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The 700 Club - February 3, 2016

After a childhood poisoned by physical abuse, Lisa was desperate to feel secure and loved. Plus, hear from recent Super Bowl champions Russell Wilson and Russell Okung on winning and losing the big game. Read Transcript


CHANGING LESSON FOR THE

CHILDREN OF REFUGEES.

I DON'T WANT TO STAY

HOME.

I WANT TO LEARN.

Wendy: PLUS...TWO

SUPER BOWL CHAMPS REMEMBER

WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO

THE TOP.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS

REALLY ABOUT.

Wendy: AND THEN A

RADIO HOST HEARS GOD

THROUGH HER 4-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTERMENT.

>DAUGHTER.

SHE LOOKED AT ME AND

SHE SAID, GOD PUT IT IN MY

HEAD.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

FOLKS, TO "THE 700 CLUB."

$19 TRILLION, YOU SAY, HOW

MUCH MONEY IS?

WHO KNOWS, IT IS SO MUCH.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT

HILLARY CLINTON WANTS TO

ADD ANOTHER $3 TRILLION IN

SPENDING TO IT.

THAT IS HOW MUCH OUR

NATIONAL DEBT IS TODAY.

AND IF IT CONTINUES ON THE

SAME COURSE, IN 10 YEARS,

JUST 10 YEARS, OUR

NATIONAL DEBT WILL BE

$30 TRILLION.

SO WE ASK OURSELVES, ARE

SO WE ASK OURSELVES, ARE

OUR POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE

IN WASHINGTON GOING TO DO

SOMETHING TO STOP THE

RUN-AWAY SPENDING.

Wendy: THE GROWING

DEBT COULD ALSO HURT THE

ECONOMY.

JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE

STORY.

Jennifer: THE

NATIONAL DEBT IS NEARLY

$19 TRILLION AND GROWING

BY THE SECOND.

AND WITHIN A DECADE, BY

THE YEAR 2026, IT IS

EXPECTED TO EXPLODE TO

$30 TRILLION.

AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE

THEIR CAKE AND NOT PAY FOR

IT, ESSENTIALLY.

Jennifer: AND

LAWMAKERS AREN'T SLOWING

DOWN.

AFTER FALLING FOR SEVERAL

YEARS, THE NATION'S

SPENDING DEFICIT IS ONCE

AGAIN ON THE RISE.

NOW UNDER A REPUBLICAN

CONGRESS.

A CONGRESS THAT HAS

BOTH INCREASED SPENDING

AND INCREASED TAX

REDUCTIONS IN THE LAST

YEAR.

THAT HAS LED TO AN

INCREASE IN DEFICIT OVER

THE SHORT-TERM.

AND OVER THE LONG-TERM, IT

IS BECAUSE OF

ENTITLEMENTS, SOCIAL

SECURITY AND MEDICARE, AND

AS THE BABY-BOOMERS START

TO AGE, THOSE ARE GOING

UP.

Jennifer: AND THOSE

ENTITLEMENTS ARE THE REAL

BUDGET-BUSTERS.

EVEN THOUGH MANY AMERICANS

ARE EAGER TO CUT SPENDING

FOR PROGRAMS LIKE FOREIGN

AID AND FOREIGN

BROADCASTING, THEY ACCOUNT

FOR LESS THAN 1% OF THE

BUDGET.

AS THE RACE FOR THE NEXT

PRESIDENT KICKS OFF, THE

BIG QUESTION: IS THERE

ENOUGH POLITICAL WILL TO

TAKE ON WHAT COULD GROW

INTO A DEBT CRISIS.

IF YOU LOOK AT

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES,

THEY HAVE VERY DETAILED

SYSTEMS OF HOW TO CUT

TAXES.

AND THEY HAVE ALMOST NO

PROPOSALS ON HOW TO CUT

SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

Jennifer: THEY'LL BE

REPAYING TODAY'S DEBT WITH

THE LOWER WAGES THEY EARN

TOMORROW.

MEANWHILE, SOME

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

ARE WHO WOOING VOTERS TO THE

TUNE OF TRILLIONS.

WE KNOW WHAT THE

DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO WHEN

IT COMES TO THE DEALT,

BASICALLY INCREASE IT.

BERNIE SANDERS HAS

PROPOSED $18 TRILLION IN

NEW SPENDING.

AND SO THE DEBT WOULD GO

UP.

FOR HILLARY CLINTON, SHE

WANTS ABOUT $1.5 TRILLION

IN NEW SPENDING.

SO WE KNOW THE DEBT IS

GOING TO GO UP THERE.

REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPOSED

TO BE THE ANTI-DEBT PARTY

AND WE'RE NOT SEEING

PROPOSALS ON THE DEBT

COMING OUT OF THEM.

Jennifer: TANNER SAYS

IT IS VOTERS WHO NEED TO

CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDES.

BECAUSE POLITICIANS

SIMPLY JUMP IN FRONT OF

THE MOB AND CALL IT

LEADERSHIP.

LOOK AT THE BIG DEBATE IN

IOWA RIGHT NOW.

IT IS FARM PRICE SUPPORT,

ETHANOL SUBSIDIES.

IT IS ABOUT SPENDING

MONEY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT REDUCING

THE DEBT OR BALANCING THE

BUDGET.

IT IS ABOUT HOW CAN WE

SPEND MORE MONEY TO PLEASE

SOME SPECIAL INTEREST

GROUP BECAUSE THEY'LL VOTE

FOR ME?

Jennifer: ANOTHER

REALITY IS THAT OLDER

AMERICANS VOTE IN GREATER

NUMBERS THAN YOUNGER ONES.

SO FOR NOW ELECTED LEADERS

ARE WILLING TO FEED CAKE

TO THE NATION'S

70-YEAR-OLDs AND SEND A

BILL TO THEIR KIDS AND

GRANDKIDS.

IT ALL ADDS UP TO A DEBT

CRISIS THAT IS GROWING

RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES

WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Pat: THANKS,

JENNIFER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU

REALIZE OVER THE LAST

SEVERAL YEARS THE FEDERAL

RESERVE HAS KEPT INTEREST

RATES SO LOW, THEY HAVE

BEEN DOWN CLOSE TO ZERO.

SO THE FINANCING ON THE

NATIONAL DEBT HAS BEEN

RELATIVELY BENIGN.

BUT THINK WHAT WOULD

HAPPEN IF WE GOT BACK TO

WHERE THE NORMAL INTEREST

RATES SHOULD BE, 4%, UP TO

6%.

IF WE WERE PAYING 6% ON

$18 TRILLION, THERE

WOULDN'T BE ANY MONEY IN

THE BUDGET FOR ANYTHING

ELSE.

IT WOULD CONSUME THE

SPENDING OF THIS GREAT

NATION.

AND HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF

IT?

WELL, YOU EITHER DEFLATE

YOUR WAY OUT OF IT OR YOU

JUST DEFAULT.

AND IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE

THING FOR THE UNITED

STATES TO DEFAULT.

NEVERTHELESS, IT DOESN'T

LOOK LIKE THEY SEEM TO

CARE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL

ANYBODY NO.

AND WE HAVE TO SAY NO

SOONER OR LATER.

> WELL, IN OTHER NEWS,

THERE IS A NEW MOVE TO

HELP SUPPORT RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: THANKS, PAT.

MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

SAY THEY FIGHT FOR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BUT HOW

MANY ACTUALLY DO?

AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS, A

NEW PROPOSAL MAY HOLD

THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.

Reporter: FORMER

CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF

SOMETIMES FOUND HIMSELF A

VERY LONELY FIGHTER WHEN

IT CAME TO CONGRESS

BATTLING FOR INTERNATIONAL

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

SO HE AND OTHER ADVOCATES

FOR THE CAUSE HAVE COME UP

WITH A CONGRESSIONAL

SCORECARD THAT WILL SHOW

HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY

INDIVIDUAL LAWMAKERS PUT

ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM WHEN IT COMES TO

ACTUAL VOTES.

AND IT WILL ALERT CONGRESS

MEMBERS ABOUT

OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT

SOMETHING, LIKE AN

EXPECTED VOTE ON CHRISTIAN

GENOCIDE IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

IF THERE IS A VOTE ON

THE GENOCIDE RESOLUTION,

WHICH I HOPE THERE IS

SOON, EVERYONE OUGHT TO

KNOW HOW THEIR MEMBER OF

CONGRESS HAS VOTED ON THAT

ISSUE.

Reporter: THESE

ADVOCATES FOR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM SAY THE SAD TRUTH

IS WASHINGTON HAS OFTEN

FAILED IN THE PAST TO ACT

AGAINST GENOCIDE AND OTHER

CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS

PEOPLE.

WE KNOW WHAT ISIS IS

DOING.

BUT WILL CONGRESS AND THE

ADMINISTRATION AND THE

WORLD MISS IT HERE.

Reporter: PEOPLE AND

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

NEED TO PRESSURE CONGRESS

TO HELP THOSE SUFFERING

FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

AROUND THE WORLD.

PAUL STRAND, WASHINGTON.

John: AND THAT

SCORECARD WILL BEAR THE

NAME OF WILLIAM WILBER

WILBERFORCE.

Pat: HE WAS A GREAT

MAN AND HE IS POWERFUL

LEADER.

THIS JUST CAME IN: ONE

MORE CANDIDATE HAS DROPPED

OUT OF THE RACE.

RAND PAUL IS PULLING OUT.

IT SEEMS LIKE AFTER THIS

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY IS

OVER, A WHOLE LOT OF THE

GUYS SHOULD GET OUT OF THE

FIELD.

WE'VE GOT TOO MANY IN

THERE NOW, AND MAYBE THEY

CAN CONSOLIDATE SOME OF

THE VOTING AND A REAL

LEADER WILL EMERGE FROM

THEIR RANKS.

YES, WENDY?

Wendy: RAND PAUL CAME

IN AT NUMBER FIVE IN IOWA.

Pat: YEAH.

AND THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF

VIRGINIA --

Wendy: HE IS STILL IN

THERE, GILMORE.

Pat: WE USED TO USED

THE TERM RATINGS BOOKS.

THEY HAD THESE CHECK

MARKS, AND WE CALLED IT

THE MARKS OF COCHEESE.

I DON'T KNOW H HOW YOU CAN

HAVE NEGATIVE SUPPORT --

Wendy: WHAT IS THE

PURPOSE OF GUYS LIKE THAT

STAYING IN?

Pat: I CAN'T

UNDERSTAND IT, UNLESS YOU

HAVE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO

ARE ZEALOUS --

Wendy: OR PERHAPS

VYING FOR A CABINET

POSITION.

Pat: CHRIS CHRISTIE

WOULD BE A FABULOUS

CABINET GUY.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE UP AND

DOWN THE LINE WHO WOULD BE

FABULOUS IN CABINET.

WE'LL SEE.

IT WILL SHAKE OUT.

IT IS INTERESTING.

JOHN?

John: PAT, THE

PENTAGON WANTS TO DOUBLE

ITS BUDGET TO FISE ISIS.

TOP MILITARY BRASS ARE

ASKING FOR $7.5 BILLION TO

RAMP UP THAT BATTLE.

AND IT IS BECAUSE THHE SAID NEARLY $2 BILL

ION

IS NEEDED TO BUY 45,000

NEW HIGH-TECH BOMBS.

AND ASH CARTER SAID NEXT

YEAR'S DEFENSE BUDGET

NEEDS TO QUADRUPLE

SPENDING ON TROOPS AND

TRAINING IN EUROPE BECAUSE

OF THE GROWING THREAT FROM

RUSSIA.

> WELL, PRESIDENT OBAMA

VISITS A U.S. MOSQUE

TODAY.

THE MOVE COINCIDES WITH

GROWING SENTIMENT FROM

GROWING MUSLIMS WHO SAY

THEY'RE CONFRONTING

INCREASING LEVELS OF BIAS

AND HARASSMENT.

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS

LIKEN TODAY'S MESSAGE TO

AN ADDRESS HE DELIVERED AT

THE ISRAELI EMBASSY.

ONE GROUP, "THE

INVESTIGATOR PROJECT ON

TERRORISM,TERRORISM," REPORTS THIS

MOSQUE HAS A LONG HISTORY

OF TIES TO TERRORISM.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS

VISITING AN AMERICAN

MOSQUE.

Pat: THERE WAS AN

ARTICLE DAY IN THE "WALL

STREET JOURNAL" AS THE USE

OF MOSQUES AS A BREEDING

GROUND FOR TERROR.

AND THE RHETORIC THAT

COMES OUT OF THOSE PLACES

IS JUST BEYOND BELIEF.

THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE IS

CONSIDERED THEIR,

QUOTE,"MOST HOLY PLACE,"

AND THE RHETORIC IS

UNBELIEVABLE.

IT CALLS FOR THE

DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED

STATES.

IT CALLS FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC

WEAPONS.

IT CALLS FOR WAR AGAINST,

QUOTE,"ROMROME."

IT CALLS FOR THE CALIPHATE

TO GOVERN THE WORLD.

AND BECAUSE THEY SPEAK IN

ARABIC, APPARENTLY THE

NEWSCASTERS AROUND THE

UNITED STATES DON'T BOTHER

TO INTERPRET WHAT THEY'VE

SAID.

BUT IN THOSE MOSQUES,

THERE IS JUST TERRIBLE

STUFF GOING ON.

AND I'M SURE MANY OF THEM

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

ARE NOT PERHAPS AS

VICIOUS, BUT THE SAME TYPE

OF RECRUITMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT

AL-ALAQUI, WHO WAS AN

AMERICAN BORN RADICAL, HE

GOT HIS TRAINING THERE.

John: IS BLIZZARD IS

CLOSING ROADS, SCHOOLS,

AND AIRPORTS, FROM

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO

ALABAMA.

CAITLIN BURKE HAS THE

STORY.

Reporter: A BLIZZARD

FOR ONE HALF OF THE

COUNTRY, AND SUMMER-LIKE

SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE

OTHER.

ALL FROM THE SAME MASSIVE

STORM SYSTEM.

IT GOT BAD QUICK.

THE ROADS ARE COVERED.

Reporter: WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS CLOSED ROADS

FROM COLORADO TO THE

DAKOTA.

SOME AREAS GETTING TWO

INCHES IN ONLY AN HOUR.

IN MINNESOTA, BUSINESSES

AND SCHOOLS CLOSED BECAUSE

OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

DRIVERS LOOKING TO BRAVE

THE STORM ENDING UP IN A

DITCH OR STUCK.

IT WAS OBVIOUS HE

WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH

DRIVING IN THE DEEP SNOW,

AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE

JUST BE A LITTLE PUSH.

Reporter: DOWN SOUTH,

THE STORM LOOKING MUCH

DIFFERENT.

TORNADO ON THE GROUND!

Reporter: SEVERAL

TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN

MISSISSIPPI, ONE TEARING

ACROSS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CAMPUS.

IN ALABAMA, AN EXTREMELY

DANGEROUS TORNADO HIT NORE

ALICEVILLE, HITTING HOMES

AND BUSINESSES.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

TO JESUS.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

JESUS.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

HAPPENED UNTIL I CAME OUT

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

OF THAT CLOSET, AND THEN I

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS GRATEFUL TO GOD HE

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

BROUGHT US THROUGH IT.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

Reporter: A TOTAL OF

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

EIGHT TORNADOES HAVE BEEN

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

REPORTED FROM MISSISSIPPI

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

TO ALABAMA.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

THE SEVERE WEATHER IS

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

EXPECTED TO END TODAY AS

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

THAT STORM SYSTEM WORKS

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

ITS WAY TOWARDS THE

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

EASTERN SEABOARD.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

Efrem: A DIET WITH

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

SEAFOOD ONCE OR TWICE A

I WAS TOO BUSY PRAYING

WEEK COULD HELP PEOPLE

WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

IT FOUND IT COULD PROTECT

PEOPLE WITH THE GENETIC

RISK FROM GETTING THE

DISEASE.

AND IT FOUND THAT THE

MERCURY IN FISH DIDN'T

POSE A HEALTH RISK.

AND FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS

DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF A

POSITIVE EFFECT AS THE

FISH.

FISH REALLY CAN BE GOOD

FOR YOUR BRAIN.

AND, PAT, I'M SURE YOU

WOULD ADD NUTS AND BERRIES

TO THAT DIET.

Pat: IF YOU WANT TO

HAVE A BRAIN LIKE A FISH,

EAT FISH -- I'M KIDDING.

ANYHOW, I'VE GOT THIS

STUFF.

THEY HAVE TAKEN THE FISHY

TASTE OUT OF IT AND IT IS

CALLED NORWEGIAN COD LIVER

OIL.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS?

Wendy: I HAVE A

BOTTLE IN MY FRIDGE.

Pat: I TAKE ABOUT A

TEASPOON A DAY.

Wendy: I DID TAKE MY

COCONUT OIL IN MY SMOOTHIE

BECAUSE THAT HELPS YOUR

BRAIN, TOO.

Pat: GOOD FOR YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GET A CHECK MARK FOR

HEALTH.

Wendy: I COULD EAT

FISH EVERY DAY.

Pat: I LOVE FISH.

BUT THE SWORDFISH,

PARTICULARLY, IS REALLY

HIGH -- THE HIGHER UP THE

FOOD CHAIN IT GOES -- THE

MEDIUM FISH EAT THE LITTLE

FISH, AND THE BIG FISH EAT

THE MEDIUM FISH.

SO THEY BUILD UP THIS

TOXIC BREW OF MERCURY.

Wendy: WHICH IS A

SHAME BECAUSE SWORDFISH IS

SO GOOD, BUT YOU HAVE TO

BE CAREFUL WITH IT.

Pat: IT IS LOADED --

OR AT LEAST IT WAS

CONSIDERED TO BE LOADED

WITH MERCURY.

BUT NORWEGIAN COD LIVER

OIL.

MAMAS GAVE THEIR BABIES

COD LIVER OIL.

Wendy: THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU CAN GET IT IN THE

VITAMIN STORE AND IN

DIFFERENT PLACES.

Pat: THEY'VE TAKEN

THE NASTY TASTE OUT OF IT.

THE FISHY TASTE IS NOT TOO

COOL, BUT IT IS GONE.

Wendy: UP NEXT,

TERRORISTS ARE TRYING TO

RECRUIT REFUGEES TO CARRY

OUT JIHAD, BUT THESE

TEACHERS ARE STANDING IN

THEIR WAY.

THESE KIDS, IN THE

BEGINNING, WERE AGGRESSIVE

AND MAD AND ANGRY.

WE ARE SLOWLY, SLOWLY

SEEING HOW MUCH THEIR

LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

Wendy: UP NEXT, MEET

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WINNING

THE WAR ON TERRORISM IN

THE CLASSROOMS.

Pat: MAN, IT'S AN

OVERLOAD, ISN'T IT?

YOU'VE GOT THE "SUPERBOOK"

COMING UP, AND CBS IS

SHOWING THE BEST OF LAST

YEAR'S COMMERCIALS ON THE

SUPER BOWL.

AND THE SUPER BOWL -- I

DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

PRICE -- IT WAS $4 MILLION

FOR A 30-SECOND

COMMERCIAL?

Wendy: I HAVEN'T

HEARD.

IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT

EVERY YEAR.

THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

Pat: FOR 30 SECONDS.

AND YET PEOPLE ARE BUYING

IT, AND IT IS PROBABLY

SOLD OUT.

> WELL, THIS IS A HAPPY

THING.

IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF

THIS, WE'VE GOT SOME

HAPPINESS.

THEY'RE THE VICTIMS CAUGHT

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS.

THE CHILDREN, HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF THEM, FACE A

LONELY EXISTENCE INSIDE

REFUGEE CAMPS, BUT ONE

CHRISTIAN GROUP IN LEBANON

IS WORKING TO EDUCATE

THESE LITTLE CHILDREN.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH

THEM ABOUT THE BIBLE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH

THEM ABOUT JESUS.

AND ALONG WITH THAT,

THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH

THEM ABOUT LOVING YOUR

FELLOW MAN.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON BRINGS

US THAT STORY.

Reporter: JUST ACROSS

OF THESE CHILDREN REMAIN

OUT OF SCHOOL.

THAT MAKES THEM PRIME

TARGETS FOR TERRORIST

GROUPS TO EXPLOIT AND

RECRUIT.

I DON'T WANT TO STAY

HOME.

I WANT TO LEARN.

BECAUSE IF SOMEONE TALKS

TO ME IN ENGLISH OR

ARABIC, I WANT TO BE ABLE

TO ANSWER.

Reporter: A WHOLE

GENERATION OF SYRIAN

CHILDREN HAD TO LEAVE

THEIR HOMES AND LIVE IN

SQUALOR.

BUT CBN IS GIVING THESE

KIDS TO TAKE THEIR

SITUATIONS FROM

DESPERATION TO HOPE.

IN HOPE CENTERS, LOCATED

NEAR REFUGEE CAMPS, "HEART

FOR HOPE," OFFERS FREE

EDUCATION, TAUGHT BY

CHRISTIAN TEACHERS.

IT DOES CREATE A BIG

DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE.

Reporter: DENISE, A

"HOPE CENTER" TEACHER SAYS

THEY ARE TEACHING THE KIDS

THE BIBLE AND PROVIDING A

SECURE ENVIRONMENT.

THE KIDS, IN THE

BEGINNING, THEY WERE

AGGRESSIVE, SAD, MAD,

ANGRY.

AND WE START SLOWLY,

SLOWLY SEEING HOW MUCH

THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN

CHANGED.

Reporter: MANY HAD

NEVER MET A CHRISTIAN

BEFORE ATTENDING THE

SCHOOL.

WE REALLY LIKE IT HERE.

THE SCHOOL HERE IS MUCH

BETTER THAN THE SCHOOL IN

SYRIA.

BESIDES ENGLISH, MATH, AND

ART, WE LEARN FROM THE

BIBLE ABOUT JESUS.

AND OUR TEACHER ALWAYS

TELLS US THAT WE SHOULD

PRAY.

AND SHE BELIEVES THAT

JESUS CAN HELP US, AND

HELP US GO BACK TO SYRIA

ONE DAY.

Reporter: EVEN THE

PROSPECT OF LEARNING

BRINGS BACK PAINFUL

MEMORIES.

FOR STUDENTS LIKE O'TOOLE

AND HER BROTHER, SCHOOL

MEANT HARSH BEATINGS.

THE TEACHERS HIT

STUDENTS.

SYRIAN TEACHERS HIT US

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE

IT.

I HAVE A HEART PROBLEM,

AND THERE ARE THINGS I

COULDN'T DO.

SO THE TEACHER USED TO PUT

ME ON THE GROUND AND HOLD

A STICK AND HIT ME WHILE

I'M ON THE GROUND.

Reporter: THIS SCHOOL

SERVES AS A SANCTUARY,

TELLING THEM ABOUT THE

LOVE OF JESUS AND

PROMISING HOPE OF A BETTER

FUTURE.

WHEN OMAR CAME HERE SIX

MONTHS AGO, HE TOLD HIS

TEACHER HIS DREAM WAS TO

BECOME A TERRORIST.

FOR THE TEACHER, IT WAS

A SHOCK, YOU KNOW?

BUT I SAID TO THE TEACHER,

LET'S WAIT AND SEE AFTER

WE TEACH HIM AND SHOW HIM

LOVE.

NOW HE WANTS TO BE A

POLICEMAN.

Reporter: DENISE SEES

MANY OF THE KIDS GROW NOT

ONLY IN THEIR EDUCATION,

BUT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT

GOD IS AT WORK.

AND IF THEY COME, THEY

WILL BE BLESSED WITH WHAT

IS HAPPENING HERE IN THIS

PLACE.

THIS PLACE AND THESE KIDS

WILL BE ABLE TO MEET JESUS

BEFORE THEY LEAVE FROM

HERE.

Reporter: THE

CHILDREN VALUE THE

ADDITION OF JESUS TO THEIR

EDUCATION, TOO.

I LIKE LEARNING ABOUT

JESUS.

I GOT SHELLS FROM THE

BEACH, AND I MADE A CROSS

OUT OF SHELLS FOR MY HOME.

WE BELIEVE IN GOD, THAT

ONE DAY WE ARE GOING TO GO

BACK TO SYRIA.

Reporter: EVEN MUSLIM

PARENTS APPRECIATE THE

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND

ARE OVERJOYED WITH THE

COMPASSION THAT "HEART FOR

LEBANON" HAS SHOWN THEIR

FAMILIES.

I'M VERY HAPPY.

I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT

THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL.

CHRISTIANS OR MUSLIM, WE

ALL RESPECT EACH OTHER,

AND WE'RE DIFFERENT

RELIGIONS, BUT WE RESPECT

THAT.

Reporter: O'TOOLE AND

HER MOTHER SAYS THEY LOVE

THE KINDNESS SHOWN TO THE

CHILDREN.

AND PREFER THE HOPE CENTER

TO HER FORMER SCHOOL.

THE TEACHERS ARE KINDER

AND THEY'RE WARM TO THE

CHILDREN, AND THAT

MATTERS.

THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR THE

CHILDREN.

THEY LEARN ABOUT A

RELIGION, OTHER THAN

ISLAM.

Reporter: DENISE

RECOGNIZES THAT BY

REACHING THE CHILDREN,

THEY CAN ALSO MINISTER TO

THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES.

GOD HAS SENT THEM TO

US.

AND WE NEED TO SHOW THEM

THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

Reporter: REPORTING

FROM LEBANON, ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.

Pat: MY WIFE'S FATHER

STARTED A PAINT COMPANY IN

LEBANON.

HE WAS RETIRED FROM HIS

BUSINESS HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES, AND HE WENT

OVER THERE.

AND THEY HAD A PAINT

COMPANY, AND THEY LOVED

BEIRUT.

THE PEOPLE WERE SO NICE TO

THEM.

IN THOSE DAYS, THE

LEBANESE HAD A PACT THAT

THE PRESIDENT WAS A

CHRISTIAN, AND THE PRIME

MINISTER WAS A MUSLIM.

AND THEN THEY DIVIDED

THINGS UP AND THEY LIVED

IN HARMONY, AND BEIRUT WAS

THE PARIS OF THE MIDDLE

EAST.

IT WAS GORGEOUS, AND THE

FOOD WAS DELICIOUS.

AND YOU COULD BUY

ANYTHING.

THE SHOPS WERE FULL WITH

ALL KINDS OF EXOTIC

THINGS.

AND MANY ARABS WOULD GO TO

LEBANON TO VACATION.

IT WAS VERY PLEASANT UP IN

THE MOUNTAINS.

AND THEN YASSER ARAFAT AND

THE P.L.O. CAME IN AND

STARTED TEARING THAT PLACE

APART.

AND THEY STARTED INCITING

RIOTS AND WAR, AND THEY'VE

HAD WAR EVER SINCE.

AND THE SYRIANS CAME IN

AND TOOK OVER A GREAT DEAL

OF TERRITORY AND

ABSOLUTELY DEMOLISHED

CERTAIN CITIES.

IT WAS JUST A BLOOD BATH.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING

THERE, THAT'S THE ANSWER.

BECAUSE IT'S THE SCHOOLS

OF THE PALESTINIANS THAT

ARE TRAINING THESE KIDS

FOR VIOLENCE, TRAINING

THEM TO HATE JEWS, TELLING

THEM TO HATE AMERICA, AND

TELLING THEM TO BE

MARTYRS, THAT THAT IS THE

GREATEST THING THEY COULD

HOPE FOR, THAT THEY CAN

BLOW THEMSELVES UP AS A,

QUOTE,"SHAHID," AND THESE

PEOPLE IN LEBANON ARE

SAYING, NO.

WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU

HOW TO BE GOOD CITIZENS

AND HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER

AND BUILD A PROSPEROUS

SOCIETY.

Wendy: IT IS THE

ANSWER FOR SURE.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE KIDS

CHANGING, FROM THE LITTLE

ONE WANTING TO BE A

TERRORIST TO NOW WANTING

TO DO SOMETHING

PRODUCTIVE.

> UP NEXT, A RADIO STAR

FINDS HER VOICE IN AN

UNEXPECTED PLACE.

I'M AT THE TABLE, AND

IT IS LIKE THE ROOM IS

SPINNING.

WHAT DO I DO NOW?

AND THEN I'M THINKING, WHO

DO I TELL?

Wendy: HEAR WHY SHE

CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THE

MICROPHONE, WHEN WE

RETURN.

Pat: WELCOME BACK.

EVERY MORNING PEOPLE

ACROSS THE CITY OF

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, TUNE

INTO 93.7 ON THEIR RADIO

DIAL.

AND WHEN THEY DO THAT,

THEY'LL HEAR A LADY NAMED

LISA RICHARDSON.

LISA IS A 20-YEAR RADIO

VET, BUT SHE DIDN'T REALLY

FIND HER VOICE UNTIL SHE

HAD A CONVERSATION WITH

HER 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

93.7, WGJC, WITH ROX

ROXANNE AND CHRIS, GOOD

MORNING.

Reporter: YOU WOULD

THINK SHE HAD THE PERFECT

CHILDHOOD.

SHE USES HER OWN

MADE-UP WORDS FOR THINGS.

Reporter: BUT NOTHING

COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE

TRUTH.

MY DAD HAD SOME MENTAL

ILLNESS THAT WENT

UNMEDICATED FOR QUITE A

PERIOD OF TIME.

WE EXPERIENCED SOME

PHYSICAL ABUSE.

HE WOULD GO FROM BEING THE

MOST FUN-LOVING, SUPER

TERRIFIC DAD TO A VIOLENT

PERSON YOU DIDN'T WANT TO

BE AROUND.

Reporter: AFTER A BAD

INCIDENT WHEN SHE WAS 19,

LISA SOUGHT HELP.

I WAS TOLD IT WAS

HIGHLY ABUSE AND HE NEEDED

TO GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL.

AND I WAS AFRAID OF HIM

GOING TO JAIL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE

ONE THAT CAUSED THAT

SITUATION TO HAPPEN.

Reporter: INSTEAD,

LISA ESCAPED TO COLLEGE.

SHE LANDED A RADIO JOB

RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL AND

I ALWAYS KNEW THAT

SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M GOING

TO FILL THIS EMPTINESS

THAT I HAVE, THIS FEELING

OF SHAME AND GUILT, THIS

FEELING THAT I DON'T

MEASURE UP.

I'M GOING TO FILL THAT

LONGING WITH PEOPLE.

AND SO THEN I BECAME LIKE

A MAN COLLECTOR.

I WOULD COLLECT MEN, AND

WHEN I DIDN'T LIKE THEM, I

WOULD TOSS THEM OUT.

Reporter: EVEN

MARRIAGE OFFERED LISA NO

FULFILLMENT.

I HAD A BEAUTIFUL RING,

AND IT FELT SO LONELY.

IT FELT LIKE A CONSTANT

IT FELT LIKE A CONSTANT

GNAWING TO BE COMPLETE, TO

FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF, TO

BELONG TO SOMEONE.

Reporter: HER CAREER

WAS THE ONLY THING THAT

SEEMED TO BE GOING WELL.

I HAD MOVED ACROSS THE

COUNTRY IN RADIO, AND

FOUND OUT THERE WAS A ROCK

AND ROLL RADIO STATION IN

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, WHO

NEEDED A ROXANNE IN THE

MORNING.

GETTING TO INTERVIEW, OH,

NOH,MY GOODNESS, PRESIDENTS,

AND DO SOME EXCITING

INTERVIEWS BACK STAGE WITH

MAJOR ARTISTS.

I HAD A BEAUTIFUL BABY

GIRL.

I HAD A GORGEOUS HOUSE,

JUST REALLY WHAT PEOPLE

WOULD LOOK AT AS A VERY

SUCCESSFUL LIFE.

BUT MY MARRIAGE HAD ITS

STRUGGLES.

I HAD MY ISSUES WITH MY

PARENTS, REAL ABANDONMENT

ISSUES WITH THEM.

THEY WOULD COME AND GO OUT

OF MY LIFE.

AND I HAD, AGAIN, A

GNAWING THAT THERE HAD TO

BE SOMETHING MORE.

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING

MORE.

I'M LONELY.

Reporter: THEN LISA

MET CHRIS, A CO-WORKER

WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I KNEW HE WAS A DEVOUT

CHRISTIAN.

I THOUGHT, AT ONE POINT HE

IS REALLY GOING TO TRY TO

JUDGE ME.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A

SPEECH.

AND IT MAY BE A SPEECH

THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE

FOR.

WELL, HE DIDN'T DO THAT.

HE WAS SIMPLY REALLY FUN

TO BE AROUND.

AND I THOUGHT, THERE IS

SOMETHING SO SPECIAL ABOUT

HIM.

THIS IS A GUY WHO IS JUST

REALLY, REALLY IN LOVE

WITH HIS WIFE, AND WOULD

SHARE FUNNY STORIES ABOUT

HIS FAMILY.

THERE IS SOMETHING

DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM.

YOU WANTED WHATEVER HE

HAD.

I WASN'T RAISED IN CHURCH;

DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH.

SO WHY I WOULD PRAY IN THE

BATHROOM, I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT THAT'S WHERE I WENT TO

PRAY.

I JUST SAID, LORD, LORD,

IF YOU'RE REAL, IF THERE

REALLY IS A GOD AND YOU'RE

THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO

HAVE TO SHOW ME.

I AM EMPTY INSIDE, AND I'M

LONELY.

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH

ME.

MY LITTLE GIRL IS BUT

THREE AND A HALF, GOING ON

FOUR, MAYBE, SOMEWHERE IN

THAT TIMEFRAME.

SHE HAD BEEN PLAYING IN

THE LOWER FLOOR OF OUR

HOME.

AND I WALKED INTO THE

KITCHEN AND SAT DOWN.

AND SHE CAME UP AND SHE

PUT HER HAND ON MY KNEE.

AND SHE SAID, YOU'RE NOT

ALONE, MAMA.

AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU

TALKING ABOUT?

AND SHE SAID, GOD LOVES

YOU.

AND I SAID, WHO TOLD YOU

TO SAY THAT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND

SHE SAID, GOD PUT IT IN MY

HEAD.

I'M AT THE TABLE, AND I

MEAN IT'S LIKE THE ROOM IS

SPINNING.

WHAT DO I DO NOW?

BECAUSE I ASKED GOD TO

TALK TO ME, AND HE DID,

ALMOST INSTANTLY.

AND THEN I'M THINKING, WHO

DO I TELL?

I THOUGHT CHRIS MOLESKI.

HE GOES TO CHURCH.

SO I CALLED HIM, AND I

SAID, CHRIS, DOES GOD

SPEAK TO PEOPLE THROUGH

LITTLE CHILDREN?

BECAUSE I THINK GOD JUST

TRIED TO TALK TO ME

THROUGH HANNAH.

AND HE SAID, LISA, IF GOD

CAN TALK TO PEOPLE THROUGH

A DONKEY OR A BURNING

BUSH, YES, HE CAN TALK TO

PEOPLE THROUGH CHILDREN.

HE SAID, GOD JUST SPOKE TO

YOU.

HE HAS THINGS HE WANTS TO

DO WITH YOU IN YOUR LIFE,

AND YOU NEED TO COME TO

CHURCH WITH ME AND MEGAN.

AND I SAID, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN, I

GUESS I'M GOING TO CHURCH.

I LOVED CHURCH.

I LOVED IT FROM DAY ONE.

IT JUST FELT PEACEFUL.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T

BELIEVE, YOU DON'T FEEL

MUCH PEACE.

I DIDN'T.

I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WAS

STRIVING AND TRYING ALL OF

THE TIME.

AND IT'S PEACEFUL.

Reporter: LISA FELL

MADLY IN LOVE WITH JESUS,

AND THAT GNAWING EMPTINESS

WAS FINALLY FILLED.

WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT

BEING SAVED MEANT, SIMPLY

ACCEPTING THE LORD AS MY

SAVIOR, TELLING HIM, I NO

LONGER WANT TO BE IN

CONTROL OF MY LIFE, I TURN

THAT OVER TO YOU, WHAT A

RELIEF.

I'M TURNING AWAY FROM THE

THINGS I USED TO DO AND

THE PERSON THAT I WAS, AND

I'M PUTTING YOU IN

CONTROL.

AFTER EVERYTHING I

EXPERIENCED, HE WASHED ME

WHITE AS SNOW.

I'M HIS MODERN DAY ESTHER

THAT HE IS USING TO SPEAK

TO AUDIENCE.

EVERY TIME THIS MICROPHONE

IS ON, I GET TO BE

PASTORAL CARE FOR PEOPLE.

WHAT AN HONOR.

PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR

EXPERIENCES TO MINE, AND

THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH IT.

WALKING IN A LOT OF

DARKNESS AND LONELINESS,

AND WONDERING WHY YOUR

LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE, THAT

THERE HAS TO BE MORE.

NO MATTER HOW DARK IT

SEEMS, NO MATTER WHAT

YOU'VE DONE, NO MATTER

WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, THERE

IS A GOD WHO LOVES YOU,

LOVES YOU ENOUGH TO SEND

HIS SON TO DIE FOR YOU ON

A CROSS.

Pat: I DON'T SEE HOW

I CAN IMPROVE AND THE EL

ELOQUENCE THAT LISA HAS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WANDERING

AND SAYING, WHAT IS THE

MEANING OF MY LIFE?

SO MANY OF THEM, SOONER OR

LATER, WIND UP GETTING A

WEAPON AND THEY KILL

THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY

CAN'T STAND THIS LIFE

WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY

ARE OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT GOD REACHED OUT TO

LISA, THANK THE LORD, AND

GOD WILL REACH OUT TO YOU.

AND RIGHT NOW, AS YOU'RE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM,

PLEASE KNOW THAT GOD

ALMIGHTY HAS A PLAN FOR

YOU, A PURPOSE FOR YOU.

HE DIED FOR YOU.

HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.

AND HE IS COMING BACK.

JUST THAT SIMPLE.

AND THIS WORLD THAT WE'RE

IN IS ALL TEMPORARY.

SOONER OR LATER GOD IS

GOING TO BRING FORTH A NEW

HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.

AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE

PART OF IT.

SO YOU SAY, WHAT HAVE I

GOT TO DO?

WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS

ASK HIMSELF RIGHT NOW.

SURRENDER TO HIM.

IF YOU'LL PRAY WITH ME

RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, HE

WILL HEAR AND ANSWER.

BE STILL WHEREVER YOU ARE.

JUST PRAY THESE WORDS.

PRAY THEM SILENTLY.

PRAY THEM OUT LOUD.

BUT PRAY WITH ME RIGHT

NOW.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

PRAY THESE WORDS.

JESUS, I KNOW THAT YOU

DIED FOR ME.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ROSE

AGAIN AND THAT I DON'T

HAVE TO BE ALONE.

I DON'T HAVE TO BE

HOPELESS, THAT I CAN HAVE

LIFE AND ABUNDANCE AND A

PURPOSE.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, LORD, I

ACCEPT YOU AS SAVIOR AND

AS LORD OF MY LIFE, FROM

THIS MOMENT ON.

I AM YOURS.

AND THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE

MINE.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, LORD.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

NOW, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING

THAT WILL HELP YOU GROW, I

HAVE, IN MY HAND, A LITTLE

PACKET THAT IS FULL OF

DYNAMITE.

IT IS A C.D., A COMPACT

DISC.

IT'S 73 MINUTES.

YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR

C.D. PLAYER, AND IT WILL

TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU

HAVE JUST DONE.

IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT

HAPPENS IF YOU SIN.

AND IT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT

THE COMING OF THE LORD.

IT WILL TELL YOU A LOT OF

THINGS.

BUT IT IS AVAILABLE FREE.

SO JUST CALL AND SAY,

LISTEN, I PRAYED WITH PAT.

I GAVE MY HEART TO THE

LORD.

AND I'M HIS.

1-800-759-0700.

IF THE LINES, FOR ANY

REASON ARE BUSY, PLEASE

CALL BACK.

WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU.

I WANT YOU TO CALL.

DO IT NOW, PLEASE.

IT IS A GREAT DAY.

WENDY?

Wendy: THAT WAS A

GREAT STORY.

THANKS, PAT.

> WELL, STILL AHEAD, THE

SUPER BOWL IS RIGHT AROUND

THE CORNER.

AND WHILE MOST PLAYERS

DREAM OF WINNING THE BIG

GAME, TWO PLAYERS WHO HAVE

BROUGHT HOME THE TROPHY

SAY THERE IS MUCH MORE AT

STAKE.

THE FINAL DEST

INTERNATIONAL SPACE

STATION IDESTINATIONISN'T THE SUPER BOWL.

Wendy: A PAIR OF

SEAHAWKS TALK ABOUT

WINNING THE SUPER BOWL,

LOSING IT, AND GAINING

SOMETHING GREATER, WHEN WE

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THIS IS THE FIRST CASE OF

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PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELL, TWO

YEARS AGO, THE SEATTLE

SEAHAWKS BLEW OUT THE

DENVER BRONCOS EN ROUTE TO

THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL

WIN.

SPORTS REPORTER TOM BURING

SAT DOWN WITH TWO OF THE

SACSEAHAWKS' STARS, AND THEY

TOLD HIM THEY AREN'T JUST

PLAYING FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

*

YOU REALIZE, OKAY,

WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR THE

SUPER BOWL.

AND THEN WHEN YOU WIN, YOU

HOLD UP THE TROPHY, AND IT

IS A UNIQUE THING THAT

YOU'VE ALWAYS WORKED FOR.

Reporter: IN JUST HIS

SECOND NFL SEASON, RUSSELL

WILSON LED THE SEATTLE

SEAHAWKS TO THEIR FIRST

CHAMPIONSHIP IN HISTORY.

THEIR HUNGER, TALENT, AND

CONFIDENCE TURN HEADS IN A

SEASON WITH COMMANDING

RESULTS.

WE'RE A TEAM OF GUYS

WHO ARE DEFINITELY SWAPPY,

AND DEFINITELY WEREN'T

EXPECTED TO WIN, BUT WE

HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL

ABOUT US.

THERE IS THIS DEEP

BROTHERHOOD, IS THAT WHAT

MADE THIS TEAM UNIQUE?

SURE, TO BE CONNECTED

AND IN UNISON WITH ONE

OTHER AND TO PLAY WITH

EACH OTHER, AND SHARE

EXPERIENCES, THE GOOD AND

THE BAD.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT

FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS,

REALLY.

GUYS THAT LOVE ONE

ANOTHER AND DEPEND ON ONE

ANOTHER TO DO THEIR JOB

AND TO TAKE CARE OF ONE

ANOTHER.

AND WITH THAT COMMON BOND,

I BELIEVE WE WERE,

QUOTE,"UNSTOPPABLE."

Reporter: AND WITH A

DEFENSE THAT WAS NEARLY

IMMOVABLE.

THE TEAM STIFLED THE

BRONCOS' OFFENSE,

RETURNING TWO OF THEM FOR

SCORES.

LEADING TO A 43-8 ROUTE,.

>. IT'S THE FASHION IN

WHICH WE DID IT.

IT IS A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

THERE WAS A BLOWOUT IN

THE GAME WHERE YOU SAW

SOMETHING THAT THOUGHT,

THIS COULD BE A RUN-AWAY.

YOU NEVER KNOW BECAUSE

YOU'RE PLAYING PEYTON

MANNING.

I REMEMBER BEING IN A

HUDDLE, AND I WAS TRYING

TO BE A FIRECRACKER,

MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY

WAS STILL PAYING

ATTENTION.

THE GAME IS NEVER OVER

UNTIL IT IS OVER.

Reporter: THAT

REALITY WAS NEVER MORE

APPARENT THAN A YEAR

LATER.

LAST FEBRUARY, WHILE

ATTEMPTING TO BECOME THE

LEAGUE'S EIGHTH

BACK-TO-BACK SUPER BOWL

CHAMPIONS.

WE LOST SUPER BOWL

NINE, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS

THAT.

Reporter: IT WAS A

SECOND GUESS CALL WITH 26

SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME.

TRAILING THE PATRIOTS, ONE

TIME OUT AND ONE YARD TO

SCORE, THE HAWK'S NEAR

CERTAIN WIN WAS GUT

GUT-WRENCHINGLY

INTERCEPTED.

WALKING OFF THE FIELD,

WHAT WAS THE DIALOGUE?

THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE

WAS TOUGH.

BUT GOD WAS TALKING TO ME

SAYING, I'M USING YOU.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S

ENERGY IN LIFE.

I THINK WHEN YOU GO

THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS IN

LIFE, GOD WANTS TO USE US,

SO PEOPLE CAN SEE AND

REALLY FIGURE OUT WHO HE

REALLY IS.

Reporter: THEY ARE

SEAHAWKS, THAT SEE THINGS

DIFFERENTLY, PLAYERS WHO

LIVE PAST PROMINENCE TO

PURPOSE, ABLE TO INSPIRE A

LASTING CHARGE BEYOND

THEIR IMMEDIATE SUCCESSES.

IT IS A LITTLE EMPTY

BECAUSE YOU'RE AT

SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS

DREAMED OF, AND YOU FIND

OUT THAT MOMENT ISN'T AS

BIG AS YOU DREAMED.

THE FINAL DESTINATION IS

NOT THE SUPER BOWL.

IT IS PART OF IT.

IT IS NOT WHAT

ACCOMPLISHMENT REALLY IS.

ACCOMPLISHMENT IS EACH AND

EVERY SINGLE DAY BRINGING

GLORY TO THE FATHER.

Reporter: IN THOSE

BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS,

WHERE IS THE LEGACY OF THE

SEAHAWKS?

IT IS TOO HARD TO TELL.

YOU JUST HONOR THE LORD.

I BELIEVE THE REWARDING

EXPERIENCE IS AFTER THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE

LEGACY OF THE SEAHAWKS,

HOPEFULLY IT ISN'T JUST

MULTIPLE SUPER BOWLS.

HOPEFULLY IS SERVING GOD.

YOU CAN SAY YOU WILL BE

REMEMBERED FOREVER, BUT

YOU WON'T.

IT WON'T LAST FOR

ETERNITY.

AND HEAVEN WILL BE FOR

ETERNITY.

Wendy: AMAZING MEN.

WE HAVE A GAME-DAY PASS

FOR SUPER BOWL 50, AND

WE'LL TALK TO PLAYERS FROM

THE BRONCOS AND THE

PANTHERS TOMORROW.

> UP NEXT, YOU'RE E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

LISA SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND

I HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT

PARENTING STYLES, AND WE

CAN'T AGREE ON A

COMPROMISE.

DO I OBEY MY HEART OR MY

HUSBAND?"

IT'S ANOTHER ROUND OF

"BRING IT ON" RIGHT AROUND

THE CORNER.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

WE'VE GOT YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

AND PAT IS IN THE HOT

SEAT, AND HE IS READY.

PAT, SUZANNE SAYS, "I

SHOWS JESUS SCARS ON HIS

HANDS OR PALMS.

I THOUGHT WHEN WE GET TO

HEAVEN, OR SCARS WILL BE

HEALED.

SHOULDN'T JESUS' SCARS BE

GONE?"

Pat: WE HAVE ONE

THING IN THE BIBLE.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GUY

NAMED THOMAS, AND THEY USE

THE TERM "DOUBTING THOMAS

A," AND THOMAIERASTHOMAS," AND HE SAID,

UNLESS I PUT MY HANDS INTO

UNLESS I PUT MY HANDS INTO

HIS HOLES, I WON'T

BELIEVE.

SO JESUS SHOWED UP AND

SAID, PUT YOUR FINGERS IN

MY HANDS.

SO THAT WAS THE

RESURRECTION OF JESUS, AND

HE HAD NOT BEEN HEALED OF

THOSE SCARS.

HEY, WHEN YOU GET TO

HEAVEN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

HAVE A NEW BODY, SO I

DON'T KNOW.

BUT IN THE CASE OF JESUS,

THAT ONE INSTANCE, HE HAD

THOSE SCARS FOR THOMAS.

Wendy: LISA SAYS, "I

RECENTLY MARRIED A

WONDERFUL MAN WHO HAS A

DIFFERENT PARENTING

LIFESTYLE.

WE BOTH BROUGHT CHILDREN

INTO THE MARRIAGE.

WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS

COMPROMISING OUR PARENTING

STYLES IN OUR EFFORTS TO

RAISE OUR CHILDREN.

SHOULD I OBEY MY HEART OR

MY HUSBAND?"

GOOD QUESTION.

Pat: I THINK IT IS

TIME YOU GET INTO THE

HEADS OF THOSE KIDS.

ALALL RIGHT.

YOU'VE GOT A 10-YEAR-OLD,

11-YEAR-OLD, 12-YEAR-OLD

CHILD, AND SO YOU'VE GOT A

GUY IN WHO IS TAKING HIS

DADDY'S PLACE.

HIS DADDY USED TO SLEEP

WITH YOU, AND NOW THIS NEW

GUY COMES IN AND HE IS

SLEEPING WITH MAMA.

AND HE IS TRYING TO BOSS

YOU AROUND.

AND HIM AROUND.

AND THIS KID DOESN'T LOVE

THIS NEW MAN, DOESN'T KNOW

HIM.

I REALLY THINK YOUR NEW

HUSBAND NEEDS TO SPEND A

LOT OF TIME JUST BEING

FRIENDS WITH YOUR CHILDREN

AND NOT TRYING TO BE A

MARTINETTE, BECAUSE IF HE

DOES, HE'S GOING TO DRIVE

HIS KID AWAY.

IF YOU LET HIM CONTINUE,

YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO

HATE YOU AND HE WILL

REBEL.

AND THE NEXT THING YOU

KNOW, THEY'LL BE IN THE

SLAMMER, AND THEIR LIVES

ARE GOING TO BE RUINED.

THE THING IS, LET THE

CHILDREN HAVE A LITTLE

SPACE.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO PROTECT

YOUR KIDS.

IT IS A SITUATION WHERE I

KNOW WIVES SHOULD BE

SUBMISSIVE TO THEIR

HUSBANDS AND ALL OF THAT

STUFF, BUT I REALLY

BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO

FOLLOW YOUR HEART ON THIS

ONE AND GIVE THE CHILDREN

TIME TO ACCEPT THIS MAN

THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT INTO

THE FAMILY.

AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM

TIME AND YOU FORCE

SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING

TO HATE YOU FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT.

Wendy: ALL RIGHT.

GOOD ANSWER.

DEB SAYS, "MY CHURCH

ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GIVE

TITHES BY A CREDIT CARD.

AND YET THEY ALSO ADVICE

PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF DEBT.

ISN'T THIS A DOUBLE

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

Pat: IT SURE IS.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

THE CHURCH HAS GOT TO

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

DOING.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

IT IS SO EASY TO HAVE A

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

LITTLE CARD MACHINE IN THE

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

BACK, AND GIVE ME YOUR

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

CARD AND I'LL WRITE DOWN

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

YOUR TITHE.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

YOU'RE TEACHING PEOPLE TO

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

GO IN DEBT.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

YOU'RE TELLING THEM NOT

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

TO, AND YET YOU'RE TELLING

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

THEM TO GO IN DEBT TO GIVE

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

US YOUR MONEY.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

Wendy: UNLESS IT IS

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

LIKE EVERYBODY USES IT

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

TODAY, YOUR CHECK CARDS,

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

AND IT'S LIKE YOUR CASH.

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

Pat: I JUST THINK

STANDARD?"

STANDARD?"

THAT KIND OF TRANSACTION

THAT KIND OF TRANSACTION

ISN'T TOO GOOD.

ANYHOW, THERE IS DISTANCE

IN THAT.

Wendy: "WHAT ARE SOME

OBSTACLES THAT MIGHT

PREVENT ME FROM BEING

HEALED.

I NEED A MIRACLE IN MY

HEALTH, AND I WANT TO MAKE

SURE I'M NOT DOING

ANYTHING TO BLOCK IT."

Pat: I THINK JESUS

SAID, THE BIGGEST BLOCK IS

WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, IF

YOU HAVE OUGHT AGAINST

ANY, FORGIVE SO THAT THE

HEAVENLY FATHER CAN

FORGIVE YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE

POSITION OF HEAVY MIRACLES

AND BEING BORN AGAIN, WHAT

IT TAKES IS FORGIVING.

EVEN AS YOU'RE ASKING GOD

TO FORGIVE YOU, HE SAID

YOU ALSO FORGIVE OTHERS.

YOU MAY HAVE RESENTMENT IN

YOUR HEART TOWARDS

SOMEBODY.

THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF

THINGS, BUT THAT'S THE

BIGGEST ONE.

Wendy: JOHN SAYS, "IS

IT A SIN TO PRAY FOR

MONEY.

I REALLY NEED SOME HELP

FINANCIALLY.

IS IT OKAY TO PRAY THAT

GOD WILL PROSPER ME AND

NOT FEEL BADLY ABOUT IT?"

Pat: LOOK AT WHAT

JOHN SAID, I WOULD THAT

YOU PROSPER AND BE HEALTHY

AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.

THE WORD ABOUT PROSPERITY

IS ALL OVER THE BIBLE, ALL

OVER THE BIBLE.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH PRAYING -- THE LORD

SAID IN THE LORD'S PRAYER,

"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR

DAILY BREAD," WELL, BREAD

IS MONEY.

EVERY DAY YOUR ASKING FOR

THE SUSTENANCE OF YOUR

LIFE.

WELL, IS IT A SIN TO DO

THAT?

NOT UNLESS THE LORD WAS

SINNING WHEN HE GAVE US

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

LET'S FOLLOW HIM AND NOT

WORRY ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY

ELSE TELLS YOU.

Wendy: THE SLANG WORD

FOR MONEY WAS BREAD.

Pat: BREAD.

Wendy: AND JAZEZ,

LORD BLESS ME.

Pat: THANKS FOR BEING

HERE.

AND LET ME THANK YOU,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR

ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

PROVERBS 28: "A FAITHFUL

MAN WILL ABOUND WITH

BLESSINGS."

TOMORROW, FAITH ON THE

FOOTBALL FIELD.

PANTHERS AND BRONCOS'

STARS TELL US WHAT'S ON

THEIR MINDS AHEAD OF THAT

BIG SUPER BOWL.

SEE YOU THEN.

BYE-BYE.

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