ON TODAY'S 7:00 EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

AMANDA KNOX IN FOR GORDON TODAY

ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER IS

DOUBLING DOWN ON ACCUSATIONS

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS

SLOW WALKING WEAPONS SHIPMENTS

AND SAYS IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR

MONTHS.

WELL, TODAY ISRAEL'S DEFENSE

MINISTER IS IN WASHINGTON FOR

ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA AND

INCREASED TENSIONS ON THE

NORTHERN BORDER.

SOME COUNTRIES ARE WARNING

THEIR CITIZENS TO GET OUT

LEBANON ANTICIPATING ALL OUT

WAR.

CBN'S JULIE STAHL HAS THAT

STORY.

ISRAELI MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU EXPRESSED

APPRECIATION FOR U.S. SUPPORT

AND SAID HIS GOVERNMENT HAS

PRIVATELY RAISED THE ISSUE OF

WEAPONS DELAYS WITH U.S.

OFFICIALS BEFORE GOING PUBLIC.

WE'VE NOW GOT ABOUT ABOUT

FOUR MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A

DRAMATIC DROP IN THE SUPPLY OF

ARMAMENTS ARRIVING FROM THE

U.S. TO ISRAEL.

FOR WEEKS WE'VE ASKED AMERICAN

FRIENDS TO SPEED UP THE

SHIPMENTS.

WE DID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

WE DID THIS IN THE UPPER RANKS

AND IN ALL RANKS AND WANT TO

EMPHASIZE WE DID IT BEHIND

CLOSED DOORS.

THE HOUSE DENIES IT'S SLOW

WALKING ARMS SHIPMENTS BUT THE

TIMES OF ISRAEL REPORTS THAT A

U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD THE

NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT IT'S NO

LONGER FAST TRACKING WEAPONS AS

IT DID IN THE DAYS AFTER

OCTOBER 7TH.

ON ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 14, PRIME

MINISTER SAID OF THE FIGHTING

IN GAZA, THE INTENSIVE PHASE

THE WAR IS ABOUT TO END.

HE ALSO SAID HE'S OPEN TO A

PAUSE AND HOSTAGE DEAL BUT THE

WAR WON'T END UNTIL HAMAS IS

DESTROYED.

TODAY ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER

IS IN WASHINGTON TO BRIEF U.S.

OFFICIALS ABOUT THE FIGHTING IN

GAZA AND THE ESCALATING

CONFLICT WITH HEZBOLLAH IN THE

NORTH.

RETIRED ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

YORAM ETTINGER.

ISRAEL NEEDS TO REGAIN

DETERRENCE AGAINST FUTURE

ATTACKS AND THAT VICTORY NOT

DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENTS IS THE

BEST TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

WE HAVE HAD A LITANY OF

AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN

ISRAEL, HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AND

NOW KNOW VERY WELL THAT EACH

AGREEMENT CONCLUDED WITH

HEZBOLLAH AND WITH HAMAS HAVE

BEEN THE ONLY MEANS TO ENHANCE

THEIR DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITIES

IRANIAN BACKED TERRORISTS IN

THE REGION ARE REPORTEDLY READY

TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE HEZBOLLAH.

IF FULL SCALE WAR BREAKS OUT.

IRAN HAS HINTED IT ALSO GET

INVOLVED IN LEBANON.

WHISTLE BLOWERS AT THE BEIRUT

TELL A BRITISH PAPER HEZBOLLAH

IS STORING HUGE AMOUNTS OF

WEAPONS FROM IRAN THERE.

A TOP LEBANESE TRANSPORTATION

OFFICIAL THOSE CLAIMS WHICH IF

TRUE COULD MAKE BEIRUT'S A

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET FOR

ISRAEL.

OTHER ARE TAKING A POSSIBLE WAR

IN LEBANON SERIOUSLY.

KUWAIT TOLD ITS CITIZENS TO

LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

AND CANADA IS ALREADY REPORTED

PLANNING THE EVACUATION OF SOME

45,000 CITIZENS FROM THE

COUNTRY.

JULIE STAHL, CBN NEWS THANK

YOU, JULIE.

IN OTHER NEWS, ISLAMIC

MILITANTS CARRIED COORDINATED

ATTACKS AGAINST CHURCHES AND A

SYNAGOGUE IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.

WENDY GRIFFITH HAS THAT STORY

AND MORE FROM THE CBN NEWSROOM

.

WENDY?

ANDREW THAT'S RIGHT.

AT LEAST 15 POLICE OFFICERS AND

FOUR CIVILIANS INCLUDING AN

ORTHODOX PRIEST DIED IN THE

ATTACKS.

IT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHERN

RUSSIAN REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN.

ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ATTACKED

TWO CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES AND A

POLICE STATION IN TWO CITIES.

A SYNAGOGUE WAS SET ON FIRE

WHEN THE MILITANTS USING

MOLOTOV COCKTAILS STORMED THE

HOLY PLACE BEFORE EVENING

PRAYERS.

THEY ALSO KILLED A RUSSIAN

ORTHODOX PRIEST REPORTEDLY

SLITTING HIS THROAT.

OFFICIALS SAY SIX MILITANTS

WERE KILLED.

DAGESTAN IS A MOSTLY MUSLIM

REGION WITH A HISTORY OF

ISLAMIC RADICALISM?

WELL, HERE IN THE U.S. TODAY

MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF

THE DOBBS DECISION.

THAT'S THE SUPREME COURT RULING

THAT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE.

THE DECISION REMOVED FEDERAL

PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTION AND

NOW ONE STATES HAVE LAWS

RESTRICTING THE PROCEDURE.

IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE 2024

ELECTION AND CERTAIN TO BE A

HOT TOPIC THIS WEEK'S

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

DEMOCRATS ARE AIMING TO

ENSHRINE ABORTION THE FEDERAL

LEVEL.

WELL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

SAYS IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE

STATES.

IF WE HAVE THE TRIFECTA THE

HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE WHITE

HOUSE, THEN WE ARE GOING TO

MAKE ROE VERSUS WADE LAW OF THE

LAND AGAIN.

THANKS TO THESE JUSTICES WE

HAVE ALSO ACHIEVED WHAT THE

MOVEMENT FOUGHT TO GET FOR 49

YEARS AND.

WE'VE GOT AN ABORTION OUT OF

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND BACK

TO THE STATES.

TRUMP ADDRESSED THE FAITH

AND FREEDOM COALITION OVER THE

WEEKEND.

HE PLEDGED TO PROTECT

PRO-LIFERS AGAINST UNFAIR

PROSECUTION BY THE BIDEN

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

HE CITED CASE OF PAULETTE

HARLOW, A 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN

POOR HEALTH WHO WAS SENTENCED

TO 24 MONTHS IN PRISON.

SHE WAS CONVICTED UNDER THE

FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC

ENTRANCES ACT DURING A PROTEST

OUTSIDE AN ABORTION CLINIC.

WELL, IN MASSACHUSETTS

PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS THAT

COUNSEL WOMEN CONSIDERING

ABORTION ARE UNDER ATTACK BY

THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS

LAUNCHED A MEDIA CAMPAIGN THEM

DANGEROUS.

DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.

THE CAMPAIGN BY GOVERNOR MAURA

HEALEY TELLS WOMEN TO AVOID

WHAT IT TERMS ANTI-ABORTION

CENTERS CALLING UNSAFE.

WHETHER YOU NEED PREGNANCY

CARE OR ABORTION CARE.

AVOID ANTI-ABORTION CENTERS.

THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE MEDICAL

CLINICS BUT TRY TO LIMIT YOUR

OPTIONS IF YOU'RE PREGNANT,

LEARN MORE AND FIND CARE YOU

CAN.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS

THE TAXPAYER FUNDED ADS BEGAN

RUNNING THIS MONTH ARE SUPPOSED

TO HELP WOMEN UNDERSTAND FULL

RANGE OF OPTIONS.

BUT THERE WAS NO STATE

INVESTIGATION AND NO

PROSECUTIONS AFTER PREGNANCY

RESOURCE CENTERS WERE

VANDALIZED IN THE WAKE OF THE

DOBBS DECISION.

AND PRO-LIFE SAY THIS NEW

CAMPAIGN PUTS THEIR LIVES IN

EVEN GREATER.

LITERALLY WE TAKE OUR LIVES

INTO OUR HANDS TIME THAT WE GO

INTO WORK BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE

RHETORIC THAT ARE SIMPLY LIES

ABOUT US.

DIANE O'TOOLE EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CENTER

FOR PREGNANCY CHOICES, A

NETWORK OF PRO-LIFE CLINICS

THAT COUNSEL WOMEN SAYS CLAIMS

HER CENTERS HARM WOMEN ARE

BASELESS.

THERE WERE FOUR COMPLAINTS

FILED IN OVER 40 YEARS OF

PREGNANCY RESOURCES BEING IN

EXISTENCE.

TWO WERE FILED BY PRO-ABORTION

ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OTHER TO

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S FOUND

THAT THEY WERE BASELESS SO THEY

DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THEM IN

LIGHT OF THE ATTACKS AND

THREATS MADE AGAINST PREGNANCY

RESOURCES CENTERS IN THE STATE.

SAM WHITING, STAFF ATTORNEY AT

THE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY

INSTITUTE, ACCUSED THE GOVERNOR

OF SIDING WITH THE VANDALS.

IF THESE WERE ABORTION

CLINICS YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD BE

MUSTERING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF

THEIR POWER TO TRY TO COME

WHOEVER DID THAT VANDALISM.

IF THE STATE IS REALLY

INTERESTED IN

GIVING THEM ALL THE CHOICES

POSSIBLE AND FOR WOMEN IN NEED,

WHAT IT SHOULD BE DOING IS

FUNDING THESE CENTERS, NOT

ATTACKING THEM.

THE OTHER SIDE SAYS THEY'RE

ALL ABOUT CHOICE.

BUT WHAT I SAY IS WE'RE THE

ONES WHO PROVIDE TRUE BECAUSE

WE PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT THE

TYPES OF ABORTION, WHITING SAYS

THEY'RE CONSIDERING TAKING

LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE STATE

.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH DALE

ANDREW.

HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS

HAPPENING IN AMERICA.

YEAH $1,000,000 OF TAXPAYER

MONEY TELLING PREGNANT WOMEN TO

AVOID CLINICS PRO-LIFE CENTERS

AND TO LIMIT THEIR OPTIONS.

THEY'RE LITERALLY BEING TOLD

THAT THIS IS TAXPAYER FUNDED IN

THE TUNE OF A MILLION BUCKS AND

AT THE END OF THAT AD YOU'RE

ENCOURAGED TO GO TO A WEBSITE

WHICH HAS A VERY SOPHISTICATED

PAGE SET UP ON HOW TO FILE A

COMPLAINT.

YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT IF

STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN

NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS OUR

PLATFORMS A SURGE OF VIOLENCE

AGAINST CHRISTIANS HAS FLARED

UP IN INDIA WHERE MILLIONS

BELIEVE THE COUNTRY BELONGS TO

HINDUS AND MANY OF THEM THINK

ALL OTHER MUST BE ELIMINATED

FROM SOCIETY.

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ACCUSE

INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER OF

SUPPORTING THIS EXTREMIST.

AND SEVERAL STATES HAVE ENACTED

LAWS TO PUNISH NON.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE STORY

.

AT 16 YEARS OLD PAUL

INSTRUCTED TO TARGET CHRISTIANS

BY THE RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK

SUNG OR RSS A RADICAL HINDU

PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION.

OH SINCE I WAS A HINDU AND PART

OF THE RSS I BECAME A STAUNCH

FOLLOWER OF THEIR HINDU

PRINCIPLES AND BECAUSE OF THAT

KILLING CHRISTIANS AND PASTORS

BECAME MY GOAL.

WE'VE CONCEALED PAUL'S

IDENTITY SAFETY.

HE SAYS THE RSS SINGLES OUT

CHRISTIANS BECAUSE SO MANY

HINDUS IN INDIA ARE ABANDONING

THEIR FAITH TO FOLLOW JESUS

CHRIST.

ONE OF THE GROUP'S EARLY

FOUNDERS REFERRED TO CHRISTIANS

AS ANTI-NATIONAL AND HOSTILE

AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

RSS MEMBERS SEEN HERE OFTEN

COMBINE RELIGIOUS HINDU

EDUCATION WITH SELF-DEFENSE

CLASSES AND EXERCISES.

THEY TOLD US CHRISTIANITY

DOESN'T BELONG TO A COUNTRY

BECAUSE THEY ARE CONVERTING

PEOPLE.

THEREFORE HAVE TO ATTACK

PASTORS AND DEMOLISH THEIR

CHURCHES SO THAT COUNTRY WILL

REMAIN A HINDU COUNTRY.

HINDUS MAKE UP JUST UNDER

80% OF INDIA'S POPULATION.

MUSLIMS AT 14%.

CHRISTIANITY IS INDIA'S THIRD

LARGEST RELIGION WITH ABOUT 26

MILLION FOLLOWERS OR ABOUT 2.3%

OF THE POPULATION.

AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE STEADILY

GROWING.

DETERMINED TO STOP THE

GROWTH, PAUL THOUGHT HE HAD HIS

CHANCE.

A PASTOR VISITED HIS HOSTEL.

INSTEAD THE ENCOUNTER CHANGED

HIS LIFE WHEN THE PASTOR SHARED

THE GOSPEL WITH HIM.

MY HEART WAS BREAKING WHEN I

HEARD THAT JESUS CHRIST BLOOD

WAS SACRIFICED FOR ME THAT

JESUS CHRIST LOVED ME AND HE

GAVE HIS BLOOD FOR SINS.

I DEDICATED MYSELF TO CHRIST

RIGHT THERE AND THEN I'M

LEAVING RIGHT NOW.

PAUL NOW SERVES A TRAVELING

PASTOR IN REMOTE AREAS OF

INDIA'S KARNATAKA, OFTEN

REFERRED TO AS A GRAVEYARD OF

PASTORS BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE

PERSECUTION CHRISTIANS FACE

HERE.

CHURCH IS REPEATEDLY ATTACKED

BY RSS GANGS.

HE'S BEEN PUT IN PRISON FOR

PREACHING YET IT HASN'T STOPPED

HIS MINISTRY.

EVEN IN JAIL I FELT GOD'S

LOVE EVEN THOUGH I RECEIVED THE

BEATINGS.

I WAS REJOICING AND BECAUSE OF

THAT I'M GRATEFUL TO GOD.

INDIA WITH ITS 1.4 BILLION

PEOPLE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST

DEMOCRACY.

HOWEVER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATES SAY

DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN IN RETREAT

EVER SINCE THE HINDU LED BJP

GOVERNMENT AND ITS LEADER

NARENDRA MODI TOOK POWER IN

2014.

IT'S REALLY THE MOST

SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT AS FAR

AS RESTRICTING RELIGIOUS

FREEDOMS OUTSIDE OF CHINA.

DR. DAVID CURRY IS A FORMER

OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION

ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM.

U.S. IRF HAS DOCUMENTED AN

UNPRECEDENTED UPTICK IN

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS

UNDER MODI'S RULE.

THE MAJORITY OF ATTACKS CARRIED

OUT BY RSS AND OTHER HINDU

EXTREMIST GROUPS WITH TIES TO

THE PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY.

MODI IS ACCUSED OF FANNING THE

FLAMES OF A RADICAL IDEOLOGY

THAT TEACHES ONLY HINDUS ARE

TRUE INDIANS AND THAT ALL OTHER

RELIGIONS CHRISTIANS AND

MUSLIMS ARE FOREIGNERS WHO MUST

BE REMOVED FROM SOCIETY.

THEY HAVE A GOAL TO PUSH

CHRISTIANITY OUT OF INDIA.

THEY SEE INDIA AS THE HOLY LAND

OF HINDUISM AND THEY INTEND TO

FORCE THAT TO HAPPEN.

THAT INCLUDES PASSING LAWS

THAT CRIMINALIZE RELIGIOUS

CONVERSIONS.

PARTICULARLY TARGETING

CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM

MINORITIES.

SEPTEMBER KARNATAKA BECAME

THE 10TH INDIAN STATE TO PASS

THE SO CALLED ANTI CONVERSION

LAWS AND WITH IT CARRYING A 3

TO 5 YEAR PRISON TERM FOR

ANYONE FOUND GUILTY OF

ILLEGALLY CONVERTING PEOPLE TO

CHRISTIANITY.

EVER SINCE THIS ANTI

CONVERSION LAW WAS PASSED THE

AUTHORITIES THAT WE ARE

FORCIBLY CONVERTING PEOPLE.

JOSEPH PASTOR'S DIFFERENT

CITIES AND VILLAGES IN

KARNATAKA WE'VE TAKEN SIMILAR

TO PROTECT HIS SAFETY.

HE SAYS RSS OTHER RIGHT WING

HINDU GROUPS ACCUSED HIM OF

CONVERTING HINDUS BY OFFERING

THEM MONEY OR OTHER FORMS OF

BRIBES.

HE DENIES THOSE CHARGES.

WHEN WE STARTED THE MINISTRY

35 YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE SO

MANY PROBLEMS.

THOSE DAYS WE HAD RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM BUT NOW WE CAN'T TALK,

CAN'T EVEN GIVE OUT A PAMPHLET,

CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE

FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY.

HAS TO RUN THEIR CHURCHES WITH

FEAR LIKE PASTOR PAUL.

JOSEPH TOO HAS ENDURED THE

WRATH OF HINDU RADICALS.

DAMAGED MY BICYCLE SET BIBLES

ON FIRE AND BUNTED COME INTO

OUR CHURCH DURING SERVICE AND

BEAT PEOPLE UP.

THE POLICE HAVE COME TO MY

HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES.

I'VE BEEN TAKEN TO THE POLICE

STATION AND REPEATEDLY ACCUSED

OF FORCING PEOPLE TO CONVERT.

THEY NEVER HAVE ANY

EVIDENCE.

12 OF 28 STATES MOST OF THEM

RULED BY MODI'S PARTY NOW HAVE

LAWS REGULATING RELIGIOUS

CONVERSION AND THESE STATES

HAVE ALSO WITNESSED A SURGE IN

MOB VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN

CHRISTIANS.

IT IS AMAZING HOW CHRISTIANS

ARE STANDING

FAITH.

DON SHANK HEADS UP AN

ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN

SHARING THE GOSPEL PRIMARILY

THROUGH CHRISTIAN RADIO

BROADCASTS IN INDIA SINCE 1978.

HIS GROUP HAS DOCUMENTED CASES

WHERE HINDU EXTREMISTS HAVE

DISCRIMINATED AGAINST CHRISTIAN

CONVERTS.

AUTHORITIES ESPECIALLY AT THE

VILLAGE LEVEL DO LITTLE TO

NOTHING TO PROTECT THE

VULNERABLE BELIEVERS.

IT IS AMAZING THE NUMBER OF

PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING BANNED

FROM GOING TO THE VILLAGE WELL

NOT ALLOWED TO PURCHASE AT THE

MARKET BEING CHASED OUT FROM

BEING OSTRACIZED FROM FAMILY

AND COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY BEING

BEATEN, BEING KILLED, HAVING

THEIR PROPERTY DESTROYED.

ALTHOUGH THE CONSTITUTION

GIVES CHRISTIANS THE RIGHT TO

PREACH, SHANK SAYS THE CHURCH

IN INDIA MUST STILL BE CAREFUL.

PRAY THE BELIEVERS TO STAND

FIRM IN THEIR FAITH AND PRAY

FOR WHO ARE DOING THE

PERSECUTION THAT THEIR HEARTS

BE CHANGED BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN

THAT HAPPEN.

A VILLAGE PRIEST TO SMASH A

RADIO THAT SOMEBODY WAS USING

FOR OUTREACH BUT AS HE MADE

THOSE THREATS HE ALSO CAME

CLOSE AND LISTENED THE RADIO

AND HE HIMSELF EMBRACED JESUS

CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR.

GEORGE THOMAS CBN NEWS,

KARNATAKA, INDIA THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

WHAT A WAKE UP CALL FOR

CHRISTIANS IN THIS COUNTRY TO

STOP LIVING LUKEWARM LIVES IN

OUR DEVOTION TO JESUS.

HERE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IN INDIA BEING PERSECUTED,

BEING PREVENTED FROM GETTING

WATER AND FOOD THEY'RE BEING

BEATEN, ARRESTED.

SOME ARE GIVING THEIR VERY LIFE

FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

.

AND IN SPITE OF ALL OF THAT

HERE IS GEORGE CHANGED IDENTITY

TO PAUL.

HERE WE SEE THIS 16 YEAR OLD

TEENAGE BOY WHO TRAINED TO

ROUND UP AND KILL CHRISTIANS

AND A SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON

HIS HEART WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A

PASTOR WHO SAID YES THE BLOOD

OF JESUS WAS SHED FOR YOU AND

THIS TEENAGER WHO WAS OUT TO

GET CHRISTIANS.

HIS LIFE WAS DOESN'T REMIND YOU

OF SOMETHING FIRST CENTURY

CHURCH SAW ROUNDING AND KILLING

CHRISTIANS UNTIL JESUS APPEARED

AND CHANGED HIS HEART.

TIME OF NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR

COUNTRY PLEASE JOIN US.

ANDREW THE GREATEST SHOW ON

DIRT THAT'S HOW FANS DESCRIBE

THE COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD

SERIES TONIGHT TENNESSEE AND

TEXAS A&M SQUARE OFF IN THE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN OMAHA.

SPORTS REPORTER WIL DAWSON WAS

THERE TO TALK WITH THE PLAYERS

FROM ALL EIGHT TEAMS ABOUT

THEIR JOURNEY TO COLLEGE.

BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE EVERY

YEAR THE NATION'S EIGHT BEST

COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAMS SLUG OUT

IN OMAHA FOR A CHANCE TO BE

CALLED WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.

HOW WERE SOME OF THESE ASPIRING

MAJOR LEAGUE HOPEFULS KNOW THAT

SUCCESS IS MORE THAN JUST BEING

THE LAST TEAM STANDING?

THAT'S MY FOCUS EVERY DAY.

MY PRAYER EVERY DAY IS HAVE A

HAVE THE LORD GIVE ME HIS HEART

HIS HEART FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND

IF YOU FOCUS ON OTHERS THEN

THEN THAT'S WHERE WHERE JESUS

CAN REALLY WORK THROUGH.

I SAW ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA

YOU HAVE GOD IS GREATER THAN

THE HIGHS AND LOWS JUST.

TELL ME WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

TO YOU?

YEAH.

I MEAN YOU KNOW HE'S CONQUERED

THE WORLD.

YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT SOMETHING HERE AND I'M

JUST SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL

HIM.

WE KNOW AS BELIEVERS THAT

WINS AND LOSSES THEY COME AND

GO LIKE IT'S THIS IS NOT A LIFE

AND DEATH THING BUT IT'S A

PRETTY AND YOU'D LIKE TO WIN

IT, RIGHT?

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND I BELIEVE THROUGH FAITH

THAT JESUS WANTS US TO BE

COMPETITIVE.

HE WANTS US TO REPRESENT HIM.

THE BIGGEST MYTH OUT THERE IS

THAT CHRISTIANS ARE SOFT AND

THEY'RE NOT COMPETITIVE.

I DISAGREE MORE.

MATTER OF FACT I THINK I THINK

THAT EVEN HELPS WITH MORE

TOUGHNESS BECAUSE THEN IT TAKES

THE EDGE OFF AND YOU GOT AND

EXPOSE ANXIETIES ON HIM.

I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE IN PAIN AND

LIVES AND YOU'RE WORKING HARD

AND DOING YOUR BEST, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

YOU'RE GOING TO WIN ENOUGH

BALLGAMES OR EVERYTHING'S TO

WORK OUT.

I KNOW YOU KNOW IT'S THE MAN

UPSTAIRS PLAN AND YOU KNOW,

EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE I YOU

KNOW, I SAY A PRAYER BEFORE

EVERY GAME AND JUST STAYING IN

FOR THE MOMENT BECAUSE I DON'T

TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW I PLAY FOR

HIM FOR HIS GLORY AND IT'S JUST

A BLESSING AND FOR SURE GOING

OUT THERE IF I'M JUST TRUSTING

IN THE LORD'S PLAYING LIKE IT

GIVES YOU IT TAKES AWAY THE

ANXIETY.

MAYWEATHER LIKE YOU KNOW HE

ALREADY HAS A PLAN.

SO LIKE IT'S AWESOME GOING OUT

THERE LIKE FREE TO BE ABLE TO

JUST GO ANYWHERE, ENJOY THE

GAME, ENJOY THE MOMENT WITHOUT

HAVING THE PRESSURE OF LIKE

WHAT HAPPENS.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO THAT LIKE

IT'S AWESOME.

LOVE THE PEACE.

YEAH I JUST KNOW THAT

EVERYTHING IS IN GOD'S HANDS

BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND YOU

KNOW I'M PLAYING HIM AND

PLAYING FOR EVERYBODY AROUND ME

IS YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S JUST

AWESOME.

I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE IT.

PSALM ONE OH HELP ME OUT.

PSALM 130 VERSE FIVE YEAH.

WHAT DOES THAT VERSE MEAN TO

YOU AND THE LORD'S NAME BY WAY

HIS NAME I PUT MY HOPE SO FOR

ME THAT VERSE MEANS A LOT YOU

KNOW I PUT A LOT OF FAITH IN

JESUS CHRIST.

I BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR OUR

SINS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO

KNOW THAT HE HAS ALMOST LOVE

FOR US AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN

ALWAYS GO TO HIM FOR THINGS AND

IT'S VERY AWESOME TO HAVE THIS

VERSE ON MY GLOVE JUST A QUICK

REMINDER THAT YOU JUST WAIT IN

THE LORD AND HOPE IN HIM AND

YOU KNOW THINGS WILL COME OUT

GOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU KNOW I'M A BELIEVER IN

JESUS CHRIST.

HE SAVED ME AND YOU KNOW I AM

IMPERFECT AND HE WAS PERFECT

AND.

I GOT TO BE A PART OF THAT AND

HE'S INVITED ME TO BE A PART OF

HIS FAMILY AND SO MY JOB HERE

AS A BASEBALL PLAYER ON THE

BIGGEST STAGE IS TO GLORIFY HIM

AND I WILL DO THAT TO THE REST

OF MY LIFE AND I GET TO BE HERE

ON THE BIGGEST AND DO THAT.

I MEAN IT'S AWESOME BEING HERE

GETTING TO PLAY IN FRONT OF A

BUNCH OF PEOPLE JUST SHINE FOR

GOD'S GLORY AS YOU KNOW HUMANS

WE WE A LOT OF TIME WE PROBABLY

THINK SELFISHLY WE THINK YOU

KNOW WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO

HAPPEN MY LIFE AND YOU KNOW

JUST REMEMBERING THAT YOU KNOW

WE'RE HERE TO TO SERVE GOD TO

SERVE JESUS AND TO YOU KNOW,

FURTHER HIS KINGDOM HAS REALLY

PUT THINGS IN A LOT OF

PERSPECTIVE FOR ME YOU SAID

IT'S THE BEST TWO WEEKS OF YOUR

LIFE.

HOW COOL IS THIS JOURNEY FOR

YOU?

IT REALLY HAS BEEN THE BEST

TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE.

MY SON STANDS UP IN FRONT OF

THE TEAM AND SAYS I ACCEPTED

WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD I

ACCEPTED JESUS CRISIS MY LORD

AND SAVIOR AND NOW I WANT TO BE

BAPTIZED.

WILL YOU GUYS COME TO MY

BAPTISM THURSDAY AND THE TEAM

ERUPTS AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE

WINNING CLINCHED A FIRST EVER

TRIP TO COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

AND ONLY GOD CAN WRITE THIS

STORY

THIS HAPPEN.

I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY

HEART SO WE'RE SUPER THANKFUL

THIS VERSUS ON OF 1824 AND IT

IS TODAY IS THE DAY THE LORD

HAS MADE US REJOICE AND BE GLAD

AND IT JUST KIND OF GOES BACK

TO JOY AND HAPPINESS IS

HAPPINESS COMES AND GOES BUT

JOY IS WITH YOU FOREVER AND

IT'S A DECISION THAT YOU GOT TO

MAKE DAY I KNOW THAT WITH GOD

IN MY RIGHT HAND LIKE NOTHING

CAN GO WRONG LIKE I'M ALWAYS

GOING TO HAPPEN BY MY SIDE AND

HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO ME AND I

MEAN THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF

IT BUT.

I MEAN HE'S I'M CLOSE TO HIM

AND I WANT TO GET CLOSER.

BASEBALL IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE

GOOD BUT HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO

BE PERFECT.

HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO SUPPORT

AND I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NO

MATTER WHAT.

GOOD STUFF.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH THOSE

GUYS.

IT JUST ME JOY AND INSPIRATION

SEEING THESE YOUNG MEN WITH A

LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM, A LOT

DISTRACTIONS SAYING I'M NOT

GOING TO FIND MY IDENTITY IN

BASEBALL.

I WANT TO BE GROUNDED IN GOD.

THEY'RE NOT PERFECT PEOPLE BUT

THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR

FOUNDATION THE OF GOD.

THEY CAN'T LET THEIR EMOTIONS

DICTATE HOW THEY FEEL AND

NEITHER CAN YOU.

NEITHER CAN I.

THOSE GUYS STEP INTO THE

BATTER'S BOX SEVEN OUT OF TEN

TIMES THEY'RE GOING TO FAIL.

WE CANNOT BASE OUR JOY ON OUR

CIRCUMSTANCES, OUR IDENTITY

WHETHER WE SUCCEED OR FAIL WE

JUST CAN'T DO IT.

AND YOU HEARD THESE GUYS

TALKING ABOUT THEY GET FREE

FROM ANXIETY BECAUSE OF THE

PEACE THE WORD BRINGS.

ONE OF THESE PLAYERS SAID THAT

ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PSALMS

TALKS ABOUT HOW HE FINDS HIS

HOPE IN THE WORD OF GOD IN JOHN

1427 JESUS SAID PEACE I LEAVE

WITH YOU MY PEACE I GIVE YOU

AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE WORLD

GIVES.

HE WAS SPECIFIC WHEN HE SAID

THAT THAT THE PEACE I GIVE YOU

AND LEAVE WITH YOU IS NOT LIKE

THE WORLD GIVES SO DO NOT BE

TROUBLED OR AFRAID PAUL SAID

THIS PEACE TRANSFORMS OUR

UNDERSTANDING IT'S HARD TO EVEN

GRASP WHY IS THAT BECAUSE THE

UNIQUE PEACE THAT JESUS BRINGS

US IS THAT WE CAN BE MADE RIGHT

WITH GOD BECAUSE BEFORE LEFT

THIS EARTH HE ADDRESSED OUR SIN

PROBLEM AND OF THE CROSS

BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS

SHED ON CROSS WE CAN BE MADE

RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.

WE CAN FELLOWSHIP AND

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BECAUSE

OF WHAT JESUS DID THAT'S THE

PEACE THAT SURPASSES

UNDERSTANDING THAT BURDEN OFF

OUR BACK.

WE CAN'T EARN GOD'S LOVE

BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO THE

SACRIFICE OF JESUS ON THE CROSS

GIVES US RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

FATHER AND THAT TREMENDOUS

PEACE IF YOU NEED THAT IF YOU

WANT JESUS TO CHANGE YOUR HEART

,IF YOU SAY LORD, I WANT THAT

PEACE, I'M STRIVING BUT I FEEL

THIS BURDEN I WANT THE PEACE

THAT SURPASSES UNDERSTANDING AS

APOSTLE PAUL SAID, IT STARTS

WITH SURRENDER.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SIN PROBLEM.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SEPARATION

FROM GOD BECAUSE OF HOW WE SIN

AND WE REPENTANT SAY JESUS, I

NEED YOU I WANT THIS PEACE

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME NOW IF

YOU'RE FEELING THE HOLY SPIRIT

TUG ON YOUR HEART WHICH I

BELIEVE HE DOES PRAY WITH ME

NOW LORD JESUS I COME TO YOU

NOW KNOWING I'M A SINNER AND I

HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS MISTAKES

AND I'M LIVING IN MY

CIRCUMSTANCES NOW BUT I WANT

MORE OUT OF LIFE.

I WANT A CHANGED HEART AND I

WANT TO KNOW THE FATHER AND I

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT

POSSIBLE.

AND RIGHT NOW I LAY MY SIN AT

THE CROSS OF CHRIST AND I

SURRENDER LIFE TO YOU AND I ASK

YOU TO LEAD ME AND GUIDE ME AND

TEACH AND TRANSFORM ME INTO THE

NEW CREATION THAT SCRIPTURE

TALKS CHANGE ME LORD I DEVOTE

MY LIFE TO YOU AND I REPENT OF

MY SIN.

IT'S IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

NOW THAT PRAYER IS JUST START

OF A JOURNEY AND WE WOULD LIKE

TO WALK WITH YOU THIS JOURNEY

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IT'S CALLED A NEW DAY AND IT'S

A GREAT THAT'S GOING TO SHOW

YOU IN SCRIPTURE THE PRAYER

YOU'VE PRAYED HOW.

IT'S SO MEANINGFUL WHAT THE

CROSS IS HOW TO LIVE THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE.

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WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB

FOR THE CBN NEWS NEWSBREAK.

NO RELIEF FOR MORE THAN 100

MILLION AMERICANS OVER THE

WEEKEND THE HEAT WAVES

STRETCHED FROM COAST TO COAST

BALTIMORE HIT 101 ON SATURDAY

THE CITY'S HOTTEST JUNE DAY IN

MORE THAN A DECADE AND

WASHINGTON, D.C. YESTERDAY

TYING ITS DAILY RECORD HIGH OF

98 DEGREES.

BUT THOSE TEMPS ARE MILD

COMPARED TO PLACES LIKE LAS

VEGAS WHERE THE DAILY HIGH IS

EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND

HUNDRED TEN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN

DAYS.

HEAT FUELING RAINSTORMS IN

THE MIDWEST.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED

IN IOWA.

FLOODWATERS FORCED EVACUATIONS

IN PART OF STATE.

WELL CBN SUPERBOOK CONTINUES TO

IMPACT YOUNG THROUGH ITS

YOUTUBE CHANNELS.

THE SUPERBOOK YOUTUBE CHANNEL

HAS SURPASSED 3 MILLION

SUBSCRIBERS AND MORE THAN 800

MILLION VIEWS AMONG ENGLISH

SPEAKERS GLOBALLY THERE ARE

OVER 8 MILLION USERS SUBSCRIBED

INTERNATIONAL SUPERBOOK

CHANNELS WITH OVER 2 BILLION

VIEWS.

AS CHILDREN WATCH AND REWATCH

SUPERBOOK EPISODES AND OTHER

ORIGINAL CONTENT THE TIMELESS

TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE CONTINUE TO

CHANGE LIVES AND YOU FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT WHAT CBN SUPERBOOK

GOING TO CITY AND COM SLASH

KIDS ANDREW AND TERRY WILL BACK

RIGHT AFTER THIS WITH LIFE

TO WORK ON TOMORROW'S 7:00.

JONAH IS A BOY FROM UGANDA WHO

WAS KIDNAPED WHEN HE WAS JUST

SIX YEARS OLD BY THE LORD'S

RESISTANCE ARMY.

AS A CHILD SOLDIER HE WAS

FORCED TO DO UNSPEAKABLE

THINGS.

HIS STORY COULD HAVE HAD AN

ENDING AS BRUTAL AS THE LIFE HE

ONCE LIVED.

BUT INSTEAD JONAH IS THRIVING

TODAY WITH THE PROMISING FUTURE

FOR TOMORROW.

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU YOU.

I HEARD STORIES OF REBELS THAT

KILL EVERYONE AND BURNT ENTIRE

VILLAGES.

SO WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS SCREAM

THEY ARE HERE.

I RAN AND HID ALL DAY.

BUT THEY STILL FOUND ME.

JONAH TOLD ME THE INCREDIBLE

STORY HIS CAPTURE AND EVENTUAL

RELEASE AND RESCUE FROM THE

LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.

HE WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE WITH MANY

OTHER BOYS WHEN HE WAS JUST SIX

YEARS OLD.

I WAS THE YOUNGEST AMONG

THEM.

WE WALKED FOR DAYS THEN ARRIVED

AT THE BASE.

THE COMMANDER GAVE ME A BIG

STICK AND ORDERED ME TO KILL

HIM.

IF I DIDN'T DO IT THEY WOULD

KILL ME.

I BEAT HIM AND BEAT BUT I WAS

SO SMALL AND WEAK HE WOULD NOT

DIE.

THEN SAID JUST LET ME DIE TOO.

I'M TOO YOUNG TO KILL THIS MAN

.

THE LRA COMMANDER GATHERED

ALL THE BOYS AROUND AND TOLD

THEM NOT TO CRY OR SHOUT BUT

ONLY TO LAUGH AND.

CELEBRATE WHAT WAS ABOUT TO

HAPPEN.

NOT A RAINBOW.

THEY MADE THE MAN LIE DOWN AND

CUT HIM IN PIECES AS HE BEGGED

MERCY.

THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD.

MY HEART CRIED FOR HIM BUT I

KEPT IT INSIDE.

I LOST ALL MY GOOD MEMORIES AND

ONLY SAW THE MADNESS AROUND ME.

FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THE LRA,

JONAH WAS BADLY INJURED DURING

CROSSFIRE.

THE SOLDIERS ASKED HIM IF HE

WANTED TO REST.

WHEN THEY ASK THAT IT MEANS

THEY WILL MAKE YOU REST.

I SAID I CAN WALK.

I PRAYED AND ASKED TO TAKE ME

HOME.

I KNEW IT WAS OUT OF MY HANDS.

I COULD NO LONGER DO ANYTHING.

NOBODY TOOK CARE, JONAH SO

WHEN HIS WOUND DIDN'T HEAL, A

SOLDIER TOOK HIM TO AN EMPTY

FIELD TO KILL HIM.

BUT INSTEAD OF SHOOTING HIM,

THE SOLDIER LET HIM GO.

I WANTED TO GET AS FAR AWAY

POSSIBLE.

I STAYED IN ABANDONED HUTS AS I

FLED AND HOUR AND I WAS IN SO

MUCH PAIN.

AT NIGHT I UP AND HEARD A VOICE

SAYING YOU HAVE TO KEEP ON

GOING.

I LOOKED SEE WHO SPOKE BUT

THERE WAS NO ONE.

NOW I KNOW WAS GOD.

IN ONE ABANDONED HUT JONAH

FOUND BEAMS AND A FEW MATCHES

AND MANAGED TO START A FIRE.

AN ARMY FIGHTING.

THE REBELS SAW THE SMOKE AND

SURROUNDED THE HUT.

WHEN THEY FOUND JONAH ALONE

THEY TOOK HIM TO SAFETY.

JONAH WENT BACK HIS VILLAGE

REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY AND

JOINED A PEACE CLUB.

THE CLUB WAS STARTED BY EXILE

INTERNATIONAL A MINISTRY

SUPPORTED BY CBN'S ORPHANS

PROMISE.

THROUGH THE PEACE CLUB HE

LEARNED ABOUT THE GOD WHO SAVED

HIM.

EVEN BEFORE I KNEW HIM, HE TOOK

CARE OF ME.

I HAVE GIVEN MY LIFE TO CHRIST

AND I KNOW THERE IS NOTHING

HAVE OUTSIDE OF GOD.

YOU DIDN'T FIND ME BY ACCIDENT.

GOD SENT YOU TO ME AND YOUR

LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE HAS HELPED

HEAL MY HEART.

MANY OF THE KIDS WHO COME TO

THESE PEACE CLUBS EITHER WAR

ORPHANS OR FORMER CHILD

SOLDIERS.

BUT HERE IN A THERAPEUTIC

SETTING THEY SING SONGS AND

PLAY GAMES EARLY ON WHEN THEY

START COMING A LOT OF THE SKITS

THEY PUT ON HAVE TO DO WITH

VIOLENCE AND WAR.

BUT IN TIME THEY'RE DOING

LITTLE PLAYS ABOUT SCHOOL AND

THEIR FRIENDS.

BECAUSE HERE THEY HAVE A CHANCE

TO BE KIDS AGAIN.

WE ALSO ENROLLED JONAH IN A

CHRISTIAN BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE

HE'S DOING VERY WELL.

MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.

YOU HAVE CARED FOR ME A PARENT

AND GIVEN ME EVERYTHING I NEED.

THERE'S NOTHING I CAN GIVE YOU

IN RETURN.

BUT I PRAY THAT GOD WILL EVERY

PERSON WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF

HELPING ME.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY.

YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT JUST JONAH.

THAT'S THAT THESE KIDS THAT ARE

KIDNAPED BY LORD'S RESISTANCE

ARMY ARE ASKED TO DO

UNTHINKABLE THINGS TO KILL

THEIR OWN PARENTS OR THEY WILL

BE KILLED TO KILL THEIR

SIBLINGS OR THEIR FRIENDS ALL

MEANT YOU KNOW HE MENTIONS

MADNESS IT IS A MADNESS TO

DESTROY THE HEART TO DESTROY

MIND UNTIL THEY JUST BECOME

AUTOMATONS FOLLOWING IS ASKED

OF THEM.

YOU'D THINK THAT A PERSON WOULD

BE BY THAT AND THEY WOULD IF

SOMEONE DID NOT INTERVENE.

THIS YOUNG BOY JONAH IS TAKING

PART IN A PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY

ORPHANS PROMISED TO BRING

HEALING TO BRING HOPE A FUTURE

TO BRING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

TO BRING SOMEONE FROM MADNESS

TO SUPERNATURAL HOPE AND.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR

SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ORPHANS

PROMISE YOU ARE MAKING A HUGE

DIFFERENCE.

I JUST CAME BACK FROM KENYA

WHERE.

I SAW SEVEN OF OUR 12 PROJECTS

THERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN

THE LIVES OF KIDS WHO ARE

ABANDONED ABUSED LEFT BEHIND

SOME LIKE JONAH NOT EVEN

KNOWING HOW TO READ AND WRITE

AT THAT STAGE OF THEIR LIVES.

AND YET RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF

THAT YOU HOPE.

THESE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL

THEY'RE RECEIVING TRAUMA

THEY'RE INVOLVED IN FAMILIES

SAFE PLACES TO LIVE FOOD EVERY

DAY.

GOD SAYS THAT TRUE AND

RIGHTEOUS RELIGION IS CARE OF

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ORPHANS

PROMISES DOING THAT.

WILL YOU HELP?

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BECOME A PART

OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, GO TO

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WE WELCOME YOU.

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THEY'RE THE LEGACY WE LEAVE TO

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LOVE THIS IS BIBLICAL ANSWERS

TO TODAY'S QUESTION.

GORDON AND ANDREW SAT DOWN

TOGETHER AND ANDREW ASKED

GORDON SOME OF THE MOST COMMON

QUESTIONS BY YOU, OUR VIEWERS

AND BY OTHER CHRISTIANS AND HE

ANSWERS IT COMES WITH THE

BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO TODAY'S

QUESTIONS WORKBOOK.

I THINK YOU'LL THIS IT'S OUR

WILL YOU JOIN US.

SHE LEFT HOME AND NEVER CAME

BACK.

MANDELA WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN

SHE JUST VANISHED.

HER FATHER WAS HOPING AGAINST

HOPE THAT HIS DAUGHTER WOULD BE

FOUND AFTER TEN DAYS SHE WAS

FOUND ABOUT A MILE FROM HOUSE.

I GUESS IT WAS.

LET'S GO ON, I SAID.

MY DAUGHTER'S MISSING.

HE WAS WEST OF VOLUNTEER FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

HE SAID YOU SAY IT WAS.

START A SEARCH.

DAVE THE MAYOR RAISED HIS

FAMILY IN THE SMALL TOWN OF TAZ

LENA, ALASKA.

HE LOVED THE OUTDOOR HE SHARED

WITH HIS DAUGHTER MANDY.

MANDY WAS THE COMBINATION OF A

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL AND AN

OUTDOOR TOMBOY.

SHE WAS MY FISHING BUDDY.

SHE WAS MY HUNTING BUDDY.

AUGUST 20 SECOND, 1991 11

YEAR OLD MANDY LEMAIRE LEFT HER

HOME TO A FRIEND AT A MEETING

POINT HALFWAY BETWEEN THEIR

HOUSES.

MANDY NEVER ARRIVED.

HER FRIEND ERIN HAD MADE IT

ALL THE WAY TO OUR HOUSE AND

DIDN'T SEE MANDY.

I GOT IN BEFORE WE HAD HER AND

WENT DRIVING THE ROUTE THAT SHE

SHOULD HAVE GONE AND SHE WASN'T

THERE.

I STARTED REALIZING THERE'S

SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG.

DAVE CONTACTED SEARCH AND

RESCUE CREWS WHO IMMEDIATELY

COMBED THROUGH THE NEARBY

ALASKAN WILDERNESS.

MEANWHILE HE FLEW OVER THE AREA

IN A FRIEND'S PLANE BUT THERE

WAS NO SIGN OF MANDY AND IT'S

POURING DOWN RAIN AND NOW I'M

THINKING ABOUT THE

POSSIBILITIES.

SHE'S OUT THERE.

SHE'S HYPOTHERMIC AND I'M

PRAYING GOD PROTECT.

HELP US FIND HER IN THE MORNING

BY HEAD SPINNING.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP HER RATIONAL

THOUGHTS GOING.

THE SEARCH CONTINUED FOR TEN

EXCRUCIATING DAYS.

THEN WHILE DRIVING, DAVE WAS

FLAGGED DOWN BY A VOLUNTEER

TRUCK.

WE STOPPED AND I GOT OUT AND

WALKED TO HIM AND HE SAYS WE

FOUND HER AND I GOT EXCITED, HE

SAYS BUT SHE'S DEAD AND MY

HEART SANK AND I SAT IN SHOCK

FOR A 35 MINUTE DRIVE BACK TO

THE HOUSE.

HOW COULD THIS BE?

MANDY'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A

SECLUDED AREA ABOUT A MILE FROM

HER HOUSE.

SHE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY AND SHOT

WITH NO SUSPECTS.

DAVE WAS OVERWHELMED AND ANGRY.

AS TIME WENT ALONG I WOULD GO

TO TOWN AND I WOULD SAY OH I

SEE DAUGHTER'S KILLER IN THE

GROCERY STORE AND WELL, I KNOW

IT.

SO THIS CLOUD KIND FOLLOWED ME.

SOMEBODY IS GETTING AWAY WITH

MURDER.

AND THEN I STARTED DOING

VERY WRONG THING RIGHT HERE IN

MY HEAD.

I DAYDREAMING ABOUT WHAT I

WOULD DO IF I HAD MY TURN AND

MY OPPORTUNITY TO PUNISH THIS

PERSON.

I CAME HOME FOR VERY, VERY

AWFUL THINGS AND I DROVE MYSELF

ALMOST TO VERGE OF A NERVOUS

BREAKDOWN.

DAVE'S TOOK A TOLL ON HIS

ALREADY SHATTERED LIFE AS HE

WAITED JUSTICE AND LONGED FOR

REVENGE.

I WAS STRUGGLING ON HOW TO

CONTINUE TRUSTING GOD.

I'D TO CHURCH BUT REALLY I WAS

THERE AS A PAYOFF TO GOD LIKE

IF I'M DOING THIS AND NO NO

MORE BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO

HAPPEN AND SLOWLY I SHUT DOWN.

NOT THAT I COMPLETELY WOULD

WALK AWAY GOD BUT WHERE I'D

COME TO A POINT OF I'D ASK

MYSELF CAN I REALLY TRUST GOD

IN THIS POINT?

THREE MONTHS AFTER MANDY'S

DISAPPEARANCE, CHARLES SMITH

HART A LOCAL RESIDENT, WAS

ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND FIRST DEGREE

MURDER.

A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY AND

SENTENCED HIM TO 114 YEARS

BEHIND BARS.

YET IT WAS DAVE WHO REMAINED IN

AN EMOTIONAL PRISON.

I HAD BUILT A WALL FOR MYSELF.

ONE ANGRY THOUGHT ONE BAD

THOUGHT AFTER ANOTHER AND I

BUILT THIS WALL THAT REALLY

UGLY AND I FELT LIKE I HAD HIM

IN A PRISON.

AND BY NOW I'VE CAME TO THE

POINT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME

FINDING JOY IN LIFE AND I KNEW

THAT I HAD TO COME TO

FORGIVENESS.

FORGIVENESS MEANT THAT I LET

GOD BE GOD AND GOD BE THE JUDGE

WHEN I CAME TO THAT POINT.

I TORE DOWN THAT UGLY WALL AND

.

I FOUND OUT THE PRISONER HAD

BEEN ME IN ALL THIS TIME.

I HADN'T HEARD HIM ONE LITTLE

BIT BUT I ALMOST RUINED ME.

CHOOSING TO FORGIVE DAVE'S

LOVE FOR GOD AND RENEWED HIS

JOY IN.

IF GOD HADN'T HELPED ME TO COME

TO THAT POINT OF FORGIVENESS I

BELIEVE I'D BE A VERY BITTER

MAN, A VERY ANGRY MAN.

BUT I FOUND NOW I CAN ENJOY THE

SIMPLE THINGS IN AGAIN KIDS

LAUGHING AND PLAYING SEEING

GOD'S BEAUTY AND GOD'S

HANDIWORK.

ALSO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE

FACT I'M GOING TO HAVE AN

ETERNITY WITH HER SO THE TIME

THAT I'VE LOST YOUR HONOR OR

SOMETHING I'VE LOST GREATLY

WILL BE VERY VERY MY NEUTRAL TO

THE TIME THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE

WITH HER ETERNITY AND I CAN

JUST VISUALIZE THE TIME I COME

THERE AND I WOULD BE GREETED BY

THE JESUS WHO LOVED ME ENOUGH

TO HANG IT ACROSS AND DIE FOR

ME.

AND BEHIND HIM WILL BE A

BEAUTIFUL BLOND HAIR SIDE.

HE'S RUNNING TOWARDS ME

BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND

SINGING DADDY'S HOME DADDY'S

HOME DADDY'S WE LIVE IN A WORLD

THAT FILLED WITH INJUSTICE

UNFAIRNESS, WICKEDNESS AND

EVIL.

HERE NOW IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT MAKES HEAVEN SOMETHING TO

LOOK FORWARD.

IN THIS WORLD WE GET TO CHOOSE

HOW WILL WHAT VALUES WILL HOLD

WHAT ACTIONS WILL TAKE, WHAT

BELIEFS WILL WILL.

BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL OTHER

PEOPLE.

AND SO IN THE MIDDLE OF IT

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY

HURTFUL.

YOU KNOW IT WAS TRUE OF JONAH

THE LAST STORY WITH THE LORD'S

RESISTANCE ARMY.

IT'S TRUE IN THIS STORY OF DAVE

AND THE LOSS OF HIS DAUGHTER.

DAVE TALKS A LOT HOW HE ALMOST

DESTROYED HIMSELF YOU KNOW

WHERE YOUR HEART OR WHERE YOUR

FOCUS IS, WHERE YOUR GAZE IS,

THAT'S WHERE YOUR HEART WILL

BE.

ALSO.

SO IF WE HANG ON TO WHAT'S BEEN

TO US, IF WE HANG ON TO WHAT

WE'VE SEEN IN OTHERS THAT HAS

BEEN WICKED OR UNFAIR SELF ISH

THAT'S WHAT WILL INVADE OUR

HEARTS AS WELL.

WE GET TO CHOOSE.

WE GET TO CHOOSE.

DAVE TALKED ABOUT FORGIVENESS

BECAUSE FORGIVENESS MEAN THE

OTHER PERSON GETS OFF THE HOOK.

IT MEANS SET FREE FROM THE

BITTERNESS AND ANGER AND THE

RESENTMENT THAT CAN FOLLOW WHEN

SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE WRONGLY

TO YOU TO SOMEONE THAT YOU

DEEPLY LOVE.

WE GET TO CHOOSE.

SO WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE TODAY?

BECAUSE YOU'RE HARBORING ANY OF

THOSE THINGS RESENTMENT JUST

HANGING ON HANGING ON TO WHAT

SOMEONE HAS DONE TO WRONG YOU

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE JOY THAT

HE TALKED ABOUT RECEIVING ONCE

YOU LET GO OF IT.

LISTEN.

LIFT YOUR HANDS UP THIS.

OPEN THEM UP BEFORE GOD AND SAY

GOD.

I'M GIVING IT ALL TO YOU.

THAT'S WHAT DAVE DID.

DIDN'T THAT WHAT WAS DONE WAS

FAIR OR THAT HIS HEART WASN'T

BROKEN IN GRIEF OVER THE LOSS

OF HIS DAUGHTER?

HE SAID I'M NOT GOING TO LET

THIS DEFINE THE REST OF MY.

YOU ARE JUST GOD.

YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD VENGEANCE

IS MINE SAYS THE LORD I WILL

REPAY.

SO IF YOU TRUST HIM, GIVE TO

HIM.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING THE

SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WILL KEEP

HIM IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND

JUST STAYED ON THEE BECAUSE HE

TRUSTS THE COW YOU TRUST IN GOD

RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE BITTER, IF

YOUR ANGRY, IF YOU'RE FILLED

WITH RAGE OR HATRED OR

RESENTMENT NO, YOU'RE NOT.

BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO.

IT REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT WAIT THAT

HEAVINESS, THAT CLOSURE AROUND

YOUR HEART WILL BE BROKEN AND

YOU'LL BE FREE.

IF YOU NEED TO PRAY WITH

SOMEONE TODAY OUR PRAYER LINES

ARE ALWAYS OPEN.

OUR LINE IS TOLL FREE

1-800-700-7000.

WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR

YOU.

WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU?

IT'S CALLED FORGIVENESS.

IT'S TAKEN FROM THE WORD OF GOD

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR

THE ASKING.

SO WHEN YOU CALL ASK TO SEND

THAT TO YOU WILL GET IT OUT TO

YOU RIGHT AWAY.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SCRIPTURE

FOR YOU TODAY FROM COLOSSIANS

FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU

WHAT HE DID FOR US HE EXPECTS

US TO DO FOR EACH OTHER.