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TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

LET'S HEAD OVER TO THE CBN

NEWS DESK.

THANKS, GORDON.

WE BEGIN GROWING CONCERNS AMONG

DEMOCRATS OVER PRESIDENT JOE

BIDEN'S MENTAL FITNESS LAST

WEEK'S DEBATE.

CONGRESSMAN LLOYD DOGGETT OF

TEXAS IS THE FIRST

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRAT TO CALL

ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DROP OUT

OF THE CAMPAIGN.

OTHER DEMOCRAT LEADERS ARE

QUESTIONING HIS MENTAL FITNESS.

I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE

QUESTION TO SAY IS THIS AN

EPISODE OR IS THIS A CONDITION?

I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE

SURE THAT THIS IS A CAMPAIGN

THAT'S READY TO GO AND WIN THAT

THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM ARE

BEING WITH US ABOUT HIS

CONDITION THAT THIS WAS A REAL

ANOMALY AND NOT JUST THE WAY HE

IS THESE DAYS.

ONE DEMOCRAT AIDE TOLD REUTERS

25 HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE READY

CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO STEP

ASIDE IF THEY ARE NOT REASSURED

THE PRESIDENT IS BLAMING HIS

POOR PERFORMANCE ON A HEAVY

TRAVEL SCHEDULE THE WEEKS

BEFORE THE DEBATE SAYING I

DIDN'T LISTEN TO MY STAFF AND

THEN I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP ON

STAGE.

TODAY HE HOLDS A CONFERENCE

CALL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS.

FRIDAY HE SITS DOWN FOR AN

INTERVIEW WITH ABC'S GEORGE

STEPHANOPOULOS.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HOLDS ITS

CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE THIS

WEEK THERE THIS MONTH.

THEY ARE LEADERS WILL TRY TO

MODERATE SOME OF ITS POSITIONS

AS WENDY GRIFFITHS REPORTS, A

MAJOR EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO

PROTECT PRO-LIFE PRO-FAMILY AND

PRO-ISRAEL PLANKS IN THE GOP'S

NEW PLATFORM CONCERNED OVER

POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.

A COALITION OF GROUPS IS

BANDING TOGETHER TO ENSURE IT

MAINTAINS ITS CONSERVATIVE

IDEALS ESPECIALLY REGARDS TO

ABORTION, FAMILY AND ISRAEL

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL'S TONY

PERKINS, WHO IS ALSO AN ELECTED

MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN

NATIONAL COMMITTEE, IS LEADING

THE CHARGE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE

WILL ACTUALLY BE SCORING VOTES

ON THE PARTY PLATFORM AND SO

WHEN THEY'RE KEY VOTES THAT

PERTAIN TO LIFE MARRIAGE, HUMAN

SEXUALITY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,

THOSE CORE VALUES THAT WE TALK

ABOUT MAKING AMERICA GREAT

AGAIN WILL AMERICA CAN'T BE

GREAT UNTIL IT'S MORALLY GOOD

AND IT HAS TO HAVE THAT

FOUNDATION.

THE PLATFORM INTEGRITY

PROJECT LAUNCHED AMID FEARS THE

REPUBLICAN AND TRUMP CAMPAIGN

MIGHT WATER DOWN OR REMOVE SOME

OF THE MORE CONSERVATIVE IDEALS

IN THE GOP PLATFORM.

CBN'S POLITICAL ANALYST

DAVID BRODY WARNS THE GOP COULD

BE PLAYING WITH FIRE IF THE GOP

STARTS TO TINKER AROUND WITH

THE PLATFORM AND I MEAN THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPECIFICALLY

THAT COULD GIVE SOME

EVANGELICAL VOTERS WHO ARE ON

THE FENCE PAUSE TO GO WITH

TRUMP A SECOND TIME AROUND.

AND THAT COULD BE A KEY

DIFFERENCE BECAUSE ENTHUSIASM

IS EVERYTHING AND THE LAST

THING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN NEEDS

RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE EVERYBODY

NOT ONBOARD AND TO GIVE THE

MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATS SOME

SORT OF CONTROVERSY, IF YOU

WILL TO CAPITALIZE ON.

PERKINS SAYS AMERICA IS AT

AN UNPAID BASSINET IN PLACE OF

MORAL AND CULTURAL CONFUSION

AND IN DIRE NEED OF LEADERSHIP

AND MORAL CLARITY ESPECIALLY

AFTER THE FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE

HAD UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION

THAT CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A BOY AND A GIRL.

I MEAN WE LIVE A STATE OF TOTAL

CONFUSION.

SO YES, WE'RE LOOKING RELIEF

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S

THE RIGHT RELIEF.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AMERICA IS

HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BILLY, WHAT WHAT WHAT VOTERS

NEED SEE IS THAT WE'VE GOT A

CHOICE A VERY SHARP COUNTRY

CASTING CHOICE BETWEEN VISIONS

AND CANDIDATES.

THE PLATFORM INTEGRITY

PROJECT IS CALLING ON PEOPLE TO

SIGN UP AND ENCOURAGE DELEGATES

MEETING JULY EIGHT THROUGH

NINTH TO DRAFT THE NEW GOP

PARTY ON TRADITIONAL PARTY

VALUES.

WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.

WANT TO TURN NOW TO THE

MIDDLE EAST.

HEZBOLLAH'S DEPUTY LEADER SAYS

THE TERROR GROUP WILL STOP ITS

ATTACKS ON NORTHERN ISRAEL IF

THERE'S A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA.

THAT'S BECAUSE REPORTS AFTER

MONTHS OF BOMBARDMENT ISRAEL IS

PREPARED FOR A FULL SCALE WAR.

THE BARRAGE DRONES,

ANTI-TANK MISSILES AND ROCKETS

FIRED BY IRANIAN HEZBOLLAH HAS

FORCED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

ISRAELIS TO FLEE THEIR HOMES ON

THE NORTHERN BORDER AND LED

ISRAEL TO RESPOND WITH

COUNTERATTACKS.

NOW HEZBOLLAH'S NUMBER TWO

IMPLIED THAT NEITHER IT NOR

ISRAEL WANT A FULL SCALE WAR.

LEARN MORE.

WE DO NOT WANT WAR AND IT DOES

NOT SEEM THAT THE OTHER SIDE,

THE ISRAELI ENTITY HAS THE

ABILITY OR THE DECISION FOR WAR

.

EXPERTS SAY A FULL SCALE WAR

WOULD DEVASTATE LEBANON AND

CAUSE MAJOR DESTRUCTION INSIDE

ISRAEL.

STILL WITHOUT A DIPLOMATIC

SOLUTION OR MILITARY CAMPAIGN

TO DRIVE HEZBOLLAH BACK IT'S

UNLIKELY ISRAELI CITIZENS CAN

RETURN HOME.

IRAN ITSELF REPRESENTS AN EVEN

GREATER DANGER TO ISRAEL.

TUESDAY, THE COMMANDER OF

IRAN'S AEROSPACE FORCE DECLARED

HIS UNIT SOLDIERS ARE CRAVING

TO LAUNCH ANOTHER ASSAULT ON

ISRAEL.

THE FIRST HAPPENED ON APRIL

13TH WHEN IRAN LAUNCHED CLOSE

TO 350 PROJECTILES AGAINST THE

JEWISH STATE ISRAEL AND AN

ALLIED FORCE INCLUDING THE U.S.

,FRANCE, THE U.K. AND JORDAN

SHOT DOWN NEARLY 99% OF THOSE

WEAPONS.

CHRIS MITCHELL JOINS US NOW

FROM JERUSALEM.

SO CHRIS, WHAT IS ISRAEL DOING

TO PREPARE FOR WAR WITH

HEZBOLLAH?

WELL, FIRST OF ALL FROM

THERE CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE

DRILLS ON THE BORDER SIMULATING

WHAT COMBAT WOULD BE WITH

HEZBOLLAH HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN

LEBANON, IT'S FAR DIFFERENT

TERRAIN THAN GAZA.

SO THEY HAVE A SPECIALIZED

UNITS FOR URBAN WARFARE AND

ALSO TUNNEL COMBAT.

IT OR NOT, HEZBOLLAH HAS MAYBE

A MORE EXTENSIVE TUNNEL WORK

THAN THAN HAMAS DID.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ABOUT

THREE DIVISIONS ON THE BORDER

IN PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE

GROUND.

THEY ALSO HAVE MISSILE DEFENSE

SYSTEM, THE IRON DOME DAVID'S

SLING.

THEY ALSO MAY HAVE THE IRON

BEAM.

IT'S A LASER DEFENSE SYSTEM

COMING ONLINE SOON AND AS WELL

THEY HAVE CIVIL DEFENSE

PREPARATIONS.

THE HOME FRONT COMMAND IS SOME

OF THEIR HOSPITALS GETTING

READY WITH UNDERGROUND WARDS

READY FOR CASUALTIES.

AND ON DIPLOMATIC FRONT WORKING

TO GET INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

FOR AN OFFENSIVE AND THEN YOU

KNOW, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF

COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S.,

U.K. ACTUALLY ISSUING TRAVEL

ADVISORIES NOT TO GO TO LEBANON

.

WHAT IMPACT WOULD A WAR HAVE ON

BOTH LEBANON AND EFFERENT

POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC

LEBANON?

IT'S ALREADY A FAILED STATE

THAT ISRAEL COULD DESTROY MUCH

ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.

HEZBOLLAH EFFECTIVELY CONTROLS

LEBANON BUT EVEN SO LEBANON.

ISRAELI LEADERS HAVE SAID

THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD LEBANON

RESPONSIBLE AND MAYBE BOMB IT

INTO THE STONE AGE.

FOR ISRAEL IT COULD BE

DEVASTATING TO HEZBOLLAH'S

ARSENAL CAN REACH ALL OF

ISRAEL.

THEY CAN HIT INFRASTRUCTURE

LIKE POWER PLANTS AND MILITARY

SITES AND CIVILIAN AREAS AS

WELL.

AND SO BUT ONE REASON A WAR MAY

HAPPEN IS BECAUSE THEY CAN

ADORE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

ISRAELIS REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN

COUNTRIES AND FROM THAT'S WHY

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR MANY

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO BE

PRAYING FOR ISRAEL AND THE

PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

PRAYING INDEED.

CHRIS MITCHELL, THANK YOU SO

FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

THE HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE

EAST ARE MAKING LIFE HARDER FOR

CHRISTIANS THERE IN YEMEN A

TINY GROUP OF BELIEVERS HAS

WITHSTOOD PERSECUTION FOR

DECADES.

NOW THE ACTIONS OF WHO THE

REBELS ARE MAKING MATTERS

WORSE.

GARY LANE EXPLAINS.

THE HOUTHI MOVEMENT BEGAN

ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AS AN

INSURGENCY AGAINST THE SUNNI

MUSLIM GOVERNMENT ARMED BY

IRAN, THE SHIA MUSLIM MILITIA

IS CRUCIAL TO TEHRAN'S STRATEGY

TO DOMINATE THE MIDDLE EAST AND

SHIPPING LANES BY RESTRICTING

ACCESS TO THE RED SEA.

DR. KENNETH POLLACK IS A FORMER

CIA INTELLIGENCE ANALYST AND

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE AMERICAN

ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE.

SAYS THE HOUTHIS SHARE IRAN'S

GOAL OF DESTROYING ISRAEL AND

DRIVING THE UNITED STATES AND

ITS ALLIES OUT OF MIDDLE EAST.

THE HOUTHIS HAVE PROVEN

THEMSELVES TO BE BELLIGERENT

AGGRESSIVE AND CONVINCED THAT

VIOLENCE IS THE BEST WAY TO GET

WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY ARE FORCES OF REPRESSION

INSIDE YEMEN AND FORCES OF

AGGRESSION.

BEYOND ITS AND YEMEN'S SMALL

BUT GROWING COMMUNITY OF

CHRISTIANS IS AMONG THOSE

TARGETED BY THE HOUTHIS.

CHRISTIANS IN THIS AREA ARE

FOLKS THAT WERE FORMERLY MUSLIM

MUSLIM BACKGROUND BELIEVERS

THAT HAVE CONVERTED TO

CHRISTIANITY.

CHRISTIANS OBVIOUSLY DESPISE

MINORITY.

RYAN BROWN LEADS OPEN DOORS

U.S..

HIS GROUP LISTS YEMEN AS THE

WORLD'S FIFTH WORST PERSECUTOR

OF CHRISTIANS ON ITS 2024 WORLD

WATCH LIST.

BROWN EXPLAINS YEARS OF WAR

HAVE LEFT THE PEOPLE LARGELY

DEPENDENT UPON OUTSIDE AID.

SO WHEN SHIPPING LANES ARE

DISRUPTED, FOOD AND OTHER

NECESSITIES SLOW TO REACH

MIDDLE EASTERN PORTS DRIVING UP

COSTS AND CHRISTIANS THOSE

REFUSING TO WAGE OR ENGAGE IN

ISLAMIC PRACTICES ARE

MARGINALIZED.

CHRISTIANS ARE OFTEN IN LINE

AS IT RELATES TO BEING ABLE TO

RECEIVE THE CARE AND ATTENTION

THERE.

AS WAR AND AS THESE THINGS

CONTINUE TO ESCALATE THAT HAS A

RIPPLE EFFECT AND ECONOMIC

RIPPLE EFFECT.

IT CAN DISRUPT SUPPLY CHAINS

AND SO WHILE CHRISTIANS WERE

ALREADY LASTED LINE THAT LINE

BECOMES EVEN FURTHER BECOMES

ELONGATED.

AND SO CHRISTIANS VERY MUCH

IMPACTED BY WHAT'S GOING ON

CURRENTLY.

ONCE THEY LEAVE ISLAM ARE

BAPTIZED.

YEMENI CHRISTIANS ARE

CONSIDERED APOSTATES.

SO THEY KEEP THEIR NEW FAITH

SECRET TO AVOID SEVERE

PERSECUTION POSSIBLY DEATH AT

THE HANDS OF THEIR CLAN OR

FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT KILLED FOR

THEIR FAITH I GUESS THEY ARE

ALWAYS BLAMED AREN'T THEY,

BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTIONS TO

THE WEST?

ABSOLUTELY YEAH.

THEY BECOME EASY TARGETS.

YOU KNOW THEIR AL QAEDA

PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH THROUGH

PRESENCE IN THE NORTH AND YOU

KNOW IT'S CHRISTIANS ARE SEEN

AS ENEMIES ON ALL FRONTS THERE.

BROWN SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH

MANY YEMENIS FRIGHTENED,

THEY'RE ALSO CURIOUS AND ASKING

QUESTIONS ABOUT FAITH.

FOLLOWERS OF JESUS RESPOND WITH

THE WORD OF GOD.

BROWN ADVISES THE BODY OF

CHRIST HOW TO PRAY FOR THEIR

YEMENI BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

CHRIST PRAY WITH THEM THAT EVEN

IN THE MIDST OF THIS CONFLICT

THAT THEY WOULD SEE PEACE AND

THEY WOULD SEE SECURITY BUT

THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT IN

THE MIDST OF THIS THIS CONFLICT

BEGAN IS DOING INCREDIBLE

THINGS THAT HIS PURPOSES ARE

ADVANCING AND THE CHURCH IS

ADVANCING.

THEY'RE PRAYING THEY ENDURE

THE SUFFERING AND REMAIN

FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THIS

OPPORTUNITY GOD HAS GIVEN THEM

VISIT WATCH CBN NEWS DOT COM TO

FIND WHERE TO WATCH MOMMY WINE

CULTURE WELL THAT'S A

CATCHPHRASE OF A MARKETING

CAMPAIGN TARGETING YOUNG

MOTHERS.

IT AIMS TO CONVINCE THEM

THAT THEY NEED ALCOHOL TO COPE

WITH THE PRESSURES OF RAISING

CHILDREN.

SOCIAL MEDIA MEMES MAKE IT

SOUND LIKE IT'S HARMLESS FUN.

CBN MEDICAL REPORTER LORIE

JOHNSON SHOWS US WHY IT'S

DEADLY SERIOUS WINE GETS BETTER

WITH AGE I GET BETTER WITH WINE

AND GUILTY YOU GIRLS KNOW

THAT'S TRUE.

WE DO.

THE TROUBLING MESSAGES OFTEN

TRY BE HUMOROUS AND APPEAR ON A

NUMBER OF PRODUCTS FROM BABY

CLOTHES WITH MOMMY DRINKS

BECAUSE I CRY TO WINE GLASSES

WITH MOMMY SIPPY CUP T-SHIRT

READING COFFEE HOCKEY MOM WINE

REPEAT AND EVEN MORE SEEMS LIKE

THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF

HAVING KIDS IS ALL THE WINE YOU

HAVE TO DRINK.

I THINK THIS MESSAGING THAT

IS EVERYWHERE.

IT NORMALIZES THIS BEHAVIOR OF

DRINKING TO SURVIVE PARENTHOOD

AND IT NORMALIZES IT THIS IDEA

THAT LIKE DRINKING A LOT NO BIG

DEAL.

AS IT TURNS OUT THE

MESSAGING SADLY REFLECTS

REALITY.

KELLY MANLY TURNED ALCOHOL TO

FIT IN WITH HER PEERS WHO SHE

OBSERVED DRINKING AT KID'S

BIRTHDAY PARTIES SOCCER

PRACTICES YOU NAME IT PEOPLE

WOULD SHOW UP TO THE PARK WITH

LITTLE, YOU KNOW, DISCREET

GLASSES OF WINE TO HAVE IT, YOU

KNOW, 4 P.M. ON A PLAY DATE AT

THE PARK.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE ZOO

AND FOR A SMALL UPCHARGE YOU

CAN BUY A FLIGHT BEER NOT JUST

A BEER BUT A FLIGHT OF BEER TO

ENJOY WHILE YOU'RE PUSHING YOUR

KID AROUND THE ZOO.

AND LIKE OTHER EVENTS DAYS

IT'S GOING DIGITAL LIKE THE

MOMS WHO NEED WINE GROUP.

ALCOHOL HAS BEEN SOLD AS THE

WAY TO DECOMPRESS TO COPE, TO

BOND WITH OTHER WOMEN AND IT'S

VERY DANGEROUS.

THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY HAS

CERTAINLY PLAYED A PART BACK IN

THE NINETIES IT USHERED IN THE

SO-CALLED PINKING THE MARKET

MAKING AND ADVERTISING AIMED

SPECIFICALLY AT WOMEN DRINK

THESE SWEETENED PRE SWEETENED

GORGEOUS ATTRACTIVE PINK DRINKS

WILL END YOU IN TRUE DRINKING

DRINKING PRETTY WINE DRINKING

WINE WITH NAMES LIKE YOU KNOW

FRENCH RABBIT AND IT WORKED.

WHILE HISTORICALLY MEN

CONSUMED MOST ALCOHOL, WOMEN

ARE NOW CATCHING UP IN THE LAST

15 YEARS THE GREATEST INCREASE

IN CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN AMONG

WOMEN IN THEIR THIRTIES AND

FORTIES.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE BIOLOGICAL

DIFFERENCES WOMEN ABSORB MORE

ALCOHOL AND TAKE LONGER TO

METABOLIZE IT THAN MEN.

THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL

TYPICALLY DAMAGES THE FEMALE

MORE THAN THE MAN'S AFTER

DRINKING THE SAME OF ALCOHOL.

WOMEN TEND TO HAVE HIGHER BLOOD

ALCOHOL THAN MEN AND THE

EFFECTS USUALLY OCCUR MORE

QUICKLY AND LAST LONGER IN

WOMEN.

ALCOHOL ALSO MAKES WOMEN MORE

SUSCEPTIBLE THAN MEN TO LIVER

DISEASE HEART CANCER AND

COGNITIVE DECLINE.

U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS

RECOMMEND WOMEN SHOULD DRINK NO

MORE THAN FIVE OUNCES OF WINE A

DAY.

CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS GO

FURTHER SAYING ONLY TWO FIVE

OUNCE GLASSES PER WEEK.

THIS IS A WOMEN'S HEALTH

ISSUE.

IT'S IN FACT BIG PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSUE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL

ALCOHOL AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH

TOO, WHICH IS WHY KELLEY GAVE

IT UP.

IT JUST EXACERBATED MY

FEELINGS OF ANXIETY AND

DEPRESSION AND.

I FELT LIKE I WAS BETRAYING

MYSELF EVERY TIME I DRANK.

SHE'S NOT ALONE.

MORE MOMS ARE REJECTING MOMMY

WINE CULTURE AND TURNING TO

GROUPS LIKE SOBER SQUAD.

HAVING A SAFE SPACE WHERE

YOU CAN TALK TO OTHER MOMS YOU

KNOW THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE

HAVING ABOUT ALCOHOL OR HOW

DIFFICULT IS TO NAVIGATE IN

THIS CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE

TELLS YOU YOU NEED TO DRINK

BE A PARENT AND NOT HAVE TO

JUSTIFY YOU SHOULD JUST BE

GRATEFUL TO HAVE KIDS.

MANY MOMS ARE ALSO SAYING NO

BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT

THE CULTURE'S IMPACT THEIR

CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM.

MOST PROBLEMATIC PART OF IT

IS WHAT IS IT SAYING TO YOUR

KIDS?

AGAIN, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW,

TONGUE IN CHEEK JOKES BETWEEN

FRIENDS THAT'S ONE THING.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE WEARING THE

T-SHIRT THAT SAID NEEDS WINE,

YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT YOU HAVE

TO YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DRINK,

YOU'RE DIFFICULT.

I THINK THAT LEADS INTO

SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN MORE

DAMAGING.

SO WHILE POP CULTURE AND

ALCOHOL TRY TO CONVINCE NEW

MOMS LIFE IS WITH.

A GROWING NUMBER ARE REJECTING

MESSAGE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR

OWN HEALTH AS WELL THEIR

FAMILIES.

LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

I WISH BEING SOBER WERE SOMEHOW

COOL IN OUR CULTURE BUT

UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO

INDUSTRY BEHIND.

THERE'S PLENTY OF INDUSTRY

BEHIND THE WINE INDUSTRY,

BEHIND THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY AND

ALL THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS

ENCOURAGE YOU TO DRINK MORE OF

THEIR PRODUCT.

BUT HERE'S PROBLEM.

IF YOU DRINK TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

ALL YOU'RE DOING IS IRRIGATING

THEM AND YOU'RE MAKING THEM

WORSE ALCOHOL, MEDICAL SCIENCE

SAYS ALCOHOL IS A DEPRESSANT.

SO YOU'RE SAD IF YOU'RE

OVERCOME BY WHAT'S GOING ON IN

LIFE AND YOU ADD ALCOHOL TO THE

MIX ALL YOU'RE DOING IS MAKING

IT WORSE.

IT'S NOT HELPING YOU AT ALL.

SO IF YOU SEE SOMEONE

WEARING THAT T-SHIRT, YOU SEE

SOMEONE WITH THAT THROAT BELOW

IT'S A WARNING SIGN.

IT'S A WAKE UP CALL FOR ALL THE

FRIENDS, ALL THE FAMILY AROUND

THAT INDIVIDUAL.

THEY NEED HELP.

AND WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF

THE COMMUNITY CAME AROUND

MOTHERS AND SAID HOW WE HELP

YOU?

HOW CAN WE REALLY RELIEVE YOUR

BURDEN INSTEAD OF THAT GLASS OF

WINE?

HOW ABOUT HAVING A SPA DAY AND

I'LL HELP YOU WITH THE KIDS AND

YOU GO HAVE A MOMENT WHERE YOU

CAN DECOMPRESS AND DO SO VERY

HEALTHILY WITH WITH WITH HEALTH

SCREEN AND TELL THEM THAT BOONE

SENT YOU.

DREW ANDERSON SAID HE NEEDED

TWO THINGS IN LIFE THE FIRST A

HEARTBEAT.

THE SECOND COCAINE.

DREW SAID THE DRUG GAVE HIM A

FEELING OF INVINCIBLE ABILITY.

THEN THE NIGHT THREE MEN BROKE

INTO HIS HOUSE ALL THAT CAME

CRASHING DOWN.

ONE NIGHT I WAS ASLEEP.

IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND

I HEARD SOME NOISE IN THE

LIVING ROOM AND I GOT UP OUT OF

BED AND THERE'S SOMEBODY IN MY

LIVING AND SO I GO AFTER HIM.

I MOVE HIM OUT OF THE PRETTY

EASILY.

WHO I DIDN'T SEE WAS TWO OTHER

PEOPLE AND THEY STOOD UP AND

ONE OF THEM HAD A GUN.

I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE GUN

BEING POINTED AT ME AND THE

LAST NOISE THAT I REMEMBER

HEARING WAS THE GUNSHOT GO OFF

.

DREW ANDERSON WAS ON CRASH

COURSE WITH DESTRUCTION LONG

BEFORE HE WAS SHOT IN THE FACE

LURING A RANDOM HOME INVASION.

HE WAS ADOPTED KOREA BY

MILITARY PARENTS WHEN HE WAS A

CHILD.

THEY MOVED FREQUENTLY LEAVING

DREW LONGING FOR A SENSE OF

IDENTITY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GIVEN UP AT

BIRTH AND SO I JUST REALLY

STRUGGLED, YOU KNOW, TO

IDENTIFY WITH WHERE I BELONGED

AND, WHO I WAS.

AND SO I JUST LITERALLY BECAME

A KATO UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO

EXIST SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHEN HE WAS 14 HIS PARENTS

RETIRED IN SAN ANTONIO

DESPERATE FRIENDSHIPS.

DREW QUICKLY GOT IN WITH A

ROUGH CROWD.

I WANTED TO BELONG TO

SOMETHING.

AND SO I STARTED TO LOOK THAT

AND IT ENDED UP BEING THE

PEOPLE WHO WANTED TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF MY VULNERABILITY

AND MY EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW,

SITUATION WHERE I WAS LITERALLY

JUST DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR

SOMEBODY TO ACCEPT ME.

YOU KNOW, WENT FROM BEING A

PRETTY INNOCENT SILENT KID TO

BEING VERY VOCAL, VERY

AGGRESSIVE, VERY OUTSPOKEN,

SMOKING WEED, DRINKING SMALL

CRIMINAL STUFF LIKE THEFT AND

BREAKING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES

AND IT JUST MOVED VERY, VERY

QUICKLY BECAUSE I WAS FINALLY

GETTING ACCEPTANCE AFFIRMATION

AND I FELT AS IF I BELONGED TO

SOMETHING.

DREW LEFT HOME AT 17 AND

FELT EMPOWERED TO EXPLORE HIS

NEW IDENTITY.

COCAINE USE BECAME A DAILY

OBSESSION.

I BECAME LAWLESS ALL DAY HIGH

ON COCAINE, YOU KNOW NOW I'M

GOING TO ROB PEOPLE NOW I'M

GOING TO SELL AT A HIGHER

RATIO.

I'M GOING TO SELL MORE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY.

AND SO THE FLOODGATES OF

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY JUST OPENED

ALL THE WAY UP.

COCAINE FUELED HIM AND GAVE

DREW A FEELING OF

INVINCIBILITY.

PEOPLE RESPECT ME MORE WHEN I'M

ON THIS STUFF.

PEOPLE TAKE MORE SERIOUSLY WHEN

I'M ON THIS STUFF.

AND SO IT FELT AS IF IT NEXT TO

A HEARTBEAT THAT IT WAS THE

SECOND MOST NECESSARY THING IN

MY LIFE TO BE ON.

I WAS DEFINITELY ADDICTED.

BUT ADDICTION WASN'T EVEN HOW I

FELT.

IT WAS JUST I NEED THIS BECAUSE

IT MAKES ME WHO I AM.

THEN IN 2012 DREW CONFRONTED

THE MEN WHO BROKE INTO HIS HOME

.

THE BULLET TO HIS FACE

LACERATED HIS BRAIN.

INSTEAD OF TRAVELING RIGHT

THROUGH IT HE WOKE DAYS LATER

IN THE HOSPITAL BROKEN AND

HELPLESS.

WHEN I WOKE UP I.

I COULDN'T HEAR OUT OF MY RIGHT

EAR.

I COULDN'T OPEN MY MOUTH AND

SPEAK.

THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD THAT

THAT I WROTE ON MY LITTLE BOARD

WAS WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW AND

THEY'RE LIKE YOU GOT SHOT WITH

A 45 CALIBER HANDGUN FROM

NEARLY POINT BLANK RANGE AND

YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALIVE.

I HAD A NURSE THAT WAS ASSIGNED

TO MY ROOM ONE OF THE VERY

FIRST DAYS I WAS THERE.

SHE SAT IN THE CHAIR NEXT TO ME

AND STARTED TO READ THE BIBLE

AND STARTED TO PRAY AND I WISH

I COULD'VE TOLD HER TO LEAVE OR

YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT BECAUSE

THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I WANTED

HER TO DO.

BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE MY

MOUTH WAS SHUT.

HIS NURSE CONTINUED TO VISIT

DREW AND READ THE BIBLE

FAITHFULLY FOR THE NEXT 90

DAYS.

SHE JUST STAYED CONSISTENT,

CAME IN AND TOLD ME I'VE LOOKED

YOUR CHART.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN

THROUGH.

I KNOW THAT YOU GOT THIS GOING

ON.

YOU SHOULDN'T ALIVE BUT YOU'RE

ALIVE AND GOD HAS PLANS FOR

YOU.

YOU GOD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING

IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU KNOW, OVER

TIME AS IT PASSED HER

CONSISTENCY GREW.

I JUST SUBMITTED TO IT BY THE

TIME I LEFT THE HOSPITAL, YOU

KNOW, SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION

AND SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

PROMISE ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

GO FIND A CHURCH.

SHE HAD EARNED MY TRUST AND SHE

HAD EARNED MY RESPECT AND HER

CONSISTENCY AND SO

WOULD.

THE VERY NEXT DAY DREW

STEPPED A CHURCH.

IN A MOMENT HE FOUND WHAT HE

HAD LONGED FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

I WALK INTO THIS CHURCH AND

I'VE GOT WATERY EYES AND I

DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

BUT THEN THE PASTOR AT THE TIME

HAS AN IMPROMPTU ALTAR CALL

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WORSHIP

OFFERING THE CHANCE TO ACCEPT

JESUS AS THEIR LORD SAVIOR.

AND I JUST GRABBED ME AND I

ACCEPTED JESUS MY LORD AND

SAVIOR.

I FELT THIS JUST THIS WEIGHT

COME OFF ME AND I WAS JUST

CRYING, UNEXPLAINABLE CRYING

FOR PEACE HAD COME OVER ME.

DREW WAS SET FREE FROM COCAINE

AND HIS IDENTITY WAS REDEFINED

AS HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE

BIBLE AND HIS NEW CHURCH

COMMUNITY.

WHEN I STARTED TO READ WORD I

FELT DIFFERENT WHEN I STARTED

TO PRAY.

I FELT THE PEACE THAT I HAD

ALWAYS LOOK FOR.

I STARTED TO READ MY IDENTITY

IN A BOOK AND FOUND MY IDENTITY

IN THE LORD.

DREW SAYS HE IS THANKFUL HIS

LIFE WAS SPARED AND FOR A

SECOND CHANCE TO FIND MEANING

AND PURPOSE IN THE TIME HE'S

BEEN GIVEN.

I LOST SO MUCH TIME I A LOT

OF PEOPLE I LOST YOU KNOW TIME

EVEN WITH MY PARENTS AND AND

GOD HAS RESTORED IT ALL.

YOU I HAD A BEAUTIFUL WIFE

MINISTRY TONS OF SPIRITUAL NOW

BECAUSE I'M A YOUTH PASTOR AND

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT JESUS

STEPPED IN AND THAT JESUS MADE

HIMSELF KNOWN TO ME WHEN I

WOULD NEVER HAVE SOUGHT HIM OUT

.

HE COMES AFTER US HE COMES

AFTER US BECAUSE HE LOVES US

BECAUSE.

HE SEES US IN OUR LOSS THIS

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE

ARE.

DON'T YOU THINK EVERYBODY GOES

THROUGH THAT AT SOME POINT IN

THEIR LIFE IT'S NOT JUST WHAT

IS MY LIFE ABOUT.

IT'S AM I?

WHY AM I HERE?

I MEAN, I THINK MOST OF US

ASKED THAT QUESTION AT SOME

POINT.

SOME OF US TAKE A LONGER

JOURNEY, OTHERS FINDING IT AND

SOME DON'T EVER FIND IT.

BUT YOU ARE MEANT TO FIND IT.

I LOVE THE FACT, DREW SAYS AS

THAT FAITHFUL NURSE READ THE

WORD OF GOD HE BEGAN TO HEAR

WHO HE WAS.

YOU KNOW GOD DOESN'T KEEP A

SECRET FROM US.

HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIM.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO SHY AWAY

FROM COMING TO HIM, SHY AWAY

FROM HIS WORD, SHY AWAY FROM

EVEN THE MESSAGE OF HIS LOVE.

BECAUSE WANT TO DO IT OUR WAY

BECAUSE WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE

ANSWERS BECAUSE THINK WE'VE

FIGURED OUT HOW TO BELONG HOW

TO FEEL SPECIAL HOW TO FEEL

LIKE OUR LIVES ARE SIGNIFICANT.

THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE

IT'S IN ALL OF US.

WHY ARE WE HERE?

YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU REALLY MEET

THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU TO BE

HERE.

WHO CREATED YOU WITH INTENTION

AND PURPOSE?

IT'S HARD TO GET AN ANSWER TO

ANY OF THAT.

YOU ARE A CREATION OF THE

LIVING GOD.

HE SAW YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS THESE ARE THE

KINDS OF OF BITS OF INFORMATION

THAT PUT THE WHOLE PICTURE

TOGETHER.

HE SAW YOU WHILE YOU WERE BEING

FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S.

HE KNEW YOU BEFORE THAT AND HAD

ORDAINED YOUR DAYS THAT SAYS

AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT A GOD

WHO LOVED YOU ENOUGH SEEING IN

YOUR LOSS THIS WHO CAME HIMSELF

TO SUFFER SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T

HAVE TO TO TO DIE SO THAT YOU

WOULDN'T HAVE TO TO PAY THE

PRICE SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE

ETERNITY WITH HIM WITH THIS

ONE WHO LOVES YOU BEYOND

ANYTHING THE WORLD CAN OFFER.

IF YOU'RE SOMEONE TODAY WHO

IS SEARCHING SIGNIFICANCE IF

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE

HERE, COME TO JESUS.

I KNOW THAT CAN SOUND SO SIMPLE

BUT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN

YOUR LIFE AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT

TO LOSE?

WHEN I MADE A COMMITMENT TO

CHRIST IT WAS PRETTY PRETTY RAW

.

I JUST SAID JESUS, IF YOU'RE

THERE I GIVE YOU WHAT'S LEFT OF

MY LIFE AND YOU'RE NOT.

I'M NO WORSE OFF THAN I WAS

BEFORE I SAID THIS PRAYER BUT I

MEANT IT.

AND HE KNEW I MEANT IT AND HE

AND HE WAITED WHILE I READ HIS

WORD WHILE I GREW I RECOGNIZED

THE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I

NEEDED TO CHANGE GOD NEVER TOOK

ANYTHING FROM ME.

HE CHANGED ME AND I GOT RID OF

THE JUNK IN MY LIFE.

HE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU TOO.

HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN

YOU COULD ASK FOR OR IMAGINE.

JUST PRAY THIS PRAYER JESUS, I.

I WANT TO KNOW YOU.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM AND WHY

YOU CREATED ME.

I WANT TO KNOW WHERE FIT

TOGETHER IN THIS WORLD AND THE

LIFE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME.

I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN BECAUSE

I'VE MADE A LOT OF DUMB CHOICES

AND I'VE DONE MANY FOOLISH

THINGS.

I'VE HURT OTHERS, I'VE MYSELF

AND JESUS.

I'M ASKING YOU TO FORGIVE ME.

THERE'S NO OTHER NAME UNDER

HEAVEN BY WHICH MEN MAY BE

SAVED AND I DECLARE YOUR NAME

TODAY JESUS BE MY SAVIOR BE MY

LORD SHOW ME HOW LIVE TEACH ME

YOUR WAYS FILL ME WITH YOUR

HOLY SPIRIT THAT I CAN LIVE

DIFFERENTLY LIVE FOR YOU LIVE

WITH YOU.

I'M ASKING THIS IN YOUR MIGHTY

NAME JESUS.

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CALL NOW ONE MEAL A DAY.

THAT'S ALL ISABEL AND HER SON

AFFORD TO EAT.

SOMETIMES THEY WENT THE WHOLE

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THEN OPERATION BLESSING CAME TO

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HERE'S HOW HELP MAKE THAT

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ISABEL IS A SINGLE MOTHER

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.

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I REMEMBER A DAY WHEN I

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I DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO MY SON

THAT NIGHT I TRIED TO MAKE HIM

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ISABEL HOW TO RAISE AND SELL

BROILER.

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I HAVE NOW BEEN RAISING AND

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TROY DICKSON HE WAS IN A WORLD

OF TROUBLE WHEN HE FELT A

SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

HE WAS LUCKY JUST TO MAKE IT TO

THE HOSPITAL.

THE FACT THAT HE WALKED OUT IS

NOTHING OF A MIRACLE.

THE PAIN THAT I FELT WAS SO

SHARP AND, SO SUDDEN THAT IT

FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN SHOT IN

THE CHEST.

LACROIX DIXON WAS AT WORK WHEN

THE CHEST PAINS STARTED AT HOME

LATER THAT NIGHT.

THE PAIN HAD GOTTEN WORSE AND

HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE E.R..

TESTS SHOWED HE AN AORTIC

DISSECTION A TEAR IN THE MAIN

ARTERY THAT CARRIES BLOOD FROM

THE HEART THAT WAS CAUSING

MASSIVE INTERNAL BLEEDING.

BUT TROY, A NURSE'S AIDE KNEW

IT COULD BE FATAL.

NEW BY THIS POINT I WAS IN A

LOT OF TROUBLE THEN I BEGAN

APPEAL TO GOD BECAUSE I THOUGHT

I WAS GOING TO DIE.

I REALLY DID.

GOD JUST DON'T LET ME DIE THIS.

THE TROY GOT WORD OUT TO

RELATIVES AND THEM.

HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY

THE NEXT MORNING.

AS SOON AS HIS AUNT SHARON

HEARD SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL

PRAYING WHOLE WAY.

THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING TO

ME.

LIKE TO SEE HIM LIKE THAT

BECAUSE THIS WAS ALWAYS A

STRONG GOD WHO PRAYED OVER

EVERYBODY.

THE NEXT MORNING JUST BEFORE

THE SURGERY THE TROY'S YOUNGER

BROTHER TREMAINE ARRIVED.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

SEE HIM LAYING ON THE BED WITH

ALL THOSE CORDS AND IT WAS IT

WAS TOUGH.

THIS IS MY BROTHER.

HAS TO MAKE IT.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HE CANNOT NOT MAKE IT.

HE HAS MAKE IT.

DOCTORS TOLD THE FAMILY TO BE

PREPARED FOR THE WORST.

HALF THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED

THIS CONDITION DON'T LIVE MORE

THAN 48 HOURS.

IN FACT, DOCTORS WERE SHOCKED

THAT TROY WAS ABLE TO GET

HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE

HAVING A STROKE BASED ON WHAT

THEY WERE SAYING.

BE HONEST I HAD SOME DOUBTS

NOT MUCH IN WHAT CHRIST COULD

DO MORE OF THIS COULD BE IT.

I JUST KIND OF HAD TO GIVE

IT OVER TO HIM AND THAT WAS

TOUGH.

IT TOOK DOCTORS 12 HOURS TO

REPAIR THE TORN ARTERY DURING

THE PROCEDURE.

TROY HAD A STROKE WHICH

COMPLICATES LOWERED HIS

CONDITION EVEN FURTHER.

A CHOICE LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND

DOCTORS PUT HIM IN A MEDICALLY

INDUCED COMA.

THEY TOLD THE FAMILY THAT IF HE

SURVIVES HE MIGHT BE

PERMANENTLY DISABLED, UNABLE TO

WALK OR, EVEN TALK.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT IS VERY

POSSIBLE HE CAN WAKE UP.

HE JUST WON'T BE THAT LACROIX

THAT'S THE PART THAT I FEARED

THE MOST BECAUSE I NEED BACK.

MAY GOD WITH

I'M SAYING LORD, I WANT THEM

BACK THIS WAY.

EVERYTHING DONE ON GOD'S TIME

IT'S HIS WILL.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE

COULD DO.

BUT FOR GOD TO HAVE HIS WILL

AND NOT GIVE UP.

FINALLY HIS FAMILY COULD SEE

HIM.

THE HARDEST MOMENT WAS

SEEING LAYING ON HIS BACK AND

HIS CHEST GOING UP AND DOWN.

HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE MY NEPHEW.

I TRIED TO STAY IT COULD SEE MY

HAIR.

IT WAS SCARE REALLY SCARY AND I

TRIED TO SHOW FIGURE BECAUSE I

WANTED TO JUST OH WHAT?

BUT IT WAS HARD.

IT WAS IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS IT

BECAME CLEAR LACROIX WOULD LIVE

.

MEANWHILE OTHER RELATIVES,

FRIENDS AND CHURCH MEMBERS

GATHERED AT THE HOSPITAL

JOINING IN PRAYER FOR LE TROY'S

COMPLETE HEALING.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT

TALK TO GOD.

THANK GOD FOR THE

DELIVERANCE AND THANK GOD FOR

BEING ALMIGHTY.

THAT'S ALL WE HAD TO DO.

EIGHT DAYS AFTER HIS SURGERY

THE TROY WAS BROUGHT OUT OF THE

COMA.

THE STROKE HAD LEFT PARALYZED

ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

THEN LACROIX, WHO'S ALSO A

PASTOR, REALIZED SOMETHING ELSE

WAS WRONG.

IT'S A SCARY FEELING TO OPEN

OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO SAY

SOMETHING AND LITERALLY CAME

OUT.

I WAS ASKING GOD WHAT HAPPENED?

LIKE GOING ON?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHY?

HE JUST COMMUNICATED.

HE COMMUNICATED TRUST TO ME.

TRUST WITH LACROIX NOW IN REHAB

RELEARNING TO WALK AND TALK,

THE PRAYERS CONTINUED.

WE KNOW PRAYER CHANGES AND

FIRST OF ALL WE KNOW THAT.

AND WE WERE PRAYING THAT HE

WOULD GET BETTER AND WE COULD

SEE PROGRESS.

IT WAS A LITTLE IT WASN'T A

WHOLE LOT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE YOU KNOW, WE TRUST GOD.

AFTER THREE WEEKS THEY KNEW GOD

HAD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYERS AS

HE STARTED TO DO THINGS

NORMALLY.

THAT'S WHEN GOD START TO SHOW

ME THAT HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY.

I REMEMBER COMING UP THERE

AND HIM SAYING THAT HE WANTED

CHICKEN.

HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT

FOOD.

HE WON AS OH, YOU KNOW, YOU GET

IN BED AND YOU TALK ABOUT FOOD.

AFTER ANOTHER WEEKS IN

REHAB, LACROIX WALKED OUT OF

THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN.

HE'S ON HIS WAY OUT.

I LOOK AT HIM, HE'S WALKING

AHEAD.

ME?

OH.

NOW BACK AT WORK, LACROIX HAS

REGAINED FULL MOBILITY AND HAS

HAD COMPLICATIONS.

HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE THANKFUL

FOR THE CARE HE RECEIVED AND

FOR THE PRAYERS THEY BELIEVE

WERE KEY TO HIS SURVIVAL AND

COMPLETE RECOVERY.

I'VE SEEN GOD DO MIRACULOUS

THINGS WITH PRAYER AND MY STORY

IS IS ONE OF THEM.

HE A MIRACLE.

HE'S A WALKING MIRACLE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN

YOU ANYTHING YOU GO THROUGH

NOTHING IS TOUGH WITH GOD.

THAT THE POWER OF GOD IS

JUST IT'S AMAZING.

I'M AT A POINT WHERE GOD CAN DO

ANY.

THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.

THIS IS THIS IS THE WORK THAT

HE DOES.

HE'S ASSESSABLE.

IF WE REACH OUT TO HE'S NOT

LYING WHEN HE SAYS I'M A VERY

PRESENT HELP IN THE TIME OF

TROUBLE LIKE THAT'S NOT A LIE

AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT A LIE FOR

YOU.

HE OUR VERY PRESENT HELP IN

TIMES OF TROUBLE.

HE STANDS HE WATCHES OVER HIS

WORD TO PERFORM.

AND WHO IS HE GOING TO PERFORM

IT FOR?

WELL HE'S HE'S LOOKING FOR

TRUST.

HE'S LOOKING FOR FAITH AND

TRUST IS ANOTHER WAY TO SAY

FAITH FOR A TRY.

HERE HE IS LYING IN BED.

HE CAN'T TALK.

HE'S HE'S PARALYZED AND OF

COURSE WITHIN HIMSELF HE'S

GOING WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

AND WE DO THAT.

WE WE GET STUCK IN.

WAS THERE SOME SIN THAT I

DID OR WAS THERE SOMETHING I

DID WRONG?

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE RUNNING

THROUGH OUR HEADS.

AND IS THIS FAIR?

YOU KNOW ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS

WHY WA FOR TROY?

GOD RESPONDED TO THOSE

QUESTIONS WITH TRUST.

TRUST ME?

THEN YOU HEAR IT FROM TROY.

SO TROY'S WIFE WE TRUST GOD IN

OUR PRAYERS.

WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE WE TRUST

GOD.

TRUST RELIANCE.

THOSE ARE OTHER WORDS THAT

CAN TRANSLATE THE WONDERFUL

GREEK WORD BEHIND FAITH THAT

WHEN WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CALL IT

FAITH YOU LOOKING AT SOMETHING

SPIRITUAL THAT YOU HAVE TO DRUM

UP WHEN YOU TRUST GOD.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DRAMA

WHEN YOU RELY GOD.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE

TO DRAMA.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU

DO AND IN THAT YOU INTO MIRACLE

POWER THE EYES OF THE LORD GO

TO AND FRO OVER THE WHOLE EARTH

TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG TO THOSE

HEARTS ARE LOYAL TO HIM.

THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO SAY

FAITH.

ARE YOU LOYAL TO GOD?

ARE YOU TRUSTING GOD?

ARE YOU RELYING ON GOD?

YOU REALIZE GOD WATCHES OVER

HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT TO SAY

YES, YES YES YES, YES.

I MEAN WHEN YOU HAVE THE

WONDERFUL PROMISES OF GOD

FLOWING THROUGH YOUR INNERMOST

BEING WELL YOU HAVE ALL THE

TRUST AND ALL THE RELIANCE AND

ALL THAT YOU NEED TO WALK INTO

THE REALITY THAT HE OUR VERY

PRESENT HELP AND TIME OF.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU

BEFORE.

WE PRAY.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER MIRACLES

THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO PEOPLE

JUST LIKE YOU.

WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR OTHERS HE

WILL DO FOR YOU IS NO RESPECTER

OF PERSONS.

ALL HE'S LOOKING FOR IS ARE YOU

LOYAL OR DO YOU TRUST HIM?

DO YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD?

WELL HERE'S D DRIP BY EMAIL.

I WAS WATCHING THE 700 CLUB FOR

THE FIRST TIME.

I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH LEFT JAW

PAIN AND SWELLING FOR TWO AND A

HALF WEEKS TAKING IBUPROFEN OR

ACETAMINOPHEN EVERY 4 TO 5

HOURS DAY AND NIGHT.

I HEARD THEM SPECIFICALLY PRAY

FOR SOMEONE DEALING WITH LEFT

JAW PAIN AND SWELLING.

I WONDERED IF IT COULD POSSIBLY

BEEN ME.

IT WAS ALL CAPS IT WAS.

I'VE HAD NO PAIN WHATSOEVER

SINCE THAT PRAYER.

I'M STILL IN SHOCK.

GOD IS GOOD, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S A REVELATION, RIGHT?

WELL, THIS IS AND THE ANSWER TO

PRAYER ALSO FOR A YEAR PHON WHO

LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO.

WITH CHRONIC NECK PAIN HAD TWO

BULGING OR A BULGING.

SHE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN SHE WAS

READY TO FOLLOW THE DOCTOR'S

ADVICE HAVE SURGERY.

WHILE SHE WAS TEXTING A

QUESTION ABOUT THE COST OF THE

SURGERY SHE HAD THIS PROGRAM ON

AND GORDON SHE HEARD YOU SAY

THERE'S SOMEONE YOU'VE HAD

STIFFNESS ON BOTH SIDES OF YOUR

NECK.

YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE

BULGING DISC AND YOU'RE

WEIGHING OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

HERE'S THE OPTION YOU BELIEVE

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME.

HE'S TOUCHING NECK.

THAT DISC IS GOING BACK INTO

PLACE.

THE VERTEBRAE ARE COMING INTO

ALIGNMENT.

YOU ARE HEALED IN JESUS NAME.

FINE CLAIMED THE WORD SINCE

THEN SHE HASN'T SUFFERED OR

EXPERIENCED ANY NECK PAIN.

SHE IS PRAISING THE LORD.

ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S PRAISE

GOD TOGETHER WITH HER IN THAT

PRAYER.

LET'S HAVE THAT IN THAT PRAISE

.

LET'S HAVE PRAYER FOR YOU.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

JESUS COME TO YOU.

WE COME TO YOU WITH

THANKSGIVING FOR WHAT YOU'VE

THE MIRACLES THAT YOU'VE DONE,

HOW YOU'VE RELEASED PEOPLE

PARALYSIS, HOW YOU'VE CURED A

LEFT JAW, HOW YOU'VE HEALED A

BULGING DISC AND A VERTEBRA.

WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ABLE AND WE

RELY RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ARE

VERY PRESENT HELD IN OUR NEED

IN OUR TIME OF TROUBLE SO

STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND TO DO

MIRACLES.

WE ARE LOYAL TO YOU.

WE LOVE YOU.

WE RELY ON YOU.

WE RELY ON YOUR PROMISE.

YOUR PROMISE HAS CAUSED US TO

HOPE AND WE BELIEVE RIGHT NOW

DO MIRACLES.

LORD GOD.

FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS.

TERRI.

GOD'S GIVING US.

THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE RIGHT

SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH IN THE BACK.

YOU'RE YOU'RE.

YOU'VE LOST A COUPLE OF TEETH.

I MEAN, NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

LIKE THE DENTIST HASN'T TAKEN

THEM OUT.

THEY'VE FALLEN OUT.

YOU HAVE SOME DENTAL GOING ON.

GOD'S HEALING THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

NOT JUST THE TEETH THE BONE,

THE GUMS, THE WHOLE THING IS

JUST BEING HEALED NOW JESUS

NAME RECEIVE THAT THERE'S

SOMEONE YOU'VE BEEN HAVING

RECURRING HEART TROUBLE AND IN

THAT YOU NOW HAVE A WEAKENED

HEART MUSCLE IT'S SPECIFIC TO

THE LEFT VENTRICLE.

GOD IS HEALING YOUR HEART NOW

HE'S STRENGTHENING YOU GIVING

YOU NEW LIFE, NEW VITALITY, NEW

BREATH NEW STRENGTH AND JESUS

BE HEALED AND BE MADE WHOLE.

NOW THERE ARE OTHERS.

SOME OF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THIS

COUNTRY BUT YOU'RE YOU HAVE YOU

HAVE WORKED SO HARD IN YOUR

LIFE YOUR BACK IS LIKE BOWED

OVER GOD'S HEALING THAT FOR YOU

JUST RIGHT NOW STAND UP

STRAIGHT LET YOUR SHOULDERS

DROP AND LIFT YOUR HANDS AND