[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
ANOTHER BRUTAL COLD WAVE IS
HITTING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY,
AND IT IS BRINGING
TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW
ZERO.
Terry: THIS FREEZING
SNOW AND COLD IS MORE THAN
JUST UNCOMFORTABLE, IT IS
ALSO DANGEROUS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO
OUT OF THE HOUSE.
VERY COLD.
IT'S LIKE NEEDLES
STICKING IN YOUR FACE.
Reporter: MORE THAN
100 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
WAKING UP IN AN ICE BOX THIS
MORNING.
WINDCHILL ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN POSTED IN 15 STATES,
FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE EAST
COAST.
ON TUESDAY, THE WINDCHILL IN
MAINE BROUGHT TEMPERATURES
TO 50 BELOW.
AROUND THE GREAT LAKES,
-40°.
AND IN NORTH CAROLINA, 10
BELOW.
THE EXTREME COLD IS ALREADY
BEING BLAMED FOR AT LEAST
FOUR DEATHS.
BLINDING SNOW CAUSED A
150-CAR PILEUP IN OHIO.
AND PEOPLE WORKING OUTSIDE,
LIKE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
ARE AT RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA
OR FROSTBITE.
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE
FROSTBITE WITHIN FIVE TO 10
MINUTES OF BEING OUTSIDE.
Reporter: EVEN INSIDE,
TEMPERATURES CAN MAKE THINGS
UNCOMFORTABLE.
IT SIMPLY FROZE THE WATER
SERVICE IN THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
PRETTY MUCH, YOU GO TO WASH
YOUR HANDS, AND YOU CAN'T
EVEN DO THAT.
NO COFFEE, NO TOILET.
Reporter:
METEOROLOGISTS SAY THE
WEATHER IS LIKELY TO GET
EVEN WORSE.
WITH EVEN COLDER CONDITIONS
COMING IN BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
THIS AIR MASS THAT HAS
SET IN FROM THE PLAINS ALL
THE WAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC
AND THE NORTHEAST, IS SOME
OF THE COLDEST WEATHER WE'VE
SEEN IN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
YEARS.
Reporter: TEMPERATURES
IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE
WEST ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AT
LEAST THE WEEKEND.
Gordon: IF YOU'RE
LIVING IN THAT COLD, PLEASE
STAY INSIDE AND STAY SAFE.
IT MAY BE COLD IN MANY PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY, BUT
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY
CLINTON COULD BE TAKING SOME
HEAT ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: MRS. CLINTON
FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT
LIBYA.
SHE IS FINALLY TESTIFYING ON
THE ATTACK ON THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI.
CLINTON POSTPONED HER
TESTIMONY LAST MONTH DUE TO
A CONCUSSION AND BLOOD CLOT
NEAR HER BRAIN.
THE REPUBLICANS CLAIM THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IGNORED
SIGNS OF DETERIORATING
SECURITY IN LIBYA, AND
REFUSED REQUESTS FOR MORE
SECURITY THERE.
AND THEY PO ALSO SAY THEY
PORTRAYED AN ACT THE
TERRORISM OF OVER AN
ANTIISLAMIC VIDEO.
CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS ON
THE SURPRISING RESULTS OF AN
ELECTION THAT SAW THE
HIGHEST TURNOUT IN MORE THAN
A DECADE.
Reporter: AS EXPECTED,
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU COMBINING
WITH THE CUTA PARTY RETAINED
THE MOST SEATS.
THE RESULTS PUT ISRAEL'S
CENTER RIGHT AND CENTER LEFT
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AT 60
APIECE.
THE EMERGE OF THE CENTRAL
LAHUD PARTY.
THAT'S THE BIG NEWS, IT
IS KIND OF A CENTER
PICTURE.
THAT'S WHAT THE ISRAELI LEC
TOR RATE IS LOOKING LIKE.
Reporter: THE RESULTS
ARE NETANYAHU WILL MOST
LIKELY BE THE NEXT PRIME
MINISTER.
BUT OTHERS THINK LAPID CAN
HELP HIM.
OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT THE NEXT ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK LIKE
AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST.
ISRAELIS MIGHT BE GOING TO
THE POLLS AGAIN IN THE NOT
TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
TEL AVIV.
Lee: GORDON, BACK TO
YOU.
Gordon: AFTER AN
ELECTION, YOU HATE TO BE
PREDICTING THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER ELECTION VERY
QUICKLY.
BUT THAT IS THE
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM, AND IF
YOU CAN'T HOLD THE MAJORITY,
YOU'RE BACK TO THE POLLS.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Gordon: FOR YEARS, JIM
AND CAROLINE PARKER LIVED ON
CREDIT CARDS.
THE ONLY FINANCIAL PLAN THEY
HAD WAS BUY NOW, PAY LATER.
WELL, THAT PLAN DIDN'T QUITE
WORK OUT, AND THE PARKERS
FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER A
MOUNTAIN OF DEBT.
Reporter: FOR A LONG
TIME, CAROLINE PARKER HAD
HER OWN IDEAS ABOUT HOW GOD
BLESSED PEOPLE.
I WAS GOING TO
MANUFACTURE SOME PROSPERITY
BY USING MY CREDIT CARDS.
YOU GET GOODS AND
MERCHANDISE, RIGHT?
AND AS LONG AS YOU CAN PAY,
THIS WAS HIS WAY.
THIS IS THE WINDOWS OF
HEAVEN BEING OPENED TO ME.
Reporter: CAROLINE AND
HER HUSBAND, JIM, BEGAN
TITHING WHEN THEY FIRST
MARRIED.
AND THEY ALSO USED CREDIT
CARDS TO GET THINGS THEY
NEEDED OR WANTED FOR THEIR
GROWING FAMILY.
THEIR CONSUMER DEBT REACHED
$15,000.
IT WAS KIND OF
DEPRESSING, BECAUSE IT PUTS
YOU DOWN.
BECAUSE HERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE
MAKING PLENTY MONEY, BUT YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
YOU KNOW, TO DO THE THINGS
YOU NEED TO DO, BUT IT'S
BECAUSE IT IS ALL GOING TO
CREDITORS.
Reporter: ONE DAY JIM
AND CAROLINE GOT A WAKEUP
CALL WHEN THEY COULDN'T PAY
THEIR MORTGAGE ON TIME.
THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED
WATCHING PAT ROBERTSON TEACH
ABOUT A SYSTEM TO PAY OFF
THEIR CREDIT CARDS.
PAT SAID GO TO THE
SMALLEST ONE AND TAKE THAT
AMOUNT AND GO THE NEXT ONE.
TAKE THAT AMOUNT AND GO TO
THE NEXT ONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.
Reporter: THE PARKERS
PUT THAT LESSON INTO
PRACTICE AND STARTED TO
AGGRESSIVELY PAY DOWN THEIR
CREDIT CARD DEBT.
THEY ALSO JOINED "THE 700
CLUB."
I LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
WHEN I LOOK AT "700 CLUB"
AND THE WELLS THAT THEY
BUILD, THE "ORPHANS'
PROMISE," "OPERATION
BLESSING," THE GOSPEL IS
GOING OUT OVER THE
AIRWAVES.
Reporter: THE PARKERS
FINALLY PAID OFF THEIR
CREDIT CARDS, AND NOT A
MOMENT TOO SOON.
CAROLINE'S COMPANY DECIDED
TO LEAVE THE STATE WHERE
THEY LIVE, AND SHE WAS LEFT
WITHOUT A JOB.
THE COMPANY PAID HER ENTIRE
YEAR'S SALARY AS PART OF HER
SEVERANCE PACKAGE.
THAT WAS A BLESSING
BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE
BEING FIRED WITH NOTHING.
AND THE SECOND THING WAS, I
DIDN'T HAVE ANY DEBT.
Reporter: TODAY JIM AND
CAROLINE ARE RETIRED, AND
THEY SAY THEY HAVE FOUND
PEACE AS THEY HAVE LEARNED
TO TRUST GOD WITH THEIR
FINANCES.
GOD IS ABLE TO SUPPLY,
AND HE IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU
MORE THAN WHAT YOU COULD
EVER GIVE OUT.
Gordon: AND YOU MAY BE
LIKE JIM AND CAROLINE, AND
DON'T, FOR A MINUTE, THINK
YOUR POSITION IS HOPELESS.
YOU CAN GET OUT FROM A
MOUNTAIN OF DEBT, BUT WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO IS A LITTLE
PLASTIC SURGERY, WHERE YOU
TAKE THOSE CARDS AND CUT
THEM UP.
AND THEN SAY, OKAY, IF I
DON'T HAVE THE CASH, I'M NOT
BUYING IT.
AND THEN DO JUST WHAT JIM
AND CAROLINE DID, PICK THE
LOWEST ONE AND START PAYING
THAT OFF.
AND ONCE IT IS PAID OFF, ADD
THAT PAYMENT INTO THE NEXT
ONE.
AND ONCE THAT'S PAID OFF,
ADD THAT PAYMENT INTO THE
NEXT ONE.
AND OVER TIME, YOU'LL FIND
THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF
DEBT.
AND YOU AVOID THE TRAP THAT
THE BIBLE WARNS ABOUT, THAT
THE BORROWER IS THE SERVER
OF THE LENDER.
NOW, WHEN YOU START TO LIVE
LIFE THE WAY GOD WANTS YOU
TO DO, YOU RUN INTO THIS
WONDERFUL PROMISE FROM PSALM
128: "HOW JOYFUL ARE THOSE
WHO FEAR THE LORD.
ALL WHO FOLLOW HIS WAYS.
YOU WILL ENJOY THE FRUIT OF
YOUR LABOR, HOW JOYFUL AND
PROSPEROUS YOU WILL BE."
THAT IS THE LORD'S BLESSING
FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
RESOLVE IN 2013 THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DO IT GOD'S WAY.
WHEN YOU DO IT HIS WAY, THEN
YOU RUN RIGHT INTO THE
PROMISES THAT HE HAS FOR
YOU, THAT HE WANTS YOU TO BE
JOYFUL.
HE WANTS YOU TO ENJOY THE
FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR.
WELL, WHEN JIM FREEBURG GOT
LAID OFF, HE SPENT THE NEXT
TWO YEARS TRYING TO FIND
WORK.
THEN ONE DAY JIM'S WIFE GAVE
HIM SOME ADVICE THAT GOT HIM
TWO JOB OFFERS THE VERY NEXT
DAY.
Reporter: JIM FREEBERG
AND HIS WIFE, JANET, ENJOY
LIVE IN COLORADO.
JIM HAS ALWAYS HAD STEADY
WORK IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT
AFTER 30 YEARS, HE WAS LAID
OFF.
I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE I
WOULD BE IN THAT SPOT IN MY
LIFE.
Reporter: JANET STAGED
HOMES ON THE MARKET AND TOOK
A HIT, TOO.
THE COUPLE WENT THROUGH
THEIR SAVINGS AND STARTED
CUTTING CORNERS EVERY WAY
THEY COULD.
JIM SEARCHED FOR A JOB BUT
CAME UP EMPTY.
THERE WAS NO APPARENT
RELIEF ON THE RISE.
Reporter: FRIENDS AND
FAMILY HELPED THEM GET BY.
THERE WAS PROVISION, BUT
IT WAS HUMBLING PROVISION.
Reporter: AND THEN
JANET HAD A BREAKTHROUGH.
THE LORD WOKE ME UP ONE
MORNING WITH PSALM 23: 1:
"HE LEADS YOU, HE GUIDES
YOU, HE FEEDS YOU."
IT WAS NO LONGER THE JOB IS
MY PROVISION.
IT WAS HE IS MY PROVISION.
Reporter: JANET AND JIM
DECIDED TO TRUST GOD.
THEY TITHED OFF THE MONEY
PEOPLE WERE GIVING THEM AND
CONTINUED PARTNERING WITH
CBN.
EVERY TIME THAT WE WOULD
TITHE, THE LORD WAS FAITHFUL
TO GET US TO THE NEXT SPOT.
Reporter: FOR TWO
YEARS, THE FREEBERGS
CONTINUED TO HAVE JUST
ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THEIR
BILLS EVERY MONTH, BUT JIM
WAS STILL FRUSTRATED.
I WOULD SAY, I DON'T
THINK THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY WILL EVER RETURN.
JANET MADE A SUGGESTION TO
ME, MAYBE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
SAYING ABOUT THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY --
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN IN,
EFFECT, CURSING YOURSELF
WITH YOUR OWN WORDS.
SO I ASKED THE LORD TO
FORGIVE ME FOR THE WORDS
THAT I HAD SPOKEN.
AND TO GIVE ME A SECOND
CHANCE.
Reporter:
A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE
COUPLE HEARD A MESSAGE ON
DECLARING THE WORD OF GOD.
WE DROVE TO A NEARBY
MOUNTAIN TOP, AND WE READ
GOD'S PROMISES FOR US AND
DECLARED THEM FOR OUR LIFE.
Reporter: THE VERY NEXT
DAY, JIM GOT TWO JOB
OFFERS.
I HAD BEEN WORKING FOR
TWO YEARS, ON MY OWN,
STRUGGLING TO GET SOMEBODY
TO RETURN A PHONE CALL TO
ME.
SO GOD IS BIGGER THAN I
EVER GAVE HIM CREDIT FOR.
HE CAN DO THINGS THAT ARE
IMPOSSIBLE.
HE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE
ECONOMY.
HE IS NOT AFFECTED BY
ANYTHING.
HE IS GOD.
Gordon: I LOVE WHAT JIM
AND JANET DID.
WHEN THEY STOPPED CURSING
THEMSELVES AND THEY ASKED
GOD, PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR
THAT.
GOD IS THE GOD OF SECOND
CHANCES.
HE IS THE GOD OF THIRD,
FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH,
SEVENTH CHANCES -- HE IS THE
GOD OF 70 TIME SEVEN
CHANCES.
THAT WHEN YOU TURN TO HIM
AND YOU ASK HIM FOR HELP, HE
WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND HE CAN TURN ANY CURSE
INTO A BLESSING IF YOU JUST
LET HIM.
HERE IS THE PROMISES, FROM
DEUTERONOMY 23: "THE LORD
YOUR GOD TURNED THE CURSE
INTO A BLESSING FOR YOU
BECAUSE THE LORD YOUR GOD
LOVES YOU."
NOW, SOME OF YOU ARE DOING
THE SAME THING THAT JIM WAS
DOING.
YOU'RE TALKING BAD ABOUT THE
ECONOMY.
YOU'RE TALKING BAD ABOUT
YOUR SITUATION.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO THE
FUTURE, INTO WHAT GOD HAS
FOR YOU, AND EVEN LOOKING TO
WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TODAY,
YOU WANT TO STAY TRAPPED IN
THE PAST AND YOU WANT TO
START THINKING, WHOA IS YOU,
IT IS ALL DOOM AND GLOOM.
LOOK TO HIM.
HE IS THE AUTHOR AND THE
FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
LOOK TO HIS PROMISES, AND DO
WHAT JIM AND JANET DID,
PRONOUNCE THE BLESSING OVER
YOURSELF.
READ THE PROMISES, BELIEVE
THE PROMISES, PROCLAIM THE
PROMISES, AND SEE IF IT WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU.
I'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL
NEWS.
SOME CBN PARTNERS JUST LIKE
JIM AND JANET SAY WE LOVE
GIVING.
WE LOVE LIVING A LIFE OF
GENEROSITY.
WE LOVE THE PROMISES THAT
GOD HAS FOR THOSE THAT
GIVE.
SO THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE
YOU.
AND THEY'LL MATCH YOUR
GIFTS, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, UP
TO $50,000, FOR THE NEXT 30
MINUTES.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR
BLESSING OVER THIS.
LORD, WE PROCLAIM THE
PROMISES, THE GREAT AND
PRECIOUS PROMISES, THAT
YOU'VE MADE.
THAT THEY'RE ALL YES AND
AMEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN
CHRIST JESUS, AND SO WE
PROCLAIM YOUR PROMISES OVER
YOUR CHILDREN, AND WE ASK
FOR BLESSING FOR THEM.
DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT
ALL IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT, A $50,000
CHALLENGE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS EXISTING
CBN PARTNERS SAY WE WANT TO
CHALLENGE OTHERS TO GIVE.
SO FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES
AND 50 SECONDS, THEY'LL
MATCH YOU, DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR, UP TO $50,000.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO
DO?
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," TO SAY, YES,
IN 2013, I WANT TO START A
LIFE OF GIVING.
I WANT TO HELP THE POOR.
I WANT TO HELP PREACH THE
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," A PORTION OF EVERY
GIFT GOES INTO THE WORK OF
CBN INTERNATIONAL TO DO JUST
THAT.
WHERE WE'RE BROADCASTING IN
OVER 130 COUNTRIES, OVER 40
LANGUAGES, AND WE'RE DOING
IT IN YOUR NAME WHEN YOU
JOIN WITH US.
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO
THE WORK OF "OPERATION
BLESSING."
AND THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION
THAT LOVES TO HELP PEOPLE.
WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE, THEY
WANT TO STRIKE BACK.
WE ARE SENDING DISASTER
TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE'RE DOING IT IN YOUR NAME
WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US.
IF THAT'S YOU, GO TO THE
PHONE AND CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
HOW MUCH IS IT TO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB"?
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY.
SOME SAY I CAN JOIN AT A
HIGHER LEVEL.
WE'VE GOT "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD, $40 A MONTH.
THEN THERE IS THE THOUSAND
CLUB, AND THAT BREAKS OUT TO
$84 A MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL GOD IS
SPEAKING TO YOU TO GIVE, NOW
IS THE TIME TO JOIN US.
1-800-759-0700.
Terry: WE'VE GOT
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," WE'RE GOING TO SEND
YOU OUR LATEST D.V.D.,
CALLED "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE, PART TWO."
IN THIS YOU'RE GOING TO
VISIT NINE PEOPLE WHO DIED
AND VISITED HEAVEN OR HELL,
AND THEN CAME BACK TO TELL
THEIR STORIES.
HERE IS A SNEAK PREVIEW.
Gordon: IT IS A
QUESTION EVERY ONE OF US
WILL FACE, IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS
YOU'LL EVERY MAKE: WHERE
WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?
Gordon: YOU CAN HAVE
THE ASSURANCE THAT WHEN YOU
DIE AND ARE ABSENT FROM YOUR
BODY, YOU'LL BE PRESENT WITH
JESUS FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Terry: YOU WANT TO GET
AHOLD OF THESE AMAZING
ACCOUNTS OF DEATH
EXPERIENCES, PEOPLE WHO
EXPERIENCED HEAVEN OR HELL,
AND THEN CAME BACK TO TELL
ABOUT IT.
IT IS SAID THAT ONE MAN'S
EXPERIENCE TRUMPS ANOTHER
MAN'S OPINION.
SO WE WANT YOU TO HEAR ABOUT
THE EXPERIENCES OF NINE
PEOPLE.
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO," IT IS YOURS WHEN YOU
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE,
1-800-759-0700.
CALL RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ALSO LOG ON TO
cbn.com AND JOIN WITH US
THAT WAY.
GORDON?
Gordon: HURRICANE SANDY
WAS ONE OF THE MOST
EXPENSIVE NATURAL DISASTERS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
MANY STORM SURVIVORS DON'T
EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO CLEAN
UP WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR
HOMES.
THAT'S WHY "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS IN NEW YORK AND
NEW JERSEY, BRINGING HOPE
AND HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED
IT.
Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A
DEVASTATING WINTER FOR THE
RESIDENTS OF BREEZY POINT,
NEW YORK.
ALTHOUGH HURRICANE SANDY HIT
IN LATE OCTOBER, MANY PEOPLE
HERE ARE STILL WITHOUT
WATER, ELECTRICITY, AND
BASIC NECESSITIES.
PRETTY MUCH LOST MOSTLY
EVERYTHING.
THE ELECTRIC WAS UNDER
WATER.
ALL OF MY APPLIANCES AND
FURNITURE AND BEDS, AND MOST
OF THE CLOTHING WAS
DAMAGED.
Reporter: BUT THE
PEOPLE IN BREEZY POINT
HAVEN'T TO FACE THIS
DISASTER ALONE.
SINCE THE FIRST CRITICAL
HOURS FOLLOWING THE STORM,
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS
BEEN HERE, HELPING BREEZY
POINT STORM VICTIMS
RECOVER.
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAD
A HUGE TRAILER IN OUR
COMMUNITY HERE, AND THEY
OFFERED TO COME OVER AND
HELP REMOVE THE DEBRIS AND
THE COUCHES AND THE
FURNITURE, BECAUSE I
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO ANY OF IT WITHOUT THE
ASSISTANCE.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING"
DIRECTOR OF DISASTER RELIEF,
JODY GETTIES SAYS THEY
WORKED ON OVER 400 HOMES.
A LOT OF THAT WAS THE
GUTTING OF THE HOMES.
BUT NOW WE'RE REBUILDING.
WE'LL BE TAKING TWO HOUSES
AT A TIME, THREE HOUSES AT A
TIME, BUT AS WE PROGRESS ON
EACH HOME, OTHER PEOPLE SEE
THE PROGRESS AND IT GIVES
THEM COURAGE AND STRENGTH,
KNOWING THEY CAN REBUILD
THEIR LIVES.
Reporter: AS THE PEOPLE
OF BREEZY POINT REBUILD
THEIR LIVES, THEY WILL NEVER
FORGET THOSE WHO CAME IN
THEIR NEED.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
ANOTHER WAY OF GOD SHOWING
YOU THAT IT WILL BE OKAY,
THAT WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.
WHAT WILL BE WILL BE, AND
WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK
AND HAVE EVERYTHING LIKE WE
HAD HAD IT BEFORE.
Gordon: THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT TO DO, AND WE'RE DOING
IT IN YOUR NAME.
WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A
HOPE AND A FUTURE.
WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE, WE
WANT TO STRIKE BACK, WITH
LOVE, COMPASSION, AND VERY
TANGIBLE HELP IN THEIR TIME
OF NEED.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
THAT, JOIN WITH US.
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
CALL US NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT GOES
INTO THE WORK OF "OPERATION
BLESSING" TO HELP PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART
OF IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
NOW, WHEN YOU CALL IN JOIN,
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE, NOTHING TO MAILED
MAIL IN.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND YOU
OUR GIFT TO YOU, "POWER FOR
LIFE," OUR MONTHLY TEACHING
C.D.s.
WHEN YOU JOIN VIA THE
INTERNET AND GIVE MONTHLY,
YOU ALREADY JOIN UP WITH
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
Terry: WHEN YOU JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," YOU'RE
HELPING PEOPLE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES, BUT YOU'RE
ALSO HELPING PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD, LIKE THIS COUPLE
IN CHINA.
SHORTLYLY AFTER THAT BABY'S
BIRTH, THEY WERE TOLD TO
START PREPARING FOR HIS
DEATH.
Terry: THE SHONS WERE
THRILLED WHEN THEY HEARD
THEIR SON WAS BORN, UNTIL
THEY TOLD HIM HE HAD A
DISEASE.
WHEN THE DOCTOR TOLD ME
HE HAD HEART DISEASE, MY
WORLD FELL APART.
IT WAS OUR WORST
NIGHTMARE.
I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT MY
BROTHER.
EVERY TIME HE CRIED, I
CRIED, TOO.
Terry: AND HE CRIED ALL
OF THE TIME.
HE COULD NOT BREATHE.
AND HE WOULD CHOKE ON HIS
TEARS.
I WAS SO SCARED HE WOULD
CHOKE TO DEATH IN HIS
SLEEP.
Terry: THE HOLE IN
HOSHON'S HEART GREW BIGGER.
AND SINCE THEY COULD NOT
AFFORD SURGERY, THEY KNEW
THEY WOULD SOON LOSE THEIR
SON.
JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO
GIVE UP HOPE, THEY HEARD
ABOUT CBN'S MISSION TO HELP
CHILDREN LIKE THEIRS.
WHEN CBN SAID THEY WOULD
HELP US WITH SURGERY, I
ALMOST SHOUTED WITH JOY.
THIS MEANT MY SON WOULD
LIVE.
Terry: A DOCTOR
REPAIRED THE HOLE IN
HOSHON'S HEART AND
REPOSITIONED HIS ARTERY.
TODAY, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW
HOW CLOSE THIS PRECIOUS
LITTLE BOY ONCE CAME TO
LOSING HIS LIFE.
MY SON IS HAPPY AND
HEALTHY NOW.
I NEVER THOUGHT SUCH A
WONDERFUL THING WOULD HAPPEN
TO MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING
HEART FOR MY SON.
YOUR HELP HEALED MY BROKEN
HEART AND MADE ME WHOLE AND
STRONG AGAIN.
I LOVE MY LITTLE
BROTHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING
HIS LIFE.
Terry: WHAT IF THAT WAS
YOUR LITTLE BOY?
WHAT IF YOU COULDN'T DO WHAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE TO SAVE
HIS LIFE?
YOU KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE DONE, BUT YOU
JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT?
"700 CLUB" MEMBERS ARE
MAKING THAT KIND OF A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO JOIN WITH US.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS
KIND OF A SOLUTION.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.
IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A
$50,000 CHALLENGE BEFORE
US.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU CALL AND
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB," EVERY
DOLLAR YOU PLEDGE WILL BE
MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
WHERE DO YOU GET THAT KIND
OF AN INCREASE TODAY?
LET'S GO OVER TO KRISTI.
Kristi: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, TERRY.
IF YOU COULD GET A GLIMPSE
OF LIFE AFTER DEATH, HOW
WOULD THAT CHANGE THE WAY
YOU LIVE NOW?
WE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE
WHO TEAF FACED THAT VERY
QUESTION AFTER THEY DIED AND
FOUND THEMSELVES IN HELL.
AND THEN THEY GOT A SECOND
CHANCE AT LIFE.
TAKE A LOOK.
I COULD HEAR THESE MOANS
AND THESE CRIES.
I COULD FEEL MY BODY
LEAVING.
IT WAS PITCH-BLACK DARK.
THAT'S THE MOMENT WHEN I
UNDERSTOOD WHAT DEATH WAS.
Kristi: CAN I TELL YOU
THAT THIS D.V.D. IS ONE OF
THOSE D.V.D.s THAT WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND IMPACT
YOUR LIFE FOR A LIFETIME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I GOT
SAVED WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD, WHEN OUR PARENTS TOOK
US TO CHURCH AND SHOWED US A
MOVIE ABOUT HELL, AND I CAME
HOME AND I SAID, MOMMY, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GO
THERE.
AND SHE SAID IF YOU ACCEPT
JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND
SAVIOR, AND CONFESS WITH
YOUR MOUTH, YOU WON'T.
AND I DID.
IF YOU DIED TODAY, DO YOU
KNOW WHERE YOU WILL GO?
YOU MAY BE SHAKING YOUR HEAD
AND SAYING, KRISTI, YES, I
DO KNOW, BUT MAYBE YOU'VE
GOT SPOUSES OR KIDS OR
FRIENDS THAT DON'T KNOW.
YOU GIVE THEM T THIS TO
THEM, AND THIS WILL CHANGE
THEIR LIFE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
IS PARTNER WITH US.
WHEN YOU DO, WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE YOU THIS.
IT IS A $50,000 CHALLENGE.
WHICH MEANS EVERY DOLLAR YOU
GIVE IS DOUBLED.
NOW, YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE
GOT -- WE ALL DO, HAVE A
LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE PRAY
FOR.
IT MIGHT BE FIVE PEOPLE, 10
PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE YOU.
IF YOU CALL IN NOW, AND SAY
YOU CAN GIVE $40 A MONTH,
"700 CLUB" GOLD, WE'LL GIVE
YOU THREE.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU FIVE IF
YOU JOIN AT THE THOUSAND
CLUB LEVEL, $84 A MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL, CALL IN.
WE NEED YOU TO PICK UP THE
PHONES RIGHT NOW, CALL
1-800-759-0700, OR LOG ON
TO CBN.COM.
GORDON?
Gordon: IT IS PART OF
THE AMERICAN DREAM, BE YOUR
OWN BOSS.
GARY PARKS GOT THE CHANCE TO
DO JUST THAT WHEN HE
DEVELOPED A BUSINESS IDEA
SIMPLY BY DRIVING DOWN THE
STREET.
Reporter: GARY PARKS IS
A HARD WORKER, BUT HE NEVER
COULD QUITE MAKE ENDS MEET.
HE WORKED SEVERAL PART-TIME
JOBS, INCLUDING WORKING AT A
GAS STATION AND BUILDING
WITH WELDERS.
SHARON REMEMBERS WHEN THEY
HAD TO BUY FOOD PAST THE
EXPIRATION DATE AT THE
DISCOUNT STORE.
MY SON WOULD GET OUT HIS
CEREAL AND GET READY TO PUT
IT IN, AND THERE WOULD BE
BUGS IN THERE CRAWLING
AROUND AND HE WOULD FREAK
OUT.
WE HAD AN ELECTRIC BILL
OF $25, AND WE WERE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WOULD
GET THE MONEY TO PAY THAT.
Reporter: SHARON
STARTED CLEANING HOUSES ON
THE SIDE.
YOU DO WHATEVER YOU DO
TO, SO YOU WORK.
Reporter: ONE DAY SHE
TURNED ON "THE 700 CLUB."
AND HE STARTED TEACHING
ABOUT THE LAW OF
RESIPROCITY.
AND IT OPENED MY EYES ABOUT
TITHING AND GIVING AND
REAPING AND SOWING, AND HOW
GOD WANTS TO BLESS US.
Reporter: SHE JOINED
"THE 700 CLUB" FROM HER
SMALL INCOME CLEANING
HOUSES.
THREE MONTHS LATER, SHE GOT
A CONTRACT MAKING $8,000 A
MONTH CLEANING COMMERCIAL
BUSINESSES.
AND GARY GOT A FULL-TIME
JOB, WITH BENEFITS, WITH THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY.
HE STARTED WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB" WITH HIS WIFE AND
TITHING FROM HIS PAYCHECKS,
TOO.
I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE
THIS A TRY AND SEE WHAT IT
WOULD DO FOR ME.
Reporter: AND THAT'S
WHEN GARY SAYS GOD GAVE HIM
THE IDEA FOR HIS NEW
COMPANY, CLEANING UP
CONSTRUCTION SITES.
I SEEN A BRAND NEW HOUSE
BEING BUILT, AND
CONSTRUCTION STUFF WAS ALL
OVER THE YARD.
AND THE LORD SAID, YOU NEED
TO GO MAKE A CONTAINMENT AND
START HAULING THAT AWAY.
IN 30 DAYS, I MADE MORE
MONEY THAN I DID THE WHOLE
YEAR WORKING FOR THE
FORESTRY BUSINESS.
Reporter: THERE WAS SO
MUCH WORK, SHARON QUIT HER
CLEANING BUSINESS AND WENT
TO WORK FOR THE HAULING
COMPANY.
IT MEANT THE MORE WE
MAKE, THE MORE WE COULD
GIVE.
I WAS SO EXCITED FOR WHAT HE
WAS DOING IN OUR LIVES.
Reporter: GARY SOLD HIS
BUSINESS JUST TWO MONTHS
BEFORE THE RECESSION HIT THE
HOUSING INDUSTRY.
I STARTED OUT WITH FIVE
DUMPSTERS, AND WHEN I SOLD
THE BUSINESS, I HAD 18
TRUCKS AND 300 DUMPSTERS.
THE LORD WAS THE ONE WHO
TOLD ME TO SELL THE
BUSINESS.
Reporter: AND THE PARKS
ALSO TAUGHT THEIR SONS ABOUT
GIVING, AND TODAY KELLY IS A
PARTNER WITH HIS DAD IN A
NEW BUSINESS.
OUR PROFITS HAVE
TRIPLED.
AND EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS WE
HAVE MORE AND MORE WORK, AND
WE NEVER STOP.
ALL IT TOOK WAS THAT ONE
CHANCE AT GIVING.
I GUARANTEE YOU, GOD WILL
BLESS YOU.
JUST STEP OUT, AND HE WILL
MEET YOU RIGHT THERE.
WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, IF IT IS
EVEN A PENNY OR A DOLLAR, HE
WILL BLESS YOU.
Gordon: HERE IS THE
PROMISE, FROM PROVERBS 3:
"KEEP MY COMMANDS IN YOUR
HEART, FOR THEY WILL PROLONG
YOUR LIFE MANY YEARS AND
BRING YOU PROSPERITY.
LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
NEVER LEAVE YOU, AND THEN
YOU WILL FAVOR AND A GOOD
NAME IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND
MAN."
LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
NEVER LEAVE YOU.
SHARON AND GARY LEARNED THAT
FAITHFUL GIVING WAS THE
ANSWER.
AND IN RESPONSE, GOD STARTED
GIVING THEM TREMENDOUS IDEAS
THAT LED TO AN INCREASE THAT
IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THEN GUIDED THEM AT
SPECIFIC POINTS OF WHEN TO
SELL THE BUSINESS, WHAT TO
DO WITH THE PROCEEDS, HOW TO
INCREASE EVEN MORE, EVEN IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE
RECESSION.
GOD WILL DO THAT FOR YOU IF
YOU JUST SAY, I WILL BE
FAITHFUL IN GIVING.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, GIVE
US A CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY.
AND WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE, AND YOU KNOW YOUR
GIFT IS GOING TO COME IN
EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN
YOU CALL.
1-800-759-0700.
WELL, TODAY MANY AMERICANS
ARE JUST ONE PAYCHECK AWAY
FROM LOSING EVERYTHING.
FOR YEARS BILL AND TINA
WILSON LIVED THAT WAY, UNTIL
AN UNUSUAL GIFT HELPED THEM
INCREASE THEIR INCOME.
Reporter: A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, BILL WILSON WAS
THE COUNTY DEPUTY, AND TINA
WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM WITH
THEIR THREE BOYS.@ @
THE COUPLE WAS EXCITED ABOUT
THEIR GROWING FAMILY, BUT
DISCOURAGED ABOUT THREE
TIGHT BUDGET.
WE'RE LIVING FROM
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK PRETTY
MUCH.
YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND
YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENSES
GOING OUT VERSUS THE MONEY
COMING IN, AND YOU'RE, LIKE,
HOW IS THIS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
NOT KNOWING IF WE'LL HAVE
THE MONEY FOR FOOD, THE
MORTGAGE, IT WAS HARD.
Reporter: IN 2009, TINA
HEARD ABOUT "THE 700 CLUB,"
AND HEARD ABOUT THE
PRINCIPLE OF TITHING.
OFF AND ON WE WERE
TITHING.
WHEN WE COULD AFFORD, WE
WOULD TITHE.
THE LORD KEPT WORKING ON US
TO KEEP TITHING, WHETHER IT
WAS EASY FOR NOT.
I WAS CONVINCED FROM
WATCHING THE TESTIMONIES AND
READING THE BIBLE.
IT STARTED AS A PRAYER, TO
CONVINCE BILL, TO SHOW HIM
HOW THE PRINCIPLE WORKED.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY,
BILL AND TINA STARTED
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"
TOGETHER REGULARLY, AND
DECIDED TO GIVE $20 A MONTH
TO CBN, ON TOP OF THEIR
TITHE.
MONTHS LATER, THEY RECEIVED
A GIFT THAT DRAMATICALLY
CHANGED THEIR INCOME.
TINA WAS LOOKING FOR OUR
FAMILY, A MILK COW.
Reporter: TINA BEGAN
LOOKING FOR A JERSEY COW
THAT COULD PROVIDE HER
FAMILY WITH FRESH DAIRY.
JERSEY COWS ARE SO CUTE,
WITH THEIR LONG EYELASHES
AND BIG, BROWN EYES.
SHE WENT ON LINE AND
FOUND A WEBSITE FOR JERSEY
ACRES.
TINA E-MAILED THIS LADY, AND
THE LADY E-MAILED BACK AND
ASKED TINA, ARE YOU A
CHRISTIAN?
I WAS, LIKE, THAT'S A
STRANGE QUESTION, AND WHY DO
YOU ASK?
AND SHE SAID, I HAVE BEEN
PRAYING ABOUT THIS COW THAT
I DON'T NEED.
I FEEL LIKE THE LORD WANTS
ME TO GIVE YOU THIS COW.
I WAS CRYING, BECAUSE IT WAS
AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYER, TO
SHOW THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF
GIVING AND TITHING WORKS.
Reporter: AFTER
STARTING THEIR FARM WITH
THEIR ONE COW, BOBBY JOE,
BILL AND TINA INCREASED
THEIR PLEDGE TO CBN, TO $40
A YEAR.
THEIR ONE MILK COW TURNED
INTO A BUSINESS, AND TODAY
THEY SELL MILK AND CHEESE.
BECAUSE IT WAS THE LORD'S
IDEA, HE MADE IT COME ABOUT,
SO WE PUT "J" IN FRONT OF
"T" AND "B."
THE LORD KNEW WE WOULD ENJOY
THE DAIRY FARMING.
THE PRAYERS STARTED AS BEING
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, NOT
OWING ANYONE, AND WE'RE ON
THAT ROAD.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY
PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED IN JUST
ONE BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STEP
OF FAITH.
I KNOW THAT THE LORD WILL
PREVAIL AND HE WILL ALWAYS
STEP UP.
TO ANYONE WHO ISN'T
CONVINCED, I WOULD SAY TO
JUST TRUST HIM.
HE IS THE GOD OF THE
UNIVERSE, AND WE'RE HIS
CHILDREN, AND HE WANTS TO
PROSPEROUS US AND NOT HARM
US.
AS A PERSONAL TESTIMONY, IT
WORKS.
Gordon: TRUST HIM.
THAT'S ALL HE REQUIRES.
ALL HE WANTS IS FOR US TO
TRUST IN HIM.
AND HERE IS THE PROMISE,
FROM PSALM 37: "TRUST IN THE
LORD AND DO GOOD.
THEN YOU WILL LIVE SAFELY IN
THE LAND PROSPER.
TAKE DELIGHT IN THE LORD,
AND HE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR
HEART'S DESIRE."
TINA HAD AN UNUSUAL HEART'S
DESIRE, I WANT A DAIRY COW.
AND THEY STARTED GIVING, AND
GOD STARTED BLESSING THEM,
AND THROUGH THAT ONE HEART'S
DESIRE, A WHOLE NEW BUSINESS
THAT CAME OUT THAT BLESSED
THEM AND BLESSED THEIR
FAMILY AND BLESSED THEIR
FINANCES.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU
JUST TRUST IN THE LORD.
IF YOU WANT TO START GIVING,
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
IT'S ONLY $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY, AND YOU JOIN
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE TODAY, THAT WANT
TO SEE THE GOSPEL PREACHED
AROUND THE WORLD, THAT WANT
TO SEE PEOPLE HELPED IN TIME
OF DISASTER.
ALL OF IT MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARE
ENOUGH TO GIVE.
IF THAT'S YOU, GIVE US A
CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, CAM PENG
OUT CA PENG -- CAMPING OUT
COULD BE FUN IN THE
SUMMERTIME, BUT RECENTLY I
MET A FAMILY WHO LIVED IN A
TENT ALL YEAR LONG, EVEN IN
THE WINTER.
THROUGH RAIN AND SNOW AND
TEMPERATURES THAT REACHED 20
BELOW ZERO.
I'M HERE IN UKRAINE, IN A
GYPSY CAMP.
THERE ARE 13 PEOPLE LIVING
INSIDE THIS TENT.
THIS IS RUSLAN, WHO IS ONE
OF THEM.
HE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
THERE IS A TWO-MONTH-OLD
BABY IN HERE.
RUSLAN IS WET TO THE CORE
BECAUSE IT IS A COLD, RAINY
DAY HERE.
THIS LITTLE FAMILY IS DOING
THEIR BEST TO MAKE A
LIVING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAD IS
MAKING BASKETS OUT OF PIECES
OF TWIG THAT HE HAS GATHERED
FROM THE WOODS.
THE MOM, RIGHT NOW, IS OUT
GATHERING MUSHROOMS SO SHE
CAN BRING SOME FOOD HOME FOR
HER CHILDREN.
OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A HOME
FOR THEM THAT WILL TAKE THEM
OUT OF THE COLD, OUT OF THE
RAIN, AND ALLOW THEM TO MAKE
IT THROUGH THE WINTER AND
MAYBE EVEN HAVE A GOOD LIFE
HERE IN UKRAINE.
WORKING WITH OUR CBN STAFF
IN UKRAINE, "ORPHAN'S
PROMISE" WAS QUICKLY ABLE TO
PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO BUILD
A SHELTER FOR THIS FAMILY.
THE MOST EFFICIENT AND
TIMELY SOLUTION WAS A HOUSE
MADE OF METAL WITH A STRONG
WOOD FLOOR AND A THICK LAYER
OF INSULATION.
AN AIR-TIGHT WINDOW AND
DOOR, ALONG WITH A NEW
WOOD-BURNING STOVE, MAKES
THIS ONE OF THE BEST HOMES
IN THIS GYPSY COMMUNITY.
AND SOME BASIC FURNISHINGS
AND WARM BLANKETS WILL KEEP
THIS FAMILY COMFORTABLE ALL
WINTER.
DURING MY VISIT, WE WERE
ALARMED AT THE QUESTION OF
THE TWO-MONTH-OLD BABY BOY,
WHO HAD A TERRIBLE COUGH AND
FEVER.
HIS MOTHER WAS SO
MALNOURISHED, THAT NURSING
HIM JUST WASN'T ENOUGH.
THAT DAY WE GAVE HER FORMULA
AND MEDICINE FOR LITTLE
PETRO.
AND NOW HE IS NO LONGER
SICK, HAS PUT ON WEIGHT, AND
LOOKS MUCH HEALTHIER.
IN FACT, EVERYONE LOOKS
HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER.
IN ADDITION TO THE FATHER'S
BASKET-MAKING, WE HAVE PLANS
TO HELP THEM WITH A GARDEN
OR OTHER LIVELIHOOD THAT
WILL BRING IN ENOUGH MONEY
TO SUSTAIN THIS FAMILY.
I THANK GOD FOR THE HELP
YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
I COULDN'T EVEN DREAM THAT
SOMEONE COULD GIVE US SUCH A
HOUSE.
THANK YOU.
Terry: THESE ARE
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, WHO
MOVE AROUND TO DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES IN THE AREA AS
CROPS NEED TO BE PICKED.
THEY'RE MIGRANT WORKERS, AND
THEY WORK VERY, VERY HARD,
BUT SOMETIMES IT IS JUST NOT
ENOUGH.
YOU ALLOWED US TO COME RIGHT
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT NEED
AND TO SOLVE A HUGE NEED,
NOT JUST FOR THOSE PARENTS,
BUT FOR THEIR CHILDREN AS
WINTER CAME UPON THEM.
YOU CAN KNOW RIGHT NOW,
TODAY, "700 CLUB" MEMBERS,
BECAUSE OF YOU, THEY'RE IN A
WARM HOME AND ARE ABLE TO
EAT AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR
FAMILY.
AND WE SAY THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
THIS KIND OF HELP IS WHAT
WE'RE EXTENDING TO PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO GO TO YOUR PHONE AND BE A
PART OF THAT.
JOIN WITH THOUSANDS WHO ARE
OUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A GENERAL "700 CLUB"
MEMBERSHIP IS $20 A MONTH,
65 CENTS A DAY.
WHEN YOU GI GIVE RIGHT NOW
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CHALLENGE WE'RE IN, EVERY
DOLLAR YOU GIVE WILL BE
MATCHED, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR,
UP TO $50,000.
LET ME SHOW YOU ALL OF THE
CLUB MEMBERS.
WILL YOU GO UP TO "700 CLUB"
GOLD, A GIFT OF $40 A MONTH,
OR JOIN US AT A THOUSAND
CLUB MEMBER, $84 A MONTH.
OUR 2500 CLUB MEMBERS JOIN
AS AT $209 A MONTH.
AND WE HAVE A FOUNDER'S
LEVEL, $5,000 A YEAR, AND WE
EVEN HAVE A GROUP CALLED THE
CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE, FOLKS WHO
CAN GIVE $10,000 OR MORE A
YEAR.
ASK GOD WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY NEED
A HELP HAND.
CALL NOW, 1-800-759-0700.
GORDON?
Gordon: I'VE GOT SOME
GREAT NEWS.
CBN DONORS ARE SAYING
$50,000 ON A CHALLENGE ISN'T
ENOUGH.
THEY WANT TO ADD $75,000 TO
IT, TAKING IT TO $125,000.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE ASK FOR BLESSING ON
THIS.
WE ASK FOR WINDOWS IN HEAVEN
TO BE OPEN OVER THE DONORS
WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
ISSUE THIS CHALLENGE.
FOR THOSE WATCHING, MAKING
DECISIONS RIGHT NOW, WE ASK
THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM
AND ENCOURAGE THEM.
DO IT ALL, LORD, FOR WE ASK
IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AND AMEN.
$125,000 ON A CHALLENGE.
20 MINUTES TO GO.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, SO
CALL US NOW, 1-800-759-0700.
IN HONDURAS, MANY PEOPLE
CAN'T AFFORD THE MOST BASIC
MEDICAL CARE.
SO "OPERATION BLESSING" SET
UP CLINICS WITH FREE DOCTORS
AND MEDICINE, AND FOR THE
BABY IN ONE VILLAGE, THAT
MEANT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.
Reporter: WHEN
3-MONTH-OLD BRIAN WOKE UP
WITH A COUGH, HIS MOTHER
WASN'T TOO WORRIED AND
PREPARED SOME HOME
REMEDIES.
HOURS LATER, BRIAN GOT
WORSE.
HE BEGAN TO COUGH AND HAD
A FEVER.
THEN IT BECAME HARD FOR HIM
TO BREENL.
BREATHE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE LOSING
HIM, THAT HE WAS GOING TO
DIE.
I PANICKED.
I THOUGHT, WE ARE POOR.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A
DOCTOR OR A CLINIC.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN
THEY REMEMBERED A CLINIC IN
ANOTHER TOWN, THAT HAD
MEDICINE DONATED FROM AN
ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA.
BUT IT WAS ALREADY LATE AND
THE CLINIC WAS CLOSED.
THE NEXT MORNING MURACRUZ
RACED TO THE CLINIC.
WHEN I GOT THERE, I SAW
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT I
WAS SO DESPERATE, I RAN TO
ONE OF THE DOCTORS AND SAID,
HELP ME, MY SON IS DYING.
Reporter: A DOCTOR
QUICKLY CHECKED BRIAN AND
TOLD HIS MOTHER HE HAD
PNEUMONIA.
BUT AS SOON AS BRIAN
RECEIVED HIS FIRST BREATHING
TREATMENT, WITH MEDICINE
PROVIDED BY "OPERATION
BLESSING," HE STARTED TO
PERK UP.
THE DOCTOR THEN GAVE BRIAN'S
MOM STRONG ANTIBIOTICS, ALSO
GIVEN TO THE CLINIC BY
"OPERATION BLESSING."
THOSE ANTIBIOTICS SAVED
BRIAN'S LIFE.
THE DOCTOR TOLD ME WOULD
TO DO, AND I GAVE HIM ALL OF
THE MEDICINE.
Reporter: WITHIN A FEW
DAYS, BRIAN WAS FEELING MUCH
BETTER.
AND WHEN HIS MOM TOOK HIM
BACK TO THE CLINIC 10 DAYS
LATER, THE DOCTOR GAVE BRIAN
A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK
YOU FOR SAVING MY SON'S LIFE
WITH THE WONDERFUL
MEDICINE.
MY GOD BLESS "OPERATION
BLESSING."
Gordon: AND MAY GOD
BLESS YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," YOU'RE A PART OF
THAT.
YOU'RE A PART OF HELPING
THAT LITTLE BABY.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER,
JOIN WITH US.
BE PART OF IT.
BE PART OF HELPING PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
GIVEN FREE MEDICAL CARE, IF
YOU WANT TO SEE FRESH
DRINKING WATER GOING INTO
VILLAGES AROUND THE WORLD,
IF YOU WANT TO SEE DISASTER
RELIEF TEAMS BEING ABLE TO
BE DEPLOYED AFTER STORMS,
AFTER EARTHQUAKES, AFTER
TSUNAMIS, IF YOU WANT TO BE
A PART OF PREACHING THE
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS JOIN "700
CLUB," AND YOU JOIN WITH
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF THAT'S YOU, CALL US NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$125,000.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
EXISTING "700 CLUB" MEMBERS
SAY WE LIKE A LIFE OF
GENEROSITY, AND WE WANT TO
CHALLENGE OTHERS TO GIVE.
SO THEY'LL MATCH YOUR GIVING
FOR THE NEXT 17 MINUTES AND
15 SECONDS, AND THEY'LL
MATCH YOU, DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR, UP TO $125,000.
BE PART OF IT NOW.
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE
PHONES.
> PHONES.
Wendy: EARLIER, WE
HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO WENT
TO HELL.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM
SOMEONE WHO WENT TO HEAVEN
AND CAME BACK TO TELL THEIR
AMAZING STORY.
TAKE A LOOK.
Wendy: SO TODAY, ON MY
WAY TO WORK, THE CAR IN
FRONT OF ME, THE VANITY
PLATE SAYS, "HAPPY
FOREVER."
THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS FOR US
IN HEAVEN.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN THIS LIFE
WE'LL HAVE TROUBLE, BUT
HEAVEN, IT SAYS, IS A PLACE
OF NO MORE TEARS, NO MORE
SADNESS.
THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS FOR US.
BUT THE CHOICE IS OURS IN
THIS LIFE.
HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CHOICE?
WE EITHER CHOICE JESUS
CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR, OR WE
SPEND ETERNITY IN HELL, A
PLACE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO
SEND OUR WORST ENEMIES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
OTHER STORIES, LIKE THE MAN
WHO WENT TO HEAVEN AND
OTHERS WHO CAME BACK WITH
WARNINGS FROM HELL, WE WANT
YOU TO HAVE "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE, PART TWO."
THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU CALL AND JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS IT?
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH
TO DO SO MUCH INCREDIBLE
STUFF AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY A "700
CLUB" MEMBER, WE WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.
BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU,
WHY NOT TAKE IT UP TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.
HOW ABOUT THE GOLD LEVEL,
JUST $40 A MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THREE "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE, PART TWO"s.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE THOUSAND
CLUB LEVEL, WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE YOU FIVE.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS,
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO," IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU
WHEN YOU CALL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$125,000 CHALLENGE, WITH
JUST 15 MINUTES LEFT ON THE
CLOCK.
IF YOU GO TO YOUR PHONES
RIGHT NOW, EVERY DOLLAR THAT
YOU PLEDGE WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
Gordon: WHILE MANY
AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO
FIND WORK, MARLENE CARTER
HAD THREE JOBS.
BUT AT THE END OF EVERY
MONTH, SHE STILL DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY HER
BILLS.
IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO
SHUT OFF, THAT'S WHAT I
WOULD HAVE TO PAY.
IF SOMETHING ELSE WASN'T
GOING TO SHUT OFF, I
WOULDN'T PAY IT, BUT THEN
NEXT MONTH IT WAS GOING TO
SHUT OFF.
Reporter: MARLENE
CARTER'S LIFE WAS A
FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE.
SHE WORKED THREE JOBS AND
STILL COULDN'T PAY ALL OF
THE BILLS.
IT WAS A JUGGLING ACT.
Reporter: MARLENE BEGAN
PRAYING FOR A SOLUTION.
SHE ALSO STARTED WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
A LOT OF TIMES, AFTER MY
THIRD JOB, I WOULD HAVE TO
GO GROCERY SHOPPING LATE AT
NIGHT.
HERE I WOULD BE PUTTING AWAY
MY GROCERIES, AND I WOULD
HAVE THE TELEVISION ON IN
THE KITCHEN, AND CBN WAS
ON.
AND I JUST WAS FASCINATED.
Reporter: ONE OF THOSE
LESSONS WAS GIVING AWAY 10%
OF YOUR INCOME.
I REMEMBER THINKING, OH,
MY.
I WORK THREE JOBS AND I'M
STILL JUGGLING MY BILLS.
I DON'T SEE HOW I WOULD BE
ABLE TO COME UP WITH MONEY
JUST TO SEND IN FOUR A
DONATION.
IT JUST SEEMED ALL FOREIGN
TO ME.
BUT THEN I THINK THAT THE
LORD WAS CONVICTING ME TO
TRY IT.
Reporter: MARLENE GAVE
TO SEVERAL MINISTRIES,
INCLUDING TO CBN, AND
SOMEHOW WAS ABLE TO MAKE HER
MONEY STRETCH.
SOMEHOW ON PAPER IT
DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, AND I
HEARD PEOPLE TESTIFY TO
THAT, AND IT IS THE TRUTH,
AND IT'S, LIKE, THIS DOESN'T
ADD UP, BUT IT IS AMAZING
HOW THAT HAPPENS.
Reporter: THEN MARLENE
INCREASED HER GIVING, AND A
FEW MONTHS LATER LANDED A
NEW JOB, MAKING MORE THAN
ALL OF HER PREVIOUS THREE
JOBS COMBINED.
I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL,
TREMENDOUSLY RELIEVED.
Reporter: WHEN MARLENE
INCREASED HER GIVING AGAIN,
SHE GOT A PROMOTION.
HE SAID TEST ME ON THIS,
AND I WILL OPEN UP THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR
OUT BLESSINGS, MORE THAN YOU
CAN CO CONTAIN, AND IT IS
THE TRUTH.
Gordon: IT IS THE
TRUTH.
AND IT SEEMS STRANGE, AND IT
SEEMED STRANGE TO MARLENE,
HOW DO YOU GET MORE BECAUSE
YOU START GIVING.
HERE WE CALL IT THE LAW OF
RESP.
I RESP -- LAW OF
RESIPROCITY.
YOU FIND IT IN LUKE, "GIVE
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU."
SO OFTEN WE SAY LET'S GET
ENOUGH MONEY AND I CAN START
GIVING FROM THE EXCESS I
HAVE.
BUT GOD SAYS NO, DO IT MY
WAY.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
UNTO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT MARLENE
DISCOVERED.
WHEN YOU PUT THAT PRINCIPLE
INTO PRACTICE, WHAT GOD HAS
DONE FOR OTHERS, HE WILL DO
FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU WANT TO START A
LIFE OF GENEROSITY, A LIFE
OF GIVING, CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO
DO?
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY, AND YOU JOIN
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THE
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
HELPED THROUGH "OPERATION
BLESSING."
AND THEY WANT TO SEE FRESH
WATER WELLS DUG AROUND THE
WORLD.
IF THAT'S YOU, BE A PART OF
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING BY
JOINING "700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY
GIVING.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK.
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO MAIL
IN.
WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND
"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHING C.D.s BACK TO YOU
AS A GIFT.
DO IT NOW, CALL
1-800-759-0700.
OR LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
WHEN YOU GIVE MONTHLY ON THE
GIVING A PAGE, YOU
AUTOMATICALLY SIGN UP FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
Terry: I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT DINNER TIME AT YOUR
HOUSE, BUT AT ABOUT 5:00,
6:00, MY HOUSE STARTS SAY,
MOM, WHAT'S FOR DINNER.
IMAGINE FACING YOUR
CHILDREN, TELLING THEM YOU
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEED
THEM.
ANGEL AND MIRNA FACED THAT
DECISION EVERY DAY.
Reporter: SHE TOOK TINY
BITES, TRYING TO MAKE HER
SMALL CRACKER LAST.
THAT WOULD BE HER ONLY MEAL
THAT DAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO
BUY FOOD.
WE ONLY ATE CRACKERS.
MY STOMACH ACHED A LOT.
Reporter: BUT WENDY'S
MOTHER STILL CRIES WHEN THEY
THINK ABOUT THOSE TERRIBLE
DAYS.
I KNEW MY CHILDREN WERE
HUNGRY.
THEY ALWAYS ASKED FOR MORE.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO GIVE THEM.
Reporter: A HURRICANE
HAD SWEPT THROUGH THEIR TOWN
IN MEXICO, DESTROYING THEIR
HOME AND THEIR FAMILY'S
SMALL ICE CREAM CART, THEIR
ONLY WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.
I SEARCHED THE
FLOODWATERS FOR MY CART, BUT
I COULDN'T FIND IT.
I ONLY FOUND A FEW
CONTAINERS IN THE RIVER.
Reporter: WITH THE FEW
CONTAINERS, THEY MADE THE
HOME MADE ICE CREAM, BUT
WITHOUT THE CART, IT WOULD
BE HARD TO SELL.
I HAD NO MONEY TO FIX IT,
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO
EAT.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING" DECIDED
TO HELP.
FIRST, WE GAVE ANGEL NEW
PARTS, PAINT, AND TOOLS HE
NEEDED TO FIX UP THAT
DAMAGED CART.
SOON THE BROKEN DOWN CART
LOOKED BRAND NEW.
THEN WE BOUGHT ANGEL A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SUGAR, CREAM, AND
OTHER COMMODITIES LOST IN
THE FLOOD.
I NEVER IMAGINED HOW MUCH
HELP I WAS GOING TO RECEIVE
FROM "OPERATION BLESSING."
MY PROFITS HAVE DOUBLED WHAT
I MADE BEFORE THE
HURRICANE.
NOW I CAN FEED MY FAMILY.
I GIVE THANKS TO
"OPERATION BLESSING" FOR
EVERYTHING THEY GAVE TO US.
IT IS HARD TO FIND WORDS
TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO
YOU.
THANK YOU.
Terry: THIS IS JUST ONE
OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES
WHO'S LIVES HAVE BEEN
TOUCHED BY YOUR GENEROSITY,
"700 CLUB" MEMBERS.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO
HAVEN'T YET MADE THE
COMMITMENT TO JOIN, COME ON
WITH US.
WE REALLY CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
IT IS SO SATISFYING TO KNOW
YOU CAN TOUCH SOMEONE'S LIFE
LIKE THAT.
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
YOU GO TO YOUR PHONE AND
CALL THAT TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
21-800-759-0700, AND YOU
SAY, I WANT TO JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO
SAY, AND I'D LIKE TO DO IT
USING PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THAT MEANS YOUR BANK DOES
ALL OF THE WORK.
BUT IT SAVES US PROCESSING
COSTS, SO WE CAN PUT MORE OF
YOUR MONEY DIRECTLY INTO THE
LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE ANGEL.
AND OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK
YOU IS TO SEND YOU THESE
"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHINGS.
JOIN RIGHT NOW.
SAY I WANT TO JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," AND I WOULD LIKE TO
DO
IT BY USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS, AND YOU CAN ALSO
JOIN BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM.
Gordon: TONIGHT, ONE IN
SEVEN AMERICAN FAMILIES WILL
GO TO BED HUNGRY.
THAT'S WHY "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS WORKING ALL
OVER AMERICA TO HELP
STRUGGLING FAMILIES PUT FOOD
ON THE TABLE.
Reporter: CHRIS PRICE
SUPPORTS HIS WIFE AND TWO
CHILDREN BY WORKING AS AN
AUTO TECHNICIAN.
MY JOB TO ME IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I THANK GOD EVERY DAY THAT I
HAVE A JOB.
Reporter: BUT A RECENT
CUT IN HIS HOURS HAS MADE IT
HARD JUST TO PUT FOOD ON THE
TABLE.
SO THE FAMILY IS FINDING
CREATIVE WAYS TO STRETCH
THEIR BUDGET.
CHRIS WALKS TWO MILES EACH
WAY TO AND FROM WORK TO SAVE
ON GAS.
AND THEY GET FOOD FROM
"OPERATION BLESSING" PARTNER
JOSEPH'S STORE HOUSE.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE
FOOD, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
MISSED WATER OR ELECTRIC SO
I COULD BUY THE FOOD FOR MY
FAMILY.
Reporter: BOB EVANS IS
THE FOUNDER OF JOSEPH'S
STORE HOUSE, AND HE SAYS
HELPING FAMILIES IS A TEAM
EFFORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE
WOULD DO WITHOUT "OPERATION
BLESSING."
THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH A
BLESSING TO US TO BRING IN A
VARIETY OF FOOD.
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO GET.
IT IS LIKE CHRISTMAS ONCE A
MONTH.
THEY PUT FOOD IN OUR
KITCHEN, AND MY WIFE AND ME
AND MY KIDS ARE VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I'M GLAD TO KNOW THERE ARE
OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THA
THAT WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR
OUR FAMILIES.
Gordon: WE DON'T WANT
TO GIVE A HANDOUT, WE WANT
TO GIVE A HAND UP.
WHEN YOU START THINKING THAT
ONE IN SEVEN AMERICAN
FAMILIES HAVE PEOPLE GOING
TO BED HUNGRY, WE WANT TO
HELP THEM.
AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A BIG
WAY.
THREE MILLION AMERICANS
EVERY SINGLE MONTH RECEIVE
FOOD FROM "OPERATION
BLESSING."
WE'VE GOT OUR TRUCKS THAT
ARE TRAVELLING LITERALLY
EVERY DAY, WHERE WE ARE
DISTRIBUTING DONATED FOOD,
PURCHASED FOOD, TO FOOD
BANKS ALL ACROSS THE NATION,
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
IF THAT'S YOU, DO IT RIGHT
NOW.
CALL US NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE
A PART OF HELPING PEOPLE.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF CBN.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF "THE
700 CLUB."
I WANT TO BE A PART OF
"OPERATION BLESSING."
I WANT TO BE A PART OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL.
YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF IT
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
SO DO IT NOW.
CALL US NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
LET'S GO OVER TO KRISTI AT
THE PHONES.
Kristi: THANK YOU,
GORDON.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE
PRODUCED A D.V.D. CALLED
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE."
CHECK THIS OUT, WE JUST
RELEASED PART TWO, AND
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TALKING
ABOUT IT.
TAKE A LOOK.
Terry:
Kristi: THIS D.V.D.
ISN'T JUST LIFE CHANGING, IT
IS PROVOKING.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE D.V.D.s
THAT YOU CANNOT HELP BUT
LOOK AT AND REALLY FALL ON
YOUR KNEES BEFORE THE LORD
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY
BE LIKE, LORD, ARE YOU REAL,
WHICH HE IS REAL.
THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU BECOME A "700 CLUB"
PARTNER.
THE FIRST ONE WE DID WAS SO
POPULAR, WE HAD TO PUT THIS
SECOND ONE OUT THERE.
AND PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY LOVE
IT.
IT IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU JOIN IN.
FOR 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH IS ALL IT TAKES.
THIS REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE
LIFE-ALTERING, LIFE-CHANGING
D.V.D.s.
WE'RE OFFERING YOU MORE THAN
ONE.
HOW CAN YOU GET MORE THAN
ONE?
WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE IF YOU
TAKE IT UP A NOTCH FROM "THE
700 CLUB" TO "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD, BY GIVING $40 A
MONTH.
OR FOR THE THOUSAND CLUB
MEMBER, WE'LL GIVE YOU
FIVE.
YOU CAN KEEP ONE FOR
YOURSELF AND GIVE THE FOUR
AWAY.
YOU MIGHT SAY, KRISTI, WHY
DO I NEED FOUR OR FIVE OF
THE SAME D.V.D.s?
COME ON, WE ALL HAVE THAT
LIST OF PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR, OUR SPOUSES,
OUR KIDS, OUR GRANDKIDS, OUR
NEIGHBORS.
WHAT A GREAT TOOL TO SHARE.
TO TELL US HOW MUCH GOD
LOVES US.
WE GET SO CONCERNED ABOUT
LIFE NOW, BUT WHAT ABOUT
LIFE FOR ETERNITY.
THIS IS IT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE.
AND WE'VE GOT THREE MINUTES
LEFT ON THIS CHALLENGE, A
$125,000, WHICH MEANS WHEN
YOU CALL, THAT DOLLAR IS
DOUBLED.
TERRY?
Terry: THANKS, KRISTI.
IN MANY THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES, IT DOESN'T TAKE
MUCH TO SUPPORT AN ENTIRE
FAMILY.
FOR ONE MAN IN INDIA, ALL IT
TOOK WAS A FISHING POLE.
WHEN THE FLOODS CAME, HIS
FISHING POLE WASHED AWAY.
WE LOST EVERYTHING WE
OWNED.
MY FAMILY WAS STARVING.
Terry: CBN RESPONDED
QUICKLY TO THE DISASTER WITH
RELIEF SUPPLIES, FOOD AND
SLEEPING BAGS.
WHEN WE LOST EVERYTHING,
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT
HELPED US.
YOU GAVE US WHAT WE NEEDED
TO SURVIVE.?
INTERPRETER
Terry: WE WHAT GAVE HIM
NEXT REALLY PUT A SMILE ON
HIS DAUGHTER'S FACE.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN
YOU GAVE MY FATHER A BRAND
NEW FISHING NET, AND A
BICYCLE TO GET TO THE
MARKET, AND AN ICE BOX TO
KEEP THE FISH FRESH.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING
US.
YOU GAVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I
NEEDED TO HELP MY FAMILY.
YOU HAVE RESTORED MY LIFE.
Terry: YOU'VE GOT TO
LOVE IT.
WHEN WE LOST EVERYTHING, YOU
WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAME
TO HELP.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO AROUND
THE WORLD.
JOIN WITH US RIGHT NOW.
ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF
THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE EVERY
DOLLAR YOU PLEDGE GETS
MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
CALL RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700, OR LOG ON
TO CBN.COM.
GORDON?
Gordon: NOT LONG AGO,
IN NIGERIA, WE MET A
4-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
SHE HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY
HER PARENTS.
AND WHEN WE FOUND HER, SHE
WAS CRYING, HUNGRY, AND
WANDERING THE STREETS OF HER
VILLAGE ALONE.
Reporter: 4 YEARS OLD
RIMLIN ENJOYS SCHOOL.
BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, THINGS
WERE VERY DIFFERENT.
SHE WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT
LIP AND ABANDONED BY HER
PARENTS.
AN "OPERATION BLESSING"
SOCIAL WORKER FOUND THE
LITTLE GIRL WALKING AROUND
ALONE.
I MET HER ONE MORNING,
WALKING AROUND ALONE,
CRYING, AND LOOKING HUNGRY.
THE CHILDREN WERE SCARED OF
HER BECAUSE OF THE CLEFT
PALLET SHE HAD.
THEN I TOOK HER TO OUR
OFFICE.
Reporter: RIMBIAN'S
GRANDFATHER FOUND OUT FROM
"OPERATION BLESSING" THAT
SHE NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY,
SO HE TOOK HER INTO HIS
HOME.
"OPERATION BLESSING" PAID
FOR THE SURGERY TO REPAIR
HER CLEFT LIP, AND THEN
ENROLLED HER AT A SPECIAL
BOARDING SCHOOL, WHERE SHE
RECEIVED SPEECH THERAPY.
SHE IS ATTENDING A SCHOOL
WHERE SHE HAS PLENTY OF
FRIENDS AND A LOVING
GRANDFATHER NEARBY.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO
CBN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Gordon: AND THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," YOU'RE PART OF
BLESSING THAT WONDERFUL
LITTLE GIRL.
TO GIVE HER A HOPE AND A
FUTURE AND TO GIVE HER A
SMILE.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, JOIN
WITH US, IN EVERYTHING WE'RE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
1-800-759-0700.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO
VICTORY.
JUST FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE SECONDS LEFT ON THIS
WONDERFUL $125,000
CHALLENGE.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT MORNING.
WE HAD THIS TREMENDOUS
CHALLENGE.
AND AGAINST IT YOU GAVE
$172,000.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM PROVERBS: "HE WHO
GIVES TO THE POOR WILL LACK
NOTHING."
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE POOR,
GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU.
FOR TERRY, FOR KRISTI, FOR
WENDY, FOR ME, FOR ALL OF
US, GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
GORDAN: WELCOME TO "700
CLUB." ANOTHER BRUTAL COLD WAVE
HITTING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY AND
BRINGING TEMPERATURES WELL BOW
LOW ZERO.
TERRY: THIS FREEZING COLD IS
ALSO DANGEROUS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE STORY.
I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT OF THE
HOUSE.
VERY COLD.
REPORTER: MORE THAN 100
MILLION PEOPLE WAKING UP IN AN
ICEBOX.
WIND CHILL ADVISORIES POSTED IN
15 STATES FROM MIDWEST TO EAST
COAST.
IN MAINE, 50 BELOW, GREAT LAKES,
MINUS 40, IN NORTH CAROLINA 10
BELOW.
EXTREME COLD IS BLAMED FOR AT
LEAST FOUR DEATHS.
BLINDING SNOW CAUSED 150-CAR
PILE UP IN OHIO.
PEOPLE WORKING OUTSIDE LIKE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE AT RISK
FOR HYPOTHERMIA OR FROSTBITE.
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS
OF FROSTBITE WITHIN 5-10
MINUTES.
EVEN INSIDE THE COLD
TEMPERATURES ARE UNCOMFORTABLE.
IT FROZE THE WATER SERVICE
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
GO TO WASH YOUR HANDS, NO
COFFEE, TOILET.
REPORTER: METEOROLOGIST SAY
THE WEATHER IS LIKELY TO GET
WORSE WITH COLDER CONDITIONS
COMING IN BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
THIS AIR MASS FROM THE PLAINS
TO NORTHEAST SOME OF THE COLDEST
IN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS.
REPORTER: HIGH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AT
LEAST THE WEEKEND.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
GORDAN: SECRETARY OF STATE
HILARY CLINTON CAN BE TAKING
HEAT ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.
LEE WEBB HAS
THE
STORY FROM THE
NEWS ROOM?
LEE: FOUR AMERICANS INCLUDING
AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS DIED IN
THE ATTACK.
CLINTON POSTPONED HER TESTIMONY
DUE TO CONCUSSION AND BLOOD CLOT
NEAR HER BRAIN.
REPUBLICANS SAY DEMOCRATS
IGNORED REQUEST FOR MORE
SECURITY AND A .
ISRAELIS VOTED FOR A CHANGE IN
THE GOVERNMENT, ELECTION THAT
SAW THE HIGHEST IN MORE THAN A
DECADE.
REPORTER: NETANYAHU'S PARTY
RECEIVED MORE SEATS BUT CENTER
LEFT RECEIVED MORE THAN
ANTICIPATES.
CENTER LEFT AND RIGHT SPLIT DOWN
THE MIDDLE AS 60 SEATS A PIECE.
EMERGENCE OF YURLAPEED AND
HOW BIBIAND NETANYAHU WILL BE
ABLE TO FOCUS.
THE ISRAELI ELECTORATE IS
CENTERED.
REPORTER: NETANYAHU WILL
LIKELY BE THE NEXT PRIME
MINISTER AND FORM THE NEXT
GOVERNMENT.
HE GOES INTO NEGOTIATIONS WEAKER
BUT SOME BELIEVE LA PEED CAN
HELP HIM.
SOME ARE WORRIED HOW LONG IT
WILL LAST.
WITH A DIVIDED ELECTORATE, SOME
ANTICIPATE ISRAELIS WILL BE
GOING TO
THE POLLS IN THE NOT
TOO
DISTANT FUTURE.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, TEL
AVIV.
LEE: GORDAN, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
GORDAN: I HAVE READ THE
BIBLE, LEE, THEY NEED TO
RECOGNIZE GOD IS THE SOURCE OF
ALL THEIR STRENGTH.
THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF BLEAK
TIMES BEFORE.
WAY BACK IN 1948, THAT FIRST WAR
WHERE THE ARABS TRIED TO DRIVE
THEM INTO THE SEA.
NO ONE WOULD SELL THEM WEAPONS,
NOT EVEN THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS INTERESTING CHECK
SLOVAKIA WAS THE ONLY NATION
THAT WOULD SELL ISRAEL MODERN
WEAPONS.
AND HEROIC FEW WITH THE AID OF
GOD WERE ABLE TO STRUGGLE
THROUGH AND WIN.
'67, THE SAME THING, ALL THE
NATIONS AROUND THEM ATTACKED
THEM.
THEY WON A TREMENDOUS VICTORY.
AND YOM KIPPUR CAUGHT COMPLETELY
OFF GUARD.
GOD INTERVENED.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER GOD HAS A
SPECIAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL, HE WILL
FULFILL HIS WORD OVER
HER.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF THE
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
GORDAN: IT IS PART OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM, BE YOUR OWN
BOSS.
GARY PARKS
DID JUST THAT
WHEN HE
DEVELOPED A BUSINESS IDEA BY
SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.
REPORTER: GARY PARKS IS A
HARD WORKER.
HE WORKED AT SEVERAL PART-TIME
JOBS AT A GAS STATION AND
BUILDING WELDERS.
HE STRUGGLED TO PAY THE BILLS.
SHARON REMEMBERS WHEN THEY HAD
TO BUY FOOD PASSED THE
EXPIRATION DATE AT THE DISCOUNT
STORE.
MY SON WOULD POUR THE CEREAL
AND THERE WOULD BE BUGS CRAWLING
AROUND.
HE WOULD FREAK
OUT.
WE HAD
AN
ELECTRIC BILL OF
$25 AND WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
REPORTER: SHARON STARTED
CLEANING HOUSES.
YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO
WORK.
REPORTER: SHE ASKED GOD TO
FIX
THEIR
FINANCES.
ONE THEY SHE TURNED ON "THE 700
CLUB."
HE STARTED TEACHING ABOUT THE
LAW OF RECIPROCITY.
IT OPENED MY EYES ABOUT TITHING
AND GIVING AND REAPING AND SOW.
HOW GOD WANTS TO JOIN US.
REPORTER: SHE JOINED "THE 700
CLUB" WITH HER INCOME CLEANING
HOUSE.
LATER SHE GOT A CONTRACT MAKING
$3,000 A MONTH CLEANING.
GARY STARTED TITHING FROM HIS
PAYCHECKS, TOO.
I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE THIS A
TRY.
GARY SAID GOD GAVE HIM A NEW
IDEA CLEANING UP CONSTRUCTION
SITES.
I SAW A BRAND NEW HOUSE.
THE LORD SAID MAKE A CONTAINMENT
AREA AND HAUL IT AWAY.
STARTED JANUARY 1ST.
JANUARY 30TH
I MADE MORE MONEY
THAN ALL YEARLONG.
REPORTER:
GARY WENT
TO
MAKING
SIX
FIGURES IN 12 MONTHS.
SHARON QUIT THE CLEANING
BUSINESSES AND WENT TO WORK FOR
THE HAULING BUSINESSES.
I WAS SO EXCITED.
REPORTER: GARY SOLD HIS
BUSINESS JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE
THE ECONOMIC BOOM.
IT WASN'T
ME, THE LORD TOLD
ME TO SELL
THE
BUSINESS.
REPORTER: PARKS TAUGHT THEIR
SONS ABOUT GIVING.
TODAY KELLY IS A PARTNER WITH
HIS DAD IN A NEW DEMOLITION
BUSINESS.
OUR PROFITS TRIPLED.
EVERY YEAR
WE HAVE MORE
AND
MORE
WORK.
ALL IT TOOK IS THAT ONE CHANCE
OF
GIVING.
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND
MY FAMILY, HE CAN DO FOR ANY
FAMILY.
I GUARANTEE, GOD WILL BLESS
YOU.
STEP OUT.
HE'LL MEET YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE
AT.
IF IT IS A PENNY OR DOLLAR, HE
WILL BLESS YOU.
GORDAN: I LOVE THIS STORY,
GARY AND SHARON DID THAT.
THEY TOOK A STEP OUT.
WITH THEIR FINANCES AND TOOK THE
RISK TO START BUSINESSES.
HERE IS SHARON, SHE IS FEEDING
HER CHILDREN DATED FOOD.
IT HAS INSECTS IN IT.
INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING, SHE SAYS
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
SO SHE STARTED TO SAY OKAY, I AM
GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE GOD'S WAY
AND I AM GOING TO GIVE.
GOD GAVE HER AN IDEA FOR A
BUSINESS THAT QUICKLY GENERATED
$8,000 A MONTH.
GARY SEES THAT.
IF SHE CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT.
GOD GIVES HIM AN IDEA AND HE
NETS MORE IN ONE MONTH THAN A
WHOLE YEAR.
GOD GIVES THEM SPECIFIC
DIRECTION ON WHEN TO SELL AND
WHAT TO DO AND REINVEST THAT AND
START ANOTHER BUSINESS AND THE
GREAT THING THAT IS CAN HAPPEN.
PROVERBS 3: KEEP MY COMMANDS IN
YOUR HEART, FOR THEY WILL
PROLONG YOUR LIFE MANY YEARS AND
BRING YOU PROSPERITY.
LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS NEVER
LEAVE YOU THEN YOU WILL WIN
FAVOR AND A GOOD NAME IN THE
SIGHT OF MAN.
GARY AND SHARON LEARN IF YOU ARE
FAITHFUL IN GIVING, GOD WILL
GIVE YOU THINGS.
TODAY MANY AMERICANS ARE ONE
PAYCHECK AWAY FROM LOSING
EVERYTHING.
FOR YEARS BILL AND TINA WILSON
LIVED THAT WAY UNTIL AN UNUSUAL
GIFT HELPED THEM
REPORTER:
BILL
WAS
THE COUNTY
DEPUTY
AND
TINA
WAS
A
STAY AT
HOME MOM.
THEY WERE DISCOURAGED ON THEIR
TIGHT BUDGET.
WE ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK AND LOOKING AT YOUR
EXPENSES, HOW IS THIS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
NOT KNOWING IF WE'LL HAVE THE
FOOD FOR GROCERIES, MORTGAGE, IT
WAS HARD.
REPORTER: IN 2009, TINA
STARTED WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"
AND HEARD ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE OF
TITHING.
OFF AND ON WE WERE TITHING
WHEN WE COULD AFFORD TO TITHE,
WE WOULD TITHE.
THE LORD KEPT WORKING ON US TO
KEEP TITHING WHETHER IT WAS EASY
OR NOT.
I WAS CONVINCED FROM WATCHING
THE TESTIMONIES AND READING THE
BIBLE.
IT STARTED AS PRAYER TO CONVINCE
BILL TO SHOW HIM HOW THE
PRINCIPLE WORKED.
REPORTER: EVENTUALLY BILL AND
TINA STARTED WATCH "THE 700
CLUB" TOGETHER REGULARLY AND
DECIDED TO GIVE $20 A MONTH TO
CBN ON TOP OF THEIR TITHE.
JUST MONTHS LATER THEY RECEIVED
A GIFT THAT DRAMATICALLY CHANGED
THEIR INCOME.
TINA WAS LOOKING FOR OUR
FAMILY A MILK COW.
TINA BEGAN LOOKING FOR A
JERSEY COW THAT COULD PROVIDE
MILK FOR THEIR FAMILY.
JERSEY COWS ARE SO CUTE.
SHE WENT ONLINE AND FOUND A
WEBSITE FOR JERSEY ACRES.
TINA E-MAILED THIS LADY.
THE LADY ASKED TINA FOR SAID ARE
YOU A CHRISTIAN?
THAT IS A STRANGE QUESTION TO
ASK
WHY DO YOU ASK.
I HAVE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS
COW I DON'T NEED.
I FEEL LIKE THE LORD WANTS ME TO
GIVE YOU THE COW.
I WAS CRYING.
IT WAS AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYER TO
SHOW BILL THE PRINCIPLE OF
GIVING AND TITHING
WORKS.
AFTER
STARTING THEIR FARM
WITH THEIR ONE COW, THEY
INCREASED THEIR PLEDGE TO
$40 A
MONTH.
THEIR ONE MILK COW TURNED INTO
A
GROWING BUSINESS.
JTB JERSEY FARMS.
THEY SELL MILK, BUTTER AND
CHEESE.
IT WAS THE LORD'S IDEA AND HE
MADE IT COME ABOUT, I THOUGHT IT
ONLY APPROPRIATE TO GIVE HIM THE
GLORY.
WE PUT J IN FRONT OF T&B.
JESUS THEN TINA AND BILL.
HAD ONE COW AND NOW FIVE COWS
AND A BULL.
THE PRAYERS STARTED AS BEING
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, NOT
OWING ANYONE.
WE KNOW WE ARE ON THAT ROAD.
IT AMAZES ME HOW MANY PRAYERS
ARE ANSWERED IN ONE BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STEP OF
FAITH.
THE LORD WILL PREVAIL AND ALWAYS
STEP UP.
TO ANYONE WHO ISN'T CONVINCED
TRUST HIM.
HE IS THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
AND WE ARE HIS CHILDREN AND HE
WANTS TO PROSPER US AND NOT TO
HARM US.
AS A PERSONAL TESTIMONY IT
WORKS.
GORDAN: YOU CAN TRUST HIM.
WHEN YOU TRUST HIM WITH YOUR
FINANCES IT WORKS.
PROMISE FROM PSALM 37: TRUST IN
THE LORD AND DO GOOD.
THEN YOU WILL LIVE SAFELY IN THE
LAND AND PROSPER.
TAKE DELIGHT IN THE LORD AND HE
WILL GIVE YOU YOUR HEART'S
DESIRES.
TINA IS LOOKING FOR A MILK COW.
SHE SAYS I AM GOING TO TRUST GOD
FOR THIS.
OUT OF THE BLUE SHE FINDS A
CHRISTIAN THAT HAS ONE.
GOD TOLD ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU YOUR
HEART'S DESIRE IF YOU JUST TRUST
HIM.
TRUST HIM WITH YOUR TITHES AND
OFFERINGS.
IF I CAN GET A DRUM ROLE,
EXISTING CAN CBN PARTNERS SAY WE
LOVE GIVING AND LOVE LIVING THE
GENEROUS LIFE.
IF YOU GIVE THEY'LL MATCH YOU
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR UP TO
$125,000.
30 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK LET'S
PRAY.
LORD WE ASK FOR BLESSING FOR THE
PARTNERS OF CBN, THOSE THAT HAVE
GIVEN GENEROUSLY.
WE ASK FOR WINDOWS IN -- YOU
WOULD GIVE THEM THEIR HEART'S
DESIRE AND POUR OUT SO MUCH THEY
CANNOT CONTAIN IT.
LET THEM REJOICE IN THE LORD.
FOR THOSE WATCHING MAKING
DECISIONS, SPEAK TO THEM,
ENCOURAGE THEM, BLESS THEM, FOR
WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
125,000 ON A CHALLENGE, 30
MINUTES TO GO ON THE CLOCK.
WHAT A CHALLENGE IS EXISTING CBN
PARTNERS LIKE GIVING SO MUCH
THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE OTHERS TO
GIVE.
THEY'LL MATCH YOU DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR UP TO $125,000 IF YOU
GIVE $20 IT IS LIKE GIVING $40.
IF YOU GIVE $1,000, IT IS LIKE
GIVING $2,000.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
$20 A MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY. SOME
OF YOU SAY I CAN GIVE "THE 700
CLUB" GOLD $40 A MONTH.
$1,000 IS $84 A YEAR.
$2,500 CLUB, $2,500 A YEAR.
FOUNDERS IS $5,000 A YEAR, AND
CHAIRMAN CIRCLE IS $10,000 OR
MORE A YEAR.
WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL CHALLENGE
BEFORE US.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY PART
OF IT.
WE WANT TO GO OVER THE TOP, GIVE
US A CALL, 888-777-1999.
TERRY?
TERRY: WHEN YOU JOIN "THE
700 CLUB" WE WANT TO SEND YOU
THE LATEST DVD "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2."
YOU ARE GOING TO MEET NINE
PEOPLE THAT DIED, VISITED HEAVEN
OR HELL AND THEN CAME BACK TO
TELL US THEIR STORIES.
HERE IS A SNEAK PREVIEW.
TERRY: THESE ARE NOT JUST
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY
THINK HEAVEN IS LIKE, THEY HAVE
ACTUALLY DIED, EXPERIENCED IT
AND COME BACK TO SHARE THAT
ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT
EXPERIENCED HELL AND CAME BACK
WITH A WARNING FOR ALL OF US.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE "LIFE BEYOND
THE GRAVE."
IT IS YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN "THE
700 CLUB."
DO THAT BY CALLING TOLL FREE
NUMBER 1-800-759-0700.
EVERYTHING YOU PLEDGE WILL BE
MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR,
GORDAN?
GORDAN: FOR YEARS JIM AND
KAREN PARKER LIVED ON CREDIT
CARDS.
ONLY FINANCIAL PLAN WAS BUY NOW,
PAY LATER.
THE PARKERS FOUND THEMSELVES
UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF DEBT.
REPORTER: FOR A LOT TIME
CAROLYN PARKER HAD HER OWN IDEAS
OF HOW GOD BLESSED PEOPLE.
I WASN'T
GOING TO MANUFACTURE
-- THIS WAS HIS WAY, THIS WAS
WITH WINDOWS OF HEAVEN BEING
OPEN TO ME.
CAROLYN AND HUSBAND JIM BEGAN
TITHING WHEN THEY MARRIED AND
USED CREDIT CARD EVERYTHING THEY
WANTED FOR THEIR FAMILY, THEIR
CONSUMER DEBT REACHED $15,000.
IT WAS KIND OF DEPRESSING, IT
PUTS YOU DOWN.
YOU ARE MAKING PLENTY OF MONEY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, YOU
KNOW, TO DO THE THINGS YOU NEED
BECAUSE IT IS ALL GOING TO
CREDITORS.
JIM AND CAROLYN GOT A WAKE UP
CALL WHEN THEY COULDN'T PAY
THEIR MORTGAGE ON TIME.
THEY STARTED WATCHING PAT
ROBERTSON.
PAT SAID TAKE THE SMALLEST
ONE, GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND THE
NEXT ONE.
THAT IS WHAT I DID.
REPORTER: THE PARKERS PUT
THAT LESS SON INTO PRACTICE AND
AGGRESSIVELY PAID DOWN THEIR
CREDIT CARD DEBT AND JOINED
"THE
700 CLUB."
I LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
WHEN I LOOK AT "THE 700 CLUB"
AND THE WELLS THAT THEY BUILD,
THE ORPHAN'S PROMISE, OPERATION
BLESSING, THE GOSPEL IS GOING
OUT OVER THE AIR WAVES.
PARKERS
FINALLY PAID OFF
THEIR CREDIT CARD.
CAROLYNS COUNTRY DECIDED TO
LEAVE THE STATE AND SHE WAS LEFT
WITHOUT A JOB.
THE COMPANY PAID HER AN ENTIRE
YEAR'S SALLY AS PART OF A
SEVERANCE PACKAGE.
THAT WAS A BLESSING.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DEBT
REPORTER: TODAY JIM AND
CAROLYN ARE RETIRED.
THEY HAVE FOUND PEACE AS THEY
HAVE LEARNED TO TRUST GOD.
GOD IS ABLE TO SUPPLY.
HE IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE THAN
WHAT YOU COULD EVER GIVE OUT.
GORDAN: PROMISE FROM PSALM
128: HOW JOYFUL ARE THOSE THAT
FEAR THE LORD?
ALL WHO FOLLOW HIS WAYS, ENJOY
THE FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR, HOW
JOYFUL AND PROSPEROUS YOU WILL
BE.
THAT IS THE LORD'S BLESSING FOR
THOSE THAT FEAR HIM.
IF YOU WANT TO TRUST GOD WITH
YOUR FINANCES AND WANT TO TURN
THINGS AROUND, START 2013 RIGHT.
THIS IS THE YEAR I AM KNOWN FOR
MY GENEROSITY AND TRUSTING GOD
WITH MY FINANCES, IF THAT IS
YOU, JOIN "THE 700 CLUB," BE
PART OF
IT.
BE PART OF EVERYTHING WE ARE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT GOES
INTO CBN INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD AND
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO THE
WORK OF OPERATION BLESSING.
JOIN WITH US, 1-800-759-0700.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF $125,000
CHALLENGE, 23 MINUTES, 44
SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
WE WANT TO GO WAY OVER THE TOP.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, CALL
US RIGHT NOW, 1-800-759-0700.
WHEN JIM FRYEBERG GOT LAID OFF,
JIM'S WIFE GAVE HIM ADVICE THAT
GOT HIM TWO JOB OFFERS THE VERY
NEXT DAY.
REPORTER: JIM AND HIS WIFE
ENJOY THEIR HOME IN COLORADO
COUNTRY.
AFTER 30 YEARS HE WAS LAID OFF
WHEN THE RECESSION HIT.
I HAD ANTICIPATED I WOULD BE
IN THAT SPOT IN MY LIFE
REPORTER: JANET STAGED HOMES
AND TOOK A HIT TOO.
THEY STARTED CUTTING CORNERS.
JIM SEARCHED FOR A JOB AND CAME
UP EMPTY.
NO APPARENT RELIEF ON THE
HORIZON.
REPORTER: FRIENDS AND FAMILY
HELPED THEM GET BY.
IT WAS PROVISION, BUT
HUMBLING PROVISION.
REPORTER: THEN JANET HAD A
BREAK THROUGH.
THE LORD WOKE ME UP ONE
MORNING WITH PSALM 23:1, HE
LEADS YOU, GUIDES YOU, FEEDS
YOU.
IT WAS NO LONGER THE JOB IS MY
PROVISION, IT IS HE IS MY
PROVISION.
REPORTER: JANET AND JIM
DECIDED TO TRUST GOD.
THEY TITHED OFF THE MONEY PEOPLE
WERE GIVING THEM AND CONTINUED
PARTNERING WITH CBN.
EVERY TIME WE WOULD TITHE THE
LORD WAS FAITHFUL TO GET US TO
THE NEXT SPOT
REPORTER: FOR TWO YEARS THE
FRIBURGS ONLY HAD ENOUGH TO PAY
THE BILLS FOR THAT MONTH.
JIM WAS FRUSTRATED.
JANET MADE A SUGGESTION,
MAYBE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING
ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY,
MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN CURSING THE
WORK WITH YOUR WORDS.
I ASKED THE LORD TO FORGIVE ME
AND GIVE ME A SECOND CHANCE.
REPORTER: A FEW WEEKS LATER
THE COUPLE HEARD A WORD ON
CONFESSING THE WORD.
WE DROVE TO A NEARBY MOUNTAIN
TOP AND PROCLAIMED THE PROMISES
FOR OUR LIFE.
REPORTER: THE VERY NEXT DAY
JIM GOT TWO JOB OFFERS.
I HAD BEEN WORKING TWO YEARS
ON MY OWN STRUGGLING TO GET
SOMEONE TO RETURN A PHONE CALL.
GOD IS BIGGER THAN I EVER GAVE
HIM CREDIT FOR.
HE CAN DO THINGS THAT THAT ARE
IMPOSSIBLE.
HE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE
ECONOMY.
HE IS NOT AFFECTED BY ANYTHING.
HE IS GOD.
GORDAN: STOP CURSING
YOURSELF.
START PRONOUNCING GOD PROMISES
OVER YOUR LIFE.
DO WHAT JIM AND JANET DID.
SEE IF IT WON'T TURN AROUND FOR
YOU.
WHEN WE START THINKING GLOOM AND
DOOM, WE START EXPECTING
SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN WE MISS
OUT ON THE PROMISE BECAUSE GOD
LOVES TO REWARD OUR FAITH.
HERE IT IS WONDERFUL PROMISE
FROM DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 23:
THE LORD YOUR GOD TURNED A CURSE
INTO A BLESSING FOR YOU, BECAUSE
THE LORD YOUR GOD LOVES YOU.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE
LORD WANTS TO GIVE YOU YOUR
HEART'S DESIRE, HE GIVES YOU
CONFIDENCE GOING FORWARD.
YOU ARE NOT IN IT ON YOUR OWN.
WHEN GOD IS PROVIDING FOR YOU,
IT IS A GREAT, GREAT BLESSING
AND IT IS ASSURANCE THAT HE HAS
YOUR FUTURE.
NO MORE ANXIETY, NO MORE WORRY
BECAUSE YOU KNOW GOD CAN DO
ANYTHING FOR YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO START GIVING AND
SAYING OKAY, I AM GOING TO TRUST
GOD WITH MY FINANCES, CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO DO?
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS $20 A MONTH, $.65 A DAY
AND JOIN WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS
THAT WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
HELPED
AND THE GOSPEL REACHED AROUND
THE WORLD, IF THAT IS YOU, CALL
US NOW.
LET'S GO TO KRISTI AT THE
PHONES.
KRISTI: WE WANT TO PARTNER
WITH YOU AND SEND YOU "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2."
JESUS SPOKE ABOUT HELL MORE
OFTEN THAN HEAVEN.
HE CALLED IT A PLACE OF WEEPING
AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
IN "LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE PART
2," YOU ARE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.
KRISTI: RIVETING AND LIFE
CHANGING AND IT IS CALLED "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2."
PART 1 WAS SO GREAT.
THIS IS EVEN BETTER.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN "700
CLUB." EVERY DOLLAR IS
AUTOMATICALLY DOUBLED $125,000,
DOUBLED HOW COOL IS THAT?
WE ARE GOING TO TRIPLE IT, YEAH,
WE ARE.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE" WHEN YOU
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" GOLD
PARTNER, RATHER THAN $20 A MONTH
THAT IS $40 A MONTH.
FOR ALL OF YOU PARTNERS, TAKE IT
UP A NOTCH.
THERE YOU GO, WE'LL GIVE YOU 5
DVD'S FOR 1,000 CLUB PARTNER,
THAT IS $84 A MONTH.
I AM SURE THERE IS A LIST OF
PEOPLE YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR, KIDS, GRAND KIDS, SPOUSES,
THEY NEED JESUS.
THIS IS THE GREATEST WITNESSING
TOOLS.
CALL US, 1-800-759-0700.
WE ARE ASKING YOU, IF THERE IS A
LITTLE TUG IN YOUR HEART AND
BEEN WATCHING THESE STORIES, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
CBN DOES A GOOD JOB, DON'T WAIT
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PICK UP THE
PHONE, BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE.
WHEN YOU DO, YOU'LL BE BLESSED
IN RETURN.
GORDAN?
GORDAN: HURRICANE SANDY WAS
ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE
NATURAL DISASTERS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
MANY STORM SURVIVORS DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH TO CLEAN UP THEIR HOMES.
OPERATION BLESSING IS IN NEW
YORK BRINGING HOPE AND HEALTH TO
THOSE THAT NEED IT.
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN A
DEVASTATING WINTER FOR THE REZA
ASGARI RESIDENTS OF BREEZY
POINT, NEW YORK.
PRETTY MUCH LOST EVERYTHING.
ELECTRIC WAS UNDER WATER.
APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, BEDS,
MOST OF THE CLOTHING DAMAGES.
REPORTER: THE
PEOPLE IN
BREEZY POINT HAVEN'T HAD TO FACE
THE DISASTER ALONE.
SINCE THE FIRST CRITICAL HOURS,
OPERATION BLESSING HAS BEEN HERE
HELPING BREEZY POINT STORM
VICTIMS RECOVER.
OPERATION BLESSING HAD A HUGE
TRAILER AND HELPED REMOVE THE
DEBRIS AND COUCHES.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE.
REPORTER: OPERATION BLESSING
DIRECTOR JODIE GETTIES SAID THEY
WORKED ON 400 HOMES.
WE'LL TAKE ONE HOUSE, TWO
HOUSE, THREE HOUSES AT A TIME,
AS WE PROGRESS, OTHER PEOPLE SEE
THE PROGRESS AND GIVES THEM
STRENGTH KNOWING THEY CAN
REBUILD THEIR LIVES, TOO
REPORTER: AS THE PEOPLE OF
BREEZY POINT REBUILD THEIR
LIVES, THEY WILL NEVER FORGET
THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN THEIR
TIME OF NEED.
IT IS ANOTHER WAY OF GOD
SHOWING ME THEY WILL GET THROUGH
IT.
WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE AND WE'LL
BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND HAVE
EVERYTHING LIKE WE HAD IT
BEFORE.
GORDAN: THAT IS WHAT WE WANT
TO DO WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, WE
WANT TO STRIKE BACK, WE LOVE
THEM, GOD LOVES THEM.
THERE IS A HOPE AND FUTURE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF IT,
JOIN "700 CLUB." A PORTION OF
EVERY GIFT GOES INTO THE WORK OF
OPERATION BLESSING TO HELP
PEOPLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
WE ARE FEEDING THREE MILLION
AMERICANS EVERY
SINGLE MONTH.
WHETHER IT IS IN NEW YORK OR NEW
JERSEY OR AROUND THE WORLD, WE
WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN TIME OF
NEED.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
THAT, JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" IT IS
JUST $20 A MONTH, $.65 A DAY.
WHEN YOU CALL, ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
ELECTRONIC MONTHLY GIVING, BANK
DOES ALL THE WORK.
NO CHECKS TO WRITE, NOTHING TO
SEND IN EVERY MONTH.
BECAUSE WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE
PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND YOU
"POWER FOR LIFE" MONTHLY
TEACHING CD'S.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS WHEN YOU CALL.
TERRY?
TERRY: CAMPING OUT CAN BE
FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME, RECENTLY,
I MET A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN A
TENT ALL YEARLONG EVEN IN
TEMPERATURES 20 BELOW ZERO.
TERRY: I AM HERE IN UKRAINE
IN A GYPSY CAMP.
THERE ARE 13 PEOPLE LIVING
INSIDE THIS TENT.
THIS IS RUSLON, HE IS 7 YEARS
OLD.
THERE IS EVEN A BABY HERE.
THIS FAMILY IS DOING THEIR BEST
TO MAKING A LIVING.
THE DAD IS MAKING BASKETS OUT OF
PIECES OF TWIG.
THE MOM RIGHT NOW IS GATHERING
MUSHROOMS SO SHE CAN BRING FOOD
HOME FOR HER CHILDREN.
OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A HOME TO
TAKE THEM OUT OF THE RAIN AND
ALLOW THEM TO MAKE IT THROUGHOUT
WINTER AND HAVE
A
GOOD LIFE IN
PORSHGOVAL.
ORPHAN'S PROMISE WAS QUICKLY
ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO
BUILD A SHELTER FOR THIS FAMILY.
MOST EFFICIENT AND TIMELY
SOLUTION WAS A HOUSE MADE OF
METAL.
A NEW WOOD BURNING STOVE, MAKES
IT ONE OF THE BEST HOMES IN THIS
GYPSY COMMUNITY.
BLANKETS WILL KEEP THEM
COMFORTABLE ALL WINTER.
WE ARE AWARE OF A TWO-MONTH-OLD
BABY BOY THAT HAD A COLD.
THE MOTHER WAS NURSING HIM AND
HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE NOURISH.
WE GAVE THEM FORMULA AND THEY
LOOK HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER.
WE HAVE PLANS TO HELP THEM WITH
THE GARDEN TO SUSTAIN THIS
FAMILY.
I THANK GOD FOR THE HELP YOU
HAVE GIVEN US.
I COULDN'T DREAM SOMEONE WOULD
GIVE US SUCH A HOUSE, THANK YOU.
TERRY: BEYOND THEIR
IMAGINING WHAT YOU DID FOR THEM.
THESE ARE MIGRANT WORKERS, HARD
WORKERS, MOVED FROM COUNTRY TO
COUNTRY, FIELD TO FIELD AND
MAKING A PITTANCE.
NOT NOW HAVE TO SURVIVE.
FOURTEEN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
TENT.
YOU GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
KEEP THEM WARM, FEED THEIR
CHILDREN, MEDICINE THAT HELPED
THE LITTLE ONE OUT IN THE COLD,
RAIN AND WEATHER.
THANK YOU, THAT IS WHY WE ASK
YOU TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
THE POWER OF ONE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IS IMMEASURABLE.
GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL OUR
NUMBER, 1-800-759-0700.
SAY YES, I WANT TO BE A PART OF
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF OTHERS.
YOU'LL BE TOUCHING LIVES ALL
ACROSS AMERICA AS WELL AS AROUND
THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU CALL, WILL YOU SAY I
WANT TO JOIN USING PLEDGE
EXPRESS, THAT IS ELECTRONIC
MONTHLY GIVING.
THAT WAY MORE OF YOUR GIFT CAN
GO DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE YOU JUST SAW LIVING IN
THAT LITTLE CAMP LIVING IN
UKRAINE.
OUR THANK YOU IS TEACHINGS
CALLED "POWER FOR LIFE."
YOU'LL GET ONE A MONTH.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
GIVING, FOR CARING, THANK YOU
FOR USING PLEDGE EXPRESS.
YOU REALLY ARE MAKING A HUGE
DIFFERENCE, WENDY?
WENDY: THANKS, TERRY, THAT
WAS AN AMAZING STORY.
WHEN YOU MEET THOSE PEOPLE, YOUR
LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER.
EARLIER WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE
THAT WENT TO HELL, NOW WE WANT
YOU TO MEET SOMEONE THAT WENT TO
HEAVEN AND SHARE THEIR AMAZING
STORY, TAKE A LOOK.
WENDY: HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE
SO AMAZING, NO EAR HAS SEEN, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE AND
CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS AND
YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE
INCREDIBLE STORIES, WE WANT YOU
TO SEE "LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE,"
PART 2, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS.
OUR GIFT WHEN YOU CALL AND JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," $20 A MONTH,
$.65 A DAY.
1-800-759-0700 IS THE NUMBER TO
CALL, COUNSELORS STANDING BY TO
TAKE YOUR CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR PARTNERING WITH US HEAR THE
GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST.
WHY NOT TAKE IT UP ANOTHER
NOTCH.
IT IS A NEW YEAR.
A LOT OF US NEED A NEW
CHALLENGE, RIGHT?
WE WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO GO
TO THE GOLD LEVEL, $40 A MONTH,
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE."
ONE FOR YOU, TWO TO GIVE AWAY,
WHY NOT TAKE IT TO $1,000
MEMBER, $84 A MONTH, WE ARE
GOING TO GIVE YOU FIVE DVD'S.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANOTHER
TEACHING THAT IS AS IMPORTANT AS
THIS THAT COULD DETERMINE WHERE
YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES SPEND
ETERNITY.
GIVE US A CALL NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
GORDAN?
GORDAN: WE HAVE A CHALLENGE
AND NEED TO STOP THE CLOCK, CBN
DONORS ARE SAYING 125,000 ISN'T
ENOUGH, THEY WANT TO ADD
$175,000 TO IT TAKING IT TO
300,000.
WE GET TO THE END OF THE HOUR.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE ASK FOR BLESSING FOR
THOSE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
ISSUE THIS CHALLENGE.
LORD, WE ASK FOR MULTIPLICATION
OVER IT.
THAT YOU WOULD USE IT TO ENABLE
US TO PREACH YOUR GLORIOUS
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD, DO IT,
LORD, FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN.
$300,000 ON A CHALLENGE, 19
MINUTES, 58 SECONDS TO GO.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, GIVE
US A CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
WHILE MANY AMERICANS ARE
STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK, MARLENE
CARTER HAD THREE JOBS.
STILL AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH,
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO
PAY HER BILLS.
IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO
SHUT OFF, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD
HAVE TO PAY, THEN THE NEXT MONTH
IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF.
REPORTER: MARLENE CARTER'S
LIFE WAS A FINANCIAL
CATASTROPHE.
SHE WORKED THREE JOBS AND STILL
COULDN'T PAY ALL THE BILLS.
IT WAS A JUGGLING ACT.
REPORTER: MARLENE BEGAN
PRAYING FOR A SOLUTION AND BEGAN
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
A LOT OF TIMES AFTER MY THIRD
JOB, I WOULD HAVE TO GO GROCERY
SHOPPING LATE AT NIGHT.
I WOULD BE PUTTING AWAY MY
GROCERIES AND HAVE THE
TELEVISION ON, CBN WAS ON.
I WAS FASCINATED.
REPORTER: ONE OF THE LESSONS
WAS GIVING AWAY 10% OF YOUR
INCOME.
I REMEMBER THINKING OH MY, I
WORK THREE JOBS AND STILL
JUGGLING MY BILLS.
I DON'T SEE HOW I WOULD BE ABLE
TO COME UP WITH MONEY FOR A
DONATION.
IT SEEMED FOREIGN TO ME.
I THINK THE LORD WAS CONVICTING
ME TO TRY IT.
MARLENE GAVE TO SEVERAL
MINISTRIES, INCLUDING CBN AND
WAS ABLE TO MAKE HER MONEY
STRETCH.
SOMETIMES IT IS LIKE THIS
DOESN'T ADD UP.
IT IS AMAZING HOW THAT HAPPENS.
REPORTER: THEN MARLENE
INCREASED HER GIVING.
A FEW MONTHS LATER LANDED A NEW
JOB MAKING MORE THAN ALL THREE
OF HER PREVIOUS JOBS COMBINED.
I WAS GRATEFUL AND RELIEVED
REPORTER: WHEN SHE INCREASED
HER GIVING, SHE GOT A PROMOTION.
IT IS THE TRUTH.
GORDAN: IT IS THE TRUTH WHEN
YOU TRUST GOD WITH YOUR
FINANCES, THAT IS WHEN THE
BLESSING HAPPENS.
FOR MARLENE AND MAYBE JUST FOR
YOU AS WELL, IT SEEMS STRANGE.
ALIEN, WHY IF I GIVE, WHY WILL
BLESSINGS START COMING MY WAY?
YOU ARE PUTTING INTO PRACTICE
WHAT WE CALL LAW OF
LUKE CHAPTER 6, GIVE AND IT WILL
BE GIVEN UNTO YOU.
IT IS THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, WORDS OF JESUS.
YOU CAN TRUST THEM.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT INTO MOTION.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU.
WHEN YOU START UNDERSTANDING GOD
LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, WHEN GOD
LOVES GENEROSITY, THEN YOU START
TO UNDERSTAND HOW WONDERFUL HIS
PRINCIPLES ARE.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
$330,000 CHALLENGE.
EXISTING CBN DONORS LOVE GIVING
AND LOVE LIVING THE GENEROUS
LIFE.
THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE OTHERS TO
GIVE.
THEY'LL MATCH YOU OVER THE NEXT
16 MINUTES DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR UP
TO 330,000.
$152,000 LEFT.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN,
MAYVILLE, NEW JERSEY, $2,500
DOUBLING TO FOUNDER.
TERRY: EXCELLENT!
THANK YOU.
GORDAN: CALIFORNIA, CHAIRMAN
CIRCLE, $10,000.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
I AM GOING TO TRUST GOD WITH MY
FINANCES, TRUST THE PRINCIPLES
HE HAS PUT FORWARD IN THE BIBLE.
I AM GOING TO BELIEVE.
YOU'LL FIND THE GREAT SECRETS OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO
YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
TERRY: WHEN YOU JOIN "THE
700 CLUB," YOU ARE HELPING
PEOPLE LITERALLY ALL OVER THE
WORLD LIKE THIS FAMILY IN CHINA.
THEY WERE TOLD TO START
PREPARING FOR THEIR BABY'S
DEATH.
TERRY: HAHSHOON CRIED ALL
THE TIME.
HE COULDN'T BREATHE AND CHOKE
ON HIS TEARS.
I WAS SO SCARED HE WOULD CHOKE
TO DEATH IN HIS SLEEP.
TERRY: THE WHOLE IN HIS
HEART GREW BIGGER.
HIS PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD
SURGERY, THEY WOULD SOON LOSE
THEIR SON.
JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE
UP HOPE, THEY HEARD ABOUT CBN'S
MISSION TO HELP NEEDY CHILDREN
LIKE THEIRS.
WHEN CBN SAID THEY WOULD HELP
US WITH SURGERY, I ALMOST
SHOUTED WITH JOY.
MY SON WOULD LIVE.
TERRY: A DOCTOR REPAIRED A
HOLE IN HIS HEART AND
REPOSITIONED HIS
ARTERY.
TODAY YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW
CLOSE THIS PRECIOUS BOY ONCE
CAME TO LOSING HIS LIFE.
MY SON IS HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
I NEVER THOUGHT SUCH A WONDERFUL
THING WOULD HAPPEN TO MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING
HEART FOR MY SON.
YOUR HELP MADE ME WHOLE AND
STRONG AGAIN.
I LOVE MY LITTLE BROTHER,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SOMETHING
HIS LIFE.
YOU DID SAVE HIS LIFE, THANK
YOU FOR CARING.
WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO HELP HIM
BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE
MEANS?
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT JOY THERE
WAS IN THAT HOUSE HOLD, THE DAY
THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE
OF YOUR GENEROSITY?
HELP US HELP PEOPLE IN DESPERATE
SITUATIONS WHO SIMPLY NEED A
HELPING HAND UP, ARM AROUND THE
SHOULDER.
THAT IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WE HAVE A $300,000 CHALLENGE.
EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE IS MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR.
WHEN
YOU
CALL, SAY I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" AND I WANT
TO DO IT USING PLEDGE EXPRESS.
YOUR BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.
IT SAVES US PROCESSING COST SO
MORE OF YOUR GIFT IS PUT INTO
THE LIVES OF FAMILIES LIKE THE
JOHNGS.
WHEN CALL 1-800-759-0700.
GORDAN?
GORDAN: COUNTING DOWN THE
VICTORY ON THE $330,000, TAKING
IT DOWN, AMANDA, OHIO, $5,000.
12 MINUTES TO GO, WE NEED TO
HEAR FROM YOU, WE WANT TO GO
OVER THE TOP, COUNTING DOWN TO
VICTORY.
96,000 LEFT, CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
IN HONDURAS, MANY PEOPLE CAN'T
AFFORD THE MOST BASIC MEDICAL
CARE.
OPERATION BLESSING SET UP
CLINICS WITH FREE DOCTORS AND
MEDICINE.
FOR A BABY IN ONE VILLAGE, THAT
MEANT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.
WHEN THREE-MONTH-OLD BRIAN
WOKE UP WITH A COUGH, HIS MOTHER
PREPARED HOME REMEDIES.
HOURS LATER BRIAN GOT WORSE.
HE BEGAN TO COUGH AND HAD A
FEVER.
I THOUGHT WE WERE LOSING HIM
THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
I PANICKED.
I THOUGHT WE ARE POOR.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A DOCTOR
OR CLINIC.
THAT IS WHEN WE REMEMBERED
MEDICINE DONATED FROM AMERICA.
IT WAS LATE AND THE CLINIC WAS
CLOSED.
THE NEXT MORNING, THEY RACED TO
THE CLINIC.
WHEN I GOT THERE I SAW ALL
THESE PEOPLE.
I WAS SO DESPERATE I RAN INTO
THE ONE OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
AND SAID HELP ME, MY SON IS
DYING.
REPORTER: THE DOCTOR QUICKLY
CHECKED BRIAN AND SAID HE HAS
PNEUMONIA.
AS SOON AS HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST
TREATMENT PROVIDED BY ORPHAN'S
PROMISE, HE PERKED UP.
HE RECEIVED STRONG ANTIBIOTICS.
THEY SAVED BRIAN'S LIFE.
THE DOCTOR TOLD ME WHAT TO
DO.
I GAVE HIM ALL OF THE MEDICINE.
WITHIN
A FEW DAYS, BRIAN WAS
FEELING MUCH BETTER.
WHEN HIS MOTHER TOOK HIM TO THE
CLINIC, THE DOCTOR GAVE BRIAN A
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.
MAY GOD BLESS OPERATION
BLESSING.
GORDAN: MAY GOD BLESS YOU IF
YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE "700
CLUB." IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER,
JOIN WITH US, JOIN IN EVERYTHING
WE ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL US, SAY
YES, I WANT TO JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," TOLL FREE,
1-800-759-0700.
$85,000 ON $300,000, FROM
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, FOUNDER PLUS,
$7,200.
FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS, BRAND NEW
DONOR COMING IN AS FOUNDER,
$5,000.
TAKES US DOWN TO 73,000, 9
MINUTES LEFT ON THE CLOCK, GO TO
THE PHONE AND CALL US,
888-777-1999.
LET'S GO TO KRISTI AT THE PHONE.
KRISTI: COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
WE PRODUCED A DVD CALLED "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2."
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT
IT, TAKE A LOOK.
KRISTI: THIS DVD WILL CHANGE
YOUR LIFE FOREVER, FOR $20 A
MONTH, $.65 A DAY IS ALL IT
COSTS.
THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU.
$20 A MONTH, $.65 A DAY IS ALL
IT TAKES TO PARTNER WITH US.
SEE THOSE NAMES SCROLLING BY, PA
NEL PI, THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING
WITH US.
BACK TO THE DVD.
IF YOU ARE A PARTNER, TAKE IT UP
TO THE NEXT LEVEL, "THE 700
CLUB" GOLD, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE
YOU THREE OR IF YOU BECOME A
$1,000 PARTNER AT $84 A MONTH,
WE'LL SEND YOU FIVE.
IT IS A PHENOMENAL WITNESSING
TOOL.
THOSE PEOPLE YOU HAVE BEEN
PRAYING FOR, KIDS, SPOUSE,
GRANDPARENTS.
SHOW THEM WHO GOD IS AND WHAT HE
HAS FOR US, "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE PART 2."
THIS IS OUR GIFT WHEN YOU CALL.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE, 53 MINUTES LEFT ON
$300,000 CHALLENGE, CALL IN OR
LOG IN TO CBN.COM.
TERRY?
TERRY: BY THE END OF THE DAY
FAMILIES ARE HUNGRY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE FACING YOUR KIDS
AT DINNER TIME AND TELLING THEM
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEED
THEM?
ANGEL AND MERNA FACED THAT
EVERYDAY AFTER A HURRICANE
DESTROYED THEIR BUSINESS
REPORTER: THEY TOOK TINY
BITES MAKING A SMALL CRACKER
LAST.
IT WOULD BE HER ONLY MEAL.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR
FOOD.
WE ONLY ATE CRACKERS.
MY STOMACH ACHED A LOT
REPORTER: SHE STILL CRIES
WHEN SHE THINKS ABOUT THOSE
TERRIBLE DAYS.
MY CHILDREN ALWAYS ASKED FOR
MORE.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE
THEM.
A HURRICANE
SWEPT THROUGH
THEIR
TOWN IN MEXICO DESTROYING
HOME AND FAMILY'S SMALL ICE
CREAM CART.
THEIR ONLY WAY TO MAKE
MONEY.
I SEARCHED THE FLOOD WATERS
FOR MY CART
REPORTER: THEY MADE THE
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM, WITHOUT THE
CART, IT WAS HARD TO SELL.
ANGEL BOUGHT
A
USED CART THAT
WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE
STORM.
I HAD
NO MONEY TO
FIX
IT.
REPORTER: OPERATION BLESSING
DECIDED TO HELP.
WE GAVE ANGEL, NEW PARTS, PAINT
AND TOOLS HE NEEDED TO FIX UP
THE CART.
SOON THE BROKEN DOWN CART LOOKED
BRAND NEW.
WE BROUGHT HIM A LO LARGE AMOUNT
OF SUGAR, CREAM, AND OTHER
COMMODITIES LOST IN THE FLOOD.
MY PROFITS HAVE DOUBLED WHAT
I MADE BEFORE THE HURRICANE.
NOW I CAN FEED MY FAMILY.
I GIVE THANKS TO OPERATION
BLESSING FOR EVERYTHING THEY
GAVE TO US.
IT IS HARD TO FIND THE WORDS
TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU,
THANK YOU.
TERRY: FOOD ENOUGH FOR
DINNER, YOU ARE PROVIDING THAT
FOR FAMILIES ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, PEOPLE IN
NEED WE ARE REACHING OUT TO ALL
THAT WE CAN.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH
US, JOIN "THE 700 CLUB,"
1-800-759-0700.
GORDAN, YOU HAVE GREAT NEWS.
GORDAN: WATERLOO, IOWA, BRAND
NEWFOUNDER, $5,000.
TAKES US TO 32,000.
SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA INKRECREASE
FROM FOUNDER, $6,000.
WE WANT TO GO WAY OVER THE TOP
ON THIS CHALLENGE, GIVE US A
CALL, 1-800-759-0700.
TONIGHT ONE IN SEVEN AMERICAN
FAMILIES WILL GO TO BED HUNGRY,
THAT IS WHY OPERATION BLESSING
IS WORKING ALL OVER AMERICA TO
HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE.
REPORTER: CHRIS PRICE
SUPPORTS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN
BY WORKS AS AN AUTO TECHNICIAN.
MY JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR MY JOB.
REPORTER: A RECENT CUT IN
HOURS, CHRIS WALKS TWO MILES
EACH DAY TO SAVE WORK ON GAS AND
THEY GET FOOD FROM OPERATION
BLESSING PARTNER JOSEPH
STOREHOUSE.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE FOOD, I
WOULD HAVE MISSED WATER AND
ELECTRIC
SO
I CAN BUY THE FOOD.
BOB EVANS IS THE FOUNDER,
HELPING FAMILIES IS A TEAM
EFFORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO
WITHOUT OPERATION BLESSING.
THEY ARE SUCH A BLESSING.
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO GET.
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THERE ARE
OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO
HELP.
GORDAN: WE WANT TO HELP SO
MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICAN ARE IN
NEED, OPERATION BLESSING IS
FEEDING THREE MILLION AMERICANS,
THOSE OPERATION BLESSING TRUCKS
ARE DELIVERING FOOD ACROSS THE
NATION.
YOU ARE PART OF THAT WHEN YOU
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO VICTORY.
FALLBROOK, CALIFORNIA, FOUNDER
INCREASING TO $6,000.
TWO MINUTES, 33 SECONDS LEFT, GO
TO THE PHONE AND CALL US,
1-800-759-0700.
WENDY AT THE PHONES, WENDY?
WENDY: THANKS, GORDAN, WHEN
YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" WE ARE
GOING TO SEND YOU A COPY OF
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE PART 2."
IT IS GETTING GREAT REVIEWS,
TAKE A LOOK.
WENDY: WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A $300,000, SENDING IT BACK
TO TERRY.
TERRY: IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH
TO SUPPORT AN ENTIRE FAMILY.
FOR ONE MAN IN INDIA, JUST A
FISHING NET AND BICYCLE.
REPORTER: WHEN FLOODS HIT THE
EAST COAST OF INDIA, HE WAS LEFT
WITH NO WAY TO FEED HIS FAMILY.
IT WAS TERRIBLE TO SEE OUR
ENTIRE VILLAGE SUBMERGED
UNDERWATER.
MY FAMILY WAS STARVING.
REPORTER: CBN RESPONDED
QUICKLY WITH RELIEF SUPPLIES,
FOOD AND SLEEPING MATS.
WHEN WE LOST EVERYTHING, YOU
WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT HELPED
US.
YOU GAVE US WHAT WE NEEDED TO
SURVI
SURVIVE.
REPORTER: WHAT WE GAVE HIM
NEXT PUT A SMILE ON HIS
DAUGHTER'S FACE.
I WAS SO HAPPY WITH A BRAND
NEW FISHING NET, BICYCLE TO TAKE
THE FISH TO THE MARKET AND
ICEBOX TO KEEP THE FISH FRESH.
THANK YOU MUCH.
YOU HAVE RESTORED MY LIFE.
TERRY: THAT OUGHT TO MAKE
YOU FEEL WONDERFUL.
IF YOU ARE NOT A "THE 700 CLUB,"
GET ON BOARD, GORDAN?
GORDAN: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA,
$5,000.
EARTH, CALIFORNIA FOUNDER SAYING
I WANT TO BE PART, $5,000.
QUINCY, ILLINOIS, CHAIRMAN
CIRCLE, $15,000.
ALL OF THAT GETS MATCHED AND
DOUBLED BECAUSE WE HAD A
$300,000 CHALLENGE, GLORIOUS
MORNING.
AGAINST IT YOU GAVE 327,000.
LEAVE YOU WITH PROVERBS 28:27,
HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR WILL
LACK NOTHING.
LET THAT BE THE WATCH WORD OVER
YOUR LIFE.
HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR WILL
LACK NOTHING.
FOR TERRY, FOR ME, EVERYONE AT
THE CBN WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
BC