COMING UP, WE HEAD TO
THE KITCHEN WITH JOHN
MACKELMORE, AND THEN
STORIES OF HEARTBREAK.
I FOUND LOVE AND LOST
IT 100 TIMES.
Lee: AND A VOICE OF
HOPE.
IF HE ALLOWED THAT TO
HAPPEN, CERTAINLY HE HAS A
PLAN.
Lee: HOW TO OVERCOME
DISAPPOINTMENT.
DISAPPOINTMENT IS A
DIS-APPOINTMENT.
Lee: ON TODAY'S 700
CLUB.
Pat: WELL, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IT IS THE DAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
READING THE PROCLAMATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON GAVE,
THE CONGRESS VOTED TO HAVE
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING IN
PRAYER BECAUSE OF OUR NEW
COUNTRY.
AND WE STILL ARE
CELEBRATING THAT.
SO TOMORROW IS THE BIG
DAY, AND LOOK WHO IS HERE
WITH US.
YAY!
Pat: KRISTI.
Kristi: ARE YOU READY
FOR THANKSGIVING?
Pat: MY SON HAS A BIG
FAMILY, AND I'M GOING TO
JOIN THEM, MY OLDEST, AND
FRIDAY I'M GOING TO GO AND
JOIN GORDON, SO WE'LL HAVE
TWO DAYS OF FEASTING.
Kristi: AND GORDON IS
A PHENOMENAL COOK.
SO IT WILL BE WONDERFUL.
Pat: IT WILL BE
WONDERFUL.
Kristi: I'M IN A
GREAT MOOD.
LIFE IS GOOD.
Pat: LIFE IS GOOD.
I WAS READING IN JEREMIAH,
AND IT SAYS, THEN THE
MAIDENS WILL DANCE.
APPARENTLY GIRLS LIKE TO
DANCE.
Kristi: WE LOVE TO
DANCE.
I NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO GO.
I NEVER KNOW.
YES.
Pat: SO MUCH FOR
THAT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
SO DANCE FOR JOY ON
THANKSGIVING.
WELL, AT THIS TIME, THERE
IS NOT SO MUCH JOY IN THE
HOLY LAND.
ISRAEL'S ENEMIES STRUCK
AGAIN, THIS TIME IN THE
HEART OF THE JEWISH STATE,
WHERE A BUS WAS BLOWN UP
IN THE CITY OF TEL AVIV.
AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE
HURT.
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
CALLED IT A TERRORIST
ATTACK.
Kristi: AND DESPITE
THE INTERNATIONAL PUSH FOR
A CEASE-FIRE, ISRAEL AND
HAMAS ARE STILL LAUNCHING
ATTACKS AT EACH OTHER.
JULIE STALL HAS THE STORY
FROM ISRAEL.
Reporter: HAMAS
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE TERRORIST BUS BOMBING
IN TEL AVIV, WHILE
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
CONTINUE TOWARDS A
CEASE-FIRE.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS
ISRAEL IS IN A BATTLE TO
SAVE LIVES.
NOW, IF THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY OF ACHIEVING A
LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THIS
PROBLEM THROUGH DIPLOMATIC
MEANS, WE PREFER THAT.
BUT IF NOT, I'M SURE YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT ISRAEL
WILL HAVE TO TAKE WHATEVER
ACTION IS NECESSARY TO
DEFEND ITS PEOPLE.
Reporter: CLINTON
SAID AMERICA'S COMMITMENT
TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY IS
UNWAVERING.
THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
DEESCALATE THE SITUATION
IN GAZA.
THERE IS NO QUESTION
ABOUT DEESCALATION, BUT IT
HAS TO BE BEGIN, FIRST OF
ALL, WITH HAMAS STOPPING
THE ROCKETS.
Reporter: ISRAELI
AMBASSADOR MICHAEL OREN
TOLD CBN NEWS WHAT THE
EXPECTATIONS WERE.
THE LONG-TERM
EXPECTATION IS THERE WILL
BE NO MORE SMUGGLING OF
THE IRANIAN ROCKETS INTO
THE GAZA STRIP, AND THEY
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
PARALYZE HALF OF COUNTRY
WHEN THEY WANT TO.
Reporter: BUT
FOLLOWING CLINTON'S
JERUSALEM VISIT, THERE
WERE NO SIGNS OF A
CEASE-FIRE.
A ROCKET FROM GAZA CRASHED
INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING
IN RISHON LEZION.
ALL OF THE GLASS WAS
THERE.
I DIDN'T IMAGINE IT WAS IN
OUR BUILDING.
Reporter: THE FAMILY
FROM THIS APARTMENT
MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED
UNHARMED BECAUSE WHEN THEY
HEARD THE ALARM, THEY WENT
TO THEIR SECURITY ROOM.
WE ALL CARRY THAT.
Reporter:
PALESTINIANS SAY 120
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED
OVER IN GAZA, AND HUNDREDS
OF OTHER WOUNDED, WHILE
HAMAS EXECUTED SIX
SUSPECTED COLLABORATORS.
ISRAEL SAYS IT IS GOING
OUT OF ITS WAY TO AVOID
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
THEY'VE ALSO DROPPED
LEAFLETS AND SENT TEXT
MESSAGES TO GAZA
RESIDENTS, WARNING THEM OF
IMMINENT STRIKES AND
TELLING THEM TO CLEAR THE
AREA.
FOR NOW, THE BATTLE RAGES.
JULIE STALL, CBN NEWS,
RISHON LE ZION, ISRAEL.
Pat: AND CHRIS
MITCHELL IS JOINING US
FROM OSHDOD IN SOUTHERN
ISRAEL.
WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE?
THE ISRAELIS WANT TO BEGIN
TO GROUND DEFENSIVE, OR DO
THEY WANT TO HOLD OFF?
THEY SEEM TO BE TAKING
THEIR TIME MOBILIZING
THEIR GROUPS ON THE
BORDER.
THEY ARE TAKING THEIR
TIME IN LIGHT OF THE
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.
I THINK THERE IS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
RESILIENCE IN ISRAEL.
THEY SIMPLY WANT HAMAS TO
STOP FIRING ROCKETS AT
THEM AND TRYING TO KILL
THEM.
I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE
THIS THROUGH TO THE END.
THERE IS NOT A TEMPORARY
LULL, BUT A PERMANENT
SOLUTION, AT LEAST WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THE GAZA STRIP
RIGHT NOW.
Pat: WHAT ARE THEY
DOING TO PROTECT LIVES?
THAT IRON DOME IS A GREAT
TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORT, BUT
IT IS NOT ALL THAT
EFFECTIVE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF
EVERYBODY, DOES IT?
Reporter: NO, NOT
EVERYBODY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
BEHIND ME, PAT, THERE IS
ONE OF THE IRON DOME
BATTERIES OUTSIDE OF
ASHDOD, AND WE'RE ABOUT
18 MILES FROM GAZA.
WE SHOWED THE IRON DOME
MISSILE TAKING OFF, AND
THAT IS ONE OF THE
BATTERIES BEHIND ME.
IT IS 80% EFFECTIVE.
AND IT HAS GIVEN THE
ISRAELI LEADERS A
TREMENDOUS BUFFER, BECAUSE
IF THOSE SHOT BY THE IRON
DOME HAD DONE DOWN, WE
WOULD BE SEEING MASSIVE
CASUALTIES ON THE ISRAELI
SIDE.
IT HAS BEEN THE STAR OF
THE SIX OR SEVEN-DAY WAR
RIGHT NOW.
Pat: THE STORY ABOUT
DON KIOTI, WHO WENT
AGAINST WINDMILLS,
THINKING IT WAS A
MONSTER -- WHAT IS HAMAS
TRYING TO DO?
THEY CAN'T WIN ANYTHING?
WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS?
Reporter: I THINK
THAT IS ONE OF THE UNTOLD
STORIES.
WHAT DOES HAMAS WANT TO
DO?
THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE
JEWISH STATE AND KILL
JEWS.
PART OF THEIR CHARTER SAYS
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT WON'T
COME UNTIL THE MUSLIMS
KILL THE JEWS.
AND THERE WILL COME A TIME
WHEN THE TREES AND ROCKS
THEMSELVES WILL SAY HERE
IS A JEW, COME AND KILL
THEM.
THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH A
CALIFIT HERE THROUGHOUT
THE MIDDLE EAST.
THAT IS THE CONTEXT OF
THIS CONFLICT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE ROCKETS
AND THE IRON DOME, BUT
THIS IS A BATTLE OF
CIVILIZATIONS RIGHT HERE,
AND ISRAEL IS ON THE FRONT
LINE.
Pat: DO YOU THINK IT
IS A FATE FOR IRON TO TEST
OUT THE ISRAELI RESOLVE OR
THE ISRAELI DEFENSES?
Reporter: I THINK
PART OF THAT IS IRON --
IRAN.
BUT I THINK THE MIDDLE
EAST HAS CHANGED.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE
EGYPT, WHO'S GOVERNMENT
HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
YOU HAVE A MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT
THERE.
THEY'RE GETTING PERHAPS
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FROM
EGYPT.
AND ONE THE GOVERNORS
VISITED HAMAS.
SO THE WHOLE TABLE, THE
GEOPOLITICS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY, IN HAMAS'
FAVOR.
AND YOU HAVE JORDAN AS A
POSSIBLE STATE THAT COULD
FALL TO THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, AND SYRIA,
WHICH COULD FALL TO A
MUSLIM-LIKE BROTHERHOOD.
AND SOME HAVE RAISED THE
POSSIBILITY, MAYBE NOT
NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, OF
A REGIONAL WAR.
Pat: CHRIS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
REMEMBER, HAMAS IS THE
CREATION OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
THEY WANT THE CALAFATE,
AND SO IF HAMAS IS OUT
THERE DOING IT -- ONE
THING IS TRUE, YOU KILL
JEWS AND START WARS, YOU
GET MONEY FROM THE ARABS.
THAT'S WHAT YASSER ARAFAT
LEARNED.
IF HE KEPT THE INTAFATDAH
GOING AND STIRRED UP
TROUBLE, THEY COULD GET
MORE MONEY.
SO HAMAS MAY BE LOOKING
FOR MORE MONEY FROM THEIR
ARAB FRIENDS.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO
IMAGINE LIVING OUTSIDE A
WAR ZONE, LIKE WHAT IS
GOING ON IN ISRAEL.
PEOPLE HAVE SECONDS TO GET
OUT OF THE WAY ONCE A
ROCKET HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.
CBN ISRAEL IS ON THE
SCENE, HELPING PEOPLE GET
TO SAFETY.
Reporter: THEY HAVE
FOUND QUIET SHELTER FOR
THE MOMENT, BUT THIS
COUPLE HAVE SPENT DAYS
WATCHING ROCKETS FALL AND
EXPLODE TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
LIVING BY THE GAZA
STRIP, WE HEAR THE
MISSILES COMING IN, AS
WELL AS THE PLANES
BOMBING.
IT IS HORRIBLE TO SHAKE
YOUR KIDS AWAKE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THEY WAKE UP SAYING,
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
WE'RE ONLY FOUR SECONDS
AWAY.
WE HEAR THE SOUNDS, AND
FOUR SECONDS LATER, THE
MISSILES FALL ALL AROUND
US.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE.
AND THEY FOCUS ON
MORTERS, BUT MORTERS FALL
EVERY DAY.
Reporter: SO CBN
ISRAEL HAS GIVEN DOZENS OF
ISRAELI FAMILIES A RESPITE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CHAOS, PROVIDING FOOD,
COMFORT, AND SHELTER FAR
FROM THE BOMBING.
THIS IS SUCH A PEACE
HERE.
SUDDENLY EVERYTHING IN OUR
LIFE HERE IS CALM.
WHEN I SEE OUR KIDS
PLAYING OUTSIDE, I CAN SEE
THE DIFFERENCE IN THEM.
THEY ARE DOING CARTWHEELS.
AT THE HOUSE, THEY
COULDN'T RIDE A BIKE
BECAUSE OF THE MORTERS
FALLING ALL AROUND US.
Reporter: HAVING A
CHANCE TO RELAX IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR
THIS FAMILY.
BECAUSE A DEGENERATIVE
ILLNESS LEFT THOMAS
DISABLED.
I WORRY ABOUT HIM SO
MUCH.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE
BOMBINGS.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS
TO TAKE COVER.
WE GET TO THE SHELTER, AND
THEN THE KIDS ASK, WHERE
IS DAD?
WHERE IS DAD?
BUT I CANNOT CARRY SIX
PEOPLE.
I CANNOT CARRY THE WHOLE
FAMILY.
Reporter: THANKS TO
CBN ISRAEL, STAYING HERE
HAS GIVEN THEM A
MUCH-NEEDED REST.
THIS IS LIKE FRESH AIR
FOR US.
THIS IS GIVING US THE
STRENGTH TO CONTINUE ON.
I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING, BUT
BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE THE JOY ON OUR
CHILDREN'S FACES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE GIVING US A BREAK.
I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO
EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE.
WE WILL PROBABLY LOOK BACK
AT THESE DAYS AT THE HOTEL
AS THE BEST DAYS OF OUR
LIFE.
Pat: WELL, WE CAN'T
HELP EVERYBODY, BUT WE CAN
HELP A FEW, AND WE'RE
DOING THAT TO GIVE RESPITE
TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDER
THAT INTENSE ROCKET
ATTACK.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP, IT IS
OPERATION BLESSING
ISRAEL.
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS ALL
ABOUT.
JUST CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA
BEACH, VIRGINIA, AND SAY
THIS IS FOR CBN ISRAEL OR
OPERATION BLESSING
ISRAEL.
KRISTI, YOU'RE NEXT.
Kristi: I LOVE
WATCHING THE STORIES ABOUT
HOW OPERATION BLESSING
IS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE MORE
OF TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES,
BUT LATER ON TODAY'S 700
CLUB, JOHN MACKELMORE IS
GOING TO SHOW US SOME DOG
GONE GOOD RECIPES FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
Lee: EVER BEEN HURT
BY SOMEONE YOU LOVE?
YOU ACTUALLY LET THAT
HAPPEN?
Lee: THEN THIS IS THE
STORY FOR YOU.
AS LONG AS IT IS THE
OTHER PERSON'S FAULT, YOU
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED
AGAIN.
Lee: WE CONTINUE OUR
VOICE OF HOPE SERIES
LATER ON TODAY'S 700
CLUB.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO THE 700 CLUB.
HAMAS, AS WE'VE MENTIONED
BEFORE, IS A KEY PLAYER IN
THIS CURRENT CONFLICT
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA.
THE U.S. CALLS THE
ORGANIZATION A TERRORIST
GROUP, BUT DAN GAINER, OF
THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER,
SAYS RECOGNITION DOESN'T
ALWAYS CARRY OVER INTO THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
HE SAYS THIS YEAR, IN MORE
THAN 60% OF THE NEWS
COVERAGE ON THE THREE
MAJOR NETWORKS, THE WORD
TERRORIST IS REPLACED
WITH THE WORD MILITANT.
I ASKED GAINER WHY THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS
AVOIDING THAT WORD.
IT IS THE SAME KIND OF
GARBAGE, MORAL EQUIVLANCE.
YOU HAVE A MINI
TERRORIST STATE IN HAMAS,
AND THE NETWORKS WANT TO
TREAT THEM AS EQUAL.
ABC IS SO AWFUL, IT
DOESN'T TREAT THEM AS
EQUAL.
IT TREATS HAMAS BETTER.
Lee: YOU CAN FIND A
LINK TO THAT ON
cbnnews.com.
A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL IS
EXPELLING A STUDENT FOR
REFUSING TO WEAR A SMART
I.D. TRACKING BADGE.
CBN FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS
STORY BACK IN OCTOBER.
JOHN J.HIGH SCHOOL'S
SCHOOL REQUIRES STUDENTS
TO WEAR BADGES WITH
TRACKING CHIPS IN THEM.
ANDREA HERNANDEZ SAYS THE
NEW IDEA VIOLATES HER
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AS WELL
AS HER PRIVACY.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS INSIST.
THEY INFORMED HERNANDEZ
SHE WILL BE WITHDRAWN ON
MONDAY, FOR FAILING TO
WEAR THAT BADGE.
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DISTRICT IS REFUSING TO
LET A BIBLE CLUB USE ITS
FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR
LAW AND JUSTICE IS FILING
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF
THE CLUB.
OTHER AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS,
LIKE THE BOY SCOUTS, ARE
ALLOWED TO MEET ON SCHOOL
GROUNDS AT NO COST.
THE SCHOOL SAID THEY MADE
THE LAW BECAUSE THE BIBLE
CLUB WOULD BE MEETING FOR
RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.
WELL, THIS WILL BE A
DIFFICULT THANKSGIVING FOR
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DEALING
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
ONE MINISTRY, THOUGH, IS
HELPING MANY OF THOSE WHO
DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO
COOK OR EAT THIS HOLIDAY.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: WITH JUST
HOURS TO GO, MERCY CHEF'S
VOLUNTEERS ARE HARD AT
WORK, PREPARING MEALS TO
FEED THOUSANDS THIS
THANKSGIVING.
WE SERVE GOD, WE SERVE
PEOPLE, AND WE SERVE GREAT
FOOD.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE STEMS
OFF OF THAT.
Reporter: MERCY CHEFS
WAS HERE IN ST. JOHN'S
PARISH, LOUISIANA.
BACK IN OCTOBER, WHEN
HURRICANE ISAAC SAC HIT,
IT WAS ONE OF THE
HARDEST-HIT AREAS.
THREE MONTHS LATER, PEOPLE
ARE STILL RECOVERING.
ON THANKSGIVING DAY,
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
AND A COUPLE OF THE HIGH
SCHOOLS ARE ALL COMING
TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE
DELIVERING FOOD TO ABOUT
1500 PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET
HERE STILL.
THEY'RE STILL STUCK WHERE
THEY'RE AT.
SO IT IS REALLY A BLESSING
AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE THEM.
Reporter: MANY OF THE
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL
STRUGGLING.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE, OR
THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
THE HURRICANE.
I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO
BE AFFECTED AS MUCH AS
EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I WANT
TO HELP ANY WAY I COULD.
Reporter: A SIMPLE
MEAL IS UNITING AN ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
MERCY CHEFS WILL HAVE FED
AT LEAST 5,000 AT THE END
OF THE DAY.
AFTER SO ON, YOU HEAR
ABOUT BEING FORGOTTEN, YOU
HEAR ABOUT NOBODY IS
PAYING ATTENTION.
AND IT MEANS A LOT FOR
MERCY CHEF TO COME BACK
AND DO THIS AGAIN.
WHICH KIND OF REMINDS US
THAT WE IN ST. JOHN ARE
NOT FORGOTTEN, EVEN THOUGH
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER
TRAGEDIES IN OUR COUNTRY.
Reporter: TRAGEDIES,
LIKE SUPERSTORM SANDY,
THAT RAVAGED PARTS OF NEW
YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
MERCY CHEFS IS BACK THERE
AS WELL, AND OPERATION
BLESSING HAS YET TO
LEAVE.
BOTH ARE DOING THEIR PART
TO ENSURE SUFFERING PEOPLE
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
OUR MEALS AREN'T JUST
MEALS.
THEY'RE EXAMPLES OF
CHRIST'S LOVE.
SO WHEN WE HAND THEM OUT,
WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING OUT
FOOD.
WE'RE HANDING OUT
SOMETHING THAT IS SO MUCH
BIGGER.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Lee: IT IS A GREAT
MINISTRY.
AND MERCY CHEFS
TRADITIONALLY SERVES ONE
AREA AT THANKSGIVING.
THIS YEAR THERE WAS A
DESPERATE NEED FOR TWO
TEAMS.
ONE IN ST. JOHN'S,
LOUISIANA, AND THE OTHER
IN FREEPORT, NEW YORK.
Pat: AND WE'RE TRYING
TO BRING JOY TO THESE
PEOPLE, BUT GARY LA BLANC
IS A FANTASTIC CHEF, AND
HE HAS MANAGED HOTELS LIKE
UP IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND
OTHERS.
AND HE REALLY CAN COOK.
SO HE'S GIVING THESE
PEOPLE -- IT'S JUST NOT
SECOND RATE FARE.
IT IS NOT TRIBULATION
FOOD.
IT IS GOURMET, WHAT HE
GIVES THEM.
THEY'RE GETTING GOOD
EATING.
Kristi: WHAT A
WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
THEY WERE THERE FOR THE
EARTHQUAKES, AND THE
TORNADOES, AND NOW THEY'RE
THERE.
HE HAS A GREAT HEART.
Pat: MERCY CHEFS IS
ONE THAT WE APPLAUSE.
AND, OF COURSE, OPERATION
BLESSING HAS PEOPLE OUT
THERE FEEDING AND CLOTHING
AND HOUSING THOSE WHO ARE
LESS FORTUNATE.
WE'RE OUT THERE ON THE
FRONT LINE TRYING TO HELP
THOSE WHO SUFFER.
KRISTI?
Kristi: THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON -- CAN YOU BELIEVE
THANKSGIVING IS
TOMORROW -- DON'T JUST
SERVE YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS MEALS THAT ARE
HOT.
GIVE THEM ONES THAT ARE
SMOKIN'.
JOHN MACKELMORE GIVES US A
TASTE OF THIS SPREAD.
LOOK HOW GOOD THAT IS!
UP NEXT ON THE 700 CLUB.
Lee: STILL
AHEAD...MAKING UP IS HARD
TO DO.
BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT
ME, YOU KNOW.
Lee: HERE IS HOW TO
PUT YOURSELF BACK
TOGETHER.
AS LONG AS IT IS THE
OTHER PERSON'S FAULT, YOU
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED
AGAIN.
Kristi: JOHN
MACKELMORE KNOWS HOW TO
COOK GOOD FOOD FOR
THANKSGIVING.
A TYPICAL DINNER AT HIS
HOUSE WILL HAVE ANYWHERE
TO 30 TO 40 PEOPLE --
MAYBE 31 OR 32 BECAUSE ME
AND MY SON MIGHT BE THERE,
TOO.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART,
THOUGH, IS SHARING IT WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Reporter: JOHN
MACKELMORE HAS WORKED AT
HIS FAMILY BUSINESS FOR 30
YEARS.
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR
OUTDOOR GRILLERS AND
FRYERS.
HE WILL SHARE HOW TO MAKE
DELICIOUS MEALS FOR YOUR
FAMILY AND GUESTS.
Kristi: PLEASE
WELCOME BACK JOHN
MACKELMORE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU HUGS,
JOHN.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME
HERE, YOU NOT ONLY BRING
FOOD --
BUT I BRING...
Kristi: YOU BRING THE
GOOD STUFF THAT MAKES YOU
WANT TO SPEAK IN TONGUES
AND SHOUT OUT AT THE SAME
TIME.
I LOVE DOING IT TO YOU
BECAUSE YOU BRING AN
EXCITEMENT TO THE DINNER
TABLE.
JUST LIKE AT THE
MACKELMORE HOUSE, WE WANT
EVERYBODY TO GET INVOLVED.
IT IS ALL ABOUT SERVING
THE NUMBER ONE MEAL OF THE
YEAR, THANKSGIVING.
DO IT WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF MY
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING
BETTER THAN GREAT FOOD,
BUT SHARING IT WITH YOUR
FAMILY.
SO ARE YOU READY?
Kristi: I'M READY,
BROTHER.
LEAD THE WAY.
AT THE MACKELMORE
HOUSE, THE LADIES WILL SAY
DESSERT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT.
Kristi: I THINK
THAT'S ALL LADIES.
WE HAVE A MASTER-BUILT
PIE.
IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY
COMPANY, MASTERBUILT, WE
HAVE A PAIR TREE.
WE DECIDED TO MAKE A GREAT
RECIPE FROM THAT.
WE ACTUALLY SAUTEED SOME
PAIRS -- WE'VE GOT PAIRS
AND APPLES, AND SOME
BUTTER IN A SAUTE PAN.
TAKE ONE TABLESPOON AND
PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF YOUR EGGROLL WRAPPER.
Kristi: CAN I DO A
LITTLE MORE?
THE MORE ARE THE
MERRIER.
THE SECRET IS, TUCK THAT
OVER AND PULL IT OVER.
TAKE YOUR CORNER AND COME
OVER TO THE MIDDLE.
AND THE OTHER CORNER AND
GO RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE.
HERE IS THE SECRET: DAB A
LITTLE WATER.
Kristi: A LITTLE DAB
WILL DO YOU.
I'VE BEEN WELDING ALL
MY LIFE.
WE'RE GOING TO WELD THESE
PAIR OF PIES.
THE WATER ACTUALLY HOLDS
THAT AND ROLL THAT ALL THE
WAY AROUND.
KEEP ROLLING, KEEP
ROLLING, AND LOOK AT THAT.
Kristi: THAT'S
LOVELY.
YOURS IS BEAUTIFUL AND
MINE IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DEEP
FRY THESE.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE
FRIED A TURKEY IN THE
TURKEY FRYER.
Kristi: YEAH, AND I
WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT
THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
SAME TURKEY FRYER, AND
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE
PIES AND FRY THEM AT 350°.
I'M GOING TO LOWER ABOUT
TWO OR THREE IN HERE.
BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO EAT --
Kristi: I DO.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'RE EATING.
WE'RE GOING TO FRY THE
PAIR OF PIES FOR ABOUT
THREE TO FOUR MINUTES.
WHILE THE DESSERT IS
GOING -- WE HAD SOME FUN.
GORDON SHARED A PERSIAN
LAMB RECIPE WITH US.
Kristi: GORDON CAN
THROW DOWN, TOO.
HE CAN THROW DOWN.
I WATCHED THAT SEGMENT.
WE'RE TAKING HIS PERSIAN
LAMB RECIPE AND WE'RE
TAKING IT UP A NOTCH.
SORRY, GORDON.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD A
LITTLE HINT OF SMOKE
FLAVOR TO HIS ALREADY
DAGGONE GOOD RECIPE.
WE'VE GOT HIS PERSIAN LAMB
AND WE'RE GOING TO
COMPLEMENT THAT.
IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD SWEET
POTATOES BAKED WITH BROWN
SUGAR AND ROASTED PECANS
ON TOP, THAT'S A GREAT
COMPLEMENT.
WE'VE GOT BACON-WRAPPED
ASPARAGUS, SMOKED AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT THREE WAYS TO DO
SWEET POTATOES.
GREAT SIDE DISHES, BUT
THEY ALSO CAN BE A GREAT
SIDE DESSERT.
IF YOU WANT SWEET POTATOES
FRIES WITH A LITTLE MAPLE
SYRUP, GREAT.
BUT CLAIRE ROBERTSON FROM
THE FOOD NETWORK SHARED A
RECIPE WITH US.
I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU
TASTE ONE.
THESE ARE SWEET POTATO
TATORS.
Kristi: I KNOW SO
MANY PEOPLE LOVE GORDON'S
FOOD.
GORDON WILL BE SHOWING US
ALL HOW TO MAKE HIS
PERSIAN LAMB AND THIS
FRIDAY'S 700 CLUB.
BUT IF YOU'RE IMPATIENT,
LIKE ME, LOG ON TO
cbn.com AND YOU'LL SEE
THE RECIPE AND GORDON
COOKING IT.
GORDON COOKS IT, I COOK
IT AGAIN, AND KRISTI EATS
IT?
Kristi: IS THAT NOT
THE BEST?
THAT'S HOW LIFE SHOULD BE.
WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS THE SWEET
POTATO TATOR.
WE MET CLAIRE ROBERTSON,
AND SHE SHARED THIS GREAT
RECIPE WITH US.
SO WE'VE GOT GREAT SIDE
DISHES.
THREE WAYS TO DO SWEET
POTATOES.
Kristi: WHAT DO YOU
DO WITH THIS?
WHY DOES THIS TASTE SO
GOOD?
WE DEEP FRIED IT, AND
POWDERED IT UP WITH A
LITTLE POWDERED SUGAR SO
YOU HAVE A DAGGONE GOOD
RECIPE.
IN OUR COOKBOOK, WE HAD A
CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE THAT
MADE THE SIGNATURE CUT WAS
IT IS SO GOOD.
Kristi: IS IT BAD,
JOHN, THAT I CLEARED THE
PLATE.
DO YOU WANT ANOTHER
ONE?
Kristi: I'M GOING TO
HOLD IT BECAUSE I KNOW PAT
IS OVER THERE SAYING PUT
THAT DOWN.
PUT THAT DOWN!
WE CHOPPED UP SOME
LEFTOVER TURKEY.
YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.
Kristi: I'M ALL ABOUT
IT.
COME ON, JOHN.
SO RATHER THAN CHICKEN
SALAD, WE CAN DO TURKEY
SALAD BECAUSE OF ALL OF
THE TURKEY THAT IS LEFT
OVER.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU'RE MIXING IN SOME
MAYONNAISE.
THIS IS A SMOKED TURKEY
THAT WE CHOPPED UP.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME
CRANBERRIES.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME
CHOPPED, ROASTED PECANS.
Kristi: NOW, WHEN YOU
MAKE --
LOOK AT YOU.
Kristi: YOU REMEMBER
BACK IN THE DAY WITH JULIA
CHILD, AND SHE WAS A
PHENOMENAL COOK, BUT SHE
WAS MESSIER THAN ALL GET
OUT.
I'M JUST LIKE JULIA CHILD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
HAVE FUN.
TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF.
WE HAVE TO PUT IN A LITTLE
BIT OF PEPPER --
Kristi: DOES IT
MATTER IF YOU USE THE
WHITE MEAT OR THE DARK
MEAT?
I'VE DONE BOTH.
IT CALLS FOR WHITE MEAT,
BUT THE LAST TIME I DONE
IT, I TOOK THE WHITE MEAT
AND THE DARK MEAT AND
MIXED IT IN THERE.
WHAT IS SO FUN ABOUT THIS
RECIPE, NOTICE DOWN HERE,
YOU MAKE THAT INTO A NICE,
BIG HOAGIE SANDWICH.
AND EVERYTHING TASTES A
LITTLE BETTER WITH A
LITTLE CAJUN.
Kristi: FIRST I WAS,
LIKE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
TAKE THAT HOME TONIGHT --
THAT'S THE SAME
BUTTERBALL SPICE WE PUT ON
THE TURKEYS.
ADD IT INTO YOUR CHICKEN
SALAD.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME
BACK HERE REALLY FAST --
Kristi: OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU CAN'T FINISH OUT THIS
SEGMENT WITHOUT A DESSERT.
Kristi: I BELIEVE
YOU'RE RIGHT, JOHN.
AND, KRISTI, I'M GOING
TO CUT THAT.
DO I HAVE A KNIFE?
Kristi: HERE'S A
KNIFE.
I'VE GOT ONE RIGHT
HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE
ABSOLUTE GOODNESS, YOU
TAKE THAT PAIR PIE -- NOW,
THAT IS SUPER HOT.
I'VE GOT YOU ONE DOWN HERE
THAT IS NOT QUITE SO HOT.
Kristi: OKAY.
BECAUSE IF YOU'LL EAT,
I'LL EAT.
SO DEEP-FRIED TURKEY,
DESSERT, SMOKED TURKEY
SALAD, LET'S EAT.
Kristi: CHEERS!
I CAN'T DOUBLE DIP.
I'M GOING TO EAT THE HOT
ONE.
Kristi: BOO-YAH!
IF YOU WANT TO TASTE IT
FOR YOURSELF, GO TO
cbn.com AND DOWNLOAD OR
FREE FACT SHEET.
OR GET JOHN'S BOOK
CALLED -- HOLD ON A
MINUTE.
I'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU.
IT'S A GIFT. I EVEN
SIGNED IT.
Reporter: IT'S CALLED
DAGGONE, THAT'S GOOD,
OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THAT IS YOUR NAME IN
IT?
AND YOU SPELLED IT
CORRECTLY.
THAT IS IMPORTANT, VERY
IMPORTANT.
Kristi: I'VE GOT TO
TELL YOU THIS REAL QUICK
BEFORE I TAKE THIS BITE,
YOU TALK ABOUT CONFESSION
TIME, LAST NIGHT I WAS
LAYING IN BED AND I HAD
THE BIBLE HERE AND THE
COOKBOOK THERE, AND I
STARTED READING THE
COOKBOOK, AND I SAID
JESUS, I'M SO SORRY!
LISTEN, WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE OF THE 700 CLUB
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
COME ON!
THANK YOU.
Lee: UP NEXT, A VOICE
OF HOPE FOR A JADED WORLD.
IF HE ALLOWED THAT TO
HAPPEN, CERTAINLY HE HAS A
PLAN.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
THE 700 CLUB.
A FEDERAL COURT MAY BE
LEANING TOWARD BANNING NEW
YORK CITY CHURCHES FROM
USING PUBLIC SCHOOL
BUILDINGS FOR WORSHIP
SERVICES.
THIS WEEK AN APPEALS COURT
HEARD ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER
THE SCHOOLS COULD BAN THE
CHURCHES MEETINGS.
THE TWO JUDGES RULED
AGAINST THE CHURCHES ONCE
BEFORE, BUT THE FULL COURT
HASN'T RULED IN THIS CASE
YET.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON
THAT.
LAWMAKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO
HAS NARROWLY APPROVED A
PROPOSAL TO BAN PUBLIC
NUDITY.
THE MEASURE WAS INTRODUCED
BECAUSE OF GROWING
COMPLAINTS ABOUT A GROUP
OF MEN WHO ROUTINELY WENT
WITHOUT CLOTHES IN THE
CITY'S PREDOMINANTLY GAY
CASTRO DISTRICT.
ONE SUPERVISOR, THOUGH,
ARGUED AGAINST THE PLAN.
HE SAYS HE WORRIED ABOUT
CIVIL LIBERTIES, FREE
SPEECH, AND SAN
FRANCISCO'S STYLE.
BUT EXEMPTIONS WILL BE
MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKE
PART IN STREET FAIRS AND
PARADES.
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
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STAY TUNED.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF THE 700
CLUB AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, WE'RE BACK
WITH YOU.
KRISTI IS RECOVERING FROM
THE COOKING SEGMENT.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: YOU DIDN'T EAT
BREAKFAST TODAY, DID YOU?
Kristi: I DIDN'T.
Pat: YOU FELL UPON
THAT FOOD LIKE A HUNGRY
PACK OF WOLVES.
Kristi: IT WAS GOOD.
THE SWEET POTATO THING
TASTED LIKE A WARM SWEET
POTATO PIE BECAUSE IT IS
SO GOOD.
I WAS READY TO LICK THAT
PLATE.
Pat: I'M GLAD YOU
DIDN'T TAKE SECONDS.
Kristi: THAT IS A
APPLE WRAP FRITTER THING.
IT'S GOOD.
IT'S LIKE AN APPLE PIE.
COME ON, LOOK AT THAT FACE
OF EXCITEMENT.
SAY IT'S GOOD.
Pat: I CAN'T TALK.
IT'S DELICIOUS.
Kristi: IT'S
WONDERFUL.
I LOVE IT WHEN JOHN COMES,
TOO.
HIS FOOD IS ALWAYS YUMMY.
Pat: VERY CREATIVE.
Kristi: I WAS READING
HIS COOKBOOK LAST NIGHT
AND THE HISTORY OF HIS
FAMILY AND MASTERBUILT, IT
IS PHENOMENAL.
CHARLES SCHULTZ ONCE SAID,
I LOVE MANKIND; IT'S THE
HAVEN'T WE ALL FELT THAT?
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND
WHERE YOU LIVE, PEOPLE
WILL LET YOU DOWN AND
PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY
DISAPPOINTMENT YOU.
IN THIS NEXT SEGMENT OF
OUR VOICE OF HOPE
SERIES, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ISSUES THE HEART.
WE SPOKE WITH MICHELLE
McKINNEY HAMMOND, AND
SHE IS OUR EXPERT.
AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER
OWN ISSUES OF
DISAPPOINTMENT, BUT, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HOW SHE WAS
ABLE TO PICK HERSELF BACK
UP.
TAKE A LOOK.
Kristi: MICHELLE
McKINNEY HAMMOND IS A
TRIPLE THREAT.
SHE IS A BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR, A MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER, AND A TALK SHOW
HOST.
A DIVA NEVER DOES WHAT
A DIVA CAN DO WHEN A MAN
IS AROUND.
Kristi: SHE
PERSONIFIES HOPE FOR THE
CHRISTIAN SINGLE, BUT LIKE
MANY OF US, SHE BATTLES
HER OWN SET OF
DISAPPOINTMENTS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO MARRIAGE.
SO I WAS READING YOUR BOOK
ABOUT DISAPPOINTMENT, AND
YOU SAY THIS LINE THAT I
LOVE, IF I BOUGHT A
WEDDING DRESS FOR EVERY
TIME SOMEONE PROPHESIED
THAT I WAS GOING TO GET
MARRIED, I WOULD OWN A
WELDING BOUTIQUE.
I WOULD.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS
REVELATION ABOUT
DISAPPOINTMENT, KRISTI.
A FRIEND OF MINE SAID THIS
TO ME YEARS AGO, AND I GOT
IT AT THE TIME, BUT I
THINK I GET IT ON A WHOLE
NEW LEVEL NOW.
IT IS SIMPLY THIS,
DISAPPOINTMENT IS A
DIS-APPOINTMENT.
IT IS REALLY TRUE THAT A
LOT OF US, WHETHER SINGLE
OR MARRIED, MAKE
APPOINTMENTS WITH GOD THAT
HE NEVER AGREED TO.
AND WHEN HE DOESN'T SHOW
UP, THEN WE'RE
DISAPPOINTED.
BUT WE'VE REALLY CREATED
THE DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE
WHEN WE MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEONE,
WE NEED TO CHECK IN AND
MAKE SURE THEY AGREE TO
THE APPOINTMENT.
Kristi: WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE DISAPPOINTMENTS
THAT YOU FACED?
OOH, OF COURSE, I FOUND
LOVE AND LOST IT 100
TIMES.
I PROBABLY HAVE WRITTEN
SEVERAL POEMS ON IT.
AND IT IS ALWAYS
EXHILARATING WHEN YOU'RE
IN IT, ISN'T IT?
AND THEN WHEN IT ENDS, IT
IS DEVASTATING.
I HAVE TO ADMIT WITH SOME
OF THOSE INSTANCES, I
DIDN'T CHECK IN WITH
GOD -- PROBABLY MOST OF
THEM I DIDN'T CHECK IN
WITH GOD.
LET'S FACE IT.
I HAD THE DEATH OF A
BOYFRIEND EARLY ON IN
LIFE.
I HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED
FINANCIALLY.
I HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED IN
MY MINISTRY, IN MY CAREER.
I'VE BEEN HIRED AND FIRED
AND REHIRED AND FIRED
AGAIN.
PRETTY MUCH ON EVERY LEVEL
I'VE HAD HEALTH ISSUES.
YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE YOU THINK, THIS
WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
TO ME, THIS WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO MY
BODY.
WHY DID GOD ALLOW THIS?
IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE, IN
THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE
CHARACTER BUILDING THAT HE
IS DOING WITH US, HE TRIPS
US, HE BREAKS US, HE
PRUNES US, AND HE ALLOWS
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE
TO MANIPULATE US INTO WHO
HE WANTS US TO BE, SO WE
END UP LOOKING LIKE HIM,
HAVING WAY MORE GRACE THAN
WE STARTED OFF WITH.
AND THAT ACTUALLY DEMANDS
DISAPPOINTMENT.
IT DEMANDS IT.
SO I THINK THAT THE BOTTOM
LINE IS IT STRETCHES OUR
TRUST WHILE BUILDING OUR
CHARACTER.
Kristi: YEAH.
HOW CAN WE GUARD OUR HEART
IN THE PROCESS.
DISAPPOINTMENT IS ONE
THING, BUT WHEN YOUR HEART
BREAKS, HOW DO YOU
RECOVER?
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT
TAKES TIME.
THAT SOUNDS REALLY TRITE,
BUT IT IS TRUE.
IT TAKES TIME, AND IT
TAKES A REBUILDING OF YOUR
TRUST WITH GOD EVEN.
BECAUSE YOU GO, WHOA, YOU
ACTUALLY LET THAT HAPPEN?
YOU ACTUALLY WILL LET ME
FALL OVER THE SIDE OF A
CLIFF, RIGHT?
[LAUGHTER]
HOW OBNOXIOUS AND
EGOTISTICAL ARE WE,
REALLY?
WASN'T JESUS BROKEN?
DIDN'T HIS HEARTBREAK?
Kristi: YES.
WASN'T HE DESPISED,
REJECTED, ABUSED,
BETRAYED, LIED ON?
HE WENT THROUGH IT ALL
FIRST.
HE WASN'T EXEMPT.
BUT THERE IS THIS MYTH IN
CHRISTIANDOME THAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO TIPTOE THROUGH
LIFE WITHOUT THE THORNS ON
THE ROSES, AND THAT'S NOT
TRUE.
AND THE INCLINATION IS FOR
US TO UNDERSTAND WE ALSO,
WILL OVERCOME IT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US
IN THE MIDST OF OUR
DISAPPOINTMENT, THAT WE
CLING TO HIM TIGHTER.
THAT WE ALLOW HIM TO
COLLECT THOSE TEARS IN A
BOTTLE LIKE HE SAID HE
WOULD.
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT LEAVE
US COMFORTLESS.
THAT SUGGESTS WE'LL NEED
COMFORT.
DO WE WANT THE COMFORT?
NO, WE WANT BACK WHAT WE
HAD.
AND I THINK PART OF
HEALING IS TO LET GO OF
THAT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET THAT
BACK.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO
RETRIEVE IT.
GOD COULD RETRIEVE IT FOR
YOU IF HE WANTED YOU TO
HAVE IT.
LET ME FOCUS ON THE
HEALING.
LET ME FOCUS ON THE
COMFORT.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME THAT I
NEED TO LEARN?
WHAT DIDN'T I SURRENDER?
BECAUSE, REALLY, THAT'S
IT.
I CANNOT BE HURT WHEN I'M
SURRENDERED.
THE BEST WAY TO GUARD YOUR
HEART IS TO SURROUND YOUR
HEART TO GOD.
YOU TRUST GOD.
IN THE MEANTIME, I'M NOT
GOING TO THROW MY HEART
INTO THE HANDS OF SOMEONE
WHO MAY NOT BE READY TO
HOLD IT THE WAY GOD DOES.
Kristi: AS YOU WERE
TALKING, I WAS THINKING
ABOUT JESUS AND THE
DISCIPLES.
JESUS FACED IT HEAD ON
WHEN JUDAS BETRAYED HIM,
WHEN PETER DENIED HIM.
HE KEPT THEM CLOSE TO HIM,
KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE
GOING TO DO, AND YET JESUS
LOVED THEM AND STILL HAD
GREAT EXPECTATION FROM
THEM, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF
THEM DISAPPOINTED THEM.
HE DOESN'T EXPECT
DIVINITY FROM HUMANITY,
AND WE DO.
I'VE GOTTEN TO THE PLACE
WHERE I DON'T EXPECT
ANYTHING FROM ANYONE, BUT
I EXPECT EVERYTHING FROM
GOD.
I'M VERY DEMANDING ABOUT
GOD SHOWING UP BECAUSE HE
PROMISED HE WOULD AND HE
DOESN'T LIE.
I DON'T GET AS
DISAPPOINTED AS OFTEN
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT
SAME EXPECTANCY.
I DON'T EXPECT MEN TO BE
JESUS IN MY LIFE.
MEN ARE MEN.
MY SISTER FRIENDS ARE MY
SISTER FRIENDS.
THEY'RE FLAWED, THEY'RE
BROKEN, JUST LIKE ME.
AND HOW DARE I BE
DISAPPOINTED IN OTHERS
WHEN I'M SURE I'VE
DISAPPOINTED OTHERS.
BUT WE NEVER SIT AND THINK
ABOUT THAT.
WHO HAVE I DISAPPOINTED?
Kristi: RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT
ME, YOU KNOW?
WE ALL NEED GRACE.
AND GRACE IS A HUGE
COMPONENT OF GETTING PAST
DISAPPOINTMENT.
TO SEE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE,
TO SEE THEM IN THEIR
FALLING NATURE, TO KNOW
THEY DID THE BEST THEY
COULD -- OR MAYBE THEY
DIDN'T.
EVEN IF THEY DID IT
DELIBERATELY, EVEN THAT IS
PART OF THEIR HUMANITY.
Kristi: HOW CAN WE
KEEP DISAPPOINTMENT FROM
PARALYZING US.
FOR INSTANCE, SOMEONE
FALLS IN LOVE, THAT IS THE
PERSON FOR ME.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT
PERSON WALKS OUT AND THEY
SAY TO THEMSELVES, I WILL
NEVER LOVE AGAIN.
OR THE PERSON WHO SAYS,
ALL I WANT IS A CHILD.
I WANT A BABY.
THEY GET PREGNANT AND THEY
HAVE A MISCARRIAGE, AND
THEY SAY, I CAN'T DO THAT.
I CAN'T GO THERE AGAIN.
WE HAVE ALL DONE THAT,
SOME FORM OF EXPECTATION
WAS UNMET, THEY SAY I
CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT
PERSON?
H'MMM, THAT IS A HARD
ONE.
EVEN FOR ME.
I HAVE TO ADMIT IN SOME
AREAS OF MY LIFE, I'M
TOTALLY EMOTIONALLY SHUT
DOWN.
IT IS JUST A SAFER PLACE
TO LIVE IN.
I HAVE ENOUGH DISTRACTIONS
I DON'T HAVE TO STOP AND
THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ONE DAY GOD SHOWS
UP, KRISTI, AND HE SAYS,
IT IS TIME TO DEAL WITH
THIS.
HE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE IN A STATE OF
NUMBNESS.
AND HE WILL TAKE YOUR HAND
AND HE WILL LEAD YOU RIGHT
TO THAT PLACE THAT YOU
FEARED THE MOST, AND SAY
NOW LOOK AT IT, DEAL WITH
IT, HOLD IT, AND SQUEEZE
IT.
>AND GOD WANTS TO GET
TO THE ROOT OF THOSE
THINGS INSIDE OF US THAT
TREMBLE IN THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR, THAT PULL AWAY FROM
THE EXPERIENCES THAT HE
REALLY WANTS US TO
EMBRACE.
WHY DOES HE WANT US TO
EMBRACE IT?
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT US.
IT IS ABOUT HELPING
SOMEONE ELSE THROUGH THE
EXPERIENCE.
YOU CAN'T COMFORT SOMEONE
ELSE WITH A COMFORT YOU
HAVEN'T RECEIVED.
IT GOES BACK TO GOD EVERY
TIME.
WHEN WE'RE SHUT DOWN, WE
CAN'T WORSHIP IN THAT
AREA.
GOD WANTS TO SAY NO, I
WANT YOU TO TRUST ME IN
THIS AREA.
I WANT YOU TO DARE TO TRY
AGAIN SO YOU CAN SEE MY
PROVISION IN THIS AREA.
SO YOU HAVE A STORY TO
TELL.
NOT YOUR STORY, BUT MY
STORY.
Kristi: LET'S TAKE IT
TO A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT.
FOR THAT PERSON WHO SAID,
YOU KNOW WHAT, I JUST LOST
MY JOB.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
OR MY HUSBAND JUST LEFT,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
RELATIONSHIPS AND IT
HASN'T COME MY WAY, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WHAT DO WE SAY TO THEM?
FIRST OF ALL, EXPECT
THE FACT THAT
DISAPPOINTMENT WILL COME.
IT SHOULD NEVER BE A
SURPRISE.
FACT.
Kristi: FACT.
FACT.
YOU'RE NOT EXEMPT FROM IT.
IT IS NOT A VIOLATION OF
WHO YOU ARE AS A HUMAN
BEING.
IT IS A NATURAL PART OF
LIFE, OKAY.
NUMBER TWO, REMEMBER GOD
IS STILL ON THE THRONE.
AND WHILE HE IS SITTING
THERE, HE LOVES YOU AND HE
WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU.
HE HASN'T ABDICATED.
HE HASN'T DESERTED YOU.
IF HE ALLOWED THAT TO
HAPPEN, THEN CERTAINLY HE
HAS A PLAN.
NOW YOUR JOB IS TO FIND
OUT WHAT IT IS, INSTEAD OF
FOCUSING ON THE
DISAPPOINTMENT.
NOW GO TO HIM, AND ASK
HIM.
GET IN HIS FACE.
HE IS WAITING FOR YOU.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
WITH THIS MESS, GOD?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT, AND WHAT'S MY
PART IN THE DECISION THAT
YOU'VE MADE ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO?
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT US TO
SAY, OKAY, GOD, SHOW ME
THE BLIND SPOT.
WHERE DID I GO WRONG.
BE WILLING TO LET HIM SHOW
YOU.
IT'S THE OTHER PERSONS
FAULT.
AS LONG AS IT IS THE OTHER
PERSON'S FAULT, YOU WILL
BE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN.
Kristi: WHERE CAN WE
FIND OUR HOPE WHEN THE
UNEXPECTED HAPPENS?
ONLY IN GOD, KRISTI.
IF WE ARE TO GLORIFY HIM,
HIS REPUTATION IS AT
STAKE.
WHAT WE LOOK LIKE, WHAT
OUR LIVES LOOK LIKE,
REFLECTS ON WHO HE HAS AS
OUR GOD.
SO MY HOPE IS IN THAT,
THAT HE WILL ALWAYS MAKE
HIMSELF LOOK GOOD THROUGH
ME.
BUT HE IS FAITHFUL.
HE IS A GOD OF PROCESS.
AND HE KNOWS THE WAY WE
TAKE.
HE KNOWS WE PUFFED UP
DUST, BUT HE IS WORKING IT
OUT, AND YOU'VE GOT TO
TRUST THAT.
Kristi: MICHELLE
McKINNEY HAMMOND IS A
HANDFUL OF WONDERFUL
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
REVEAL THEIR HEARTS
BECAUSE IN THIS SEASON,
THE VOICE OF HOPE IS
TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES
OF THE HEART.
THIS WEEK DISAPPOINTMENT,
AND NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT HEARTBREAK.
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'VE
SUFFERED HEARTBREAK,
WHETHER YOU'RE A WIDOW, OR
ANY FORM OF HEARTBREAK.
TO SEE ALL OF THE VOICE
OF HOPE SEGMENTS, JUST
LOG ON TO cbn.com AND GO
TO OUR SPECIAL VOICE OF
HOPE SECTION.
AND WHILE THERE, THIS IS
WHAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT,
WE HAVE A TEACHING SHEET.
IT HAS ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IF
YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH
DISAPPOINTMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS, IT
IS A TEACHING SHEET.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU
CAN DOWNLOAD IT, AND IT
HAS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE
THAT TALK ABOUT
DISAPPOINTMENT.
WHY?
TO ENCOURAGE YOU, TO LIFT
YOU UP, TO SHOW YOU WHO
GOD IS, AND NO MATTER WHAT
YOU'RE DEALING WITH, HE
CAN PICK YOU UP AND MAKE
YOU WHOLE.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
Pat: GOOD.
Kristi: NOW WE'RE
GOING TO JUMP IN WITH SOME
QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO START WITH
JUDY, WHO SAYS, HOW DO
YOU HELP YOUR CHILDREN GET
PAST THE HURT, ANGER AND
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THEIR
PARENTS' SEPARATION.
OOH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
Pat: YOU HAVE TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TALKING TO THEM.
YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR ARMS
AROUND THEM.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT --
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
PHYSICAL CONTACT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
LOTS OF KISSES, LOTS OF
HUGS.
AND LOTS OF SAYING, MOMMY
IS GOING TO STILL BE WITH
YOU.
DADDY IS GONE, BUT WE'LL
GO THROUGH IT TOGETHER,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE MY
BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER, AND
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE A
CHALLENGE.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
HUGS AND KISSES.
Kristi: AND
AFFIRMATION.
Pat: AND AFFIRMATION.
HUGS AND KISSES.
LARD WRITES, THE
FATHER OF MY TWIN BOYS AND
I ARE SEPARATED AT THE
MOMENT.
BUT I FEEL LIKE HE IS MY
SOULMATE.
I PRAY TO GOD WE'LL GET
BACK TOGETHER SOME DAY,
BUT HE SAYS WE'LL NEVER
GET BACK TOGETHER.
SHOULD I KEEP PRAYING?
I JUST GET DISAPPOINTED
EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT
MOVING ON.
Pat: IT'S YOUR CALL.
BUT I THINK THE TIME HAS
COME THAT YOU MIGHT PUT IT
ASIDE, YOU KNOW.
WE ALL HAVE
DISAPPOINTMENTS.
AND IF YOU RELIVE THE
OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAD, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE PLAYING
FOOTBALL, AND IT'S THE
GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN IS
IN YOUR HAND AND THE PASS
GOES THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
AND THE GAME IS OVER,
WELL, YOU CAN RELIVE THAT
FOREVER.
A BIG MISTAKE.
YOU HAVE TO GET ON WITH
LIFE.
YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET A JOB AND YOU DIDN'T
DO IT, AND YOU MADE A
MISTAKE OR YOU SCREWED UP
IN YOUR JOB AND THEY FIRED
YOU.
AND YOU CAN RELIVE THAT,
OR SOMEBODY HAS HURT YOU
AND YOU HATE THEM.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON.
YOU KNOW, GOD'S IN THE
PRESENT.
HE LIVES RIGHT NOW IN THE
PRESENT.
AND HE WILL -- HE IS
PERFECTLY ABLE -- YOU
REMEMBER THE STORY ABOUT
LAZARUS, WHO DIED, AND
MARTHA COMES UP TO HIM AND
SAYS, IF YOU HAD BEEN
HERE -- AND JESUS HAD
SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IF
I HAD BEEN HERE.
I'M THE RESURRECTION AND
THE LIFE RIGHT NOW.
HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME
SHALL NEVER DIE.
I AM HERE NOW.
JESUS IS HERE NOW.
SO BRING YOUR PROBLEMS TO
HIM NOW.
AND DON'T KEEP LIVING WHAT
MAY BE.
IF HE WANTS TO BRING THAT
MAN BACK INTO YOUR LIFE,
THAT'S HIS BUSINESS, BUT
DON'T LINGER ON IT.
IT IS TOUGH TO SAY, BUT
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO DO IT.
Kristi: AND, PAT, YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW
JESUS IS THERE NOW.
ONE OF THE ROOTS OF
DISAPPOINTMENT IS WE HAVE
EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE
WANT, WHEN WE WANT IT, AND
HOW WE WANT IT, AND GOD
NEVER AGREED TO IT.
AND WHEN IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN, WE GET MAD AT HIM.
THE NEXT ONE, I THOUGHT I
HEARD THE LORD TELL ME I'M
GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, BUT
MY SHOP IS LIMPING ALONE.
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.
DID I NOT HEAR THE LORD
RIGHT WHEN I HEARD HIM TO
TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH AND
TRUST ME.
HOW CAN I MAKE SURE IT WAS
FROM GOD.
Pat: YOU HAVE TO
PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF
GOD.
PRACTICE THE VOICE OF GOD.
PRACTICE HEARING FROM GOD,
AND THEN CHECK TO SEE IF,
INDEED, YOU ARE HEARING
FROM HIM.
AND SO MANY OF US MISS
GOD.
I'LL TELL YOU, I WON'T GET
INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT
ELECTIONS, BUT I SURE DID
MISS IT.
I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD
CLEARLY FROM GOD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT INTERVENES?
WHY?
YOU ASK GOD, HOW DID I
MISS IT?
WE ALL DO, AND I'VE HAD A
LOT OF PRACTICE.
SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
HE'LL LEAD YOU.
JUST CONTINUE TO TRUST IN
HIM, AND DON'T TRUST IN
YOURSELF.
LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING, BUT IN ALL
OF YOUR WAYS TRUST IN HIM.
LEAN NOT INTO YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING.
Kristi: MAY WANTS TO
KNOW, IF THE HUSBAND IS
CALLED TO THE MINISTRY, IS
THE WIFE SUPPOSED TO GO,
EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T
FEEL THE CALL?
IS IT HER DUTY?
Pat: THY PEOPLE WILL
BE MY PEOPLE.
YOU SIGNED ON TO MARRIAGE,
AND YOU MADE YOUR HUSBAND
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
SAY I'M GETTING DIVORCED
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
THE MINISTRY?
NO.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
PRIVILEGE.
I'M SORRY.
I THINK YOU NEED TO ASK
GOD TO BRING YOU ALONG.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
HAVE A WIFE WHO ISN'T 100%
IN FAVOR.
GOD HIMSELF HAS TO DO THE
JOB.
AND GOD BRINGS HARMONY AND
UNITY, BUT TRUST THE LORD.
HE'LL SHOW YOU.
Kristi: YOU KNOW WHAT
I LOVE, PAT?
YOU KNOW THE ESSENCE OF
EVERYTHING IS TO TRUST THE
LORD.
Pat: IT REALLY IS.
Kristi: IN OUR
HEARTBREAK, IN OUR
DISAPPOINTMENTS, IN OUR
QUESTIONS, TRUST THE LORD.
Pat: TRUST THE LORD
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND
LEAN NOT INTO YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING.
THANK YOU, DEAR.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WEHAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING,
AND YOU ENJOY.
LET YOUR FAMILY -- I'LL
TELL YOU, I THINK THESE
RETAILERS ARE RUINING THE
HOLIDAYS.
DON'T JUST LET IT BE AN
ORGY AND WAIT FOR THE GUN
TO GO OFF AND YOU RUSH
INTO SOME MALL AND PICK UP
SOME BOOM BOX OR SOMETHING
CHEAP.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESEWORDS FROM THE PSALMS:
OH, GIVE THANKS TO THE
SEE YOU.
