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- [Wendy] Coming up the Georgia farm girl

who rose to become Miss America 2016.

Pageant winner, BettyMaxwell, joins us live.

And then, 13 years in the slammer.

- It was like a bottomless pit.

- [Wendy] And a lifetimeas a prisoner to the pills.

- [Sidney] I didn't wanna be a drug addict

and I knew that I was.

- [Wendy] What finally set him straight.

- He just turned around and just said,

I'm not gonna make it am I?

- [Wendy] On today's, 700 Club.

(upbeat orchestral music)

- Well, welcome folks to thisedition of, The 700 Club.

President Trump's legalteam came out swinging

they did a fantastic job yesterday.

They cut through Adam Schiffand Jerry Nadler's remarks

like, hot knife through butter,

it was just amazing what they did.

And they was saying thePresident did nothing wrong,

but the Democrats, just like they did

in the Kavanaugh hearings

they've come up with a surprise witness.

Suddenly John Bolton is on the scene

and they are claiming thatthey have heard something

about a book he's going to write.

They haven't seen the book,

but they wanna claimwe, here's what's in it,

and they say the Presidentwanted a one-for-one deal.

That's leaving out whattheir own story said,

their own story said hewas talking about Russia,

he was talking about corruption,

talking about meddling inour elections, et cetera.

But the headline said, Trump asks Bolton

to hold up Ukrainian aid until he gets

the Biden problem settled.

That wasn't accurate even according

to their own sources.

But that's the way the mediais going to handle this thing

and Trump's under the gun.

Well, Mark Martin, has gotmore about what's happening.

- President Trump's legal team said

the commander-in-chief was acting

under his Constitutionaland legal authority.

Adding that asking a foreign leader

to get to the bottom of corruption

is not breaking the law.

The President's attorneys argue

the Ukrainian naturalgas company, Burisma,

paid Hunter Biden millions of dollars

to serve on its board even though

he had no experience in the industry.

- Well, he did have one qualification,

he was the son of the VicePresident of the United States.

He was the son of the man in charge

of the Ukrainian portfoliofor the prior administration.

- [Mark] As to the chargeis the President used

executive privilege to obstruct Congress.

- Really, is that the principle

in the United States of America?

That if you assert legalprivileges, or rights,

that means you're guilty?

That the innocent don'tassert their rights,

that the President can't defend

the Constitutionalprerogatives of his office?

That doesn't make any sense.

- [Mark] However reports that

former national security advisor,

John Bolton's upcoming book,

claims that the President said he wanted

to hold up aid to Ukraineto pressure an investigation

into the Biden's is cuttinginto the defense's case.

- I haven't seen a manuscript,

but I can tell you nothingwas ever said to John Bolton,

but I have not seen a manuscript.

- Nothing in the Boltonrevelations, even if true,

would rise to the levelof an abuse of power,

or an impeachable offense.

- [Mark] The allegations sent shock waves

and gave Democrats renewed energy

to call for witnesses.

- It boils down to one thing.

We have a witness with first-hand evidence

of the President's actionsfor which he is on trial.

- [Mark] Bolton said he would testify

if subpoenaed by the Senate.

Now even some RepublicanSenators have come out saying,

let him speak.

- It's pretty fair to say that John Bolton

has a relevant testimony to provide

to those of us who aresitting in impartial justice.

- Some warn that will mean more witnesses

and a longer trial.

Senator Lindsey Graham Tweeting,

"If there is a desire anddecision by the Senate

to call Democratic witnesses,

then at a minimum the Senate

should allow the President

to call all relevantwitnesses he has requested."

There are reports thatGOP leaders are receptive

to a suggestion by RepublicanSenator, Pat Toomey,

to allow one prosecutionwitness for one defense witness.

The question on witnesses could be decided

later this week.

The President's legal team is expected

to wrap up opening arguments today.

Mark Martin, CBN News.

- I wanna show you now the actual text

in The New York Times of what they said

that was in the book.

"In his August 2019discussion with Mr. Bolton,

the President appearedfocused on the theory

Mr. Giuliani had shared with him.

That Mr. Bolton's questionthat he preferred sending

no assistance to Ukraine until officials

had turned over all materials they had

about the Russia investigationthat related to Mr. Biden

and supporters of Mrs.Clinton in Ukraine."

Now, that's a totally differentthing from the headline

The New York Times put out.

And what was picked up todayin The Wall Street Journal

as if it was a fact.

He and Bolton didn't talk about that

as it was initially showedand that's what was said

in the press release,but the headlines said,

President ties meeting with Ukraine aid

to investigation of the Bidens.

The thing was wrong, they just lied,

and that's what's happening so often

in this particular case.

Well, I wanna congratulateJay and his team.

They were just fantastic and Pam Bondi

who was I guess attorneygeneral in Florida

did a masterful job ofpointing out Burisma

and how corrupt that company was

and Hunter Biden was sittingthere getting, I think,

$50,000 a month as a member of the board

which is just unprecedented.

Well, CBN chief politicalanalyst, David Brody,

is here to talk impeachment and politics.

And, David, what are youhearing about the White House

on John Bolton's claim about this thing,

the so-called bombshell?

- Well, there are lots to report.

Just this morning, Pat,

a senior administration official saying

that John Bolton, and these are the words

of the senior administrationofficial, not mine,

that John Bolton is a world-class jerk,

that from a senior administration official

to me this morning.

They talk about how he had a lot

of policy differences with the President.

He was persona nongrata in the White House

and this White House official,

or I should say administration official,

goes on to tell me that, look,

even if any of this didcome up in conversation

that's the President's prerogative.

It is public policy discussion,

it's okay to discuss it and does not rise

to the level of beingan impeachable offense.

So that's the line from the White House

and of course we heardthat from Alan Dershowitz

as well yesterday.

- Well, how is this gonnaaffect the impeachment trial

in terms of witnesses?

- Well, Pat, that's a great question.

As we like to say here in Washington,

and I think every sinceDonald Trump became President,

it's fluid and that's prettymuch the way it is now.

Look, I think you've gotSusan Collins and Mitt Romney,

those are two Republicans that looked,

at least think they're gonna probably go

for more witnesses, theywanna see more witnesses.

But they're gonna need four,

Democrats are gonna needfour Republicans, that's two.

You got Lisa Murkowski,potentially Cory Gardner as well,

that might be a couple others.

We'll see, but this is a veryfluid situation right now.

And I have to tell you Patit is interesting to note

that when you said atthe top of the broadcast

about this New York Times article,

is really really troublingand I think you nailed it

right on the head there, that the headline

did not have anything to do

with actually what the article reported.

And as a matter of fact thearticle never reports at all

from the book, there are noquotes from the book at all,

and what's really interesting,

maybe even most damning of all here, Pat,

is that in the article itself,

The New York Times article,

the prestigious, airquote, New York Times,

says that multiple people told them this.

Well, hold on for a second,let's unpack multiple people,

that sounds to me, well, who is that?

The guy at the local deli?

I mean the point is is that at some point

readers need to know whothese multiple people are

because let's face it, weall know people, sources,

have an agenda and a reader most know

where that person, himor her, are coming from.

So I think that's a big part of this Pat.

- Well, you know, it's, it's echos

of the Kavanaugh hearings.

They held a surprise--- Right.

- Witness that came outand alleged that Kavanaugh

was engaged in all this sexual misconduct

and it just damaged the poorman for the rest of his life,

but he still got confirmed.

- Well, and now we find out whether or not

this is gonna be a BrettKavanaugh, part two,

when it comes to the Republicanparty sticking together.

Brett Kavanaugh, when thatall, when all of that happened,

Republicans said, enough, they got upset,

they banded together and that was it,

they shut the Democrats down.

They had Trump to leadthem through it who said,

I'm not gonna throw Kavanaughunder the bus for all of this.

The question then becomes, in the Senate,

what will McConnell do?

Will McConnell be able to stay strong?

But look, the reality is this,

if he's got four Republicans

that are willing to jump ship,

and we're about to find out on witnesses,

that McConnell and Schumerat that point, Pat,

would go into deal-making mode.

In other words, if there aregonna be four Republicans

that are gonna vote with Democrats

to call Bolton as a witness,then McConnell's gonna say,

all right well what amI gonna get out of it?

Am I gonna get a Hunter Biden?

Am I gonna get a Joe Biden,who am I gonna get out of it

and I think that's wherethe deal-making goes down.

And then Democrats, Pat,are forced with a decision,

okay, you want John Bolton,great, knock yourself out,

but you're also at that point,

do you really wanna hear from Hunter Biden

in front of a national television audience

because let's faced it, let's face it,

Hunter Biden on the stand would,you would think in theory,

bolster the Trump argumentthat there was indeed

corruption, or at least

the appearance of corruption going on

is the case they'll make andthat could obviously help Trump

and hurt Democrats.

- What's the final arguments gonna be?

(mumbles) Trumps alreadystarted setting up,

it's gonna be socialism versus capitalism

and Bernie Sanders is the leader.

Joe Biden, you know, I really like him.

He's a likable sort of guy, but he's done

some strange things.

I went to New Hampshirewith him the same day

on the same plane, he was going Democrat

and I was going Republican,

but he plagiarized Neil Kinnock

and now he's gotten intothis problem with Hunter.

I don't think he can survive this do you?

- Well, Joe Biden's had a lot of problems

right from the very get-go.

And honestly Pat it's allstarted with his announcement

when he wanted to become President.

I mean what was his reason for running?

Well, cue the crickets because what's the,

I mean to stop Trump, I meanthat's the uplifting message,

to stop Trump?

So, it's been a problem for him.

And look, Bernie Sanders is poised

to potentially win Iowa and New Hampshire,

and if that happens watch out

the train to Leningrad, whicha lot of folks might think,

look it up Millennials, and the Gen Zers,

but the train to Leningrad

may be be moving out towardsRussia if Bernie gets there,

I mean it wouldn't be,make America great again,

it could be, make America red again,

I mean that's potentiallywhat we're seeing here

and that would give Democrats fits.

- David, thank you so much.- You bet.

- My guess, by the way brother,

is that Trump's gonna survive this

and this impeachment thing is a joke

and it's gonna be overpretty soon and, you know,

what do you think?- Well, they were sure happy

when they were handing out

the impeachment pens though.- Oh, yeah, yeah,

it was a big celebration.

And somebody said, you'resupposed to be solemnity,

you're gonna overturn an election.

Well, in other news, what iscalled the deal of the century,

is what President Trump is calling

his Middle East Peace Plan.

The question, can he get the deal done?

John Jessup has that on CBN News Bureau.

- Thanks Pat, ahead ofhis noon White House

unveiling of the Middle East Plan,

the President, and former businessman,

known for the art of the deal,

said this one is for the ages.

- In the business world,

when I was back in the business world,

when a deal was tough

people would jokingly refer to it as

this is tougher than Israel

and the Palestinians getting together

and that's what I've heard all my life

and so we'll see what happens.

We have something that makesa lot of sense for everybody.

- [John] Trump met withIsraeli Prime Minister,

Benjamin Netanyahu, andBlue and White party leader,

Benny Gantz, who both praised the plan,

but he did not meetwith Palestinian leaders

who have already rejected it.

The plan reportedly lays out boundaries

for an eventual Palestinian state

and it could have a major impact

on the Palestinian Israeli conflict,

Israel's upcoming national elections,

and Israel's relationship

with it's Sunni Islamic Arab neighbors.

Well, turning to the expanding coronavirus

the death toll in China has risen by 25

claiming the lives of at least 106 people

including the first deathin the capital of Beijing.

That comes as the United States

is preparing to fly Americans

out of the city of Wuhan tomorrow.

They'll be screened ata stop-over in Alaska.

Also the government is nowscreening arriving passengers

at 20 airports.

The number of confirmedU.S. cases remains at five.

With health officials testingfor 110 potential cases

in 26 states.

And in a sign there arefears about the outbreak

effecting the economy.

Big losses on Wall Street Monday.

The Dow Jones industrialaverage closed down 454 points,

the S&P and the NASDAQ also dropped.

The three indexes passingthe worst day since October.

- Well they're concernedthat the Chinese economy

is gonna tank because you can'tshut down major industries

of this nature and expectthe economy to grow.

You know what we're facingwith, ladies and gentlemen,

is an enormous debt overhang of the,

in the overall economy of the world.

America's unfunded anddeclared an unfunded obligation

is something in the neighborhood

of 70 or 80 trillion dollars.

Around the world it'ssomething close to 250 trillion

and if one of the big trading partners

goes in the tank thenit's gonna hurt everybody.

So, people who are trading stocks

and looking at themarket are very concerned

that the Chinese economy willgo south because of this.

And when you shut down whole industries,

tourism, travel, the variousindustries associated with it,

it's gonna have a profoundeffect on the Chinese economy

and that will hurt the world

so that's what they're all worried about.

Wendy.

- Well, coming up an anxiety epidemic.

Millions of Americans aresuffering from depression,

PTSD, and worse.

Is the church failing todeal with this major issue?

Plus, she's Miss America 2016

and maybe also, Miss Unlikely.

Betty Maxwell tells usabout her unusual journey

to the crown.

(upbeat orchestral music)

- It's a shocking fact one in five adults

struggles with mental illness each year.

What's worse there's a crippling stigma

in getting counseling for mental problem,

especially in the churches.

Well, how did onepastor's personal struggle

become a wake-up calland how is his church

now helping those fightingdepression and despair.

Our, Heather Sells, wentout and found the answer.

- [Heather] As a collegesenior, Decari Middlebrooks,

got a dreadful call.

His best friend had been murdered.

This led to three yearsof violent nightmares

when finally a seminaryprofessor suggested therapy.

Middlebrooks rejected it flat out.

- I said, I appreciate your suggestion,

but black people don't go to counseling

we just pray about it.

- [Heather] The governmentestimates that each year

48 million struggle with anxiety disorders

and millions with challengeslike major depression,

post traumatic stressand bipolar disorder.

For the young mentalillness can turn deadly.

Suicide is the secondleading cause of death

for ages 10 to 34.

Fortunately Middlebrooks did make his way

to a therapist.

- I went to counseling and I enjoyed it,

it was the, the greatest2 1/2 years of my life.

- [Heather] He began attending a church

with a pastor who openlytalked about his struggle

after his first wife died.

- Went through incredible loss in my life

and found myself in a place of depression

and didn't realize what it was.

I knew I was in a dark place.

- [Heather] Bishop Walker

also eventually sought out counseling

and as he healed herealized his own church

needed a wake-up call.

- I think that there is, inthe African-American community,

this whole idea that,you know, this phobia,

this stigma, if you getcounseling you know you're crazy.

- Research shows thatpeople who are struggling

with their mental health oftenturn first to their church.

That's an enormous opportunity.

Now remarried, BishopWalker, and his wife,

Dr. Stephaine Walker, a pediatrician,

are bringing mentalhealth to the forefront.

They started, Church Fit, at Mount Zion

offering classes and programs

on total physical and mental health.

This includes a push from the pulpit

in an effort to fight the stigma.

- We now make it a part ofour every day conversation

as opposed to something that's whispered,

or something that's talkedabout only in the corner.

It's a part of the every-day conversation.

So, do you need help?

How are you feeling today?

And asking three questions beyond that

because what is a common answer,

well, I'm fine.

Well really, so tell me more.

- [Heather] Psychologist, Vanessa Bell,

attends Mount Zion andsays the new direction

has been huge.

- I think that's what he did in essence,

normalized it from the pulpit that

you know what you're experiencing is real,

we can pray about it,

but there are also resources available.

- [Heather] Dr. Walker has alsodeveloped a referral system

so church members can easilyfind a counselor, psychiatrist,

or support group.

- As a church we don'thave to recreate the wheel,

the resources are out there.

We have the people,they have the resources,

and we serve as connectors.

- [Heather] And Mount Zion makes sure

it's people know how to help,ask the right questions,

and not let go when someone is hurting.

- It's not an option to leave you,

it's not an option to hangup the phone,

it's not an option to tell you we don't,

we can't help you, wheredo I need to send you next?

And they're trained tofigure out immediately,

in that moment, what are the next steps

in terms of getting this person help

and getting them connected.

- [Heather] For Middlebrookshe's gone from shame,

to healing, to transparency.

He writes about hisjourney in the new book,

"The Depressed Millennial,"and he says he's seen

a change in his church as well.

- I think the church is now aware

that there has to be a space and I think

that's what we've been ableto do here at Mount Zion

is carve out a space for dialog.

A lot of people were afraidto share that I'm broken.

- [Heather] Middlebrookhopes more churches

will adopt this model as they become

aware of mental health needs

in their congregations and communities.

Reporting in Nashville,Heather Sells, CBN News.

- Thanks (mumbles).

I wanna point out that Regent University

has a School of Psychology.

It gives a degree, adoctorate, in psychology

and trains people who are qualified

to be mental health professionals.

They're not psychiatrists,which involves an M.D.,

but in terms of psychology and psychiatry

and that kinda thing, we give doctorates.

And the reason is later, a few years ago,

pastors were giving counseling to people

who'd come to them as troubled

and in the case of one or two people

they committed suicide andthe church was blamed and sued

that these people weren't credentialed

and therefore they hadto have state licensing.

Well, we have people nowwho are fully credentialed

with a doctorate in this subject

and they are credentialed before the state

or by any board, and we inturn give master's degree

in this field so that our,

the pastors can be trained

and credentialed when they,because that's the first line,

people are troubled they come to a pastor

and they say, look, I'm havingtrouble with my marriage,

I'm having trouble with my wife,

I've got depression whatam I supposed to do?

Well, one thing you can do is say,

well, I refer you to thedoctor down the street,

but a lot of timespeople were being advised

to get engaged in what amountsto unbiblical practices

as the advice of some health professional.

Well, go out and have anaffair you'll feel better.

No way, and so guilt andsin and that sort of thing

has got to be dealt with andthe pastor's the man to do it.

So we, at Regent University,are training people

who can be pastors

and in their pastors

they can be skilled enoughin these disciplines

so they know how to help people

and I think that's very important, Wendy.

- The Bible has all the answers though.

- It really does and youknow sin is a problem

and if you, if I regardiniquity in my heart

the Lord won't hear me, Idon't get my prayers answered

and I feel guilty and all of a sudden

the thing eats inside of me

and I've gotta deal with it.

And how do you do it?

But, I mean, we need to understand

we're fearfully and wonderfully made.

Some things have to dowith chemical imbalance

and they've got to

be dealt with.- Right.

- Some things are, you know,a psychotherapy can help,

others it doesn't.

There are a lot of ways of treating people

who have a mental problem,

but these things are real and boy

I congratulate any churchesthat are getting into that,

yeah.- Amen.

Well, later on today's showa real-life Cinderella story

from a double-wide trailerin the middle of nowhere

to Miss America 2016.

How did this imperfectpageant queen take the crown?

But first, this junkie hadfeet like hamburger meat

all because he kept pounding the pavement

in search of his next fix.

How did he finally come clean?

Find out, next.

- The bottoms of his feetlooked like hamburger,

that's how Judy Smithdescribed her husband, Sidney.

He was a hard-core drug addict

who pounded the pavementlooking for a score.

Sometimes he woulddisappear for weeks on end

so why did Judy stick with him

and how did he ever come clean?

You're about to find the answer.

- Well I remember him coming in

and he'd been out on the streets for days

and literally the bottoms of his feet

were just like hamburgermeat 'cause he has just been

walking and walking andsearching to do drugs.

- [Narrator] Newly wed, Judy Smith,

already knew about her husband, Sidney's,

occasional bouts with drugs,

but this, this was the signof a full-blown addiction.

- He just turned around and looked at me

again with tears inhis eyes and just said,

I'm not gonna make it am I?

- I knew in my mind that I couldn't quit

because I had tried.

- [Narrator] They met ata job interview in 1994

in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Sidney, coming from Oakland, California,

was hoping for a new start.

Judy, was the hiring manager.

- He had a real leadershipability about him

'cause he would take charge of something

once he was given a task to do.

- [Narrator] So Judy not only hired Sidney

she fell for him, but shedidn't know the whole story.

He grew up in a poorneighborhood in Oakland,

but unlike many henever had to do without.

His mom worked hard to make sure of that.

But what Sidney really neededwas her love and attention,

he got neither.

At 12 years old hedowned a bottle of pills

desperate for any sign she cared.

- I just felt like I wanted her attention

and I couldn't get itand I was willin' to go

to whatever extremes I could

to get her attention.

The next thing I knew I washaving my stomach pumped.

I remember going to like an institution

and being left there

and it broke my heart.

- [Narrator] It was only a matter of time

before he discovered drugs

and would spend the next several years

buying and selling them and stealing

to satisfy his habit.

- Chasing that feelingoutweighed everything else

in importance and it provided an escape,

you know, I didn't have todeal with, with anything.

- [Narrator] Numerousattempts at rehab failed.

By the time he left for Mississippi at 23

he was an addict running from police

and desperately hoping for a new start.

- [Sidney] I didn't wanna be a drug addict

and I knew that I was.

- [Narrator] When hehad met Judy he was able

to hide the depth of his addiction,

but now after a few months of marriage

the truth had come out.

- I knew that it would be her that left

before I would change.

- [Narrator] But Judy, a Christian,

saw Sidney through God's eyes

where there was potential and hope.

- And so the hope gave me some direction

to some faith that God was drawing me

into this for a reason.

- [Narrator] Keeping hopealive was another matter.

Arrested in 1996 on outstanding warrants

Sidney would spend 13 years behind bars.

Despite finding religion in prison

he relapsed soon after his release.

- I just didn't have whatI needed inside of me.

It wasn't satisfying the hole,

it was like a bottomless pit.

- [Narrator] Disappearingat times for weeks.

Sidney would bounce betweenbouts of sobriety and addiction.

- And there were points in time for me

when I was desperately sad,afraid, angry, resentful,

I went though all of those things,

but it would always come back full circle

to have the hope.

- [Narrator] Then in2010 his parole officer

recommended he go to the faith-based

rehab program, Teen Challenge.

There Sidney had toface the hurt and anger.

- I just angrily screamed out at God,

you know, if you're who you say you are

here's an earnest, fromthe bottom of my heart,

opportunity for you to show up and fix me

'cause I'm done.

I felt like I had wallsthat I had built up,

you know, to protect me fromother people all my life.

I felt like he just reached out

and they just turned to dust.

- [Narrator] Sidney says atthat moment he gave his life

to Christ realizing that through Judy

God had been showing hislove for him all along.

- Because it didn't matter who I was

or what I had done I wasstill loved and accepted

even in the worst position in my life

and, and she still wanted me.

And that, you know, I feel the same thing

when God saved me, that'sthe exact same feeling

that just overwhelmed methat no matter what I did,

you know, and no matter who I'd hurt,

or how many times I'd failed,

he didn't care, he loved me.

- The part of him that I had always loved,

the joyful, kind,compassionate, loving person,

and he was so willingto do whatever it took.

And again, I guess that'sjust the God, the hope,

the faith in me that just believed.

- [Narrator] In 2013 at 43 years old

Sidney graduated from Teen Challenge

and is still drug-free.

He went on to earn a master's degree

in social work and today works as

a substance abusecounselor in Mississippi.

- Well, it had to be God,there's no other way.

I couldn't have done it on my own,

of my own free will, or my own volition,

I wouldn't have been strong enough.

- I got God's attention

and it satisfies everything.

- What did Sidney want all along,

he wanted a mother, a father,

to love him and hug him, little child.

You know little children want love,

they want affection, theywant somebody who cares,

you know, and so they'llhold their hands up and say,

look at me, listen tome I'm here, I'm here.

And Sidney was looking for that,

but his parents apparentlydidn't give it to him

and so what does he do?

He does something radical,he starts taking drugs.

And the next thing you knowhe's almost committed suicide

and maybe now they'll notice me

now that I'm killing myself.

But you know what is the blessing,

there's something calledthe Aaronic blessing,

the Lord bless you and keep you,

the Lord cause his face to shine upon you,

and the Lord lift uphis countenance upon you

and give you his peace.

We look for God to lookat us, look at me, God,

may you lift up your countenance upon me.

And, you know, that'swhat God wants to do.

He will, accepts youregardless of who you are

or what you've done.

Remember the Prodigal Son,he came and he said, look,

I'm not worthy to be called your servant,

make me one of your hired hands

I can't be your son.

And the father ran to himand threw his arm around him

and said, put him up specially because he,

my son has been dead and nowhe's been found alive again.

God is looking for you.

He is looking all overand what you may have lost

in your childhood, what youmay have missed along the way,

what you may have missed in a marriage,

you may have an abusive husband,

you may have a,

a mean unfaithful wife,

who knows what you've got?

But God almighty says, look,

I love you,

and I died for you and Iwill accept you as my own.

And I'll put my arms aroundyou and welcome you home

and you can be part of the family of God.

Would you like that?

You want somebody to really love you.

You know a lot of people just, you know,

they don't care anything about you.

A lot of people don't becauseof the huge world we're in

and we kinda pass oneanother and, you know,

so tough luck about you.

But God feels your pain.

He knows who you are.

And right now if you wantto know the love of a father

I want you to pray with meright now, pray these words.

Jesus, that's right pray with me.

Jesus,

I know that you love me so much

that you died for me because you said

you loved the world so much

that you gave your only son

that through him I might live.

And so Lord through you I want to have

the love of a father andI come to God through you.

And so now Lord JesusI open my heart to you,

I turn away from sin and selfishness,

and the bitterness that's in my heart,

and the frustration, and the anger,

and all the other things,I give 'em to you,

every bit of it, and from this moment on

I confess Lord I'm yours and you're mine.

Thank you Jesus, thank youthat you heard my prayer

and thank you that you'vecome into my heart.

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- Thank you Pat.

Well still ahead Patweighs in on the issues

that matter to you.

Like this one from Chuck who writes,

"My wife's jealousy didn't show up

until after we were married.

She has left 11 times in six months.

Please help.

What can I do?"

Get Pat's take on that and more.

Your Questions/Honest Answersis just around the corner,

but first here she is, Miss America 2016.

Betty Maxwell looks backon her time with the tiara

and the unlikely roadshe took to the crown.

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Pat and Wendy will be backwith more of the 700 Club

right after this.

- Well, any time there was amishap in Betty Maxwell's home

her family had a term for it,

someone had just pulled a Betty.

But in 2016 Betty had the last laugh

when she was crowned Miss America.

(cheering)- Betty Maxwell.

♪ Miss America ♪

- Becoming Miss Americaone day wasn't something

Betty Maxwell had dreamedof as a Georgia farm girl.

When her mom pointed outthat pageants were a way

to earn scholarship money she decided

to give them a try.

Crowned Miss America in 2016

Betty found her year-longreign to be one of the best

and the most exhaustingexperiences of her life.

She recounts the many highs and lows of it

all in her book, "Miss Unlikely."

Betty also shares howshe's learned to cope

with recent crises in her life.

And please welcome to the700 Club, Betty Maxwell.

Betty, it's great to meet you,

welcome.- Thank you.

It's so nice to behere, thank you so much.

- I loved what, I Googled when you,

when you won and you genuinely

looked shocked.- Shocked,

(laughing) yeah I was, very much so.

I, in my book I talk about, you know,

all the mishaps I had that night.

I tripped in my evening gown

which is like the ultimate stereotype,

so of course I tripped a little,

I think twice I tripped.

And then--- Lost an earring.

- Lost an earring twiceand then I of course

got a question about TomBrady and the Deflategate

when I had prepared forall these, you know,

tough political questions and then they

asked me about football.- Right, and they asked you

about football.- And I'm like,

are you kidding me rightnow (laughing), like.

- How did you, how did you answer that?

- You know at first I waslike, I like to be funny,

you know I'm a funnyperson, so I was like,

I'm gonna start out with a joke.

So I was like, you know, Ithink I'd have to be there

to feel the ball toknow if it was deflated

or not deflated.- That's perfect.

- I mean that makes sense to me, right,

and nobody laughed.

So, so I was like, but in all honesty

if there was question to be had about it,

if there was anything sketchy going on,

then yeah, I think he probably cheated

and he should be punished for that.

And of course then all of New England

hated me, so.- Oh, well.

Well, it didn't stop youfrom winning the crown.

Well, you grew up on a farm in Georgia

and grew up in a double-wide trailer

'cause that's what you say,

from farm girl to Miss America.

But faith was so key in your family life.

Tell us about your faith growing up.

- So I'm, I'm actually 50% Greek.

My mom's side of the familyis full-blooded Greek

and so I'm a Greek Orthodox Christian,

I grew up in the Greek Orthodox Church.

A lot of people don'treally know about orthodoxy,

it's a very traditional, very old faith,

and way of practicing religion.

And so a lot of people don'treally know much about it

so I'm glad I get to talk about that

a little bit in my bookand sort of educate people

on our faith, but it'salways been the foundation

of my upbringing and in our household,

leaning on God and having astrong foundation in faith.

- Well, strangely enough you were never

one of those little girls that dreamed

about being Miss America, it was actually

the farthest thing from your mind, right?

- That's true, it just never,

it's really this whole world

that people don't knowabout and I certainly didn't

and my family, it justwasn't part of our life.

- You guys were on like 600 acres

no neighbors really

that close by.- No.

- So you were sort of isolated

and you weren't--- And no cable,

no cable TV so I had neverwatched Miss America,

I had no idea this was a thing.

And so I was 19 whenI did my first pageant

and my mom suggested it to me,

from someone who suggested it to her,

that I should compete because I can sing

and I can walk in high heels,

like I can do this.(laughing)

And I can talk obviously.

So, so I decided to give it a try,

earn some scholarshipsand a chance to show off

my vocal talent which hasbeen my ultimate dream

since I was a little girl tobe a singer and an actress

so I saw it as a great opportunity

and it's obviously ledme to where I am today.

- And you once believedthat pageants were full

of catty girls.- Oh yeah.

I totally believed it.- What did

you actually find when you got involved?

- So, I definitely believedthe full-pageant stereotype,

you know the cattiness, themean girls and all of that,

but that, stereotypesthey obviously all come

from some sort of truth.

There are always gonnabe mean people out there,

there are always gonna be mean girls,

but that's not just inpageantry, that's just life,

that's the real world we live in.

The reality is that thegirls I competed with

are some of the mostbrilliant, talented, smart,

kind women that havethe best golden hearts

and I say this every single time,

that any young woman that I competed with

would have been an incredible Miss America

and truly deserved it.

I'm just so humbled andfortunate that I got to be

their representative andI'm so thankful for that.

- So you talk about how Miss America

is not a mold that you fit into,

but it's a shapeshifter,what does that mean?

- Yeah, Miss America isdefinitely a shapeshifter.

You will never see the samegirl, type of girl twice.

Every girl has her ownunique abilities and talents

and their own perspectiveto offer to the title.

And for me, my year, mywhole mantra was be yourself.

Be your most authentic self and that's how

you will succeed in life.

I know if I hadn't madethose mistakes on stage

and been, you know, just Betty, myself,

that I probably wouldn't have won.

The judges told me that those mistakes

made me so relatable theyliked that I was okay

with making mistakes andI laughed it off on stage,

they could see that it didn't bother me

that I'm okay with being myself, you know,

warts and all sort of.- Yeah.

- So accepting that about yourself

is how you will win in life for sure.

- Now what was your favoritememory of Miss America?

I know there's too many,

I know that's not a fair question,

but was, just one or two.

- Oh my gosh there are so many.

So one of the, you know,sort of funny things,

one of my favorite thingswas I actually got to meet

Harrison Ford and I metso many celebrities,

but Harrison Ford, I mean,he's freakin' Indian Jones

like my idol.- I know.

- So that was incredible I

loved meeting him.- Every girls' dream.

- And he was so nice by the way.

And then one of my otherfavorite things I got to do

was a USO tour where I got to go

to eight countries in eight days

with some other celebrities

and we got to perform for the troops.

- Oh wow.- And that was just

absolutely incredible, humbling work,

it made the entire year worthwhile,

that and working withChildren's Miracle Network

and just getting to work with those kids

and go into the hospital with my crown on

and you just see their faces light up

I mean that was just so rewarding

in and of itself.- Oh, I love that.

Well, during this time youhad to keep a secret, Betty,

your relationship with Spencer,

who's now your husband, right?

- Yes he is, he put

a ring on it.(laughing)

- Tell me, why did youhave to keep that a secret?

- So the Miss America Organization

has always sort of frowned upon having,

Miss America having aboyfriend because, you know,

they don't want her to be distracted

from the year first of all.- Right.

- But second of all they want Miss America

to be America's sweetheart

and that's what they always told me.

They want you to seemavailable which is sort of,

to me I think a little bit dated,

but, you know, you haveto keep those things

out of the public eye.

The biggest secret I had to keep though

was when we got engaged during my year

as Miss America.

I couldn't wear my ring,I couldn't tell anyone,

and oh my gosh, that wasso hard to keep a secret.

- Let's check, oh, that's very nice,

that would be hard--- Thank you.

- Not to wear that.- I would slip it on

in my hotel rooms at night

when I was all by myself and be like,

oh my gosh, I'm engaged.

- [Wendy] Well, every MissAmerica has a platform, Betty,

what was yours?

- So my platform was called,

healthy children strong America.

The platform that I madeup on my own with my mom.

And growing up in myhousehold health and fitness

was always so so important.

My dad's a nutritionist,

my parents are both physical therapists.

So taking care of our bodies

has aways been so so important

in our family.- Sure.

- So it just made sense to me

that I take that on as myplatform as Miss America

to help our kids.

You know, put down the cell phones,

go outside.- Right.

- Be active, get back to our roots

and actually exercisebut for fun, make it fun,

that was something thatwas really important to me

during my year.

And not only that buthelping our kids learn about

where their food comes from

from growing up on a farmand teaching them about

where their food, itdoesn't come from Target,

it comes from the land--(laughing)

From farmers.

- Right exactly, andrecently you took part

in a suicide prevention panel

and that's an issue that reallyhits close to home, right?

- Yes, so in 2018, December 23, 2018,

so just a year ago, mymother-in-law took her own life

while we were there andso that was something

that, a challenge that I'dnever experienced before.

I had to lean on my faithin a way that I never had

and my husband and I wereable to come together,

but come even closer andstronger in a situation

that normally should have broken us apart,

it should've torn us downand because of our faith

and our love for each other we were able

to come back stronger and be able

to speak at such events and be able

to help other people who may be going

through the same thing.

- Yeah, well you can readmore about Betty's story

in her brand new book,

"Miss Unlikely: From FarmGirl to Miss America."

It's available wherever books are sold

and Betty you are delightful.

God bless you.- Thank you so much

for having me.- Thanks for

writing your story.

Well, coming up the part of the program

you've been waiting for.

Pat answers your questionswith honest answers.

Benita says, "I only seemy long-distance boyfriend

once a month.

He refuses to FaceTimewith me in-between visits.

Should I end the relationship?"

What will Pat say, findout when we return.

Miss America is saying, yes, end it.

Welcome back to, The 700 Club.

It's time for Your Answers,

Your Questions and Honest Answers.

Chuck says, "Dear Pat, please help!

My wife and I have beenmarried for 16 months,

we are both retired.

My wife has packed up and left me again.

This makes number #11, that's right.

The past 10 times I went and got her

and moved her back to the house.

She is immensely jealous ofjust about every lady at church

and thinks that I have hadsexual relations with them.

We cannot watch a programthat stars a lady.

She has to be constantly reminded

that she is the mostbeautiful, best-dressed woman,

with the best hair.

There was never any indicationof this jealous behavior

prior to the marriage.

I'm going bonkers.

I do not know what to do.

Any advice?"

- Well, I remember JohnWesley was married to a woman

who was kind of nasty tolife with and she left

and his remark was,

I didn't send her awayand I didn't go get her.

And I think this womanhas left you 11 times,

that, she is eaten up with

jealousy and--- She needs help.

- That thing is corrosiveand it's destroying her.

She needs a lot of help.

She obviously has a very bad self-image,

she's had it probably most of her life,

she probably wasn't loved as a child

and doesn't have a good self-image.

But you didn't marryher to do a psychiatrist

and a makeover.

She's walked out 11 times on you

my advice is don't go get her.

You know she ended themarriage it's all over.

I mean scripturally she, she's departed.

And the Bible says ifthe unbeliever departs

the brother or sister isnot bound in that case.

I'd let it go, okay?

- All right.

Benita writes in, "I've beenin a long-distance relationship

for six months.

He lives in the samestate, 300 miles away,

but we only see each other once a month.

We are originally from the same country;

both of us are bilingual,hardworking, single parents.

I have suggested we Skype or FaceTime

but he refuses.

Should I end this?"

- Well, that's your decision.

I don't have any scriptural advice

one way or the other.

It does seem a little strange.

I mean, really this kind of relationship

is gonna be,

what essentially you're having to do

is live celibate for all these years

and you deserve a loving relationship

of a man or a woman ina relationship with you

as part of a family.

You need to have childrenand all the rest of it.

So, if this, I don'tknow if it was a woman,

guy, a man, whatever, I mean I'd just say,

it's over, goodbye, okay?- Yeah, I'd move on.

All right, James says,"I have become disabled,

with vision problems andspinal issues as well.

It has been three years anddoctors are still baffled

but think they're closingin on the problem.

My faith has truly been tested.

I've been off work almost a year,

and my family and I arefar behind on bills.

We're about to lose ourhome and electricity.

We have no income and disabilityis not accepting me yet

because there isn't an exact diagnosis.

I pray and pray and havesold everything I own.

I have begged God tohelp us and two children.

What else can I do?"

- Well, I think there are agencies

that'll help people like youand I think you oughta go to a,

what is it, the Departmentof Social Welfare,

and see if there isn'tsomething they can do for you.

You oughta have something to help you.

But in the meantime, you know,

take charge of this stuff.

A man shall eat good throughthe fruit of his lips

and it's time to startdeclaring your independence.

I am free in the name of Jesus

and declare the victory rather than being

under your circumstances,rise above your circumstances

and take control of 'em.

That's what my advice is.

All right, one last question.- That's great advice.

All right, Lauren writes in,

"I recently bought twolittle elephant statues

and the elephant trunksare pointed upward.

I didn't think much of it at first

but after a few weeks I started to get

a bad feeling about them.

I researched it further online and learned

if an elephant has a trunk facing upwards

it represents good luck.

Is it wrong?

Should I get rid of them?"

- Well, who needs I it?

I mean why should youhave some talisman around

that is either gonna bringyou good luck or bad luck

or tie you into some Hindu ritual.

Just throw the things awayit's a whole lot easier.

You don't have to ask questions about it

just put 'em in the trashcan.

- Amen.- Okay.

Well our Power Minute comes from Romans.

"If God is for us, who can be against us?"

Tomorrow a special Q&A program

I'll see ya then, bye-bye.