TODAY...LOCKED UP

ALONGSIDE ISIS TERRORISTS.

THEY WERE SHOWING HOW

WE CAN KILL A PERSON

WITHIN A FEW SECONDS.

Efrem: FOR THE CRIME

OF BEING A MISSIONARY IN

SUDAN.

THEY CALLED ME A FILTHY

PIG.

Efrem: NOW SEE THE

REAL REASON HE WAS LOCKED

UP.

THE LORD HAS A PURPOSE

FOR ME TO BE IN PRISON.

Efrem: AND THEN...A

SPLITTING HEADACHE

VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE.

UCOMING UP ON "THE 700

CLUB."

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME,

FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF

"THE 700 CLUB."

WENDY IS WITH US HERE

TODAY.

YOU'RE BACK FROM CLIMBING

ALL KIND OF STRANGE

MOUNTAINS.

Wendy: WELL, I

HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE YOU

WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT A

WEEK AGO.

A VERY GOOD INTERVIEW.

Pat: WELL, HE SEEMED

TO LIKE IT.

IT IS NICE TO GET A

FRIENDLY FACE.

WE'LL SET UP ANOTHER ONE

MAYBE IN ANOTHER MONTH OR

SEE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN

DO.

FOLKS, THE WORLD HAS

WATCHED IN HORROR AS NORTH

KOREA HAS BUILT UP ITS

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM,

WITH INTERCONTINENTAL

BALLISTIC MISSILES THEY

COULD USE TO STRIKE

AMERICA.

WHAT IF IRAN ALSO HAD SUCH

DREADFUL WEAPONS?

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MOVING

TO STOP THAT FROM BECOMING

A DEADLY REALITY.

Wendy: CRITICS SAY

OBAMA'S DEAL WITH IRAN

WILL LET IT BUILD NUCLEAR

WEAPONS.

BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

GETTING READY TO PUT AN

END TO THAT AGREEMENT.

DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: PRESIDENT

TRUMP WAS REPORTEDLY EAGER

TO DECLARE IRAN IN BREACH

OF THE NUCLEAR DEAL BUT

WAS TALKED OUT OF IT BY

TOP CABINET MEMBERS AND

SECURITY AIDS AID, WHO

RUSHED TO THE OVAL OFFICE

TO PER WADE HIM AS A

MIDNIGHT DEADLINE

APPROACHED.

THEY WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL

THE IRAN REVIEW WAS

COMPLETED.

CBN'S DAVID BRODY EXPLAINS

WHAT HAPPENED.

David: HE LISTENED

TO THE FOLKS THAT KNOW

THIS ISSUE BEST,

McMASTER, MATTIS, AND

REX TILLERSON.

THEY SAID, LOOK, YOU'VE

GOT TO STAY IN THE DEAL.

A LOT OF FOLKS THINK TRUMP

IS GOING TO JUST DO WHAT

TRUMP WANTS TO DO.

IN THIS CASE, HE DIDN'T DO

IT BECAUSE HE DID LISTEN

TO THE GENERALS ON THE

GROUND AND IN THE OVAL

OFFICE.

Reporter: TRUMP

AGREED MONDAY NIGHT TO LET

THE ISSUE GO, BUT ONLY

UNTIL THE DEAL COMES UP

AGAIN FOR REVIEW IN THREE

MONTHS.

AND AFTER CHANGES THAT

WOULD DISTANCE HIM FROM

THE DEAL.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ONCE

FAMOUSLY POSTED HIS

AGREEMENT TO LIFT

SANCTIONS ON IRAN WAS THE

STRONGEST

NON-PROLIFERATION

AGREEMENT EVERY

NEGOTIATED.

IT IS A GOOD DEAL, A

DEAL THAT MEETS OUR CORE

OBJECTIVES.

THAT FRAMEWORK WOULD CUT

OFF EVERY PATHWAY THAT

IRAN COULD TAKE TO DEVELOP

A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

Reporter: BUT

CONSERVATIVE CRITICS,

INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP

AND MEMBERS OF HIS TEP,

HAVTEAM,HAS REPEATEDLY SAID IT IS

A BAD DEAL.

AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR

THEM TO BUILD NUCLEAR

WEAPONS, AS ANOTHER

COUNTRY ALREADY HAS.

IRAN HAS THE POTENTIAL

TO TAKE THE SAME PATH AT

NORTH KOREA, AND TAKE THE

WHITE HOUSE WITH IT.

Reporter: IT HAS

SLAPPED NEW NON-NUCLEAR

SANCTIONS ON IRANIANS ON

TUESDAY TO SHOW THAT TRUMP

IS INDEED SERIOUS ABOUT

CONFRONTING TEHRAN.

IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT

TRUMP WILL AGREE TO

CERTIFY THE DEAL AGAIN

WHEN IT COMES UP FOR

REVIEW AGAIN IN A FEW

MONTHS, AR ACCORDING TO WHITE

HOUSE OFFICIALS.

AND SOME THINK IT WILL

MARK A MAJOR SHIFT IN

RELATIONS, AND A MASSIVE

INCREASE IN U.S. PRESSURE

ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Pat: WELL, IT'S GOT

TO BE DONE.

THAT DEAL WAS OUTRAGEOUS,

OUTRAGEOUS!

AND IT WAS ANOTHER THING

WHERE THEY PULLED THE WOOL

OVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND ONE OF OBAMA'S AIDES

LAUGHED AT THE FACT THAT

THE AMERICAN VOTERS ARE

BEING MADE FOOLS OF.

> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

ALSO MEETING WITH

REPUBLICAN SENATORS TODAY

TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT

MOVES ON HEALTH CARE.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT.

Efrem: PAT, THE

PRESIDENT IS NOT GIVING UP

ON HEALTH CARE, EVEN

THOUGH HE MADE IT CLEAR HE

IS UNHAPPY THE REPUBLICAN

BILL TO REPEAL AND REPLACE

OBAMACARE FAILED IN THE

SENATE.

President Trump: I'M

CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED.

FOR SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN

HEARING REPEAL AND REPLACE

FROM CONGRESS, AND I'VE

BEEN HEARING IT LOUD AND

STRONG.

AND WHEN WE FINALLY GET A

CHANCE TO REPEAL AND

REPLACE, THEY DON'T TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF IT.

Efrem: SENATE

MAJORITY LEADER MITCHELL

McCONNELL PLANS TO HOLD

A BILL EARLIER NEXT WEEK

TO REPEAL THE BILL.

THE SENATE ACTUALLY

PASSED THE VERY SAME BILL

IN 2015 AND SENT IT TO

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DESK,

AND THEY SHOULD DO IT

AGAIN.

Efrem: BUT THE

REPUBLICAN SENATORS

ALREADY SAID THEY WOULD

VOTE AGAINST BRINGING UP

THE MEASURE FOR DECISION.

THE REPUBLICANS' PLANS FOR

HEALTH CARE WILL BE ONE OF

THE SUBJECTS ON THE

PREMIER OF "FAITH NATION."

DAVID BRODY AND JENNA

BROWDER WILL BE TALKING TO

WHITE HOUSE PRESS

SECRETARY SEAN SPICER.

YOU CAN WATCH THAT AT

12:30 LIVE ON Facebook

LIVE.

PAT?

Pat: IT IS A DISGRACE

THAT THE REPUBLICANS CAN'T

GET TOGETHER ON THIS

THING.

LISA MERCOWKI FROM ALASKA,

AND SUSAN COLLINS FROM

MAINE, MAJOR HOLDOUTS.

AND THEY SEEM TO WANT TO

WAVE THEIR FINGER IN THE

FACES OF THEIR REPUBLICAN

COLLEAGUES.

SINCE IT IS THAT CLOSE A

VOTE -- WHAT IS COMING UP,

PERHAPS THEY NEED TO HAVE

A FEW MORE REPUBLICAN

SENATORS.

THERE ARE SOME WEAK

DEMOCRATS THEY MIGHT HAVE

A CHANCE TO GET WITH.

BUT, I'M TELLING YOU, THIS

IS DISGRACEFUL.

IT'S NOW ONE PARTY AGAINST

THE OTHER PARTY.

AND I MENTIONED IT

YESTERDAY, AND I'LL SAY IT

AGAIN: A HOUSE DIVIDED

AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT

STAND.

A KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST

ITSELF IS GOING TO COME TO

TROUBLE.

AND UNLESS WE GET

SOMETHING GOING, WE'RE IN

TROUBLE.

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ONE

PARTY THAT -- THEIR WHOLE

AGENDA IS TO HURT THE

PRESIDENT.

AND, BY THE WAY, I WAS

WATCHING ONE OF THOSE

CLOWNS ON LATE NIGHT, AND

I SAW A CLIP OF WHAT HE

WAS TALKING ABOUT.

HE IS OVER IN RUSSIA

DEFAMING OUR PRESIDENT,

AND I THINK AMERICANS,

WHEN THEY OUGHT T GO OVERSEAS,

THEY OUGHT TO BE AMERICAN.

WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE

PRESIDENT, AND HE IS THE

CHOICE OF THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE FOR THEIR LEADER.

FOR A TALK SHOW HOST TO GO

TO RUSSIA AND SAY THAT

TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH

SENSE AS A POTATO -- I

MEAN, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.

I THINK WE SHOULD SHOW

THAT KIND OF OUTRAGE.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE

SUPPOSED -- THEY SAY

BEYOND THE BORDER, WE'RE

ALL AMERICANS.

EFREM?

Efrem: PAT, SHE IS A

GROWING VOICE ON SOCIAL

MEDIA KNOWN AS THE

ACTIVIST MOMMY, AND SHE

WANTS TEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE

TAKEN OFF STORE SHELVES

BECAUSE OF AN ARTICLE

INSTRUCTING CHILDREN HOW

TO SUPPOR PERFORM SODOMY.

CHARLENE AARON HAS MORE.

Charlene: THIS IS HOW

ELIZABETH JOHNSON REACTED

TO THE TEEN VOGUE ARTICLE,

"EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO

KNOW ABOUT ANAL SEX, HOW

TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY."

SHE TOSSED THE MAGAZINE

INTO THE GARBAGE.

DON'T LET YOUR KIDS

READ GARBAGE.

Charlene: IT CAUGHT

FIRE WITH MORE THAN EIGHT

MILLION VIEWS.

JOHNSTON ALSO LAUNCHED

"OPERATION PULL TEEN

VOGUE," URGING STORES TO

REMOVE THE MAGAZINE FROM

THEIR SHELVES.

IN THE ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR

ANSWERS HYPOTHETICAL

QUESTIONS TO EXPLAIN ANAL

SEX, AND SAYS SOME

DESCRIBE AN EXPERIENCE

WHICH, QUOTE, "CAN BE

DELIGHTFUL."

I WAS SO OUTRAGED WHEN

SOME PARENT SENT ME THIS

ARTICLE.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I

WAS READING.

AND THE WORST PART ABOUT

IT WAS THAT HERE YOU HAVE

ADULTS PEDALLING THIS

SEXUAL INFORMATION TO

MINORS, TO CHILDREN.

Charlene: JOHNSTON IS

NOT ALONE.

AS COMMENTATOR MATT WALSH

ALSO STRONGLY CONDEMNED

THE ARTICLE.

"THE LEFT WANTS NOTHING

MORE THAN TO TURN YOUR

CHILD INTO A SEXUAL

DEVIENT," HE WRITES.

THIS IS THE PRIMARY GOAL

OF MODERN LEFTISM.

NOTHING MATTERS MORE THAN

CONVERTING YOUR CHILD INTO

THE RELIGION OF SELF-IN

SELF-INDULGENCE.

IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO MOLD

YOU INTO A LONELY SEX

OBSESSED FREAK, BUT YOUR

DAUGHTER, WELL, SHE IS

RIPE FOR THE PICKING.

JOHNSTON BELIEVES IT WILL

TAKE ACTION TO SAVE THE

NEXT GENERATION.

GO TO YOUR LOCAL

LIBRARY, GROCERY STORE,

GAS STATION, AND SEE IF

THEY ARE CARRYING TEEN

VOGUE.

AND SPEAK TO THE MANAGER

OR THE OWNER AND ASK THEM

TO PLEASE NEVER CARRY TEEN

VOGUE AGAIN.

THIS IS OBSCENITY.

THIS IS PORNOGRAPHY.

AND THIS NEEDS TO BE

PULLED FROM THE SHELVES.

Charlene: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: TURNING TO

HEALTH NEWS, A HEALTHY

DIET CAN KEEP YOUR BRAIN

HEALTHY AS YOU GET OLDER

AND DRASTICALLY CUTS YOUR

CHANCES OF GETTING

DEMENTIA.

THAT IS THE FINDING FROM A

GROUP OF STUDIES.

THE DIET SHOULD INCLUDE

FRUITS, VEGETABLES,

LOW-FAT DAIRY, WHOLE

GRAINS, POULTRY, FISH AND

NUTS, WHILE LIMITING THE

AMOUNT OF RED MEAT AND

SUGAR.

AND EXPERTS ALSO SAY YOU

CAN GET THE BENEFITS FROM

THAT HEALTHY DIET, EVEN IF

YOU START EATING IT LATER

IN LIFE.

ALTHOUGH OTHERS SAY THE

SOONER YOU START EATING

HEALTHY, THE BETTER.

PAT, YET ANOTHER STUDY TO

PROVE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN

SAYING A LONG TIME.

Pat: I DID.

I JUST GAVE THEM ALL OF

THE INFORMATION.

YOU DO THIS HEALTHY STUFF,

DON'T YOU?

Wendy: YES.

I WAS FLYING.

I WAS IN THE AIR.

IT IS HARD TO EAT HEALTHY

WHEN YOU'RE ON AN

AIRPLANE.

I FLEW FROM BOSTON TO

BALTIMORE AND FROM

BALTIMORE TO NORFOLK.

I WAS IN THE AIR ALL DAY,

AND SO I THINK I HAD A

POWER BAR, AND THAT WAS

IT.

Pat: YOU HAVE TO

CARRY YOUR SNACKS AND A

FEW NUTS.

MICRONUTRIENTS IS THE KEY.

AND MICRONUTRIENTS ARE

FOUND IN NUTS AND BERRIES.

SO BLUEBERRIES,

BLACKBERRIES, RASPBERRIES,

STRAWBERRIES -- ALL OF

THESE COLORED BERRIES AND

ALL KINDS OF NUTS.

IT'S SO EASY.

Wendy: AND THIS IS

THE SEASON.

Pat: SO WHY NOT ENJOY

YOURSELF?

I'M NOT A BAD COOK.

I CAN COOK HEALTHY STUFF,

TOO.

I LOVE VEGETABLES.

Wendy: AND YOU MAKE A

MEAN MINESTRONE SOUP.

Pat: AWARD-WINNING.

I JUST KEPT PUTTING STUFF

INTO IT, AND PUTTING IT IN

THE POT.

GIVE ME SOME SPINACH AND

CHOPPED KALE, AND IT WAS

DELICIOUS.

Wendy: IT IS A GOOD

WAY TO GET YOUR KALE, IF

YOU DON'T LIKE KALE.

Pat: THEY'RE ACTUALLY

EATING KALE LITTLE SNACKS.

Wendy: THEY'RE

FRIED --

Pat: FRIED OR BAKED.

Wendy: LIKE POTATO

CHIPS.

Pat: WE'RE THE

HEALTHY CHANNEL.

Wendy: THAT'S RIGHT.

> WELL, COMING UP, A

MISSIONARY WHO WAS SENT TO

PRISON WITH MEMBERS OF

ISIS.

ONE OF THE ISIS MEMBERS

WAS A LIBYAN GUY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE

MURDERERS WHO SLAUGHTERED

THE 20 EGYPTIANS ON THE

LIBYAN SHORE.

HE TOLD ME IF I WAS AN

AMERICAN OR RUSSIA, HE

WOULD BREAK MY NECK

IMMEDIATELY AND KILL ME.

Wendy: SEE HOW THIS

MAN SURVIVED AND WHAT SET

HIM FREE, AFTER THIS.

Pat: WELCOME BACK.

YOU'RE WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB."

A LOT OF TREMENDOUS STUFF

COMING FOR YOU ON THIS

PROGRAM TODAY.

THIS ONE RIGHT NOW: FOR

YEARS HE SERVED THE

PERSECUTED CHURCH WITH THE

CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION

"VOICE OF THE MARTYRS."

THEN AT THE END OF A TRIP

TO SUDAN, PE PETR JASEK WAS

ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH

ESPIONAGE AND PUT IN JAIL

WITH ISLAMIC MILITANTS.

NOW THAT HE IS FREE, HE

SAT DOWN WITH OUR GARY

LANE IN THIS EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW WHERE HE

REVEALED THE HORRIFIC

DETAILS OF HIS TIME IN

PRISON.

Reporter: ARRESTED

DURING A TRIP TO SUDAN,

MISSIONARY PETR JASEK WAS

IMPRISONED WITH MEMBERS OF

ISIS.

ONE OF THE ISIS MEMBERS

WAS A LIBYAN GUY WHO AT

THE AGE OF 12 WAS A

PERSONAL GUARD OF OSAMA

BIN LADEN.

AND LATER ON, WHEN HE

RETURNED TO LIBYA, HE WAS

ONE OF THE MURDERERS WHO

SLAUGHTERED THE 20

EYPTIANS ON THE LIBYAN

SHORE.

HE TOLD ME IF I WAS AN

AMERICAN OR RUSSIAN, THAT

HE WOULD BREAK MY NECK

IMMEDIATELY AND KILL ME.

HE TOOK OUT A FISHING

STRING, QUITE A STRONG

FISHING STRING, AND HE WAS

SHOWING HOW HE CAN KILL A

PERSON WITHIN A FEW

SECONDS WITH THIS FISHING

STRING.

Reporter: PETR

DISCOVERED HIS OTHER CELL

MATES WERE JUST AS

EXTREME.

WHEN ASKED TO SHARE NEWS

FROM THE OUTSIDE, HE TOLD

THEM ABOUT THE PARIS

TERRORIST ATTACK.

WHEN I SAID 120 PEOPLE

GOT KILLED, THEY

INTERRUPTED ME AND STARTED

TO SHOUT "ALLAHU AKBAR"

FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.

IMMEDIATELY I KNEW THE

COMPANY WAS IN AND I

STOPPED TELLING THEM

ANYMORE NEWS.

THEY CALLED ME A FILTHY

PIG OR A FILTHY RAT.

AND IF I DID NOT REACT TO

THIS NEW NAME, THEY

STARTED TO BEAT ME WITH

SLAPPING MY FACE OR FISTS

TO MY FACE.

THEN THEY USED THE WOODEN

STICK.

SO I GRADUALLY --

GRADUALLY I LEARNED TO

LIVE WITH THE NEW NAME.

WAS NOT PETR ANYMORE.

I WAS JUST FILTHY PIG.

Reporter: HOW DID IT

COME TO THIS?

WHY WAS THIS MAN,

DEDICATED TO HELPING

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS, NOW

HIMSELF PERSECUTED?

PETR'S ARREST CAME IN

2015, TWO YEARS AFTER THE

SUDANESE GOVERNMENT

THOUGHT IT HAD EXPELLED

ALL FOREIGN CHRISTIAN

WORKERS FROM THE COUNTRY.

WHILE VISITING SUDAN, HE

MEET WITH CHRISTIAN

LEADERS AND RECORDED SOME

VIDEO.

THEY CONFISCATED HIS

EQUIPMENT AND CHARGED HIM

WITH SPYING AGAINST THE

GOVERNMENT.

DURING HIS FIRST FOUR

MONTHS IN JAIL, HE ASKED

GOD TO RETURN HIM TO HIS

FAMILY.

HIS EPIPHANY CAME AFTER HE

LED IN EUROPEAN PRISONERS

TO CHRIST.

I SUDDENLY REALIZED

THAT THE LORD HAS A

PURPOSE FOR ME TO BE IN

PRISON, TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

AND I STARTED TO BE EVEN

MORE COURAGEOUS, TO OPEN

MY MOUTH AND SHARE THE

GOSPEL ALSO WITH THE

MUSLIMS WHO WERE IN THE

PREVIOUS CELL WITH ME.

Reporter: IN

JANUARY 2017, A SUDANESE

COURT SENTENCED HIM TO 20

YEARS IN PRISON.

HIS WORK HELPING

PERSECUTED QUESTIONS IN

SUDAN WAS CONSIDERED AN

ANTI-STATE ACTIVITY:

ESPIONAGE.

I REALLY WAS CONSIDERED

TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS

PERSON.

AND THEY MENTIONED, LIKE,

THAT I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF

THE SPY ORGANIZATION

CALLED THE O.S.

IT IS A SPY

ORGANIZATION --

Reporter: NOT A

MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION?

NO.

Reporter: THE SON OF

A PASTOR, HE HAD

EXPERIENCED PERSECUTION

BEFORE GROWING UP IN

COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

CHRISTIAN OPPRESSION

INTENSIFIED IN

CZECHOSLOVAKIA AFTER RED

ARMY TANKS ROLLED THROUGH

PRAGUE IN AUGUST 1968.

GOVERNMENT AGENTS

CONSTANTLY MONITORED

PETR'S PARENTS AND THEIR

CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES.

THEY KNEW WE WERE

RECEIVING BIBLES AND

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

AND WE WERE DISTRIBUTING

THEM.

Reporter: ONE DAY

PETR RETURNED HOME FROM

SCHOOL AND FOUND HIS

PARENTS MISSING.

THEY WERE ARRESTED BY

SECRET POLICE AND

INTERROGATED.

AND APPARENTLY THE SECRET

POLICE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT

WAS GOING ON IN OUR HOUSE.

Reporter: AND 36

YEARS LATER, LIKE HIS

PARENTS, PETR WAS ARRESTED

FOR THIS CHRISTIAN

ACTIVITIES.

ONLY THIS TIME AT THE

HANDS OF ISLAMISTS, NOT

COMMUNISTS.

BUT GOD PREPARED PETR FOR

HIS PRISON EXPERIENCE

YEARS EARLIER, WHEN HIS

FATHER GAVE HIM A SPECIAL

GIFT.

WITHOUT SAYING MUCH, HE

BROUGHT A BOOK.

THE NAME OF THE BOOK IN

GERMANY WAS "IN GOD'S UND

GRUND."

Reporter: PETR'S

FATHER PASSED AT THE AGE

OF 89, WHEN PETR WAS IN

PRISON.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WOULD

SAY TO YOU ABOUT YOUR TIME

IN PRISON AND WHAT YOU

WENT THROUGH, IF HE WAS

STILL AROUND NOW AND HE

KNEW ABOUT IT?

ALL THE DETAILS.

YEAH.

I'M QUITE SURE THAT HE

WOULD BE PROUD.

I'M QUITE SURE.

Reporter: PETR WAS

FREED AFTER SPENDING 14

MONTHS IN PRISON.

HE CREDITS THE

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GOVERNMENT

FOR NEGOTIATING HIS

RELEASE, AND THE PRAYERS

AND SUPPORT OF CHRISTIANS

AROUND THE WORLD.

NEARLY HALF A MILLION

PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION

FOR HIM, AND THOUSANDS

SENT ENCOURAGING CARDS AND

LETTERS.

PETR SAYS HE WAS BROUGHT

TO TEARS WHEN HE HEARD

SOME SUDANESE WOMEN NEAR

THE PRISON SINGING

CHRISTIAN PRAISE SONGS.

*

Reporter: HOW DID

YOUR EXPERIENCE CHANGE

YOU?

HOW IS PETR JASEK

DIFFERENT NOW COMPARED TO

BEFORE YOUR PRISON

EXPERIENCE?

WHEN YOU COME THROUGH

THIS SITUATION, YOU

REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING

THAT YOU HAVE IS THE GRACE

OF GOD.

AND IT IS ON HIS STRENGTH,

NOT YOUR OWN STRENGTH,

THAT YOU CAN SURVIVE.

BEING HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL

TO THE LAST MOMENT, THE

MOMENT WHERE WE CAN BE

MORE THAN CONQUERORS WHEN

WE GO THROUGH DIFFICULT

SITUATIONS, BECAUSE OF OUR

FAITH IN CHRIS JESUS CHRIST.

Reporter: GRATEFUL

FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED, AND

FOR LEARNING TO WAIT

PATIENTLY ON GOD FOR

VICTORY AND GRACE.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS,

PRAGUE.

Pat: IT'S AN AMAZING

STORY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE WHEN

PRESIDENT NUMERI, WHO WAS

IN CHARGE OF THE SUDAN, I

WAS WITH THE ELDER GEORGE

BUSH, PART OF THE GROUP

THAT WAS THERE.

WE WERE ENTERTAINED BY THE

PRESIDENT.

THE COUNTRY WAS FREE.

IT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF

BRITISH INFLUENCE BECAUSE

IT HAD BEEN LIKE A BRITISH

COLONY.

BUT THEN LATER ON THE

ISLAMIC PEOPLE TOOK OVER,

INSTITUTED SA SHAR'IA LAW.

AND AFTER GREAT TORMENT

AND GREAT PERSECUTION AT

THE HANDS OF THE ISLAMIC

GOVERNMENT OF CENTRAL

SUDAN, WHAT HAD BEEN A

STAUNCH ALLY OF OURS AND A

FREE COUNTRY, TURNED INTO

A DICTATORSHIP.

IT IS A GREAT TRAGEDY.

PETR WAS CAUGHT UP IN THAT

SECOND WAVE AND IT WAS

VERY TRAGIC.

A GREAT INTERVIEW, GARY.

Wendy: COMING UP, A

CAR ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE

WOMAN WITH A THROBBING

HEADACHE FOR NINE MONTHS.

I THOUGHT MY HEAD WAS

GOING TO EXPLODE.

AND I COULDN'T FUNCTION

BECAUSE THE HEADACHE WAS

SO, SO INTENSE.

I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR NINE

MONTHS.

Wendy: FIND OUT WHAT

TOOK AWAY HER PAIN.

> PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING

FOR YOU, SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Wendy: ABILA AND ALBA

ARE IDENTICAL TWINS WHO

LIVE IN GUATEMALA.

THEY SUFFER FROM JUVENILE

CATARACTS THAT MAKE THEM

BOTH 90% BLIND.

Terry: THEY'RE

IDENTICAL TWINS.

BECAUSE THEY'RE NEARLY

BLIND, THEY MUST FEEL

THEIR WAY ALONG THIS FENCE

IN ORDER TO WALK TO

SCHOOL.

WE SEE WHAT IS NEAR.

WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING

FARTHER.

WE HAVE MANY HEADACHES.

Terry: THEIR JUVENILE

CATARACTS STARTED

DEVELOPING SOON AFTER THEY

WERE BORN.

TO NAVIGATE AROUND THEIR

HOUSE, THEIR DAD TAUGHT

THEM TO COUNT THE STEPS

BETWEEN ROOMS.

WE COUNT 10 STEPS FROM

THE KITCHEN TO THE

BEDROOM.

Terry: AND ATTENDING

SCHOOL IS BECOMING MORE

AND MORE OF A CHALLENGE.

WE OFTEN FEEL SAD.

SOME DAYS WE FEEL LIKE

QUITTING SCHOOL AND

STAYING HOME.

Terry: WHEN THE

GIRLS' PARENTS COULDN'T

AFFORD SURGERY, THEY

TURNED TO AN OLD FOLK

TRADITION FOR HELP.

WE THOUGHT WE CAN TAKE

THE CURSE AWAY FROM THE

GIRLS, RUBBING THE FISH ON

THEIR EYES.

Terry: SO "OPERATION

BLESSING" ARRANGED TO TAKE

THE GIRLS TO A HOSPITAL IN

THE CITY.

THERE A SIMPLE SURGERY

CHANGED EVERYTHING.

BEFORE I COULD NOT SEE

HARDLY ANYTHING.

NOW I CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

I CAN SEE THE COCONUTS ON

THE TOP OF OUR TREE.

I CAN SEE OUR HOUSE AND

ALL OF THE ANIMALS PASSING

BY.

Terry: THE GIRLS HAVE

NOW RETURNED TO SCHOOL,

FILLED WITH HOPE.

Reporter: THANKS,

"OPERATION BLESSING," FOR

OPERATING ON MY EYES.

AND THANKS TO GOD.

Wendy: ISN'T THAT

AMAZING?

IT IS SO EASY TO PUT A

SMILE ON A CHILD'S FACE

LIKE THAT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO TO IS SAY,

YES, I WANT TO JOIN "THE

700 CLUB."

IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,

$20 A MONTH, TO HELP

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD

AND HERE AT HOME.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR

YOU, GOD'S LATEST

TEACHING, CALLED

"MIRACLES" IF YOU NEED A

MIRACLE, OR YOU KNOW

SOMEBODY WHO DOES, THE

STORIES ON HERE WILL BLOW

YOU AWAY.

THEY WILL MAKE YOU A

BELIEVER.

HERE IS SOMEBODY FROM

WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK,

AND SHE HAS SEEN

"MIRACLES" AND SHE SAYS,

THANK YOU FOR "MIRACLES,"

IT STIRS UP FAITH FOR

THOSE WHO DO BELIEVE.

I AM PASSING IT ALONG TO

MY SISTER WHO HAS CANCER,

AND SHE IS TRYING TO TRUST

GOD.

ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR

SHARING THAT.

Pat: MAYBE YOU NEED A

MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE.

DORA DID JUST THAT.

FOR NINE MONTHS, DORA

LIVED WITH EXCRUCIATING

PAIN, UNTIL THE DAY SHE

MADE A PHONE CALL THAT LED

TO A MIRACLE.

WATCH THIS.

Reporter: IN EARLY

2015, DORA WAS HIT BY A

CAR WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE

HER WORKPLACE IN PORTLAND,

OREGON. SHE WAS RUSHED TO

THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE

DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH

A CONCUSSION.

SHE WAS RELEASED FROM THE

HOSPITAL, BUT LATER

STARTED SUFFERING FROM

SEVERE HEADACHES.

I THOUGHT MY HEAD WAS

GOING TO EXPLODE.

AND I COULDN'T FUNCTION

BECAUSE THE HEADACHE WAS

SO, SO INTENSE.

I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR NINE

MONTHS.

AND MY DOCTOR -- I WOULD

CALL HIM AND TELL HIM I

CAN'T SLEEP, I CAN'T

FUNCTION, AND HE WOULD

JUST SEND ME

PRESCRIPTIONS.

Reporter: DORA'S

MEDICATION DIDN'T

ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.

UNABLE TO GET RELIEF, DORA

PRAYED CONSTANTLY.

AND I CRIED OUT TO THE

LORD MANY DAYS, MANY

TIMES, MANY NIGHTS.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE

LORD WAS SO FAR AWAY THAT

HE DIDN'T ANSWER.

SO I STARTED CALLING "THE

700 CLUB."

Reporter: DORA CALLED

"THE 700 CLUB" PRAYER

PARTNERS FOR MONTHS.

AND THEN ON OCTOBER 13,

2015, SHE HAD A

BREAKTHROUGH.

WHEN I CALLED IN, I WAS

TELLING THIS PERSON THAT

I'VE BEEN CALLING SO MANY

TIMES, BUT I STILL HAVE

THIS HORRENDOUS HEADACHE.

AND SHE SAYS, WELL, TODAY

WE'RE GOING TO TELL THAT

SPIRIT OF HEADACHE TO GO

AWAY FROM YOU.

AND SHE WAS PRAYING WITH

SUCH AN AUTHORITY.

AND I THANKED THE LORD,

WENT TO BED.

AND THE NEXT MORNING I GOT

UP AND I KNEELED DOWN TO

PRAY, AND I'M, LIKE, WHERE

IS THE HEADACHE?

NO HEADACHE.

WOW, IT WAS AMAZING.

I HAD TO CALL THEM AND

TELL THEM.

I HAD TO TELL SOMEBODY.

Reporter: DORA HASN'T

EXPERIENCED A SINGLE

HEADACHE SINCE THAT DAY.

I CAN HAVE A LIFE.

I CAN GO BACK TO MY JOB

AFTER NINE MONTHS.

GOD LOVES ME THAT MUCH,

THAT HE REALLY CARES FOR

ME.

I WAS ALREADY SO IN LOVE

WITH THE LORD, BUT THIS

TOOK ME A STEP HIGHER.

TRUST IN THE LORD.

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, GOD

WILL NEVER FAIL.

HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING.

Pat: WHEN ALL ELSE

FAILS, GOD WILL NEVER

FAIL.

THAT'S THE ANSWER.

WHAT A WONDERFUL ANSWER.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A

SPLITING HEADACHE AND YOU

COULDN'T STAND IT, AND

SUDDENLY IT IS GONE

BECAUSE GOD ANSWERS

PRAYERS.

THIS IS FROM ATLANTIC,

GEORGIA.

NOW, NANCY, DOWN THERE,

HAD A TRACHEOTOMY, AND

DURING THAT TRACH, SHE

DAMAGED HER ESOPHAGUS.

THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO

EAT, AND SOMETIMES EVEN TO

BREATHE.

SHE WAS WATCHING THIS

PROGRAM LAST JUNE, AND

WENDY GAVE THIS WORD:

"THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A

PROBLEM WITH THEIR

ESOPHAGUS.

THERE IS A HOLE IN IT, AND

GOD IS HEALING IT.

GOD IS TOUCHING YOU."

GUESS WHAT?

NANCY FELT GOD'S PEACE

COME ON HER.

HER ESOPHAGUS WAS

IMMEDIATELY HEALED.

EVEN HER VOICE IS MUCH

CLEARER SINCE THAT DAY.

Wendy: PRAISE THE

LORD.

HERE IS OTHER ONE.

CHRISTINE FROM SPARTA,

NORTH CAROLINA, HAS BEEN

SUFFERING FROM NECK PAIN

FOR TWO MONTHS.

ONE DAY SHE WAS VISITING

HER DAD.

TOGETHER THEY WERE

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB,"

AND THEY HERD YOU HEARD YOU, PAT,

GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE:

"SOMEONE HAS NECK PAIN."

AND BOTH SHE AND HER DAD

HER HER NECK POP, AND

SUDDENLY THE PAIN STOPPED.

Pat: GOD IS

EVERYWHERE.

HE IS ALL POWERFUL,

ALMIGHTY.

JESUS PRAYED, YOUR KINGDOM

COME, YOUR LIL B WILL BE DONE ON

EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

AND HE IS PRAYING ON EARTH

WE WOULD SEE THE SAME

THING THEY HAVE IN HEAVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY THAT

THE POWER OF GOD WILL COME

DOWN TO EARTH IN YOUR

HOUSE, IN YOUR HOME, IN

YOUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL JOIN HANDS, AND

WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD

FOR YOU.

FATHER, WE BELIEVE GOD.

WE BELIEVE GOD.

THERE IS NOTHING

IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU.

SOMEBODY HAS A LESION IN

YOUR LUNG.

A LESION IN YOUR LUNG.

AND GOD IS REACHING IN AND

HEALING YOU.

YOU'LL FEEL LIKE BURNING

IN YOUR CHEST, AND YOU'RE

GOING TO BE COMPLETELY

WHOLE.

Wendy: GOD IS HEALING

SOMEONE RIGHT NOW WITH

PANCREATIC CANCER.

THANK YOU, LORD.

AND SOMETHING WITH

RECURRING CHRONIC BLADDER

INFECTIONS.

THE LORD IS SAYING HE IS

HEALING YOU.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO

CONTINUE.

YOU ARE HEALED IN JESUS'

NAME.

Pat: A BOWEL

OBSTRUCTION IS COMPLETELY

TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU'LL BE RELIEVED OF THAT

OBSTRUCTION AND YOUR

BOWELS WILL BE HEALED.

> THERE IS TREMENDOUS

FEAR.

FEAR.

AND PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT

FEAR.

WE BIND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR

IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

TOUCH THEM!

BY THE POWER OF GOD,

YOU'RE FREE.

RECEIVE IT AND PRAISE THE

LORD.

WENDY?

Wendy: THERE IS

SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW, YOU

HAVE YOUR HAND UP ON YOUR

RIGHT EYE.

GOD IS TOUCHING YOUR EYE

RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG

WITH IT, BUT IT IS BEING

HEALED.

JUST RECEIVE IT AND START

PRAISING GOD.

Pat: LET PEACE FLOW

LIKE A RIVER INTO YOUR

LIFE, IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

Wendy: STILL AHEAD,

MEET AN AWARD-WINNING

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PRINCIPALS AND FIND OUT

WHY STUDENTS CALL HIMED

DAD.

PLUS, HEAR HOW HE OVER

CAME THE POVERTY OF HIS

OWN FATHERLESS PAST.

THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

ASSISTED SUICIDE IS LEGAL

AND AVAILABLE IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.

AT LEAST FOR THE TIME

BEING.

THE "WASHINGTON POST"

REPORTS THE LAW TOOK

EFFECT ON MONDAY, A WEEK

AFTER A U.S. PANEL VOTED

TO ADVANCE THE MEASURE TO

REPEAL THE CITY'S DEATH

WITH DIGNITY ACT.

BUT THE FULL HOUSE AND

SENATE HAVE TO APPROVE IT,

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO

SIGN IT.

FOR NOW OFFICIALS SAY

DOCTORS CAN BEGIN THE

PROCESS OF PRESCRIBING

LIFE-ENDING DRUGS TO

CERTAIN TERMINALLY-ILL

PATIENTS.

> AS WILDFIRES HAVE

RAGED THROUGHOUT THE

WESTERN U.S., THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO FLEE

THEIR HOMES FROM ONE BLAZE

IN THE MOUNTAINS IN

CALIFORNIA.

THE FIRE IS THREATENING AT

LEAST 1500 HOMES, AS WELL

AS POWER LINES THAT

PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

SMOKE FROM THE FIRE

DRIFTED MORE THAN

150 MILES AWAY TO RENO,

NEVADA.

> REMEMBER, YOU CAN

ALWAYS GET THE LATEST FROM

CBN NEWS BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AT cbnnews.com.

PAT AND WENDY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS

GONE FROM AN "F" RATING TO

AN "A" RATING IN JUST ONE

YEAR.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

THAT'S THANKS TO THE

LEADERSHIP OF ITS

PRINCIPAL, HEYWARD JOHN.

AND HE RECEIVED A CITATION

FOR EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR.

Reporter: HEYWARD

JOHN IS AN AWARD-WINNING

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL IN SOUTH

CAROLINA.

MANY OF HIS STUDENTS CALL

HIM DAD, A NAME HE WEARS

PROUDLY.

HEYWARD WAS TWO WHEN HIS

OWN DAD LEFT THEM, LEAVING

THEM TO A LIFE OF POVERTY.

HE SHARES HOW HE OVER CAME

THE OBSTACLES AND PAIN

FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, TO

BECOME A WELL-RESPECTED

PRINCIPAL, DEVOTED TO

GIVING KIDS A BETTER START

IN LIFE.

Wendy: PLEASE WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB," HEYWARD

JOHN.

IT'S TERROR NIC VERY NICE TO MEET

YOU.

FIRST OF ALL,

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE

PROGRESS OF YOUR SCHOOL,

GOING FROM AN "F" TO AN

"A."

BUT WHY DO SO MANY OF

YOU'RE STUDENTS CALL YOU

DAD?

IN 2013, FROM THE "F"

TO AN "A," AND THREE

SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT DID

THAT THANKS TO GREAT

LEADERSHIP.

AND NOW WE'RE REBUILDING.

IN THAT PROCESS, I HAD A

LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH

STUDENTS.

AND MANY CALL ME DAD

BECAUSE THEY SEE A

NURTURING FATHER.

THEY SAY THERE IS NO

PRAYER IN SCHOOLS, BUT I

DIDN'T GET THAT MEMO

BECAUSE I WALK IN PRAYER.

I THINK THAT THE PRAYING

SPIRIT CAUSED ME TO SEE

THEM AS NOT JUST STUDENTS,

BUT CHILDREN, SOULS, IN

NEED OF LOVE OF A FATHER.

Wendy: YOU GREW UP

WITHOUT A FATHER.

HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOU?

IT ALLOWED ME TO KIND

OF REALIZE THAT EVERYBODY

NEEDS A DAD.

I HAD UNCLES WHO LOVED ME

AND TREATED ME LIKE THEIR

OWN, BIG COUSINS TREATING

ME LIKE THEIR OWN, BUT

THERE WAS SOMETHING

MISSING BECAUSE THERE WAS

SOMETHING ABOUT ME I

DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

SO I THINK I WENT THROUGH

LIFE NOT KNOWING ALL OF

WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

Wendy: BY THE TIME

YOU WENT TO COLLEGE --

WHERE DID YOU GO TO

COLLEGE?

SOUTH CAROLINA

UNIVERSITY.

Wendy: BY THE TIME

YOU GOT THERE, YOU WERE A

PRETTY ANGRY GUY.

WHAT WERE YOU SO ANGRY

ABOUT?

A LOT OF INTERNAL

ISSUES.

TRYING TO LEARN AND FIND

OUT WHO I AM, WHAT AM I

SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS

WORLD.

I WAS IN A PROGRAM THAT

CALLED ME TO SEE I COULD

BE A FATHER FIGURE FOR

KIDS WHO DID NOT HAVE

THEM.

AND I'M STILL STRUGGLING

TO LEARN MY IDENTITY.

WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT JESUS

CHRIST, I LEARNED ABOUT

THE LOVE OF A REAL FATHER,

A HEAVENLY FATHER.

Wendy: WHEN YOU WERE

TWO, YOUR FATHER ABANDONED

THE FAMILY?

I WAS TWO.

AND WE WERE LIVING AND NEW

YORK.

AND WE LEFT AND CAME DOWN

TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

Wendy: THEN WHEN YOU

WERE A YOUNG MAN, YOU GOT

A VOICEMAIL FROM HIM.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I CALL IT THE CALL

HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.

BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER COMING

OUT OF PRAYER -- AND WE

TALKED ABOUT MY TRANSITION

IN COLLEGE AND MY LEARNING

ABOUT CHRIST.

AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE

STARTED A PRAYER CIRCLE AT

THE TIME OF THE 9/11

ATTACKS.

IT ROCKED ME TO MY CORE.

I WAS TRYING TO BE SAVED

BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO

DIE, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW

WHO I WAS.

RIGHT AFTER WE CAME OUT OF

ONE OF OUR PRAYER

SESSIONS, I WENT BACK TO

MY DORMITORY ROOM, AND

THERE WAS ONE MESSAGE ON

MY PHONE MASH.

MACHINE.

AND IT WAS MY DAD.

AND HE SAID, THIS IS DAD.

WANT TO TALK TO YOU, CALL

ME BACK.

HE IS HAITIAN.

AND I SAW IT AS MAYBE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE

RELATIONSHIP I ALWAYS

WANTED.

Wendy: DID THAT

HAPPEN?

IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

BUT I HAD CHRIST AS MY

STABILITY.

I THOUGHT THAT, THAT WE

WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT

EXPERIENCE.

WE WERE IN NEW YORK, AND I

SAID WE'RE GOING TO TRACK

HIM DOWN AND FIND HIM.

WE WENT TO NEW YORK AND

MET HIM ON THE STREETS IN

MANHATTAN.

WE FOUND THEM.

IT WAS A BRIEF

CONVERSATION.

WE WERE THERE FOR THREE

DAYS AND DIDN'T EVEN SEE

HIM.

UNTIL THE VERY LAST DAY,

HE PICKED UP IN A TAXI AND

TOOK US TO THE HOTEL WITH

NO CONVERSATION.

I ASKED HIM, DAD, ARE YOU

OKAY?

AND HE SAID, YES, YES,

YES.

AND I SAID, WHAT IS IT

ABOUT ME THAT HE DOES NOT

LIKE?

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I HAD

MY OWN SON, AND I HELD MY

SON IN MY ARMS -- MY FIRST

SON -- AND I SAID, WOW, MY

DAD MISSED ALL OF THIS?

HE DIDN'T WANT THIS?

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED

ALTHOUGH I HAD

FORGIVENESS --

Wendy: WAS HE NOT A

BELIEVER?

HE WAS NOT A BELIEVER.

I WALKED AROUND WITH

NUMBNESS IN MY HEART AND I

THOUGHT THAT MEANT

FORGIVENESS.

Wendy: AND YOU

THOUGHT THERE WAS

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU?

YEAH.

AND I REALIZED, HEY, IF

YOU DON'T FORGIVE HIM, HOW

CAN I ACTUALLY FORGIVE

YOU?

SO IT ACCESSED A POWER IN

ME THAT I HAVE BEEN

WALKING IN EVER SINCE.

SO I RELEASED MY DAD.

Wendy: WAS IT A

SITUATION WHERE HE JUST

COULDN'T GIVE WHAT HE

NEVER RECEIVED?

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU RECEIVE

THE FORGIVENESS OF THE

FATHER, IT NOT ONLY GIVES

YOU POWER, IT GIVES YOU

AUTHORITY.

SO I'M GOING TO FEEL SORRY

FOR HIM BECAUSE HE MISSED

OUT.

Wendy: BECAUSE YOU'RE

A REALLY AWESOME GUY.

I GLORIFY GOD FOR THAT.

I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

MAYBE MY DAD WAS HURT

HIMSELF.

AND NOW I INTERCEDE FOR

HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

Wendy: IS THERE ANY

COMMUNICATION AT ALL?

NO COMMUNICATION AT

ALL.

Wendy: MAYBE HE IS

GOING TO BE WATCHING "THE

700 CLUB."

BUT YOU'VE FORGIVEN HIM?

TOTALLY.

BECAUSE I CAN'T PAY A

PRICE FOR A CRIME I DIDN'T

COMMIT.

THAT WAS SOMETHING HE DID.

I WANT HIM TO BE RELEASED.

Wendy: SAY THAT

AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THE

TIME FOR SOMEBODY WHO DID

THE CRIME.

HE COMMITTED THE ACT.

SO FORGIVING HIM FREES ME,

ACTUALLY.

AND SO IN DOING THAT, I'VE

BEEN WALKING IN A POWER

THAT I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN

AND A JOY I JUST CAN'T

EXPLAIN.

Wendy: IRONICALLY, OR

MAYBE NOT IRONICALLY,

YOU'VE BECOME A DAD TO SO

MANY KIDS AS AN EDUCATOR.

SO YOU THINK YOUR PAST HAS

ACTUALLY BEEN A BENEFIT?

ALL THE WAY.

MY SPIRITUAL FATHER IS

PASTOR SHANEWALL WALL AND HE

TAUGHT ME ABOUT PERFECT

LOVE.

AND BEING A DAD MYSELF AND

A FATHER TO THOSE WHO GREW

UP JUST LIKE ME, I

REALIZE, OH, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

MY LIFE HAS PURPOSE.

AND EVERYTHING I HAD WENT

THROUGH, ALL THINGS WORK

TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR

THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND WHO

ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO

HIS PURPOSE.

I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN

CALLED SO I CAN SHOW OTHER

PEOPLE HOW TO GO THROUGH

THE SAME THING.

IT HAS BEEN EXCITING.

Wendy: I KNOW YOUR

ROOTS ARE FROM HAITI BUT

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE.

I'M NOT BRAGGING, BUT I'VE

BEEN TO HAITI FOR THE

FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE WHEN

YOU VISIT HAITI, THAT

THERE IS GOING TO BE --

SOMETHING IS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

I BELIEVE THAT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ME AND MY SCHOOL HAD A

CHANCE TO RECEIVE FOR THE

FIRST TIME EVER A

PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY,

AND IT WAS THE FORMER

PRESIDENT OF HAITI.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS A

COINCIDENCE AT ALL.

Wendy: GOD HAS

SOMETHING FOR YOU IN

HAITI.

I'M FEELING THAT RIGHT

NOW.

TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HAYWARD

JOHN, GO TO OUR Facebook

PAGE.

WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW WITH HIM THERE.

HEYWARD JOHN, GOD BLESS

YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Wendy: COMING UP, A

DAD FOLLOWS IN HIS SON'S

FOOTSTEPS, ALL THE WAY TO

FILM SCHOOLMENT.

>SCHOOL.

WE HAVE OUR

DIFFERENCES, BUT WE MAKE A

PRETTY GOOD TEAM.

Wendy: MEET CHRIS AND

CALEB WOOD AFTER THIS.

Pat: WELCOME BACK.

CHRIS AND CALEB WOOD ARE

FATHER AND SON.

THEY ALSO SHARE A PASSION

FOR STORY-TELLING THROUGH

FILM.

EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN

DIFFERENT STATES, THEY'RE

ABLE TO WORK ON FILMS

TOGETHER THROUGH REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: WATCHING

MOVIES ISN'T JUST

SOMETHING CHRIS WOOD AND

HIS SON, CALEB, DO FOR

ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS ABOUT LEARNING MORE

ABOUT THE ART OF

STORY-TELLING.

WE SIT THROUGH THE

ENTIRE CREDITS, AND WE'LL

SIT THERE AND SAY, HOW

WOULD WE DO IT DIFFERENT?

Reporter: IT IS THAT

PASSION WHICH LED BOTH OF

THEM TO ENROLL IN REGENT

UNIVERSITY'S FILM SCHOOL.

FOR CHRIS, IT WASN'T HIS

FIRST TIME AT REGENT.

HE PUT HIS DREAM OF

WORKING IN THEATER ON HOLD

TO BECOME A LAWYER.

MY PARENTS FELT I

PROBABLY NEEDED TO HAVE

SOME OTHER FORM OF INCOME.

SO THEY ENCOURAGED MY TO

STUDY LAW.

Reporter: WHEN IT

CAME TO PICKING A LAW

SCHOOL, CHRIS CHOSE

REGENT.

REGENT CALLED TO ME

BECAUSE OF WHAT IT STOOD

FOR AND BECAUSE OF THE

CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND.

THERE WAS JUST A

DIFFERENCE, AN AIR, A

FEELING, MAYBE IT IS THE

HOLY SPIRIT FLOATING IN

THE AIR.

Reporter: WHILE

PRACTICING LAW, CHRIS

STAYED ACTIVE IN LOCAL

THEATER, OFTEN TAKING

CALEB WITH HIM.

THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON A

NUMBER OF STAGE

PRODUCTIONS.

BEING A PART OF THAT,

TO SHARE THAT, ACTOR,

DIRECTOR, WITH THE

AUDIENCE, AND THEY LEAVE

WITH THIS FULL EXPERIENCE

THAT HAS JUST BEEN CREATED

FOR THEM.

THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY

COOL.

Reporter: IT WAS NO

SURPRISE THAT CALEB

DECIDED TO PURSUE A CAREER

IN FILM.

ACCORDING TO HIS FRIEND,

NEENEITHER WAS HIS DECISION

TO ATTEND REGENT.

AND HE SAID, HOW DID

YOU KNOW?

AND I SAID, JUST THE WAY

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND BEING ABLE TO BE A

CHRISTIAN LEADER, AND TO

CHANGE THE WORLD, AND TO

DO IT IN THIS DARK

INDUSTRY --

WE ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO

THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT

THE PRINCIPLES THAT I

LEARNED IN LAW SCHOOL ARE

PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE

SAME PRINCIPLES, JUST IN A

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, IF

IT IS IN THEATER OR FILM.

AND THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED,

WAIT A SECOND.

IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP

THIS TEAM TOGETHER, I NEED

TO SHARPEN MY SKILLS,

ALSO.

Reporter: SO CHRIS

ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME

STUDENT IN REGENT'S ONLINE

MASTER'S IN FILM

PRODUCTION.

THEY WORKED ON SEVERAL

FILM PROJECTS TOGETHER,

DESPITE BEING HUNDREDS OF

MILES APART.

I REALIZED IT WAS KIND

OF A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AS

WELL.

BECAUSE SOMBECAUSE SOMEONE WOULD SAY,

WHO IS YOUR PRODUCER?

AND I WOULD SAY IT IS MY

DAD.

AND HE IS IN TENNESSEE.

OH, HE'S NOT EVEN HERE?

NO, BUT HE IS DOING TWICE

AS MUCH AS YOUR PRODUCER.

WE HAVE OUR

DISAGREEMENTS EVERY ONCE

IN A WHILE, ARTISTIC

DIFFERENCES, BUT WE MAKE A

PRETTY GOOD TEAM.

Reporter: CALEB

GRADUATED THIS PAST MAY,

AND CHRIS ISN'T FAR

BEHIND.

THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET TO

WORK ON THEIR PRODUCTION

COMPANY "LONE TREE

PRODUCTIONS."

I FEEL REGENT HAS

EQUIPPED ME AND WILL EQUIP

ANYBODY OUT THERE TO DO

THE TASKS THAT NEED TO BE

DONE.

THIS IS STORY-TELLING

WITH THE CHRISTIAN

ASPECTS, WITHOUT FORCING

SCRIPTURE ON SOMEONE.

HOW CAN OUR CHARACTERS

REFLECT THIS?

AND THAT CAN REACH PEOPLE.

I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT

GOD HAS PLACED THESE

DESIRES IN OUR HEART, TO

WORK TOGETHER IN TELLING

STORIES FOR CHRIST.

Pat: IT IS ONE MORE

SAGA OF THE TREMENDOUS

WORK BEING DONE AT REGENT.

128 DIFFERENT AREAS OF

STUDY.

WE'VE HAD 400 -- 400 FILM

AWARDS NATIONWIDE IN THAT

SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A BACHELOR OF ARTS

IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AND

TELEVISION.

AND A MASTER'S OF FINE

ARTS IN FILM AND

TELEVISION.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT IT.

THE NUMBEYOU CAN LOG ON TO

regent.edu.

I WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT

HARVARD CANCELLED THEIR

FILM PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY

CAN'T PLACE THEIR

GRADUATES.

TRUST ME, WE CAN PLACE OUR

GRADUATES.

Wendy: I THOUGHT YOU

WERE GOING TO SAY BECAUSE

THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH

US.

Pat: OF COURSE THEY

CAN'T.

BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO

ADMIT THAT.

BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE

HAVING TROUBLE PLACING

THEIR GRADUATES, SO THEY

SAID IT IS A WASTE OF

TIME.

WELL, OURS ISN'T.

400 SOMETHING AWARDS.

REGENT IS JUST BEGINNING

TO GET INTO FEATURE FILMS.

AND THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

SO IT IS EXCITING.

THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING

UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD.

APPLICATIONS, I MIGHT ADD

FOR THIS COMING FALL, ARE

POURING IN.

THEY'RE COMING IN NIGHT

AND DAY.

POURING IN.

Wendy: POURING IN,

THAT IS AMAZING.

Pat: BEATING ALL

RECORDS.

Wendy: IT IS

EXCITING.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL

CAMPUS.

Pat: THIS YEAR IT

WILL BE 11,400 ENROLLED.

Wendy: THAT IS CRAZY.

IT IS EXPLODING.

Pat: ALL RIGHT.

Wendy: WELL, UP NEXT,

WE'VE GOT YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

SUE SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR

OVER 25 YEARS, AND LATELY

I'VE CAUGHT HIS LYING TO

ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

BECAUSE I'M LOSING ALL

RESPECT FOR HIM."

STAY TUNED FOR PAT'S TAKE

ON THIS, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IT IS TIME TO "BRING IT

ON."

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH

SUE.

SHE SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 25

YEARS.

LATELY I'VE CAUGHT HIM

LYING TO ME, HIDING MONEY,

AND BUYING ITEMS HE

DOESN'T NEED.

I FOUND HIS PAY ENVELOPE

IN THE TRASH THAT HE SAID

HE HADN'T BEEN PAID YET.

HE SAID HE WAS GIVEN A

WATCH AT WORK, BUT I SAW

WHERE HE MET SOMEONE TO

BUY IT.

I HAVE QUESTIONED HIM

ABOUT THIS, AND HE GETS

MAD.

HE IS A DEACON AT OUR

CHURCH AND IS ALWAYS ASKED

TO LEAD IN PRAYER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

BECAUSE I'M LOSING ALL

RESPECT FOR HIM AND WONDER

WHAT ELSE HE IS LYING

ABOUT."

PAT?

Pat: WELL, THE BEST

WAY TO TEACH A CHILD TO

LIE IS TO BE ON HIS CASE

ALWAYS, PRYING INTO HIM,

AND NOT LEAVING ANY

PRIVACY.

SO DID YOU DO THIS,

JOHNNIE?

NO, I DIDN'T DO THAT.

BEFORE LONG, THEY GET USED

TO IT.

THIS HUSBAND MAY BE GOING

THROUGH SOME KIND OF A

CRISIS.

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ON HIS

CASE ALL OF THE TIME, AND

HE'S TRYING TO SAY, I WANT

TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT

LIFE.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL

YOU EVERYTHING I'M DOING

FINANCIALLY.

OR HE IS HAVING A MID-LIFE

CRISIS AND YOU HAVE TO GET

HIM PROFESSIONAL HELP.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH.

ONE THING I RECOMMEND IS,

PLEASE, DON'T STAY ON HIS

CASE ALL THE TIME.

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR

MONEY?

WHY DID YOU SPEND THAT?

I'M LOOKING AT THESE

CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS, AND

HOW COME YOU SPENT $20 ON

LUNCH?

LET HIM HAVE A LIFE.

BUT HE MAY NEED

PROFESSIONAL HELP ON THIS

ONE.

Wendy: LENA SAYS, "A

REKNOWED PREACHER WROTE A

BOOK.

IN IT HE SAYS IF SOMEONE

IS IN A TRIAL, HE SHOULD

ENLIST THE HELP OF SOMEONE

WHO KNOWS HOW TO TALK TO

GOD.

THAT TROUBLES ME.

IS HE IMPLYING IF OUR

PRAYERS ARE NOT

PERSUASIVE, GOD WILL NOT

HEAR OR ANSWER?"

Pat: YOU KNOW, LIKE

IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SOME

PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN

ANOINTING OF FAITH.

AND THEY JUST BELIEVE GOD

FOR MIRACLES.

AND WHEN THEY PRAY, THEY

BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING

TO DO SOMETHING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAY AND

DON'T BELIEVE GOD IS GOING

TO DO ANYTHING.

THERE IS THAT FAITH

KILLER, HAVE YOU HEARD IT

IN CHURCH, OH, GOD HEAL

HIM IF IT BE THY WILL.

THAT'S A FAITH KILLER.

YOU WANT TO PRAY AND

PROCLAIM IT IN THE NAME OF

JESUS.

SO WHAT THIS MAN IS SAYING

IS GET SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN

ANOINTING FOR FAITH,

ANOINTING FOR HEALING, AND

LET THEM DO THE PRAYING.

Wendy: JAN SAYS, "IT

IS WRONG TO BELIEVE IN

REINCARNATION?"

Pat: YOU BETTER

BELIEVE IT.

REINCARNATION IS TOTALLY

CONTRARY TO THE BIBLE.

THE HINDUS BELIEVE IN A

WHEEL OF LIFE.

YOU'RE ON A CONSTANT

WHEEL.

AND YOU KEEP COMING BACK

IN DIFFERENT FORMS.

YOU COME BACK AS DONKEY.

YOU COME BACK AS A WHITE

COW.

YOU COME BACK -- YOU

KNOW --

Wendy: AS A SQUIRREL.

Pat: -- AS A

SQUIRREL.

ON AND ON AND ON.

THE CYCLE OF LIFE, THE

HINDUS.

JESUS SAID IT IS APPOINTED

TO A MAN ONCE TO DIE AND

AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.

ONCE TO DIE.

NOT REINCARNATED.

SO IS IT WRONG TO BELIEVE

IN IT?

YES. IT UNDERCUTS THE

ENTIRE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE.

Wendy: THAT REMINDS

ME, WHEN I WAS IN INDIA,

THAT WAS THE SCRIPTURE I

HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY

TO ME WHILE I WAS IN

INDIA.

I THINK THE LORD WAS JUST

REMINDING ME.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

Pat: WE'RE OUT OF

TIME.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR

THOSE QUESTIONS.

WE'LL GET TO MORE OF THEM

LATER.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

EPHESIANS: "HONOR YOUR

FATHER AND MOTHER, WHICH

IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

WITH PROMISE, THAT IT MAY

BE WELL WITH YOU, SO THAT

YOU WILL LIVE LONG ON THE

EARTH."

IT IS GOOD TO HAVE WENDY

WITH US TODAY.

AND LORD WILLING, "THE 700

CLUB" WILL BE ON THE SAME

TIME TOMORROW.

TOMORROW WE HAVE A

REVOLUTIONARY STORY ABOUT

A TREATMENT THAT IS

HELPING VICTIMS OF

STROKES.

SEE YOU THEN.

BYE-BYE.