Millie’s life was being threatened by a throat condition making it difficult to swallow, but God was ready to intervene. Plus, Dove Award winners for KING & COUNTRY visit The 700 Club studio and perform Christmas Carols.
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COMING UP, AN ANTISEMITE
WHO HATED THE JEWS.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE
FOUND OUT HE WAS ONE.
AND THEN...
YOU COULD FEEL THE PAIN.
THIS WOMAN GOT HEALED
FROM DISEASE.
SHE JUST DESCRIBED
EXACTLY WHAT I HAD.
FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN,
TOO.
PLUS, A CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION WITH
AWARD-WINNING GROUP, "FOR
KING AND COUNTRY," ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL
PROGRAM FOR YOU.
BY THE WAY, HERE IN VIRGINIA
BEACH, WHERE WE'RE LOCATED,
THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO
BE ABOUT 71°.
VERY MODERATE, AND PEOPLE
SAY, ARE YOU GOING TO RIDE
YOUR HORSE?
THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY.
OF COURSE, MOST OF THE
COUNTRY IS BELOW ZERO, AND
THAT HAS LED TO DEAD THE
CONDITIONS ON ROADS.
Terry: THE COLD WEATHER
HAS BROUGHT ICE TO TEXAS AND
ARKANSAS.
FORECASTERS CALLING IT THE
COLDEST DECADE IN HISTORY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, TEMPERATURES
PLUMMETTED OVERNIGHT.
THE COLD WEATHER SYSTEM
DELIVERING A WINTERY PUNCH
TO TWO DOZEN STATES.
METEOROLOGISTS SAY IT IS ONE
OF THE COLDEST AIR MASSES TO
HIT THE U.S. SINCE THE
1990s.
SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE
MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS
DANGEROUS, CAUSING HUNDREDS
OF ACCIDENTS.
FATAL CRASHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS SEVERAL
STATES, AT LEAST FIVE OF
THEM IN MINNESOTA.
WE'RE GOING TO HIT!
Reporter: BECAUSE THE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AREN'T
STOPPING POSTAL CONDITIONS
IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, EVEN
AFTER TWO FEET OF SNOW.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE MOST
ENJOYABLE TIME OF YEAR, WHEN
WE HAVE BAD WEATHER
CONDITIONS, BUT WE TRY TO
STAY IN THE CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT.
Reporter: A NEW STORM
IS ABOUT TO DEVELOP IN
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
WE ALREADY HAVE ALL OF
OUR EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER
STRATEGICALLY PLACED
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THEY'RE IN AREAS WHERE THEY
CAN BE QUICKLY AND EASILY
MOBILIZED WHEN THE TIME
COMES.
Reporter:
UNFORTUNATELY, THE STORM IS
EXPECTED TO HIT JUST IN TIME
FOR THE DALLAS MARATHON.
RUNNERS SAY THEY'RE NOT SURE
THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THE
WINTERY CONDITIONS.
I DON'T RUN ON ICE.
Reporter: WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED
AS THE STORM GOES SOUTH AND
THEN EAST.
HEAVY ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY
BRING DOWN POWER LINES,
LEADING TO OUTAGES THAT
COULD TAKE DAYS TO REPAIR.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WHERE IS MY GOOD
FRIEND, ALLEGORY AL AL AL
GORE, WHEN YOU NEED HIM.
SOMEONE DIDN'T GET THE
MEMO.
Terry: IT IS BEAUTIFUL
WHEN YOU SEE IT, BUT IT IS
DEADLY WHEN IT COMES TO
AREAS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO
HANDLE IT.
Pat: I GREW UP IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
AND WE HAD SNOW, AND WE GOT
USED TO IT.
DOWN HERE, IF YOU GET A HALF
INCH OF SNOW, IT IS A FREAK
OUT TIME AND THEY CLOSE THE
SCHOOLS.
Terry: THE DIFFICULT
THING FOR A LOT OF AREAS IS
IT IS RAIN FIRST AND THEN
SNOW --
Pat: IT'S DEADLY.
PEOPLE SAY I DREAM OF A
WHITE CHRISTMAS, AND YOU
MIGHT HAVE IT THIS YEAR.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING FACT:
IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA GOT THE
YOUTH VOTE, THAT THE COLLEGE
STUDENTS WERE WITH HIM.
BUT SURVEYS NOW SHOW THE
PRESIDENT IS LOSING SOME OF
HIS MOST IMPORTANT
SUPPORTERS.
THIS IS A SHOCKING STORY
THAT JOHN JESSUP IS GOING TO
BRING US FROM WASHINGTON.
JOHN?
Reporter: PAT, THAT'S
RIGHT.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABANDONING
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN BIG
NUMBERS.
IN FACT, MANY OF THEM SAY
THEY WOULD VOTE TO THROW HIM
OUT OF OFFICE.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
FINDINGS BY THE HARVARD
UNIVERSITY OF POLITICS.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL
RATING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
HAS FALLEN TO 41%.
AND 52% OF THOSE FROM 18 TO
24 SAY THEY WOULD VOTE TO
RECALL THE PRESIDENT IF THEY
COULD.
YOUNGER AMERICANS DON'T LIKE
OBAMACARE OR THE GOVERNMENT
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, AND
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR FUTURE.
AND THE POLL FOUND A GROWING
DISILLUSIONMENT.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE REPORTS PASTOR
SAEED ABEDINI REPEATEDLY HAS
BEEN ROBBED AND THREATENED
AT KNIFE-POINT BY OTHER
PROPOSITIO PRISONERS, AND
HIS HEALTH IS QUICKLY
DETERIORATING.
AND IRANIAN AUTHORITIES
REFUSE TO GIVE HIM HIS
MEDICATION.
JAY SECULO IS IN EUROPE,
MEETING WITH LEADERS, AND HE
IS URGING THEM TO APPLY
PRESSURE ON IRAN FOR PASTOR
SAEED'S RELEASE.
TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD,
LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT?
Pat: HOW CAN SECRETARY
OF STATE JOHN KERRY BE
CLAPPING HIS HANDS WITH GLEE
OVER A NUCLEAR ARMS DECISION
AND TREATY WHEN THESE
IRANIANS ARE STICKING THEIR
FINGER IN OUR EYES.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
NOR CAN I UNDERSTAND THE
P.R. CONSEQUENCES OF
SOMETHING AS VIAL AS THIS.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN.
THIS GUY, SURE, HE MAY HAVE
BEEN BORN IN IRAN, BUT HE IS
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
AND HE IS BEING HELD BECAUSE
OF HIS FAITH.
HE IS A CHRISTIAN.
AND FOR THE IRANIANS TO DO
THIS, WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?
WHAT A TERRIBLE BLACK EYE IN
FRONT OF THE WORLD.
AND YET WE'RE BUYING IT AND
WE'RE SMILING AND SAYING,
OH, IT'S THE ARAB SPRING AND
ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THEIR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
YES, WE DO HAVE TO WORRY.
JOHN?
Reporter: PAT, ONE IN
SIX VETERANS STRUGGLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG
ISSUES, AND MANY OF THESE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO ONCE
PROTECTED OUR FREEDOMS NOW
FIND THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE
WITH THE LAW.
THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, THE
SPOTLIGHT WAS ON ONE
PROMISING PROGRAM THAT COULD
KEEP VETS FIGHTING ADDICTION
OUT OF JAIL.
JOHN WAGGI HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: RETURNING TO
NORMAL LIFE COULD BE A BIG
CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE 2.5 MILLION THAT SERVED
IN AFGHANISTAN.
ONE GROUP ESTIMATES THAT THE
NUMBER OF VETERANS TREATED
TOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE HAS
JUMPED NEARLY 40%.
AT A CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON, ADVOCATES HAILED
THE PROGRAM, SAYING THEY
HAVE A HIGH SUCCESS RATE OF
KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL,
AND CAN DO THE SAME FOR
VETERANS TRAPPED BY
ADDICTION.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
DRUG CORPS PROFESSIONAL
PARTICIPATED IN THE
CONFERENCE.
IN A RECENT TELEVISION
INTERVIEW, THE GROUP'S
C.I.A. SAID, WE CAN
LITERALLY CUT CRIME UP TO
50%.
THAT SAVES TAXPAYERS A TON
OF MONEY.
AND A DRUG CORPS GRADUATE
SAYS, I HAVE PIECES OF MY
LIFE COME BACK TO ME.
THEY WANT TO TARGET VETS WHO
ARE STRUGGLING WITH
ADDICTION AS WELL.
AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE
HOPEFUL.
INSTEAD OF JAILING
VETERANS BROUGHT UP ON
CHARGES OR RELEASING THEM
BACK ON TO THE STREETS, YOU
HAVE UNDERWRITTEN TREATMENT
AS A POWERFUL OPTION FOR
DEALING WITH THOSE WHO HAVE
BROKEN OUR LAWS.
THE NADCP CLAIMS 75% OF
THEIR GRADUATES REMAIN
ARREST-FREE AT LEAST TWO
YEARS AFTER LEAVING THE
PROGRAM.
AND TAXPAYERS SAVE MORE THAN
$3 IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE COST
FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN
THE PROGRAM.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BREAK
THE CYCLE BETWEEN
INCARCERATION AND
HOMELESSNESS, WE'LL HAVE TO
RAISE OUR LEVEL OF
COLLABORATION, AND LEVERAGE
ALL OF OUR ASSETS, TO
ADDRESS THESE FACTORS THAT
SEEM SO PERVASIVE WHEN
DEALING WITH TROUBLED
VETERANS.
Reporter: JO JOHN
WAGGI, CBN NEWS NEWS.
FOR EIGHT DAYS, PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE
HANUKKAH.
CHRIS MITCHELL VISITED THE
BEAUTIFUL CITY OF JERUSALEM
AND SHOWS US THE BEAUTIFUL
LIGHTS MARKING THIS YEAR'S
CELEBRATION.
Reporter: THOUSANDS OF
ISRAELIS COME TO JERUSALEM
OLD CITY AT HANUKKAH TO
CELEBRATE AND SEE THE
LIGHTS.
ALL OVER THE WORLD, JEWS SAY
SPECIAL PRAYERS, THANKING
GOD FOR MIRACLES PAST AND
PRESENT, AND LIGHT A MENORAH
CALLED A HANAKI, FOR EIGHT
DAYS.
THIS IS A HOLIDAY ABOUT
VALUE.
THIS IS A HOLIDAY ABOUT
CONNECTING TO GOD.
SO MANY ISRAELIS COME
HERE, AND EVERYBODY IS
ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT.
Reporter: ALSO KNOWN AS
"THE FEAST OF DEDICATION,"
HANUKKAH IS NOT MENTIONED IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT IT IS
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
IT WAS THE FEAST OF
DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM, AND
IT WAS WINTER, AND JESUS
WALKED IN THE TEMPLE.
CBN NEWS JOINED REBECCA
SPIRO AND HER FAMILY.
IT IS A HOLIDAY THAT
CELEBRATES OUR VICTORY
AGAINST DEPRESSION, AND OUR
ABILITY TO REDEDICATE THE
TEMPLE.
Reporter: AND HER
CHILDREN?
THE PRESENTS AND THE
PARTIES.
GROUPS COME AND GO ALL OF
THE TIME, AND WE DO GO ON
TRIPS, AND IT IS FUN.
Reporter: IN THE SECOND
CENTURY B.C., THE JEWISH
PEOPLE IN JUDEA REVOLTED
AGAINST THE SYRIAN
CONQUERORS.
THEY FORCED THE JEWS TO EAT
PORK, AND FORBIDDING SABBATH
OBSERVANCE AND TAR TORAH
READING AND CIRCUMCISION.
LED BY A PRIESTLEY FAMILY
KNOWN AS THE MACCABIS, THE
JEWISH PEOPLE REDEDICATED
THE TEMPLE.
BUT WHEN THEY WANTED TO
LIGHT THE MENORAH, THERE WAS
ONLY A LITTLE OIL LEFT.
IT WAS BEYOND NATURE, AND
THE MILITARY VICTORY.
Reporter: EATING FRIED
FOODS, LIKE POTATO PANCAKES
AND JELLY DOUGHNUTS, IS
ANOTHER HANUKKAH TRADITION.
AND SPIRO'S FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORS HAVE THEIR OWN
JEWISH TRADITION, TO BUILD A
COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE JEWISH
AND OTHERS.
WE GIVE OUT HOT DRINKS TO
ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
COME.
Reporter: SPIRO SAYS
THERE IS A MESSAGE IN THE
HOLIDAY FOR TODAY?
THE WORLD IS COMING UP
AGAINST ISRAEL, THE WOLVES
ARE CIRCLING THE SHEEPS --
THIS IS NOTHING NEW.
THE MESSAGE IS NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS, OUR CAMP WILL
BURN BRIGHT.
GENERATIONS HAVE COME AND
GONE, BUT OUR PEOPLE ARE
STILL HERE.
Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY.
Reporter: A AN ICONIC
NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING HAS
BEEN SOLD FOR $40 MILLION.
IT SHOWS A CROWDED
RESTAURANT WITH A
GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON
PRAYING AT A TABLE.
THE IMAGE FIRST A APPEARED
ON THE COVER OF THE SANTA
EVENING POST MAGAZINE'S
ISSUE IN 1961.
ANOTHER ROCKWELL PAINTING,
CALLED "THE GOSSIPS," SOLD
FOR $8 MILLION.
AND, FINALLY, THE MAN WHO
SURVIVED IN FREEZING WATER
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
ATLANTIC WATER FOR THREE
DAYS SAYS HE OWES HIS LIFE
TO PRAYER.
HE IS THE LONE SURVIVOR OF A
12-MEMBER CREW OF AN
UP-ENDED TUGBOAT.
FOOTAGE OF HIS RESCUE WAS
POSTED ON LINE THIS WEEK.
OKENE FOUND AN AIR POCKET
AND SAYS HE WAS PRAYING TO
GOD THE WHOLE TIME.
HE PRAYED THE PRAYER OF
DELIVERANCE.
HE BELIEVES HIS RESCUE AFTER
MORE THAN 60 HOURS AT
100 FEET UNDER WATER IS A
SIGN OF DI DIVINE
DELIVERANCE.
PAT, IT IS A MIRACLE, IN
DEED.
Pat: IN THAT FREEZING
WATER -- I KNOW HE HAD BOXER
SHORTS ON, BUT, OH, MY.
Terry: AND THAT THEY
WOULD KNOW HE IS EVEN
THERE.
Pat: THEY WERE REACHING
DOWN, AND THEY MUST HAVE
THOUGHT HERE IS A DEAD BODY
REACHING OUT TO ME.
HE WAS SAYING THE PSALMS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
GOD LOOKS AFTER HIS PEOPLE.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
Terry: COMING UP, WE'VE
ALL HAD AWKWARD
CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS
ONE:
AN ANTI-SEMITE LEARNS
FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER THAT HE
IS -- YOU GUESSED IT --
JEWISH.
HEAR HOW HE REACTED TO THAT
SHOCKING NEWS WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: TERRY, JUST
IMAGINE THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU
WERE NORWEGIAN.
AND YOU WAKE UP AND FIND,
REALLY YOU'RE SYRIAN.
OR ETHIOPIAN.
Terry: THE REALLY
SHOCKING PART IS IF I HATED
THEM.
Pat: THAT'S RIGHT.
WHATEVER IT WAS, AND HERE I
AM, I AM ONE OF THEM.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED TO THIS MAN IN
BUDAPEST.
WHAT A STORY.
DALE HURD HAS THE STORY OF
THIS MAN'S CRISIS AND HIS
AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.
HERE IS DALE.
Reporter: HE WAS ONCE A
RISING STAR IN ONE OF
HUNGARY'S LARGEST AND MOST
CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL
PARTIES.
UBIC.
HE HAS BEEN NAMED FASCIST.
AND STILL IN HIS 20s, HE
WAS IN A TRAJECTORY TO LEAD
THIS PARTY ONE DAY.
I JOINED UBIC IN 2003,
AND I WAS A MEMBER FOR NINE
YEARS.
I WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR SIX
YEARS.
AND IN THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT SINCE 2009.
Reporter: SEGETTI HAS
BRANDED AN ANTI-SEMITE, BUT
IN OUR INTERVIEW HE
DISAGREED.
WHEN I ENTERED UBIC, I
WAS KIND OF INDIFFERENT
TOWARDS JEWS.
I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT JEWS.
I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE
HOLOCAUST.
I DIDN'T CONSIDER THE
HOLOCAUST AS A TRAGEDY FOR
THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE.
Reporter: STILL, HE WAS
A LEADER OF A PARTY ALMOST
UNIVERSALLY LABELLED
ANTI-SEMITIC.
AND HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS
SHOWED AT THE VERY LEAST, HE
STILL DIDN'T LIKE JEWS AND
WAS SUSPICIOUS OF HIM.
BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN HE
WOULD LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT
HIMSELF THAT TURNED HIS
WORLD UP SIDE DOWN.
SEGGETTI WAS A JEW.
RUMORS BEGAN SWIRLING ON THE
INTERNET THAT HE HAD JEWISH
ROOTS, SO HE WENT TO TALK TO
HIS 94-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER,
WHO NEVER SAID SHE WAS
JEWISH.
AND HE OPENED UP AND SHE
TALKED ABOUT HER LIFE, AND
HOW SHE WAS SENT TO
AUSCHWITZ AND HOW HER WHOLE
FAMILY WAS ANNILHILATED.
Reporter: HOW DID THIS
CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE
HOLOCAUST?
I WAS SHOCKED, FIRST OF
ALL, BECAUSE I REALIZED THE
HOLOCAUST REALLY HAPPENED.
Reporter: NOT SURE WHAT
HE SHOULD DO NEXT, HE FIRST
TRIED TO HIDE HIS
JEWISHNESS, AND ACT LIKE
NOTHING COULD HAPPEN.
BUT HE EVENTUALLY REALIZED
HE COULD NOT STAY IN UBIC.
I REALIZED I CANNOT TAKE
PART IN
ANY ORGANIZATION
THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ANTI-SEMITISM.
AND AFTER MY JEWISH ORIGINS
WERE DISCLOSED, THEY REALLY
DIDN'T WANT TO SEE ME IN THE
PARTY.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
DO WHEN YOU DISCOVER YOU ARE
ONE OF THE VERY THINGS THAT
YOU HATED.
FOR SEGETTI, YOU CHANGE.
HE CONTACTED A LOCAL RABBI,
WHO FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS A
JOKE.
WHEN WE MET FIRST, I HAD
MIXED FEELINGS BECAUSE ON
THE ONE HAND, I WAS SITTING
ACROSS SOMEBODY THAT WAS
SEEN FOR YEARS AS ONE OF THE
MAIN FIGURES OF THE UBIC
PARTY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I WAS
SITTING ACROSS A BROKEN
PERSON WHO HAS REALIZED WHAT
HE HAS DONE, AND WHO HAS
COME TO A SITUATION WHERE HE
FIGURED HE HAS TO CHANGE,
BUT HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO CHANGE.
Reporter: HE STARTED
ATTENDING SYNAGOGUE, AND
ADMITS AT FIRST SOME MEMBERS
TREATED HIM LIKE A LEPER.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT
IT.
ON THE ONE HAND THEY TOOK A
STEP BACK AND WERE
SHOCKEDMENT.
Reporter SHOCKED.
Reporter: AND THEY
WOULD LITERALLY LEAVE THE
SYNAGOGUE WHEN HE WALKED
IN.
BUT SOME BEFRIENDED HIM, AND
HE STARTED TAKING CLASSES AT
THE SYNAGOGUE, LEARNING
HEBREW AND THE MEANING OF
SABBAT.
THE CHANGES IN MY LIFE
ARE STILL HAPPENING.
IT IS LIKE BEING REBORN.
I HAD HAD THIS VALUE SYSTEM
UNTIL I WAS 30, AND I HAD TO
ADMIT THAT IT WAS ALL WRONG
AND HAD TO FIND THE WILL TO
CHANGE.
Reporter: HE ALSO
BECAME A POLITICIAN WITHOUT
A PARTY, BUT HAS CONTINUED
TO SERVE IN THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT AS AN
INDEPENDENT.
AS A POLITICIAN, I NOW
WANT TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS
FOR EVERYONE.
I AM AWARE OF MY
RESPONSIBILITY, AND I KNOW I
WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT RIGHT
IN THE FUTURE.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
HIGH POINTS OF HIS NEW LIFE
WAS TRAVELLING THIS YEAR TO
ISRAEL WITH HIS WIFE AND
VISITING THE HOLOCAUST
MUSEUM AND THE WAILING
WALL.
WHEN I LANDED IN ISRAEL,
AIRPORT SECURITY ASKED ME A
LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND WHEN THE GUARD ASKED ME
ARE YOU A JEW, THEN FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I
COULD SAY YES.
Reporter: WHAT HAS IT
BEEN LIKE LEARNING HOW TO BE
JEWISH?
JUST TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
ON THE RIGHT WAY
SPIRITUALLY, AND YOU CAN GET
CLOSER TO GOD, IT'S A WHOLE
NEW FEELING FOR ME THAT I'M
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
MY LIFE HAS BEEN FULL OF
INCREDIBLE MIRACLES, BUT I
BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO CHOOSES
THE WAY OF GOD SEES
MIRACLES.
Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS IN BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY.
Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL
STORY.
IT IS JUST LIKE MOSES.
MOSES WAS RAISED IN
PHARAOH'S HOUSEHOLD, THE SON
OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER.
AND SUDDENLY HE REALIZES
THAT AMRAM AND YACKABED ARE
HIS PARENTS.
SO HE CHANGES AND ULTIMATELY
LEADS THE JEWISH.
Terry: IT WOULD MAKE A
GREAT MOVIE.
COMING UP, A WOMAN WHO
ENDURED SORE THROAT SEASON
FOR THREE YEARS.
FIND OUT HOW SHE BEAT THE
DISEASE ONCE AND FOR ALL
WHEN WE COME BACK.
PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS, SO DON'T GO AWAY.
*
*
Pat: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT
IS LESS THAN THREE WEEKS TO
CHRISTMAS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
THANKSGIVING?
DID THEY DO AWAY WITH
THANKSGIVING?
Terry: THAT'S WHAT I
SAID AFTER I COOKED THAT
MEAL AND IT WAS GONE IN 15
MINUTES.
Pat: YOU TURN THE PAGE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS
SANTA CLAUS.
I GOTCHA.
WE'VE GOT A HAPPY STORY FOR
YOU TODAY.
THREE YEARS MILLIE LIVED IN
PAIN.
WITH EVERY SIP, EVERY BITE,
SHE HAD TO ENDURE AGONY ALL
OVER AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S NO LONGER THE
CASE, AND HERE'S WHY.
WHAT I HAD HERE IN MY
THROAT, IT WOULD HURT WHEN I
WAS SWALLOWING.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU HAD A
BOWL LIKE THIS, AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO PASS YOUR FOOD OR
YOUR LIQUID, AND YOU COULD
FEEL THE PAIN.
THERE WAS A POINT WHEN I
WOULD COUGH SOMETIMES,
UNABLE TO REALLY EAT.
Reporter: MILLIE ESTES
HAD SUFFERED WITH THIS PAIN
FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND
KNEW THE PROBLEM WASN'T HER
TONSILS BECAUSE THEY WERE
TAKEN OUT THE YEAR BEFORE.
ALL I COULD DO WAS SEEK
THE LORD, AND PRAY THAT HE
WOULD HEAL ME.
Reporter: ONE MORNING
MILLIE WAS WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
THE TIME THEY WERE DOING
THE PRAYER, TERRY MEEUWSEN,
SHE HAD A WORD.
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
ELSE, YOU HAVE A VERY SORE
THROAT.
IT IS NOT TONSILS.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
TONSILS.
BUT YOU HAVE A SWELLING, AND
IT IS VERY, VERY PAINFUL.
GOD IS HEALING WHATEVER THE
CAUSE OF THAT IS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN
SHE SPOKE THE WORD, SHE
DESCRIBED EXACTLY WHAT I
HAD.
AND I ALL THAT I CAN SAY TO
YOU IS THAT I STOOD UP, OUT
OF THE SOFA, AND I RECEIVED
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I STARTED RAISING MY
HANDS, AND I SAID THAN,
THANK YOU, LORD!
THANK YOU, LORD.
IT IS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS
TOUCHING INSIDE AND IT WENT
OUT.
IT WAS NO LONGER THERE.
I STARTED EATING AND
DRINKING WATER.
I COULD JUST SENSE THERE WAS
NOTHING THERE STOPPING IT.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE A PLUG WAS
COMPLETELY GONE, AND I WAS
ABLE TO JUST DRINK AND EAT
NORMALLY.
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE
DIFFERENCE IS IT IS LIKE A
CLEAN PIPE.
THERE IS NOTHING THERE.
IT IS JUST CLEAN.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN TO YOU
ANYMORE.
AND I THANK YOU, LORD.
GOD IS TRUE AND HIS WORD IS
TRUE.
DO NOT DISPAIR BECAUSE
DISPAIR WILL NOT BRING US
THE ANSWER.
BUT IF YOU LOOK UNTO JESUS,
THE HEALER, THE JEHOVAH, YOU
WILL SEE THAT HE WILL HEAL
YOU.
Pat: THAT IS SO
FABULOUS.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOMAN.
Terry: I STILL DON'T
KNOW HER.
BUT WHAT IS SO AMAZING IS
WHEN GOD SO SPECIFICALLY
SAYS SOMETHING.
I CAN REMEMBER, AND I'M SURE
THIS HAPPENS TO YOU, TOO,
THERE BE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY
SOMETHING, AND YOU SAY, THIS
DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE, BUT
I'M GOING WITH IT.
AND THEN SOMEONE COMES
FORWARD AND SAYS, THAT WAS
ME.
Pat: AFTER THREE YEARS,
THINK OF THAT.
I THANK GOD FOR IT.
COMING UP ON CHRISTMAS, THIS
PRETTY THING IS GOING TO BE
IN THE MAIL, IF IT IS NOT
ALREADY IN THE MAIL TO YOU.
A PRETTY NF ENVELOPE.
AND INSIDE THE PRETTY
ENVELOPE AND THESE THINGS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY NICE.
Terry: VERY PRETTY.
DO YOU PUNCH THEM OUT?
Pat: I'M NOT GOOD AT
CUT-OUTS.
YESTERDAY I TRIED TO OPEN A
CAN -- I'M PRETTY GOOD AT
OPENING A CAN.
I WANTED TO EAT SOME
TUNAFISH FOR LUNCH, AND IT
WAS A LITTLE, TEENY CAN, AND
I COULDN'T GET IT OPEN.
MY WIFE SAID -- I THOUGHT I
MISUNDERSTOOD HERE, I
THOUGHT SHE SAID I'M GOING
TO CALL CBN AND GET A
MECHANIC.
SHE SAID YOU'RE TRYING TO
OPEN THE BOTTOM.
YOU TURN IT OPEN, AND IT
WILL OPEN VERY NICELY.
Terry: IT'S GOOD TO
HAVE A WIFE.
Pat: GOOD TO HAVE A
WIFE.
I'M NOT A GREAT MECHANIC.
Terry: THESE POP OUT
EASILY.
Pat: THANK GOODNESS.
THEY POP OUT, LIKE HERE.
BING, BING, BING.
AND THERE IS A LITTLE HOLE
IN HERE WHERE YOU CAN PUT A
THREAD AND HANG IT ON YOUR
CHRISTMAS TREE.
BUT BEHIND IT, YOU CAN WRITE
DOWN PRAYER REQUESTS, AND
PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT.
AND THEY HAVE SENT THESE
BACK TO US.
THERE IS ONE FOR YOU AND ONE
TO SEND BACK.
AND THIS SAYS THAT SOMEBODY
NEEDS TO HAVE HEALING OF
KIDNEYS AND LUNGS.
SO THEY CAN SEND BACK THEIR
PRAYER REQUESTS.
AND WE HAVE A TREE HERE WE
CAN HANG THESE THINGS ON.
AREN'T THEY PRETTY?
Terry: THEY ARE
PRETTY.
AND WE REALLY DO PRAY OVER
THESE WHEN THEY COME BACK.
Pat: YOU CAN WRITE DOWN
A PRAYER FOR US, AND KEEP
ONE FOR YOUR TREE.
YOU WON'T NEED A MECHANIC.
Terry: EXACTLY.
YOU SAW IT HERE.
Pat: WILL IT OPEN AS
WELL AS A CAN OF TUNAFISH?
I DON'T KNOW.
Terry: LOTS OF PRAYERS
NEEDED FOR HEALING.
THIS PERSON WAS IN A CAR
WRECK AND ALL OF THEIR
FACIAL BONES WERE BROKEN.
AND THIS ONE SAYS WE NEED
STRENGTH BECAUSE THEY LOST
GRANDMA.
AND ONE SAYING, WE NEED
FINANCES TO PAY MY MOM'S
NURSING HOME.
Pat: LET'S PRAY.
PAIN AND SUFFERING DO NOT
TAKE A HOLIDAY FOR
CHRISTMAS.
THEY REALLY DON'T.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE
MAY BE MORE SUFFERING AND
MORE SUICIDE DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THIS
HYPE GOING ON THAT YOU'VE
GOT TO BE HAPPY, AND DECK
THE HALLS, AND HERE YOU ARE
LIVING BY YOURSELF AND
YOU'RE LOVED ONES ARE DEAD,
AND YOU'RE ALL ALONE, AND
YOU HAVE DISPAIR.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN --
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS TOGETHER, AND
WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD
TOGETHER AT THIS MOMENT.
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, WE
ASK FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
MAY THE POWER OF GOD TOUCH
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
LET THE GLORY OF THE LORD
TOUCH THEM.
WILL IS SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW,
AND YOU'RE COUGHING, AND
WHEN YOU COUGH, THERE IS
BLOOD.
IT IS NOT TUBERCULOSIS.
YOU'VE BEEN AFRAID YOU'VE
GOT T.B., BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE.
BUT GOD IS REACHING DOWN AND
YOU'LL FEEL FIRE IN YOUR
LINGS AND YOU'RE HEALED.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
ELSE, YOU HAVE A CONDITION
WITH YOUR EYES.
IT IS NOT GLAUCOMA, BUT YOU
HAVE THIS KIND OF SMOKINESS
IN YOUR VISION.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
YOUR EYES WILL WATER A BIT
AND IT WILL BE GONE.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE
SHINGLES AND YOU CAN'T SEEM
TO GET RID OF IT.
GOD AND HEALING YOU AND
TOUCHING YOU RIGHT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
Pat: A NECK MUSCLE,
IT'S LIKE ON FIRE.
IF YOU TOUCH IT, IT'S LIKE
ON FIVE.
REACH YOUR HAND AND TOUCH
THAT PLACE IN YOUR NECK THAT
IS MAYBE SWELLED A BIT, AND
GOD IS HEALING IT RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE HOLD BEFORE YOU,
LORD, THESE REQUESTS THAT
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN.
AND WE PRAY A TOUCH FROM
GOD, A FINANCIAL MIRACLE.
A BLESSING OF GOD.
LET THE JOE OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST AND THE DAY OF
HIS BIRTH BE PRESENT IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IN JESUS' NAME WE ASK IT.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: AND AMEN.
CALL IF WE CAN HELP YOU.
YEAR HERE ON THE PHONES
NIGHT AND DAY.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
I MIGHT ADD, REMEMBER THOSE
THINGS.
YOU CAN CUT THEM OUT, AND IT
DOESN'T TAKE A MECHANIC.
Terry: AND THAT'S GOOD
NEWS.
Pat: GUARANTEED.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP,
THEY'VE BEEN CALLED
AUSTRALIA'S ANSWER TO
COLDPLAY, AND THEY JUST
POCKETED THE AWARD FOR BEST
NEW ARTIST.
*
* THE NEWBORN KING
*
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE,
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE
WITH THIS CONDITION.
THEY WERE STARTED TO PRAY
FOR PEOPLE, AND I THOUGHT,
THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
BUT NO WAY.
THIS SHOW IS TOO BIG.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
WATCHING.
AND THEY STARTED TALKING
ABOUT HOW THERE IS SOMEONE
OUT THERE WITH A FOOT
PROBLEM.
Terry: YOU HAVE A
CONDITION WITH THE ARCHES OF
YOUR FEET.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
PUT ONE FOOT ON THE
GROUND, AND THEN THE OTHER,
AND NO PAIN, NOTHING.
AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
PRAYER WILL STAY IN A SOUTH
CAROLINA COUNTY FOR NOW.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED
THAT GREENEVILLE COUNTY
SCHOOLS CAN CONTINUE TO
ALLOW STUDENT-LED PRAYER AND
HOLD SCHOOL EVENTS IN PLACES
OF WORSHIP WHILE A LAWSUIT
OVER THE ISSUE CONTINUES.
THE AMERICAN HUMANIST
ASSOCIATION FILED SUIT
EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST
THE COUNTY, SEEKING TO
PREVENT FUTURE EVENTS IN
RELIGIOUS VENUES.
THE SUIT SAYS THE STUDENT
WAS OFFENDED AND DISTRESSED
WHEN MOUNTAINVIEW HELD THE
CEREMONY AT A CHAPEL.
EGYPT'S CONVERT TO ISLAM HAS
BEEN ARRESTED BY NATIONAL
SECURITY FORCES.
MOHAMMED AGASI HAD FOUGHT
PUBLICLY TO TRY TO CHANGE
HIS RELIGION ON HIS I.D.
CARD.
HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE
RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES
AFTER MUSLIMS ANNOUNCED A
DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST HIM.
HE TOLD CBN NEWS HE HAD BEEN
JAILED AND TORTURED BY
EGYPTIAN STATE SECURITY
AGENTS WHO WANTED HIM TO
RETURN TO ISLAM.
NOW MIDEAST CHRISTIAN NEWS
REPORTS HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED
AGAIN.
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: IF YOU ASKED THE
MEMBERS OF "FOR KING AND
COUNTRY,COUNTRY," ABOUT
THEIR MUSICAL INFLUENCES,
THEY'LL TELL YOU THE BEATLES
AND U-2.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM, IT
TURNS INTO ONE OF THE
HOTTEST SOUNDS IN CHRISTIAN
MUSIC.
Reporter: THE BAND "FOR
KING AND COUNTRY" IS TAKING
THE CHRISTIAN MUSIC SCENE BY
STORM.
THEIR BAND IS PACKING
CONCERTS AND VENUES BY THE
THOUSANDS.
IT'S NO WONDER THEY WON THE
DOVE AWARD FOR NEW ARTIST OF
THE YEAR.
THE BROTHERS ARE NO STRANGER
TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
THEY WATCHED THEIR SISTER,
REBECCA ST. JAME'S CLIMB THE
CHARTS OF THE CHRISTIAN
ARTISTS IN THE '90s.
WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS C.D.
"INTO THE SILENT KNIGHT,"
THEY REMATCH JI RE IMAGINE
SOME CHRISTMAS CLASSICS.
Terry: NOW HERE IS
"KING AND COUNTRY" WITH
THEIR EDITION OF "ANGELS WE
HAVE HEARD ON HIGH."
*
* GLORIA.
*
* ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON
HIGH *
* SWEETLY SING OR' THE
PLAINS *
* AND THE MOUNTAINS IN
REPLY *
* ECHOING THEIR JOYOUS
STRAINS *
*
* SHEPHERDS WATCH THIS
JUBILEE *
* WHY YOUR JOY IS STRANGE
* WISHING BY YOUR HEALTHY
SONG *
* GLO GLORIA *
* GLORIA
* IN EC IN EXCELES DAYCELES
CELES DEO *
* MARY CHOSE TO PLANT
* WHILE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE
WE RACE *
* GLOR-R-R-R-IA
* IN EXELCES DEO
* GLORIA
* IN EXELCES DEO
*
*
EEXELCES
* THE NEWBORN KING
* ON BENDED KNEE
* CHRIST THE LORD, THE
NEWBORN KING *
[APPLAUSE]
Terry: WONDERFUL.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
WONDERFUL TO BE WITH
YOU.
Terry: IT IS LUKE AND
JOEL?
YOU GOT IT.
Terry: YOU ARE THE
FRONT MEN FOR THIS AMAZING
BAND.
I TELL YOU, NOBODY SLEEPS
DURING YOUR PERFORMANCE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
DRUMS.
Terry: THIS IS A SMALL
TASTE OF WHAT YOU DO, WHAT
"FOR KING AND COUNTRY DOES."
TELL US ABOUT THE NAME.
WE CAME UP WITH AWFUL
BAND NAMES.
HE CAME UP WITH ZERO.
ULTIMATELY, WE WERE IN THE
STUDIO WORKING ON OUR DEBUT
RECORD, "CRAVE," JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A MOMENT IN THE
STUDIO WHERE WE CAME UP WITH
THE NAME "FOR KING AND
COUNTRY."
THAT NAME, THAT PHRASE,
DERIVES FROM AN OLD ENGLISH
BATTLE CRY.
SOLDIERS WERE GOING TO STAND
FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN
THEMSELVES, AND THEY WOULD
CHANT "FOR KING AND
COUNTRY."
WE THOUGHT AS YOUNG MEN AND
MUSICIANS, WHAT BETTER NAME
TO BE KNOWN BY.
Terry: I AGREE.
LAST YEAR YOU REALLY STARTED
TAKING OFF.
AND YOU WERE, AT SOME POINT,
FIGHTING FOR ER YOUR LIFE.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
I HAD A DIGESTIVE
DISORDER, AND I STILL HAVE
IT, BUT I GOT DOWN TO
125 POUNDS.
I HAD TO COME OFF THE ROAD
FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF
MONTHS.
AND SOME PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU
PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO GO
THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT
AGAIN.
AND I SAY, I DON'T WANT TO
GO THROUGH THE PAIN.
BUT IT IS INTERESTING, WHEN
YOU BE STILL, AMAZING THINGS
CAN HAPPEN.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK.
Terry: I WAS GOING TO
SAY, PRAY FOR HIM.
YES, PLEASE.
Terry: WE MENTIONED
YOUR SISTER, REBECCA ST.
JAME'S, HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW
WITH US MANY TIMES.
WE'VE LOVED HER MUSIC FOR
YEARS.
SHE DOES A LOT OF
MINISTERING TO WOMEN.
WHAT'S YOUR HEART?
WE GREW UP WITH SEVEN
KIDS, AND REBECCA IS OUR
OLDEST SIBLING.
WE COME FROM A GREAT HOME OF
GOD-FEARING PARENTS.
AS WE STARTED THE BAND, ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT IS SORT
OF A MANTRA FOR US, AS A
GROUP, WE SAY, FIRST OF ALL
TO ALL LADIES, DON'T LET ANY
MAN DISRESPECT YOU IN
RELATIONSHIPS, AND DON'T
EVER SETTLE FOR SECOND
BEST.
SO MANY IN SOCIETY THINK
WOMEN ARE CHEAP.
WE WEAR THESE NECKLACES AND
WE HAVE THE WORD "PRICELESS"
IN IT.
AND WOMEN ARE WORTH MORE
THAN ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE
WORLD.
AND WE SAY TO MEN, IT IS
TIME -- I GOT MARRIED JUST
UNDER FIVE MONTHS AGO.
AND LUKE HAS BEEN MARRIED
FOR THREE YEARS.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO STEP
OUT AND WE NEED TO TREAT
THESE LADIES WITH RESPECT
AND HONOR.
CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD.
Terry: INDEED.
WE'RE HERE.
IT IS CHRISTMASTIME, AND
WE'RE SURRENDERED BY
POINTSETTIAS --
AND IT'S FREEZING IN
HERE.
Terry: WHAT IS SO
SPECIAL ABOUT THE HOLIDAY TO
YOU?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
TRADITIONS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
I ACTUALLY HAVE AN
11-MONTH-OLD BABY, AND HE
TURNS 1 RIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
MY WIFE AND I ARE TALKING
ABOUT TRADITIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD
HAVE ARE THESE SANTA BAGS.
AND SANTA WOULD PUT THEM AT
THE END OF THE BED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT,
EVEN THOUGH HE IS ONLY ONE.
BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
YOUNG, IT WAS 3:00 IN THE
MORNING, AND I WAS CHECKING
TO MAKE SURE THAT SANTA HAD
DONE HIS JOB.
AND I CHRISTMAS DAY, WE READ
THE CHRISTMAS STORY.
Terry: THAT'S
WONDERFUL.
YOU GUYS COME FROM A
REMARKABLE FAMILY.
I WANT TO KNOW ONE THING:
DOES EVERYBODY IN YOUR
FAMILY HAVE TO SING TO
BELONG?
YES -- I'M JUST KIDDING.
Terry: THERE YOU ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LUKE, AND JOEL, FOR BEING
WITH US.
THE ALBUM IS CALLED "INTO
THE SILENT NIGHT."
AND NOW "FOR KING AND
COUNTRY," YOU'RE GOING TO
PLAY US INTO THE BREAK.
A RE-IMAGINED "DRUMMER
BOY."
Terry: THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
"KINFOR KING AND COUNTRY."
*
* PA RA, ROMPA, PA, POM *
* I'LL PRAY MY DRUM FOR YOU,
PA, ROM, PA, PA, POM *
I PLAY MY DRUM FOR YOU *
* THEN HE SMILED AT ME
* PA, ROM, PA, PA, PA,
POM *
* ME AND MY DRUM
UP NEXT, OUR CHATROOM IS
OPEN AND WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU.
WE'LL BRING IT ONLINE WITH
YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
Terry: MANY OF YOU SENT
IN E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
PAT, THE FIRST ONE IS FROM
DIANE WHO SAYS, "MY HUSBAND
BELIEVES THE END TIMES ARE
COMING.
HE BELIEVES IT IS RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
SO HE IS STOCKING UP FOR
WHEN THAT DAY COMES.
I KEEP TELLING HIM IT IS NOT
NECESSARY.
I SAY THAT GOD PROVIDED FOR
HIS CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE
WANDERING WHEN THEY LEFT
EGYPT, AND I BELIEVE HE WILL
DO THE SAME FOR US.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: I REALLY THINK
SO.
LISTEN, IT DOESN'T HURT TO
HAVE A SUPPLY OF WATER ON
HAND.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE SOME
BATTERIES OR A
BATTERY-POWERED RADIO.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE SOME
BASIC SURVIVAL STUFF BECAUSE
THE END DOESN'T HAVE TO
COMECOME TO LET YOUR
ELECTRIC POWER BE SHUT.
IF WE HAVE A SOLAR PULSE, IT
WILL FRY THE GRID, THE
ELECTRIC GRID, ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
AND IF WE'RE OUT OF
ELECTRICITY --
Terry: WE CAN'T EVEN
IMAGINE THAT.
REALLY.
IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
Pat: I MEAN, I'VE GOT A
PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A
GENERATOR, WITH BACKUP GAS.
AND WE COOK WITH GAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A
TANK OF PROPANE SITTING
AROUND.
AND THAT'S NOT BAD.
BUT, HEY, IN CHICAGO, NEW
YORK, PHILADELPHIA, HOW ARE
PEOPLE GOING TO SUPPLY ALL
OF THAT STUFF?
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE
GARDENS AND ALL OF THAT
STUFF?
IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
THESE SURVIVALISTS, IT IS
NICE TO THINK IN A CORNER OF
UTAH YOU CAN YOUR LITTLE
PART OF THE KINGDOM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT LOS ANGELES?
WHAT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO?
IF SOME OF THESE THINGS
HAPPEN, THE DEVASTATION WILL
BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS DEAD.
ANYHOW, DON'T GET ME INTO
THAT.
Terry: YEAH.
Pat: MODEST BATTERIES,
FIRST-AID, CANDLES, AND SOME
DRIED FOOD.
NOT TOO BAD TO HAVE THAT ON
HAND.
Terry: THIS IS MELANIE
WHO SAYS, "WHAT IS GOD'S
VIEW ON DIVORCE?
ALL OF MY MARRIAGES FAILED.
I TRIED REALLY HARD TO MAKE
THEM WORK, BUT THE LAST
HUSBAND WOULDN'T WORK OR PAY
THE BILLS, AND THE GUY
BEFORE HIM WAS AN
ALCOHOLIC.
WILL I GO TO HELL IF I MARRY
AGAIN?
WILL I BE CLASSIFIED AS AN
ADULTERESS?"
Pat: THERE WAS A WOMAN
THAT JESUS MET AT THE WELL.
AND HE SAID GO CALL YOUR
HUSBAND.
AND SHE SAID I DON'T HAVE A
HUSBAND.
AND HE SAID, YOU'VE SPOKEN
RIGHT.
YOU'VE HAD FIVE HUSBANDS AND
THAT GUY IS NOT YOUR
HUSBAND.
SO HE DIDN'T CONDEMN HER.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION,
YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND I DON'T THINK MARRIAGE
IS FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE PICKED A SELECTION
OF LOSERS.
THERE IS SOMETHING IN YOUR
CHARACTER THAT DRAWS YOU TO
THESE MEN WHO ARE INDIGENT
OR ABUSIVE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GET
MARRIED AGAIN.
ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO HELL,
NO, BUT YOU'RE MAKING YOU'RE
OWN HELL HERE ON EARTH.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
MARRIAGE MATERIAL.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE REASONS
FOR THESE MARRIAGES TO BE
BROKEN UP.
YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ANY OF
THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS
ADULTERY, UNFAITHFULNESS,
ABUSE -- THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT GO ON.
BUT JUST FOR NOW, FORGET
MARRIAGE AND WORK OUT A LIFE
FOR YOURSELF.
Terry: GET CLOSE TO THE
LORD.
THIS IS HEIDI WHO SAYS, "I
HAVE PRAYED FOR A NEW HEART
AND A NEW MIND, AND I
BELIEVE GOD HAS ANSWERED MY
PRAYER.
I TRY TO KEEP A PURE MIND.
WHEN I STRAY, I TAKE EVERY
THOUGHT CAPTIVE LIKE THE
BIBLE COMMANDS, BUT WHEN I
SLEEP, I'VE HAD SOME DREAMS
WHERE I HAVE DONE THINGS I
KNOW ARE WRONG.
WHY WON'T THESE DREAMS GO
AWAY?
COULD IT BE A SPIRITUAL
ATTACK?
AM I SINNING IN MY SLEEP?
HOW CAN I GET BETTER?"
PatLET THE WORDS IN MY
MOUTH AND IN MY HEART BE
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
LOOK, I'VE SAID ON THIS
PROGRAM, AND I'LL SAY IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WE ARE ANIMALS.
WE HAVE SEXUAL DESIRES LIKE
ANIMALS.
WE HAVE STUFF IN OUR PAST
THAT IS FED BY THE CULTURE
IN WHICH WE LIVE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ABSORBED
THAT -- ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS WATCH TELEVISION, WATCH
CABLE, WATCH ADVERTISING,
WATCH ALL OF THAT STUFF,
THEN GO TO SLEEP, AND SOME
OF IT WILL COME BACK.
IF YOU SPEND YOUR EVENING
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED,
READING THE WORD, PRAYING
UNTO THE LORD, LET THE WORDS
IN MY MOUTH AND THE
MEDITATION IN MY HEART BE
ACCEPTABLE TO THY SIGHT.
NO, YOU'RE NOT SINNING.
YOU'RE A SINNER, AND WE'RE
ALL SINNER.
GOD UNDERSTANDS THAT.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
FOCUS YOUR MIND ON HIM.
MY HEART IS STAYED ON THEE,
O LORD.
Terry: SHE SAYS, "I
PRAYED TO BE HEALED IN AN
ILLNESS BUT NOTHING
HAPPENED.
DO I NEED TO PRAY
CONTINUOUSLY TO GET A
MIRACLE?"
Pat: THAT'S WHAT JESUS
TOLD IN THE STORY.
THE WIDOW WENT TO THE UNJUST
JUDGE, AND BECAUSE OF HER IM
POPORTUNITY SHE GOT AN
ANSWER.
HE SAYS KEEP ON SEEKING,
KEEP ON KNOCKING.
IT'S CONTINUOUS ACTION UNTIL
YOU GET AN ANSWER.
SO --
Terry: YES.
THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER.
Pat: THE SHORT ANSWER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: I GOT THE MESSAGE
HERE.
GO AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT.
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE
HEARING FROM YOU.
WELL, YOU KNOW IN PARTS OF
NIGERIA, LOOKING FOR WATER
IS A JOB THAT NEVER ENDS.
AND FOR THE WOMEN IN ONE
VILLAGE, GETTING WATER MEANT
SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A
RIVERBED.
Reporter: AS THE SUN
BEATS DOWN ON NORTHERN
NIGERIA, FAMILIES SPEND THE
ANYONE TIRENTIRE DAME
FARMING.
SHE AND HER CHILDREN WORK
LONG, HARD HOURS WITHOUT A
DRINK.
WE GET BACK HOME, AND THE
CHILDREN WILL BE SO THIRSTY,
THEY WOULD CRY.
I CRIED, TOO, BECAUSE WE HAD
NO WATER.
Reporter: TO GET WATER,
HAWELL WALKED MORE THAN A
MILE TO A DRY RIVERBED.
SHE DUG A HOLE AND AS THE
WATER SEEPED IN, IT WAS
BROWN AND MUDDY, BUT IT IS
ALL SHE HAD.
MANY DAYS I SLEPT AT THE
RIVERBED WITH MY BABY
BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT A
LONG TIME FOR THE WATER.
IF OTHER WOMEN CAME WHO WERE
STRONGER THAN ME, THEY WOULD
TAKE THE WATER AND WE WOULD
HAVE TO WAIT AGAIN.
WE SUFFERED INSECT BITES AND
INFECTIONS.
Reporter: IN THIS
VILLAGE, EVERY FAMILY FACED
THE SAME STRUGGLE.
THEY BARELY HAD ENOUGH WATER
TO COOK OR BATHE.
SO THE CHILDREN WERE
CONSTANTLY SICK.
WHEN HAWELL'S BROTHER, Aú
PASTOR, CAME TO VISIT, SHE
TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE
VILLAGE'S DESPERATE NEED FOR
WATER.
HER BROTHER WAS A MISSIONARY
WHO PARTNERED WITH CBN, AND
HE KNEW WE COULD HELP.
BEFORE LONG, THERE WAS A
BRAND NEW WELL, RIGHT IN THE
CENTER OF THE VILLAGE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
EVERYONE HAD FRESH, CLEAN
DRINKING WATER.
WE ASKED FOR HELP, AND
THE HELP CAME.
NOW WE HAVE WATER.
WE CAN DRINK, COOK, AND KEEP
OUR CHILDREN CLEAN AND
HEALTHY.
THIS IS NO SMALL GIFT FROM
YOU.
YOU HAVE CHANGED ALL OF OUR
LIVES AND SAVED OUR
CHILDREN.
CBN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Terry: YOU JUST CANNOT
IMAGINE WHAT A BLESSING IT
IS TO HAVE WATER AVAILABLE
ON A DAILY, REGULAR BASIS.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE PLACE.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE WORLD
CRAVES THE PRESENCE OF
WATER.
Pat: I WAS THINKING
TODAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS
COOKING A COUPLE OF EGGS FOR
BREAKFAST.
AND I FILLED UP A PAN WITH
WATER, PUT IT ON THE STOVE,
TURNED IT ON, PUT THE EGGS
IN.
Terry: AND DON'T EVEN
THINK ABOUT IT.
Pat: YEAH.
IT IS THERE, AND YOU THINK,
HEY -- BUT THIS IS A
BLESSING WE HAVE LIVING IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND MANY OF
THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES.
BUT TO THINK $1,000 DRILLS A
WELL IN A VILLAGE, AND THESE
PEOPLE CAN HAVE FRESH
WATER.
$1,000, THAT'S ALL IT
TAKES.
Terry: AND THAT'S JUST
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT "700
CLUB" MEMBERS ARE DOING
AROUND THE WORLD.
I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO GO
TO THE WEBSITE, cbn.com,
AND CHECK THAT OUT.
MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO
INVITE YOU TO BECOME A "700
CLUB" PARTNER.
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE NOT JUST
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT HERE
AT HOME.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN
THE UNITED STATES, WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING
RIGHT NOW.
CALL NOW OR LOG ONTO
CBN.COM.
THE WAY WE SAY THANK YOU IS
TO SEND YOU PAT'S "HOW SHALL
WE NOW LIVE."
THIS WOMAN SAYS, I WISH THE
WORLD COULD HEAR AND SEE
"HOW SHALL WE NOW LIVE?"
IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, WE SO
MUCH FEAR, DOUBT AND
INDECISION.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT, SO
CALL OUR NUMBER,
1-800-759-0700.
AND JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
Pat: WE THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH
TODAY'S -- WE'VE GOT A NEW
NAME FOR IT BY THE WAY,
POWER MINUTE.
TODAY'S POWER MINUTE.
TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF
JAMES.
"BLESSED IS A MAN WHO
PERSEVERES UNDER TRIAL.
BUT ONCE HE HAS BEEN
APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE
THE CROWN OF LIFE WHICH THE
LORD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE
WHO LOVE HIM."
THE CROWN OF LIFE, FOLKS!
BLESSED ARE THEY WHO
PERSEVERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
TOMORROW ON "THE 700 CLUB,"
YOU'LL MEET THE REAL SAINT
SAINT NICK AND LEARN WHY
KIDS AROUND THE WORLD CALL
HIM SANTA CLAUS.
SEE YOU THEN.
BYE-BYE.