Author Zach Hunter challenges people to live life as a quest with an emphasis on integrity. Plus, a stranger prays for a man in a wheelchair and a miracle follows.
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FROM TV'S HIT SHOW, THE
BERDLESS
BROTHER FROM THE DUCK DYNASTY.
AND WE SAW THEM.
WE WILL TALK WITH THEM ON
TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB".
WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
TO THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB". CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
THE
TOP SHOW ON CABLE WITH
10 MILLION VIEWERS IS --
IT'S GOT TO BE.
IT IS.
DUCK DYNASTY.
IT IS.
I HEARD MY HUSBAND AND SON
HOWLING.
AND THEY TAPE ABOUT THREE OF
THOSE THINGS AND WE'RE OUT IN
THE PLACE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
THEY SAID "CAN YOU JOIN US FOR
A
SEASON OF DUCK DYNASTY?"
ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
HE WAS INVOLVED -- WHATEVER
THOSE GUYS DO. I DON'T CARE IF
THEY SAY IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE.
IT'S FUNNY. ANYHOW WE HAVE ONE
OF THEM WITH US, THE DYNASTY
PEOPLE.
THE NEW ONE. HE'S THE NEW
EDITION.
HE'S THE PREACHER. OKAY.
WELL, SOMETHING ELSE IN THE
NEWS
IS NOT TOO PLEASANT. THE NEWS
MEDIA SURPRISE, SURPRISE
THEY'RE
NOT TELLING THE TRUTH OF WHAT
IS
GOING ON IN EGYPT. AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT THE EGYPTIANS SAY
THEMSELVES.
THEY SAY THE COVERAGE IS
BIASES IN FAVOR OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTS
THE BROTHERHOOD AS WELL. MARTIN
LUTHER KINGIN HAS THE STORY.
MR. OBAMA I VOTED FOR YOU.
DON'T SUPPORT TERRORISTS.
SHE WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF
PROTESTERS IN WASHINGTON DC
DEMANDING THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
STOP SUPPORTING THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD IN EGYPT. THEY
FIRST GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
LEAVE THE CITIZENS ALONE TO
KILL US TO GET OUR PEOPLE IS
NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN.
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
I AM A MUSLIM. IT'S A
CHRISTIAN THING.
THEY'RE TERRORISTS.
THERE ARE CONCERNS THEY ARE
MAKING A COME BACK AND MUBARAK
WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON AND
UNDER HOUSE ARREST. PEOPLE SAY
HE WASN'T AS WORSE AS MORSI.
AT LEAST HE'S NOT A
TERRORIST
AND MORSI BELONGS TO THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
THE PROTESTERS SAY THE
MILITARY IS NEEDED TO KEEP
ORDER.
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD KILL US,
KILL ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.
THOSE AT THE RALLY SAY THE
BROTHERHOOD HAS BURNED CHURNS
AND HOUSES AND MORE.
THEY'RE TARGETING THEM.
THEY'RE TARGETING THEM.
AND THEY'RE ANGERED BY THE
COVERAGE BY WESTERN MEDIA.
THEY
RALLIED AGAINST THE WASHINGTON
POST ACCUSING THE NEWSPAPER AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA BEING BIASES IN
FAVOR OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
SO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
HELPS
THE BROTHER HOOD RIGHT NOW IN
EGYPT. THAT'S NOT
RIGHT.
CBN NEWS.
LISTEN TO THE EGYPTIANS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THEY'RE
GETTING IT RIGHT. WE
UNDERSTAND
NOW THAT THE TOTAL OF CHURCHES
THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS
IS
UP TO 100. IT'S SHOCKING WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND THE
ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY'RE
GOING TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT FROM
EGYPT. COME ON. TAKE A STAND
AND RECOGNIZE THE ENEMIES AND
THE FRIENDS AND THE FRIENDS
RIGHT NOW HAPPEN TO BE THE
EGYPTIAN MILITARY, NOT THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. WELL,
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SPEAKING OUT
ON WHAT THE UNITED STATES MIGHT
DO IN SYRIA. WOW, HE'S FINAL
MAYBE COMING OFF THE FENCE. LEE
WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT YET
PAT BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
CALLING THE POSSIBLE USE OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA "A
BIG
EVENT OF GRAVE CONCERN" BUT
THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD SEEK
SUPPORT BEFORE TAKING ACTIONS
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT SYRIA
USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS THIS WEEK
AND AS COME UNDER ATTACK FOR
THE
LACK OF ATTENTION TO SYRIA AND
JOHN MCCAIN SAYS THE U.S. HAS
BEEN DAMAGED BECAUSE PRESIDENT
OBAMA HASN'T TAKEN FORCEFUL
ACTIONS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
THERE AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE
SHOULDN'T GET INVOLVED
EVERYWHERE IMMEDIATELY T A 82
YEAR OLD VETERAN WAS ATTACKED
THIS WEEK AND DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES AND THE POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TEENAGERS IN
THE AREA AND THEY'RE NOT SURE
OF
THE MOTIVE BUT IT'S THE SECOND
ATTACK THIS WEEK AND THREE
TEENAGERS WER ARRESTED
FOR ATTACKING KRISTI WATTS THIS
WEEK AND.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THEY
DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER FATHERS
IN THEIR LIVES. PAT.
WE ARE HAVING A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF BLACK ON WHITE
VIOLENCE AND I HAVE A FEELING
INSTEAD OF BRINGING RATIONAL
HARMONY HAVING AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IS INCREASING
THE PROBLEM AND HE'S ONE OF THE
DIVISIVE LEADERS THIS COUNTRY
HAS EVER HAD AND SEEMS HE WANTS
TO RUB THE EDGES RAW EVERY
CHANCE HE GETS TO TALK ABOUT
THE
RICH OR ABOUT THE PRIF LINLED
OR
THE IMPOVERISHED ITH CLASS, THE
BLACKS AND WHITES AND SO FORTH.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO
STIR UP CONTROVERSY. MAYBE
WHEN
YOU'RE RUNNING AND CAMPAIGNING
THAT'S THE WAY YOU GO OVER THE
OPPONENT BUT NOW WHEN YOU'RE
ELECTED YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF
EVERYBODY AND YOUR JOB IS BRING
THE NATION TOGETHER AND HAVE IT
MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT A PRESIDENT TO DO. LEE.
THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT
RULED AGAIN A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO
REFUSED TO SHOOT A SAME SEX
MARRIAGE BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS AND THEY SAID IT
VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND
THE JORDAN LAWRENCE SAID THE
RULING IS A CHILLING AND
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON FREEDOM
AND THEY MAY GO TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT AND A POLL FOUND
THAT 85% THAT A CHRISTIAN
PHOTOGRAPHER HAS THE RIGHT TO
SAY NO TO SHOOTING A GAY
WEDDING. THE FOURTH SEASON OF
DUCK DYNASTY IS
GETTING RECORDS AND TURNS OUT
THE PATRIARCH IN THE FAMILY IS
OUT SPOKEN OUTSIDE OF THE SHOW
AND HE GAVE A SPEECH THREE
YEARS
AGO AND TALKED ABOUT HIS VIEWS
ON ABORTION.
[INAUDIBLE] SOME WOMAN HAS
THE RIGHT TO -- [INAUDIBLE]
COME
ON. YOU HAVE A GOD GIVEN RIGHT
TO LIVE IN ALL PLACES INSIDE
YOUR MOTHER. WHAT IN THE WORLD
HAPPENED TO US?
GREAT QUESTION. HE WENT ON
TO SAY THE WORLD NEEDS MORE
GATHER WASHINGTONS AND ANDREW
JACKSONS AND A RIGHT TO PURSUE
HAPPINESS AND BE FREE. PAT.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS BRANCH
OF THE ROBERTSON FAMILY IS
SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE. I
DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS RELATION
OR NOT BUT WE ALL GO BACK TO
ROBERT THE BRUCE AND WHERE IT
CAME FROM, AND WHEN WE TRACE IT
BACK MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY WE
ENDED UP WITH A GUY DUNCAN THE
FAT. THAT'S WHERE THE
ROBERTSONS COME FROM.
DON'T WORRY THAT WON'T GO
FURTHER THAN HERE.
DON'T BREEKT A WORD OF IT.
ALL RIGHT. TERRY.
WELL, COMING UP HE MAYBE
CLEAN SHAVEN BUT HE'S STILL A
DUCK COMMANDER.
AND THIS SURGE AND BOOM,
BOOM, BOOM AND WE SEE WHAT WE
GOT AND CLEAN EVERYBODY'S DUCKS.
WE WILL TALK WITH ALLEN
ROBERTSON AFTER THIS
BEING ON TELEVISION AS WE
ARE
YOU REALIZE THAT PEOPLE AND DIE
ON RATINGS. IF THEY DON'T HAVE
GOOD RATINGS THEY DON'T STAY ON
THE AIR AND IF THEY HAVE GOOD
RATINGS THEY MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY
AND DO WELL, AND PRODUCERS
WOULD
LITERALLY KILL FOR THE RATINGS
THAT ARE COMING DOWN ON THIS
SHOW CALLED DUCK DYNASTY AND
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T
WATCHED IT BUT IT'S HILARIOUS
AND A SHOW ABOUT A LOUISIANA
FAMILY THAT MAKES DUCK CALLS
FOR
A LIVING AS THEY CLAIM TO BE
MILLIONAIRE RED NECKS, BUT THIS
SHOW, THE SEASON BEGAN WITH
MONSTROUS RATINGS, BUT YOU MAY
NOT HAVE NOTICED A BROTHER
WHO
DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
HIS NAME IS ALLEN ROBERTSON AND
HE SEES THE SHOW AND THE DUCK
CALLING BUSINESS AS HIS NEW
MINISTRY. WE WERE DOWN IN
LOUISIANA TO TALK ABOUT THIS
FABLED MEMBER OF THE DUCK
DYNASTY CLAN.
TODAY DUCK COMMANDER THE
FAMILY BUSINESS MADE FAMOUS BY
THE SHOW DUCK DYNASTY IS MORE
OF
AN EMPIRE.
IT SAYS DO NOT SELL ONE
UNTIL
YOU HUNT WITH IT SO THAT'S WHAT
WE DO.
DID YOU HUNT WITH THAT ONE.
I WOULD HUNT WITH THAT ONE.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SHED.
PHIL ROBERTSON MADE EACH
CALL
IN THE BACKWARDS LOUISIANA
BACKWARD AND AS THE OLDEST SON
ALLEN SERVED AS ONE OF THE
FIRST
EMPLOYEES.
WE MADE EVERYTHING OUT THERE
AND THERE WAS A SAW OUT BACK
AND
CUT THEM AND I WAS LITTLE AND
12
YEARS OLD AND WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO
OSHA WAS IN THOSE DAYS. SEE
THE
NAILS. WE USED TO HANG THEM ON
THESE NAILS.
ALTHOUGH HE'S THE OLDEST
BROTHER FANS DIDN'T KNOW HE
EXISTED UNTIL NOW.
YOUR BEST MAN IS GOING TO
GIVE YOU THE RING.
ALLEN WAS ON THE PREMIER TO
A
RECORD BREAKING AUDIENCE OF
12 MILLION PEOPLE AND MAKING IT
THE LARGEST EVER FOR A NON
FISSION SHOW ON CABLE AND SAYS
HE'S REASONABLE FOR THE RATINGS
BUT ALL THE GLORY GOES TO GOD.
IF I AM SPOKEN IN THE WORDS
AND I AM ONLY A SYMBOL.
THE DAY AFTER THE RECORD
PREMIER EMPLOYEES SHOWED UP AN
HOUR EARLY TO TAKE PART IN THE
HOUR LEAD BY
ALLEN. ALLEN PREACHED ABOUT
GOD'S LOVE.
WITHOUT GOD'S LOVE WE'RE IN
SERIOUS TROUBLE, RIGHT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING HE KNOWS
WELL AND BEFORE HE JOINED DUCK
DYNASTY A YEAR AGO AND PASTORED
THIS CHURCH AND NEVER DREAMED
HE
WOULD BE A MINISTER.
MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS WAS
TERRIBLE AND SECRET LIFE AND
CUTTING UP SO I WAS AT THE
WORSE
POSSIBLE PLACE HIDING IN PLAIN
SIGHT AND WAS IN THE CHURCH BUT
NOT LIVING FOR CHRIST.
HE LEFT FOR NEW ORLEANS AND
TROUBLE SO BAD IT SCARED HIS
STREET AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO
CHRIST. HIS FATHER BAPTIZED
HIM
IN THIS RIVER BEHIND THE HOUSE
AND THE WATER THEY USED TO
BAPTIZE AT LEAST 1,000 OTHERS
AND THEY TRAVEL THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
I CALL US THE FEATHER AND
THE
SLEDGE FAMER AND I GET THEM
LAUGHING AND I AM THE TICKLE GUY
DAD COMES IN WITH THE SLEDGE
HAMMER.
ALLEN SHARES A OFFICE WITH
HIS WIFE AND THE FAMILY DOES
TOO
AND EACH DAY HUNDREDS OF
REQUESTS COME IN FOR A FAMILY
MEMBER TO SPEAK AT A EVENT.
WE'RE ON THE TELEPHONE
WORKING SCHEDULES.
THEY ALSO GREET FANS. THIS
COUPLE DROVE IN FROM CALIFORNIA
AND THEY WILL BE ON DUCK
DYNASTY
THEY CAN EXPECT MORE ATTENTION.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING INTO BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SEEN IT WITH THE BROTHERS BUT I
THEY'RE GO TO BE
SOCKED AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW
WHO THEY ARE.
ALLEN IS JUST A PEOPLE'S
PERSON AND KEEP US GROUNDED AND
EVERYONE GROUNDED.
I BELIEVE GOD HAS PREPARED
US
FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS AND WHEN
AMERICA NEEDS A FAMILY THAT
SAYS
WE CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND COME
FROM NOTHING AND HAVE ALL OF
THESE THINGS AND ULTIMATELY
NOTHING MATTERS AND WE'RE SAVED
AND GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN WITH
CHRIST.
AND KAY SAYS WHENEVER SHE
PRAYS IF THE MONEY OR THE FAME
OR ANYTHING TAKES US AWAY FROM
CHRIST THEN TAKE IT ALL AWAY
AND
LEAVE US WITH NOTHING YOU KNOW
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE AT NOTHING
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WITH
CHRIST.
ALLEN'S BROTHERS HAVE MADE
UNRULY FACIAL HAIR FASHIONABLE.
ONE WRITER SAID YOU WERE AN
OVER PLUCK DUCK.
YEAH. I GOT ALL KINDS OF
ANALOGIES.
YEAH, SO WE WILL SEE A BERD
ON ALLEN OR IS THIS THE PR FACE
OF DUCK COMMANDER.
THAT'S WHAT I FIGURE. I SAY
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT
UNDERNEATH. I GO INTO A CROWD
AND WHAT IF I DID THIS AND GET
THE VISION UP AND THAT I BELONG
WITH THE FAMILY. I DON'T WANT
TO GET STUCK WITH THE LOOK.
ARE
YOU KIDDING ME?
I LIKE IT BETTER LIKE THIS.
WHEN THERE ARE THINGS CRAWLING
OUT OF THE BERD OR YOU HAVE
THINGS LEFT FROM LUNCH OR
DINNER
THAT GROSSES ME OUT.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY ALLEN'S
SMOOTH FACE AND LOVES THE OUT
DOORS LIKE HIS BROTHERS AND IN
THE HUNTING LAND COULDN'T WAIT
TO SHOW ONE OF THE 80 DUCK
BLIND.
WE SAW THIS HERE MORE THAN
ANY OTHER PLACE.
UNLIKE THE SOLITUDE OF DEER
HUNTING HE LIKES TO CUT UP
WHILE
SERVING DINNER.
AND IT'S LIKE AN ADRENALINE
SURCH AND SEEING WHAT WE GOT.
THEY BOTH TOOK A LEAP OF
FAITH LEAVING THEIR CHURCH BUT
THEY SEE THEIR ROLE WITH THE
POPULAR FAMILY BUSINESS AND
REART SHOW
AS A NEW WORLDWIDE
MINISTRY.
TO HAVE A GREAT CHURCH IS
GOOD BUT YOU KNOW THERE IS
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT'S NOT
EVER
GOING TO DARKEN THE DOORS THAT
WE HAVE HERE AND MAY NEVER
DARKEN THE DOORS OF ANY CHURCH
BUILDING UX SO IF WE CAN GIVE
THEM A LITTLE TASTE OF
CHRISTIANITY, A LITTLE TASTE OF
GOD BUT IN A FUN WAY AND TELL
THEM JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A
KRIEFTDIAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU
CAN'T HAVE LOADS OF FUN AND
LAUGH ALL THE TIME.
ENJOY LAUGHING.
YEAH, AND ENJOY WHAT GOD'S
GIVEN YOU.
WE'RE ALL FAIRLY YOUNG AND
IF
GOD GIVES US A LOT MORE YEARS
ON
THE AUTHOR WHO
KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
REPORTING FROM LOUISIANA.
HOW AMAZING AND PEOPLE ARE
HUNGRY FOR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
AND SEE GRAND FATHERS AND
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS ALL
LIVING
TOGETHER AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR FAITH. THEY WANT REALITY.
IT'S AMAZING FROM TV ONE WOULD
NEVER HAVE GUESS TODAY BUT THEY
HAVE HIT ON A CORD AND I
CONGRATULATE THE DUCK DYNASTY.
TERRY.
WELL, UP NEXT TWO STRANGERS
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY ONE VOICE.
FIND OUT HOW THEIR CHANCE
MEETING LEAD TO A MIRACLE.
PLUS
WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS SO DON'T GO AWAY.
JOHN DEE WAS A COLLEGE
STUDENT WHO NEARLY DIED ON THE
WAY BACK TO SCHOOL THE. KAISER
WAS A MUSICIAN AND THEY NEVER
HAD MET UNTIL A MEETING CHANGED
THEIR LIVES.
I AM JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN
LIVING IN GEORGIA FOR 10 YEARS
NOW. I DON'T REMEMBER NOTHING
ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. I JUST
REMEMBER WAKING UP IN THE
HOSPITAL. I WAS HEADING BACK
TO
CAMPUS. I GO TO SCHOOL AT THE
UNIVERSITY. IT WAS RAINING.
IT
WAS AROUND THREE IN THE
MORNING.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO MY
FRIENDS
AND I FELL ASLEEP. THE CAR
HYDRO PLANED. THE NEXT THING I
WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL. WHEN
I
WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL
EVERYTHING FELT SO UNREAL. MY
MOTHER TALKED TO ME AND TOLD ME
I HAD BEEN UNCONSCIOUS FOR A
FULL DAY. I BROKEN MY LEFT
HAND
AND I ALSO FRACTURED BY NECK.
THE DOCTOR REALLY MADE IT CLEAR
THAT I WAS NEVER GOING TO WALK.
I WOKE UP JUST LIKE A NORMAL
DAY, NORMAL DAY FOR ME OTHER
THAN THROUGH OUT THE DAY I WAS
GOING TO GO TO A CONFERENCE. I
DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING SPECIAL OR
NEW. ALL DAY THROUGHOUT THE
CONFERENCE THE PHRASE "PEOPLE
GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR" AND
WHEELCHAIRS WHEELCHAIR AND
THAT'S THE PROMINENT THING I
GOT
FROM GOD AND I WAS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND I
ENDED UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR
AND
MET A GUY IN A WHEELCHAIR. I
BOLDLY
APPROACH HIM AND PRAY WITH HIM
AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND I FIND
ANOTHER LADY AND BOLDLY
APPROACH
AND PRAY AND NOTHING HAPPENS.
I
WAS DISCOURAGED
BUT THERE WAS A BREATH UPON THE
WORD OF WHEELCHAIR AND RIGHT
THEN A GROUP COME DOWN AND FOUR
MORE PEOPLE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
THE ENTIRE STORE WAS RUN BY
PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS. THERE
IS
A LOCAL SPINAL CENTER IN
ATLANTAS THAT DEALS WITH
INJURIES AND THEY WERE THERE TO
TEST THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE
STORE.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO
PRACTICE SHOPPING IN THE
WHEELCHAIR AND THEN I WAS WITH
MY SISTER AND WE WERE RIDINGS
AROUND AND IN THE SHOE AISLE.
I
GOT SCARED AND THIS FEAR CAME
OVER ME AND I DUCKED INTO
ANOTHER AISLE, ENDED UP IN A
SHOE AISLE AND TRYING TO GAIN
COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE AND
THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE THIRD
GUY IN THE WHEELCHAIR. HE
COMES
AROUND THE CORNER AND HAD A
NECK
BRACE AND BACK BRACE AND LEGS
STRAPPED TO THE WHEELCHAIR. NO
MOVEMENT AT THE TIME AND HAD A
HARD TIME FEELING HIS LEGS AND
I
ASKED "DO YOU MIND IF I PRAY
FOR
YOU? I KNOW GOD GETS PEOPLE
OUT
OF WHEELCHAIRS AND I WOULD LOVE
TO PRAY FOR YOU".
I AM "SURE" AND AS HE
PRAYED
I COULD FEEL MY SPINE MOVE LIKE
IT FEELS LIKE AN INNER DEEP
TISSUE MASSAGE WHERE THE BONE
ITSELF BEING IN MOTION AND
MOVING AND SHIFTING AND TURNING
AND IT JUST FELT HOT. HE
TOUCHED BOTH OF MY KNEES AND I
COULD FEEL THE HEAT. THAT WAS
A
DIFFERENT FEELING OUT OF THIS
WORLD.
WE TAKE THE STRAPS OFF HIS
LEGS IN CASE THERE WAS A
BREAKTHROUGH TO BE ABLE TO TEST
IT AND ONE OF HIS LEGS GO UP
AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. WE
THINK MAYBE IT'S A MUSCLE
SPASM.
WE TRIED TO REASON IT OUT
LOGICALLY IN THE NATURAL, AND
THEN WE ASKED TO DO IT AGAIN
AND
NOW HE'S VOLUNTARILY MOVING HIS
LEG WITH HIS OWN POWER.
BEFORE THAT ALL I COULD DO
IS
MOVE MY TOES AND THE ONLY
MOVEMENT I HAD.
NOW WE'RE EXCITED. ALL THE
FEAR LEAVES AT THIS MOMENT AND
NOW YOU'RE PRESSING IN FURTHER.
GOD YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.
YOU'RE
NOT A GOD OF PARTIAL HEALING
AND
YOU'RE OF FULL HEALING AND WE
ARE EXCITED AND TEARY EYED AND
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE AISLE WAS
CHANGING AND NOT TRYING TO BE
OFFENSIVE "HEY, DO YOU WANT TO
STAND UP?"
I STOOD UP AND IT HAPPENED
AND MY SISTER WAS AMAZED. WE
WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY.
IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE AT THE
BEACH AND A WAVE COMES OVER YOU
AND THIS PRESENCE AND IT SWEPT
ALL THREE OF US AWAY. THE GIRL
AND THE GUY CRYING. I AM
CRYING
BUT HALF LAUGHING. IT'S THE
AWKWARD IN BETWEEN PHASE AND WE
STARTED HUGGING. WE STARTED
EMBRACING EACH OTHER. GOD HAD
JUST SHOWED UP AND TEARS AND WE
EXCHANGE THE PHONE NUMBERS AND
THE GUY SITS DOWN AND I GO BACK
TO THE CONFERENCE CARRYING THE
TESTIMONY, CARRYING THE STORY
OF
REVIVAL SHOWING UP IN A SIMPLE
EVERYDAY STORE.
IT'S BEEN UPHILL SINCE THEN
WITH MY RECOVERY.
THIS GUY'S NAME WAS JOHN AND
IT WASN'T A ONE TIME ENCOUNTER
IN THAT STORE. WE DEVELOPED A
RELATIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP. I
STARTED TO VISIT HIM AT HIS
STAY
AT THE SPINAL STORY AND WE
BECAME FRIENDS AND NOW WE'RE
HANGING OUT.
WE'RE GETTING INTO TROUBLE.
WE WILL GO AND FIND PEOPLE AND
PRAY FOR THEM AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY WONDERFUL. I HAVE SEEN
A
LOT HAPPEN IN OTHER PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
HE'S PLUGGED IN AROUND LOCAL
CHURCHES AND SO AM I AND HIS
GOAL WAS TO PLAY SOCCER AND HIS
INJURY WAS GOING TO STOP HIM.
NOW I AM PLAYING SOCCER
AGAIN
AND THIS IS A GIFT FROM DREW
AND
HIS CHURCH AND THE BALL AND
IT'S
LIKE IT CAME FROM GOD AND
TELLING ME JEAN GO OUT IN THE
FIELD AND RUN AND PLAY AND DO
WHAT YOU USUALLY DO BECAUSE I
SAVED YOU AND I GIVEN YOU YOUR
LEGS BACK.
GOD IS SO POWERFUL AND HE'S
SO GOOD AND IN A WORLD WHERE
HOPE SEEMS TO BE LOST HE CAN
PICK SOMEONE LIKE ME AN
ORDINARY
GUY AND TAKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
WHO FEELS LIKE YOU'RE AN
ORDINARY PERSON AND INFUSE HOPE
INTO WHAT YOU CARRY AND BRING
TO
THE WORLD, WHAT YOU HAVE TO
OFFER, AND WE CAN SEE THINGS
LIKE THIS, THE GREATER THINGS
OF
GOD, THE DEATH, THE LAME, THE
POOR, THE SICK, AND WE CAN USE
GOD USE US PERSONALLY TO CHARGE
THE WORLD.
A WORLD WHERE HOPE IS LOST
AND USE US TO CHANGE THE WORLD,
AN ORDINARY GUY. MIRACLES.
YEAH, IT REMINDED ME
REMEMBER
THE JESUS MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY
70'S.
YEAH.
AND GUYS LIKE THIS ONE WERE
FILLED WITH FAITH AND READ THE
WORLD AND BELIEVED WHAT THE
WORD
SAID.
BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. HERE ARE
OTHERS. MICHAEL WHO IS FROM
FLORIDA WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT
AND SUFFERED A BROKEN HIP AND
PUT IT BACK TOGETHER WITH PINS
BUT TOLD HIM HE NEEDED A
REPLACEMENT IN TWO YEARS AND HE
DECLINED SURGERY AND DEVELOPED
ONE
ARTHRITIS AND ONE DAY HE SAW
TERRY TALKING AND HE JUMPED UP
RUNNING AROUND THE LIVING ROOM
AND HAD NO PAIN.
WOW. THIS IS COLLEEN AND
FROM PORTLAND OREGON AND
DEVELOPED A SORE THROAT AND
COUGH AND THE DOCTORS SAID IT
WAS A VIRUS BUT A MONTH LATER
SHE WAS STILL IN
AGONY AND SHE HAD SORES ON THE
THROAT AND SHE HEARD YOU AND
COUGHED ONE MORE TIME AND
IMMEDIATELY FELT BETTER AND NO
TROUBLE SINCE THEN.
GOD IS GOOD. WHENEVER YOU
ARE LET'S ADDRESS GOD. TERRY
AND I ARE GOING TO JOIN HANDS
AND JOIN US RIGHT NOW. FATHER,
I JOIN WITH MY DEAR SISTER IN
CHRIST AND WE ASK RIGHT NOW FOR
THE ANOINTING OF YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT TO COME INTO THE HEARTS
AND MINDS OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
AND EVERY PART OF THEIR BEING
AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS
RECEIVE
AND ASKED. THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A ULSER AND IN YOUR
ABDOMINAL AREA AND CAUSING
BLOODING AND PROBLEMS AND RIGHT
NOW YOU FEEL LIKE BURNING FIRE
IN THAT PART OF THE BODY AND
YOU
ARE HEALED. TERRY.
THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE HERE
AFTER TRYING FOR A LONG TIME
YOU'RE PREGNANT WITH A CHILD
AND
YOU'RE FEARFUL SOMETHING IS
WRONG WITH THE BABY. THAT
SPIRIT OF FEAR IS GONE NOW IN
JESUS' NAME AND YOU'RE GOING TO
DELIVER A PERFECTLY HEALTHY
BABY.
ONE OF YOUR KNUCKLES OR
SOMEHOW YOU HIT SOMETHING AND
THEY'RE SWOLLEN AND PUT YOU
SHOULD GOOD HAND ON THE HAND
THAT HAS THE SWOLLEN KNUCKLES
AND WE BELIEVE GOD RIGHT NOW
AND
COMPLETE HEALING. TERRY.
SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING ON THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU WERE BIT BY
SOMETHING AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY
WORSE AND DEEP INFECTION THERE
AND GOD IS HEALING THAT AND
GOING TO GO AWAY VERY QUICKLY.
SOMEBODY HAS A TICK. YOU
HAVE A NERVOUS TICK. YOUR HEAD
JUMPS BACK AND 40 ON THIS THING
AND RIGHT NOW.
GOD IS BRINGING HIS POWER TO
WORK, LIKE THE POWER OF JESUS
ON
YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW AND YOU
WILL
BE HEAL FROM
THIS MOMENT IS ON.
AND SOMEONE HAS CANCER AND
GOD IS HEALING YOU.
AND OTHER'S NEEDS AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHING YOU.
THANK
YOU JESUS. AMEN.
AMEN.
GIVE US A CALL. WE WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. LISTEN THE
NUMBER IS TOLL FREE. IF YOU
NEED PRAYER THERE ARE FOLKS ON
THE PHONE RIGHT NOW BE
DELIGHTED
TO PRAY WITH YOU.
STILL AHEAD HE IS CALLED A
MODERN DAY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
BECAUSE OF HIS MISSION AGAINST
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THAT IS
LATER TODAY ON THE SHOW. WE
HAVE A LABRADOR RETRIEVER THAT
GOT SICK AND I PRAYED FOR HIS
HEALING BUT WE HAD TO PUT HIM
DO
SLEEP. WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
THAT'S NEXT.
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I
HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS
CONDITION
AND COOL IF IT HAPPENED TO ME
AND NO WAY THE SHOW IS TOO BIG
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING AND
THEY TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE WITH
A
FOOT PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE A CONDITION WITH
THE
ARCHES OF YOUR FEET. GOD IS
HEALING THAT RIGHT NOW.
PUT 1 FOOT ON THE GROUND AND
THEN THE OTHER
NO PAIN. NOTHING
.
WELCOME BACK TO THE "THE 700
CLUB". PROMISE KEEPERS FOUNDER
BILL MCCARTNEY RALLIED LEADERS
TO HELP THEIR CITY AND OVER 50
PASTORS HEARD FROM THE COACH
AND
OTHERS INCLUDING MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD WHO WAS A FORMER
TERRORISTS AND THEY WORKED TO
DIVIDE THE CITIES IN THE 60'S
AND HIM AND THE PRESIDENT SAID
THE PASTORS CAN LEAD THE CITY'S
RECOVERY. "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS OPENING A FACILITY IN HAITI
AND ON A CHILDRENS' HOME AND
COMPLEMENT THE HOME AND
HATCHERY. LAST YEAR THE
HATCHERY HARVESTED 50,000
POUNDS
OF FISH AND EQUIPPED WITH
EQUIPMENT THAT WILL TURN IT
INTO
A LIQUID FERTILIZER. EMPLOYEES
WILL BREAK IT DOWN INTO SUSHI
GRADE AND
IN HAITI AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING MORE ON OUR
WEBSITE. PAT AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH "THE 700 CLUB" AFTER
THIS
.
WELL, WE WILL ANSWER SOME OF
YOUR EMAIL QUESTIONS DURING THE
SEGMENT TODAY. THIS IS FROM
EDWARD WHO SAYS "WE HAD A
LABRADOR RETRIEVER WHO HAD A
TUMOR AND HAD A HARD TIME
WALKING AND I PRAYED FOR HIS
HEALING BUT WE HAD TO PUT HIM
TO
SLEEP. I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT
I
TRUST GOD. WHERE DID I GO
WRONG?
THE REASON YOU WENT WRONG IS
THAT YOU MULTIPLY BY SEVEN A
DOG'S LIFE.
91.
91 YEARS OLD SO IF YOU'VE
GOT
AN OLD GUY AROUND AND 91 YEARS
OLD AND GOD RAISE HIM UP. COME
ON. IT'S TIME FOR THE DOD TO
DIE. YOU WERE PRAYING FOR THE
WRONG THING. YOU WERE FIGHTING
NATURE.
IS THAT TRUE -- WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IT SAID THAT DOGS
ARE -- YOU MULTIPLY SEVEN TIMES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT THEIR LIFESPAN IS.
HUMAN EQUIVALENT IT'S THREE.
HORSES ARE WHAT?
TIMES THREE.
REALLY?
AND LIVE AS LONG AS 30 AND
BE
90 BUT THE DOGS -- I MEAN
THAT'S
THE WAY IT IS. HAD YOU DID
WRONG? YOU PRAYED FOR THE
WRONG
THING. PEOPLE LOVE THEIR DOG
--
I PRAYED FOR A DOG ONE TIME AND
MIXED BREED AND WE CALLED IT
MIGHTY MUTT AND IT WAS AMAZING.
DOES HE HAVE A CAPE?
HE COULD HAVE. HE WAS THE
NICEST DOG AND AN ABSOLUTE MUTT.
THE MUTTS ARE THE NICEST
DOGS.
HE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE HE
FELT THE POWER OF GOD AND WAS A
YOUNG DOG AND DIED FROM HEART
WORMS. DOGS DIE.
THEY DO. THIS IS UNUSUAL
AND
FROM JOHN WHOS "MY DAD'S SENIOR
PASTOR DOESN'T LIKE ME AND
THROUGH ME OUT OF A CAR WHEN MY
DAD HAD SURGERY" AND LATER ON
IN YEARS THE PASTOR THREATENED
ME AGAIN. HE SAID HE HAD THE
RIGHT TO DO SO BECAUSE JESUS
TOOK A WHIP TO THE PEOPLE IN
THE
TEMPLE AND I REPORTED THIS BUT
THE CHURCH NEVER CONTACTED ME
TO
RESOLVE THE ISSUE. DOES
TURNING
THE OTHER CHEEK MEAN NOT TO
CALL
THE POLICE AND PRESS CHARGES?
TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK IS
FINE BUT THROWING THEM OUT OF
THE CAR IS ASSAULT AND IT'S A
CRIME.
HE SAYS YEARS AGO -- SO HE'S
WAITED.
THAT OLD MAN SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THE
CHURCH.
HE HAS ISSUES.
BIG ISSUES.
BUT TO THROW A KID OF A CAR
AND TALK ABOUT JESUS AND A
WHIP.
HOW DISTORTED CAN THAT GET?
THAT MAKES ME SICK BUT THE
CHURCH SHOULD HAVE DEALT WITH
HIM. IT'S A LITTLE LATE NOW
BUT
YOU GO AND TAKE THE GUY AND
TAKE
SOMEBODY WITH YOU AND IF HE
WON'T RECEIVE IT TAKE IT TO THE
CHURCH BUT THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN
PUBLIC AND TERRIBLE FOR A
CHURCH
AND SUPPOSED TO BE A LOVING
PASTOR.
I AM A COMMITTED CHRISTIAN
AND INTERNET MARKETER AND
TRAINING AND BUSINESS IS SLOW
BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL GET
BETTER. I AM COMING ACROSS
DIFFERENT PRACTITIONERS THAT
WANT MY BUSINESS BUT I AM TORN.
I CAN SET UP WEBSITES AND NOT
MARKET THEIR SERVICES AND
KEEPING THINGS TECHNICAL AND
SHOULD I BE OPEN AND TELL THEM
A
CHRISTIAN AND DON'T BELIEVE IN
WHAT THEY PRACTICE? DO I TURN
THEM AWAY? WHAT DO I DO IF.
YOU ARE HELPING THEM MARKET
THEIR SERVICES EVEN IF YOU
DON'T
DO IT.
YOU'RE SETTING UP FOR IT.
FOR A GOOD LOOKING WEBSITE
AND ATTRACT PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT
AND YOU SHOULDN'T DOING THAT
AND
DON'T TELL ME THE LORD ISN'T
GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE BUSINESS
AND
TAKE WICCANS AND WITCHES. THAT
IS NONSENSE. GOD WILL GIVE YOU
OTHER BUSINESS BUT YOU NEED TO
SAY NO. IF YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO
THIS GO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
IS IT WRONG FOR A CHRISTIAN
TO PRACTICE YOGA IF IT'S
STRICTLY FOR THE EXERCISE.
YOGA EXERCISES ARE VERY
BENEFICIAL. THEY'RE STRETCHING
EXERCISES. THEY'RE DEEP
BREATHING EXERCISES, BUT IF YOU
HAVE TO SAY SOME KIND OF A
MANTRA THEN YOU'RE PRAYING IN
SANSKRIT TO A GOD AND THERE IS
NOTHING WRONG WITH STRETCHING
AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS BUT
DON'T
GET INTO THE WHOLE --
SPIRITUAL --
SANSKRIT MAND RA. DON'T LET
THAT HAPPEN WITH YOU. THE
OTHERS -- I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
WRONG. IT'S AN EXERCISE.
MY WIFE WHO WAS A WIDOW SIX
YEARS BEFORE WE MET ARE
DIVORCING. WE HAVE ONLY BEEN
MARRIED FOR TWO YEARS BUT SHE
IS
STILL DEVOTED TO HER DECEASED
SPOUSE. I AM COMMITTED. WE
SEPARATED 10 MONTHS AGO AND
HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONTACT. WHAT
CAN WE DO?
I THINK SOMEHOW THAT WIFE
WASN'T JOINED TO YOU. SHE
STAYED WITH HER FORMER HUSBAND
EVEN THOUGH HE'S DIED AND SHE
DIDN'T UNITE WITH YOU AND IF
SHE
LEAVES SHE LEAVES AND I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S A STRONG HOLD BUT
IT'S AFFECTION AND LOVE AND SHE
DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP SO HER
FORMER HUSBAND IS DEAD AND IF
SHE FELT THAT WAY SHE WOULDN'T
HAVE GOTTEN REMARRY AND YOU'RE
FREE TO REMARRY IF ONE OF THE
SPOUSES DIES BUT IN THIS CASE
IS
IT A STRONG HOLD? WHO KNOWS,
BUT I WOULD --
SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S THE ONE
THAT LEFT.
YEAH. I WOULD KISS THAT
RELATIONSHIP GOOD BYE. YOU'RE
BETTER OFF WITHOUT HER.
BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH HIM SIX
YEARS AND STILL FEELING THAT
WAY
AFTER TWO YEARS.
AND SHRINE IN THE BEDROOM
AND
BRING CANDLES. YOU DON'T NEED
THAT.
WHAT WOULD MAKE A BUDDHIST
MONK AND HIS FAMILY CONVERT TO
CHRISTIANITY? IT STARTED WITH
ONE LITTLE GIRL WHO COULDN'T
WALK AND A MOTHER WHO PRAYED
FOR
HEALING.
SHE WAS BORN WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO
ROLL OVER AND BORN IN THE
DESERT
THERE WAS LITTLE TO BE DONE.
WHEN SHE WAS A BABY I TOOK
HER EVERYWHERE TO GET HELP TO
HOSPITALS AND TO MONKS. SHE
WAS
DISDIAGNOSED AND IT WAS
HOPELESS.
AROUND THAT TIME A GROUP OF
DOCTORS CALLED REACHING THE
LIGHT ORGANIZATION TRAVELED TO
HER TOWN. SHE WAS TOLD SHE
COULD RECEIVE FREE THERAPY AT
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER AND
WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY "ORPHAN'S
PROMISE". THE PROGRAM HAS
THERAPY AND FOLLOW UP VISITS AT
THE CENTER BUT THE MOST SPECIAL
PART OF THE PROGRAM EVERY
SESSION FOCUSED ON JESUS CHRIST
SO EACH TIME THEY CAME TO THE
CENTER THE STAFF PRAYED FOR
THEM. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THEY EVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS.
HI NO IDEA ABOUT GOD BUT I
CRIED OUT "ARE YOU REAL? ARE
YOU REAL? IF YOU'RE REAL
PLEASE
HEAL MY DAUGHTER".
AND DID YOU SEE HER IMPROVE?
OH YES. IT WAS AMAZING.
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS
SHE PRAYED TO GOD EVERYDAY
BEFORE THERAPY AND READ A BIBLE
THAT THE STAFF HAD GIVEN HER.
WHEN THEY WERE IN THE CITY THEY
ATTENDED A CHURCH. EVEN THOUGH
HER FATHER WAS A BUDDHIST MONK
SHE THROUGH THINGS IN THE FIRE.
AFTER I MET JESUS I REALLY
LIKE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.
AFTER SHE GREW IN THE FAITH
SHE STARTED A BIBLE STUDY AND
30
PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES
TO
CHRIST AND ONE STARTED A HOME
CHURCH IN ANOTHER VILLAGE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY
SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF A MONK HOW
CAN SHE SHARE ABOUT JESUS? BUT
THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I
KNOW HE IS REAL AND I WILL
FOLLOW HIM.
BECAUSE OF THE OUTREACH HER
FATHER BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND
MANY OF HER FAMILY ALSO AND
BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP AND GOD'S
GRACE THIS LITTLE GIRL WHO
COULDN'T SIT UP ON HER OWN IS
NOW WALKING. THESE ARE THE
FIRST STEPS TO A BRIGHTER
FUTURE
AND JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST.
"THE 700 CLUB" PARTNERS
ISN'T
AMAZING TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN
SIT
IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME
AND TOUCH THE LIVES OF A LITTLE
GIRL AND ENTIRE FAMILY IN
MONGOLIA. WHEN I SAY THEY'RE
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE BUT JESUS
KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE. THAT
LITTLE GIRL IS WALKING AND IT
HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU CARED
ENOUGH TO SEND. THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT SEND AND GO AND WE
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A
SENDER. IF YOU'RE NOT A "THE
700 CLUB" MEMBER TODAY IS A
GREAT DAY TO JOIN. IT'S $20 A
MONTH AND 65 CENTS A DAY. WE
ARE DOING WONDERFUL WORK IN THE
WORLD AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN
US. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN
1-800-759-0700. SAY I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" AND WHEN
YOU
DO SAY YOU WANT TO DO IT USING
PLEDGE EXPRESS AND ELECTRONIC
MONTHLY GIVING AND THAT MEANS
THE BANK DOES ALL THE WORK AND
SAVES PROCESSING COST SO WE CAN
PUT MORE INTO THE LIVES OF
THESE
STORIES AND WE WANT TO SEND YOU
POWER OF LIFE TEACHING AND YOU
WILL GET ONE EVERY MONTH AND A
BLESSING TO YOU. UP NEXT THE
21
YEAR OLD THAT WANTS TO REVIVE A
THOUSAND YEAR OLD KOA.D WE WILL
TELL YOU WHY. THAT IS COMING
UP.
SO WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD
ZACH HUNTER READ A BOOK ABOUT
HARRIET TUBMAN. SHE WAS
APPALLED WHEN HE READ ABOUT
SLAVERY IN AMERICA AND STUNNED
WHEN HE LEARNED IT WAS STILL
GOING ON TODAY SO ZACH STARTED
A
CAMPAIGN TO STOP HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND "LOOSE CHANGE
TO
LOOSEN CHAINS" HAS RAISED
NEARLY
$1 MILLION AND ZACH IS WORKING
ON RESTORING SOMETHING ELSE.
ZACH HUNTER HAS BEEN CALLED
A
MODERN DAY HERO BECAUSE OF HIS
EFFORTS FOR ANTITRAFFICKING AND
NOW IT'S GONE GLOBAL AND ZACH
CONTINUES THAT WORK ALONG WITH
A
NEW CAUSE THAT CAN AFFECT EVERY
FAMILY IN THE NATION.
ZACH HUNTER IS WITH US.
ZACH
WELCOME TO THE "THE 700 CLUB".
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN
HONOR TO BE HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
YES PLEASE. YOU HAVE A NEW
FOCUS YOU BEGUN TO TALK ABOUT,
WRITE ABOUT. SLAVERY WAS A
HUGE
ISSUE AND YOU MADE A HUGE
IMPACT
WITH THAT. I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE A HEART FOR THAT
BUT
NOW YOU HAVE A BOOK CALLED
CHIVALRY, THE REQUEST FOR A
PERSONAL CODE OF HONOR IN AN
UNJUST WORLD. HOW DID YOU GO
FROM SLAVERY TO CHIVALRY?
WELL, THIS IS MY FOURTH BOOK
SO THE FIRST BOOK WAS ABOUT
FREEING PEOPLE FROM MODERN DAY
SLAVERY. I STARTED THE
CAMPAIGN
WHEN I WAS 12 AND NINE YEARS
AGO
AND MAKES ME SOUND OLD AND NOT
A
BAD AVERAGE PER YEAR, BUT I HAD
BASICALLY GONE THROUGH A TOUGH
PERIOD OF MY OWN LIFE AND
SEEING
A HUGE INCONSISTENCY WITH MY
PASSION FOR CHANGING THE WORLD
AND COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD AND THE POOR
AND OPPRESSED AND INCONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THAT AND HOW I WAS
TREATING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND I REALIZED IT WASN'T ME AND
MY GENERATION IS KNOWN ABOUT
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND
CARING
ABOUT THE POOR AND THIS ISSUE
OF
MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND THE TERM
OF ABOLITIONIST THESE DAYS AND
YET THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE
AND
I AM HEARING FROM PARENTS AND
STUDENTS THERE IS LESS CIVILITY
AND KINDNESS IN THE WORLD TODAY
AND I REALIZED I NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THIS IS
MY PERSONAL JOURNEY TO BECOME A
KINDER PERSON.
TALK ABOUT HOW YOU DEFINE
CHIVALRY? IT'S ABOUT A
PERSON'S
CHARACTER AND NOT ABOUT OPENING
DOORS FOR WOMEN AND LETTING
SOMEONE GO THROUGH THE DOOR AND
THAT IS GENTLEMANLY.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND THIS ISN'T GENDER BASED.
AND OUR CONCEPT OF CHIVALRY
IS MALE ORIENTED AND NOT A
STANDARD OF HOW WE SHOULD TREAT
OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S BASED ON 10
CONCEPTS THAT I FOUND DOING
RESEARCH AND THESE ARE THINGS
--
I WILL NEVER ATTACK FROM
BEHIND.
I WILL RESPECT LIFE AND
FREEDOM.
I WILL EXHIBIT SELF CONTROL AND
SELFLESSNESS, AND GREAT IDEAS
AND IF IT ONLY APPLIES TO ONE
GENDER IT'S NOT VERY MEANINGFUL.
HOW DID YOU FIND THAT? WHEN
YOU SAW IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR YOU
PERSONALLY AND IT WAS REALLY
BEYOND YOU AND CULTURE AT THE
MOMENT HOW DID YOU GET TO THE
NINTH CODE FROM THERE?
ABSOLUTELY. I ALWAYS LOVED
STORIES OF HEROES AND MYTHOLOGY
AND LEGIONS AND A BID OF A NERD
IN THAT RESPECT AND I WANTED TO
KNOW -- I HAVE LEARNED IN
RECENT
HISTORY OR RECENTLY ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES AND
THIS
BAD TASTE OF CHRISTIANITY
PEOPLE
LEFT IN PEOPLE'S MOUTH AND BY
HISTORICAL WRONGS BY PEOPLE
THAT
SAY THEY SHARE THE FAITH AND
DID
THEY START OUT RIGHT AND GO
WRONG AND THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT
WAS THE CASE. THEY HAD THE
GREAT IDEAS AND IF THEY WERE
MORE THAN RULES AND STANDARDS
THAT WE BELIEVED AND BOUGHT
INTO
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND CHANGE US
THE
CULTURE COULD BE DIFFERENT BY
CHANGING OURSELVES FIRST.
AND WITHIN PEOPLE OF FAITH
THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT
BUT
WE HAVE LOST SOME OF THAT AS
WELL. YOU HAVE TAKEN THE
STANDARDS THAT YOU FOUND AND
JUXTAPOSE TO WHAT IS HERE AND
TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT STRUCK
YOU THE MOST AND HOW THEY'RE
JUXTAPOSE?
ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD SAY THE
TITLE "I WILL NOT FEAR EVIL"
IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO
ME.
FIRST I TALK ABOUT FEAR -- I
HAVE BEEN A FEARFUL PERSON IN
MY
LIFE AND STRUGGLE WITH THAT AND
WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE YOU
SEE
THINGS AND I
TALK ABOUT EVIL AND A LOT OF US
USE THESE WORDS TO TALK ABOUT
THINGS THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
OR PEOPLE THAT INTERPRET THE
BIBLE DIFFERENTLY WHICH IS
HARMFUL TO ULTIMATELY BUILDING
THE KINGDOM SO I TALK ABOUT
THAT
A LITTLE BIT AND BEING
UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER PEOPLE
WHO STILL HAVE THE SAME VIEW OF
JESUS THAT WE DO BUT INTERPRET
THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY I THINK
SUCH A MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE TODAY
BECAUSE THERE IS A SENSE OF
CIVILITY MISSING CERTAINLY IN
OUR CULTURE BUT CHARACTER AS
WELL. HOW DO YOU HOPE TO --
YOU
HAD A PLAN WITH "LOOSE CHANGE
TO
LOOSEN CHAINS". HOW DO YOU
FEEL
YOU CAN IMPACT YOUR GENERATION
AND ALL OF US REALLY WITH THIS
MESSAGE?
YEAH, I THINK THROUGH THE
ARTS AND THROUGH CULTURE
MOSTLY.
I MEAN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS
-- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
BACK IN THE GREEN ROOM,
MS. IVORY WAS SPEAKING WITH ME.
SHE WORKS HERE AND TALKING HOW
THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE IN THE
MEDIA AND CULTURE AND WE NEED
TO
BE THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE. I
THINK IN THAT SAME VAIN
CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE THE MOST
UNDERSTANDING AND OFTEN WE ARE
NOT.
AND REFLECTIVE OF OUR OWN
NEED TO CHANGE.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK. THIS
IS A BOOK EVERYBODY SHOULD
READ.
EVERY PARENT SHOULD MAKE SURE
THE CHILDREN READ BUT WE SHOULD
READ IT ALSO. IT'S CALLED
CHIVALRY AND AVAILABLE
NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
MESSAGE. PAT, OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU ZACH. THAT WAS
TREMENDOUS. I AM STILL THE
GENERATION THAT OPENS THE DOORS
FOR LADIES AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
I GUESS MAYBE IT'S OLD
FASHIONED
BUT I LIKE IT. THAT'S ALL THE
TIME WE HAVE FOR TODAY'S SHOW.
MONDAY WE HAVE CLARK HOWARD WHO
SHARES FINANCIAL ADVICE AND
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS "THE LORD IS GOOD TO
THOSE
WHOSE HOPE IS WITHIN HIM TO THE
ONE THAT SEEKS HIM." HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE YOU
MONDAY. BYE BYE.