Author and evangelist Daniel Kolenda shares how God is reaching the nations in 2013. Plus, a life-long struggle with identity and weight pushed Jackie to death's doorstep.
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Lee: A RARE BACTERIA.
SEVEN OUT OF 10 PEOPLE
WHO CONTRACT THIS BACTERIA
DIE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
Lee: EATING HER ALIVE.
I WASN'T GOING TO LIVE
FOR TOO LONG.
Lee: AND THAT WASN'T
THE ONLY THREAT.
THEY CAME WITH A WITCH
DOCTOR.
Lee: HER FINAL
OPTIONS.
YOU SEE IF IT WORKS ARE
OR YOU LAY HERE AND DIE.
Lee: AS OUR WEEK OF
PRAYER CONTINUES ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WELL, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS SPORTING EVENTS IN
THE NATION.
IT IS CALLED THE KENTUCKY
DERBY.
BUT THAT DERBY ALSO ATTRACTS
EVIL PEOPLE, HUMAN
TRAFFICKERS.
Terry: CRIMINALS SHOW
UP AT EVENTS LIKE THE DERBY
SO THEY CAN DEAL IN
PROSTITUTION AND SEX
TRAFFICKING.
MARK MARTIN HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: THE KENTUCKY
DERBY IS IS KNOWN AS THE
GREATEST TWO MINUTES IN
SPORTS.
FOR MANY, IT INVOKES THE
SOUNDS OF HOOF BEATS TO MY
OWN HOME.
TO HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, THE
CITY AND THE HORSE RACE ARE
SIMPLY AVENUES FOR
EXPLOITATION.
WE HAVE HIGH RATES.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
THE HANDLERS LOOK AT IT
AS A WAY OF MAKING FAST
MONEY.
THEY CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE
WHAT THEY NORMALLY MAKE.
Reporter: LOUISVILLE
POLICE AND VICTIMS RIGHTS
ESTIMATE POSTINGS ON THESE
SITES FOR LOUISVILLE HAVE
TRIPLED THIS WEEK, LEADING
UP TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
WOMEN AND WHAT WE BELIEVE
TO BE OUR CHILDREN, ARE
ADVERTISED AT PHILLIES AND
MUSTANGS.
Reporter: THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING RINGS ARE SET UP
IN HOTELS IN EVERY PART OF
THE KENTUCKY, INDIANA AREA,
SURROUNDING LOUISVILLE.
ABOUT 10% OF THE HUNDREDS OF
PROSTITUTES IN LOUISVILLE
THIS WEEK ARE BEING FORCED
OR COERCED.
AFTER EACH PROSTITUTION
ARRESTS, POLICE LOOK FOR
SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING.
THEN WE CHANGE COURSE AND
TREAT THEM AS A VICTIM AND
NOT A CRIMINAL.
Reporter: TERESA FLOREZ
IS A SURVIVOR OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
SHE FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION
CALLED "TRAFFIC FREE."
AND SHE FOUNDED "SOAP,"
WHICH STANDS FOR SAVE OUR
ADOLESCENTS FROM
PROSTITUTION.
THE SOAP IS WRAPPED WITH A
RED BAND, THAT GIVES THE
NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HOT LINE NUMBER, AND ASKS
QUESTIONS LIKE: ARE YOU
BEING FORCED TO DO ANYTHING
YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Pat: ISN'T THAT A
SHAME.
A WONDERFUL EVENT.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A
DERBY?
Terry: I HAVE NEVER
BEEN TO THE DERBY.
I KNOW EVENTS LIKE THIS DRAW
THIS TYPE OF THING,.
Pat: YOU LOOK AT THE
HORSES RUNNING.
IT IS HORSES.
Terry: AND THEN THERE
IS THE UNDER-BELLY OF IT,
WHICH IS THIS.
Pat: HORSES DON'T HAVE
THINGS UNDER THEIR BELLY.
Terry: APPARENTLY THEY
DO AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
Pat: I WENT AS A GUEST
OF THE FORMER GOVERNOR, AND
HE HAD A TABLE RIGHT AT THE
FINISH LINE.
THERE WAS A HORSE NAMED
SWALE THAT I KNEW WAS
GOING TO WIN.
BUT I LOOKED AT SOMEONE
ELSE, AND HE WAS BETTING ON
ANOTHER HORSE, AND I THOUGHT
MAYBE HE KNOWS MORE THAN I
DO.
AND PEOPLE AT THE TABLE SAID
WHO IS GOING TO WIN, AND I
SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE SO AND
SO, BUT I KNEW IT WAS GOING
TO BE SWALE, AND SWALE ONE.
TWO RACES BEFORE THE
PRELIMINARIES, MY WIFE
PICKED TWO WINNERS.
Terry: REALLY?
Pat: AND THESE MEN FROM
NEW YORK SAID, HOW DID YOU
DO IT?
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I LIKED
HIS TAIL.
Terry: NOT A HORSE RACE
PERSON.
Pat: WELL, I MEAN, THEY
WON.
SHE KNEW.
HEY, SPEAKING OF WINNING,
CAN I DO A LITTLE BRAGGING?
Terry: CERTAINLY.
Pat: I HAVE A
GRANDSON -- HE'S GORDON'S
SON.
Terry: PATRICK.
Pat: PATRICK HAS TURNED
INTO A LITTLE STUD, TALK
ABOUT HORSES.
HE IS MR. MUSCLES.
Terry: HE IS A
WRESTLER, ISN'T HE?
Pat: HE IS A WRESTLER,
BUT HE JUST SHATTERED THE
SCHOOL RECORD WITH THE DISCUS.
Terry: REALLY?
Pat: AND HE IS JUST
WARMING UP.
Pat: I KNOW GORDON IS
PROUD OF HIM.
HE IS ESTATIC.
Terry: HE IS A GREAT
ATHLETE, FOOTBALL AND
EVERYTHING.
Pat: HE IS SO
DEDICATED.
I WAS IN THE GYM LIFTING
WEIGHTS FOR HIM, AND HE WAS
GRANDDADDY, THESE AREN'T
ENOUGH.
Terry: I WANT MORE.
Pat: SHATTERED THE
SCHOOL RECORD.
Terry: CONGRATULATIONS
TO HIM.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
Pat: HE HAS A GREAT
FUTURE.
HE IS ALSO GOOD AT
ACADEMIC.
THEY'RE NOT INTO HORSES.
I'M INTO HORSES, AND THEY'RE
INTO WRESTLING.
I DID WRESTLING.
Terry: SO HE COMES BY
IT ALL NATURALLY.
Pat: I WASN'T VERY
GOOD.
NO.
HE GOT IT FROM HIS MOTHER'S
FATHER, WHO IS A COACH AND
PRETTY GOOD AT IT.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
Terry: THAT'S
WONDERFUL.
CONGRATULATIONS, GRANDPA.
Pat: A PROUD
GRANDFATHER.
Terry: A PROUD
GRANDFATHER.
Pat: ALL RIGHT.
THE BATTLE IS BREWING IN THE
MILITARY.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT YOUR
FAITH?
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
HERE IS LEE.
Lee: PAT, THE PENTAGON
IS SAYING IT COULD PROSECUTE
SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY FOR
SHARING THEIR RELIGIOUS
FAITH.
TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS MET
WITH A GROUP CALLED THE
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
FOUNDATION LAST WEEK.
MIKEY WEINSTEIN IS PRESIDENT
OF THAT GROUP.
RETIRED ARMY GENERAL JERRY
BOYKIN IS EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL AND TOLD
CBN NEWS THAT THE MOVE WILL
BE TERRIBLE FOR THE
MILITARY.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
OFFICERS OR COMMANDERING
SHARING THEIR FAITH.
IT IS ABOUT EVERY INDIVIDUAL
SOLDIER, SAILOR, AIRMAN, OR
MARINE BEING ABLE TO
EXERCISE THEIR FAITH.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TALKS
ABOUT THE FREE EXERCISE
THEREOF, SPEAKING OF OUR
FAITH.
THIS WILL DESTROY OUR
MILITARY BECAUSE MOM AND DAD
OUT IN CENTRAL AMERICA --
YOU KNOW, THE CENTRAL PART
OF THE UNITED STATES -- ARE
NOT GOING TO WANT JOHNNIE OR
JANE TO JOIN THE MILITARY,
KNOWING THEY WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR FAITH
AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE
PROTECTING THOSE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DO
SO.
Lee: SOME CHRISTIANS
SAY WEINSTEIN IS SIMPLY AN
ANTICHRISTIAN ATHEIST, AND
THE PENTAGON SHOULDN'T BE BE
DISCUSSING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
WITH HIM.
THAT IS THE IRONY OF THIS,
WHEN YOU'RE SWORN IN TO THE
MILITARY, YOU'RE SWORN TO
UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, AND
YET THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT
UP HOLDING THESE SOLDIERS.
Pat: WE HAVE CHAPLAINS
IN THE NAVY, AND WE USED TO
HAVE ON THE SHIPS -- QUOTE,
"THE SMOKING LIGHT" WOULD BE
OUT, AND YOU COULDN'T SMOKE
DURING THE DIVINE SERVICES.
THERE WAS A PERIOD OF QUIET
ON THE SHIPS WHERE THERE WAS
A RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
THIS WIN WINESTEIN SOUNDS
LIKE AN ATHEIST.
I DON'T THINK THIS GUY
DESERVES ANYTHING.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE
IN HIGH-RANKING POSITIONS IN
THE ARMY AND IN THE ARMED
FORCES WHO ARE VERY
DEDICATED CHRISTIANS.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO LET SOMETHING LIKE
THIS STAND.
I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH.
I MEAN, A COUPLE OF GUYS GO
OUT ON LEAVE AND THEY TALK
ABOUT JESUS, AND THEY'RE
GOING TO GET
COURT-MARTIALED?
THAT'S ABSURD.
Lee: THE SURVIVING
SUSPECT IN THE BOSTON
MARATHON BOMBINGS BRAGGED HE
KNEW HOW TO BUILD A BOMB
JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE
DEADLY ATTACKS.
NOW THREE OF DZHOKHAR
TSARNAEV'S FRIENDS ARE BEING
CHARGED.
THEY'RE ACCUSED OF REMOVING
EVIDENCE, LYING TO
INVESTIGATORS, AND
OBSTRUCTING MESSAGES.
Reporter: IT IS A
COVERUP THAT STARTED WITH A
TEXT MESSAGE.
TWO 19 YEAR OLDS RECOGNIZED
THEIR COLLEGE FRIEND
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV FROM
SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS ON
TELEVISION.
ONE OF THE TEENS TEXTED HIM
TO ASK IF HE WAS THE
BOMBER.
HIS RESPONSE, "L.O.L.,"
LAUGHING OUT LOUD.
HE TEXTED, COME TO MY ROOM
AND TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
THE TWO FRIENDS TOOK A
BACKPACK, AND HALLOWED OUT
FIREWORKS AND A COMPUTER.
THEY THREW THEM IN A
DUMPSTER BEHIND THE
APARTMENT.
THEIR LAWYERS DENIED THEY
DID ANYTHING WRONG.
THEY DID NOT
INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY
DESTROY EVIDENCE.
HE HAS COOPERATED FULLY
WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND
LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TRUTH
COMING UP.
Reporter: THE TWO YOUNG
MEN FROM KAZAKHSTAN ARE IN
THE UNITED STATES ON STUDENT
VISAS.
BUT ONE'S WAS TERMINATED IN
JANUARY.
DESPITE NOT HAVING A VALID
STUDENT VISA, HE WAS STILL
ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER THE
U.S.
THE TWO ARE NOT ACCUSED OF
ACTUALLY BEING INVOLVED IN
THE ATTACK.
BUT COURT PAPERS SHOW ONE
SUSPECT TOLD INVESTIGATORS
TSARNAEV BRAGGED ABOUT
KNOWING HOW TO MAKE A BOMB
NEARLY A MONTH BEFORE THE
BOSTON ATTACKS.
THE THIRD PERSON ARRESTED,
ROBEL PHILIPOS WAS A HIGH
SCHOOL FRIEND OF DZHOKHAR
TSARNAEV.
HE FACES FIVE YEARS IN
PRISON IF CONVICTED, AND A
$250,000 FINE.
Lee: A KOREAN-AMERICAN
HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 15
YEARS HARD LABOR IN A NORTH
KOREAN PRISON.
KENNETH BAE OF WASHINGTON
STATE WAS ARRESTED NEAR THE
BORDER OF CHINA AND RUSSIA.
HE IS ACCUSED OF HOSTILE
ACTS AGAINST THE STATE.
HE IS THE SIXTH AMERICAN
HELD THERE SINCE 2009.
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES SAY
HE IS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND
FREQUENTLY TRAVELLED THERE
TO FOOD ORPHANS.
ONE LEADING ANALYST SAYS
THEY'RE USING BAE AS A PAWN
TO GET A HIGH-PROFILE
AMERICAN OFFICIAL TO VISIT
THE COUNTRY AND BUILD UP THE
IMAGE OF NORTHERN KOREAN
LEADER KIM JONG UN.
THE CITY THAT BROUGHT YOU
BANS ON LARGE SUGARY DRINKS
AND TRANS-FATS IS NOW THE
HOME OF THE FIRST PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH AN
ALL VEGETARIAN CAFETERIA.
IT IS TAKING HEALTHIER
SCHOOL LUNCHES TO AN
ENTIRELY NEW LEVEL.
BUT HOW DO THE KIDS FEEL
ABOUT TOFU WRAPS AND
VEGETARIAN CHILI?
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: YOU'VE
PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG'S SODA CRACKDOWN
IN THE CITY.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO EAT AND DRINK WHAT THEY
WANT TO DRING.
I THINK IT GOES BEYOND
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
DO.
Reporter: BUT NOW A
LUNCH MEN NEW FO -- MENU
FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.
IT ALL INVOLVES HEALTHING
EATING.
Reporter: PUBLIC SCHOOL
244 HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING
WITH ALL VEGGIE MEANS SINCE
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
NOW IT IS FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
THIS MENU AT THIS SCHOOL
IS IN THE VANGUARD OF ONE OF
THE OPTIONS WE WANT TO OFFER
KIDS.
Reporter: PS244 HAS
MORE THAN 200 KIDS.
BEFORE THEY BEGIN THE FULL
VEGETARIAN MENU, STUDENTS
GRAPH STATED TOWARDS
VEGETARIAN ITEMS.
IT IS MORE NUTRITIOUS.
IT IS VERY HEALTHY AND
MAKES YOUR BODY STRONG.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
PETA COULDN'T BE MORE
PLEASED.
ONE EMPLOYEE
STATING, QUOTE,"WE THINK
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
DEVELOPMENT."
BUT WHEN A REPORTER ASKED
THE KIDS IF THEY LIKED THE
NEW LUNCHES, A LESS THAN
ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE, AND
CRITICS WORRY: CHILDREN WHO
EAT AN ALL VEGETARIAN DIET
MAY NOT GET THE PROTEIN THEY
NEED.
SOME HEALTH FOOD ADVOCATES
SAY THEY'RE NOT WORRIED.
MOST PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY GET TWO TO THREE
TIMES MORE THAN THEY NEED.
PLANT-BASED PROTEINS ARE
ACTUALLY VERY HEALTHY.
THEY HAVE NO CHOLESTEROL,
AND THEY'RE LOW IN TOTAL FAT
AND SATURATED FAT AND
THEY'RE HIGH IN FIBRE.
Lee: PS244 IN NEW YORK
CITY IS A ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD
SCHOOL, SO STUDENTS WHO
PREFER MEAT ARE NOT ABLE TO
TRANSFER OUT, PAT.
AND CHILDREN WHO PREFER TO
EAT VEGETARIAN CANNOT
TRANSFER IN.
Pat: YOU KNOW, IT WAS
ONCE SAID THAT PROHIBITION
WAS THE REWARD OF THE
HYPOCRITES.
AND I JUST WONDER IF MAYOR
BLOOMBERG WOULD LIKE TO BE
FORCED TO EAT TOFU DAY AFTER
DAY AFTER DAY TO SEE HOW HE
LIKES IT.
ACTUALLY, I COMMEND THAT
SCHOOL.
IT IS GOOD STUFF THEY'RE
DOING, BUT THE KIDS DO NEED
PROTEIN.
AND IT NEEDS TO COME IN THE
FORM OF COTTAGE CHEESE OR
SOMETHING, OR SOME FISH.
BUT THAT ALL VEGETARIAN AT
LEAST FOR ONE MEAL A DAY IS
VERY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, KIDS, IF YOU LEAVE
THEM ALONE, LITTLE BABIES
WILL PICK HEALTHY FOOD.
BUT WE INSIST ON ADDING
SUGAR TO THINGS.
WE INSIST ON ADDING SALT TO
THEM, AND THEN WE TRAIN
THEIR PAL LATE PALLETS SO
THEY DON'T LIKE GOOD,
HEALTHY FOOD.
MY CHILDREN REBELLED AGAINST
MY BLOOMBERG NANNY --
Terry: SOYBEANS?
Pat: SOYBEANS -- THE
SOYBEANS WERE GOOD FOR THEM,
BUT IT WAS THE WHOLE WHEAT
BREAD.
THEIR FRIENDS WERE EATING
THIS WHITE BREAD, WHICH IS
NOTHING WORSE THAN GLUE.
IT'S PASTE.
BUT THEY WOULD TRADE
SANDWICHES.
WE WOULD GIVE THEM THESE
HEALTHY SANDWICHES.
FINALLY MY OLDEST SON MET A
GIRL, A LOVELY, LOVELY GIRL,
AND SHE WAS AMAZED TO FIND A
BOY WHO HAD BEEN MADE TO EAT
WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICHES,
BECAUSE SHE HAD TO.
AND SO THEY GOT MARRIED AND
HAD FIVE CHILDREN.
Terry: SO YOU AND
BLOOMBERG HAD A LOT IN
COMMON THEN.
YOU BOTH SET DOWN THE LAW.
Pat: WELL, IN A WAY OF
SPEAKING.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: SORRY.
I JUST COULDN'T RESIST.
Pat: MINE IS VOLUNTARY,
BECAUSE IF IT IS KIDS,
THAT'S ALL THEY GET.
BUT THEY ALL GREW UP
RELATIVELY HEALTHY AND
HAPPY.
AND WE HAVE 14 BEAUTIFUL
GRANDCHILDREN TO SHOW FOR
ALL OF THAT HEALTHNESS.
Terry: AND THEY'RE
STILL EATING WHOLE WHEAT.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY ARE.
Terry: COMING UP, A
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA THAT
KILLS SEVEN OUT OF 10 PEOPLE
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WATCH HOW THIS WOMAN BATTLED
IT AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT
IT.
BUT, FIRST, MEET A MAN FROM
THE SAME RUSSIAN CITY AS THE
BOSTON BOMBERS.
AND SEE HOW HE IS BRINGING
HOPE, RECONCILIATION AND
FORGIVENESS TO THE PEOPLE OF
THIS WAR-TORN NATION.
Pat: YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS AN EMPIRE, AND IT WAS
CALLED THE SOVIET UNION.
AND IT WAS A CONGLOMERATION
OF ALL KINDS OF STATES THAT
HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE
COMMUNISTS, AND WE CALLED IT
COMMUNIST RUSSIA.
WELL, THERE WAS A BREAKUP,
AND IT BECAME NOW THE CENTER
OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONS.
AND A CONFEDERATION.
BUT YOUR HEAD BEGINS TO BLUR
WHEN YOU THINK OF KAZAKHSTAN
, UZBEKISTAN, DAGESTAN,
CHECHNYA.
Terry: DAGESTAN I HAD
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
THE OTHERS I HAD AT LEAST
HEARD OF, BUT THIS IS NEW TO
ME.
Pat: TODAY YOU'RE GOING
TO LEARN THE SORTED TRUTH.
BUT THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER,
AND THE CAUCUS REGION WAS
JUST A HOTBED OF ISLAM.
THEY'RE ISLAMIC.
WHEREAS THE ESSENTIALLY
RUSSIAN, ALTHOUGH IT TURNED
COMMUNIST, WAS RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN.
ANYHOW, BEFORE THE BOMBINGS
TOOK PLACE IN BOSTON, MANY
AMERICANS HAD NEVER EVEN
HEARD OF THESE RUSSIAN
PROVINCES.
NOW WE KNOW THE MUSLIM
SUSPECTS CAME FROM JUST THAT
AREA.
MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A
BRUTAL REBELLION THERE SINCE
THE LATE '90s.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
BUT ONE MAN IS ON A MISSION
TO BRING PEACE AND THE
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO
THIS WAR-TORN REGION.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: UNITED TURCON
IS NOT PROUD OF THIS PAST,
AND HE GETS UNCOMFORTABLE
TALKING ABOUT IT.
I LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS
YOU 13 YEARS OLD AND GOT
ENTANGLED WITH THE WRONG
CROWD.
I DID A LOT OF THINGS I'M
ASHAMED OF.
Reporter: HE IS FROM
THE SMALL RUSSIAN CITY OF
COSNODARD.
HIS LIFE INCLUDES DRUGS,
ARMED ROBBERY, PROSTITUTION,
HIRED ASSASSIN, MONEY
LAUNDERING, GUN SMUGGLING,
YOU NAME IT, TURCON DID IT
ALL AND THEN SOME.
IT IS AS IF I BECAME THE
DEVIL'S SLAVE.
I REMEMBER MAKING A PACT
WITH SATAN TO SERVE HIM.
Reporter: AND HIS DEEDS
EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH
HIM.
I WAS ARRESTED AND
SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN
PRISON.
Reporter: THAT'S THE
PAST.
AND TO WITNESS THE POWER OF
A LIFE TRANSFORMED BY GOD,
LOOK NO FURTHER THAN
TURCON.
THE YEAR WAS 1987, AND THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION PLACED
HUGE POLITICAL CHANGES, AND
HE SAT IN PRISON.
I HAD A BAD REPUTATION,
SOMEONE WHO HAD SPECIAL
CULT-LIKE POWERS.
PROPOSITION NERPRISONERS
WERE EVEN AFRAID OF ME.
Reporter: ONE DAY SOME
VISITORS CAME TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL MESSAGE.
BUT IT TWO FOUR YEARS FOR IT
TO SINK IN.
IN 1991, I REALIZED ITS
TRUE MEANING.
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES IN THE
PRISON CELL AND TOLD GOD I
WAS A SINNER.
FROM THAT MOMENT I WENT FROM
SERVING SATAN TO A SERVANT
OF JESUS.
Reporter: THE PRISON
MIRACULOUSLY SHORTENED HIS
SENTENCE BY FIVE YEARS, AND
HE WAS RELEASED IN 1996.
THE TODAY AFTER HE WALKED
OUT OF PRISON, HE WALKED
INTO A BIBLE TRAINING
SEMINAR, ORGANIZED BY
RUSSIAN MINISTRIES, WHICH
FOCUSES ON BRINGING THE
GOSPEL TO THE FORME FORMER
SOVIET UNION.
THEY PUT IN ME A
MISSIONARY HEART TO TRAIN
CHURCHES AND TRAIN THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LEADERS IN MY
COUNTRY.
Reporter: HE WAS
BAPTIZED SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
NOW FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS,
TURCON HAS BEEN LEADING A
CHURCH IN THE NORTHERN
CAUCUSES REGION.
I AM CONVINCED IT IS THE
LOVE OF CHRIST CAN TURN THIS
REGION AROUND.
Reporter: ISLAMIC
RADICALS HAVE WAGED A BLOODY
INSURGENCY FOR TWO YEARS.
IN THAT TIME, WARS HAVE
KILLED THOUSANDS AND
DISPLACED MANY MORE.
TURCON'S GOAL: REACH THIS
WAR-TORN REGION WITH
MESSAGES OF RECONCILIATION
AND FORGIVENESS.
ONE WAY IS TO REACH YOUNG
CHILDREN.
HE ORGANIZES DOZENS OF YOUTH
CAMPS EACH YEAR WITH LOCAL
CONGREGATIONS.
EVA IS A MEMBER OF HIS
CHURCH AND HELPS WITH THE
CAMPS.
THESE KIDS HAVE TO KNOW
THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A
LIFE OF VIOLENCE.
WE SPEND TIME PLAYING GAMES
WITH THEM AND IT GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL.
Reporter: MANY PARENTS
SAY THE CAMPS ARE GOD-SENT.
I LOVE IT WHEN THEY TALK
ABOUT PEACE AND GETTING
ALONG WITH OTHER ETHNIC AND
RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
Reporter: IN ONE CITY,
THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PARTY
TOOK OUT FULL-PAGE NEWSPAPER
ADS PROMOTING THE YOUTH
CAMPS.
YOU MAY BE SURPRISED, BUT
THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS IN
THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
Reporter: WHEN HE IS
NOT COORDINATING CAMPS OR
PREACHING, HE TRAINS YOUTH
TO BECOME LOCAL LEADERS
HERE.
WORKING IN THE NORTHERN
CAUCUSES IS NOT WITHOUT ITS
HARDSHIPS.
IT INCLUDES CHECHNYA, WHERE
MUSLIM MILITARY AND RUSSIAN
FORCES HAVE BATTLED BACK AND
FORTH TO CONTROL THE
PROVINCE.
THERE IS RELATIVE PEACE NOW,
BUT ISLAM'S INFLUENCE IS
GROWING.
WITH THE HELP OF THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT AND SEVERAL
MUSLIM COUNTRIES, INCLUDING
SAUDI ARABIA, CHECHNYA HAS
TODAY ERECTED WHAT COULD BE
THE LARGEST MOSQUE IN
EUROPE.
FOR EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
LIVING IN THIS PROVINCE,
LIFE FOR THEM CANNOT ONLY BE
CHALLENGING, BUT POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS.
RAZNAM HAS FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY
WARNED BY MUSLIM RADICALS
AND RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO
STOP TEACHING, BUT I WILL
NOT.
I AM A SIMPLE MAN WHO'S LIFE
WAS TOUCHED BY CHRIST.
I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM NO
MATTER THE COST.
Reporter: IT IS THE
PRICE HE AND OTHERS ARE
WILLING TO PAY TO BRING
LASTING PEACE.
GOD CHANGED MY LIFE THAT
DAY IN PRISON FOR A REASON,
AND THIS IS IT, TO BRING
HOPE AND CHRIST TO THIS
REGION.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CHECHNYA.
Pat: WHERE GRACE
ABOUNDS, MUCH MORE ABOUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING
THERE.
IN KAZAKHSTAN, OUR PROGRAM,
"THE 700 CLUB," IS NUMBER
SEVEN OR EIGHT IN
POPULARITY.
IT IS WIDELY VIEWED BY THE
PEOPLE.
WE BROUGHT THE FLYING
HOSPITAL INTO THE AMATI, I
BELIEVE IT WAS, THE CAPITAL
OF KAZAKHSTAN.
OH, THEY HAD SUCH BIG
CELEBRATIONS, THE FACT THAT
WE WERE THERE, THE
PRESIDENT'S WIFE PUT ON A
BIG FESTIVAL -- IT WAS A
TEA.
Terry: A RECEPTION.
Pat: IT WAS A
RECEPTION.
IT WAS SO LAVISH, AND I'M
THINKING OF ALL OF THE FOOD
THEY PUT OUT.
THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS TO US
AND OUR STAFF.
THEY HAD "OPERATION
BLESSING" T-SHIRTS, AND THEY
WALKED THROUGH THE MARKET,
AND PEOPLE WERE BRINGING
THEM VEGETABLES AND FRUIT AS
GIFTS OF LOVE.
Terry: A THANK YOU.
Pat: THANK YOU
EXPRESSIONS.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL
WHAT GOD IS IS DOING IN THAT
AREA.
BUT KAZAKHSTAN IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE
OTHER MORE RADICAL PLACES,
LIKE CHECHNYA.
BUT WHEREVER -- WHEREVER THE
GOSPEL WILL GO, AND THE
PEACE OF GOD WILL TOUCH
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SO PRAY FOR RUSSIA.
WE'VE HAD MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE
LORD.
SOMETHING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 14 MILLION
LETTERS WE'VE RECEIVED IN
OUR OFFICES IN KIEV AND THE
UKRAINE.
Terry: UP NEXT, A NURSE
IN A FIGHT FOR HER LIFE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE
WOUNDS THAT I HAD FROM MY
GROIN DOWN TO MY THIGH, YOU
WOULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT I
WAS GOING TO SURVIVE.
EITHER I WAS GOING TO GET
AMPUTATED, THEY WERE GOING
TO TAKE MY LEGS, OR
SOMETHING.
Terry: SEE THE
TREATMENT THAT SAVED THIS
WOMAN FROM BEING EATEN
ALIVE.
Terry: EVERY DAY THIS
WEEK OUR CBN STAFF HAS BEEN
COMING TOGETHER AT NOON TO
PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF YOU,
OUR PARTNERS AND VIEWERS.
SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED
85,678 PRAYER REQUESTS.
YESTERDAY GORDON LED OUR
PRAYER TIME.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
Gordon: THERE IS A
MENTAL FAITH WHERE WE SAY
THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE
WE'RE TAUGHT TO SAY THE
RIGHT THIN THING, BUT THEN
THERE IS THAT FAITH WHERE
YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'S THAT GUT FAITH.
IT IS THE GUT FAITH THAT
GETS THE ANSWER.
THE KNOWING AND THE KNOWER.
THE EARTH SAYS SEEING IS
BELIEVING.
THE BIBLE SAYS BELIEVING IS
SEEING.
LET'S HOLD THESE BEFORE THE
LORD.
LORD GOD, WE JUST JOIN IN
WITH THESE PRAYERS.
MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR
PEOPLE.
SUPPLY ALL THEIR NEED,
ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES AND
GLORY.
LORD, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THE
RIGHTEOUS GO HUNGRY BECAUSE
YOU PROVIDE THEIR DAILY
BREAD.
AND TOGETHER WE TOUCH THESE
NEEDS AND THIS LACK AND WE
SAY BE DONE NOW, FOR WE ASK
IT IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN AND AMEN.
Terry: WELL, EACH DAY
WE'RE GATHERING TO PRAY FOR
YOU AND WITH YOU.
YOU CAN WATCH OUR CHAPEL
SERVICES IF YOU'D LIKE, AND
PRAY WITH US, OR GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT CBN.COM.
THAT'S AT NOON EASTERN TIME,
AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL WEEK
LONG.
DON'T FORGET YOU CAN STILL
SEND IN YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS.
IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, YOU'RE RECEIVING
THIS MAILING, AND INSIDE IS
THIS LITTLE CARD WHICH WE
WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND BACK
TO US WITH YOUR PRAY
REQUEST.
IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED
THIS, YOU CAN STILL SEND US
YOUR PRAYERS.
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOU IN OUR
PRAYER TIME THIS WEEK.
Pat: AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER TIME
THIS WEEK, SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU A
STORY THAT WILL CURL YOUR
HAIR, FLESH-EATING
BACTERIA.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT
OF THE SCI-FI CHANNEL, BUT
FOR JACKIE COMESHIA, IT WAS
ALL TOO REAL.
JACKIE WAS LITERALLY BEING
EATEN ALIVE, UNTIL SHE HEARD
A STILL VOICE, SMALL VOICE,
THAT SAVED HER LIFE.
WATCH THIS.
I WAS HOMELESS.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR
HOME, YOU'RE POWERLESS.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF
ANYTHING ANYMORE.
IT WAS A REAL WAR.
Reporter: JACKIE
IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM
AFRICA TO PURSUE THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
BUT WITH ALL OF HER SUCCESS,
SHE NEVER EXPECTED HER LIFE
WOULD END IN A MATTER OF
HOURS FROM A VIRALENT
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA.
SEVEN OUT OF 10 PEOPLE
WHO CONTRACT THIS BACTERIA
DIE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
Reporter: HER HEALTH
PROBLEMS STEMMED FROM WEIGHT
ISSUES THAT RAN IN HER WHOLE
FAMILY.
MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE BEEN
OVERWEIGHT.
BY THE TIME I TURNED 36, I I
WAS WEIGHING 276 POUNDS, AND
I WAS JUST 5' 6."
I DID EVERY PROGRAM OUT
THERE AND IT DIDN'T WORK FOR
ME.
Reporter: JACKIE
STUDIED NURSING IN AMERICA,
AND HER DREAMS BECAME HER
REALITY.
I STARTED MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY, BIG HOUSE, DESIGNER
CLOTHES.
I WAS HAPPY.
I WAS IN CONTROL OF MY
LIFE.
Reporter: SHE MARRIED
HENRY AND STARTED GOING TO
CHURCH WITH HIM.
BUT HER WEIGHT WAS
INTERFERING WITH HER HEALTH
AND HER CAREER.
I COULDN'T CLI CLIMB
STAIRS, I COULDN'T WALK.
I HAD SLEEP APNEA.
I KNEW I HAD TO DO
SOMETHING.
Reporter: JACKIE'S
DOCTOR REFERRED HER TO A
WORLREKNOWED GASTRIC
BYPASS SPECIALIST.
BUT HENRY WAS NOT SURE THIS
WAS THE BEST SOLUTION.
HENRY WAS ABSOLUTELY
AGAINST THE FACT I SHOULD DO
THE SURGERY.
I SAID THAT'S YOUR
CHOICE, BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN I SHOULDN'T SUPPORT
HER.
Reporter: SHE FLEW TO
BRAZIL AND UNDERWENT THE
SURGERY.
SHORTLY AFTER, HER BODY
REJECTED THE CHANGES.
I STARTED HAVING SIDE
EFFECTS OF THAT SURGERY.
SEVERE NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
THE NEXT YEAR, I WAS IN AND
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ABOUT
NINE TIMES.
MY HEALTH WAS
DETERIORATING.
Reporter: AS WAS HER
AMERICAN DREAM.
I COULDN'T WORK FOR
SOMETIME, AND THE CAR GOT
REPOSSESSED.
WE LOST OUR HOME AND WE HAD
TO LOOK FOR A SMALLER
PLACE.
Reporter: JACKIE
DROPPED TO AN ASTONISHING
87 POUNDS AND WAS ONCE AGAIN
HOSPITALIZED.
I BECAME CRITICAL FROM
DEHYDRATION, AND THE DOCTOR
DECIDED HE WOULD DO A
REVISION OF THAT SURGERY TO
GET ME BACK TO HEALTH.
Reporter: BUT BEFORE
SHE COULD HAVE THAT
OPERATION, SHE WAS
TRANSFERRED TOAN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CENTER.
WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE
HOSPITAL, I DIDN'T EVEN
REALIZE WHERE I WAS.
I SAW HENRY BY MY SIDE.
THE DOCTORS HAD TOLD HENRY,
WE'RE NOT SURE IF YOUR WIFE
WILL MAKE IT.
SHE HAS CONTRACTED THIS
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA.
Reporter: THE BACTERIA
HAD ALREADY EATEN 36% OF
JACKIE'S FLESH, AND HER
ORGANS WERE ON THE VIRGE OF
FAILING.
HENRY IMMEDIATELY CALLED HER
FRIENDS AND "THE 700 CLUB"
TO PRAY FOR JACKIE.
HENRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
MAN OF FAITH.
THERE WAS NO PLACE WE
DIDN'T TOUCH.
Reporter: AS THE
PRAYERS POURED IN, JACKIE
QUICKLY REALIZED SHE WAS
DEALING WITH MORE THAN A
PHYSICAL BATTLE.
I LAID IN BED, ON THE
SCREEN, RIGHT ABOVE ME, I
WENT INTO THIS REM, AND I
STARTED SEEING THINGS AS IF
THEY WERE REAL.
I DID SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT I RECOGNIZED FROM BACK
IN AFRICA.
AND THEY CAME WITH A WITCH
DOCTOR.
AND THE WITCH DOCTOR WAS
DRESSED ALL IN BLACK.
Reporter: THEY
THREATENED TO KILL JACKIE
WITH A DEVICE THEY HAD WITH
THEM.
THEY WOULD PUMP THE
MACHINES, AND WHEN THEY
PUMPED THE MACHINE, I COULD
FEEL THE PAIN IN DIFFERENT
PORTIONS IN MY BODY.
IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
IT WAS VERY TORMENTING.
Reporter: FOR THREE
DAYS, THE DEMONIC VISITORS
TORMENTED JACKIE, AND THE
PAIN AND AGONY CONTINUED.
I DID HAVE KIDNEY
FAILURE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE WOUNDS
I HAD FROM MY GROIN DOWN TO
MY THIGH, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN
BELIEVE I WAS GOING TO
SURVIVE.
EITHER I WAS GOING TO GET
AMPUTATED, THEY WERE GOING
TO CUT MY LEGS OR
SOMETHING.
I HAD A SMALL, STILL VOICE
THAT TOLD ME TO PROCLAIM THE
BLOOD OF JESUS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE BLOOD
OF JESUS MEANT.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU
EITHER SAY IT AND SEE IF IT
WORKS, OR YOU JUST LAY THERE
AND DIE.
THE VOO-DOO PEOPLE, THEY
WERE FIGHTING ME.
I KEPT ON SAYING THE BLOOD
OF JESUS, THE BLOOD OF
JESUS.
ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THEY
ABANDONED THEIR EQUIPMENT.
AND THEY LEFT.
Reporter: THE PAIN AND
BACTERIA ALSO LEFT JACKIE'S
BODY, AMAZING THE MEDICAL
STAFF.
AND I SAID WOW, THAT
THING WORKS.
THERE MUST BE POWER IN THE
BLOOD OF JESUS.
THAT WAS A POWERFUL
REVELATION.
Reporter: JACKIE BEGAN
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
WHILE I WAS RECOVERING
FOR TWO YEARS, PHYSICALLY, I
WAS DRASTICALLY GROWING
SPIRITUALLY.
I DEVELOPED THAT HUNGER FOR
THE THINGS OF GOD AND THE
THINGSSUPER
NATURAL.
I THANK YOU GOD.
I SAID LORD JESUS CHRIST,
COME INTO MY HEART.
I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
SAVIOR.
FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS.
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD I LIVE
FOR YOU.
Reporter: JACKIE HAS
FULLY RECOVERED.
SHE AND HENRY USE HER
MIRACLE STORY TO SHARE GOD'S
LOVE WITH OTHERS.
OUT THERE, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW THE
SAVING GRACE OF GOD.
THE HEALING POWER OF GOD.
THIS IS ALL A MIRACLE, AND
ONLY GOD CAN DO THIS.
ONLY GOD CAN DO THE
IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU TRULY WANT TO KNOW THAT
GOD HEALS?
TRY HIM FOR YOURSELF AND SEE
HIM SHOW UP AND DO GREAT
THINGS FOR YOU.
Pat: GREAT THINGS FOR
YOU.
Terry: AMAZING STORY.
Pat: HERE ARE A FEW
PRAYER REQUESTS.
THERE IS A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
GRANDSON WHO HAS MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS.
AND HERE IS A SPOUSE TO BE
HEALED FROM ALZHEIMER'S.
AND A WIDOW NEEDS A JOB TO
SUPPORT THREECHILDREN.
HER INTERVIEW IS TODAY, FOR
A JOB.
Terry: LET'S PRAY FOR
HER.
AND HERE IS SOMEONE SAYING,
I NEED A DAUGHTER TO BE
HEALED FROM NON-ALCOHOLIC
SCLEROSIS OF THE LIVER.
SOMEONE PRAYING FOR $25,000
TO RESOLVE A DEBT.
AND SOMEONE SAYING I NEED
FREEDOM FROM THE FEAR,
ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION THAT
PLAGUES ME.
Pat: THIS IS
INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME
SUPPORT ON THIS PROGRAM THAT
NONE OF US CAN SEE.
IT'S REALLY -- LOOK AT
THIS.
THERE IS A LADY, WHO'S NAME
IS L LUCRESHA, AND SHE WAS
WATCHING OUR SHOW YESTERDAY,
AND SHE HEARD A VOICE THAT
SAID, DO NOT LEAVE THE
ROOM.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY OF
GETTING YOUR AUDIENCE BACK.
RIGHT THEN, SHE SAID, I HAD
A WORD, PAT -- ME, I HAD A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE OF SOMEONE
WITH SCOLIOSIS BEING
HEALED.
AND KRISTI SAID THERE IS
SOMEBODY WITH SCIATIC BEING
HEALED.
AND THIS LADY HAD BOTH OF
THESE, THE SCIATIC NERVE AND
SCOLIOSIS.
SHE HAD BOTH OF THEM.
IMMEDIATELY, LUCRESHA FELT A
CRACKING IN HER BACK, HEARD
THE SOUND IN HER YEARS, AND
SHE JUMPED UP AND INSTANTLY
REALIZED THE PAIN IN HER
BACK WAS GONE.
WOW!
Terry: I GUESS WOW.
Pat: DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER ANSWER TO PRAYER?
Terry: NO, I DON'T.
HERE THEY ARE.
OH, HERE.
Pat: THEY GAVE YOU
ONE.
Terry: THERE IS A BURTH
O BUNCH OF THEM.
THIS IS ANNIE, SHE SUFFERED
WITH C.O.P.D. FOR 20 YEARS.
PAT, YOU SAID THERE IS A
WOMAN WHO IS COUGHING,
COUGHING, AND YOU WON'T BE
COUGHING ANYMORE.
AND SHE TOOK A BIG BREATHE
AND SHE WAS HEALED.
YOU HAD A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
SOMEONE HAD A GROWTH ON HER
NECK, AND SHE FELT WARMTH
AND THE GOYTER IS GONE.
Pat: FOLKS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE PRAYING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW GREAT
GOD IS.
I CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW GREAT
GOD IS.
I AM SO THRILLED TO JUST BE
PART OF A LITTLE TOUCH OF
GOD IN YOUR LIFE.
I THINK IF WE CAN ALL PRAY
TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING
IMPOSSIBLE.
SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS TOGETHER, AND
WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD
FOR YOU.
NOW WHAT IS YOUR NEED?
RIGHT NOW LET THIS BE THE
MOMENT.
LORD, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY
THOUSANDS OF PRAYER
REQUESTS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE PRAYING ALL
OVER AMERICA AND IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
GOD ALMIGHTY, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE WITH YOU.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
YOU.
Terry: THANK YOU,
LORD.
Pat: THERE IS A GROIN
INJURY.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A
HERNIA IN YOUR GROIN, AND
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU PUT YOUR
HAND ON THAT PART OF YOUR
ANATOMY, THAT HERNIA IS
GOING TO SHRINK, AND THERE
IS GOING TO BE FIBER AND
MUSCLE THAT WILL GROW, EVEN
AS WE'RE SPEAKING, TO SEAL
OFF THAT PROBLEM.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU'VE HAD CLEFT
PALLET SURGERY.
IT WAS DONE, OBVIOUSLY, TO
HEAL A PALLET THAT WAS OPEN,
BUT YOU'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH
IT EVER SINCE.
IT EFFECTS HOW YOU SPEAK AND
EVEN YOUR EATING.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR
YOU.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE --
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
CARTILAGE THAT NEEDS TO
GROW, BUT SOMETHING IS GOING
TO FILL THAT IN AND YOU
WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN IT
ANYMORE.
Pat: SOMEONE, YOU'VE
GOT WASTING IN THE MUSCLES
IN YOUR ARMS.
THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE STICKS.
RIGHT NOW YOUR MUSCLES ARE
GOING TO BEGIN GROWING.
JUST BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD.
SOMEONE IS PRAYING FOR A LOT
OF MONEY.
YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
$500,000.
AND YOU'RE SAYING, IS IT
POSSIBLE?
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE.
GOD OWNS IT ALL, AND OUT OF
THE ABUNDANCE OF THIS
TREASURES, HE IS GOING TO
SHARE WITH YOU WHAT YOU
NEED.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Terry: THERE IS A YOUNG
MOM, YOU HAVE FIVE KIDS AND
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WORK.
GOD IS GOING TO SUPPLY THAT
NEED FOR YOU.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
PRAY WITH EXPEC EXPECTANCY,
IT IS AROUND THE CORNER.
Pat: SOMEBODY, YOU'RE
VOMITING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT IS A MORNING
SICKNESS.
GOD IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY
THAT PROBLEM.
YOU WON'T FEEL NAUSEA
ANYMORE AS WE SPEAK.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: PRAISE GOD.
Terry: MANY PEOPLE
PRAYING TODAY.
Pat: ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE, SCOLIOSIS AND
THINGS?
Terry: AWESOME.
GOD IS ABLE.
Pat: THANK YOU, LORD.
HE IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
TERRY?
Terry: STILL AHEAD, WE
WANT YOU TO MEET MAN THAT
REINHARD BONNKE HAS PICKED
AS HIS SUCCESSOR.
THAT'S COMING UP.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
BREAK.
CALIFORNIA PASTOR GREG
LAURIE IS OPENING THE
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AT
THE PENTAGON TODAY, DESPITE
OPPOSITION FROM GAY RIGHTS
GROUP.
HE IS THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN
OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER.
AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
HAD URGED THE PENTAGON TO
WITHDRAW ITS INVITATION TO
LAURIE, BECAUSE HE TEACHES
THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE
WOMAN.
LAURIE SAYS, QUOTE,"I'M NOT
TRYING TO SENSOR ANYBODY
ELSE, AND I DON'T THINK THEY
SHOULD TRY TO CENSOR US."
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS
THE JUDGE EXCEEDED HIS
AUTHORITY IN THE
MORNING-AFTER PILL.
THEY WANT HIS DECISION
SUSPENDED WHILE THE APPEAL
IS UNDER WAY.
U.S. SISTER JUDGE, EDWARD
KORMAN OF NEW YORK MANDATED
THAT EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
BE AVAILABLE ON STORE
SHELVES TO ANYONE, NO MATTER
HOW YOUNG THEY ARE.
HE SAYS DRUGS LIKE THE PLAN
"B" PILL SHOULD BE SOLD JUST
LIKE ASPIRIN.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET
THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, WHEN HE
WAS 16 YEARS OLD, DANIEL
WROTE A LETTER TO EVANGELIST
REINHARD BONNKE, TELLING HIM
HE WAS YOU SUPPOSED TO WORK
WITH HIM.
HE SPELLED REINHARD BONNKE'S
NAME WRONG, BUT HE GOT THE
JOB ANYWHERE, MANY YEARS
LATER.
Reporter: WHEN DANIEL
PRAYS FOR PEOPLE, MIRACLES
HAPPEN.
HE TOOK THE PUNISHMENT
FOR YOUR SINS.
Reporter: IN 2004,
DANIEL WAS THE PASTOR OF A
SMALL CHURCH IN FLORIDA.
TO MAKE ENDS MEET, HE
STARTED WORKING IN THE
WAREHOUSE FOR REINHARD
BONNKE'S MINISTRY.
EVENTUALLY REINHARD ASKED
DANIEL TO TRAVEL WITH HIM AS
AN ASSISTANT.
LATER HE ASKED DANIEL TO
PREACH.
TODAY DANIEL MINISTERS
ALONGSIDE REINHARD AND SEES
GOD DO DO AWESOME MIRACLES
AROUND THE WORLD.
IN HIS BOOK "LIVE BEFORE YOU
DIE," HE SHARES HOW ACTIVE
PRAYERS WILL HELP YOU
DISCOVER WHAT GOD HAS
SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB," DANIEL
COLENDA.
THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.
Terry: YOU SAY YOU FELT
CALLED TO WORK WITH
REINHARD.
HOW DID GOD SPEAK TO YOUR
HEART ABOUT THAT?
IT IS AN AMAZING STORY.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL
THE WHOLE THING.
BUT WHEN I WAS 16, I WAS IN
A MEETING IN BROWNSVILLE,
FLORIDA, AND THERE WAS A
WOMAN THERE, SUZETTE, AND
SHE WAS REINHARD'S
ASSISTANT.
WHEN SHE BEGAN TO PRAY, THE
HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO ME AND
SAID YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
WORK WITH THAT MAN.
AS YOU SAW IN THE CLIP, I
WENT HOME AND WROTE A LETTER
TO REINHARD, TELLING HIM THE
LORD SPOKE TO ME, BUT I
NEVER SENT HIM THE LETTER.
I NEVER SENT THE LETTER.
BECAUSE WHEN I SAW HOW BIG
HIS MINISTRY WAS, I THOUGHT
THIS MAN WOULD NEVER GET MY
LETTER AND READ MY LETTER.
BUT THE LORD HEARD ME.
Terry: IT WAS EIGHT
YEARS LATER THAT YOU BEGAN
TO WORK WITH REINHARD.
IF YOU DIDN'T WRITE THE
LETTER, HOW DID YOU FINALLY
CONNECT?
HIS MINISTRY, WHEN I WAS
16, WAS BASED IN GERMANY.
I WAS LIVING IN PENSACOLA.
OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS,
HI MINISTRY MOVED FROM
GERMANY TO CALIFORNIA TO
ORLANDO.
AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY
TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY.
I WAS WILLING TO WORK AT
McDONALD'S OR BURGER
KING.
IT DIDN'T MATTER.
A FRIEND OF MINE FROM BIBLE
SCHOOL SAYS THE MINISTER I
WORK FOR IS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE TO RUN A PARTICULAR
DEPARTMENT.
AND I SAID WHAT MINISTER IS
IT?
AND HE SAID CHRIST FOR ALL
NATIONS, REINHARD BONNKE.
AND I WAS SWEEPING FLOORS,
AND REINHARD SAW ME, AND HE
WENT TO MY SUPERVISOR AND
SAID, ASK THAT YOUNG MAN IF
HE WANTS TO TRAVEL WITH ME
AS AN ASSISTANT.
SO I SAID, LET ME PRAY ABOUT
IT, AND I SAID YES.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT THAT LONG.
Terry: TALK ABOUT WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE
FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE
THINGS.
THIS IS A PRINCIPLE THAT
JESUS LAID OUT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN IN THE GOSPELS.
HE THAT IS FAITHFUL WILL BE
MADE MUCH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A VIEW
OF GOD'S WILL THAT IT IS
THIS BIG, GRAND SCHEME THEY
NEED TO ATTEND TO.
WHAT THEY DON'T REALIZE IS
GOD'S WILL IS FULFILLED ONE
DAY AT A TIME, ONE STEP AT A
TIME, ONE ACT OF OBEDIENCE
AT A TIME.
IF YOU'RE NOT BEING FAITHFUL
WHERE GOD HAS YOU TODAY,
DON'T EXPECT HIM TO PROMOTE
YOU TOMORROW.
WHAT YOU DO WITH GOD'S CALL
TODAY MATTERS.
Terry: IT IS LIKE THE
STORY OF JOSEPH.
YOU'RE BEING PREPARED.
AND YET SO MANY TIMES IN THE
PREPARATION, IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE WE'RE HEADED TO WHERE
WE SOMETIMES FEEL CALLED.
RIGHT.
Terry: YOU HAVE AN
AMAZING PRAYER MINISTRY IN
YOUR OWN RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE
SEEN MANY MIRACLES.
WHEN WE THINK OF REINHARD
AND HIS MINISTRY, WE THINK
OF MIRACLES BEING MANIFESTED
AROUND THE WORLD.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO A YOUNG BOY, A
MIRACLE, TELL US ABOUT
THAT.
I WAS IN A CITY IN
NIGERIA, AND THERE WAS A
MOTHER WHO BROUGHT HER
3-YEAR-OLD SON TO THE
MEETING, AND HIS NAME WAS
GREAT.
SHE BROUGHT HIM TO RECEIVE
HEALING.
INSTEAD OF BEING HEALING, HE
DIED ON THE FIELD.
Terry: GOOD GRIEF.
AND MANY WOULD CURSE GOD
AND SAY WHY DID YOU DO
THIS.
NOT THIS MAMA.
SHE PICKED UP HIS LIFELESS
BODY, AND THE DOCTORS
CONFIRMED HE WAS DEAD.
SHE WAITED FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS.
I SAW HER STANDING THERE
WEEPING, AND IOW I BEGAN TO
PRAY FOR HER SON.
I PRAYED FOR ABOUT 30
SECONDS,AND THEN I HANDED
HIM BACK OVER TO THE
MOTHER.
AS WE WERE DRIVING AWAY, THE
LITTLE BOY CAME BACK TO
LIFE.
THE NEXT DAY WHEN I ARRIVED,
HE WAS RUNNING AROUND
PLAYING.
TOTALLY MADE WHOLE BY THE
POWER OF GOD.
Terry: THESE TYPES OF
HEALINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN IN
THE AFRICAS, AND THE REMOTE
PLACES OF THE WORLD.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE DESPERATELY
POOR.
IS THERE FAITH GREATER?
WHY DO YOU THINK WE SEE SO
MUCH OF THAT IN THESE
AREAS?
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME WHY
DO MIRACLES HAPPEN IN
AFRICA?
I DON'T THINK THEY DO.
THAT IS OUR MENTALITY.
HE SAYS HE WHO BELIEVE IN
GOD -- SO IF WE COME TO GOD
AND THINK HE DOES IT IN
OTHER TIMES, WE HAVE
PROPHESIED OUR OWN OUTCOME.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THE GOD OF
AFRICA AND ASIA AND EUROPE
IS THE GOD OF THE WESTERN
WORLD AND WE CAN TRUST GOD
FOR THE SAME THINGS.
Terry: YOU TALKED ABOUT
KNOWING GOD'S WILL WHEN YOU
WERE DISCUSSING IT FOR YOUR
OWN LIFE.
I THINK PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
LONG TO KNOW THE WILL OF
GOD, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS
KNOW HOW TO FIND IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
HERE IS THE FIRST THING:
GOD'S WILL IS NOT
DIFFICULT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY
HAVE THIS GRAND MASTER GAME
IN MIND, NOT REALIZING GOD
IS TRYING TODAY TO REVEAL
HIS WILL.
THAT'S WHY I WROTE THIS
BOOK, BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO
KNOW GOD'S ANSWERS FOR THEIR
LIFE TODAY.
THINGS LIKE WHAT CITY DO I
LIVE IN?
WHO DO I MARRY?
WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?
THESE VERY PRACTICAL DOWN TO
EARTH, DAY-TO-DAY MATTERS IN
OUR LIFE, THAT LEADS US
ULTIMATELY INTO THAT GRAND
PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR OUR
LIVES.
I WANTED PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS EASY,
NUMBER ONE.
AND PART OF THE KEY IS BEING
ABLE TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE?
Terry: HOW DO YOU LEARN
TO DO THAT.
GOD SAYS HE SPEAKS IN A
STILL, SMALL VOICE.
AND MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE
WITH HOW DO I KNOW IT IS
GOD?
I LAY OUT A LOT OF
PRINCIPLES IN THE BOOK, BUT
LET ME GIVE YOU THIS ONE
THAT IS SO SIMPLE.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN A CROWDED
SHOPPING MALL AND YOU HEARD
A VOICE FROM BEHIND YOU
CALLING YOUR NAME?
AND SINCE INSTANTLY
INSTANTLY YOU RECOGNIZED
IT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LOT
OF NOISE, YOU RECOGNIZED A
FAMILIAR VOICE OF SOMEONE
YOU LOVE.
I THINK YOU NEED TO LOVE
HIM, SPEND TIME WITH HIM,
AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HIS
VOICE,AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE
IT MORE AND MORE.
Terry: WHAT IS THIS
CODE SCANNING THING?
IT IS CALLED Q.R. CODES.
AS YOU'RE READING THE BOOK,
YOU COME ALONG THE BAR
CODES, AND YOU TAKE OUT YOUR
SMARTPHONE AND YOU SCAN
THEM.
AND A VIDEO WILL POP UP THAT
BACKS UP AND REINFORCES THE
THEME OF THE BOOK AND THE
CONTENT IN THE BOOK.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
SMARTPHONE, YOU CAN JUST
TYPE IN THE ADDRESS.
IT IS THERE IN THE BOOK AS
WELL.
IT IS A VERY COOL FEATURE
THAT MAKES THE BOOK
INTERACTIVITY.
NOT JUST A READ, BUT AN
EXPERIENCE.
Terry: EVERYBODY CAN
UTILIZE THAT.
DANIEL'S BOOK IS CALLED
"LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE; WAKE
UP TO GOD'S WILL."
DANIEL WILL ALSO BE THE
SPECIAL GUEST AT OUR CHAPEL
SERVICE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO cbn.com, ANDTHAT'S AT
NOON EASTERN TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
THE LORD BLESS YOU.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL
HAVE "BRING IT ON."
SUE SAYS, "MY HUSBAND LEFT
ME AND MY 3-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER FOR THE SECOND TIME
NINE MONTHS AGO.
I KEEP ASKING GOD TO TAKE
AWAY THE LOVE I HAVE FOR
HIM, BUT WITH EACH PASSING
DAY I FEEL WORTHLESS AND
HOPELESS.
HOW CAN I GET MY PRAYERS
ANSWERED?"
HANG ON, SUE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR
QUESTION WHEN WE RETURN.
Terry: I'M GOING TO
JUMP RIGHT INTO SUE'S E-MAIL
QUESTION.
"MY HUSBAND LEFT ME AND MY
3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER FOR THE
SECOND TIME NINE MONTHS
AGO.
I KEEP PRAYING AND ASKING
GOD TO TAKE AWAY ALL OF THE
LOVE I HAVE FOR HIM AND ALL
OF THE PAIN OF BEING
ABANDONED.
BUT WITH EACH PASSING DAY, I
JUST FEEL WORTHLESS AND
HOPELESS.
I'M IN A PIT OF DISPAIR.
HOW CAN I GET MY PRAYERS
ANSWERED?"
Pat: YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
THE YOUNG THING. THE-- WRONG THING.
YOU PRAYING FOR GOD TO TAKE
AWAY LOVE FOR A PERSON.
YOU SAY, GIVE ME LOVE AND
FORGIVENESS.
AND YOU BEGIN TO PRAY FOR
BLESSING ON HIM.
ONCE YOU START PRAYING THAT,
HE WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.
HOW IT COMES ABOUT REMAINS
TO BE SEEN.
YOU THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE
HAS DONE.
IF THE GUY HAS LEFT YOU,
THANK HIM FOR IT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT
MAN AWAY FROM ME.
GIVE ME LOVE FOR HIM, BUT
BUT --
Terry: AND THANK HIM
FOR YOUR DAUGHTER.
KIMBERLY SAYS, "WHEN SOMEONE
CALLS JESUS DADDY, I
LITERALLY HAVE A PHYSICAL
REACTION OF NAUSEA.
MY FATHER IS A HATEFUL,
HATEFUL MAN, AND I DON'T
THINK I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO
HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS IF I DON'T HAVE
THAT WITH MY FATHER.
YOU SAY TO PRAY TO HIM LIKE
YOUR TALKING TO DADDY.
PLEASE HELP ME."
Pat: KEEP IN YOUR MIND
A LOVING MAN, HE IS KIND AND
HE GOES TO YOUR BALLGAMES.
THINK OF HIM.
WHEN YOU START TALKING TO
GOD, THINK IN YOUR MIND OF
WHAT YOU'VE CREATED.
AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE
PAIN THAT WENT BEFORE.
CREATE IN YOUR OWN MIND
SOMETHING IDEAL.
AND GOD IS IDEAL.
TOMORROW, A PREMATURE BABY
WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS LIVES
UP TO HER NAME.
HER NAME IS MIRACLE.
TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE YOU
THEN.
BYE-BYE.