WORDS YOU MAY NOT EXPECT
TO HEAR FROM A C.E.O.
THERE SHOULD BE LOVE IN
THE WORKPLACE.
Gordon: ONE TOP BOSS
REVEALS A NEW BUSINESS
STRATEGY.
LOVE OTHERS AS HE LOVED
US.
Gordon: PLUS, GET AN
EARLY START ON THANKSGIVING
DINNER.
Gordon: WE'RE GOING TO
TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE
AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE A
FIVE-STAR MEAL THE EASY
WAY.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
♪♪♪
Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THE NATION IS FOCUSED ON THE
RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
THIS ELECTION YEAR.
AND DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF THE
SENATE AND CONGRESS.
Terry: AND ONE OF THE
DEMOCRATS' KEY TARGETS IS
CONGRESSMAN ALLEN WEST OF
FLORIDA.
DAVID BRODY BRINGS US A LOOK
AT THIS TOUGH POLITICAL
BATTLE.
David: DEMOCRATS VIEW
HIM AS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER
ONE.
ALLEN WEST SIMPLY RUBS THIS
THE WRONG WAY.
DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING
WEST'S INSULTS BY FUNNELING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH
ITS CHALLENGER
PATRICK MURPHY.
THERE IS NAME CALLING AND
HATRED THAT HE PREACHES ON A
DAILY BASIS.
Reporter: WEST TELLS
CBN NEWS THERE IS A REASON
DEMOCRATS ARE OUT TO GET
HIM, AND IT STARTS WITH THE
FACT HE IS BLACK AND
CONSERVATIVE.
WHY DO THEY WANT TO TAKE
YOU DOWN, EXACTLY?
I'M NOT THE STORY THEY
WANT TO GET OUT THERE.
IF THIS TYPE OF STORY GETS
OUT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS
CONSISTENT VOTING ELECTORAL
THEY HAVE IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
Reporter: IT STRETCHES
ALONG FLORIDA'S COAST TO
FORT PIERCE.
THE PROCESS KNOWN AS
REDISTRICTING, MADE WESS'
DISTRICT LESS THAN
CONSERVATIVE.
THE COMPETITION HAS LED TO
NASTY ADVERTISING, LIKE A
WESS SPOT SHOWING A
10-YEAR-OLD MUGSHOT OF
PATRICK MURPHY AFTER HIS
ARREST FOR AN ALLEGED
DRUNKEN BRAWL.
MURPHY RAN AN AD WITH
CHILDREN RECITING WORDS THAT
ALLEN WESS HAS USED AGAINST
DEMOCRATS.
YOU'RE NOT A LADY.
YOU'RE THE MOST VIAL,
DESPICABLE MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNIST --
COMMUNIST --
COMMUNIST PARTY.
Reporter: WE ASKED WESS
ABOUT HIS OPPONENT.
PATRICK MURPHY, IS HE IN
OVER HIS HEAD?
JUST AN EMPTY SUIT.
I THINK HIS DAD WANTS TO BUY
HIM A POLITICAL SUIT SO HE
CAN HAVE INFLUENCE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Reporter: MURPHY'S DAD
BACKS THE CONTROVERSIAL ADS
AGAINST WESS, LIKE THIS.
THEY ARE TO HAVE NO
COORDINATION WITH POLITICAL
COMPAIGNS.
WHEN YOUR DAD IS STARTING
A PACK JUST FOR YOU AND HE
IS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR,
YOU CAN'T TELL ME THERE IS
NO COLLABORATION BETWEEN DAD
AND SON ON THIS.
Reporter: THE WESS
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN FIGHTING
BACK, WITH WESS' WIFE TAKING
TO THE AIRWAVES.
I DO MY BEST TO IGNORE
POLITICAL MUD-SLINGING, BUT
RECENT ATTACKS ON MY HUSBAND
GO TOO FAR.
Reporter: THE BELIEF BY
MURPHY'S CAMPAIGN AND
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS, WESS'
RHETORIC WILL TURN OFF
MODERATE VOTERS IN THIS
DISTRICT.
HE IS VERY CONSERVATIVE,
AND IN SOME WAYS IT MAKES
HIM A VERY GOOD TARGET
BECAUSE HE IS SO OVER THE
TOP SO OFTEN IT GIVES THE
DEMOCRATS SOMETHING REALLY
TO PUSH ON, WHILE THAT PLAYS
WELL TO THE VERY HARD-CORE
CONSERVATIVES, THE TEA
PARTIERS, IT IS THE MODERATE
TO CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS,
WILL THEY GO FOR IT?
Reporter: BUT WESS IS
GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING THE
TRUTH.
IT COMES TO WHY THE OTHER
SIDE DOESN'T LIKE ME,
BECAUSE I SHOW THE POLITICAL
COURAGE THEY NEVER WILL BE
ABLE TO SHOW.
NOT JUST STANDING UP AGAINST
THEM, BUT STANDING FOR THAT
WHICH IS RIGHT FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
I'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT.
WHEN I GO TO ISAIAH 54: 17,
IT HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND
WHEN IT SAYS "NO WEAPON
FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL
PROSPER, AND EVERY JUDGMENT
AGAINST YOU YOU SHALL
CONDEMN."
Reporter: DAVID BRODY,
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
Gordon: YOU CAN EXPECT
SOME OCTOBER SURPRISES
COMING OUR WAY IN RACES
ACROSS THE NATION.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
NATION.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE.
IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED,
THERE IS STILL SOME TIME IN
SOME STATES.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY
CLOSED THE REGISTRATION.
IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED,
CHECK YOUR STATE.
YOU CAN GO TO CBN.COM.
WE HAVE A VOTER REGISTRATION
MAP AND YOU CAN FIND WERE
WHAT ARE THE RULES IN YOUR
STATE.
YOU CAN GET THE LATEST
POLITICAL STORIES FROM DAVID
BRODY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHECK
OUT "THE BRODY FILE" ON
CBN.COM.
THERE IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT
IN THE SHOOTING ATTACK IN
THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
IN WASHINGTON LAST AUGUST.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: GORDON, THE MAN
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A
SECURITY GUARD INSIDE THE
F. R.C. HEADQUARTERS
BUILDING FACES A TERRORISM
CHARGE.
FLOYD LEE IS THE FIRST TO BE
PROSECUTED UNDER THE
ANTITERRORIST ATTACK OF
2002.
HE IS ACCUSED OF OPENING
FIRE INSIDE THE LOBBY OF THE
F.R.C. BUILDING.
HE WAS CARRYING A BACKPACK
WITH AMMUNITION AND
CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICHES.
IT HAPPENED AFTER
CHICK-FIL-A'S PRESIDENT MADE
HEADLINES BY STANDING UP FOR
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
IN ATLANTA, A MEGA CHURCH IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF
ITS MEMBERS.
HE WAS SHOT WHILE DELIVERING
A SERMON.
COURT RECORDS INDICATE HE
WAS ONCE COMMITTED TO A
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN
MARYLAND AFTER FACING
VARIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES,
INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER.
ABOUT 25 PEOPLE ?
INJURED.
A VIDEO SHOWS AN UNDERCOVER
OPERATIVE SUGGESTING A PLAN
TO CAST FAKE BALLOTS.
PATRICK MORAN HAS BEEN INTO IT.
THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED BY
PROJECT VIRATOS.
IT LOOKS INTO POSSIBLE VOTER
FRAUD IN VIRGINIA AND
FLORIDA.
PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATIONS PLAY
DIFFERENT ROLES TO END
ABORTION IN OUR NATION.
ONE GROUP IS COMMITTED TO
PRAYING.
PAUL STRAND REPORTS ON "40
DAYS FOR LIFE" OUTSIDE THE
SECOND LARGEST PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINIC IN THE
COUNTRY.
Reporter: THOSE WHO
GATHER AT "40 DAYS FOR LIFE"
SPEND MOST OF THE TIME?
PRAYING.
IT GIVES YOU A DEDICATED
WAY TO COME AND PRAY.
Reporter: EVERY ONCE IN
A WHILE YOU'LL HEAR A
HEARTBREAKING STORY.
HE SAID, MY GIRLFRIEND
HAD AN ABORTION BECAUSE SHE
SAID I COULDN'T MARRY HER
BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A
JOB.
I TOLD HER I WOULD FIND
A WAY TO SUPPORT HER AND
HAVE A BABY.
SHE HAD AN ABORTION, AND THE
NEXT DAY I GOT A JOB.
I HAD THREE ABORTIONS.
Reporter: SOME HERE ARE
TRYING TO SAVE WOMEN FROM
MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE THEY
DID IN ABORTING THEIR
CHILDREN.
WOMEN ARE NATURAL TRAINED
MOTHERS, AND THERE IS ALWAYS
THAT HOLE WHEN YOU
TERMINATED A PREGNANCY.
YOU CAN LIVE FOR YEARS AND
TRY TO BURY IT, BUT IT IS
ALWAYS VERY DEEP-SEATED,
DEEP DOWN, WHERE YOU NEVER
GET OVER IT.
Reporter: BUT THEN YOU
HEAR SWEET STORIES OF
SUCCESS, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
TO A WOMEN IN MONSIGNOR
SMITH'S OWN PARISH.
SHE WAS CONSIDERING AN
ABORTION.
SHE HEARD A PRAYER FOR AN
END TO ABORTION@ AND FOR
PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE AND
DECIDED NOT TO ABORT THE
CHILD.
Reporter: ONE SUCH
CHANGE OF HEART STICKS IN
ROSA'S MEMORY.
INVOLVING A WOMAN SHE WAS
SECRETLY PREGNANT AND TOLD
NO ONE SHE WAS GETTING AN
ABORTION.
SUNDAY NIGHT HER MOTHER
CALLED HER AND SAID,
ANGELICA, PLEASE DO NOT DO
ANYTHING TO THAT BABY.
SHE SAID I PRAYED TO THE
LORD, AND WHEN YOU GET TO
THAT CLINIC, YOU WILL SEE
PEOPLE PRAYING FOR YOU, AND
THOSE PEOPLE WERE SENT BY
GOD.
SHE SAID, WHEN I CAME AROUND
THE CORNER ON MONDAY, I SAW
YOU KNEELING DOWN AND
PRAYING.
Reporter: ANGELICA HAD
HER BABY.
SUCH STORIES KEEP MANY OF
THESE PRAYER WARRIORS COMING
BACK.
I FEEL LIKE IT GIVES THE
WOMEN HOPE, WHEN THEY SEE US
OUT HERE PRAYING, KNOWING
WE'RE HERE GIVING UP OUR
TIME FOR THEM.
I THINK IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
IT IS ENORMOUS.
THERE IS NO JUDICIARY OR
POLICE FORCE THAT CAN STOP A
PRAYER.
Reporter: BOB GILLSON
FROM NEARBY BOULDER IS IF
BELIEVERS KNEW THE EFFECTS
THEIR PRAYERS COULD HAVE,
MANY MORE WOULD BE AT THE
"40 DAYS FOR PRAYER."
VIL JILS.
VIGILS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES
ARE LOSS, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
SUICIDES -- THE LIST GOES ON
ON AND.
Reporter: THIS "40
DAYS" CAMPAIGN GOES THROUGH
THE SUNDAY JUST BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.
HAS IT HAD AN EFFECT?
DURING THESE VIGILS, SOME
6,000 BABIES HAVE BEEN
SAVED, ABOUT 70 ABORTION
WORKERS HAVE QUIT THEIR
JOBS, AND ABOUT A DOZEN
ABORTION FACILITIES HAVE
CLOSED DOWN.
PAUL STRAND, REPORTING FROM
THE "40 DAYS FOR LIFE" IN
DENVER.
Lee: ABORTION IS ONE OF
THE REASONS BILLY GRAHAM HAS
ASKED FOR PRAYER FOR
AMERICA.
HER WRITES ABOUT THE MORAL
DECLINE OF THE COUNTRY.
HE SAYS MILLIONS OF BABIES
HAVE BEEN ABORTED, AND OUR
NATION SEEMS LARGELY
UNCONCERNED.
SELF-CENTEREDNESS AND
INDULGENCE IS PART FOR
REASON.
"MY HEARTACHES FOR AMERICA
AND ITS DECEIVED PEOPLE.
THE WONDERFUL NEWS IS OUR
LORD GOD IS A GOD OF MERCY
AND HE RESPONSES TO
REPENTANCE.
IN JONA'S DAY, WHEN HE
FINALLY TRAVELLED AND
PROCLAIMED GOD'S WARNING,
PEOPLE REPENTED.
I BELIEVE THE SAME THING CAN
HAPPEN AGAIN THIS TIME IN
OUR NATION."
GORDON, THAT IS A VERY
POWERFUL PRAYER.
Gordon: THAT IS A VERY
POWERFUL PRAYER AND A GOOD
ANALOGY.
WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT
JONAH DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP
THE MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE.
HE ACTUALLY WANTED GOD TO
JUDGE THEM.
THAT'S WHY HE WENT AWAY.
HE KNEW IN GOD WOULDN'T
JUDGE THEM AND DESTROY THEM,
AND HE WANTED THEM
DESTROYED.
SO TODAY, ASK YOURSELF, ARE
YOU AWAITING JUDGMENT FOR
AMERICA?
OR ARE YOU PRAYING AND ARE
YOU ASKING GOD TO TURN, JUST
AS HE DID FOR THAT NATION,
WILL HE DO IT FOR OUR
NATION?
THE PROMISE THAT YOU ARE
PRAYING YOU FIND IN
CHRONICLES: "IF MY PEOPLE
WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,
WILL SEEK MY NAME AND TURN
THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I
WILL HEAL THEIR LAND."
IT IS UP TO US, THE ONES WHO
CALL US CHRISTIANS, IT UP TO
TURN AND SEEK GOD'S FACE,
AND IF WE DO THAT, WE WILL
HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
LET'S AGREE TOGETHER IN
PRAYER.
OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE JOINED US, AND
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AS
WELL.
AND SAY, WHAT IS YOUR PRAYER
FOR AMERICA, AND WHAT IS
YOUR PRAYER FOR YOURSELF?
JOIN FOR US AND LET'S PRAY
THROUGH THE ELECTION AND
PAST THE ELECTION -- I THINK
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN THE
ELECTIONS TO TURN US
AROUND.
WE NEED PRAYER, FOR GOD'S
PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY
HIS NAME, TO HUMBLE
THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND ASK
GOD TO HEAL OUR LAND.
"MY PRAYER FOR AMERICA IS
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING ACROSS
THE NATION."
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE, "THAT
THE ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE AND
JOBS WILL INCREASE."
Terry: AND HERE ONE IS
SAYING, "LET'S PRAY TO
RETURN TO THE VALUES OUR
COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON."
AND SOMEONE ELSE IS SAYING,
"I'M PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND
A DROP IN THE CRIME RATE."
Gordon: JOIN WITH US.
LET'S PRAY FOR AMERICA AND
JOIN.
CALL THAT NUMBER AND SAY,
YES, I'LL BE AGREEING WITH
YOU IN PRAYER.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE JUST LIFT AMERICA
TO YOU.
AND, LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR
AN AWAKENING IN OUR HEARTS,
THAT THERE WOULD ONCE AGAIN
BE A HUNGER FOR YOU.
THAT WE WOULD SEEK YOUR
FACE.
THAT WE WOULD SEEK THE GRACE
AND THE MERCY THAT CAN ONLY
COME IN YOUR PRESENCE.
SO, LORD, LIFT UP YOUR COUNT
COUNTENANCE UPON US, CAUSE
YOUR FACE TO SHINE OWN US,
AND GIVE US YOUR PEACE, THE
PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING.
LORD, TURN AMERICA, TURN OUR
HEARTS, HEAL OUR LAND, FOR
WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Gordon: JOIN WITH US.
JOIN WITH OVER 250,000
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID, YES,
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA.
BE PART OF IT, AND BE PART
OF IT EVERY DAY, AND TO DO
IT EVERY DAY.
LET'S AGREE IN PRAYER.
AND AS WE AGREE IN PRAYER,
WE CAN SEE A CHANGE IN OUR
LAND.
NOW, WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN
WITH US, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
FOR YOU.
SO THAT YOU HAVE SOME KEYS
ON HOW TO PRAYER.
IT'S CALLED "STEPS TO
REVIVAL IN AMERICA."
IT'S A BOOKLET.
WE CAN EITHER MAIL IT TO
YOU, OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE
P.D.F. FILE.
EITHER WAY, CALL AND WE'LL
SEND IT RIGHT OUT TO YOU.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP, HE
WENT FROM MANAGER TO MINIMUM
WAGE.
FIND OUT WHAT ONE C.E.O.
LEARNED ABOUT HIS COMPANY
WHEN HE BECAME AN UNDERCOVER
BOSS.
AND LATER, WE'LL SHOW YOU A
SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
WE'LL BE BACK.ñ
Terry: WELL, YOU DON'T
HEAR MUCH ABOUT LOVE ON WALL
STREET, OR IN THE BOARD
ROOM, UNLESS IT'S ABOUT
MONEY.
THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S LEADING THEME
PARKS HOPES TO CHANGE THAT.
TELEVISION VIEWERS FIRST SAW
JOEL MANBIAN ON "
"UNDERCOVER BOSS."
THIS BOSS WANTS TO TELL THE
WORLD THAT LOVE WORKS, EVEN
IN CORPORATE AMERICA.
SHE IS LIKE WHAT WE CALL
THE CULTURE KEEPER.
Reporter: JOEL'S JOB IS
TO SHOW FAMILIES A GOOD
TIME.
HIS MISSION AT HERSHIN
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT IS
MAINTAIN A CULTURE THAT
LOVES JESUS.
WE ARE TO LOVE JESUS AS
HE LOVES US.
HE PLEADED WITH HIS
DISCIPLES ON HIS LAST NIGHT
TO DO THAT.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GO TO
WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AND LEAVE THAT ALONE.
Reporter: ON THE CBS
SHOW "UNDERCOVER BOSS,"
VIEWERS WITNESSED THAT CARE
WHEN JOEL DISGUISED HIMSELF
AS AN ENTRY LEVEL WORKER AT
SILVER CITY.
MORE THAN 18 MILLION VIEWERS
WATCHED JOEL MANBI THAT
WEEK.
IT WAS A SHOW THAT MADE HIM
A HOUSEHOLD NAME, AND ALSO A
SHOW THAT TRANSFORMED HIS
HEART.
WHAT "UNDERCOVER BOSS"
DID FOR ME IS ALLOW ME TO
TOUCH THE TRUE STORIES OF
THOSE WHO WERE SUFFERING
INSIDE OUR OWN COMPANY.
AND EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING
GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE.
IT MAY NOT BE CANCER, IT MAY
NOT BE A DESTROYED HOME LIKE
IT WAS IN "UNDERCOVER
BOSS."
BUT EVERYBODY IS
STRUGGLING.
WHEN I TOUCHED THEIR LIVES,
I WANTED TO HELP.
Reporter: AFTER THE
PROGRAM, HERSHIN
ENTERTAINMENT RAMPED UP
"SHARE IT FORWARD" WHICH
HELPS FAMILIES IN NEED.
JOEL SAYS "SHARE IT FORWARD"
HAPPENED ABOUT 40 FAMILIES A
YEAR.
AND NOW THAT NUMBER HAS
GROWN TO MORE THAN 800.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
HERE.
FRANKLY, WE DON'T NEED THE
GOVERNMENT TO HELP US TAKE
CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I THINK I WOULD RATHER DO IT
OURSELVES.
Reporter: THAT WASN'T
THE ONLY LESSON FROM GOING
UNDERCOVER.
JOEL RECEIVES E-MAILS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD FROM PEOPLE
WHO WATCHED THE SHOW AND
COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR OWN
BOSSES.
I REALIZED WE HAD A
LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN OUR
COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO
WRITE THIS BOOK, SO I COULD
SHARE THESE PRINCIPLES.
Reporter: THE RESULT:
"LOVE WORKS, SEVEN TIMELESS
PRINCIPLES FOR AFFECTIVE
LEADERS."
HE ENCOURAGES THOSE IN
CHARGE TO FOLLOW BIBLICAL
GUIDELINES OF BEING PATIENT,
KIND, TRUSTFUL, UNSELFISH,
TRUTHFUL, FORGIVING AND
DEDICATED.
LOOK AT PROFITS
DIFFERENTLY.
HERSHIN FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
SEES THEM AS A PRODUCT OF
DOING THE RIGHT THING OVER
AND OVER AGAIN FOR COSTUMERS
AND EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE IN MARKETS LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO AND PHILADELPHIA.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE
CHRISTIANITY PART, BUT THEY
AGREE WITH THE VALUES PART,
AND THEY LIKE KNOWING HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE
TREATED.
I'LL TELL YOU, IT HAS WORKED
EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN
BRANSON.
Reporter: JOEL SAYS YOU
CAN LEAD THIS WAY AND STILL
HIT THE NUMBERS.
HE DESCRIBES HIS COMPANY AS
MORE PROFITABLE THAN EVER.
DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS,
OPERATING PROFIT GREW MORE
THAN 50%.
AND THE COMPANY GENERATES A
14% ANNUAL RETURN TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
[LAUGHTER]
Reporter: CO-FOUNDERS
JACK AND PETE HERSHIN, WHOM
JOEL CALLS HIS HEROS, CALL
HIS STILL A WIN-WIN.
WE TALKED TO THE REGIONAL
VICE PRESIDENT, BRAD THOMAS
HERE ABOUT BUDGET, AND HE'LL
SAY JOEL IS VERY STRICT ON
BUDGET, BUT JOEL PAYS
ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF
THIS COMPANY.
HE KNOWS MORE -- I'VE BEEN
HERE 52 YEARS, AND HE KNOWS
MORE ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN
IN THE COMPANY BY THEIR
FIRST NAME THAN I DO.
THE POTENTIAL OF THAT
BOOK IMPACTING OTHER
LEADERS, AND THEREFORE
CHANGING THE LIVES OF ENTIRE
ORGANIZATIONS, IS VERY, VERY
EXCITING.
THE BIGGEST THING I WANT
READERS TO TAKE AWAY IS THAT
LOVE DOES WORK AS A
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE IN THE
FOR-PROFIT WORLD.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE
HOME.
IT IS ALSO LOVE THE VERB,
NOT LOVE THE EMOTION.
IF SOMEBODY NEEDS PRAYER,
SHE'LL SEND OUT AN E-MAIL
AND PRAY.
Reporter: THIS C.E.O.
BELIEVES LOVE, THE VERB,
WILL LEAD TO MORE CONTENT
LEADERS, EMPLOYEES, AND
COSTUMERS, A CULTURE WHERE
THE USE OF POWER DOESN'T
BECOME THE ABUSE OF POWER.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS,
BRANSON, MISSOURI.
Terry: A LOT OF WISDOM
IN THAT FOR ALL OF US, ISN'T
THERE?
WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK IN
AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT.
THAT'S AWESOME.
Consuelo:
Gordon: I LOVE TALKING
WITH JOEL.
HE DOESN'T JUST TALK THE
TALK.
HE REALLY WALKS IT.
WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT
LOVE DOES WORK.
IT NEVER FAILS.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST
UNDERLINE IT.
HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME
KIND OF AN EMOTION.
HE IS QUOTING OUT OF
CORINTHIANS, THAT WONDERFUL
CHAPTER ON LOVE.
AND IN THE FIRST DESCRIPTION
OF LOVE IS "LOVE IS
PATIENT."
Terry: I LIKE THAT.
AND KIND.
Gordon: AND KIND.
Terry: COMING UP NEXT,
WE'RE GOING TO MEET ANOTHER
ENTREPRENEUR WHO LEADS WITH
LOVE, AND SEE HOW IT TOOK
HER HALF WAY AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND THEN LATER, GORDON SHOWS
US HOW TO COOK A
THANKSGIVING TURKEY AND THEHIS
ULTIMATE MASHED POTATOES.
Gordon: LOCATED ON
THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA,
THE COUNTRY OF MOZAMBIQUE
WAS ONE OF THE POOREST
COUNTRIES, BUT FORTUNES ARE
CHANGING, AND NOT JUST
ECONOMICALLY.
JOINING US WITH MORE IS
HEIDI BAKER, WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING AS A MISSIONARY IN
MOZAMBIQUE FOR NEARLY 20
YEARS.
HEIDI, WELCOME BACK TO THE
SHOW.
THANK YOU.
Gordon: GIVE US AN
UPDATE ON MOZAMBIQUE?
IT IS THE FASTEST GROWING
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD --
WELL, IN AFRICA.
Gordon: WHO KNEW?
WHO KNEW.
AND PEOPLE ARE CRASHING IN.
PEOPLE ARE COMING TO JESUS.
THERE WAS A PROVINCE THAT
WAS PEOPLE OF ANOTHER FAITH,
AND THE GOVERNMENT --
Gordon: YOU'RE BEING
POLITICALLY CORRECT.
I AM.
I AM.
PEOPLE OF ANOTHER FAITH.
Gordon: CARE TO NAME
THE FAITH?
MOZAMBIQUE WAS KNOWN AS THE
BATTLEGROUND.
RIGHT.
BUT IN THE NORTH, THERE WERE
ALL THREE PROVINCES OF
ANOTHER FAITH.
AND THE PROVINCE WHERE WE
LIVE, CABO ALGADO, THE
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT IS
NO LONGER OF THE OTHER
FAITH, THAT IT IS A
CHRISTIAN PROVINCE.
Gordon: THAT IS HUGE.
AND THE GOVERNMENT BOWED
TO JESUS AND LET OUR SENIOR
LEADERS, MOZAMBIQUE LEADERS,
LAY HANDS ON THEM AND
INAUGURATE THEM.
Gordon: THAT IS TRULY
UNBELIEVABLE.
I KNOW.
IT'S A TRUE STORY.
Gordon: BECAUSE THOSE
SAME LEADERS ARE LITERALLY
PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON THE
LINE.
YEAH, THEY ARE.
Gordon: BECAUSE THE
OTHER FAITH WILL COME AND
KILL YOU FOR DOING THAT.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN IN
TROUBLE.
BUT, YOU SEE, JESUS KEEPS
SHOWING UP.
Gordon: HE DOES THAT.
IT'S A GREAT STORY,
AGAIN, OF LEADERS, BIG CHIEF
LEADERS, AND THE QUEEN WAS
THERE.
THE QUEEN OF THE VILLAGE.
AND SHE BROUGHT A BLIND LADY
TO OUR MEETING, AND NOTHING
HAPPENED.
SHE WENT BACK TO HER HUT
BLIND.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
THIS LADY OF ANOTHER
FAITH -- YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHICH ONE -- AND SHE JUST
GOES TO SLEEP, AND SUDDENLY,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
IN A HUT WITH NO
ELECTRICITY, HER EYES OPEN
UP.
JESUS OPENS HER EYES.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO OPENED
HER EYES.
TWO DOVES, SHE SEES, COME
DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND LAND ON
HER SHOULDER, AND THEY HAVE
FLOWERS IN HER BEAKS.
AND SO SHE RUNS TO THE
MOSQUE, OKAY.
AND SHE RUNS TO THE MOSQUE
AND SHE SAYS, MY EYES OPENED
UP.
I WAS AT THIS MEETING LAST
NIGHT WHERE THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT JESUS.
THE SHIA SAID GO AHEAD AND
GO TO THE CHRISTIANS, THEY
CAN EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU.
SHE, OF COURSE, GAVE HER
LIFE TO JESUS.
THE QUEEN OF THE VILLAGE
GAVE HER LIFE TO JESUS.
AND THE LEADER GAVE HIS LIFE
TO JESUS.
THAT'S THE STUFF THAT IS
HAPPENING, JESUS IS SHOWING
UP.
Gordon: THAT IS A
MIRACLE, A STRAIGHT OUT OF
THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE
MIRACLE.
WOW.
YOU SAID ADOPTION WAS ON
YOUR HEART?
THE SPIRITS OF ADOPTION,
AND I THINK IN THE WESTERN
WORLD, THE EASTERN WORLD,
THE AFRICAN WORLD, A LOT OF
PEOPLE STILL HAVE ORPHAN
SPIRITS.
WE TAKE IN LITERAL ORPHANS,
BUT THEY DON'T STAY THAT
WAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN DADDY GOD
TAKES A HOLD OF YOUR LIFE,
THEN YOU START TO FIND OUT
WHO YOU ARE, AND YOU'RE NO
LONGER AFRAID.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS SPIRIT
OF ADOPTION IS HERE TO TOUCH
THE CHURCH SO THAT
PEOPLE --
Gordon: IN AMERICA,
WHEN YOUú SAY THE WORDú
"ADOPTION," PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT LITERAL ADOPTION.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
SPIRITUAL CONCEPT WHERE
PEOPLE NO LONGER FEEL ES
ESTRANGED FROM
GOD, THAT GOD IS AWAY FROM
THEM AND HE DOESN'T WEAR
ABOUT THEM, AND HE IS WAY
OFF IN HEAVEN AND HE IS NOT
RIGHT HERE WITH THEM NOW.
YEAH.
WHERE HE TAKES THEIR ORPHAN
SPIRIT.
THE ORPHAN SPIRIT WANTS TO
GET ALL THEY CAN FOR
THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO GIVE THEIR
LIFE.
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY MIGHT
NOT GET ENOUGH.
THEY MIGHT NOT GET FED.
Gordon: THEY'RE AFRAID
TO TRUST?
YEAH.
BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF
ADOPTION HITS YOU, THAT
TOTAL SPIRIT, YOU'RE NOT AN
ORPHAN.
YOU'RE A SON.
WHEN THAT HITS YOU, THEN
EVERYTHING CHANGES AND YOU
ARE FREE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE
AWAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO
YOU ARE.
DADDY LOVES YOU SO YOU CAN
JUST JUMP ON HIS FEET AND
YIELD YOUR LIFE AND DO
ANYTHING AND GO ANYWHERE.
Gordon: AND YOU'RE NOT
JUST TALKING.
YOU'RE LIVING IT.
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GIVING
YOUR LIFE AWAY FOR 20
YEARS?
37.
I'VE BEEN PREACHING THE
GOSPEL FOR 37 YEARS.
Gordon: WHAT TOOK YOU
TO MOZAMBIQUE?
I HAD A VISION WHEN I WAS
16.
I HAD JUST BECOME A
CHRISTIAN, AND I WAS
WORSHIPPING THE LORD.
I WAS ON THE FIFTH DAY OF A
FAST.
AND I WAS JUST IN THE GLORY
IN THIS LITTLE TINY
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
AND HIS PRESENCE JUST FELL
ON ME.
AND I WAS COVERED IN THIS
WHITE LIGHT.
AND THE ONLY TIME OF 37
YEARS OF LIVING FOR HIM THAT
I HEARD AN AUDIBLE VOICE.
HE SAID TO GO TO AFRICA,
ASIA, AND ENGLAND.
BEEN TO ASIA 12 YEARS, WITH
MY HUSBAND, ROLLAND, IN THE
U.K. FOR THREE, AND THEN IT
WAS AFRICA.
AND WHERE IN AFRICA, LORD?
AFRICA IS A HUGE PLACE.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
AND HE SAID GO TO THE
POOREST NATION ON THE
EARTH.
THAT WAS MOZAMBIQUE.
SO I JUST SAT ON THE STREET
CORNER AND LEARNED THE
LANGUAGE FROM THE CHILDREN.
AND THEN HE SAID, BRING THEM
HOME.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE A HOME.
BUT HE GAVE US HOMES.
AND HE GAVE US LOTS OF
HOMES.
NOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
HOMES AND THOUSANDS OF
CHURCHES.
AND THE PASTORS KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND THAT ALL PASTORS
TAKE HOME ORPHANS.
Gordon: HOW IS ALL OF
THIS BEING SPORTED?
THE BEAUTIFUL BODY OF
CHRIST.
JUST PEOPLE WHO CARE.
Gordon: PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE WORLD?
FROM AROUND THE WORL.
-- FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY JUST CARE.
WE FIGURE IF GOD CALLS YOU
TO DO SOMETHING, THEN HE'LL
PAY FOR IT.
AND KIDS ARE ON HIS HEART,
STARVING KIDS.
Gordon: I LIKE TO SAY,
IF IT'S GOD'S WILL IT'S
GOD'S BILL.
YEAH.
HOW CAN YOU WORRY ABOUT IT.
Gordon: IF HE SAYS TO
DO IT, DO IT.
TO BUILD SCHOOLS,
CLINICS, HOSPITALS,
UNIVERSITIES -- WHAT HE
SAYS -- YOU GUYS KNOW IT
WELL HERE.
YOU CAN'T FREAK OUT ABOUT
IT.
IF YOU'RE A DAUGHTER OR A
SON AND HE SAYS TO DO IT,
THEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A
HUGE FAMILY.
YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING
ALONE.
WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER.
WE'RE LIKE A CONNECTED NET.
HE SHOWED ME THAT ONE DAY.
I WAS PRAYING, WHAT'S THE
VISION FOR IRIS, AND I SAW
THIS HUGE NET, AND I
THOUGHT, THAT'S THE IRIS
NET.
AND I HEARD THE INTERNAL
VOICE.
AND HE SAID, THAT'S NOT
IRIS, THAT'S THE WHOLE NET.
HE IS SHOWING ME PEOPLE LIKE
YOURSELVES.
HE IS SHOWING ME ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, "Y"
LAMB AND "THE 700 CLUB" AND
ALL OF THE TRANSLATORS, AND
HE SAID YOU'RE THIS LITTLE
PIECE, THE TINY PIECE OF THE
NET.
AND I SAW THIS CORD COMING
DOWN FROM HEAVEN WITH
ANGELS, WEAVING IN
TOGETHER.
AND HE SAID, ONLY WHEN YOU
WORK TOGETHER CAN YOU BRING
IN THE HARVEST.
IT WAS POWERFUL.
Gordon: THAT'S VERY
TRUE.
IT WAS SO POWERFUL.
Gordon: WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT AMERICA TODAY?
WE SEEM TO BE DEEPLY
DIVIDED.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF
RANCOR AND PEOPLE THROWING
INCREDIBLY HARSH WORDS AT
EACH OTHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO GO LOW
AND SLOW AND LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER.
WE NEED TO LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS ON
PEOPLE'S HEARTS THAT NEED TO
BE SHARED.
AND IF WE JUST ATTACK AND
DON'T LISTEN, THEN WE MISS
IT.
AND AS WE GO LOW AND SLOW
AND WE LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER, AND WE CRY OUT FOR
MERCY, AND WE CRY OUT FOR
GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE, I
BELIEVE HE'LL HEAL OUR
LAND.
AND I'VE BEEN COMING -- I
TRAVELLED A THIRD OF MY
LIFE, AND I'VE BEEN COMING
MORE OFTEN HERE TO CALL
YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THEIR
DESTINIES AND TO BELIEVE
THAT IF THEY'RE CALLED INTO
THE POLITICAL REALM, THAT
THEY'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO BE FORMED, TO BE TRAINED,
TO BE IN THE PLACE WHERE
THEY CAN LITERALLY SPEAK
INTO THE NATION.
I FEEL LIKE GOD WANTS TO
CALL SOME KIDS OUT THERE WHO
ARE STILL BEING FORMED, TO
RISE UP TO SHINE IN DARK
PLACES.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT
OF DARKNESS.
Gordon: THERE IS.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A
CHANGE.
Gordon: BUT I AGREE
WITH YOU, THE GENERATION
COMING UP RIGHT NOW GIVES ME
SO MUCH HOPE.
THEY ARE SO ACTIVE.
THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE
WORLD.
THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THE
WORLD.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
GIVE UP.
AND I LOVE THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
WE CAN TALK FOREVER.
BLESS YOU.
Gordon: THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT IRIS MINISTRIES, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
CBN.COM.
TERRY, OVER TO YOU.
Terry: IT IS HARD TO
BELIEVE IT, BUT THANKSGIVING
IS ONLY FOUR WEEKS AWAY.
BUT THAT IS PLENTY OF TIME
FOR YOU TO PREP A SUCCULENT
FEAST, AND WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE YOU OUR TOP TURKEY
TRICKS WHEN WE COME BACK.
STAY WITH US.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
IN FRANCE, SUPPORTERS OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
PROTESTED THE GOVERNMENT'S
PUSH TO LEGALIZE GAY
MARRIAGE AND GIVE HOMOSEXUAL
COUPLES THE RIGHT TO ADOPT.
HUNDREDS CAME OUT TO SPEAK
OUT FOR FAMILY VALUES IN
PARIS THIS WEEK.
THOSE POSTERS SAY "A FATHER,
A MOTHER, WE DON'T LIE TO
CHILDREN."
WE'RE AGAINST THIS LAW IN
THE NAME OF THE RIGHTS OF
THE CHILDREN.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT
THE CHILDREN AGAINST A VERY
UNFAIR DEPRIVATION, THE ONE
OF A DADDY OR A MOMMY.
IT IS A NECESSITY TO HELP
THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE
PROBLEMS, SINGLE FAMILIES,
CHILDREN WHO NEED SUPPORT.
BUT IT SEEMS UNFAIR TO
DELIBERATELY DECIDE A CHILD
WON'T HAVE A FATHER OR Ap
MOTHER.
Lee: THAT BILL IS SET
TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE
FRENCH PARLIAMENT
NOVEMBER 7th.
SCIENTISTS IN OREGON HAVE
CREATED HUMAN EMBRYOS USING
THE GENES FROM THREE
PEOPLE.
RESEARCHERS AT THE OREGON
HEALTH AND SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY USED A
CONTROVERSIAL TECHNIQUE THAT
BLENDS THE GENES OF ONE MAN
AND TWO WOMEN.
THE SCIENTISTS STRESSED
THEY'RE NOT USING THE
EMBRYOS TO CREATE CHILDREN.
BUT THEY LEAD IT CAN LEAD TO
BREAKTHROUGHS TO REPLACE
DEFECTIVE GENES, AND THE
PASSING OF INCURABLE
DISEASES FROM ONE GENERATION
TO THE NEXT.
CRITICS SAY IT COULD
LEAD TO THE CREATION OF
DESIGNER BABIES AND PROBLEMS
MAY NOT SURFACE FOR SEVERAL
GENERATIONS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT CBNNEWS.COM.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Gordon: THE
THANKSGIVING DINNER CAN BE
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
MEALS TO PREPARE ALL YEAR
LONG.
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE
COOKED JUST RIGHT.
AND IF IT IS NOT, YOU HAVE
THIS GUILT YOU'RE LETTING
PEOPLE DOWN.
THAT CAN BE STRESSFUL, SO
DON'T FLIP OUT.
INSTEAD, JUST FLIP YOUR
TURKEY.
RECENTLY I WENT TO THE
KITCHEN WITH KRISTI WATTS TO
SHOW HERE HOW IN DONE.
TODAY WE'RE COOKING
THANKSGIVING DINNER, AND
BECAUSE I'M COOKING WITH
KRISTI, IT'S GOING TO BE
THANKSGIVING DINNER MADE
EASY.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
SAY?
Gordon: THAT YOU CAN'T
COOK, BUT YOU'RE GETTING
BETTER.
A COUPLE OF YEARS WE DID THE
WHOLE THING THAT CATH AND I
DO, WITH THE TURKEY AND THE
BRIAN. BRINE.
TODAY IS THANKSGIVING THE
EASY WAY.
SO EASY YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF
PREPARATION.
FOR THANKSGIVING, YOU ALWAYS
HAVE TO STARTER WITH THE
TURKEY.
THE TURKEY TAKES THE LONGEST
TO COOK.
YOU HAVE TO SET ASIDE THREE
AND A HALF HOURS SO THE
TURKEY HAS TIME TO REST.
WHY DOES THE TURKEY NEED
TO REST?
Gordon: SO THE JUICES
REDISTRIBUTE AND IT HELPS
WITH THE MOISTURE.
AND THE WHOLE THING WITH THE
BURNING PROCESS, IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE TURKEY MEAT
AND THE BREAST MEAT ARE
MOIST.
TURKEY HAS VERY LITTLE FAT,
SO YOU HAVE TO DO EXTRA
THINGS, LIKE BRINING IT.
WHAT YOU DO IS COOK IT UP
SIDE DOWN.
THIS IS THE BACKBONE.
AND THE BREAST IS NOW ON THE
BOTTOM.
AND ALL OF THE FAT FROM THE
DARK MEAT AND THE BACK MEAT
IS GOING TO FLOW THROUGH THE
BREAST MEAT AND WON'T COME
OUT.
AND THIS IS THE OTHER TRICK,
YOU DON'T PUT IT ON ANY KIND
OF WIRE RACK BECAUSE YOU
DON'T WANT IT STICKING TO
THAT.
WHEN YOU TURN IT TO FINISH
IT, YOU WANT THE SKIN TO BE
ALL RIGHT AND WONDERFUL AND
LOOK GOOD.
SO FOR PRESENTATION
PURPOSES, YOU PUT IT ON A
BED OF CELERY AND ONIONS.
PLEASE DON'T USE CARROTS
BECAUSE CARROTS WILL BURN IN
THREE HOURS IN AN OVEN.
I LIKE SAGE, WE'VE GOT
ROSEMARY AND TIME, ALL FRESH
HERBS.
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YOU PUT THAT IN THE CAVITY
OF THE BIRD AND ALL OF THAT
WILL HELP KEEP IT MOIST.
BECAUSE WHEN THE CAVITY
DRIES OUT, IT WILL DRY OUT
THE TURKEY.
ALL OF THAT WILL PROVIDE
MOISTNESS AND FLAVOR.
DO YOU CHOP IT UP OR SHOVE
IT UP?
I SHOVE IT UP BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EAT IT.
KEEP THE SECRET IT IS UNIONS
AND CELERY, AND UP SIDE DOWN
FOR TWO HOURS.
BEFORE YOU PUT THE BIRD IN,
TAKE FOUR TABLESPOONS OF
BUTTER.
CHOP THAT INTO LITTLE PIECES
AND PUSH IT UNDER THE SKIN
OF THE BREAST MEAT.
Kristi: COME ON,
BROTHER, I HAVE NEVER DONE
THAT.
I WOULD TAKE THE BUTTER AND
I WOULD PUT IT ON TOP --
Gordon: YOU'VE GOT TO
GET IT UNDERNEATH THE SKIN
AND THAT WAY THE BIRD
DOESN'T BURN.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED OVEN
MITS AND YOU TAKE EACH SIDE
AND YOU JUST FLIP.
YOU WANT A LIGHT BIRD FOR
THIS.
YOU DON'T WANT ONE OF THE
BIG 26-POUND MONSTERS THAT
FEED 20 PEOPLE.
ARE YOU READY FOR MY
ULTIMATE MASHED POTATOES?
Kristi: COME ON,
BROTHER.
I'M READY.
YOU KNOW POTATOES ARE ONE OF
MY FAVORITE SIDES.
Gordon: DO YOU KNOW
WHAT LEEKS ARE?
I'VE HEARD OF THEM, BUT,
NO.
DO THEY HAVE A TASTE?
Gordon: YEAH, THEY'RE
VERY MUCH LIKE UNIONS.
VERY MUCH LIKE UNIONS.
Gordon: I'M NOT SURE
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
A LITTLE SALT IN YOUR
BUTTER -- WHATNOT TO DO IN
THE KITCHEN WITH KRISTI.
DON'T EAT RAW UNIONS.
Kristi: WAS THAT
TACKY.
Gordon: YOU NEED A
BREATH MINT.
Kristi: I KNOW.
Gordon: YOU'RE HEARING
THAT SIZZLE, ALL OF THAT IS
GOOD.
YOU ARE TRYING TO COOK THIS
DOWN UNTIL THEY'RE JUST
WILTED.
YOU DON'T WANT ANY COLOR ON
THEM.
YOU WANT A PIECE OF THAT
ORANGE?
Kristi: IS IT THAT
BAD?
I HAVE SOME APPLE?
Gordon: ALL RIGHT.
DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH
FULL.
Kristi: ALL RIGHT.
FINISH UP.
Gordon: I'LL START THE
CARROTS.
THIS IS A REAL SIMPLE CARROT
DISH, BUT IT ADDS A LOT OF
FLAVOR BECAUSE YOU'RE USING
ORANGE WITH IT.
YOU START WITH SOME WATER,
AND BRING IT UP TO A BOIL.
A COUPLE OF TABLESPOONS IN
THE BOTTOM.
YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT
TO A POINT WHERE YOU'LL
CREATE A WHOLE LOT OF STEAM,
BUT YOU DON'T WANT A WHOLE
LOT OF LIQUID ON THAT.
YOU NEED TO SALT THIS, TOO.
Kristi: THAT IS THE
COOLEST LITTLE SALT THING.
Gordon: ALL RIGHT, YOU
CUT YOUR CARROTS ON THE
BIAS, AND YOU PUT THEM INTO
THE HOT WATER.
Kristi: I WOULD HAVE
SAID CUT THEM ON A SLANT,
BUT I'LL USE THE WORD
"BIAS."
Gordon: OKAY.
THIS IS GETTING SOME COLOR.
NOW, DO YOU SMELL THE
DIFFERENCE?
YOU DON'T LIKE IT?
Kristi: NO, I DO LIKE
IT.
BUT YOU'RE LIKE SMELL THE
DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT?
Gordon: THAT RAW THING
YOU ATE.
WHEN YOU COOK IT DOWN, IT
GETS A REALLY MILD UNION
FLAVOR.8
Kristi: IT'S ACTUALLY
LOVELY.
Gordon: YOU COOK IT
DOWN UNTIL IT IS WILTED.
AND THEN YOU ADD IN THIS
WONDERFUL HEAVY CREAM.
THIS IS NOT A LOW-FAT
RECIPE.
Kristi: I SEE.
Gordon: THAT WAS
PROBABLY ABOUT A CUP, A CUP
AND A HALF.
YOU BRING THIS BACK UP TO
HEAT BECAUSE YOU NEED ALL OF
THIS HOT.
YOU'RE GOING TO ADD IT INTO
POTATOES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY
COOKED.
AND YOU GET TO HAVE FUN WITH
POWER TOOLS IN THE KITCHEN,
WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
Kristi: WHICH YOU KNOW
I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
Gordon: HAVE YOU EVER
USED ONE OF THESE?
Kristi: NO, I HAVE
NOT -- WELL, SOMETHING
SIMILAR FOR LIKE A
MILKSHAKE.
Gordon: THIS IS A STICK
BLENDER.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUT
THIS INTO A BLENDER, YOU
TAKE THE BLENDER TO IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY COOL.
YOU WANT TO TRY THIS?
Kristi: YOU KNOW I DO,
BROTHER.
YOU KNOW I DO.
Gordon: BE CAREFUL.
NOTICE I'M BACKING UP.
Kristi: I DID NOTICE
YOU BACKED UP.
I SAW THAT.
Gordon: SEE HOW EASY
THAT IS.
Kristi: IT'S VERY
EASY.
BUT IT'S WHIPPING THE
CREAM.
IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE
CHOPPING UP THE LEEKS?
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
CHOPPING UP THE LEEKS.
Kristi: AM I DONE?
Gordon: I THINK YOU AR
DONE.
NOW WE TURN OFF THE HEAT.
WE TAKE THIS.
NOW, ONE OF THE KEYS TO
MASHED POST TOES IS HAVING
-- POTATOES IS HAVING THE
RIGHT MIX.
I LIKE YUKON GOLD, BUT I
LIKE RUSSETS BECAUSE IT
MAKES IT THAT FLUFFY
TEXTURE.
SO YOU GET THE FLAVOR OF THE
YUKONS AND THEN THE RED
POTATOES.
YOU DRAIN THE SALTED WATER
OFF AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
LEFT WITH.
YOU POUR THIS ON AND DO
ABOUT HALF OF IT AT FIRST.
YOU KNOW HOW TO MASH,
RIGHT.
Kristi: OF COURSE.
CAN WE USE THAT
THING AGAIN?
Gordon: NO, BECAUSE YOU
WANT TO HAVE TEXTURE.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH HOW MUCH
CREAM YOU USE BECAUSE YOU
DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO
SOUP.
Kristi: I THINK IT'S
PERFECT -- DO YOU THINK?
Gordon: DO YOU WANT TO
TASTE IT?
Kristi: WHAT ABOUT
PEPPER.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PEPPER.
YOU KNOW I LIKE TO USE THESE
LITTLE THINGS.
YOU WANT ME TO TASTE IT
RIGHT FROM THERE?
Gordon: YEAH.
Kristi: THAT'S KIND OF
TACKY.
SHOULDN'T I PUT IT ON A
PLATE?
Gordon: NO.
IT'S A COOK'S TEST.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIP BACK
IN.
Kristi: YUMMY.
WHEN I TASTED THE LEEKS, I
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNIONY,
AND I GOT WORRIED -- I'M NOT
GOING TO LIE -- BUT THE
WHOLE THING TASTES LIKE
POTATOES.
Gordon: AND YOU GO,
WOW, WHAT IS THAT?
YOU'RE NOT SURE OF THAT.
Kristi: YOU JUST TAUGHT
ME SOMETHING, GORDON,
BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOOD.
Gordon: READY TO GO
BACK OVER HERE TO THE
CARROTS, WHICH OUGHT TO BE
DONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I FORGOT?
Kristi: WHAT DID YOU
FORGET?
Gordon: THE ORANGE
PEEL.
I SHOULD HAVE PUT ITF IN
THERE WHEN THEY WERE
STEAMING, BUT I'LL PUT IT IN
NOW.
YOU ADD IN A COUPLE OF
TABLESPOONS OF BUTTER IN THE
END.
YOU COOK THEM IN THE WATER,
AND THEN YOU USE THE WATER.
THAT IS SUGAR.
WHAT YOU WANT IS TO TAKE
ABOUT A TEASPOON OF THIS,
AND THIS GIVES YOU THAT
WONDERFUL GLAZE.
Kristi: REALLY?
I TELL YOU, SOMETHING,
YOU'RE SCHOOLING ME HERE.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
TO BE ORANGES AND CARROTS.
Gordon: ALL YOU'VE GOT
TO DO IS WAIT UNTIL THE
BUTTER MELTS, AND THERE IS
ENOUGH HEAT TO PARTIALLY
CARMELIZE THAT SUGAR.
AND AT THE END OF THIS --
Kristi: HOW CONVENIENT
IS THAT?
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
Gordon: THANKSGIVING
MADE EASY.
GLAZED CARROTS.
Kristi: CAN I TASTE
THAT NOW, TOO?
Gordon: YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK -- YOU
HAVEN'T PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH
YET.
Kristi: SERIOUSLY, I
THINK THERE IS A WONDERFUL
COMBINATION BETWEEN BUTTER
AND SUGAR THAT JUST MAKES
THE WORLD A HAPPY PLACE.
Gordon: WASN'T THAT
GREAT?
IT SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE
ORANGE FLAVOR.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER.
THIS IS WHAT THE TURKEY
LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE IT
OUT, AND IT IS STILL MOIST.
THIS IS HOW THAT GRAVY TURNS
OUT.
IT HAS GOT A WONDERFUL
VEGETABLE FLAVOR TO
IT.
HERE IS ONE OF CATHERINE'S
FAVORITES.
WITH AN OATMEAL TOPPING.
THESE ARE PEAS AND UNIONS,
WHICH IS SORT OF A
TRADITION.
THIS IS REAL SIMPLE AND
BEAUTIFUL TO MAKE.
Kristi: WHAT IS THAT?
Gordon: YOU TAKE A
WHEEL OF BRIE AND YOU TAKE
SOME PIECES OF APPLE.
YOU PUT THAT INTO THE OVEN,
PUT BROWN SUGAR INTO THE
BRIE, AND YOU DRIZZLE HONEY
ALL OVER IT, AND THE APPLES
ARE ALL WARM AND COOKED, AND
IT IS DELICIOUS.
PECAN PIE -- THIS IS THE PIE
THAT HAS MADE ME THE LARGE
MAN I AM.
IT CALLS TO ME AT NIGHT.
I'LL BE IN BED, AND IT WILL
SAY EAT.
A WONDERFUL PECAN PIE, AND
SHE HAS REDUCED THE CALORIE
COUNT ON THIS.
YOU WANT SOME GRAVY WITH
THIS?
Kristi: YEAH.
GRAVY MAKES ME HAPPY.
Gordon: ALL OF THESE
RECIPES ARE AVAILABLE FROM
CBN.COM.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO
COOK THE UP SIDE DOWN
TURKEY, HOW TO MAKE MY
ULTIMATE MASHED POTATOES,
ALL OF CATHERINES PIES --
ALL OF IT AVAILABLE ON
THANKSGIVING MADE EASY.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON
cbn.com, AND DOWNLOAD IT
FOR FREE, AND THIS YOU'RE
YOU CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE AN EASY THANKSGIVING
MEAL.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER
KRISTI FINISHES EATING.
Terry: OVER THE YEARS,
CBN HAS DRILLED THOUSANDS OF
WELLS TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
FOR PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
BUT IN ONE PART OF INDIA,
DRILLING IS ACTUALLY
ILLEGAL, SO WE HAD TO FIND A
NEW WAY TO GET DRINKING
WATER FOR AN ENTIRE
VILLAGE.
Reporter: WHEN
10-YEAR-OLD PUSHA ISN'T AT
SCHOOL, SHE HELPS HER MOTHER
TAKE CARE OF THEIR WATER
BUFFALO.
BUT LATELY THEIR LIVES HAVE
BEEN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT,
THAT'S BECAUSE PUSHA AND HER
FAMILY HAVE BEEN GETTING
SICK FROM THEIR DRINKING
WATER.
IT IS INFECTED WITH LARVAE.
LICE ONCE CAME OUT OF MY
HANDS, AND I SORES ON MY
FACE AND I HAD STOMACH
ACHES.
Reporter: PUSHA'S PAIN
WAS SO BAD SHE COULDN'T GO
TO SCHOOL ANYMORE.
MANY OF HER NEIGHBORS WERE
ALSO GETTING SICK FROM THE
WATER.
WHEN CBN HEARD ABOUT THEIR
PROBLEM, WE WANTED TO DRILL
THEM A WELL.
BUT THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW
BECAUSE THE WATER LEVEL IN
THEIR AREA IS TOO LAW.
SO WE CAME UP WITH ANOTHER
PLAN, PORTABLE WATER
FILTERS.
ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR
TO LIVE ON FOR A YEAR.
WHEN THE FILTERS NEED TO BE
REPLACED, IT WILL ONLY COST
$5.
PUSHA AND HER FAMILY HAVE
ALREADY SEEN A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.
THE WATER WE USED TO
DRINK, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT
GOOD, BUT NOW MY CHILDREN
LIKE TO DRINK A LOT OF
WATER.
THE WORMS ARE ALL GONE
AND WE DON'T HAVE
STOMACHACHES.
I FEEL SO GOOD.
Reporter: WITH YOUR
HELP, CBN PLANS TO GIVE
WATER PURIFYERS TO EVERY
FAMILY IN THIS VILLAGE, SO
THEY CAN ALL HAVE CLEAN
DRINKING WATER.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE US THE
WATER FILTER.
SINCE I DON'T GET SICK
ANYMORE, I CAN GO TO
SCHOOL.
THE WATER FILT HAS MADE OUR
LIVES SO MUCH BETTER.
Terry: IT IS HARD FOR
YOU AND I TO IMAGINE THAT IN
MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD,
WATER IS DIFFICULT TO COME
BY, CLEAN WATER, SOMETIMES
IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE WAYS
AS A "700 CLUB" MEMBER THAT
YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND IT'S THE REASON WE ASK
YOU TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WE'RE OUT TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S
LIVES, IN PRACTICAL WAYS,
LIKE YOU JUST SAW, BUT ALSO
WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS
CHRIST.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF
THAT BY JOINING "THE 700
CLUB," IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY,
JUST $20 A MONTH.
THE NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE,
1-800-759-0700.
JUST CALL AND SAY, I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO SEND
YOU "GOD'S PLAN FOR AMERICA,
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE DAYS
AHEAD."
THIS IS A TEACHING BY PAT.
WE THINK IT WILL REALLY BE
AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE
TOUCHING AND CHANGING
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE AT THE
SAME TIME.
GORDON, TIME FOR SOME
E-MAILS.
READY?
Gordon: LET'S BRING IT
ON.
Terry: JERRY SAYS,
"SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY WIFE
HEARD THE LORD TELL HER SHE
HAD A GIFT OF HEALING AND
SHE WAS TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE'S
SIC NECESSARY.
SHE HAS SINCE SEEN SO MANY
MIRACLES TAKE PLACE.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS
WHY SHE HASN'T BEEN HEALED.
SHE HAS TERRIBLE BACK PAIN.
WE PRAYED AND ASKED THE LORD
FOR HEALING, YET SHE STILL
SUFFERS.
WHY CAN SHE BE USED TO HEAL
OTHERS, BUT SHE IS STILL IN
PAIN?"
Gordon: THIS IS ONE OF
THE GREAT MIRACLES.
HE TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL BY
MINISTRY AND THE WORD OF
HEALING -- I WOULD GO AROUND
WITH HIM TO CONFERENCES IN
INDIA.
IT WAS TRULY A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE.
BUT HE HAD POLIO AS A
CHILD.
AND HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEONE HELP HIM GET TO THE
PULPIT.
AND HE WOULD HAVE LEG BRACES
THAT WOULD LITERALLY LOCK IN
PLACE TO ALLOW HIM TO
SPEAK.
TREMENDOUS ANOINTING.
TREMENDOUS POWER OF GOD.
THEY CALL HIM THE BILLY
GRAHAM OF INDIA.
WHEN HE WOULD HAVE THESE
MEETINGS, THERE WOULD BE
500,000 PEOPLE IN
ATTENDANCE.
AND IT WAS JUST AN ANGUISH
FOR HIM.
HE LIVED A LIFE IN PAIN.
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET, HE
SAID, GORDON, YOU'VE PRAYED
FOR MANY PEOPLE, BUT YOU'VE
NEVER PRAYED FOR ME.
THAT HE WANTED ME TO PRAY
FOR HIM.
AND SO WHY DIDN'T GOD HE'LL
HIM?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE
ANSWERS.
IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
MYSTERIES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, KEEP
PRAYING, KEEP SEEKING, AND
KEEP KNOCKING, AND REALIZE
GOD LOVES YOU INFINITELY.
GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE HIM
INTO IT.
IT IS BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE
HEALED.
KEEP PRAYING FOR OTHERS AND
KEEP ASKING GOD FOR
YOURSELF.
Terry: THIS IS FROM
SANDRA WHO SAYS,
"WHAT EPHESIANS 2: 8 AND 9
MEAN.
IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT
BY WORKS SO NO ONE CAN
BOAST.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONFUSED BY
THE TERM GRACE, AND WILL YOU
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE
MEANING OF THAT WORD?"
Gordon: THE MEANING
BEHIND GRACE IS WHERE WE GET
THE ENGLISH WORD "CHARITY."
IT IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU.
DID YOU COME UP WITH YOU?
DID YOU INVENT YOU?
NO.
GOD DID.
WHO INVENTED SALVATION?
DID YOU?
NO, GOD DID.
LET IT BE ALL ON HIM, THAT
IT IS HIS FREE GIFT TO YOU,
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO
RECEIVE IS IT HAVE FAITH.
IT IS BY GRACE, THROUGH
FAITH, THAT YOU'RE SAVED.
IT IS NOT OF ANY WORKS OF
THE LAW.
IT'S TOTALLY FROM GRACE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM FROM PSALM 55:
"CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE
LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN
YOU."
GOD BLESS YOU, AND WE'LL SEE
YOU AGAIN.