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WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
Wendy: STRICKEN WITH
CANCER.
WE HAD A MUCH BIGGER
PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS.
Wendy: A YOUNG MOM
FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE.
I MIGHT DIE.
Wendy: WITH A GREAT
PHYSICIAN ON HER SIDE.
I WAS GOING TO DO
WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET IT.
Wendy: OUR SEVEN DAYS
ABLAZE CONTINUES ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
IT IS JUST AMAZING.
Pat: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS
PROGRAM FOR YOU.
WE START OFF WITH THE NEWS,
THOUGH.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS
WARNING THE WORLD FROM HAMAS
TO ISIS TO IRAN, ISLAMIC
RADICALS WANT TO CONQUER US
ALL.
Terry: IN HIS POWERFUL
SPEECH AT THE UNITED
NATIONS, NETANYAHU SAID
ISRAEL'S FIGHT IS THE
WORLD'S FIGHT, BUT HE ALSO
SEES POSITIVE SIGNS OF A NI
A NEW ALIGNMENT COMING
TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT
HIS SPEECH, NETANYAHU WARNED
THE WORLD OF THE RISE OF
MILITANT ISLAM.
EVERYWHERE WE LOOK,
MILITANT ISLAM IS ON THE
MARCH.
Reporter: SOME FELT
NETANYAHU'S ADDRESS HARKENED
BACK TO CHURCHILL'S WARNING
OF HITLER'S NAZI FASCISM.
AND NOW NETANYAHU SAYS THE
THREAT IS MILITANT ISLAM.
MILITANT' ISLAM'S
ADMISSION TO DOMINATE THE
WORLD SEEMS MAD, BUT SO,
TOO, DID OTHER IDEOLOGY THAT
SWEPT INTO POWER DECADES
AGO.
THE NAZIS BELIEVED IN A
MASTER RACE.
THE MILITANT ISLAMISTS
BELIEVE IN A MASTER FAITH.
Reporter: NETANYAHU
SAID MILITANT ISLAM, IN ALL
OF ITS FORMS, FROM HAMAS TO
ISIS, SHARE THE SAME
IDEOLOGY.
THEY ALL SEEK TO CREATE
MILITANT ISLAM, WHERE THERE
IS NO FREEDOM AND NO
TOLERANCE.
WHERE WOMEN ARE TREATED AS
CATTLE, CHRISTIANS ARE
DECIMATED, AND MINORITIES
ARE SUBJUGATED, AND
SOMETIMES GIVEN A CHOICE,
CONVERT OR DIE.
Reporter: THE GREATER
THREAT, HE SAYS, IS A
NUCLEAR IRAN.
ISIS MUST BE DEFEATED.
BUT TO DEFEAT ISIS AND LEAVE
IRAN AS A THRESHOLD NUCLEAR
POWER IS TO WIN THE BATTLE
AND LOSE THE WAR.
Reporter: IN THE MIDST
OF THESE DANGERS, NETANYAHU
NOTED A NEW ALIGNMENT WITH
ARAB COUNTRIES IS FORMING IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, AN ALLIANCE
THAT OFFERS HOPE FOR PEACE
BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS.
AND THEREFORE TO ACHIEVE
THAT PEACE, WE MUST LOOK NOT
ONLY TO JERUSALEM AND
RAMALLAH, BUT ALSO TO CAIRO,
TO HAMAS, ABU DHABI, AND
ELSEWHERE.
Reporter: NETANYAHU
ENDED THIS SPEECH WITH A
SCRIPTURE FROM THE BOOK OF
ISAIAH, ABOUT THE NEED TO
SPEAK TRUTH IN AN AGE OF
LIES FOR THE SAKE OF
JERUSALEM.
FOR THE SAKE OF ZION, AND
I NOT BE SILENT.
FOR THE SAKE OF JERUSALEM, I
WILL NOT BE STILL.
UNTIL HER JUSTICE SHINES
BRIGHT AND HER SALVATION
GLOWS LIKE A FLAMING TORCH.
Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Pat: THANKS, CHRIS.
A MAGNIFICENT SPEECH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHED 60
MINUTES ON SUNDAY NIGHT, AND
THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
AND THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED
ABOUT HIS UNDERSTANDING OF
ISIS.
AND HE SAID, I HAD A FAILURE
FROM MY INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
WELL, THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IS UP IN ARMS
BECAUSE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW,
HE IS JUST LYING.
NOW THE FACTS ARE OUT,
APPARENTLY -- AND I DON'T
WANT TO OVERSTATE IT, BUT
THE PRESIDENT ONLY LISTENS
TO HIS DAILY BRIEFING ABOUT
42% OF THE TIME.
I THINK THAT NUMBER IS
CORRECT, IN THE 42%, 43% OF
THE TIME.
THE REST OF THE TIME, HE
DOESN'T GET BRIEFED
PERSONALLY.
THIS IS WHERE HE CAN ASK
QUESTIONS, AND DRILL DOWN TO
WHAT HE IS FINDING, AND HE
SAYS HE GETS PROBABLY A
ONE-PAGE REPORT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE GETS.
BUT HE HAS HAD PLENTY OF
WARNING ABOUT WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE OF THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS
BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
John: PAT, AS YOU WERE
SAYING, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD
ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION ABOUT ISIS
BEFORE HIS 2012
RE-ELECTION.
THAT'S WERE A WHITE HOUSE
SOURCE TOLD THE "DAILY
MAIL."
A STAFFER, WHO IS FAMILIAR
WITH THE CONTENT OF THE
BRIEFING SAID, UNLESS
SOMEONE VERY SENIOR WAS
SHREDDING THE BRIEFINGS AND
TELLING HIM THAT THE DOG ATE
THEM, INFORMATION ABOUT ISIS
WAS SHOWING UP.
THEY WERE SENDING SPECIFIC
THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AND MANY
HAVE PANNED OUT EXACTLY AS
PREDICTED.
MEANWHILE A NEW GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE
SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS MISSED MORE THAN HALF OF
HIS DAILY INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFINGS WHILE IN OFFICE.
A SECOND BEHEADING SCARE IS
SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
OKLAHOMA CITY.
A NURSING HOME FIRED JACOB
MURIFI AFTER A FEMALE
CO-WORKER ACCUSED HIM OF
CUTTING HER HEAD OFF WITH A
BLADE.
HE TALKED ABOUT ISIS AND
TALKED ABOUT KILLING
CHRISTIANS.
A COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS,
QUOTE, WE TAKE THESE THREATS
VERY SERIOUSLY.
HE REMAINS IN A COUNTY JAIL,
AND AS OF NOW THERE IS NO
LINK BETWEEN THIS INCIDENT
AND THE BEHEADING LAST WEEK
IN MOORE.
Pat: IT WAS SAID JUST
THE OTHER DAY THAT ALL
MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS,
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
BUT THERE IS NO TERRORISM
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT
YEARS THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE
MUSLIMS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS SOME
MUSLIM CONNECTION.
THIS ISN'T A AN
ABERRATION.
IT IS DEEPLY IN TH IS IN
THE LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC
RELIGION.
HE SAYS TO BESIEGE THEM AND
CUT OFF THEIR HANDS AND
THEIR FEET.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IS
WHAT HE HAS TOLD HIS
FOLLOWERS.
THEY READ THAT AND THINK IT
IS A MESSAGE FROM GOD
ALMIGHTY, AND THEREFORE
THEY'RE FREE TO PRACTICE
THESE BA BARBARIC
PRACTICES.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
AGAIN, I AM APPALLED, AS YOU
SHOULD BE APPALLED, THAT WE
HAVE A MAN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHO IS SO DISENGAGED,
HE DOESN'T GO WHAT IS GOING
ON BECAUSE HE WILL NOT TAKE
TIME TO LISTEN TO HIS
ADVISORS WHO HAVE WARNED
HIM.
AND THEN HE COMES UP AND
SAYS, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS
HAPPENING.
WELL, WHERE ARE YOU?
ARE YOU ON THE GOLF COURSE?
ARE YOU ON ANOTHER
FUNDRAISER IN HOLLYWOOD,
RAISING MONEY FROM YOUR
LEFT-WING BUDDIES?
WHERE ARE YOU?
JOHN?
John: PAT, THE ARMED
MAN WHO RECENTLY JUMPED A
WHITE HOUSE FENCE POSED AN
EVEN GREATER THREAT TO
PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
THE INTRUDER PENETRATED DEEP
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
RESIDENCE.
GARY LANE HAS MORE.
Reporter: THIS IS THE
CELL PHONE VIDEO THAT WENT
VIRAL.
A MAN JUMPS THE WHITE HOUSE
FENCE AND RACES ACROSS THE
LAWN TO THE FRONT DOOR.
STRANGELY, THE DOOR WAS
UNLOCKED.
HE WAS QUICKLY APPREHENDED
JUST INSIDE.
BUT NOW THE SECURITY SERVICE
REVEALS THE SUSPECT ACTUALLY
OVERPOWERED A GUARD AND MADE
IT TO THE FIRST FAMILY'S
LIVING QUARTERS.
HE THEN HEADED TO THE EAST
END OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WAS THEN TACKLED BY AN
AGENT, 168 FEET INSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE.
HE GOT DEEP ENOUGH THAT
HAD THE VICE PRESIDENT OR
ANY OTHER NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS BEEN WALKING THE
HALLWAYS, THEY COULD HAVE
BEEN ATTACKED.
Reporter: INITIALLY THE
SECURITY SERVICE SAID THE
SUSPECT WAS UNARMED.
THE NEXT DAY THEY REVEALED
GONZALES HAD A THREE-INCH
KNIFE, AND EIGHT ROUNDS OF
AM NATIO AMMUNITION AND TWO
MACHETES WERE FOUND IN HIS
CAR.
AND THIS WASN'T THE FIRST
TIME WHEN THE SECURITY
SERVICE DEMONSTRATED LACK
SECURITY.
AGENTS DID NOT RESPOND
IMMEDIATELY WHEN SHOTS WERE
FIRED AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN
2011.
ONE OF THOSE BULLETS
ACTUALLY BROKE A GLASS
WINDOW ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
DARRELL ISSA SUGGESTS THE
HEAD OF THE SECURITY SERVICE
WILL HAVE A LOT OF
EXPLAINING TO DO WHEN SHE
TESTIFIES BEFORE THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE BASICS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, LOCKING THE DOORS AND
HAVING SECURITY HAS
APPARENTLY FAILED.
AND IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THE
HUMAN ELEMENT HEADED BY THE
SECURITY SERVICE.
Reporter: GARY LANE,
CBN NEWS.
John: THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO
BACK DOWN DESPITE THE
PROTESTS IN HONG KONG.
COMMUNIST LEADERS SAY THEY
WOULDN'T REVERSE THEIR
DECISION TO SCREEN
CANDIDATES BASED ON THEIR
PATRIOTISM TO CHINA.
PROTESTORS HAVE LAUNCHED
THEIR FIFTH DAY OF SIT-INS,
BLOCKING MAIN HIGHWAYS.
SOME ARE CONCERNED ONGOING
PROTESTS COULD AFFECT ASIA'S
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
BUT PROTESTORS PASSED A
PEACEFUL NIGHT ON MONDAY HAS
THEY SAID ANTHEMS AND CALLED
FOR HONG KONG'S CURRENT
LEADER TO RESIGN.
MORE AND MORE STUDENTS
ARE HAVING THEIR LIBERTY
TRAMPLED ON AT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
PAUL STRAND TELLS US ABOUT
ONE OF THE LATEST INCIDENTS,
AND ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT
RULING THAT ALMOST ALWAYS
WINS THE CASES FOR ITS
STUDENTS.
Reporter: CHRIS HAMPI
WITH HONORED WITH GIVING A
SPEECH AT HIS GRADUATION IN
A SMALL TOWN.
HE TOLD CBN NEWS THAT HIS
SCHOOL FORCED BROOKS TO
REWRITE THE SPEECH OVER AND
OVER AGAIN BECAUSE
ADMINISTRATORS DIDN'T LIKE
HIS PLANS TO TALK ABOUT HIS
FAITH AND GOD.
THEY TOLD ME IF I
PROCEEDED TO GIVE THAT
SPEECH, THE MIC WOULD BE
CUT.
AND ON THE THIRD CUT, THEY
BLACKENED OUT ANY REFERENCE
TO GOD.
IT IS EGREGIOUS THAT THE
SCHOOL WOULD SAY YOU CAN'T
GIVE THE SPEECH YOU WANT TO
GIVE.
THEY DENIED HIM THAT RIGHT
ON THREE SEPARATE
OCCASIONS.
Reporter: ON ADVICE
FROM HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
HE REFERRED TO HIS FAITH,
SCHOOL, AND BIBLE.
THE SCHOOL DIDN'T CUT ME
OFF, BUT THEY HAD THEIR
FINGER ON THE BUTTON,
READY.
THEY NEED TO APOLOGIZE
FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE.
AND THEY HAD THE AUDACITY TO
SEND US BACK A 10-PAGE
LETTER SAYING NOT ONLY CAN
WE CENSOR HIS SPEECH, BUT WE
ARE REQUIRED TO.
Reporter: BUT IF THIS
WOULD END UP IN A COURT, THE
JUDGE WOULD CITE A 1969 CASE
SAYING THAT HIS RELIGIOUS
RIGHTS MUST BE RESPECTED.
IT ACTUALLY HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AT
ALL.
IT WAS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF
STUDENTS HAVING THE RIGHT TO
PROTEST THE VIETNAM WAR BY
WEARING BLACK ARM BANDS.
THE BRAVE KIDS IN THE
MID-'60s FACED PUNISHMENT
AND DIVISION JUST FOR
WEARING THOSE ARM BANDS.
THEIR CASE ENDED UP IN THE
U.S. SUPERIOR COURT.
SIDING WITH THE STUDENTS,
THE JUSTICE PLAINLY
STATED --
NEITHER STUDENTS OR
TEACHERS SHED THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS AT THE
SCHOOL GATE.
WHEN YOU COME TO SCHOOL,
EVEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND YOUR
POSITION.
Reporter: HE NAMED HIS
BOOK "SUPREME IRONY,"
BECAUSE IT WAS AN AFFILIATE
OF THE ACLU THAT WON THE
RIGHTS.
EVEN THOUGH TODAY'S ACLU
DENIES SOME OF THOSE
RIGHTS.
I THINK IF THEY KNEW IT
WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS, THEY WOULD
HAVE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IF A STUDENT
WANTS TO WEAR A T-SHIRT THAT
AGREES WITH HOM SEXUALITY,
THE ACLU REFUSES TO HELP
THAT STUDENT.
Reporter: SHACKLEFORD
AGREES WITH SOME THINGS, BUT
JUST A LITTLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF MATH CLASS
TO STAND UP IN GIVE A
SPEECH, BUT EVERYBODY HAS
THE RIGHT TO THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT, JUST
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL OR
A GOVERNMENT AREA.
Reporter: STILL, THE
MESSAGE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO
BROOKS JUST THIS JUNE, THE
LOVERS OF LIBERTY NEED TO BE
VIGILANT.
I WAS STUNNED IT COULD
HAPPEN IN A LITTLE TOWN LIKE
BRAWLEY, CALIFORNIA.
SO IT COULD HAPPEN
ANYWHERE.
John: A BOLD AND
COURAGEOUS YOUNG MAN TAKING
A STAND FOR HIS CASE.
Pat: THERE WAS A CASE
CALLED MERGENS VERSUS WEST
SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND
THIS WAS A 7-2 DECISION BY
THE SUPREME COURT, WRITTEN
BY ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL
JUSTICES.
IT WAS A SMASHING WIN FOR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
AND AN AFFIRMATION OF THE
FACT THAT STUDENTS HAD A
COMPLETE RIGHT TO EXPRESS
THEIR FAITH IN THE SCHOOL
HOUSE, TO GIVE OUT TRACKS TO
PROSELYTIZE, TO TALK TO
OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR
FAITH, AND THEY COULD NOT BE
RESTRAINED FROM DOING IT.
THE SCHOOLS ARE REALLY BAD
ON SOME OF THESE AREAS.
THEY HAVE ABSORBED SOMETHING
THAT CAME OUT OF TEACHERS'
COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND IT
HAS AFFECTED THE EDUCATIONAL
ESTABLISHMENT THROUGHOUT
AMERICA.
AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN IN CERTAIN AREAS TO
LIMIT THE FREEDOM OF
CHRISTIANS TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES IN THE
SCHOOLHOUSE.
AND AS THAT ONE TINKER CASE
WAS POINTED OUT, STUDENTS
DON'T LOSE THEIR CITIZENSHIP
OR THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS WHEN THEY WALK
THROUGH THE SCHOOLHOUSE
DOOR.
AND MERGEN'S 7-2 DECISION, A
RINGING ENDORSEMENT OF THE
FREEDOM OF STUDENTS.
ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE
PRICE OF LIBERTY.
AT THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR
LAW AND JUSTICE, WE'RE
FIGHTING ALL OF THE TIME FOR
THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS.
DAY AFTER DAY THE RIGHTS
COME UP, AND INVARIABLY THE
SCHOOLS HAVE TO BACK DOWN.
ONCE THEY'RE CHALLENGED BY
INTELLIGENT LAWYERS, THEY'RE
BACK DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT REALLY COURAGEOUS.
Terry: DON'T YOU THINK
SOME OF THAT COMES OUT OF
THE FEAR OF A LAWSUIT AND
THEIR LACK OF FUNDS --
Pat: I THINK PART OF
THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO THEIR
INTERNAL BELIEF.
THEY ARE NOT DEEPLY
COMMITTED BELIEVERS.
THEY ARE ATHEISTS,
HUMANISTS, WHATEVER TERM YOU
WANT TO GIVE THEM, AND THEY
DON'T REALLY COMPORT WITH
EVANGELICAL RELIGIOUS
BELIEF.
AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO
SUPPORT THESE CHILDREN.
Terry: AND FOR SOME, A
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
LOOK HOW MANY TIMES WE TALK
ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE --
Pat: IN THE
CONSTITUTION, THERE IS NO
SUCH THING.
AND THE SUPREME COURT HAS
GONE TOO FAR.
AND IT IS WAY, WAY OVERDUE
TO CORRECT THIS STUFF.
THEY HAVEN'T CORRECTED IT
YET, BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE
ANOTHER JUDGE.
THERE IS A TENUOUS DECISION,
5-4, ON MOST DAYS.
BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE VOTE
OF ONE JUDGE WHO CAN GO
EITHER WAY.
Terry: UP NEXT,
ORTHODOX PRIESTS TAKE OVER
THE LARGEST EVANGELICAL
CHURCH IN UKRAINE, AND YOU
WON'T BELIEVE WHAT WAS
STASHED IN THE BASEMENT.
THE BASEMENT WAS FILLED
WITH WEAPONS.
YOU COULD SEE HUNDREDS OF
BOXES.
I COULD FEEL AT LEAST THREE
BIG TRUCKS.
SOME CONTAINED THOUSANDS OF
ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
Terry: WHAT FOLLOWS IS
EVEN MORE SHOCKING, SO STAY
TUNED.
Pat: WELL, EASTERN
UKRAINE IS BEING ROCKED BY
VIOLENCE AGAIN, EVEN AFTER A
TRUCE WAS DECLARED MORE THAN
THREE WEEKS AGO.
AT THE PEAK OF THE FIGHTING,
GEORGE THOMAS TRAVELLED TO
UKRAINE AND MADE A
DISTURBING DISCOVERY.
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PRIESTS ARE
IN LEAGUE WITH THE
SEPARATISTS REBELS.
THEY ARE THE PRO-RUSSIAN
REBELS, I MIGHT SAY, AND
SOME SAY THEY'RE HELPING TO
PERSECUTE PROTESTANTS.
Reporter: PETER DUDNIC
IS CONVINCED THAT THE MASKED
GUNMEN SWALLOWING UP EASTERN
UKRAINE ARE A SERIOUS THREAT
TO EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.
HOW DID THE PRO-RUSSIAN
SEPARATISTS TREAT THE
CHRISTIANS OF SLOVENSK.
THEY DIDN'T TREAT US
WELL.
THEY BELIEVE THAT PROTESTANT
CHRISTIANS ARE AMERICAN
SPIES, SINCE AMERICA IS THE
ENEMY.
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE
ALSO THE ENEMY.
George: AND DUDNIC
SHOULD KNOW.
ON APRIL 12th, INSURGENTS,
ARMED, TOOK CONTROL OF HIS
CITY.
DAYS LATER, SOME OF THOSE
MEN SHOWED UP AT HIS
CHURCH.
THEY CAME TO OUR CHILDREN
ANCHURCH AND SAID, WE'RE
GOING TO LIVE HERE.
THEY ARRESTED OR SENIOR
PASTOR.
George: THEN THEY WENT
OVERTAKING OVER "GOOD NEWS,"
THE LARGEST EVANGELICAL
CHURCH THERE.
Reporter:
THEY TOLD E US WE
COULDN'T HOLD OUR SERVICES
THERE ANYMORE.
AND THEN TWO MEN, ARMED WITH
A GUN, SAID OUR CHURCH
BELONGED TO THEM.
George: NOT ONLY DID
THEY TAKE OVER HIS CHURCH
TOR SERVICES, THEY USED THE
BASEMENT TO STORE BULLETS,
ROCKET LAUNC LAUNCHERS AND
OTHER ARTILLERY.
I WAS SO SHOCKED TO SEE
THOSE IMAGES.
THE BASEMENT WAS FILLED WITH
WEAPONS.
YOU COULD SEE HUNDREDS OF
BOXES.
I COULD FEEL AT LEAST THREE
BIG TRUCKS.
SOME CONTAINED MINES AND
THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF
AMMUNITION.
George: AND THEN THERE
IS THIS YouTube VIDEO,
UPLOADED BY A REBEL SOLDIER,
SHOWING TWO RUSSIAN TANKS IN
THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
COMPOUND.
WHEN I SAW IT ON THE
INTERNET, I WAS HORRIFIED.
YOU CAN HEAR THE REBELS
GIVING THE TANK OPERATOR
COORDINATES TO TARGET THE
POSITIONS.
THE ENTIRE TIME I'M WATCHING
THE VIDEO, I WAS EXPECTING
THE UKRAINIANS TO FIRE BACK
AND END UP DESTROYING MY
CHURCH.
THANK GOD THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
George: THEN HE
REVEALED WHAT SHOCKED HIM
THE MOST: AS THE TANKS FIRED
THEIR PAYLOADS, TWO PRIESTS
ARE VIDEOTAPED STANDING
BEHIND THE TANKS, NEXT TO
THE CHURCH'S DOOR, RECITING
ORTHODOX PRAYERS.
YOU CAN TELL PRIESTS ARE
HERE TO GIVE REBELS
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, TO BLESS
THEIR MISSIONS, AND TO PRAY
FOR THEM.
I'VE EVEN SEEN VIDEOS OF
ORTHODOX PRIESTS BLESSINGS
TANKS BEFORE GOING INTO
BATTLE.
George: HE HAS ACCUSED
ORTHODOX PRIESTS AND OTHER
RADICALS OF STARTING THE
CHAOS IN THIS COUNTRY.
CHURCHES THEY FLATLY DENY.
DO YOU THINK THAT ORDERS
CAME SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
KREMLIN THAT THESE
PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS
SHOULD GO AFTER CHRISTIANS?
TO BE HONEST, I DON'T
KNOW FOR SURE.
BUT I KNOW THE WAR IN MY
COUNTRY WAS MORE THAN JUST
ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF
UKRAINIAN TERRITORY OR TO
CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A REAL WAR AGAINST
PROTESTANT CHURCHES BY
RADICAL ELEMENTS DEEMED THE
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.
George: A "NEW YORK
TIMES" INVESTIGATION FOUND
MOUNTING EVIDENCE OF TIES
BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
CHURCH AND PRO-RUSSIAN
REBELS.
CBN NEWS WANTED TO INTERVIEW
AN ORTHODOX PRIEST ABOUT
THAT.
BUT NICOLI REFUSED AND
REPEATEDLY ASKED US TO TURN
OFF OUR CAMERAS.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
George: HE EVENTUALLY
AGREED AFTER TRYING TO
CONFISCATE OUR MICROPHONE
AND CAMERA.
CBN NEWS ASKED BY ORTHODOX
PRIESTS WOULD CONDUCT
PRAYERS DURING A PRO-RUSSIAN
REBEL OFFENSIVE INSIDE AN
EVANGELICAL COMPOUND?
THIS FOR INFORMATION.
George: I'M A
REPORTER.
HOW CAN YOU SAY IT IS FALSE
INFORMATION?
I HAVE THE EVIDENCE.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS
100% FALSE.
THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN EDITED
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THESE
DAYS.
I TELL YOU 100% THIS IS A
LIE.
George: CBN NEWS ASKED
HIM IF HE SUPPORTED THE
PRO-RUSSIAN INSURGENTS AND
HE REFUSED TO ANSWER.
CHOOSING, INSTEAD, TO GIVE
US THIS ANALYSIS OF THE
SITUATION.
THE MEDIA IS AT FAULT.
GO AHEAD, YOU CAN RECORD
THIS.
THE MASS MEDIA IS SOWING
CONFUSION AND CONFLICT
AMONGST THE PEOPLE.
ALSO, YOU ARE TRYING TO DRAG
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH INTO
THIS, TO PUT US IN A DARK
LIGHT.
George: HE INSISTS THE
ORTHODOX CHURCH HAS NOT AND
WILL NOT TAKE SIDES IN THE
CONFLICT.
IN EARLY JULY, THE UKRAINIAN
TROOPS CAPTURED THE CITY.
DUDNIC'S CHURCH WAS RETURNED
TO HIM, AND THE CITY IS
SLOWLY REBUILDING.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
EASTERN UKRAINE.
Pat: FANTASTIC.
FANTASTIC.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BACK
DURING THE COLD WAR BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND THE
SOVIET UNION, THE RETURN
ORTHODOX CHURCH WAS AN AGENT
SEE OF THE K.G.B.
AND ARCHBISHOP NIKODAN WAS
KNOWN TO BE A K.G.B. AGENT.
HE WAS A WORKER.
SO THAT CHURCH HAD BEEN
INFILTRATED BY THE
COMMUNISTS.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE
THEY UNDERSTOOD HOW
IMPORTANT RELIGION WAS TO
THE PEOPLE.
SO THEY WOULD PUT THEIR
AGENTS IN CHARGE, AND THAT
BECAME A TOOL OF THEM.
AND I THINK THEY HAVE GOTTEN
FREE OF THAT INFLUENCE.
BUT HOW MUCH FLOWED DOWN TO
UKRAINE, WE DON'T KNOW.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
DOCTOR MAKES A FRIGHTENING
DISCOVERY.
I TRIED TO MAINTAIN MY
COMPOSITION, TO NOT SHOW
SHOCK, BUT I REALIZED AT
THAT MOMENT WE HAD A MUCH
BIGGER PROBLEM ON OUR
HANDS.
Terry: FIND OUT WHAT
THAT PROBLEM IS AND SEE THE
MIRACLE THAT SOF SOLVED
IT.
PLUS, IF YOU NEED A MIRACLE,
STAY TUNED BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Terry: OUR ANNUAL
"SEVEN DAYS ABLAZE"
CELEBRATION CONTINUES HERE
AT CBN.
WE'VE BEEN DEDICATING
SPECIAL TIME TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
SO FAR WE'VE RECEIVED
THOUSANDS OF PRAYER
REQUESTS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PRAY
FOR YOU, GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
AND YOU CAN ALSO JOIN US AT
OUR NOON PRAYER CHAPEL.
WE'RE STREAMING THOSE
SERVICES ONLINE AT
12:00 p.m. EASTERN TIME.
YESTERDAY OUR FEATURED
SPEAKER WAS BENNY HIM, AND
GORDON ROBERTSON LET US IN
PRAYER.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR US
BELIEVERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
PRAYER IS NOT UTTERING
WORDS.
PRAYER IS THE PRACTICE OF
THE PRESENCE OF JESUS.
THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD
MEANS THEY WHO ARE IN HIS
PRESENCE.
THAT'S THE SECRET PLACE.
THAT'S OUR PLACE OF SAFETY.
WE COME BOLDLY TO YOUR
THROWN OF GRACE.
KNOWING THAT IF WE ASK
BOLDLY, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO
EVEN EXCEEDINGLY ABOVE ALL
WE COULD EVER ASK OR THINK.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
Terry: IT'S OUR
PRIVILEGE TO PRAY FOR YOU,
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
FACT THAT YOU TRUST US IN
SENDING IN YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS.
EVERY DAY THOSE ARE PASSED
OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
COMING TO THESE CHAPEL
SERVICES WHO ARE COMMITTED
TO PRAY FOR YOU.
THAT IS H1N1 O HAPPENING ON
A REGULAR BASIS, AND YOU CAN
ENJOY THOSE SESSIONS EACH
DAY BY GOING ONLINE.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
Pat: WE'RE COMING UP ON
OCTOBER 1st, WHICH IS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FIRST
BROADCAST ON CBN.
AND WE'LL HAVE A
CELEBRATION, AND WE'LL BE ON
THE AIR WITH THAT ONE, TOO.
SERENA LANGSTON KNOWS THE
HEALING POWER OF PRAYER
FIRSTHAND AFTER DOCTORS
DIAGNOSED SERENA WITH COLON
CANCER.
IT WAS ALL SHE HAD TO HOLD
ON TO.
SHE PRAYED NON-STOP.
AND THEN ONE NIGHT SHE WAS
SUPERNATURALLY HEALED IN AN
INSTANT.
I WAS CONCERNED WITH, IS
THIS A DANGER TO MY LIFE?
IS THIS SERIOUS?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO
FIND?
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
Reporter: SERENA BRACED
HERSELF FOR THE RESULTS OF
HER MEDICAL EXAM, RESULTS
THAT COULD MEAN LIF LIFE OR
DEATH.
A HEALTHY 33-YEAR-OLD
MOTHER, SHE LOOKED FORWARD
TO WATCHING HER SON GROW UP,
BUT NOW SHE FEARED THE
WORST.
I LOVE MY HUSBAND AND MY
SON SO MUCH, AND I DIDN'T
WANT ANYTHING TO TAKE ME
AWAY FROM THEM.
I JUST WANTED KYLE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE HIS WIFE, AND
DAWSON TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
HIS MOMMY.
Reporter: SHE BECAME
ALARMED WHEN SHE STARTED
NOTICING RECTAL BLEEDING AND
WENT TO HER DOCTOR.
I DID THE EXAM.
I HIT THIS LARGE, ONE-INCH
MASS, JUST ONE CENTIMETER
IN.
AND I TRIED TO MAINTAIN MY
COMPOSURE, TO NOT SHOW
SHOCK, BUT I REALIZED AT
THAT MOMENT WE HAD A MUCH
BIGGER PROBLEM ON OUR
HANDS.
Reporter: DR. THOMPSON
SENT HER TO A SPECIALIST,
WHERE A BIOPSY CONFIRMED HIS
SUSPICIONS: SERENA HAD COLON
CANCER.
I GOT HER IN FOR AN
URGENT COLONOSCOPY, AND
FOUND TWO TUMORS, ONE
SMALLER AND ONE LARGER, TWO
AND A HALF CENTIMETERS.
I WAS AT THE LOWEST OF
THE LOW, EMOTIONALLY AND
SPIRITUALLY, AND I LAID IN
MY BED AFTER COMING HOME AND
KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF, MY
SON CANNOT LIVE HIS LIFE
WITHOUT ME.
HE CANNOT WONDER WHERE I
WENT.
Reporter: SERENA WAS A
CHRISTIAN, BUT UNTIL THEN
HADN'T GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT
ABOUT GOD'S ABILITY TO
HEAL.
I REMEMBERED THAT MY MOM HAD
FRIENDS, JERRY AND RHONDA,
THAT WERE MISSIONARIES, AND
THEY LAID HANDS ON PEOPLE.
I WAS SO DESPERATE AT THAT
POINT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I
MIGHT DIE.
I NEEDED JESUS TO SAVE MY
LIFE, AND I WAS GOING TO DO
WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET IT.
Reporter: SHE ASKED HER
FATHER TO CALL THEM.
IT WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT.
YOU CAN HEAR IT ON HER
VOICE.
I SAID, JERRY AND RHONDA,
THIS IS BOB.
SERENA JUST ASKED IF YOU
WOULD COME OVER AND LAY
HANDS ON HER AND THEY DID.
Reporter: THEY BELIEVED
IT WAS CRITICAL THAT SHE
TOOK COMMUNION.
WE KNEW RIGHT AWAY SHE
NEEDED TO TAKE THE LORD'S
BLOOD.
WE KNEW THAT WAS THE
CRITICAL POINT WHERE THE
HEALING WAS GOING TO BEGIN.
Reporter: SO WHEN THE
COUPLE ARRIVED, THEY TOOK
COMMUNION.
AND HEAL HER IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
WE JUST STARTED PRAYING
IN THE SPIRIT AT FIRST, AND
THEN PRAYING OVER HER,
SPEAKING DEATH TO A DISEASE,
SPEAKING DEATH TO A CANCER,
SPEAKING DEATH TO WHAT'S
ATTACKING HER BODY.
NOW, WE WOULD SHARE THE
WORD OF GOD WITH HER.
WE KNEW BY HIS STRENGTH YOU
ARE HEALED.
Reporter: THEY ALSO
TAUGHT HER THE PERSONS OF
VERBALIZING GOD'S HEALING
OVER HER BODY.
I AM CANCER FREE IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
I COMPLETELY BELIEVED
ISAIAH 55, "BY HIS STRIPES
WE ARE HEALED."
AND WENT TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT, I WOKE UP BY THIS
WARM, TINGLY SENSATION FROM
THE TOP OF MY HEAD DOWN TO
MY TOES, AND THEN AGAIN, AND
IT WAS JESUS HEALING ME AND
I KNEW IT.
Reporter: SHE WENT TO
THE MAYO CLINIC FOR MEYER
TESTING, TO SEE IF THE
CANCER HAD SPREAD, BUT THIS
TIME THE CANCER CAME BACK
WITH DIFFERENT RESULTS.
THEY COULDN'T FIND WHERE
THE SECOND POLYP HAD BEEN,
AND WHERE THE FIRST ONE WAS
WAS JUST AN ULCER.
THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY
CANCER IN ME.
Reporter: AS A
PRECAUTION, THE DOCTORS
REMOVED THE PORTION OF HER
COLON WHERE THE CANCER WAS
ORIGINALLY DETECTED.
AND NOW FIVE YEARS LATER,
SERENA IS STILL
CANCER-FREE.
SHE WAS YOUNG, NOT A
LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR COLON
CANCER.
AND YET SHE ACTED QUICKLY.
SHE ACTED BY FAITH.
SHE HAD TOTAL HEALING.
AND SHE IS NOW LIVING THE
TESTIMONY OF A HEALED LIFE.
Reporter: TODAY SERENA
SAYS HER HEALTH AND HER
FAITH ARE STRONGER THAN
EVER.
I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN HOW
REAL HE IS TO ME NOW.
HE CAME DOWN AND TOUCHED ME
AND HEALED ME AND SAVED MY
LIFE.
AND THAT HE DID IT 2,000
YEARS AGO WHEN HE TOOK THOSE
STRIPES.
AND THAT HE GAVE US THE
SCRIPTURES SO THAT I COULD
BELIEVE IN MY HEALING.
IT IS JUST AMAZING.
Pat: ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
CAME, FROM THE TOP OF HER
HEAD ALL THE WAY TO HER
TOES, OUT AND BACK, AND OUT
AND BACK AGAIN, AND THE
CANCER IS GONE.
Terry: THIS IS MARY,
AND SHE SUFFERED WITH PAIN
IN HER BACK FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS.
HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR HER
BACK TO BE HEALED.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM, HEARD YOU GIVE A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
SAYING, QUOTE,"SOMEONE IS
HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR
BACK, AND THEY'RE BEING
HEALED RIGHT NOW."
MARY CLAIMED THAT FOR
HERSELF AND FELT HER HEALING
HAPPENING, AND THEN TOOK OFF
RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE,
PRAISING THE LORD.
VICKI WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT
CAUSED NIGHT SWEATS.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM AND HEARD YOU GIVE A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
SOMEONE WITH NIGHT SWEATS
BEING HEALED, AND THAT THE
VIRUS WAS BEING CLEANSED
FROM THEIR BODY.
SHE CLAIMED THAT FOR
HERSELF, WAS COMPLETELY
HEALED, AND CALLED OUR
PRAYER CENTER TO LET US KNOW
WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER
DOCTOR, HE WAS AMAZED SHE
HAD BEEN HEALED.
Pat: WELL, WE DON'T
NEED TO BANKRUPT DOCTORS,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME
BUSINESS AWAY FROM THEM AS
THE LORD DOES WHAT HE DOES.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: I JUST THANK GOD
FOR WHAT HE IS DOING.
BUT, LOOK, GOD IS ALMIGHTY.
THINK OF THE UNIVERSE.
ON A CLEAR NIGHT, WHEN
YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE CITY,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE
A CLOUD IN THE SKY.
THE CLOUD IS ACTUALLY THE
MILKY WAY, IT'S ALL OF THE
STARS.
AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
MIX OF SUN AN MILLIONS OF
STARS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE
SMALL GALAXY IN THE MIDST OF
THIS GIGANTIC UNIVERSE.
THE GOD WE SERVE PUT IT ALL
THERE AND KEEPS IT ALL IN
PLACE.
HE SAYS, WILL YOU LOOK TO ME
AND BE SAVED?
LOOK TO ME AND BE SAVED.
I AM THE LORD, AND THERE IS
NO OTHER.
GOD WILL HEAL YOU.
GOD IS ABLE.
BLESS THE LORD, OH, MY SOUL,
AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS
BENEFITS.
WHO FORGIVES ALL OF YOUR
INEQUITIES, WHO HEALS ALL
YOUR DISEASES.
WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS HERE
ON EARTH, THERE WAS NOT ONE
PERSON WHO CAME TO HIM WHO
DIDN'T GET HEALED.
HE HEALED EVERY ONE WHO CAME
TO HIM OF EVERY DISEASE.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M ASKING YOU, STOP
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU NEED AN ANSWER, WHETHER
IT IS FINANCIAL, WHETHER IT
IS YOUR BUSINESS OR YOUR
PHYSICAL BEING.
WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD.
FATHER, YOU ARE GOD
ALMIGHTY.
YOU PUT THE STARRY HOST IN
PLACE.
YOU CREATED MAN ON THE FACE
OF THE EARTH.
YOU SUSTAIN LIFE, LORD, AND
YOU ARE A GOD THAT HEALS.
YOU ARE JEF JE JEHOVAH
RAFAH.
WE SPEAK A WORD IN YOUR
NAME, FOR THOSE WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, COLON
CANCER IS BEING HEALED NOW.
TOUCH IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
FEAR IS LEAVING YOU, THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR IS LEAVING
YOU AT THIS MOMENT.
A CLOUDY MIND, A DILUTED
MIND -- YOU'RE SUDDENLY
GETTING CLARITY OF INSIGHT.
YOU'RE NO LONGER DILUTED IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
THE LORD IS SUPPLYING THE
NEED, I KNOW FOR ONE
$50,000, AND OTHERS ARE
RECEIVING FINANCIAL
BLESSING.
EVEN AS WE SPEAK, IT IS LIKE
THE ANGELS ARE DROPPING
PACKETS OF RESOURCES INTO
YOUR HANDS.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A
CONDITION THAT'S LIKE
BLISTERS ON YOUR LUNGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU.
JUST TAKE A VERY DEEP BREATH
RIGHT NOW, EXHALE, AND
YOU'RE HEALED IN JESUS'
NAME.
Pat: ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE
IT IS THAT SAME ONE OR
SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT IT'S LIKE
A CLOUD.
YOUR MIND HAS BEEN
CONFUSED.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
FOCUS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING IS
HAPPENING IN YOUR MIND, AND
YOU'VE GOT A FOCUS LIKE A
LASER.
THERE IS A POWER IN JESUS'
NAME.
BE MADE WHOLE.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE TROUBLE
SWALLOWING.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR
YOU.
AND YOU WILL NOT HEAL THAT
ANYMORE.
Pat: CANCER IS LEAVING,
ARTHRITIS IS LEAVING, AND
FEAR IS LEAVING.
PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT
FEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL
RIGHT.
GOD IS GOING TO LOOK AFTER
YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
PRAISE THE LORD WHEREVER YOU
ARE AND JUST THANK HIM.
WILL YOU DO THAT?
JUST THANK HIM.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER PRAYER,
YOU CAN CALL IN, AND WE HAVE
BEFORE US ALL OF THESE
PRAYER REQUESTS.
OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE
PRAYING WITH THE TENS AND
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRAYER
REQUESTS.
SOMEBODY SAD SAID PRAY FOR
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
DELIVERANCE FROM LOS LUST
AND ADULTERY.
AND FINANCES TO PAY MEDICAL
BILLS.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE MEDICAL NEEDS.
THEY'LL ALL BEEN PRAYED
FOR.
YOU CAN CALL
1-800-759-0700.
AND PLEASE TELL US WHAT GOD
HAS DONE FOR YOU.
Terry: AND THERE IS
SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY BE
STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND
ANXIETY ATTACKS.
GOD HAS HEALED YOU FROM
THAT.
DON'T WALK IN THAT FEAR
ANYMORE.
Pat: PERFECT LOVE CASTS
OUT FEAR.
THERE IS A SPIRIT OF FEAR
THAT COMES ON PEOPLE, AND IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, WE JUST
CAST IT FORWARD.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
STILL AHEAD, A YOUNG ACTRESS
GETS IN OVER HER HEAD.
THE INTEREST RATES HIKE
UP EVERY MONTH, AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE BEEN
LATE.
TRYING TO PAY THAT OFF ALONE
IS A REAL STRUGGLE.
I BECAME REALLY EMOTIONAL
BECAUSE OF THAT.
Terry: SEE HOW HER
PRAYERS FOR HELP WERE
ANSWERED.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN DALLAS
ARE HOLDING A PATIENT IN
STRICT ISOLATION FOR A
POSSIBLE CASE OF EBOLA.
OFFICIALS AT TEXAS HEALTH
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL SAY
THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS AND
RECENT TRAVEL RAISED THE
CONCERNS.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION IS
RUNNING TESTS TO CONFIRM.
EBOLA HAS KILLED MORE THAN
3,000 PEOPLE IN AFRICA AND
INFECTED FOUR AMERICAN
DOCTORS WHO TRAVELLED TO THE
REGION.
IN FLORIDA, ATHEISTS GET
ANGRY WHEN A TOWN SPONSORS A
PRAYER VIGIL.
THE COMPLAINTS CAME WHEN
THEY POSTED A LETTER URGING
PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT.
THE ATHEISTS SAID IT
VIOLATES THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.
THE TOWN'S MAYOR TELLS THE
OCALA OCALA STAR THEY HAVE
A RIGHT.
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.
Pat: HEY, YOU'RE
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB," AND
GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING,
AND MORE IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
A DECADE AGO KRISTIN
LUNDBERG MOVED TO NEW YORK.
SHE WANTED TO BE AN
ACTRESS.
BIG DEAL.
WELL, IN A FEW YEARS SHE WAS
BROKE, OUT OF WORK, AND DEEP
IN DEBT.
IT'S AN EXCITING TIME IN
NEW YORK FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
I JUST LANDED A ROLE IN THE
NEW "SPIDERMAN" MOVIE AND
HAVE A FEATURE ROLE IN THE
NEW STEPHEN KING MOVIE.
BUT THERE WERE MANY YEARS IT
WASN'T LIKE THIS.
Reporter: KRISTIN MOVED
TO NEW YORK AFTER COLLEGE.
WITH STUDY WORK HARD TO COME
BY, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PAY
RENT AND OTHER BILLS.
SO OVER TIME SHE ACCUMULATED
$6,000 IN CREDIT CARD DEBT.
SHE HAD TO PUT HER DREAMS
ASIDE AND WORK FULL-TIME AS
AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN
THE CITY.
BUT AF AFTER FOUR YEARS
WITH INFLATION, SHE WAS NO
BETTER OFF THAN BEFORE.
THE INTEREST RATES MADE
IT HIKE UP EVERY MONTH.
TRYING TO PAY THAT OFF AS A
LOAN IS A REAL STRUGGLE.
I KIND OF SECLUDED MYSELF
AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ASK
FOR HELP.
AND IT BECAME REALLY
EMOTIONAL.
Reporter: THEN WHILE
CHANNEL-SURFING, SHE CAME
ACROSS "THE 700 CLUB."
PAT AND TERRY WERE JUST
SITTING THERE.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
THEIR LOVE OF CHRIST AND
THEIR FAITH.
I KEPT THINKING HOW
WONDERFUL TO HAVE A PROGRAM
LIKE THIS AVAILABLE IN A
CITY WHERE YOU FEEL ISOLATED
AND ALONE.
Reporter: AFTER THAT,
SHE WATCHED THE PROGRAM
EVERY NIGHT.
SHE SAYS IT RENEWED HER
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS, INSPIRED HER TO GO TO
CHURCH, AND EDUCATED HER ON
HOW TO MANAGE HER LIFE AND
HER MONEY.
PAT SPECIFICALLY TALKED
ABOUT TAKING 10% OF YOUR
PAYCHECK AND PUTTING THAT
INTO TITHING.
IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I
QUESTIONED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I FELT
I WAS JUST HAPPY TO DO.
Reporter: KRISTIN IS
HAPPY TO GIVE TO CBN, TOO.
EVEN WHEN SHE LOST HER
CORPORATE JOB, SHE CONTINUED
TO TITHE AND GIVE.
SHE KEPT TO A BUDGET AND
OFTEN CALLED "THE 700 CLUB"
FOR PRAYER.
KRISTIN SAYS THOSE PRAYERS
WERE ANSWERED.
TODAY SHE IS MAKING A LIVING
DOING WHAT SHE CAME TO NEW
YORK FOR, TEACHING, ACTING
ON STAGE AND IN FILM
PRODUCTIONS.
SIGN SINCE I'VE STARTED
GIVING, I'VE ONLY SEEN
AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES
FLOATING MY WAY BECAUSE OF
THAT.
I PAID OFF ONE CREDIT CARD
IN FULL, I PUT MONEY IN
SAVINGS AS WELL, AND I'M
ABLE TO TITHE EVERY WEEK,
WHICH I LOVE DOING.
BECAUSE THE MONEY YOU GET IS
NOT YOUR MONEY.
IT IS GOD'S MONEY.
YOU KIND OF NEED TO SPEND
HIS MONEY IN A WAY THAT WILL
HELP OTHERS.
Pat: SHE LEARNED THE
SECRET.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOD
SAYS, GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU, PRESSED DOWN
AND RUNNING OVER.
THE LORD WILL DO WHAT HE
SAYS.
YOU GIVE TO THE POOR, GIVE
TO THE NEEDY, GIVE TO THE
WORK OF THE LORD, GIVE TO
THE CHURCH, GIVE WHATEVER.
BUT AS WE GIVE, GOD GIVES
BACK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE FLOW BEGINS AND THE
BLESSINGS CONTINUE.
AND THE BIGGER THE BLESSING,
THE MORE YOU CAN GIVE, AND
THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE
BIGGER THE BLESSING.
THE ECONOMIC PEOPLE CALL IT
A VIRTUOUS CYCLE.
Terry: IT'S TIME TO
"BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR
E-MAIL.
JEFFREY SAYS, "ONE TIME,
WHILE BEING PRAYED OVER, I
HAD A VISION I WAS STANDING
IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE TALKING
TO SOMEONE.
I THINK THIS MEANS I'M A
LEADER.
I'VE HAD MANY TIMES IN MY
LIFE WHERE PEOPLE LOOK UP TO
ME FOR ANSWERS.
WHAT STEPS SHOULD I TAKE TO
BECOME A CHURCH PASTOR OR
FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF
LEADER THE LORD WANTS ME TO
BE?
WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU
RECOMMEND?"
Pat: WELL, I THINK THE
GREATEST RESOURCE IS THE
BIBLE, THE LIFE OF JESUS.
HE SAID, I'M A SERVANT.
REMEMBER, HE WASHED THE FEET
OF HIS DISCIPLES AND SAID,
I'M AMONG YOU AS ONE WHO
SERVES, AND LET THE GREATEST
BE THE SERVANT OF ALL.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A SERVANT,
FEED THE POOR, THE NEEDY,
AND HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HURTING SPIRITUALLY.
ONE BY ONE FIND SOME
TEENAGER WHO NEEDS A MENTOR,
AND BEGIN TO HELP PEOPLE.
Terry: A VIEWER
SAYS, "THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
THE END TIMES AND HOW JESUS
WILL RETURN IN ORDER TO
DESTROY THE ENEMY, SATAN.
WILL WE SAINTS BE INVOLVED
IN THIS BATTLE?
WILL WE BE WITNESSES AND BE
WITH JESUS DURING THIS
WAR?"
Pat: THE BIBLE DOESN'T
TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE
SAINTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME WITH
HIM.
THERE WILL BE A VICTORIOUS
ARMY, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE
GOING TO DO ANY FIGHTING.
THE LORD WILL COME, MOUNTED
ON A WHITE HORSE.
THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN WILL BE
WITH HIM.
I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO
BE WARRIOR ANGELS, RATHER
THAN THE SAINTS.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE
BIBLE THAT INDICATES WE'RE
GOING TO PICK UP ARMS AND GO
FIGHT.
Terry: CASSIE SAYS, "MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE NO
COMMUNICATION.
I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO SHOW
NEW MERCIES AND FORGIVENESS,
JUST AS JESUS DOES FOR ME.
I WANT TO SEPARATE FROM
HIM.
I JUST CAN'T LIVE LIKE
THIS.
I HAVE THREATENED TO LEAVE
MANY TIMES, AND I'M TIRED OF
BEING SO DEPRESSED.
I'M 62 AND WANT TO LIVE IN
PEACE.
WE DON'T SLEEP, EAT, OR DO
ANYTHING TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT GOD MAD AT ME.
WHAT DO I DO?"
Pat: I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING WRONG WITH LEAVING
A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T SLEEP TOGETHER,
YOU DON'T EAT TOGETHER, YOU
DON'T TALK TOGETHER.
YOU'RE NOT ONE.
A MARRIAGE IS -- FOR THIS
CAUSE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS
MOTHER AND FATHER AND CLEVE
TO EACH OTHER.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THOSE TWO
PEOPLE AREN'T JOINED
TOGETHER.
AND THEY'D BE HAPPIER
SEPARATED.
THERE HAS GOT TO BE EITHER
DESERTION OR ADULTERY IN
ORDER TO GET MARRIED AGAIN,
BUT YOU MIGHT NOT BE LOOKING
FOR ANOTHER SPOUSE.
YOU JUST WANT SOME PEACE IN
YOUR LIFE.
THERE IS AN ECONOMIC
SITUATION, AND YOU PROBABLY
HAVE TO GET SOME MAINTENANCE
AND SUPPORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS PAYING
THE BILLS, BUT I THINK YOU
HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THIS
INTO CONSIDERATION.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE
BIBLE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT
YOU FROM GETTING OUT OF AN
UNTEN UNABLABLE SITUATION.
Terry: MARY SAYS, "EVEN
THOUGH OUR CHURCH RESTS ON
SATURDAY, WE MISS GOING OUT
TO EAT TOGETHER.
HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY KEEPING
THAT COMPLETE COMMAND -- NOT
KEEPING THAT COMPLETE
COMMAND."
Pat: YOU KNOW, IN THE
KOSHER SITUATION THEY DIDN'T
COOK.
AND SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
NOT WORK, THAT'S ONE WAY OF
DOING IT.
I THINK THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN
SO FAR ALONE THAT IN THAT
CASE, I DON'T THINK IT IS
GOING TO MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE.
Terry: CHICK-FIL-A MAY
BE THE ONLY COMPANY WE KNOW
THAT IS CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
Pat: AND THEIR
PROSPERING.
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS
WE'VE GOT SUCH NERVOUS
BREAKDOWNS AND SUCH A
TERRIBLE PROZAC NATION IS
THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE
A DAY OF REST.
THERE IS NO REST.
THE ENGINES OF COMMERCE ARE
BOOMING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE HAVE A
COUPLE OF DAYS OFF A WEEK,
BUT THEY MAY HAVE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY OR THEY MAY
HAVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
AND IT'S NOT SUNDAY.
SO THERE IS NEVER A TIME
WHEN OUR ENGINE OF COMMERCE
SLOWS DOWN.
I THINK IT IS DESTROYING
US.
WE'RE VIOLATING THE LAWS OF
GOD AT OUR PERIL, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO DO IT.
I'M AFRAID YOU CAN'T CHANGE
THAT.
I THINK GOING OUT TO EAT --
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SINNING
AGAINST GOD TO GO EAT AT A
RESTAURANT.
IT USED TO BE A BIG FAMILY
SUNDAY DINNER WAS THE BIG
TIME.
AND SOMEBODY THAT TO COOK
ALL OF THAT FRIED CHICKEN.
Terry: AND ONE OF THE
THING THAT IS IN ISRAEL,
FRIDAY, WHEN THE SUN GOES
DOWN, YOU HAVE MEALS BEING
COOKED AND FLOWERS BEING
BROUGHT HOME FOR THE DAY OF
REST.
Pat: THEY DO IT RIGHT.
Terry: SHELLEY
SAYS, "MY SISTER IS GETTING
MARRIED TO A MAN FROM
IRELAND WHO IS SYMPATHETIC
TO THE PA PALESTINIANS'
CAUSE.
MY SISTER HAS A MASTERS
DEGREE AND AN INCREDIBLE
CAREER AND IS PAYING FOR HIS
FAMILY, MINUS HIS FATHER, TO
FLY HERE FOR THE WEDDING.
HIS MOTHER GETS ANGRY WITH
MY SISTER IF SHE HAS A
DIFFERENT OPINION OF
ISRAEL.
I AM TO BE HER MAID OF
HONOR, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT
AGREE WITH THIS MARRIAGE AT
ALL.
I HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED MY
DRESS, BUT AS A CHRISTIAN
WHO LOVES JESUS CHRIST, AM I
TO STAND IN FOR SOMETHING I
DON'T BELIEVE, OR JUST GO
WITH THE FLOW TO KEEP A
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY
WHO SEEMS TO THINK THESE
THINGS ARE NO BIG DEAL?"
Pat: I KNOW SOMEBODY
WHO GOT MARRIED TO SOMEBODY
FROM GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE
MARRIAGE JUST WAS A
DISASTER.
AND IT ULTIMATELY BROKE UP.
BUT IT WAS SUCH A CULTURE
SHOCK, AND THE PERSON WHO
WAS BEING MARRIED WAS SO
HARD TO GET ALONG WITH.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S YOUR
SISTER BUT THE FACT THAT SHE
IS MAKING A MISTAKE, YOU
MIGHT NOT WANT TO JOIN IN
THE FESTIVITIES.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ON THIS
PROGRAM WHAT TO DO WITH
THAT.
YOU ASK YOURSELF WHAT TO DO
AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
THE BIGGEST THING IS TAKE
YOUR SISTER ASIDE AND SAY,
LISTEN, I LOVE YOU, I THINK
YOU MAY BE MAKING A MISTAKE,
BUT I'M WITHBECAUSE YOUYOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE MY SISTER.
"HE WHO FINDS A WIFE
RECEIVES FAVOR FROM THE
LORD."
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
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