EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF A
WEDDING, WHERE THE BRIDE IS
ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD.
SHE HAS TO GO ALONG WITH
IT.
SHE WILL ADJUST.
Lee: PLUS, MLB'S
POST-SEASON IS IN FULL
SWING.
ALL-STAR ADRIAN GONZALES
TALKS ABOUT THE PRESSURES OF
PLAYING ON STAGE.
AND RHODA JOHNSON SHARES A
PAGE FROM HER MEMOIR, "DOES
THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK
FAT," ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Pat: WELCOME TO THIS
ADDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
I'M SURE MR. OBAMA WILL
WELCOME A COUPLE OF
ENDORSEMENTS THAT CAME HIS
WAY JUST PRIOR TO THIS
DEBATE.
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT AS
THE PROGRAM CONTINUES.
AND AFTER MONTHS OF
CAMPAIGNING AND ENDLESS TV
ADS, TONIGHT IS THE FINAL
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
THIS ONE'S FOCUSED, AS WE
SAID, ON FOREIGN POLICY.
WELL, IT IS THE LAST TIME
BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES
WILL APPEAR TOGETHER, AND IT
COMES AS SOME VOTERS ARE
STILL MAKING UP THEIR
MINDS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS
THE STORY.
Reporter: MOST SURVEYS
FIND PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
MITT ROMNEY IN A TIGHT
RACE.
RASMUSSEN REPORTS GIVE
ROMNEY 47%.
WHILE THE GALLOP POLL GAVE
THE LEADER A LEAD, 52% TO
45%.
SUNDAY, ALLIES OF THE
CANDIDATES TOOK TO THE
AIRWAVES, SQUARING OFF ON
TOP ISSUES, LIKE IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
IRAN THINKS THEY CAN GO
MUCH FASTER AND HARDER, AND
TODAY THEY'RE CLOSER THAN
THEY'VE BEEN TO A NUCLEAR
CAPABILITY.
THAT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
THE TABLES HAVE BEEN
TURNED, AND THE RESULT OF
THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
STEADY LEADERSHIP
OF THE PRED, AND THE
SANCTIONS EUROPE WOULD NEVER
HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THREE AND
A HALF YEARS AGO.
Reporter: AND U.S.
FOREIGN POLICY WITH CHINA,
AND, OF COURSE, THE DEATH OF
OSAMA BIN LADEN IS ON THE
AGENDA.
AND MORE ATTENTION IS
EXPECTED TO GO TO THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACK ON THE
U.S. CONSULATE IN LIBYA.
IT TOOK THE PRESIDENT 14
DAYS BEFORE HE CALLED THE
ATTACK IN BENGHAZI AN ACT OF
TERRORISM.
President Obama: GET
THE TRANSCRIPT.
HE DID, SIR.
IF YOU LEFT IT UP TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO INFORM THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE WOULD
STILL BE BELIEVE THIS WAS A
SPONTANEOUS RIOT SPURRED BY
A VIDEO.
THERE WAS NO MOB AND NO
RIOT.
I AM TOTALLY CONVINCED THIS
IS GOING TO GO DOWN IN
HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST
MAJOR BREAKDOWNS OF NATIONAL
SECURITY IN A VERY LONG
TIME.
Reporter: DESPITE THE
EMPHASIS OF FOREIGN POLICY
IN THIS DEBATE, IT IS A
TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON
THE BACK BURNERS.
VOTERS REMAIN MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND OTHER
DOMESTIC ISSUES.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, EPHRAIM.
TERRY, WELCOME BACK FROM THE
FAR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
WHERE HAVE YOU BE?
Terry: I'VE BEEN TO
UKRAINE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS WITH PEOPLE WHO
WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS
GYPSIES.
Pat: DID YOU COME BACK
WITH A BUNCH OF ORPHANS?
Terry: NO, BUT I FELL
IN LOVE WITH MANY.
Pat: THERE WERE A
COUPLE OF ENDORSEMENTS FOR
THE PRESIDENT THAT WE WANT
TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WERE?
Terry: HARD TO SAY?
IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL
ARENA OR INTERNATIONAL?
Pat: IT IS
INTERNATIONAL.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS PICKED
UP ENDORSEMENTS FROM A FEW
FOREIGN LEAD LERS.
ONE FROM HUGO CHAVEZ.
AND RONALD CASTRO
SAYS, QUOTE,"I BELIEVE THAT
OBAMA NEEDS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY."
AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN THINKS, BUT
THERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS HE
MAY BE IN OBAMA'S CAMP AS
WELL.
BUT WILL THE UNITED STATES
BE HOLDING TALKS WITH IRAN
ABOUT ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
LEE WEBB HAS MORE.
Lee: THE STORY ABOUT
THE SUPPOSED TALKS CAME OUT
IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THEY
SAY IT IS NEWS TO THEM.
Reporter: ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU TOURED
THE SCENE FOR A DRILL TO
PREPARE ISRAELIS FOR AN
EARTHQUAKE.
ISRAELI DOESN'T KNOW
ABOUT THESE CONTACTS, AND I
CAN'T CONFIRM THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
I CAN SAY THAT IRAN HAS USED
THE TALKS AND NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE FIVE POWERS TO DRAG
ITS FEET AND TO GAIN TIME TO
ADVANCE ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM.
Reporter: NETANYAHU
EMPHASIZED HIS DESIRE TO
STOP IRAN'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST
WAY TO RESOLVE PEACEFULLY
THE QUESTION OF IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS FOR
EITHER TOUGHER SANCTIONS,
AND A CREDIBLE MILITARY
OPERATIONS.
Reporter: THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" STORY CAME OUT JUST
TWO DAYS BEFORE MONDAY'S
FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
THAT WILL FOCUS ON FOREIGN
POLICY.
SOME IN THE ISRAELI MEDIA
SPECULATE THE TIMING OF THE
STORY WAS MEANT TO UNDERMINE
GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S CRITICISM
OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FOREIGN
POLICY.
ROMNEY HAS ACCUSED OBAMA OF
BEING TOO SOFT ON NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Lee: NO MATTER WHO IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT THIS YEAR,
TAXES WILL BE GOING UP NEXT
YEAR FOR 163 MILLION
WORKERS.
THE TEMPORARY CUT IN THE
PAYROLL TAX IS EXPECTED TO
EXPIRE AT THE END OF YEAR.
A WORKER MAKING $50,000
SAVED $1,000 A YEAR.
THE TAX CUT HAD LASTED FOR
TWO YEARS, BUT NEITHER
PRESIDENT OBAMA NOR
REPUBLICANSL
WANT TO EXTEND IT PAST THIS
YEAR.
Pat: THAT'S PRETTY
TOUGH.
YOU TAKE THE AVERAGE WORKER,
AND $1,000 A YEAR IS A LOT.
ABOUT 50% OF PEOPLE DON'T
PAY INCOME TAX, BUT ALL
WORKERS ARE PAYING SOCIAL
SECURITY TAXES.
Terry: AND YET WE'RE
BEING TOLD NOBODY IS GOING
TO HAVE ANYMORE TAXES.
Pat: IT'S A PITY WE
CAN'T BELIEVE OUR
POLITICIANS, BUT WE WOULD BE
CRAZY IF WE DID.
Lee: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
DIOCESE HAS FILED DOZENS OF
LAWSUITS AGAINST PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S BIRTH CONTROL
MANDATE.
IT FORCES THEM TO OFFER
INSURANCE THAT COVERS
ABORTIONS AND BIRTH
CONTROLS.
MORE THAN 30 LAWSUITS HAVE
BEEN FILED CHALLENGING THE
LAW.
EMPLOYERS WHO DON'T COMPLY
FACE FINES OF $100 PER
EMPLOYEE PER DAY, PAT.
Pat: BUT, YOU SEE THE
SMILING VICE PRESIDENT IN A
DEBATE THE OTHER DAY, I AM A
CATHOLIC, AND THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NO OBLIGATION FOR
A CATHOLIC CHARITY TO PAY
ANY OF THESE THINGS.
IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.
I WONDER WHY THOSE BISHOPS
ARE SUING.
LEE?
Lee: GOOD QUESTION.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS ORDERED
ARIZONA NOT TO BLOCK FUNDING
FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THE RESPONSE CAME TO A NEW
ARIZONA LAW THAT WOULD DO
MORE BAR PUBLIC FUNDING FOR
ABORTIONS, IT BANS FUNDING
FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE
PASSED THE LAW EARLIER THIS
YEAR, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN
IMPLEMENTED.
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE NEIL
WAKE SAYS IT IS NOT IN THE
INTEREST TO BLOCK FUNDING
BECAUSE IT COULD KEEP
THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS FROM
GETTING CARE.
WELL-KNOWN PASTOR AND AUTHOR
MAX LUCADO IS CALLING ON
BELIEVERS AROUND THE COUNTRY
TO PRAY FOR AMERICA IN THE
40 DAYS LEADING UP TO THE
ELECTION.
HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
ASKING HIM WHAT THEY CAN DO
ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR
COUNTRY.
HE SAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST,
WE HAVE TO PRAY.
HE HAS WRITTEN THIS PRAYER,
"DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU
HAVE GIVEN US THIS PROGRAMS:
IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED
BY THIGH NAME WILL HUMBLE
THEMSELVES AND PRAY, AND
SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM
THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL
I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL
FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL
THEIR LAND."
SO WE PRAY TO YOU AND LOOK
TO YOU, OUR GOD.
PLEASE UNITE, STRENGTHEN US,
AND APPOINT AND ANOINT
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
THAT IS A GREAT PRAYER.
Pat: IT IS A GREAT
PRAYER.
WE HAVE 40 DAYS UNTIL
ELECTION, AND WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW, 240,000 737 WHO SAID
THEY WILL BE PRAYING WITH
US.
SO THAT IS A QUARTER OF A
MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE
JOINED WITH US AT CBN AND
SAID WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING.
ONE SAYS WE ASK FOR
FINANCIAL PROSPERITY, AND
THAT GOD WILL RAISE UP
TEACHERS, JOURNALISTS, AND
ENTERTAINERS.
THAT'S A BIG ORDER.
Terry: HERE IS ONE THAT
SAYS, "GOD WILL PROTECT OUR
PEOPLE AND ITS LAND."
AND SOMEONE SAYING, "THAT
OUR NATION WILL TRULY BE ONE
NATION UNDER GOD."
Pat: I WAS READING
WHERE THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE JUST OF ISRAEL IS
COMING.
"YOU WHO DO THE LORD'S WILL
SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
HUMILITY, AND MAYBE YOU WILL
BE HIDDEN ON THE DAY OF THE
LORD'S WRATH."
THERE CAN COME SOME TERRIBLE
THINGS HAPPENING.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
GOING TO SPARE AMERICA
BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER
NATION ON THE FACE OF THE
EARTH THAT STANDAND
FOR THE OPPRESSED AND THE
POOR AND THE DOWNTRODDEN.
THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE FOR
IT TO HAPPEN.
IF AMERICA FALLS, WHO IS THE
RIGHTEOUS JUDGE?
SO GOD IS GOING TO BLESS
AMERICA.
JUST HERE AT CBN, WE HAVE A
QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE
WHO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO
PRAY, THAT SAYS SOMETHING
VERY SIGNIFICANT.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO JOIN
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO
PRAY RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, WE
PRAYER FOR THE ANOINTING OF
YOUR SPIRIT TO COME DOWN
UPON THIS GREAT LAND.
AND, LORD, YOU SAID WE WERE
TO SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
SEEK HUMANLITY THAT MAYBE WE
WILL BE HIDDEN THE DAY OF
THE LORD'S WRATH.
WE KNOW WRATH IS COMING ON
THE EARTH.
WE KNOW THERE IS A SHAKING
OF THE EARTH.
WE KNOW THAT NATIONS WILL
FALL AND THERE WILL BE GREAT
UPRISINGS.
BUT IN THE MIDST OF THIS, WE
PRAY FOR RIGHTEOUS LEADERS
IN AMERICA.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL LEAD
THIS NATION AND BRING US TO
A PLACE, O GOD, WHERE WE CAN
FULFILL YOUR LAWS AND,
INDEED, BE YOUR PEOPLE.
LET THIS NATION, O GOD, BEpz
ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
LET IT BE, LORD.
IT ISN'T NOW, BUT LET IT
BE.
BRING IT TO PASS, WE PRAY,
FATHER.
IN JESUS' NAME WE ASK IT.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
UP NEXT, HERE COMES THE
BRIDE, AND SHE'S ONLY EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED WHAT
OUTSIDERS RARELY SEE, IT IS
THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF
INDIA'S CHILD BRIDES.
STAY TUNED FOR OUR EXCLUSIVE
REPORT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, IN INDIA,
A GIRL IS A BURDEN.
SHE IS A MOUTH TO BE FED BY
A IMPOVERISHED HOUSEHOLD.
SO THE QUICKER THE PARENTS
CAN MARRY OFF THEIR
CHILDREN, THE BETTER OFF
FINANCIALLY THEY FEEL THEY
WILL BE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE THING.
BUT MILLIONS OF GIRLS, AS
YOUNG AS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
OLD, ARE FORCED INTO
MARRIAGE IN INDIA.
THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS THAT
MORE THAN 40% OF ALL CHILD
MARRIAGES HAPPEN IN THAT
COUNTRY.
AND NOW FOUR U.N. AGENCIES
ARE CALLING FOR A CRACKDOWN
ON THIS ILLEGAL PRACTICE.
OUR REPORTER, GEORGE THOMAS,
BRINGS US THIS EXCLUSIVE
REPORT FROM RAJASTAN,
INDIA.
Reporter: RAJASTAN IS
THE EPICENTER OF INDIA'S
CHILD MARRIAGE.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE GIRLS
BORN IN THIS STATE BECOME
CHILD BRIDES BEFORE THE AGE
OF 15.
THE LIFE OF A CHILD BRIDE
IS VERY SAD.
Reporter: PREM DABI IS
STUDYING ITS IMPACT ON INDIA
SOCIETY.
THE MOMENT SHE GETS
MARRIED, HER LIFE BECOMES
VERY CHALLENGING.
Reporter: MOST OF
INDIA'S RURAL CORE LIVE ON
LESS THAN A DOLLAR A DAY.
SO MARRYING OFF A DAUGHTER
MEANS ONE LESS MOUTH TO
FEED.
DELIS SORR IS A PASTOR.
THE GIRLS ARE SEEN AS A
LIABILITY AND BURDEN.
THE GIRL'S FAMILY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE
DOWERY.
SO THE LONGER THEY WAIT TO
GET THE GIRL MARRIED OFF,
THE MORE THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY
THE IN-LAWS.
Reporter: APRIL AND MAY
ARE A POPULAR MONTH FOR
MARRIAGES.
EVERY YEAR YOU'LL SEE THE
IMAGES OF PARENTS HOLDING
THEIR CHILDREN, SOMETIMES AS
YOUNG OR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
OLD, IN THEIR LAP AS THEY
GET MARRIED.
Reporter: IN THE FIRST
INTRODUCED LAWS AGAINST
CHILD MARRIAGE BACK IN 1929,
AND BACK THEN, THE LEGAL AGE
OF LEGAL MARRIAGE WAS SET AT
12.
IT WAS EVENTUALLY INCREASED
TO 18 YEARS OLD IN 1978.
TO EVADE THE LAW,
FAMILIES WILL OFTEN PERFORM
MARRIAGES IN SECRET, USUALLY
LATE AT NIGHT.
IT IS SHORTLY AFTER 9:00 IN
THE EVENING, VERY, VERY BUSY
STREETS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
BUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IS
INTO THE INTERIOR VILLAGES,
OUTSIDE OF RAJASTAN.
FAMILIES ARE USUALLY NOT
ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE
CEREMONIES, LET ALONE FILM
THEM.
THIS FAMILY GAVE US
PERMISSION TO FILM HIS
WEDDING.
I AM BECOMING A MAN
TOMORROW.
Reporter: HIS PARENTS
INSIST HE IS 21, BUT HIS
FRIENDS TOLD US OFF-CAMERA
HE IS ONLY 10.
HE WEARS A SPECIAL SUIT WITH
FLASHING COLORED LIGHTS.
I WANT THE YOUNGSTERS IN
MY VILLAGE TO FOLLOW MY
EXAMPLE.
Reporter: THE WHOLE
VILLAGE SPENDS THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE WEDDING DRINKING
AND DANCING.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ACTUALLY, THESE DANCE
RITUALS BECOME SEXUALLY
ACTIVE.
AND IT BECOMES A PLACE TO
FIND POTENTIAL CHILD
SUITORS.
Reporter: HIS BRIDE IS
SAID TO BE NO MORE THAN
EIGHT OR NIGHT YEARS OLD.
THE PARENTS ALWAYS LIE
ABOUT THE CHILD'S AGE.
BECAUSE OF CULTURAL AND
ECONOMIC REASONS, THE
PARENTS WILL MARRY OFF THEIR
CHILDREN AT A YOUNG AGE.
Reporter: CBN IS ALLOW
TO FILM VINA SURR'S
WEDDING.
HERS IS DIFFERENT.
IT TAKES PLACE DURING THE
DAY, WHICH IS VERY
UNCOMMON.
WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR
THIS WEDDING FOR NEARLY A
YEAR.
Reporter: VINA IS
PREPARING TO LOOK HER BEST.
I INVITED THE ENTIRE
VILLAGE TO COME FOR THIS
HAPPY OCCASION.
MAMA!
Reporter: BUT VINA IS
ANYTHING BUT HAPPY.
IN BETWEEN COMBING HER HAIR
AND PUTTING ON JEWELRY, SHE
CRIES UNCONSOLEABLY.
WHY IS SHE SAD?
SHE REFUSES TO TALK.
SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A WIFE, HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY.
BUT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN
FORCED UPON HER, SHE HAS TO
GO ALONG WITH IT.
I THINK SHE IS A LITTLE
SCARED.
Reporter: VINA'S FAMILY
INSISTED SHE IS 18, BUT SHE
LOOKS SEVEN OR EIGHT.
I ALSO GOT MARRIED WHEN I
WAS VERY YOUNG.
SHE WILL ADJUST.
Reporter: INDIA IS ONLY
ONE OF MANY COUNTRIES WHERE
CHILD MARRIAGE IS THRIVING.
EACH YEAR SOME 10 MILLION
GIRLS ARE MARRIED BEFORE
THEY TURN 18.
THE PRACTICE IS MOST COMMON
IN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND SOUTH ASIA.
THE GIRL IS MARRIED AND
THEN MOVES IN WITH HER
HUSBAND'S FAMILY.
SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO
SCHOOL TO GET AN EDUCATION.
AS SOON AS SHE REACHES
PUBERTY, SHE IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE CHILDREN.
Reporter: AND THE
RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE
DEVASTATING.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILD
BRIDES ARE MORE LIKELY TO
DIE BEFORE THE CHILD IS
HOME, BE INFECTED WITH
H.I.V., HAVE THREE OR MORE
BIRTHS, AND UNDERGO MULTIPLE
ABORTIONS.
BACK IN THE VILLAGE, HE
ARRIVES IN A BUS WITH HIS
SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
WEARING A SPECIAL CROWN WITH
FLASHING LIGHTS, HE JOINS A
PROCESSION OF VILLAGERS.
HIS FACE IS PARTIALLY
COVERED BY A MULTI-COLORED
MASK.
HE, TOO, LOOKS VERY YOUNG,
BUT HIS FAMILY INSISTS HE IS
THE LEGAL AGE FOR MARRIAGE.
I AM READY TO BE A
HUSBAND.
Reporter: VINA IS READY
TO MAKE HER APPEARANCE.
BUT INSTEAD OF WALKING DOWN,
SHE HAS TO BE CARRIED IN BY
HER FATHER.
WEAK AND EXHAUSTED, SHE IS
OVERCOME WITH
EMOTION.
SHE SOBS THROUGH THE
TWO-HOUR CEREMONY.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO
WATCH.
THESE ARE CHILDREN, LITTLE
CHILDREN, GETTING MARRIED.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS, RAJASTAN,
INDIA.
Pat: THAT'S A HORRIBLE
THING TO CONTEMPLATE.
THOSE GIRLS JUST BECOME
SLAVES.
THEY'RE SLAVES INMENT
FAMILY.
THE STORY OF CINDERELLA,
THEY'RE TREATED LIKE DIRT.
THEY'RE BEATEN AND MADE TO
SERVE.
Terry: GOOD GRIEF.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR
THIS CHILD HEART-WRENCHINGLY
CRYING FOR HER MOTHER AND
BEING CARRIED OFF.
Pat: THAT'S THE WAY IT
IS, BUT IT IS ECONOMICS AND
IT IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN
SELLING THE CHILDREN TO SOME
BROTHEL IN NEW DEHLI.
Terry: ADRIAN GONZALES,
WHEN HE SLINGS, WHAT IS HE
CLUTCHING BESIDES THE BAT?
FIND OUT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, IT'S
BASEBALL, AND THE MIGHTY
YANKEES FELL, AND A-ROD
DIDN'T GET MANY HITS AND HE
WAS BENCHED FOR A WHILE.
IT IS ALL KIND OF
CONFUSING.
WELL, FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR AID
ADRIAN GONZALES IS ONE OF
THE BEST HITTERS.
DURING HIS NINE-YEAR CAREER,
HE HAS BEEN CLUTCHING MORE
THAN HIS BAT WHEN HE TAKES A
SWING.
RECENTLY A REPORTER SAID TO
HIM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE
HOLDING WHEN YOU STEP UP TO
THE PLATE?
Reporter: ADRIAN
GONZALES STANDS OUT AMONG
BEEN'S BEST HITTERS.
IN A GAME CROWDED WITH
TALENT, HE WAS THE SUMMER'S
BIGGEST BARGAINING CHIP,
TRADED FROM BOSTON TO A
LOS ANGELES TEAM WITH
POST-SEASON HOPES.
INSTEAD, HIS DODGERS WERE
ELIMINATED FROM A PLAYOFF
BIRTH.
VERY DISAPPOINTED.
IT IS TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT A
CHANCE.
ALL YOU CAN DO IS WORK AS
HARD AS YOU CAN.
Reporter: ADRIAN WAS
THE FIRST OVERALL PICK OF
THE FIRST 2000 MAJOR LEAGUE
DRAFT.
HARD WORK TRANSFORMED INTO A
FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR.
HITTING IS REALLY
DIFFICULT.
IT IS ABOUT PUTTING IN THE
WORK, BEING PHYSICALLY
PREPARED, BEINGMENTALLY
BEING MENTALLY PREPARED.
UNDERSTANDING THE OPPOSING
PITCHER, AND LETTING THE
GAME BE THE GAME.
Reporter: AFTER PLAYING
SIX SEASONS IN HIS HOME TOWN
OF SAN DIEGO, ADRIAN WAS
TRADED TO THE RED SOX.
WHERE HE SIGNED A $
$154 MILLION CONTRACT.
EXPECTATIONS SOARED, BUT THE
TEAM MISSED THE PLAYOFFS.
ADRIAN LEARNED TO DEAL WITH
BIG-LEAGUE PRESSURE.
THIS IS A GAME.
WE'RE NOT ROBOTS.
IT'S A LONG SEASON.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT -- GOOD THINGS CAN
HAPPEN; BAD THINGS CAN
HAPPEN.
WHAT MATTERS IS HOW WE
RESPOND TO EVERY ASPECT OF
THE GAME.
FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT LETTING
IT HAPPEN AND JUST TRUSTING
THE LORD.
WHAT DOES ADRIAN GONZALES
HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF?
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO
JUDGE ME BY THE STATISTICS
AT THE END OF THE DAY?
DID YOU GET THAT BIG HIT TO
DRIVE IN THE RUNS?
THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES
WHEN YOU DON'T PRODUCE, AND
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO COME
OUT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT
HAPPENED?
WHY DIDN'T YOU COME
THROUGH?
HUMAN NATURE IS TO FEAR
FAILURE.
Reporter: DESPITE THE
COUNTLESS SWINGS OVER HIS
NINE-YEAR PRO-CAREER, HE
ALSO CLINCHES A REMINDER.
WHENEVER HE GRABS HIS BAT
AND THE PRESSURE THAT COMES
WITH IT, HE READS A
WELL-PLACED INSCRIPTION THAT
GRABS HIS HEART.
IT HAS BEEN IN MY HEART
FOR A WHILE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST
GAVE ME PEACE.
IT SAYS, "THE LORD IS MY
LIFE, MY SALVATION.
THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF
MY LIFE.
SO I SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID."
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE
AT THE PLATE AND IT IS A
TOUGH MOMENT IN THE GAME, OR
IT IS A TOUGH PITCHER.
OR YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
TOUGH TIMES WITH THE PLAY
AND YOUR STRUGGLING, AND ALL
OF THESE THINGS ARE IN YOUR
HEAD, AND IT TURNS INTO I
WANT TO GET A HIT, I NEED TO
GET A HIT.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE
VERSE, I SAY, HEY, WAIT.
GOD IS IN CONTROL.
SO FOR ME IT IS ABOUT
TESTING JESUS AND JUST
ALLOWING HIM TO BE AT THE
CENTER OF YOUR THOUGHT
PROCESS.
Reporter: WHILE ADRIAN
IS COMMITTED TO BASEBALL AND
IMPROVING HIS GAME, IT IS
NOT HIS FIRST PRIORITY.
IF YOU PUT YOUR PURPOSE
IN SOMETHING AT EARTH,
YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF AT
RISK IN THAT FULFILLMENT NOT
BEING MET.
I CAN GO OUT THERE AND BE
INJURED, AND IT CAN BE TAKEN
AWAY IN A HEART BEAT.
YOU PUT YOUR PURPOSE IN
JESUS, AND THAT WILL NEVER
BE TAKENú AWAY.
Pat: HE HAS GOT HIS
PRIORITIES RIGHT.
I ADVICE YOU -- YOU MAY NOT
HAVE A $100 MILLION CONTRACT
TO RELY ON IN CASE YOU GET
INJURED, BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
WE ALL NEED TO HAVE OUR
PRIORITIES RIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE JESUS, YOU
CAN'T -- I'D RATHER HAVE
JESUS THAN SILVER AND GOLD.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE JESUS
THAN WISHES UNTOLD.
Terry: ALSO, YOU HEAR
THOSE NUMBERS, AND ALL OF
US -- WE DID THE SAME THING,
GO WOW, THE NUMBERS THEY
SIGN FOR.
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
PRESSURE YOU FEEL EVERY TIME
YOU PICK UP A BAT, TO BE THE
GOLDEN BOY BECAUSE OF WHAT
YOU'RE BEING PAID.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT A
STATISTICIAN, EVERY TIME,
EVERY STRUCK OUT --
Terry: BEING EVALUATED
ON EVERY LEVEL.
Pat: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO FOR SOME
QUESTIONS.
Terry: WE'VE GOT SOME
E-MAIL QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF
YOU.
THIS IS FROM DIANE, PAT, WHO
SAYS, "IF A BELIEVER SINS
AFTER THEY REPENT, DO THEY
HAVE TO BE REBAPTIZED?"
Pat: NO, THEY DON'T.
WE WALK ALONG, AND THE IDEA
WAS THAT YOU STEP INTO THE
DIRTY STREET AND YOU GET
YOUR FEET DUSTY OR DIRTY,
AND THE LORD WASHES YOUR
FEET.
YOU'RE CLEANSED FROM CONTACT
WITH THE WORLD.
WE ALL CONTACT THE WORLD.
THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID
SIN.
WE ARE SINFUL BY NATURE.
AND GOD KNOWS THAT.
AND, NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE COME AND SAY FORGIVE ME,
LORD.
HE IS SO GRACIOUS.
HE IS SO FORGIVING, SO
LOVING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS
MERCY.
THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID THEIR
CONDEMNATION IS JUST WHO
WOULD PRESUME ON GOD, WHO
WOULD SIN BOLDING THAT GRACE
WOULD ABOUND -- LET'S NOT DO
THAT.
BUT LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT HE
IS A FORGIVING, LOVING
FATHER, FOR WHICH I AM VERY,
VERY GRATEFUL.
Terry: ME, TOO.
HIS MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY
MORNING.
THIS IS A VIEWER WHO
SAYS, "WHAT'S CONSIDER
WITCHCRAFT?
IS A MAGICIAN DOING TRICKS
WITCHCRAFT?"
Pat: NO.
THAT'S SLIGHT OF HAND.
THE MAGIC IS SLIGHT OF
HAND.
IT IS HAND QUICKER THAN THE
EYE.
THAT IS NOT WITCHCRAFT.
IF HE GETS INTO HOCUS-POCUS
AND ACTS LIKE A SPIRIT
MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN,
THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.
WITCHCRAFT IS DEALING WITH
DEMON SPIRITS, AND NOT HAND
QUICKER THAN EYE, CARD
TRICKS AND SO FORTH.
Terry: THIS IS MANUEL
WHO SAYS, "JESUS SAID THAT
CHILDREN NEED TO OBEY THEIR
PARENTS.
DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO
OBEY THEM THE REST OF MY
LIFE?
DO I HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR
OPINIONS?
".
Pat: WE ARE TO HONOR
OUR FATHER UNTIL THE DAY WE
DIE.
THE WORD "HONOR" MEANS TO
GIVE WEIGHT TO YOUR
PARENTS.
DO YOU HAVE TO OBEY THEM IF
THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING
WRONG?
OF COURSE NOT.
IF THEY'RE OLD-FASHIONED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON,
YOU STILL GIVE WEIGHT TO THE
FACT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE
FATHER AND ONE MOTHER, AND
THEY BROUGHT YOU INTO THE
WORLD.
YOU ARE TO HONOR THEM FOR
THAT FACT.
JESUS USED IT TO SPEAK OF
TAKING CARE OF THEIR
PHYSICAL NEEDS.
THEY SAID YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
LOOK AFTER YOUR MOTHER AND
YOUR FATHER.
AND YOU SAID, WHATEVER I'M
SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A
DEDICATED TO THE TEMPLE, AND
THEREFORE YOU BREAK THE
LAW.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AFTER
OUR PARENTS.
THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE
LAWS.
Terry: THIS IS A
QUESTION FOR THE HOUR.
THIS IS FROM DEBBIE WHO
SAYS, "I'VE BEEN PRAYING
ONCE A MONTH FRIENDS OF
MINE FOR AMERICA AND
COUNTRY.
I JUST FOUND OUT THEY'RE A
LEFTEST VIEW.
SHOULD I CONTINUE TO PRAY
WITH THEM?"
Pat: YOU CAN PRAY WITH
WHOMEVER YOU WANT TO, BUT
THERE HAS TO BE AGREEMENT.
Terry: MICHAEL
SAYS, "ON A SHOW SEVERAL
WEEKS BACK, PAT WAS TALKING
TO KRISTI AND TALKED ABOUT
HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE NAME
"THE 700 CLUB."
I MISSED THAT, AND CAN
SOMEONE TELL ME HOW HE CAME
UP WITH THE NAME?"
Pat: YES.
IN THE EARLY DAYS WHEN WE
WERE DESPERATE FOR MONEY, I
ASKED 700 PEOPLE TO PLEDGE
$7 A MONTH TO KEEP US ON THE
AIR.
ANYWAY, WE HAD A
TELETHON, AND WE GOT HALF OF
IT.
AND ONE YEAR WE CAME THROUGH
AND GOT MORE THAN OUR GOAL,
AND THAT WAS SUCH A
BLESSING.
OUT OF IT WE DECIDED THAT
700 SOUNDED LIKE 007, AND
WITH IT AND MODERN, SO WE
KEPT THE NAME.
BUT "THE 700 CLUB" HAD TO DO
WITH 700 PEOPLE GIVING $7 A
MONTH.
Terry: THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
NEXT, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
RHODA JANSON ASKS THE
QUESTION, "DOES THIS CHURCH
MAKE ME LOOK FAT?"
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS HER
ANSWER.
THAT'S COMING UP.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS GATHERED
RECENTLY FOR AN URGENT TIME
OF FASTING AND PRAYER.
SEEKING GOD'S PROTECTION
FROM THE RISING INFLUENCE OF
ISLAM ON EGYPTIAN SOCIETY.
HERE IS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT
OFTEN SEE IN THE
MUSLIM-DOMINATED MIDDLE
EAST.
THIS IS VIDEO OF A MASSIVE
PRAYER RALLY CALLED "ONE
THEME."
10,000 EGYPTIAN YOUTH UNITED
IN THE DESERT FOR PRAISE,
PRAYER, AND WORSHIP.
THEY GATHERED EACH DAY, FROM
10:00 IN THE MORNING TO 8:00
AT NIGHT.
SOME TRAVELLED HUNDREDS OF
MILES FROM SOUTHERN EGYPT TO
ATTEND.
AN ESTIMATED TWO MILLION
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
WATCHED THE EVENT ON LINE.
WE APPLAUD THEM FOR IT.
CBN'S MEDICAL MISSION TEAMS
ARE TOUCHING THOUSANDS OF
LIVES AROUND THE WORLD.
A RECENT CBN MEDICAL MISSION
IN THAILAND REACHED A
40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN JUST IN
TIME.
HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY CARRIED
HER IN BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT
EATEN FOR FIVE DAYS AND
SUFFERED FROM SEVERE
DEHYDRATION.
MEDICAL TEAMS GAVE HER
FLUIDS AND REFERRED HER TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND THE
DOCTORS SAY SHE WOULD HAVE
DIED ANY MINUTE HAD SHE NOT
RECEIVED IMMEDIATE TREATMENT
FROM THE CBN MEDICAL TEAM.
YOU YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT WHAT CBN IS DOING
AROUND THE WORLD BY LOGGING
ON TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND TERRI
TERRY WILL BE BACK AFTER
THIS.
Pat: I HAVE FOUR
CHILDREN WHO GOT MARRIED.
I HAVE 14 GRANDCHILDREN WHO
ARE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING
MARRIED.
Terry: IT DOES SEEM
LIKE THERE IS A ROBERTSON
WEDDING EVERY YEAR.
Pat: ONE COMING UP.
BUT FOR THE BRIDE AND THE
FAMILY, THEY ARE STRESSFUL
EVENTS, AND SO IS THE
WEDDING BUSINESS.
BUT RUTH CRISLIN HAS MADE A
HUGE SUCCESS OF HER COMPANY,
IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
Reporter: IN 2006, RUTH
CRISMAN LEFT HER CORPORATE
JOB AND OPENED HER OWN
BUSINESS, WHITESTONE CHAPEL
AND CELEBRATIONS.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND MADE THE
BOLD DECISION TO SELL HER
HOME AND PUT THE ENTIRE
$75,000 IN EQUITY TO
RESTORING A CHAPEL IN
TEXAS.
WEDDING BUSINESS IS
DIFFICULT WORK AND STRESSFUL
SOMETIMES, BUT IT IS
WONDERFUL.
AND THE STEP OF FAITH WE
TOOK, OH, HAS GOD OPENED THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN.
Reporter: BUT IN 2008,
HER BUSINESS WAS ROCKED BY
THE ECONOMIC RECESSION.
I DIDN'T THINK MUCH UNTIL
THE PHONE QUIT RINGING, AND
MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE
IN THE LEWISTOWN AREA
CLOSED.
Reporter: FOR TWO
YEARS, THE BUSINESS
STRUGGLED.
RUTH WAS AFRAID SHE
MIGHT LOSE EVERYTHING SHE
WORKED FOR.
BUSINESS COUNSELLORS SAID
I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST
DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.
Reporter: ONE DAY
DURING PRAYER TIME, SHE
REMEMBERED SHE STOPPED
GIVING HER PLEDGE TO CBN.
AND THINGS JUST GOT
WORSE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU PULL BACK
IN FEAR, YOU NEVER MAKE THE
RIGHT DECISIONS IN FEAR.
Reporter: RUTH
INCREASED HER GIVING, AND
STARTED SENDING HER "THE 700
CLUB" PLEDGE FAITHFULLY, AND
INCREASED HER DONATION TO
SUPPORT "SUPERBOOK" AND
"ORPHANS' PROMISE." A FEW
MONTHS LATER, RUTH GOT AN
EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT FROMp
HER LANDLORD.
HE HAD OWNED THE BUILDING
SEVERAL YEARS, AND HE HAD
NEVER SEEN THE CHANGES.
Reporter: HE WAS SO
PLEASED WITH THE CHANGES, HE
RETURNED THEIR RENT FOR
DECEMBER.
HE SAID, MERRY CHRISTMAS,
AND IT STARTED A SERIES OF
MIRACLES THAT HAVE NOT
STOPPED.
OUR PHONE RANG OFF THE
HOOK.
IN JANUARY, WHICH IS A
PRETTY QUIET MONTH, NO, WE
BEGAN TO BE TOTALLY SLAMMED
WITH BUSINESS.
BACK-TO-BACK WEDDINGS.
Reporter: IN ONE YEAR,
RUTH'S BUSINESS INCREASED BY
ALMOST 30%.
SHE GIVES THE CREDIT TO
GOD.
OUR C.P.A. CAME TO US AND
SAID WE HAVE A PROFIT THIS
YEAR.
MANY OF OUR FRIENDS SAID, WE
DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STAYED IN
BUSINESS BECAUSE A LOT OF
YOUR FRIENDS' BUSINESS HAVE
CLOSED.
I SAID YOU HAVE TO TRUST
GOD.
HE IS A FAITHFUL GOD.
Pat: HE IS A FAITHFUL
GOD.
I'LL TELL YOU, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN TRUST THE
LORD, AND WHATEVER GOES ON
IN THE ECONOMICS OF THIS
WORLD, AND THINGS COULD BE
GETTING BAD.
THEY'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN,
BUT WE'VE HAD A BIG
RECESSION.
AND NOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF
IT -- WHO KNOWS.
BUT GOD WILL LOOK AFTER HIS
PEOPLE.
THE BIBLE SAYS, I'VE BEEN
YOUNG, I'M NOW OLD, I'VE
NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS
FORSAKEN.
GOD WILL LOOK AFTER HIS
PEOPLE AND THEIR SEED.
KEEP IN MIND.
YOU JUST SAW SOMEBODY WHO
SAID, YES, I TRIED THE LORD,
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
BY THE WAY, WE WANT YOU TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
AND WE WANT YOU TO ALSO BE A
MEMBER OF PLEDGE EXPRESS.
WHICH MEANS YOU TELL YOUR
BANK, WHATEVER YOUR
PLEDGING, $20 A MONTH, OR 40
OR 50 -- WHATEVER IT IS --
TO JUST TAKE THAT OUT AND
MAKE AN ONLINE TRANSFER TO
CBN.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE IS
NO PAPERWORK YOU HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT.
BECAUSE WE SAVE
MONEY AND YOU SAVE MONEY,
AND WE'LL SEND YOU
SOMETHING, A TEACHING, AND
WE'LL SEND THESE TO YOU ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
EVERY MONTH.
IT IS CALLED PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SOME FUN.
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FUN?
Terry: I'M READY FOR
FUN.
SHE WAS AN EGG-HEAD
INTELLECTUAL, AND HE WORE A
JESUS NAIL NECKLACE.
YOU HAVE TO HEAR THEIR
HYSTERICAL STORY WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Terry: WELL, YOU CAN'T
READ RHODA JANSON'S NEW
MEMOIR WITHOUT A SMILE.
BUT BEHIND HER HUMOR IS AN
AMAZING STORY OF FAITH AND
LOVE.
RHODA JANSON IS THE AUTHOR
OF THE NUMBER ONE "NEW YORK
TIMES" BEST-SELLER "THE
MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK
DRESS."
PRAISING GOD IN A
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WAS THE
LAST THING THIS ENGLAND
PROFESSOR EVER THOUGHT SHE
WOULD BE DOING, BUT THAT IS
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SHE FELL
FOR A FORMER ALCOHOLIC
SUPPORTING A JESUS NAIL
NECKLACE.
HER MEMOIR IS CALLED "DOES
THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK
FAT?"
RHODA JANSON, WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU.
IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT
TITLE?
WELL, I MADE IT UP.
I WAS BRAINSTORMING AND I
MADE IT LOOK.
BUT IT FITS THE IDEA THAT
WE'RE SO OFTEN CONCERNED
WITH WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF
US, TOO CONCERNED, MAYBE.
Terry: ESPECIALLY IN
CHURCH CIRCLES.
WE HAVE THAT SENSE WE
NEED TO BE.
Terry: YOU GREW UP IN A
MENNONITE FAMILY.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
IT WAS A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE
FOR MY TASTE AT THE TIME.
I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND
WE DRESSED VERY MODESTLY,
AND THERE WERE THINGS I
WANTED TO DO AND I COULDN'T
DO THEM, SO I ENDED UP
LEAVING THE MENNONITE
COMMUNITY TO PURSUE MY
GOALS.
Terry: YOU WENT OFF TO
SCHOOL AND YOU BECAME A
PROFESSOR.
I DID.
Terry: YOU'RE TEACHING
ENGLISH.
HOW DID YOU COME TO THE
PLACE WHERE YOU HIT ROCK
BOTTOM?
WELL, I THINK I WAS
BROUGHT THERE.
I HAD AN ATHEIST HUSBAND, A
BIPOLAR MARRIAGE, WHO AFTER
16 YEARS OF MARRIAGE LEFT ME
VERY SUDDENLY FOR A MAN.
AND SIX DAYS LATER, I WAS
IN AN ACCIDENT.
AND I COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
AND SO I MOVED HOME WITH MY
FOLKS, IN MY EARLY 40s,
FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THAT, IN ITSELF, WAS
KIND OF FUNNY.
Terry: AND ALL OF THOSE
VALUES COME BACK TO YOU IN A
DIFFERENT WAY WHEN YOU'RE IN
A PLACE OF NEED.
THEY DO.
Terry: I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HOW YOU MET MITCH?
I WAS SHOPPING IN A
GROCERY STORE, WHO WAS
SHOPPING WITH HIS ELDERLY
FATHER WHO WAS BLIND.
AND I WAS LEAVING THAT
STORE, HE DROVE UP BEHIND ME
AND SAID, MA'AM, IF YOU'RE A
WOMAN OF GOD, I REALLY WISH
YOU WOULD CALL ME.
THAT WAS SURPRISING.
NOT THE KIND OF MAN I WOULD
ORDERLY DATE.
AND HIS FATHER LEANED ACROSS
AND SAID, "IS THAT
THE GAL?
IS SHE PRETTY?"
Terry: YOU TACK ABOUT
THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT TO
CHURCH WITH MITCH.
IT WAS FUNNY.
THE MENNONITES WORSHIP
VERY CAUTIOUSLY.
AND MITCH WAS A PENT
COASTAL. PENTACOSTAL.
AND THERE WAS EXUBERANT
WORSHIP.
PEOPLE WAVING THEIR ARMS AND
PEOPLE SHOUTING HALLELUJAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EMOTION.
AND EXPRESSION OF EMOTION TO
GOD.
BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT
WAS A DELIBERATE DECISION TO
BRING THIS KIND OF PRAISE TO
THE LORD.
Terry: YOU WRITE SO
CANDIDLY AND A BIT JADEDLY
ABOUT HOW GOD SLOWLY CAUGHT
YOUR HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF
ALL OF THIS.
YOU NOT ONLY FELL IN LOVE
WITH MITCH, BUT YOU FELL IN
LOVE WITH JESUS ALONG THE
WAY.
I DID.
I DID.
THIS WAS VERY MUCH COMING
BACK TO FAITH FOR ME AND A
TIME OF GROWTH FOR ME.
IT WAS SLOW BECAUSE I
BROUGHT THE DOUBT OF MY
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL SKEPTIC
IN A SENT.
PROFESSORS ARE TAUGHT
CRITICAL INQUIRY, AND SO
OFTEN IN MY LIFE I HAD
CRITICIZED PRESENTATIONS,
PASTORS, SERMONS, CHURCH
GROUPS, AND SO ON.
IN THIS NEW CONTEXT, I
FINALLY MADE UP MY MIND NOT
TO PUT MY MOUTH ON THE MAN
OR WOMAN OF GOD, BUT TO SIT
THERE AND SEE WHAT I COULD
LEARN.
Terry: THAT SPOKE
VOLUMES TO ME AS I WAS
READING IT.
I THOUGHT, WE ALL NEED TO
COME TO THAT PLACE IN OUR
LIVES WHERE WE STOP GIVING
OUR OPINION AND TALKING AND
HAVING TO BE RIGHT, AND WE
JUST LISTEN TO GOD SPEAKING
TO US.
THAT BECAME SO SIGNIFICANT
TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH A REALLY
DIFFICULT CANCER SCENARIO?
YES, AND THE BEGINNING OF
MY DATING RELATIONSHIP.
AND I HAD THIS DIAGNOSIS,
AND IT WAS A BIG CANCER,
INOPERABLE, AND I WANTED TO
BREAK UP WITH HIM --
Terry: AND WHAT MAN
WANTED TO STAY?
AND HE WANTED TO STAY.
Terry: THAT WAS THE
BEGINNING OF SOME DEPTHS IN
YOUR RELATIONSHIP THAT MOST
PEOPLE DON'T GET TO AS
QUICKLY.
BUT YOUR CANCER SORT OF
MOVED IT THROUGH THAT.
GOD DID SOMETHING
MIRACULOUSLY FOR YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
YES.
ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN
HALF WAY THROUGH MY CHEMO,
MY CANCER SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARED.
THE TUMOR SHRANK, SHRANK.
Terry: AND IT WAS AN
INOPERABLE CANCER?
IT WAS AN INOPERABLE
CANCER.
AND HERE I AM, WHOLE AND
WELL.
Terry: WHEN YOU TALKED
ABOUT GOING FORWARD TO BE
PRAYED FOR IN CHURCH, IN A
MIRACLE SERVICE, NOT
SOMETHING YOU HAD GROWN UP
WITH OR EVEN AT THAT MOMENT
WERE PARTICULARLY
COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT WHEN
WE'RE DESPERATE, YOU DO
DESPERATE THINGS.
YOU PURSUE ALL AVENUES,
EXACTLY.
Terry: BUT YOU AND
MITCH HAD A GOD MOMENT.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS A STRANGE MOMENT
FOR ME.
I WAS LISTENING TO THE
PEOPLE AROUND ME.
THIS IS A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
AND THEY WERE SPEAKING IN
TONGUES.
AND MY HUSBAND AT THAT TIME
WAS FEELING WHAT HE SAID, A
BREEZY SPIRIT.
THE EXPRESSION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT THERE IN THAT CHURCH
CIRCUMSTANCES.
Terry: YOU HAD SORT
OF -- NOT EXACTLY IN THE
SAME WAY, BUT ON THE DAY
THAT YOU AND MITCH MARRIED,
WHERE YOU WERE CELEBRATING
AND JOYOUS, BUT WHEN YOU
CAME TO THE ALTER TO MAKE
THE SOLEMN VOW TO EACH
OTHER, TELL US WHAT YOU
EXPERIENCED?
IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCE.
I HAD JUST BEEN EXPECTING
JOY.
THE TYPICAL EMOTION WE
ASSOCIATE WITH A WEDDING.
BUT AS WE EXCHANGED OUR
VOWS, WE BOTH FELT A KIND OF
HEAVY, VELVETY RICHNESS IN
THE SANCTUARY.
IT IT WAS STARTLING.
IT STOPPED US.
WE TOOK IT WITH US ON OUR
HONEYMOON AND KEPT TALKING
ABOUT.
IT FELT SACRIMENTAL TO US.
AND WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY
IT.
Terry: AND YOU SAY THIS
IS A WOMAN WHO WAS SURPRISED
BY GOD, IN HIS REALNESS,
THAT HE DOESN'T WORK THE WAY
WE ALWAYS THINK HE WILL OR
THE WAY WE EXPECT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO
READ THIS COME AWAY WITH?
I WANT THEM TO COME AWAY
WITH THE IDEA THAT IT IS
NEVER TOO LATE, EVEN IN
MID-LIFE.
WE CAN DO THAT FEARLESS
INVENTORY AND ASK QUESTIONS,
HAVE OUR CHOICE BROUGHT US
PEACE, TRANQUILITY AND JOY.
AND IF THEY HAVEN'T, IT'S
NOT TOO LATE TO MOVE FORWARD
INTO SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS,
SOMETHING NEW.
Terry: SOMETHING THAT I
MAY NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND.
EXACTLY.
Terry: YOU'RE VERY
CANDID ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY FELT LIKE MORE THAN
JUST FOR THE CHRISTIAN, THIS
IS A BOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS
STRUGGLING WITH FAITH
ISSUES, WHO MAYBE NOT IS
SURE WHERE TO GO WITH GOD IN
THEIR LIVES, AND WOULD LIKE
TO COME BACK WITH SOME
REALITY AND DEPTH OF
MEANING.
IT SHARES YOUR JOURNEY VERY
CANDIDLY IN ALL OF THIS.
RHODA JANSON'S BOOK IS
CALLED "DOES THIS CHURCH
MAKE ME LOOK FAT?"
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO
CANDIDLY AND POINT
POIGNANTLY.
PLUS WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS, SO YOU WANT TO STAY
WITH US.
Pat: RICK AGULAR HAD
JUST RETURNED FROM THE
DOCTOR WITH A SUPPLY OF
ANTIBIOTICS.
BEFORE RICK HAD TIME TO TAKE
THE FIRST PILL, GOD HEALED
HIM.
HERE IS HOW IT HAPPENED.
I HAD A THROAT ACHE, AND
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE IT
STARTED OUT LIKE A SORE
THROAT, AND THEN WHEN I WAS
EATING SOMETHING, IT FELT
LIKE I COULDN'T GET IT DOWN
MY THROAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK IT
GOT A LITTLE TOUGHER TO EAT
SOMETHING.
AND THEN IT GOT TOUGH TO
SWALLOW.
SO I SAID, HEY, I'VE GOT TO
GO TO THE DOCTOR AND FIND
OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE
LOOKED AT MY THROAT AND HE
GAVE ME ANTIBIOTICS.
AND HE SAID GO HOME, TAKE
THESE ANTIBIOTICS, AND COME
BACK IN A WEEK OR TWO.
SO I WENT HOME AND MY WIFE
AND I SAT DOWN AND WATCHED
"THE 700 CLUB" WITH PAT
ROBERTSON.
AND PAT CAME TO THE END OF
THE BROADCAST AND HE
SAID --
Pat: THERE IS A
CONSTRICTION IN YOUR THROAT
RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME
SWALLOWING.
SOMETHING IS SWELLED UP IN
THERE.
GOD IS TAKING THAT SWELLING
DOWN.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SWALLOW
NORMALLY.
TRY IT RIGHT NOW.
TOUCH YOUR NECK.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE
MADE WHOLE.
IN THAT INSTANT, IN THAT
MOMENT, I FELT WARMTH IN MY
THROAT.
I FELT TINGLING.
BUT THE MOST FABULOUS THING
WAS THAT I FELT HIS
PRESENCE.
I FELT HIS GLORY.
I FELT HIS LOVE.
I FELT HIS MAGNIFISANCE.
BUT WHEN I WENT HOME, I
DIDN'T EVEN NEED THE
ANTIBIOTICS.
GOD HEALED ME.
GOD IS A SIGNIFICANT BEING.
WE HAVE THIS VEIL OVER OUR
EYES ALL OF THE TIME, BUT
GOD CHOSE TO TAKE
THAT VEIL OFF MY EYES AND
JUST REVEAL HIS MAGNIFISANCE.
Pat: NOW IS A CHANCE
FOR US TO PRAY FOR YOU WITH
THE MAGNIFISANCE OF THE
LORD.
SHE SUFFERED FROM A
CONDITION THAT CAUSED PAIN
AND INSTABILITY WITH HER
KNEE FOR 42 YEARS.
AT TIMES SHE HAD TO USE HER
ARMS JUST TO MOVE HER LEGS.
LAST AUGUST SHE WAS WATCHING
THIS SHOW AND HEARD YOU GIVE
THIS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
"THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT
HOLDS YOUR LOWER LEG TO YOUR
UPPER LEG.
THERE ARE SOME TENDONS
MISSING.
AND YOUR LEG IS FLOPPING
AROUND.
TOUCH YOUR KNEE IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
THE KNEE WILL BE NORMAL, AND
IT WILL OPERATE AS IT SHOULD
AND THAT THING WILL BE
COMPLETELY WHOLE.
SHE RECEIVED THE WORLD AND
SHE HAS NOT ONLY BE
PAIN-FREE, BUT HAS BEEN ABLE
TO DEPEND ON HER KNEE FOR
SUPPORT."
42 YEARS.
Pat: FOLKS, WE WANT TO
PRAY FOR YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF TWO OF YOU
JOIN TOGETHER TO PRAY, IT
SHALL BE DONE.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HANDS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY WITH
US.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED?
TERRY AND I JOIN HANDS.
FATHER, I JOIN HANDS WITH MY
DEAR SISTER IN CHRIST.
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF
GOD IN JESUS' NAME.
TOUCH, LORD, THESE WHO ARE
SUFFERING.
THERE IS SOMEBODY WITH A
CONSTRICTION IN YOUR THROAT,
JUST AS WAS SAID EARLIER,
YOU ARE BEING HEALED NOW IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
THERE IS A BLADDER INFECTION
THAT IS BEING HEALED.
IT HAS BEEN WITH YOU FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET
IT HEALED.
IT WILL COMPLETELY HEAL FROM
THIS MOMENT ON.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE MIGRAINES AND YOU
GET FLASHING LIGHTS FROM
THAT CONDITION.
GOD IS SETTING YOU FREE NOW
FROM NOT JUST THE MIGRAINES,
BUT FROM THE CONDITION.
YOU'LL NOT HAVE THEM
ANYMORE.
Pat: THERE IS A BOWEL
CONSTRUCTION, AND THE
DOCTORS THOUGHT IT MAY NEED
SURGERY, BUT IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, THAT IS COMING FREE
RIGHT NOW.
AND YOUR BOWELS WILL WORK
PERFECTLY IN JESUS' NAME.
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
CANCER.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY WHOLE.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE OCULAR PROBLEMS.
LIKE YOUR VISION COMES AND
GOES FOR NO KNOWN REASON,
BUT GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION IN YOUR EYES.
YOUR EYES ARE GOING TO BE
BETTER THAN THEY WERE
BEFORE.
Pat: PLACE YOUR HANDS
ON THAT PART OF YOUR BODY
THAT HURTS.
WE AGREE WITH YOU.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, MAY
THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT COME UPON YOU.
MAY HEAT COME INTO THAT AREA
THAT IS HURTING IN JESUS'
NAME.
TOUCH!
AMEN.
TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO
EXPOSE THE MYTHS ABOUT
CHOLESTEROL AND HEART
DISEASE.
I IMAGINE LIPITOR WILL NOT
MAKE IT.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM 1
THESSALONIANS: "REJOICE
ALWAYS, AND PRAY WITHOUT
SEIZING.
AND FOR EVERYTHING GIVE
THANKS.
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF
CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING
YOU."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
