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700 CLUB.
WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
ISRAEL IS VOWING THAT HEZBOLLAH
PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR THE MOST
RECENT ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
12 CHILDREN DIED WHEN.
A ROCKET HIT THEIR SOCCER FIELD
IN A VILLAGE ON THE ISRAELI
LEBANON BORDER.
WELL, THERE ARE FEARS THAT
THIS WILL BE THE SPARK THAT
TURNS THE CONFLICT INTO A WIDER
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
MEANWHILE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
THE VILLAGE ON THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS IS AWASH IN GRIEF AND
ANGER.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS MORE ON
THAT.
MEMBERS OF THE DRUZE VILLAGERS
REMAIN IN SHOCK FROM THE ATTACK
.
GUYS GET ALL THE BIG ANGER
BIG, BIG I HAVE NO FEELINGS
THAT I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU
BECAUSE ONLY NOW ARE WE WAITING
FOR ALL THE CHILDREN THAT ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL TO RETURN TO US
SAFELY.
KNOW ONE OF THE BOYS HERE HE
IS A RELATIVE TO MINE AND HE IS
A BIT OF MY NEIGHBOR.
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT I
WAS PLAYING WITH HIM AND
SPEAKING WITH HIM AND THEN TWO
DAYS LATER HE'S DEAD.
IN THE NEWS MANY ISRAELIS
NOW BRACING FOR GREATER
CONFLICT IN HAMA.
IT'S GOING TO ESCALATE AND
THERE WILL BE WAR.
WE'RE GOING TO WAR.
THERE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MOVED UP US
DEPARTURE TO HEAD HOME AND
CONVENE HIS WAR CABINET.
THE IDF RELEASED DETAILS OF
WHERE HEZBOLLAH FIRED THE
ROCKET OF A LARGE ONE THAT'S
MANUFACTURED IN IRAN.
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV
GALLANT VOWED A HEAVY RESPONSE.
HEZBOLLAH HEZBOLLAH IRAN'S
PROXY IN THE REGION WILL NOT BE
EXONERATED FOR THIS EVENT EVEN
WITH ITS ABSURD.
THEY FIRED.
THEY WILL BEAR THE PRICE.
ZARI ZAHAVI OF THE ALMA
RESEARCH CENTER TELLS CBN
NEWS IRAN WILL DICTATE
HEZBOLLAH'S NEXT MOVE.
IRAN ARCHITECTED THE WHOLE
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL FROM
THE SOUTH AND FROM THE
NORTHEAST PART OF WHAT THEY
CALL UNIFICATION OF FRONTS.
THEY WANT TO CREATE A WAR OF
ATTRITION AND IT WOULD LAST A
FEW YEARS TO WEAKEN THE STATE
OF ISRAEL AND THAT'S WHY I'VE
SAID WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THE
PROBLEM AND NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT
RESPONSES AND INCIDENTS.
WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THE U.S.
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND
ITSELF, HE'S URGING THE
ISRAELIS CONSTRAIN THEIR
RESPONSE TO PREVENT A WIDER
MIDEAST WAR.
ON SUNDAY TURKISH PRESIDENT
ERDOGAN THREATENED TO INVADE
JUST LIKE TURKEY DID IN ARMENIA
AND LIBYA ZAHAVI WARNED IT'S
NOT JUST ISRAEL'S WAR.
THIS IS NOT THE ISRAEL-HAMAS
WAR.
THIS IS NOT THE UNITED STATES
BUT OUR WAR THIS IS THE IRANIAN
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE WEST AND
REPRESENTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WHICH IS THE STATE OF ISRAEL
AND.
THEY ARE COMING AFTER US BUT
SOON THEY WILL COME YOU BECAUSE
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN RIGHTS.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN HUMAN
RIGHTS, IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
THEY SHARE THE VALUES THAT WE
SHARE AS DEMOCRACIES AND THEY
HAVE PULLED OUT OF IRAN VIEW
THEIR MISSION TO SPREAD THE
ISLAMIC REVOLUTION VALUES ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE
U.S., FRANCE AND CANADA ARE
WARNING CITIZENS TO RECONSIDER
TRAVEL TO LEBANON EVACUATE.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
THIS COULD SOON EXPLODE INTO
NOT JUST A REGIONAL WAR BUT A
WORLD WAR.
TURKEY IS A MEMBER NATTO AND
TURKEY HAS NOW SAID ERDOGAN HAS
SAID I WILL INVADE ISRAEL.
YOU DON'T DO THAT CASUAL ALLY.
AND IF HE IF HE DOES, WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE ALLIANCE WHEN A
MEMBER OF THAT ALLIANCE TAKES
ON AN AMERICAN ALLY ISRAEL?
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE
WORLD STAGE WITH THAT AND WILL
TURKEY ULTIMATELY ALIGN ITSELF
WITH RUSSIA, GET INVOLVED.
IRAN IS ALREADY INVOLVED.
THE ROCKET CAME FROM THERE.
THESE ARE PROXIES, IRANIAN
PROXIES AND THE ENDING OF THIS
CONFLICT.
WE HAVE TO REALIZE ALL ROADS
LEAD TO IRAN.
IF YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE
SOURCE OF THE TERROR AND YOU'RE
NOT REALLY DEALING WITH THE
PROBLEM, YOU'RE DEALING ONLY
WITH SYMPTOMS.
SO ARE WE LOOKING AND ARE WE ON
THE VERGE OF NOT JUST A MIDDLE
EAST CONFLICT BUT A WORLDWIDE
CONFLICT?
THESE ARE TIMES WHERE
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
NEED TO GATHER, PRAY AND PRAY
FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
WELL, ANOTHER SHOCKING
NEWS JUST BOGGLES MY MIND THAT
THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WOULD
SOMEHOW CLAIM THAT THERE WAS
NEVER AN ATTEMPT TO DISRESPECT
CHRISTIANITY.
IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE TO ME
THAT YOU COULD APPROVE THAT YOU
COULD FUND THAT.
YOU COULD PLAN THAT AND NOT.
IT'S OBVIOUS IN FRONT OF YOU
WHAT THAT DISPLAY OF THE
OPENING CEREMONIES WAS GOING TO
DO.
SO CHRISTIANS ARE RIGHTFULLY
OFFENDED.
EPHREM GRAHAM HAS THAT STORY
AND.
GORDON, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
PARIS OLYMPICS ISSUED AN
APOLOGY SUNDAY AFTER THE
OPENING CEREMONIES INCLUDED A
PRESENTATION WITH A
CONTROVERSIAL DEPICTION OF
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S THE LAST
SUPPER.
THE SCENE SHOWED A WOMAN
WEARING A HALO LIKE HEADDRESS
WITH A NUMBER OF DRAG ON HER
LEFT AND RIGHT.
PARIS 2024 SPOKESPERSON AND DE
CAMP SAID CLEARLY THERE WAS
NEVER AN INTENTION TO SHOW
DISRESPECT TO ANY RELIGIOUS
GROUP.
IF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OFFENSE WE
ARE OF COURSE REALLY REALLY.
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
CONDEMNED THE DISPLAY.
THE FRENCH CONFERENCE
REPRESENTING THE COUNTRY'S
CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALLED IT A
MOCKERY AND DERISION OF
CHRISTIANITY.
US OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON
SAID IT WAS SHOCKING AND
INSULTING TO CHRISTIANS.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
ANNOUNCED HIS PLAN MAKE
DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THE US
SUPREME COURT TODAY.
IN OP ED IN MONDAY'S WASHINGTON
POST, THE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR
A TERM OF 18 YEARS FOR ALL
JUSTICES AS WELL AS A BINDING
AND ENFORCEABLE CODE OF
CONDUCT.
THE PRESIDENT THE REFORMS ARE
NECESSARY TO RESTORE PUBLIC
TRUST IN THE COURT WHOSE
APPROVAL SITS AT A RECORD LOW.
CRITICS SAY THE PROPOSALS ARE A
RESPONSE TO THE CONSERVATIVE
MAJORITY'S DECISION OVERTURNING
ROE VERSUS WADE AND OTHER
RULINGS.
MR. BIDEN ALSO SAID HE'LL
PURSUE A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT PROHIBITING BLANKET
IMMUNITY FOR PRESIDENTIAL
ACTIONS IN OFFICE.
SUNDAY PEOPLE ACROSS THE THE
COUNTRY TOOK PART IN A NATIONAL
DAY OF MOURNING FOR SONIA
MASSEY.
A POLICE DEPUTY SHOT THE
ILLINOIS WOMAN IN HER HOME
EARLIER THIS.
THE OFFICER IS NOW CHARGED WITH
MURDER AND THE CASE IS RENEWING
FOR JUSTICE AND POLICE REFORM.
CHARLENE AARON HAS, THIS STORY.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF
SONIA MASSEY, A BLACK WOMAN
SHOT TO DEATH IN HER HOME BY A
WHITE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY.
IT'S A CASE RAISING QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE USE OF DEADLY POLICE
FORCE AND BETTER FOR HOW SHE
TURNED HER FACE.
BODY CAM FOOTAGE
DISTURBING MOMENT DEPUTY SEAN
GRAYSON SHOT AND KILLED SONYA
MASSEY.
MASSEY HAD CALLED 911 AFTER SHE
REPORTED A PROWLER AT HER
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS HOME.
OFFICER GRAYSON AND HIS PARTNER
RESPONDED THE CALL WHEN
DEPUTIES TOLD MASSEY TO REMOVE
A POT OF BOILING WATER FROM THE
STOVE.
THINGS QUICKLY ESCALATED AWAY
FROM UP IN THE WATER.
YEAH, I HEAR PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GRAYSON SHOT
MASSEY WHO WAS UNARMED THE
HEAD.
HE HAS SINCE BEEN FIRED FROM
THE SANGOMA AND COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND
ARRESTED FOR MURDER AND OTHER
CHARGES.
FIRST REACTION WAS ANGER.
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I FELT KNOW
THERE WAS I WAS SAD.
THERE WAS YOU KNOW, JUST A LOT
OF HURT ON THE INSIDE JUST
BECAUSE ME AS A BLACK FEMALE
LIVING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
SEEING THIS OFTEN THE CASE
HIGHLIGHTS TROUBLING IN
GRAYSON'S PAST.
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS HELD
SIX DIFFERENT POLICE JOBS OVER
THE PAST FOUR YEARS IN 2015 AND
2016.
CAME TWO DUI MISDEMEANORS AND
BEFORE THAT AN ARMY DISCHARGE
FOR MISCONDUCT.
GIVEN THAT HISTORY, CHICAGO
POLICE DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN
EDWARDS JOINS MANY OTHERS
ARGUING GRAYSON SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ALLOWED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
EVEN WHEN AN OFFICER IS
SANCTIONED AND FOUND OUT THEY
JUST MOVE AROUND OTHER PLACES
AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THEIR MISBEHAVIOR
THERE, THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR,
THEIR MISCONDUCT.
GRAYSON ALSO FAILED TO
ACTIVATE HIS BODY CAMERA UNTIL
AFTER FIRING THE FATAL SHOTS A
VIOLATION OF THE STATE'S
SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY,
FAIRNESS AND EQUITY TODAY ACT.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAFETY ACT
CARLTON MAYOR'S ESQUIRE HELPED
CREATE THE LEGISLATION WHICH
INCLUDES STANDARDS FOR USE OF
POLICE FORCE.
WE CAN SEE THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT DID NOT UTILIZE THE
TRAINING THAT IS NOW MANDATED
UNDER STATE LAW WHEN IT COMES
TO DE-ESCALATION, WHEN IT IT
COMES TO CRISIS INTERVENTION
TECHNIQUES, TRAININGS AND IN
EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO JUST IN
GENERAL IMPLICIT BIAS IN HOW
YOU ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE THAT
HAVE A DIFFERENT LIVED THAN
YOUR OWN.
MASSEY STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL
HEALTH ACCORDING TO FAMILY AND
DURING THE ENCOUNTER POLICE IF
SHE HAD TAKEN HER MEDICATION.
EDWARDS SAYS THE RISE IN THESE
CASES POINTS TO THE NEED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO ASSIST
OFFICERS DURING 911 CALLS.
WHY CAN'T WE FREE UP THEIR
TIME TO ACTUALLY WORK ON
PROBLEMS THAT ARE SO URGENT
THAT ONLY SOMEONE WITH A GUN
AND BADGE CAN HANDLE SO WHEN IT
A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WE NEED
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY
TRAINED.
MEANWHILE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS ALSO
INVESTIGATING MURDER.
GRAYSON FACES THREE COUNTS
OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND IF
CONVICTED COULD FACE 45 YEARS
TO LIFE IN PRISON.
CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS ON
SO MANY LEVELS GORDON VIDEOS
HORRIFIC AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND
GO WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU
CALL NINE ON ONE TODAY IF
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHOT AND
KILLED IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN, THE
VERY PEOPLE HAVE VOWED TO
PROTECT AND TO SERVE YOU ARE
NOW TO SHOOT YOU AND SOMEHOW
CLAIM THEY FELT THREATENED BY
SCALDING HOT WATER.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
HERE'S SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO
AFTER THIS CASE AND THERE NEEDS
TO BE A NATIONAL DATABASE THAT
IF YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED AND
SAID YOU CAN'T BE A POLICE
OFFICER IN OUR DEPARTMENT IF
THERE ARE ISSUES YOUR MILITARY
SERVICE, IF THERE'S ISSUES WITH
YOUR OTHER SERVICE, THEN THERE
OUGHT TO BE A NATIONAL DATABASE
THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T BE HIRED IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE DON'T TRUST YOU TO INTO
THESE TENSE ENVIRONMENTS.
WE DON'T TRUST YOU TO GO INTO
PEOPLE'S HOMES WE DON'T TRUST
YOU TO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
POLICE CUSTODY WILL ACTUALLY
SURVIVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
THIS KIND OF THING OUR VERY
SOCIETY AT RISK.
I'M NOT OVER CLAIMING THIS WHEN
THE PEOPLE START TO THINK THAT
THE POLICE ARE THE ENEMY WE'RE
IN TROUBLE.
THAT MEANS THERE'S NO
COOPERATION.
YOU DON'T CALL WHEN YOU NEED
HELP YOU.
YOU END UP WITH LAWLESSNESS AS
A RESULT OF THAT AND.
THEN WHEN THE POLICE DO RESPOND
THEY'VE GOT TO RESPOND AND
FORCE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SWAT
TEAMS.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT WITH
SWAT TEAMS SHOWING UP TO SERVE
ARREST WARRANTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL
ALREADY IN THE COURT SYSTEM AND
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SOME KIND OF ODD
SHOW OF FORCE.
AMERICA SHOULD NOT BE A POLICE
STATE AMERICA SHOULD HAVE
POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE CAN ALL
TRUST AND IN THAT TRUST WE
PRESERVE OUR OWN SOCIETY.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE IT AND
HOW WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET
IT BACK WITHOUT KIND OF
SELF-POLICING WHERE THE SAYS IF
WITH CBN NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS
OUR PLATFORMS.
WELL, IRAN AT THE HEART OF
THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND WHILE ITS LEADERS SUPPORT
PROXY WARS AGAINST ISRAEL AND
THE WEST ITS PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY
FOR CHANGE.
THAT'S THE BELIEF OF THE OLDEST
SON OF THE LATE SHAH.
THE 63 YEAR OLD CROWN PRINCE
TOLD CBN'S THOMAS THAT THE
CURRENT REGIME IS WEAKER THAN
EVER.
THE COUNTRY IS RIPE FOR A
REVOLUTION.
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND
LIBERTIES ACROSS THE NEVER ENDS
UNTIL IT'S TOUGH.
CROWN PRINCE REZA PAHLAVI
WARNING THE UNITED STATES AND
WESTERN POWERS NOT BE FOOLED BY
THE ELECTION OF IRAN'S NEW
MASOUD PRESSURE.
WE CALL THIS THE CIRCUS
ELECTIONS IN IRAN.
AT 63, PAHLAVI IS THE
REGIME'S MOST VOCAL AND
PROMINENT.
HE CALLS POSSESSION A LACKEY
HANDPICKED BY A RADICAL MUSLIM
SYSTEM BENT ON KEEPING IRANIANS
IN A CONSTANT STATE OF
REPRESSION AND FEAR.
IN ALL THESE YEARS IT REALLY
DIDN'T MATTER WHO WAS PRESENTED
BECAUSE ALL THE SHOTS ARE
FINALLY CALLED BY KHAMENEI, THE
SUPREME LEADER.
DURING A WIDE RANGING
INTERVIEW, THE ELDER SON OF
MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI, THE LAST
SHAH OF IRAN, TOLD CBN
NEWS THAT IRANIANS ARE
CLAMORING FOR POLITICAL CHANGE
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
THE REGIME'S OWN FIGURES
DEMONSTRATE THAT AT LEAST 73%
OF THE POPULATION WANT ANOTHER
FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
AND I IMAGINE THE NUMBER MUCH
HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE IF YOU
PASS AN ACTUAL OPEN POLLING YOU
WOULD PROBABLY EVEN HAVE IN THE
90 PERCENTILE RANGE IN 1979 AS
HEIR TO THE THRONE.
PAHLAVI WAS IN THE U.S.
TRAINING TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT
WHEN MUSLIM RADICAL LEADERS
FORCED HIS FATHER TO RELINQUISH
THE MONARCHY, SENDING THE
ENTIRE FAMILY INTO EXILE.
PAHLAVI SAYS THE LED TO AN
ISLAMIC IRAN REGIME THAT WOULD
DEVASTATE HIS ANCESTRAL
HOMELAND WHERE TODAY 60% OF THE
PEOPLE LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE.
45 YEARS OF CLERICAL RULE IN
THE NAME RELIGION AND THE
IMMEDIATE ELEMENT OF
PERSECUTION AND THE FACT THAT
OUR COUNTRY HAS FALLEN BEHIND
IN OF BEING UNDER PATH TOWARDS
PROGRESS BECAUSE IRAN BY NOW
HAVE BEEN THE SOUTH KOREA OF
THE MIDDLE EAST INSTEAD IS THE
NORTH KOREA OF THE REGION.
UNDER THE MULLAHS REIGN IRAN
HAS BECOME A LEADING STATE
SPONSOR OF TERRORISM AND THE
ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND.
IT FINANCES HEZBOLLAH HAMAS,
ISLAMIC, THE HOUTHIS ALL IN ITS
PROXY AND OF COURSE IT'S ALL
NETWORKS OF ACTIVISTS THAT THEY
HAVE THAT ARE DOING THE BIDDING
OF THE REGIME IN THE OUTSIDE
WORLD EVEN IN WESTERN CAPITALS.
45 YEARS AFTER THE RADICAL
MUSLIM CLERICS TOOK THE
COUNTRY, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
SAYS THAT THE MULLAHS OF TEHRAN
ARE WEAKER THAN EVER BEFORE AND
HAVE LOST THEIR LEGITIMACY THE
EYES OF A MAJORITY OF IRANIANS.
WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR
LEGITIMACY WHAT IS RELIG
LEGITIMACY OR POLITICAL
LEGITIMACY THEN YOU'RE SIMPLY
HOLDING ON BY SHEER REPRESSION
.
WHEN YOU HAVE A REGIME THAT IS
COMPLETELY DELEGITIMIZED, WHEN
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER
BELIEVE IN THE SYSTEM EVEN IF
THEY DID SOME POINT AND THEY
WANT OUT THAT MAKES THIS
SYSTEMS VULNERABLE.
CASE IN POINT THE 2022
NATIONWIDE PROTESTS THAT
FOLLOWED THE MURDER OF MASA
DETAINED BY RELIGIOUS POLICE
FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT PROPERLY
WEARING HER MANDATORY HIJAB.
IRANIAN FORCES KILLED MORE THAN
500 PROTESTERS AND IMPRISONED
20,000 PEOPLE.
PAHLAVI SAYS THIS CLEARLY
IRANIANS ARE READY TO SACRIFICE
FULL REVOLUTION.
NOBODY SAID THAT FREEDOM COMES
FOR FREE.
THE PRICE SOMETIMES IS
EXTREMELY HIGH.
BUT ARE YOU WILLING SAY THAT
JUST BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE
I'M NOT GOING TO PURCHASE IT
AND UP WITH WHAT OTHERWISE WILL
BE ANY RELATION DEMISE?
WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
WE HAVE TO DO IT.
WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR SURVIVAL.
WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR SANITY.
WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR HUMANITY.
WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR OWN
INTERESTS NO MATTER WHAT IT
TAKES.
DESPITE IRANIAN PROXIES
ATTACKS ON U.S. TROOPS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, ACCELERATION OF
NUCLEAR URANIUM ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM AND FUNDING OF
HEZBOLLAH AND OTHER TERROR
GROUPS, PAHLAVI CANNOT
UNDERSTAND WHY BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO
KEEP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FLOWING TO THE TERROR REGIME.
HE SAYS IT'S TIME WESTERN
GOVERNMENTS STOP APPEASING THE
MULLAHS OF TEHRAN.
AND WHAT I ARGUED FOR YEARS
TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,
PARTICULARLY WESTERN
DEMOCRACIES HAS BEEN THAT YOUR
EXPECTATION OF BEHAVIOR FROM
THE GET GO WAS A FALSE
EXPECTATION BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY
HAVEN'T RECOGNIZE THE DNA OF
THIS REGIME THAT TO DO ALL OF
IT DOES IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
IT'S NOT INTERESTED IN THE
WELFARE OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.
IT'S SIMPLY AIMING TO EXPORT AN
IDEOLOGY TO DOMINATE THE WHOLE
WORLD.
PAHLAVI, WHO IDEALIZES MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR AND MAHATMA
GANDHI FOR THEIR PURSUIT OF
NONVIOLENT CAMPAIGNS FOR
POLITICAL CHANGE RUNS THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF IRAN WHOSE
MISSION IS TO REPLACE THE
CURRENT ISLAMIC LED REGIME WITH
A SECULAR.
HE WANTS THE WORLD TO FOCUS ON
SUPPORTING IRANIAN PEOPLE
RATHER THAN KEEP CODDLING THE
REGIMES.
EVEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT
MAYBE WE COULD TRY AND BRING
REFORM FROM WITHIN SLOWLY BUT
SURELY HAVE GIVEN UP ON THIS
IDEA.
LOOK, WE CANNOT HAVE A
RELIGIOUS DICTATORSHIP IN THE
21ST CENTURY.
WE HAVE TO GO TOWARDS A SECULAR
DEMOCRACY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE
MAJORITY OF IRANIANS FIND
THEMSELVES IN THE SAME OPTIC
AND THE SAME VISION.
KNOWING THE HISTORY THAT YOU
HAVE WITH YOUR BELOVED NATION,
DO YOU EVER SAY YOU KNOW WHAT,
I THINK THIS IS TOO TOO TOUGH A
FIGHT, TOO MANY INNOCENT
PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE BEING TAKEN.
AND IT'S BEEN 45 YEARS.
DO YOU YOU EVER DESPAIR?
THERE WERE MOMENTS IN TIME THAT
I WONDER IF SOUTH AFRICANS
WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP.
OR PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN BLOC
COUNTRIES HAVE GIVEN UP.
AND EVEN DISSIDENTS IN THE
SOVIET UNION WOULD HAVE GIVEN.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ONCE A
DISSIDENT ANYWHERE ON THE
PLANET SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, I
GIVE UP.
YOU CAN'T GIVE UP.
IT'S NOT AN OPTION.
AND I THINK IRAN IS THE REASON
WHY THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN UP.
THE REASON WHY THEY GO TO THE
STREETS, THE REASON WHY THEY
TAKE THE RISK TO BE SHOT IN THE
EYE OR CONTINUE TO BE MURDERED
BY THE REGIME IS BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY IS FOR
US TO SUCCEED AND IF THEY HAVE
TO SACRIFICE SO THAT FUTURE
GENERATIONS WILL, YOU KNOW,
HAVE A BETTER LIFE, SO BE IT.
THANK YOU SIR GEORGE THOMAS
CBN WASHINGTON.
WELL, I BELIEVE IN SECULAR I
BELIEVE FREEDOM IS THE OXYGEN
OF HUMANITY AND WHEN YOU HAVE
IT YOU HAVE THIS TREMENDOUS
FLOURISHING AND WE'VE SEEN THAT
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE WE GIVEN
UP ON THOSE IDEALS?
IS MY QUESTION WHEN YOU LOOK AT
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WE HAD
PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO
INTRODUCE THAT SECULAR
DEMOCRACY AND WE CHOSE NOT TO.
WHAT WE DID PUT IN A
CONSTITUTION BASED ON SHARIA
LAW AND SHARIA LAW WAS
ENSHRINED IN THEIR
CONSTITUTIONS WHICH WAS
EFFECTIVELY MAKES THEM
THEOCRACIES.
HERE'S SOMETHING THAT HISTORY
OUGHT TO TEACH THAT IN FORCE
RELIGION IS NO RELIGION AT ALL
.
YOU HAVE A RELIGIOUS
DICTATORSHIP.
YOU DON'T HAVE AND YOU DON'T
EVEN HAVE RELIGION.
HERE'S A CULTURE A GOVERNMENT
THAT ENFORCES THE RELIGIOUS LAW
SO IT'S OKAY TO BEAT A WOMAN TO
BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WEAR HER
SCARF, RIGHT?
IF YOU THE GOVERNMENT YOU ARE
NOW LABELED AN INFIDEL AND YOU
ARE PUBLICLY HANGED IN THE CITY
SQUARE.
THAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY
CONTRAST TO REVEREND MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR ENCOUNTER THE
MAHATMA GANDHI THOSE WERE
ESSENTIALLY CHRISTIAN CULTURES
THAT BELIEVED IN LIBERTY,
BELIEVED IN FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
FREEDOM OF PRESS ALL OF THESE
WONDERFUL FREEDOMS IN AN
ISLAMIST THEOCRACY.
SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF
THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
YOU DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BEDROCK
TO APPEAL TO TO SAY WE NEED TO
CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE OR NOT BUT WHEN HAVE
THAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT AND
THE MILITARY FULLY BEHIND THE
POLICE FORCE FULLY BEHIND IT
WHERE YOU CAN BE A SHARP
SHOOTER AND YOU CAN SHOOT KILL
A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL IN THE CROWD
THAT MEANS YOU HAD HAVE YOUR
SIGHTS DIRECTLY ON HER AND YOU
HAD TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WELL
THEN YOU CAN QUELL ANY CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE OR YOU CAN QUELL
ANY PROTEST.
AND IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE TO COME TO FREEDOM BUT
WE CAN HAVE FAITH IN GOD AND.
LET'S PRAY AND LET'S ASK THAT
GOD WOULD CHANGE THEM AND
CHANGE THEIR HEARTS THEY WOULD
COME TO THEMSELVES AND REALIZE
YOU CAN HAVE A VERY PROSPEROUS
IRAN.
YOU CAN HAVE A FULL FLOWERING
OF THAT WONDERFUL CIVILIZATION
IF YOU ONLY ALLOW THE FREEDOM
TO ACTUALLY THE OXYGEN.
WITHOUT IT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
SEE CHANGE AND WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THE EXPORT
STAND IN PRAYER WITH US AS WE
PRAY FOR AMERICA.
WHEN ANA'S HUSBAND DISAPPEARED
AND SHE SEARCHED THE STREETS OF
SAN FRANCISCO FINALLY TRACKING
DOWN IN A CRACK HOUSE.
NINE YEARS LATER WHEN SHE HE
WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR, ANA HAD
HAD ENOUGH.
UNTIL A PRAYER AND A DREAM LED
TO A MIRACLE IN HER MARRIAGE.
WAS GOING DIE.
THIS URGENCY TO GO FIND HIM
START GROWING AND GROWING AND
GROWING MORE ME AND I STARTED
LOOKING FOR HIM.
ON A HANKINS THOUGHT HER
HUSBAND'S DRUG ADDICTIONS WERE
BEHIND.
NOW AFTER THREE YEARS OF
MARRIAGE, ANTHONY HAD RELAPSED
AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE
STREETS OF LOS ANGELES.
I FOUND HIM IN L.A. AT A CRACK
HOUSE AND HE ASKED ME TO LEAVE
AND I WAS LIKE I CAN'T LEAVE
YOU HERE.
YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME.
ANTHONY DECIDED TO GO HOME WITH
ANA AND LATER ENTERED REHAB.
WHEN I WENT TO THE PROGRAM
THOUGH I FOUND JESUS AGAIN IN
THE PROGRAM AND I HAD REALLY MY
LIFE BACK TO JESUS.
THE TWO BEGAN GOING TO
CHURCH TOGETHER, EVEN RENEWED
THEIR VOWS.
WE HAD A NEW START WHEN HE WENT
THROUGH THE PROGRAM WHEN HE HAD
DESIRE.
I SAW HIS DESIRE TO GET BETTER.
AT THAT POINT I KNEW THAT GOD
WAS GIVING US A NEW BEGINNING.
THEIR HOPES OF A BLISSFUL
FUTURE, HOWEVER WOULD SOON
FADE.
WITH ANA COMING FROM COLOMBIA,
AMERICA AND ANTHONY RAISED IN
CHICAGO CULTURAL SUCH AS HOW TO
RAISE THEIR CHILDREN PUT STRESS
ON THE MARRIAGE.
BUT THEIR BIGGEST FIGHTS WERE
ABOUT THE LOT OF TENSION.
WE HAD OUR FIRST KID AND MY
IDEAS ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO
COME AND WORK AND AND MAKE
MONEY DIDN'T PAN OUT THAT WAY.
WE WERE LOSING THE HOUSE.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB.
I WAS WORKING PART TIME AND
WANTED TO START A CHURCH.
KIND OF MY RESENTMENT STARTED
WELL TOWARDS THE DESIRE OF
SERVING GOD.
FOR THE MOST PART I FELT LIKE
GOD WASN'T ANSWERING OUR
PRAYERS.
THAT MADE REALLY ANGRY.
WHERE ARE YOU ON ALL OF THIS?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NEXT DAY?
EVEN THEN HONOR WAS DETERMINED
TO MAKE THE MARRIAGE WORK.
THIS WAS MORE LIKE A TO GOD AND
HIS COVENANT.
I HAVE MADE IT COMMON AND WITH
GOD KNOW WITH MY FEELINGS THERE
WERE GOOD TIMES AND THE COUPLE
CONTINUED GOING TO CHURCH
ALWAYS PUTTING ON A GOOD FACE.
BUT THOSE TIMES OVERSHADOWED BY
THE CONSTANT FIGHTING AND
TENSION AT HOME.
EVEN THOUGH ANTHONY GAVE UP ON
HIS GOAL OF STARTING CHURCH AND
WORKED TWO JOBS, IT WAS NEVER
ENOUGH.
I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS
CONNECTED TO GOD THE WAY I
THOUGHT WAS CONNECTED TO GOD
AND IT MADE ME DOUBT WHETHER OR
NOT WAS TRULY A SON OF GOD.
AND THEN AND GAVE UP.
AFTER NINE YEARS THE COUPLE
HAD LITTLE OF KEEPING THEIR
MARRIAGE OR FAMILY TOGETHER OR
.
MARRIAGE WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH
HANGING BY A THREAD.
WHEN I BEGAN TO LIKE THERE WAS
NOTHING I COULD REALLY DO TO TO
TRY TO MAKE HER HAPPY OR TO
FEEL FULFILLED.
THAT ROLE INITIALLY IT IT MADE
ME ISOLATE.
THEN 2019 DURING A HEATED
ARGUMENT, ANTHONY MADE A
SHOCKING.
HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.
I WANTED TO LEAVE.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO LEAVE.
I FELT LIKE I SHOULDN'T TAKE
THIS.
I NOT EVEN FOR MY FAMILY.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO THINK
ABOUT ME LETTING SOMEBODY WALK
OVER ME LIKE THIS?
FEELING BETRAYED, FEELING THIS
SELFISH THEME WAS NOT THERE AT
ALL.
A FEW DAYS LATER A FRIEND
INVITED ANA TO A FAITH
CONFERENCE.
I SAID OH GOD.
GO.
JUST TO TAKE MY MIND OFF
THINGS.
SO WENT THIS SATURDAY THE
SPEAKER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
SHE HAD THE SCRIPTURE EZEKIEL
3626 WHERE HE SAYS I'LL GIVE
YOU A NEW HEART.
WHEN I HEARD THIS WORD.
I READ IT.
I JUST WENT ON MY KNEES RIGHT
THERE IN THIS CONFERENCE IN THE
MIDDLE OF I JUST DROP ON MY
KNEES AND ASK GOD TO GIVE A NEW
HEART.
IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS
MARRIAGE TO WORK, GIVE HIM A
NEW HEART.
THEN JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER
ANTHONY HAD SOMETHING TO SHARE.
THERE WAS A TIME I HAD A
DREAM AND.
I WAS LAYING ON A HOSPITAL BED
AS I LOOKED UP I COULD SEE ALL
OF THE DOCTORS LIKE STANDING
AROUND AND I SAW THE LIGHT LIKE
RIGHT OVER LIKE THEY HAD BEEN
DOING SOMETHING.
I ASKED.
I SAID WHAT HAPPENED?
THE DOCTOR WAS LIKE OH,
NOTHING.
NO WORRIES, NO PROBLEM.
WE JUST GAVE YOU A NEW HEART.
I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED GOD
LIKE THAT.
HE GAVE ME A DREAM AND IT WAS
AN ANSWER TO A PRAYER AND THAT
DREAM WAS REAL.
IT WAS A POINT WE PIVOTED
TOWARDS GOD AND.
WE HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK.
WE'VE BEEN MARRIED AT THAT
POINT TOWARDS 70 YEARS AND THIS
WAS THE ANSWER TO MY FOR TWO
YEARS.
I TOLD HER JUST LET US LOOK
UP.
IT'S A GOOD THING.
26 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DID
WITH YOU.
HE GAVE YOU A NEW HEART.
HE GAVE YOU HEART AND IT WAS
HIS GRACE TO HELP ME SPEED
THESE YEARS AND SEE THE BIG
PICTURE FOR MY HUSBAND.
ANA FORGAVE ANTHONY AND SAYS
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HE
BECAME THE LOVING AND CARING
HUSBAND NEEDED WHILE SHE BEGAN
SHOWING HIM THE LOVE AND
RESPECT HE NEEDED.
WE HAVE GROWN LOVE EACH OTHER
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE A
GIFT FROM GOD THAT HE NEEDS MY
GIFT.
TOGETHER THE COUPLE HAS
ENDURED LIFE'S TOUGHEST BATTLES
INCLUDING A MEDICAL ISSUE WITH
ONE OF THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AND
UNTIMELY DEATH OF THEIR OLDEST
SON.
THEY KNOW THEIR LOVE AND
RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER PRAYER
AND THEIR FAITH IN GOD WILL
HELP THEM STAND STRONG IN THE
YEARS TO COME.
HE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH THE
MAN THAT I HAVE NOW IS THE MAN
I PRAY I BE SO PROUD OF HIM.
I MEAN HE HAS OVERCOME SO MUCH
.
I BE PROUD OF HIM.
I JUST AM SO HONORED TO BE HIS
WIFE.
I SEE MY WIFE AND MY AS A AS A
GIFT FROM GOD.
SHE'S A CONSTANT FOR ME AND IN
AND OUT OF SEASON.
SHE NEVER GAVE UP TO NEVER
GAVE UP.
SHE IS MY CONSTANT.
MARRIAGE IS HARD, YOU KNOW, IN
ANNA AND ANTHONY'S CASE.
MEAN IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY
AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
DIFFICULTIES YOU'RE SLOGGING
THROUGH IT ALONE.
ONE PERSON STRUGGLES WITH THIS,
THE OTHER STRUGGLES WITH THAT.
LIFE HAPPENS AND YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES WE GET LOST IN THE
PROCESS.
I LOVE WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THAT
.
IT WAS MORE THAN WORDS.
THE SHE HAD TAKEN WERE A
COMMITMENT THROUGH THICK AND
THIN AND ALMOST STOOD SHE STOOD
ON THE WORD OF GOD THE PROMISES
OF GOD.
SHE STOOD ON THE COMMITMENT
THAT SHE HAD MADE AND AS
ANTHONY STRUGGLED SHE SAW HIM
THE GOOD THINGS YOU KNOW THAT'S
THE HARD THING TO DO WHEN
THINGS AREN'T GOING THE WAY WE
WANT THEM TO GO, HASN'T IT?
I MEAN IT'S SO EASY TO JUST
START A LAUNDRY LIST OF WHAT
THE PERSON ISN'T WHAT'S NOT
WORKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE.
JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS
TALKING WITH SOMEONE ABOUT A
SITUATION THAT WAS DIFFICULT.
I SAID I FELT LIKE THE LORD
TOLD ME GO BACK TO THE
BEGINNING AND WRITE DOWN ALL
THE THINGS THAT WERE A BLESSING
OF GOD IN THAT PLACE AND OVER
THE BEGINNING YEARS SOMETIMES
ARE EASIER.
THE BLESSINGS COME MORE
READILY.
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY OUR OUR
WILLINGNESS TO SURRENDER TO GOD
COMES MORE EASILY BUT THEN THE
CHALLENGES GOD DID AN AMAZING
WORK IN THIS MAN AFTER THIS
AFTER HE HAD GONE THROUGH THE
DRUG SEMINARY, GONE THROUGH THE
UNFAITHFULNESS AND THEY HAD
RECOMMITTED THEIR LIVES TO GOD.
THEY ENDURED THE SERIOUS
HEALTH SITUATION WITH ONE OF
THEIR CHILDREN AND UNEXPECTED
DEATH ANOTHER.
YOU SEE WHEN JESUS IS IN IT IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW HARD THE
BATTLE IS HE'S IN IT TO WIN IT
AND HE'S YOU AND HIS PROMISES
ARE FOR YOU AND YOU CAN FIND
YOURSELF STANDING IN VICTORY IN
THE MIDST OF SO MUCH.
BUT IF YOU TRY TO DO IT ON YOUR
OWN YOU WON'T MAKE IT.
I MEAN LIFE IS JUST FULL NOT
JUST TEMPTATIONS BUT IT'S A
BATTLE.
SO TODAY MAYBE IT'S YOUR
MARRIAGE.
MAYBE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT ANTHONY
AND ANNA WERE DEALING WITH.
IT HAPPENS HAPPENS.
MAYBE YOU'RE DEALING WITH OTHER
THINGS THAT JUST KEEP FROM
FULLY UNDERSTANDING THAT JUST
HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU BUT HOW
ABLE HE IS TO KEEP YOU IN MIDST
OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S
HAPPENING TO YOU.
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW LET'S
JUST RENEW RENEW WHAT YOU ONCE
SAID AND WHAT YOU ONCE KNEW
WITH A NEW AND A FRESH
COMMITMENT TO JESUS WITH A NEW
SURRENDER, A NEW RELIANCE ON
HIM.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING US FOR
TO TRUST HIM, TO TRUST HIS
HEART, TO TRUST HIS ABILITY TO
KEEP US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
BATTLE.
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
LORD, I HAVE KNOWN YOU.
I HAVE COMMITTED MY LIFE TO
YOU.
I'VE READ YOUR WORD.
I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH AND I HAVE
GONE OWN WAY AND I AM SO SORRY.
LIFE HAS OVERWHELMED ME AND I
JUST ADMITTED I HAVE MADE
DECISIONS THAT I KNEW WERE
WRONG WHEN I WAS MAKING THEM.
BUT I LOOKING AT YOU I WASN'T
LOOKING FOR YOU.
I WASN'T LISTENING TO YOU.
I WENT MY OWN WAY AND IT'S A
DISASTER.
I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY ASHAMED
.
ASHAMED OF HAVING FALLEN SHORT
OF THE MARK.
I'M COMING TO YOU WONDERING IF
YOU WILL RECEIVE ME BACK.
AND YET TODAY I AM REMINDED OF
YOUR WORD THAT WHEN THE FATHER
OF THE UNREPENTANT YOUNG MAN
SAW HIM COMING HE RAN TO GREET
THAT'S YOU GOD.
AND I AM I AM THE SON THE
DAUGHTER THAT HAS FALLEN AWAY.
I MEAN COMING BACK TO YOU WITH
ALL OF THE SHAME AND THE HURT
AND THE DISILLUSIONMENT AND I'M
JUST COMING TO YOU TO SAY GOD
HELP ME HELP ME FIND YOU AGAIN.
HELP ME FIGURE WHO I AM AND YOU
AND WHO YOU ARE AND ME CHANGE
ME MY HEART NEEDS TO BE CHANGED
MY THOUGHTS NEED TO BE CHANGED
MY ATTITUDE NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED.
ALL OF IT JUST LIFTING IT UP
BEFORE YOU GOD AND I'M ASKING
YOU TO LIFT ME UP INTO YOUR LAP
AND TO HOLD ME AGAIN TO TEACH
ME AGAIN TO OWN MY LIFE THE WAY
I KNOW I NEED YOU TO OWN IT SO
I GIVE IT ALL YOU JESUS AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO MAKE SOMETHING
THAT MATTERS OUT OF MY LIFE.
I'M JUST APPLYING YOUR PROMISE
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IT'S COMING UP RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
THAT SAVED HIS LIFE IS THIS
EXPERIENCE HELP.
NICK WAS WORKING TWO
DEAD END JOBS AND JUGGLING
$20,000 OF DEBT.
HE ALSO A DREAM TO RUN HIS OWN
FAMILY BUSINESS.
SO HE ASKED TO GIVE HIM THE
RIGHT IDEA.
THE RESULT NICK IS NOW MAKING A
LIVING DOING WHAT HE REALLY
ENJOYS.
NICK BOHL HURST LOVES GREAT
OUTDOORS.
I ENJOY COMING HOME AT THE
END OF THE DAY ESPECIALLY IN
THE WARMER MONTHS AND JUST
SPENDING SOME TIME OUT THERE.
SOME OF HIS FAVORITE
MEMORIES WERE SPENT ON THE ROAD
WITH HIS PARENTS CAMPING,
HIKING.
AS AN ADULT HE NO LONGER HAD
TIME FOR THOSE ADVENTURES.
INSTEAD HE WAS WORKING DAY
AND NIGHT TWO DEAD END JOBS.
I WAS WORKING IN A
MANUFACTURING FACILITY.
NIGHT SHIFT WAS ALWAYS HARDER
ON ME SO THAT'S SIX A NIGHT TO
SIX IN THE MORNING WHERE I WAS
WORKING AT THEIR OVERTIME AND
HAD BACK SO I TOOK UP A JOB
DRIVING A CAB AND.
I WOULD DRIVE ON MY DAYS OFF
AND I JUST FORCED MYSELF TO
WORK THROUGH IT AND DO WHAT HAD
TO GET DONE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
NICK AND HIS WIFE SUSAN A
STAY AT HOME MOM NEEDED THE
EXTRA INCOME TO SUPPORT THEIR
GROWING FAMILY.
WE WERE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
DEBT AND WE REALLY WANTED TO
GET OUT OF DEBT.
WE HAD USED CREDIT CARDS IN
A LOT OF WAYS.
THEY FOUND WAYS TO CUT COSTS.
THEY GOT RID OF THEIR CABLE
TRADED IN THEIR VAN AND SOLD
OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS.
NICK AND SUSAN HAD BEEN
TAUGHT THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
OF SEWING AND REAPING.
SO EVEN AS THEY WERE PAYING
DOWN THEIR DEBT THEY WERE
MAKING SURE TO TITHE.
WE DIDN'T STOP AND THINK
OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY
OUR TITHE CHECK THIS WEEK?
WE JUST DID IT.
I DID FEEL LIKE IT WAS A
STRETCH AT FIRST BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE 10% IN OUR
BUDGET BUT WE HAD OUR TITHE
FIRST.
WITHIN THREE YEARS THEY PAID
OFF ALL THEIR CREDIT CARD DEBT.
MEANWHILE NICK DREAMED ABOUT
MAKING A LIVING FROM WORK HE
REALLY ENJOYED.
THEY PRAYED AND ASKED GOD ABOUT
IDEA FOR A FAMILY OWNED
BUSINESS.
I STARTED READING A LOT OF
BOOKS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CHRISTIAN AUTHORS ABOUT HOW
WHEN GOD HAS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE
HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A SMALL
DREAM AND IT'S GOING TO START
OUT AS A SEED BUT YOU HAVE TO
NURTURE IT.
AFTER TAKING A CAMPING TRIP
OUT WEST, NICK GOT AN IDEA HELP
OTHER FAMILIES GET TO ENJOY OWN
ADVENTURES AND SO THEY BOUGHT
AND STARTED RUNNING OUT A 20
FOOT CAMPER.
IMMEDIATELY THEY MADE A PROFIT
AND STARTED TITHING OFF THEIR
EARNINGS.
I WAS WORKING OUT OF OUR
LITTLE SUNROOM AND TAKING CALLS
AND JUST MAKING IT WORK.
I WOULD SERVICE IT AND GET
IT READY TO G
I BUILT MY WEBSITE IN 2002.
SOON THEY BOUGHT A SECOND 28
FOOT CAMPER AND SHORTLY AFTER
THAT THEY BOUGHT A THIRD.
THE BUSINESS SCENIC VIEW RV WAS
.
WE DIDN'T REINVEST OUR
PROFIT BACK INTO THE BUSINESS
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY DOWN OF
COURSE THE LOANS WE TOOK, THE
UNITS PAY THEM OFF AND WE JUST
KEPT REINVESTING BACK IN INTO
OUR BUSINESS.
THEY ALSO INVESTED IN OTHERS
.
WE WERE CERTAINLY IT GAVE US
THE ABILITY TO NOT JUST
INCREASE OUR TITHES BUT EVEN SO
A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO SOME
DIFFERENT MINISTRIES THAT WE
WERE THAT WE WERE SEEING AND
FELT LIKE THERE WAS A NEED FOR
.
THE MORE WE LEARNED ABOUT
CBN THE MORE WE SAW THEY WERE
DOING GOD'S WORK.
THEY WERE HELPING THOSE WHO
NEEDED MEDICAL HELP AND
COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
WE'VE JUST ALWAYS LIKED AND HAD
A PASSION FOR THE OVERSEAS
MINISTRIES AND OPERATION
BLESSING AS THEY ARE WHETHER
IT'S NATURAL DISASTERS OR
PROGRAMS GOING ON DIFFERENT
OUTREACHES.
IT'S JUST ALWAYS HAD A PLACE IN
OUR HEART.
BY 25 NICK WAS ABLE TO
FINALLY QUIT HIS MANUFACTURING
JOB AND HIS FULL TIME TO SCENIC
VIEW RV.
EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN BUSINESS
REVENUE HAS INCREASED.
NOW THEY'RE MAKING TEN TIMES
THEIR FIRST YEAR'S REVENUE.
BEST OF ALL, THIS JOB LETS HIM
DO WHAT HE LOVES.
I KNEW THAT I HAD TO WORK
ETHIC I JUST NEEDED THE RIGHT
VEHICLE AND WITH GOD'S YOU KNOW
HANDLE ON OUR LIVES IT WAS HE
WAS ABLE TO POINT US AND GET US
INTO THE RIGHT VEHICLE.
NICK AND SUSAN ABLE TO GET
THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COLLEGE
DEBT FREE.
HIS GRANDPARENTS THEY'RE
CREATING THE SAME MEMORIES WITH
THEIR FAMILY.
THEY ONCE ENJOYED THEMSELVES.
MALACHI STATES THAT WHEN
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR
TIME HE'LL OPEN UP HIS
STOREHOUSE, POUR OUT A BLESSING
THAT YOU CAN'T CONTAIN.
AND SO IF WE DO WHAT HE
INSTRUCTS US TO DO HE'S NOT
GOING TO FAIL US.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEYS
DO WHAT HE INSTRUCTIONS TO DO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS GOD HAS
AND HE HAS IN ABUNDANCE IS HE
HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS.
HE KNOWS WHAT WILL FULFILL THE
DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
HE KNOWS PLAN AND THE PURPOSE
THAT HE HAS FOR YOU.
AND IT'S GREAT YOU SAY LORD,
OKAY, I'LL DO IT YOUR WAY.
I'LL LIVE LIFE WAY AND THEN YOU
START GETTING THE REVELATIONS
OF WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU THE GOOD
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YOUR MONEY ISN'T, YOURS.
ALL OF THESE THINGS BELONG TO
GOD.
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I AM HERE TO GLORIFY YOU GOD.
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QUESTIONS AND THIS FIRST ONE IS
INTERESTING.
IT COMES FROM LYNN WHO SAYS CAN
THE SABBATH ANY DAY OF THE
WEEK?
WELL END OF THE SABBATH THIS
SATURDAY IT'S THE SEVENTH DAY
OF THE WEEK AND THAT WAS WHAT
WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER CREATION
THAT GOD RESTED AND HE WANTED
AND WANTED US TO REST AND HAVE
A DAY OF REST.
WELL, CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE
SUNDAY BECAUSE THAT'S
RESURRECTION DAY AND THEY
CALLED IT THE LORD'S DAY AND
THEY CHOSE TO HAVE EUCHARIST
AND HAVE THEIR THEIR SERVICES
ON ON SUNDAY AND YOU FIND THAT
IN THE BIBLE AND THE BOOK OF
REVELATION WHERE JOHN SAYS IT
WAS THE LORD'S DAY IT WAS
SUNDAY AND I WAS IN THE SPIRIT
SO OBVIOUSLY HE WAS PRAYING HE
,WAS RESTING, HE WAS SEEKING
GOD ON THE LORD'S DAY AND
THAT'S WHY WE CELEBRATE SUNDAY
AND GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY AND NOT
ON THE SABBATH ON SATURDAY.
BUT LYNN, IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A DAY OF REST AND YOU CAN
HAVE EVERY DAY BE A HOLIDAY AND
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE DO THAT IF
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO DAYS A
WEEK SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO
HAVE A SABBATH REST THERE IS NO
PROHIBITION THAT AND AND YOU GO
FOR IT BUT TO SAY WELL I'M
GOING TO SAY MONDAY IS MY
SABBATH OR TUESDAY IS MY YOU
KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK ON
SUNDAY?
THERE IS SOME PEOPLE WHO DO
YOU KNOW THEY DO.
YES, THEY DO.
AND YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF THIS
AND YOU JUST UNDERSTAND MY
OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT IS SURVIVE
READING OF THE LAW IN THE
MESSIANIC AGE, WHAT IS IS
NOTHING.
PAUL SAYS NOW THERE IS NO MORE
LAW.
WE HAVE THE LAW OF LOVING GOD
WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, THE LAW
OF LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COUNCIL OF
JERUSALEM THEY KEPT SOME
SPECIFIC THINGS FROM THE TORAH
HAVING TO DO WITH IDOLS SEXUAL
IMMORALITY THINGS WITH BLOOD
WHERE YOU DON'T EAT BLOOD.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS FROM THE
TORAH THEY KEPT.
THE OVERARCHING PAULINE ADVICE
IS NOT A FAITH AS I SAID, IF
YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO DO
CERTAIN THINGS THEN BY ALL
MEANS DO IT.
BUT REALIZE IN THE EXERCISE OF
YOUR LIBERTY DON'T BECOME A
STUMBLING BLOCK.
DON'T BECOME OFFENSE TO
SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE IF YOU DO
THEN YOU'RE NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOURSELF.
SO THERE'S AND YOU'VE TO LOOK
AT THESE THINGS OVERARCHING FOR
CERTAIN THINGS YOU KNOW I DON'T
HAVE THE FAITH TO SAY MONDAY IS
GOING TO BE MY SABBATH BUT IF
YOU DO GO THIS IS SANDRA.
IT SAYS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
THOUSAND YEARS SATAN'S BOUND
REVELATION 20 IS THERE PEACE ON
EARTH?
CAN PEOPLE BE SAVED AND WILL
CHRISTIANS THERE?
THERE WILL BE PEACE ON EARTH
BECA BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF
PEACE WILL BE IN CHARGE HERE IT
IS FROM ISAIAH CHAPTER TWO AND
THIS IS THE MESSIANIC AGE.
THIS IS THE THOUSAND RIGHT NOW
IT SHOULD COME TO PASS IN THE
LATTER DAYS THAT THE MOUNTAIN
THE LORD'S HOUSE SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED ON TOP OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND SHALL BE EXALTED
ABOVE THE HILLS AND ALL NATIONS
SHALL FLOW TO IT.
MANY PEOPLE SHALL COME AND SAY
COME US GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN
OF THE LORD TO THE HOUSE OF THE
GOD JACOB HE WILL TEACH US HIS
WAYS AND WE SHALL WALK IN HIS
PATH FOR OUT OF ZION SHALL GO
THE LAW AND THE WORD OF THE
LORD FROM JERUSALEM HE SHALL
JUDGE BETWEEN THE NATIONS AND
REBUKE PEOPLE THEY SHALL BEAT
THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES
AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING
HOOKS.
NATIONS SHALL NOT LIFT UP
AGAINST NATION NEITHER SHALL
THEY LEARN WAR MORE SO IN THE
THOUSAND YEAR REIGN GOD WILL
ALL OF THE COVENANT ISRAEL
JESUS REIGN FROM JERUSALEM ALL
NATIONS WILL FLOW TO THAT FLOW
TO JERUSALEM YOU WILL HAVE
PEACE AND THE VERY VERSE FROM
THIS HAS BEEN PUT
THE UNITED NATIONS LET US LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT THAT DAY THAT
HE WELL THERE'LL BE CHRISTIANS
THERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING
TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND WE'RE
ALL GOING TO KNOW AND BE ABLE
TO HEAR AND SEE HIM AND HE WILL
BE THERE IN JERUSALEM.
WELL, HERE'S A WORD FROM
PHILIPPIANS.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
GOD BLESS YOU.