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The 700 Club - May 8, 2017

A woman running from her painful past finds the secret to lasting love. Plus, highlights from Regent University’s 2017 commencement ceremony. Read Transcript


COMING UP, THE 6-DAY WAR.

THAT FULFILLS THOUSANDS

OF YEARS

OF PROPHECY.

TAKE A LOOK AT "IN OUR

HANDS, THE

BATTLE FOR FOR JERUSALEM".

THEY WERE THE FATHER, THE

BUSINESSMAN, AND THEY WERE

THE GUYS

GOING INTO JERUSALEM.

ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB".

*

Pat: WELCOME BACK TO THE

REGULAR

PROGRAMMING. WE WERE HAD A

FANTASTIC

TELETHON.

WE HAD A GRADUATION.

DID IT RAIN?

NO.

IT DIDN'T RAIN.

1920 GRADUATES. I CAN'T TELL

YOU HOW

BEAUTIFUL IT WAS AT REGENT.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

IT WAS A GREAT TELETHON.

IT WAS A GREAT PREMIUM

THAT I WAS

ABLE TO DO CALLED MIRACLES.

ANYWAY, YOU'VE SEEN ON

THE NEWS

FOR THE FRANCE CANDIDATE

MANUEL MA

KROEN.

AND THE BILL TO REPEAL

AND REPLACE

OBAMACARE.

AT JUST 39 MANUEL MA

KROEN IS THE

NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE

EUROPEAN UNION.

HIS OPPONENTS SAYS HE'S TOO

SOFT AND

TOO DANGEROUS TO LEAD DURING

THESE

TIMES.

HE ACTUALLY PROMISED TO

UNITE FRANCE

WHICH FOR A FRENCH PRESIDENT

IS LIKE

TRYING TO HURT CATS.

THIS LEFTIST SAID MA

KROEN'S STAGE

SHOW WAS A SUCCESS.

EXTREME FINANCE HAS WON, BUT

LE PIN

WAS MAGNANIMOUS.

I BELIEVE IN THE COUNTRY

AND I

WISH SUCCESS TO HIM.

THE FRENCH PARTY

ANNOUNCED IT

WOULD WE BRAND AND CHANGE

ITS NAME.

TO REPRESENT A WIDER

SCOPE OF

SOVEREIGNTY OF LEADERS AND

MOVEMENT

AROUND THIS IDEA.

THE EUROPEAN

ESTABLISHMENT AND

MEDIA TO HELP PROP UP THE

UNION THAT

THE EUROPEAN UNION WENT IN

FLAMES.

THEY COULD SEE THE ANTI-EURO

MOVEMENT

BE THE BIGGEST PARTY. BIG

FINANCES

COULD HURT THE EURO. THE

PERFORMANCE

CAN USUALLY MEET WITH

BARRICADES.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID

CONGRATULATIONS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING

WITH HIM.

HERE AT HOME, PRESIDENT

TRUMP HAS A

KEY ON ECONOMIC ISSUES

TRYING TO

REFORM OF HEALTHCARE.

AFTER TRYING TO REPLACE

OBAMACARE,

THE SENATE WILL COME IN AND

WILL COME

UP WITH A DIFFERENT VERSION.

THE SENATE IS STARTING

FROM

SCRATCH.

Pat: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I GUESS

McCONNELL WILL DO HIS THING

BUT SAID

THAT UKRANIANS ARE TOO HARD

ON --

RUSSIA AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT

HE'S

GOING TO DO. NOBODY KNOWS

HIM. HE

HASN'T BEEN IN POLITICS AND

HE

DOESN'T HAVE A PARTY. THEY

ARE NOT AN

ORGANIZED PARTY AND THERE

ARE NO

MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH

LEGISLATURE.

HE'S GOT TO PUT IT

ALTOGETHER AND

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

BUT THAT

IS THEIR PROBLEM, IT'S NOT

MINE. I

WILL LEAVE THAT FOR NOW. OUR

CBN NEWS

CORRESPONDENT DAVID BRODY IS

WITH US

FROM WASHINGTON.

DAVID, THE BILL PASSED THE

HOUSE AND

NOW THE SENATE IS GOING TO

DO IT ALL

OVER AGAIN. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE

ON THAT?

COUNCIL -- YES, THEY ARE

GOING TO

START FROM SCRATCH. THE

REPUBLICAN

PARTY JUST CAN'T GET THEIR

ACT

TOGETHER. I JUST GOT OFF THE

PHONE

WITH A COUPLE OF GOP AIDS

AND ASKED

THEM ON A SCALE OF 1-10

WHAT'S THE

DIFFICULTY ON PASSING A

SENATE BILL

HEALTHCARE.

ONE GAVE ME AN 8 OUT OF 10

AND THE

OTHER ONE SAID 9.9 TOWARDS

THE DEGREE

OF DIFFICULTY. BASICALLY

IT'S BECAUSE

THEY CAN'T GET THEIR ACT

TOGETHER. DO

THEY WANTED TO EXPAND.

THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T

WANT TO

DIMINISH MEDICAID AND OTHERS

TO

EXPAND IT.

THERE IS SO MANY ISSUES AND

ALSO THE

PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

THE HOUSE BILL DEFUNDS

PLANNED

PARENTHOOD AND SAYING THEY

ARE NOT

GOING TO VOTE FOR A BILL

THAT DEFUNDS

PLANNED PARENTHOOD. REMEMBER

REPUBLICANS HAVE TWO BEATS.

Pat: FOR MEDICAID, EXACTLY

WHAT IS

THE ISSUE AND WHY ARE SOME

STICKING

AND SOME IN FAVOR.

WHAT'S THE STORY?

LET'S DEVELOP THIS INTO

TWO LITTLE

SEGMENTS HERE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

SUBSIDIES. WHAT

WE MEAN ABOUT THAT IS THERE

IS A

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN

THIS

HEALTHCARE BILL WHERE THERE

ARE

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN

PREEXISTING

CONDITIONS WHERE SOME ARE

NOT COVERED

BUT THERE WOULD BE 8 BILLION

WORTH OF

SUBSIDIES AND HOW MUCH MIGHT

IT NOT

COVER FOR PREEXISTING

CONDITIONS AND

MEDICAID IS GOING TO BE

SCALED BACK

AS IT RELATED TO THE

HEALTHCARE MONEY

THAT'S COMING FROM MEDICAID.

THAT WILL BE ROLLED BACK AND

IN 2020

THERE WON'T BE MUCH LEFT.

IT'S GOING TO BLOCK GRANT

MONEY TO

THE STATES.

RIGHT NOW IT'S DEEMED

SPECIFICALLY

FOR HEALTHCARE FROM THE

FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT.

NOW, OR IN 2020, IT WILL GO

TO THE

STATES IN TERMS OF BLOCK

GRANTS. SO

THIS IS ALL ABOUT KIND OF

LIKE HOW IS

THE MONEY GOING TO BE

DISBURSED AND

THAT'S HOW THE RUBBER IS

GOING TO

MEET THE ROAD.

IF THEY PUT IT IN THE

HOUSE BILL

AND THERE WAS 30 ALREADY IN

THERE.

THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT

ALREADY FOR

PREEXISTING CONDITIONS,

WASN'T IT?

THE WHITE HOUSE WAS GOING

TO GIVE

THEM $5 BILLION MORE AND

THEY SAID,

NO, I WANT $8 BILLION MORE.

THAT'S HOW THAT WORKED.

Pat: WHAT ABOUT THE

SENATOR FROM

KENTUCKY RAND PAUL, HAS HE

GOT HIS

OWN BILL COMING?

HE DOES.

I DON'T THINK THEY FEEL THEY

HAVE

THAT MUCH OF A BILL AND TOO

COMPLICATED TO PASS THE

SENATE. BUT

THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW

THIS IS

GOING TO GO DOWN BECAUSE

REMEMBER YOU

HAVE RAND PAUL ON THE SWING

WITH

SENATORS AND THEN YOU HAVE

LISA AND

ROB PORTMAN AND MANY OF THE

MORE

MODERATES IN THE SENATE.

YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES

HERE AND

THE KEY MAN IN THE MIDDLE

HERE AND

YOU KNOW HIM WELL, PAT,

MITCH

McCONNELL. IF YOU GOOGLE

HARRY

HOUDINI, YOU KNOW WHO HE IS.

TALK

ABOUT HURTING CATS LIKE DALE

HURD

SAID, THIS IS HURTING CATS.

Pat: CAN'T THEY UNDERSTAND

THAT

THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO

REPLACE

OBAMACARE?

YOU ARE 100% IN THAT AND

THAT'S

THE GLUE THAT IN THE END IS

GOING TO

KEEP THEM ON THE SAME PAGE

AFTER 10

AMENDMENTS TO THE SAME BILL.

THE

BOTTOM LINE IS REPUBLICANS

CANNOT NO

WAY CAN THEY HAVE THIS BILL

FAIL AND

NOT COME OUT OF THE SENATE.

THEY HAVE

TO GET SOMETHING TO

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

DESK.

THE SENSE IS IF THEY PASS

THE BILL TO

THE SENATE AND THEN IT GOES

TO

COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE

SENATE AND

THE HOUSE BILL HAS TO

RECONCILE

TOGETHER AND WE HAVE TO VOTE

ON

ANOTHER BILL THAT WILL HAVE

TO

COMPROMISE. PAT, WE MAY NOT

SEE THIS

UNTIL LABOR DAY AND HOW

APPROPRIATE

BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LOT

OF LABOR

PAINS TO GO WITH IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL

BECAUSE

THEY ARE HOLDING UP, THEY

THINK THERE

WILL BE A POT OF MONEY THAT

WILL BE

SAVED WITH DOING AWAY WITH

OBAMACARE

AND THE TAXING OF PEOPLE.

THE ECONOMY NEEDS IT.

I DON'T SEE WHY THEY DON'T

SEE THE

BIG PICTURE.

THE PICTURE IS THEY ARE

GOING TO LOSE

THEIR SHIRT IF THEY DON'T

GET

TOGETHER. THEY HAVE

AGONIZING HOURS

OF WORK INTERVENTION BY THE

PRESIDENT

HIMSELF. WELL, WENDY, WE CAN

TALK

ABOUT SOMETHING MORE

PLEASANT THAN

HEALTHCARE REFORM.

Wendy: LET'S TALK ABOUT

THE

GRADUATION. THIS WEEKEND

MORE THAN

8,000 PEOPLE GATHERED AT

REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

THERE WAS NO RAIN.

IT WAS A PICTURE PERFECT DAY

AS

FAMILY AND FRIENDS GOT

TOGETHER TO

WITNESS STUDENTS RECEIVE

THEIR

DIPLOMAS. HERE ARE THE

HIGHLIGHTS

FROM THIS YEAR'S

COMMENCEMENT.

Pat: I WANT TO

CONGRATULATE YOU ON

THE GRADUATION AT REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

THIS PAST SATURDAY FAMILY

AND

FRIENDS GATHERED AROUND

REGENT

UNIVERSITY TO WITNESS THE

GRADUATION

OF 2017.

PAT ROBERTSON PRESIDED OVER

THIS

CEREMONY.

Pat: THE LORD SAID TO THE

EVENING

OF HIS DISCIPLES, IF YOU

ABIDE IN ME

AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU,

YOU CAN

ASK WHAT YOU WILL AND IT

WILL BE DONE

UNTO YOU.

SO, MY CHARGE TO EACH OF YOU

GRADUATES, ATTACH YOURSELVES

TO JESUS

AND LET HIS WORDS ATTACH

THEMSELVES

TO YOU.

THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS

THE DEAN

OF SCHOOL OF DIVINITY.

THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR

EACH AND

EVERYONE OF YOU. YOU ARE

HERE BECAUSE

YOU HAVE THE SAME CALL.

NEVER SHRINK

BACK, NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR

THE HOPE

THAT'S IN YOU. TRUST IN GOD,

PROCLAIM

HIS WORD AND PERFORM HIS

GOSPEL AND

YOU WILL BE IN THIS RACE

BEFORE YOU.

GO FORWARD AND CHANGE THE

WORLD FOR

HIM.

OVER 1,000 GRADUATES WITH

BACHELOR'S AND MASTERS AND

DOCTORAL

DEGREES.

THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT

YOU HAVE

BEEN WAITING FOR.

GRADUATES, YOU CAN NOW FLIP

YOUR

TASSELS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Pat: WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY.

WASN'T THAT FUN?

Wendy: THAT WAS GREAT.

THEY HAD THEM ALL OVER

THE PLACE

AND THERE WERE TREES WITH

CONFETTI

EVERYWHERE.

THAT'S THE MOST GRADUATES

WE HAD.

Pat: 1920.

ALMOST 2,000.

THAT'S MORE GRADUATES THAN

WHEN I

WENT TO SCHOOL. WE HAD

ALMOST 600

UNDERGRADUATES.

WHAT TOUCHED ME WAS I KNEW

THERE WERE

MANY PARENTS THERE THAT

SACRIFICED.

MANY PARENTS HAD A DEGREE

BUT WE HAD

MANY STUDENTS GETTING

MASTERS AND

DOCTORATES.

AND MANY UNDERGRADUATE.

YES.

IT WAS THE MOST.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT

THAT

JUST OVERWHELMS ME.

I'M STILL RADIATING WITH

JOY. THEY

ARE GOING TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN THE

WORLD. THEY ARE TAUGHT TO

CHANGE THE

WORLD. THEY ARE COMING OUT

AS WORLD

LEADERS.

Wendy: THEY ARE. THAT IS

AMAZING.

UP NEXT, IT IS THE SITE OF

THE

BLOODIEST BATTLE OF A FILM

IN HISTORY

AND THIS DOCUDRAMA.

WE THOUGHT, GREAT, IF IT

SURVIVED

A REAL EXPLOSION, IT CAN

SURVIVE THIS

ONE.

THIS IS ABOUT "IN OUR HANDS,

THE

BATTLE FOR FOR JERUSALEM".

WHEN WE COME BACK.

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Pat: IN LESS THAN A MONTH

ISRAELIS

WILL CELEBRATE THE

ANNIVERSARY OF

WHAT'S CALLED THE 6TH DAY

WAR WHICH

IS A TRIBUTE TO MANY SAY IS

GOD'S

VICTORY.

THIS DOCUMENTARY OF "IN OUR

HANDS,

THE BATTLE FOR FOR

JERUSALEM".

BY 4:30 A.M., THE

JORDANIANS HAD

REACHED THE AREA AND THEY

LINED THE

BUNKER WITH 21 TONS OF TNT.

THIS IS AMMUNITION HILL

WHAT IS

STATED AS THE BLOODIEST

BATTLE IN

ISRAELI HISTORY.

I TALKED TO THE "IN OUR

HANDS, THE

BATTLE FOR FOR JERUSALEM"

DIRECTOR

AND THIS DOCUDRAMA TELLS US

OF THE

VICTORY OF 19676-DAY WAR.

DID YOU DO A REENACTMENT

HERE?

WE DID. THEY LET US HAVE

THE PLACE

FOR A FEW NIGHTS.

WE HAVE SHOOTERS FROM THE

BUNKER AND

THEY SHOWED US THE BUNKER

AND WHERE

THEY FOUND THE COMMAND

BUNKER AND HOW

THEY BLEW IT UP.

THEY TOLD US WE CAN USE THIS

BUNKER

FOR YOUR EXPLOSION. I

THOUGHT GREAT.

IF IT SURVIVED THE REAL ONE,

IT COULD

SURVIVE A MOVIE ONE.

THIS WAS THE

DRAMATIZATION OF

IMPORTANT SCENES.

SOON, WE SHALL ENTER IT.

THE WHOLE CITY OF JERUSALEM

WHICH

GENERATIONS HAVE DREAMED OF

AND

LONGED FOR.

WE WILL BE THE FIRST TO

ENTER.

AND RUNNING THROUGH THE

STREETS OF

JERUSALEM UNDER THREAT OF

SNIPER FIRE

TO TAKE THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND

WESTERN

WALL.

WE HAD DONE ANOTHER

DOCUDRAMA WITH

THE HOPE AT THE BEGINNING OF

ISRAEL

AND WE THOUGHT WHAT'S THE

NEXT

CHAPTER IN THAT STORY AND WE

WENT TO

'67 AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT

STORY. WE

THOUGHT, LET'S NOT DO A DRY

DOCUMENTARY.

LET'S TALK TO THE MEN THAT

LIVED IT.

GOING THROUGH IT ETC,

THAT MUST

HAVE BEEN AN ENORMOUS

UNDERTAKING.

I TRIED TO USE AS MANY

PEOPLE'S

STORIES AND DIARIES AND

PERSONAL

INTERVIEWS.

BUT ALL THE DIALOGUE IN THE

FILM WAS

RECORDED IN HISTORY.

AS FOR THE DOCUDRAMA IT

TRIPLED IN

SIZE TO WIN THE DESERT.

IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN TOO

LONG SO WE

NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE

PARATROOPERS.

THEY WERE THE FATHERS, THE

BUSINESSMEN AND THEY WERE

THE GUYS

THAT ENDED UP GOING INTO

JERUSALEM.

INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR

THAT TO

CHANGE. LET'S GO.

I MEAN, THESE ACTORS ARE

VERY

REALISTIC.

THEY WERE GREAT.

DID THEY HAVE AN EFFECT

ON THE

ACTORS THEMSELVES BECAUSE

THIS IS IN

MANY CASES THEIR FATHERS,

THEIR

GRANDFATHERS.

HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO

THAT?

I HAD A LOT OF GUYS TELL

ME ABOUT

THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY.

ONE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS

GRANDFATHER WAS

IN THE HOLOCAUST AND ONE GUY

TOLD ME

ABOUT HIS FATHER WHO SAW THE

WHOLE

SIEGE.

THE GIRL WANTED TO SEE

THE FLAG

FLOWN AT THE WESTERN WALL.

THAT

BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.

ACTUALLY THE PARATROOPER

WHO IS

PART OF THAT STORY, I ASKED

HIM DID

YOU EVER SEE THAT FAMILY

AGAIN AND HE

SAID HE DID.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE WAR,

THE

GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY. SHE

LIVED

THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND

HOPED TO SEE

JERUSALEM REUNITED.

FROM THAT TIME TO THE

START.

WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU

UNCOVERED THAT

YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW

ANYTHING AT ALL?

WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME,

WHEN

THESE PARATROOPERS CAME INTO

TOWN

THEY WERE HEROES. KEEP IN

MIND THERE

WAS A BLACKOUT.

THERE WAS ALL OF THIS GOING

ON AND

YET THESE WOMEN CAME OUT

WITH FOOD.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM

IT?

FROM THE PERSONAL SIDE,

YOU SEE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SO MANY

PEOPLE GET

TOGETHER WHETHER IT'S

TRAINING THE

ARMY, WHETHER IT'S DOING

MAKE-UP OR

WHETHER IT'S DOING

EXPLOSIVES. IN THE

TIMES OF WAR, THERE IS SO

MANY THINGS

YOU CAN DO IN LIFE AND JUST

TO PLAN

AND LIVING SOMETHING TO SEE

THAT

RESULTS IN THE WAY IT DID,

OR WHERE

YOU ARE TRAINING

PARATROOPERS AND

LIFE THROWS YOU SOMETHING

ELSE AND

HOW YOU ADAPT TO THAT.

WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY

FROM THE

FILM?

TWO THINGS.

I TRY TO KEEP IT A POLITICAL

AS

POSSIBLE.

I WANTED THEM TO SEE THE

SACRIFICE

THAT THESE MEN MADE AND NO.

2, WE

WENT BACK TO 1948 WHEN THEY

FELL AND

WHEN THE JORDANIAN OFFICER

SAID THAT

WE HAVE DESTROYED THIS PLACE

THAT NO

JEW COULD RETURN HERE AND

THEN WE

FAST FORWARDED TO WHERE THEY

DID.

HOW WILL PEOPLE SEE THE

FILM

I THINK IT'S GOOD.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT

ISRAEL JEWS

ARE GOING TO GIVE UP THIS

CITY.

NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

WHEN HE CAME

TO THE WALL HE SAID WE CAME

TO THIS

CITY NEVER TO DEPART AGAIN.

JERUSALEM.

Pat: MIKE IS A GOOD FILM

CRITIC.

THE THING IS ABSOLUTELY

FANTASTIC AND

CINEMATOGRAPHY.

IT'S A BIBLICAL PIECE, WELL,

IT'S

GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN?

VERY SOON. "IN OUR HANDS,

THE

BATTLE FOR FOR JERUSALEM"

HITS

THEATRES ON MAY 23, FOR A

ONE NIGHT

ONLY FATHOM EVENT.

MAY 23, JUST GO TO "IN OUR

HANDS

1967.COM" TO GET YOUR

TICKETS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

Pat: IT'S COMBINED IN

THEATRES AND

THEY WILL OFFER MORE NIGHTS.

IF THEY SELL OUT, THAT'S

THEIR

BUSINESS TO HAVE PEOPLE IN

THE SEATS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO

SELL OUT. I

REALLY DO.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

Pat: YOU KNOW, I'M A REAL

CRITIC OF

REAL GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY.

IT'S GREAT.

THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN

ISRAEL I

WAS WITH AARON AND NEVER

DREAMED SHE

WOULD MAKE A MOVIE.

SHE IS GREAT.

THEY TOOK HER AWAY TO ISRAEL

AND SHE

HASN'T COME BACK.

SHE HASN'T COME BACK.

I THINK IT'S A TRUE LOVE

AFFAIR.

WELL, COMING UP, HER HOME

WAS LIKE A

TORNADO, ONLY FAR MORE

DESTRUCTIVE.

THERE WAS ALWAYS ANOTHER

DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE CASE.

WHY SHE SAYS HER LIFE IS

BROKEN

NO MORE. THAT'S UP NEXT.

NO MORE. THAT'S UP NEXT.

Pat: YOU ARE WATCHING THE

"700

CLUB". WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS

PROGRAM

FOR YOU AND THIS STORY WILL

TOUCH

YOUR HEART. A GIRL NAMED

MARYANN, HER

FATHER WAS A DRUNK, HER

MOTHER WAS A

DRUG ADDICT.

IT WAS NO SURPRISE WHEN

MARYANN WAS

12, HER BEST FRIENDS WHY

JACK DANIELS

AND COKE. SOON MARYANN WAS

FOLLOWING

IN HER PARENTS FOOTSTEPS. AT

THE TIME

SHE WANTED AN ANGEL TO COME

RESCUE

HER AND ONE DID IN THE FORM

OF A

FIGHTER PILOT.

MY TIME GROWING UP WAS

WITH AN

ABUSIVE DAD AND ALCOHOLISM.

IF I CAN DESCRIBE IT IN A

WEATHER

REPORT IT WOULD BE A

TORNADO.

UNPREDICTABLE.

MARYANN'S DAD WAS AN

ALCOHOLIC WHO

BEAT HER MOM AND THREATENED

HER WITH

GUNS.

IT WAS ALSO ANOTHER

DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE CASE.

MARYANN WAS 12 WHEN SHE

PICKED UP

HER FATHER'S HABITS.

WHAT WAS MISSING IN MY

LIFE WAS

PEACE, WAS LOVE. I FELT

ABANDONED MY

ENTIRE LIFE. I FELT LIKE A

MISTAKE.

MARYANN'S FATHER DIED OF

CANCER

WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL

BUT HE

STILL HAD AN IMPACT ON HER

LIFE. SHE

MARRIED A MAN SIMILAR TO

HIM.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

DIFFERENT.

AFTER THAT, SHE WENT TO

ALCOHOL.

I WENT FROM BED TO BED

TRYING TO

FIND LOVE AND DRINKING. I

DRANK UNTIL

I BLACKED OUT.

THEN, MARYANN MET

MICHAEL. A

FIGHTER PILOT WHO WAS ALSO A

CHRISTIAN. UNLIKE MOST OF

THE MEN SHE

PURSUED, HE REFUSED HER

SEXUAL

ADVANCES.

INSTEAD HE STARTED SHARING

JESUS

CHRIST AND INVITED HER TO

CHURCH.

WHEN I SAW THAT HE DIDN'T

HAVE TO

DRINK AND HIS VALUES WEREN'T

CAUGHT

ON BEING A FIGHTER PILOT, I

REALIZED

I NEEDED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

JESUS.

HER CONTINUED BOUTS WITH

DRUNKENNESS, MADE HIM

REALIZE SHE WAS

IN PAIN.

SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE. I

KNEW SHE

WAS STRUGGLING WITH GOD.

SHE VISITED MICHAEL READY

TO SHARE

HER STORY. MICHAEL

IMMEDIATELY

THOUGHT HER LIFE RESONATED

WITH THE

BOOK OF JOB.

WHY THE BOOK OF JOB?

BECAUSE IT

WAS TELLING ME THIS WAS A

MATCH TO

POOR JOB WHO LOST IT ALL.

AS MICHAEL BEGAN TO SHARE

THE

STORY WITH HER, NEITHER OF

THEM HAD

ANY IDEA HOW HER LIFE WOULD

CHANGE.

MY HEART BEGAN TO

TRANSPIRE AND

GOD BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME

IMMEDIATELY.

IN THAT MOMENT, I REALIZED

IT AND I

THANKED GOD.

EVERYTHING WAS MADE NEW IN

THAT

MOMENT. I WAS CRYING BECAUSE

I WAS SO

HAPPY. IT WAS LIKE IF I

COULD

BREATHE, I FELT FREE, I FELT

ALIVE

LIKE WHAT IS THIS.

I NEVER FELT THIS IN MY LIFE.

NO AMOUNT OF DRINKING, NO

AMOUNT OF

GETTING HIGH HAS EVER BEEN

ABLE TO

COMPARE TO THIS LOVE.

AT THAT MOMENT, MARYANN

SURRENDERED HER HEART TO

JESUS.

WHEN I REPENTED AND GAVE

MY LIFE

TO GOD AND I ASKED HIM TO

FORGIVE ME

OF ALL OF THAT VIAL

BACKGROUND, HE

DELIVERED ME FROM ALCOHOL.

2 WEEKS LATER, MIKE DID

SOMETHING

HE WANTED TO DO SINCE SHE

GAVE HER

LIFE TO CHRIST. HE PROPOSED

TO

MARYANN. HE SAYS GOD GAVE

HIM A SIGN

OF PROMISE.

I SAID, OKAY, GOD, THIS

IS GOOD,

THIS IS FUNNY.

I HAD NO RESERVATION. I

JUST

FLOATED ON DOWN. I COULDN'T

WAIT TO

BE MRS. McMELLON.

TODAY THE McMELLON'S HAVE

TWO

CHILDREN AND THEY STARTED A

MINISTRY

CALLED "BROKEN, NO MORE" AND

MARYANN

HAS STARTED HER FREEDOM TO

AN ALCOHOL

FREE LIFE.

THERE IS NO ALCOHOL. MY

IDENTITY

IS I AM ONE WITH GOD AND THE

EVIL

CAN'T TOUCH ME. THERE IS A

GOD WHO

LOVES YOU MORE, AND HE

DOESN'T SEE

YOUR SIN. HE SEE'S HIS BLOOD.

YOU ARE NOT TOO DAMAGED TO

REACH OUT

AND TOUCH THE SAME GOD WHO

TOUCHED ME.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK

THE SAME

GOD WHO RESCUED ME TO RESCUE

USE AND

GOD WILL USE WHAT IS MEANT

FOR EVIL

FOR YOUR GOOD. I PROMISE.

Pat: WHAT A TESTIMONY. NO

AMOUNT OF

DRUGS, NO AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL

COULD

GIVE ME A FEELING LIKE THIS.

THIS WAS

THE MOST WONDERFUL THING

THAT

HAPPENED.

I WAS TOUCHED BY GOD.

YOU SEE THERE IS A GOD.

THE ETERNITY THAT IS OUT

THERE AND

THE WAY WE ARE SAVED IS NOT

THROUGH

THE WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

THAT WE

HAVE DONE, BUT BY HIS OWN

BLOOD HE

SAVED US. HE SAVED US

BECAUSE HE DIED

FOR US AND IT'S POWERFUL.

ALSO, I'M

NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF

JESUS

FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE.

MARYANN, WILL YOU SAVE YOUR

DAY FOR

REDEMPTION? NO SHE HASN'T.

SHE SAYS I'M A CHILD OF GOD,

A

TRANSFORMED PERSON. THAT'S

WHAT HE'LL

DO FOR YOU. HE'LL TRANSFORM

YOU AND

FORGIVE EVERYTHING YOU DID

WRONG. ALL

OF YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS WILL

BE

FORGOTTEN AND TAKEN AWAY

FROM YOU AND

YOU WILL BE GIVEN A NEW LIFE

IN JESUS

CHRIST. THAT'S WHAT HE'S

OFFERING YOU

AND WHAT WE ARE OFFERING YOU

RIGHT

NOW.

YOU WILL BE A NEW CREATION

IN GOD.

YOU SAY, I WANT WHAT MARYANN

HAD. I

WANT IT.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THAT

OLD STUFF.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A SLAVE

TO

ALCOHOL, I DON'T WANT TO BE

A SLAVE

TO DRUGS. I WANT TO BE FREE.

IF YOU

DO, ALL I ASK YOU TO DO

RIGHT NOW IS

TO BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY

WITH ME.

REACH OUT TO YOUR FAITH, BY

FAITH YOU

ARE SAVED.

NOT BY WORDS.

BY FAITH YOU ARE SAVED. THE

GIFT OF

GOD. PRAY THIS PRAYER.

BOW YOUR HEAD.

TAKE THE GIFT THAT'S

OFFERED.

LORD, JESUS, THAT'S RIGHT,

PRAY WITH

ME.

LORD, JESUS, AT THIS MOMENT

I COME TO

YOU. I DON'T COME AS SOMEONE

WHO IS

FILLED WITH HOLINESS. I COME

AS

SOMEBODY WHO IS SIMPLE. I

KNOW THAT

YOU DIED FOR SINNERS AND YOU

DIED FOR

ME. RIGHT NOW I TURN AWAY

FROM THE

LIFE I HAVE LIVED AND I COME

TO YOU

AND SAY, GOD, SAVE ME, COME

INTO MY

HEART.

FILL ME WITH YOURSELF AND

MAY THE

POWER OF GOD DWELL IN MY

LIFE FROM

THIS TIME ON.

I'M YOURS, LORD.

AND I THANK YOU.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.

IF YOU

PRAYED WITH ME, LET YOUR

POWER OF

YOUR ANOINTING BE THERE.

KEEP THEM IN

YOUR WORD IN JESUS NAMING.

WHAT A TIME. IF YOU PRAYED

THAT

PRAYER AND GIVE YOUR HEART

TO THE

LORD, YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT

DO I DO

NEXT? YOU ARE JUST

STARTING. WHAT DO

I DO NEXT? THIS LITTLE

THING HAS 3

MINUTES OF CONCENTRATION AND

WILL

TELL YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT AND

WHAT GOD

HAS DONE FOR YOU AND WILL

TELL YOU

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

ACCORDING TO

THE SCRIPTURE IN TERMS OF

YOUR LIFE.

I WILL GIVE THIS TO YOU.

IT'S CALLED

A NEW DAY. IT'S A BOOKLET.

I WILL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE

IF YOU

JUST CALL RIGHT NOW AND SAY,

I PRAYED

WITH PAT.

I GAVE MY HEART TO THE LORD.

IT'S A

TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:

1-800-700-7000.

CALL RIGHT NOW.

I JUST PRAYED.

A WONDERFUL THING HAS JUST

BEGUN IN

MY LIFE. WENDY?

Wendy: AMEN. A SINGLE DAD

HAS TO

REBUILD AFTER A TYPHOON

LEVELS HIS

HOME.

THIS STORY WHEN WE COME

BACK.

BACK.

WELCOME TO WASHINGTON FOR

THIS CBN

NEWSBREAK. THE PROFESSOR OF

SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY IS ACCUSED OF

ACTS

AGAINST THE COUNTRY.

THE SECOND PROFESSOR FROM A

UNIVERSITY TO BE DETAINED IN

A WEEK.

AUTHORITIES ARE NOT SAYING

IF THE 2

CASES ARE RELATED. TWO

AMERICANS ARE

SERVING HARD LABOR PRISON

SENTENCES

IN NORTH KOREA.

CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING

HUMANITARIAN

NEEDS. THIS SERVES MORE

THAN 100

CHILDREN AND THEY GAVE THEIR

LIFE TO

CHRIST. YOU CAN FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT

WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE

WORLD BY

LOGGING ON TO

CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.

PAT AND WENDY WILL BE RIGHT

BACK

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

TYPHOON

YOLANDA WAS THE STRONGEST

TYPHOON ON

RECORD WHICH BROUGHT 175

MILES AN

HOUR WINDS. MANY THROUGHOUT

THE MAIN

LAND WERE LEFT HOMELESS

INCLUDING A

SINGLE FATHER NAMED ANTONIO.

ANTONIO WAS ALONE WITH

HIS

CHILDREN WHEN TYPHOON

YOLANDA HIT THE

PHILIPPINES. HIS WIFE

ABANDONED THEM

A YEAR EARLIER.

I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE

SAFE.

THIS IS TERRIFYING. OUR

HOUSE WAS

FALLING APART ALL AROUND US.

ANTONIO AND HIS CHILDREN

SURVIVED,

THEIR HOUSE DID NOT.

WE LOST EVERYTHING IN THE

STORM

EXCEPT THE OLD TV SET.

WE WERE ON THE STREET. I

PRAYED

GOD WOULD HELP US.

ANTONIO BEGGED SOMEONE IN

A NEARBY

VILLAGE BEGGING TO STAY.

THE OWNER COULD TELL ME

TO LEAVE

ANYTIME.

I WORKED IN THE DAYTIME

MAKING

CHICKEN TO SELL. I HAD ONLY

ENOUGH

FOR DAILY MEALS AND NOTHING

FOR HOUSE

REPAIRS.

THEIR HOME WAS ALSO

INFESTED WITH

MOSQUITOS.

I THOUGHT MY CHILDREN

WOULD GET

DENGUE FEVER FROM THE

MOSQUITOS.

THEN HIS FATHER TOLD THEM

IT WAS

TIME TO PACK THEIR THINGS.

THEY WERE

GOING TO MOVE.

I WAS SO HAPPY WE WERE

GOING TO

MOVE AWAY FROM THE

MOSQUITOS.

CBN HELPED THEM BUILD A

NEW HOME

IN A COMMUNITY OF HOPE.

I LIKE OUR NEW HOUSE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

MY CHILDREN AND I CAN

LIVE HERE

FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. I

CAN'T

HELP BUT CRY THE TEARS OF

JOY. LORD,

I THANK YOU FOR GIVING MY

FAMILY OUR

OLD HOUSE.

THE HOUSE WILL WITHSTAND

WINDS OF

150 MILES PER HOUR.

AND CBN GAVE THEM A NEW

STOREFRONT

FOR A MARKETPLACE SO HE CAN

SELL

CHICKEN.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING

US A NEW

HOUSE.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING

US A NEW

HOME.

I LOVE THAT STORY AND

LOVE SEEING

THEIR SMILES AND THIS

GORGEOUS HOME.

IF YOU ARE A "700 CLUB"

PARTNER, YOU

HELPED BUILD THOSE. IF YOU

ARE NOT A

CBN PARTNER AND WOULD LIKE

PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S VERY

EASY TO

DO THAT. JUST CALL TOLL-FREE

PHONE

NUMBER: 1-800-700-7000 AND

SAY, YES,

I WANT TO JOIN THE "700

CLUB".

MEMBER: $20 A MONTH, JUST

$0.65 A DAY

. IT'S ALL IT TAKES TO

BECOME A CBN

PARTNER. WHEN YOU DO THAT,

WE'LL GIVE

YOU PAT'S NEW DVD CALLED

"MIRACLES".

IF YOU NEED A MIRACLE, YOU

NEED TO

SEE THIS. THIS WILL INCREASE

YOUR

FAITH AND YOUR FAITH WILL

SOAR. IF

GOD DID THAT FOR THEM, HE'LL

DO THIS

FOR YOU.

YOU NEED A MIRACLE AND THIS

WILL

CHANGE YOUR LIFE. CALL NOW.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER STORY

FROM OUR

VIEWERS WHO SAYS AM I UNDER

A

SPIRITUAL ATTACK. GET PAT'S

RESPONSE

FOR THIS WHEN WE COME BACK.

FOR THIS WHEN WE COME BACK.

Wendy: IT'S TIME TO BRING

IT ON

WITH YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.

DIANA

SAYS, AT NIGHT I HAVE BAD

DREAMS THAT

I'M PERISHING BUT I ALWAYS

ASK GOD TO

NEVER LET ME PARISH AND I

KEEP HAVING

THESE DREAMS AND I NEED TO

FEEL SAFE.

AM I UNDER ATTACK?

Pat: I CAN'T SAY WITH

SPECIFICITY

WHAT YOU ARE. BUT THERE IS

THIS, A

DEMONIC DEPRESSION AND

DEMONIC

OPPRESSION. THERE ARE DEMONS

IN THE

WORLD AND THEY ARE

OPPRESSIVE. IF YOU

GO BACK IN YOUR LIFE AND

THINK OF A

TIME WHEN YOU GO BACK AND

DID YOU

PLAY WITH A OUIJA BOARD AND

GO TO

SAYONCE AND WERE YOU EXPOSED

TO THAT.

YOU NEED TO ASK GOD TO

COMMAND TO

LEAVE YOU.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE?

4 YEARS AGO, I WAS GOING

THROUGH

AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME.

MY

DAUGHTER LEFT TO SCHOOL

THOUSANDS OF

MILES AWAY AND I FELT THAT

MANY YEARS

OF MY LIFE WERE GONE TO. IT

WAS

DIFFICULT. I WAS LOST WITH A

SENSE OF

PURPOSE, I FELT LIKE A

FAILURE, I

LOST MY DAUGHTER AND FRIENDS.

WE LOST OUR HOME AND I WENT

THROUGH

POVERTY. I GRIEVED MY OWN

LOSS. IF MY

CHILD DOESN'T EVEN NEED ME,

THEN WHAT

IS MY PURPOSE IN LIFE.

Pat: I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.

THEY IN

TURN HAVE BROUGHT FORTH 14

GRANDCHILDREN. I NOW HAVE 10

GREAT

GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE A WIFE

THAT I

HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO FOR 62

YEARS. MY

CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP AND I

HOPE

THEY GET ATTACHED TO THEIR

SPOUSES

AND THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT

LIFE

APART FROM ME. THAT'S WHAT

YOU HOPE.

YOU HOPE YOUR KIDS GROW UP

AND LEAVE

HOME. AND THIS IS WHERE A

MAN SHALL

LEAVE HIS MOTHER AND FATHER

AND

CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE AND THEY

WILL FORM

A NEW HOUSEHOLD. THE FACT

THAT YOU

ARE HUNG UP ON YOUR

16-YEAR-OLD, THIS

KID HAS DECIDED IT'S TIME TO

GROW UP

AND LEAVE MOM. THAT'S WHAT

YOU DO.

YOU DON'T LET IT DESTROY

YOUR LIFE.

YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING.

IF YOU HAVE A HUSBAND, OR IF

YOUR

HUSBAND IS DEAD, YOU NEED TO

FIND A

LIFE APART FROM YOUR

CHILDREN. WHEN

YOU HAVE CHILDREN THEY GROW

UP AND

YOU HOPE THEY GATHER AROUND

THE

FAMILY FOR EVENTS.

BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS

PLAN YOUR

LIFE FOR YOURSELF.

AND IF YOU LET THESE

FEELINGS COME

ABOUT YOU THAT BRING DEATH

AND

DESTRUCTION. START

REJOICING. THIS IS

THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE

AND CONFESS

IT DAY AFTER DAY INSTEAD OF

THINKING

WHAT PURPOSE YOU HAVE IN

LIFE. YOUR

PURPOSE WAS YOU HAD A CHILD

AND YOUR

CHILD HAS GROWN UP AND LEFT.

THAT WAS YOUR PURPOSE. NOW

YOUR

PURPOSE IS WITH GOD AND

ENJOY HIM

FOREVER. SPEND YOUR TIME

ENJOYING THE

LORD.

Wendy: AS LONG AS WE HAVE

LIFE WE

HAVE A PURPOSE.

A PURPOSE, YOU CAN LOVE,

YOU CAN

GO TO FEED THE POOR AND GO

TO

HOMELESS SHELTERS AND SERVE

MEALS.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL

WELCOME WHAT

YOU DO.

Wendy: ANOTHER STORY. MY

HUSBAND

TOLD ME THAT SPEAKING IN

TONGUES IS

WRONG AND GAVE ME BACK UP.

IS THIS TRUE?

Pat: I SPEAK IN TONGUES

MORE THAN

YOU ALL. YOUR SPIRIT

COMMUNICATES

WITH THE LORD AND BY PASSES

THE JURY

SITTING NEXT TO YOU TELLING

YOU THAT

YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.

IF YOU ARE ASSEMBLED

TOGETHER AND

SOMEONE SPEAKS IN TONGUES

THERE

SHOULD BE AN INTERPRETER.

YOU DON'T WANT A WHOLE GROUP

OF

PEOPLE BABBLING IN A

DIFFERENT

LANGUAGE.

IT'S CRAZY. THAT'S WHAT THE

APOSTLE

PAUL SAID. IF YOU HAVE YOUR

INTERPRETING THEN DO YOUR

OWN. YOU

HAVE TO, LET ME SHOW YOU.

WE ARE TO

BE FREE IN THE LORD, FREE IN

GOD,

FREE IN THE SPIRIT. WE ARE

NOT HUNG

UP ON ALL THIS.

BE FREE IN GOD.

Wendy: WASN'T PAUL WHO

SAID I SPEAK

IN TONGUES MORE THAN ALL OF

YOU.

Pat: YES, HE SAYS I SPEAK

IN

TONGUES MORE THAN ALL OF

YOU. IN THE

VERNACULAR, 10,000 WORDS.

Wendy: WE ARE DOING HOME

REPAIRS,

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET

IT DONE.

DO WE PAY TITHES FOR IT TO

GET IT

DONE. DO WE PAY TITHES ON

THE MONEY

WE TAKE OUT ON A LOAN?

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME

YEARS

AGO THAT I HAD A CAR.

IT WAS MY ONLY POSSESSION.

SOMEBODY

GAVE ME A CAR AND I GOT A

LOAN

AGAINST THE CAR AND I GAVE A

TITHE

OUT OF THE LOAN. THAT'S

BECAUSE THAT

WAS ME. IF YOU BORROW MONEY,

THAT'S

NOT INCOME. THAT'S A DEBT.

SO YOU DON'T QUOTE HALF THE

TITHE.

IF YOU GET A MORTGAGE -- ON

YOUR

HOUSE, YOU DON'T TITHE ON

THE

MORTGAGE.

THAT'S NOT INCOME, THAT'S A

DEBT.

IF YOU WANT TO GET

TECHNICAL, THAT'S

TECHNICAL. A TITHE IS NOT

REQUIRED

FROM MONEY YOU ARE BORROW.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. HE

SAYS I'M

14 YEARS OLD AND I QUESTION

MY

CONSCIENCE AND I FEEL GUILTY

WHEN I

DON'T PRAY A CERTAIN WAY. I

WATCH

VIDEOS THAT INCLUDE POTIONS

AND I

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I NEED HELP.

CONSCIENCE IS A LEARNED

THING. YOU

LEARN STUFF. KIDS DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S

GOING ON AND THEY ARE JUST

FORMING

AND SO YOU DON'T KNOW

WHETHER YOU

HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG OR

NOT. YOU

MUST BE INVOLVED IN

SOMETHING THAT IS

HYPER LEGALISTIC TO GET ALL

OF THOSE

PHOBIAS. THOSE GAMES YOU ARE

PLAYING

DON'T SOUND GOOD TO ME AT

ALL. I

THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE THAT

UP. YOUR

CONSCIENCE IS SOMETHING YOU

LEARN.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WHEN GOD

SPEAKS TO

YOU. THAT'S ALL THE TIME

WENDY AND I

HAVE GOT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. BYE,

BYE.

BYE.

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