Pastor and author Tommy Barnett shares ideas on how to maximize productivity by seeking wise counsel and taking time to pray. Plus, at 37 weeks pregnant everything started going wrong and Treva was faced with an emergency C-section.
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TURKEY'S RADICAL TURN.
HE IS SYNTHESIZINGçç
TURKISH NATIONALISM WITH THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
AND THEN.
FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO COME
ACROSS THIS ROOM AND I'M
GOING TO TAKE YOU.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Pat: WELL, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THE CLIMATE IS
MUCH WARMER, BUT SOMEHOW THE
STATESç INç THE MIDWEST DIDN'T
GET THE MEMO.
IT'S APRIL, BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN IT FEELS LIKE SPRING IN
MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
APPARENTLY GLOBAL WARMING
ISN'T STOPPING THE SNOW.
SOME AREAS COULD BE COVERED
BY MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW
THIS WEEKEND.
Terry: WE THINK SPRING
HAS BEEN SLOW COMING HERE,
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
AND THEN A SEVERE WEATHER
SYSTEM IS HITTING OTHER
PARTS OF THE CóU
WELL, WITH DANGEROUS STORMS
ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA TO
THE PANHANDLE.
Reporter: FORGET APRIL
SHOWERS, OUT WEST IT IS
STILL SNOW, SNOW, AND MORE
SNOW.
A BIG STORM IS EXPECTED TO
DUMP SIX TO 14 INCHES TODAY
IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA.
IN COLORADO, SEVERAL SKI
AREAS ARE EXTENDING THEIR
SEASON, THANKS TO AN
UNUSUALLY SNOWY SPRING.
IN OTHER PARTSçç OF THE U.S.
TODAY, A WAVE OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS WREAKING HAVOC.
FORECASTERS PREDICT THAT
VIOLENT STORMS WILL HIT MUCH
OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY, BRINGING DAMAGING
WIND AND THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES.
OVERNIGHT, THOSE STORMS
ROLLED THROUGH PARTS OF THE
MIDWEST AND SOUTH.
IN TEXAS, HAIL STORMS LASTED
FOR HOURS, SENDING PEOPLE
RUNNING FOR COVER ANDçç
SHATTERING WINDSHIELDS.
I WAS TELLING PEOPLE, I
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH THE GLASS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THIS
SITUATION.
Reporter: THIS WAS THE
VIEW FROM ONE WOMAN'S PORCH,
A RIVER OF HAIL FLOWING DOWN
THE STREETS.
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN.
AND IN KANSAS AND INDIANA,
FLASH-FLOODS HAD EMERGENCY
CREWS RESCUING DrI)ERSç FROM
SUBMERGED VEHICLES.
TODAY'S STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN AS THEY REACH THE
EAST COAST.
BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM D.C. TO
BOSTON.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THERE IS A
LEFT-WING COURT IN THE
COUNTRY WE'VE BEEN DEALING
WITH FOR YEARS, AND IT IS
CALLED THE SECOND CIRCUIT.
AND I'M SURE IT IS THE HOME
OFçç EX-YALE LAW PROFESSORS.
BUT WHEREVER THEY ARE, THAT
COURT HAS RULED THAT SOME
CHURCHES IN NEW YORK CITY
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE
AS SUCCESSFULLY AS IN THE
PAST.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON.
PAT, DOZENS OF RELIGIOUS
GROUPS AND CHURCHES THAT
MEET IN NEW YORK SCHOOLS
MIGHT HAVE NOWHERE TO
CELEBRATE EASTER OR PASSOVER
BECAUSE OF A RULING FROM ITS
THREE-JUDGE PANEL ON THE
SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OFç
APPEALS.ç
THE JUDGES HAVE HELD A BAN
ON HOLDING RELIGIOUS
SERVICES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ONE PASTOR IS PRAYING THE
DECISION WILL BE
OVERTURNED.
THE FIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY
OVER CHURCH IN CITY SCHOOLS
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
DECADES.
CHARLENE HAS VISITED WITH
ONE PASTOR WHO THINKS THE
CHURCHES ARE DOING A LOT OF
GOOD FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND HE
IS COMMITTED TOç
STAY.
Reporter: THIS PASTOR
IS ONE OF MANY PASTORS IN
NEW YORK FIGHTING FOR THE
RIGHT TO HOLD SERVICES IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.
SO MUCH PRAYER IS GOING
FORWARD.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
JOINING US IN THE FIGHT.
Reporter: 16 YEARS AGO,
THE BRONX HOUSE HOLD OF
FAITH SUED THE CITY OVER A
POLICY PREVENTING CHURCHES
FROM HOLDINGç SERVICES INç
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ONE IS WONDERING WHY NEW
YORK CITY WOULD WANT TO
FORCE CHURCHES OUT OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
PASTOR DIMUS SAYS HOMOSEXUAL
ACTIVISTS ARE BEHIND THE
PUSH.
IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT
THE L.B.G.T. STOOD UP
AGAINST THE CHURCH AND SAID
YOU ARE PREACHING A DOCTRINE
THAT IS AGAINST GAY
MARRIAGE, AND THAT'Sç WHY
WE'REç COMING AGAINST YOU
GUYS.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE
CHURCHES IN SCHOOLS.
WE'RE COMING AGAINST YOU.
Reporter: CHURCHES THAT
HOLD SERVICES IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS JUST LIKE THIS ALL
ACROSS NEW YORK CITY SAY THE
MINISTRY THEY OFFER IS
CHANGING LIVES, AND THEY ARE
PREPARED TO CONTINUE THE
FIGHT.
WE CLOSED DOWN THE GANGS
IN THAT AREA.
WE SHUT DOWN DRUG
OPERATIONS.
GOD IS MOVING IN THE BRONX.
HE IS MOVINGç THROUGHç
AFFINITY CHURCH.
IT IS JUST GREAT PEOPLE THAT
LOVE JESUS.
AND THEY JUST HAVE WILD,
RADICAL FAITH TO SEE GOD DO
SOME AMAZING THINGS.
Reporter: THEY HOPE
THAT INCLUDES VICTORY FOR
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.
PAT, THOSE CHURCHES ARE
DOING A LOT OF GOOD THERE
FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Pat: THEY ARE.
THOSEç ACTIVISTSç DON'T CARE
HOW MUCH GOOD YOU DO.
YOU JUST GO ALONG WITH THEIR
WAY OF LIFE.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE OUT.
THE LAW WAS -- THERE IS A
COURSE CALLED "LAMB'S
CHAPEL" AND IT WAS LITIGATED
BY THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR
LAW AND JUSTICE.
AND IT WAS A RESOUNDING
VICTORY BEFORE THE SUPREME
COURT.
HERE IS THE DEAL: IF THEç
SCHOOL HASç AN OPEN FORUM, IN
OTHER WORDS IF THE LION'S
CLUB CAN HAVE A MEETING
THERE, AND IF THE BOY SCOUTS
CAN MEET THERE AND THE GIRL
SCOUTS AND ON AND ON, IF
THERE IS AN OPEN FORUM, THEY
CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
A BIBLE CLUB OR CHURCH FROM
USING THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT WAS A LANDMARK
DECISION.
THE SECONDç CIRCUIT M
NOTORIOUSLY LEFT WING.
I WENT TO THE YALE LAW
SCHOOL, AND I KNOW WHO THEY
ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.
AND THEY GO AGAINST THE
PREVAILING MOOD OF THE
COUNTRY.
BUT THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE
THEY'RE LEFT-WING IDLEOGS --
NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF
THEM ARE.
AND THIS DECISION REFLECTS
OF THAT MINDSET.
AND THE CHURCHES DO ANç
ENORMOUS
OF
GOOD,
ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY GIVE HOPE, THEY GIVE
FOOD.
THEY GIVE COUNSELLING FOR
UNWED MOTHERS.
IT GOES ON AND ON, THE GOOD
THEY DO.
BUT TO THE -- WELL, THE
LEFT-WINGERS, THEY DON'T
CARE.
THEY DON'T LIKE RELIGION.
JOHN?
PAT, IRAN'S NEW
SELF-PROCLAIMED MODERATE
PRESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING
TO HELP THEç PERSECUTEDç
CHRISTIANS IN HIS COUNTRY.
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT,
CHRISTIANS AND OTHER
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ARE
MORE PERSECUTED THAN OTHER.
AT LEAST 490 CHRISTIANS ARE
HELD IN IRANIAN PRISONS.
AND SAEED ABEDINI IS SERVING
AN EIGHT-YEAR SENTENCE FOR
CRIMES LEELTED T RELATED TO
HIS FAITH.
THE AMERICAN PASTOR HAS BEENç
JCiFOR 18 MONTHS.
HE RECENTLY WAS TRANSFERRED
TO AN IRANIAN HOSPITAL TO BE
TREATED FOR INJURIES HE
SUFFERED WHILE IN PRISON.
HIS WIFE, NAGHMEH, TOLD
FAITH RADIO THAT HER HUSBAND
IS FINALLY BEING GIVEN
DECENT MEALS AND PAIN
MEDICATION, BUT SHE SAYS HE
NEEDS SURGERY.
PASTOR SAEED WAS VISITING
IRAN TO START AN ORPHANAGE
WHEN THEY ARRESTED HIM.
TO FINDç OUT MOREç ABOUT WHAT
YOU CAN DO TO HELP HIM, GO
TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBN.COM.
THE JEWISH STATE AGREED LAST
YEAR TO RELEASE 104
PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS IN
FOUR STAGES AS AN INCENTIVE
TO KEEP THE MIDEAST PEACE
TALKS COMING.
IT COMES AFTER THE
PALESTINIANS RENEWED THEIR
TALKS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE
UNITED NATIONS.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
KERRY IS URGINGç BOTH SIDESç
NOT TO ABANDON THE PEACE
PROCESS.
PAT?
Pat: YOU KNOW, I SAID
IT YESTERDAY, AND I'LL SAY
IT AGAIN TODAY, KIMERA, IT
IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT IS A FANTASY.
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
REALLY DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
HAMAS IS MORE OF A FORCE
THAN THE P.A., AND HAMAS
WANTS THE DESTRUCTION OFç
ISRAEL.
STATES LIVING SIDE BY SIDE
IS JUST NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THE
PALESTINIANS SHOULD GO BACK
UNDER JORDANIAN LAW, WHERE
THEY WERE BEFORE, AND THEY
WERE TREATED FAIRLY AND
WELL.
THE IDEA OF A SEPARATE STATE
TAKING OVER THE WEST BANK,
TAKING OVER HALF OF
JERUSALEM, IT JUST ISN'T
GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT IS A VIOMQTION OF THEç
BIBLE.
IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT
GOD LAID DOWN IN HIS WORD.
AND WHENEVER A COUNTRY SETS
OUT TO SET ITSELF AGAINST
GOD'S WORD, IT GETS IN
TROUBLE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN
TROUBLE IF WE KEEP PUSHING
THIS NONSENSE.
JOHN?
PAT, MORE FALLOUT FROM
OBAMACARE.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD BUY
HEALTH INSURANCE AT ANY TIMEç
DURING THEç YEAR.
BUT NOT NOW.
MANY WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP
DURING THE OBAMACARE OPEN
ENROLLMENT PERIOD WILL FIND
IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BUY
INSURANCE NOW.
THAT'S BECAUSE INSURERS ARE
REFUSING TO SELL TO
INDIVIDUALS AFTER THE
ENROLLMENT PERIOD ENDED.
BLOCKING OUT THE YOUNG AND
HEALTHY, AS WELL AS THE SICK
AND ELDERLY.
SOME STATES ARE EXTENDING
THEIR DEADLINES TO HELP
THOSE WHO HAD PROBLEMS
TRYING TO MEET THIS WEEK'SjDQTT(Q&INE.
THE RESTç WILL HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL THE NEXT OPEN
ENROLLMENT PERIOD, WHICH
DOESN'T START UNTIL
NOVEMBER.
IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST
AMERICANS, YOU'RE DOING ONE
OF THE BEST AND EASIEST
THINGS TO KEEP HEALTHY:
GETTING ENOUGH VITAMIN "D."
IT IS CRUCIAL FOR FIGHTING
DISEASE, AND AS LORI JOHNSON
TELLS US, IF YOU DON'T GET
ENOUGH, IT CAN BE TRULY
HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
Lori: VITAMIN "D," WE
GET IT FROM THE SUN, FROM
SOME FOODS, AND FROM
SUPPLEMENTS.
AVAILABILITY, AN ESTIMATED
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS
AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH, AND
THAT SPELLS REAL TROUBLE.
A MAJOR NEW STUDY OF NEARLY
A MILLION PEOPLE FIEPPEDZ
FINDS THE LOWER YOUR VITAMIN
"D" LEVELS, THE HIGHER YOUR
RISK FOR CERTAIN DISEASES,
INCLUDING A 35% INCREASED
RISK OF DEATH FROM HEART
DISEASE AND A 14%ç INCREASEDç
RISK OF DEATH FROM CANCER.
VITAMIN "D" IS NICKNAMED THE
SUNSHINE NUTRIENT BECAUSE
OUR BODIES ACTUALLY PRODUCE
IT WHEN OUR SKIN IS EXPOSED
TO SUNLIGHT.
TO GET ENOUGH VITAMIN "D"
FROM THE SUN, DOCTORS
RECOMMEND EXPOSING AS MUCH
UNPROTECTED SKIN AS
POSSIBLE, SO NO SUNSCREEN,
SPREAD OUT OVER JUST AN HOUR
OR TWO A WEEK.
TO PROTECT AGAINST SKIN
CANCER, MAKE SUREç YOUç DON'T
OVERDO YOUR SUN EXPOSURE.
IF YOUR SKIN TURNS PINK,
YOU'VE BEEN OUT TOO LONG.
IF YOU CAN'T, OR DON'T WANT
TO, GET YOUR VITAMIN "D"
FROM THE SUN, SOME FOODS ARE
RICH IN IT, SUCH AS SALMON,
MUSHROOMS, FORTIFIED DAIRY,
AND KALE.
BUT EVEN THEY MIGHT NOT
CONTAIN ALL THE "D" YOU
NEED.
FOOD SOURCES ARE REALLY
LIMITED, SO IT IS BEST FOR
MOST PEOPLE TO TAKE Açç
SUPPLEMENT.
Lori: CHOOSE VITAMIN
D3, IT IMPROVES YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM, BOOSTS YOUR MOOD,
AND SINCE YOU NEED IT TO
ABSORB CALCIUM, IT
STRENGTHENS YOUR BONES.
BUT CERTAIN THINGS LOWER IT
FROM YOUR SYSTEM, SUCH AS
SMOKING, OBESITY, AND
IMFLAMMATION, WHICH COMES
FROM THINGS LIKEçç EATING TOO
MUCH SUGAR AND TRANS-FATS.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
AND, PAT, I'M ONE OF
THOSE WHO TAKES A DAILY
VITAMIN "D" SUPPLEMENT.
Pat: THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
SO HEALTHY.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE IS AN INCREASED
INCIDENCE OF INFLUENZA,
COLDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT
IN THE MIDWEST STATES, THAT
HAVE RATHER SEVEREç WINTERS
AND LACKç OF SUNLIGHT.
IF THEY DON'T GET OUT IN THE
SUN, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT IS SO EASY TO TAKE THE
VITAMIN "D" PILLS.
THEY DON'T HURT ANYBODY.
YOU CAN TAKE TWO OR THREE OF
THEM OR 10 OR 15 OF THEM.
Terry: DOES YOUR BODY
JUST GET RID OF WHATEVER IT
DOESN'T NEED?
Pat: IF YOU GET OUT IN
THE SUN, YOU CAN GET 100,000
UNITS OF VITAMIN "D" IF YOU
SIT IN THE SUN LONG ENOUGH.
ITç IS ONEç OF THOSE THINGS
THAT IS VERY HEALTHY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A
QUESTION, MS. TERRY.
Terry: YES.
Pat: I GAVE YOU
SOMETHING YESTERDAY.
Terry: YOU DID.
I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK
ME THAT.
Pat: ARE YOU PREPARED
FOR THE ANSWER?
Terry: YOU EXPLAINED IT
SO WELL, I HAD PEOPLE COMING
BY MY OFFICE, AND THEY ALL
WANTED TO WRITE DOWN WHAT IT
WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE
INTERESTED IN IT.
SO Iç LEFTç IT ON THE DESK
OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.
I'M SURE IT IS STILL THERE,
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT
ON MONDAY.
Pat: IT WON'T HELP YOU
SITTING ON YOUR DESK.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE HEALTH,
HAPPINESS, AND LOSE
WEIGHT --
Terry: I'M GOING TO DO
OVER THE WEEKEND.
Pat: -- AND LIVE TO BE
120.
Terry: I'LL GIVE YOU
THE REPORT ON MONDAY.
Pat: DARKç CHOCOLATE.¿
IT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT NOT MILK CHOCOLATE.
THAT WAS 88%, PRETTY HEAVY.
Terry: I SAW THAT.
Pat: THAT IS HEAVY-DUTY
DARK CHOCOLATE.
Terry: I WILL GIVE YOU
THE REPORT ON MONDAY.
YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW
IF IT WAS TOO BITTER OR
SWALLOWABLE.
Pat: WE'LL BOTH BE
DANCING ON THIS DESK AT
120.
Terry: THAT'S A DEAL.
COMING UP, SOMETHING
SERIOUS:ç JOURNALISTSç THROWN
IN JAIL, TWITTER AND
YouTube SHUT DOWN.
FIND OUT WHICH NATO COUNTRY
IS GETTING INTO BED WITH
TERRORISTS WHEN WE COME
BACK.
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Pat: WELL, SOMETIME
AGO, HE USED TO BE CALLED
THE SIXTH PART OF EUROPE.
AND ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS
TOOK PLACE AROUND THAT AREA,
THE CONSTANINOBLE.
THEY HAD A SON THAT ISTANBUL
ISçç NOT CONSTANINOBLE, DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT SONG?
Terry: I DON'T.
Pat: IT IS A GREAT SONG
IF YOU'RE IN A PREVIOUS
GENERATION.
IN ANY EVENT, WE CONSIDERED
UTHE TURKS OUR FRIENDS.
I WAS IN THE MARINES IN
KOREA, AND THE TURKISH
GROUPS WE ADMIRE.
THEY WERE SOMETHING.
THE CHINESE AND THE KOREANS
WEREN'T TOO THRILLED ABOUT
GETTING THEIR THROATS CUT IN
BATTLE, AnDç THESE TURKSç HAD
LONG KNIVES, AND THEY WOULD
YELL IN KOREAN OR CHINESE,
"I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR
THROAT WITH A SHARP KNIFE,"
AND THEY TERRIFIED THESE
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE CONSIDERED THEM ONE
OF OUR STRONGEST ALLIES, BUT
TURKEY HAS TAKEN A PROFOUND
TURN TOWARDS RADICAL ISLAM.
IT WAS A SECULAR COUNTRY,ç
ANDç AFTER THE 1920s, IT
WAS ONE OF OUR STROPGHT
STRONGEST ALLIES, BUT TURKEY
IS NOW MOVING IN A VERY
DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND WE HAVE THAT REPORT FROM
OUR ISLAMIC EXPERT, ERICK
STAKELBECK.
Reporter: JOURNALISTS
THROWN IN JAIL, TWITTER AND
YouTube SHUT DOWN.T-YOLITICALç OPPONENTS
THREATENED WITH
PROSECUTION.
IT'S THE KIND OF REPRESSION
USUALLY FOUND IN PLACES LIKE
IRAN AND SYRIA.
ONLY IT'S HAPPENING IN A
NATO COUNTRY, WITH
ASPIRATIONS OF JOINING THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
PRIME MINISTER RECEP, TURKEY
HAS MADE CLEAR IT IS SETTING
A NEW COURSE, ONE THAT COULD
PUT IT ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH THE WEST.
çç THE A.K.P. IS A SPIN OFF
OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
IS FOUNDED IN ISLAMIST
PRINCIPLES.
Reporter: JONATHAN
CHANCER IS WITH THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE
OF DEMOCRACIES.
HE CALLS ERDOGAN'S PATH AS A
DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
HE RECENTLYç WROTEç AN
EXTENSIVE REPORT, OUTLINING
TURKEY'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING
ISLAM.
ALTHOUGH DESIGNATED A TERROR
ORGANIZATION BY THE UNITED
STATES, HAMAS LEADERS
REGULARLY MEET WITH ERDOGAN.
SHANSR SAYS THAT INCLUDES
SALI AL-ARAI.
HE HAS MET WITHç ERDOGAN
ANDç MET WITH MICHEL, AND HE
CONTINUES TO APPARENTLY BE
INVOLVED IN FUNDRAISING
LOGISTICS.
Reporter: THE GROUP IS
COMMITTED TO ISRAEL'S
DESTRUCTION, AND ALIGNS WITH
ITS OWN FIERY ANTI-ISRAEL
STANCE.
HE HAS CALLED SHARON PERES A
MURDERER, AND IN 2010
ALLOWED A FLOTILLA OF SHIPS
TO FLOWç TO TURKEY.ç
AND VIOLENCE BROKE OUT WHEN
TERRORISTS ABOARD ONE OF
THOSE SHIPS ATTACKED ISRAELI
SOLDIERS.
SINCE THAT INCIDENT,
RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND
ISRAEL HAVE BEEN SEVERELY
STRAINED, WITH ERDOGAN EVEN
VOWING TO VISIT GAZA TO MEET
WITH HAMAS LEADERS.
AND HAMAS ISN'T THE ONLY
QUESTIONABLY FRIEND OF
TURKEY.
ACCORDING TO CHANCER,çç
al-QAEDA, A U.S. DESIGNATED
GLOBAL TERRORIST, HAS
VISITED THE COUNTRY
PREVIOUSLY.
WE ARE SEEING REPORTS HAY
HE HAS BEEN MEETING WITH
TURKISH OFFICIALS.
AND HE IS TRAVELLING IN AND
OUT OF TURKEY WITHOUT A
PASSPORT.
Reporter: IT IS A
TRANSIT POINT FOR GLOBAL
JIHADISTS TRAVELLING TO
SYRIA TO BATTLE THE ASSAD
REGIME.
çç THERE ARE THOSE IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN PART OF SYRIA
THAT APPEAR TO BE SAFE
HAVENS FOR JIHADI.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE
OPERATING IN HOTELS,
DISPERSING CASH TO SOME OF
THESE JIHADIS AS THEY TRAVEL
THROUGH.
Reporter: THESE
ACTIVITIES HAVE GOTTEN THE
ATTENTION OF U.S.
OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE SENT SECRETARYç
COHENç TO TURKEY, AND YOU
DON'T VISIT UNLESS THERE IS
A PROBLEM.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA HAS ENJOYED A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH ERDOGAN.
YET THE TURKISH PRIME
MINISTER'S RADICAL TURNS HAS
LED CONGRESS AND FOREIGN
POLICY MEMBERS TO HOLD
ERDOGAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ACTS.
AND ERDOGAN PUT DOWN78P&C @&Cú
ANTI-GOVERNMENTç PROTESTS IN
ISTANBUL LAST YEAR.
HE ALSO RECENTLY SHUT DOWN
YouTube AND TWITTER,
AFTER POLITICAL OPPONENTS
POSTED A SERIES OF
RECORDINGS CLAIMING TO
EXPOSE ERDOGAN'S
CORRUPTION.
SUCH MEASURES ARE UNHEARD OF
IN ANY OTHER NATO COUNTRY
TODAY.
THEY'VE GOT EARLY WARNING
RADAR SYSTEMS IN TURKEY,
WE'VE GOT MASSIVE AIR BASES
AND INVESTMENTS, AND LOOñ
MOREç BROADLY, THE TURKS HAVE
SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT ALLY
FOR US.
IF WE LOSE THAT, I THINK IT
WOULD BE REALLY DETRIMENTAL
TO U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
ERDOGAN DENIES ANY
WRONG-DOING, CORRUPTION
CHARGES CONTINUE TO SURROUND
HIS GOVERNMENT.
AMONG THE ALLEGED IS A
MULTI-BILLION GAS FOR GOLD
SCHEME, IN WHICH TURKEY
HELPED IRAN EVADE SANCTIONS
OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.ç
WASHINGTON.
Pat: I WANT TO POINT
OUT FROM A SPIRITUAL
STANDPOINT, WE HAVE A VERY
STRONG MINISTRY IN TURKEY.
AND WE'RE THRILLED WITH THE
RESPONSE OF THE TURKISH
PEOPLE.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY
CHRISTIANS.
AND YOU GO INTO THAT AREA,
AND THIS WAS WHEN PAUL --
NOT PAUL, BUT JOHN, IN
REVELATION WROTE TO THE
CHURCHES OF ASIA.
HE ISçç TALKING ABOUT TURKEY.
THAT'S WHERE THOSE CHURCHES
WERE.
THEY WERE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO
PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS
THERE.
BUT, TERRY, YOU LOOK AT A
PROPHECY, EZEKIEL 38, AND
YOU KNOW THERE IS A
COALITION THAT IS GOING TO
COME AGAINST ISRAEL IN THE
LAST DAYS.
YOU'VE SEEN THAT?
Terry: YES.2
Pat:ç IT SAYS PERSIA,
AND WE KNOW WHO THEY WERE.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE
CONSIDERED TO BE RUSSIA,
ROSH, AND THAT MEANS HEAD,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE
RUSSIANS.
BUT THERE IS ONE CALLED
GOMER.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID
GOMER WAS GERMANY.
REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT,
GOMER IS MOST LIKELY
TURKEY.
AND SO THE CHANCES OF THEM
BEING IN THAT COALITION
AGAINST ISPa1 AREç VERY
STRONG.
SO WE KNOW IRAN, WHAT THEIR
HEART IS AND WHERE THEY COME
FROM, AND WE CERTAINLY KNOW
WHAT RUSSIAN IS DOING UNDER
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION,
WHAT THEY FEEL.
AND THEN THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE SUDAN.
AND THERE ARE SOME RADICAL
ELEMENTS DOWN THERE.
SO YOU COULD EASILY SEE A
COALITION AGAINST ISRAEL,
BUT GOMER WOULDç BDç
INCLUDED.
AND THEN THERE IS A MATTER
OF THE KURDS.
AND SOONER OR LATER THE
KURDS IN SYRIA, AND THE
KURDS IN IRAQ ARE GOING TO
COME TOGETHER AND FORM A
STATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE TURKS
ARE VERY AFRAID OF, SO THEY
PERSECUTED THE KURDS.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT
GOES ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
BUT THE BIBLE PROPHECIES ARE
GOING TO COME TO PASS.
AND I JUST HOPE AND PRAY
THAT TURKEY IS NOT PART OFç
LIKE IT SAYS IT IN EZEKIEL.
GET YOUR OLD TESTAMENT AND
READ IT.
Terry: THAT'S WHY A
STRONG LEADERSHIP AND THE
UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN
POLICY IS SO SIGNIFICANT.
Pat: AGAIN, THE MAN WHO
LED THE REVOLUTION AGAINST
THE CORRUPT REGIME, AND THE
OLD OTTOMANç EMPIRE WASç
FALLING.
AND THE OTTOMANS WERE VERY,
VERY POWERFUL.
THERE WAS A SECOND
GOVERNMENT IN THE '20s,
AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT
ISLAMIC, BE THE PEOPLE ARE
FREE TO WORSHIP GOD AWAY
THEY WANT TO.
AND AS A RESULT, TURKEY
PROSPERED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ERDOGAN IS
DOING, BUT HE HEEM SEEMS TO
HAVE TILTED TOWARDS THE
BROTHERHOOD, ANDçç THAT IS BAD
NEWS.
Terry: AN EXPECTANT MOM
SUDDENLY GETS HIT WITH
SEARING PAIN.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE HAD
TAKEN A KNIFE AND HAD
STABBED ME IN MY STOMACH.
IT IMMEDIATELY CAUSED ME TO
DROP TO MY KNEES IN PAIN.
I NEVER FELT PAIN LIKE THAT
BEFORE.
Terry: HER BABY IS
SAVED, BUT HER LIFE HANGS IN
THE BALANCE.
THAT'S COMING UP.
çççççççç
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Pat: ONE MORE PLUG FOR
REGENT UNIVERSITY.
IT HAS BEEN NAMED THE
ONLINE -- ONE OF THE TOP 10
ONLINE SCH]OLS IN AMERICA.ç
TREMENDOUS PROGRAMS YOU CAN
GET ONLINE.
AND YOU CAN GET A MASTER'S
DEGREE, A DOCTORAL DEGREE.
WE HAVE 58 OR 59 PROGRAMS.
AND WE HAVE, FROM REGENT,
OVER 30 JUDGES AND
LEGISLATORS, MILITARY
OFFICERS ANDçç DIPLOMATS.
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TO
CHANGE THE WORLD.
HERE ARE THE NUMBERS ON YOUR
SCREEN.
YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER.
THE NUMBER FOR REGENT IS --
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER.
Terry: 1-800-210-0060.
Pat: THAT'S IT.
OR YOU CAN GO TO
REGENT.EDU.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ENROLL
FOR THE NEXT FALL OR THE
SUMMER.
ITçç IS VERY FLEXIBLE.
Terry: AND THE CAMPUS
IS BEAUTIFUL.
Pat: IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
CAMPUS.
Terry: TREVA GORDAN
WENT THROUGH TWO PREGNANCIES
WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS AS
ALL.
SHE HAD NEVER BEEN SICK A
DAY IN HER LIFE UNTIL JUST
WEEKS BEFORE HER THIRD CHILD
WAS DUE.
WHEN SUDDENLY SHE FELT A
STAB OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY
LIFE.
AND I WASç AFRAID.ç
HOW COULD I GO FROM FEELING
WONDERFUL TO ALL OF A SUDDEN
HOLD ON, FIGHT FOR YOUR
LIFE, BE STRONG.
Reporter: TREVA GORDON
WAS PREGNANT WITH HER THIRD
CHILD, A GIRL.
BUT ALL OF HER HOPES AND
DREAMS FOR HER UNBORN
DAUGHTER TURNED TO FEAR, 37
WEEKS INTO HER PREGNANCY.
THAT EVENING WE WERE
WATCHING TELEVISION, HAVING
A WONDERFUL TIME, AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN Iç EXPERIENCED A
PAIN IN MY STOMACH LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE HAD
TAKEN A KNIFE AND HAD
STABBED ME IN MY STOMACH.
AND IT IMMEDIATELY CAUSED ME
TO DROP TO MY KNEES IN
PAIN.
MY SON, HE RAN ACROSS THE
STREET TO GET THE NEIGHBOR.
AND THE NEIGHBOR CAME.
AND SHE FOUND ME ON THE
FLOOR.
I HAD NEVER FELT PAIN LIKE
THAT BEFORE.
Reporter: TREVA WAS
RUSHED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL
WHEREç DOCTORSç DIAGNOSED
SEVERE TOXEMIA AND SEVERAL
OTHER SERIOUS CONDITION.
SHE WAS VERY CLOSE TO
DEATH.
HER LIVER HEMATOMA WAS
EXTREMELY LARGE.
IT COULD HAVE RUPTURED AT
ANY TIME.
WHEN THEY DO RUPTURE, THE
MORTALITY FOR THAT EVENT IS
EXTREMELY HIGH.
Reporter: TREVA'Sç
HUSBAND,ç ROBERT, WAS
RECALLED FROM MILITARY
SERVICE IN IRAQ TO BE WITH
HER.
I WAS ON A PLANE,
LEAVING, WITHIN HOURS.
YOU WANT TO PRAY.
Reporter: TREVA'S LIVER
AND KIDNEYS WERE SHUTTING
DOWN.
DOCTORS PERFORMED AN
EMERGENCY C-SECTION TO SAVE
TREVA'S BABY, BUT TREVA'S
LIFE HUNG IN THE BALANCE.
AFTER TWO DAYS IN INTENSIVE
CARE, WITH NO SIGNS OFç
IMPROVEMENT,ç SHE WAS
LIFE-FLIGHTED TO VANDERBILT
HOSPITAL IN NASHVILLE.
IT SEEMED AS IF THERE WAS
A LOT OF CHAOS IN THE ROOM,
TRYING TO GET MY KIDNEY
FUNCTIONS REVIVED AND
WORKING AND MY LIVER
FUNCTIONS WORKING.
AND ALL I COULD DO WAS JUST
LIE THERE AND PRAY.
I SAID, GOD, HELP ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH ME.
I'VE NEVER BEENç SICK A DAY
HOW DID I GO FROM FEELING
WONDERFUL TO THIS?
Reporter: TREVA WAS
PLACED ON A DIALYSIS MACHINE
AND SPENT SEVERAL MORE DAYS
IN THE HOSPITAL, IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CHURCH
MEMBERS GATHERED IN PRAYER
FOR HER SURVIVAL.
TREVA SAYS SHE HAD VISIONS
THAT DEATH WAS WAITING
ACROSS THEç HALL.ç
PRAYER IS WHAT PREVENTED
DEATH FROM COMING OVER TO
TAKE ME.
AND HE COULD NOT CROSS
BECAUSE OF THIS WHITE
LIGHT.
HE SAID AS SOON AS THIS
TRAFFIC OF LIGHT STOPS, I'M
GOING TO COME ACROSS THIS
ROOM AND I'M GOING TO TAKE
YOU.
AND I WAS SO FEARFUL.
AND I JUST KEPT SAYING, I
DON'T WANT TO DIE.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE.
WHEN I WALKED IN, IT WAS
A VERY DESPERATE SITUATION.
THEç DOCTORSç HAD BASICALLY
GIVEN UP ON HER.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT
THIS WAS A BREAKING MOMENT
FOR HER.
WHEN I APPROACHED HER BED, I
JUST FELT LIKE THE LORD
TELLING ME, GO AHEAD AND LAY
HANDS ON HER.
YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO
DO, AND LET ME DO WHAT I'M
HERE TO DO.
WHEN I ACTUALLY WOKE UP,
AND I COULD REALLY SEE MY
PASTOR WAS STANDING THERE IN
THE E.R. ROOM, I WAS SO GLAD
TO SEE HIM.
AND HE WAS PRAYING OVER ME.ç
P
GOD, THAT GOD DIDN'T FORGET
ABOUT ME.
AND I WAS STILL FIGHTING FOR
MY LIFE, BUT I THANK GOD FOR
THE PRAYERS.
Reporter: TREVA SLOWLY
BEGAN TO HEAL.
HER DOCTORS TOLD HER SHE WAS
FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE,
CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF
HER CONDITION WHEN SHE
ARRIVED.
THEYç SAID,ç MANY WOMEN
COME TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE
CONDITION YOU'RE IN, AND
WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF BEING
IN THAT CONDITION, THEY DIE
RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE.
AND FOR YOU TO HAVE SURVIVED
, IT'S A MIRACLE.
I THANK GOD FOR JUST BEING
MY DOCTOR IN THE SICK ROOM
AT THAT HOSPITAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE ALLOWEDç
ME TOç LIVE, BUT HE DID.
Reporter: AFTER TWO
WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL, TREVA
WAS SENT HOME FOR MONTHS OF
BED REST AND KIDNEY
DIALYSIS.
I KNEW I HAD TO FIGHT.
I KNEW OTHERS WERE FIGHTING
FOR ME, BUT I HAD TO PRAY.
I BEGAN TO READ THE WORD OF
GOD AND TO STAND ON HIS
PROMISES.
I READ EVERY SCRIPTURE ABOUTT-AEALING, AND Iç TOOK THAT
IN.
HE SAYS, BY HIS STRIPES I AM
HEALED.
I SURROUNDED MYSELF WITH THE
WORD OF GOD.
I BECAME STRONG.
GOD SAYS, LET THE WEAK SAY
THAT I AM STRONG.
I BEGAN TO SAY, GREATER IS
HE WHO IS IN ME THAN HE WHO
IS IN THE WORLD.
AND I FELT THE STRENGTH OF
GOD COME.
Reporter: TODAY TREVA
IS HEALED AND HEALTHY.
SHE SAYS IT WAS GOD WHO
BROUGHT HER THROUGH.
HER DAUGHTER, ROBIN, ç A
PERFECTLY HEALTHY LITTLE
GIRL.
GOD RESTORED MY ORGANS,
MY KIDNEYS, AND HE RESTORED
MY LIVER FUNCTIONS.
NO MORE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
HYPERTENSION.
NONE OF THAT.
I AM HEALED TODAY.
I AM A MIRACLE.
FOR WHATEVER THE
SITUATION IS, TRUST GOD AND
BELIEVE GOD FOR IT.
BELIEVE GOD FOR IT.
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN ON THAT
DATE WHEN YOU WANT IT TO
HAPPEN, BUT CONTINUE TOç
BELIEVE GODç AND TRUST IN
GOD, AND GOD WILL PULL YOU
THROUGH IT.
WE ARE VERY STRONG IN OUR
FAITH, AND I THINK IT PLAYED
A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HER
HEALING.
SHE HAD A LOT TO LIVE FOR.
I WILL NEVER BE ASHAMED
TO TELL WHAT GOD HAS DONE
FOR ME BECAUSE HE HAS SET ME
FREE.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIX FEET
UNDER, BUT NOW I'M TAKING
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
AND I'LL TELL IT WHEREVERç I
CAN TELL IT, THAT GOD IS
GOOD.
Terry: YOU KNOW, WHEN
GOD DOES SOMETHING AMAZING
IN YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT, YOU?
DO TELL IT WHEREVER YOU GO.
Pat: DEATH SAID, I'M
GOING TO WALK ACROSS THE
ROOM ONCE THAT LIGHT IS OUT
OF THE WAY -- AMAZING.
Terry: IT SAYS TO ALL
OF US, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.
Pat: THAT LIGHT WAS
JESUS' LIGHT.
Terry: THIS IS
AMAZING.
APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARSçç AGO,
A PERSON FROM CHARLESTON,
WEST VIRGINIA TECH, WAS
DIAGNOSED WHY HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, AND OCCASIONALLY
WENT UP TO 300.
THREE MONTHS AGO, SHE WAS
HOSPITALIZED WHEN THE
PRESSURE EXCEEDED 200.
IT REMAINED OUT OF CONTROL.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM, AND, PAT, SHE HEARD
YOU PRAY A GENERAL PRAYER
FOR ANYONE DESIRING
HEALING.
IMMEDIATELY SHE SEIZED THEç
OPPORTUNITY TOç PRAY ALONG
WITH YOU.
SHE CLAIMED HEALING FOR HER
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER WHEN SHE
CHECKED HER BLOOD PRESSURE,
SHE WAS AMAZED TO SEE IT IN
A NORMAL RANGE, 120 OVER
80.
SHE WEANED HERSELF OFF OF
THE MEDICATION AND IS
PRAISING GOD FOR HER
HEALING.
Pat: THIS IS SHERRY,
FROM TEXAS, AND SHE HAD HIP
PAIN.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM.ç
TERRY HADç A WORD.
SOMEONE WITH A HIP ISSUE,
IT'S LIKE YOUR HIP POPS OUT
OF THE SOCKET AND YOU NEVER
KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL.
GOD IS DOING A CREATIVE
MIRACLE.
SHERRY SAYS, THAT'S ME, AND
SHE STARTED DANCING THE
HULA.
AND SHE WAS HEALED.
Terry: PRAISE THE
LORD.
Pat: WE WANT TO PRAY
FOR YOU, FOLKS.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
SOMETHING GOOD FORçç YOU.
WELL, OKAY, TODAY COULD BE
THE DAY THAT SOMETHING
REALLY GOOD COULD HAPPEN TO
YOU.
THIS IS THE LORD.
THIS IS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH
HIM IN YOUR BEHALF.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
GOD.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE COME
WITH US NOW TO THE THRONE OF
GRACE.
LET'S STAND BEFORE THE ALLçç
ALMIGHTY GOD.
TERRY AND I WILL JOIN HANDS
TOGETHER IN JESUS' NAME.
WE JOIN HANDS, LORD, ON
BEHALF OF PEOPLE IN THIS
AUDIENCE, WHOEVER THEY ARE
AND WHEREVER THEY ARE.
THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS A
SERIOUS HERNIA.
IT'S A HIATAL HERNIA, AND
THE LORD HAS JUST HEALED
THAT.
IT HAS BEEN GIVING YOU A LOT
OF TROUBLE.
RIGHT NOW YOUç ARE'QP&ED IN
JESUS' NAME.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE A BULGING DISK IN
YOUR BACK AND IT IS SO
PAINFUL.
IT HAS REALLY IMPACTED YOUR
LIFESTYLE.
GOD IS LITERALLY HEALING
THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
Pat: SOMEBODY WHO HAS
A.L.S., LATERAL SCLEROSIS,
LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, IT
WILL TAKE A MIRACLE, AND GOD
HAS A MIRACLE FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
YOU'LLç FEEL THE?X(OWER OF GOD
COME UPON YOU.
IT WILL BE LIKE LIGHTNING
HITTING YOU, AND YOU'LL FEEL
HEAT.
AND GOD HAS JUST SET YOU
FREE IN JESUS' NAME.
TAKE IT AND WALK IN IT, AND
DO NOT SURRENDER.
IN JESUS' NAME.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM -- I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT,
BUT IT IS LIKE THE
ELECTRICAL IMPULSES IN YOUR
BODY ARE ALL OFF.
THEY'RE JUST OUT OF WHACK.
GOD ISç PUTTINGç THAT ALL BACK
TOGETHER, AND THE SYMPTOMS
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED ARE GOING
TO BE GONE.
Pat: LORD, PEOPLE ARE
CRYING OUT FOR VARIOUS
THINGS FOR THEIR FAMILIES,
FOR FINANCES, FOR WISDOM.
LORD, GRANT THE DESIRE OF
THE HEART OF YOUR PEOPLE IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
RECEIVE AN ANSWER.
Terry: THANK YOU,
LORD.
Pat: THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Terry: THANK YOU,
FATHER.
Pat: AMEN.ç
QN AMEN.
LISTEN, TELLS US WHAT GOD
HAS DONE FOR YOU.
IF WE CAN PRAY FOR YOU MORE,
WE'D LOVE TO DO IT.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS
AVAILABLE.
CALL 1-800-759-0700.
24 HOURS A DAY SOMEBODY IS
THERE TO PRAY WITH YOU, SO
PLEASE CALL.
BUT LET US KNOW WHAT GOD IS
DOING FOR YOU, AND BEGIN TO
THANK GOD.
OKAY.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
DISCOVER THE LIFE-CHANGING
POWER OF A HALF HOUR.ç&
MEGA CHURCH PASTOR AND
AUTHOR TOMMY BARNETT SHOWS
YOU HOW TO TAKE CHARGE COPY
OF YOUR DESTINY 30 MINUTES
AT A TIME.
WELCOME
BACK
TO "THE 700
CLUB."
A PAKISTAN COURT SENTENCED A
CHRISTIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR
BLASPHEMY.
LAST MARCH IN THE CITY OF LA
HORE, A MUSLIM MAN ACCUSED
THIS MAN OF INSULTING THE
PROPHET, MOHAMMED.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARRESTED
HIM, A MUSLIM MOB RANTED
THROUGH A CHRISTIAN
NEIGHBORHOOD, DESTROYING
HOMESç AND CAUSINGç HUNDREDS
OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES TO
FLEE.
BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE QURAN,
ISLAM AND THE PROPHET ARE
CRIMES IN PAKISTAN.
THOSE LAWS ARE OFTEN USED TO
INTIMIDATE AND PERSECUTE
CHRISTIANS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING LAID FOR VICTIMS
OF WASHINGTON STATE'S
MUDSLIDE.
THE DEVASTATING MUDSLIDE
KILLED 30 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN
OF OSO.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL
CHURCH TO PROVIDE RELIEF
SURVIVORS ADç THEIR
FAMILIES.
THEY SET UP A COMMUNICATION
POST AT THE REQUEST OF THE
PASTOR SO RESIDENTS COULD
USE THE INTERNET TO CONNECT
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS
WELL AS PRE-PAID CELL PHONES
FOR VOLUNTEER ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT.
AND O.B. ALSO PROVIDED A
CASH GRANT FOR THE CHURCH'S
ONGOING RELIEF EFFORTS.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE AT
OB.ORG.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700ç CLUB"
RIGHT AFTERTHIS.
çç
Pat: 30 MINUTES.
30 MINUTES, THAT'S ALL THE
TIME IT TAKES TO CHANGE YOUR
WORLD FOR THE BETTER.ç
IT'S ALSOç THE SECRET BEHIND
THE SUCCESS OF ONE AMERICA'S
MOST EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN
LEADERS, TOMMY BARNETT.
ROME MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
BUILT IN A DAY, BUT TOMMY
BARNETT, CO-PASTOR OF ONE OF
THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES
IN AMERICA, SAYS YOU MIGHT
BE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH IN A HALF HOUR.
HE SAYS USING SMALL
INCREMENTS OF TIME-WISELY,
YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR
FAMILY, AND HAVE A MORE
MEANINGFUL SPIRITUAL LIFE.
IN HIS BOOK "THE POWER OF A
HALF HOUR," PASTOR BARNETT
SHOWS YOU HOW TO USE
30-MINUTE BLOCKS OF TIME TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Pat: WELL, PLEASE
WELCOME BACK A DEAR FRIEND,
THE PASTOR OF ONE OF THE
GREATEST CHURCHES IN
AMERICA, THE FIRST ASSEMBLY
OF PHOENIX, AND THE
CO-FOUNDESç AND PASTORç OF THE
LOS ANGELES DREAM CENTER,
REVEREND TOMMY BARNETT.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US,
BROTHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHAT A GREAT HONOR IT IS TO
BE HERE.
Pat: YOU JUST GOT BACK
FROM AUSTRALIA.
YOU FLEW ALL THE WAY ACROSS
THE HUMP AND AROUND --
IT WAS TWO AND A HALF
WEEKS, FLEW IN AND SPOKE
YESTERDAY IN JACKSONVILLE AT
THE ARK CONFERENCE, AND FLEW
HERE YESTERDAY.
Pat: YOU DON'T SLOW
DOWN.ç
YOU'REç SUPPOSED TO SLOW
DOWN.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT A VERY
GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT
YOURSELF.
Pat: THE LORD IS GOING
TO KEEP US GOING FOR
SOMETHING.
PRAISE GOD.
Pat: THIS IS A TERRIFIC
BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "THE POWER OF A
HALF HOUR."
HOW DID YOU COME UP ON
THAT?
YOU KNOW, DR. ROBERTSON,
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
DREAMS.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS DREAMS
AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.
Pat: UH-HUH.
BUT THE BIG CULPRIT OFç
KEEPING éHDM FROM REACHING A
DREAM IS THE FACT THEY RUN
OUT OF TIME.
AND THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE
WASTED TIME THAT COULD BE
USED TO REACH OUR DREAMS.
THE HALF HOUR WAITING AT THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THE HALF
HOUR WAITING AT THE
AIRPORT.
THE HALF HOURS THAT COULD BE
USED PRODUCTIVELY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE
BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN HALF
HOUR SEGMENTS, WASTED TIME
(1QzU%Ñ MINDç IS JUST KIND
OF BLAH, THAT WE USE IT FOR
THE GLORY OF GOD.
Pat: YOU'RE CHURCH IS
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SPACESHIP
LANDED ON THE SIDE OF A
MOUNTAIN IN ARIZONA.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.
IN HERE YOU SAY YOU WENT UP
TO THE FOOT OF THAT MOUNTAIN
AND SEEK THE LORD FOR A HALF
HOUR.
DO YOU STILL DO THAT?
EVERY YEAR I MADE A
COMMITMENTç TOç GOD, YEARS
AGO, THAT THE FIRST ONE I
TALKED TO IN THE MORNING
WOULD BE GOD.
BEFORE I READ THE
NEWSPAPER -- I READ THE
NEWSPAPER EVERY DAY FROM
COVER TO COVER, BUT I MADE A
COMMITMENT THAT I WOULD READ
THE BIBLE BEFORE I READ
ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I GO TO THAT MOUNTAIN AND
I SPEND 30 MINUTES SEEKING
GOD.
30 MINUTES READING THE
BIBLE, AND THEN 30 MINUTES
OF JUST PRAISING GOD FOR
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
AND THE LAST 30 MINUTES OF
JUSTçç DREAMING, ENVISIONING
WHAT THE LORD IS GOING TO DO
IN OUR LIFE.
MOST PEOPLE NEVER REACH
THEIR DREAMS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK
ABOUT IT.
Pat: YOU HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED THE DREAM CENTER.
IT'S A HUGE THING IN
LOS ANGELES.
HOW DO THAT COME ABOUT?
WELL, IT'S A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE THAT -- THE
THROW-AWAYS IN AMERICA, THE
UNTOUCHABILITIES -- WE WENT
THERE[wvç TO BUILD A GREAT
CHURCH, BUT BEFORE YOU BUILD
A GREAT CHURCH, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE GREAT PEOPLE.
THERE WERE NO JOBS, NO
FATHERS, ANARCHY, AND WE
REALIZED WE HAD TO DO THAT.
SO TO BUILD A CHURCH, WE
STARTED A PLACE TO BUILD THE
PEOPLE.
TODAY WE HAVE ANGELES TEMPLE
THAT ANDY PICTUR McSPHEREççSON.
AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING
THERE.
WE HAVE DRUG ADDICTS.
WE HAVE TRAFFICKED GIRLS.
WE HAVE RUN-AWAYS.
AND I ALWAYS SAY, NOT JUST
THE PASTORAL STAFF.
Pat: YOU DON'T TURN
ANYBODY AWAY?
NO, WE DON'T.
EVERYBODY COMES FREE OF
CHARGE.
THAT TAKES THE LAST 20 YEARS
OFçç MATTHEW, RAISING THE
FUNDS TO KEEP IT GOING.
SO IT IS A BUSY JOB FOR US.
Pat: YOU TALKED ABOUT
YOUR CHURCH, WITH THE
HOMELESS, AND YOU SAID WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR
THEM?
AND YOUR CHURCH GAVE
THOUSANDS OF TURKEYS TO GIVE
TO PEOPLE.
IN MATTHEW, WHEN THAT BOY
WAS SHOT AT THE DOORSTEP OF
THE CHURCH, HE CALLED ME UP
AND SAID,ç DAD, WE'VEç NEVER
BEEN TRAINED IN
CROSS-CULTURE EVANGELISM,
BUT HE SAID I LEARNED
SOMETHING TODAY.
I LEARNED YOU CAN'T FIGHT
LOVE.
AND HE SAID, DAD,
THANKSGIVING IS COMING.
I NEED 5,000 TURKEYS, 7,000
TURKEYS.
AND HE SAID, WOULD YOU GO TO
YOUR CHURCH AND ASK THEM?
SO I WENT TO MY CHURCH AND I
SAID, WE NEED THAT MANY
TURKEYS, AND THEY BROUGHT
THEM IN.ç
AND@A! HE CALLED ME AND
SAID, DAD, I'VE GOT A
PROBLEM.
I FOUND OUT THAT THE
HISPANIC POPULATION HERE,
THEY LIKE CHICKEN AND NOT
TURKEY.
AND I SAID, JUST TELL THEM
THEIR CHICKEN ON STEROIDS.
Pat: BIG CHICKENS.
AND IT EXPLODED.
AND THE NEXT THING HE SAID,
DAD, I WANT TO GIVE AWAY
PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
WOULD YOU ASK YOUR CHURCH TOç
GIVE 10,000ç PRESENTS.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE A DAD
WITH A BIG CHURCH.
I WENT TO THE CHURCH, AND
ONE MAN ALONE GAVE 5,000
BRAND NEW BICYCLES.
AND WE SENT 15,000
PRESENTS.
NOW MATTHEW HAS A CHURCH OF
THOUSANDS, AT LEAST 8,000,
10,000 PEOPLE.
AND HE FEEDS 50,000 A WEEK.
AND THEN WE STARTED ONE IN-PHOENIX,ç AND IN PHOENIX, OUR
DREAM CENTERS EXPLODED.
WE HAVE 40 GIRLS IN HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, AND THEY'VE
BEEN RESCUED.
Pat: IT IS CALLED L-
L-O-V-E.
DID YOU ABSORB MATTHEW OR HE
JUST HEARDç ITç FROM?
MY DAD TAUGHT US.
SOME THINGS ARE TAUGHT AND
SOME THINGS ARE CAUGHT.
AND MY OTHER SON IS NOW THE
LEAD PASTOR WITH ME AT
PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE
BREAKING MY RECORDS.
GOD IS BLESSING THEM.
Pat: YOU'RE GOING TO
DREAM BIG, AND LORD, IN
ANSWER TO YOUR DREAM, PUT
YOU IN A LITTLEç Vo.9jjñ
DAVENPORT, IOWA, ISN'T ALL
THAT LITTLE, BUT IT IS
LITTLE COMPARED TO NEW
YORK.
YOU WOUND UP IN DAVENPORT.
WAS THAT A HUMBLING
EXPERIENCE?
GOD WAS BLESSING ME
THERE, WITH 76 PEOPLE.
AND I LEARNED SOMETIMES THE
GREATEST JOY IS TO BUILD
SOMETHING.
I'M FROM THE BUILDER
GENERATION, LIKE YOU.
I LIKE TO BUILD.
MY GREATEST JOY IS WHEN --ç
SOMEBODYç SAID, PASTOR, WHEN
I HEAR YOU PREACH, I EITHER
WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING OR
BURN SOMETHING.
SO BUILDING AND LOYALTY ARE
THE THINGS THAT ARE THE MOST
TO ME.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MY
DEAR FRIEND.
YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A LOYAL,
KIND FRIEND.
I LOVE YOU DEARLY.
Pat: I'VE LOVED YOU
FOREVER, AND I JUST ADMIRE
YOU.
AND IT'S A THRILL.
IT'S A TREAT TO)BE THEREç
WITH YOU.
THEY REALLY LOVE GOD, THAT
CHURCH.
THEY GO OUT INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU'VE GOT BUSES THAT GO AND
BRING IN THE HOMELESS AND
BRING IN THE NEEDY INTO YOUR
CHURCH.
WE STILL DO.
WE BUILT OUR CHURCH ON
FINDING A NEED AND FILLING
IT.
WHEN WE FIND A HURT, WE JUMP
UP AND REJOICE BECAUSE WE
KNOW IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN
DO FOR GOD.
IN THIS BOOK, ONE OFç THE
MAINç THINGS ABOUT IT IS IF
YOU WILL GIVE A HALF HOUR
EVERY DAY TO HELP SOMEBODY
BUILD THEIR DREAMS, IT WILL
COME BACK TO YOU PRESSED
DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER AND
RUNNING OVER.
I GOT A LETTER WANTING ME TO
COME TO IRELAND.
I THOUGHT, I DON'T HAVE TIME
TO GO THERE.
IT WAS A WEEK THERE IN A
VERY SMALL CHURCH.
SOMETHING SAID TO ME, YOU
NEED TO GO.
IT WAS A PROMPTING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
JUST BEFORE I LEFT, A MAN
WROTE ME AND SAID, WOULDç YOU
GIFEç ME A HALF HOUR BEFORE
YOU GO.
AND I THOUGHT, I'M JET
LAGGED, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO
DO THAT.
BUT I'VE LEARNED TO YIELD TO
THE PROMPTINGS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
BEFORE CHURCH, I SAT DOWN
WITH HIM, AND HE SAID TELL
ME ABOUT THE DREAM CENTER.
AND HE SAID, I WANT TO START
ONE RIGHT HERE IN BELFAST.
WOULD YOU HELP US?
MATTHEW AND I SAID, WE
WILL.
AND HE SAID, TELL MEç ABOUT
THE DREAMç CENTER IN L.A.,
AND I TOLD HIM.
AND HE SAID, HOW MUCH DOES
IT COST TO FINISH A FLOOR?
BECAUSE WE HAD SEVEN FLOORS
THAT HAD TO BE BROUGHT UP TO
CODE BEFORE WE COULD USE
THEM.
I SAID, ABOUT A MILLION
DOLLARS.
FROM A MAN I DIDN'T KNOW, I
DIDN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT
HIM, AND IT SEEMED FOOLISH
THAT I GAVE HIM A HALF
HOUR.
AND HE SAID, WHEN YOU GET
HOME, THERE WILL BE A CHECK
FOR ONE OF THOSE FLOORS.
WHEN I GOT HOME, THERE WAS Aç
Pat: ONE HALF HOUR.
ONE HALF HOUR.
AND TODAY THERE IS A DREAM
CENTER IN BELFAST AND THERE
IS A HOME FINISHED FOR
HOMELESS FAMILIES BECAUSE WE
GAVE A HALF HOUR.
IT CAME BACK PRESSED DOWN,
SHAKEN, AND RUNNER OVER.
IT IS A LIFE-MATCHING
MANAGING BOOK.
Pat: I WAS THRILLED TO
READç THIS.ç
I HAVE KNOWN TOMMY, AND THIS
IS FROM THE HEART.
A MAN WHO LOVES GOD.
WHERE DO YOU GET IT, TOMMY?
IT CAN BE BOUGHT AT
BARNES AND NOBEL, ANY PLACE
THEY SELL GOOD BOOKS.
I'VE NOTICED EVERY AIRPORT
I'VE BEEN AT, THEY'VE GOT IT
ON THE SHELF.
Pat: "THE POWER OF A
HALF HOUR," FROM PASTOR
TOMMY BARNETT.
YOU NEED TO GET A COPY.
IT IS A WONDERFUL READ.
AND YOU'LL ENJOY IT, AND YOU
WILLç BEç INSPIRED, AS I WAS.
DR. ROBERTSON, WE
INTRODUCED IT A MONTH AGO ON
ABC, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN
GOING GREAT.
THIS IS THE SECOND
OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BEING A LIFE-LONG FRIEND.
Pat: THANK YOU, MY
BROTHER.
I LOVE YOU.
TOMMY BARNETT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
TERRY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,
WE'VE GOT YOUR E-MAIL.
CYNTHIA SAYS, "MY HUSBAND
ANDç Iç HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR
ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW, BUT
I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT
THAT HE LIKES TO WEAR MY
UNDERGARMENTS AND CLOTHING.
WE HAVE A 14-MONTH-OLD SON.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF HE
STARTS WEARING WOMEN'S
CLOTHING AS WELL, WHEN HE
GETS OLDER?"
PAT SOW'S GOING TO ANSWER
THAT ONE.
AND WE'LL ANSWER THIS
QUESTION AND MORE IN "BRING
IT ON."
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Terry: PAT, THIS FIRST
E-MAIL IS FROM CYNTHIA, WHO
SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE
BEEN TOGETHER FOR ALMOST
THREE YEARS NOW.
BUT I JUST RECENTLY FOUND
OUT THAT HEç LIKES TOç WEAR MY
UNDERGARMENTS AND CLOTHING.
I LOVE HIM DARRELL DEARLY,
BUT NOW MY FAMILY HAS FOUND
OUT.
WHAT SHOULD I DO, LISTEN TO
MY FAMILY AND LEAVE HIM
UNTIL HE STOPS, OR LOSE
CONTACT WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A 14-MONTH-OLD SON.
HE WANTS TO BE LIKE DADDY.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF HE
STARTS WEARING WOMEN'S
CLOTHING WHEN HEç GETA
OLDER?"
Pat: YOU'RE LOOKING AT
A PSYCHOLOGICAL FETISH, AND
IT IS DIFFICULT.
I DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT TO
LEAVE YOUR HUSBAND.
YOU OUGHT TO STAY WITH HIM
AND WORK THROUGH THIS
SITUATION.
I THINK HE NEEDS
PROFESSIONAL HELP IN THIS.
BUT YOU NEED TO TELL HIM,
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEAL
IS.
AND IN A SENSE SOMEHOW WORK
WITH HIM.
YOUR CHILD NEEDS A FATHER.
AND DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLEç
WHOç SAY, WELL, LEAVE HIM.
WHY LEAVE HIM?
WHAT'S HE DONE TO YOU?
HE LIKES TO WEAR UNDERWEAR.
BIG DEAL.
HE NEEDS HELP.
Terry: AND THERE IS
HELP.
MAYBE HAVING A CHILD IS THE
CATALYST FOR THAT.
Pat: THEY'VE GOT A
CHILD, SO THEY'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING.
BUT DO NOT LEAVE.
WHAT ELSE?
Terry: JUANITA SAYS, "I
HAVE A RELATIVE WHO I HAVE
BEEN HOLDINGç A GRUDGEç
AGAINST FOR YEARS.
I RECENTLY READ A PAMPHLET
CALLED "THE LAW OF LOW" "MY
RELATIVE PRACTICES
WITCHCRAFT AND READS TAROT
CARDS.
WHAT DO I DO?"
Pat: JESUS SAID, WHEN
YOG STAND PRAYING, IFç YOU
HAVE OUGHT AGAINST ANY,
FORGIVE SO THAT YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER WILL FORGIVE
YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO
MIRACLES, YOU HAVE TO BE IN
A STATE OF BEING BORN
AGAIN.
IN ORDER TO BE BORN AGAIN,
YOU HAVE TO BE FORGIVEN.
YOU'RE ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE
YOU.
YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE OTHERS.
YOU FORGIVE.
YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY
FORGIVE THE FACT THAT THIS
PERSON IS IN WITCHCRAFT.
THATç ISç A DIFFERENT MATTER.
BUT DO YOU HAVE A GRUDGE
AGAINST THEM?
HAVE YOU HURT THEM?
AND JESUS SAID, WHEN YOU'RE
OFFERING A GIFT ON THE ALTER
AND YOU REMEMBER SOMEBODY
HAS SOMETHING AGAINST YOU,
GO TO THEM AND MAKE IT
RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T
WANT TO LEAVE EVIL FEELINGS
AGAINST YOU OR FOR YOU IN
ANY WAY.
YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO TO BRING ABOUT
HARMONY.
IN TERMS OF THAT PERSON, YOU
DON'T HAVEç TO GIVEç UP YOUR
DEEPLY-HELD BELIEFS AGAINST
WITCHCRAFT.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.
HERE IS TODAY'S POWER
MINUTE, TAKEN FROM PROVERBS:
"HE STORES UP SOUND WISDOM
FOR THE UPRIGHT.
HE IS A SHIELD TO THOSE WHO
WALK UPRIGHTLY.
HE GUARDS THE PATHS OF
JUSTICE AND PRESERVES THE
WAY OF HIS SAINTS."
FOR U ALL OF US, THIS IS
PATç ROBERTSON, TE@RY
MEEUWSEN, AND WE'LL SEE YOU
ON MONDAY.
BYE-BYE.
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