Pat: WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL
AND HAMAS COULD GET WORSE.
ISRAEL IS READY TO STEP UP
ITS ATTACKS AFTER HAMAS
LAUNCHED MISSILES AGAINST
TEL AVIV AND JERUSALEM.
Terry: BEN NE BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAYS HAMAS HAS TO
STOP ITS MISSILES BEFORE
THERE CAN BE A CEASE-FIRE.
Reporter: HAMAS
INTENSIFIED ITS MISSILE BAR
RAGES AGAINST SOUTHERN
ISRAEL OVER THE WEEKEND.
MORE THAN 560 ROCKETS HAVE
SLAMMED INTO ISRAEL SO FAR,
WITH MORE THAN ANOTHER 300
INTERCEPTED BY THE IRON DOME
ANTIMISSILE BATTERIES.
THIS MAN'S HOUSE WAS HIT
LAST WEEK, WHILE HIS WIFE
AND CHILDREN SAT PROTECTED
IN THEIR SAFE ROOM.
I
I DON'T WANT TO THINK
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE SHELTER.
Reporter: ISRAELI HAVE
TARGETED MORE THAN 1350
TERROR SITES IN WHAT THE
ARMY IS CALLING PILLAR OF
SUCCESS.
WE HAVE INFLICTED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE
WATERS IN THE GAZA STRIP,
INCLUDING THE INTELLIGENT
MINISTRY, THE POLICE
COMPOUND, TRAINING CAMPS.
Reporter: IN ONE CASE,
PALESTINIANS SAY A BOMB
KILLED 11 MEMBERS OF ONE
FAMILY, INCLUDING WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
BUT ONE SOUTHERN ISRAEL
RESIDENT SAYS THE BAD PRESS
AGAINST ISRAEL ISN'T FAIR.
JUST REMEMBER, EVERY TIME
A CHILAA PERSON HOLDS UP A
CHILD THAT IS HURT, WHICH WE
HOPE THERE IS NOT, THEY HAVE
TO SHOW OUR PICTURES.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.
WE KNOW OUR SOLDIERS, THEY
ARE NOT TRYING TO DO
ANYTHING TO THE CIVILIAN
OPERATION.
Reporter: ISRAELI
SUPPORT FOR THE ONGOING
MILITARY OPERATION REMAINS
HUNDREDS.
HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS
GATHERED AT THE WESTERN WALL
TO PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION
AND FOR THE ARMY.
THEY PRAYED PSALM 121: "HE
WHO KEEP EASTERLY NEITHER
SLUMBER OR SLEEP."
SOME WESTERN LEADERS ARE
WARNING ISRAEL NOT TO SEND
ISRAELI SOLDIERS INTO GAZA.
MOSHA al-ALLON SAYS ISRAEL
EXPECTS THE WORLD TO STAND
BEHIND ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO
PROTECT ITSELF.
WE EXPECT OUR ALLIES TO
USE ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE IN
ORDER TO PROTECT OUR
PEOPLE.
Pat: THANKS, JULIE.
NO ONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE
DEADLY MISSILE ATTACKS ON
ISRAEL THAN THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF
SIDROP.
IT'S ON THE BORDER WITH
GAZA.
AND PEOPLE THERE HAVE LIVED
ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS
ONGOING BATTLE.
CENTS PECBN'S SCOTT ROSS
RECENTLY VISITED THAT TOWN
TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
LIVE UNDER CONSTANT FIRE.
Reporter: THEY CALL IT
"ROCKET TOWN," THE BOMB
SHELTER CAPITAL OF THE
WORT.
WORLD.
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THEY
HAVE LIVED UNDER ALMOST
DAILY ROCKET ATTACKS FROM
THE GAZA STRIP.
IS THIS REPRESENTATIVE OF
WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH
HERE ALL OF THE TIME?
THE TRUTH IS, A VERY
SMALL FRACTIONS OF THE
ROCKETS THEMSELVES EXPLODED
HERE IN THE REGION.
Reporter: YOU HAVE
PEOPLE GETTING KILLED HERE
IN YOUR TOWN?
WE'VE HAD OVER 44 KILLED
BY ROCKET FIRE, OVER 1200
HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE
AN ENTIRE GENERATION THAT
GREW UP WITH THIS REALITY.
Reporter: DAVID HAS
BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN
STIROP, AND HAS BEEN THE
CITY'S MAYOR FOR MORE THAN
14 YEARS.
YOU LOVE THIS TOWN AND THESE
PEOPLE.
OF COURSE.
SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE
THIS TOWN CANNOT LIVE HERE.
Reporter: DAY BY DAY,
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS
LIFESTYLE, WHERE ROCKETS ARE
BEING SHOWERED, LITERALLY,
UPON YOU.
HOW DOES ONE ADJUST TO THAT,
IF YOU EVER DO, REALLY?
IN 2001, IT WAS THE FIRST
MISSILE THAT CLAWNCHED
LAUNCHED THROUGH THIS CITY.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD MORE
THAN 8,000 MISSILES.
Reporter: 8,000?
8,000 MISSILES THAT WENT
ONLY NEWER BEIJING.
BEIRUT.
IT IS A LITTLE TOWN.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT
8,000 -- THAT'S ALMOST EVERY
APARTMENT AND HOUSE IN THIS
CITY.
Reporter: HE SAYS MANY
ISRAELIS HERE SUFFER FROM
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER.
THE MAYOR TOOK ME TO A HILL
ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, WHERE
WE COULD SEE JUST HOW CLOSE
THE GAZA STRIP IS.
THIS IS THE BORDER.
IF -- 840 METRES, IT IS
SOMETHING LIKE HALF A MILE.
Reporter: THEY COULD
FIRE ROCKETS AT THESE TOWERS
AND NOT BEND DOWN --
YEAH.
THEY LAUNCH THE ROCKETS
THROUGH THE ELECTRIC POWER.
Reporter: YOU SUPPLY
GAZA --
WE GIVE THEM AND THEY
LAUNCH ROCKETS TO THE
ELECTRIC POWER STATION.
AND THEN THEY COMPLAIN THEY
HAVE DARKNESS.
Reporter: EVERYONE WHO
DRIVES IN STIROP TURNS OFF
THE RADIO AND ROLLS THE
WINDOWS DOWN, READY TO HEAR
THE COLOR RED SIREN TO MAKE
A MAD DASH FOR SAFETY.
AND HERE I AM IN A
PLAYGROUND WHERE KIDS COME
AND PLAY.
AND HERE IS A CATEPILLAR.
AND ANYWHERE ELSE THIS WOULD
BE A NORMAL CATEPILLAR.
BUT THIS IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
THIS IS, IN FACT, A BOMB
SHELTER.
WHEN KIDS COME OUT TO PLAY
AND A SIREN GOES OFF, THEY
HAVE 15 SECONDS TO GET IN
HERE TO BE PROTECTED FROM
FALLING BOMBS.
HOW DOES THIS ENVIRONMENT
AFFECT CHILDREN AS THEY WERE
GROWING UP?
ONLY YESTERDAY I WAS
TALKING TO ONE OF MY
FRIENDS, HER BOY IS IN OUR
KINDERGARTEN.
WE HAD TWO ALARMS YESTERDAY,
OR THE DAY BEFORE -- I DON'T
REMEMBER.
HE WAS SO PANICKED, SHE HAD
TO GET OUT OF WORK AND COME
AND GET HIM.
HE IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD.
Reporter: TAGARA IS HIS
SOCIAL WORKER.
WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF A
BOMB SHELTER?
RIDER THERE.
Reporter: TELL ME WHERE
TO RUN.
OKAY.
Reporter: NOTHING MOVED
ME MORE THAN MEETING GARUT,
ARAGON.
SHE WAS SITTING IN HER HOME
WITH A NEIGHBOR CHILD ON HER
LAP.
A ROCKET CRASHED THROUGH THE
ROOM WHERE THEY WERE
SITTING.
THE BOMB COMES THROUGH
THE WALL INTO THE ROOM.
ALL OF THE ROOF WAS CRUSHED
ON US.
FROM THE -- HOW DO YOU
SAY --
Reporter: EXPLOSION?
YEAH, THE EXPLOSION.
THE GIRL WAS, YOU KNOW,
FLYING TO THE CORNER.
THERE WAS FOUR SHRAPNELS IN
MY HEAD.
THEY OPERATED, AND THEY GOT
THREE OF THEM, BUT ONE OF
THEM, IT GOT DEEP INTO THE
BRAIN SO THEY DON'T WANT TO
TOUCH IT.
Reporter: SHE WAS IN
REHAB FOR A YEAR AND A HALF,
BUT NEARLY FIVE YEARS LATER,
HER SON IS STILL AFRAID TO
SLEEP IN HIS ROOM.
THE FAMILIE FAMILY HAS TO
RUN TO THE BOMB SHELTER
SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A
NIGHT.
WHY DO THEY STAY?
IT IS MY COUNTRY.
IT IS MY CITY.
I WAS BORN HERE.
I LOVE IT.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE, YOU
NEED TO SELL THE HOUSE.
NO ONE WANTS TO BUY IT.
NO ONE WANTS TO COME FROM
OUTSIDE TO LIVE UNDER
BOMBING, YOU KNOW.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE
LOVE THIS CITY.
Reporter: HOW DOES IT
AFFECT YOU NOW, WHEN YOU
HEAR THE ROCKETS LANDING,
BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL
SHOOTING THEM HERE.
EVERY TIME I HEARD THE
SIREN, IT TAKES ME BACK
THEN.
AND WHEN I GO DOWN TO THE
SHELTER, I'M SITTING AND I
STOP CRYING.
EVERY TIME AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
Reporter: DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT GOD PROTECTED
YOU?
YEAH.
YEAH.
Reporter: YOU DO
BELIEVE THAT?
I BELIEVE THAT, YEAH.
Reporter: YOU'RE NOT
ANGRY WITH GOD HE ALLOWED IT
TO HAPPEN?
NO.
NO.
I -- I THINK NOW, AND I
THOUGHT BACK THEN, THAT IT
WAS A MIRACLE.
AND HE PROTECTS ON ME, AND
HE LIFTS ME HERE FO,
LIVING, FOR MY BOYS.
I THANK HIM EVERY MORNING.
I NEVER WAS THAT MUCH
BELIEVER, BUT SINCE THAT
DAY, I BELIEVE MORE.
Reporter: SCOTT, CBN,
STIROP, ISRAEL.
Pat: WHAT BRAVE
PEOPLE.
WHAT INCREDIBLY BRAVE
PEOPLE.
UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN THERE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU
DON'T REALIZE HOW TENUOUS
LIFE IS WITH THOSE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN WHAT IS CALLED
THE WEST BANK.
POLITICIANS CAN YACK AND RUN
THEIR MOUTHS LIKE THEY KNOW
SOMETHING, AND THEY DON'T.
AND THEY MAKE THESE
PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE
IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP, AND THEY
TALK ABOUT LAND FOR PEACE,
AND IT IS JUST NONSENSE.
BUT THEY GAVE UP LAND, THEY
GAVE UP THE GAZA, AND LOOK
WHAT HAPPENED?
IT WAS IN FIL INFILTRATED
BY TERRORIST GROUPS, AND
THEY'RE USING IT AS A
LAUNCHING PAD, AND THEY'RE
LAUNCHING ROCKETS TOWARDS
JERUSALEM AND TEL AVIV AND
ALL OVER THAT WEST BANK
AREA.
OF COURSE ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT
TO DEFEND ITSELF, BUT IT IS
LIKE A SWAMP.
DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO A
SWAMP, AND TO SEND GROUND
TROOPS IN?
AND ONCE YOU'VE GOTTEN IT,
WHAT HAVE YOU WON?
WELL, YOU'VE WON NOTHING.
THEY DON'T WANT IT.
AND YET THEY'RE FACED WITH
THIS DILEMMA.
YOU JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER
THERE.
AND WE JOIN THEM IN PRAYER,
AND WE JOIN THEM IN OUR
SYMPATHY.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP WE'LL
HAVE MORE OF TODAY'S TOP
HEADLINES, AND THEN AN
AMAZING STORY OF A FIGHTER
PILOT WHO CRASHED IN A
CROWDED NEIGHBORHOOD AND
WALKED AWAY UNHURT.
YOU WANT TO MISS THIS ONE,
SO STAY TUNED.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO
KNOW WHO HELPED CREATE THE
OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION'S
TALKING POINTS ON THE DEADLY
ATTACKS IN BENGHAZI, ON
SEPTEMBER 11TH.
HEARINGS ON CAPITOL HILL
HAVE REVEALED THAT THE
C.I.A. CONCLUDED EARLY ON
THAT TERRORISTS ARE TO BLAME
FOR THE ASSAULT.
LAWMAKERS WANT TO KNOW WHO
TOOK THAT INFORMATION OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE'S EARLY
STATEMENTS.
IT COULD EXPLAIN WHY SUSAN
RICE KEPT EXPLAINING IT AS A
PROTEST.
DEMOCRATS SAY THE C.I.A.
SIGNED OFF ON THE FINAL
TALKING POINTS, BUT
REPUBLICANS QUESTION WHETHER
THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TRYING
TO COVER IT UP, FEARING IT
WOULD CAUSE VOTERS TO
QUESTION THE PRESIDENT'S
SLAICLAIM THAT THEY WERE
TRYING TO HURT THE
al-QAEDA POWER.
SHE COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT
THOSE STATEMENTS WERE WASED
DOWN, BUT SHE DIDN'T.
I BLAME THE PRESIDENT
MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
SUSAN RICE IS A BIT PLAYER
HERE.
WAS HE INFORMED OF THE JUNE
ATTACK ON OUR CONSULATE
WHERE THEY BLEW A HOLE WHERE
40 PEOPLE COULD GO THROUGH.
WAS HE AWARE OF THE CABLE
FROM STEVENS WHERE HE SAID
THEY COULDN'T WITHSTAND AN
ATTACK.
I BLAME THE PRESIDENT FOR
MAKING THIS A DEATH TRAP.
Leslie:
Lee: SENATOR WIN DIE
DIANE WEINSTEIN DOESN'T
BELIEVE THEY ALTERED THE
INFORMATION.
Lee: MARK MARTIN HAS AN
UPDATE ON THE WORK TO AVOID
TAX MAGEDDON.
Reporter: THEY FIRST
NEED TO PUT THE BRAKES ON
THE COUNTRY FALLING OFF THE
FISCAL CLIFF AT THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
THAT'S THE
600 BILLION-DOLLAR
COMBINATION OF CROSS-THE
BOARD TAX INCREASES AND
SPENDING CUTS THAT COULD
SEND A FRAGILE ECONOMY BACK
INTO RECESSION.
THE TWO SIDES HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE TAX REVENUE
WE'RE WILLING TO DISCUSS,
AND NOW IT IS TIME TO TALK
ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS.
IF WE PASS SOMETHING THAT
DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE AS IRRITATED IN
THE FUTURE AS THEY ARE NOW.
JUST TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES
IS FAR TOO LITTLE MONEY.
THEY SAID THEY WANT IT TO BE
REVENUE NEUTRAL.
IF IT IS GOING BRING IN
REVENUE, THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THE
HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE HAVE TO
PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
Reporter: AMERICANS ARE
SKEPTICAL.
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
INVESTORS ARE RAPIDLY
MANEUVERING TO SHIELD
THEMSELVES FROM POSSIBLE
HIGHER TAXES NEXT YEAR.
SO MANY INVESTORS ARE
SHEDDING INVESTMENTS, WHICH
IS CONTRIBUTING TO RECENT
SELLOFFSELLOFFS IN FORMERLY
HIGH FLYING STOCK MARKETS
LIKE APPLE.
IT IS CRUCIAL BOTH SIDES DO
MORE THAN A TEMPORARY FIX.
WHEN IT COMES FROM THE
FISCAL CLIFF, I WAS IN
CONGRESS, AND IF THEY JUST
PUT A BAND-AID ON THIS,
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CLIFF
IN 'FE A FEW MONTHS.
WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET.
Reporter: SENATOR TELLY
AHED SUMMED UP THE SITUATION
BY SAYING "POWER HARINGIS
SHARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY,
NOT AN OPTION, AND GETTING
OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER IS
WHERE WE NEED TO START."
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Lee: THE WEALTHY NEED
TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
PAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Pat: NOBODY KNOWS.
AND WHATEVER IT IS, IT IS
WHAT BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO
TAKE FROM THEM.
AND IF HE TOOK ALL OF THEIR
INCOME, IT WOULD ONLY RUN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 45
DAYS.
THE WHOLE THING IS
NONSENSE.
IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THE
ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE
ENOUGH MONEY TO BRIDGE THE
GAP ARE THE SO-CALLED MIDDLE
CLASS.
WHEN HE FINISHES HIS TAX, IT
WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE
LINE.
IT WON'T STOP AT $250,000.
THIS FAIR SHARE IS
NONSENSE.
FORMER SUCCES SECRETARY OF
STATE, JAMES BAKER, HAD A
VERY INTRIGUING SUGGESTION
IN AN OP-ED PIECE IN THE
NEWSPAPER.
THEY SAID, WHY DON'T THEY
MAKE A DEAL WHICH SAYS,
OKAY, WE WILL CUT TAXES, SO
LONG AS YOU MATCH IT WITH
REVENUE CUTS.
AND IF -- IF YOU SPEND MORE
THAN YOU HAVE AGREED,
AUTOMATICALLY, THE TAX CUTS
WILL NOT -- NOT THE TAX
CUTS, BUT THE TAX INCREASES
WILL BE NULLIFIED.
SO IT WOULD BE TIED IN.
BECAUSE IF YOU PASS A TAX
BILL THAT RAISES TAXES, THAT
STAYS IN PLACE.
BUT SPENDING CUTS ARE VERY
VOLATILE AND CAN BE CHANGED
AT THE WHIM OF THE
MAJORITY.
SO WHEN HE SAYS, OKAY, TIE
THE ONE TO THE OTHER.
HE IS A VERY SMART MAN.
HE IS A MA SMART LAYER, AND
THAT' -- SMART LAWYER, BUT
THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO IT.
BUT BUSINESS LEADERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY SAY WE'RE
PULLING BACK ON OR
INVESTMENT PLANS, ON OUR
CAPITAL SPENDING.
YEAR NOT GOING TO SPEND IN
THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS
UNCERTAINTY.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, WILL BE
BE A BREAK ON THE ECONOMY.
AND THE WEALTHY PEOPLE ARE
DUMPING ASSETS AS FAST AS
THEY CAN BEFORE THE END OF
THE YEAR AND THEY'RE TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWER
CAPTAIN GAINS TAXES.
IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE.
THEY'LL GET TOGETHER AND
MAKE SOME KIND OF A DEAL.
THEY HAVE TO.
LEE?
Lee: MANY ANALYSTS SAY
MITT ROMNEY'S LACK OF
HISPANIC SUPPORT HURT HIM IN
THE ELECTION.
AND THEY BLAME HIS RHETORIC
IN THE ELECTION.
FRED BAILEY HEADS UP A GROUP
CALLED "TEXAS IMMIGRATION
SOLUTION."
HE CAME UP WITH A FREE
MARKET WORKER PLAN.
BAILEY SAYS IF REPUBLICANS
HELP HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS,
THEY CAN BECOME A NATURAL
ALLIE.
YOU MAKE COMMENTS LIKE
SELF-DEPORTATION.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T
DEPORT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
THEM FEEL THE PAIN.
COMMENTS LIKE THAT DON'T DO
ANYTHING FOR REACHING OUT TO
THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
I'VE WORKED SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER WITH HISPANICS, AND
I'VE SEEN THEIR FAMILY
VALUES.
Lee: THE SOLUTION
PUSHES FOR SECURE BORDERS
AND PROTECTING AMERICAN
JOBS.
IT ALSO LAYS OUT PLANS FOR A
STREAM-LINED IMMIGRATION
PROCESS, AND PUTS A PRIORITY
ON KEEPING IMMIGRANTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER.
THANKSGIVING ISN'T EVEN HERE
YET, AND THE BATTLES OVER
CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS
IS ALREADY HEATING UP.
THE CITY OF SA SANTA MONICA
CALIFORNIA IS DROPPING THEIR
NATIVITY SCENE AFTER 14
YEARS.
BUT ATHEISTS SET UP
NON-RELIGIOUS DISPLAYS,
ANGERING THE COMMUNITY.
BY COMPARING IT TO MYTHS AND
FABLES.
THE CHURCH THAT USED TO SET
UP THE NATIVITY ARE GOING TO
FEDERAL COURT.
THEY CLAIM IT VIOLATED THEIR
RIGHTS BY STOPPING THE
SCENE.
Pat: IT IS CHRISTMAS
ALL OVER AGAIN.
THE GRINCH IS TRYING TO
STEAL OUR HOLIDAY.
IT HAS BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL.
THE NATION COMES TOGETHER.
WE SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS, WE
GIVE GIFTS TO EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE LIGHTED TREES AND IT
IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING.
ATHEISTS DON'T LIKE OUR
HAPPINESS.
THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO BE
HAPPY.
THEY'RE MISERABLE, SO THEY
WANT YOU TO BE MISERABLE.
SO THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
HOLIDAY AWAY FROM YOU.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP LATER,
A CALL THAT NO AVIATOR'S
WIFE WANTS TO HEAR, HER
HUSBAND CRASHED HIS PLANE.
BUT, FIRST, MEET A HIGH
ROLLER WHO SPENT HIS MONEY
ON STRIPPERS AND THEN TRIED
TO KILL HIMSELF.
I WANTED TO GET IT OVER.
IT WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR.
Terry: HEAR WHAT
STOPPED HIM FROM PULLING
THAT TRIGGER, NEXT.
Pat: ERNIE SHAMON LIVED
THE LIFE OF A SINGLE MAN WHO
LOVED TO PARTY.
HE WOULD DROP A COUPLE GRAND
AT THE TRIP CLUBS EVERY
NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT.
AND HE WOULD SLEEP WITH ANY
WOMAN WHO WOULD LET HIM.
THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM,
ERNEST WAS A MARRIED MAN AT
THE TIME.
I WOULD SPEND ABOUT
$3,000 A NIGHT IN THE STRIP
CLUBS.
Reporter: ERNEST SHAMON
BELIEVED HE WAS LIVING THE
HIGH LIFE, GOING TO CLUBS
AND DRINKING AND HAVING
AFFAIRS.
HE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY TO
PARTY, THANKS TO HIS
SUCCESSFUL PACKAGE DELIVERY
SERVICE BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS GOOD.
I TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.
THAT SORT OF THING.
I WAS UP TO THE POINT WHERE
THE CONTRACTS WERE
$3.1 MILLION A YEAR, IS WHAT
I WAS MAKING WITH THEM.
AND PROBABLY GROSSING CLOSE
TO $1 MILLION A YEAR.
Reporter: BUT ERNEST
WAS ABOUT TO PAY A PRICE FOR
THE LIFESTYLE HE HAD
CHOSEN.
HE PROFESSED TO BECOMING A
CHRISTIAN AT 12 YEARS OLD,
BUT WHEN HE WENT AWAY TO
COLLEGE, HE BEGAN TO PARTY.
YOU KNOW, I'M AWAY FROM
HOME.
THERE IS ALL THESE PEOPLE.
THERE IS ALL THESE WOMEN.
THERE IS ALL THIS STUFF
GOING ON.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
Reporter: DURING HIS
LAST TWO YEARS AT COLLEGE,
HE PARENTS DIED.
ERNEST DROPPED OUT OF
COLLEGE AND STARTED SELLING
CRACK COCAINE.
THAT WAS REALLY, YOU
KNOW, A VERY BAD TURNING
POINT IN MY LIFE.
BUT THINGS EVEN GOT WORSE.
Reporter: WHILE DRIVING
HOME ONE DAY, POLICE PULLED
ERNEST OVER FOR A TRAFFIC
VIOLATION.
HE FOUND A KILO OF COCAINE
IN THE CAR, WITH THE STREET
VALUE OF $100,000.
HE WAS ARRESTED, BUT GOT OFF
ON A TECHNICALITY.
ERNEST THEN MET LAVON AND
THREE MONTHS LATER THEY
MARRIED.
WITH HIS CHARM AND GOING
OUT FOR DINNER, HE WAS A
REALLY GOOD GENTLEMAN BACK
THEN.
HE WAS A NICE, WELL-MANNERED
PERSON.
Reporter: HE QUIT
DEALING DRUGS AND WENT TO
WORK FOR AN EXPRESS MAIL
COMPANY.
FIVE YEARS LATER, HE STARTED
SHAMON ENTERPRISES.
IT WAS DURING EXTENDED
BUSINESS TRIPS FOR THE
COMPANY THAT HE STARTED
HANGING OUT IN STRIP CLUBS
AND HAVING AFFAIRS.
I WAS A MARRIED MAN AND
ALSO A BUSINESSMAN, BUT IT
DIDN'T STOP ME.
I STILL CONTINUED ON.
HEY, I WAS DOING THE
SERVICE, GIVING THEM MONEY,
AND THEY DOING SOMETHING FOR
ME.
Reporter: HE NEGLECTED
HIS WIFE, LAVON, AND THEIR
SON.
SHE STARTED NOTICING THAT
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN
CHECKING LAUNDRY OR -- YOU
KNOW, AND I COULD SEE THE
LIPSTICK ON THE COLLAR, YOU
KNOW, FROM WOMEN.
Reporter: LAVON ASKED
ERNEST TO LEAVE.
I HAD ALL OF HIS THINGS
PACKED AND I HAD THEM
OUTSIDE.
I TOLD HIM TO PICK THEM UP
AND KEEP ON MOVING.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
SEPARATED.
ERNEST HUNG OUT WITH HIS
MANY GIRLFRIENDS.
HE SHOWERED THEM WITH
EXTRAVAGANT GIFTS LIKE CARS
AND JEWELRY.
MEANWHILE, LAVON BEGAN TO
PRAY FERVENTLY FOR HER
HUSBAND.
I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES
AND I ASKED GOD, IF IT WAS
MEANT FOR US TO BE, FOR HIM
TO CHANGE HIM IF WE GOT BACK
TOGETHER.
Reporter: ERNEST
FINALLY BEGAN SPENDING MORE
MONEY THAN HE COULD BRING
IN, AND EVENTUALLY LOST HIS
BUSINESS.
ERNEST BELIEVED THE ONLY
ANSWER TO HIS PROBLEMS WAS
TO KNIGHT SUICIDE.
I HAD A GUN, AND I WAS
JUST GOING TO SHOOT MYSELF.
AND JUST GET IT OVER WITH
BECAUSE IT IS JUST TOO MUCH
TO BEAR.
Reporter: BEFORE HE
PULLED THE TRIGGER, ERNEST
CRIED OUT TO GOD ONE LAST
TIME TO CHANGE HIM.
I WAS JUST, LIKE, LORD, I
CAN'T DO THIS NO MORE.
I CAN'T DO IT.
I CAN'T DO THIS NO MORE,
LORD.
JUST CHANGE ME, FATHER.
CHANGE ME, GOD.
I MESSED UP EVERYTHING
YOU'VE GIVEN ME.
I MESSED UP THE BUSINESS.
I MESSED UP MY FAMILY.
CHANGE ME.
CHANGE ME, LORD.
Reporter: ERNEST
REMEMBERED SOMETHING SUPER
NATURAL SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT
THAT MOMENT.
I REMEMBER -- IT WAS LIKE
A DEEP FEELING.
AND IT IS LIKE I HAD DIED.
I NEVER FORGET.
THERE WAS AN ANGEL WHO WAS
STANDING ABOVE ME LIKE JESUS
CAME THROUGH.
AND HIS HEART IS CRYING.
AND IT IS JUST LIKE HE TOOK
MY BODY.
LIKE I WAS JUST GONE AND
THEY REPLACED ME WITH
SOMETHING NEW.
I WAS LIKE GOD JUST CHANGED
ME.
IT IS LIKE THE OLD ME DIED
AND HE JUST REPLACED ME.
YOU GO BACK TO THE
SCRIPTURES, HE WILL MAKE YOU
A NEW CREATURE.
HE MADE ME A FEW CREATURE.
Reporter: ERNEST ENDED
HIS AFFAIRS AND WENT BACK TO
CHURCH.
SOON HE AND HIS WIFE, LAVON,
WERE REUNITED.
WHEN I GOT HOME, SHE SAID
I'VE BEEN PRAYING THAT GOD
WILL CHANGE YOU.
SHE WAS PRAYING FOR ME.
AFTER ALL I'VE DONE, SHE IS
STILL PRAYING FOR ME.
AND GOD IS SO GOD, THAT HE
HEARD MY PRAYERS AND HE
HEARD HER CRY.
Reporter: ERNEST WENT
BACK TO WORK FOR A TRUCKING
COMPANY AS A DRIVER.
HE FINISHED HIS BACHELOR'S
DEGREE AT REGENT UNIVERSITY,
AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON
HIS DIVINITY DEGREE.
HE HAS TWO BOYS NOW AND HE
IS GRATEFUL FOR A SECOND
CHANCE.
TO BE FORGIVEN FELT SO
GOOD AND SO POWERFUL.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST FELT SO
MUCH LOVE, LOVE FROM GOD AND
LOVE FROM HER.
IF YOU JUST REPENT, GOD'S
LOVE IS JUST OVERPOWERFUL.
AND HE EVEN PUT THE LOVE IN
HER HEART TO RECEIVE ME
AGAIN.
IT IS JUST LOVE.
I'M HIS PRINCESS NOW, YOU
KNOW.
AND THAT'S THE WAY HE MAKES
ME FEEL NOW.
WE CAN'T CHANGE WHO WE
ARE.
ONLY JESUS CHRIST CAN CHANGE
YOU.
AND IF YOU ASK HIM, HE WILL
CHANGE YOU.
ASK HIM AND TRUST HIM, AND
HE WILL CHANGE YOU.
Pat: THE STORY OF THE
PRODIGAL SON.
THE YOUNGER SON RECEIVED THE
INHERITANCE DUE HIM, AND HE
WENT TO A FAR COUNTRY.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE WASTED
HIS SUBSTANCE IN RIOTOUS
LIVING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY
ANYMORE THAN THAT.
HE WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE IN
RIOTOUS LIVING.
HERE IS A MAN WHO HAS A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
HE'S WORKED HARD.
AND HE HAS BUILT UP A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS,
BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN SALES.
SUCCESSFUL.
GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.
GOT EVERYTHING HE NEEDS.
HE'S GOT A LOVING WIFE.
HE'S GOT A FAMILY.
BUT HE WANTED SOMETHING
BETTER, AND THE BIBLE ALSO
SAID THERE IS PLEASURE AND
SIN FOR A SEASON.
DON'T THINK THERE IS NOT ANY
PLEASURE.
THERE IS PLEASURE IN THIS
STUFF.
COCAINE; PLEASURE FOR A
TIME.
TRIP CLUB CLUBS; PLEASURE
FOR A TIME.
DON'T THINK THE DEVIL SELLS
YOU SHORT COMING IN.
IT IS COMING OUT THAT IS SO
HARD.
BECAUSE WHAT HE DOES IS TAKE
PEOPLE AND DESTROY THEM.
HE TOOK ALL OF THE PRODIGAL
SON'S MONEY.
AND HE WOUND UP IN A
PIGSTY.
ERNEST IS THE SAME WAY.
HE LOST ALL HIS MONEY.
AND HE WOUND UP IN A
PIGSTY.
HE WOUND UP DESPERATE.
LISTEN, I KNOW THAT THERE IS
AN ALLURE IN THE GLAMOUR OF
WHAT SATAN HAS TO OFFER, BUT
THE END OF IT IS A PIGSTY.
THE END OF IT IS DESPERATE
IS POVERTY.
AND THE END OF IT IN
ERNEST'S CASE WAS POTENTIAL
SUICIDE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STAND WHAT
YOU'VE DONE TO YOURSELF.
AND YOU CAN'T STAND HOW
YOU'VE WASTED YOUR MONEY AND
YOUR LIFE.
AND IF YOU FIT ANY OF THOSE
DESCRIPTIONS, LET ME TELL
YOU, GOD -- GOD LOVES YOU.
ERNEST -- IT'S AMAZING.
HE CAME TO THE LORD, AND THE
LORD TOOK AWAY THE OLD
ERNEST AND GAVE HIM A NEW
HEART.
IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, HE
IS A NEW CREATION.
GOD WILL REMAKE YOU, AND
HE'LL GIVE YOU JOY AND PEACE
AND HAPPINESS.
AND HE GIVES NO SORROW WITH
IT.
HE DOESN'T GIVE ANY SORROW
WITH IT.
THEN YOU CAN REBUILD YOUR
LIFE ON A SURE FOUNDATION.
DO YOU WANT THAT?
IF YOU DO, LET'S ASK GOD TO
GIVE IT TO YOU.
LEAVE THE OLD BEHIND.
IT IS STRICTLY AN ILLUSION,
AND THE ILLUSION WILL LEAVE
YOU WITH SOMETHING BUT ASHES
AND EMPTINESS AND A DESIRE
TO KILL YOURSELF.
PRAY WITH ME NOW.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, BOW
YOUR HEAD AND PRAY.
JESUS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE
DONE.
YOU KNOW HOW I HAVE WASTED
MY LIFE.
ON THAT WHICH SEEMS SO
ALLURING.
LORD, I ASK YOU TO HELP ME
COME OUT OF THAT PIT.
I ASK YOU TO HELP ME CHANGE
MY WAY.
I ASK YOU TO HELP ME TURN MY
LIFE AROUND.
LORD, HEAR ME NOW.
COME INTO MY LIFE.
LIVE IN ME AND TRANSFORM ME
FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU.
I THANK YOU THAT YOU HEARD
MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO HELP YOU DO WHAT'S
NEXT.
I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED "A
NEW DAY."
IT IS A C.D.
73 MINUTES.
IT WILL TELL YOU IN RATHER
GREAT DETAIL WHAT IT IS
YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT'S
NEXT.
SO CALL RIGHT NOW AND SAY,
LOOK, I PRAYED WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
YOU NEED TO CONFESS WHAT YOU
HAVE JUST DONE.
SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO LOVES
YOU.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US
YOUR NAME, THAT'S FINE.
BUT CALL ANYHOW.
PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY I
JUST PRAYED.
I JUST GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
EVERYBODY ON THESE PHONES
HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISION
YOU HAVE MADE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
GOD AND WHO LOVE YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
CALL NOW AND SAY, I JUST
PRAYED AND I'M A NEW
CREATURE IN CHRIST.
TERRY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: WELL, STILL
AHEAD, MARK HARDING HAS
SPENT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS
A FIGHTER PILOT, BUT HE
NEVER CRASHED UNTIL AFTER HE
LEFT THE MILITARY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT SAY GOD'S MY
CO-PILOT.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
GOD IS MY PILOT.
HE GIVES ME THE SKILLS TO
FLY.
HE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT IN MY
COCKPIT.
Terry: HEAR HOW MARK'S
PILOT SAVED HIS LIFE, WHEN
WE COME BACK.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO
THE STREETS IN FRANCE TO
PROTEST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE NEW
GOVERNMENT BILL THAT WOULD
GIVE MARRIAGE AN ADOPTION
RIGHTS TO GAY COUPLES.
THE RALLIES TOOK PLACE IN
MAJOR CITIES ACROSS FRANCE.
THEY WERE ORGANIZED BY
CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC
GROUPS.
THEY SAY THEIR GOAL IS TO
PERSUADE FRENCH LAWMAKERS TO
CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT THE
PROPOSED LAW.
CBN IS USING THE INTERNET
NOW TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN
THAILAND.
THAILAND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE
MORE THAN 32 MILLION WEB
USERS BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
THE NEW YouTube CHANNEL
HAS MORE THAN 300 VIDEOS TO
REACH THEM.
THE CHANNEL INCLUDES
TESTIMONIES, FEATURE STORIES
AND EVEN A CHILDREN'S
PROGRAM THAT EXPLAINS HOW
GOD CREATED THE WORLD.
AND ANOTHER IS CALLED
"HOPE," AND FEATURES A
CELEBRITY WHO TELLS HOW HE
STRUGGLED TO FIND GOD.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT CBN IS DOING AROUND THE
WORLD, BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND TERRY
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
*
Terry: WELL, OUR NEXT
STORY IS ABOUT FLYING.
YOU HAVE FLOWN, RIGHT?
Pat: I HAVE A PRIVATE
PILOT'S LICENSE.
Terry: DO YOU STILL
FLY?
Pat: NO.
I'VE GOT BETTER SENSE.
BUT IT'S --
Terry: HAVE YOU EVER
HAD A CLOSE CALL?
Pat: ARE YOU KIDDING.
I ALMOST NICKED INTO AN
OUTDOOR THEATER, A SCREEN.
I CAME OUT OF A SHORT FIELD
AND I SHOULDN'T NEVER HAVE
BEEN IN TO BEGIN WITH.
AND I WAS PULLING BACK -- I
BARELY CLEARED THE THING.
A BIG SCREEN IN AN OUTDOOR
THEATER.
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER
THINGS THAT I DID.
Terry: WELL, I LOOK
FORWARD TO FLYING
COMMERCIALLY WITH YOU.
Pat: DON'T EVER FLY IF
I'M AT THE CONTROLS, UNLESS
YOU'RE DESPERATE.
IF YOU'RE IN THE AMAZON AND
ALLIGATORS AND SNAKES ARE
EATING YOU AND YOU HAVE TO
GET OUT.
Terry: I MIGHT TAKE MY
CHANCES WITH THE ALLIGATORS
AND SNAKES.
IT HAS BEEN SAID BY MANY A
PILOT THAT FLYING IS THE
SECOND GREATEST THRILL ON
EARTH.
LANDING IS THE FIRST.
MARK HARDING KNOWS FROM
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WHEN HIS
PLANE STARTED LOSING
ALTITUDE OVER HOT SPRINGS,
ARKANSAS LAST YEAR, ANY
LANDING WOULD DO.
33 YEARS OF FLYING
SINGLE-ENGINE FIGHTERS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
NEVER HAVING TO SHOOT
ANYBODY, AND I'M ALIVE AND
DOING WELL.
I NEVER HAD TO EJECT OUT OF
AN AIRPLANE.
I HAD PARTS AND PIECES FALL
OFF THE PLANE, BUT THEY
TRAIN US WELL.
TO BE ABLE TO LAND A PLANE
WITHOUT A RUNWAY, YOU'RE
READY.
Reporter: MARK HARDING
AND HIS WIFE ATTRIBUTE HIS
YEARS OF SAFETY WHILE FLYING
FIGHTER JETS IN THE AIR
FORCE TO TWO THINGS, HIS
MILITARY TRAINING AND GOD'S
HAND OF PROTECTION.
I HAVE TO SAY I WAS NEVER
AFRAID.
I WAS IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH GOD WHEN
HE WAS UP IN THE AIR.
SAYING, ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE
WITH HIM NOW.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
YOU HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO SAY, GOD IS MY
CO-PILOT.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
GOD IS MY PILOT.
HE GIVES ME THE SKILLS TO
FLY.
HE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT IN MY
COCKPIT.
Reporter: MARK RETIRED
FROM THE AIR FORCE IN 2011,
BUT HE HAD A HARD TIME
STAYING OUT OF THE COCKPIT.
HE TRAINED TO BECOME AN
AERIAL FIREFIGHTER, FLYING A
MODIFIED CROP DUSTER.
I IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
I WAS VERY HAPPY FOR HIM.
VERY PROUD.
I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND
LIVE DROP THAT I DID, WHERE
I MISDROPPED WHERE THE AIR
ATTACK WANTED ME TO DROP.
I WAS A LITTLE LATE.
AND I FOUND OUT IT WASN'T A
LATE DROP AT ALL.
IT WAS BASICALLY GOD'S DROP,
WHERE THERE WAS A FIREMAN IN
A BULLDOZER WHO WAS TRAPPED
AND LOST HIS RADIOS, AND
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SMOKE
OF THE FIRE, HE COULDN'T
COMMUTE KATCOMMUNICATE WITH
ANYBODY.
AND THE WATER HIT HIM ON THE
HEAD.
AND HE SAW IT THEN AND
BACKED OUT.
I THOUGHT, I'M DOING WHAT
GOD NEEDS ME TO DO.
Reporter: IN SEPTEMBER
2011, HIS GROUP WAS CALLED
TO FIGHT FIRES IN ARKANSAS.
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF LONG,
SUCCESSFUL DROPS, MARK TOOK
OFF AGAIN.
BUT THIS TIME SOMETHING WENT
TERRIBLY WRONG.
I'M CLIMBING OUT, THE
TREES ARE DISAPPEARING, AND
I'M LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC, AND
I'M GOING TO STOP MY TURN
HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, AND
THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD
CHANGED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRPLANE
DROPS AND I LOST ABOUT
75 FEET OF ALTITUDE.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A CLEAR
COCKPIT NOW, IT IS FULL OF
TREES.
Reporter: MARK DUMPED
THE WATER IN HOPES OF
LIGHTER PLANE WO WOULD
RESPOND AND RISE UP.
IT DIDN'T.
I KNOW I'M OVER A TOWN.
THERE IS NO WAY THIS
AIRPLANE IS GOING TO
OUTCLIMB THIS.
Reporter: MARK LOOKED
FOR A PLACE TO CRASH A
PLANE.
HE SAW A SMALL, BACKYARD,
BUT KNEW IT WOULD TAKE A
MIRACLE TO AVOID HITTING
HOUSES AND HURTING PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND.
I KNEW I WAS GOING TO
HAVE TO CRASH.
AND I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO
PUT MY NOSE IN AND NOT TAKE
ANOTHER HOUSE OUT.
I'M DOING 80 MILES PER HOUR,
AND IT IS NOT LIKE YOU CAN
JUST STOP IT.
Reporter: MARK'S TAIL
SECTION GLANCED OFF A POWER
LINE, HELPING HIM TOWARDS
HIS TARGET.
THEN HE CRASHED HARD,
DESTROYING THE PLANE.
I HIT THE SIDE OF THE
AIRPLANE WHERE THE ROLL BARS
WERE, AND NOW I'M BLACKED
OUT.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BECAUSE
I'M TAKING PART OF THE
BACKYARD OUT.
I'VE GONE THROUGH A WOOD
FENCE.
I'M SLIDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE,
WHATEVER.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST
STOPPED.
Reporter: HE THREW OPEN
THE DOOR AND GOT OUT OF THE
PLANE UNHURT.
THE WATER AND FOAM PREVENTED
ANY FIRE FROM STARTING.
RESCUERS ARRIVED AND
TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL.
MEANWHILE, COLLEEN GOT A
CALL THAT MARK HAD CRASHED.
WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS,
THERE HAS BEEN A CRASH, MARK
HAS CRASHED, I'D BE LYING
THAT I SAID THAT I DIDN'T
THINK, WELL, HE'S DEAD.
BUT I FELT LIKE SUCH A PEACE
WASHING OVER ME.
IN A MOMENT, YOUR LIFE
CHANGES.
BUT IN THAT INSTANT, GOD HAS
HOLD OF YOU.
HE HAD HOLD OF ME.
I KNOW THE ANGELS WERE
AROUND ME, AND THEY DID A
FANTASTIC JOB TO GET ME TO
THAT LAST PLACE.
WHEN I WENT BACK A COUPLE OF
DAYS LATER, ABOUT THREE DAYS
LATER, I LOOKED AT THE SITE,
I WAS STANDING IN THE STREET
AND I'M JUST CRYING.
AND I'M GOING, HOW DID YOU
GET THAT AIRPLANE, WITH
ANOTHER TREE OFF TO THE SIDE
IN THAT BACKYARD?
GOD IS GOING TO GET THE
GLORY ON THIS ONE, HE REALLY
IS.
BECAUSE I DID MY PART, BUT I
COULDN'T PUT THAT AIRPLANE
BACK IN THAT HOLE.
I COULDN'T.
WHEN I SAT THERE AND I
LOOKED AT THAT SPOT, I GO,
MARK, YOU'RE NOT THAT GOOD.
I'M GOOD, BUT I'M NOT THAT
GOOD.
GOD WAS TOTALLY INVOLVED IN
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HE WAS THE PILOT IN THAT
AIRPLANE, TO PUT IT WHERE HE
WANTED ME TO PUT IT.
MY JOB WAS JUST TO DO
EVERYTHING PIE LEARNE I
LEARNED IN THE MILITARY, BUT
GOD IS THE PILOT.
Reporter: MARK AND
COLLEEN SAY THEY ARE
GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S FAITHFUL
LOVE AND PROTECTION THROUGH
IT ALL.
WE ARE FOREVER IN AWE OF
HOW HE HAS WORKED IN OUR
LIVES.
AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE
HAS IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SURVIVE A
PLANE CRASH LIKE MARK DID,
THEN GOD'S GOT SOMETHING
EVEN GREATER FOR US.
AND WE'RE JUST HANGING ON.
TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
LIVE ON THIS EARTH, TO
IMPACT LIVES FOR GOD, IT'S A
BLESSING.
BUT TO KNOW THAT HE IS THAT
MERCIFUL AND THAT GRACIOUS
AND THAT LOVING, THAT HE
WOULD SACRIFICE HIS SON FOR
SOMEBODY LIKE ME, IT BLOWS
ME AWAY.
SO WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOD?
LIFE IS TOO BEAUTIFUL AND
TOO SHORT NOT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT LIFE WOULD
BE LIKE WITHOUT GOD.
I AM SO BLESSED THAT HE IS
THE FOCAL POINT OF MY LIFE.
Terry: YOU KNOW, MARK
WAS A BELIEVER BEFORE AND
APPRECIATED GOD AND LOVED
GOD, BUT, BOY, WHEN YOU SEE
GOD'S HAND MOVE LIKE THAT IN
YOUR LIFE, IT TAKES YOU TO
ANOTHER LEVEL.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT 1,000
FEET AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP
SHORT, AND HE HOOKS INTO A
POWER LINE, WHICH THROWS HIM
STRAIGHT DOWN -- I MEAN, IT
IS UNBELIEVABLE.
Terry: AND YOU HAVE
SECONDS TO THINK IN THAT
SCENARIO.
YOU REALLY CAN'T THINK
APPROPRIATELY.
Pat: YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW POORLY IT IS TO RECKON
ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU'VE
GOT TO DO IN AN AIRPLANE.
AND HE'S A REAL PRO, FLYING
FIGHTER PLANES.
OH, MAN, WHAT A STORY.
WELL, GOD'S GOOD ALL THE
TIME.
GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
UP NEXT, A FAMILY WHO WAS
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY TAKES
A BIG STEP AND BRINGS A
2-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN INTO THEIR
HOME.
HEAR HOW THEY MANAGED.
Pat: IN THE
PHILIPPINES, MANY CHILDREN
UNDER FIVE DON'T GET ENOUGH
FOOD.
THAT THE WHY WE STARTED
FEEDING PROGRAMS FOR
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, LIKE
THIS 2-YEAR-OLD NAMED
JOSEPH.
Reporter: MENSHI AND
HER HUSBAND WERE ALREADY
RAISING THEIR OWN CHILDREN
WHEN THEY DECIDED TO TAKE IN
THEIR NEPHEW, JOSEPH, WHO
HAD BECOME AN ORPHAN.
HE WAS TWO WHEN HE CAME TO
LIVE THERE AND HE WAS THIN
AND NAL NOURISHED.
I KNEW WE HAD TO TAKE HIM
IN, NO MATTER WHAT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD
MANAGE FINANCIALLY, BUT WE
WANTED TO GIVE HIM A HOME.
Reporter: RIGHT AT THAT
TIME, CBN STARTED A PROGRAM
IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP
KIDS LIKE JOSEPH.
EACH MONTH WE GAVE THE
FAMILY EXTRA FOOD TO HELP
HIM GAIN WEIGHT.
AND WE PROVIDED FREE
VITAMINS AND MEDICAL
CHECKUP.
AND TO HELP MENSHI RELIEVE
SOME OF THAT FINANCIAL
STRESS AT HOME, WE GAVE HER
A GRANT TO START A SMALL
BUSINESS.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A
SMALL GROCERY STORE.
AND NOW WE SELL FOOD, SCHOOL
SUPPLIES, AND EVEN
UMBRELLAS.
Reporter: TODAY JOSEPH
IS A HEALTHY, ACTIVE
5-YEAR-OLD, WHO LIKES
PLAYING WITH FRIENDS AND
GOING TO SCHOOL.
AND HE NO LONGER CALLS
MENSHI AUNTIE.
HE CALLS HER MAMA.
THANK YOU, CBN, FOR ALL
YOU HAVE DONE FOR JOSEPH AND
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
Pat: ISN'T IT
WONDERFUL?
ONE LIFE AT A TIME.
JESUS, WHO SAYS IN AS MUCH
AS YOU HAVE DONE, I WAS
HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME, I WAS
NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED ME, I
WAS SICK AND YOU VISITED ME,
I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME
TO ME, YOU DID IT TO THE
LEAST OF THESE, SO WE REACH
OUT TO LITTLE JOSEPH IN THE
PHILIPPINES IN THE NAME OF
THE LORD, GIVE HIM FOOD,
BUILD HIM UP FROM BEING A
MALNOURISHED WAIF, TO A
HEALTHY YOUNG BOY.
WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD RESPONSE
FROM THIS, "GOD'S PLAN FOR
AMERICA," AND ONE LADY SAID
SHE BEGAN TO SOB WHEN THEY
FOUND OUT WHAT AMERICA WAS
ALL ABOUT.
AND WE'LL GIVE THESE TO YOU
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
IT IS A D.V.D., WHICH IS OUR
GIFT TO YOU.
$20 A MONTH, AND YOU CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
SO CALL US RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
HERE'S TERRY.
Terry: UP NEXT, YOUR
DAILY DOSE OF "BRING IT
ON."
JACK SAYS, "I AM BULLIED AT
SCHOOL, AND I WANT TO KNOW
HOW DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE THAT
HATES YOU?"
YOUR QUESTIONS FROM OUR INK
IN-BOX ARE NEXT SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
Terry: WE HAVE SOME
TIME LEFT, AND WE'D LIKE TO
ANSWER IF OF YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
J.CJACK SAYS, "HOW DO YOU
LOVE SOMEONE WHO HATES YOU.
THERE ARE A GROUP OF KIDS AT
MY COLLEGE WHO BULLY ME."
YOU WOULD THINK KIDS WOULD
BE BEYOND THAT AT THAT AGE.
"I WANT TO RESPOND AND BRING
THEM TO THE LORD, BUT IT IS
HARD WHEN THEY'RE MEAN TO
ME."
Pat: LOOK WHAT JESUS
DID ON THE CROSS.
THEY WERE MEAN TO HIM, TOO.
THEY ABANDONED HIM, THEY
BEAT HIM, THEY CURSED HIM,
THEY PULLED THE HAIR OFF HIS
FACE.
AND HE SAID, "FATHER,
FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW
NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING."
LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH
HAPPINESS.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HARD.
DON'T BE A VICTIM.
DON'T BE A CRYING VICTIM.
YOU ARE PRAISING THE LORD.
WHEN THEY SEE YOU, YOU'RE
HAPPY.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE
HAPPY.
YOU'RE PRAISING GOD.
I'M HAPPY!
AND YOU GO THROUGH LIFE THAT
WAY.
AND I WOULDN'T SO MUCH WORRY
ABOUT THESE SO-CALLED
BULLIES.
HEY, YOU'RE IN COLLEGE, WHAT
IS THIS BULLYING STUFF?
THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMEBODY
IN COLLEGE YOU CAN PAL
AROUND WITH, SOMEBODY WHO IS
OF LIKE MIND.
Terry: THAT'S A SAD
SCENARIO IN COLLEGE.
Pat: IF YOU CAN'T FIND
A CHRISTIAN GROUP, THERE
MUST BE A BIBLE STUDY IN
SCHOOL, PEOPLE YOU CAN GET
TOGETHER WITH.
Terry: LOTS OF
CHRISTIAN GROUPS AT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES.
Pat: ANYWHERE.
BUT DON'T PLAY THE VICTIM.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT VICTIMIZATION, THEY
JUST GIVE OFF AN AURA THAT
SAYS KICK ME.
AND IF YOU HAVE THAT
HANG-DOG EXPRESSION, THEN
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THERE
IS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT
SAYS HURT ME, KICK ME.
BUT IF YOU'RE ALWAYS
POSITIVE AND YOU'RE ALSO
PRAISING GOD, I AM WINNING.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO CLASS,
MAKE SURE YOU'RE WINNING.
WHAT ELSE?
Terry: THIS IS MARILYN
WHO SAYS, "I BELIEVE ALL I
CAN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
FORGIVENESS.
HOW DOES ONE KNOW THEY HAVE
FORGIVEN EACH AND EVERYTHING
THING.
I'M NOW 81 YEARS OLD.
I TRY TO KEEP BITTERNESS
FROM ENTERING MY SPIRIT.
THIS HAS TROUBLED ME FOR
SOME SOMETIME."
Pat: IT WILL COME BACK
TO ALL OF US, THINGS THAT
WERE DONE.
JUST ISSUE A PRAYER.
IF SOMEBODY HURT YOU 40
YEARS AGO, YOU SAY, GOD, I
PRAY YOUR BLESSING ON THEM.
Terry: AND THEN IT'S
DONE.
Pat: DON'T LINGER OR
SAVOR IT.
Terry: THIS IS JUDITH
WHO SAYS, "IF I'M ANGRY AND
BITTER WHEN I PRAY, DOES GOD
STILL HEAR MY PRAYERS.
THERE ARE TIMES I SO MAD AT
SOMEONE AND I CAN'T CALM
DOWN WHEN I'M PRAYING.
BUT I DON'T WANT MY ANGER TO
HINDER MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD."
Pat: OF COURSE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WILL
BE HINDERED IF YOU HAVE
ANGER IN HIS HEART.
IF YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN
YOUR BROTHER, HE IS NOT
GOING TO FORGIVE YOU -- OF
COURSE HE FORGIVES YOU, BUT
YOU HAVE BROKEN THE COVENANT
WITH HIM THAT GIVES YOU AC
SAYS TACCESS TO POWER.
WHY ARE YOU MAD?
YOU'RE MAD BECAUSE SOMEBODY
TOUCHED SOMETHING IN YOU.
AND WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO
DO IS SAY THIS PART OF ME
NEEDS TO DIE.
I'M CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST,
NEVERTHELESS, I'M ALIVE.
YOU SAY, GOD, I SURRENDER TO
YOU.
YOU'RE SO MAD YOU CAN'T
STAND IT, THAT'S YOU.
THAT'S THE YOU THAT IS
COMING UP.
THAT'S THE SELF IN YOU THAT
WANTS TO BE JUSTIFIED.
GO ON.
Terry: TONY SAYS, IS
THE SABBATH REALLY ON
SATURDAY?
IF SO, WHY DO WE GO TO
CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
ARE WE ALL DES DESTINED TO
GO TO HELL.
Pat: IF YOU DON'T GO ON
SATURDAY, YOU'RE DESTINED TO
HELL -- I'M JUST KIDDING.
NO.
THE REASON WE CELEBRATE
SUNDAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE
DAY OF THE RESURRECTION.
AND JESUS -- THE SABBATH FOR
THE JEWS WAS ON SATURDAY,
BUT FOR CHRISTIANS, WE
CELEBRATE SUNDAY BECAUSE ON
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,
THE DISCIPLES CAME TO THE
TOMB AND THE TOMB WAS
EMPTY.
THAT'S THE DAY OF THE
RESURRECTION.
Terry: AND WHEN THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
CELEBRATING THE SABBATH,
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
HONORING THE DAY OF THE
LORD.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHICH DAY IT
IS.
IT IS THAT YOU DO IT.
Pat: ONE DAY OUT OF
SEVEN YOU HAVE A DAY OF
REST.
Terry: WILLIAM SAYS, "I
RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM CBN.
IN IT THE BIBLE TELLS US WE
WERE ONCE GOD'S ENEMIES.
WHERE IN THE BIBLE IS
THAT?"
Pat: I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE MY STAFF THAT
GOT ME THE ANSWER.
COLOSSIANS 1: 21 "ONCE YOU
WERE ENEMIES WITH GOD
BECAUSE OF THE BEHAVIOUR IN
YOUR MIND."
WEIGWE WERE WITHOUT GOD AND
WITHOUT HOPE IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
TO HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY
WITHOUT BURNING DOWN YOUR
HOUSE.
GO SOME PLACE ELSE AND LET
THEM BURN THEIR HOUSE DOWN.
"THE LORD IS GOD TO THOSE
WHO'S HOPE IS IN HIM, THE
ONE WHO SEEKS HIM."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
