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THE TAX MAN COMETH.
ANYTHING THAT CAN BRING
IN MORE REVENUE.
INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT'S
NEW PLAN TO ROB YOU BLIND.
WE QUICKLY SAID, THIS IS
BAD.
WE'VE GOT STATES LOOTING
OTHER STATES.
PLUS, A STAR IS BORN, AND
A STAR GOES BANKRUPT.
I'M STRUGGLING TO TRY TO
KEEP $200 IN MY ACCOUNT.
HEAR WHY ONE FORMER
NFLer IS GLAD HE GOT CUT.
IT IS A WONDERFUL
FEELING.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WHAT DOES JOE AVERAGE FEEL
ABOUT WHAT ISIS IS DOING?
, THE HORROR THEY HAVE
INFLICTED ON THE WORLD.
WELL, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
WHO ISN'T EXACTLY JOE
AVERAGE.
HE SAYS, WE'LL TRY TO MANAGE
THE PROBLEM.
WE'VE GOT A LUNCH BUCKET GUY
WHO IS VICE PRESIDENT, AND
OLD JOE DID IT, AND HE SAID
IT TIME TO SEND THE
TERRORISTS TO THE GATES OF
HELL.
THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF VICE
PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN, AND
EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR
MR. OBAMA TO COME WITH A
STRATEGY THAT MIGHT
ACCOMPLISH WHAT THIS VICE
PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT.
Terry: DEFEATING ISIS
IS ONE OF THE TOP ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA IN WALES.
PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON
WILL NOT RULE OUT ANY
MILITARY ACTION, BUT BOTH HE
AND OBAMA WANT AN
INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO
COME TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE
TERRORISTS.
HEATHER CELLS HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: AS WORLD
LEADERS MEET FOR THE NATO
SUMMIT TO DISCUSS UKRAINE
AND AFGHANISTAN, THE RISING
THREAT OF ISIS IS LOOMING
LARGE.
DAVID CAMERON SHOWED HOW
SERIOUSLY HE TAKES THAT
THREAT, TELLING THE B.B.C.
HE IS NOT RULING OUT ANY
MILITARY ACTION AGAINST
ISIS.
HE SAYS DEFEATING THE
ISLAMIC STATE WON'T BE
EASY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A
LONG-TERM, TOUGH,
INTELLIGENT, PATIENT VIEW OF
THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
SQUEEZE IT OUT OF
EXISTENCE.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME.
Reporter: HERE AT HOME,
LEADERS ON BOTH IS SIDES OF
THE AISLE ARE SIGNALLING
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON WHAT
IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR THREAT
ABROAD AND HERE AT HOME.
I HOPE THE PRESIDENT WILL
COME UP WITH A PLAN AND
SUBMIT IT TO CONGRESS NEXT
WEEK.
I THINK IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY
WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED
IN SUPPORTING HIM.
HE NEEDS TO REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT THIS IS NOT JUST SOME
MIDDLE EASTERN DISPUTE
HERE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
KILL US HERE AT HOME.
WE EITHER FIGHT THEM NOW
OR WE'LL FIGHT THEM LATER,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
STOP.
Reporter: THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS NOT RULED OUT
AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS IN
SYRIA, AND CAMERON HAS SAID
HE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING
THE U.S. AIRSTRIKE CAMPAIGN
IN IRAQMEN IRAQ.
BOTH CAMERON AND OBAMA
SUGGEST THAT NATO SHOULD
PLAY A ROLE IN CONTAINING
ISIS, BUT SPECIFICS ARE NOT
CLEAR.
WHAT IS CLEAR IS A
HEIGHTENED SENSE OF URGENCY
AMONG WORLD LEADERS AND A
BELIEF THAT A UNITED FRONT
IS NEEDED.
AND IT IS CLEAR THAT ISIS IS
GROWING STRONGER IN ITS
REQUEST TO CREATE A
CALIPHATE TERRITORY IN THE
MIDEAST, AND SYSTEMATICALLY
KILL ANY WHO EXISTS.
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SAID
THE TERRORISTS WILL PAY THE
PRICE FOR THE LIVES OF JAMES
FOLEY AND STEVEN SOTLOFF.
IT HAS NOW BECOME WELL-KNOWN
THAT THE 31-YEAR-OLD FREE
LANCER WAS AN ISRAELI
CITIZENSHIP, BUT HE KEPT IT
THE U.S. KEPT IT A SECRET
FOR HIS SECURITY.
THEY'RE HONING IN ON THE
SYRIAN CITY OF RAQQA, WHERE
THE U.S. BELIEVES THAT ISIS
KILLED BOTH FOLEY AND
SOTLOFF.
AND THE U.S. IS WORKING TO
IDENTIFY CITIZENS FROM THEIR
OWN COUNTRIES THAT ISIS MAY
HAVE LURED INTO FIGHT AND
THEN RETURN HOME TO LAUNCH
ATTACKS.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: TO THE GATES OF
HELL.
GO GET 'EM, JOE BIDEN.
THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER TO
ISIS, AND THAT IS TO DESTROY
THEM.
WE DON'T CONTAIN THEM; WE
DON'T MANAGE THEM; WE
DESTROY THEM.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SYRIA, AND
IT'S A TINY LITTLE COUNTRY,
AND YOU PARK A FEW UNITED
STATES WAR SHIPS OFF THE
COAST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND YOU START LAUNCHING SOME
MISSILES IN THERE.
IT IS A SHAME.
AS MUCH AS WE DISLIKE
BASHAR, NEVERTHELESS, WE
WANT TO HELP.
I SAW YESTERDAY THAT ONE OF
THE VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE
KURDS IN KURDISTAN SAYS
WE'RE STILL NOT GIVING THEM
ANY HEAVY WEAPONS.
THEY'LL FIGHT FOR US, BUT WE
HAVE TO ARM THEM.
BUT OUR PRESIDENT WON'T DO
IT.
THERE IS THIS RELUCTANCE ON
THE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE
TO DO ANY POSITIVE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO MOVE.
AND IF WE DON'T, OUR CITIES
IN AMERICA ARE GOING TO BE
UNDER BOMBARDMENT.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE
BOMBINGS AND TERRORIST
ACTS.
THE WORD SEEMS TO BE ON 9/11
ANOTHER ATTACK IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
SOFT TARGETS, SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES, GATHERING PLACES
WHERE CIVILIANS MEET THAT
ARE NOT HARDENED TARGETS.
IT IS GOING TO BE A MESS.
WE'VE GOT TO ROOT THIS THING
OUT OR ELSE.
NATO LEADERS HAVE ALSO
ANOTHER CRISIS ON THEIR
HANDS.
PUTIN HAS REALLY WANTED TO
TAKE OVER A GOOD PART OF
UKRAINE.
AND HE SAYS NOW I'M GOING TO
MAKE PEACE, BUT PEACE ON THE
FACT THAT OUR TROOPS ARE
GOING TO STAY IN UKRAINE.
UKRAINE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH
MONEY.
THEY'RE ALMOST BANKRUPT.
THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
AND HAVE WE HELPED THEM?
NO, NOT REALLY.
AND YET THEY NEED OUR HELP.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN
WASHINGTON.
HERE'S JOHN.
John: PAT, NATO'S
SECRETARY-GENERAL LAID A
BOLD CHARGE AGAINST RUSSIA
TODAY, ACCUSING RUSSIA
OF, QUOTE,"ATTACKING
UKRAINE" AND HE APPARENTLY
QUESTIONED THE CEASE-FIRE
WITH UKRAINE.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS LAID OUT
A SEVEN-POINT PEACE PLAN,
BUT THE PAST AGREEMENTS HAVE
FAILED, AND NATO LEADERS ARE
LOOKING FOR A PLAN TO HELP
KIEV.
THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES
ARE AGAINST TROOPS.
THEY'RE WORKING ON A PLAN TO
FORM A RAPID REACTION FORCE
TO COUNTER ANY RUSSIAN MOVES
AGAINST NATO MEMBERS IN THE
REGION.
THE EBOLA HAS NOW KILLED
MORE PEOPLE THAN OTHER
DISEASES COMBINED.
MORE THAN 1900 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED FROM EBOLA.
NEW ESTIMATES SAY IT COULD
TAKE MORE THAN $600 MILLION
TO BRING THE EPIDEMIC UNDER
CONTROL.
PAT?
Pat: $600 MILLION IS
PEANUTS, CONSIDERING THE
LOSS OF LIFE.
1900 DEAD SO FAR, AND I
THINK WE'RE UNDERSTATING
THAT.
THIS IS A DEADLY, DEADLY
VIRUS.
FORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT
ARISOL.
IT IS NOT SPREAD BY
BREATHING, LIKE SOME ARE.
SO YOU HAVE TO TOUCH BODY
FLUIDS, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE
MUCH.
AND THE SUPERSTITION THAT
SURROUNDS SO MUCH OF
AFRICA'S UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS DISEASE IS CONTRIBUTING
TO THE PROBLEM.
IN ANY EVENT, THAT IS
ANOTHER CRISIS.
AND TO LIVE IN THIS BUBBLE
OF HAPPINESS THAT THE
PRESIDENT SEEMS TO EXUDE,
LIKE THE ONLY PROBLEM WE'RE
DEALING WITH IS Facebook
AND TWITTER, THEY'RE JUST
EXACERBATING THE PROBLEMS.
THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN
MESSY, AND SO THIS IS JUST
ONE MORE EXAMPLE.
NO, IT IS NOT.
THE WORLD IS BLOWING APART
BECAUSE THERE IS NO
LEADERSHIP FROM THE LEADING
NATION ON EARTH.
WE'RE NOT LEADING.
AND WE HAVE TO LEAD.
AND IN THIS OBAMA THING,
EXCUSE ME -- IN THIS EBOLA
THING, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF
THAT.
IT IS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL.
IT IS MANAGEABLE.
BUT IF WE DON'T MANAGE IT
QUICKLY, IT IS GOING TO
SPREAD, AND THEN IT WILL BE
A WORLDWIDE DISASTER.
JOHN?
John: PAT, NANCY
WRITEBOL, ONE OF THE TWO
AMERICANS BROUGHT HOME FROM
LIBERIA TO BE TREATED FOR
EBOLA, SHE SAYS SHE FELT THE
CALMING PRESENCE OF GOD
WHILE SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM
THE DISEASE.
LORI BRINGS US THAT STORY
AND THE DETAILS ON A THIRD
AMERICAN AIDE WORKER ALSO
INFECTED WITH EBOLA.
Reporter: 51-YEAR-OLD
DR. RICK SACRA WAS WORK
TREATING OBSTETRIC PATIENTS
WHEN HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
THE VIRUS.
S.I.M. IS HEADQUARTERED AND
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
THEY OPERATE HOSPITALS
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING
THE OPERATION IN LIBERIA.
DESPITE THE DANGER,
DR. SACRA PUT HIMSELF IN
HARM'S WAY AFTER HE LEARNED
HIS TWO CO-WORKERS, DR. KENT
BRANTLY AND NANCY WRITEBOL,
CONTRACTED EBOLA, AND
THEREFORE LEFT A VOID IN THE
HOSPITALMENT.
RICK AND HIS FAMILY ARE
CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE
BOSTON AREA, IN THE U.S.
RICK TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH
TO LIBERIA, AND HE
VOLUNTEERED, JUST A MONTH
AGO, WHEN DR. BRANTLY AND
NANCY WERE TESTING POSITIVE
TO EBOLA.
RICK CALLED AND SAID, I'M
READY TO GO.
Reporter: DR. SACRA IS
BEING TREATED IN LIBERIA AND
IS SAID TO BE IN GOOD
SPIRITS AND TALKING ON THE
PHONE TO HIS FAMILY IN
BOSTON.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO PLANS
TO BRING HIM BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES FOR
TREATMENT.
THERE ARE ALSO NO PLANS TO
GIVE HIM THE EXPERIMENTAL
DRUG ZMAPP BECAUSE THERE IS
REPORTEDLY NONE LEFT.
HOWEVER, ZMAPP WAS GIVEN TO
NANCY WRITEBOL, WHO, FOR THE
FIRST TIME, SPOKE PUBLICLY
SINCE RECOVERING FROM
EBOLA.
THE QUESTION THAT IS
USUALLY ASKED IS: WHAT DO
YOU THINK SAVED YOU?
WAS IT THE ZMAPP DURING?
WAS IT THE SUPPORTIVE CARE?
WAS IT THE LIBERIAN AND OUR
U.S. MEDICAL PEOPLE?
WAS IT THOSE DOCTORS AND
NURSES THAT HELPED SAVE
YOU?
OR WAS IT YOUR FAITH?
AND MY ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS: ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
Reporter: IN A
ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW,
WRITEBOL SAYS WHILE SHE KNEW
THE ODDS WERE AGAINST HER
SURVIVAL, SHE FELT THE
CALMING PRESENCE OF GOD.
THE PEACE THAT HE GIVES
IN TIMES OF REALLY DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS IS A PEACE THAT
WE CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN.
AND IT'S A PEACE THAT JUST
IS OVERCOMING, AND IT'S A
PEACE THAT SAYS IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
WHETHER I LIVE OR WHETHER I
DIE.
Reporter: AND WHILE SHE
IS GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE, SHE
IS GRIEVED THAT BACK IN
LIBERIA THE EBOLA OUTBREAK
IS GETTING WORSE.
ALTHOUGH EBOLA CAN LARGELY
BE PREVENTED BY KEEPING YOUR
HANDS CLEAN, MANY WEST
AFRICANS DON'T KNOW THIS AND
DON'T EVEN HAVE SOAP.
THAT'S WHERE "OPERATION
BLESSING" COMES IN.
BY PARTNERING WITH CHURCHES,
THEY'RE HANDING OUT
LITERATURE ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE, AND
THEY'RE PROVIDING LIQUID
CHLORINE FOR DISINFECTING
HANZ.
DISINFECTING HANDS.
THE REASON WHY IT IS
SPREADING SO MUCH IS PEOPLE
HAVEN'T BEEN EDUCATED ENOUGH
TO KNOW ABOUT THE DANGERS.
Reporter: AND
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DONATING SUPPLIES TO TREAT
EBOLA PATIENTS AND GIVING
HOSPITALS STERILE
EQUIPMENT.
SO HALF A WORLD AWAY,
CHRISTIANS ARE ON THE GROUND
IN WEST AFRICA, RISKING
THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO SAVE
THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS,
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
John: PAT, WHAT AN
AWESOME TESTIMONY ABOUT THE
PEACE AND THE POWER OF GOD
IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
Pat: AND, ONCE AGAIN,
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DOING SOMETHING.
WE ARE THERE.
WE'RE THERE IN THE NAME OF
THE LORD, BUT WE'RE ALSO
THERE IN YOUR NAME.
IF YOU WANT TO
PARTICIPATE -- THIS IS A
TREMENDOUS SUFFERING.
THE EBOLA COMES AND
LIQUIFIES THE INTERNAL
ORGANS, AND THEY BEGIN TO
BLEED OUT THROUGH ALL OF THE
ORIFICES OF THEIR BODIES,
AND IT IS A HIDEOUS,
HORRIBLE DEATH.
WE'RE THERE.
THIS IS THE WORST OUTBREAK.
I WAS THERE SOME TIME AGO IN
THE CONGO -- THAT'S WHERE
THE TERM "EBOLA" CAME FROM,
THE EBOLA RIVER IN THE
CONGO.
IT WAS KNOWN AS ZAIRE.
AND WE WERE THERE, WORKING
AND HELPING PEOPLE AND
SENDING SUPPLIES.
THAT OUTBREAK THEY HAD WHEN
I WAS THERE IS NOTHING
COMPARED TO THIS ONE.
THIS THING HAS GROWN SO
FAST, SO SOON.
YOU HEARD WHAT DAVID DARDEN
WAS SAYING, AND HE IS AUR
OUR MAN ON THE GROUND WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING."
IF YOU WANT TO HELP, JUST
PICK UP THE PHONE.
IT IS CBN CENTER IN VIRGINIA
BEACH, SAY "OPERATION
BLESSING," AND THIS IS THE
DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR THE
EBOLA OUTBREAK.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, AND
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.
AND WE CAN GET THE SUPPLIES
TO THEM, AND HOPEFULLY THIS
THING CAN BE CONTAINED.
JOHN?
John: PAT, GET READY
FOR ATTACK TAXES TO BECOME
EVEN MORE COMPLICATED.
THE C.E.O. OF H & R BLOCK
EXPECTS THE PRESIDENT'S
HEALTH CARE LAW WILL ADD
SIGNIFICANT COMPLEXITY TO
TAXES NEXT YEAR.
THE COMPANY TOLD MARKET
ANALYSTS THAT H & R BLOCK IS
TAKING STEPS TO GET ITS TAX
PREPARERS READY.
THE NEW TAX RULES WILL MEAN
PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE,
BUT THERE COULD BE SOME
EXEMPTIONS.
HE SAYS DEPENDING ON WHAT
TYPE OF EXEMPTIONS SOME
PEOPLE HAVE, FIGURING IT OUT
COULD BE QUITE CUMBER SOM.
A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THE
LACK OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
COULD CAUSE THE BRAIN TO
SHRINK OVER TIME.
PARTS OF THE BRAIN
DETERIORATED FASTER,
ESPECIALLY IN PEOPLE OVER
60.
THE RESEARCHERS SAY THEY
AREN'T SURE IF THE LACK OF
GOOD SLEEP MADE THE BRAIN
SHRINK, OR IF A SHRINKING
BRAIN MADE IT HARDER TO FALL
ASLEEP.
THEY SUGGEST GOING TO BED AT
THE SAME TIME EACH NIGHT,
AND NOT HAVE A SMARTPHONE,
TABLET, OR COMPUTER IN THE
BEDROOM, AND STAYING ACTIVE
DURING THE DAY.
PAT, I'M SURE YOU FOLLOW ALL
OF THOSE SIMPLE RULES,
RIGHT?
Pat: I DON'T HAVE
E-MAIL, SO I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO CHECK.
I BELIEVE IN SLEEPING IN A
ROOM IN 65°.
I BELIEVE IN SHUTTING ALL OF
THE BLINDS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN
TELEVISION IN THE BEDROOM.
Terry: YOU HAVE TO
PREPARE YOUR BODY AND YOUR
BRAIN FOR SLEEP.
Pat: ARE YOU LOSING
SLEEP, DARLING?
Terry: NO, I'M NOT.
Pat: THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
SO INTELLIGENT AND ALERT.
OUR BRAINS ARE SHRINKING
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET ENOUGH
SLEEP.
THE MORE SLEEP THE BETTER,
UP TO A POINT.
WE KEEP TELLING YOU ABOUT
THESE THINGS.
FIRST WE HAVE THE NEWS AND
SCARE YOU TO DEATH, AND THEN
WE TELL YOU THE THINGS THAT
KEEP YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT, AND
WE TELL YOU IF YOU STAY
AWAKE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SUFFERING.
Terry: TAKE YOUR PICK.
Pat: BUT TRUST IN THE
LORD THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE
OF YOU.
Terry: COMING UP, THE
WAY YOU SHOP MAY GET WAY
MORE EXPENSIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WREAK
ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION IN YOUR
ATTEMPT TO COLLECT EVERY
LAST CENT.
Terry: FIND OUT WHAT
UNCLE SAM WANTS TO TAX NEXT,
AFTER THIS.
Pat: IF THERE IS ANY
WAY YOUR GOVERNMENT CAN
THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF
PROGRESS, THEY WILL FIND A
WAY TO DO IT.
IF OUR GOVERNMENT -- IF OUR
ECONOMY IS MOVING ALONG,
THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO
ISSUE REGULATIONS THAT WILL
SLOW IT DOWN.
AND NOW THE I.R.S. IS IN THE
ACT.
H & R BLOCK SAYS THE MAKING
OF TAX RETURNS IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF
OBAMACARE, BUT THAT ISN'T
THE END OF IT.
THEY WANT TO HIT YOU WHERE
YOU SHOP.
AND I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
THIS, AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY
TAXES ON WHAT YOU BUY
ONLINE, AND IT IS SUPPOSED
TO BE VOLUNTARY.
PLEASE.
NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS COME
UP WITH A PLAN TO FORCE YOU
TO PAY THOSE TAXES.
AND IT WON'T SURPRISE YOU TO
LEARN IT IS VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED AND VERY
EXPENSIVE.
AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS, IT
COULD END UP SHUTTING DOWN
SOME ONLINE BUSINESSES.
Reporter: YOU CAN
CERTAINLY SEE WHY STATES
WOULD WANT TO COLLECT
INTERNET SALES TAX.
IT IS WHAT THE COSTUMERS OWE
BUT DON'T PAY.
IT IS ABOUT $23 BILLION
IN TAXES THAT AREN'T
COLLECTED.
Reporter: HE REPRESENTS
FREE MARKET ADVOCATES, WHO
LIKE A PLAN TO COLLECT SALES
TAX FOR EVERY TRANSACTION.
THEY CLAIM IT WOULD LEVEL
THE PLAYING FIELD WITH BRICK
AND MORTER BUSINESSES THAT
ALREADY COLLECT SALES TAX.
THE MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT
WOULD ALSO STOP TAX
DODGING.
THIS IS A TAX ALREADY
OWED BY EVERY CUSTOMER WHO
PURCHASES SOMETHING ON THE
INTERNET.
Reporter: ABOUT 93% OF
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT,
OR CHOOSE NOT TO OBEY THIS
REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY FILL
OUT THEIR STATE TAX FORMS.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
REMIT THIS TAX TO THEIR
STATE.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS.
Reporter: IF THE PLAN
BECOMES LAW, THE ONLINE
BUSINESSES WOULD COLLECT
TAXES FROM EVERY CUSTOMER,
NO MATTER WHAT STATE IS
INVOLVED IN THE ACTION.
OPPONENTS SAY THE ACT IS NOT
FAIR OR EVEN
CONSTITUTIONAL.
THE LEGISLATION EMPOWERS
A STATE, THE STATE OF TEXAS,
TO REACH ACROSS INTO
LOUISIANA AND TAX PEOPLE IN
LOUISIANA.
SO EXACTLY WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION, ANYONE WHO
REMEMBERS THEIR HISTORY SAYS
THIS IS BAD.
WE HAD STATES LOOTING OTHER
STATES, AND STATES PRINTING
MONEY TO DRIVE OTHER STATES
OUT OF BUSINESS.
Reporter: THEY SAY IT
IS TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION.
STATE POLITICIANS COULD TAX
THE PEOPLE FROM OTHER
STATES, FROM PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T BOOT THEM FROM
OFFICE.
KATE TAKES THIS VERY
PERSONALLY.
HER COMPANY CONNECTS
ART-LOVERS WITH ARTISANS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS A SMALL BUSINESS THAT
WOULD LIKELY GO UNDER IF THE
MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT
BECOMES LAW.
MY MAIN OBJECTION IS NOT
COLLECTING TAXES FROM
STATES, BUT THE ACTUAL
COMPLEXITY.
IF IT IS NOT SIMPLIFIED, I
DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD STAY
IN BUSINESS.
Reporter: ONE COMPANY
ESTIMATES IT WOULD COST
COMPANIES MORE THAN $20,000
IN THE FIRST YEAR JUST TO
COMPLY.
IMAGINE TRYING TO KEEP UP
WITH ALL OF THE TAX RATES
AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE 90
DIFFERENT TAX RATES ACROSS
50 STATES.
I COULD BE AUDITED BY ANY
STATE.
THEY COULD CREATE LAWS THAT
ARE DISCRIMINATORY TO OUT OF
STATE SELLERS.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
SHE AND OTHER BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE LOBBYING.
HE SAYS TOP ECONOMISTS,
ARTHUR RAGER, WHO SOLD THE
REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ON
ECONOMICS, PREDICTS IT COULD
GROW THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
HE PREDICTS 1.5 MILLION
JOBS.
Reporter: AMORA THINKS
STATES WILL BE ABLE TO DO
GREAT THINGS BECAUSE OF
THE eTAX.
USE THAT MONEY TO LOWER
OTHER ACTUALLY MORE
BURDENSOME TAXES.
Reporter: ONE POLL
SHOWS THEY OPPOSE IT 59% TO
37%.
ALBERT AND HER ALLIES EXPECT
GREEDY STATES JUST WANT NEW
MONEY.
THE STATES ARE REALLY
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT
CAN BRING IN MORE REVENUE.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO WREAK
ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION IN YOUR
ATTEMPT TO COLLECT EVERY
LAST CENT.
Reporter: SHE SAYS IF
ONLINE BUSINESSES LIKE HERS
HAVE TO FOLD, THAT THROWS
SCORES OF PEOPLE OUT OF
WORK.
IN MY CASE, WE SUPPORT
MANY SMALL ARTISANS ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
AROUND THE WORLD, MANY WHO
WERE DOWNSIZED FROM BIG
COMPANIES, WHO ARE NOW
MAKING A LIVING.
Reporter: SHE JOKES THE
MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT IS
A VERY DECEPTIVE NAME.
THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE
MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT.
THE HOUSE WILL LIKELY TAKE
IT UP IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Pat: I'LL TELL YOU HOW
IT MAY WORK.
SAY YOU BUY SOMETHING IN
NORTH DAKOTA, OR SOMETHING,
AND IT IS BEING ADVERTISED
ON THE INTERNET, AND YOU
DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
TAX DUE, AND SOME GUM SHOE
FROM NORTH DAKOTA DECIDES
THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
A LIST AND YOUR NAME COMES
UP ON THE LIST, ALL THEY'VE
GOT TO DO IS GO INTO COURT
IN NORTH DAKOTA, INTO A
SMALL CLAIMS COURT, AND IF
YOU WANT TO HIRE A LAWYER TO
DEFEND YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT,
AND IT WILL COST YOU
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO YOU DON'T DEFEND IT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE IN
THE RIGHT, AND MAYBE YOU
DON'T EVEN OWE IT.
BUT THEY'LL GET A CLAIM
AGAINST YOU, A JUDGMENT
AGAINST YOU IN THE COURT, IN
THAT STATE OR JURISDICTION,
AND THEN THEY'LL BRING THAT
JUDGMENT AND TRY TO ENFORCE
IT.
OR THEY'LL PUT IT ON YOUR
CREDIT SCORE, AND IT WILL BE
LISTED AS A LIABILITY
AGAINST YOUR ASSETS, AND IT
WILL STAY FOREVER AND EVER
AND EVER, LIKE A BLOT ON
YOUR REPUTATION.
YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE AWARE
OF IT.
YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN GET
NOTICE.
THEY'LL BRING A LAWSUIT
AGAINST YOU AND THEY WON'T
SERVE YOU.
YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE SERVICE
OF PROCESS AND YET YOU'LL
GET A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU.
AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT 50
STATES, AND WHO KNOWS HOW
MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHO
WILL TRY TO GET A PIECE OF
THE PIE, AND IT WILL BE A
NIGHTMARE.
IN A LARGER SCALE, THAT'S
WHAT BROUGHT DOWN TYCO.
AND HE ENDED UP GOING TO
JAIL BECAUSE HE HAD ART THAT
WENT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
INSTEAD OF NEW YORK CITY,
AND IT WAS THE TAX THAT GOT
HIM.
Terry: WHAT A
NIGHTMARE.
Pat: THEY WON'T EVEN
GIVE YOU A NOTICE.
THEY WILL JUST TAKE A CLAIM
OUT AGAINST YOU.
Terry: ISN'T THE ONUS
ON THE BUSINESS?
ISN'T THE BUSINESS THE ONE
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU
IF YOU OWE TAX OR NOT?
Pat: WELL, IT SHOULD
BE, BUT THIS THING IS UP IN
THE AIR.
THE LAW IS, APPARENTLY, IF
YOU BUY, YOU'VE GOT TO PAY.
I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF THIS
THING.
AND WHO DO YOU PAY THE TAXES
TO?
Terry: THE PLACE YOU
BOUGHT IT FROM OR THE PLACE
IT IS SHIPPING TO?
Pat: A NIGHTMARE.
Terry: MAKING IT TO THE
NFL WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
MOMENTS IN CRAIG SCOTT'S
LIFE.
GETTING CUT WAS ONE OF THE
WORST.
YOU HAND IN YOUR
PLAYBOOK, YOU PACK UP, AND
YOU COME HOME.
I HAD NO MONEY.
I FELT LIKE A HAS-BACTERIA.
BEEN.
Terry: HEAR HOW THIS
HAS-BEEN GIVES HOPE TO
THOUSANDS OF KIDS EVERY
DAY.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: I'M HAPPY TO
ANNOUNCE FOOTBALL IS BACK.
Pat: A BIG SURPRISE.
Terry: MILLIONS OF KIDS
ARE GOING TO WATCH THE
BONE-CRUNCHING ACTION THIS
SEASON, AND THEY'LL DREAM
ABOUT BEING ON THE FIELD.
CRAIG SCOTT USED TO BE ONE
OF THOUGH DREAMERS.
BUT HE NEVER STARTED LIVING
HIS REAL DREAM UNTIL HE
STEPPED OFF THE FIELD.
I REMEMBER BEING ABLE TO
GO HOME AND TELL MY PARENTS,
I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE
ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO COST
YOU A DIME.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME
TO THE GAMES AND CHEER.
I WENT TO UNIVERSITY IN
1998, AND I WOULD COME BACK
FROM PRACTICE MY SENIOR YEAR
AND I WOULD HAVE SEVEN OR
EIGHT MESSAGES FROM
DIFFERENT AGENTS, THEY WANT
TO REPRESENT ME.
APRIL 22, 2002, WATCHING THE
NFL DRAFT, AND I ANSWERED MY
PHONE AND IT WAS MARVIN
LEWIS ON THE LINE.
HE WAS A COORDINATOR FOR THE
WASHINGTON REDSKINS, AND HE
SAID, ARE YOU READY TO BE A
REDSKIN?
AND I SAID, DEFINITELY,
YES.
AND TO SEE MY MOTHER'S FACE,
THINGS MY BABY TOLD ME AS A
FIVE OR SIX-YEAR-OLD KID, HE
IS NOW FOCUSED ENOUGH TO
MAKE IT HAPPY.
IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY.
I GOT TO THE NFL AND I
STARTED ENJOYING SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT CAME WITH IT.
I GOT LESS FOCUSED ON SOME
OF THE THINGS I NEEDED TO DO
TO STAY IN THE NFL.
I SPENT A LITTLE LESS TIME
IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
I WAS GOING INTO MY SECOND
YEAR.
AND I GOT RELEASED FROM THE
REDSKINS.
I WENT BACK TO MY HOME AND
SAT THERE QUIETLY.
MAYBE ABOUT TWO OR THREE
HOURS, THINKING ABOUT WHAT
WAS NEXT.
I FELT LOST.
I LOOK AT MY PHONE AND I SEE
THIS VERY DIFFERENT AREA
CODE.
IT IS MARVIN LEWIS ON THE
PHONE AGAIN.
CRAIG SCOTT, ARE YOU READY
TO BE A CINCINNATI BENGAL?
I TOLD HIM, YES, I'M READY.
I GOT REFOCUSED.
I WAS PUTTING IN THE
NECESSARY TIME.
GOING INTO THE 2006 SEASON,
I MADE THE ROSTER.
AND THEN THE SECOND WEEK OF
THE SEASON, THAT'S WHEN I
GOT CUT.
YOU HAND IN YOUR PLAYBOOK,
YOU PACK UP, AND YOU COME
HOME.
IT WAS HUMBLING, MAN.
IT WAS HUMBLING.
BECAUSE BEING THIS NFL
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, YOU FEEL
INVINCIBLE, AND YOU'VE BEEN
THROWING PEOPLE AROUND FOR
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
AND NOW FOR THAT NOT TO BE A
PART OF YOUR D.N.A. ANYMORE,
YOU WON'T BE DOING THAT
EVERY DAY ANYMORE, IT KIND
OF FELT LIKE, WHO ARE YOU
NOW?
I SIMPLY TOLD PEOPLE, HEY, I
GOT RELEASED.
THEY DECIDED ON ANOTHER
DIRECTION.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION
COMES, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO NOW?
AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T
KNOW.
AND ANSWERING THOSE
QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME WAS
HEARTBREAKING FOR ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
TO BE NEXT.
PRETTY MUCH ABOUT FOUR OR
FIVE MONTHS I STAYED IN
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF
STUFF.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I HAD
$250,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT.
AND NOW I'M STRUGGLING TO
KEEP $200 IN MY ACCOUNT.
I CAN'T MAKE MY TRUCK
PAYMENT ANYMORE.
I GET A CALL FROM A FOREIGN
PHONE NUMBER ON MY PHONE
THAT I'M GETTING MY TRUCK
REPOSSESSED.
I DROVE OUT TO A CHURCH
ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM MY
MOM'S APARTMENT.
THAT TRUCK WAS THE LAST
THING I HAD FROM MY NFL
JOURNEY.
I HAD GOTTEN RID OF ALL OF
THE JEWELRY, CARS, HOUSES,
EVERYTHING.
I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, AND
I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE
CAR AND SEEING MY MOM
CRYING.
I HAD ALWAYS SEEN MOM CRY
ABOUT MY ACHIEVEMENTS.
SO THAT BOTHERED ME.
THAT -- H'MMM.
SEEING THAT TRUCK DRIVE
AWAY, AND I WAS RIDING BACK
TO THE HOUSE, AND THAT WAS
PROBABLY ONE OF MY LOWEST
POINTS I HAD BEEN AT.
BECAUSE I HAD NO MONEY.
I HAD A DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW.
I HAD JUST A LOT OF EMPTY
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.
I FELT LIKE A HAS-BEEN.
I REALLY STARTED PRAYING AND
I STARTED THINKING, WHY NOT
GOING BACK TO DOING THE
THINGS YOU WERE DOING EVERY
DAY BEFORE, YOU KNOW.
TAKING THE ISSUES AND
PROBLEMS YOU HAD TO GOD AND
ASKING HIM TO HELP YOU.
AND SO I STARTED DOING
THAT.
AND THE MORE I DID THAT, IT
SEEMED LIKE THE DOORS
STARTED TO OPEN FOR ME
AGAIN.
I STARTED THINKING, WHAT CAN
I DO TO TALK TO YOUNG KIDS
WHO MAY HAVE DREAMS, GOALS,
AMBITIONS OF BEING SOMETHING
AWESOME, SOMETHING NO ONE
ELSE THINKS THEY CAN DO.
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP KEEP
THEM ALONG THAT PATH,
MOTIVATE THEM TO STAY
ATTACHED TO THAT DREAM?
ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER,
AND THE FOUNDATION WAS
BORN.
IT STARTED INITIALLY ABOUT
FOOTBALL CAMPS.
I STARTED HEARING ABOUT KIDS
NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT.
KIDS COMING BACK TO SCHOOL
HUNGRY.
I IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM.
I STARTED FEEDING THREE
SCHOOLS, EVERY DAY, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.
I HAD A YOUNG KID TELL ME
THAT, MR. SCOTT, IF IT
WASN'T FOR YOUR PROGRAM, I
WOULD LEAVE SCHOOL AND HAVE
TO FEND FOR MYSELF AND I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD EAT
UNTIL I GOT BACK TO SCHOOL
THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED ME.
BECAUSE I'M IN A POSITION TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AND
IT WOULD BE A SIN FOR ME NOT
TO.
THAT THREE SCHOOLS WENT TO
10.
10 WENT TO 17.
17 WENT TO 29.
29 SCHOOLS WENT TO 40.
WE NOW FEED 4,000 KIDS EVERY
DAY IN AFTER-SCHOOL
PROGRAMS.
GOING TO BED EVERY NIGHT
KNOWING THAT 4,000 KIDS ARE
BEING ABLE TO EAT SIMPLY OFF
A VISION, AN IDEA THAT I HAD
FIVE YEARS AGO, IS A
WONDERFUL FEELING.
I THINK MY FAITH IS THE MAIN
REASON I'M DOING WHAT I'M
DOING NOW.
WITHOUT CONTINUALLY PRAYING
AND ASKING GOD FOR GUIDANCE,
I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.
EVEN WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS, GOD IS ALWAYS
PRESENT.
Terry: CRAIG SCOTT,
INVESTING HIMSELF IN ETERNAL
THINGS.
HE IS A FRIEND TO THIS
MINISTRY, AND HAS PARTNERED
WITH US FOR LOCAL
OUTREACHES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT C3F, LOG
ON TO CBN.COM.
A GREAT OUTREACH.
WE HAVE E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
TERRY SAYS, "HOW DO YOU
TRULY FORGIVE SOMEONE?
MY FAMILY HAS HURT ME, AND I
CAN'T FORGET WHAT THEY'VE
DONE."
WE'LL ANSWER THAT AND MORE,
LATER ON THE PROGRAM.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOUISIANA
HAS UPHELD THE STATE'S
MARRIAGE AMENDMENT, SAYING
THAT STATES HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DEFINE MARRIAGE.
IT IS THE FIRST FEDERAL
COURT VICTORY FOR
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE IN MORE
THAN A YEAR.
IN HIS RULING, U.S. DISTRICT
JUDGE MARTIN FELDMAN SAYS
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADVOCATES
FAILED TO PROVE THAT THE
AMENDMENT VIOLATES EQUAL
PROTECTION OR DUE PROCESS IN
THE CONSTITUTION.
THE AMENDMENT DEFINES
MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN
ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
THEY ADOPTED IT BACK IN
2004.
AND al-QAEDA SAYS IT WILL
BRING ITS JIHAD TO INDIANA
AND PROMISES IT WILL BRING
ISLAMIC LAW TO THE ENTIRE
SUB CONTINENT.
THREE INDIAN STATES WITH
HIGH MUSLIM POPULATIONS ARE
ON ALERT AFTER AL-ZAWQARI
MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
HE SAID THE GROUP
WILL, QUOTE,"WAGE WAR
AGAINST ITS OPPONENTS."
HE WANTS TO SHOW THAT
al-QAEDA IS STILL REVEL
LENT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST 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: IT'S TIME TO
"BRING IT ON" WITH E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
THIS FIRST ONE COMES TO US,
PAT, FROM TERRY.
"HOW DO YOU TRULY FORGIVE
SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE A WRONG
AGAINST YOU WHEN THE THOUGHT
OF THAT WRONG KEEPS COMING
BACK.
MY FAMILY HURT ME, AND I
KNOW I HAVE TO FORGIVE THEM,
BUT THE THINGS THEY DID COME
BACK IN MY MIND AND DISRUPT
MY HEALING.
I WANT TO FORGIVE THEM
COMPLETELY SO GOD CAN
FORGIVE ME COMPLETELY.
HOW CAN I DO THAT?"
Pat: THINK OF WHAT YOU
DO TO GOD -- THE GREAT
COMMANDMENT, LOVE THY GOD
WITH ALL THYSELF.
GOD SAYS I'LL FORGIVE YOU,
AND YOU FOCUS ON HIS
FORGIVENESS FOR YOU, AND
YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR MIND
OFF OF ALL THIS OTHER
STUFF.
WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR MIND?
FOCUS ON JESUS.
READ THE WORD.
LET THE WORD COME INTO YOUR
MIND.
WHAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND IS
WHATEVER YOUR FAMILY DID TO
YOU 10 YEARS AGO.
THAT'S OVER.
THAT'S OVER.
SO JUST LIKE YOU'RE SINS ARE
OVER, THANK GOD.
SPEND YOUR TIME WORSHIPPING
GOD AND THANKING HIM FOR
FORGIVING YOU, AND THEN
YOU'LL FIND IT EASY TO
FORGIVE SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE THEM,
GOD IS NOT GOING TO FORGIVE
YOU.
IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
Terry: YOU TALK ABOUT
CHANGING HABITS, AND THE WAY
WE THINK IS A HABIT.
IF YOU HAVE THOSE POSITIVE
SCRIPTURE CONFESSIONS READY,
AND TAKE EVERY THOUGHT
CAPTIVE AND SAY THOSE
THINGS.
Pat: THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY.
Terry: PAT, SANDY SAYS,
"REVELATIONS 22: 15, IT SAYS
ANYONE WHO LOVES AND
PRACTICES A LIE WILL NOT
ENTER THE GATES OF HEAVEN.
LONG STORY SHORT, MY HUSBAND
OF 41 YEARS IS NOT MY SON'S
BIOLOGICAL FATHER, BUT MY
SON'S BIRTH CERTIFCATE
CARRIES HIS NAME.
ALL OF THESE YEARS MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE HAD MIXED
FEELINGS ABOUT TELLING OUR
SON, WHO IS NOW 40 YEARS
OLD, THE IDENTITY OF HIS
BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
MY HUSBAND SAYS IT WON'T
KEEP ME OUT OF HEAVEN
BECAUSE I HAVE CONFESSED MY
SINS AND HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN,
BUT I AM STILL STRUGGLING
WITH THIS LIE.
PAT, DO YOU THINK IF I DON'T
TELL MY SON THE TRUTH, I'M
GOING TO MISS OUT ON
SPENDING LIFE IN ETERNITY
AND INSTEAD SPEND LIFE IN
HELL?"
Pat: NO WAY.
I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE HABITUAL
LIARS.
YOU MADE A MISTAKE.
YOU HAD SEX WITH ANOTHER
MAN, BORE A CHILD, AND THEN
YOU MARRIED SOMEONE ELSEMENT
AN ELSE.
AND THAT CHILD GREW UP
THINKING THAT MAN WAS HIS
FATHER, AND HE HAS BEEN HIS
FATHER.
FOR 40 YEARS HE HAS EDUCATED
HIM AND LOVED HIM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE
MYSTERY MAN MAY HAVE GENES
THAT MAY SHOW UP THAT WILL
HURT YOUR SON.
HE IS 40 YEARS OLD, SO I
THINK THE TIME HAS COME.
YOU CAN SAY, WE'VE RAISED
YOU, YOU'RE MINE, BUT I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT BIOLOGY --
Terry: FOR HEALTH
REASONS.
Pat: FOR HEALTH
REASONS, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL
HIM.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MISS OUT
ON HEAVEN.
THERE WAS ONE THING, AND YOU
MADE A MISTAKE, AND FOR THE
LOVE OF YOUR SON, YOU DID
SOMETHING.
SO, HEY, GOD FORGIVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU.
Terry: THIS IS AUDREY
WHO SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND I
ARE IN OUR 80s AND HAVE
BEEN TITHING FOR MANY
YEARS.
WE BOTH LOVE THE LORD AND
GIVE WILLINGLY, AND OUR
TITHE IS OVER 10%.
I PRAISE AND THANK HIM FOR
OUR BLESSINGS.
THIS IS OUR TIME OF
PROSPERITY, BUT WE NEVER
HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY AFTER
OUR BILLS ARE PAID.
OUR CAR BROKE DOWN AND WE
HAD TO BORROW MONEY TO FIX
IT.
I CONSTANTLY HAVE USE OUR
CREDIT CARD TO PAY FOR
MEDICAL NEEDS.
I ALWAYS QUOTE "FORGIVE AND
IT WILL BE FORGIVEN UNTO YOU
IERAS AN," , AND WE HAVE NO
UNFORGIVENESS IN OUR LIVES.
WHAT CAN WE DO?"
Pat: WHY DON'T YOU ASK
GOD SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE
MONEY?
YOU CAN GET ON THE TELEPHONE
AND PEOPLE ARE HIRING.
THINK OF WAYS -- FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE A
BUNCH OF JUNK LYING AROUND
IN YOUR GARAGE THAT YOU CAN
SELL ON eBAY AND GET SOME
MONEY.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY WAYS OF
MAKING MONEY.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
DOWNSIDE OF ALL OF THE BILLS
YOU'VE GOT.
AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, GOD,
I'VE BEEN FAITHFUL TO YOU.
I CLAIM MY BLESSING, AND I
ASK YOU TO OPEN THE WINDOWS
OF HEAVEN AND POUR ME OUT A
BLESSING.
SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
DO.
SHOW ME HOW I CAN MOVE INTO
BLESSING.
ASK HIM.
HE'LL GIVE YOU SOME
CONCEPTS.
YOUR MIND WILL OPEN UP.
Terry: THIS IS DARYL,
PAT, WHO SAYS, "MY
GIRLFRIEND AND I HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR 11 YEARS AND
WANT TO BE MARRIED.
I AM DIVORCED, BUT SHE
CANNOT DO, SO WE AND THE
COURTS ARE UNABLE TO FIND
HER HUSBAND.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IF WE
DECIDE TO MARRY IN THE EYES
OF GOD WITHOUT THE
INVOLVEMENT OF STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS?"
Pat: I THINK THAT IS
FOOLISH, BUT I THINK WHAT
YOU CAN DO IS GO TO COURT
AND GET A DECLARATORY
JUDGMENT, THAT YOUR HUSBAND
IS MIG AN MISSING AND
CANNOT BE FOUND AND YOU HAVE
AFFIDAVITS TO THAT ACCOUNT.
YOU CAN DECLARE HIM DEAD OR
MISSING -- HE'S LIKE DEAD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
Terry: DO IT LEGALLY.
Pat: YOU MAY HAVE TO
GET A LAWYER TO HELP YOU ON
THAT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A
BIG DEAL BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
GONE AND MISSING.
AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED,
HE IS DEAD.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
HE CANNOT BE FOUND.
SO GET A DECLARATION OF THAT
THING, AND THEN IT SAYS
YOU'RE FREE.
AND THEN YOU GO GET
MARRIED.
Terry: LARRY SAYS,
"PAT, I BELIEVE THERE IS NO
SUCH THING AS A FISCAL
CONSERVATIVE IN WASHINGTON.
NEITHER PARTY HAS THE WILL
OR DESIRE TO BALANCE THE
BUDGET. EXCEPT FOR A MOVE
OF GOD, I BELIEVE THAT
AMERICA IS DOOMED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: OH, I DON'T KNOW.
LISTEN, GOD LOVES AMERICA,
AND AS LONG AS AMERICA IS
BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO THE
WORLD, AND GOD'S SPIRIT IS
MOVING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
THEN HE IS GOING TO SUSTAIN
AMERICA DESPITE ALL OF THE
SCREW-UPS IN WASHINGTON AND
STATE GOVERNMENT AND SO
FORTHMENT BUFORTH.
BUT OUR HOPE IS IN THE
LORD.
I DO BELIEVE WE NEED
REVIVAL, AND IT COULD BE
THAT JUDGMENT IS COMING ON
US BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOME
REALLY BAD STUFF.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO
DO IS PRAY FOR REVIVAL.
A GREAT SPIRITUAL TURNING TO
GOD, AND ASK FOR GOD'S
MERCY.
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE AS LONG
AS AMERICA AND CHRISTIANS
ARE BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO
THE WORLD, BRINGING
HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE
WORLD, GOD IS GOING TO SPARE
THIS NATION.
Terry: WELL, THAT'S ALL
OF THE TIME WE HAVE FOR
TODAY, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM
YOU.
WELL, CBN IS BRINGING HOPE
TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, LIKE
A YOUNG FATHER IN CHINA
WHO'S BABY DAUGHTER WAS
DYING.
HE SAID HE USED TO THINK
THERE WAS NO LOVE IN THIS
WORLD, UNTIL HE MET A
MEDICAL TEAM FROM CBN.
Reporter: MR. SHAY
LOVED HIS DOCTOR, SHINLEE,
THE SECOND HE SAW HER.
SHE WAS ADORABLE.
I THOUGHT, I WANT TO GIVE MY
BABY A GOOD LIFE AND BE THE
BEST FATHER I COULD BE.
Terry: THE SHAYS NEVER
THOUGHT IN JUST SIX MONTHS
SHINLEE WOULD BE FIGHTING
FOR HER LIFE.
SHE GOT A VERY BAD COLD,
SO WE TOOK HER TO THE
DOCTOR.
WHERE THEY SAID SHE HAS A
WHOLE IN HER HEART AND
NEEDED SURGERY.
Terry: MR. SHAY GOT A
JOB AT A ROCK QUARRY,
WORKING 12 HOURS A DAY TO
RAISE MONEY FOR SURGERY FOR
SHINLEE.
EVERY DAY BEFORE I WENT
TO WORK, I KISSED MY BABY
GIRL GOOD-BYE.
IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE
HER.
SOMETIMES I COULD BARELY GO
ON, BUT I DID ANYWAY.
I FELT LIKE IF MY DAUGHTER
DIED, IT WOULD BE MY FAULT.
Terry: THEN SHINLEE GOT
PNEUMONIA.
SHE COUGHED ALL OF THE
TIME.
SHE COULD NOT EAT OR SLEEP.
IT BROKE MY HEART, AND I
WISHED THAT SOMEHOW I COULD
TAKE HER PAIN UPON MILE.
> MYSELF.
I HELD MY DAUGHTER AND I
SAID, I'M SORRY, MY BABY, I
DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY YET.
BUT I WILL KEEP TRYING.
Terry: SECRETLY,
MR. SHAY WORRIED HE WOULDN'T
MAKE ENOUGH MONEY IN TIME TO
SAVE HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
SO IN DESPERATION, THE
COUPLE BROUGHT SHINLEE TO A
HOSPITAL IN THE CITY WHERE
THEY BEGGED FOR HELP.
A DOCTOR PUT THE COUPLE IN
CONTACT WITH CBN, AND WE
SAID WE WOULD BE GLAD TO
HELP PAY FOR SHINLEE'S HEART
SURGERY.
I TOLD HER, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE HEALTHY.
YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE.
Terry: A DOCTOR
REPAIRED THE HOLE IN
SHINLEE'S HEART, AND SHE
RECOVERED QUICKLY.
TO CELEBRATE, HER PARENTS
JUST THREW HER A BIG PARTY.
SHE GAINED TWO POUNDS IN
JUST ONE MONTH.
NOW SHE SLEEPS WELL, AND SHE
LEARNS A LOT, TOO.
I USED TO THINK THERE WAS
NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD, BUT
WHEN CBN HELPED US,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE FROM
HEAVEN.
NOW I'M THE HAPPIEST FATHER
IN THE WORLD.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING MY
DAUGHTER A NEW LIFE.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR
LOVE.
Terry: I FIND IT HARD,
AS A PARENT, TO IMAGINE WHAT
IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE A
CHILD THAT HAD A NEED THAT
WAS FIXABLE, BUT I JUST
DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO
MAKE IT HAPPY.
LISTEN, "700 CLUB" MEMBERS,
YOU'RE MAKING THAT KIND OF
LIFE AR-GIVING OPPORTUNITY
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD.
YOU ARE HELPING TO FEED,
CLOTHE, EDUCATE, PROVIDE
INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LOOKING
FOR A WAY TO LIVE, TO RAISE
THEIR FAMILIES.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHO
YOU'RE HELPING.
WE'RE INVESTING IN LOTS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE, TOO.
THAT'S THE NEXT GENERATION.
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IT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES ALL
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IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR YOU,
AND IT SAVES SOME PROCESS
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SO WE CAN PUT MORE OF THE
MONEY INTO THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE LIKE YOU JUST SAW.
IF YOU GIVE USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS THIS MONTH, WE'VE
GOT A SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU.
IT IS A BRAND NEW C.D. FROM
PAT CALLED "PSALMS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT."
IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THROUGHOUT THE DAY
FOR PEACE, JOY, COMFORT AND
STRENGTH.
PAT HAS PICKED OUT THE BEST
OF THEM AND HE IS SHARING
THEM WITH US.
BEST OF ALL, IT IS FREE WHEN
YOU SIGN UP FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
AND YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
MONTHLY TEACHINGS FROM PAT
AND GORDON.
THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
YOU JUST FOR SEPTEMBER, AND
THEN STARTING IN OCTOBER,
YOU'LL GET THE OTHER
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COMING UP, A PREGNANT MOM
WHO COULDN'T LIE DOWN.
I WOULD LAY IN BED AND I
WOULD TRY TO LAY ON MY RIGHT
SIDE, AND I COULDN'T DO IT
FOR MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR
MINUTES BECAUSE THERE WAS A
SHARP PAIN IN MY HIP.
Terry: FIND OUT HOW SHE
WAS HEALED AFTER MONTHS OF
AGONIZING PAIN.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
YOU'RE WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL
OF YOU WITH US.
AS SOON AS BILLY TRAVET'S
HIPS STARTED ACTING UP, SHE
THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO
NEED SURGERY, BUT SHE
COULDN'T AFFORD EXPENSIVE
MEDICAL BILLS.
SO BILLIE FIGURED SHE WOULD
JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
PAIN, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT SHE DID, UNTIL THE DAY
SHE TURNED ON A TV SHOW
CALLED "THE 700 CLUB."
I BELIEVED IN GOD.
I KNEW GOD WAS GOOD.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH
HE LOVED ME.
Reporter: IN APRIL OF
2013, BILLIE TRAVET OF TEXAS
FOUND OUT.
AT THE TIME, SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH HER THIRD
CHILD.
I WOULD LAY IN BED, AND I
WOULD TRY TO LAY ON MY RIGHT
SIDE AND I COULDN'T DO IT
FOR MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR
MINUTES BECAUSE THERE WOULD
BE A SHARP PAIN IN MY HIP.
I WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO LAY
ON MY BACK, WHICH WAS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU ARE
SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS
PREGNANT.
IT WAS VERY DISHEARTENING.
Reporter: AND BILLIE
WOULD ALSO OFTEN FEEL A
PAINFUL CATCH IN HER HIP.
I COULDN'T GET GOING LIKE
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO.
IT WOULD TAKE ME SEVERAL
STEPS TO GET MOVING.
THE ONLY WAY I COULD
DESCRIBE IT IS IT FELT LIKE
MY BONE WAS CRACKED WHEN I
WOULD PUT PRECIOUS ON
PRESSURE ON IT.
Reporter: IN 2013,
BILLIE WAS CRYING OUT TO BE
HEALED.
I WAS CRYING OUT TO GOD
IN A WAY I NEVER DID
BEFORE.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RUN
AND CHASE MY CHILDREN
WITHOUT HAVING LIMITATIONS
ON ME.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN
FOR ME.
Reporter: IN APRIL OF
2013, BILLIE WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
TERRY GAVE A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE A
DETERIORATING HIP SOCKET.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING
DONE WITH IT SURGICALLY YET,
BUT GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU.
YOU'LL SUDDENLY NOTICE
YOU'RE NOT LIMPING, AND YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT DEEP BONE
ACHE IN YOUR HIP ANYMORE.
IMMEDIATELY I HEARD GOD'S
STILL VOICE, AND I HEARD HIM
SAYING, THAT IS YOUR
HEALING.
AT THAT MOMENT, I DECIDED I
WAS NOT GOING TO LIMIT GOD
ANYMORE.
I WAS GOING TO BELIEVE GOD
TO BE WHO HE SAYS HE IS.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE THAT
HEALING AND CLAIM IT FOR
MYSELF.
I FELT THE POWER OF GOD RUN
THROUGH MY BODY, AND I GOT
UP OFF THAT COUCH AND I
PRAISED GOD FOR HEALING ME
AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY
HEALED.
Reporter: BILLIE HAS
BEEN PAIN-FREE SINCE THAT
DAY.
THAT EVENING MY HUSBAND
AND I WERE LAYING IN BED,
AND I WAS ABLE TO LAY WITH
MY HEAD ON HIS CHEST, AND I
HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT
FOR OVER A YEAR.
THIS DID ALTER MY VIEW OFp
GOD, TO KNOW THAT GOD LOVED
ME ENOUGH TO HEAL ME SO I
COULD ENJOY MY LIFE, AND TO
DO THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
MAKE ME HAPPY.
THAT IS AN AWESOME FEELING.
Pat: GOD LOVED ME
ENOUGH TO HEAL ME AND LET ME
DO THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO
IN MY LIFE.
Terry: HERE IS ROSE, IN
SEVERE PAIN DUE TO
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, IN HER
KNEES, ESPECIALLY.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM, AND PAT, YOU GAVE A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, "YOUR
RIGHT KNEE HAS BEEN HEALED.
YOU HAVE ARTHRITIS, AND
YOU'VE BEEN IN CRIPPLING
PAIN.
SHE PUT HER RIGHT HAND ON
HER RIGHT KNEE AND SAID, I
RECEIVE IT LORD.
AND SHE IMMEDIATELY FELT
RELIEF.
BY THE NEXT DAY, THE NODULES
WERE GONE AND SHE WAS
COMPLETELY PAIN FREE."
Pat: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
LADY, BUT GOD KNOWS HER.
WE'VE ONLY GOT A SHORT TIME
LEFT IN THE SHOW.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW,
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
GOD, TERRY AND I JOIN HANDS
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WE ASK FOR HEALING FOR THOSE
IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE
SUFFERING.
WE ASK FOR FINANCIAL
BLESSING.
WE ASK FOR PEACE.
WE ASK FOR THE ANOINTING OF
YOUR BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT.
TERRY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIKE A DARK
CLOUD THAT JUST IS IN YOUR
THINKING ALL OF THE TIME.
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY,
YOU CAN'T GET OUT FROM UNDER
IT.
GOD IS BREAKING THAT THING
OFF OF YOU RIGHT NOW IN
JESUS' NAME.
THE SUN HAS COME OUT FOR
YOU.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
THAT DEPRESSION ANYMORE.
Pat: THE PRESENCE OF
GOD TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE
RIGHT NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
TOUCH.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
WELL, IF YOU NEED FURTHER
PRAYER, PLEASE CALL.
WE'LL BE OFF THE AIR BECAUSE
OF A TIME FACTOR, BUT THE
TELEPHONES ARE AVAILABLE ALL
DAY LONG.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
WELL, WE LEAVE YOU WITH
TODAY'S POWER MINUTE, TAKEN
FROM JEREMIAH 30: "FOR I
WILL RESTORE HEALTH TO YOU
AND HEAL YOU OF YOUR WOUNDS,
SAYS THE LORD."
WELL, TOMORROW, THE CREATORS
OF THE HIT MOVIES
"COURAGEOUS" AND
"FIREPROOF," YOU CAN GET A
SNEAK PEEK OF THEIR NEXT
FEATURE ON TOMORROW'S "700
CLUB."
FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" TOMORROW
WITH ANOTHER EXCITING
EPISODE.
BYE-BYE.
