ABOARD A CITY ON THE

SEA.

YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

REMIND YOURSELF THIS IS ONLY

FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

UNDER PRESSURE AND ON A

MISSION.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

PLUS...

ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE

HIGH-PAID CALL GIRLS.

SHE LIVED OUT "FIFTY

SHADES OF GREY."

THIS MADAM SPOKE OVER ME,

YOU'RE A DOMINATRIX.

AND BROKE HERSELF ALONG

THE WAY.

ON TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."

Pat: WELCOME TO "THE

700 CLUB."

THEIR NAME MEANS "THOSE WHO

FACE DEATH."

THEY'RE THE PESHMERGA, THE

KURDISH SOLDIERS WHO ARE

FIGHTING ISIS IN NORTHERN

IRAQ.

AND THEY'VE HAD SOME

SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES, BUT

THEY SAY THEY NEED MUCH MORE

HELP FROM AMERICA IF THEY'RE

GOING TO DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC

KILLERS FROM ISIS.

Terry: CBN'S GARY LANE

VISITED WITH THE PESHMERGA

SOLDIERS AND THE GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS TO GET THE INSIDE

STORY ON THE FIGHT AGAINST

ISIS AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE

TO WIN.

Reporter: MEET THE

PESHMERGA, FRONTLINE

FIGHTERS PROTECTING IRAQI

KURDISTAN FROM THE ISLAMIC

STATE.

THIS EXPERIENCED SOLD JOINED

THEM IN 1982.

HE HAS FOUGHT IN MANY

BATTLES, MOSTLY AGAINST

SADDAM HUSSEIN ARMY.

WITH SADDAM, WE FOUGHT

AGAINST AN ARMY.

THE ISIS TERRORISTS ARE

COWARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE

KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Reporter: OTHER

PESHMERGA TROOPS AGREE.

THE ISLAMIC STATE

FIGHTERS ARE FEARLESS.

THEY ARE ANIMALS.

WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE

WHOLE WORLD.

WE WILL NEVER, EVER KNEEL

DOWN TO THEM.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE

AMERICAN HELP.

ISIS IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL

ARMY.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THEM

BRAVELY AND DEFEATING THEM,

THANKS BE TO GOD.

Reporter: WE'RE AT

TIGER CAMP, AND THIS IS A

PESHMERGA BASE CAMP, NOT FAR

FROM THE CITY OF MOSUL.

TALKING TO THESE SOLDIERS,

THESE TROOPS, THEY TOLD ME

THAT THEY CAN DEFEAT ISIS,

BUT THEY NEED AMERICAN

ADVANCED WEAPONRY.

THIS MAN COMMANDS THE

PESHMERGA IN THIS PART OF

ISLAM.

MY SECTION IS MORE THAN

150 KILOMETRES LONG, BUT WE

DON'T GET ANY NEW WEAPONS ON

GROUND.

WE NEED HEAVY MACHINE

WEAPONS, BIG CALIBERS, AND

WE NEED TANKS.

WE NEED THE SAME THING THE

TERRORISTS ARE USING AGAINST

US.

Reporter: SOME OF THE

RIFLES USED BY THE PESHMERGA

ARE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD.

SO WHY DON'T THEY HAVE MORE

ADVANCED ONES?

I POSED THAT QUESTION TO

KURDISH OFFICIAL.

I POSE THAT QUESTION,

TOO.@I

Reporter: SO IF THEREñ

IS RESISTANCE, WHERE IS IT

COMING FROM, WASHINGTON OR

BAGHDAD?

IT IS WITH BOTH BECAUSE

UNFORTUNATELY, BAGHDAD IS

PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT

PART OF THE SOLUTION SO

FAR.

Reporter: BEFORE

STEPPING ASIDE LAST YEAR,

FORMER IRAQI PRIME MINISTER

al-MALIKI REPORTEDLY GAVE

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO THE SHAIAS.

AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

IRAN AND TURKEY HEAR A

WELL-ARMED KURDISTAN MIGHT

DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM

IRAN AND THEN THREATEN

THEM.

BUT THE DEPUTY SPEAKER OF

THE KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT

TOLD ME, STRONGER FORCES

WOULD BE GOOD FOR THOSE

COUNTRIES BY DEFEATING ISIS

AND BRINGING STABILITY TO

THE REGION.

THOUGH WE HAVE MADE

PROGRESS IN TALKS WITH

TURKEY, WE HAVE NOT

CONVINCED THEM OF THIS.

WE HOPE TO PERSUADE THEM

THAT THE STRONGER KURDISTAN

WILL HELP REGIONAL

SECURITY.

Reporter: THE IRAQI

MILITARY IS FIGHTING TO WIN

THE CITY OF TIKRIT BACK FROM

ISIS.

ONCE TIKRIT IS LIBERATED,

THE IRAQI MILITARY WILL

CONCENTRATE ON FREEING ISIS

FROM KURDISH CONTROL.

HUNDREDS OF THE PESHMERGA

TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED

FIGHTING ISIS, AND THEY SAY

WITHOUT THE ADVANCED WEAPONS

THEY NEED, MANY MORE MAY DIE

IN MOSUL AND ELSEWHERE IN

IRAQ.

IF WE GIVE LIFE, WHY ARE

WE NOT GIVING HEAVY WEAPONS

TO PROTECT LIFE.

AND TO DEFEAT ISIS AS

QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

CBN NEWS, ARAKAR, IRAQ.

Pat: THANK YOU, GARY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS

IMPORTANT WE STOP THIS

FICTION THAT SOMEHOW THE

FOLKS IN BAGHDAD ARE THE

ONES IN IRAQ.

KURDISH AND WONDERFUL

PEOPLE, AND THE PESHMERGA

ARE BRAVE FIGHTERS, AND

WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ARMS.

WE'RE PASSING EVERYTHING TO

THAT GROUP IN BAGHDAD, MANY

OF WHOM ARE AS DISHONEST AS

THEY CAN BE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE

AL-MALIKI FAVORED THE

SHAIAS OVER THE SUNNIS.

AND YOU WOULDN'T ABOUT THOSE

MASS DEFECTIONS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE GOOD

LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE

MESS IN BAGHDAD.

WE SHOULD SEND ARMS DIRECTLY

TO THE PESHMERGA, AND WE

SHOULD GIVE THOSE PEOPLE

SOMETHING TO FIGHT WITH, AND

THEY WILL DEFEAT ISIS.

> WELL, HERE AT HOME,

REPUBLICANS WORRY THAT

PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD COME

UP WITH A BAD DEAL WITH IRAN

OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

AND THE FIGHT OVER THAT

TREATY IS HEATING UP IN

WASHINGTON.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THAT

STORY FROM THE CBN NEWS

ROOM.

Reporter: PAT, 47

REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE

SENDING A LETTER TO THE

LEADERS OF IRAN.

THEY ARGUE THAT ANY NUCLEAR

DEAL THEY CUT WITH THE U.S.

UNDER THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION WILL EXPIRE

THE DAY HE LEAVES OFFICE.

G.O.P. LEADERS WRITE, "YOU

MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND OR

CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM.

WE WILL CONSIDER ANY

AGREEMENT REGARDING YOUR

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM THAT

IS NOT APPROVED BY THE

CONGRESS AS NOTHING MORE

THAN THAN AN EXECUTIVE

AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT

OBAMA AND AYATOLLAH

KHAMENEI."

THE LETTER WAS ORGANIZED BY

ARKANSAS REPUBLICAN SENATOR

TOM COTTON.

AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS

AND SOME DEMOCRATS ARE

OUTRAGED, SAYING THAT THE

REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO

UNDERMINE THE PRESIDENT WITH

HIS TALKS WITH IRAN.

ATTORNEY GENERALS ARE URGING

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO

TOSS OUT THE CONVICTIONS OF

BOB McDONALD.

THEY SAY IT WILL ALLOW

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO MAKE

CHARGES AGAINST STATE

OFFICIALS FOR REGULAR

POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

HEATHER SELLS HAS THAT

STORY.

Reporter: BOB

McDONALD IS GETTING

SUPPORT FROM A BIPARTISAN

GROUP OF FORMER ATTORNEY

GENERALS WHO OPPOSE HIS

CONVICTION OF FEDERAL

CORRUPTION CHARGES.

23 DEMOCRATS AND 21

REPUBLICANS FILED THE BRIEF

ARGUING THAT McDONALD WAS

CONVICTED BASED ON AN OVER

OF BROADLY ACTION.

INSTEAD OF JUST NORMAL

POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

THEY WROTE, "AT THE VERY

LEAST, IT EMPOWERS FEDERAL

PROSECUTORS TO CHARGE STATE

OFFICIALS WITH CRIMES FOR

ROUTINE POLITICAL PLEASANTTRIES.

IN SEPTEMBER, A JURY FOUND

McDONALD AND HIS WIFE

GUILTY OF ACCEPTING MORE

THAN $165,000 IN GIFTS,

VACATIONS AND LOANS FROM

JOHNNIE WILLIAMS."

BUT WILLIAMS NEVER RECEIVED

ANYTHING TANGIBLE IN RETURN

FOR THE GIFTS.

THE ATTORNEYS SAY McDONALD

DID NOTHING BEYOND NORMAL

POLITICS.

AND THEY SAY IF THE

CONVICTIONS STAND, ATTORNEY

GENERALS WILL BE

HARD-PRESSED TO ADVICE THEIR

CLIENTS, WHETHER ACTIONS

CONSIDERED INNOCENT IS NOW

CONSIDERED A CRIME.

AFTER THE SENTENCE WAS

HANDED DOWN, McDONALD

APOLOGIZED FOR HIS MISTAKES,

BUT SAID HE DIDN'T VIOLATE

HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND WILL

CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO PROVE

HIS INNOCENCE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT

TO SAY I HAVE IMMENSE FAITH

IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT I

HAVE TREMENDOUS FAITH AND

TRUST IN THE PROVIDENCE OF

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AND HIS ABILITY TO MEET OUT

JUSTICE.

AND SO THAT IS MY HOPE FOR

ULTIMATE VINDICATION.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

SIX FORMER ATTORNEY

GENERALS, INCLUDING FOUR

DEMOCRATS, FILED A SEPARATE

"FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF,"

SAYING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE

COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT

THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY

McDONALD WERE ILLEGAL.

TWO GROUPS OF LAW PROFESSORS

AND A GROUP OF 120 BUSINESS

AND PUBLIC POLICY LEADERS

ARE ALSO STANDING WITH THE

FORMER GOVERNOR.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

AND McDONALD IS

CURRENTLY OUT ON BAIL

AWAITING ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR

HIS APPEAL.

THOSE ARE SET TO BEGIN IN

MAY.

PAT?

Pat: IN MY OPINION,

THAT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED

OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR

THIS MAN.

THE FACT THAT IT IS

BIPARTISAN, DEMOCRAT AND

REPUBLICAN, FROM ALL ACROSS

THE NATION, DISTINGUISHED

ATTORNEYS GENERAL, ALL

SAYING THAT THE JUDGE ERRED,

AND ALREADY THE FOURTH

CIRCUIT RULED ON THE IDEA HE

CAN REMAIN ON BAIL AND NOT

GO TO PRISON.

THEY ATTACKED THE

INDICTMENT, THAT THE

INDICTMENT WAS WRONG IN LAW

AND FACT.

AND UNLESS SOME STRANGE

OCCURRENCE TAKES PLACE ALONG

THE WAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE

FOURTH CIRCUIT IS GOING TO

OVERTURN THAT CONVICTION.

WITHOUT QUESTION, THE JUDGE

DID WRONG.

HE -- HIS CHARGE TO THE JURY

WAS OUTRAGEOUS, AND HE

HISTORY, HIMSELF,

ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS

AN ELEMENT OF IMPROPRIETY,

THAT HE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE

RECUSED HIMSELF BECAUSE OF

HIS WIFE'S DESIRE TO BE ON

THE STATE SUPREME COURT AND

SO FORTH AND SO ON.

BUT, NEVERTHELESS, HE HAS

GIVEN A VERY LENIENT

SENTENCE TO BOB McDONALD,

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT HE

COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM EIGHT

OR NINE YEARS.

BUT HE IS AWAITING

SENTENCING AND AWAITING

GOING TO PRISON PENDING

APPEAL.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE

FOURTH CIRCUIT OUGHT TO

OVERTURN THE CONVICTION.

THERE IS NO LAW IN VIRGINIA

THAT SAYS THAT A PERSON IN

PUBLIC OFFICE CANNOT RECEIVE

SOMETHING FROM SOMEBODY, AS

LONG AS THAT SOMETHING IS

DISCLOSED.

THERE IS NO LAW.

SO BOB McDONALD BROKE NO

LAW.

SO THEY SAY WELL, IT IS THE

FEDERAL HOBBS ACT, AND THAT

HAS TO DO IN RELATION TO

OFFICIAL ACTS.

DOES INVITING SOMEBODY TO

LUNCH -- IS THAT AN OFFICIAL

ACT?

OF COURSE NOT.

AND THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL

SAY THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS.

AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

IS GOING TO WORK ON SENATOR

MENENDEZ, AND DEMOCRAT IN

NEW JERSEY, WHO DISAGREED

WITH THE PRESIDENT IN

RELATION TO ISRAEL AND

IRAN.

AND NOW ERIC HOLDER SAYS HE

IS GOING TO WORK ON ANYBODY

WHO HAPPENS TO BE INVOLVED

IN SOME POTENTIAL VIOLATION

OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION

COMMISSION RULINGS.

AND THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN

ALWAYS CIVIL.

AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO

MAKE IT CRIMINAL.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS

OUT OF CONTROL.

UNDER THIS MAN, AND

SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE

TO REIN IT BACK IN.

Reporter: PAT, A DIET

BASED ON VEGETABLES, ALONG

WITH SOME FISH, TO

SIGNIFICANTLY CUT YOUR RISK

OF COLORECTAL CANCER.

AND IT COULD CUT DOWN ON

YOUR CHANCES FOR OTHER

CANCERS, ALONG WITH OTHER

PROBLEMS, LIKE HEART DISEASE

AND DIABETES.

THAT'S THE RECENT RESEARCH

FROM LOMA UNIVERSITY.

THE STUDY, WHICH COVERED

NEARLY 78,000 PEOPLE ALSO

FOUND THAT EVEN JUST CUTTING

BACK ON MEAT CAN HELP CUT

THE RISK OF CANCER.

EXPERTS SAY MAKING CHANGES

IN YOUR DIET CAN HAVE

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR

HEALTH.

PAT?

Pat: WE'VE BEEN

PREACHING IT, CHARLENE.

WE'VE BEEN PREACHING IT OVER

AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

VEGETABLES AND FISH.

THE SOUTH BEACH DIET.

Terry: STAY HEALTHY.

Pat: STAY HEALTHY.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN

GET, COLORECTAL CANCER AND

TYPE 2 DIABETES.

IT IS HORRIBLE.

YOU RUN THE RISK OF ALL OF

THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT

HAPPEN TO YOU ON ACCOUNT OF

WHAT YOU EAT.

WOW!

Terry: LISTEN, TAKE

CARE.

WELL, PICTURE THIS: YOU'RE

ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH 5,000

OTHER PEOPLE, PLUS YOU'RE

DEALING WITH JETS OVERHEAD

AND A NUCLEAR REACTOR

UNDERNEATH.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO LIVE ON AN AIRCRAFT

CARRIER.

YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

REMIND YOURSELF THAT THIS IS

ONLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

Terry: WE'LL TAKE YOU

ABOARD THE U.S.S. THEORDORE

ROOSEVELT, NEXT.

Pat: THE HARBOR IN

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, THE

HAMPTON ROADS, HARBOR, IS

ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST

SPACIOUS IN THE WORLD.

AND IT HAPPENS TO BE THE

HOME OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET

MARINE CORPS AND OTHER

MILITARY COMMANDS.

BUT HERE IN TIDEWATER, AS WE

CALL IT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF

RATHER LARGE AIRCRAFT

CARRIERS.

AND THEY ARE SERVICED HERE.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAN THEM

ARE OUR FRIENDS AND

NEIGHBORS.

WELL, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE

FLOATING CITIES, DEPENDING

ON OUR COUNTRY FOR MONTHS AT

A TIME.

THE U.S.S. ROOSEVELT WILL

KEEP THESE MEN AT SEA FOR

ALMOST A YEAR.

AND THAT EXTENDED TIME AWAY

CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR

SAILORS, ALONG WITH THEIR

FAMILIES AND THEIR FAITH.

OUR EFREM GRAHAM SPENT A

NIGHT ON THE ROOSEVELT.

TAKE A LOOK AT COURAGEOUS

CHRISTIANS AT SEA.

Efrem: THE U.S.S.

THEORDORE ROOSEVELT, 90,000

TONS OF STEEL, WITH A JET

RUNWAY ON TOP, AND THE

CHANCE TO SHARE THE STORIES

OF ITS BRAVE SAILORS IS AN

ADVENTURE, FOR ME AS A

REPORTER, FROM THE VERY

START.

THIS JOURNEY FROM NAVAL

STATION, NORFOLK, REQUIRES

SAFETY VESTS, HELMETS, AND

GOGGLES.

THE SAILORS CALL IT "THE BIG

STICK," AS IT TOWERS 20

STORIES ABOVE THE WATER AND

STRETCHES THREE AND A HALF

FOOTBALL FIELDS.

INSIDE THE CARRIER FEELS

LIKE A SERIES OF UNENDING

MAZES, BRIDGES, AND TUNNELS,

AND SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE

AS MANY AS 5,000 PEOPLE ON

BOARD.

AND THEY MAKE UP THIS

VESSEL'S MOST IMPRESSIVE

ASSET, FROM THOSE WHO GUIDE

THE RAPID TAKEOFFS AND

LANDINGS ON THE FLIGHT DECK,

TO THOSE WHO REPAIR PIPES IN

THE MACHINE SHOP.

COMING OFF OF THIS...

Reporter: AND THOSE WHO

SAFELY TRANSPORT EXPLOSIVES

ON AND OFF THE CARRIER.

THIS IS PRECISION UNDER

PRECIOUS.

I DO THE JOB I DO IN THE

NAVY NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF

THE JOB.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST THING

I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I

THOUGHT ABOUT JOINING, BUT I

DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH

EXPLOSIVES, AND THERE IS THE

CHANCE THAT IF SOMETHING

GOES WRONG IT COULD KILL THE

ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE

VERY TIGHT-KNIT.

AND MY COMMUNITY IS VERY

TIGHT-KNIT.

Reporter: WITH MORE

THAN 17 YEARS IN THE NAVY,

CHARLES HART WORKS TO MAKE

THAT COMMUNITY EVEN TIGHTER

AND SAVES LIVES.

THE EXPLOSIVES EXPERT LEADS

AN EVENING BIBLE STUDY FIVE

NIGHTS A WEEK.

WHEN I CAME IN THE

MILITARY, IT WAS A YOUNG

BELIEVER.

I CAME IN AT 18, 19 YEARS

OLD, AND I WAS LICENSED TO

MINISTER.

I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF

MAKING SURE YOU CONNECT AT

AN EARLY AGE WITH OTHER

BELIEVERS.

Reporter: THAT

CONNECTION IS CRITICAL,

ESPECIALLY NOW.

ON OUR VISIT ABOARD THE

ROOSEVELT, SAILORS OR

FINISHING UP TRAINING FOR A

NINE-MONTH DEPLOYMENT.

EMOTIONALLY, YOU GO

THROUGH A GAMUT OF

EMOTIONS.

YOU CAN BE LONELY OR GET A

LITTLE UNDER WEATHER.

SO YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

REMIND YOURSELF THIS IS ONLY

FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY

FAMILY IS AT HOME, AND

THEY'RE WAITING FOR ME, AND

THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING

ME.

ONCE THIS IS DONE, I CAN GO

HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH

THEM.

Reporter: AND THE

SAILORS' SACRIFICE CAN BE

SEEN IN THE SIMPLEST OF

WAYS.

THESE ARE SLEEPING QUARTERS,

RATHER TIGHT FOR SIX

PEOPLE.

IT GETS TOUGH SOMETIMES,

IT REALLY DOES.

I LIVED WITH MY FAMILY FOR

19 YEARS, AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN, JUST LIKE THAT, I'M

AWAY FROM THEM.

LUCKILY I HAVE PEOPLE ON THE

SHIP I CAN CALL MY SEA

FAMILY, AND THEY GET ME

THROUGH THE DAY.

Reporter: THIS IS A

MILESTONE MISSION FOR STEVEN

GREEN.

HIS FIRST DEPLOYMENT AS A

CHRISTIAN.

IT WILL PRETTY MUCH TEST

MY FAITH.

Reporter: LESS THAN A

YEAR AGO, THE 22-YEAR-OLD

ATTENDED A WORSHIP SERVICE

IN THE SHIP'S FOCSIL, THE

SAME AREA WHERE HE WORKS.

IN THAT MEETING, ANOTHER

SAILOR INVITED STEVEN TO

ATTEND HIS CHURCH BACK AT

HOME.

THE FIRST DAY THERE,

HONESTLY, I DIDN'T GET MUCH

OF ANYTHING.

SOMETHING WAS DRAWING ME TO

THAT CHURCH, THOUGH, SO I

CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME.

THAT'S WHEN THE PASTOR -- WE

WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF

WORSHIP SERVICE AND SHE

STOPPED AND LOOKED DIRECTLY

AT ME, AND THAT'S WHEN SHE

SPOKE INTO MY LIFE AND GAVE

ME WHAT GOD WAS TELLING ME.

IT WAS JUST CRAZY FOR ME

BECAUSE IT WAS A COUPLE OF

WEEKS AGO THAT I WAS PRAYING

TO GOD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING

ON IN MY LIFE, AND WHAT I

WAS ASKING HIM FOR.

AND IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS

LISTENING IN ON ME AND GOD'S

CONVERSATION.

Reporter: THE SAL

SAILOR'S PRAYERS WERE

ANSWERED.

HE ACCEPTED CHRIST, STOPPED

DRINKING, AND FOUND FAITH IN

THE CHRISTIAN FAITH HE FIRST

DISCOVERED ON BOARD THE

SHIP.

IT WAS REALLY BAD, TO THE

POINT WHERE I WAS DRINKING

EVERY NIGHT.

I WAS PRETTY MUCH TRYING TO

FILL THAT VOID IN MY LIFE,

THINKING IT WOULD MAKE ME

HAPPIER AND IT WOULD TAKE

ALL OF MY DEPRESSION AWAY

AND ALL OF MY STRESS AWAY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT DID NOT.

I NEEDED GOD.

I'M ACTUALLY EIGHT MONTHS

SOBER NOW.

AND IT WAS -- FOR A LOT OF

FRIENDS THAT I USED TO HAVE,

THEY DIDN'T REALLY GET IT OR

UNDERSTAND IT.

Reporter: GREEN BEAT

THE ODDS, WHICH SHOW ALCOHOL

ABUSE IS A SIGNIFICANT

PROBLEM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN

THE MILITARY.

HE NOW PRAYS.

WHEN THE BIG STICK SETS

SAIL, THOSE OLD DRINKING

BUDDIES WILL SOME DAY JOIN

HIM AT A SHIP BIBLE STUDY, A

SHIP CHURCH SERVICE.

OR THEY'LL SIMPLY PAUSE TO

TRULY HEAR ONE OF THE SHIP'S

NIGHTLY PRAYERS.

LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN AT

SEA CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO

LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN IN

PORT.

Reporter: AND THE

CONNECTION PROVIDES ADDED

PROTECTION.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS,

ABOARD THE U.S.S. THEORDORE

ROOSEVELT.

Pat: A GREAT STORY.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY PRAY

FOR THOSE YOUNG MEN AND

WOMEN THAT ARE OUT AT SEA.

THE NAVY HAS HAD AN

EXTRAORDINARY MISSION AND I

REGRET THE FACT THAT WE'RE

DOWN-PHASING OUR NAVY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE FEWER SHIPS

THAN ANY TIME IN OUR

HISTORY, AT LEAST SINCE

WORLD WAR I.

IT IS TERRIBLE.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE

PROJECT OUR POWER AROUND THE

WORLD.

AND THESE GIGANTIC

VESSELS -- THEY HAVE

CRUISERS ALONG WITH THEM,

AND OUR CARRIER BATTLE GROUP

IS AN AWESOME THING.

IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT IT

DOES PROJECT THE FACT THAT

WE'RE HERE AS THE GREATEST

NATION ON EARTH.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, A

SINGLE MOM HEADS OUT ON A

LONG DEPLOYMENT.

YOU SACRIFICE TO BE OUT

THERE, BUT A PART OF YOU IS

MISSING.

Terry: HEAR HOW SHE GOT

HELP ON THE HOMEFRONT.

THAT'S NEXT.

Terry: FOR NAVY CHIEF

MELISSA LONG, DEPLOYMENTS

CAN BE TOUGH.

SHE IS A SINGLE MOM WHO HAS

TO LEAVE BEHIND HER

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON FOR AN

ENTIRE YEAR.

SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE

CAN TO MAKE THIS FAMILY'S

TIME APART A LITTLE EASIER.

Reporter: U.S. NAVY

CHIEF MELISSA TRAINS SAILORS

ON BOARD SHIPS.

AND SHE IS HOPING HER SON,

CALEB, WILL FOLLOW IN HER

FOOTSTEPS.

JUGGLING A NAVAL CAREER AND

FAMILY IS ESPECIALLY HARD ON

MEL BECAUSE SHE IS A SINGLE

MOM.

THERE IS NO ONE TO FALL

BACK ON IF HE GETS SICK AT

SCHOOL AND NEED TO BE PICKED

UP.

Reporter: AND SHE WILL

SOON DEPLOY OVERSEAS FOR A

YEAR.

IT IS A HUGE SACRIFICE TO

LEAVE YOUR KID BEHIND AND BE

OUT THERE.

A PART OF YOU IS MISSING.

Reporter: WHILE SHE IS

GONE, HER MOM WILL CARE FOR

CALEB AT MEL'S HOME.

BUT HER HOUSE NEEDS

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF HOME

REPAIRS.

THE LEAKING ROOF CAUSED

WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD AND

MILDEW, AND THE CARPET IS

RUINED.

PLUS POORLY INSULATED DOORS

AND WINDOWS.

CALEB AND HIS GRANDMOTHER

WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE

ISSUES BECAUSE MEL DOESN'T

HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE

WORK DONE AND DIDN'T WANT TO

TAKE OUT A LOAN.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER

BILL THAT'S EARNING INTEREST

ON MONEY I DON'T HAVE AS IT

IS.

Reporter: THEIR CHURCH

CONTACTED CBN "HELPING THE

HOMEFRONT" TO SEE IF WE

WOULD HELP.

CBN AGREED TO PAY FOR

EVERYTHING.

WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR

ALL OF IT.

WE WANT TO BE AN

ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU.

YOU'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING

PEOPLE AT CHURCH.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP

HERE.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

Reporter: CBN HIRED

MIKE PRO.

IN A FEW DAYS, CONTRACTORS

TACKLED EVERY ISSUE.

DAMAGED FLOORING CAME UP,

AND NEW LAMINANT WAS

INSTALLED.

THEY ALSO FIXED CABINETS,

DRY WALLS, BASE BOARDS, AND

THE WATER DAMAGE.

NOW MEL CAN DEPLOY AND LEAVE

HER MOM AND CALEB IN HER

REMODELED HOME.

"HELPING THE HOMEFRONT"

HAS BEEN SUCH A HUGE HELP.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO

SAY.

IT'S JUST -- WOW!

Terry: CAN YOU IMAGINE

THE BURDEN LIFTED OFF OF

THIS SINGLE MOM'S SHOULDERS

TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE

HAS TO LEAVE, THAT HER SON

AND HER MOTHER WILL BE SAFE,

WILL BE COMFORTABLE.

THAT THEIR HOME IS WELL

TAKEN CARE OF.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"

MEMBER, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT "HELPING THE HOMEFRONT"

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SOMETIMES THERE IS SO MUCH

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WE WELCOME YOU TO THE FAMILY

OF MINISTRIES HERE.

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON

AROUND THE WORLD ON A

REGULAR BASIS FROM CBN.

PAT LIKES TO SAY THE SUN

NEVER SETS ON CBN, AND THAT

IS TRUE.

AND WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700

CLUB" TODAY, WE WANT TO SEND

YOU OUR FREE GIFT.

IT'S "BE HEALED."

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THE

TEACHING PAT GIVES US ON

HERE FROM THE WORD OF GOD,

AND THE DYNAMIC AND AMAZING

MIRACULOUS STORIES OF GOD'S

HEALING POWER IN THE LIVES

OF PEOPLE WHO CALL UPON HIS

NAME.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS.

Pat: DID YOU SEE THE

MOVIE "SAVING PRIVATE

RYAN?"

Terry: YES, THAT'S VERY

FAMOUS.

Pat: I KNOW IT IS

FAMOUS.

BUT DID YOU SEE IT?

Terry: YES, I DID.

Pat: THE PREMISES THERE

WAS A WOMAN WHO LOST SEVERAL

SONS IN BATTLE.

AND SHE HAD ONLY ONE SON

LEFT.

AND THE UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT WAS NOT GOING TO

LET THAT LAST SON DIE.

SO THEY HAD THAT SPECIAL

GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO PLUNGED

DEEP INTO ENEMY TERRITORY TO

FIND THIS GUY AND BRING HIM

BACKMENBACK.

AND IT WAS QUITE A STORY.

BUT THE THING IS, THERE IS

NO REASON THAT THE SAME

GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD TAKE

CARE OF THAT LITTLE LADY

COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE

MOTHERS IN OUR ARMED FORCES

AND NOT GIVE THEM EXTENDED

COMBAT DUTY OVERSEAS AWAY

FROM THEIR CHILDREN.

THERE IS NO REASON IN THE

WORLD THEY DON'T SET UP AN

EXEMPTION TO THAT BECAUSE A

MOTHER SHOULD NOT BE AWAY

FROM HER SMALL CHILD.

IF THEY'RE IN THE SERVICE,

KEEP THEM BASED AT HOME.

WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF STUFF TO

DO AT NORFOLK AND

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

AND PLENTY OF STUFF TO DO IN

LONG BEACH OR WHENEVER THE

OTHER NAVAL FACILITIES

ARE -- SAN DIEGO.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON A

CARRIER OUT IN --

Terry: ESPECIALLY A

SINGLE MOM.

Pat: I KNOW.

THERE IS NO REASON THEY

CAN'T WRITE A LIE LAW THAT

SAYS THESE PEOPLE ARE EXEMPT

FROM OVERSEAS DUTY UNTIL

THEIR CHILDREN REACH A

CERTAIN AGE.

IT IS SO EASY TO DO THAT.

BUT TO DO THIS TO MOTHERS, I

THINK IT IS TERRIBLE.

TO HAVE A MOTHER GO INTO

COMBAT WITH LITTLE CHILDREN

AT HOME.

OUTRAGEOUS.

Terry: WE'RE GLAD WE

CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Pat: I DON'T RUN THE

NAVY, BUT AT REGENT

UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE A MAN

WHO USED TO BE CHIEF OF

NAVAL OPERATIONS AND A

FOUR-STAR ADMIRAL, AND MAYBE

HE CAN DO IT BECAUSE HE HAS

SOME CLOUT.

I DON'T.

Terry: YOU HAVE SOME

CLOUT WITH HIM OVER THERE.

Pat: KEEPING THOSE

MOTHERS AT HOME.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Terry: STILL AHEAD, A

SEX WORKER TURNS TO S&M.

YOU'RE EITHER THE PERSON

IN CONTROL OR THE ONE BEING

CONTROLLED.

Terry: HEAR HOW A SONG

FINALLY BROKE HER CHAINS.

THANKS NEXT.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB" FOR THIS CBN NEWS

BREAK.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

HAS KICKED OUT A FRATERNITY

AFTER A VIDEO OF A RACIST

CHANT BY ITS MEMBERS WENT

VIRAL.

THE VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL

MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA ALPHA

EPSILON CHAPTER TAKING PART

IN A CHANT THAT REFERENCED

LYNCHING AND INDICATED THAT

BLACK STUDENTS WOULD NEVER

BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE

FRATERNITY.

THE VIDEO WENT VIRAL AFTER

IT WAS TEXTED ANONYMOUSLY TO

A GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN

STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

THE

AMERICAN

MISSIONARY

AB DUCKED FROM

ABDUCTED FROM

A SCHOOL IN NIGERIA WAS

FREED OVER THE WEEKEND AND

IS SAFE.

71-YEAR-OLD PHYLLIS SORTER

WAS TURNED OVER ON

SATURDAY.

SHE WAS ABDUCTED ON

FEBRUARY 23rd, AND THEY

DEMANDED A NEARLY $300,000

RANSOM.

THE CHURCH RELEASED A

STATEMENT ABOUT HER RELEASE,

BUT DID NOT GIVE DETAILS OF

HOW IT

HAPPENED.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS

BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

CBNNEWS.COM.

PAT AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH

MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Pat: IF YOU'VE BEEN

WATCHING ANYTHING IN THE

PAPERS, YOU'VE READ ABOUT A

BOOK CALLED "FIFTY SHADES OF

GREY."

AND THEN A MOVIE WAS MADE

ABOUT IT THAT HIT BOX OFFICE

RECORDS.

AND WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?

IT HAD TO DO WITH A VERY

RICH MAN WHO WANTED TO

PRACTICE WHAT IS CALLED

PSEUDO MASOCHISM ON SOME

HELPLESS SECRETARY.

AND IT'S ALL THE WAY THAT

PEOPLE TORTURE EACH OTHER

AND THINK IT IS SOMEHOW

SEXUAL.

I CAN'T, MYSELF, UNDERSTAND

IT, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THERE

ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO GET

BOUND UP, TIED UP, BEATEN

AND WHIPPED, AND ALL OF THE

REST OF IT.

DEE ROMAN WAS INTO THAT

BUSINESS.

SHE HAD A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS

AND SHE KNEW HOW TO USE

THEM.

BUT SHE WASN'T A COP.

SHE IS WHAT IS CALLED A

DOMINATRIX.

AND SHE NEEDED THOSE

HANDCUFFS TO CONTROL HER

SEXUAL SLAVES.

WOW!

SO GROWING UP IN MY

FAMILY, ENCOURAGING WORDS

WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

I WAS OFTEN TOLD

THINGS, LIKE, I WAS AN

ACCIDENT.

I WAS A MISTAKE.

I WAS CONSTANTLY TOLD I

COULDN'T DO ANYTHING

ANYTHING RIGHT.

AND EVERYTHING WAS ALWAYS MY

FAULT.

Reporter: DEE ROMAN

HEARD THE LIES SO OFTEN, SHE

STARTED TO BELIEVE THEM.

I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT

THINKING IF I WAS A BAD

GIRL, I WAS GOING TO BE THE

BEST BAD GIRL I COULD

POSSIBLY BE.

AND I STARTED USING DRUGS.

I STARTED DRINKING IN

SCHOOL.

I STARTED SHOPLIFTING.

Reporter: AS A TEEN,

DEE GOT HOOKED ON CRYSTAL

METH.

THOUGH IT GAVE HER AN

ESCAPE, IT WOULD BE HARDER

TO GET AWAY FROM THE PAIN

SHE ENDURED AT A PARTY WHEN

SHE WAS 17.

I WAS VIOLENTLY RAPED

TWICE.

AND AS DEVASTATING AS THAT

WAS FOR ME, I TOLD MYSELF

THAT I DESERVED IT BECAUSE

BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD

GIRLS.

Reporter: SO SHE NEVER

TOLD HER FAMILY OR POLICE.

AFTER THE RAPES, I HAD AN

ABSOLUTE NEED TO CONTROL

EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.

Reporter: AFTER HIGH

SCHOOL, SHE MOVED TO PHOENIX

AND BECAME A STRIPPER.

AND THREE YEARS LATER SHE

HEADED FOR HOLLYWOOD, LURED

BY THE PROMISE OF BIG MONEY

AND A GLAMOROUS LIFESTYLE OF

THE SEX INDUSTRY.

ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE

HIGH-PAID CALL GIRLS AND

MADE TONS OF MONEY.

IT WAS, LIKE, MID-'80s.

IT WAS A COOL THING TO BE A

CALL GIRL.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET A ROCK

STAR.

I FINALLY WENT TO MEET THIS

HOLLYWOOD MADAM.

AND SHE SPOKE OVER ME,

YOU'RE A DOMINATRIX.

A DOMINATRIX IS SOMEONE WHO

IS IN CONTROL OR IN CHARGE

OF A FANTASY OR A SCENARIO

AGREED UPON BY THE PLAYERS

OF THE GAME.

I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF,

THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS IN

LIFE: YOU'RE EITHER THE

PERSON IN CONTROL OR YOU'RE

THE ONE BEING CONTROLLED.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I'M

NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE

CONTROL ME.

Reporter: FOR TWO

DECADES, DEE SLIPPED FURTHER

INTO THE SEX INDUSTRY.

AND HER ADDICTION TO CRYSTAL

METH GREW STRONGER.

I LOVED METH.

I COULD STAY AWAKE FOR WEEKS

AT A TIME.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PARTYING

GOING ON, AND I DIDN'T WANT

TO MISS ANYTHING.

Reporter: SHE NEVER

THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING HELP

UNTIL THE MAN SHE WAS SEEING

LEFT HER.

I GAVE MY HEART TO

SOMEONE, AND THEY BROKE MY

HEART.

AND SO I DECIDED TO GO TO

REHAB JUST TO KIND OF GET

AWAY.

SO I KEEP GOING BACK TO

REHAB.

I COULD NEVER GET MORE THAN

14 DAYS BECAUSE THE THOUGHTS

AND THE FLASHBACKS OF THE

THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME

IN MY LIFE WERE SO

OVERWHELMING, I WELCOMED

BACK THE RELIEF THAT THE

DRUGS GAVE ME.

Reporter: DEE WASN'T

THE ONLY ONE SEARCHING FOR

ANSWERS.

ONE DAY ONE OF MY FELLOW

DOMINATRIX FRIENDS INVITED

ME TO A BIBLE STUDY.

SHE DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS A

BIBLE STUDY.

THEY SING THIS SONG THAT

GOES, "CHAINS BE BROKEN,

LIVES BE HEALED.

EYES BE OPENED.

CHRIST IS REVEALED."

AND I START SOBBING.

I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, I

HAVE CHAINS TO NEED TO BE

BROKEN.

Reporter: THE LADIES

INVITED DEE TO A CHRISTIAN

CONFERENCE CALL AT GOD

CHECKS.

THE PRESIDENT OF MERCY

MINISTRY, NANCY ALCORN, WAS

SPEAKING.

SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT

CHANGED MY LIFE.

SHE SAID, "I SET BEFORE YOU

LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSINGS

AND CURSES.

CHOOSE LIFE."

IT HIT ME LIKE A BRICK

WALL.

I HADN'T REALIZED MY WHOLE

LIFE I HAD A CHOICE AND I

KNEW I HAD BEEN CHOOSING

DEATH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I

THOUGHT I DESERVED.

I'D BEEN AN ADDICT FOR 30

YEARS.

AND I'M LITERALLY AT THE END

OF MY ROPE.

I WANT TO SURRENDER TO

JESUS.

Reporter: AFTERWARDS,

NANCY LED HER IN PRAYER.

JESUS, I BELIEVE THAT YOU

DIED FOR MY SINS.

I NEED YOU TO BE MY SAVIOR.

I BELIEVE IN YOU, AND I'M

GOING TO FOLLOW YOU.

Reporter: DEE WAS 42

WHEN SHE MADE THAT PROMISE,

AND SAYS FROM THAT MOMENT ON

HER LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE

SAME.

FIRST OF ALL, I KNEW GOD

WAS REAL.

THERE WAS NO DISPUTING.

PEOPLE KNEW RIGHT AWAY.

I CALLED PEOPLE RIGHT AFTER

THAT CONFERENCE, AND THEY

WERE, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO

YOU?

YOU SOUND DIFFERENT.

MY VOICE WAS DIFFERENT.

I WAS DIFFERENT.

I WAS SO FILLED WITH THE

HOLY SPIRIT.

IT WAS THE BEST TIME OF MY

LIFE.

THAT WAS 2,305 DAYS AGO, AND

I HAVE NEVER DONE DRUGS

AGAIN, SINCE THAT MOMENT.

Reporter: SHE ALSO QUIT

WORKING AS A DOMINATE TRIX,

DOMINATRIX, AND SHE SAYS HAS

GOD HEALED HER, HE ALSO

RELEASED HER FROM HER SEXUAL

ADDICTIONS.

JESUS DID THIS THING FOR

ME THAT I COULD NOT DO FOR

MYSELF.

WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THAT

GIRL I USED TO BE, I'M SO

GRATEFUL.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT GOD

SAVED ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS WORTH

SAVING.

THERE IS A GOD THAT LOVES

YOU.

THAT LOVES YOU MORE THAN

ANYONE COULD EVER LOVE YOU.

IF YOU JUST FOCUS ON HIM, HE

CAN HEAL YOU.

BECAUSE I'M HEALED.

Pat: WHAT A STORY.

YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF YOU

MUST REALIZE THAT THERE IS

SOMEBODY THAT HATES YOU.

SATAN HATES YOU.

HE HATES ANYBODY MADE IN THE

IMAGE OF GOD.

WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS EN

ENSNARE YOU, TRAP YOU, AND

THEN DESTROY YOU.

THE LURE OF PORNOGRAPHY IS

INCREDIBLE.

EVERYTHING SEDATIVE THEY

SEDUCTIVE THEY PUT OUT

THERE.

AND NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO

BRING OUT THIS PSEUDO

MASOCHISM STUFF AND IT'S SO

GREAT.

AND THIS IS THE WAY TO GO.

NONSENSE.

THIS STUFF WILL KILL YOU.

IT WILL ALL DESTROY YOU.

IT WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR LIFE,

YOUR VITALITY, YOUR JOY,

YOUR PEACE.

IT WILL TAKE IT ALL AWAY AND

MAKE YOU A SLAVE.

AND THEN WHEN THE DEVIL IS

FINISHED WITH YOU, HE'LL SEE

THAT YOU GET KILLED AND

YOU'RE WITH HIM FOREVER IN

ETERNITY IN HELL.

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.

BUT JESUS CHRIST SAID NO.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT MORE

ABUNDANTLY.

I HAVE COME THAT YOU MIGHT

HAVE LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO BE FREE.

I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU

FREEDOM.

I'LL GIVE YOU LIFE.

I'LL BREAK THE CHAINS.

I'LL BREAK THE THINGS THAT

BIND YOU.

I'LL COME AND RESCUE THE

CAPTIVES FRO FROM THE

DUNGEON AND SET YOU FREE.

SO WHICH WILL IT BE, LIFE OR

DEATH?

BONDAGE AND FREEDOM?

I OFFER YOU LIFE AND I OFFER

YOU FREEDOM.

AND I OFFER YOU JOY AND

UNSPEAKABLE GLORY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, I

WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

I WANT YOU TO PRAY WHEREVER

YOU ARE.

BOW YOUR HEAD.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

PRAY THESE WORDS AND MEAN

THEM IN YOUR HEART.

SAY THESE WORDS BUT MEAN

THEM IN YOUR HEART AS YOU

PRAY THEM.

LORD JESUS, I HAVE BEEN

SEDUCED BY SATAN.

AND, LORD, I BELIEVE THAT

YOU CAME TO SET CAPTIVES

FREE.

THAT YOU DIED ON THE CROSS

TO BREAK THE BONDS OF SIN

AND DEGRADATION.

SO RIGHT NOW, LORD, I GIVE

YOU MY LIFE.

I SURRENDER TO YOU.

I TURN OVER THE REINS OF MY

LIFE TO YOU.

YOU'RE IN CHARGE FROM THIS

MOMENT ON.

AND I ASK YOU, SET ME FREE.

GIVE ME LIBERTY.

BREAK THE BONDS THAT WOULD

HOLD ME.

AND I RECEIVE FROM YOU

EVERLASTING LIFE.

AND YOUR DEATH ON THE CROSS

FOR ME.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU

HEARD MY PRAYER, AND THANK

YOU THAT YOU'VE COME INTO MY

HEART.

NOW, FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED

WITH ME, I WANT TO ESTABLISH

YOU -- YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE

SAYS IF ANYBODY IS IN

CHRIST, HE IS A NEW

CREATION.

DEE ROMAN WAS A NEW

CREATION, INSTANTLY A NEW

CREATION.

OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY,

BEHOLD ALL HAS BECOME NEW.

I WANT TO SEND YOU A PACKET,

AND IT'S CALLED "A NEW

DAY."

I WANT YOU TO CALL.

THERE IS NO FINANCIAL

OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER.

I WANT YOU TO CONFESS WHAT

YOU DID AND DECLARE YOUR

FREEDOM.

IT'S 1-800-759-0700.

THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE WHO

LOVES YOU AND CARES ABOUT

YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO BE UNANIMOUS,

THAT'S FINE.

BUT YOU CALL AND SAY, I'VE

PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON TV.

I HAVE COME TO JESUS CHRIST

FROM THIS MOMENT ON.

HE'S MY SAVIOR.

CALL IN RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE ARE HERE WHO LOVE

YOU.

1-800-759-0700.

THAT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.

AND THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE

REJOICING OVER WHAT YOU JUST

DID.

> WELL, WE'VE GOT MORE

INTERESTING THINGS ON THIS

PROGRAM.

AND TERRY IS GOING TO TELL

YOU ABOUT THEM.

Terry: COMING UP, THE

TWO WORDS THAT HAVE CHANGED

COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGHOUT

HISTORY.

PEOPLE'S CHURCH PASTOR

HERBERT COOPER EXPLAINS.

AND THAT'S NEXT.

Terry: BRETT COOPER'S

LIFE WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

HIS EARLY DAYS WERE MARRED

BY ABUSE AND PROBLEMS AT

HOME UNTIL TWO WORDS CHANGED

EVERYTHING.

I'M HERBERT COOPER, AND

"BUT GOD" IS MY LIFE STORY.

I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT THE

AGE OF 13, IN THE VERY HOUSE

THAT IS BEHIND ME.

MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED.

I WAS ADDICTED AND BOUND.

BUT GOD CHANGES EVERYTHING.

I WOULD BE A STATISTIC, BUT

GOD.

I WOULD HAVE LOST MY MIND,

BUT GOD.

I WOULD BE BITTER AND ANGRY,

BUT GOD CHANGES EVERYTHING.

I BELIEVE MY STORY IS YOUR

STORY.

Terry: HERBERT COOPER

IS HERE WITH US NOW.

AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "THE

700 CLUB."

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

THANK YOU.

Terry: ALMOST EVERYONE

WHO COMES ON AND SHARES A

TESTIMONY STARTS WITH A

STORY FROM CHILDHOOD.

YOU WENT THROUGH SOMETHING

AT 13 THAT DEEPLY IMPACTED

YOU.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

YES.

AT THE AGE OF 13, A FAMILY

FRIEND MOLESTED ME.

I ACTUALLY LOST MY VIRGINITY

THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE.

THE ABUSE WENT ON FOR

SEVERAL MONTHS, AND IT

CHANGED EVERYTHING IN MY

LIFE IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

Terry: HOW DID IT

IMPACT YOU?

CONFUSED, SHAME,

BITTERNESS, ANGRY.

AND THEN IT SENT ME DOWN A

ROAD OF SEXUAL PROMPTS

PROMISCUITY, HAVING SEX OUT

OF MARRIAGE.

IT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT

ON MY LIFE.

Terry: SOMETHING LIKE

THAT HAPPENS, AND IT CAN

CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A

PERSON'S LIFE, BUT GOD.

BUT GOD.

Terry: WHAT WAS YOUR

"BUT GOD" MOMENT?

I WAS FILLED WITH

BITTERNESS AND ANGER AND

CHASING THE GIRLS, EMPTY ON

THE INSIDE.

AND I HAD A COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SCOUT COME IN TO RECRUIT ME,

TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOT, FROM

THE EAST COAST.

HE CALLED ME AND SAID,

HERBERT, I'M STUCK IN

OKLAHOMA CITY, AND WE'LL BE

THERE TOMORROW AND PULL YOU

OUT OF SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A FELLOWSHIP OF

CHRISTIAN ATHLETES MEETING,

AND I KNEW IT WAS GOING ON,

AND I DIDN'T REALLY CARE

ABOUT GOD OR CHURCH, BUT

THEY WERE SERVING FREE

PIZZA.

THAT GOT ME TO THE FOOTBALL

LOCKER ROOM FOR FREE PIZZA.

THAT NIGHT TO THOMSON TOM

THOMPSON WAS THERE AND HE

SHARED THE GOSPEL OF JESUS

CHRIST, AND THE HOPE THROUGH

JESUS CHRIST, AND THINGS

COULD CHANGE IN OUR LIVES.

AND IN THAT FOOTBALL LOCKER

ROOM THAT NIGHT, I

SURRENDERED N MY LIFE TO

JESUS CHRIST.

AND EVERYTHING CHANGED.

I LEFT THAT LOCKER ROOM AND

I HAD TAPES -- SOME PEOPLE

DON'T KNOW WHAT TAPES ARE --

BUT I THREW THEM AWAY.

I GOT WATER BAPTIZED THE

NEXT SUNDAY AND STARTING

READING THE BIBLE.

AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE,

EVERYTHING CHANGED.

Terry: YOU WENT THROUGH

WHAT THAT LIFE-CHANGING

MOMENT WITH CHRIST IS THAT

SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT,

BUT THEN THERE IS THE

PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING, OF

BECOMING, OF LEARNING WHAT

IT MEANS TO LOVE AND BE

LOVED.

AND PART OF THAT, WHEN

SOMEBODY HAS WRONGED YOU, IS

FORGIVENESS.

AND IT IS REALLY A KEY TO

FREEDOM.

HOW DO YOU GET TO THE PLACE

WHERE YOU COULD FORGIVE THE

PERSON WHO HAD TAKEN

ADVANTAGE OF A FAMILY

FRIENDSHIP AND COULD HAVE

RUINED YOUR LIFE?

IT WAS DEFINITELY A

PROCESS.

AFTER SURRENDERING MY LIFE

TO CHRIST, IT WAS THE

PROCESS OF FORGIVING AND

REALIZING AS THE BIBLE SAYS,

IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW 6, I

HAVE TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO

HAVE SINNED AGAINST ME OR MY

HEAVENLY FATHER WON'T

FORGIVE ME.

I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THAT

FORGIVING THIS PERSON WILL

SET A PRISONER FREE, AND THE

PRISONER WAS REALLY ME.

I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS BOUND

AND TRAPPED AND FILLED WITH

HATRED AND ANGER.

AND WHEN I ALLOWED GOD TO

DEAL WITH MY HEART AND

ADMINISTERING TO MY HEART,

FORGIVING HER SET ME FREE TO

BE ALL THAT GOD DESIRED ME

TO BE.

Terry: SOMETIMES WE'RE

SO AFRAID IF WE FORGIVE IT'S

LIKE WE'RE EXONERATING THE

PERSON AND WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT THAT REALLY ISN'T A PART

OF IT AT ALL.

YEAH.

EVEN IN MY MIND, I THOUGHT

IF I FORGAVE THIS LADY, THAT

FORGIVENESS AND

RECONCILIATION ARE THE SAME

THING.

BUT FORGIVENESS IS A

ONE-PARTY GAME BETWEEN YOU

AND GOD.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE

RELATIONSHIP HAS TO BE

RESTORED BACK TO WHAT IT

USED TO BE.

YOU CAN FORGIVE AND NOT

NECESSARILY SAY I WANT YOU

TO COME BABY-SIT MY KIDS.

THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP

WON'T HAPPEN.

YET I CAN FORGIVE AND HAVE

LOVE, BE KIND, BE GRACIOUS,

BUT NECESSARILY BE RESTORED

BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

Terry: YOU SAY IN YOUR

BOOK THAT WE SEEK

RELATIONSHIPS, BUT GOD GIVES

US DIVINE CONNECTIONS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

IN MY LIFE, I HAVE

NOTICED WHEN GOD HAS A NEW

SEASON, OR AN OPPORTUNITY OR

SOMETHING FOR ME, OFTENTIMES

HE BRINGS A PERSON OR

INDIVIDUAL IN MY LIFE TO

TAKE ME TO WHERE GOD DESIRES

ME TO BE.

I'LL SAY THERE ARE NOT GOD

FRIENDSHIPS, AND THEN THERE

ARE BUT GOD CONNECTIONS.

AND AT EVERY POINT IN MY

LIFE, EVEN WHEN WE STARTED

OUR CHURCH ALMOST 13 YEARS

AGO, GOD BROUGHT PASTOR TOM

INTO MY LIFE TO TAKE ME TO A

WHOLE NEW LEVEL THAT I WOULD

HAVE NEVER ARRIVED ON MY

OWN.

I CALL IT A "BUT GOD"

CONNECTION.

Terry: WHAT ARE SOME OF

THE "BUT GODS" IN YOUR

BOOK?

THE BOOK OF EXODUS.

A BUT GOD MOMENT, EGYPTIAN

ARMY, MOSES STUCK OUT THE

STAFF, AND THEY WALKED

THROUGH THE SEA.

I THINK ABOUT THE BOOK -- I

GET TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,

AND I THINK ABOUT THE

APOSTLE PAUL AND HIS

DAMASCUS ROAD BUT GOD

ENCOUNTER, AS HE WAS

AUTHORIZING CHRISTIANS TO BE

KILLED, BUT GOD CHANGED

EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE.

Terry: THINGS THAT

REALLY STOPPED PEOPLE IN

THEIR TRACKS THEN, AND AS IN

YOUR CASE NOW, GOD IS STILL

AT WORK AND IS ALIVE AND

WELL, AND IS GIVING PEOPLE

NOT JUST FORGIVENESS FOR

THEMSELVES, BUT BRAND NEW

BEGINNINGS.

THAT'S WHAT "BUT GOD" IS ALL

ABOUT.

YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF

HERBERT'S STORY IN THE BOOK

"BUT GOD."

AND HE IS GOING TO BE A

FEATURED GUEST ON TOMORROW'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

SO THANK YOU, HERBERT, SO

MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

A GREAT MESSAGE.

> COMING UP, WE'VE GOT

YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.

KARA SAYS, "IS IT A SIN TO

LET OUR CHILDREN CELEBRATE

EASTER WITH THE EASTER EGGS

AND EASTER BUNNY AND EASTER

EGG HUNTS?"

PAT IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT

ONE AND MUCH MORE.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Terry: WE WANT TO

ANSWER SOME OF THE E-MAIL

QUESTIONS YOU SENT ON IN OUR

"BRING IT ON" SEGMENT.

KARA SAYS, "I'M A MOTHER OF

SMALL CHILDREN WHO IS TRYING

TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAYS

TO CELEBRATE CHRISTIAN

HOLIDAYS WITHOUT ALLOWING

PAGAN TRADITIONS TO

UNDERMINE THE TRUTH.

THE ONE I STRUGGLE WITH MOST

IS THAT OF EASTER BUNNY AND

EASTER EGGS.

IT IS NEARLY IM PONL

IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID THESE

WHEN MANY CHURCHES

PARTICIPATE IN THEM.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?"

Pat: I NORMALLY MAKE

PEOPLE MAD, BUT THE WORD

"EASTER" COMIN COMES FROM A

WORD THAT ALSO COMES FROM A

PAGAN DEITY.

SO THAT'S FOR STARTERS.

THE EGG IS A SYMBOL OF

FERTILITY.

Terry: NEW LIFE,

RIGHT?

Pat: NEW LIFE, YEAH,

BUT FERTILITY.

AND THEY HAVE THE -- IN

PAGAN ARCHITECTURE, YOU'VE

GOT THE EGG AND DART THING.

IT IS THE FALLIC SYMBOL WITH

EGGS.

THEY WERE FOCUSED BIG TIME

ON REPRODUCTION, AND THEY

HONORED IT AND WORSHIPPED

IT.

ALL OF THAT STUFF -- ALL OF

THAT STUFF IS PAGAN.

IT REALLY IS.

NOW, WHAT THE CATHOLIC

CHURCH DID -- THEY WERE VERY

WISE -- THEY WOULD COME INTO

A CIVILIZATION AND INTO A

CULTURE.

THEY JUST WOULDN'T THROW

EVERYTHING OUT.

THEY WOULD CHRISTIANIZE

CERTAIN OF THEIR CUSTOMS.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH

EASTER.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHEN

EASTER WAS CRUCIFIED, OR

CRUCIFIED ON A PARTICULAR

DAY.

BUT WE DO KNOW IT WAS NEAR

THE PASSOVER.

BUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF EGGS

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

JESUS.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO

DO?

I MEAN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF

FUN AND HAVE A BUNCH OF

CANDY -- THE THING, RIGHT

NOW, THAT I WOULD THINK

ABOUT IS THAT JOLT OF CANDY

IS TERRIBLY SICKENING TO

LITTLE CHILDREN.

AND I THINK SPARE THEM THE

CANDY.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: THIS IS LAWRENCE

WHO SAYS, "I'M WONDERING

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THE

PEOPLE WHO DIED ON THIS

EARTH BEFORE CHRIST CAME AS

SAVIOR.

HOW WERE THEY JUDGED,

ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WEREN'T

EVEN FAMILIAR WITH JEWISH

LAW?"

Pat: PETER WENT AND

PREACHED TO THOSE IN

PRISON.

AND SO THE THOUGHT IS WHILE

HE WAS ON THE CROSS, HE

DIED.

AND BEFORE HIS RESURRECTION,

THAT HE WENT TO THOSE WHO

WERE CAPTIVE AND PREACHED

THE GOSPEL TO THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE SEEM TO THINK

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, BUT IT

IS NOT TOO CLEAR.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?

THEY ALL HAD A CHANCE TO

HEAR THE GOSPEL.

GOD IS AN HONEST,

HONORABLE --

Terry: HE'S MERCIFUL.

Pat: HE IS NOT GOING TO

DO WRONG.

THEY ALL HAD A CHANCE,

WITHOUT EXCUSE.

THEY HAD A CHANCE.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S

POWER MINUTE FROM PSALM 34:

"THE ANGEL OF THE LORD

ENCAMPS ALL AROUND THOSE WHO

FEAR HIM AND DELIVERS

THEM."

TOMORROW, IS YOUR MONEY

LITERALLY GOING DOWN THE

DRAIN?

IT COULD BE IF YOU'RE

SPENDING IT ON CERTAIN

VITAMINS.

OH, MAN!

WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BYE-BYE.

THANKS.