Neglected and sexually abused as a child, Karen didn't know to be on the lookout for destructive relationships. Plus, Shawna was scared of the pain in her throat, but one prayer changed everything.
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COMING UP...
I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING READY
TO DIE.
A RUDE AWAKENING WITH A LIFE
AT HER THROAT.
HOW SHE SURVIVED ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
PAT: WELCOME TO "THE 700
CLUB."
IS IT A FAMILY CONTROLLED BY A
CRIME FAMILY ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE?
IS THAT WHAT NORTH KOREA IS?
THAT IS WHAT ONE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN DESCRIBED IT AS.
SEEMED LIKE THEY LOST THEIR
MIND.
THAT YOUNG FELLA IN CHARGE OF
NORTH KOREA SEEMS ABSOLUTELY
INSANE.
NEVERTHELESS, HE IS MAKING LOTS
OF NOISE.
THAT COUNTRY IS WARNING THE
WORLD THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP THE
NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THREATENING TO
ATTACK SOUTH KOREA AND UNITED
STATES.
TERRY: AS UNITED STATES AND
SOUTH KOREA AREN'T BACKING DOWN,
WHO KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE STORY.
REPORTER: NORTH KOREA'S
LATEST STATEMENT THEY ARE AT WAR
WITH SOUTH KOREA, U.S. IS TAKING
IT SERIOUSLY.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE THE NATION'S
LIFE.
COMMENTS CAME AFTER KIM JONG UN
CALLED FOR A NUCLEAR ARSENAL.
A VOW TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR STRIKES
ON THE U.S. AND WARNING THAT THE
KOREAN PENINSULA IS IN A STATE
OF WAR.
AS THE THREATS ESCALATE, U.S.
HAS JOINED SOUTH KOREA IN
MISSILE DRILLS AND LAST WEEK THE
U.S. SENT TWO NUCLEAR CAPABLE
B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS ON THE
TRAINING FLIGHT NEAR THE BORDER.
THE U.N. IMPOSED SANCTIONS OVER
THE NORTH'S NUCLEAR TEST EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A RANGE OF OPTIONS
COUNTER THEIR THREATS
REPORTER: AS THE WHITE HOUSE
AND PENTAGON HOPE TO DIFFUSE THE
SITUATION, ANALYST SAY IT IS NOT
LIKELY.
IT IS LIKE A CRIME FAMILY
RUNNING TERRITORY.
HE IS BRUTAL.
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ALSO ARE
BRUTAL.
REPORTER: CHARLENE ISRAEL,
CBN NEWS.
PAT: THERE WAS A LIEUTENANT
COLONEL SUNG PICKED BY THE
RUSSIANS TO RUN THEIR SATELLITE
NATION NORTH KOREA.
IT BEGAN TO MOVE AGAINST ITS
SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS.
THEN THE NEXT THING THERE WAS A
WAR.
I WAS OVER THERE IN THE MARINES
AND OTHERS CALLED WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMAN CALLED FOR TAKE OVER OF
THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
IF HE LEFT DOUGLAS MCCARTHUR
ALONE, HE WOULD HAVE SEALED OFF
THE PENINSULA AND IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE END.
INSTEAD OF THAT, WE WERE AFRAID
WE HAD DOVES IN WASHINGTON
AFRAID OF CHINA AND INSISTED
MACARTHUR STOP MILITARY ACTION.
THE PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING
BRUTALIZED.
REPRESENTATIVE CANE IS RIGHT.
KIM IL SUNG AND SON WHO WAS A
PLAYBOY WHILE THESE PEOPLE WERE
STARVING AND HE DIED AND SON
TAKING OVER KIM UN, SHOWING HE
IS AS TOUGH AS GRANDFATHER AND
FATHER.
IT IS TERRIBLE.
I AM GLAD THE PEOPLE IN THE
PENTAGON ARE SAYING LISTEN,
FELLAS, WE HAVE NUCLEAR
CAPABILITY AND CAN LAUNCH RATHER
HORRENDOUS STRIKES THAT WILL
TAKE AWAY YOUR ENTIRE CITY AND
ENTIRE NATION IF YOU KEEP THIS
UP.
NORTH KOREA IS THE WORLD LEADER
IN ANOTHER SHAMEFUL CATEGORY,
PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS.
LEE WEBB HAS
MORE
FRO
M
THE CBN
NEWS ROOM.
REPORTER: PAT, CHRISTIANS ARE
THE WIDELY LEADING PERSECUTED
PEOPLE.
HERE IS DALE HURD.
REPORTER: LAYLA GILBERT, PAUL
MARCIA AND NINA SHAY HAVE
WRITTEN "PERSECUTED GLOBAL
ASSAULT ON CHRISTIANS."
THE BOOK SHOWS VIOLENCE AGAINST
BELIEVERS.
ONE OF THE WORST AREAS IS THE
MUSLIM WORLD MADE WORSE BY THE
SO-CALLED ARAB SPRING AND THE
SINGLE MOST WORST PLACE IS NORTH
KOREA.
WE HAVE CASES ABOUT NORTH
KOREANS BEING SHOT, EXECUTED FOR
BEING FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A
BIBLE.
REPORTER: DEADLIEST NATION
FOR CHRISTIANS LAST YEAR WAS
NIGERIA.
THOUSANDS DIED AT THE HANDS OF
MUSLIM TERRORIST.
LAST EASTER, A SIERIES OF
CHURCHES BOMBED FULL OF
WORPSHIPPERS.
THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY.
REPORTER: AUTHORS BLAME THE
POLITICALLY CORRECT CULTURE FOR
CARING LESS AND LESS ABOUT THE
FLIGHT OF CHRISTIANS.
WE USED TO CALL WITNESSING IS
NOW PROSELYTIZING.
REPORTER: DEADLY PLIGHT
AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE CHRISTIANS
OF IRAQ WERE DRIVEN OUT.
WE HAVE IN THE BOOK ABILITY SOME
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH
SECRETARY RICE AT THE TIME
SAYING PLEASE SPEAK UP FOR THEM.
SHE SAID WE CAN'T GET INVOLVED
IN SECTARIAN AFFAIRS.
DEMOCRACY BUILDING WILL FAIL
WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF
RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM YOU WILL NOT HAVE
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT.
REPORTER: DALE HURD, CBN
NEWS.
ISRAEL HAS FIRST STARTED
MAKING GAS FACILITIES, NETANYAHU
SAYS IT SHOULD PROVIDE THE
COUNTRY WITH A RELIABLE SOURCE.
ISRAEL GENERATES 40% OF ITS
ENERGY, PAT.
PAT: AMERICA HAS DISCOVERED A
VAST NATURAL FIELD OFF THE COAST
OF ISRAEL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
ONCE THAT THING IS FULLY
DEVELOPED, IT WILL TAKE CARE OF
ISRAEL'S NEED AND SOMETHING TO
EXPORT.
IT WILL BE A MAJOR GAME CHANGER
FOR THE ISRAEL NATION.
I AM DELIGHTED THEY HAVE BEGUN
TO TAKE LIBERTIES.
LEE?
REPORTER: PAT, AN OIL SPILL
IN ARKANSAS, EXXON MOBILE SAYS
MORE THAN 12,000 BARRELS OF OIL
AND WATER RECOVERED SINCE THE
RUPTURE FRIDAY.
IT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN THE
POLITICS OF KEYSTONE PROJECT.
ENVIRONMENTALIST ARE AGAINST
THAT BECAUSE THE SPILLS LIKE IN
ARKANSAS.
NEW MOMENTUM IN THE CAMPAIGN TO
END LONG STANDING AND ILLEGAL
PRACTICE IN INDIA.
ABORTING UNBORN BABY GIRLS,
HEATHER SELLS HAS THAT STORY.
REPORTER: FOR CENTURIES
INDIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE
ENDURED MANY TYPES OF ABUSE.
NOW THE DEATH OF A UNIVERSITY
STUDENT AFTER A BRUTAL GANG RAPE
IS STIRRING CONVERSATION ABOUT
WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
IT MAYBE AFFECTING THE RIGHTS OF
UNBORN FEMALES.
RECENTLY THE GOVERNMENT MOVED TO
STOP ABORTION ON BABY GIRLS.
IT IS A PRACTICE THIS DOCTOR
SEES REGULARLY.
IT HAS REACHED MOST PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
BECOMING MORE AFFORDABLE AND
FILED THE WHOLE SEX-SELECTIVE
ABORTION SCENARIO.
REPORTER: ON PAPER THIS
PRACTICE IS ILLEGAL.
IN MANY HOMES GIRLS ARE SEEN AS
ECONOMIC LIABILITY.
BOYS ARE THE PRODUCERS OF THE
FAMILY.
THE ONES THAT WORK FOR FAMILY.
THE ONES THAT BRING INCOMES.
REPORTER: 26-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HAD AN ABORTION, ALTHOUGH SHE
DIDN'T WANT IT.
I HAD A SON AND BECAME
PREGNANT AND DISCOVERED
I WAS
HAVING A
GIRL.
TH
E
PRESSURE IN THE
VILLAGE WAS
SO MUCH, I HAD TO DO IT.
REPORTER: IT MAYBE SOFTENING,
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING IT IS
PENALIZING THE DOCTORS.
ABOUT 100 DOCTORS WILL SERVE UP
TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND
GOVERNMENT WILL
SUSPEND THEIR
LICENSE.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
REPORTER: PROPOSAL WOULD
PROVIDE A NEW CLASS OF WORKER
VISAS, SECURE THE BORDER, CRACK
DOWN ON EMPLOYERS, IMPROVE LEGAL
IMMIGRATION AND CREATE A 13-YEAR
PATHWAY FOR MILLIONS OF
IMMIGRANTS ALREADY HERE.
IT WILL BE EARNED, LONG, AND
HARD.
I THINK IT IS FAIR.
IF COMBINATION OF EVENTS WILL
REPLACE A BROKEN IMMIGRATION
WITH
A
ECONOMIC BASE SYSTEM TO
HELP G
RO
W
OUR ECONOMY
REPORTER: SENATOR
GRAHAM IS
CONFIDENT IT
WILL
PASS BOTH
HOUS
HOUSE AND CONGRESS.
A NEW STUDY REPORTS PEOPLE SPEND
MUCH OF THEIR TIME LOOKING FOR
THE REMOTE CONTROL, MORE THAN
FIVE MINUTES A WEEK.
THAT ADDS UP TO TWO WEEKS AND A
DAY OF
AN AVERAGE
LIFETIME.
CHILDREN HIDE THEM.
PAT?
PAT: [LAUGHTER], EITHER
CHILDREN ARE DOGS.
TERRY: YOUR DOG EATING THE
REMOTE AGAIN?
[LAUGHTER].
PAT: WE HAVE A MONSTROUS
REMOTE.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE IT.
IF IT WAS TINY, IT WOULD BE
GONE.
TERRY: ONE WOULD THINK YOU
WOULD FIND A SPECIFIC SPOT TO
PUT IT.
PAT: YOU ALWAYS PUT IT SOME
PLACE ELSE.
IF THE KIDS ARE AROUND, THEY
HIDE THEM.
THE DOGS TAKE THEM AND XHU CHEW
THEM UP.
I WAS READING IN MANY KITCHEN
AND LET THE DOG INTO THE
KITCHEN.
ON THE TABLE WHEN I WASN'T
THERE.
TOOK THE GLASSES AND STARTED
CHEWING THE LENSES.
PETS ARE TERRIBLE.
WE ALL HAVE THEM.
TERRY: BETWEEN THE CHANNEL
CHANGER AND GLASSES, I WOULD GET
A SMALL DOG.
TERRY: DOESN'T MATTER, HE IS
BIG WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING ON
TABLES.
TERRY: COMING UP, ONE
FAMILY'S
FIGHT WITH
THE
AUTOBONN
SOCIETY.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE ANYBODY
WOULD DO THAT.
TERRY: FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE COME BACK.
LATER ON, A WOMAN IS AWAKENED IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY HER
BOYFRIEND AND A BUTCHER KNIFE.
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PAT: THE AUTOBONN'S SOCIETY,
DOESN'T IT SOUND WHOLESOME YOU
SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL STAMPS AND
PAINTINGS BY AUTOBONN, THAT WAS
HIS NAME.
TERRY, YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE,
AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS?
TERRY: I AM A BIRD LOVER SO
I ENJOYED IT.
PAT: FABULOUS, SIMPLY
STUNNING.
THEY NAMED A SOCIETY AFTER HIM.
IT SOUNDS SO WHOLESOME.
THE SOCIETY ENJOYS A REPUTATION
AS WHOLESOME OF THE GIRL SCOUTS.
ONE FAMILY SAYS AUTOBONN HAS
BEEN LYING AND USING DIRTY
TRICKS AND COULD TAKE AWAY THEIR
LAND.
PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY FROM
THE GOLDEN STATE.
REPORTER: THE FRENCH BROTHERS
WANTED A FAMILY RETREAT AND
BEGAN BUYING LAND IN 1924.
THEIR DESCENDANTS GREW INTO FIVE
FAMILIES THAT ENJOYED SUMMER
PERCENTS AND HOLIDAYS ALTOGETHER
IN THIS MOUNTAIN PARADISE CALLED
THE RANCH.
A FIRE IN 2004 BURNED DOWN THREE
OF THEIR HOUSES.
LEAH'S SON MIKE WANTED TO
REBUILD AND RAN INTO A
ROADBLOCK
FROM THEIR NEIGHBOR, THE
NATIONAL AUTOBONN SOCIETY.
IT SAID NO TO THE FAMILY'S
UPGRADING ROADS SO THEY COULD
GET CONSTRUCTION CREWS TO THEIR
RANCH.
AUTOBONN HIT THEM WITH THE BOMB
SHELL IT OWNED THEIR BEST ACRES.
IT WAS LIKE BEING HIT IN THE
STOMACH.
REPORTER: AUTOBONN BROUGHT
OUT PAPER WORK.
APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS IN
THE HILL.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD YOUR
HOUSES ON TOP OF THAT?
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
THE FAMILY'S LAWYER GAVE THEM
AN ULTIMATUM.
IF YOU INTERFERE, WE ARE
GOING TO CALL THE POLICE
REPORTER: THEY SAID THEY
COULDN'T HAND THE ACRES BACK TO
THE FAMILY ONCE IT BELIEVED IT
OWNED THEM AND WENT OVER BACK
WARDS.
THIS PROPERTY HAS NEVER, EVER
BEEN YOURS, GET OVER IT.
PHIL AND FAMILY ACCUSED
AUTOBONN OF COVETING THE FIGHT.
THEY FILL ADD SUITCASE WITH
EVIDENCE, SPENT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
N
THOUSANDS OF HOURS.
REPORTER:
THE
FAMILY STILL
COULDN'T
REBUILD, CUT OFF FROM
PIECE OF
PARADISE.
IT WAS AN ABRUPT STOP
REPORTER: ONE BELIEVES IT
WAS THE UNDERLYING REASON FOR
THE THREE STROKES HE SUFFERED
AND SURVIVED.
AUTOBONN CAVED AND ACCEPTED THE
ORIGINAL PROPERTY LINES.
THEY COMPLETELY CAPITULATED
REPORTER: WHY, AUTOBONN
ORIGINALLY HELD BACK THE MAP
SURVEYS TO PROVE ITS CLAIM.
IT TOOK WHITE OUT.
WE HAVE THE E-MAILS
FROM
AUTOBONN'S TOP PEOPLE ABOUT
PUTTING WHITE OUT.
WE CALL IT WHITE OUT
GATE.
SHOWING
THE
BOUNDARY WAS IN
THE RIGHT
PLACE.
REPORTER: THIS SCREAMED
LIES
AND COVER UP TO THE
FAMILIES.
SEVEN
AND E
IGHT
YEARS
OF
HARD
WORK.
THEY KNEW FROM DAY ONE THIS WAS
NEVER THEIR PROPERTY, EVER!
I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO A
HUME
REPORTER: KNOW THE
FAMILIES
ARE
SUING
FOR
FRAUD.
IT
SAYS
IT
WHITED OUT
EXTRANEOUS
LINES.
THE
GROUP
CALLS IT
FRIVOLOUS.
ALL
THESE
YEARS
OF LEGAL WAR
COST
THEM.
IT HAS AFFECTED EVERYBODY
MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY
REPORTER: ONE THING TA CAN
NEVER BE
REPLACED
I
S
ALL
THOSE
YEARS
AND
LEARNING TO
LOVE
ONE
ANOTHER.
COST OF
THAT, IT IS
PRICELESS.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS, REPORTING
FROM MOUNTAIN COUNTRY IN
CALIFORNIA.
PAT: THE WORD OF THE LORD IS
SUFFER YOURSELVES TO BE
DEFRAUDED.
AS MUCH AS WITH YOU LIVE IN
PEACE WITH ALL MEN.
THOSE FIGHTS ARE VERY CORROSIVE
TO YOUR HEALTH.
TERRY: OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS
HAPPENED.
AT THE SAME TIME, DO YOU JUST
LET PEOPLE RUN ALL OVER YOU?
TERRY: NO, BETTER TO LIVE AT
PEACE.
YOU REALLY ARE.
LITTLE BIT OF LAND ON A MOUNTAIN
YOU GO TO ONCE A YEAR.
IF AUTOBONN WANTS THE DUCKS TO
FLY OVERHEAD, LET THEM HAVE IT.
AUTOBONN, RESPECTED ORGANIZATION
TO PULL A STUNT OF THAT NATURE
IS RIDICULOUS.
WE HAVE ONE COMING UP, AMERICAN
CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE.
I THINK YOU'LL BE READING ABOUT
IN THE NEWS.
BUT, APPARENTLY, THAT
DISTINGUISHED ORGANIZATION KNOWN
AS PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS BEEN
TRIPLE BILLING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR PROCEDURES THEY
CLAIM TO HAVE PERFORMED.
TERRY: OOPS.
PAT: TRIPLE BILLING, THE
DAMAGES ARE ENORMOUS.
SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT ONE.
THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A BIGGY.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULDN'T
MISBEHAVE.
THEY'LL GET THERE SOONER OR
LATER.
I TELL YOU, PIECE OF LAND, IT
ISN'T WORTH YOUR HEALTH.
IT ISN'T.
GOD WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING
BETTER.
OKAY.
TERRY: UP NEXT, A WOMAN WHO
WOKE UP TO A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
I SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE
ME.
ALL I KNEW I NEEDED TO FIGHT FOR
MY LIFE BECAUSE I WAS GETTING
READY TO DIE.
TERRY: WATCH HOW THIS WOMAN
NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING BUTCHERED
WHEN WE COME BACK.
PAT:
I
WOULD
ADVISE
WOMEN IN
THIS AUDIENCE NOT TO HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ABUSING
HUSBANDS.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO KAREN
FIKES.
SHE LIVED WITH A FEAR THAT HER
BOYFRIEND WOULD BUSHER HER.
FINALLY THIS RASCAL NEARLY DID.
REPORTER: KAREN FIKES
REMEMBERS THE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP
AND FOUND HER BOYFRIEND, STEVE
HOVERING OVER HER WITH A BUTCHER
KNIFE.
I SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE
ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING READY TO
DIE.
REPORTER: STEVE AND KAREN'S
RELATIONSHIP STARTED DIFFERENTLY
A FEW YEARS EARLIER.
HER SISTER INTRODUCED THE
COUPLE.
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF STEVE
SHOWERED HER WITH GIFTS.
MY KNIGHT IS SHINING ARMOR.
IT WAS ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE.
REPORTER: AFTER 18 MONTHS,
KAREN DECIDED A DANGEROUS SIDE.
HE BECAME EXTREMELY CONTROLLING.
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR GREW UNTIL HE
BEAT HER REGULARLY.
HE FELT LIKE HE HAD SOME TYPE
OF CONTROL.
IF I DIDN'T DO WHAT HE WANTED ME
TO DO OR THINK THE WAY HE WANTED
ME TO THINK OR SAY WHAT HE
WANTED ME TO SAY, HE WOULD GO
OFF ON ONE OF HIS FITS.
KAREN GREW MORE HORRIFIED
WHEN SHE LEARNED STEVE WAS A
DRUG DEALER.
EACH TIME HE DRAGGED HER DOWN
AND THREATENED TO KILL HER IF
SHE LEFT.
HE FELT LIKE HE HAD THE RIGHT
TO PUT HIS HANDS ON ME EVEN IF
HE HAD TO USE A GUN OR KNIFE, HE
WOULD TELL ME, THAT I WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM
HIM.
NO MATTER WHERE I GO, HE WILL
FIND ME.
WHAT KEPT ME IN THE RIFB WAS
FEAR.
I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH OR
THE POWER TO GET OUT OF IT AND
STAY OUT OF IT.
AFTER EACH OUTBURST STEVE
APOLOGIZED AND EACH TIME KAREN
HOPED THE ABUSE WOULD END.
GET AWAY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
REPORTER: THE NIGHT SHE WOKE
UP WITH STEVE OVER HER, SHE KNEW
IT WOULD NOT END UNTIL SHE WAS
DEAD.
I KNEW I HAD TO FIGHT FOR MY
LIFE.
REPORTER: THE STRUGGLE ENDED
AND STEVE LEFT IN A RAGE.
SHE KNEW IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE HE CAME BACK AND KILL
HER.
SHE CRIED OUT FOR HELP.
I SAID GOD, IF YOU DON'T HELP
ME, I AM GOING TO END UP DEAD, I
NEED YOU TO HELP ME OUT OF THIS
RELATIONSHIP?
THE NEXT DAY STEVE CALLED
FROM JAIL, HE HAD BEEN CHARGED
WITH MURDERING SOMEONE ELSE AND
SENTENCED TO OVER 20 YEARS.
I REALIZED IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ME.
KAREN WENT TO CHURCH, WHEN
THE PASTOR ASKED IF ANYONE
WANTED TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST
AND BE BAPTIZED, KAREN KNEW THAT
IS WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO.
I CAME OUT OF THE WATER
PRAISING GOD, HALLELUJAH.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
I FELT FREE AND LIKE I WAS GOING
TO LIVE.
AFTER EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE
BEEN THROUGH, THE ODDS WERE
AGAINST ME.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY LIFE,
ALWAYS SOMETHING.
I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO LIVE.
TODAY SHE IS A WIFE OF A
LOVING HUSBAND AND MOTHER
OF
THREE AND HAS A MESSAGE TO SHARE
WITH OTHERS, ANYONE CAN HAVE A
NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST.
HE'LL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE
THERE IS HOPE, LIKE YOU CAN MAKE
IT AND GO FORWARD.
HE DID IT FOR ME.
I AM A LIVING WITNESS, A LIVING
TESTIMONY, HE'LL PICK YOU UP.
HE'LL TURN YOU AROUND.
PAT: WHAT A GREAT STORY, WHAT
A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY.
LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, KAREN SAID
SHE WAS
IN
A QUOT
E, RELATIONSHIP
WELL THAT
MEANT SHE WAS SLEEPING WITH THIS
GUY, HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS
WITH HIM, BUT THEY WEREN'T
MARRIED.
WHERE HE CAME FROM, HE WAS NICE
TO HER, GAVE HER GIFTS, NO
WEDDING RING, NO WEDDING.
WOMEN, DON'T GIVE YOURSELVES
AWAY.
DON'T THROW YOURSELF AWAY, YOU
ARE WORTH SOMETHING.
YOU ARE SPECIAL IN GOD'S EYES.
DON'T LET SOME GUY COME ALONG
AND CHEAPEN YOU AND DEMEAN YOU
LIKE THAT MAN DID TO KAREN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THIS
AUDIENCE, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, JESUS LOVES YOU.
IF YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP OR MARRIAGE, THE
LORD WILL HEAR AND HE WILL
ANSWER.
PRETTY DRAMATIC IN KAREN'S CASE,
THE GUY GETS ARRESTED AND PUTS
HIM AWAY FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT GOD RIGHT NOW WILL ANSWER
YOUR PRAYER.
YOU START OUT LIKE SHE DID BY
GIVING HERSELF TO JESUS.
YOU CAN START BY GIVING YOURSELF
TO THE LORD AND LET HIM TAKE
CHARGE.
HE IS GREATER THAN THE PERSON
WHO IS ABUSING YOU.
HE IS GOD AL ALL MIGHTY.
HE CAN RESTRAIN THE EVIL IF YOU
ARE HIS CHILD.
I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING, DO
IT SOMETHING.
I WANT YOU TO MEAN THIS IN YOUR
HEART.
THE LORD, GOD OF HOSTS IS GOING
TO HEAR AND HE IS GOING TO
ANSWER.
PRAY THESE WORDS, JESUS.
BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY THESE
WORDS, JESUS.
LORD, GOD, I NEED YOU.
YOU KNOW I HAVE SINNED, I
CONFESS THAT I HAVE SINNED.
I HAVEN'T LIVED FOR YOU.
AND I HAVE TRIED TO GO MY OWN
WAY.
BUT LORD, JESUS, I KNOW YOU LOVE
ME.
AND I KNOW YOU DIED THAT I MIGHT
LIVE FOREVER.
SO LORD AT THIS MOMENT, I OPEN
MY HEART TO YOU AND I ASK YOU TO
COME IN.
FILL ME WITH YOURSELF AND FROM
THIS MOMENT ON, I AM YOURS.
SO LORD, DELIVER ME FROM THE SIN
OF MY LIFE AND DELIVER ME FROM
THOSE THAT WOULD HURT ME IN
JESUS NAME.
I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU.
YOU ARE MY SAVIOR, AND YOU ARE
MY PROTECTOR.
THANK YOU, LORD, THANK YOU,
LORD, THANK YOU.
FOR THOSE THAT PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU Z FATHER N
JESUS' NAME, NOW!
THANK YOU, LORD, AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I WANT TO
DO SOMETHING FOR YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.
SAY WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?
I HAVE A LITTLE CD HERE, 73
MINUTES IF I RECALL, GOES INTO
INCREDIBLE DETAIL AS TO WHAT
JUST HAPPENED TO YOU.
IT WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS YOU
ARE SEEKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO HAVE AN
EXCHANGED
LIFE,
WHAT
IF YOU SIN,
WHAT
ABOUT
THE
FUTURE?
THE SECOND COMING.
BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT, CALL
RIGHT NOW.
SAY I PRAYED WITH PAT ROBERTSON,
GAVE MY HEART TO
THE LORD,
AND I
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TERRY?
TERRY: COMING UP LATER, A
FRENCH TEACHER WHO HAD TROUBLE
TALKING.
HAVING THAT PAIN, NOT ONLY
JUST EATING OR SWALLOWING, BUT
SPEAKING, IT WAS A CONSTANT
DAILY PAIN MINUTE BY MINUTE.
TERRY: SEE HOW THIS TEACHER
WAS HEALED MIRACULOUSLY.
PLUS WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND
YOUR NEEDS, STAY WITH US.
REPORTER: WELCOME BACK TO
"700 CLUB." EDITH SHAFER DIED
SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 98, SHE
CO-FOUNDER THE RELIGIOUS CENTERS
WITH HER LATE HUSBAND.
EDITH BORN IN CHINA TO CHRISTIAN
MISSIONARIES.
IN 1935 SHE MARRIED FRANCIS
SHAFER AND TWO BECAME
MISSIONARIES.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANCES
AND EDITH SHAFER.
CBN'S "SUPERBOOK" RAN IN CHINA.
THREE BACK TO BACK EPISODES OF
"SUPERBOOK" SHOWN, MIRACLES OF
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PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK AFTER
THIS.
TERRY: SHAWNA HAGANS ENDURED
MONTHS OF PAIN AND EXTENSIVE
TESTING.
STILL HER DOCTOR FOUND IN
EXPLANATION.
SHAWNA DECIDED TO TURN TO THE
TELEVISION FOR AN ANSWER.
SHE GOT A SUPERNATURAL SOLUTION
TO HER PROBLEM
REPORTER: SHAWNA HAGANS, A
HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER
DEVELOPED A SHARP PAIN IN HER
THYROID AREA.
ALL I DO ALL DAY LONG IS
TALK.
I HAVE 168 STUDENTS.
AND HAVING THAT PAIN, NOT ONLY
JUST EATING OR SWALLOWING, BUT
SPEAKING, IT WAS A CONSTANT
DAILY PAIN.
SHE WENT TO HER DOCTOR.
AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING, HE
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.
I REALLY NEEDED THE LORD TO
GIVE ME PEACE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANXIOUS FOR
ANYTHING.
I WANTED TO GIVE IT ALL TO HIM.
THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT WAS
STILL WORRIED
REPORTER: SHAWNA HAD A FOLLOW
UP DOCTOR'S VISIT, JUST DAYS
BEFORE HER APPOINTMENT, SHE
TURNED ON "THE 700 CLUB" FOR ONE
SPECIFIC REASON.
SEEING THEIR TESTIMONIES ALL
THE TIME I KNEW IF I TURNED ON
THE TV, I COULD EXPECT A
BLESSING.
I SAID LORD I KNOW YOU CAN AND
WILL HEAL ME.
IN MY HUMANITY, I CAN WORRY.
IF YOU GIVE ME A WORD THROUGH
ONE OF THEM.
BEFORE I COULD GET THE PRAYER
OUT OF MY LIFE, TERRY WAS
POINTING TO THE AREA.
TERRY: SOMEONE ELSE, YOUR
THROAT CLOSES UP, YOU HAVE A
HARD TIME EATING AND SWALLOWING.
TOUCH YOUR THROAT AND RECEIVE
HEALING FROM THE LORD AS HE
RELEASES THAT.
WHEN I RECEIVED THE WORD, I
WAS ECSTATIC, THANKED GOD.
I CLAIMED THE WORD FOR MYSELF.
REPORTER: TWO DAYS LATER,
SHAWNA KNEW SOMETHING WAS
DIFFERENT.
I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
PAIN.
I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED.
I FELT LIKE GOD LOVED ME ENOUGH
SO I WOULDN'T WORRY.
REPORTER: TODAY SHAWNA IS
COMPLETELY PAIN FREE AND
SYMPTOMS HAVE NOT RETURNED.
GOD CAN HEAL AND GOD CAN
DELIVER AND GOD CAN SET FREE.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE BECAUSE
FAITH IS A SUBSTANCE OF THINGS
HOPED FOR AND THAT IS OUR
EVIDENCE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T
SEE.
IF GOD SAID IT, HE IS GOING TO
DO IT.
TERRY: I LOVE WHEN SHE SAID
I FELT SO LOVED.
GOD LOVES US.
TERRY: IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW
SHAWNA, GOD LOVED HER, GOD NEW
HER, GOD SAW HER AND HEAR HER
PRAYER.
TERRY: THIS IS A GREAT
TESTIMONY.
THIS IS IVANETTE, LIVES IN
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, SHE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INCURABLE
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, A YEAR
LATER, HER HEIGHT DECREASED BY
SEVEN INCHES.
PAT: GOOD GRIEF.
TERRY: ONE DAY YOU WERE
PRAYING, SHE SAID LORD, TAKE THE
PAIN AWAY.
THE NEXT MORNING THE PAIN WAS
GONE.
HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW SHE HAD
GROWN BACK SEVEN INCHES IN
HEIGHT.
SEVERAL BLOOD TESTS, FOUND NO
TRACE OF THE DISEASE.
THAT IS A MIRACLE.
PAT: IT IS A MIRACLE.
FOLKS,
TERRY AND
I
ARE GOING
TO PRAY,
BIBLE SAYS WHEN TWO OF
YOU WOULD AGREE ON EARTH AS
TOUCHING ANYTHING THEY'LL ASK IT
WILL BE DONE FOR THEM BY MY
FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, POWER
OF GOD
IS
HERE.
POWER OF GOD IS IN YOU
R
HOME.
POWER OF
GOD
IS ALL
OF
US
TOGETHER, WHERE
WE GATHER
IN HIS
NAME, HE IS THERE IN THE MIDST
OF US, WE ARE GOING TO JOIN AND
BELIEVE GOD.
TERRY AND I JOIN HANDS TOGETHER.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS',
WE REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THIS
AUDIENCE, WHEREVER THEY ARE.
WHATEVER CONDITION MAY THEY KNOW
THE HEALING POWER OF JESUS.
SOMEONE HAS A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION,
THIS IS A
CANCEROUS THING.
GOD IS HEALING THE OBSTRUCTION
AND HEALING THE CANCER IN THE
NAME OF JESUS'.
TERRY: SOMEONE ELSE, YOU
HAVE A CHRONIC WRIST PROBLEM,
THERE IS A CRACKING AND VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE TO USE YOUR
COMPUTER TO WRITE.
GOD IS SETTING THAT AREA FREE.
IT IS GONE.
IT IS GONE
IN JESUS' NAME.
TERRY: SOMEBODY THAT HAD A
FALL OF SOME NATURE, INJURED
YOUR SHOULDER, WHOLE SHOULDER.
IT HAS BEEN SORE AND THINGS HAVE
BEEN CRACKED RIGHT NOW, BONES
ARE KNITTING
TOGETHER.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
HEALED.
ANYTHING OUT OF ORDER IS
RESTORED NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, ALL PAIN
GONE.
TERRY: SOMEONE, A CHRONIC
BRONCHIAL CONDITION.
IT IS JUST BREATHING ISSUES.
JUST BREATHE IN NOW AS ALL OF
THAT LOOSENS UP, YOU ARE
BREATHING IN AIR YOU HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN BEFORE.
PAT: THERE IS A MAN PRAYING,
I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS GEORGE, I
AM NOT SURE.
YOU ARE PRAYING ABOUT A SUM OF
MONEY.
GOD WILL SUPPLY IT FOR YOU
DRAMATICALLY.
PRAISE HIM AND EXPECT AN ANSWER,
THANK YOU, LORD, BLESS EVERYONE
IN THIS AUDIENCE, MAY THEY HAVE
THE DELIVERANCE AND PEACE OF GOD
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING KEEP
THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS IN
CHRIST, JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD, AMEN.
TERRY?
TERRY: STILL AHEAD, WE ARE
GOING TO BRING IT ON.
KIM WANTS TO KNOW: CAN A PERSON
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ADDICTIONS
STILL BE A CHRISTIAN?
WE'LL TACKLE
KIM'S
QUESTIONS AND
MORE COMING UP.
TERRY: WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM
YOU, WE WANT TO ANSWER A FEW OF
YOUR QUESTIONS.
PAT THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM KIM,
CAN A PERSON ACTIVELY INVOLVED
IN ADDICTION A CHRISTIAN?
PAT: OF COURSE THEY CAN.
DAVID COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH
BATH SHEEBA,
IN ORDER TO COVER
IT UP, HE HAD HER HUSBAND
KILLED.
HE SAID
RESTORE UNTO ME THE JOY
OF YOUR
SALVATION AND TAKE NOT
YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.
SO THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT LEAVE
DAVID WHEN HE COMMITTED
ADULTERY, WHEN HE COMMITTED A
MURDER, AND WHEN HE LIED!
HOLY SPIRIT WAS STILL THERE.
THE THING WAS HIS JOY.
NO CONSCIOUSNESS.
ACTIVELY INVOLVED, THIS IS NOT
PERMISSION TO KEEP DOING SOME
NASTY THING.
GOD WILL FORGIVE IF YOU COME TO
HIM AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
IF YOU SAY I AM GOING TO IGNORE
THE PROPERTY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
I AM GOING TO KEEP ON DOING IT.
YOU WILL KEEP ON HAVING TROUBLE
AND AT WHAT POINT YOU LOSE IT
ALL, I CAN'T SAY.
CAN YOU STILL GO TO HEAVEN, YES?
TERRY: JESUS CAME TO SET THE
CAPTIVES FREE.
PAT: HE UNDERSTANDS WE ARE
WEAK.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY EVERY DRUNK
IS GOING TO HELL, IT IS NOT
TRUE.
TERRY: DON'T GIVE UP LOOKING
FOR THE FREEDOM.
WHY DO
AMAZED
MIRACLES
,
HAPPEN
WITH GREAT FREQUENCY IN PLACES
LIKE AFRICA AND NOT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENCOURAGE
THINGS, IS AMERICA TOO FAR GONE.
PAT: THOSE PEOPLE OVERSEAS
DIDN'T GO TO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS.
WE ARE SO SOPHISTICATED.
WE THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FIGURED OUT.
WE KNOW ABOUT EVOLUTION AND
DARWIN THAT SAYS GOD ISN'T REAL.
IF WE HAVE BEEN IN MANY SCHOOLS,
WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH
SKEPTICISM AND SECULARISM.
OVERSEAS THEY ARE SIMPLE,
HUMBLE.
YOU TELL THEM GOD LOVES THEM,
GOD LOVES ME.
YOU TELL THEM GOD WILL DO
MIRACLES, THEY BELIEVE.
TERRY: THIS IS FROM JOSHUA
THAT SAYS I WAS RECENTLY TALKING
TO HER VIEWS ON MARRIAGE, I SAID
DOES YOUR HUSBAND COMES BEFORE
YOUR KIDS, SHE SAID NO.
SHE SAID HER KIDS WILL ALWAYS
COME BEFORE HIM.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE BIBLE
THAT SAYS KIDS COME BEFORE THE
SPOUSE?
PAT: ABSOLUTELY, NOT.
YOU ARE TO LOVE YOUR WIFE, YOUR
HUSBAND.
YOUR HUSBAND IS GOING TO BE AS
IS JESUS IS THE CHURCH, HUSBAND
CHERISHES THE WIFE AS THE LORD
CHERISHES THE CHURCH.
THEY ARE TO BE TOGETHER
OBVIOUSLY AS ONE.
THE TRUTH IS, BELIEVE ME, MY
YOUNGEST IS TURNING 50 IN JUST A
FEW DAYS.
THEY LEAVE HOME, THEY GET THEIR
OWN HUSBANDS AND WIVES AND
CHILDREN, A SEPARATE LIFE.
WHAT IS LEFT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE.
YOU START IT AND GOING TO KEEP
ON.
THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS TO BE
STRONG.
SO TO SAY I APPRECIATE MY
HUSBAND WHO IS A NICE SPERM
DONOR AND ALL I CARE ABOUT IS MY
KIDS, IT IS OUTRAGEOUS AND NOT
BIBLICAL.
TERRY: SHE'LL FIND THAT OUT
DOWN THE ROAD.
PAT: YOU'LL FIND THAT OUT
WHEN THEY ALL LEAVE HOME.
TERRY: THIS IS FROM DAX
RECENTLY I BEGAN TO DOUBT GOD'S
EXISTENCE, I HAVE QUIT BELIEVING
ENTIRELY.
HOW CAN WE KNOW HE IS REALLY
THERE?
I HAVE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT
OVER A YEAR ASKING GOD TO REVEAL
HIMSELF TO ME.
WHAT CAN I DO WHEN GOD IS
SILENT?
PAT: SEE THIS THING HERE?
IT IS CALLED A BIBLE.
GOD EXPRESSED HIMSELF IN THIS
BOOK.
IT IS HIS LOVER LETTER.
YOU WILL FIND OUT ABOUT HIM AND
HIS PLAN FOR YOU.
THAT IS WHERE HE EXISTS.
ALSO LOOK AT THE STARS.
LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS.
LOOK AT THE SEA.
LOOK AT THE GRASS, THE TREES,
THE BIRDS, THE CREATION AROUND
HIM.
I CONSIDER THE HEAVENS THE WORKS
OF THE HAND, THE SUN AND MOON
THAT THOU HAS CREATED.
YOU WONDER, YOU SAY GOD, THIS IS
ALL YOUR UNIVERSE.
AND TO SAY YOU DOUBT HIS
EXISTENCE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU A
SPECIAL REVELATION.
I ASKED GOD TO TELL ME
SOMETHING, THEREFORE I DIDN'T
BELIEVE.
READ THE BIBLE.
FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND
HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
TERRY: I THINK DAX HAS
FAITH.
HE WAS PRAYING FOR A YEAR.
HE IS CONCERNED HE DOESN'T
BELIEVE.
YOU NEED TO STIR UP THOSE EMBERS
WITH THE TRUTH.
PAT: WITH THE BIBLE.
WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
TERRY: RACHEL SAYS EVERY
TIME I TURN ON THE TV.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIBLE IS ON.
PAT: THE BIBLE IS THE MOST
POPULAR BOOK EVER WRITTEN.
MORE COPIES ABOUT THE BIBLE THAN
ANYTHING.
TERRY: THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
ON BECAUSE OF THE BIBLE SERIES
AND IT RAN OVER FIVE WEEKS.
PAT: THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE
CASE.
TERRY: WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS.
TODAY SHAW CHIN IS A BUDDING
YOUNG ARTIST WITH A PROMISING
YOUNG FUTURE.
FOR YEARS SHE FEARED SHE
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY FUTURE AT ALL.
MY DREAM IS TO ONE DAY BE A
CLOTHING DESIGNER.
I LOVE TO PAINT.
TERRY: SHE USED TO SPEND
HOURS DRAWING THE THINGS SHE WAS
TOLD SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
DO.
SHE GREW UP WITH A SERIOUS HEART
DEFECT.
WHENEVER I TRIED
TO RUN, I
COULDN'T BREATHE AND MY LIPS
TURNED PURPLE.
I FELL DOWN AND FAINTED A LOT.
I CRIED ALL OF THE TIME FOR MY
DAUGHTER.
I ASK MYSELF WHY SHE HAD TO
SUFFER.
TERRY: SHE NEEDED HEART
SURGERY.
HER FATHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS
NEARLY FOUR.
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
HER
MOTHER
WAS POOR DESPITE THE
LONG DAYS SHE WORK.
I
TRIED TO SAVE ENOUGH FOR
HER HEART SURGERY.
I COULD NEVER SAVE ENOUGH.
TERRY: SHE TOOK A JOB AT THE
CLOTHING FACTORY.
SHE WAS TOO WEAK.
SHE HAD TO RETURN HOME.
ALL SHE COULD DO IS LIVE
VICARIOUSLY THROUGH HER
PAINTINGS AND SLEEP.
I WONDERED IF THAT WAS WHAT
MY LIFE WAS ABOUT, WAITING TO
DIE.
TERRY: A COUPLE FOUND CBN'S
WEBSITE AND HOW WE FOUND MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE.
I COULDN'T STOP SMILING FOR
JOY.
TERRY: CBN SET UP HEART
SURGERY FOR HER.
THOSE FOUR HOURS IN THE
OPERATING ROOM COMPLETELY
CHANGED HER LIFE.
TODAY SHE IS PURSUING HER DREAM
OF BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL
ARTIST.
IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR
HEALTH, THANK YOU, CBN.
I HAVE NO MORE PAIN.
I AM FEELING GREAT NOW.
I AM LIKE A BIRD THAT HAS BEEN
RELEASED FROM A CAGE AND FLYING
HIGH AND
FREE.
IT IS LIKE SUNSHINE TO
ME.
THANK
YOU,
CBN.
YOU SAVED HER LIFE.
TERRY: IT IS AMAZING TO KNOW
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DIFFERENCE?
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[APPLAUSE]
TUESDAY,... AN AUTHOR WHO HAS
BEEN READ AROUND THE WORLD.
I THRIVED ON SHOWING HOW
SUCCESSFUL I COULD BE.
REPORTER: GET THE BOOK HE
COULDN'T PUT DOWN.
I READ THAT AND STOPPED DEAD
IN MY TRACKS.
REPORTER: WHAT HE READ AND
HOW IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ACCEPTED
ME.
REPORTER: TUESDAY ON "THE 700
CLUB."