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The 700 Club - February 11, 2016

Learn how God is at work in the mess in your life. Plus, a scorned wife holds her unfaithful husband’s life in her hands. Read Transcript


Wendy: TAKE YOUR

MARRIAGE TO THE NEXT

LEVEL.

MARRIAGE IS NOT BETWEEN

A MAN AND A WOMAN.

IT IS BETWEEN GOD, A MAN

AND A WOMAN.

Wendy: GO INSIDE A

CONFERENCE THAT IS

CHANGING LIVES.

I USED IT AS A PLATFORM

TO KIND OF RESET OUR

MARRIAGE AND OUR

RELATIONSHIP.

Wendy: AND HEAR HOW

TO DIVORCE-PROOF YOURS.

BE ALL IN, TOTALLY

COMMITTED.

Wendy: PLUS, HIS WIFE

WAS THE PERFECT MATCH IN

MORE WAYS THAN ONE.

THEY WERE MEANT TO BE

TOGETHER.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

YOU RECKON THERE WILL BE

ANY SURPRISES IN SOUTH

CAROLINA, AS THE CREW GOES

SOUTH?

TRUMP SEEMS TO BE WAY IN

THE LEAD, BUT CRUZ MAY

HAVE SOME SURPRISES.

HE HAS SUPPORT -- I MEAN

CRUZ DOES -- IN ALMOST

EVERY ONE OF THE SEGMENTS

OF DISINFECTED AMERICANS.

AND DONALD HAS THE SAME

THING.

HE STIRRED UP THE ANGRY

AMERICA AT THE WAY THINGS

ARE.

HE IS NOW THE TOP CHOICE

AMONG MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL

AGE GROUPS.

BUT DON'T SELL CRUZ SHORT

BECAUSE HE MAY SURPRISE

YOU.

WENDY?

Wendy: THAT'S RIGHT.

AND HILLARY CLINTON IS

LEADING THE VOTE FOR HER

PARTY AS WELL, BUT SHE IS

HAVING A BIG PROBLEM: SHE

IS NOT ATTRACTING ENOUGH

WOMEN.

HEATHER SELLS HAS THIS

LOOK AT THE BATTLE AS THE

COMPAIGNS HEAD SOUTH.

HERE IS YOUR NEXT

PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP.

Reporter: HEADING

INTO SOUTH CAROLINA,

DONALD TRUMP ALREADY HAS A

SOLID LEAD.

THE RECENT POLLS SHOWS THE

BILLIONAIRE WITH 36%

SUPPORT COMPARED TO ALMOST

20% FOR HIS NEAREST

COMPETITOR, TED CRUZ.

TRUMP HOPES TO BUILD ON

THE MOMENTUM FROM THIS NEW

HAMPSHIRE WIN.

IF WE WIN HERE, AFTER

WINNING SO BIG IN NEW

HAMPSHIRE, ALL OF THESE

CHARACTERS ARE GOING TO

GIVE IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE

TABLE AND WE'LL MAKE

AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, THAT

I CAN TELL YOU.

Heather: WHAT IS

EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT HIS

NEW HAMPSHIRE WIN IS THE

BREADTH OF HIS VICTORY.

HE CAPTURED BOTH MEN AND

WOMEN IN THE CITY AND THE

COUNTRYSIDE.

HE WON WITH VOTERS OF ALL

AGES, BOTH CONSERVATIVES

AND MODERATES, AND IN

EVERY ISSUE GROUP.

CRUZ SAYS IT IS CLEAR HE

IS THE MAIN CHALLENGER TO

TRUMP.

ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS

COMING OUT OF THESE FIRST

TWO STATES IS THAT THE

ONLY CANDIDATE WHO CAN

BEAT DONALD TRUMP IS ME.

Heather: POLLS SHOW

MARCO RUBIO AND JEB BUSH

AND THIRD AND FOURTH

PLACE.

TWO G.O.P. CANDIDATES ARE

NO LONGER IN THE RACE,

CARLY FIORINA AND CHRIS

CHRISTIE HAVE DROPPED OUT,

AFTER WEAK SHOWINGS IN NEW

HAMPSHIRE.

THE DEMOCRATIC RACE IS

HOTLY CONTESTED.

BERNIE SANDERS CRUSHED

HILLARY CLINTON IN NEW

HAMPSHIRE, BUT SHE LEADS

HIM IN SOUTH CAROLINA,

WITH 62%, COMPARED TO HIS

32%.

CLINTON HAS ACKNOWLEDGED

SHE MUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO

REACH YOUNG VOTERS,

ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SANDERS

PULLED IN MORE THAN 80% OF

WOMEN VOTERS UNDER 30, AND

CLINTON IS REACHING OUT TO

THEM.

EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT

SUPPORTING ME NOW, I

SUPPORT THEM.

Reporter: SANDERS IS

ALSO THREATENING CLINTON

WITH AN IMPRESSIVE

FUNDRAISING MACHINE, AND

HE IS INVESTED HEAVILY IN

NEVADA, WHICH HOLDERS ITS

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ON

FEBRUARY 20th.

HE IS CLEARLY GOING A AFTER

THE MINORITY VOTE, BUT SO

IS CLINTON.

THIS WEEK THE

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

PACK VOTED TO ENDORSE HER.

IF THE POLLS ARE CORRECT,

CLINTON AND TRUMP SHOULD

EASILY WIN IN SOUTH

CAROLINA.

AND MARCH IS COMING, WHEN

MORE THAN 20 STATES WILL

CAST THEIR VOTES.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Pat: WELL, IT'S AN

AMAZING, AMAZING ELECTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A

GREAT COUNTRY.

IT IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY

ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

WE HAVE A HERITAGE OF

FREEDOM.

MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIED

THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE

FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY.

AND TO SEE THE HIGHEST

OFFICE IN OUR LAND BECOME

A FOOTBALL IN THIS CRAZY

MESS THAT IS GOING ON

RIGHT NOW, SADDENS ME A

GREAT DEAL.

WELL, MAYBE DEMOCRACY WILL

TRIUMPH, AND I'M NOT SURE

HOW MUCH TRIUMPH WE'RE

GOING TO HAVE.

RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT VERY

SERIOUS, BUT WE'VE

SURVIVED IN THE PAST, AND

WE'LL CONTINUE TO SURVIVE.

AND I WANT YOU TO BE

REMINDED THAT I'LL BE

INTERVIEWING DONALD TRUMP

WHEN HE COMES TO REGENT

UNIVERSITY FOR A

PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON

FEBRUARY 24th.

> WELL, IN OTHER NEWS,

IRAN IS CELEBRATING ITS

ISLAMIC REVOLUTION BY

TRYING TO HUMILIATE THE

UNITED STATES.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: THANKS, PAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

IRAN IS INDEED CELEBRATING

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

THE 37th ANNIVERSARY OF

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

TODAY BY RELEASING NEW

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

IMAGES OF A CAPTURED

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

AMERICAN SAILOR CRYING.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

IN JANUARY THE IRANIAN

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

NAVY TOOK 10 AMERICAN

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

SAILORS HOSTAGE FOR ONE

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

DAY, SAYING THEIR PATROL

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

BOATS HAD ENTERED IRANIAN

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

TERRITORY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

THE NEW FOOTAGE SHOWS ONE

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

SAILOR CRYING AND WIPING

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

HIS EYES.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

AN IRANIAN EXPERT TOLD CBN

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

NEWS IT WAS ALL INTENDED

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

TO SHAME AMERICA.

TO SHAME AMERICA.

THE LEADER SAID IT CAME

FROM GOD, THAT WE MANAGED

TO CAPTURE THE U.S.

SAILORS.

IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF

HUMILIATING THE UNITED

STATES.

AND EVEN THOUGH THEY SAT

AND SPOKE AT THE

NEGOTIATING TABLE, AND

COME UP WITH A WAY, IRAN

IS STILL STRONGER, MORE

POWERFUL THAN THE UNITED

STATES.

Reporter: IRAN

BRAGGED IT WAS THE ONLY

COUNTRY THAT DARED TO STEP

UP TO THE U.S. MILITARY.

> THE SUPREME COURT

HALTED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S

CLEAN ENERGY PLAN, WHILE A

LOWER COURT DECIDES

WHETHER IT IS LEGAL.

27 STATES JOINED THE COAL

INDUSTRY TO FILE SUIT

AGAINST THE PLAN.

IT REQUIRES STATES TO

DRASTICALLY REDUCE CARBON

DIOXIDE MISSIONS BY A

THIRD BY THE YEAR 2030.

OPPONENTS SAY IT IS

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE

PRESIDENT CIRCUMVENTING

CONGRESS TO GET HIS WAY.

THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN WILL

LIKELY BE TIED UP IN

LITIGATION UNTIL AFTER HE

LEAVES OFFICE, BUT SOME

SAY HE IS WORKING TO GET

AROUND THAT, TOO.

A MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL

COAL MINES, FROM LEASES ON

FEDERAL LANDS IN THE WEST,

WHICH, BY THE WAY,

PROVIDES MOST OF THE COAL

MINES IN THE UNITED

STATES.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY

HAVE AN INSURANCE POLICY

TO STOP COAL ON PRIVATE

LANDS WITH THEIR SO-CALLED

STREAM PROTECTION RULE,

WHICH DOESN'T PROTECT

STREAMS, AND IT CERTAINLY

DOESN'T PROTECT JOBS AND

EMPLOYMENT.

I THINK THIS IS ALL PART

OF A VERY CALCULATED PLAN,

PART OF THE WAR ON COAL

WE'VE ALL HEARD SO MUCH

ABOUT.

John: AND HE SAYS HE

WOULD LIKE MORE EMPHASIS

PLACED ON MAKING COAL

CLEANER INSTEAD OF TAKING

IT OFF THE TABLE.

Pat: WE HAVE THE COAL

LADY HERE WITH US FROM

WEST VIRGINIA.

WAS THAT A SHOT AT YOUR

HIGH SCHOOL?

Wendy: THAT WAS A HOT

OF WILLIAMSON, WEST

VIRGINIA, WHERE I WENT TO

HIGH SCHOOL.

Pat: WHAT IS YOUR

TAKE ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT

IS DOING?

I'LL GIVE YOU THE FORUM.

Wendy: THE

COAL-MINING JOBS, WE'RE

TALKING $60,000, UP TO

$70,000 A YEAR, JOBS THAT

ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE

LOST THEIR JOBS IN THE

MINES AND THEY'RE HAVING

TO MOVE OUT OF THE STATE.

SO THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS.

WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO

PRAY THAT THESE

REGULATIONS DON'T GO

THROUGH BECAUSE WE NEED

OUR COAL.

WE NEED OUR COAL, AND THE

COAL MINERS NEED THEIR

JOBS.

Pat: IF WE DON'T HAVE

COAL, WE DON'T HAVE

ELECTRIC POWER.

IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY

DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.

THEY TALK ABOUT CLEAN

ENERGY AND ALL OF THAT

STUFF.

THERE IS NO WAY.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF

THE CLEAN.

THEY CAN'T BURN BUT SO

MUCH BIOMASS OR WHATEVER

ELSE THEY'RE GOING TO USE

TO BURN IN THE FURNACES TO

KEEP THE POWER GRID ALIVE.

AND THE ONLY -- WE'VE GOT

THE BIGGEST SUPPLY OF COAL

IN THE WORLD.

AND WE NEED TO USE WHAT WE

HAVE.

WHAT GOES ON HERE, THERE

IS SOMETHING -- I THINK WE

HAVE DUST IN THIS STUDIO

OR SOMETHING.

IT IS HARD TO TALK.

MAYBE I'M ALL CHOKED UP IN

FAVOR OF MY DEAR CO-HOST'S

PLIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Wendy: GOD BLESS YOU

AND WEST VIRGINIA.

John: IN DECEMBER,

ASH CARTER ORDERED THE

MILITARY TO OPEN ALL

COMBAT JOBS TO WOMEN.

THAT ORDER WENT INTO

EFFECT JANUARY 1st,

BRINGING PRESSURE NOT TO

LOWER STANDARDS JUST SO

WOMEN COULD GET INTO THOSE

COMBAT ROLES.

BUT ONE BRANCH OF THE

MILITARY IS WORKING TO

PROVE THAT ITS HIGH

STANDARDS DON'T HAVE TO BE

COMPRISED.

CAITLIN BURKE BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

Reporter: THE

DECISION TO INCORPORATE

WOMEN INTO COMBAT ROLES IS

BEING IMPLEMENTED, BUT NOT

WITHOUT SOME CONCERN FROM

TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS.

RIGHT NOW THEY SAY

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE

ANY STANDARDS.

THERE WILL BE GREAT

PRESSURE, WHETHER IT IS 12

MONTHS FROM NOW, FOUR

YEARS FROM NOW, BECAUSE

THE QUESTION WILL BE

ASKED: WELL, WE'VE LET

WOMEN INTO THESE OTHER

ROLES, AND WHY AREN'T THEY

STAYING IN THOSE OTHER

ROLES?

Reporter: MANY FEEL

IF THE CURRENT STANDARDS

CAN REMAIN IN PLACE UNDER

THIS NEW POLICY, WOMEN

WILL BE WER WELCOME TO TRY OUT

FOR THE COMBAT JOBS NOW

OPEN TO THEM.

ONE BRANCH HAS BEEN

PUTTING THAT IDEA TO

PRACTICE FOR THE LAST 30

YEARS.

THE U.S. COAST GUARD

TRAINS ONE OF ITS MOST

ELITE POSITIONS OUT OF THE

BASE AT ELIZABETH CITY.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT

320 ACTIVE DUTY SWIMMERS,

AND THREE OF THEM ARE

WOMEN.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SET

STANDARDS FOR MEN AND

WOMEN EQUALLY, AND I FEEL

IF THEY CAN PASS THOSE

STANDARDS FOR THE COAST

GUARD, THEY CAN GO OUT AND

DO THE SAME JOB WE CAN.

Reporter: THE

TRAINING TO BECOME AN

ACTIVE DUTY SWIMMER HAS

ONE OF THE HIGHEST

ATTRITION RATES IN THE

MILITARY.

WITH MANY CLASSES STARTING

AT 24, AND GRADUATING FIVE

OR LESS.

THE TRAINING IS

DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE

ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE GO

INTO.

IT IS NOT EVERY DAY WE GO

INTO THE WORST-CASE

SCENARIO, BUT WE TRAIN FOR

THAT WORST-CASE SCENARIO,

THE BAD STORMS, THE

HURRICANES.

AND WE TRAIN HARD ENOUGH

SO WE CAN OPERATE SAFELY

IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.

Reporter: JAMIE

MESCOF IS THE ONLY WOMAN

CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH

TRAINING.

SHE SAYS WHILE IT CAN BE

INTIMIDATING THAT SO FEW

WOMEN MAKE IT, BUT SHE

WANTS TO PROVE SHE CAN

MAKE IT BECAUSE OF HER

SKILL, NOT BECAUSE OF HER

GENDER.

I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF

THAT I'M THE FEMALE

GETTING THROUGH.

I'M JUST A PERSON HERE AT

SCHOOL, TRYING TO MAKE IT.

Reporter: SHE SAYS

THAT WHILE SOME OF THE

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE

SCHOOL ARE ESPECIALLY

CHALLENGING FOR HER, SHE

FOUND THAT MENTAL

TOUGHNESS IS WHAT IS MOST

IMPORTANT FOR HER TO

SUCCEED.

THAT MENTAL, INTERNAL

DIALOGUE IS WHAT YOU NEED

TO SUCCEED.

YOU CAN'T SAY, WOE IS ME.

YOU CAN'T PLAY THE ME

GAME.

EVERYONE IS DOING THE SAME

THING YOU ARE, AND

EVERYONE IS IN PAIN.

EVERYONE IS HURTING, AND

EVERYONE IS NOT FEELING

THEIR BEST.

THEY'RE PUSHING THROUGH,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO PUSH

THROUGH.

Reporter: VERY FEW

MEN, AND EVEN FEWER WOMEN,

MAKE IT THROUGH THE A.S.

T. PROGRAM, BUT FOR THE IL

LEELT WHTHEELITE WHO DO, THE

EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH.

NEVER GIVE UP.

DO WHAT YOU'RE TRAINED TO

DO, AND GO OUT AND BE SAFE

AND COME BACK SAFELY.

Reporter: CAITLIN

BURKE, CBN NEWS, AIR

STATION, ELIZABETH CITY.

John: UNFORTUNATELY,

MESCOF WAS NOT ABLE TO

COMPLETE HER TRAINING.

BUT SHE TOLD CBN NEWS SHE

PLANS TO GIVE IT ANOTHER

SHOT.

Pat: GOD BLESS HER.

I THINK THAT IS VERY

NOBLE.

> YEARS AGO I WAS IN THE

MARINE CORPS AND MY

OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY IS

COMBAT INFANTRY.

Wendy: IN LAYMAN'S

TERMS, THAT'S SHOOTING

WITH A GUN.

Pat: IT IS WALKING IN

THE MUD, CRAWLING THROUGH

BARBED WIRE, GOING THROUGH

ALL KINDS OF ARDUOUS

THINGS AND BEING GETTING

SHOT BY OTHER PEOPLE.

WHY WOULD A WOMAN WANT

THAT?

Wendy: WELL, THIS IS

A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

Pat: THIS IS

DIFFERENT.

BUT THE FEMINISTS HAVE

GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE

WOMEN ARE GOING TO BE

DRAFTED AND PUT INTO

COMBAT UNITS.

WHY WOULD ANY WOMAN IN HER

RIGHT MIND WANT THAT?

Wendy: I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WOMEN -- THERE ARE

WOMEN WARRIORS.

Pat: THEY ARE?

Wendy: WELL, I

UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF A

WARRIOR.

Pat: IT'S CRAZY.

Wendy: IT IS A LITTLE

CRAZY.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN

THAT SITUATION.

Pat: BUT THE

FEMINISTS -- A LOT OF

THESE WOMEN WANT TO WAKE

UP, SAYING THESE FEMINIST

SISTERS HAVEN'T DONE US

ANY FAVORS.

Pat: GOING INTO THE

MILITARY, THE INFANTRY, IS

TOUGH.

IN THE COMBAT SITUATION,

YOU'RE LIVING IN TRENCHES

AND EATING K-RATIONS AND

THERE IS MUD AND ALL OF

THE REST.

WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT

THAT?

Wendy: I WOULD GO IF

I COULD TAKE MY MAKEUP, MY

HAIRSPRAY AND MY MAKEUP.

Pat: I'M SURE YOUR

HAIRSPRAY WOULD BE VERY

VALUABLE WHEN THE ENEMY IS

COMING OVER THE TRENCHES.

WELL, LET ME GET MY

HAIRSPRAY.

Wendy: EXACTLY.

I'M NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE.

BUT THERE ARE SOME WOMEN

WHO FEEL THAT CALL.

Pat: WHY DON'T WE LET

THOSE GET SEPARATE.

BUT THE AVERAGE WOMAN --

MAYBE IT IS A MASOCHISTIC

THING THEY WANT.

THAT IS BONDAGE.

THAT'S FIVE SHADE 50 SHADES OF GREY

SQUARE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY

WHO HAS BEEN THERE, DONE

THAT, AND IT AIN'T

SOMETHING FOR A WOMAN -- I

DON'T THINK.

John: PAT, WE SALUTE

ALL WHO SERVE.

> A GOOD REPORT IN

HEALTH NEWS.

EDUCATION AND A HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE CAN HELP CUT THE

RISK OF DEMENTIA AS YOU

GET OLDER.

A NEW STUDY GIVES THE

STRONGEST EVIDENCE THAT

EDUCATION AND BETTER

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH ARE

KEY REASONS THE NUMBER OF

DEMENTIA CASES IS

DROPPING.

ONE EXPERT AT THE NATIONAL

INSTITUTE ON AGING TOLD

THE "NEW YORK TIMES" THAT

THE NUMBER OF CASES WILL

RISE BECAUSE THE

POPULATION IS GETTING

OLDER.

BUT THE NEW STUDY SHOWS

WHAT PEOPLE DO IS

IMPORTANT TO HELP FIGHT

DEMENTIA.

PAT, WE KNOW YOU DON'T

HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE

YOU'RE AS SHARP AS A TACK.

Pat: WELL, YOU'RE SO

KIND, WHATEVER YOUR NAME

IS.

Wendy: JOHN IS A

SMOOTH OPERATOR.

Pat: JOHN, YOU'RE UP

FOR A RAISE, BABY.

WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN

TO HELP YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WENDY, WHAT IS

NEXT?

Wendy: UP NEXT, THE

MARRIAGE CONFERENCE THAT

ALLOWS COUPLES TO HIT THE

RESET BUTTON.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE

BREATHING HOPE INTO THESE

FAMILIES AND THEN THERE IS

A TRICKLE EFFECT ALL

ACROSS THE REGION.

Wendy: FIND OUT WHAT

THESE COUPLES ARE LEARNING

AND HOW IT IS SAVING THEIR

MARRIAGES, WHEN WE RETURN.

Pat: WELL, WE'RE

GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE

BREAKUP OF MARRIAGES.

AND VALENTINE'S DAY IS

COMING UP.

WERE YOU SUCCESSFUL?

[LAUGHTER]

Wendy: YOU'RE

REFERRING TO --

Pat: YES, I'M

REFERRING TO --

Wendy: -- YESTERDAY I

WAS INTERVIEWING A COUPLE

WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE 40-DAY

PRAYER CHALLENGE, AND THE

POWER OF PRAYER, AND I

JUST INSTANTLY SAID, PRAY

I GET A DATE BY

VALENTINE'S DAY.

Pat: AND YOU'VE BEEN

SWAMPED?

Wendy: I HAVE MORE

THAN A FEW REQUESTS.

Pat: WE MAY DO OUR

VERSION OF THE

BACHELORETTE.

THERE IS A SECRET TO A

SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED 61

YEARS, AND I THINK I CAN

SPEAK WITH SOME AUTHORITY.

THE SOLUTION IS: WHATEVER

YOU PLACES YOU, DEAR.

WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY.

Wendy: IF MAMA IS

HAPPY, EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.

Pat: WHATEVER MAKES

YOU HAPPY, AND THEN YOU

DON'T FIGHT.

WHATEVER YOU WANT, THAT'S

GOOD.

IT ISN'T QUITE THAT WAY,

BUT THEY TALK ABOUT MONEY,

SEX, AND COMMUNICATION.

AND IF YOU GET ALL OF

THOSE THINGS RIGHT -- YOU

KNOW, IT IS TWO PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW THAT SONG THE

CARPENTERS DID?

THEY PICKED UP A SONG THAT

WAS MEANT FOR A WEDDING --

Wendy: THEY HAD SOME

ROMANTIC SONGS.

Pat: "WE'VE ONLY JUST

BEGUN," JUST THE TWO OF

US, STRANGERS IN MANY

WAYS -- IT'S A GREAT SONG,

AND THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO

MARRIAGE.

BUT THE BIG THING IS JUST

TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE

OTHER PERSON AND LOVE TEM THEM

AND PUT THEM AHEAD OF YOUR

OWN DESIRE, AND DO UNTO

OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE

THEM DO UNTO YOU.

IT IS A GOOD THING, IT'S

IN THE BIBLE, AND IT'S THE

KEY.

BUT, ANYHOW, THERE IS A

CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY NOW

THAT IS HAVING AN ANNUAL

RETREAT AND IT'S CALLED

"ELEVATE YOUR MARRIAGE."

AND PAUL STRAND BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

Reporter: RECENTLY

SOME 900 PEOPLE PACKED

INTO CHRIST CHURCH IN

ROCKAWAY CHURCH TO GET

THEIR MARRIAGES BUILT UP.

THEY HAVE THIS RETREAT

ONCE A YEAR BECAUSE

COUPLES HAVE IT TOUGH

THESE DAYS.

THEY GO THROUGH A LOT

OF STRESS BECAUSE THEY

LACK ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND SO WE COME ALONGSIDE

OF THEM AS AN OLDER

BROTHER, MINE WIFE AS AN

OLDER SISTER, AND WE

ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP

LIVING AND BUILDING INTO

ONE ANOTHER BY LOVING EACH

OTHER.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE

PEOPLE TOOLS.

SO THEY SAY, YOU KNOW

WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET

DIVORCED.

IF WE COULD JUST GROW AND

BECOME EMOTIONALLY

CONNECTED, SPIRITUALLY

CONNECTED, AND SEXUALLY

CONNECTED, WE CAN MAKE

THIS WORK.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE

THIS FACILITY.

IT IS NOT JUST SO WE CAN

HAVE SERVICES.

IT IS SO WE CAN SEE

PEOPLE'S LIVES

TRANSFORMED.

Reporter: THE TOP

COUNSELLOR SAYS IT IS

HELPFUL TO REMEMBER WHO IS

IN THE MARRIAGE WITH YOU.

MARRIAGE IS NOT BETWEEN

A MAN AND A WOMAN.

IT IS BETWEEN GOD, AND A

MAN AND A WOMAN.

GOD CREATED MARRIAGE.

AND WE GET TO THE PLACE

WHERE WE DON'T THINK

THINGS CAN GET ANY BETTER.

Reporter: WHEN YOU

SEE A MARRIAGE END IN

DIVORCE, YOU'LL USUALLY

FIND ONE OF THESE THREE

THINGS WERE INVOLVED:

COMMUNICATION, FINANCES,

AND SEX.

LYNNETTE SAYS,.

MOST PEOPLE LIST AT

LEAST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY

COMMON FOR A SAVER TO BE

SET UP WITH A SPENDER.

SO THERE ARE THINGS YOU'RE

GOING TO FACE.

Reporter: THIS DOCTOR

WAS THERE TO TELL HOW A

HUSBAND'S PORN CAN DAMAGE

HIS WIFE.

IT CAN RESULT IN LOWER

SELF-ESTEEM, WHICH IS WHAT

COMES WITH LIVING WITH A

PORN ADDICT.

THE LAST CREATION IN

SCRIPTURE WAS MARRIAGE.

IT WAS A TRINITY ON EARTH

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GOD WAS CREATING A

THREE-FACED BEING THAT

REFLECTS HEAVEN.

THEY TALK A LOT OF

THINGS ABOUT MARRIAGE, AND

WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

Reporter: AND WEISS

BROUGHT COUPLES AN

ATTITUDE CHALLENGE --

THIS IS A GIFT TO ME,

AND I AM GOD'S SON-IN-LAW,

AND SO HOW I TREAT HER IS

HOW S SHE RELATES TO ME.

THEY SHOULD SEE

MARRIAGE IS A BLESSING,

BUT IT REQUIRES WORK ON

BOTH PARTS.

BE ALL IN, PHYSICALLY,

FINANCIALLY,

EMOTIONALLY -- EVERY

ASPECT BE TOTALLY

COMMITTED.

IF YOU COMMIT TO THE

FACT THAT DIVORCE IS NOT

AN OPTION, IT CHANGES YOUR

PERSPECTIVE.

IT CHANGES HOUT YO HOW YOU WORK

OUT YOUR ISSUES.

THE SECOND TYPE OF

COMMITMENT IS THE RINSER

MENTALITY.

NOBODY EVERY WASHES A

RENTAL CAR BECAUSE YOU

DON'T OWN IT.

BUT WHEN YOU OWN YOUR

MARRIAGE, YOU TAKE CARE OF

IT.

Reporter: THEY POINT

OUT ONE SEMINAR IS NOT

GOING TO FIX A MARRIAGE,

YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO

THE WORK, YOU'LL CONTINUE

TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL

MARRIAGE.

Reporter: DEAL WITH

THE NITTY-GRITTY SUBJECTS,

MONEY, SEX, CHILD REARING,

YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE

THOSE.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE

BREATHING HOPE INTO THESE

COUPLES AND HOPE INTO

THEIR FAMILIES, AND THERE

IS A TRICKLE AFFECT ALL

ACROSS OUR REGION.

Reporter: PAUL STRAND

REPORTING FROM NEW JERSEY.

Pat: I ISN'T THAT NICE

T.I THIN.I THINK OF THE CHURCH

SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN

KEEPING MARRIAGES TOGETHER

BECAUSE THAT IS THE

FORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY.

IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS, MAKE

PEACE WITH YOUR WIVES,

LEST YOUR PRAYERS BE

HINDERED.

SOMEHOW GOD SAID, IF

YOU'RE NOT AT PEACE WITH

YOUR WIFE, AND YOU'RE

FIGHTING WITH YOUR SPOUSE,

FORGET ABOUT ASKING ME FOR

SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'RE

NOT GOING TO GET IT.

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

IT IS BETTER TO DWELL IN

THE CORNER OF A HOUSE, IN

A BROAD HOUSE WITH A

QUARRELLING WOMAN --

THEY'VE ALL HAD PROBLEMS,

BUT I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT

TO LOVE EACH OTHER.

IT IS SIMPLE.

PUT SOMEBODY ELSE FIRST.

Wendy: SIMPLE, BUT

YET IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD

WORK AT TIMES.

Pat: IT DOES, BUT

MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S

JUST WHAT DO YOU WANT,

DEAR?

Wendy: 61 YEARS OF

SUCCESS, WHAT DO YOU WANT,

DEAR?

I LIKE THAT.

> ALL RIGHT, UP NEXT, HE

CHEATED ON HER AND THEN HE

NEEDED A FAVOR FROM HER.

I KIND OF, LIKE,

LAUGHED.

NO.

WHY GET ME INVOLVED?

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO

WITH ME.

THIS IS MY STUFF.

I'M ALL GOOD.

Wendy: SHE CHANGED

HER TUNE WHEN SHE FOUND

OUT SHE IS HIS PERFECT

MATCH.

YOU'LL SEE WHY WHEN WE

COME BACK.

Pat: HEARTS AND

FLOWERS, THIS VALENTINE'S

DAY YOU'LL FIND NO

SHORTAGE OF HEART-SHAPED

CHOCOLATES, CANDIES, AND

GREETING CARDS.

THE HEART, AFTER ALL, IS

THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF

LOVE.

BUT THE DUVALS ARE TAKING

IT A STEP FURTHER.

THEY DON'T JUST SHARE A

HEART.

THEY SHARE A KIDNEY AS

WELL.

WE NEVER ARGUED ABOUT

ANYTHING.

WE ALWAYS SAW EYE TO EYE

ON THINGS.

SO WE WERE ALWAYS REALLY

HAPPY AND THOUGHT IT WAS

THE PERFECT MATCH.

Reporter: REBECCA AND

ROBERT HAD BOTH BEEN

MARRIED BEFORE.

THIS TIME AROUND, THEY

KNEW THEY FOUND LASTING

LOVE.

I LIKED THAT SHE WAS

INDEPENDENT.

I REALLY HAD A LOT OF

RESPECT FOR THE FACT THAT

SHE WAS RAISING TWO GIRLS

ON HER OWN.

THAT REALLY DREW ME WHEN

WE FIRST MET.

I HAD TOLD HER SHE WAS MY

ANGEL.

Reporter: THEN FIVE

YEARS INTO THE MARRIAGE,

THEY STARTED GROWING

APART.

THEY NOW HAD THREE

CHILDREN, AND THEIR

RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK

AND HOME HAD BECOME MORE

DEMANDING.

I HAD NOTICED THAT

THERE WAS DEFINITELY

SOMETHING MISSING IN OUR

RELATIONSHIP.

AND I FELT LIKE THERE WAS

SOMETHING KEEPING US

APART.

THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING

ON THAT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

BUT I HAD CHOSE TO IGNORE

IT.

Reporter: AS IT

TURNED OUT, ROBERT HAD

STARTED AN AFFAIR WITH A

FEMALE CO-WORKER.

REBECCA FOUND OUT WHEN SHE

DISCOVERED SOME TEXTS ON

HER PHONE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF

THINGS THAT HE SAID TO ME,

HE WAS TELLING THIS OTHER

PERSON.

SO MY HEART WAS BROKEN.

Reporter: ROBERT HAD

ALREADY ENDED THE AFFAIR

AFTER FOUR MONTHS, BUT THE

DAMAGE WAS DONE.

I WAS ASHAMED.

I WAS HURT BECAUSE I SAW

HOW HURT I MADE HER.

THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES I

TRIED TO BUILD THE COURAGE

UP JUST TO TELL HER, AND I

NEVER WANTED TO BE

DIVORCED.

I NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE MY

FA.

ReporterFAMILY.

Reporter: REBECCA HAD

RECENTLY BECOME A

CHRISTIAN.

UNSURE WHAT TO DO NEXT,

SHE WENT TO A CHRISTIAN

COUNCILLOR.

SHE SAID THIS IS YOUR

CHOICE.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER

TO WALK AWAY OR TO STAY

AND FIGHT FOR YOUR

MARRIAGE.

I KNEW RIGHT THEN I NEEDED

TO STAY AND FIGHT.

Reporter: THE COUPLE

WERE HAVING PROGRESS, AND

THEN ROBERT SUFFERED A

HEART ATTACK.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL

YEARS, HIS HEALTH STEADILY

DECLINED, AND HE BECAME

DEPENDENT ON HIS WIFE.

AT THIS TIME IT CAME

OUT I HAD NEVER TRULY

FORGIVEN HIM.

LIKE HE DIDN'T DESERVE THE

LOVING CARE THAT I WAS

SUPPOSED TO GIVE HIM AS A

WIFE.

Reporter: AFTER SIX

YEARS, ROBERT WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY

FAILURE.

HE ASKED REBECCA TO BE A

DONOATTESTED FOR A DONOR

MATCH.

I SAID, NO.

I'M ALL GOOD.

AND HOW IN THE WORLD AM I

GOING TO CARE FOR YOU IF

I'M DOWN.

THIS IS MINE, I'M NOT

SHARING.

Reporter: BUT AS THE

MONTHS WENT BY WITH NO

MATCH FOR ROBERT, SHE

REALIZED WHAT SHE NEEDED

TO DO.

NOT FORGIVING HIM WAS

STOPPING ME FROM SHOWING

HIM TRUE LOVE, THE WAY

THAT GOD INTENDS FOR US

TO.

I WAS ASKING GOD TO GIVE

ME A HEART FOR MY HUSBAND,

TO HELP ME LOVE HIM THE

WAY HE DESIRED ME TO LOVE

HIM.

SO MY ACTIONS WOULD SHOW

AND MY WORDS WOULD SHOW

WHERE MY HEART WAS.

Reporter: REBECCA

FINALLY AGREED TO GET

TESTED.

GOD JUST REALLY

CONVICTED ME, BE TESTED

AND TRUST THE OUTCOME.

SO A FEW WEEKS LATER, I

GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE

PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE

CASE.

SHE SAID, NO ONLY IS IT A

MATCH, BUT WHEN WE PUT

YOUR TWO BLOOD TYPES

TOGETHER, USUALLY ONE WILL

TRY TO DOMINATE THE OTHER,

BUT YOUR TWO SAT THERE

HARMONIOUSLY.

Reporter: COMPELLED

BY REBECCA'S FORGIVENESS,,

HE REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO

JESUS CHRIST.

I WANTED TO BECOME A

MAN OF INTEGRITY.

I REALLY MEANT IT, DEEP

WITHIN ME.

WITH ALL OF THE DARK

THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MY

LIFE, THAT WAS THE SHINING

LIGHT FOR ME.

THAT FORGIVENESS, IT IS

LIKE TAKING A WEIGHT OFF

YOUR SHOULDER.

AND THEN IT OPENED MY

HEART.

Reporter: REBECCA

SAID WHEN SHE TRULY

FORGAVE HER HUSBAND, THEY

BOTH RECEIVED THE HEALING

THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED.

HE RESTORED OUR

MARRIAGE, AT THE SAME TIME

HE WAS RESTORING MY

HUSBAND.

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF

THE NEW.

IT IS LIKE HE TOOK US

THROUGH A VALLEY, BUT

WHERE WE ENDED UP IS JUST

BEAUTIFUL.

Reporter: TODAY

ROBERT IS A CHAPLAIN FOR

LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE

COUPLE SAY WITH GOD AT THE

CENTER OF THEIR LIVES,

THEIR MARRIAGE IS STRONGER

THAN EVER.

NOW OUR MARRIAGE IS SO

MUCH DEEPER.

IT IS A DEEPER KIND OF

LOVE AND RESPECT.

BACK THEN, IN THE OLD

TIME, THERE WASN'T A LOT

OF HOPE BECAUSE WE WERE

LIVING IN THE MOM.

NOW WE'RE LIVING IN THE

MOMENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT

GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE

AWESOME.

Pat: I WAS READING

TODAY.

THE LORD GAVE A PARABLE,

AND HERE WAS THE PARABLE:

THERE WAS A VERY RICH

RULER WHO HAD ONE OF HIS

SUBJECTS, WHO WAS IN DEBT

TO HIM, IN A LARGE

AMOUNT -- LET'S JUST SAY

$10 MILLION -- AND THE MAN

COULDN'T PAY WHAT HE WAS

OWED.

AND SO THE RULER SAID,

OKAY, TAKE HIM TO THE

TORTURERS AND LOCK HIM UP

UNTIL HE PAYS ME THE

MONEY.

AND THE MAN FELL ON HIS

KNEES AND SAID, OH,

PLEASE, YOUR MAGESTY.

I'LL TRY TO PAY YOU, BUT I

DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY RIGHT

NOW.

PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK AND

LET ME OFF THIS THING AND

LET ME HELP YOU.

AND THE RULER HAD

COMPASSION ON HIM AND

SAID, OKAY, I'LL WRITE THE

DEBT OFF.

I'LL JUST CANCEL IT.

AND YOU'RE FREE.

AND THIS IS MY GIFT TO

YOU.

SO HE LEFT THE KING'S

PRESENCE AND WENT OUT TO

AN ANTI-ROOM.

AND HERE IS LITTLE GUY

COMINCOMES UP TO HIM AND SAYS,

SIR, I OWE YOU $1,000, AND

I HAVEN'T GOT THE MONEY.

AND THE MAN SAID, YOU

HAVEN'T GOT THE MONEY, YOU

CAN'T PAY?

IT'S $1,000, AND IT'S

HARD-EARNED MONEY, AND I

WANT MY MONEY.

HE SAID TO HIS PEOPLE,

TAKE THIS SCOUNDREL AND

LOCK HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN

PRISON UNTIL HE PAYS EVERY

PENNY OF IT.

THE MAN SCREAMED FOR MERCY

AND IT WAS DRAGGED AWAY.

SO THE WORD GETS BACK TO

THE KING.

AND HE SAYS, WAIT A

MINUTE, DIDN'T I JUST

FORGIVE THIS GUY

$10 MILLION, AND NOW HE

WANTS TO PUT A FELLOW IN

JAIL FOR $1,000?

WHAT KIND OF A PERSON IS

THIS?

AND HE HAULS THE MAN IN.

AND HE SAID, LISTEN, IF

THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE

GOING TO BEHAVE, I'LL DEAL

WITH YOU THE WAY YOU DEALT

WITH HIM.

HE SAID, TAKE HIM AND

THROW HIM INTO PRISON

UNTIL HE PAYS EVERY PENNY.

AND JESUS SAID, LISTEN.

,

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

IF SOMEBODY OWES YOU

SOMETHING, REMEMBER GOD

ALMIGHTY HAS FORGIVEN YOU

ALL OF YOUR SINS.

HE HAS FORGIVEN YOU ALL OF

YOUR DEBTS.

HE HAS CANCELLED ALL OF

THE PENALTY AGAINST YOU.

AND HE HAS TOLD YOU YOU

CAN BE A FREE MAN OR A

FREE WOMAN.

AND HE SAID, IF YOU HOLD A

GRUDGE AGAINST SOMEBODY

ELSE AND YOU REFUSE TO

FORGIVE THEM FROM YOUR

HEART, THEN GOD WON'T

FORGIVE YOU.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS

IN THE BIBLE.

NOW, DO YOU WANT TO BE

FORGIVEN?

DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE AND

HAVE MIRACLES IN YOUR

LIFE?

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO

DO IT: WHEN YOU STAND

PRAYING, IF YOU HAVE OUGHT

AGAINST ANYONE, FORGIVE

THEM SO THAT YOUR FATHER

CAN FORGIVE YOU.

OUR FORGIVENESS FOR HIS

FORGIVENESS.

HE WILL FORGIVE US FOR

EVERYTHING, BUT I HE SAYS

THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS

SHOW THE SAME MERCY TO

YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THAT I SHOWED YOU.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING

AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE THIS

VALENTINE'S DAY -- HERE

THIS WOMAN HAD EVERY

REASON TO TELL HER

HUSBAND, TAKE A WALK, YOU

SCOUNDREL.

BUT SUDDENLY SHE GOT TO

THE POINT WHERE SHE SAID,

I'LL DO IT, AND NOW THEY

HAVE A WHOLE NEW

RELATIONSHIP.

IF THERE IS ANYBODY YOU

HAVE HATRED IN YOUR HEART

AGAINST, I WANT YOU TO

FORGIVE.

THE LORD HAS FORGIVEN YOU

OF ALL OF YOUR SINS.

AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE IN

HEAVEN.

BUT HE WANTS YOU TO ACT

TOWARDS YOUR FELLOW MAN

THE SAME WAY THAT HE ACTS

TOWARDS YOU.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

PRAY WITH MAE RIGH ME RIGHT NOW.

THESE WORDS: LORD GOD, I

THANK YOU THAT WHEN I

ASKED YOU, YOU FORGAVE ME

ALL OF THE SINS THAT I

HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST YOU

AND AGAINST MY FELLOW MAN.

AND NOW I COME BEFORE YOU

AND TELL YOU THAT THERE

ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT

ME, AND I HAVE HELD A

GRUDGE AGAINST THEM AND

HAVE RESENTED THEM.

AND RIGHT NOW, LORD, JUST

AS YOU HAVE FORGIVEN ME, I

FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE

SINNED AGAINST ME.

I FORGIVE THEM FROM THE

BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I

WANT TO WALK IN FREEDOM AS

ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU, LORD.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

NOW, IF YOU PRAYED WITH

ME, I'VE GOT SOMETHING

ESPECIALLY FOR COUPLES

RIGHT NOW.

IT'S CALLED "LOVE AND

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT

YOU'RE HOLDING AGAINST

YOUR SPOUSE?

YOUR SPOUSE COMMITTED AN

ACT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND

YOU HAVE NEVER FORGIVEN

HIM?

YOUR SPOUSE DID SOMETHING

YOU COULDN'T STAND, AND

YOU'VE HELD THAT GRUDGE

EVER SINCE.

GOD SAYS WIPE THE SLATE

CLEAR.

I WANT YOU TO BE FREE.

IF WE CAN HELP YOU, JUST

CALL IN.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT BOOKLET

AND OTHER STUFF WE HAVE

HERE.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I

WANT YOU TO CALL RIGHT NOW

AND SAY, LISTEN, I JUST

AND SAY, LISTEN, I JUST

FORGAVE SOMEBODY.

I'VE FIR FORGIVEN, JUST LIKE

GOD FORGAVE ME.

WENDY, WHAT'S NEXT?

Wendy: STILL AHEAD,

IT IS TIME TO "BRING IT

ON."

KAREN SAYS, "MY HUSBAND

AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED

FOR 20 YEARS.

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE ACTS

LIKE HE IS NOT ATTRACTED

TO ME.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THE

SPARK BACK?"

YOUR QUESTIONS ARE NEXT,

SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

TWO FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS

BLEW THEMSELVES UP IN A

NIGERIA REFUGEE CAMP,

KILLING AT LEAST 58 PEOPLE

ON TUESDAY.

HEALTH AND RESCUE WORKERS

REPORT ANOTHER 78 PEOPLE

WERE WOUNDED.

THE POLICE ARRESTED A

THIRD FEMALE BOMBER, WHO

GAVE THEM DETAILS OF THE

BOMBING.

SHE BACKED OUT OF SETTING

OFF THE EXPLOSIVES WHEN

SHE REALIZED HER PARENTS

AND SIBLINGS WERE INSIDE

THE CAMP.

BEN CARSON AND TED CRUZ

ARE TAKING PART IN THE A

CAROLINA VALUES SUMMIT

TONIGHT.

BISHOP HARRY JACKSON

ORGANIZED THE EVENT.

HE SAYS THE FOCUS WILL BE

ON AMERICA'S INNER CITIES

AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE

HURTING.

THE QUESTIONS THAT

WE'RE GOING TO ASK

CANDIDATES TO DEAL WITH

DEAL WITH HOW DO WE BRING

HEALING TO, REVITALIZATION

TO, THE URBAN CORE.

WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH

THE FACT THERE ARE VIOLENT

SPOTS, LIKE BALTIMORE, NOT

FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE.

WHAT COULD A PRESIDENT DO,

WHO BELIEVES IN BIBLICAL

RECORD VIEW, TO CHANGE THE

FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS

THAT IS IN THE INNER

CITIES?

HOW DO WE GET AN

ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE

CHURCH IS ALLOWED TO

FUNCTION IN CONCERT WITH

GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS TO

CREATE A SAFE AND HEALING

ENVIRONMENT?

Efrem: AND THE EVENT

WILL BE MODERATED BY CBN'S

OWN DAVID BRODY.

YOU CAN GET MORE ON THAT

STORY AND ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND WENDY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WE WANT TO

GIVE YOU SOME GREAT NEWS

BOABOUT A FANTASTIC MINISTRY

INSIDE HOLLYWOOD.

THEY'RE THE FOLKS AT MOVIE

GUIDE, AND THEY WORK WITH

WRITERS, PRODUCERS, AND

EXECUTIVES TO PROMOTE

CHRISTIAN VALUES IN

ENTERTAINMENT.

ON FEBRUARY 22nd,

THEY'LL BE HOSTING THE

MOVIE GUIDE AWARDS, WHICH

IS LIKE THE OSCARS FOR

INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES, AND

SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE

STARS WILL BE THERE.

BE SURE TO TUNE IN OR SET

YOUR D.V.R.s, ON

FEBRUARY 22nd, AIR ON

THE REELS CHANNEL, IF YOU

HAVE THAT, AND YOU DON'T

WANT TO MISS IT.

IT IS TIME FOR YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

KAREN WRITES IN, "MY

HUSBAND AND I HAVE ALWAYS

HAD A GREAT, SUPPORTIVE

RELATIONSHIP, AND WE'VE

ALWAYS BEEN TOTALLY IN

LOVE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, AFTER 20

YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY

HUSBAND SEEMS LIKE HE IS

NO LONGER ATTRACTED TO ME

PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY.

NOTHING MAJOR HAS CHANGED

IN OUR LIVES, IN HIS

APPEARANCE OR MY

APPEARANCE.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THAT

SPARK BACK?"

Pat: I HATE TO BE

PHYSICAL, BUT YOU DON'T

NEED A SPARK.

YOUR HUSBAND HAS

UNDOUBTEDLY COME TO A

POINT IN HIS LIFE WHERE

THE TESTOSTERONE LEVELS

ARE JUST GONE.

AND AS A RESULT THE

AMOROUS ATTRACTION THAT

WAS THERE BEFORE JUST

DOESN'T EXIST.

HE STILL RESPECTS YOU AND

LOVES YOU, BUT IN TERMS OF

PHYSICAL ATTRACTION, IT IS

NOT THERE.

SO HE NEEDS TO GO TO A

PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN

THIS PARTICULAR THING.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN

GET PILLS THAT THEY HAVE,

YOU KNOW, FOR -- THEY PUT

OUT A TESTOSTERONE

SUPPLEMENT.

THAT HAPPENS.

AND GUYS SAY, I'VE GOT TO

GO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH

SOME YOUNG CHICK IN ORDER

TO GET BACK MY --

Wendy: MOJO?

Pat: -- MOJO -- THANK

YOU.

AND IT IS STRICTLY GLANDS.

IT IS JUST THE WAY WE ARE.

IT IS NOT THAT YOUR

HUSBAND DOESN'T LOVE YOU.

HE LOVES YOU VERY DEEPLY,

BUT THERE IS JUST NOTHING

INSIDE OF HIM THAT WANTS

TO PUSH ON.

YOU CAN GET THAT STUFF,

CREAM, OR SOMETHING, AND I

THINK THEY HAVE SHOTS FOR

IT, TOO.

GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

Wendy: JAY SAYS, "I'M

13 YEARS OLD.

EVER SINCE I WAS EIGHT

YEARS OLD, I'VE KNOWN WHEN

I'M OLD ENOUGH, I WANT TO

JOIN THE MARINE CORPS.

BUT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH

THE COMMANDMENT, THOU

SHALL NOT KILL.

AND HOW DOES THIS

COMMANDMENT PLAY IN WITH

THIS?"

Pat: THE COMMANDMENT

IS THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT

MURDER.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS

A PRIVATE MATTER.

THE BIBLE SAYS -- READ

ROMANS -- HE WHO WIELD THE

SWORD DOESN'T DOES IT IN

VAIN, BECAUSE HE IS A

MINISTER OF GOD TO

EXERCISE JUDGMENT ON THE

WRONG DOERS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A

MILITARY, AND A POLICE

FORCE, TO PUT DOWN THOSE

WHO ARE BAD GUYS.

IF IN THE PROCESS SOME OF

THE BAD GUYS GET SHOT,

THAT'S TOO BAD.

DON'T FEEL IN ANY WAY THAT

THAT IS VIOLATING ANY

COMMANDMENT.

IT IS NOT.

AS A MARINE, WE WELCOME

YOU TO THE CORPS YOUNG MAN

AND SE SEMPRA FI.

Wendy: HELEN WRITES,

"I'M A WOMAN, AND I FEEL

LIKE I'M BEING BULLIED BY

MAIMALE MINISTERS AND MY MALE

LANDLORD.

HOW DO I HANDLE THESE

THINGS?"

Pat: I HATE TO SAY

IT, BUT IF PEOPLE THINK

THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

YOU, THEY WILL.

IF YOU'RE A LITTLE

TOUGHER, THEY WON'T.

YOU NEED TO STAND UP FOR

YOURSELF.

DON'T LET THEM PUSH YOU

AROUND.

THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.

THERE ARE A LOT OF WOMEN

WHO ARE JUST DOOR MATS.

AND THEY HAVE GROWN UP

VERY SUBMISSIVE, AND THEY

DO WHATEVER ANYBODY TELLS

THEM TO DO, AND AS A

RESULT, THEY DON'T HAVE

ANY FREEDOM AT ALL.

THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SHOULD

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU

LOVE YOURSELF.

AND YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A

CERTAIN PRIDE AND

SELF-WORTH.

SO ASSERT YOURSELF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE

BULLIED.

IF YOU NEED SOME HELP, GO

TO A PASTOR WHO CAN HELP

YOU, IF THERE IS ONE THAT

WILL TAKE YOUR SIDE.

Wendy: DON'T BE A

DOOR MAT.

GOOD ADVICE.

> UP NEXT, THE MAN

BEHIND THE FLOATING BOOK

FAIR, WHICH HAS DELIVERED

HOPE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES

AROUND THE WORLD.

WE'LL TALK WITH GEORGE

BREWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Pat: HAVE YOU EVER

HEARD THE TERM, I FEEL

LIKE MY LIFE IS A MESS?

THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL

BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLACE

WHERE GOD OFTEN DOES HIS

BEST WORK, ACCORDING TO

GEORGE BREWER.

PROVEN TIME AFTER TIME IN

NEARLY 60 YEARS OF

MINISTRY.

Reporter: GEORGE WAS

16 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS LIFE

WAS RADICALLY CHANGED AT A

BILLY GRAHAM MEETING.

HE AND HIS FRIENDS SOLD

THEIR BELONGINGS AND WENT

TO MEXICO TO SHARE THEIR

FAITH.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAS

BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 50

YEARS.

TODAY HIS MINISTRY HAS

RAISED UP NEARLY 7,000

LEADERS IN 118 COUNTRIES.

THEIR SHIPS HAVE DOCKED IN

HUNDREDS OF PORTS, AND 151

COUNTRIES.

MILLIONS OF VISITORS HAVE

BOARDED THESE FLOATING

BOOK FAIRS AND LEFT WITH

RESOURCES TO SHARE THEIR

FAITH.

Pat: WELL, GEORGE IS

HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW.

YOU CALL IT A TERM,

MESSIOLOGY?

WHAT KIND OF MESSES ARE

OUT THERE?

FOR 60 YEARS I'VE BEEN

FOLLOWING THE LORD, FIRST

TO MEXICO AND THEN TO

ABOUT 120 CHURCHES.

EVERYWHERE I'VE LOOKED,

THERE IS A MESS.

FORTUNATELY, MANY OF THEM

ARE QUITE SMALL.

I ALWAYS READ THE BOOK OF

PROVERBS.

AND I WROTE, WHERE TWO OR

THREE OF THE LORD'S PEOPLE

ARE GATHERED TOGETHER,

SOONER OR LATER THERE IS A

MESS.

SOME OF THE MISTAKES I SAW

CHRISTIAN LEADERS MAKE,

AND THEN I MADE SOME, AND

THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO

MAKE ME CYNICAL ABOUT IT.

AND HE GAVE ME THIS WORD,

"MESSIOLOGY," AND I'VE

SEEN HOW EVEN IN MESSY

CHURCHES, EVEN THEIR

LEADER MAY HAVE

PROBLEMS -- WHO DOESN'T

HAVE PROBLEMS -- BUT GOD

WORKS.

GOD WORKED WHEN WE WERE

PRACTICING SLAVERY, AND WE

DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT

THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

Pat: YOU WERE

TREMENDOUSLY CRITICAL

ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AT ONE

POINT IN YOUR LIFE.

AND YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT

ABOUT THAT.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

I THINK WHEN I WAS

YOUNG, I WAS RADICAL AND

VERY OUTSPOKEN, AND WHAT I

THOUGHT WAS INTEGRITY AND

GODLINESS -- A VERY HIGH

STANDARD.

AND SO WHEN I DIDN'T SEE

THAT STANDARD IN OTHERS,

AND OFTEN ON CHRISTIAN

TELEVISION, I WAS QUITE

CRITICAL.

AND GOD JUST BROKE ME.

AND THIS RE-THINKING OF

THE WAY GOD WORKS, AN AND A

PROMISE THAT NOBODY EVER

TALKS ABOUT, BUT IT IS

CLEAR IN THE BIBLE.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO SIN

UNTIL WE'RE IN HEAVEN.

THE LESS, THE BETTER, BUT

NO ONE IS GOING TO BE

PERFECT DOWN HERE.

Pat: WHAT'S YOUR

BOOK?

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT?

THIS IS THE BRITISH

VERSION.

MORE DROPS HAVE FELL ON

THAT BOOK THAT YOU'VE GOT

IN YOUR HAND.

THIS BOOK IS A NUMBER OF

THEMES, AND THE MAIN THEME

IS "MESSIOLOGY."

AND THE MAIN ONE IS COMING

IN APRIL.

Pat: DO YOU THINK

EVERYBODY HAS A MESS?

ALL CHRISTIANS HAVE

MESSES?

I THINK EVERYBODY SINS.

AND SIN CREATES A MESS.

SOMETIMES IT IS VERY

SMALL, AND NOT EVEN

NOTICED.

GOD HAS REALLY DEALT WITH

ME ABOUT MY ATTITUDE.

AND I'M READING A BOOK

CALLED "EXTREME

RIGHTEOUSNESS," AND IT

SHOWS THAT IT IS HARD TO

BE A PERSON LIKE ME, SO

STRONG ON THE BIBLE, AND

NOT HAVE A AS FA PHARISEE

STREAK.

AND NOW THERE IS A NEW

BOOK CALLED

"PHARISECTOMY."

Pat: I HOPE I DON'T

GET THAT.

> THE AVERAGE CHURCH --

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS

A PERFECT CHURCH.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT

THE CHURCH ALL TOGETHER.

I'VE JUST READ AN ARTICLE

OF ANOTHER PERSON -- QUITE

A WELL-KNOWN PERSON -- HAS

COMPLETELY THROWN OVER THE

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT

SOMETIMES IT IS BECAUSE

THEY JUST SEE DYSFUNCTION

AND THEY SEE WHAT THEY

CALL HYPOCRISY.

AND THAT MAY BE PARTLY

TRUE.

BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A

WRONG VIEW OF GOD.

WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND WE

ALL FAIL.

THAT'S NOT EXCUSING

ANYTHING THAT'S WRONG, BUT

GIVE HIM HIS SIDE.

SO MANY PASTORS, THEY GET

ROASTED EVEN FOR SMALL

THINGS.

I'M GETTING A LOT OF

FEETBACK FROM THIS BOOK,

PEOPLE REALLY ENCOURAGED.

Pat: THE LADIES OF

THE CHURCH COME INTO THE

HOUSE AND SEE IF THE

LADIES OF THEIR HOUSES

CLEAN UNDER THEIR BEDS.

I CAN GIVE YOU 100

STORIES.

Pat: GIVE UP A

COUPLE.

THERE WAS A WOMAN THAT

WAS BUYING THINGS, A

LITTLE MORE THAN SOME OF

THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH

THOUGHT SHE SHOULD BE

SPENDING.

AND SO THEY STARTED

GOSSIPING ABOUT HER.

AND IT BECAME A MESSY

SITUATION.

AND THERE WAS A PASTOR WHO

HAD THE COURAGE TO CONFESS

HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH

PORNOGRAPHY.

AND HE CONFESSED IT AND

HIS MARRIAGE WAS HOLDING

TOGETHER, BUT ONE OF THESE

PHARISEE-TYPES WENT AFTER

HIM AND THEY MANAGED TO

SPLIT THE CHURCH.

Pat: WHAT HAPPENED TO

HIM?

FORTUNATELY HIS

MARRIAGE IS STILL GOING

ON, BUT HE NEVER GOT BACK

INTO PASTORAL MINISTRY.

AND THAT CHURCH NEVER

FULLY RECOVERED.

I'M HOPING SUCH PEOPLE

WILL READ MY BOOK.

Pat: WHAT HAVE YOU

GOT NEXT?

I'M OFF TO SCOTLAND

NEXT WEEK.

BUT THE MOST EXCITING

THING IS THEY HAVE DONE

THIS FILM ABOUT MY LIFE'S

STORY, CALLED "GEORGE, FOR

REAL."

THERE IS 18 HOURS OF

FOOTAGE, AND THE EDITOR

PUT IT TOGETHER, 55

MINUTES.

I'M LOOKING FOR YOUNG

PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS FILM.

Pat: THERE IS A

PICTURE OF THE SHIP.

TALK ABOUT THE SHIP.

WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER

SHIP NOW, AND IT IS GOING

REALLY WELL.

WE'VE HAD FIVE MILLION

VISITORS IN EIGHT WEEKS.

I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR

RECRUITS.

I TOOK 275 MEETINGS LAST

YEAR, LOOKING FOR

RECRUITS.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR

YOU TO VISIT OUR SHIP.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FAMOUS

PEOPLE VISIT OUR SHIP --

Pat: WHERE IS IT?

Reporter: IT IS IN

DORIS --

Pat: I CAN'T GET

THERE.

BUT WE'RE COMING THIS

WAY.

Pat: GEORGE, IT IS SO

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A

MARVELOUS SUCCESS, LIKE

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'VE

DONE.

NOT EVERYTHING I'VE

DONE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.

Pat: THERE ARE A FEW

MESSES ALONG THE WAY.

THAT'S ANOTHER FAVORITE

BOOK OF MINE "FAILURE IS

THE BACK DOOR OF SUCCESS."

THE COVER REALLY SPOKE TO

ME.

Pat: GEORGE -- WELL,

HIS BOOK, YOU'LL WANT TO

GET A COPY OF.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S

POWER MINUTE FROM

PROVERBS: "THE NAME OF THE

LORD IS A STRONG TOWER.

THE RIGHTEOUS RUN TO IT

AND ARE SAVED."

TOMORROW, A MATCH MADE IN

THE SAND DUNES, TWO

SURFERS FIND LOVE ON THE

NEXT "700 CLUB."

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