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The 700 Club - July 6, 2015

Fronting a rock band in the 90’s was awesome for David, until the resulting drug addiction had him on the brink of ending his own life. Plus, author of, “The Smart Stepfamily Marriage,” Ron Deal talks about the keys to success for the ... ... Read Transcript


COMING UP. THE BEST SELLING

BOOK, NOW A BLOCKBUSTER FILM.

DON PIPER REMEMBERS HIS 90

MINUTES IN HEAVEN.

PLUS, THE MEGA BAND OUT SPOKEN

BOTH ON STAGE.

THAT RIGHT THERE WAS JUST A

BE ALL AND END ALL ON

EVERYTHING.

AND OFFSTAGE.

IT WAS ABSOLUTE HELL ON

EARTH.

ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB".

Pat: HEY, FOLK, WELCOME.

TERRY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU JUST MARRIED A DAUGHTER, I

GUESS?

YES.

WAS IT TRAUMATIC?

NO. I LOVE HER. I LOVE HER

AND HER HUSBAND.

YOU ARE A SWEET

MOTHER-IN-LAW. NOT A

DOMINEERING MOTHER-IN-LAW?

I HOPE SO. YOU WILL HAVE TO

ASK HIM. NOT ON CAMERA.

THE AMERICAN WOMEN DID IT.

IT'S ASTOUNDING. SOCCER IS A

TOUGH SPORT. THEY RUN THEIR

HEADS OFF.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE INCREDIBLE

STAMINA.

SERENA WILLIAMS WON THE

MATCH. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ON

THE WAY TO THE GRAND SLAM.

SHE'S WON IN AUSTRALIA AND

FRANCE AND U.S. AND NOBODY HAS

EVER DONE THAT IN 1 YEAR.

GOOD YEAR FOR AMERICA.

ALL OF THOSE GREAT THINGS

HAPPENING.

THOSE GREEKS DID SOMETHING

REALLY STUPID. YOU GET READY TO

GET A LOAN FROM SOMEBODY AND

THEY SAID IF YOU ARE GOING TO

GET A LOAN YOU HAVE TO TIGHTEN

THE BELT A LITTLE BIT AND THEY

GET SLAPPED IN THE FACE. IF I

WERE A GERMAN, I WOULD TELL THE

GREEKS TO TAKE A WALK. THEY HAD

A BAD DEAL BECAUSE THEY SAID WE

ARE NOT GOING TO CUT BACK ON

PENSIONS AND SO ON. THE

QUESTION IS WILL THEY STAY IN

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE

CHANCES ARE THEY WON'T.

Terry: GREECE NEEDS MORE

MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE BECAUSE

THAT CASH IS GOING TO RUN OUT.

IN A HISTORIC REFERENDUM

VOTED NO FOR MORE RESCUE LOANS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE

PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE

SLAVES.

THE GREEKS HAVE EFFECTIVELY

CALLED THE BLUFF OF THE LEADERS

THAT A NO VOTE WOULD BE BOUNCED

OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. IT

MAY HAVE GIVEN THEM A STRONGER

HAND AT NEGOTIATING BETTER

TERMS OR MAYBE THE END TO PEACE

OF THE UNION WHICH COULD LEAD

TO A COLLAPSE OF THE BANKING

SYSTEM AND FRANCE'S PRESIDENT

SAID HE WILL BEND OVER

BACKWARDS TO KEEP THEM IN.

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S.

SHOULD WATCH CAREFULLY.

THE UNITED STATES HAS

GREATER INTEREST TO START

HEARING GREECE AND TO HAVE THE

RUSSIAN ECONOMIC POLICY NOT

JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EUROPE,

BUT THE SAKE OF THE GLOBAL

ECONOMY. EU HAS THE BACKLASH TO

THROW THE THREAT OUT OF THE EU

FOR THE FALLOUT. MEMBER SHUL

TON THAT THE NO VOTE WOULD BE

OUT. HE SEEMED TO CHANGE HIS

VIEWS.

IT'S NOT UP TO THE THE

GREEK TO MAKE PROPOSALS.

TOLLS SHOW THE GREEKS WOULD

LIKE TO STAY IN BUT A MID-THE

POLITICAL TURMOIL THEY WANT TO

STAY IN. ONE SAYS I WOULD VOTE

NO, WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE

GREEK'S EXAMPLE. THEY HAVEN'T

DECIDED IF GREEK SHOULD BE

EXTENDED. IF THEY DON'T GET

CASH, THEY WILL BE OUT OF MONEY

IN THE NEXT COMING DAYS.

Pat: THE GERMANS ARE VERY

FRUGAL MONEY AND THE GREEKS

SPEND THEIR MONEY AND THEY SAY

NOW, YOU PICK UP THE TAB AND

THE GERMANS AND FRENCH ARE

SAYING NO. IF THEY DON'T STAND

UP TO THIS, THEY WILL HAVE A

MUCH MORE FALLOUT WITH THE EU.

IT'S GOING TO BE SERIOUS

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE

PORTUGAL, ITALY, SPAIN AND

OTHER COUNTRIES THAT SAY IF

GREECE CAN SPEND ALL OF THIS

MONEY AND ASK FOR A BAILOUT

THEN WHY CAN'T WE? I THINK

SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY NO. IT'S

GOING TO BE VERY PAINFUL FOR

THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GREECE.

BUT THEY HAVE MADE THEIR

DECISION AND REJOICE IN IT.

WELL, MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE BIG

THING IS UE LEADERS HAVE A TAX

INCREASE AND THAT OF COURSE IS

A JOB KILLER. THAT IS THE THING

WITH THE GREECE THAT NOBODY

ELSE WOULD WANT. THAT'S NOT

WHAT THEY WANT. THEY WANT PRO

GROWTH, NOT RESTRICTION. IN

TERMS OF THOSE PENSIONS AND

THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE TO

CUT IT DOWN AND THEY HAVEN'T

BEEN WILLING TO.

> HERE AT HOME A CHRISTIAN

COUPLE SAY THEY WON'T GIVE UP A

FIGHT AFTER THEY WERE CHARGED A

HEAVY FINANCIAL PENALTY. WHY?

BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T MAKE A

CAKE FOR A SAME SEX WEDDING.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT STORY.

PAT, THAT OREGON COUPLE NOT

ONLY HAS TO PAY $145,000 IN

DAMAGES BUT ORDERED NOT TO TALK

ABOUT THEIR RELIEF. AN ORDER

RULING THEM TO PAY THE 6 FIGURE

FINE AND THEN TO "CEASE AND

DESIST" FROM DISPLAYING THEIR

OPINIONS ON GAY WEDDINGS AND

THIS HAS STRIPPED THEM ON THEIR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD

FORCE ANYONE TO GO AGAINST

THEIR BELIEFS IN THIS COUNTRY.

I THINK WE CAN ALL LIVE

PEACEFULLY TOGETHER WITHOUT

ENFORCING OUR WILL ON SOMEONE

ELSE. CAN SOMEBODY FORCE

SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING

AGAINST THEIR WILL AND THE

STATE OF OREGON HAS SAID YOU

CAN.

NOW THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH

IS ALSO UNDER ATTACK AND THEY

WILL NOT GIVE UP AND NOT BE

SILENCED.

Pat: THIS IS SUCH AN

EMOTIONAL HARM. THERE ARE MANY

BAKERS IN OREGON. NOT JUST ONE

BAKER. SURELY THERE IS MORE

THAN ONE, MAYBE THEY HAVE THREE

OR 10 OR 20 OR 100. THEY MUST

HAVE ALL KINDS OF BAKE ARREARS

AROUND -- THE STATE OF

WASHINGTON. TO SAY I CAN'T

BAKE YOU A CAKE, THEY CAN GET IT

AT ANOTHER PLACE. THEY WANTED

TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT AND

STICK THEIR EYE IN THE BAKER

AND FORCE THEM TO DO SOMETHING

THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO AND

WHAT YOUR RELIGION PROHIBITS

YOU FROM DOING. WE ARE NOT

TALKING ABOUT A FREEDOM. WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT STATE SPONSORED

REPRESSION AND HEAVEN HELP THIS

COUNTRY IF WE GO ALONG WITH

THAT.

Efram: PAT, THE NUCLEAR DEAL

WITH IRAN COULD GO EITHER WAY.

IF IT GOES THIS WAY IN THE

NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE COULD

GET AN AGREEMENT THIS WEEK. BUT

IF THEY ARE NOT MADE, WE WILL

NOT.

KERRY SAYS AMERICA SAYS WE

ARE READY TO WALK AWAY IF IRAN

NOT MOVING ON IMPORTANT KEY

ISSUES TO THE U.S.. BUT WARNING

THAT THOSE INVOLVED IN THE

TALKS ARE CAVING INTO IRAN AND

THE DEAL IS WORSE THAN WITH

NORTH KOREA WHICH LED THE

COUNTRY TO EVENTUALLY BUILD

NUCLEAR WEAPONS. PAT?

Pat: I DON'T PLAY POKER FOR

MONEY ANYMORE, BUT I USED TO.

I'M SITTING AT THE TABLE AND I

HAVE IN MY HAND FOUR ACES AND

THE OTHER GUY ACROSS THE TABLE

HAS A BUSTED STRAIGHT. HE'S

BLUFFING AND I HAVE GOT FOUR

ACES AND I'M GOING TO SAY, I'M

NOT SURE THAT I CAN PLAY THIS

HAND. I HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME

CONCESSIONS. NO. YOU WIN THE

HAND. WE HAD IRAN OVER A BARREL

WHERE THE SANCTIONS WHY BITING.

IRAN WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DO

WHAT WE WANTED IRAN TO DO,

INSTEAD OF THAT WE HAVE CAVED

IN AND THROWN IN OUR FOUR ACES

DOWN AND SUBMITTING TO A BUSTED

STRAIGHT. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

THE IRANIANS ARE MASTER FULL

POKER PLAYERS AND THEY HAVE

BLUFFED THE SOCKS OFF OUR

PRESIDENT AND HIS SECRETARY OF

STATE AND THEY ARE GOING TO

WIND UP WITH AN INCREDIBLE DEAL

WHEN THEY COULD HAVE SQUEEZED

ON THE SANCTIONS AND IRANIANS

WERE MONTHS FROM COLLAPSING.

THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU HAVE A N IF FIK LESS

COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

PAT, AN ATTACK ON AN

ADVANTAGE -- EVANGELICAL

CHURCH IN NIGERIA. IT IS ONE OF

THE MOST RECENT ATTACKS IN

NIGERIA USING WOMEN AS SUICIDE

BOMBERS. IT HAS KILLED OVER 200

PEOPLE IN NIGERIA LAST WEEK

INCLUDING 100 BOYS IN A MOSQUE

AND IN THE CENTRAL CITY.

HERE AT HOME THEY ARE

AMERICAN NATIONAL TREASURES,

THE WOUNDED AMERICANS WHO HAVE

BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE FIGHT

SINCE AFGHANISTAN. THIS IS

SHOWING THE STRENGTH OF OUR

MILITARY WOUNDED.

WITH FANFARE AND FIRE, THIS

LOOKS LIKE THE OLYMPIC GAMES,

BUT THESE AREN'T YOUR TYPICAL

ATHLETES. SINCE HE WAS 10, MARK

JUST DREAMED OF BEING A MARINE.

I WAS THE KID IN HIGH SCHOOL

WATCHING THE INVASION OF IRAQ

ON TV AND I REMEMBER TELLING MY

MOM THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING.

WHEN AN IED TOOK HIS LEG.

DURING HIS RECOVERY, HE FELT HE

SHOULD RETURN TO THE

BATTLEFIELD.

I FELT I NEEDED TO RETURN TO

THE JOB AND FOCUS ON THE GUYS

THAT WERE TAKING CARE OF ME.

BUT HIS INJURIES WERE SEVERE.

NEARLY 5 YEARS LATER, CHILI

LEAVES HIS FELLOW MARINE -- IN

A DIFFERENT FIGHT.

EACH OF YOU IS A TESTAMENT

TO THE HEALING POWER OF SPORTS.

AFTER MONTHS OF TRAINING,

SWEAT AND PERSEVERANCE, TEAMS

FROM THE ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

AND AIR FORCE AND COAST GUARD

TOOK PART IN THE GAMES

SURROUNDED BY THE FAMILY AND BY

A GRATEFUL NATION.

THE SACRIFICE OF WARTIME

SERVICE IS VERY REAL AND VERY

GRAPHIC. WHAT WE ARE

CELEBRATING TODAY IS PEOPLE WHO

SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES.

THEY ARE CALLED WARRIOR

ATHLETES, SOME WHOSE SCARS ARE

OBVIOUS, OTHERS HARD TO SEE.

SOME ADAPTING TO LIFE AND

OTHERS THAT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

TO GET BACK UP AFTER A FALL.

YOU HAVE TO ADJUST AND

MANAGE AS BEST AS YOU CAN AND

FROM THERE LOOK AT THE POSITIVE

AND TRY TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THE

INSPIRATION OF ANOTHER AND

INSPIRE MANY.

THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE

ATHLETES AND MANY PARTICIPATING

IN THIS EVENT, MANY HAVE ALSO

FOUND THAT THESE GAMES

TRANSCEND ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE, BUT

IN THE SAME SENSE WE ARE

CHEERING EACH OTHER ON. WE ARE

CHEERING FOR OTHER BRANCHES, WE

ARE TELLING EACH OTHER

CONGRATULATIONS, GOOD THROW,

AND BEING ABLE TO KNOW THAT WE

ARE STILL BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IN THE END.

THESE WARRIOR ATHLETES ARE

BOUND BY THE SACRIFICE THEY

GAVE IN FULFILLING THEIR OATH

TO SERVE AND PROTECT AND

DISCOVERING THEY ARE STILL PART

OF THE TEAM.

I THINK ONCE WE GET THEM

BACK INTO THE FIGHT AND THEY

BECOME PART OF THE TEAM, THEY

BECOME PART OF SOMETHING

GREATER THAN THEMSELVES BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME IN TO DO.

IT BECOMES MORE MEANINGFUL

FOR US AS WE COME TOGETHER AND

WE ARE ALL SUFFERING IN THE

HEAT AND SUFFERING FROM OUR

COACHES HAVING US EARN THIS

CAPABILITY FOR OURSELVES.

INSPIRING OTHERS NOT ONLY AS

WARRIOR ATHLETES, BUT AMERICAN

HEROES.

WARRIORS AND HEROES INDEED.

AMERICANS ARE CELEBRATING A

WIN FOR THE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM

IN THE WORLD CUP IN THEIR THIRD

TITLE BY OVERWHELMING DEFENDING

JAPAN BY 5-2. THE VOTE OF IT'S

APPROVAL BY CARLY LORIE FOUR

TIMES IN FOUR GOALS IN JUST THE

FIRST 16 MINUTES.

I'M SO PROUD AND SO ZAFT AT

THE SAME TIME. IT'S A SEWER

REAL MOMENT. IT'S AMAZING. WE

JUST WROTE HISTORY.

IT'S THE FIRST TITLE FOR THE

U.S. IN 16 YEARS. HISTORY

INDEED.

Pat: I'M PROUD OF THOSE

LADIES. FIRST THE SHOW, THE

ENDURANCE IT TAKES. THE ONLY

THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ARE

THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE

CONCERNED IS THEY DO A LOT OF

WORK WITH THEIR HEADS AND I

NUMBER OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN,

ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGEST WOMEN

PLAYING SOCCER ARE FINDING THEY

ARE HAVING HEAD INJURIES WHICH

ARE SERIOUS WITH CONCUSSIONS.

SEEMS SO MANY SPORTS ARE SO

MUCH MORE INTENSE.

YOU CAN'T GRAB WITH YOUR

HANDS. YOU HAVE TO GRAB IT WITH

YOUR FEET OR YOUR CHEST BUT

MOST HIT WITH THEIR HEAD AND

THAT BALL COMES BACK FAST AND

HARD.

IT'S A GREAT VICTORY, THOUGH.

IT'S A GREAT VICTORY AND THE

PHYSICAL CONDITION IT TAKES IS

JUST EXTRAORDINARY. SO,

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. YOU

CANNOT BE CALLED THE WEAKER

SEX. I'M SORRY.

WELL, UP NEXT, MILLIONS HAVE

READ HIS BOOK AND NOW DON PIPER

STORY IS BEING MADE INTO A

MOVIE.

THE MOVIE IS A LOGICAL

CONCLUSION. PEOPLE CAN SEE NOW

WHAT WE FELT, WHAT THEY READ

ABOUT IT AND IT WILL BE

PORTRAYED VERY WELL BY SOME

VERY FINE ACTORS.

STAY TUNED FOR A SNEAK PEAK

OF 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN WHEN WE

COME BACK.

COME BACK.

>

Pat: HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR

ACCIDENT. HE WENT TO HEAVEN AND

THEN HE CAME BACK TO LIFE. THIS

FALL, THE STORY OF DON PIPER'S

BEST SELLING BOOK IS BEING TOLD

IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.

RECENTLY OUR ANGELA VISITED THE

SET OF "90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN".

IT'S A STORY THAT CAPTURED

HEARTS AROUND THE WORLD AND

ASKS THE QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS

AFTER THIS LIFE IS OVER. DON

PIPER'S FAMOUS VISIT TO HEAVEN

IS HEADED FOR THE BIG CRIME --

SCREEN.

IN 1989 HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED

HEAD ON. HIS HEART FLATTENED

FOR 90 MINUTES AND HE WAS

DECLARED DEAD. THE WRECKAGE

CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF PASTOR

WHO PRAYED OVER HIS BODY UNTIL

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CAN ARRIVE.

HE SAID I NEED TO PRAY FOR

THESE VICTIMS. THE POLICE SAID

THERE IS NO ONE TO PRAY FOR.

EVERYONE IS OKAY EXCEPT FOR

THAT MAN IN THE RED CAR. HE'S

DEAD.

AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPT, HE

GOT PERMISSION TO ENTER THE

CAR. SITTING UNDER THE TARP, HE

BEGAN TO PRAY.

DICK IS SINGING THAT HYMN.

SUDDENLY I STARTED SINGING.

IT'S A MODERN DAY LAZARUS

STORY. WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE

90 MINUTES.

THE MOMENT THE TRUCK STRUCK

ME.

HE REMEMBERS HIS VISIT TO

HENRI DE -- HEAVEN IN VIVID

DETAIL.

HE TURNED HIS EXPERIENCE TO

THE BEST SELLING BOOK 90

MINUTES IN HEAVEN. NOW THE

STORY WILL BRING THIS TO THE

AUDIENCE.

THIS MOVIE IS A LOGICAL

CONCLUSION. PEOPLE CAN SEE NOW

WHAT WE FELT, WHAT THEY READ

ABOUT AND IT WILL BE PORTRAYED

VERY WELL BY SOME VERY FINE

ACTORS.

CHRISTIAN FROM STAR WARS AND

FROM REMEMBER THE TITANS, EVA.

I LOVE THAT HE PORTRAYS THE

REAL STORY BECAUSE HOW HE HELD

IT TOGETHER WITH SUCH GRACE AND

PATIENCE AND DIGNITY. IT'S, YOU

KNOW, CERTAINLY A HUGE ASPECT

TO THE SUCCESS OF HIS LIFE AND

THEIR FAMILY'S LIFE.

THE CAST ALSO INCLUDES

SINGER MICHAEL DAVID SMITH AND

PLAYING DONNA, EVA'S CHILDREN.

I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT

PARADISE AND YOU SEE PEOPLE YOU

HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

SHE DESCRIBES THE GATES OF

HEAVEN AS PEARLS FILLED WITH

DAZZLING LIGHTS AND THE

ENTRANCE IS NARROW JUST FOR THE

ENTRY OF ONE.

I SAW COLORS I HAVEN'T SEEN

BEFORE AND SAW THE ANGELS AND

NOT ONLY THEIR VOICES. I HEARD

THE MUSIC. ONLY ONE SONG

DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AMONG ALL

OF THOSE AND THAT WAS HOLY,

HOLY, HOLY. BECAUSE HE IS. THE

PERSON WHO HAS GONE THROUGH

THIS AND THE CHALLENGES HAS

SEEN HEAVEN AND DECLARED DEAD

ON THE SPOT AND THEN SET, WHAT

AM I GOING TO DO WITH THE REST

OF MY LIFE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT

ATTRACTED ME TO IT.

THE FILM MAKERS ARE AIMING

FOR A STORY OF HOPE SHOWING A

POWER OF PRAYER THAT WILL MAKE

AUDIENCES THINK ABOUT WHAT IS

IMPORTANT IN LIFE.

Pat: IT MAKES YOU WANT TO SEE

IT AND MAKES YOU WANT TO LEAVE

AND GO THERE.

Terry: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

PRETTY SPECIAL.

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

YES INDEED.

HE WAS A ROCK STAR IN FAITH.

THERE WAS A MILLION PEOPLE

OUT THERE AND YOU HEAR THE ROAR

AND YOU WALK OUT ON STAGE. I

WAS BEING WORSHIPPED AND I

LOVED THAT.

SEE WHAT LED THIS SINGER TO

THE BRINK OF SUICIDE AFTER THIS.

THE BRINK OF SUICIDE AFTER THIS.

Pat: WELCOME BACK. YOU ARE

WATCHING THE "700 CLUB". WE ARE

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A

SINGER IN A ROCK N ROLL BAND.

HE SANG TO HIS FANS. IT WAS

LIKE A DRUG TO HIM AND THEN

DAVID WAS INTRODUCED TO CRACK

COCAINE AND THEN HIS

PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD.

THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THEY TURN

THE LIGHTS OFF AND YOU HEAR THE

ROAR AND YOU WALK OUT ON STAGE.

THAT RIGHT THERE, WAS JUST THE

BE ALL AND END ALL. IT WAS

EVERYTHING.

WITH A HIT SINGLE AND

LUCRATIVE RECORD DEAL, DAVID

FRASER AND HIS BAND "OUT

SPOKEN" WERE ON THE VERGE OF

ROCK STARDOM. BUT HIS

EXPERIENCE WITH ROCK COCAINE.

THEN HIS CHILDHOOD WAS

DIFFICULT AND HE WAS MOLESTED

BY A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY.

IT WAS DIFFICULT. IT WAS

LIKE COMING TO THE EDGE OF THE

OCEAN, YOUR PLEASURE OF

OPPORTUNITIES.

LATER HE DISCOVERED

PORNOGRAPHY. AS THE ADDICTION

TOOK HOLD, HE BECAME BITTER.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING, WHY

DO I FEEL THIS WAY, WHY DO I

FEEL SO ANGRY, AFRAID AND WHY

DOES IT FEEL I'M BEING CRUSHED

UNDER THE WEIGHT OF GUILT?

HE THREW HIMSELF INTO POT

AND MADE SURE NO ONE KNEW THE

SECRET OF HIS PAIN.

THAT WAY PEOPLE WOULD THINK

I HAVE IT ALTOGETHER ON THE

OUTSIDE AND THEY WON'T SEE THE

REAL.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND A

SHORT STINT IN THE MARINES.

DAVID HELPED FORM THE BAND OUT

SPOKEN AND THEN BEFORE THEY

WERE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF

ADMIRES AND FANS.

I KNEW WHEN THEY SAW ME THEY

WOULD BE CHASING ME OUT IN THE

HALL WAYS AND I LOVED THAT.

BEING A ROCK STAR FILLED HIS

NEED FOR SEX AND DRUGS BUT OUT

IN THE SPOTLIGHT, HE HAD THE

FEELING OF BEING ALONE.

I WOULD BE ALONE WITH NO

PRAISE AND FALL INTO DEEP

DESPAIR. I WOULD BE IN MY

APARTMENT WITH JUST PURE

DEPRESSION. AND HEY, I HAVE A

GREAT IDEA. LET'S GET SOME

DRUGS. THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL

GOOD.

EVENTUALLY HE TRIED CRACK

COCAINE. IT GAVE HIM A HIGH HE

WOULD NEVER EXPERIENCE AND SOON

GETTING A FIX WAS ALL THAT

MATTERED.

ALL I CARED FOR WAS HAVING

THAT CHUNK OF MONEY IN THE

DEALERS HANDS.

EVENTUALLY HE WAS KICKED

AUTO -- OUT OF THE BANNED AND

IN AND OUT OF CRACK HOUSES.

COMING BACK TO REALITY WAS

TOO PAINFUL.

HE TRIED TO BECOME CLEAN AND

GOING TO CHURCH BUT HE COULDN'T

ESCAPE THE ADDICTION AND THE

MAN HE HAD BECOME.

IT WAS NO HOPE, NO PURPOSE,

NO MEANING. WHAT AM I HERE FOR?

WHAT AM I DOING?

1 DAY WHILE TRYING TO SCORE

SOME DRUGS, DAVID WAS MUGGED.

LEFT ME THERE ON THE STREET,

SLASHED MY TIRES. I HAD NO

MONEY. I WAS SO OUT OF MY MIND,

I COULDN'T EVEN FUNCTION.

DAVID LOST ALL HOPE AND

SCRAPING SOME CHANGE HE BOUGHT

A BOTTLE OF BEER AND BREAKING

THE BOTTLE TO END HIS LIFE.

WHILE I HAD THE BOTTLE TO MY

WRIST, I HEARD THE LORD SPEAK

TO ME. HE SAID GET OUT OF YOUR

CAR AND CALL YOUR MOM RIGHT

NOW. IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING CAME

OVER ME WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE A

CHOICE LIKE I WAS BEING MOVED.

DAVID SAYS AT LAST HE FELT

PEACE.

THERE WAS HOPE FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN MY LIFE. I KNEW WHAT

THE HOPE WAS. IT'S JESUS.

SHORTLY AFTER HIS BROTHER

PICKED HIM UP AND THE NEXT DAY

HIS FAMILY GOT HIM TO A REHAB

FACILITY. HE SAYS HIS DESIRE

FOR DRUGS WENT AWAY IMMEDIATELY

BUT HE STILL HAD TO FACE THE

TRUTH.

EVENTUALLY I JUST BROKE

BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO

FACE THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT

THE DRUGS, WHICH WAS NOT THE

PORNOGRAPHY, IT WAS NOT EVEN

THE MUSIC. IT WAS ME. I WAS THE

PROBLEM.

DAVID GAVE HIS LIFE AND

DEVOTION TO GOD.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS WAS

GOD AND THAT HE DIED FOR ME. I

UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS NOT JUST

ENOUGH, HE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH

AND IN ALL OF THAT MADNESS, HE

PURSUED ME. HE DIDN'T LET ME

GO. I SAID, I CAN WORSHIP A

GODLIKE THAT AND UNDERSTOOD THE

GOD HE WAS IS NOT THE GOD HE

REALLY IS.

DAVID ADMITS IT WAS HARD BUT

WITH GOD'S HELP AND FORGIVENESS

HE OVERCAME THE ADDICTION TO

PORNOGRAPHY AND GUILT. HE WAS

MARRIED AND NOW COUNSELS PEOPLE

ON DRUG ADDICTION.

IT'S WHAT HE WAS THERE THE

MOST AND HE PURSUED ME THE

WHOLE WAY THROUGH.

Pat: DO YOU EVER THINK HOW

BIG THIS UNIVERSE IS? IT'S

BEYOND COMPREHENSION. ONE ASTRO

PHYSICIST THAT I READ TALKED

ABOUT TRILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF

STARS AND THEY ARE ALL IN THE

UNIVERSE AND ALL THIS LITTLE

PLANET WE ARE ON IS A TINY

FLASHBACK OF THE MIDST WE ARE

ON AND THE PEOPLE ON IT ARE

SMALLER THAN IT AND GOD WOULD

STEP DOWN AND TALK TO SOMEBODY

THERE. AND DAVID WAS SOMEBODY

THERE. HE HAD GONE -- ASTRAY.

THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE IN

CHARGE OF ALL OF THIS MASSIVE

UNIVERSE STEPPED DOWN AND SAID,

YOU CALL YOUR MOTHER. THAT'S

THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE. HE

KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. HE KNOWS

WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

HE KNOWS YOUR PROBLEMS, HE

KNOWS YOUR SINS. BUT BEYOND ALL

THAT, HE KNOWS YOUR POTENTIAL.

AND HE KNEW DAVID'S POTENTIAL.

AND HE WASN'T GOING TO LET HIM

THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE GOD

ALMIGHTY LOVES YOU.

NOW, HOW CAN SOMEBODY THAT IS

AN INFINITE FLASHBACK CAN THINK

THAT GOD CARES ABOUT YOU? HE

DOES. HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH, IF

YOU WERE THE ONLY FLASHBACK IN

THE UNIVERSE, HE STILL WOULD

HAVE DIED FOR YOU. HE WANTS TO

LEAD YOU TO HIM AND THEN HE

WANTS TO BRING YOU TO A POINT

WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE

SIGNIFICANT IN HIS KINGDOM AND

YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER

WITH HIM IN GLORY. THAT'S WHAT

HE HOLDS UP TO YOU. IF YOU WANT

THAT, I WANT YOU TO STOP WHAT

YOU ARE DOING. DAVID, FRASER

WAS GETTING READY TO SEVER HIS

RISK AND KILL HIMSELF BUT GOD

INTERVENED. RIGHT NOW, I WANT

TO OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. STOP

RIGHT NOW. STOP.

AND PRAY WITH ME. PRAY THESE

WORDS. DO IT.

JESUS, SAY THESE WORDS. JESUS,

I KNOW YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR ME.

I KNOW THAT I HAVE DAMAGED MY

LIFE, AND I HAVE DAMAGED YOUR

PLAN. BUT I ASK YOU TO SHOW ME

THAT PLAN BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS

AND MAKE ME A PART OF YOUR

PLAN. I SURRENDER TO YOU, LORD.

I ASK THAT YOU WILL COME INTO

MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.

LIVE IN ME AND I WILL LIVE IN

YOU.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I AM

YOURS.

I THANK YOU. THAT YOU HAVE

HEARD MY PRAYER. THANK YOU THAT

YOU HAVE FORGIVEN MY SIN. THANK

YOU, LORD.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME JUST

THEN, I WANT TO GIVE YOU

SOMETHING. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO

LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE

JUST DONE AND I HAVE SOMETHING

AS TIME GOES TO SPEAK OF THE

BIBLE. THIS COMPACT DISK. IT'S

CALLED "A NEW DAY" WHICH SHOWS

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS YOU. I

WILL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE. YOU

CAN CALL THAT NUMBER THERE OR

LOG ON TO CBN.COM AND SAY I

PRAYED WITH PAT. TOLL-FREE

PHONE NUMBER: 1-800-759-0700.

HERE IS TERRY.

Terry: STILL AHEAD, ARE YOU

AND YOUR SPOUSE STRUGGLING WITH

A BLENDED FAMILY? DON'T WORK

HARDER, WORK SMARTER. AUTHOR

RON DEAL TALKS ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S LATER ON THE "700 CLUB".

THAT'S LATER ON THE "700 CLUB".

> WELCOME BACK TO THE "700

CLUB". COUNTY CLERKS ARE

FACING A TOUGH DECISION

INVOLVING THE MARRIAGE RULING.

A CLERK IS HAVING DIFFICULTY

GIVING LICENSES TO ANYONE. THE

ACLU IS SUITCASE HER ON BEHALF

OF TWO STRAIGHT AND TWO GAY

COUPLES. THE JACKSON REPORT AND

THE COUNTY CLERKS RESIGNED

THEIR POST AND CBN

INTERNATIONAL IS READY TO

PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO

PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA. THANKS

TO SPECIAL DONORS NEW STATE OF

THE ART MOBILE CLINICS IN

GUATEMALA. THEY ARE ABLE TO

PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL AND DENTAL

CARE. MORE THAN 200 PATIENTS

WERE TREATED BY A TEAM OF

DOCTORS, NURSES AND DENTAL

HYGIENIST. THEY WILL DELIVER

MEDICAL CARE TO THOSE IN NEED.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

WHAT CBN IS DOING BY LOGGING ON

TO CBN INTERNATIONAL.

Terry: STEPFAMILIES ARE

BECOMEING THE NORM IN OUR

NATION, NOT THE EXCEPTION. 100

MILLION AMERICANS HAVE A STEP

RELATIONSHIP OF SOME KIND.

ALONG WITH THESE RELATIONSHIPS

COMES A WHOLE LOT OF BAGGAGE.

TAKE A LOOK.

BLENDED FAMILIES DEAL WITH

SEPARATE FRUSTRATIONS. THE

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST.

RON IS ONE OF THE LEADING

THERAPIST FOR BLENDED FAMILIES.

IN HIS LATEST BOOK, RON

PROVIDES A PRACTICAL SOLUTION

TO HELP A FAMILY AND BUILDING A

REMARRIAGE THAT LAST.

RON DEAL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE

YOU HERE. THE STATISTICS ARE

HUGE FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE FIND

THEMSELVES IN STEPFAMILIES. YOU

THINK THAT BEING A SECOND TIME

PEOPLE WOULD NOT STRUGGLE SO

MUCH WITH THIS. WHY IS IT SO

DIFFICULT?

FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT

STEPFAMILIES CAN BE HEALTHY AND

DO A GREAT JOB IN RAISING THE

NEXT GENERATION AND THERE CAN

BE REWARDS BUT THERE ARE

CHALLENGES.

THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES.

BUT BLENDED FAMILIES HAVE

SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND

THAT'S WHAT CATCHES THEM OFF

GUARD. FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN

MARRIED BEFORE AND IN A SECOND

MARRIAGE. THEY GO IN THINKING I

HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS AND

GOING TO DO IT BETTER THE NEXT

TIME. FIRST OF ALL THIS NEW

RELATIONSHIP WILL TAKE ON A

DIFFERENT COLOR, IF YOU WILL.

IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT

RELATIONSHIP. JUST BECAUSE YOU

ARE THE SAME PERSON, DOESN'T

MEAN THE MARRIAGE IS GOING TO

BE THE SAME AND IT'S GOING TO

REQUIRE OTHER THINGS OF YOU AND

THE OTHER BIG THING AND WHAT WE

REPORT ON THIS BOOK IS THE ROLE

OF THE FAMILY AROUND THE COUPLE

THAT DRAMATICALLY AFFECTS THEIR

WELL BEING. IT HAS TO DO WITH

EX-SPOUSES, PARENTING AND STEP

PARENTING AND KIDS.

TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE

EVERY COUPLE WITH CHILDREN ON

EITHER SIDE WANT THE CHILDREN

TO HAVE BOUNDARIES AND WHOLE

AND YET YOU ARE CAUGHT UP WITH

THIS PERSON AND WANT TO GIVE

YOURSELF TO THIS RELATIONSHIP.

HOW DO YOU FIND THAT HEALTHY

BALANCE?

IT IS A BALANCE. BIOLOGICAL

PARENTS END UP DOING A LOT OF

THE WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE THE

SWING PERSON, THEY ARE HEAVILY

INVESTED IN THE MARRIAGE AND

THEIR NEW PARTNER AND VERY

INVESTED IN THEIR KIDS AND THEY

HAVE TO MOVE IN BOTH

DIRECTIONS. THEY END UP MOVING

IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEY FEEL

SORRY FOR THEIR KIDS OR WHERE

THEY MOVE ONLY IN THE DIRECTION

OF THE NEW MARRIAGE AND THE

KIDS FEEL ABANDONED AND LEFT

BEHIND. THEY HAVE TO MOVE IN

BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SOMETIMES THERE IS THE

EX-SPOUSE THAT IS STILL THE

FATHER OF WHOEVER THE CHILDREN

ARE. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT

IS ?

AND THEN THERE IS THAT

RELATIONSHIP. I HAVE TO

COOPERATE WITH THE EX-BECAUSE

THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED.

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT LED TO

A DIVORCE OR IN A CASE OF A

WIDOW, THE MEMORY OF THAT

PERSON THAT THAT BIOLOGICAL

PERSON IS STILL ALIVE IN THEIR

HEART AND THE CHILDREN'S HEART.

OFTEN A HUGE PRESENCE, A

HERO IN THAT CHILD'S LIFE.

EXACTLY. THAT PARENT IS

COMPETING WITH THAT. IT'S THAT

POINT. ALL OF THESE THINGS

AROUND THE COUPLE DRAMATICALLY

AFFECT THEIR WELL BEING AND

REALLY THE QUALITY OF THEIR

RELATIONSHIP.

YOU TALK ABOUT FOUR SPECIFIC

CHALLENGES THAT REALLY CAN BE

ADDRESSED AND DEALT WITH AND

CAN HELP THE COUPLE PREPARE FOR

SOME OF THIS. THINGS THAT ARE

COMMON TO PEOPLE IN

RELATIONSHIPS. TALK A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT THEM. JEALOUSY,

SUSPICION, WORRY AND FEAR.

THOSE FOUR THINGS, IF WE

BOIL THEM DOWN INTO ONE CONCEPT

AND THAT IS INSTABILITY. I'M

WORRIED ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP

AND HOW WELL WE ARE GOING TO

DO. IF I HAVE ALREADY BEEN

THROUGH A DIVORCE, HOW AM I

GOING THROUGH ANOTHER DIVORCE.

IF I'M INVESTED AND PEOPLE LOVE

ME, BUT I'M AN OUTSIDER AND I

DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIT IN AND MY

ROLE. ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS

AND INSECURITY. INSECURITY

TAKES THE BENIGN THINGS AND

MAKES THEM MALIGNANT. LET'S SAY

YOU ARE A STEP PARENT AND YOU

ARE WATCHING YOUR SPOUSE

SITTING ON THE COUCH WATCHING

TV WITH YOUR KINDS -- KIDS AND

YOU ARE THINKING I WANT TO BE

THERE. SHOULD I BE WORRIED THAT

MY SPOUSE THEIR PRIORITY IS THE

KIDS AND NOT MY MARRIAGE? THAT

BREEDS DISCONTENT, RESENTMENT

AND NOW I'M JEALOUS AND

JEALOUSY WE FOUND PREDICTED

WITH 93% PREDICTED WITH

ACCURACY WHETHER THEY HAD A

GREAT MARRIAGE OR POOR ONE. THE

MORE FEARFUL AND JEALOUS YOU

ARE, THE LOWER THE QUALITY THE

MARRIAGE. THE LESS JEALOUSY AND

FEAR, THE HIGHER THE QUALITY OF

THE MARRIAGE. IT'S HIGHLY

PREDICTIVE. WE HAVE PEOPLE ASK

THESE QUESTIONS. AM I FEELING

THIS AND WHAT DOES IT MAKE ME

DO. WHAT I DO WHEN I GET FEEFRL

-- FEARFUL IS WHAT?

WITHDRAWAL AND ANGRY. I SEE

SOMETHING AGAIN THAT IS BENIGN

BUT I THINK IT'S -- HARSH AND

THOSE ERODE THE RELATIONSHIP.

AND YOU ARE FEELING YOURSELF

JEALOUS AND FEARFUL AND OFTEN

IN THAT ROLE TRY TO DIVIDE

PARENTS THINKING TO GET THEM

MORE OF WHAT THEY NEED. HOW DO

YOU HANDLE THAT?

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER

THAT THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT HAS

TO MOVE TOWARDS THEMSELVES AND

TOWARDS THEIR KIDS AND THEY

FORGET. HERE IS WHAT I MEAN BY

THAT. THAT THEY ARE OFTEN

CURIOUS, AT LEAST CONFUSED

ABOUT WHERE IS MY PLACE NOW. I

HAD ALL OF MOM, NOW I ONLY HAVE

PART OF MOM. WHAT YOU HAVE TO

DO IS MOVE TOWARDS THEM AND YOU

HAVE TO GIVE THEM FOCUS AND

ENERGY. IT'S NOT TO THE

EXCLUSION OF THE SPOUSE. BY THE

WAY, IT HELPS THAT THE STEP

PARENT UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY

UNDERSTAND IT'S A GRACE TO THE

MARRIAGE IF THEY ARE GIVEN

THEIR TIME WITH THEIR KIDS.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN

TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. I

WANT ALL WHO ARE WATCHING THAT

RON GIVES A SUMMIT ON THIS ON

THE 13 AND 14. IF YOU WOULD

LIKE MORE INFORMATION, IT'S ON

CBN.COM. IT'S CALLED THE SMART

STEPFAMILY TO MARRIAGE. I KNOW

YOU WILL BE MORE INFORMED BY

READING IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING

HERE.

COMING UP, MY WIFE IS MY

SOUL MATE FOR LIFE, WILL SHE BE

MY SOUL MATE IN HEAVEN? PAT

HAS THESE ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Pat: WELCOME BACK. IMAGINE

YOUR CHILD NEEDS AN OPERATION

THAT COST $1,000. YOU HAVE NO

INSURANCE, NO WAY OF COMING UP

WITH THE MONEY. IF THAT WAS THE

CRISIS FACING THE FATHER OF OUR

NEXT STORY. HE GOT HELP FROM

FOLKS JUST LIKE YOU.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD RALPHIE WAS AN

ACTIVE BOY WHO LOVED PLAYING

SUPER HERO WITH HIS DAD, BUT

LATELY HIS FAMILY WAS WORRIED.

WHEN WE FOUND OUT, I WAS

CRUSHED. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE

PAIN HE WAS IN.

HE COULDN'T SLEEP. HE WAS

VOMITING BECAUSE IT PAIN. IN

THE PAST IT WOULD COME AND GO

BUT NOW IT'S THERE ALL THE

TIME.

HE WORKED AT THE FACTUALLY

AND EARNED ABOUT $100 A MONTH.

HIS OPERATION WOULD COST ABOUT

TEN TIMES THAT AMOUNT.

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T HAVE

MONEY FOR THE OPERATION.

THEN 1 DAY THE COUPLE

REGISTERED RALPHIE FOR A FREE

OPERATION SPONSORED BY CBN. A

SURGEON REPAIRED THE HERNIA AND

RALPHIE RECOVERED AND WITHIN A

WEEK THERE WAS NO MORE PAIN AND

THE YOUNG SUPER HERO WAS BACK

PLAYING WITH HIS DAD.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING MY

SON. HE WAS SO MUCH BETTER NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THE SURGERY

AND FOR PROVIDING MEALS FOR US

WHILE WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL.

YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT THING FOR

US.

ISN'T IT MARVELOUS TO HELP

SOMEBODY. AND WOULDN'T YOU WANT

TO DO THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE DO

AT CBN. WE HELP PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD. WE ASK YOU TO HELP

US HELP OTHERS LIKE RALPHIE.

THE FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE THE

MONEY. THERE IS A CHILD THAT IS

SUFFERING, DADDY, PLEASE HELP

ME. THE FATHER CAN'T DO

ANYTHING. $100 A MONTH? YOU

DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO EAT

AND YOU NEED AN OPERATION. WE

WERE THERE. I HAVE BEEN THERE

IN INDONESIA PARTICULARLY. I

REMEMBER THIS ONE CHILD WHO HAD

THIS TERRIBLE PROBLEM OF CLEFT

PALATE AND I TOOK HIM INTO THE

OPERATING ROOM AND THE SURGEONS

WERE THERE AND THEY FIXED HIS

DISFIGUREMENT AND FOR THE REST

OF HIS LIFE HE'S GOING TO BE A

NORMAL CHILD. IF YOU WANT TO

PARTICIPATE, I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU SOMETHING CALLED "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD". IF YOU WANT

TO JOIN IT'S JUST $0.65 A DAY.

Terry: SHE'S ALREADY WATCHED

THE TRANSFORMING WORD. SHE SAYS

I LOVE IT. IT'S A CD AND I LOVE

WHAT PAT SAYS. I PLAN TO USE

THESE IN CHURCH TO HELP

ENCOURAGE OTHERS.

WHEN YOU ARE STRUGGLE WITH WITH

SOMETHING HEALTH WISE, THIS IS

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN

TO THIS. I LISTEN TO IT ON THE

WAY TO WORK.

I'M GLAD.

THE FIRST QUESTION ON BRING

IT ON COMES FROM KEVIN. HE SAYS

RECENTLY YOU ANSWERED THE

QUESTION ON THE TOPIC OF

EXISTENCE IN HEAVEN. ONE

QUESTION WAS WILL WE RECOGNIZE

EACH OTHER AND YOU ANSWERED

WITH NO SEX AND NO COUPLING.

WILL WE RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.

MY WIFE IS MY SOUL MATE FOR

LIFE, WILL SHE BE MY SOUL MATE

IN HEAVEN?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOUL

MATE. BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO

HEAVEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.

I'M NOT IN A HURRY TO GET THERE

RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ALL HAVE A

GLIMPSE OF IT. WE DO KNOW THERE

IS A RECOGNITION OF WHO PEOPLE

ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE LAZARUS AND

THE RICH MAN KNEW WHO HE WAS.

LAZARUS KNEW WHO HE WAS AND

THEY RECOGNIZED ABRAHAM AND THE

RICH MAN KNEW HE HAD BROTHERS

ON EARTH. BUT THAT BOND THAT

EXIST WITH HUMAN EMOTION IN THE

ONE PHASE BETWEEN THE HUSBAND

AND WIFE WHICH IS A DIFFERENT

TYPE THAN JUST BROTHER AND

SISTER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF

ONCE YOU GET TO BE LIKE AN

ANGEL, WHETHER YOU WILL FEEL

THAT WAY TOWARD ANOTHER HUMAN

BEING. THEY WILL BE -- LOVED.

IF YOU SAY MY WIFE IS A MY SOUL

MATE, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT DEAL

GOING ON AND THAT EMOTION IN

YOUR HEART MAYBE FAR

TRANSCENDED THAN YOU HAVE NOW.

JUST KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE

BEYOND LOVE YOU CAN EVER

IMAGINE.

THIS IS MIKE. HE SAYS MY

GRANDMA IS VERY INPATIENT AND

VERY DEMANDING AND SHE USES

PSYCHICS AND SAYS I'M BEING

DECEIVED BY THE BIBLE. I'M

PLANNING TO RETURN TO MY

COUNTRY BUT MY MOM DOESN'T WANT

ME TO LEAVE. BUT I DON'T WANT

MY GRANDMA'S NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

TO AFFECT ME. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE OLD

ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM THAT

INFLUENCE. THAT GRAND MOTHER

SOUNDS LIKE BAD NEWS. IF YOU

HAVE A PLACE TO GO, I DON'T

THINK YOU SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO

THAT INFLUENCE WITH SOMEONE

TRYING TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM

THE LORD AND TAKE YOU TO BE

SOME KIND OF A PSYCHIC. IN THE

OLD TESTAMENT IN THE BIBLE,

PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO DO THAT,

TRIED TO SEDUCE CHRISTIANS AWAY

FROM THEIR FAITH. PEOPLE LIKE

THAT, THEY DESTROYED THEM AND

THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT KIND OF

INFLUENCE. SO, YOU ASK ABOUT

MOVING, I WOULD MOVE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS

THE OTHER DAY I WAS TOLD BY

SOMEONE WHO USED TO ATTEND THE

CHURCH I DO THAT NO LONGER

ATTENDANCE THE CHURCH BECAUSE

THE PASTOR READS FROM THE NEW

VERSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL

BIBLE AND THAT IT IS NOT AN

ACCURATE TRANSLATION AND WORK

OF THE DEVIL AND THE KING JAMES

VERSION SHOULD BE THE ONLY

VERSION THE CHURCH SHOULD READ

FROM AND CHRISTIANS SHOULD

READ. PLEASE PROVIDE CLARITY.

I HATE STUPIDITY. I REALLY

HATE. THAT CHURCH EXHIBITS

STUPIDITY. YOU KNOW? LINING

-- LIKE THE KING JAMES, IF IT

WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR PAUL, IT

WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. HE

DIDN'T READ KING JAMES, THANK

YOU. YOU HAVE VARIOUS GREEK

BIBLES TO TRANSLATE FROM. ONE

WAS CALLED THE TEXAS RECEPTION.

IT'S BY KING JAMES AND NOT

NEARLY AS ACCURATE AS KING

JAMES. IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY

GODLY PEOPLE IN A SUPERB

RENDERING OF THE OLDEST GREEK

MANUSCRIPTS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

GREEK AND HEBREW. SO TO TALK

ABOUT THAT OTHER IS JUST

ABSURD. WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

PROVERBS, THE BLESSING OF THE

LORD MAKES ONE RICH AND HE ADDS

NO SORROW WITH IT.

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