WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED
FOR A BETTER CHRISTMAS
GIFT.
Lee: A FIGHT FOR LIFE,
AND A MOTHER'S VOW.
I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
FOR CHILDREN LIKE YOU.
Lee: THEIR CHRISTMAS
MIRACLE.
JESUS KEPT ME SAFE, AND
HE SNUGGLED ME.
Lee: PLUS...THE "VOICE
OF HOPE" SERIES TAKES ON
LONELINESS.
IT TAKES US OFF-COURSE
AND WE JUST WANT THE PAIN OF
IT TO STOP.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WELL, MOST AMERICANS THOUGHT
THEY WOULD NEVER SEE THE DAY
COME, LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN, MOTOWN, HAVE
MOVED WITH LIGHTNING SPEED
TO FIGHT THE UNIONS AND
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
WORKERS.
Kristi: MICHIGAN WAS
ONE OF THE STRONGEST UNION
STATES IN THE COUNTRY, AND
NOW UNIONS THERE CAN NO
LONGER STRONG-ARM WORKERS
INTO PAYING DUES.
IT IS ANOTHER SIGN THAT
ANTIUNION FORCES IN THE U.S.
ARE GAINING MOMENTUM.
Reporter: MICHIGAN
REPUBLICANS ACTED SO QUICKLY
THAT THE UNIONS HAD LITTLE
TIME TO REACT.
WITHIN HOURS OF ANNOUNCING
THEIR PLANS LAST THURSDAY,
BILLS WERE RUSHED THROUGH
THE STATE SENATE.
AND AFTER A LEGALLY REQUIRED
FIVE-DAY WAITING PERIOD, THE
HOUSE APPROVED FINAL PASSAGE
TUESDAY.
THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS
FROM ACROSS THE STATE
CONVERGED ON THE CAPITAL IN
LANSING.
TEACHERS EVEN CALLED IN
SICK, ABANDONING THEIR
STUDENTS.
THERE WAS VIOLENCE.
THIS YouTube VIDEO SHOWS
A SUPPORTER OF THE NEW LAW
BEING PUNCHED BY UNION
MEMBERS.
POLICE HAD TO RESORT TO
PEPPERSPRAY TO CONTROL THE
CROWD.
BUT THE UNION INTIMIDATION
WASN'T ENOUGH.
THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
SIGNED THE LAW.
HOW CAN HE, WITH A STROKE
OF THE PEN, TAKE OUR RIGHTS
AWAY.
IT IS OFFENSIVE.
Reporter: SUPPORTERS
CALL IT RIGHT TO WORK, AND
UNIONS SAY IT CUTS THEIR
BARGAINING POWER.
President Obama: THE
SO-CALLED RIGHT TO WORK
LAWS, THEY DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ECONOMICS.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH POLITICS.
WHAT THEY'RE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT IS GIVING YOU THE
RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS
MONEY.
Reporter: UNDER RIGHT
TO WORK LAWS, WORKERS GET TO
TAKE HOME MORE OF THEIR
MONEY BECAUSE THEY PREVENT
THE UNIONS FROM FORCING
NON-UNION MEMBERS TO PAY
DUES.
ABOUT A QUARTER OF MICHIGAN
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WOULD
OPT OUT OF UNIONS, RETURNING
ABOUT $100 MILLION A YEAR TO
THEIR POCKETS.
SUPPORTERING ALSO SAY THE
LAW ENCOURAGES BUSINESS.
CHRIS BECKERING OWNS A
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND
PREDICTS THE BILL WILL ALLOW
HIS COMPANY TO HIRE MORE
WORKERS.
THIS WILL ATTRACT MORE
BUSINESSES TO MICHIGAN.
THOSE BUSINESSES WILL NEED
SPACE, AND WE'RE HERE TO
DELIVER IT FOR THEM.
Reporter: AS HARD AS IT
IS TO BELIEVE TODAY, DETROIT
WAS ONCE A JEWEL.
MANY A MICHIGANER WILL TELL
YOU DETROIT WAS DAMAGED IN
PART BY UNION POWER, BY
FORCING COMPANIES TO LEAD,
EAERODING THE TAX BASE.
NOW MICHIGAN WILL BECOME THE
24th RIGHT TO WORK STATE.
AFTER WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
SCOTT WALKER DEFEATED THEM
IN WISCONSIN AND THEN
SURVIVED A RECALL ELECTION.
BUT THE MICHIGAN LAW IS
LIKELY TO BE ONLY THE FIRST
ACT IN A LONG POLITICAL
STRUGGLE AS OPPONENTS FIGHT
THE NEW LAW IN COURT, THE
LEGISLATURE, AND THE VOTING
BOOTH.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS.
Pat: YOU HEAR THE
DEBATE ON THIS, AND THERE IS
SO MUCH MISINFORMATION.
I LIVE IN A STATE THAT HAS
HAD RIGHT TO WORK FOREVER.
IT IS PROSPERING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE
STATES AROUND THE NATION
THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST G.D.P.
GROWTH ARE KNOWS WHO ARE
RIGHT TO WORK.
AND THOSE WHO HAVE UNION
SHOPS HAVE LESS.
BECAUSE THE UNIONS FORCE
PEOPLE TO BE MEMBERS.
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
COMPULSARY UNION
MEMBERSHIP.
RIGHT TO WORK MEANS YOU CAN
OPT OUT OF UNIONS.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
DOES IT HURT THE WORKERS?
NO.
BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES HURT
THEIR LEADERS.
THE ONES WHO HAVE THIS SLUSH
NUND THEY CAN SPEND ON
POLITICAL ACTIVITY, OFTEN
UNCHECKED, AND SO IT IS
AMAZING THAT IN MICHIGAN,
THE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED -- AT
LEAST THE LEGISLATURE
RECOGNIZED, AND THE
COURAGEOUS GOVERNOR SAYS,
OKAY, THAT'S INTO LAW.
BUT THAT IS NOT
ANTI-WORKER.
WE'RE ALL FOR WORKERS.
AND WORKERS -- SOME YEARS
AGO, THEY NEEDED UNIONS.
UNIONS WERE IMPORTANT.
WORKERS DID NOT HAVE THE
POWER THEY NEEDED TO HAVE
AGAINST ENTRENCHED
INTERESTS.
THE CORPORATIONS WERE HUGE.
THE TRUSTS WERE HUGE.
AND THE WORKERS HAD LITTLE
OR NO SAY.
AND SO THEY ORGANIZED.
MEN LIKE JOHN LEWIS AND THE
MINE WORKERS BROUGHT SOME
SEMBLANCE TO DECENCY TO THE
LABORING MAN, AND THEY'VE
DONE A GOOD JOB.
BUT AT THIS STAGE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, UNION
POWER IS OUTMODED.
WE DON'T NEED, CERTAINLY, A
UNION SHOP.
CONGRATULATIONS.
BY THE WAY, WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT DETROIT, THE
FAILURE RATE AMONG DETROIT,
SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADERS,
IN TERMS OF READING IS JUST
APPALLING.
SO THE SCHOOLS IN THE INNER
CITIES HAVE DETERIORATED
DRAMATICALLY.
AND MICHIGAN, WHICH IS A
BRIGHT, SHINING EXAMPLE OF A
PROGRESS STATE, HAS FALLEN
WAY, WAY BEHIND THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE IN TERMS OF
EDUCATION.
WHAT I READ JUST RECENTLY.
SO OUR HATS ARE OFF TO OUR
FRIENDS IN MICHIGAN, AND WE
WISH YOU WELL IN THIS
ADVENTURE YOU HAVE EMBARKED
ON.
WE HAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT
STORY OUT OF MICHIGAN
TODAY.
BUT THIS ONE IS ABOUT
SHARI'A.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE FROM THE
CBN NEWS ROOM.
Lee: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
MICHIGAN LAWMAKERS ARE
WORKING ON A BILL THAT COULD
BAN SHARI'A LAW IN THEIR
STATE.
AND A MUSLIM ACTIVIST GROUP
IS FIGHTING BACK.
THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN
ISLAMIC RELATIONS, OR
C.A.R.E., AS IT IS KNOWN, IS
URGING GOVERNOR RICK
SCHNEIDER TO VETO ANY
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BLOCK
ISLAMIC LAW.
THE MICHIGAN HOUSE
CONSIDERED THE BILL ON
TUESDAY.
THE MEASURE DOES NOT MENTION
ISLAM, BUT IT WOULD PROHIBIT
THE INCLUSION OF ANY FOREIGN
LAWS THAT WOULD UNDERMINE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
AT LEAST 20 STATES ARE
CONSIDERING SIMILAR
MEASURES.
A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STUDENT
AS WON AN OUT OF COURT
SETTLEMENT WITH THE
UNIVERSITY THAT COMPELLED
EXPELLED HER.
THEY HAD KICKED HER OUT
BECAUSE OF HER OPPOSITION TO
HOMOSEXUALITY.
SHE ASKED HER SUPERIORS TO
REFER A GAY STUDENT TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
SHE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE SCHOOL.
U.S. APPEALS COURT RULED IN
HER FAVOR.
NOW THE SCHOOL HAS SETTLED
THE SUIT FOR $75,000.
HER LAWYER SAYS HER
CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED
RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VINDICATED,
BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION
THAT SHE WAS REINSTATED IN
THAT MASTER'S PROGRAM.
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS NORTH
KOREA'S LATEST LONG-RANGE
MISSILE TEST HIGHLY
PROVOCATIVE.
THE MISSILE HAS THE
POTENTIAL RANGE TO HIT THE
U.S. MAINLAND.
TUESDAY, NORTH KOREA
ANNOUNCED THE SUCCESSFUL
TEST OF THE UNA 3.
IT TRAVELLED DIRECTLY OVER
OKINAWA BEFORE FALLING
180 MILES NORTH OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE REGIME SAYS IT FIRED THE
MISSILE TO TEST TECHNOLOGY
NEEDED TO PLACE SATELLITE
INTO ORBIT, BUT OBSERVERS
SAY IT COULD BE USED TO
MOUNT A NUCLEAR WAR HEAD
THAT COULD REACH AS FAR AS
CALIFORNIA.
WHAT IF AMERICA HAD ALL OF
THE ENERGY IT NEEDED, AND
EVEN BECAME AN ENERGY
EXPORTER?
IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE, BUT IT JUST MIGHT
HAPPEN.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT GOOD
NEWS.
Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A
WELCOME SIGHT FOR PEOPLE
TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN
A DEPRESSED ECONOMY.
FALLING GAS PRICES.
THEY'RE LOWERING.
THAT'S AMAZING.
Reporter: A.A.A. SAYS
BY CHRISTMAS WE SHOULD HAVE
$3.20 A GALLON.
Reporter: IN SOME
AREAS, PRICES ARE IN THE
$3.00 A MARK.
I'M THRILLED.
I HAVE TO BUY GAS, SO THE
FACT IT CUTS A LITTLE LESS,
IT IS AMAZING.
Reporter: WHAT IS
CAUSING THE SUDDEN DROP?
EXPERTS SAY PRICES TYPICALLY
COME DOWN THIS YEAR.
SOME REFINERY PRICES
TYPICALLY COME DOWN THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
BUT WHAT IF PRICES CAME DOWN
AND STAYED DOWN?
EXPERTS BELIEVE NORTH
AMERICA MAY BECOME A NET
ENERGY EXPORTER BY 2030,
BECAUSE A SURGE IN OIL AND
GAS PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS
IMPROVEMENTS IN
ENERGY-EFFICIENCY.
NOT ONLY THAT, THE EXPERTS
SAY THE U.S. WILL BECOME THE
WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF
OIL, SURPASSING COUNTRIES
LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, VENS
VENEZUALA, AND IRAN.
WHAT IS BEHIND THE U.S. OIL
BOOM?
NENEW TECHNOLOGIES BY
FRACKING.
THIS UNCONVENTIONAL SURGE
IN OIL AND NATURAL GAS IS
ALREADY HAVING A BIG IMPACT
ON THE UNITED STATES.
IT HAS CREATED SOMETHING
LIKE 1.7 MILLION JOBS IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
Reporter: AND CHEAPER
ENERGY IS JUST WHAT
AMERICA'S STRUGGLING ECONOMY
NEEDS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Lee: AND PAT, WHAT
MAKES THIS EVEN MORE
ASTOUNDING ON THE SURFACE,
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE
GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO
THIS.
Pat: JUST THE
OPPOSITE.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT WOULD
LIKE TO STAND IN THE WAY OF
THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
THAT IS BRINGING THIS
BONANZA TO PLAY.
AND MANY STATES ARE
FORBIDDING FRACKING.
YOU HAVE TO BREAK THESE
ROCKS.
IT IS IN THE SHALE.
IN ORDER TO GET THE OIL AND
GAS OUT, IT HAS TO BE BROKEN
UP.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE
FRACTURES.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, OF
COURSE WE DON'T GET THE
OIL.
SO IT IS AMAZING TECHNIQUES
THAT INVOLVE HORIZONTAL
DRILLING OF AS MUCH AS TWO
MILES.
AND THEN FRACKING, WHICH IS
THE PUMPING OF A HUGE AMOUNT
OF SAND.
THEY CALL THAT A PROPPANT,
AND THEN WATER ON TOP OF
THAT.
AND TOGETHER IT RELEASES
THESE ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF
OIL.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'VE HAD
THESE SHALES HERE FOREVER
AND HAVEN'T THOUGHT MUCH
ABOUT IT.
WE BYPASS THE SHALES AND THE
DRILLING.
NOW, THANKS TO THE
CREATIVITY OF A SMALL OIL
COMPANY IN, I BELIEVE,
OKLAHOMA, WE'VE GOTTEN THESE
TECHNIQUES.
YOU HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WON'T STAND IN
THE WAY.
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS WILL
DO EVERYTHING TO STOP IT,
WELL, OUR WATER DOESN'T
TASTE TOO GOOD AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
WELL, WE NEED THE OIL.
AND WE NEED THE LOWER-PRICED
GASOLINE.
THE FACT WE COULD BE
EXPORTING OIL IS UNDREAMED
OF.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WOULD BECOME THE NUMBER ONE
PRODUCER OF OIL EN THE
WORLD.
HALLELUJAH.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, FRENCH PRIME
MINISTER JOHN MARK ARIAL IS
CRITICIZING THOSE HE CALLS
THE GREEDY RICH FROM FLEEING
FROM HIGH TAXES IN FRANCE.
HE MADE THE STATEMENT AFTER
FAMOUS ACTOR GIRARD
DEPARDEAU MOVED.
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE HAS
ANNOUNCED HE WILL TAX THOSE
WHO EARN MORE THAN ONE
MILLION EUROS A YEAR AT
75%.
PAT, OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF
GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE THEY
CALL THAT ROBBERY.
Pat: WELL, HE WOULD
CALL IT GREED FOR THOSE WHO
WANT TO KEEP HOLD OF THEIR
MONEY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GREEDY
AT ALL.
IF A GUY COMES WITH A GUN
AND A MASK, HE'S A ROBBER.
BUT IF HE COMES IN THE GUISE
OF AN I.R.S. AGENT, HE'S
FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND HE
IS HERE TO HELP YOU.
BUT IT IS RIDICULOUS TO CALL
THOSE PEOPLE GREEDY.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR
MONEY AWAY FROM GREEDY TAX
COLLECTORS.
AND I AM ALL FOR IT.
BUT, LET ME TELL YOU, THE
GREEDY TAX COLLECTORS ARE
INTO YOUR POCKET.
WE'VE GOT THIS DEBATE GOING
ON ABOUT TAXES.
ISN'T IT AMAZING, IF YOU
HEARD THE DEBATE IN THE TV,
THE TALKING HEADS, OVER THE
LAST SIX, EIGHT YEARS,
YOU'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT THE
BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH.
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT?
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
Pat: OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
Kristi: OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
Pat: WAS THERE EVER ANY
TALK THAT THE BUSH TAX CUTS
WERE FOR ANYBODY ELSE?
JUST FOR THE RICH?
Kristi: YEAH.
Pat: GUESS WHAT?
OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS ARE SCREAMING NOW
BECAUSE THE COUNTRY MAY LOSE
THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
THEY HAVEN'T SAID A WORD
ABOUT IT, AND SUDDENLY
THEY'RE THE DEFENDERS OF THE
BUSH TAX CUT.
BUT YOU NEVER HEAR WHO PUT
THEM INTO EFFECT.
THAT CAME ABOUT WITH THE
REPUBLICANS.
GEORGE BUSH, THE PRESIDENT,
HAD AN ACROSS THE BOARD TAX
REFORM, WHICH AMOUNTED TO
$2,000 FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILY AND TAX RELIEF, AND
THE AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF
THOSE THINGS WENT THROUGH,
AND THE 10 YEARS IS UP.
AND THIS FISCAL CLIFF WILL
BE THE EXPIRATION OF THE
BUSH TAX CUTS, UNLESS
SOMEBODY INTERVENES.
BUT YOU DON'T HERE THE
DEMOCRATS SAYING WE MUST
FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE BUSH
TAX CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
YOU NEVER HEAR THAT.
BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL
BECAUSE THEY WON'T TAKE CARE
OF THE TAX CUTS FOR THE
MIDDLE CLASS THAT THEY PUT
IN OVER DEMOCRATIC
OBJECTION.
THIS IS POLITICS, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
IT SOMETIMES MAKE YOU SICK
IN YOUR STOMACH.
Kristi: IT DOES,
BECAUSE THOSE POLITICS ARE
GOING INTO MY POCKETBOOK,
WHICH WE DO NOT LIKE.
SPEAKING OF POCKETBOOK,
WE'RE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS
AWAY FROM THIS FISCAL
CLIFF.
FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
PROTECT YOUR POCKETBOOK,
A.K.A., YOUR MONEY.
AND LATER, A MIRACULOUS
HEALING, A BABY IS HEALED OF
HEPATITIS "C," JUST IN TIME
FOR CHRISTMAS.
LOOK AT THAT PUMPKIN PIE.
.
Pat: WELL, WITH EACH
PASSING DAY, THE QUESTION
LOOMS LARGER, WILL THE
ECONOMY GO OVER WHAT'S BEEN
TERMED THE FISCAL CLIFF ON
DECEMBER 31ST?
THE OUTLOOK ISN'T TOO
PROMISING.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO CUT
A DEAL BEFORE EVERYONE
LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR THE
CHRISTMAS BREAK.
HEATHER CELLS HAS MORE.
Reporter: THERE WAS
TALK OF COMPROMISE WHEN THE
PRESIDENT AND HOUSE SPEAKER
JOHN BOEHNER MET FACE TO
FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
NEARLY A MONTH.
SOME G.O.P. LAWMAKERS SAY
THEY'RE OPEN TO RISING TAXES
ON THE TOP EARNS IF THE
DEMOCRATS CONSIDER HOLDING
THE POINT AT 6.6%.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE
MEANS TESTING, AND THOSE
WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND
RETIREMENTS SHOULD PAY
MORE.
Reporter: BUT A TEAL IS
NEEDED QUICKLY, IF THERE IS
GOING TO BE CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
AND EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT
AND CONGRESS DO STRIKE A
DEAL, NEITHER REPUBLICANS
NOR DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE PAYROLL TAX
INCREASE THAT WILL AFFECT
ALL WORKERS ON
JANUARY 1st.
THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX,
WHICH WAS TEMPORARILY
DROPPED TO 4.2% IN 2010, IS
SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO 6.2%
IN JANUARY.
THAT MEANS THAT THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD WILL SEE
ITS 2013 PAYCHECKS SHRINK BY
ABOUT 2%.
THERE ARE ALSO DISCUSSIONS
IN WASHINGTON ABOUT CAPPING
OR ELIMINATING TAX
DEDUCTIONS ON MORTGAGE
INTERESTS AND CHARITABLE
DONATIONS.
ALL OF THIS HAS MANY
TAXPAYERS SCRAMBLING TO FIND
WAYS TO PROTECT THEIR
MONEY.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: JOINING ME NOW TO
TELL YOU WHAT THE FISCAL
CLIFF MAY MEAN FOR YOU AND
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT
YOURSELF, IS FRANK NICO.
HE IS CBN'S DIRECTOR.
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."
NICE TO SEE YOU.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
Pat: LET'S SAY THEY'VE
GOT SOME APPRECIATED STOCK.
TALK TO US WHAT THAT MEANS,
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO
SOMEBODY -- YOU TELL US THE
SCENARIO?
SURE.
FIRST OF ALL, PAT, THERE IS
A SPECIAL DEDUCTION RULE,
THAT IF YOU GIVE CASH, YOU
CAN GIVE UP TO 50% OF YOUR
ADJUSTED GROSS INCOMEMENT
AND IF YOU HAVE APPRECIATED
STOCKS, BONDS, MUTUAL FUNDS,
YOU CAN GIVE UP TO 30% OF
YOUR ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.
BY GIVING STOCK, YOU CAN
DEDUCT THE FULL MARKET VALUE
AND YOU BYPASS THE CAPITAL
GAINS TAX.
AND ANOTHER THING I MIGHT
MENTION, FIDELITY, VANGUARD,
SWABB HAVE WHAT IS CALL
CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDS.
YOU CAN TAKE AN IMMEDIATE
DEDUCTION IN 2012, AND PUT
IT IN AN INVESTMENT WHERE IT
WILL GROW, AND AT A FUTURE
TIME YOU CAN GIVE IT TO A
DESIGNATED CHARITY.
Pat: LET'S GIVE AN
EXAMPLE.
APPLE HAS RUN UP IN PRICE,
YOU HAD A DONOR WITH SOME
STOCK.
THE DONOR I TALKED TO A
FEW DAYS AGO, HE PURCHASED
APPLE STOCK BACK IN 2010,
AND PAID $2 A SHARE, AND IT
HAS APPRECIATED TO OVER $500
A SHARE.
IT HAS COME DOWN FROM
SEPTEMBER.
HE MADE A VERY JE GENEROUS,
LARGE GIFT.
Pat: HE GAVE THE STOCK
AND HE PAID NO TAX, BUT HE
GOT A DEDUCTION FOR THE
MARKET VALUE?
EXACTLY.
Pat: NOT WHAT HE PAID
FOR IT.
THAT'S NOT A BAD DEAL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT
HE ENDED UP DOING, AFTER HE
GAVE THAT GIFT, HE ENDED UP
BUYING MORE APPLE STOCK AND
START THE PROCESS OVER AND
AFTER ONE YEAR, GIVE IT
AGAIN.
Pat: I CAN'T GUARANTEE
APPLE WILL GO UP THAT MUCH
AGAIN.
BUT, IN ANY EVENT, THIS IS
WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
DIVIDENDS WERE DOWN TO 15%,
AND NOW THEY WANT TO BRING
IT BACK UP TO ORDINARY.
AND CAPITAL GAINS WERE UP TO
15%, AND I THINK THEY WANT
TO TAKE THEM TO 20%.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO, IN
ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST
SUGGESTED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY
CAN STILL DO THIS YEAR, YOU
KNOW WHAT THE TAX RATES ARE
THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IF, IF YOU
HAVE A TRADITIONAL I.R.A.,
CONVERTING THAT TO A ROTH.
THAT CONVERSION IS TAX ABLE,
BUT THE RATES ARE GOING TO
BE LOWER THAN WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT A ROBLG
ROTH IS THAT APPRECIATION IS
TAX-FREE, AND IT IS TAX
FREE.
Pat: BUT WHEN THEY
CONVERT, THEY WILL PAIR A
HIGHER RATE?
YES, BUT IT WILL BE LOWER
THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE IN THE
FUTURE.
Pat: FRANK NIKKO, WHAT
IS YOUR DEPARTMENT?
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CBN
PLANNED GIVING AND A
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT.
Pat: HE IS A FINANCIAL
CONSULTANT.
AND IS IT THE REGULAR NUMBER
HERE?
1-800-223-2372.
Pat: 223-2373.
FRANK NIKKO.
KRISTI?
Kristi: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, PAT.
STILL AHEAD, IF YOU'RE ALONE
FOR THE HOLIDAY, HOPE IS
AHEAD ON THE "VOICE OF HOPE
SERIES."
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT LONELINESS.
FIRST, A MOTHER'S PRAYER IS
ANSWERED WHEN HER BABY IS
COMPLETELY HEALED.
ALL EVIDENCE OF THAT
HEPATITIS "B" VIRUS WITHIN
HER BLOOD COMPLETELY
DISAPPEARED.
SHE IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE
SEEN THAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY
ABLE TO COMPLETELY CLEAR
HEPATITIS "B."
Kristi: SEE HOW THIS
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE UNFOLDED.
PLUS, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND ALL OF YOUR NEEDS.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: WELL, THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON IS A TIME
OF MIRACLES.
AND FOR DAWN JOHNSON, ONE
HOLIDAY SEASON STANDS ABOVE
ALL THE REST.
IT IS THE CHRISTMAS OF 2005,
WHEN HER BABY GIRL WAS
HEALED OF HEPATITIS.
WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED
FOR A BETTER CHRISTMAS
GIFT.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE
GREATEST GIFT GOD COULD HAVE
EVER GIVEN US.
Reporter: DAWN
JOHNSON'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
REALLY BEGAN WITH A PROMISE
SHE MADE AS A 19-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
DURING A MISSION TRIP TO
HAITI, SHE VISITED A SMALL,
THIRD WORLD HOSPITAL.
I REMEMBER GOING INTO
THIS HOSPITAL WITH THIS
GENTLEMAN, AND I SAID TO THE
GENTLEMAN, I SAID, WHAT'S IN
THAT ROOM.
I REMEMBER HIM OPENING THAT
DOOR, AND THERE WERE ROWS
AND ROWS OF BABIES.
NOT A WORD.
NOT A SOUND.
I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN HE SAID
THIS WAS OUR DYING ROOM.
I LOCKED EYES WITH ONE
INFANT.
AND I REMEMBER MY EYES
SAYING, ONE DAY, I PROMISE
YOU, I WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR CHILDREN LIKE
YOU.
Reporter: AS SHE GREW
OLDER, DAWN NEVER FORGOT HER
PROMISE.
SHE STARTED HER FAMILY WITH
HER HUSBAND TOM AND HAD FOUR
BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN.
THEN THEY BEGAN TO FOSTER
CHILDREN, AND EVENTUALLY
ADOPTED HAYLEY IN 1996, IN
2004, THEY ADOPTED AGAIN.
THIS TIME A LITTLE GIRL FROM
ETHIOPIA NAMED GRACE.
WE KNEW THAT GOD HAD
SPOKEN THAT THIS WAS THE
LITTLE GIRL WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO HAVE.
Reporter: IN MAY OF
2005, TOM AND DAWN TRAVELLED
TO ETHIOPIA TO PICK UP THEIR
DAUGHTER.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE
DAY WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE
ROOM AND IT WAS LINED UP
WITH THESE LITTLE CRADLES,
AND LITTLE GRACE'S EYES WERE
OPENED.
I REMEMBER AN INSTANT
CONNECTION.
YOU'RE AN ANSWER TO A BIG
PRAYER, AREN'T YOU?
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND I
LOOKED AT HER, AND IT WAS
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CONNECTION
BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I HAD
STARED INTO EYES OF AN
INFANT LIKE THAT IN
DEVASTATION WAS IN HAITI.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS
GRIN THAT TOOK UP HER WHOLE
FACE JUST EXPLODED.
Reporter: BUT THE NEXT
DAY DAWN AND TOM LEARNED THE
HARD TRUTH ABOUT GRACE'S
BACKGROUND.
I REMEMBER THE INSTRUCTOR
SHARING WITH US THAT OUR
LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN FOUND.
SHE HAD BEEN ABANDONED AND
FOUND IN A FIELD, UNDERNEATH
A LITTLE NOOK IN A BUSH.
AND WITH A ROPE PLACED
AROUND HER NECK.
A ROPE ON HER NECK.
A ROPE ON HER NECK?
SHE HAD BEEN LEFT NAKED.
SHE HAD NO FOOD AND NO WATER
FOR TWO DAYS.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET HER
BIRTHDAY EXACTLY ON.
THEY HAD TO GUESS.
Reporter: A GROUP OF
VILLAGERS STUMBLED UPON THE
ABANDONED BABY AND CONTACTED
A POLICE OFFICER.
HE SAID THAT ROPE WAS SO
TIGHT AROUND HER NECK, HE
COULDN'T GET HIS FINGERS IN
THERE TO GET IT OFF.
IT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
DEATH.
AND THE TOWN WHERE SHE FROM
IS HOSANNA, AND THAT
LITERALLY MEANS, LORD, SAVE
US.
AS I LOOKED DOWN AT HER
SLEEPING IN MY ARMS, HOW
COULD SHE SURVIVE SUCH A
THING.
LITTLE DID I KNOW GOD'S
GRACE WAS SO WITH HER.
AND HE WAS REVEALING MORE
AND MORE AND MORE, JUST WHAT
HIS GRACE IS.
Reporter: ON MAY
23rd, 2005, GRACE CAME
HOME TO THE UNITED STATES TO
HER NEW BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
BUT WHEN THEY TOOK GRACE IN
FOR ROUTINE BLOOD WORK, THEY
GOT A SOBERING REPORT.
SHE HAD HEPATITIS "B"
THAT SHE PROBABLY ENDED UP
GETTING AT THE TIME OF
BIRTH.
AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
TREATMENT AVAILABLE.
THESE CHILDREN CAN
ULTIMATELY GO ON TO HAVE
CIRRHOSIS WHEN THEY'RE
OLDER, OR A CANCER.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT
POINT HOW DEVASTATING
HEPATITIS "B" COULD BE.
BUT I KNEW SHE COULD BE A
VERY, VERY SICK LITTLE
GIRL.
AFTER HEARING THAT NEWS,
IMMEDIATELY WE WENT IN OUR
BEDROOM AND WE PRAYED.
WE TOOK OUR LITTLE GIRL AND
WE PRAYED OVER HER.
Reporter: JUST DAYS
LATER, THE JOHNSONS WENT TO
A HEALING CRUSADE.
AT THE HEALING CRUSADE, I
REMEMBER THE PASTOR SAYING,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PRAY.
ASK GOD ANYTHING AND JUST
BELIEVE.
I REMEMBER PLACING MY HAND
ON HER HEAD AND CLOSING MY
EYES AND JUST PRAYING.
YOU KNOW, LORD, JUST HEAL
HER.
THAT'S ALL I ASK OF YOU.
AND A BEAUTIFUL VISION CAME
BEFORE ME.
THE SIGHT OF JESUS HAD
WALKED UP IN FRONT OF ME AND
HE WAS TAKING HER DISEASE,
WHICH HE DIED ON THE CROSS
TO DO, AND HE WAS GIVING HIS
HER PURITY, HIS LIFE, HIS
HEALING.
IT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL
THING I HAD EVER WITNESSED.
I SAID, FATHER GOD, I KNOW
YOU ARE HEALING HER.
I CLAIM THIS FOR HER.
Reporter: IN DECEMBER,
THE JOHNSON'S TOOK GRACE
BACK IN TO HAVE HER BLOOD
RETESTED.
MY CELL PHONE RANG, AND
IT HAPPENED TO BE OUR
DAUGHTER.
HE SAID, DAWN, I HAVE GREAT
NEWS FOR YOU.
I HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR
YOU.
IT WAS JUST BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
HER LIVER ENZYMES WERE
TURNED BACK TO NORMAL.
ALL EVIDENCE OF THAT
HEPATITIS "B" VIRUS IN HER
BLOOD COMPLETELY
DISAPPEARED.
SHE IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE
SEEN WHO HAS BEEN ACTUALLY
ABLE TO CLEAR THE HEPATITIS
"B."
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TIME.
WE CELEBRATED THAT
CHRISTMAS.
THAT CHRISTMAS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
WE WILL PROBABLY WILL EVER
CELEBRATE.
THE GIFT HE GAVE US OF HER
AND HER HEALING.
Reporter: TODAY GRACE
IS FIVE YEARS OLD AND
HEALTHIER THAN EVER.
SHE EVEN HAS A LITTLE
BROTHER, JOSEPH, FROM THE
SAME ORPHANAGE IN ETHIOPIA.
EVERY DAY IS SUCH A
MIRACLE DAY.
I'M REMINDED EVERY DAY, WHEN
I SEE HER AND THE JOY SHE
HAS WITHIN HER HEART AND
SPIRIT, OF GOD'S LOVE AND
HIS GRACE.
JESUS KEPT ME SAFE AND HE
SNUGGLED ME.
AND HE LOVED ME.
EVERYTHING HE DID FOR
GRACE, GOD IS NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS, AND THE LOVE AND
FAVOR THAT HE GAVE THAT
LITTLE GIRL IS WHAT HE WANTS
HIS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HE
HEARS OUR CRY.
AND HE WANTS TO SAVE US,
JUST AS HE SAVED THAT LITTLE
GIRL.
HE IS THERE WAITING FOR
YOU.
Kristi: WHAT DO YOU SAY
AFTER A STORY LIKE THAT?
YOU SAY NOTHING.
ALL YOU DO IS BELIEVE.
YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
GOING TO DO WHAT HE HAS
PROMISED AND SAID HE IS
GOING TO DO.
IF HE SAID HE IS GOING TO
HEAL YOU, HE IS GOING TO
HEAL YOU.
WHATEVER YOUR PRAYING FOR
RIGHT NOW, PAT AND I ARE
GOING TO STAND IN AGREEMENT
AND AGREE WITH YOU.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
RIGHT NOW.
KATHRYN, FROM CALIFORNIA,
SUFFERED WITH ARTHRITIS FOR
YEARS.
SHE COULD ONLY OPEN THEM UP
IN A CUP POSITION.
SHE HAD TO TAKE STRONG PAIN
MEDICATION.
ONE TODAY SHE WAS WATCHING
THE "700 CLUB."
PAT, YOU GAVE A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THIS AUDIENCE WITH
TWISTED ARTHRITIS.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THAT
ARTHRITIS IS GOING AWAY.
YOUR LIMBS ARE GOING TO BE
NORMAL.
KATHRYN HEARD THE WORD, AND
SHE WEPT, AND A WARMTH CAME
OVER HER AND THE PAIN WENT
AWAY.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, SHE
COULD OPEN UP HER HANDS AND
THEY ARE NOW COMPLETELY
NORMAL.
PRAISE GOD.
Pat: YOU KNOW, GOD IS
SO GOD.
GOD IS A GOOD GOD.
HE LOVES YOU.
THIS IS FROM ALLENDALE,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HER NAME IS CATHERINE.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
FIBROID TUMORS IN THE
OVARIES IN 2007.
THEY WEREN'T CANCEROUS, BUT
NO SURGERY WAS PERFORMED.
SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH
THE MONEY.
KRISTI GAVE HIS
WORD, QUOTE,"THE LORD IS
HEALING SOMEONE WITH FIBROID
TUMORS."
SHE PLACED HER HANDS ON THE
AREA AND THE PAIN WAS GONE.
SHE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY
PAIN OR BLEEDING SINCE THAT
DAY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE
ONLY REALIZED THE POWER THAT
GOD HAS, AND THE POWER THAT
HE HAS PLACED IN THE HANDS
OF HIS PEOPLE.
WE DON'T REALIZE THE
ENORMITY OF THE GLORY OF
GOD.
THIS IS THE GOD WHO CREATED
THE UNIVERSE.
OF COURSE HE CAN HEAL A
FIBROID TUMOR.
OF COURSE HE CAN TAKE CARE
OF ARTHRITIS.
OF COURSE HE CAN HEAL YOUR
SICKNESS, WHATEVER IT
HAPPENS TO BE.
AND THAT LITTLE BABY WHO HAD
THE HEPATITIS.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN
TOGETHER, AND THERE IS
NOTHING -- NOTHING
IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD.
FATHER, KRISTI AND I JOIN
TOGETHER.
AND WE AFFIRM THAT THERE IS
NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD,
FOR GOD.
WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
NOW, LORD, OH, MY.
THERE IS A WOMAN NOW WHO IS
CRYING OUT TO GOD IN PAIN.
YOU ARE SUFFERING SO MUCH
PAIN, AND YOU SAID, OH, GOD,
NOW, HEAL ME.
AND GOD HAS HEARD YOUR
PRAYER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE NAME
ALICE IS APPROPRIATE, BUT IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, RECEIVE A
HEALING.
WE COME AGAINST THAT PAIN
AND SUFFERING, THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN EXPERIENCING, IN JESUS'
NAME.
ALL CANCER IS GONE, YOUR
CELLS ARE HOLE IN JESUS'
NAME.
Kristi: THERE IS
SOMEONE OUT THERE, AND YOU
HAVE A SKIN DISEASE.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
YOU'VE GONE TO THE DOCTOR,
IT IS NOT CURED.
AND IT HAS AFFECTED YOUR
HAIR FOLLICLES, AND YOUR
HAIR IS COMING OUT AS WELL.
THE LORD IS A GREAT HEALER
AND A GREAT PHYSICIAN, AND
HE IS HEALING YOU RIGHT NOW
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST.
Pat: THERE IS
A NECK
MUSCLE THAT IS PROTRUDING --
PUT YOUR HAND ON THAT BUMP
THAT HURTS SO MUCH.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, TOUCH,
AND MAY THE POWER OF GOD
HEAL YOU.
NOW, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
PRAYING FOR FINANCES, YOU'RE
STRUGGLING, YOU'RE HURTING,
GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER.
HE IS GOING TO LOOK AFTER
YOUR FINANCES.
BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT
HE HAS DONE.
THANK YOU.
KRISTI, YOU HAVE SOMEONE
ELSE?
Kristi: THERE IS
SOMEONE ELSE, THERE IS LIKE
A BUBBLE UP AREA IN THE
INSIDE OF YOUR EYELID.
THE LORD IS HEALING THAT
INFECTION RIGHT NOW IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
Pat: IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, RECEIVE AN ANSWER TO
YOUR PRAYER, AND MAY THE
GLORY OF GOD TOUCH YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: GOD IS GOOD.
GIVE HIM PRAISE.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING,
THANK HIM.
RECEIVE IT AND THANK HIM.
IF YOU WANT FURTHER PRAYER,
THE PHONE NUMBERS THERE.
YOU CAN CALL IN.
WE LOVE YOU AND CARE ABOUT
YOU.
Kristi: WE ALL NOW THAT
CHRISTMAS IS COMING UP.
BUT SOMETIMES THE HOLIDAYS
CAN BE THE LONELIEST TIME OF
THE YEAR.
COMING UP, STRAIGHT TALK
FROM A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED
9/11.
WE JUST WANT THE PAIN OF
IT TO STOP.
AND WE HAVE OUR EYES FIXED
ON WE THINK WILL MAKE THAT
HAPPEN, AND WE GO FOR IT.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I DID.
Kristi: BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR LESLIE HASKIN TALKS
ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT
LONELINESS ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
AMERICA IS NOW OFFICIALLY
STANDING WITH THE COOLS OF
COALITION OF FIGHTERS
OPPOSING SYRIA PRESIDENT.
WHERE 100 NATIONS RECOGNIZED
THE SYRIA COALITION.
FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND THE
GULF NATIONS HAVE ALSO
UNVEILED MEASURES TO SUPPORT
THE NEWLY FORMED SYRIAN
GOVERNMENT.
STILL, WORLD LEADERS ARE
CONCERNED THAT ELEMENTS OF
THE OPPOSITION MAY BE
AFFILIATED WITH AL-QAEDA
TERRORISTS IN IRAQ.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED IT WILL LEGALIZE
GAY MARRIAGE NEXT YEAR, BUT
CHURCHES WILL BE LEGALLY
BANNED FROM CONDUCTING THOSE
CEREMONIES.
PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON
BACKS HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE,
BUT HE HAS STRESSED THERE BE
A 100% GUARANTEE THAT NO
CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT
THE CEREMONIES.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND
THE CHURCH OF WALES WERE
BANNED BECAUSE OF THEIR
STRONG OPPOSITION TO GAY
MARRIAGE.
OTHER RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OPT IN IN THE
FUTURE.
AND 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.
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Pat: HERE IS A FUN
CHRISTMAS STORY FOR YOU, A
$5 CONTRIBUTION LEADS TO A
DELIGHTFUL RETIREMENT IN
MEXICO.
OOH.
Kristi: THAT'S A GREAT
LEAD-IN.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE.
I'M LIKE, REALLY.
Pat: TODAY PATRICIA
RIGS LIVES IN MEXICO, AND
WORKS PART-TIME IN PUBLIC
RELATIONS.
SHE IS ALSO A CBN PARTNER.
SHE LEARNED ABOUT THE
BLESSING OF GIVING THE HARD
WAY, WHEN SHE WAS DOWN TO
HER LAST $5.
I LIKE CBN'S MINISTRIES.
I LIKE WHERE THEY FOCUS.
TO THE POOR, TO THE NEEDY.
AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
Kristi: PATRICIA RIGS
LOVES BEING A CBN PARTNER,
BUT IN THE '60s, AS A
SINGLE MOTHER OF FOUR,
PATRICIA STRUGGLED TO GIVE
AWAY ANY MONEY.
I WAS CONCERNED AT THE
TIME I WOULDN'T GET BY.
HOW WOULD I FEED THE
CHILDREN AND CLOTHE THEM AND
GET SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
IT WAS TOO MUCH AT ONE
TIME.
Reporter: ONE DAY IN
CHURCH,
PATRICIA SAYS GOD
TOLD HER TO GIVE $5.
I HAD ONE $5 BILL THAT
HAD TO LAST ME UNTIL FRIDAY,
WHEN PAYDAY CAME.
I HAD A BIG LUMP IN MY
THROAT WHEN I PUT THAT $5 IN
THAT PLATE.
Reporter: THE NEXT
MORNING SHE FOUND A $10 BILL
THAT A CO-WORKER HAD TUCKED
IN HER DESK.
THAT GIFT WAS SUCH AN
INSPIRATION TO MY FAITH THAT
I BEGAN TO GIVE.
I BEGAN TO GET MONEY.
IT WOULD SHOW UP FROM THE
STRANGEST PLACES.
I REMEMBER ONE WAS AN
INSURANCE REFUND THAT I HAD
NO IDEA WAS COMING.
Reporter: OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS, PATRICIA
RECEIVED ENOUGH BONUSES AND
PROMOTIONS TO MAKE HER
BUDGET WORK.
THEN IN 1990, SHE LANDED A
MANAGEMENT POSITION AT A
LARGE COMPANY IN DALLAS.
I REALLY WAS PLEASED TO
LAND THAT JOB.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, FOR
ME, OF A LIFETIME.
Reporter: SHE NOW
ENJOYS SEMI RETIREMENT,
LIVING IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO.
WHEN YOU TITHE, YOU
CANNOT HOPE BUT RECEIVE BACK
MORE THAN YOU HAVE GIVEN.
THE BEST INVESTMENT THAT I
KNOW HOW TO MAKE IS WITH THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
Pat: I LOVE IT!
I LOVE IT!
WHAT A SWEET, GRACIOUS
LADY.
AND STRUGGLES, BUT THE
STRENGTH OF STEEL INSIDE.
BUT SHE DID WHAT WAS
NECESSARY.
SHE PUT INTO EFFECT THE LAW
OF THE KINGDOM, AND GOD
BLESSED HER THROUGH HIS
LAWS.
I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED
"GOD'S PLAN FOR AMERICA."
AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE
DAYS AHEAD.
IT'S A D.V.D.
YOU CAN PLAY IT ON YOUR
RECORDER MACHINE.
AND WE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
AND THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
GOING OUT.
AND I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY
THAT THIS CONTAINS SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL, BUT ALSO
SOMETHING JUST BLASPHEMOUS.
Kristi: I KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT, PAT,
AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT.
Pat: THIS IS MACARONI
AND CHEESE.
Kristi: KRISTI WATTS'
RECIPE FROM HER GRANDMA.
AND WHAT PAT WON'T OWN UP TO
IS HE LIKES IT.
GO.
Pat: AND MY WIFE'S
FAMILY'S SAINTED ORANGE DATE
NUT CAKE, WHICH IS SO
INCREDIBLE FOR THE
HOLIDAYSMENT ALONG WITH
HOLIDAYS.
ALONG WITH THAT MACARONI.
Kristi: SAY IT ON TV,
PAT, I LOVE IT.
Pat: I LOVE THE ORANGE
DATENUT CAKE THAT MY WIFE
MAKES.
THE BOOK, DESPITE THE
BLASPHEMY, IS COMING TO
YOU.
Kristi: STILL AHEAD, WE
HAVE THE eMAIL QUESTIONS,
AND SHARON SAYS, "I'M ALONE
WITH MY DOG DURING THE
HOLIDAYS, AND IT'S A
STRUGGLE.
WHY DOES GOD WANT ME TO
STRUGGLE?"
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION ON THE TOPIC OF
LONELINESS, SO WHATEVER YOU
DO, DON'T GO AWAY.
Kristi: THIS MUSIC
ALWAYS MAKES ME HAPPY.
NOW I'VE GOT TO SHIFT GEARS
TO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.
SOMETIMES GOING THROUGH LIFE
ALONE IS DIFFICULT.
IT CAN ESPECIALLY BE HARD
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LESLIE
HASKIN KNOWS FIRST HAD.
SHE HAS BEEN LONGING FOR A
HUSBAND FOR A DECADE, EVER
SINCE SHE SURVIVED THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS ON 9/11.
I TALKED CANDIDLY WITH
LESLIE ON HOW SHE HANDLES
LONELINESS.
Kristi: THE FIRST TIME
I MET LESLIE HASKIN WAS ON
THE SET OF "THE 700 CLUB."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
SHE SHARED HER TRAUMATIC
STORY OF HOW SHE BARELY
ESCAPED FROM THE NORTH TOWER
ON 9/11.
THE EVENTS OF THAT ONE DAY
CHANGED LESLIE'S LIFE
FOREVER.
SHE WENT FROM A HIGH-POWERED
EXECUTIVE TO A HOMELESS
WOMAN TRAPPED IN A MENTAL
PRISON OF LONELINESS AND
ISOLATION.
BUT GOD SAVED HER.
THIS BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
TRAVELS THE GLOBE SHARING
GOD'S MESSAGE OF HOPE.
BUT EVEN THOUGH LESLIE
SURVIVED THE TRAUMA OF
LIVING THROUGH 9/11,
SOMETIMES SHE STILL FACES
THE ONGOING STRUGGLE OF
LONELINESS.
BEFORE 9/11, MY LIFE WAS
ALL ABOUT ME.
I WAS MY OWN GOD.
I HAD NO NEED FOR GOD.
IT WAS ABOUT CLIMBING THE
CORPORATE LADDER AND GETTING
AS MUCH STUFF IN MY LIFE AS
I COULD GET.
9/11 KILLED THAT LESLIE.
AND I'M DISCOVERING THE
LESLIE THAT GOD CREATED ME
TO BE.
Kristi: HAVE YOU EVER
GOTTEN FRUSTRATED WITH GOD
IN REGARDS TO RELATIONS?
GOD DELIVERED YOU FROM 9/11,
HE DELIVERED YOU FROM SOME
OF THE MOST TRAUMATIC THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE, BUT THEN IT IS
LIKE, REALLY, LORD, YOU CAN
MOVE THE MOUNTAIN, BUT YOU
CAN'T GIVE ME A HOLY
GHOST-FEARING MAN?
YUP, ALL OF THAT.
Kristi: LET'S TALK
ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, YEAH.
I FEEL LIKE THAT A LOT.
WHEN I WAS MISS CORPORATE
AMERICA, I HAD NO DESIRE TO
BE MARRIED.
I WAS MARRIED TO MY JOB.
I LOVED MY LIFE JUST THE WAY
IT WAS.
IT WAS PERFECT.
IT WASN'T UNTIL CHRIST CAME
TO LIVE WITH ME AND I GOT --
AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT
LIKE IT'S A BAD THING.
IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I GAVE
MY WHOLE SELF TO THE LORD,
AND I STARTED THIS
PARTICULAR JOURNEY, THAT
THAT DESIRE STARTED TO GROW
IN ME.
WHERE I WANT TO SHARE MY
LIFE WITH SOMEBODY.
I WAS ENGAGED A FEW YEARS
AGO, AND THINGS DID NOT WORK
OUT.
THE MAN THAT WAS ENGAGED TO
TURNED OUT TO NOT BE THE MAN
THAT I THOUGHT HE WAS.
AND IT BROKE MY HEART.
IT BROKE MAY HEART.
THERE WERE RED FLAGS FOR ME
THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT I WAS BLOWING THROUGH
THOSE STOP SIGNS LIKE
CRAZY.
Kristi: RIGHT.
OKAY, BUT I CAN FIX
THAT.
OKAY, BUT I CAN PRAY THAT
AWAY.
OKAY, BUT THIS.
IT IS THE LONELINESS BECAUSE
I WANTED WHAT I WANTED.
AND THE LONELINESS WAS
LOUDER THAN THE VOICE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
AND LONELINESS WILL DO THAT
TO US SOMETIMES.
IT TAKES US OFF-COURSE.
AND WE JUST WANT THE PAIN OF
IT TO STOP.
AND WE HAVE OUR EYES FIXED
ON WHAT WE THINK WILL MAKE
THAT HAPPEN, AND WE GO FOR
IT.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I DID.
Kristi: HOW DIFFICULT
IS IT NOT TO SETTLE WHEN YOU
WANT SOMETHING SO BAD, AND
GOD IS NOT MAKING IT HAPPEN
SOON ENOUGH.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
PITFALLS OF SETTLING?
MY DADDY USED TO SAY TAKE
A LOOK AT WHAT YOU WANT AND
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE RISK
IS.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO EXCEPT
THAT RISK, THEN GO FOR IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, WALK AWAY.
AND IN THAT MOMENT COULD BE
YOUR LAST MOMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT YOUR
LEGACY TO BE?
Kristi: HOW CAN WE
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO
OVERCOME, BUT TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH IT, LESLIE?
WE'VE GOT TO FIRST STOP
DENYING IT.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
STOP DENYING THAT YOU FEEL
LONELY.
STOP DENYING WHO WE ARE.
WE HAVE THIS HUGE DESIRE
THAT WE WANT AND WE DON'T
HAVE IT, SO WE GET LONELY.
IT'S OKAY TO SAY, OKAY, I'M
LONELY TODAY.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO.
WE GO TO GOD AND SAY, GOD,
HERE IS MY LONELINESS.
I'M FEELING LONELY.
WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT IT?
THEN HE TELLS US.
HE'LL SAY, READ A LITTLE BIT
OF MY WORD AND THEN CALL
KRISTI AND YOU GUYS GO
SKATING TOGETHER.
GOD IS ALWAYS GOING TO GIVE
US WISDOM AND ANSWER FOR THE
WHOLE PERSON.
NOT JUST THE SPIRITUAL
ASPECT OF YOU, OR THE FLESH
ASPECT OR THE SOUL ASPECT OF
YOU.
HE'S GOING TO COVER THAT
WHOLE KRISTI PERSON.
Kristi: WHERE DOES
FAITH COME IN IN ALL OF
THIS?
WHERE DOES TRUST IN ALL OF
THIS COME IN IN ALL OF
THIS?
WHERE DOES BELIEF IN GOD
COME IN IN ALL OF THIS?
BEING ABLE TO BE HONEST
WITH HIM.
TO GIVE HIM OUR WHOLE
HEARTS, THE WHOLE TRUTH OF
IT.
THE DISAPPOINTMENT, BECAUSE
LONELINESS IS ABOUT
DISAPPOINTMENT AS WELL.
THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
WHEN WE'RE LONELY AND
DISAPPOINTED IN LIFE, IT
GOES BACK TO BEING
DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT GOD HAS
DONE OR WHAT HE HAS NOT DONE
IN OUR LIVES.
AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, LORD,
I'M LONELY.
I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH WHERE
I AM IN MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE
DONE MORE BY NOW.
AND IT'S NOT PRETTY, BUT IT
IS WHAT IT IS.
HE KNOWS IT ALREADY BECAUSE
MY HEART IS ALREADY
SCREAMING IT, SO MY MOUTH
MAY AS WELL TELL THE TRUTH.
WHEN I GO THROUGH TRIALS, I
WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY I GO
THROUGH THE THEM
GRACEFULLY.
AND I WANT TO SAY, THANK
YOU, JESUS.
THIS IS GOING TO BRING YOU
CLOSER TO ME.
I DON'T.
I LOOK UP SOMETIMES AND I
GO, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
IS THIS A JOKE.
GOD APPRECIATES OUR HONEST
HEART AND HE IS NOT
INTIMIDATED BY OUR FAULTS.
THERE IS NO POINT IN ME
PRAYING FALSE PRAYERS WHEN
MY HEART IS PRAYING THE TRUE
PRAYERS.
Kristi: FOR THAT PERSON
WHO IS WATCHING YOU WHO
MIGHT BE DISCOURAGED OR
LONELY OR THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE A CALL BUT MIGHT
NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
WE'VE GOT TO STOP
STRUGGLING AND LET IT GO.
THE BATTLE HAS ALREADY BEEN
WON.
THERE IS NO FIGHT, EXCEPT
THE FIGHT OF OUR OWN FLESH.
WE HAVE TO WALK IN THAT
VICTORY.
HOPE DRIVES US TO A BETTER
DAY, KNOWING THAT TOMORROW
IS A BETTER DAY.
SO WE LOOK TO THE BETTER
DAY, AND WE KEEP HOPING.
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
THINGS HOPED FOR, BUT THAT
HOPE IS IN CHRIST.
IT IS IN THE REALITY, AND
KNOWING THAT IT CAN, AND IT
IS BETTER, THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST.
Kristi: LONELINESS IS A
REAL ISSUE THAT MANY OF US,
ESPECIALLY SINGLE FOLKS,
HAVE TO DEAL WITH DURING THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE TRUE ESSENCE IS TO KNOW
THAT GOD IS OUR HOPE, AND
WITH THE LORD, WE'RE NEVER
ALONE, RIGHT?
LESLIE WROTE A BOOK CALLED
"WHEN LIFE DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE," AND SHE TALKS ABOUT
TOUGH TIMES AND ANSWERS
TOUGH QUESTIONS.
AND YOU CAN GET IT ON
CBN.COM.
TO SEE ALL OF OUR "VOICE OF
HOPE" SEGMENTS, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS LOG ON TO
cbn.com, AND GO TO OUR
"VOICE OF HOPE" SECTION, AND
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A TEACHING
SHEET THAT HAS ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH --
OH, LOOK AT THAT CAMERA
MOVE.
VERY, VERY NICE.
EVERY WEEK WE HAVE THE
DIFFERENT BIBLE SCRIPTURES
THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE
SUBJECTS AND TOPICS WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
I WOULD LOVE TO NAME THEM,
BUT YOU HAVE TO LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
THIS ONE IS ABOUT
LONELINESS.
AND IT HAS 10 SCRIPTURES
WHERE THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
IT.
FOR YOU SOMEONE ELSE.
NEXT WEEK WILL BE OUR FINAL
"VOICE OF HOPE" SERIES, AND
WE'LL TALK ABOUT FINDING
FULFILLMENT WITH WHERE YOU
ARE TODAY.
SHARON SAYS, "I'M ALONG WITH
MY DOGS AND NO HUMAN
COMPANIONSHIP, AND IT HURTS,
ESPECIALLY DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
I TOOK MY NEEDS ON HOPE TO
TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS
WHILE THEY WERE DYING AND
LOST THE CHANCE TO HAVE MY
OWN CHILDREN.
I'M WORKING SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK JUST TO GET BY
FINANCIALLY.
WHY DOES GOD WANT ME TO BE
ALONE AND JUST TO BARELY
MAKE IT THROUGH WITH NO
QUALITY OF LIFE?"
Pat: I DON'T THINK GOD
WANTS YOU TO.
BUT YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY
WORKING, SO BRANCH OUT AND
GET TO KNOW THEM.
IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK OR
WHEREVER, THERE ARE MORE
PEOPLE HURTING.
MORE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE SOMEBODY GIVE THEM
SOME FOOD, GIVE THEM A
HANDOUT, GIVE THEM A MESSAGE
OF LOVE.
THEY'RE LOADED WITH THINGS.
YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF THOSE
MISSIONS, THE BOWERY
MISSION.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS.
AND YOU CAN REACH OUT AND
VOLUNTEER, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE NOT LONELY
BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING
SOMEONE ELSE.
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
THAN RECEIVE.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A PITY
PARTY AND SAYING I'M SO
LONELY, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAN I HELP?
IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK OR
WHATEVER CITY YOU'RE IN,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE
LORD'S HAND EXTENDED.
Kristi: I LOVE THAT,
PAT.
BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS
EVEN GO TO YOUR NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR.
PAPATTY SAYS, "I'M A NEW
CHRISTIAN AND I'M 60 AND I
FEEL GUILT FOR OUTLIVING
SOME OF MY FRIENDS.
WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO I FIND
OUT ABOUT THIS GRIEF?"
Pat: YOU DON'T FIND IT
BECAUSE THE LORD DOESN'T
SHARE THAT SENSE OF GRIEF.
THERE IS A GLORIOUS
FULFILLMENT, AND THE BIBLE
SAYS WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN,
THERE IS NO MORE TEARS, NO
MORE SORROW, NO MORE
SUFFERING, NO MORE PAIN FOR
THE FORMER THINGS THAT
PASSED AWAY.
ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE
GONE.
THEY TALK ABOUT SURVIVOR
GRIEF, SOMEBODY IS IN A
FIREFIGHT AND HE GETS MAYBE
WOUNDED AND HIS BUDDY GETS
KILLED.
AND HE COMES HOME AND HE
FEELS GUILTY BECAUSE HE IS
STILL ALIVE.
NO.
YOU THANK GOD THAT HE HAS
PRESERVED YOU AND HE HAS
GIVEN YOU A BLESSING.
AND JUST SAY, I HAVE LIFE.
I HAVE SOMETHING GOOD GOING
ON.
YOU'RE ONLY 60 -- WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT.
Kristi: I WAS THINKING
THE SAME THING.
60, THAT'S YOUNG.
Pat: YOU'RE JUST A
KID.
Kristi: 80 IS YOUNG.
Pat: YEAH, BABY.
KEEP PREACHING IT.
BUT PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT
YOU'VE GOT AND USE YOUR
TALENTS TO HELP OTHERS.
AND DON'T BE SITTING AROUND
AND FEELING SORROW OR SOME
KIND OF SURVIVOR GUILT.
TOMORROW, FIGHTING CANCER
AND WINNING THE BATTLE WITH
FOOD.
OH, BOY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT
ONE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM PSALMS: "GOD SETS
THE LONELY IN FAMILIES."
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
