WE WOULD HAVE BEEN
MARRIED 40 YEARS IN 2009.
Lee: WE ALL FACE PAIN,
WE ALL FACE ANGUISH.
CANCER GOT INTO HER
BODY.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER, YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED
HER.
Lee: HOW TO DEAL WITH A
BROKEN HARD.
THAT WAS THE MOST
DIFFICULT PART OF MY LIFE.
THAT'S WHERE GOD GAVE MY
GRACE.
THANK GOD FOR THE GRACE.
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
YOU THE ULTIMATE INSULT, BUT
I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT'S
ABOUT UNTIL LATER ON IN THE
PROGRAM.
KRISTI DOESN'T KNOW.
Kristi: I DON'T KNOW,
EITHER, AND I'M WAITING WITH
BAITED BREATH.
Pat: MY GOODNESS.
YOU PROBABLY WON'T LIKE IT.
Kristi: ALL RIGHT.
Pat: OKAY.
IF PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES
SUSAN RICE FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE, SHE'LL FACE A TOUGH
SET OF QUESTIONS FROM THE
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS.
Kristi: THEY WANT TO
KNOW WHY SHE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT TERRORISM.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: SUSAN RICE
RETURNS TO CAPITOL HILL FOR
ROUND TWO.
RICE FACED SEVERAL OF OUR
CRITICS ON TUESDAY, MARCHING
INTO CAPITOL HILL, EAGER TO
DEFEND HER RESPONSE TO THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACK ON THE
U.S. CO CONSULATE IN
BENGHAZI, LIBYA.
IT SEEMS TO ARE BEEN
HIJACKED BY INDIVIDUAL
CHOLESTEROLS OF EXTREMISTS.
Reporter: BUT RICE
CONCEDED SHE INCORRECTLY
DESCRIBED THE ATTACK, AS A
SPONTANEOUS PROTEST GONE BAD
WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY A
TERRORIST ATTACK.
BUT SHE SAYS SHE BASED HER
COMMENTS ON THE INTELLIGENCE
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.
JOHN MCCAIN AND LINDSAY
RIETI HAVE QUESTIONED RICE'S
WORDS FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
TROUBLED BY MANY OF THE
ANSWERS.
THE CONCERNS I HAVE ARE
GREATER TODAY THAN THEY WERE
BEFORE, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN
CLOSE TO GETTING THE BASIC
ANSWERS.
Reporter: ACTING C.I.A.
DIRECTOR MICHAEL MOREL
ACCOMPANIED RICE TO THE
MEETING, AND REINFORCED THE
PERCEPTION THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE CAN'T GET ITS STORY
STRAIGHT ABOUT BENGHAZI.
AND HE REMOVED A SPECIFIC
REFERENCE TO AL-QAEDA.
THE F.B.I. QUICKLY DENIED
THE STATEMENT, CLAIMING IT
WAS ACTUALLY THE C.I.A. THAT
MADE THE CHANGE.
THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO
DEFEND RICE, CLAIMING THERE
ARE NO UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
ABOUT RICE'S COMMENTS
FOLLOWING THE BENGHAZI
ATTACK.
THE FOCUS ON, SOME MIGHT
SAY OBSESSION ON, COMMENTS
MADE ON SUNDAY'S SHOWS
SEEMS, TO ME, AND TO MANY,
TO BE MISPLACED.
President Obama: IF I
THINK SHE WOULD BE THE BEST
PERSON TO SERVE AMERICA IN
THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THEN I
WILL NOMINATE HER.
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WELL, YOU KNOW,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU
HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF
SUSAN RICE -- SHE'S SUPPOSED
TO BE A REAL SMART LADY.
HAS A DEGREE FROM A
PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSE, AND
WHEN THAT STUFF CAME ACROSS,
THEY LEFT OUT THE TALKING
POINTS, BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
THERE WAS EVERY KIND OF RED
FLAG KNOWN TO MAN, BEFORE
SHE DID THOSE TALK SHOWS.
AND WHY WOULDN'T SHE HAVE
QUESTIONED THE,
QUOTE,"INTELLIGENCE" GIVEN
TO HER.
YOU SAY, GUYS, THIS THING
DOESN'T SMELL RIGHT.
BUT SHE DIDN'T DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
PRESIDENT PUT SOMEBODY THAT
IS THAT FLAWED UP THERE.
THEY'LL HAVE A BIG FIGHT
OVER HERE, AND SHE'LL
ULTIMATELY GO DOWN IN
FLAMES.
HE HAS THE CHOICE OF PUTTING
JOHN KERRY IN, AND SOME
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE KERRY, BUT
HE WOULD GET TO THE SENATE
WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
I'M SURE THERE ARE VERY,
VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE THAN THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
WHY TAKE SOMEBODY WHO IS A
LIGHTNING ROD AND MAKE A BIG
FIGHT OVER IT.
SPEAKING OF BIG FIGHTS, WE
UNDERSTAND THE DEMOCRATS'
POSITION HAS HARDENED WITH
REGARD TO THE NEGOTIATIONS
ABOUT THE SO-CALLED FISCAL
CLIFF.
AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
THIS IS GOING TO INVOLVE THE
FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: DEMOCRATS ARE
DEEPLY DIVIDED ABOUT WHETHER
TO INCLUDE CUTS IN MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID IN THE CURRENT
BUDGET TALKS.
THE TALKS ARE AIMED AS
AVOIDING THE SO-CALLED
FISCAL CLIFF.
BOTH SIDES HAVE MAINLY
TALKED ABOUT RAISING TAXES
ON HIGH INCOME AMERICANS,
BUT REPUBLICANS AND SOME
DEMOCRATS, ALSO SAY CUTS
INEXPENSIVE PROGRAMS LIKE
MEDICARE HAVE TO BE ON THE
TABLE.
OTHER DEMOCRATS, HOWEVER,
WANT TO AVOID ANY CUTS IN
THOSE BENEFITS.
SO FAR NEITHER SIDE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
THE QUESTION IS, PAT, WILL
THEY?
Pat: IT IS NOT JUST
COMMON GROUND.
IT'S COMMON SENSE.
WE ARE GETTING OLDER AS
AMERICANS.
I AM MUCH OLDER, RIGHT NOW,
BEFORE YOU, AS SOMEBODY WAS
IN THE DAYS OF FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LOOKED
LIKE THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
WHEN HE DIED, BUT HE WAS
ONLY 63 YEARS OLD, I
BELIEVE, WHEN HE DIED.
HE LOOKED LIKE THE OLD MAN
ON THE MOUNTAIN.
HE HAD ALL KINDS OF
DISEASES, AND HE SMOKED A
LOT, AND SO FORTH.
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, PEOPLE,
WHEN THEY PUT IN SOCIAL
SECURITY, DIED BY THE TIME
THEY GOT TO BE 65.
NOW THEY LIVE TO BE 75, 80,
85 YEARS OLD, AND IT IS NOT
UNCOMMON TO SEE PEOPLE
LIVING INTO THEIR 90s.
SO ALL THEY'VE GOT TO DO IS
RAISE THE ELIGIBILITY AGE OF
THESE PROGRAMS A FEW YEARS
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER
DYING AT 65, NOR ARE THEY
DYING AT 70.
IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE
PROGRAMS SOLVENT, THEY HAVE
TO DO THE COMMON-SENSE THING
AND ADJUST THE AGE.
BIG DEAL?
WHY CAN'T THEY DO THAT?
LEE?
Lee: PASTOR RICK WARREN
SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS,
QUOTE,"DEAD WRONG ON
ENFORCING HIS HEALTH CARE
MANDATE."
THAT REQUIRES ORGANIZATIONS
TO MAKE CONTRACEPTIONS
AVAILABLE IN THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE PLAN, EVEN IF IT
IS AGAINST THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
PASTOR WARREN SPOKE TO CBN'S
DAVID BRODY, AND HE SAYS HE
TOLD THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY
OF HIS OPPOSITION TO THE
REQUIREMENT.
I CLEARLY TOLD THE
PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE I 100% DISAGREE WITH
HIM, AND I SAID I WOULD
FIGHT HIM ON THIS ISSUE OF
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, BECAUSE
HE IS DEAD-WRONG ON IT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT FREEDOM
IN AMERICA IS THE FIRST
FREEDOM.
AND THE FIRST FREEDOM IS
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY
PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE FOR
THAT FREEDOM.
NOT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT FOR
THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
IT IS THE FIRST SENTENCE --
THE FIRST PHRASE OF THE
FIRST SENTENCE OF THE FIRST
AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
THE RIGHT TO FREE EXERCISE
OF RELIGION.
Lee: WARREN GAVE THE
INVOCATION AT PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S INAUGURATION FOUR
YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF DAVID
BRODY'S INTERVIEW WITH
PASTOR WARREN ON "THE BRODY
FILE," FRIDAY AT 9:30 A.M.
ON THE ABC FAMILY CHANNEL.
TWO RETIRING REPUBLICAN
SENATORS HAVE INTRODUCED A
BILL TO AS THEY PUT IT,
NIGHT GET THE BALL ROLLING,"
ON THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
IT WOULD GIVE LEGAL STATUS
TO CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
THE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE TO
GO TO COLLEGE OR JOIN THE
MILITARY.
IT WOULD BE FOR THOSE NOW
UNDER THE AGE OF 28 WHO CAME
TO AMERICA BEFORE THEY WERE
14.
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IN
A SITUATION WHERE THEY'VE
KNOWN REALLY ONLY AMERICAN
LIFE.
AND YOU SAY GO HOME, AND
THEY SAY WE ARE HOME.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS BALL
ROLLING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
THAT IS SENSIBLE, THAT IS
CALM, THAT DISCUSSIONS ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
THE ISSUE.
AND THIS PARTICULAR PART OF
IMMIGRATION REFORM SEEMED A
LOGICAL PLACE TO BEGIN.
Lee: MANY REPUBLICANS
ARE NOW JUMPING ON THE
BANDWAGON FOR IMMIGRATION
REFORM SINCE THE ELECTION.
MITT ROMNEY RECEIVED ONLY
27% OF THE HISPANIC VOTE.
SOME LATINO ACTIVISTS
ALREADY OPPOSE THE BILL.
THEY SAY IT ONLY OFFERS A
LEGAL STATUS, NOT A
GUARANTEED PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP.
TEENAGER ACTOR ANGUS JONES
IS NOW APOLOGIZING FOR
CALLING "TWO AND A HALF MEN"
FILTH.
HE SAID HE HAD A SPIRITUAL
AWAKENING AND HE NO LONGER
WANTED TO PLAY THE ROLE.
AND HE SAID, "PLEASE STOP
FILLING YOUR HEAD WITH
FILTH."
AND NOW HE APOLOGIZED,
SAYING IF MY COMMENTS SHOWED
ANY DISRESPECT TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
THE UNITED NATIONS WILL VOTE
TOMORROW ON A MEASURE THAT
WOULD UPGRADE THE
PALESTINIAN STATUS AT THE
U.N.
BUT SOME COUNTRIES, LIKE THE
U.S. AND ISRAEL, OPPOSE THE
PLAN.
THEY SAY IT WILL ONLY HURT
CHANCES FOR ANY REAL PEACE
IN THE REGION.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT
STORY FROM JERUSALEM.
Reporter: ISRAEL,
THEEAU, ANTHE U.S. AND
CANADA ARE OPPOSING MAHMOUD
ABBAS' BID FOR STATUS.
SAYING HAMAS AND ALL
PALESTINIANS ARE WANTED.
WE HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
FOR GOING TO THE U.N., THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND
GETTING THE UPGRADE TO STATE
STATUS.
Reporter: HE SAYS THE
MOVE WILL DETERMINE THE
BOUNDARIES OF A PALESTINIAN
STATE AND ITS CLAIM TO
JERUSALEM.
SO THIS IS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT STEP.
IT WILL ENABLE US TO
INTERACT WITH THE REST OF
THE WORLD, ON AT LEAST THE
MINIMUM BASIS OF PARITY AND
EQUALITY.
Reporter: FOREIGN
MINISTRY SPOKESMAN MIGUEL
SAYS IT IS MEANINGLESS
LEGALLY, BUT --
THE PALESTINIANS ARE
FUNDAMENTALLY BREACHING THE
EXISTING AGREEMENT.
SO THAT IS NOT GOOD.
AND THIS VOTE WILL CERTAINLY
BE NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO
RETURN TO NEGOTIATIONS.
Reporter: IRONICALLY,
THE ACTION COMES 65 YEARS TO
THE DAY AFTER ARAB NATIONS
REJECTED A U. N.RESOLUTION,
CALLING FOR A JEWISH AND
ARAB STATE.
ISRAEL HAS FOUGHT A NUMBER
OF WARS DURING THOSE 65
YEARS FOR ITS SURVIVAL, AND
SAYS THERE IS NO GOING
BACK.
YOU CAN'T JUST TELL US,
OKAY, WE FOUGHT AGAINST YOU
ALL THOSE YEARS, AND WE LOST
BATTLE AFTER BATTLE, LET'S
GET BACK TO THE START.
Reporter: DANIEL PIKE
SAYS THE MOVE IS NEGATIVE
FOR BOTH ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS, BUT THE END OF
THE PROCESS MIGHT NOT BE SO
BAD.
THE POSSIBILITY THIS WILL
SHATTER OSLO AND END IT MAY
NOT BE A NEGATIVE ONE.
MAHMOUD ABBAS IS GOING TO
THE U.N. IN PART AS THE
MOVEMENT, AND PART TO DO
HARM TO ISRAEL.
Reporter: IN THE END,
HE SAYS IT IS PROBABLY
ANOTHER CASE OF THE
PALESTINIANS TRYING TO HURT
ISRAEL, EVEN IF THEY HURT
THEMSELVES MORE IN THE
PROCESS.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Lee:
PAT, IT IS
BEING
VIEWED AS MERELY SYMBOLIC,
BUT IS IT REALLY?
Pat: WELL, SYMBOLISM
PLAYS A LARGE ROLE UP IN THE
UNITED NATIONS.
IF IT IS CLEARLY AGAINST
ISRAEL, AND IT IS VERY MUCH
PRO-ARAB, AND THEY KEEP
PASSING ALL OF THESE
NONSENSE RESOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE POWER IN THE
SECURITY COUNCIL, BUT I
THINK THE WHOLE UNITED
NATIONS FRAMEWORK SET UP
AFTER WORLD WAR II IS
ANTIQUATED.
I HAVE SUGGESTED A COMMUNITY
OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONS WHERE
WE ACTUALLY JOINED IN WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE DEMOCRACIES
AND DID NOT ALLOW MEMBERSHIP
FOR THOSE WHO ARE
DICTATORSHIPS.
AND I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING
NOW, THE CHINESE HAVE A
VETO, THE RUSSIANS HAVE A
VETO, THE U.S. HAS A VETO.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL CAN
CHANGE THE VOTE OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR
IS SOMETHING OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, WHICH IN A SENSE
IS MEANINGLESS, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME HAS A GREAT DEAL
OF PROPAGANDA VALUE.
SINCE THEY'RE REFUSING TO
NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL TREATY
WITH ISRAEL, WHICH IS WHAT
THEY AGREED ON IN THE PAST,
IT RENDERS PEACE TALKS
NULLIFIED FOR MOOT.
ARE THEY HURTING
THEMSELVES?
YES.
THE JEWS WOULDN'T NEGOTIATE
WITH THEM, BUT IT IS JUST
ONE MORE WAY OF STIRRING THE
POT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
LEE?
Lee: STAYING ACTIVE AS
YOU AGE COULD HELP PREVENT
ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA.
SENIORS WHO STAY ACTIVE ON A
DAILY BASIS HAVE 5% MORE
GRAY MATTER THAN PEOPLE WHO
ARE LESS ACTIVE.
HAVING MORE GRAY MATTER
TRANSLATES INTO A LOWER RISK
OF ALZHEIMER'S.
MORE THAN 35 MILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE ARE LIVING WITH
DEMENTIA.
AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO
DOUBLE BY 2030.
FISCAL ACTIVITY COULD BE
ANYTHING FROM RIDING A
BICYCLE TO RAKING LEAVES.
PAT?
Pat: HORSEBACK
RIDING -- EVERYBODY SHOULD
RIDE HORSES.
Kristi: BECAUSE WE ALL
HAVE ONE.
Pat: EVERYBODY HAS ONE
IN THEIR BACKYARD.
GET ONE, PUT HIM IN YOUR
GARAGE INSTEAD OF THE
BACKYARD.
Kristi: I LOVE HOW
OPTMISTIC YOU ARE THAT
EVERYONE HAS A HORSE, BUT
EVERYONE CAN HAVE A BIKE OR
THEY CAN GO WALKING.
Pat: AND THEY CAN ALSO
HAVE A SET OF WEIGHTS, AND I
HAVE A SET OF WEIGHTS.
AND THE WEIGHTS DO NOT EAT
OATS.
THEY SIT UP THERE REAL
QUIETLY UNTIL YOU LIFT THEM
UP IN THE AIR AND PUT THEM
DOWN.
Kristi: WHAT DO I
ALWAYS TEASE YOU ABOUT
BECAUSE OF THE HORSE.
Pat: I LOOK SO GOOD
RIDING HIM.
Kristi: I SAY
TECHNICALLY THE HORSE IS
DOING ALL OF THE EXERCISE.
Pat: YOU DO MORE THAN
YOU REALIZE.
AT LEAST YOUR THIGHS GET
EXERCISE.
I'M ALL FOR HORSES.
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HORSE IS
GOOD FOR THE INSIDE OF A
MAN.
Kristi: AND THAT'S THE
BUMPER STICKER FOR TODAY.
UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHY
LIGHTBULBS AS WE KNOW IT MAY
SOON BE A THING OF THE
PAST.
LATER ON IN THE "THE 700
CLUB" TODAY, OF COURSE IT IS
WEDNESDAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT "A VOICE OF HOPE
," AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT HOPE FOR THE
BROKENHEARTED OVER THE
HOLIDAYS AND BEYOND.
SO STAY TUNED FOR OUR "VOICE
OF HOPE" SERIES LATER ON IN
THIS PROGRAM.
Pat: LIGHTBULBS, IS
THERE ANYTHING MORE WE'RE
GOING TO FIGHT ABOUT IN THIS
ECONOMY?
THE LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS
ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
LIGHTBULBS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY
HAVE SUCCEEDED.
THE BATTLE OF THE BULB, THE
FIGHT OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S
ATTEMPT TO LEGISLATE WHAT
KIND OF LIGHTBULBS YOU CAN
BUY.
AND EVEN THOUGH INCANDESCENT
RULES HAVE NOT BEEN
COMPLETELY BANNED, YOU MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO FIND MANY
INCANDESCENT BULBS IN
STORES.
LIKE SMALL POTTIES IN THE
BATHROOM, WE NOW HAVE
SPECIAL LIGHTBULBS, COURTESY
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
MARK MARTIN EXPLAINS WHY.
Reporter: FOR MORE THAN
130 YEARS, TO THOMAS EDISON
BULBS HAVE LIT UP THE
WORLD.
NOW THE LIGHTBULB AS WE KNOW
IT MAY BE A THING OF THE
PAST.
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
FOUGHT ITS ENACTMENT LATE
LAST YEAR, SAYING THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND
OF LIGHTBULBS CONSUMERS
SHOULD BUY.
THEY MANAGED TO STRIP THE
LAW OF THE FUNDING NEEDED TO
ENFORCE THE BAN ON EDISON'S
BULB.
EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS TOOK
THE TEETH OUT OF THE LAW,
ONE LIGHTING INDUSTRY
SPOKESMAN SAYS IT IS TOO
LATE.
THE INDUSTRY HAS MOVED ON
AND AS ALREADY MADE CHANGES
TO PRODUCTION LINES TO BUILD
MORE EFFICIENT BULBS.
THE LAW REQUIRES LIGHTBULBS
TO BE 25% MORE EFFICIENT.
THAT REMOVES INCANDESCENT
BULBS FROM THE MARKET.
I THINK IT IS VERY WISE.
MAYBE 40, 50 YEARS AGO IT
WOULDN'T HAVE WORK BECAUSE
THERE WASN'T ALTERNATIVES.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE PLENTY OF
GREAT ENERGY-EFFICIENT
ALTERNATIVES.
Reporter: THOSE
ALTERNATIVES PRIMARILY FALL
INTO TWO CATEGORIES: CFLs,
AND LIGHT EMITTING DI DI
ODES ARE L.E.D.s.
BUT HOWARD BRANSON IS NOT
READY TO GIVE UP ON A BULB
THAT IS NOT BROKEN.
HE IS KNOWN FOR LIGHTING THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY.
HE STANDS BY E EDISON'S
INVENTION.
ON HIS WEBSITE, SAVE THE
BULB, HE WRITES "I SEE NO
GOOD REASON TO RELEGATE ONE
OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
INVENTIONS."
I KNOW A COUPLE OF SENIOR
RESEARCHERS IN THE LIGHTING
INDUSTRY WHO HAVE STARTED TO
HOARD LIGHTBULBS, AND ME
INCLUDED, BECAUSE I MIGHT
NOT WIN THIS FIGHT, ALTHOUGH
I DEDICATED TO IT.
Reporter: HIS
DEDICATION INCLUDES A
LIFETIME SUPPLY OF BULBS
STORED IN HIS BASEMENT.
WHY WON'T THIS DESIGNER
EMBRACE THE FUTURE?
FOR ONE, THE C.F.L.
ALTERNATIVE CONTAINS
MERCURY.
THEY BANNED MERCURY IN
THERMOMETERS.
THEY'RE SAYING IT IS OKAY IN
LIGHTBULBS.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN
PUSHED BY THE MANUFACTURES
AND THE GREEN MACHINE.
MILE'S, WHO'S COMPANY
SPECIALIZES IN L.E.D.
LIGHTING, AGREES WITH
BRANSON WHEN IT COMES TO
TOXICITY.
I DON'T LIKE TO USE
THEM.
I HAD ONE FALL ON MY CARPET
FROM WHERE I WAS TESTING,
AND EVEN ON SMALL CARPET, IT
SMASHED INTO SMITHEREENS
BECAUSE OF THE THIN GLASS.
IMMEDIATELY MY SECRETARY
LEFT THE ROOM.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
Reporter: THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENT SE SAYS THE U.S. OF
C.F.L.s HELPS REDUCE THE
MERCURY BECAUSE OF, QUOTE,"
THEIR SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS."
BUT THEY PUT INSTRUCTIONS ON
ITS WEBSITE OF WHAT TO DO IF
A C.F.L. BREAKS IN YOUR
HOME.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHAT
HAPPENED TO A MAN WHO
STEPPED ON A C.F.L. BULB AND
HIS FOOT BECAME INFECTED.
YOU HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP
AND DOUBLE BAG THEM IN
SEALED PLASTIC BAGS.
YOU CAN'T VACUUM IT UP.
Reporter: UNLIKE
C.F.L.s, MYLES SAYS L.E.D.
LIGHTING IS NOT DELICATE.
THESE ARE VIRTUALLY
UNBREAKABLE.
Reporter: BE PREPARED
TO PAY QUITE A BIT MORE FOR
THE L.E.D.s AND
C.F.L.s.
KU PAY A BUCK FOR A
THREE-PACK OF TRADITIONAL
BULBS, WHILE A THREE PACK OF
C.F.L.s CAN CAUSE $10 TO
15.
AND L.E.D.s COST THE
MOST.
YOU CAN BE $30 A LAMP.
Reporter: MYLES HOPES
THE ATTRACTION OF ENERGY
SAVINGS AND LONG LIFE WILL
ONE OVER CONSUMERS.
BRANSON STILL LIKES THE
SMOOTH COLORS EMITTED BY
EDISON'S BULBS.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS,
HOLOVILLE, NEW YORK.
Pat: THANKS, MARK.
YOU'RE GOVERNMENT AT WORK,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE NANNY STATE IN ITS
FINEST, TRYING TO REGULATE
THE SIZE OF YOUR TOILET BOWL
AND THE SIZE OF YOUR
LIGHTBULBS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
THEY'RE GOING TO REGULATE.
Kristi: I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAD A
LIGHTBULB MOMENT FOR USAGE
OF THE WORD BECAUSE I DIDN'T
REALIZE ABOUT THE MERCURY IN
THAT.
THAT HIT ME THE HARDEST IN
THAT STORY.
Pat: ONE OF THOSE
THINGS BREAKS AND YOU HAVE
TO EVACUATE THE PLACE.
Kristi: AND BRING IN
THE HAZMAT CREW.
I THINK I'M GOING TO BE ONE
OF THE STORER STORERS OF
THE OLD TRADITIONAL BULL UBS
SANDRA WRITES, "ARE PRAYERS
FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW
JESUS ANSWERED?"
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND LATER, BISHOP NEVELSMITH
IS HERE AND HE IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT LOSING HIS WIFE
OF 39 YEARS JUST FIVE DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Pat: A FRIEND OF MINE,
THAT USED TO BE ONE OF OUR
EXECUTIVES, SENT ME
SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT I
WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
IT IS SO FASCINATING.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS
SERIES OF PICTURES AND THEN
SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
LOOK AT AMERICANS, THE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
Kristi: OH, MY
GOODNESS, A VISIT TO THE
MUSEUM.
Pat: WHAT ARE THEY
DOING?
Kristi: THEY'RE
TEXTING.
THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONE.
Pat: WHAT'S THE NEXT
PICTURE?
Kristi: OUT ON AN
INTIMATE DATE AND THEY'RE
TEXTING.
Pat: OKAY.
AND WHAT'S THE NEXT
PICTURE?
Kristi: HAVING DINNER
OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND
EVERYONE IS TEXTING, AND NO
ONE IS TALKING.
Pat: AND THE NEXT
PICTURE.
Kristi: YOU'RE AT THE
GAME AND LOOKING AT
YOUR iPHONE.
Pat: AND THE NEXT
PICTURE.
Kristi: A DAY AT THE
BEACH -- I HAVE SEEN THAT.
EVERYONE IS TEXTING, AND I'M
LIKE, LOOK AT THE WATER.
Pat: AND THE LATEST IS
A STATEMENT FROM EINSTEIN,
THE GENIUS.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID --
THAT'S NOT EINSTEIN.
Kristi: SO OUR CREW IS
ON THE PHONE.
SO NO ONE IS RUNNING THE
SHOW.
Pat: COME ON, GUYS, GET
WITH IT.
WIRE GETTING PAID TO WORK.
Kristi: IT SAYS, "I
FEAR THE DAY THAT TECHNOLOGY
WILL SURPASS OUR HUMAN
INTERACTION.
THE WORLD WILL HAVE A
GENERATION OF IDIOTS."
OH, MY GOODNESS, FROM
EINSTEIN HIMSELF.
Pat: IT HAS HAPPENED.
THERE THEY ARE.
EVERYBODY TEXTING.
I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE
THINGS, THANK GOODNESS.
Kristi: YOU KNOW WHAT,
MY SON, FOR CHRISTMAS --
EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON
THEIR CHRISTMAS LIST, AND HE
WANTS iPAD, iBOX, AND HE
IS NINE YEARS OLD.
I SAT THERE AND I THOUGHT
NO.
I'M GETTING HIM LEGOS -- I
HOPE HE IS NOT WATCHING
THIS.
I'M GETTING HIM LEGOS AND
CARS AND DIRT TO PLAY WITH.
WHATEVER, JUST PLAY.
Pat: WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
WE HAD OLD MOUNTIE SUITS AND
TOY GUNS.
Kristi: WHEN YOU WERE
NINE, DIDN'T THEY HAVE
WOODEN BLOCKS?
Pat: OF COURSE.
Kristi: BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE PLASTIC IN YOUR
DAY.
Pat: I DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU WANTED A REAL GOOD
TOY, THEY WOULD GIVE YOU AN
OLD TIRE AND YOU COULD HANG
IT UP AND USE IT FOR A
SWING.
ALL RIGHT.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
Kristi: I THINK IT IS
BRILLIANT.
Pat: I WANT TO SHOW
YOU -- WHERE IS MY LITTLE
DEAL.
MS. PRODUCER, GIVE ME THAT
BOOKLET, WILL YOU.
YES.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
BRING IT OVER HERE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
ULTIMATE AFFRONT.
WE'RE GOING
TO SEND THIS
OUT.
IT IS CALLED "QUIET MOMENTS
IN HIS PRESENCE."
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR
CHRISTMAS BOOK AND IT HAS
RECIPES.
Kristi: THAT'S LOVELY.
WHAT IS IN THERE?
Pat: IN HERE IS MY
WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER'S FAMOUS
RECIPE.
YOU LIKE TO SAY IT COMES
FROM YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
SHE PROBABLY PICKED IT OUT
OF THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL.
THIS IS HER FAMOUS DATE NUT
CAKE.
IT IS FABULOUS.
YOU PUT AN ORANGE GLAZE ON
IT.
IT IS THE MOST DELICIOUS
THING YOU EVER SAW.
THIS IS A CLASSIC, HANDED
DOWN FROM THE FAMILY, BUT
YOU TURN THE PAGE, AND WHAT
DO WE HAVE IN THIS BOOKLET
WE'RE SENDING OUT.
WHAT IS THAT?
Kristi: OH, IT'S
MACARONI AND CHEESE.
IS THAT MY RECIPE?
Pat: IT'S YOUR RECIPE.
WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO DEE
DEE'S SACRED GRANDMOTHER --
Kristi: PEOPLE ARE LIKE
FIGURE ABOUFIGUREFORGET
ABOUT IT.
Pat: WHAT DID THEY DO
TO MY BOOK.
THIS IS VERY PRETTY --
MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH HER
DATE NUT CAKE THAT IS
FAMOUS.
Kristi: YOU KNOW YOU
LOVE IT.
Pat: I LOVE THE ORANGE
DATE NUT CAKE.
Kristi: THAT WAS FUN.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO
FORGET ABOUT THE iPADS
AND iPHONES, AND WE'RE
GOING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
RIGHT NOW LIVE.
Pat: WE ARE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO EAT MAC
AND CHEESE, NOR ARE WE GOING
TO GET ANY ORANGE DATE
NUT --
Kristi: YOU HAVE TO TRY
MY MAC KOREA MACARONI AND
CHEESE.
Pat: I'LL GIVE YOU A
SLICE OF DEE DEE'S ORANGE
DATE NUT CAKE.
Kristi: I'LL TAKE IT.
I'M SURE IT'S DIVINE.
Pat: BUT TO PUT THAT
ALONGSIDE OF MAC AND
CHEESE.
Kristi: YOU JUST LOVE
TO HARASS ME.
WE'RE SWITCHING GEARS AS PAT
SETTLES DOWN.
SANSANDRA STARTS US OFF AND
SHE WANTS TO KNOW, "ARE
PRAYERS FROM PEOPLE WHO
DON'T KNOW JESUS ANSWERED?"
Pat: YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
ALL KINDS OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THIS.
GOD DOESN'T HEAR THE PRAYERS
OF THE UNBELIEVERS -- GOD
HEARS EVERYBODY'S PRAYERS.
DOES HE NECESSARILY ANSWER
THEM?
HERE IS THE DEAL, IF YOU'RE
IN SIN AND YOU'RE HAVING AN
ADULTEROUS AFFAIR, AND YOU
SAY, OH, GOD SEND ME THE
WINNING COMBINATION TO THE
LOTTERY.
AND YOU GET IT AND YOU HIT
THE LOTTERY, AND YOU SAY I
WON IT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING
AN ADULTEROUS AFFAIR, AND SO
YOU'RE REINFORCING SIN.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO
REINFORCE YOU IN SIN.
HOWEVER, THE CRY OF THE
HEART OF SOMEBODY WHO SAYS I
NEED TO KNOW GOD, OH, GOD
PLEASE TOUCH ME, THE LORD
WILL HEAR AND ANSWER THAT
PRAYER.
Kristi: BENJAMIN SAYS,
"MY WIFE AND I LISTENED TO
YOUR TEACHING THE THREE
BLESSINGS, AND I FOUND THE
PART ON ANOINTING ESPECIALLY
SIGNIFICANT FOR ME.
FOR SOME TIME I WANTED TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS
ANOINTING, AND WANTED TO ASK
HOW DO I RECEIVE HIS POWER,
HIS FAVOR, HIS WISDOM, SO I
CAN DO ALL THAT HE COMMANDS
ME TO DO.
I'VE BEEN HIS FOR SOME TIME
AND I'M TIRED OF FEELING
LIKE I'M LACKING
SOMETHING."
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
Pat: MOVE INTO THE
LORD.
SPEND TIME IN PRAYER, AND
SPEND TIME IN THE LORD.
HE SAYS THE HEART CRY OF A
PERSON HE WILL NOT REFUSE.
A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE SPIRIT
THOU WILL NOT REFUSE.
IF YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF
BEFORE THE LORD, CRY OUT TO
HIM AND SAY, LORD, I JUST
MUST HAVE, I'M DESPERATE.
JESUS SAID BLESSED ARE THEY
THAT HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER
RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THEY WILL
BE FILLED.
IT IS FORCE FEEDING AN
ANIMAL, YOU HAVE
RIGHTEOUSNESS FORCED DOWN
YOUR THROAT.
SO YOU SAY HOW DO YOU GET
IT?
BY HU HUNGERING AND
THIRSTING FOR GOD.
Kristi: GAIL SAYS, "BOO
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO
SEE PEOPLE OF SICKNESS.
WHEN DID GOD GIVE YOU THE
GIFT AND HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE?"
Pat: I DON'T
NECESSARILY SEE SICKNESSES,
BUT YOU HEAR A VOICE.
WHEN I WAS COMING INTO THE
HOLINESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
I WAS PRACTICING IN NEW
YORK, IT WAS A SEMINARY, AND
WE USED TO HAVE SPIRIT-LED
WORSHIP.
YOU PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF
GOD.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU MISS IT.
IT IS LIKE A LITTLE BABY
LEARNING TO WALK.
SO LITTLE BY LITTLE BY
LITTLE.
AND BELIEVE ME, WE STILL SEE
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.
WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
WE PROPHESY IN PART.
YOU ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU, AND
AS WE'RE PRAYING, THE LORD
SOMETIMES REVEALS
SOMETHING.
BUT IT IS NOT THAT I SEE A
SICKNESS.
SOME PEOPLE DO.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALL KINDS
OF WORK IN THE SPIRIT.
BUT THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE IS
A WORD.
IT COMES TO YOU.
AND A WORD OF WISDOM IS
SOMETHING ABOUT
THE FUTURE,
AND THAT COMES AS WELL.
AND MANY TIMES WE CAN MISS
IT, SO WE NEED TO BE VERY
HUMBLE.
Kristi: THAT'S TRUE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO
RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JOY ASKS, "IS IT NECESSARY
FOR A CHRISTIAN TO BE
BAPTIZED IN WATER IN ORDER
TO RECEIVE THE HOLY
SPIRIT?"
Pat: I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN
I WAS SEEKING THE LORD, I
DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
I WAS A BAPTIST, BEFORE I
FOUND THE LORD, AND I
ACTUALLY GOT REBAPTIZED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
I WAS SO HUNGRY FOR GOD.
AND IF IT TOOK MORE OF THAT,
I WAS GOING TO DO IT.
GOD ISN'T HUNG UP ON
RITUAL.
HE LOOKS AT YOUR HEART, AND
THAT'S WHAT'S THERE.
GOD IS A SPIRIT.
WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN
TRUTH, NOT THROUGH RITUAL.
THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
AND IF YOU HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS FOR PAT, YOU CAN
ALWAYS LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
STILL AHEAD, MEET A
BUSINESSMAN WHO SOLD HIS
START-UP AND MADE -- CHECK
THIS OUT -- MORE THAN 70
TIMES HIS
INITIAL
INVESTMENT.
WHOA WE.
WHEW WEE-WEE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW
HE DID IT, SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
NINE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER
AN ATTACK ON
A CHRISTIAN
VILLAGE IN
CENTRAL NIGERIA.
THAT WORD FROM
THE HEAD
OF
THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY
GROUP,
THE
STEFANO'S
FOUNDATION.
WITNESS SAY GUNMEN IN ARMY
UNIFORMS FIRED WEAPONS FROM
A
SPEEDING VAN.
THE POLICE SAY THEY'RE
INVESTIGATING THE
INCIDENT,
BUT TENSIONS ARE HIGH
BETWEEN THE REGION'S
CHRISTIAN
SOUTH
AND MUSLIM
NORTH.
HUNDREDS HAVE DIED IN
THE
VIALS
BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES
IN THE
LAST FEW
YEARS.
MORE MASS PROTEST
IN THE
STREETS OF EGYPT
BECAUSE OF
PRESIDENT MOHAMMED
MORSI'S
POWER GRAB.
MORE
THAN
200,000 PEOPLE
FLOCKED TO TERIR SQUARE.
PROTESTORS ACCUSE MORSI OF
TRYING TO MAKE HIMSELF AN
ALL POWERFUL RULER, LIKE
MUBARAK.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET
THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
TODAY.
WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
A NEW START-UP IS A RISKY
BUSINESS.
JUST ASK SCOTT OWENS.
HE WENT THREE YEARS WITHOUT
A SALARY.
AND AS SCOTT TOOK THE LAST
OF HIS MONEY AND MADE AN
INVESTMENT THAT JUMP-STARTED
HIS NEW COMPANY.
Reporter: IN 1991,
SCOTT OWENS CAME UP WITH A
GROUNDBREAKING IDEA.
WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE
THE WHOLE DEFENSIVE DRIVING
INDUSTRY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
ACTUALLY MAKE IT
ENTERTAINING AND ENGAGING.
Reporter: SO HE AND A
BUSINESS PARTNER LAUNCHED A
COMPUTER-BASED TRAFFIC
SCHOOL.
BUT GETTING THE BUSINESS OFF
THE GROUND TOOK A LONG TIME
AND A LOT OF MONEY.
MY PARTNER AND I TOOK OUR
INVESTMENT CAPITAL, ALL THE
MONEY WE HAD, AND INVESTED
WITH THIS.
Reporter: WITH ALL OF
THE MONEY IN THE START-UP,
IT WAS DEFINITELY TOUGH.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE.
WE NO INCOME COMING IN.
IT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO
PAY THE BILLS.
TO THE POINT WHERE OUR
ELECTRICITY GOT CUT OFF.
WE DIDN'T EAT VERY WELL.
WE ATE RICE AND TUNAFISH AND
PECANS WE HAD OFF A TREE IN
THE BACKYARD.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT STRUGGLE,
BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT.
Reporter: THEY
STRUGGLED FOR THREE, LONG
YEARS.
SCOTT BELIEVES IT WAS THEN
THAT GOD TOLD HIM TO GIVE TO
A LOCAL CHURCH.
I HAD ABOUT $400 TO $500
IN THE COFFEE CAN.
I WENT HOME AND THOUGHT
ABOUT IT, STRUGGLED WITH IT
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND TOOK
IT DOWN TO THE CHURCH AND
PUT IT ON THE FRONT
DOORSTEP.
Reporter: FINALLY
THINGS TURNED AROUND.
IN 1996, THE COMPANY GREW
EXPEDENTIALLY.
I CAN ATTRIBUTE IT BACK TO
THE $400 OR $500 COFFEE
CAN.
Reporter: 2007 SCOTT
MARRIED NINA, AND SHE
CONVINCED HIM TO START
TITHING.
EVENTUALLY SCOTT AND HIS
PARTNER DECIDED TO SELL THE
COMPANY, BUT SCOTT HAD A
FALLOUT WITH HIS SHARE
SHOULDERS AND HE SHARE WAS
CUT 10%.
I LOOKED AT THE TITHE,
AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY
WE GIVE EVERY MONTH.
THAT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY WE'RE SHORT.
WHAT DO WE DO?
I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH
THAT.
I HAD HIM SAY, THIS IS
HOW MUCH WE TITHED.
MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP FOR A
WHILE.
AND I SAID, NO, THAT'S THE
LAST THING YOU NEED TO DO.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAND
STRONG AND STAND FAITHFUL,
KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING
BECAUSE EVERY TIME GOD WILL
SEE YOU THROUGH BETTER THAN
YOU CAN ASK OR THINK.
Reporter: SCOTT AND
NINA AGREED TO KEEP TITHING
ON THE AMOUNT OF SCOTT'S
PREVIOUS SALARY BEFORE THE
PAY CUT.
WE HELD TO IT AND STUCK
TO IT, AND SURPRISINGLY
ENOUGH, EVERY MONTH
ADDITIONAL INCOME WOULD COME
IN THAT WOULD COVER THE
REMAINING BILLS.
Reporter: FOR THREE
YEARS, THEY TITHED
FAITHFULLY AND TRUSTED GOD
TO PROVIDE.
AND FINALLY THEY CLOSED THE
DEAL, AND SCOTT MADE MORE
THAN 70 TIMES HIS INITIAL
INVESTMENT.
I WAS SURPRISED.
I WAS SHOCKED.
I WAS IN AWE.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THE
BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
ME AND MY FAMILY.
Reporter: SCOTT
BELIEVES IT WAS THEIR
FAITHFUL GIVING THAT MADE
ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE.
JUST TRY IT.
DO IT FAITHFULLY, AND I
GUARANTEE YOU YOU WILL SEE
GOD'S BLESSING.
Pat: DO IT FAITHFULLY.
YOU KNOW, THE LORD SAYS,
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
UNTTO YOU, PRESSED DOWN --
THAT IS A PROMISE OF GOD
HIMSELF.
SCOTT AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE
DID THAT AND THEY WERE NOT
DISAPPOINTED.
PRAISE THE LORD.
KRISTI?
Kristi: COMING UP, A
WIDOWER LAYS HIS EMOTIONS
BARE.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
THINGS FOR ME WAS MY FIRST
NIGHT AT HOME IN THE SAME
BED WITHOUT HER.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
LOOKING OVER AND REALIZING
THAT WAS THE PILLOW, NOT
LORETTA.
Kristi: SO HOW THIS MAN
FOUND JOY IN THE MIDST OF
HEARTACHE.
PLUS WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR NEEDS, SO
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: THIS SUMMER,
WHEN WE DID THE "VOICE OF
HOPE" SERIES, WE ASKED
PEOPLE IF THERE WAS A TOPIC
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT
YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED.
AND MANY PEOPLE WROTE IN,
WHAT ABOUT THE DEATH OF A
SPOUSE.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOUR A
WIDOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY.
THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE IS
DEVASTATING, NO MATTER WHEN
IT OCCURS, BUT FOR THOSE WHO
LOSE LOVED ONES DURING THE
HOLIDAYS, IT IS ESPECIALLY
HARD.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO
BISHOP NEVEL SMITH WHEN HIS
WIFE OF 39 YEARS DIED FIVE
DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT HOW
HE FOUND HOPE AND HELP TO
OVERCOME HIS HEARTBREAK.
Kristi: PSALMS 147
PROMISES THAT GOD HEALS THE
BROKENHEARTED AND BINDS UP
THEIR WOUNDS.
FOR BISHOP NEVEL SMITH, ONE
OF OUR EXPERTS FROM OUR
SINGLE SERIES, A BROKEN
HEART IS SOMETHING HE
EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.
ALTHOUGH COUNTLESS PRAYERS
WERE LIFTED UP BY HIS
FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND CHURCH
MEMBERS IN BERMUDA, THIS
WIFE OF 39 YEARS DIED OF
CANCER.
NOW A WIDOWER, THIS MIGHTY
MAN OF GOD ASKED THE
QUESTION SO MANY OTHERS HAVE
ASKED: "CAN GOD TRULY HEAL
THE BROKENHEARTED, AND IF
SO, HOW?"
NEVEL, I AM LOOKING THROUGH
THESE PICTURES THAT YOU GAVE
ME.
OH, YES.
Kristi: I KNOW.
AND I CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
HOW OLD WERE YOU?
I WAS, I THINK, ABOUT 19
IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
THAT MEANS THAT LORETTA
WOULD HAVE BEEN 17.
Kristi: WOW.
SO 19 AND 17.
SO THAT'S WHY SHE REALLY
SHINES AGAINST MY FACE.
SHE ALWAYS DID SHINE.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRIED
40 YEARS IN 2009.
SO WE WERE 39 YEARS.
CANCER GOT INTO HER BODY.
SHE WOKE UP ON -- I THINK IT
WAS A TUESDAY MORNING, AND
WITH SUCH PAIN IN HER
STOMACH.
AND SHE SAID, I'VE GOT TO GO
TO THE HOSPITAL.
TO SEE MY WIFE GO THROUGH
ALL OF THAT, TO SEE HER BODY
ALMOST BECOME DISFIGURED
WITH FLUIDS IN HER FACE --
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER, YOU
WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE HER.
AND TO GO IN EVERY DAY AND
SEE HER LIKE THAT CUT MY
HEART SO DEEPLY.
IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT
TIME OF MY LIFE, THAT LAST
YEAR AND THOSE LAST THREE
MONTHS, FROM SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 2008 UNTIL FIVE
DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THE MOST CHALLENGING TIME.
AND I'M ASKING GOD -- I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND -- AND I
HEARD SOMETHING IN MY SPIRIT
THAT I DID NOT WANT TO
HEAR.
I HEARD SHE'S COMING HOME TO
ME.
AND I REMEMBER SAYING THAT'S
NOT GOD BECAUSE WE WERE
PRAYING.
AND THOSE WORDS ECHOED IN MY
SPIRIT AND IN MY HEART AND
IN MY EMOTIONS.
AND I REMEMBER GOING BACK TO
THE APARTMENT AND SAYING,
GOD, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEN FINALLY I HAD TO
SAY IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET
THE PEACE ABOUT IT, I HAD TO
SAY JUST WHAT JESUS SAID.
NOT MY WILL, FATHER, THY
WILL WILL BE DONE.
THAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT
THING OF MY LIFE, TO RELEASE
MY WIFE.
Kristi: I KNOW THAT
GOD'S GRACE IS, AND
CONTINUES TO BE, SUFFICIENT
IN YOUR LIFE, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE DEATH OF YOUR
WIFE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTERWARDS,
WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE IN
YOUR HOUSE BY YOURSELF?
HOW DID GOD HELP YOU
NAVIGATE THE HEARTBREAK.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
THINGS FOR ME WAS MY FIRST
NIGHT AT HOME IN THE SAME
BED WITHOUT HER.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
LOOKING OVER AND REALIZING
THAT THAT WAS THE PILLOW,
NOT LORETTA.
MY WIFE WASN'T SIMPLY MY
WIFE.
SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
I SAID, LORD, HOW DO I
SUSTAIN MYSELF?
HE SAID, NO, I WILL SUSTAIN
YOU.
AND I SAID, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE LORD
SAID TO ME, IT WAS THE
BREAKING POINT IN MY LIFE
THAT GOT ME TO THIS DAY.
HE SAID THIS TO ME, TRUST
ME.
IF YOU WILL TRUST ME AND
MAKE TRUST THE ANSWER, THEN
YOU WILL GO THROUGH THIS
FINE.
TRUST BECOMES THE BRIDGE TO
THE ANSWER.
BECAUSE TRUST WILL BE THE
BRIDGE THAT WILL ALWAYS
CARRY ME TO THE NAME THAT IS
ABOVE EVERY NAME, THE NAME
JESUS, THE CHRIST OF GOD.
Kristi: HOW DO YOU
TRUST?
IT WAS AN ACT OF MY
WILL.
MY MIND AND MY EMOTIONS AND
MY SOUL.
I HAD TO TAKE ALL THREE OF
THOSE AND SAY I GEF THEM
GIVE THEM ALL TO YOU RIGHT
NOW.
AND AS SOON AS I DID THAT,
THE PEACE OF GOD SETTLED IN
MY SPIRIT AND MY MIND, AND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN IN
MY BODY.
MEANING THAT I COULD SLEEP
BETTER.
GOD KNEW I NEEDED THAT
GRACE.
I HAD TO GET BACK INTO
THINGS, THE CHURCH, THE
FAMILY, AND KEEP DOING THOSE
THINGS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND I REMEMBER GOING TO BED,
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, I THANK
YOU FOR KEEPING ME TODAY.
DID I STILL WEEP?
OF COURSE, BUT IT WAS NOT
THAT HEAVINESS.
THE WEEPING WAS BECAUSE I
MISSED HER SO MUCH.
IT WASN'T SO MUCH WEEPING
BECAUSE HER BODY HAD DIED;
IT WAS THE MISSING HER THAT
I HAD TO GET PAST.
AND THAT'S WHERE GOD GAVE ME
GRACE.
AND TO THIS DAY, I CAN SAY
THANK GOD FOR THE GRACE.
Kristi: WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO SOMEONE WHO THEIR
LOVED ONE IS GONE AND THAT
HEARTACHE IS STILL THERE.
PRAYER, READ THE WORD,
CRY.
LOOK AT THE PICTURES, CRY,
ALL OF THAT PROCESS.
GET UP IN THE MORNING, AND
GO AND DO WHAT YOU NORMALLY
DO.
RETURN TO NORMAL.
Kristi: YOU'VE GOT TO
START LIVING.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET UP.
IF YOU DON'T GET UP --
THAT'S THE DIFFICULTY
THERE.
EMOTIONS CAN KEEP YOU DOWN.
I HAD TO DECIDE TO GET UP.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE.
I DECIDED FOR GOD, I'M GOING
TO LIVE.
BECAUSE IN HIM I LIVE AND
HAVE MY BEING, SO I'M GOING
TO MAKE THIS A PRACTICAL
THING AS WELL.
Kristi: WHAT IS YOUR
HOPE FOR THE WIDOW?
FIND YOUR PLACE AGAINST.
FIND YOUR SPIRITUAL PLACE
AGAIN.
FIND YOUR PLACE IN YOUR
CHURCH?
FIND YOUR PLACE IN YOUR
FAMILY, WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
MAKE SURE THE RELATIONSHIPS
ARE WORKING WELL WITH YOU.
MAKE SURE YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR FRIENDS, MAKE SURE
THAT IS, AS BEST YOU CAN,
WORKING WELL.
SETTLE YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR
MIND AND YOUR EMOTIONS --
GET ALL THAT SETTLED FIRST.
EVEN AS A WIDOW BECAUSE IF
YOU DO GET MARRIED AGAIN,
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
GETTING MARRIED AS A WHOLE
PERSON.
IN OTHER WORDS, BE HAPPY
AGAIN WITH LIFE FOR YOU.
Kristi: YOU KNOW, I
CANNOT HELP BUT WATCH BISHOP
NEVEL SMITH AND A SMILE JUST
COMES TO MY FACE.
HE IS SUCH AN EXAMPLE OF
SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH
TRAGEDY AND UNANSWERED
SOMETIMES PRAYERS AND
CHALLENGES.
HE IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE
AND HE HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME
PERSONALLY WHAT GOD'S GRACE
LOOKS LIKE.
SPEAKING OF GOD'S GRACE, I
LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL FROM
MY HEART.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY, IF YOU
HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
HEARTBREAK, WHETHER IT IS
THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE OR THE
LOSS OF A RELATIONSHIP OR
SEPARATION OF A
RELATIONSHIP, HEARTACHE IS
NO JOKE, BUT GOD SAYS HE
HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED AND
HE BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID JUST FOR
YOU.
WE PUT TOGETHER A STUDY
GUIDE JUST ON SCRIPTURES
THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH
HEARTBREAK.
10 SPECIFICALLY WE KNOW WILL
ENCOURAGE YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST
GO TO cbn.com AND TO OUR
"VOICE OF HOPE" WEBSITE --
ACTUALLY, IT'S THE CBN
WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN CLICK ON "VOICE
OF HOPE."
AND YOU CAN GET ALL OF THESE
SCRIPTURES THAT I PROMISE
WILL HELP YOU.
OH, THEY STARTED THE FLAG
FOR ME.
AND YOU CAN GO ON TO, ONCE
AGAIN, cbn.com, AND THERE
IS A SPECIAL "VOICE OF HOPE"
SECTION.
AND YOU CAN GET THESE
TEACHING SHEETS.
THESE ARE ALL RESOURCES FOR
YOU.
AND TO REMIND YOU AS WELL,
WE DID SOMETHING ON TRUSTING
IN GOD.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST WEEK.
THE NEXT WEEK WAS
DISAPPOINTMENT, HOW TO
HANDLE DISAPPOINTMENT.
THIS WEEK IS HEARTBREAK.
NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO
DEAL WITH FORGIVENESS.
HOW TO FORGIVE SOMETIMES THE
UNFORGIVABLE.
SO, PAT, WE'VE HAD SUCH A
TREMENDOUS RESPONSE.
Pat: IT IS A WONDERFUL
SERIES.
LET'S GET ON WITH A FEW
QUESTIONS BEFORE THE END OF
THIS HOUR.
Kristi: AND LET'S PRAY
FOR PEOPLE.
Pat: WE WANT TO DO
THAT.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
Kristi: CATHOLI CATHY
FROM NEW MEXICO WAS OVERCOME
WITH DEEP GRIEF WHEN HER
FATHER DIED.
TWO WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB," AND
AT THAT MOMENT, PAT, YOU
GAVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE AND
SAID YOU'VE LOST A LOVED ONE
AND YOU'RE BURDENED WITH
GRIEF.
LOOK UP AND PRAISE GOD AND
REALIZE YOUR LOVED ONE IS
WITH HIM.
HE IS SUPPLYING THE NEED OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING AND
SUFFERING IN JESUS' NAME.
IN THAT INSTANT, THE PAIN IN
HER HEART WAS GONE AND HER
BODY WAS ABLE TO RELAX.
THE HEAVINESS WAS GONE AND
SHE WAS PRAISING GOD.
Pat: HERE IS A SIMILAR
THING.
A PHYSICAL HEALING TOOK
PLACE AFTER THE SPIRITUAL
ONE.
AFTER HIS BROTHER DIED, CRUZ
FROM TEXAS, EXPERIENCED DEEP
SORROW.
HE COULD HARDLY BREATHE.
ONE DAY HE HEARD KRISTI GIVE
A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, AND
SOMEBODY WHO'S SA SORROW
WAS CAUSING TROUBLE WITH
BREATHING.
HE FELT AN EMOTIONAL BURDEN
BEING LIFTED FROM HIM.
AND SINCE THEN HIS BREATHING
IS NORMAL AND HE IS VERY
HAPPY.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER YOU ARE,
IF YOU'VE LOST A LOVED ONE,
THE GRIEF CAN BE
UNIMAGINABLE.
REMEMBER, IF THAT LOVED ONE
IS WITH JESUS, HE OR SHE IS
HAPPIER THAN ANYTHING YOU
CAN POSSIBLY DREAM.
AND THERE WILL BE GREAT
REUNIONS IN HEAVEN.
WE'RE
GOING
TO
JOIN HANDS
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO
PRAY AND BELIEVE GOD FOR
YOU.
FATHER, IN THIS AUDIENCE,
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING GRIEF.
THEY HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE.
THEY HAVE LOST A CHILD.
THEY HAVE LOST A SPOUSE.
THEY HAVE LOST A BROTHER OR
SISTER.
THEY'VE LOST SOMEBODY CLOSE
AND THEY HURT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN CRYING OUT
FOR ANSWERS.
AND WE PRAY RIGHT NOW THAT
YOUR SPIRIT WILL COME LIKE
THE BOMB AND GILLIAD, AND
BRING HEALING TO THEM.
AND BRING HEALING AND JOY IN
THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF
NAZARETH.
RIGHT NOW RECEIVE AN ANSWER
TO YOUR PRAYER.
MAY THE PEACE
OF GOD FLOOD
YOU NOW.
MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU,
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES,
JESUS SAID, BUT I GIVE YOU
MY PEACE.
THE PEACE THAT PASSES
UNDERSTANDING SHALL KEEP
YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN
CHRIST JESUS.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: AND AMEN.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
REMEMBER, CHRISTMAS IS
COMING UP.
WE'LL BE SENDING
OUT THIS
LITTLE PACKET.
SO INSIDE IS YOUR FREE
CHRISTMAS DEVOTIONAL.
THAT LITTLE BOOKLET I TOLD
YOU ABOUT WILL BE THERE FOR
YOU.
AND WE'LL SEND THIS OUT AND
YOU CAN HAVE IT.
TOMORROW WE'LL TELL YOU
ABOUT A REVOLUTIONARY
TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH
A.L.S., LOU GEHRIG'S
DISEASE.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM THE PSALMS:
"YOU HAVE TURNED FOR ME, MY
MORNING INTO DANCING.
YOU HAVE PUT OFF THE SACK
AND CLOTHED ME WITH
GLADNESS."
PRAISE GOD.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, LIFT UP
YOUR HANDS AND THANK THE
LORD.
THANK HIM FOR HIS GOODNESS.
AND LORD WILLING, WE'LL BE
TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN
TOMORROW ON THE NEXT EDITION
OF "THE 700 CLUB."
FOR LEE AND
KRISTI AND ALL
OF US AT "THE 700 CLUB,"
GOOD-BYE.
