ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB WELCOME TO

THE SEVEN HUNDRED CLUB AND

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING WITH

US.

WELL, PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD

TRUMP HAS ISSUED A WARNING TO

HAMAS RELEASE THE HOSTAGES IN

GAZA BEFORE TAKES OFFICE OR PAY

A HEAVY PRICE.

THREE AMERICANS ARE AMONG

THE 60 HOSTAGES STILL BELIEVED

TO ALIVE IN GAZA.

CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS FROM

JERUSALEM.

THE INCOMING PRESIDENT

DELIVERED A STRONG MESSAGE TO

HAMAS DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF

THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA BY THE

TIME HE TAKES OFFICE.

TRUMP WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF

THE HOSTAGES ARE NOT RELEASED

PRIOR TO JANUARY 2025, THERE

WILL BE ALL TO PAY IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND FOR THOSE IN

CHARGE WHO PERPETRATED THESE

ATROCITIES HUMANITY.

TRUMP'S STATEMENT COMES JUST

DAYS AFTER AN EMOTIONAL APPEAL

BY ISRAELI-AMERICAN EDEN

ALEXANDER ON A HAMAS PROPAGANDA

VIDEO AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT

MURDERED ANOTHER ISRAELI

AMERICAN HOSTAGE AMIR NEUTRA

AFTER HAMAS TOOK HIM CAPTIVE

WHEN HIS TANK WAS OVERRUN

OCTOBER 7TH.

PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO RESPONDED

TO NEWS RELEASING A STATEMENT

THAT READ IN PART LESS THAN A

MONTH AGO.

AMIR'S MOTHER AND FATHER JOINED

ME AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO SHARE

THE PAIN THEY HAVE ENDURED AS

THEY PRAYED FOR THE SAFE RETURN

OF THEIR SON PAY.

NO PARENT SHOULD EVER KNOW

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON

POSTED PLEASE JOIN US IN

PRAYING FOR THE NEUTRA FAMILY

AS WE CONTINUE TO SEEK JUSTICE

AGAINST HAMAS AND THE RETURN OF

ON THEIR BODY ON ISRAEL'S

NORTHERN BORDER.

THE CEASEFIRE IS HOLDING

DESPITE FIRING MORTAR SHELLS

INTO A DISPUTED SITE ON THE

LEBANESE BORDER.

ISRAEL RESPONDED WITH MILITARY

STRIKES.

FOREIGN MINISTER DRONES ARE

SAID HEZBOLLAH FORCES SOUTH OF

THE LITANI RIVER VIOLATES THE

CEASE FIRE.

THEY MUST MOVE NORTH

IMMEDIATELY.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ISRAEL IS

COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CEASEFIRE

BUT WE WILL NOT A RETURN TO THE

SITUATION AS IT STOOD ON

OCTOBER SIX, 2023 IF VIOLATIONS

OCCUR.

ISRAEL WILL ENFORCE IN

SYRIA.

ISLAMIST RADICALS STRENGTHEN

THEIR GRIP ON ALEPPO SYRIA'S

SECOND LARGEST CITY.

CHRISTIANS INSIDE THE CITY ARE

TERRIFIED.

ONE COUPLE TELLING CBN NEWS.

THEY FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AND

POSSIBLE MASSACRES.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE WHAT'S

CALLED HAYAT TELL AL-SHAM A

TERRORIST GROUP THAT IS IS

KNOWN AS BEING JIHADISTS WHO

FOLLOW SHARIA LAW HAVE JUST

TAKEN OVER ALEPPO.

AND WHILE THEY'VE ANNOUNCED

THAT NOT TARGETING CHRISTIANS

OR ANY RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

RIGHT NOW THERE'S MUCH FEAR

BECAUSE THE WAY THEY'VE

GOVERNED IDLIB WHERE THEY

CURRENTLY CONTROL THEY'VE BEEN

USING SHARIA LAW THERE.

NADINE MANSOUR THE PRESIDENT

OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM SECRETARIAT TELLS CBN

NEWS IT'S VITAL FOR CHRISTIANS

TO PRAY AND SPEAK OUT.

THIS IS A TIME FOR THE

CHURCH TO COME TOGETHER AND

THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT

THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING.

SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING

WORK FOR THOSE WHO ARE FLEEING

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

SO MANY WAYS WE CAN TELL THE

STORIES THAT WE'RE READING

ABOUT HEARING.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO

REMEMBER OUR BROTHERS AND

SISTERS IN CHAINS AND THIS IS

ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE CAN

REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE

SUFFERING AND PRAY FOR THEM AND

DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

WELL ELECTIONS DO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER

WHEN RONALD REAGAN TOOK OFFICE

THERE WERE HOSTAGES THAT WERE

BEING HELD IN IRAN AND THEY

WERE ALL OUR EMBASSY WORKERS US

CITIZENS AND THEY WERE BEING

HELD FOR FOR FOREVER AND MANY

OF US JUST SEEM TO GO ON AND ON

AND ON.

THERE WAS A NIGHTLY NEWS SHOW

THAT WAS BASED ENTIRELY ON

ONE OF THE HOSTAGES IS GOING TO

BE RELEASED AND UNDER JIMMY

CARTER OR RESCUE ATTEMPT BUT

THEN RONALD REAGAN TOOK OFFICE

AND THE DAY HE TOOK OFFICE IRAN

SAID WE'RE GOING TO GIVE BACK

THE HOSTAGES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD THEM

ANYMORE.

SO REFRESHING TO SEE THE

EXERCISE OF STRENGTH IN ORDER

TO MAINTAIN PEACE WHEN YOU PULL

BACK WHEN WHEN YOU AREN'T

WILLING TO COMMIT.

BUT HERE IS AN INCOMING

PRESIDENT GIVING A VERY CLEAR

WARNING TO HAMAS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG PRICE

TO PAY IF YOU DON'T RELEASE

THEM BY JANUARY 20.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS WILL DO.

BUT MY HOPE IS THEY WILL LAY

DOWN THEIR ARMS

UNCONDITIONALLY, SURRENDER,

RELEASE ALL OF THE HOSTAGES

THEN WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S THE

NEW GOVERNMENT OF GAZA GOING TO

BE WHAT'S THE SECURITY CONCERNS

FOR ISRAEL AND WE CAN ALL MOVE

ON AND MOVE ON IN PEACE.

HAMAS IS THE EVIL ACTOR IN

THIS.

KEEP THAT IN MIND ALL THESE

CALLS FOR ISRAEL TO HAVE A

UNILATERAL CEASE FIRE AND JUST

LET HAMAS CONTINUE TO ATTACK

THEM AND REPEAT SEVEN AGAIN AND

AGAIN.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND TO?

MAKE THAT KIND OF CALL.

WHO WOULD EVER AGREE TO THAT?

WE TO DEFEAT HAMAS THE WORLD

COMMUNITY HAS TO WE HAVE TO

STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL

AND WE HAVE TO SEE THIS ALL WAY

THROUGH TO A FINAL PEACE.

WELL, IN OTHER NEWS WEEK, A

FEDERAL JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO

DECIDE THE FATE OF A LAW THAT

BANS AMERICANS FROM USING TECH

TALK.

GARY LANE HAS THAT STORY.

MORE FROM THE CBN NEWSROOM

GARY, THAT'S GORDON.

THE LAW IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT

IN JANUARY.

TICK TOCK ARGUES THE BAN

INFRINGES ON ITS FIRST

AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT AS

LONG AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP IS

OWNED BY A CHINESE COMPANY IT'S

A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.

CBN CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT

MICHELLE LONDON BREAKS DOWN THE

CASE.

A FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN TIK

TOK AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

NOW RESTS WITH A U.S. APPEALS

COURT TIK TOK LAWSUIT SEEKS TO

STRIKE DOWN A BAN THAT WOULD

FORCE THE APP TO PART WAYS FROM

CHINESE PARENT COMPANY OR BE

BANNED ENTIRELY FROM U.S. APP

STORES LIKE GOOGLE AND APPLE.

TIK TOK REPEATEDLY HAS SHOWN

THAT IT HAS CAN KEEP AMERICAN

DATA PERSONAL DATA ABOUT USERS

AND TO YOU THERE IS NO MORE

POWERFUL PROPAGANDA TOOL

VIRGINIA SENATOR MARK WARNER

TALKED WITH CBN NEWS ABOUT THE

APP'S INFLUENCE ESPECIALLY

AMONG TEENAGERS SAYING THAT'S

WHERE ABOUT 40% OF THOSE

BETWEEN 18 AND 24 GET THEIR

NEWS AND INFORMATION.

BEFORE LONG WARNER SAYS TIK

TOK KNOWS WHAT YOU LIKE BEFORE

YOU DO.

SO IF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

SAYS WELL LET'S PUT SOMETHING

THAT'S ANTI-RELIGIOUS, LET'S

PUT SOMETHING IN THAT IS YOU

KNOW, AGAINST TAIWAN OR

PRO-RUSSIA THEY CAN BUILD THAT

INTO THE ALGORITHM SO THEY'VE

DONE NOTHING TO CHANGE MY VIEW.

THE SENATOR'S VIEWS ECHO OF

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHICH

MAINTAINS BANNING TIK TOK IS

NECESSARY BECAUSE OF

BYTEDANCE'S CHINESE OWNERSHIP.

THE DOJ CLAIMS ACCESS TO THE

APP QUOTE CREATES A NATIONAL

SECURITY THREAT OF IMMENSE

DEPTH AND SCALE, THE COMPANY

ARGUES DIVESTING ITSELF FROM

BYTEDANCE WOULD MEAN REDUCING

THE COMPANY TO A SHELL OF ITS

FORMER SELF.

AS FEDERAL JUDGES RUSH TO

DECIDE ON TIKTOK'S CASE ELECT

TRUMP RECENTLY CHALLENGED THE

BAN VOICING HIS SUPPORT FOR THE

PLATFORM.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE PERSON

WHO FIRST EDUCATE ME ON THIS

ISSUE WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP HIS

FIRST TERM HE RAISED THE

CONCERN TRUMP STANS CHANGED

SINCE HIS FIRST TERM WHEN HE

SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BACK

IN 2020 OUTLAWING THE APP WHICH

WAS BLOCKED IN COURT.

I JUST HOPE THAT PRESIDENT

TRUMP WHO WAS AGAIN WAS THE

LEADER ON THIS AND DOESN'T GET

CONVINCED BY SOME OF HIS

WEALTHY DONORS TO KIND OF

CHANGE HIS POSITION.

AS OF OCTOBER, MORE THAN A

DOZEN AND THE DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA HAVE SUED TIKTOK

CLAIMING IT'S ADDICTIVE TO

CHILDREN.

THE COMPANY DISAGREEING ON X

SAYING THEY REMAIN DEEPLY

COMMITTED TO PROTECTING TEENS

AND WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND

IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCT.

WARNER SAYS HE'S JUST HOPING

THE COURT WILL DECIDE IN THE

BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF

CREATIVITY IN TIK TOK AND AT

THE END OF THE DAY YOU KNOW,

WE'RE NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE

BANNED BUT IT OUGHT TO BE OWNED

BY SOME ENTITY THAT'S NOT

CONTROLLED BY THE COMMUNIST

PARTY OF CHINA.

MICHELLE LONDON CBN

NEWS WASHINGTON BIBLE SALES ARE

BOOMING YEAR WITH PUBLISHERS

REPORTING A 22% JUMP THROUGH

OCTOBER BOOKSTORE OWNERS AND

ONLINE BIBLE SELLERS TELLS CBN

NEWS PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO

SCRIPTURES BECAUSE THEY'RE

HUNGRY FOR TRUTH.

WHEN A GRIFFITH REPORTS IT

APPEARS THE BIBLE IS MAKING A

COMEBACK.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST

IMPORTANT BOOK FOR CHRISTIANS

BUT LATELY THE WORD OF GOD IS A

SERIOUS BESTSELLER HERE IT

HEAVEN AND EARTH AND VIRGINIA

BEACH ONE OF THE LAST STANDING

CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORES IN THE

AREA THEY SAY.

BIBLE SALES HAVE QUADRUPLED IN

THE LAST FOUR YEARS ALONE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

PEOPLE ARE REALLY HUNGRY FOR A

MOVE OF GOD.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

GENUINE AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING REAL AND IT'S FOUND

WITHIN AND THEY WANT SOMETHING

TANGIBLE, VERY TANGIBLE AND TO

HOLD THE BIBLE IN YOUR HAND IS

A VERY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

UNLIKE THE SCREEN WE LOOK AT

THINGS ALL DAY ON OUR PHONE

WHEN IT'S JUST YOU THE WORD OF

GOD.

IT REALLY REALLY SEEKING FIRST

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS

RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHIN PAGES AND

YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE

INTIMACY.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFLUENCERS

PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN SOARING

SALES TERRIBLY.

KABUL'S BIBLE RECAP FEATURES

ARE THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR

PLAN WITH A DAILY COMMENTARY.

BUT WE'RE BLOWN AWAY THAT

PEOPLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND

AND LOVE GOD'S WORD AND THAT

THEY'RE FINDING THIS RESOURCE

TO BE HELPFUL TO THEM.

SHE READS TRUTH OFFERS BIBLE

READING PLANS, PODCASTS AND

BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING FOUR

IN OUR SHOP IN FOR THE PAST

YEAR OVER ACTUALLY A 56%

INCREASE IN SHARE IS TRUTH

BIBLE HERE IS JUST BIBLE SALES.

SHE READS TRUTH CO-FOUNDER

RACHEL MEYERS LEADS WOMEN IN

THE WORD ONLINE SAYS

FUNCTIONALITY IS AN IMPORTANT

REASON WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE A

PARTICULAR BIBLE.

PEOPLE REALLY SEEM TO

RESPOND WHEN DESIGN IS GOOD AND

THAT IT'S ALSO FUNCTIONAL AND

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SET

OUT TO DO WITH THOSE TWO BIBLE

PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE LIKE COLOR

GENRES SO ANYWHERE YOU ARE IN

THE SERIES YOUR BIBLE YOU KNOW

WHAT OR TYPE OF LITERARY WE

MATERIAL YOU'RE READING 37 090

THAT'S A GREAT MARVEL WHO'S

MANAGED HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR

MORE THAN A DECADE SAYS SHE'S

BEEN AMAZED BY THE NUMBER OF

YOUNG PEOPLE BUYING FOR THE

VERY FIRST TIME AND THEY'RE

TELLING THAT THE LORD WAS

TELLING THEM TO BUY A PAPER

BIBLE.

IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT WITH THE

PAPERLESS GENERATION BUT THEY

COME IN AND THEY FALL LOVE WITH

THE PAPER BIBLE.

THE WAR IN ISRAEL IS ANOTHER

BIG REASON MORE PEOPLE ARE

SEEKING GOD'S WORD.

WE KNOW ISRAEL IS THE

EPICENTER.

IT'S WHERE THE WORD OF GOD

BIRTHED IS WHERE JESUS WAS

BIRTHED.

IT'S WHERE JESUS IS BACK.

SO TO SEE ISRAEL AND THE

NEWS DAILY SEE THE WARS AND THE

RUMORS OF WARS IS REALLY

STARTING WAKE PEOPLE UP AND GET

THEM BACK INTO THE WORD.

AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT

THE BESTSELLING BIBLE IS, IT'S

THE LIFE APPLICATION BIBLE.

IT'S A GREAT STUDY BIBLE FOR

BRAND NEW BELIEVERS AND IT'S

OFFERED IN MOST OF THE MAIN

TRANSLATIONS THAT THAT WE OFFER

HERE.

WENDY GRIFFITH CBN

NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH THE BEST

WAY TO KNOW GOD IS TO READ HIS

WORD.

GORDON THAT CERTAINLY IS GOOD

NEWS ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS, YEAH

I LIKE TO ADD TO THAT WHO IS

THE AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH

AND TAUGHT AMONG US THIS

CHRISTMAS REALIZED THAT THE

WORD IS JESUS HIS WORDS ETERNAL

AND HE SAID IT MY WORD HEAVEN

AND EARTH WILL PASS BUT MY WORD

WILL NEVER PASS AWAY WHEN YOU

GET THAT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR

MIND, INTO YOUR SPIRIT, INTO

YOUR LIFE NO MATTER WHAT COMES

AT YOU NO MATTER HOW DISTURBING

THE HEADLINES ARE YOU CAN HAVE

THE PEACE THAT PASSES ON YOU'RE

STANDING IF YOU WANT TO GET A

HEAD START ON BIBLE READING

PLANS WE HAVE THEM FOR YOU AT

CBN, CBN.COM.

YOU CAN READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE

BIBLE IN A YEAR AND WE'LL SEND

YOU EMAIL PROMPTS TO REMIND YOU

AND IF YOU JUST TAKE TIME EVERY

DAY TO SAY OKAY, I'LL READ MY

CHAPTERS AT END OF THE YEAR

YOU'LL COMPLETE YOU'LL COMPLETE

THE ENTIRE BIBLE THIS JANUARY

JUST A MONTH AWAY WE'LL BE

LAUNCHING HOW TO STUDY THE

BIBLE.

WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL RESOURCE

COMING OUT OF REGENT UNIVERSITY

THE SCHOOL OF DIVINITY THERE

PROFESSORS GOTTEN TOGETHER AND

HOW DO WE TEACH CHRISTIANS HOW

READ THE BIBLE HOW TO STUDY THE

BIBLE AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE

TO YOU IN JANUARY SO YOU CAN

START A WHOLE NEW YEAR PLAN OF

?

YES, I'M GOING TO READ THE

BIBLE.

I'M GOING TO LET IT GET A DEEP

INTO MY HEART INTO EVERY WORD I

SAY MY WILL BE ON THE BIBLE AND

THAT WAY YOU KNOW THAT THE

MEDITATION OF YOUR HEART, THE

WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH AND THE

MEDITATE OCEANS OF YOUR HEART

WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD

ALMIGHTY.

SO DO IT.

GO TO CBN ECOM THERE'S A PLACE

WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR A

BIBLE READING PLAN GET THE CBN

NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS OUR

PLATFORMS.

WELL HALF, OF THE 6 MILLION

JEWS WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST

LIVED IN.

JEWISH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE

BEEN THERE FOR CENTURIES NEVER

RECOVERED.

NOW TWO CITIES ARE WORKING TO

RESTORE THE MEMORY OF THEIR

JEWISH HISTORY.

CBS MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT

JULIE STAHL REPORTS FROM POLAND

NORTHEASTERN POLAND'S LARGEST

CITY IS BIALYSTOK WITH A

POPULATION OF 300,000.

JEWISH PEOPLE FIRST CAME HERE

IN THE EARLY 1600S.

THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO

TRADE, NO SMALL BUSINESS.

WITHOUT JEWISH COMMUNITY SO THE

OWNERS OF THE LITTLE TOWNS THEY

WERE INVITING THIS KIND OF

COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY NEEDED

THEM AND THEY ALSO PAY TAXES.

SO WHEN THEY CAME HERE THEY

STARTED TO BUY AND SELL THINGS

AND THEY ALSO RAN THE BREWERY

AND SHOPS.

ACCORDING TO ANA CRUSH

ONITSUKA A HISTORY TEACHER AND

TOUR GUIDE IN BIALYSTOK ABOUT,

50,000 JEWISH PEOPLE LIVED HERE

LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR TWO.

SO NAZIS CAME HERE.

THEY KNEW THAT THIS IS VERY

IMPORTANT JEWISH IN A CITY AT

THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING.

I MEAN 27TH OF JUNE 1941.

BEHIND ME IS A TO THE GREAT

SYNAGOGUE IN BIALYSTOK IN 1941

THE NAZIS MARCHED IN AND BURNED

IT TO THE GROUND WITH HUNDRED

PEOPLE INSIDE.

THE SAME DAY THEY KILLED 1200

MORE ON THE STREETS AND IT WAS

JUST THE BEGINNING.

THEN THEY GUTTED THE WHOLE

JEWISH COMMUNITY IN A GHETTO

AND THEY WERE USING THEM AS

SLAVES.

THEY WERE HARD WORKING.

IT WAS THE TIME THAT THOSE

PEOPLE WERE STARVING THERE.

BUT STILL THEY HAD HOPE TO

SURVIVE DESPITE AN UPRISING.

TWO YEARS LATER NAZIS ALMOST

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO

TREBLINKA AND MURDERED THERE.

AFTER THE WAR ABOUT 300 JEWS

RETURNED TO BIALYSTOK AND TRIED

TO LIVE HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED IN POLAND IN

1968?

COMMUNISTS THAT ALL THE JEWISH

PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO ISRAEL SO

THEY THE LAST 120 PEOPLE

SOMETHING LIKE THIS JUST.

ALWAYS TALK TODAY ABOUT 20

JEWS LIVE IN BIALYSTOK WITH

NONE HAVING JEWISH FAMILY ROOTS

IN THE CITY.

THERE IS REDEMPTIVE MOVE

HOWEVER.

ANNA SAYS PEOPLE IN HER TOWN

WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT JEWISH

HISTORY IS NOT FORGOTTEN.

WE A SPECIAL TRAY.

WE ARE NOT ANTI-SEMITES.

WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW THAT WE

REMEMBER AND THE JEWISH PART OF

THE HISTORY OF GO IS AS

IMPORTANT AS OTHER PARTS.

NEARLY 200 MILES AWAY IN

LUBLIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

STARTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN

THE 16TH CENTURY WHEN JEWISH

PEOPLE CAME HERE MOSTLY AS

REFUGEES FROM WESTERN AND

EASTERN EUROPE.

THEY SETTLED SURROUNDING THE

AROUND THE CASTLE KING'S CASTLE

OF LUBLIN AND WHILE THEY LIVED

THE PEACEFULLY FOR HUNDREDS OF

YEARS.

HISTORIAN AND TOUR GUIDE

SELMA VIT KARLOVIC TELLS CBN

NEWS MANY PROMINENT RABBIS CAME

FROM THIS VIBRANTLY RICH

SOCIETY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF

LUBLIN JUST BEFORE THE SECOND

WORLD WAR WAS LIKE 43,000.

ONE THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF

OUR TOWN.

AND SO THIS AGAIN WAS VERY

LET'S SAY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE MANY POLITICAL

PARTIES THAT WERE MANY VIEWS ON

THE LIFE AND ON THE RELIGION

AND POLITICS.

WHEN THE GERMANS ARRIVED

THOUGH, THEY TURNED THE JEWISH

DISTRICT INTO A GHETTO.

THEY SURROUNDED IT BY WIRE.

AND JEWISH PEOPLE THAT WERE

TRAPPED INSIDE.

THEY WERE THINKING THAT THEY

CAN SURVIVE THE WAR.

NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN TO THEM.

WELL, AFTER WAR IT ALL

FINISHED.

BUT THIS NEVER CON THIS FOR FOR

A PLACE FOR THEM.

THE BUILDING ON MY RIGHT WAS

A JEWISH ORPHANAGE AND ELDERLY

HOME.

WHEN THE NAZIS EXTERMINATED THE

LUBLIN IN 1942 THEY MURDERED

THE 200 CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY

AND THE CHILD CAREGIVERS WHO

REFUSED TO ABANDON THE

CHILDREN.

THE SS FORCES CAME AND THEY

STARTED TO THROW AWAY PEOPLE

FROM THEIR HOUSES DRIVING TO

SQUARE NEAR THE SYNAGOGUE.

AND JEWISH PEOPLE WERE NOT

RESISTING BECAUSE.

WELL, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED

BEFORE.

THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST GHETTO

IN THE WORLD THAT WAS DESTROYED

DURING THE HIGH NOT ALL OF THE

HOLOCAUST THE GERMAN CODE NAME

THEM.

ALMOST ALL LESBIANS JEWS

DIED IN THE BELGIAN CONCENTRÉ

IN CAMP.

WE KNOW ABOUT 1000 SURVIVED OF

THEM.

BUT RIGHT NOW THE JEWISH

COMMUNITY OF LUBLIN IS LIKE

5070 PEOPLE AND NONE OF THEM IS

SPEAKING YIDDISH.

THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS SO

PROMINENT IN JEWISH DISTRICTS

BEFORE THE WAR.

NOW THE POLISH PEOPLE IN

LUBLIN ARE TELLING MANY OF

THOSE STORIES.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

THROUGH THE GERCHICK GATE

THEATER CULTURAL INSTITUTION.

MY GRANDFATHER ONCE SAID

THAT YOU LET THE MEMORY OF THIS

PEOPLE DIE.

IT WILL BE LIKE THE NAZIS HAVE

WON.

NO, WE CANNOT DO THIS.

I'M A HISTORIAN.

MY JOB IS TO REMEMBER THINGS

AND REMEMBER PEOPLE.

AND YOU SEE THIS IS THE HISTORY

OF OUR TOWN.

LUBLIN DOESN'T REALLY EXIST

WITHOUT THE MEMORY OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

THIS IS PART OF OUR HISTORY.

WE CANNOT FORGET THIS.

GROWING UNDER COMMUNIST RULE,

KARLOVIC SAYS HE DIDN'T LEARN

ABOUT THE JEWISH HISTORY UNTIL

HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW HE AND OTHERS HOPE TO

CHANGE THAT INCLUDING THE

JEWISH STORY AS PART OF

LOVELAND'S HISTORY THAT'S

TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

JULIE STAHL CBN NEWS.

BIALYSTOK AND LUBLIN POLAND

.

AND THERE'S A BIT OF HISTORY

YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANYWHERE

ELSE BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT

JEWISH HISTORY IN EUROPE, YOU

KNOW THE THE THE POGROMS THE

THE STRUGGLE FOR JEWISH

IDENTITY FROM THAT CAME THE

RISE OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT.

NOW IT WASN'T THE SOURCE OF IT

BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY FUEL FOR

IT.

WE LOOK AT AN ENGLISH PHRASE

BEYOND PALE MAYBE YOU'VE SAID

THAT SOME THINGS ARE SO THEY'RE

THEY'RE BEYOND THE PALE.

WELL THAT COMES FROM WHAT

CATHERINE THE GREAT DID ALL THE

WAY BACK IN THE 17 NINETIES

WHERE SHE CREATED A PALE PALE

OF FOR THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

THE PALE WERE OF SHARPENED

STICKS THAT WERE SET UP AS A

STOCKADE IF YOU WILL AND IF YOU

WERE INSIDE THE SETTLEMENT IF

YOU WERE OUTSIDE YOU WERE

BEYOND THE PALE.

AND SO THAT THAT BECAME A WAY

TO ISOLATE JEWS WITHIN RUSSIA.

POLAND WAS CONSIDERED A

RELATIVELY SAFE PLACE FOR JEWS

AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD SUCH A

LARGE POPULATION.

SO BECAUSE OF THE PERSECUTION

COMING OUT OF RUSSIA IT WAS

ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC.

THE POGROMS OF THE EIGHTIES

1890S WERE JUST HORRIBLE.

AND WHAT GOT BRITAIN TO SAY WE

HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT

THE JEWS AND THEY OFFERED UP

UGANDA THEY UP VARIOUS

SOLUTIONS BUT IT FINALLY CAME

DOWN TO THE BALFOUR DECLARATION

AND THEN THE BRITISH MANDATE

UNDER THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO

CREATE A JEWISH STATE.

THIS THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL THIS

IS THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

AND MY HEART IS RED THAT TODAY

SEE A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM

LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

IT JUST SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK

IN THIS INCREDIBLE.

AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO STAND

WITH OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND

SISTERS WE ARE GRAFTED INTO

THEM.

THERE ABRAHAM IS OUR ABRAHAM

THERE ISAAC IS OUR ISAAC THERE.

JACOB IS OUR JACOB.

ALL OF THEIR PROFITS ARE OUR

PROFITS.

WE NEED TO REALIZE WE'RE

GRAFTED INTO THAT ROAD AND THE

GREAT REVELATION.

JESUS, HE'S NOT A PALESTINE

IDIOT.

HE IS A JEW.

SO LET US STAND OUR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS.

LET'S STAND AGAINST THIS RISE

IN ANTI SEMITISM.

LET US NEVER FORGET AND LET US

VOW AGAIN.

NOT ON OUR WATCH.

YOU DON'T GET TO EXTERMINATE

YOU DON'T GET TO PERSECUTE

THEM.

YOU DON'T GET TO DISCRIMINATE

HATE AGAINST THEM.

YOU DON'T GET TO HURT THEM IN

THE GHETTOS OR PAILS OR

WHEREVER.

NO, THEY ENJOY EVERY FREEDOM

THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD ENJOY

AND ESPECIALLY THE FREEDOM OF

GENTLE CURE ICON OR RIGHT OUT

OF THE GATE CASEY AND JAN

STARTED MARRIAGE WITH $50,000

OF CREDIT CARD DEBT IN AN

EFFORT TO MAKE ENDS MEET, CASEY

WAS SECRETLY STOCK TRADING THE

SIDE AND THEIR DEBT SNOWBALLED

AND SOON THE PRESSURE PUT CASEY

IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN HE GOT OUT

,A TRIP TO CHURCH TRANSFORMED

THIS COUPLE'S LIFE CASEY AND

JEN WASHINGTON TO MAKE ENDS

MEET SHORTLY AFTER THEY GOT

MARRIED IN 2011.

BY 2014 THEY ACCRUED

MOUNTING CREDIT CARD DEBT OF

$50,000.

WE WERE ROUGHLY TEN K FROM

THE WEDDING AND THE HONEYMOON

AND JUST PUTTING ALL LIVING

EXPENSES ON CREDIT CARDS AND

JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE

STARTED OFF OUR MARRIAGE AND IT

WAS VERY SLOW AT THE BEGINNING

BUT THEN AFTER THAT IS IT

REALLY SNOWBALLED CASEY KEPT OF

THE DEBT HIDDEN FROM JEN AND

STARTED TO START TRADING ON THE

SIDE.

HOWEVER IT ONLY PULLED HIM

INTO A DEEPER HOLE FINANCIALLY

AND MENTALLY I WAS CONSUMED

WITH WAKING UP AT FOUR AND 3

A.M. STOCK TRADING AND I WAS

CONCERNED WITH GETTING MYSELF

OUT OF THIS MESS THAT I CREATED

AND.

IT WAS TAKING ALL ATTENTION

AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.

CASEY DEVELOPED SEVERE ANXIETY

AND SUFFERED FROM A SERIOUS

PANIC ATTACK THAT PUT HIM IN

THE HOSPITAL WITH JEN AND HIS

DAD AT HIS SIDE.

HE DISCLOSED THE DEBT LAYING

ALL OF THIS OUT THERE THAT I'VE

BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH MYSELF

I KNEW WE COULDN'T KEEP GOING

DOWN THE SAME PATH WE WERE

GOING AND WE COULDN'T BE AS

CARELESS WHEN IT CAME TO

SPENDING ON THE LITTLE THINGS

WE HAD TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL

ON WHAT WE SPENT MONEY ON AND

ON WHAT WE NEEDED VERSUS

WANTED.

THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THEY

WENT TO CHURCH THE ASKED THOSE

TO STAND WHO NEEDED HEALING.

CASEY STOOD UP AND MADE THE

DECISION THAT HE WAS GOING TO

START SEEKING GOD FOR ANSWERS

AND DIRECTION FOR HIS FINANCIAL

AND MENTAL SITUATION.

MY WIFE SHE PUTS HER HAND ON ME

AND I'M LIKE YEAH CRYING

THINKING OKAY GOD PLEASE JUST

TAKE THIS FOR ME.

JUST TAKE THIS FOR ME IN A

FEVER RELIEF ANXIETY LEAVE MY

BODY BELLA THINGS WERE I JUST

FELT A SENSE OF CHANGE COMING

OVER ME.

CASEY AND JEN PARTICIPATED IN A

CHURCH WIDE 21 DAY FAST THAT

ENCOURAGED THEM TO START

TITHING THAT WE TALKED TOGETHER

ABOUT IT ABOUT WE REALLY NEED

TO START TITHING WE WERE

TITHING HERE AND THERE WITH OUR

CHURCH BUT THAT'S WHEN WE MADE

THE DECISION TO TIE THE FULL

10% NO MATTER WHAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HOW IT

ALL REALLY WORKED BUT WE NEVER

MISSED A PAYMENT ON OUR BILLS

WE WERE NEVER BEHIND AND WE

CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR TITHES AND

I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU HOW

THAT HAPPENED IT WAS A MIRACLE

SINCE THE LORD WAS TELLING HIM

TO SELL THEIR HOME TO PAY OFF

THEIR DEBTS.

THEY PUT THEIR HOUSE ON THE

MARKET AND AN OFFER CAME IN

$53,000 OVER THE ASKING PRICE.

IT WAS THE EXACT NUMBER THEY

NEEDED TO PAY OFF ALL THEIR

DEBTS.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN.

I MEAN OTHER THAN HE HE HAD ALL

THE DETAILS WORKED OUT AHEAD OF

TIME TODAY THE COUPLE IS DEBT

FREE.

CASEY HAS RECEIVED A

PROMOTION AND A 20% RAISE.

CASEY AND JANE ARE STILL

FAITHFULLY TITHING AND TRUSTING

GOD EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

TITHING WAS THE SOLUTION TO

TURNING OVER THE KEYS TO MY

FINANCES AND THE KEYS TO MY

LIFE HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH

YOUR FINANCES.

HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH

YOUR HEART.

HE DOESN'T WANT OUR MONEY.

HE WANTS US HE WANTS OUR

TITHING TO COME FROM OUR HEART

.

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THE HARD BUT THEY'VE LEARNED IT

AND IT'S WONDERFUL.

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OBEY GOD WHEN YOU DO LIFE HIS

WAY THEN THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

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CONTAIN I'VE HAD TO LEARN THE

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MATTHEW WEST GETS SO WRAPPED

UP IN THE HOLIDAYS HE'S

ACTUALLY KNOWN AS MR.

CHRISTMAS.

IN HIS LATEST BOOK COME HOME

CHRISTMAS, MATTHEW SHARES HIS

FAVORITE MEMORIES AND A LOT

MORE.

WRITING SONGS WITH A MESSAGE

COMES NATURALLY TO AWARD

WINNING MUSIC ARTIST MATTHEW

WEST.

HE'S BEEN WRITING THEM FOR

HIMSELF AND MANY OTHER ARTISTS

FOR 25 YEARS EVER SINCE HE WAS

A KID GOING TO HIS GRANDMA'S.

MATTHEW HAS LOVED CHRISTMAS AND

ALL IT STANDS FOR WITH A NEW

BOOK HE SHARES FROM HIS HEART

WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR ANYONE

COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

EXPLORES HOW CHRIST'S BIRTH

CHANGES EVERYTHING AND WHAT

COMING REALLY MEANS.

WELCOME MATTHEW.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE

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MERRY CHRISTMAS THANKS FOR

HAVING ME ON TODAY.

WELL, YOUR FAMILY ACTUALLY

CALLS YOU MR..

TELL US HOW YOU EARNED THAT

NICKNAME.

WELL, YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN

WRITING CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR

YEARS BUT I GREW UP JUST

SURROUNDED IN A FAMILY THAT

ABSOLUTELY THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

I'M A PREACHER'S KID AND AND SO

I MY KIDS BY PLAYING CHRISTMAS

MUSIC ALL YEAR ROUND AND YOU

KNOW, BECAUSE I TOUR AND TRAVEL

AROUND THE COUNTRY SO MUCH I

LIKE SET UP OUR CHRISTMAS

DECORATIONS ANNOYINGLY EARLY AS

WELL.

SO I'M THAT GUY IN OUR

NEIGHBORHOOD AND OFTENTIMES OUR

FALL ARE AT WAR WITH OUR

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MUCH TO

MY WIFE'S CHAGRIN.

BUT THEY INDULGE ME BECAUSE

IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I GET TO

BE HOME FOR FOR MORE OF THE

CHRISTMAS SEASON.

THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, YOUR NEW BOOK IS

CALLED IT'S FULL OF CHRISTMAS

MEMORIES.

TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE

TIME THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS

PEAKED ALL YOUR PRESENTS AHEAD

OF CHRISTMAS.

THERE'S ALWAYS ONE YEAR THAT

THAT HAPPENS, KIDS.

OH GOSH, MAN, WE ROBBED

OURSELVES THE WONDER OF

CHRISTMAS MORNING.

I GOT TO TELL YOU, WRITING THE

BOOK WAS SO GOOD FOR ME.

I OFTEN FIND THAT LIKE THE

SONGS THAT I WRITE THAT SEEM TO

RESONATE WITH PEOPLE THE MOST

ARE SONGS THAT I WROTE BECAUSE

I NEEDED THEM.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND

THE SAME TO BE TRUE WITH THE

BOOKS THAT I WRITE AND THIS WAS

A BOOK TO BE QUITE THAT I THAT

I NEEDED.

BUT THERE'S THE LYRIC OF THE

SONG INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THE

BOOK SAYS HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN

SINCE YOU FELT THAT FEELING OF

WONDER LIKE A CHILD WIDE AWAKE

ON CHRISTMAS EVE?

AND BASICALLY THE PREMISE IS

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THE YOUNG

AND THE OLD ARE NOT QUITE AS

FAR APART AS THEY MIGHT SEEM?

SO I WROTE THIS BOOK GOING BACK

TO MY CHILDHOOD REMEMBERING

SOME OF MY FAVORITE, SOME NOT

SO GOOD LIKE THE ONE YOU

MENTIONED KIND OF BLOWING

WONDER OF CHRISTMAS BY PEEKING

AT OUR GIFTS LITTLE BIT EARLY.

MY MOM WAS NOT HAPPY THAT YEAR.

I'M SURE A LOT OF US HAVE A

STORY LIKE TO TELL.

THAT'S TRUE.

WELL, PARENTS SPEND A LOT OF

TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

WILL THE SPECIAL SURPRISES ME

THAT'S GOING TO DISAPPOINT DAD,

I'M SURE.

WELL, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR

FAVORITE CHRISTMAS GIFT CAME

FROM YOUR GRANDMA WEST.

WHAT WAS IT?

SO GRANDMA HAD TEN CHILDREN OF

HER OWN WHO ALL GREW UP TO BE

TO HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.

AND GRANDMA NEVER HAD MUCH

MONEY.

MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY IN 84

AND THEY ALWAYS LIVED LOW

INCOME AND SO AT THE AS A CHILD

THERE WAS THIS CHRISTMAS

TRADITION THAT I REALLY DIDN'T

UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

IT.

AS A YOUNG CHILD BUT EVERY

CHRISTMAS I WOULD GET THIS

BLUNT OBJECT THAT JINGLE WHEN

YOU SHOOK IT AND IT WAS KIND OF

SLOPPILY WRAPPED AND I WOULD

OPEN IT UP AND SURE ENOUGH IT

WAS A GERBER BABY FOOD JAR THAT

WAS FILLED WITH 100 PENNIES.

NOW AGAIN AS A KID I'M MORE

EXCITED ABOUT THE BASEBALL BAT

OR THE AIR THAT I WAS HOPING TO

RECEIVE BUT THERE IT WAS EVERY

YEAR IN MASON, IOWA WHEN I

VISITED MY GRANDMA THIS JAR OF

100 PENNIES AND AS A KID YOU

KNOW MY BROTHERS AND I WOULD

KIND OF JOKE WITH EACH OTHER,

YOU KNOW, BEHIND GRANDMA'S BAG

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND

YOUR PENNIES ON?

RIGHT.

BECAUSE 100 PENNIES DIDN'T GET

YOU VERY FAR EVEN I WAS A KID

AND AS I GREW UP I BEGAN TO

REALIZE WHAT THAT SACRIFICE

WAS.

YOU SEE IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE

YEAR GRANDMA WOULD HAVE THIS

LITTLE DISH ON THE SIDE OF HER

BED AND SHE WOULD PUT HER SPARE

THERE SHE WAS SAVING UP ALL

YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO

HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH

ONE OF HER MANY KIDS.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU ONE OF

THE MOST MEANINGFUL THINGS AS I

GREW UP THE YEAR THAT I

GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE I GOT

ANOTHER GIFT THAT WAS A BLUNT

OBJECT THAT JINGLE BUT IT WAS

BIGGER TIME AND I OPENED IT UP

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT

CHRISTMAS OPENING GIFT AND

GRANDMA HAD SAVED 30 SILVER

DOLLARS TO GIVE TO ME IN HONOR

OF ME GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE

AND WHEN LOOK BACK I TRY TO

KEEP THAT STORY CLOSE IN MY

HEART AND IN MY MIND AS I GO

SHOPPING AND AND TRY TO BLESS

FAMILY WITH GIFTS.

I WANT TO FIND THE MOST

MEANINGFUL GIFTS AND IT'S NOT

ALWAYS THE ONE THAT COST THE

MOST MONEY AND VERY OFTEN NOT

ONE THAT COSTS THE MOST MONEY.

THE TITLE OF YOUR HIT SONG AND

YOUR BOOK IS COME HOME FOR

CHRISTMAS.

WHAT'S THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE

TITLE?

WELL, THE MESSAGE IS MORE THAN

JUST A PHYSICAL HOMECOMING.

IT'S AN INVITATION TO A

SPIRITUAL HOMECOMING AND QUITE

HONESTLY THAT'S WHY I WROTE THE

SONG AND WHY I WROTE THE BOOK.

I'M A PREACHER'S KID, SPENT

MY WHOLE LIFE IN CHURCH AND

SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE

CHRISTIANITY IS WHAT YOU DO

LIKE CHURCH IS WHAT YOU DO.

YOU CHECK THE BOX AND EVEN AT

CHRISTMAS TIME WE CAN BE GUILTY

OF LETTING THE CHAOS AND THE

BUSINESS OF THE SEASON OVERRIDE

THE WONDER AND THE TRUTH AND

THE HOPE AND THE PEACE ALL THE

THINGS THAT WE SING ABOUT AT

CHRISTMAS TIME WE CAN MISS WE

CAN WE CAN MISS THOSE THINGS IF

WE'RE NOT CAREFUL.

AND SO THIS BOOK IS AN

INVITATION FOR A SPIRITUAL

HOMECOMING TO ASK GOD TO GIVE

US NEW EYES TO READ THE STORY

OF LUKE CHAPTER TWO ABOUT THE

BIRTH OF JESUS THE GREATEST

STORY EVER TOLD ABOUT THE

GREATEST GIFT EVER GIVEN AND

THE GREATEST LOVE THAT ANY OF

OUR HEARTS COULD EVER DISCOVER.

I WANT TO SEE THAT WITH NEW

EYES.

I WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT

ALL OVER AGAIN.

SO THE BOOK EXPLORES ALL THE

DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN

COME HOME TO.

IT ALSO READS THROUGH THE

STORY OF LUKE CHAPTER TWO AND

PROVIDES SOME GUIDING AND WE

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT

CHARACTERS IN THE STORY AND HOW

THEY WERE ALL RETURNING.

THEY WERE ALL COMING HOME TO

SOMETHING IN THEIR SEARCH FOR A

BABY IN A MANGER.

AND SO MY PRAYER MORE THAN

ANYTHING IS THAT THIS BOOK DO

FOR YOU WHAT IT'S DONE FOR ME

WHICH IS JUST TO HELP ME OF

RELIVE THE CHRISTMASES OF MY

YOUTH AND TO REALIZE THAT I

CAN'T BACK PHYSICALLY BUT

SPIRITUALLY GOD HAS OFFERED

EACH AND EVERY OF US A

BEAUTIFUL INVITATION TO COME

AND FIND HIM LYING IN A MANGER

AND HAVING THE STORY OF THIS

CHILD BORN IN A MANGER THE HOPE

OF THE WORLD COME ALIVE IN US

IN A WHOLE NEW WAY CHRISTMAS

YOU KNOW FOR SOME PEOPLE

MATTHEW THIS CHRISTMAS THIS

TIME OF YEAR IS A TIME OF

SADNESS.

WHAT DO YOU WITH THEM?

YEAH, IN THE BOOK I TALK

ABOUT THE EMPTY SEAT AT THE

TABLE AND HOW YOU KNOW

CHRISTMAS IS NOT PERFECT.

CHRISTMAS IS NOT GOING TO BE

WITHOUT GRIEF.

IT'S NOT LIKE CAN MAGICALLY

FLIP A SWITCH AND ALL THE PAIN

AND THE PROBLEMS AND THE AND

THE FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AND THE

MARRIAGE PROBLEMS OR WHATEVER

IT MAY BE THAT HAS WEIGHED YOU

DOWN THIS YEAR IT'S NOT LIKE

THEY MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR BUT

MUCH LIKE THE BIRTH OF JESUS

YOU KNOW JESUS BIRTH WAS HIM

ENTERING INTO A CHAOTIC

DESPERATE SITUATION AND

BRINGING LIGHT INTO A DARK

WORLD AND I GOT TO BELIEVE WHEN

WE READ THAT STORY WHAT WE'RE

REALLY BEING TOLD IS THAT THE

SAME IS TRUE TODAY THAT GOD

PROMISES TO ENTER INTO OUR

DARKNESS TO ENTER INTO OUR

DESPERATION TO ENTER INTO OUR

BATTLE WITH ANXIETY, OUR

FINANCIAL, OUR PHYSICAL ILLNESS

AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT

WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

HE PROMISES TO BE EMMANUEL

GOD WITH US IN THE MIDST OF

WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

WE CAN STILL EXPERIENCE THE

JOY, THE WONDER AND PRAISE GOD

THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS.

I LOVE THAT PEACE THAT WE'RE

OFFERED IN GOD IS DIFFERENT

THAN THE PEACE THE WORLD GIVES

IT'S A PEACE THAT PASSES ALL

UNDERSTANDING OTHER WORDS I

MIGHT BE SURROUNDED BY CHAOS.

I MIGHT BE IN TOTAL TURMOIL

MY MY WORLD MAY BE TURNED

UPSIDE DOWN AND YET THERE IT IS

AN UNSHAKABLE PEACE.

I CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY I

HAVE IT BUT.

PRAISE GOD I HAVE IT THANKS TO

THANKS TO GOD THE GIVER OF

PEACE EMMANUEL GOD WITH US GOD

WITH YOU THIS CHRISTMAS NO

MATTER WHAT YOU'RE FACING THAT

IS THE TRUTH.

YOU KNOW IT TAKES

INTENTIONAL AND TIME BUT IT'S

WORTH EVERY BIT OF IT.

AND CAN I TELL YOU MATTHEW'S

BOOK IS A GREAT WAY TO FOCUS ON

JESUS DURING THIS HOLIDAY

SEASON I'VE ADDED IT TO MY HEAD

READING IT ALSO MAKES A GREAT

GIFT.

IT'S CALLED COME HOME FOR

CHRISTMAS AND IT'S AVAILABLE

WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

MATTHEW WEST THANK YOU.

GREAT BOOK.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

TIME FOR YOUR EMAIL.

GORDON THIS IS FROM TERRY SAYS

I HAVE A BAD KNEE AND HAVE BEEN

IN A LOT OF PAIN FOR MORE THAN

A YEAR.

RECENTLY I HAD SOMEONE PRAY AND

I FELT THE PAIN LEAVE.

I BELIEVED WITH ALL MY HEART I

WAS HEALED.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PAIN

IS COMING BACK.

IT'S NOT AS SEVERE BUT IT'S

THERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT MY

FAITH IS GOD TRYING TO GET MY

ATTENTION?

WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE

OLDEST QUESTIONS IN

CHRISTIANITY ABOUT YOU KNOW WHY

DO SOME PEOPLE GET COMPLETELY

AND TOTALLY HEALED AND WHY DO

SOME GET PARTIALLY HEALED AND

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET

HEALED?

I DON'T HAVE AN EASY ANSWER FOR

IT.

I WILL SAY DEFINITIVELY IT'S

NOT YOUR FAITH AND DON'T BLAME

AND DON'T TRY TO GET INTO SOME

KIND OF HYPER FAITH THING.

MY FATHER HAD THE SAME THING

HE HAD A BAD KNEE AND HE PRAYED

.

I REMEMBER SEEING HIM AGAIN AND

AGAIN LAYING HANDS ON HIMSELF

AND PRAYING, HAVING OTHER

PEOPLE COME AND PRAY.

IT CAUSED HIM A GREAT DEAL OF

PAIN.

HE HAD A PARTIAL KNEE

REPLACEMENT AND FOR A PERIOD OF

TIME HE WAS MUCH WITH IT BUT

THEN HE WISHED HE HAD GOTTEN A

FULL KNEE REPLACEMENT.

IT STARTED TO REALLY TROUBLE

HIM AND AT THE END OF HIS LIFE

WAS IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY

PAINFUL.

HERE'S THAT MAY GIVE YOU

COMFORT IN ALL OF THIS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'VE

GOTTEN PARTIAL HEALING TO

CONTINUE TO BELIEVE ON CONTINUE

TO PRAISE INTO BEING A FULL AND

COMPLETE HEALING.

DON'T GIVE UP.

THE WHOLE PARABLE OF THE

IMPORTANT WIDOW IS TO INSTRUCT

US THAT WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP

BUT HAVE FAITH IN.

BUT HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I

HOPE WILL GIVE YOU A COMFORT IS

FROM SECOND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER

ONE.

PRAISE BE TO THE TO THE GOD

AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS

CHRIST THE FATHER OF COMPASSION

AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT WHO

COMFORTS IN ALL OUR TROUBLES SO

THAT WE CAN COMFORT THOSE IN

ANY TROUBLE WITH THE COMFORT WE

ARE SOULS RECEIVE FROM GOD.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH TRIALS

TRIBULATION JESUS PROMISES THAT

WE'LL HAVE THAT.

HE THEN SAYS BUT BE OF GOOD

CHEER FOR I'VE OVERCOME THE

WORLD WHATEVER STRUGGLE,

WHATEVER YOU'VE GONE THROUGH

START ASKING GOD HOW I COMFORT

OTHERS WHO HAVE THE SAME

AFFLICTION WHO HAVE THROUGH THE

SAME THING.

CAN I USE THIS FOR YOUR GLORY?

YOU THE GOD OF OUR COMFORT WHEN

YOU COME AND COMFORT ME NOW.

HERE'S A WORD FROM MAX.

REMEMBER WORDS OF THE LORD

JESUS HOW HE HIMSELF SAID IT IS

MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO

RECEIVE.

GOD BLESS YOU.