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[APPLAUSE]

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

HURRICANE IRMA HAS LEFT

FLORIDA AND NOW RESIDENTS

ARE JUST BEGINNING TO

FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH DAMAGE

WAS DONE.

THE HUGE STORM LEFT

FLOODED HOMES, UP THE

ROOTED TREES, AND BROKEN

POWER LINES.

Terry: MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE MAY NOT GET THEIR

ELECTRICITY BACK FOR DAYS,

OR EVEN WEEKS.

BUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS ON THE SCENE, HELPING

THEM WITH FOOD, WITH

WATER, AND OTHER BASIC

SUPPLIES.

GARY LANE BRINGS US THE

STORY FROM CENTRAL

FLORIDA.

Reporter: WHEN

DAYLIGHT ARRIVED AT THE

STORM, FLORIDIANS RECEIVED

THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE

FLOOD DAMAGE IN

JACKSONVILLE.

THIS WAS THE VIEW OF

DOWNTOWN STREETS BY EARLY

MONDAY.

PARTS OF MIAMI ALSO

EXPERIENCED FLOODING, AND

IN NAPLES, MORE FLOODED

DAMAGE IN STREETS.

IT FLIPPED AN AIRPLANE

OVER AND DAMAGED THIS

SENIOR CITIZENS' LIVING

CENTER.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

Reporter: DAMAGE IN

THE FLORIDA KEYS WAS

EXTENSIVE.

HOUSES WERE BURIED AND

BRIDGES CLOSED.

RESIDENTS TRIED

UNSUCCESSFULLY TO RETURN

TO THEIR HOMES.

VERY ANXIOUS, AND WE

ALL JUST WANT TO GO HOME

AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

Reporter: BUT SOME

OFFICIALS URGED RESIDENTS

TO STAY AWAY, AND NOT

RETURN YET TO THE KEYS AND

MARCO ISLAND.

WE HAVE NO ELECTRIC.

WE HAVE NO WATER ON THE

ISLAND.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT

OUR WATER PRESSURE UP.

SO THOSE TWO COMPONENTS

REALLY CREATE A PROBLEM

FOR A LOT OF OUR

RESIDENTS.

SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING

PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE

TO COME BACK RIGHT NOW,

DON'T.

Reporter: AND WHILE

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN

FLORIDA, NAPLES AND THE

KEYS, WERE DEALING WITH

MAJOR DESTRUCTION AND ALSO

PEOPLE IN JACKSONVILLE

WITH FLOODWATERS AND STORM

SURGE, HERE IN CENTRAL

FLORIDA, PEOPLE ARE

DEALING WITH DOWNED TREES,

AND THAT MEANS NO

ELECTRICITY FOR MILLIONS

OF PEOPLE.

TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE

LOST POWER.

THIS WOMAN SUMMED UP THE

SITUATION THIS WAY:

NO POWER, NO INTERNET.

WE'RE LIVING LIKE SAVAGES.

Reporter: VOLUNTEER

CREWS ARE NOW WORKING TO

RESTORE ELECTRICITY.

MANY FLORIDIANS ARE

GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HELP.

AND THEY'RE RELIEVED

BECAUSE DESPITE THE

FLOODING AND THE DAMAGES,

THEY KNOW THE CHARACTER

COULHURRICANECOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH

WORSE.

IT WAS NOT AS BAD A AS I

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

Reporter: CBN'S

"OPERATION BLESSING" MOVED

NORTH, ATTENDING TO

THOUSANDS OF THE EVACUEES.

MANY LEFT THEIR HOMES AND

POSSESSIONS BEHIND TO THE

MERCY OF THE HURRICANE,

BUT TOOK COMFORT IN THE

HELP PROVIDED BY O.B.

IRMA LEFT BEHIND A 20

MILE-AN-HOUR SCHOOL ZONE

SIGN, OR AT LEAST WHAT IS

LEFT OF IT.

SCHOOLS CAN'T REOPEN UNTIL

EVERY HAS LEFT THE

SHELTERS.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

STRIKE ZONE TEAMS ARE

MOVING IN.

THEY DELIVERED FOOD,

WATER, AND HYGIENE

PRODUCTS TO FOLKS IN

CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA.

BILL HORN WAS THERE.

THE STORES ARE CLOSED.

THE ELECTRICITY IS OFF.

THERE IS NO RUNNER WATER

ANYWHERE.

PIECTHESE FOLKS ARE DESPERATE.

AND HERE IS "OPERATION

BLESSING," A 53-FOOT

TRAILER.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET

FOOD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE

NOT ABLE TO COOK OR

PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES

AT THIS TIME.

FOR US TO BE ABLE TO

PROVIDE THESE MEALS FOR

PEOPLE WILL OF VITAL

IMPORTANCE.

Reporter: I'M GARY

LANE, CBN NEWS, SANFORD,

FLORIDA.

Gordon: WELL, THE

GOOD NEWS, IF THERE IS

GOOD NEWS HERE -- I'LL

QUOTE WHAT THE MAYOR OF

MIAMI SAID: "WE DIDN'T

JUST DODGE A BULLET; WE

DODGED A CANNON."

IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH

WORSE IF THE STORM HIT AS

FORECASTED.

IT IS REALLY FORTUNATE IT

DIDN'T.

NOW, THAT DOESN'T HELP THE

PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHOUT

POWER, THE PEOPLE HAVE

LOST THEIR HOMES, THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE

STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, HOW

DO I GET ENOUGH WATER?

HOW DO I GET FOOD?

HOW DO I GET SHELTER

TODAY?

AND WE'RE THERE IN YOUR

NAME.

IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE

700 CLUB," YOU'RE PART OF

THAT RELIEF EFFORT.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU

HAVE DONE AND HOW YOU'RE A

PART OF BEING A PART OF

THE SOLUTION TO THIS

TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE COMING

AFTER THIS IMMENSE STORM.

> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" AFTER THIS.

Gordon: WHEN STEVE

AND JANET MET, THEY WERE

AND JANET MET, THEY WERE

THE PERFECT MATCH IN EVERY

WAY, EXCEPT IN HOW THEY

MANAGED THEIR MONEY.

STEVE HAD CREDIT CARD

BILLS AND OWED BACK TAXES,

AND JANET WASN'T USED TO

LIVING IN DEBT.

SO THE COUPLE SOUGHT THE

HELP OF AN ACCOUNTANT.

HE ADVISED THEM TO

INCREASE THEIR GIVING, AND

BEFORE LONG, THEY WERE

DEBT-FREE.

Reporter: WITHIN

MONTHS OF MEETING STEV STEVE

SAWYER, JANET KNEW SHE HAD

MET HER MATCH.

STEVE LOVED GOD, OWNED HIS

OWN BUSINESS, AND LOVED

NICE THINGS.

SO THE TWO MARRIED AND

DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT

THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION

OR WHAT THEIR LIFESTYLE

MIGHT COST THEM.

I JUST MET THE LOVE OF

MY LIFE.

I WASN'T GOING TO PUT THE

BRAKES ON MY LIFE.

Reporter: BUT NOT TOO

LONG AFTER THE HONEYMOON,

MONEY BECAME A BIG ISSUE

IN THEIR MARRIAGE.

THAT'S WHEN SHE STARTED

ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT,

WELL, WHAT IS THIS BILL?

HOW MUCH DO YOU OWE?

Reporter: STEVE HAD

CREDIT CARD BILLS AND OWED

BACK TAXES FROM BEFORE

MARRIAGE.

HE WAS ALSO $3,000 SHORT

ON PAYROLL.

JANET WASN'T USED TO

LIVING IN DE IN DEBT TO SUPPORT

HER LIFESTYLE.

I PAID MY BILLS AND

CREDIT CARDS.

EVERYTHING WAS ALWAYS ON

TIME.

I HAD QUITE A FEW YEARS

OF HAPHAZARD LIVING, NO

FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES

WHATSOEVER.

Reporter: UNABLE TO

LIVE THE WAY THEY WANTED

TO WITH THEIR COMBINED

INCOME, THE SAWYERS WERE

SOON $60,000 IN DEBT.

I WAS FEELING VERY OUT

OF CONTROL WITH THE

FINANCES.

AND THERE WERE NIGHTS

WHERE I COULDN'T SLEEP.

IT WAS BOTHERSOME.

AND WAS HARD BECAUSE MY

HUSBAND AND I DIDN'T

COMMUNICATE THAT WELL,

WHEN IT CAME TO FINANCES.

IT WAS MORE JUST ME

SHUTTING DOWN OR GETTING

TO A PLACE OF AVOIDANCE.

Reporter: JANET

PRAYED AND ALSO CONVINCED

STEVE TO FINALLY SEE AN

ACCOUNTANT.

WE WERE AT THE POINT

WHERE SOMETHING HAD TO BE

DONE.

I WAS JUST, LIKE, WE CAN'T

BE LIVING THIS WAY.

IT WAS A PLACE OF

VULNERABILITY TO ME, TO

SAY, OKAY, NO LONGER WILL

I HIDE BEHIND THE PRIDE OF

I'LL FIX WHATEVER IS

WRONG.

Reporter: THE

ACCOUNTANT GAVE THE

SAWYERS A FINANCIAL PLAN

THAT INCLUDED DEBT

REDUCTION, PRACTICAL

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AND

EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE

TITHING AT CHURCH, ADVISED

THEM TO START GIVING EVEN

MORE TO SEE HOW GOD WOULD

RESPOND.

DID IT MAKE SENSE?

PROBABLY NOT TO MOST.

BUT IT MADE SENSE TO ME TO

THE POINT WHERE I COULD

FULLY COMMIT AND KNOW THE

LORD WOULDN'T FAIL ME.

Reporter: SOON STEVE

WAS GIVEN A $75,000

ROOFING CONTRACT OUT OF

THE BLUE.

JANET STARTED GETTING

CONSISTENT RAISES AND

PROMOTIONS.

THE TWO WERE ALSO BLESSED

IN OTHER WAYS.

WE HAD A COUPLE THAT

PAID OUR MORTGAGE ONE

MONTH.

THE MORE WE INCREASED

IN OUR GIVING, THE MORE

ABUNDANT GOD'S PROVISION.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO BE

ABLE TO SEE THINGS LIKE

THAT HAPPEN, KNOWING THAT

GOD HAD OUR BACKS, WHEN HE

HAD OUR HEARTS.

Reporter: STEVE AND

JANET PAID OFF THEIR

$60,000 DEBT, WHILE THEY

INCREASED WHAT THEY GAVE

AT CHURCH EACH YEAR AND

BECAME CBN PARTNERS.

THE SAWYERS ENCOURAGE

OTHERS TO STOP LIVING ON

DEBT AND GIVE INSTEAD.

YOU KNOW, WALK IN

FAITH, NOT IN FEAR.

AND I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE

ABLE TO SEE THE GLORY OF

GOD ON YOUR LIFE.

TITHING AND GIVING MAY

NOT BE THE FIRST THING ON

YOUR RADAR WHEN YOU'RE IN

DEBT, BUT AS CHRISTIANS,

WE NEED TO BELIEVE AND

RELY ON THE BIBLICAL

PRINCIPLES GOD HAS SET

FORTH FOR US.

TEST HIM ON THIS, WITH A

RIGHT HEART AND WITH AN

EXPECTING HEART.

Gordon: THAT'S THE

KEY: TEST HIM ON THIS, BUT

WITH THE RIGHT HEART AND

WITH AN EXPECTING HEART.

HERE IS THE PROMISE, AND

WE CALL IT THE LAW OF

RESIPROCITY.

THESE ARE THE WORDS OF

JESUS: "GIVE AND IT WILL

BE GIVEN TO YOU, A GOOD

MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,

SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND

RUNNING OVER, WILL BE

POURED INTO YOUR LAP, FOR

WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE,

IT WILL BE MEASURED TO

YOU."

AND FOR STEVE AND JANET,

THEY PUT THE PRINCIPLES

INTO PRACTICE, AND YOU SEE

THE RESULTS.

IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU

BECAUSE WHEN JESUS SPEAKS,

HE IS SPEAKING LAWS OF THE

UNIVERSE.

HE IS THE CREATOR OF ALL

OF IT.

AND HE SAYS IF YOU JUST

TEST THIS, GIVE, AND IT

WILL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU.

> AFTER JOHN WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, HIS

DREAM OF RETIRING WITH HIS

WIFE JULIA DISAPPEARED.

HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE

FOR HIS FAMILY FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE.

AND THE COUPLE WAS FORCED

TO PUT THEIR LIVING

EXPENSES ON CREDIT CARDS.

SOON THEY WERE FACING

$40,000 IN DEBT, WITH NO

WAY OUT IN SIGHT.

Reporter: A FEW YEARS

AGO, JOHN AND JULIA

RUSSELL WERE LOOKING

FORWARD TO RETIREMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE

FAR FROM BEING ABLE TO

RETIRE AND MUCH CLOSER TO

BANKRUPTCY.

THE PROBLEMS BEGAN WITH

JOHN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

CANCER, AND DOCTORS SAID

HE WOULD BE OUT OF WORK

FOR MONTHS.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW

HOW WE COULD DIG OUT OF

THAT HOLE.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO

TREAD WATER AND MAKE IT

FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

Reporter: WITHOUT

JOHN'S INCOME, AND NOW

WITH PILES OF MEDICAL

BILLS, THE RUFFLES WERE RUSSELLS WERE

FORCED TO PUT THEIR LIVING

EXPENSES ON CREDIT CARDS.

BEFORE LONG, THEY WERE

$40,000 IN DEBT.

AS THE BILLS CAME IN

AND I REALIZED HOW MUCH

WAS STARTING TO

ACCUMULATE, I FELT VERY

UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I

KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH

TO PAY IT.

I WAS DEVASTATED, YOU

KNOW, AFTER HEARING ABOUT

$40,000.

BECAUSE I'D ALWAYS BEEN

ABLE TO HANDLE THE DEBT

MYSELF.

AND I COULDN'T DO IT

ANYMORE.

Reporter: AT THE

TIME, THE RUSSELLS OWNED A

FARM, AND THE MORTGAGE WAS

DRAINING THEIR FINANCES.

THEY ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE

FARM, BUT THEY COULDN'T

FIND ANY BUYERS.

I REMEMBER FEELING VERY

DEPRESSED.

BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE

THERE WAS NO HOPE.

I WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF

MY LIFE.

Reporter: ONE DAY,

WHILE RECOVERING AT HOME,

JOHN WAS WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB."

PAT ROBERTSON WAS

TALKING ABOUT HOW IF YOU

GIVE TO GOD, HE WILL OPEN

UP THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN

AND POUR OUT A FINANCIAL

BENEFIT THAT YOU CAN'T

CONTAIN.

HE SAID THAT BEFORE GOD

CAN HEAR YOUR PRAYERS, YOU

HAVE TO BE SURE THAT

YOU'VE ASKED FOR

FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR SINS.

SO I DID THAT, AND I HAD A

FEELING OF PEACE, LIKE

I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IN

MY LIFE.

BECAUSE JOHN HAD

REDEDICATED HIS LIFE, I

FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO,

ALSO.

I WAS GIVEN HOPE.

Reporter: JOHN WAS

EAGER TO JOHN "THE 700

CLUB," BUT HE WANTED

JULIE'S SUPPORT, FIRST.

WHEN JOHN STARTED

TELLING ME ABOUT TITHING,

I WASN'T CONVINCED.

SO I WENT TO THE BIBLE, IN

WHICH GOD SAYS, IF YOU

DON'T TITHE, YOU'RE

ROBBING FROM ME.

SO I FELT LIKE JOHN'S

RIGHT.

SO WE JOINED "THE 700

CLUB."

Reporter: WITHIN 60

DAYS, THE RUSSELL'S

FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH

BEGAN.

JOHN WAS CLEARED TO RETURN

TO WORK.

HE GOT A NEW JOB AS A REAL

ESTATE AGENT FOR A

BUILDER, EARNING DOUBLE

WHAT HE EARNED BEFORE.

AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO

FIND A BUYER FOR THE FARM

THAT WOULDN'T SELL.

AND THAT BUYER WAS WILLING

TO PAY TOP DOLLAR.

WE BOTH WERE FLOORED,

AND WE THOUGHT, SOMETHING

HAS GOT TO GO WRONG HERE,

THIS IS TOO GOOD.

HE TOOK OVER ALL OF THAT

DEBT EXPENSE.

WE PAID OFF OUR CREDIT

CARDS.

WE RECOGNIZED THAT

EVERY BIT OF THAT WAS FROM

GOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, JOHN COULD

BE THE GREATEST SALESMAN

IN THE WORLD, BUT HE

DIDN'T DO IT; GOD DID IT

FOR US.

Reporter: THE

RUSSELLS INCREASED THEIR

GIVING TO CBN AND HAVE

CONTINUEECONTINUED TO DO SO THROUGH

THE FOLLOW YEARS.

THEY'RE NOW MEMBERS OF THE

FOUNDER'S CLUB.

WE WERE SO BLESSED AND

WE WANTED TO GIVE BACK, SO

WE KEPT INCREASING.

AND WE'RE STILL

INCREASING.

Reporter: NOT LONG

AGO THE RUSSELLS WERE

FINALLY ABLE TO RETIRE

COMFORTABLY.

THEY AGREE THE LIFE THEY

ENJOY TODAY IS THE RESULT

OF GIVING.

ONCE YOU MAKE THE

COMMITMENT TO GOD AND ASK

FOR HIS HELP, HE SAID, YOU

HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK

NOT.

AND I'VE LEARNED THAT HE

MEANS THAT.

I THINK GOD SEES YOUR

HEART, AND HE SEES THAT

YOU'RE WILLING TO TRUST

HIM.

AND ONCE WE TRUST HIM, HE

POURS OUT BLESSINGS WE

CAN'T CONCEIVE.

Gordon: KEEP THAT

IDEA IN MIND: GOD SEES

YOUR HEART.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT YOUR

HEART IS DOING.

AND WHEN YOU PUT HIM FIRST

IN YOUR HEART, THEN ALL

THESE OTHER THINGS WILL

HAPPEN.

HERE IS A PROMISE THAT IS

FROM DEUTERONOMY 30: "I

SET BEFORE YOU TODAY LIFE

AND PROSPERITY, DEATH AND

DESTRUCTION.

LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD,

WALK IN HIS WAYS, AND KEEP

HIS COMMANDMENTS.

THEN YOU WILL LIVE AND

INCREASE, AND THE LORD

YOUR GOD WILL BLESS YOU."

THAT'S THE KEY.

YOU PUT HIM FIRST.

JESUS SAID, PUT THE

KINGDOM OF GOD FIRST, AND

ALL THESE OTHER THINGS

WILL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL

SEE THE RESULTS.

JOHN AND JULIE SAW THE

RESULTS.

THEY EXPERIENCED

INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION

IN THEIR LIVES.

ALL BECAUSE THEY MADE THE

DECISION, WE'RE GOING TO

PUT GOD FIRST.

FOR JOHN IT WAS, LET'S

PRAY.

LET'S REPENT.

LET'S NOT BE DISOBEDIENT

ANYMORE.

LET'S PUT HIM FIRST.

AND JULIA SAW THE CHANGE.

SHE CAME ALONG.

AND TOGETHER AS A COUPLE,

THEY MADE A DECISION,

WE'RE GOING TO LIVE THE

WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE.

IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL GET

THE SAME BLESSING.

NOW, I'VE GOT SOME

WONDERFUL NEWS.

SOME PARTNERS FROM TEXAS

SAYING, WE WANT TO HELP

OTHERS IN NEED.

WE LOVE GIVING TO CBN.

WE'LL MATCH YOUR GIVING,

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR,

$100,000.

LORD, WE JUST LIFT UP THE

PARTNERS IN TEXAS WHO MADE

IT POSSIBLE TO ISSUE THIS

CHALLENGE.

LORD, WE ASK THAT THE

WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WOULD

OPEN AND POUR OUT A

BLESSING THEY CANNOT

CONTAIN.

AND FOR THOSE WATCHING,

MAKING DECISIONS, BE WITH

THEM.

BLESS AND ENCOURAGE THEM,

FOR WE ASK IT ALL IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

$100,000 IS THE CHALLENGE

AMOUNT.

WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO

DO?

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS

A DAY.

SOME CAN JOIN AT A HIGHER

LEVEL.

WE HAVE "700 CLUB" GOLD AT

$40 A MONTH, AND THE

THOUSAND CLUB BREAKS OUT

TO $84 A MONTH.

AT WHATEVER LEVEL, RIGHT

NOW WE HAVE A $100,000

CHALLENGE, AND IT IS

AUTOMATICALLY MANAGED UP

TO AND INCLUDING $100,000.

SO CALL US NOW:

1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: THE STORY THAT

YOU JUST SAW OF JOHN AND

JULIA TALKED ABOUT HOW

THEY WERE MOTIVATED BY THE

STANDARD OF GOD'S WORD.

I THINK THAT IS MOTIVATING

TO ALL OF US.

WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU

TODAY THAT IS GOING TO

ENHANCE THAT IN YOUR LIFE.

WHEN YOU BECOME A CBN

PARTNER, THIS IS OUR GIFT,

AND IT IS CALLED "ASK

ANYTHING: BIBLICAL ANSWERS

TO LIFE'S MOST PROBING

QUESTIONS."

PAT ROBERTSON TACKLES THE

HARDEST ISSUES WE ALL FACE

IN LIFE, AND IT IS BASED

ON HIS LIFE-LONG STUDY OF

THE SCRIPTURES.

TAKE A LOOK.

Terry: CALL NOW.

JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE

LIVES OF OTHERS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME,

RECEIVE A BLESSING WITH

THIS GIFT.

IT IS OUR WAY OF SAYING

THANK YOU.

"ASK ANYTHING," IT'S YOURS

WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

RIGHT NOW WITH THIS

$100,000 CHALLENGE COMING

OUT OF TEXAS, EVERY DOLLAR

YOU GIVE WILL BE MATCHED

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

CALL 1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB," AND WE'LL

GET YOUR GIFT OUT TO YOU

RIGHT AWAY.

GORDON?

Gordon: WELL, MAY IS

A NURSE WHO FELT LIKE A

SLAVE TO HER CHRONIC DEBT.

SHE COULD NEVER GET AHEAD

OF HER BILLS UNTIL THE DAY

SHE DID SOMETHING

COUNTER-INTUITIVE: SHE

GAVE AWAY MONEY TO HELP

OTHERS, AND NOW SHE HAS

MORE THAN EVERY BEFORE.

Reporter: MAY

ANGQUICO HAS BEEN IN DEBT

MOST OF HER LIFE.

MOSTLY TO CREDIT CARDS AND

POOR MONEY MANAGEMENT.

I FELT LIKE A SLAVE

BECAUSE I HAVE DEBTS.

Reporter: SHE WAS

HAVING TROUBLE PAYING THE

DAY TO DAY EXPENSES.

> THE PROPERTY TAXES, CAR

REGISTRATION, CAR PAYMENT.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH

SHE HAD A GREAT JOB

WORKING AS A NURSE, SHE

COULD NEVER DIG HERSELF

OUT OF DEBT.

ONE DAY SHE HEARD A

MESSAGE ABOUT GIVING GOD

10%.

SHE KNEW SHE NEEDED TO

TITHE, BUT STRUGGLED WITH

THE DECISION.

HE SAID, TEST ME ON

THIS, TEST ME ON THIS.

AT FIRST, I SAID, LORD,

WHY DO YOU WANT MY MONEY.

I GO, LORD, I HAVE BILLS

COMING IN, ALL THESE

THINGS, PROPERTY TAXES

COMING IN, SO HELP ME.

Reporter: AFTER

MONTHS OF NOT BEING ABLE

TO BALANCE HER BUDGET ON

HER OWN, MAY FINALLY

DECIDED TO TRUST GOD.

TITHING IS YOUR

OBEDIENCE TO HIM.

HE WANTS YOUR HEART.

HE DOES NOT WANT YOUR

MONEY BECAUSE HE IS

ALREADY RICH.

HE HAS EVERYTHING.

Reporter: MAY BEGAN

TITHING TO HER CHURCH AND

GIVING TO CBN.

I BECAME A MEMBER OF

THE D.V.D. "SUPERBOOK"

BECAUSE I WANTED MY

GRANDSON TO KNOW THE BIBLE

STORIES.

I WANT TO INSTILL IN HIS

HEART THAT JESUS IS LORD.

Reporter: SOON AFTER

STARTING TO TITHE, MAY

RECEIVED SOME CHECKS AND A

RAISE AT HER JOB.

I HAVE MORE NOW THAN

WHEN I DIDN'T TITHE.

Reporter: AND SHE

LEARNED HOW TO BUDGET AND

MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST

10% GOES TO GOD.

NOW SHE NO LONGER LIVES

PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, AND

SHE IS ALMOST OUT OF

CREDIT CARD DEBT, AND HAS

EVEN STARTED A SAVINGS

FUND.

MAY ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO

TAKE A CHANCE AND TRUST

GOD WITH GIVING.

GOD HAS SO MANY

BLESSINGS FOR US.

HE REALLY CARES FOR US.

HE DOES NOT WANT US TO BE

SLAVES.

HE WANTS TO SET US FREE.

AND HE WANTS TO GIVE US

PEACE AND JOY INSIDE YOUR

HEART.

Gordon: THERE ARE TWO

PRINCIPLES FROM THAT

STORY.

THE FIRST COMES FROM PRO

PROVERBS 22: "THE BORROWER

IS THE SERVANT TO THE

LENDER."

REALIZE WHEN YOU START

PUTTING THINGS ON CREDIT

CARDS, WHEN YOU START

HAVING THAT KIND OF DEBT,

WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING

IS BECOMING A SERVANT TO

YOUR LENDER BECAUSE NOW

YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO PAY

INTEREST, NOT JUST THE

ORIGINAL COST OF WHAT THAT

IS.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO GET

MULTIPLIED.

AND IF YOU'RE CARRYING

CREDIT CARD DEBT FOR

MULTIPLE YEARS, THE

INTEREST CAN REALLY ADD

UP.

YOU BECOME A SERVANT TO

THE LENDER.

BUT THE OTHER PRINCIPLE,

AND IT'S ONE I THINK YOU

FIND IN ALL OF THE STORIES

WE'VE SHOWED YOU TODAY, IS

PEOPLE ARE SAYING, GOD

LOOKS AT YOUR HEART.

HE WANTS TO KNOW THAT

YOU'RE PUTTING HIM FIRST.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN

THE BLESSINGS FLOW.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT THESE

PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE.

SO THE FIRST THING YOU

NEED TO DO IS, NUMBER ONE,

IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM

WITH CREDIT CARDS, GET RID

OF THEM.

DON'T NEED THAT PROBLEM.

IF YOU HAVE OUT OF CONTROL

SPENDING, IF YOU'RE BUYING

CONSUMER GOODS ON CREDIT

CARDS, THEN PLEASE STOP

THAT.

DON'T DO THAT.

GET RID OF THEM.

YOU MAY NEED SOME PLASTIC

SURGERY WHERE YOU GO CUT

THE CREDIT CARDS UP.

THE SECOND THING IS: MAKE

SURE GOD IS FIRST IN YOUR

HEART, FIRST IN YOUR LIFE,

FIRST IN YOUR GIVING.

ARE YOU GIVING UP YOUR

FIRST FRUITS?

ARE YOU DOING IT THAT WAY?

WHEN YOU DO IT THAT WAY,

THAT'S WHEN THE BLESSINGS

COME.

WE'VE GOT A $100,000

CHALLENGE BEFORE YOU.

THAT MEANS YOUR GIVING IS

AUTOMATICALLY MATCHED AND

DOUBLED.

WE'VE GOT $87,000 LEFT

WITH 35 MINUTES LEFT ON

THAT CLOCK.

GO TO YOUR PHONES AND BE A

PART OF IT.

YOU'RE PART OF EVERYTHING

WE DO AROUND THE WORLD

WHEN YOU CALL US:

1-800-700-7000.

LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE

PHONES.

Wendy: HERE AT CBN

OUR IN-BOX IS ALWAYS FULL

OF E-MAILS.

SO WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THE

MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED

QUESTIONS AND PUT THEM

TOGETHER ON THIS D.V.D.,

ALONG WITH PAT'S ANSWERS.

AND THIS FREE GIFT IS

YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN "THE

700 CLUB."

Pat: ASK ANYTHING,

BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO LIFE'S

MOST PROBING QUESTIONS.

CAN SATAN READ OUR

MINDS?

WHAT IS THE REAL DEAL ON

CREMATION?

WHEN IS IT THE RIGHT

TIME TO SEVER TIES WITH A

FAMILY MEMBER.

Terry: PAT, DO YOU

BELIEVE ALL CHRISTIANS

HEAR GOD'S VOICE.

Pat: YOU DON'T WANT

TO MISS A MINUTE.

Wendy: YOU DON'T WANT

TO MISS A MINUTE.

THIS IS REALLY AMAZING AND

PRETTY ENTERTAINING, TOO.

THIS IS WISDOM.

SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO

SEE THE RIGHT COURSE TO

TAKE, EVEN WHEN WE KNOW

RIGHT AND WRONG, BUT

SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE

EXTRA.

THIS IS THAT.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP YOU

WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU

MIGHT HAVE.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

IT IS YOUR FREE GIFT WHEN

YOU CALL US AND SAY, YES,

I WANT TO JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,

$20 A MONTH, IS ALL IT

TAKES TO BECOME A CBN

PARTNER.

IF YOU'RE ALREADY THERE,

AND A LOT OF YOU, I WANT

TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH

FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR

HEART.

WE LOVE YOU.

AND WE WANT TO CHALLENGE

YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT

LEVEL, $40 A MONTH.

WHEN YOU DO THAT WE'RE

GOING TO BLESS YOU BACK

WITH THREE OF OUR DYNAMIC

NEW TEACHING CALLED "ASK

ANYTHING."

IF YOU CAN DO MORE, LET'S

TAKE IT UP TO OUR THOUSAND

CLUB MEMBER, $84 A MONTH.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A

$100,000 CHALLENGE RIGHT

NOW WITH 33 MINUTES LEFT

ON THE CLOCK.

THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW EVERY

DOLLAR THAT YOU PLEDGE

WILL BE MATCHED, DOUBLED,

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE

NEWS, YOU KNOW THE NEEDS

THAT ARE OUT THERE.

AND WE NEED YOU TO GO TO

YOUR PHONES RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF

HURTING PEOPLE THAT CAN BE

BLESSED BY YOU, AND WE'RE

GOING TO BLESS YOU BACK

WITH THIS WHEN YOU CALL

RIGHT NOW.

Terry: THANKS, WENDY.

> WHENEVER DISASTER

STRIKES IN THE WORLD,

CBN'S "OPERATION BLESSING"

STRIKES BACK.

OUR "OPERATION BLESSING"

TEAMS HAVE BEEN ON THE

GROUND IN TEXAS SINCE

BEFORE HURRICANE HARVEY

STRUCK, AND WE'RE STILL

THERE, HELPING PEOPLE

SURVIVE, SA SALVAGING THEIR

POSSESSIONS AND REBUILDING

THEIR LIVES.

TAKE A LOOK.

IT COMPLETELY WIPED

OUT.

EVERYTHING WAS IN TWO FEET

OF WATER.

I'VE NEVER HAD IT LIKE

THIS.

I FEEL LIKE A HOMELESS

MAN.

Reporter: HURRICANE

HARVEY SLAMMED INTO

SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS WITH A

VENGEANCE.

RISING WATER CHASED

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO

ROOFTOPS AND OVERWHELMED

RESCUERS WHO COULD NOT

KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE

CALLS FOR HELP.

I'VE SEARCHED AND

SEARCHED AND SEARCHED,

TRYING TO FIND FOOD FOR

DAYS.

Reporter: MARY FISHER

DECIDED TO RIDE OUT THE

STORM IN HER LAMARK MOBILE

HOME WITH THREE

GRANDCHILDREN.

HER PROPERTY FLOODED, AND

SHE SAYS WITHOUT THE

GENEROSITY OF "OPERATION

BLESSING," THEY WERE HAVE

NOTHING TO EAT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

I'VE FOUND ANY KIND OF

FOOD, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL

FOR IT.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY,

VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING

YOU'VE DONE.

FOLKS HERE IN THIS CITY

ARE WAY BELOW THE POVERTY

LINE.

Reporter: THIS PASTOR

SAW A LOT OF DESTRUCTION

IN HIS SMALL TOWN OF TAFT,

TEXAS.

TOGETHER WITH "OPERATION

BLESSING," PASTOR MOORE'S

CHURCH SPREAD THE LOVE OF

JESUS WITH FOOD, WATER,

AND NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS

LIKE CLOTHES AND SHOES.

WE'VE GOT FOLKS COMING

IN HERE AND GETTING

SUPPLIES, AND WE'RE

PRAYING WITH THEM, AND

WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF

JESUS WITH THEM, AND

INVITING THEM TO A

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

THE LORD.

EVERYWHERE I'M AT IS

HAPPY FACES, YOU BROUGHT A

LOT OF JOY TO US.

Reporter: SHE USED

SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET HER

FRIENDS ON BOARD TO JOIN

"OPERATION BLESSING" IN

THEIR RELIEF EFFORTS.

I REALLY LOVE HAVING

YOU ALL HERE.

IT BROUGHT A LOT OF

HAPPINESS TO MY HEART.

THANK YOU, "OPERATION

BLESSING," FOR COMING OVER

HERE AND HELPING OUR

COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT IS

REALLY A BLESSING.

YOU'RE A BLESSING TO ALL

OF US HERE, AND TO ME.

Terry: THANK YOU, CBN

PARTNERS.

YOU'RE THE REASON THAT

WE'RE ABLE TO BE THERE.

WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF

YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR

KINDNESS AND YOUR CONCERN

FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW,

TODAY, THE NEED THAT WE

REACH OUT TO AROUND THE

WORLD IS THERE ALL THE

TIME.

BUT THERE IS AN EXTRA

SPECIAL NEED NOW BECAUSE

OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING

HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

SO WE NEED YOU TO JOIN

WITH US.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB," GO UP TO

THE NEXT LEVEL.

IF YOU'RE A GENERAL

MEMBER, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR

GIFT OF $20 A MONTH.

WHY DON'T YOU GO UP TO THE

GOLD LEVEL AT $40 A MONTH.

AND THE THOUSAND CLUB IS

$48.

FOUNDERS IS $417 A MONTH.

AND THEN WE HAVE FRIENDS

THAT JOIN US AT THE

CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE LEVEL,

WHICH IS $10,000 OR MORE A

YEAR.

ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE

YOU DO.

AND WITH JOY, GO TO YOUR

PHONE AND CALL OUR

TOLL-FREE NUMBER,

1-800-700-7000.

I SAY ANTICIPATE BLESSING

BECAUSE WHEN WE REACH OUT

TO HELP OTHERS, GOD DOES

SOMETHING SPECIAL IN OUR

HEARTS AND IN OUR LIVES.

WE WANT YOU TO RECEIVE

THAT BLESSING, AND WE WANT

YOU TO RECEIVE "ASK

ANYTHING," IT'S COMING

YOUR WAY WHEN YOU CALL

RIGHT NOW.

GORDON?

Gordon: WELL, ERIN

BEAN WASN'T MAKING MUCH

PROGRESS TRYING TO FIX HIS

LEAKY ROOF.

AND HE AND HIS WIFE TAMMY

WERE GROWING DESPERATE.

KNOWING MORE RAIN FROM

HURRICANE HARVEY WAS ON

THE WAY.

THAT'S WHEN A CREW FROM

"OPERATION BLESSING" CAME

TO THEIR RESCUE.

Reporter: WHEN THE

FORECAST CALLED FOR EVEN

MORE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE

GULF COAST, AARON AND

TAMMY BEAN KNEW TIME WAS

RUNNING OUT.

IF WE GET MUCH MORE

RAIN, WE MIGHT AS WELL

PICK OUR PIECES UP AND GO

HOME.

Reporter: THE POWER

WAS OUT.

MEAN DARREN COULDN'T USE

AN ELECTRIC NAIL GUN.

I WOULD WORK 30 MINUTES

AND GO LAY DOWN 30

MINUTES.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM

IN MY LIFE WHERE HE CAN'T

WORK ALL DAY.

A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME,

THAT'S IT.

Reporter: TO MAKE

MATTERS WORSE, DARREN

NEEDED TO GET BACK TO SEA

IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

HE WORKS ON A BARGE LIKE

THIS ONE, AND HE HAS TO BE

ON THE JOB TO GET A

PAYCHECK.

SO TAMMY PRAYED FOR HELP.

AND THEN TODAY WE GOT

UP EARLY AND WE STARTED

WORKING ON IT BECAUSE IT

RAINED A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN HERE YOU ALL

COME.

YOU'RE THE CALVARY.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" PULLED UP WITH A

GROUP OF SKILLED TARPERS.

THEY LAID NEOPRENE DOWN ON

THE ROOF.

WHILE THE CREW MIEWSHED IT MEASURED IT

OUT AND SECURED IT IN

PLACE, OTHER MEMBERS FROM

"OPERATION BLESSING" CLEAR

THE TREE LIMBS FROM THEIR

YARD.

Reporter: DARREN

BELIEVES "OPERATION

BLESSING" WAS A HELP FROM

TAMMY PRAYERS.

THE LORD SENT YOU HERE.

IT IS THE GREATEST

BLESSING I COULD HAVE.

WE WERE TOLD THE CALVARY

WAS COMING, AND IT SHOWED

UP.

Reporter: DARREN SAYS

HE CAN RETURN TO WORK WITH

PEACE OF MIND, AND TAMMY

SAYS THEY HAVE "OPERATION

BLESSING" TO THANK.

THANK YOU FOR

EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID.

AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE YOU.

Gordon: BE A PART OF

IT.

BE A PART OF EVERYTHING

WE'RE DOING, NOT JUST IN

TEXAS, NOT JUST IN

FLORIDA, BUT AROUND THE

WORLD.

WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700

CLUB," YOU'RE PART OF IT.

A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT

GOES INTO THE WORK OF

"OPERATION BLESSING."

ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO

THE WORK OF CBN

INTERNATIONAL TO HELP

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,

AND ESPECIALLY TO PREACH

THE GOSPEL AROUND THE

WORLD.

YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF

IT, SO CALL US:

1-800-700-7000.

WHEN YOU CALL, MAKE SURE

YOU ASK FOR PLEDGE

EXPRESS.

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING, WHERE THE BANK

DOES ALL OF THE WORK, AND

WE CAN SEND AS OUR GIFT TO

YOU "POWER FOR LIFE,"

MONTHLY TEACHING C.D.s.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE

THOSE, ASK FOR PLEDGE

EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL.

TERRY?

Terry: A FEW YEARS

AGO, "OPERATION BLESSING"

WAS ON THE GROUND IN

ROSENBURG, TEXAS, WHERE

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS

RAVAGED THE CITY.

THE ANDRADE'S HOME WAS

DEVASTATED, REDUCED TO A

PILE OF RUBBLE ON THE SIDE

OF THE ROAD.

Reporter: FELICIANO

AND AURORO DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT TO DO AFTER A

CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

INUNDATED THEIR TEXAS

HOME.

THE INSULATION.

ALL OF THE FLOORING, ALL

OF THE FURNITURE --

EVERYTHING HAD TO BE

STRIPPED OUT OF THE HOUSE.

IT BECOME A VERY PITIFUL

SITE.

Reporter: BUT THE

FAMILY DID WHAT THEY COULD

TO KEEP THEIR SPIRITS UP.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING

HAS A REASON ON WHY IT HAS

HAPPENED.

WE HAVE A THE LO O AA LOT OF A LOT OF FAIT H IN

GOD.

I HAD TO TELL MY HUSBAND

EVERY DAY IT IS GOING TO

BE OKAY.

THE BIGGEST

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME WAS

SEEING THE PILE.

40 YEARS JUST OUT BY THE

ROAD.

IT IS STILL HARD FOR ME TO

SEE.

Reporter: EVEN BEFORE

THE FLOOD, IT WAS

DIFFICULT HAVING THREE

GENERATIONS LIVING UNDER

ONE ROOF.

THE BOYS ARE STILL DEALING

BLESSING" CAME.

WE NEVER THOUGHT THIS

WOULD HAPPEN.

WE SAW EVERYBODY, WITH

A BIG BANNER, WELCOMING US

HOME.

.

WHEN WE OPENED THE

FRONT DOOR, NEVER

EXPECTING WHAT WE SAW: A

COMPLETE HOME.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER

GUESSED, AND I DON'T THINK

ANYBODY IN THE WORLD WOULD

HAVE GUESSED THAT

"OPERATION BLESSING" AND

THEIR GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS

COULD DO SUCH A JOB IN

SUCH A SHORT TIME.

AND IT'S TRULY A BLESSING

TO US.

THIS WAS JUST BEYOND

OUR WILDEST DREAMS.

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BED

NOW.

AS A FATHER, AFTER

SEEING WHAT I HAVE SEEN,

IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

TO HAVE OUR LIVES PUT

TOGETHER AGAIN...

Reporter: WITH THE

FLOOD DAMAGE TAKEN CARE

OF, THE COUPLE CAN NOW

FOCUS ON HELPING THEIR

FAMILY HEAL.

THANK YOU, FROM THE

BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL

OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE

DONORS, "OPERATION

BLESSING," ALL OF THE

VOLUNTEERS.

WHEN I HEAR THE WORD

"OPERATION BLESSING," I

SEE THE FACES OF ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE,

HELPING.

AND, OF COURSE, ALL I'VE

GOT TO DO IS LOOK AROUND.

HERE IT IS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Terry: YOU KNOW, YOU

CAN JUST EMPATHIZE, CAN'T

YOU?

IMAGINE LOOKING AT 40

YEARS OF THE THINGS

THAT -- NOT JUST STUFF,

BUT THINGS THAT YOU NEEDED

TO LIVE IN YOUR HOME,

BEDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, THE

THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR

GRANTED EVERY DAY OUT IN A

PILE ON THE ROAD.

AND ADD TO THAT THAT YOUR

LITTLE FAMILY IS

RECOVERING FROM THE LOSS

OF A SON, OF A FATHER,

THREE GENERATIONS LIVING

TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, CBN PARTNERS.

YOU ALLOWED US TO COME

RIGHT INTO THE MIDST OF

THEIR NEED.

IT WASN'T JUST THE THINGS.

IT WAS THE BLESSING OF

COMPASSION AND OF HOPE

THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THEM.

WE SAY THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING

YOU TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB"

NOW.

GO UP TO THE NEXT CLUB

LEVEL IF YOU CAN.

RIGHT NOW EVERY DOLLAR YOU

GIVE WILL BE MATCHED

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, AND

THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

TO MAKE YOUR GIVING GO

TWICE AS FAR.

OUR NOBODY IS TOLL-FREE:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST CALL AND SAY, I WANT

TO JOIN "700 CLUB," AND

THIS IS THE LEVEL I WANT

TO JOIN AT.

WE WELCOME YOUR CALL.

WENDY?

Wendy: TERRY, I AM

JUST IN AWE OF HOW QUICKLY

"OPERATION BLESSING"

TURNED THAT HOUSE AROUND.

AND YOU SAW THE BEFORE AND

AFTER.

AND IF YO YOU ARE A CBN

PARTNER, YOU ARE A PART OF

THAT.

YOU SAW THE SMILE ON THEIR

FACES.

IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT WE

CAN ALL DO WHEN WE COME

TOGETHER.

ARE YOU ONE OF THE

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO

STRUGGLES WITH DEPRESSION,

OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO

DOES?

PAT ROBERTSON EXPLORES THE

CAUSES OF DEPRESSION AND

HOW TO FIND THE ANSWERS

THEY NEED TO BE HEALED.

THIS NEXT QUESTION

COMES FROM SUSAN, PAT.

"PAT, I'VE LOST MY ZEST

FOR LIFE.

I'M TIRED ALL OF THE TIME

AND SAD.

I BELIEVE I'M DEPRESSED IN

THE CLINICAL SENSE.

IS THAT A SPIRITUAL

ISSUE?"

Pat: I THINK WE HAVE

FOUND THAT DEPRESSION IS

NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS

IN YOUR MIND.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS

CLINICAL AND IT IS

CHEMICAL.

THE BIGGEST THING IS YOU

HAVE A TEST TO DETERMINE

WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR

BLOOD, WHAT IS GOING ON IN

YOUR ENDOCRINES.

GET SOMEBODY WHO

UNDERSTANDS THAT KIND OF

THING.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE JOY

OF THE LORD IS YOUR

STRENGTH.

A MAN SHOULD EAT GOOD BY

THE FRUIT OF HIS LIPS.

BEGIN TO CONFESS JOY,

BEGIN TO CONFESS

HAPPINESS, AND REACH OUT

TO OTHER PEOPLE.

Wendy: AMEN.

WHEN I NEED AN ANSWER TO

SOMETHING I JUST CAN'T

FIGURE OUT, I GO TO THE

BIBLE.

MAYBE YOU DO, TOO.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT

PAT'S NEW TEACHING "ASK

ANYTHING," BECAUSE THIS IS

BIBLICAL-BASED, ANSWERS TO

SOME OF LIFE'S MOST

PERPLEXING QUESTIONS.

IT IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN

YOU CALL AND SAY, YES, I

WANT TO JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A

MONTH, IS ALL IT TAKES TO

BECOME A CBN PARTNER.

MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY THERE

AND YOU WANT TO DO MORE,

HEY, THAT'S GREAT.

OUR GOLD LEVEL IS ONLY $40

A MONTH.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT,

WE'RE GOING TO BLESS YOU

BACK WITH THREE TEACHINGS

OF "ASK ANYTHING."

OUR THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL IS

$84 A MONTH, OR HIGHER,

AND WE'RE GOING TO BLESS

YOU WITH FIVE OF THIS

INCREDIBLE NEW TEACHING.

IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS,

WE'VE GOT ANSWERS.

AND THIS IS OUR FREE GIFT

TO YOU.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR

CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.

$100,000 EVEN.

RIGHT NOW IF YOU GIVE,

EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU

MATCH -- EVERY DO DOLLAR YOU

GIVE WILL BE MATCHED

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

IT IS A GREAT TIME TO GO

TO YOUR PHONES AND SAY

YES.

Gordon: WE'RE GOING

TO ADD TO THAT $100,000

CHALLENGE.

SOME PARTNERS FROM

CALIFORNIA SAY IT IS NOT

ENOUGH.

THEY WANT TO ADD $63,000

TO IT.

LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE ASK FOR BLESSING.

WE ASK FOR THE INCREASE

THAT COMES FROM YOU, 30,

60, 100-FOLD.

FOR THE PARTNERS IN

CALIFORNIA WHO MADE IT

POSSIBLE, AND FOR THOSE

WATCHING MAKING DECISIONS

RIGHT NOW, OPEN THE

WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR

OUT A BLESSING THEY CANNOT

CONTAIN.

DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT

ALL IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN AND AMEN.

$163,000 IS THE CHALLENGE

AMOUNT.

$84,000 TO GO.

$82,000 -- IT IS COMING

DOWN.

CALL US NOW:

1-800-700-7000.

> MORE THAN A THIRD OF

MILLENNIALS ARE LIVING

WITH THEIR PARENTS, MAINLY

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD

TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN.

NOT JORDAN AND AARON, WHO

ARE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL

REAL ESTATE BROKERS WHO

NEVER WORRY ABOUT A

DOWNTURN IN THE MARKET.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE

DISCOVERED A FINANCIAL

STRATEGY THAT HAS

MULTIPLIED THEIR PROFITS.

JOAJORDAN AND ERIN WORK HARD.

AND LIKE MANY MILLENNIALS,

THEY GO ONLINE A LOT AND

STAY CONNECTED THREE TO SOCIAL

MEDIA.

THERE IS A LOT OF

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO

GET AND GATHER AND ABSORB

AS MUCH AS THEY CAN FOR

SELF-INTEREST.

THEY WANT TO LOOK GOOD AS

FAR AS OUTFITS AND WHAT

CAR THEY DRIVE.

EVERY IS TRYIN ONE IS TRYING TO GET

AHEAD.

WE PRIORITIZED WHEN WE

FIRST GOT MARRIED, GOD IS

NUMBER ONE, FAMILY NUMBER

TWO, AND OUR JOBS AND

CAREER IS NUMBER THREE.

Reporter: WHILE

THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL

REAL ESTATE BROKERS, THEIR

GOAL ISN'T TO BUY THINGS

FOR THEMSELVES.

INSTEAD, THEY CHOOSE TO

INVEST IN PROMOTING GOD

AND GIVING TO OTHERS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT

THE LORD HAS PUT ME HERE

FOR.

Reporter: THEY TITHE

TO THEIR CHURCH AND

INCREASED THEIR GIVING TO

CBN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I MADE A COVENANT WITH

THE LORD THAT I WOULD GIVE

5% MORE A YEAR.

IN DOING THAT, I WAS KIND

OF A STEP OF FAITH.

I REALIZED, WELL, HE

REALLY IS MY PROVIDER, SO

I CAN TRUST HIM WITH THESE

EXTRA LITTLE BITS EVERY

MONTH AND EVERY YEAR.

Reporter: SINCE

GIVING MORE, THEY HAVE

SEEN THEIR PROFITS

CONSISTENTLY INCREASE OVER

THE LAST SIX YEAR.

THEY CREDIT THEIR SUCCESS

TO GOD, AND ENCOURAGE

OTHERS TO PUT GOD FIRST IN

THEIR LIVES AND GIVE.

WE'RE NOT ANY MORE

SPECIAL THAN THE GUY NEXT

TO US.

WE JUST FOUND THIS KEY TO

THE KINGDOM, IN A WAY, TO

PARTNER WITH GOD AND WHAT

HE IS DOING ON THE EARTH.

I THINK IT IS BOWER

YOUABOUTYOUR HEART POSTURE TOWARDS

THE LORD.

Reporter: THEY

ESPECIALLY LIKE GIVING TO

CBN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE

CBN USES SOCIAL MEDIA.

I POST THEM ON MY

Facebook.

IT IS A NICE TOOL THE LORD

IS USING TO PLANT SEEDS IN

PEOPLE AND REACH OUT TO

THEM.

I JUST KNOW IN MY LIFE

THAT THE LORD HAS FILLED

ME WITH THIS LOVE AND HIS

SPIRIT, AND IT MAKES ME

COME ALIVE.

I KNOW THAT GOD REALLY IS

EVERYTHING IN LIFE.

AND SO IF I CAN PARTNER

WITH GOD IN BRINGING THAT

SAME MESSAGE TO MILLIONS

OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD

THROUGH WHAT CBN IS DOING,

THEN THAT'S JUST -- WHAT

AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND

A PRIVILEGE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS

TO BE PARTNERS WITH CBN

BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS

BROUGHT SO MUCH BLESSING

TO OUR LIVES.

THERE IS HONESTLY NO

BETTER ORGANIZATION TO

GIVE TO, AS FAR AS

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.

Gordon: THEY'RE A

WONDERFUL COUPLE.

WHAT A PRINCIPLE.

HE MADE A COVENANT IN HIS

HEART, AND HE SAID, I'M

GOING TO GIVE MORE TITHES

AND OFFERINGS.

AND SHE CAME ALONG AND SHE

IS DOING THE SAME THING.

THEORTHEY'RE DEDICATED TO

EVANGELISM AND DEDICATED

TO GOD.

THEY'RE PUTTING THE

KINGDOM OF GOD FIRST.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT'S

WHEN THE BLESSINGS HAPPEN.

IF YOU WANT TO START THAT,

CALL US NOW:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO

JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

JUST $20 A MONTH.

NOW, SOME OF YOU CAN GIVE

AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

WE HAVE "THE 700 CLUB"

GOLD AT $40.

THE THOUSAND CLUB, $1,000

A YEAR AND IT TRANSLATES

TO $84 A MONTH.

WE HAVE THE 2500 CLUB,

WHICH IS $2500 A YEAR.

FOUNDER IS $5,000.

AND CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE IS

$10,000 A MORE A YEAR.

JORDAN MADE A PROMISE, AND

HE SAID, I'M GOING TO

INCREASE MY GIVING 5%

EVERY YEAR.

YOU SAW THE RESULTS OF

THAT.

THAT IS SOMETHING HE MADE,

A COVENANT IN HIS HEART,

AND HE SAID, THIS IS WHAT

I WANT TO DO.

AND GOD ENABLED HIM TO DO

IT.

IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"

MEMBER, CONSIDER BECOMING

"700 CLUB" GOLD, IF YOU'RE

ALREADY A GOLD MEMBER,

CONSIDER GOING TO THE

THOUSAND CLUB.

DO IT NOW.

WE'RE IN THE MIRL MIDDLE OF $

$163,000 CHALLENGE.

CALL US RIGHT NOW:

1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: TEKO IS A

MOTHER WHO'S CHILDREN WERE

SICK AND STARVING BECAUSE

OF A LACK OF CLEAN WATER.

SOME DAYS ALL SHE AND HER

FAMILY HAD TO EATS WERE

TREE LEAVES.

BUT NOT ANYMORE, THANKS TO

A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CBN

AND INNOVATION AFRICA.

Reporter: MANY DAYS

TEKO WALKS FOUR MILES TO

THE RIVER TO FETCH WATER.

ONE DAY ANIMALS

TRAMPLED THE WATER.

I WAS SO THIRSTY AND TOO

WEAK TO LOOK FURTHER, SO I

DRANK IT, BUT I COULDN'T

GIVE IT TO MY CHILDREN.

THEY FELL ASLEEP CRYING.

Reporter: WITH BARELY

ENOUGH WATER TO DRINK,

GROWING CROPS IS

PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

WHEN THERE IS NOTHING

ELSE, PEOPLE GATHER TREE

LEAVES TO EAT.

WE DON'T EAT IT ALL.

I SAVE SOME FOR LATER.

WITHOUT WATER, EVERYTHING

IS DIRTY.

MY CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS

SICK.

SOMETIMES THEY COUGH UP

BLOOD.

I WONDER WHY GOD GAVE ME

MY CHILDREN.

I WOULD RATHER SUFFER

ALONE THAN TO SEE THEM

SUFFER.

Reporter: TEKO WORKS

HARD EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE

FOR HER CHILDREN.

SHE AND MANY OTHERS CUT

GRASS TO SELL IN THE

MARKET.

AFTER CUTTING AND BUNDLING

THE GRASS AND WALKING

SOMETIMES FIVE MILES OR

MORE TO THE MARKET, A

WOMAN CAN EXPECT TO SELL

ONE BUNDLE FOR ABOUT 30

CENTS.

THAT'S THE PRICE OF A

SMALL HANDFUL OF TOMATOES.

THERE WAS A DAY THAT NO

ONE WOULD BUY THE CROPS.

I WALKED ALL THE WAY BACK

HOME, HOPING SOMEONE WOULD

LET US BORROW SOME FOOD,

BUT NO ONE HAD ANYTHING.

Reporter: WHEN CBN

AND INNOVATION AFRICA

STARTED DRILLING JUST

OUTSIDE THEIR VILLAGE, THE

NEWS SPREAD QUICKLY.

THEIR SEARCH FOR CLEAN

WATER HAD FINALLY ENDED.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

Reporter: SO THIS IS

JUST A TEMPORARY TAP.

WE'RE ACTUALLY INSTALLING

NINE PERMANENT TAPS,

TOTAL.

WE'RE BUILDING A TALL

WATER TOWER OVER HERE, AND

THAT WILL GIVE US THE

PRESSURE WE NEED TO PIPE

WATER A MILE IN THAT

DIRECTION AND A MILE IN

THAT DIRECTION.

SO 5,000 PEOPLE IN THREE

VILLAGES WILL HAVE FRESH,

CLEAN WATER, JUST A FEW

STEPS FROM HOME.

GOD SENT YOU TO RESCUE

US.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN

MY LIFE TO HAVE WATER THAT

IS CLOSE.

NEXT TIME YOU VISIT, YOU

WILL SEE TOMATOES, ONIONS,

AND OTHER VEGETABLES

GROWING, FOR US TO EAT AND

TO SELL IN THE MARKET.

Reporter: THANKS TO

CBN AND INNOVATION AFRICA,

TEKO'S FAMILY AND MANY

OTHERS HAVE GOOD,

NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO EAT,

AND FRESH, CLEAN WATER

RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.

NOW MY CHILDREN CAN

SIMPLY WALK TO THE TOP AND

DRINK.

I CAN FINALLY CLEAN

EVERYTHING.

I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE

OF AMERICA, IN THE NAME OF

JESUS CHRIST.

MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

Terry: THAT'S YOU SHE

IS THANKING, "700 CLUB"

MEMBERS.

WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK

YOU AS WELL.

CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS

THE BASIS OF EVERYTHING,

GOOD HELP, THE ABILITY TO

NOT ONLY COOK FOOD, BUT TO

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD.

THAT BRINGS DIGNITY AND

HOPE.

YOU DO ALL OF THAT WHEN

YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

SO TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO

DO THAT.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL

CHALLENGE BEFORE US.

EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE WILL

BE MATCHED DOLLAR FOR

DOLLAR, UP TO AND

INCLUDING $163,000.

HELP US HELP OTHERS.

WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN

TODAY, AT WHATEVER CLUB

LEVEL YOU JOIN, WOULD YOU

DO IT USING PLEDGE

EXPRESS.

IT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES

ALL OF THE WORK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

STAMPS OR ENVELOPES.

IT IS ALL DONE FOR YOU.

AND IT SAVES US SOME

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS SO

THAT WE CAN PUT EVEN MORE

OF YOUR GIFT RIGHT INTO

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE

TEKO AND HER CHILDREN.

OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.

WHEN YOU CALL AND SAY, I

WANT TO USE PLEDGE

EXPRESS, WE'RE GOING TO

SEND YOU A "POWER FOR

LIFE" TEACHING.

WE THINK THEY'LL BE SO

ENCOURAGING AND

FAITH-BUILDING TO YOU, AND

YOU'LL BE HELPING OTHERS.

1-800-700-7000.

CALL NOW.

GORDON?

Gordon: WELL, SAIRA

IS A LITTLE GIRL WITH A

HOLE IN HER HEART.

DOCTORS SAID SHE WOULD DIE

IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE SURGERY

SOON.

HER PARENTS HAD NO MONEY

FOR THE OPERATION, SO THEY

PRAYED FOR HELP.

Terry: SERRA IS A

DADDY'S GIRL.

SHE GIVES ME A KISS

BEFORE I GO TO WORK.

I LEAVE THINKING ABOUT MY

LITTLE GIRL.

Terry: ONE DAY WHILE

THEY WERE WALKING, SERRA

SAT DOWN ON THE CURB TO

REST.

HER BREATHING WAS LABORED.

HER PARENTS WONDERED IF

SHE HAD PNEUMONIA, WHICH

HAD TAKEN THE LIFE OF HER

OLDER SISTER.

THE DOCTORS TOLD US

THAT SHE NEEDED SURGERY OR

ELSE SHE WILL DIE.

SHE SAID IT WAS URGENT.

THE SOONER, THE BETTER.

TAR Terry: SERRA COVERED

FROM A HOLE IN HER HEART,

WHICH CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH

CIRCULATION AND BREATHING.

HER FAMILY PRAYED FOR HER

TO RECOVER SINCE HOLE YO JULIO

COULD NOT AFFORD AN

OPERATION.

ONE DAY SHE FOUND ME

CRYING, AND SHE SAID,

DADDY, DON'T CRY, I'M

GOING TO BE CURED.

I CRIED AS I HELD HER.

I PRAYED THAT MY DAUGHTER

WOULDN'T DIE.

Terry: WHEN

"OPERATION BLESSING"

LEARNED ABOUT SERRA'S

CONDITION, WE TOOK HER TO

A HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE

RECEIVED FREE OPEN-HEART

SURGERY.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

SAVED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE.

NOW THAT SHE HAS

RECOVERED, SHE PLAYS WITH

HER BROTHER, AND SHE NO

LONGER STRUGGLES TO

BREATHE.

THANK YOU FOR CHANGING

EVERYTHING FOR HER.

Gordon: THANK YOU.

THANK.

IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "700

CLUB," THANK YOU.

YOU GAVE THAT LITTLE GIRL

LIFE.

AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL

WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND

THE WORLD WHEN PEOPLE SAY,

LET'S GET TOGETHER AND

LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO

TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND WHETHER THAT'S IN

AFRICA, DRILLING WATER

WELLS, OR IN CENTRAL

AMERICA, PROVIDING

LIFE-CHANGING SURGERIES,

OR IN HOUSTON, PROVIDING

RELIEF WORK FOR THE

FLOODS, FOR PEOPLE IN

FLORIDA, PROVIDING JUST

THE BASICS OF WATER AND

FOOD AND TRYING TO HELP

THEM IN THEIR TIME OF

NEED -- YOU'RE A PART OF

ALL OF IT WHEN YOU JOIN

"700 CLU"THE 700 CLUB."

SO CALL US NOW,

1-800-700-7000.

AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE

A PART OF IT.

WHEN YOU CALL, MAKE SURE

YOU ASK FOR PLEDGE

EXPRESS.

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING WHERE THE BANK DOES

ALL OF THE WORK AND WE

SEND AS OUR GIFT TO YOU

"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY

TEACHING C.D.s.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE,

ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS

WHEN YOU CALL.

LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE

PHONES.

Wendy: LET ME ASK YOU

THIS: DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE

MORE MONTH THAN MONEY?

IN OUR NEW D.V.D., PAT

ROBERTSON SHOWS YOU HOW TO

REVERSE THAT NEGATIVE

TREND, AND YOU'LL LEARN

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN

BUSINESS, AND HOW TO

PREPARE FOR A COMFORTABLE

RETIREMENT.

HERE IS A QUESTION FROM

CAROL: "WHEN A FAMILY

ISN'T GIVING A FULL TITHE

OR ANY TITHES TO THEIR

CHURCH OR MINISTRY, DOES

THAT LIMIT GOD'S FINANCIAL

BLESSING IN THEIR LIVES?"

Pat: THERE IS

SOMETHING ABOUT GOD BEING

A PARTNER.

THE BIBLE SAYS, GIVE AND

IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU,

PRESSED DOWN AND MEASURED

TO YOU.

GIVING IS SO IMPORTANT.

YOU WANT TO UNLOCK THE

FLOW OF GOD'S BLESSING

INTO YOUR LIFE, AND THAT'S

HOW YOU DO IT, WITH

GIVING.

YOU DON'T WAIT FOR HIM TO

DO SOMETHING.

YOU START IT YOURSELF.

WHETHER IT IS $10, OR $5

OR $20, GIVE UNTO THE LORD

AND WATCH HIM DO

SOMETHING, AND GIVE MORE

AND MORE.

AND THE LORD WILL BLESS.

THAT'S THE LAW OF

RECIPROCITY.

Terry Wendy: I LOVE THAT.

SUCH PRACTICAL WISDOM

RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE THAT

CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS,

WE'VE GOT ANSWERS IN "ASK

ANYTHING," BIBLE ANSWERS

TO SOME OF LIFE'S MOST

PROBING QUESTIONS.

THAT IS OUR FREE GIFT TO

YOU WHEN YOU GIVE US A

CALL AND SAY, YES, I WANT

TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS IT?

65 CENTS A DAY, I'M NOT

KIDDING, THAT'S JUST $20 A

MONTH.

MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY

THERE.

I'VE BEEN CHALLENGING SOME

OF YOU TO GO UP TO SOME OF

OUR HIGHER LEVELS.

HERE IS ONE FROM JOHN IN

GRAND VIEW, TENNESSEE.

HE IS GOING FROM $20 A

MONTH UP TO GOLD LEVEL AT

$40 A MONTH.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

PINKY FROM NORTH

CAROLINA -- I LOVE THAT

NAME -- GOING UP TO OUR

GOLD LEVEL AT $40.

MARY FROM ROCK TESTIFY

VERN NEW YORVERNON, NEWYORK, GOING UP TO T HE

THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL AT

$84.

AND MARGARET ALSO GOING UP

TO THE THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL

AT $84.

THERE YOU ARE IN FLORIDA,

AND YOUR STATE HAS BEEN

RAVAGED, AND YOU'RE

THINKING OF OTHERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS,

"ASK ANYTHING" WHEN YOU

CALL RIGHT NOW.

TERRY?

Terry: MILANI IS A

LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES IN

SOUTH AFRICA WHO LOVES

GOING TO SCHOOL, UNTIL HER

PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD TO

SEND HER ANYMORE.

THEN A SOCIAL WORKER TOLD

HER AND HOA HER MOM ABOUT

"LIFE CHILD," SUPPORTING

BY CBN'S O "ORPHANS'

PROMISE."

Terry: HER DAD

COULDN'T FIND WORK AND

WHEN HER MOM LOST A JOB AS

A STREET SWEEPER, THEY

COULDN'T AFFORD SCHOOL

ANYMORE.

SHE PRETENDED THAT SHE

WAS GOING TO THE DAYCARE,

AND I WOULD EXPLAIN THAT I

DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO

SEND HER.

AND THEN SHE WOULD CRY.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME

FOR ALL OF US.

Terry: TO MAKE

MATTERS WORSE, EVER SINCE

MILANI WAS A BABY, SHE HAD

ASTHMA.

IT WAS SO BAD, SHE WOUND

UP IN THE HOSPITAL AT

LEAST TWICE A MONTH.

HER PARENTS FEARED FOR HER

LIFE.

BUT MILANI JUST WANTED TO

BE LIKE THE OTHER KIDS.

I CAN'T PLAY AND RUN

LIKE OTHER CHILDREN,

BECAUSE WHEN I DO, MY

CHEST HURTS.

Terry: ONE DAY WHEN

SHE AND HER MOM WERE

GETTING WATER, ONE OF OUR

SOCIAL WORKERS SPOTTED

THEM, AND INVITED MILANI

TO COME TO "LIFE CHILD," A

MINISTRY SUPPORTED BY

CBN'S "ORPHANS' PROMISE."

THIS IS MY FAVORITE

PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

I LOVE LEARNING NEW

THINGS.

I CAN EVEN WRITE MY NAME.

I LOVE PLAYING WITH MY NEW

FRIENDS.

WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS, AND

I ACCEPTED HIM IN MY

HEART.

I KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES

ME, AND I LOVE HIM THIS

MUCH.

NOW WHEN TIMES ARE

HARD, MILANI IS THE ONE

WHO SAYS, MOMMY, LET US

PRAY.

Terry: THEY PRAYED

FOR MILANI'S FATHER TO

FIND A GOOD JOB.

AND SOON A DOOR OPENED FOR

HIM TO START WORKING AS A

DELIVERY MAN FOR A BAKERY.

I PRAYED WITH MILANI

ABOUT HER ASTHMA, AND SHE

IS MUCH BETTER NOW.

IT WAS A PRAYER THAT

HEALED HER.

IIT IS MORE THAN SIX MONTHS

WITH NO INCIDENTS.

I CAN NOW RUN AND PLAY

WITH MY FRIENDS.

I KNOW JESUS HELPED ME AND

I AM SO HAPPY.

THANK YOU, CBN.

Terry: SHE IS JUST

ONE OF THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

WHO'S LIVES YOU TOUCHED.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT

POSSIBLE.

GORDON?

Gordon: WELL, TODAY

J.D. IS A HAPPY, HEALTHY

BABY BOY, BUT NOT LONG AGO

HE NEARLY CHOKED TO DEATH

BECAUSE HIS PARENTS

COULDN'T AFFORD THE

SURGERY HE SO DESPERATELY

NEEDED.

Reporter: J.D. WAS

BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP AND

PALATE.

HIS 3-YEAR-OLD BROTHER,

JOVAN, WONDERED WHY.

HE SAID, MAMA, THE

BABY'S MOUTH IS BROKEN.

CAN YOU FIX IT?

Reporter: J.D.

STRUGGLED TO DRINK FROM A

BOTTLE AND TO SWALLOW, AND

OFTEN HE A AS PIRPIRATED FORMULA

INTO HIS BODY.

ONE DAY HIS LIPS WENT

BLUE AND I THOUGHT HE HAD

DIED.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

WORKED HARD TO SAVE FOR AN

OPERATION, BUT THEY NEVER

SAVED ENOUGH.

THE KIDS GOT SICK, SO

WE HAD TO USE THE MONEY

FOR DOCTORS AND

PRESCRIPTIONS.

Reporter Reporter: J.D.'S MOM

LEARNED ABOUT CBN THROUGH

A FRIEND AT CHURCH.

WE ARRANGED FOR HIM TO

RECEIVE FREE CLEFT PALATE

SURGERY.

WE WENT BACK TO VISIT J.D.

ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY.

HE CAN EAT WELL AND

BREATHE EASILY NOW.

MY FEARS ARE GONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CBN.

YOU WERE GOD'S ANSWER TO

OUR PRAYERS.

Gordon: AND PRAYERS

BEING ANSWERED BECAUSE YOU

CARED ENOUGH TO GIVE.

HOW CAN YOU PUT A PRICE ON

THAT?

HOW CAN YOU PUT A PRICE ON

A CHILD'S SMILE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE

ABILITY TO SWALLOW.

THE ABILITY TO HAVE A

FUTURE, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE

AND HAVE A PRODUCTIVE

LIFE.

ALL MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE

PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARED

ENOUGH TO GIVE, TO SAY,

YES, I WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT.

WE'RE CLOSING IN ON THE

FINAL SECONDS, ON THE

$163,000 CHALLENGE.

WE WANT TO GO WAY OVER THE

TOP ON THIS.

BUT WE STILL NEED YOU.

CALL US NOW:

1-800-700-7000.

WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB," WE HAVE

THIS WONDERFUL GIFT, "ASK

ANYTHING."

IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN

THE WORLD TODAY, "ASK

ANYTHING" WILL GIVE IT TO

YOU.

BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO LIFE'S

DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.

IT'S YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

CALL US NOW IN THE FINAL

SECONDS, 1-800-700-7000.

WE HAD $163,000 ON THE

CHALLENGE, AND AGAINST

THAT YOU GAVE $184,000.

[APPLAUSE]

Gordon: HERE IS A

WORD FOR YOU FROM PSALM

41: "BLESSED IS HE WHO

CONSIDERS THE POOR, THE

LORD WILL DELIVER HIM IN

TIME OF TROUBLE."

FOR ALL THAT CALLED AND

PLEDGED, GOD BLESS YOU,

AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN

TOMORROW.