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The 700 Club - October 1, 2024

Revisit CBN’s first broadcast as we celebrate another ministry anniversary. Plus, a hospital in a war zone braces for the worst while offering hope without boundaries. CBN News reports from the Middle East on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


ON TODAY'S HUNDRED CLOCK.

HI AND WELCOME TO THE SEVEN

HUNDRED CLUB ISRAEL LAUNCHED

ITS GROUND INVASION INTO

SOUTHERN LEBANON LAST NIGHT

WITH RAIDS HEZBOLLAH

STRONGHOLDS.

IT'S THE LATEST STEP IN

MAKING FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

ISRAELI CITIZENS TO RETURN TO

THEIR HOMES IN THE NORTH.

CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS.

IDF TROOPS HEADED INTO

SOUTHERN LEBANON MONDAY

LAUNCHING LOCALIZED AND LIMITED

RAIDS AGAINST TERROR TARGETS

THAT POSE THE MOST IMMINENT

THREAT TO ISRAELI COMMUNITIES.

EXPLOSIONS LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY

AS THE IDF ATTACKED HEZBOLLAH

TURNED LEBANESE VILLAGES NEXT

ISRAELI VILLAGES INTO MILITARY

BASES.

ALREADY FOR AN ATTACK ON

ISRAEL, HEZBOLLAH HAD PREPARED

TO VILLAGES AS STAGING GROUNDS

FOR AN OCTOBER SEVEN STYLE

INVASION INTO ISRAELI HOMES.

THE IDF'S CHIEF SPOKESMAN

EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR THE

INVASION.

IF THE OF LEBANON AND THE WORLD

CAN PUSH HEZBOLLAH AWAY BORDER

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO IT

OURSELVES.

I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR A WITH

HEZBOLLAH NOT WITH THE PEOPLE

OF.

ISRAELI JETS ARE BOMBING

HEZBOLLAH TARGETS THROUGHOUT

INCLUDING BEIRUT WHERE THE

TERROR GROUP IS HEADQUARTERED.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TOLD

REPORTERS HE WANTS THE FIGHTING

TO STOP.

WE SHOULD HAVE A CEASE FIRE

NOW.

THANKS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT

IS PRESSING FOR A CEASE FIRE

BUT ACKNOWLEDGED HEZBOLLAH IS

TO BLAME FOR THIS WAR AND

ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO END IT

DECISIVELY.

IT WAS HEZBOLLAH AFTER

OCTOBER 7TH THAT STARTED

LAUNCHING ROCKET ATTACKS ACROSS

ACROSS THE BORDER THAT HAD NOT

STOPPED UNTIL THIS DAY.

AND ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO

DEFEND TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST

THOSE ATTACKS.

SO FAR IRAN IS NOT COMING TO

THE AID OF THEIR NUMBER

ONE PROXY IN THE REGION.

OBSERVERS LIKE FORMER TRUMP

OFFICIAL JARED KUSHNER BELIEVE

IT'S A SIGN THAT THE REGIME IN

TEHRAN IS MORE VULNERABLE WITH

HEZBOLLAH WEAKENED ON MONDAY

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU DELIVERED A MESSAGE

DIRECTLY TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.

WHEN IRAN IS FINALLY FREE

AND THAT MOMENT WILL COME A LOT

SOONER THAN PEOPLE THINK.

WILL BE DIFFERENT.

OUR TWO ANCIENT PEOPLES THE

JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE PERSIAN

PEOPLE WILL FINALLY BE AT

PEACE.

IRAN WILL THRIVE AS NEVER.

GLOBAL INVESTMENT MASSIVE

TOURISM, TECHNOLOGICAL

INNOVATION BASED ON THE

TREMENDOUS TALENTS TALENTS THAT

EXIST INSIDE IRAN.

DOESN'T THAT SOUND BETTER THAN

ENDLESS POVERTY, REPRESSION AND

WAR?

DON'T LET A SMALL GROUP OF

FANATIC THEOCRATS CRUSH YOU

HOPES IN YOUR DREAMS.

IRANIAN BORN RAMI PASSER

TOLD CBS NEWS.

MOST IRANIANS DETEST THE

ISLAMIC REGIME.

I CAN TELL YOU WITH

CERTAINTY THAT 95% OF THE

PEOPLE IN IRAN THEY DON'T WANT

THE ISLAMIC REGIME.

THE REGIME BASICALLY HAS NO

SUPPORT FROM WITHIN FROM THE

PEOPLE.

IF YOU REMEMBER ON APRIL WHEN

THE REGIME ATTACKED ISRAEL,

REGIME DID IS THEY PUT

ANTI-RIOT FORCES ON ON THE

STREETS BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE

AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE RISING UP

THAN EVEN ISRAEL ATTACKING

BACK.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO

SCARED.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

THANK YOU CHRIS.

AND OF COURSE THE MIDDLE EAST

CONFLICT WILL BE A TOPIC OF

TONIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL

DEBATE AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR

J.D. VANCE AND DEMOCRAT

GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA TIM WALZ

WILL TAKE THE STAGE IN NEW YORK

CITY.

SO CBN CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST

DAVID BRODY JOINS US NOW FOR

MORE ON TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND

THE STATE OF THE RACE.

DAVID, WELCOME.

WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE TONIGHT

DO YOU THINK THIS DEBATE, THE

CAPABILITY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE

AT ALL FOR ANYBODY?

IT'S GOING TO MOVE THE

NEEDLE.

BUT HERE'S THE THING WHAT'S

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO WATCH HERE

IS WHETHER OR NOT TIM WALZ, JD

VANCE SOME SORT OF MISTAKE TO

THE POINT WHERE THE CAMPAIGN BE

THE HARRIS WALZ CAMPAIGN OR THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAVE TO SPEND 24

TO 48 HOURS DIGGING OUT IF

YOU'RE SPENDING SPENDING 1 TO 2

DAYS DIGGING OUT FOR A VP MESS

UP IN A DEBATE SETTING TONIGHT

THEN THAT'S JUST ONE OR TWO

DAYS LESS THAT YOU'RE OFF

MESSAGE.

AND LOOK IN A TIGHT RACE

EVERYTHING COUNTS.

SO I THINK WHAT WE WATCH

TONIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY MAKE A BIG MISTAKE

THAT IN ESSENCE TAKES THE

CAMPAIGN OFF MESSAGE?

ANY INSIGHT ON WHAT THEIR

ADVISERS ABOUT AS FAR AS EITHER

OF THESE GUYS MAKING A MISTAKE

WHERE IN A SITUATION LIKE

TONIGHT AND THE INSIGHT ON THAT

?

WELL, LOOK, I MEAN J.D.

VANCE IS GOING TO GET HIT WITH

THE CATS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

AND THE TRIBALS CAT LADIES MY

GOODNESS, HOW MANY PET HOW MANY

PET REFERENCES DO I HAVE TO

MAKE IN ONE SHOT?

I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL

GOING TO BE ABOUT IN ESSENCE, I

THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG

EXCHANGE BETWEEN.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, TIM WALZ

HAS SO MANY VULNERABILITIES

FROM A FAR LEFT STANDPOINT THAT

J.D. VANCE IS GOING TO HAVE HIS

PICKING.

SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE FOR

J.D. VANCE TONIGHT IS NOT MAKE

THIS A REFERENDUM ON TIM WALZ

WHO CARES ABOUT TIM WALZ WHAT

WE WOULD REALLY WOULD CARE

ABOUT INDEED WOULD BE ABOUT A

KAMALA HARRIS PRESIDENCY.

SO WHAT HE HAS TO DO IS TIE ALL

OF TIM WALZ'S FAR LEFT

POSITIONS TO KAMALA HARRIS AND

BASICALLY TELL VOTERS, LOOK,

THIS IS THE PERSON THAT KAMALA

HARRIS PICKED AND HE'S FOR

THIS, FOR THIS, FOR THIS AND

YOU REALLY A COMMANDER IN CHIEF

THAT'S PICKING A GUY LIKE THIS

AS THE NUMBER.

I THINK THAT'S HIS

CHALLENGE.

SO VP'S IN DEBATES LIKE THIS

OFTEN PLAY DOG ROLE.

THEY'RE TOLD TO GO OUT AND

CREATE SOME FIREWORKS THAT THIS

EVENING.

OH YEAH.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'VE

ORDERED ORDERED EXTRA POPCORN

TONIGHT.

LOOK, THERE'S GOING TO BE NO

THE MIKES WILL BE THEY WILL NOT

BE MUTED.

THEY'LL BE ALL FOR EVERYBODY TO

SEE.

THEY'LL BE ON TOP OF EACH

OTHER.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD, WILD

WEST SITUATION.

I SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH IT IN A

SALOON FOR SURE.

IT'S GOING TO BE DEAL.

REMEMBER THE MODERATORS TONIGHT

AT CBS ARE NOT GOING TO FACT TO

FACT CHECK EITHER CANDIDATE.

SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE

THEREFORE THE CANDIDATES SHOULD

FACT EACH OTHER IN REAL TIME.

WHAT ABOUT THE RACE OVERALL?

MOST A TIGHT RACE NATIONALLY

AND EVEN IN SWING STATES WHERE

WHAT.

WHAT ABOUT 35 DAYS OUT?

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

WELL, IT'S TIGHT FOR SURE.

MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR

MINUS FOR SOME OF THESE SHIFT

FOR MAYBE EVEN EIGHT POINTS IF

IT'S ALL ON ONE SIDE.

SO WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT

ULTIMATELY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME SOME SIGNS

FOR HARRIS THAT ARE NOT GOOD.

SO JUST A QUICK NOTE TO GEEK

OUT I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE MUCH

TIME BUT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE

HAS THE HISPANIC WHEN JOE BIDEN

WON THE HISPANIC VOTE IN 2020

BY SIX POINTS OVER TRUMP,

KAMALA HARRIS IS ONLY WINNING

THE HISPANIC VOTE VOTE RIGHT

NOW BY 14 POINTS OVER DONALD

TRUMP.

THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE

CAMPAIGN.

SAME THING WITH THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.

SHE WON IT BY BIDEN WENT BY 75%

IN 2020.

NOW THEY'RE ONLY WINNING.

SHE'S ONLY WINNING IT BY 63% A

12% DECREASE OF THE SENIOR VOTE

AS WELL.

SO IF YOU LOOK INSIDE THE

NUMBERS THERE ARE SOME

TROUBLING SIGNS FOR HARRIS

WALLS EVEN THOUGH THE NATIONAL

PICTURE AND A STATE BY STATE

PICTURE LOOKS RELATIVELY.

LAST QUESTION UNLESS I

MISSED ONE TRUMP AND HARRIS HAD

ONE DEBATE SO DID THAT BENEFIT

ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER?

HARRIS BUT ULTIMATELY IN THIS

RACE WE WERE SO POLARIZED

IDEOLOGICALLY NOT MUCH IS

CHANGING.

BOTTOM LINERS WE'RE STILL IN A

TIGHT RACE IN THE BATTLEGROUND

STATES AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO

CHANGE ANY TIME SOON.

ALL RIGHT, DAVID, THANKS SO

MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.

TURNING NOW AFTERMATH OF

HURRICANE HELENE AT LEAST 130

LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ACROSS SIX

STATES.

THE IS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

WHERE HUNDREDS ARE STILL

MISSING.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS MORE

HURRICANE HELENE'S DEVASTATION

IN NORTH CAROLINA IS AS

CATASTROPHIC.

IT'S WAY WORSE THAN WE

EXPECTED.

WE WERE NOT PREPARING FOR AN

EVENT LIKE LIKE THIS.

DRONE VIDEO CAPTURES THE

EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION IN

ASHEVILLE.

MANY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE,

ISOLATING RESIDENTS,

COMPLICATING RESCUE EFFORTS.

WE'RE DEALING WITH A

SITUATION THAT IS UNLIKE

ANYBODY'S IN WESTERN NORTH

CAROLINA.

MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE

REPORTEDLY IN COUNTY, NORTH

CAROLINA WHERE SOUTH.

SOUTH CONNECTIONS ARE DOWN

AND TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.

THERE ARE 92 RESCUE TEAMS OUT

WORKING DOING SEARCH AND RESCUE

RIGHT NOW?

SCORES OF RESIDENTS LINED UP

OUTSIDE A LOCAL GROCERY STORE

IN ASHEVILLE TO STOCK UP ON

ITEMS.

WHILE IN THE DISTANCE SOUNDS OF

A CITY SLOWLY TO MAKE A

COMEBACK CAN BE HEARD AS THE

COMMUNITY GRAPPLES WITH THE

AFTERMATH.

RESIDENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER

SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

ARE HOSTING A POTLUCK

TONIGHT EVERYBODY OWN BOWL AND

SPOONS AND WE'RE SHARING FOOD.

FOR THE EAST IN RUTHERFORD

LAKE LURE THE ONCE SERENE

LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED

INTO A SCENE OF DESTRUCTION

DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.

HELENE HIT FLORIDA'S LAST

WEEK AS A CATEGORY FOUR

HURRICANE MOVING THROUGH

GEORGIA, THE CAROLINAS AND

TENNESSEE.

THE STORM MULTIPLE STATES

LEAVING COMMUNITIES REELING.

TO NOW ASK FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE AND PRAYER IF YOU WOULD

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED.

THANK YOU.

ON ON MONDAY, FORMER PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP AND EVANGELIST

FRANKLIN GRAHAM VISITED

AFFECTED AREAS AND VALDOSTA,

GEORGIA TO AND SUPPORT RECOVERY

EFFORTS.

THANK YOU YOU MR. PRESIDENT

FOR COMING AND HELPING TO TO

PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS CITY

THIS STATE AND THIS REGION THAT

HAS LOST SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO

VISIT NORTH CAROLINA AS SOON

PROMISING EMERGENCY DISASTER

FUNDS FOR AFFECTED REGIONS.

MEANWHILE NATIONAL GUARD

MEMBERS FROM AT LEAST EIGHT

STATES HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO

NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP IN THE

RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORT.

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CBN'S

OPERATION BLESSING ARE ON THE

GROUND MOBILIZING RESOURCES.

THE AID GROUP IS STAGING OUT OF

VALDOSTA.

OBAMA IS PARTNERING WITH

VALDOSTA AS ANCHOR FAITH TO

SEND VOLUNTEERS INTO AFFECTED

NEIGHBORHOODS TO TO HELP WITH

CLEANUP EFFORTS AND PREPARE HOT

MEALS FOR RESIDENTS IN FOREST

CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

OPERATION BLESSING TURNED

PARKING LOT INTO A DISTRIBUTION

SITE DELIVERING KITS, WATER

EMERGENCY MEAL KITS AND FOOD

BOXES THAT CAN FEED A FAMILY

FOR THREE DAYS.

OPERATION BLESSINGS BRITTEN

SETS THE SCENE FOR US.

THESE WILL GO TO FAMILIES

FAMILIES WITHOUT POWER FOR DAYS

AND WE GET TO SEE THEM

ALONGSIDE THEM AS THE BODY OF

CHRIST WE PROVIDE IS AT A AT A

LOCAL SCHOOL THAT HAS TURNED

INTO A SHELTER.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME

OPERATION INTERNATIONAL AND

U.S. DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS ARE

JOINING FORCES TO HELP FLOOD

VICTIMS.

WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AS A

UNIFIED TEAM BRINGING HELP HOPE

,HEALING TO THE VERY

COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EMPOWERED

US IN TO MAKE A GLOBAL IMPACT.

GEORGE THOMAS CBN NEWS.

THAT JUST SHOWS THE SCOPE OF

THE STORM AND THE DAMAGE AND

OPERATION BLESSINGS COMMITMENT

TO HELP IN THE NAME OF JESUS

THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT

ARE BLESSING INTERNATIONAL

STAFF MANY OF THEM COMING IN TO

HELP WITH RELIEF EFFORT AND

THOSE MAILBOXES HELPING

FAMILIES HAVE MEALS DAYS IS SO

HUGE BECAUSE LITERALLY EACH AND

EVERY WHERE TO LAY YOUR HEAD AT

NIGHT HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY BATHE

TEETH?

WHERE DO YOU STAY?

EVERY SINGLE THING IN IN LIFE

IS NOW JUST CHAOS FOR PEOPLE

AND THEY'RE SO TRAUMATIZED YOU

CAN HELP THEM.

WE CAN HELP THEM.

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT.

SEE OPERATION BLESSING IN

ACTION.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP, GIVE US

A CALL 1-800-700-7000 OR YOU

CAN GO TO OPERATION BLESSING'S

WEBSITE.

OBI DAWGS OBI.

DISASTER.

WE'RE ON THE GROUND.

WE'RE HELPING IN THE NAME OF

JESUS AND WE THANK YOU FOR

MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE NEED HOPE THE FOLKS

HELPING FAMILIES, FIRST

RESPONDERS, VOLUNTEERS, MEALS.

STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN

NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS OUR

PLATFORMS NOW THAT ISRAEL HAS

INVADED SOUTHERN LEBANON, THE

CONFLICT WITH HEZBOLLAH WILL

ONLY INTENSIFY.

THE TERROR GROUP HAS THE

CAPABILITY OF FIRING MISSILES

AT CIVILIAN TARGETS DEEP INTO

ISRAEL AS HOSPITALS BECOME MORE

CRUCIAL.

THEY'RE ALSO LIKELY TARGETS.

CBS JULIE GOES UNDERGROUND FOR

A LOOK AT A UNIQUE SOLUTION TO

KEEP THEM SAFE.

SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN A

KEY PART OF THE WAR EFFORT

SINCE THE HAMAS INVASION AND

WE'VE TREATED WELL OVER 1600

SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS MOSTLY

SOLDIERS.

AND I CAN SAY THAT THE

CHALLENGE IS THERE ON A DAY TO

DAY BASIS STILL BECAUSE THERE

ARE STILL UNFORTUNATELY A WAR

GOING ON IN GAZA.

GLOBAL MEDIA DIRECTOR STEVE

WALD SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE

CASUALTIES OF WAR HOSPITAL HAVE

BEEN UNUSUALLY BUSY THIS

SUMMER.

TREATING SICK SO THE HOSPITAL'S

BEEN CHALLENGED.

THE STAFF CHALLENGED.

PEOPLE TRY AND ESCAPE FOR A FEW

DAYS AS STAFF TRIES TO ESCAPE

FOR A FEW DAYS JUST TO REBOOT

AND COME OURSELVES BECAUSE NOT

ONLY IS THE WAR NOT OVER, WE

DON'T KNOW KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO

BE GOING FORWARD.

HERE AT THE SHEBA MEDICAL

CENTER SIX FLOORS UNDERGROUND

THEY HAVE A COMPLETE READY JUST

IN CASE THERE'S A MASSIVE

MISSILE.

THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WAS

ORIGINALLY BUILT AND CREATED

THE CORONA ERA.

OF COURSE WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW

HOW MANY SICK SICK PATIENTS WE

WOULD GET BUT WE KEPT IT

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN

AN AREA WHERE MISSILES ARE

FALLING ALL THE TIME.

SO WE KNEW THAT ONE DAY THIS

WOULD COME TO INTO USE.

THIS IMPORTANT GIVEN THE

THREATS FROM MULTIPLE FRONTS

INCLUDING IRAN AGAINST HEAVILY

POPULATED AREAS LIKE TEL AVIV.

EACH AREA HERE IS DESIGNATED

FOR A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE

HOSPITAL AND WE WOULD BE ABLE

TO MOVE THEM DOWN HERE QUICKLY

AND THEY CAN STAY DOWN HERE FOR

AS LONG AS THEY NEED IT AND THE

DOCTORS WOULD BE HERE TO TEND

TO PATIENTS.

THE ELECTRICITY SUCH THAT WE

CAN HOOK UP DIALYSIS PATIENTS

AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS BEDS READY

AND CAPABLE OF BEING USED FOR

PATIENTS EMERGENCY.

ABOVE GROUND THE HOSPITAL

COVERS 200 ACRES WITH 2000 BEDS

VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CAN HOUSE

HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL PATIENTS.

AND IF THAT'S ENOUGH WE HAVE

SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC.

THIS HOSPITAL HAS

ALTERNATIVES.

IT CAN MOVE MORE PEOPLE UNDER

HOSPITAL AND IN UNDER AN

EXTREME EMERGENCY AND WE DRILL

ONCE A YEAR OR ONCE EVERY OTHER

YEAR.

WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD A FIELD

HOSPITAL NOWADAYS IF GOD FORBID

ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HERE WAS

DAMAGED COULD NOT RETURN TO THE

MAIN HOSPITAL OR ONE OF THE

OTHER HOSPITAL.

WE HAVE FIVE HOSPITALS ON

CAMPUS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE

CAPABILITY OF BUILDING A FIELD

HOSPITAL IN ONE OF THE MAJOR

PARKING LOTS AND OPERATE THAT

IN IN ADDITION TO THE OPERATION

HERE.

RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER IN

HAIFA AND OTHERS IN ISRAEL ALSO

HAVE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.

GIVEN THIS LITERAL

GROUNDBREAKING IDEA, OTHER

COUNTRIES COME TO ISRAEL FOR

HELP.

ISRAEL IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE GET

MISSILES THE TIME.

ACTUALLY SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER

HAS BEEN ASKED BY OTHER

HOSPITALS AROUND THE WORLD

ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE LET'S

SAY IN GERMANY THAT ARE

UNFORTUNATELY CLOSE TO THE AREA

WHERE THE UKRAINE WAR IS GOING

ON WITH RUSSIA.

ONE AREA HOUSING A LARGE

NUMBER OF RUSSIAN BALLISTIC

MISSILES IS JUST 10 MINUTES

FLYING TIME FROM DOWNTOWN

BERLIN.

NONE OF.

NONE OF THEM ARE PREPARED FOR

AN EMERGENCY.

HOW TO MOVE PATIENTS, HOW TO

BUILD AREAS THAT ARE MORE

SECURE.

SO THEY'VE COME HERE AND WE'VE

GONE TO THEM TO OFFER ADVICE AS

TO HOW TO QUICKLY PREPARE IN

THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IF

MISSILES START FALLING ON THEM.

THE U.S. IS ALSO AWARE OF

SHEBA'S UNIQUE APPROACH.

WE'RE PREPARED FOR ANY

EVENTUALITY AND I CAN SAY THAT

THE U.S. MILITARY HAS COME THIS

EXACT LOCATION TO SEE HOW WE

WOULD HANDLE THIS THIS BECAUSE

WE DO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL

RELATIONSHIP ISRAEL'S A SPECIAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH CENTCOM AND

THE FIFTH FLEET.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A

HOSPITAL THAT'S PREPARED 365

DAYS A YEAR 24 SEVEN.

WALTER CBS NEWS JEWS AND

ARABS HERE WORK TOGETHER

NONSTOP COMMON CAUSE OF SAVING

LIVES.

HE SEES THEIR RESILIENCE

EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL'S ABILITY TO

KEEP GOING IN THE IN THE FACE

OF ALL ITS THREATS.

AND SHEBA'S MESSAGE TO THE

WORLD.

OUR SLOGAN IS IS THAT WE

OFFER HOPE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

AND THAT IS WHAT WE LIVE ON

HERE.

THAT IS THE DNA OF OUR IS THAT

WE OFFER HOPE WITHOUT

BOUNDARIES AND WE DO THAT

HUNDRED AND 65 DAYS A YEAR.

JULIE STAHL CBN NEWS SHEBA

MEDICAL CENTER RAMAT GAN ISRAEL

.

JULIE THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR

OF THAT MEDICAL CENTER.

INCREDIBLE SIX FLOORS

UNDERGROUND INSTEAD OF TERROR

TUNNELS THERE FROM A FACILITY

THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE COVID

CRISIS.

IT'S, IT'S NO WONDER OTHER

COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S.

MILITARY ARE SEEKING WISDOM AND

STRATEGY FROM ISRAEL.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE

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IT IS AN ENLIGHTENING AND

NOW THAT'S 855885 FOUR.

OCTOBER 1ST, 1961 AT 3:00 ON

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON PAT, PAT

ROBERTSON MADE HIS FIRST

APPEARANCE ON TELEVISION AND.

THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING

NETWORK WAS OFFICIALLY ON THE

AIR FROM THAT WEEK SIGNAL THE

GOSPEL HAS GONE TO THE PARTS OF

THE EARTH CBS, THE CHRISTIAN

BROADCASTING NETWORK DOESN'T

SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DOING.

I I'M 51.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, PAT.

WE NEED TO PAY EVERYBODY.

WELL.

WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF

YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU IT'S LIKE MILLION WHEN YOU

TURN ON THE 700 CLUB YOU'RE

WATCHING A PROGRAM THAT HAS

BEEN HAS BEEN ON THE AIR

CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1966.

ONE IS ONE OF THE LONGEST

RUNNING DAILY PROGRAMS IN

TELEVISION HISTORY PROBABLY

SEEN MORE PEOPLE COME TO THE

LORD THROUGH CBN THAN ANY OTHER

ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.

BUT IT WASN'T ME.

IT WAS GOD.

IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE LEAP OF

FAITH FOR A MAN WHO DIDN'T TV

SET TO JUMP INTO

TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY BUT

A LOT OF FAITH I SUPPOSE.

SO I GOT AN APPOINTMENT WITH

DAVID SARNOFF WHO WAS THEN

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF RCA

AND TOLD HIM THAT WE NEEDED

SOME AND THAT WE WANTED TO BUY

SOME EQUIPMENT FROM HIM.

WELL, HE AND HE SAID YOU DON'T

SOUND LIKE MUCH OF A BUYER TO

ME.

UNDAUNTED BY HIS SKEPTICISM

,PAT BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT HE

NEEDED FROM RCA TO GET THE

TRANSMITTER CAMERA WORKING.

HE SWITCHED ON THE TRANSMITTER,

FRAMED UP THE CAMERA AND WENT

ON THE AIR WITH HIS BIBLE IN

HAND.

THE INAUGURAL BROADCAST THE

CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK

MADE IT TO THE END OF THE BLOCK

AND FROM IT NEVER STOPPED.

OVER THE DECADES HAVE RESPONDED

TO CHRIST AS PAT SPOKE DIRECTLY

.

LORD JESUS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

PRAY WITH ME LORD JESUS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH

TODAY CBN BROADCASTS IN 45

LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS IS SEEN

IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES AND

TERRITORIES AROUND THE WORLD.

AREAS ONCE COMPLETELY CLOSED

TO THE GOSPEL ARE NOW NEW

FRONTIERS.

WHAT BEGAN IN TIDEWATER

VIRGINIA IS SPANNING THE GLOBE

.

ALL THE BEST HUMAN STRATEGIES

IN THE WORLD COULDN'T

ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT?

CBM WAS THE FIRST EVER TO

START A CHRISTIAN TELEVISION

SHOW IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE THAT

HAS PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS FOR

THE CULTURE.

YOU SHOW PEOPLE WHAT JESUS IS

DOING TODAY FOR PEOPLE PEOPLE

THAT LOOK LIKE THEM TALK LIKE

THEM.

IT'S NOT SOME FAR OFF STORY

THAT HAPPENED 2000 YEARS AGO.

I WANTED TO BE OF GOD'S PLAN

AND I THINK THAT THAT HIS PLAN

IS FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATION AND

TO BRING MILLIONS TO THE

KINGDOM AND HE'S LET ME BE PART

OF IT.

24, CBN HAS 15 MEDIA CENTERS

AROUND THE GLUE THAT NOT ONLY

PRODUCE CONTENT IN THEIR NATIVE

LANGUAGES BUT ALSO EMPLOY THEIR

OWN INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES.

BACK IN 1996 I CAN SAFELY

SAY 90% OF OUR AUDIENCE WAS IN

THE UNITED STATES.

NOW 90% OF OUR AUDIENCE IS

INTERNATIONAL AND 10% OF OUR

AUDIENCE IS IN THE UNITED

STATES AND WE'RE SEEING WE'RE

SEEING AUDIENCE LEVELS WE

COULDN'T HAVE DREAMED OF WHERE

.

350 MILLION PEOPLE ARE WATCHING

CBN PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD

WHILE CBN IS REACHING MILLIONS

THROUGH BROADCAST IS ALSO

FOCUSED ON AN EVEN LARGER

AUDIENCE PLATFORM THE INTERNET.

WE'RE AT A POINT IN TIME I

THINK IN MEDIA WE HAVE TO LOOK

AT INTERNET BROADCASTING AS

BEING THE DOMINANT OF THE

FUTURE.

WE'RE JUST DIPPING OUR TOES IN

IT NOW BUT ALREADY WE'RE SEEING

THE FRUIT FROM IT WHERE YOU

TOTAL UP ALL OF THE SALVATION

THAT WE GET FROM THE U.S.

VERSION OF OF THE 700 CLUB AND

THEY'RE ALREADY BEING EXCEEDED

BY BY OUR INTERNET TOTALS.

CBN REACHES PEOPLE THROUGH

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE

YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM

AND X FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER

ALONG WITH USING APPS, NEWS,

SUPERBOOK AND CBN FAMILY.

WHEN STARTED WE WERE IN TV

AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WERE SO

MANY MIRACLES STORIES HAPPEN

BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAPPENED TO

TURN ON THE TV.

THEY

FOR THEM.

THEY HAPPENED TO GET HEALED.

SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT

EVEN AS FEWER PEOPLE TURN ON

TVS, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAPPEN

TO FIND US WHERE THEY ARE ON

YOUTUBE OR WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE

BY.

ALL MY DISEASES ARE CARRIED

AWAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN AMEN.

NOW FAITH IS AN ACT.

DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE?

IT WAS OCTOBER 1ST, ONE WHEN

CBN FIRST BEGAN WITH A MISSION

TO REACH EVERY WITH THE GOSPEL.

NOW 63 YEARS LATER CBN

CONTINUES WITH THAT SAME

MISSION.

USING NEW TECHNOLOGY,

INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND MOST

IMPORTANTLY GUIDANCE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT.

THROUGH IT ALL THE STORY STORY

OF CBN CARRIES A MESSAGE FOR

ALL CHRISTIANS.

EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM GOD

AND HE WILL GIVE YOU BIG

THINGS.

IT'S HARDER FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU

A DOLLAR THAN IT YOU $10

MILLION NO HARDER TO GIVE YOU

ALLOWS ALLOWS THOUSAND SOULS OR

10 MILLION SOULS.

IT'S JUST GOD.

SO WHY NOT ASK LARGELY WELL

I'LL SAY THE SAME THING THAT

DAD SAID TO ME.

IF GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU ASKED

YOU TO DO SOMETHING THEN WHY

HAVEN'T YOU YOU?

TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.

TAKE HIM AT IT.

WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU TO DO,

AMEN TO IT AND DO IT WITH ALL

OF YOUR YOUR HEART ALL OF YOUR

STRENGTH.

HE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.

IT'S THAT KIND OF FAITH US

TO SIT HERE TODAY CELEBRATING

THREE YEARS OF GOD'S GOODNESS.

63 YEARS OF TELLING THE WORLD

ABOUT WHO HE IS AND INVITING

PEOPLE TO KNOW KNOW HIM

PERSONALLY.

REMARKABLE AND A THANK YOU

TO THOSE THOSE OF YOU OVER THE

DECADES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS

MINISTRY BECAUSE YOU WANT

PEOPLE TO KNOW THE HOPE FOUND

IN JESUS.

YOU WANT PEOPLE TO ASSISTED AND

HELPED AFTER DISASTERS.

I MEAN AND IT WAS SAID IN THAT

PIECE PERCENT OF WHAT CBN IS

DOING IS INTERNATIONAL.

IT'S OVERSEAS.

AND WHEN PAT HAD THAT WORD

FROM GOD, I WANT YOU TO START

THIS.

YES.

WOULD PAT HAVE EVER BELIEVED IT

WOULD GROW TO THIS LEVEL AND

THING I REALLY RESPECT ABOUT

PAT WITH ALL THIS IS HE SAID

IT'S FOR YOU TO TO LIKE GOD'S

GIVING YOU A VISION FOR

SOMETHING SAY YES.

SAY YES WHY WHY WOULD YOU NOT?

AND I LOVE THE KIND OF FAITH

THAT SAYS IT'S EASY FOR GOD TO

YOU 10 MILLION AS $10 AND WE'VE

ALL SEEN THAT HAVEN'T GOD HAS

ALLOWED TO GROW HERE AND TO DO

HERE.

SO THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR

CATCHING THE VISION AND BEING A

PART OF WHAT HE'S DOING AROUND

THE WORLD.

.

I'M PRETTY REMARKABLE AND

PAT AND DIDI AND THE KIDS

CERTAINLY SACRIFICED A LOT

ESPECIALLY IN THOSE EARLY YEARS

GETTING THINGS OFF THE GROUND

AND WE'RE THE BENEFICIARIES OF

THAT NOW AND PRAYER HAS MADE

SUCH A DIFFERENCE.

SO WE THANK YOU ALL AND HAPPY

888 FIVE 1717 THAT'S 885 1717.

CALL CALL NOW.

WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB

FOR THE CBN NEWSBREAK.

14 PORTS FROM MAINE TO TEXAS

ARE SHUT DOWN TODAY.

MORE THAN 45,000 DOCKWORKERS

WENT ON STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT.

AN EXTENDED STOPPAGE COULD LEAD

TO SUPPLY CHAIN BACK UPS AND

HIGHER AND POTENTIALLY COST THE

ECONOMY 3 TO $5 BILLION A DAY.

THE INTERNATIONAL

LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION SAW

A 77% PAY INCREASE OVER SIX

YEARS AND PROTECTION FROM

AUTOMATION.

THE US MARITIME ALLIANCE

REPRESENTING SHIPPERS AND SAID

THEY OFFERED 50% AND PUT LIMITS

ON.

WELL FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY

CARTER CELEBRATES HIS 100TH

BIRTHDAY TODAY.

THE NINTH PRESIDENT SERVED IN

THE OVAL OFFICE FROM 1977 TO

1981.

AFTERWARD HE CONTINUED TO SERVE

THE NATION A HUMANITARIAN

SUPPORTING AND BUILDING HOMES

ALONGSIDE HABITAT FOR FOR

DECADES.

THIS WEEK MORE THAN THOUSAND

PEOPLE VOLUNTEER WITH HABITAT

IN SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA IN HIS

HONOR.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS

BATTLED CANCER AND HAS BEEN IN

HOSPICE CARE AT FOR 20 MONTHS.

HIS WIFE OF 77 YEARS, ROSALYNN

CARTER IN 2023.

MR. CARTER SAYS HE HAS ONE LAST

GOAL IN LIFE TO CAST HIS VOTE

IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

WELL YOU ALWAYS GET THE LATEST

COM ANDREW AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH MORE OF THE 700 CLUB

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

SEVEN 865 ZERO 1947 THAT'S 65

ZERO 1947.

IN INDIA, A YOUNG BOY NAMED

ABHIJEET HAD A LARGE GROWTH ON

HIS FOREHEAD.

HE DESPERATELY NEEDED A SURGERY

THAT HIS MOM COULD NEVER AFFORD

LIVING IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN

CENTRAL INDIA.

OBJECTS COULDN'T DO ANYTHING

TO REMOVE THE CYST ON THEIR

FIVE YEAR OLD SON'S FOREHEAD.

IT HAD COMPLETELY HIS LEFT EYE.

HE OFTEN FELL WHILE BECAUSE

HE COULDN'T SEE OUT OF BOTH

EYES.

.

ONE DAY ABHIJEET WAS RUNNING

HOME TO GET SOME FOOD AND FELL.

.

HE CUT HIS LIPS AND BLED A LOT.

MY HUSBAND AND I STRUGGLED

BECAUSE ONE OF US WOULD HAVE TO

TAKE CARE OF HIM WHILE THE

OTHER WORKED.

I LOVE MY SON.

HE'S MY SHINING STAR.

WITHOUT HIM I WOULDN'T BE

ALIVE.

ABHIJEET COULD BARELY STAND

LOOKING AT HIMSELF AND HE KNEW

OTHERS DIDN'T TO LOOK AT HIM

EITHER.

HE USED TO THROW STONES THEN

OPEN WELL RUN.

HE SAW HIS REFLECTION AT

SCHOOL HE WAS TEASED AND MOCKED

SO HE STOPPED.

WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE SURGERY

HE NEEDED AND WITHOUT IT HIS

SKIN WOULD CONTINUE TO DRAW,

MAKING HIM GO BLIND IN HIS LEFT

EYE.

MEDICAL OUTREACH SPONSORED

BY A PARTNER OF OPERATION THEN

CAME TO THEIR VILLAGE AND

THANKS TO YOU YOU.

HE RECEIVED THE SURGERY TO

REMOVE THE CYST AT A HOSPITAL.

FREE OF CHARGE.

NOW HE CAN SEE WITH WITH BOTH

THAT IS.

THE WHOLE VILLAGE CAME TO SEE

HIM.

HE WAS WAS SO HAPPY AND

ENCOURAGED US TO SEND HIM BACK

TO SCHOOL.

HE CAN READ, WRITE AND EVEN SEE

THE BLACKBOARD.

ABHIJEET HAS GAINED A NEW

SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE AND

SELF-CONFIDENCE.

AFTER THE SURGERY NO LONGER

SCARED FOR HIS FUTURE.

HE FEEDS HIMSELF, HAS IMPROVED

AND HE PLAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS.

HE EVEN US IN THE FIELDS.

I AM GRATEFUL TO WHO

CONTRIBUTED TO MY SON'S LIFE

CHANGING SURGERY AND GAV

NEW BEGINNING.

LIFE CHANGING IS AN FOR WHAT

YOU MADE POSSIBLE FOR THAT

LITTLE BOY.

NOT THERE SHAME AND ISOLATION

ATTACHED TO HIS CONDITION BUT

HE COULDN'T SEE I MEAN IN A

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME YOU CAN

WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO

SCHOOL NOW THAT WOULD MEAN

EDUCATION.

BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY

OF YOUR COMPASSION, THIS LITTLE

BOY HAS A WHOLE NEW OPEN TO

HIM.

THANK YOU.

700 CLUB MEMBERS SO AWESOME.

I WANT TO SAY TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO HAVE ENJOYED $0.65 A DAY,

$20 A MONTH, THEN YOU CAN YOU

CAN MAKE THIS KIND OF A

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF

PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING ALL KINDS

OF DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHEN WE JOIN REALLY WE BECOME A

FORCE A FORCE FOR A FORCE FOR

BREAKTHROUGH, A FORCE FOR

OPPORTUNITY, A WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB.

IT'S SIMPLE YOU YOU CAN CALL

OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER.

THERE'S A FRIEND ON THE OTHER

END OF THE LINE ONE 707,001 TO

SHOW YOU THERE ARE DIFFERENT

LEVELS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO JOIN

THE TOP LEVEL I MENTIONED CLUB

GOLD IS THE NEXT LEVEL UP

THAT'S A GIFT OF $40 A MONTH OR

YOU COULD JOIN THE THOUSAND

CLUB AT $84 A MONTH AND THEN

YOU SEE THERE ARE 2500 CLUB

MEMBERS THEY JOIN 20 DOLLARS A

YEAR WORKS OUT TO $209 A MONTH

AND THEN OUR FOUNDERS US $5,000

A YEAR HUNDRED AND $17 A MONTH.

LISTEN, CALM DOWN.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN

NEED AND GOD WANTS TO TO USE

YOU AND ME TOGETHER TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

YOU CAN THAT TOLL FREE NUMBER I

GAVE YOU IF YOU PREFER TO LOG

ON TO CBSNEWS.COM YOU CAN GIVE

THAT WAY OR YOU CAN TEXT TO

GIVES TEXT CBN TO 71777 WHEN

YOU WANT TO SAY WE HAVE A

WONDERFUL TEACHING FOR YOU

ACTUALLY TWO TEACHINGS FROM

CHARLENE AND GORDON ON PRAYER

HOW DO WE IMPROVE OUR PRAYER

LIFE?

HOW DO WE LEARN TO PRAY

EFFECTIVELY?

IT COMES ALONG WITH THIS

WONDERFUL 40 DAY IT'S A GUIDE

PRAY WITH POWER WE'LL GET THIS

ALL OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY AWAY

AS SOON AS YOU CALL AND MAKE A

STRONGER.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS WAR.

IT IS NOT IN THE QUESTION

TOMORROW.

HE WANTS SAVED SHOTS AND

GOAL NOW.

HE'S SAVING LIVES IN THE

PULPIT.

JESSE BRADLEY IS A FORMER

SOCCER PLAYER TURNED PASTOR.

HE'S THE CHAPLAIN OF THE

SOUNDERS AND HE TOLD TOM BORING

HOW THE BEAUTIFUL CAN BE USED

TO STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH.

PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING AND

STARVING FOR HOPE RIGHT NOW?

WE NEED TO REJECT THE NARRATIVE

OF HOPELESSNESS.

GOD'S HOPE INDESTRUCTIBLE.

LET'S RECEIVE GOD'S HOPE AND

LET'S GIVE HOPE.

JESSE BRADLEY DEFENDS HOPE

WITH THE SAME SAME DETERMINED

DESIRE AS HE ONCE DID WITH HIS

SOCCER GOAL AT HIS BACK THE

FORMER PROFESSIONAL GOALKEEPER

NOW PASTORS CHAPLAINS TO THE

SOUNDERS.

IT APPEARS ON NATIONAL MEDIA AS

AN INVITED VOICING A PASTORAL

PERSPECTIVE FROM A CITY THAT

PICKS ITS PREFERENCES.

HERE YOU ARE IN SEATTLE

DUBBED THE LEAST RELIGIOUS CITY

THE US.

WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS

THAT?

YOU CAN'T DENY THAT REALITY.

WE CAN'T STAY WALLS OF THE

CHURCH.

WE'VE TAKEN DRIVE THRU PRAYER

TO THE BUSIEST PULL INTO THE

PARKING LOT.

THEY POUR OUT THEIR HEARTS.

THERE'S TIER PRESENCE AND THEY

MIGHT SAY THEY'RE NOT RELIGIOUS

BUT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THEY'RE NOT OPEN.

SOME PEOPLE EXPERIENCED

HYPOCRISY.

WHAT THEY NEED TO SEPARATE IS A

NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE FROM THE

GOODNESS GOODNESS OF GOD.

YOU WERE A PROFESSIONAL

GOALIE AND THEN TRAGEDY HIT.

WHAT HAPPENED, JESSE?

I PLAYED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

WE WON TWO IVY LEAGUE TITLES TO

THE NCAA.

FROM THERE I PLAYED IN SCOTLAND

AND THEN IN AFRICA THE

HIGHLANDERS FOOTBALL CLUB.

THERE WAS A PRESCRIBED

MEDICATION TO PREVENT BUT THE

TOXIC LEVELS IN MY SYSTEM

TRAGICALLY END OF MY.

I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE FOR

ONE YEAR AND IT TOOK TEN YEARS

TO FULLY RECOVER AND IT WAS

BRUTAL.

TOM I FELT LIKE I LOST MY

IDENTITY BUT GOD MET AT THAT

LOW PLACE TO REBUILD AND

RESTORE ME AND EVEN REDIRECT TO

BE A PASTOR NOW.

FOOTING IS IMPORTANT IN ANY

PARAMOUNT IN SOCCER.

WHAT DOES THE GAME THE PLAYER

TO UNCOMMONLY SEE FROM THE UP?

YOUR FOOTWORK IS YOUR

FOUNDATION BECAUSE BECAUSE

SOCCER IS ABOUT MOVING THE BALL

FORWARD TOGETHER MAKING THE

RUNS OFF THE BALL AND WHEN YOU

UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER

COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

THAT'S THE CULTURE THAT YOU

WANT TO BUILD ON EVERY TEAM'S

HOW CAN WE OUT THE BEST IN EACH

OTHER?

LEARNING PATIENCE AND

PERSEVERANCE ON THE FIELD

CARRIES OVER INTO EVERY OTHER

PART OF YOUR LIFE.

WHAT'S THE PRIMARY SKILL SET TO

SOCCER GOALIE?

I THINK BACK TO A COACH

COACH I HAD WHO WAS FROM GHANA

THE 18 YARD BOX THAT'S WHERE A

GOALKEEPER CAN USE YOUR HANDS.

HE SAID YOU ARE THE LION AND

THEY ARE COMING IN TO TRY TO

STEAL YOUR CUBS.

SO THIS IS YOUR TERRITORY AND

YOU NEED TO LEAD IT.

MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IS GOING

TO ENTER INTO THE NET.

THAT'S THE MENTALITY YOU HAVE

IF THEY DON'T SCORE WE'RE NOT

GOING TO LOSE.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AWARENESS.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ANTICIPATION

.

GOALKEEPERS HAVE A UNIQUE

PERSPECTIVE.

YOU SEE THE ENTIRE FIELD AND

YOU HAVE TO THINK WE IT'S THE

OTHER TEAM MATES TO BE IN IN

THE RIGHT PLACES AND IF YOU ARE

ABLE TO SEE NOT JUST HAPPENING

BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW

YOU CAN EXTINGUISH BEFORE THEY

CAN BUILD MOMENTUM.

HOW HAVE THOSE POSITIONAL

INSTINCTS EQUIPPED YOU IN

HAVING THE BACK OF A

CONGREGATION AND NOT NEEDING TO

BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF IT?

QUESTION TOM.

WHEN YOU'RE UP FRONT AND AND

WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE WHERE NO

ONE'S WATCHING, ARE YOU THE

SAME PERSON?

ARE YOU ABIDING WITH JESUS?

YOU CAN'T HAVE COMPLACENCY AS A

GOALKEEPER.

IF YOU MENTALLY START TO DRIFT

WHEN THE ACTION IS FURTHER YOU

WON'T BE READY WHEN THE BALL

COMES.

IT'S ABOUT BEING PLACE AND

BEING READY ABIDING WITH JESUS

BEING LED SPIRIT.

WHERE IS GOD MOVING TO BE

AVAILABLE AND LISTENING?

THE SAVE HAPPENS AND THERE'S SO

MUCH IN OUR LIVES GOD IS GOD IS

PREPARING US FOR.

BEFORE THE BREAKTHROUGH AND THE

BIG MOMENT IT'S INCREMENTAL NOT

JUST MONUMENTAL FITTING THAT

CHAPLAIN FOR THE MLS SEATTLE

SOUNDERS.

WHAT IS IT IS IT ABOUT THIS

SOCCER LIFE THAT'S UNIQUE

COMPARED TO ATHLETES IN OTHER

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS?

SOCCER IS THE MOST POPULAR

AROUND THE WORLD IS THE

BEAUTIFUL GAME.

MORE RUNNING, MORE FOOTWORK AND

THERE'S LESS SCORING.

SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO

APPRECIATE THE NUANCES.

THE CHAPLAIN'S ROLE IS TO

SERVE.

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

HOW I PRAY FOR YOU AND HOW CAN

I HELP YOU IN A SITUATION OR IN

YOUR WALK WITH GOD?

BEING CONSISTENT KEEPING YOUR

WORD.

WHEN PEOPLE THEY OPEN UP AND

THAT'S WHERE LIFE IS RICH.

IT'S A.

IT'S A LOT OF TEAMS CARE ABOUT

THE SOULS, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF

THE PLAYERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW

THAT THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL AND

IT SHOULD BE MUCH BIGGER THAN

JUST THEIR PERFORMANCE.

WITH EVERY HIGH PERFORMANCE

PROFESSION ESPECIALLY SPORTS

IDENTITY AND IT CAN BE ABOUT

UNCERTAINTY.

IDENTITY LEADS TO SECURITY AND

SECURITY LEADS TO AUTHENTIC AND

SOCCER PLAYERS.

ATHLETES FEEL LIKE YOU

ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IMPRESSIVE.

WHEN YOU'RE SECURE YOU CAN REST

IN IN THE LORD'S LOVE AND YOU

UNDERSTAND THAT WHO YOU ARE IS

NOT WHAT YOU DO.

THE CROWD'S GOING TO BE FICKLE.

YOU MIGHT GET TRADED, YOU MIGHT

GET CUT.

SO IN A WORLD THAT'S CONSTANTLY

CHANGING TO HAVE JESUS THE SAME

YESTERDAY AND FOREVER YOU HAVE

THAT SECURITY IN YOUR SOUL.

YOU'RE NOT AS RATTLED BECAUSE

YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO YOU ARE

AND YOU DON'T.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO IMPRESS

EVERYBODY.

YOU'RE SECURE IN HOW GOD'S MADE

YOU AT BEING FAITHFUL IN JESUS.

THAT'S OUR NORTH STARS.

WE OFTEN TO BE REMINDED EACH OF

US CAN BE CHAPLAINS WITHIN OUR

OWN OCCUPATION.

YES.

CHOOSE FAITH OVER FEAR.

GOD CALLS US TO MOVE OUT OF

WHAT'S JUST COMFORTABLE IN GOD

MAKES IT IN HIS WORD THAT WE

ARE ALL MINISTERS.

WE ARE ALL PRIESTS AND WE ARE

ALL AMBASSADORS FOR JESUS

BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

LET'S LIVE THAT OUT AND WHEN

YOU SEE LIVES TRANSFORM NOW

THEY COME ALIVE AND AS YOU

SERVE PEOPLE THAT'S BE AT YOUR

BEST.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE MOST LIKE

JESUS.

WELL, JESSE HAS A GIFT TO

CHARGE UP.

YOU CAN SEE WHY HE WAS SUCH A

SUCCESSFUL ATHLETE AND WHY HE'S

A CHAPLAIN AND WHY HE IS A

PASTOR.

AND HE'S CERTAINLY GOT THE

CREDIBILITY A DECADE LONG

BATTLE WITH HIS HEALTH TO TRY

AND COME

HE DID BATTLE BACK AND WE'RE

THANKFUL AND HE'S A BLESSING

MANY PEOPLE AS A RESULT.

AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A

GREAT MESSAGE IN THERE FOR ALL

OF US WHO ARE CHRIST FOLLOWERS

ESPECIALLY DADS FOR HUSBANDS

WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF HIS

COACHES FROM GHANA, A LION AND

THIS IS YOUR TERRITORY AND YOU

NEED TO DEFEND YOUR CUBS OUR

ENEMY SATAN LOOKS TO INFILTRATE

THE HOME, LOOKS LOOKS TO

INFILTRATE OUR SPIRITUAL WALK

WITH GOD AND ALL OF US MEN MEN,

WOMEN, BOYS, GIRLS WE NEED TO

BE ON GUARD AGAINST WHAT THE

ENEMY TRIES TO DO TO US.

NOT AFRAID.

BUT BE AWARE BE ON GUARD AND

STAND FIRM ON THE WORD OF GOD

GREAT LESSONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

PRAY TO 71777.

AT YEARS OLD, TASHA BEGAN

CUTTING HERSELF AT AT 16 SHE

OD'D FOR THE FIRST TIME 17.

SHE HAD HER FIRST BABY AND AT

18 HER FIRST JAIL STAY.

OVER THE NEXT TASHA WAS IN AND

OUT OF JAIL OVER 30 TIMES.

YET TODAY BECAUSE OF A OF A

MIRACLE SHE'S FREE AT LAST.

AND MAN AND I GOT INTO AN

ALTERCATION WHERE I THOUGHT HE

WAS GOING TO ROB ME AND TAKE MY

DRUGS AND MONEY AND THEN I

PULLED A GUN HIM AND PUT IT IN

HIS FACE AND I WAS LIKE OH MY,

HOW DO I GET TO THE PLACE WHERE

I'M ABOUT TO TAKE SOMEONE'S

LIFE OVER DRUGS AND MONEY?

THIS ISN'T WHO I AM AND THIS

WHAT MY LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE

LIKE.

TASHA HILL'S DIED IN PRISON

WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

HER ADDICTION LEFT TASHA LIVING

WITH HER AUNT AND UNCLE WHO

WERE DEVOUT WERE DEVOUT

CHRISTIANS AND LEADERS IN THEIR

CHURCH.

I LOVED GOING TO CHURCH I LOVED

BEING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

I WENT TO THIS REVIVAL AND TIME

I FELT THE POWER OF GOD DRAWING

ME AND I FOUND MYSELF DOWN AT

THE ALTAR PRAYING I GOT ON FIRE

FOR GOD UNTIL ABOUT 14 YEARS

OLD.

I GOT INVOLVED WITH AN OLDER

GUY AND I ENDED UP LOSING MY

PURITY AND DOING DRUGS ALL IN

DAY.

I WAS STILL GOING TO CHURCH

THEN THEN I BEGAN TO LIVE THIS

DOUBLE LIFE.

GETTING DEEPER INTO THE

WORLD I BEGAN TO THE HOUSE OF

GOD.

ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD I STARTED

CUTTING MYSELF AND HAVING THESE

PERIODS OF OF BLACKING OUT.

16 YEARS OLD I HAD MY FIRST

DRUG OVERDOSE BY THE TIME I WAS

17 I HAD MY FIRST CHILD 18 MY

FIRST JAIL STAY.

SO I JUST BEGAN TO SPIRAL

DEEPER INTO THIS MESS.

YEARS WENT ON.

I HAD MORE CHILDREN I HAVE FOUR

BOYS.

AND SO AS I WENT I WOULD BE IN

AND JAIL.

I WOULD HAVE MY CHILDREN AND I

WOULD HAVE TO LET THEM GO STAY

WITH STAY WITH PEOPLE.

I HAD SUCH SELF-HATRED AND

SHAME AND GUILT THAT I HELD

AGAINST MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS

LIKE HOW AM I DOING THE VERY

SAME THING TO MY CHILDREN THAT

REALLY DESTROYED ME BUT I

DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT.

I WAS I WAS A SLAVE.

I WAS A SLAVE TO IT.

OVER THE NEXT DECADE TASHA WAS

IN AND OUT OF JAIL OVER TIMES

FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES.

SHE WAS PLANNED PLANNED TO DO

BETTER WHEN SHE GOT OUT.

IT RETURNED TO THE SAME

DARKNESS THAT CONSUMED HER

LIFE.

I WENT TO JAIL AND THERE IS

THIS I REMEMBERING IN THE

HOLDING CELL AND SHE JUST

LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE'S SWEET

SWEET GRANDMOTHER AND SHE

CALLED ME BY MY NAME.

SHE SAID TASHA, YOU'VE GOT TO

GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR

CHILDREN.

AND I LOOKED AT HER AND I

WAS LIKE, DO I KNOW YOU?

MY NAME?

JUST BE QUIET AND DON'T TALK

TO ME.

BUT SHE BUT SHE BEGAN TO STARE

STRAIGHT IN MY EYES AND SAY

CALL OUT TO GOD BEFORE IT'S TOO

TOO LATE.

AND SO WHEN SHE SAID THAT IT'S

LIKE I JUST BEGIN TO WEEP AND

CRY BECAUSE WHAT SHE WAS SAYING

WAS TRUE.

I NEEDED TO GO HOME AND TAKE

CARE OF MY CHILDREN.

AND SO SHE GRABBED MY HAND TO

BEGIN TO PRAY WITH ME AND IT'S

LIKE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

HOLY SPIRIT STEPPED IN THAT

JAIL CELL AND WASHED OVER ME

AND HEAR AND SEE FOR THE FIRST

TIME ALL THESE LAWS THAT I

BELIEVE THAT KEPT ME FROM GOING

FORWARD, THAT KEPT ME FROM EVEN

REPENTING AND ADMITTING MY

RESPONSIBILITY THESE THINGS AND

CHANGING.

SO AT THAT MOMENT I BEGAN TO

REALIZE I'M HERE BECAUSE MYSELF

HERE I DIDN'T THINK I COULD GET

OUT BUT BUT WHEN THAT LADY WAS

PRAYING FOR ME THE LORD

LITERALLY WASHED OVER MY MIND.

AND FROM THAT DAY FORWARD I

WAS DIFFERENT.

I WAS AWAKENED TO THE THINGS OF

GOD AND I HAD CONVICTION FOR

FIRST TIME BY HIS SPIRIT.

TASHA DIDN'T FIND

SATISFACTION IN DRUGS ANYMORE

AND STARTED TURNING HER LIFE

AROUND YET SOMETHING WAS STILL

MISSING.

I WAS CHURCH.

THE LORD WAS DRAWN ME I WAS

PRAYING.

BUT I STILL HAD THOUGHTS ABOUT

KILLING MYSELF SOMETIMES I

DIDN'T.

MY MIND WASN'T RIGHT.

I WOULD SAY THINGS JUST OUT OF

THE BLUE.

I KNEW IT WAS DEMONIC.

I KNEW SOMETHING AND I WOULD

TRY AND SAY IN THE NAME OF THE

FATHER SON HOLY SPIRIT LEAVE ME

LEAVE.

LEAVE ME NOW.

BUT I WOULD FELT LIKE RELEASE

FOR A MOMENT THEN.

IT WOULD BE BACK ON ME.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TASHA'S

MENTAL TORMENT CONTINUED UNTIL

ONE DAY SHE ENCOUNTERED A

PASTOR AT A FALL FESTIVAL.

I SAID, SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE

PRAY WITH ME?

I HAVE THESE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS

AND I HAVE THESE THOUGHTS OF

SUICIDE AND THINGS THAT I

CANNOT CONTROL TO FEEL THIS

WAY.

HE SAID HAVE YOU BEEN PRAYING

IN THE NAME OF JESUS?

NO.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

AND THEN HE BEGAN BEGAN TO TELL

ME, YOU KNOW, WALK THE ROMANS

ROAD WITH ME AND AND YOU KNOW,

I'D MENTION I HAD ROMANS 1013

DOWN.

I CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE

LORD BUT ROMANS DID NOT SAYS AT

ALL WHO CONFESSED JESUS WITH

THEIR AND BELIEVE IN THEIR

HEART YOU'RE SAVED.

HE TOLD ME ABOUT AND SAID WHEN

YOU PRAY AND WHEN YOU FEEL

TORMENTED BEGIN TO PRAY.

AND WHENEVER I'D WAKE UP AND

WAS TORMENTED GET UP AND I'D

BEGIN TO PRAY IN THE NAME OF

JESUS AND THROUGH.

AND SO I WAS LIKE OH MY

GOODNESS, THIS IS REAL.

THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME.

GOD BEGAN A WORK IN TASHA'S

LIFE LIFE THROUGH DISCIPLESHIP

AND STUDYING THE BIBLE.

SHE'S NOW SERVING AS DIRECTOR

OF A RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY

PROGRAM FOR WOMEN GOING THE

SAME STRUGGLES SHE ONCE SAID.

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE

TRANSFORMATION GOD HAS DONE IN

MY LIFE THAT NOW I HAVE HOPE.

BEFORE I WOULD WAKE UP AND I

WOULD JUST DREAD DREAD THE DAY

ALREADY DREADING MY LIFE BUT

NOW I'LL WAKE UP AND I KNOW

MORE.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING

STARTED AND IT'S EXCITING GOD.

I'M SO THANKFUL THAT HE'S

RESTORED MY CHILDREN BACK TO ME

.

I'M SO THANKFUL THAT HE HAS

ALLOWED ME TO LIVE A GENESIS 20

LIKE WHERE WHAT THE ENEMY MEANT

FOR EVIL.

GOD TURNED AROUND FOR THE GOOD,

FOR THE SAVING OF MANY LIVES

WHERE I'M SERVE AT MIRIAM HOUSE

AND JUST DIFFERENT PLACES AND

SEE SEE PEOPLE'S LIVES

TRANSFORMED.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT

TO YOU WHO HAVE KNOWN GOD AND

BECOME ANGRY WITH HIM

DISAPPOINTED IN HIM WALKED FROM

HIM BECAUSE HE HASN'T DONE WHAT

YOU THOUGHT NEEDED TO DO IN

YOUR LIFE OR BECAUSE YOU JUST

FEEL DISTANT HIM.

YOU KNOW LIFE IS TOUGH AND COME

AGAINST US WHEN WE DON'T KNOW

HOW TO WALK IN THE POWER OF.

SOMETIMES THAT BITTERNESS AND

THAT ANGER COMES AND SOMETHING

DIES AND WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING

HAS DIED.

BUT JUST LIKE TASHA WE DON'T

KNOW HOW TO GIVE IT BACK.

I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY

THERE POWER IN THE NAME OF

JESUS AND I WANT WHY?

BECAUSE HE IS THE RESURRECTION

AND HE IS THE LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHAT RESURRECT ACTION

IS?

IT'S TAKING SOMETHING THAT WAS

DEAD AND BRINGING IT BACK TO

LIFE.

HE IS THAT.

HE IS THAT AND HE WANTS TO BE

THAT FOR YOU.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STOP TREATING

HIM LIKE A SANTA WHO HASN'T

GIVEN YOU THE ANSWER YOU WANT

FOR THE DAY.

LISTEN, WE ARE TO HIM, NOT HE

US.

HE HAS PAID THE PRICE FOR.

I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY IF

YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING

TO GET OUT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT,

YOU DO WHAT TASHA DID YOU START

TO PRAY IN THE NAME THE MIGHTY

NAME OF JESUS AND BEGIN DECLARE

TRUTH.

YOU KNOW IT IT IS IN YOU NOW

STAND IT COME UP FROM WHERE YOU

WERE AND STAND ON THE ON THE

TRUTH THE ROCK OF JESUS CHRIST

AND BEGIN TO DECLARE HIS

FREEDOM AND HIS POWER AND HIS

PURPOSE OVER YOUR LIFE.

YOU.

YOU DON'T H

YOU'VE BEEN.

WE MAKE CHOICES IN OUR LIVES

MAKE ONE TODAY THAT WILL MAKE

AN ETERNAL DIFFERENCE FOR YOU.

CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD

AND IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO

DO THAT YOURSELF, CALL US.

WE'VE GOT SOMEONE ON OUR PHONES

24 HOURS A DAY TO PRAY WITH YOU

DON'T WALK ALONE.

GOD PUTS US IN FAMILY

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH

THESE WORDS FROM SOME 36 FIVE

YEAR MERCY O LORD IS IN THE

HEAVENS.

YOUR FAITHFULNESS REACHES TO

THE CLOUDS.

Find Peace with God

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