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The 700 Club - April 28, 2017

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. Read Transcript


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."

*

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."

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