A vision of heaven made a profound impact on Alan Youngblood's view of God. Plus, author Marlene Koch shares how you can eat more of what you love.
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A VISION OF A GREAT
CITY.
MY MIND COULD NOT EVEN
CONCEIVE WHAT I WOULD SEE.
WITH STREETS OF GOLD.
WITH NO VISIBLE MEANS OF
SUSPENSION.
AND A LONG-LOST FRIEND.
HE TURNED AND HELD HIS
HANDS AND POINTED TOWARDS
THE TOP OF THE PLATFORM OF
THE THRONE OF GOD.
AND I THOUGHT, OH, AM I
GOING TO SEE GOD.
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO
HEAVEN.
A MAN WHO WENT THERE COMES
BACK AND TELLS US WHAT IT'S
LIKE.
AND KRISTI, YOU MISSED IT
YESTERDAY.
TALKING OF HEAVEN, WE HAD
THE HEAVENLY PAT'S
MINESTRONE.
Kristi: I HEARD IT WAS
DELICIOUS.
I HEARD ONE WOMAN SAID IT
WAS THE BEST SOUP SHE EVER
HAD, AND IT WASN'T DEE DEE.
Pat: NO.
DEE DEE DOESN'T SAY THINGS
LIKE THAT.
Kristi: I HEARD IT WAS
GOOD.
Pat: THEY SCARFED IT
UP.
AND THEY COOKED ANOTHER POT
UPSTAIRS AND THEY ATE THAT
IMMEDIATELY.
YOU MISSED IT, DARLING.
Kristi: I MISSED IT.
AND I'M INSULTED YOU DIDN'T
THINK TO BRING ME ANY.
Pat: YOU LOOK SO GOOD.
ARE YOU WORKING OUT?
Kristi: IT'S CALLED
SUCKING IT IN.
Pat: IS THAT WHAT YOU
DID?
SPEAKING OF SUCKING IT IN, I
WISH THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION WOULD TELL
THE TRUTH.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN
LIBYA, WHERE FOUR AMERICANS
WERE KILLED, INCLUDING OUR
AMBASSADOR.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL HEARING
TODAY IS DEMANDING AN ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION THAT HAS
BEEN IGNORED TO DATE BY THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
Kristi: STATE
DEPARTMENT SUSPECTED FROM
THE BEGINNING IT WAS A
TERRORIST ATTACK, EVEN
THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
IT WAS A RIOT AGAINST THE
FILM.
Reporter: THEY ARE
SEEKING NOT TO JUST DEFINE
THE NATURE OF THE ATTACK,
BUT TO DECIDE IF ADEQUATE
SECURITY WAS IN PLACE.
IN LIBYA, THE DEATHS OF
FOUR GREAT AMERICANS,
INCLUDING OUR AMBASSADOR --
THERE WERE AMPLE WARNINGS OF
SECURITY PROBLEMS.
THE WORST THING IS FIVE DAYS
AFTERWARDS, THEY SAID,
ACCORDING TO THE U.N.
AMBASSADOR, THIS WAS A
SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION.
Reporter: MORE THAN A
WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK,
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AMBASSADOR
SAID THE ADMINISTRATION
BELIEVES THE VIOLENCE WAS
UNPLANNED.
AS THAT UNFOLDED, IT
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HIJACKED,
LET US SAY, BY INDIVIDUAL
CLUSTERS OF EXTREMISTS WHO
CAME WITH HEAVIER WEAPONS
AND EVOLVED FROM THERE.
Reporter: THE G.O.P.
QUICKLY QUESTIONED THE
ADMINISTRATION, CRITICIZING
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR
IGNORING THE FACTS.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T BRING
ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES
AND HEAVY WEAPONS TO A
DEMONSTRATION.
THAT WAS AN ACT OF TERROR.
AND FOR ANYONE TO DISAGREE
WITH THAT FUNDAMENTAL FACT,
I THINK, IS REALLY IGNORING
THE FACTS.
Reporter: NOW THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S STORY MATCHES
THE REPUBLICANS.
IN A STATEMENT TUESDAY,
FIREARM OFFICIALS SAY THEY
NEVER CONCLUDED THE
CONSULATE ATTACK IN LIBYA
WAS BECAUSE OF A
DEMONSTRATION OF PROTEST
AGAINST A FILM.
THE REVELATION COMES AS NEW
DOCUMENTS SUGGEST THERE WAS
NOT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
SECURITY AT THE CONSULATE
BEFORE THE ATTACK.
A FORMER SECURITY OFFICIAL
IN LIBYA TOLD CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATORS REQUESTS FOR
MORE SECURITY WERE DENIED BY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
BENGHAZI DID NOT NEED ANY
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY SPECIAL
AGENTS BECAUSE THEY HAD A
SAFEHOUSE TO GO TO IF THERE
WERE AWE EMERGENCY.
MITT ROMNEY SPOKE OUT
TUESDAY ABOUT THE BENGHAZI
ATTACK, SAYING HE PERSONALLY
KNEW ONE OF THE NAVY SEALS
KILLED PROTECTING THE
CONSULATE.
IT TOUCHED ME THAT THIS
MAN I KNEW PERSONALLY LOST
HIS LIFE PROTECTING THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY.
Pat: WE HAVE AGENTS
BEING KILLED ON THE BORDER
WITH GUNS WE GAVE TO DRUG
LORDS DOWN THERE.
THAT, APPARENTLY, IS COMING
OUT, AND WE DON'T KNOW FOR
SURE, BUT IT IS BEING
RUMORED THAT FAST AND
FURIOUS WAS A BACKLASH IN
AMERICA SO WE WOULD HAVE
STRICTER GUN LAWS.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT A MASSIVE
COVERUP OF WHAT IS GOING ON
OVER IN LIBYA, AND NOW
THEY'RE FINALLY COMING CLEAN
ON IT.
AND SUSAN RICE, I WONDER HOW
LONG IT IS GOING TO BE
BEFORE THEY OFFER HER UP AS
A SACRIFICIAL LAMB, TO SAY
OKAY, BUT SHE WAS MERELY
PAROTING THE PARTY LINE, AND
THE PARTY LINE SAID IT WAS A
DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST THE
FILM.
THE ATTACKS IN LIBYA WILL
CERTAINLY BE A BIG ISSUE
WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE ON HOW THE
RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS
SHAPING UP.
Lee: MITT ROMNEY'S
POST-DEBATE IS HOLDING UP IN
THE POLLS, ROMNEY NEEDS
PRESIDENT OBAMA 49% TO 47%,
AND HE HAS THAT LEAD IN 11
KEY SWING STATES EN THE
RASMUSSEN POLL.
GALLOP SAYS IF THE ELECTION
WERE HELD TODAY, IT WOULD BE
TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
BIG BIRD IS STILL LOSE ON
THE ROMNEY TRAIL.
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAS MADE
THE SESAME STREET CHARACTER
THE STAR OF A NEW AD MOCKING
ROMNEY'S VOW TO END PUBLIC
FUNDING FOR PUBLIC
BROADCASTING.
THEY SAID THEY'RE DOING IT
BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST
THING THAT ROMNEY MENTIONED
WHEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO
ADDRESS THE ECONOMY IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
President Obama: ELMO
IS HIDING OUT IN THE TRASH
CAN.
ROMNEY PLANS TO LET WALL
STREET RUN WILD AGAIN, BUT
HE IS GOING TO BRING THE
HAMMER DOWN ON SESAME
STREET.
THE TIME FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO GET UP AND SAY,
AS HE HAS OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, THAT HE IS
FOCUSED ON SAVING BIG BIRD,
IS A STRANGE THING.
THE PRODUCERS OF SESAME
STREET SAID THEY DON'T
SUPPORT ANY CAMPAIGN AND
THEY HAVE ASKED THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN TO PULL THE
COMMERCIAL.
IT IS KIND OF SURPRISING,
AFTER WHAT YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER THE POLITICS AT PBS
PURPOSE PB.
Pat: PBS IS KIND OF
LEFT WING, BUT THEY MAKE A
POTLOAD OF MONEY.
I THINK THEY NET ABOUT
$20 MILLION A YEAR.
MAYBE MORE OR LESS, BUT IT
IS IN THAT BALLPARK.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF
A BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH
EQUIVALENTS.
THEY TAKE A MINIMAL AMOUNT
FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND A
LOT FROM CORPORATIONS.
BUT WHAT ROMNEY WAS SAYING,
AND THAT WAS ONLY ONE THING
HE MENTIONED, THAT WE CANNOT
MORTGAGE THE FUTURE OF OUR
YOUTH BY BORROWING FROM
CHINA IN ORDER TO FUND PBS
AND PROGRAMS LIKE SESAME
STREET.
HE WASN'T CRITICIZING IT.
HE WAS JUST SAYING WE CAN'T
AFFORD IT ANY LONGER.
AND IT'S TRUE.
BUT INSTEA INSTEAD OF THAT,
OBAMA HAS CHOSEN TO TRIVIAL
IZE IT.
46MILLION ARE ON FOOD
STAMPS.
THERE IS A DESPERATE CRY
AMONG THE YOUTH, AND THEY
CAN'T GET HIRED, AND HE IS
TALKING ABOUT SESAME
STREET.
AND RUNNING ADS LINKING MITT
ROMNEY TO BURNING MEAT
OFFER.
AND OTHER NOTED CROOKS, LIKE
THE HEAD OF ENRON -- IT IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
AND YOU SAY, WHAT IS WRONG
WITH THIS MAN?
BUT HE IS NOT ACTING
PRESIDENTIAL, AND, OF
COURSE, THOSE WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR ROMNEY'S VICTORY
ARE APPLAUDING IT, AND
THEY'RE SAYING, KEEP IT UP,
MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE GOING
TO LOSE.
ROMNEY TELLING THE DES
MOINES REGISTER, THERE IS NO
ABORTION PLAN THAT WILL
BECOME PART OF MY AGENDA.
HE SAYS HE WILL USE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SAYS
ROMNEY IS CONTRADICTING
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAS SAID
HE WOULD APPOINT SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES WHO WOULD
OVERTURN ROE VS. WADE.
ROMNEY SAYS HE WILL BE A PRO
LIFE PRESIDENT.
TWO BAPTIST UNIVERSITIES IN
TEXAS ARE NEXT TO FILE SUITS
ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE LAW.
THEY SAID THEY FACE FINES OF
MORE THAN $10 MILLION EACH A
YEAR IF THEY DON'T COMPLY
WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT OF EAST TEXAS
BAPTIST TELLING A
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING IN
FEBRUARY THAT HIS SCHOOL HAS
A RELIGIOUS OBJECTION TO
OFFERING INSURANCE FOR
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES.
HE SAYS THE DRUGS CAUSE
ABORTIONS.
THE BECKETT FUND FOR
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY SAYS THERE
ARE NOW 33 LAWSUITS
CHALLENGING THE MANDATE.
TURNING OVERSEAS, ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU HAS ANNOUNCED THE
END OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND
CALLED FOR EARLY ELECTIONS.
THAT MEANS THE ELECTIONS
COULD TAKE PLACE BY
MID-JANUARY OR
MID-FEBRUARY.
HERE IS CHRIS MITCHELL FROM
JERUSALEM.
Reporter: DESPITE A
NUMBER OF CHALLENGES,
NETANYAHU LED ONE OF
ISRAEL'S MOST STABLE AND
LONG-LASTING GOVERNMENT IN
RECENT YEARS.
HE ANNOUNCED EARLY ELECTIONS
NOW BECAUSE HIS GOVERNMENT
COULD NOT AGREE ON NEXT
YEAR'S BUDGET.
RECENT POLLS INDICATE THAT
NETANYAHU'S PARTY WOULD WIN
THE MOST SEATS IN THE
PARLIAMENT.
ONE WILDCARD IN THE
ELECTIONS IS WHETHER OR NOT
FORMER PRIME MINISTER EHUD
RUNS.
IF HE DOES, HE COULD
REPRESENT THE STRONGEST
POLITICAL CHALLENGE.
THE OUTCOME OF THE U.S.
ELECTIONS MAY ALSO HAVE A
DIRECT IMPACT ON THE ISRAELI
ELECTIONS.
IT HAS APPEARED OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS THAT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBAMA
AND NETANYAHU IS STRAINED.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ELECTIONS IN JANUARY, AND
OBAMA WINS, THEN I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE
OF LESS PEOPLE VOTING FOR
NETANYAHU BASED ON THE
U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP.
IF ROMNEY WINS, NETANYAHU
MAY GET A BUMP IN THE PEOPLE
THAT VOTE FOR HIM.
Reporter: THE TIMING OF
THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS FITS
INTO THE U.S. ELECTION
CYCLE.
THE ELECTION TIME IN THE
U.S. IS PROBABLY SEEN AS A
DEAD TIME FOR THE ISRAELI --
OR DOWN TIME FOR THE ISRAELI
MILITARY BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WANT TO BE ATTACKING IRAN
DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
AND THEN IN THE LAME-DUCK
PRESIDENCY.
YOU WANT THE U.S. TO BE
SOLIDLY BEHIND IT.
AND NOW EYES ARE NOT FOCUSED
ON THE IRAN ISSUE FROM THE
U.S.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY IS GOOD
TIME TO DO THAT.
Reporter: HE IMPLIED
IRAN MIGHT NOT CROSS THE RED
LINES UNTIL NEXT SPRING OR
SUMMER.
FOR ISRAELIS, THE TIMING IS
GOOD.
THE ELECTIONS NOW MEAN ONLY
A FEW MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING,
INSTEAD OF A FULL YEAR.
CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM.
Lee: A TOMATO A DAY
COULD HELP KEEP A STROKE
AWAY.
TOMATOES ARE LINKED TO A
DECREASED RISK OF STROKE IN
MEN.
BECAUSE OF SOMETHING CALLED
LYCOPENE, AN ANT
ANTIOXIDANT.
MEN WHO FOUND THE HIGHEST
LEVELS OF LYCOPENE WERE 55%
LESS LIKELY TO HAVE A
STROKE.
AND TOMATOES HAVE BEEN ALSO
TIED TO A LOWER RISK OF
PROSTATE CANCER.
Pat: THANK YOU.
MY SOUP.
Kristi: I WAS GOING TO
ASK YOU, DOES YOUR SOUP HAVE
TOMATOES?
Pat: ARE YOU KIDDING,
BIG CANS.
IT IS 10 TIMES, 20 TIMES
MORE EFFECTIVE, THE TOMATO
SAUCE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST
RAW TOMATOES.
THEY'RE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
LYCOPENE WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FOREVER AND EVER, BUT
THE SCIENTISTS TAKES A WHILE
TO GET THE STUDIES OUT.
Kristi: I THINK THE
BASIC IS WE NEED FRUIT,
VEGETABLES, AND THE GOOD-OLD
WHOLESOME GRAINS.
Pat: AND MY SOUP WAS
LOADED WITH EVERY ONE OF
THEM BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN
PEOPLE BEING HEALTHY.
Kristi: AND I WANT TO
REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU
WANT PAT'S SOUP, ALL YOU'VE
GOT TO DO IS LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING SINCE
HE DIDN'T BRING ME ANY.
Pat: YOU MAKE SOME FOR
YOU AND YOUR SWEET LITTLE
BOY AND ALL OF YOUR
NEIGHBORS.
Kristi: I WILL DO
THAT.
UP NEXT, KIDNAPPED AND
FORCED TO CONVERT TO ISLAM.
THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
MORE AND MORE YOUNG
CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN EGYPT.
SO WHAT IS BEING DONE TO
STOP THIS?
FIND OUT WHEN WE COME BACK.
COMING UP LATER, MEET THE
CHEF KNOWN AS THE KITCHEN
MAGICIAN, AND LEARN OUT HOW
YOU CAN EAT MORE OF THE
FOODS YOU LOVE WITHOUT
GAINING WEIGHT.
MARLENE WORKS HER MAGIC IN
OUR KITCHEN LATER ON "THE
700 CLUB."
Pat: YOU KNOW, FOLKS,
THERE ARE SOME GROUPS IN THE
WORLD YOU CAN CHARACTERIZE
AS EVIL, AND THE TALIBAN, I
THINK, GO INTO THAT
CLASSIFICATION OF EVIL.
THEY SHOT A 14-YEAR-OLD
GIRL, I BELIEVE, IN
PAKISTAN, BECAUSE -- YOU
KNOW WHAT SHE DID?
Kristi: WHAT DID SHE
DO, PAT?
Pat: SHE WAS TEACHING
GIRLS HOW TO READ.
SHE WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE
YOUNG WOMEN, AND THEY SHOT
HER.
I DON'T THINK THEY KILLED
HER, BUT SHE WAS SHOT AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW BADLY
INJURED.
IMAGINE THIS BUNCH OF THUGS,
AND WE WANT TO GO IN AFTER
THEM, BUT, I'LL TELL YOU,
WE'RE GETTING AFGHANISTAN
FATIGUE.
AND IF WE PULL OUT, OF
COURSE, THEY'LL TAKE BACK
OVER AFGHANISTAN.
BUT HORRIBLE PEOPLE.
EXTREME FUNDAMENTALISTS.
WELL, WHAT ELSE IS
HAPPENING?
IN EGYPT -- IN EGYPT THERE
IS A WAR AGAINST CHRISTIAN
YOUNG GIRLS.
AND HERE IS THAT REPORT.
GARY LANE HAS THIS.
Reporter: MAGNA KAISER,
AN EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN, WEEPS
OVER HER MISSING DAUGHTER,
MARY.
SHE WAS OUR ONLY
DAUGHTER, SO WE SPOILED
HER.
SHE GOT WHATEVER SHE WANTED,
BUT SHE WAS VERY SHY.
WE WERE CLOSE FRIENDS.
SHE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE
WITHOUT ME.
SHE ALWAYS ASKED ME TO GO
WITH HER BECAUSE SHE WAS
AFRAID OF BEING ALONE.
Reporter: AN
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT, MARY
WON MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS.
AT THE AGE OF 19, SHE
ENTERED UNIVERSITY TO STUDY
PHARMACOLOGY.
THAT'S WHEN SHE BEFRIENDED A
MUSLIM FRIEND.
ONE NIGHT WHEN THEY WENT OUT
FOR PIZZA, MARY FELL ILL AND
SHE WAS MISSING.
WE BELIEVE HER MUSLIM
FRIENDS PUT DRUGS IN HER
FOOD AND HIRED PEOPLE WHO
ABDUCT YOUNG CHRISTIAN GIRLS
TO KIDNAP HER.
Reporter: A DAY LATER,
POLICE HAD INFORMED MARY'S
FAMILY THEY HAD LOCATED HER
NOT FAR FROM CAIRO.
THEY SAID MARY HAD CONVERTED
TO ISLAM AND HAD MARRIED A
MUSLIM VENDOR.
THEY BELIEVED THEIR DAUGHTER
HAD BECOME THE VICTIM OF A
VAST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
NETWORK, ONE TARGETING YOUNG
CHRISTIAN WOMEN.
ALL OF THIS WAS
COORDINATED BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT, THE POLICE, AND
THE JIHAD.
Reporter: THE OFFICIALS
SUMMONED HER PARENTS TO THE
POLICE STATION, WHERE HER
FATHER WAITED TO SEE HER.
FOUR BEARDED MEN AND TWO
POLICEMEN WALKED INTO THE
POLICE, A ACCOMPANIED WITH
MACHINE GUNS.
MY HUSBAND SCREAMED OUT
MARY.
AS MARY TURNED BACK TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, ONE OF THE
BEARDED MEN PUSHED HER AWAY
AND PUNCHED HER IN THE
FACE.
Reporter: MARY'S FATHER
ORDERED THEM TO SPEAK TO HER
DAUGHTER.
THEY REFUSED AND SAID THE
CASE IS CLOSED BECAUSE SHE
WAS NOW A MUSLIM.
FIVE YEARS AFTER HER
DISAPPEARANCE, HER BED
REMAINS EMPTY.
HER FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS A
DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.
THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD
WILLINGLY HAVE EMBRACED
ISLAM.
Reporter: A NEW STUDY
FINDS THE NUMBER OF
DISAPPEARANCES AND ABDUCTION
OF EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN GIRLS
IS INCREASING.
KIDNAPPINGS OF YOUNG GIRLS
AND YOUNG MOTHERS IS ALSO ON
THE RISE.
MICHELLE CLARK IS ONE OF THE
AUTHORS OF THE STUDY.
SHE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
HELSINKI COMMISSION,
DEBUNKING ARGUMENTS
SUGGESTING THAT GIRLS ARE
LEAVING THEIR FAITH AND
FAMILIES SIMPLY FOR
ROMANCE.
THEY SAY YES TO ROMANS,
TO HOPE, SAFETY AND
SECURITY, NEVERTHELESS, DID
NOT CONSENT TO BEING RIPPED
FROM THEIR FAMILY WITHOUT
EVER BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM
AGAIN.
Reporter: NOR, SHE
SAYS, DO THESE CHRISTIANS
CONSENT TO BEING FORCIBLY
CONVERTED TO A RELIGION
OTHER THAN THEIR OWN.
SO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
MIDDLE EAST ANALYST WALID
SAYS THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION MUST OPENLY
DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH
MORSI.
THEY MUST KNOW FROM
PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THAT OUR
OFFICIALS ARE DEMANDING FROM
EGYPT, AND DEMANDING FROM
THE FUTURE ELECTED OR THE
CURRENT PARLIAMENT, THAT
THESE ISSUES WILL BE AT THE
TABLE.
THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL
COMMITTEE THAT IS LOOKING AT
THE FUTURE CONSTITUTION,
WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
THESE ISSUES.
Reporter: AND THE
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
CREATE A NATIONAL REGISTRY,
DOCUMENTING THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF MINORS.
THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT WILL REQUEST AN
ANNUAL ACCOUNTING OF ALL
CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES,
INCLUDING OPEN AND ONGOING
CASES, AS WELL AS ANY
PROSECUTIONS THAT RESULTED
FROM THIS LOCAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
Reporter: EGYPTIAN
OFFICIALS ARE STILL DEBATING
IMPOSING A STRICT
INTERPRETATION OF SHARI'A ON
THE SOCIETY, A LAW THAT
TOLERATES FORCED MARRIAGE.
AS FOR MAGNA, SHE SAYS SHE
WILL NOT GIVE UP SEARCHING
FOR HER DAUGHTER.
SHE WILL ALWAYS BEEN MY
DAUGHTER, NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS TO HER.
I WILL KEEP TRYING TO GET
HER BACK.
I BELIEVE IN GOD'S PROMISES,
AND I TRUST THE LORD WILL
NEVER FORSAKE US.
I ASK EVERYBODY TO PRAY FOR
US.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE DAY
WILL COME WHEN I WILL SEE
HER ON MEET HER AGAIN.
Reporter: GA GARY
LANE, EGYPT.
Pat: THANKS, GARE. GARY.
I THINK IT IS HIGH TIME WE
SPEAK OUT.
THIS IS A VICIOUS PRACTICE,
TO TAKE YOUNG WOMEN, FORCE
THEM TO CONVERT TO AN ALIEN
IDEOLOGY, AND THEN TO BECOME
A VIRTUAL SLAVE, MARRIED OFF
TO SOMEBODY THEY DON'T LOVE
OR CARE ABOUT, AND MADE A
SLAVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
AND IT'S HAPPENING IN
EGYPT.
WHY SHOULD WE TAKE AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS AND
FUNNEL THEM TO PROPERTY UP
EGYPT.
WHEN THAT STUFF HAPPENS, IT
IS TIME THE UNITED STATES
STAND UP AND SAYS, NO, YOU
DO THIS AND YOU GET NOT ONE
DIME.
IT IS MORE THAN TIME FOR US
TO MAKE A DEMAND.
BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
BEEN SO WISHY-WASHY ON THESE
THINGS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT
DOESN'T DARE TO OFFEND THE
MUSLIMS.
BUT IT IS TIME TO TELL THE
TRUTH.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY
MUSLIMS IN THESE COMMUNITIES
THAT WANT THE TRUTH AND
APPRECIATE THE TRUTH.
BUT WE HAVE TO STAND UP IN
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.
DON'T GET ME STARTED.
Kristi: THAT'S GOOD.
AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS
THINKING, ONE, AS A MOM, YOU
HAVE TO PRAY FOR THE
DAUGHTERS THAT ARE BEING
ABDUCTED FROM THE FAMILIES.
AND THE OTHER POINT IS
PRAISE GOD FOR CBN NEWS THAT
WE HAVE REPORTERS THAT GO
INTO THESE VENUES AND EXPOSE
THESE STORIES, SO EVEN IF
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, WE CAN AND
WE CAN PRAY AND DO
SOMETHING.
COMING UP NEXT, A MAN TAKES
A TRIP TO THE COMMUNION
ALTER AND WINDS UP WITH A
VISION OF THE PEARLY GATES.
WHEN I WALKED TO THE
PEARLY GATES, I SAW A
MASSIVE WATERFALL, WHICH I
BELIEVE FLOWS TO THE RIVER
OF LIFE.
Kristi: FIND OUT WHAT
ELSE HE SEES AND HOW IT
CHANGES HIS LIFE, AFTER
THIS.
Kristi: WE'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF OUR CAMPAIGN TO
PRAY FOR AMERICA.
AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US.
GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-759-0700, AND WE'LL BE
ADDING YOUR REQUESTS TO THE
FLAG RIGHT BEHIND US, AND
PRAYING FOR THEM AND OUR
COUNTRY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
ELECTION DAY, OR UP TO
ELECTION DAY.
WE'VE GOT THIS BOOKLET RIGHT
HERE, CALLED "STEPS TO
REVIVAL."
HOW DO YOU GET THIS?
IT IS REALLY SIMPLE, CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN ALSO LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
Pat: WE HAVE 181,000
PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY'RE
GOING TO BE PRAYING.
THE PEOPLE REALLY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
NATION.
HERE ARE SOME REQUESTS.
THAT WE HAVE A HEDGE OF
PROTECTION AROUND OUR
BORDERS.
THE CHURCH IN AMERICA IS
MORE COMMITTED TO PRAYER IN
OUR NATION.
Kristi: WE HAVE ONE TO
RESTORE FREE SPEECH TO OUR
PASTORS BY REPEALING THE
JOHNSON AMENDMENT.
Pat: I TALKED ABOUT THE
JOHNSON AMENDMENT YESTERDAY,
AND THEY WANT TO HAVE IT
REPEALED.
I TRIED TO DO THAT FOR A
LONG TIME.
IT IS TOUGH.
Kristi: AND THERE IS
ANOTHER ONE THAT OUR COUNTRY
WOULD BE RESTORED
FINANCIALLY, SPIRITUALLY,
AND YOU KNOW ABOUT MORALLY.
WE'VE GOT TO WALK ON THAT
ONE.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, KRISTI AND I ARE
GOING TO JOIN HANDS
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE IN FRONT
OF THIS MAP OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE FLAG.
LORD, YOU SET THIS NATION AS
A JEWEL IN THE MIDST OF THE
NATIONS OF THE EARTH.
AS A BEACON OF HOPE, A CITY
SET ON A HILL.
AND RIGHT NOW, MY GOD, WE
PRAY THAT YOU MIGHT RESTORE
TO THIS LAND THE ORIGINAL
DESIRE TO SERVE YOU.
GIVE IT TO THE CHURCHES.
GIVE IT TO US HERE AT CBN,
AND TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING, THAT THIS NATION
MIGHT TURN TO GOD.
WE PRAY TOGETHER WITH A FEW
DAYS LEFT BEFORE THIS
ELECTION.
GIVE US GODLY LEADERS,
LORD.
AND MAY THIS NATION AGAIN BE
ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
LET IT HAPPEN, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME WE ASK IT.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: RIGHT NOW I WANT
YOU TO MEET A MAN NAMED
ALLEN YOUNG BLOOD.
FOR YEARS ALLEN WAS OBSESSED
WITH HIS MULTI-MILLION
BUSINESS.
THEN ONE DAY, IN AN INSTANT,
HE HEARD A MIGHTY VOICE,
LIKE RUSHING WATERS, AND HE
SAW THE PEARLY GATES OF A
CELESTIAL CITY.
SUCCESS DOES MANY THINGS
TO PEOPLE.
TO ME IT BROUGHT ABOUT NOT
ONLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT IT
BROUGHT ABOUT PRIDE.
Reporter: EVERY HOME
ALLEN YOUNGBLOOD BUILT, HE
BUILT WELL.
I WOULD LOOK AT MYSELF
AND THINK THAT THESE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE
ABSOLUTELY ALL MINE.
NEVER EVEN IMAGINED THAT
POSSIBLY, IN THE BACKGROUND,
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A GOD
WHO WAS DIRECTING MY LIFE.
Reporter: ALLEN RAN A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
CONSTRUCTING
MULTI-MILLION
BUILDINGS AND MANSIONS, AND
EVERYONE KNEW NOT TO CROSS
ALLEN YOUNGBLOOD.
I BECAME THE PERSON OF
ANGER, EXPLOSIVE, ALMOST TO
THE POINT OF DANGER
SOMETIMES.
ANGER BECAME THE THING THAT
RULED MY LIFE IN SO MANY
WAYS.
IT GAVE ME POWER.
IT GAVE ME POSITION.
Reporter: AND EVEN
THOUGH ALLEN WENT TO CHURCH,
HIS BELIEFS KEPT HIM FAR
FROM GOD.
THE WAY I SAW GOD WAS HE
WAS A GOD WHO KNEW
EVERYTHING I DID AND SAW
EVERY SIN I EVER COMMITTED,
AND POSSIBLY WRITING THEM
DOWN INTO A BOOK IN HEAVEN.
I FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
LOVE A GOD WHO WAS OUT TO
GET YOU.
Reporter: THEN ONE
NIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
ALLEN WENT TO CHURCH.
AS HE STOOD AT THE COMMUNION
RAIL, HE SAYS HE SOUL WAS
TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER
PLACE.
WHERE HE HEARD A VOICE THAT
SOUNDED LIKE RUSHING
WATERS.
THE SCRIPTURE CAME TO
ME.
AND IT SAID, IF YOU SAY YOU
LOVE GOD AND YOU HATE YOUR
BROTHER, YOU ARE NO MORE
THAN A LIAR AND A MURDERER.
Reporter: AT THAT
MOMENT, HE REPENTED OF HIS
SINS AND EXPERIENCED THE
FORGIVENESS OF GOD,
SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER
REALLY FELT BEFORE.
ALLEN WAS THEN CARRIED AWAY
TO A BEAUTIFUL CITY, WITH A
GATE MADE OF PEARL.
WHEN I WALKED THROUGH
THOSE GATES, MY MIND COULD
NOT EVEN CONCEIVE WHAT I
WOULD SEE.
HAVE WE READ ABOUT THE
STREETS OF GOLD?
YES.
BUT THEY WERE DIFFERENT.
THEY WERE SUSPENDED, LIKE A
MIGHTY HIGHWAY, WITH NO
VISIBLE MEANS OF
SUSPENSION.
AS I NEARED THAT AREA, I SAW
CASCADING OUT OF THE THRONE
OF GOD A MASSIVE WATERFALL,
FOR WHICH I BELIEVE FLOWS
THE RIVER OF LIFE.
Reporter: THEN ALLEN
SAYS HE SAW A FRIEND NAMED
JERRY.
JERRY HAD DIED YEARS EARLIER
IN A FIERY PLANE CRASH.
BUT HERE IN HIS VISION,
JERRY APPEARED NORMAL,
WEARING A BLUE SUIT.
HE TURNED AND HELD HIS
HAND AND POINTED TOWARDS THE
TOP OF THE PLATFORM OF THE
THRONE OF GOD.
I THOUGHT, OH, AM I GOING TO
SEE GOD?
Reporter: A FEW MOMENTS
LATER, ALLEN SAYS HE WAS
STANDING, AS HE HAD BEEN AT
THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH.
ALLEN'S WIFE, BARBARA,
REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
DOING.
IT WAS TROUBLING ME.
I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOODNESS,
THIS IS EMBARRASSING.
HE HAS GONE TO SLEEP.
I SAID, HONEY, I DID NOT
GO TO SLEEP.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME UNTIL SOME
OTHER TIME.
Reporter: FOR DAYS
AFTER HIS HEAVENLY
ENCOUNTER, ALLEN CONTINUED
TO BE AFFECTED BY WHAT HE
REMEMBERED.
HIS WHOLE ATTITUDE WAS
ONE OF SOFTNESS.
THE HARD LOOK THAT HE HAD
WAS GONE.
Reporter: ALLEN BEGAN
TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE IN HEAVEN.
AT ONE MEETING, HE SAW THE
WIDOW OF HIS FRIEND JERRY,
THE MAN IN THE BLUE SUIT HE
HAD SEEN IN HEAVEN.
AS ALLEN DESCRIBED THE
SCENE, JE JERRY'S WIDOW
SPOKE UP.
SHE SAID SHE HAD GIVEN THE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR THE BLUE
SUIT, EVEN THOUGH HIS BODY
HAD BEEN SO BADLY BURNED.
ALLEN SAID THAT BLUE SUIT ON
JERRY IN HEAVEN.
THERE IS A HEAVEN, THERE
IS LIFE AFTER DEATH, AND
JERRY IS THERE.
Reporter: HE WROTE A
NEW BOOK CALLED "VOICE OF
MANY WATERS."
GREATEST DESIRE IS THAT YOU
KNOW WHO HE IS, AND HOW HE
IS, AND HOW MUCH HE LOVES
YOU.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FALL
IN LOVE WITH HIM WHEN YOU
REALLY BEGIN TO HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
THE GREATEST RELATIONSHIP
YOU WILL EVER KNOW.
Pat: GOD LOVES YOU.
HEAVEN IS REAL.
HEAVEN IS REAL.
THINK OF WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, I
COUNT EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE
DONE AS GARBAGE, AS REFUGE,
THAT I MIGHT KNOW CHRIST, BE
FOUND IN HIM.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM
GOD IN CHRIST.
THAT I MAY KNOW HIM AND THE
POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION.
HE WANTED TO GO TO HEAVEN SO
BADLY BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS
REAL.
HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT UP INTO
THE THIRD HEAVEN.
HE KNEW WHAT WAS THERE.
AND ALLEN JUST CAME BACK TO
TELL US WHAT HE SAW.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY
WITNESSES.
BUT YOU DON'T NEED WITNESSES
BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS US
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE THE LAW AND THE
PROPHETS, WE HAVE THE WORD
OF GOD.
AND THE WORD OF GOD SAYS
THAT THIS LIFE IS ONLY
TEMPORARY.
WE ARE JUST PASSING
THROUGH.
WE USE THE TERM "MORTAL" TO
DESCRIBE US.
WE'RE SUBJECT TO DEATH.
"MORT" IS THE FRENCH WORD
FOR DEATH.
WE'RE SUBJECT TO DEATH.
WE'RE MORTAL.
BUT WE'RE JUST PASSING
THROUGH.
WE'RE TENANTS.
THESE BODIES OF OURS --
WE'RE ONLY HERE AS TENANTS
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
AND THEN WE LEAVE THEM.
AND WE GO ON FOREVER.
HEAVEN IS FOREVER.
HELL IS FOREVER.
THE SPIRIT OF MAN WITHIN HIM
IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
MAN OR WOMAN, YOUR SPIRIT IS
INDESTRUCTIBLE.
IT WILL GO ON FOREVER.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OBLI
OBLITERATED WHEN YOU DIE.
THAT'S WHAT IS SO HORRIBLE
ABOUT HELL, THERE IS NO END
TO IT.
YOU CAN'T STOP IT.
YOU CAN'T STOP IT!
THE TORMENT IS FOREVER AND
FOREVER AND FOREVER.
THERE IS NO END.
YOU CAN'T DIE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN HEAVEN,
ALL THERE IS THERE IS NO
SORROW, NO PAIN, NO DEATH,
NO TEARS.
FOREVER YOU'RE IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD WITH
JOY AND PEACE.
THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY, BEHOLD, ALL HAS BECOME
NEW.
FOREVER.
NOBODY WILL TAKE IT AWAY
FROM YOU.
FOREVER.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE
NOW, WHILE YOU'RE IN THIS
MORTAL BODY.
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A
DECISION.
YOU'VE GOT TO SAY, YES, I
WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN
FOREVER, OR I WILL BE IN
HELL FOREVER.
WHICH IS IT GOING TO BE?
FIRE, DEMON POWER, TORTURE,
ANGER, SCREAMS?
OR IS IT GOING TO BE JOY AND
PEACE AND HOPE AND LOVE AND
THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL OF
YOUR DESIRES?
WHICH WILL IT BE?
WELL, I'M GOING TO OFFER YOU
THE GOOD STUFF.
HOW DO YOU GET IT?
BY ASKING JESUS CHRIST.
BY TAKING THE SACRIFICE HE
MADE TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS SO
THAT YOU CAN BE IN HEAVEN
FOREVER.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR
HEAD.
IF YOU WANT THIS, PRAY WITH
ME, PLEASE.
PRAY FROM YOUR HEART, SAY IT
WITH YOUR MOUTH, AND MEAN IT
AS YOU PRAY IT.
THESE WORDS, JESUS -- SAY
IT.
JESUS, I WANT TO BE IN
HEAVEN, LORD.
I WANT TO SPEND ETERNITY
WITH YOU IN PARADISE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
AND, LORD, I KNOW THAT YOU
DIED TO PAY THE PRICE FOR MY
SINS.
AND I TAKE YOU NOW AS MY
SAVIOR.
AND I MAKE YOU THE LORD OF
MY LIFE.
RIGHT NOW, JESUS, COME IN,
TAKE OVER MY LIFE, AND MAKE
ME THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO
BE.
AND THEN LEAD ME TO THAT
LAND THAT IS IN
INDESCRIBEABLE IN ITS
BAULT.
BEAUTY.
AND I THANK YOU, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME, I THANK YOU
FOR HEARING MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU, AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO SEE THAT YOU
CONTINUE IN WHAT YOU'VE JUST
DONE.
WE HAVE A TELEPHONE NUMBER.
IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN.
IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
1-800-759-0700.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE BOOKLET THAT WILL
HELP YOU.
I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE
OF CHARGE.
BUT IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
JUST WANT YOU TO GO TO YOUR
PHONE AND CALL IN.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US
YOUR NAME, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I WANT YOU TO MAKE THAT
CONTACT AND SAY I PRAYED
WITH PAT, AND I GAVE MY
HEART TO JESUS.
JESUS WASN'T AFRAID TO DIE
ON THE CROSS FOR YOU.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS YOUR
SAVE YOUR. SAVE-- SAVIOR.
GIVE US A CALL.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
NO FINANCES AT ALL.
IF YOU WANT THE LITTLE
BOOKLET, WE'LL SEND IT TO
YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
AND THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE
REJOICING OVER THE DECISION
YOU JUST MADE.
KRISTI?
Kristi: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, PAT.
WELL, I AM HERE WITH MARLENE
COOK.
AND COMING UP LATER ON "THE
700 CLUB," MARLENE IS GOING
TO MAKE A CHICKEN-FRIED
STEAK DINNER TO DIE FOR THAT
IS ALSO HEALTHY.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF SHE
CAN WORK HER MAGIC IN THE
KITCHEN.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS
HEARING A CASE ON
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN HIGHER
EDUCATION.
IT INVOLVES A PROGRAM THAT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INH
AUSTIN THAT USES RACE HAS A
FACTOR IN SELECTING A
QUARTER OF ITS INCOMING
STUDENTS.
THE COURT HAS RULED TWICE
OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS THAT
RACE MAY BE ONE OF MANY
FACTORS IN DETERMINING
COLLEGE ADMISSION.
OPPONENTS SAY THE
UNIVERSITY, THOUGH, IS
DISCRIMINATING BASED ON
RACE.
THE CASE COULD PRODUCE NEW
LIMITS ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AT UNIVERSITIES OR ROLL IT
BACK ENTIRELY.
CONTROVERSIAL PRO-ISRAEL ADS
HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE
WASHINGTON, D.C. METRO
SYSTEM.
THEY READ, "IN ANY WAR
BETWEEN THE CIVILIZED MAN
AND THE SAVAGE, SUPPORT THE
CIVILIZED MAN.
SUPPORT ISRAELI.
DEFEAT JIHAD."
THEY WERE CONCERNED IT WOULD
SPARK VIOLENCE.
BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED
THE AD CONSTITUTIONAL,
CITING FREE SPEECH.
SIMILAR ADS IN NEW YORK CITY
HAVE PROMPTED OFFICIALS
THERE TO SELL SPACE TO
ACCOMMODATE A PRO-MUSLIM
MESSAGE IN THEIR SUBWAY
SYSTEM.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Kristi: WHAT IF YOU
COULD EAT MORE OF THE FOODS
THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND
NOT GAIN A POUND.
PAT WAS TALKING ABOUT HEAVEN
BEFORE, AND THAT'S MY THEORY
OF HEAVEN.
IF ALL OF THE CREAMY, GOOEY,
FRIED FOODS ARE THERE FOR
YOU.
AND MARLENE COOK SAYS YOU
CAN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE IS HERE TO PROVE IT
TODAY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT HER
TO THE TEST.
THAT'S WHY SHE IS CALLED THE
MAGIC IN THE KITCHEN.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE FOODS WE CRAVE ARE
MANY TIMES THE ONES THAT
AREN'T GOOD FOR US.
WITH FATTY BREAKFAST ON THE
GO AND HIDDEN CALORIES AND
TAKEOUT MEALS, IT IS NOT
WONDER WE CAN'T LOSE
WEIGHT.
MARLENE COOK SAYS THAT ISN'T
TRUE.
SHE IS A REGISTERED
DIETITIAN.
IN HER COOKBOOK "EAT MORE OF
WHAT YOU LOVE," AND MARLENE
SHARES RECIPES YOU CAN MAKE
AT HOME WITH LESS FAT,
SUGAR, AND CALORIES.
Kristi: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB" MARLENE COOK.
THANK YOU.
Kristi: SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
I'M ALWAYS CONVINCED WHEN
YOU TAKE OUT THE FAT AND THE
CALORIES, YOU TAKE OUT THE
TASTE, TOO.
BUT YOU SAY THAT'S NOT THE
CASE?
NO.
I WORKED TWO YEARS ON THIS
BOOK.
AND IT JUST WON "THE BOOK OF
THE YEAR" ON THE SHOPPING
NETWORK.
BECAUSE I LEARNED
HOW TO MIX
AND MATCH, TO TAKE OUT THE
FAT AND CALORIES, BUT THE
MAGIC ISN'T THAT.
IT IS KEEPING THE FLAVOR.
Kristi: AND I WILL
TASTE SOME OF THESE THINGS,
SO, MARLENE, I'M WARNING
YOU.
THIS IS COCONUT SHRIMP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN
TO RESTAURANTS AND START
WITH THAT STARTER, NORMALLY
785 CALORIES.
IT IS MORE THAN A MEAL FOR
MOST PEOPLE.
THESE ARE NOW DOWN TO
165 CALORIES A SERVING.
I ROLL THEM AND GET THE
COCONUT IN THERE AND ALL OF
THE FLAVOR AND MOVE THOSE TO
THE OVEN.
I COME FROM A FAMILY OF
NINE, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN
OUR FAMILY THAT HAVE
DIABETES AND PEOPLE TRYING
TO LOSE WEIGHT.
AND I HAVE TWO HUNGRY BOYS.
AND THEY CAN EAT THE FOOD.
IT IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE WITH
DIABETES, AND IT IS GREAT
FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOSE
WEIGHT.
Kristi: EVERYBODY WHO
IS WATCHING WANTS TO KNOW
HOW DID YOU GET IT THAT
WAY?
WE HAVE CHICKEN-FRIED
STEAK, AND MASHED POTATOES,
AND SMOKY GREENS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
THE CHICKEN --
Kristi: BUT YOU DIDN'T
ANSWER MY E QUESTION.
HOW DID YOU GET IT LESS
CALORIES?
WE DEEP ROLL IT AND I'M
MOVING IT TO THE OVEN TO
BAKE IT, BUT I MAKE SURE I
ADD IN SOME EXTRA FLAVOR
INTO A SPICY SAWS.
Kristi: ONE OF THE KEYS
IS BAKING RATHER THAN FRYING
IT?
RIDER.
AND WHEN WE COAT IT, WE HAVE
A LOT OF SEASONING AND I
HAVE CORN MEAL AND
CORNFLAKES, AND WE PRACTICED
FOR FOUR DAYS TO MAKE SURE
THE COATING WOULD BE
CRUNCHY.
AND I'VE GOT PEPPER AND SALT
AND THYME IN THERE.
Kristi: WHY DO YOU CALL
IIT CHICKEN, CHICKEN-FRIED
STEAK.
BECAUSE IT IS FOUR
OUNCES, BUT WHEN I COOK IT
UP, IT IS REALLY TENDER, AND
IT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
FAT OF THE MEAT.
THIS IS PAN SEARING IT IN
ENOUGH OIL TO GET IT SUPER
BROWN AND CRUNCHY, BUT WE'RE
FINISHING IT OFF IN THE
OVEN, INSTEAD OF IN THE DEEP
FRYER.
THIS IS STARTING TO SIZZLE,
AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU
TAKE THIS OVER AND PICK UP
WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY GOING
FOR US IN THE OVEN.
I'M GOING TO STEP OVER HERE
AND LET YOU GRAB THAT.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT FINDING
THE PERFECT MIX.
Kristi: IF I DROP THIS,
THIS WOULD BE HYSTERICAL ON
LIVE TV.
THE PERFECT MIX OF
LIGHTER INGREDIENTS.
I DON'T GO FOR A LOT OF
NON-FAT INGREDIENTS.
I'M LOOKING FOR MIXING AND
MATCHING FOR THE PERFECT
COMBINATION TO GET THE
PERFECT TASTE.
Kristi: THE PAN DOESN'T
FIT IN THE OVEN.
THAT'S GREAT.
BUT WE HAVE THE CHICKEN,
CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK.
AND I HAVE BACON IN HERE TO
START, BUT I HAVE YOUR 1%
MILK AND THICKENER TO GIVE
ME A QUARTER CUP.
AND THE NUMBERS, THIS,
INSTEAD OF OVER
600 CALORIES, IT IS NOW TO
70.
WITH THE POTATOES, WE'RE
ADDING 500 CALORIES, INSTEAD
OF A THOUSAND.
SO SLASHING ALMOST
TWO-THIRDS OF THE CALORIES.
WE'VE GOT RANCH SLAW, AND
WE'VE GOT GAR GARLIC AND
UNION SMASHED POTATOES.
AND GIVE A BIG BITE OF
THAT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO FINISH IT
OFF, WHAT ABOUT DESSERT.
Kristi: HOLD ON.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT COLESLAW,
I THINK ABOUT MAYONNAISE.
IS THERE MAYONNAISE IN
HERE?
YES.
BUT THIS IS A COMBINATION OF
LIGHT MAYONNAISE MIXED WITH
YOGURT.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE
MAYONNAISE FLAVOR COMES
THROUGH.
AND YOU DON'T TASTE THE
YOGURT.
I HAVE GARLIC POWDER IN
THERE, ONION POWDER, AND
BLACK PEPPER, SO THAT TASTES
LIKE RANCH DRESSING.
SO I'M NOT MISSING
ANYTHING.
Kristi: WHAT ABOUT THE
MASHED POTATOES?
WHAT I USE THERE IS I USE
A SMALL AMOUNT OF
CAULIFLOWER.
NOT A LOT, BUT JUST ENOUGH
WHERE THE POTATOES TAKE
OVER.
THEY GIVE YOU ALL OF THE
FLAVOR, AND, AGAIN, IT HAS A
SOUR CREAM FLAVOR.
IT HAS SOUR CREAM IN IT, AND
GREEN UNION IN IT.
AND SO THESE ARE ONLY
100 CALORIES A SERVING --
Kristi: DO YOU HAVE
BUTTER IN THERE?
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT.
SO YOU GET THE FLAVOR.
Kristi: YOU'VE GOT THE
COLLARD GREENS?
YES.
AND WE HAVE BACON ON TOP.
USING A SMALL AMOUNT OF
SMOKE, YOU WOULD THINK THERE
IS A POUND OF BACON IN
THERE, BUT IT IS JUST A
SMALL AMOUNT.
IF PEOPLE COUNT POINTS,
THESE THINGS ARE VERY LOW IN
POINTS, AND THE POINTS ARE
IN THE BOOK.
IF PEOPLE HAVE DIABETES IN
THE FAMILY, THAT IS IN THE
BOOK.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE
IT EASY FOR EVERY FAMILY IN
AMERICA TO EAT HEALTHY AND
NOT HAVE TO WORRY.
I HAVE ONE YOUNG GAL WHO
WROTE ME AND SHE LOST OVER
100 POUNDS BY SIMPLY
CHANGING THE FOODS SHE EAT.
Kristi: DESSERT IS THE
THING WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON.
SO PUMPKIN -- IT IS THE
FALL.
THANKSGIVING IS RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
I HAVE A CHEESECAKE LAYER.
THEN WE HAVE PUMPKIN PIE ON
TOP.
Kristi: OKAY, SO WHAT
IS IN HERE?
WHAT WE HAVE IS YOUR
USUAL PUMPKIN PIE MIX.
I HAVE A LIGHTER TYPE OF
CREAM CHEESE.
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE IF THEY
USE REGULAR SUGAR OR A SUGAR
SUBSTITUTES.
IF THEY MAKE IT AT THE
LIGHTEST LEVEL, 90 CALORIES
INSTEAD OF 200, AND IT HAS
ONLY TWO POINTS.
AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITH
DIABETES, LESS CARBOHYDRATE
THAN ONE HALF PIECE OF
BREAD.
Kristi: IT TASTES LIKE
THERE IS MOLASSES IN THERE.
THERE IS MOLASSES IN
THERE.
YOU NEVER GO ALL OR
NOTHING.
SO YOU DO TASTE THE MOLASSES
AND THE GREAT TASTE, BUT,
AGAIN, ONLY 90 CALORIES.
Kristi: THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US, MARLENE.
HER BOOK IS CALLED "EAT MORE
OF WHAT YOU LOVE," AND IT IS
AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE
STORE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
Kristi: PAT, OVER TO
YOU.
Pat: WE'VE HAD TWO DAYS
OF COOKING, AND, BY THE WAY,
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
REQUESTS FOR MY FABULOUS
MINESTRONE COOK.
IF YOU'RE A CBN MEMBER,
WATCH FOR THE MAILING WITH
THE RECIPE CARD INSIDE.
IT IS REAL PRETTY.
IT HAS A PICTURE OF ME WITH
A RED APRON ON.
AND HERE IS A THANKSGIVING
ENVELOPE THAT WILL
BE COMING
OUT WITH THE RECIPE FOR
THANKSGIVING SOUP.
ISN'T THIS A PRETTY CARD.
THEY DON'T WASTE ANY TIME.
GIVE ME A CLOSEUP ON THAT.
AND THIS WILL COME IN THE
PLAIL T MAIL TO YOU.
THAT SOUP WAS SO GOOD, IT
WAS DEVOURED ALMOST
INSTANTLY BY OUR STAFF, AND
THE SECOND ONE WAS DEVOURED
AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT
HOME TO THEIR SPOUSES.
WE'RE TEACHING A LOT OF
THINGS TO BE HEALTHY AND FIT
AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.
IF YOU WANT A FREE COPY OF
THE RECIPE, A MINESTRONE
SOUP RECIPE, JUST CALL US AT
1-800-759-0700.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET
IT.
WELL, STILL AHEAD, WE'VE GOT
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
SANDY WANTS TO KNOW, "WHY
DOES GOD BRING DISASTER ON
THE WHOLE NATION BECAUSE OF
THE SINS OF SOME?"
I NEVER GET AN ANSWER FROM A
MINISTER WHEN I ASK THIS.
I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL GET ONE
FROM ME, BUT I'LL TRY, AFTER
THE BREAK.
Pat:
"ORPHANS' PROMISE,"
SOMETHING CBN SPORTS.
TERRY MEEUWSEN'S BABY.
EVERY YEAR "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" PROVIDES FOOD,
SHELTER, MEDICINE, AND MUCH
MORE FOR THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN IN MORE THAN 50
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT
YOUR HELP, AND FROM PEOPLE
LIKE THE COUPLE WE'RE ABOUT
TO MEET.
WATCH THIS.
Reporter: CHESTER AND
LISA MOORE ARE FAITHFUL CBN
PARTNERS.
AND WHEN THEY ADOPTED A
LITTLE GIRL FROM CHINA,
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" BECAME
ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE AREAS
OF CBN'S MINISTRY.
TO SEE WHAT "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" HAS DONE, AND TERRY
MEEUWSEN HAS DONE WITH HER
HEART FOR O ORPHAN MINISTRY
MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO US.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE AT CBN ARE
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND THEY
HAVE INTEGRITY AND DOING
WHAT JESUS WANTS THEM TO
DO.
YOU CAN RELY AND THEM TO
USE YOUR MONEY AND OUR MONEY
THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
Reporter: THEY HELPED
WITH "OPERATION BLESSING"
AFTER HURRICANE ISAAC SAC.
ISAAC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BEAT
THE NATIONAL GUARD IN, BUT
THEY WERE CLOSE.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ME BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO
HELP.
AND BY HELPING "OPERATION
BLESSING," I AM KIND OF
THERE.
Reporter: CHESTER NEVER
MISSES AN EPISODE OF "THE
700 CLUB."
CBN IS SHINING THE LIGHT
OF JESUS IN ALL CORNERS OF
THE WORLD.
IT IS THE BEST PROGRAMMING
ON TELEVISION.
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING
THIS, AND SHARING IT ACROSS
THE WORLD AND REACHING SO
MANY PEOPLE, IT MAKES ME
PROUD TO WATCH IT AND ALSO
PARTNER WITH IT.
IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE
LORD'S KINGDOM I THINK IS
ESSENTIAL FOR US TO MAKE.
Pat: WE APPRECIATE
PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING, AND WHAT
YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE OUR OUT
REACH, LIKE "ORPHANS'
PROMISE," POSSIBLE.
FOR THOSE WHO JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," WE WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
IT'S CALLED "GOD'S PLAN FOR
AMERICA."
THIS IS A D.V.D.
PLAY IT ON YOUR MACHINE.
IT SHOWS WHAT GOD INTENDED
FOR THIS GREAT NATION.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
Kristi: LET'S JUMP
RIGHT IN.
SANDY ASKS, "WHY DOES GOD
BRING DISASTER ON THE WHOLE
NATION BECAUSE OF THE SINS
OF SOME.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL SINNERS AND
CAN'T BE PERFECT, BUT IS
THAT REALLY FAIR?
I NEVER GET AN ANSWER FROM A
MINISTER WHEN I ASK THIS?"
PAT?
Pat: SODOM AND GAMORRAH
ARE KNOWN -- THE NAME SODOMY
COMES FROM SODOM.
THEY EVEN TRIED TO HAVE SEX
WITH ANGELS.
THESE ARE BAD PEOPLE.
AND GOD SAYS I'M GOING TO
DESTROY IT.
AND ABRAHAM SAID IF YOU GET
50 -- HE MARKED HIM DOWN,
AND SAID IF THERE ARE 10
RIGHTEOUS, I'LL SPARE IT.
SO GOD WILL SPARE A NATION
BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
PEOPLE IN IT.
IT IS USUALLY THE LEADERS
THAT BRING JUDGMENT ON A
NATION.
IF YOU HAVE WICKED LEADERS
LIKE MANASA IN ISRAEL, HE
BRINGS THE WHOLE NATION
UNDER JUDGMENT.
IT ISN'T A FEW PEOPLE THAT
BRING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON THE
NATION.
IT IS THE LEADERSHIP.
IF THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE
WHO ARE RIGHTEOUS, GOD WILL
SPARE IT.
Kristi: THIS IS FROM A
PRAYING MOM WHO SAYS, "MY
SON AND HIS WIFE ARE BOTH
BELIEVERS, BUT HAVE THINGS
IN THEIR HOME THAT GLORIFIES
WITCHCRAFT.
THEY SEE NO HARM DESPITE MY
WARNINGS TO GET RID OF THESE
THINGS."
Pat: DEMONS ARE REAL.
THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING
FOR HALLOWEEN.
THERE IS A SPIRITUAL WORLD.
AND DEMONS WILL COME AND
CURSE YOU.
I GOT IN A LOT OF TROUBLE
BECAUSE I WAS TALKING ABOUT
A COUNTRY THAT MADE A PACT
WITH THE DEVIL.
WHEN YOU MAKE A PACT WITH
THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL WILL
HURT YOU.
HE IS OUT TO DESTROY, TO
KILL AND DESTROY.
SO IF YOU DABBLE IN
WITCHCRAFT AND DABBLE IN THE
OCCULT, YOU'RE ASKING
DEMONIC POWER TO COME INTO
YOUR HOME.
WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN,
WHETHER IT IS SOME KIND OF
ILL THAT IS ONESS ARE SOME
KIND OF DISASTER.
THE DEVIL HATES YOU.
YOU'RE ASKING ACTIVELY FOR
THE FORCES OF EVIL TO COME
AND DESTROY YOU.
NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.
WELL, TOMORROW ISLAMIC
DOMINANCE IN GERMANY.
THE STORY BEHIND A
$40 MILLION MEGA MOSQUE.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM JESUS: "IN
MY FATHER'S HOUSE OF MANY
MANSIONS, I GO TO PREPARE A
PLACE FOR YOU."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.