Gordon: IT'S THE END OF
THE WORLD, OR IS IT?
THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING
FURTHER ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN.
Gordon: HEAR WHY THE
MAYANS BELIEVE DOOMSDAY IS
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
AND WHY THEY'RE WRONG.
THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY
SAY SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN
SEEING ANYTHING.
Gordon: PLUS, HEALTHY
ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUR
FAVORITE FOODS ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
*
Gordon: WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
WINTER HAS FUELED
REVOLUTIONS ACROSS THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NOW THE
WHITE HOUSE IS USING IT,
HOPING TO WIN A BUDGET
BATTLE.
Terry: PRESIDENT OBAMA
IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO
MOBILE LISTEN THE MASSES.
AND HE IS DOING IT BY
TURNING THE FISCAL CLIFF
ISSUE INTO A POCKETBOOK
ISSUE.
Reporter: THE COMMANDER
IN CHIEF ALREADY HODES THE
MOST POWERFUL BULLY PULPIT
IN THE WORLD.
HE IS DOING IT BY USING
AMERICA'S MOST FAVORITE
PASTTIME, TWITTER.
HE HAS CREATED THE HASH TAG,
MY2K, THE AMOUNT THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS THE AVERAGE
FAMILY WILL LOSE TO THE
GOVERNMENT IF TAX CUTS
EXPIRE.
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE USED THE HASH TAG,
TWEETING THEIR TWO CENTS
ABOUT THE ESTIMATED $ ,000
THEY WILL LOSE IF WE FALL
OFF THE FISCAL CLIFF.
President Obama: MY
TWEET HAS BEEN POSTED.
Reporter: SIGNING OFF
AT B.O., FOR BARACK OBAMA.
THIS VIDEO OF HIM WAS, OF
COURSE, TWEETED.
A VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO TWEETED
TWEETED UNDER THE HASH TAG,
THAT SHE RECEIVED A PERSONAL
ADVICE FROM THE PARENTS.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND LIVE
WITH HER PARENTS.
President Obama: $2,000
FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND IN
THIS HOUSEHOLD, WOULD
ACTUALLY MEAN $4,000 WAS
LOST.
Reporter: SPEAKER JOHN
BOEHNER SHARING A LINK TO
POLLING DATA.
A RECENT SURVEY SHOWS
CUTTING TAXES MORE POPULAR
THAN MORE JOBS.
AND PETER ABRAHAM TWEETS,
THERE ARE NO ENOUGH RICH
PEOPLE TO COVER GOVERNMENT
AND THE MASSIVE SPENDING.
THE GOAL OF THE MY2K
CAMPAIGN IS TO PERSONAL LIES
THE POLITICAL DEBATE.P1
AFTER THEP1 ELECTION, OBAMA
FOR AMERICA SURVEYED ITS
ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS, AND
NEARLY 80% SAY THEY WANT TO
KEEP VOLUNTEERING, PRIMARILY
AROUND THE PRESIDENT'S
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
ON MR. OBAMA'S Facebook
PAGE, A PERSONAL,
QUOTE,"WHEN THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SPEAK LOUDLY ENOUGH,
LO AND BEHOLD, CONGRESS
LISTENS."
WE CAN EXPECT SOCIAL MEDIA
TO PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT
DESIGN.
Gordon: PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
NEVER DISBAND HIS CAMPAIGN
STAFF.
HE KEPT IT GOING FOR THE
FULL FOUR YEARS OF HIS FIRST
TERM.
AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS
GOING TO KEEP IT GOING FOR
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SO GET READY, THERE IS GOING
TO BE MORE CAMPAIGNING OVER
THIS BUDGET FIGHT, OVER THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
AND I WISH PEOPLE WOULD PAY
ATTENTION TO THE NUMBERS,
BECAUSE EVEN IF THE TAX
INCREASE HAPPENS, IT'S NOT
ENOUGH INCOME TO SOLVE THE
DEFICIT.
IF THERE ISN'T CORRESPONDING
CUTS TO GO ALONG WITH THE
INCOME BEING RAISED, THE
REVENUE INCREASING, WE'RE
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO GETTING A
BALANCED BUDGET.
I KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE,
BANK OF AMERICA DID A STUDY,
AND IT IS TWO YEARS OLD NOW,
AND SAID IF WE GET RID OF
ALL DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND
ALL MILITARY SPENDING AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, WE STILL
HAVEN'T SOLVED OUR BUDGET
PROB.
PROBLEM.
AND TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO
BREAKING NEW GROUND IN
RELATIONSHIPS.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE.
Lee: THE SENATE HAS
TAKEN A STEP TOWARDS BANNING
CYBER-STALKING ON CELL
PHONES.
THE SENATE APPROVED A BILL
THAT MAKES IT A CRIME FOR
COMPANIES TO MAKE AND
OPERATE SO-CALLED STALKING
APPS.
RIGHT NOW A JEALOUS SPOUSE
CAN DOWNLOAD AN APP FOR
ABOUT $50.
THEY CAN THEN TRACK THROUGH
PARTNER THROUGH THEIR CELL
PHONE WITHOUT THEM KNOWING.
THEY HAVE LOCATE PHYSICAL
LOCATIONS AND WEBSITE
VISITS.
ALL RELATED TO AN E-MAIL
ADDRESS CHOSEN BY THE
INSTALLER.
YOUR LOCATION CAN BE PASSED
TO AVERTISERS, MARKETERS,
AND OTHERS, WITHOUT YOUR
PERMISSION.
THE U.S. AND OTHER WESTERN
NATIONS ARE REFUSING TO
ENDORSE A CONTROVERSIAL
UNITED NATIONS INTERNET
TREATY.
IT MAY NOT MATTER.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE
APPROVED ANYWAY.
THE U.S. ARGUES THAT THE
TREATY GIVES AUTHORITATIVE
REGIMES GREATER CONTROL TO
CENSOR THE INTERNET.
BUT SOME APPROVE IT,
INCLUDING CHINA, RUSSIA,
IRAN, AND THE GULF ARAB
STATES.
THEY SAY THE WEST HAS BEEN
FAR TOO DOMINANT OVER THE
INTERNET.
A LIST OF CANDIDATES TO
REPLACE HILLARY CLINTON AS
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS
NARROWED.
THE PRESIDENT'S TOP PICK HAS
WITHDRAWN HER NAME.
Reporter: U.N.
AMBASSADOR, SUSAN RICE, ONCE
WAS A SHOO-IN FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE.
BUT CONTROVERSY OVER HER
EXPLANATION FOR THE BENGHAZI
ATTACK SPIKED HER
CANDIDACY.
ON WEDNESDAY, RICE SAYS SHE
NO LONGER WANTS THE JOB.
IN A LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT, SHE WROTE, "THE
POSITION OF SECRETARY OF
STATE SHOULD NEVER BE
POLITICIZED.
I AM SADDENED WE HAVE
REACHED THIS POINT, EVEN
BEFORE YOU DECIDED WHOM TO
NOMINATE."
RICE CAME UNDER HEAVY
CRITICISM BY REPUBLICANS FOR
HIS EXPLANATION ON THE
ATTACKS OF THE U.S.
CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI.
WHEN MANY EXPECTED IT WAS A
PLANNED TERROR ATTACK.
WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
TROUBLED BY MANY OF THE
ANSWERS THAT WE GOT, AND
SOME THAT WE DIDN'T GET.
Reporter: HER EXIT
MAKES AN OPENING FOR
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, JOHN
KERRY.
HE HAS BOLTED TO THE
PRESIDENT'S TOP LIST OF
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.
KERRY IS NOTED FOR HIS
FOREIGN RELATIONS
EXPERIENCE, AND HIS
RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING
SKILLS, THAT COULD HELP HIM
SUCCEED AS THE COUNTRY'S TOP
CANDLE.
AND CHUCK CAGEL HAS EMERGED
TO REPLACE LEON PANETTA.
AND THERE IS AN OPENING AT
THE TOP JOB AT THE C.I.A.
JOHN BRENNAN AND OTHERS ARE
CONTENDERS.
MEANWHILE, A KERRY
NOMINATION COULD MEAN A
VACANT SEAT IN SPECIAL
ELECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SCOTT BROWN IS VIEWED AS A
STRONG CONTENDER TO FILL THE
SPOT.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Lee: MEANWHILE,
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE IT
CLEAR THAT SUSAN RICE WILL
STAY ON AS U.N. AMBASSADOR
AND REMAIN A KEY MEMBER OF
HIS CABINET AND NATIONAL
SECURITY TEAM.
THE U.S. IS SENDING PATRIOT
MISSILES AND TROOPS TO
TURKEY.
THE DEFENSIVE WEAPONS ARE TO
PROTECT TURKEY FROM MISSILE
ATTACKS FROM NEIGHBORING
SYRIA, WHICH IS EMBROILED IN
A CIVIL WAR.
400 SOLDIERS ARE NEEDED TO
OPERATE THOSE TWO MISSILE
BATTERIES.
LEON PANETTA SIGNED THE
ORDER.
TURKEY IS A NATO MEMBER IS
REQUESTED THE WEAPONS.
GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS
WILL ALSO SEND PATRIOT
MISSILES TO TURKEY.
ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC
REGIME IN SUDAN ATTACKED AT
LEAST 26 VILLAGES IN THE
NUMA MOUNTAINS.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED
BURNED OUT HUTS IN SOUTH
CORTAVAN, WHICH THE NUMA
MOUNTAINS ARE LOCATED.
THE SOURCES SAY IT DESTROYED
FOODS, HOMES, AND
GRASSLANDS.
THE NUMA REGION IS HOME TO
SOME OF THE LARGEST
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.
THEY SUFFERED ATTACKS
BETWEEN THE 20-YEAR WAR
BETWEEN THE ISLAMICS IN THE
NORTH AND SOUTH.
CBN NEWS ASKED HIM WHY THE
REGIME IS TARGETING THESE
PEOPLE AGAIN.
THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
IS PURSUING A POLICY OF
SCORCHED EARTH AND
STARVATION WARFARE IN ORDER
TO RID THE NUMBA MOUNTAINS
OF THE NUMBA PEOPLE.
IT IS AN ETHNIC CLEANSING
CAMPAIGN, BLOCKADING ALL
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF INTO
SOUTH CORTAVAN.
THAT MEANS NO FOOD, NO
DRINKING WATER, AND NO
MEDICINE IS GETTING TO THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS, OR
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
ACTUALLY, OF INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PEOPLE.
Lee: AND YOU CAN CAN
SEE THAT ENTIRE INTERVIEW
ON CBNNEWS.COM.
YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD BY
NOW THAT THE ANCIENT MAYAN
CIVILIZATION PREDICTED THE
END OF THE WORLD ON 20-12
DECEMBER 21, 2012.
WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
HEARD IS IN ORDER TO ESCAPE
IT WOULD BE TO GO TO A
MOUNTAIN.
Reporter: GUBERROCK
MOUNTAIN IS A SPACE STATION
THAT WILL RE RESCUE PEOPLE
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FLOCKING
HER, INTENDING TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES FROM WHAT THEY
SAY IS THE COMING
APOCALYPSE.
HE SAYS THE GATEWAY WILL
OPEN IN LINE WITH THE
PLANETS OF THE SUN.
MOST TOWNS PEOPLE ARE
NON-BELIEVERS AND THINK ALL
OF THE ATTENTION IS FUNNY.
THIS LOCAL MAN EXPECTS A FEW
HUNDRED PEOPLE TO BE HERE
FOR THE BIG DAY.
SOME LOCALS, HOWEVER, FIND
THE WHOLE THING A BIT
ANNOYING.
LIKE VALERIE AUSTIN, WHO
RETIRED HERE FROM ENGLAND TO
GET AWAY FROM IT ALL.
WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE,
ONE COULD CLIMB THE PEAK AND
SEE NOBODY ALL DAY.
AND NOW IT'S LIKE PASS BY
THE RIGHT, PASS BY THE LEFT,
AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE
DESTROYED SOME THINGS THAT
WERE THERE BEFORE.
THAT'S A SHAME.
Reporter: UNLIKE THE
MAYAN CALENDAR, THE BIBLE
SAYS NO ONE KNOWS THE DATE
THE WORLD WILL END.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE
WORDS OF JESUS, DO NOT
BELIEVE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT ALSO
BELIEVE IN ME.
YOU CAN TRUST HIM TO TAKE
CARE OF US.
Reporter: LORI JOHNSON,
CBN NEWS.
Lee: THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRISTIANS
TO BRING THE REIGN OF CHRIST
TO BEAR.
Gordon: UP NEXT, WHAT
IS REALLY BEHIND THE
PREDICTION OF THE WORLD
ENDING ON 12-21-12.
DID THEY REALLY PREDICT THE
END OF THE WORLD?
AND THEN WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
Terry: AND LATER ON,
SKINNY COMFORT FOOD.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
EAT THIS.
MATT GOLDING SHOWS YOU HOW
TO MAKE YOUR FAVORITE GUILTY
PLEASURES, BUT WITHOUT THE
GUILT.
Terry: WELL, WE ARE
JUST EIGHT DAYS AWAY FROM
WHAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
WILL BE THE END OF THE
WORLD.
ACCORDING TO THE MAYAN
CALENDAR.
AND ALL OF THIS TALK HAS
SOME OUR VIEWERS VERY
CONCERNED.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL E-MAILS
ASKING ABOUT THE
PREDICTION.
HERE IS ONE FROM JASMINE WHO
SAYS, "MY FRIENDS AND SOME
OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD ME
THE WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO END
ON DECEMBER 21, 2012.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS NO MAN
KNOWS WHEN THE WORLD IS
GOING TO END.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS?"
AND APRIL ASKS, "IS THERE
ANY REASON TO HAVE FEAR OR
CONCERN ABOUT DECEMBER 21,
2012?"
Gordon: AND WE'RE GOING
TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
THE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE
END OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN
GOING ON FOR HISTORY.
EVEN THE POPE IN 1,000
A.D.TOOK PEOPLE OFF TO A
MOUNTAIN EXPECTING THE
RETURN OF CHRIST AND THE END
OF THE WORLD.
YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE
PREDICTIONS, AND WHAT DOES
THE BIBLE SAY.
ON THE MAYANS, WHAT EXACTLY
DO THEY BELIEVE.
AND HOW DID THEY COME UP
WITH THE DOOMSDAY DATE OF
DECEMBER 21, 2012?
WELL, WATCH THIS.
FOR 1300 YEARS, TECHAL WAS
THE HEART OF THE MAYAN
CIVILIZATION.
IT WAS CALLED THE CITY OF
VOICES.
IN THEIR TEMPLES, PRIESTS
PERFORMED SACRIFICES AND
STUDIED THE STARS.
AND SOME BELIEVED THEY
PREDICTED THE END OF THE
WORLD.
THE MAYAN LONG-COUNT
CALENDAR IS EVEN MORE
ACCURATE THAN OUR OWN.
BUT IT SAYS ON DECEMBER 21,
2012, THE LONG COUNT OF TIME
WILL REVERT TO ZERO.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
DURING THE PERIOD, THEY
MADE A SERIES OF
INSCRIPTIONS IN STONE.
THEY MENTIONED THE BEGINNING
AND THE END OF THIS ERA, BUT
THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING
FURTHER ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN.
SOME PEOPLE THIS 5,125 CYCLE
WILL END CATASTROPHICLY,
THAT IT WILL BE THE END OF
THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
Gordon: THE MAYANS
BELIEVED THEIR LIVES
DEPENDED ON OBSERVING THE
SKY AND PREDICTING THE
FUTURE.
Reporter: THEY RELIED
ON THE HARVEST, SO THEY
NEEDED TO KNOW HOW THE
WEATHER, AND THE RAINY
SEASON IN GENERAL, WOULD
AFFECT THEIR CROPS.
AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO
THE MAYANS TO GET THE
ATTENTION OF THEIR GOD.
THEY WANTED THEIR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THEIR
BLESSING FOR A BETTER
FUTURE.
Gordon: TO GET THE
ATTENTION OF THEIR GODS AND
ANCESTORS, THE EARLY MAYANS
SACRIFICED BLOOD, THEIR OWN
BLOOD.
THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD
ACTUALLY CREATED MAN FROM
CORN.
TO BRING THAT CORN TO LIFE,
THE GODS HAD TO SACRIFICE
THEIR OWN BLOOD.
THTHE MAYANS FELT INDEBTED
TO THEM AND GAVE THEIR
BLOOD.
Gordon: IN THEIR
EFFORTS TO GET CLOSER TO THE
GODS, MAYANS WENT THROUGH
LONG PERIODS OF FASTING AND
ISOLATION.
BUT THEY CAN ONLY ENTER INTO
THE PRESENCE OF GOD AFTER
EXTREME SELF-SACRIFICE.
SAND-STONE CAR VINCE GILL
CARVINGS SHOW THE RITUAL.
A WOMAN PIERCES HER TONGUE.
THE MORE PAINFUL THE RITUAL,
THE MORE AVAILABLE THE
BLOOD.
WE BELIEVE THEY DRANK
SOME SORT OF INTOXICATING
SUBSTANCE AND THEN PERFORMED
THESE RITUALS.
THE PAIN ITSELF WAS VERY
IMPORTANT.
HOLDING THE TONGUE, THEY
WOULD RUN A CORD, SOMETIMES
LACES WITH THORNS.
AND THE SMOKE OF THE BLOOD
ROSE INTO THE SKY TO THE
GODS.
Gordon: FROM THE
BURNING SCROLLS RISES THE
IMAGE OF A SERPENT, AND
PERHAPS AN ANCESTOR, GOD, OR
ANCIENT KING.
BUT THE IMAGE IS ELUSIVE.
CARVED INTO THIS STONE IS
THE MAYAN GLIF FOR CONJURE.
IT CONSISTS OF A HANDúv
GRASPING A FISH.
FOR THE MAYANS, SEEING THE
VISION IS LIKE REACHING INTO
A FLOWING STREAM TO CATCH A
FISH.
HARD TO CONTROL, AND EASY TO
LOSE.
IF WE READ IT, IT ONLY
SAYS CONJURE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY VISION.
AFTER ALL OF HER SUFFERING,
THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY
SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SEEING
ANYTHING.
Gordon: DURING THE
EARLY YEARS OF THE MAYIAN
CIVILIZATION, EVEN KINGS
PERFORMED THESE PAINFUL
RITUALS, DESPERATELY SEEKING
THE GODS ON BEHALF OF THEIR
PEOPLE.
OVER THE CENTURIES, THE
GREAT MAYAN EMPIRE CRUMBLED,
AND THEIR CITIES AND TEMPLES
WERE ABANDONED AND LOST IN
THE JUNGLE.
STILL, REMNANTS OF THE
CULTURE REMAIN.
IT WAS A BLENDING OF
CULTURES FROM MEXICO AND THE
MAYAN TERRITORIES.
IT SEEMS THERE WAS A MOMENT
WHEN A DIVINE THUR THIRST
FOR BLOOD SPRUNG UP.
Gordon: IN THE 16
HANDLING CENTURY, A SPANISH
MONK WROTE OF WITNESSING
MAYAN POLIC PEOPLE TRYING
TO REACH GOD.
THEY HURT HIM, CUTTING
HIM WITH A KNIFE, BETWEEN
THE RIBS, ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THE PRIEST REACHED INTO HIS
CHEST AND DROPPED HIS HEART,
LIKE A RABBIT TIGER,
SNATCHING IT.
AND THEN THEY PUT HIS HEART
ON A PLATE.
Gordon: MANY OF THE
ANCIENT RITUALS DIED WITH
THE PRIESTS, WHO WERE KILLED
BY SPANISH SOLDIERS, IN WHAT
CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE
MEXICAN INQUISITION.
BUT THEIR CULTURE DOESN'T
COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR.
ROROBERTO IS A MODERN MAYAN
PRIEST.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE
CEREMONIES, WITH THE SACRED
FIRE, IS ASKING GOD TO GIVE
US HIS BLESSING.
TO TEACH US HOW TO LIVE
WELL, TO BRING PEACE TO OUR
COUNTRIES, AND TO BLESS OUR
FAMILIES.
WE CONJURE HIM SO HE CAN
SPEAK TO US THROUGH THE
FIRE.
Gordon: TO THIS DAY,
DESCENDENTS OF THE MAYAN
STILL PRACTICE MANY ANCIENT
TRADITIONS.
THEY OFFER SACRIFICES AND
CONJURE VISIONS, ALL IN
HOPES OF PLEASING THE GODS,
AND CATCHING AN ELUSIVE
GLIMPSE OF ETERNITY.
WELL, HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE
HAS TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF
THIS.
AND ANY TIME YOU HEAR ANYONE
TELL YOU THAT THEY KNOW THE
DAY AND THEY KNOW THE HOUR
AND THEY ARE PREDICTING THE
END OF THE WORLD, WELL, YOU,
WITH CONFIDENCE, CAN SAY
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
HERE ARE THE WORDS OF
JESUS.
YOU FIND IT IN MATTHEW 24:
36: "BUT OF THAT DAY AND
HOUR, NO ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN.
BUT MY FATHER ONLY."
START IMAGINING, EVEN JESUS
DIDN'T KNOW.
AND IF HE DIDN'T KNOW, HOW
IN THE WORLD CAN SOME PERSON
TODAY OR SOME CALENDAR FROM
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO
ACCURATELY PREDICT THE END
OF THE WORLD?
IT IS NONSENSE.
THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO
END OF DECEMBER 21st.
AND YOU HAVE THE WORDS OF
JESUS TO BACK IT UP.
BUT JESUS DID GIVE US WHAT
WOULD BE THE SIGN.
AND IT'S FROM THE SAME
CHAPTER.
MATTHEW 24: 29-31:
"IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"
AND HERE IS THE SIGN -- "THE
SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND
THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS
LIGHT.
THE STARS WILL FALL FROM
HEAVEN, AND THE POWERS OF
THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN
SHAKEN.
THEN THE SIGN OF THE SON OF
MAN WILL APPEAR IN HEAVEN,
AND THEN ALL OF THE TRIBES
OF THE EARTH WILL MOURN, AND
THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN
COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF
HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT
GLORY.
AND HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS,
WITH THE GREAT SOUND OF A
TRUMPET, AND THEY WILL
GATHER TOGETHER HIS SELECT
FROM THE FOREWINDS, FROM END
OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER."
THAT'S THE SIGN, WHEN THE
SUN NO LONGER GIVES ITS
LIGHT, WHEN THE MOON NO
LONGER SHINES.
WHEN THE STARS LITERALLY
FALL FROM HEAVEN.
WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THESE
THINGS, WELL, THEN LOOK
BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION
DRAWS NIHE.
IN THE JEWISH TRADITION, THE
BEGINNING OF THE WORLD WAS
WITH THE SHOFER GLASS.
THERE WILL BE YET OTHER
SHOFER GLASS, AND JESUS WILL
APPEAR AND GATHER US TO
HIM.
DON'T BE DISMAYED IF YOU SEE
THESE THINGS COMING, LOOK TO
YOUR REDEMPTION.
Terry: NEXT, TAKE
COMFORT FROM YOUR FAVORITE
FOODS, BUT DO IT WITHOUT
PACKING ON THE POUNDS.
CHEF MATT GOLDING PRESENTS
SKINNY COMFORT FOODS AFTER
THIS.
Terry: SHOPPING,
WRAPPING, RUSHING, ALL OF
THE PRESSURES SURROUNDING
THE HOLIDAYS CAN DRIVE US TO
EAT FOR COMFORT.
Reporter: WE CRAVE OUR
FAVORITE COMFORT FOODS THAT
ARE FULL OF SUGAR, SALT, AND
FAT.
AND THE CRUEL REALITY IS
THEY CAN BE THE MOST
DAMAGING TO OUR BODIES.
MATT GOLDING IS CO-AUTHOR OF
THE "EAT THIS, NOT THAT"
HEALTH SERIES.
IN "COOK THIS, NOT THAT,
SKINNY COMFORT FOODS," MATT
SHARES HOW YOU CAN STILL
ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE DISHES,
WITHOUT THE GUILT, AND EVEN
LOSE WEIGHT.
Terry: MATT GOLDING IS
WITH US NOW.
WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT BOOKS
OUT ON THIS SUBJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT THE LATEST ONE, BUT,
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DO YOU
CONSIDER TO BE COMFORT
FOOD?
TO ME, MY PURE DEFINITION
OF COMFORT FOOD IS WHAT MY
MOM AND DAD MAD, ITALIAN
SAUSAGE, AND MY DAD MADE
SMOOTHIES IN THE MORNING.
BUT WE ARE EATING OUT MORE
NOW.
Terry: AND LOTS OF US
ASSOCIATE COMFORT FOOD WITH
LOTS OF CARBS.
WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES US
CRAVE THESE FOODS.
I USED TO WORK IN
RESTAURANTS, FANCY
RESTAURANTS AND HIGH-END
RESTAURANTS, AND ONE THING
LINKING THEM ALL IS THE
DESIRE FOR FAT, SALT, AND
CARBS.
WHY?
ONE BECAUSE IT TASTES GOOD,
AND IT IS CHEAP.
Terry: LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRADITIONAL
COMFORT FOODS VERSUS YOUR
SKINNY COMFORT FOODS.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK
WILL BE ENCOURAGING TO
PEOPLE.
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE
WAY TO TAKE OUT THE
CATASTROPHIC BAD EFFECT OF
THE FOOD.
WE'RE NOT USING APPLESAUCE
FOR BUTTER.
THIS IS REAL FOOD WITH REAL
INGREDIENTS, MADE SIMPLY.
Terry: LET'S TALK ABOUT
PIZZA.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN
PASTTIME.
AMERICANS EAT 150 SLICES
OF PIZZA A YEAR.
IF YOU TAKE AN AVERAGE
SUPREME PIZZA, YOU HAVE
840 CALORIES, AND 52 GRAMS
OF FOO FAT FOR TWO SLICES.
WE USE A THIN CRUST, WITH
ROASTED RED PEPPERS AND
SAUTEED SPINACH.
YOU TAKE THE 150 SLICES AND
STRETCH THEM OUT, AND YOU
MAKE THIS SIMPLE SWAP, AND
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING
EIGHT POUNDS.
Terry: YOUR BOOK IS
"COOK THIS, NOT THAT," AND
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
REALIZING READING YOUR
RECIPES, IS THAT IT IS GOING
TO TASTE GOOD.
WHEN YOU START SUBSTITUTING
REAL FOODS --
YOU WON'T WANT TO EAT
IT.
AND SO THEN WHAT'S THE
POINT.
Terry: EXACTLY.
YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF US
EATING OUT.
LET'S TAKE SOME PLACE LIKE
AN APPLEBEES, THAT MIGHT
HAVE ONE KIND OF FRIED
CHICKEN.
IF YOU'RE HAVING FRIED
CHICKEN AT APPLEBEES, YOUR
LOOKING AT 1,160 CALORIES
FROM THE AVERAGE CHICKEN.
WE BRINE THE CHICKEN
OVERNIGHT IN BUTTER MILK AND
HOT SAUCE.
AND WE BREAD IT WITH THIN
BREAD CRUMBS, AND POP IT IN
THE OVEN.
YOU GET 215 CALORIES.
AND FRIED CHICKEN -- THIS
ONE ABSOLUTELY TASTES LIKE
FRIED CHICKEN.
Terry: THAT'S AWESOME.
AND WHAT IS THIS NEXT TO
IT?
FRENCH FRIES.
AT A RESTAURANT, NOT SO
MUCH.
SIZE IS A THROW-AWAY
DECISION, BUT IT IS ONE OF
THE MOST HARMFUL THINGS WE
GET AT RESTAURANTS.
660 CALORIES, THAT IS MORE
CALORIES THAN A BIG MAC IN A
SIDE DISH.
WE WANT TO MAKE CRISPY
FRENCH FRIES AT HOME IN THE
OVEN.
THAT MEANS WASHING AWAY THE
SURFACE STARCH, WASHING
THEM, AND BAKING THEM UNTIL
CRISPY, AND THEN TOPPING
THEM WITH FRESH ROSEMARY AND
A LITTLE BIT OF GARLIC AND
PARMESAN.
190 CALORIES FOR THIS CRISPY
VERSION HERE.
Terry: NOW I SEE WHAT
WE HAVE HERE ARE SOME
INGREDIENTS FOR MAC AND
CHEESE, THE ALL-TIME
FAVORITE.
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.
Terry: AND WE CAN DO
THIS
IN A HEALTHY FASHION?
WE CAN.
WHAT WE DO HERE, THE
DIFFERENCE IS WE MAKE A
BESHER MELT.
I USED TO COOK IN A MISE
RESTAURANT IN WEST L.A.
WHICH IS VERY, VERY
WELL-KNOWN FOR THEIR MAC AND
CHEESE.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE
THEY USED TWO QUARTS OF
CREAM.
AND WE'RE USING LOW-FAT
MELT.
BUTTER AND FLOUR AND LOW-FAT
MILK.
THE BUTTER IS GOING TO
THICKEN IT UP, WITH OUT ALL
OF THE CALORIES OF HEAVY
CREAM OR HALF AND HALF.
THIS HAS THE SAME FLAVOR AS
CHEDDAR CHEESE, AND A LITTLE
BIT OF GRATED PARMESAN.
INTENSE FLAVORS IS WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AT THE VERY LAST SECOND,
WHAT WE'LL DO IS STIR IN A
LITTLE BIT OF GREEK
YOGHURT.
IT IS HIGH IN PROTEIN, AND A
LITTLE BIT OF FAT, WITHOUT
ALL OF THE CALORIES.
THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION, WE
HAVE ONE SIMMERING OVER
HERE.
THIS IS THE CHEESE SAUCE.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
IT THICKENS UP, AND TOSS IN
YOUR PASTA, ALDENTE, BECAUSE
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE
REALLY, REALLY SOFT
MACARONI.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MIX IT
UP.
Terry: WOW, IT REALLY
IS NICE.
LOOK AT THE CLEAN
FACTOR.
THIS IS REAL MAC AND
CHEESE.
THIS IS NOT LEAN CUISINE MAC
AND CHEESE.
YOU GO AHEAD AND POP IT OVER
HERE.
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT
MACARONI AND CHEESE IS THAT
IT GETS BAKED IN THE OVEN
AND YOU GET THAT TEXTURAL
CONTRAST.
BREAD CRUMBS OVER THE TOP.
RATHER THAN BAKING IN THE
OVEN FOR 30 MINUTES, BECAUSE
IT IS GOING TO COME OUT DRY,
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT UNDER
THE BROILER FOR ABOUT FIVE
MINUTES.
SO WE GET THAT NICE
CARMELIZATION.
AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE
HERE.
Terry: THE MAGIC OF
TELEVISION AGAIN.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE --
PUT IT ON THE CUTTING
BOARD.
INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS OF
MACARONI AND CHEESE, CRISPY
AND CHEES CHEESY, AND ALL
OF THE THINGS YOU WANT,
316 CALORIES.
IF YOU EAT MAC AND CHEESE
ONCE A WEEK AND YOU MAKE
THIS ONE SIMPLE SWAP, YOU'RE
GOING TO SAVE 15 POUNDS A
YEAR.
Terry: THAT'S
DELICIOUS.
THIS SORT OF DEMONSTRATES
US TO MAKE THE POWER-MAKING,
SIMPLE DECISIONS IN YOUR
KITCHEN.
Terry: I'M LOOKING AT
THIS CAKE.
WHAT IS COMFORT FOOD
WITHOUT
CHEESECAKE.
IT IS
ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
DANGEROUS THING.
THE AVERAGE CHEESECAKE, FROM
CHEESECAKE FACTORY,
990 CALORIES, AND 44 GRAMS
OF SATURATED FAT.
IT IS LIKE SITTING DOWN AND
HAVING 44 STRIPS OF BACON
FOR DESSERT.
Terry: GOOD GRIEF.
YOU'RE RUINING ME.
A LITTLE BIT OF LOW-FAT
CHEESE WITH RICOTTA.
WE TOP IT
WITH
A BLUEBERRY
COMPOST.
YOU PUT IT
RIGHT OVER THE
TOP.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
HAVE 360 CALORIES.
Terry: WHERE THERE
IS A
FORK, THERE IS A WAY.
OKAY, CAN I
TASTE
THIS?
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
DRUMROLL.
Terry:
OH, WOW.
HOW
ARE WE DOING?
Terry: FABULOUS.
ARE WE DOING WELL?
Terry: PEOPLE, WE CAN
DO THIS.
FOR MORE OF MATT GOLDING'S
SKINNY COMFORT FOODS, GET A
COUPLE OF HIS BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "COOK THIS, NOT
THAT."
YOU GO.
FOR GORDON, OVER TO YOU.
Gordon: SAVING AMERICA
ONE DISH AT A TIME.
STILL
AHEAD, AN EXTREME
CHRISTMAS MAKE OVER FOR
VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
DECORATE A VET IS COMING
UP.
AND MEET A MODERN DAY FAMILY
OF BETHLEHEM SHEPHERD, AND
FIND OUT HOW THREE GIFTS
CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
ATHEISTS ARE SPREADING THEIR
VERSION OF CHRISTMAS CHEER
BY ATTACKING CHRISTIANITY.
THEY HAVE A NEW BILLBOARD IN
TIMES SQUARE.
IT INCLUDES IMAGES OF SANTA
AND JESUS.
AND IT READS "KEEP THE MARY,
AND DUMP THE MYTH."
OUT OF THOSE TWO FIGURES,
THEY LABEL JESUS ASS MYTH.
THE GROUP'S ATTACKS ON
CHRISTIANITY HAVE BECOME
ROUTINE.
A LOUISIANA COUPLE IS
PRAISING "OPERATION
BLESSING" FOR COMING TO
THEIR AID DURING A MILESTONE
IN THEIR LIVES.
GLORIA AND COLIN WERE
PLANNING TO RENEW THEIR
MARRIAGE VOWS DURING 22
YEARS MARRIAGE, BUT THEIR
PLANS WHERE INTERRUPTED WHEN
THEIR HOME WAS FLOODED WITH
12 FEET OF WATER DURING THE
HURRICANE.
THEIR WEDDING BANDS WERE
LOST, BUT "OPERATION
BLESSING" STEPPED IN, GIVING
THEM A WEDDING TO REMEMBER.
AND WHILE CLEANING UP THE
DEBRIS, "OPERATION BLESSING"
EVEN FOUND THEIR RINGS.
AND THEY ALSO HELPED WITH
THE CEREMONY, PROVIDING THE
RECEPTION, A CAKE, AND A
CARRIAGE RIDE.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DOING AROUND THE WORLD, BY
GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT
OB.ORG.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, CHRISTMAS
IS A TIME TO SHOW OTHERS HOW
MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM.
THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED A
BUSINESSMAN IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA TO DEVELOP A
VOLUNTEER PROJECT THAT IS
BRINGING CHRISTMAS CHEER TO
VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: IT IS A
CHILLY DECEMBER MORNING WITH
THIS GROUP OF YOUNG
VOLUNTEERS HARD AT WORK.
THEY'RE SPRUCING
UP THIS
TOWNHOUSE AND DECORATING FOR
CHRISTMAS.
THE HOME BELONGS TO TONY
KENNEDY, AND HIS WIFE,
SYLVIA.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS.
Reporter: TONY, A
15-YEAR VETERAN OF THE ARMY
AND THE MARINES FOUGHT IN
THE WAR IN IRAQ.
HE IS NOT USED TO BEING ON
THE RECEIVING END OF
SERVICE, BUT HE IS GETTING
USED TO IT.
THIS VOLUNTEER PROJECT IS
CALLED "DECORATE A VET'S."
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING
OUT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Reporter: JEFF JONES, A
LANDSCAPING BUSINESS OWNER,
STARTED THE EFFORT THREE
YEARS AGO.
HIS MOTIVATION CAME FROM HIS
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER'S
MILITARY SERVICE.
HIS MISSION IS SIMPLE:
BEAUTIFY THE OUTSIDE OF A
VETERAN'S HOME.
WE DO EVERYTHING FROM
CLEANING THE YARDS, LEAF
BLOWING AND MULCHING, TO
INSTALLING PATIOS AND
WALKWAYS.
EVEN LAST YEAR, WE DID AS
MUCH AS REPLACING WINDOWS
AND DOORS AND GUTTERS AND
ROOFS.
WE PROBABLY DID A HOUSE LAST
YEAR, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN
$80,000, OR $90 THAT WORTH
OF WORK.
THE HOUSE BEHIND US TODAY IS
SIMPLE DECORATING.
SO IT REALLY RANGES.
Reporter: A LOT HAPPENS
BEHIND THE SCENES, TOO, LIKE
FUNDRAISING.
HOME DEPOT DONATED $2,000 OF
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
WE WANT TO DECORATE IT
WITH PRIDE, NEATLY, SLOWLY,
AND CAREFULLY.
YOU'VE GOT DIRTY HANDS.
WIPE YOUR FEET AND TAKE YOUR
SHOES ON.
Reporter: JONES SAYS
HIS WORK ON THE MISSION
FIELD HELPS WITH ALL OF
THAT.
IT GAVE ME A LEG UP ON
HOW TO DO IT, HOW TO FIND
PEOPLE, HOW TO SELECT
PEOPLE, HOW TO ORGANIZE
PEOPLE AND FIND DONATIONS
AND VOLUNTEERS.
MISSION WORK WAS A STEP IN
TO DOING THIS.
Reporter: DECORATE A
VET DRESSES UP SIX TO EIGHT
HOMES EACH CHRISTMAS.
TONY KENNEDY'S WIFE SAW A
LOCAL NEWS STORY AND
SUBMITTED HER HUSBAND'S
NAME, HOPING TO LIFT HIS
SPIRITS.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IF I
COULD BRING SOME HOLIDAY
CHEER TO TO MY HUSBAND THIS
CHRISTMAS SEASON, I WANTED
THAT OPPORTUNITY.
Reporter: THE
VOLUNTEERS CLEANED UP THE
YARD, MADE WREATHS, AND HUNG
LIGHTS, AND DECORATED TWO
CHRISTMAS TREES, ONE OUTSIDE
AND ONE INSIDE.
THESE KIDS WERE MOVING
WITH THE PRECISION OF A
MILITARY UNIT.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY
THAT.
TONY WAS NOT WORKING
RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S PRETTY
MUCH THE REASON WHY I
CONTACTED THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS HAS
JUST BEEN -- I JUST FEEL SO
BLESSED.
THAT PEOPLE ARE SO GIVING OF
THEIR TIME.
THE FACT THESE YOUNG KIDS
WILL COME OUT HERE AND DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR ME
ON A SATURDAY, I WAS REALLY
IMPRESSED.
IT FEELS REALLY -- I TOLD MY
WIFE, IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE BEST CHRISTMASES I HAVE
GOTTEN IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: JENNIFER
WISHON, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Terry: IF YOU WOULD
LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE
"DECORATE A VET" PROJECT,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO CBN.COM.
A WORTHY ENDEAVOR.
Gordon: NOW WE WANT TO
TAKE YOU TO BETHLEHEM, WHERE
A FAMILY OF MODERN DAY
SHEPHERDS EXIST.
NOT LONG AGO, THEY WERE
BARELY ABLE TO SURVIVE.
AND DAN RAINY GIVES US THE
STORY
ABOUT
HOW THREE GIFTS
CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
Reporter: SHEPHERDING
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAY OF
LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE
HOLY LAND.
THE ANGELS ANNOUNCED THE
BIRTH OF CHRIST TO SHEPHERD,
WHO WERE KEEPING WATCH OVER
THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT.
SHEPHERDS HAVE USED FIELDS
LIKE THIS, NOT TOO FAR FROM
BETHLEHEM, FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS.
BUT EARLIER TODAY, WE MET A
SHEPHERD FAMILY THAT IS
REALLY SUFFERING.
NOT FAR FROM BETHLEHEM LIVES
A MUSLIM WOMAN NAMED AMINA.
AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND
RAISED SHEEP FOR DECADES.
AMINA SEWS AND HER HUSBAND
DOES CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT
THE FAMILY.
THEY HAVE FIVE CHILDREN,
INCLUDING MOHAMMED, WHO HAS
MUSCLMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
WHEN I SEE MOHAMMED, I
LOVE HIM.
HE IS A SWEET CHILD.
Reporter: THIS IS ONE
OF THE VERY FEW CENTERS THAT
HELPS PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS IN THE WEST BANK.
THE MORE MOHAMMED DOES, THE
MORE HE IS ABLE TO DO.
THERAPY IS SO HARD, BUT I
WANT TO WORK ONE DAY.
I WANT TO BE A SHEPHERD.
Reporter: THEY EVEN
HAVE OPEN PASTURE NEXT TO
THEIR HOME.
IT IS VERY NICE DOWN
THERE.
AS A FAMILY, WE GO INTO THE
VALLEY OFTEN.
WE HAVE PICNICS OR JUST WALK
AND ENJOY THE NATURE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
Reporter: SO "OPERATION
BLESSING" GAVE THE FAMILY
THREE PREGNANT
SHEEP.
TODAY, WITH "OPERATION
BLESSING'S" HELP, YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE SHEPHERDS
AGAIN.
YES, WE ARE SHEPHERDS
AGAIN.
YOU CAN SEE MY SMILE.
WE ARE SO HAPPY AND
GRATEFUL.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
Reporter: IN JUST TWO
MONTHS, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN
ABLE TO BUY GOATS FOR
MILKING, CHICKENS, AND MORE
SHEEP.
AS HE WORKS WITH ALL OF THE
LIVESTOCK, MOHAMMED IS
BECOMING MORE MOBILE EVERY
DAY.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW
YOU ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
GIFTS.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT LIFE TO
OUR FAMILY.
Consuelo:
Gordon: AND IF YOU'RE A
MEMBER OF THE "700 CLUB,"
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE PART OF BLESSING THAT
FAMILY.
THEY'RE IN ISRAEL, AND
THEY'RE ON THE WEST BANK,
AND THEY'RE MUSLIM, BUT WE
LOVE THEM.
WE WANT TO TELL THEM THAT
GOD LOVES THEM AND WE LOVE
THEM.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
THAT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
A PORTION OF GOES AROUND THE
WORLD TO HELP PEOPLE IN
NEED.
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO
CBN INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL AROUND THE
WORLD.
SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART
OF IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS A
DAY.
GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL US
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.
1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S AN ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND BACK
TO YOU OUR GIFT TO YOU,
"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHING C.D.s.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
THOSE, ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL.
THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, IF
YOU WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL
GIFT TO OPERATION ISRAEL,
JUST SAY I WANT TO DESIGNATE
THIS.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
ISRAEL.
YOU CAN ALSO WRITE TO US.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A
GIFT TO HELP PEOPLE IN
ISRAEL.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A WOMAN
WHO HAD EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN
HER JAW FOR THREE MONTHS.
SEE WHAT HEALED HER
OVERNIGHT.
PLUS WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS, SO STAY WITH US.
WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Terry: FOR MOST OF HER
LIFE, NORA HAD PRAYED FOR
OTHER PEOPLE, AND SHE HAD
SEEN MANY OF THEM HEALED.
BUT AFTER SUFFERING CONSTANT
PAIN HERSELF FOR TWO MONTHS,
SHE WAS BEGINNING TO DOUBT
SHE WOULD EVER BE HEALED.
I JUST WOKE UP ONE
MORNING, AND SUDDENLY I HAD
THIS EXCRUCIATING PAIN ON MY
LEFT-HAND SIDE.
MY JAW.
I COULD NOT OPEN MY MOUTH
WIDE BECAUSE OF THE PAIN.
I COULD NOT SLEEP.
I COULD NOT EAT WELL.
IT CAUSED MY HEAD TO ACHE ON
ONE SIDE.
AND I WASN'T ABLE TO DO
THINGS LIKE BRUSH MY TEETH.
SO I DECIDED TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR.
AND HE EXAMINED ME AND
PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICINE.
SO I TOOK THEM FOR, LIKE,
THREE MONTHS.
BUT NOTHING WORKED.
I WAS, LIKE, I THINK I NEED
TIME TO GO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THE DOCTORS ARE NOT DOING
ANYTHING, AND THE MEDICATION
IS NOT DOING ME ANY GOOD.
I USUALLY WATCH "THE 700
CLUB."
TERRY WAS PRAYING, AND IT
WAS LIKE SHE WAS SPEAKING TO
ME.
BECAUSE SHE WAS SAYING --
Terry: IT IS NOT
T.M.J., BUT THE MAIN IS SO
SHOOTING IT GOES RIGHT UP
INTO YOUR HEAD.
GOD IS HEALING THAT JAW
CONDITION FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
JUST RECEIVE THAT.
THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN I
WOKE UP, THE PAIN WAS GONE.
I WAS FILLED WITH JOY.
AND I WAS JUST THANKING
GOD.
I'M NOT IN PAIN, AND I CAN
OPEN MY MOUTH.
I CAN SPEAK OUT LOUD.
AND, YEAH, IT WAS A
MIRACLE.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I'M HEALED, YOU KNOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, I'M HEALED.
I WAS EXCITED.
YEAH.
AND I'VE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY
PAIN EVER SINCE.
IF YOU BELIEVE AND PRAY WITH
THEM, MIRACLES WILL HAPPEN.
AND IT IS REAL.
IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME, AND
IT IS REAL.
Terry: AWESOME STORY.
GOD IS SO GOOD.
AND HE WANTS TO TOUCH YOUR
LIFE TODAY.
JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT
NORA IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO
HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY GOD IN A
ESPECIALLSPECIAL WAY.
I WANT TO READ A PRAYER
REPORT FROM THOMAS IN
RUSSELL SPRINGS, KENTUCKY.
HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN
HIS CHEST AND ARMS.
HE HAD A STRESS TEST.
THE TEST SHOWED HE HAD
SEVERE SPELLS OF ANGINA, FOR
WHICH HIS DOCTOR GAVE HIM
MEDICATION.
A FEW WEEKS LATER, HE WAS
WATCHING THIS SHOW, THE "THE
700 CLUB," AND GORDON, YOU
SAID, YOU FAILED THE STRESS
TEST, AND YOU'VE BEEN HAVING
PAIN.
AND YOU'RE REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT IS THE NEXT
STEP.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE TESTS
TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG.
GOD KNOWS.
HE IS HEALING YOUR HEART AND
THAT PAIN IS LEAVING YOU.
GO BACK AND GET ANOTHER
STRESS TEST, AND REALIZE
YOU'VE BEEN HEALED IN JESUS'
NAME.
GORDON'S WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
DESCRIBED THOMAS' SITUATION,
AND SO HE CLAIMED IT AS HIS
OWN.
A WEEK LATER, HE HAD ANOTHER
STRESS TEST AND THE DOCTOR
COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING
WRONG.
Gordon: PRAISE GOD.
IT IS A MIRACLE.
START REALIZING CHRISTIANITY
IS NOT SOME RELIGION YOU
OBSERVE.
IT IS SOMETHING YOU
PARTICIPATE IN.
AND WHAT IS YOUR GOSPEL.
WHAT IS YOUR GOOD NEWS?
WHAT HAS GOD DONE FOR YOU?
WHAT HAS HE SPECIALLY DONE,
WHERE HE HAS MOVED HEAVEN
AND EARTH ON YOUR BAF? BEHALF?
TO BRING YOU HEALING, JOY.
THAT'S YOUR GOSPEL, BE PART
OF IT.
MERE IS MAUREEN BANKS, FROM
SPOKAN, WASHINGTON.
SHE HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS,
AND SHE HAD PAIN.
SHE WASN'T ABLE TO STAND UP
OR FUNCTION WITHOUT PAIN.
SHE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR,
BUT THE EFFECTS WERE
TEMPORARY.
TERRY, YOU SAID, SOMEONE HAS
A PROBLEM WITH THE LOWER
PART OF YOUR SPINE.
IT IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, BUT
IT CAUSES ALL KINDS OF
DISCOMFORT.
SITTING, STANDING, WHATEVER
YOU DO.
GOD IS CORRECTING THAT RIGHT
NOW.
JUST STRETCH UP AND RECEIVE
THE HEALING.
MAUREEN CLAIMED THE HEALING,
AND WITHIN THREE DAYS, SHE
HAS BEEN ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN
UP.
AND SHE IS FREE FROM PAIN
AFTER 17 YEARS.
WOW!
Terry: WOW!
Gordon: GOD IS A GOOD
GOD.
YOU CAN TRUST HIM.
YOU CAN TRUST HIS UNFAILING
LOVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE
HIM TO HEAL YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
ANY KIND OF RITUALS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT
YOU PRAY REALLY WELL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
BELIEVE SOME GREAT FACTS.
JESUS CAME, THE PROMISED
ONE, THE MESSIAH, HE CAME.
HE WAS BORN TO A VIRGIN IN
BETHLEHEM.
AND HE LIVED A SINLESS LIFE,
AND HIS BLOOD WAS DIVINE.
AND WHEN HE OFFERED HIMSELF
AS A SACRIFICE FOR OUR SIN,
HE TOOK CARE OF EVERY SIN,
EVERY PROBLEM, AND BY HIS
STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
AND, HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HIS BODY RESTED IN HOPE.
AND THREE DAYS LATER, HE WAS
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND RIGHT NOW HE SITS NEXT
TO THE FATHER IN HEAVEN.
AND WHAT IS HE DOING?
HE IS PRAYING.
HE EVER LIVES TO GIVE
INTERCESSION.
FOR WHO?
FOR YOU.
SO JUST START BELIEVING
RIGHT NOW.
THIS GREAT FACT, JESUS IS
PRAYING FOR YOU.
SO IT'S NOT UP TO YOU.
IT'S NOT UP TO YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST
BELIEVE THAT GREAT FACT.
AND UNDERSTAND HIS PRAYERS
WORK.
SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
AGREE, AND WE'RE GOING TO
CLAIM A GREAT VERSE, "IF TWO
OR MORE AGREE, TOUCHING
ANYTHING, IT SHALL BE
DONE."
SO YOU TOUCH THAT AREA OF
THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEALING.
YOU LAY YOUR HAND ON
YOURSELF.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND
YOU, ASK THEM TO COME
ALONGSIDE AND ASK THEM,
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME,
WOULD YOU BE IN AGREEMENT
WITH ME?
AND TERRY AND I WILL AGREE.
AND GUESS WHO ELSE IS
AGREE.
JESUS IS AGREEING IN
HEAVEN.
HE IS PRAYING FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
SO HE IS PART OF THIS.
AND LET'S AGREE.
AND LET'S BELIEVE.
AND LET'S LET GOD DO ALL OF
THE REST.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE LIFT THE NEEDS OF
THE AUDIENCE TO YOU, AND WE
JUST ARE ASSURED OF YOUR
UNFAILING LOVE.
IT IS THE LOVE MADE WITH
YOUR BLOOD.
THIS IS THE COVENANT, THE
NEW COVENANT IN YOUR BLOOD.
ONE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN ASK
FOR.
WE DIDN'T EKNO EVEN KNOW TO
ASK FOR, BUT YOU GAVE TO US
BECAUSE YOU LOVED US.
SO WITH THIS COVENANT WE'RE
ASSURED OF YOUR GRACE AND
YOUR MERCY.
AND SO WE COME BOLDLY TO THE
THRONE OF GRACE.
AND WE ASK BOLDLY FOR THOSE
WHO ARE LAYING HANDS ON THAT
AREA OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS
HEALING.
AND WE COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THEM NOW.
AND BY THE POWER GIVEN TO US
AS BELIEVERS, WE SAY
TOGETHER OUT LOUD, BE
HEALED.
AND BE MADE WHOLE.
BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
AND BY HIS STRIPES, WE ARE
HEALED NOW.
THERE IS SOMEONE, YOU'RE
LAYING YOUR HAND ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR LOWER
BACK.
YOU'VE GOT TREMENDOUS KIDNEY
PAIN.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SURGERY.
YOU'VE -- YOU'RE VERY
ANXIOUS AND FEARFUL, AND GOD
JUST WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU
DIRECTLY RIGHT NOW.
THAT KIDNEY IS BEING
HEALED.
YOU'RE BEING RESTORED NOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT CANCER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT HARDENING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT IT BEING REMOVED.
GOD IS HEALING YOU NOW.
GO BACK AND GET RETESTED.
ALL OF THAT PAIN JUST LEFT
YOU.
GO BACK AND GET RETESTED AND
REALIZE GOD HAS HEALED YOU.
YOUR TREMENDOUS MIRACLE HAS
HAPPENED TO YOU.
TERRY?
Terry: YOU'VE HAD A
VERY BAD INFECTION, A
COMBINATION COLD AND FLU,
BUT IT HAS SETTLES IN YOUR
LUNGS.
YOU CAN'T EVEN ACTUALLY TAKE
A DEEP BREATH WITHOUT JUST
COUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY.
GOD IS TOUCHING AND HEALING
ALL OF THAT FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'VE HAD A
LOT OF MENTAL CONFUSION.
I DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF
THAT.
RIGHT NOW JUST RECEIVE
CLARITY OF MIND, JUST
RECEIVE THE POWER OF MIND
THROUGHOUT YOUR BEING AS GOD
SETTLES THAT FOR YOU.
Gordon: THERE IS
SOMEONE, WHO'S NAME IS
MARIA, AND YOU'VE GOT
CURVATURE OF YOUR SPINE AND
A CURVATURE OF YOUR LEFT
SOLDIER. LEFT-- SHOULDER, AND GOD IS
HEALING YOU NOW.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY
GOD, WE WANT TO SHARE IN
YOUR GOOD REPORT.
SO GIVE US A CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JESUS: "IN THE
WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE
TRIBULATION, BUT BE OF GOOD
CHEER.
I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD."
[APPLAUSE]
