John had a steady job in a paint store, but it just wasn’t enough to pay the bills. Reluctant to follow prompts he had received, he eventually listened. Once he took action, his career and finances flourished!
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Wendy: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
TODAY AMERICA HONORS A
TRADITION DATING BACK TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE
PUBLIC SWEARING IN OF THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT AS JENNIFER WISHON TELLS
US, HE HAS ALREADY STARTED
HIS SECOND TERM.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO
THE CONSTITUTION, THE
PRESIDENT'S FIRST TERM ENDED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT
HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I BAR BARACK OBAMA SOLEMNLY
SWEAR.
I, BARACK OBAMA, SOLE
LEM SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
PLACED HIS HAND ON A BIBLE
USED BY MRS. OBAMA'S
FAMILY.
THE EVENT LASTED LESS THAN A
MINUTE.
CONGRATULATIONS,
MR. PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE MEN
LAID A REEF AT THE TOMB OF
THE UNKNOWNS AT ARLINGTON
SERCEMETERY.
THE REVEREND OF THE CHURCH
USED THE SAME THEME OF THE
PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN, FORWARD.
HE PREPARED THE PRESIDENT
FOR BATTLE, BECAUSE, HE
SAID, SOMETIMES THE ENEMY
INSISTS ON DOING IT THE HARD
WAY.
AT HIS PUBLIC SWEARING IN
CEREMONY HERE AT THE
CAPITAL, THE PRESIDENT IS
USING A BIBLE USED BY DR.
KING, AS WELL AS THE ONE
USED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN
DURING HIS INAUGURATION.
SATURDAY, THE FIRST FAMILY
TOOK PART IN A DAY OF FAMILY
COMMUNITY TO HONOR KING'S
LEGACY.
HELPING TO SPRUCE UP AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY
STAINING A BOOKCASE.
President Obama:
EVERYBODY HERE, ADULTS TO
CHILDREN, UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK.
Reporter: ON THE
NATIONAL MALL, PEOPLE MADE
MORE THAN A THOUSAND CARDS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND CHILDREN WITH
TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
GOSPEL SINGER, YOLANDA ADAMS
PERFORMED, AND SHE SAYS HER
PARENTS TAUGHT HER THE
IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BLESS
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE,
WHO DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU
HAVE.
AND IN TURN, WHAT GOD DOES,
HE SEES YOUR FAITHFULNESS,
AND HE BLESSES YOU AGAIN TO
GIVE MORE.
Reporter: OTHERS PRAYED
FOR THE NATION AND THE
PRESIDENT.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, IT
IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
Reporter: FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S FIRST INAUGURATION,
TWO MILLION PEOPLE FILLED
THE NATIONAL MALL.
TODAY ABOUT 800,000 ARE
EXPECTED.
THEY'LL WATCH AS THEIR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF LAYS OUT
HIS GOALS FOR HIS SECOND
TERM.
BUT DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH
SPECIFICS.
HE'LL SAVE THOSE FOR HIS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS,
TO BE DELIVERED NEXT MONTH.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
CAPITOL HILL.
Wendy: EVEN BEFORE IT
BEGAN, THE PRESIDENT WAS
INVOLVED IN THE FIRST MAJOR
POLITICAL BATTLE OF HIS
SECOND TERM, NEW GUN CONTROL
LAWS.
NEW POLLS SHOW SUPPORT FOR
SOME OF HIS IDEAS, BUT HE IS
ALSO RUNNING INTO OPPOSITION
IN CONGRESS AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
HERE IS SHA CHARLENE
ISRAEL.
Reporter: OVER AMERICA,
PEOPLE IN 49 STATES PARTS
PARTICIPATED IN GUN CONTROL
RALLIES, AND VOWING TO FIGHT
FOR THROWE THEIR SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
Reporter: GUN CONTROL
WASN'T EVEN ON PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S SECOND TERM AGENDA
UNTIL THE SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSACRE.
NOW THE PRESIDENT SAYS IT IS
HIS MISSION TO PROTECT
AMERICA'S CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHY HE IS PUSHING HIS
NEW GUN CONTROL PACKAGE.
I'LL DID EVERYTHING IN MY
POWER TO MAKE THEM A
REALITY.
BECAUSE WHILE WE MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO PREVENT EVERY
SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE IN
THIS COUNTRY, IF THERE IS
EVEN ONE THING WE CAN DO TO
REDUCE IT, IF EVEN ONE LIFE
CAN BE SAVED, WE'VE GOT AN
AN OBLIGATION TO TRY.
THIS IS NOT DESIGNED TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENT
CRIME.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE
LIBERAL PARTI SANS.
I'M NOT CLINT EASTWOOD,
I'M NOT DIRTY HARRY, I'M NOT
A COP, BUT I HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PROTECT THE
INNOCENT.
AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THE
RIGHT AND THE OBLIGATION TO
DO THAT.
Reporter: THE WHITE
HOUSE IS WORKING TO ENGAGE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE
GUN CONTROL DEBATE.
HE IS GOING TO SEEK
COMMON GROUND, AND HE IS
GOING TO FIND EVERY WAY TO
COMPROMISE.
BUT HE IS GOING TO BE PRETTY
CLEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO
BRING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
MORE INTO THE DEBATE.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
IS URGING REPUBLICANS
PRESSURE A
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED
CONGRESS FOR THE GUN CONTROL
PACKAGE.
Wendy: THOSE ARE
TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL HAVE
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Gordon: AS A FREE LANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER, JOHN JACKSON
WAS DROWNING IN DEBT.
HE EVEN HAD TO SELL HIS CAR
TO PAY HIS BILLS.
THEN ONE DAY, JOHN MADE A
DECISION THAT MORE THAN TH
DOUBLED HIS INCOME.Re
Reporter:po JOHN JACKSON
WORKS IN A PAINT STORE, BUT
ON THE WEEKENDS, HE LOVES HE
WORKING AS A FREE LANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE IS ALSOE A PARTNER WITH
CBN.
THEYSHOW WHAT THEY'RE
DOING EVERY DAY, EVERY
WEEK. EVE
WHETHER IT IS ORPHANAGES,HANA
WHETHER IT'S AROUND THEHE
WORLD OR HERE IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY SHOW WHAT THEY'REBORH
DOING.
AND TO ME, BASED ON WHAT
I'VE LEARNED THROUGH
SCRIPTURE, THAT'S GOOD
GROUND.
IF THAT'S GOOD GROUND, THEN
YOU'LL GET A HARVEST.
Reporter: IN 1995, JOHNTED
STARTED GIVING $20 A MONTH.
HE SAYS THAT SOON AFTER
THAT, GOD PROMPTED HIM TO
GIVE $84 A MONTH.
BUT JOHN RESISTED.
I KIND OF PUSHED IT --
I'M, LIKE, I CAN'T AFFORD.
THAT.
Reporter: AT THE TIME,
JOHN WAS STRUGGLING WITH HIS
FINANCES AND RIDING A BIKE
TO WORK.
HE HAD A FULL-TIME JOB AT A
LOCAL PAINT STORE, BUT HIS A
CAR NEEDED EXPENSIVE
REPAIRS, AND HE HAD TO SELLPENS
IT AT A LOSS JUST TO MAKE
ENDS MEET.
ONE DAY I WAS RIDING, AND
I WAS, LIKE, LORD I'M TIRED
OF THIS.
WHAT'S NEXT?
AGAIN, YOU NEED TO GIVE.
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THIS IS HOW MUCH.
NOT JUST GIVE THIS MUCH, BUT
PLEDGE EXPRESS IT.
HE WAS SPECIFIC ON WHAT HE
WANTED ME TO DO.
Reporter: FINALLY, JOHN
INCREASED HIS CBN PLEDGE TO
$84 A MONTH.$84
WHEN I MADE UP MY MIND TO
DO IT, THAT'S WHEN THE
PROMOTIONS STARTED COMING.
NOW I JUST RECENTLY GOT
PROMOTED TO STORE MANAGER.
AND THAT WELL OVERDOUBLED MY W
PAY.
Reporter: IN ADDITION
TO HIS PROMOTION, JOHN SAW
GOD AT WORK IN OTHER WAYS.
FOR ONE THING, HISTOGR
PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS TOOK
OFF.
I'M GETTING MORE HITS ON
MYWEBSITE.
IT MORE THAN DOUBLED.OUN
IT MORE THAN TRIPLED.
AND I FOUND A CAR, EXCELLENT
CONDITION, FOR $2200.
THE BLUE BOOK SAYS IT IS
WORTH $3800.
IT'S GOD. JU
I'M JUST FOLLOWING HIS
PRINCIPLES.
Reporter: JOHN SAYS HE
LEARNED THOSE PRINCIPLES IN
PART FROM WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
I HEAR CBN TALK ABOUT IT
ALL THE TIME.
THEY USED THE SCRIPTURE,
"YOU SOW GENEROUSLY, AND
YOU'LL REAP GENEROUSLY.
YOU SOW SPARINGLY, AND
YOU'LL REAP SPARINGLY."
YOU CAN'T'T A AFFORD NOT TO
TITHE.U
YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO SOW
INTO A MINISTRY LIKE CBN.
JUST BE OBEDIENT TO GOD.
LISTEN TO WHAT HE IS TELLING TO
YOU.
GET INVOLVED, PARTNER WITHPA
CBN, AND YOU'LL BE BLESSED.
Gordon: HERE IS THERE
SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH 1: "IF
YOU WILL ONLY OBEY ME AND
LETAN ME HELP YOU, THEN YOU
WILL HAVE PLENTY."
GOD IS PLEADING WITH YOU,
PLEASE, DO IT MY WAY.
OBEY WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO,
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE BLESSINGS.
YOU'LL HAVE SECURITY.
YOU'LL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE --
THE SECURE KNOWLEDGE THAT
GOD IS IN IT WITH YOU.
THAT HE IS GOING TO BLESS
YOU.AT G
WHEN YOU DO THAT, WHEN YOU
LIVE IN OBEDIENCE, THAT'S
WHEN THE BLESSINGS COME.CE,
WELL, WHEN CYNTHIA LOST HER
JOB, SHE WAS OUT OF WORK FOR
SEVEN MONTHS.
IN ALL THAT TIME, SHE NEVER
MISSED A CAR PAYMENT OR AM
MORTGAGE PAYMENT.IME,
HERE IS HOW SHE DID IT.
I WASN'T IN CONTROL OF MY
MONEY.EN
MY MONEY WAST IN CONTROL OF
ME.
I WOULD SEE SOMETHING, AND I CO
WOULD GO GET IT.
I WORKED HARD FOR IT, ANDSOM
THE VOICES TELL YOU THAT YOU
DESERVE IT.
Reporter: THAT'S THE IT.
MINDSET CYNTHIA HORTONDSET
ADOPTED AS A YOUNG CAREER
WOMAN.
IWOULD CHANGE CARS EVERY C
TWO YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS I
SUPPOSED TO DO.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY,
MOST OF HER MONEY WENT TOOF
PAYING BILLS AND CREDITORS.
I REMEMBER I WOULD HAVE
TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WRITING EVERYTHING DOWN, O
EVERY PENNY THAT I WAS GOING
TO SPEND.EN
IF ANYTHING KIMNY IN $2 OVER,
I WAS GOING TO BE IN AER,
BIND.
Reporter: SHE STARTED
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
I STARTED HEARING THESE
PRINCIPLES THAT WERE VERY
FOREIGN TO ME, YOU KNOW,
GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN
UNTO YOU.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
DECIDED TO BECOME A CBN
PARTNER.
I REMEMBER WRITING THAT
FIRST CHECK.
I THOUGHT ANGELS WERE GOING
TO BE SINGING BECAUSE IT WAS
SUCH A HUGE STEP FOR ME.
Reporter: CYNTHIA STILL
DIDN'T HAVE A HANDLE ON
SPENDING, THOUGH, AND HER
DEBT GREW TO $30,000.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN PAY
THAT MONTHLY PAYMENT, LIFE
IS GOOD.AY
AND IT WASN'T GOOD.MEIS G
THAT WASN'T THE WAY TO
LIVE.
Reporter: THEN SHE LOST
HER JOB.
CYNTHIA SAID SHE HAD TO TO
DEPEND SOLELY ON GOD, WHICH
WASN'T ALWAYS EASY.
IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL FOR
ME.
ONE TIME IN PARTICULAR I
REMEMBER PACING BACK AND
FORTH.
I SAID, REM GOD, I NEED YOUR
HELP.
MY MORTGAGE PAYMENT ISH, A
DRAFTING THE NEXT DAY.
I HAD $1.87 IN THE DAY.AG
Reporter: THATE DAY SHE
APPROVED A PRE-APPROVED LOAN
AT A WHOPPING 27% INTEREST.
CYNTHIA ADMITS, SHE WAS
ATTEMPTED.
I'M THINKING, THIS IS A
QUICK AN ANSWER TO MY
PROBLEM.
AND GOD SAID, IT MAY BE A
QUICK ANSWER, BUT IT'S NOT BE
YOUR ANSWER.
IN A PERMANENT MARKER, IENT
WROTE VOID ON THAT CHECK.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT
MORTGAGE PAYMENT WAS MADE
THE NEXT DAY.
HIS SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION
WAS TO CONTINUE GIVING THE
SAME AMOUNT AS WHEN I HAD AN
JOB.O
DURING SEVEN MONTHS OFME
UNEMPLOYMENT, I NEVER MISSED
A HOUSE PAYMENT, AND I NEVER
MISSED A CAR PAYMENT.
GOD WAS FAITHFUL.
Reporter: SHE SAYS GOD
SHOWED HER WAYS, TO GIVE
MORE.
HE ASKED ME TO DOUBLE MY
GIFT TO CBN.
I MEAN, $20 WAS A STRETCH,
AND $40 -- WOW.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
INCREASED HER GRIFG AND
GIVING AND IS NOW
DEBT-FREE.
SHE IS ALSO A IS MEMBER OF THE
CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE.
SHE SAYS SHE HAS AN
UNDERSTANDING OF GIVING
FAITH HE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
MY PHILOSOPHY WAS 10% IS
GOD, AND 90% IS MINE.NO
NOW MY PHILOSOPHY IS 100% IS
HIS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
PRINCIPLES I LEARNED, WHEN I I G
GIVE IT TO GOD, HE IS GOING
TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN I
COULD IMAGINE, AND HE
BLESSES ME ALONG THE WAY.
Gordon: CYNTHIA LEARNED
ONE OFY. THE GREAT SECRETS OF
THE KINGDOM, WE CALL IT THE
LAW OF RECIPROCITY.
FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE IS
AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
REACTION.
HERE IS THE LAW OF RES PROS
RECIPROCITY, LUKE 6: "GIVEIES
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO
YOU.
A GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED
DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND
RUNNING OVER WILL BE POUREDL
INTO YOUR LAP.
FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU
USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED TO
YOU."
UNDER THE LAW OF
RECIPROCITY, IT IS NOT EQUAL
AND OPPOSITE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GIVE,
AND GOD GIVES EVEN MORE BACK
TO YOU.
HE POURS OUT BLESSINGS INTO
YOUR LAP SO BIG THAT YOU
CANNOT CONTAIN THEM.TAIN
THAT'S THE PROMISES.
THAT'S THE LAW OF
RECIPROCITY.
AND CYNTHIA PUT IT TO WORK.
HERE SHE IS, WONDERING, HOW
AM I GOING TO MAKE A A
MORTGAGE PAYMENT?
HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE A CAR
PAYMENT?
AND GOD TELLSPAYM HER TO
INCREASE, AND TO INCREASE
HER GIVING.
AND WITH THE MEASURE SHEND
USED, IT WAS MEASURED BACKSU
TO HER.RE
SO MUCH SO THAT IT POURED
INTO HER LAP.
IF YOU WANT THAT, IF YOU
WANT THE PROMISE OF AN OPEN
HEAVEN OVER YOU, IF YOU WANTVEN
THE PROMISE THAT GOD IS
WATCHING OUT FOR YOU AND HE
IS WATCHING OUT FOR YOUR Y
FUTURE, THEN YOU NEED TOOU BE
OBEDIENT TO THE LAWS HE SETND O
UP.
ONE OF THE TH LAWS HE SET UP
IS, GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU.NTIL
THE WORLD SAYS WAIT UNTILOU C
YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND
THEN GIVE.
BUT THAT'S NOT LAW OF THEOM I
SECRET KINGDOM.NTO
SOME EXISTING CBN PARTNERS,IST
JUST LIKE CYNTHIA, SAY WE
LOVE GIVING.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS
TO BE GENEROUS GIVERS AS
WELL SEA THE SO THEY CAN
ENJOY THE SAME BLESSINGS.00
SO THEY'LL MATCH YOU,LE
$75,000 OVER THE NEXT 30
MINUTES.
LET'S PRAY. H
LORD, WE ASK FOR BLESSING,
AND WE ASK FOR OPEN HEAVENOR
OVER THOSE WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE TO ISSUE THISNS,
CHALLENGE.
AND FOR THOSE WATCHING,
MAKING DECISIONS, SPEAK TO ASK
THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM, BLESS
THEM, FOR WE ASK IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT, $75,000, 30KE I
MINUTES TO MAKE IT.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
IS JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
DO JUST WHAT CYNTHIA DID. C
SHE SAID, OKAY, I'LL TRY
THIS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SHE JOINED AT $20 A MONTH,
THAT'S JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,
THAT'S THE BASIC "700
CLUB."
IF YOU'RE CHALLENGEDIC TO GIVE
MORE, WITH THE MEASURE YOU
USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED GI
BACK TO YOU.
THERE IS "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD, $40.
THOUSAND CLUB IS A THOUSAND
A YEAR, $84 A MONTH.
2500 CLUB, $2500 A YEAR.
AND FOUNDER, $5,000 A YEAR,
AND CHAIRMAN MAN'S CIRCLE,
$10,000 OR MORE A YEAR. F
NOW IS THE TIMEOU TO DO IT,
CALL US.YE
1-800-759-0700.N
TERRY?
Terry: I HAVE SOMETHING
EXCITING TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
WHEN YOU BECOME A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, WE WANT TO SEND YOU
THIS NEW D.V.D., CALLED
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE
ANSWER TO THE AGE-OLD
QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE DIE?
FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED DEATH AND LIVED
TO TELL ABOUT IT.
Gordon: IT IS AMUST
QUESTION EACH ONE OF US MUST
FACE.
IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION YOU'LL EVER MAKE:
WHERE WILL YOU SPEND
ETERNITY?
VERW
Gordon: YOU CAN HAVE
THE ASSURANCE THAT WHEN YOU
DIE AND ARE ABSENT FROM YOUR
BODY, YOU'LL BE PRESENT WITHNT
JESUS FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Terry: IT IS THE
AGE-OLD QUESTION, ISN'T IT:
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
HERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHOOPLE
HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
SOME HAD A POSITIVEERIE
EXPERIENCE, SOME A NEGLECT.
NEGATIVE.
BUT THIS IS VALUABLEYOU
INFORMATION.
THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
IT $ IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A M
MONTH.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE NOW.
HERE IS THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT
THAT, EVERY DOLLAR YOU
PLEDGE WILL BE MATCHEDUR M
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED
AROUND THE WORLD.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
1-800-759-0700.
GORDON?
Gordon: LIKEW. MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS, JOSEPH AND
MELANIE WERE HIT HARD BY THE
RECESSION.
AT ONE POINTMIE THE POINT
THEY HAD TO CHOICE BETWEEN
BUYING FOOD OR BUYING GAS TODE
GET TO WORK.
Reporter: JOSEPH AND
MELANIE HARDING LOVED THEND
FREEDOM OF RIDING THEIR
MOTORCYCLES ON THE OPEN
ROAD.
IT REMINDS THEM OF THEIR
NEWFOUND FINANCIAL FREEDOM.
THE HARDINGS LIVE IN THE
HEARTLAND OF MICHIGAN.
TODAY THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL
ENTREPRENEURS.
BUT THEY'VE KNOWN THEIR
SHARE OF HARD TIMES.ANIE
MELANIE WAS A COMPUTER
DRAFTER, AND JOSEPH WAS A
RESTAURANT COOK.IV
STILL,ED LIKE MANY AMERICANS,
THEY LIVED PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
IT IS A STRUGGLE DAY TO
DAY.
I THINK IT IS FEAR.
YOU LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT,
WONDERING WHERE THAT NEXT
$10 IS GOING TO COME FROM SO G
YOU CAN HAVE GAS TO GET TO
WORK OR FOOD TO EAT.
IT IS JUST BASIC NEEDS.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A
PRISONER.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO
GET AHEAD.
Reporter: WITH A
STRUGGLING ECONOMY, MELANIE
SAYS THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME
TOUGH DECISIONS.
DO G I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR
TO GO TO MY FRIENDS BIRTHDAY
PARTY, OR DO I HAVE TO STAY
HOME SO I CAN GET TO WORK
TOMORROW?
TWO DAYS BEFORE THET N PAY
PAYCHECK, I MIGHT NOT BE'M
ABLE TO PAY MY UTILITY GO
BILLS, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO CHOOSE TO PAY A LATE FEE
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OR
MAYBE HAVE MY UTILITIESTURN
TURNED OFF.
Reporter: AFTER
SUFFERING A BACK INJURY,
JOSEPH HAD TO LEAVE HIS
JOB.
AS HE RECUPERATED, HE
STARTED WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB" EVERY MORNING.
THAT'S WHERE HE LEARNEDTCHI
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OFOUT
GIVING.
JUST BEEN OBEDIENT, AND
GIVE GOD WHAT IS ALREADY
HIS.
IT BELONGS TO HIM, ANYWAY.
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB,"
AND HEARING THE STORIES IS
WHAT REALLY SPOKE TO HIM.
REAL PEOPLE SHARING HOWREA
THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED AND
THEIR FINANCES AND
BUSINESSES WERE CHANGED FROM
TITHING.
SO HE GOT THAT MESSAGE FROM
CBN.
Reporter: MELANIE HADIE
GROWN UP IN CHURCH AND
ALREADY KNEW ABOUT TITHING,
BUT HAD BEEN INCONSISTENT.TAR
WHEN SHE STARTED WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB" WITH JOSEPH,
SOON THEY STARTED GIVING.
THE COMPANY MELANIE WORKED
FOR STARTED SUFFERING, TOO.
SHE LEFT HER JOB AND STARTED
A HOME-BASED BUSINESS.
WHEN JOSEPH GOT BACK ON HIS HE
FEET, HE STARTED SELLING
ITEMS HE BOUGHT ON STATE
SALES ON eBAY.
HE HAS BLESSED ME SOBLES
MUCH.
A LOT OF TIMES I WOULD BUY
SOMETHING AND THINK, IT
MIGHT BE WORTH SOMETHING.
I WOULD SPEND $2 OR $3 ON
IT, AND IT IS WORTH $300.
IN THE TIMEFRAME, ITESS
MULTIPLIED BY 10.
AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING.
Reporter: MELANIE AND
JOSEPH LOVE GIVING TO CBN
EACH MONTH.
CBN FOLLOWS THE WORD.
WHEN I WATCH THE SHOW, I
JUST KNOW THAT GOD IS THE
CENTER OF EVERYTHING CBN
DOES.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO
SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION LIKEOSEP
THAT.
Reporter: JOSEPH SAYSONG
HE NO LONGER FEELS LIKE A
PRISONER TO HIS FINANCES.
I JUST FEEL PEACE, EVERHERE
SINCE I'VE BEEN TITHING.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
BILLS.
THERE IS'T ALWAYS MONEY TO PAY
THE BILLS.
HE DOESN'T NEED OUR
MONEY..
IT'S FOR US.ENT,
TITHING IS FOR US. F
IT IS AN INVESTMENT.
AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR US
TO BE BLESSED FINANCIALLY,
SO THAT WE CAN BLESS
OTHERS. OTH
Gordon: JOSEPH AND
MELANIE LEARNED THE SECRETNED
THAT WHEN YOU START TRUSTING
GOD WITH YOUR FINANCES, WITH
EVERYTHING REGARDING YOUROUR
LIFE, THEN ALL OF THE
ANXIETY LEAVES BECAUSE YOUANXI
KNOW THAT HE IS WATCHING
OVER YOU.
HERE IS THE PROMISE FROM
MATTHEW 6, AGAIN, THE WORDS
OF JESUS, YOU CAN CAN TRUST
HIM AND YOU CAN BELIEVE
HIM.
"SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT HAVING
ENOUGH FOOLE FOOD OR DRINKD
OR CLOTHING.
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER ALREADY
KNOWS ALL OF YOUR NEEDS, AND
HE WILL GIVE YOU ALL YOU
NEED FROM DAY TO DAY IF --" YO
IT'S A CONDITIONAL
PROMISE -- "IF YOU LIVE FOR
HIM AND MAKE THE KINGDOM OF
GOD YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN."
IF YOU LIVE WITH CONCERN, IF
YOU LIVE IN ANXIETY, YOU'RE
NOT LIVING IN HIS REST.
YOU'RE NOT LIVING IN HIS
PROVISION.
TURN ITAROUND.
CHANGE YOUR THINKING, AND I'M
SAY, I'M GOING TO START
TRUSTING GOD. G
AND DO IT IN A VERY TANGIBLE
WAY AND SAY, OKAY, I'LL
GIVE.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO
DO?
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
THAT'S JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY AND YOU J JOIN
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOI
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
TODAY.
WHO WANT TO SEE THE GOSPELDIFF
PREACHED AROUND THE WORLD.HO
WE'RE DOING IT IN 15
PRODUCTION CENTERS LOCATED
STRATEGICALLY IN PLACES LIKE
KIEV, AND THE U.K., AND THEERE
PHILIPPINES, AND JAKARTA AND
INDONESIA.
WHERE WE'RE TRAINING LOCALLEV
CHRISTIANS HOW TO PREACH THEIR
GOSPEL ON TELLS IN THEIR OWNCULT
LANGUAGE, IN THEIR OWN
CULTURE.
SHOWING PEOPLE STORIES OF
WHAT JESUS IS DOING IN THEIR
COUNTRY TODAY.
IT IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU CAREITH
ENOUGH TO GIVE.
JOIN WITH US.
JOIN IN EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
SAY, YES, I WANT TO JOINLL,
"700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE ELE
WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE.
AND WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THEE
PROCESSING,SO WE CAN SEND BACK
TO YOU OUR GIFT CALLED
"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHING C.D.s.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE,
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN
YOU CALL.
AND WHEN YOU GIVE MONTHLY
AND THE INTERNET, YOUICAL
AUTOMATICALLY SIGN UP FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
TODAY, EILEEN IS HAPPY ANDEE,
DEBT-FREE, BUT JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO, SHE WAS SINGLE
AND STRUGGLING.TO
Reporter: EILEEN TOOY
HAD RUN OUT OF OPTIONS.
AN ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE, SHE
HAD A TOUGH TIME FOUNDING BEC
JOBS BECAUSE CONSTRUCTIONJO
HAD DRIED UP.
I WAS GETTING READY TO
LOSE MY HOME.
I COULD HARDLY PAY MY
MORTGAGE, THE ELECTRICITY, N
AND THE PHONE, AND ALL OFEEN
THE UTILITIES.
Reporter: EILEEN WAS ONLARI
THE VIRGE OF DECLARING
BANKRUPTCY, AND THE BANK WASME
ABOUT TO FORECLOSURE00
FORECLOSURE ON HER HOME.
IT CAME TO THE POINT
WHERE I HAD $2,000 TO MY
NAME, AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH
TO COVER THE MORTGAGE AND TO
COVER THE BILLS.IS
I SAID, OKAY, GOD, I FEEL
LIKE THIS IS IT, I'M GOING
TO BE IN THE STREETS. GI
SO I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE YOU GOD
ALL I HAVE.
SO I GAVE GOD ALL I HAD, THE
WHOLE $200.GS
Reporter: EILEEN SAYS
IT WAS THEN THINGS STARTED
TURNING AROUND.
I ENDED UP GETTING A CALL
FROM THE BANK THAT DAYMENT
DAY.
AND THEY CALLED ME TO SAY,
WE'RE GOING TO REINSTATE
YOUR LOAN.D
AND IHE SAID, HOW IS THAT
POSSIBLE?
AND SHEIN SAID, YOU HAD A
RELATIVE THAT CALLED IN AND
GAVE ALL OF THE MONEY YOU
OWED.
Reporter: BUT THAT,
EILEEN, SAYS JUST WAS THEGHT
BEGINNING.
SHE FOUND A PERMANENT
FULL-TIMEJOB, GOT CAUGHT UP
ON HER BILLS, AND WAS ABLE
TO PAY BACK HER RELATIVE.WHAT
I WAS FAITHFUL TO WHAT
GOD WAS GIVING ME.
TO SAY, GOD, I TITHE AND ID,
BELIEVE YOUR WORD.ED
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILLBE
DELIVER ME.
AND HE WOULD, TIME AND TIME
AND TIME AGAIN. TI
AND HE NEVER FAILED ME.D
NOT ONCE DID HE FAIL ME.NO
Reporter: YEARST LATER,ARS
EILEEN MARRIED LEONARD.
SHE TOLD HIM HOW GOD HAD
ALWAYS PROVIDED FOR HER, ANDYS
SHE IS CONVINCED THAT IT IS
BECAUSE SHE WAS FAITHFUL TO
GIVE.
E.THAT'S THE ONE THING GOD
SAYS, PROVE ME IN THIS, AND
SEE IF I WON'T POUR YOU OUTOUT
A BLESSING THAT YOU CANNOT
CONTAIN.SO
AND SO I PROVED HIM OVER ANDND
OVER AGAIN, AND HE WOULDE
POUR OUT BLESSING AFTERFTER
BLESSING THAT I STILL CANNOT
CONTAIN.
Reporter: BEFORE LONG,
LEONARD SAW HOW IT WORKED IN
HIS LIFE AS WELL.ELL.
AS WE GIVE IN FAITH TO
GOD, GOD IS GOING TO TURN
AROUND AND BLESS US SO THAT
THEN WE CAN BLESS OTHERS
MORE. B
Reporter: ONE OF THE
PLACES TH THE THE TUEY'S
GIVE TO CBN.OF
WHEN I SEE THEM GO TO
THIRD WORLDS AND GET
DRINKING WATER EXCITES ME.
BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T GO
THERE, BUT I CAN GIVE TO THE
CAUSE.
ONERE OF THE THINGS IS
"OPERATION BLESSING."
WHENEVER THERE IS DISASTERS,
THAT'S THE CHURCH IN ACTION.
Reporter: THE COUPLE ISREAL
NOW DEBT-FREE, AND THEIR
HOME IS PAID FOR.
YOU REALLY CAN'T AFFORD
NOT TO TITHE.
BECAUSE GOD IS A GOOD GOD
AND HE WANTS TO SHOW OFF.TS T
HE REALLY WANTS TO SHOW
OFF.
Gordon: EILEEN LEARNED
A WONDERFUL PRINCIPLE, AND
YOU FIND IT IN ISAIAH 58:
CTRL+I I WAN"I WANT YOU TO
SHARE YOUR FOOD WITH THE
HUNGRY, TO WELCOME POORME.
WANDERERS IN YOUR HOME, AND DO
GIVE CLOTHES TO PEOPLE WHO
NEED THEM.
THEN THE LORD WILL ANSWER,
YES, I AM HERE, AND HE WILL
PRETTY REPLY."
EILEEN WAS FACED WITH PRETTY
INCREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES,
WHERE GOD WAS ASKING HER TO
GIVE.
AND ALL SHE HAD WAS $200.
AND SHE WAS FACING
FORECLOSURE, AND SHE WAS
FACING, HOW DO I FEED MY
DAUGHTER?
HOWDO I DO THESE THINGS?
AND GOD ASKED HER TO GIVE,E,
AND SHE MADE THE DECISION,
I'LL DO THAT.
I'LL DO THAT.
AND THAT VERY SAME DAY HE
ANSWERED QUICKLY, JUST AS HE
PROMISED INISAIAH 58.
HE ANSWERED QUICKLY FOR
HER.
AND THAT LED TO A WHOLE
LIFESTYLE OF GIVING, WHERE
SHE SAID, I'D RATHER GIVE,
I'D RATHER BE PART OF GOD'SOULD
PLANS, AND I WOULD RATHERIFE
SAY IN MY LIFE AND MY
FINANCES THAT I'M OBEDIENT
TO THE TITHE, AND THROUGHGS C
THAT REGULAR GIVING, WINDOWS
OPENED TO HER.
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN OPENED,
POURING OUT BLESSINGS SHE
COULD NOT CON DANE.
CONTAIN.
THIS IS NOT SOME GET RICH
SCHEME.YLE
IF YOU ADOPT A LIFESTYLE ANDT'
GENEROSITY, AND SAY I WANT TH
TO BE A GIVER, THAT'S WHEN
THE BLESSINGS THAT STARTS A
HAPPENING TO YOU.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB".
> IT'S JUST $20 A MONTH,
65 CENTS A DAY.H T AR
A PORTION GOES INTO
SPREADING THE GOSPEL AROUND
THE WORLD.
AND THE OTHER GOES INTO
"OPERATION BLESSING," FROMWITH
IT GOES INTO THE DISASTER
STRIKE FORCE, AND THE FOOD
WE DELIVER, THREE MILLION
AMERICANS BEING FED BECAUSE
OF "OPERATION BLESSING"
TRUCKS DELIVERING FOOD TO
FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
THAT, JOIN WITH US.NT
SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE PART
OF "THE 700 CLUB."
1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE
PHONES.NES
Wendy: THANKS, GORDON.RSES
IF YOU COUNT ALL OF THE
VERSIONS IN THE BIBLE, JESUSE
SPOKE ABOUT HELL MORE OFTEN
THAN HE SPOKE ABOUT HEAVEN.
HE CALLED IT A PLACE OF
WEEPING AND GNASHING OF THE
TEETH.
IN "LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE,
PART TWO," YOU'LL MEETRAVE Y
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE.
Wendy: ALL RIGHT.
HELL IS THE BAD NEWS.
HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS: GOD A
MADE A WAY FOR YOU AND ME TON
NEVER HAVE TO GO THERE. TO
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, U
BELIEVE THAT JESUS SAVED US SI
FROM OUR SINS, AND WE'RE W
SAVED.
JUST CALL ON THE NAME OF THE
LORD, AND YOU WILL BE.
SAVED.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE LIFE
LIF"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE,
PART TWO," IT IS A REAL
EYE-OPENER.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,
$20.
1-800-759-0700 IS THE NUMBER
TO CALL, OR YOU CAN LOG ON
TO CBN.COM. A
NOW, IF YOU'RE ALREADY A
"700 CLUB" MEMBER, WE WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU.
BUT IT IS A NEW YEAR, WHY
NOT TAKE IT UP A NOTCH.
TO THE GOLD LEVEL, WHICH IS
JUST $40 A MONTH.
IF YOU DO, WE WANT TO SEND
YOU THREE "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE, PART TWO"s.
MAYBE YOU CAN DO THE
THOUSAND LEVEL, $84 A MONTH,
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU FIVE
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO"s, FOR ALL OF THE
PEOPLE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING
FOR.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WI
$75,000 NOW, AND THAT MEANS
IF YOU PLEDGE RIGHT NOW,
EVERY DOLLAR WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET AERE
DEAL LIKE THAT, TERRY?
Terry: I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN.OU
WE HAVE THE RIGHTS ON THAT
DEAL.
IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS
SINCE HURRICANE SANDY, AND
STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
NEW JERSEY ARE HOMELESS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" TEAMS,
HOWEVER, ARE STILL THERE.
THEY'RE HELPING STORM
SURVIVORS WHO HAVE NOWHERE
ELSE TO TURN.
Reporter: IN THE FIRST
FEW WEEKS FOLLOWING SA
HURRICANE SANDY, THE SMOKES
IN THE SMALL COASTAL TOWN OF
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NEW
JERSEY, BEGAN THE SMALL
PROCESS OF PUTTING THEIR
LIVES BACK TOGETHER.
FROM THE START, "OPERATION
BLESSING" WAS THERE.
AL CAPRIOTI, WHO LOST BOTH
LEGS DUE TO COMPLICATIONS TOINS
DIABETES, HAD NOWHERE TO
TURN WHEN A TREE CRASHEDUS
DOWN ONE, HIS HOUSE.
HE WAS OUT OF OPTIONS.
IT CAME THROUGH THE BACK
BEDROOM, AND IT BLEW MY
SKYLIGHT OUT.
IT CAUSED A LEAK IN THE
ROOF, RIGHT HERE, JUST BELOWAS
MY BED.
I STARTED SLEEPING AND I WASPSET
STARTING TO GET WET.W
MY WIFE WAS UPSET. AIN
AND I'M, LIKE, WHAT ARE WEONEY
GOING TO DO?
I AIN'T GOT THIS KIND OF
MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
Reporter: A FRIEND TOLD
HIM THAT "OPERATION
BLESSING"WAS THE IN AREA,
HELPING PEOPLE RECOVER FROM
THE STORM.
WE GAVE THEM A CALL AND
THEY WERE HERE.
WOW!
THEY SAID, WE CAN REMOVE
THESE TREES OFF THE ROOF.
I SAID, ARE YOU SURE BECAUSE
THERE IS ONE TREE -- IT'S
AWFUL BIG.
HE GOES, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF
IT.
AND THEY CAME IN HERE WITH AHEY
CREW, AND THEY KNOCKED THATTR
TREE RIGHT OUT.
Reporter: WITHIN HOURS,
"OPERATION BLESSING"
VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP AND
REMOVED THE TREES.
THEN THEY NAILED A TARP INOW
PLACE TO KEEP THE RAIN AND
SNOW OUT UNTIL INSURANCE
COULD REPLACE THE ROOF.
I WAS OVERWHELMED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.DIDN
THANK YOU IS NOT OFF.
AND THEN THEY PRAYED WITH
US.H
AND I KNEW RIGHT THERE AND
THEN THAT THAT WAS GOD.
THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS HIM.
HE WAS IN MY HOUSE.
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY
WAS SAFE.
BECAUSE GOD DOES TAKE CARE
OF HIS OWN.OF
Reporter: THROUGH YOUR
DONATIONS, "OPERATION
BLESSING" WILL CONTINUE TOATIO
WORK IN LITTLE EGG HARBOR
AND OTHER DEVASTATEDUNIT
COMMUNITIES.
HELPING FAMILIES INF THEIR
DESPERATE TIME OF NEED.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOUBLES
DID.
IT WAS A BLESSING THAT YOU
WERE HEAR.
REALLY, I NEVER THOUGHT THISELIE
WOULD EVER HAPPEN TO ME.
I BELIEVE WHEN YOU CAN'T
HANDLE NO MORE, THERE IS
ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS
IN THE SANDS, AND THAT'S THETUNN
LORD'S.
Terry: I THINK WES HAVE
ALL BEEN STUNNED AS WE WATCH
THE PICTURES OF PEOPLE STILL A
LIVING IN HOMES WITH HOLESF
IN THE ROOF, HOMES THAT ARE
TOTALLY FALLING APART, AND
NO HELP IN SIGHT.RE
BUT IN THIS LITTLE.
COMMUNITY, YOU ARE MAKING AFROM
DIFFERENCE.
YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO BE
THERE FROM THE GET-GO, AND
WE'RE GOING TO STAY UNTIL
THE JOB GETS DONE.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE
THINGS YOU SUPPORT WHEN YOU
JOIN "700 CLUB."
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH
MAKES YOU A "700 CLUB" OF
MEMBER.
SOME OF YOU MAY SAY, I AM ABER.
"700 CLUB" MEMBER.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.NCOU
CAN WE ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY
TO GO UP TO "700 CLUB" GOLD,
THAT'S $40.
THEN THERE IS "700 CLUB"
GOLD, $84 A YEAR.
AND THEN THERE IS A 2500
LEVEL, WHICH IS $2500 A
YEAR.
THERE IS THE FOUNDERS LEVEL,
$5,000 A YEAR.
AND THEN THERE IS THE
CHAIRMAN'S CLUB, $10,000 OR WI
MORE A YEAR.
IT HAPPENS YOU AND I STANDOU
UP, AFTER HEARING THE LORD'S
VOICE SPEAK TO US, AND SAY,
I WANT TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
SO CALL 1-800-759-0700.
GORDON?
Gordon: WHEN YOU BECOMEECO
A "700 CLUB" MEMBER, YOU'RE
HELPING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD.EOP
LIKES THIS WIDOW AND HERE
FAMILY IN CHINA.
WHEN WE MET THEM, THEY WEREERE
LIVING IN A SHACK THAT WERE
SO RUN DOWN, SHE AND HER
CHILDREN GOT FROSTBITE FR
INSIDE THEIR HOME.
Reporter: YIN AND YU
ALWAYS DREADED THEIR WALK
HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH THEIR
FRIENDS.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR
CLASSMATES TO SEE WHERE THEY
LIVED, IN AN OLD, RUNDOWN
SHACK.
THE TAOS HAD A BIGGER HOMEED,
AT ONE POINT, BUT IT WAS
DESTROYED BY A HEAVY
RAINSTORM.
MR. AND MRS. TAO WORKED VERY
HARD TO BUILD A NEW HOME.
BUT WHEN MR. TAO DIED,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
I PLANTED CORN, AND ONLY
MADE $150 A YEAR.IED
IT WAS AWFUL.
MY MOM WORKED SO HARD THAT
HER HAIR TURNED GREY.NED
SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SMALL,
MY SISTER AND I PITCHED IN
TO HELP.
IN THE SUMMER, OUR ROOF
LEAKED BADLY, SO OUR SHEETS
AND PAJAMAS WERE ALWAYS
WET.
AND IN THE WINTER, OUR ROOM
FROZE INSIDE.
IT WAS WAS SO COLD THAT WET
GOT FROSTBITE ON OUR HANDS
AND FEET.
THERE ISN'T EVEN ROOM TO
COOK.
I HAVE TO PREPARE MEALS
OUTSIDE.
AND WEDON'T HAVE POWER.
THE CHILDREN HAVE TO DO DO
THEIR HOMEWORK BY CANDLE
LIGHT.
Terry: AFTER THREE
YEARS OF THIS, THE FAMILY
STILL ONLY HAD ONE-THIRD OF
WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BUILD AWHAT
NEW HOME.NE
SO MRS. TAO TURNED TO GOD.O
I SAID, LORD, I BELIEVE
IN YOU, THAT YOU CAN MAKE A A
WAY FOR ME.
Terry: SHORTLY AFTER
MRS. TAO PRAYED, CBN CAME TO
THEIR VILLAGEMR AND HELPED T
BUILDO THE TAOS A NEW HOME,
WHICH WAS MUCH LARGER THAN
THEIR OLD ONE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE MY
CLASSMATES OVER.
Terry: THERE ARE NO
LEAKS IN THEIR ROOF, AND
THIS WINTER THEY WON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT FROSTBITE
BECAUSE CBN GAVE THE TAOS A
BRAND NEW HEATER.
I THANK THE LORD, FOR HE
HAS SHOWN HIS GRACE TO ME.
AND I THANK CBN, FOR YOUANK
HAVE GIVEN ME AND MY
CHILDREN A REAL HOME.
YOU ARE ANGELS SENT FROMS
GOD.
Gordon: ANGELS SENTM G
FROM GOD.
JUST IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO
ANSWER THE PRAYER OF THAT
WONDERFUL WOMAN IN CHINA, TO
SAY, YES, WE CAN COME W
THERE.
WE CAN HELP YOU.
WE CAN HELP YOU BUILD A
LIFE, A HOPE, AND A FUTURE
FOR YOUR CHILDREN,
COMPLETELY TRANSFORM YOU.SE
ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE
LIKE YOU CARE ENOUGH TO
GIVE, TO SAY YES.
TO SAY, I WANT TO BE A PART
OF IT.IT.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF "THE
700 CLUB."
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, GO
TO THE PHONE AND CALL US.
BE PART OF EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD BY
JOINING.
1-800-759-0700.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$75,000 CHALLENGE, AND I'VE
GOT SOME GREAT NEWS.
SOME CBN PARTNERS ARE SAYING
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.GREA
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE E IT UPAKE
ANOTHER $150,000.
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO
$225,000, AND WE'VE GOT TO
UNTIL THE END OF THE HOUR.
WE ASK FOR BLESSING OVER
THIS.THE
WE ASK FOR THE ABILITY TORAYE
ANSWER THE PRAYERS OF YOUR
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD,D
THAT YOU WOULD ENABLE US TO
TAKE YOUR GLORIOUS GOSPEL,
TO T TAKE PROVISION.Y
TO TAKE VERY TANGIBLE HELP
IN TIME OF NEED.
THAT WE COULD BE YOUR
AMBASSADORS.
YOUR AMBASSADORS OF THEYO
PEACE.PEA
ENABLE US TO DO THIS, LORD.
NOW FOR THOSE WATCHING,
MAKING DECISIONS, JUST SPEAK
TO THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM,
BLESS THEM.E
FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT, $225,000.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 19 MINUTES
AND 30 SECONDS TO GO.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.NEED
SO CALL US RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO OVER TO KRISTI AT
THE PHONES.
Kristi: THANK YOU,
GORDON.
WHEN YOU THINK OF HEAVEN,
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO YOUR MIND?
THE TH PEARLIE GATES?
STREETS OF GOLD?
IN "LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE,
PART TWO," PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN TO HEAVEN SAY THERE IS
SO MUCH MORE TO HEAVEN THANHAVE
WE ABSOLUTELY THINK.
TAKE A LOOK.
Kristi: YOU KNOW,NOW,
RECENTLY I WAS SPEAKING TO A
DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO
TRAGICALLY LOST HER SON
SUDDENLY TO AN ACCIDENTMENT
THE ONE THING, WHEN I LOOKED
AT HER FACE, THERE WAS SUCH
A GLOW IN HER FACE.EV
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS
HEARTBREAK, SHE SAID,
KRISTI, THERE IS A CERTAINTY
I KNOW, MY SON IS WITH THE GA
LORD, BECAUSE HE GAVE HIS
LIFE TO THE LORD, HE SERVED
HIM WITH ALL OF HIS HEART,
AND I KNOW HE IS SERVING
WITH JESUS.
HERE IS THE QUESTION FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW: TOMORROW IS NOT
PROMISED TO ANY OF US, BUT
TO YOU, YOUR IF FRIENDS, YOUR
FAMILY, IF SOMETHING
UNIMAGINABLE HAPPENED, DO
YOU HAVE ASSURANCE THAT YOU
WILL BE UP IN HEAVEN
REJOICING WITH JESUS?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
ASSURANCE RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE TEL
GOT TO HAVE THIS.
IT IS CALLED "LIFE BEYOND
THE GRAVE, PART TWO," AND
THEY ARE ACTUAL STORIES OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ANDONE
GONE TO HEAVEN AND GONE TO
TO HEAVEN AND SOME WHO HAVE
GONE TO HELL.
AND THEY SAID, NO MATTER HOW
THEY LIVED, THEY NEEDED TOTHEY
CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND GIVE
THEIR LIFE TO JESUS.
TODAY IS THE DAY.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
BECOME A "700 CLUB" MEMBER.
CALL 1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALL, WE WANT TO
GIVE THIS TO YOU, IT'S
CALLED LIFE JOINE "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLEIS OF THIS
CHALLENGE, SO EVERY DOLLARANSA
YOU GIVE IS DOUBLED.
IT IS ABOUT THE GREATN,
COMMISSION, AND THAT IS TOAT
LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT
JESUS LOVES YOU AND LOVESUS
THEM.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.M.
BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHINGRE
WITHOUT YOU.
SO PICK UP THE PHONE AND
CALL RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
DON'T FORGET, WHEN YOU CALL
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS,
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
GORDON?
Gordon: WHEN TODD LOSTS,
HIS JOB, HIS WIFE DANA WENT L
FROM HOME-MAKER TO
BREAD-MAKER.INT
AT ONE POINT SHE HAD TO FEED
HER FAMILY WITH FOOD OTHER
PEOPLE HAD THROWN AWAY.
Reporter: DANA
HOWARDTON NEVER THOUGHT IT
WOULD COME TO THIS, THAT HER
FAMILY FINANCES WOULD HIT
ROCK BOTTOM.
IT HAPPENED WHEN HER HUSBANDHUSB
TODD LOST HER JOB BECAUSE OF
A DRUG ADDICTION.
HE WENT INTO REHAB, AND DANA
STARTED CLEANING APARTMENTSVER
AND CORPORATE BUSINESSES TO
PROVIDE FOOD.
WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY
YOURSELF TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR
CHILDREN, YOU DO WHATEVERJ
YOU HAVE TO.
Reporter: MANY OF THE
APARTMENTS DANA CLEANED WERE
VAVACATED AND SHE WOULD
FIND UNOPENED FOOD THAT SHEAMI
COULD TAKE HOME TO HER
FAMILY.
DANA REMEMBERS THE TOUGH
CHOICES SHE WAS FORCED TO
MAKE.
IS WAS REALLY TORN
BETWEEN, ARE WE GOING TOAVE
HAVE GAS MONEY TO GET TO THE
NEXT JOB THAT GOING TO GIVE
ME MONEY, OR ARE WE GOING TOR
HAVE MILK FOR THEIR CEREAL, GA
AND I CHOSE THE GAS.
Reporter: DANA WAS
DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS.
SHE STARTED WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB."
WHERE SHE HEARD ABOUT THE WHE
LAW OF RESIPROCITY.
WHAT THAT TAUGHT ME WAS I
CAN SOW INTO THE KINGDOM,
AND AS WE GO BEYOND GIVING,
IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR
BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES.
Reporter: DANA STARTEDING
TITHING OFF A LITTLE SHENO
MADE CLEANING APARTMENTS.
AND SHE ALSO STARTED GIVING
TO CBN.
SOON AFTER THAT, DANA SAYS
GOD PROVIDED HER WITH THE
NEXT JOB THAT PAID HER RENT
THE NEXT MONTH.
GO IT WAS EXACTLY $500.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ISorte
THE RENT.
Reporter: AND DANA SAYS
GOD ALWAYS PROVIDED THEIR
EVERY NEED.Y TO
EVENTUALLY TODD GOT OUT OF
REHAB AND WENT TO WORK.
LIFE IS SO EXCITING NOW.
GOD HAS BLESSED EVERYTHING.
IT IS ANG. TRULY ABUNDANT
LIFE.
Reporter: TODAY THEYBOTH
STILL HAVE STEADY JOBS, ANDSTI
THEY STILL GIVE TO CBN AS
"700 CLUB" GOLD MEMBERS.
JUST RECENTLY THEY BOUGHT
THEIR FIRST HOME.
WHEN WE WALKED IN THE
DOOR, AND PUT THE KEY IN, ITO
CARRIED MY LIF WIFE IN.
AND TO LOOK UP AND SEE THEI A
BIG LIGHT, IT WAS UNREAL.OD
I ASKED FOR A POND, AND GOD SON
GAVE US A LAKE.
SO ME AND MY SON GO
FISHING.
WHEN HE SAYS MATTHEW 6:3,
33, WHEN YOU SET YOUR EYES GO
ON GOD, HE KNOWS OUR DESIRES
AND OUR NEEDS, AND HE GIVES
US THAT AND SO MUCH MORE.
Gordon: DANA -- HERE
SHE IS AND HER LIFE SEEMS TO
BE CASING IN.
HER HUSBAND HAS LOST HIS
JOB.
WHAT DOES SHE DO?DO
DOES SHE SIT THERE AND
COMPLAIN AND WONDER, GOD,
WHERE ARE YOU?
NO.RU
SHE TRUSTS GOD.ST I
SHE SAYS, I'M GOING TO TRUST
IN MY SAVIOR.ING
HE IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR
ME.
HE KNOWS THE DESIRES OF MY
HEART.
HE IS GOING TO GIVE THEM TO J
ME IF I JUST DO ONE SIMPLE L
THING: I LIVE FOR HIM AND I
PUT THE K KINGDOM OF GOD
FIRST.
SHE DID THAT, AND GOD SAW
HER THROUGH AN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND
THEN BROUGHT HER THROUGH
WHERE SHE NOW, TODAY, IS
SAYING WE'RE LIVING A LIFE
OF ABUNDANCE.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
THAT'S THE GOSPEL.
THAT'S ONE THE GREAT
MESSAGES GOD WANTS TO HAVE
FOR HIS CHILDREN.
I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. WI
I WILL PROVIDE YOUR NEED
ACCORDING TO MY RICHES AND N
GLORY.
THAT'S THE PROMISE THAT YOU
CAN COUNT ON IF YOU LIVE FOR
HIM.ON
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO
DO?
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY.
SOME OF5AY. YOU CAN JOIN AT A
HIGHER LEVEL, TO SAY, I CAN
DO "700 CLUB" GOLD, $40 A
MONTH.SAND
THE THOUSAND CLUB IS A THAWS
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, $84
AR84 A MONTH.
AND THE 2500 CLUB, $2500 AEL
YEAR.
AND THE FOUNDER'S CLUB,
$5,000 A YEAR.
AND THE CHAIRMAN'S CLUB,
$10,000 OR MORE A YEAR.
CBN PARTNERS WILL PATCH YOUR
DOLLAR, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR,
UP TO DOL $225,000. $22
SO DO IT.
CALL US.
1-800-759-0700.9-07
TERRY?
Terry: TODAY OLIVIA
SPENDS HER DAYS OFF
VOLUNTEERING AT A LOCAL FOOD
DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
SHE LOVES GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE NOT LONGNITY
AGO, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO
NEEDED HELP.
Reporter: OLIVIA ALWAYS
MADE IT A PRIORITY TO
VOLUNTEER AT "OPERATION
BLESSING" PARTNER, "BREAD OF OF
LIFE," IN NEWPORT,
PENNSYLVANIA.SYLV
SHE ENJOYED THE ATMOSPHERE,
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
OTHERS IN NEED.PORT
WITH A GOOD JOB AS A BANK
SUPERVISOR, THE SINGLE
MOTHER OF THREE NEVERMANA
THOUGHT ONE DAY SHE WOULD BEHR
ONEE THE RECEIVING END.NG
BUT AT THE EARLY AGE OF 25,
HER HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I
WAS SICK.
I MEAN, THERE WERE DAYS WHEN
I WENT TO STEP OUT OF BED, I DA
WOULD COLLAPSE ON THE
FLOOR.
Reporter:D, DOCTORS
COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WASRE O
WRONG WITH OLIVIA, AND HER
CONDITION WORSENED, TO THE
POINT SHE WAS TOO WEAK TO
KEEP WORKING.AK
WITHOUT AN INCOME, SHE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE WASOW
GOING TO PROVIDE FOR HER
CHILDREN.
JUST BECAUSE I COULDN'T
WALK, JUST BECAUSE I WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH,ONTH
TWO MONTHS AT A TIME, THE
BILLS DIDN'T STOP.
THE MORTGAGE DIDN'T STOP.
Reporter: BECAUSE
"OPERATION BLESSING" PARTNER
"BREAD OF LIFE" WAS THERE TO
HELP.
EVERY MONTH, SHE DISTRIBUTEMORE
FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO OVER
1500 FAMILIES IN PERRY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE PASTOR SAYS THE FOOD
FROM "OPERATION BLESSING"
MEETS A CRITICAL NEED.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT DO NOT HAVE WORK, OR MA
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON
FIXED INCOMES THAT JUSTST
CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET TODAY.
Reporter: THE FOOD ANDter:
SUPPLIES THAT OLIVIA GOT
HELPED HER FAMILY MAKE IT
THROUGH WUF ONE OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT TIMES OF HER
LIFE.
THE DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HERE D
WITH AN ADRENAL CONDITION,
AND GAVE HER TREATMENT.
NOW SHE IS BACK ON HER FEET,
AND SHE SAYS SHE WILL NEVER
FORGET THE KINDNESS OF
PEOPLE.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS W
GOD.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR "OPERATION
BLESSING," WEBE WOULDN'T HAVE
HAD ANYTHING.
AND I MIGHT HAVE LOST MY
HOME.
I MIGHT HAVE LOST MY
CHILDREN BECAUSE I COULDN'T
HAVE FED THEM.
AS FAR AS A GIFT, IT IS THE
BIGGEST GIFT I COULD HAVE
EVER RECEIVED.
Terry: STEPPING RIGHT
INTO THE MIDDLE OF PEOPLE'S P
NEED WITH ANEO ANSWER, WITH
HOPE, WITH A HUG.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, "700
CLUB" MEMBERS, AND YOU DO IT
NOT JUST HERE IN THE UNITED'RE
STATES.
YOU DO IT AROUND THE WORLD.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB" TODAY, 65
CENTS A A D DAY, $20 A MONTH
MAKES YOU A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER.
YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR PHONEE
AND CALL THAT TOLL-FREE-F
NUMBERR THAT YOU SEE,-759
1-800-759-0700.
WHEN YOU CALLAND SAY I'D
LIKE TO JOIN, WOULD YOU SAY
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT
USING SOMETHING WE CALL
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
IT IS ELECTRONIC GIVING.YO
YOUR BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE
STAMPS OR ENVELOPES.
IT SAVES US SOME PROCESSINGS
COST, THAT WE CAN PUT MORE SO
OF YOUR GIFT RIGHT INTO THE
LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE OLIVIA
AND HER CHILDREN.
SO WHEN YOU CALL, CALL AND
SAY I WANT TO JOIN.
DO IT USING PLEDGE EXPRESS. THA
OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU
FOR DOING THAT IS TO SEND
YOU "POWER FOR LIFE
TEACHINGS."
AND WE THINK THIS WILL BE A
BLESSING TO YOU. C
THESE ARE TEACHINGS WE GET SH
HERE AT CBN, AND WE'D LIKE
TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU LOG ON TO
cbn.com, YOU AUTOMATICALLY
USE PLEDGE EXPRESS.
BUT DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOWE
TO MAKE AA DIFFERENCE.O
WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO
WENDY.
Eric: THANKS SO MUCH,
TERRY.
RANDY HICKS STARTED DOING
DRUGS WHEN HE WAS JUST EIGHTLAT
YEARS OLD.ITH
AND THEN ONE DAY RANDY
OVERDOSED, AND SAYS HE FELT FEL
A DEMON DRAGGING HIM TO
HELL.
TAKE A LOOK.
I LOOKED UP BEHIND ME,
AND THERE IT WAS.
IT WAS A HUGE SKULL.
I CALL IT A DARKNESS WITHIN
A DARKNESS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
YOU HAVE DARKNESS, BUT THEN
THERE IS A LIVING DARKNESS
THAT HAD POWER.
IT HAD AUTHORITY OVER METY
BECAUSE IT WAS DRAGGING ME
OUT.
IT WAS THIS HUGE,
SKULL-LOOKING THINGS WITH
HORNS LIKE A RAM.NS
BUT IT HAD AUTHORITY OVER ME
BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE JESUS
CHRIST.
Wendy: HE DIDN'T HAVE
JESUS CHRIST.
DON'T KID YOURSELF.ID
HELL IS REAL.
DEMONS ARE REAL.S
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN
THEM.
HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS: GOD
MADE A WAY FOR YOU AND TO
NEVER HAVE TO GO THERE, EVEN
FOR ONE SECOND.
THROUGH BELIEF IN HIS SON,
JESUSBE CHRIST.
JESUS SAID THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN ME C SHALL HAVE LIFE, AND
HAVE IT TO THE FULL.AVE
HE SAYS, CALL ON ME.HE
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE
LORD, AND YOU SHALL BE
SAVED.
WED, WANT YOU TO HAVE "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART TWO,"
AND THIS, ASIFE YOU JUST SAW,
IS A REAL EYE-OPENER.
WHERE WILL YOU SPEND
ETERNITY.
THIS IS WI OUR FREE GIFT TO YOUIS I
WHEN YOU CALL RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700, AND JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," I SHOULD
ADD.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTHEN
TO CHANGE THETS WORLD AND
CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$225,000 CHALLENGE.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU PLEDGEWH
RIGHT NOW, EVERY DOLLAR YOU
PLEDGE WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR TO FOR DOLLAR. TH
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
THESE IS OUR GIFT TO YOU
WHEN YOU CALL.
Gordon: ITOANTI IS HARD TO
IMAGINE HARMING A NEWBORN
BABY.
BUT IN ONE VILLAGE, A FATHER
HAD TO HIDE HIS SON BECAUSE
THE VILLAGERS WANTED TO KILL
HIM.
EVERYBODY TOLD ME TO TAKE
HIM OUT IN THE BUSH AND
LEAVE HIM THERE TO DIE OR TO.
BE KILLED BY WILD ANIMALS.
Reporter: EVERY MORNING
, HE HELPS HIS FATHER ON THE
FARM.
BECAUSEF OF HIS CLEFT LIP,R F
THE BOY'S FATHER COMING
KUMLA IS AFRAID FOR HIS
BOY.
THEY TELL ME TO TAKE HIM
OUT INTO THE JUNGLE SO HE
WILL DIE.ter:
I SAID, NO, I WILL NOT KILL
HIM.
HELONE IS MY SON.
Reporter: EVEN HIS OWNEV
BROTHERS HAVE MOCKED HIM,
SIMPLY BECAUSE HE LOOKS
DIFFERENT FROM THEM.
CAUS I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN VERY
ASHAMED OF MY SICKNESS.
WHENEVER I WENT OUTSIDE, I
COVERED MY FACE WITH MY
HAND.
Reporter: O WABI HASKED
ASKED HIS DAD BELIEVER, ONWAS
THEIR MANY WALKS IN THE
FIELD, IF ANYONE COULD HELP
HIM.
HIS DAD'S ANSWER WAS ALWAYS
THE SAME:
I TOLD HIM TO PRAY TO GOD WHO
THAT SOMEONE COULD GIVE HIMRGER
THE SURGERY.
Reporter: ONE DAY CBN
CAME TO THE VILLAGE, AND
ARRANGED FOR OWABI TO GO TO
A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR
SURGERY.
THERE A SURGEON REPAIRED HIS
CELESTICCLEFT LIP.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOULIP.
TO CBN FOR HELPING MY SON
WITH THIS SURGERY.
I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS.
YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU
DID.
Gordon: AND THANK YOU
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700EMB CLUB."
YOU'RE PART OF THAT700 PRAYER. PRA
YOU'RE PART OF THAT
BLESSING.BL
YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING
THAT WONDERFUL SMILE FOR
THAT BEAUTIFUL YOUNG BOY. A
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, JOIN
WITH US.
JOIN IN EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TOANT
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
IF YOU'REO ALREADY A MEMBER,
THINK ABOUT INCREASING THIS
YEAR, TO SAY, IN 2013, I
WILL INCREASE MY PLEDGE.
THERE IS "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD, $40.
THOUSAND CLUB, $1,000 A
YEAR, WHICH BREAKS OUT TO
$84 A MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL GOD IS
SPEAKING TO YOU, NOW IS THE
TIME TO JOIN WITH US.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$225,000.
WE WANT TO GO WAY OVER THE W
TOP ON THIS ONE.
GIVE US AA CALL, 1-800-SEVEAKE
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: I WOULD LIKE TORTS
TAKE YOU TO INDIA.
IN PARTS OF INDIA, CLEAN
WATER IS VERY HARD TO FIND.
IN ONE VILLAGE, THE SEARCH
FOR WATER ISN'T ONLY
DIFFICULT, IT'S ALSO
DANGEROUS.
Terry: GETTING WATER
EVERY DAY WAS A HUGE BURDEN
FOR LISA AND HER HUSBAND IN
INDIA.
IT WAS TWO MILES AWAY,
AND WE HAD TO WALK DOWN A
STEEP HILL, WHICH WAS ALWAYS
SLIPPERY.
THEN WE HAD TO WALK BACK
WITH THE HEAVY JUGS OF
WATER.
Terry: THEIR YOUNGEST
DAUGHTER USED TO HELP THEM TO
GET WATER, BUT DURING ONE DU
TRIP, SHE NEVER RETURNED
HOME.
ONE DAY WHEN OUR
8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WENT TO
GET WATER, SHE WAS BITTEN BY
A SNAKE.BY
AND DIED ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY.EDIA
Terry: THEIR DAUGHTER'SGHTE
DEATH GRIPPED THEM WITH FEAREAR
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
WE WERE SCARED ALL OF THE
TIME AND DEPRESSED.
AND OUR PASTOR CAME TO OUR
HOME.
HE LISTENED TO OUR PROBLEMSS
AND SHOWED US COMPASSION.
AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN OUR LIVES, WE HEARD ABOUT
JESUSOUR CHRIST.
THE PASTOR ENCOURAGED US TO
PRAY TO HIS GOD FOR OUR
NEEDS.
Terry: LISA, HER
HUSBAND, AND MANY OF THEIRIVES
RELATIVES PRAYED TO JESUS
FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
NOT LONG AFTER THOSE
PRAYERS, CBN INDIA FOUND OUT
ABOUT THEIR VILLAGE, AND
SENT THEIR LIVING WATERS
TEAM TO DRILL A WELL.
JESUS CHRIST HEARD OUR
PRAYERS.
AND NOW OUR ENTIRE VILLAGE
ENJOYS LOTS OF CLEAN WATER
RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOMES.
WE HAVE WATER FORNALL
EVERYTHING, AND WE FINALLY
HAVE PEACE IN OUR LIVES.
WE THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS
HELPED US.
Terry: IF YOU'RE A "700
CLUB" MEMBER, THAT THANK YOU
IS FOR YOU.
YOU ARE MAKING THAT KIND OF
A DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST INOT
INDIVIDUAL LIVES, THAT WAS LIV
AN ENTIRE VILLAGE WHO'S
LIVES WERE CHANGED BECAUSE
PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARED ENOUGHES W
TO SAY, YES, I WANT TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
WILL THE REST OF YOU DIDE.
THAT TODAY?
IF YOU YOU HAVEN'T JOINED "THE
700 CLUB," THIS IS THE DAY
TO DO IT.
IF YOU ARE A "700 CLUB"ASE
MEMBER, CHOOSE TO INCREASE
SO WE CAN HELP EVEN MORECAN
FAMILIES, EVEN MORE
VILLAGES, EVEN MOREAGES
COUNTRIES, LIKE YOU JUSTRE
SAW. YOU
WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE
YOU TO USE PLEDGE EXPRESS
WHEN YOU CALL.
IT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES ALL
OF THE WORK.
YOU CAN STOP OR START IT ANY
TIME YOU WANT.
BUT IT SAVES US PROCESSING
COSTS SO WE CAN DO MORE FOR
PEOPLE IN NEED.L
SO CALL RIGHT NOW OR LOG ON
AND JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
Gordon: GYPSIES ARE
AMONG THE POOREST PEOPLE IN
THE UKRAINE.TRE
THEY'RE TREATED AS OUTCASTS,
AND MOST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD OR CLOTHING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THE WINTER.
Reporter: THEY STRUGGLE
EVERY WINTER JUST TO STAYNTER
WARM.UST
IT WAS A TERRIBLE STORM.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH SMOKE.
I CHOKE ALL THE TIME.
MY MOTHER DOES, TOO.
Reporter: THE SMOKE
INSIDE THE HOUSE IS SO THICK
AND SUFFOCATING, IT COULD
KILL THEM.ATIN
SO WHEN WE WENT TO THEIR
VILLAGE ON A MEDICAL T
MISSION, WE KNEW WE HAD TO
DO SOMETHING EXTRA TO HELPSSI
THEM.
WE PUTWE H IN INSULATION, FIXED
THEIR WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND
INSTALLED A NEW STOVE.
I LOVE THE NEW STOVE.
IT DOESN'T SMOKE.
AND I ALSO GOT SOME NEW
CLOTHES, WHICH ARE VERYHELP
NICE.
Reporter: WITH THE HELP
OF CBN, HE AND HIS MOM CAN
COOK SAFE MEALS EASILY AND
SAFELY, AND THEY WON'T GET
SICK OR RISK SUFFOCATING
ANYMORE.
IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE,
BUT INSIDE WE WILL BE WARM
AND COMFORTABLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR
YOU.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
Gordon: THANK YOU.
JUST IMAGINE PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD PRAYING FOR YOU
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE
AND HOW YOU'VE HELPED THEM.
JOIN WITH US.
JOIN IN EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.CA
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
WE'RE COUNTERING00 COUNTINGOF
DOWN THE FINAL SECONDS OF
VICTORY ON A WONDERFUL
$225,000 CHALLENGE.
THERE IS STILL TIME TO BE A
PART OF IT..CO
CALL US NOW OR LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
WE HADA $225,000
CHALLENGE.
ALL OF THE TIME IS GONE.
AGAINST IT YOU GAVE
$236,000.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS LEA
OF JESUS FROM JOHN 14: 14:
"IF YOU ASK ANYTHING IN MYY
NAME, I WILL DO IT."
FOR TERRY, FOR ME, FOR
KRISTI, FOR WENDY, FOR ALL
OF US, GOD BLESS YOU.Y, F
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE SO MUCH SO DON'T SLACK.
WE DON'T WANT OUR HANDS TO BE
EMPTY.
WE WANT TO SAY LORD, HERE ARE
THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO YOU
BECAUSE OF MY LABORS.
TELEPHONES ARE AVAILABLE, TOLL
FREE NUMBER AND WE THANK GOD FOR
EACH ONE OF YOU.
DON'T HESITATE TO CALL AND DO IT
NOW.
I THINK THE DVD "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE" WILL INSPIRE ANYBODY.
IT WILL HELP ANYBODY THAT DOUBTS
HEAVEN AND HELL.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO SEE INSIDE A PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
I WAS REMINDED THAT
FORGIVENESS IS A PRAYER WAY.
THERE IS NO SIN THAT CANNOT
REPORTER: WELCOME TO "THE 700
CLUB."
TODAY AMERICA HONORS A TRADITION
DATING BACK TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON, PUBLIC SWEARING IN
OF THE PRESIDENT.
REPORTER: ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT'S FIRST
TERM ENDED SUNDAY BEFORE NOON.
BARACK OBAMA TOOK THE OATH OF
OFFICE FOR A SECOND HISTORIC
TERM.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I BARACK HUE
SAN OBAMA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO
EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
REPORTER: STANDING BEFORE
FAMILY IN THE BLUE ROOM OF THE
WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT PLACED HIS
HAND ON A BIBLE USED BY
MRS. OBAMA'S FAMILY.
THE EVENT LASTED LESS THAN A
MINUTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VICE PRESIDENT SWORN IN AT
THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY.
EARLIER IN THE DAY THE MEN LAID
A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE
UNKNOWN AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL
CEMETERY AND STOPPED AT THE
AFRICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO
CELEBRATE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. HE PRAYED FOR GOT TO PREPARE
PRESIDENT FOR BATTLE.
SOMETIMES ENEMIES INSIST ON
DOING IT THE HARD WAY.
ENTIRE INAUGURAL FOCUSSED ON DR.
KING LEADING UP TO NATIONAL DAY
OF REMEMBRANCE TODAY.
HERE AT THE CAPITOL, THE
PRESIDENT IS USING A BIBLE USED
BY DR. KING AS WELL AS THE ONE
USED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN DURING
HIS FIRST INAUGURATION.
SATURDAY THEY TOOK PART IN A DAY
OF SERVICE TO HONOR KING'S
LEGACY HELPING SPRUCE UP AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY STAINING A
BOOK SHELF.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: EVERYBODY
FROM ADULTS TO CHILDREN
UNDERSTAND GIVING BACK
REPORTER: ON THE NATIONAL
MALL, PEOPLE MADE MORE THAN A
THOUSAND CARDS FOR THE ARMED
FORCES AND CHILDREN WITH
TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BLESS
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE WHO
DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE AND IN
TURN GOD SEES YOUR FAITHFULNESS
AND BLESSES YOU AGAIN.
OTHERS PRAYED FOR THE NATION
AND PRESIDENT. IN THE NAME
OF JESUS', NOT ANYBODY ELSE, NOT
ANYBODY ELSE
REPORTER: FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S FIRST INAUGURATION, TWO
MILLION PEOPLE FILLED THE
NATIONAL MALL, TODAY 800,000 ARE
EXPECTED.
THEY'LL WATCH AS THEIR COMMANDER
IN CHIEF LAYS OUT THE GOALS FOR
HIS SECOND TERM.
DON'T EXPECT TOO MANY SPECIFICS,
HE'LL SAVE THOSE FOR HIS STATE
OF THE UNION NEXT MONTH.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
CAPITOL HILL.
THANKS, JENNIFER.
SEVERAL MUSICAL ACTS, TWO ARE
FROM THE EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY.
FIRST TO PERFORM IS LEE
UNIVERSITY FESTIVAL CHOIR FROM
CLEVELAND AND BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN
THE FIRST MAJOR POLITICAL BATTLE
NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS.
PUBLIC SUPPORT THE SOME IDEAS,
ALSO RUNNING INTO OPPOSITION
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
REPORTER: OVER THE WEEKEND,
GUNS ACROSS AMERICA RALLY,
PROTESTERS WAVING AND VOWING TO
FIGHT FOR SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS.
SECOND PROTECTS FIRST AND ALL
THE OTHERS.
REPORTER: GUN CONTROL WASN'T
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND TERM
AGENDA UNTIL SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY MASSACRE.
IT IS HIS MISSION TO PROTECT
CHILDREN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: WHILE WE MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO PREVENT EVERY
SENSELESS ACTED IN THIS COUNTRY,
IF THERE IS ONE THING, ONE LIFE
CAN BE SAVED, WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO TRY
REPORTER: GUN ADVOCATES SAY
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS NOT THE
WAY TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS IS NOT DESIGNED TO SOLVE
VIOLENT CRIME.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE
LIBERAL PARTISANS.
I AM NOT CLINT EASTWOOD, I AM
NOT A COP, BUT I HAVE THE
ABILITY AND CAPABILITY OF
PROTECTING THE INNOCENT.
I BELIEVE I HAVE THE RIGHT AND
OBLIGATION.
REPORTER: WHITE HOUSE WORKING
TO ENGAGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN
THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE.
HE IS GOING TO SEEK COMMON
GROUND AND FIND EVERY WAY TO
COMPROMISE.
WE ARE GOING TO BRING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE MORE INTO THE
DEBATE
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT IS
URGING THE AMERICANS TO PRESSURE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
THOSE ARE TODAY'S TOP STORIES
FROM CBN NEWS, GORDAN AND TERRY
WILL HAVE MORE FROM "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
GORDAN: AS A FREELANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER, JOHN JACKSON
DROWNING IN DEBT.
HE HAD TO SELL HIS CAR JUST TO
PAY HIS BILLS.
ONE DAY JOHN MADE A DECISION
THAT MORE THAN DOUBLED HIS
INCOME.
REPORTER: JOHN JACKSON WORKS
IN A PAINT STORE.
ON THE WEEKENDS HE LOVES WORKING
AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE IS ALSO A PARTNER WITH CBN.
THEY SHOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING
WEEK WHETHER IT
IS ORPHANAGES OR AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY SHOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
BASED ON WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
THROUGH SCRIPTURE, THAT IS GOOD
GROUND.
IF THAT IS GOOD GROUND, YOU'LL
GET A HARVEST
REPORTER: IN 1995, JOHN
STARTED GIVING $20 A MONTH.
SOON AFTER GOD PROMPTED HIM TO
GIVE $84 A MONTH.
GENRE -- -- JOHN RESISTED.
I AM LIKE I CAN'T DO THAT.
A FULL TIME JOB AT A
LOCAL PAINT STORE.
HE HAD TO SELL HIS CAR AT A
LOSS.
LORD, I AM TIRED OF THIS.
WHAT IS NEXT?
AGAIN, YOU NEED TO GIVE PLEDGE
EXPRESS THIS IS HOW MUCH.
NOT JUST GIVE THIS MUCH, BUT
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
FINALLY JOHN INCREASED CBN
PLEDGE TO $84 A MONTH.
WHEN I MADE UP MY MIND, THAT
IS WHEN THE PROMOTION STARTED
COMING.
NOW I RECENTLY GOT PROMOTED TO
STORE MANAGER.
PAY. ELL OVERDOUBLED MY
JOHN SAW GOD AT WORK IN OTHER
WAYS.
ONE THING HIS PHOTOGRAPHY
BUSINESS TOOK OFF.
ON MYM GETTING MORE
WEBSITE.
DOUBLED ANDx÷
TRIPLED.
I FOUND A CAR, EXCELLENT
CONDITION FOR $2,200.
THE BLUE BOOK SAYS IT IS WORTH
$3,800.
IT IS GOD.
I AM FOLLOWING HIS PRINCIPLES.
REPORTER: JOHN SAYS HE
LEARNED THOSE PRINCIPLES FROM
WATCHING "700 CLUB."
I HEAR CBN TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU SOW SPARINGLY, YOU REAP
SPARINGLY, REAP SPARINGLY, YOU
ABUNDANTLY.
REPORTER: JOHN BELIEVES IT IS
THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE
BLESSINGS.
YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO TITHE
AND SOW INTO A MINISTRY LIKE
CBN.
BE OBEDIENT TO GOD.
GET INVOLVED.
PARTNER WITH CBN.
YOU'LL BE BLESSED.
GORDAN: JOHN LEARNED THE
SECRET OBEDIENCE TO GOD, ISAIAH
1, WORDS OF GOD ALL MIGHTY, IF
YOU ONLY OBEY ME LET ME HELP
YOU, THEN YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY.
LIKE GOD IS PLEADING WITH US,
PLEASE OBEY ME.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY, ALL YOU
NEED, YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY LEFT
OVER TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.
YOU CAN LIVE THAT LIFE IF YOU
JUST OBEY.
JOHN DID IT AND WHEN HE STARTED
DOING THAT AND SAYING OKAY, I'LL
OBEY BECAUSE GOD GETS SPECIFIC
WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS, WHEN I
OBEY THE BLESSINGS COME.
WHEN CYNTHIA LOST HER JOB, SHE
WAS OUT OF WORK SEVEN MONTHS.
IN ALL THAT TIME SHE NEVER MISS
ADD CAR PAYMENT.
NEVER MISSED A MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
HERE IS HOW SHE DID IT.
I WASN'T IN CONTROL OF MY
MONEY.
MY MONEY WAS IN CONTROL OF ME.
I WOULD SEE SOMETHING AND GO GET
IT.
I WORKED HARD.
THOSE VOICES TELL YOU YOU
DESERVE IT.
REPORTER: THAT IS THE MINDSET
CYNTHIA HORTON ADOPTED AS A
YOUNG WOMEN.
I WENT ON SPENDING SPREES.
EVENTUALLY HER MONEY WENT TO
BILLS AND CREDITORS.
I HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WRITING DOWN EVERY PENNY.
IF ANYTHING CAME IN $2 OVER I
WAS GOING TO BE IN A BIND
REPORTER: SHE STARTED
WATCHING "700 CLUB." CYNTHIA
DECIDED TO BECOME A CBN PART
NER.
I REMEMBER WRITING THAT FIRST
CHECK ANGELS.
IT WAS SUCH A HUGE STEP FOR ME.
REPORTER: CYNTHIA STILL
DIDN'T HAVE A HAND ON SPENDING.
HER DEBT GREW TO $30,000.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN PAY THAT
MONTHLY PAYMENT LIFE WAS GOOD.
IT WASN'T GOOD.
THAT WASN'T THE WAY TO LIVE.
REPORTER: SHE LOST HER JOB.
SHE HAD TO DEPEND SOLELY ON GOD.
IT WASN'T EASY.
IT WAS STRESSFUL.
I REMEMBER PACING BACK AND
FORTH.
I SAID GOD, I NEED YOUR HELP.
MY MORTGAGE PAYMENT
SHE RECEIVED A PRE
APPROVED LOAN OFFER AT WHOPPING
27% INTEREST.
SHE ADMITS SHE WAS TEMPTED.
GOD SAID IT MIGHT BE A QUICK
ANSWER, IT IS NOT YOUR ANSWER.
IN A PERMANENT MARKER, I WROTE
VOID ON MY CHECK.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THAT
MORTGAGE PAYMENT DRAFTED.
REPORTER: SHE BELIEVES GOD
TOLD HER TO KEEP GIVING.
HIS SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION WAS
TO KEEP GIVEN AS IF I HAD A JOB.
I NEVER MISSED A CAR OR HOUSE
PAYMENT.
GOD WAS FAITHTH.
REPORTER: GOD STARTED SHOWING
HER WAYS TO START PAYING OFF
DEBT.
ONE WAS TO GIVE MORE.
HE ASKED ME TO DOUBLE MY
GIFT.
DOUBLE?
20 WAS A STRETCH, 40, WOW.
REPORTER: IN TIME SHE PAID
OFF ALL OF HER DEBT AND STILL
DEBT FREE.
SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF CBN'S
CHAIRMAN CIRCLE.
SHE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF
GIVING AND FAITH SHE NEVER HAD
BEFORE.
MY PHILOSOPHY GOD GETS 10%,
90% IS MINE.
MY PHILOSOPHY IS IT IS ALL HIS.
HE GAVE IT TO ME ANY WAY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES,
WHEN I GIVE IT TO GOD HE IS
GOING TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN I
COULD IMAGINE.
THEN HE BLESSES ME BACK ALONG
THE WAY.
GORDAN: CYNTHIA LEARNED ONE
OF THE GREET SECRETS OF THE
OF GOD, THE LAW OF
RECIPROCITY.
IT IS SIMILAR TO NEWTON'S THIRD
LAW OF ACTION, FOR EVERY ACTION,
THERE IS AN EQUAL ACTION.
THE LAW OF RECIPROCITY LUKE
CHAPTER 38.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
SHAKEN TOGETHER AND RUNNING OVER
WILL BE POURED INTO YOUR LAP.
FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT
WILL BE MEASURED TO YOU..
CYNTHIA LEARNED THAT THE WORLD
WANTS TO SAY WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE
MONEY.
WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE THROUGH YOUR
FINANCIAL PROBLEM THEN YOU CAN
GIVE WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH.
IN HER NEED, IN HER LACK, SHE
SAID I AM GOING TO PUT THIS LAW
INTO PRACTICE, GOD IS TELLING ME
TO.
SHE GAVE, THEN IT WAS GIVEN BACK
TO HER.
SHE GOD RE-EMPLOYED.
GOD ASKED HER TO INCREASE HER
GIVING.
SHE DID THAT.
SHOW NOW LIVES A LIFE OF
ABUNDANCE.
PRINCIPLE IS GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU, SO MUCH SO YOU
WILL HAVE ABUNDANCE AND PLENTY
TO SHARE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE
THAT IS THE PROMISE OF GOD.
THAT IS THE LAW OF RECIPROCITY.
THESE ARE THE RULES OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
WHEN YOU GIVE, GOD WILL BLESS
YOU.
IF I CAN GET A DRUM ROLL,
EXISTING CBN PARTNERS JUST LIKE
CYNTHIA SAY WE LOVE GIVING.
LOVE LIVING A LIFE OF
GENEROSITY.
WE WANT TO CHALLENGE OTHERS TO
BE GENERAL, CHALLENGING YOU
$250,000 FOR THE NEXT 30
MINUTES, WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU
GIVE, IF YOU CALL AND SAY I WANT
TO BE A PART OF IT IN THE NEXT
30 MINUTES, THEY'LL MATCH YOU
DOLLAR FOR DLA DOLLAR.
LET'S PRAY, LORD, WE PRAY AND
ASK FOR INCREASE, ASK FOR
DOUBLING, TRIPLING.
WE ASK FOR THAT 30, 60, 100-FOLD
INCREASE YOU PROMISE.
BE WITH THEM, BLESS THEM.
LET THEM HAVE AN OPEN HEAVEN IN
THEIR HOUSE AND ON THEIR LIVES,
ON THEIR FINANCES.
BLESS EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM,
BLESS THEIR CHILDREN AND FOR
THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING MAKING
DECISIONS NOW, BE WITH THEM
ENCOURAGE THEM, SPEAK TO THEM
FOR WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS' NAME
AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT $250,000, 29
MINUTES, 56 SECONDS TO GO.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB" IT IS JUST $20 A
MONTH, $.65 A DAY, YOU JOIN WITH
TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT WANT TO
SEE THE GOSPEL PREACHED AROUND
THE WORLD.
WE HAVE 15 PRODUCTION CENTERS
LOCATED STRATEGICALLY IN PLACES
LIKE KEYEV AND UKRAINE AND
PHILIPPINES, NEW DELHI, HONG
KONG, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND
AFRICA.
WE ARE TRAINING CHRISTIANS TO DO
OWN ISION IN THEIR
LANGUAGE.
WE CAN SHOW WHAT JESUS IS DOING
IN THEIR COUNTRY.
TO SHOW THEM HE IS ALIVE TODAY
AND WORKING AND THEN WE LEAD
THEM IN A PRAYER OF SALVATION.
WE ARE SEEING RESULTS FROM THIS
STRATEGY LEADING MILLIONS TO
BECOME CHRISTIANS.
IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF ALL OF
THAT, CALL US 1-800-759-0700.
SOME SAY I CAN JOIN AT A LEVEL
HIGHER, "THE 700 CLUB" GOLD $40
A MONTH THOUSAND CLUB IS $84 A
MONTH, $2,500 A YEAR, FOUNDERS
IS $5,000 A YEAR, AND CHAIRMAN
CIRCLE, $10,000 OR MORE A YEAR.
NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN WITH US,
$250,000 CHALLENGE BEFORE US WE
NEED TO MATCH THAT, CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
TERRY: WHEN YOU DO BECOME A
"THE 700 CLUB" PARTNER, WE WANT
TO SEND YOU "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2."
YOU'LL HEAR THE ANSWER OF THE
AGE OLD QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DIE.
WE'LL HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT
EXPERIENCED DEATH AND LIVED TO
TELL ABOUT IT.
TERRY: STORIES ON THIS DVD
ARE AMAZING, "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2."
IT IS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK
YOU TO YOU FOR CARING ABOUT THE
NEEDS OF OTHERS.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" BECOME A
PART OF THOUSANDS OF US OUT TO
TOUCH LIVES AND CHANGE THE WORD.
YOU CAN BE PART OF IT FOR $20 A
MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY. MANY CLUB
LEVELS YOU CAN JOIN.
CALL RIGHT NOW, 1-800-759-0700.
YOU CAN JOIN BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM.
GORDAN?
GORDAN: LIKE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS, THIS COUPLE WAS
STRUGGLING CHOOSING BETWEEN
BUYING FOOD OR GAS TO GET TO
WORK.
LOVED THE g@@?
FREEDOM RIDING ON THE OPEN ROAD.
THE HARDINGS LIVE IN THE HEART
LAND OF MICHIGAN.
TODAY SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS.
THEY HAVE KNOWN THEIR SHARE OF
HARD TIMES.
MELANIE WAS A COMPUTER DRAFTER
AND JOSEPH AN OUTDOOR COOK.
STILL THEY LIVED PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
IT IS A STRUGGLE, A
DAY-TO-DAY.
I THINK IT IS FEAR.
YOU LAY AWAKE WONDERING WHERE
THAT NEXT $10 IS GOING TO COME
FROM SO YOU CAN HAVE FOOD TO
EAT.
IT IS BASIC NEEDS.
MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A
PRISONER.
MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
NEVER GOING TO GET AHEAD.
STRUGGLING ECONOMY,
MAKE Oñ
DECISIONS.
DO I HAVE GAS TO GO TO MY
FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY OR DO I
HAVE TO STAY HOME SO I CAN GET
TO WORK TOMORROW?
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PAYCHECK,
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PAY MY
UTILITY BILL.
I HAVE TO CHOOSE TO PAY A LAY
FEET IN ADDITION TO THAT.
MAYBE HAVE MY UTILITIES TURNED
OFF.
REPORTER: AFTER SUFFERING A
BACK INJURY, JOSEPH HAD TO LEAVE
HIS JOB.
HE STARTED WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB" EVERY MORNING.
HE LEARNED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF GIVING.
BE OBEDIENT, GIVE GOD WHAT IS
ALREADY HIS.
IT IS HIS ANY WAY.
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"
HEARING THE STORIES, REAL PEOPLE
SHARING HOW TEAR HEARING HOW
THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED.
REPORTER: MELANIE GREW UP IN
CHURCH AND KNEW ABOUT TITHING.
SHE HAD BEEN CONSISTENT.
SHE STARTED WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB" WITH JOSEPH.
THEY BEGAN GIVING.
SHE LEFT HER JOB AND DEVELOPED A
BUSINESS INTO A FULL-TIME
COMMITMENT.
ITEMS HE RTED?
BOUGHT AT ESTATE AND GARAGE
SALES ON EBAY.
A LOT OF TIMES I WILL BUY
SOMETHING, SPENDING $4 OR $5 AND
WORTH $300.
IN A THREE-YEAR TIME FRAME IT
MULTIPLIED BY 10.
THAT IS A 1/10 WE GIVE NOW IT
HAS COME BACK.
IT KEEPS GROWING.
REPORTER: MELANIE AND JOSEPH
LOVE GIVING TO CBN.
CBN FOLLOW IT IS WORD WHEN I
WATCH THE SHOW.
I KNOW THAT GOD IS THE CENTER OF
DOES.THING CBNú
I WANT TO SUPPORT AN
RGANIZATION LIKE THAT0rú4th
REPORTER: JOSEPH NO LONGER
FEELS LIKE A PRISONER TO HIS
FINANCE
FINANCES.
I FEEL PEACE.
EVERY SINCE I HAVE BEEN TITHING
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY TO PAY THE
BILLS.
TITHING IS FOR US.
IT IS AN INVESTMENT.
IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO BE
BLESSED FINANCIALLY SO WE CAN
BLESS OTHERS.
AND MELANIE SEPHxx
LEARNED ONE OF THE GREAT
SECRETS, THE MORE WE ARE ANXIOUS
ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
MORE WE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT OUR
FINANCES, MORE WE FALL OUT OF
THE GRACE GOD WANTS TO GIVE US.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 6:31-33.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH
FOOD OR DRINK OR CLOTHING, YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS YOUR NEEDS
AND WILL GIVE YOU ALL YOU NEED
FROM TIME TO TIME IF AND THIS A
BIG IF, A CONDITIONAL PROMISE.
IF YOU LIVE FOR HIM.
MAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD YOUR
PRIMARY CONCERN.
JOSEPH AND MELANIE SAID I'LL DO
IT GOD'S WAY.
LET'S LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD'S
PLAN.
THIS ISN'T SOME GET RICH QUICK
KIND OF THING.
IT IS A LIFE STYLE OF BEING
GENEROUS.
I AM GOING TO PUT THE KINGDOM OF
GOD, MY PRIMARY CONCERN.
HOW CAN WE EXPAND THE KINGDOM OF
GOD?
HOW CAN WE BE A BLESSING?
HOW CAN WE SEE THE GOSPEL GOING
FORWARD?
GOD TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE
FOR THEM.
HE WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU.
THAT PROMISE IS FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS -- DO THE
IF TO SAY I WILL -- IF I WILL
LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD'S
PLAN, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ARE
ADDED UNTO ME.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY YES, I WANT
TO GIVE, I WANT TO BE A PART OF
SPREADING THE GOSPEL AROUND THE
WORLD, JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" CALL
US, TOLL FREE NUMBER
1-800-759-0700.
SAY I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
I WANT TO JOIN, HOW MUCH IS
THAT?
TW $20 A MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY.
WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS, ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.
NO CHECKS TO WRITE, WE SAVE SO
MUCH ON THE PROCESSING.
WE SEND BACK TO YOU "POWER FOR
LIFE" MONTHLY TEACHING CD'S.
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN YOU
CALL OR LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
WHEN YOU GIVE MONTHLY ON THE
INTERNET, YOU AUTOMATICALLY SIGN
UP FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS.
TODAY ILENE TUY IS HAPPILY
MARRIED AND DEBT FREE.
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO SHE WAS A
SINGLE MOM AND LIVING PAYCHECK
TO PAYCHECK AND READY TO DECLARE
BANKRUPTCY.
I WAS SINGLE AND STRUGGLING
AND HAD A LITTLE GIRL TO FEED.
REPORTER: ILENE WAS AN
ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE.
I WAS GETTING READY TO LOSE
MY HOME.
I COULD HARDLY PAY THE MORTGAGE
AND ELECTRICITY, THE PHONE, ALL
THE UTILITIES.
REPORTER: ILENE WAS ON THE
VERGE OF DECLARING BANKRUPTCY
AND THE BANK WAS ABOUT TO
FORECLOSURE ON HER HOME CHT
I HAD $200 TO MY NAME.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO PAY THE
MORTGAGE.
NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE BILLS.
I SAID OKAY, GOD, I AM GOING TO
BE ON THE STREETS.
I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE YOU ALL I
HAVE.
SO I GAVE GOD ALL I HAD.
THE WHOLE $200.
REPORTER: ILENE SAYS IT WAS
THEN THINGS STARTED TURNING
AROUND.
I ENDED UP GETTING A CALL
FROM THE BANK.
THEY SAID WE ARE GOING TO
REINSTATE YOUR LOAN.
I SAID HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
YOU HAD A RELATIVE THAT CALLED
IN AND GAVE ALL THE MONEY THAT
YOU OWED.
REPORTER: THAT ILENE SAYS WAS
JUST THE BEGINNING.
SHE FOUND A PERMANENT FULL TIME
JOB, CAUGHT UP ON HER BILLS AND
ABLE TO PAY BACK HER RELATIVE.
I WAS BEING FAITHFUL TO WHAT
GOD WAS GIVING ME AND BEING ABLE
TO SAY LORD, I TITHE AND I
BELIEVE YOUR WORD.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL DELIVER
ME.
HE AND WOULD TIME AND TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
HE NEVER FAILED ME, NOT ONCE DID
HE FAIL ME.
REPORTER: YEARS LATER ILENE
MARRIED LEONARD.
SHE WAS CONVINCED GOD PROVIDED
BECAUSE SHE WAS FAITHFUL TO
GIVE.
THAT IS THE ONE THING GOD
SAYS PROVE ME IN THIS.
SEE IF I DON'T POUR OUT A
BLESSING YOU CANNOT CONTAIN.
I PROVED HIM OVER AND OVER, HE
WOULD POUR OUT BLESSING AFTER
BLESSING I STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN
REPORTER: BEFORE LONG
LEONARD SAW HOW IT WORKED IN HIS
LIFE AS WELL.
AS WE GIVE IN FAITH TO GOD,
GOD IS GOING TO BLESS US SO THEN
WE CAN BLESS OTHERS MORE.
REPORTER: ONE OF THE PLACES
THE TUY'S GIVE TO IS CBN.
ANY TIME I SEE THEM GOING
INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY,
LITTLE KIDS HAVING SURGERY AND
CLEAN DRINKING WATER, THOSE
THINGS EXCITE ME.
I KNOW I CAN'T GO THERE, I CAN
ADD TO THE CAUSE.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS
OPERATION BLESSING.
WHENEVER THERE ARE DISASTERS,
THAT IS THE CHURCH IN ACTION.
REPORTER: THE COUPLE IS NOW
DEBT FREE AND THEIR HOME IS PAID
FOR.
YOU REALLY CAN'T AFFORD NOT
TO TITHE.
GOD IS A GOOD GOD.
HE WANTS TO SHOW OFF.
HE REALLY WANTS TO SHOW OFF.
[LAUGHTER].
GORDAN: ILENE LEARNED THE
GREAT SECRETS, ISAIAH 58, I WANT
YOU TO SHARE YOUR FOOD WITH THE
HUNGRY.
WELCOME POOR WANDERS INTO YOUR
HOMES.
GIVE CLOTHES TO THOSE THAT NEED
THEM IF YOU DO THIS THE LORD
WILL ANSWER, YES I AM HERE, HE
QUICKLY REPLY.
ILENE FACING DECISIONS,
FORECLOSURE NOTIFICATION.
SHE HAS $200, GOD SAYS GIVE IT.
SHE SAID OKAY, TRUST GOD.
I WILL TRUST GOD.
THAT SAME DAY GOD ANSWERED
QUICKLY, THAT PROMISE FROM
ISAIAH 58.
HE ANSWERED QUICKLY FORECLOSURE
WAS STOPPED.
SHE WAS ABLE TO PAY OFF THE
RELATIVE THAT STOPPED THE
FORECLOSURE AND ABLE TO HAVE
ABUNDANCE ALL BECAUSE SHE SAID I
TRUST THE PROMISES OF GOD.
SHE SAID I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE
POOR, GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED.
THIS PROMISE WILL COME TRUE FOR
ME.
IF YOU WANT TO TRY THIS, GIVE US
A CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
JUST LIKE ILENE, YOU MAY NOT BE
BLE TO GO TO INDIA OR CHINA TO
SURGERY. CLEFT
IF WE ALL JOIN TOGETHER,
TOGETHER WE CAN DO THAT.
WE ARE DOING IT IN YOUR NAME
WHEN YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
"THE 700 CLUB" YOU ARE PART OF
IT.
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT GOES
INTO THE WORK OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD.
ANOTHER PORTION INTO THE WORK OF
OPERATION BLESSING TO HELP
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU ARE A PART OF ALL OF IT WHEN
YOU JOIN WITH US.
NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT,
1-800-759-0700.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$250,000 CHALLENGE, CHECK IN
WITH THE RED NUMBER, THE AMOUNT
LEFT ON THE CHALLENGE THAT STILL
NEEDS TO BE MATCHED $128,000 IS
GOING DOWN AS I SPEAK AND TAKE
IT DOWN EVEN MORE, HERE FROM
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, $2,500
CLUB MEMBER WANTS TO GO TO
FOUNDER, $5,000.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
FOUNDER SAYS I WANT TO INCREASE
$5,000.
[APPLAUSE]
TERRY: THANK YOU.
GORDAN: IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF "THE 700 CLUB" CONSIDER GOING
TO "THE 700 CLUB" GOLD.
IF YOU ARE A "THE 700 CLUB"
MEMBER, THINK OF DOUBLING TO $40
A MONTH.
IF YOU ARE A GOLD MEMBER, THINK
OF INCREASING TO $1,000 A YEAR
BREAKS DOWN TO $84 A MONTH.
AT WHAT EVER LEVEL NOW IS THE
TIME TO CALL 117,000 LEFT ON
$250,000 CHALLENGE, CALL US
RIGHT NOW, 1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE PHONES.
WENDY: THANKS, GORDAN, JESUS
SPOKE ABOUT HELL MORE OFTEN THAN
HEAVEN CALLED IT A PLACE OF
WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
IN "LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE PART
2", YOU'LL MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN THERE...
THE
MOST ROTTENEST THING YOU HAVE
SEEN.
BECAUSE YOU HAD BEEN THERE.
I LOOKED UP AND SAW DEATH AND
HELL IN HIS EYES.
HOW WOULD IT CHANGE THE WAY
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE?
I WOULD SAY SORRY, PLEASE
FORGIVE ME.
REPENTANCE WAS IMPORTANT.
GET THE REAL STORY FROM
PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED "LIFE
HELL IS REAL, DEMONS ARE
REAL.
DON'T KID YOURSELF.
GOD MADE A WAY FOR ME AND YOU TO
NEVER GO THERE FOR A SECOND.
THE BIBLE SAYS THOSE THAT
BELIEVE IN LORD JESUS CHRIST
SHALL BE SAVED.
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
TODAY.
JESUS LOVES YOU.
YOU CAN BE SAVED TODAY.
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2,"
THIS IS OUR FREE GIFT TO YOU
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS IT?
$20 A MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY.
THINK ABOUT THAT, WE CAN'T EVEN
GET A COKE AT THE VENDING
MACHINE FOR THAT.
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
THIS IS OUR GIFT WHEN YOU CALL,
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$250,000 CHALLENGE.
EVERY DOLLAR WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
NOW MAYBE YOU ARE ALREADY A "THE
700 CLUB" PARTNER, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR STANDING WITH US.
MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN A PARTNER,
IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW
YEAR, WHY NOT TAKE A STEP OF
FAITH AND GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
$40 A MONTH GOLD LEVEL.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL
GIFT, THREE "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE."
ONE FOR YOU, TWO TO GIVE AWAY.
WHY NOT GO TO $1,000 CLUB
MEMBER, JUST $84 A MONTH.
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU WITH 5
DVD'S.
PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW WON'T GO TO
CHURCH BUT WILL SIT DOWN AND
WATCH AN INTERESTING DVD.
YOU WANT THIS "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2."
THIS IS OUR GIFT WHEN YOU CALL
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$250,000 CHALLENGE WITH 11
MINUTES AND 51 SECONDS LEFT.
TIME IS TICKING, WE NEED YOU TO
GO TO YOUR PHONES, TERRY?
TERRY: ALMOST THREE MONTHS
AFTER HURRICANE SANDY, THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY ARE
STILL HOMELESS.
OPERATION BLESSING TEAMS ARE
STILL THERE.
THEY ARE HELPING STORM SURVIVORS
WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN.
REPORTER: IN THE FIRST FEW
WEEKS FOLLOWING HURRICANE SANDY,
THE FOLKS IN THE SMALL COASTAL
TOWN OF LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NEW
JERSEY BEGAN THE LONG PROCESS OF
PUTTING THEIR LIVES BACK
TOGETHER.
FROM THE START OPERATION
BLESSING WAS THERE.
AL CAPRIOTI WHO LOST BOTH LEGS
DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF
DIABETES.
WITH WATER DRIPPING INTO HIS
HOUSE HE WAS OUT OF OPTIONS.
IT CAME THROUGHOUT BACK
BEDROOM.
BLEW MY SKYLIGHT OUT.
CAUSED A LEAK IN THE ROOF OVER
HERE JUST BELOW MY BED.
I WAS SLEEPING.
I STARTED GETTING WET.
MY WIFE IS UPSET, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?
I AIN'T GOT THIS KIND OF MONEY
TO TAKE CARE OF THIS?
A FRIEND TOLD HIM OPERATION
BLESSING WAS IN THE AREA HELPING
PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE STORM.
GAVE THEM A CALL AND THEY
WERE HERE, WOW.
THEY SAID THEY CAN REMOVE THESE
TREES OFF THE ROOF.
SAID ARE YOU SURE?
ONE TREE IT IS AWFUL BIG.
HE GOES, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF
IT.
THEY CAME IN HERE WITH A CREW.
THEY KNOCKED THAT TREE RIGHT
OUT.
WITHIN HOURS OPERATION
BLESSING VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP
AND REMOVED THE TREE.
THEN THEY NAILED A TARP IN PLACE
TO KEEP THE RAIN AND SNOW OUT
INSURANCE COULD REPLACE
THE ROOF.
I WAS OVERWHELMED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
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HE WAS IN MY HOUSE.
MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WAS SAFE
BECAUSE GOD DOES TAKE CARE OF
HIS OWN
REPORTER: THROUGH YOUR
DONATIONS, OPERATION BLESSING
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN LITTLE
FAMILIES IN LPINGxxxx@
DESPERATE TIME OF NEED.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.
I BELIEVE WHEN YOU CAN'T HANDLE
IT NO MORE, ONLY ONE SET OF
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND.
THAT IS THE LORD'S.
TERRY: HOUSES RUINED,
TREASURES LOST.
NOWHERE TO STAY.
THEN RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THAT HOPELESSNESS, YOU CAME.
IF YOU ARE A "THE 700 CLUB," YOU
ARE THE ONE THAT MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE THERE FOR
FOLKS THAT ARE HURTING.
JOIN WITH US IN BRINGING HOPE
AND A DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES
AND PEOPLE HURTING.
ñR NUMBER IS TOLL FREE NUMBER
1-800-759-0700.
WE HAVE A BIG CHALLENGE AHEAD OF
US.
EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE WILL BE
MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR UP TO
$250,000.
WE HAVE MANY LEVELS YOU CAN JOIN
AT.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A GENERAL "THE
700 CLUB" $.65 A DAY, $20 A
MONTH.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A "THE 700
CLUB" MEMBER GO UP TO GOLD OR
$2,500 MEMBER AT $209 A MONTH.
FOUNDERS OR CHAIRMANS CIRCLE,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO
GIVE $10,000 OR MORE A YEAR.
IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU
IVE BUT JOINING ARMS TOGETHER
SO WE CAN REACH OUT AND
COLLECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
CALL NOW, GORDAN?
GORDAN: WE HAVE A $250,000
PARTNERS, EXISTING
SAID THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
SO MANY NEEDS, SO MANY OPEN
DOORS FOR CBN AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY ARE INCREASING BY 150,000
TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO 400,000
WE GET ANOTHER 10 MINUTES ON THE
CLOCK.
LET'S PRAY, LORD, WE JUST ASK
FOR INCREASE AND ABUNDANCE OVER
THEIR LIVES.
WE ASK FOR AN OPEN HEAVEN OVER
THEM THAT THE BLESSINGS WOULD
NOT CEASE, BUT MORE THAN THEY
COULD CONTAIN.
SPEAK TO THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM.
WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN.
400,000 ON A
CHALLENGE, 19 MINUTES, 24
SECONDS TO GO.
YOU. FROM
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB," JUST $20 A
MONTH, $.65 A DAY.
WHEN YOU BECOME A "THE 700 CLUB"
MEMBER, YOU ARE HELPING PEOPLE
LL OVER THE WORLD LIKE THIS
HER CHILDREN WHO WERE
IN CHINA WHEN WE MET THEM THEY
WERE LIVING IN A SHACK SO RUN
DOWN SHE AND HER CHILDREN GOT
INSIDE THEIR HOME.
ALWAYSRTER: YING AND
DREADED THEIR WALK HOME FROM
THEIR FRIENDS.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR
CLASSMATES TO SEE WHERE THEY
LIVED IN AN OLD RUNNED DOWN
SMACK.
HAD A BIGGER HOME
BUT IT WAS DESTROYED BY A
RAINSTORM.
DIED EVERYTHING
CHANGED.
I PLANT CORN, ONLY MAKE $150
A YEAR.
IT WAS AWFUL.
MY MOM WORKED SO HARD THAT HER
HAIR TURNED GRAY.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SMALL, MY
SISTER AND I PITCHED IN TO HELP.
IN THE SUMMER OUR ROOF LEAKED
BADLY SO OUR SHEETS AND PAJAMAS
WERE ALWAYS WET.
IN THE WINTER, OUR ROOM FROZE
INSIDE.
IT WAS SO COLD WE GOT
FROSTBITE ON OUR HANDS AND FEET.
THERE ISN'T EVEN ROOM TO
COOK.
I HAVE TO PREPARE MEALS
OUTSIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE POWER.
THE CHILDREN HAVE TO DO THEIR
HOMEWORK BY CANDLELIGHT
REPORTER: AFTER THREE YEARS
OF THIS, THE FAMILY STILL ONLY
HAD ONE-THIRD OF WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO BUILD A NEW HOME.
MRS. TOU TURNED TO GOD.
I SAID LORD, I BELIEVE IN
YOU.
THAT YOU CAN MAKE A WAY FOR ME.
REPORTER: SHORTLY AFTER
TO TOU PRAYED, CBN CAME
THEIR VILLAGE AND HELPED BUILD
MUCH U'S A NEW HOME,
LARGER THAN THEIR OLD ONE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE MY
CLASSMATES OVER.
REPORTER: THERE ARE NO LEAKS
AND THIS WINTER THEY WON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT FROSTBITE.
CBN GAVE THE TOUS A BRAND NEW
HEATER.
I THANK THE LORD, FOR HE HAS
SHOWN HIS GRACE TO ME.
I THANK CBN FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN
ME AND MY CHILDREN A REAL HOME.
YOU ARE ANGELS SENT FROM GOD.
GORDAN: YOU ARE ANGELS SENT
FROM GOD.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF "THE 700
CLUB," THANK YOU, YOU ARE PART
OF THAT.
IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE
PRAYER OF THE WOMAN SAYING GOD I
NEED A SOLUTION.
WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
SOLUTION, ANSWER TO HER PRAYER.
IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER, JOIN IN
EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING AROUND
THE WORLD CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER CONSIDER
INCREASING.
THINK ABOUT DOUBLING TO "THE 700
CLUB" GOLD.
IF YOU ARE A GOLD MEMBER, THINK
ABOUT GOING TO $1,000 CLUB, $84
A MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL GOD IS
SPEAKING TO YOU, NOW IS THE TIME
TO DO IT, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A $400,000 REWARD.
WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS, ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND BACK TO
YOU, "POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHING CD'S.
IF YOU LIKE THOSE ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL.
GREAT NEWS FROM CHESAPEAKE,
VIRGINIA, FOUNDER WANTS TO
INCREASE, PLEDGE EXPRESS $5,400.
FROM KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, CHAIRMAN
CIRCLE PLUS, $12,000.
IT IS HAPPENING, WE NEED TO HEAR
FROM YOU, CALL US RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO TO KRISTI.
KRISTI: IN "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2," PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN TO HEAVEN SAY THERE IS SO
MUCH MORE TO HEAVEN THAN WE
COULD POSSIBLY THINK.
TAKE A LOOK.
IF YOU KNEW HEAVEN WAS
REAL BECAUSE YOU'D SEEN IT.
EVERYTHING IS ALIVE.
NOTHING IS DEAD.
BECAUSE YOU HAD BEEN THERE.
THERE IS MORE LOVE THAN YOU
CAN IMAGINE.
HOW WOULD IT CHANGE THE WAY
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE?
HE WAS SO EAGER, WE HAVE TO
GET PEOPLE SAVED AND KNOW ABOUT
JESUS.
GET THE REAL STORY FROM
PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE."
KRISTI: YOU
KRISTI: YOU KNOW IT SEEMS
LIKE WHENEVER ANYTHING BAD AND
CHALLENGING HAPPENS, GOD GETS
ALL THE BLAME.
DO YOU REALIZE GOD IS A GOD OF
LOVE.
HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
HE CREATED THIS WONDERFUL PLACE
FOR YOU TO LIVE IN ETERNITY.
THAT PLACE IS HEAVEN THE
QUESTION OF THE DAY IS: LET'S
SAY THAT TOMORROW SOMETHING
HAPPENED.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WOULD GO?
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER,
THIS IS THE DAY YOU MAKE SURE
YOU KNOW.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
WE HAVE THIS DVD CALLED "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2."
THIS IS LIFE CHANGING.
IT IS NOT JUST ENCOURAGING AND
INSPIRING, IT IS LIFE CHANGING.
I TELL YOU WHAT, PERSONALLY, I
WAS WATCHING THIS, THERE IS
ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN STORIES, I
MADE IT THROUGH TWO.
ONE WAS A STORY ABOUT A PERSON
THAT DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN AND
THE SECOND WAS ONE THAT DIED AND
WENT TO HELL.
I FELL ON MY KNEES, ANYTHING ON
MY LIFE KEEPING ME FROM HAVING
AN ETERNITY, I WANT TO CHANGE MY
WAYS.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
ONLY ONE WAY TO GET TO GOD, IT
IS THROUGH HIS SON, JESUS
CHRIST.
HAVE YOU MADE THAT STEP?
HAVE YOU MADE THAT CONFESSION?
HAVE YOU ASKED JESUS AS LORD
INTO YOUR LIFE?
IF YOU HAVE, WE WANT THE WORLD
TO DO THE SAME.
YOU SEE THESE COUNSELORS, THOSE
ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID
LISTEN, WE WANT TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE
NATIONS.
THAT IS THE MANDATE GOD GIVES
US.
WHEN YOU CALL IN, SAY I WANT TO
PARTNER WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.
THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO GIVE YOU
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE."
THIS IS THE GREATEST WITNESSING
TOOL IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
IT CAN ENCOURAGE FRIENDS,
FAMILY, PEOPLE YOU HAVE BEEN
PRAYING FOR THAT MIGHT BE ON THE
FENCE.
THEY WON'T BE ON THE FENCE
ANYMORE, TRUST ME.
I WANT TO BE A "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD PARTNER.
IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH WE ARE
GOING TO GIVE YOU FIVE DVD'S.
1,000 CLUB PARTNER, KEEP ONE,
GIVE THE OTHER FOUR AWAY.
WHY?
WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN YOU WANT A
WHOLE LINE OF THOSE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS BEHIND YOU, RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
CALL IN RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE, 11 MINUTES, LET'S
CALL, GORDAN?
GORDAN: WHEN TODD LOST HIS
JOB, WIFE DANA WENT FROM
HOMEMAKERS TO BREADWINNER.
SHE ONLY FOUND CLEANING JOBS.
HER FAMILY WITH
FOOD OTHERS WERE THROWING AWAY
REPORTER: HER HUSBAND TODD
LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE OF A DRUG
ADDICTION.
SHE STARTED CLEANING CORPORATE
APARTMENTS JUST TO MAKE ENDS
MEET.
WHEN YOU LOSE EVERYTHING AND
HAVE YOUR CHILDREN TO PROVIDE
FOR, NOTHING IS BENEATH YOU
REPORTER: MANY OF THE
APARTMENTS HAD JUST BEEN
VACATED.
OFTEN SHE FOUND OPEN FOOD LEFT
BEHIND SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE
HOME.
LOTS OF THINGS I WAS ABLE TO
TAKE HOME AND MAKE MEALS OUT OF
REPORTER: DANA REMEMBERS THE
TOUGH CHOICES SHE WAS FORCED TO
MA
MAKE.
I WAS TORN BETWEEN ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE GAS MONEY TO GET
TO THE NEXT JOB OR ARE WE GOING
TO HAVE MILK FOR THEIR CEREAL OR
ANYTHING THEY NEED TOMORROW.
I CHOSE THE GAS.
REPORTER: DANA DESPERATE FOR
ANSWERS.
SHE STARTED WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
SHE HEARD ABOUT THE LAW OF
RECIPROCITY.
IF WE OPEN THE DOOR TO GOD'S
BLESSINGS TO OPEN INTO OUR LIVES
REPORTER: SHE STARTED GIVING
TO CBN AND TITHING.
AROVIDED HER WITH
CARE OF K
THE NEXT MONTH'S RENT.
IT WAS EXACTLY $500 SHE PAID
ME.
GOD KNEW MY NEED.
REPORTER: DANA SAYS GOD
ALWAYS PROVIDED THEIR EVERY
NEED.
EVENTUALLY TODD BEAT HIS DRUG
ADDICTION, GOT OUT OF REHAB AND
WENT BACK TO WORK.
LIFE NOW IS SO EXCITING.
GOD HAS BLESSED EVERYTHING.
LIFE.DANT
REPORTER: TODAY THEY BOTH
AND GIVE AS "THE
700 CLUB" GOLD MEMBERS.
JUST RECENTLY THEY BOUGHT THEIR
FIRST HOME.
I CARRIED MY WIFE IN TO LOOK
UP AND SEE THE BIG LIGHT COMING
THROUGH THE WINDOW IS UNREAL.
I ASKED FOR A POND.
GOD GAVE US A LAKE.
WE GO FISHING A LOT.
HOUSE.VE US THIS
6:33, HETTHEW
KNOW IT IS DESIRES AND GIVES US
THAT AND SO MUCH MORE.
GORDAN: DANA KNOWS GOD IS
GOING TO PROVIDE FOR HER.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TRUST HIM.
IN THE DESPERATION OF WHAT DO I
DO NOW?
MY HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB, I CAN'T
GET EMPLOYED.
FOOD OTHER
EHIND, THROWNFT
AWAY.
FEEDG TOHAT I
MY FAMILY.
HER ATTITUDE IS MANNA FROM
HEAVEN, GOD'S PROVISION FOR ME
TODAY.
I WILL TAKE IT AND GIVE THANKS
AND CONTINUE TO BE PART OF HIS
TEAM TO DO IT ON HIS WAY.
IF HE ASKS ME TO GIVE I'LL DO
THAT.
GOD TURNED AROUND HER WHOLE
AOILY AND BROUGHT THEM
ABUNDANCE.
THEY HAD THE HOME OF THEIR
DREAMS, DESIRE OF THEIR HEART
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT GOD WANTS
TO DO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE WITH HIM,
DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE HIM.
HE WANTS TO DO IT.
WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?
OUR OBEDIENCE.
WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GIVE, I
WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF
GENEROSITY.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF
EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD GOD IS
DOING.
I WANT TO DO MY PART.
THAT IS WHEN THE BLESSINGS KICK
OFF.
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IN WHAT CBN
A CALL,, GIVE US
1-800-759-0700.
WE HAVE A $400,000 CHALLENGE
BEFORE US.
WE WANT TO GO WAY OVER THE TOP
WITH 7 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS TO
GO.
GETTING GREAT HELP FROM
SOUTH DAKOTA, FOUNDER
GIVING BY CREDIT CARD $5,000.
[APPLAUSE].
NEW YORK, $13,700 CHAIRMAN
CIRCLE.
ALL OF THAT IS MATCHED AND
DOUBLED BECAUSE WE ARE IN A
$400,000 CHALLENGE WITH LITTLE
MORE THAN 7 MINUTES TO GO.
GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL US, WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN.
SAY I'LL JOIN "THE 700 CLUB,"
$20 A MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY. SOME
OF YOU CAN JOIN AT A HIGHER
LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN JOIN AT
FOU
FOUNDER, $5,000 A YEAR, CHAIRMAN
IS $10,000 A YEAR.
1,000 CLUB IS $84 A MONTH.
WHATEVER LEVEL GOD IS SPEAKING
TO YOU, 1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
TERRY: TODAY OLIVIA SPENDS
HER DAYS VOLUNTEERING AT A LOCAL
FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
SHE LOVES GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
NOT LONG AGO SHE WAS THE ONE
HAT NEEDED HELP
OLIVIA ALWAYS
MADE IT A PRIORITY TO VOLUNTEER
AT OPERATION BLESSING BREAD OF
OUTREACH IN NEWPORT,
PENNSYLVANIA.
WITH A GOOD JOB AS A BANK
SUPERVISOR, SINGLE MOTHER OF
THREE NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE
THE RECEIVING END.
AT THE EARLY AGE OF 25 HER
HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS
SICK.
I WENT TO STEP OUT OF BED AND I
FELL TO THE FLOOR
REPORTER: DOCTORS COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH
OLIVIA.
SHE WAS TOO WEAK TO QUIT
WORKING.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE WOULD
PROVIDE FOR HER CHILDREN.
BECAUSE I COULDN'T WALK OR IN
THE HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS AT A
TIME, THE BILLS DIDN'T STOP,
MORTGAGE DIDN'T STOP.
REPORTER: OPERATION BLESSING
PARTNER BREAD OF LIFE WAS THERE
TO HELP.
MINISTRYTH THE
DISTRIBUTES FOOD AND OTHER
SUPPLIES TO MORE THAN 1500
FAMILIES IN PERRY COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE FOOD FROM OPERATION BLESSING
MEETS A CRITICAL NEED.
SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE
WORK OR ON FIXED INCOMES THAT
CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET TODAY.
FOOD AND SUPPLIES HELPED HER
FAMILY MAKE IT THROUGH THE MOST
DIFFICULT TIMES IN THEIR LIVES.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH A
RARE ADRENAL CONDITION.
THEY GOT HER HEALTH UNDER
CONTROL AND NOW IS BACK ON HER
FEET.
SHE'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT SHE HAS
BEEN THROUGH OR THE KINDNESS HER
FAMILY WAS SHOWN IN THEIR TIME
OF NEED.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT WAS GODS
WAY TO SHOW ME TO LEAN ON HIM.
IF IT WASN'T FOR OPERATION
BLESSING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
ANYTHING.
I MIGHT HAVE LOST MY HOME.
I MIELTH HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN
BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE FED
THEM.
AS FAR AS A GIFT IT IS THE
BIGGEST GIFT I COULD HAVE EVER
RECEIVED.
TERRY: UNBELIEVABLE.
SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
INTO THE NEED OF THIS YOUNG
WOMAN, OF HER FAMILY.
YOU ARE DOING THAT IN FOOD BANKS
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY IF YOU
JOINED "THE 700 CLUB."
WE ARE HELPING TO FEED FAMILIES
AND REACHING AROUND THE WORLD
INTO THE VERY REAL NEEDS OF
PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES,
YOU DO IT ALL WHEN YOU JOIN "THE
700 CLUB."
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
$400,000 CHALLENGE.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU CALL, EVERY
DOLLAR YOU GIVE WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
WHEN YOU CALL, SAY I WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN AND DO IT USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
THAT IS ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
YOUR BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.
NO NEED TO HAVE SUPPLIES ON
HAND.
YOU CAN STOP IT WHENEVER YOU
WANT.
SAVES US LOTS OF PROCESSING
COSTS SO WE CAN SEND YOU "POWER
FOR LIFE" TEACHINGS.
GORDAN, WHAT DO YOU GOT?
GORDAN: GREAT NEWS FROM
WOLVERINE, MICHIGAN, DOUBLING TO
$5,000.
LANGHORN, PENNSYLVANIA,
INCREASING TO $5,000.
CALL US U 1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE PHONES.
WENDY?
WENDY: THIS MAN'S HABIT
ESCALATED AND ONE DAY HE
OVERDOSED.
HE FELT A DEMON DRAGGING HIM TO
HELL.
HELL.
I LOOKED UP BEHIND
I LOOKED UP BEHIND ME, THERE
IT WAS.
A HUGE SKULL.
A DARKNESS WITHIN A DARKNESS.
YOU HAVE DARKNESS, THEN THERE IS
A LIVING DARKNESS THAT HAD
POWER, AUTHORITY OVER ME.
IT WAS DRAGGING ME OUT.
IT WAS THIS HUGE SKULL-LOOKING
THING, CURLED HORNS LIKE A RAM.
IT HAD AUTHORITY OVER ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T HAVE JESUS CHRIST.
WENDY: HELL IS REAL.
DEMONS ARE REAL.
THANK GOODNESS GOD MADE A WAY
FOR US, THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN
JESUS CHRIST WILL BE SAVED.
IT IS THAT EASY.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE "LIFE BEYOND
THE GRAVE."
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE STORIES
OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE
OTHER SIDE AND COME BACK TO TELL
US THEIR ACCOUNTS OF HELL, CALL
US RIGHT NOW 1-800-759-0700,
WE'LL SEND YOU "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE."
GORDAN?
GORDAN: CLEMSON, SOUTH
CAROLINA, $5,000.
400,000 DOLLAR CHALLENGE, WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
CALL US U 1-800-759-0700.
IN NIGERIA, ONE NEW FATHER HAD
TO HIDE HIS INFANT SON BECAUSE
THE LOCAL VILLAGERS WANTED TO
KILL HIM.
EVERYONE TOLD ME TO TAKE HIM
HIMINTO THE BUSH AND LEAVE
AND BE KILLED BY
WILD ANIMALS.
REPORTER: EVERY MORNING THIS
BOY HEADS OUT WITH HIS FATHER TO
WORK ON THE FARM.
BECAUSE OF HIS CLEFT LIP HIS
FATHER FEARS FOR HIS LIFE.
THE BOY IS NINE YEARS OLD.
PEOPLE ARE STILL TELLING ME TO
TAKE HIM OUT INTO THE JUNGLE SO
HE WILL DIE.
I SAID NO, I WILL NOT KILL HIM.
HE IS MY SON.
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN A
LONELY LIFE.
EVEN HIS OWN BROTHERS HAVE
MOCKED HIM SIMPLY BECAUSE HE
LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THEM.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASHAMED OF
MYSICKNESS.
OUTSIDE, I COVERED
MY FACE.
HE HAS ASKED HIS DAD IF THERE
WAS ANYONE THAT COULD HELP HIM.
HIS DAD'S ANSWER WAS ALWAYS THE
SAME.
I TOLD THE BOY TO PRAY THAT
ONE DAY GOD WILL SEND SOMEONE TO
OUR VILLAGE WHO COULD HELP HIM
GET THE SURGERY.
ONE DAY CBN CAME TO THE
VILLAGE AND IMMEDIATELY ARRANGED
FOR HIM TO GO TO A HOSPITAL IN A
NEARBY CITY.
THERE A SURGEON REPAIRED THE
BOY'S CLEFT LIP.
WE FOLLOWED UP WITH A VISIT AND
FOUND HIM HAPPILY INTERACTING
WITH HIS SIBLINGS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
CBN FOR HELPING MY SON.
I PRAY GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR
WHAT YOU DID.
GORDAN: IT HAS BEEN A
GLORIOUS DAY OF VICTORY FROM
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, $18,000.
A $2,500 MEMBER WANTS TO
INCREASE $24,000.
YOU GAVE 541,000.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH JOHN, IF YOU
ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I WILL
DO IT.
PAT: THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON,
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF AMERICA, IMPORTANT
TIME IN THE HISTORY OF CBN.
WHAT YOU DO IS SO VERY IMPORTANT
NOW.
WE HAVE TO GET THE GOSPEL OUT
HERE IN AMERICA, WE HAVE TO HELP
THE POOR AND NEEDY, FEED THOSE
THAT ARE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THOSE
WHO ARE NAKED, MEDICAL ATTENTION
TO THOSE SUFFERING.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, BRING HOPE
TO THOSE WITHOUT HOPE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
"700 CLUB" MEMBERSHIP
MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
I ASK YOU TO GO TO YOUR PHONE
AND CALL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T CALLED IN, WE
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE,
DON'T SLACK.
WE DON'T WANT OUR HANDS EMPTY.
WE WANT TO SAY LORD, HERE ARE
THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO YOU
BECAUSE OF MY LABORS.
TELEPHONES AVAILABLE, TOLL FREE
NUMBER.
WE JUST THANK GOD FOR EACH ONE
OF YOU.
DON'T HESITATE TO CALL AND DO IT
NOW.