Wendy: TODAY...CBN'S

GEORGE THOMAS TRAVELS TO

THE LAND OF THE BLUE SKY.

George: I'M VERY,

VERY COMFORTABLE ON THESE

TYPES OF ROADS.

THERE IS NO TRAFFIC.

Wendy: SEE HOW THE

GOSPEL IS SPREADING IN ONE

OF THE MOST UNREACHED

PLACES ON EARTH.

> THEN...A WIFE AND

MOTHER OF FOUR IS

SIDELINED BY MIGRAINES.

THE NOISE, THE LIGHT --

EVERYTHING ACHES.

Wendy: SEE HOW SHE

GETS A SUPER NATURAL

HEALING ONLINE.

I HAVEN'T HAD ONE

EPISODE OF THAT TYPE OF

HEADACHE SINCE.

*

Pat: HEY, WELCOME TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR

YOU TODAY.

BUT WE START WITH THE NEWS

THAT WE ARE ALL TALKING

ABOUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

PROMISE TO GIVE THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE A MERRY

CHRISTMAS.

IT'S ANOTHER STEP CLOSER

TO BECOMING A REALITY.

THE SENATE IS CLOSE TO

PASSING A TAX REFORM PLAN

POSSIBLY -- THEY MIGHT DO

IT TODAY.

Wendy: WOW!

> THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF

WAS BACK ON THE ROAD

WEDNESDAY, SAYING THAT THE

TAX CUT WILL BOOST THE

ECONOMY AND YOUR PAYCHECK.

GARY LANE BRINGS US THAT

STORY.

*

* I'M PROUD TO BE AN

AMERICAN *

Reporter: AS THE

SENATE DEBATE ON TAX

REFORM BEGAN, PRESIDENT

TRUMP MADE ONE FINAL PUSH

FOR APPROVING THE MEASURE

BEFORE A CROWD IN

MISSOURI.

THE PRESIDENT AGAIN VOICED

OPTIMISM THAT A TAX REFORM

BILL WILL BE DELIVERED TO

HIS DESK FOR SIGNING BY

CHRISTMAS.

AT A ST. LOUIS RALLY, HE

SAYS THE COUNTRY IS ON THE

VIRGE OF A THRILLING NEW

ERA OF OPPORTUNITY AND

GROWTH.

President Trump: THE

BEATING HEART OF OUR PLAN

IS A TAX CUT FOR WORKING

FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

[APPLAUSE]

President Trump:

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE

SURE...

[APPLAUSE]

President Trump:

...THAT YOU KEEP MORE OF

YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE,

ALSO, THAT YOU HAVE A JOB

THAT YOU WANT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

CHOICE.

Reporter: BUT

DEMOCRATS HAVE CHOSEN NOT

TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN

PLAN.

THE DEBATE BEGAN WITH

EVERY G.O.P. SENATOR

SUPPORTING IT.

THE VOTE CAME ON STRAIGHT

PARTY LINES, 52-48.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER

CHUCK SCHUMER AND THE

DEMOCRATS SAY THE BILL

FAVORS THE WEALTHY.

IF THE PRESIDENT AND

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS

SET OUT TO PASS A MIDDLE

CLASS TAX CULT, A CUT, AS THEY

CLAIM, THIS BILL

COMPLETELY MISSES THE

MARK.

Reporter: PRESIDENT

TRUMP INSISTS IT WILL CUT

TAXES BY $2,000.

FOR THE TYPICAL FAMILY OF

FOUR EARNING $75,000

ANNUALLY.

IT CUTS THE CORPORATE TAX

RATE FROM 35 TO 20%.

BUT SENATORS ARE

CONSIDERING ONLY CUTTING

IT TO 21% OR 22%.

AND THAT MAY HELP THEM

GAIN ENOUGH SUPPORT WITHIN

THEIR OWN PARTY TO PASS

THE BILL.

BUMPING THE RATE TO 22%

WOULD RAISE ANOTHER

$200 BILLION OVER THE NEXT

DECADE.

THAT WOULD HELP WIN THE

VOTE OF SENATE REPUBLICANS

WHO WANT TO KEEP

DEDUCTIONS FOR PROPERTY

AND STATE INCOME TAXES AND

EXPAND THE CHILD RATE.

REPUBLICANS EXPECT THE

PRESIDENT MAY LIKELY SIGN

A BILL THAT SLIGHTLY

RAISES THAT RATE.

President Trump: WE

ARE GOING TO BE

CELEBRATING MERRY

CHRISTMAS AGAIN, AND IT'S

GOING TO BE DONE WITH A

BIG, BEAUTIFUL TAX CUT.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU.

Reporter: STILL TO BE

WORKED OUT IS LANGUAGE

THAT WOULD TRIGGER

AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS OR

TAX INCREASES, IF

WASHINGTON DOESN'T GET

ENOUGH MONEY IN TAXES AS

EXPECTED.

AND IF THE SENATE PASSES

ITS BILL, DIFFERENCES WITH

THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO BE

WORKED OUT WITH CONFERENCE

COMMITTEE.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Pat: AS WE SAID WITH

DAVID BRODY YESTERDAY, IT

IS SURVIVAL.

THOSE GUYS KNOW THEY HAVE

TO SURVIVE.

AND IF THEY DON'T PASS

THIS TAX BILL, THEY'RE NOT

GOING TO SURVIVE, AND THEY

KNOW THAT.

SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

WILL VOTE AGAINST THEM.

THEY WILL SAY, THESE GUYS,

WE PUT THEM IN OFFICE TO

DO SOMETHING AND THEY'RE

NOT DOING IT.

SO THE REPUBLICANS IN THE

SENATE ARE GOING TO VOTE

FOR THIS THING.

THIS TAX BILL IS GOING TO

PASS.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A

GREAT BOOM FOR THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

FOR THE DEMOCRATS NOT TO

BE ON BOARD, THE NEXT

ELECTION, CAN YOU IMAGINE

THE ADS: THIS SENATOR

VOTED AGAINST GIVING YOU A

TAX CUT, VOTED AGAINST THE

TAX CUT YOU SO RICHLY

DESERVE.

HE VOTED TO TAKE MORE

MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET

AND KEEP IT FROM YOUR

FAMILY.

IT IS GOING TO BE A BLOOD

BATH.

AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL

GET MORE MEMBERS OF THE

SENATE, MORE MEMBERS OF

THE HOUSE, AND THEY'VE GOT

TO PA PASS THE THING AND THEY

KNOW IT.

Wendy: YOU JUST WROTE

THEIR POLITICAL AD FOR

THEM.

[LAUGHTER]

Pat: IT IS SO EASY,

WENDY.

HERE IN VIRGINIA, THE

REPUBLICANS LOST.

AND WHAT DID THEY LOSE ON?

ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WAS

THAT THIS MAN WHO I'M

RUNNING AGAINST SUPPORTING

CUTTING YOUR MEDICARE

PAYMENTS AND YOUR HEALTH

BENEFITS.

AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A

CHANCE TO GET THE BILL

THROUGH TO SHOW THE

BENEFITS OF WHAT THEY HAD

IN MIND.

BUT INSTEAD OF THAT,

BECAUSE THEY MISSED --

THEY LEFT AN OPENING FOR

THE DEMOCRATS TO GO AFTER

THEM.

AND THE REPUBLICANS -- I

JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THE

DEMOCRATS BEING SO STUPID.

IT REALLY IS -- IT'S GOING

TO BE A DEATH WISH FOR

THEM.

AND THE REPUBLICANS, I

THINK, ARE SMART ENOUGH TO

REALIZE THEY HAVE TO PASS

THIS THING.

THEY'VE GOT TO DO IT.

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF

OR MAYBE.

THEY'VE GOT TO OR THEY

WILL LOSE THEIR CONTROL OF

THE SENATE.

Wendy: I THINK OF

THEM WILL, BUT THERE WILL

BE A FEW HOLDOUTS, PER

USUAL.

Pat: WELL, THEY'RE

PLAYING ON THE EDGES, AND

SO THAT'S OKAY.

RON JOHNSON WANTS TO HELP

THE LITTLE COMPANIES,

WHICH I'M ALL FOR.

THAT'S A GOOD MOVE.

SO HE SAID, OKAY, I'LL

NEGOTIATE.

AND THE OTHERS SAY, WE'LL

NEGOTIATE.

AND THEY'RE PLAYING ON THE

EDGES.

BUT THE WHOLE THRUST IS

THERE IS GOING TO BE MAJOR

TAX LEGISLATION.

AND NOT ONE DEMOCRAT IS

GOING TO BE VOTING FOR IT.

AS WE TALKED EARLIER, I

JUST HOPE THAT JOE MANSION

AND HEIDI -- WHAT'S HER

NAME.

I CAN'T THINK OF HER LAST

NAME.

HEIDI HIGHCAMP.

SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO

VOTE FOR IT, AND SOME OF

THE OTHERS, SO THEY DON'T

LOSE THEIR SEATS.

IT GOING TO BE

INTERESTING.

> THE OTHER THING THAT

IS IN THE NEWS: THE NORTH

KOREANS AREN'T TALKING

ABOUT MISSILES THAT WILL

TOUCH EUROPE OR TOUCH

AFRICA OR TOUCH SOUTH

AMERICA.

THEY'RE SAYING, WE HAVE A

MISSILE, AND WE HAVE THE

LATEST ITERATION OF

NUCLEAR WARHEADS THAT WILL

TOUCH EVERY CITY IN THE

UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES IS, TO

THEM, THEIR ENEMY AND THE

TARGET OF WHERE THEY'RE

GOING TO GO WITH THIS

NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

NOW, UNLESS WE'RE CRAZY,

WE DON'T LIKE BEING A

TARGET OF SOMEBODY'S

NUKES.

THEY'RE ANNOUNCING WE ARE

THE TARGET, AND THEY WANT

TO GO AFTER US.

AND THAT'S NOT A PLEASANT

SITUATION.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS

GOING TO HANDLE IT.

WELL, DOES THAT MEAN WAR?

IT MAY BE.

NIKKI HALEY, THE U.N.

AMBASSADOR, SAYS IF THE

NORTH KOREANS DO THIS,

THEY WILL BE OBLITERATED,

AND SHE IS RIGHT.

BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO

UNDERSTAND THAT, AND KIM

JONG-UN, HE MAY BE JUST A

LITTLE BIT CRAZY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT

STORY.

John: THE PHOTOS OF

THE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE

LAUNCH REVEAL A LOT ABOUT

THE NUCLEAR THREAT.

THE MISSILE IS BIGGER AND

MORE ADVANCED, AND IT

COMES WITH A MOBILE

LAUNCHER, AS YOU CAN SEE

HERE.

IT WILL MAKE IT HARDER

THAN EVER TO DESTROY WITH

A MILITARY STRIKE.

ONE RESEARCHER SAYS ONLY A

FEW COUNTRIES CAN MAKE A

MISSILE THIS BIG.

NORTH KOREAN MISSILES NEED

TO BE LARGE TO CARRY

ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH THE

UNITED STATES.

EVEN THOUGH THE NORTH SAYS

THE MISSILE CAN HIT

ANYWHERE IN AMERICA, IT

ONLY MAY BE ABLE TO REACH

THE WEST COAST, IF IT

CARRIES A REAL NUCLEAR

WARHEAD, INSTEAD OF A

DUMMY.

AND NIKKI HALEY TOLD THE

UNITED NATIONS ON

WEDNESDAY THAT NORTH KOREA

IS PUSHING THE WORLD

CLOSER TO WAR, AND IF WAR

HAPPENS, THE ROGUE REGIME

WILL BE, QUOTE, "UTTERLY

DESTROYED."

NO ONE CAN DOUBT THAT

THIS THREAT IS GROWING.

NO ONE CAN DOUBT THAT THE

NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR IS

GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN

HIS OBSESSION FOR NUCLEAR

POWER.

John: AND HAYLEY ALSO

SAYS CHINA CAN CUT OFF ITS

OIL SUPPLY OR THE U.S.

WILL TAKE THE OIL

SITUATION, QUOTE, "INTO

OUR OWN HANDS."

> MIKE PENCE IS SITTING

DOWN WITH DAVID BRODY FOR

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

TODAY.

THEY'LL DISCUSS A WIDE

RANGE OF TOP POSITION,

INCLUDING TAX REFORM,

PENCE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO

EGYPT, AND THE FIRST PART

OF THE INTERVIEW WILL AIR

ON "THE 700 CLUB"

TOMORROW, WITH PART TWO

AIRING ON MONDAY, AND

WE'LL HAVE SOME EXCERPTS

FROM THE INTERVIEW ON

cbnnews.com THIS

AFTERNOON.

> THE U.S. COULD BE

FACING A HEALTH CRISIS IN

THE YEARS AHEAD IF A NEW

PREDICTION HOLDS TRUE.

57% OF TEENS AND CHILDREN

IN AMERICA WILL BE OBESE

BY THE TIME THEY TURN 35

IF CURRENT TRENDS

CONTINUE.

THAT'S THE FINDING FROM

THE RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN

THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF

MEDICINE.

CURRENTLY, ABOUT 40% OF

AMERICAN ADULTS ARE

CONSIDERED OBESE, AND

OBESITY LEADS TO A WIDE

RANGE OF DISEASES,

INCLUDING DIABETES, HEART

DISEASE, CANCER, AMONG

OTHER HEALTH-RELATED

ISSUES.

PAT?

Pat: WE'RE LOOKING AT

A MEDICAL HOLOCAUST THAT

WILL COST UNTOLD BILLIONS

OF DOLLARS, HUNDREDS AND

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS.

THE UNITED STATES

POPULATION WILL GET SICKER

AND SICKER.

THAT MEANS THE HEALTH CARE

IS GOING TO RISE

DRAMATICALLY, AND THE

INCIDENCES OF THE DISEASE

OF ADULTHOOD, DIABETES,

CANCER, HEART DISEASE, AND

ON AND ON -- IT'S ALL IN

THE FORMATIVE STAGE RIGHT

NOW.

WHY?

WE ARE FEEDING OUR

CHILDREN A DIET THAT IS

KILLING THEM.

AND THERE IS NO QUESTION.

THERE IS A BOOK I THINK

VERY HIGHLY OF THAT DR.

FURHMAN WROTE CALLED "FOOD

GENOCIDE."

THE FAST FOOD THEY'RE

EATING IS GENOCIDAL.

WHAT IS BEING DONE WITH

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

IS GENOCIDAL, AND THE

AMOUNT OF SUGAR GOING INTO

OUR POPULATION IS

APPALLING.

AND WE ARE KILLING OUR

KIDS.

AND MOTHERS, DON'T THINK

YOU'RE BEING SWEET WHEN

YOU GIVE LITTLE JOHNNIE

SOME MORE COOKIES TO EAT

OR SOME SUGAR POPS FOR HIS

CEREAL.

YOU'RE KILLING HIM.

AND IT IS TIME WE CHANGE

THE WAY WE EAT.

IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE'RE

GOING TO HAVE A HOLOCAUST.

IT IS GOING TO BE

UNBELIEVABLY BAD.

AND IT WILL PROBABLY

HAPPEN AFTER I'M GONE, SO

IT WILL BE THE NEXT

GENERATION, AND I HOPE I'M

TRAINING MY CHILDREN AND

GRANDCHILDREN IN

APPROPRIATE EATING.

WENDY, IT'S ALARMING,

ISN'T IT?

Wendy: 57% OF THE

POPULATION -- THAT IS

INCREDIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE

TRAVELLED OVERSEAS, AND IN

SOME COUNTRIES, LIKE THE

NETHERLANDS, YOU DON'T SEE

FAT PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY IS RIDING THEIR

BIKE.

THEY'RE EATING HEALTHY.

THERE ARE SOME PLACES ON

EARTH WHERE PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THAT THE BODY

IS A GIFT.

IT'S AS BELIEVERS, WE

SHOULD BE IN THE BEST

SHAPE OF EVERYRYDY BECAUSE

WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR

BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

SO IT IS JUST CONFUSING TO

ME.

Pat: AGAIN, THE

CALORIES ARE HIDDEN.

THIS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN

SYRUP, IT IS HIDDEN

CALORIES, AND IT IS VERY

DEVASTATING.

I HAVE READ -- THEY CLAIM

THIS ISN'T TRUE, BUT I

HAVE READ THAT THE SWEETS

IN HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN

SYRUP ARE A BIT MORE

DEADLY THAN JUST ORDINARY

SUGAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE

CASE.

IT IS DENIED, BUT I THINK

IT IS TRUE.

THERTHEY ARE MORE PERNICIOUS,

WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE.

FOLKS, YOU'VE GOT TO READ

THE LABELS.

SOMEBODY BRINGS SOMETHING

HOME FROM THE GROCERY

STORE, READ THE

COTTON-PICKING LABEL.

GO FOR FRESH FRUIT AND

FRESH VEGETABLES.

DR. FURHMAN IS BIG ON

BEANS AND I'M BIG ON

BEANS.

AND I'VE GOT A CLEANING

LADY, AND SHE IS A PRETTY

GOOD COOK.

AND I SAID, I WANT BEANS.

SO SHE GOT SOME BLACK

BEANS AND CHOPPED UP SOME

MUSHROOMS, AND THEN PUT

SOME UNIONS AND A LITTLE

BIT OF GARLIC AND WHAT

HAVE YOU, AND IT IS

DELICIOUS.

Wendy: I HAD CHILI

LAST NIGHT.

I WAS CRAVING, BEANS, TOO.

IN THE WINTER, IT IS A

GREAT TIME TO EAT SOME

BEANS.

Pat: OUR PRODUCERS ON

THIS PROGRAM, WHO LOST

OVER 50 POUNDS, ON THAT

DIET, APPARENTLY.

IT WORKS LIKE CRAZY.

AND, OF COURSE, I WEIGHED

WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS 15

YEARS OLD, SO IT IS

WORKING FOR ME, TOO.

WE'RE GOING TO STAY

HEALTHY, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN.

I WANT YOU TO BE HEALTHY

WITH US.

LET'S LIVE VIGOROUSLY,

LET'S ENJOY LIFE, AND

LET'S STAY ALIVE.

THE LORD SAID HE'LL GIVE

US LONG LIFE AND SHOW US

HIS SALVATION.

SO LET'S RECEIVE IT AND

LET'S LOOK AFTER

YOURSELVES.

> OKAY, JOHN, WHAT DO

YOU HAVE NEXT?

John: WELL, EARTH IS

GOING TO BE GETTING A

VISITOR FROM SPACE NEXT

MONTH, A HUGE ASTEROID

WILL PASS WITHIN

6.5 MILLION MILES OF OUR

PLANET.

NASA EXPECTS IT TO COME

CLOSEST TO EARTH ON

DECEMBER 16th.

AFT TROASTRONOMERS HAVE TRACKED

IT SINCE 1963 AND DON'T

EXPECT IT TO HIT EARTH.

AND THE NEXT TIME ONE IS

SUPPOSED TO COME CLOSE TO

EARTH IS IN 2093, WHEN IT

IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT

TWO MILLION MILES AWAY.

Pat: I WROTE A BOOK

CALLED "THE END OF THE

AGE," AND IT WAS ABOUT AN

ASTEROID THAT CAME DOWN

AND HIT THE EARTH, AND IT

WAS ONLY 6/10ths OF THE

MILE, AND THAT WAS ENOUGH

TO DESTROY MOST OF THE

EARTH.

SO TO HAVE ONE THAT IS TWO

OR THREE MILES ACROSS

WOULD BE AN EXTINCTOR.

WILL WOULD BE NO LIFE LEFT

ON THAT PLANET IF IT HIT

US.

IT SHOWS HOW DEPENDENT WE

ARE ON THE LORD.

THIS IS A LITTLE OLD ROCK.

IT IS NOT AN ENORMOUS

ROCK.

BUT THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT

I SAW AN ANGEL WITH A

BURNING MOUNTAIN -- THAT'S

ALL IT WOULD TAKE TO WIPE

US OUT.

SO WE NEED GOD.

WE'RE ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON

HIM.

DON'T EVER THINK WE CAN DO

IT ALONE BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

Wendy: AMEN.

WELL-SAID.

> COMING UP, WE'RE GOING

TO TAKE YOU TO ONE OF THE

MOST UNREACHED PLACES ON

EARTH.

IT IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF

THE BLUE SKIES.

AND IT IS WHERE A CAMP IS

CHANGING LIVES ONE YOUNG

PERSON AT A TIME.

Pat: IT IS ONE OF THE

MOST REMOTEST REGIONS IN

THE WORLD, AND IT'S CALLED

MONGOLIA.

VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THAT

LAND HAVE HEARD OF JESUS

CHRIST.

BUT A RUSSIAN TEAM OF

CHRISTIANS TRAVELLED THERE

TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, AND

CBN'S GEORGE THOMAS HAD

THE PRIVILEGE OF ESCORTING

THEM ON THEIR MISSIONARY

JOURNEY.

George: MONGOLIA IS

KNOWN AS THE LAND OF THE

BLUE SKY.

THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE

ENJOY MORE THAN 250 SUNNY

DAYS A YEAR.

LAND LOCKED BETWEEN CHINA

AND RUSSIA, IT IS ONE OF

THE WORLD'S LEAST DENSELY

POPULATED COUNTRIES.

WITH JUST OVER THREE

MILLION PEOPLE.

MORE THAN HALF LIVE IN THE

BUSTLING CAPITAL CITY OF

OLABATAN.

THE REST OF MONGOLIA,

WHICH IS ROUGHLY THREE

TIMES THE SIZE OF FRANCE

LOOKS LIKE THIS, WHERE

MOST PEOPLE LIVE A NOMADIC

LIFESTYLE, RAISING SHEEP,

GOATS, CATTLE, AND HORSES.

AND AS I DISCOVERED, THERE

ARE HARDLY ANY PAVED

ROADS.

IT IS MY FIRST TIME

DRIVING HERE IN MONGOLIA.

I GREW UP IN AFRICA.

I LOVE DRIVING A STICK

SHIFT.

SO I'M VERY, VERY

COMFORTABLE ON THESE TYPES

OF ROADS.

SO THI THERE IS NO TRAFFIC.

I RECENTLY JOINED 46

CHRISTIANS FROM

NEIGHBORING RUSSIA,

HEADING TO REMOTE WESTERN

MONGOLIA, WHERE FEW HAVE

HEARD THE MESSAGE OF

CHRIST'S LOVE.

THIS MAN LED THE MISSION.

THE HEART OF MY LORD

JESUS CHRIST IS FOR O THE

LOSTHELOST AND HURTING.

I WANT TO HAVE THE SAME

HEART.

George: HE BRINGS

ALONG RUSSIAN CHRISTIANS

TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TO

EVERYBODY AS POSSIBLY

MISSIONIARIEMISSIONIARIES EVANGELISTS.

I READ A BOOK ABOUT A

MISSIONARY IN A FOREIGN

COUNTRY, AND SINCE THEN I

HAVE HAD THIS BURNING

DESIRE TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE

WITH PEOPLE.

George: THIS IS

NATASHA'S FIRST TRIP.

SHE WANTS TO SERVE IN

NEPAL.

EVERY TIME I THINK

ABOUT IT, MY HEART BREAKS

BECAUSE I KNOW THE CALLING

ON MY LIFE.

AND I KNOW WHAT I'M

SUPPOSED TO DO.

George: FOR SEVERAL

WEEKS, NATASHA, ALENA, AND

FOR OTHER RUSSIANS

PARTNERED TO HOLD

EVANGELISTIC CAMPS FOR

YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE STARTED WORKING

TOGETHER WITH OUR RUSSIAN

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO REACH

GOD'S PEOPLE WITH GOD'S

LOVE.

IT IS VITAL FOR CHANGING

HEARTS AND MINDS.

George: IN BETWEEN

PLAYING GAMES AND ENJOYING

OTHER OUTDOOR

SUBCONTRACTODOOR ACTIVITIES,THEY INTRODUCE D THE PEOPLE

TO GOD.

THEY ARE FUTURE

PASTORS, FUTURE CHURCH

PLANNERS, AND POSSIBLY

FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS

COUNTRY.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

GOD WILLING, THEY WILL

SHARE THE GOSPEL IN THEIR

HEARTS AND NATION FOR

CHRIST.

George: TO BETTER

APPRECIATE THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE

CAMPS, YOU HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY

HERE.

SHORTLY AFTER THE FALL OF

COMMUNISM, THERE WERE ONLY

10 BELIEVERS IN THE ENTIRE

COUNTRY.

TODAY, SOME 36 YEARS

LATER, SOME 60,000

BELIEVERS ARE SPREAD

ACROSS THIS VAST NATION.

WE ARE IN THE REMOTE

WESTERN PART OF MONGOLIA,

AND IT IS STILL ONE OF THE

MOST UNREACHED PLACES IN

THE WORLD.

George: MICHAEL, WITH

MISSION EURASIA,

CO-SPONSORS THE CAMP.

HIS GROUP FOCUSES ON

RAISING THE NEXT

GENERATION OF CHRISTIAN

LEADERS, IN COUNTRIES LIKE

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

AND SURROUNDING NATIONS.

THERE ARE PLACES LIKE

THIS, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN

TOUCHED BY THE GOSPEL.

George: AND SO CAMPS

LIKE THIS ONE SERVE AS AN

IDEAL GROUND FOR SHARING

THE GOSPEL WITH YOUNG

PEOPLE.

LIVES LIKE THAT OF THIS

22-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST WHILE

ATTENDING CAMP HERE AS A

LITTLE GIRL.

SHE GRADUATED FROM BIBLE

COLLEGE IN MAY, AND IS NOW

PREPARING TO GO ON THE

MISSIONS FIELD.

THIS CAMP WAS

FOUNDATIONAL TO KNOWING

GOD'S LOVE AND PREPARING

MY HEART TO BE A

MISSIONARY.

I TRY TO COME BACK EVERY

YEAR TO SHARE MY

EXPERIENCES OF HOW I

ENCOUNTERED CHRIST.

George: FOR OTHERS,

LIKE THIS 16-YEAR-OLD,

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME

LEARNING ABOUT

CHRISTIANITY.

I LEARNED IN THE BIBLE

STUDY TODAY THAT GOD

CREATED THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTH, THE ANIMALS AND

CREATURES OF THE SEA.

I NEVER KNEW OF THESE

STORIES BEFORE.

George: THIS IS ALSO

KILLIA FIRST CAMP

EXPERIENCE.

MANY MONGOLIANS DON'T

BELIEVE IN JESUS.

BEFORE I CAME TO THE CAMP,

I ALSO THOUGHT I DIDN'T

NEENEED TO KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT HIM, BUT NOW MY

HEART HAS CHANGED.

George: MANY HAVE

HEARD THE GOSPEL FOR THE

FIRST TIME.

I KNOW THERE IS ALL OF

THIS CONTROVERSY ABOUT

TRUMP AND ALLEGED

COLLUSION, BUT I ENCOURAGE

CHRISTIANS IN BOTH

COUNTRIES NOT TO FOCUS

ABOUT THIS.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD ARE GOING TO

HELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T

KNOW JESUS CHRIST.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN

POLITICS.

I'M INTERESTED IN TELLING

PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS.

LIVES ARE IN THE BALANCE,

AND WE'RE COMMANDED TO GO

AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT

CHRIST'S LOVE.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING

HERE IN MONGOLIA.

George: GEORGE

THOMAS, CBN NEWS,

SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN

MONGOLIA.

Pat: GEORGE, THAT IS

A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THEY'RE LOADED WITH

URANIUM, AND SO SOME OF

THESE URANIUM COUNTRIES

ARE IN THERE EXPLORING,

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE

THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS

THE HEARTS OF THOSE

PEOPLE.

WENDY, ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?

Wendy: I LOVE SEEING

THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE

KIDS PRAYING AND SINGING

AND RECEIVING THE GOSPEL

AND LEARNING ABOUT JESUS

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Pat: AND MONGOLIA IS

SO OPEN.

THERE IS NO HOSTILITY TO

THE GOSPEL.

THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT

IT, BUT WHEN THEY HEAR,

THEY RECEIVE.

IT IS WIDE OPEN.

Wendy: BEAUTIFUL.

> UP NEXT, A WOMAN IS

PLAGUED BY MIGRAINE

HEADACHES FOR YEARS, AND

DOCTORS CAN'T HELP HER.

WATCH HOW SHE GETS SUPER

Pat: THIS IS GOING

OUT.

IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS CALLED "THE LIGHT OF

THE WORLD" IT IS WORLD."

IT IS A LOVELY MAILING

THAT WILL BE GOING O OUT

TOUT TOMOST OF YOU.

INSIDE, THERE ARE THESE

TWO BEAUTIFUL CARDS.

AND THEY HAVE THINGS -- A

LITTLE THING INSIDE THAT

YOU CAN POP LOOSE.

AND THIS GIVES YOU

SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN

WRITE DOWN YOUR PRAYER

REQUESTS ON THAT AND SEND

IT BACK TO US.

YOU CAN TAKE THIS AND HANG

IT ON YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE.

IT IS A LOVELY ORNAMENT.

AND SO WHEN YOU GET THAT

IN THE MAIL, DON'T JUST

THROW IT ASIDE BECAUSE

THESE THINGS ARE VERY

PRETTY.

AREN'T THEY LOVELY?

Wendy: VERY LOVELY.

Pat: POP THEM OUT.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET

ANYTHING, YOU CAN CALL

1-800-700-7000.

OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO

cbn.com .

IT IS "THE LIGHT OF THE

WORLD," CBN CENTER.

Wendy: A GREAT

REMINDER OF THE MEANING OF

CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU.

I NEED SOME ORNAMENTS.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT.

Pat: AND YOU CAN

WRITE PRAYER REQUESTS AND

SEND THEM IN AND KEEP ONE

AND HANG IT UP ON YOUR

TREE.

Wendy: WELL, JENNIFER

WAS AN ACTIVE WOMAN WITH

FOUR ENERGETIC CHILDREN

UNTIL DEBILITATING

MIGRAINES STOPPED HER IN

HER TRACKS.

DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP HER,

BUT A MESSAGE FROM HER

MOTHER LED HER TO RECEIVE

A MIRACLE.

Reporter: IN 2002,

JENNIFER ESSOSO WAS NEWLY

MARRIED AND FULL OF LIFE.

I WAS A VERY ACTIVE

PERSON.

I LOVED TO GO OUT, PLAY,

HAVE FUN.

I LOVED TO HANG OUT WITH

MY FRIENDS AND JUST ENJOY

LIFE.

Reporter: HOWEVER, A

YEAR LATER SHE BEGAN

HAVING DEBILITATING

HEADACHES.

IT WAS SO PAINFUL.

ALL I JUST WANTED TO DO

WAS LIE DOWN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THE

NOISE, THE LIGHT --

EVERYTHING ACHED.

Reporter: OVER TIME,

THE HEADACHES ONLY GOT

WORSE.

THE PAIN BECAME SO

UNBEARABLE, IT WAS HARD

FOR HER TO TAKE CARE OF

HER FOUR CHILDREN.

WHILE HER HUSBAND WORKED,

SHE HAD TO DEPEND ON HER

MOTHER FOR HELP.

THERE ARE THINGS I

WOULD LOVE TO DO AS A

MOTHER.

IT WAS REALLY

DISAPPOINTING FOR ME, THAT

I CAN'T DO THEM WITH MY

KIDS.

Reporter: SHE TRIED

TAKING OVER-THE-COUNTER

PAIN MEDICATION, BUT

NOTHING WORKED.

SO SHE WENT TO SEE THE

DOCTOR.

HE TOLD ME I HAD

MIGRAINES.

I WAS SURPRISED.

I WAS, LIKE, MIGRAINES?

OKAY.

AND HE PLACED ME ON PILLS

FOR MIGRAINES.

HE RECOMMENDED I GO SEE AN

OPTICIAN, BECAUSE THEY

THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING

TO DO WITH MY EYES, SO I

STARTED WEARING GLASSES.

BUT IT KEPT COMING BACK

AND GETTING WORSE.

Reporter: JENNIFER

AND HER MOTHER OFTEN

PRAYED TOGETHER.

IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST

AUGUST 2017, IT WAS NO

DIFFERENT.

WE PRAYED AND WE

BELIEVED HE ALREADY IS

DOING IT, AND WE THANKED

HIM FOR HEALING ME, EVEN

THOUGH I HAD A HEADACHE

THAT DAY.

Reporter: EARLIER

THAT MORNING, WHEN

JENNIFER WAS OUT, HER

MOTHER WATCHED "THE 700

CLUB" AND HEARD TERRY

PRAYING, AND WHEN HER

DAUGHTER RETURNED, SHE

SHARED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

I CLAIM THE HEALING FOR

YOU.

THE HEADACHE IS GONE BY

THE WORD OF GOD.

AND I WENT BACK TO THE

COMPUTER, AND I PLUGGED IN

THE DATE AND I WATCHED THE

EPISODE FOR MYSELF.

AND I HEARD TERRY SAY THE

SAME THING THAT MY MOM

TOLD ME.

Terry: YOU HAVE

CHRONIC HEADACHES.

IT IS LIFE-INTERRUPTING.

YOU HAVE TO CANCEL WORK.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE EVEN

NAUSEATED FROM THEM.

BUT TODAY IS YOUR DAY.

GOD IS HEALING YOU.

LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND

RECEIVE THAT.

I LIFTED UP MY HANDS

AND I SAID,ED GOD, I THANK

YOU FOR HEALING ME.

I RECEIVE THIS HEALING.

AND BEFORE NIGHTTIME, I

DIDN'T HAVE A HEADACHE

ANYMORE.

Reporter: AT FIRST,

JENNIFER WAS A BIT

CAUTIOUS ABOUT E ENGAGING IN

ANY MAJOR ACTIVITIES FOR

FEAR THE MIGRAINES WOULD

RETURN.

BUT WHEN SHE WENT TWO

WEEKS WITHOUT A HEADACHE,

SHE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT

THAT GOD HAD HEALED HER.

AND NOW SHE IS BACK TO

ENJOYING LIFE TO THE

FULLEST WITH HER FAMILY.

I HAVEN'T HAD ONE

EPISODE OF THAT TYPE OF

HEADACHE SINCE.

I REALLY GIVE GOD ALL THE

GLORY.

Wendy: AMEN.

BOY, I CAN REALLY IDENTIFY

WITH HER PAIN WITH

MIGRAINES.

I SUFFERED, TOO.

BUT GOD CAN HEAL ANYTHING.

WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING

THROUGH,ED GO, GOD SAYS, I

FORGIVE ALL OF OUR SINS

AND I CAN HEAL YOU.

Pat: HERE IS SOMEBODY

WHO SENT IN A PRAYER

REQUEST.

IT SAYS, I NEED A

SUCCESSFUL OPEN-HEART

SURGERY.

SOMEBODY SAID, WE NEED OUR

HOME TO SELL.

AND SOMEBODY SAID, I WANT

TO PRAY FOR SAFETY FOR OUR

MILITARY.

Wendy: HERE IS ONE

THAT SAYS, MY MOTHER TO BE

HEALED OF DEMENTIA.

> HERE IS ONE THAT SAYS

TO BE HEALED OF BACK PAIN

FROM AN INJURY AND ANOTHER

INJURY.

Pat: GOD ALMIGHTY IS

THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING.

HE MADE YOU, AND HE

CERTAINLY CAN FIX YOU.

AND IT'S NOTHING TO THE

GOD WHO CALLED THE EARTH

INTO BEING, FOR HIM TO

REACH DOWN AND HEAL YOU.

SO WENDY AND I WANT TO

PRAY TOGETHER, AND THE

LORD SAYS WHERE TWO OF YOU

WOULD AGREE ON EARTH AS

TOUCHING ANYTHING, AND

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY

TOGETHER AND HOLD BEFORE

THE LORD THESE REQUESTS.

FATHER.

IN JESUS' NAME, I JOIN

WITH MY SISTER AND WE PRAY

TOGETHER.

WE BELIEVE GOD RIGHT NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS

A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.

IS THE NAME LINDA

APPROPRIATE?

ANY WAY, GOD IS HEALING

YOU RIGHT NOW.

IN JESUS' NAME, RECEIVE

IT.

Wendy: WE PRAY FOR

THIS MOTHER, HER MIND TO

BE RESTORED, AND THIS

DEMENTIA TO GO IN THE NAME

OF JESUS.

AND EVERYONE WHO HAS A

LOVED ONE THAT IS

BELIEVING GOD FOR THEIR

LOVED ONE TO BE HEALED

FROM DEMENTIA, WE SAY,

YES, LORD, DO IT THIS

CHRISTMAS SEASON IN JESUS'

NAME.

Pat: SOME OF YOU ARE

QUESTIONING THE POWER OF

GOD.

GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS.

AND HE WILL DO ANYTHING IF

YOU TRUST HIM.

HAVE FAITH IN GOD, AND HE

WILL DO MIRACLES IN YOUR

LIFE.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS

SOMEBODY WHO HAS TREMORS.

IT IS NOT PARKINSON'S, BUT

IT COMES THROUGH LIKE

PARKINSON'S, AND YOU'RE

SHAKING AND YOUR TREMBLING

ALL OVER.

RIGHT NOW THOSE TREMORS

SHALL STOP IN THE NAME OF

JESUS.

YOU ARE HEALED.

Wendy: THERE ARE

PEOPLE BEING HEALED RIGHT

NOW FROM BACK PAIN.

THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A

MIGRAINE SAYING, I WANT

THAT HEALING, TOO.

AND GOD IS SAYING, YES,

TODAY IS YOUR DAY.

RECEIVE IT.

YOU ARE HEALED IN THE NAME

OF JESUS.

THANK YOU, LORD.

Pat: THERE IS

SOMEBODY, YOU'VE GOT A

SWELLING IN YOUR THROAT.

THERE IS AN INFECTION.

IT'S LIKE DIPHTHERIA.

I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT

THAT, BUT IT IS LIKE THAT.

AND YOUR THROAT IS

SWELLING UP.

REACH YOUR HAND AND TOUCH

YOUR THROAT IN THE NAME OF

JESUS BE WHOLE.

THANK YOU, LORD.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, PLEASE

CALL US.

WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

IT IS EASY TO REMEMBER:

1-800-700-7000.

1-800-700-7000.

AND YOU DIAL 800 TO GET ON

TO THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER.

SO IT IS 1-800-700-7000.

AND TELL US WHAT THE LORD

HAS DONE, AND GIVE US YOUR

PRAYER REQUESTS.

AND, BY ALL MEANS, SEND

THESE LITTLE THINGS IN,

BECAUSE WE'LL BE GLAD TO

PRAY AS WE RECEIVE THEM

ALONG THE WAY.

> OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT?

Wendy: STILL AHEAD,

SHE BECAME A VIRAL

SENSATION OVERNIGHT.

CHEWBAAKA MOM REVEALS THE

PAIN BEHIND HER LAUGHTER.

THAT'S COMING UP.

PLUS, WE'VE GOT YOUR

E-MAIL.

A VIEWER SAYS, "MY HUSBAND

OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS

HAS DECIDED HE WANTS OUT

OF OUR MARRIAGE.

I'M PREGNANT WITH OUR SON.

WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY

ABOUT GETTING AN

ANNULMENT."

STAY TUNED FOR YOUR

QUESTIONS AND HONEST

ANSWERS, COMING UP.

WASHINGTON.

A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

COACH IS UNDER FIRE FOR

PRAYING WITH HIS PLAYERS

ON THE FIELD.

THE FREEDOM FROM RELIGION

FOUNDATION CALLED THE

PRAYER A, QUOTE, "SERIOUS

AND FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF

THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT ALL BEGAN WHEN A PHOTO

OF THE COACH BOWING HIS

HEAD WITH HIS TEAM

APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

THE SECULAR GROUP

ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING HE

SHOULD STOP PRAYING.

> SCHOLARS HAVE LONG

WONDEREDEWONDERED IF THE CHURCH OF

THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IS

TRUE.

NOW TEST RESULTS APPEAR TO

BACK UP THE CLAIMS THAT

THE REMAINS OF THE

LIMESTONE CAVE ENSHRINED

IN THE CHURCH ARE PARTS OF

WHERE JESUS' BODY HAD BEEN

BURIED.

THE TEST RESULTS

CORROBORATE THE FIND.

FOR THE LATEST FROM CBN

NEWS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE

AT cbnnews.com.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF

TODAY'S "700 CLUB" RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

*

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IT IS TIME FOR YOUR

QUESTIONS AND SOME HONEST

ANSWERS FROM PAT.

THIS VIEWER SAYS, "MY

HUSBAND AND I ARE NEWLY

MARRIED, AND I'M CURRENTLY

PREGNANT WITH OUR SON.

MY HUSBAND HAS DECIDED HE

NO LONGER WANTS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF MARRIAGE

AND WANTS OUT.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED LESS

THAN SIX MONTHS, AND I'M

CONSIDERING GETTING AN

ANNULMENT.

WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY

ABOUT THIS, PAT?"

Pat: THE WORD IS

CLEAR.

LEGALLY SPEAKING, YOU

CAN'T GET AN ANNULMENT IF

YOU'RE PREGNANT.

YOUR MARRIAGE HAS BEEN

CONSUMMATED FOR SURE.

THEY USED TO SAY, WELL,

YOU HAVEN'T CONSUMMATED

THE MARRIAGE, THEREFORE

YOU GET IT ANNULLED.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A

BABY -- I THINK THE

LORD -- THE BIBLE SAYS, I

HATE DIVORCE.

GOD HATES DIVORCE.

I THINK IN A SITUATION

LIKE THIS -- BUT THE BIBLE

SAID IF THE UNBELIEVER IS

PLEASED TO DEPART, LET

THEM DEPART.

THE BROTHER OR SISTER IS

NOT BOUND.

WHAT A TRAGEDY.

OUR HEART GOES OUT TO YOU

IN THAT SITUATION, THAT

YOU WILL BE LEFT AS A

SINGLE MOTHER, AND THIS

GUY GOES OFF.

BUT I DON'T KNOW -- LET'S

NOT TALK ABOUT SO MUCH THE

BIBLE.

I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT

PRACTICAL.

GET A LAWYER, DARLING.

AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE

PROTECTED BECAUSE THIS GUY

WANTS TO SAY, I'LL SEE YOU

LATER, DEAR, IT HAS BEEN

FUN.

NO.

NO.

NO.

YOU'RE THE FATHER OF A

CHILD, AND YOU'VE GOT TO

TAKE CARE OF THAT

YOUNGSTER.

HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY.

DON'T TRY TO BE NOBLE AND

LET HIM ESCAPE IT.

IF HE IS PLAYING THOSE

GAMES, STAND UP FOR YOUR

RIGHTS, PLEASE.

OKAY.

WHAT'S NEXT.

Wendy: GREAT FATHERLY

ADVICE THERE.

> LARRY SAYS, "IS IT

TRUE THAT CHRISTMAS IS A

PAGAN HOLIDAY, TO MAKE

CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT

JESUS WAS BORN ON

DECEMBER 25th, WHICH WAS

NEVER MENTIONED IN THE

BIBLE?"

Pat: I THINK IT IS

PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.

IT IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

AND, YES, WE DID

CHRISTIANIZE SOME OF THE

PAGAN CUSTOMS.

WE DON'T KNOW IN ANY WAY

THAT THE SHEPHERDS WERE

OUT ON A FIELD ON THE

25th OF DECEMBER.

IT'S -- YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE

SOME DAY TO CELEBRATE, SO

WHY NOT THAT ONE.

BUT THE TRUTH IS WE DON'T

KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

AND WE DON'T NO THAT JESUS

WAS BORN ON

DECEMBER 25th.

BUT WE DID PICK UP THE

IDEA OF THE WINTER

SOLSTICE AND THE SHIFTING

OF THE SEASONS AND SO

FORTH.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT CAME

FROM.

I HATE TO DISAPPOINT

ANYBODY, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO

HAVE SOME DAY, AND THAT'S

THE DAY THEY PICKED.

Wendy: WE DO.

AND I THINK IT IS KIND OF

RELIGIOUS TO SAY YOU DON'T

KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DAY --

Pat: ALL OF THAT

STUFF ABOUT THE MISTLETOE

AND THE CHRISTMAS TREES

AND THE YULE LOGS AND ALL

OF THAT -- THE BEST

CHRISTMAS I EVER HAD I

SPENT IN JERUSALEM, WHERE

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT

STUFF, AND WE SPENT

CHRISTMAS EVE IN

SHEPHERD'S FIELD, AND WE

LOOKED DOWN ON JERUSALEM,

AND WE SANG "O LITTLE TOWN

OF BETHLEHEM," AND IT WAS

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

CHRISTMASES I'D EVER HAD.

AND THERE WAS NO YULE LOG,

NO PRESENTS, NO MISTLETOE,

NO HOLLY -- NONE OF THAT.

BUT WE CELEBRATED AT THE

PLACE WHERE THE SHEPHERDS

WERE.

Wendy: OH, THAT

SOUNDS SO PERFECT.

OH, THAT WE COULD JUST GET

BACK THERE.

> CLIFF WRITES IN, "WHAT

DID THE PUBLISHERS OF RED

LETTER BIBLES PRINT THE

NEW TESTAMENT THAT JESUS

SPOKE IN RED, AND NOT THE

WORDS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

SPOKEN BY GOD.

ARE THE WORDS GOD SPOKE

CONSIDERED TO BE LESS

SIGNIFICANT THAN THE WORDS

JESUS SPOKE?"

Pat: THE WORDS THAT

JESUS SPOKE YOU PUT IN

RED.

BUT THE WORDS THAT GOD

SPOKE, I JUST AS SOON PUT

THEM IN SOME BOLD TYPE,

BUT THEY DON'T.

WHY DO THEY DO IT?

IT IS A CUSTOM.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT

STARTED.

Wendy: I KIND OF LIKE

THAT CUSTOM.

Pat: IT JUMPS OUT AT

YOU.

BUT REALLY, THE WORDS OF

GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,

WHY NOT MAKE THEM IN BOLD

TYPE?

THE BIGGEST THING IS THE

MISUSE OF WORD LORD, IN

CAPITALS, THAT'S WHAT THEY

USED TO TRANSLATE YAHWEH,

AND THAT'S THE HEBREW FOR

"HE WHO CAUSES EVERYTHING

TO BE."

AND THEY SAY MY NAME THE

LORD, AND IT'S NOT MY NAME

THE LORD -- MY NAME IS

YAHWEH.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'D BE

MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAN

WHETHER IT IS IN RED OR

NOT.

Wendy: HEIDI SAYS,

"PAT, I'M A BELIEVER IN

TITHING 10%, BUT I GET THE

FEELING THAT THE CHURCH

SPENDS EDITS IT ON

FRIVOLOUS THINGS, LIKE A

CROSS FIT CENTER.

AND THERE IS OVER A

MILLION DOLLAR CHILDREN'S

AREA THAT IS WAY OVER THE

TOP.

I DO ENJOY ATTENDING

CHURCH THERE, SO MY

QUESTION IS CAN I TITHE MY

10% TO OTHER CHARITIES AND

FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP?"

Pat: YOU ABSOLUTELY

CAN.

WHEREVER THE LORD LEADS

YOU.

HIS WORD SPANS WAY BEYOND

THE LOCAL CHURCH.

IF YOU THINK THEY'RE

MISSPENDING IT, YOU CAN.

Wendy: IN MAY OF

2016, CANDACE PAYNE FILMED

HERSELF LAUGHING OUT LOUD

WHILE WEARING A "STAR

WARS" CHEWBAAKA MASK, AND

SHE POSTED IT ON

Facebook, AND HER LIFE

HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME.

[LAUGHTER]

Wendy: IN 2016,

CHEWBAAKA MOM BECAME A

VIRAL SENSATION.

BEHIND THE MASK IS TEXAN

MOTHER OF TWO, CANDACE

PAYNE.

IMAGINE WAKING UP FROM

OBSCURITY TO SEEING YOUR

VIDEO IN YOUR Facebook

FEED AS YOU SCROLL DOWN,

SHARED BY MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE.

Wendy: LAST WA LAUGHTER WAS A

PART OF CANDACE'S

LIFE-LONG BEFORE THAT.

I LOOK BACK AT MY

ENTIRE LIFE, AND IT IS

ALWAYS ABOUT WANTING TO

MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, SMILE.

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS

DESIRE TO GET PEOPLE,

FAMILIES ESPECIALLY, IN

THE SAME ROOM.

I WOULD HIDE BY MAKING

OTHER PEOPLE LAUGH.

I WOULD HIDE BY BEING

FUNNY.

AND I WOULD HIDE BY TAKING

JABS AT MYSELF BEFORE

ANYBODY WOULD GET AN

OPPORTUNITY TO.

Wendy: WHAT CANDACE

WAS HIDING WAS PAIN FROM

SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED

WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.

SHE HAD SKIPPED A

WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHURCH

SERVICE TO MAKE OUT WITH A

BOY.

WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

DARK CORNER IN A LOCKED

CLASSROOM, AND I JUST

REMEMBER THAT WHAT TURNED

FROM KISSING VERY QUICKLY

BECAME HIM FORCING HIMSELF

UPON ME.

IT WAS A MOMENT OF ABUSE

THAT I REMEMBER WHEN IT

WAS OVER, I JUST FELT

IMMENSE SHAME IMMEDIATELY.

Wendy: THAT MOMENT OF

ABUSE LED CANDACE TO

BELIEVE SHE HAD TO EARN

PEOPLE'S AFFECTION.

SHE SOUGHT ATTENTION FROM

BOYS AND WRESTLED WITH

SHAME AND LOW SELF-EMMAGE.

SELF-IMAGE.

AND THEN IT GOT WORSE WHEN

HE ENTERED THE HOMECOMING

PAGEANT.

WE WANTED TO NOMINATE

SOMEBODY FOR HOMECOMING AT

MY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND

WE HAD, LIKE, SEVEN TOTAL.

AND I WAS, LIKE, I'LL DO

IT.

AND THEN THEY WERE, LIKE,

THAT IS HILARIOUS.

AND THEN THEY MADE ME

THEIR QUEEN.

AND I COULDN'T SEE THAT

PEOPLE WERE REALLY LOVING

ME IN THIS BECAUSE IT WAS

A BIG JOKE TO ME.

I FELT LIKE I WAS THE BUTT

OF EVERYBODY'S JOKE AT

THAT MOMENT.

AND THERE WAS A MOMENT

WHEN I WAS ELECTED

HOMECOMING QUEEN, I

REMEMBER CUTTING MY VEINS

TARM TOSEE HOW DEEP I WOULD HAVE

TO GO TO HIT A VEIN.

AND ONE OF HIGH ROOMMATES

CAUGHT ME.

I FELT SO ASHAMED.

I HAD BEEN CAUGHT.

Wendy: CANDACE'S

ROOMMATE BANDAGED HER

WOUNDS AND THE TWO WALKED

AROUND CAMPUS THE REST OF

THE NIGHT.

I REMEMBER THINKING,

PEOPLE SHUT THEIR MOUTHS

AND JUST WALK WITH ME.

IT SAVED MY LIFE.

Wendy: IT ALSO GAVE

HER THE COURAGE TO SEEK

COUNSELING.

SHE TRIED A NEW CHURCH,

WHERE SHE MET HER FUTURE

HUSBAND, CHRIS.

HE DID SOMETHING FOR ME

THAT I HAD NEVER DONE FOR

MYSELF.

HE SHOWED ME RESPECT.

Wendy: FINALLY,

CANDACE BEGAN SEEING

HERSELF AS CHRIST DID.

I FELT WORTHY.

I FELT WORTHY OF BEING

LOVED.

I FELT WORTHY OF BEING

RESPECTED.

Wendy: TODAY, SHE IS

STILL LAUGHING A LOT, BUT

FOR A MUCH DIFFERENT

REASON.

THE SOURCE OF JOY FOR

ME, AS A PERSON THAT HAS A

RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST,

IS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH

CHRIST.

Wendy: CANDACE

CONSIDERS HERSELF A JOY

EVIL LISTEVANGELIST, AND IN HER NEW

BOOK, "LAUGH IT UP," SHE

SHOWS PEOPLE HOW TO GET

RID OF SHAME AND LIVE WITH

JOY.

IF YOU CAN LAUGH AT

WHAT LIFE IS THROWING AT

YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO

YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW WHAT

FUTURE YOU HAVE IN CHRIST,

SHAME DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A

HOLD ON THAT.

Wendy: I DO LOVE HER

LAUGH.

AND TO HEAR MORE OF

CANDACE'S STORY, YOU CAN

PICK UP A COPY OF HER

BOOK, AND IT'S CALLED,

APPROPRIATELY, "LAUGH IT

UP."

AND IT IS AVAILABLE NATION

WIDER.

NATIONWIDE.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"

AFTER THIS.

Pat: WELCOME BACK.

YOU'RE WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB."

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO

DAVID.

DAVID IS AN 11-YEAR-OLD.

HE HAS A LOT OF

RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND ONE OF THEM IS WALKING

A MILE AND A HALF TWICE A

DAY TO FETCH WATER FOR HIS

FAMILY, FROM A POND.

BUT NOT LONG AGO DAVID GOT

VERY SICK FROM DRINKING

THAT DIRTY WATER.

Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD

DAVID ALWAYS HELPS OUT

WHEN HIS PARENTS NEED HIM.

HE IS SUCH A GOOD BOY.

SOMETIMES HE MADE FOOD FOR

US WHEN WE CAME BACK LATE

FROM WORKING ON THE FARM.

WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

Reporter: BUT DAVID

GOT SICK A LOT.

HE GETS A FEVER AND

CHILLS AND TERRIBLE

STOMACH PAIN.

SOMETIMES I TOOK HIM TO

THE HOSPITAL.

I WAS AFRAID DAVID WOULD

DIE.

Reporter: EVERYONE

KNEW DAVID GOT SICK FROM

DRINKING WATER FROM THIS

STAGNANT POND, WHERE HE

COLLECTED IT FOR HIS

FAMILY.

HE SAID HE COULD TELL BY

THE SMELL THAT SOMETHING

WAS WRONG.

THE WATER SMELLS LIKE

FERTILIZER.

I'M AFRAID TO DRINK IT,

BUT IT IS ALL THAT WE HAD.

Reporter: AND THEN

THERE IS THE MILE AND A

HALF WALK WITH THE HEAVY

WATER CONTAINER.

I COLLECT WATER TWICE A

DAY.

MY HANDS AND NECK HURT SO

MUCH BY THE TIME I GET

HOME.

Reporter: SO CBN CAME

TO DAVID'S VILLAGE AND DUG

A WELL FOR THEM.

THE WATER TASTES GOOD.

IT IS SO FRESH AND CLEAN.

I LOVE DRINKING IT.

Reporter: AND BECAUSE

OF THE ABUNDANT WATER

SUPPLY, DAVID HAS BEEN

ABLE TO HELP HIS PARENTS

PLANT A GARDEN.

I GROW LETTUCE AND

OTHER VEGETABLES.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE

NEW WELL AND FOR THE

VEGETABLES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

CBN, FOR THE WELL.

Pat: WE CAN BRING

HAPPINESS INTO PEOPLE'S

LIVES WITH A WELL, A SMALL

WELL, TO GIVE THEM WATER.

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A

BLESSING IT IS TO HAVE

CLEAN WATER?

YOU WALK INTO YOUR

BATHROOM OR KITCHEN AND

TURN ON YOUR SPICKET, AND

OUT COMES FRESH, CLEAN

WATER.

WHAT A BLESSING.

AND WE CAN GIVE IT TO

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD, BUT THERE ARE

MILLIONS WHO STILL HAVE

DIRTY WATER, AND WE'RE

DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

HELP THEM.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP US

HELP THEM, HERE IS WHAT WE

WANT TO GIVE YOU RIGHT

NOW.

IT'S CALLED "ASK

ANYTHING."

THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT

PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT WHAT IS

GOING ON IN OUR LIVES, AND

YOU WANT THE ANSWERS FROM

THE BIBLE.

WE'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU AS

OUR GIFT OF LOVE AND

THANKS TO YOU.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

2 CORINTHIANS: "AND GOD IS

ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE

ABOUND TOWARDS YOU, AND

YOU ALWAYS HAVING ALL

SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS,

MAY HAVE AN ABUNDANCE FOR

EVERY GOOD WORK."

> TOMORROW A DRUG ADDICT

IS SCARED STRAIGHT.

HE HAS A VISION OF HELL.

FOR WENDY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BYE-BYE.

BYE-BYE.