tv Faith Still Moves Mountains FOX News November 13, 2022 7:00pm-8:00pm PST
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but the democrats are on another planet. steve: that is a nice summary. [laughter] great to see you. we will be following all of this thank you for watching. >> when hope is hard to find. collect of real life stories from harris faulkner. "faith still moves mountains," stories of healing power of prayer. ♪ ♪ you are divinely loved. you are so loved that god created, sacrificed and resurrected his only son for
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you. it is also true that life is hard. and often it easy to forget the power of prayer, relationship with god and ma that mi miracles still happen, i am harris faulkner. we are each given a divine assign. we don't choose it for ourselveses it is purposed for us. edit can really easy to give up. as a join journalist, a see people at their best and their worst. and people losing their faithed and finding the lord, lead me to write my new book, "faith still moves mountains" to share stories of how those moments often come during some of life's most trying times.
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yet it is through those very moments that we see the true power of faith. it is so exciting that you are here with me. as we take a sneak peak at some stories and in "faith still moves mountains," you will hear story of a woman standing in the midst of destruction. thanking god for being alive. >> dear god, thank you. >> surprising way her prayers are answered. depress and p hopelessness can arise in us at any time, coming up, you see a woman who stands the brink of death and wonders if god has es ever heard her prayers. >> warriors need the lord, i'll speak with the grandson of legendary general george s patton about how his grandfather's faith and prayers played a critical
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part in the most important military victory the world has seen. having friends step in to guide me for tonight's special. , a huge blessing. you will hear from dr. robert jeffers of first baptist church in dallas, texas. how god choses warriors like general patten for a divine assignment. my prayer, is that testimonies of god direct intervention in people's lives will bloom hope again in your heart. welcome to "faith still moves mountains." ♪ ♪ what i say the words "faith still moves mountains," what comes to your mind?
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>> makes me think of what jesus said about that, he said if you have faith, as tiny as a mustard seed you can move mountains, you can have a little ty tiny bit of faith. if the faith is in god's itself, it can do miraculous things, god is the true mountain mover that is why i love your book so much. harris: i feel closer to god hearing testimonies that i wrote about, i think that god's divine assignment on my life is to be a went. witness, i talk about that i'm losing idea that god intervenes in our lives. >> i think one reason that people are losing that faith is they have been separated
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from other christians for so long, the pandemic had terrible spiritual repercussions for people of faith, we were never created to be islands on to ourselves, god created us as a community, a body is what the new testament said, we need one another, to hear great stories about how god is working. >> the book is full of stories remindings that you god sighs and cares what we're struggling. miracles that provide most visible evidence of god a greatness and grace. proof that prayer is not just words, it is action. there is the story of alabama grandmother who survived a severe f4 tornado. that ravaged her town. >> catastrophic damage after a tornado ripped through the southeast. t23 people have been
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pronounced dead. >> two months after losing everything, a family in alabama is looking to turn the page by using their faith to inspire others. >> reese's home was gone, in a viral youtube video, shared in the immediate aftermath of the storm, she was sshown seated on the site where she lost her home thanking god. >> i thank you god. >> she was laughing. >> tell god thank you [ laughter ] tell god thank you. >> the house was gone. but all i could say was, what i came out, tell god, thank you. we had to tell him thank you, because he held us. he kept us.
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>> nearly every bit of the house frame collapsed. the prayer closet that she used as a sanctuary was only thing left standing. >> what resonated with you in the chapter about ernestine? >> reason she was such a remarkable woman of faith, she had a prayer closet, it a place that she met with jesus every day, it was the foundation much her life. and jesus the son of god, thought prayer was essential, how much more important is it to us, i think that wherever you meet with god, whether it is in the holy land or in your closet, as you talk about, any place you meet with god, is a holy place. harris: ernestine in the prayer closet prayed a lot of years. she had m mustard seed faith and nurtured that her
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whole life, who role does gratitude play in reaching the lords. >> i love the living bible, don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything, tell god your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers, gratitude is a way of remembering what god has done in our life. we need to continually thank god, it reminds us of the power of god for the future. >> my mom was buried under the debris, what they brought her out, her first response was, telle the lord, thank you. we lost 7 family members, 15 people on this street, every time enemy tried to bring something to my mind -- i keep thinking, tell the lord, thank you. that is what i'm going to do. i'm going to keep telling
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god, thank you. because i trust him. and i'm going to keep telling god, thank you. thank you for the storm. thank you for the recovery. thank you for the joy of the holy ghost. thank you god, i will not forget what he has done for me. in all these things we will thank god. we will thank god. plan ♪ ♪ >> by the end of december 2019, ernestine moved into a new home, reverend graham, had heard of her plight. and the remarkable stories of her prayer closet. she made it at organization's goal to build a new residents for the woman who inspired so many with her m message of faith and gratitude. >> how are you. >> i am yes.
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>> i love you. >> i saw you on tv, and a video. >> i did. >> you were praising jesus, my dad saw that,y he goes, you build her a house. >> look at my home. ♪ ♪ >> beautiful. it is already anoint because the people of god built it. >> who would have thought a storm pr brought u us together. >> we dedicate this to celebrate god's glory. >> if you go through the bad times, and you think you are going to m it by yourself, you are mistaken, but if you go through it and you know jesus, you thank
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♪ ♪ harris: my favorite chapters involve people who thought they lost everything. but through the trials not the blessings they their faith pushed them to pray and closer to god. what is the message in that. >> not to be surprised when god has suffering as part of his plan for your life. if in is 1 v one verse in bible that perplexes me, talking about jesus, he was a son, he learned obedience by the things he suffered. god his a part of his plan for his own son, suffering,
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intense suffering, if his plan included suffering for his son -- own son, why are we surprised. harris, it is the hard themes that made my grow in my faith, god is ch chiseling in you the image of jesus christ, high used a chrischisel and a hammer, sometimes the heavy blows that we go through that make us most like christ. harris: wisconsin mom tina tjan, struggled with depression for much of her life, pos, post part umdepression threw her into a t tailspin. the day she decided to jump. that day, july 19, 2004. hshe climbed into family car and sped off down the
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road. to green bay, wisconsin. she came to the bridge, she stepped out of the car and stroad with purpose toward the edge, below lay the dull blue surface of the fox river, a 200 fight drop, sshe jumped. >> god shows up in dark places. >> the difficult spaces of our lives. when he is at his best, he reminds us we walk through
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the valley ven in the shadowy of death he is with us, a pre present help during times of trouble. >> never easy to remember that when we're in a -- >> tim, is the president of the american association of christian counselors, their missioned to infuse faith in to minimal health, how many of us like tina disengaged when life gets out of control. >> it is that flight response, you move away. the danger is that hell loves to get you alone. to get you to believe there no one there to for you. in your darkest hour, one thing that god didn't make us for? aloneness, kids are not afraid of the dark, they are afraid of bee alone in the dark. when you believe god's heart is toward you and he is there and life's most difficult moments, that is
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what calms everything. i remember having a conversation with one of most preimminent neuroscientists in world. daniel siegel out of ucla, about the significance of rains on mind, brain, body connection. and i asked him, i said, do you believe that if you could have a relationship with god, that it could be san fr transformational and impact your mind and brain and your body? he said, 100%, yes. that brings real meaning and value, even can bring hope in the midst of pain. >> there have been many points in tina's life, when depression convinced her that no one was strong enough to catch her, the force of god a intervening love waso grade, he pulled tina to his safe embrace,
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she has felt presence of the lord's safety on her path of feeling from that day forward. >> emotions are a part of life, they are great indicators that something is going ogoing on inside, blaishing light, pay attention for a moment, and they request belie ars -- emotions can be liars, we could get lost this nim and not understand or see or think clearly about what you are whistli wrestlingw, if you are a christian, you lean back and say. >> remind us of who he is and who what he can do and what he wants to do in my life. harris: today tina said her experience on the bridge meant or world expanded. she is now a published
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author, advocate for openness and education about mental health issues. and a devoted mother and church leader. >> i think of the story of tina in my book, she reached a point she is going to take her own life and jump off a bridge. why do we have to suffer more than once? like doesn't the lord get our attention is that not enough, in the book,y you see people testify to suffering over and o over and they don't loss their faith or they regain it. >> i think that people who do that, are people who have taken jesus words seriously. in john 16:33 in this world, he never promised a world without problems, in this world you will have tribulation. but take courage for i have overcome the world.
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harris: no matter how bad things might get, we cannot deny that god loves us all, we can see signs of his love, every day. >> the story of the bible love story. and the story of god and his love for you and me personally, he wants a relationship with you. often said in christianity, christianity is not a religion it is a relationship. a rain with the cr create god, the god of the universe.
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>> welcome to fox news live, i am jackie deangelis in new york, transportation security administration will conduct traditional training after a passenger made it to a flight with box cutters friday, caused an emergency diversion by threatening other passengers mid flight. flight landed safely in atlanta and man was take sc-- taken cocustody. >> a bomb rocking a busy ped avenue in istanbul. blamed for deaths of 6 people, according to state media, police have arrested a person who is suspected of
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planting that bomb. turkey faced a strength of deadly bombings between 2015 and 17. some carried out by isis, back to our special now "faith still moves mountains." harris: what do we do what god answers our prayers? you see time again, testimonies in the book, people's lives were transformed. they were grateful. is it enough to say thank you? it is too bold to expect more? >> met me tell you a story about answered prayer, my daughter and her husband had three miscarriages. and after three, my daughter came to me said, dad, we'll pray that god gives us p
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triplets, one life to pto replace every life we lost, i being man of faith they was, i said you don't pray that way, we don't have that in our family, no history of it, you will be disappointed in god, she said dad, if you wanting to see god do big things i have to pray big things. god graced them with triplets 55 year -- 5 years ago, the bible said l let us exhault the lord together
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. together. 32-year-old danny was not feeling well and hospitalized with n n pneumonia, he suf suffer -- she would have to remain in a wheelchair for her life. >> i used to feel like i was created from left over pieces. i have that feeling for all of my life. april 23, of this year, would have been 13 years that i have been in the chair. >> on march 15, 2022, dani and doug heard that dr. healthy would do a 3 night presentation on healing. the couple decided to attend. >> she apl explained
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that when people reach out their hands while worshipping, thinking about it as if your hands are up and you reach for your father as a child. and so that night while music was going on, i reached up, i said, i need you. and i need you to hold me. and just, take care of me. i ffelt like someone turned water on in both of my ears. i was going down my body. >> she removed her vent. if she came apart at the neck or from the vent at any time, it was a emergency to get her reconnected she was not breathing. here she just removed it there was no panic, no emergency. she was just sitting there, and they made the altar call, she stood up, i get
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over in the wheelchair i'm not expecting her to be walking, i think that miracle is here. >> i said, no, let's just walk. >> let's just walk. and you know. we walked. next morning she was jumping on the bed. you know. >> it has been a while. >> following day. >> physical therapist came. >> the nurse was her reaction was. >> we punked, we h put her in the wheelchair, she said, you are not attached. >> i know. >> what is happening? >> dani, stands up and said do you believe in the power of prayer. she is like what is going on
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here. >> what doug and dani experienced was no movie script. it was a case of a real caring god answering prayers in his time. >> there is no other way to explain it god choosing and act now she can be br breathed on her own and walk on her own, there is no medical reason. over last 6 months, she and her husband have grown deeper in the faith, it is more real, that is what i'm excited about. >> god gave dani that gift with no strings attached. >> a gift that i was given, it -- there is no repayment. that anyone is looking for.
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i 100% believed for the first time ever truly believed that he was going to take care of me. how much more whole you can feel what you are broken in so many ways then all of a sudden, you are run around and. >> as you can tell by her story, she has a phenomenal spirit. that -- surrounds all of us. she just exudes joy. for life. i can't think of anyone more deserving of a miracle. >> what you pray -- when you pray, pray big, pray for everything. you don't have to tone it down, god has the ability to
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♪ ♪ harris: for a warrior on front linesser in sighs above. waking up -- on-lines or in the skies above, waking up each day is a miracle, warriors exist in a unique environment, where constantly someone is trying to kill them, to survive that, they need faith, now one better demonstrated this than famed world war ii general george patton. >> addressing a group of officers, says well done.
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keep grinding and grind we do. harris: historical story about general patton, you think about world war ii, and the role he played. battle of the bulge. those moments that were so critical historically to the movement of our country to western europe and eastern europe. but even he needed a prayer. he would call on a chaplain. >> he is a great illustration of you don't have to be perfect to pray. you have don't have to have everything in in our life in order to pray. you can call on god any time. and trust him to do the heright thing, i think that is the reason people don't pray more, i hope they will read this book, they are waiting until things are perfect in their life to pray, if you wait for that, you will never pray. harris: december, 1944,
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heavy clouds and t torrential rain hammers third arm's advance before the battle of the bulge. to improve their chances for victory, general george patton called in his chief chaplain to compose a prayer for good weather. i want to read about what chaplain typed out. in response to your granted father's -- grand father's plea for a prayer. weather was working against the troops that were fighting the nazis. it says almighty and most merciful father, we beseech these of great goodness to constrain the moderate rains grant us fair weather for battle. there must have been something under prayer and faith that your grandfather
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understood is important to pass onot just to win a battle, he wanted something given to each soldier he understood the pr power of prayer. >> even at chaplain had difficulty, i'm writing a prayer to ask god to help us beat the nazis, there was a sense of patriotism and right and wrong and justice, it is why he could say lead us from victory to victory. harris: 250,000 prayer cards and training letters were printed and distributed. on christmas morning. the weather broke. the rain stopped. and the fog dissipated. to the great surprise of u.s. forecasters who had seen no indicators of anything but more bad weather ahead. and allies declared the battle over on january 25,
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1945, the german troops had withdrawn, less than 5 months later the war in europe ended with the nazid surrendered on may 7. >> your tb grandfather was known to carry a prayer book that you have in your pocket. >> i to have this interesting prayer book, it says a prayer book for soldiers and sailors signed by my grandfather, 1942. gs patton, a number of pages marked. and i did find one that i thought was apt. he marked it with three hash marks, whatever that means. it says, it sayhe hymn, ststand up for jesus --
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his army shall he lead, until every foe is vanquished and christ is lord indeed. >> he carried that with him. >> i want you to talk a little bit about the gift you brought us you wear. >> sure. when i was i believe my 20s, off to the world and becoming a man, bee w we were given family momentos my parents gave me. i notice you have a couple crosses hanging from your ears, this is valuable, monetarily cross. it says across front from mother. and it was given to me my mother and father, my grandfather, had been give then cross by his mother.
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when he was had just become a adult. and he wore it through two wars. and when he passed away. his wife gave it to my dad, they were only shot once each during that time, that is pretty good -- harris: you are a patton. >> it really sticks. >> they were only shot once. >> it sticks with me. for me it is, incredible, the most important keepsake that i have. harris: one of the interesting complicated things about patton is his relationship with religion. practical by nature, he was willing to use whatever worked to achieve his goal. what did you learn about faith by having your grandfather believe the way he did in world world ii.
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>> most of lessons that i learned from my grand father were passed by from father, he quoted bible. do it with all thy might, i think that was a big thing they learned because, it translated into the idea whatever you are doing be present and commited and focused. >> patton is widely considered one of the most famous and effective military of the past century, it is 'impossible to acknowledge how he shaped history without recognizing how his faith played a role. to our current military fighters and veterans like special forces master tim kennedy, general patton is the perfect champ i example of a warrior and devout man of faith. >> i love general patton, it is hard to be in military without faith. i think they are c
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complimentary there are questions, they are exclusive, how can be a doer of violence, a sniper and a christian? i think if you look at historicaly some of the most love and beloved characters in the bible, you have david and joshua and jonathan, and sampson, they are warriors to the core. god loves a warriors. if you are a warrior and you have a servant a heart that is the man that you were made to be. harris: i've covered stories of people finding their god given purpose. or what i coined their divine assignment. general patton was fortunate to know his. >> my purpose is to preserve and protect human life, the journey is part of it. i think he wants that struggle to and implore and seek.
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and that process is like the most beautiful struggle. that struggle of trying to reconcile, how as a shoulder d-- soldier exist with faith and a father come back to my children and be a meaningful contributor, all those questions and struggles. like, that is the why, like, that is why i'm here. that is -- that is the fulfilling part of it all. >> for future generations, hatpa patton's focus on keeping lord a word as gospel has lived ohis grandson calls it a legacy of faith. >> president ceo of association of the united states army. first let me congratulate johnny more
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appointments, right before we started this lord, guide what i say and help me, before i go to sleep at night, i rehearse what happened during the day. if i need to confess my sins i confess them, protect me and my family through the night, this ison on going conversation, not something we sit down talk in king james language. you know, make is natural, a conversation with god. harris: i polic i love that, throughout the day. at every moment. my mother had me keep you know that pad that journal she said i want you to write down what comes to your heart and mind from the lord and not to talk so much when you pray. that is who taught my to pray. my parents were strong in their faith, my mother physically on her guys would say, i can still hear you asking for stuff, he is not santa claus, at 6 years old,
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she said we would write it down, i said mom, what if he doesn't say anything to me sshe said, if you let him, high will. harris: >> a lot of times from is a no answer, with the yes, answers. and harris, i can say, i look back to prayers that i prayed 30 years ago, i am more thankful for the nows than i'm for the yes, answers. -- no answers than the yes, i can see if god said yes, it would have been a disaster in my life thank is what prayer is, i hope your audodd paudience picks it up, prayer is not what ought to be in your heart but what it in your heard, asking good for what your heart desires but quietly trusting him to do what is best. harris: i am most grateful for the journey that faith
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still moves the mountains is taking plea fly with my children and family, it was not easy to lose someone they love, i lost both my parents in last 5 years, i am grateful because this book brought my closer to idea it is okay to sit down and take a rest. but you have to keep moving with the lord. >> yes. harris: that is part of the journey "faith still moves mountains," i think you are an inter interpretty -- as i get my mind around it was put on my heart to do, and i'm a news reporter. re. >> that is why, god has you there. >> i have never been told, harris in this chapter of your life. no one asked my t to to go and preach. you are helping me to navigate the journey that "faith still moves mountains" has brought to my life, thank you.
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♪ ♪ harris: god has assigned each of us a role to play in life, live my divine assignment. which is to assist others to tell their stories to teach others how best to survive, and reap fulfilled lives, that was the mission i planned and under took in writes my new book "faith still moves mountains," the mission that i hope toa. compccomplish every day, i have faith and a pray it is pleasing to god, my hope is that f for all of you the same is real and active in your life, may god i
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's will be done through you and may your prayers bring you closer to him, thank you for watching "faith still moves mountains." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mark: hello america, i am mark levin, this is "life, liberty and levin." so what do we make of last tuesday? sometime a little time to digest these things is better than on the spot analysis, i noticed that many of statement people who were wrong about a red wave now telling us what to think about a nonred
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