Financial expert Clark Howard shares strategies for saving and managing your money. Plus, Debra was hungry to succeed in the male dominated profession of law enforcement, the problem was that she hated men.
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THREATENED WITH JAIL.
TWO CONSECUTIVE SIX MONTHS
TERMS IN PRISON.
AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHY.
IT SEEMS ABSURD THAT YOU
WOULD LOCK SOMEBODY UP FOR THAT.
AND THEN A COP THAT WORKED
THE WAY TO THE TOP.
FAILURE WAS NOT AN OPTION.
AND MADE SOME ENEMIES ALONG
THE WAY.
AND THEY USED IT AGAINST HE.
AND CLARK HOWARD LOOKS AT
THE
LONG HAUL ON TODAY'S "THE 700
CLUB".
WELL, WELCOME TO "THE 700
CLUB". THERE IS ALWAYS ONE
MORE
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT IS
GOING TO SUCK IN THE UNITED
STATES. THIS TIME IT IS SYRIA
WITH THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND
NAVY SHIPS ARE READY TO GO WITH
CRUISE MISSILES AND THE U.S.
AND
THE BRITS ARE GOING AFTER THEM.
UN INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN SHOT
AT AS THEY LOOK AT THE REPORTS
THAT THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED AN
TACK AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE.
IT'S BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE
THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN
SYRIA
AND THE HASSAN REGIME SAID THEY
COULD LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF AN
ATTACK BUT "IT'S TOO LATE TO
BECREDIBLE".
AND EVIDENCE WOULD BE
TAMPERED WITH.
AND THIS COMES AS CALLS FOR
MILITARY ACTION GROWS AND
BRITAIN AND FRANCE AND OTHERS
ARE CALLING FOR THE U.S. TO GET
INVOLVED.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT ALLOW THE
MOST DANGEROUS REGIMES TO GET
THE MOST DANGEROUS WEAPONS. IN
THE END THE EXTREMISTS USE THE
WEAPONS.
YOU COULD DESTROY
THEIR THINGS.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO DO SOMETHING
AND I HOPE THAT WE DO IT SOON.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS STILL
WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS AND
THEY'RE
CLOSER TO A RESPONSE AND NAVEL
FORCES HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED AND
COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA ARE
SKEPTICAL THAT SYRIA ARE BEHIND
THE ATTACKS AND HE DENIES HE
DID
IT AND WARNS "ANY U.S.
INTERVENTION WILL CAUSE A BALL
OF FIRE THAT WILL IN FLAME THE
MIDDLE EAST AND RESULT IN WAR"
CBN NEWS.
REMEMBER THE WAR OF ALL
BATTLES AND THEY HAVE THAT
RHETORIC. THE PROBLEM IS WHO
DO
WE GET IF WE TAKE DOWN HASSAN.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. LOOKS LIKE
THE SAUDIS ARE STRONGLY AGAINST
HIM AND THE REPORTS I WAS
READING TODAY THEY HAVE
LAUNCHED
PRINCE BANBAR TO DO SOME WORK
BEHIND THE SCENES IN GETTING
PEOPLE TO TURN AGAINST THE
SYRIANS. THE SAUDIS OBVIOUSLY
WANT HIM OUT. WELL, THE
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY HAS
BEEN FOUND SPYING -- SOME OF
THE
PEOPLE SPYING ON THE LOVE LIFE
OF EX-SPOUSES AND SO FORTH AND
AS A
UNIT MAYBE
SPYING ON THE UNITED NATIONS.
THAT'S RIGHT PAT. THEY
BUGGED THE HEADQUARTERS IN NEW
YORK ACCORDING TO A GERMAN
MAGAZINE AND THE NSA WAS ABLE
TO
GET INTO THE VIDEO CONFERENCING
CENTER LAST SUMMER AND GOT THE
INFORMATION FROM EDWARD SNOWDEN
WHO HAD OTHER LEAKS AND THERE
IS
TENSION NOW THAT THE USA
LEARNED
THEY HAVE BEEN SPYING ON THEM.
WELL, THE FARMERS ALMANNIC IS
PREDICTING A BITTERLY COLD
WINTER THIS YEAR AND PREDICTING
THE SUPER BOWL COULD TURN INTO
A
STORM BOWL AND THE GAME WILL BE
PLAYED OUTSIDE IN NEW YORK AND
IT'S PREDICTING A BLIZZARD
AROUND THAT TIME AND BASED ON
PLENARY POSITIONS AND SUNSPOTS
AND LUNAR CYCLES. AN OHIO MAN
CAME BACK TO LIFE AFTER BEING
DEAD FOR 35 MINUTES AND HIS
STORY MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE
WORLD AND CHARLENE ISRAEL
TRAVELED TO SEE HIS HIS FAITH
THAT KEPT HIM ALIVE.
TONY IS GLAD HE CAN GO TO
CHURCH.
I WAS A BELIEVER BUT IT'S A
DIFFICULT LEVEL NOW.
TONY HAD DIFFICULTY
BREATHING
AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
4:00 A.M. THE LORD WOKE ME
UP
-- THERE IS NO OTHER
EXPLANATION. I DON'T GET UP AT
THAT TIME AND I HEARD HIS
BREATHING AND AS A NURSE I KNEW
IT WASN'T CORRECT AND I TRIED
TO
WAKE HIM UP AND NO PULSE AND I
WENT INTO MY TRAINING WITH CPR.
HE RUSHED TO THIS HOSPITAL
AND LATER CODED AND DOCTORS
WORKED FOR 45 MINUTES TO SAVE
HIS LIFE. HIS FAMILY WAS
SHOCKED AND HEART BROKEN.
MY STOMACH DROPPED AND
DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO FEEL AND JUST CRIED.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING SHOCK, A
LOT OF GRIEF.
NURSES PREPARED THE BODY FOR
THE FAMILY'S FINAL VIEWING
MELISSA HOPED FOR THE
IMPOSSIBLE.
MY 17 YEAR OLD COUSIN WHO
WAS
A PREACHER AND LAID HIS HAND
UPON ME AND CALLED ME HIS CHILD
-- HE SAID A LOT MORE WHICH I
DON'T REMEMBER BUT ALSO SAID IF
WE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE DONE
AND
FROM THAT MOMENT ON I KNEW. I
KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE ALL
RIGHT.
THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE
JENNIFER WERE WITH HIS WIFE AND
HIS FAMILY AND WAS TEACHING ON
THE POWER OF PRAYER. THE
COUPLE
BEGAN TALK THEIR 17 YEAR OLD
SON
ABOUT GOD.
I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM WITH
THE ELBOWS ON THE DESK AND HE
HAD HIS HEAD DOWN AND PRAYING
AND THEN THE WORD CAME IN AND
WRAPPED WITH SUCH GRIEF. I
WILL
NEVER FORGET THE SOUNDS OF THE
WHALING, THE CRYING AND HE
JUMPED UP AND HIT THE WALL
REALLY HARD. I SAW LAWRENCE AS
HE WAS TURNED TO THE WALL
SHAKING HIS HEAD AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, AND
IT WAS AS IF HE HAD A SECOND
WIND.
REFUSING TO ACCEPT HIS
FATHER'S DEATH HE DID SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY.
SOMETHING JUST CLICKED AND I
JUST CAME OUT AND SAID "DAD
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE TODAY".
I SPOKE AGAINST THE SPIRIT
OF
DEATH IN MY PRAYER AND ASKED
THE
LORD TO CALL HIM BACK AND WHEN
I
DID THAT LAWRENCE RUNS OUT INTO
THE HALLWAY AND WE WERE IN
AGREEMENT. HE DECLARED THAT
THE
DOCTORS NOT GIVE UP HOPE ON HIS
DAD AND HE SPOKE TOWARDS HIS
DAD
AND SAID HIS DAD WOULD LEAVE.
IMMEDIATELY TONY'S BODY SHOWED
SIGNS OF LIFE AND FULLY AWAKE
FIVE DAYS LATER WITH NO DEFECTS
OR SIGNS.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
AND EVEN DOWN TO ME COMING OUT
WITH NO BROKEN RIBS NOT BEING
SORE.
HOSPITAL OFFICIALS HAVE NO
EXPLANATION FOR HIS RECOVERY.
THEY AGREE THERE WAS DIVINE
INTERVENTION.
I BELIEVE WITH THE POWER OF
THE PRAYER AND ALL THE THINGS
BEING DONE FOR HIM WERE THE
PERFECT COALESCENCE OF GOD IN
OUR LIVES AND THE GIFTS HE
GIVES
US THAT WE SHOULD BE SHARING.
NEWS OF THE RESURRECTION HAS
SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD.
I THINK WE WERE CREATED BY AN
AMAZING GOD.
PEOPLE WHO DOUBT SAY IT'S
JUST MEDICAL. PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE SAY IT'S PROOF OF WHO I
KNOW TO BE TRUE.
TONY SAYS HE DOESN'T
REMEMBER
ANYTHING ABOUT DEATH AND NO
WHITE LIGHT OR ANSWERS BUT HE
SAYS HIS FAITH IS STRONGER AND
MORE REAL THAN EVER.
GOD STEPS IN WHEN MAN CAN DO
NO MORE AND THEY PROMOUNCED ME
DEAD AND THAT'S WHEN HE CAME.
THE FAMILY WANT PEOPLE TO
WORSHIP GOD.
OUR GOD IS AMAZING.
CHARLENE ISRAEL. OHIO.
QUITE A STORY PAT.
IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING.
GOD IS THE GOD OF LIFE. JESUS
CHRIST SAYS HE'S THE GOD OF
ABRAHAM AND JACOB AND NOT OF
THE
DEAD BUT OF THE LIVING AND WE
ALL LIVE BEFORE HIM BUT IT JUST
SHOWS THERE IS A CONTINUUM
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH AND THAT
MAN WAS FLAT OUT DEAD. THE
THING ABOUT IT HE'S GOT NO
BRAIN
DAMAGE, NO PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
AND
APPARENTLY WITH ALL THE WORK
BEING DONE NO BROKEN RIBS AND
IT'S AMAZING.
ASTONISHING STORY.
WOW.
45 MINUTES.
WITH A LOT OF FAITH AND A
SON
THAT BELIEVED AND A PASTOR WHO
BELIEVED AND A FAMILY WHO
BELIEVED. GOD DOES MIRACLES
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT'S NOT
THE FIRST CENTURY HE DOES
MIRACLES. HE DOES THEM ALL THE
TIME WANT HE LIVES, HE LIVES
WITHIN MY HEART. TERRY.
WELL, UP NEXT IT'S "STRANGER
THAN FICTION". HEAR WHAT
HAPPENED TO A EXECUTIVE CHARGED
WITH KILLING TWO BIRDS.
I HAVE KIDS AND TO THINK
THAT I
COULD GO TO PRISON IS SURREAL.
THIS MAN'S BIZARRE STORY IS
COMING UP AND LATER ON THE
THIRST MISER MILLION DOLLARS
CLARK HOWARD JOINS FOR TIPS ON
LIVING LARGE FOR THE LONG HAUL
.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TELL
YOU
THE STORY OF A PROSECUTOR WHO
WAS NAMED BY THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" THE DODO OF THE YEAR.
SUPPOSE YOUR CAT KILLED A BIRD
OR A BIRD DIED CRASHING INTO
YOUR WINDOW, AND THEN THE DODO
OF THE YEAR, THE FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR SHOWED UP TO PUT YOU
IN JAIL. SOUNDS ABSURD,
DOESN'T
IT? BUT THAT'S THE BASIC
PREMISE OF WHO HAPPENED IN
NORTH
DAKOTA AFTER THE DEATH OF JUST
28 BIRDS.
RECENT A TEXAS OIL MAN WAS
FACING A STRANGE FATE.
LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THE
DEATH OF TWO BIRDS COULD
THREATEN TO PUT HIM IN A PRISON
CELL.
SOME OF THESE HAVE WELLS AND
SOME BIRDS DROWN AND THE
PROSECUTOR WAS MAKING A SPECIAL
EFFORT TO FIND THESE BIRDS.
HE CHARTERED A HELICOPTER TO
SEARCH FOR THIS AND AROUND TO
ALL OF THE SITES IN DAKOTA.
HE CHARGED HIM WITH
CRIMINALLY KILLING BIRDS AND IN
VIOLATION OF THE MIGRATORY BIRD
TREATY ACT AND WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE USED ON POACHERS ILLEGALLY
KILLING BIRDS BUT THIS DIDN'T
STOP THIS PROSECUTORIAL TEAM.
THEY FOUND TWO BIRDS AND TWO
MALLARDS AND ALSO AS A CEO I
COULD SERVE TWO CONSECT I
TERMS IN
PRISON.
IT SEEMS ABSURD THAT YOU
WOULD LOCK SOMEBODY UP FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I AM A FATHER WITH FIVE WITH
CHILDREN FROM EIGHT TO 17 YEARS
OLD AND TO THINK THAT I COULD
POSSIBLY GO TO JAIL FOR THIS UP
TO A YEAR WAS REALLY SURREAL.
EVEN MORE SURREAL IF THE
PRISON COULD IMPRISON THESE OIL
EXECUTIVES THEY COULD THROW ANY
AMERICAN IN JAIL SO THE JUDGE
RULED HE COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH
WHAT THE PROSECUTOR WANTED AND
WOULD YIELD THESE RESULTS AND
DRIVING AND OWNING A CAT OR A
BUILDING AND ALL OF WHICH KILLS
BIRDS. THEY WANTED TO
PROSECUTE
FOR THE 27 BIRD DEATHS AND THE
JUDGE POINTED OUT POWER LINES
KILL THEM AND CATS KILL
MILLIONS
AND CRASHING INTO CARS AND MAYB
60
MILLION AND
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE
CONSISTENT.
ANYBODY WITH A HOME THAT THE
BIRD FLIES INTO WOULD BE
CRIMINAL.
SO THE JUDGE THREW OUT THE
CASE AND YOU WOULD WONDER WHY
THEY'RE GOING AFTER THESE
PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF THE WIND INDUSTRY
THAT KILLS THOUSANDS OF BIRDS
WITH THE WIND TURBINES AND
MAYBE
THIS IS HARASSING AN INDUSTRY
NOT GREEN ENOUGH FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION.
THERE IS TALK ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT THRILLED
ABOUT THE DRILLING AND THE
PEOPLE HERE.
AND IT SEEMS THAT WAY AND
THERE WAS AN EPA EXECUTIVE
TALKING ABOUT THAT TO SET AN
EXAMPLE.
JUST AS INDIVIDUALS CAN BE
SUBJECT TO CAPRICIOUS
PROSECUTION COMPANIES CAN TOO
AND USUALLY THEY'RE DISFAVORED
COMPANIED AND THEY'RE MAKING
SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY THINKS
SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN
PROSECUTE AN INDUSTRY OR
INDIVIDUAL IF THEY WANT.
HE SAYS IT FEELS UN-AMERICAN
THE WAY THE FEDS HAVE TARGETED
HIM AND TRYING TO PUT HIM AWAY.
WE'RE ATTACKED BY OUR OWN
GOVERNMENT. IT'S START
EARLYING.
AND THIS INDUSTRY GETS A WAY
WITH ALL OF THESE BIRD CORPSES.
AND TO GO AFTER THE NATIONAL
BIRD AND THEY GO AFTER US FOR A
COUPLE OF MALLARDS.
EXECUTIVES WITH THE
UNFAVORED
COMPANIES THREATENED WITH JAIL
TIME AND THOSE THAT BUILD WIND
TURBINES THAT KILL THOUSANDS OF
BIRDS A YEAR AND NEVER HEAR A
WORLD FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. REPORTING FROM
AUSTIN TEXAS.
WHEN DO WE SAY ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH? WELL THE WALLSTREET
SCBROWRNL CRITICIZED THE U.S.
ATTORNEY WHO BROUGHT THE CASE.
THEY SAY -- THAT'S THE GUY.
THEY SAY HE'S THE DODO
PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR. WE ADD
OUR APPLAUSE TO THE JOURNAL FOR
THAT BILT OF REPORTING. THE
DODO OF THE YEAR, TIMOTHY
BURTON, ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS IN
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF O BAM
A THAT'S WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE
THEY DON'T LIKE. YOU'RE IN THE
OIL BUSINESS AND YOU KILLED TWO
MALLARDS AND YOU'RE GOING TO
JAIL.
THANK GOODNESS FOR THE JUDGE.
IT WAS SCATHING WHAT HE
SAID.
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE AUTO
PROBLEM
IS TERRY A GOOD PROSECUTOR
COULD
INVITE SANTA CLAUS ON CHRISTMAS
EVE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO
GET THE INDICTMENT FROM THE
GRAND JURY AND YOU DON'T HAVE
OPPOSING PEOPLE TALKING AND THE
PROSECUTOR HAS IT ALL. ISN'T
THAT SHOCKING?
IT IS BUT HAPPY TO SEE THERE
IS SOMETHING BEING DONE
POSITIVELY TO STOP THAT
CRAZINESS. I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE A CONFEEGZ.
OR DEAR.
I HAVE A WINDOW. I HAVE A
WINDOW.
A LARGE WINDOW.
A LARGE WINDOW AND A BIRD --
A ROUGH GROUSE. THEY FLY AT
60 MILES PER HOUR AND CAME
RIPPING THROUGH THE SKY AND
DESTROYED THE WINDOW. IT WAS A
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE BUT
HE DIED IN THE PROCESS BUT
FORTUNATELY THE DODO OF THE
YEAR
DOESN'T LIVE IN BASS COUNTY
VIRGINIA.
I DOUBT THERE ARE HOMEOWNERS
THAT HAVEN'T HAD A BIRD FLY
INTO
A WINDOW.
AND THE CITY WILL PUT YOU IN
AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL WEEP AND
WE WILL CRY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY
RESCUE.
SO MUCH FOR THAT. NOW WE'RE
GOING TO TALK TO CLARK HOWARD
AND HE SPREADS THE WEALTH OF
HIS
COST CUTTING KNOWLEDGE. HIS
FOCUS IS ON CREDIT, CARS AND
HEALTH CAR AND THIS NEW BOOK
THAT HE HAS WRITTEN THAT I
THINK
YOU WILL FIND VERY INTERESTING
WHEN WE COME BACK
.
DID IY. DO IT YOURSELF.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE
PROVIDES FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT
CHAMPION FINANCIAL EXPERT CLARK
HOWARD SAYS AND HAS MADE A
CAREER SHOWING PEOPLE HOW TO
SAVE MORE AND SPEND LESS. TAKE
A LOOK.
CLARK HOWARD IS A SUCCESSFUL
ENTREPRENEUR AND THROUGH HIS
SHOWS AND BEST SELLING BOOKS HE
GIVES VALUABLE MONEY SAVING
TIPS. SAVE MORE
AND SPEND LESS IS A WAY OF LIFE
AND WANTS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
LIVE LARGE FOR THE LONG HAH.
THIS IS MONEY TIPS
AND CLARK HOWARD IS WITH US AND
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
LET'S START WITH COMPLICATED
CREDIT SCORES. HOW DO YOU GET
A
GOOD SCORE? HOW DO YOU GET A
BAD ONE?
IT'S EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT
IMAGINE TO KEEP A GOOD ASK THE
SCORE. NUMBER ONE THIS IS HARD
TO DO. YOU PAY EVERY BILL ON
TIME EVERY MONTH AND YOU USE
VERY LITTLE OF YOUR CREDIT AND
IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARDS AND
THE
LIMIT IS $10,000 NEVER USE MORE
THAN $3,000 OF THE AVAILABLE
$10,000 CREDIT. YOU DO THOSE
TWO THINGS AND THAT IS TWO
THIRDS OF WHAT MAKES UP THE
SCORE.
TWO THIRDS.
2/3S IS PAYING ON TIME AND
USING LITTLE OF YOUR AVAILABLE
CREDIT.
YOU DON'T ADVOCATE YOU PAY
OFF ONE OF THE HIGH DOLLAR --
CUTTING UP THE CARD. YOU WANT
TO KEEP THE CARD ACTIVE?
ABSOLUTELY. YOU NEVER CUT
UP
A CARD. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE
MISTAKE FROM PEOPLE THAT DO
FROM
GRADUATING FROM OWING DEBT AND
YOU DON'T CLOSE ACCOUNTS
BECAUSE
THAT DEVASTATES YOUR SCORE AND
YOU WERE RIDING TO RAISE THE
SCORE YOU EAT IT UP.
SO THE MORE CREDIT YOU HAVE
AVAILABLE THE BETTER YOUR SCORE?
100%, YES.
INCREDIBLE. WHAT ELSE
COUNTS? SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE A
LOT OF MONEY DOESN'T MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
IT'S TRUE. WHAT YOU MAKE
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE
SCORE. THE OTHER THINGS DON'T
MATTER. IF YOU APPLIED FOR A
LOT OF CREDIT RECENTLY THAT
WILL
LOWER THE SCORE, THE MIX OF
CARDS. DO YOU HAVE CAR LOAN,
HOME EQUITY LINE, THOSE THINGS,
BUT REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT
TRULY MATTERS ARE THE FIRST TWO
THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
PAYING THEM ON TIME AND
HAVING SMALL AMOUNT OF CREDIT
USED. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY.
AUTOMOBILE. WE HAVE TWO THINGS
WE SPEND MONEY ON, HOUSES AND
CARS.
DEFINITELY.
YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF
BUYING
NEW CARS AND GETTING THE NICE
SMELL EVERY YEAR.
NO. IT'S FUNNY THERE IS A
GUY THAT I PROFILE IN THE BOOK
AND WAS A CAR SALESMAN HIS
WHOLE
LIFE AND HE WOULD KEEP A CAR
FOREVER BUT THE CUSTOMERS WOULD
GET A NEW CAR EVERY COUPLE OF
YEARS AND GARY IS RETIRED AND
THE CUSTOMERS ARE WORKING AND
THE REALITY IS NEW CARS COST A
FORTUNE
AND
THEY EAT YOUR MONEY ALIVE.
IT'S
UGLY WHAT IT DOES AND IF YOU
KEEP A CAR FOR 10 YEARS OR USED
CAR FOR FOUR YEARS AND YOU CAN
RETIRE FIVE YEARS SOONER.
OH STOP IT. FIVE YEARS
SOONER?
FIVE YEARS YOUR NEIGHBOR IS
STILL GOING TO WORK.
BUT HE HAS THE SMELL OF THE
NICE NEW LEATHER.
THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO THAT.
YOU
DIDN'T GO BACK TO THE CAR
DEALER
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WELL, YOU EVEN ADVOCATING
BICYCLES.
WELL, NOT -- IT'S NOT
SOMETHING I WOULD DO, BUT THERE
IS A COUPLE ROBERT AND HIS WIFE
AND MOVED TO ILLINOIS AND HAD
$100,000 IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
THEY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ANYONE
TAKING THAT OUT NOW BUT WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG YOU DON'T THINK
ABOUT THE DEBT YOU'RE TAKING ON
SO THEY REALIZED THEY WOULD BE
IN DEBT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES
SO THEY SOLD THEIR CARS AND
THEY
DON'T LIVE LIKE IN CHICAGO.
THEY LIVE DOWN STATE. THEY
COMMUTE EVERYWHERE BY BICYCLE.
JUST THE MONEY THEY SAVED BY
NOT
DRIVING WITH THE CARD CART ON
THE BACK TO
GET THINGS AND THEY ARE IN
GREAT
CONDITION. THEY PAID OFF THEIR
STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY OFF?
$100,000.
YOU'RE KIDDING.
FROM RIDING BICYCLES AND
MOST
PEOPLE CAN'T DO THAT AND IF
YOU'RE A TWO CAR FAMILY AND GET
BY WITH ONE OR A TWO CAR FAMILY
AND DO THAT AND THE AVERAGE CAR
COSTS 60 CENTS A MILE TO
OPERATE. I LIKE GETTING A
BAGEL
IN THE MORNING AND IT'S $3 AND
I
TELL MY BAGEL COSTS ME $10
BECAUSE OF THE COST OF DRIVING
TO THE SHOP AND BACK HOME AND
ACTUALLY TWICE WHAT THE COST OF
MY BAGEL IS.
YOU DRIVE 10,000 MILES AND
$6,000.
THAT'S RIGHT.
MOST DO 20,000.
SO THAT IS $12,000 A YEAR
FOR
TRANSPORTATION.
UNBELIEVABLE. ALL RIGHT.
HEALTH CARE. THAT'S THE BIG
ONE
NOW. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT?
WELL, THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL
AND IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
BUT IF YOU NEED A MAJOR
PROCEDURE EVEN IF YOU'RE
INSURED
YOU FACE ENORMOUS OUT OF POCKET
SO THERE SAY MUSICIAN NAMED
WILLY WHO I PROFILED WHO WAS
FACING AN OPERATION AND CALLED
AROUND AND THE PRICE WAS 150
GRAND TO $300,000 FOR THE
OPERATION.
WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO DO
TAKE THE STOMACH OUT?
A HEART OPERATION, SO HE
GOES
TO INDIA AND THE OPERATION
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION WAS
$9,000.
WASN'T HE AFRAID THEY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING?
WELL THERE IS A COMMISSION
THAT RATES FACILITIES OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES AND HERE AS
WELL AND THEIR STANDARDS ARE
VERY HIGH AND IF YOU GO TO A
PLACE THAT MEETS THE JOINT
COMMISSION STANDARDS YOU SHOULD
GET MEDICAL CARE YOU WOULD BE
COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE AND NOT
JUST FOR YOURSELF BUT A LOVED
ONE HAVE IT AND IT'S A RADICAL
STEP TO BE AWAY FROM FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, HALFWAY ACROSS THE
WORLD BUT IN HIS CASE HE WOULD
HAVE DIED. HE COULDN'T AFFORD
HIS SHARE OF THE OPERATION SO
BY
GOING TO INDIA HE'S HEALTHY AND
HE'S NOT BROKE.
I DON'T PRESUME IS THE
COSMETIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD --
YEAH COSTA RICA IS BIG FOR
RESTORATIVE DENTAL CARE.
REALLY?
IF YOU NEED DENTAL CARE
PEOPLE GO THERE FOR THAT. THEY
ALSO GO TO HUNGRY.
HUNGRY?
HUNGARY IS A PLACE AND
AMERICANS AND CANADIANS AND
EUROPEANS GO FOR EXTREME DENTAL
CARE THEY CAN'T AFFORD.
HOW DO THEY GET THEIR
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE?
WELL, THEY GO TO DENTAL
SCHOOL JUST LIKE OUR DENTISTS
DO, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT
RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING
THERE ARE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH ME, BUT
THE COSTS OF MEDICAL CARE
VARIES
SO MUCH IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S
NOT LIKE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
THE
BEST MEDICAL SYSTEM IN THE
WORLD
IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS
BACK IN THE STONE AGES WITH
MEDICAL CARE.
WELL, THE HOSPITALS PUMP THE
COSTS --
SURE.
LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE.
IT'S
SO EXPENSIVE.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT LEAVES PEOPLE
ECONOMICALLY DEVASTATED.
RIGHT AND WE FACE AS
AMERICANS MORE AND MORE OF THE
HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE SHIFTED
TO
US INDIVIDUALLY WE HAVE TO MAKE
DECISION AS A CONSUMER LIKE WE
DO IN OTHER THINGS AND DOING
SOMETHING LIKE GOING OVERSEAS
IS
EXTREME AND PEOPLE ARE ALSO
TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICA. THEY
MAY FIND THAT A PROCEDURE --
LET'S SAY THEY LIVE IN DALLAS
AND THE OPERATION IS $80,000
BUT
IF THEY TRAVEL TO PITTSBURGH
IT'S $25,000. THEY MAY TRAVEL
AND NOT AS CRAZY AS INDIA OR
SINGAPORE.
WELL, THE SINGAPORE GUYS
ARE
PRETTY GOOD.
THAT'S TRUE AND IN LIFE WHEN
WE GET LEMONS WE HAVE TO TURN
IT
INTO LEMONADE AND THAT IS THE
UNDERLYING THEME AND WHATEVER
LIFE GIVES YOU YOU NEED TO TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF.
IT'S A FASCINATING BOOK AND
A
PENDIUM OF PEOPLE THAT TRIED
THESE THINGS.
AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS
SUCCEEDED AS WELL AS I MIGHT
LIKE BUT I WANTED TO TELL
STORIES OF PEOPLE THAT SUFFERED
OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IN THE UNITED
STATES HOW ARE THEY MAKING IT
THROUGH? IF THEY GOT
FORECLOSED
ON OR LOST A JOB WHAT IS THEIR
NEXT ACT? I WANT PEOPLE TO
REALIZE LIFE IS A LONG JUNIOR
AND HE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD A
TOUGH ROUND OR CHAPTER IN YOUR
LIFE DON'T GIVE UP.
I BUY THAT. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN IT'S CALLED CLARK
HOWARD LIVING LARGE FOR THE
LONG
HAUL" AND LOOKS ARE SOLD
EVERYWHERE AND FASCINATING SOME
OF THE STORIES AND THEY'RE
SHORT
LITTLE TAKES. IT'S AN EASY
READ
BUT IT'S EASY READ. THERE IS
ONE CALLED "SCARED STIFF."
CLARK HOWARD THANK YOU.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
TERRY.
I DON'T KNOW PAT AND DALLAS
TO PITTSBURGH. MUMBAI, NOT SO
MUCH. COMING UP LATER A POLICE
OFFICER STRUGGLES WITH HER
LESBIAN LIFESTYLE.
THERE WAS TURMOIL GOING IN.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
RIGHT OR NATURAL.
WATCH THE TURMOIL REACH
CRITICAL MASS AFTER THE
DISTINGUISHED OFFICER IS DEMOTED
.
AND WELCOME BACK TO THE "THE
700 CLUB". EVENTS WILL
CONTINUE
THIS WEEK MARKING THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S FAMOUS "I HAVE A DREAM
SPEECH" AND THOUSANDS GATHERED
THIS WEEKEND WITH A STRONG
THEME
OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND THE
ONLY SURVIVING SPEAKER FROM THE
1963 MARCH RALLIED AGAINST A
SUPREME COURT DECISION AGAINST
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
SPEAKERS
MENTIONED HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
AMONG BLACKS WHICH IS TWICE
THAT
OF WHITE AMERICANS. CBN
PROJECTS ARE BRINGING JOBS TO
THAILAND AND SET UP A BUSINESS
THERE AND EACH PERSON IS PAID A
SALARY ON THE TIME AND LABOR
THEY CONTRIBUTE. MANY WORK AS
FAMMERS SO THE ADDITIONAL
INCOME
IS A BLESSING AND THE BAKERY
SERVES 300 PEOPLE AND GOODS ARE
SOLD TO THE LOCALS AND MARKET.
THIS PROJECT IS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH A LOCAL CHURCH AND THE
LEADER OF THE BAKERY IS A
PROFESSIONAL BAKER WHO WANTS TO
BRING PEOPLE TO CHRIST. AND
YOU
CAN FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT CBN IS
DOING BY LOGGING ON TO OUR
WEBSITE. PAT AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK AFTER THIS
.
AS A CHILD DEBRA DEVELOPED
AN
INTENSE FEAR OF MEN AFTER SHE
WITNESSED HER FATHER CHOKING
HER
MOTHER AND THIS PUSHED HER TO
PUT A GUN TO HER HEAD.
IT WAS VERY VIOLENT AND SUCH
A SENSE OF FEAR AND INSTABILITY
IN MY HOME BECAUSE WE NEVER
KNEW
WHEN HE WOULD BE DRINKING.
WHEN DEBRA WAS 10 SHE KNEW
WHEN HER FATHER WAS DRUNK THE
MOTHER WOULD PAY THE PRICE AND
ONE NIGHT IT STOPPED.
THERE WAS A SILENCE IN THE
HOUSE AND ERIE SILENCE AND FROM
CHAOS TO STILLNESS SO I GOT OUT
OF BED AND I WALKED TOWARD A
LIGHT IN THE KITCHEN. I SAW MY
FATHER CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF
HER. I KNEW HE WAS KILLING MY
MOTHER.
DEBRA GRABBED A SKILLET AND
HIT HER DAD AND DISTRACTED HE
TURNED ON DEB.
AND HE PUNCHED ME AND
KNOCKED
ME UNCONSCIOUS.
FINALLY HER MOTHER DIVORCED
HER DAD AND THE CHAOS ENDED BUT
LEFT HER IN FEAR OF MEN.
THERE WAS A DEEP ROOT FEAR
OF
MEN. THEY WEREN'T SAFE TO ME
AND I HAD NO RELATIONSHIP WITH
MEN. I WAS SHUT OFF.
FEMALE INTRIGUED HER AND SHE
BECAME SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO
GIRLS.
SO I STRUGGLED WITH THESE
FEELINGS, THOSE E EMOTIONS.
THERE WAS THINGS GOING ON AS
FAR
AS MY SEXUALITY. I THOUGHT I
WAS DIFFERENT.
DEBORAH DATED WOMEN IN
COLLEGE BUT STRUGGLED WITH THE
CHOICE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF INNER
TURMOIL GOING ON. THERE IS
SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IS NOT
RIGHT, NOT NATURAL, SO THERE
WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON
IN
MY HEAD AND EMOTIONS.
DEBRA WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO
MEET THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
TO BECOME A PAROL OFFICER IN THE
LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
SHE WORKED WITH A WOMAN AND WAS
PROMOTED UP THE RANKS. SHE
DIDN'T INTEND TO STOP UNTIL SHE
REACHED CAPTAIN.
I AM THE PIONEER AND PAVING
THE WAY AND FAILURE WAS NOT AN
OPTION.
BUT THERE WERE SOME AGAINST
A
WOMAN HOLDING THE TOP SPOT.
THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT DID
THIS AND IT PERPETUATED THE
FEAR
FROM MY DAD.
THIS FUELED HER TO BECOME
CAPTAIN. SHE NEVER SUSPECTED
HOW FAR THEY WOULD GO TO STOP
HER. ONE OF THE OFFICERS CAME
IN AND WAS WEARING A RECORDER.
HE SAID IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY
YOU CAN TRANSFER AND THEY SAID
THAT WAS INTIMIDATING AND THEY
USED THAT AGAINST ME.
SHE FACED AN INVESTIGATION
AND POSSIBLE DEMOTION AND
PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
I WAS SHOCKED IT WAS LIKE
REALLY? HERE I AM. I AM
HIGHLY
DECORATED AND DISTINGUISHED
OFFICER AND ON THE DEPARTMENT
FOR 18 PLUS YEARS AND I AM
THINKING IS THIS WHAT IT COME
TO?
DEB TOOK HER GUN AND
CONSIDERED KILLING HERSELF.
IT WAS SO INTENSE. THERE
WAS
PAIN, DEEP HURT. THERE WAS
ANGER. THEY WERE GOING TO PULL
THIS OFF AND GET AWAY WITH IT
AND I KNEW THAT. NOT ONLY WAS
I
LOSING MY CLEAR I WAS LOSING MY
IDENTITY. MY IDENTITY WAS A
POLICE OFFICER.
INSTEAD OF PULLING THE
TRIGGER DEBRA BEGGED GOD FOR
HELP.
GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL, IF
YOU'RE REALLY GOD, I NEED YOU.
AND I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES AND
I
STARTED TO WEEP. THIS LIGHT
CAME IN. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
WAVES OF LOVE AND PEACE WASHING
OVER ME. I NEVER EXPERIENCED
THAT BEFORE. IT WAS SO INTENSE
BUT SO COMFORTING AND I WAS
COMFORTED.
DEBRA ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST.
I SURROUNDED MY LIFE TO HIM.
OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE ME.
DEBRA BEGAN READING THE
BIBLE
EVERYDAY AND REALIZED SHE HAD
TO
TURN AWAY FROM HER BES BEAN
LIFESTYLE.
AND I READ IT IS NOT GOD'S
DESIGN. WHAT? I AM NOT BORN
THIS WAY? I BOUGHT THE LIE AND
A GENETIC THING AND HOW I WAS
CREATEED.
WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WAS
OVER DEBRA E DEMOTED TO
SERGEANT
AND ACCEPTED IT WITH DIGNITY.
AND I KEPT MY HEAD HELD HIGH
AND I HAD SOMETHING I DIDN'T
HAVE BEFORE AND THAT'S JESUS
AND
HE GAVE ME THE STRENGTH AND THE
GRACE TO GO BACK.
AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE
DEB
LEFT THE POLICE OFFICER AND
BECAME AN AUTHOR AND WROTE A
BOOK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND
LEADS A BIBLE STUDY ABOUT
OVERWHELMING DIVERSITY THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST.
HE TURNED BY LIFE AROUND.
MY
LIFE TODAY WITH CHRIST IS
AMAZING.
DEB WAS READY TO PUT A GUN
TO
HER HEAD AND TAKE HER LIFE
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN HER WORLD
WAS FALLING APART. SHE LOST
WHAT SHE HAD PUT HER LIFE'S
EFFORTS INTO. SHE WAS LOSING
THE IDENTITY SHE CREATED FOR
YOURSELF AND YET DO YOU KNOW
EVERYONE IS BORN WITH A DNA
IDENTITY ATTACHED TO US. WE
ARE
BORN IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS
OF GOD AND WE ARE CREATED AND
MADE TO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM, AND NO MATTER HOW SOMEONE
HAS MARRED YOUR IMAGE OF MEN OR
WOMEN OR PEOPLE IN GENERAL OR
THE WORLD AROUND YOU GOD IS THE
GOOD GOD. HE LOVES YOU. HE
CREATED YOU SO HE COULD HAVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND BLESS
YOU. NOW, LISTEN THERE ARE
THINGS IN YOUR LIFE I KNOW THAT
HAVE INTERRUPTED YOUR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU ARE.
IT'S MAYBE KEPT YOU FROM
KNOWING
GOD, TO UNDERSTAND HIS GOODNESS
AND HIS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
AND
MERS AND HE GRACE. DEBRA'S
STORY IS A PERFECT PICTURE OF
THE FACT THAT GOD GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRAND-NEW
BEGINNING. EVEN WHEN WE HAVE
BLOWN IT, MADE MISTAKES BECAUSE
WHATEVER HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES
HE SAYS "COME TO ME. COME UNTO
ME ALL THAT LABOR AND I WILL
GIVE YOU REST." MAYBE YOUR
LABORERRING TODAY TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE, WHAT
LIFE IS ABOUT. MAYBE YOU'RE AS
DESPERATE AS DEBRA WAS. DON'T
DO IT. DON'T DO IT. GIVE GOD
THE SAME CHANCE YOU HAVE GIVEN
EVERYTHING ELSE IN YOUR LIFE.
JUST COME TO HIM AND ASK. YOU
SEE DEBRA TALKED ABOUT A
PARTICULAR SIN IN HER LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
WE
HAVE ALL SINNED AND FALLEN
SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD AND
GOD I AM IN NEED OF A SAVIOR
AND
DEBRA CHANGED HER LIFE AND GOT
INTO THE WORD OF GOD. IT'S NOT
JUST A BOOK AND WORDS ON A
PIECE
OF PAPER. THE WORD OF GOD IS
ALIVE AND PENETRATING. IT WILL
GO TO THE CORE OF YOUR HEART,
TO
THE CORE OF YOUR BEING, IF YOU
LEAD IT. GET A HOLD OF THE
BIBLE AND READ THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN AND START THERE. IT'S
CALLED THE LETTER OF LOVE FROM
GOD TO YOU. ASK GOD TO SPEAK
TO
YOUR HEART AS YOU READ IT.
HE'S
REAL. HE LOVES YOU. HE KNOWS
YOU INSIDE AND OUT AND THE
BIBLE
SAYS HE IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS. DOESN'T MATTER WHERE
YOU COME FROM OR HOW BAD YOU
HAVE BEEN AND YOU GET TO START
OVER AND YOU NEED TO SURRENDER
YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN DO THAT
RIGHT NOW. STOP WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND MEAN BUSINESS WITH
GOD
AS WE PRAY TOGETHER. PRAY WITH
ME. GOD, I AM COMING TO YOU
TODAY AT THE END OF MY ROPE, AT
THE END OF MYSELF. I NEED A
NEW
BEGINNING. I ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY
BEFORE YOU I AM A SINNER.
JESUS, THANK YOU FOR DYING FOR
MY SIN. I GET IT. I GET IT
AND
I WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR
FORGIVENESS TODAY. I CONFESS
IT
ALL TO YOU. YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING
I HAVE DONE, EVERY WORD I HAVE
SPOKEN, EVERY ACT I HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN AND FORGIVE IT
ALL AND I AM ASKING YOU TO FILL
ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND
TEACH ME TO LIVE FOR YOU. I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT GOD
BUT I AM WILLING TO LEARN.
SHOW
ME WHO YOU ARE. SHOW ME WHO I
AM IN YOU AND HELP ME TO LIVE
DIFFERENTLY. CHANGE THE WAY I
THINK. CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF
MY HEART. COME AND TAKE MY
HEARTS, MY PRIDE, EVERYTHING,
GOD. I LAY IT BEFORE YOU TODAY
AND I SAY MAKE ME HOLY YOURS.
I
WANT TO BELONG TO YOU. I WANT
TO LIVE FOR YOU AND I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU GOD FOR WAITING
FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT
OF ETERNAL LIFE. THANK YOU FOR
TOUCHING MY LIFE TODAY WITH
YOUR
LOVE AND YOUR MERCY AND YOUR
POWER. I RECEIVE IT ALL IN
JESUS' NAME. AMEN. IF YOU'VE
JUST PRAYD THAT PRAYER THEN YOU
HAVE BEGUN A GREAT WONDERFUL
NEW
RELATIONSHIP WITH A LIVING GOD.
WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SEND YOU.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE BUT WILL
HELP YOU GROW IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP. IT'S CALLED "A
NEW DAY" AND FILLED WITH
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP. HOW DO
YOU MOVE FORWARD? WHO IS JESUS
AND HOW DO YOU LIVE FOR HIM?
YOU GET THIS BY CALLING THE
TOLL-FEE PHONE NUMBER. IT'S
1-800-759-0700. NO OTHER
COMMITMENT. IF YOU DO HAVE
SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PRAY ABOUT THERE IS A
PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE THAT
HAS MADE THE SAME COMMITMENT
YOU
HAVE AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO
PRAY
WITH YOU SO PLEASE CALL THEM.
PAT.
THANK YOU TERRY. IT'S TIME
TO
BRING IT
UP. "I RECENTLY CAUGHT MY
BOYFRIEND WITH PORN AND HOW DO
I
GET HIM TO STOP"
.
WELL, AS PAT MENTIONED WE
RECEIVED SOME OF YOUR EMAILS SO
WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT ON
WITH THE QUESTIONS AND THIS IS
FROM SARA "I RECENTLY CAUGHT MY
BOYFRIEND WATCHING PORN AND I
EXPLAINED HOW I FELT AND HOW IT
WAS WRONG. I SHOWED HIM WHAT
WAS IN THE BIBLE. HE
APOLOGIZED
BUT I CAUGHT HIM AGAIN. I DON'T
THINK HE'S ADDICTED AND WATCHES
IT OCCASIONALLY. HOW CAN I GET
HIM TO STOP?"
HOW DO YOU TALK TO A DRUG
ADDICT TO GET THEM TO STOP
USING
MARIJUANA OR HEROIN? HOW DO
YOU
TALK TO A ALCOHOLIC TO STOP
DRINKING? I DON'T THINK IT'S
THE TALKING. IN THE CASE OF A
DUG ADDICT THERE IS A PROCESS
THAT GOES ON. PORN IS AN
INCREDIBLE ADDITION BECAUSE IT
TOUCHES A NATURAL HUMAN DESIRE.
IT JUST EXPAND ITS AND MAKES IT
SO GLAMOROUS AND THE BIBLE SAYS
FLEE FORNIFICATION
AND IT HAS GREAT APPEAL AND I
DON'T THINK TALKING IS GOING TO
DO THAT.
SHE SAYS SHE'S DONE THAT AND
I THINK SHE'S NAIVE TO THINK
HE'S NOT ADDICTED.
MAYBE NOT BUT SARA HE'S
ALWAYS GOING TO BE COMPARING
YOU
TO THOSE BABES THAT ARE DANCING
AROUND IN THE PORN FLICKINGS
AND
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE COMPETING
AGAINST THAT. IF I WERE YOU I
WOULD SAY GOOD BYE. IT'S FUN
BUT I CAN'T GET INTO THIS
RELATIONSHIP.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE -- YOU'RE
RIGHT AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
SHE
TOLD HIM HOW SHE FEELS.
DOESN'T CARE. IT'S A KICK
FOR HIM AND FOR HER IT'S TOO
BAD. LEAVE. IT'S OKAY.
YOU'RE
NOT MARRIED. WALK AWAY. ALL
RIGHT.
THIS IS ANNIE WHO SAYS "I AM
A CHRISTIAN AND HAVEN'T
RECEIVED
THE BAPTISM AND A MEMBER OF MY
CHURCH SAYS A PERSON WILL NOT
GO
INTO THE RAPTURE" WHAT IS YOUR
THOUGHTS?
I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP
GIVING MISINFORMATION IN
CHURCH.
THERE ARE ALWAYS WELL MEANING
CHURCH MEMBERS THAT DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE
RAPTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOING TO HEAVEN. IT'S A
BLESSING FROM GOD AND HAVE
POWER
AND WITNESS FROM THE LORD
LIKE THIS AND PAUL SAID BE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
RAPTURE, AND SO HOW DO YOU DO
IT? ASK, SEEK, RECEIVE. I
WANT
IT LORD. I BLESS YOU AND BEGIN
TO PRAISE GOD. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS ONE "I WAS RAISED AS
A CATHOLIC AND THE CHURCH TEACH
THERE IS IS NO SALVATION
OUTSIDE
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
SOMETIMES I AM UNCOMFORTABLE
THERE AND I HAVE BEEN GOING TO
A
CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHICH I LIKE
AND I STRUGGLE NOT GOING TO
MASS
AND WILL I GO TO HELL FOR NOT
GOING?
I THINK CATHOLICS MIGHT
THINK
THAT AND IF YOU DON'T GO TO
MASS
IT'S A MORAL SIN.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT SALVATION AND EXPANDED
OUTSIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
ALONG THE WAY.
WE WERE CALLED THE MISGUIDED
BRETHREN BUT I THINK AFTER POPE
JOHN PAUL I THINK THERE WAS AN
OPENING TOWARD THE PROTESTANT
CHURCHES AND NOT AS NEAR
RESTRICTIVE BUT YEARS AGO THE
CATHOLICS WERE TAUGHT THAT THE
PROTESTANTS PRAYED TO A FALSE
GOD AND EXTREME THINGS TAUGHT
BY
PRIESTS OR OTHERS. LISTEN THE
THING ABOUT SALVATION IS TO BE
IN JESUS, TO LOVE JESUS, TO
RECEIVE JESUS, TO BE BORN AGAIN
BY THE SPIRIT OF JESUS, AND THE
CHURCH IS THE ENTIRE BODY OF
CHRIST. THE CATHOLIC MEANS
UNIVERSAL BUT TODAY THAT IS
ONLY
ONE BRANCH OF THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION AND THERE ARE MANY
OTHERS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT
YOU NEED TO BE FEELING GUILTY
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT STAYED
WITH
THE ONE YOU WERE IN. YOU'RE A
CATHOLIC.
I GREW UP CATHOLIC.
MY WIFE GREW UP CATHOLIC BUT
YOU GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.
YES, I DO.
SO DOES MY WIFE.
BUT IF I'M HOME I GO THERE.
I LOVE CATHOLICS AND SO
FORTH
BUT IN ANY EVENT GOD IS BIGGER
THAN THAT SO ENJOY. WHAT ELSE?
THIS IS MICHELLE WHO SAYS
"MY
DAUGHTER DIED AND LEFT A TWO
AND
A HALF YEAR OLD BOY AROUND AND
HOW DO I TELL THE CHILD IS IN
HEAVEN. I TRY TELLING HIM BUT
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. AM I
TELLING THE RIGHT THING BY
REPEATING IT TO HIM OR WAIT
UNTIL HE IS OLDER?
LITTLE KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND A
WHOLE LOT AND I THINK YOU NEED
TO TELL HIM AND EXPLAIN WHAT
HEAVEN IS LIKE. THEY
UNDERSTAND
ABOUT JESUS. THEY UNDERSTAND
ABOUT GOD. MOMMY IS WITH JESUS
NOW AND YOU CAN TELL HIM AND
THE
BODY AND THE SPIRIT. DON'T BE
AFRAID TO TELL THE KIDS THE
DEEPER TRUTH AND THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
JESUS SAID THEY'RE ANGELS AND
MY
WISHES OF HEAVEN. THEY HAVE A
LOT OF INSIGHT COMING FROM THE
HOLY SPIRIT SO DON'T BE AFRAID
TO SHARE THESE THINGS WITH HIM.
OKAY.
"MY HUSBAND HAS A PASSIVEIVE
PERSONALITY AND BREAMS ME FOR
EVERYTHING AND HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND AND WORKS DAY AND
NIGHT AND CHARMING IN CHURCH.
HIS BEHAVIOR MAKES ME NOT LIKE
HIM AND
HURTFUL THINGS COME OUT OF MY
MOUTH AND I BEG GOD TO FORGIVE
ME AND STOP THIS VICIOUS CYCLE
AND HOW CAN I IGNORE THE
BEHAVIOR AND SHIELD MY HEART
FROM BITTERNESS?
I THINK YOU INSIST THAT YOUR
HUSBAND GO TO COUNSELING. HE
NEEDS A PASTOR OR A
PROFESSIONAL.
VERBAL ABUSE.
IT'S TERRIBLE. HE PROBABLY
GREW
UP IN THE SITUATION LIKE THAT
AND MAYBE NOT AWARE OF IT AND
YOU CANNOT LIVE UNDER THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOU'RE TRYING
TO SAY I AM HURT. I AM ANGRY
BUT I AM TRYING TO GET RID OF
IT. YOU SHOULDN'T BE PLACED IN
THAT SORT OF A SITUATION. YOU
HAVE TO INSIST IF I AM GOING TO
STAY WITH YOU DEAR YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO GET SOME HELP. I
CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY LONGER AND
YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE
DOING TO ME OR WHAT IS GOING ON
IN YOUR HEART AND I THINK
UNLESS
HE ACCEPTS THAT THEN YOU CAN
TAKE A MORE DRASTIC ACTION.
WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE'VE
GOT. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE BYE
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