.
>> WELCOME TO THIS EDITION
OF "CBN NEWS SHOWCASE."
MARK MARTIN IS ON
ASSIGNMENT.
WHILE THOUSANDS GATHERED
TO WITNESS THE SUN
DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE MOON
IN A TOTAL ECLIPSE,
CAITLIN BURKE WENT TO ONE
THE NASA-APPROVED VIEWING
SITES TO CAPTURE THE
EXCITEMENT OF THE ONCE IN
A LIFETIME SOLAR EVENT.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTRY
PAUSED ON MONDAY, LOOKING
UP TO THE HEAVENS,
WITNESSING THE FIRST TOTAL
ECLIPSE IN MORE THAN 100
YEARS.
>> A PART OF THE EARTH
WILL ACTUALLY SEE THE
MOON'S SHADOW CAST ACROSS
IT.
>> Caitlin: LINCOLN
CITY, OREGON, WAS THE
FIRST STOP FOR TOTALITY,
THE EVENT TURNING DAY
TONIGHT.
TOTALITY SPREAD ACROSS THE
U.S. AT AN AVERAGE OF
1800 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TIMING OF THE EVENT IN
EACH CITY PREDICTED WITHIN
FRACTIONS OF A SECOND.
IN CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS,
THE SO-CALLED CAPITAL OF
THE ECLIPSE, CLOUDS ALMOST
RUINED THE SHOW, BUT IT
PEEKED THROUGH IN THE
FINAL FEW SECONDS.
>> NO WAY.
>> NO WORDS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
>> Caitlin: HERE IN
HAMPTON ROADS, THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT A
NASA-APPROVED VIEWING
SITE.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR
TELESCOPES SO PEOPLE COULD
GET AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT
THIS HISTORIC EVENT.
>> THIS IS A GREAT PART OF
HISTORY RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN FOR A LONG TIME.
I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
WITNESS THIS FIRSTHAND,
RIGHT HERE.
PRETTY COOL.
>> Caitlin: NOT EVERYONE
VIEWED THE ECLIPSE USING
GLASSES.
TELL US HOW THIS WORKS?
>> BASICALLY THERE IS A
PIN HOLE UP HERE.
IT IS AN OLD CAMERA
OBSCURE EFFECT.
IT HITS THE PIN HOLE AND
GOES THROUGH HERE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IS THE
OUTLINE OF THE SUN, AND
YOU CAN SEE IT BEING
ECLIPSED.
SO IT IS A SAFE WAY TO
LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE, AND
ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE
REVERSE.
IT IS THE ACTUAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC REVERSE.
IT IS BASED ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF EVERY ANALOG
CAMERA EVER MADE.
>> Caitlin: AND CBN NEWS
WAS ALSO LIVE AT THE SPACE
MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AS VISITORS VIEWED THE
ECLIPSE THROUGH A
TELESCOPE STUN-GUN, WHICH
PROJECTED A LARGER IMAGE
OF THE SUN.
>> I'M GLAD WE HAVE THESE
GLASSES.
WE STOOD IN LINE FOREVER.
IT IS HOT, AND I WAS GOING
TO GET OUT, BUT WE STUCK
TO IT.
>> Caitlin: PRESIDENT
TRUMP VIEWED THE ECLIPSE
FROM WASHINGTON AS WELL.
NASA REPORTED 4.4 MILLION
PEOPLE WERE WATCHING ITS
TV COVERAGE MID-RAY
THROUGH THE ECLIPSE.
THE BIGGEST LIVE STREAM
EVENT IN THE SPACE
AGENCY'S HISTORY.
IF YOU MISSED THE ECLIPSE,
CHANCES ARE GOOD YOU CAN
STILL CATCH THE NEXT ONE.
THE NEXT TOTAL ECLIPSE FOR
NORTH AMERICA IS IN 2024.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
>> WELL, THE BOOK OF
JOSHUA TELLS THE STORY OF
THE DAY WHEN THE SUN STOOD
STILL.
AND IT IS NOT THE ONLY
TIME WHEN SIGNS IN THE
HEAVENS PLAYED A BIG ROLE
IN THE BIBLE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THIS TOTAL
ECLIPSE?
WAS THERE A DEEPER MEANING
BEHIND IT?
CBN'S CHRIS MITCHELL GIVES
US A CLOSER LOOK.
>> Chris: ONE OF TEN
PLAGUES, THREE DAYS OF
DARKNESS OVER EGYPT BEFORE
THE EXODUS.
>> THE JEWISH PEOPLE
DESCRIBE IT AS A DARKNESS
SO THICK THE EYPTIANS
COULDN'T MOVE IN IT.
>> THE SUN GOD WAS ONE OF
THE MAJOR GODS -- THE
MAJOR GOD, I THINK.
HE SAID, MY GOD COVERING
YOUR GOD.
>> Chris: MANY BELIEVE
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE
JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE
WITH THE FIVE KINGS OF THE
IMRIGHTS, AND WHEN HE SAID
TO THE LORD, SUN, STAND
STILL, AND MOON OVER
GIBION.
>> WHATEVER THE DARKNESS
WAS, IT WASN'T AN ECLIPSE.
WE HAVE NO EXPLANATION OF
WHAT IT WAS, OR EVEN WHAT
IT MEANT.
BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD
HAVE INVOKED IN THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE THERE THE SENSE
OF SOMETHING MONUMENTAL
HAPPENING, WHICH INDEED IT
WAS.
>> Chris: GOD DEFINITELY
MADE POINTS WITH SIGNS IN
THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE
BIBLE.
BUT IS HE STILL DOING THE
SAME THING TODAY?
>> IN ROMANS 1, IT TELLS
US THAT GOD HAS ORDERED
THE WORLD IN SUCH A WAY
THAT THE HEARTS OF MAN CAN
KNOW THAT GOD EXISTS JUST
BY THE WAY NATURE WORKS.
SO DOES HE USE NATURE TO
TALK TO HIS PEOPLE?
HE DOES.
>> IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL
BELIEF IN JUDAISM THAT
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN
THE WORLD IS FOR A
MEANING, AND THERE IS A
MESSAGE HIDDEN IN THERE
SOMEWHERE.
EVEN IN ASTRONOMICAL
PHENOMENON.
INTERPRETING THE MESSAGE,
OF COURSE, IS A LITTLE
MORE PROBLEMATIC.
>> Chris: STEVE BRIDGE
SAYS GOD ALREADY GAVE HIS
BIGGEST SIGN.
>> THE BIGGEST WAY GOD
SPEAKS IS THROUGH HIS SUN.
INFORMER TIMES, GOD SPOKE
IN MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS
THROUGH THE PROPHETS.
IN THESE LAST DAYS, HE HAS
SPOKEN THROUGH THIS SON.
FOR US, JESUS IS THE
REVELATION.
JESUS IS THE WORD MADE
FLESH.
JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE
SIGN.
SO WE SHOULD BE LOOKING TO
HIM.
>> Chris: SPIRO SAYS
JUDAISM FOCUSES ON HOW
CURRENT EVENTS CONNECT
WITH PROPHECY, RATHER THAN
SIGNS IN THE SKY.
>> THE RABBIS ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT THE COMING OF THE
MESSIAH AS A WOMAN GIVING
BIRTH, AND THE BIRTH
PAINS.
JUST AS A WOMAN GIVING
BIRTH GOES THROUGH
CONTRACTIONS AS THEY GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER AS YOU
APPROACH THE EVENT, SO,
TOO, WILL EVENTS ON THE
PLANET EARTH HAPPEN MUCH
MORE RAPIDLY.
AND CERTAINLY WE SEE THAT
THINGS ARE SPEEDING UP
VERY DRAMATICALLY IN THE
WORLD.
THE CHANGE THAT IS TAKING
PLAGUES, THE POLITICAL
UPHEAVAL AND THE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES.
>> Chris: ONE SCRIPTURE
COMES FROM THE BOOK OF
JOEL: "THE SUN SHALL BE
TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND
THE MOON INTO BLOOD BEFORE
THE GREAT AND AWESOME DAY
OF THE LORD."
>> WE GET THIS PICTURE
FROM GOD'S WORD HE WILL
USE THOSE KINDS OF SIGNS
IN THE SKY TO SPEAK TO HIS
PEOPLE AND TO SPEAK TO THE
EARTH.
AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH
IS WHICH?
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK
WE WANT TO CONNECT GOD TO
EVERYTHING THAT TAKES
PLACE, AND SOMETIMES GOD
JUST WANTS TO SHOW HE IS
IN NATURE, AND NOT TO SAY,
WATCH OUT, SOMETHING IS
GETTING READY TO HAPPEN.
>> MOON TURNING TO BLOOD
IS CALLED THE BLOOD MOON.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE
SOLAR ECLIPSE, THE SUN
DISAPPEARS AND TURNS TO
BLACKNESS.
THERE IN THE PROPHETS, IT
IS TALKING ABOUT SIGNS
THAT WE SEE IN THE END
DAYS.
WHETHER THAT IS WHAT IT IS
MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED
THAT, IS THE BIG QUESTION.
>> Chris: WE'RE
CURRENTLY AT 5777, AND THE
MESSIAH IS SUPPOSED TO
COME BY 6,000.
>> THE REBIRTH OF THE
STATE OF ISRAEL, THE
REUNIFICATION OF
JERUSALEM, AND WE JUST
CELEBRATED THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THAT.
THAT IS PROPHECY COMING
TRUE BEFORE OUR EYES.
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
LINING UP AGAINST ISRAEL.
AND WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON
IN UNESCO AND THE UNITED
NATIONS IS CLEARLY A SIGN.
>> Chris: HOW DO THESE
LEADERS RECOMMEND WE VIEW
THE ECLIPSE?
>> WE'RE ONLY A FEW
HEADLINES AWAY FROM DIRECT
CONVERGENCE OF THE
BIBLICAL END OF THE DAY
SCENARIO WITH THE
HEADLINES IN THE NEWS
TODAY.
THAT TO ME AND I THINK TO
MOST JEWS, IT IS MORE
IMPACTFUL IN WAKING PEOPLE
UP TO THEIR REDEMPTION
THAN CELESTIAL SIGNS
HAPPENING UP ABOVE IN THE
HEAVENS.
>> WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR
HEARTS AND CONTINUE TO ASK
GOD TO SHOW US, IS THIS
YOU?
ARE YOU SPEAKING TO YOUR
PEOPLE?
ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE
EARTH?
I THINK HE'LL TELL MORE
THAN ONE PERSON THIS IS
HIM SPEAKING TO THE WHOLE
EARTH.
>> WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS,
FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS,
HOLD TO THE SCRIPTURE, AND
KEEP PROCLAIMING THE
MYSTERY AND THE PROFOUND
VICTORY OF THE LIFE,
DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF
JESUS CHRIST.
>> Chris: CHRIS
>> Charlene: MONGOLIA IS
ONE OF THE REMOTEST
REGIONS OF THE WORLD, AND
VERY FEW PEOPLE THERE HAVE
EVER HEARD OF JESUS
CHRIST.
BUT A RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN
TEAM RECENTLY WENT TO THE
REGION TO SPREAD GOOD NEWS
OF THE GOSPEL.
AND CBN'S GEORGE THOMAS
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
ESCORTING THE TEAM ON ITS
MISSIONARY JOURNEY.
>> George: MONGOLIA IS
KNOWN AS THE LAND OF THE
BLUE SKY.
THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE
ENJOY MORE THAN 250 SUNNY
DAYS A YEAR.
LANDLOCKED BETWEEN CHINA
AND RUSSIA, IT IS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S LEAST DENSELY
POPULATED COUNTRIES.
WITH JUST OVER THREE
MILLION PEOPLE.
MORE THAN HALF LIVE IN THE
BUSTLING CAPITAL CITY OF
OLANBATAN.
THE REST OF MONGOLIA,
WHICH IS ROUGHLY THREE
TIMES THE SIZE OF FRANCE,
LOOKS LIKE THIS: VAST,
TREELESS GRASS LANDS WHERE
MOST PEOPLE LIVE A NOMATIC
LIFESTYLE, RAISING SHEEPS,
GOATS, CATTLE, AND HORSES.
AND AS I DISCOVERED, THERE
ARE HARDLY ANY PAVED
ROADS.
MY FIRST TIME DRIVING HERE
IN MONGOLIA.
I GREW UP IN AFRICA.
I LOVED DRIVING A STICK
SHIFT.
SO I'M VERY, VERY
COMFORTABLE ON THESE TYPES
OF ROADS.
SO THERE IS NO TRAFFIC.
I RECENTLY JOINED 46
CHRISTIANS FROM
NEIGHBORING RUSSIA,
HEADING TO REMOTE WESTERN
MONGOLIA, WHERE FEW HAVE
HEARD THE MESSAGE OF
CHRIST'S LOVE.
PAVEL LED THE MISSION.
>> THE HEART OF MY LORD
JESUS CHRIST IS FOR THE
LOST AND HURTING.
I WANT TO HAVE THE SAME
HEART.
>> George: FOR NINE
YEARS, HE HAS MADE DOZENS
OF TRIPS TO MONGOLIA,
BRINGING ALONG YOUNG
RUSSIAN CHRISTIANS TRAINED
AND EQUIPPED TO SERVE AS
POSSIBLE MISSIONARIES AND
EVANGELISTS.
17-YEAR-OLD ALENA TOLD CBN
NEWS SHE GOT THE CALL TO
MISSIONS AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> THIS IS HER THIRD VISIT
TO MONGOLIA.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
>> Through Translator: I
READ THE BOOK ABOUT A
MISSIONARY IN A FORN FOREIGN
COUNTRY, AND SINCE THEN I
HAVE HAD THIS BURNING
DESIRE TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE
WITH PEOPLE.
>> George: THIS IS
NATASHA GORODNUK FIRST
TRIP.
>> ANY TIME I THINK ABOUT
IT, MY HEART BREAKS
BECAUSE I KNOW THE CALLING
ON MY LIFE AND I KNOW WHAT
I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> George: FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS, NATASHA, ALENA, AND
FOUR DOZEN OTHER
CHRISTIANS HELD CAMPS FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> WE STARTED WORKING
TOGETHER WITH OUR RUSSIAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, TO
REACH MY PEOPLE WITH GOD'S
LOVE.
IT IS VITAL FOR CHANGING
HEARTS AND MINDS.
>> George: IN BETWEEN
PLAYING GAMES AND ENJOYING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, CAMP
ORGANIZERS INTRODUCED
MONGOLIA TO CHRISTIANITY.
THIS IS HER TENTH VISIT.
>> THESE KIDS ARE THE
FUTURE OF MONGOLIA.
THEY ARE FUTURE PASTORS,
FUTURE CHURCH PLANTERS,
AND POSSIBLY FUTURE
LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
>> GOD WILLING, THEY WILL
SHARE THE GOSPEL IN THEIR
HEARTS AND IMPACT THEIR
NATION FOR CHRIST.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
>> George: TO BETTER
APPRECIATE THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE
CAMPS, YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF
CHRISTIANITY HERE IN
MONGOLIA.
SHORTLY AFTER THE FALL OF
COMMUNISM, THERE WERE ONLY
10 BELIEVERS IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
TODAY, SOME 36 YEARS
LATER, SOME 60,000
BELIEVERS ARE SPREAD
ACROSS THIS VAST NATION.
>> WE ARE IN A REMOTE
WESTERN PART OF MONGOLIA,
AND IT IS STILL ONE OF THE
MOST UNREACHED PLACES IN
THE WORLD.
>> George: MICHAEL
CHERENKOV WITH MISSION
EURASIA CO-SPONSORS THE
CAMP.
HIS GROUP FOCUSES ON
RAISING THE NEXT
GENERATION OF CHRISTIAN
LEADERS IN THE SURROUNDING
NATIONS.
>> SOMETIMES WE THINK
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
KNOW ABOUT JESUS, BUT
THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THIS
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED
BY THE GOSPEL.
>> George: AND SO CAMPS
LIKE THIS ONE SERVE AS AN
IDEAL GROUND FOR SHARING
THE GOSPEL.
WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE.
LIVES LIKE THAT OF THIS
22-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST WHILE
ATTENDING CAMP HERE AS A
LITTLE GIRL.
SHE GRADUATED FROM BIBLE
COLLEGE IN MAY, AND IS NOW
PREPARING TO GO ON THE
MISSION FIELD.
>> THIS CAMP WAS
FOUNDATIONAL TO KNOWING
GOD'S LOVE AND PREPARING
MY HEART TO BE A
MISSIONARY.
I TRY TO COME BACK EVERY
YEAR TO SHARE MY
EXPERIENCES OF HOW I
ENCOUNTERED CHRIST.
>> George: FOR OTHERS,
LIKE THIS 16-YEAR-OLD,
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
LEARNING ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY.
>> I'M LEARNING THE BIBLE,
STUDYING TODAY THAT GOD
CREATED THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH, AND THE ANIMALS
AND CREATURES OF THE SEA.
I NEVER KNEW OF THESE
STORIES BEFORE.
>> MANY MONGOLIANS DON'T
BELIEVE IN JESUS.
AND BEFORE I CAME TO THE
CAMP, I ALSO THOUGHT I
DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
BUT NOW MY HEART HAS
CHANGED, AND I'VE LEARNED
SO MUCH MORE ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY.
>> George: IN ALL, SOME
1,000 YOUNG MONGOLIANS
HEARD THE GOSPEL, MANY OF
THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> I KNOW THERE IS ALL OF
THIS CONTROVERSY ABOUT
TRUMP AND ALLEGED RUSSIAN
COLLUSION.
BUT I ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS
IN BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES
NOT TO FOCUS ON THIS.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD ARE GOING TO
HELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW JESUS CHRIST.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN
POLITICS.
I'M INTERESTED IN TELLING
PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS.
LIVES ARE IN THE BALANCE,
AND WE ARE COMMANDED TO GO
AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT
CHRIST'S LOVE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE IN MONGOLIA.
>> George: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN
MONGOLIA.
>> Charlene: WE ARE BACK
WITH "CBN NEWS SHOWCASE,"
AND GEORGE THOMAS IS HERE.
AND, GEORGE, YOU HAVE
BASICALLY TRAVELLED THE
WORLD FOR CBN.
>> George: I HAVE.
>> Charlene: AND GOD HAS
SHOWN YOU A LOT OF THINGS.
THIS STORY IS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
TELL US WHAT STOOD OUT TO
YOU, AS YOU SPENT TIME
WITH THE PEOPLE OF
MONGOLIA, AND HOW GOD IS
WORKING TO REACH THEM.
>> George: CHARLENE,
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO TO
THIS COUNTRY FOR ALMOST
FIVE YEARS.
IT HAS TAKEN ME FIVE YEARS
TO GET TO MONGOLIA.
I WANTED TO GO
SPECIFICALLY DURING WHAT
THEY CALL NODAM, THE
BIGGEST NATIONAL FESTIVAL,
WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THE
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AND THE
CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF
MONGOLIA.
THIS IS THE MONGOLIAN
EMPIRE.
THE MONGOLIAN WARRIOR AT
ONE TIME CONTROLLED ALMOST
A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
HE HAD THE LARGEST EMPIRE
AT THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE
WHAT MONGOLIAN CULTURE AND
LIFE WAS LIKE.
SO I WANTED TO GO DURING
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
WHAT REALLY SURPRISED ME
WAS THE VASTNESS OF THIS
NATION.
I MEAN, YOU SEE THE
IMAGES.
YOU DRIVE THROUGH WHAT IS
CALLED THE MONGOLIAN
GRASSLAND, AND THE CAPITAL
CITY, WHICH YOU'RE SEEING
THERE, BUT MOST OF
MONGOLIA LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE MORE HORSES IN
THE COUNTRY THAN HUMAN
BEINGS.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
HORSES THAT JUST ROAM THE
VAST GRASSLAND.
AND TO SEE THESE RUSSIAN
MISSIONARIES WHO COME
GREAT DISTANCES FROM THEIR
HOME NATION, AND THEY ARE
JUST IMBUED WITH THIS IDEA
OF THE GREAT COMMISSION,
AND COMING TO THESE REMOTE
PARTS OF THE NATION TO
BRING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST IS JUST TREMENDOUS.
>> Charlene: GEORGE, LET
ME ASK YOU THIS: ARE THERE
MORE MISSIONARIES LIKE THE
RUSSIAN TEAM RETURNING
THERE?
>> George: ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
PARTS OF THIS VAST NATION
THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AND GETTING THERE -- THERE
ARE NO PAVED ROADS, AS I
DISCOVERED.
AND SO YOU TRAVEL GREAT
DISTANCES TO GET TO THESE
REMOTE TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
AND WHEN YOU'RE THERE,
MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER
HEARD THE NAME JESUS
CHRIST.
I REMEMBER THEY WERE
SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH
THESE YOUNG KIDS, AND
THESE YOUNG KIDS WERE
HEARING THE CREATION STORY
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
MANY MONGOLIANS WOULD SAY
THEY'RE BUDDHIST, BUT IN
THE PROCESS, THEY JUST
HAVEN'T HEARD THE GOSPEL
MESSAGE.
WE THINK, IS IT POSSIBLE
THERE ARE POCKETS WHERE
THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF
JESUS CHRIST?
>> Charlene: WHAT DO YOU
SEE WITH THE GROWING BODY
OF THE CHURCH?
>> George: THE CHURCH IS
STRUGGLING.
26 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE
ONLY 10 BELIEVERS IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
TODAY THERE IS CLOSE TO
60,000 BELIEVERS.
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO
GROW.
THEY'RE DEALING WITH ALL
KINDS OF CHALLENGES WITH
THE CHURCH IN MONGOLIA,
AND CONSUMERISM HAS
OVERTAKEN THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE
ENTHRALLED BY TECHNOLOGY,
Facebook AND INS INSTAGRAM,
AND TRYING TO PENETRATE
AND PIERCE THEIR HEARTS.
JUST LIKE IT IS SO
DIFFICULT HERE IN THE
WEST, AND THEY ARE ALSO
FACING THE CHALLENGE.
BUT GOD IS MOVING, AND GOD
HAS PUT -- PLACED ON THE
HEARTS OF PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES,
CHINA, RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN,
KYRGYZISSTAN --
>> Charlene: WHAT DID
GOD TEACH YOU THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE?
>> JUST THE VASTNESS OF
GOD'S BEAUTY, AND TO
REALIZE THERE ARE PLACES
IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE YET
TO HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST.
AND WE HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY, THE
COMMAND, TO GO AND MAKE
DISCIPLES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
RUSSIAN BELIEVERS ARE
DOING.
>> Charlene: ABSOLUTELY.
EXCELLENT STORY.
GEORGE THOMAS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR
YOUR INSIGHTS ON THIS
AWESOME STORY.
WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO
PLEASE STAY TUNED.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
PRAY HERE ON "CBN NEWS
SHOWCASE."
BUT WE TAKE YOU TO BREAK
WITH MORE OF GEORGE'S
BREATHTAKING PHOTOS FROM
MONGOLIA.
TAKE A LOOK.
TAKE A LOOK.
♪♪♪
>> Charlene: FINALLY, IT
IS TIME TO PRAY HERE ON
"CBN NEWS SHOWCASE."
PLEASE WON'T YOU JOIN ME.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
WAYS THAT WE SEE YOU AT
WORK IN THE WORLD TODAY,
FOR GIVING US HOPE, AS WE
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, FATHER,
WE SAW THAT YOUR GLORY WAS
BEING REVEALED, AND IT
REMINDED US, FATHER, THAT
YOUR GLORY STRETCHES
ACROSS THE HEAVENS, AND
YOU ARE IN CONTROL IN THE
HEAVENS AND IN ALL OF THE
GALAXIES IN OUR WORLD, AND
HERE IN OUR LIVES
PERSONALLY.
YOU TRULY ARE AN AMAZING
GOD.
AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL
USE THE ECLIPSE, AND AS
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT EVEN
KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT
YOU'RE THE GOD WHO CREATED
THE SUN AND THE MOON, AND
THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
FATHER, AND AS SOMEONE
SAID, LIKE THE MOON STOOD
BETWEEN THE SUN, AND THE
SUN AND MOON STOOD BETWEEN
EACH OTHER, LORD, SO DID
CHRIST STAND BETWEEN US
AND GOD TO TAKE ON OUR
PUNISHMENT FOR OUR SIN,
AND TO BRING US
FORGIVENESS AND BRING US
BACK TO YOU.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU DID, LORD JESUS, ON
THE CROSS.
AND MAY YOUR GOSPEL
MESSAGE GO OUT TO THE
NATIONS, LORD, TO PLACES
LIKE MONGOLIA, WHERE MANY
HAVE NEVER HEARD OF YOU.
WE PRAY FOR MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN THERE TO COME
TO KNOW YOU, AND FOR THE
CHURCH THERE TO GROW, THAT
IT WILL NO LONGER
STRUGGLE, BUT THAT IT WILL
BE THRIVING.
WE PRAY FOR REVIVAL AROUND
THE WORLD, AND HERE IN THE
U.S., ESPECIALLY IN OUR
COUNTRY NOW, FOR LOVE AND
UNITY TO PREVAIL OVER HATE
AND DIVISION.
WE KNOW THAT YOUR LOVE IS
GREATER, LORD, AND MORE
POWERFUL, LORD, AND WE
PRAISE YOU IN ADVANCE,
HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU
HAVE ALREADY SECURED THE
VICTORY IN ALL THESE
THINGS.
WE PRAY FOR SALVATION,
LORD, OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
AND PROTECTION OF OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE PRAY ALL OF THIS,
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR
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SHOWCASE."
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