He can’t remember the start of his own NFL career. Super Bowl champion Ben Utecht pens a love letter to his family before he forgets who they are. Plus, discover the miracle that healed a broken marriage after 11 years.
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> COMING UP, HE CAN'T
REMEMBER
THE START OF HIS OWN NFL
CAREER.
SUPER BOWL CHAMPION BEN
UTECHT, HE
GIVES HIS FAMILY A LETTER
BEFORE HE
FORGETS WHO THEY ARE.
FOR 8 YEARS.
I CAN BE SO REPULSED BY
HIM.
I WANT HIM TO STAND UP TO
BE A MAN.
THE MIRACLE THAT
REUNITED THIS
COUPLE.
I COULD NEVER IMAGINE
HOW GOOD IT
COULD BE.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB".
Pat: YOU KNOW, FOLKS,
JOHN BOLT OF
THE UNITED NATIONS WROTE A
JOURNAL
TODAY ABOUT THE WHOLE
CONCEPT OF THE
NATION BUILDING THE WHOLE
CONCEPT OF
IDEOLOGY.
WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS WE
HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE IDEOLOGY.
WE ARE FIGHTING A RELIGIOUS
IDEOLOGY.
THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT AND
ARE BYPASSING IT THINKING
IT'S JUST
A RELIGION ARE MISSING THE
POINT.
YOU SEE, THESE PEOPLE TRAIN
LITTLE
CHILDREN TO BE MARTYRS.
LITTLE KIDS, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
YEARS
OLD TO BLOW THEMSELVES UP.
THIS IS OTHER IDEOLOGY.
WE HAVE TO MATCH IT AND
BEAT IT.
IT'S NOT JUST A MILITARY
THING, IT'S
AN IDEALOGICAL.
IN TURKEY, IT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A
JOYOUS OCCASION, AND A
CHILD, A
SUICIDE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF
UP
KILLING MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE
AT THAT
WE -- WEDDING.
HOW ISLAMIC CHILDREN ARE
BEING
USED TO CARRY OUT THIS
ATTACK.
MORE THAN 50 ARE DEAD,
70 WOUNDED.
MORE THAN A DOZEN ARE IN
CRITICAL
CONDITION. IT'S THE
DEADLIEST TERROR
ATTACK IN TURKEY THIS YEAR.
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT IS
BLAMING ISIS
AND THE SUICIDE BOMBERS AS
YOUNG AS
12 FOR THE ATTACK.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, SAYING
ISIS HAS
TWO OR THREE TRAINING
CENTERS IN
IRAQ WITH CHILDREN AS YOUNG
AS EIGHT
BEING TAUGHT TO CARRY OUT
SUICIDE
ATTACKS.
AFTER THE WEDDING ATTACK IN
TURKEY,
IRAQI AUTHORITIES FOILED A
SIMILAR
ATTEMPT ON A CHILD WHO WAS
12.
THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST GROUP
HAVE
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
CHILD
BOMBERS USED IN ATTACK FROM
4 TO 44
AND MANY ARE GIRLS.
THEY HAVE BEEN USING
CHILDREN IN
USING EXTREME VIOLENCE
SHOWING BOYS
BE HEADING VICTIMS.
FROM THE LARGEST AIRPORT
AND THE
FAILED COUP, ANGER AT --
TURKEY'S
PRESIDENT.
THE STRONG IMAGE OF A MAN
WHO WAS
ONCE STRONG AND NOW KEEPING
PROMISE
OF KEEPING THEM SAFE.
HE WANTS THEM EXTRADITED TO
THE
UNITED STATES.
HE FEELS THEY HAVE BECOME
VERY
UNSAFE.
Pat: I WANT TO POINT OUT
AGAIN,
THAT YOU READ REVELATION OF
SEVEN
CHURCHES OF ASIA.
IT'S NOW TURKEY.
TURKEY IS A KEY CENTER.
TO THINK OF A LITTLE CHILD
THEY
START TRAINING AT 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10,
11 YEARS OLD.
THE LEADERS AREN'T BLOWING
UP.
THE HEAD OF ISIS IS NOT
BLOWING
HIMSELF UP.
THEY TAKE LITTLE CHILDREN
AND LET
THEMSELVES BLOW THEMSELVES
UP.
50 PEOPLE SUFFERING AND
DYING
BECAUSE OF THIS CRAZY
IDEOLOGY.
DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU
THAT IT'S
A RELIGION OF PEACE.
ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT
DOES ISLAM
MEAN? IT DOES NOT MEAN
PEACE.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSIONS.
SUBMISSIONS, NOT PEACE.
> WELL, HERE AT HOME.
DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING WE
HAVE TO
MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO
REACH OUT TO
MINORITY GROUPS.
THAT IS NEW.
WE HAVE THAT STORY.
Efrem: THANKS.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE FULLY
RECOGNIZES WE HAVE TO DO A
BETTER
JOB OF REACHING TO THE
AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE
GOP IS
THE PARTY OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN.
AND MEETING WITH THE
ADVISOR THIS
WEEKEND SHOWING HILLARY
CLINTON
LEADS WITH MINORITIES AND
AMERICAN
VOTERS.
DONALD TRUMP TELLS CNN THAT
HE'S
TRYING TO REACH OUT.
> "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
NOW IN
LOUISIANA HELPING THOSE IN
THE
FLOODING.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
VOLUNTEERS ARE
ALSO HELPING VICTIMS CLEAN
OUT THEIR
HOMES.
I STILL HAVEN'T CRIED
YET.
IT HASN'T HIT ME THAT THIS
IS MINE.
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH TO
THEM. I
DON'T KNOW, MY HUSBAND
MENTIONED THE
OTHER DAY, THE NEXT TIME
THERE IS A
DISASTER, WITH EVER TO JOIN
THEM AND
DO WHAT WE CAN TO GIVE BACK
BECAUSE
WE CAN'T PAY THIS BACK.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE WHAT'S
BEEN
DONE FOR US.
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS
BEEN
HELPING IN LOUISIANA. YOU
CAN FIND
OUT HOW TO HELP ON CBN.ORG.
Pat: THEY SAY THEY CALLED
THIS
THING A HURRICANE WITH MORE
MOBILIZATION, BUT IT HAD
NOT BEEN A
HURRICANE BUT THE EFFECTS
OF A
HURRICANE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
FROM DIRE
CONSEQUENCES.
WE WERE THERE, "OPERATION
BLESSING"
WAS THERE AND THIS BLESSING
OF
LEAVING MARTHA'S VINEYARD
GOLFING.
ONE OF THOSE PRESIDENTIAL
MOTORCADES
HAS MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD.
IF YOU
FLEW AROUND A HELICOPTER
AND LOOK
AROUND WHICH IS WHAT I DID
WITH
OPERATION KATRINA.
YOU CAN FLY A HELICOPTER
AND LAND
SOMEPLACE RATHER THAN
HAVING A BIG
MOTORCADE. WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS
THERE.
I THINK TRUMP PLAYED IT
SMART WITH
THE HEADLINES.
PAT, SOUTH CORE -- SO
YOU --
SOUTH KOREA.
AND NORTH KOREA SUGGEST
IT'S AN
ACTIVE WAR.
BUT THEY SAY IT'S NECESSARY
TO
PROTECT THE ALLIES. WE HAVE
THAT
STORY FROM SOUTH KOREA.
THEY PLAN TO CONQUER
NORTH KOREA
THREAT.
COMES AFTER A CRITICAL TIME
OF NORTH
KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY
LEADS TO
IMPACT SANCTIONS AGAINST
KIM JONG UN.
AFTER RELEASING THE MISSILE
INTO THE
SEA OUT OF THE EAST COAST.
THIS IS PAYBACK FOR US
SANCTIONS.
THE US WILL PAY A TERRIBLE
PRICE FOR
THIS SANCTION.
AMERICANS AND NORTH KOREA
WILL BE
TREATED WITH LOTS OF WAR
AND MANY
YEARS OF HARD LABOR.
THEY HAVE NEW TENSIONS
BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA ON
ONE SIDE
AND THIS IS THE TIME TO
TAKE A
STRONGER STANCE AGAINST
NORTH KOREA.
NUCLEAR EXPERTS SAY THIS
WILL NOT
HAPPEN BECAUSE CHINA IS
THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY FROM SOUTH KOREA.
EVEN THOUGH IT MAY
AFFECT THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA.
CHINA WILL NOT PROTECT US
AGAINST
MILITARY THREATS.
HE ESCAPED CORREA.
I READ THE BIBLE FOR THE
FIRST
TIME.
AS I READ IT AGAIN AND
AGAIN, I
REALIZED GOD IS ALIVE AND
THE TRUTH.
1 DAY I HEARD THE MESSAGE
FROM GOD
TO LEAD.
HE'S NOW A PASTOR IN
SOUTH KOREA.
AND CONTINUES TO LOOK INTO
THE
AFFAIRS OF THE PENINSULA.
IT WILL PROVIDE THE
PENINSULA
WITH POWER.
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE AREA
OF THE
PENINSULA WILL HELP.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD TAKE
THE REALITY OF THE REGIME
SERIOUSLY.
DOES NORTH KOREA HAVE
THE NUCLEAR
CAPACITY.
NORTH KOREA HAS BECOME A
NUCLEAR
STATE.
THAT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT THEY HAVE WAR HEADS TO
STRIKE
THE US.
I DON'T THINK IT'S TRUE
FOR NOW.
HE ADDED THAT EVEN UNDER
THE
DONALD TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION,
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE LIKELY
TO STAY.
HE BELIEVES THEY ARE
PRESENT NOT
ONLY FOR SOUTH KOREA BUT
FOR THE
PEACE AND STABILITY OF THE
WORLD.
Pat: WHEN I WAS IN KOREA,
I WAS IN
NORTH KOREA AND SERVED IN
THE
MARINES DURING THE KOREAN
WAR.
WHERE THE RUSSIANS WERE ON
A HOLIDAY
AND THE UN -- APPROVED
SENDING
FORCES.
WHO WAS THIS LEADER IN
NORTH KOREA.
IT WAS SOMEONE PUT IN BY
THE
RUSSIANS AND THEN THEY MADE
A GOD
OUT OF HIM. HE LITERALLY
WORSHIPPED
HIM AS A GOD.
NOW HIS GRANDSON KIM JONG
UN, NOW IS
IN CHARGE.
THE SUFFERING HAS BEEN
UNTOLD.
BUT IF THEY ARE MAKING
NOISES ABOUT
NUCLEAR BOMBS AND MISSILES
TO SHOOT
TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, WE
NEED TO TAKE SOME OF THAT
STUFF
SERIOUSLY, AND THE TIME MAY
COME
WHEN WE'VE GOT TO PUT AN
END TO IT.
WE CAN WIPE IT OUT WHILE
IT'S NOT
WITH TOO MUCH POWER.
BUT IF THEY BEGIN TO SHOOT
MISSILES
AT JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA
AND OUR
FORCES AND THE NORTH
AMERICAN
CONTINENT, IT'S A SERIOUS
MATTER.
IMAGINE IF THEY NUKED SAN
FRANCISCO
OR LOS ANGELES IF THEY
EXPLODED A
MISSILE OVER AMERICA AND WE
CAN HAVE
THAT TERRIBLE THOUGHT OF A
BLACKOUT
OF ALL OF OUR ELECTRONIC
DEVICES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO DO
TO US.
IT'S TIME WE TAKE SERIOUSLY
AND ALSO
STOP PLAYING WITH THEM AND
WE NEED
TO GET SERIOUS, AND THOSE
PEOPLE ARE
EVIL WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO
THEMSELVES IS EVIL, WHAT
THEY ARE
DOING TO THEIR PEOPLE IS
EVIL. WE
NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS AS
CALLED THE
ACTS OF EVIL AND WE NEED TO
DO
SOMETHING.
THE TIME WHERE THE CURRENT
POSTURE
OF PACIFICATION AND THE
BRIBERY AND
ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE
NEED TO
COME TO AN END WITH AN IRON
FIST.
ANTIBIOTICS COULD CREATE
PROBLEMS
FOR YOUR BRAIN TO DIMINISH
YOUR
MEMORY.
THERE APPEARS TO BE A WAY
TO REVERSE
THAT.
A GERMAN STUDY SHOWS LAB
MICE
THAT WERE FED ANTIBIOTICS
EXPERIENCED MEMORY LOSS
WHERE THEIR
BRAINS IMPROVED BY ADDING
PROBIOTICS.
IT DOES GOOD TO KEEP US
HEALTHY.
THEY COMPARED LAB MICE WHO
WERE FED
NO ANTIBIOTICS TO MICE FED
ENOUGH
ANTIBIOTICS TO KILL THE
BACTERIA.
THE MICE WITH ANTIBIOTICS
PERFORMED
WORSE ON MEMORY TEST AND
AFFECTED
THE HIPPOCAMPUS.
THAT AFFECTS THE BRAIN
THROUGHOUT
LIFE.
ALSO DISCOVERED THE ADVERSE
SIDE
AFFECTS BY THE USE OF
ANTIBIOTICS
COULD BE REVERSED.
WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN
PROBIOTICS,
THEY WERE ABLE TO REGAIN
NEW BRAIN
CELLS.
THEY FOUND PROLONGED
ANTIBIOTIC
TREATMENT COULD MAINTAIN
BRAIN
FUNCTION, BUT PROBIOTIC
COULD
IMPROVE THE BRAIN AND
SHOULD BE
RECEIVED AS A TREATMENT
OPTION.
I BEGAN TO READ SOME OF
THIS
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN
OUR GUT.
WE HAVE A FACTORY GOING ON
DOWN
THERE WITH ALL KINDS OF
FRIENDLY
BACTERIA.
THESE THINGS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO
SET UP IN OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
WITH ALL
KINDS OF AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASES COME
ABOUT BECAUSE WE LOSE THAT
POWERFUL
FACTORY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
INTESTINES.
WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK
ABOUT IT
BECAUSE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
IT VERY
MUCH.
IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT ONE DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS
CAN KILL
ALL OF THIS FLORA IN YOUR
GUT AND
LEAVING YOU DEFENSELESS AND
THEN YOU
ARE DEVELOPING ALL OF THESE
DISEASES.
THEY HAVE STRIPPED YOU OF
YOUR
NATURAL DEFENSES.
THESE PREBIOTIC'S AND PRO
BIOTICS.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN
GOOD
NUTRITION STORES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A
PRESCRIPTION FOR IT.
JUST THE FERMENTED
CABBAGE, THE
KIMCHI OR WHAT WE PUT ON
OUR HOT
DOGS ARE AVAILABLE AND ALSO
YOGURT
IS GOOD FOR THIS.
THEY SELL IT IN A HEALTH
STORE.
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
BUT ALL OF
YOUR SICKNESSES.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP, FROM
SYRIA TO
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
A PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY
ESCAPE ISIS
ONLY TO BE AFFECTED IN
Pat: A STORY YOU COULDN'T
BELIEVE,
BUT IT'S TRUE.
THIS MAN FLED THE DANGERS
OF ISIS
FROM HIS OWN COUNTRY OF
SYRIA.
AND THEN HE FACED DEATH
THREATS IN
THE NEW COUNTRY OF NORWAY.
-- GARY LANE BRINGS US THIS
COURAGEOUS STORY.
WE FIRST MET HIM YEARS
AGO AS HE
FLED THE CIVIL WAR.
HE WENT TO THIS CHURCH.
HE WITNESSED MIRACULOUS
HEALINGS.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE
IMPORTANCE
OF BELIEVING IN THE LORD
JESUS
CHRIST AND MUSLIMS WERE
ACCEPTING
THE LORD JESUS AS THEIR
SAVIOR.
THEN CAME TO SYRIAN ISLAMIC
MOVEMENT
AND THE SYRIAN REGIME.
THEY SAW THEM AS
SUPPORTERS OF
THE ASSAD REGIME.
THE SYRIAN PASTOR ENDED
UP HERE,
ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
WELCOME TO THE CITY -- AN
UNLIKELY
HOME FOR REFUGEES. THEY
CAME HERE
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE
SAFE IN NORTHERN EUROPE.
THEY KNEW THEY PRACTICES
DEMOCRATIC
CONCEPTS OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
HE HOPED TO FIND PEACE IN
NORWAY
AWAY FROM THE THREAT OF
ISIS.
HE COMPARED BIBLICAL
TEACHINGS TO
KORANIC DOCTRINE.
THAT MADE SOME MUSLIMS
ANGRY
PERHAPS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE
OF NORWAY.
THEY STARTED TO SEND DEATH
THREATS
TO US THROUGH FACEBOOK.
THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE SO
CLOSE TO
US.
THEY WARNED HIM THE
JIHADIST
LIVED IN THE IMMIGRANT
CENTER AND
SAID THEY WOULD KILL HIM IF
HE
DIDN'T STOP WRITING ON THE
INTERNET.
I DIDN'T STOP BECAUSE I
BELIEVE
IN FREE SPEECH.
THE WORLD IN IN TROUBLE AND
CHAOS
BECAUSE OF THE MUSLIM
TEACHING.
A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING TO
EUROPE
AND AMERICA.
TRYING TO EMERGE INTO
SOCIETY.
THAT IN CITES VIOLENCE AND
HATRED.
AFTER RECEIVING
THREATENING PHONE
CALLS, HE ASKED FOR HELP.
WE TRIED TO HELP HIM IN
THE BEST
WAY WE DO
HE WAS GIVEN A TRACKING
DEVICE IN
CASE SOMEONE TRIES TO HARM
HIM.
IF HE WEARS THIS
TRACKING DEVICE,
AND WE WILL RESPOND.
HE'S INSIDE HIS
APARTMENT HOUSE.
BUT THEY VENTURE OUT
REGULARLY
SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST
WITH
OTHER IMMIGRANTS.
HIS FAMILY FROM HOME SYRIA.
NADRAH HAS CANCER AND UNDER
GOING
CHEMOTHERAPY. HE HAS HAD
SIX SURGERY
IN REMOVING HIS COLON AND
SPLEEN.
STRUGGLING WITH AN ILLNESS
IN AN
UNFAMILIAR COUNTRY.
MY FAITH IN JESUS IS
INCREASING.
I HOPE GOD WILL DO A
MIRACLE AND
HEAL ME FROM THIS SICKNESS.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
REMAIN IN THE
COUNTRY.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO JOIN
ANOTHER
FAMILY IN NOR WEEJ
AN CITY.
A LOT OF NORWEGIAN
PEOPLE ARE FAR
FROM CHRIST.
BUT I BELIEVE THEY WILL
RETURN TO
HIM AND NOT ALLOW TO
DESTROY THIS
BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY THAT IS
BUILT ON
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF
PEACE, LOVE
AND CHARITY AND CARE FOR
JESUS
CHRIST.
WHETHER FACING DANGER IN
SYRIA,
OR ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE
PLACES ON
EARTH, WAY UP NORTH IN
SCANDINAVIA'S
ARCTIC CIRCLE.
NORWAY.
Pat: WHAT A GREAT STORY.
NORWAY IS A BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY AND
HAS A STRONG EVANGELICAL
CORE.
I SPOKE TO A GROUP THERE.
THE VIKINGS START THIS
BUSINESS
ABOUT SOCIALISM AND THEY
START THIS
AND THEY CAN DO IT.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS COUNTRY,
A
GORGEOUS COUNTRY.
ANYHOW, WE WISH HIM THE
BEST.
TERRY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: A COUPLE WHO WERE
MISERABLE
IN THEIR MARRIAGE BUT NOT
WANTING TO
GET DIVORCED.
I THOUGHT SHE'LL GE --
GET OVER
THAT.
8 YEARS AND FIND OUT HOW
THEY
MARRIAGE.
Pat: IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE
A FAN OF
OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC.
THERE IS A
SONG 7 YEARS WITH THE
WRONG WOMAN.
IMAGINE BEING MARRIED WITH
THREE
CHILDREN AND LIVING IN THE
SAME
HOUSE LIKE ROOMMATES NOT
FOR 7
YEARS, BUT FOR 8 YEARS.
THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE WAGNER
FAMILY WHEN THEIR MARRIAGE
TURNS
SOUR.
TO LEAD IN DIVORCE, HE
DECIDED TO
CALL IT QUITS AND JUST STAY
IN THE
SAME HOUSE.
BUT NOW AS ROOMMATES RATHER
THAN AS
A COUPLE.
THE BELL WAS RINGING FOR
THE
FIRST DAY.
AND SHE COMES SWEEPING
THROUGH THE
DOOR IN ALL OF HER GLORY.
I COULDN'T HELP NOTICE
THERE WAS A
LIGHT ABOUT HER AND EXUDED
JOY,
CONFIDENCE, BEAUTY.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST
SIGHT WHEN
-- LE ROY MET KIM.
SOON THEY ARE WERE ENGAGED.
I WENT INTO THE MARRIAGE
THINKING
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A
50-YEAR DATE.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE SO FUN.
BUT THIS FUN ENDED IN
THEIR
HONEYMOON.
HE FALLS ASLEEP ON ME.
WE BARELY HIT THE BED AND
HE FELL
ASLEEP.
I WAS AWAKENED BY HER
CRIES.
I DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT
WAS THAT
BIG A DEAL.
I WAS SHOCKED.
I LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU HURT
ME.
THAT PATTERN CONTINUED
THROUGH
THE EARLY YEARS OF THEIR
MARRIAGE
WHEN EXPECTATIONS WERE MET
WITH
DISAPPOINTMENT.
KIM WOULD BE STRONGLY
DISAPPOINTED
AND HE IGNORED HER.
I CAN BE SO REPULSED BY
HIM.
I WAS RAISED TO NOT BE
EMOTIONAL.
I CAN BE SO UPSET WITH
HIM AND
DISAPPOINTED.
SO, INSTEAD OF HAVING
THE TOOLS
TO HANDLE THAT, I WOULD
JUST
SHUTDOWN.
I KEPT WANTING HIM TO
JUST NOW
STAND UP TO BE A MAN.
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I
COULD
NEVER MEASURE UP. IT
BROUGHT UP WHAT
I HAD ALWAYS FEARED AND
THAT WAS NOT
BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT I
KNEW THAT
OTHER SHOULD DO AS A MAN.
I JUST SAW BEING A
HELPER TO
LEROY AS HELPING HIM DO
THINGS IN A
BETTER WAY.
SO THE FURTHER THAT I
WOULD
RETREAT INTO SULLENNESS AND
PASSIVITY, THE MORE SHE
WOULD
BECOME.
I STILL REMEMBER THE
INTERSECTION
WHERE WE WERE SITTING IN
THE CAR AND
HE LOOKED OVER TO ME, AND I
HAD BEEN
PRESSURING HIM.
THAT I DID NOT LOVE HER
LIKE I
COULD AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO DO
THAT AND I GUESS I DON'T
LOVE YOU.
I WAS DEVASTATED AND YET
I WASN'T
SURPRISED.
AS CHRISTIANS, THEY
DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN DIVORCE.
THEIR SON WAS BORN A YEAR
LATER AND
THEY LIVED TOGETHER.
SHE COULD NO LONGER LIVE
WITH HIM.
IT TOOK ME TO THE
JOURNEY IN MY
LIFE.
IT WAS INTIMIDATING, CRUEL
EVEN AT
TIMES.
I BEGAN WRITING OUT
INSTANCE AFTER
INSTANCE.
SHE ASKED -- LEEROY TO
JOINED HER
AT THE CABIN.
I WAS SO DEAD
EMOTIONALLY.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSE
AT ALL.
THAT WAS OKAY.
BECAUSE GOD HAD DONE SUCH A
DEEP
WORK IN ME.
I WASN'T OBEYING GOD IN HOW
I
TREATED MY HUSBAND TO GET
MY HUSBAND
TO TREAT ME A CERTAIN WAY.
I WAS FOCUSED ON LOVING HIM
RATHER
THAN GETTING LOVE FROM LEE
ROY.
LEE ROY WENT ON A
RETREAT OF HIS
OWN TO ASK GOD TO COME INTO
HIS
HEART.
GOD DEALT STRONGLY WITH
ME AND
TOOK ME BACK TO MY MEMORIES
AS A BOY
THAT FEAR HAD BEEN
CONTROLLING MY
LIFE.
THAT I WAS AFRAID OF MY
RESPONSIBILITIES.
THIS GREATLY IMPACTED MY
MARRIAGE
RELATIONSHIP WITH KIMBERLY.
I APOLOGIZED TO HER AND SO
MUCH OF
MY INTERACTION AND THE PAIN
HAS NOT
BEEN BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU
HAVE
BEEN, BUT BECAUSE WHERE I
HAVE BEEN
LONG BEFORE I MET YOU.
THAT BEGAN OUR WALK
TOGETHER AS
BROKEN, HUMBLE, REPENT IV,
BUT
HOPEFUL THAT GOD WAS AT
WORK IN OUR
MARRIAGE AND BEGAN THAT
PROCESS.
THAT WAS IN 1999, TODAY
THEIR
MARRIAGE IS STRONGER THAN
EVER.
TODAY THEY COUNSEL COUPLES.
HE HAS RESTORED OUR
MARRIAGE,
IT'S A HAPPY MARRIAGE, A
BLESSED
MARRIAGE. A FUN MARRIAGE.
WHEN I WAS
BACK, WHAT I HAD MISSED.
I SHUDDER TO THINK OF ALL
THE
QUESTIONS THAT GOD HAD IN
STORE IF I
WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY.
IF I WOULD HAVE STOPPED
SHORT OF
ENDURING AND PERSEVERING.
MY HUSBAND IS MY BEST
FRIEND.
HE'S THE ONE I WANT TO HANG
OUT WITH
MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. I
ADMIRE HIM
AND I ADORE HIM. I COULD
NEVER
IMAGINE HOW IT COULD BE.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
BEAUTIFUL? YOU
KNOW, WHAT THEY SAY, NO THY
SELF.
IN ANY EVENT.
LEE ROY GOT IT TOGETHER.
THEY HAD SOME DEEP RETRO
EXPECTATION
AND THEY SAID LOOK AT ME.
GOD IS A GOD OF RESTORING.
GOD IS A
GOD OF BUILDING UP. HE'S
NOT A GOD
OF TEARING DOWN. WHEN YOU
READ THE
BIBLE IN MALACHI, IT SAYS,
I HATE
DIVORCE BECAUSE IT TEARS
PEOPLE
APART. I HAVE A BOOK CALLED
"LOVE
AND MARRIAGE".
LOOK AT YOURSELF. SPEND
SOME TIME
ALONE WITH YOU AND THE
BIBLE AND LET
HIM SPEAK TO YOU.
MAYBE YOUR MARRIAGE IS
WORTH
FIGHTING FOR.
Terry: FIVE CONCUSSIONS
HAVE
ALREADY AFFECTED HIS
MEMORY. NOW
HE'S IN A RACE TO WRITE
DOWN THE
REST BEFORE HE FORGETS THEM
FOREVER.
HE JOINS US LIVE ON TODAY'S
"700
CLUB".
HE JOINS US LIVE ON
AROUND.
Efrem: BACK TO WASHINGTON
FOR THIS
CBN NEWSBREAK.
ISRAELI DISCOVERED A
SYNAGOGUE THAT
GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF
JESUS.
THE LEADER OF ARCHAEOLOGY
SAYS THIS
IS THE FIRST PART IT WAS
FOUND IN
THE GALILEE AND
CONFIRMATION THE
FIRST SECTION THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT THE
FIRST TESTAMENT ABOUT GOD
PREACHING
IN THESE VILLAGES.
IN A SOUTHWESTERN TOWN
IN NIGERIA
PEOPLE RECEIVED SURGERIES,
19
CATARACTS SURGERIES AND 45
TEETH
EXTRACTIONS.
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LIVES TO
CHRIST.
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Terry: BEN UTECHT KNEW
THAT LIFE
IN THE NFL WOULD REQUIRE A
LOT OF
BLOOD, SWEAT AND BRUISES.
BUT HE NEVER IMAGINED IT
WOULD COST
HIM HIS IDENTITY.
WITH A MIRACLE IN THE
NFL, HE
PLAYED IN THE 2001 GAMES.
HE
SUFFERED CONCUSSIONS AND
SUFFERED
MEMORY LOSS AT THE AGE OF
28. HE
ISSUES A LOVE LETTER TO HIS
FAMILY
AND TELLS ABOUT HOW IT'S
AFFECTING
HIM AS HE FACES AN
UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME TO
THE "700
CLUB" BEN UTECHT.
YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK, YOU
SAY THAT
MEMORIES, WHILE WE MAY NOT
REALIZE
IT UNTIL WE FACE SOMETHING
LIKE YOU
HAVE, BUT WE REALLY DEFINE
WHO THEY
ARE AS WE WRITE OUR PAST
AND THE
MOMENT WE ARE CREATING THEM.
TELL US ABOUT LOSING SOME
OF YOURS.
AFTER I RETIRED FROM THE
GAME AND
MOVED BACK TO MINNESOTA.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I FIND
MYSELF
SITTING WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS AND
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST AND
REALIZING
THAT MANY OF THOSE MEMORIES
WERE NO
LONGER THERE.
THE MEMORY OF BEING IN MY
FRIEND'S
WEDDING WAS JUST COMPLETELY
GONE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
LIFE, I
BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT WE
REALLY ARE
LIVING MEMORIES.
OUR RELEVANCE AS HUMANS,
WHAT
CONNECTS US TO THE THINGS
THAT WE
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
ONLY LIVE IN WHAT WE CAN
REMEMBER
ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
YOU HAD YOUR FIRST
CONCUSSION
WHEN YOU WERE PRETTY YOUNG,
A CHILD,
REALLY.
YOU'VE HAD FIVE AND HAVE
HAD SOME
RESIDUAL INJURY AS A RESULT
OF THAT,
BUT, YOU KNOW IN THE
BEGINNING, I
REMEMBER.
MY SISTER HAD AN ACCIDENT
AS A KID.
YOU HAVE A CONCUSSION AND
LAY LOW
FOR A WHILE, BUT NEW
RESEARCH HAS
SHOWN IT'S SERIOUS.
WELL, A CONCUSSION IS A
TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY.
IT'S MORE SERIOUS IN
ATHLETICS.
LIKE YOU SAID, GROWING UP
IN HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS, COLLEGE
SPORTS AND
EVEN THE DOCUMENTED
CONCUSSIONS THAT
I HAD IN THE NFL, REALLY
FELL INTO
THAT CATEGORY OF GETTING
YOUR BELL
RUNG.
GET BACK UP.
MY TIME IN THE NFL WAS
TIMELY
BECAUSE IT WAS AT A TIME
WHEN
CONCUSSION WAS COMING AT A
CRISIS.
YOU REALLY PLAYED A ROLE
OF
BRINGING THAT TO A HEAD
WITH THE
FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND THE
LEGALITIES
FOR PLAYERS.
THAT WAS A HECTIC LONG
DRAWN OUT
PROCESS.
IT WAS VERY INTENSE.
IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD
ME THAT I
WOULD BE ADVOCATING THE
INJURY THAT
TOOK ME AWAY FROM THE GAME
I LOVED
TO PLAY, I WOULD SAY NO WAY.
IT'S NOT FUN TO TALK ABOUT.
I LOVE FOOTBALL. MY MESSAGE
WAS PRO
GAME.
HOW DO WE MAKE IT SAFE AND
BETTER
AND FOR ATHLETES SO WE CAN
WATCH
THIS FUN ENTERTAINMENT.
YOU EVEN WITH NOT JUST
YOUR
CONCUSSIONS, BUT WITH OTHER
INJURIES, YOU WENT BACK ON
THE FIELD
BEFORE YOU RECOVERED FROM
SOME OF
THESE.
YEAH.
IN SOME WAYS YOU DON'T
HAVE AN
OPTION.
I WILL PUT IT THIS WAY,
THEY CAN OWN
YOU.
YES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS
THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO SO
MANY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE
WRITING OF
THIS NEW BOOK IS HOW MANY
INJURIES I
FACED.
NOT JUST WITH THE
CONCUSSIONS BUT
FROM MY JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH
SCHOOL,
THERE WASN'T A SEASON THAT
WENT BY
THAT I DID NOT HAVE A
SERIOUS INJURY
AND THE LESSONS I HAD TO
LEARN
THROUGH MY FAITH IN THAT
PROCESS AND
IN MY SURRENDER IN ALL OF
THAT TO
GIVE MY TRUST TO THE LORD
WAS THE
ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH IT.
YOU ARE TOUGHENING IT
OUT AND
ENDURING.
YOUR BOOK IS CALLED
"COUNTING THE
DAYS WHILE MY MIND SLIPS
AWAY".
TALK ABOUT THAT TITLE.
THE TITLE IS WHAT I
LEARNED IN A
SONG TELLING MY WIFE, YOU
WILL
ALWAYS BE MY GIRLS.
IT'S PUT ON BY A PRODUCER
WHO JUST
CHALLENGED ME TO WRITE A
LETTER THAT
DEALS WITH SOME OF MY
GREATEST FEARS
WHICH I HAD NOT YET FACED
AT THAT
TIME.
SO, I DID.
I SET OUT AND WROTE A
LETTER.
WE TURNED IT INTO A SONG
THAT WAS
NOT REALLY JUST ABOUT MY
STORY, BUT
TO GET PEOPLE TO
EMOTIONALLY CONNECT
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THEIR
MINDS AND
MEMORIES ARE.
THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK IS
SUPPOSED TO
DO.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, HOW DO
YOU CHANGE
WHAT YOU VALUE EVERY MOMENT.
WHEN YOU VALUE EVERY MOMENT
BETTER,
YOU HAVE MORE PURPOSE.
YOU LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
WE HAVE A CLIP OF THAT
VIDEO.
LET'S TAKE A WATCH.
I'M COUNTING THE DAYS.
A MOMENT SLIPPING AWAY. I
HOLD ON AS
LONG AS I CAN TO YOU.
Terry: WOW, IT'S A
POWERFUL VIDEO.
I WILL TELL YOU MOW --
MORE ABOUT
IT IN A FEW MINUTES. A LOT
OF IT IS
ABOUT TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY.
THE CRITICAL PART IS
WHAT'S THE
MESSAGE? WHAT MESSAGING
ARE YOU
USING ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
HAVE 20
MILLION CHILDREN IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT AND
WHAT
MESSAGE ARE WE GIVING TO
PARENTS
THAT THEY CAN USE AND WITH
MEAT ON
THE BONES.
THAT'S WHAT'S CRITICAL FOR
ME.
NOT JUST TO GIVE AWAY WITH
THE FEAR
BUT AS A WAY TO MAKE SMART
CHOICES
AND SMART DECISIONS AND AS
A JOY TO
PLAY CONTACT SPORTS.
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
WIFE AND
GORGEOUS DAUGHTERS, BUT IF
YOU HAD A
SON, WOULD YOU LET HIM PLAY
FOOTBALL?
THE NO. 1 QUESTION. I
TRY TO
FOLLOW THIS AS POLITICALLY
CORRECT
AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE
IS SO MUCH
THAT CAN COME OUT OF A TEAM.
THERE IS NO GREATER TEAM TO
ME THAN
FOOTBALL.
FOR ME, WHAT I WOULD DO IS
LISTEN TO
THE NEUROLOGIST.
THE NEUROLOGIST WOULD TELL
YOU THAT
A CHILD'S BRAIN IS GOING
THROUGH THE
MOST IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
FROM 2-12.
IF I HAD A SON, I WOULD TRY
MY BEST
TO PROTECT HIM DURING THOSE
TIMES
AND ALLOW HIM AS HIS BODY
HAS
MATURED AND GETTING
STRONGER IN THAT
POSITION. REALLY YOU ARE
TALKING
ABOUT TACKLE FOOTBALL IN
8TH GRADE
VERSUS 9TH GRADE AND
CONTACT.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
YOUR LIFE
AND ALL THAT'S HAPPENED TO
YOU AS WE
ARE SKIMMING THE SURFACE AS
YOU
KNOW. I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
THE BOOK
IS FASCINATING AND YOU WILL
NEVER
LOOK AT FOOTBALL THE SAME.
IT'S CALLED "COUNTING THE
DAYS WHILE
MY MIND SLIPS AWAY".
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HERE IS A SAMPLE BEFORE WE
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WE WANT TO
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IT ON
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GO TO START YOUR JOURNEY
TODAY.
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ARE
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THE ROUGH
ECONOMIC TIMES.
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GROW
RAPIDLY AND HIS WIFE
RACHELLE KNOWS
WHY.
AS A HOME IS FLOODED,
DON
METREJON GETS A CALL.
I CONTINUE TO GET CALLS
AND GOD
HAS BEEN GRACIOUS TO ME.
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HIS WIFE
HANDLES THE BOOKS.
WE CONTINUE TO GROW
BECAUSE OF
OUR GIVING.
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IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN
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IMAGINE.
Pat: THAT'S WHAT THE
METREJONS
HAVE LEARNED.
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IN
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WORLD IN
THE SO MANY MANY THINGS WE
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Terry: LET'S BRING IT ON.
ARE YOU READY? THIS PERSON
SAYS I
LEFT MY CHURCH IN MY
TEENAGE YEARS.
NOW THAT I HAVE LEFT, HOW
DO I GET
BACK AFTER YEARS OF SINNING
AND
WALKING ON THE WRONG PATH?
WHAT CAN
I DO?
THE CHURCH HAS MILLIONS
AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE
WORLD. YOU BELONG TO A
LITTLE
CONGREGATION AND YOU BURNED
SOME
BRIDGES THERE AND YOU ARE
ASHAMED OF
THE KIND OF WAY YOU LIVED.
GO TO
ANOTHER CHURCH.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO
BACK TO
JESUS. THAT'S WHAT'S
IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT THE CONGREGATION
THAT YOU
BELONGED TO.
IT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS.
THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES AND
SOME ARE
REALLY EXCITING AND GREAT
BIG
WONDERFUL, THE MUSIC IS UP
LIFTING
AND YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE
OLD
PLACE YOU TURNED DOWN AS A
KID.
THIS IS LENA WHO SAYS
SCIENCE CAN
BE IMPORTANT.
HOW CAN I SAY SOMETHING TO
HIM.
IS THERE A WAY TO OPEN UP
HIS MIND?
WE ARE STARTING AT
REGENT TODAY A
COURSE CALLED COSMOLOGY.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING
SCIENCE
TEACHING COURSES OF THE
UNIVERSE.
TAKE YOUR FRIEND AND ASK
HIM ONE
QUESTION, ON ANYTHING THAT
IS HEAVY
IT SINKS, AS ANYTHING SOLID
IS SINKS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO HIM WHY
ICE
FLOATS? LET HIM THINK
ABOUT THAT
ONE.
WHAT'S NEXT.
THIS IS DANNY. HE SAYS I
KNOW THE
WORD OF GOD SAYS -- SHE
DOESN'T READ
THE BIBLE OR TALK ABOUT THE
LORD. MY
QUESTION IS, WHEN THE LORD
HANDS OUT
HIS REWARDS FOR LIVING FOR
HIM, WILL
I LOSE OUT BECAUSE OF HER
LACK OF
COMMITMENT?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
SHE'LL
STAND ON YOUR OWN AND YOU
WILL STAND
ON YOUR OWN.
YOU WILL GO BEFORE THE LORD
AS
SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS AND
NOT AS A
COUPLE.
BUT YOU CAN BE A COUPLE
LOVING EACH
OTHER, BUT NEVERTHELESS,
HER REWARDS
WILL BE HERS AND HER LACK
OF REWARD
WILL BE TAKEN FROM HER AND
YOU WILL
BE REWARDED FOR SERVING THE
LORD.
WE HAVE THIS FROM THIS
WOMAN WHO
SAYS HER CHILDREN HAVE
MOVED AWAY
FROM GOD.
I'M AT MY WITS END AND
DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
IF YOU BRING THEM UP,
THEY WILL
COME BACK.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONLY
THING YOU
CAN PRAY AND LIVE A GODLY
LIFE.
SOONER OR LATER, THEY WILL
COME
BACK.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS POWER
MINUTE
FROM PROVERBS.
"PLEASANT WORDS ARE LIKE A
HONEYCOMB, SWEETNESS TO THE
SOUL AND
HEALTH TO THE BONES."
(PROVERBS
16:24, NKJV). THANK YOU FOR
BEING
WITH US.
THIS IS TERRY AND PAT
ROBERTSON.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT
THE "700
CLUB". BYE, BYE.