Angela Wolf’s passion was singing barroom blues, until her mother was diagnosed with cancer the story of John Calhoun’s horrible foot condition healed by a word he heard while watching The 700 Club.
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PERSECUTION INSIDE
NEPAL.
WHERE FAMILIES ARE TURNING
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
HE PUSHED ME TO THE
GROUND AND TRIED TO STICK
THE NEEDLE INTO MY EYES.
Lee: AND EVEN THE
ANIMALS AREN'T SAFE.
THEY CAME AND ATTACKED US
AND TOOK OUR LIVESTOCK.
PLUS, A SONGWRITER WHO FOUND
HER INSPIRATION.
HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK.
Lee: HOW SHE BEAT THE
BLUES.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
YOU THINK THAT THE CLIFF WAS
OVER AND THE STOCK MARKET
SAID HURRAY AND THEY WENT UP
300 SOMETHING POINTS AND
EVERYBODY CLAPPED, BUT, BOY,
THE ERA OF BARE-KNUCKLE
FIGHTING HAS JUST STARTED.
AND WASHINGTON BARELY
REACHED A DEAL TO AVOID THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
THE NEXT FINANCIAL CRISIS IS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE
MUCH TOUGHER TO PREVENT.
PAT, THAT'S BECAUSE THE
NEXT TIME THE WHITE HOUSE
AND CONGRESS HAVE TO DEAL
WITH CUTTING SPENDING.
AS GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS,
THE STAKE WILL BE VERY HIGH,
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
Reporter: THIS WEEK'S
FISCAL CLIFF AGREEMENT MAY
HAVE AVERTED ONE CRISIS, BUT
THE WORK TO AVOID AN
ECONOMIC DISASTER IS ONLY
JUST BEGINNING.
EXPERTS SAY THE $620 MILLION
IN HIGHER TAXES, DUE OVER
THE NEXT DECADE FROM WEALTHY
THEE AMERICANS, WILL BARELY
TOUCH DEFICITS STILL TO
COME.
WE'VE GOT NOTHING ON THE
TABLE RIGHT NOW THAT TALKS
ABOUT ANY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE, WHICH
INCLUDES TOO MUCH SPENDING,
TOO MUCH MONEY PRINTING, AND
TOO MUCH BORROWING.
Reporter: AMONG THE
ISSUES THAT THE FISCAL CLIFF
DEAL FAILED TO TOUCH ON, IN
ONLY TWO MONTHS, PAINFUL,
CROSS-THE BOARD SPENDING
CUTS TO THE PENTAGON AND
DOMESTIC PROGRAMS ARE SET TO
KICK IN.
AND THE GOVERNMENT IS ON
TRACK TO REACH ITS LIMIT ON
BARBORROWING, UNLESS
CONGRESS ALLOWS PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO INCREASE IT.
THIS PUTS THE U.S.
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO
DEFAULTING FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER.
President Obama: I WILL
NOT HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE WITH
THIS CONGRESS OVER WHETHER
OR NOT THEY SHOULD PAY THE
BILLS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY
RACKED UP.
Reporter: BUT MANY
REPUBLICANS FEEL THEY WERE
BACKED INTO A CORNER WITH
THIS FISCAL CLIFF DEAL, AND
THEY REFUSE TO BUDGE ON
INCREASING THE DEBT LIMIT
WITHOUT DRASTIC CUTS TO
FEDERAL SPENDING.
WE'RE ADDING $4 BILLION A
DAY TO THE DEBT.
ROME WASN'T DESTROYED IN
A DAY.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO RUN
DOWN A LARGE ECONOMY AND RUN
DOWN A LARGE EMPIRE.
WE ARE ON THAT GUIDE PATH
NOW.
THERE IS NO REASON TO
BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO
CHANGE.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THAT'S
FRIGHTENING, ISN'T IT?
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO RUN
DOWN A GREAT EMPIRE.
THE WEALTH THAT HAS BEEN
ACCUMULATED IN OUR SOCIETY
SINCE ITS FOUNDING, THE HARD
WORK, THE LABOR, THE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE
PRETIFFANY OF COUNCIL HAS
AMASSED LARGE AMOUNTS OF
MONEY.
AND NOW WE HAVE A CONGRESS
AND A PRESIDENT WHO IS
SPENDING AS FAST AS THEY CAN
ON WASTEFUL PROGRAMS.
YOU SAY WHAT IS WRONG WITH
YOU PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT THIS BIG THING
ABOUT SANDY AND THE PEOPLE
IN THE NORTHEAST ARE
SCREAMING YOU IGNORED
SANDY.
BUT SANDY HAD RELIEF FOR
ALASKA.
THEY HAD RELIEF FOR THE
NORTHWEST.
THAT HURRICANE AND STORM
DIDN'T HIT ALASKA.
IT HIT NEW YORK.
BUT IT WAS LOADED WITH PORK,
AS USUAL.
HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS IN
PROVERBS, THE WISDOM OF
SOLOMON: "THERE IS DESIRABLE
TREASURE AND OIL IN THE
DWELLING OF THE WISE, BUT A
FOOLISH MAN SQUANDERS IT."
AND YOU'VE GOT A FOOLISH MAN
WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE
GOVERNMENT, AND YOU'VE GOT
FOOLISH MEN IN CHARGE OF
BOTH PARTIES IN THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS.
AND I WISH WE HAD A
CONFERENCE OF THE PRUDENT.
SOMEHOW A NEW CONFERENCE
WOULD PU BE PUT TOGETHER OF
DELEGATES AND CONGRESS, AND
SAY THESE ARE THE WISE MEN,
AND THE PRUDENTS SAYING
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND
ANYTHING.
TAKE THIS OUT, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SPEND IT ANYMORE.
"X" IT OUT, GO THROUGH THE
BUDGET AND SAY, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO THIS.
JUST STOP IT.
STOP IT!
WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND,
GERMANY, FOR EXAMPLE,
AGAINST RUSSIA.
WE'VE GOT TROOPS THERE SINCE
WORLD WAR II, AND WE'RE
SPENDING BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON
DIVISIONS IN GERMANY, TO
DEFEND GERMANY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND
GERMANY ANY LONGER.
WE HAVE A FOOTPRINT ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
AND WE HAVE TO BE MORE
SELECTIVE.
THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
AREN'T SELECTIVE ABOUT
ANYTHING.
I WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU ONE
MORE TIME.
PROVERBS 21: 20: "THERE IS
DESIRABLE TREASURE AND OIL
IN THE DWELLING OF THE WISE,
BUT A FOOLISH MAN SQUANDERS
IT."
WE JUST OPENED A NEW
TREASURE OF OIL.
THAT WILL PUT US ON A PATH
TO EXCEEDING SAUDI ARABIA.
BUT I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH
OIL YOU'VE GOT COMING OUT OF
THE GROUND, IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE IN THE TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, AND WE'RE WASTING
TRILLIONS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE
PEOPLE IN CHARGE IN
WASHINGTON WHO ARE NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT A DEFICIT IN
EXCESS OF $1 TRILLION A
YEAR.
AND THIS COMING
ADMINISTRATION, THEY'RE
LOOKING AT ANOTHER
$4 TRILLION TO $5 TRILLION.
SO IT WILL BE PAST
$21 TRILLION.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH,
YOU CAN'T WORK YOUR WAY OUT
OF IT.
THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO
INFLATE THE MONEY OR
DEFAULT.
AND STANDARD AND POOR'S AND
OTHER RATING AGENCIES ARE
GOING TO START DOWNGRADING
OUR DEBT.
AND NOW THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT A FIGHT OVER THE DEBT
CEILING.
I MEAN, THE DEBT CEILING.
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE NEW CONGRESS OPENS TODAY
WITH PRAYER.
AND ONE NEW MEMBER WILL BE
SWORN IN ON A DIFFERENT
RELIGIOUS BOOK.
IT IS NOT THE BIBLE.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
NEW AND OLD LAWMAKERS ARE
BEING SWORN IN TODAY FOR THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE 113th
CONGRESS.
CBN NEWS INTERVIEWED THE
HOUSE CHAPLAIN, FATHER
PATRICK CONROY, AHEAD OF A
BIPARTISAN GATHERING.
THE SERVICE INCLUDES
PASSAGES FROM THE OLD AND
NEW TESTAMENTS, AND A
READING FROM THE QURAN.
THE CHAPLAIN TOLD CBN NEWS
HIS MESSAGE WILL REMIND
LAWMAKERS THEY ARE CALLED TO
BE SERVANTS.
BEING A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS, AND PERHAPS BEING
A PERSON OF FAITH, IS ABOUT
UNDERSTANDING ONE'S SELF AS
A SERVANT, NOT AS A
POLITICIAN, OR NOT AS A
PERSON WITH POWER AND
AUTHORITY.
Lee: CONGRESS IS ALSO
GETTING ITS FIRST HINDU
MEMBER.
DEMOCRAT TOLSI GABER OF
HAWAII.
SHE IS BEING SWORN IN USING
THE HINDU SCRIPTURES INSTEAD
OF THE BIBLE.
SHE EXCEEDS MOSI HORONO, WHO
WAS FROM HAWAII, AND SHE'LL
BE THE FIRST BUDDHIST IN
THAT CHAMBER.
AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR
THE NEW CONGRESS, A DISASTER
RELIEF BILL FOR VICTIMS OF
SUPER STORM SANDY.
CHRIS CHRISTIE BLASTED HOUSE
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FOR
TAKING SO LONG TO BRING UP A
VOTE ON THIS AID PACKAGE.
HE ACCUSES HOUSE REPUBLICANS
FOR FOCUSING ON INTERNAL
POLITICS AND WHAT HE CALLED
PALACE INTRIGUE INSTEAD OF
VOTING ON THE BILL.
HE CRITICIZED DEMOCRATS AS
WELL.
66 DAYS AND COUNTING,
SHAME ON YOU.
SHAME ON CONGRESS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME
WHEN WE HAD A VERY SERIOUS
STORM, TORNADO, FIRE, FLOOD,
WHERE WE DID NOT ACT.
THIS CONGRESS IS APPARENTLY
LEAVING TOWN WITHOUT
RESPONDING TO THAT
EMERGENCY.
Lee: A SPOKESMAN FOR
HOUSE SPEAKER BOEHNER SAYS
HE IS COMMITTED TO PASSING
THE BILL THIS MONTH.
BOEHNER SAYS HE DIDN'T
SCHEDULE THE VOTE EARLIER
BECAUSE OF THE FIGHT FOR THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
THE OWNERS OF HOBBY LOBBY
HAVE DONATED A NORTH FIELD
MASSACHUSETTS CAMPUS FOUNDED
BY CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST D.L.
MOODY.
THIS IS A STORY CBN NEWS HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING FOR SOME
TIME.
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS CHAIN
SAYS IT MADE AN IRREVOCABLE
DONATION TO THE PROPERTY TO
THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION.
IT IS A NON-PROFIT CHARITY
BASED IN GEORGIA.
THEY WILL CONTINUE FINDING A
LONG-TERM OWNER.
HOBBY LOBBY ORIGINALLY GAVE
THE PROPERTY TO GRAND
CANYON, A NON-PROFIT
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION IN
ARIZONA.
STUDENTS FROM SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RETURNED
TO CLASS FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY SINCE THE MASSACRE
THAT KILLED 20 OF THEIR
CLASSMATES AND SIX ADULTS.
THE AREA REMAINS A CRIME
SCENE.
IT HAS BEEN RENAMED SANDY
HOOK ELEMENTARY.
THE BUS ROUTE HAS BEEN
MARKED WITH GREEN RIBBONS,
THE COLORS OF SANDY HOOK, TO
HONOR THOSE VICTIMS.
A FAMILIAR FACE WILL OVERSEE
IT.
RETIRED PRINCIPAL DONNA PAGE
RETIRED TWO YEARS AGO, BUT
WILL HELP WITH THIS
TRANSITION.
A LOST TRIBE HAS COME HOME
TO ISRAEL.
AND SOME BELIEVE THE RETURN
COULD BE PART OF BIBLICAL
PROPHECY.
CBN'S CHRIS MITCHELL WAS AT
BENARIAN AIRPORT WHERE OVER
50 MEMBERS OF THE BENE
BANASHI TRIBE MADE HISTORY.
Reporter: THEIR ARRIVAL
WAS TEARFUL AND EMOTIONAL.
I FEEL LIKE I'M HOME.
I'M EXCITED.
I'M OVERWHELMED.
I'M EXTREMELY -- IT'S
UNEXPLAINABLE.
I FEEL LIKE CRYING.
Reporter: AND THIS
GROUP IS JUST THE FIRST OF A
LONG-AWAITED MIGRATION.
NEARLY 2,000 TRIBE MEMBERS
LIVE IN ISRAEL.
NOW A RECENT DECISION
PERMITS ALL THE BENE
BANASHI, ABOUT 7,000, TO
RETURN.
THE 10 TRIBES MAY HAVE
BEEN LOST TO US FOR MANY
CENTURIES.
BUT THEY WERE NEVER LOST IN
TERMS OF THEIR IDENTITY.
Reporter: MICHAEL POINT
OF CHAFE ISRAEL WORKED FOR
YEARS TO BRING ABOUT THIS
MOMENT.
HE BELIEVES THE RETURN
FULFILLS BIBLICAL PROPHECY.
THE PROFIT ISAIAH
SAYS, "FEAR NOT, FOR I AM
WITH YOU," GOD SAYS.
"FROM THE EAST I WILL BRING
YOUR DESCENDENTS."
YOUR DESCENDENTS.
THESE ARE THE DESCENDENTS OF
ISRAEL, AND THEY ARE COMING
BACK FROM THE EAST.
IT IS AS IF THE HEADLINE OF
TODAY WAS WRITTEN BY ISAIAH,
THE PROPHET, 2500 OR 2600
YEARS AGO.
Reporter: SYRIAN EMPIRE
EXILED THE TRIBE OF MANASHA
ALMOST 3,000 YEARS AGO.
AND TRIBE MEMBERS KEPT THEIR
JEWISH ROOTS FOR MORE THAN
2,000 YEARS.
SEVERAL CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATIONS HELPED BRING
THEM HOME.
IN FACT, THE HEBREW
PROPHET SAID WHEN GOD
GATHERED HIS JEWISH PEOPLE
BACK FROM ALL OF THE ENDS OF
THE EARTH IN THE LAST DAYS,
THAT THERE WOULD BE GENTILES
HELPING AND BRINGING THEM
BACK.
HE SAID, "INSIDE
ENTERTAINMENT -- HE SAID,
"I'LL BECKON TO THE
GENTILES."
Reporter: ANOTHER
NEARLY 300 ARE SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE IN JANUARY, WITH
THOUSANDS MORE YET TO COME.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
BENORIAN AIRPORT, TEL AVIV.
Lee: PAT, BACK TO YOU.
Pat: PROPHECY BEING
FULFILLED BEFORE OUR EYES.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
I LOVE IT, PAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I
LOVE ABOUT CBN.
I LOVE TO STUDY THE BIBLE,
AS MANY OF US DO, AND JUST
TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS
GOING AROUND THE WORLD AND
TO THE FULFILLMENT OF
BIBLICAL PROPHECY IS JUST A
GIFT.
Pat: AND THE TRIBE THAT
CAME OUT OF AFRICA -- THAT
WAS A BIG TRIBE THEY BROUGHT
HOME.
AND NOW THESE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN INDIA.
GOD IS REACHING THEM OUT AND
HE IS BRINGING THEM IN.
HE IS SENDING IN THE
CATCHERS TO BRING THEM
HOME.
GOD IS MOVING, BUT THERE
IS STILL SOME PERSECUTION.
IN FACT, OUR NEXT STORY,
IT'S A SHOCKING STORY OF
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION FROM
THE MOST HINDU NATION IN THE
WORLD.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME
BACK.
IT IS A NEW YEAR.
CONGRESS IS IN SESSION, A
LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
BUT IN NEWS TODAY, I THINK
I'M SURE YOU WILL BE
FASCINATED WITH.
Kristi: TELL ME.
I'M WAITING WITH BAITED
BREATH.
Pat: DO YOU HAVE
CABLE?
Kristi: YES, I HAVE.
Pat: DO YOU WATCH
CURRENT TV?
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
ALWAYS.
Pat: CURRENT.
Kristi: CURRENT.
Pat: THE NAME OF THE
CHANNELS CALLED CURRENT.
Kristi: I THOUGHT YOU
MEANT, LIKE, HERE AND NOW.
Pat: CURRENT, IT'S THE
STATION, IT IS GETTING
SOLD.
Kristi: REALLY.
Pat: GUESS WHO IS
BUYING IT?
Kristi: WHO, PAT?
Pat: AL-JAZEERA.
Kristi: REALLY.
Pat: AND GUESS WHO
OWNED IT?
Kristi: WHO?
Pat: AL GORE.
Kristi: HOW MUCH IS
BROTHER MAN GOING TO MAKE?
Pat: ABOUT $
$100 MILLION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
AL-JAZEERA, THE -- WELL, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAY --
Kristi: THEY ALREADY
HAVE AN al-JAZEERA NEWS
NETWORK.
Pat: YES.
BUT NOW THEY'LL HAVE THE
CHANNEL CURRENT.
THEY HAVE VERY PATHETIC
RATINGS, BUT THE NUMBER I
READ WAS $500 MILLION, WHICH
IS A PRETTY GOOD TAKE FOR A
GUY THAT STARTED THAT THING
A FEW YEARS AGO, ON THE
STRENGTH OF A MOVIE ABOUT
GLOBAL WARMING.
OKAY.
YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF A WHOLE
BUNCH OF ESKIMOS WITH
$100 MILLION, BELIEVE ME.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A
PLACE WHERE A MOTHER TRIED
TO KILL HER DAUGHTER, AND
ALSO BLINDING HER BY
STICKING A NAIL IN HER EYE.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE CHILD WANTED TO
CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF
PERSECUTION BELIEVERS FACE
IN THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL.
GARY LANE HAS THIS AMAZING
STORY.
I AM CITADEL.
I AM FROM A HINDU FAMILY.
BEFORE I CAME TO CHRIST, MY
LIFE WAS IN DARKNESS, AND I
DIDN'T KNOW GOD.
Reporter: SHE, HOWEVER,
FACED PERSECUTION FROM HER
OWN FAMILY, WHEN HE LEFT
HINDUISM FOR CHRISTIANITY.
WHEN I ACCEPTED JESUS
CHRIST AS MY SAVE YOUR, THE
PERSECUTION STARTED TO COME
INTO MY LIFE.
MY MOTHER ASKED ME, DO YOU
LOVE YOUR RELIGION MORE THAN
YOUR PARENTS?
I TOLD HER, I LOVE BOTH.
SHE HATED ME FOR FOLLOWING
CHRIST.
AND SHE USED TO SAY BAD
WORDS TO ME.
Reporter: PHYSICAL
ATTACKS SOON FOLLOWED.
SHE SAYS HER MOTHER
THREATENED TO KILL HER WITH
A SICKLE, AND BLIND HER WITH
A NAIL.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME, IF YOU
ARE BLIND, YOU WILL STOP
GOING TO CHURCH.
SHE PUSHED ME TO THE GROUND
AND TRIED TO STICK THE NAIL
INTO MY EYES.
I MOVED, AND THE NAIL HIT MY
EAR.
Reporter: SHE ESCAPED
TO THE JUNGLE, WHERE SHE NOW
LIVES WITH A FRIEND.
CHRISTIANS NOT ONLY COME
UNDER ATTACK FROM CO-WORKERS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT
CHURCHES COME UNDER FIRE
FROM HINDU MILITANTS.
ONE CASE IN POINT, THIS
CHURCH IN THE REMOTE REGION
OF SOUTHWESTERN NEPAL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, PASTOR.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
LET'S SIT DOWN AND HAVE YOU
TELL ME WHAT HAS BEEN GOING
ON HERE WITH YOUR CHURCH.
NON-BELIEVERS CAME TO OUR
CHURCH AND DEMANDED THAT WE
JOIN THEIR FESTIVAL AND
WORSHIP IDOLS.
WE TOLD THEM THAT WE DON'T
WORSHIP LIKE THIS.
Reporter: THE
CHRISTIANS REFUSED TO HELP
FUND THE HINDU FESTIVALS.
WHEN WE DIDN'T PAY THE
MONEY, THEY CAME AND
ATTACKED US AND
TOOK OUR
LIVESTOCK.
I WAS RIGHT
IN THIS
PLACE.
230 VILLAGERS WITH STICKS
CAME HERE AND TOOK THE TWO
OXEN THAT I KEPT RIGHT IN
HERE.
MATTHEW 5: 12 SAYS, "IN
MY NAME YOU
WILL
BE
PERSECUTED AND YOU WILL BE
HATED."
Reporter: AND NEPALI
CHRISTIANS ARE DECIMATED IN
DEATH.
THIS WAS THE ONLY CEMETERY
IN ALL OF KATHMANDU WHERE
CHRISTIANS COULD BURY THEIR
DEAD, BUT NO LONGER.
RARELY ARE CHRISTIANS GIVEN
A PLACE FOR BURIAL.
THEY BELIEVE NON-HINDU
BODIES DISCRATE THE LAND.
MILITANTS OFTEN FORCE THEM
TO DIG UP THE REMAINS OF
DEAD LOVED ONES.
ONE CHRISTIAN WOMAN KEPT HER
HUSBAND'S DEAD BODY IN HER
HOME BECAUSE SHE WAS
PREVENTED FROM BURYING HIM.
THIS PERSON KEPT CHRISTIANS
IN HER HOUSE, AND A MOB
ATTACKED THEM.
SO WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD
FOR NEPALI CHRISTIANS?
THE PASTOR SAYS HIS CHURCH
WILL STAND FIRM.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE
WITNESS OF GOD IN THIS PLACE
AND IMPROVE THE CHURCH.
OUR MAIN PURPOSE
IS TO
INFLUENCE ALL OF THE
VILLAGERS.
Reporter: AND GOD IS
WORKING IN THE HEART OF
MR. CHODRY, THE MAN WHO LOST
HIS OXEN.
E AR WE ARE SONS AND
DAUGHTERS OF GOD.
WHATEVER THE VEI THE
VILLAGERS TOOK FROM US ARE
GODS.
Reporter: AND WHAT
ABOUT SARATA?
I TOLD HER, IF YOU FIND
GOD, YOU WILL KNOW HOW
WONDERFUL HE IS AND YOU WILL
KNOW GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE.
Reporter: AND NOW HUMA
SAYS SHE WANTS TO SHARE THE
GOOD NEWS.
AFTER I FINISH MY
EDUCATION, I WANT TO SHARE
JESUS WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT
KNOW HIM.
I WILL WALK WITH HIM AND
SHARE THE GOSPEL.
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE OFFER
MANY ANIMALS FOR SACRIFICE,
THEY WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN.
ONLY CHRIST'S BLOOD CAN
BRING FORGIVENESS FOR OUR
SINS.
I NOW KNOW THAT IS NOT THE
END.
GOD HAS BROUGHT ME FROM
DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
Reporter: ETERNAL HOPE
AND VISION AT THE TOP OF THE
WORLD.
GARY
LANE, CBN NEWS,
KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Pat: FANTASTIC THAT THE
GOSPEL IS GOING OUT.
THE WEIRD THING ABOUT
KATHMANDU, THE WEIRD
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE -- DO YOU
KNOW WHAT IT IS?
Kristi: I HAVE NO
CLUE.
Pat: THEY BEAT DOGS
UNMERCIFULLY.
Kristi: DON'T TELL ME
THAT, PAT.
Pat: THEY DO BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT THE DOG WAS
SOMETHING ELSE IN THE
PREVIOUS LIFE AND THEY WANT
TO MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE SO
HE'LL BE GOOD IN THE NEXT
LIFE.
Kristi: DON'T MISS WITH
OUR LITTLE PUPPIES.
DON'T MESS WITH OUR LITTLE
PUPPIES.
I DON'T LIKE THAT.
I REALLY DON'T.
Pat: THEY WILL BEAT
THEM SO THEY THINK THE NEXT
TIME I'LL BE GOOD.
Kristi: THAT'S CRAZY.
Pat: OF COURSE IT IS
CRAZY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY
DO.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE REPORT I
HEARD A FEW YEARS AGO.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT STILL
DOING IT.
Kristi: WE'RE HOPING
NOT.
Pat: THE GOSPEL IN
KATHMANDU IN NEPAL, THAT IS
GREAT.
Kristi: WE'RE GOING TO
SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
COMING UP, A SINGER WHO
WROTE ABOUT HEARTBREAK AND
HAD NO SHORTAGE ABOUT
MATERIAL.
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Pat: WELL, THEY SAY YOU
CAN'T JUST PLAY THE BLUES,
YOU HAVE TO FEEL THEM.
WELL, IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT
A SINGER, ANGELA WOLF,
GRAVITATED TOWARDS BLUES
MUSIC BECAUSE ANGELA HAD A
LIFETIME OF NEGATIVE
EMOTIONS TO EXPRESS.
*
I WRITE SONGS ABOUT
THINGS THAT I STRUGGLED
WITH.
HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK OF ANY
KIND.
Reporter: SOME SAY
BLUES MUSIC GOES DEEP,
UNCOVERING THINGS THAT ARE
OFTEN HIDDEN.
INJUSTICE, WANT, AND PAIN.
* WELL, I'M GOING UP TO
HEAVEN, BABY *
* I'M GOING TO GET WHAT HE
PROMISED ME *
EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH
THESE THINGS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST BETTER
AT COVERING IT UP THAN
OTHERS.
Reporter: BLUES ARTIST
ANGELA WOLF KNOWS ABOUT
HIDDEN THINGS.
SHE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
FOOLED.
SHE LOOKED LIKE THE SWEET,
HONEST CHURCH GIRL, BUT THE
REALITY WAS SHE CARRIED A
LOT OF PAIN.
*
IT'S HARD, SOMETIMES, TO
LOOK BACK AT THE
PHOTOGRAPHS.
I WAS SMILING IN THEM.
I WAS PUTTING ON AN ACT, BUT
UNDERSTAND NEATUNDERNEATH
IT AWE, ALL, I KNOW THAT
LOOK.
I WAS REALLY HURT INSIDE.
I WAS JUST REALLY GOOD AT
COVERING IT UP.
Reporter: ANGELA WAS
ONE OF THOSE KIDS PICKED ON
BY BULLIES.
SHE BELIEVED SHE WOULD NEVER
FIT IN.
AND SCHOOL BECAME A
NIGHTMARE.
I WAS LOOKING FOR
ANYTHING THAT MADE ME FORGET
WHO I WAS, FORGET THE
TROUBLES THAT I DEALT WITH
AT SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I COULD
DISCUSS THOSE THINGS WITH MY
PARENTS.
AND I JUST KEPT WANTING TO
FIT IN.
Reporter: ANGELA
STARTED SMOKING CIGARETTES,
AND THEN POT.
THAT LED TO DRINKING AND
EVENTUALLY INHALING
HAIRSPRAY.
IN TIME, ANGELA HAD HAD BOYS
OVER AFTER SCHOOL.
BOTH HER PARENTS WORKED, AND
OFTEN THINGS GOT OUT OF
HAND.
I WANTED TO GET A BOY'S
AFFECTIONS, AND FOR A BOY TO
LIKE ME, THAT'S WHAT I
NEEDED TO DO.
AND SO I BEGAN HAVING SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE AT THE AGE OF
14.
Reporter: NO MATTER HOW
MANY BOYS ANGELA WAS
INVOLVED WITH, SHE NEVER
FELT ACCEPTED.
THEN HER HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC
TEACHER ENCOURAGED HER TO
TRY OUT FOR THE SCHOOL
MUSICAL.
HE KNEW ANGELA HAD TALENT.
HE KEPT ENCOURAGING ME.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
REALLY DO THIS.
YOU JUST NEED TO REALLY
APPLY YOURSELF AND NOT BE
AFRAID ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
THINK.
Reporter: HER VOICE
GAVE HER THE ATTENTION SHE
NEEDED.
SHE FOUND HER WINGS AFTER
THAT.
AND IN COLLEGE, TOOK ON A
NEW PERSONA.
GONE WAS THE LITTLE CHURCH
GIRL.
INSTEAD, SHE SANG IN
NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS, WHERE
NEW DRUGS AND MEN AGAIN
BECAME A PART OF HER LIFE.
HER MOM SENSED SOMETHING WAS
NOT RIGHT AND ENCOURAGED
ANGELA TO GO BACK TO
CHURCH.
STILL, ANGELA DID WHAT
ANGELA WANTED TO DO.
I HAD HAD BOYFRIEND AFTER
BOYFRIEND AFTER BOYFRIEND,
AND ONE-NIGHT STAND AFTER
ONE-NIGHT STAND.
I ENDED UP WITH AN S.T.D.
I HAD BECOME A BULIMIC, AND
IT HAD EATEN AWAY AT THE
GUMS OF MY TEETH.
Reporter: THE REALITY
OF WHAT SHE HAD BECOME WAS
BEGINNING TO HIT MOM.
HOPE.
HOME.
THERE WAS NOBODY WHO WAS
GOING TO WANT SOMEBODY LIKE
ME.
I WAS A PIECE OF TRASH.
Reporter: LIFE CAME
CRASHING DOWN WHEN THE MAN
SHE WAS GOING TO MARRY
DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT TO
MARRY HER.
AND THEN CAME ANOTHER BLOW,
HER MOM CAME DOWN WITH
CANCER.
I SAID, I CAN'T DO THIS
TO HER.
SHE HAS BEEN MY SUPPORTER
ALL THESE YEARS, AND SHE IS
DYING.
SO I WENT TO CHURCH AND I
LISTENED.
AND I REMEMBER THE MINISTER
TALKING ABOUT HOW GOD LOVES
YOU.
IT WAS AS IF HE WAS TALKING
DIRECTLY TO ME.
AND HE WAS SAYING, GOD LOVES
YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE
DONE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE,
NO MATTER WHO YOU'VE HURT.
NO MATTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO YOU, HE LOVES YOU.
AND IT BROKE MY HEART.
AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE
IN THE BACK ROW, CRYING.
AND I REALIZED THAT GOD
LOVED ME.
AND ALTHOUGH I HAD BEEN IN
CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE AS A
CHILD, I DID NOT REALIZE
THAT HE LOVED ME SO MUCH
THAT HE HAD DIED TO FORGIVE
PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME.
AND AT THAT POINT, THAT WAS
THE TURNING POINT FOR ME.
Reporter: IT TOOK TIME
AND PRAYER FOR ANGELA TO GET
ON HER FEET.
SHE WENT INTO COUNSELLING
FOR THE BULEMIA, AND GOT
INVOLVED IN A CHURCH.
SHE FOUND THAT WHERE SHE HAD
NO STRENGTH, GOD DID.
UM...I WAS STILL THE SAME
PERSON ON THE OUTSIDE.
I FELT DIFFERENT INSIDE, BUT
I STILL HAD ALL OF THAT
NASTY STUFF HANGING ON ME.
AND HE BEGAN TO CHANGE MY
DESIRES.
HE TOOK AWAY MY DESIRE FOR
DRUGS.
HE TOOK AWAY MY DESIRE FOR
OTHER MEN.
HE TOOK AWAY THE VERY THING
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE THINGS IN MY
LIFE.
Reporter: THEN SHE MET
MICHAEL, AND THEY MARRIED.
AS FAR AS HER MUSIC, SHE IS
HEARD AROUND THE COUNTRY IN
BIKER BARS AND PRISONS WITH
A MESSAGE: TO FREE PEOPLE
FROM THE BLUES.
* I'M GOING TO GET WHAT HE
PROMISED ME *
WHEN YOU TRY TO PLUG
SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY INTO
AN EMPTINESS IN YOUR LIFE,
IT'S NEVER GOING TO FILL
THAT HOLE.
*
* THE CRAZY BLUES
Pat: ANGELA SAID
SOMETHING I THINK IS VERY
PROFOUND.
THERE IS NOBODY THAT IS
GOING TO FILL THE EMPTINESS
IN YOUR LIFE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
WITH MARRIAGE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS
REALLY -- DEEP INSIDE THERE
IS A LONELINESS AND THERE IS
A HURT.
AND SO THEY THINK, OKAY, IF
I GET MARRIED, I'LL EXPECT
MY HUSBAND OR MY WIFE TO
FULFILL THE LONGING IN MY
HEART.
AND TO MAKE ME COMPLETE.
THEY CAN'T DO IT.
SO STRESSES AND STRAINS
BEGIN TO DEVELOP BECAUSE YOU
FEEL DISCONTENTED, AND YOU
WONDER WHY THAT PERSON THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO
ISN'T SATISFYING YOU.
WHY AREN'T THEY TAKING CARE
OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU'RE
CRYING OUT FOR?
THE THING IS, ONLY GOD CAN
DO THAT.
BECAUSE ONLY GOD CAN FIX
YOU.
YOU CAN GO TO
PSYCHIATRISTS.
YOU CAN GO TO THERAPISTS.
YOU CAN GO TO RECOVERY
PROGRAMS.
YOU CAN GO TO 10 STEPS, 12
STEPS, 15 STEPS -- HOWEVER
MANY STEPS YOU WANT TO TAKE,
AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND
CONTENTMENT.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THAT
HURT IN YOUR HEART CAN BE
TAKEN CARE OF IS AT THE FOOT
OF THE CROSS OF JESUS
CHRIST.
BECAUSE HE TOOK ALL THAT
PAIN AND SUFFERING.
THEY PUT IT ALL ON HIM.
AND, THEREFORE, HE KNOWS
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND HE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR
PAIN.
IF YOU WANT TO BE FREE, YOU
WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF
CONTENTMENT, I WANT YOU TO
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
AND LET'S ASK JESUS TO TAKE
OVER.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
LORD, JESUS CHRIST -- THAT'S
RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
YOU SUFFERED, YOU BLED, YOU
DIED FOR ME.
AND THE PENALTY OF MY SIN
WAS PLACED ON YOU.
ALL THE GRIEF AND THE
SICKNESS AND THE REJECTION,
IT HAS ALL BEEN PUT ON YOU.
AND SO, LORD, I IDENTIFY
WITH YOUR SUFFERING.
AND I SAY, LORD, AT THIS
MOMENT I GIVE MYSELF TO
YOU.
AND I ASK, LORD, THAT YOU
WOULD COME INTO MY LIFE,
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME, AND I
WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND I WILL
SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY
LIFE.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY
PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
NOW, FATHER, MAY THE BOMB OF
GILLIAD GO OUT NOW TO THOUGH
WHO PRAYED.
MAY YOUR SWEET SPIRIT FILL
THEM, COMFORT THEM,
ENCOURAGE THEM, LIFT THEM UP
AND BLESS THEM IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
WITH ME, I WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
IT'S A LITTLE BOOKLET THAT
WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN
LIVE FOR THE LORD AND ALL OF
THE GOOD STUFF THAT IS AHEAD
OF YOU.
IF YOU PRAYED, I WANT YOU TO
CONFESS IT.
I WANT YOU TO SPEAK WITH
YOUR MOUTH WHAT YOU JUST
DID.
I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE
TELEPHONE.
I WANT YOU TO TALK TO THE
PERSON ON THE OTHER LINE,
AND JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH
PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
AND THAT GRIEF, THAT PAIN,
IS GONE.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER PRAYER,
THEY'RE HERE FOR YOU.
GO TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
AND WE WANT TO SEND YOU THIS
LITTLE BOOKLET, BY THE WAY,
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT FREE
IF YOU WANT IT.
BUT GO TO YOUR PHONE RIGHT
NOW.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
WHATSOEVER.
JUST SAY, LOOK, I JUST
PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON TV.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING
INSIDE OF ME, AND I JUST
WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT?
1-800-759-0700.
HERE IS KRISTI.
Kristi: THANK YOU,
PAT.
STILL AHEAD ON THIS "700
CLUB," IT'S A NEW YEAR!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, 2013.
WELL, IT IS TIME FOR A NEW
BATCH OF BRING IT ON
QUESTIONS.
JANET SAYS, "I GOT FIRED
FROM MY JOB FOR LYING.
NOW I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK
FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
AM I CURSED?"
PAT IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION AND A LOT MORE.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS
CONSIDERING WHETHER TO LABEL
THE RADICAL NI NIGERIAN
BOKO HARAM AS A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
SO FAR THE DEPARTMENT ISN'T
READY TO DO SO.
THE GROUP IS BLAMED FOR
KILLING NEARLY 800 PEOPLE IN
2012 ALONG.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
NIGERIAN AMERICANS WANTS
THEM TO CALL THEM BOKO HARAM
TERRORISTS.
BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT
SAYS IT HAS DESIGNATED SOME
BOKO HARAM LEADERS LAST
YEAR, AND ISN'T SURE IF
LABELLING THE GROUP IS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO
SO.
THE ARABIC NEWS NETWORK
AL-JAZEERA HAS BOUGHT THE
CABLE CHANNEL CURRENT TV.
FOUNDED BY AL GORE.
al-JAZEERA HAS TRIED FOR
EVERLY YEARS TO REACH A
LARGER AUDIENCE IN THE U.S.
SOON AFTER THE DEAL WAS
CONFIRMED, TIME WARNER CABLE
DROPPED CURRENT FROM ITS
LINEUP.
STILL, THE NEW CHANNELS
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
BROADCASTING IN 2013.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Kristi: THAT'S ME.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING
TO BE PAT.
CAN I TELL YOU, 2013, CAN
YOU BELIEVE IT?
Pat: THAT'S RIGHT.
NO.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
Kristi: 2013.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS A
NEW YEAR AND GOD IS GOING TO
DO SOME GOOD THINGS.
THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IS YOUR
QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THEM.
YOU READY, PAT?
Pat: I'LL TRY.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Kristi: JANET SAYS, "AM
I CURSED BECAUSE I GOT FIRED
FROM MY JOB FOR LYING.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR
TWO AND A HALF YEARS WITH
TWO KIDS TO FEED.
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO
ON WELFARE.
I APOLOGIZED AT WORK FOR
LYING AS I WENT BRAIN-DEAD
AND FELT SURROUNDED AND
AFRAID.
WILL I EVER GET MY LIFE
BACK, OR IS THIS A
PUNISHMENT?"
Pat: COME ON.
GOD DOESN'T PUT US IN SOME
KIND OF PERG TOR PERGATORY
FOR TELLING ONE LIE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHY DID YOU
LIE?
WHAT WERE YOU LYING ABOUT?
IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT
YOUR PERSONALITY THAT YOU
WANT TO COVER UP?
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
YOU.
SO I CAN'T SAY IF YOU'RE
CURSED OR NOT.
BUT GOD DOESN'T CURSE US ON
ACCOUNT OF SIN.
EVERYBODY SINS.
YOU COME BEFORE THE LORD,
AND HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
TO FORGIVE US OF ALL OF OUR
SINS AND TO CLEANSE US OF
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING
YOU'RE DOING, CONFESS IT TO
HIM.
AND GET OFF OF HIS CURSE
THING AND START TALKING
ABOUT POSITIVE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO THAT IS
GOOD?
WHAT IS YOUR SKILL SET?
WHAT CAN YOU OFFER TO AN
EMPLOYER?
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T OWE YOU
A JOB.
NOBODY OWES YOU A JOB, BUT
YOU ARE THERE TO FULFILL
SOME ECONOMIC NEED THAT
THEY'LL PAY FOR.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN
DO?
AND IF YOU CAN'T DO
SOMETHING, GO OUT AND START
GETTING TRAINED TO DO
SOMETHING.
GET CONTINUING EDUCATION.
GO TO SOME STATE-RUN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR TAKE AN
ONLINE COURSE OR SOMETHING
AND ENHANCE YOUR SKILLS.
BUT SITTING AROUND THINKING,
I'M CURSED, GOD DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY.
Kristi: GOOD WORD.
SPEAKS BLESSINGS AND NOT
CURSES.
GERALD SAYS, "I'M CONFUSED
ABOUT JUDGMENT DAY.
IF A PERSON CONFESSES THEIR
SINS AND ACCEPTS JESUS INTO
THEIR HEART AND LIFE, AND
THAT SAME PERSON DIES AND
GOES TO HEAVEN, WHAT HAPPENS
TO THAT PERSON ON JUDGMENT
DAY.
SURELY GOD WOULDN'T ADMIT
SOMEONE TO HEAVEN ONLY TO
BANISH THEM TO HELL ON
JUDGMENT DAY."
Pat: JOHN 5: 24, "HE
WHO HEARS MY WORD AND
BELIEVES ON HIM WHO SENT ME,
HAS EVERLASTING LIFE, AND
SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT
BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH
INTO LIFE."
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE HIM AND
GIVE HIM YOUR HEART AND GIVE
HIM YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE
PASSED FROM LIFE AND YOU
SHALL NOT COME INTO
JUDGMENT.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FACE
THE GREAT WHITE THRONE
JUDGMENT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
FACING JUDGMENT.
YOU WILL ACCOUNT FOR WHAT
YOU DO IN THE BODY BEFORE
THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF
CHRIST.
BUT THAT ISN'T TO DECIDE
WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO HELL
OR NOT.
IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT
KIND OF REWARD YOU'LL HAVE
IN HEAVEN.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY THE
BIBLE TELLS US.
STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE
FACT.
IF YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU SAY
YOU'VE DONE, REJOICE IN THE
FACT THAT YOU'RE PART OF A
NEW KINGDOM.
JESUS SAID, BLESSED ARE
THOSE OF MY FATHER WHO
ENTERED THE KINGDOM.
Kristi: AND IT TALKS
ABOUT STORING UP YOUR
TREASURES IN HEAVEN.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE SO
NICE TO PEOPLE BECAUSE I
WANT A MANSION IN HEAVEN
WITH AN INDOOR SWIMMING
POOL.
Pat: HOW ABOUT A LITTLE
SHACK IN THE CORNER.
Kristi: AS LONG AS I
GET TO HEAVEN, I WILL TAKE
THAT SHACK.
STEPHANIE SAYS, "I CAME FROM
A MORMON BACKGROUND, AND I
AM NOT A NEW CHRISTIAN, BUT
I CONSTANTLY STRUGGLE WITH
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN
FOUNDATION.
I HAVE LOOKED AT CHURCHES IN
MY AREA, BUT I CAN'T FIND
ANY WITH A REALLY CHRISTIAN
FOUNDATION.
WHERE CAN I START IN THE
BIBLE?"
Pat: THE EASY GREEK IS
JOHN.
JOHN WROTE VERY SIMPLE
GREEK.
THE THOUGHTS ARE PROFOUND,
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THE
STATEMENTS ARE EASY TO
UNDERSTAND.
I WOULD START WITH THE
GOSPEL OF JOHN, AND READ THE
GOSPELS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE.
GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF
JESUS.
AND THEN GET INTO THE
LETTERS OF PAUL, GET INTO
THE BOOK OF ACTS, AND ABSORB
THIS.
LET THIS BE PART OF YOUR
THINKING.
I JUST THINK BIBLICALLY, IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF
ME.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
THAT'S HOW YOU GROW IN THE
LORD.
Kristi: COOL.
READY FOR THE NEXT ONE?
GRACE SAYS, "I'M 20 AND I
LOVE MY DAD SO MUCH, BUT
LATELY I FEEL THAT A BIG
HOLE IN IS MY HEART BECAUSE
I DON'T FEEL CLOSE TO HIM.
IS IT A PART OF GROWING UP.
BUT HE ALSO HAD THREE OTHER
KIDS.
AM I WRONG?"
Pat: IS THIS A
DAUGHTER?
Kristi: I THINK SO, IT
IS GRACE.
Pat: DAUGHTERS NEED THE
AFFECTION OF THEIR FATHER.
AND MOST FATHERS, CLOGS THAT
WE ARE, DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT.
AND WE WANT TO GO OUT
PLAYING BALL WITH OUR SONS.
AND THE DAUGHTER IS YEARN
FOR AFFECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SIT
DOWN WITH HIM, OR MAYBE YOU
CAN TALK TO YOUR MOTHER.
YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE FACT
THAT YOUR MOTHER IS AROUND
SOME PLACE.
SEE IF YOU CAN'T WORK OUT A
TIME.
I KNOW ONE GUY USED TO HAVE
WHAT HE CALLED A SPECIAL
TIME WITH DADDY.
YOUR FATHER NEEDS TO FIND A
TIME FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE
CRYING OUT TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW, AS YOU GET
OLDER, MAYBE HE DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO RELATE TO YOU.
THE LITTLE GIRL IS EASY, YOU
SIT ON DADDY'S KNEE, AND HE
TELLS YOU STORIES.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO BE 20
YEARS OLD, YOU'RE A
DIFFERENT CREATURE, AND
YOU'RE READY TO GET MARRIED,
AND HE DOESN'T QUITE KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH YOU.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, IF YOU
HAVE GOT A MOTHER, TALK TO
YOUR MOTHER.
IF NOT, TALK TO YOUR FATHER,
AND SAY, LISTEN, I WANT TO
HAVE A LITTLE TIME WITH
YOU.
HOW ABOUT I GO OUT AND HAVE
DINNER, OR HAVE LUNCH, OR
LET'S GO TO A BALLGAME.
BUT DO THAT.
YOU'RE A DAUGHTER.
DO YOU HAVE SOME OTHER
THOUGHTS?
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT IS GREAT
ADVICE.
BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
NO MATTER HOW OLD YOUR DADDY
IS OR HOW ARE YOU OLD YOU
ARE, THAT'S STILL YOUR
DADDY.
AND WE ALL DESIRE OUR
PARENTS' LOVE.
Pat: FIVE-YEAR-OLD
MARIA WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING A NEW BABY SISTER.
BUT WHEN THE BABY WAS BORN,
BOTH MARIA AND HER MOTHER
WERE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY
SAW.
Reporter: 5-YEAR-OLD
MARIA STILL REMEMBERS HOW
SHOCKED SHE WAS WHEN SHE SAW
THE BABY SISTER.
I TOLD MY MOTHER IF SHE
MADE MY BABY SISTER'S MOUTH
LOOK LIKE THAT, DID YOU DROP
HER?
I TOLD MY DAUGHTER, NO, I
DIDN'T DROP HER.
I FELT SO BAD WHEN SHE SAID
THAT.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
BABY NAOMI WASN'T GAINING
WEIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO SWALLOW
THROUGH A BOTTLE.
SHE COULDN'T DRING ENOUGH
MILK.
IT WAS COMING OUT OF HER
NOSE AND SHE WAS CHOKING.
Reporter: HER HUSBAND
HAD ABANDONED THE FAMILY
WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH
NAOMI.
AND NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY
FELL ON HER.
THAT'S WHEN CBN OFFERED TO
HELP.
WE SET UP A FREE SURGERY FOR
THE BABY IN A HOSPITAL IN
LIMA, PERU.
A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE
OPERATION, WE WENT BACK TO
SEE HOW SHE WAS DOING.
EVERYONE IS HAPPY NOW
BECAUSE SHE CAN SMILE AND
DRINK HER MILK.
Reporter: AND WHEN
5-YEAR-OLD MARIA SAW HER
SISTER AFTER THE OPERATION,
HER REACTION WAS PRICELESS.
SHE SAID, MOMMY, MOMMY,
SHE IS HEALED.
I AM VERY HAPPY BECAUSE
NOW MY BABY SISTER CAN
SMILE.
THANK YOU, CBN, FOR FIXING
FIXING NAOMI'S MOUTH.
Pat: THERE IS INFINITE
POSSIBILITY IN A CHILD.
A LITTLE CHILD, A LITTLE
BABY.
AFTER ALL, IT WAS LITTLE
BABY -- I LOVE THAT
SONG, "MARY, DID YOU KNOW
YOUR BABY BOY WOULD ONE DAY
RULE THE NATION."
AND YOU SEE THAT LITTLE BABY
CHILD.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU GIVE
LIFE AND HAPPINESS AND HOPE
TO A LITTLE BABY IS A
WONDERFUL THING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE PARTICIPATING
WITH CBN, THAT'S WHAT YOU
CAN DO.
THIS NEW YEAR IS A GOOD TIME
TO START OUT AND SAY, LOOK,
I WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND YOU CALL IN AT
1-800-759-0700.
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, AND
YOU CAN BE A PART OF
CHANGING THE WORLD.
KRISTI?
Kristi: GOOD DEAL.
UP NEXT, A CHRONIC PROBLEM
WITH ACUTE ATHLETES FEET.
IT COVERED MY FEET.
I COULDN'T EVEN WEAR A
SHOE.
AND I WAS DESPERATE.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
Kristi: SEE HOW THIS
CONDITION WAS HEALED
OVERNIGHT.
PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: ON "THE 700
CLUB," WE LOVE TO BRING YOU
STORIES OF MODERN DAY
MIRACLES.
TODAY WE TAKE YOU BACK TO
1987, WHEN A MAN NAMED JOHN
CALHOUN WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS A TROUBLED TEENAGER
WITH A SEVERE CASE OF
ATHLETE'S FOOT.
HE WENT TO SLEEP ONE NIGHT,
AND BY THE TIME HE WOKE UP,
JOHN HAD RECEIVED A DOUBLE
MIRACLE.
I WOULD LAY IN BED AT
NIGHT AND LOOK AT MY HAND,
AND ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE
DID I COME FROM?
I WOULD QUESTION IT SO
DEEPLY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE
THE ANSWER.
NO ONE WAS THERE TO TELL
ME.
AND I DESPERATELY WAS
SEARCHING.
Reporter: JOHN CALHOUN
CAME FROM A BROKEN HOME.
EVEN AT 16, HE WANTED MORE
OUT OF LIFE.
HE TRIED DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
EVEN THE OCCULT.
I WAS HOLDING A BOOK IN
MY HAND ABOUT ASTRAL
PROJECTION, WASN'T REALLY
BELIEVING IN IT, AND
SUDDENLY I BLINKED MY EYES,
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
I BEGAN TO GO THROUGH THE
ROOF AND OVER THE TOP OF THE
HOUSE, AND WAS LITERALLY
LEAVING THE EARTH.
I REMEMBER GOING INTO OUTER
BLACKNESS AND DARKNESS, LIKE
I WAS BEING CATAPULTED
BACKWARDS AT A GREAT RATE OF
SPEED.
I WENT NUMB.
I WAS JUST FASCINATED AT
FIRST.
AND THEN FEAR OVERCAME ME.
IT WAS FEAR YOU COULD TASTE,
FEAR YOU COULD TOUCH.
AND I SCREAMED OUT FOR
HELP.
AND IT SEEMED AS IF
SOMETHING WAS PULLING ME
INTO A PIT OF DARKNESS.
AND THEN I HEARD A VOICE SAY
JESUS, AND MY MOTHER HAD
SEEN THIS TAKING PLACE.
SHE SAID MY EYES WERE ROLLED
BACK IN MY HEAD.
AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO.
SHE GRABBED AHOLD OF ME.
SHE LAPPED ME ON THE FACE.
Reporter: HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH THE SUPER NATURAL
FRIGHTENED HIM.
IT MADE JOHN WANT TO
UNDERSTAND, IS THERE MORE TO
THIS LIFE?
IS HEAVEN AND HELL REAL?
JOHN HAD A PAPER ROUTE.
WHILE FOLDING PAPERS ONE
MORNING, HE CAME ACROSS "THE
700 CLUB."
PAT BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT
THAT YOU CAN BE SAVED JUST
BY ACCEPTING WHAT JESUS DID
ON THE CROSS.
NOT BY GOOD WORKS OR BEING
RELIGIOUS.
I WAS AMAZED TO KNOW YOU
DIDN'T HAVE TO EARN GOD'S
LOVE.
THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND, THAT
YOU COULD JUST ASK JESUS TO
COME INTO YOUR HEART.
AND THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED
FROM ME.
AND SO THEN I ASKED HIM INTO
MY HEART THAT DAY.
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT CAME INTO
THE ROOM AND FILLED THAT
VOID UP THAT WAS ON THE
INSIDE OF ME.
AND A PEACE THAT PASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING CAME INTO MY
HEART.
AND I KNEW THAT I WAS
SAVED.
Reporter: LATER IN THE
PROGRAM, PAT ROBERTSON
PRAYED FOR HEALING AND HAD A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE THAT GOT
JOHN'S ATTENTION.
AND PAT SAID, SOMEONE HAS
AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH YOUR
FEET.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL.
AND I REMEMBER HE SAID IT'S
LIKE THERE ARE SCABS ON YOUR
FEET AND THEY'RE BLEEDING,
AND THEY'RE VERY PAINFUL,
AND GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: FOR YEARS,
THE TEEN HAD BEEN BATTLING A
PROBLEM WITH HIS FEET.
NO MEDICINE SEEMED TO HELP.
I HAD A CHRONIC FOOT
PROBLEM YOU COULD SAY WAS
ATHLETES FEET.
IT WASN'T IN ONE SPOT.
IT COVERED MY FEET.
IT GOT TO WHERE THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, I COULDN'T
EVEN WEAR A SHOE.
AND I WAS DESPERATE.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE UP,
AND THEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY
FEET, AND THEY WERE LIKE A
NEWBORN BABY'S SKIN, JUST
PERFECT.
ABSOLUTELY, INSTANTANEOUSLY
TOTALLY HEALED.
I BELIEVE GOD WANTED TO
REASSURE ME HE HEARD MY
PRAYER BY SHOWING ME WHAT HE
DID ON THE OUTSIDE.
GOD WAS SAYING, IF I CAN DO
THIS ON THE OUTSIDE, THIS IS
WHAT I CAN DO ON THE
INSIDE.
Kristi: MAN, ISN'T THAT
FANTASTIC!
GOD IS A HEALING GOD.
HE CAN HEAL YOUR HEART.
HE CAN HEAL YOUR MIND.
HE CAN HEAL YOUR PHYSICAL
BODY.
WHATEVER NEED YOU HAVE
TODAY, PAT AND I ARE GOING
TO JOIN IN AND ENCOURAGE YOU
AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
BECAUSE GOD IS A TRUE
HEALER.
Pat: OKAY.
AND HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
THAT WAS ONE AND A HALF
YEARS AGO.
ALTI OF OCEAN BEACH, NORTH
CAROLINA, HAD A RASH ON HER
ARM, ALONG WITH ITCHING AND
REDNESS.
THEY TRIED OVER-THE-COUNTER
CREAMS AND NONE OF THEM
WORK.
AND ONE DAY HE -- I GUESS IT
IS A HE -- HEARD KRISTI GAVE
A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAVE A RASH AND GOD IS
HEALING YOU.
ALTI CLAIMED, I'M CLAIMING
THIS HEALING FOR MYSELF.
BY THE END OF THE WEEK, ALL
SIGNS OF THE RASH WAS GONE.
Kristi: AND THIS IS
FROM AGNES FROM LOUISIANA.
ONE DAY HER MOVED HER NECK
AND SHE FELT A POP.
EVERY TIME SHE TRIED TO TURN
HER NECK AFTERWARDS, SHE HAD
EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
SHE TRIED SEVERAL REMEDIES,
BUT THERE WAS NO LASTING
PAIN.
THE PAIN PERSISTED FOR,
CHECK THIS OUT, SEVEN
YEARS.
ONE DAY SHE AND HER SON WERE
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB," AND
SHE HEARD LITERALLY CALL HER
NAME.
Pat: IF PAT CALLED HER
NAME.
Kristi: GLAD YOU CAN
READ IT.
PAT CALLED OUT HER PROBLEM,
A NECK MUSCLE IS BEING
HEALED.
PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR NECK
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND BE
MADE WHOLE.
AGNES WAS HEALED AND NOW
WORKS OUT EVERY DAY.
PRAISE GOD.
Pat: WE HAVE ABOUT A
MINUTE BEFORE THE END OF
THIS SHOW.
KRISTI AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS AND PRAY FOR
YOU.
LORD, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS
LIFE AND THIS WORLD, AND WE
PRAY, MY GOD, IN JESUS'
NAME, THAT YOU MIGHT REACH
OUT AND TOUCH PEOPLE NOW.
LET THE HEALING POWER OF THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST -- YES,
ANOTHER NECK PROBLEM IS
BEING HEALED, RASHES ARE
BEING HEALED, FUNGUS IS
BEING HEALED IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Kristi: WE COME AGAINST
SICKNESS AND ILLNESS IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
RESTORING STRENGTH AND
HEALTH TO YOUR PEOPLE,
FATHER GOD.
Pat: ULCERATED COLITIS
BEING HEALED DRAMATICALLY.
YOU'LL FEEL A BURNING IN
YOUR INSIDE, AND YOU ARE
TOTALLY HEALED IN JESUS'
NAME.
Kristi: SOMEBODY PULLED
THEIR BACK AS WELL, AND THE
LORD IS HEALING THAT
SITUATION.
Pat: THAT'S ALL THE
TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, FIND OUT HOW A $10
BILL GIVES ONE HOMELESS MAN
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM
PHILIPPINES: "MY GOD WILL
MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS
ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS
RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS."
TELEPHONES ARE AVAILABLE FOR
YOU.
WE MAY NOT BE ON THE AIR FOR
YOU IN YOUR AREA, BUT WE'RE
THERE FOR YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
FOR KRISTI, FOR LEE, FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE --
Kristi: AND YOU.
Pat: AND ME, HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
GOD BLESS YOU EVERY ONE OF
YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
