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The 700 Club - October 6, 2016

From “Inside Edition,” correspondent Megan Alexander gives us the inside look at her "Faith in the Spotlight." Plus, a woman with a passion for dance can't move her knee until she takes a step of faith. Read Transcript


Wendy: TODAY, FROM

INSIDE EDITION, MEGAN

ALEXANDER GIVES US THE

INSIDE LOOK AT HER FAITH

IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

> AND

THEN...MISSIONARIES TO THE

REMOTEST PARTS OF AMERICA.

IT IS LIKE BEING IN

ANOTHER COUNTRY.

Wendy: MEET THE TEAM

MEMBERS OF ARTIS BARNABAS.

PLUS...SHE COULDN'T MOVE

HER KNEES UNTIL SHE TOOK A

STEP OF FAITH.

I WAS ESTATIC.

I WAS SO EXCITED.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE

BEING EVACUATED IN

SOUTHERN FLORIDA, AS THIS

MONSTEROUS HURRICANE

MATTHEW IS BARRELING DOWN

WITH WINDS OF OVER

120 MILES PER HOUR.

IT COULD BECOME ACTUALLY

STRONGER THAN THAT.

THEY TALK ABOUT CATEGORY

3, CATEGORY 4.

IT HAS BEEN CATEGORY 4.

IT IS GETTING READY TO HIT

FLORIDA AND THE EAST

COAST, AND THEN NORTH

CAROLINA AND SOUTH

CAROLINA.

Terry: OFFICIALS IN

THOSE STATES ARE MAKING IT

CLEAR THAT PEOPLE IN THE

PATH OF THIS DEADLY

HURRICANE NEED TO GET OUT

OF ITS WAY NOW.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THE

STORY.

Charlene: FLORIDA IS

PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD

BE THE WORST STORM TO HIT

THE SUNSHINE STATE IN

YEARS.

HURRICANE MATTHEW HAD

ALREADY CLAIMED 25 LIVES

AS IT SLAMMED INTO HAITI.

I'VE LOST EVERYTHING.

THE WATER TOOK IT.

Charlene: IN CUBA,

TOWNS WERE LEVELLED, AND

THE STORM BADLY BATTERED

THE BAHAMAS OVER NIGHT.

MATTHEW STRENTHENED EARLY

TODAY AS IT CRAWLED

TOWARDS THE U.S., WITH

WINDS MORE THAN 120 MILES

PER HOUR.

AND WITH ABOUT TWO MILLION

PEOPLE BEING ENCOURAGED TO

EVACUATE BEFORE IT

ARRIVES.

THOSE EVACUATIONS ARE

UNDER WAY IN FLORIDA,

GEORGIA, AND SOUTH

CAROLINA.

AND RESIDENTS ARE BEING

FORCED TO EITHER LEAVE OR

STOCK UP.

GET OUT NOW.

IT COULD BE THE DECISION

BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

Charlene: SOUTH

CAROLINA IS EXPECTED TO

EVACUATE HALF A MILLION

PEOPLE.

TRAFFIC THERE HAS BEEN

BUMPER TO BUMPER AS

RESIDENTS LEAVE.

WE WANT YOU TO

EVACUATE.

WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO

STAY.

Charlene: MANY RIDING

OUT THE STORM ARE

SCRAMBLING FOR SUPPLIES,

FOOD, AND BOTTLED WATER.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO

THREE GAS STATIONS THAT

HAVE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE

THEY'RE OUT OF GAS.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING

ABOUT 30, 40 MINUTES, JUST

GETTING SOME PLYWOOD.

WE WANTED TO GET

BATTERIES, BUT THEY'RE OUT

OF BATTERIES.

Charlene: AND MATTHEW

IS ALSO MAKING FOR

DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS

CANCELLED OUGHT FLIGHTS

INTO MIAMI, FORTUNATELY

FT. LAUDERDALE AND PALM

BEACH.

IT IS A HUGE WAITING

GAME.

BECAUSE AS YOU CAN TELL

FROM THE HURRICANE TRACKS,

THEY'VE CHANGED ALMOST

EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, AND

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO

CHANGE UNTIL THE STORM

EITHER MAKES LANDFALL OR

GOES BACK OUT TO SEA.

Charlene: CBN'S

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS ON

THE GROUND IN COLUMBIA,

SOUTH CAROLINA, AND OCALA,

FLORIDA.

MOBILE KITCHENS ARE UNDER

WAY TO HELP PEOPLE AFTER

THE STORM PASSES.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

Pat: YOU DOWN IN

FLORIDA AFTER ANDREW, AND

IT WAS THE MOST AWFUL

DEVASTATION.

BUT IN THAT HURRICANE WERE

TORNADOES, AND WIND IN

EXCESS OF 200 MILES PER

HOUR.

IT JUST RIPPED THE ROOFS

OFF OF CHURCHES, ROOFS OFF

OF HOMES.

DEVASTATION IN THAT AREA.

I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD

ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN

QUITE A WHILE.

AND FLORIDA HAS BEEN

GROWING -- THE POPULATION

HAS BEEN GROWING.

AND SUDDENLY WITH ALL OF

THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF

THESE HOMES COMES THIS

VICIOUS STORM.

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH OUR

FRIENDS IN FLORIDA.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT

THE PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY

THAT WILL SAVE LIVES.

AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO.

> WELL, BY THE WAY,

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

ALREADY THERE.

THEY'RE IN OCALA, FLORIDA.

THEY'VE GOT A MOBILE

KITCHEN, AND A SEMI TRUCK

FULL OF EMERGENCY

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES.

THEY'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY

TRAILER FOR REMOVAL OF A

SKID STEER THEY CALL IT.

AND THEY'VE GOT A SHOWER

AND A KITCHEN.

AND THEY WANT TO HELP

PEOPLE.

WE JUST DON'T QUITE KNOW

WHERE TO POSITION THEM YET

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW

WHERE THE WORST

DEVASTATION WILL BE.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP, YOU

CAN GET THE NUMBER.

CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA

BEACH, VIRGINIA, 23463.

> IN OTHER NEWS, HILLARY

CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP

ARE GETTING READY FOR

SUNDAY NIGHT'S

PRESIDENTIAL TOWNHALL.

WHILE THE VICE

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

ARE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN

TRAIL.

JON JES JEJOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: MIKE PENCE AND

TIM KAINE HIT THE ROAD

AGAIN.

BOTH TALKING ABOUT THEIR

DEBATE PERFORMANCE WHERE

PENCE WAS WIDELY SEEN AS

THE WINNER.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS

FROM WHERE I SAT, DONALD

TRUMP WON THE DEBATE.

[APPLAUSE]

DONALD TRUMP'S VISION

TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT

AGAIN WON THE DEBATE.

THE DEBATE WAS A LITTLE

FEISTY.

I MEAN, I'VE GOT TO ADMIT.

I AM IRISH.

John: AFTER HITTING A

FUNDRAISER IN WASHINGTON,

D.C., HILLARY CLINTON IS

FOCUSED ON GETTING READY

FOR SUNDAY NIGHT'S

TOWNHALL DEBATE WITH

DONALD TRUMP.

STILL ON THE CAMPAIGN

TRAIL, TRUMP PRAISED PENCE

AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN BEFORE

READING FROM THE BIBLE AND

HE WARNED THAT CLINTON

WOULD, QUOTE,"ENDANGER

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACROSS

AMERICA IF HE WINS."

NORTH CAROLINA IS A KEY

BATTLEGROUND STATE IN THE

2016 PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION, AND IT IS THE

HOTBED MANY OF THE

COUNTRY'S CURRENT

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.

NO ONE KNOWS THIS BETTER

THAN THE STATE'S GOVERNOR,

PAT McCRORY.

ONE ISSUE HE IS STANDING

STRONG ON IS THE STATE'S

BATHROOM BILL.

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

WITH CBN'S JENNA BROWDER,

HE EXPLAINS WHY HE SAYS

THIS IS A TIME FOR

CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS IN

THE SILENT MAJORITY TO

SPEAK UP.

TONIGHT A BLOCKBUSTER

CLASH IS BREWING OVER

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND

NORTH CAROLINA'S SO-CALLED

BATHROOM LAW.

BREAKING IS AN

EXPLOSION OF VIOLENCE ON

THE STREETS.

PRIMAR IS THE STATE MAKING

NATIONAL NEWS?

THE SHOOTING HAS SHAKEN

THE CITY OF NORTH

CAROLINA.

NORTH CAROLINA, AN

EPICENTER OF EMOTIONAL

ISSUES FELT ACROSS THE

UNITED STATES.

WHAT DO WE DO?

Reporter: NORMALLY

YOU GO HOME TO ESCAPE IT

ALL, BUT EVEN HERE AT THE

GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN

NORTH CAROLINA, GOVERNOR

PAT McCRORY CAN'T ESCAPE

THE HEADLINES.

EVERYONE COMES UP TO ME

AND GOES, GOVERNOR, YOU

MUST HAVE INCREDIBLY THICK

SKIN WHEN PEOPLE SAY

PRETTY CRUEL THINGS ABOUT

YOU AND EVEN MAKE THREATS,

AND THE FACT IS I DON'T.

Reporter: ONE OF THE

ISSUES IS THE SO-CALLED

BATHROOM BILL.

BILL 2 BECAME LAW,

REQUIRING NORTH CAROLINAS

TO USE BATHROOMS AND

LOCKER ROOMS ACCORDING TO

THE GENDER ON THEIR BIRTH

CERTIFCATE.

LIBERALS SAY THE LAW

DISCRIMINATES AGAINST

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.

THERE IS IMMENSE

PRESSURES TO REPEAL HOUSE

BILL 2.

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED

DOING THIS?

NO, NOT BASED ON THE

CONCEPT OF CHANGING THE

DEFINITION OF GENDER.

AND HOUSE BILL 2 IS

ACTUALLY IRRELEVANT NOW

BECAUSE THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED IN

AND ORDERED THE DEFINITION

OF GENDER TO BE BASED UPON

EXPRESSION AND IDENTITY.

SO THIS WHOLE FOCUS ON ONE

BILL IS REALLY A

DIVERSION.

AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO

BE RECHANGED AFTER THE

ELECTION.

IT'S NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE.

AND THE NATIONAL MEDIA HAS

NO IDEA, THE PEOPLE IN THE

PUBLIC HAVE NO IDEA, THAT

THIS ISSUE STARTED BY THE

LEFT IN THE CITY OF

CHARLOTTE BY A VERY

LIBERAL MAYOR AND BY THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL THAT I'M

RUNNING AGAINST.

Reporter: McCRORY

IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION AND

IT IS A TIGHT RACE.

HIS OPPONENT, LO ROY COOPER,

IS USING HOUSE BILL 2 TO

DRUM UP SUPPORT.

WE'VE SEEN NO

LEADERSHIP FROM OUR

GOVERNOR ON THIS ISSUE.

HE HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON

THIS BAD LAW AS OUR STATE

HAS TAKEN HIT AFTER HIT.

IT IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN

OUR MORAL FABRIC, AND IT

DESERVES DEBATE AND

DESERVES DISCUSSION, BUT

THERE IS EVEN A LOT OF

PRESSURE ON CORPORATIONS.

Reporter: APPLE AND

PAYPAL ARE AMONG THE

CORPORATE GIANTS BACKING

OUT OF THE STATE, THOUGH

NOT ENTIRELY.

McCRORY SAYS A NUMBER

ARE STILL QUIETLY PURSUING

OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTH

CAROLINA.

AND GROUPS LIKE THE NCAA

HAVE ALSO PACKED UP THEIR

OPERATIONS.

YOU'VE GOT TO DRAW THE

LINE SOMEWHERE.

AND THE ENTERTAINMENT

WORLD IS VERY HYPOCRITICAL

ON THIS.

GEORGE CLOONEY, WHO I

LOVE'I LOVEAS AN ACTOR, AFTER HE

CRITICIZED THIS BILL, HE

WENT TO CHINA TO PROMOTE

HIS MOVIE, CHINA, WHO'S

HUMANITARIAN ISSUES ARE

HOHORRIBLE.

ONE THING I'VE TOLD A

LOT OF PEOPLE IS WE'VE GOT

TO HAVE THE SILENT

MAJORITY TO QUIT

WHISPERING.

THEY TALK TOO SOFTLY ABOUT

THEIR SUPPORT, AND THEY

NEED TO SPEAK OUT NOW.

BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING

IN AMERICA AND WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN NORTH

CAROLINA, THE ONLY PEOPLE

YOU HEAR FROM ARE THE

MEDIA.

AND THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU

HEAR FROM ARE PEOPLE TO

THE VERY FAR LEFT, WHO

DISAGREE WITH PEOPLE OF

FAITH IN MANY, MANY

ISSUES.

BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM

THE SILENT MAJORITY.

THEY'RE TOO QUIET RIGHT

NOW.

AND THEREFORE THE

IMPRESSION OF THE

INDEPENDENT VOTERS, WELL,

THE LOUD PEOPLE MUST

REPRESENT THE MAJORITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND

OUT THIS ELECTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY,

VERY INTERESTING.

Reporter: THERE IS NO

DOUBT THAT THE EYES OF THE

NATION WILL BE WATCHING

NORTH CAROLINA TO SEE IF

EVANGELICALS HAVE ENOUGH

PUNCH TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

RIGHT NOW THE THE JURY IS

STILL OUT.

IN RALEIGH, JENNA BROWDER,

CBN NEWS.

John: THANKS, JENNA.

PAT, BACK TO YOU.

Pat: THAT GOVERNOR IS

A COURAGEOUS MAN.

HE IS A WONDERFUL HUMAN

BEING.

HE HAS BEEN A VERY SUPERB

AND PUBLIC SERVANT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW

DOES THIS SUDDENLY BECOME

A NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS

ISSUE WHEN A GOVERNMENT

SAYS, LOOK, WHAT'S ON YOUR

BIRTH CERTIFICATE, THAT

SAYS WHO YOU ARE.

YOU WERE A BOY WHEN YOU

WERE BORN, AND YOU WERE A

GIRL WHEN YOU WERE BORN.

IF YOU'RE A BOY, YOU USE

THE BOYS' RESTROOM.

IF YOU'RE A GIRL, YOU USE

THE GIRLS' RESTROOM.

WHY IS THIS SUDDENLY A

DISCRIMINATORY TYPE OF

POLICY?

IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE

AGAINST ANYBODY.

THIS WHOLE IDEA OF SEXUAL

IDENTITY -- WHEN I'M NINE

OR 10 YEARS OLD, I'M GOING

TO DECLARE I'M NO LONGER A

BOY; I'M GOING TO BE A

GIRL?

THESE KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT

THEY'RE DOING.

THE IDEA THEY'RE BEING

FORCED INTO SOMETHING

BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO WEAR

DRESSES EVERY SO OFTEN --

THEY'RE IN A PROCESS AND

THEY'LL GROW INTO IT.

NORTH CAROLINA IS VERY

WISE.

WE DON'T WANT SEXUAL

PREDATORS COMING INTO THE

GIRLS' BATHROOMS TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

AND THEY'LL SAY, I'M

REALLY A GIRL, SO I WANT

TO GO IN THERE.

THIS BIG OLD,

HAIRY-CHESTED MAN.

WE DON DON'T WANT THAT.

IT IS CRAZY.

THE WHOLE THING IS NUTS.

AND THE TROUBLE IS IT HAS

BEEN INFLAMED BY RADICAL

GROUPS.

THE PEOPLE IN CHARLOTTE --

70% OF THOSE WHO WERE

ARRESTED WERE FROM OUT OF

STATE.

THEY WEREN'T FROM NORTH

CAROLINA.

THEY WERE FROM OUT OF

STATE.

THEY WERE RADICAL GROUPS

WHO BUSTED IN TO

DEMONSTRATE AND MAKE A BIG

FUSS.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IN

CHARLOTTE?

A BLACK COP SHOOTS A BLACK

MAN, WHO APPARENTLY HAD A

PISTOL IN A HOLISTER DOWN

ON HIS ANKLE.

AND THAT WAS THE BIG THING

THING.

THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT

LET'S KILL WHITE PEOPLE.

WHITE PEOPLE HAD NOTHING

TO DO WITH IT.

A BLACK OFFICER, BLACK

VICTIM, BLACK POLICE

CHIEF.

AND THE BLACK PERSON

APPARENTLY HAD A GUN.

AND FOR THAT WE'RE GOING

TO TEAR UP THE CITY.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL

ELECTION AND THE LEFT

DOESN'T WANT IT TO GO

REPUBLICAN.

THEY DON'T WANT McCRORY

TO BE RE-ELECTED.

IT IS ALL A PUT-UP JOB.

John: PAT, NOT ONLY

HAS THE NATIONAL DEBT BEEN

GROWING HERE IN THE UNITED

STATES, BUT DEBT IS ON THE

RISE AROUND THE WORLD.

TOTAL GLOBAL DEBT HAS HIT

$$152 TRILLION.

THE WORLD'S DEBT HAS MORE

THAN DOUBLED SINCE THE

BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.

AND THE I.M.F. WARNS THAT

THE AMOUNT OF DEBT COULD

RISE EVEN HIGHER IN THE

YEARS AHEAD.

POINTING OUT DEBT IS HIGH

NOT ONLY IN MAJOR

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AND

IN EMERGING COUNTRIES,

LIKE CHINA AND BRAZIL.

THOSE FIGURES ARE

STAGGERING.

Pat: IT IS

STAGGERING.

AND THERE IS NO ENGINE TO

PULL IT OUT.

THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT OR

COUNTRY BIG ENOUGH TO

HANDLE ALL OF THIS.

IT USED TO BE THE U.S.

COULD DO IT, MAYBE THE

U.S. AND BRITAIN COULD DO

IT, BUT NO LONGER.

THERE IS NO UNIT OF

GOVERNMENT THAT CAN DO

THAT.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING BAD

THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN,

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE

GLOBAL WARMING.

IT WILL BE A FINANCIAL

COLLAPSE.

$152 TRILLION, AND WE'RE

ADDING DEBT AS FAST AS WE

CAN ADD IT.

ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES ARE

IN DEBT.

THE UNITED STATES IS IN

DEBT UP TO ITS EARS.

AND SO IS EUROPE.

LOOK AT COUNTRIES LIKE

GREECE AND PORTUGAL AND

SPAIN IN ITALY, AND ON

DOWN THE LINE, THEY'RE

DROWNING IN DEBT.

AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

WELL, ONE OF THESE DAYS IT

IS GOING TO BE TERRIBLY

PAINFUL FOR A PERIOD OF

TIME.

YOU NEED TO GET USED TO

IT.

> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I HAVE SAID A LONG TIME

AGO THAT GOD WANTS US TO

LIVE AND PROSPER AND BE IN

HEALTH AND GROW INTO OLD

AGE.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS IN THE

BIBLE.

WELL, JOHN HAS SOME HEALTH

NEWS FOR US.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT.

THE QUESTION IS JUST HOW

LONG CAN PEOPLE LIVE?

A NEW STUDY PLIRBLED IN PUBLISHED IN

THE JOURNAL NATURE SAYS

THERE COULD BE A LIMIT TO

OUR LIFE SPAN.

THE OLDEST PERSON IN

MODERN TIMES LIVED TO BE

122.

SOME SPECIALISTS SAY THE

NEW STUDY DOESN'T TAKE

INTO ACCOUNT OTHER

RESEARCH, AND THEY THINK

THE HUMAN AGE LIMIT CAN

EVENTUALLY BE INCREASED SO

THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE EVEN

LONGER.

STILL, OTHERS QUESTION

THAT AND SOME EXPERTS SAY

THAT AT LEAST FOR NOW,

PEOPLE SHOULD FOCUS ON

EATING BETTER AND

EXERCISING SO THEY CAN

STAY HEALTHY IN THEIR

TWILIGHT YEARS.

PAT, IF I REMEMBER

CORRECTLY, DIDN'T YOU SAY

SOMETHING ABOUT LIVING TO

BE 120 SOMETHING YEARS

OLD?

Pat: THAT'S WHAT GOD

TOLD NOAH AFTER THE FLOOD.

HE SEHE SAID THE LIFE SPAN OF

MAN IS 120 YEARS.

UP UNTIL THAT TIME, THEY

WERE LIVING 700 YEARS OR

MORE.

AFTER THE FLOOD, HE SAID,

OKAY, YOUR LIFESTYLE IS

120.

YOU'VE GOT GUYS LIKE

MOSES, WHO LIVED ABOUT 120

OR SO.

JOSHUA LIVED 110.

AND SO THAT'S OKAY.

Terry: I THINK THE

KEY TO THAT IS, IF YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE LONG VITAL, LONGEVITY,

YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE IN

GOOD HEALTH.

Pat: ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Terry: FOR EVERYONE

THERE IS AN APPOINTED

TIME.

I'M GOING AT MY APPOINTED

TIME.

Pat: YOU CAN CHANGE

YOUR APPOINTED TIME IF YOU

CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

MY WIFE SAYS, HONEY, I

DON'T WANT TO LIVE THAT

LONG BECAUSE ALL OF MY

FRIENDS WILL BE DEAD.

I SAID, GET YOUNGER

FRIENDS.

Terry: YOU'RE NOT

GIVING IN.

Pat: NOPE.

Terry: COMING UP, IT

IS TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS

BUT HAS FEWER ROADS THAN

RHODE ISLAND.

COMING TO ALASKA, IT IS

LIKE GOING TO A FOREIGN

COUNTRY.

IT TAKES TWO DAYS OF

TRAVEL, OFTEN, TO GET TO

THE VILLAGES.

AND THEY KEEP THEIR OWN

LANGUAGE.

Terry: WE'LL EXPLORE

THE CHALLENGES THAT

MISSIONARIES FACE IN

REMOTE VILLAGES IN ALASKA,

AND SEE WHAT IS BEING

DONE, AFTER THIS.

Pat: WE'VE GOT A LADY

REPORTER ON OUR STAFF WHO

HAS GONE TO THE WILDERNESS

TO DO A STORY FOR YOU.

I'M TALKING ABOUT

HARDSHIP.

BUT WE GO WHEREVER THE

WORD IS TAKING US SO THAT

WE CAN BRING YOU THESE

STORIES.

AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE

U.S., EVEN ABROAD, ARE

ANSWERING THE CALL TO THE

MISSION FIELD.

AND THAT MISSION FIELD IS

A PLACE YOU MIGHT NEVER

THINK OF.

ALASKA.

ON TO ALASKA -- THE MOVE

IS ON, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE THE LOWER 48.

AND THAT'S 49.

AND I GUESS HAWAII IS 50.

IT IS NOT AN EASY

ASSIGNMENT, BUT AS CAITLIN

BURKE REPORTS, ONE

MINISTRY IS STEPPING UP TO

SUPPORT THOSE IN WHAT IS

KNOWN AS THE LAST

FRONTIER.

Reporter: ALASKA IS

BY FAR THE LARGEST STATE

IN THE NATION.

AND MUCH OF IT IS LAND

WHERE NO ONE CAN LIVE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A

STATE THAT IS MORE TWICE

THE SIZE OF TEXAS THAT HAS

FEWER ROADS THAN THE

SMALLEST STATE IN THE

COUNTRY.

Reporter: THERE ARE

NEARLY 225 REMOTE VILLAGES

HERE, ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY

BOAT.

ALTHOUGH MISSIONARIES AND

CHURCH PLANNERS FIRST

TRAVELLED TO ALASKA IN THE

LATE 1800s, FEW CHURCHES

EXIST TODAY.

AS A RESULT, INTERNATIONAL

CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS

CONTINUE TO SEND

MISSIONARIES TO REACH

PEOPLE IN THESE REMOTE

AREAS.

COMING TO ALASKA IS

LIKE GOING TO A FOREIGN

COUNTRY.

IT TAKES TWO DAYS OF

TRAVEL, OFTEN, TO GET OUT

TO THE VILLAGES.

AND YOU GET THERE, AND

THEY KEEP THEIR OWN

LANGUAGE.

IT IS LIKE BEING IN

ANOTHER COUNTRY.

Reporter:

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE

MISSIONARIES ARE OFTEN

UNPREPARED, UNDERSUPPORTED

AND OVERWHELMED BY THE

CHALLENGES OF LIVING IN

REMOTE ALASKA.

THEY COME TRAINED FOR

THAT, THAT POSITION, BUT

WHAT THEY'RE NOT PREPARED

FOR IS THE ISOLATION.

Reporter: MIKE AND

RENATA WORK WITH ARTIC

BARNABAS, A MINISTRY WHO

STEPS IN AND CARES FOR

THOSE WHO COME TO SHARE

THE GOSPEL.

OUR MISSION IN TWO

WORDS IS STRENGTHEN AND

ENCOURAGE.

WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN AND

ENCOURAGE THOSE PASTORS

AND MISSIONARIES AND

MINISTRY FAMILIES THAT ARE

OUT IN THE REMOTE VILLAGES

SO THAT THEY CAN BE

EFFECTIVE DISCIPLERS ON

THE FRONT LINES.

Reporter: THEY OFFER

VITAL SUPPORT AND

ENCOURAGEMENT, AND HAVE

THE MEANS TO REACH THESE

MISSIONARIES IN EVEN THE

MOST REMOTE VILLAGES.

OUR GOAL IS TO COME

ALONGSIDE THEM, STRENGTHEN

THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM, HAVE

FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM.

BUT SOMETIMES OUR FOOT IN

THE DOOR IS A PROJECT OF

HELPING THEM WITH

SOMETHING.

Reporter: IN THIS

VILLAGE, AN INDIGENOUS

PASTOR WILL LEAD THE

CHURCH, BUT NOT UNTIL THEY

RECEIVE THE MUCH-NEEDED

RENOVATIONS.

THIS FLOOR IS LIFTING

HERE.

Reporter: CHURCH

ELDERS CALLED ARTIC

BARNABAS.

A TEAM WORKED WITH THE

ELDERS TO IDENTIFY THE

REPAIRS NEEDED, ADDRESSING

MOLD, POOR INSULATION AND

OTHER ISSUES CAUSED BY THE

EXTREME WEATHER IN THE

BUSH.

HOW DO YOU FOCUS ON

DOING MINISTRY WHEN LIVING

CONDITIONS ARE YOUR

PRIMARY FOCUS?

YOU CAN'T DO IT.

Reporter: ED AND HIS

WIFE, BARB, MOVED THERE

FOUR YEARS AGO TO WORK

WITH THE ALASKA BIBLE

SEMINARY.

AFTER VISITING IN 2006,

THEY THOUGHT THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE NATIVE

CULTURE.

BUT LIVING THERE IS A

BIGGER CHALLENGE THAN

EXPECTED.

IT IS HARD TO -- MY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ALL

YUPIK, AND THEY SHIFT TO

ENGLISH WHEN THEY NEED

INFORMATION FROM ME OR

WE'RE IN A DIALOGUE BACK

AND FORTH.

BUT THEIR DISCUSSION IS IN

YUPIK.

FOR ME, ASIDE FROM

MISSING MY FAMILY, IT'S

THE INABILITY SOMETIMES TO

GET WHAT I NEED.

Reporter: FOR ED AND

BARB, ENCOURAGEMENT FROM

ARTIC BARNABAS, WHETHER IT

IS A CARD OR A SURPRISE

DELIVERY MATTERED MOST.

THE WATERMELON STORY IS

PRETTY SPECIAL.

IT WAS KIND OF AN ASIDE

THAT WE MADE A COMMENT TO

MIKE HOW MUCH WE MISS

THAT.

Reporter: IN BETHEL,

A WATERMELON COULD COST

$50, A PRICE THEY COULDN'T

JUSTIFY.

MICHAEL ANSWERED THE NEED.

IT SHOWS THAT WHEN

WE'RE TALKING AND SHARING,

THEY ARE LISTENING.

Reporter: AND ARTIC

BARNABAS ALSO SENDS OUT A

BUSINESS LETTER, A

NEWSLETTER AND HOSTS

RETREATS.

AND THEY BUILT A NEW HOME

WITH ENOUGH SPACE FOR

MISSIONARY FAMILIES TO

COME AND STAY, IF THEY'RE

OVERCOMING A MEDICAL

PROCEDURE OR JUST NEED

TIME TO RECONNECT.

PASTORS AND THEIR FAMILIES

NOT ONLY SURVIVE, BUT

THRIVE IN ALASKA'S REMOTE

VILLAGES.

AND AS THEY THRIVE, SO

DOES THE CHURCH.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

KENAI, ALASKA.

Pat: WHO WOULD HAVE

THOUGHT THAT PART OF

AMERICA IS A MISSION

FIELD.

GOOD FOR YOU, CAITLIN.

Terry: FOR ME, IT WAS

HAVING IT BE LIGHT DAY AND

NIGHT AND THEN DARK DAY

AND NIGHT THAT WOULD BE

CHALLENGING.

Pat: ONLY THE HEARTY

CAN SURVIVE.

Terry: UP NEXT,

INSIDE EDITION'S MEGAN

ALEXANDER JOINS US LIVE.

HEAR WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE

IT IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND

HEAR HOW SHE DOES IT ALL

KEEPING HER FAITH.

Terry: WELL, HER

DREAMS TO BE ON AIR

STARTED WHEN SHE WAS JUST

FIVE YEARS OLD, ON A

SCHOOL TRIP TO A RADAR RADIO

STATION.

MEGAN ALEXANDER WALKED UP

TO THE MIC, INTRODUCED

HERSELF, AND A STAR WAS

BORN.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter.SHE REPORTS FROM NFL

SIDELINES, RIDES ON

ELEPHANTS, AND HANGS OUT

WITH THE ORANGUTANS.

SHE IS MEGAN ALEXANDER.

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS SHE

HAS BUILT A CAREER IN AN

INDUSTRY THAT OFTENTIMES

CONFLICTS WITH CHRISTIAN

VALUES.

IN HER BOOK "FAITH IN THE

SPOTLIGHT," MEGAN SHARES

WHY SHE CHOSE A JOB IN

TELEVISION AND GIVES

EXAMPLES OF HOW AND WHY

BELIEVERS SHOULD LEAD IN

THE WORKPLACE.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB."

MEGAN ALEXANDER.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

Terry: TALK A LITTLE

ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD, IF

YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU

REALLY WERE DRAWN TO LEAD

ROLES IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND

ALL OF THAT WHEN YOU WERE

REALLY YOUNG.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

CONTRIBUTED TO THAT?

I ALWAYS LOVED TO KIND

OF ENTERTAIN AND JUST BEEN

GOOFY AND SILLY.

AND I HAD PARENTS WHO

ENCOURAGED ME TO GET

INVOLVED IN THE

ACTIVITIES, A VEARL VARIETY OF

ACTIVITIES.

I GOT INVOLVED IN SPORTS

AND I TRIED OUT FOR THE

SCHOOL PLAY.

I ENCOURAGE ANY PARENTS

WHO ASK ME, WHAT SHOULD MY

CHILD BE INVOLVED?

MAKE IT WELL-ROUNDED.

I DID SORT OF BITE THE BUG

IN A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS,

WHERE I SAID, I LOVE

TELLING STORIES, I LOVE

PERFORMING, AND I THINK I

WOULD LIKE TO TRY THIS TV

THING.

Terry: AT THE SAME

TIME, YOU REALLY CAME TO

CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE, AND

REITERATED THAT COMMITMENT

AGAIN AT A YOUNG AGE.

SO HOW HAS YOUR FAITH

IMPACTED YOUR CAREER?

I HAD A REALLY NEAT

CONVERSATION IN HIGH

SCHOOL, WITH A FRIEND OF

MINE WHO'S FATHER WAS A

PASTOR.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR

CAREER GOALS AND DREAMS.

I SORT OF APOLOGIZED WHEN

I SAID, HEY, I'M THINKING

ABOUT GOING INTO

TELEVISION, SECULAR

TELEVISION.

IT IS NOT A PASTOR OR A

DOCTOR.

AND THAT PASTOR SAID TO

ME, MEGAN, EVERY JOB IS A

MISSION FIELD.

THAT WAS AN EMPOWERING

MOMENT FOR ME.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITH, TO

LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH.

Terry: THE ROLE

YOU'RE IN NOW, ESPECIALLY

WITH "INSIDE EDITION,"

YOU'RE IN GLAMOROUS

SETTINGS WITH GLAMOROUS

PEOPLE -- DO YOU EVER FEEL

INSECURE YOURSELF IN ALL

OF THAT?

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE ALL HUMAN.

WHEN YOU'RE ON THE RED

CARPET, YOU COMPARE

YOURSELF TO THESE

CELEBRITIES AND THEY HAVE

A HAIR AND MAKEUP TEAM.

I WANT TO LIFT THE VEIL

WITH THIS BOOK AND REMIND,

ESPECIALLY YOUNG WOMEN,

THOSE PHOTOS ARE

AIR-BRUSHED.

WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE

REAL IMAGE.

THERE IS A PICTURE OF MISS

UNIVERSE, AND I COVERED

THE SUPER BOWL WITH HER,

AND REALLY GOT TO KNOW HER

AND SHE HAS BAD HAIR DAYS

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

WHEN THEY GAVE ME THAT

ASSIGNMENT, I HAD JUST HAD

A BABY AND I THOUGHT, OH,

GREAT, I'M GOING TO COVER

THE SUPER BOWL WITH THE

MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE

WORLD.

BUT GOD CAN USE EVERYBODY.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HAVE

SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

GET THAT GIG, YOU DON'T

HAVE THAT LOOK, BUT THEN

THE CASTING DIRECTOR SAID

TO ME, I LIKE YOU BECAUSE

YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK.

SO YOU'RE MADE EXACTLY HOW

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

I WANT BELIEVERS TO GET IN

THE ARENA AND TRY.

Terry: SO WHEN THOSE

MOMENTS COME, LIKE I'M

SURE YOU FELT WHEN YOU

JUST HAD A BABY AND YOU'RE

WITH THIS VERY THIN GAL,

WHERE DO YOU GO IN YOUR

HEAD AND YOUR HEART?

YOU NEED TO REMEMBER

WHO YOU'RE LIVING FOR AND

WHO YOU ARE.

I HAD A WONDERFUL

LEADERSHIP CLASS IN

COLLEGE THAT SAID, WRITE

OOUT WHO YOU ARE LIVING

FOR, WHAT OR YOUR BLACKS

AND WHITES, AND WHAT CAN

YOU COMPROMISE ON?

YOU NEED TO TAKE IT DAY BY

DAY.

Terry: THIS IS ALSO

NOT AN INDUSTRY THAT IS

KNOWN FOR CONSERVATIVE

VALUES, WHICH, YOU KNOW,

WHEN YOU WALK WITH THE

LORD, PRETTY MUCH

CONSERVATIVEVISM IS PART

OF YOUR LIFE.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?

BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE

HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS THAT

YOU'VE BEEN CONFRONTED

WERWITH THAT CHALLENGE YOU.

I REALLY ENJOY

EVERYBODY THAT I WORK WITH

IN ALL OF MY JOBS.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET

IN THERE AND MAKE FRIENDS

AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

FIRST BE KNOWN FOR

EXCELLENT WORK, TOO.

DO YOUR JOB WELL.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ME IN MY

LIFE, IT WILL BE TIMES

WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PROUD

OF WHO YOU ARE IN

CONVERSATION.

CONVERSATIONS.

IT IS NOT US VERSUS THEM.

IT IS OKAY FOR YOU TO

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND

FOR THEM TO SHARE THEIRS.

Terry: YOU'VE GOT A

WONDERFUL HUSBAND.

BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

I DO.

Terry: HOW DO YOU

BALANCE IT ALL?

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE

YOUR LIFE IS A LITTLE

CRAZY.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING

AS BALANCE IN MY LIFE.

SOME DAYS IT IS ALL WORK.

AND SOME DAYS IT IS ALL

FAMILY.

PEOPLE NEED TO FIND OUT

WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM.

MY HEART IS WITH THE YOUNG

PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE

A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS WHERE

BOTH PARENTS WORK.

THAT'S OKAY.

DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU,

YOUNG LADIES.

GO FOR YOUR GOALS AND

DREAMS.

FORGET THAT WORD

"BALANCE."

IT DOESN'T EXIST.

DO THE BEST YOU CAN AND

WORK IT OUT YOURSELF.

Terry: ONE OF THE

WAYS YOU WALKED THIS OUT

IN YOUR LIFE WAS IN YOUR

STAND FOR PURITY.

YES.

Terry: YOU TOOK A

PUBLIC STAND FOR THAT.

I SEE YOU REALLY PUTTING

YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU TALK

IS.

WHAT ABOUT THE BOOK?

"FAITH IN THE SPOTLIGHT,"

WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO

TAKE AWAY FROM IT?

THE BOOK CAME ABOUT

FROM AN E-MAIL I RECEIVED

FROM A PASTOR IN SEATTLE.

HE SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF

WOMEN WHO ARE WORRIED THEY

WILL HAVE TO COMPROMISE

THEIR FAITH TO GET AHEAD.

AND HE SAID, WOULD YOU

LOVE TO TALK TO THEM?

I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO

TALK TO THEM, AND I'M

GOING TO TAKE A STEP

FURTHER AND WRITE A BOOK.

AND AS FAR AS ABSTINENCE,

IT WAS A PERSONAL CHOICE,

BUT SOMETIMES PERSONAL

CHOICES ARE OUR PLATFORM.

I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO

KNOW ABSTINENCE IS STILL A

CHOICE.

IT WORKED FOR ME.

IT CAN WORK FOR YOU.

AND MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH

SAID, IF IT ENCOURAGES ONE

PERSON, IT IS WORTH IT.

IT IS NOT ALWAYS A BIG

AUDIENCE.

IT CAN BE A ONE-ON-ONE

CONVERSATION.

Terry: SOMETIMES

PEOPLE JUST NEED

ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO WHAT

THEY KNOW IS RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT

THE BOOK IS A WONDERFUL

READ.

IT IS GREATLY ENCOURAGING

FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET

INTO VARIOUS AREAS OF

BUSINESS AND JUST WANT TO

BE ENCOURAGED ABOUT YOUR

FAITH.

IT IS CALLED "FAITH IN THE

SPOT LOT."

TODAY ON OUR Facebook

PAGE, YOU CAN WATCH A

BEHIND-THE-SCENES

INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN.

THIS IS THE BOOK.

A BEAUTIFUL COVER.

YOU WANT TO GET AHOLD AND

READ IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Terry: STILL AHEAD, A

WORSHIP DANCER WHO STARTS

TO LOSE SOME OF HER

AGILITY.

WHEN I WOULD GO TO

KNEEL, IT WOULD BE

EXTREMELY PAINFUL.

Terry: SEE HOW SHE

GETS A SUPER NATURAL

ANSWER TO HER QUESTION,

AND THAT'S COMING UP.

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

PASTOR SAEED ABEDINI AND

HIS WIFE, NAGHMEH, HAVE

ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

THAT THEY'RE GETTING A

DIVORCE.

PASTOR SAEED WAS ONE OF

FIVE AMERICANS RELEASED

FROM AN IRANIAN PRISON IN

JANUARY.

HE WAS JAILED FOR SHARING

HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH WITH

MUSLIMS IN IRAN.

INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR

TROUBLE IN THEIR MARRIAGE

SURFACED NOT LONG BEFORE

HE WAS RELEASED FROM

PRISON.

HIS WIFE SAID SAEED

REJECTED COUNSELLING FOR

ANGER AND ABUSE AND FILED

FOR DIVORCE.

HE SAYS HIS DIVORCE FROM

HIS WIFE WILL NOT DIMINISH

HIS GOAL TO PREACH THE

GOSPEL TO MUSLIMS AROUND

THE WORLD.

BOTH ARE ASKING FOR

PRAYER.

> WELL, TODAY MORE THAN

300,000 STUDENTS WILL BE

BRINGING THEIR BIBLES TO

SCHOOL.

IT IS AN EVENT CALLED

"BRING YOUR BIBLE TO

SCHOOL" DAY.

IT IS BACKED BY "FOCUS ON

THE FAMILY" AND ALLIANCE

DEFENDING FREEDOM.

"FOCUS ON THE FAMILY" SAYS

THE PURPOSE IS TO EMPOWER

STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR

FAITH IN A RESPECTFUL WAY

THAT SHOWS THE LOVE OF

CHRIST.

CHRISTIAN YOUTH GROUPS

WILL BE LEADING THAT

EVENT.

> 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.

Pat: YOU'RE WATCHING

"THE 700 CLUB."

AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE

YOU WITH US.

REMEMBER, WE HAVE

TELEPHONES ALL THE TIME --

ALL OF THE TIME THIS

PROGRAM IS ON THE AIR, WE

HAVE TELEPHONES.

IF YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL

NEED, THERE IS SOMEBODY

HERE ALL OF THE TIME.

AND IT IS EASY,

1-800-700-7000.

IT IS EASY TO REMEMBER.

WELL, TERESA GARDENER

IS THE DIRECTOR OF A

WORSHIP DANCE MINISTRY.

AND TERESA HAS BEEN

DANCING HERSELF FOR 30

YEARS.

BUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO,

SHE WORRIED THAT HER

DANCING DAYS MIGHT SOON BE

OVER.

I REMEMBER GETTING

SPANKED BECAUSE I DID NOT

WANT TO GO TO THE BALLET

CLASS.

AND LATER IN HIGH SCHOOL I

WANTED TO LEARN TO DANCE.

SO I TOOK A MODERN CLASS.

I WAS SO BAD, I DROPPED

OUT.

Reporter: TERESA

GARDENER ADMITS THAT HER

PIROETS WERE NOT SO GOOD.

BUT SHE HAS MORE THAN MADE

UP FOR THAT.

SHE IS NOW THE DIRECTOR OF

A WORLDWIDE DANCE

MINISTRY.

ONE DAY AT THE END OF A

SERVICE, DANCE BURST

FORTH.

FROM THAT POINT ON, DANCE

JUST BECAME A NATURAL

EXPRESSION OF MY LOVE AND

WORSHIP TO THE LORD.

Reporter: FOR 30

YEARS, TERESA'S LOVE TO

WORSHIP GOD THROUGH DANCE

HASN'T WANED.

WHAT HAS DIMINISHED IS HER

PHYSICAL ABILITY TO DO IT.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHE

NOTICED SOME TROUBLING

SYMPTOMS.

I HAD NOTICED THAT, YOU

KNOW, I WASN'T ABLE TO DO

THINGS AS EASILY AS I HAD

BEEN BEFORE.

LIKE KNEELING BEFORE THE

LORD.

I JUST NOTICED IT WAS A

LOT HARDER FOR ME TO GET

UP.

SOMETHING WASN'T

CONNECTING LIKE IT WAS

SUPPOSED TO CONNECT.

Reporter: WHEN HER

SYMPTOMS WORSENED, TERESA

BECAME CONCERNED.

AND WHEN I WOULD GO TO

KNEEL, IT WOULD BE

EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL.

AND THAT'S THE THING I

REALLY DIDN'T LIKE.

LORD, ARE MY KNEELING DAYS

OVER?

I DON'T WANT TO NOT BE

ABLE TO KNEEL BEFORE YOU

BECAUSE IT IS A SIGN, TO

ME, OF SURRENDER.

Reporter: TERESA SAID

SHE SLOWLY BECAME RESIGNED

TO HER PHYSICAL

LIMITATION.

I JUST THOUGHT, I'M

GETTING OLDER.

Reporter: THEN ONE

MORNING TERESA TURNED ON

THE TELEVISION.

I WAS WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB," AND GORDON SAID --

Gordon: SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE

LIGAMENTS IN YOUR RIGHT

KNEE.

THEY HAVE BEEN STRETCHED

AND ONE HAS BEEN TORN AND

YOU'RE IN SEVERE PAIN.

GOD IS HEALING THAT.

HE IS ABLE TO RESTORE.

HE IS ABLE TO COMPLETELY

HEAL.

IN JESUS' NAME, DO WHAT

YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE.

BEGIN TO MOVE THAT KNEE --

I WAS PRAYING ALREADY,

BUT WHEN HE SAID RIGHT

KNEE, I THOUGHT, COULD

THAT BE ME?

WHEN HE SAID THAT ABOUT

THE TORN LIGAMENT, I HAD

NO IDEA I HAD A TORN

LIGAMENT.

ISN'T GOD GOOD.

I-GET UI GET UP AND A STAND UP

AND I THOUGHT, THIS FEELS

GOOD.

BUT I THOUGHT, THE REAL

KEY WOULD BE IS WHEN I

KNEEL DOWN.

AND WHEN I KNELT, THERE

WAS NO PAIN.

I WAS ESTATIC.

I WAS JUST SO THANKFUL.

I GOT UP AND I KNELT DOWN

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST

WANTING TO MAKE SURE.

I CAN KNEEL NOW.

I WAS SO EXCITED.

AND SO I JUST GIVE THE

GLORY TO THE LORD.

Reporter: TODAY

TERESA IS STILL PAIN-FREE,

AND SHE IS ABLE TO TEACH

SIX WORSHIP DANCE CLASSES

A WEEK.

HE CARES ABOUT THE

LITTLE THINGS.

YES, I'M GETTING OLDER.

YES, I'M SLOWER.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT HE DIDN'T LEAVE ME IN

THE CONDITION THAT WAS IN.

WHEREAS I WAS WILLING TO

SETTLE, HE WAS, LIKE, NO,

I WANT YOU TO BE HEALED.

Pat: WHAT AN AMAZING

STORY.

Terry: YEAH.

Pat: GOD KNOWS

TERESA.

WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT.

Terry: THIS IS SAMMY,

AND SAMMY LIVES IN RURAL

RETREAT, VIRGINIA.

HE WAS EXPERIENCING

UNCONTROLLABLE JERKING AND

SHAKING IN HIS ARMS, AND

HE WOULD LOSE HIS GRIP ON

A STEERING WHEEL.

HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT

HE WAS STILL HAVING SPASMS

WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM THE

HOSPITAL.

LAST AUGUST, PAT, YOU HAD

THIS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:

"SOMEBODY IS HAVING

TREMORS.

IT IS NOT PARKINSON'S, BUT

IT IS LIKE SOME KIND OF

SHAKING.

GOD HAS, RIGHT NOW, JUST

HIT YOU.

AND THAT SHAKING HAS

COMPLETELY STOPPED NOW."

SAMMY RECEIVED THE WORD

FOR HIMSELF AND WAS

HEALED.

PRAISE THE LORD.

Pat: LET'S PRAY RIGHT

NOW, FOLKS.

I'M AMAZED AT GOD.

I WAS READING THE 81st

PSALM TODAY, EARLIER, AND

IT SAYS, "OPEN YOUR MOUTH

WIDE AND I WILL FILL IT."

IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS

SAYING, AS MUCH CAPACITY

AS YOU HAVE, I CAN

SATISFY.

AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO

OFFER THE CAPACITY.

SO WHAT IS YOUR NEED?

WHAT IS YOUR NEED?

AND IT'S WHAT GOD TOLD

SOLOMON, WHAT DO YOU WANT

ME TO DO?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT?

SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING

TO JOIN HANDS AND WE'RE

GOING TO BELIEVE GOD FOR

YOU.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT

WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

FATHER, I JOIN HANDS WITH

MY SISTER IN CHRIST.

AND WE PRAY TOGETHER FOR

THOSE IN THIS AUDIENCE --

WHATEVER THEIR NEED IS,

YOU SAID, OPEN YOUR MOUTH

WIDE AND I WILL FILL THEM.

LORD, IS IT MONEY THAT

PEOPLE NEED?

WHETHER IN THOUSANDS OR

MILLIONS, WHATEVER IT IS.

IS THERE A MINISTRY OR A

BUSINESS THAT NEEDS A

LARGE SUM OF MONEY?

GOD IS SUPPLYING IT.

THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS

GOT A TERRIBLE CHEST PAIN.

IT IS LIKE SOMETHING IS IN

YOUR LUNGS, SOME KIND OF A

FUNGUS OR GROWTH.

GOD IS HEALING THAT RIGHT

NOW.

JUST COUGH AND IT WILL BE

UP.

Terry: THERE IS A

COUPLE, YOU'VE BEEN

LONGING TO BE ABLE TO

CONCEIVE A CHILD.

BUT YOU'VE HAD A NUMBER OF

FAILURES.

IT HAS ALMOST MADE YOU

AFRAID TO TRY AGAIN.

JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS UP

AND RECEIVE IT.

Pat: THERE IS A WOMAN

WHO HAS LUPUS AND YOU'VE

GOT SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS AND

RASHES AND GROWTH.

GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT

NOW.

YOU'RE BEING HEALED, THE

LUPUS IS GOING AWAY.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

Terry: AND THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT RASHES AND

GROWTH, AND IT IS ALL OVER

YOUR FEET.

YOU CAN'T WEAR SHOES.

IT IS UNSIGHTLY.

GOD IS GOING TO HEAL IT

FOR YOU.

IT'S GOING TO JUST GO

AWAY.

Pat: IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, RECEIVE IT,

WHEREVER YOU ARE.

OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND I

WILL FILL IT.

TERRY?

Terry: WE'RE

APPROACHING THE HOME

STRETCH OF OUR "PRAY FOR

AMERICA" CAMPAIGN.

MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE

HAVE PLEDGED TO PRAY FOR

OUR COUNTRY.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE

IS STILL TIME TO JOIN US.

THE NUMBER IS

1-800-700-7000.

OR LOG ON TO

prayforAmerica.com.

JUST SIGN UP AND SAY

YOU'RE PRAYING WITH US.

THAT'S STAND TOGETHER IN

THAT.

COMING UP, A MARRIED

COUPLE STRUGGLES WITH THE

STRESS OF LIFE IN THE

MILITARY.

EVERY MILITARY WIFE

SPENDS A LOT OF TIME

THINKING WHAT IS GOING TO

HAPPEN IF THEY GET THAT

KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

WHEN YOU GET HOME,

THERE IS A LOT OF

STRESSORS.

Terry: WATCH HOW THIS

MILITARY FAMILY GETS A

HELPING HAND FROM "HELPING

THE HOMEFRONT."

Pat: THERE IS A CBN

PROGRAM CALLED "HELPING

THE HOMEFRONT."

THERE ARE MEN AND WOMEN IN

THE SERVICE WHO HAVE GIVEN

THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR

COUNTRY AND THEY NEED

HELP.

THEY GET BACK, THEY DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

THEY'VE GOT MOVING

TROUBLES.

WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT.

AND WE WANT TO TAKE ITEM

BY ITEM, FAMILY AFTER

FAMILY, AND WE WANT TO

HELP THEM.

AFTER 14 YEARS IN THE

MIRACLTHEMILITARY, THREE COMBAT

MISSIONS, KENT IS LOOKING

FOR TO HANGING UP HIS

BOOTS FOR GOOD.

BUT WITH BILLS PILING UP,

HIS TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN

LIFE WON'T BE EASY.

THAT'S WHY OUR "HELPING

THE HOMEFRONT" IS GIVING

KENT AND HIS FAMILY A

HAND-UP.

Reporter: KENT HAS

SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY

FOR 14 YEARS, INCLUDING

THREE COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS.

HIS WIFE, SARAH, KNOWS

WHAT HE HAS SACRIFICED TO

SERVE OUR COUNTRY.

I'M SO PROUD OF HIM

BECAUSE IT HAS LET ME SEE

A SIDE OF HIM I DON'T

THINK I WOULD HAVE SEEN.

HE IS THE HARDEST WORKING

PERSON I'VE EVER MET.

IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL

THAT GOD HAS PUT ME WITH

THE RIGHT PERSON.

Reporter: THOSE

DEPLOYMENTS WEIGHED

HEAVILY ON THE WHOLE

FAMILY.

I THINK EVERY MILITARY

SPOUSE SPENDS A LOT OF

TIME THINKING ABOUT WHAT

IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU

GET THAT KNOCK ON THE

DOOR.

WHEN YOU GET HOME,

THERE IS A LOT OF

STRESSORS.

IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET

USED TO BEING A CIVILIAN

AGAIN.

Reporter: KENT WILL

SOON RETIRE FROM THE ARMY.

WHILE THEY LOOK FORWARD TO

MORE TIME TOGETHER,

THEY'VE ALSO BEEN HIT WITH

MANY LARGER FINANCIAL

SETBACKS.

A MAJOR ONE IS THEIR VAN,

WHICH WOULD COST MORE TO

REPAIR THAN IT'S WORTH.

WE DON'T GO VERY FAR

BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF

THESE DAYS IT IS GOING TO

GO AND WE'LL BE ON THE

SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE

KIDS IN THE HOT KENTUCKY

SUN.

I'M VERY CONCERNED,

VERY CONCERNED.

SOMETHING I STRESS ABOUT.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

GOES TO EMMANUEL CHURCH.

THE PASTOR TOLD THE FAMILY

WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DO.

THE FRIENDS AT CBN HAVE

WANTED TO COME ALONGSIDE

YOU AND ASSIST YOU.

Reporter: "HELPING

THE HOMEFRONT" GAVE KENT

AND SARAH $10,000 TO PAY

OFF THEIR OLD VAN AND HELP

PURCHASE A RELIABLE NEW

ONE.

IN ADDITION...

THEY WANT TO TAKE YOU

AND THE CHILDREN TO SEARS.

AND THEY HAVE $1,000 THAT

THEY --

WOW!

-- WANT TO USE TO

ASSIST YOU TO GET SOME NEW

CLOTHING FOR THE CHILDREN.

Reporter: THAT DAY WE

TOOK THEM SHOPPING.

THE KIDS LOVED PICKING OUT

NEW CLOTHES.

I AM SO HUMBLED AND

GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS

HAVE DONE FOR US, FOR MY

FAMILY.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

IT IS A SHOCKER.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE

PRAYED ABOUT FOR MONTHS.

THIS HAS SET US ON THE

COURSE WHERE WE'RE GOING

TO BE OKAY.

Pat: IT IS L-O-V-E,

LOVE.

WE LOVE PEOPLE AND THAT'S

AN EVIDENCE OF OUR LOVE.

Terry: ONE OF THE

THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO

WHEN PEOPLE HELP US IS TO

SEND THEM A GIFT -- YOU

TELL THEM ABOUT THAT.

Pat: AMY WASSERBURG

IS SO CREATIVE.

SHE SAID, I WANT YOU TO

READ THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

AND HAVE IT AS A SPECIAL

PREMIUM.

AND SO WE SET UP SEVERAL

DAYS WHERE I WAS IN THE

AUDIO ROOM AND JUST

SEEKING -- THE BIBLE WAS

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND

WE WERE READING CHAPTER

AFTER CHAPTER.

AND, MAN, THE ANOINTING OF

THE LORD WAS SO STRONG.

IT IS SUCH A MAGNIFICENT

BOOK.

AND SHE PUT SOME GRAPHICS

ON IT, AND SHE HAS

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND ALSO

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES FOR THE

D.V.D.

SO IT IS EITHER A C.D. YOU

CAN HAVE, OR YOU CAN HAVE

A D.V.D., DEPENDING ON THE

LEVEL OF GIVING.

IF YOU JOIN "THE 700

CLUB," WE WANT TO GIVE

THIS TO YOU.

IT'S TREMENDOUS.

I SAY IT -- I DIDN'T WRITE

THE BOOK.

Terry: YOU CAN SAY

IT.

Pat: SO I CAN BRAG ON

IT.

IT IS MAGNIFICENT, THE

GOSPEL OF JOHN.

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE

WORD.

Terry: I WANT TO

SHARE WITH YOU WHERE ALMA

FROM TENNESSEE SAID.

SHE SAID, "WE LOVE THE

GOSPEL OF JOHN.

I PLAY IT DURING OUR

74-MILE TRIP TO THE V.A.

HOSPITAL AND BACK.

MY HUSBAND HAS PTSD, AND

IT HELPS HIM TO BE MORE AT

PEACE."

I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT

WOULD HAPPEN.

THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE IN

THE WORLD, AND IF YOU'RE

STRUGGLING EMOTIONALLY

WITH ANYTHING --

Pat: THIS IS THERE

FOR YOU, THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN.

FOR THOSE WHO GIVE AT

LEAST $20 A MONTH AND JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

Terry: THIS IS

KATHRYN WHO SAYS, "I THINK

THERE IS A CURSE OF

ALCOHOL ON MY FAMILY.

MY FATHER WAS AN ALCOHOLIC

UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.

MY BROTHER IS AN ALCOHOLIC

AND A DRUG ADDICT.

BOTH MY SISTERS DRINK TOO

MUCH.

AND EVEN THOUGH I NEVER

TOUCHED THE STUFF, LAST

YEAR WHILE DRIVING HOME

FROM WORK, I WAS ALMOST

KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER.

HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS

CURSE?"

Pat: A COUPLE OF

THINGS.

I BELIEVE THERE IS A

GENERIGENETIC MAKEUP THAT MAKES

YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO

ALCOHOL.

ONE OR TWO DRINKS AND

YOU'RE OFF INTO AN

ALCOHOLIC-INDUCED FOG.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE

SPIRITS BEHIND SOME OF

THESE THINGS.

THE WORD IS, I BIND YOU,

SATAN, AND THE SPIRITS OF

EVIL, AND I COMMAND YOU TO

LEAVE ME.

SAY THAT OUT LOUD,

BELIEVING.

AND IF THERE ARE SEVERAL

OF YOU, JOIN HANDS, AND

SAY, IN THE NAME OF JESUS

I BIND YOU, YOU SPIRIT OF

ALCOHOL ADDICTION.

I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE MY

FAMILY.

Terry: THIS IS PEGGY

WHO SAYS, "DEAR PAT, I'VE

BEEN PRAYING WITH OUR

COUNTRY ALONG WITH YOU.

BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT

IS AT STAKE DURING THIS

ELECTION, I CAN'T HELP BUT

BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE

INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION

PROCESS.

WITH THE REJECTION OF

VOTER I.D. LAWS, AND THE

FACT YOU DON'T NEED TO

PROVE CITIZENSHIP IN

SEVERAL PLACES, HOW CAN WE

TRUST THE RESULTS TO

REFLECT THE WILL OF THE

PEOPLE?

HOW CAN WE KEEP PEOPLE

FROM CHEATING?"

Pat: IT IS REALLY

STUFF.

THEY FOUND SOME FELLOW IN

VIRGINIA WHO WAS

REGISTERING DEAD PEOPLE,

AND THEY JUST BUSTED HIM

DAYS AGO.

AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN

CHEATING.

THEY HAVE MULTIPLE

IDENTITIES AND SO FORTH.

THE RUSSIANS APPARENTLY

HACKED INTO OUR ELECTION

FILES.

I MEAN, IT'S A MESS.

SO CAN WE TRUST IT?

I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO DO IS

EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT

THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

TRUST THE LORD?

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?

WE WANT TO DO THE BEST WE

CAN, BUT THERE IS NO

GUARANTEE.

THERE NEEDS A VIGILANCE ON

PART OF BOTH COMPAIGNS TO

MONITOR THE ELECTION

RESULTS, TO MONITOR THE

POLLS.

THEY USED TO HAVE

POLL-WATCHERS TO MAKE SURE

PEOPLE WERE REGISTERED

APPROPRIATELY.

THE IDEA OF HAVING A VOTER

I.D. IS CERTAINLY

APPROPRIATE, AND YET THE

LAW -- OF COURSE THEY

STRUCK SOME OF THOSE LAWS

DOWN AND IT IS CHAOS

BECAUSE THE COURTS WON'T

LET THE PEOPLE DO WHAT IS

WISE TO PROTECT THE

ELECTORAL PROCESS.

Terry: JOYCE SAYS,

"DEAR, PAT, I DON'T SEE

ANY TRUE CHRISTIAN VALUES

IN ANY OF THE TWO

PRESIDENTIAL COMPAIGNS.

SHOULD I JUST NOT VOTE?"

Pat: YOU'RE NOT

VOTING FOR JESUS, AND

EVERYBODY ELSE IS

IMPERFECT.

LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS THEY

WANT TO PUT IN PLACE AND

WHAT DO THEY SUPPORT.

DO THEY SUPPORT THE

SANCTITY OF LIFE?

ARE THEY FOR PARTIAL-BIRTH

ABORTION?

ARE THEY FOR FREEDOM, OR

DO THEY WANT EXCESSIVE

REGULATION.

YOU'VE GOT TO ASK THOSE

THINGS AND VOTE IN

RELATION TO THAT.

DON'T LOOK FOR PERFECTION.

POLITICIANS ARE VERY

FLAWED.

Terry: THIS IS JANINE

WHO SAYS, "HOW DO I KNOW

IF A THOUGHT IS GOD GIVEN?

HOW DO I BECOME A BETTER

LISTENER TO GOD'S PLAN?"

Pat: YOU READ THE

BOOK OF HEBREWS.

AND YOUR SENSES ARE

HEIGHTENED AND YOU LEARN

GOOD FROM EVIL.

LISTEN TO WHAT GOD SAYS,

CHECK IT AGAINST THE WORD.

AND DON'T GO OFF HALF

COCKED ON SOMETHING

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A,

QUOTE,"REVELATION."

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE

WHO HAVE BEEN MISLED

BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY

HEARD FROM GOD AND THEY

DIDN'T.

> "MAY HE GRANT YOU

ACCORDING TO YOUR HEART'S

DESIRE AND FULFILL ALL OF

YOUR PURPOSE."

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORD.

> TOMORROW, SEE HOW A

MAN MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVES

STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC

CANCER.

FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON, AND

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND

KEEP YOU THIS DAY.

BYE-BYE.

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