN
MARCH AS THE NUMBER ONE SHOW.
THE SERIES SHOWS MOSES
REMARKABLE LIFE AS A PRINCE AND
PROPHET WITH INSIGHTS FROM
THEOLOGIANS AND HISTORIANS AND
IT DEALS WITH HIS HUMAN SIDE AS
WELL INCLUDING INCLUDING
SHOWING HIS FLAWS AND WHAT HE
HAD TO OVERCOME IN LIFE.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
GORDON AND TERRY WE'LL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF HUNDRED CLUB RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
IT'S SO IMPACTFUL FOR OUR
FAMILY.
TOMORROW ON SEVEN HUNDRED CLUB.
WELL, YEAR AFTER YEAR ALEXA
DIDN'T GROW OR GAIN WEIGHT.
HER HEART WAS ALWAYS BEATING
TOO FAST AND SHE WAS ALWAYS
TIRED.
WELL THEN ONE DAY THE DOCTORS
SAID SHE URGENTLY NEEDED
SURGERY OR SHE WOULD DIE
PARENTS A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY IS
FILLED WITH HOPE FOR THE WITH
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE BUT NOT FOR
ALEXA.
SHE'D BEEN BORN WITH WITH A
HOLE IN HER HEART.
SHE WENT TO THE CARDIOLOGIST
EVERY YEAR AROUND HER BIRTHDAY.
AT FIRST THEY SAID THE HOLE
COULD CLOSE ON ITS OWN WITH
TREATMENT.
SO I SPENT YEARS GOING TO THE
DOCTOR WORRYING ABOUT WHAT HE
WOULD SAY AND EVERY TIME HE
SAID THE HOLE HAD GOTTEN
BIGGER.
AND EVERY YEAR ALEXIS HEALTH
GOT WORSE.
SHE DID NOT IMPROVE.
SHE DID NOT GROW OR GAIN WEIGHT
DESPITE WHAT WE FED HER AND
WITH THE HEART MEDICINE HER
HEART WAS ALWAYS FAST AND SHE
WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME.
MEANWHILE, ALEXA'S CONDITION
WAS TAKING A TOLL ON INCLUDING
HER DAD CARLOS.
THE DOCTORS WAS NOT OPERATED
ON.
SHE WILL POSSIBLY WILL POSSIBLY
DIE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR
THAT NEWS.
BOTH BOTH JACQUELINE AND CARLOS
WORKED HARD TO SAVE FOR THEIR
DAUGHTER'S SURGERY.
CARLOS KNEW THERE WOULD
NEVER BE ENOUGH.
ITS ITS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE
SALARIES WE HAVE.
EVEN IF WE JOINED MY BROTHER'S
SALARY OR THE WHOLE FAMILY
INCOME THERE WILL NEVER BE
ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THIS SURGERY
WITHOUT HELP.
THEN RECEIVED THE
NEWS THEY'D BEEN PRAYING FOR.
OPERATION BLESSING PAID FOR
ALEXA TO RECEIVE OPEN HEART
SURGERY AT THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN
EL SALVADOR.
IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL US
BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THIS WAS A
MIRACLE FOR OUR.
ALEXA SOON RETURNED HOME AND
ACCORDING TO SHE'S BEEN HEALTHY
EVER SINCE.
IT HAS IT HAS CHANGED HER
LIFE.
NOW SHE GOES TO SCHOOL TO
SCHOOL LIKE A NORMAL GIRL.
SHE PLAYS AND HER HEART IS
NORMAL NORMAL.
I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO
THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS
SURGERY POSSIBLE GOD IN
OPERATION BLESSING FOR HELPING
US FOR HELPING US.
SEVEN HUNDRED CLUB PARTNERS.
THAT'S PARTNERS.
THAT'S YOU IN ACTION.
YOU'RE CHANGING LIVES.
YOU'RE DOING IT ALL
TIME AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ALL BECAUSE YOU CARE YOU CARE
ENOUGH TO GIVE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF IT
A PART OF EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING DOING AROUND THE WORLD
PORTION OF EVERY GIFT YOU GIVE
TO THE CLUB GOES INTO THE WORK
OF OPERATION BLESSING.
ANOTHER WORK OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL THE GOSPEL AROUND THE
WORLD.
YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF IT WHEN
YOU JOIN WITH US SO THAT US SO
THAT YOU CALL RIGHT NOW ONE
THOUSAND AND SAY I WANT TO JOIN
THE 700 CLUB.
WELL IT'S $20 A MONTH.
SOME CAN JOIN IN HIGHER CAN
JOIN IN HIGHER LEVELS WE HAVE A
700 CLUB GOLD AT $40 A MONTH.
MONTH.
THOUSAND CLUB.
THAT'S 1000 DOLLARS A YEAR.
THAT'S DOLLARS A MONTH AT
WHATEVER LEVEL WHEN YOU CALL
AND JOIN I WANT AND JOIN I WANT
YOU TO HAVE IT.
IT'S A TEACHING OF MY LIFE AND
LEARNING HOW TO ARE THE
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR HOW TO
BELIEVE FOR TO BELIEVE FOR
HEALING, HOW TO PRAY FOR
HEALING, HOW TO HAVE HAVE GOD'S
MIRACLE POWER FLOW THROUGH YOU.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT AT YEARS
AT YEARS WHEN YOU JOIN SO CALL
US ONE SEVEN THOU AND LISTEN,
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SOME
PEOPLE WHO'VE ALREADY RECEIVED
TEACHING AND THE BOOK WORKBOOK
THAT GOES WITH IT.
MARTHA AND GREG ARE FROM.
WE REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING HOW
TO BELIEVE FOR HEALING
MIRACLES.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE STUDYING
THE WORKBOOK TOGETHER SO MUCH
AND ENJOYING IT.
THANK YOU.
AND THEN APRIL WHO LIVES
ARKANSAS, SAYS I REALLY ENJOYED
STUDYING IN THE WORKBOOK.
BLESSING IT ENCOURAGED MY HEART
AND STIRRED UP MY FAITH AND BE
PERSISTENT WITH MY PRAYERS AND
REQUESTS.
NOW ONE 800 20 FIVE A HUNGRY
HEART, A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND
A GOOD THAT'S WHAT MANAGERS AT
CHICK-FIL-A FIRST NOTICE ABOUT
PAYTON EDWARDS.
A CHICK FIL A MANAGER HERSELF
AND THE RECIPIENT INSPIRATION
SCHOLARSHIP PAYTON EDWARDS
NEVER SAW IT COMING SO I WAS
TOLD THAT I WAS JUST GETTING
INTERVIEWED FOR FOR LIKE A
CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO WHEN I WALKED OUT AND I SAW
THE CAMERA I WAS LIKE OKAY I
WAS LIKE OKAY COOL.
THIS MARCH THE 24 YEAR OLD
REGION STUDENT WAS ONE OF 14
CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYEES ACROSS
NORTH TO RECEIVE THE TRUE
INSPIRATION SCHOLARSHIP.
ANDREW CATHY PRESENTED PEYTON
WITH A $25,000 CHECK AND A NEW
LAPTOP.
SHE HAS SUCH A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE ABOUT THE FUTURE,
WANTS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE.
PEYTON STARTED WORKING TIME
AT THE VIRGINIA BEACH LOCATION
.
WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO US
SHE HAD A HUNGRY HEART TO
REALLY SERVE TO REALLY SERVE
AND TO WORK HARD SO GET A GOOD
WORK ETHIC AND IT WAS BUILT
UPON THAT.
WE'VE GRADUALLY IN HER TRUSTING
HER MORE WITH THE BUSINESS,
GIVING HER MORE.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH PEYTON A FEW
WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT WAS STILL
TAKING IT IN.
I WAS I WAS VERY SURPRISED,
VERY SHOCKED, VERY GRATEFUL.
THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS GREAT GREAT
AND THEN I SAW THE LAPTOP AND I
WAS LIKE THAT'S EVEN COOLER.
PEYTON NOW HOLDS A MANAGEMENT
POSITION.
BUT SHE SAYS IT'S MORE THAN A
JOB.
I'M JUST SUPER PASSIONATE
ABOUT THE COMPANY AND VALUES
THAT THEY HOLD.
SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO PICK
A SCHOOL HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE
SHE CHOSE REGION UNIVERSE.
EVERYTHING THAT I LOOKED AT
REALLY JUST ALIGNED MY GOALS
FOR THE FUTURE LIKE MY FAITH.
ALL SIGNS REGION.
I REALLY JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S
WHAT THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING ME
TO 20 21 PEYTON ENROLLED IN
REGENT SCHOOL AS PREDICTED.
IT WASN'T EASY.
EASY.
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS PRETTY
IMPOSSIBLE.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
TALK ABOUT WORKING FULL TIME
AND GOING TO SCHOOL BUT I HEARD
THE STORIES OF LIKE HOW
STRESSFUL HOW STRESSFUL IS HOW
TIME MANAGEMENT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
I REALIZED IT WAS MORE TANGIBLE
THAN I THOUGHT.
SHE SAYS HER PROFESSORS HAVE
BEEN A GREAT HELP IN HER
JOURNEY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
AT REGENT IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S LIKE HOW CAN I PRAY FOR
YOU?
HOW CAN I GIVE YOU RESOURCES?
PEYTON PLANS ON STAYING WITH
CHICK-FIL-A AFTER SHE GRADUATES
IN 2026 WITH A DEGREE IN
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
SHE SAYS REGENT CONTINUES TO
PLAY A LARGE ROLE HER SUCCESS.
I'M ABLE TO APPLY THE
PRINCIPLES THAT I'VE WITH GOOD
LEADERSHIP AT MY JOB.
I THINK REGION HAS AN OF JUST
INSTILLING THAT I'LL JUST
IMAGINE A UNIVERSITY IN TODAY'S
WORLD WHERE THE WHERE THE
PROFESSORS ASK YOU HOW CAN I
PRAY FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO TO
GO TO REGION UNIVERSITY HERE'S
WHERE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO YOU
CAN CALL 18669107615.
THERE'S A SPECIAL NUMBER THERE
YOU SAY I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT HOW I CAN OF THE VARIOUS
PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE
DOT EDU AND YOU CAN FIND OUT
MORE BELIEVE IN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE THE WORLD
YOU'RE CALLED INTO THAT WE WANT
TO SEE YOU TRAIN BE THE BEST AT
WHAT YOU DO.
SO REGION THAT WE'VE GOT SOME
TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS NOW.
AYODHYA.
BY GOD'S GRACE I'M A CHRISTIAN
AND SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES I
ENJOY TALKING TO GOD.
HOWEVER, UPON READING THE
SCRIPTURES I SCRIPTURES I
DISCOVERED I WAS DOING IT
WRONG.
WE ASKED GOD FOR WHAT WE WANT
WE WANT SHOUT OUT LOUD AND
MOSTLY REPEAT THE SAME THINGS.
SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE
PRAY ACCEPTABLY AND HOW LONG DO
WE DO IT?
WELL YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST
KEY RIGHT THERE THAT YOU ENJOY
TALKING WITH GOD.
PRAYER SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION
BE A CONVERSATION SESSION AND
THEN CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE
SOMETIMES IMPORTANT TO BE QUIET
TO BE QUIET SO YOU CAN LISTEN
TO WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS
PERSON IS SAYING.
GOD HAS A PERSONALITY HE WANTS
,WANTS TO TALK WITH HIS
CHILDREN.
HE WANTS TO OPEN YOUR EARS SO
THAT THAT YOU CAN HEAR HIS
VOICE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HE IS
WORKING ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR
YOUR GOOD.
BUT IN TERMS OF PRAYER AND
SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND THAT IS A
CONSISTENT THEME THROUGHOUT THE
BIBLE BROUGHT MY REQUEST BEFORE
THE LORD THE WORDS OF THE
APOSTLE SHOULD GOVERN EVERY
PRAYER IF WE PRAY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH WILL THEN WE KNOW THAT HE
HEARS US AND IF US WE KNOW WE
HAVE WHAT WE REQUEST.
SO DO WILL.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
ON THE EARTH?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
IN YOUR LIFE AND ARE YOU
PRAYING FOR TANGIBLE FOR THAT
TO BECOME REAL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AS WELL?
IF YOU'RE PRAYING YOU KNOW THE
MEGA GOD OR THAT KIND OF THINGS
I THAT'S NOT AS WELL FOR YOU.
SO IT'S YOU HAVE TO FIRST
IDENTIFY THAT.
I ENCOURAGE TO NUMBER ONE
STUDY THE PRAYER THE LORD'S HOW
HE HE INSTRUCTED HIS DISCIPLES
THEN LOOK AT THE PRAYERS OF THE
APOSTLE PAUL.
WONDERFUL INSPIRATION AND
WONDERFUL AND WONDERFUL
PATHWAYS FOR PRAYER.
AND THEN ONE OF THE GREAT
REVELATIONS I HAD IT WAS ABOUT
30 YEARS AGO WHERE I REALIZED
THAT EVERY PSALM PSALM WAS ALSO
A PRAYER.
IT WAS A CONVERSATION.
IT WAS A CONVERSATION IN SONG
BUT IT WAS A CONVERSATION WITH
GOD.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEND A
WHOLE YEAR JUST ON PSALM ONE
ONE NINE.
SO WHAT WHAT ARE THE WHAT'S
THE GREAT HALAU?
WHAT ARE THE GREAT PRAYERS OF
DAVID THE PSALMS OF MOSES
SOLOMON.
THE SONS OF CORA, THE
GRANDSONS OF THE PROPHET SAMUEL
.
ALL OF THESE ARE WRITTEN
DOWN AND THEY'RE PATHWAYS FOR
YOU YOU.
AND IF YOU FOLLOW THESE
PATHWAYS YOU HAVE EVERY
CONFIDENCE YOU'RE GOING INTO
THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD AND
YOU'RE PRAYING IN WITH AS WELL.
WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GOING TO.
WELL, HERE'S A WORD FROM ONE
OF THE PSALMS.
I AND HE HEARD ME AND DELIVERED
MY FEARS.
MAY YOU HAVE THAT PERFECT PEACE
PERFECT PEACE TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.