Gordon: ONE OF THE

LARGEST STORMS IN HUMAN

HISTORY, AND IT WIPED OUT

THIS SMALL TOWN.

IF IT IS TIME FOR ME TO

GO, THAT'S OKAY.

Gordon: AND THEN...HEAR

WHAT MENDED THESE BROKEN

BONES.

IT WAS JUST

UNBELIEVABLE.

Gordon: PLUS, GET A

SNEAK PEEK AT THE LATEST

CHRISTMAS ALBUM FROM

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DONNA

VAN LEAR, ON TODAY'S "700

CLUB."

WELL, WELCOME TO "THE 700

CLUB."

ONCE AGAIN ISLAMIC

TERRORISTS ARE THREATENING

TO BEHEAD AN AMERICAN

HOSTAGE.

THE RADICAL GROUP, CALLED

al-QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN

PENINSULA, SAYS THEY WILL

KILL LUKE SOMERS IN A FEW

DAYS.

RECENTLY OUR MILITARY TRIED

TO RESCUE HIM BUT FAILED.

Wendy: ISIS IS

EXPANDING AS WELL.

NOW IT IS SETTING UP

TRAINING CAMPS IN AFRICA, IN

THE NATION OF LIBYA.

GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: IT IS A SCENE

THAT HAS BECOME ALL TOO

FAMILIAR, ANOTHER AMERICAN

HOSTAGE THREATENED WITH

DEATH.

THIS TIME IN YEMEN, NOT

ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS IN

IRAQ OR SYRIA.

THE HOSTAGE IS 33-YEAR-OLD

LUKE SOMERS, A FREE LANCE

PHOTO JOURNALIST KIDNAPPED

THREE MONTHS AGO.

THE TERRORISTS SAY SOMERS

WILL BE KILLED IN THREE DAYS

IF THEIR UNMENTIONED DEMANDS

ARE NOT MET.

IN THIS VIDEO, HE MADE A

DESPERATE PLEA FOR HIS

LIFE.

I'M LOOKING FOR ANY HELP

THAT CAN GET ME OUT OF THIS

SITUATION.

Reporter: LAST MONTH,

THE PENTAGON LAUNCHED A

MISSION IN YEMEN, BUT BY THE

TIME THE NAVY SEALS HAD

ARRIVED, SOMERS WAS GONE.

HIS CAPTORS HAD MOVED HIM TO

ANOTHER LOCATION.

EIGHT NON-AMERICAN HOSTAGES

WERE RESCUED.

WAS IT AN INTELLIGENCE

FAILURE A DELAYED

PRESIDENTIAL ORDER THAT

CAUSED THE MISSED

OPPORTUNITY TO EXTRACT LUKE

SOMERS.

THE WHITE HOUSE IN ASSISTS

THEY APPROVED THE RESCUE TWO

DAYS AFTER THEY RECEIVED THE

INFORMATION.

AND PERGERSH TROOPS ARE IN A

BATTLE.

U.S. AIRSTRIKES HAVE DONE

LITTLE TO STOP ISIS IN HIS

COUNTRY.

AND PENTAGON OFFICIALS NOW

SAY ISIS HAS TAKEN OVER

PARTS OF EASTERN LIBYA,

CLAIMING THE TERRITORY AS

PART OF THE ISLAMIC STATE.

IT IS MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

COMING FOR TRAINING AND

LOGISTICS SUPPORT RIGHT

NOW.

FOR TRAINING SITES.

THAT'S WHAT WE SEE RIGHT

NOW.

AS FAR AS A HUGE COMMAND AND

CONTROL NETWORK, I HAVE NOT

SEEN THAT YET.

Reporter: SOME REPORTS

SUGGESTS THEIR NUMBERS MAY

BE DOUBLE, MOSTLY LIBYANS

WHO HAVE RETURNED HOME AFTER

WAGING JIHAD IN LIBYA.

, OF COURSEOF COURSE THE

PEOPLE HERE IN LIBYA ARE

ELATED TO BE FREE FROM

GADDAFI, BUT THEY KNOW IT

COMES WITH A COST AND A

STRUGGLE TO REBUILD THEIR

GOVERNMENT AND THEIR LIVES.

AND SOME ARE JOINING THE

ISLAMIC STATE.

EVEN SO, WHILE ISIS IS

MAKING GAINS IN AFRICA AND

THE MIDDLE EAST, AND GETTING

MOST OF THE MEDIA HEADLINES

THESE DAYS, U.S. SECURITY

OFFICIALS SAY THE al-QAEDA

TERROR GROUP IN THE ARABIAN

PENINSULA IS STILL THE

GREATEST THREAT TO THE

AMERICAN HOMELAND.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: YOU NEED TO GET

INFORMED ABOUT WHY DOES

ISLAM SEEM TO SPONTANEOUSLY

PRODUCE THESE KINDS OF

RADICALS.

AND WHETHER WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT THIS NEW GROUP,

al-QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN

PENINSULA, WHAT IS GOING ON

IN LIBYA, BUT WHAT ALSO IS

GOING ON IN NIGERIA WITH

BOKO HARAM, OR WHAT IS GOING

ON IN INDONESIA WITH RADICAL

GROUPS THERE.

IT SEEMS THAT WHEREVER THERE

IS ISLAM, THERE IS THE

POTENTIAL FOR THIS KIND OF

RADICAL BEHAVIOR, WHERE THEY

ARE LITERALLY FOLLOWING THE

WORDS OF MOHAMMED IN WHAT

THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND HOW

THEY'RE TRYING TO EXECUTE

INFIDELS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE

INFORMATION, WE'VE GOT

SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IT IS CALLED "ISLAM,

RELIGION OF PEACE OR WAR."

IT WILL GIVE YOU AN INSIDE

VIEW OF WHAT IS IT LIKE, AND

WHAT DO THEY THINK, AND HOW

ARE THEY LITERALLY FOLLOWING

THE WORDS OF MOHAMMED.

IT IS FREE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US, 1-800-759-0700.

WE'LL MAIL YOU OUT A COPY OF

IT, OR YOU CAN GET A

DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW AT

cbn.com, OR WE'LL EVEN

E-MAIL IT TO YOU IF YOU GIVE

US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.

1-800-759-0700.

WELL, HERE AT HOME

PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE

STREETS LAST NIGHT IN THE

CASE INVOLVING THE POLICE

AND THE NEEDLESS DEATH OF A

BLACK MAN IN NEW YORK.

JOHN JESSOP HAS THAT STORY

FROM WASHINGTON.

JOHN?

John: GORDON, THE

PROTESTS WERE HELD IN NEW

YORK AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS

THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE DEMONSTRATING

AGAINST A NEW YORK CITY

GRAND JURY'S DECISION NOT TO

INDICT A POLICE OFFICER IN

THE CHOKEHOLD DEATH OF ERIC

GARNER.

THE POLICE ACCUSED HIM OF

SELLING ILLEGAL CIGARETTES.

LAST NIGHT THOUSANDS OF

PROTESTORS MARCHED FROM

DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, ACROSS

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE,

CARRYING REPLICAS OF

COFFINS.

THE DAUGHTER OF ERIC GARNER

SPOKE TO KATIE COURIC ABOUT

HER FATHER'S DEATH.

THERE IS STILL A WHY?

YOU SEEN HIM DIE ON NATIONAL

TV, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY

ELSE.

WHY?

Reporter: AND ON CNN,

ERICA GARNER WAS ASKED IF

THIS WAS A RACIAL ISSUE.

I REALLY DOUBT IT.

IT WAS ABOUT THE OFFICER'S

PRIDE, AND ABOUT MY FATHER

BEING 6' 4."

AND 350 POUNDS.

AND HE WANTED TO BE THE TOP

COP DOWN.

MY FATHER WASN'T EVEN DOING

ANYTHING.

John: SHE SAID IT

WASN'T, QUOTE,"A BLACK AND

WHITE PEOPLE."

AND SHE EXPRESSED THANKS TO

OTHER NATIONALITIES FOR

COMING OUT AND SAYING THEY

FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE

VIDEO.

OBAMACARE PREMIUMS ARE GOING

UP.

THE ADMINISTRATION

ACKNOWLEDGED THURSDAY

PREMIUMS FOR THE MOST

POPULAR TYPE OF PLAN WILL

RISE AN AVERAGE OF 5% IN

MANY STATES THIS YEAR AND

ANOTHER 5% NEXT YEAR.

THOSE WHO ENROLLED LAST YEAR

WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE

REENROLLED IN THE SAME PLAN,

BUT THEIR PREMIUMS WILL

LIKELY BE MORE EXPENSIVE.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS

ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SHOP

AND FIND NEWER, CHEAPER

PLANS, BUT MANY ARE WORRIED

PRICES WILL KEEP GOING UP.

ATHEISTS HAVE LAUNCHED AN

ANTI-CHRISTMAS BILLBOARD

CAMPAIGN IN THE HEART OF THE

BIBLE BELT.

THE DISPLAYS ARE LOCATED IN

RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND NEAR

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES IN

MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, ST.

LOUIS AND AROUND ARKANSAS.

THEY FEATURE A YOUNG GIRL

WRITING A LETTER TO SANTA

SAYING, "ALL I WANT TO

CHRISTMAS IS TO SKIP

CHURCH.

I'M TOO OLD FOR

FAIRYTALES."

AND CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

A STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

Reporter: THEY CALL IT

DIG QUEST, A NEW APP THAT

INTRODUCES KIDS TO

ARCHEOLOGY, FEATURING

ISRAEL'S ANCIENT TREASURES.

THE APP BRINGS THE BIBLE TO

LIFE TO YOUNG KIDS THROUGH

ARCHEOLOGY, AND INCORPORATES

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SCROLL,

2,000 YEAR AGO, FROM THE

BOOK OF GENESIS.

GENESIS 1: 1: "IN THE

BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTHS."

THAT'S THE FIRST PUZZLE

YOUNG USERS GET TO SOLVE.

THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY

MAKING A PUZZLE WITH

2,000-YEAR-OLD ITEMS.

Reporter: ROSE ITAN

CAME UP WITH THE APP.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A

CONNECTION, AND WE FEEL IT

IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

DISCOVERIES OF THE 20th

CENTURY.

Reporter: IT ALLOWS

PLAYERS TO GET A FEEL OF

UNCOVERING MYSTERIES FROM

THE PAST.

YOU CAN BE INTERESTED IN

ASTROLOGY, YOU CAN BE

INTERESTED IN THE BIBLE,

CHRISTIAN OR JEWISH.

Reporter: RIGHT NOW TWO

DIGS ARE BASED ON REAL LIFE

EXCAVATIONS, INCLUDING THE

DEAD SEA SCROLLS FOUND IN

CUMRAN.

THE SCROLLS WERE FOUND,

AND ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN

WORKING TOGETHER FOR YEARS

TO READ WHAT IS ON THEM.

Reporter: IT HAS

SPECTRAL IMAGING, WHICH

BRIGHTENS THE SCRIPT, MAKING

IT EASIER TO READ.

THIS PROCESS HELPED MAKE THE

DEAD SEA SCROLLS AVAILABLE

ONLINE.

WE'RE ASKING TO YOU

COMPLETE THE PUZZLE.

AND READ THE CONTENTS.

[SPEAKING A

FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

WHOEVER DOWNLOADS THE APP

HAS A COLLECTION BOX.

Reporter: WITH THE

WORLD SPEEDING FORWARD IN

THE HIGH-TECH AGE, IS

ARCHEOLOGY STILL IMPORTANT?

ROSENGARDEN SAYS YES.

IT IS OUR HISTORY.

IT IS OUR LEGACY.

IF WE DON'T LEARN FROM WHAT

WE HAVE, HOW WILL WE

PROGRESS TODAY?

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, THE

ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM.

John: BRINGING THE

BIBLE BACK TO LIFE, MUCH

LIKE "SUPERBOOK."

GORDON?

Gordon: IT IS

INTERESTING TO TRY TO MAKE

THE BIBLE FUN FOR CHILDREN.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF

FUN.

WENDY?

Wendy: I TRIED TO DO A

PUZZLE WITH MY 3-YEAR-OLD

NEPHEW, AND IT WAS MASSIVE.

AND THEY LOVE PUZZLES, EVEN

WHEN THEY'RE IMPOSSIBLE TO

DO.

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT APP.

UP NEXT, IT WAS ONE OF THE

TOP WORST STORMS EVER SEEN

ON THIS PLANET.

WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH

DEATH, AS I WAS SEVERAL

TIMES DURING THAT PHASE, YOU

COMPLETELY FORGET

EVERYTHING.

I NEVER WENT BACK TO MY

HOUSE TO CHECK MY BELONGINGS

AFTER, LIKE, FIVE DAYS.

Wendy: HEAR HOW THIS

MAYOR AND HIS FAMILY

SURVIVED SUPER TYPHOON

HAIYAN, AND SEE HOW THEY'VE

BEEN HELPING TO REBUILD

THEIR CITY EVER SINCE.

Gordon: JUST OVER A

YEARS AGO, THE SUPER TYPHOON

HAIYAN DEVASTATED MUCH OF

THE PHILIPPINES.

NOW OTHER MASSIVE STORM IS

THREATENING THAT COUNTRY

TODAY.

ALREADY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES.

THE TYPHOON COULD AFFECT UP

TO 4.5 MILLION.

THE MAJOR STORM COMES AS THE

CITY OF TACLOBAN IS STILL

RECOVERING FROM TYPHOON

HAIYAN.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE

MAYOR IS SPEAKING OUT, AND

HE TOLD CBN NEWS HOW HIS

FAITH IN GOD HELPS WITH THE

CHALLENGES OF REBUILDING A

DESTROYED CITY.

GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US THAT

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

George: NOVEMBER 8,

2013.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF

THE TOP 12.

SO IN THE TOP DOZEN OF ALL

STORMS EVER SEEN ON THIS

PLANET.

George: AS SUPER

TYPHOON HAIYAN SLAMS INTO

THE EASTERN PHILIPPINES,

TAC THE TACLOBAN MAYOR AND

OTHERS ARE STRANDED AT THIS

BEACH LOCATION.

THE SONG I WAS SINGING AT

THE TIME WAS, "YOU ARE MY

WORLD, YOU ARE MY GOD, AND I

LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU."

George: SUDDENLY A

STORM SURGE HITS THE

BUILDING, AS SEEN IN THIS

VIDEO OBTAINED BY CBN NEWS.

I'M ASKING GOD, JUST GIVE

ME A FEW MINUTES, EVEN AN

HOUR, TO GET DOWN HERE TO

MAKE SURE THAT MY FAMILY IS

OKAY.

IF IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GO,

THAT'S IT.

George: HE AND OTHERS

PUNCH A HOLE IN THE CEILING

TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS, AND

JUST IN TIME AS ANOTHER

TIDALWAVE HITS.

MEANWHILE, VISIT TOWN AT HIS

BEACH HOUSE, HIS WIFE AND

TWO CHILDREN ARE ALSO ON THE

VIRGE OF BEING SWEPT AWAY BY

TSUNAMI-LIKE WAVES.

IN THE ENTIRE TIME, SHE WAS

RECITING THE WHOLE OF PSALM

21.

I WILL SAY OF THE LORD,

YOU ARE MY REFUGE AND MY

FORTRESS, MY GOD IN WHOM I

TRUST.

George: THE COUPLE SAYS

IT IS A MIRACLE THEY

SURVIVED.

WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH

DEATH, AS I WAS SEVERAL

TIMES DURING THAT DAY, YOU

COMPLETELY FORGET

EVERYTHING.

I NEVER WENT BACK TO MY

HOUSE TO CHECK MY

BELONGINGS.

AFTER, LIKE, FIVE DAYS.

WHAT I WANTED WAS MY

FAMILY.

I WAS GOING OUT THERE AND

SAVING LIVES.

George: AS SOON AS THE

STORM PASSED, THE MAYOR HIT

THE STREETS, CLEARING

DEBRIS.

OVER 6,000 PEOPLE DIED THAT

DAY, AND HE SAYS HE KNEW HE

HAD TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE.

PEOPLE WERE COMING TO ME

ASKING ME, WHY DID GOD TAKE

AWAY MY CHILDREN?

WHAT DID THEY DO WRONG?

AND I SAID, DO YOU WANT TO

SEE GOD?

YES.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO DIE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO OVERCOME

DEATH.

AND CHRISTIANITY IS NOT

FOCUSED ON DEATH.

IT IS FOCUSED ON THE

AFTERLIFE.

George: AND A YEAR

LATER HE IS ENCOURAGING THE

RESIDENTS OF HIS CITY TO

DRAW CLOSER TO GOD.

I TELL PEOPLE, WHEN IT

COMES TO GOD, I ASK

QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T

QUESTION.

I ASK THE LORD, WHY DO THIS

HAPPEN?

HAVE YOU HAD AN ANSWER YET?

YES.

IT IS NOT A MIRACLE YOU

SURVIVED BECAUSE AT THE END

OF THE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO

DAY.

THE BLESSING IS WHERE YOU'RE

GOING TO GO AFTER THAT.

George: THE MAYOR'S

WIFE, A FORMER ACTRESS

TURNED POLITICIAN, ORGANIZED

SEVERAL EVANGELISTIC

OUTREACHES IN TACLOBAN,

INCLUDING THIS WORSHIP EVENT

WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE

STORM'S ONE YEAR

ANNIVERSARY.

ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANY

MINUTE.

YOU COULD LOSE YOUR LIFE ANY

SECOND, ANY DAY.

PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE

THAT.

AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE

REALIZED THERE IS NO OTHER

WAY YOU CAN GO BUT RELYING

ON GOD AND WALKING WITH GOD

EVERY DAY.

George: IT IS A

SPIRITUAL SENT MANY THAT

RUNS DEEP IN THE CITY, AS I

DECIDED WHILE RIDING THE

POPULAR TRANSPORTATION.

IT IS GOD TO HAVE A MAYOR

WHO TRUSTS GOD.

HE ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE.

HE KNOWS THE PAIN WE'RE

ENDURING A YEAR AFTER THE

STORM.

WE NEED GOD'S HELP TO

REBUILD OUR DESTROYED CITY.

George: THE MAYOR HAS

TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT IN THE

LAST YEAR FOR HIS

GOVERNMENT'S SLOW RESPONSE

TO THE REBUILDING EFFORTS.

BUT IN REALITY, YOU TALK TO

MANY TACLOBANS, AND THEY

WILL BLAME THE NATIONAL

GOVERNMENT IN MANILA.

IT IS NOT THE MAYOR'S

FAULT.

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS

WRONGLY ACCUSING HIM OF AN

ACTION, WHEN THE BLAME TO BE

ON THEM FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH

TO HELP US REBUILD.

George: REMONA SAYS

THANKS TO AGENCIES LIKE CBN

DISASTER RELIEF, TACLOBAN IS

SLOWLY GETTING BACK ON ITS

FEET.

CBN NEWCBN DISASTER RELIEF

HAS RESTORED THOUSANDS OF

HOMES AND RESTORED SCHOOLS

AND HELPED THOUSANDS.

I WAS REALLY GLAD WHEN I

SAW THE GUYS COME IN BECAUSE

THEY WORK FAST.

THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST

TO BUILD TEMPORARY

SHELTERS.

THEY WORK FAST.

George: THE MAYOR IS A

VERY BUSY MAN THESE DAYS,

TRYING TO REBUILD AND

RESTORE HOPE TO HIS CITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR AND

HIS FAMILY, FATHER.

HE CLINGS TO HIS FAT FAITH

AND IS TRUSTING GOD TO

FULFILL HIS PURPOSES FOR

TACLOBAN.

WE ARE NOT TOLD THAT

THERE IS A DISASTER SO WE

WILL HIDE.

NO.

WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE ARE

DISASTERS TO COME, THERE ARE

CHALLENGES TO COME, FOR US

TO FACE IT, AND GOD WILL BE

WITH US.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT

OF IT.

HAVING A STRONG FAITH IS THE

KEY.

YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

George: GEORGE THOMAS,

CBN NEWS, TACLOBAN,

PHILIPPINES.

Gordon: YOU CAN'T DO IT

ALONE.

WE NEED TO JOIN WITH THEM

AND HELP IN WHAT THEY'RE

DOING.

AND "OPERATION BLESSING"

PHILIPPINES IS THERE IN YOUR

NAME RIGHT NOW, HELPING

REBUILD.

IT IS MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE

THAT HORRIBLE STORM.

WE HAVE ALREADY REBUILT

SCHOOLS, MEDICAL CLINICS,

WE'RE WE BUILDING HOMES.

WE'RE DOING IT ALL IN YOUR

NAME IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

AND "OPERATION BLESSING"

PHILIPPINE TEAMS ARE ON THE

GROUND RIGHT NOW, PREPARING

FOR TYPHOON RUBY.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO HIT THE

PHILIPPINES ON SATURDAY

MORNING.

THEY'RE LABELLING IT ANOTHER

SUPER TYPHOONS.

IT IS COMING ASHORE JUST

NORTH OF TACLOBAN.

PLEASE PRAY.

BUT OUR "OPERATION BLESSING"

TEAMS ARE ON THE GROUND

THERE AND PREPARING DISASTER

RECOVERY KITS, PREPARING IN

THE DISASTER AREAS, STORING

WATER AND FOOD AND MEDICINE,

GETTING READY FOR THAT SUPER

TYPHOON BECAUSE WHEN THESE

THINGS COME ASHORE --

TACLOBAN WAS A CITY OF

250,000 PEOPLE AND IT WAS

COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.

WHEN YOU SEE THE AERIAL

FOOTAGE, THE DEVASTATION WAS

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

THERE ARE SOME VILLAGES

AROUND THAT LANDFALL THAT

HAVEN'T COME BACK AT ALL.

WE WANT TO BE THEREMENT AND

WE WANT TO BE THERE IN YOUR

NAME.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE, JUST

CALL US.

1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO GIVE TO

CBN DISASTER RELIEF.

AND THERE IS ALSO A PLACE ON

THE WEBSITE, AT CBN.COM.

AND THERE IS A PLACE WHERE

YOU CAN DESIGNATE YOUR GIFT

TO CBN INTERNATIONAL

DISASTER RELIEF, OR YOU CAN

WRITE US, CBN CENTER,

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA,

23463.

IN ADDITION TO PREPARING, IN

ADDITION TO GIVING, IN

ADDITION TO HELPING, WE CAN

ALSO PRAY BECAUSE GOD

ALMIGHTY CAN TURN THAT

STORM.

HE CAN WEAKEN THAT STORM.

HE CAN TURN THAT STORM INTO

A SMALL RAIN CLOUD.

LET'S JUST ASK HIM.

SO, WENDY, WOULD YOU LEAD

US?

Wendy: I WOULD LOVE

TO.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE

PHILIPPINES.

LORD, WE KNOW YOU LOVE THESE

PEOPLE.

WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW, GOD,

FOR MERCY.

LORD, JESUS COMMANDED THE

STORMS AND THEY WENT AWAY.

FATHER, WE COMMAND TYPHOON

RUBY TO HEAD BACK OUT TO

SEA, NOT TO HIT LAND.

LORD, WE ASK FOR A HEDGE OF

PROTECTION ON YOUR PEOPLE,

ESPECIALLY THE TOWNS THAT

HAVE BEEN HIT HARD FROM THE

LAST TYPHOON.

LORD, WE KNOW, FATHER, THAT

YOU'RE HEARING OUR PRAYER

RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'RE GOING

TO HELP YOUR PRECIOUS PEOPLE

IN THE PHILIPPINES.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

Gordon: AMEN.

Wendy: COMING UP, A

WOMAN MISSES A STEP AND

STUMBLES IN THE DARK.

WHEN I STOOD, MY FOOT

FLOPPED BACKWARDS LIKE

RUBBER.

I KNEW IN MY HEART IT WAS

BROKE.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT

IT.

Wendy: HEAR HOW THIS

NURSE RECEIVED A

SUPERNATURAL HEALING, PLUS,

WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND

YOUR NEEDS, SO STAY WITH

US.

Wendy: I'VE GOT ONE,

TOO.

WE WANT YOU TO HELP US KEEP

CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS BY

DISPLAYING THIS MERRY

CHRISTMAS STICKER IN THE

WINDOW OF YOUR CAR, HOME, OR

BUSINESS, OR WHEREVER YOU

WANT TO.

IF YOU'RE A CBN PARTNER,

YOUR STICKER IS ALREADY ON

ITS WAY TO YOU.

LOOK FOR IT IN THIS ENVELOPE

IN THE MAIL.

IF YOU'RE NOT A CBN PARTNER,

WE'LL MAIL YOU A STICKER

ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN,

1-800-759-0700, OR LOG ON

TO CBN.COM.

LET'S DO OUR PART.

WE CAN ALL DO THIS TOGETHER

TO MAKE THIS A VERY MERRY

CHRISTMAS BY GETTING ONE OF

THESE STICKERS.

Gordon: MERRY

CHRISTMAS.

WELL, YVONNE SUSTER IS A

NURSE, AND THAT'S HOW SHE

KNEW HER FOOT WAS BROKEN

AFTER A BAD FALL.

BUT WHEN THE PAIN BEGAN

GETTING WORSE INSTEAD OF

GETTING BETTER, IT WASN'T

MEDICINE THAT SHE TURNED TO

FOR A CURE.

Reporter: YVONNE SUSTER

WAS GOING OUT TO HER CAR ONE

NIGHT WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON

HER STEPS.

I MISSED A STEP BECAUSE

IT WAS DARK, AND I LANDED ON

THE GROUND.

AND I HAD REALIZED I BUSTED

MY FOOT.

I PRAYED, DEAR GOD, JESUS,

PLEASE DON'T LET MY FOOT BE

BROKEN.

Reporter: AS A NURSE,

YVONNE KNEW IT WAS BAD.

I GOT MYSELF TOGETHER AND

STOOD UP, WHEN I STOOD, MY

FOOT FLOPPED BACKWARDS LIKE

RUBBER.

AND I KNEW IN MY HEART IT

WAS BROKE.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT

IT.

Reporter: THE DOCTOR

CONFIRMED HER FEARS.

I HAD LOTS OF BROKEN

BONES IN MY FOOT.

AND ALL OF THE METARSILS IN

THERE.

BUT MIRACULOUSLY, THEY WERE

ALL IN ALIGNMENT AND I WOULD

NOT NEED SURGERY.

Reporter: AND SHE WAS

ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK.

AND THEN SHE GOT LAID OFF.

I HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS

WHERE I WAS HAVING LOTS OF

INACTIVITY, AND IT WAS QUITE

WARM OUTSIDE YET, AND SO I

WAS KIND OF CONFINED TO THE

HOUSE.

IT WAS GETTING SO PAINFUL,

AND IT GOT TO WHERE I

COULDN'T BEND MY FOOT AT

ALL.

Reporter: THE PAIN ONLY

GOT WORSE, AND YVONNE ASKED

GOD FOR RELIEF.

I WAS JUST PRAYING AND

BELIEVING GOD.

I HAVE TO HAVE MY FOOT TO

WORK.

I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY

SON.

I'VE GOT TO HAVE A JOB AND

GO TO HIS GAMES.

I HAVE TO FUNCTION ON MY JOB

TO TAKE CARE OF OTHER

PEOPLE.

Reporter: WHILE RESTING

ONE DAY, SHE TURNED ON "THE

700 CLUB."

TERRY CAME ON AND WAS

PRAYING, AND SHE SAYS...

Terry: IT HAS SOMETHING

TO DO WITH YOUR TENDONS.

IT IS TENDONS IN YOUR BODY,

AND THEY'RE SHORTENED, LIKE

THEY DON'T STRETCH THE WAY

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

THIS PUTS YOU IN A CRIPPLING

CONDITION.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT NOW.

THE POWER OF THE LORD IS

JUST GOING TO BEGIN TO FLOW

THROUGH YOU, AND TOE THOSE

TENDONS ARE GOING TO BECOME

NORMAL.

I SAID, OH, MY GOSH,

THAT'S ME.

AND I JUMPED UP.

AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO

PAIN.

AND I RAN AND I SQUATTED AND

WENT UP AND DOWN THE STEPS.

EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO

NORMAL.

IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

Reporter: AND NOW FULLY

HEALED, SHE IS BACK TO DOING

WHAT SHE LOVES, TAKING CARE

OF PEOPLE.

I JUST FEEL SO BLESSED

THAT GOD HAS RESTORED ME,

RECOVERED ME, REDEEMED ME,

PUT MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER TO

BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND

CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF

PATIENTS AND DOING MY JOB.

IT WAS VERY HUMBLING.

YOU KNOW GOD LOVES YOU.

HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR EVERY

NEED AND EVERY CARE.

HE'S NEVER LET ME DOWN.

Gordon: HE'S ALWAYS

THERE FOR EVERY NEED AND

EVERY CARE.

REALIZE THAT GOD IS THE

ANSWER TO EVERY HUMAN NEED.

JESUS IS THE ANSWER.

THAT'S WHY HE CAME.

THAT'S WHY HE DIED ON A

CROSS.

THAT'S WHY HE ROSE AGAIN

FROM THE GRAVE.

SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALL

THE BLESSINGS THAT HE

INTENDED FROM THE VERY

BEGINNING IN THE GARDEN OF

EDEN.

THAT IS GOD'S PLAN.

AND YOU CAN RECEIVE HIS

PLAN.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

BELIEVE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRUST

HIM AND SAY, JESUS, I'M

HERE.

HERE'S MY NEED.

CAN YOU SUPPLY ALL OF MY

NEED ACCORDING TO YOUR

RICHES AND GLORY?

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY.

AND BEFORE WE PRAY, WE WANT

TO READ SOME OTHER MIRACLES

THAT HAVE COME INTO US.

THIS IS SHIRLEY FROM CEDAR

BLUFF, ALABAMA.

SHE FOUND A LUMP ON HER

HEAD.

THE DOCTOR TESTED IT, AND IT

CAME BACK CANCER.

SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED TO

HAVE IT REMOVED.

AS THE DATE GREW NEAR,

SHIRLEY CALLED CBN TO ASK

FOR PRAYER.

TWO DAYS LATER, AS SHE WAS

SCRATCHED HER HEAD, SHE FELT

THE SKIN CANCER CRUMBLING TO

THE TOUCH.

WHEN SHE WENT BACK TO THE

SURGEON, HE DID A BIOPSY OF

HER SCALP, LOOKING FOR ANY

REMAINS, AND HE COULDN'T

FIND ANY REMAINS OF CANCER.

SHE WAS SO EXCITED, SHE WENT

HOME AND SAID, I'VE GOT TO

LOG ON TO Facebook AND LET

PEOPLE KNOW.

THAT'S A WONDERFUL STORY.

Wendy: IN 2009,

KATHLEEN FROM MICHIGAN FELL

ON THE STAIRS, DAMAGING HER

SPINE.

SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO

RESOLVE THE INJURY.

BUT AFTERWARDS SHE WAS LEFT

WITH A RESIDUAL ACHE.

THEN IN JANUARY OF THIS

YEAR, THE AGONY RETURNED

WITH VENGEANCE.

SHE COULD BARELY EVEN WALK.

THEN ONE DAY SHE CAME ACROSS

A BROADCAST OF "THE 700

CLUB."

SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL

OF TELEVISION MINISTRIES,

AND HAD EVEN LAUGHED AT

THEM.

AND JUST THEN SHE HEARD YOU,

GORDIE, GIVE A WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE WITH BACK PAINS

AND SHOOTING PAINS DOWN THE

RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY.

GOD IS TAKING ALL OF THAT

AWAY.

HE IS ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN

YOUR SPINE AND RELEASE YOU

OF ALL OF THAT PAIN IN

JESUS' NAME.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PAIN WAS

GONE.

AND, GUESS WHAT?

SHE IS NOW A REGULAR WATCHER

OF "THE 700 CLUB."

Gordon: GOD SO LOVED

THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS

ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHO

SO FAR THAT BELIEVES IN HIM

SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE

EVERLASTING LIFE.

AND IT IS NOT JUST FOR

HEAVEN BECAUSE WE GET TO

PRAY THAT GOD'S WILL WOULD

BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN

HEAVEN.

SO LET'S DO.

PUT ASIDE ALL OF YOUR

DOUBTS.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO SET THEM

ASIDE.

JESUS, I'M HERE.

COULD YOU FILL ME WITH YOUR

GLORY?

COULD YOU FILL ME WITH YOUR

PRESENCE PROCEEDING COULD

YOU DO MIRACLES FOR ME?

COULD YOU BE THE MESSIAH FOR

ME?

AND IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH

ALL OF YOUR HEART, HE'LL

ANSWER.

HE'LL COME JUST FOR YOU.

YOU CAN BE A SCOFFER.

YOU CAN BE LAUGHING AT IT.

HE'LL STILL COME FOR U.HE

LOVEYOU.

HE LOVES YOU THAT MUCH.

LET'S PRAY AND LET'S JUST

BELIEVE GOD AND SEE WHAT

HE'LL DO FOR YOU.

LORD, WE JUST LIFT THE NEEDS

OF THE AUDIENCE TO YOU RIGHT

NOW.

AND WE JUST DECLARE OVER

THEM THAT YOU WILL SUPPLY

THEIR EVERY NEED ACCORDING

TO YOUR RICHES AND GLORY.

AND SO, LORD, FOR THOSE IN

NEED OF HEALING RIGHT NOW,

WE JUST COME INTO

AGREEMENT.

Wendy: YES, LORD.

Gordon: WENDY AND I

AGREE, AND WE REACH OUT AND

WE AGREE WITH THOSE IN

NEED.

AND YOUR WORD SAYS IF TWO OR

MORE AGREE TOUCHING

ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE DONE

BY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

SO WE AGREE AND WE AGREE

CONCERNING THEIR HEALING

NOW.

AND WE SPEAK OVER THEM, BE

HEALED AND BE MADE WHOLE BY

THE POWER OF GOD.

MAY THERE BE RESTORATION IN

EVERY CELL OF THEIR BEING

NOW, IN JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'VE GOT

A MASS IN THE LOWER LOBE OF

YOUR RIGHT LUNG, AND IT IS

CAUSING DISCOMFORT.

IT JUST FEELS HEAVY IN

THERE.

AND THERE IS PAIN IN THE

UPPER PART OF THE LUNG.

GOD IS HEALING YOU.

HE JUST TOOK IT ALL AWAY.

TAKE THAT DEEP BREATH OF JOY

AND REALIZE YOU'VE BEEN

HEALED.

HE HAS RESTORED YOU NOW.

THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A

PROBLEM WITH YOUR AORTA, AND

GOD IS HEALING THAT.

HE IS OPENING IT UP,

RESTORING NORMAL FUNG

FUNCTION TO YOUR HEART.

GOD IS ABLE TO HEAL YOU NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

WENDY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

Wendy: LORD, THERE IS

SOMEONE WITH DIABETIC PAIN.

IT IS VERY SEVERE.

GOD IS TOUCHING YOU NOW.

RECEIVE THAT HEALING IN

JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE IS HAVING TROUBLE

BREATHING, WITH VERY SEVERE

ASTHMA, AND GOD IS TOUCHING

YOU RIGHT NOW IN JESUS'

NAME.

Gordon: LORD, WE THANK

YOU.

WE THANK YOU.

THERE IS SOMEONE, IT'S LIKE

YOU HAVE PAIN IN BOTH OF

YOUR FEET.

IT'S LIKE TINY LITTLE

NEEDLES THAT GO INTO THE

SOLES OF YOUR FEET, AND GOD

IS HEALING THAT.

HE IS TAKING IT AWAY.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS A PROBLEM

WITH YOUR RIGHT ANKLE, THERE

IS INSTABILITY IN IT.

YOU DON'T TRUST IT WITH THE

WEIGHT OF YOUR BODY.

GOD IS HEALING YOU.

HE IS ABLE TO HEAL THAT.

Wendy: THERE IS

SOMEONE, YOU ARE NOT AN

AMERICAN, BUT YOU LIVE IN

AMERICA.

YOU'RE SO HOME SICK.

YOU FEEL LIKE A FOREIGNER,

AND GOD IS JUST TOUCHING

YOU.

HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE

NOT ALONE, AND THAT HE IS

GOING TO GIVE YOU A MERRY

CHRISTMAS DESPITE THE

CIRCUMSTANCES.

Gordon: LORD, WE THANK

YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SACRIFICE, FOR YOUR LIFE,

THE LIFE THAT YOU SO FREELY

GAVE FOR US.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT.

WE BLESS YOUR NAME IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

Wendy: AMEN.

Gordon: IF YOU HAVE A

GOOD REPORT, GOD'S TOUCHED

YOU, SHARE IT WITH US.

AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO GIVE

GOD GLORY FOR WHAT HE HAS

DONE FOR ME.

GIVE US A CALL,

1-800-759-0700.

YOU CAN ALSO POST IT ON OUR

Facebook PAGE.

AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER,

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU 24 HOURS

A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

IN PREVAILING PRAYER.

IF YOU DON'T GET AN ANSWER

THE FIRST TIME, KEEP ON

KNOCKING, KEEP ON PRAYING

UNTIL YOU GET THE ANSWER.

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.

SO CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" AFTER

THIS.

Gordon: STILL AHEAD...

TALKING ABOUT THE

CHARACTERS, THE ARTIFACTS

ARTIFACTS --

Gordon: SOMETHING NEW

AND EXCITING FROM

"SUPERBOOK," JUST IN TIME

FOR CHRISTMAS.

IT IS JUST AMAZING.

Gordon: LATER ON, A

LOOK AT HALLMARK'S LATEST

CHRISTMAS FEATURE WITH THE

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR MIND THE

NEW MOVIE, TODAY.

AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB" FOR THIS CBN NEWS

BREAK.

SATANISTS WILL BE ABLE TO

PUT UP A HOLIDAY DISPLAY IN

FLORIDA STATE CAPITAL.

MIAMI IS REPORTING THE

DISPLAY SHOWS AN ANGEL

FALLING INTO HELL, AND IT

HAS A BANNER ON TOP THAT

SAYS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FROM

THE SATANIC TEMPLE.

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

TACKLING HUNGER IN AMERICA,

TEAMING UP WITH THE NFL'S

WASHINGTON REDSKINS AND

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

DISTRIBUTED FOOD TO

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LAST

WEEK.

THE EVENT WAS PART OF THE

ANNUAL HARVEST FEAST TO

PROVIDE HOPE AND HELP TO

THOSE IN NEED THIS HOLIDAY

SEASON.

NFL PLAYERS AND VOLUNTEERS

HELPED HAND OUT BAGS FILLED

WITH NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AND

PRODUCE TO FAMILIES.

IN THE END, VOLUNTEERS

DISTRIBUTED 80,000 POUNDS OF

FOOD TO FAMILIES AND

CHILDREN IN NEED.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

"OPERATION BLESSING" BY

GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE AT

OB.ORG.

GORDON AND WENDY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Gordon: WELL,

"SUPERBOOK" IS BRINGING THE

STORIES OF THE BIBLE TO THE

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ONE

FAMILY AT A TIME.

AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET A

FAMILY THAT IS CREATING

THEIR OWN "SUPERBOOK"

LEGACY.

MATT OLSON AND HIS SIX

BROTHERS WERE RAISED WITH

THE ORIGINAL "SUPERBOOK"

SERIES, AND NOW A NEW

GENERATION OF OLSONS IS

FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS

AND BEYOND.

Reporter: GRANDMA OLSON

KNOWS HOW TO THROW A FUN

PARTY FOR HER GRANDKIDS.

POP A LITTLE POPCORN AND

PLAY AN EPISODE OF

"SUPERBOOK."

I GET REALLY EXCITED TO

COME OVER AND WATCH

"SUPERBOOK."

IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU

HOME.

I SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN

SMILING AND LAUGHING,

TOTALLY INVOLVED WITH THE

STORY.

IT MAKES THE BIBLE COME

ALIVE.

LIKE I CAN REALLY FEEL IT.

WHAT'S NEXT?

WHAT'S NEXT?

I JUST WANT TO LEARN A

LOT.

YOU CAN LOOK UP WHAT

"SUPERBOOK" YOU'RE GOING TO

BE WATCHING.

YOU CAN OPEN IT AND IT IS

EXACTLY TRUE WITH THE

BIBLE.

Reporter: THAT IS

SOMETHING GRANDMA OLSON'S

SON LOVES ABOUT THE BOOK.

HE AND HIS SIX BROTHERS WERE

RAISED BY THE "SUPERBOOK"

SERIES.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY

ACCURATELY PORTRAYING THE

STORIES.

EVEN THE MINUTE DETAILS OF

WHAT GOES INTO THESE

STORIES, AND IT REALLY GETS

MY KIDS INTERESTED, AND I

LOVE IT.

Reporter: TODAY MATT'S

KIDS HAVE A TOOL HE NEVER

HAD, THE FREE "SUPERBOOK"

APP.

IT IS JUST AMAZING.

IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE

CHARACTERS, THE ARTIFACTS,

AND THE GAMES ARE AWESOME.

IT IS AN AWESOME PLACE TO GO

TO ON THE PHONE.

I

LOVE THE "SUPERBOOK"

APP BECAUSE YOU GO ON

THERE

ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.

THERE IS SO MUCH DARKNESS

IN THE VIDEOS AND IN SOME OF

THE THINGS THAT THE KIDS

WATCH THESE DAYS, AND SO

MUCH VIOLENCE AND

IMMORTALITY, AND YOU HAVE

SOMETHING LIKE "SUPERBOOK"

THAT BRINGS LIGHT, AND THAT

WILL COUNTER-BALANCE THIS

DARKNESS THAT HAS COME INTO

THEIR LIFE.

I'M VERY THRILLED THAT THAT

LEGACY IS BEING PASSED DOWN

TO THE GRANDKIDS.

Reporter: AND GRANDMA

IS GLAD HER PARTNER WITH CBN

IS BRINGING "SUPERBOOK" AND

THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE TO

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.

IT SEEMS TO BE ACCEPTED

BY ALL GOVERNMENT.

THIS WILL BRING A LOT OF

KIDS INTO THE KINGDOM,

SEEING THESE STORIES WHEN

THEY'RE LITTLE.

PLUS, IT WILL HELP THEM WHEN

THEY'RE OLDER.

THEY CAN TRUST THEIR

HEAVENLY FATHER TO TAKE CARE

OF THEM, TO LEAD THEM.

* TAKE MY LIFE AND MAKE

NEW *

* AND HELP ME, LORD, TO LIVE

FOR YOU *

Reporter: JUST ONE

QUESTION --

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE

GOING TO MAKE THEIR NEXT

"SUPERBOOK" MOVIE?

Gordon: WELL, WE HAVE

THE NEXT "SUPERBOOK" MOVIE.

IT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE

BAPTIST, IN TIME FOR

CHRISTMAS.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A

COPY OF IT, WHAT WE'RE

ASKING FOR IS FOR YOU TO

JOIN THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

CLUB AND HELP US WITH THE

PRODUCTION COSTS OF THIS

SERIES.

OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE IT OUT

TO 104 EPISODES SO WE CAN

HAVE TWO YEARS OF

BROADCASTS, ONCE A WEEK.

104 GIVES YOU TWO YEARS OF

BROADCASTS, SO WE CAN

SATURATE THE WORLD.

SO THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

CAN KNOW THE STORIES OF THE

BIBLE, AND KNOW 104 OF

THEM.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO:

YOU CALL US.

1-800-759-0700.

SAY, I WANT TO JOIN THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

NOW, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL

CHRISTMAS OFFER FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU JOIN TODAY, YOU'LL

GET NOT JUST ONE D.V.D.,

YOU'LL GET THREE D.V.D.s

OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE

BAPTIST.

AND THEN YOU'LL GET THREE

MORE OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS,

THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

SO YOU'LL HAVE LOTS AND LOTS

OF STOCKING STUFFERS FOR THE

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

IN YOUR LIFE.

SO IF YOU WANT THAT AND YOU

WANT IT IN TIME FOR

CHRISTMAS, YOU NEED TO CALL

TODAY.

1-800-759-0700.

AND THERE IS EVEN MORE.

WHEN YOU JOIN THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D. CLUB,

WE'VE STREAMED THE ENTIRE

FIRST SERIES, 13 EPISODES

READY TO STREAM TO YOUR

COMPUTER, TO MOBILE DEVICES,

AND YOU CAN ACTIVATE THREE

DEVICES IF YOU'RE A MEMBER

OF THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

CLUB.

SO IF YOU WANT THAT, CALL US

RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D. CLUB,

YOUR ACTIVATION CODE IS

BEING MAILED TO YOU TODAY.

SO THERE IS NOTHING -- YOU

DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T GET IT, THERE

IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO

ON THE ACTIVATION CODE.

WE'LL SEND ALL OF THAT TO

YOU THROUGH E-MAIL SO YOU

CAN START ACTIVATING YOUR

DEVICES NOW.

DO IT NOW.

CALL US NOW AND JOIN WITH

US.

1-800-759-0700.

WENDY?

Wendy: WELL, UP NEXT,

MEET THE WRITER BEHIND SUCH

HOLIDAY FAVORITES AS "THE

CHRISTMAS SHOES," "THE

CHRISTMAS BLESSING," AND

"THE CHRISTMAS SECRET."

DONNA VAN LEAR TALKS ABOUT

HER LATEST BOOK, "THE

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS," RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELL, WHAT'S

YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS

MOVIE?

CHANCES ARE IT COULD BE ONE

THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE

NOVELIST WHO SAYS THAT

CHRISTMAS IS A GREATER

MIRACLE HA THAN EASTER.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: BEST-SELLING

AUTHOR, DONNA VAN LEAR, HAS

INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

WITH HER POPULAR CHRISTMAS

STORIES.

SEVERAL HAVE BEEN ADAPTED

INTO MOVIES.

HER NEW NOVEL, "THE

CHRISTMAS LIGHT" IS THE

STORY OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO

FIND HOPE IN THE MIDST OF

THEIR STRUGGLES THROUGH THE

BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.

Wendy: AND PLEASE

WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB,"

DONNA VAN LEAR.

THANK YOU.

Wendy: WHAT IS IT ABOUT

CHRISTMAS THAT INSPIRES YOU

SO MUCH?

THERE IS A GREAT MAGIC

BETWEEN THAT HOLIDAY SEASON,

BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND

CHRISTMAS.

AND IT'S A REALLY DARK AND

DEPRESSING TIME FOR A LOT OF

PEOPLE.

BUT EVEN DEEP DOWN, I THINK

THEY REALLY WANT THAT KIND

OF HOPE.

THEY REALLY WANT TO HOPE

THAT THAT KIND OF LIGHT WILL

INVADE THEM.

YOU KNOW, THAT BEAUTY OF

CHRISTMAS.

SO WHEN I WRITE ALL OF THESE

BOOKS, ANY OF THEM, I ALWAYS

WRITE ABOUT REAL CHARACTERS

GOING THROUGH REAL

SITUATIONS, REAL LIFE

THINGS.

BUT I WANT TO INS FUSE I IN

FUSE IT WITH HOPE, THAT BY

THE TIME THE READER GETS TO

THE LAST PAGE, THEY WILL

KNOW THAT HOPE IS ALIVE.

Wendy: AND THAT'S SO

IMPORTANT.

YOU SAID THAT CHRISTMAS IS

EVEN A GREATER MIRACLE THAN

EASTER.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

WELL, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

WE HEAR STORIES OUT OF

AFRICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

WHERE DEAD PEOPLE, EVEN

TODAY, ARE BROUGHT BACK TO

LIFE.

BUT TO ACTUALLY LEAVE THE

MAJESTY AND THE BEAUTY AND

THE SPLENDOR OF HEAVEN TO

COME DOWN HERE AND LIVE

AMONG US.

WHAT DID C.S. LEWIS SAY?

HE LIKENED THAT TO US

BECOMING A WORM AND CRAWLING

THROUGH THE DIRT.

THAT IS A GREAT MIRACLE OF

CHRISTMAS, THAT JESUS WOULD

EVEN WANT TO DO THAT.

Wendy: YOU'RE FIRST

BOOK WAS INSPIRED BY A

SINGER IN THE GROUP "NEW

SONG."

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

OUR FRIEND, EDDIE, WAS A

CO-WRITER OF THAT SONG.

HE SAID, DONNA, I HAVE A

GREAT IDEA FOR A CHRISTMAS

SONG.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK?

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, EDDIE,

I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A

REALLY GOOD BOOK.

AND JUST KIND OF TONGUE IN

CHEEK, HE SAID, YOU'RE THE

ONE WITH THE COMPUTER, GET

TO WRITING IT.

BEFORE I EVER HEARD THE

SONG, I WAS ABLE TO GO HOME

AND PLOT IT OUT AND DO THE

OUTLINE AND THE CHARACTER

DEVELOPMENT AND START TO

WRITE IT BEFORE I WROTE IT.

Wendy: AND HALLMARK

MADE A MOVIE CALLED

"CHRISTMAS SHOES."

THAT WAS CBS.

Wendy: OH, CBS, I'M

SORRY.

AND NOW YOUR LATEST NOVEL IS

CALLED "THE CHRISTMAS

LIGHT."

WHAT IS THE GIST OF THAT?

IT IS A MOM AND HER

6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A

TERRIBLY TRAGIC EVENT IN

THEIR LIFE AND THEY'RE GOING

INTO THERAPY TOGETHER.

ANOTHER STORY LINE IS A

YOUNG GIRL WHO IS VERY

TROUBLED AND IS IN A BAD

SITUATION.

IT IS ALL OF THESE LIVES

THAT KIND OF WEAVE IN AND

OUT OF EACH OTHER'S LIFE'S.

BUT THEY ALL CON VIRGE AT

CONVERGE AT A LOCAL IN ANY

IN AN NATIVITY.

AND IT IS A TYPICAL

SMALL-TOWN NATIVITY WHERE

PEOPLE WANT TO SING, AND

MAYBE DON'T SING SO WELL.

OR THEY WANT TO ACT, AND

MAYBE THEY DON'T ACT SO

WELL.

BUT IT ALL ENDS UP BEING A

THING OF BEAUTY BECAUSE IT

IS NOT ABOUT THEM, IT IS

ABOUT THE MESSAGE.

Wendy: WHAT DO YOU HOPE

READERS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM

YOUR LATEST BOOK?

AGAIN, THAT THE LIGHT OF

CHRISTMAS CAN INVADE THEM,

EVEN IN THEIR DARKEST

SITUATIONS, EVEN IN THE

MOMENTS WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE

I'M TOTALLY HOPELESS.

IT IS THAT GREAT LIGHT OF

CHRISTMAS.

IT IS THAT JESUS CAME DOWN

FOR US.

IT IS HIS JOY THAT CAN

INVADE US.

THAT'S REALLY THE MESSAGE OF

ALL OF THE BOOKS.

AGAIN, HOPE IS ALIVE.

Wendy: NOW, ON

DECEMBER 7th, HALLMARK

WILL PREMIER A NEW MOVIE

BASED ON THE BOOK "THE

CHRISTMAS SECRET."

TELL US ABOUT THAT BOOK.

IT IS ACTUALLY THE

HALLMARK MOVIES AND MYSTERY

CHANNEL.

AND THAT'S ABOUT A SINGLE

MOM.

I HAVE SEVERAL SINGLE MOM

FRIENDS, AND I WATCH THEM.

AND I THINK, THERE ARE TWO

OF US IN OUR FAMILY TAKING

CARE OF OUR KIDS AND GETTING

THEM HERE AND THERE.

HOW DOES A SINGLE MOM OR DAD

DO IT?

SO "THE CHRISTMAS SECRET" IS

ABOUT CHRISTINE.

AND JUST WHEN SHE THINKS I'M

BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN,

SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT PULLS

THE RUG OUT FROM UNDERNEATH

HER AGAIN.

Wendy: YOU LIVE IN

NASHVILLE, AND YOU'RE

RAISING THREE KIDS, AND HOW

DO YOU FIND TIME TO WRITE

EIGHT NOVELS?

I ALWAYS WRITE WHEN

THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.

IF THEY'RE HOME FOR SPRING

BREAK OR CHRISTMAS BREAK OR

HOME FOR THE SUMMER, I'M NOT

WRITING.

I ONLY WRITE WHEN THEY'RE IN

SCHOOL.

SO I KEEP THE IDEAS KIND OF

PERCOLATING UP THERE.

Wendy: WE KNOW THIS

LATEST ONE IS GOING TO BE A

BIG HIT.

THE MOVIE IS COMING OUT.

AND DONNA'S NEW BOOK IS

CALLED "THE CHRISTMAS

LIGHT."

AND REMEMBER TO WATCH THE

WORLD PREMIER OF "THE

CHRISTMAS SECRET" ON SUNDAY,

DECEMBER 7th, AT 9:00

Gordon: WELL, CHRISTMAS

IS THE SEASON OF GIVING.

AND IF YOU HAVE APPRECIATED

STOCK, IF YOU HAVE STOCK

THAT HAS GONE UP IN VALUE,

THE I.R.S. HAS A DEAL FOR

YOU WHERE IF YOU DON'T SELL

THE STOCK BUT YOU GIVE THE

STOCK TO CBN, YOU AVOID ALL

CAPITAL GAINS ON THAT

STOCK.

AND THEN YOU GET TO GET A

DEDUCTION FOR FULL VALUE OF

THE STOCK AS A DEDUCTION

AGAINST YOUR ORDINARY

INCOME.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL

OPPORTUNITY, ALL YOU HAVE TO

DO IS CALL US.

1-800-759-0700.

OR YOU CAN SEND US AN

E-MAIL.

AND THE E-MAIL IS

plannedgivingatCBN.org SO

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, DO

IT NOW.