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7:00 O'CLOCK WELL WELCOME TO
THE 700 CLUB AND THANKS SO MUCH
FOR JOINING WITH US.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A
NEWS STORY GOES ACROSS AND I
LOOK AT IT AND GO YOU'VE GOT TO
BE KIDDING ME.
THE UPROAR OVER A MAJOR
SECURITY BREACH IS ROCKING.
TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
DISCUSSED A MILITARY OPERATION
ON AN UNSECURED GROUP CHAT THAT
INCLUDED A REPORTER WHILE THE
CHAT REVEALED DETAILS THE
BOMBING OPERATION AGAINST THE
HOUTHIS IN YEMEN DAYS BEFORE IT
TOOK PLACE.
SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
TERROR EMERGING THERE HAS MORE.
WHITE HOUSE SAID VICE
PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE AND KEY
MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
DISCUSSED THOSE HIGHLY
SENSITIVE MILITARY PLANS
THROUGH THE MESSAGING APP
SIGNAL.
ALSO ON THAT THREAD A
JEFFREY GOLDBERG, AN EDITOR AT
THE ATLANTIC WROTE MONDAY THAT
HE WAS MISTAKENLY ADDED TO THE
TEXT ON THE COMMERCIAL
MESSAGING APP BY MICHAEL WALTZ
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
ALLOWING HIM TO FOLLOW THE
CONVERSATION IN THE TWO DAYS
LEADING UP TO THE STRIKES IN
YEMEN AT 11:44 A.M. I RECEIVE A
TEXT IN THIS CHAIN FROM SOMEONE
WHO CLAIMS TO BE PETE HEGSETH
WHO PROVIDES WHAT I WOULD ONLY
CALL IT I CAN ONLY CALL A WAR
PLAN.
.
I SORT OF JUST SORT OF WAIT
WITH MY PHONE TO SEE IF THIS IS
A REAL THING.
SURE ENOUGH, AT AROUND 150
EASTERN TIME I SEE THAT YEMEN
IS UNDER ATTACK.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE SECURITY COUNCIL SAID THE
THREAT APPEARS TO BE AUTHENTIC
.
OFFICIALS ARE REVIEWING THE
MATTER.
NOBODY WAS WAR PLANS AND THAT'S
ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
THE TEXT CHAIN INCLUDED VP
VANCE, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE
HEGSETH, SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCO RUBIO, CIA DIRECTOR JOHN
AND DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD.
THE TEXT INCLUDED AN EXCHANGE
BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT VANCE
AND SAID VANCE CRITICIZING THE
ATTACKS BECAUSE HE FELT IT IT
SENT THE WRONG SIGNAL TO EUROPE
WHO HE BELIEVES SHOULD BE
PICKING UP UP MORE OF THE
MILITARY BURDEN.
HAIG SAID BACKED THE PLAN BUT
DISGUST OVER WHAT HE CALLED
EUROPEAN FREELOADING.
GOLDBERG WITHHELD SOME
SCREENSHOTS IN HIS REPORTING
SAYING THEY COULD FURTHER RISK
NATIONAL SECURITY AND THAT
HEGSETH SHARED DETAILS OF
FORTHCOMING STRIKES, WEAPONS
DEPLOYMENTS AND ATTACK
SEQUENCING.
I'M NOT GOING TO
CHARACTERIZE WHAT HAPPENED
CLEARLY.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS A MISTAKE
AND THEY'LL TIGHTEN UP UP AND
MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
AGAIN.
WHILE SOME LAWMAKERS ARE
CALLING FOR A FULL INVESTIGATE
OPTION, OTHERS QUESTIONED THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BREACH.
THIS GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON
STEROIDS.
DO THEY REALIZE THAT RUSSIA AND
CHINA HAVE TARGETED SIGNAL TO
TRY TO BREAK IN.
SOMEBODY MADE AND THAT
HAPPENS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DENIED ANY
KNOWLEDGE OF THE INCIDENT
SUGGESTING THE ATTACK WAS STILL
SUCCESSFUL.
WELL, COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
VERY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE
ATTACK WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
I CAN TELL YOU YOU THAT I DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET.
YOU'RE TELLING ME ABOUT IT FOR
THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING
CALLS REPORTEDLY ARE GROWING
FOR MIKE WALTZ TO BE FORCED OUT
LATER TODAY NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR TULSI
GABBARD AND CIA DIRECTOR JOHN
RATCLIFFE CAN EXPECT TOUGH
QUESTIONS IN A HEARING BEFORE
THE SENATE COMMITTEE IN
WASHINGTON.
TERROR MERGER.
CBN NEWS.
WELL, IT IS.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
WHY WOULD NATIONAL SECURITY
OFFICIALS OF THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT BE USING A
COMMERCIAL ROOM TO TO DO THIS?
THEY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
EVERY GOVERNMENT HAS TARGETED
WHETHER IT'S WHATSAPP OR, YOU
KNOW, ALL THE OTHER SECURE
MESSAGING SYSTEMS THEY'VE ALL
TRIED TO CRACK DOWN SO THAT
THEY CAN TRACK WHAT THEIR OWN
CITIZENS ON THE INTERNET AND TO
SOMEHOW THESE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS.
IT JUST IS MIND BOGGLING.
WHY IN THE WORLD DOESN'T OUR
OWN PENTAGON HAVE ITS OWN
SECURE MESSAGING APP AND KEEP
IT KEEP THAT OFF THE GRID AND
HAVE AND END ENCRYPTION JUST
JUST WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD
ARE WE DOING?
WELL, IN OTHER NEWS, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING
A NEW DIRECTION BATTLE WITH A
FEDERAL JUDGE OVER THE
DEPORTATION OF VENEZUELAN
NATIONALS.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN BARROW IN
WASHINGTON.
JOHN THAT'S RIGHT.
GORDON PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
INVOKING A STATE SECRET
PRIVILEGE AND REFUSING TO
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO THE D.C.
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.
MEANWHILE A THREE MEMBER
APPEALS COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS
MONDAY IN IN A HIGH PROFILE
CASE.
NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT
CAITLIN BURKE HAS THE LATEST.
CITING THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT
AN 18TH CENTURY WARTIME LAW THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RECENTLY
DEPORTED HUNDREDS OF ALLEGED
VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS TO EL
SALVADOR AS THE PLANES MADE THE
TRIP A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED
AGAINST THE MOVE.
STILL THE ADMINISTRATION
CONTINUED ON WITH DEPORTATIONS
UP THIS LATEST SHOWDOWN.
WHAT WE DID WHAT WAS BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS IT WAS
EXACTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
FEDERAL LAW AGAIN ENACTED BY
AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT.
WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS UP.
WE'RE ENFORCING THE LAWS ARE ON
THE BOOKS.
JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG RULED
THE VENEZUELANS DESERVED A
COURT HEARING THEIR
DEPORTATIONS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THEY BELONG TO THE
VIOLENT TRENDIER ROGUE WAVE
GANG.
HE'S WARNED THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OF CONSEQUENCES
IF EVIDENCE SHOWS OFFICIALS
DELIBERATELY DISOBEYED HIS
ORDER.
TRUMP AND CERTAIN CABINET
MEMBERS NOW RAMPING UP ATTACKS
CALLING FOR JUDGE BOASBERG TO
BE IMPEACHED OR DISBARRED.
THIS AN OUT OF CONTROL JUDGE A
FEDERAL JUDGE TRYING TO CONTROL
OUR ENTIRE FOREIGN AND HE
CANNOT DO IT.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WANTS BOASBERG ORDER REVERSED.
THE THREE APPELLATE JUDGES
SEEMED DIVIDED AFTER MONDAY'S
HEARING WITH ONE APPEARING OPEN
TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S.
ANOTHER REMAINING SILENT AND A
THIRD SAYS ALLEGED NAZIS IN THE
U.S. DURING WORLD WAR TWO WERE
TREATED BETTER THAN THE
VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS.
PEOPLE WEREN'T GIVEN NOTICE.
THEY WEREN'T TOLD WHERE THEY
WERE GOING.
THOSE PEOPLE ON THOSE PLANES
THAT SATURDAY HAD NO
OPPORTUNITY TO FILE HABEAS OR
ANY TYPE OF ACTION TO CHALLENGE
THE REMOVAL THEY A JUDGMENT
WILL BE ISSUED IN THE COMING
DAYS.
BUT BONDY BELIEVES SUPREME
COURT WILL LIKELY GET THE CASE
THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT APPLIES
TODAY.
REALLY MORE THAN EVER YOU KNOW
ALL IS OFTEN THE BEST LAW IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE LAWS THAT
HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A
VERY LONG TIME.
WE ARE IN MODERN DAY WARFARE.
THEY HAVE INVADED OUR COUNTRY
TODAY DE AGUA.
THEY ARE ORGANIZED.
THEY HAVE A COMMAND STRUCTURE.
THEY ARE SENDING MONEY TO EACH
OTHER THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY
AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY BACK
SUPPORT THEIR TERRORIST
ACTIONS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS
TO CONTINUE PEOPLE AS THIS
PLAYS OUT IN COURT AND DHS
SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM IS
SCHEDULED TO VISIT CENTRAL
AMERICA THIS WEEK INCLUDING EL
SALVADOR PRISON HOUSING THOSE
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS.
WE'RE GOING TO
TARGETING THE WORST FOR THE
WORSE WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING
SINCE ONE AND DEPORTED FROM
UNITED STATES TO THE VARIOUS
LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED A 25%
TARIFF ON ANY COUNTRY THAT
PURCHASES OIL AND OR GAS FROM
VENEZUELA AND THEN PURSUES
TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES.
WRITING ON TRUTH SOCIAL THE
PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS IN
RESPONSE TO PURPOSEFULLY
SENDING TRENDY ARUGULA GANG
MEMBERS TO US.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU CAITLIN.
THE SUPREME COURT HEARD
ARGUMENTS YESTERDAY OVER A
LOUISIANA VOTING RIGHTS CASE
THAT COULD NATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS.
IT DEALS WITH HOW STATES USE
RACE TO DETERMINE CONGRESSIONAL
MAPS AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS.
STATE LEFT LOUISIANA WITH JUST
ONE MAJORITY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
DISTRICT EVEN THOUGH ABOUT A
THIRD OF THE STATE'S POPULATION
IS BLACK.
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SUED AND
GAINED A SECOND MAJORITY BLACK
DISTRICT THAT A COUNTER LAWSUIT
CLAIMING RACE WAS A MAIN
DETERMINATION IN HOW DISTRICTS
WERE DRAWN.
AN APPEALS COURT AGREED LEAVING
FOR THE STATE TO SEEK THE
SUPREME COURT FOR ITS OPINION.
WE'D RATHER NOT BE CAUGHT
BETWEEN TWO PARTIES WITH
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED VISIONS
OF WHAT OUR MAP SHOULD LOOK
LIKE.
BUT THIS HAS BECOME LIFE AS
USUAL FOR THE STATES UNDER THIS
COURT'S VOTING CASES AND OUR
QUESTION TODAY IS HOW DO WE GET
OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT?
WELL, WAITING FOR THE
JUSTICES TO HEAR THE CASE THE
NEWLY DRAWN MAP WITH TWO BLANK
DISTRICTS REMAINED IN PLACE FOR
THE 2024 ELECTION SENDING TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LOUISIANA
REPRESENTATIVES TO WASHINGTON
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
THREE DECADES.
WELL, NOW TO THE WAR.
HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN FIRED
ANOTHER MISSILE YESTERDAY.
WHILE IN GAZA, HAMAS RELEASED
ANOTHER HOSTAGE VIDEO ALL AS
THE IDF CONTINUES TO HUNT DOWN
THE THE TERROR GROUP'S LEADERS.
CBN'S CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS
FROM JERUSALEM.
SIRENS WAIL THROUGHOUT SOUTH
AND CENTRAL ISRAEL AS ANOTHER
HOUTHI MISSILE SENT PEOPLE INTO
BOMB SHELTERS.
ISRAEL SUCCESSFULLY
INTERCEPTED THE MISSILE TO STOP
THOSE MISSILES.
THE U.S. IS CONTINUING ITS
CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE THE
THREAT BY THE HOUTHIS AGAINST.
AND GLOBAL SHIPPING IN THE RED
SEA.
THE U.S. SAYS HOUTHI LEADER HAS
BEEN ELIMINATED IN GAZA
ISRAEL'S GROUND OPERATION IS
WIDENING.
THE IDF ALSO ELIMINATED A MAJOR
HAMAS LEADER.
ISRAEL ALSO DESTROYED MORE THAN
100 WHITE PICKUP TRUCKS
THROUGHOUT GAZA.
TERRORISTS USED THOSE TRUCKS
AND THEIR MASSACRE ON OCTOBER
SEVENTH.
IN THE UK A JOINT COMMISSION OF
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS
RELEASED A LANDMARK REPORT
ABOUT OCTOBER 7TH.
IT CONCLUDED THE ATROCITIES BY
HAMAS AND ALLIED GROUPS ON
SEVEN OCTOBER MARKED A DAY OF
UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF
DELIBERATE KILLINGS, HOSTAGE
ABUSE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND
DESECRATION OF BOTH THE LIVING
AND THE DEAD.
THE GOAL BEHIND THAT REPORT TO
COMBAT DENIAL OF WHAT HAPPENED
ON OCTOBER 7TH JUST LIKE SOME
PEOPLE DENY THE HOLOCAUST.
DURING A STALEMATE IN HOSTAGE
NEGOTIATIONS HAMAS RELEASED
ANOTHER PROPAGANDA VIDEO.
IT SHOWS TWO ISRAELIS PLEADING
WITH ANOTHER HOSTAGE WHO WAS
FREED TO TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT HOW
HARD THE CONDITIONS ARE IN
CAPTIVITY.
U.S. ENVOY STEVE WHITCOMB SAYS
HE BLAMES HAMAS FOR THE
COLLAPSE OF THE HOSTAGE TALKS.
ISRAELI FOREIGN ANSARI SAYS
THERE IS A WAY THE WAR CAN AND
IMMEDIATELY THE WAR CAN END.
TOMORROW WITH RELEASING THE
HOSTAGES DEMILITARIZATION OF
GAZA AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE
ARMED AND ISLAMIC FORCES FROM
THERE.
WAR IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY.
WE WOULD HAPPY AND WE WILL BE
HAPPY TO ACHIEVE AIMS BY
DIPLOMATIC MEANS.
BUT IF THAT IS POSSIBLE WE HAVE
NO CHOICE.
BUT CONTINUING OUR MILITARY
EFFORTS.
ISRAELI MEDIA IS REPORTING.
STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MINISTER RON
DERMER WILL LEAD A DELEGATION
WASHINGTON IN THE COMING DAYS.
HE WILL URGE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO SET A
TIMETABLE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
MAXIMUM ECONOMIC PRESSURE
CAMPAIGN ON IRAN TO END ITS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
ISRAEL EXPECTS ONCE AN AGREED
TIME PERIOD EXPIRES ALTERNATIVE
DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE.
A MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN'S
NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHRIS
GORDON.
BACK OVER TO YOU.
WELL, THESE ARE CERTAINLY
INTERESTING DAYS AND THAT SORT
OF KNOW CHINESE PROVERB SOME
CALL IT A CURSE, SOME IT
SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
YOU KNOW, MAY YOU LIVE IN
INTERESTING TIMES.
WE CERTAINLY ARE.
AND WHETHER YOU LOOK AT UKRAINE
AND THE REFRAMING OF THAT WAR
AND THE ESCALATION RUSSIA AT
THE SAME TIME THEY'RE TELLING
OUR ADMINISTRATION OUR WERE
READY FOR PEACE.
WE WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR PEACE
TALKS BUT THEN GO AND ATTACK
THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE.
IT JUST YOU KNOW, YOU WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE YOU
HAVE THE HUTUS THERE FIRING
MISSILES AT OUR ALLY ISRAEL.
THEY'RE ALSO FIRING AGAINST OUR
OWN NAVAL SHIPS.
BUT THEN YOU HEAR AND IF THIS
CHAT GATE MESSAGES ACCURATE
YOU'RE HEARING OUR OWN VICE
PRESIDENT SAY WE SHOULDN'T DO
IT BECAUSE WE'RE BAILING OUT
EUROPE AND EUROPE DEPENDS MORE
ON THE SUEZ CANAL THAN WE DO.
IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT OPEN
NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PAY THEIR
FAIR SHARE OF THE MILITARY
BURDEN.
BUT IN BOTH CASES THE REAL
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON
THE GROUND AND YOU LITERALLY
CAN'T AS CITIZENS ARE BEING
KILLED IN UKRAINE YOU CAN'T TRY
TO JUSTIFY THE RUSSIAN INVASION
THE SAME TIME AS THE HOODIES
ARE FIRING AGAINST OUR OWN
VESSELS.
IT IS HIGH TIME FOR US TO
RESPOND.
I DO APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT FOR
TAKING A TOUGH STAND HERE.
HE DEFINITELY HAS OVERRULED HIS
VICE PRESIDENT.
NO, WE'RE WE'RE GOING THE
HOODIES.
WE'RE GOING AFTER ALL THE
PROXIES OF IRAN AND.
WE'RE ALSO GOING AFTER IRAN.
LET'S NAME THE THE REALITY ON
THE GROUND FOR WHAT IT IS.
IRAN IS THE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM IN THE WORLD AND
LET'S HOLD THEM FOR THESE
HORRIBLE ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL
.
THE THREATS THEY HAVE AGAINST
US, AGAINST EUROPE AND LET'S
SAY NO AND THE WORLD TODAY YOU
DON'T GET TO HAVE A NUCLEAR
WEAPON.
YOU DON'T GET TO BE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
YOU DON'T TO SHUT DOWN
SHIPPING.
YOU DON'T GET TO DO THESE
THINGS AND YOU DON'T GET TO
HOLD ISRAEL HOSTAGE BY
THREATENING THEM WITH NUCLEAR
WAR.
THIS WON'T ON OUR WATCH AND WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
THE ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE
IN CONGRESS, OUR RESOLVE THAT
WE STAND WITH ISRAEL, WE STAND
AGAINST IRAN, WE STAND AGAINST
QATAR AND ITS FUNDING OF HAMAS.
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FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HEZBOLLAH
ROCKET ATTACKS ON NORTHERN
ISRAEL FORCED TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES.
TODAY IS ALLOWING THEM TO BEGIN
RETURNING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES
.
MANY FAMILIES ARE EAGER TO
RETURN AND REBUILD.
OTHERS OBVIOUSLY CAUTIOUS.
CBN'S CHUCK HOLDEN TAKES US TO
ONE CITY TO SEE HOW THE
RECOVERY IS UNFOLDING.
THE LAST TIME OUR CBN
NEWS CREW VISITED KIRYAT
SHEMONA IN ISRAEL'S NORTH IT
WAS A VIRTUAL TOWN AND ROCKET
ATTACKS FROM HEZBOLLAH WERE AN
EVERYDAY REALITY.
FINE LINE BETWEEN BRAVE AND
STUPID.
HERE WE GO AGAIN AND AGAIN.
GET DOWN, GET DOWN NOW WITH
!
TWO MONTHS OF RELATIVE PEACE.
MORE THAN 60,000 ISRAELIS
DISPLACED HOMES ARE ABLE TO
RETURN.
LIFE THOUGH IS FAR FROM NORMAL
AS BUSINESSES STRUGGLE TO
REOPEN WITH ONLY A FRACTION
RESIDENTS BACK HOME.
WE HAD TO EVACUATE FROM MAY
BUT WHILE WE COULDN'T STAY HERE
THE ARMY ASKED US TO LEAVE.
BUT HILLEL A BECAUSE THEY THEY
AFRAID FROM THE BOMBS.
HOPE IS BUDDING ALONG WITH
SPRING ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL
CONCERNS THINGS MAY NEVER BE
THE SAME.
FIRST WEEK I COULDN'T STOP
CRYING THE TIME UNTIL THE
HOSTAGES COME HOME.
OUR JOY WAS NOT COMPLETE.
THIS FARM OUTSIDE KIRYAT
SHEMONA, JUST A FEW MILES FROM
THE LEBANESE BORDER IS KNOWN
BEAUTIFUL ORANGES AND THE
PECANS THAT THEY GROW HERE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HAVING A
HARD TIME FINDING ANYBODY TO
COME AND HELP THEM HARVEST
THINGS.
THESE TREES ARE FULL OF FRUIT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE FOREIGN BORN WORKERS
THAT USUALLY COME FROM THAILAND
AND ELSEWHERE TO HELP THEM.
MANY OF THOSE GUYS HAVE ALREADY
MOVED ON TO OTHER JOBS AND SO
THEY ARE HOPING THAT THEY CAN
GET PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND
HELP THEM GET THEIR FRUIT TO
MARKET.
NOW THE FAMILY WORKING TO
REBUILD WELCOME GUESTS AGAIN.
WE CLEANED EVERYTHING AND
START TO PLANT EVERYTHING WE
KNEW EVERYTHING THEN NOW PEOPLE
START TO COME BACK.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RETURNED
,HOPE REMAINS THEIR REGION CAN
BE REBUILT AND RETURN TO NORMAL
.
TO SEE PEOPLE COME HERE IS
AMAZING BACK YOU KNOW SEE
EVERYTHING COME TO LIFE AGAIN
IT'S IT'S.
SOMETIMES I JUST STAY STARE AND
SPEECHLESS OF WHAT HAPPENING
HERE.
I'M AT THE EXTREME NORTHERN
BORDER OF ISRAEL JUST NORTH OF
THE TOWN OF METULA WHICH HAS
BEEN A TOWN FOR THE LAST 15
MONTHS.
BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
COME BACK BECAUSE.
IF YOU SEE THAT FENCE RIGHT
THERE, THAT'S THE BORDER JUST
THE OTHER OF THAT IS A VILLAGE
INSIDE LEBANON WHERE HEZBOLLAH
WAS FIRING ROCKETS ON A DAILY
BASIS IN HERE.
BUT THAT VILLAGE IS NOTHING BUT
RUBBLE NOW AND THAT REASON THE
PEOPLE FEEL SAFER COMING BACK
HOME.
WHILE THE WALL WE WERE OPEN
MEANWHILE THE KIBBUTZ WHEN I
EVACUATED WE ARE BASICALLY WAS
THE ONE BUSINESS THAT WORKING
WE GIVE SERVE TO THE POLICE,
THE MILITARY, THE SOLDIERS.
THIS SHAWARMA SHOP IN THE
CENTER OF TOWN WAS THE ONLY
RESTAURANT STAY OPEN FOR THE
ENTIRE WAR.
MAYBE 30% OF THE COMMUNITY
HAS COME BACK BECAUSE THE
EVACUATION HAS BEEN LONGER.
SO SOME PEOPLE AS STAYED IN THE
HOTELS AND I HOPE EVERYONE COME
BACK SOON.
EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE REALIZED
THE WAR IS NOT.
I CANNOT TELL YOU THE
FEELING NOW TALKING WITH YOU.
THEY STARTED TO CRY BECAUSE
THEY THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
THEY DON'T THEY CANNOT COME
BACK AND ABOUT THE FAMILIES AND
THE BABIES THAT MURDER THEIR.
AND I LOVE ISRAEL VERY, VERY
MUCH.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ISRAEL
FROM NORTHERN ISRAEL.
I'M CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBS NEWS.
JUST IMAGINE LIVING UNDER THAT
KIND OF ATTACK WHERE YOUR
CHILDREN AREN'T SAFE.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE KILLED.
AND WHETHER IT'S IN NORTHERN
ISRAEL OR THE GAZA ENVELOPE IN
THE SOUTH, CAN THEY GO BACK AND
THEY REBUILD AND IN GOING BACK
ARE GOING TO REVISIT THE TRAUMA
OF THE WAR.
THESE ARE ONGOING QUESTIONS FOR
ISRAEL AND THERE IS ONGOING
NEED THERE.
BOTH PLACES ARE KNOWN THEIR
AGRICULTURE.
THE THE GAZA ENVELOPE FAMOUS
FOR PROVIDING 60% OF THE FRESH
FRUIT, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FOR
THE ENTIRE NATION SO ON A JUST
A STRATEGIC LEVEL JUST TO
SURVIVE AS A NATION AND BE ABLE
TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN FOOD IT'S
NECESSARY FOR ALL OF THOSE
FARMS TO BE REBUILT AND
REGENERATED.
BUT THE ONGOING TRAUMA IS IS
AND ISSUE FOR THE ENTIRE
NATION.
CBN ISRAEL IS PUTTING A
TRAUMA CENTER WE CALL IT A
RESILIENCE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ISRAELI
TRAUMA COALITION TO DO THAT.
IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM
AND THE GOAL IS TO TRAIN FIRST
RESPONDERS ALSO TRAIN
CLINICIANS HOW TO DEAL WITH
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, HOW TO
DEAL PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAUMATIZED
BY THE WAR AND BY THE ATTACKS
AND THAT TRAUMA CAN TAKE A
VARIETY OF FORMS.
AND WHERE DO YOU GO WITH THAT
AND HOW DO YOU WITH THAT?
SO WE'RE THERE WE'RE ALSO
HELPING REBUILD IN THE GAZA
ENVELOPE.
ADIL RAYMER CAME HERE AND AND
ASKED ON BEHALF OF HER KIBBUTZ
KIBBUTZ NOREEN.
AND SO WE'RE HELPING REBUILD
AND HOPEFULLY REPOPULATE AND
LET'S SAY BLOOM YET AGAIN.
I LOVE THE RESILIENCE AND THERE
IS RESILIENCE OF THE JEWISH
PEOPLE NO MATTER HOW HARD IT
HAS BEEN.
THEY'VE ALWAYS COME BACK AND
THEIR FAMOUS PHRASE THE JEW
LIVES.
LET'S LET'S HELP THAT LET'S
HELP THAT DREAM.
885 1717.
CALL NOW RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.
CASEY AND JAN STARTED THEIR
MARRIAGE WITH $50,000 OF CREDIT
CARD DEBT IN AN EFFORT ENDS
MEET.
CASEY WAS SECRETLY STOCK
TRADING ON THE SIDE WHILE THEIR
DEBT SNOWBALLED AND SOON THE
PRESSURE PUT CASEY IN THE
HOSPITAL.
WHEN HE GOT OUT A TRIP TO
CHURCH TRANSFORMED FROM THIS
COUPLE'S LIFE, CASEY AND JENN
WASHINGTON STRUGGLED TO MAKE
ENDS MEET.
SHORTLY AFTER THEY GOT MARRIED
IN 2011.
THOUSAND 14 THEY ACCRUED A
MOUNTING CREDIT CARD DEBT
15,000 DOLLARS.
WE WERE ROUGHLY FROM THE
WEDDING AND THE HONEYMOON AND
JUST PUTTING ALL LIVING
EXPENSES ON CARDS AND JUST
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
AND IT WAS VERY SLOW AT THE
BEGINNING BUT THEN AFTER THAT
IS WHEN IT REALLY SNOWBALLED.
CASEY KEPT MOST OF THE DEBT
FROM JET AND STARTED STOCK
TRADING ON THE SIDE.
HOWEVER, IT ONLY PULLED HIM
INTO A DEEPER HOLE FINANCIALLY
AND MENTALLY.
I WAS CONSUMED WITH WAKING UP
AND 3 A.M. STOCK TRADING AND I
WAS CONCERNED BUT GETTING
MYSELF OUT OF THIS MESS THAT I
CREATED AND IT WAS TAKING
ATTENTION AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
CASEY DEVELOPED SEVERE ANXIETY
AND SUFFERED FROM A SERIOUS
PANIC ATTACK THAT PUT HIM IN
THE HOSPITAL BUT JEN AND HIS
DAD AT HIS SIDE HE DISCLOSED
THE DEBT LAY IN ALL OF THIS OUT
THERE THAT I'VE BEEN WITH
MYSELF.
I KNEW WE COULDN'T KEEP
GOING DOWN THE SAME PATH WE
WERE GOING I KNEW WE COULDN'T
BE AS CARELESS WHEN IT CAME TO
SPENDING ON THE LITTLE THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO BE MORE
INTENTIONAL ON WHAT.
WE SPENT MONEY ON ON WHAT WE
NEEDED VERSUS WANTED.
THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THEY WENT
TO CHURCH.
THE PASTOR ASKED THOSE TO STAND
NEEDED HEALING.
CASEY STOOD UP AND MADE THE
DECISION THAT HE WAS TO START
SEEKING GOD FOR ANSWERS AND
DIRECTION FOR HIS FINANCIAL
MENTAL SITUATION.
MY WIFE SHE PUTS HER HAND ON
ME AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
CRYING, YOU KNOW, THINKING
OKAY, GOD, PLEASE THIS FOR ME.
JUST TAKE THIS FOR ME.
AND I FELT RELIEF, ANXIETY
LEAVE MY BODY FELT THINGS WERE
CHANGING.
I JUST FELT A SENSE OF CHANGE
COMING OVER ME.
CASEY AND JEN PARTICIPATE IN
A CHURCH WIDE 21 DAY FAST THAT
ENCOURAGED THEM TO START
TITHING.
THOUGH WE TALK TOGETHER ABOUT
IT ABOUT WE REALLY NEED TO WE
WERE TITHING HERE AND THERE
WITH OUR CHURCH BUT THAT'S WHEN
WE THE DECISION TO TO TYPE THE
FULL 10% NO MATTER WHAT.
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 TIES AND I
CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU HOW THAT
.
IT WAS A MIRACLE SINCE THE
LORD WAS TELLING HIM TO 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 AND TRUSTING GOD
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
TITHING WAS THE SOLUTION TO
TURNING OVER THE TO MY FINANCES
AND THE KEYS TO MY LIFE.
HE KNOWS TO DO WITH YOUR
FINANCES.
HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH
YOUR HEART.
HE DOESN'T WANT OUR WANTS US HE
WANTS OUR TITHING TO COME FROM
OUR HEART.
AND WHEN IT DOES COME FROM
YOUR HEART WHEN IT COMES
CHEERFULLY AND GENEROUSLY THEN
YOU WALK INTO THE WONDERFUL
PROMISES THAT GOD A CHEERFUL
GIVER AND YOU ALSO WALK INTO
THE WONDERFUL PROMISE OF JESUS
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU.
HE PRESS DOWN RUNNING OVER
WILL BE POURED INTO YOUR LAP
FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE IT
WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.
NOW NOW CASEY HAD THE WRONG
IDEA HE WELL I CAN TALK IN
STOCK TRADE MY WAY OUT OF THIS
AND I'M GOING TO GET THESE
BRILLIANT STOCK TIPS AND I'M
GOING GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY AND THEN THAT'S JUST
GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
THERE'S NO GET RICH QUICK HERE
IT IS WHEN YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO
THE LORD YOU'RE ACTIVELY
SEEKING HIS FAVOR HIS WISDOM,
HIS ANOINTING, HIS PROVISION
AND FOR YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE
BEING OBEDIENT TO WHAT THE WORD
OF GOD SAYS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO
DISAGREE THAT YOU KNOW OKAY,
WELL TITHING IS AN OLD
TESTAMENT LAW.
IT DOESN'T APPLY IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT.
WELL LUKE CHAPTER SIX IS IN THE
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TOMORROW FOR TATUM, HER WEDDING
DAY WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
HER HUSBAND JASON.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE THIS STARTED
SOON AFTER THE CEREMONY.
JASON IMMEDIATELY WANTED OUT OF
THE MARRIAGE BECAUSE HE HAD A
ADDICTION.
TATUM THE OTHER ROOM GETTING
CHANGED OUT OF HER WEDDING
DRESS.
I SAID OUT LOUD MADE THE
BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.
BY THE LOOK WEDDING PHOTOS
JASON AND TATUM BILL MORROW
SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE PERFECT
MARRIAGE.
HE WAS A CAREER NAVY OFFICER
WHO GREW UP A STRONG CHRISTIAN
FAMILY.
TATUM, WHO WAS A NEW CHRISTIAN
HAD RECENTLY GONE THROUGH A
PAINFUL DIVORCE AND THOUGHT SHE
FOUND THE SPIRITUAL PARTNER SHE
LONGED FOR.
I KNEW I WANTED TO MARRY.
HE KNEW ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO
SAY AND HE KNEW ABOUT THE
BIBLE.
I WAS JUST HEAD OVER HEELS IN
LOVE WITH HIM QUICKLY.
JASON WASN'T THE SPIRITUAL MAN
HE PROJECTED HE HAD A SECRET
LIFE HE WASN'T ABOUT TO SHARE
WITH TATUM.
AND RIGHT AWAY HE TOLD HER HE
WANTED OUT OF THE MARRIAGE.
BEING A PREACHER'S KID I KNEW
ALL THE STORIES AND I COULD
TALK THE TALK AND SO I WAS
REALLY I GUESS IN SOME WAYS A
WOLF IN SHEEP'S AND I BEGIN TO
TALK ABOUT DIVORCE LIKE ROUTINE
LIKE REGULARLY LIKE IT WAS IT
WAS MY ANSWER.
THE CONSTANT THOUGHT IN MY
WAS HOW DO I END THIS SO I CAN
JUST GO BACK TO DOING WHAT?
REALLY LIKE.
IN LIKE I REALLY LIVED IN THE
DARKNESS AND I AND I DIDN'T
LIKE THAT SHE REPRESENTED.
TATUM WASN'T CONVINCED
DIVORCE WAS THE ANSWER.
I FELT LIKE THE ENEMY HAD
TAKEN MY FIRST MARRIAGE AND SO
I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO TAKE MY
SECOND MARRIAGE.
AND SO THIS FAITH ROSE UP IN ME
TO FIGHT.
I'M DO EVERYTHING I CAN.
I'M GOING TO STAND BEFORE THE
LORD AND KNOW I WHAT I COULD
AND IF I GET DIVORCED THEN I'M
DIVORCED.
BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T
DO MY PART.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T
TRY.
THEY EVENTUALLY SEPARATED AND
JASON SERVED TATUM DIVORCE
PAPERS.
DURING THAT TIME TATUM FOUND
PEACE AS SHE PRESSED INTO HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST STILL
FOR A MIRACLE.
OKAY GOD BUT YOUR WORD SAYS
THAT IMPOSSIBLE WITH YOU.
LIKE YOU CAN DO THIS AND I
WOULD READ THE BIBLE AND SAY
THIS IS WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE.
MY PRAYER LIFE REALLY SHIFTED
FROM GOD WILL YOU SAVE MY
MARRIAGE TO PRAYING THAT?
JASON WOULD HAVE WHAT I HAD.
I WANTED HIM TO HAVE THE
FREEDOM THAT I HAD THE PEACE
THAT I HAD THE JOY THAT I HAD.
I KNEW THAT HE TORMENTED AND I
REALLY JUST WANTED HIM TO HAVE
PEACE.
I WOULD STILL HAVE LIKED GOD TO
SAVE MY MARRIAGE BUT IT WAS AS
IMPORTANT TO ME AS HIM KNOWING
JESUS LIKE I DID.
JASON LIVED IN CONSTANT TENSION
AND INTERNAL CONFLICT DUE TO
HIS SECRET ADDICTION TO ONLINE
PORNOGRAPHY.
WHAT I DESIRE THE CORE OF MY
BEING WAS CONNECTION.
I WANTED TO BE CONNECTED
WITH TATUM BUT COULDN'T BE
CONNECTED WITH HER BECAUSE OF
MY SHAME BECAUSE OF WHAT I WAS
DOING, BECAUSE THAT INTO THE
LIGHT WOULD BE TOO PAINFUL AND
SO THE LIE THAT I BELIEVED WAS
THAT IF I CONFESS I WAS
VULNERABLE HER THAT SHE SHE CAN
NEVER LOVE ME RIGHT?
THAT'S THE SHAME.
LIKE IF YOU KNEW IF YOU REALLY
KNEW WHAT WAS BENEATH HERE WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN HERE, WHAT I
WAS DOING BEHIND DOORS WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU WERE AT HOME YOU
COULDN'T LOVE ME RIGHT?
THAT'S THE THAT'S THE LIE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, BUT THAT
WAS THE LIE THAT I WITH FOR FOR
THE ENTIRETY OF OUR MARRIAGE.
THEN ONE NIGHT HE WATCHED A
YOUTUBE VIDEO ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY
DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON THE
HUMAN BRAIN AND INTIMACY.
JASON STOPPED VIEWING PORN AND
DECIDED TO TELL TATUM HIS
SECRET EVEN THOUGH HE STILL
WANTED A DIVORCE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PERSON
THAT YOU'VE MADE WORST ENEMY
THAT YOU'VE DISPARAGED THAT
YOU'VE YOU KNOW TRIED TO GET
AWAY FROM FOR YEARS AND SO I
JUST BLURTED IT OUT.
I SAID I'VE BEEN ADDICTED TO
PORN FOR 23 YEARS.
I'M GOING, OH, THIS FITS
LIKE IT FELT LIKE A PUZZLE
PIECE THAT HAD BEEN MISSING THE
WHOLE TIME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW
WAS MISSING.
AND I STARTED ALL THE PIECES
STARTED TOGETHER FOR ME.
JASON BELIEVES THE MARRIAGE
WAS AT ITS END BUT THEN
ONE NIGHT ALONE IN HIS
APARTMENT HE PRAYED AND I SAID
GOD, I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE OUT
THERE IF YOU'RE LISTENING.
I SAID, BUT IF IT'S YOUR DESIRE
FOR ME TO LEARN TO LOVE MY WIFE
THEN I WANT TO LEARN TO LOVE
HER LIKE YOU LOVE HER AND SEE
HER LIKE YOU SEE HER.
AND I SAID AMEN.
THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP
EVERYTHING HAD CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
I'D NEVER QUITE FOUND THE WORDS
TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
BORN AGAIN.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WAKING UP IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY.
FOR THE NEXT MONTH HE WANT
TO LEAVE TATUM'S SIDE SLEEPING
ON HER COUCH AND WINNING BACK
HER TRUST.
I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU AND
WORDS HOW OVERJOYED I JUST TO
GO AND BE IN HER PRESENCE.
HE WAS LIKE GUSHING LIKE HE WAS
SO IN LOVE WITH ME HE JUST
WANTED TO BE NEAR ME.
IT WAS A VERY FOREIGN BUT YOU
COULDN'T DENY THAT IT WAS
SOMETHING WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
JASON WAS ACTUALLY BEING HONEST
LIKE WITH HIMSELF AND WITH GOD
FOR LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN HIS
LIFE AND THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY
TO BUILD ON.
THEY BURNED THEIR DIVORCE AND
REBUILT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH
CHRIST AS THE FOUNDATION
THANKFUL FOR THE MIRACLE OF A
RESTORED LIFE AND.
SHE FOUGHT FOR ME WHEN I WAS
AT MY WORST YOU KNOW, AT MY
MOST UNREDEEMABLE.
THROUGH HER FAITH, THROUGH HER
PERSISTENCE, THROUGH HER TRUST
IN GOD SHE GOT TO SEE THE
MIRACLE THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT
HE WAS CAPABLE OF.
I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN
BECAUSE GOING THROUGH THAT I
WOULDN'T KNOW THE WAY THAT I
KNOW HIM.
HAD I NOT GONE THROUGH THE
HARD THINGS SO IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.
I'M VERY THANKFUL.
YOU KNOW IN LIFE WE LIKE TO
AVOID THE HARD THINGS BUT THE
TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THE HARD
THINGS THAT ARE WHAT DRIVE US
THE FOOT OF THE CROSS WHAT
DRIVE US TO AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE ARE SINNERS IN NEED OF
A SAVIOR.
AS WATCH THIS STORY AND I SEE
JASON'S SCENARIO I SEE SOMEONE
WHO WAS TRAPPED BY HIS OWN SIN
BOY ISN'T THAT A PERFECT
PICTURE OF WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS
TO DO TO US?
TRAP US IN OUR OWN SIN AND THEN
TRAP US WITH SUCH A SHAME THAT
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF
IT THAT WE NO LONGER CAN SAY
YES TO THE GOODNESS OF OF GOD
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL WRAPPED UP
IN THE SHAME THE CHOICES WE'VE
MADE AND THAT LIE THAT HE
TALKED ABOUT THAT THERE'S NO
WAY OUT OF THIS THERE'S NO
THERE IS NO WAY FOR YOU TO GET
OUT OF IT FOR ANYONE TO BUT
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO
SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF
GOD FROM THE REDEMPTION THAT
CHRIST CAME TO PAY.
UNLESS YOU CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT
IT.
IT'S REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
OF COURSE THERE'S SHAME
INVOLVED WHEN WE COME CLEAN ON
WHO WE WE ARE AND THE CHOICES
THAT WE'VE MADE.
OF COURSE SOMETIMES WE'VE HURT
PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY WE'VE LOST
THINGS.
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BEGINNING.
IF ANY MAN OR WOMAN IS IN
CHRIST THEY A BRAND NEW
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ALL THINGS BECOME BRAND NEW NOT
FIXED UP, NOT KIND OF REPAIRED
BUT BRAND NEW A WHOLE NEW OVER.
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SITUATION IS BUT I KNOW THAT
MARRIAGE IS A TOUGH THING AND
MANY, MANY
OUR MARRIAGE TO BE BETTER BUT
JUST DON'T HOW TO GET THERE
FROM HERE.
START WITH COMING HOME HOME TO
THE FATHER HEART OF GOD LIKE
JASON DID JUST SAYING GOD, I'M
HERE.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING ME.
I'M GIVING YOU THIS AND I'M
COMING CLEAN ON THE THINGS THAT
I NEED FORGIVENESS FOR.
INVITE HIM INTO YOUR LIFE IN
VITAMIN D YOUR HEART.
TELL HIM YOU WANT TO CHANGE AND
THEN LET HIM CHANGE YOU.
YOU CAN'T DO IT YOURSELF.
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YOU KNOW, MANY OF US UP WITH
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MY SPOUSE IS SO DIFFICULT IF WE
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JUST IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE
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THAT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO MY HUSBAND JAMES AND I HAVE
BEEN MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS.
WE MET RIGHT HERE AT REGENT AS
STUDENTS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
AND WE JUST LOOKING BACK IT WAS
LIKE THIS HAS BEEN GOOD.
THIS RELATIONSHIP.
SO WE'RE NOT SUPERHUMAN.
WE'RE NOT SUPERHEROES.
WHAT HAS MADE THESE 26 YEARS
GOOD?
WE CAME UP WITH THESE FOUR
DECISIONS AND THE FIRST ONE, AS
YOU SAID, PLAY BY THE RULES.
IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE PLAYING A
GAME, IF THE BOUNDARIES KEEP
MOVING, IF THE GOALS KEEP
MOVING, YOU'RE FRUSTRATED.
BUT IF YOU KNOW CLEARLY THIS IS
HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED AND IN
MARRIAGE YOU'RE NOT AGAINST
EACH OTHER.
THE POINT IS TO PLAY AS LONG AS
YOU CAN INFINITELY TO KEEP
PLAYING THIS GAME CALLED LIFE
AND MARRIAGE.
SO PLAYING BY THE RULES IS WHAT
DOES GOD COMMAND?
WHAT DOES THE WORD OF GOD SAY?
HOW DOES THE HOME WORK AND
REALLY STUDY THAT THAT.
BE DILIGENT ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S MARRIAGE FOR LIFE.
RIGHT AND SO THAT'S YOU MADE A
VOW.
A PROMISE NOT ONE WITH YOUR
CHILDREN.
YOU ARE ONE WITH YOUR SPOUSE.
AND YOU'RE STARTING OUT ON THE
SAME GROUND.
EVERYBODY'S THE SAME
UNDERSTANDING AND AGREED TO IT.
YES.
AND YOU I HAVE TO SAY YOU SHARE
A STORY YOU AND JAMES WHEN YOU
FIRST STARTED YOUR RELATIONSHIP
AT FIRST AND WHEN I READ THIS I
WENT HE DID NOT SAY THAT AND
THEN I ALL BY MYSELF IN MY
LIVING ROOM FOR ABOUT 2
MINUTES.
I THOUGHT WOW, THIS WAS THE
MOMENT.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE RULES OF PLAYING BY
THE RULES IS YOU CAN SAY
ANYTHING TO ME.
YOU KNOW HOW LIKE WHEN YOU'RE
DATING AND YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING
TO ME?
WELL, WE'RE DATING.
WE'RE IN LOVE PHASE.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT EACH
OTHER JUST SOAKING IT IN.
DAY HE SAYS TO ME I'VE BEEN
WANTING TO ASK YOU SOMETHING
BUT I DON'T HOW TO SAY IT.
AND I'M LIKE, OH GOOD LORD,
I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE PROPOSAL
.
BUT I SAY BABY, YOU JUST
TELL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT.
AND HE TERRY SAYS YOU HAVE
THESE HAIRS ON YOUR UPPER LIP.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF
ELECTROLYSIS?
AND WE'RE ON THAT THAT STAGE
AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD.
AND I SAY, WELL I HAVEN'T
REALLY THOUGHT OF THAT BUT WOW,
LOOK AT THE TIME I HAVE TO GO.
AND I WENT BACK INTO MY HOUSE
AND I LOOKED AND ALL THESE
LITTLE HAIRS THAT I PAID
ATTENTION TO.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT LIKE
LIKE LIKE GROUCHO MARX OR
SOMETHING AND I WENT AND I
LOOKED THERE WAS A PHONE BOOK
THAT ELECTRONICS ELECTRICAL
LASER LASER LASER LASER GOT
THOSE THINGS ZAPPED OFF AND
WHAT IT DID WAS WE DIDN'T
FIGHT.
PEOPLE GO CRAZY.
THEY'RE LIKE HOW DID YOU HE
SAID THAT TO YOU LIKE I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT.
THAT WAS SO RUDE.
BUT THE TRUTH I DID HAVE HAIR
ON MY LIP SO IT WAS LIKE OMEGAS
AND FOR JAMES, HE KIND OF
DEFENDED HIMSELF AFTERWARDS
RIGHT.
WAS VERY NERVOUS WHEN HE
SAID THAT HE WASN'T LIKE YOU
GOT SOME HAIR YOU SHOULD FIX
IT.
HE WAS LIKE VERY HUMBLE.
SO THE WAY YOU PRESENT THE TOP
THING MATTERS.
AND HE THOUGHT GOING TO
MARRY THIS GIRL IF I CAN'T EVEN
TALK TO HER ABOUT THE HAIR ON
LIP BECAUSE SHE'S SO SENSITIVE
SHE CAN'T HANDLE THAT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE
THE BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE?
SO HE THOUGHT I'M GOING TO
GIVE IT A GO.
I MEAN SERIOUSLY, YOU OPENED
THE DOOR TO WONDERFUL
COMMUNICATION, DID IT SO
GRACIOUSLY BUT I STILL LAUGH
JUST THINKING MY HUSBAND HE'S
GOT QUITE A SENSE OF HUMOR.
SO YEARS LATER HE MADE A
LITTLE PICTURE OF WHAT I LOOKED
LIKE BEFORE WE HAD THIS TALK.
THINK WE HAVE IT?
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS I
LOOKED LIKE SO WAS LIKE I SAVED
YOU.
EXAGGERATION.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, SO THE SECOND DECISION
IS TO GIVE GRATITUDE DAY.
BOY, THAT THAT JUST MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN LIFE IN GENERAL
MUCH LESS MARRIAGE BUT TALK
ABOUT IT AND YEAH BECAUSE WHEN
YOU GOT MARRIED YOU'RE LIKE
THANK YOU GOD, I FOUND THIS
PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
PERSON TO MY DREAM AS THE YEARS
GO ON YOU'RE LIKE OH THIS
PERSON DOESN'T DO THIS.
YOU'RE COMPLAINING YOU'RE
GRUMBLING IF YOU YOU KNOW YOU
LOSE THAT AND SO THE SAME THING
IN OUR CHRISTIANITY LIKE THINK
OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THEIR
BIG SIN NOT ADULTERY AND
IDOLATRY IT WAS YOU YOU ARE
GRUMBLING YOU'RE GRUMBLING
ABOUT THE MAN YOU'RE GRUMBLING
ABOUT QUAIL YOU'RE GRUMBLING
ABOUT THIS.
SO IN MARRIAGE IF WE'RE
GRUMBLING ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU
KNOW SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL WAY
TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE EASIER IS
JUST ASK THE LORD HOW CAN I BE
MORE GRATEFUL?
I REMEMBER THANKSGIVING
ONE YEAR JAMES GAVE ME A PIECE
OF PAPER AND HE HE HAD WRITTEN
MONDAY HE I AM THANKFUL THAT
YOU TAKE LUCY TO SCHOOL WITH
SUCH A SMILE TUESDAY I'M
THANKFUL YOU MAKE DINNER FOR US
AND HE GAVE ME THIS LIST
BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS
THANKFUL AND OF COURSE THAT
MADE ME SO HAPPY.
BUT GUESS WHAT IT MAKES HAPPY
TOO WHEN YOU'RE THANKFUL.
IT'S THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT
IN THE BOOK AND I ALLUDED TO IT
IN THE INTRODUCTION IS THAT
THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DESIRE IN
YOUR HEART FOR YOUR TO WORK OUT
WONDERFULLY.
I MEAN YOU HAVE TO LIVE VERY
INTENTIONALLY WITH EACH OTHER
AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO
FIND WHETHER THE PERSON YOU'RE
GOING TO MARRY IS WILLING TO DO
THAT OR NOT BUT IT TAKES
COMMUNICATION AND SO REPEATEDLY
THROUGHOUT YOUR BOOK YOU SHARE
HOW YOU AND JAMES DID THAT IN
OBVIOUSLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGING
WAYS BUT IN WAYS THAT MADE A
DIFFERENCE AND YOU ALSO SAY FUN
IS SO IMPORTANT IN A MARRIAGE
SOMEHOW WITH HAVING CHILDREN
AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
LIFE WE CANNOT LOSE THAT ALONG
THE WAY.
HAVE TO WORK FOR IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY I PUT IT AS DECISION
NUMBER FOUR TAKE FUN SERIOUSLY
WHEN YOU WERE DATING IT WAS ALL
FUN GOING TO THE GROCERY WAS
FUN.
LET'S WATCH THE CAR.
THAT'S FUN.
I REMEMBER JAMES LIKE MADE MADE
ME LIKE BEING TOGETHER WAS FUN.
HE MADE ME LIKE FIX A TABLE.
IT WAS LIKE OH IS FUN BUT ALL
OF A SUDDEN YOU GET MARRIED,
YOU HAVE BILLS.
YOU SAY IF FUN IS TOO
EXPENSIVE YOU WE'VE GOT THESE
KIDS WHO'S GOT TIME FOR FUN?
WE'LL HAVE FUN ON THAT VACATION
IN HAWAII A YEAR FROM NOW.
BUT DO THAT BECAUSE THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN EVERYTHING IS A DRAG.
EVERYTHING'S A BUSINESS
MEETING, EVERYTHING IS, YOU
KNOW, A PROBLEM AND SO IT
DOESN'T MONEY YOU CAN HAVE FUN
WITHOUT MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND
BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL TO
PLAN IT.
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
THE GOD OF ROMANCE AND IT WAS
SUCH A NOVEL THOUGHT TO ME AND
I WANT TO SAY THAT HE IS AND IN
YOUR BOOK YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT
HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE.
IT'S A ROAD MAP FOR BEING ABLE
TO WALK THAT OUT IN YOUR OWN
MARRIAGE.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ARLENE'S
BOOK.
IT'S CALLED MAKING MARRIAGE
EASIER.
IT IS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE
AGAIN.
YOU ALWAYS BRING JUST WONDERFUL
INFORMATION.
WE LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH THESE
WORDS FROM FROM FIRST PETER
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