An unborn baby’s brain was outside her body and doctors told the parents to brace for the worst. See why they chose to keep their child as CBN’s week of prayer concludes on today’s 700 Club.
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Wendy: COMING UP...
YOU'RE SO EXCITED, AND
THEN YOU JUST GET HIT.
Wendy: ...THEIR
BABY'S BRAIN WAS OUTSIDE
HER BODY, AND DOCTORS TOLD
THEM TO BRACE FOR THE
WORST.
HE SAID, I'VE NEVER
SEEN A CASE LIKE THIS MAKE
IT TO BIRTH.
Wendy: WHY THEY CHOSE
TO KEEP THEIR CHILD.
THAT WAS THE TIME WE
CAME TOGETHER AND JUST
MADE A DECISION.
Wendy: OUR WEEK OF
PRAYER CONCLUDES.
HE IS NOT GOING TO SET
YOU UP FOR FAILURE.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
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Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
YOU KNOW, BACK IN 1932,
AMERICA ELECTED A
PRESIDENT.
WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF A
TERRIBLE DEPRESSION.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, OR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WERE
OUT OF WORK.
THERE WERE BREAD LINES,
SUFFERING, SORROW.
AND THE COUNTRY ELECTED AN
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
DEMOCRATS TO THE CONGRESS.
SO WHEN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT WAS SWORN IN
TO OFFICE AS PRESIDENT, HE
ENJOYED A POWERFUL, MAYBE
40 OR 50-VOTE MAJORITY IN
THE HOUSE, AND A 20 VOTE
OR SO MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE.
HE JUST HAD EVERYTHING.
HE HAD A DEPRESSION AND
THE PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR
SOMETHING.
AND SO HE STARTED
SOMETHING CALLED "THE NEW
DEAL."
AND THE FIRST 100 DAYS
THERE WAS A FLURRY OF
ACTIVITY.
THEY STARTED ALL KINDS OF
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
THEY HAD PEOPLE OUT IN THE
BOONIES TRYING TO GET
READY.
THEY HAD TO BRING
ELECTRICITY TO THE FARMERS
AND ALL OF THE REST OF IT.
AND THOSE 100 DAYS WERE
EXTRAORDINARY.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'VE GOT A RAZOR-THIN
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, A
RELATIVELY SMALL MAJORITY
IN THE HOUSE FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
HE HAS JUST COME IN ON A
VERY NARROW VOTE.
AND TO START TALKING ABOUT
THE FIRST 100 DAYS IN
COMPARING TO ROOSEVELT IS
INSANE.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
EVERYBODY SAYS, WHAT DID
HE DO IN THE FIRST 100
DAYS.
THIS IS NOT THE NEW DEAL.
THIS IS NOT THE DEPTHS OF
DEPRESSION, NONE OF THOSE
THINGS.
BUT SO FAR THE PRESIDENT
HAS STARTED ON PLANS TO
JUMP-START THE ECONOMY BY
CUTTING BOTH TAXES AND
GOVERNMENT RED TAPE.
AND HIS WIDELY PRAISED
NOMINEE, JUDGE NEIL
GORSUCH, HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED TO THE SUPREME
COURT.
BUT WHAT ELSE HAS HE DONE?
TERRY?
Terry: TRUMP HAS ALSO
MADE A STRONG MARK IN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH HIS
MISSILE STRIKE ON SYRIA,
AND NOW LEADING HIM TO
DEAL WITH A NUCLEAR NORTH
KOREA.
JENNIFER HAS THE STORY
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
Jennifer: WHETHER IT
IS THE SUBJECT OF ONE OF
HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, BUY
AMERICAN, HIRE AMERICAN,
OR WORKING TO STRENGTHEN
THE MILITARY AND THE
NATION'S POSITION IN THE
WORLD, AT 100 DAYS IN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WORKING
TO LIVE UP TO HIS CAMPAIGN
SLOGAN: "MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN."
President Trump: FROM
NOW ON, IT IS GOING TO BE
AMERICA FIRST.
Jennifer: HE SEEMS TO
ENJOY DEMONSTRATING HIS
BLUE COLLARBON COLLAR BONAFIDES.
President Trump: DID
YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD
SEE A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS
HOW MUCH REBAR YOU CAN LAY
DOWN IN A SINGLE DAY.
Jennifer: THE ONCE
GREAT AMERICANS INDUSTRIES
THAT HAVE FADED, AND HE IS
PARTICULARLY BOTHERED BY
FEDERAL REGULATIONS HE
SAYS STRANGLE THE ECONOMY.
President Trump: IF
YOU WANT TO BUILD A
HIGHWAY IN THE UNITED
STATES, THESE ARE SOME OF
THE PERMITS THAT YOU NEED.
Jennifer: TRUMP IS
CHANGING THAT.
FOR EVERY NEW FEDERAL
REGULATION, TWO EXISTING
ONES MUST BE ELIMINATED.
HE HAS ALREADY CREATED A
LEGACY BY ELEVATING
JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH TO
THE SUPREME COURT.
HE REINSTATED THE MEXICO
CITY POLICY, WHICH KEEPS
TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM
FUNDING ABORTIONS
OVERSEAS.
HE SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT
REMOVES A REQUIREMENT THAT
STATES SPEND TAX MONEY ON
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
AND HE HAS SURROUNDED
HIMSELF WITH EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS AND CALLS ON
THEM FOR ADVICE.
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET
HOLD WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES,
AND TRUMP TELLS CBN NEWS
HE IS RELYING ON GOD NOW
MORE THAN EVER.
President Trump: THE
OFFICE IS SO POWERFUL THAT
YOU NEED GOD EVEN MORE.
Jennifer: AND HE IS
ALSO LETTING THE WORLD NOW
KNOW THAT A STRONG AMERICA
IS BACK.
HE DROPPED THE MOTHER OF
ALL BOMBS ON AN ISIS
NETWORK IN AFGHANISTAN,
AND ORDERED CRUISE
MISSILES LAUNCHED AGAINST
SYRIA, AND IS TAKING ON
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SEES
IS THE GREATEST THREAT
FACING AMERICA: NORTH
KOREA.
AS A BUSINESSMAN, TRUMP IS
USED TO TAKING UNILATERAL
ACTION IN THE BOARD ROOM.
AS PRESIDENT, WHAT HAS
ELUDED HIM IS A MAJOR
VICTORY IN CONGRESS.
IN THE COMING DAYS, HE'LL
ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO
PASS TAX REFORM, TO
REBUILD THE NATION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BUDGET
BILLS THAT ALLOW HIM TO
REBUILD THE NATION'S
MILITARY.
STILL, HE SIGNED 28 BILLS
INTO LAW, INCLUDING 13
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACTS,
WHICH ERASE LAST-MINUTE
REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
THE PRESIDENT'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
PRESS OFTEN MAKES NEWS.
I THINK WE HAVE WORKED
VERY HARD TO BUILD A
CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE.
I ACTUALLY THINK THE
ACCESS HAS BEEN QUITE
GOOD.
Jennifer: SO FOR
TRUMP, WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT BEING PRESIDENT
AFTER DECADES IN BUSINESS?
HE SAYS EVERYTHING THE
PRESIDENT DOES AFFECTS
PEOPLE, AND YOU HAVE TO
SHOW HEART.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
THE THE WHITE HOUSE.
Pat: WITH US NOW FROM
WASHINGTON IS DAVID BRODY.
DAVID, I DON'T KNOW --
IT'S A MISTAKE TO COMPARE
ANYBODY TO FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT DURING THE THE
DEPTH OF DEPRESSION, BUT
HOW DO THE WHITE HOUSE
VIEW THESE FIRST 100 DAYS.
David: THEY PUT OUT
A LONG, EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF
SAYING EVERYTHING IS
PEACHY KEEN.
BUT YOU'VE GOT THE MEDIA
OUT THERE SAYING 100 DAYS,
AND SO THERE IS A BELIEF
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
THAT THEY WANT TO PLAY
THAT GAME AS WELL.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE
HEADLINES ARE GOING TO BE
ABOUT 100 DAYS, AND SO
THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO
PLAY ALONG, IF YOU WILL.
BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND
THAT, LOOK, THIS IS GOING
TO BE A LONG SLOG THROUGH
WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES AND
HEALTH CARE REFORM, AND
THEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS A
LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER PEN, HAS
BEEN DOING VERY WELL.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY
UNDERSTAND HE HAS TO LEARN
A LITTLE MORE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE ART OF THE
DEAL.
HE HAS THE EXECUTIVE ART
OF THE DEAL DOWN JUST
FINE.
Pat: THE TWO BIG
THINGS THAT COULD
SYMBOLIZE HIS PRESIDENCY,
TAX REFORM AND HEALTH CARE
REFORM, REPEAL AND
REPLACE -- THERE WAS SOME
TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY DOING
THAT HEALTH CARE THING
BEFORE THE WEEK WAS OUT.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY
OF THAT?
David: NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
POSSIBLY NEXT WEEK.
BUT HERE IS THE BOTTOM
LINE: THEY'VE GOT 17 NO
VOTES FROM THE REPUBLICANS
ON THIS HEALTH CARE BILL
ALREADY.
17 HARD-NOSED.
THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD 22 OR
THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE.
THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 10 TO 20
OR SO FOLKS LEANING NO.
THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH
THIS HEALTH CARE BILL
STILL.
MARK MEADOWS AND THE
FREEDOM CAUCUS HAVE WASHED
THEIR HANDS OF THE WHOLE
THING.
THEY SAY, WE'VE DONE OUR
JOB.
WE'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
NOW IT IS ON THE TUESDAY
GROUP, THE MODERATE
REPUBLICANS, TO COME
THROUGH.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT
HAPPENING.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING
OUT, PAT, IS WE HEAR
REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMACARE, WHICH SOUNDS
GREAT TO THE BASE, AND THE
BASE WANTS IT, AND THE
CONSERVATIVE FREEDOM
CAUCUS WANTS IT, AND THE
WHITE HOUSE WANTS IT.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
MODERATE REPUBLICANS DON'T
REALLY WAN I WANT IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT LOSING POWER THAN
REPEALING AND REPLACING
OBAMACARE.
SO THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
AND TAXES IS ANOTHER KIT
AND KABOODLE, THOUGH.
I WOULD NOT EXPECT THIS TO
BE DONE AT ALL BY THE END
OF AUGUST.
I'M THINKING BY THE END OF
THE YEAR, PAT.
Pat: THE GAME THEY
PLAY IS "KICK THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD."
THEY HAVE THIS BUDGET
THING COMING UP, AND THEY
HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED
BUDGET.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN?
David: THEY WILL.
IN E ESSENCE, IT HAS BECOME
POLITICS AS USUAL.
IT IS A ONE WEEK
CONTINUING RESOLUTION,
MOST LIKELY BEING SIGNED
DATODAY IN THE HOUSE AND
SENATE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE WEEK.
AND MAYBE WE'LL DO ANOTHER
LIVE SHOT, PAT, NEXT WEEK,
TALKING ABOUT A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL IT LASTS, ONE WEEK.
Pat: OKAY.
HE HAD 100 SENATORS
TOGETHER, BUSES WHEELED UP
TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
BUILDING, TO TALK ABOUT
NORTH KOREA.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT.
David: IT IS A BIG
DEAL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOLD
PRESIDENPRESIDENT TRUMP THAT THE
NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE
WHOLE WORLD, NORTH KOREA.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT
JENNIFER WISHON AND I HAVE
BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS WHO SAY NORTH
KOREA IS THE BIG ONE.
THIS IS THE ONE THEY'RE
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.
THEY'VE BEEN CONCERNED
ABOUT IT FROM DAY ONE.
ONE SENIOR ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL TELLING BOTH OF
US, LOOK, THIS IS A CRAZY
GUY WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING
TODAY RELATING TO NORTH
KOREA, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAYS THERE COULD BE A
MAJOR STRIKE OR SOME SORT
OF MAJOR CONFLICT WITH
NORTH KOREA, IS VERY REAL,
MORE THAN VERY REAL, PAT.
Pat: DAVID, WE'VE
MOVED UP A NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE WITH ALL KINDS
OF MISSILE CAPABILITIES,
AS WELL AS A FLOTILLA OF
NAVAL SHIPS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH
TO DETER THAT CRAZY MAN IN
NORTH KOREA, DO YOU THINK?
David: PROBABLY NOT.
PART OF THE REASON FOR
THAT IS IF YOU TALK TO
PENTAGON EXPERTS AND SOME
MILITARY EXPERTS, THEY'LL
SAY, LOOK, THEY CAN'T
SHOOT DOWN SOME OF WHAT IS
COMING FROM NORTH KOREA,
POTENTIALLY, THERE.
IT IS A SHOW OF STRENGTH,
FOR SURE, THAT AMERICA IS
DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING
OVER THERE IN THAT REGION.
BUT THE REALITY IS IS SOME
OF WHAT THEY HAVE CANNOT,
FROM THE NAVY SHIPS, CAN
ACTUALLY SHOOT SOME OF
THOSE MISSILES DOWN.
THERE WILL BE SOME ISSUES
AS RELATES TO THAT FROM A
MILITARY POSITION.
Pat: GORSUCH IS A
GREAT MAN, ONE OF THE MOST
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WE'VE
HAD IN THE SUPREME COURT.
ANY TALK OF SOME OF THE
OTHER JUSTICES STEPPING
DOWN?
David: THERE IS
ANTICIPATION THAT THERE
WILL BE A SUPREME COURT
NOMINATION AGAIN THIS
SUMMER.
THERE IS A SENSE THAT
ANTHONY KENNEDY WILL BE
THE ONE TO STEP DOWN.
HE IS 80 YEARS OLD.
AND NEIL GORSUCH CLERKED
FOR ANTHONY KENNEDY, AND
THAT WAS A SIGN BY THE
WHITE HOUSE TO SAY TO
ANTHONY KENNEDY, HEY,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY IF
YOU STEP DOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST
FINE PICKING SOMEONE NEW.
AND THE ANTICIPATION IS
ANTHONY KENNEDY WILL LEAVE
THIS SUMMER.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, BRETT
KAVANAGH IS OUT THERE, AND
DIANE SYKES.
IF RUTAND THEN THERE IS THOMAS
HARDIMAN ON THE THIRD
CIRCUIT, COMING APPROVED
BY DONALD TRUMP'S SISTER,
MARIANNE, WHO ALSO SITS ON
THAT THIRD CIRCUIT.
THOSE ARE THREE TO
DEFINITELY WATCH OUT FOR
THIS SUMMER.
Pat: A SIMPLE
MAJORITY IS ALL IT WILL
TAKE TO CONFIRM.
THEY HAVE DONE THE NUCLEAR
OPTION AND THE DEMOCRATS
VOTED ON THEMSELVES.
David: AND EVERYBODY
IS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE BIG FIGHT.
NO, IT WON'T BE A BIG
FIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'VE GONE
NUCLEAR AND IT IS OVER.
51 AND THEY'RE DONE.
THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, THE
WHITE HOUSE, IS IF SOME OF
THE MODERATE REPUBLICANS
DECIDE TO GO OFF THE
RESERVATION.
THEN THEY'RE AT 49 AND
THEN THAT BECOMES A
PROBLEM.
Pat: DAVID, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
> WE'VE GOT SOME MORE
COMING UP.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP,
THEY'RE RANCHERS WHO LIVE
ON THE BORDER, AND THE
ONLY THING STANDING
BETWEEN THEM AND DRUG
SMUGGLERS IS A FOUR-FOOT
FENCE.
IT IS PRETTY
FRIGHTENING, BUT I'M A
COWBOY, NOT A WHIMP.
I'M STICKING HERE.
Terry: THEY'LL WEIGH
THE PROS AND CONS ABOUT
BUILDING A WALL.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: WELL, MOST OF US
HAVEN'T TRAVELLED THE RIO
GRANDE.
WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THE
BORDER WITH MEXICO.
SO IF SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT
A WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, THEY'RE NOT
EXACTLY SURE WHAT IS DOWN
THERE.
THAT WAS ONE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S BIGGEST CAMPAIGN
PROMISES.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH PEOPLE
WHO LIVE ALONG THAT
BORDER?
WHAT DO THEY THINK?
OUR HEATHER SELLS
TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO
ARIZONA AND THE BORDER OF
AMERICA, THE BORDER WITH
MEXICO, TO FIND OUT WHAT
THOSE PEOPLE THINK.
Heather: ON HIS
50,000 ACRE RANCH IN
SOUTHERN ARIZONA, JIM PUTS
OUT SALT FOR THIS CATTLE
AND KEEPS AN EYE OUT FOR
THE SMUGGLERS AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS THAT CROSS
BORDER PROPERTY.
I HAVE EVIDENCE, HARD
EVIDENCE, OF PEOPLE COMING
THROUGH, AND THEY'RE
MAINLY DRUG PACKERS,
BRINGING INTO THE UNITED
STATES MARIJUANA, COCAINE,
METH, AND HEROIN.
Heather: HIS FRONT
PONCH COLLECTION OFFERS
ANOTHER PART OF THE STORY,
ABANDONED SHOES TO ERASE
FOOTPRINTS BY THOSE INTO
CROSS ILLEGALLY.
HE TOOK CBN NEWS ON A
BUMPY TWO-HOUR DRIVE FOR A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE BORDER
ON HIS LAND.
HE TALKED OF HIS
ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE ON
THE RUN.
I TURNED THIS CORNER
HERE, AND ABOUT 20 GUYS
DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE,
WITH BIG BACKPACKS, RAN
RIGHT UP THIS WAY AND UP
THIS HILL.
THEY WERE ALL IN
CAMOUFLAGE, AND THE GUY IN
FRONT HAD AN A.K.47.
Heather: IT IS CLEAR
THAT THE SINALOA DRUG
CARTEL DEPLOYS SCOUTS ON
THIS LAND.
WEREN'T TIME HE DISCOVERED
MARIJUANA BAILS, WELL
AWARE THAT THE CARTELS
COULD TAKE REVENGE AGAINST
HIM.
LATER WE PARKED AND WALKED
A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO THE
LINE THAT HAS LED TO SO
MANY HEADLINES AND
POLITICAL DEBATE.
THIS IS THE
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY.
Heather: BEHIND ME,
ON THE MEXICAN SIDE, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF ROADS, AND
THAT INDICATES THIS HAS
BECOME A PRIME SPOT FOR
ENTRY.
BOTH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
AND DRUG SMUGGLERS LIKE
THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE IS
ONLY A BARBED WIRE FENCE
SEPARATING THE U.S. AND
MEXICO, AND WE'RE SEVERAL
HOURS AWAY FROM THE
NEAREST BORDER PATROL
STATION.
WE SPOTTED SEVERAL AGENTS
ALONG OUR JOURNEY, BUT THE
SHORTCOMINGS ARE OBVIOUS.
NO EASY ACCESS OR RESPONSE
TO BORDER TROUBLE.
NO PATROL PRESENCE ALONG
THE ACTUAL BORDER, AND A
BARBED WIRE FENCE THAT MAY
DETER CATTLE, BUT
CERTAINLY NOT PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE HE HAS PUSHED FOR
SOMETHING MORE.
IT IS JUST VERY OBVIOUS
THAT YOU NEED A WALL.
YOU NEED A ROAD NEXT TO
IT.
AND YOU NEED FORWARD
OPERATION BASES.
Heather: CHILDREN AND
OTHER RANCHERS HERE
BELIEVE THAT THE U.S. MUST
SECURE THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN
BORDER, ALL 1989 MILES OF
IT.
THEY BELIEVE THIS
20-FOOT-HIGH FENCE HAS
SIMPLE FUNNELED ILLEGALS
TOWARDS THEM.
THIS RANCHER SHOWED US
WHERE THAT FENCE ENDS, ON
HIS PROPERTY, AND REVERTS
BACK TO BARBED WIRE.
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS
PEOPLE COMING THROUGH, TO
GET A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS
AND CUTTING THROUGH THE
FENCE.
Heather: HIS RANCH IS
CLOSER TO THE NOGALA'S
BORDER PATROL STATION,
AND...
WE'VE HAD SOME ROAD
SYSTEMS PUT IN AND
TECHNOLOGY COME IN.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF
THOSE AND MORE AGENTS IN
THE AREA, WE HAVE SEEN
IMPROVEMENT.
Heather: BELL ADMITS,
HOWEVER, THAT GAPS REMAIN,
AND HE FEELS UNSAFE ON
PARTS OF HIS RANCH.
IN THE AREAS WHERE WE
ARE MORE REMOTE, WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE CELL PHONE
SERVICE, WHERE THERE ARE
VERY FEW ROADS AND THEY'RE
FAR AND FEW BETWEEN, YOU
DO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE
THAT.
AND WHAT'S YOUR PLAN GOING
TO BE IN CASE YOU DO HAVE
A CON CONFRONTATION.
Heather: NOT EVERYONE
AGREES WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S NEW PLAN TO
BUILD A NEW WALL.
THAT INCLUDES SHERIFF TONY
EESTRADA.
IT SOUNDS GOOD, WE'LL
JUST BUILD AND WALL AND
THAT WILL STOP EVERYTHING.
THAT'S A FANTASY.
IT WILL HELP, BUT IT'S NOT
GOING TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
Heather: HE SAYS
PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FIND
WAYS TO GO OVER OR UNDER
FISCAL BARRIERS.
PHYSICAL BARRIERS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
WHAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE
THERE.
Heather: THAT, HE
SAYS, IS THE DRUG TRADE
AND THE PROMISE OF
OPPORTUNITY THAT THE
UNITED STATES OFFERS.
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES,
U.S. DOLLARS SPENT ON
BORDER SECURITY HAS KEPT
GOING UP, AND THE NUMBER
OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS
HAS INCREASED 500%.
ESTRADA BELIEVES THAT
MONEY COULD BE BETTER
SPENT.
RANCHERS BELIEVE IT HAS
HELPED TO REDUCE THE FLOW
OF IMMIGRATION AND DRUGS.
CHILTON ARGUES THAT IT
WOULD BE BETTER TO
PROSECUTE IMMIGRANTS AND
PROSECUTING FOREST FIRES
STARTED BY BORDER
CROSSERS.
IN THE SPIRIT OF
COMPASSION, BOTH MAINTAIN
MULTIPLE DRINKING
FOUNTAINS TO PROVIDE
LIFE-SAVING RELIEF TO
THOSE WHO NEED IT.
STILL, THEY REMAIN
VIGILANT FOR ANY
ENCOUNTER.
WHEN THOSE INCIDENTS
HAPPEN, YOU GO YOUR
OPPOSITE WAYS.
YOU SAY GOOD MORNING AND
YOU GO THE OPPOSITE WAY
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
IT IS PRETTY
FRIGHTENING, BUT I'M A
COWBOY, NOT A WHIMP.
I'M STICKING HERE.
Heather: REPORTING ON
THE BORDER IN ARIZONA,
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: AN EXCELLENT
PIECE.
THAT GIVES YOU SOME
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S
NEEDED.
WHAT'S NEEDED, YOU'VE GOT
TO HAVE ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE.
YES, A PHYSICAL BARRIER
WOULD HELP, BUT ALSO SOME
BORDER PATROL PEOPLE.
I THINK THE IDEA HAS BEEN
TO CUT, CUT, CUT, AND
WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCLUDE
THAT IN ANY BUDGET
RECONCILIATION, ETC.
WE NEED IT DESPERATELY.
YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE WITH
BACKPACKS HAULING ALL
THOSE DRUGS ACROSS THE
BORDER.
WE'VE GOT TO SHUT OFF THE
FLOW OF DRUGS AND THOSE
CARTELS.
SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE
DONE WITH MEXICO.
IF WE HAD TO PAY THEM TO
DO IT, LET'S GET JOINT
EFFORT, JOINT TASKFORCES,
JOINT MILITARY TOGETHER TO
ELIMINATE THOSE CARTELS.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE A
BRUTAL, BLOODY WAR,
BECAUSE THEY DON'T MIND
KILLING AND DISMEMBERING
PEOPLE.
> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
DO SOMETHING TODAY THAT IS
VERY SPECIAL.
Terry: IT REALLY IS.
UP NEXT, THE REAL STORY OF
AMERICA'S FIRST PERMANENT
SETTLERS.
WE COULD SAY THEY WERE
MISSIONARIES.
THEY WERE JUST RUNNING
FROM SOMETHING.
THERE WAS A VISION PULLING
THEM FORWARD TO ADVANCE
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN
THIS NEW WORLD.
Terry: GET A HISTORY
LESSON THAT IS NOT BEING
TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S NEXT.
CIOUS
Pat: THIS COUNTRY
BEGAN, WELL, UNOFFICIALLY
410 YEARS AGO, ON
APRIL 29, 1607.
AFTER A 140 DAY VOYAGE, A
BRAVE TEAM OF MEN LANDED
AT A PLACE JUST DOWN THE
ROAD FROM WHERE I'M
SITTING, CALLED CAPE
HENRY, IN WHAT IS NOW
CALLED VIRGINIA BEACH.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THEY
ARRIVED, THEY PLANTED A
WOODEN CROSS ON THE
ATLANTIC SHORES, AND THEY
CLAIMED THIS LAND FOR THE
GLORY OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST.
LET'S LOOK BACK AT THAT
HISTORIC DAY AND SEE WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL
OF US TODAY.
Reporter: APRIL 29,
1607, A NATION WAS BORN.
TRAVEL-WEARY ENGLISH MEN
LANDED ON CAPE HENRY, AND
LAID A FOUNDATION FOR WHAT
WOULD BECOME THE MOST
POWERFUL COUNTRY THE WORLD
HAS EVER SEEN.
ACT ONE, SCENE ONE OF THE
DRAMA THAT WAS TO BE THE
UNITED STATES UNFOLDED
THAT DAY IN CAPE HENRY,
AND SPARKED THE LEGACY
OFED GODLINESS ON AMERICAN
SHORES.
ALMIGHTY GOD, BY YOUR
GREAT MERCY WE HAVE
REACHED THIS LAND, WHICH
WE NOW CLAIM AND ESTABLISH
FOR THY ETERNAL PURPOSES.
WE ASK THE THEE TO OPEN THESE
HEARTS TO UNDERSTAND THE
GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
DESTINY AND PURPOSE WERE
SEALED WITH THAT CROSS AT
CAPE HENRY.
ALL THAT WOULD FOLLOW IN
THE NATION'S GROWTH HINGED
ON THE SINGLE PROCLAMATION
THAT THIS LAND BELONGED TO
JESUS CHRIST.
IN 1620, TH THE THE PILGRIMS
REAFFIRMED THE MISSION
FIRST SET FORTH BY THE
SETTLERS.
THEY SAID WE HAVE COME
HERE, FIRST OF ALL, FOR
THE GLORY OF GOD, AND
SECONDLY FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
WE COULD SAY THEY WERE
MISSIONARIES.
THEY WEREN'T JUST RUNNING
SOMETHING.
THERE WAS A VISION TO PULL
THEM FORWARD TO ADVANCE
THE FAITH IN THIS
CHRISTIAN WORLD.
Reporter: ON THE DECK
OF THE ARBELA, HALF WAY
BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CAPE
COD, IT WAS DECLARED, WE
SHALL BE A CITY UPON A
HILL.
THE EYES OF ALL PEOPLE ARE
UPON US.
SO IF WE DEAL FALSELY WITH
OUR GOD, AND SO CAUSE HIM
TO WITHDRAW HIS PRESENT
HELP FROM US, WE SHALL
REMAIN A STORY AND A BY
WORD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THEY WERE GOING TO
AMERICA TO LIVE OUT A NEW
KIND OF GOVERNMENT AND
CHRISTIANITY, WHERE PEOPLE
GOVERNED THEMSELVES.
THEY DON'T DEPEND ON AN
OUTWARD GOVERNMENT.
THEY WOULD DEPEND
PRIMARILY ON GOVERNING
THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.
WE ASK NOW THAT YOUR
KINGDOM COME TO US, AND
YOUR WILL BE DONE AS IT IS
IN HEAVEN.
AND TO THAT END, WE CLAIM
THIS LAND FOR THAT GREAT
PURPOSE.
AMEN.
AMEN.
Reporter: MORE THAN
100 YEARS LATER, AS
AMERICA SET OFF ON HER OWN
COURSE TOWARDS
INDEPENDENCE, THE GODLY
FOUNDATIONS LAID IN
VIRGINIA ESTABLISHED THE
CHARACTER OF OUR
REVOLUTION.
JOHN ADAMS BOLDLY
PROCLAIMED...
BEFORE GOD, I BELIEVE
THE HOUR HAS COME.
MY JUDGMENT APPROVES THIS
MEASURE AND MY WHOLE HEART
IS IN IT.
ALL THAT I HAVE, ALL THAT
I AM, AND ALL THAT I HOPE
IN THIS LIFE, I AM NOW
READY TO STAKE UPON IT.
AND I LEAVE OFF AS I
BEGAN, THAT LIVE OR DIE,
SURVIVE OR PERISH, I AM
FOR THE DECLARATION.
IT MY LIVING SENTIMENT,
AND BY THE BEVING O BLESSING OF
GOD, IT SHALL BE MY DYING
SENTIMENTS: INDEPENDENCE
NOW AND INDEPENDENCE
FOREVER.
Reporter: GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S PURE
CHRISTIAN HEART, BEN
FRANKLIN'S CALL TO PRAYER,
AND JOHN ADAMS' REVERENCE
FOR THE WILL OF GOD WAS
THE CREATION OF A NATION
WHICH WOULD GLORIFY GOD.
THE AMERICAN CHARACTER WAS
BORN IN SCRIPTURE AND
NURTURED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
YET TODAY OUR NATIONAL
HERITAGE IS UNDER SIEGE.
THE MOMENT THAT
RELIGION, THE PURE
UNDEFILED RELIGION, LOSES
ITS INFLUENCE OVER OUR
HEARTS, FROM THAT FATEFUL
MOMENT, FAREWELL TO PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE HAPPINESS.
FAREWELL, A LONG FAREWELL,
TO VIRTUE, TO PATRIOTISM,
TO LIBERTY.
BISHOP JAMES MADISON,
1745.
Reporter: MORE THAN
400 YEARS HAVE PASSED
SINCE AMERICA WAS
CONCEIVED AT CAPE HENRY,
AND RESPECT FOR OUR ROOTS
IS GROWING COLD.
BUT ONE DENIABLE FACT
REMAINS: AT ITS CORE, THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IS A CHRISTIAN NATION.
Pat: 410 YEARS AFTER
THE INITIAL FOUNDING OF
THIS NATION, AND WE WANT
TO PRAY FOR AMERICA AND
PRAY FOR YOU.
WE HAVE GONE SO FAR AWAY
FROM SOME OF THESE
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO
REGAIN THOSE THINGS THAT
TO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN
LOST.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN AND WE WANT PEOPLE IN
THIS AUDIENCE TO JOIN WITH
US RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, WE JOIN TOGETHER.
AND WE PRAY ONCE AGAIN FOR
THIS GREAT NATION.
WE REA REALIZE APRIL 29th IS
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT
LANDING IN CAPE HENRY,
WHEN A CROSS WAS ERECTED,
AND IT WAS ACT ONE, SCENE
ONE OF THE UNFOLDING DRAMA
THAT BECAME UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS
GREAT LAND.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
FREEDOM THAT WE ENJOY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
WONDERFUL PROSPERITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
UNIQUE NATURE OF OUR
NATION.
AND YET, LORD, SO MANY
VOICES HAVE RISEN TO TAKE
US AWAY FROM OUR CHRISTIAN
ROOTS.
AND WE PRAY, LORD, A
RETURN TO GODLY
PRINCIPLES.
MAKE THIS ONE NATION UNDER
GOD.
MAY WE LIVE TOGETHER THAT
WE MIGHT SERVE THE LORD,
AND RENEW ONCE AGAIN THE
COVENANT THAT WAS MADE ON
THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN IN A PLACE CALLED
CAPE HENRY.
WE RENEW IT AGAIN TODAY,
AND WE AFFIRM THAT THIS
NATION, THIS NATION OF THE
UNITED STATES, BELONGS TO
JESUS CHRIST.
IT WAS CLAIMED FOR YOU,
AND WE REASSERT THAT CLAIM
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: AND AMEN.
Terry: BOY, IT IS
QUITE A PRIVILEGE AND A
RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT COVENANT
AND WALK IT OUT.
Pat: AMEN.
Terry: A GREAT DAY TO
RECOGNIZE THAT.
> STILL AHEAD, A ROUTINE
ULTRASOUND REVEALS A BABY
WITH AN OPEN SKULL AND AN
EXPOSED BRAIN.
AND I REMEMBER MY
HUSBAND SAYING, WHAT ARE
THE CHANCES THAT SHE IS
GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS?
THERE IS A PERCENTAGE,
GIVE ME A PERCENTAGE.
AND HE IS, LIKE, NONE.
Terry: SEE HOW THEIR
CHILD BEAT THOSE
IMPOSSIBLE ODDS, WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Mark: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
BENNY HINN MINISTRIES SAYS
IT IS COOPERATING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AFTER FEDERAL
AGENTS RAIDED ITS TEXAS
HEADQUARTERS ON WEDNESDAY
AND TOOK BOXES OUT OF THE
OFFICES.
THE ORGANIZATION POSTED A
STATEMENT ON Facebook
SAYING THAT BENNY HINN
MINISTRIES IS COOPERATING
FULLY WITH THE
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
THE MINISTRY HAS UNDERGONE
INTENSE SCRUTINY UNDER THE
CAREERS, AND WE REMAIN
CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE A
POSITIVE AND SPEEDY
OUTCOME IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
THEY TOLD THE TV STATION
IT HAS BEEN A LENGTHY
GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
> "OPERATION BLESSING"
PROVIDED SAFE DRINKING
WATER IN THE STATE OF
QARAQOSH.
WHEN ISIS SEIZED THE
NATION, HE CRIPPLED THE
WATER SUPPLY.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
PROVIDED A GENERATOR AND
RENOVATED A WELL ON THE
PROPERTY OF THE CITY'S
SECOND LARGEST CHURCH,
WHERE THE WELL IS NOW
CONNECTED TO A
2,000-GALLON PORTABLE
WATER TANK WITH A TAP
STAND.
"OPERATION BLESSING" ALSO
DONATED WATER TREATMENT
TABLETS TO FAMILIES TO
MAKE WATER SAFE FOR
DRINKING.
IT IS AWESOME TO HEAR.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"
BY GOING O TO THEIR TO THEIR
WEBSITE, ob.org.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: TODAY IS THE
FINAL DAY OF OUR ANNUAL
WEEK OF PRAYER EVENT.
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE WEEK
OUR STAFF HAS GATHERED
TOGETHER IN THE REGENT
CHAPEL JUST SO WE COULD
PRAY FOR YOU, OUR VIEWERS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WITH YOU SOME OF
YESTERDAY'S SERVICE, WHICH
FEATURED HO HOBBY LOBBY
FOUNDER DAVID GREEN.
AND WE JOIN OURSELVES
WITH THE FAITH OF THESE
PEOPLE.
FOR IT IS IN THE MIGHTY
NAME OF JESUS THAT WE HAVE
THE THINGS WE ASK.
WE PRAY ACCORDING TO YOUR
WILL, IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS
AS CHRISTIANS THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO BE
FOUNDATIONAL IN.
AND THOSE THREE THINGS
ARE: A GREAT MARRIAGE, A
GODLY FAMILY, AND SUCCESS
AT WORK.
YOUR JOB IS TO BE FAITHFUL
WITH WHATEVER GOD HAS PUT
IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF IT IS FLIPPING
HAMBURGERS, DO IT WITH ALL
OF YOUR MIGHT.
IF IT IS BEING AN
EXECUTIVE OR A PASTOR, DO
IT WITH ALL OF YOUR MIGHT.
IF WE KNOW THE LORD AND
FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR
DECISIONS AND DRIVE THESE
STAKES IN THE GROUND, AT
THE END WE CAN SAY, AS
PAUL SAID, I HAVE FOUGHT A
GOOD FIGHT.
I HAVE FINISHED THE
COURSE.
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
AND IN DOING SO, WE WILL
CHANGE THIS WORLD.
Terry: WELL, IF YOU
HAVE A PRAYER NEED, PLEASE
GIVE US A CALL.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.
1-800-700-7000.
YOU CAN ALSO LOG ON TO OUR
WEBSITE AT cbn.com.
WHILE YOU'RE THERE, BE
SURE TO WATCH THE LIVE
STREAM OF OUR CHAPEL
SERVICE.
IT AIRS AT NOON EASTERN
TIME.
TODAY'S SPEAKER IS OUR OWN
PAT ROBERTSON, AND YOU
DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT.
SO GET ON LINE AND JOIN
WITH US, WON'T YOU.
WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
FIRST, WE WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO SEAN AND
SANDY WINGER.
WHEN THEY LEARNED THEIR
BABY GIRL WASN'T GOING TO
LIVE PAST BIRTH, THEY
IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO
PRAY AND CLING TO A
PROMISE THEY RECEIVED FROM
GOD.
Reporter: SANDY
WINGER WAS SIX WEEKS INTO
HER FIRST PREGNANCY WHEN
SHE SAYS HE HEARD GOD TELL
HER HER BABY WAS A GIRL
AND TO FAME HER ZOIE,
WHICH MEANS LIFE.
WHEN I HEARD THAT, I
THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE A
GOOD LIFE, JOYFUL.
I HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME
WHAT WOULD UNFOLD THE
FOLLOWING MONTHS.
Reporter: SANDY'S
HUSBAND, SEAN, REMEMBERS
AT THE ULTRASOUND, THE
DOCTOR SAID THERE WAS A
PROBLEM.
ZOIE'S SKULL DID NOT CLOSE
AND PART OF HER BRAIN WAS
OUTSIDE OF HER HEAD.
HER BRAIN BEGAN TO GROW
OUTSIDE OF HER HEAD, AND
MY HEART SANK.
AND SO I REMEMBER THE
TEARS JUST START TO
TRICKLE DOWN MY FACE.
IN THE SAME DAY YOU'RE SO
EXCITED, AND THEN YOU JUST
GET HIT.
AND I REMEMBER MY HUSBAND
SAYING, WELL, WHAT ARE THE
CHANCES OF HER SURVIVING?
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT
SHE IS GOING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THIS?
AND HE SAID, IN MY
30-YEAR PROFESSION, I HAVE
NEVER SEEN A CASE LIKE
THIS MAKE IT TO BIRTH.
AND I THINK I ASKED AGAIN,
OKAY, THERE IS A
PERCENTAGE, SO GIVE ME A
PERCENTAGE.
AND HE SAID NONE.
Reporter: THE DOCTOR
RECOMMENDED THEY ABORT
ZOIE, BUT THEY DECIDED
OTHERWISE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
IT.
WE SERVE TOO BIG OF A GOD.
LIFE, WHETHER IT IS IN A
WOMB FOR NINE MONTHS OR
EIGHT MONTHS, IT IS LIFE.
AND IT'S NOT OURS TO TAKE
AWAY.
SO WE BEGAN TO TALK AND
SHARE SCRIPTURES.
WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT
ZOIE MEANS LIFE.
AND THE ENEMY TRIES TO
COME AND TRIES TO STEAL,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE
GOD'S WORD, THAT CHILDREN
ARE A BLESSING OF THE
LORD.
WE HAVE FAITH THAT GOD
LOVES HER, AND THAT HE
LOVES HER MORE THAN WE DO.
SO WE PUT OUR FAITH AND
CONFIDENCE IN HIM, DESPITE
WHAT WE FELT, DESPITE WHAT
THE DOCTOR'S OPINION WAS
OR WHAT HIS THOUGHTS WERE.
THAT TO US WAS THE MOST
CRITICAL TIME BECAUSE THAT
WAS THE TIME WE CAME
TOGETHER AND JUST MADE A
DECISION.
Reporter: FOR MONTHS
THEY HELD ON TO HOPE AND
PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE.
FAITH IS THE ONE THING
THAT PLEASES GOD.
SO OUR PART IS JUST SIMPLY
TO BELIEVE.
OUR PART ISN'T TO PERFORM
THE MIRACLE.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE
COULD DO.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE
DOCTORS COULD DO.
REMEMBER WHAT GOD SPOKE
TO ME, SIX WEEKS ALONE.
HE KNEW HER NAME WOULD BE
ZOIE FOR A REASON.
HE KNEW SHE WOULD HAVE
LIFE.
HE KNEW THE OUTCOME BEFORE
WE EVEN KNEW THE DIAGNOSIS
OR THE PROBLEM.
HE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND SO WE CLUNG ON TO THE
FACT THAT WE KNEW WHAT GOD
HAD SPOKE.
HE SAID SHE WOULD HAVE THE
GOD KIND OF LIFE, AND THE
GOD KIND OF LIFE IS JOY
AND PEACE AND LIFE.
AND SO I HUNG ON TO THAT
WORD VERY TIGHTLY.
Reporter: DESPITE ALL
ODDS, ZOIE MADE IT TO
TERM.
DURING DELIVERY, ONCE MORE
THEIR FAITH WAS PUT TO THE
TEST.
THE FIRST THING FOR
ZOIE THAT I SAW WAS HER
BRAIN.
THERE WAS NO SKULL IN THE
BACK OF HER HEAD.
AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS
REALLY HARD.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WOULD
MAKE IT.
I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING
IN THAT LITTLE INCUBATOR,
AND SHE LIFTED HER LITTLE
HEAD, AND I JUST KNEW
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
AND I DIDN'T QUESTION, IN
THAT MOMENT, WHETHER SHE
WOULD CONTINUE TO LIVE,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
JUST LIFTING UP HER LITTLE
HEAD AND SHE WAS SO
PERFECT TO ME AND SO TINY.
AND THEY HAD EVERYTHING
BANDAGED AND COVERED, BUT
I JUST KNEW GOD HAS HUGE
PLANS FOR YOU.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT
WOULD BE, EVERYTHING THAT
WOULD HAPPEN IN HER LIFE,
BUT I KNEW SHE WAS THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY I HAD
EVER LAID MY EYES ON.
AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO
JUST PICK HER UP AND HOLD
HER.
Reporter: TWO DAYS
LATER ZOIE HAD SURGERY TO
REMOVE BRAIN MATTER AND
CLOSE THE HOLE IN HER
SKULL.
AND JUST FIVE DAYS LATER,
SHE WAS RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL.
SHANE AND SANDY SAY GOD
CONTINUED TO ANSWER
PRAYERS AND PROVIDE
HEALING AND LIFE BEYOND
WHAT ANYONE THOUGHT
POSSIBLE.
ZOIE ABSOLUTELY IS A
BLESSING.
SHE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
JOYS OF MY LIFE.
SHE IS NINE YEARS OLD
TODAY.
SHE IS FULL OF LIFE.
SHE IS FULL OF ENERGY.
I THANK GOD THAT WE CHOSE
TO BELIEVE.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD
SURROUNDING US WERE PEOPLE
OF FAITH.
WHAT A MIRACLE SHE IS,
AND A TESTAMENT OF GOD'S
FAITHFULNESS AND HIS
GOODNESS.
WHAT HE SAYS IS TRUE, AND
HIS WORD IS TRUE.
AND HE IS NOT GOING TO SET
YOU UP FOR FAILURE.
EVERY DAY I'M HERE.
HE'S A GOOD GOD.
HE WANTS TO SHOW HIS -- HE
WANTS TO DO HUGE THINGS.
HE IS JUST LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO
SAY I TRUST YOU.
Terry: WE HOPE YOU
CAN SAY THAT IN THE MIDST
OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE
TODAY.
WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS, WE
WANT TO STAND WITH YOU IN
THAT.
THIS IS OUR WEEK OF PRAYER
HERE AT CBN.
AND THIS IS THE TIME WHERE
WE PRAY FOR YOU.
THOUSANDS OF YOU HAVE SENT
IN PRAYER REQUESTS FOR
NEEDS YOU HAVE IN YOUR
LIFE.
ONE HERE SAYS, "MY
GRANDSON NEEDS A LIVER AND
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT."
SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, THAT
GOD WOULD TAKE AWAY MY
THIRST FOR DRUGS.
> I NEED HEALING FROM A
SARCOMA CANCER.
AND THEN HEALING FROM
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS, WHICH
IS VERY, VERY PAINFUL.
Pat: I HAVE ONE HERE
THAT IS A SPINAL CORD
INJURING WHICH PROBABLY
MEANS SOME KIND OF
PARALYSIS.
AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO
PRAY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL,
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE
COMPLETE HEALING AND
MOBILITY AND FUNCTION.
SOMEBODY SAYS THERE IS A
50% BLOCKAGE IN A
PARTICULAR ARTERY OF THE
HEART, AND THE LORD NEEDS
TO DO SOMETHING.
HERE IS AN INTERESTING
THING, THEY NEED
DELIVERANCE FROM FEAR OF
INTIMACY IN OUR MARRIAGE.
YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP
YOU WITH THAT.
NEVERTHELESS, THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT GOD NEEDS
TO TAKE CARE OF.
THIS ONE IS PROTECT A
GRANDSON IN THE AIR FORCE
AND ALL OF THE U.S.
MILITARY THAT ARE IN
HARM'S WAY.
> WE HAVE BEFORE US WHAT
AMOUNTS TO THOUSANDS.
WE HAVE HAD 70% MORE CALLS
AND PRAYER REQUESTS THAN
WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO THERE IS AN ENORMOUS
NEED IN OUR AUDIENCE FOR
PRAYER.
AND I JUST WANT TO REACH
OUT IN COMPASSION -- THE
LORD KNOWS WHAT IS ON YOUR
HEART.
HE KNOWS HOW YOU HURT.
HE KNOWS HOW YOU SUFFER.
HE HAS SEEN YOUR TEARS
LATE AT NIGHT.
HE HAS SEEN WOMEN WHO HAVE
BEEN SO HEARTBROKEN
BECAUSE OF TROUBLE IN
THEIR MARRIAGE.
AND THERE ARE MEN WHO HAVE
BEEN DISRESPONDENT, THEY
HAVE HOPED FOR SOMETHING
TO COME ALONG IN THEIR
LIVES AND THEY HAVE BEEN
BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED, AND
GOD KNOWS ALL THAT.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
NOW IN THIS LAST DAY OF
OUR WEEK OF PRAYER.
AND I JOIN WITH TERRY.
FATHER, YOU FEEL THE HURT
OF THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW THEM.
YOU REACH DOWN FROM
HEAVEN.
YOU KNOW THEM.
YOU HAVE BEEN MOVED WITH
THE FEELING OF OUR
INFIRMITIES THE SAME AS US
BECAUSE YOU LIVED AS A
MAN.
YOU KNOW PROBLEMS IN OUR
AUDIENCE.
THERE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE
CRYING BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BEEN SO BADLY DISAPPOINTED
IN LIFE.
MEN WHO'S HOPES AND DREAMS
HAVE BEEN DASHED.
AND, GOD, FOR THOSE WHO
ARE SICKLY, THINK OF THE
VARIOUS ILLNESSES THAT
TERRY MENTIONED AND
OTHERS, AND BEHOLD BEFORE
YOU THESE NEEDS OF THE
THESTHESEPEOPLE, AND WE ASK THAT
YOU, LORD, WOULD ENTER
INTO THEIR LIVES AND
ANSWER THEIR PRAYER.
Terry: THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU HAVE SOME
KIND OF AN EYE CONDITION.
IT IS VERY ODD.
YOU GET BLISTERS ALONG THE
RIM OF YOUR EYE.
BOY, IT IS JUST SO
PAINFUL.
IT INTERFERES WITH YOUR
SIGHT.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU, AND YOU
WILL NOT HAVE THEM AGAIN.
Pat: THERE IS A
BLEEDING ULCER -- IT IS A
VIRUS, AND YOU NEED TO GET
IT TREATED, BUT THE LORD
IS GOING TO HEAL IT AND
YOU'LL BE COMPLETELY WHOLE
IN JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS IRRATIONAL FEAR
THAT HAS GRIPPED PEOPLE
AND YOU'RE PARALYZED BY A
SPIRIT OF FEAR.
WE BIND A SPIRIT OF FEAR
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST.
LOSE THEM.
LORD, MAY THE POWER OF GOD
TOUCH YOU.
ONCE AGAIN, WE PRAY FOR
AMERICA.
WE PRAY FOR OUR PRESIDENT.
WE PRAY FOR HIS CABINET.
WE PRAY FOR THE CONGRESS.
WE PRAY FOR OUR
LEADERSHIP, THAT THEY MAY
BE LED BY GOD ALMIGHTY AND
BLESSED BY GOD.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AND AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: GOD BLESS YOU.
LISTEN, LET US KNOW WHAT
GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR
ANSWERS TO PRAYER AND
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS.
PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL
IN.
IT IS SE EASY TO REMEMBER.
IT IS 1-800-700-7000.
1-800-700-7000.
Terry: WELL, WHEN WE
COME BACK, WE'RE GOING TO
"BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
LARRY SAYS, "I LOST MY JOB
11 WEEKS AGO.
I'VE PRAYED AND I'VE
APPLIED FOR MORE THAN 1 100
JOBS, AND SOMETHING IS
COMING THROUGH.
WHY ISN'T GOD ANSWERING MY
PRAYERS?"
WE'LL TACKLE THAT AND MORE
AFTER THIS.
Terry: THE LEE
CHILDREN HAVE A CHOICE:
THEY CAN EAT HALF-COOKED
RICE OR NOTHING AT ALL,
EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY
EATING THE RICE IS LIKE
CHEWING BONES.
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY
HARDSHIPS THESE CHILDREN
AND THEIR PARENTS FACE,
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CLEAN
WATER.
CHUNG FA AND CHOW FIN
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS
TOGETHER.
NEITHER SIBLING REALLY HAD
ANY OTHER FRIENDS.
JUST BECAUSE WE WERE
DIRTY, OUR FACES AND HANDS
WERE ALWAYS BLACK AND
DIRTY, AND SO ARE OUR
CLOTHES.
Terry: THE LEES ARE
POOR, SO THE CHILDREN
RARELY BATHED.
THEIR MOTHER COULDN'T WASH
THEIR CLOTHES, AND THE
FAMILY HAD LITTLE WATER TO
DRINK OR COOK WITH.
THEIR RICE WAS ALWAYS
HARD.
IT WAS LIKE CHEWING
BONES.
IT HURT MY TEETH A LOT.
I KNOW IT WAS UNHEALTHY
FOR MY CHILDREN TO EAT
HALF-COOKED RICE, BUT IF
THEY DIDN'T EAT IT, THEY
STARVED.
Terry: FOR A WHILE,
MR. LEE DUG HOLES IN THE
GROUND AROUND HIS HOME AND
DREW WATER FROM POOLS AND
PONDS.
BUT IT WAS SCARCE AND
OFTEN HAD DEAD ANIMALS IN
IT.
THEN HE DISCOVERED ANOTHER
SOURCE OF WATER OUTSIDE
THEIR VILLAGE, BUT THE
JOURNEY THERE WAS
DANGEROUS AND TOOK FOUR
HOURS ROUNDTRIP.
I WORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT
MY HUSBAND ON THAT ROAD,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS
RAINING AND SLIPPERY.
I WANTED TO HELP.
Terry: SO DO CHONG
FA, BUT MR. LEE WOULDN'T
ALLOW HIS WIFE OR HIS SON
TO HELP BECAUSE HE WAS
AFRAID THEY WOULD GET
HURT.
I WANTED TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER FOR MY FAMILY AND I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
DO.
Terry: THEN CBN BUILT
THE FAMILY A CISTERN THAT
BRINGS CLEAN WATER
STRAIGHT TO THE LEE'S
HOME.
AND WE ALSO GAVE THEM A
WATER FILTER.
OUR LIVES HAVE
COMPLETELY CHANGED.
WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER FOR
EVERYTHING.
MAY FACE ISN'T DIRTY
ANYMORE.
OUR CLOTHES ARE CLEAN
AND WE SMELL GREAT.
NOW I HAVE FIVE
FRIENDS.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE CBN
AND THE GOOD LIFE YOU HAVE
GIVEN US.
THANK YOU FOR OUR
CISTERN.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.
Terry: I DON'T KNOW
WHAT PLANS YOU HAVE FOR
YOUR DAY TODAY, BUT I
WOULD LIKE YOU TO JUST
CONSIDER HOW YOUR DAY
MIGHT CHANGE IF FOUR HOURS
OF IT HAD TO BE SPENT
GOING TO AND FRO GETTING
WATER, AND THEN WATER THAT
IS NOT DRINKABLE.
YOU CAN'T WASH YOUR
CLOTHES IN IT, AND YOU
CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING YOU'RE DOING IN
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD EVERY
DAY.
WE HAVE SUCH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
AND HERE IS THE GREAT
NEWS: WHEN WE ALL LINK
ARMS TOGETHER, WHEN WE ALL
PULL OUR HEARTS' DESIRE TO
SERVE GOD WELL IN THE
LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT COST?
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH.
THAT'S A GENERAL "700
CLUB" MEMBERSHIP.
WE CAN DO THESE THINGS
BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF YOU
HAVE SAID, YES, WE'LL BE A
PART OF THAT.
TODAY I'M ASKING YOU IF
YOU HAVEN'T JOINED "700
CLUB," GO TO YOUR PHONE
AND DO IT.
IT IS 1-800-700-7000.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLUB
LEVELS THAT YOU CAN JOIN
AT.
ASK ABOUT THOSE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY CALL
AND DO SOMETHING TODAY TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU
CALL, WILL YOU GIVE WHAT
YOU GIVE TODAY USING
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
IT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES
ALL OF THE WORK.
I LOVE IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
ENVELOPES, STAMPS, AND YOU
CAN STOP IT WHENEVER YOU
WANT, BUT IT SAVES US
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SO
WE CAN PUT MORE OF YOUR
GIFT INTO THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE LIKE THIS LITTLE
FAMILY YOU SAW.
OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK
YOU, WE'RE GOING TO SEND
YOU "POWER FOR LIFE."
IT'S OUR TEACHING C.D.s
HERE AT CBN, YOU WILL HAVE
THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING
YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
BECAUSE OF YOUR
GENEROSITY.
TIME FOR E-MAIL.
ARE YOU READY?
Pat: I DON'T KNOW IF
I AM OR NOT, BUT LET'S
FIND OUT.
Terry: LARRY SAYS,
"I'VE BEEN A BELIEVER FOR
OVER 44 YEARS AND MARRIED
FOR 39 YEARS.
I LOST MY JOB OVER 11
WEEKS AGO, AND HAVE
APPLIED FOR OVER 100 JOBS.
WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE
EVERYTHING FOR THE SECOND
TIME.
WHY ISN'T GOD ANSWERING
OUR PRAYERS FOR WORK.
HE KNOWS I'M WILLING TO
WORK."
Pat: THE LORD LOVES
YOU.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE
HAS THINGS THAT YOU WILL
BE AMAZED IF YOU JUST ASK
HIM.
THE TROUBLE IS YOU'RE
LOOKING TO MEN TO GIVE YOU
A SOURCE OF MONEY.
AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
TO LOOK TO GOD AS YOUR
SOURCE.
NOW, YOU HAVE SKILLS,
THINGS IN YOUR BRAIN THAT
ARE WAY BEYOND ANYTHING
YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.
AND PERHAPS ALL YOU KNOW
IS YOUR A MACHINIST.
AND SO YOU SENT OUT
LETTERS TO 60 COMPANIES
AND THEY SAID WE DON'T
NEED A MACHINIST.
OR YOUR A COPY WRITER OR
WHATEVER YOU ARE, AND
YOU'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT
SAYS YOU CAN'T START A
COMPANY.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS
YOU CAN'T GO ONLINE.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS
YOU CAN'T SELL STUFF ON
THE INTERNET.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS
YOU CAN'T TAKE TELEPHONE
CALLS AT HOME.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
YOU CAN DO.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
OPEN YOUR MIND TO THE
CREATIVE POWER OF GOD, AND
SAY, GOD, SHOW ME WHAT IT
IS I CAN DO.
AND WATCH.
WE HAD DAVID GREEN ON
YESTERDAY.
THE GUY WAS BUILDING
PICTURE FRAMES WITH HIS
WIFE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
GOD PUTS THIS THING IN HIS
MIND, AND NOW HE HAS A
$4.5 BILLION COMPANY.
UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT GOD GAVE IT TO HIM.
THE PRAYER IS, GIVE ME
SOMETHING THAT I CAN USE.
TELL ME WHAT I'M SUPPOSED
TO DO.
NOT GIVE ME A JOB.
TELL ME WHAT I'M SUPPOSED
TO DO.
Terry: THIS IS
REBECCA WHO SAYS, "AT 69
YEARS OLD, I'M NEW TO
CHRISTIANITY.
I ATTEND A BIBLE STUDY
WEEKLY, WHICH I ENJOY.
THE PASTOR ASKED FOR
PRAYER FOR HIS DAD WHO HE
DESCRIBED AS OLD AT THE
AGE OF 79.
I BLURTED OUT, OH, MY GOD,
THAT'S NOT OLD.
I WAS ADVISED THAT BY
SAYING THIS I WAS SINNING
AND TAKING THE LORD'S NAME
IN VAIN.
I FEEL HORRIBLE.
WHAT SHOULD I STAY
INSTEAD?"
Pat: WHAT YOU SHOULD
SAY IS GET OUT OF THAT
CHURCH, LEAVE OFF THE KEY,
LEE, AND GET YOURSELF
FREE.
THAT GUY IS NONSENSE.
TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID IS
PERFECTLY NORMAL.
69 ISN'T OLD.
Terry: I THINK
BECAUSE SHE SAID, OH, NI
GOD.
Pat: THAT'S AN
EXPRESSION.
SO BIG DEAL.
I'LL TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT
TO HAVE PASSION.
AND YOUR PASTOR DOESN'T
TREAT YOU WITH COMPASSION,
SO GO SOME PLACE THAT
DOES.
GOD LOVES YOU.
> WE LEAVE YOU WITH
TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM
LUKE: "THE THINGS WHICH
ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN
ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD."