[YELLING]
Gordon: AS GREECE
BURNS, A NEW POWER RISES.
THE COUNTRY IS BEING
LOST.
Gordon: ONE THAT MAY
SEEM FAMILIAR TO EASTERN
EUROPE.
AND THEN A LIVE PERFORMANCE
FROM GRAMMY-WINNER ISRAEL
HOTEN, ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
TODAY WE START OFF WITH SOME
GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE
ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A SURPRISE NUMBER ON
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
TODAY.
IT FELL TO 7.8%, AND THAT'S
THAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER
SINCE JANUARY OF 2009.
Terry: AND THE JOBLESS
RATE COULD BE A KEY FACTOR
IN WHO GETS THE WHITE HOUSE
JOB FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: UNEMPLOYMENT
HAD BEEN STUCK ABOVE 8% FOR
MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF
YEARS, THE LONGEST STRETCH
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
FOR MOST AMERICANS, THE WEAK
ECONOMY IS EASILY THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE ECONOMY ALWAYS
MATTERS TO PEOPLE.
THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT UP
THERE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP ONES.
I NEED TO KNOW WHICHEVER
ONE IS ACTUALLY LISTENING TO
THE AVERAGE PERSON.
THE ONE WHO HAS A FIXED
INCOME.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA SAYS HE NEEDS MORE
TIME TO FIX THE ECONOMY
BECAUSE OF THE MESS HE
INHERITED.
President Obama: WHEN I
WALKED INTO THE OVAL OFFICE,
I HAD MORE THAN A TRILLION
DOLLAR DEFICIT GREETING ME.
AND WE KNOW WHERE IT CAME
FROM.
TWO WARS THAT WERE PAID FOR
ON A CREDIT CARD.
TWO TAX CUTS THAT WERE NOT
PAID FOR.
AND THEN A MASSIVE ECONOMIC
CRISIS.
Reporter: BUT MITT
ROMNEY TOLD THE PRESIDENT
HIS PLANS ARE BAD FOR JOBS.
YOU RAISE TAXES, AND YOU
KILL JOBS.
MY PRIORITY IS PUTTING
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK IN
AMERICA.
THEY'RE SUFFERING IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE'VE GOT 23 MILLION PEOPLE
OUT OF WORK.
Reporter: THE ECONOMY
IS GROWING TOO SLOWLY FOR
BUSINESSES TO ADD NEW
EMPLOYEES.
MANY COMPANIES ARE ALSO
WAITING TO SEE THE OUTCOME
OF THE ELECTION.
MANY U.S. COMPANIES ARE
RELUCTANT TO STEP UP HIRING
OR INVESTING BECAUSE OF THE
YEAR-END FISCAL CLIP, THAT'S
WHEN STEEP SPENDING CUTS AND
TAXES ARE SCHEDULED TO
EFFECT.
UNLESS CONGRESS POSTPONES
THE CUTS, THE ECONOMY COULD
BE PUSHED INTO A PROBLEM.
THE ECONOMY WILL LIKELY BE
ON MOST VOTERS MINDS ON
ELECTION DAY.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Gordon: WELL, THERE IS
GOOD NEWS OUT OF THIS
REPORT.
THE ONLY BAD PART OF IT IS
THE NUMBER OF PART-TIME
WORKERS WENT UP
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE'LL SEE A LOT OF SPIN AND
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TALK
AND POLITICS GOING ON ABOUT
THIS.
WE'LL HAVE ONE GROUP OF
PEOPLE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT POLITICS AND POLITICAL
CANDIDATES THIS WEEKEND,
EVEN THOUGH THE I.R.S. SAYS
THEY CAN'T.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: SOME 1400 PASTORS
WILL ENDORSE CANDIDATES FROM
THEIR PULPITS THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS CALLED "PULPIT FREEDOM
SUNDAY."
ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THE
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM,
LAUNCHED THE EVENT IN 2008.
IT IS A DIRECT CHALLENGE
FROM INTERNAL REVENUE RULES
THAT PROHIBIT PASTORS FROM
BACKING A CANDIDATE.
THE I.R.S. STOPPED
INVESTIGATIONS AFTER A COURT
CASE IN
2009, AND IT IS
DEVELOPING NEW PROCEDURES
BEFORE IT DOES ANYMORE.
A JUDGE SAYS CHEERLEADERS AT
A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL CAN
CONTINUE USING BIBLE VERSES
ON THEIR BANNERS FOR TWO
MORE WEEKS.
COONT'S COUNTY BANNED.
STEVE THOMAS EXTENDED A
TEMPORARY ORDER THAT WAS
GRANTED LAST MONTH TO ALLOW
THE BANNERS.
HE SAYS HE STILL NEEDS MORE
TIME TO ISSUE A FINAL
RULING.
RULING.
FINAL.
> RULING.
Lee: A HEARING IN THE
CASE IS SET FOR
OCTOBER 18th, AND WE'LL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON THIS
STORY.
A SECOND FEDERAL LAW SUIT
HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST
CALIFORNIA'S NEW LAW BANNING
THERAPY FOR TEENAGERS WHO DO
NOT WANT SAME-SEX
ATTRACTIONS.
BEGINNING JANUARY 1st,
PROFESSIONAL THERAPISTS
CANNOT TELL ANYONE UNDER THE
AGE OF 18 THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THEIR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
THE LIBERTY FILED THE SUIT
ON BEHALF OF TWO PARENTS
WHO'S SONS WANT THE
THERAPY.
FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, THE
STANTON HEALTH CARE CLINIC
HAS BEEN OFFERING FREE
ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION IN
BOISE, IDAHO.
THE CLINIC IS LOCATED A FEW
FEET AWAY FROM THE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
STANTON SAYS THE WORK IS
PAYING UF AN MIRACULOUS
WAYS.
Reporter: THE
COLLEAGUES OFFER ALMOST
EVERYTHING, EXCEPT
ABORTIONS, THAT YOU CAN GET
AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD, BUT
FOR FREE.
THE THING IS, IF YOU DON'T
CHARGE FOR ABORTIONS AND THE
LIKE, AS PLANNED PARENTHOOD,
IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE PAYING
OFF YOUR $250,000 MORTGAGE.
IT CAME ABOUT AFTER THE
OFFER OF A SPECIAL GRANT.
THE $80,000 CHALLENGE
GRANT TO PAY OFF THE
BUILDING AFTER WE RAISED
$170,000.
BUT IT WAS UNDER THE
CONDITION WE HAVE ONE YEAR
TO DO IT.
Reporter: AND NOW
THEY'RE COMPLETELY DEBT-FREE
AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS.
WE OWN OUR BUILDING
OUTRIGHT.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NEXT TO
US HAS A $400,000 MORTGAGE
ON THEIR BUILDING.
Reporter: CBN NEWS IT
WAS INTERVIEWING SOMEONE
RIGHT DOWNTOWN.
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BOUGHT STANTON A STATE OF
STATE-OF-THE-ART
ULTRASOUND.
AND THEN GAVE THEM A MOBILE
MEDICAL CENTER, SO THEY CAN
TAKE THAT ULTRASOUND ALL
OVER THE STATE.
WE KNOW PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HAS TRIED TO
OPENED UP CENTERS AROUND
IDAHO, AND THEY WANT TO GET
TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO GET TO THEM
FIRST.
WE WANT TO BE THAT FIRST
RESPONSE FOR THOSE GIRLS
FACING UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY
SO THEY FULLY GET THE
SUPPORT.
Reporter: BRANDY TOLD
CBN NEWS ABOUT A RECENT
PARTICULARLY CLOSE SAVE.
A WOMAN CALLED STANTON FROM
NEXT DOOR, RIGHT AROUND
9:00 A.M., TO SEE WHAT
STANTON OFFERED FOR FREE.
AND SHE SAID...
I'M HERE WITH MY
DAUGHTER, AND SHE IS
SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN
ABORTION AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AT 9:50 A.M.
WE ARE PLANNING ON GOING IN
THERE, BUT I WANTED TO CALL
AND SEE WHAT YOU PROVIDED AT
NO CHARGE.
Reporter: THE CLINIC
MANAGER TALKED THE MOTHER
AND DAUGHTER INTO VISITING
STANTON RIGHT AWAY.
THAT YOUNG WOMAN ENDED UP
CHOOSING LIFE, AND SHE
WALKED NEXT DOOR TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, AND SHE
CANCELLED HER APPOINTMENT TO
HAVE AN ABORTION.
THE LAST THING THEY SAW, OUR
SIGN, BEFORE THEY WENT TO
GET THE ABORTION, AND THAT
WAS ENOUGH TO CHANGE THEIR
HEART.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Lee: THAT'S A GREAT
STORY.
AND HERE IS ANOTHER STORYP
GOD'S KINGDOM BEING
EXPANDED, THE OWNERS OF A
STORE IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS HAVE GIVEN IT
AWAY.
IT IS A PREP SCHOOL FOUNDED
BY D.L. MOODY BACK IN 1979.
THE FAMILY THAT OWNS "HOBBY
LOBBY," BOUGHT THE PROPERTY
YEARS AGO AND RESTORED IT.
THEIR GOAL, TO FIND A
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WILLING TO
USE THE CAMPUS FOR GOD'S
GLORY.
THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO
BRING SOMEBODY TO THIS
CAMPUS THAT WOULD HONOR THAT
TRADITION AND BE ABLE TO
HAVE AN IMPACT IN THIS WORLD
WITH A CHRISTIAN PURPOSE IS
WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO BE
ABLE TO DO, AND WE'RE
EXCITED THAT WE BELIEVE
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY WILL
BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE WERE VERY HUMBLED.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL BE
A BIG CHALLENGE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
Lee: DR. MULLER SAYS
THEY HOPE TO BEGIN CLASSES
IN THE FALL OF 2014.
THIS IS NOT THE GREEN
FAMILY'S FIRST FORAY INTO
HIGHER EDUCATION.
THEY BAILED OUT ORAL
ROBERT'S UNIVERSITY A FEW
YEARS AGO, AND NOW THAT
CAMPUS IS THRIVING AGAIN.
AS THEY HAVE FOR THE PAST 10
YEARS, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD WILL GATHER FOR AN
ANNUAL EVENT BASED ON PSALM
122: 6: "PRAY FOR THE PEACE
OF JERUSALEM."
AND CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: THIS WEEK
THOUSANDS GRADUATED IN
JERUSALEM'S LARGEST
AUDITORIUM TO PRAY BEFORE
SUNDAY'S MAIN EVENT.
THEY CAME FROM MANY NATIONS,
BUT SHARED A COMMON GOAL.
WE HAVE TO STAND AS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH
ISRAEL.
AND NOT ONLY STAND WITH THEM
AND PRAY WITH THEM, BUT WE
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A VERY
GOOD EVENT TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW THE IMPLEMENT OF
PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE OF
JERUSALEM.
IT MEANS PRAY FOR THE
PEOPLE, AND IT MEANS PRAYING
FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.
I THINK IT IS THE HEART
OF GOD.
I THINK THE PEACE OF
JERUSALEM IS THE BASE OF OUR
PRAYERS.
Reporter: CO-FOUNDER
ROBERT STERN SAYS THE WORLD
IS OFTEN CONFUSED ABOUT
JERUSALEM, BUT NOT THOSE WHO
BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU
ABSOLUTELY ARE VERY CLEAR
ABOUT JERUSALEM.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL ARE A
COVENANT OF THE PEOPLE OF
GOD, AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
NOW AND FOREVER.
Reporter: BECAUSE OF
THE JEWISH HOLLYWOOD,
ORGANIZERS HELD THE MEETING
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
BUT THE EVENT WILL BE
BROADCAST GLOBALLY ON SUNDAY
WITH MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS,
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHURCHES JOINING IN TO PRAY
FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Lee: AND FOR MORE ON
THIS, LET'S GO BACK TO
GORDON.
Gordon: THIS SUNDAY,
SET ASIDE TIME.
BE SURE TO DO THAT AND JOIN
IN THE PRAYER FOR ISRAEL.
THEY'RE NOW FACING THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN
EGYPT.
IN SINAI, THEY'RE FACING
RADICAL GROUPS RIGHT IN THE
WEST BANK, AND IN THE GAZA
STRIP, THEY'RE FACING
CONTINUED -- ALMOST EVERY
WEEK THERE IS A NEW THREAT
COMING OUT OF IRAN, THAT
THEY WANT TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF
THE MAP.
WE NEED TO PRAY, AND PRAY
FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM,
THAT GOD WILL PROTECT THEM.
AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR CAMPAIGN TO PRAY RIGHT
HERE, FOR AMERICA.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MIDDLE IN
YOUR PRAYER REQUEST, JUST
CALL US.
THERE IS STILL TIME.
1-800-759-0700.
AND WE'LL BE ADDING YOUR
REQUESTS TO THE FLAG BEHIND
US, AND PRAYING FOR THEM AND
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I'VE GOT SOME PRAYER
REQUESTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ME.
THIS ONE IS ON THE TOP.
TO BE A NATION THAT STANDS
WITH ISRAEL.
AND PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR OUR
PRESIDENT, AND WE CERTAINLY
AGREE WITH THAT, AND ALL
THOSE IN LEADERSHIP.
WHAT DO
YOU HAVE?
Terry: THIS PERSON IS
SAYING THAT THE UNITED
STATES WOULD
MAKE MORE GOODS
AND REDUCE OUR NEEDS FOR
IMPORTED GOODS.
AND THIS PERSON SAYS, PLEASE
PRAY FOR THE SENSELESS
VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD JOIN
WITH THAT.
Gordon: LET'S PRAY FOR
ISRAEL AND AMERICA, AND LIFT
YOUR REQUESTS UP TO THE
LORD.
LORD, WE JOIN WITH ALL OF
THOSE PRAYING FOR ISRAEL,
AND WE JOIN IN YOUR
COMMANDMENT TO PRAY FOR THE
PEACE OF ISRAEL.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOUR
PEACE, YOUR SHAL SHALOM,
WOULD BE BE THERE.
THAT YOU WOULD LIFT UP YOUR
COUNTENANCE AND THAT YOUR
FACE WOULD SHINE UPON THEM,
AND YOU GIVE THEM PEACE.
WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS NO
PEACE.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE TO
BE THERE, AND THAT YOU WOULD
CAUSE YOUR FACE TO SHINE
THERE, AND GIVE THEM PEACE.
AND NOW, LORD, FOR AMERICA,
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM IN
CONGRESS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR UNITY,
THAT THERE WOULD NO LONGER
BE A PARTISAN DIVIDE.
BUT WE PRAY FOR UNITY, THAT
JOINTLY WE COULD JOIN HANDS
TOGETHER AND ONCE AGAIN BE
ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND
SEEK TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS
JOINTLY.
LORD, BE WITH US, UNIFY US,
AND GIVE US YOUR PEACE.
FOR WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN
WITH US, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS CALL US.
1-800-759-0700.
THERE IS ALSO A PLACE ON
cbn.com, WHERE IF YOU WANT
TO POST YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS, YOU CAN.
Terry: AND PAT HAS PUT
TOGETHER A GREAT BOOK FOR
ALL OF US AS WE PRAY FOR OUR
NATION.
IT'S CALLED "STEPS TO
REVIVAL IN AMERICA."
IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED
THIS, CALL THAT TOLL-FREE
NUMBER THAT IS ON YOUR
SCREEN, AND JUST SAY I WOULD
LIKE TO GET A COPY OF "STEPS
FOR REVIVAL IN AMERICA."
IN THE 1930s, THE GERMANS
TURNED TO THE NAZIS, AND
TODAY THE GREEKS MAY BE
DOING THE SAME THING.
THE GREEKS ARE FEELING
LESS IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN
LIVES.
ANYWHERE THAT HAPPENS, YOU
HAVE A RISE IN THESE KINDS
OF THINGS.
Terry: FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT THE GROUP "GOLDEN
DAWN," AND WHAT THEY HAVE
PLANNED FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
THAT'S NEXT.
Gordon: WELL, ADOLPH
HITLER ROSE OUT OF THE ASHES
OF GERMANY'S ECONOMIC
DISASTER IN THE 1920S.
AND TODAY GREECE IS ALSO
SUFFERING THROUGH A TERRIBLE
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
AND NOW IT IS FACING THE
RISK OF A GROWING NEONAZI
MOVEMENT.
Reporter: IN THE GREEK
TOWN OF ATHENA, MEMBERS OF
"GOLD DAWN" MARCH INTO A
STORE TO SELL THEIR WEARS.
THEY CHECK FOR BUSINESS
PERMITS, AND THEN DESTROYS
THE STANDS OF THOSE WHO
CAN'T PRODUCE A DOCUMENT.
ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE
RAID SAID THEY DID IT TO
HONOR THE VIRGIN MARY.
AND ON A TALK SHOW, A MEMBER
OF THE "GOLD DAWN" THROWS
WATER IN THE FACE OF ONE.
THE SIGHT OF A MAN HITTING A
WOMAN COST THEM IN THE
POLLS, BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY
REBOUNDED.
GOLDEN DAWN IS RISING UP.
GREEKS ARE FACING AN ACUTE
SHORTAGE OF JOBS, FOOD,
MEDICINE, AND LEADERSHIP.
GREEKS WANT A SAVIOR.
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HAVE
CAUSED MORE AND MORE GREEKS
TO LOSE FAITH IN THE
POLITICAL CLA CLASS, AND
THEY'RE LOOKING ELSEWHERE
FOR CHANGES.
NOTHING CHANGES.
ONLY WITH A REVOLUTION CAN
THINGS CHANGE.
IF THIS POLITICAL SYSTEM
DOES NOT CHANGE, GREECE WILL
NOT MOVE FORWARD.
Reporter: UNEMPLOYMENT
AMONG YOUNG ADULTS HAS HIT
AN INCREDIBLE 55%.
AND EXPERTS FEAR A REPLAY OF
THE 1930s, WHEN A
DEPRESSION IN GERMANY HELPED
USHER HITLER INTO POWER.
THE OFFICIAL RATE IS BETWEEN
10% AND 12%, BUT IT IS
PROBABLY HIGHER.
IN A NATION WHERE
POLITICIANS DON'T SEEM TO
HAVE AN ANSWER TO A CRISIS
THAT BROUGHT GREECE TO ITS
KNEES, THE APPEAL OF GOLDEN
DAWN IS IT HAS AN ANSWER,
EVEN IF IT IS THE WRONG
ANSWER.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Reporter: GOLDEN DAWN
HAS BEGUN TO TAKE
ON SOME
GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS, EVEN
GIVING OUT FOOD.
GREEK POLICE WHO REPORTEDLY
SUPPORT GOLDEN DAWN IN LARGE
NUMBERS, ARE TELLING
CITIZENS WHO NEED HELP TO GO
TO GOLDEN DAWN.
BUT FOR IMAGES AND REFUGEES,
GOLDEN DAWN IS A NIGHTMARE.
WE INTERVIEWED IMMIGRANTS
WHO HIDE IN THEIR APARTMENT
TO KEEP FROM BEING
ATTACKED.
THEY ESCAPED FROM
AFGHANISTAN, BUT NOW WANT TO
GO HOME.
AND SAY COMING TO GREECE WAS
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THEY
HAVE EVER MADE.
THIS
IS
VERY BAD.
YOU CAN IMAGINE ONE
POLITICAL PARTY GOING OUT
WITH KNIVES.
THIS IS POLITICS?
THIS IS NOT POLITICS.
Reporter: AT THE
GLEFADA CENTER, HE AND HIS
WIFE MINISTER TO
IMMIGRANTS.
THE PEOPLE YOU TALK WITH,
THEY HAVE A FEAR WHICH THEY
DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
THEY'RE HESITANT TO COME OUT
OF THEIR HOUSES BECAUSE NOW
SUDDENLY SOMEBODY MIGHT COME
UP AND BEAT THEM UP.
Reporter: THE FEAR IS
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL
GET SO BAD, THAT GREEKS WILL
CHOOSE A NEW RADICAL WAY,
THE WAY OF GOLDEN DAWN.
I THINK THERE IS A
GROWING FRUSTRATION, THE
SENSE THAT THE COUNTRY IS
BEING LOST.
WHETHER IT IS BEING LOST TO
FOREIGNERS OR BEING LOST TO
HISTORY.
Reporter: AT GLEFADAN
CENTER, THEY MINISTER THAT
THE SOCIETY IS BREAKING
DOWN.
AND TO CHURCH MEMBERS WHO
COULD BE AS RISK TO FAR
RIGHT VIOLENCE.
GREEKS ARE FEELING IN
LESS CONTROL OF THEIR OWN
LIVES.
ANYWHERE THAT HAPPENS, I
THINK YOU HAVE A RISE IN
THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE KEPT TALKING IN THE
CHURCH, THERE IS NO CRISIS
WITH GOD.
WE REALLY MUST TRUST HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS PROMISED US
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO
TO BED BEGGING BREAD.
THAT WE WILL HAVE WHAT WE
NEED FOR THE DAY.
Reporter: DANGEROUS
TIMES COULD BE AHEAD FOR
THESE CHRISTIANS AND FOR A
LOT OF GREEKS IF GOLDEN DAWN
EVER RISES TO POWER.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS, ATHENS.
Gordon: THERE ARE A LOT
OF LESSONS FROM GREEKS.
YOU GO BACK 2500 YEARS.
THE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY, AND
THE GREEK CITY STATES, AND
THEY LEARNED THE HARD WAY,
THAT ONCE IN A DEMOCRACY,
ONCE THE PEOPLE FIGURE OUT
THAT THEY CAN VOTE
THEMSELVES THE TREASURY,
THAT THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
IS THE NEXT THING THAT
HAPPENS, AND FOLLOWING THE
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, THERE IS
TIERNY.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT REPEATED
IN HISTORY AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
AS SOON AS THE GOVERNMENT
GETS OUT OF CONTROL IN
SPENDING AND TRYING TO MAKE
EVERYBODY IN THE POPULATION
HAPPY -- IT HAPPENED IN
ROME, AND IT HAS HAPPENED IN
EUROPE, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING
IT, YET AGAIN.
ONCE YOU HAVE THAT, ONCE YOU
HAVE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE,
CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT IS THE
NEXT THING TO COME.
AND USUALLY THAT CHANGE IS
VERY BAD BECAUSE IT MEANS A
DICTATOR COMES TO POWER.
TERRY?
Terry: A SOBERING
REPORT.
UP NEXT, THE BIGGEST ALBUM
YET FROM THE LARGEST CHURCH
IN THE NATION.
LAKEWOOD.
ISRAEL HOTEN PERFORMS FOR US
LIVE WHEN WE COME BACK.
Terry: IT'S BEEN FIVE
YEARS SINCE ISRAEL HOTEN
LAST RECORDED A LIVE ALBUM
WITH "NEW BREED," BUT DON'T
SAY HE HAS BEEN ON HIATUS.
HE HAS WON BACK-TO-BACK
GRAMMYS AND PERFORMED IN 700
CONCERTS, AND LED WORSHIP
AROUND THE WORLD.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: ISRAEL HOTEN
HAS LED THOUSANDS THROUGH
THIS MUSIC, BOTH IN HIS
MUSIC CAREER AND AT LAKEWOOD
CHURCH, JOEL OSTEEN'S CHURCH
IN TEXAS.
NOW FOLLOWING TWO
BACK-TO-BACK SOLO ALBUMS,
ISRAEL RETURNS WITH "NEW
BREED" FOR THEIR FIRST LIVE
RECORDING IN TWO YEARS,
"JESUS AT THE CENTER."
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB,"
ISRAEL HOTEN.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE
BACK.
THANK YOU.
Terry: YOU HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL NEW PROJECT, AND
WE'RE GOING TO TELL FOLKS
ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THE TITLE OF YOUR NEW
ALBUM IS "JESUS AT THE
CENTER."
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THAT?
I THINK THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF IT IS GETTING BACK TO THE
SIMPLEST OF THIS GOSPEL.
SOMETIMES WE GO ON A QUEST
FOR SOMETHING SO DEEP, WE
ALMOST FOCUS ON IT AND
FORGET JESUS.
WE CAME INTO THE RIDING OF
THESE SONGS SAYING WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO METAPHOR
GOSPEL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
PRONOUN GOSPEL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JESUS.
IT IS NOT HIDDEN.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN
AMAZING HOW WHEN I DID OTHER
RECORDS THAT WEREN'T AS
JESUS CENTRIC, YOU KNOW,
BIGGER NETWORKS ARE LIKE,
YEAH, COME ON OUR SHOW.
NOW YOU PUT A RECORD OUT
"JESUS AT THE CENTER," AND
THEY'RE LIKE, WE'LL SEE YOU
ON THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS
FINE WITH ME.
I KNOW WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO
AND I'M HAPPY TO BE DOING
IT.
Terry: SPEAKING OF
BEING CALLED TO DO, AS A
WORSHIP LEADER, YOU SAY YOU
SHOULD SEE THROUGH THEM.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
I'M ALSO A PUBLISHER AND
A SONGWRITER AND I OWN A
RECORD COMPANY, SO I HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO, SORT OF
THE MARKETING PART OF IT,
BUT WHEN I'M LEADING
WORSHIP, IT CAN'T BE ABOUT
ME.
SO IT'S A WEIRD -- IT'S A
STRANGE QUEST FOR BALANCE
THERE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, I'M AN
USHER.
I WANT TO USHER PEOPLE INTO
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
Terry: THAT'S A GOOD
WORD FOR IT.
ONE OF YOUR RECENT RELEASES
HAS BEEN ABOUT GLOBAL AND
SOCIAL CONCERNS.
WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED TO DO
THAT?
WELL, VERY SIMPLY, I
THINK US, IN THE WESTERN
WESTERNIZED CHURCH, IF WE'RE
NOT CAREFUL, WE WILL FORGET
WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AND
A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS.
WE'RE WELL-FED, SO TO
SPEAK.
SO I CAN GET -- I HAVE THE
TENDENCY TO GET COMFORTABLE
PRETTY EASILY.
I HEARD BILL HIBEL SAY YEARS
AGO, IT IS GOOD FOR EVERY
LEADER TO SMELL MISSIONS
EVERY -- ONCE A YEAR.
LET IT GET INTO YOUR SENSES,
LET IT GET UNDER YOUR
FINGERNAILS A LITTLE BIT.
ROMANS 15 SAYS, IN THE
MESSAGE TRANSLATION, THE
STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE IS FOR
SERVICE, NOT STATUS.
SO WHATEVER PLATFORM I'VE
BEEN GIVEN IS NOT SO I CAN
GO, HEY, I'M ON THE
PLATFORM, LOOK AT ME, AND
ACHIEVING NOTORITY, BUT IT
IS REALIZING WHATEVER THAT
INFLUENCE IS STRENGTHENS ME
TO SERVE OTHERS.
Terry: AND WITH OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS LEADERS
COMES, OR SHOULD COULD, A
CONCERN ABOUT THINGS THAT
ARE SOCIALLY IMPACTING ANY
GROUP OF PEOPLE, OR GLOBALLY
IMPACTING ANY PART OF THE
WORLD.
SO ALL OF THAT MATTERS.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THE GREATEST JOY OF MY LIFE
IS WATCHING THE LIGHTS COME
ON IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND NOT JUST SAYING, THAT'S
A GREAT SONG AND I'LL BE BE
OFF TO THE NEXT CITY, BUT
REALLY MAKING A DEPOSIT IN
PEOPLE.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I
SHARED SOMETHING ABOUT MY
MOM.
AND YOU ASKED HAS ANYBODY
STAYED IN TOUCH WITH THE
LADY THAT LED YOUR MOTHER TO
THE LORD.
AND I SAID, WE'VE TRIED, AND
WE LOST TOUCH AFTER YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND YOU SAID THIS, I'M GOING
TO PRAY THAT SHE IS WATCHING
THIS BROADCAST.
Terry: DON'T TELL ME.
LISTEN.
TWO WEEKS LATER, TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT BROADCAST, WE GOT
A LETTER IN THE MAIL, AND IT
SAID, "I WAS WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB," AND WHEN TERRY
SAID I HOPE THIS WOMAN IS
WATCHING," SHE SAID I FELT
LIKE I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
AND LITERALLY THAT WEEK THE
LEADER USED JOEL OSTEEN'S
STORY.
AND SHE SAID IF IT WAS
OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, I
REMEMBER THIS AND THIS, AND
IT WAS HER.
Terry: NO WAY.
SO WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME
FOOTAGE OF US SITTING DOWN,
MY MOTHER AND HER.
THERE IS THE FOOTAGE RIGHT
THERE.
THEY MET AND WE HAD THIS
BEAUTIFUL REUNION BECAUSE OF
THIS SHOW.
BECAUSE YOU SAID I'M GOING
TO PRAY THAT THIS WOMAN IS
WATCHING THE SHOW.
SO IT WAS A BIG DREAM FOR ME
COMING TRUE.
Terry: BECAUSE YOUR MOM
WHO IS INSTRUMENTAL IN YOU
BECOMING A MUSICIAN --
THAT'S RIGHT.
Terry: AND AT ONE
POINT, BY THE STATE, WAS
SAID TO BE AN UNFIT MOTHER.
AND SHE CONTEMPLATED
ABORTION?
SHE CONTEMPLATED
ABORTION, AND THEY WANT
WANTED TO PUT ME IN THE
FOSTER SYSTEM -- SHE WAS 17
YEARS OLD AND MESSED UP ON
DRUGS, BUT GOD WAS SO
MIRACULOUS, AND USING THIS
SWEET LATER, CHARLENE BYRD,
TO CROSS THE STREET AND
LITERALLY CHANGE THE WORLD.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE
THINK I HAVE TO HAVE A
PASSPORT AND CROSS THE WORLD
INTO CHINA OR HAITI TO
REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD, AND
SHE PROVED YOU CAN CROSS THE
STREET AND MAKE THAT
DIFFERENCE.
Terry: AND THAT'S WHAT
A LOT OF THE MESSAGE YOU
SHARE WITH ALL OF US IS,
THAT WE NEED TO BE OUT TO
CHANGE THE WORLD BECAUSE OF
THE CHRIST WHO LIVES WITHIN
US.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS RELEASE.
YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, I
KNOW.
I'VE BEEN AT LAKEWOOD FOR
11 AND A HALF YEARS, AND
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
DONE A LIVE RECORDING.
Terry: I LOVE LIVE.
(RECOR RECORDINGS BECAUSE
THERE IS SO MANY ENERGY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO INTO
THE STUDIO, YOU'VE GOT TIME
TO WORK IT OUT.
LIVE, YOU'RE JUMPING AND YOU
HOPE IT CONNECTS.
FOR ME, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A
BIT OF A HOME-COURT
ADVANTAGE IN THE SENSE A LOT
OF SONGS WE'VE BEEN TEACHING
OVER THE LAST YEAR BEFORE WE
RECORDED THEM.
SO THEY WERE SORT IN THE
LIFE OF THE CHURCH.
Terry: WE COULDN'T HAVE
YOU HERE WITHOUT ASKING YOU
TO SING.
I'M GOING TO RELEASE YOU TO
GO OVER THERE AND GET
READY.
HOW EXCITING TO HEAR THAT
STORY ABOUT HOW GOD ANSWERED
THAT PRAYER.
AND I CAN'T THANK YOU
ENOUGH FOR PRAYING THAT
PRAYER.
Terry: PRAISE THE
LORD.
THIS BEAUTIFUL RELEASE IS
CALLED "JESUS AT THE
CENTER."
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
MUSIC IS SOLD.
IT COMES AS A DOUBLE C.D.
FEATURING 20 SONGS, AND IT
IS ALSO A D.V.D.
LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE
FROM ISRAEL, CHECK OUT OUR
"BEHIND THE SCENES" SITE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, FOR ALL OF
US, HERE IS ISRAEL HOTEN
WITH THE SONG "JESUS AT THE
CENTER."
[APPLAUSE]
* JESUS AT THE CENTER OF IT
ALL *
* JESUS AT THE CENTER OF IT
ALL *
* FROM BEGINNING TO THE
END *
* IT WILL ALWAYS BE, AND
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU,
JESUS *
* JESUS, NOTHING MATTERS
* NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WILL
DO *
* JESUS, YOU'RE THE
CENTER *
* AND EVERYTHING REVOLVES
AROUND YOU *
* JESUS, THE CENTER OF MY
LIFE *
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER OF MY
LIFE *
* FROM BEGINNING TO END
* IT WILL ALWAYS BE, IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN YOU, JESUS *
* JESUS, NOTHING ELSE
MATTERS *
* NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WILL
DO *
* JESUS, YOU'RE THE
CENTER *
* AND EVERYTHING RESOLVES
AROUND YOU *
* JESUS, YOU
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER
* IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER
* IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER OF
YOUR CHURCH *
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER OF
YOUR CHURCH *
* AND EBONY WILL BOW, AND
EVERY TONGUE WILL SHOUT AND
TOUCH YOU, JESUS *
* OH, JESUS.
*
* JESUS
* JESUS
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS BE THE CENTER
* IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS, BE THE CENTER
* IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS BE THE CENTER
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU *
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* FROM MY HEART TO THE
HEAVENS *
* JESUS BE THE CENTER
* IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
* OH, JESUS
[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: STILL
AHEAD...PASTOR JOEY
BANAFACIO SHOWS HOW YOU CAN
GROW CLOSER TO GOD, ONE LEGO
BLOCK AT A TIME.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
A FLORIDA COUPLE IS FREE TO
HOLD A BIBLE STUDY IN THEIR
HOME AGAIN.
CITY OFFICIALS IN VENICE,
FLORIDA, HAVE FINED CHAIN
AND MARLENE $250 A DIE FOR
HOLDING THE WEEKLY
GATHERING.
THEY RUN A MINISTRY THAT
ALSO DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO THE
NEEDY, AND SUPPORTS A PRAYER
HOT LINE.
BUT BUILDING INSPECTORS SAY
THEY MADE THE HOUSE A HOUSE
OF WORSHIP AND THAT WAS
AGAINST THE LAW.
THEY CHALLENGED THE LAW.
CITY ATTORNEYS TOOK A SECOND
LOOK AT THE 30-YEAR-OLD
ORDINANCE AND ADVISED
OFFICIALS TO DROP THE CASE.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
HELPING A FAMILY WHO'S HOUSE
WAS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE
ISAAC.
DANNY AND GINA HUNTER LOST
EVERYTHING WHEN THE STORM
WASHED THEIR HOME FROM ITS
FOUNDATION.
THAT'S WHEN "OPERATION
BLESSING" STEPPED IN WITH AN
EXTREME BLESSING HOME
MAKEOVER.
THERE WAS AN OUTBUILDING ON
THE COUPLE'S PROPERTY THAT
WASN'T DESTROYED BY ISAAC,
SO TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS
RENOVATED THAT BUILDING AND
TURNED IT INTO A STUDIO
APARTMENT.
IT HAS A FULL BEDROOM,
BATHROOM, KITCHEN, AND
RUNNING ELECTRICITY.
THE HUNTERS WILL LIVE IN THE
APARTMENT WHILE A NEW HOUSE
IS BEING BUILT.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT
OB.ORG.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Gordon: 25 YEARS AGO,
JOEY BONIFACCIO BOUGHT HIS
SONS THEIR FIRST LEGO KITS,
AND IT QUICKLY BECAME THEIR
FAVORITE TOES.
TOYS.
BUT FOR JOEY, THEY ARE
REPRESENTATIONS OF GOD'S
GREATEST COMMANDMENTS.
Reporter: NOT ALL LEGO
PIECES HAVE THE SAME ABILITY
TO CONNECT.
SOME CAN CONNECT MANY OTHER
BRICKS, AND SOME CAN ONLY
CONNECT TO ONE, REGARDLESS
OF THE SHAPE OR SIZE.
EACH LEGO HAS THE ABILITY TO
DO ONE THING, CONNECT.
IN HIS BOOK, "THE LEGO
PRINCIPLE," DR. JOEY
BONIFACCIO THOSE YOU HOW TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE LEG AT
A TIME.
Gordon: JOEY IS WITH
US.
I HAVE TO DISCLOSE TO
EVERYBODY, HE WAS MY PASTOR
IN MANILA.
WE STARTED OFF IN THE MACATI
SPORTS CLUB WAY BACK IN
1994.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Gordon: AND NOW YOU'VE
BECOME LIKE THE MEGA CHURCH
OF ASIA.
IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE FOR
WHAT'S HAPPENED.
FIRST OF ALL, GORDON,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON
THE SHOW.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE
HERE.
IT IS INTERESTING HOW MANILA
HAS BECOME -- I WOULD RATHER
NOT USE THE WORD MEGA
CHURCH, BUT IF THAT'S THE
WAY IT IS SAID, THERE ARE
NOW 62,000 PEOPLE COMING TO
THE CHURCH, AND THE UNIQUE
THING IS THERE IS 51 PEOPLE
PREACHING.
I ACTUALLY JUST DO TWO
SERVICES.
STEVE MERLAR, OUR FRIEND,
WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THE
CHURCH, HAS BUILT IT THAT
WAY.
THE IDEA WAS TO CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO GOD AND TO OTHERS,
WHICH IS WHAT THE LEGO
PRINCIPLE IS ABOUT.
Gordon: AND YOU PUT
THIS INTO PRACTICE.
THAT'S HOW YOU WENT FROM --
I THINK WHEN WE STARTED OUT,
THERE WAS, LIKE, 200 PEOPLE,
AND IT HAS GONE FROM THAT TO
62,000, JUST BASED ON THE
LEGO PRINCIPLE.
I WOULDN'T SAY JUST BASED
ON THE LEGO PRINCIPLE.
IT IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE
OF JESUS, OF REALLY
CONNECTING TO GOD FIRST.
OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT TO
OTHERS IS HINGED ON THAT
TRUTH.
THE IDEA OF LEARNING TO
TRUST GOD AND TO LOVE GOD,
AND TO ENJOY GOD'S MERCY AND
FORGIVENESS ON A DAILY
BASIS.
IT'S THE VERY REASON WHY
WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT TO
OTHERS.
APART FROM OUR CONNECTION TO
GOD, WHICH IS WHAT LEGO
BRINGS US, TH THE PNEUMONIC
DEVICE OF CONNECTING AT THE
BOTTOM AND BEING ABLE TO
CONNECT AT THE TOP IS ABOUT
THAT.
IT IS BASICALLY PREACHING TO
YOURSELF THE GOSPEL EVERY
DAY.
THE MORE I REALIZE HOW
LIMITED MY ABILITY TO
CONNECT IS, AND THAT IS ONLY
ENHANCED BY MY CONNECTION
WITH GOD, IT ALLOWS ME TO
CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN A
VERY BASIC BASIS.
IT IS NOT JUST A PROGRAM,
AND A SYSTEM OF REACHING OUT
TO PEOPLE, BUT SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M BUYING
COFFEE AT A COFFEE SHOP, OR
IF I'M INTERCONNECTING WITH
A NEPHEW OR A NIECE.
Gordon: YOU'VE LISTED
IN THE BOOK SOME BUILDING
BLOCKS, THINGS WE NEED TO BE
LOOKING AT IN ORDER TO NOT
JUST ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP,
BUT CONTINUE IN
RELATIONSHIP.
RIGHT.
Gordon: WHAT ARE THEY?
TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION
OF RELATIONSHIP IN MY
OPINION.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOVE
SOMEONE AND YET NOT TRUST
THAT.
IT WAS HE WHO GAVE PSALMS.
WE LEARN TO TRUST HIM AND
WALK IN THAT DAILY TRUST
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
WE BEGIN TO ABLE TO TRUST
OTHERS AND WIN THE TRUST OF
OTHERS.
LOVE IS OBVIOUSLY THE
MOTIVATION.
TRUST WOULD BE THE
FOUNDATION, AND LOVE WOULD
BE THE MOTIVATION.
IT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH
OTHERS.
I BELIEVE, GORDON, THAT
EVERY RELATIONSHIP IS
UNIQUE.
I BELIEVE MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD IS NOT THE
SAME AS YOURS IN TERMS OF
SPECIFIC.
BUT THERE ARE UNIVERSAL
THINGS.
TRUST, LOVE -- FORGIVENESS
BEING ONE OF THEM.
VERY OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT
DISCIPLESHIP WITHOUT TALKING
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
FORGIVENESS.
KNOWING THAT I'VE BEEN
FORGIVE BY JESUS, THROUGH
JESUS, ALLOWS ME TO ENJOY A
DIFFERENT LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE, KNOWING THAT I'M
FLAWED.
KNOWING THAT THERE ARE
THINGS ABOUT ME THAT ARE
SELF-CENTERED AND SELFISH,
AND YET BECAUSE I ENJOY THE
TRUTH OF THAT GOSPEL ON A
DAILY BASIS, ALLOWS ME TO
INTERFACE WITH THE WORLD.
SOMETIMES THE DEEMPHASIS ON
THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD DOES
NOT REALLY HELP US.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS, IT
IS IN VIEW OF GOD'S MERCY
THAT WE OFFER OUR BODIES AS
SACRIFICES.
WHICH IS A REASONABLE
SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE KEY,
WHEN WE DISCIPLE PEOPLE,
WE'RE REALLY GROWING THEM IN
THEIR TRUST OF GOD, AND
THEIR ABILITY TO WIN THE
TRUST OF OTHERS.
IT IS THEIR ABILITY OF TRUST
IN THEIR LOVE OF GOD, AND TO
GROW, AND THE UNDERSTANDING
OF FORGIVENESS, THAT ALLOWS
THEM TO REALLY CONNECT WITH
OTHERS AFFECTIVELY.
Gordon: I WAS READING
YOUR BOOK IN MY QUIET TIME,
AND I WAS CAUGHT ON THE
CHAPTER THAT PEOPLE ARE
VALUABLE, AND HOW MUCH OF A
FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE THAT
IS.
IF YOU DON'T APPROACH
DISCIPLESHIP, IF YOU DON'T
APPROACH THE RELATIONSHIP
YOU HAVE WITH GOD WITH THAT
SAME VIEW, THAT EVERYONE YOU
MEET IS VALUABLE, AND
INFINITELY SO, YOU'RE REALLY
GOING TO MISS OUT ON ONE OF
THE BASIC PRINCIPLES.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE
OVERALL DISTRACTED BY A LOT
OF OTHER VALUES.
Gordon: YOU THINK?
RATHER THAN PEOPLE.
Gordon: THAT'S AMERICAN
CULTURE, DISTRACTION.
I WAS PICKED UP AT THE
AIRPORT BY ONE OF YOUR GUYS,
ROBERTO, HE WAS ASKING,
COULD I SIT IN FRONT.
AND I SAID, ROBERTO, TELL ME
ALL ABOUT YOUR STORY.
AND I'VE LEARNED --
Gordon: HE'S GOT A
GREAT STORY.
HE HAS AN AMAZING STORY.
AND I LEARNED WHEN I
INTERFACE WITH PEOPLE, IT IS
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.
IT IS ABOUT EMPOWERING
PEOPLE TO LOVE PEOPLE.
THE REASON WHY THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH --
Gordon: AND HE WAS
BRAGGING ON YOU YESTERDAY.
WELL, I WAS BRAGGING ON
HIM.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM FOR
INSTAGRAM TO TELL THE WHOLE
WORLD ABOUT THIS GUY.
I THINK WHEN WE GENUINELY
VALUE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHEN
THE CONNECTION HAPPENS.
IT IS WHEN WE EMPOWER THE
CHURCH, WE EMPOWER THE 99%
AND NOT THE HANDFUL OF
FULL-TIME MINISTERS.
IF WE EMPOWER THE CHURCH TO
UNDERSTAND THEY'RE LEGOS, TO
CONNECT WITH GOD AND TO
CONNECT WITH OTHERS, THAT'S
WHEN IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE KIND
OF GROWTH WE'VE SEEN IN
MANILA.
Gordon: WHY HAVE WE
SORT OF GOTTEN AWAY FROM
THAT?
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT, WHEN YOU
LISTEN TO THE LORD'S PRAYER,
WHEN IT JUST STARTS OUT WITH
OUR FATHER, OUR BREAD, OUR
SIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT
COMMUNITY AND IT IS ALL
ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.
BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN
INTO AN INDIVIDUALIZED
CHRISTIANITY.
ITH IT IS A VALUES
ISSUE.
MATTHEW 6 TELLS US WHERE
YOUR TREASURE IS, WHERE YOUR
VALUES ARE, THERE YOUR HEART
WILL BE ALSO.
100% OF THE DECISIONS WE
MAKE OR VALUE-BASED.
IF WE DECIDED TO NOT READ
OUR BIBLE THIS MORNING, WE
REPLACED IT WITH SOMETHING
MORE VALUABLE, MAYBE THE
NEWS OR THE MARKETS.
KNOWINGLY OR NOT KNOWINGLY.
THE WHOLE POINT WHY WE DO
NOT VALUE PEOPLE IS BECAUSE
WE HAVE KNOWINGLY VALUED
OTHER THINGS.
JESUS WANTS US TO GO BACK TO
THE CENTRAL VALUE OF
RELATIONSHIP.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO VALUE OTHERS IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE ABILITY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT GOD VALUES
US.
VALUES WORK WHEN YOU'RE ABLE
TO EVALUATE THE HIGHEST
VALUE.
AND THAT DERM THAT
DETERMINES THE LOWEST
VALUE.
IF YOU LOVE GOD, AND YOU
KNOW GOD LOVES YOU, AND YOU
KNOW THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SO
VALUED, VALUES YOU, THEN YOU
CAN LOOK AT OTHERS AND SAY I
VALUE THEM IN THE SAME WAY.
Gordon: WE NEED TO, ON
A DAILY BASE, VALUE WHAT ARE
WE PUTTING INTO ETERNITY.
AND THAT, IF WE REALLY FOCUS
ON THAT, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU
KNOW, JUST THE DAY TO DAY
BUSYNESS, IT WILL CHANGE
US.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
IN THE BOOK LUKE, IT
TALKS ABOUT THE TWO GREATEST
VALUES WE'RE GOING TO FIND
IN HEAVEN.
I BELIEVE IT IS NOT GOING TO
BE GOLD, BECAUSE THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT'S ASPHALT.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN PRECIOUS
STONES BECAUSE IT'S WHAT
GATES ARE MADE OF.
BUT WHAT WE WILL FIND IS
ULTIMATELY THE MOST
VALUABLE, THE MOST EXCITING
THOUGHT THAT ES NATES
RESONATES IN MY HEART, WHEN
I ENCOUNTER GOD, THERE IS
NOTHING MORE VALUABLE AND
AMAZING.
AND THE SECOND THING THAT
WILL WELCOME US INTO ETERNAL
DWELLINGS ARE THE PEOPLE WE
LIFTED TO THE LORD.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE
VALUES I'M GOING TO
ENCOUNTER IN ETERNITY, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THOSE ARE CLEAR IN MY HEART
WHILE I'M ON EARTH.
AND THE OTHERS, AT SOME
POINT, ARE NOT AS VALUABLE
AS THEOR THEY'RE REPORTED
TO BE.
Gordon: THE ONLY THING
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TO
HEAVEN WITH YOU IS THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE LED TO
JESUS.
WHEN YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND,
IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
JOEY'S BOOK IS CALLED "THE
LEGO PRINCIPLE, THE POWER OF
CONNECTING TO GOD AND ONE
ANOTHER."
IT'S AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES
AROUND THE WORLD.
JOEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FAMILY AND YOUR LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP.
Terry: COMING UP, A
PAIR OF SISTERS ARE FORCED
TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AFTER
THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER.
Terry: ALL OVER THE
WORLD, "ORPHANS' PROMISE"
PROVIDES FOOD, SHELTER, AND
EDUCATION FOR AT-RISK
CHILDREN, LIKE THESE TWO
ORPHANED SISTERS FROM SOUTH
AFRICA.
Reporter: WHEN LONA'S
MOTHER DIED A YEAR AGO, SHE
WAS LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF HER
LITTLE SISTER ALONE.
MY MOTHER PROMISED US WE
WOULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
IT HURT SO MUCH WHEN SHE
DIED.
I KNEW OUR LIVES WOULD BE
VERY BAD WITHOUT HER.
Reporter: RELATIVES
JUST LET THE GIRLS FEND FOR
THEMSELVES.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
NOBODY EVEN CARED IF WE HAD
FOOD TO EAT OR NOT.
Reporter: THEN THEY
FOUND PEOPLE WHO DID CARE.
THEY FOUND A CHILDREN'S HOME
SUPPORTED BY "ORPHANS' PROMISE."
WE TOOK THEM IN
IMMEDIATELY.
THE CENTER IS HOME TO DOZENS
OF ORPHANED OR ABANDONED
KIDS.
IT WAS LIKE WE COULD
START OUR LIVES OVER AGAIN.
THE PEOPLE HERE BECAME OUR
NEW FAMILY.
THEY TAKE GOOD CARE OF US.
NOW I CAN DO ALL OF MY
HOMEWORK, AND I'M GETTING
GOOD GRADES IN SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US AND
GIVING US A PLACE TO LIVE.
Terry: EVERY CHILD
WANTS TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE
LOVED AND THAT THEY HAVE A
PLACE TO BELONG.
YOU'RE HELPING "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" DO THAT FOR
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.
THESE CHILDREN NOW HAVE A
SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AT,
THEY'RE LOVED BY THE PEOPLE
WHO CARE FOR THEM, AND THEY
HAVE THREE SQUARE MEALS A
DAY.
THEY'RE GETTING EDUCATED,
AND THEY HAVE A HOPE AND A
FUTURE GIVEN TO THEM PIE
PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO LOVE GOD
AND SAY I WANT TO STAND UP
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US,
YOU'RE MAKING THAT KIND OF A
DIFFERENCE IN MANY, MANY
WAYS, ACROSS THE UNITED
NATIONS AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH,
MAKES YOU A "THE 700 CLUB"
MEMBER.
WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN
TODAY, WE WANT TO SEND YOU,
AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK
YOU FOR CARING ABOUT OTHERS,
PAT'S LATEST TEACHING,
"GOD'S PLAN FOR AMERICA, HOW
TO PLAN FOR THE DAY AHEAD."
MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE A
COUPLE OF EXTRA COPIES, JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB" GOLD.
THAT'S A GIFT OF $40 A
MONTH, AND WHEN YOU DO,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THREE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND YOU'D
LIKE MORE, WE'RE GOING TO
ADD TWO MORE TO THAT PACKET
WHEN YOU JOIN THE THOUSAND
CLUB.
MOST OF ALL, YOU'LL HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING YOU'RE
TOUCHING LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY IN NEED
AND WAITING FOR YOU.
SO CALL NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
TIME FOR SOME E-MAIL.
Gordon: YAY!
TIME TO BRING IT ON.
Terry: THAT'S A GOOD
ATTITUDE.
DOROTHY SAYS, "I HAVE A BORN
AGAIN FRIEND WHO IS IN A
CHURCH WHO DO DOES NOT
BELIEVE IN DISPLAYING THE
CROSS.
WHAT SHOULD I DO BECAUSE SHE
MAY BE IN A CULT?"
Gordon: I'M TAKEN BY
THAT IT MIGHT BE A CULT.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHURCHES
THAT ARE PERFECTLY FINE
CHURCHES THAT DON'T DISPLAY
THE CROSS.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
SCRIPTURE, THERE IS A
WONDERFUL ONE THAT PAUL
WROTE IN CORINTHIANS, WHERE
HE SAID, "I DETERMINED TO
KNOW NOTHING AMONG YOU."
HE HAD JUST COME IN FROM
ATHENS AND PREACHED THE
CEREMONY AT MARS HILL.
AND IT IS INTERESTING FROM
THAT CEREMONY, THERE WAS NO
CHURCH ESTABLISHED.
YOU DON'T SEE THE LETTER TO
THE CHURCH IN ATHENS.
AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE
BEST SERMONS OF ALL TIME.
BUT HE WAS GRIEVING THAT HE
HADN'T HAD RESULTS.
AND HE SAID, "I CAME TO YOU
IN FEAR AND TREMBLING, THAT
I WOULD TEACH NOTHING BUT
JESUS CHRIST, AND HIM
CRUCIFIED."
AND THERE IS A POWER OF THAT
THAT CHANGES PEOPLE.
THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF
GOD UNTO THE SALVATION.
I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE
GOSPEL FOR IT IS THE POWER
OF GOD.
I REMEMBER BEING IN FINLAND
AND VISITING AN ANCIENT
CHURCH, THAT HAD BEEN THERE
SINCE THE SEVENTH CENTURY.
THEY GAVE US FREE ACCESS,
AND I WAS ABLE TO -- AND
THEY HAD ONE OF THESE
PULPITS THAT ROSE ABOVE THE
CONGREGATION.
AND YOU HAD TO WALK UP STEPS
TO IT.
AND AS I LOOKED, I SAW THAT
VERSE.
I DIDN'T READ FINNISH, BUT I
KNEW ENOUGH THAT WAS THE
VERSE.
AND THE PREACHER, EVERY TIME
HE WOULD WALK UP TO THAT
PULPIT HAD THAT VERSE IN
FRONT OF HIM, "I RESOLVE TO
TEACH NOTHING BUT CHRIST AND
HIM CRUCIFIED."
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS A
STUMBLING BLOCK, AND THEY
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT
IS THE SALVATION OF GOD.
Terry: SHARON SAYS, "IS
IT WISE TO STORE FREES
FREEZE-DRIED FOOD OR IS IT
WRONG NOT TO TRUST GOD."
Gordon: YOU MAY WANT TO
LOOK AT THE DATE ON THAT
STUFF.
ARE YOU PUTTING A LOT OF
MONEY INTO FREEZE-DIED FOOD
THAT YOU STORE AND LET IT GO
BAD, AND LITERALLY YOU'RE
THROWING AWAY YOUR MONEY.
IF YOU WANT TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT SOME KIND OF
SURVIVALIST THING, I WAS IN
NEW ORLEANS AFTER KATRINA,
AND I SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO A
CITY WITH NO CELL PHONE
SERVICE, NO FOOD, NO FOOD IN
THE GROCERY STORES, AND YOU
COULDN'T CALL ANYBODY FOR
HELP.
YOU COULDN'T DRINK WATER.
YOU COULDN'T EAT.
IF YOU EVER GET INTO THAT
SITUATION, WHAT YOU'VE GOT
IN STORES IS GOING TO GO
REAL QUICK.
SO IF YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO
GET SERIOUS, I HEARD OF A
FAMILY THAT DECIDED TO MOVE
TO NEW ZEALAND.
Terry: THAT'S THE
EXPENSIVE WAY.
Gordon: AND LIVE ON A
FARM.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET
SERIOUS, SAY I'M GOING TO BE
A FARMER FROM NOW ON AND BE
SELF-SUFFICIENT, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO SEE
YOU THROUGH.
WE LEAVEWITH EPHESIANS: "FOR
BY GRACE YOU'VE BEEN SAVED,
AND NOT OF YOURSELF: IT IS
THE GIFT OF GOD."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
