* CAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHER
Lee: BEHIND THE NUKE
WITH CREED'S SCOTT STAPP.
THE PRICE OF FAME.
MY BODY BEGAN TO FEEL
LIKE IT DIDN'T HAVE THE
ENERGY.
Lee: HIS FALL FROM
GRACE.
EVEN IN THAT MOMENT,
THAT'S WHERE I BELONGED.
Lee: AND ULTIMATE
RETURN.
I SEE TWO ANGELS, AND
THEY'RE WASHING MY FEET.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "THE
700 CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION:
IS THE CONSTITUTION
SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO ABIDE
BY, AND IS THE SECOND
AMENDMENT STILL IN PLACE?
WELL, THE PRESIDENT
APPARENTLY BELIEVES THAT BY
EXECUTIVE ORDER HE CAN DO AN
END RUN AROUND THE GUN
CONTROL PROVISIONS OF THE
SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH SAYS
THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE'S
RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
SHOULD NOT BE A ABRIDGED.
IN ANY EVENT, GUN CONTROL IS
THE HOT TOPICS IN WASHINGTON
TODAY.
Terry: THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH THE
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, AS
THE WHITE HOUSE TRIES TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: THE NRA IS
LIKELY TO BE THE MOST
POPULAR OPPONENT TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY
CALLED ON CONGRESS TO ACT ON
AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, TO
ACT ON A BAN OF HIGH
CAPACITY AMMUNITION CLIPS.
Reporter: BUT SOME SAY
A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE ALSO
CONTRIBUTES TO GUN
VIOLENCE.
THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT
ASKED VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH
BIDEN TO FOCUS NOT JUST ON
GUN CONTROL AND MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES, BUT ALSO ON
THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE IN
TV, MOVIES, AND VIDEO
GAMES.
STUDIES HAVE CONSISTENTLY
SHOWN THAT SCREEN VIOLENCE
DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE AFFECT
ON PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN.
TELEVISION CONSUMPTION
HAS BEEN LINKED TO A NUMBER
OF NEGATIVE HEALTH
ASSOCIATIONS AND HEALTH
OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN.
WE KNOW THAT KIDS WHO ARE
EXPOSED TO HIGH LEVEL OF
VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA, MORE
LIKELY BECOME AGGRESSIVE OR
ACT OUT VIOLENTLY.
WE KNOW THAT KIDS EXPOSED TO
HIGH LEVELS OF SEXUAL
CONTENT IN THE MEDIA BECOME
SEXUALLY ACTIVE EARLIER IN
LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
POOR ACADEMIC FUNCTION.
Reporter: THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS
AGREE THAT VIOLENCE AND
ENTERTAINMENT ARE LOIDGED.
IN 2011, THE SUPREME COURT
STRUCK DOWN A CALIFORNIA
LAW, BANNING THE SALE OF
VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES TO
MINORS.
WHILE IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT, IF
ANY ACTION, THE GOVERNMENT
WILL TAKE AGAINST VIOLENCE
IN ENTERTAINMENT, BIDEN HAS
PROMISED WHITE HOUSE ACTION
ON GUN CONTROL.
HE DIDN'T OFFER SPECIFICS,
BUT THAT ACTION COULD
INCLUDE PRESIDENTIAL
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT DON'T
NEED TO BE APPROVED BY
CONGRESS.
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO
ACT.
THERE IS EXECUTIVE ACTION
THAT CAN BE DECIDEED.
WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT THAT
IS YET.
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THE BEST ACTION
THE PRESIDENT CAN TAKE IS
ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS.
WE UNDERSTAND THE LAST FOUR
YEARS HAVE BEEN A DECLINE, A
DRAMATIC DECLINE IN JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT OF
ACTIONS AGAINST PEOPLE WHO
COMMITMENT CRIMES WITH
GUNS.
SO IT'S RATHER HYPOCRITICAL
TO SAY I'M NOW GOING TO DO
SOMETHING.
HE HAS HAD FOUR YEARS TO DO
SOMETHING.
HE HASN'T DONE IT.
CONGRESS HAS OTHER THINGS ON
ITS MIND RIGHT NOW, LIKE
TRYING TO CUT WASHINGTON'S
MASSIVE FEDERAL DEFICITS.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE ON THE
BATTLE OVER SPENDING.
Lee: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
NOMINATING HIS
CHIEF-OF-STAFF TO BE THE NEW
TREASURY SECRETARY.
JACK LEW WILL TAKE OVER JUST
AS THE WHITE HOUSE AND
CONGRESS GEAR UP FOR THE
NEXT ROUND OF BATTLES OVER
GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AND
SOME REPUBLICANS SAY THEY
ARE WILLING TO FORCE A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN ORDER
TO GET THE DEMOCRATS TO GO
ALONG WITH SERIOUS SPENDING
CUTS.
THE ACTIONS OF BOSTON MAYOR
TOM
MENINO ILLUSTRATE JUST
HOW SEVERE THIS FLU SEASON
IS.
I AM DECLARING A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON.
Lee: BOSTON HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED 700
CASE OF THE FLU.
THAT'S 10 TIMES MORE THAN
ALL OF LAST SEASON.
THIS YEAR PEOPLE STARTED
GETTING SICK IN OCTOBER,
INSTEAD OF JANUARY.
THE FLU STRAIN MAKING MOST
PEOPLE SICK THIS YEAR IS
KNOWN AS H3N 2.
MANY CITIES ARE NOW OFFERING
FREE VACCINATIONS.
IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS,
ISRAELIS GO TO THE POLLS TO
DECIDE THE COUNTRY'S
LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION.
THIS ELECTION COMES AT A
CRUCIAL TIME, AND IT COULD
HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON HOW
ISRAEL RESPONDS TO THE
CHANGING WORLD AROUND IT.
CHRIS MITCHELL EXPLAINS.
Reporter: ISRAELIS,
LIKE AMERICANS TWO MONTHS
AGO, ARE BEING BOMBARDED BY
POLITICAL ADS, INCLUDING
SOME MESSAGES WITH AN EDGE
FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
WE ARE STARTING TO
UNDERSTAND THE PARTY AND THE
POLITICIANS, THAT IF YOU
WANT, LIKE, THE YOUNGEST
PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU OR TO
TAKE THE ATTENTION FROM
THEM, SO YOU NEED TO DO
STUFF LIKE THAT.
Lee: INSTEAD OF A
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM, MORE THAN
30 CHAM MANY ISRAEL'S
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
THEY COMPETE FOR 120 SEATS
IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT.
THEY MUST HAVE 60 OUR MORE
PLAYERS TO FORM THE NEXT
GOVERNMENT.
LIKE THE U.S., ISRAELIS'
PARTIES FORM TO THE LEFT AND
RIGHT.
ON THE LEFT OF THE SPECTRUM
IS THE LABOR PARTY.
THE POTENTIAL SPOILER OF
THIS CAMPAIGN IS NATALI
BENNETT AND HIS JEWISH HOME
PARTY.
SO FAR HE IS HURTING
NETANYAHU BY APPEALING TO
CONCERNS.
THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER
MAY GIVE UP LAND TO APPEASE
U.S. AND EUROPEAN LEADERS.
RECENTLY BENNETT EXPLAINED
HIS BIBLICAL VIEW OF ISRAEL
TO CBN NEWS.
WE HAD A STATE IN THIS
VERY LAND 3,000 YEARS AGO,
2,000 YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE
HAVE IT AGAIN.
THAT IS PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT
FROM A JEWISH AND BIBLICAL
STANDPOINT.
Reporter: THE LATEST
POLL SHOWS NETANYAHU'S PARTY
STILL IN THE LEAD WITH 34
SEATS, LABOR WITH 21 SEATS,
AND BENNETT'S JEWISH HOME
PARTY WITH 15 SEATS.
BUT AS MANY AS 30% OF
ISRAELIS SAY THEY'RE
UNDECIDED.
THE ISRAELI VOTE IS THE
EMOTIONAL VOTE.
HE DECIDES "X" AND THEN HE
GOES ON HIS WAY TO THE
ELECTION, AND HE MAY CHANGE
HIS MIND.
Reporter: THAT IS WHY
NETANYAHU COULD FACE
TROUBLE.
I THINK LABOR NOW HAS A
CHANCE OF SURPRISING, IF WE
MANAGE TO GET A BLOCKING
BLOCK OF 60, WE WILL BE ABLE
TO TILT THE WHOLE BALANCE IN
ISRAELI POLITICS, AND WE'RE
NOT FAR AWAY FROM THAT.
Reporter: THE LIKUD
PARTY SAYS THEY NEED TO STAY
THE COURSE.
IN MY OPINION, THE
COUNTRY NEEDS TO STAY IN THE
LEAD.
WE ARE FACING VERY, VERY
POWERFUL CHALLENGES IN THE
FUTURE.
Reporter: IT IS LIKELY
NETANYAHU WILL REMAIN PRIME
MINISTER, BUT WHOEVER LEADS
ISRAEL WILL FACE ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES AT HOME, GROWING
DANGER THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE
EAST, AND THE OFTEN
UNWELCOME PRESENCE OF WORLD
OPINION.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Lee: ANY PREDICTIONS,
PAT?
Pat: I THINK NETANYAHU
WILL STAY IN POWER.
HE IS VERY POPULAR STILL.
THESE ARE SOME
CROSS-CURRENTS YOU FIND, BUT
HE WILL HOLD POWER.
BUT WHO KNOWS HOW WEAKENED
HE IS GOING TO BE.
THIS HOMELAND PARTY HAS A
GREAT DEAL OF APPEAL TO THE
JEWISH PEOPLE.
THEY'RE SAYING, LOOK, WE
DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP
ANYMORE OF OUR LAND.
A BIG MISTAKE TO HAVE GIVEN
UP GAZA SOME YEARS AGO.
BIG MISTAKE.
LOOK WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE
DOING IN GAZA, RAINING
ROCKET ATTACKS ON ISRAEL.
ISRAEL IS SURRENDERED NOW.
THERE MAY BE AS MANY AS 70,
75,000 MISSILES OR SCUDS
AIMED AT ISRAEL.
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
TRAGEDY IS VERY, VERY HIGH.
IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME
THAT A COUNTRY NEEDED TO
COME TOGETHER, IT WAS
THERE.
YOU'VE GOT DIVISION ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
WE'VE GOT, IS THAT YOU JUST
DON'T SEEM TO FIND
POLITICIANS WHO WILL WORK
TOGETHER.
THE CRISIS IN ISRAEL IS
HUGE, JUST LIKE THE CRISIS
HERE IN AMERICA.
LEE?
Lee: PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
PLANNING A
SYMBOLIC TWIST
FOR HIS INAUGURATION.
HE WILL
PLACE HIS
HAND ON
NOT ONE BIBLE, BUT TWO.
ONE OWNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND THE OTHER BY MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.
THE INAUGURATION FALLS ON
JANUARY 21st, THE SAY WE
HONOR
THE SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADER.
OBAMA USED THE LINCOLN BIBLE
WHEN HE TOOK HIS FIRST OATH
OF OFFICE FOR YEARS AGO.
NOW LET'S GO BACK TO PAT FOR
AN IMPORTANT CALL OF PRAYER
AT THIS YEAR'S
INAUGURATION.
Pat: MARY TURNER IS
HOSTING US FROM WASHINGTON.
SHE WILL BE HOSTING THE
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL
BREAKFAST.
IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL EVENT,
BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY'RE
PRAYING FOR OUR NATION AND
OUR LEADERS.
MARY, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, PAT.
GOD CALLED US IN 1993 TO
HOST AN EVENT TO BRING
TOGETHER PEOPLE OF FAITH TO
PRAY FOR THE NATION AND THE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT
CONTINUING RUTH WARD'S
LEGACY OF DOING THAT.
IT IS A REAL HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE TO BE BRINGING
TOGETHER GOVERNMENT LEADERS
AND FOREIGN AMBASSADORS WITH
LEADERS SUCH AS YOURSELF,
THAT ARE PRAYING FOR OUR
NATION, AND EXPECTING TO SEE
GOD BRING REVIVAL IF WE TAKE
A STAND IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Pat: IS THERE A
PARTICULAR THEME, OR IS IT
JUST THE IDEA "LET'S PRAY
FOR AMERICA."
THE THEME IS FROM ESTER
4: 13, THAT WE'RE CALLED TO
THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS.
JUST AS IN 20 YEARS AGO,
WHEN I WAS CALLED TO TAKE A
STAND FOR THE UNBORN, MY
CASE WAS EVENTUALLY APPEALED
TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
AND WE TRIED TO ESTABLISH
PERSON HOOHOOD FOR THE
UNBORN.
IN A SIMILAR WAY, GOD IS
CALLING US TO STAND FOR THE
SOUL OF THIS NATION RIGHT
NOW.
IF WE DON'T DO IT, THEN HELP
WILL ARRIVE FROM SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
BUT HE WOULD CHOOSE TO USE
US.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
COMMUNION ON INAUGURATION
MORNING, AND GOD IS GOING TO
REDEDICATE THIS NATION TO
HIMSELF.
AND SO IT IS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER
AND STAND WITH OTHERS ACROSS
DENO DENONNATIONAL LINES
AND ACROSS POLITICAL LINES.
WE HAVE YOURSELF, AS WELL AS
MICHELE BACHMANN, AND RABBI
KAHN, WHO IS GOING TO BE
SPEAKING ABOUT THE JUDGMENTS
OF GOD.
Pat: I GUESS THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE TOO
BUSY TO COME?
WE HOPE HE WILL STOP IN
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
AND THERE IS SOMEONE MEETING
WITH HIS FAITH-BASED OFFICE
AS WE SPEAK.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO
PIPB2013.COM AND MAKE THEIR
RESERVATIONS.
Pat: THANK YOU, MARY
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND LET'S HOPE GOD WILL HEAR
THE PRAYERS OF HIS FAITHFUL
PEOPLE.
TERRY, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
NEXT?
Terry: STILL AHEAD, A
ROCK STARR STAR REVEALS HIS
PUNISHING PAST.
HE SAT UNDER MY DOOR OR
CRACKED THE DOOR.
Terry: WE HAVE A CANDID
INTERVIEW WITH THE LEAD
SINGER OF CREED COMING UP.
BUT, FIRST, WHY IS THE
UNITED STATES LOOKING TO
EUROPE FOR ECONOMIC ADVICE.
WE'LL EXPLORE THE FRENCH
CONNECTION AFTER THIS.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WE JUST HAD AN
ELECTION, AND THE PRESIDENT
WON RE-ELECTION
OVERWHELMINGLY.
DID THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
THEY WERE ELECTING.
> HERE IS WHAT THE
ECONOMISTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT
THIS.
AN INTERESTING PICTURE OF
THE PRESIDENT WITH A BERET
AND APACHE LOOK, AND
BOEHNER.
ARE WE GOING EUROPEAN?
AND ARE WE GOING TO BE LIKE
FRANCE?
DALE HERD HAS A VERY
INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO FRANCE AND
WHY WE MIGHT BE GOING THE
SAME WAY.
HERE HE IS.
Reporter: IF AMERICANS
WANT A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR
POSSIBLE ECONOMIC FUTURE,
THEY SHOULD LOOK TO FRANCE.
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW
GROWTH, MORE TAXES, MORE
PEOPLE ON WELFARE.
SOME ARE CALLING IT THE NEW
NORMAL.
SOME ARE SAYING AMERICA
LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE
EUROPE.
FRANCE SHOULD BE A
WARNING FOR AMERICANS WHO
JUST VOTED FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS OF BIG GOVERNMENT
SPENDING.
THE FRENCH ARE EXPERTS AT
BIG GOVERNMENT.
THEY'VE BEEN DEFICIT
SPENDING FOR DECADES, AND IT
HAS MADE THE COUNTRY
POORER.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
EXPLODING WELFARE STATE AND
HUGE DEFICIT IS STARTING TO
LOOK SO EUROPEAN THAT THE
ECONOMIST MAGAZINE DRESSED
UP PRESIDENT OBAMA IN A
FRENCH SHIRT, AND SPEAKER
BOEHNER IN LEADERHOSEN.
NOW THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
HIRED A FRENCH ECONOMIST TO
HELP FORM ECONOMIC POLICY.
FRANCE DOES SOME THINGS
WELL; ECONOMICS MAY NOT BE
ON THE LIST.
FRANCE'S BLOATED WELFARE
STATE HAS BEEN DUBBED A
TICKING TIME BOMB.
IT HAS CRIPPLED THE
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
JACOB IS A FREE ECONOMIST IN
FRANCEMENT.
> FRANCE.
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE
IN FRANCE ARE HEADING OUT.
THEY ARE GOING TO LONDON.
THEY'RE GOING TO ASIA.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
ACTUALLY ACHIEVE SOMETHING,
WHICH IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
TAKEN AWAY BY A STATE THAT
SAYS YOU HAVE, THERE FOR I
TAKE IT.
Reporter: AND THE
WEALTHY ARE ALSO FLEEING
OVER HIGH TAXES.
HERE IS FRENCH ACTOR GERARD
DEPARDEAUX SHOWING OFF HIS
NEW RUSSIAN PASSPORT.
FRANCE HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST
NUMBER OF MILLIONAIRES PER
CAPITA.
A CLUE COULD BE FOUND IN A
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, OVER A
PHOTO OF FRANCE'S WEALTHIEST
MAN WHO SAID HE WOULD FLEE.
THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR OF THE
FRENCH ECONOMY IS LARGER
THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
MOST FRENCH ARE DEPENDENT ON
THE STATE, NOT ONLY FOR
BENEFITS, BUT FOR JOBS.
THREE OUT OF FOUR FRENCH
PEOPLE SAY THEIR DREAM IS TO
GET A GOVERNMENT JOB SOME
DAY.
PHIL NICKY SAYS FRANCE IS
ADDICTED TO GOVERNMENT
SPENDING LIKE A DRUG.
WE TURN TO GOVERNMENT
SPENDING AS A SOLUTION FOR
OUR PROBLEMS.
BUSINESSMEN ARE TELLING US
THEY CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IS
VERY GENEROUS, BUT IT IS
VERY EXPENSIVE, AND WE
SIMPLY CANNOT PAY FOR IT.
Reporter: THIS FRENCH
ECONOMIST WARNS WHEN THE
STATE STOPS TAKING CARE OF
PEOPLE, THEY STOP TAKING
CARE OF EACH OTHER.
THE LEVELS OF CHARITABLE
GIVING IN FRANCE AND OTHER
WESTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS ARE
MUCH LOWER THAN THE UNITED
STATES.
SO IT KILLS THE NATURAL
MOVE FOR SOLIDARITY OF
INDIVIDUALS.
AND NO WONDER WHY WE ARE NOT
A VERY PHI PHILANTHROPIC
COUNTRY.
Reporter: IT ALLOWS
POLITICIANS TO OFFICIALLY
OFFER VOTES BY PAYING FOR
BENEFITS WITH MONEY THEY
DON'T HAVE.
AND THEY WON'T BE AROUND
WHEN THE SYSTEM GOES BROKE.
THE FRENCH HAVE ALMOST
GUARANTEED THAT THE FUTURE
WILL BE POOR.
AND THAT FUTURE IS COMING
VERY SOON, VERY SOON.
MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE
DYING, SO THERE IS MORE AND
MORE DESTRUCTION OF JOBS.
THERE IS A GROWING
AWARENESS THAT WE'RE HEADING
RIGHT INTO THE WALL, WHICH
IS CALLED REALITY.
Reporter: AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION IS WHY AMERICAN
LEADERS WOULD WANT TO
EMULATE FRANCE, OR EUROPE,
FOR THAT MATTER.
POLLS SHOW MOST DEMOCRATS
NOW HAVE A FAVORABLE VIEW OF
SOCIALISM, AND IT IS VERY
POPULAR AMONG AMERICA'S
COLLEGE-AGED YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE A
TALK WITH A FRENCH
ECONOMIST.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS, PARIS.
Pat: SOME YEARS AGO I
WAS IN FRANCE, AND I HAD
DINNER WITH A BUSINESSMAN
AND HIS WIFE.
AND HE SHARED WITH ME THAT
THEY HAVE TAXES THAT
ACTUALLY CAN TAKE OVER 100%
OF YOUR INCOME.
AND WHEN HE BEGAN TO TICK
OFF THE NUMBER OF TAXES THAT
THEY HAVE, IT IS JUST
APPALLING.
AND I SAID TO HIM, WHY DON'T
YOU GO TO MONTE CARLO.
WHY DON'T YOU GO TO
SWITZERLAND.
AND HE SAID, I'M FRENCH, AND
MY FAMILY IS FRENCH, AND I'M
SORT OF STAYING WITH IT.
THE REASON THEY CAN'T HIGHER
FULL-TIME WORKERS IS BECAUSE
THE BENEFITS ARE SO SCOSH
EXORBITANT THAT IF SOMEBODY
IS LAID OFF FROM WORK, THEY
KEEP HITTING THE PAYROLL
MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER
MONTH, AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE IS SKY-HIGH.
THE AMAZING THING THAT TOOK
PLACE WAS RIOTING IN THE
STREETS SEVERAL YEARS AGO
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO RAISE
THE RETIREMENT AGE A YEAR OR
TWO.
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE
PEOPLE 18, 19, 20, 21,
RIOTED BECAUSE THEY WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN WHEN THEY ARE 65.
Terry: DO YOU THINK
THAT IS WHY THEY RIOTED?
OR DO YOU THINK THEY WERE SO
FRUSTRATED WITH THE SYSTEM
IN GENERAL?
Pat: THEY WEREN'T
FRUSTRATED WITH THE SYSTEM.
THEY THINK THE SYSTEM IS THE
WAY OF MAKING MONEY.
Terry: AT WHAT POINT
DOES IT IMPLODE?
Pat: IT IS GOING TO
IMPLODE, BUT FOR SOME REASON
THEY DON'T SEE IT.
JUST LIKE HERE IN AMERICA.
OVER 50% OF PEOPLE IN
AMERICA TAKE SOME BENEFIT
FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION
LIKE THAT, PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO GIVE UP THEIR GOODIES.
IT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN
THE ROAD.
AND IT IS APPALLING DEBT
THAT WE HAVE.
AND SOONER OR LATER,
INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO
GO UP, AND WHEN THEY GO UP,
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO
SERVICE THE DEBT IS GOING TO
CROWD OUT EVERY OTHER SOCIAL
SERVICE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
PERFORMS.
IT IS GOING TO BE HORRIBLE.
AND YET FOR SOME REASON, WE
KEEP PLAYING THESE LITTLE
GAMES, LIKE LET'S HAVE A
FISCAL CLIFF, AND LET'S HAVE
A FIGHT THEN ON THE BUDGET
CAP AND THE SPENDING CAP AND
THIS CAP AND THE OTHER CAP.
AND THEY JUST PLAY GAMES
INSTEAD OF SAYING LET'S
HONESTLY GET TOGETHER AND
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
THEY REFUSE TO DO IT.
WHEW!
SO MUCH FOR ME.
Terry: FRUSTRATING.
WELL, UP NEXT, ROCK LEGEND
SCOTT STAPP REVEALS THE DEAL
HE MADE WITH GOD.
I WAS PRAYING TO GOD.
I PROMISE I'LL STAY TRUE TO
YOU IN MY WORD AND THE
LYRICS THAT I WRITE.
JUST MAKE US A SUCCESS.
Terry: SEE HOW THIS
DEAL LED TO THE BREAKUP OF
THE BAND CREED.
Pat: IN 1 1995, SCOTT
STAPP AND A FEW OF HIS
FRIENDS FOUNDED THE ROCK
BAND KNOWN AS CREED.
AS LEAD VOCALIST AND
LYRICIST, SCOTT TOOK THE
BAND TO SUPER STARDOM.
BUT ON HIS RISE, SCOTT
FORGOT HIS ROOT AND THE
INSPIRATION ABOUT HIS
AWARD-WINNING SONG.
WE TALKED TO SCOTT ABOUT THE
NIGHT HE FELL 40 FEET AND
THE EPIPHANY THAT FOLLOWED.
Reporter: IN THE LATE
'90s, CREED BECAME ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR ROCK BANDS
IN THE WORLD.
*
Reporter: FANS WERE
ENTHRALLED BY CREED'S NEW
BLEND OF ROCK, BUT IT WAS
THE LYRICS, PENNED BY LEAD
SINGER SCOTT STAPP, THAT
TOUCHED THEM MOST
PROFOUNDLY.
I WOULD FEEL A CONNECTION
WITH GOD WHEN I WROTE THE
WORDS.
AND THEN WHEN I WOULD SING
THE SONGS, LEARNING THE
SONG, I WOULD FEEL THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
Reporter: THE BAND GOT
ITS START ON THE CAMPUS OF
FLORIDA STATE.
BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
BEFORE CREED WAS AN
INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS.
* CAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHER
Reporter: THEIR FIRST
ALBUM, "MILE IN PRISON" SOON
WENT PLATINUM.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU
WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING AT
SUCH A DIZZYING PACE?
I ENJOYED IT.
IN MY VIEW, THAT'S WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
IRONICALLY, ALTHOUGH I WAS
LIVING THIS LIFESTYLE AND
CAUGHT UP IN THE MENTALITY
OF ROCK AND ROLL SUPER
STARDOM, WHEN I WAS ALONE
AND WRITING, I WOULD PRAY TO
GOD, PRAY TO MY FATHER, AND
MAKE DEALS.
AND ONE OF THE DEALS THAT I
MADE, FATHER, I PROMISE I
WILL STAY TRUE TO YOU IN MY
WORD AND THE LYRICS THAT I
WRITE.
JUST MAKE US A SUCCESS.
Reporter: IT WOULD SEEM
THAT GOD ANSWERED HIS
PRAYERS.
CREED RELEASED TWO MORE
ALBUMS, "HUMAN CLAY," AND
"WEATHERED," AISLEED,"
WHICH ALSO WENT PLATINUM.
BUT BY THEN, SCOTT HAD
BECOME ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL
AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
HUNDRED HE WAS FIGHTING AN
INTERNAL PROBLEM THAT WOULD
TEAR HIM APART.
I WAS A CHRISTIAN, AND
RUNNING FROM THE BRAND OF
CHRISTIANITY I WAS RAISED
ON.
Reporter: AS A YOUNG
BOY, HE LEARNED FROM HIS
GRANDFATHER ABOUT A LOVING
GOD.
BUT AFTER HIS PARENTS
DIVORCED AND HIS MOM
REMARRIED, SCOTT LOOKED TO A
NEW SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE, HIS STEPFATHER,
STEVE STAPP.
HE WAS VERY MILITARY, AND
THE PUNISHMENTS BEGAN TO GET
MORE SEVERE, ROUTINE.
GOING INTO BEING LOCKED IN
MY ROOM FOR A MONTH, BEING
FED UNDER A DOOR OR CRACKED
THE DOOR.
AND GETTING WHIPPED, BEAT.
EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
DO WITH THAT INFORMATION
THAT YOU'RE GETTING, THIS
CONSTANT BACK AND FORTH.
HE IS NOT A GOD OF LOVE.
HOW DO YOU PROCESS THAT.
I SAID, GOD, I CAN'T DO IT.
I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
SO I RAN FROM IT.
Reporter: AFTER HIGH
SCHOOL, SCOTT WENT TO
COLLEGE, WHERE HE DISCOVERED
A WHOLE NEW WORLD, ONE THAT
INCLUDED MARIJUANA, ALCOHOL,
AND SEX.
DID YOU FIND THAT THIS
SOMEHOW MEDICATED THESE
FEELINGS OF CONFUSION AND
ANGER YOU HAD?
IT MOST DEFINITELY DID.
I WANTED THIS ACCEPTANCE I
THOUGHT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD.
Reporter: HE OFTEN
DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR
MUSIC, AND LATER HELP FORM
CREED.
IT BECAME AN OBSESSION,
IF YOU WILL.
AND IT WAS MY WAY OUT.
Reporter: IT WASN'T
LONG BEFORE SCOTT WAS A
SUPER STAR.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS, HE
MARRIED AND HAD A SON,
JAGGER.
BUT HE AND HIS WIFE SOON
DIVORCED.
THE DEMANDS OF BEING A SUPER
STAR AND A SINGLE DAD PUSHED
HIM INTO DEPRESSION AND MORE
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.
MY BEGAN TO FEEL IT
DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF
BED.
Reporter: WHERE WAS GOD
IN THIS AT THIS POINT IN MY
TIME.
ONLY WHEN I WOULD SIT
DOWN TO WRITE MY LYRICS FOR
MY ALBUM.
BUT IT WAS IRONIC THAT EVERY
TIME I SAT DOWN FOR A SONG
THAT WOULD HAVE A SPIRITUAL
ISSUE OR WRESTLING WITH MY
FAITH, IT WOULD ALWAYS BE
RESOLVED AT THE END.
Reporter: HIS
FAITH-BASED LYRICS LED MANY
TO BELIEVE THAT CREED WAS A
CHRISTIAN BAND, BUT THEY
WEREN'T, AND HIS BAND MATES
RESENTED IT.
SOON IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE
BAND COULD NO LONGER STAY
TOGETHER.
SCOTT TOOK SOME TIME OFF TO
CLEAR HIS HEAD AND GIVE UP
THE DRUGS.
A YEAR LATER, HE MET JACLYN,
WHO WAS A DEVOTED
CHRISTIAN.
FOR A WHILE, HE MANAGED TO
STAY SOBER, BUT THE
DEPRESSION RETURNED, AND,
AGAIN, HE TRIED TO WARD OFF
THE DISPAIR WITH ALCOHOL AND
DRUGS.
BUT JACLYN DID SOMETHING NO
ONE HAD DONE BEFORE.
SHE SHOWED ME GRACE.
SHE DID TREMENDOUS GRACE AND
COMPASSION.
Reporter: WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN TO YOU, THAT GOD
LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO SEND
SOMEONE TO EXTEND THAT GRACE
TO YOU AT THAT TIME IN YOUR
LIFE?
IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO
ME.
I DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND
IT.
I WOULD SEE HER AND SEE HER
MOTHER AND HER FAMILY, AND I
WAS JUST DRAWN TO
SOMETHING.
Reporter: AFTER ANOTHER
NIGHT OF BINGE DRINKING AND
DRUGS, SCOTT CHECKED INTO A
MIAMI HOTEL.
BUT HE BECAME PARANOID AND
THOUGHT THE POLICE WERE
COMING TO GET HIM.
SO HE CLIMBED ON HIS
BALCONY, TRYING TO ESCAPE TO
THE FLOOR BELOW.
HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL
40 FEET.
INEVITABLY I LAND, AND
LAND IN A LEDGE SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO CATCH SEAGULL
WASTE.
I REALLY FELT, EVEN IN THAT
MOMENT, THAT'S WHERE I
BELONGED.
AND IT WAS A REAL EPIPHANY,
AS I LAID THERE AND CRIED
OUT TO GOD AND ASKED FOR
HELP.
Reporter: AMAZINGLY,
SCOTT SURVIVED THE FALL,
EVEN THOUGH HE HAD SEVERE
HEAD TRAUMA AND OTHER
INJURIES.
HE WOKE UP LATER AT THE
HOSPITAL.
I OPENED MY EYES, AND
THEY WERE BLURRY, AND I SEE
TWO ANGELS.
AND I'M KIND OF DOING THIS,
AND IT IS JACLYN AND HER
MOTHER, AND THEY'RE WASHING
MY FEET.
THEY'RE WASHING THE DIRT AND
THE BLOOD AND EVERYTHING OFF
MY FEET, CRYINGING, SOBBING,
AND PRAYING.
AND I GUESS GOOSE BUMPS
TALKING ABOUT IT.
IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT WHO
THESE WOMEN WERE AND WHAT
THEY MEANT IN MY LIFE, AND
I'LL GO TO MY GRAVE FEELING
THIS, THAT THEY WERE SENT.
THEY WERE ANGELS IN MY LIFE,
SENT FOR ME.
THERE WAS NO DOUBT AFTER
THAT MOMENT.
Reporter: FINALLY SCOTT
REALIZED IT WAS TIME TO
CHANGE.
WITH THE HELP OF JACLYN, HER
MOTHER AND GOD, SCOTT GOT
OFF THE DRUGS AND HEALED
EMOTIONALLY.
HE AND JACLYN MARRIED AND
NOW HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BLENDED
FAMILY.
SCOTT HAS SINCE RELEASED A
SOLO ALBUM AND A BOOK ABOUT
THIS JOURNEY CALLED
"SINNER'S CREED."
THE REDEMPTION AS I FEEL
IT AND UNDERSTAND IT IS GOD
TAKING THIS MESS THAT I HAD
BECOME AND CREATING IT AND
TURNING IT INTO A MESSAGE.
GOD IS THERE.
AND IF MY LIFE CAN BE AN
EXAMPLE OF GOD TAKING THE
UNLOVABLE, AND GOD CAN LOVE
ANYBODY, ANYBODY, AND YOU'VE
JUST GOT TO COME.
YOU'VE GOT TO SURRENDER.
Pat: HE TOOK SOMETHING
AND MADE IT BEAUTIFUL.
HE MAKES SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
OUT OF THE MESS IN YOUR
LIFE.
WHAT ARE YOU DONE?
HAVE YOU BEEN ON DRUGS?
HAVE YOU BEEN HOOKED ON
PORNOGRAPHY?
HAVE YOU BE SEXUAL PROM
PROMISCUOUS?
HAVE YOU LIED?
HAVE YOU STOLEN?
HAVE YOU BEEN IN PRISON?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
GOD SAYS, LISTEN, WILL YOU
GIVE IT TO ME?
MY DESIRE, SAYS THE LORD, IS
TO REDEEM YOU.
I WANT YOU TO BE PART OF MY
HEAVENLY KINGDOM.
I WANT YOU TO LIVE IN
PARADISE WITH ME AND ENJOY
THE PLEASURES THAT I HAVE
ALREADY PREPARED FOR YOU.
I'VE GOT THEM ALL SET.
AND THERE IS PLENTY OF
ROOM.
JESUS SAID, EN M, IN MY
FATHER'S HOUSE, THERE ARE
MANY MANSIONS.
IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD
HAVE TOLD YOU.
I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR
YOU.
THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU.
YES, THERE IS A PLACE FOR
YOU.
EVEN THOUGH YOUR MOTHER AND
FATHER MAY THROW YOU OUT,
GOD WILL TAKE YOU IN.
AND ALL HE SAYS TO YOU RIGHT
NOW, WILL YOU CALL UPON THE
NAME OF THE LORD.
I WAS READING IN JOB TODAY,
AND IT SAYS, THOSE WHO CALL
UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD
WILL BE SAVED.
THOSE WHO CALL UPON THE NAME
OF JEHOVAH GOD.
WOULD YOU CALL ON HIM RIGHT
NOW?
LET HIM BRING YOU TO
PARADISE.
WHY FIGHT IT?
IT'S GOOD.
RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER YOU ARE
ARE, JUST STOP WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, HUSBAND, WIFE,
BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND, STOP
FOR A MOMENT.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD
AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH
ME THESE SIMPLE WORDS.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY
WITH ME.
JESUS, I KNOW YOU DIED FOR
ME AND I KNOW YOU LOVE ME.
BUT, LORD, YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG IN
MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW THE THINGS I'VE
DONE.
YOU KNOW THE FILTH, YOU KNOW
THE GARBAGE, YOU KNOW ALL
THAT IS THERE.
IT'S LIKE A CESSPOOL.
BUT, LORD, I BELIEVE YOU
LOVE ME ANYHOW.
AND SO I BRING THE ASHES OF
MY FAILURE, AND I GIVE THEM
TO YOU.
AND I SAY, LORD, MAKE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN MY
LIFE.
I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I'M
YOURS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
YOU'VE HEARD MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE COME
IN MY HEART.
LORD, FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED
JUST NOW WITH ME, I ASK THAT
YOU WOULD ANOINT THEM WITH
YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
COME IN POWER, AND TOUCH
THEM IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT
HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.
I'M SO
GLAD TO HEAR
IT.
AND I WANT YOU TO DO
SOMETHING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO START.
AND SOME TIME AGO, I GOT
INTO OUR AUDIO ROOM AND I
MADE A COMPACT DISC.
IT IS ABOUT 73 MINUTES
LONG.
IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU ACCEPT
JESUS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOUR LIFE IS TRANSFORMED,
AND WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE
YOU FALL OR YOU SIN, WHAT
HAPPENS?
IT IS ALL HERE, AND I'LL
GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.
I WANT YOU TO CALL.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
IT WON'T COST YOU A THINK.
JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH PAT,
I PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON
TV, AND I'VE GIVEN MY HEART
TO THE LORD.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE ARE CALLING RIGHT
NOW.
WE'VE GOT TELEPHONES
AVAILABLE.
NO PROBLEM.
IF THE LINE, FOR ANY REASON
IS BUSY, PLEASE BE PATIENT
AND CALL BACK.
WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU ALL
DAY LONG.
1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO NOW TO TERRY.
Terry: WELL, STILL
AHEAD, ONE MINUTE THIS WOMAN
WAS BAKING BREAD; THE NEXT,
SHE WAS RIGH RILING ON THE
FLOOR IN PAIN.
PLUS, COMING UP, WE'LL BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS SO DON'T GO AWAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
OPPONENTS OF GAY MARRIAGE
ARE DISAPPOINTED THE
WASHINGTON NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL WILL NOW PERFORM
SAME-SEX WEDDINGS.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OANTS
OPERATES THE CATHEDRAL, AND
HE SAYS THE DOMINATION HAS
BEEN MOVING AWAY FROM
CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXI FOR
YEARS.
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF
MARRIAGE SAYS THIS WEEK'S
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CHURCH
SHOWS MARRIAGE IS REALLY AN
ALL OR NOTHING DEAL.
AND HE SAYS AMERICANS MUST
ASK IF THEY WANT TO
FUNDAMENTALLY GIVE UP
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN ONE OHIO
TOWN ARE REFUSING TO REMOVE
A LARGE PORTRAIT OF JESUS ON
DISPLAY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE PAINTING IS JUST LIKE
THIS ONE, AND IT WAS DONATED
BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS TO
JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
1947.
THE FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION IS DEMANDING THAT
THE SCHOOL REMOVE IT.
THEY CALL THE PICTURE AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ENDORSEMENT
OF CHRISTIANITY.
BUT ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SHOWED
UP TO SUPPORT THE PAINTING
AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
SAYS IT HAS HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL
REMAIN.
THE PORTRAIT HANGS IN THE
SCHOOL'S HALL OF HONOR,
AMONG NUMEROUS OTHER FACES.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: BANANA BREAD, I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
LOVE IT.
SO DOES THE WOMAN IN OUR
NEXT STORY.
HER NAME IS JANINE, AND
SHE'LL NEVER FORGET HOW
MAKING A LOAF OF BANANA
BREAD LED TO A MIRACLE.
WATCH THIS.
Reporter: JANINE
DECIDED TO MAKE A LOAF OF
BANANA BREAD, AND STARTED
GATHERING THE INGREDIENTS
SHE NEEDED.
I WAS MOVING THINGS OUT
OF THE CUPBOARDS AND SO I
STEPPED FORWARD, AND TRIPPED
OVER THE STOOL, AND WENT
FLYING INTO THE CUPBOARD AND
WAS DOWN ON THE RUG IN A LOT
OF PAIN.
Reporter: SHE WAS HOME
ALONE AND HAD NO ONE TO HELP
HER.
SO I KICKED OFF MY SHOES
SO THAT I COULD PUSH MY WAY
BACKWARDS.
AND WHEN I GOT TO THE STOOL
AT THE DOORWAY, I LEANED ON
IT UNTIL I COULD STAND UP.
AND I VERY SLOWLY WALKED
BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO WALK,
EVEN.
I WAS OUT OF BREATH.
I HAD GOTTEN SHOCKED, I
GUESS, FROM THE PAIN.
Reporter: SHE CALLED
HER SON, HE WHAT AN E.R.
NURSE.
HE TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL,
WHERE X-RAYS SHOWED HE
FRACTURED HER HUMERUS AND
HER LEFT SHOULDER HURT.
I COULDN'T MOVE FOR A
WHILE.
Reporter: THE PAIN MADE
IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THE
SIMPLEST THINGS.
I COULD NOT GET OFF OF
THE CHAIR.
MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE TO SIT
NEXT TO ME AND PUT HIS ARM
BEHIND MY BACK AND PUSH ME
FORWARD SO I COULD GET OFF
THE CHAIR.
WASHING YOUR HANDS AFTER YOU
GO TO THE BATHROOM.
I COULD ONLY WASH ONE HAND.
I LEARNED HOW TO WASH -- YOU
WOULD BE SURPRISED THE
THINGS YOU LEARN.
OF COURSE I COULDN'T GET --
DO ANYTHING WITH MY HAIR.
I MEAN, THERE IS SO MUCH YOU
CAN'T DO WHEN YOU CAN'T MOVE
ANYTHING.
Reporter: SHE WENT TO
PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR ALMOST
A YEAR.
BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP MUCH.
MY ARM WOULD ONLY GO UP
SO FAR, AND THAT WAS IT.
I COULD NEVER GET MY ELBOW
EVEN WITH MY SHOULDER.
AND THAT'S DIFFICULT.
Reporter: ONE DAY
JANINE WAS WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
TERRY SAID, YOU HAD A
FALL AND IT'S YOUR
SHOULDER.
AND IT'S NOT THE ROTATOR
CUFF, BUT IT'S IN THE JOINT
ITSELF.
AND SHE SAID, MOVE YOUR ARM
NOW.
AND I REALLY CAN'T SAY I
CONSCIOUSLY DID IT.
AND I JUST WENT -- AND I
WENT, IT IS AMAZING.
AND I WENT HOLLERING FOR MY
HUSBAND AND I'M CLAPPING MY
HANDS AND SAYING, IT'S ME!
Reporter: SINCE THEN,
JANINE HASN'T HAD ANY
PROBLEMS WITH HER SHOULDER.
THE LORD IS VERY GOOD.
I CAN DO MY HAIR.
I LIKE TO BRAID IT IN THE
BACK AND PIN IT UP.
I CAN HANG LAUNDRY.
I LIKE TO HANG MY LAUNDRY
OUT.
AND I COULDN'T BEFORE
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HANG
LAUNDRY ONE-HANDED.
WATCH FOR YOUR MIRACLE
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T LOVE ME
ANYMORE THAN HE LOVES YOU.
IF HE DID THIS FOR ME, HE IS
GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR
YOU THAT YOU NEED.
Terry: THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
WHAT IS YOUR NEED TODAY.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN CRYING OUT ABOUT.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE GOD TO DO FOR YOU
TODAY?
HE SAYS COME AND ASK ME.
YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK
NOT.
TODAY WE HOPE YOUR FAITH IS
BUILT BY JANINE'S STORIES.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER
STORIES TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
Pat: SHARE, PLEASE.
Terry: THIS IS ABOUT
BARBARA, WHO LIVES IN
FLORIDA.
SHE HAD A CYST REMOVED FROM
THE THYROID AREA OF HER
THROAT.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, SHE BEGAN
EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN
WHEN SHE SWALLOWED.
HER DOCTOR PERFORMED AN
ULTRASOUND ON HER THROAT,
AND DETERMINED THAT THE SCAR
TISSUE FROM THE FORMER CYST
REMOVAL SURGERY WAS THE
SOURCE OF THAT PAIN.
SHE HAPPENED TO BE WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM ONE DAY.
SHE HEARD YOU, PAT, SAY
THIS.
THERE IS A GROWTH IN YOUR
THROAT.
IT IS NOT GOITER, BUT IT
FEELS LIKE A GOITER.
HE SAID LAY YOUR HAND ON
YOUR THROAT AND YOU ARE
BEING HEALED BY JESUS.
SHE HAS NOT HAD ANY PAIN
SINCE THEN.
Pat: I STAND IN AWE.
I DON'T KNOW BARBARA.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER IN MY
LIFE.
BUT GOD KNOWS HER.
AND GOD KNOWS YOU.
THERE IS A LADY NAME STELLA
IN CALIFORNIA.
SHE BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH HER HEARING, AND HER
DOCTOR DIAGNOSED HER WITH
ARTHRITIS AND PROBLEMS IN
HER INNER EAR.
LAST OCTOBER SHE WAS
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
SHE HEARD TERRY GIVE THIS
WORD.
THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE WHO
HAS AN EAR ISSUE, WHERE YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HEAR
OUT OF YOUR RIGHT EAR.
AND IT IS JUST OPENING UP
RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FUNNY
CRINKLING, CRACKING SOUND IN
YOUR EAR, AND GOD JUST
HEALED YOU.
SHE PUT HER HAND ON HER
EARS, AND GUESS WHAT?
HEARING COMPLETELY
RESTORED.
YOU SAY THEY'RE SPECIAL.
SURE, THEY'RE SPECIAL, AND
SO ARE YOU.
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE ALL
SPECIAL.
AND GOD WANTS TO DO
SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOU.
HE LOVES YOU AND HE IS
WAITING FOR US TO DECLARE
THAT WORD.
NOW, TERRY AND I ARE GOING
TO JOIN HANDS ON THIS
PROGRAM.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
JOIN WITH US.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
THE GOD WE SERVE.
SO GET OVER HERE SO I CAN
TAKE HANDS OF THIS DEAR
LADY.
FATHER, TERRY AND I JOIN
HANDS TOGETHER.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
YOU.
THERE IS A GROIN PROBLEM, IT
IS A HERNIA, AND THAT THING
IS GOING BACK INSIDE THE
ANGENAL RING, AND FLESH AND
TENDONS ARE GROWING SO YOU
WON'T HAVE THAT HERNIA
ANYMORE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE A TOOTH PROBLEM ON
ONE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH, WAY
IN THE BACK, AND THAT TOOTH
HAS ACTUALLY TURNED BLACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GO
TO THE DENTIST.
GOD IS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT
FOR YOU.
IT IS GOING TO COME SOON.
Pat: THE LOWER BACK --
YOU TWISTED YOUR BACK AND
SOMETHING KIND OF SNAPPED OR
POPPED BACK THERE.
IF YOU CAN REACH THAT FAR,
PUT YOUR HAND BACK ON THE
LOWER BACK, AND JUST BELIEVE
THE LORD IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
TENDERNESS AROUND YOUR
NAVAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE
OF IT IS.
YOU CAN ALMOST NOT WEAR
APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, BUT
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
NOW.
Pat: SOME OF YOU ARE
CRYING OUT FOR MONEY.
ONE FOR $50,000, AND ONE FOR
$75,000.
GOD IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR
NEED.
SOMEONE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR MORTGAGE, AND GOD IS
GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO STAY
IN YOUR HOME.
THE POWER OF GOD IS MOVING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
BLESSED IN YOUR INVESTMENTS,
IN YOUR RETIREMENT, IN YOUR
401K, AND YOU'RE I.R.A., AND
GOD IS BLESSING YOU NOW
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU, IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
PRAISE THE LORD.
GO TO YOUR PHONES AND CALL.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER PRAYER,
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: STILL AHEAD, WE
HAVE YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
ROXI SAYS, "I HAVE TWO BOYS,
20 AND 17, WHO I TRY TO HELP
BUILD RELATIONS WITH
CHRISTIAN GIRLS.
MY BOYS ARE STARTING TO
RESENT WHAT I'M DOING.
IS IT WRONG?
AND IF SO, HOW DO I STOP?"
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER ROXI'S
QUESTION WHEN WE "BRING IT
ON."
Terry: WELL, FOR MOST
OF US, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE
HAVING TO GO TO BED HUNGRY,
OR EVEN WORSE, SENDING OUR
CHILDREN TO BED WITHOUT
FOOD.
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
MOTHER IN OUR NEXT STORY
FACED.
FOR THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW.
Reporter: IT WAS THE
THIRD NIGHT SINCE SHE SENT
HER CHILDREN TO BED WITH
NOTHING TO EAT.
AND SHE HAD NOTHING LEFT IN
THE KITCHEN TO FEED THEM THE
NEXT DAY.
TEARS FILLED HER EYES AND
PRAYERS FOR HELP WERE ON HER
LIPS.
MY HEART BROKE WHEN I HAD
NOTHING TO GIVE THEM.
Reporter: EVEN THE
CHILDREN PRAYED FOR AN END
TO THEIR STOMACH PAINS.
I PRAYED THAT WE NEVER GO
TO SLEEP WITHOUT EATING.
Reporter: OLGA'S
ECONOMIC SITUATION HAD
GOTTEN CRITICAL WHEN HER
HUSBAND WENT FAR FROM HOME
IN SEARCH OF A JOB.
OLGA COULD NEITHER READ OR
WRITE, SO IT WAS HARD FOR
HER TO FIND WORK.
OCCASIONALLY A NEIGHBOR HAD
PITY ON THE FAMILY AND GAVE
THEM FOOD.
MY NEIGHBOR GAVE US
SEVERAL HOTDOGS, AND I
PREPARED THEM FOR LUNCH.
I WAS CRYING AS I THANKED
GOD FOR THE GIFT.
Reporter: ONE DAY
OLGA'S PASTOR CAME TO VISIT
AND TOLD HER ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING."
WE QUICKLY GAVE HER THE
MATERIALS TO START A SMALL
BUSINESS, MAKING AND SELLING
FOOD.
"OPERATION BLESSING" GAVE
ME A LOT OF THINGS.
WHEN I SOLD THEM, I COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT.
Reporter: THAT
SAME
DAY, OLGA MADE A BATCH OF
TORTILLAS AND TAMALIS, AND
THEN SHE AND HER SONS SOLD
OUT OF EVERYTHING SHE HAD
MADE.
TODAY HER TAMALES ARE VERY
POPULAR, AND HER CHILDREN,
WELL, THEY NEVER HAVE TO GO
TO BED HUNGRY AGAIN.
THANKS, "OPERATION
BLESSING," FOR HELPING MY
MOM.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
Terry: REACHING OUT TO
PEOPLE IN NEED IS EXACTLY
WHAT DO, ANDHAPPENS BECAUSE
YOU CARE ENOUGH TO GIVE.
WE ARE SAYING THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE IN NID NEED
AROUND THE WORLD, SO HELP US
GIVE THEM NOT JUST A
HANDOUT, BUT A HAND UP.
IT 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH TO JOINUS.
AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
US WHO ARE SAYING WE'RE OUT
TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN
US.
CALL THAT TOLL-FREE NUMBER
THAT IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT
OTHERS BY SENDING YOU PAT'S
LATEST TEACHING.
IT'S CALLED "GOD'S PLAN FOR
AMERICA, HOW TO PREPARE FOR
THE DAYS AHEAD."
WE THINK THIS WILL BE A REAL
BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE, AND
YOU'LL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
KNOWING YOU'RE MEETING
PEOPLE'S NEEDS PHYSICALLY,
AS WELL AS SPIRITUALLY AS WE
SHARE THE LOVE THE GOD.
UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO
SHARE YOUR E-MAILS WITH US.
RALPH SAYS, "MY WIFE LIKES
THESE DREAM CATCHERS IN OUR
HOUSE.
THEY GIVE ME AN UNEASY
FEELING.
SHOULD THEY SAY OR GO?"
FIND OUT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, WE HAVE A
FEW MINUTES LEFT, AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER SOME OF
THE E-MAIL QUESTIONS YOU
SENT IN.
THIS FIRST ONE COMES FROM
ROXI, PAT, WHO SAYS, "I HAVE
TWO BOYS, AGES 20 AND 16,
WHOM I REGULARLY HELP BUILD
RELATIONS WITH CHRISTIAN
GIRLS.
MY BOYS ARE STARTING TO
RESENT MY MEDDLING.
IS WHAT I'M DOING WRONG?
AND IF SO, HOW DO I STOP?"
Pat: ROXI, YOU STOP BY
STOPPING.
I USED TO BE A TEENAGED
BOY.
WHEN I WAS 20, I WAS A
SENIOR IN COLLEGE.
AND THE THOUGHT THAT MY
MOTHER WOULD BE SITTING OVER
MY SHOULDER WHILE I WAS
TRYING TO MAKEOUT WITH SOME
GIRL --
Terry: TRYING TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO A CHRISTIAN
ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Pat: I MEAN, FORGET
IT.
LEAVE THOSE BOYS ALONE.
Terry: YOU MIGHT
ACTUALLY PUSH THEM INTO THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION BY DOING
THAT.
Pat: OF COURSE.
IF YOU'VE BROUGHT THEM UP IN
A CHRISTIAN HOME, LEAVE THEM
TO FIND THEIR OWN MATES.
MY KIDS HAVE DONE EXTREMELY
WELL IN FINDING MATES.
AND MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE
DON'T EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.
I'M SO PLEASED WITH THE
CHOICE OF HUSBANDS AND
WIVES.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
WITH THE VALUES THEY HAD
GROWING UP.
Terry: YOUR KIDS HAVE
MARRIED WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
Pat: THEY'RE
MARVELOUS.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
IF I HAD TO DESIGN A
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, I COULDN'T
HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB.
Terry: SHE IS A FRIEND
OF MINE, AND I WOULD AGREE
WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
Pat: SHE IS FABULOUS,
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
Terry: THIS IS RALPH
WHO SAYS, "MY WIFE LIKES
THESE DREAM CATCHERS AND
HANGS THEM IN OUR HOUSE.
THEY GIVE ME AN UNEASY
FEELING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR
MEANING IS.
SHOULD THEY STAY OR GO?"
Pat: HAVING A BUNCH OF
DEAD FEATHERS AROUND YOUR
HOUSE -- GET RID OF THAT
JUNK.
Terry: IT IS ACTUALLY A
CHARM FROM A CULTURE --
Pat: THAT'S
SUPERSTITIOUS.
IF YOU WANT THE ANGELS
AROUND YOU, ASK THE LORD TO
SEND ANGELS AND HE WILL SEND
THE ANGELS.
ANGELS ARE SENT BY GOD TO
MINISTER TO THE HEIRS OF
SALVATION.
Terry: SOMETIMES WE CAN
GET CAUGHT IN SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING
THAT IS FUN.
BUT WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT
IS BEHIND IT --
Pat: IF YOU WANT A REAL
LIFE, MY FRIEND, RALPH, HE
IS ABOUT 96, AND RALPH AND I
HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS
AND YEARS.
HE HAS A STORY, WHEN HE WAS
ITALIAN GROWING UP, THEY
USED TO HANG GARLIC ON THE
DOOR TO KEEP DEMONS AWAY.
IT IS HILARIOUS WHEN SHE
TELLS ABOUT IT BUT IT IS A
BUNCH OF SUPERSTITION, LEAVE
IT ALONE.
Terry: SUSIE SAYS,
"RECENTLY WE LEARNED THAT
ONE OF OUR PASTORS DID
SOMETHING TERRIBLE.
HE SINNED AGAINST HIS FAMILY
AND GOD AND THE CHURCH.
HE CONFESSED HIS SIN AND I
REALLY BELIEVE HE WANTS TO
CHANGE.
HOW DO WE BEGIN THE HEALING
PROCESS, AND WHAT IS THE
BEST WAY TO LET HIM KNOW WE
LOVE HIM BUT DON'T CONDONE
HIS SINS?"
Pat: LET HIM KNOW YOU
LOVE HIM.
APOSTLE PAUL WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT SOMEBODY.
HIS FRIEND WAS SLEEPING WITH
HIS FRIEND'S WIFE.
HE SAID CAST HIM OUT, TURN
HIM OVER TO SATAN THAT HIS
SPIRIT MUST BE SAVED.
AND THEN HE SAID, YOU DID A
GREAT JOB, BUT YOU WANT TO
REDEEM HIM, AND SO REACH OUT
TO HIM NOW AND LET HIM INTO
THE GROUP.
WE DON'T BELIEVE SHUNNING
PEOPLE.
HOW DO YOU DO
IT?
GO TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM.
BUT, THE BIBLE SAYS, AGAIN,
THAT AN ELDER HAS TO HAVE A
GOOD REPUTATION IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SO SOMEBODY WHO HAS GOT A
BIG, MORAL SIN, IS NOT
NECESSARILY ONE YOU WANT TO
PUT UP THERE.
Terry: HE IS A PASTOR.
Pat: YOU DON'T WANT TO
PUT HIM BACK AS PASTOR.
Terry: THERE ARE
WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE RESTORATION MINISTRIES
FOR PASTORS.
Pat: AND THEY DO A
GREAT JOB.
Terry: LAST QUESTION,
THIS IS JENNIFER: "AFTER 20
YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND TWO
CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND
ABANDONED ME.
HE REFUSED COUNSELLING OF
ANY TIME AND FORCED THE
DIVORCE.
IT IS ALMOST FINAL.
I'M CONSIDERING CHANGING MY
NAME BACK TO MY MAIDEN NAME
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SAY MY
HUSBAND'S NAME, I FEEL
PAIN.
IS IT OKAY TO CHANGE YOUR
NAME?"
Pat: OF COURSE IT IS
OKAY TO CHANGE YOUR NAME.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS HE HAS
SEVERED YOUR MARRIAGE AND
HAS BROKEN YOUR HEART.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN YOUR
HEART IS TO HAVE
FORGIVENESS, BUT GET ON WITH
YOUR LIFE.
ABSOLUTELY.
HE SEVERED THAT RELATION.
IT IS OVER.
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS PRAY FOR
A RESTORATION.
GOD IS A GOD OF RESTORATION
AND HEALING.
TOMORROW, LEARN HOW TO TURN
YOUR MARRIAGE AROUND IN 10
DAYS.
AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM PSALMS: "BLESSED
BE THE LORD WHO DAILY LOADS
US WITH
HIS
BENEFITS."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
