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.
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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.