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."