Lee: COMING UP, LEARN
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
THE FLU PANDEMIC.
PLUS...
I FELT MY SPIRIT BREAK
FREE FROM MY BODY, AND I
ROSE UP AND OUT OF THE
RIVER.
Lee: A SURGEON WHO SAW
HEAVEN.
THEY BEGAN TAKING ME DOWN
THIS EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL
PATH, EXPLODING WITH BEAUTY
AND COLOR.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS NICE TO BE BACK WITH
YOU AFTER A FEW COUPLE OF
WEEKS OF TELETHON.
Terry: YES.
I ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
YOU.
Pat: I'M TRYING TO
LEARN WHAT YOU DO.
YOU SAID, WELL, YOU READ
THIS STUFF.
Terry: A COUPLE MORE
YEARS AND YOU'LL GET THIS
DOWN.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO
TELL YOU ABOUT THE FLU
SEASON AND HOW TO AVOID IT.
PEOPLE SAY, IS IT THE HEIGHT
OF IT?
IT PROBABLY IS, AND MORE
COMING.
THIS THING HAS SWEPT THE
NATION.
LAURIE JOHNSON IS GOING TO
BE HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TIPS.
IN THE NEWS, AN AMERICAN
PASTOR FACES EIGHT YEARS IN
A BRUTAL PRISON IN IRAN.
AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON
CHARGES TIED TO HIS
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE IS FIGHTING FOR
HIS RELEASE.
Terry: CBN NEWS SPOKE
WITH THE PASTOR'S WIFE AND
THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT WHAT
IS BEING DONE TO SET HIM
FREE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
EVERY DAY IN THAT PRISON
IS A DEATH SENTENCE.
IT IS A HORRIFIC PRISON.
AND ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
Reporter: EVIN PRISON
IS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL IN
IRAN, AND NEGHME ABEDINI
WANTS HER HUSBAND OUT OF
IT.
SHE IS FOCUSING HER
ATTENTION ON FIGHTING FOR
HIS RELEASE.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT IS
NOW IN CONTACT WITH ME ON A
DAILY BASIS.
THEY DID RELEASE STATEMENTS
WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE,
THAT THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER
RESOURCES THEY HAD
INTERNALLY, AND ALSO
INTERNATIONALLY THEY WOULD
USE TO GET SAEED OUT OF
IRAN, AND THEY DEMANDED THAT
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT
RELEASE SAEED, WHICH WAS A
POWERFUL STATEMENT, I
APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT,
AND WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT
AVENUES ARE AVAILABLE TO US
TO GET HIM OUT.
Reporter: SHE ASKED JAY
CARNE ABOUT SAEED'S PLIGHT
IN MONDAY'S BRIEFING.
DUE TO THE SITUATION IN
IRAN, WHAT CAN THE U.S. DO,
OR THE ADMINISTRATION DO,
FOR THIS CASE AND SUCH CASES
LIKE IT?
SHOULD THIS FAMILY HAVE ANY
HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP IN
THIS SITUATION.
WE CONDEMN IRAN'S
INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OF FREEDOM,
AND WE CALL ON THE IRANIAN
AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE SAEED
ABEDINI.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS IN
CLUES CONTACT WITH THE
FAMILY, AND IS ACTIVELY
ENGAGED ON THIS CASE.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS, I THINK
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS THE
BEST PLACE TO GO.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF MEANS,
INCLUDING THIS PODIUM, TO
EXPRESS OUR USE ON MATTERS
LIKE THIS.
Reporter: THE AMERICAN
CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
REPRESENTS ABEDINI AND HER
FAMILY.
OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
TAKE THE LEAD ON STANDING
FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY
BACK-DOOR CHANNEL AND THIRD
PARTY CONNECTION AND
GOVERNMENTS THAT CAN
INFLUENCE IRAN TO UP HOLD
ITS RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS
IN IRAN, BUT ALSO THAT OF
THE WORLD CITIZENS, LIKE
PASTOR SAEED.
WE HOPE OUR GOVERNMENT WILL
TAKE THAT STAND.
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: PRAY FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN PRISON, AND PRAY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE FALSELY
ACCUSED, AND LET YOUR VOICES
BE HEARD.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ON THE
ROAD TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
LEE?
Lee: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
THE PRESIDENT IS LAUNCHING
HIS PUSH FOR NEW IMMIGRATION
LAWS IN LAS VEGAS.
THE PRESIDENT LARGELY
SUPPORTING A MEASURE OFFERED
BY EIGHT SENATORS, FOUR
REPUBLICANS, FOUR
DEMOCRATS.
THEY CALL THEIR FRAMEWORK
TOUGH, BUT FAIR.
IT BOOSTS BORDER SECURITY,
REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO VERIFY
THE LEGAL STATUS OF WORKERS,
AND APPROVES A PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS ALREADY IN THE
U.S.
THEY WANT TO PASS THE BILL
BY THE SUMMER, AND
SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS LONG
EVERY DUE.
THE VAST MAJORITIES
BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A
LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
THAT WORKS.
AND THEY RECOGNIZE WHAT WE
HAVE NOW IS NOT A 21st
CENTURY LEGAL IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM.
IT IS QUITE WITHIN REACH
FOR US TO REACH A CONSENSUS
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN DO
JUSTICE FOR MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE, BUT, EQUALLY
IMPORTANT, TO MAKE OUR
ECONOMY WHAT IT REALLY
SHOULD BE.
Lee: DESPITE THE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, IT FACES
A TOUGH MEASURE IN
CONGRESS.
BUT AFTER THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION, IT IS CLEAR THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO RE-THINK
THIS ISSUE.
Pat: WELL, THEY'VE BEEN
SO VOCAL AGAINST
IMMIGRATION.
IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THE RHETORIC IN THE
PRIM PRIMARY IS VERY
OBNOXIOUS, AND FOR OBAMA TO
TALK ABOUT SELF-DEPORTATION
IS NONSENSE.
AND THE HISPANICS HAVE
REVOLTED AGAINST IT.
ALTHOUGH MANY, MANY
HISPANICS IN THE UNITED
STATES UNDERSTAND YOU JUST
CAN'T OPEN YOUR BORDERS TO
EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO
INTO YOUR COUNTRY.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
NO NATION CAN DO THAT.
THEY HAVE TO SECURE TH THE
BORDERS.
BUT WITH MAR MARCO RUBIO
LEADING THE CHARGE, I THINK
THE REPUBLICANS WILL JOIN
WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND THERE
BE A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION.
IT IS LONG OVERDUE.
THEY ALMOST HAD ONE WHEN
GEORGE BUSH WAS PRESIDENT,
BUT SOME OF THE HARDLINERS
SHOT IT DOWN.
THIS TIME MAYBE IT WILL
WORK.
Lee: HEDGE FUND
EXECUTIVES ARE HEADING
SOUTH, AND NOT JUST FOR THE
WEATHER.
HIGH FINANCE FIRMS ARE
LEAVING THE HIGH TAX
ENVIRONMENT OF NEW YORK CITY
FOR THE LOWER TAXES OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA HAS NO STATE INCOME
TAX, BUT STATE AND LOCAL
TAXES IN NEW YORK AMOUNT TO
NEARLY 15%.
BUSINESS PROPERTY IS ALSO
MUCH CHEAPER IN FLORIDA THAN
NEW YORK, AND FLORIDA IS
ONLY TOO HAPPY TO WELCOME
THEIR NEW RESIDENTS.
PALM BEACH HAS SET UP AN
OFFICE JUST TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS FROM NEW YORK
HEDGE FUNDS LOOKING TO MOVE
SOUTH.
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS SAYING,
HEY, COME ON DOWN, THE
WEATHER IS JUST FINE.
HE MOVED TO FLORIDA YEARS
AGO.
Pat: THERE IS A BIG
FLAP ABOUT PHIL MICKELSON
WHO SAID, I'M GOING TO
RE-THINK IT.
OF COURSE HE IS GOING TO
RE-THINK IT.
ANYBODY WHO MAKES 4 MILLION
OR 10 MILLION -- WHATEVER HE
MAKES, THE TAX BITE IN
CALIFORNIA IS BRUTAL.
IF YOU FIGURE LOCAL AND
STATE TAXES IN NEW YORK, IF
THAT NUMBER IS RIGHT, 15%,
OUT OF A MILLION DOLLARS,
THAT IS $150,000.
THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY
INEXPENSIVE IN FLORIDA, AND
THE CLIMATE IS VERY LOVELY,
AND THERE IS NO STATE INCOME
TAX.
AND NO INHERITANCE TAX IF
YOU MOVE DOWN THERE.
IT IS QUITE A DEAL.
SO I GUESS THE FLORIDA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COULD
GIVE US A NOD FOR THIS
PROMOTION.
IT BEATS SNOWY WINTERS IN
MANHATTAN.
WHEN I LIVED IN NEW YORK,
THE COMMUTE WAS BRUTAL.
AS I RECALL, I USED TO SPEND
TWO, THREE HOURS GOING TO
AND FROM.
I HAD A TRAIN TO THE FERRY,
AND I HAD TO TAKE A FERRY
ACROSS THE BAY INTO
MANHATTAN.
I HAD TO WALK TO THE SUBWAY,
AND THEN I TOOK THE SUBWAY
TO MIDTOWN, AND THEN WALK TO
THE OFFICE.
AND THEN I HAD TO RETURN AND
DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO, THREE
HOURS OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
IN FLORIDA, YOU GET IN THE
CAR AND IT IS SUNNY AND
PRETTY AND YOU DRIVE DOWN
AND YOU'VE GOT A SPORTS
SHIRT ON.
AND YOU GO OUT AND PLAY GOLF
AFTER 2:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
DOESN'T THAT SOUND NICE?
Terry: YOU'RE
LONGING --
Pat: ON TO FLORIDA.
THAT SONG, NORTH TO
ALASKA --
Terry: SOUTH TO
FLORIDA.
Pat: THE MOVE IS ON.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, I MISS MY
HOME STATE THIS TIME OF
YEAR, BUT NOT IN AUGUST.
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
MAY END ITS BAN ON GAY
SCOUTS AND LEADERS.
THE NEW POLICY WOULD REMOVE
THE BAN FROM THE NATIONAL
RULES, AND LEAVE IT UP TO
THE LOCAL CHAPTERS TO DECIDE
IF THEY INCLUDE GAY
MEMBERS.
A SPOKESMAN TO RON SMITH
SAYS UNDER THE PROPOSED
CHAIN, THE BOY COWTS, WOULD
BOY SCOUTS, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, DICTATE A
UNIT TO MEMBERS OR PARENTS.
CHRISTIAN GROUPS OPPOSE THE
CHANGE, THOUGH.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADERS SAY
THE STEP MIGHT ENCOURAGE
THEIR CHURCHES TO SUPPORT
OTHER BOYS' ORGANIZATIONS
INSTEAD.
A FINAL DECISION BY THE BOY
SCOUTS' LEADERS COULD COME
AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED THE
NEXT TIME YOU'RE AT THE CASH
REGISTER.
YOU COULD GET HIT WITH A NEW
CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE.
40 STATES ARE NOW ALLOWING
THE NEW CHARGES.
THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY
CHARGES A FEE UP TO 4% EVERY
TIME SOMEONE USES A CREDIT
CARD, BUT NOW IT IS LEGAL
FOR BUSINESSES TO PASS THAT
FEE ON TO THE CUSTOMER.
FOR EXAMPLE, A $400 LAPTOP
COULD COST YOU AN EXTRA
$16.
WHEN YOU WALK IN, THERE
HAS TO BE A SIGN
CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYED,
INDICATING THEY DO
SURCHARGE.
THEN AT THE CASH REGISTER,
AND ALSO ON YOUR RECEIPT,
THEY HAVE TO CLEARLY
DISCLOSE WHAT THE SURCHARGE
IS.
Lee: 10 STATES HAVE
BLOCKED BUSINESSES FROM
PASSING THE FEES ON TO
COSTUMERS, AND SOME BIG
RETAILERS, LIKE WAL-MART,
SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
PAY THEM, INSTEAD OF PASSING
THEM ON TO THE COSTUMERS.
A GROUP OF FLORIDA WOMEN
PROVED JUST HOW POWERFUL
PRAYER COULD BE.
THEY THWARTED A WOULD-BE
ROBBERY BY BOLDLY CALLING ON
THE NAME OF JESUS.
JACKIE WAS HOSTING A JEWELRY
PARTY WHEN A ROBBER BURST
INTO HER HOME.
AT FIRST THE WOMEN THOUGHT
IT WAS PART OF A GAME, BUT
WHEN THEY REALIZED IT WAS
NOT, THEY PUT THEIR FAITH
INTO ACTION.
THAT'S WHEN I FELT THIS
BOLDNESS COME IN ME, AND I
STOOD UP, AND I SAID, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, GET OUT OF MY
HOUSE.
AND HE SAID, I'M GOING TO
SHOOT SOMEBODY IF YOU DON'T
DO WHAT I SAY.
AND I REPEATED IT, AND AS I
DID, THE LADIES STARTED
CHANTING, JESUS, JESUS,
JESUS.
HE DID A QUICK SCAN OF THE
ROOM, AND HIS LOOK OF TERROR
CAME OVER HIS FACE, AND HE
TURNED AROUND AND RAN OUT
THE DOOR AND THAT WAS THE
END OF IT.
Lee: THE WOULD-BE
ROBBER WAS CAUGHT LATER
AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ROB
ANOTHER WOMAN.
HAGLER SAYS IT SHOWED HER
JUST HOW MUCH GOD IS HER
SHIELD AND PROTECTOR.
GREAT STORY, PAT.
Pat: I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WE HAVE OTHER STORIES OF
WOMEN WHO ARE BOLD IN THE
FACE OF DEATH, INSTEAD OF
COWERING IN THE CORNER, AND
SAYING THERE IS POWER IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
TERRY?
Terry: STILL AHEAD, THE
SURGEON WHO DIED AND WENT TO
HEAVEN.
THEY BEGAN TAKING ME DOWN
THE EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL
PATH, EXPLODING WITH BEAUTY
AND COLOR.
Terry: SEE HER EYE
WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE.
FIRST, A GROUNDBREAKING
SCENE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
THE FLU.
LAURIE JOHNSON JOINS US WITH
THE LATEST HEALTH NEWS AFTER@@
THIS.
.
*
Pat: FLU!
FLU!
YOU HEARD ABOUT IT, AND THEY
SAY WE'RE SUFFERING FROM ONE
OF THE WORST FLU SEASONS IN
YEARS.
AND IT'S PEAKING RIGHT NOW.
47 STATES REPORT WIDESPREAD
FLUOUFLU OUTBREAKS WITH
DEATHS RUNNING INTO
THOUSANDS.
37 OF THESE DEATHS ARE
CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED FROM
THE FLU.
HEALTH REPORTER LAURIE
JOHNSON EXPLAINS THE BEST
WAYS TO TRY TO KEEP THE FLU
OUT OF YOUR HOME.
Reporter: THIS YEAR THE
FLU SEASON HIT EARLY, AND IT
WILL LIKELY LAST UNTIL
APRIL.
ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C., THE
BEST PREVENTION IS A FLU
SHOT.
AND IT'S STILL NOT TOO LATE
TO GET ONE.
ALSO REMEMBER, THE SHOT
WON'T GIVE YOU THE FLU
BECAUSE THE VIRUS USED IN
THE VACCINE DIES DURING THE
MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
IT TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS FOR
THE VACCINE TO FULLY PROTECT
YOU, SO YOU COULD STILL GET
THE FLU DURING THAT TIME.
THE SHOT MAY NOT STOP EACH
DIFFERENT FLU STRAIN.
THIS YEAR'S VACCINE IS ABOUT
60% EFFECTIVE WITH THE
VARIOUS TYPES CIRCULATING
TODAY.
WHY WON'T THE SHOT STOP ALL
OF THIS ILLNESS?
WELL, THE VACCINE REQUIRES A
LONG INCUBATION PROCESS, SO
DRUG-MAKERS MUST PREDICT
WHICH STRAINS THEY NEED TO
PREPARE FOR MONTHS BEFORE
THE NEXT FLU SEASON.
BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO
CHANGE.
THE F.D.A. JUST APPROVED A
NEW VACCINE THAT IS MUCH
FASTER TO MAKE, AND,
THEREFORE, WILL BE A BETTER
MATCH.
IT IS CALLED FLU BLOCK.
ACCORDING TO THE F.D.A., FLU
BLOCK PROMISES FASTER
STARTUP OF THE VACCINE IN
THE EVENT OF A PANDEMIC.
LIKE TRADITIONAL FLU SHOTS,
HOWEVER, IT WILL ONLY
PROTECT AGAINST THREE
STRAINS OF THE FLU.
BUT EVEN THAT COULD BE
TEMPORARY BECAUSE SCIENTISTS
ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER TYPE
OF VACCINE NOT YET APPROVED,
THAT WOULD OFFER ALMOST
TOTAL FLU PROTECTION.
WHAT INVESTIGATORS HAVE
BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS IS TO TRY AND
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE
A VACCINE THAT WOULD INDUCE
AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST
INFLUENZA, AND ONES THAT
DRIFT A LITTLE BIT FROM YEAR
TO YEAR, AND THOSE THAT
DRAMATICALLY CHANGE RARELY,
EVERY FEW TIMES A CENTURY,
AS WE SEE WITH PAN DISTICS.
Reporter: WHILE DOCTORS
COUNT THE VACCINE AS THE
BEST FLU PREVENTION, THERE
ARE OTHER WAYS.
TOPPING THAT LIST, WASHING
YOUR HANDS, BUT YOU HAVE TO
DO IDO IT RIGHT.
GET A GOOD LATTER GOING, AND
KEEP IT GOING 20 SECONDS,
ABOUT AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO
SING THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG
TWICE.
RINSE REALLY WELL, AND DRY
WITH A CLEAN TOWEL.
IF THERE IS NO SOAP AND
WATER HANDY, HAND SANITIZERS
ARE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.
JUST MAKE SURE THEY ARE AT
LEAST 60% ALCOHOL, AND RUB
UNTIL YOUR HANDS ARE DRY.
BUT YOUR HANDS AREN'T THE
ONLY CULPRIT.
THE FLU VIRUS CAN LIVE ON A
HARD SURFACE FOR UP TO TWO
DAYS.
SO REGULARLY DISINFECT ALL
OF THOSE THINGS YOU MIGHT
TOUCH ON A DAILY BASIS, LIKE
DOORKNOBS, REMOTE CONTROLS,
REFRIGERATOR HANDLES.
OUR BODIES ARE DESIGNED TO
FIGHT OFF VIRUSES LIKE THE
FLU NATURALLY, BUT THE CATCH
IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
THAT REQUIRES DISCIPLINE,
AND REMEMBERING YOUR DOs
AND DON'Ts.
DO GET AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS
OF SLEEP.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER.
EAT NUTRITIOUS FOODS, AND
TAKE SUPPLEMENTS, INCLUDING
FISH OIL, VITAMIN "C" AND
"D," AND ALSO TRY THE
NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC VIRGIN
COCONUT OIL.
ONE TABLESPOON IN THE
MORNING AND AT NIGHT SHOULD
DO IT.
THE COCONUT OIL TENDS TO
KEEP THE BACTERIA DOWN, SO
IF YOU'RE ASSAULTED WITH THE
VIRUS, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
CAN CONCENTRATE ON THE
VIRUS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
CONCENTRATE ON 27 OTHER
BACTERIA YOU MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO THAT DAY.
Reporter: DON'T EAT
FOOD WITH A LOT OF SUGAR AND
TRANS-FATS.
THEY CAN CAUSE IMFLAMMATION,
WHICH WEAKENS YOUR I IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
AND STRESS WILL ALSO DO
THAT, SO KEEP IT LOW WITH
PRAYER AND EXERCISE.
AVOID THE FLU BY GETTING THE
VACCINE, KEEPING YOURSELF
AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN
AND YOUR BODY STRONG.
Pat: LAURIE IS WITH US,
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE IS
PUSHING COCONUT OIL, THE
ELIXIR OF LIFE.
Reporter: I'M GOING TO
INCLUDE COCONUT OIL IN EVERY
STORY THAT I DO FROM NOW
ON.
Pat: I BROKE MY LEG,
COCONUT OIL!
LAURIE, WHAT IS INFLUENZA.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THAT AND A COLD OR
BRONCHITIS?
Reporter: INFLUENZA IS
A VIRUS, AND IT ATTACKS YOUR
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE FLU
IF -- THIS IS A MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY, BUT YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY A
TRUCK.
Pat: THAT'S A MEDICAL
TERM.
Reporter: IT IS HARD
AND IT HITS FAST.
IT'S RESPIRATORY, AND YOU
HAVE THE COUGHING, THE SORE
THROAT AND THE CONGESTION.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
SAY THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE
COMMON COLD.
THAT'S TRUE, AND THE
SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME, BUT
WITH THE FLU, THEY'RE A LOT
MORE SEVERE AND THEY LAST
LONGER.
Pat: THIS STUFF SEEMS
TO GO AWAY AND THEN IT IS
VERY TENACIOUS; IT WANTS TO
COME BACK.
Reporter: THAT'S A VERY
BIG WARNING SIGN.
MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET
THE FLU, THEY CAN STAY HOME
AND TREAT THE SYMPTOMS.
BUT IF YOU'RE A HIGH RISK
PERSON, YOU NEED TO GO TO
THE DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.
BECAUSE THE HIGH-RISK PEOPLE
ARE THE ONES WHO DIE FROM
THE FLU.
HIGH-RISK PEOPLE ARE ONES
WHO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE
GOING ON.
THEY'RE ELDERLY, OR THEY
HAVE A CHRONIC MEDICAL
CONDITION, LIKE ASTHMA.
SOMETHING LIKE ASTHMA, OR
DIABETES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT --
WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT ARE
HIGH RISK, AND PEOPLE WHO
ARE MORBIDLY OBESE ARE HIGH
RISK.
MORBIDLY OBESE MEANS YOU'RE
AT LEAST 100 POUNDS
OVERWEIGHT.
ALL THESE PEOPLE NEED TO
GO -- BECAUSE 200,000 PEOPLE
ARE HOSPITALIZED FOR THE FLU
EACH YEAR.
38,000 DIE FROM IT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, 37
CHILDREN SO FAR.
LAST YEAR ONLY 35 -- I SAY
ONLY 35 -- LAST YEAR 35
CHILDREN DIED FROM IT, AND
THIS YEAR 37, AND WE STILL
HAVE EIGHT WEEKS TO GO.
Pat: DURING WORLD WAR
I, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIED.
IT WASN'T JUST THOUSANDS.
WAS IT THE SAME KIND OF
FLU?
Reporter: NO, IT
WASN'T.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
STRAINS.
I THINK THAT WAS A VERSION
OF THE AVIAN FLU.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
STRAINS FLOATING AROUND OUT
THERE.
BUT THE MAIN THING TO
REMEMBER IS IF YOU HAVE SOME
SORT OF SOMETHING THAT
LOWERS YOUR IMMUNITY -- OF
THE CHILDREN THAT DIED OF
THE FLU, A LOT OF THEM HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON,
LIKE ASTHMA OR DIABETES.
Pat: IT IS THE STANDARD
PRESCRIPTION OF EAT THE
RIGHT KIND OF OF FOOD, LOW
GLYCEMIC FOODS, AND STAY
AWAY FROM TRANS-FATS AND
SUGAR.
Reporter: AND EXERCISE
AND MAKE SURE YOU DRINK A
LOT OF WATER.
AND KEEP THOSE HANDS CLEAN.
DON'T BE STICKING YOUR HANDS
IN YOUR EYES.
I RUB MY EYES A LOT, AND
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET
VIRUSES INSIDE YOUR BODY.
Pat: AND THE CLICKER ON
THE TELEVISION -- THAT CAN
CARRY THESE THINGS FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS?
TWO DAYS.
VIRUSES CAN LIVE ON A HARD
SURFACE FOR TWO DAYS.
Pat: THE PROBLEM IS,
YOU HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN AND
THEY GET IN CONTACT WITH ALL
THESE DISEASE-RID
DISEASE-RIDDEN PLAYMATES,
AND THEY COME HOME WITH ALL
OF THE BUGS.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
PARENTS SHOULD BE A LITTLE
MORE CONSIDERATE.
IF YOUR CHILD IS SICK, KEEP
THEM AT HOME.
BECAUSE SOME KIDS CAN DIE
FROM IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HOW DO
YOU DIE FROM THE FLU?
WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY GET THE
FLU, AND THEN IT TURNS INTO
SOMETHING ELSE.
THE FLU IS A VIRUS, BUT IT
CREATES A LOT OF MUCOUS
INSIDE YOUR BODY, AND MUCOUS
IS A PERFECT BREEDING GROUND
FOR BACTERIA, AND A
BACTERIAL INFECTION, LIKE
PNEUMONIA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIED OF
THE FLU, ON THE DEATH
CERTIFICATE, IT WILL SAY
PNEUMONIA.
BUT THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN IT IF THEY DIDN'T GET
THE FLU.
Pat: AND THE WINTER
SEEMS TO KILL THESE BUGS,
BUT WE'VE HAD A VERY MILD
WINTER FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME.
AND IT WAS BITTER COLD A FEW
DAYS AGO, AND NOW IT IS
WARMER.
THOSE BUGS WILL PROLIFERATE
AND COME BACK UP.
Reporter: THAT'S
RIGHT.
Pat: IF YOU WOULD LIKE
MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO
FIGHT THIS AWFUL MESS, WE
HAVE A FACT SHEET AVAILABLE
ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S CALLED "FLU FIGHTERS."
JUST GO TO cbn.com, AND
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY.
LAURIE, AS USUAL, YOU ARE
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Reporter: SAME BACK AT
YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU YOU, TOO.
Pat: TERRY, I HOPE YOU
HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING?
Terry: I'M GOOD TO GO.
COMING UP, DR. MARY NEIL IS
GOING TO TELL US WHAT
HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS --
GET THIS -- DEAD FOR MORE
THAN 15 MINUTES.
I FEEL MORE ALIVE THAN
I'VE EVER FELT.
I FELT MY SPIRIT BREAK FREE
FROM MY BODY.
AND I ROSE UP AND OUT OF THE
RIVER.
THEY WERE TAKING ME TOWARDS
THIS GREAT DOMED STRUCTURE.
Terry: HEAR WHAT SHE
SAW AND WHO SHE MET WHEN WE
COME BACK.
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NOW.
IT IS A 65 CENTS A DAY, $20
A MONTH COMMITMENT.
WHEN YOU JOIN, WE WANT TO
SEND YOU THIS D.V.D., LIFE
BEYON "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE, PART TWO."
AND IT INCLUDES THE
EXTRAORDINARY STORES OF
PEOPLE WHO DIED AND WENT TO
HEAVEN OR HELL, AND CAME
BACK TO SHARE THEIR STORIES
WITH THE REST OF US.
RIGHT NOW PAT IS GOING TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
Pat: IT HAS BEEN AN
AGE-OLD QUEST, WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE DIE?
PEOPLE THINK, WELL, YOU GO
TO SLEEP, YOU DON'T WAKE
UP.
BUT IT IS A QUESTION HUMANS
HAVE BEEN ASKING SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF TIME.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DIE?
WILL I LIVE AGAIN.
DR. MARY IS A SURGEON.
SHE IS A MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL.
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS SKEPTICAL
OF PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBED LIFE
AFTER DEATH, BUT NOT
ANYMORE.
WATCH THIS.
Reporter: DR. MARY NEIL
IS AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON,
WHO SHARES HER LOVE FOR
MEDICAL PRACTICE AND HER
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WITH HER
HUSBAND, BILL.
IN 1999, THEY TOOK MARY ON A
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THAT FEW
HAVE TAKEN AND RETURNED TO
TALK ABOUT.
MY HUSBAND AND I ENJOY
TRAVELLING AND WE SPEAK
SPANISH AND TRAVELLED
INTERNATIONALLY A NUMBER OF
TIMES.
FOR MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY, I
SAID, OKAY, THIS IS THE YEAR
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
SO WE WENT TO CHILE FOR A
VACATION, TO KAYAK.
Reporter: AFTER A WEEK
OF KAYAKING, BILL SAT OUT
THE FINAL DAY WITH A SORE
BACK.
MARY AND THE REST OF THE
CREW KAYAKED THROUGH A
TREACHEROUS SECTION OF
RIVER.
IT IS A SECTION VERY WELL
KNOWN FOR ITS WATERFALLS.
THESE ARE DROPS OF 10 TO
15 FEET, WHICH FOR AN
EXPERIENCED KAYAKER IS NOT A
CRAZY THING.
I WENT OVER THE MAIN DROP,
AND I CRESTED OVER THE DROP,
I COULD SEE THE TREMENDOUS
TURBULENCE AND TREMENDOUS
VOLUME.
AS I HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE
DROP, THE FRONT END OF MY
BOAT BECAME PINNED.
I AND MY BOAT WERE
IMMEDIATELY AND COMPLETELY
SUBMERGED.
THE VOLUME AND FORCE OF THE
WATER WAS SUCH THAT I WAS
ABSOLUTELY PRESSED TO THE
FRONT DECK OF THE BOAT.
AND I COULDN'T MOVE MY ARMS,
EVEN BACK FAR ENOUGH TO
REACH MY SKIRT, LET ALONG
PUSH MYSELF OUTMENT.
Reporter OUT.
Reporter: MARY WAS
STUCK.
THE ONLY THING SHE COULD DO
WAS PRAY.
I SINCERELY ASKED THAT
GOD'S WILL BE DONE.
AND I MEANT IT.
I DIDN'T SAY, OH, PLEASE,
COME AND SAY ME.
I REALLY MEANT IT.
I ASKED FOR GOD'S WILL TO BE
DONE.
AND AT THE MOMENT I ASKED
THAT, I WAS OVERCOME BY A
VERY PHYSICAL SENSATION OF
BEING HELD AND COMFORTED AND
REASSURED THAT EVERYTHING
WAS FINE.
THAT MY HUSBAND WOULD BE
FINE.
MY FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN WOULD
BE FINE, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER I LIVED OR DIED.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST
WAS HOLDING ME WHEN I WAS
STILL ON THE BOAT, AND WAS
THE ONE REASSURING ME.
Reporter: AFTER SEVERAL
MINUTES OF SEARCHING, THE
GROUP LEADERS REALIZED MARY
WAS TRAPPED.
THEY CAME OUT ON THE
ROCKS, AND THEY KEPT TRYING
TO GET TO THE BOAT.
BUT THE FORCE AND VOWEL OF
VOLUME OF THE WATER WAS SUCH
THEY KEPT GETTING FLUSHED.
AND THEY COULDN'T GET TO
ME.
AND AT ONE POINT THEY
RECOGNIZED IT WAS TURNING
INTO BODY RECOVERY, NOT SO
MUCH OF A RESCUE.
MY BODY WAS BEING THRUST
OVER THE FRONT DECK.
WHAT THAT MEANT IS WHEN IT
GOT TO MY KNEES, THEY WENT
BACK.
AND I COULD FEEL THAT.
I'M AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON,
AND I WAS THINKING, WELL, IT
FEELS LIKE MY TIBIA PROBABLY
BROKE, BUT I WASN'T
SCREAMING.
I DIDN'T HAVE PAIN.
I DIDN'T HAVE FEAR.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT SENSE OF
AIR HUNGER.
I KNOW I'D BEEN UNDER WATER
TOO LONG TO BE ALIVE, YET I
FEEL MORE ALIVE THAN I'VE
EVER FELT.
AND THIS IS MORE REAL THAN
ANYTHING I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED.
AS MY BODY BROKE FREE FROM
MY BOAT, I FELT MY SPIRIT
BREAK FREE FROM MY BODY.
AND I ROSE UP AND OUT OF THE
RIVER.
Reporter: MARY LOOKED
DOWN ON THE RIVER AS SHE MET
HER BODY.
THEN SHE WAS MET BY A GROUP
OF HEAVENLY BEINGS.
THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY
OVERJOYED TO SEE ME AND
GREET ME, AND I, THEM.
I KNEW THEY HAD KNOWN ME AND
LOVED ME AS LONG AS I
EXISTED.
AND I KNEW THAT I HAD KNOWN
THEM AND LOVED THEM.
AND I KNEW THAT THEY HAD
BEEN SENT BY GOD.
THEY BEGAN TAKING MY DOWN
THIS EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL
PATH THAT WAS BRILLIANT, AND
THEY WERE TAKING ME TOWARDS
THIS GREAT DOMED STRUCTURE
OF SORTS THAT NOT ONLY WAS
EXPLODING WITH BEAUTY AND
COLOR, BUT IT WAS EXPLODING
WITH THIS ABSOLUTE LOVE OF
GOD THAT WAS BEYOND ANYTHING
I COULD EVER DESCRIBE OR
EVER TRULY EXPLAIN.
AND I COULD HARDLY WAIT.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED
BY THIS SENSATION OF BEING
HOME.
OF BEING WHERE I BELONGED.
BUT JUST AS QUICKLY, THERE
WAS THIS SENSE OF
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT
DESCENDED ON EVERYONE.
AND THE SPIRITS WHO HAD
TAKEN ME THERE TOLD ME THAT
IT WASN'T MY TIME.
AND I HAD MORE WORK TO DO ON
EARTH, AND I HAD TO GO BACK
TO MY BODY.
Reporter: AFTER WHAT
SEEMED LIKE HOURS WITH HER
HEAVENLY HOSTS, DR. NEIL
RETURNED TO THE RIVER AND
WATCHED AS HER FRIENDS
RECOVERED HER BODY.
I COULD SEE MY BODY BEING
PULLED TO THE SHORE.
AND I COULD SEE THE GUYS
START C.P.R.
I FELT LIKE HE WAS LOOKING
RIGHT AT ME AND BEGGING ME
TO COME BACK AND TAKE A
BREATH.
AND I WAS REUNITED.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY
REMOTE PART OF SOUTH
AMERICA.
Reporter: DR. NEIL HAD
BEEN GONE FOR OVER 15
MINUTES, PERHAPS AS LONG AS
25.
CERTAINLY LONGER THAN
MEDICAL SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN
HER SURVIVAL.
SHE WAS FLOWN BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES WHERE SHE
SLOWLY RECOVERED FROM HER
INJURIES.
IN HER BOOK, "TO HEAVEN AND
BACK," SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW
THE REALITY OF GOD'S LOVE
HAS CHANGED HER FOR
ETERNITY.
ALL OF THE PROMISES OF
GOD ARE TRUE.
GOD LOVES EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US, AND REALLY IS THERE
AND IS WORKING IN EACH AND
EVERY ONE OUR LIVES.
THAT LOVE IS EVERYTHING.
IF WE TRULY COULD ACCEPT
THAT, IT CHANGES
EVERYTHING.
IT CHANGES THE WAY YOU VIEW
EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY.
THE FACT THAT THERE REALLY
IS LIFE AFTER DEATH
PROFOUNDLY CHANGES THE WAY
YOU APPROACH EVERY MOMENT.
Pat: WOW!
WHAT A STORY.
WHAT A TESTIMONY.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE EYE
HASN'T SEEN, NOR EAR HAS
HEARD, NEITHER HAS IT
ENTERED INTO THE HEART WHAT
GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THEM.
HEAVEN IS REAL, FOLKS.
WHEN YOU DIE, YOUR BODY MAY
BE DEAD, BUT YOUR SPIRIT
WILL GO ON FOREVER.
AND DR. MARY NEIL WENT TO
THAT PLACE.
BUT IT WASN'T HER TIME.
SHE WANTED TO GO.
IT WAS HOME.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
BUT SHE HAD MORE TO DO ON
THIS EARTH.
NOW, I ASK YOU RIGHT NOW,
THERE IS SOME PLACE ELSE,
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DIE.
YOU DON'T ALL GO TO HEAVEN.
YOU GO, AS SHE DID, BECAUSE
SHE KNEW THE LORD AND SHE
HAD SURRENDERED TO HIM, AND
SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN, AND SHE
BELIEVED IN JESUS.
AND SHE HAD ACCEPTED HIS
DEATH FOR HER.
AND THE ANGELS CAME TO MEET
HER.
A JOYOUS COMPANY OF PEOPLE
WHO LOVED HER AND
SURRENDERED HER WITH LOVE.
DOESN'T THAT SOUND GOOD, TO
BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO
LOVE YOU.
TO HAVE THE REST OF CHRIST.
TO KNOW THAT FOR ALL
ETERNITY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SHELTERED IN THE BOSOM OF
THE LOVING FATHER WHO
EXCEEDS ALL THAT IS.
HE LOVES YOU.
GOD LOVES YOU.
SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW SAY,
OH, BUT I'D RATHER PARTY ON
EARTH.
I WOULD RATHER BREAK GOD'S
LAWS.
I'D RATHER CURSE AND HAVE
ILLICIT SEX AND DO ALL THAT
KIND OF STUFF.
AND PEOPLE GET OUT AND THEY
PARADE AND THEY MARCH AROUND
AND HAVE CEREMONIES TO
CELEBRATE THEIR DEVI THEATE
DEVIATE PRACTICE.
AND GOD SAYS, WHY WOULD YOU
REJECT ME?
AND SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD
DR. MARY'S TESTIMONY, AND
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SPEND
ETERNITY WITH JESUS?
WELL, IF YOU WOULD, I WANT
YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT
NOW AND PRAYING.
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING --
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING APART
FROM GOD, YOU NEED TO GIVE
THAT UP AND TURN TO THE
LORD.
AND THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU
PROSPERITY.
HE'LL GIVE YOU A FAMILY.
HE'LL GIVE YOU HAPPINESS.
HE'LL GIVE YOU ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, BUT YOU WANT TO DO
IT HIS WAY.
AND IF YOU'LL SURRENDER TO
HIM, ALL THINGS WILL BE
YOURS.
BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY WITH
ME RIGHT NOW.
PRAY THESE WORDS: JESUS --
THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, I THANK YOU THAT
THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH.
I THANK YOU THAT BEYOND
THEGRAPHY THER THE GRAVE
THERE IS A NEW REALITY, FAR
GREATER THAN ANYTHING I'VE
EVER KNOWN.
AND RIGHT NOW I PRAY FOR THE
ANOINTING OF YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT TO COME INTO MY
LIFE.
I SURRENDER TO YOU, JESUS.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT,
WHETHER I LIVE TODAY OR I
LIVE FOR 100 MORE YEARS, I
SURRENDER TO YOU.
MY LIFE IS YOURS FOR ALL
ETERNITY.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY
VOICE.
KNACK FOTHANK YOU FOR
HEARING MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING MY
SINS.
AND THANK YOU FOR DYING FOR
ME.
THANK YOU.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
TO HELP YOU.
"A NEW DAY," THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
I KNOW YOU WONDER WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
THIS WILL TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
SO I WANT YOU TO CALL AND
SAY, I PRAYED WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
THIS IS THE DAY THAT I
SURRENDER TO HIM.
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE
REJOICING.
THE BIBLE SAYS, THE ANGELS
OF MY FATHER REJOICE OVER
ONE SINNER THAT REPENTS.
GO TO YOUR TELEPHONES, IT'S
A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
WE WANT TO HEAR THE GOOD
NEWS.
1-800-759-0700.
1-800-759-0700.
IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
PLEASE CALL RIGHT NOW.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, STILL
AHEAD, 40 MILLION AMERICANS
ARE CARING FOR AN ELDERLY
LOVED ONE.
IF THAT'S YOU, LEARN HOW TO
GET DIRECT HELP AT HOME AND
SAVE MONEY.
THAT'S COMING UP.
BUT, FIRST, WE'VE GOT YOUR
E-MAILS.
FRANKY SAYS, "I PRAY ALL THE
TIME BUT NEVER SEE ANY
RESULTS.
WHY IS THIS?
AND HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SHOW
ME PROOF THAT MY PRAYERS ARE
HEARD?"
FRANKIE, WE'RE GOING TO
TACKLE YOUR QUESTION WHEN WE
BRING IT ON.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIANS
LEADERS ARE ON CAPITOL HILL
TODAY, ASKING THEIR SENATORS
TO VOTE AGAINST CONFIRMING
CHUCK HAGEL AS THE NEXT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
THEY'RE BEING HOSTED BY
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR
ISRAEL, THE LARGEST
PRO-ISRAEL ORGANIZATION IN
THE UNITED STATES.
THE GROUP HELD AN EMERGENCY
SUMMIT LAST NIGHT WITH
SENATE MAJORITY JOHN
CORNAN.
TODAY THE 400 CHRISTIAN
LEADERS WILL MAKE THEIR CASE
AGAINST THE FORMER NEBRASKA
SENATOR IN INDIVIDUAL
MEETINGS WITH THEIR
RESPECULATIVE SENATORS.
CONGRESS HAS APPROVED A
$50 BILLION PACKAGE TO HELP
VICTIMS OF SUPER STORM
SANDY.
THAT CAME AFTER HOUSE
REPUBLICANS STRIPPED THE
BILL OF SPENDING UNRELATED
TO THE DISASTER.
MOST OF THE MONEY WILL
PROVIDE AID TO BUSINESS
OWNERS AND PEOPLE WHO'S
HOMES OR PROPERTIES WERE
DEGENERATED.
NEARLY 11 BILLION WILL GO TO
THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR
SANDY AND OTHER DISASTERS.
$10BILLION IS DIRECTED AT
REPAIRING NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY'S TRANSIT SYSTEMS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST OF CBN NEWS BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE,
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PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
*
Terry: WELL, WE LOVE
HEARING FROM YOU, AND MANY
OF YOU SUBMITTED QUESTIONS
YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED
VIA E-MAIL.
SO, PAT, LET'S ANSWER SOME
OF THESE.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM
FRANKIE, WHO SAYS, "I
RECENTLY ASKED GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS OF MY SINS AND
ASKED HIM INTO MY HEART.
GROWING UP, I NEVER HAD
ANYONE SHOW ME HOW TO PRAY
OR WHAT FAITH WAS AS MY
FAMILY DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH,
EXCEPT FOR HOLIDAYS.
I PRAY ALL OF THE TIME NOW,
BUT NEVER SEE ANY RESULTS.
WHY IS THIS?
AND HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SHOW
ME PROOF THAT MY PRAYERS ARE
HEARD OR PROOF THAT THINGS
ARE CHANGING?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS WE
SEE THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
AND THEN FACE TO FACE.
WE DON'T SEE ALL OF THE
ANSWERS IN THIS LIFE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THERE WILL BE A PRESENCE OF
JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'VE DONE THE RIGHT
THING.
YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR HEART TO
HIM.
AND NOW YOU'RE IN PRAYER.
PRAYER IS COMMUNION.
PRAYER IS THE FULFILLMENT OF
YOUR DEPOSIT LONGING WITH
THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND IT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE
ALADDIN'S LAMP, YOU RUB AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN A JEANNIE
APPEARS AND GRANTS YOU THREE
WISHES.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
BUT GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR
PRAYER.
AND SOMETIMES HE SAYS NO,
AND YOU HAVE TO BE MATURE
ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN HE IS
SAYING NO AND WHEN HE IS
SAYING YES.
THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT
PRAYER IS THAT IT IS
COMMUNION WITH YOUR FATHER,
AND THE REWARD OF A HOLY
LIFE IS DRAWING NEARER TO GO
GOD.
THAT'S THE REWARD, MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
Terry: AT THE BEGINNING
OF THAT QUESTION, WHEN
FRANKIE SAYS, "I RECENTLY
ASKED GOD FOR FORGIVENESS OF
MY SINCE."
SINS," AND YOU'VE OFTEN
SAID GOD IS NOT LIKE A SLOT
MACHINE WHERE YOU GET THE
ANSWERS IMMEDIATELY.
Pat: KEEP ON PRAISING
THE LORD, KEEP ON
SURRENDERING TO HIM, AND
YOU'LL ALSO FIND YOU'LL ALSO
HAVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER, BUT
HE'LL LEAD YOU IN YOUR
PRAYER LIFE.
Terry: ED SAYS, "WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE GOD
WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART?"
Pat: WELL, THE HEART IS
THE SEAT OF THE EMOTIONS.
IT IS THE HEART -- YOU KNOW,
WHERE YOU GET WISDOM.
BUT THE HEART IS THE CENTER
OF YOUR BEING.
I TRIED TO GET A WORD STUDY
THAT THE HEART AND THE
SPIRIT WERE THE SAME THING,
AND THE HEBREW DOESN'T QUITE
BACK UP MY THEORY, SO I
CAN'T SAY IT FOR SURE.
BUT I THINK IT IS THE INNER
BEING.
AND SO HOW DO YOU LOVE HIM
WER WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART?
WITH YOUR HEART AND YOUR
SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT.
IT IS THE WAY YOU LIVE AND
IT IS THE WAY YOU ACT.
IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU'LL KEEP
MY COMMANDMENTS, JESUS
SAID.
SO IF YOU DO WHAT HE TELLS
YOU TO DO, THAT'S THE WAY
YOU SHOW LOVE TO HIM.
Terry: BOB SAYS, "IN
JOHN 17: 22: JESUS PRAYED,
FATHER, THE GLORY YOU HAVE
GIVEN TO ME I MIGHT GIVE TO
THEM IN THE HOPE THEY MAY BE
ONE.
MY QUESTION IS, WHO IS THE
GLORY?"
Pat: THE GLORY OF GOD
IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD
HIMSELF.
AND WHEN DID HE GET IT?
HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD.
THERE WAS A VOICE THAT SAID,
"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON,
LISTEN TO HIM."
SO ALL DURING HIS LIFE, HE
WAS WALKING IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD.
THE GLORY OF THE LORD --
WHAT WE CALL THE DOXOLOGY,
AND THAT IS A GREEK TERM FOR
GLORY.
IT IS THE IDEA OF HIS
PRESENCE, HIS FULLNESS, HIS
SPLENDOR.
AND WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO
GET IT?
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE EVER
GOING TO GET IT.
WHEN I THINK OF ALL OF THE
SPLENDOR OF THE UNIVERSE,
WHEN I THINK OF THE
DIMENSIONS OF THE UNIVERSE,
AND WHEN I THINK OF
SOMETHING THAT IS MEASURED
IN TERMS OF BILLIONS OF
LIGHT YEARS, AND YOU TALK
ABOUT A GOD THAT MADE ALL OF
THAT, HOW IS YOUR MIND GOING
TO COMPREHEND IT.
HE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE OF
IT -- I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE
OF MY GLORY, BUT WE CAN'T
HANDLE ALL OF IT.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER
WHO SAYS, "PAT, YOU'VE HAD
SO MUCH BLESSING AND SUCCESS
DURING YOUR LIFE AND SEEM SO
HAPPY AND CONTENT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY TIPS TO
HELP ME WITH THE BLESSING
AND SUCCESS THAT YOU'VE
EXPERIENCED?"
Pat: I DON'T SHOW THE
SCARS, BUT I'VE BEEN BEAT UP
OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
I'VE HAD HEARTACHES.
I'VE HAD TRAGEDY.
I'VE HAD DISAPPOINTMENTS.
I'VE HAD FAILURES.
THE BIBLE TELLS US TO
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS.
AND THAT HAS BEEN MY
PHILOSOPHY.
REJOICE IN THE LORD.
IN EVERYTHING, GIVE THANKS,
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD
CONCERNING YOU.
I PRAISE GOD REGARDLESS.
PAUL SAID, I NOW HOW TO BE A
BASE, AND I KNOW HOW TO
ABOUND.
WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY, PRAISE
GOD FOR IT.
WHEN YOU HAVEN'T GOT MONEY,
PRAISE GOD FOR IT.
AND DON'T COMPLAIN.
THAT'S THE THING.
IT IS COMPLAINING THAT TAKES
AWAY THE JOY.
BUT YOU PRAISE THE LORD, AND
YOU RECEIVE HIS WILL.
IT IS THE GOOD AND THE
PERFECT WILL OF GOD.
I USED TO PRAY, LORD, MAKE
ME PART OF YOUR PROGRAM.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE PART
OF MY PROGRAM.
I WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR
PROGRAM.
AND WHEN YOU FLOW INTO GOD'S
PROGRAM, ALL KINDS OF
MIRACLES TAKE PLACE.
MAKE ME A PART OF YOUR
PLAN.
AND HE HAS A PLAN, AND YOU
RECEIVE THAT PLAN, AND YOU
GET JOY.
BUT YOU PRAISE THE LORD.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS,
YOU PRAISE GOD.
REMEMBER THE APOSTLES, THEY
GOT BEAT UP.
AND THE JAILER, AND THEY
WERE IN PRISON, AND INSTEAD
OF COMPLAINING, THEY WERE
SINGING TO THE LORD.
PAUL AND SIMON, THEY WERE
SINGING AND PRAISING GOD.
THE LORD BROKE THE BONDS AND
BROKE OPEN THE DOORS OF THE
PRISON.
SO YOU PRAISE THE LORD
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
THE WAY OUT OF THE
WILDERNESS IS OVERCOMING
PRAISE.
SAY IT AGAIN: THE WAY OUT OF
THE WILDERNESS IS OVERCOMING
PRAISE.
HOW DID I DO IT?
I PRAISED THE LORD,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS.
Terry: BEVERLY IS THE
NEXT QUESTION.
SHE SAYS, "MY HUSBAND AND I
ARE LOOKING FOR A LOCAL
CHURCH.
MY HUSBAND WILL ONLY JOIN A
CHURCH THAT BAPTIZES IN
JESUS' NAME BECAUSE HE SAYS
THAT IS BIBLICALLY CORRECT.
ALMOST ALL OF THE CHURCHES
BAPTIZE IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY GHOST.
WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY?"
Pat: YOUR HUSBAND IS
HUNG UP ON LEGALLISM.
LEGALISM.
GOD ISN'T A SLOT MACHINE.
GOD ISN'T SOMEBODY WHO WORKS
ON A FORMULA.
YOUR HUSBAND THINKS THERE IS
A PRECISE FORMULA.
THERE WAS A CHURCH KNOWN AS
THE UNITY CHURCH, AND SO
THEY BAPTIS BAPTIZE YOU IN
JESUS' NAME.
AND SO ONE FATHER SAYS, I
BA BAPTIST TIESIZE YOU IN
THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE
SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST.
HE IS ABOUT RAISING INTO THE
NEWNESS OF LIFE.
ENTER INTO THAT SPIRIT.
BUT YOUR HUSBAND IS HUNG UP
ON LEGALISM.
HE NEEDS TO TALK TO SOMEBODY
TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT.
TERRY?
Terry: THAT'S ALL OF
THE TIME WE HAVE FOR
QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO LOVE
HEARING FROM YOU, AND THANK
YOU.
UP NEXT, A UNIQUE APPROACH
FOR HOME HEALTH CARE FOR
SENIORS, AND ONE THAT CAN
SAVE YOU UP TO $5,000 A
YEAR.
YOU WANT TO STAY TUNED FOR
THE DETAILS.
WE'LL BE BACK.
Terry: WELL, A NURSING
HOME CAN BE A NIGHTMARE,
NURSING HOME CARE.
NO WONDER THAT 90% OF
SENIORS WOULD PREFER TO LIVE
AT HOME.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOLDEN
YEARS.
BUT FOR SOME ELDERLY
AMERICANS, THE YEARS AFTER
RETIREMENT BRING MORE STRESS
THAN JOY.
WHETHER YOU'RE A SENIOR WHO
WANTS TO LIVE AT HOME
DESPITE MEDICAL CONCERNS OR
ONE OF THE 40 MILLION
AMERICANS WHO IS MANAGING
THE CARE FOR AN AGING LOVED
ONE, YOU CAN LIGHTEN YOUR
BURDEN, FINDING QUALITY
AFFORDABLE HOME HEALTH CARE
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO
STRESSFUL.
TOM NOX, FOUNDER OF FAMILY
CARE.
TELLS US HOW FINDING IN-HOME
HEALTH CARE CAN SAVE YOU
MONEY AND YOUR SANITY.
Terry: AT SOME POINT IN
YOUR LIFE, YOU MAY BE
CONFRONTED WITH THIS.
WE WANT TO WELCOME THE
FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF CARE
FAMILY.
THANK YOU, TERRY.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, SO
MANY FAMILIES FACE THIS
POINT, ESPECIALLY THE ADULT
CHILDREN, WHERE THEY WATCH
THEIR PARENTS CHANGE.
IN MY CASE, I HAD A
GRANDMOTHER WHO ENDED UP IN
A FACILITY FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME.
SHE HAD ONE OF THOSE
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED
WHERE SHE WAS PRESSING HER
BUZZER FOR SOMEONE TO COME
GET HER.
NOBODY CAME.
AND SHE TRIED TO GET OUT OF
BED AND SHE FELL ON THE
FLOOR.
AND MY FAMILY FOUND HER
HOURS LATER.
IT WAS A REALLY HARD TIME
FOR THEM.
THEY WERE LIKE, DO WE KEEP
HER IN A FACILITY OR BRING
HER HOME.
AND WHEN MY MOTHER BROUGHT
HER HOME AND CARED FOR HER
24/7, SHE DID WHAT PEOPLE
DO, SHE ABSOLUTELY BURNED
OUT.
THAT IS HOW IT HAPPENS FOR A
LOT OF FAMILIES.
Terry: TALK ABOUT HOME
CARE?
WHEN I DEVOTED MY LIFE
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO GETTING
INTO THE SENIOR CARE
COMPANY, I STARTED AN AGENCY
AND HELPED ABOUT 3,000
FAMILIES.
I HIRED CARE-GIVERS AND
MATCHED THEM WITH 3,000
FAMILIES.
BUT THE NEED IS SO BIG IN
AMERICA, AND THE ADULT
CHILDREN ARE SO LOST, I
WANTED TO FIND A SOLUTION
THAT PUT THE ADULT CHILDREN
IN CONTROL AND CUT THE
COST.
BECAUSE HOME CARE IN AMERICA
IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, AND
SO ARE FACILITIES.
SO WE CREATED THIS
NATIONWIDE, AND WE HAVE
50,000 CARE-GIVERS, AND
ALLOWS FAMILIES TO COME ON,
MATCH WITH CARE-GIVERS, SEE
BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND HIRE
THEM DIRECTLY.
Terry: SO YOU'VE KIND
OF DONE THE HOMEWORK?
A LOT OF THE HOMEWORK,
AND PROVIDE WAYS OF DOING IT
SAFE AND EASILY.
THE INSURANCES, THE BONDING,
AND ALL OF THE TAXES ARE
DONE.
SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING $21
TO $25 AN HOUR, THEY'RE
SPENDING $15, AND THE
CARE-GIVERS ACTUALLY MAKE
MORE MONEY.
IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY
HOME LONGER AND GIVE PEACE
OF MIND TO THE FAMILY.
AND PEOPLE CAN STAY AT HOME
FOR 24-HOUR SUPERVISION FOR
LESS THAN THEY DO WITH A
FACILITY.
Terry: I THINK IT IS
EASIER TO SAY, WHEN YOU'RE
AT A YOUNGER PHASE IN YOUR
LIFE, WHEN IT IS TIME, I'LL
MOVE INTO THIS TYPE OF
LIVING.
BUT WHAT I FOUND WITH MY MOM
AND DAD, THEIR HOME IS LIKE
A SECURITY POINT TO THEM.
AND GIVING THAT UP IS A
PAINFUL, TERRIBLE PROCESS.
AND EVEN CONSIDERATION FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE AT A TIME WHEN
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELAX
AND REST AND ENJOY THEIR
RETIREMENT YEARS.
THEY WANT THEIR CHAIR.
THEY WANT THEIR LOCAL
PAPER.
THEY WANT THEIR CUP OF
COFFEE.
THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE
FAMILY OVER.
BUT IT IS HARD BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T ALWAYS KEEP PEOPLE AT
HOME.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
PEOPLE, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
MATCH, AND THE RIGHT KIND OF
SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT, YOU
CAN DO IT, AND YOU CAN
AFFORD IT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE
DAY, I THINK THE STATS ARE
87% OF SENIORS JUST WANT TO
AGE IN PLACE.
THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT
GROUP.
THEY WENT THROUGH DEPRESSION
AND FOUGHT WORLD WAR II, AND
THEY WANT TO STAY IN PLACE.
OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR THAT RIGHT
SOLUTION THAT GAVE PEOPLE
PEACE OF MIND.
IF YOU FIND THE MATCH, IT
WORKS OUT SO WELL, AND YOU
CAN BE THE DAUGHTER AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO
DO, BE THE FAMILY MEMBER
AGAIN.
Terry: AND THE
ENCOURAGER.
AND THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SAVE MONEY IN THIS
BECAUSE IT IS INCREDIBLY
EXPENSIVE TO TRY TO SWING
THIS ON YOUR OWN.
IT IS.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
Terry: AND WE HAVEN'T
COME TO THE BLIP OF THE
BABY-BOOMERS WHO ARE COMING
INTO THE YEARS --
10,000 PEOPLE EVERY DAY
TURN 65.
IT IS AN AGE WAVE THAT IS
COMING THAT WILL BE
UNSUPPORTABLE.
AND PEOPLE CAN'T RELY ON THE
GOVERNMENT.
IF PEOPLE CAN COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE REALLY
AFFORDABLE, IT ALLOWS THE
ADULT CHILD TO LET THEIR
PARENTS DO WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO.
Terry: THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY, IF
YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO IS FACING
THIS WITH A LOVED ONE IN
YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU WOULD
LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON
CARE FAMILY SERVICES, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
AND, TOM, HATS OFF TO YOU
FOR JUMPING INTO THE POOL
BEFORE THE BIG WAVE COMES,
BECAUSE LOTS AND LOTS OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED
THIS KIND OF HELP.
THIS KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT
AND SOUND ADVICE.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Terry: PAT?
Pat: TOMORROW -- I WAS
ABLE TO READ A BOOK ABOUT A
YOUNG GIRL, 15 YEARS OLD,
FROM A GOOD FAMILY, WHO WAS
PUT INTO SEX SLAVERY.
IT IS SHOCKING.
AND SHE IS GOING TO TELL US
ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
SO WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM 1 CORINTHIANS AND
SO YOU READ IT AND MAY THE
LORD BLESS YOU.
