Former San Francisco 49er Brent Jones talks about his three-time Super Bowl Championship teams and the fulfillment that comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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HE WAS WEARING A CROWN, A
KINGS
CROWN ON HIS HEAD.
I WILL SAVE YOU AND RESCUE
YOU.
IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE
MUSLIM
WORLD.
IF MY GOVERNMENT FOUND OUT
ABOUT MY
FAITH, I WOULD BE EXECUTED.
THREE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE SAN
FRANCISCO 49ERS.
THE STRATEGY FOR WINNING THE
BIG
GAME ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB".
Pat: WELCOME TO THIS EDITION
OF THE
"700 CLUB".
AT LAST PRESIDENT OBAMA
ADMITTED THE
SAN BERNARDINO SLAUGHTER WAS
"AN ACT OF
TERRORISM".
BUT THE REST OF HIS 13-MINUTE
SPEECH
LAST NIGHT FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE IS
MORE OF THE SAME ACCORDING TO
CRITICS.
ALSO SAYING HE IS NOT DOING
NEARLY
ENOUGH TO DEFEAT ISIS.
Terry: EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS
ARE SAYING
THE CURRENT STRATEGY ISN'T
WORKING.
Efrem: THERE WERE NO
SURPRISES WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE LAST
NIGHT IN
THE OVAL OFFICE SAYING THAT IT
WAS
TERRORISM. THAT ALLOWED THE
FEMALE
KILLER IN THAT SHOOTING INTO
THE UNITED
STATES. HE STRESSED AMERICA IS
NOT AT
WAR WITH ISLAM AND THE COUNTRY
MUST NOT
TURN AGAINST MUSLIM.
AS THE CHIEF I HAVE NO
GREATER
RESPONSIBILITY THAN TO PROTECT
THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE ANNOUNCED NO CHANGES
AGAINST THE
STRATEGY AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA
AND IRAQ.
NOTHING THAT HAPPENED IN HIS
SPEECH
TONIGHT IS GOING TO SWAY THE
PUBLIC'S
FEARS.
DONALD TRUMP TWEETED, "IS
THAT ALL
THERE IS?" WE NEED A NEW
PRESIDENT
FAST ".
HE WOULD NOT SAY WE ARE AT WAR
WITH
ISLAMIC TERRORIST.
EVEN THE FRONT RUNNER FOR
THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IS
QUESTIONING
THE CURRENT STRATEGY TO DEFEAT
ISIS.
WELL, WE ARE NOT WINNING BUT
TOO
SOON TO SAY THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO.
PRESIDENT OBAMA MAY HAVE
GIVEN HIS
SPEECH FROM THE OVAL OFFICE
BECAUSE HIS
MESSAGE ABOUT HIS PLAN TO
DEFEAT ISIS
ISN'T GETTING TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FREEDOM IS MORE POWERFUL
THAN FEAR.
BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE
THAT THIS
SPEECH WILL CHANGE MANY MINDS
IN HIS
FAVOR.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WITH US NOW FROM OUR
WASHINGTON
BUREAU IS RETIRED LIEUTENANT
GENERAL
MICHAEL FLYNN ON THE AGENCY
UNDER
PRESIDENT OBAMA. WE WELCOME YOU
TO THIS
PROGRAM.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIS
SPEECH?
FIRST OF ALL, DR. ROBERTSON,
THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
INVITATION. I
WANT TO REMIND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE OF
THE IMPORTANT DAY OF THE
HISTORY OF
AMERICA DECEMBER 7TH.
WHEN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
AND
CAUSED OUR NATION TO DEFEAT
NAZISM AND
IMPERIALISM.
AS A REMINDER, THOSE ARE OTHER
THREATS
OUR NATION HAS FACED OVER OUR
HISTORY
AND WE ARE NOW FACING THIS
OTHER
THREAT, THIS THREAT OF RADICAL
SLAMMISM. I REALLY WANT TO
CHEER FOR
OUR PRESIDENT ON ONE HAND, BUT
I JUST
DON'T SEE THE LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE OR
THE LEVEL OF CLARITY IN
ANYTHING THAT
HE HAS SAID LAST NIGHT OR
FRANKLY OVER
THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
THE ONE THING ABOUT THE TRUTH,
THE
TRUTH DOCTOR FEARS NO
QUESTIONS. I
THINK THAT WE ARE LEFT AFTER
LAST NIGHT
WITH A LOT MORE QUESTIONS.
AND WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY
WANT TO HEAR IS THEY WANT TO
HEAR THE
TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ARE FACING
A VERY
CANCEROUS RADICAL FORM OF
RELIGION THAT
NEEDS TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
ITSELF AND
I HAVE SAID AND IN OTHER
OCCASIONS THAT
THIS IS A RELIGION THAT
REQUIRES
REAFFIRMATION ITSELF.
IT'S VERY VERY DANGEROUS.
LET ME SAY YOU INTERROGATED THE
HUNDREDS OF TALIBAN AND OTHER
TYPE OF
RADICALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
MEMBERS OF AL-QAEDA AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE?
ARE
THEY THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF
ISLAM?
THEY ARE. IF YOU READ THE
KORAN, YOU
TALK TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE A
DEEPLY ROOTED BELIEF IN THIS
SHARIA LAW.
A LAW THAT IS IN FACT A PART OF
CONSTITUTION OF MANY MUSLIM
COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
THESE ARE TRUE BELIEVERS. THIS
IS NOT A
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, THIS IS
NOT A
CULT, THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION
THAT HAS
A DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
IT'S
APOCALYPTIC.
THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS
CALIPHATE IN
THE AREA AROUND SYRIA AND IRAQ
AND
LEBANON.
THEY HAVE GLOBAL ASPIRATIONS
WHICH WE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN.
NOW, THIS IS NOT AN
ORGANIZATION THAT'S
SUDDENLY POPPED UP IN THE LAST
YEAR.
THIS ACTUALLY, THEY BEGAN TO
RISE
REALLY AFTER WE DEFEATED THEM
IN IRAQ
AROUND THE 2010-2011 TIMEFRAME
AND SAW
THEM AGAIN RISE ALL THE WAY UP
TO HERE.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME
TIME,
DOCTOR.
REALLY WHAT I DESCRIBE AS A
30-YEAR
PLAN.
WE ARE TRYING, PERSONALLY AND
WITH SOME
OTHERS WHO ARE REALLY BIG
BELIEVERS IN
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, WE ARE
TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHICH TIMEFRAME IN
THEIR
CAMPAIGN ARE THEY IN. ARE THEY
IN THEIR
ATTACK PHASE SO TO SPEAK AND
ARE WE
BEGINNING TO SEE THE BEGINNINGS
OF
THAT.
Pat: I REMEMBER CLEARLY
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT GAVE A SPEECH, IT WAS
GREAT.
HE RALLIED AMERICA TO FIGHT
FASCISM AND
JAPANESE AND NAZIS IN GERMANY.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION WHO THE
ENEMY
WAS. WHY IS PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT
STATING
WHO THE ENEMY IS.
HIS SPEECH WAS, WELL, WE HAVE
TO BE
NICE TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE
WANT TO
BE THEIR FRIEND.
YES.
IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR TO HIM AND
BEEN
STATED AND BRIEFED TO HIM AND
DESCRIBING TO HIM WHO THE ENEMY
IS.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A REAL
PROBLEM AND A
TRAGEDY IN SOME ACCOUNTS THAT
HE
DOESN'T OR HE REFUSES TO
CLEARLY
IDENTIFY THE ENEMY.
DOCTOR, I HAVE BEEN AN
INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER AND HAVE HAD TO CLEARLY
IDENTIFY THE ENEMY TO MANY
COMMANDERS
ON MANY BATTLE FIELDS OVER MY
CAREER.
IF I COULD NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY
THE
ENEMY, IT WASN'T WORTH THE SALT
IN MY
BODY TO THOSE COMMANDERS.
UNTIL YOU CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE
ENEMY,
YOU CANNOT DECIDE HOW TO DEFEAT
IT, HOW
TO DESTROY IT AND IN THIS CASE
HOW TO
ELIMINATE THIS.
THE LACK OF THAT CLARITY AND
WHY THE
PRESIDENT REFUSES TO DO THIS.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WANT TO
CHEER
FOR OUR PRESIDENT. ANY AMERICAN
WOULD
WANT TO CHEER FOR THEIR
PRESIDENT, BUT
HE IS NOT GIVING US A LOT TO
CHEER
ABOUT.
I FIND HIS STATEMENTS EVEN LAST
NIGHT
THAT IT LACKS CONFIDENCE. IT
DOESN'T
SOUND THAT HE'S CONFIDENT IN
WHAT IT IS
HE'S SAYING.
THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO SAY
THAT IT WAS
AN ACT OF TERROR, DIDN'T SEEM
LIKE, HE
WANTED TO SAY THAT.
HE'S GOT TO BE STRONG, HE'S GOT
TO BE
CONFIDENT.
WE WANT TO SEE LEADERSHIP OUT
OF OUR
PRESIDENT SO WE CAN CHEER FOR
HIM SO
THIS COUNTRY CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT IS
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE
AND WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THE FORM OF
RADICAL
ISLAMISM THAT IS GOING TO TAKE
TIME TO
OVERTAKE.
ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT IN SYRIA
DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
WE DID ALMOST NOTHING IN SYRIA.
DID THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY
GIVE A CLEAR PICTURE TO THE
ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT THEY
WERE FACING
AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE
DIDN'T ACT
IN SYRIA?
YES.
I MEAN, I WOULD SAY A
COMBINATION OF
THE INTELLIGENCE SUFFERS FROM
CERTAINLY
ON THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
SIDE HAS
BEEN VERY CLEAR.
I THINK THIS USE OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS IN
SYRIA WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE ACT
OF
OUTRAGE, NEVER MIND A VIOLATION
OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL
MORAL BEHAVIORS TO USE
CHEMICALS
AGAINST YOUR OWN PEOPLE AND
KILL QUITE
A NUMBER AND DID IT MORE THAN
ONCE.
SO, WE SHOULD EITHER NOT STATE
OUR RED
LINES OR IF WE STATE THEM, WE
MUST DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF
NO
AGENCY.
THAT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF SHINE
OR
RESPECT FROM OUR NATION.
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD EXPECT
THE
UNITED STATES TO BE THE GLOBAL
LEADER.
THERE IS A REASON WHY WE ARE IN
THIS
POSITION, AND WE SHOULD NOT
ALLOW
OURSELVES TO BE SEEN AS EQUAL
TO OTHER
NATIONS IN THE WORLD BECAUSE
OUR IDEALS
AND VALUES ARE NOT LIKE THE
REST OF THE
WORLD. WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN
EQUALITY.
THERE HAS BEEN A SERIES OF
THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED, DOCTOR, THAT I
HAVE BEEN
VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE
ACTIONS AND
FRANKLY THAT'S PARTLY WHY I'M
SITTING
WITH YOU HERE TODAY AND I LEFT
THE
GOVERNMENT BECAUSE YOU GET TO A
POINT
AS A SOLDIER WHICH IS WHAT I AM
DOWN
DEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU SALUTE AND
YOU MOVE
OUT WHEN YOU CAN'T AGREE WITH
THOSE
THAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR.
Pat: GENERAL, I WANT TO ASK
YOU ONE
LAST QUESTION.
THEY GAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT HE HAD AN ELECTION AHEAD OF
HIM AND
HE HAD A PARTICULAR PREMISE HE
WANTED
TO PUT OUT AND YOUR INTEL
DIDN'T FIT
THAT PREMISE, IS THAT CORRECT?
YEAH.
OR I WOULD USE THE NARRATIVE.
YOU KNOW, THE NARRATIVE WAS
AL-QAEDA
WAS ON THE RUN.
THEY WERE DEFEATED. WE
PREVIOUSLY HAD
KILLED BIN LADIN.
THERE WAS A SENSE OF I WOULD
JUST
DESCRIBE IT AS POLITICAL
EUPHORIA AND
IT DIDN'T FIT A PARTICULAR
NARRATIVE
AND THEREFORE THAT THEY DID NOT
WANT TO
ACCEPT THAT.
WELL, IN FACT THESE GUYS ARE
RISING,
THEY ARE INCREASING.
AT THAT TIME MY ASSESSMENT, OUR
ASSESSMENT WAS THAT A NUMBER OF
GROUPS
HAD ALMOST DOUBLED IN SIZE AND
THESE
GROUPS OF TERRORIST GROUPS THAT
WERE
ASSOCIATED IN SOME CAPACITY
WITH
AL-QAIDA.
SO, FOR ANYBODY TO SAY THEY
WERE ON THE
RUN IS IRRESPONSIBLE.
WE NOW ARE FACING A PROBLEM
THAT WE'VE
GIVEN A LOT OF TIME TO GROW AND
WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT
IN VASTLY
DIFFERENT WAYS, DOCTOR.
FOR YOUR LISTENERS, I WANT
PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ENEMY HAS
THE
WILLINGNESS AND INTENT TO STEAL
AWAY
OUR WAY OF LIFE AND WITH A WE
HAVE TO
DO IS WE HAVE TO TAKE AWAY
THEIR
EXCUSES FOR THE KIND OF VIT
REAL AND
THESE IDEAS THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO
EXPOSE TO NOT A FEW THOUSAND,
BUT
MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. SO
THIS IS
GOING TO BE A LONG TERM
PROBLEM. WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO FACE AND
WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY COME UP
WITH A
FAR MORE DETAILED CAMPAIGN AND
STRATEGY
THAT GOES WITH THAT AND IT'S
NOT GOING
TO BE THIS NEXT PRESIDENT.
THIS NEXT PRESIDENT HOPEFULLY
WILL GET
US STARTED, BUT THIS IS GOING
TO
TRANSCEND MANY PRESIDENTS
POTENTIALLY
FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OR
LONGER UNTIL
WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT
WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO
REALLY
ELIMINATE THIS IDEA.
GENERAL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE
CLARITY OF YOUR VOICE. WE
APPRECIATE
THE STAND YOU ARE TAKING.
GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Terry: COMING UP WE HAVE
SOMETHING
FROM THE MIDDLE EAST THAT YOU
WON'T
HEAR FROM MOST MEDIA.
THIS COMES FROM PLACES WHERE
ISIS
HAS OCCUPIED AND EVEN FROM HERE
PEOPLE
ARE ENCOUNTERING VISIONS.
CHRIS MITCHELL TALKS WITH
FORMER
MUSLIMS WHO ARE RISKING THEIR
LIVES TO
FOLLOW JESUS.
FOLLOW JESUS.
Pat: YOU ARE WATCHING THE
"700 CLUB".
IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS.
HOW LONG IS IT? A COUPLE
WEEKS?
Terry: THREE MAYBE, ABOUT
THREE 3
WEEKS.
IT'S NOT THAT LONG.
PLEASE LET IT BE THAT LONG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED
WRAPPING YOUR
PRESENTS YET.
GIVE TERRY ONE MORE WEEK TO
WRAP THE
PRESENTS.
DESPITE THE BARBARIC ACTS OF
ISIS THERE
IS STILL HOPE FOR THOSE LIVING
IN THE
WORLD OF ISLAM.
CHRIS MITCHELL MET WITH
CHRISTIANS IN
KURDISTAN.
THEY TOLD OF AMAZING STORIES OF
SUPERNATURAL ENCOUNTERS OF
JESUS
THEMSELVES.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
WATCH THIS.
AS ISIS CONQUERS PARTS OF
NORTHERN
IRAQ AND CHRISTIAN MINORITIES
AND
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, A SURPRISING
THING
HAPPENED. GOSPEL IS BEGINNING
TO
SPREAD.
DESPITE THE DARKNESS COMING
IN AND
TRYING TO GET THE LIGHT OUT AND
KILLING
LIVES AND BRINGING SO MUCH PAIN
AND
SUFFERING, WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE
WORSHIPPING GOD AND PRAYER AND
PEOPLE
ARE COMING TO KNOW HIM AND
FOLLOW HIM.
HE LEADS A HOUSE OF PRAYER
IN
KURDISTAN. HE TOLD US OF
MEETING WITH
PEOPLE WHO HAD SUPERNATURAL
ENCOUNTERS
WITH JESUS.
PEOPLE IN THESE STREETS AND
REFUGEE
CAMPS WHERE PLACES WERE
OCCUPIED FROM
HERE, ARE ENCOUNTERING JESUS
AND DREAMS
AND VISIONS.
THOSE ENCOUNTERS ARE NOT
LIMITED TO
ISIS CONTROLLED AREAS. IT'S A
PHENOMENON HAPPENING THROUGHOUT
THE
MIDDLE EAST.
THROUGH KURDISTAN, THEY WANTED
TO SHARE
THEIR STORIES. WE CONCEAL THEIR
IDENTITIES FOR THEIR OWN
PROTECTION.
ONE NIGHT WHILE I WAS IN BED
I HAD A
DREAM.
IT WAS CALLING MY NAME VERBALLY
SAYING
COME TO ME.
I WILL SAVE YOU AND RESCUE YOU,
BUT I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
THAT FOLLOWED ABBY AND HER
MOTHER.
WE MADE OUR OWN DECISION TO
FOLLOW
JESUS WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS.
WHEN THEY
CAME HERE THEY EXPLAINED THE
LIFE OF
CHRIST AND KINGDOM OF GOD. HERE
MY
DREAM WAS OF JESUS.
HE IS CALLING US TO GIVE US
SALVATION
AND GIVE US REST AND GIVE US
LIFE.
I ASK HER WHAT SHE FACES IN
IRAN.
THIS IS A SOCIAL
PERSECUTION.
IF THE GOVERNMENT FOUND OUT, I
WOULD BE
KILLED ON THE STREETS AT ONCE.
WHEN I HEARD, I COULDN'T
EXPLAIN THE
PASSAGE. WHEN I WENT TO THE
UNIVERSITY
I MET ARMENIAN GIRL.
I ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS.
HOW DO THEY LIVE? HOW DO THEY
WORSHIP.
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
HER ANSWERS BROUGHT ME TO MY
OWN
DECISIONS.
CHRIST BROUGHT ME MANY
BLESSINGS.
I CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW BLESS --
FULL
JESUS HAS BEEN.
I FEEL GOD CATCHING MY HEART
AND
SHAKING MY HEART.
THIS MAN ALSO HAD A DREAM.
IN THE DREAM I REMEMBER THE
MARKS ON
HIS FACE AND WEARING A CROWN ON
HIS
HEAD AND A STRIPE CAME OUT OF
EACH PART
OF HIS BODY AND MANY PEOPLE
WERE BOWING
DOWN BEFORE HIM.
THAT DREAM IS STILL ALIVE WITH
ME AND
WITH ME EVERYDAY.
I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE I SAW
HEAVEN.
HE SHOWED ME MANY THINGS AND
THAT DREAM
BECAME A TURNING POINT IN MY
LIFE.
I ASKED IF MANY PEOPLE ARE
COMING TO
JESUS CHRIST
YES.
MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TO
JESUS. WHAT
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW IS
VERY DIFFICULT.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN THAT
CHANGE
THAT SITUATION IS CHRIST
HIMSELF.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
IRAN TO
EXPERIENCE THE POWER.
IRAN'S -- DESPITE THOSE
EFFORTS
MISSIONARIES SAY IRAN HAS ONE
OF THE
FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN THE
WORLD.
WHILE POLITICS REARRANGE THE
MIDDLE
EAST, HE SAYS IT'S WORKING TO
CHANGE
LIVES.
THE PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE.
THEY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.
THEY ARE IN PAIN. THEY NEED
HELP ANTHER
READY TO LISTEN AND PEOPLE NEED
TO KNOW
THAT.
WE KNOW THERE IS MANY BAD
PEOPLE THEY
WANT TO KILL AND DESTROY.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
PEOPLE WHO
ARE DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS.
WE NEED TO BE HERE FOR SUCH A
TIME AS
THIS AND TO BE HIS VOICE AND
BRING THE
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM TO THEIR
LIVES.
CHRIS MITCHELL, KURDISTAN.
Pat: FANTASTIC.
IT WAS THE CAPITOL OF THAT
KURDISH
REGION.
THE PEOPLE THERE ARE DESPERATE
TO LEARN
THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS. WE SERVE
A GREAT
GOD.
PAUL SAID, I'M NOT ASHAMED OF
THE
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THAT WHO
BELIEVES ARE THE JEWS.
SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST
HIMSELF IS
APPEARING AND THERE IS NO WAY
THOSE
MUSLIMS CAN STOP IT. THEY CAN
TRY TO
BURN AND CRUCIFY AND EXECUTE
BUT THEY
CAN NOT STOP WHAT JESUS CHRIST
IS
DOING. HE IS THE ULTIMATE
VICTOR.
DON'T EVER FORGET IT.
TERRY?
Terry: AN ENCOURAGING REPORT.
UP NEXT, A 49ER'S DYNASTY TALKS
ABOUT
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WIN 3 SUPER
BOWL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WHEN THEY TAKE OVER, WHEN
THEY
POLICE THEMSELVES AND WHEN THE
STANDARDS ARE JUST ABOVE WHAT
THE
COACHES EXPECT, THOSE
CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAMS HAD ALL THE HALLMARKS.
BERRET JONES TALKS ABOUT
THAT AND
THE WHOLE FULFILLMENT.
THE WHOLE FULFILLMENT.
Terry: THIS YEAR WE WANT TO
YOU BRING
A CULTURE TO BRING LIGHT TO THE
CULTURE
OF CHRISTMAS. LOOK IN THE MAIL
AND
INSIDE YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN
CHRISTMAS
CLING.
SO YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR CAR.
IF YOU ARE NOT A CBN PARTNER,
WE'LL
SEND YOU A STICKER.
JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-759-0700.
THEY CAN'T TAKE CHRIST OUT OF
CHRISTMAS
IF WE DON'T LET THEM. SO DON'T
SAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! SAY, MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
Pat: THE COUNT DOWN TO SUPER
BOWL 50
RECENTLY SPORTS REPORTER TALKED
WITH
NFL PLAYER WHO HAS WON THREE OF
THOSE
SUPER BOWLS, AT LEAST HIS TEAMS
DID.
THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ER BRENT
JONES.
WHAT A BLESSING. WHAT A
SPECIAL
THING.
I WAS PART OF A SUPER BOWL
CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM. I'M BRENT JONES, TIGHT
END FOR
THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS.
HE IS A FIX YOU ARE IN THE
49ERS
DYNASTY AND WON THREE SUPER
BOWL TITLES
AND 7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL,
CONSISTENT LEVEL.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT I THINK
WILL GO
DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE
MOST
DOMINANT IF NOT THE MOST
DOMINANT.
EVERYBODY IN THAT BUILDING WAS
COMMITTED TO WINNING SUPER
BOWLS AND
NOTHING ELSE.
IS THERE A COMMON THREAD?
WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT OUR
TEAM WAS A
DESIRE TO WIN.
IT'S WHAT BILL STARTED BUILDING.
WHAT HE SAID WAS THE MOST
POWERFUL
TEAMS ARE WHEN THE PLAYERS TAKE
OVER.
WHEN THEY POLICE THEMSELVES.
WHEN THE STANDARD GETS ABOVE
JUST WHAT
THE COACHES EXPECT.
THOSE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
HAD
THOSE HALLMARKS.
HALLMARK THAT INCLUDED TWO
QUARTERBACKS.
THEY DIDN'T SKIP THE BEAT.
FROM QUARTERBACKS TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE
THEY EXPECTED YOU TO BE AND HOW
THEY
SEE THE PLAY AND YOU CAN
OBVIOUSLY ADD
TO THAT, BUT IN THE END THEY
ARE THE
GENERALS.
THE FIRST THREE
CHAMPIONSHIPS CAME
TO THE WIRE WHEN 49ERS BEAT THE
CINCINNATI BENGALS.
WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME HOW
YOU RUN A
DRILL, WHEN DO YOU CALL TIME
OUT. WE
PRACTICED IT EVERY WEEK AND YOU
NEVER
EXPECT IT TO BE, HEY, YOU HAVE
TO GO 92
YARDS IN TWO 1/2 MINUTES TO WIN
THE
CHAMPIONSHIP. WE RAN IT
METICULOUSLY
AND WE WERE PREPARED TO DO IT.
IT WAS IN THE 1990 IN THE
BLOW OUT
AGAINST THE DENVER BRONCOS TO A
DREAM
COME TRUE.
YOU SEE THE EXCITEMENT AND
PURE JOY
THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY THAT
WINNING TEAM
AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT
MYSELF
WAS SOMETHING. BUT THAT
TOUCHDOWN IN
THE IS IS SUPER BOWL STANDS
OUT.
IT IS NO MAN THAT
EXPERIENCES THAT
SUCCESS.
I HAVE SEEN SUPER BOWL TEAMS
AND I
HAVE SEEN THEM LOOK AROUND AND
SAY IS
THAT ALL THERE IS? IT'S REALLY
EMPTY
AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
THE REAL FULFILLMENT IS THE
ETERNAL
FULFILLMENT THAT YOU HAVE BY
HAVING
CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE.
TELL ME ABOUT HIS SAVING
GRACE IN
YOUR LIFE, BRENT, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN
TO YOU?
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE BEEN
A PART
OF HAS BEEN ABOUT EARNING YOUR
WAY, HAS
BEEN MERIT BASE.
WHAT CAN YOU POINT TO, WHAT
CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE YOU WON, HOW
MUCH
MONEY CAN YOU RAISE. WHAT'S
GREAT ABOUT
OUR LORD SAVING GRACE IS, I
HAVEN'T
DONE ANYTHING.
IN FACT I WOULD ARGUE THAT I
AND WE ALL
HAVE DONE THINGS TO NOT DESERVE
ANY OF
IT, BUT COUNT FOR THE HOPE THAT
YOU
HAVE IN CHRIST AND LIVING THE
WAY THAT
CHRIST WOULD LIVE.
Pat: WE ARE FINITE BEINGS
LIVING IN
TIME. GOD ALMIGHTY LIVES IN
ETERNITY IN
EXISTENCE, A TOTAL DIFFERENT
EXISTENCE.
HE SAYS I HAVE GOT SO MUCH
BETTER FOR
YOU.
I HAVE SO MUCH BETTER.
SO SOMEBODY RUNS 100 YARDS AND
CATCHES
A LITTLE PIG WITH AIR AND HE
GOES
ACROSS AN IMAGINARY LINE AND
EVERYBODY
CHEERS.
THAT DEFINES HIS LIFE AND OF
COURSE
SOMEBODY SEE'S THAT IS ALL
THERE IS,
BUT YOU COME IN TOUCH WITH
JESUS CHRIST
AND YOU COME IN TOUCH WITH
ETERNITY.
OBVIOUSLY A SPORTS HERO, BUT HE
KNOWS
THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER. OKAY.
TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
THERE HAS TO BE MORE.
Pat: THERE HAS TO BE.
CATCHING A PIGSKIN FULL OF HOT
AIR.
EVEN IF THEY ARE THROWN BY TOM
BRADY,
BIG DEAL.
I CAUGHT IT WITH ONE HAND.
Terry: OKAY, LET'S BRING IT
ON WITH
SOME QUESTIONS. THIS IS EDNA
WHO SAYS
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR GETTING
THE
PRESIDENT IMPEACHED.
WHO THE AMERICANS CONTACT TO
GET THIS
GOING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
Pat: WELL, IMPEACHMENT IS
ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY
VOTE AND
THEY HAVE TO PUT THE MANAGERS
OF THE
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AND THERE
IS A
TRIAL AND THERE HAS TO BE A
TWO-THIRDS
VOTE.
IF YOU THINK THE COUNTRY IS
DIVIDED AS
WE ARE WITH 50/50 IF YOU ARE
GOING TO
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, IT ISN'T
GOING
TO DO HAPPEN. SO I MEAN JUST IF
YOU
WANT TO ASK FOR IMPEACHMENT AND
PRAY
THE LORD HIMSELF.
LOOK WHAT THEY DID WITH CLINTON.
IT WAS A CIRCUS. THEY WENT
THROUGH ALL
THAT PROCESS AND GOT NOTHING.
Terry: FIRST IT'S MELISSA WHO
SAYS I
CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON AND
THE
COMMAND" THOU SHALL NOT KILL
"COMES TO
MIND.
WOULD I BE ABLE TO DEFEND
MYSELF.
AND SHOULD YOU SHOOT AND BECOME
A
KILLER OR LET THEM KILL YOU?
Pat: WHO WAS CARRYING A GUN
AND SAID
WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO
YOU AND
IT'S YOUR TIME AND HE SAID WHAT
IF I
MEET AN INDIAN AND IT'S HIS
TIME. I
DON'T KNOW.
WE'VE ALWAYS FELT IN THE
CHRISTIAN
FAITH THAT SELF DEFENSE IS A
REASON TO
STAND UP WITH WEAPONS AGAINST
AN
AGGRESSOR.
I THINK THAT'S STILL, I MEAN
YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO HELL IF YOU DEFEND
YOURSELF IF SOMEONE IS TRYING
TO KILL
YOU.
IN CHICAGO, THIS KID COMES TO A
POLICEMEN.
THEY HAVE VIDEO NOW.
HE'S WALKING AWAY FROM THE
POLICEMEN.
THE POLICEMEN TAKES HIS GUN AND
HE
SHOOTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIS KID HAS A TINY KNIFE.
BIG MISTAKE. THAT'S NOT SELF
DEFENSE .
THAT'S MURDER.
THE MORE YOU SEE IN THE VIDEO,
THERE
MAY BE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
Terry: HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN
HEARING A
TERM DESCRIBED IN SOME LAW THAT
MAKES
IT OKAY FOR MUSLIMS TO LIE.
WHAT IS
THAT ABOUT?
Pat: WELL, IT'S LIES ARE
PERMITTED
UNDER CERTAIN DESCRIPTION.
KIT MAN, THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE
TYPICALLY THOSE THAT ADVANCE
THE CAUSE
OF ISLAM.
Terry: ALMOST LIKE YOU ARE
EXONERATED.
Pat: IN THE KORAN, THE
DISBELIEVER
AND ALLAH IS THE BEST SCHEMER.
PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST,
THEY JUST
LIE LIKE TROOPERS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY GO INTO BUSINESS DEALS.
YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD
THEY SAY.
CERTAINLY CIRCUMSTANCES IN
THEIR
HEART AND MIND THAT WOULD MAKE
THAT
ACCEPTABLE.
ONLY TO ADVANCE THE CAUSES
OF ISLAM.
THAT IS PART OF THEIR FAITH.
Terry: THIS IS WHO SAID I WAS
BAPTIZED WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
DO I HAVE TO BE BAPTIZED AGAIN.
CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN THE
BAPTISM AND
EFFICACY OF THE SACK SACRAMENT
THAT YOU
NEED TO LEAD INTO BAPTISM WITH
FULL
UNDERSTANDING.
I FEEL I HAVE TO GET OVER
SHYNESS. I
FEEL THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE A
GIRLFRIEND.
SHYNESS IS YOURSELF, YOU ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT YOURSELF.
IF YOU FOCUS ON WHAT SOMEBODY
ELSE
WANTS, WHAT COULD BE SOMETHING
GOOD FOR
THEM. FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF,
THAT'S HOW
YOU GET YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
YOU LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL
GIFRL, YOU
SAY, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.
MAYBE I CAN BRING JOY INTO YOUR
LIFE.
BUT YOU WORRY ABOUT HER
REACTION TO ME.
THAT'S THE SHYNESS IS CONCERNED
ABOUT
ME.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FORGET
YOURSELF.
THIS IS LEAH, SHE SAYS
THERE IS
SOME CONCERN ABOUT GOD.
IS THERE SOME THINGS THAT
PEOPLE NEED
TO LET GO OF BEFORE YOU GET TO
CLOSER
TO GOD.
Pat: THERE WAS A STORY OF A
CHIEF WHO
WAS GETTING BAPTIZED.
HE SAID I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED
BUT I
WANT TO HOLD MY RIGHT HAND THAT
HOLDS
MY BATTLE.
HE'S HOLDING BACK.
THAT'S THE SURRENDER AND
USUALLY IT'S A
PROGRESSIVE SURRENDER.
WHAT IS IT YOU ARE HOLDING
ONTO? YOU
ARE HOLDING ONTO ADDICTION,
ALCOHOL,
SEX IS, LUST FOR MONEY, PRIDE,
RESENTMENT.
YOU WANT TO FIND THE LORD, BUT
YOU
WON'T GIVE UP THE FACT THAT YOU
HATE
SOMEBODY.
ALL RIGHT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS
THAT
HAVE TO GO.
YOU PUT THEM ALL ON THE ALTER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WATCH WHAT
THE LORD
WILL DO FOR YOU.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME THAT YOU
HAVE
FOR TODAY FOR BRING IT ON.
WE HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING.
WE HAVE A COOKIE CONTEST UNDER
WAY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER,
JUST GO TO
FACEBOOK/"700 CLUB" AND SUBMIT
YOUR
FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE.
YOU WILL UNTIL WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 9TH,
TO ENTER AND FRIDAY DECEMBER
11TH WE
ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE
WINNING
RECIPE RIGHT HERE ON THE "700
CLUB" AND
MANY OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ADD
THAT TO
YOUR COLLECTION.
WE ARE NOT EATING COOKIES
BECAUSE
THEY ARE BAD FOR YOU.
I CAN ADD TO THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE SO SWEET.
THAT'S WHY WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Terry: A FEAT READY TO GO
DOWN WITH
HER BOYFRIEND BONNIE AND CLYDE
STYLE.
I GET THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR
AND I
GET THE 9-MILLIMETER OUT AND I
SAID
LET'S JUST KILL THEM AND THEY
WILL KILL
US AND WE WILL ALL DIE.
WATCH HOW HE BACKS DOWN.
WATCH HOW HE BACKS DOWN.
Efrem: WELCOME TO THE "700
CLUB".
JERRY FALWELL JUNIOR IS
ENCOURAGING
STUDENTS TO CARRY WEAPONS ON
CAMPUS TO
COUNTER A SITUATION LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED
IN SAN BERNARDINO.
I ALWAYS FELT IF MORE PEOPLE
COULD
CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS WITH
PERMITS
WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT
SITUATION.
HE WAS REFERRING TO SAN
BERNARDINO
ATTACKERS.
YOU CAN JOIN IN THE DISCUSSION
ON THIS
STORY BY GOING TO CBNNEWS.COM.
CBN IS
HELPING REFUGEES IN CALLIE.
CBN HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 300
FAMILIES
WITH FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER
ALSO
SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF HOPE
THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST.
THEY BUILT A KITCHEN AT THE
CAMP.
IT'S NOT SURE HOW LONG THE
REFUGEES
WILL BE THERE BUT CBN WILL
CONTINUE
PROVIDING RELIEF AND SHARING
THE
MESSAGE OF SALVATION. YOU CAN
FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT WHAT CBN IS DOING
AROUND THE
WORLD BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN/INTERNATIONAL.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE RIGHT
BACK AFTER
THIS.
THIS.
TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR
REMEMBRANCE
DAY WHICH COMMEMORATES THE
ATTACK ON
PEARL HARBOR IN HAWAI'I DURING
WORLD
WAR II AND HONORS THE MANY MEN
AND
WOMEN WHOSE LIVES WERE LOST ON
DECEMBER
7, 1941.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO YOU MEET A
VETERAN
OF WORLD WAR II.
THE INVASION OF NORMANDY ON D
DAY.
HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A "700
CLUB"
PARTNER.
JOHN IS A WORLD WAR II NAVY
VETERAN.
WHEN YOU COME ALONGSIDE AND
TIE UP
THE ROPES.
IF IT DOESN'T MOVE.
AT 90 YEARS OLD, HE STILL
ENJOYS HIS
LIFELONG PASSION FOR
MOTORCYCLES.
CRUISING THROUGH HIS VILLAGE,
JOHN SAYS
IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO WHAT
HE LOVES MOST IS TELLING PEOPLE
ABOUT
JESUS WHICH IS SOMETHING HE DID
WHEN HE
JOINED THE CHURCH MORE THAN 50
YEARS
AGO.
IF YOU WANT TO COME INTO MY
LIFE, I
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, YOU CAN
COME IN
IF YOU WANT TO.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
JOHN HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED
CHRISTIAN
MINISTRIES. ONE OF THEM TODAY
IS CBN.
HE BECAME A PARTNER AFTER
WATCHING THE
"700 CLUB".
THEY DO GOOD WORK AS WELL.
THEY TAKE
THE GOSPEL AS WELL. THAT'S WHY
I
SUPPORT THEM.
JOHN STARTED OFF AS A CBN
GOLD
MEMBER: $40 A MONTH IN THE UK.
BUT HE
DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE
MONTHLY
PLEDGE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT AROUND
BECAUSE
I'M 90.
SO I WANT TO GIVE IT NOW.
I WANT TO DO THAT, WHY EVERY
MONTH?
GIVE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
12 TIMES 60, THAT IS 600.
JOHN CONTINUES TO GIVE TO
CBN AND
APPRECIATES HOW IT'S HELPING
THE
SUFFERING PEOPLE.
IN NEPAL, THE PROGRAM SHOWS
THIS
VEHICLE TAKING AID.
THEY ARE QUICK.
WHILE JOHN REACHES OUT TO
PEOPLE ON
HIS CORNER IN ENGLAND, HE KNOWS
THAT
CBN IS REACHING THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD.
I WANT TO GIVE BACK THAT
BUILDS
TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
THAT'S WHY I'M GIVING.
Terry: WHAT AN AMAZING GUY.
NOT ONLY ARE WE OFTEN, JOHN,
THE FIRST
ONE THERE, WE ARE ALSO USUALLY
THE LAST
ONES TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE STAY
UNTIL THE
JOB GETS DONE.
WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH
THANKS TO
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WE ARE ASKING TO YOU MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
JOHN IS GIVING AT HIS LEVEL, A
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEMBER: $20 A MONTH,
JUST
$0.65 A DAY .
Pat: DOESN'T THAT TOUCH YOUR
HEART.
WHAT A LOVELY BROTHER.
I'M SO WARM AND TOUCHED IN MY
HEART BY
THE LOVE OF THE LORD.
JUST A BEAUTIFUL GUY.
ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
PEARL
HARBOR?
NO, BUT MY FATHER WAS IN THE
NAVY
AND HIS SHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE.
Pat: I REMEMBER WHEN THAT
HAPPENED
DISTINCTLY.
IT SHOOK US ALL UP.
I WILL TELL YOU, THE THING
ABOUT THAT
IS THAT AMERICA MOBILIZED
TOGETHER.
WE HAD MORE BONDS AND WE HAD
REMEMBER
THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER.
WE SANG PATRIOTIC SONGS AND
THIS NATION
WAS TOGETHER. FOLKS, IF WE ARE
TOGETHER, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU
ARE DIVIDED NOTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
Terry: IF YOU WANT TO JOIN
THE "700
CLUB", THIS IS THE NUMBER TO
CALL.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-759-0700.
JUST CALL AND SAY I WANT TO
JOIN THE
"700 CLUB". WHOEVER YOU ARE
TALKING TO,
CAN CLEARLY SPELL THAT OUT TO
YOU.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MUCH IN
THE SHOW,
THE WORLD IS IN FEAR AND
ANXIETY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE
TRANSFORMING
WORD.
GOD SAID, I SEND MY WORD OUT
AND NEVER
COMES BACK VOID.
FROM MARGARET IN WEST VIRGINIA,
SHE
SAYS THE TRANSFORMING WORD IS
POWERFULLY RENEWING. I HAVE A
DISEASE
AND IT SCARES THE LIFE OUT OF
ME. THESE
SCRIPTURES RENEW A STRENGTH IN
ME. SHE
SAYS THANK YOU, PAT.
YOU CALL AND JOIN THE "700
CLUB". UP
NEXT, A YOUNG WOMAN WAS A
POWERFUL
DEATH WISH.
I JUST WANTED TO DIE.
ANYTHING TO WHERE I CAN OD AND
DIE.
I SEARCHED FOR DEATH AND I
COULD NOT
FIND IT.
SEE WHAT SHE FOUND INSTEAD.
AFTER THIS.
AFTER THIS.
Pat: THAT SHOOTING IN SAN
BERNARDINO, APPARENTLY THE
WOMAN THEY
SAY WAS A SAUDI GIRL LIVING IN
PAKISTAN
FROM SAUDI ARABIA.
SHE WAS THE MASTER MIND.
HER HUSBAND WENT ALONG FOR THE
RIDE.
YOU HAVE THE BONNIE AND CLYDE
SYNDROME.
WHEN SHE PULLED OUT HER
9-MILLIMETER,
SHE WAS READY TO FIRE.
POLICE WERE KNOCKING AT THE
DOOR AND
HEIDI WAS IN THE MIDST OF AN
ARMED
ROBBERY.
SHE WAS READY TO DIE IN A BLAZE
OF
GUNFIRE TAKING THE COPS DOWN
WITH HER.
JUST AS SHE PULLED THE HAMMER
BACK,
SOMEONE STOPPED HER.
WE GET A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
AND IT'S
THE COPS.
SO, I GET THE 9-MILLIMETER OUT
AND
READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
HEIDI HAMBLIN KNEW THE HOUSE
THEY
HAD BROKEN INTO WAS NOW --
LET'S KILL THEM.
HEIDI WAS CARRYING A DEATH
WISH, ONE
THAT FROM THE START WAS FILLED
WITH
VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND DRUGS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DRUG
ACTIVITY. MY
MOM WASN'T INVOLVED IN MY LIFE
A LOT.
SHE KIND OF CAME IN AND LEFT.
SEXUAL ABUSE AND THINGS LIKE
THAT
OCCURRED.
IT JUST GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE
I JUST
WANTED TO DIE.
THE ONLY PLACE SHE FELT
LOVED WAS AT
HER GRANDPARENTS.
HER GRANDFATHER TOLD HER ABOUT
JESUS AT
A YOUNG AGE.
HE WOULD HAVE THIS OLD
GOSPEL
BLUEGRASS MUSIC PLAYING WHICH I
SAW THE
LIGHT FAR AWAY AND I WOULD JUST
LISTEN
TO THAT OVER AND OVER.
I REMEMBER FEELING THE PEACE.
HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, HONEY, I'M
SORRY.
IF I COULD TAKE YOUR PAIN WAY
FROM WHAT
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, I WOULD.
DRUGS BECAME HEIDI'S ONLY
RELIEF.
I WANTED TO BE KNOWN.
THAT MAYBE I COULD TAKE ENOUGH
DRUGS
DRUGS
AND NOT FEEL THE PAIN INSIDE
DRUGS
DRUGS
FROM ALL
DRUGS
DRUGS
THE HURTS AND THINGS THAT HAD
DRUGS
DRUGS
GONE ON
DRUGS
DRUGS
IN LIFE.
DRUGS
DRUGS
IN TIME SHE HAD SEVERAL
DRUGS
DRUGS
ABUSIVE
DRUGS
DRUGS
RELATIONSHIPS AND BY THE TIME
DRUGS
DRUGS
SHE WAS
DRUGS
DRUGS
22 SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN. SHE
DRUGS
DRUGS
TRIED TO
DRUGS
DRUGS
CARE FOR THEM BUT THE DRUG
DRUGS
DRUGS
ADDITION WAS
DRUGS
DRUGS
TOO GREAT AND HAD NO ONE TO
DRUGS
DRUGS
TURN FOR
DRUGS
DRUGS
HELP.
DRUGS
DRUGS
I WENT TO MY MOM AND THAT
DRUGS
DRUGS
WASN'T A
DRUGS
DRUGS
BETTER SITUATION.
DRUGS
DRUGS
THERE WAS ROACHES ALL OVER THE
DRUGS
DRUGS
HOUSE.
DRUGS
DRUGS
NO ELECTRICITY. I COULDN'T GO
DRUGS
DRUGS
TO MY
DRUGS
DRUGS
DAD'S AND I COULDN'T GO TO HER.
DAD'S AND I COULDN'T GO TO HER.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY I WOULD GO
WAS JUST
HELL.
SHE ASKED HER GRANDPARENTS
TO CARE
FOR THEM WHICH THEY DID AND SHE
GAVE UP
ON LIFE AND TURNED TO
PROSTITUTION AND
ANYTHING THAT WOULD TAKE THE
PAIN AWAY.
I GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE I
JUST
WANTED TO DIE.
ANYTHING WHERE I CAN OD AND DIE.
I MEAN, I SEARCHED FOR DEATH
AND I
COULD NOT FIND IT.
SHE WAS ALSO RECKLESS AND
GAVE
LITTLE THOUGHT TO BREAKING INTO
A DRUG
DEALER'S HOUSE WITH HER
BOYFRIEND AND
WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED, SHE
DREW OUT
HER WEAPON KNOWING SHE WOULD
NOT MAKE
IT OUT ALIVE.
I PULLED THE TRIGGER. JUST
AS I
PULLED THE HAMMER BACK, HE SAID
NO AND
TOOK IT OUT OF MY HANDS.
THEY SURRENDERED WITHOUT A
FIGHT AND
HEIDI WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS
FOR
ROBBERY.
I MADE A MESS OF MY LIFE
COMPLETELY.
THERE WAS NO HOPE.
THERE WAS NO SHAME, BITTERNESS.
I TRIED TO MAKE EVERYBODY PAY
FOR WHAT
THEY DID TO ME.
SHE FELT NO REASON TO CHANGE
OR NO
REASON TO LIVE.
UNTIL SHE RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM HER
GRANDMOTHER. HER GRANDFATHER
WAS DYING.
AT THAT TIME I WAS IN
SEGREGATION. I
DIDN'T WANT MY POPA TO DIE.
I WANTED TO SEE THAT HE
BELIEVED IN ME
AND IT WASN'T IN VAIN AND I CAN
DO
SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE.
I MADE A DEAL WITH GOD, IF I
GIVE YOU
MY LIFE AND I GIVE YOU 100% OF
ME,
THEN, IF YOU CAN HEAL MY POPA I
WILL
GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT.
HEIDI BEGAN TO ATTEND BIBLE
SERVICES. HER HEART BEGAN TO
SOFTEN.
I EXPERIENCED GOD'S LOVE FOR
ME.
THE FIRST THING THE LORD IS
TELLING ME
IS YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD
BEFORE
ME.
I SAID, GOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO LOVE
YOU RIGHT.
IF YOU TEACH ME, I WILL.
SHE SERVED 7 YEARS AND THEN
STARTED
SEEING HERSELF AS GOD DOES.
HE STARTED LOVING ME. I WAS
A NEW
CREATION IN ME TO BE HOLD AND
ALL
THINGS BECOMING NEW.
WHEN RELEASED SHE WAS ABLE
TO SPEND
TIME WITH HER GRANDFATHER
BEFORE HE
DIED IN 2013. SHE ALSO REUNITED
WITH
HER CHILDREN.
I GOT TO SEE MY CHILDREN
WHEN I GOT
OUT.
ALL THREE OF THEM. HE RESTORED
EVERY
BROKEN AREA.
SINCE THEN, HEIDI HAS
MARRIED MARK.
IN GOD, SHE HAS FINALLY LEARNED
THE
LOVE OF A FATHER WHO WILL
ALWAYS BE
THERE.
WHEN THINGS COME, THAT WHEN
YOU WALK
THROUGH THE POWER YOU WON'T BE
BURN,
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE
WATER, IT
WON'T OVERTAKE YOU.
Pat: A LOVABLE FATHER.
WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR A
FATHER. WE
WANT TO GO HOME. WE WANT TO GO
BACK TO
THE FATHER'S HOUSE, EVERYONE OF
US.
LOOKING FOR A FATHER ESPECIALLY
YOUNG
GIRLS.
BUT MEN AND WOMEN, WE ARE
LOOKING FOR A
FATHER.
GOD PUT HIM. HE IS A FATHER
ABOVE ALL
FAMILIES NAMED. THEY ARE ALL
NAMED
AFTER HIM.
HE IS THE ORIGINAL FATHER AND
HE IS SO
WONDERFUL.
AND LIKE HEIDI, YOU MAY HAVE
BEEN A
VICTIM OF ABUSE.
ABUSE WAS SO HORRIBLE SHE
WANTED TO DIE.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE LIFE.
IT DIDN'T
HAVE ANY MEANING FOR HER.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, GOD
ALMIGHTY WOULD
BRING YOU JOY AND PEACE.
FOR THOSE YEARS THAT THE LOCALS
HAVE --
GOD WILL RESTORE AND BRING
BOUNTY AND
BLESSING WHERE THERE IS NOTHING
BUT
PAIN A SORROW.
IF YOU WANT THAT, I HAVE A
SHORT TIME
BUT GOD IS STANDING RIGHT BY
YOU AT
THIS MOMENT AND HE LOVES YOU.
IF YOU WANT THAT, I WANT YOU TO
PRAY
WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
FATHER, LORD AND HEAVEN OF
EARTH, I
COME TO YOU NOW FATHER AND I
ASK YOU TO
ACCEPT ME.
YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN HURT.
YOU KNOW MY LIFE HAS NOT BEEN
WHAT IT
SHOULD BE, BUT LORD I ASK YOU
TO
FORGIVE ME EVEN AS A FORGIVE
THOSE WHO
HURT ME.
COME NOW INTO MY HEART.
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME AND FROM
THIS
MOMENT ON, I AM YOURS.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO PRAY
WITH YOU,
THE NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREEN
EVEN IF WE
ARE OFF THE AIR, YOU CAN CALL.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S POWER
MINUTE.
"FOR WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME
OF THE
LORD SHALL BE SAVED" (ROMANS
10:13) SEE
YOU TOMORROW, BYE, BYE.