The 'DC Cupcakes' sisters return to discuss the importance of celebrating life's blessings with family and friends. Plus, Aaron Enous had a tough childhood and was uncertain if God even existed until he had a vision that changed everything.
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PUT AWAY THE PUMPKIN.
THIS FALL, DECK YOUR HOUSE
WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE
SWEETER.
THE STARS OF D.C. CUPCAKES
ARE BACK TO GIVE US A TASTE
OF THEIR AUTUMN TREATS ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: JUST THINK, FOLKS,
AND THREE MORE WEEKS, WE
WILL NO LONGER BE TREATED TO
THIS IS BARACK OBAMA, AND I
APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.
WE WON'T HAVE TO HEAR THAT
ANY LONGER.
Kristi: OR THIS IS MITT
ROMNEY --
Pat: AND I APPROVE THIS
MESSAGE.
OR THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE AND
MY WIFE AND I APPROVE THIS
MESSAGE.
HEY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A
DEBATE TONIGHT.
CANDY CROWLEY IS GOING TO BE
THE MODERATOR.
SOME THINGS ARE QUESTIONING
SHE SAID UNKIND THINGS ABOUT
ROMNEY/RYAN, AND TO THINK
SHE MIGHT NOT BE BIAS WOULD
BE A HOPE.
BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA KNOWS HE
NEEDS A STRONG PERFORMANCE
IN THIS DEBATE.
Kristi: AND THIS TIME
VOTERS GET TO ASK THE
QUESTIONS IN A TOWNHALL
FORMAT.
MARK MARTIN HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: MOMENTUM HAS
SHIFTED TO MITT ROMNEY SINCE
THE FIRST DEBATE, PUTTING
PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT OBAMA
TO STEP UP WITH A STRONG
PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
A NEW U.S. GALLOP POLL FINDS
ROMNEY LEADS PRESIDENT OBAMA
BY FOUR PERCENTAGE POINT
AMONG LIKELY VOTERS IN THE
SWING STATE.
THE MOVE SHOWS MOVEMENT
TOWARDS WOMEN.
BOTH CANDIDATES ARE FIGHTING
HARD IN THE SWING STATES,
ESPECIALLY OHIO.
THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS AT
TONIGHT'S TOWNHALL DEBATE
ARE UNDECIDED VOTED,
PRE-SELECTED BY THE
MODERATOR.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO BE
AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING THE
CASE FOR HIS VIEW OF WHERE
WE SHOULD GO AS A COUNTRY.
Reporter: ROMNEY'S
DEBATE PREP PARTNER, ROB
PORTMAN, IS OPTMISTIC BY
ROMNEY'S CHANCES.
HOW DID IT GO, SENATOR?
GREAT.
IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU HAVE
CITIZENS ASKING YOU
QUESTIONS.
Reporter: SO WITH JUST
THREE WEEKS TO GO, THE
UNDECIDED VOTERS ARE
CRITICAL.
TONIGHT'S OPPORTUNITY IS TO
MAKE THEIR CASE KNOWN TO
THAT GROUP, AND TO REINFORCE
THEIR MESSAGE WITH
THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Pat: IT IS INTERESTING,
ACCORDING TO THE POLLS,
WOMEN ARE STARTING TO SWING
TO ROMNEY, AND HISPANICS ARE
STARTING TO SWING TO
ROMNEY.
AND OHIO IS STILL A
BATTLEGROUND STATE.
LOOKS LIKE VIRGINIA IS
TIPPING TO ROMNEY.
NORTH CAROLINA, TIPPING TO
ROMNEY.
FLORIDA, TIPPING TO ROMNEY.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DOES.
I REMEMBER THAT DEBATE WITH
GEORGE BUSH AND BILL
CLINTON, AND BUSH LOOKS AT
HIS WIFE LIKE, IS THIS THING
ALMOST OVER.
NOT A SMART MOVE.
Kristi: IT'S NOT, BUT I
THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE
WATCHING EVERYTHING
TONIGHT.
Pat: WE'LL HAVE A
SPECIAL REPORT ON TONIGHT'S
DEBATE AT 11:00, EAST COAST,
AND THE FAMILY CHANNEL.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE MADE
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
THEY SAID TO HER, HILARY,
TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
AND SHE SAID, THE BUCK STOPS
WITH ME.
IT IS ALL MY FAULT.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: SHE DID THAT.
PAT, SECRETARY OF STATE
HILLARY CLINTON IS DEFENDING
THE WHITE HOUSE AGAINST
ACCUSATIONS HE DIDN'T DO
ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN LIBYA.
SHE SAID, I TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
I'M IN CHARGE OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S 60,000 PLUS
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
275 POST.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT SPECIFIC
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY
SECURITY OFFICIALS.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WEIGH
ALL OF THE THREATS AND THE
NEEDS AND MAKE DECISIONS.
BUT REPUBLICANS QUICKLY
FIRED BACK.
JOHN McCAIN AND TWO OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE RELEASED
A STATEMENT SAYING: "THE
SECURITY OF OUR NATION
SERVING EVERYWHERE IN THE
WORLD IS ULTIMATELY THE JOB
OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
THE BUCK STOPS THERE."
CHRIS STEVENS AND THREE
OTHER AMERICANS WERE KILLED
IN THE ATTACK ON THE
CONSULATE.
OKLAHOMA SENATOR TOM COBURN
DOESN'T WANT US TO FORGET
HOW WASH WASTES ON MONEY.
HE HAS RELEASED A BOOK OF
THE WORST ABUSES.
NASA SPENDING NEARLY
$100,000 A YEAR RESEARCHING
FOOD FOR ASTRONAUTS TO EAT
ON MARS.
$300,000 TO CREATE A ROBOTIC
SQUIRREL TO DISCOVER HOW
RATTLE SNAKES AND SQUIRRELS
GET ALONG.
COBURN'S CHIEF TARGET IN
THIS YEAR'S WASTE BOOK IS
CONGRESS.
IT SAYS IT GETS VERY LITTLE
DONE AND REASON UP A
TRILLION DEFICIT.
PAT, HOW DO YOU THINK RATTLE
SNAKESNAKES AND SQUIRRELS
GET ALONG?
Pat: THEY EAT EACH, IF
POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO BORROW MONEY FROM
CHINA TO DISCOVER EATING
FOOD ON MARS.
WE'RE NOT EVER GOING TO HAVE
ANYBODY ON MARS.
WHAT NONSENSE.
AND YET OBAMA IS MEALLY
MOUTHING ABOUT PAYING YOUR
FAIR SHARE.
I'M GOING TO PAY MY FAIR
SHARE TO WASTE IT ON RATTLE
SNAKES AND SQUIRRELS?
WHAT NONSENSE.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH
CONGRESS.
IT IS A PAY OFF TO SOME
GROUP IN THEIR DISTRICT WHO
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT
SQUIRRELS AND RATTLE
SNAKES.
DID YOU EVER WONDER ABOUT
THAT?
Kristi: OF COURSE I
DID.
WE ALL DO.
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW.
I WANT TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
I SAY, H'MMM, I WONDER
IF --
Pat: I HAVE A LOT OF
SQUIRRELS IN MY BACKYARD.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY RATTLE
SNAKES.
OKAY.
THERE IS A TIGHT RACE IN
MISSOURI.
NOW, THE DEMOCRAT IN
MISSOURI, CLAIRE MCASKILL,
CAME TO OFFICE BECAUSE JOHN
ASHCROFT ALLOWED HER DEAD
HUSBAND TO RUN AND BE
ELECTED, AND HE DEFERRED A
CHALLENGE.
WHAT DID SHE DO TO REPAY
HIM?
SHE VOTED AGAINST HIS
APPOINTMENT TO
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES.
SHE IS RUNNING AGAINST TODD
AKIN, WHO MADE AN
UNFORTUNATE STATEMENT ABOUT
RAPE.
BUT HE HAS RECANTED THAT,
AND LET'S SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
LEE?
Lee: THERE IS CURRENTLY
A CONGRESSMAN FROM MISSOURI,
A REPUBLICAN, TODD AIKMAN,
MAY BE BE MAKING A
COMEBACK.
A NEW SURVEY FROM A
REPUBLICAN-LEANING POLLSTER
SHOWS AKIN NOW LEADING.
HE IS AT 49%, FOUR POINTS
AHEAD.
IN AUGUST, AKIN MADE SOME
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ABOUT
RAPE.
REPUBLICANS CUT OFF FUNDS TO
AKIN'S CAMPAIGN AND
REPUBLICLY ASKED HIM TO DROP
OUT.
OTHER POLLS SHOWS
McCASKILL STILL LEADING
THE RACE.
THE MEDIA'S RESPONSE THIS
SUMMER TO CHICK-FIL-A'S
SUPPORT OF TRADITIONAL
VALUES HAS PLACED NEW
PRESSURE ON AMERICAN
CORPORATIONS, THE PRESSURE
TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT OR
FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
HEATHER CELLS HAS MORE.
Reporter: NOW TIMES
CHANGE.
JUST SIX YEARS AGO,
CHICK-FIL-A'S FOUNDERS STOOD
IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS IN AN
ATLANTA BALLROOM.
HIS HONOR, A BUSINESS AWARD
FOR INVESTING IN MARRIAGE
PROGRAMS FOR CHICK-FIL-A
EMPLOYEES.
THE ECNITIO RECOGNITION
CAME FROM THE MARRIAGE
COALITION.
WE ARE STUNNED AT HOW
HARD IT HAS BEEN TO GET
CORPORATIONS TO SEE THAT
THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
DOING.
THAT GOOD, STRONG MARRIAGES
WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEIR
BOTTOM LINE.
Reporter: TODAY IT IS
HARD TO IMAGINE THAT 2006
SCENARIO, AS CHICK-FIL-A
RECOVERS FROM A WHIPLASH
OVER ITS C.E.O.S SUPPORT FOR
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED
TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT, THEY
SAY IT SHOULD SERVE AS A
WAKEUP CALL FOR OTHER
LIKE-MINDED COMPANIES.
THEY KNOW THEY ARE UNDER
ATTACK.
BUT THIS IS A NEW CHANGE.
THE LEFT HAS A HIT LIST OF
CONSERVATIVE COMPANIES
THEY'RE GOING AFTER.
GOOD COMPANIES LIKE TYSON'S
FOOD, HOBBY LOBBY, AND
OTHERS ARE ON IT.
Reporter: ANOTHER LOW
PRO-FILE STORY MAKES THE
POINT.
THE LEFT WENT AFTER PAPA
JOHN'S AFTER THE C.E.O. SAID
OBAMACARE WOULD FORCE
COMPANIES TO RAISE THEIR
PRICES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS
COMPANIES ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO
SERVE CONSERVATIVE AUDIENCE
OR LIBERAL AUDIENCE.
IT WILL BE HARD TO SERVE
BOTH.
Reporter: BUSINESS
ANALYST DAN GAINER ADVISES
COMPANIES TO USE SOCIAL
MEDIA TO DEFINE THEMSELVES
BEFORE OTHERS DO.
AND KATHLEEN SAYS BELIEVERS
SHOULD GUARD AGAINST
BITTERNESS.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW I FEEL
ABOUT GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND
ALL OF THESE KINDS OF
THINGS, BUT AM I DOING IT
WITH CIVILITY AND KINDNESS.
Reporter: THE COUNTRY'S
LIBERAL AND CULTURAL DIVIDES
ARE FORCING MANY
CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE A
STAND.
MANY CONSERVATIVES AND
LIBERALS SAY THEY DON'T CARE
WHAT A BUSINESSES' POLITICAL
BELIEFS ARE, BUT AS TIME
GOES BACK, MORE AND MORE
COSTUMERS MAY START VOTING,
NOT JUST IN THE BALLOT BOX,
BUT WITH MONEY.
Lee: AMERICA'S NATIONAL
PRAYER COMMITTEE HAS POSTED
AN ONLINE GUIDE LISTED SEVEN
WAYS TO PRAY.
ANOTHER GROUP IS CALLED
"DECREE FOR AMERICA."
FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL
COACH AND ESPN COMMENTATOR
MIKE GODMAN IS ONE OF THE
SPOKESPERSON.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRAYING FOR
AMERICA.
WE NEED TO MAKE A STAND.
YOU NEED TO BE BOLD.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE ON THE
OFFENSIVE.
IT IS TOO LATE TO PLAY
DEFENSIVE.
SOMEONE SITS ON THE
SIDELINES, THEN WE ONLY HAVE
OURSELVES TO BLAME.
Lee: MIKE GODFREY'S
GROUP HAS ISSUED A
THREE-POINT DECREE, FOR THE
SANGITY OF HUMAN LIFE, THE
FAMILY, AND TO PRAY FOR
ISRAEL.
YOU CAN FIND MORE BY GOING
TO CBNNEWS.COM.
THEY HAVE ISSUED A CALL FOR
US TO PRAY FOR AMERICA, AND
SO HAS CBN.
FOR MORE ON THAT, LET'S GO
BACK TO PAT AND KRISTI.
Pat: WE CERTAINLY ARE.
WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 210,000 PLUS
PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WILL BE
PRAYING.
BY THE WAY, BILLY GRAHAM,
94th BIRTHDAY IS ALLOWING
HIS NAME AND PICTURE TO BE
USED IN AN AD URGING PEOPLE
TO VOTE FOR VALUES.
DON'T VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO
STAND FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,
WHO STAND FOR ABORTION,
ETC.
IT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR
THRUST.
WHAT A GREAT MAN.
SOMEBODY IS TRAIG AND
PRAYING, AND SAYS I WANT TO
RESTORE THE MORAL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF OUR
NATION AND I WANT TO PRAY
FOR ABORTION.
Kristi: AND WE'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR AMERICA HERE ON
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY ALL
THE WAY THROUGH ELECTION
DAY.
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF
IT.
PAT JUST READ A COUPLE OF
THE PRAYER REQUESTS.
WE RECEIVED IT WHEN
INDIVIDUALS CALLED
1-800-759-0700.
AND WE WANT TO REMIND YOU TO
DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT
IS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS
UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
PAT, YOU READ YOURS.
I HAVE A COUPLE THAT SAYS,
THAT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
WILL BE BE RESTORED TO
PLACES THEY WERE REMOVE, AND
THAT WE WOULD ELECT
GOD-FEARING LEADERS.
Pat: AND WE HAVE A
BOOKLET I WROTE SOME TIME
AGO CALLED "STEPS TO REVIVAL
IN AMERICA," AND WE'LL MAKE
THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU.
I THINK IT IS A POWERFUL
STATEMENT FROM 2 CHRONICLES
14.
FATHER, KRISTI AND I JOIN
WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO
ARE PRAYING FOR THIS
NATION.
LORD, WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST
YOU.
WE HAVE BROKEN THE COVENANT
MADE BY OUR FOREFATHERS WITH
THE GO GOD OF OUR FATHERS.
WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD
BRING US TO A PLACE OF
REPENTANCE, A PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN BLESS US.
YOU LOVE THIS NATION, LORD,
AND IT NEEDS TO BE A TOWER
OF HOPE FOR THE NATION AND
THE WORLD.
GIVE US POWER IN THE COURTS
AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
LET THERE BE GODLY MEN AND
WOMEN WHO WILL BE THE
LEADERS OF THIS NATION.
AND, LORD, MAY YOUR
ANOINTING COME TO SEND
REVIVAL TO AMERICA.
THANK YOU, LORD.
WE CONTINUE TO PRAY IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
LOVE IT, PAT?
DON'T YOU.
WELL, UP NEXT, IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTLY OR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THAT'S
BECAUSE THE PARTY'S OVER.
WE CAN VOTE OUR VALUES,
OR WE CAN VOTE GOD'S
PRINCIPLES.
AND GOD'S PRINCIPLES ARE
JUST SO VERY CLEAR.
AND THAT ACTUALLY SITS ON
THE STAND OF A POLITICAL
PACKAGE.
Kristi: HEAR HOW VALUE
VOTERS PLAN ON CASTING THEIR
BALLOTS.
UP NEXT.
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Pat: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
BIG DEBATE TONIGHT.
TOWNHALL MEETING.
CANDY CROWLEY, FROM CNN, IS
THE MODERATOR.
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE,
SELECTED BY GALLOP ARE GOING
TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS.
JIJIMJIM LEHRER DID A GREAT
JOB IN THE LAST ONE.
I'M AFRAID THAT THE
MODERATOR ASSUMES TOO LARGE
A ROLE.
I THINK IT WILL BE
INTERESTING.
MANY CHRISTIAN LEADERS ARE
CAMPAIGNING HARD THIS
ELECTION YEAR, BUT THEY'RE
NOT PUSHING A SPECIFIC
CANDIDATE.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE SUPPORTING
VALUES BY URGING CHRISTIAN
VOTERS TO RELY ON BIBLICAL
PRINCIPLES WHEN THEY CAST
THEIR BALLOT.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: WITH ONLY
WEEKS UNTIL THE 2012
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, A
FAMILIAR NAME IN POLITICS IS
ON A LAST-MINUTE CAMPAIGN
PUSH.
BUT DR. ALVITA KING, NIECE
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
IS NOT SUPPORTING A SPECIFIC
CANDIDATE OR PARTY.
THE PARTY IS OVER.
THIS IS NOT PARTY TIME.
THIS IS SERIOUS TIME.
BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS TO BE
FIXED.
AND THERE IS A DESIRE IN MY
HEART TO SEE THAT.
AND SO I SAY TO PEOPLE, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT A BALLOT, VOTE
FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEST
CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
Reporter: AND FOR KING,
THAT CANDIDATE IS THE ONE
WHO MOST REFLECTS BIBLICAL
PRINCIPLES.
THAT'S HER MESSAGE TO
VOTERS.
DURING THIS VOTE, HIS
PRINCIPLES RALLY.
WE CAN VOTE OUR VALUES OR
WE CAN VOTE GOD'S
PRINCIPLES.
AND GOD'S PRINCIPLES ARE
JUST SO VERY CLEAR, AND THAT
SHOULD TRANSCEND A POLITICAL
PARTY.
Reporter: KING ISN'T
ALONE.
THEY SAY OPPOSITION TO
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS THE
SAME AS OPPOSITION TO
INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE.
THAT IS AN INSULT TO HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE.
IT IS A LIE.
NO CHRISTIAN SHOULD SUPPORT
THIS.
Reporter: BISHOP E.W.
JACKSON TAKES HIS MESSAGE TO
BLACK CHURCH LEADERS,
CHALLENGING THEM TO RESIST
WHAT HE CALLS BLIND
LOYALTY.
IT IS NOT ABOUT RACE.
IT IS ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IT IS NOT ABOUT PARTY.
IT'S ABOUT PRINCIPLE.
IT IS ABOUT VOTING IN A WAY
THAT WILL PLEASE GOD.
THAT'S WHAT THE ULTIMATE
GOAL OUGHT TO BE.
Reporter: A GUIDE TO
ACHIEVING THAT GOAL COULD BE
FOUND IN A NEW BOOK CALLED
"HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS
VOTE?"
THE AUTHOR IS PASTOR EVANS
IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
IF GOD IS INVOLVED IN
GOVERNMENT, AND GOD IS THE
AUTHOR OF GOVERNMENT, AND
GOD DETERMINES WHAT IS GOD
AND WHAT IS EVIL, THEN HE
SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON ALL
ISSUES.
Reporter: BEFORE
VOTING, EVANS ENCOURAGES
CHRISTIAN VOTERS TO GET OUT
A SHEET OF PAPER.
WRITE DOWN AN ISSUE OF
CONCERN IN ONE COLUMN, WHERE
DEMOCRATS STAND IN THE NEXT
COLUMN, AND THEN WHERE
REPUBLICANS STAND.
AND, FINALLY, WHAT GOD SAYS
ABOUT THE ISSUE.
YOU VOTE FOR THE PARTY,
THE PLATFORM, THE CANDIDATE
OR THE POLICIES THAT CLOSEST
REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
Reporter: AND EVANS IS
QUICK TO POINT OUT, GOD IS
NEITHER DEMOCRAT NOR
REPUBLICAN.
HE IS THE CONSUMMATE
INDEPENDENT BECAUSE HE ONLY
VOTES FOR HIMSELF.
HE DOESN'T RIDE THE BACKS OF
DONKIES AND ELEPHANTS.
THE GREAT TRAGEDY IS WE
REDUCED HIM TO PARTISAN
POLITICS.
INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZING HE IS
HIS OWN KING WITH HIS OWN
KINGDOM.
Reporter: AND PASTOR
EVANS SAYS GOD'S RULE SHOULD
RULE HOW CHRISTIANS VOTE.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH VOTING VALUES.
IT IS ONE OF THE THREE
LEGITIMATE INFLUENCES THAT
CAN MOTIVATE ANYONE IN GOING
INTO THE POLLS.
Reporter: REGENT
UNIVERSITY'S DR. CHARLES
DUNN SAYS THE BOTTOM LINE IS
EVERYONE VOTES VALUES,
WHETHER THEY VOTE PARTY
LOYALTY, A SPECIFIC ISSUE OR
CANDIDATE.
WE ALL VOTE VALUES.
WE VOTED ECONOMIC VALUES.
WE VOTE SOCIAL VALUES.
WE VOTE RELIGIOUS VALUES.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: OKAY.
KEEP IT IN MIND AND DON'T BE
SLAVISH TO SOME PARTY.
I'M GOING TO VOTE DEMOCRAT,
REGARDLESS OR I'M GOING TO
VOTE REPUBLICAN REGARDLESS.
Kristi: IT IS ALL ABOUT
BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT EACH
PARTY IS STANDING FOR.
WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS
TO SOMETHING THAT JUST MAKES
US HAPPY.
COMING UP, WHAT IS THE ONLY
THING BETTER THAN A
CUPCAKE?
HOW ABOUT A RECORD-HOLDER
CUPCAKE.
THE OWNERS OF D.C. CUPCAKES
ARE HERE AND THEY'RE GOING
TO SHOW US HOW TO ADD A
SPARKLE TO ANY OCCASION.
UP NEXT.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
Kristi: THEY MAY BE
KNOWN AS THE D.C. CUPCAKE
GIRLS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEIR TREATS ARE JUST
LIMITED TO THE BELTWAY.
THEY HAVE OPENED UP STORES
FROM NEW YORK TO
LOS ANGELES, BUT NO MATTER
WHAT BAKERY THEIR COSTUMERS
WALK INTO, THE D.C. CUPCAKE
GIRLS WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE WALKING INTO HOME.
Reporter: WHETHER IT IS
OPENING UP NEW BAKERY
LOCATIONS, OR SETTING THE
RECORD FOR BAKING THE
WORLD'S LARGEST CUPCAKE,
CATHY AND SOPHIE KNOW HOW TO
CELEBRATE.
IN CHOIR COOKBOOK, "SWEET
CELEBRATION," THEY SHARE
THEIR RECIPES AND TIPS FOR
ENTERTAINING FAMILIES ON
EVERY OCCASION.
Kristi: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO THE SHOW, THE D.C.
CUPCAKE GIRLS, CATHY AND
SOPHIE.
I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
Kristi: YOU KNOW WHY I
LOVE IT WHEN YOU COME?
NOT BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE
LOVELY SMILES, BUT YOU
ALWAYS BRING CUPCAKES.
HERE WE GO.
Kristi: IT SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT THE GUINNESS
WORLD RECORD ABOUT THE
BIGGEST CUPCAKE.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
WE HAD A GIANT OVEN THAT
ACTUALLY BAKES AIRPLANE
WINGS, AND WE BROUGHT IT IN
FROM DETROIT.
AND WE HOOKED IT UP --
AND WE BAKED THE
CUPCAKE.
WE HAD A TIN CUSTOM MADE,
AND WE HOLD THE GI GUINNESS
WORLD RECORD OF LARGEST
CUPCAKE.
AND WE SERVED IT UP.
Kristi: I ALWAYS WONDER
WHEN THEY DO THOSE HONKEN
THINGS IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY
EDIBLE?
IT WAS DELICIOUS.
WE HAD A LOT OF HELP
CELEBRATE WITH US.
IT WAS HARD.
IT WAS NOT EASY.
THERE WAS ONE POINT WHEN WE
DIDN'T LET IT COOL ENOUGH,
AND WE TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT
OF THE PAN, AND THE BATTER
STARTED LEAKING OUT.
Kristi: HOW CAN YOU
TELL IF IT IS DONE?
DO YOU HAVE A BIG-OLD
TOOTHPICK?
WE HAD A BIG YARDSTICK.
Kristi: THE LAST TIME I
SAW YOU GUYS, THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CHANGES.
UH-HUH.
Kristi: YOU KNOW LONGER
HAVE A STORE IN D.C. --
WELL, YOU DO HAVE A STORE IN
D.C., BUT YOU EXPANDED.
KATHRYN, YOU GOT MARRIED.
I'M ALL FOR EXPANDING.
Kristi:
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING.
IN THE LAP EPISODE, I
SURPRISED MY MOM.
WE DID A CUPCAKE THAT
SPELLED OUT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE A GRANDMA.
SHE WAS SHAKING, SHE WAS SO
EXCITED.
Kristi: I KNOW YOU GUYS
ARE PROBABLY PLANNING A
WONDERFUL BABY SHOWER, BUT
BEFORE THE BABY SHOWER, I
KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT
OF CELEBRATION SINCE YOU GOT
MARRIED LAST YEAR.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS CUPCAKE
TOWER.
I MADE KATHRYN A SPECIAL
WEDDING CUPCAKE TOWER.
IT WAS HER WEDDING, SO IT
HAD TO BE SPECIAL.
IT WAS OVER SIX FEET TALL.
WE SHARE THE RECIPE IN OUR
BOOK, TOO.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT
WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK THE FACT THAT I MADE
IT FOR HER MADE IT MORE
PERSONAL.
THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD NOT
MAKE HER WEDDING CUPCAKE
CAKE.
Kristi: EXACTLY.
I LOVE THESE DIFFERENT
IDEAS.
LET'S GO FOR IT.
OUR NEW BOOK IS ALL ABOUT
SWEET CELEBRATIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS FOR
DECORATING CUPCAKES, AND
ENTERTAINING AND DISPLAY
IDEAS.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
FIRST HOW TO DO OUR CUPCAKE
PYRAMID.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT IS
SUPER EASY TO MAKE AT HOME.
YOU MAKE IT ALL WITH STUFF
YOU HAVE AT HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO START BY
TAKING A COUPLE OF FOAM
BLOCKS.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY
CUPCAKES YOU WANT TO
DISPLAY, WE HAVE A GRID THAT
IF YOU WANT TO
DISPLAY FOUR
DOZEN, YOU'LL NEED THREE
LAYERS, AND WE GIVE THE
DIMENSIONS OF EACH BLOCK SO
YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW GOOD TO
MAKE IT.
Kristi: THAT IS SO
GOOD.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO
KNOW THESE THINGS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE FOAM AT
HOME, YOU CAN USE A SHOE
BOX.
WE'RE GOING
TO GIFT WRAP
EACH LAYER WITH OUR FAVORITE
COLOUR FABRIC.
HER WE
SHOWS
A BEAUTIFUL
LAVENDER.
IF YOU'RE IN A WEDDING,
YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO A
WHITE SATIN.
IF YOU'RE DOING AN EVENING
EVENT, YOU CAN USE BLACK.
BRIDAL SHOWERS AND BABY
SHOWERS, YOU CAN USE YELLOWS
AND GREENS.
Kristi: I LOVE THIS
IDEA.
YOU SAID YOU MADE 5,000 FOR
KATHRYN'S WEDDING.
I HAD ALL OF THESE
LAYERS.
IT WAS INSANE.
I HAD MY HUSBAND HELP CARRY
IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST
INSANE TO CARRY.
AND HER RECEPTION WAS ON A
HILL, SO IT WAS EVEN
TOUGHER.
Kristi: IT WAS, LIKE,
REALLY, YOU HAD TO GET
MARRIED ON A HILL.
FROM WOMAN TO WOMAN, I HAVE
TO ASK YOU THIS -- I LOVE
HOW YOU'RE WORKING WHILE
WIRE TALKING.
KATHRYN, SINCE YOU ARE
EXPECTING, DOES THE SMELL OF
CUPCAKES MAKE YOU WANT TO
THROW UP?
NO.
IT ACTUALLY IS THE
OPPOSITE.
EVERY DAY I WANT TO GO INTO
THE BAKERY AND EAT, LIKE,
TEN OF THEM.
EVER DAY, EVEN BEFORE MY
PREGNANCY, EVERY DAY I WAS
ALWAYS CRAVING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR
BAKERY, WE SERVE SO MANY
DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
Kristi: HOW MANY?
WE SERVE ABOUT A 100.
AND EVERY DAY WE ROTATE.
THIS OCTOBER, WE HAVE A
PUMPKIN SPICE AND A SPICE
CRUNCH.
Kristi: DID YOU BRING
ONE FOR ME?
WE DID.
AND WE DO A DIFFERENT
COLOR, DEPENDING ON THE
COLOR SCHEME.
AND YOU WRAP THEM UP.
IT IS GIFT WRAPPING EACH
LAYER AND TYING A RIBBON
AROUND IT.
Kristi: I LOVE IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE.
THESE ARE OUR CUPCAKES
SOUR THINGS.
THIS IS A
GREAT WAY TO DO
FLORAL CENTER PIECES AND
DESSERT ALL IN ONE.
IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO IS
START WITH A TERRACOTTA
FLOWER POT.
YOU'VE GOT A FOAM BALL
INSIDE WE COVERED WITH OREO
COOKIE CRUMBLE, AND WE'RE
USING WOODEN SKEWERS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO CUT THEM
IN HALF.
Kristi: YOU HAVE THE
STYROFOAM AND THEN YOU TAKE
CHOCOLATE AND COVER THAT AND
THEN THE OREOS.
EXACTLY.
AND WE PUT THE CUPCAKES ON
TOP.
Kristi: I WANT TO DO
THE FROSTING.
THIS IS THE FUN PART.
YOU'RE GOING TO USE AN
OPEN-STAR TIP, AND START IN
THE CENTER AND GO AROUND IN
A CIRCLE.
AND KEEP GOING AROUND EACH
LAYER OF THE CIRCLE.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
Kristi: YOU KNOW I DO.
YOU KNOW I LOVE
THIS.
IT IS SUCH AN ELEGANT
CENTER PIECE THAT IS
EDIBLE.
AND JUST GO AROUND IN
CIRCLES.
PERFECT.
KEEP GOING AROUND.
YOU GOT IT.
ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS SO EASY.
Kristi: COME ON!
LET ME DO ONE MORE.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY TIE A
BEAUTIFUL ACCENT RIBBON
AROUND THE POT.
THEY MAKE SUCH SUPER ELEGANT
CENTER PIECES.
Kristi: HOLD ON.
I'M HAVING FUN.
[LAUGHTER]
Kristi: THERE WE GO.
THAT'S GREAT.
[LAUGHTER]
Kristi: ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT
FLOWERS IS THAT THEY'RE ALL
DIFFERENT.
WE'VE GOT TO DO THE BEFORE
AND AFTER.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
ISN'T THAT LOVELY?
IT IS.
Kristi: YOU KNOW WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT THIS IDEA?
ESPECIALLY FOR EVEN A BABY
SHOWER OR A WEDDING
RECEPTION, YOU KNOW HOW THEY
HAVE THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT,
AND HOW COOL IF YOU HAD
THESE IN THE MIDDLE AND
PEOPLE ARE TALKING, I'M
HUNGRY -- EAT A CUPCAKE.
IF YOU WANT TO ACCENT
YOUR FLOWER POT, YOU CAN DO
CUTE BEES AND LADYBUGS.
AND WE GIVE STEP BY STEP
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE
THE BEES OR LADYBUGS IN THE
BOOK.
WE CALL THIS OUR EDIBLE
PLAYDOH, AND WE'RE GOING TO
ROLL THIS UP.
Kristi: KATHRYN, ARE
YOU GOING TO ROLL, TOO?
YEAH.
KATHRYN WILL MAKE THE
STRIPES.
WE'LL DO A PURPLE AND YELLOW
BEE.
YOU WANT TO ELONGATE YOUR
CIRCLE.
Kristi: IS MINE TOO
BIG?
IF YOU WANT A BIG BEE,
THAT'S FINE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CUT A
SMALLER PIECE, ABOUT THE
SIZE OF A GUMBALL.
Kristi: AND PEOPLE EAT
THIS?
EXACTLY.
AND IN OUR BOOK, WE GIVE
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS.
AND KATHRYN ROLLS OUT THE
PURPLE, AND WE PUT LITTLE
STRIPES ON OUR BEE.
Kristi: I LIKE THIS.
AND YOU CAN USE ANY
COLORS YOU LIKE.
YOU CAN DO PINK.
Kristi: WHEN YOU GUYS
ARE IN THE SHOP, DO YOU
THINK OF DIFFERENT IDEAS
LIKE THIS?
OR DO YOU READ KID BOOKS?
WHAT DO YOU DO?
IT IS ALL ABOUT LIFE
CELEBRATIONS.
FOR MY BRIDAL SHOWER, EVERY
MORNING I DRINK AN EARL GREY
LAVENDER TEA, AND SO SOPHIE
THOUGHT OF THAT.
I MADE GIANT TEA CUP OUT
OF CUPCAKES.
AND I MADE IT PERSONAL FOR
KATHRYN.
AND WE ENDED UP SELLING IT
IN THE BAKERY, AND EVERYBODY
LOVED THE FLAVOR.
Kristi: NEXT TIME YOU
HAVE A PARTY, CALL ME.
BECAUSE I WANT TO GO.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
BOOK, BUT I'M SUPPOSED TO
SAY THIS.
EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT
ADDING A SWEET SPARKLE TO
EVERY OCCASION, AND IT IS
NOT REALLY FAIR -- THIS IS
THE COOL PART.
IT IS NOT REALLY FAIR FOR US
TO BE ENJOYING THESE ON OUR
OWN.
SO SOPHIE AND KATHRYN HAVE
BAKED A SPECIAL AMOUNT FOR
OUR AUDIENCE.
AND I'M GOING TO CHANNEL
OPRAH, EVERYBODY IN THE
AUDIENCE GETS A CUPCAKE!
[LAUGHTER]
Kristi: I KNOW, WE'RE
HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN.
FOR YOU GUYS WATCHING AT
HOME, I KNOW, WE'RE EXTRA
SILLY.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE
GOT ALL OF THIS SUGAR AROUND
YOU.
YOU CAN SAMPLE THEIR
CUPCAKES BY GETTING THEIR
BOOK, AND IT IS FILLED WITH
GREAT IDEAS FOR THROWING
PARTIES, AND ITS CALLED
"SWEET CELEBRATIONS" AND YOU
CAN ALSO WATCH THE SHOW,
D.C. CUPCAKES ON T.L.C.
DID WE FINISH THE BEE?
ALMOST.
Kristi: THERE ARE SO
MANY DISTRACTIONS.
SOPHIE IS GOING TO FINISH
THE BEE, OR GO TO HER STORE
AND THE BEE WILL BE THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU!
Kristi: I APPRECIATE
YOU GUYS AND I'M SO GLAD YOU
BROUGHT CUPCAKES.
Pat: THEY ARE SUCH
EXCITING LADIES, AND THAT'S
GOOD.
NOW, REMEMBER YOUR DIET,
KRISTI.
DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY.
WELL, COMING UP LATER, WE'RE
GOING TO BRING IT ON WITH
YOUR E-MAILS.
LYNNE SAYS MY HUSBAND AND I
RECENTLY GOT MARRIED.
WE WENT TO CHURCH FOR THE
FIRST TIME AS A MARRIED
COUPLE, AND THE CHURCH
MEMBER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS
SINNING AGAINST GOD BECAUSE
I'M KEEPING MY MAIDEN NAME.
IS THIS TRUE?"
WE'LL TACKLE THAT AND MORE
QUESTIONS WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
SECURITY FORCES IN IRAN HAVE
RAIDED A PRIVATE HOME AND
ARRESTED SEVEN CHRISTIANS
FOR HOLDING A PRAYER
MEETING.
CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY
WORLDWIDE SAYS AUTHORITIES
ARE CARRYING OUT A CAMPAIGN
OF HARASSMENT AGAINST
CHRISTIANS OF ALL
DENOMINATIONS.
MEANWHILE, FIVE CHRISTIANS
DETAINED IN A RAID EIGHT
MONTHS AGO ARE NOW FACING
TRIAL.
THEIR ALLEGED CRIMES INCLUDE
PROFGATION AGAINST THE
ISLAMIC REGIME.
C.F.W. CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MERVIN THOMAS SAYS THERE
APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASING
TENDENCY BY IRANIAN
AUTHORITIES TO CHARACTERIZE
LEGITIMATE CHRISTIAN
ACTIVITIES AS CRIMES AGAINST
THE STATE.
HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE BEING
HARASSED MERELY ON THEIR
FAITH.
IT TARGETS NOT ONLY
CHRISTIANS, BUT MEMBERS OF
THE BAJA FAITH AND OTHER
AUTHORITYRITIES.
AUTHORITY.
AT LEAST 35 PEOPLE IN 19
STATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
AFFECTED BY SALMONELLA.
PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE
PEANUTS CONTAIN EVERYTHING
FROM MOON PIES TO RAW
PEANUTS AND PEANUT BUTTER.
IT HAS BEEN TRACED BACK TO
SUNLAND INCORPORATED.
WAL-MART AND TRADER JOE'S
ARE JUST SOME OF THE STORES
THAT CARRY THE BRAND.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Kristi: OKAY, SO WE'RE
GOING TO GO FROM CUPCAKES TO
SOUP.
PAT HAS PUT TOGETHER THIS
WONDERFUL MINESTRONE SOUP.
Pat: WITH RAVE
REVIEWS.
WHO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WHO TASTED IT --
Kristi: SOME PERSON,
AND IT'S PROBABLY YOUR
WIFE -- I'M KIDDING, IT IS
NOT.
THEY'VE TASTED IT AND THINK
IT IS AWESOME.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE TO TEASE
YOU, I WILL SEE THIS.
THE SOUP HAS BEEN A BUZZ AT
CBN.
HAVE YOU TASTED IT?
NO.
IT IS REALLY GOOD.
OVER THE WEEKEND I MADE A
DIFFERENT SOUP, AND PEOPLE
CALLED ME AND SAID, DO YOU
HAVE PAT'S SOUP?
Pat: IT IS MUCH MORE
HEALTHIER THAN CUPCAKES.
IT IS NOT NEARLY AS FLAVOR
FLAVORFUL OR PRETTY, BUT,
ANYHOW.
THIS IS AN ENVELOPE AND IT
SAYS -- WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
Kristi: THANKFULNESS.
OVERFLOWING WITH
THANKFULNESS.
Pat: THEY'VE GOT IT SO
FANCY, IT IS HARD TO READ.
THIS IS OUR THANKSGIVING
MAILING.
INSIDE, THERE IS A PICTURE
OF ME WITH A RED APRON.
MAKING MINESTRONE SOUP.
AND INSIDE THIS IS THE
RECIPE, THE INGREDIENTS.
NOW, THIS IS COMING TO YOU.
IF YOU'RE A CBN PARTNER.
IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU NEED TO
BE A PARTNER.
PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE THAT.
I JUST THREW IT TOGETHER.
Kristi: I'M SO SHOCKED
YOU EVEN COOK.
Pat: YOU EITHER GOT IT
OR YOU DON'T GOT IT.
Kristi: I KNOW,
BROTHER.
I GOT IT.
Pat: I GOT IT.
Kristi: I KNOW YOU DO.
Pat: IT IS VERY
HEALTHY.
Kristi: AND IT IS
PERFECT BECAUSE IT IS FALL
TIME AND A GREAT TIME TO
HAVE SOUP.
HERE WE GO.
SPEAKING OF FUN, YUMMY
THINGS -- THAT'S A REALLY
BAD TRANSITION --
Pat: IF PEOPLE WANT THE
RECIPE, THEY CAN CALL IN OR
WRITE AND WE'LL GIVE IT TO
YOU.
Kristi: THERE IT IS,
1-800-SEVEN.
1-800-759-0700.
OR CBN.COM.
LYNNE SAID, "MY HUSBAND AND
I RECENTLY GO MARRIED.
WHEN WE WENT TO CHURCH FOR
THE FIRST TIME AS A MARRIED
COUPLE, ONE OF THE CHURCH
MEMBERS FOUND OUT I WAS
KEEPING MY LAST NAME.
HE BECAME RUDE AND SAID IT
WAS UNBIBLICAL.
I WANTED TO KEEP MY NAME
BECAUSE I'M AN ESTABLISHED
ARTIST.
AM I SINNING AGAINST GOD
BECAUSE I AM KEEPING MY
NAME?"
Pat: I WOULD RUN, NOT
WALK, TO THE NEXT CHURCH AND
LET THE DUST SETTLE ON YOUR
FEET.
THAT IS ABSURD.
Kristi: IT IS ABSURD.
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS A
MAN LEAVES HIS MOTHER AND
FATHER AND CHIE CLEVE HIS
WIFE.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE
TO TAKE HIS NAME.
NAME.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A
CHURCH THAT IS FILLED WITH
LEGALISM.
WHAT GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT,
AND I SAY IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
HIS POWER?
DO YOU WORSHIP HIM?
DO YOU PUT HIM FIRST?
DO YOU BELIEVE HIM?
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND IT
WAS COUNTED TO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROMISES
OF GOD?
ARE YOU WILLING TO ACT ON
THE PROMISES OF GOD?
NOT WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR
NAME?
DO YOU FIX YOUR HAIR OR PUT
MAKEUP ON?
NOT ALL OF THAT NONSENSE.
Kristi: THAT WAS REALLY
GOOD.
Pat: I JUST LIBERATED.
Kristi: WHO THE SON SET
FREE IS FREE INDEED.
Pat: OKAY, WHAT'S
NEXT.
Kristi: "ARE HUMANS
PUTTING TOO MUCH FAITH IN
DOCTORS AND MEDICINE, AND
NOT ENOUGH IN GOD.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OF
TAKING PRESCRIBED
MEDICATIONS LONG OR
SHORT-TERM.
AND SHOULDN'T WE BE PRAYING
AND ASKING FOR GOD'S
HEALING?"
Pat: LISTEN, GOD HEALS
AND HE DOES MORE OR LESS.
MIRACLES, BUT I AM REALLY A
FAN OF THE WONDERFUL
MEDICINE THAT HAS BEEN MADE
AVAILABLE TO US.
WE HAVE SO MANY SKILLED
RESEARCHERS, SO MANY SKILLED
SCIENTISTS, SO MANY SKILLED
DOCTORS WHO ARE BRINGING ALL
KINDS OF BLESSINGS TO US.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
TURN THEM DOWN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
REMEMBER THE DOCTOR SAID, I
BOUND UP THE WOUND BUT GOD
HEALED IT.
GOD IS THE HEALER.
HE IS THE ULTIMATE HEALER.
I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF
PRAYER.
I BELIEVE IN GOD'S HEALING
GRACE.
BUT I ALSO AM GRATEFUL --
GRATEFUL FOR THE MEDICAL
ADVANCES WE HAVE IN THIS
SOCIETY, AND WE SHOULD
PRAISE GOD FOR THEM.
I'VE BEEN IN COUNTRIES WHERE
THEY'VE HAD ALMOST NO
MEDICINE AT ALL, AND PEOPLE
SUFFER, AND LITTLE THINGS
THAT WOULDN'T HURT ANYBODY
HERE IN AMERICA, ARE
LIFE-THREATENING IN THESE
CULTURES.
WE'RE GRATEFUL.
AND I AM GRATEFUL AND I
THINK IT IS A
GIFT FROM
GOD.
Kristi: I LOVE
THAT
ANSWER.
Pat: I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU?
Kristi: I KNOW, IT'S
THREE FOR THREE.
MY SISTER IS A DOCTOR, AND
SHE IS A GIFT.
REMEMBER I
SAID THAT, SEAN,
ON CHRISTMAS.
THAT WAS GOOD.
IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU HAVE
ANYMORE QUESTIONS FOR PAT,
LOG ON TO cbn.com OR CALL
1-800-759-0700.
ON A REMOTE ISLAND IN
INDONESIA, WE MET A
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HAD
NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL.
IN FACT, SHE HAD NEVER EVEN
LEFT HER HOUSE, AND YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE WHY.
Reporter: 10-YEAR-OLD
SULITA HAS LIVED HER LIFE IN
THE SHADOW OF HER PARENTS'
HOME.
HER MOM SAYS HER DAUGHTER
FEELS TOO HUMILIATED TO GO
OUT IN PUBLIC OR ATTEND
SCHOOL.
I HAVE PITY ON HER.
SHE FEELS EMBARRASSED OF HER
CLEFT LIP.
Reporter: HERE ON THIS
REMOTE I'LL OF INDONESIA,
SULITA SPENDS HER TIME
WAITING FOR HER BEST FRIEND
TO COME HOME TO PLAY.
I HAVE BEEN BEST FRIENDS
WITH HER SINCE WE WERE
SMALL.
I WANT TO GO
TO SCHOOL
WITH
HER SOME DAY.
Reporter: SULITA'S
PARENTS ARE POOR RICE
FARMERS, GROWING WHAT THEY
CAN TO EAT OR SELL.
PAYING FOR SURGERY TO REPAIR
SULITA'S LIP HAS NEVER BEEN
POSSIBLE.
ALL I WANT FOR MY
DAUGHTER IS TO RECEIVE HIGH
EDUCATION IF SHE GETS HER
LIP FIXED.
Reporter: ONE DAY THE
FAMILY LEARNED THAT CBN
WOULD PROVIDE FREE SURGERY
TO REPAIR THEIR DAUGHTER'S
CLEFT LIP AND PALATE.
A SHORT TIME LATER WE
ARRANGED FOR THE OPERATION
THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS YOUNG
GIRL'S LIFE.
A MONTH LATER, WE WENT BACK
TO THE ISLAND WITH A FEW
SMALL GIFTS TO HELP SULITA
TO BEGIN LIVING HER DREAM.
I AM GOING TO SCHOOL THIS
YEAR.
I FEEL SO HAPPY THAT I
RECEIVED THE OPERATION.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR MY
DAUGHTER'S OPERATION.
BECAUSE OF YOU, I CAN SEE MY
DAUGHTER HAPPY.
Reporter: WHILE WE WERE
THERE, SHE TOOK SULITA TO
REGISTER HER FOR HER FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL.
I FEEL JOYFUL AND ALSO
GRATEFUL.
BECAUSE OF YOU, MY DAUGHTER
GETS HER HOPE BACK.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO CBN.
BECAUSE OF YOU, I DON'T HAVE
TO BE ASHAMED ANYMORE.
Kristi: WHAT A GREAT
STORY.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO COOL, IT
PIGGY BACKED OFF OF WHAT PAT
SAID ABOUT DOCTORS.
AND PAT WAS GOING ON AND ON
WITH HOW DOCTORS ARE A GIFT
AND A BLESSING.
THAT STORY WE JUST SAW, THAT
WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW
GOD USED DOCTORS AND YOU TO
ANSWER SOMEONE'S PRAYERS.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL
ABOUT.
WE CAN BE THIS HANDS AND
FEET EXTENDED JUST WHEN WE
HONOR HIM AND WE DO WHAT GOD
HAS CALLED US TO DO.
WE CAN BE, LITERALLY, AN
ANSWER TO SOMEONE'S PRAYER.
IF YOU'RE A "THE 700 CLUB"
PARTNER, CAN I JUST SAY
THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE NOT, WHY NOT DO IT
TODAY.
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
THIS IS CALLED "GOD'S PLAN
FOR AMERICA, HOW TO PREPARE
FOR THE DAYS AHEAD."
AND WE DO, WE NEED TO START
PRAYING FOR OUR LEADERS WHO
ARE GOING TO BE ELECTED INTO
OFFICE.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TOOL SO
YOU KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
AND THIS IS COOL.
WHEN YOU BECOME "THE 700
CLUB" PARTNER, WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE YOU ONE OF THESE.
IF YOU GO FOR "700 CLUB"
GOLD, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO GIVE YOU THREE.
IF YOU JOIN AT THE THOUSAND
CLUB LEVEL, WHICH IS $84,
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU
FIVE.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, JUST
DO SOMETHING TODAY.
PAT?
Pat: GOOD WORD.
UP NEXT, WE'VE GOT AN
AMAZING STORY FOR YOU.
A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOPS
ON A SCHOOL BUS, AND GUESS
WHAT?
HE TAKES A RIDE TO HEAVEN.
THERE WAS NOTHING.
NO SHADOWS.
EVERYTHING, THE WALLS
EMITTED LIGHT.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE
IS IT IS LIKE STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE SUN.
Pat: FIND OUT WHO HE
MET IN HEAVEN, COMING UP
NEXT.
Pat: AARON, NOT THE
BIBLE BROTHER OF MOSES, BUT
AARON WAS A TEENAGER.
AND THIS AARON WANTED TO RUN
AWAY FROM HOME.
HE HAD HIS REASONS.
HIS DAD HAD ABANDONED HIS
FAMILY, AND HIS MOM WAS
HOOKED ON DRUGS.
AND AARON LIVED IN A ROUGH
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO HE LEFT.
AND ONE DAY HE HOPPED ON A
SCHOOL BUS AND TOOK A TRIP
INTO ETERNITY.
THE COMMUNITY I GREW UP
IN IS KIND OF LIKE A
JUNGLE.
THERE IS REALLY NO LAW,
THERE IS NO ORDER.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOU'RE
OWN WAY.
Reporter: AARON GREW UP
IN NEW YORK WITH HIS MOTHER,
BROTHER, AND SISTER.
HIS FATHER LEFT BEFORE AARON
WAS BORN.
I BLAME MYSELF FOR MY
FATHER NOT BEING AROUND.
AND THEN ONCE I OPENED THE
DOOR TO THAT THOUGHT, OTHER
THOUGHTS CAME IN, LIKE,
OKAY, MY FATHER IS NOT
AROUND.
IT'S MY FAULT.
WHY?
YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
YOU WEREN'T IMPORTANT ENOUGH
FOR YOUR FATHER TO STICK
AROUND.
YOU WEREN'T WORTHY OF LOVE.
Reporter: HIS MOTHER
HAD PROBLEMS OF HER OWN.
MY MOTHER WAS A
PROSTITUTE AND A HEAVY USER
OF CRACK COCAINE.
Reporter: SOON HE BEGAN
GETTING INTO FIGHTS.
I WAS A VERY FRUSTRATED
MAN.
I WAS VERY ANGRY.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIND
YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO YOU ARE, YOU HAVE NO
COMPASS AND NO DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHY I STARTED TWO
FIGHT A LOT AND I WAS IN THE
STREETS AND DID THE THINGS
THAT I DID.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
HIS MOTHER BECAME ABUSIVE.
SHE STARTED TO HIT ME.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SHE
WOULD THROW ME OUT OF THE
HOUSE AND MAKE ME SLEEP
OUTSIDE.
MY HOME ENVIRONMENT WAS
GETTING VERY, VERY UNSAFE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE
DID THE THINGS SHE DID AND
SHE COULDN'T CONTROL HER
TEMPER.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
SOMEBODY WHO TELLS YOU THEY
LOVE YOU, AS A CHILD, WOULD
ABUSE YOU.
I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE
SAFER TO BE IN THE STREETS
THAN IT WOULD BE AT HOME, SO
I RAN AWAY.
Reporter: HE LIVED WITH
FAMILY AND RELATIVES AS HE
WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WONDERED IF THERE REALLY
WAS A GOD.
HE WENT TO CHURCH AS A
CHILD, BUT WONDERED WHY GOD
WOULD LET ALL THESE THINGS
HAPPEN.
I WAS WHAT WOULD YOU CALL
AN AGNOSTIC.
I KNEW THERE WAS A GOD, BUT
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.
I'M ON A BUS, ON MAY WAY TO
SCHOOL, AND THE NEXT THING I
KNOW, I'M NOT ON THE BUS.
I'M NOT THERE.
THERE WAS NOTHING, NO
SHADOWS.
EVERYTHING, THE WALLS,
EMITTED LIFE.
AND THERE WAS THIS PERSON
STANDING IN FRONT OF ME.
THIS PERSON, HE WAS SO
POWERFUL.
IT WAS, LIKE, THE ONLY WAY I
COULD DESCRIBE IT IS IT WAS
LIKE STANDING IN FRONT OF
THE SUN.
IT WAS JESUS.
HE OPENED UP PIE SPIRI MY
SPIRIT SO I COULD SEE HIM.
IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING,
GROUNDBREAKING REVELATION I
COULD HAVE EVER GOTTEN.
NOTHING I WAS EVER TOLD,
EVER, AMOUNTED TO JESUS
BEING A PERSON, A REAL
PERSON.
SOMEBODY THAT I COULD
ACTUALLY RELATE TO.
SOMEBODY WHO WENT THROUGH
WHAT I WENT THROUGH.
THAT REVELATION HAD
COMPLETELY ROCKED MY BELIEF
SYSTEM AT THE TIME.
HAD PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED
IT.
AND I STRUGGLED WITH IT.
FOR THREE DAYS I TRIED TO
DENY IT.
I WAS SCARED.
AND FINALLY I COULDN'T FIGHT
IT ANYMORE.
AND I RECEIVED JESUS INTO MY
HEART AND REPENTED OF MY
SINS, AND I'VE BEEN WALKING
WITH THE LORD EVER SINCE.
Reporter: AARON STARTED
READING THE BIBLE AND GOING
TO CHURCH.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE
WAS ABLE TO LET GO OF THE
ANGER HE HAD BE HARBORING.
EVERY HORRIBLE THING, GOD
TURNED AROUND AND BROUGHT IT
TOGETHER FOR MY GOD.
GOOD.
HE SHOWED ME LOVE.
Reporter: TODAY HE IS
MARRIED TO AVINA, AND THEY
HAVE ONE DAUGHTER AND A BABY
ON THE WAY.
THERE IS NOT A WORD IN
THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY THAT
CAN SAY HOW THANKFUL I AM.
I'M GOING TO SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE ACKNOWLEDGING
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME.
Pat: ISN'T JESUS
AMAZING?
NOT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A
REVELATION OF JESUS AND HIS
POWER.
BUT THERE IS A REVELATION IN
THE BIBLE.
IT'S THERE FOR YOU.
IT'S THERE FOR EVERY ONE OF
US TO SEE.
HE IS ALL TOGETHER LOVELY.
HE IS ALL TOGETHER
POWERFUL.
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WAS
CREATED BY THE WORD OF HIS
POWER.
HE IS THE AGENT OF
CREATION.
AND AS PAUL WROTE IN
COLOSSIANS, IN HIM ALL
THINGS HOLD TOGETHER.
HE HOLDS THEM ALL TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHO JESUS IS.
AND AARON SAW HIM.
MOTHER, A PROSTITUTE.
FATHER, ABANDONED THEM.
ASKING WHY, AND THAT WAS
GOD'S ANSWER.
GOD IS SO TENDER.
JESUS IS SO LOVING.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN
YOUR HEART, ASK GOD.
ASK HIM.
TALK TO HIM.
HE'S A LOVING FATHER.
TALK TO HIM.
YES, HE'S ALL POWERFUL, HE'S
ALMIGHTY.
HE'S BEYOND ANYTHING WE CAN
CONCEIVE OF, BUT HE LOVES
YOU.
AND JESUS SAYS EVEN A
SPARROW DOESN'T FALL TO THE
GROUND WITHOUT YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER KNOWING IT.
EVEN THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD
ARE NUMBERED.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT
YOU, AND HE STILL LOVES
YOU.
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO
LET YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
MEET HIM.
AND IF YOU WANT TO, DON'T GO
ANYWHERE.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW THESE WORDS: LORD
JESUS -- SAY IT WITH ME.
LORD JESUS, I KNOW YOU LOVE
ME.
AND I KNOW I'M NOT WORTHY OF
YOUR LOVE.
BUT I COME TO YOU AS A
SINNER, AND I ASK, LORD,
THAT YOU MIGHT FILL ME WITH
YOURSELF.
COME INTO MY HEART, LORD.
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I
WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND I WILL
SERVE YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THAT YOU'VE HEARD MY
PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE COME INTO MY HEART.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON
THIS SEGMENT OF "THE 700
CLUB," BUT I WANT TO OFFER
YOU SOMETHING.
OUR COUNSELLORS WILL BE HERE
ALL DAY LONG.
AND IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
CALLED "A NEW DAY."
AND IN THAT IS A C.D., A
COMPACT DISC.
YOU CAN PLAY IT ON YOUR C.D.
PLAYER.
AND IT TELLS ABOUT ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE
FOR YOU AND HOW YOU CAN BE
BORN AGAIN AND WHAT IT
MEANS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE
BOOK OF SCRIPTURES CALLED "A
NEW DAY."
AND IT'S 63, I BELIEVE,
SEPARATE SCRIPTURES THAT
WILL HELP YOU.
WE'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE
IF YOU JUST CALL IN AND SAY
I PRAYED WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
AND THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE
REJOICING OVER JUST ONE OF
YOU THAT CAME TO THE LORD.
A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
NO FINANCE INVOLVED AT ALL.
JUST CALL.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, WE'VE GOT RADIO
HOST DELILAH, WHO IS GOING
TO VISIT OUR STUDIO.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM THE PSALMS:
"SATISFY US IN THE MORNING
WITH YOUR LOVING KINDNESS,
THAT WE MAY SING FOR JOY AND
BE GLAD ALL OUR DAYS."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
