ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

HI EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP

CAME TO WASHINGTON YESTERDAY

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS

ELECTION VICTORY AND HE MET

WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND GOP

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THEY

LEARNED THE HOUSE WILL REMAIN

IN REPUBLICAN CONTROL.

MR. TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED

MORE KEY PICKS TO FILL OUT HIS

CABINET SIGNALING HOW HE PLANS

TO GOVERN.

LARRY JOHNSON HAS THE

DETAILS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIUMPHANTLY

RETURNED TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO

MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL

REPUBLICANS AND ATTEND A FACE

TO FACE WITH BIDEN AT THE WHITE

HOUSE.

DONALD, CONGRATULATIONS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MY

SAY A SMOOTH TRANSITION WE CAN

MAKE SURE YOU ACCOMMODATED WHAT

YOU NEED.

THE MEETING APPEARED CIVIL

EVEN FRIENDLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND.

POLITICS IS TOUGH AND IT'S

CASES NOT A VERY NICE WORLD BUT

IT IS A NICE WORLD TODAY AND I

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

IT'S A TRANSITION THAT'S SO

SMOOTH BE AS SMOOTH AS YOU CAN

GET AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE

YOU.

AFTER THIS PHOTO OP THE TWO

MET BEHIND CLOSED FOR NEARLY 2

HOURS.

IT WAS SUBSTANTIVE MEETING

AND EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.

THEY DISCUSSED IMPORTANT

NATIONAL AND DOMESTIC POLICY

ISSUES FACING THE NATION AND

THE WORLD.

IS THE COMEBACK KING.

HE IS THE KING.

THE GOP WINNING CONTROL OF THE

HOUSE REACHING THE MAGIC NUMBER

OF HUNDRED 18 SEATS.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO

RETURN MIKE JOHNSON TO HIS

POSITION A MOVE ENDORSED BY THE

PRESIDENT ELECT WHO RECEIVED A

STANDING OVATION FROM THE THE

LAWMAKERS.

IT IS A VERY NICE GATHERING

ISN'T IT NICE TO WIN?

IT'S NICE TO WIN.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO WIN IN THE

UPPER CHAMBER.

SENATE REPUBLICANS SELECTED

SOUTH DAKOTA'S JOHN THUNE FOR

MAJORITY LEADER.

THIS REPUBLICAN IS UNITED.

WE ARE ON ONE TEAM.

WE ARE EXCITED TO RECLAIM THE

MAJORITY AND TO GET TO WORK

WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE

HOUSE TO ENACT PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S AGENDA.

THE PRESIDENT ELECT ROLLED

MORE CABINET PICKS, CHOOSING

FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GATES HAS BEEN UNDER

INVESTIGATION BY THE HOUSE

ETHICS COMMITTEE OVER

ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL

MISCONDUCT AND ILLICIT DRUG USE

WHICH HE HAS DENIED HIS

NOMINATION.

GATES RESIGNED FROM THE

HOUSE IT HAS RESIGNED AND IS NO

LONGER A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

THE NASDAQ INVESTIGATION WILL

CEASE AND NO REPORT WILL BE

ISSUED.

WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN

OUR GOVERNMENT WHO DON'T CARE

ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

FORMER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN

TULSI GABBARD WAS TAPPED AS

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE WHILE FLORIDA'S

SENATOR MARCO RUBIO OFFICIALLY

NOMINATED AS SECRETARY OF

STATE.

THE PRESIDENT ELECT HOPES THE

SENATE WILL FAST TRACK HIS

NOMINEES BY THE TIME HE TAKES

OFFICE JANUARY 20TH.

LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

WELL, ELECTIONS ARE

ONE THING BUT THIS IS WHEN

POLITICS GETS VERY FUN AND

INTERESTING AND CBN CHIEF

POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID BRODY

IS WITH US.

DAVID, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED

TO HAVE BEEN IN THAT ROOM WITH

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOK TO CIVIL

AND REASONABLE THOUGH, DID IT

NOT?

IT DID.

I'D LOVE TO BE A FLY ON THE

WALL IN THAT MEETING.

AND YOU KNOW, GOOD IT'S GOOD

FOR THE COUNTRY OBVIOUSLY.

LOOK, THEY'VE HAD THEIR

DIFFERENCES AND THAT'S TO PUT

IT MILDLY.

BUT NOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND

THIS ANDREW, LET'S BE CLEAR

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WITH ALL

OF THESE CABINET PICKS AND

EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN THIS IS

MAGA.

I MEAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT

RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TULSI GABBARD

COMING IN AS THE HEAD OF THE

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE TOM HOMAN ON

BORDER SECURITY, ELON MUSK

COMING IN AND OF COURSE MATT

GAETZ A CONTROVERSIAL PICK TO

SAY THE LEAST.

OH I'M SORRY, DID I MENTION

CONTROVERSIAL PICKS PETE

HEGSETH FROM FOX NEWS SIX YEARS

A FOX NEWS ANCHOR AND NOW COULD

HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

NOW TO BE CLEAR PRINCETON

HARVARD ARMY VETERAN FOR 20

YEARS TWO BRONZE STARS.

THE GUY'S GOT A RESUME BUT

IS UNCONVENTIONAL IT'S MAGA

UNLEASHED.

WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON THE

TOPIC ACCESS GATES DO THEY

STAND A CHANCE?

I MEAN ESPECIALLY IT SEEMS

PRETTY DOUBTFUL.

DOESN'T NOT WHAT YOU THINK

OF THESE TWO?

WELL LOOK, HERE'S THE BOTTOM

LINE.

LET LET ME JUST GET TO THE

BOTTOM LINE.

GATES WILL BE CONFIRMED.

NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.

FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE'S

OBVIOUSLY ANY CONTROVERSY THAT

COMES OUT BETWEEN NOW FROM THE

TIME I JUST THAT UNTIL THE

CONFIRMATION ALL BETS ARE OFF.

THAT'S MY DISCLAIMER.

BUT SAID THAT FROM A NUMBER

STANDPOINT HE'S GOING TO HAVE A

PROBLEM IN THE SENATE.

HOWEVER THEN WE COULD TALK

ABOUT A APPOINTMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE PRESIDENT

TRUMP CAN JUST GO AHEAD IN

ESSENCE AND PUT GATES IN AS

ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHOUT THE

SENATE'S CONFIRMATION AT ALL.

IT WOULD ONLY LAST TWO YEARS UP

UNTIL 2026 AND THEN HE'D TO DO

IT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT TWO

YEARS.

BUT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

YOU KNOW, CONGRESS ME, THE

FOUNDERS OF THIS COUNTRY ANDREW

ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS FINE TO

DO RECESS APPOINTMENTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE

WAS NO DEBATE BACK AT THE

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ABOUT

THIS.

IT WAS BECAUSE THE CONGRESS

ONLY MET FOR NINE OUT OF 24

MONTHS BACK IN THE DAY AND.

SO THERE HAD TO BE SOME

CONTINUANCE OF GOVERNMENT WHEN

CONGRESS WASN'T MEETING SO.

THAT'S WHY THE RECESS

APPOINTMENTS CAME UP.

NOWADAYS THOUGH, IT'S BECOME

CONTROVERSIAL.

I THINK MATT GATES WILL GET

THROUGH.

I THINK EITHER WAY THIS IS HOW

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, MATT.

HE'S GOING TO LOOK THERE'S NOT

TO GET INTO ALL OF THE NUMBERS

IN THE SENATE THERE'S 53

SENATORS HE'S GOING TO LOSE

MURKOWSKI AND COLLINS THAT'S

DOWN TO 51.

SO IF HE LOSES TWO MORE

HE'LL LOSE.

AND IF I DON'T THINK ACTUALLY

THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I THINK

THESE SENATORS WHO WOULD NOT

WANT TO NORMALLY VOTE FOR GATES

WILL DO SO BECAUSE TRUMP'S

COMING IN WITH A MANDATE AND

ALL OF THAT AND HE'S GOT THE

MOMENTUM.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO

CROSS TRUMP EARLY ON.

THAT'S WHY I THINK HE'LL GET

CONFIRMED.

HAVING SAID THAT, IF IT GOES

SOUTH, TRUMP COULD ALWAYS DO

RECESS APPOINTMENT SO EITHER

WAY GATES GETS CONFIRMED.

DAVID I KNOW WE GOT A LOT TO

TALK ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT?

I MEAN DO YOU THINK HE'S

GOING TO PASS THROUGH?

YEAH.

NO HE WILL.

I MEAN I THINK THIS IS ALL

ABOUT THE MANDATE.

LOOK, IN 2016, ANDREW.

DONALD TRUMP HAD 62.9 MILLION

VOTES REGARDING THE POPULAR

VOTE.

THIS TIME AROUND IT'S 75

MILLION PLUS 13 MORE MILLION

VOTES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITHIN

EIGHT YEARS AND THAT WAS AFTER

JANUARY SIX.

THAT WAS AFTER 34 FELONY

CONVICTIONS.

THAT WAS AFTER TWO

IMPEACHMENTS, TWO ASSASSINATION

ATTEMPTS AND YET HE HAD 13

MILLION MORE VOTE FOR HIM.

IT'S ASTONISHING.

IT'S THE BIGGEST COMEBACK IN

POLITICAL HISTORY, BAR NONE.

AND THAT TRANSLATES TO A

MANDATE.

AND LOOK, ELECTIONS HAVE

CONSEQUENCES AND WE HEAR THAT

ALL THE TIME AND HERE ARE THE

CONSEQUENCES SADLY FOR THE LEFT

BECAUSE THEY A MAGA UNLEASHED

SITUATION HERE AND THEY'RE NOT

HAPPY ABOUT IT.

SENATOR THUNE SOUTH DAKOTA

NEW SENATE LEADER STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES WHAT DO THINK?

WELL LOOK, I KNOW JOHN THUNE

FOR A VERY LONG TIME I MEAN

HE'S A STRAIGHT UP CONSERVATIVE

REAGAN REPUBLICAN.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HE'S NOT MITCH MCCONNELL,

HOWEVER.

HOWEVER, HE IS MORE

ESTABLISHMENT.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HE'S LOOKING TO A DEAL.

LOOK, WITH WITH A SENATE

MAJORITY LEADER WHEN YOU'RE IN

THAT, ANDREW, IT'S ALL ABOUT

THE NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE THE

NUMBERS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN

AND YOU GOT TO CUT DEALS AND SO

SO THAT'S LITTLE BIT WHY HE

GETS SOMEWHAT OF THE RHINO

LABEL HE'S NOT A RHINO.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS JOHN

THUNE 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE

BEEN CONSIDERED A ROCK RIBBED

CONSERVATIVE.

NOWADAYS IN TRUMP'S POPULIST

AMERICA, IN TRUMP'S POPULIST

PARTY A LITTLE BIT RHINO LITE

IF YOU WILL.

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS

HE IS SOLID CONSERVATIVE AND

HE'S GOING TO PUSH TRUMP'S

AGENDA IF HE'S SMART BECAUSE HE

KNOWS THE MANDATE IS WITH TRUMP

AND HE GOT IT FROM THE AMERICAN

.

WELL, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF

INTERESTING CABINET CABINET

NOMINATIONS.

ANY CHANCE WE'RE GOING TO

SEE YOU NOMINATED AS PRESS

SECRETARY YOU RUMORED HOLD ON.

I LIKE TO TAKE THAT OFF THE

TABLE NOW AND I LIKE TO SAY

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BUT THAT'S A THAT'S QUESTION

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

MAYBE I DID FOR A SECOND BUT NO

,NO.

THE ANSWER WILL BE ABSOLUTELY

NOT BECAUSE I HAVE LIMITED AND

AT THIS STAGE IN MY CAREER I

NEED ANY LESS LESS HAIR.

I THANK YOU THE HAIR.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S GREAT.

I'M SO GLAD I BROUGHT IT UP.

I APPRECIATE THAT, DAVID, YOU

FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE

ME.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, IN OUR OVAL OFFICE,

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT

ELECT TRUMP AGREED TO WORK

TOGETHER TO THE HOSTAGES IN

GAZA.

MEANWHILE, A NEW REPORT SHOWS

HAMAS IS THE CITIZENS OF GAZA.

NOW VIEWER DISCRETION IS

ADVISED AS SOME OF THIS VIDEO

IS DISTURBING.

HERE'S CHRIS MITCHELL FROM

JERUSALEM.

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

JAKE SULLIVAN PARAPHRASING

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE'S READY

TO DO IN OUR COLLECTIVE

AMERICAN POWER TO SECURE THE

RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES YET NOT

ALL THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA ARE

HELD BY HAMAS.

PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC RELEASED

VIDEO OF THEIR HOSTAGE SASHA

TRUFANT, A TRUE FRIEND WHOSE

MOTHER VIEWED THE VIDEO WITH

MIXED EMOTIONS AND SAID THE

HEART THEN MELTS.

ON THE ONE HAND I AM VERY HAPPY

TO SEE HIM ALIVE AND SEE HIM

TALKING.

AND ON OTHER HAND I SEE THAT HE

IS NOT IN A GOOD MENTAL OR

PHYSICAL STATE.

INSIDE GAZA, ISRAELI FORCES

RELEASED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF

CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION

FOOTAGE.

THE IDF SAID THE MATERIALS

EXPOSE HOW HAMAS BRUTALLY

TORTURED PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

SUSPECTED OF OPPOSING ITS RULE.

SOME WERE HUNG UPSIDE DOWN

OTHERS TIED UP IN AGONIZING

POSITIONS OR TORTURED WHILE

THEIR CAPTORS SET INCHES AWAY.

TALKING THEMSELVES OR

COMPLETING PAPERWORK, ISRAELI

MEDIA DETAILS THE ANGER MANY

FEEL TOWARDS HAMAS AN ISRAELI

CHANNEL 12 REPORTER GOT

EXCLUSIVE ACCESS INTO GAZA AND

HEARD THIS UNFILTERED VIEW FROM

A NUMBER OF ITS CITIZENS.

HOW FAR DISTORTED DID HAMAS

SHOULD BE DOING WHAT WE ARE NOT

.

YOU CANNOT BE PUBLIC.

I MEAN YOU GIVE THEM A LOT OF

ATTENTION.

BUT THE VIDEO SHOWED IDF

SOLDIERS PROVIDING WATER AND

MEDICAL AID WITH THE REST

OCCUPIED IN PHUKET.

WHEN THE HAMAS NOT A NUMBER OF

MEN ON EXPLAINS HOW THEY WERE

WOUNDED WHO HAD ANY VISUAL CUE

A HAMAS AR MACHINE.

THIS LED TO AN NRT PHOTO A

HAMAS MANAGER SAID THAT A

MILITANT GAVE THEM A YOGURT.

BUT I THINK LIKE A SHOWER.

HA HA HA.

BUT NO QUESTION ALARM BUT NO

LUCK.

MANY THEY FAVORED ISRAEL HAMAS

IDEOLOGICAL CORE.

I CAN'T GO BACK TO MY YOU YOU

NEVER GOT THROUGH.

YOU SHOULD LET IT GO.

I DON'T HAVE IT'S CALLED HOW

YOU HAVE GONE.

THE REPORT ALSO NOTED

HUNDREDS OF HAMAS HAVE BEEN

SURRENDERING.

A SIGN OF HOW MUCH THE IDF HAS

WEAKENED THE TERROR GROUP.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

MOST OF YOUR MAJOR NEWS AND

BROADCAST CABLE ARE NOT GOING

TO SHOW YOU HAMAS TREATING

GAZAN CITIZENS WAY WHEN YOU

HAVE PEOPLE SAYING I'M WATCHING

THEM STEAL OUR FOOD.

WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK UP AND

THEY'RE BEING MAIMED FOR LIFE

AS OPPOSED TO THEY'RE SAYING

JUST KILL ME THIS IS INCREDIBLE

STUFF AND THE TRUTH IS NOW

COMING OUT AND EVEN THOUGH

HAMAS BEEN DECIMATED, IT'S AS

STAY CONNECTED WITH NEWS ALL

DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE

STORY YOU NEED TO.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

CHALLENGING A TENNESSEE LAW

THAT PROHIBITS DOCTORS FROM

PERFORMING GENDER TRANSITION

SURGERY AND OTHER PROCEDURES

MINORS.

THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO

HEAR THE CASE IN DECEMBER AND

THE COURT'S DECISION COULD HAVE

A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE SAFETY

,SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF

AMERICA'S CHILDREN.

HERE'S WENDY GRIFFITH.

TENNESSEE PASSED THE LAW

LAST YEAR BANNING CHILDREN FROM

RECEIVING HORMONE THERAPY

PUBERTY AND GENDER SURGERY.

THOSE SUING SAY THE TRANS

GENDER PATIENTS MUST HAVE THE

RIGHT TO THESE TREATMENTS.

CHILD ADVOCATES DISAGREE SAYING

THEY'RE HARMFUL.

WE KNOW ON RESEARCH BASED ON

CLINICAL PRACTICE, BASED ON

GROWING INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS

THAT THESE INTERVENTIONS FOR

MINORS ARE NOT BASED ON ANY

CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THE

BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.

THERE ARE GROWING NUMBER OF

TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO

SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HARMED.

LEAH SAPIR OF THE MANHATTAN

INSTITUTE HOPES THE CASE UNITED

STATES VERSUS REMEDY WILL WHAT

HE CALLS THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION'S EXTREME AND

DANGEROUS TRANSGENDER AGENDA

WHEN IT COMES TO SURGERIES FOR

KIDS.

THEY ELIMINATED AGE MINIMUMS

,THEIR STANDARD OF CARE

RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER PRESSURE

FROM DR. RACHEL, THE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AT THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

THE COURT TO PUT AN END TO THIS

NONSENSE.

ED WHALEN WITH THE ETHICS IN

PUBLIC POLICY CENTER NOTES THAT

THE WORLD PROFESSIONAL

ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSGENDER

HEALTH PROPOSED AGE MINIMUMS

FOR TRANS SURGERY A

RECOMMENDATION THAT LEVINE A

TRANSGENDER MALE REFUSED.

LEVINE SAID THAT WOULD BE

POLITICALLY DISASTROUS FOR US.

TAKE THEM OUT.

AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP

HAPPENING.

THE

NASHVILLE TEENAGER.

HIS PARENTS AND THE ACLU

ARGUING THE STATE LAW

DISCRIMINATES ON THE BASIS OF

TRANSGENDER STATUS AND VIOLATES

THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF

14TH AMENDMENT.

IF THE COURT CAN ANNOUNCE

THAT WE ARE NOT PROTECTED UNDER

THE CONSTITUTION IT CAN AND

WILL DO THAT FOR EVERYONE AND

THE MOVEMENTS THAT ARE

TARGETING TRANS PEOPLE

CURRENTLY PUSHING THE FALSE

NARRATIVE THAT IT IS HARMFUL TO

BE TRANS.

IN A STATEMENT THE PARENTS

OF THE TRANSGENDER BOY WHO

IDENTIFIES AS A GIRL SAY WE

DON'T WANT TO LEAVE TENNESSEE.

BUT THIS LEGISLATURE WOULD

FORCE US TO EITHER ROUTINELY

LEAVE OUR STATE TO GET OUR

DAUGHTER MEDICAL CARE SHE

DESPERATELY NEEDS OR TO UPROOT

OUR ENTIRE LIVES AND LEAVE

TENNESSEE ALTOGETHER.

NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE

THIS KIND OF CHOICE.

SAPIR POINTS OUT, HOWEVER, THAT

RESEARCH ON SO-CALLED GENDER

AFFIRMING CARE SHOWS IT CAN

HARM KIDS BOTH SHORT AND LONG

TERM LEADING ENGLAND AND

SEVERAL OTHER EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES TO LIMIT THE

TREATMENTS.

PUBERTY BLOCKERS ARE

ASSOCIATED RISKS SUCH AS

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, BONE

DENSITY PROBLEMS, BRITTLE

BONES, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND

OF COURSE STERILITY WHEN

THEY'RE COUPLED WITH CROSS-SEX

HORMONES LIFELONG THERE ARE

SERIOUS RISKS THAT COME FROM

THESE INTERVENTIONS.

I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THE

SURGERY ISSUE AND SO IT'S

PERFECTLY REASONABLE IN FACT

IT'S COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED FOR

STATES SAY THIS IS AN ONGOING

UNCONTROLLED MEDICAL EXPERIMENT

CHILDREN AND WE'RE GOING TO

REGULATE IT OR WE'RE GOING TO

MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE THE

ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO

BEFORE THEY CAN POSSIBLY GIVE

CONSENT TO THESE TREATMENTS.

MANY DETRANSITION ERS ARE

ALSO WARNING THEIR PEERS ABOUT

THE DANGER AND THE TRAUMA OF

THESE OFTEN DRASTIC PROCEDURES.

WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE COTTON

YOUR BODY AS IS NOT GOING TO

SOLVE THAT.

DO YOU RESPOND TO THOSE WHO SAY

WELL SOME OF THIS STUFF IS

REVERSIBLE, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR

MIND.

I WISH IT WAS REVERSIBLE.

BOTH EXPERTS BELIEVE THE

SUPREME COURT WILL DELIVER A

SWEEPING VICTORY TO TENNESSEE

AND UPHOLD AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR

SURGERIES SOMETHING MORE THAN

TWO DOZEN STATES ALREADY DO.

THEIR BIG CONCERN NOW IS THE

OTHER STATES THAT HAVE NO AGE

RESTRICTIONS FOR IRREVERSIBLE

LIFE ALTERING TRANS SURGERIES

WHICH THEY ARGUE IS MORE ABOUT

POLITICS THAN AND COULD PUT

COUNTLESS CHILDREN IN DANGER.

WENDY GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU, WENDY PICTURE I

THINK LEVINE IS ONE OF THE

REASONS WHY VOTERS TURNED OUT

THE WAY THEY DID AND WHY YOU

SAW THE ELECTION RESULTS THAT

WE ALL SAW COMMON SENSE

AMERICANS AND AMERICANS WHO

LOVE CHILDREN ARE SAYING ENOUGH

IS ENOUGH WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS

WHO CAN'T VOTE, CAN'T BUY

WITHOUT PARENTS PERMISSION,

CAN'T GET A TATTOO OR THEIR

EARS PIERCED BUT THE MEDICAL

COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO EXPERIMENT

AND PROFIT AND MAKE AN AWFUL

LOT OF MONEY FOR MANY YEARS OF

THESE CHILDREN WE'VE WE'VE GOT

A BIG PROBLEM TO YOU KNOW

REMEMBER BEING A TEENAGER

DECISION MAKING IS DIFFICULT.

WE'RE EXPECTING THESE KIDS TO

MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT

SEX CHANGES AND YOU AND YOU

HEARD PEOPLE THERE WHO REGRET

THEIR TRANSITION SAYING CUTTING

OFF A BODY PART DOES NOT

COMPENSATE FOR THE EMOTIONAL

PAIN I'M IN.

AND WHEN WE SEE LIBERAL NATIONS

WHO ARE PUTTING UP GUARDRAILS

IT SHOULD REALLY SPEAK TO US

AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVE

EMPATHY FOR PARENTS OF TRANS I

KNOW I DO AND WHAT DO THEY NEED

DO THEY NEED OUR PITY?

MAYBE NOT BUT THEY NEED US TO

BE EMPATHETIC AND COMPASSIONATE

AND LISTEN BUT THEY DON'T NEED

A MEDICAL COMMUNITY BARGING IN

TO MAKE PROFITS OFF THESE

CHILDREN.

I MEAN THIS THIS INFURIATES

MOST AMERICANS, MOST PARENTS

BECAUSE THE REGRET MANY PEOPLE

HAVE THERE'S SUCH TRAUMA

INVOLVED IN IT.

WELL, I THINK IT'S ALSO YOU

KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

FREEDOM HERE AND THE FREEDOM TO

BE ABLE TO CHANGE MIND IF YOU

WANT TO IS GONE IF YOU'VE HAD

SOME OF THESE PROCEDURES.

SO YOU KNOW THE VERY THING YOU

TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE REASONS

WE DON'T ALLOW MINOR CHILDREN

TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE

DECISIONS.

THEY'RE NOT READY.

YOU KNOW IT'S COMMON.

FAMILY DOT COM TODAY BASEBALL

SEASON WRAPPED UP AND THE END

OF THE YEAR HAS ALSO MEANT THE

END OF A CAREER FOR.

CHARLIE BLACKMON THE ROCKIES

OUTFIELDER ANNOUNCED HIS

RETIREMENT AFTER 14 SEASONS IN

THE BIG LEAGUES.

TOM BORING HAD A CHANCE SPEAK

WITH THE BEARDED ALL-STAR.

THE TWO DISCUSSED WINNING,

LOSING AND FOLLOWING CHRIST

THROUGH ALL WITHOUT FACE

WITHOUT A FOUNDATION.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW ONE CAN

SUCCEED AT THE GAME OF BASEBALL

OR IN LIFE COLORADO OUTFIELDER

CHARLIE BLACKMON DEMONSTRATES

BOTH DIFFERENT ALL STAR SPENT

HIS ENTIRE 14 YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE

CAREER WITH THE SAME TEAM

LEAVING A DISTINCTION OF

FRANCHISE ACHIEVEMENTS WHILE

ONLY THE POSTSEASON TWICE.

WITH HIS RETIREMENT HE STAYS

PRESENT IN THE MOMENT WHILE

LOOKING AHEAD AND NOT GLARING

AT THE PAST.

HOW MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO IS

INTENTIONAL.

OH GREAT QUESTION.

I DO GO OUT MY WAY TO BE

DELIBERATE.

I DON'T WANT TO LOOK UP IN THE

FUTURE AND SAY OH, WHY AM I

HERE?

I WENT WITH THE FLOW.

THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE

AND FEEL LIKE WASTED

OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M ALIVE.

I'M HEALTHY.

BLESSED WITH.

I WANT TO BE DELIBERATE AND

MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE GOING TO

HELP ME AND THE PEOPLE AROUND

ME.

HOPEFULLY LEAD TO GREATER GOOD.

ULTIMATELY THE ONLY ROOM FOR

ONE WINNER WHAT IS THE UNSEEN

UNDERVALUE BENEFIT OF NON

WINNING?

YEAH YOU KNOW BASEBALL IS A

SPORT THAT I FIND MYSELF

RELATING LIFE BECAUSE OF THE

FAILURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE

GAME.

RIGHT.

THE PLAYERS STILL FAIL 70% OF

THE TIME.

TOM I'LL TELL YOU THIS BUT THIS

IS ALSO WHAT I WOULD TELL THE

EIGHT YEAR OLD TEAM THAT I

SPEAK TO HOW YOU DEAL WITH

FAILURE IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT

THAN YOU KNOW HOW STRAIGHT YOUR

PATH WAS TO START WITH.

WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD A WINNING

RECORD AND TO BE HONEST A LOT

OF OUR YEARS HAVE BEEN

CHARACTER BUILDING YEARS.

THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT

HOW LONG SUFFERING PRODUCES

PERSEVERANCE PRODUCES CHARACTER

,PRODUCES HOPE.

CHARLIE WHERE DOES THAT HOPE

FOR YOU COME IF YOU DON'T HAVE

ANY FAITH, IF YOU DON'T A

GREATER PURPOSE OR A FOUNDATION

YOU KNOW THAT WILL FALL WHEN

SHAKEN.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANY

CLARITY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SPENT YOUR

WHOLE LIFE AND STILL BE IN THE

DARK.

SO AS A RECREATIONAL

PROPERTY OWNER YOU'RE STUDYING

HABITAT MANAGEMENT.

WHERE IS THE GREATEST BEAUTY

WHEN NATURAL RESOURCES HUMANITY

,WILDLIFE COEXIST?

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME

PROPERTY AS PART OF A

CONSERVATION PROGRAM SO IT'S

GOING TO REMAIN WILD A PLACE

THAT I REALLY ENJOY SPENDING

TIME AND I FEEL VERY CONNECTED

TO GOD WHEN I'M THERE I'M BY

THE NATURE ITSELF AND I BEGIN

TO APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS

THAT I'VE SAID.

FABRIC MESH OF SOIL PLANTS,

INSECTS BIRDS, ANIMALS THAT ALL

FIT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT ONLY

CAN CAN MAKE THINGS WORK.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE PUTTING

A BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON

MYSELF TO IMPROVE THAT HELPS

THE HABITAT I THINK IT WILL

HELP THE ANIMALS.

I THINK ME BEING ABLE TO SEE

HOW THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED

IS A WAY TO HELP ME FEEL SMALL

AND GIVE ME A BETTER

PERSPECTIVE.

BUT HUMBLE HOPEFULLY.

IS THERE WAYS DO YOU THINK

THE CHURCH AT LARGE THE BODY OF

CHRIST COULD LEARN FROM THAT

COEXISTENCE?

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

FOR ME TO LOOK AT SOMEONE ELSE

AND SAY THEY'RE WORTHY OF THE

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND JESUS

DIED FOR THEM ALSO.

ANY TIME YOU HAVE A COLLECTION

OF PEOPLE CONCENTRATION PEOPLE

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HUMAN

NATURE.

CP IN IRON SHARPENS IRON I

THINK IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU

CAN FIND SOMEONE TO HOLD YOU

ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU CAN BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE

WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU

BETTER.

I MEAN I THINK THE CHURCH IS

OBVIOUSLY LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO

BE.

WHAT FEEL IS GROWING EXTINCT

IN OUR CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIP

?

WOW.

I YOU KNOW, I WORRY WHAT LIFE

IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR MY KIDS

SMARTPHONES AND SCREENS IN

THEIR FACES ALL THE TIME AND

PEOPLE ARE LOSING THE FACE TO

FACE CONNECTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE LESS DEEP

ROOTED RELATIONSHIPS.

WE'VE GOT SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'VE

GOT INFLUENCERS AND IT'S REALLY

EASY TO LOOK AT SOMEONE AND SAY

WOW, THEY'VE GOT IT ALL

TOGETHER AND I CAN'T RELATE TO

THEM BECAUSE MY LIFE IS SO MUCH

HARDER AND I STRUGGLE WITH THIS

AND THIS AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T

STRUGGLE WITH ANYTHING AND I

THINK THAT'S THAT'S FALSE.

COMPARISON IS YOUR ENEMY.

DON'T COMPARE TO WHAT YOU SEE

NECESSARILY AND I THINK THAT'S

THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THOSE

FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIPS AND

I THINK UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT

YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IS NOT

UNIQUE TO YOU GOING OUTSIDE

FINDING HIS PRESENCE.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING RAW AND

REAL ABOUT THAT TO KNOW THAT

JESUS CHRIST HAD A HEART OF

LIKE FLIPPING THE MONEY

CHANGERS LIVING IN THE

WILDERNESS, YOU KNOW, HAD A

VERY WILD HEART AND SO THAT

SPEAKS TO ME MORE SO THAN THE

LIKE SUPER STRAIGHT EDGE.

IT'S HARD ME TO FEEL LIKE I CAN

BE THAT PERSON BUT I CAN

EMBRACE THE WILD AT HEART

MENTALITY AND CHARITY.

HE COULD PROBABLY TURN A SINGLE

INTO A222, DON'T YOU THINK HE

COULD ROUND THOSE BASES PRETTY

WELL I THINK JESUS CHRIST WOULD

PROBABLY HIT A CURVEBALL,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

WHAT COMES AS A WONDER OF WHO

JESUS CHRIST IS, I'VE NOTICED

AS I GET OLDER I'M SURPRISED

LESS AND LESS AND SO THAT'S

SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO

DELIBERATELY MAKE CHOICES TO

SEEK HIS HIS HEART AND ME AS A

BEST AS THE BEST HUSBAND I CAN

BE STARTS WITH THAT FOUNDATION

OF I'M NOT CONTINUING BUILD UP.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO

ULTIMATELY BE A FAILURE FOR ME

THEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

DEPENDING ON ME AND I DON'T

WANT TO EVER FEEL LIKE I'M

FALLING INTO COMPLACENCY MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.

SO WHAT I WALK AWAY WITH

FROM THAT COMPARISON IS YOUR

ENEMY.

THAT'S STORIES RICH WITH WISDOM

BUT COMPARISON IS YOUR ENEMY

STRUCK ME.

THAT'S A GREAT BIT OF WISDOM

FOR US IN LIFE AND BEHIND THAT

BEARD WAS A GREAT HITTER AND A

REAL CLASS ACT FOR A LOT OF

YEARS.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW I THINK I LIKE YOU

WERE STRUCK THAT COMMENT

BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE COMPARE

WE LOSE CONTENTMENT AND YOU

KNOW HE'S DEFINITELY GOT HIS

HEAD ON STRAIGHT.

WE WISH HIM WELL AS HE MOVES

INTO A FUTURE.

YEAH.

AND SO THESE GUYS HAVE LONG

CAREERS AND YOU SEE HIS KIDS

ARE STILL SMALL, YOU KNOW THAT

LITTLE GUY AND THE DAUGHTER BUT

HIS CAREER IS OVER AFTER 14

YEARS.

IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN I

WAS THE SPORTS REPORTER FOR 700

CLUB, THE BASEBALL PLAYERS JUST

ABOUT EVERY TALKED ABOUT

FAILURE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A

GAME OF FAILURE MORE THAN OTHER

AND HOW HE TALKED ABOUT FAILURE

ALL OF US FACE IT KNOW

SOMETIMES WE CAN THANK GOD FOR

FAILURE BECAUSE WE LEARN SO

MUCH.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A

PERSPECTIVE WE COULD HAVE AS

WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK

IS GREAT ABOUT SPORTS IS THAT

JESUS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE

WHERE WE ARE.

WELCOME BACK TO THE 700 CLUB

FOR THE CBN NEWSBREAK.

AS FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO

BATTLE BLAZE ON THE NEW JERSEY

BORDER WITH NEW YORK, A NEW

WILDFIRE BROKEN OUT IN AN

UNUSUAL PLACE MANHATTAN

OVERNIGHT FIREFIGHTERS WORKED

TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES.

SMOKE HOVERED OVER THE CITY

YESTERDAY AS OFFICIALS URGED

RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEIR DOORS

AND WINDOWS WHILE FIRST

RESPONDERS HAD TO PUMP WATER

FROM THE NEARBY HARLEM.

RECORD DROUGHT AND HIGH WINDS

FUELED THE FIRE.

MEANWHILE 40 MILES AWAY, THE

JENNINGS CREEK FIRE ON THE NEW

NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY BORDER IS

ONLY ABOUT 50% CONTAINED.

WELL, IN A MAN GRANTED A SECOND

CHANCE AT LIFE IS HELPING

OTHERS A REBOOT BY GIVING AWAY

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH.

THE ANONYMOUS GIVER IS KNOWN

SIMPLY AS THE MIRACLE MAN AND

HE HAS OVER 100,000 FOLLOWERS

ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

EACH DAY HE PICKS A

DIFFERENT TOWN TO HIDE A STASH

OF CASH THEN POST THE ON

INSTAGRAM SHOWING A

RECOGNIZABLE LOCATION FOR

PEOPLE TO FIND.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON HE'S

CALLED THE MIRACLE MAN.

IN 2013 HE HAD A FATAL HEART

ATTACK AND WAS PRONOUNCED FOR

15 MINUTES BEFORE WAKING UP.

NOW HE'S A MISSION TO HONOR

WHAT HE CALLS HIS SECOND LIFE.

WELL YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

TO OUR WEBSITE AT CBN NEWS.COM

.

ANDREW AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF THE 700 CLUB RIGHT

AFTER THIS ATTENTION.

THE STEP THE SPORT MAT AND

WIRELESS REMOTE ALL NOW BABY

LEWIS WAS BORN WITH CLUBBED

FEET.

HIS MOTHER HAD NO WAY TO PAY

FOR AN OPERATION SO SHE TO GOD

FOR HELP.

AND HERE'S HOW GOD USE PEOPLE

LIKE YOU TO ANSWER HER PRAYERS

.

WE FIRST MET BABY LOUIS WHEN HE

WAS JUST FIVE DAYS OLD.

WE'D BEEN ASKED TO COME TO THE

CLINIC BY HIS MOTHER LOUIS TO

SEE IF WE COULD HELP.

THAT'S WHEN WE SAW CLUB FEET

FOR THE FIRST TIME THE DAY MY

SON WAS BORN.

I HEARD ONE DOCTOR SAY TO THE

OTHER LOOK AT THIS.

THEN I SAW MY BABY'S AND

STARTED CRYING.

I WONDERED IF MY WOULD EVER

BE ABLE TO WALK.

THIS IS BABY LOUIS'S SISTER

,NINE YEAR OLD LAURIE.

I AM HAPPY I HAVE A LITTLE

BROTHER.

I WORRY ABOUT HIS FEET.

SOMETIMES I CRY ABOUT IT.

BUT MOM TOLD ME THAT HE WAS

GOING TO BE OKAY.

THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER IS A

SINGLE TO SUPPORT THEM.

SHE WORKS PART TIME AS A

SEAMSTRESS HER SISTER'S SHOP.

SHE TOLD US SHE SPENT THE LAST

OF HER SAVINGS TO TRAVEL TO THE

SPECIALIST WHERE WE MET HER.

WHEN I TOOK TO THE

SPECIALIST HE TOLD ME THAT

THERE WAS A SOLUTION AND THAT

NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO

INTERVENE.

HE TOLD ME THE COST OF THE

PROCEDURE AND IT WAS VERY

EXPENSIVE.

I WAS PRAYING TO THE LORD FOR

HELP BECAUSE I HAD WAY TO PAY

THAT MUCH FOR AN OPERATION.

THAT'S WHEN THE DOCTOR

MENTIONED THAT OPERATION

BLESSING MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.

WE MET WITH LOSING THE SURGEON

AT THE CLINIC AND ONE MONTH

LATER WE SHARED GOOD NEWS WITH

THEM.

AT OPERATION BLESSING PARTNERS

WOULD PAY FOR HER SON TO

RECEIVE FREE TREATMENT AND

SURGERY.

I AM HOPING THAT MY BROTHER

FITZ WILL BE FINE IN A

PROCEDURE KNOWN AS THE PONSETI

SYSTEM.

LOUIS'S WERE PUT INTO CASTS

BECAUSE HE WAS SO YOUNG AND HIS

BONES ARE SO PLIABLE THEY ONLY

NEEDED TO CAST HIM FOR THREE

WEEKS.

A MINOR SURGERY FOLLOWED

THEN TO KEEP THE FEET ALIGNED.

HE'LL WEAR THESE CORRECTIVE

CONNECTED WITH A ROD.

AT THE END OF THREE MONTHS.

WENT BACK AND FOUND LOUIS'S

FEET HAD STRAIGHTENED

SIGNIFICANTLY WITH A PROGNOSIS

FOR COMPLETE RECOVERY.

BY THE TIME HE STARTS WALK.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE

WHO HELPED HIM.

I FEEL SO HAPPY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS.

THIS IS THE HELP I WANT THE

MOST FOR MY SON.

THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME WERE

HERE IN FRONT OF ME.

I WOULD HUG THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD

BE LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD BORN

WITH THE CONDITION THAT IS

FIXABLE YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD

IT AND THE KIND OF CONDITION

THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN

THE STORIES ON HERE OF CHILDREN

WHO ARE OLDER WHO STILL HAVE

CLUB FEET BUT IS PAINFUL.

THEY CAN'T WALK NORMALLY, THEY

CAN'T PLAY OTHER CHILDREN DO.

AND THEN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO TAKE THAT INTO ADULTHOOD.

THANK YOU 700 CLUB MEMBERS YOUR

MEMBERSHIP YOUR GIVING YOUR

COMPASSION AND YOUR HEART FOR

OTHERS IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO GO

RIGHT INTO THE MIDST OF LOUIS'S

SITUATION AND AND MAKE SURE

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO HIM.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SUCH AN

OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE LIVES

WHEN YOU JOIN THE 700 CLUB SOME

OF YOU WATCH THIS PROGRAM

REGULARLY BUT YOU'VE NEVER

GOTTEN AND JOINED WITH THE REST

OF US AND I JUST WANT TO ASK

YOU TO DO THAT TODAY BECAUSE

THERE ARE LOTS OF CHILDREN LIKE

LOUIS WITH THAT CONDITION AND

OTHERS LOTS OF CHILDREN WHO

SIMPLY DON'T HAVE FOOD TO EAT

EVERY DAY OR WHO NEVER HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL.

YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL

OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN YOU

JOIN $0.65 A DAY, $20 A MONTH.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN

THE REST OF US SO EASY LOOK AT

THE DIFFERENT CLUB LEVELS WE

HAVE.

SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY BE

700 CLUB MEMBERS.

THAT'S THE TOP LINE YOU COULD

GO UP TO 700 CLUB GOLD.

THAT'S A GIFT OF $40 A MONTH OR

JOIN OUR THOUSAND CLUB $84 A

MONTH.

LISTEN AND ASK GOD WHAT HE'D

HAVE YOU TO DO THEN DO IT NOW.

YOU CAN CALL OUR TOLL FREE

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YOU CAN GO TO CBN ICON.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT CBN TO 71777

WHEN YOU JOIN WE HAVE A GIFT TO

THANK PRAY WITH POWER TO

TEACHINGS FOR YOU ALONG WITH

THIS WONDERFUL DEVOTIONAL BOOK

40 DAYS TO TRANSFORM YOUR

PRAYER.

LEFT WITH WHATEVER DO IF I'M

WITH MY LORD AND SAY RUN ALL

THE WAY TOMORROW ON THE 700

CLUB LIKE.

THAT'S HOW JOHN JAMES DESCRIBED

THE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF THE

BAND HE CO-FOUNDED THE NEWSBOYS

.

BEFORE LONG HE WAS LIVING A

DOUBLE LIFE AND THEN SUDDENLY

EVERYTHING HE LOVED WAS SWEPT

AWAY.

JOHN SANK A RABBIT HOLE OF

ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND INFIDELITY

AND HE SAW NO WAY OUT.

GET OUT THERE.

MY NAME IS JOHN JAMES.

I WAS THE FORMER LEAD SINGER

CO-FOUNDER OF THE NEWSBOYS AND

THIS IS MY STORY.

UNFORTUNATELY I WAS BORN INTO A

REALLY A TOXIC BROKEN FAMILY.

DAD JUST WALKED OUT ALREADY AT

THAT STAGE I HAD SUCH A SENSE

OF REJECTION.

I USED TO ALWAYS HEAR PEOPLE

SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW

YOU'RE USELESS, YOU'RE

HOPELESS, YOU'RE NOTHING.

YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO

ANYTHING.

AND AT THE AGE OF 15 MY DAD HAD

THE MOST INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER

WITH GOD AND AND HE CAME TO A

PLACE OF AUTHENTIC REPENTANCE

AND HE PROCEEDED THEN TO LEAD

THE REST OF HIS FAMILY EVEN

FAMILY TO THE LORD.

AND IT'S SO BIZARRE BECAUSE THE

VERY PERSON THAT WAS

RESPONSIBLE FOR UTTERLY

DESTROYING MY FAMILY WAS THE

VERY VEHICLE THAT GOD USED TO

BE A MIRACLE OF HOPE 19 NOW AND

GOD ORCHESTRATED INCREDIBLE

ENCOUNTER IN MY LIFE AND I MADE

A YOUNG GENTLEMAN THAT WAS A

DRAMA AND

OTHER GUYS THAT WAS TALKING

ABOUT STARTING A BAND WAS GOING

TO BE THE NEWSBOYS EVENTUALLY

AND NOW I BECAME THE LEAD

SINGER AND AND OF THE NEWSBOYS

AND AND IT BEGAN THIS

INCREDIBLE JOURNEY I THINK FOR

SORT TO WRITE MUSIC WITH A

MESSAGE OF HOPE FOUND IN CHRIST

IN CHRIST ALONE AS JESUS CHRIST

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE IN BEING A

PART OF THE FIRST SIX ALBUMS

FIRST ONE WE DID WAS READ ALL

ABOUT IT AND THEN IT WAS HOW IS

IT FOR WIMPS THEN BOYS WILL BE

BOYS AND THEN NOT ASHAMED ALBUM

THEN PUBLIC THEN THE TAKE ME TO

YOUR LEADER SUCCESS JUST BEGIN

TO COME LIKE A IT WAS MORE WORK

EVER LONGER TOURS THAN EVER

FILLING THE BIGGEST ARENAS AND

NOW STARTING TO SELL HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF ALBUMS NOW

STARTING TO WIND DOWN AWARDS

FOR ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR ROCK

BAND OF THE THE NEWSBOYS YOU

KNOW, STARTING TO SEE GOLD

ALBUMS AND WERE GETTING MARRIED

AND HAVING FAMILIES AND

CHILDREN BUT THE INCREDIBLE

WEALTH WAS COMING NOW TO THE

BEAUTIFUL HOMES THE BEAUTIFUL

CARS WE WERE LIVING THE

AMERICAN DREAM WHILE WE'RE

SNEAKING AROUND FOR MONEY,

SUCCESS, FAME THE MINISTRY HAS

THE ABILITY TO EXPOSE DEFECTS

IN YOUR CHARACTER.

IT'S EASY TO BE GREAT FROM A

DISTANCE WHEN THE LIMELIGHT IS

ON BUT LEFT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

WHEN YOU'RE NOT ON STAGE, WHEN

NO ONE'S AROUND LIFESTYLE WILL

BEGIN TO EXPOSE.

LIKE I SAID THE DEFECTS IN WHO

YOU ARE AND YOUR FOUNDATION AND

YOUR CHARACTER AND THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENED TO ME.

I'M LOSING MY GRIP THAT SENSE

OF HUMILITY AND HUMBLENESS AND

STAND CONNECTED TO THE VINES

CONNECTED TO GOD I MADE THE

TERRIBLE MISTAKE OF NOT

GUARDING THE SACREDNESS OF MY

MARRIAGE AND MY MY OWN LIFE

WHERE I BEGIN TO BEGIN TO CHAT

WITH OTHER WOMEN WHO OBVIOUSLY

WEREN'T MY WIFE ONLINE IT

BECAME THE MOST ADDICTIVE A

LITTLE COMPROMISE HERE AND THAT

EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE

ITS TOLL EVERY YEAR OF YOUR

LIFE.

I HAD ONE LIFESTYLE OF WHO I

WAS WHEN I WAS ON BUT THEN WHEN

I WASN'T ON STAGE I WAS A

TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON.

I IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, THE

MESSAGE OF HOPE BUT I BEGAN TO

CUT ANCHORS FROM MY LIFE.

I CONFIDED ONE OF THE BAND

MEMBERS.

LONG STORY SHORT, WAS FORCED TO

STEP DOWN AND RESIGN FROM

NEWSBOYS.

MY MY WORLD IT FELL APART AND I

WAS SO EXPOSED I FELT SO NAKED

BECAUSE I THINK AT THAT MOMENT

I CAME TO THE SHOCKING

REALIZATION THAT MY WHOLE SENSE

OF VALUE AND WORTH MY WHOLE

IDENTITY WAS WAS TOTALLY

WRAPPED UP IN WHO I WAS WITH

THE NEWSBOYS.

THAT MEANT MORE TO ME AND

WITHIN MY MARRIAGE TO TRYING TO

FIGHT FOR MY WIFE AND MY MY

DAUGHTER.

HI MIKE.

THIS IS MY IDENTITY.

AS LONG AS I WAS WITH THE

NEWSBOYS I'M SOMEBODY I HAVE A

PURPOSE8 THE FUTURE I HAVE A

HOPE MY SUCCESS, MY FAME THEN

WHEN MY CAREER CAME TO AN END I

USED ALCOHOL AS JUST A VEHICLE

TO ESCAPE AND THINGS ONLY WENT

WORSE THE WORSE.

I MET MY WIFE ONE DAY AND SHE

FOUND BUNCH OF LETTERS AND SHE

OPENED IT UP AND THEY'RE ALL

FROM THIS WOMAN THAT I'D BE

TALKING TO AND WHEN SHE LEFT I

WENT DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE EVEN

DEEPER WITH THE THE DRUGS AND

AND THE ALCOHOL.

SO I THOUGHT WELL LET'S JUST GO

BACK TO AUSTRALIA A LITTLE THAT

BLOW OVER AND I'LL I'LL GO BACK

AND PATCH THINGS UP WITH MY

WIFE AT THE TIME AND GETTING

BACK TO AMERICA SO I CAN

CONTINUE LIVING THE BLESSED

LIFE NOW WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO

ME THAN THAT MY SOUL, MY

SALVATION.

GOD SHUT THE DOOR FOR ME TO

COME BACK TO AMERICA AND THEN

GOD STARTED THE JOURNEY OF

TAKING ME TO THE WILDERNESS

WHERE THAT JOHN JAMES HAD TO

DIE.

IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL, THE

MOST GUT WRENCHING OF GOING TO

SELF AND ALLOWING GOD TO HEAL

THE WOUND AND THE ABANDONMENT

AND THE REJECTION AND THE

UNFAITHFUL AND JUST THE MESS

AND EVENTUALLY THAT MARRIAGE

WITH MY FIRST WIFE CAME TO AN

END AND I'M AT A PLACE LIKE GOD

,HOW ARE YOU EVER GOING TO FIX

SOMEONE LIKE ME?

AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY I

SITTING IN CHURCH AND I WAS SO

JUST AND THERE WAS A SPEAKER

THERE FROM SOUTH AND HE'S

EATING AT ME FROM A PARASITE.

PEOPLE HAVE A CLUE WHO I AM AND

IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS MESSAGE HE

HE STOP PREACHING AND WALK DOWN

OFF THE STAGE AND COMES INTO

THE ROW AND HE HIS FINGER AT ME

AND YOU TALK READ MY MIND AND I

REMEMBER HE SPOKE TO ME I BEGIN

TO BREAK DOWN AND WE SHOWED ME

THAT GOD TO ME AND GOD SAW ME

AND GOD IN HIS MERCY WAS ABLE

TO HELP ME FIND A WAY BACK TO

THE FOOT OF THE CROSS IN

REPENTANCE I HAD TO SETTLE IN

MY HEART BECAUSE I THINK THE

LORD PROMPTED MY HEART IF HE

DID CHOOSE TO BRING ME BACK TO

AMERICA BUT IF HE CHOSE TO SEND

ME A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY

PLACES THAT MAINLY MAY ONLY BE

FIVE, TEN, 15 PEOPLE IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN A LITTLE

CHURCH OR COMMUNITY OR

SOMEONE'S HOME WOULD YOU BE

CONTENT WITH THAT I HONESTLY

HAD TO COME TO A PLACE OF

SAYING YES LORD AND SO THAT'S

WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.

I MET THIS OTHER RECORDING

ARTIST, THIS WONDERFUL LADY AND

WE GOT MARRIED IN OUR HOME

CHURCH AT THAT TIME AND IN

FLORIDA AND NOW I THINK TANYA

AND I HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE

PRIVILEGE AS MISSIONARIES TO

AMERICA THROUGH OUTREACH USA

THE MINISTRY WE'RE LOOKING TO

TO BRING A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO

PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO AND ALCOHOL

REHAB FACILITIES TO TO LOCAL

COMMUNITIES WITH MILITARY BASES

AROUND THIS GREAT I TELL MY

STORY TODAY HUMBLED BECAUSE

IT'S ABOUT GOD AND HIS LIFE AND

HIS FAITHFULNESS THAT HE'S

GOODNESS AT THE MERCY I BELIEVE

HE'S NOT ONLY GOD OF THE

MOUNTAINTOP BUT HE'S GOD OF THE

VALLEY OF THE STORM OF THE

GRIEF OF THE OF THE SHIPWRECK,

OF THE LOSS OF THE PAIN.

HE'S THERE EVERY STEP OF THE

WAY.

HE'S THE GOD OF THE PROCESS

THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE GOD

REALLY CHANGES US.

IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T WANT

US TO HAVE THE MOUNTAINTOP

EXPERIENCES IT'S JUST THAT

SOMETIMES WE JUST GET LOST IN

THE WHOLE MESS OF IT AND WE GET

LOST FROM THE SAVIOR WHO LOVES

US AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR US.

WE GET LOST FROM OURSELVES.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO WE

ARE ANYMORE.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND

YOU'RE A BELIEVER YOU HAVE

STUMBLED ALONG THE WAY AND FEEL

LIKE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO

GET BACK TO THE FOOT OF OF THE

CROSS YOU JUST NEED TO DO IT.

GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.

IT'S NOT A JOURNEY CAN FIGURE

OUT THE PATH FOR OR MAKE PLANS

FOR YOU JUST DO IT WHEN FEEL

LEAST LIKE GOD COULD STILL LOVE

YOU GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES GET

DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AT THE FOOT

OF THE CROSS OF THE ONE WHO

DIED SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE

YOUR LIFE BE RENEWED YOU KNOW

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SING ABOUT

TALK ABOUT PREACH ABOUT TEACH

ABOUT JESUS.

IF NOT CONNECTED TO HIM.

EVERY ONE OF US NEEDS THAT

THERE'S NOBODY NOBODY WHO HAS

ANYTHING WORTH TO SENSE TO SAY

IF THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED.

JOHN FOUND THAT OUT AND LOST A

LOT HIS SOUL.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HE GAINED

PURPOSE.

GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE

FOR LIFE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER

HOW FAR YOU'VE FALLEN, HOW MUCH

YOU'VE WALKED AWAY FROM HIM HIS

WERE STRETCHED OUT ON THE CROSS

AND THEY ARE STRETCHED OUT TO

TODAY COME HOME TO THE FATHER

HEART OF GOD LET HIM FORGIVE

YOU RENEW YOU FILL YOU REFUEL

YOU RE-USE YOU HE TAKES

EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN

OUR LIVES WORKS TO OUR GOOD IF

WE GIVE IT TO HIM SO WHAT'S THE

QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU WAITING

FOR?

JUST COME NOW

I SINNED.

HE ALREADY KNOWS THAT I NEED

YOUR FORGIVENESS.

I NEED YOUR LOVE.

I NEED TO BE REESTABLISHED MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU GIVE IT

TO HIM.

HE'S WAITING HE'S ALWAYS BEEN

WAITING.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

YOU NEED PRAY WITH SOMEONE CALL

OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER

1-800-700-7000 AND HERE'S THE

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY I AT 26

TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER FOUR