- [Announcer] The followingprogram is sponsored by CBN.

- [Narrator] Coming up,the silent pandemic.

- People feeling moredepressed, more blue,

not sleeping well.

- [Narrator] And 40 million Americans

are feeling its effects.

- Feeling extremelystressed and traumatized

by everything that's going on.

- [Narrator] It's not just thevirus that's making it worse.

- What unfortunately happensis the bad microbes get fed.

- [Narrator] See the surprising reason

why so many are depressed.

- The foods that we call comfortable foods

are actually discomfort for our brain.

- [Narrator] On today's "700 Club".

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- Welcome folks.

Yesterday was theanniversary of a historic day

when the Allied Forces landedon the beaches of Normandy

and began the liberation of Europe.

At that time, all the nation was together.

We were all together becausewe wanted to overcome

the hideous Reich Hitlerhad imposed upon Europe

and after that and wewanted to take care of Japan

and we did it.

That's what happens whenAmerica works together,

but now we're not working together,

we are divided.

And it's now or never

for president Biden's progressive agenda.

And it's looking more and more like never.

The president has declared June

a month of action on Capitol Hill.

So who's standing in the wayof his signature legislation?

Members of his own party.

And what kind of blowbackare they suffering?

Dale Hurd has more.

- [Dale] Joe Biden has called June

a month of action on Capitol Hill.

But as the Senatereturns to session today,

much of his signature legislationis in danger of failing

thanks to a few centrist Democrats.

And it means the For The People Act,

the massive elections reformpackage Democrats have proposed

won't pass

and the filibuster likelywill prevent other legislation

like gun control and The Equality Act

from even making it to theSenate floor for a vote.

The infrastructure billis still bogged down

with both sides divided overtraditional infrastructure

and so-called people infrastructure

like paid leave and childcare.

The president is pointing the finger

at Democratic senators JoeManchin of West Virginia

and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona

for the lack of progress on his agenda.

- I hear all the folks on TV saying,

why doesn't Biden get this done?

Well because Biden only has a majority

of effectively four votes in the House

and a tie in the Senate

with two members of the Senate

who vote more with my Republican friends.

- [Dale] Manchin came out against

the For The People Act this weekend,

calling it too divisive.

- I've always been about bi-partisanship,

I've tried to work in a bipartisan way

and I've voted in a bipartisan way

in the last 10 years at the Senate.

So I'm doing what I have always done.

Let's unite this country.

We don't need to be divided any further.

- [Dale] Manchin wrotein a home state newspaper

that the voting bill was aboutseeking partisan advantage.

He's now under attack

by the progressive wing of his own party

with Congressman Mondaire Jones

tweeting that Manchin'sop-ed might as well be titled

Why I'll Vote to Preserve Jim Crow.

Frustrated Progressives

want to do away with the filibuster,

but Manchin and Sinema saythey won't support such a move.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.

- Thanks Dale, I wanna point out folks,

five votes, five votes in the House

will change the makeup fromDemocrat to Republican.

When that happens, all of this stuff

will no longer be possible.

That's why they're trying to rush

this left-wing agendathrough as fast as they can,

because they realizethat people are rising up

and there's been a redistricting going on

on the count of population.

There are a number ofDemocrats who are retiring,

and the seats are gonna beopen and without question

the Republicans will takecontrol of the House.

That means Nancy Pelosi willno longer be the speaker

and all up and down,

and so they were rushingthis left-wing agenda

as fast as they can.

And apparently it's goingto take two brave people

but particularly JoeManchin in West Virginia,

Kyrsten Sinema, as theother Senator from Arizona

and the two of them.

So if there was everanybody you prayed for,

please pray for the Lord's blessing

upon these two brave warriors.

Well, in other news,

three months after her assignment to solve

the immigrant crisis,

Vice President Kamala Harrisis finally on the move.

But she's still not headedto the US Southern border.

Where's she going instead?

And how did her trip hit a snag

before her plane even got off the ground?

Efrem Graham has that story.

- Pat, Vice President Harris

is on the first leg of hertwo day trip to Latin America.

After a delayed start atechnical issue forced her plane

to return to Washingtonshortly after take-off.

She then continued on a different plane

arriving this morning in Guatemala City

to meet with PresidentAlejandro Giammattei.

Tomorrow she travels to Mexicoto meet President Obrador.

The Biden administration aims

to stem the flood ofmigrants at our borders

by addressing violence andpoverty in their home countries.

It's Harris's first trip to the region

since the president put her in charge

of the border crisis 12 weeks ago.

Border agents took 111,000

single adult migrantsinto custody in April,

the most in more than a decade.

Preliminary figures show thosenumbers increased in May.

Record-breaking heat isaffecting millions of Americans

before summer even begins.

Heat advisories in placein Northeast cities,

all the way down to Washington DC.

Fire warnings on the West Coast,

ranging from Oregon toArizona due to dry conditions.

California is seeing a drought emergency

as the state's 1500 reservoirs are 50%

lower than they shouldbe this time of year.

Leaders from the world's largest economies

are backing a US proposal

for a minimum global tax on corporations.

The G7 finance ministers approved the plan

giving countries the rightto seek a minimum 15% tax

on companies showing aprofit margin of 10% or more.

US Treasury Secretary JanetYellen, hailed the move.

However, the tax willlikely face opposition

from European Union nations,as well as the US Senate

which must approve international treaties.

Pat back to you.

- You know I believe in beatingtaxes any chance you can,

but in all honesty toincorporate in Ireland

and have, you know,interlocking agreements where

you manufacture someplace else

and then you have a patentagreement out of Ireland

and the profit goes into a low tax state,

I mean, that kind of thinghas been going on, you know,

a long time,

and I cannot really blamesomebody for saying, look,

let's equalize the field.

So we don't give a special tax advantage

to some of these tax havens and you know,

but a lot of people aregoing to oppose that

and so the last thing Iwould do would stand up

against anything that raises taxes.

But in truth, that isn't a bad deal.

Efrem.

- Pat, I wanna wrap up witha bit of personal news.

In 1986 Senior Washingtoncorrespondent, Paul Strand

came to CBN News.

Some 35 years later,he's hanging up his hat.

Abigail Robertson brings us this look back

at his incredible careerof faithful service.

- When Paul strand was just 17 years old

the Lord told him he'd workat a place called CBN News,

which didn't even exist at the time

and forge a new kind of journalism.

As we know that prophecy was fulfilled.

And for 35 years now

Strand has shared encouraging stories

of where God's moving around the world.

- It's been such a blessing to fulfill

what the Lord told me I would do.

I can't think of a betterway to you live your life.

They are so gratefulthat we liberated them

and they're so relieved Nowthat Saddam is out of there.

It was a long, hard slog

to get up to the 8,400 foothigh rim of the volcano.

People were waving their hands saying

they had received those healings.

And biking doesn't justhave to be about you

and getting to work, it'salso fun recreational activity

for the entire family.

The last great awakening in America

started here in New York City.

You can fit your faithand science together.

You hear about the mission field,

you think third world, Africa,

what about this?

Most of the people hereat the March For Life

are younger folks.

I could see the smokebillowing out of the Pentagon

and I realized my gosh, this is so real.

There it is.

Paul Strand, CBN News, Washington.

- [Abigail] Paul says 13 years

after God spoke to him aboutCBN news, his phone rang.

- The guy calls me fromCBN News and he says,

Paul Strand, your momentof destiny is here,

come work at CBN News.

So I didn't even have to goto them, they came to me.

- [Abigail] He didn'tjust find a career at CBN.

- If you'll commit to forever,you'll get there together.

When I met Susan Burns, first date,

it was like I can't livewithout this person.

This is the one.

We've been married for 33 years

and what's great is to havea wife that worked in CBN,

who was a producer herself.

She understood, sheunderstood the long hours,

the many trips we have to do.

That was a glorious thing,to be married to somebody

who so much knowsexactly what you're doing

and what it matters to your heart

because she had the same ministry herself.

- [Abigail] Paul started asa CBN News assignment editor.

Then during the 1996Democratic Convention,

God used unusual circumstancesto open a new door.

- And all the reporterswere basically knocked out

and sick as could be.

So I had to pick up themicrophone and off I went,

started to do these storiesthroughout the convention

and never turned back.

They just, CBN said, okay,he's done it, let him stay.

- [Abigail] Since then Paulhas been one of the ministry's

most prolific storytellers.

- Why would a camel behanging out on Capitol Hill?

- [Abigail] Constantly searching

for stories with hopebehind our headlines.

And he's relied on his hope in the Lord

to see him through thegood stories and the bad.

- We've got this wholedifferent thing in our lives

where we know thesavior, we know this Lord

and if we can just get him toseep on through those stories,

it really does change lives.

- As for what's next for Paul Strand,

for now he's going to takesome well-deserved time off

while remaining open to gowherever God wants to lead him.

Reporting from Virginia,Abigail Robertson, CBN News.

- Well deserved time off indeed, Pat.

- We'll miss him, what a great guy.

And the fact that God spoke to him

before there was a CBN News and said,

you will be working atsomething called CBN News,

it didn't even exist.

Isn't that amazing?

- It really is that hedidn't have to pursue it.

- What a blessing he has been,

and we will miss him.

- We will.

- You know what they say?

He's 70, and he's just a kid.

- Absolutely, I couldn't agree more.

- People are retiring at 70.

That, well, God bless him.

And may the power ofthe Lord rest upon him

for years and years to come, Terry.

- Absolutely.

Well coming up,

jet skiing, four wheelingon the water, in the woods.

This outdoorsman never slowed down.

So what hit him like a baseball bat

and left him crawling and pain?

He's gonna tell you himself,

that's later in the program.

Plus, comfort food,

not so much.

See how, what you put in your mouth

could be making you miserable after this.

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- Mouth watering, macaroni and cheese,

hot fudge sundaes, biscuits and gravy,

they're called comfort foods.

But guess what?

These and other foods like them

are making millions ofAmericans feel not comfortable,

but miserable.

Lorie Johnson explains the connection

between Americans' soaring depression rate

and what you put at the end of your fork.

- The number of Americans

seeking help for depression and anxiety

skyrocketed 93% last yearcompared to the year before.

While some of that can beblamed on the COVID impact,

research shows mental illness

has steadily increased for years.

40 million Americans deal withsome mental health concern.

That's more than the populations

of New York and Florida combined.

These disorders make the list

of the most common causes of disability,

and suicide scores as aleading cause of death

no matter the age group.

- [Narrator] We need to understand

that the silent pandemic going on

is one around mental illness

or just people feeling more depressed,

more blue, not sleeping well,

feeling extremely stressed and traumatized

by everything that's going on.

- [Lorie] Meanwhile, threeout of four Americans

are either overweight orobese, the highest level ever.

Turns out there's a link.

The same foods that trigger weight gain

can also lead to depression, anxiety,

and other mental health issues.

- The foods that we call comfort foods

are actually discomfort for our brain.

- [Lorie] Dr. Uma Naidoo

is one of a growingnumber of psychiatrists

using healthy foods to strengthenpatients' mental health.

- We have the power to actuallyimprove that for ourselves.

Not that they, a personshouldn't see their doctor

and take their medication if they need it,

but we also can start todayat the end of our fork,

by making healthier choices in how we eat.

- [Lorie] In her book "Thisis Your Brain on Food"

Dr. Naidoo says a healthy brain begins

with something we've beentelling you about for years,

a healthy gut.

- Essentially the gut and brain,

even though they aredifferent parts of the body,

they actually arise from thevery same cells in the embryo.

And then they divide upand form these two organs

and then they remainconnected throughout life.

- [Lorie] That key connectionis known as the vagus nerve,

a two way superhighway sendingconstant chemical messaging

back and forth.

Foods that can wreck thegut microbiome however,

jam up this nerve highway,

reaching all the way to the brain.

- When we're feeding those microbes,

sugary treats, lots of addedrefined sugars, lots of soda,

what unfortunately happensis the bad microbes get fed.

And when they get fed those sugary foods,

they overcome the good microbes.

- [Lorie] Several studies,including MRI imaging

show excessive sugar makesdepression and anxiety worse.

Dr. Naidoo confirms whatwe've been reporting,

processed foods are loaded with sugar,

even those that don't seem sweet

and are marketed as healthy.

- Things like French friesfrom fast food restaurants

are actually made with added sugar.

We don't taste that, but they'remade to be hyper palatable.

So just be aware thatthere's hidden sugars.

- [Lorie] Also stay awayfrom most of the fake ones.

- Several of the artificialsweeteners unfortunately

can drive anxiety, worsen depression,

and disrupt those gut microbes.

- [Lorie] Dr. Naidoo recommendsadding colorful vegetables

like leafy greens to yourmenu, which contain folate.

- Folate, when there'sa low level in the brain

actually can lead to depression.

- [Lorie] Antioxidant richfoods like blueberries.

- We are combating oxidativestress, which is really good

and much better for our mental wellbeing.

- [Lorie] And healthy fatslike olive oil, avocados,

plus things like salmon and walnuts,

which include omega three.

- It doesn't exclude the useof medications when needed.

But it provides individuals

with an additional tool in their toolkit

to really uplift their mental health.

- [Lorie] An added benefitis that a healthy diet

can also increase amedication's effectiveness.

So while junk food may brightenyour mood in the moment,

it could deepen depressionand anxiety in the long run.

By breaking that cycle,

you might find over timethat you feel so good

you can say goodbye to thatcomfort crutch forever.

- Lorie joins us.

Now, why I was so fascinated

when an embryo was being formed,

the split comes betweenthe brain and the gut

and the vagus nerve connects them.

- Absolutely, isn't that fascinating?

- And it is at birth.

- So this is what we've been talking about

for so many years, ever sincewe started talking about

the importance of the gut microbiome

is that gut brain connection,it's a very real thing

and so much of what happens in the gut

directly affects the brain,

not only the way we think, cognition,

two plus two equals four,

but also the way we feelwhen we're depressed

or when we have anxiety.

So how the gut goes, the brain goes.

- So comfort food,

they give you a big bowl ofice cream with chocolate sauce

and few cherries on top,

and that's supposed to makeyou feel good, but it won't.

- You know, this is the samething we find with alcohol,

with drugs like cocaine, with cigarettes,

that you do have that momentary pleasure

but in the long run, ithurts you very badly.

So the same thing is true with sugar.

And, you know, studieshave shown that sugar

is as addictive as someillicit drugs like cocaine

and also things like nicotine.

- I have been at war with the,

well, the high fructose corn syrup,

that's added everything,there's sugar in everything

- There's sugar in everything.

And you were right back in the day

to point out high fructosecorn syrup is so dangerous,

but guess what?

The food manufacturers

have figured out a way toget one step ahead of that.

They've changed the name,

and now they just call it cornsyrup to try to fool people.

But even worse than that,

there are about a hundredother types of sugar

that people won't recognize on the labels,

but they're all various types of sugar.

So pretty much allprocessed food has sugar,

and as Dr. Naidoo pointed out,

some things that don't evenseem sweet like French fries

contain sugar.

- And this is going to make us,

now we have in front of us,

these are foods that will keep us healthy.

Can you only tell us what you got here?

- So a lot of people say,

okay, well, if I can't eatprocessed food and sugar,

what is there left?

And that's true.

A lot of people eat

mostly processed foodand sugar all the time.

And so this wonderfulbook, I highly recommend it

has lots of different recipes

of foods that are good for your brain.

She gets into the details about

what foods specifically

are good for certain mental problems.

For example, down here, we have

this wonderful hearty vegetable soup,

which is particularly good for people

who struggle with depression.

It has peas for magnesium,broccoli for iron,

sweet potatoes for vitaminA and it's loaded in fiber

and antioxidants.

- That's pretty good.

- It is good,

and I know you make awonderful vegetable soup.

- Oh man, my minestrone is I'vegot 20 different vegetables

that is fantastic.

- Vegetables are the way to go,

those are the healthiest foods in general.

So here we have for anxiety,

a dish that's particularly good

for people who arestruggling with anxiety.

It's called a spinachand mushroom frittata.

Before the segment began,you said what is a frittata?

A frittata is basically aquiche without the crust.

Now it has eggs in it

that has wonderful Coleen for your brain,

also spinach, which haswonderful magnesium,

mushrooms for vitamin D,

and the great thing aboutthis particular dish

is you can put it in the refrigerator,

it doesn't have to be a breakfast food.

- I eat strange things,

this looks strange, but it tastes good.

- Some people think it'sweird to eat eggs at dinner,

I don't, I eat frittatas all the time.

And the good thing about this,

you can freeze it for up to a month,

and put it in the refrigerator,lasts a couple of days.

Now this is really oneof my favorite dishes,

because it's something that'sgreat for people on the go.

This is chia puddingwith nuts and berries,

I know some of your favorite foods

and it's especially good for people

who have suffered from trauma,

and over this lastyear, who hasn't, right?

So this has chia seeds in it.

Chia seeds.

- Like the little chia plants?

- Right, and these are so wonderful,

for all those wonderful chemicalreactions in your brain.

- We've got blueberries and.

- Blueberries with the antioxidants,

and then we have walnuts on there,

a wonderful source of healthy fats,

and what's especially good about this

is it's a great breakfast food

that you make the night before.

- What gives it the sweet taste?

- There's a little bitof a honey in there,

and also a little bit of almond milk,

but the great thing about this

you can make it in a bowl the night before

or put it in a little jar, aMason jar or any type you have

so then you grab it inthe morning when you leave

so that you don't have a poptart, or a donut or something.

- This is delicious, it's really good.

Have you ever tasted it?

- Oh yes, I have chia every single day,

I have chia every day,

I try to eat blueberriesevery day, walnuts every day,

and I know you do.

- You know, I look at,you know, for example

those bran flakes andeverything, they've got sugar in,

but all bran, just plainbran, you know, has no sugar,

it's just very good.

- You know, most of thecereal aisle is a no go zone.

Even the healthy things like granola,

sometimes are loaded withsugar, but every once in a while

you can find something on the cereal aisle

that doesn't have sugar in it,

and one of those thingsis old fashioned oats.

- Oh yeah.

- And every once in a while,

you can find a boxed cerealthat doesn't have sugar in it,

but they're very few and far between.

- Well the oat meal is true

and the All-Bran and notbran flakes but the All-Bran,

and you remember thoseadvertisements of the little girl

who's gonna stuff thosethings, and her daddy,

those things are loaded with sugar.

- I know, and that's why they're so good.

- Sugar loops.

- So many different foodmanufacturers are marketing,

terribly unhealthy foods as healthy.

So we just need to be on our guard because

food manufacturers know thatconsumers want healthy foods,

so they make it seem healthy,

you've got to read those labels.

- Well, this stuff is good

and that's soup was great.

And sometime I'll come backand make my famous minestrone

which is a 20 vegetableminestrone and it is so delicious.

- So vegetables, that'swhat's so great your soup

and that's what's so great aboutso many of the dishes here.

And by the way, the recipesfor these three items

are on our website,

so folks can go to our website right now

and get the recipes for these three things

for absolutely free.

- Well, this has all kinds of stuff,

ladies and gentlemen, there'sno sense in being depressed,

you might as well be happy.

You know what the song was?

- Don't worry, be happy.

- We want you to be happy.

I have a, literally at the university,

I've set up a center for humanhappiness, student happiness,

and I believe God wants us to be happy.

So Lorie, you're terrificthank you so much.

- My pleasure, thanks for having me.

- Well, this book is called,"This is Your Brain on Food",

you can find it wherever books are sold

and also you can findrecipes on Cbnnews.com.

Thank you.

- [Lorie] Thanks for having me.

Terry.

- Well, still ahead,

what happens when a high school senior

decides to run for mayor of her city,

and guess who she's running against?

Her very own father.

That's the premise of thelatest movie collaboration

between Corbin Bernsen'sHome Theater Films

and Regent Pictures.

A sneak peek of "Mary 4 Mayor"is coming up, but first,

screaming in excruciating agony,

this active outdoorsman wasreduced to a prisoner of pain.

Why did he wanna shoot himself?

Who stopped him and whathappened in his garage

that healed him?

The answers all after this.

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- Like a baseball bat slamming his back,

that's how John Chase describedhis excruciating injury.

Even after receiving an epidural shot,

this rugged guy was in such intense pain

that he actually thoughtabout shooting himself.

So what stopped himright in his own garage?

Take a look.

- [Narrator] At over 60 years old,

John Chase loves living onthe water and staying active.

- So my whole life's been activity.

I mean, jet skiing, four-wheeling,

you know that was my line of business,

so we were constantly,you know, very active,

you know in the woods and on the water.

- [Narrator] In March of 2020,

his life came to a halt

while working under his boat trailer.

- I guess I had twistedmyself in the wrong position.

I had the most excruciating hit

like a baseball bat in my back feeling,

and then it was just excruciating pain

and just crawled outof there into the house

and made it to the bedroom.

- [Narrator] John tried to endure the pain

as he drove himself to the doctor.

- The way the doctor explained it to me,

that your bottom lower disk,

the very lowest one hasmajorly slipped over

from me crawling underneath that boat

had jammed that sciatic nerve

and it was not letting off, itwas not gonna to free itself.

- [Narrator] The doctor saidJohn might need surgery,

but suggested they try aseries of three epidural shots

two weeks apart.

After the first one, Johndidn't feel any relief.

- I'm a tough grown man,

but when you're screaming outthis horrible type of scream

to relieve the pain and nonstop

is, you know that's the type of pain

is the only way I can describe it.

And your face is white, you're sweating,

you're just almost tothe point of passing out

type of pain.

- [Narrator] As John waitedfor his second epidural,

the pain became so severe

he didn't think he couldtake it any longer.

- The time I was going through this,

very weird thoughts go through your mind,

and the pain was so bad.

I thought about shooting myself.

That's how bad the pain was.

And,

but I wouldn't do it'cause I have a daughter.

- [Narrator] Finally, Johnreceived his second epidural

but still didn't feel any relief.

- That's when I really,really started losing faith.

Where am I going from here?

What am I going to do?

You know.

- [Narrator] One daywhile lying in his bed,

John decided to crawl into his garage

for change of scenery and to watch TV.

Flipping through the channels,

he landed on "The 700 Club"

and Pat Robertson was praying.

- And I'm looking kindof down at that point,

and he says, there'sa gentleman out there.

- Somebody has pulled amuscle in your right side,

it's the side of,

you were doing some kind ofstretching or exercising,

and that muscle pulledand you've been in pain,

just reach over and touch itin the name of Jesus, touch.

- And I was like, that's gotta be for me,

who else could that be for?

And so I said what theheck, let me try it.

So I got up out of the chair

and I have this hundredfeet more driveway,

and I said, I'm gonna walk that,

I'm gonna see if this is real.

It was so incredible.

Nothing, no limp, no pain, no nothing,

and I was so much joy.

I walked the drivewayback and forth three times

to make sure it was real.

And I've had nothing since.

- [Narrator] Today, stillfree from back pain,

John is thrilled to be backto his active lifestyle

and enjoying the beauty ofGod's creation around him.

- God's country.

It's so beautiful here.

So, you know, it's like,

you wanna get out there on the water

and just enjoy, you know,the peace and the quiet

and just, you know, it's so beautiful.

I just wish everyone wouldtake more time for God.

He is a healer.

- Boy as John described hispain, it just makes you wince,

doesn't it?

To think of that kind ofpain that you're white faced

and sweating and screaming out.

You know, God uses our painto quiet us down sometimes

to hear his voice.

And he wants to do something

right in the midst of ourneed that says, I'm here,

I know who you are, I get your need.

And so we wanna take sometime to pray for you today

just like you werepraying for John that day.

And he.

- We prayed and he prayed.

Oh, here's somebody by the way,this happened just recently.

2017, Robert ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania,

started experiencing a heart palpitation.

He was watching this programon May, the 18th of this year.

Terry said these words,

somebody has a heart condition

like your heart flutters,it's very unnerving.

God is healing thatcondition breathe evenly.

And Robert says that's me

and he began to, claimed it,and he's been healed ever since

Terry.

- That's awesome,

in December of 2020, Stevewho lives in New Vienna, Ohio

was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Several months later, whilehe was watching this program

Steve heard you Pat say,

someone has serious cancer

you've been diagnosed with cancer.

God says, look, I've got a word for you,

you will live and glorify the Lord.

Receive that word.

After claiming the wordof knowledge as his own

Steve's PSA level went from 16.20 to 0.25.

His medical team confirmed

there is no longer any sign of cancer.

- Let me tell you, that's a miracle.

You're looking at somebody that

is a prostate cancer survivor

and boy oh boy, that is a miracle.

Now we're going to pray for you right now.

And we're going to believeGod for miracles in your life,

and I believe something wonderful

is going to happen to you today.

So all I'm asking you, it's real simple,

don't fight it,

don't sit there sayingno, it can't be for me,

no, I can't get over this,

I've had this condition forso long, blah, blah, blah.

Don't believe any of this stuff.

When God says it, allyou have to do is agree.

Now Terry and I are gonna join hands,

we're gonna agree with you.

Father, in Jesus' name

how we praise you and thank you.

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you Jesus.

There's a man named George,

you've got what's called pleurisy.

And just all I'm asking youto do is take a deep breath,

cough,

and then from thatmoment on you are healed,

Terry.

- Yeah, there's someone else,

you've been diagnosed withsome kind of a condition

that really affects your mobility.

You're gonna know this is you

because you're sittingon a screened in porch

and you can smell oranges from your yard.

God's healing you.

- There's, you've got gout.

I mean, that's the conditionthat usually didn't exist much.

It's a buildup of uricacid in your extremities,

your toes hurt so bad right nowin the name of Jesus, touch.

- Someone else you've lost

your ability to smell fromthe pandemic, you had COVID.

God's restoring that to you right now,

just begin to breathe inand you're gonna be able to

just smell everything as you could before.

Thank you Lord.

- Somebody, you've been afraidsince you were a little child

I believe the name's Marcia,

and you are just scared of everything.

And this terror and the Lordis lifting that from you,

a spirit of fear is leaving you right now

in the name of Jesus we speak it.

Thank you, Lord.

Now, father for this nation,Lord, a nation divided,

as we think of the unitywe had way back in D Day

when we beat our vicious foe,

Lord unite this country, we pray,

may we exist in love andgive us whatever it takes

and we might please you as a nation

in the name of Jesus wepray and we believe it.

Thank you, Lord, amen.

- And amen.

Go to your phones, call in,

please tell us what God's done for you,

we'd love to hear it.

And if you need further prayer,

we got folks on the phone right now,

all gotta do is just pickup your phone and call in

1-800-700-7000, Terry.

- Well still to come,

a Monday round of your questionsand Pat's honest answers.

Doreen says after years ofemotional abuse, I divorced.

If I meet someone, I would liketo have a relationship with,

am I going against God byhaving a complete relationship?

See how Pat handles that hot potato,

that's coming up.

Plus, prolific actor, directorand producer Corbin Bernsen

joins us live.

He'll talk about hislatest faithbased movie

with his co-star wife, Amanda Pais.

Stay tuned for a sneakpeek of "Mary 4 Mayor"

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- And welcome back to "The 700 Club"

for this CBN Newsbreak.

Veterans, officials and military members

marked the 77th anniversaryof D-Day Sunday.

The ceremony held at an American cemetery

near Normandy, France.

D-Day veteran Charles Shay laid a wreath

to remember those who gave their lives

in the invasion ofFrance on June 6th, 1944.

On that day, more than 150,000

American, British and Canadian troops

landed on the beaches of Normandy

to liberate Europe from the Nazis.

Last month, CBN celebratedthe one-year anniversary

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The page has more than 38,000 followers

with audiences clustered around Nepal,

North East India, Bhutanand the Gulf countries,

giving pastors from 12 churches a platform

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Over the year Christians and nonbelievers

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CBN continues to inspire,encourage and guide

the Nepali speaking people digitally.

And you can find out more about what

CBN is doing around the world

by going to cbn.com/international.

Pat and Terry are back withmore of today's "700 Club"

it's coming up right after this.

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- "Mary 4 Mayor", That'sthe name of the new movie

that's the second collaboration between

Corbin Bernsen's Home TheaterFilms and Regent Pictures.

Mary is a high school student

and the current mayorshe's running against,

he's her own father.

Here's a sneak peek.

- They say I lack life experience.

One more college I won't be going to.

Read between the lines mom, I'm useless.

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- Happy birthday princess.

- Thanks dad.

- You are finally 18, andyou know what that means?

You can vote for me.

- First thing I thoughtwhen I woke up this morning.

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- Have you heard the news?

The building's been condemned.

- It's not just here,

most of main street is being condemned.

We're losing the senior home?

- It's out of my hands.

- Dad, you're the mayor.

You can do something about this.

Town isn't your marriage,

you can't just throw it allaway because times are tough

and you're done with it.

You know what?

I'm running for mayor.

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- We heard yourannouncement, it's brilliant.

- How many high schoolseniors can say they ran

an official political campaign?

- Well, it looks like wehave ourselves a mayor.

- I don't think you wanna miss it.

Please welcome back to "The700 Club" Corbin Bernsen.

It's great to have you with us Corbin.

- Great to be there with you,sort of, my good friends.

I'm sitting here in a hotelin Vancouver in quarantine,

14 day, mandatoryquarantine in a hotel room,

while I get ready to doa film and I'll tell ya,

isolation and confinement canreally make, make your brain

certainly do a lot of thinking.

- Well "Mary 4 Mayor" is acollaboration between your

Home Theater Films and Regent Pictures.

How does that partnershipwith Regent work?

- Well it's pretty simple.

I'm not sure, the first moviewe did "In-Lawfully Yours",

it developed and I think,gosh, I was talking to somebody

and they just said, I think, you know,

we could do somethingtogether here at Regent

with your company, do youhave any faith-based films?

And we did our firstfilm "In-Lawfully Yours"

and then I start, every timeI make a faith-based film

I tend to think how canI incorporate more of

the wonderful department they have there

and incorporate kids,

and in the case of "Mary 4 Mayor"

I really wanted to giveaccess to a lot of actors

who are studying theirchance to be in a real movie

and put something on their resume.

So, you know, it's designed,

but with the school of mine

and the wonderful, wonderfulthings that are taught there

on both the technical leveland the spiritual level.

- Well, what an opportunityfor the students at Regent.

Tell us about the gist of the movie.

We saw a little bit ofit there in that clip.

- Well, the gist of it, howincredibly timely it is,

I will say just very quickly,about three years ago

I was making a movie,

it was a little bit darkand we had to use fake blood

and all that stuff, wewere shooting at nights

and I'd go back to my room and go,

I've got to write something,

I've got to get out ofthis mood that I'm in.

And I said,

I'm gonna write the lightestlittle thing I possibly can.

And came up with this story

about a girl whose father is mayor,

who's now left her motherbecause of moments of crisis

and long story short,

she decides, instead ofgoing off to college,

she's gonna run for mayor against him

and ultimately reunite thefamily through this action.

And it's, and here we are now, so divided,

I mean, I've been listeningto your whole show,

by the way everything,in isolation, you know,

your brain and your gut,let me tell you something,

it does a real thing, itworks both ways, by the way.

You know your brain affects your gut.

I've listened to everypart of your show here,

and I'm so moved by it.

But yeah it just, it's a movieabout and I think it was,

you know, a little bit aheadof its time in conception to,

you know, we have to heal.

I mean, I pray every, youknow, every day I wake up,

and I have my green tea and I sit and I,

I give gratitude for threeincredible things in my life

and I asked God, I say, God, please,

it brings me to tears,God, please heal us.

It destroys me, what'shappening to us as people.

And it destroys me.

- Power and politics, power and politics.

And you've got the both in this movie.

So you're really in your way addressing

what we're dealing with as a culture.

- Very much so,

and I'm gonna relay a personal experience,

I don't know if Pat issitting there with you,

I can't see anything.

God bless you, Pat.

You know, I come from a background where

there's a lot of thingsyou might not approve of,

and there are people that I'm around and

or things that are saidin the name of God,

by a lot of people, not you,but you know that, you know,

people go out and wanted part of that.

And there was a day when wewere doing "In-Lawfully Yours"

and we were doing a screening at Regent

and I came out on thestage and Pat introduced me

and gave me a hug,

and I'll tell you, it changed my life.

Here's a man who I thought, you know,

I might probably be opposedto, I guess, you know,

for a lot of things I used to do and say,

and there was this hug

and it was such a warmthand it was such a symbol of

all that stuff is so meaningless

when you talk about humanhearts beating so close together

and loving one anotherand looking past all that.

And I relay that story so manytimes it changed me and Pat,

I don't know if you're hearing this

but it changed my life.

And it was such a moment of

there are no divisions,

there are no divisions.

We're all one, we're allGod's children you know.

- And now, here you are collaborating

with Regent University.

- And I continue to do so every time.

Not every film I think of,

I would put under theterms of faith-based.

They're always are aboutthe human condition,

they're always about God's love.

They may not be in the vernacular and,

you know certain framework

that you would put a faith based film,

I do tend to explore off a bit further.

And sometimes, you know,

I believe God's purpose forme, and believe me again,

quarantine drives youto do a lot of thinking,

you know, is be able to reach that person

who just can't give God a chance,

can't give Christ a chance,

can't give the good word a chance.

And it's my purpose to reach across,

and if I have to do itthrough a certain kind of film

or language or context toexpose his light and his love,

I'll do it.

And I keep asking God,every time I start a film

that I feel is outsidethe faith-based world,

I say, God, is it okay?

And I hear go.

Be true, be true to your heart,

love and go.

- Well Corbin I wanna tellpeople that the movie,

this latest is "Mary 4 Mayor"

and people can go to cbn.com

to find out more where you cansee it when you can see it.

What we want to encourageyou to do is to see it.

You don't want to missone of Corbin Bernsen's

wonderful, wonderful movies.

Thank you so much, it'sgreat to have you with us.

- Thank you.

- Aha, well, since that interview,

Tani has reached a newmiracle in his career.

At the age of 10, he achievedthe title of national master

at the Fairfield CountyChess Club Championship

in Connecticut last month.

Not sure about all ofthat, but still ahead,

Pat's gonna return to the hot seat

for another round of your email questions.

John says this,

Jesus said that by believing in him,

were drafted into theolive tree of Israel.

My roommate says that means we're Jews.

Pat, explain what that really means.

We've got your questions

and he's got honest answersand it's all coming up.

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- Amputate the leg,

that's what doctors told theparents of a six year old

after he broke his thighbone.

His father said no way,

what choice did he really have?

You're about to find out

- [Narrator] When Williewrecked his bicycle,

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His parents rushed himto the closest hospital.

- At the first hospital,no one was qualified.

They told us they mighthave to amputate his leg.

I would rather let my own leg be amputated

than see my son without a leg.

- My leg hurts so bad.

I prayed to God to take my pain away.

- Here in Burundi, if Williewas five years old or younger

the government would pay

for a hundred percent of his medical care.

But because he's six,

it's all out of pocket for his parents.

Then the family cameto Kabuye Hope Hospital

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Some of the best doctorsin the region work here.

Instead of amputating his leg,

doctors inserted a rod into the bone.

Operation Blessing paid for the surgery.

- May God bless you for helping us.

It is truly a miracle.

- [Narrator] In a matterof just a few months,

Willie fully recovered.

- My leg is strong again.

I can walk, run, play, and even dance now.

Thank you for fixing my leg.

I feel so much better.

May God bless you forwhat you have done for me.

- Isn't that amazing.

Don't you feel good about that?

You know, you really feel good to think

that little boy wouldhave been going around

as a one-legged cripple.

And now because of the little bit of money

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Okay.

- Some questions.

- Let's go for it.

- Okay, this is Doreen who says

I lost my first husband when he was 48.

He was physically abusive,

but I remained there for my children.

I remarried a few years later

and after 10 years of emotionalabuse, I am divorced at 58.

I no longer desire marriage,at least anytime soon.

But if I meet someone

I would like to have a relationship with,

am I going against God byhaving a complete relationship

and will I be forgiven?

I pray God sends me someone good this time

because I just can't handleanother bad relationship.

- Doreen, you know, whereI'd start with that is

ask yourself,

how come I had two bad marriages?

Is because I wanted to

get involved withsomebody who was an abuser

or was there something wrong with me?

You wanna ask that

before you get involved with anybody else?

I think you'll do a self analysis.

And then the question is, you know,

what grounds did you have the last time?

Did they make it impossibleto live with you?

Were they committing adultery?

Was your marriage relationship broken up?

I don't know, you didn't tell me.

So I think for you to be involvedin a healthy relationship

where you'll be happythe rest of your life,

I think the Lord would like that for you

but I don't know,

but as I say, do an inventory first,

how come those firsttwo marriages blew up?

You know?

And then, what reasonwas it that they ended?

Do you have biblical grounds,

and if you do have biblical grounds,

then getting marriedagain is not gonna hurt,

but I wouldn't get into one

the way you are right now.

- Hey, this is John who says,

Jesus said that by believing in him,

we're drafted into theolive tree of Israel.

My roommate said that means we're Jews.

Pat please explain what it really is.

- Well the olive tree comes outof Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The promises that Godmade to his people, Israel

along the way, you know,

by you all the nations ofthe earth will be blessed.

And so by faith, we are grafted in,

but that doesn't mean we all become Jews.

That's not what it says at all.

And you know, to think, Imean, what does that mean?

I mean, Paul says I doanything with my whole,

my relatives after theflesh would be saved.

But no, you don't become aJew when you get grafted,

then you begin to take of the promises

that were made to the people of Israel.

That's what, you were a wild tree,

now you're part of thefamily of God,that's all

- Patricia wants to know,

Jesus said, no man havingput his hand to the plow

and looking back is fitfor the kingdom of God.

My question is, if I look back on things

that have happened in my life,

does that mean I won't go to heaven?

- No, no, it really doesn't.

It means you have set out asyou're gonna live for God,

and now you've changed your mind,

you're gonna go back the other way.

And he's not talking about the fact that

you review some of thebad stuff in your life

and that's not what he means at all.

I'm sorry we don't have more time,

but thank you so much for those questions.

Today's Power Minute isfrom Proverbs chapter 19.

If you help the poor, youare lending to the Lord

and he will repay you.

Well tomorrow what happenswhen the pink bag ladies

invade a strip club?

Woo, see you with that tomorrow.

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