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THE SUPREME COURT HEARD A

LANDMARK CASE YESTERDAY

CONCERNING TRANSGENDER MEDICINE

AND CHILDREN.

JUSTICES CONSIDERED ON A

TENNESSEE LAW THAT FORBIDS

CERTAIN MEDICAL TREATMENTS

MINORS.

THE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE

COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS

PARENTS AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE

COUNTRY.

TARA MERCHANT REPORTS THE

SUPREME COURT.

TENNESSEE ONE OF 26 STATES

BLOCKING SOME KIND OF GENDER

CARE FOR CHILDREN.

THE RULING IN THIS CASE COULD

HAVE IMPLICATIONS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY THAT PROVIDES NOW AN

EMOTIONAL DAY OUTSIDE THE

SUPREME COURT.

A LINE FENCE SEPARATING

PROTESTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE

DEBATE.

THIS CASE IS ALL ABOUT

PROTECTING CHILDREN.

IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN

FROM THE KIND OF EVIL THAT

EVERYBODY THE WORLD HAS

RECOGNIZED AS EVIL.

THE PLAINTIFFS IN U.S. THIS

COMMITTEE ARGUE TENNESSEE'S LAW

BANNING CERTAIN GENDER

AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS

VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION

OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

BECAUSE OF SEX BASED

DISCRIMINATION, IT'S NOT VERY

COMFORTABLE BEING TRAPPED IN

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT JUST

DOESN'T FEEL LIKE.

IN CONTRAST, TENNESSEE

LAWMAKERS WHO PASSED THE LAW

ARGUE THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO

PROTECT CHILDREN FROM POTENTIAL

LONG TERM HARM OF IRREVERSIBLE

MEDICAL TREATMENTS.

TENNESSEE WE THINK THIS IS A

RISKY PROCEDURE.

WEDNESDAY'S ORAL ARGUMENTS

MARK THE FIRST TIME THE HIGH

COURT HAS DIRECTLY CONSIDERED A

STATE LAW REGARDING TRANSGENDER

.

THIS CASE IS ABOUT ACCESS TO

MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN

SAFELY FOR DECADES TO TREAT

MANY CONDITIONS INCLUDING

GENDER DYSPHORIA.

HOWEVER, THOSE IN FAVOR OF

TENNESSEE'S LAW ARGUE THAT IS

NEEDED IN LIGHT OF DOCUMENTED

CASES OF REGRET AMONG SOME

YOUTH WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED

RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT RISKS

OF THOSE TREATMENTS FOR MINORS.

THESE INTERVENTIONS CARRY

OFTEN IRREVERSIBLE AND LIFE

ALTERING CONSEQUENCES AND THE

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY

EUROPEAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES

HAVE FOUND NO ESTABLISHED

BENEFITS.

THE JUSTICES SEEMED DIVIDED

ON THESE POINTS WITH THE

LIBERAL JUSTICES PRESSING

TENNESSEE'S ATTORNEY ON THE

POTENTIAL HARM OF SUCH LAWS.

ONE OF THE ARTICULATED

PURPOSES OF THIS LAW IS TO

ENGENDER ENCOURAGE GENDER

CONFORMITY AND TO DISCOURAGE

ANYTHING OTHER THAN GENDER

CONFORMING.

AND I'M WONDERING HOW YOU THINK

THAT PLAYS INTO THE ANALYSIS.

CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES FRAMED

THE ISSUE DIFFERENT LAY AT A

BIG PICTURE LEVEL.

I THINK THE ARGUMENT ON

OTHER SIDE PUTTING ASIDE SOME

OF THE DETAILS IS WHY NOT TRUST

PARENTS RATHER THAN THE STATE

PARTICULARLY IN A SITUATION AS

GENERAL LAWYER SAID THERE'S NOT

THE KIND OF DIRECT HARM THE

THIRD PARTIES THAT YOU MIGHT

SEE IN OTHER CONTEXTS LIKE

SPORTS.

YES, YOUR HONOR.

SO AS MY FRIENDS RECOGNIZE THE

PARENTAL RIGHTS QUESTION IS NOT

BEFORE THIS COURT.

CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE THOMAS

ARGUED THE LAW WASN'T AN

OUTRIGHT BAN BUT RATHER FOCUSED

ON THE AGE OF THE PATIENTS

SEEKING TREATMENT.

SO ISN'T THIS SIMPLY A CASE

OF AGE CLASS WHEN IT COMES TO

THESE TREATMENT AS OPPOSED TO A

BAN AS YOU SUGGESTED IN YOUR

OPENING STATEMENT?

CHIEF ROBERTS QUESTIONED

WHETHER THE COURT IS THE BEST

BODY TO MAKE ON EVOLVING

MEDICAL ISSUES.

THE RULING WILL OF COURSE BE

WATCHED CLOSELY BY BOTH SIDES

AND IS EXPECTED BY JUNE AS THE

SUPREME COURT INTERIM OR CBN

NEWS.

WELL, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED

ON THIS.

MY VIEW OF IT IS THERE ARE

CERTAIN IN THE CONSTITUTION

THAT ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES

AND THE SUPREME SHOULD GET

DEFERENCE TO THAT.

IF A STATE LEGISLATURE HAS

PASSED LEGISLATION THAT THEY

CLAIM IS PROTECTING YOUNG

PEOPLE WELL THEN THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT AND PARTICULARLY THE

SUPREME COURT SHOULD GIVE

DEFERENCE TO THAT.

WE'RE SEEING AGAIN AND AGAIN

AND IN THE THE SORT OF THE

MEDICAL VIEW OF THIS GREAT

BRITAIN HAS COME OUT AND SAID

THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY DAMAGE

THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP THE

DEPRESSION OR SUICIDE RATES IN

SOME INSTANCES IT CAN ACTUALLY

INCREASE IT.

WE'RE NOW SEEING LAWSUITS FILED

BY MINORS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH

A TRANSITION AND THEY'RE NOW

SAYING I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS

DOING.

I WAS TALKED INTO THIS AND AND

NOW I REALLY REGRET IT.

SO WHY WE HAVE PROTECTIONS OF

STATE LEGISLATURES WANT THAT

FOR MINORS THAT THESE

PROCEDURES CANNOT DONE ON THEM

UNTIL THEY REACH AN AGE THAT

WHERE THEY CAN MAKE INDEPENDENT

DECISIONS AS A CULTURE, AS A

SOCIETY WE'VE DECIDED THAT AGE

IS AND SO WHY NOT OBSERVE THAT

AND SAY IT'S PERFECTLY FINE FOR

STATES TO DO THAT?

OTHER NEWS AUSTRALIA'S NEW

LAW PROTECTING CHILDREN ONLINE

IS PUTTING ON US LAWMAKERS TO

PASS THEIR OWN VERSION.

GARY HAS THAT STORY AND MORE

FROM THE CBN NEWSROOM.

GARY GORDON AUSTRALIA'S LAW

BANS SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER AGE

16 THE FIRST TIME ANY NATION

HAS TAKEN SUCH STEP.

NOW U.S. SENATORS ARE CALLING

ON THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE

HOUSE TO TAKE UP A MEASURE THEY

PASSED OVER THE SUMMER.

LAURIE JOHNSON REPORTS

POLITICIANS IN THE U.S. AND

AROUND THE WORLD TEND TO AGREE

OUR CHILDREN AND TEENS NEED TO

BE PROTECTED FROM THE OF SOCIAL

MEDIA.

HOWEVER, LAWMAKERS DISAGREE

ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

SENATE LEADERS ON BOTH OF

THE AISLE ARE URGING THE HOUSE

TO PASS THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY

ACT BEFORE THEIR CHRISTMAS

VACATION EARLIER THIS YEAR IT

BREEZED THROUGH THE SENATE 91

TO 3.

THESE BILLS WILL PROVIDE THE

APPROPRIATE HARDWARE RAILS

NECESSARY PROTECT KIDS AGAINST

ONLINE THREATS.

THE MEASURE CALLS FOR TECH

COMPANIES TO PROGRAM DEFAULT

SETTINGS TO THEIR HIGHEST

SECURITY LEVEL FILTER OUT POSTS

THAT COULD LEAD TO ONLINE

HARASSMENT AND DISMANTLE

DANGEROUS ALGORITHMS.

WE'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT

KIDS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A

DEPRESSED EPISODE AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN THEY WERE GETTING FED

CONTENT THAT WAS ENCOURAGING

THEM TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES.

SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG CHILDREN

AND TEENS IS LINKED TO EATING

DISORDERS, SELF-ESTEEM, SLEEP

DISTURBANCES AND MORE.

I MOST CHILDREN WILL START

WALKING AWAY FROM THEIR FAITH

WHEN THEY GET THEIR SMARTPHONES

AND THEY GET SOCIAL MEDIA

BECAUSE IT'S TEACHING THEM SUCH

A DIFFERENT WORLDVIEW OF

DIFFERENT THAN THE BIBLE.

UNDER THE PROPOSED MEASURE

KIDS WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO

USE SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE JUST

PASSED AUSTRALIAN LAW WHICH

IMPOSES OUTRIGHT BAN FOR THOSE

UNDER 16.

IT WAS BACKED PARENTS LIKE

WAYNE HOLDSWORTH WHOSE SON

COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER A MAN

PRETENDING TO BE A GIRL

CONVINCED HIM TO SHARE

PICTURES AND THEN THREATENED TO

POST THEM ONLINE IF HE DIDN'T

GIVE HIM MONEY.

ANYONE THAT SAYS THIS IS NOT

A GOOD IDEA HAS NOT LIVED

THROUGH MY MY LIFE NOR THE

HUNDREDS OF MUMS AND DADS THAT

I'VE MET THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS

THAT HAVE HAD THEIR KIDS

EXTORTED AND TAKEN THEIR LIVES

WELL.

CRITICS OF THE AUSTRALIAN

LAW, HOWEVER, SAY KIDS EASILY

BREAK IT WITH NO DIGITAL I.D..

ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT

LAST NIGHT UNLESS YOU DOING

FACIAL RECOGNITION I REALLY

STRUGGLE SEE HOW THIS COULD BE

ENFORCED WITH ANYTHING MORE

THAN CHECKING A BOX TO SAY

YOU'RE OVER A CERTAIN AGE WHICH

IS BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

MEANWHILE THE UK IS

CONSIDERING A SIMILAR BAN

BACKED BY PARENTS LIKE STUART

STEVENS WHOSE SON ALI WAS

MURDERED AFTER A DISPUTE ON

SOCIAL.

I CAN'T SHOW YOU ANY OF THE

STUFF THAT WE SAW ON HIS PHONE

BUT IT'S HORRIFIC.

AND A LOT OF STUFF YOU CAN'T

UNSEE AND ESPECIALLY AS A

CHILD.

THE ACLU SAYS THE KIDS

ONLINE SAFETY ACT VIOLATES THE

FIRST AMENDMENT BY CENSORING

FREE SPEECH.

SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES SAY KIDS

HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS

INFORMATION ON THEIR PLATFORMS

WHICH THEY SAY IN MANY CASES IS

BENEFICIAL.

LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU LORI.

A CHINESE HACKING CAMPAIGN

POTENTIALLY GAINED ACCESS TO

DATA HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

CELL PHONE USERS IN AMERICA.

BELIEVE AT LEAST EIGHT TELECOM

COMPANIES WERE COMPROMISED.

SENATOR WARNER, VICE CHAIR

OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE CALLING IT THE WORST

TELECOM HACK IN U.S. HISTORY.

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT GRABBING

DATA INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF

PHONE USERS WHO THEY SPOKE WITH

AND THEN EVEN TARGETING A SMALL

GROUP OF SENIOR GOVERNMENT IN

SOME CASES ABLE TO READ TEXT

MESSAGES AND, LISTEN TO

CONVERSATIONS.

THE FBI IS TELLING CONSUMERS TO

USE ENCRYPTED APPS INCLUDING

FOR TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICEMAIL

.

WELL, TURNING NOW TO ISRAEL.

THE IRANIAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH IS

SET ON REBUILDING AS A MILITARY

FORCE TO RESUME ITS FIGHT

AGAINST THE JEWISH STATE.

MEANWHILE IN GAZA AND ISOLATED

HAMAS BE READY TO MAKE A

HOSTAGE DEAL.

PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY FROM

JERUSALEM.

U.S. INTELLIGENCE SAYS

HEZBOLLAH IS RECRUITING MORE

FIGHTERS AND LOOKING FOR MORE

WEAPONS.

REPORTS INDICATE THE TERROR

GROUP AIMS TO REBUILD AND

CONTINUE ITS FIGHT FAR INTO THE

FUTURE DESPITE.

ISRAEL DESTROYING MORE THAN

HALF ITS WEAPONS AND KILLING

THOUSANDS OF ITS FIGHTERS.

THE CEASE FIRE SPECIFICALLY

FORBIDS THE TERROR GROUP FROM

REARMING.

A MAIN CONCERN FOR ISRAEL IN

THE NEGOTIATIONS.

AS FOR HAMAS IN GAZA, ISRAEL'S

DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS THE IDF'S

DEGRADATION OF HEZBOLLAH AND

SUCCESSFUL STRIKES AGAINST IRAN

HAVE ISOLATED THE TERROR GROUP

,INCREASING THE ODDS IT WILL

DO A HOSTAGE DEAL.

ALL TOLD, BOTH THE PLACES OF

DETERRENCE OF IRAN AND WHAT'S

HAPPENING IN LEBANON AND IN ALL

PLACES THE INTENSITY OF THE

PRESSURE OF THIS MONSTROUS

ORGANIZATION CALLED HAMAS IS

INCREASING AND THERE'S A CHANCE

THIS TIME WE WILL REALLY BE

ABLE TO ADVANCE A HOSTAGE DEAL

.

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT

REPORTEDLY HAS SUBMITTED A NEW

CEASE FIRE PROPOSAL.

MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT ELECT

TRUMP WHO IS SAID TO WANT A

DEAL BEFORE HE TAKES OFFICE HAS

APPOINTED ADAM BOWLER, ONE OF

THE NEGOTIATORS OF THE ABRAHAM

ACCORDS AS A SPECIAL ENVOY FOR

HOSTAGE AFFAIRS.

THE IDF SAYS IT'S RECOVERED THE

BODY OF ANOTHER HOSTAGE ITAI

SPEAR SKI.

HE THOUGH WAS KIDNAPED FROM

HIS PARENTS HOME IN KIBBUTZ

BARI OCTOBER SEVEN.

HIS PARENTS WERE MURDERED BY

HAMAS.

ITAI WAS KIDNAPED ALIVE IN

JANUARY WE ANNOUNCED HE WAS

MURDERED AND TOGETHER WITH HIM

YOSSI SHEHABI WAS KILLED IN THE

U.S. CAPITAL NEW YORK LAWMAKERS

OMER NEUTRA, THE NATIVE NEW

YORKER WAS AN ISRAELI-AMERICAN

SERVING IN THE IDF WHO WAS

CAPTURED ON OCTOBER SEVEN AND

NOW DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN

KILLED THAT DAY.

OMA IS SERVING AS A

COMMANDER WAS AMONG THE FIRST

TO RESPOND TO HAMAS'S ATTACK

RISKING HIS LIFE TO PROTECT

OTHERS.

TRAGIC AS WE LEARNED THIS

WEEKEND, HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN

DURING THIS HORRIFIC MASSACRE

AND ON THIS DAY OF PURE EVIL

OMAR NEUTRA LOST HIS LIFE

COMMANDING HIS TANK PLATOON IN

DEFENSE OF ISRAEL AGAINST THESE

BARBARIC TERRORISTS.

I NOW ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS

JOIN ME FOR BRIEF MOMENT OF

SILENCE IN HONOR OF OMAR NEUTRA

,PAUL STRAND, CBN JERUSALEM

GORDON COORDINATES A ISRAELI

DELEGATION IS ON HIS WAY TO

CAIRO FOR NEGOTIATIONS AND.

THEY'RE HOPING THAT DONALD

TRUMP'S WARNING AGAINST HAMAS

WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS

TIME.

WE'LL SEE.

I HAVE EVERY HOPE THAT IT WILL

BECAUSE WE NEED TO STAND STRONG

AGAINST THIS.

BUT I HAVE A POINT OF CAUTION.

WE'RE ALREADY SEEING WITH

HEZBOLLAH WITH THE CEASE FIRE

IN THEIR IDEOLOGY.

THEY WANT WIPE ISRAEL OUT THAT

THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE

PROCLAIMED THAT THEY WANT DO

AND AND THEY'RE QUITE UPFRONT

WITH THEIR INTENTION.

THEY ALSO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO

THE AYATOLLAH.

SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY AN

IRANIAN PROXY AND A SHADOW

GOVERNMENT WITHIN A LARGER

GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON AND

THEY'RE ALSO A POLITICAL PARTY

.

HAMAS IS A POLITICAL PARTY AND

THERE ARE OFFSHOOT OF THE

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

THEY ALSO HAVE VOWED WIPE OUT

THE JEWISH STATE.

THEIR ENTIRE THING IS CREATING

A TOTALLY PALESTINIAN STATE IN

OF ISRAEL AND THAT MEANS

GENOCIDE.

IT MEANS WIPING OUT EVERY

SINGLE JEW LIVING IN ISRAEL.

SO LET'S RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY'RE

SAYING AND BELIEVE THESE ARE IN

THEIR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE HIT.

THEY'VE PUT IT OUT THERE FOR

THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE.

IF THERE'S A CEASE FIRE, IF

THEY RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, IS

IT JUST GIVING THEM AN

OPPORTUNITY TO RELOAD?

HEZBOLLAH NOW IS RELOADING AND

THEIR IDEOLOGY CHANGED.

THEY HAVEN'T SOMEHOW COME TO

THE REALIZATION IT'S A GOOD

IDEA TO HAVE ISRAEL IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

THEY HAVEN'T COME TO HAMAS

ISN'T COMING TO THAT AND SO ARE

WE JUST SORT OF PLAYING THIS

GAME OF LET'S KICK THE CAN DOWN

THE ROAD AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

THE ENTIRE WORLD NEEDS TO STAND

UP AND SAY NO, THIS IDEOLOGY

WRONG AT ITS CORE.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO

DO THIS AND NOT ON OUR WATCH.

WE VOWED AFTER THE HOLOCAUST

THAT WE WILL NEVER NEVER FORGET

.

WE WILL REMEMBER AND WE VOWED

NEVER AGAIN IN OUR GENERATION.

RIGHT NOW IT'S HAPPENING THE

ANTI-SEMITISM RISING AROUND THE

WORLD THE LET'S WIPE ISRAEL OFF

THE MAP TO HERE ON THE STREETS

OF AMERICA FROM THE RIVER TO

THE PALESTINE WILL BE FREE AND

FOR PEOPLE NOT TO UNDERSTAND

THAT MEANS KILLING EVERY SINGLE

JEW IN ISRAEL.

NO THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN OUR

GENERATION.

WE NEED TO STAND FIRM AND WE

NEED TO STAND UNTIL THIS

SAID PRAY WITH HOPE?

STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN

NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS OUR

PLATFORMS.

WELL GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHO

HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN THE

MILITARY STRUGGLE WITH FEELINGS

OF GRIEF LONG AFTER THEIR LOSS.

ONE UNIQUE PROGRAM IS HELPING

THEM FIND CONNECTION AND

HEALING BY TAKING A LITERAL

LEAP OF FAITH.

BRODY CARTER BRINGS US THAT

STORY FROM HIGH RAEFORD, NORTH

CAROLINA AND IS HERE TO

CELEBRATE MY SON.

12 YEARS AGO HE DIED BY

SUICIDE.

I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS.

I'M A LITTLE SCARED BUT I FEEL

LIKE HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO

RELEASE A LOT OF THINGS I'VE

BEEN HOLDING ON TO WITH

GOLD STAR FAMILIES LIKE SHELTON

THORNTON FROM LOUISIANA.

THE PAIN OF LOSING A CHILD

PARENT OR A LOVED ONE WHO

SERVED OUR COUNTRY CAN SEEM

LIKE AN EVER PRESENT ANCHOR

DRAGGING THEM DOWN ANY ANY

THOUGHTS?

MY SON'S RIGHT HERE WITH ME

.

THAT'S RIGHT.

FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVID WRIGHT.

TAKE DAVID BLAINE.

ONE OF THE BEST OPERATIONS

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AMERICA.

STILL WORKING WITH THE HELP OF

THE ALL VETERAN GROUP PARACHUTE

TEAM TAKING SKYDIVERS 14,000

FEET INTO THE SKY TO HELP THEM

FIND STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO

TAKE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD.

5000 FEET OFF THE GROUND

THERE'S A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW

OF NORTH CAROLINA.

NOW TODAY IS NOT ABOUT THE

ACCELERATION OF A FREEFALL BUT

YOU WE ARE CELEBRATING THE GOLD

STAR FAMILIES.

THIS LOVED ONES WHO ARE

CELEBRATING THEIR HEROES AND

OPPORTUNITY TO FIND HOPE,

HEALING AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE

ON LIFE.

YES, MY DAD WAS IN THE ARMY

AND IN ROTC.

HE DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY

ALLOWED HIM TO DO EXCEPT FOR

JUMP ON A PLANE.

SO I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE.

HE COULD HAVE WAITED FOR YOUR

INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

BUT EVERYBODY WAKES UP FEELING

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST

THING IS WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH

A DARK PERIOD OF OUR LIVES.

GOD IS NOT DONE WITH US.

SO I GET A CHANCE TO BE PART OF

SOMETHING SO MUCH BIGGER THAN

LIFE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF

HELPING OTHERS A CERTAIN

DARKNESS AND DIFFICULTIES OF

FAMILIES FROM AS FAR AS

CALIFORNIA COME HERE TO RAEFORD

NORTH CAROLINA IN HOPE OF

MOVING FORWARD.

I SAY THE EASIEST WAY TO TALK

ABOUT IT IS THAT GRIEF IS

SOMETHING THAT YOU DO USE.

YOU'RE NOT POSSESSED BY IT

OR TRY TO HELP SET THEM FREE

FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAPS

THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF EMOTIONS

LIKE GRIEF THAT THAT FEEL THEY

TAKEN OVER OUR LIVES.

BUT THEY REALLY HAVE A

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY.

DR. DOUG MCKINLEY HAS

PARTNERED WITH OPERATION

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AMERICA FROM

THE BEGINNING AND HE SEES THE

LEAP OF FAITH AS

TRANSFORMATIONAL.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

FIRST BIRTHDAY THE REST OF MY

LIFE.

WELL IT DOESN'T HELP WITH

THE GRIEF.

IT ACTUALLY EXCITES EVERYTHING.

BUT WHEN WE TIE IT TO MESSAGE

THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY TO GET

THEM TO LET GO OF THEIR FEARS,

THE METAPHOR IS YOU CAN

LITERALLY PHYSICALLY LET GO AND

ALSO IT PSYCHOLOGICALLY LIKE

HOPE.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING GOOD

CARE OF THE RELEASE.

IT WAS AMAZING GRACE.

DEB RICKERT STARTED SUPPORT OUR

TROOPS IN 2003 BY PUTTING

TOGETHER CARE PACKAGES IN HER

GARAGE WHEN SOME OF THOSE

SOLDIERS DIDN'T RETURN HOME.

SHE CREATED THE LEAP OF

FAITH EVENT TO SUPPORT THOSE

FAMILIES HAVING TWO SONS THAT

DEPLOYED REPEATEDLY AND DID

COME HOME.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL MY HUSBAND

AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A DEBT

OF GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE TO

REPAY OUR HOPE WITH THE THREE

DAYS THAT WE HAD WITH THESE

PEOPLE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO

CHANGE THEIR LIFE.

THIS IS GOING TO KIND OF

MAKE THEM LIVE INTENTIONALLY

EVEN THOUGH THIS HORRIBLE

JOURNEY HAS BEEN PUT.

IN ADDITION TO FREE FALLS, THE

THREE DAY RETREAT OFFERS

FAMILIES HELP THROUGH SEMINARS

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING AND

SPENDING TIME IN NATURE.

YOU DON'T LIKE TO SAY NO

SUCH AS EQUINE THERAPY AT

SOUTHERN BATES FARM IN

CHESTERFIELD, CAROLINA.

SPENCER WHEN HE WAS LITTLE HE

WROTE LOTS OF SAYINGS AND

ONE OF THE THINGS HE WROTE WAS

WHO SAYS YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE

STARS?

JUST FEEL THAT I GOT A LITTLE

CLOSER TO GOD BY BEING UP

THERE.

BARTON ALEXIA COLLARD LOST

THEIR 21 YEAR OLD SON SPENCER

LAST YEAR IN AN OSPREY CRASH.

HE INITIALLY SURVIVED AND WENT

BACK IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE

TRAPPED PILOTS WHILE HE

PARTIALLY UNBUCKLED THEIR

RESTRAINTS.

ALL THREE TRAGICALLY LOST

THEIR LIVES AT A HORRIBLE LOSS.

IT CONTINUES TO BEAR FRUIT

AND WE'RE CONVINCED THAT

SPENCER AND EVERYONE ARE JUST

UP IN HEAVEN, THEIR STRINGS

DOWN JUST LAUGHING AT US,

SEEING THEM MAKING THINGS

HAPPEN BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN

DULL EVER SINCE THAT CRASH FOR

US.

THOSE EXPERIENCED THIS GRIEF

UNDERSTAND IT'S A WEB THAT

BINDS THEM NOT JUST TO THE PAST

BUT TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH

SHARED STORIES AND PAIN, GOLD

STAR FAMILIES CAN TRANSFORM

LOSS INTO LOVE AND FIND THAT

EVEN THE HEAVIEST BURDENS CAN

BE CARRIED TOGETHER.

THEIR STORIES REMIND US THAT

COURAGE ISN'T ABSENCE OF FEAR.

IT'S FACING IT.

ONE LEAP, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

PAY IT FORWARD.

IF YOU SEE A SOLDIER WALK UP TO

HIM, SHAKE THEIR HAND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IF YOU SEE A PERSON THAT'S

NONMETALLIC OR WHETHER THEY ARE

NOT SAY HI TO THEM BECAUSE YOU

NEVER KNOW THAT PERSON IS GOING

THROUGH THAT DAY AND YOU COULD

CHANGE THEIR LIVES WAS

ABSOLUTELY AN EPIC.

THANK YOU FOR THAT

OPPORTUNITY.

MAJOR THANK.

REPORTING IN RAEFORD NORTH

CAROLINA BRODY CARTER CBN.

WELL WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THERAPY

SESSION.

I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHETHER

YOU'RE A GOLD STAR FAMILY OR

YOU JUST LIVING LIFE YOU'RE

GOING TO GO THROUGH GRIEF AND

IN THAT MAKE SURE YOU GRIEVE.

DON'T PUSH IT OFF THE ADAGES

THE MORE YOU PUSH IT AWAY THE

MORE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING

RENT ON IT.

THE BIG THING WITH GRIEF IS

IT'S OKAY TO FEEL IT AND THE

TELLS US THE APOSTLE PAUL'S IS

A COMMANDMENT GRIEVE WITH THOSE

WHO GRIEVE.

ALLOW YOURSELF GIVE YOURSELF

THE PRIVILEGE TO FEEL IT AND TO

BE IN IT AND THEN IN THAT

SURRENDER TO JESUS I LIKE TO

ADMONISH PEOPLE GOD KNOWS

EXACTLY IT MEANS TO LOSE A

CHILD.

HE'S HE'S NOT A STRANGER TO

THIS AND HE IS THE GOD OF ALL

COMFORT.

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE

FEELING.

SO GO AHEAD AND FEEL IT AND

IN THAT PROCESS REALIZE HE

IDENTIFY WITH YOU AND YOU IN

THAT SUFFERING AND IN GRIEF YOU

WELL, NANCY WAS LOSING HER

STRENGTH PAIN HER STOMACH AND

CHEST MADE IT HARD FOR HER TO

EAT.

SCANS REVEALED SHE HAD A

TWISTED INTESTINE.

NANCY, PRAY TO HEALED AND

GOD ANSWERED HER PRAYER THROUGH

THIS PROGRAM.

NANCY HEART IS 82 YEARS OLD AND

LIVES IN A HOUSE BY HERSELF.

SHE'S CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE

MEETING WITH FRIENDS,

VOLUNTEERING AT HER CHURCH OR

WORKING OUT IN HER YARD.

BUT WHEN SHE STARTED HAVING

PAIN IN HER STOMACH AND CHEST

HER DAILY ROUTINE WENT OUT THE

WINDOW.

IT WAS TERRIBLE BECAUSE I JUST

COULDN'T EAT AND I WAS LOSING

MY STRENGTH.

I WOULD TRY TO EAT SMALL

PORTIONS AT A TIME BUT WHEN I

DID IT HURT.

SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR HE GAVE

ME MEDICINE THAT DIDN'T GIVE ME

ANY RELIEF.

IN THE MEANTIME I'M REALLY

PRAYING LORD, I KNOW YOU HEAL

ME BECAUSE YOU'VE HIT ON ME

MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.

SHE CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR

HEALING AND FOR ANSWERS TO WHAT

WAS CAUSING THESE ISSUES.

HER DOCTORS STRUGGLED TO FIND

THE ANSWER UNTIL.

AN X-RAY REVEALED THE SOURCE OF

HER PAIN.

TWISTED INTESTINES.

SO I JUST CONTINUED PRAYING AND

HAVING SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AND

FRIENDS PRAY WITH ME

FINALLY STARTED PRAYING AND

SAYING LORD, WHATEVER YOUR WILL

,WHATEVER YOUR WILL IS YOU DO

IT.

SHE NOW HAD A DIAGNOSIS BUT

THE MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR

TWISTED INTESTINES WERE LIMITED

SO SHE CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR

GOD TO INTERVENE.

APRIL THE 29TH I WAS

WATCHING THE 700 CLUB AS I

USUALLY DO AND I WAS PRAYING

WITH GORDON AND WHEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN GORDON THERE'S SOMEONE I

JUST HEAR THE PHRASE TWISTED

INTESTINE AND IT'S

EXTRAORDINARILY PAINFUL.

GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW.

HE IS ABLE TO UNTWIST AND BLOCK

AND JUST TAKE ALL THAT PAIN,

ALL THAT DISCOMFORT AWAY.

NOW IN JESUS NAME I GO WOW.

AND THEN TERRI SAID YOUR

ENTIRE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IS

HEALED IN JESUS NAME.

AND I GO, WHOA OH LORD.

I RECEIVE THAT.

I RECEIVE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

NANCY CALLED HER JUDY WHO HAD

BEEN PRAYING WITH HER.

SHE GOT SO EXCITED AND SAID

NANCY, I SAW THAT PROGRAM AND I

SAID I CLEAN THAT FOR NANCY.

PRAISE PRAISE GOD.

THE NEXT DAY I WAS ABLE GO

OUT AND WORK IN THE YARD AND I

ACTUALLY HAD STRENGTH TO DO

YARD WORK FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

AND AT DINNERTIME I ACTUALLY A

MORE NORMAL MEAL WITH NO PAIN.

WITH A HUMBLE, HARD LOVES

SHARING WITH OTHERS HER

TESTIMONY OF GOD'S MERCY AND

PROVISION IN HER LIFE.

I CANNOT BE MORE THANKFUL.

I LAY IN BED JUST PRAISING GOD,

THANKING HIM AND THANKING.

IT'S NOT WHAT I'VE DONE OR WHAT

I HAVEN'T DONE ME.

IT'S ONLY GOD'S LOVE AND, GRACE

AND HOW HE SUFFERED ON THE

CROSS.

HE IS AMAZING.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

KEEP BELIEVING DOESN'T MATTER

WHETHER YOU'RE 20, 50 OR 80.

GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL.

NANCY HAS THE SECRET.

IT'S NOT BASED WHAT NANCY DID

OR HASN'T DONE.

IT'S BASED ENTIRELY ON THE

CROSS.

WHEN BLIND BART OF MARS CAME TO

JESUS HE CAME PROCLAIMING SON

OF DAVID HAVE MERCY ON ME.

HE WASN'T BASED ON HIS MERIT OR

ANY OF THAT.

IT WAS BASED ENTIRELY ON HERE

BEFORE ME AS THE MESSIAH THE.

ONE PROPHESY THE ONE OF THE

LINE OF DAVID WHO IS GOING TO

COME AND DELIVER HIS PEOPLE.

THIS IS WHAT THE MESSIAH DOES

AND WHEN YOU COME TO HIM YOU

GET THE ANSWER TO EVERY SINGLE

NEED.

IF YOU HAVE A SIN PROBLEM

WELL IS KNOWN AS A FRIEND OF

SINNERS AND HE'S HE'S HE'S

WILLING, READY, WILLING AND

ABLE TO FORGIVE AND TO COVER.

IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS

FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US

AND THEN CLEANSE US FROM ALL

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT

WONDERFUL.

IT'S YOU GET THIS FREE GIFT.

HEALING IS A FREE TOO.

HE COMES AND SAYS I'LL FORGIVE

ALL YOUR INIQUITY.

I'LL HEAL ALL YOUR DISEASES.

AND IT NOT BASED ON YOU.

IT'S BASED ON WHAT HE'S ALREADY

DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS SEASON

WHERE WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO

SEND IN THEIR PRAYER REQUESTS.

WE HAVE ORNAMENTS THAT WE PUT

ON THE TREES RIGHT HERE IN

THIS.

WE PUT THEM ON THE TREES

THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AND WE'RE

GOING TO PRAY FOR THESE

REQUESTS I'VE GOT SEVERAL HERE

PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO HAS

LUNG CANCER.

PRAY FOR OUR MISSION TRIP TO

NICARAGUA.

I NEED I HAVE TENDONITIS.

I NEED HEALING.

AND THEN INJURIES FROM A BAD

CAR ACCIDENT.

TERRI, WHAT DO YOU

RESTORATION FOR MY MARRIAGE.

SOMEBODY ELSE ASKING HEALING

FOR SHINGLES.

SOMEONE SAYING MY HUSBAND

PARKINSON'S AND THEN RECOVERY

FROM HURRICANE AND BOY ALL

THINGS WE EITHER KNOW SOMEONE

WHO HAS OR HAVE SEEN.

YEAH.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IN YOUR

LIFE.

HALLELUJAH.

JOIN WITH US IN PRAYER.

LET'S CREATE A GREAT CIRCLE

OF PRAYER AND IF YOU HAVE NEEDS

LET YOUR REQUEST BE MADE KNOWN.

SPEAK IT OUT LOUD.

JESUS, COULD YOU HEAL THIS BE

JUST LIKE BLIND BARNABAS WHERE

HE CRIES OUT SON OF DAVID HAVE

MERCY ON ME.

AND THEN JESUS SAYS COME TO ME.

AND SO HERE'S A BLIND BLIND MAN

STANDING IN FRONT OF AND HE

ASKS HIM WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO

DO FOR YOU?

AND BARNUM SAYS THAT I MAY HAVE

MY SIGHT SO LET YOUR REQUEST BE

MADE KNOWN AND.

SAY IT OUT LOUD AND GOD WILL

HEAR IT AND HE WILL PROVIDE THE

ANSWER.

LET'S PRAY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY

COME TO YOU.

WE COME TO THESE REQUESTS

WHETHER IT'S FOR SHINGLES FOR

TENDONITIS, FOR RECOVERY FROM

THE HURRICANE AND LORD MISSION

TRIPS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED.

LORD WE JUST WE JUST DECLARE

ALL OF THESE REQUESTS BEFORE

YOU WE LIFT THEM TO YOU AND WE

KNOW YOU LOVE US AND YOU LOVE

US TENDERLY AND YOU LOVE US FOR

ALL ETERNITY AND YOU KEEP NO

RECORD OF WRONGS.

SO LORD CLEANSED US AND WE

WILL BE CLEANSE HEAL US AND WE

BE HEALED DELIVER US AND WE

WILL BE DELIVERED PROVIDE OUR

EVERY NEED ACCORDING TO YOUR

RICHES AND GLORY LORD BE WITH

US BE EMMANUEL IN US ABOVE US

BELOW US TO OUR RIGHT TO OUR

LEFT AND FRONT AND BEHIND LORD

BE LORD OF ALL FOR WE ASK IT IN

JESUS NAME TERRY GOD'S GIVEN

YOU SO THERE IS SOMEONE EVEN

THIS WE'RE PRAYING YOU FEEL SO

DISCOURAGED BECAUSE YOU HAVE

MANY MANY ISSUES YOU'VE BEEN

SICK FOR A WHILE AND YOU IT

CAN'T HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE

THERE'S TOO MUCH THAT NEEDS.

JESUS IS THE ALPHA AND THE

OMEGA BEGINNING AND THE END.

THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR

HIM AND TODAY HE IS HEALING.

YOUR BLOOD CONDITION, THE

TUMORS THAT HAVE FORMED THE

FLUID ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE

OUT ORDER IN YOUR BODY RIGHT

NOW IN JESUS NAME BE HEALED, BE

MADE WHOLE.

THERE'S SOMEONE YOU'VE BEEN

DIAGNOSED WITH AN IMMUNE

DISORDER AND YOUR T-CELL COUNT

IS REMARKABLY LOW.

IT'S ONE OF THE LOWEST THE

DOCTORS HAVE EVER TESTED.

GOD IS HEALING YOU AND HE'S

ABLE TO RESTORE YOUR IMMUNE

SYSTEM.

EVERYTHING CONCERNING YOUR BODY

IS BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW ALL

INFECTION IS BEING CLEANSED

OUT.

HE'S GIVING YOU LIFE AND LIFE

MORE ABUNDANTLY SOMEONE ELSE

YOU'VE GOT CHRONIC VITAMIN

DEFICIENCY AND GOD IS ABLE AND

HEALING ALL OF YOUR BLOOD YOUR

ABILITY TO ABSORB VITAMINS ALL

OF THAT IS BEING HEALED AND

RESTORED NOW JESUS NAME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS

ONE PERSON OR SEVERAL PEOPLE

BUT YOU'VE HAD A STUTTER FOR A

WHILE AND NOTICEABLE AND YOU'VE

JUST KIND OF TOLERATED BUT

TODAY IT'S GONE.

IN JESUS NAME IT GONE YOU ARE

SET FREE.

THERE'S THERE'S SOME IT'S LIKE

YOUR YOUR BRAIN MISFIRES AND IN

YOU'RE YOU HAVE THIS TENDENCY

TO TO SHOUT.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU

HE IS TAKING ALL OF THAT

IMPULSE AWAY AND RESTORING

NORMAL FUNCTION TO YOU NOW IN

JESUS NAME LORD WE THANK YOU

FOR YOU ARE THE HEALER AND THE

RESTORE THE DELIVERER.

YOU ARE THE MESSIAH OF THE

LIGHT DAVID YOU ARE THE ALPHA

AND THE OMEGA.

YOU ARE ALL OF THESE THINGS AND

YOU ARE LORD OF.

WE THANK YOU FOR HUMBLING

YOURSELF AND COMING TO BE BORN

IN A MANGER.

WE YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

RESURRECTION.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOPE

THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU BE WITH

US NOW FOR WE ASK IT IN NAME

AMEN AND AMEN IF BEEN HEALED

LET US KNOW AND IF YOU NEED

PRAYER AND YOU HAVE PRAYER

REQUESTS IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO

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FOR THIS CBN NEWSBREAK.

INVESTIGATORS IN MANHATTAN ARE

STILL FOR THE MASKED GUNMEN WHO

SHOT UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO BRIAN

THOMPSON WEDNESDAY.

THOMPSON DIED AT A LOCAL

HOSPITAL.

SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AS

THOMPSON LEFT HIS HOTEL.

THE SHOOTING AND THE GUNMAN'S

ESCAPE ON A BICYCLE WAS BY

SECURITY CAMERAS.

THE SUSPECT'S WHEREABOUTS ARE

UNKNOWN.

POLICE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A

MOTIVE BUT THE WORDS DENY

DEPOSED DEFEND WERE INSCRIBED

ON LIVE ROUNDS AND SHELL

CASINGS AT THE SCENE.

A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR

INFORMATION THAT CAN LEAD TO AN

ARREST.

WELL, TURNING TO SOUTH KOREA,

THE FALLOUT FROM THE

PRESIDENT'S SHORT LIVED

DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW ON

TUESDAY.

FOR 6 HOURS THERE WAS CHAOS

WITH CLASHES BETWEEN THE

MILITARY AND OPPOSITION

LAWMAKERS WHO TOOK REFUGE IN.

THE PRESIDENT LIFTED HIS ORDER

AFTER THE LAWMAKERS VOTED IT

DOWN.

HE'S NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION

FOR INSURRECTION AND IS FACING

IMPEACHMENT VOTE.

MEANTIME, SOUTH KOREA'S DEFENSE

MINISTER HAS RESIGNED FOR HIS

ROLE.

THE MINISTER SAID ALL CARRIED

OUT BY THE MILITARY WERE UNDER

HIS ORDERS AND TAKES FULL

RESPONSIBILITY.

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GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF THE 700 CLUB RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

SO THIS IS ADVENT SEASON

IT'S THE TIME OF THE CHURCH

CALENDAR THE PREPARES US FOR

THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH.

NOW THERE'S A FUN WAY FOR

CHILDREN CELEBRATE THE

CHRISTMAS STORY.

IT'S CALLED FINDING JESUS.

TAKE A LOOK.

AFTER OBSERVING A GROWING

DISCONNECT WITH THE TRUE

MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, LILIAN

RITCHIE, A DALLAS MOM EMBARKED

ON A MISSION.

SHE WANTED TO REIGNITE THE

MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON BY

CONNECTING FAMILIES WITH THEIR

FAITH.

SO LILLIAN CREATED FINDING

JESUS AN INTERACTIVE PRODUCT

THAT HELPS CHILDREN ACTIVELY

ENGAGE THE STORY OF CHRIST'S

BIRTH AS THEY COUNT DOWN

CHRISTMAS.

LILIAN RITCHIE JOINS US NOW

AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

I LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

BECAUSE I'M NOT AGAINST THE FUN

OF CHRISTMAS AND TRADITIONS

THINGS BUT IT'S HARD TO KEEP

JESUS THE MAIN FOR THE SEASON

ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN

BETWEEN SANTA'S ELVES AND

GIFTS.

BUT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING

REMARKABLE AND IT'S MORE THAN A

DOLL.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE

HERE.

WELL, WE HAVE THE JESUS DOLL

AND HE A LITTLE POCKET IN THE

BACK WHERE YOU WOULD PUT A

PUZZLE PIECE EACH DAY.

ON ONE SIDE OF THE PUZZLE PIECE

IS A SCRIPTURE LOCATION VERSE

WHERE YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR

SCRIPTURE BOOK TO BE ABLE TO

READ THE SCRIPTURE.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IT

COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE A

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

IT COMES INSIDE THIS PUZZLE BOX

FRAME SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT ON

BOTH SIDES AND KEEP ALL OF THE

PUZZLE PIECES CONTAINED.

I JUST LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S FUN

BUT IT MATTERS AND IT'S LIKE

YOU HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO

GIVE PARENTS EVERYTHING THEY

NEED TO JESUS AN EXCITING PART

OF WHAT'S GOING ON THE PUZZLE

IS SO MEANINGFUL BECAUSE YOU

HAD THE SCRIPTURE VERSE ON IT

AND YET YOU USE IT TO TAKE

CHILDREN TO THE WORLD.

YES IT IS ALL ABOUT ACTUAL THE

BIRTH OF JESUS.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO OLD TESTAMENT

VERSES, THE REST ARE NEW

TESTAMENT VERSES AND THE GREAT

THING ABOUT PUZZLE IS THERE'S

NO GO BY.

WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THE FINISHED

PICTURE WHICH IS SO SIMILAR TO

HOW OUR WALK IS WITH THE LORD.

WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT COMES

NEXT SO WELL THEY'RE SHOWING IT

RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE IT

THEY'RE LIFTED UP.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU THE

WHOLE PUZZLE BECAUSE.

WE WANT YOU TO BE SURPRISED

WITH THE OUTCOME YOURSELF.

WHERE DID THE IDEA FOR THIS

COME FROM?

LAST DECEMBER AND BIBLE STUDY

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST KIND

OF HOW IT IS TO KEEP THE REASON

FOR THE SEASON IN FOCUS AND

ONE OF THE LADIES SHARED ABOUT

HOW HER TODDLER WOULD GO AROUND

PICKING UP THE LITTLE PORCELAIN

BABY JESUS FROM THEIR NATIVITY

SCENE AND CARRYING IT AROUND

THEIR HOUSE INEVITABLY LEAVING

IT HERE AND THERE AND SHE WOULD

BE SAYING WHERE IS JESUS?

AND WE WERE ALL LIKE YES, ISN'T

THAT WHAT THIS ABOUT FINDING

JESUS SEEKING HIM FIRST?

AND SO THE LORD JUST KIND OF

KEPT THAT ON MY HEART AND I

DIDN'T REALLY ACT ON IT UNTIL

VERY LATE FEBRUARY WHEN.

WELL, YOU GOT THE JOB DONE.

YOU ATTRIBUTE THE SUCCESS OF IT

TO GOD AND GOOGLE WHY?

WELL, 100% BECAUSE THE LORD

HE HAS LED EVERY STEP OF THE

WAY.

AND WHEN I DON'T KNOW HE PUT

SOMETHING ON MY HEART I KIND OF

GOOGLE ABOUT IT AND I FIND OUT

ABOUT IT.

BUT HE HAS NOT GIVEN THE FULL

PICTURE AND I STILL FEEL LIKE

THAT.

I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY IT'S JUST

A LITTLE A TIME NOT SO

OVERWHELMING.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT'S HARD DO IS EVEN WHEN YOU

COME UP WITH AN IDEA TO MAKE IT

ACTUALLY HAPPEN, THE PACKAGING,

THE ARTWORK INVOLVED IN ALL OF

IT, THE CREATION OF THE DOLL

SOME OF THIS YOU EXPECTED WILL

ALL OF IT REALLY YOU WANTED TO

DO IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH

PERFECT SENSE I'M FEELING THE

SAME WAY THESE DAYS BUT GOD HAD

A DIFFERENT AND THIS MORNING IN

MY DEVOTIONAL I WAS JUST

READING THAT SCRIPTURE OF MY

WAYS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR

WAYS MY THOUGHTS HIGHER THAN

YOUR THOUGHTS TALK ABOUT

HAPPENED AS YOU PURSUED THIS.

I WANTED IT ALL TO BE MADE

IN THE UNITED STATES.

I REALLY DID, TERRY AND BUT

THOSE DOORS WERE CLOSING.

IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING.

AND SO I PRAYED ABOUT GOING TO

CHINA AND THOSE DOORS ARE

FLYING OPEN AND I MET SOME

WONDERFUL TWO REPS OVER THERE

FROM TWO DIFFERENT

MANUFACTURERS WERE FABULOUS AND

WOULD OH I LOVE THAT STORY AND

I FEEL LIKE THE TRUE STORY AND

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT ENDED THERE.

BUT THEN I WAS VISITING WITH A

FRIEND KIND OF LAMENTING HOW I

WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR IT TO BE

MADE IN THE U.S. AND SHE SAID

WELL YOU KNOW THAT,

MISSIONARIES ARE ILLEGAL IN

CHINA WHICH I DID NOT KNOW.

AND THAT AFTERNOON THAT

AFTERNOON I GOT A PICTURE FROM

ONE OF MY REPS OF ALL OF THESE

CHINESE MEN AND WOMEN SEWING

NAIL MARKS INTO JESUS'S HANDS

AND FEET AND THOUGHT LORD, WOW,

I WAS THINKING U.S. AND YOU

WERE THINKING MUCH BIGGER.

YEAH.

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE U.S. AND

AND AND REALLY BRINGING THROUGH

THE VERY THING YOU DESIGNED FOR

CHILDREN TO CLOSE TO GOD

DRAWING GROWN UPS CLOSE TO GOD

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE.

I LOVE THAT THE SALES HAS

BEEN THROUGH THE ROOF ON THIS.

DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO EMBED

IN OR I ONLY GOD AND YOU KNOW

WHAT AND THERE HAVE BEEN SO

MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE EVERY

SHARE EVERY POST.

I HAD A GREAT FRIEND WHO PUT ME

ON A PODCAST EARLY ON DON'T MOM

ALONE AND.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

A VIDEO WENT VIRAL BY JENNA

RIDE A LEG THAT HAS JUST I

THINK REALLY BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR

BUT TRULY EVERYONE HAS BEEN A

PIECE TO.

THIS PUZZLE EVERYBODY THAT HAS

SHARED ABOUT IT I THINK IS AN

REALLY PART OF SPREADING THE

WORD.

YES AND WOMEN BEFORE WE CAME

OUT AND GOT TO SHOW ALL OF YOU

THIS.

YOU SAID THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE

PUTTING THE ELF ON THE SHELF

JESUS IN THIS AND SO YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE IT'S NOT LIKE A YANK THE

ELF HOUSE THING.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR

BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT SHARING THE MESSAGE OF GOD

WHEN THEY'RE FOUND.

I LOVE THAT.

WELL AND I JUST THINK MEETING

KIDS RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE, YOU

KNOW AND THE LORD LOVES

EVERYBODY ISN'T THAT WHAT HE

DOES FOR US.

YES.

HE'S JUST RIGHT RIGHT WHERE WE

ARE.

AND SO THINK IT IS GREAT AND

HOWEVER IT WORKS FOR PEOPLE'S

FAMILIES I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC

JUST POINTING PEOPLE BACK TO

JESUS AND A PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

WELL, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND

I KNOW THAT YOU MUST BE HOPING

THAT THIS CHANGES TRYING KEEP

JESUS AT THE FOCUS OF ALL

THINGS FOR FAMILIES.

ABSOLUTELY.

MY MY BIGGEST PRAYER WITH THIS

IS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN

INTIMATE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS DISCOURSE AND THAT

HE'S A GOOD HE'S A GOOD GOD AND

THAT'S THE REASON HE CAME.

WELL, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW

THAT YOU CAN LEARN EVEN MORE

ABOUT LILY AND RICHIE FINDING

JESUS AT CBN DOT COM IT'S A

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ADDITION

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

HE SAID PRAY WITH HOPE.

ANTONIO FACED A TERRIBLE

DILEMMA PAY FOR A MEDICAL TEST

HIS DAUGHTER NEEDED OR BUY FOOD

FOR HIS FAMILY.

WELL, THANKFULLY HE DIDN'T HAVE

TO MAKE THE CHOICE ALL BECAUSE

OF YOU.

MELANIE LIVES IN GUATEMALA.

HER MOM ANNA SAID SHE, GOT

SCARED ONE DAY WHEN SHE NOTICED

A LUMP ON HER DAUGHTER THAT SHE

HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.

I WAS GIVING HER A BED AND I

SAW AND FELT A LUMP THE SIZE OF

A GRAPE ON HER GROIN.

I WAS VERY SCARED.

MELANIE'S DAD ANTONIO SAID

HIS DAUGHTER SEEMED TO CRY WHEN

SHE WAS WALKING AND PLAYING

EVERY TIME SHE PLAYED WITH HER

BROTHER SHE SEEMED TO BE IN

PAIN.

SHE WOULD LIE DOWN AND START

CRYING.

MELANIE'S PARENTS TOOK HER TO

SEVERAL DOCTORS WHO DIAGNOSED A

HERNIA.

UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULDN'T

CONFIRM IT BECAUSE THE LUMP HAD

RETRACTED THE ABDOMINAL WALL.

THEY RECOMMENDED A TEST WHICH

COST $250.

ANTONIO TOLD US ONLY EARNS

ABOUT $10 A DAY.

IF I PAID THAT TEST THAT

WOULD MEAN THAT MY FAMILY WOULD

HAVE TO GO WITHOUT.

ONE DAY THE PAIN GOT SO BAD

THAT THEY RUSHED HER TO THE

EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL.

THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND

ANYTHING AND SENT US HOME

SEEING MY CHILD SUFFER IS THE

WORST THING.

A FEW WEEKS LATER THEY HEARD

ABOUT A HOSPITAL THAT PARTNERS

WITH OPERATION BLESSING THERE

YOU MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO

PAY FOR THE TEST PARENTS COULD

NOT AFFORD AND FOR THE SURGERY

TO REPAIR THE HERNIA.

THE OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL

AND NOW MELANIE RUNNING AND

PLAYING WITHOUT PAIN.

I FEEL LIKE YOU GIVEN MY

BABY A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE.

THANK OPERATION BLESSING.

NO, THANK YOU GOES TO YOU IF

YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE HUNDRED

CLUB YOU GAVE THAT WONDERFUL

LITTLE GIRL A HOPE AND A FUTURE

AND A HEALING.

YOU DID IT ALL BECAUSE CARED

ENOUGH TO GIVE A PORTION OF

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LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS, DISASTER

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ALSO SOMETHING VERY DEAR TO MY

HEART WHICH IS THE SPECIAL

SURGERY FUND WHERE IT'S LIFE

TRANSFORMING.

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EMAIL QUESTIONS GORDON THIS

FIRST ONE IS FROM PAM WHO SAYS

WHEN PAUL PRAYED TO QUOTE

REMOVE THE THORN FROM HIS FLESH

.

WAS HE ASKING FOR PHYSICAL

HEALING?

THERE'S BEEN A THEOLOGICAL ON

THAT QUESTION FOR CENTURIES AND

SO IN A MINUTE AND 23 SECONDS

I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO BE

ABLE FLESH IT ALL OUT.

I TEND TO SIDE WITH WHAT JEFF

BOSWORTH WROTE IN A WONDERFUL

BOOK HEALING BY CHRIST THAT IS

I RECOMMEND IT.

IT'S ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD NOW

BUT HE GOES ON TO HE HAS A

WHOLE CHAPTER THIS VERY

QUESTION.

HE DETERMINED THAT IT WASN'T

PHYSICAL HEALING AND HE

DETERMINED THAT BASED ON THE

SCRIPTURE ITSELF HERE IT IS

FROM SECOND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER

12 LEST I BE EXALTED ABOVE

MASTER THROUGH THE ABUNDANCE OF

THE REVELATIONS THERE WAS GIVEN

TO ME A THORN IN THE FLESH AND

MESSENGER OF SATAN TO BUFFET

ME.

LAST I SHOULD BE EXALTED

ABOVE MY MEASURE.

SO PAUL CALLS THIS THORN IN

THE FLESH SOMETHING THAT WOULD

KEEP HIM FROM PRIDE.

I DON'T THINK PHYSICAL IT

DOES THAT.

SO BASED ON THE SCRIPTURE

ITSELF IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A

FOR PHYSICAL HEALING.

I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN A MYSTERY.

THE CHURCH'S DISCUSSED THIS

ARGUE THIS FOR A VERY LONG

PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I

STAND ON HE HEALS ALL YOUR

DISEASES.

WE LEAVE YOU THESE WORDS

FROM ISAIAH.

TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER FOR