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The 700 Club - October 4, 2016

Almost four years after the tragedy at Sandy Hook, one mother is finding hope through the heartache. Plus, CBN helps a military family struggling to meet the demands of being a foster family. Read Transcript


Wendy: TODAY ON "THE

700 CLUB"...

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING OR

HEAR ANYTHING MORE?

I KEEP HEARING TWO.

I PRAYED, KEEP THEM

SAFE.

BRING THEM HOME.

GET EVERYBODY YOU CAN

GOING DOWN THERE.

I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.

I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.

I REMEMBER THE WEIGHT OF

HIS HEAD, LIKE, WOW, HOW

DO WE GO ON.

IT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE

THE SERVICE AND THE CHURCH

WAS ALREADY FILLED.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ALL

OF US THAT LIFE WAS NOT

GOING TO BE OVERCOME BY

DARKNESS.

*

Pat: WELCOME TO "THE

700 CLUB."

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT

HURRICANE IS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST IN SEVERAL

DECADES.

IT IS A MONSTER CATEGORY

FOUR, BARRELING DOWN.

IT HIT HAITI TODAY, AND

THAT'S THE POOREST COUNTRY

IN THE WHOLE WESTERN

HEMISPHERE.

THEY'RE IN DESPERATE

SHAPE, LIVING ON THE EDGE.

NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE

FLOODED OUT BY THIS

MONSTER STORM, WHICH COULD

DUMP AS MUCH AS '0 50 INCHES

OF RAIN, BUT THERE WILL BE

THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODK,

WHEN THIS IS OVER, WITH

CHOLERA, THAT HAS BEEN

LEFT BY THE UNITED

NATIONS' TROOPS.

THE THING WE'RE DOING WITH

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

MAKING THOUSANDS OF

GALLONS OF THE SUBSTANCE

THAT IS NEEDED TO KILL THE

THE CHOLERA VIRUS,

BACTERIA, WHATEVER IT IS.

IT IS CHLORINE, AND WE'RE

MAKING CHLORINE TO HELP

THOSE PEOPLE.

BUT, BOY, OH, BOY, IT'S

TOUGH.

AND THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS.

Terry: AND PEOPLE CAN

GIVE TO THAT EFFORT DOWN

THERE.

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

DOING THAT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU

HELP US DO IT WELL AND DO

MORE OF IT.

> THE LATEST PROJECTIONS

SHOW THAT THIS DEADLY

HURRICANE COULD BE HEADING

NEXT FOR THE UNITED STATES

EAST COAST, AND HEATHER

SELLS HAS THAT STORY.

Heather: HURRICANE

MATTHEW BEGAN HAMMERING

HAITI IN THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS.

THE IMPOVERISHED NATION

BRACING FOR THE WORT.

WORST.

THIS VIDEO SHOWS JUST HOW

MASSIVE IT IS.

THE STORM IS UNLEASHING

WINDS OF UP TO 145 MILES

PER HOUR.

DRENCHING RAINS ARE ALSO

UNDER WAY, ALONG WITH A

DANGEROUS STORM SURGE.

AS YOU KNOW, WER NOT WE'RE NOT

REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS

HURRICANE, BUT WE'RE DOING

THE BEST AS WE CAN.

Heather: AT THIS

ORPHANAGE, WORKERS BOARDED

UP WINDOWS AND MOVED MORE

THAN 60 CHILDREN TO THE

SECOND FLOOR.

FORECASTERS ARE WORRIED

MORE THAN THREE FEET OF

RAIN COULD HIT PARTS OF

HAITI, TRIGGERING DEADLY

MUDSLIDES.

IT WAS JUST SIX YEARS AGO

THAT A DISASTEROUS

EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HERE,

AND THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT

PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN

MAKE SHIEFLMAKESHIFT SHELTERS.

AND THE STORM POSSESS OWED

DEADLY THREAT IN THE FORM

OF DISEASE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE

STORM IS GOING TO KILL

PEOPLE TWICE.

IT IS GOING TO KILL THEM

NOW WITH THE WIND AND THE

WATER, BUT IN THE NEXT

COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT WILL

LEAVE DISEASE BEHIND.

A TSUNAMI OF DEATH.

Heather: "OPERATION

BLESSING" RESPONDED TO THE

2010 EARTHQUAKE WITH

CHLORINE AND SAFE DRINKING

WATER, AND IT IS DOING SO

AGAIN.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE

DIED.

AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED

WITH THIS CHLOR RA.

CHOLERA.

WE HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURING

CHLORINE.

AND IN TIMES LIKE THIS,

WE'LL BE USING IT FOR

SURFACE DISINFECTANT.

Heather: MATTHEW IS

MOVING AT SEVEN MILES PER

HOUR.

IT IS BLASTING EASTERN

CUBA HAS WELL.

ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF THE

U.S. NAVAL BASE AT

GUANTANAMO.

MATTHEW WILL LIKELY THEN

MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE

BAHAMAS AND IT MAY MAKE

LANDFALL IN THE U.S. LATER

THIS WEEK.

IN FLORIDA AND NORTH

CAROLINA, THEY ARE TAKING

NO CHANCES.

THE GOVERNORS THERE HAVE

ALREADY DECLARED STATES OF

EMERGENCY.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Pat: THANKS, HEATHER.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF

NEW YORK IS A POLITICAL

HACK, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND

HE IS IN THE POCKET OF

HILLARY CLINTON.

HE HAS COME OUT WITH THIS

THING, TALKING ABOUT A

TECHNICALITY OF FILING

DOCUMENTS ON THE SO-CALLED

TRUMP FOUNDATION, WHICH

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING

ABOUT.

BUT IT IS JUST ONE MORE

BLOW -- THEY'RE DOING

EVERYTHING THEY CAN

POLITICALLY TO DESTROY

THIS MAN.

AND IT IS -- THE ASSAULT

FROM THE LEFT IS

UNBELIEVABLE.

WHAT ARE THEY SO AFRAID

OF.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT

STORY.

John: WELL, PAT, AS

YOU WERE SAYING, NEW

YORK'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL

HAS ORDERED THE TRUMP

FOUNDATION TO STOP

FUNDRAISING IMMEDIATELY.

HE SAYS THE FOUNDATION IS

NOT EVEN REGISTERED TO

RAISE MONEY IN THE EMPIRE

STATE, AND ACCUSED THE

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OF

POSSIBLE FRAUD.

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS

THE FOUNDATION WILL

COOPERATE WITH THE

INVESTIGATION.

THAT NEWS COMES AS HILLARY

CLINTON HAS BEEN MOCKING

TRUMP'S CLAIMS OF BEING A

GENIUS WHEN IT COMES TO

BUSINESS.

SAYING HIS NEAR OF

$1 BILLION BUSINESS LOSS

IN 1995 PROVES HE IS NO

GENIUS.

BUT TRUMP SAYS THE TAX

RETURN PROVES HE KNOWS THE

TAX SYSTEM BETTER THAN

MOST, SO HE KNOWS HOW TO

FIX IT.

MEANWHILE, HIS CAMPAIGN

POINTS OUT WHILE HE MAY

HAVE AVOIDED PERSONAL

INCOME TAXES, HE HAS PAID

PLENTY OF OTHERS.

THE CAMPAIGN SAYING THAT

TRUMP HAS PAID HUNDREDS OF

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN

PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE

TAXES, AS WELL AS STATE

AND FEDERAL TAXES AND

MORE.

Pat: THE COURT SAID

SOME YEARS AGO, LEARNED

HANN, ONE OF THE GREAT

JURORISTS, SAYS NO ONE HAS

AN OBLIGATION TO PAY ANY

MORE TAXES TO THE

GOVERNMENT THAN THEY'RE

SUPPOSED TO.

AND THE IDEA OF CALLING A

TAX A CONTRIBUTION IN

INVESTMENT IS JUST A CON.

THEY WANT TO TAKE ALL OF

THE MONEY THEY CAN AND

SPEND IT ON WASTEFUL

PROJECTS TO PAY OFF TO

THEIR BUDDIES.

AND NOBODY HAS TO.

AND CERTAINLY NOBODY HAS

TO PAY TAXES ON LOSSES.

AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN REAL

ESTATE AND OTHER

ENTERPRISES LOSE MONEY.

PEOPLE LOSE MONEY IN THE

STOCK MARKET.

AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY

DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON

THEIR LOSSES.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

YOU PAY TAXES WHEN YOU

MAKE MONEY.

AND YOU DON'T PAY TAXES

WHEN YOU LOSE MONEY.

AND MANY TIMES THERE CAN

BE A PROJECT THAT IS BIG,

AND YOU GET A HUGE TAX

WRITEOFF, AND THAT

SHELTERS SOME INCOME OVER

THE COMING YEARS.

BUT THERE IS NO

DISGRACE -- NO DISGRACE IN

NOT PAYING MORE MAN

THUNDETHANYOU OWE.

THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.

IF CONGRESS DOESN'T WANT

WHAT THEY'VE GOT, THEY CAN

CHANGE THE LAW.

WE'RE LAW-ABIDING

CITIZENS, AND THAT'S THE

LAW SET OUT FOR US.

AND SO BUSINESSMEN

STRUCTURE THEIR DEALINGS

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE

LAWS THAT ARE ON THE

BOOKS.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH THAT.

JOHN?

John: PAT, THE VICE

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

SQUARE OFF FOR THEIR FIRST

AND ONLY DEBATE.

MIKE PENCE AND TIM KAINE

ARE WELL-MATCHED

CONTENDERS.

IT IS TAKING PART IN A

PART OF VIRGINIA THAT

HELPED FORMED THE CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

JENNIFER WISHON EXPLAINS.

Jennifer: DEMOCRATIC

TIM KAINE IN REPUBLICAN

MIKE PENCE.

BOTH SERVED AS GOVERNORS,

IN CONGRESS, AND BOTH WERE

RAISED CATHOLIC, THOUGH

PENCE IS NOW AN

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN.

BOTH CANDIDATES ARE

COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT

THEIR FAITH.

SENATOSENATORSENATORSENATOR KAINE DEFIES G AY

MOVEMENTS.

AND PENCE HAD A RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM LAW HE PUSHED IN

INDIANA.

TONIGHT THE MEN SCARE

SQUAREAT

LONGVILLE COLLEGE.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THE

PRESSURE IS ON GOVERNOR

PENCE.

HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING

WITH WISCONSIN GOVERNOR

SCOTT WALKER AND RALLYING

WITH HIS FELLOW HOOSIERS.

YOU HAVE NOMINATED A

MAN FOR PRESIDENT WHO

NEVER QUITS, WHO NEVER

BACKS DOWN.

HE IS A FIGHTER.

HE IS A WINNER.

Jennifer: KAINE

PREPARES BY READING AND

PRACTICING WITH A

WASHINGTON ATTORNEY.

ON SUNDAY HE ATTENDED HIS

CHURCH.

IT IS INTENSE, BUT I'M

CALM.

Jennifer: FARMVILLE

ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL DEBATE

SITE, BUT THIS TOWN

CHANGED THE NATION.

IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

BEFORE THERE WAS SELMA,

MONTGOMERY, STUDENTS WERE

LEADING THE WAY RIGHT

HERE.

ALL OF US WALKED OUT.

I FEEL IT WAS DIVINE

INTERVENTION, TO GET THAT

MANY STUDENTS TO FOLLOW

YOU OUT.

Heather: SHE WAS AN

EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT IN

1951 WHEN SHE AND HER

CLASSMATES WALKED OUT OF

THE MOTON SCHOOL TO

EMPLOYEE TEST INADEQUATE

CONDITIONS.

IT WAS ROLLED INTO BROWN

VV. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IT WAS A VICTORY.

BUT IN 1979, INSTEAD OF

INTEGRATING THE SCHOOLS,

THEY SHUT THEM DOWN FOR

FIVE YEARS.

I WAS IN A STATE OF

SHOCK.

IT WAS DEVASTATING BECAUSE

SCHOOL WAS EVERYTHING TO

US IN THIS LITTLE SMALL

TOWN.

IT WAS RECREATION,

FRIENDSHIP, ATHLETIC

STUFF -- EVERYTHING WAS

DONE EITHER IN SCHOOL OR

THROUGH THE CHURCH.

Jennifer: THESE

FORMER STUDENTS HOPE

HAVING THE EYES OF THE

NATION ON FARMVILLE WILL

HELP SPREAD THEIR STORY OF

SACRIFICE AND

PERSEVERANCE.

ONE THING ABOUT THESE

CANDIDATES COMING IN HERE,

THAT THEY NEED NOT

OVERLOOK -- THEY NEED NOT

OVERLOOK THAT THIS IS

APPROVING GROUND.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION

STARTED RIGHT HERE, IN

THIS HOUSE.

RIGHT HERE, IN THE HOUSE

OF MOTON.

Jennifer: IT IS

LIKELY TO GET SOME

ATTENTION.

MEANWHILE, BOTH CANDIDATES

WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING

THEY'RE NOT USED TO DOING

IN DEBATES: NOT TALK ABOUT

THEMSELVES ALL OF THE

TIME.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

FARMVILLE.

John: THANKS,

JENNIFER.

> NEW SIGNS OF A

BREAKDOWN IN U.S.-RUSSIAN

RELATIONS.

THE U.S. WITHDREW FROM

COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA

OVER SYRIA ON MONDAY,

SAYING RUSSIA FAILED TO

LIVE UP TO THE AGREEMENT

FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND

HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE

SYRIAN PEOPLE.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

SAYS IT REGRETTED PUTIN'S

ACTION AND DESCRIBED

RUSSIA AS THE MAIN

DESTABILIZING POWER IN THE

REGION.

AND VLADIMIR PUTIN

SUSPENDED A NUCLEAR TREATY

WITH THE U.S.

Pat: I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT, THIS IS VERY

WORRISOME BECAUSE THE

RUSSIANS HAVE AN ARSENAL

OF NUKES CAPABLE OF

LITERALLY ANNILHILATING

THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE HAVE AN ARSENAL,

JUST ONE OF OUR NUCLEAR

SUBMARINES HAS ENOUGH

NUKES TO DESTROY RUSSIA.

IN THE OLD DAYS, THE WISE

HEADS REALIZED WE HAVE

MADD, MUTUAL ADMISSIONS

DESTRUCTION, AND NOBODY

MOVED ACROSS THE LINE.

BUT PUTIN IS TALKING ABOUT

RATTLING NUCLEAR WEAPONS,

AND THIS IS A HORRIBLE

THOUGHT.

AND HE IS TRYING TO MOVE

INTO THE VACUUM THAT OUR

PRESIDENT CREATED.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM,

WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED

THE RUSSIANS IN.

BUT THEY HAVE MOVED INTO

SYRIA.

WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS

BUILD UP OR BEEF UP THE

ADMINISTRATION OF BASHAR

al-ASSAD.

AND HE IS BRUTAL.

THE KILLING IS BRUTAL.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN

ALEPPO AND THESE OTHER

CITIES IS JUST ABSOLUTELY

BRUTAL.

AND HORRIBLE.

AND THE RUSSIANS WERE

COMPLICIT.

THEY'VE BEEN DROPPING

SO-CALLED "BUNKER BUSTER"

BOMBS.

AND VERY POSSIBLY THEY'RE

LOOKING AT POISONOUS GAS,

MUSTARD GAS, AND STUFF

LIKE THAT.

NO, WE CAN'T GET INVOLVED

WITH THEM, BUT WE

SHOULDN'T HAVE IN THE

FIRST PLACE.

BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN

YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT

ALL OF THE WORLD KNOWS

WILL NOT TAKE POSITIVE

ACTION ON ANYTHING.

AND HE CERTAINLY WON'T

CALL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS.

HE DOESN'T DARE MENTION

ISLAM IN ANY OF THE STUFF

HE SAYS.

DOESN'T DARE DO IT.

> COMING UP, WE HAVE

WARNED YOU ABOUT THE

DANGERS OF WHAT ARE CALLED

NSAID, ".

NSAIDS.

John: PEOPLE WHO TAKE

NSAIDS ARE THE AT AN

INCREASED RISK OF HEART

FAILURE.

THAT'S THE FINDING FROM

NEW RESEARCH.

AS LORIE JOHNSON EXPLAINS,

THIS IS JUST THE LATEST

RED FLAG ABOUT THESE

DRUGS.

Lorie: ROBERT CARNZ

IS ONE OF MILLIONS WHO

TAKES AN NSAID FOR ACHY

JOINTS.

IT IS SHORT FOR

NON-STEROIDAL

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS.

IT I INCLUDE ALEVE,

IBUPROFEN AND ASPIRIN.

AND IT COMES IN

PRESCRIPTION-STRENGTH

DOSES.

A STUDY OF 10 MILLION

PEOPLE SHOWS THE USE OF

PRESCRIPTION NSAIDS IN

CRUISES THE RISINCREASES THE RISK OF

HEART FAILURE BY 20%.

UP TO 50% FOR PEOPLE WHO

TAKE VERY HIGH DOSES.

ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE

STUDY SAYS OUR FINDINGS,

WHICH FOCUSED ONLY ON

PRESCRIPTION NSAIDS, MIGHT

APPLY TO OVER-THE-COUNTER

NSAIDS AS WELL.

ALTHOUGH OVER-THE-COUNTER

NSAIDS ARE USUALLY YOU'VE

THE AT LOWER DOSES AND FOR

SHORTER DURERATIONS, BUT

THEY MAY BE

INAPPROPRIATELY OVERUSED.

THIS IS JUST THE LATEST OF

MANY WARNINGS ABOUT

NSAIDS.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH REVEALED

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

16,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR,

AND 100,000

HOSPITALIZATIONS.

FOR THINGS LIKE KIDNEY

FAILURE, HEART ATTACK,

STROKE, AND ULCERS.

THAT WAS ROBERT'S PROBLEM.

NSAIDS LED TO HIS PAINFUL

ULCERS.

IT SURPRISED ME.

I HAD NO CLUE.

Lorie:

GASTROENTEROLOGIST SAYS HE

SEES A LOT OF PATIENTS

WITH BLEEDING BROUGHT ON

BY NSAIDS.

YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED

IF...

YOU DISCOVER A CHANGE

OF THE COLOR OF YOUR

STOOL, YOU HAVE VOMITING

OR NAUSEA, AND YOU'RE

THROWING UP STUFF THAT

LOOKS LIKE COFFEE.

THIS COULD BE A SIGN OF

INTESTINAL BLEEDING.

Lorie: DESPITE THE

RISK ASSOCIATED WITH

NSAIDS, PATIENTS SHOULD

TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR

BEFORE THEY QUIT USING

THEM BECAUSE THEY DO

PERFORM THE IMPORTANT

FUNCTION OF REDUCING

INFLAMMATION.

BUT YOU CAN OFTEN DO THAT

JUST BY SWITCHING TO AN

ANTIINFLAMMATORY DIET.

ONE HIGH IN FRESH

VEGETABLES AND HEALTHY

FATS BUT LOW IN SUGAR,

CARBOHYDRATES AND

PROCESSED FOODS.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

John: AND, PAT, THIS

STUDY REINFORCES CONCERNS

ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH

IMPLICATIONS OF NSAIDS.

Pat: YOU'RE LOOKING

AT EXHIBIT "A."

I USED TO TAKE SOMETHING

THAT I CALL HAPPY PILLS.

[LAUGHTER]

Pat: EXCEDRIN.

I USED TO WORKOUT, AND

BEFORE I STARTED LIFTING

WEIGHTS OR WHATEVER, I

DIDN'T WANT MY MUSCLES

ACHING, SO I TOOK A COUPLE

OF EXTRA STRENGTH

EXCEDRIN.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE

HARMLESS AND THEY MAKE YOU

FEEL GOOD AND THEY KEEP

YOUR MUSCLES FROM HURTING

WHEN YOU'RE WORKING OUT.

SO I TOOK THEM.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE

ADVERTISING, JUST GIVE ME

MY ALEVES, JUST A COUPLE

OF ALEVES.

WELL, THAT'S

500 MILLIGRAMS OF NEPOXIN.

AND ALEVE IS LOADED.

WHAT DID I DO?

I HAD A PERIODIC BLOOD

TEST.

AND I HAD ONE, AND THE

DOCTOR COMES OUT AND SAYS

YOU'RE ANEMIC.

AND HE SAID YOU NEED IRON.

AND I SAID HOW COME.

AND HE SAID YOU MUST BE

BLEEDING SOMEWHERE.

WE DID SOME TESTS AND I

WAS WAY SHORT OF IRON

BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE HAPPY

PILLS WERE CAUSING

BLEEDING IN THE INTESTINES

THAT I WASN'T EVEN AWARE

OF.

Terry: WOW.

IF YOU HAVE CHRONIC

PAIN -- IF YOU HAVE

SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING

CHRONIC MUSCLE PAIN, YOU

TAKE THEM.

Pat: YEAH.

BUT THOUGH ALEVES ARE

POISON.

I TOOK A COUPLE OF THEM.

I SAID, I'LL TAKE TWO

ALEVES, AND THAT KICKED ME

OVER THE EDGE.

I HAD ONE OF THOSE

INFUSION THINGS WHERE YOU

SIT THERE AND THEY PUMP

IRON INTO YOUR BLOOD.

I FELT FINE, BUT THE TESTS

SHOWED THERE WAS INTERNAL

BLEEDING.

AND THE DOCTOR SAID AS

MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE MAY

DIE FROM INTESTINAL

BLEEDING CAUSED BY

SO-CALLED NSAIDS, AND THAT

INCLUDES THE FULL GAMUT OF

THEM.

AND THE TRADE NAME, ADVIL

AND SO FORTH, IT IS ALL

THE SAME STUFF.

IT IS ALL IBUPROFEN.

AND THEY HAVE ADVIL AND

MOTRIN AND SOME OF THE

OTHERS.

AND THEY MAKE BELIEVE THAT

THEY'RE ALL SPECIAL.

THEY'RE NOT SPECIAL.

THEY ALL HAVE IBUPROFEN.

BUT THE ONE THAT IS THE

DEADLY ONE IS THIS --

DON'T TAKE AWAY MY ALEVE.

I'M A TRUCK DRIVER AND MY

KNEES HURT AND I'VE GOT TO

HAVE MY ALEVE.

IT IS GREAT ADVERTISING.

BUT, BOY, THIS STUFF --

THEY ARE KILLERS.

Terry: TRY TO DO IT

LORIE'S WAY, WITH FRESH

FOOD.

Pat: LOR YEAIE IS GREAT.

WE MIGHT HAVE SAVED YOUR

LIVES, FOLKS.

STAY WITH US.

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU WANT TO LOWER YOUR

BLOOD PRESSURE, EAT DARK

CHOCOLATE, THREE LITTLE

SQUARES.

Terry: YOU DO THIS

EVERY DAY?

Pat: I USED TO, BUT I

DON'T ANYMORE.

I KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.

AND THE OTHER THING IS

FISH OIL.

I TAKE ABOUT A TEASPOON OF

THAT NORWEGIAN COD LIVER

OIL EVERY DAY.

Terry: THAT IS GOOD

FOR YOU.

Pat: IT LOWERS YOUR

BLOOD PRESSURE.

I'M HAPPY.

Terry: YOU BE HAPPY.

Pat: I'M HAPPY.

Terry: ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THIS WEEKEND WE

CELEBRATED ROSH HASHANAH,

THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.

AND THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND

OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR IS

THE SHOFAR.

HEAR THE STORY BEHIND

THAT.

IT'S COMING UP NEXT.

Wendy: STILL AHEAD,

FROM NEWTON, CONNECTICUT,

A MOTHER HONORS A DAUGHTER

KILLED IN THE SANDY HOOK

SCHOOL SHOOTING.

I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT

THIS WAS THE ROAD WE

NEEDED TO TAKE.

IT IS THAT PLACE WHERE

HEAVEN AND EARTH CONNECT.

Wendy: LATER, ON

TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."

Pat: WELL, THE

BIBLICAL FALL HOLIDAYS ARE

UNDER WAY.

THEY BEGAN FOR US WITH THE

HEAD OF THE YEAR, ROSH

HASHANAH.

AND THAT'S -- WE CALL IT

THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, BUT

THE BIBLE GIVES THAT

HOLIDAY AN ENTIRELY

DIFFERENT MEANING.

CHRIS MITCHELL TELLS US

WHY THAT DAY IS SO

IMPORTANT.

[HORN BLOWING]

Chris: ROSH HASHANAH

LITERALLY MEANS HEAD OF

THE YEAR, THE NEW YEAR.

BUT BIBLICALLY, IT IS MUCH

MORE THAN THAT.

IN THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS

IT IS CALL YOM TURUA, THE

DAY OF THE BLOWING OF

TRUMPETS, OR JUDGMENT DAY.

THE ONLY COMMITMENT

DOING ROSH HASHANAH IS

ACTUALLY TO HEAR THE SOUND

OF THE SHOFAR.

SO EVERYBODY GATHERING IN

THE SYNAGOGUE TO HEAR THE

SOUND OF THE SHOFAR.

IT CONNECTS PEOPLE OF THE

SOUL.

Chris: THE PIERCING

SOUND OF THE SHOFAR IS

MEANT TO REMIND THE

HEARERS TO REPENT OF THEIR

SINS AND TO MAKE THINGS

RIGHT WITH THEIR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS.

THE RABBIS SAY THAT

RECONCILIATION WITH GOD

AND MAN CON FOUND THE CONFOUND THE

ENEMY.

THE SHOFAR IS MADE FROM

A HORN.

THIS IS THE OLDEST

BIBLICAL INSTRUMENT.

THE JEWISH ORTHODOX WITH

PERMITTED TO HEAR THE

SOUND OF THE SHOFAR DURING

THE NEW YEAR.

THE JUDGMENT DAY.

Chris: AS PART OF A

TWO-FAMILY BUSINESS, ELLIE

REEBOK IS A THIRD

GENERATION SHOFAR-MAKER.

THE PROCESS IS

GRINDING, POLISHING, AND

THEN WE DRILL.

WE OPEN A MOUTHPIECE.

THIS IS QUICK, BUT IT IS A

LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND A

LOT OF HAND WORK.

BECAUSE EACH HORN IS A

DIFFERENT SIZE, DIFFERENT

PEAKNESS.

YOU HAVE TO BE EXPERIENCED

TO MAKE A GOOD SHOFAR.

THE.

Chris: THE RAM'S HORN

IS USED AS THE TRADITIONAL

SHOFAR, BECAUSE WHEN

ABRAHAM SHOWED HIS

WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE

HIS SON, GOD PROVIDED A

RAM TO BE USED IN HIS

PLACE.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE JEWISH

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO

REMIND GOD OF THE TIME

WHEN ISRAEL WORSHIPPED THE

GOLDEN CALF IN THE

WILDERNESS.

BESIDES THE DISTINCTIVE

TONES THERE ARE THREE

DIFFERENT BLASTS SOUNDED.

THE SHOFAR IS BLOWN IN

SYNAGOGUES AND AT THE

WESTERN WALL EACH MORNING

FOR A MONTH BEFORE THE

HOLIDAY, TO GIVE PLENTY OF

TIME FOR REPENTANCE.

YOU AND I KNOW WE NEED

A LOT OF REMINDERS IN OUR

DAILY LIFE TO REPENTANT,

TO THINK OF THE THINGS OF

GOD.

IT IS LIKE AN ALARM CLOCK

FOR THE SOUL.

Chris: REEBOK SAYS IT

IS NOT JUST JEWISH PEOPLE

WHO BLOW THE SHOFAR.

WE BLOW THE SHOFAR ALL

OVER THE WORLD, TO JEWISH,

TO CHRISTIANS, MESSIANIC

PEOPLE.

Chris: ROSH HASHANAH

IS THE FEAST OF THE

SEVENTH MONTH, BUT IN THE

JEWISH TRADITION IT

REPRESENTS THE NEW YEAR.

THE SHOFARS WOULD BLOW

AND THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE A

NEW KING OR THE COMING OF

THE NEW KING.

OFTENTIMETHE SHOFARS ARE ONLY BLOWN

FOR A LIMITED TIME

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Chris: THIS MAN SAYS

THAT'S A FORESHADOW FOR

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN

USHUAIA, JESUS.

AND THEY TELL US

SOMETHING.

THEY'RE SPEAKING TO US.

THEY'RE REMINDING US OF

SOMETHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE

REMINDING US OF IS THE

CREATION OF THE WORLD, THE

COMING OF THE KING, KING

MESSIAH ONE DAY, AT THIS

TIME, THE CORONATION OF

HIS KINGDOM HERE ON EARTH.

THIS IS WHAT THE SHOFAR IS

TO REMIND US OF.

IT SPEAKS TO US EVERY DAY

WHEN WE HEAR THAT SOUND.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Pat: THAT'S

WONDERFUL.

Terry: IT REALLY IS.

IT IS NOT EASY TO BLOW

THOSE.

Pat: NO, IT IS NOT.

Terry: THE PEOPLE

MAKE IT LOOK EASY ON

THERE, BUT IT IS HARD.

Pat: THE CHRISTIANS

ARE BLOWING THE THING ALL

OF THE TIME, BUT THE JEWS

SAY, IN, NO, THERE I NO, NO, THERE IS A

SPECIAL TIME.

GOOD STUFF, CHRIS.

Terry: UP NEXT, A

SANDY HOOK MOM TRIES TO

MAKE SENSE OF HER

DAUGHTER'S DEATH.

THERE WAS SO MUCH

SADNESS, SO MUCH WEIGHT,

SO MUCH PAIN.

THE QUIET THAT ENSUED

AFTER KATHRYN DIED WAS

JUST PAINFUL.

WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR

ONE MORE DAY, BUT I DON'T

WANT TO TAKE HEAVEN AWAY

FROM HER.

I DON'T.

Terry: WATCH HOW HE

IS CARRYING ON HER

DAUGHTER'S LEGACY, RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Terry: ON THE FINAL

DAY OF KATHRYN HUBBARD'S

LIVE, SHE KISSED THE PALM

OF HER MOTHER'S HAND AND

PULLED IT TOWARDS HER

HEART.

AND KATHRYN THEN BOARDED

THE SCHOOL BUS FOR THE

LAST TIME.

HE MOM REMEMBERS THINKING

THAT HER RADIANT,

6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS

DOING GREAT.

BUT IN JUST A FEW HOURS,

HER DAUGHTER WAS DEAD.

A VICTIM OF ONE OF THE

DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

9-1-1, WHAT IS THE

LOCATION OF YOUR

EMERGENCY?

I THINK THERE IS

SOMEBODY SHOOTING IN HERE,

AT SANDY HOOK SCHOOL.

I PRAYED, KEEP THEM

SAFE.

BRING THEM HOME.

DO YOU SEE OR HEAR

ANYTHING MORE?

I KEEP HEARING POPPING.

I SAW FREDDIE, AND

FREDDIE SAID, I CAN'T FIND

KATHRYN.

I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.

I STOOD THERE AS THE

CHILDREN'S NAMES WERE

CALLED AND THE PARENTS

TOOK THEM FROM THE LINE.

AND YOU LOOKED ALONG THE

BACK BY THE FIREHOUSE, AND

YOU SAW THE PARENTS WHERE

THE CHILDREN DID NOT

RESPOND.

FREDDIE AND I WERE

SITTING THERE, AND HE HAD

HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER.

I REMEMBER THE WEIGHT OF

HIS HEAD, LIKE WOW.

I KNEW.

I KNEW.

I KNEW IN MY GUT THAT

KATHRYN HAD DIED.

Reporter: THE

GRIEVING TOWN OF NEWTOWN,

CONNECTICUT, HOLD A VIGILS

FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE

SCHOOL SHOOTING.

THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS:

WHAT IF THE SHOOTER HAD NO

ACCESS TO THE GUNS.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS OUR

MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE

HAPPENED.

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

THERE IS EVIL.

THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF

EVIL IN THE WORLD, AND WE

HAVE TO CONFRONT IT.

I MISS HER LAUGH.

I MISS HER BEAR HUGS.

SHE WOULD CRAWL INTO BED

EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND

I MISS ROLLING OVER AND

SEEING HER FACE.

THERE IS MORNINGS THAT I

ROLL OVER AND THINK, OH,

YOU'RE STILL HERE.

ANIMALS WERE JUST HER

PASSION, TRIED AND TRUE.

WHETHER THEY WERE FURRY OR

SLIMEY, SHE LOVED THEM

ALL.

SHE'D BE IN THE GARDEN AND

SHE'D BE AMONG THE

BUTTERFLIES THAT WOULD

SORT OF SWOOP IN.

AND SHE WOULD GET A

BUTTERFLY ON HER HAND.

AND SHE WOULD WHISPER TO

THEM, TELL ALL YOUR

FRIENDS THAT I'M KIND.

THIS QUESTION JUST KEPT

BEING THROWN TO ME: IS

THIS MAKING YOU LOSE YOUR

FAITH IN GOD?

BECAUSE HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN

THIS?

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN A

SENSELESS ACT LIKE THIS?

HOW DO WE GO ON?

HOW DO WE GO ON?

THERE WAS SO MUCH SADNESS,

SO MUCH WEIGHT, SO MUCH

PAIN.

THE QUIET THAT ENSUED

AFTER KATHRYN DIED WAS

JUST PAINFUL.

I KNEW I HAD TO DO

SOMETHING IN THIS CHURCH.

I CAME BACK HERE.

IT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE

THE SERVICE, AND THE

CHURCH WAS ALREADY FILLED.

AND PEOPLE WERE JUST

FORMING THEIR OWN PRAYER

CIRCLES.

SOME WERE JUST SINGING

CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US

THAT LIFE WAS NOT GOING TO

BE OVERCOME BY DARKNESS.

THE GETTING USED TO THE

NEW NORMAL -- IT WAS HARD.

WE WOULD START TO TALK

ABOUT KATHRYN, AND THEN

SOMEONE WOULD GO, I CAN'T

DO THIS.

WE EACH HAD THOSE MOMENTS.

BUT IN GETTING THROUGH

THAT, IT DREW US CLOSER

TOGETHER.

IT FORCED US TO DEPEND

MORE HEAVILY ON GOD.

AND SOMEHOW BETWEEN 12/14

AND THE FUNERAL AND

PUTTING FREDDIE BACK ON

THE BUS AND SENDING HIM TO

SCHOOL -- IN EACH OF THOSE

MOMENTS I HAVEN'T HAD TO

WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

AND SO MANY DAYS, WHEN I

AM JUST SAD AND I JUST

MISS KATHRYN, THE SUN

COMES THROUGH THE KITCHEN

AND WARMS ME LIKE YOU

WOULD THINK THAT I HAD THE

HEAT ON FULL BLAST.

IT'S GOD REACHING IN AND

SAYING, I'M HERE.

HE KNOWS MY DISAPPOINTMENT

AND MY HEARTACHE, AND

THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE GOD'S

BIGGER THAN THAT.

WE HAD WRITTEN HER

OBITUARY, AND SAID IN LIEU

OF FLOWERS, PLEASE DONATE

TO THE ANIMAL CENTER OF

NEWTOWN.

WITHIN TWO OR THREE WEEKS,

THEY HAD RECEIVED OVER

$100,000 IN DONATIONS IN

KATHRYN'S HONOR.

THEY HAD SHARED THAT THEY

WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A

SANCTUARY.

AS THEY DESCRIBED THEIR

VISION, I SAW KATHRYN.

I FELT KATHRYN.

I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT

THIS WAS THE ROAD THAT WE

NEEDED TO TAKE.

EVERY DECISION THAT WE'VE

MADE, FROM DESIGN TO

PROGRAMMING, SHE'S AT THE

HEART OF IT ALL.

AND IN SO MANY WAYS, AND

IN SO MANY MOMENTS I FEEL

LIKE IT'S THAT PLACE WHERE

HEAVEN AND EARTH CONNECT,

AND I CAN BE WITH KATHRYN.

AND, OH, MY GOSH, WHAT A

GIFT.

AND TO THINK THAT GOD

WOULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS

WHERE I NEED YOU TO BE.

THAT HE WOULD ENTRUST ALL

OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS

BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD WITH

SUCH AN AWESOME

POSSIBILITY, THAT AT THE

END OF THE DAY IT IS

REFLECTIVE OF OUR BABY

GIRL.

OH, MY GOSH, WHAT AN

HONOR.

I HAVE COME TO AN

UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WAS

NEVER MINE.

SHE'S GOD'S.

HE'S BROUGHT HER HOME.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE

STILL HAVE WORK TO BE

DONE.

HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US.

HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR

FREDDIE.

FREDDIE'S JOURNEY IS NOT

DONE.

KATHRYN'S WAS.

I CAN'T BE ANGRY ABOUT

THAT.

DO I WANT MORE TIME WITH

HER?

YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

POSITIVELY.

WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR

ONE MORE DAY, BUT I DON'T

WANT TO TAKE HEAVEN AWAY

FROM HER.

I DON'T.

WE REST IN HOPE, KNOWING

THAT THERE WILL BE A DAY

WHEN WE'LL SEE HER AGAIN.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE IF YOU

DON'T HAVE FAITH?

YOU CAN GET VERY

DISHEARTENED.

YOU CAN GET VERY

DISCOURAGED.

YOU CAN GIVE UP.

YOU CAN FEEL LIKE, WHY

BOTHER.

WE ALL HAVE TO KE RECKON WITH

THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW

AT ANY MOMENT WOULD COULD

HAPPEN.

I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND

SOME PEACE WITHIN

OURSELVES.

AND I DON'T KNOW A BETTER

WAY TO FIND PEACE THAN

PRAYER.

WHEN KATHRYN DIED, I

FELT LIKE I WAS A FAITHFUL

PERSON.

I WASN'T EVEN SCRATCHING

THE SURFACE.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN

PRAYER WAS RESERVED FOR

WHEN THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN,

I HAD A FEW MINUTES, AND

IT WAS QUIET.

AND IT WAS THE SETTING

THAT GOD WOULD WANT.

OKAY, HERE I AM.

AND MY HOUSE LOOKS PERFECT

AND I'M DRESSED, AND

AREN'T YOU HAPPY WITH ME.

WHERE NOW IT'S A CONSTANT

DIALOGUE.

IT HAS OPENED MY EYES TO

SEE YOU, OPENED MY EARS TO

HEAR YOU, AND GIVE ME THE

COURAGE, DEAR GOD, TO DO

WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO

TODAY.

WE WERE ASKED TO CARRY

A HUGE CROSS.

ARE WE GOING TO FALL ON

OUR KNEES IN WEAKNESS?

ARE WE GOING TO GET UP

LIKE CHRIST?

IT IS STILL HARD.

BUT THE LESSONS AND THE

INCREDIBLE GIFTS THAT

THESE LITTLE CHILDREN AT

SIX AND SEVEN LEFT THE

WORLD -- YOU REALIZE YOU

HAVE TO GO ON.

THE DAYS OF, LIKE, THIS

IS TOO MUCH, I THINK OF

HER LEANING OVER THE

COUNTER, DETERMINED SHE

WAS GOING TO WRITE HER

NAME PERFECTLY.

I ONLY HOPE THAT WE WALK

WITH SUCH GRACE AND POISE

AND LEAVE THE LEGACY THAT

SHE HAS LEFT US.

Terry: DEATH AND LOSS

ARE SO DIFFICULT TO DEAL

WITH, AREN'T THEY?

I MEAN, WE'RE CREATED TO

BE RELATIONAL.

WE'RE CREATED TO LOVE EACH

OTHER AND BE KIND, LIKE

KATHRYN WAS.

AND IT'S HARD WHEN YOU

LOSE SOMEBODY THAT YOU

LOVE.

AND IN THIS INSTANCE, AND

IN SO MANY OVER THE LAST

DECADE PLUS IN THE UNITED

STATES AND AROUND THE

WORLD, WE HAVE SEEN LIFE

LOST SO UNFAIRLY.

SO FOOLISHLY.

IT IS AT TIMES LIKE THIS

THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR

SAVIOR.

LISTEN, DON'T WAIT UNTIL

YOU'RE HOUSE IS CLEANED

AND YOU'RE ALL DRESSED UP

AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAKEUP

ON OR YOU'VE GOT FIVE

MINUTES IN YOUR OFFICE OR

IN YOUR CAR.

BE WITH HIM EVERY MOMENT

OF EVERY DAY.

SEE THAT'S WHAT CARRIES

YOU THROUGH THESE TIMES.

IT'S KNOWING WHO HE IS AND

BEING ABLE TO TRUST THAT

HE MAKES NO MISTAKES.

BEING ABLE TO TRUST ENOUGH

TO SAY, JESUS HEARS ME.

HERE IS MY PAIN, AND I'M

TRUSTING MY DAUGHTER.

YOU KNOW, JENNY SAID, AND

IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T

HAVE TO DEAL WITH UNTIL A

SCENARIO LIKE THIS.

KATHRYN DIDN'T BELONG TO

HER.

SHE WAS JUST ON LONE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE

OF EVERYONE.

OUR SPOUSES.

WE SEE MOMS AND DADS WHO

LOSE THEIR LIVES, AND

THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEFT.

LEFT,

IN ONE DAY, WITH NO

FAMILY.

THIS IS WHY GOD PUTS US IN

HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE WE'RE

MEANT TO BE THERE FOR EACH

OTHER.

BUT NOTHING -- NOTHING

REPLACES THE INTIMATE

RELATIONSHIP WE ARE

CREATED TO HAVE WITH THE

GOD WHO LOVES US BEYOND

MEASURE.

THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES

IN THE WORD OF GOD WHERE

HE SAYS, IF YOU'D ONLY LET

ME HELP YOU.

I'VE COME THAT YOU MIGHT

HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT

ABUNDANTLY.

YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME WITH

A PLAN IN MIND.

AND YOU ARE A BIG PART OF

THAT.

YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOSE

SOMEONE THAT HE LOVES.

HE LOST HIS SON.

AND JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE

FOR US WHILE WE WERE STILL

SINNERS.

WHILE WE WERE STILL OUT IN

THE FAR COUNTRY DOING OUR

THING, WITH LITTLE TIME

FOR HIM.

BUT HE LOVED US ENOUGH TO

GIVE THE VERY BEST.

IF YOU'RE GRIEVING TODAY,

I JUST INVITE YOU TO GET

CLOSE TO GOD.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GUEST

ON HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO

THAT HAD WRITTEN A BOOK

CALLED "TWO CHAIRS."

PULL UP A CHAIR IN YOUR

HOUSE.

LET JESUS SIT IN THAT

CHAIR AND JUST SPEND TIME

WITH HIM.

LET HIM MINISTER TO THE

BROKENNESS IN YOUR HEART

AND LOVE THE HURT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THE HURT

NEVER COMES BACK.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER

MISS THE PERSON YOU'VE

LOST, BUT IT MEANS YOUR

JOY COMES BACK.

AND YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN GO

FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD WITH

YOUR LIFE.

IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH

GRIEF IN YOUR LIFE, WE'D

LOVE TO SHARE SOMETHING

FROM THE WORD OF GOD WITH

YOU.

LIVING THROUGH GRIEF --

IT'S A LITTLE PACKET.

WE'VE CALLED OUT SOME OF

THE THINGS THAT GOD SAYS

IN HIS WORD ABOUT GRIEF.

HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH IT

WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR

DROWNING IN IT.

YOU'RE MEANT TO HAVE

VICTORY.

AND LIGHT IS MEANT TO

OVERCOME THE DARKNESS.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW TO

DO THAT.

IF YOU WANT TO PRAY WITH

SOMEONE ABOUT A NEED IN

YOUR LIFE, OUR NUMBER IS

TOLL-FREE: 1-800-700-7000.

THERE IS A FRIEND ON THE

OTHER END OF THE LINE WHO

WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR

YOUR HEART AND PRAY WITH

YOU TODAY.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

JUST CALL AND PRAY.

IF AND YOU'D LIKE THE

BROCHURE, ASK FOR IT AND

WE'LL SEND IT AS WELL.

PAT?

Pat: THANKS, TERRY.

THERE WERE MANY, MANY

HURTING PEOPLE THAT YOU

MINISTERS TO JUST THEN.

> STILL AHEAD, HE SERVED

HIS FAMILY OVERSEAS.

AND THEN HIS FAMILY

EMBARKED ON A DIFFERENT

KIND OF MISSION.

WATCH HOW YOU HELPED THEM

ALONG THE WAY, WHEN WE

COME BACK.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

DONALD TRUMP IS DEFENDING

A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

COACH WHO WAS FIRED FOR

HIS FAITH.

TRUMP TOLD A VETERANS'

GROUP, QUOTE,"IT IS VERY

UNFAIR WHAT THEY'RE DOING

TO RELIGION IN THIS

COUNTRY."

HE SAID THE FIRING OF

COACH JOE KENNEDY WAS

HORRIBLE.

HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL

FOOTBALL COACH FROM

WASHINGTON STATE SUSPENDED

LAST YEAR FOR PRAYING ON

THE 50-YARD LINE AFTER THE

GAME.

PLAYERS WOULD COME AND

JOIN HIM, BUT THEY WEREN'T

REQUIRED TO.

KENNEDY HAS JUST FILED A

NEW APPEAL IN HIS CASE,

WHILE HIS FATE IS BEING

DECIDED.

AND HE ALSO FILED FOR THE

CHANCE TO KEEP COACHING

RIGHT NOW.

THE FORMER MARINE TELLS

CBN NEWS HE IS SIMPLY

STANDING UP FOR THE

PRINCIPLES HE FOUGHT FOR.

I JUST WANT TO STAND UP

FOR, YOU KNOW, THE

RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS THAT

EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO

HAVE.

I SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR

20 YEARS TO SUPPORT AND

DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW

THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE IN

THE CONSTITUTION DON'T

APPLY TO PEOPLE IN

AMERICA.

Wendy: KENNEDY SAYS

HE ISN'T LOOKING FOR

MONEY.

HE JUST WANTS HIS JOB

BACK.

HE ALSO TOLD US HE STILL

PLANS TO SUPPORT HIS

FORMER PLAYERS THIS

SEASON, EVEN IF HE HAS TO

DO IT FROM THE STANDS.

> WELL, PHILIPPINES

PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE

HAS UNLEASHED A NEW TIRADE

AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA,

SAYING THAT THE U.S.

LEADER CAN, QUOTE,"GO TO

HELL."

HIS STATEMENT CAME IN

RESPONSE TO U.S. CRITICISM

OF HIS DEADLY ANTI-DRUG

CAMPAIGN.

AND IT COMES AT THE SAME

TIME U.S. AND PHILIPPINE

FORCES OPENED JOINT COMBAT

EXERCISES TODAY.

HE SAYS THESE WILL BE THE

LAST JOINT MILITARY DRILLS

WITH THE UNITED STATES.

HE HAS ANNOUNCED HE PLANS

TO SCALE BACK ON THE DEEP

HISTORIC TIES WITH THE

U.S.

> AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GET

THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS

BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE

AT cbnnews.com.

PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Terry: WE HAVE JUST

10 DAYS LEFT IN OUR 40-DAY

CAMPAIGN TO PRAY FOR OUR

COUNTRY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T PLEDGED TO

PRAY YET, PLEASE DO IT

NOW.

YOU CAN CALL

1-800-700-7000.

YOU'LL BE JOINING OVER

100,000 BELIEVERS IN ALL

50 STATES, WHO HAVE SAID,

YES, I WILL PRAY FOR OUR

NATION.

PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.

1-800-700-7000.

LOG ON TO

prayforAmerica.com, IF

YOU PREFER TO DO IT THAT

WAY.

PRAYER DOES CHANGE THINGS.

LET GET ON OUR KNEES

BEFORE GOD AND ASK FOR

MERCY, PROTECTION, AND

PROVISION.

PAT, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR

AMERICA AS WE SIT HERE.

Pat: LET'S DO IT

RIGHT NOW.

FATHER, LORD, YOU KNOW THE

MISSIONARIES THAT HAVE

GONE OUT FROM THIS

COUNTRY, YOU KNOW THE

PEOPLE WHO DIED FOR THEIR

FAITH, YOU KNOW THE

CHURCHES BY THE THOUSANDS

ALL OVER THIS LAND, WHERE

THEY'RE PROCLAIMING YOUR

GOSPEL, AND YOU KNOW,

LORD, HOW IMPORTANT THIS

LAND IS.

THIS LAND HAS BEEN UNDER

ASSAULT.

THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD

DEAR HAVE BEEN RIPPED

APART FROM US.

LITTLE PEOPLE AND THOSE

INTENT ON DESTROYING US.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME

AND BE A POWERFUL FIRE,

LIKE A FIRE OF REVIVAL

THROUGHOUT THIS LAND.

LET IT BE, LORD, IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

> WELL, ERLON AND

CHRISTINA HAD A DREAM TO

FOSTER AND ADOPT CHILDREN.

BUT SEVERAL LARGE EXPENSES

THREATENED TO INTERFERE

WITH MAKING THEIR DREAM A

REALITY.

THAT'S WHEN CBN'S "HELPING

THE HOMEFRONT" GAVE THIS

MILITARY FAMILY A HAND-UP.

Reporter: FOR 19

YEARS AARON HAS SERVED AS

A UNITED NATIONS MARINE.

I AM PROUD TO SERVE MY

COUNTRY BECAUSE I FEEL

THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST

COUNTRY ON EARTH.

I FEEL THAT GOD BLESSES

OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE

PEOPLE THAT SERVE.

Reporter: AARON AND

HIS WIFE, CHRISTINA, LIKE

MOST MILITARY FAMILIES,

FIND DEPLOYMENTS VERY

CHALLENGING.

MY FAITH IS ABSOLUTELY

NECESSARY TO GET THROUGH

DEPLOYMENTS.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT

SITUATION AND THAT PLACE,

EVERYBODY STARTS THINKING

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT

IF SOMETHING REALLY BAD

WERE TO HAPPEN?

OUR FAITH ABSOLUTELY HELPS

US TAKE COMFORT THAT

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE

OKAY.

Reporter: ANOTHER

CHALLENGE THE FAMILY IS

FACING IS FINANCIAL.

THEY INCURRED SEVERAL

LARGE EXPENSES, INCLUDING

FUNERAL COSTS WHEN

CHRISTINA'S MOTHER DIED.

IT MADE THEIR DREAM OF

FOSTERING CHILDREN MUCH

MORE DIFFICULT.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE

EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR

THE COMFORT T CHILD TO BE

COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY.

WE HAD REPAIRS ON OUR

VEHICLE, AND OUR SECOND

VEHICLE DIED.

Reporter: STILL, THEY

BELIEVE GOD WILL MAKE A

WAY FOR THEM TO PROCEED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO

IT.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE

WONDERFUL.

IT IS GOING TO BE GLORIOUS

CHAOS.

Reporter: THEIR

CHURCH IN OCEANSIDE,

CALIFORNIA, CONTACTED

"HELPING THE HOMEFRONT"

AND ASKED IF WE COULD HELP

WITH THE FAMILY'S EXPENSE.

WE GLADLY AGREED.

THE PASTOR WAS HAPPY TO

DELIVER THE GOOD NEWS.

I'VE PASTORED MARINES,

LIKE YOU GUYS, FOR 24

YEARS.

AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THE

PRIVILEGE OF GIVING THE

NEWS I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU.

SO I'M DELIGHTED TO TELL

YOU THAT YOUR MOTHER'S

FUNERAL EXPENSES ARE GOING

TO BE PAID BY CBN.

THE THIRD SEAT YOU NEED IN

YOUR S.U.V. SO YOU CAN

ADOPT, WE HAVE ARRANGED

FOR A MECHANIC TO INSTALL

THAT FOR YOU.

AND THE VEHICLE THAT YOU

NEED FIXED, THEY'RE GOING

TO TAKE CARE OF THE

REPAIRS ON THAT.

AND THEN THERE IS THE

SHOPPING SPREE TO TAKE

CARE OF CLOTHES AND

FURNITURE AND ALL THOSE

SORTS OF THINGS AS WELL.

I THINK FOR ME IT IS

MIND-BLOWING BECAUSE WE

AREN'T USED TO BEING

BLESSED IN THIS WAY.

Reporter: THAT DAY

CBN TOOK AARON AND

CHRISTINA TO HAVE THEIR

VAN REPAIRED.

THEN IT WAS TIME FOR A

SHOPPING SPREE FOR BABY

FURNITURE AND OTHER

THINGS.

AND NOW THEY CAN FOCUS ON

WELCOMING CHILDREN INTO

THEIR HOME, WITH FULL

HEARTS AND EVERY NEED MET.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN

ANSWER TO PRAYER.

AND THIS ISN'T THE PICTURE

THAT I HAD IN MY MIND.

SO IT IS VERY INTERESTING

TO SEE HOW GOD WORKS.

WAY BETTER THAN THAN MY

PLAN OR WHAT I WOULD HAVE

THOUGHT OF.

Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS

IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE

THAN TO RECEIVE.

AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP

THOSE SERVICE PEOPLE --

THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING

ELSE.

THEY WANT TO LOOK AT

FOSTER CHILDREN.

AND THE FOSTER CHILDREN

DESPERATELY NEED LOVING

CHRISTIAN PARENTS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO

PROVIDE THAT AND WE'RE

GOING TO HELP THEM.

NOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE

PARTICIPATING IN US, IN AT

LEAST "700 CLUB" LEVEL,

WHICH IS $20 A MONTH, OUR

GIFT TO YOU THIS TIME OF

YEAR IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE,

AND IT WAS A GREAT

PRIVILEGE, OF GOING INTO

OUR AUDIO ROOM AND SITTING

IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE

AND READING THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN.

AND IT IS AVAILABLE NOW ON

C.D., AND ALSO FOR CERTAIN

GIFTS WE'VE GOT A D.V.D.

AND IT IS SO MOVING.

THE WORDS IN THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN.

Terry: NOT ONLY DO

YOU AND I THINK THAT, BUT

SO DOES DOROTHY FROM

MARYLAND.

SHE SAYS THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN HAS CEMENTED MY FAITH

IN THE WORD OF GOD.

IT CONVINCES ME EVEN MORE

THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD.

IT REALLY IS POWERFUL.

IT IS MOVING.

IT IS INSPIRING, AND IT

HELPS YOU MEMORIZE

SCRIPTURE AND REINFORCE

WHAT YOU KNOW.

Pat: GET THIS, I WAS

THE ONE WHO READ THE

THING, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE

IT.

[LAUGHTER]

Pat: I HAVE NO PRIDE

OF AUTHORSHIP, BUT THEY

GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE OF

SITTING IN FRONT OF A

MICROPHONE AND READING IT.

I THINK IT IS THERE WITH

THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

YOU REALLY NEED IT.

Terry: SO JOIN "THE

700 CLUB" AND WE'LL SEND

IT OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.

> THIS FIRST QUESTION

COMES FROM A VIEWER WHO

SAYS, "I'M MORE THAN A

LITTLE PERPLEXED AS TO WHY

CHRISTIANS WOULD BE

CELEBRATING A JEWISH

HOLIDAY.

THE BIBLE DOES TELL US

THOSE WHO BLESS ISRAEL

WILL BE BLESSED, BUT

CELEBRATING A JEWISH

HOLIDAY SEEMS TO GIVE

VALIDITY TO THOSE WHO

REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT

JESUS IS GOD'S SON.

CAN YOU HELP ME

UNDERSTAND?"

Pat: WELL, WE BELIEVE

IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.

I BELIEVE IN THE

COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,

THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.

WE HAVE LAWS ABOUT THAT.

THOU SHALT NOT KIDNAP

PEOPLE.

THOSE THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL

LAWS.

WELL, THEY KIM T CAME TO US

THROUGH THE JEWS.

GOD GAVE THE REVELATION OF

WHAT HE WANTED THROUGH THE

JEWS.

THE ORACLES OF GOD.

THE FACT THAT THERE IS

MEANING IN THE FESTIVALS

OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE --

THERE IS MEANING FOR US AS

CHRISTIANS AND FOR ALL

PEOPLE.

AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING AT

OUR ROSH HASHANAH

CELEBRATION, I EXPLAINED

IN DETAIL WHAT THAT IS.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED

THAT ON THIS PROGRAM.

I'LL ASK OUR PRODUCER IN

MAYBE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS

WE MIGHT SHOW THAT BECAUSE

I WENT OVER THE THREE

MAJOR FEASTS AND I THINK

IT WILL HELP YOU.

Terry: CHRIS SAYS,

"HOW DID YOU GET THE

NICKNAME PAT?"

Pat: WHEN I WAS A

LITTLE BABY, I COULDN'T

HELP MYSELF.

I HAD AN OLDER BROTHER,

AND WHEN I WAS A LITTLE

BABY, HE KEPT DOING THIS

TO ME.

Terry: REALLY?

Pat: AND HE KEPT

SAYING, PAT, PAT, PAT,

PAT --

Terry: AND IT STUCK.

Pat: IT SHOULD HAVE

BE MARY ANN GORDON.

Terry: THIS IS

WINSTON WHO SAYS, "MY SON

HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO

BECOMING AN ATHEIST.

HE HAS WATCHED SOME SHOWS

THAT CONVINCED HIM THAT

THE DEVIL AND DEMONS DON'T

EXIST.

I HAVE FAILED TO CONVINCE

HIM OTHERWISE.

WHAT DO I SAY TO HIM TO

BRING HIM BACK TO THE LORD

LORD?"

Pat: IT IS APPOINTED

UNTO MAN ONCE TO DIE AND

AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.

JUST TELL HIM, IT IS

APPOINTED UNTO A MAN ONES

TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE

JUDGMENT.

ONE OF THESE DAYS IT IS

GOING TO COME THROUGH TO

HIM.

KEEP SAYING IT.

LET HIM KNOW, THE TIME IS

COMING.

YOU CAN SAY ALL OF THIS

ATHEIST NONSENSE THAT YOU

WANT TO.

BUT ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING

TO STAND BEFORE THE HOLY

GOD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO

DIE, AND WHEN YOU DO,

THERE IS GOING TO BE

JUDGMENT.

Terry: THIS IS A

VIEWER WHO SAYS, "HOW DO

YOU KNOW IF YOUR FAMILY IS

UNDER A SATANIC ATTACK.

EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO

WRONG HAS IN OUR FAMILY.

IT HAS BEEN ONE CONSTANT

HIT AFTER ANOTHER.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE UNDER

SOME KIND OF CURSE.

I REALIZE THINGS GO WRONG

IN LIFE, BUT I DON'T

BELIEVE IN THIS MUCH BAD

LUCK.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN

THINGS AROUND FOR OUR

FAMILY.

I'M JUST AT MY WIT'S END."

Pat: I DON'T KNOW

YOUR FAMILY OR YOU -- I'M

JUST TELLING YOU -- IF

THAT'S YOUR ANALYSIS, WHAT

YOU DO IS PRAY THIS

PRAYER: SATAN, I BIND YOU

AND THE FORCES OF EVIL IN

THE NAME OF JESUS.

I BIND YOUR POWER AND

COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE ME.

I BIND YOU AND THE FORCES

OF EVIL.

AND TOGETHER, YOU AND YOUR

HUSBAND, YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY JOIN HANDS AND

DECLARE IT OUT LOUD.

DECLARE YOUR VICTORY OVER

THE DEVIL.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

LAMENTATIONS: "THE O LORD

IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT

TO HIM, TO THE SOUL WHO

SEEKS HIM."

> WELL, TOMORROW, THE

BATTLE FOR MOSUL.

WATCH AS IRAQI FORCES

PREPARE TO TAKE DOWN THIS

ISIS-HELD CITY, THE SECOND

LARGEST CITY IN IRAQ.

IT IS GOING TO BE A

MONUMENTAL BATTLE.

WE'LL HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON

THAT DURING OUR NEXT "700

CLUB."

FOR TERRY AND WENDY AND

ALL OF US, THIS IS PAT

ROBERTSON.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BYE-BYE.

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