I NEVER FELT FEAR LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
Lee: DEATH TAKES A CAR
RIDE.
HE WAS JUST WAITING, YOU
KNOW, FOR ME TO CLOSE MY
EYES.
Lee: ALONGSIDE A MAN
WHO GOT SHOT IN THE CHEST.
BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF
MY EARS AND COMING OUT OF MY
NOSE.
Lee: AND BIT THE
BULLET.
I FELT SOMETHING HIT ME
IN THE FRONT OF MY MOUTH.
I WAS LIKE, UH-OH.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME, FOLKS, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WE'VE GOT A TERRIFIC STORY.
A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, ONE
FROM A MAN THAT SHOULD HAVE
DIED.
A MIRACLE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
MIRACLES BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
IN MIRACLES.
YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
Terry: ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW AFTER THE
SUPER BOWL, HOW I BELIEVE IN
MIRACLES.
Pat: IF EITHER ONE OF
THOSE TEAMS WINS, IT IS NOT
A MIRACLE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT
GAME.
UNLESS I MISS MY GUESS, IT
WILL BE A HIGH-SCORING
GAME.
ONCE AGAIN, THE MIDDLE EAST
FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF A
REGIONAL WAR.
ISRAEL, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD, LAUNCHED AN AIR
STRIKE IN SYRIA THIS WEEK TO
STOP A SHIPMENT OF DEADLY
WEAPONS FROM REACHING THEIR
ENEMIES, THE HEZBOLLAH.
Terry: NOW SYRIA AND
IRAN HAS THREATENED A
SURPRISE RETALIATION AGAINST
ISRAEL.
AND CHRISTINE MITCHELL HAS
WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT.
Reporter: ON THURSDAY,
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
CONVENED AN EMERGENCY
MEETING TO CONDEMN THE
ISRAELI AIR STRIKE.
DAYS BEFORE THE STRIKE,
ISRAEL WARNED IT WOULD BE A
WARNING AGAINST SYRIA.
WE SEE DIFFERENTLY A
HIGHER LEVEL OF THREAT IN
AMERICA, AS WELL AS IN
ISRAEL, ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF THESE TYPES
OF WEAPONS FALLING INTO THE
HANDS OF THE OPPOSITION, THE
HANDS OF HEZBOLLAH.
Reporter: OFFICIALLY,
ISRAEL WILL NOT COMMENT ON
THE ATTACK.
IN THE PAST, IT HAS DECLARED
RED LINES.
IT WOULD NOT ALLOW SYRIA'S
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO FALL
INTO HEZBOLLAH OR JIHADI
HANDS.
PRESIDENT ASSAD LOSING
CONTROL OF MORE AND MORE OF
HIS COUNTRY, THE LIKELIHOOD
OF MORE ISRAELI STRIKES IS
GROWING.
WITHOUT ACTION BY WESTERN
COUNTRIES, ONE ISRAELI
OFFICIAL SAID IT COULD WELL
BE THAT WE WILL REACH THE
STAGE WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO
MAKE DECISIONS.
ISRAEL'S POSITIONED IRON
DOME BATTERIES IN THE NORTH
AGAINST POSSIBLE
RETALIATION.
BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY
HEZBOLLAH OR SYRIA WOULD
ATTACK ISRAEL OPENLY AT THIS
POINTS.
I THINK ASSAD HAS NO
INTEREST IN ESCALATING THE
CONFLICT.
HIS PLATE IS FULL WITH
FIGHTING THE OPPOSITION.
THIS IS WHY ISRAEL HAS
GREATER LEEWAYS THAN USUAL.
Lee: THE GREATER THREAT
SEEMS TO BE FROM AN ATTACK
AGAINST ISRAEL OR JEWISH
PORTS ABROAD.
LIKE THE ATTACK LAST
SUMMER.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Pat: THE QUESTION IS
WHAT HAS ALREADY GONE ACROSS
SYRIAN TERRITORY INTO THE
HANDS OF TERRORISTS?
VARIOUS TYPES OF WEAPONS, IN
ADDITION TO CHEMICAL
WEAPONS?
WE DON'T KNOW.
THE UNITED STATES IS IN A
VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION
HERE.
WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO ARM
THOSE REBELS BECAUSE THEY
PROBABLY ARE TERRORISTS.
WE CAN'T SET UP ANOTHER
GROUP OF al-QAEDA FIGHTERS
IN SYRIA.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T
SUPPORT ASSAD BECAUSE HE IS
A BRUTAL DICTATOR, AND THE
COUNTRY IS IN CHAOS.
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
WELL, WHAT WE DO IS SIT ON
THE FENCE AND NOT DO
ANYTHING.
AND AS A RESULT, THE EVENTS
WILL TAKE CONTROL.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE SPINNING
OUT OF HAND.
SO ARE THEY GETTING CLOSER
TO WAR OVER THERE?
THE ANSWER IS, YES, THEY
ARE.
ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
WERE AMONG THE HOT TOPICS IN
AN INTENSE CONFIRMATION
HEARING IN WASHINGTON.
THE CNN REPORTER, AS I READ
IN ONE REPORT, SAID THAT
THEY WERE RATHER SURPRISED
AT HOW ILL-PREPARED CHUCK
HAGEL WAS FOR THOSE
HEARINGS.
LEE WEBB MAS MORE ON THE CBN
REPORT ABOUT THIS.
Lee: PAT, NO QUESTION.
A BRUISING CONFIRMATION
HEARING FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S NOMINEE FOR
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
CHUCK HAGEL HAS SPENT NEARLY
EIGHT HOURS IN THE HOT SEAT
ON THURSDAY.
HE IS A VIETNAM VETERAN, AND
A FORMER REPUBLICAN
SENATOR.
BUT IT IS HIS FORMER G.O.P.
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE THE MOST
CRITICAL OF HIS NOMINATION.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: FORMER
NEBRASKA SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL
SPENT HOURS TRYING TO
EXPLAIN HIMSELF TO MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
WHILE HAGEL HAS WON SUPPORT
FROM SKEPTICAL DEMOCRATS, IT
IS STILL AN UPHILL CLIMB
WITH HIS FELLOW
REPUBLICANS.
ONE OF HIS MOST OUTSPOKEN
CRITICS, FELLOW VIETNAM
VETERAN JOHN MCCAIN.
WILL YOU CORRECT OR
INCORRECT WHEN YOU SAID THAT
THE SURGE WOULD BE THE MOST
DANGEROUS FOREIGN POLICY
BLUNDER IN HIS COUNTRY SINCE
VIETNAM.
WERE YOU CORRECT OR
INCORRECT?
WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO
GIVE YOU A YES OR NO
ANSWER.
SO YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS
FIGHT FUNDAMENTAL
DISAGREEMENTS WITH HAGEL'S
JUDGMENT, AND ISSUES ON
TERRORISM AND IRAN.
AND CRITICS SAY HE IS
ANTI-ISRAEL.
SPECIFICALLY PASSING A
COMMENT ON WHAT HE CALLED
"THE JEWISH LOBBY."
I'VE ALREADY SAID I
REGRET REFERENCING THE
JEWISH LOBBY.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID THE
PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY.
Reporter: HAGEL URGED
LAWMAKERS NOT TO WRITE HIM
OFF BASED ON CONTROVERSIAL
QUOTES AND ENTIRE CAREER IN
THE SENATE.
NO ONE INDIVIDUAL VOTE,
NO ONE INDIVIDUAL QUOTE, NO
ONE INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT
DEFINES ME.
Reporter: IF CONFIRMED,
HAGEL WILL BE THE FIRST
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO HAVE
SEEN COMBAT AS AN ENLISTED
SOLDIER.
I DON'T SEE THE LENS OF
EVERY WORLD EVENT, AND
WHETHER WE SHOULD USE
AMERICAN POWER THROUGH THE
LENS OF VIETNAM.
BUT IT IS PART OF ME.
Reporter: IN ORDER TO
LOCKDOWN THE NOMINATION,
HAGEL NEEDS SUPPORT OF ALL
SENATE DEMOCRATS AND AT
LEAST FIVE REPUBLICANS.
MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE
ALREADY SAID THEY PLAN TO
VOTE AGAINST HAGEL.
BUT EXPERTS SAY IT IS
UNLIKELY ENOUGH DEMOCRATS
WOULD GO AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT TO PREVENT HAGEL
FROM BECOMING THE NEXT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
Lee: SENATORS FROM BOTH
PARTIES WERE UNIMPRESSED
WITH HAGEL'S PERFORMANCE.
AND SOME WERE SHOCKED AT HOW
ILL-PREPARED HE SEEMED.
BUT A VOTE ON HAGEL CAN COME
AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED
IN THE STORY IS HE DOES SEE
NOT ALL OF THE FUTURE
CONFLICTS THE U.S. MAY BE
INVOLVED IN THROUGH VIETNAM,
BUT HE DOES SEE A LOT
THROUGH THAT LENS.
AND I THINK THAT WILL
RESONATE WITH THE
CONSERVATIVES.
Pat: THE THING, LEE,
THAT IS SO TROUBLING ABOUT
THIS IS THAT THE PENTAGON IS
A HUGE ENTERPRISE.
I MEAN, IT IS GIGANTIC.
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES,
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THIS IS A MASSIVE
ENTERPRISE.
AND IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO
HAS GREAT SKILL IN
ORGANIZING A VAST ENTER
ENTERPRISE TO DO THIS.
CHUCK HAGEL HAS NO
EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER.
AND BEING A FOOT SOLDIER IN
AN ARMY IN COMBAT DOESN'T
QUALIFY YOU FOR THAT.
I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE BIG
PICTURE.
YOU DON'T KNOW BEYOND THE
PLATOON SIZE OR THE SQUAD
SIZE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN
A WAR.
IT IS FILLED WITH RUMORS,
AND THE GRUNT, AS THEY'RE
CALLED, IN THE TRENCHES IS
NOT PRIVY TO WHAT THE
GENERALS ARE THINKING.
AND THE GENERALS AREN'T
NECESSARILY PRIVY TO WHAT IS
BEING THOUGHT OF IN THE
PENTAGON.
THIS IS A MASSIVE
ENTERPRISE.
AND SOMEBODY WHO IS IN
CHARGE OF IT SHOULD HAVE HAD
VAST EXPERIENCE EITHER IN
GOVERNMENT OR IN BUSINESS TO
RUN THIS ENTERPRISE.
CHUCK HAGEL DOESN'T DO IT.
PLUS THE FACT THAT HE IS
SORT OF A LEFT-WING
RADICAL.
SO HIS VIEWS ARE A LITTLE
SQUISHY ON ACTUAL ISSUES.
BUT IT IS MORE THAN JUST
DECIDING WE'RE GOING TO PUT
A BUTTON HERE OR BUTTON
THERE.
HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE?
HOW DO YOU BUY WEAPONS
SYSTEMS?
HOW DO YOU DO ADVANCED LEAD
TIMES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
LIKE AIRPLANES AND MISSILES
AND CYBER-WARFARE.
HE IS TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED
FOR THIS.
AND JUST THE FACT THAT HE IS
A FORMER REPUBLICAN, BIG
DEAL.
THEY OUGHT TO VOTE HIM
DOWN.
LEE?
Lee: SENATOR TED CRUZ
TELLS CBN NEWS THAT
REPUBLICANS CAN WIN BACK
CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE
NEXT YEAR.
DAVID BRODY SPOKE WITH THE
NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR AT HIS
HOME IN HOUSTON.
CRUZ MAY BE A FRESHMAN, BUT
HE IS A HOT COMMODITY IN
WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
HE HAS STRONG SUPPORT FROM
THE TEA PARTY, AND HE IS THE
NEW VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE
COMMITTEE.
THAT MEANS IT IS HIS JOB TO
HELP THEM REGAIN THE
MAJORITY IN THE UPPER
CHAMBER.
IN 2014, THERE WILL BE
SENATE RACES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY I THINK ARE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
I BELIEVE REPUBLICANS CAN
WIN A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE
IN 2014.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY,
BUT I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.
IF WE STAND TOGETHER, IF WE
STAND FOR PRINCIPLE, I THINK
WE CAN TAKE A MAJORITY OF
THE SENATE.
AND I THINK TAKING A
MAJORITY OF THE SENATE IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TO BEING ABLE
TO ADVANCE THESE
PRINCIPLES.
TO BE ABLE TO SHINK THE SIZE
AND POWER OF GOVERNMENT AND
TO GET ECONOMIC GROWTH
GOING.
Lee: YOU CAN SEE MORE
OF THAT INTERVIEW, GO TO
DAVID'S BLOG, "THE BRODY
FILE" AT CBNNEWS.COM.
THE JANUARY UNEMPLOYMENT
REPORT CAME IN AT 7.9%, UP A
10TH OF A POINT, FROM 7.8%
IN DECEMBER.
THE ECONOMY ADDED 157,000
JOBS MONTH, BUT THE LABOR
DEPARTMENT SAYS HIRING HAS
BEEN GETTING STRONGER IN
RECENT MONTHS.
AND ANALYSTS EXPECT THE
ECONOMY TO KEEP GROWING AT A
SLOW TO MODERATE PACE THIS
YEAR.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECIDED,
HOWEVER, TO LET HIS JOBS
COUNCIL EXPIRE, EVEN THOUGH
MORE THAN 12 MILLION
AMERICANS REMAIN OUT OF
WORK.
THE PRESIDENT CREATED THE
COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN
UNEMPLOYMENT HOVERED AROUND
9%.
AS WE MENTIONED, IT IS LOWER
NOW, BUT BOTH PARTIES
BELIEVE IT IS WAY TOO HIGH,
ESPECIALLY AFTER NEWS THIS
WEEK, THAT THE U.S. ECONOMY
SHRANK IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
THE COUNCIL WAS CREATED TO
HELP TO ADVICE ON THE
ECONOMY.
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ST. LOUIS
HAS THROWN OUT A LAWSUIT
OVER THE MANDATE TO FUND
CONTRACEPTION.
THE JUDGE CALLED THE LAWSUIT
FILED BY THE ARCH DIASIS
DIASIS PREMATURE.
MANY ANALYSTS BELIEVING THE
SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE
THAT CASE ULTIMATELY.
THE MANDATE FOR RELIGIOUS
GROUPS WILL TAKE EFFECT IN
AUGUST.
WELL, WHEN THE SAN FRANCISCO
49ers AND BALTIMORE RAVENS
MEET IN THE SUPER BOWL, WILL
GOD PLAY A ROLE IN WHICH
TEAM WINS?
WELL, THERE ARE SURVEYS
ABOUT THAT.
A POLL ASKED THAT OF
AMERICANS, AND DISCOVERED
THAT NEARLY 30% SAY YES.
WE ALSO FOUND THAT A
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, 53%
OF AMERICANS, SAY THAT GOD
REWARDS ATHLETES WHO HAVE
FAITH WITH GOOD HEALTH AND
SUCCESS IN THEIR CAREERS.
SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
ATHLETES, YOU KNOW, IN
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AND
FOOTBALL WHO ARE VERY
DELIBERATE ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
WITNESSING ABOUT THEIR
FAITH, EITHER BEFORE THE
GAME, AFTER THE GAME, DURING
THE GAME, THROUGH GESTURES,
AND WE ACTUALLY SAW THAT
ALSO MOST AMERICANS, YOU
KNOW, APPROVE OF THOSE
EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH ON THE
FIELD.
Lee: EVEN PEOPLE WHO
DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS
RELIGIOUSLY UNAFFILIATED
APPROVE OF ATHLETES
EXPRESSING THEIR FAITH.
JUST 8% DISAPPROVE.
FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, PAT,
AS FOR THE OUTCOME, IF GOD
CONTROLS EVERY MOLECULE IN
THE UNIVERSE, YES, HE
CONTROLS EVEN FOOTBALL
GAMES.
BUT SOMETIMES HIS GREATER
GLORY IS MANIFESTED THROUGH
A DEFEAT.
Pat: WELL, WE JUST
DON'T KNOW.
I USED TO PLAY THIS, THAT,
AND THE OTHER, AND I WAS A
BOXER WHEN I WAS IN PREP
SCHOOL, AND, BELIEVE ME,
I'VE SAT ON THE COLD FLOOR
WAITING TO GO INTO AN ARENA
TO GET MY BRAINS KNOCKED
OUT, AND TRUST ME, I
PRAYED.
BUT THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN I WAS GOING TO WIN.
I THINK THE FACT THAT
SOMEBODY PRAYS OR IS
RELIGIOUS DOES NOT
NECESSARILY MEAN GOD IS
GOING TO INTERVENE AND
STRIKE THE OPPONENT DEAD ON
THE PLAYING FIELD AND THEY
WILL RIDE OFF TRIUMPHANTLY.
YES, IF SOMEBODY FOLLOWS THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE LORD, HE
WILL HAVE HEALTH, HE'LL HAVE
A LONG LIFE, AND HE'LL
PROSPER.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
WISDOM WILL BRING PROSPERITY
TO EVERY PART OF YOUR BEING,
AND IT WILL.
AND IT WILL MAKE YOU WISE,
AND IT WILL MAKE YOU WISE IN
LIFE CHOICE.
BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
BODY LIKE ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER, OR YOU'RE
GOING TO NECESSARILY BE THE
NEXT CHAMPION OF WHATEVER.
BUT, HEY --
Terry: NO POM-POMS IN
HEAVEN?
Pat: NO POM-POMS IN
HEAVEN.
I THINK GOD HAS A WHOLE LOT
MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO
THAN WHO WINS THE SUPER
BOWL.
Terry: I WOULD LIKE TO
THINK THAT.
Pat: I'M GOING TO ASK
ONE OF THE MEDIA COMPANIES
THAT TAKES A SURVEY EVERY
YEAR -- I WON IT SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
MY SCORING WAS THE NUMBER
ONE IN THE COUNTRY.
SO FOR AN OLD COUCH POTATO,
I DON'T DO TOO BADLY.
SO I PUT IN MY ENTRY.
Terry: DO YOU WANT TO
SPECULATE?
Pat: I'M NOT GOING TO
ON THIS PROGRAM, BUT YOU'LL
SEE.
IT CAME OUT.
I HAVE A HEART FOR BOTH OF
THEM.
MY HEART IS WITH THE RAVENS,
BUT AT THE SAIMENTS, SAME
TIME, I THINK THE 49ers
ARE GOING TO WIN.
I GIVE THEM A WIN BY ONE
TOUCHDOWN.
Terry: THERE ARE GOOD
STORIES ON BOTH SIDES.
Pat: AND HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE CAME TO THE LORD WHEN
THEY HEARD THOSE
TESTIMONIES.
THE COUCHES ARE BOTH
CHRISTIANS.
AND HERE THEY ARE, TWO
BROTHERS.
IT IS A WONDERFUL STORY.
LAMAR HUNT WAS H.L. HUNT'S
SON OF THE KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS.
AND SO HE SETS UP THIS THING
CALLED THE SUPER BOWL.
IT HAS BECOME A HUGE EVENT.
A FUNNY STORY ABOUT HIS
FATHER, H.L. HUNT.
A MAN CAME AND SAID,
MR. HUNT, YOU'RE CRAZY SON,
LAMAR, IS LOSING A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR ON THAT TEAM,
THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT
WILL GO ON?
AND HUNT THOUGHT A MINUTE,
AND HE SAID, ABOUT 200
YEARS.
AND THE SUPER BOWL GOES ON
AND EVERYBODY LIKES IT.
HE IS THE FATHER OF THE
SUPER BOWL.
Terry: OKAY.
UP NEXT, A NEW PERSPECTIVE
ON WINTER WEIGHT GAIN.
PEOPLE TEND TO OVEREAT
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND
END UP PUTTING WEIGHT ON AS
A RESULT OF THIS MEDICAL
CONDITION.
Terry: FIND OUT HOW TO
LIGHTEN YOUR WEIGHT AND LIFT
YOUR MOOD.
Lee: STILL AHEAD, A
DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG.
THE GUY PULLED OUT A .38
CALIBER.
Lee: A STREET HUSTLER
GOES ON THE RIDE OF HIS
LIFE.
I NEVER FELT FEAR LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
Lee: WITH A PASSENGER
FROM HELL.
HE WAS JUST WAITING FOR
ME TO CLOSE MY EYES.
Pat: HEY, IT'S FRIDAY!
AND IT WAS WARM HERE.
IN THE 70s.
NOW IT'S COLD, IN THE
30s.
Terry: I WAS GOING TO
SAY, "WAS" IS THE KEY WORD
IN THAT SENTENCE.
Pat: IT IS AMAZING, THE
WINDS CAME THROUGH AND BLEW
LIKE CRAZY, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE
WEATHER HAS
SHIFTED.
WE LIVE IN A STRANGE TIME.
ANYWAY, THE SUPER BOWL IS
COMING UP.
DO YOU HAVE
THE WINTER
BLAHS, THE BLUES?
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN
THE
WINTERTIME AND PEOPLE GET
SICK.
FOR THE
LAST 30 YEARS,
DOCTORS HAVE ACTUALLY
RECOGNIZED THIS AS AN ACTUAL
MEDICAL CONDITION.
OUR FEARLESS HEALTH
REPORTER, LAURIE JOHNSON, IS
GOING TO TELL US ABOUT
SOMETHING CALLED S.A.D.,
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER,
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO IF
YOU'VE GOT IT.
Reporter: LIKE MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS, MISTY PETER'S
MOOD CHANGES WITH THE
SEASONS.
GENERALLY, I'M A HAPPY
PERSON.
Reporter: BUT IN THE
WINTER, SHE GETS THE BLUES.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF A SEASONAL
AFFECTIVE DISORDER, OR
S.A.D., WHICH PRODUCES
SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO
HIBERNATION.
YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, AND
YOU'RE NOT AS MOTIVATED TO
DO THINGS.
YOU JUST KIND OF WOULD
RATHER SIT AROUND AND EAT.
Reporter: THE REASON
PEOPLE GET S.A.D.IS BECAUSE
OF THE DECREASED SUNLIGHT IN
THE WINTER, WHICH COULD
DISRUPT OUR SARCADIUM
RHYTHM.
BLAME IT ON HORMONES,
MELATONIN, WHICH MAKES US
FEEL TIRED IS TRIGGERED BY
DARKNESS, AND REACHES ITS
HIGHEST LEVELS AT NIGHT.
BUT PEOPLE LIKE MISTY ALSO
HAVE INCREASED MELATONIN
LEVELS DURING THE DAY.
THEN THERE IS SEROTONIN,
WHICH IS TRIGGERED BY
SUNLIGHT AND MAKES US FEEL
HAPPY.
BUT PEOPLE WITH S.A.D. HAVE
LOW LEVELS OF SEROTONIN.
DR. WAYNE REYNOLDS SAYS THE
DISORDER SEVERELY AFFECTS 5%
OF AMERICANS, AND ANOTHER
20% HAVE A MILD CASE AND
DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT.
INTERESTINGLY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WILL PUT ON WEIGHT,
AND WE'VE ALWAYS SORT OF
BLAMED IT ON THE WINTER
MONTHS.
PEOPLE ARE LESS ACTIVE IN
THE WINTER MONTHS.
BUT PEOPLE WITH S.A.D. WHO
HAVE A CRAVING FOR
CARBOHYDRATES, AND PUT
WEIGHT ON.
Reporter: WOMEN ARE
USUALLY AFFECTED MORE THAN
MEN, AND IT IS MORE
PREVALENT IN NORTHERN
CLIMATES.
BUT THE DOCTOR SAYS THESE
PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO SUFFER
ANYMORE.
SO MANY PEOPLE TEND TO
IGNORE IT AND CHALK IT OFF
AS THE WINTER BLUES.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THERE
ARE OPTIONS AND THERE ARE
TREATMENTS FOR IT.
Reporter: LIGHT THERAPY
IS A VERY EFFECTIVE
TREATMENT.
IT INVOLVES SITTING IN FRONT
OF A SPECIALIZED LIGHT BOX
FOR 30 MINUTES A DAY.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE A POWER OF
10,000 LOTS, WHICH IS MORE
THAN 20 TIMES STRONGER THAN
THE AVERAGE LIGHTBULB.
IT IS LIKE SITTING
OUTSIDE OR AT THE BEACH OR
UNDER THE SUN.
IT DOESN'T EMIT ANY LIGHT,
BUT IT IS JUST A VERY BRIGHT
LIGHT.
Reporter: TANNING BEDS
ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE
TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY EMIT
ULTRAVIOLET RAYS, WHICH CAN
CAUSE MELANOMA.
THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
DERMATOLOGY SAYS THERE IS
NEVER A GOOD REASON TO STEP
INTO A TANNING BED.
THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HAS CLASSIFIED
ULTRAVIOLET TANNING
EQUIPMENT AS KNOWN
CARCINOGENS.
IT IS CLEARLY THE CASE,
DESPITE ARGUMENTS FROM THE
TANNING INDUSTRY OTHERWISE.
TANNING CAUSES SKIN CANCER.
Reporter: IN ADDITION
TO A LIGHT BOX, YOU CAN ALSO
BRIGHTEN YOUR WINTER BY
USING HIGHER WATTAGE
LIGHTBULBS, INSTALLING A
SKYLIGHT,
OR SIMPLY OPENING
THE BLINDS.
IF YOU HAVE S.A.D. AND WORK
IN A DARK ENVIRONMENT, LIKE
THE CBN NEWS ROOM, WHICH HAS
NO WINDOWS, MAKE IT A POINT
TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES
OUTSIDE EVERY HOUR OR SO.
ONE OF THE OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS, TOO, IS
SOMETIMES, AND PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN DOING THIS, TAKE A
WINTER VACATION, AND GET
DOWN TO THE CARRIBEAN.
Reporter: OR INSTEAD OF
GIVING IN AND REACHING FOR
YOUR COMFORTER, REACH FOR
YOUR GYM BAG INSTEAD.
EXERCISE PUMPS OXYGEN INTO
THE BRAIN, MAKING US ALERT
AND ENERGETIC.
AND EXERCISE RELEASES
ENDORPHINS, WHICH CREATES A
FEELING OF EUPHORIA.
IF THERE IS A DAY I'M
HAVING A BAD DAY, I'M
STRESSED OUT AND TIRED,
SOMETIMES WORKING OUT
REVERSES ALL OF THAT.
I COME INTO THE GYM.
I FORGET ABOUT ALL OF MY
PROBLEMS.
AND I CONCENTRATE ON WHAT
I'M DOING PHYSICALLY AND IT
HELPS ME MENTALLY.
Reporter: IF YOU'RE
SUPPORTING A CASE OF THE
WINTER BLUES, A FEW
LIFESTYLE CHANGES CAN HELP
YOU ENJOY WINTER, AND SPRING
WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW
IT.
LAURIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, LAURIE.
VERY PERCEPTIVE.
I WOULD ALSO ADD TO LAURIE'S
STORY, VITAMIN "D."
YOU HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF
VITAMIN "D" BECAUSE YOU
DON'T HAVE THE SUN.
OUR BODY CREATES VITAMIN "D"
WHEN EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT.
THAT HIBERNATION THING IS
NOT LIKE THE WORST THING IN
THE WORLD.
IT'S LIKE THE BEARS.
Terry: IF YOU'VE GOT
SOME GOOD FOOD.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT A NICE
CAVE AND YOU CRAWL IN AND
SLEEP UNTIL SPRING.
YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT
S.A.D.
Terry: THEY USED TO
CALL THAT LIGHT DEPRIVATION.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED.
Pat: OF COURSE.
THE SEROTONIN IS WHAT MAKES
YOU HAPPY AND UP.
TO LIVE IN A DARK ROOM, THAT
MAKES YOU UNHAPPY.
Terry: SO WHY DID YOU
DO THAT TO OUR NEWSROOM
PEOPLE?
Pat: WELL, I WANTED THE
STORIES TO BE NEGATIVE.
I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE
POSITIVE STORIES.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO COME
OUT OF THE NEWSROOM ALL
HAPPY.
Terry: WE'LL GET THEM
FLASHLIGHTS.
Pat: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS RUINING
AMERICA.
HOW CAN THEY HAVE NEGATIVE
STORE STORIES IF THEY'VE
GOT LIGHT IN THEIR ROOM.
Terry: I DON'T KNOW.
COMING UP, DEATH RIDES
SHOTGUN.
HE WAS JUST WAITING FOR
ME TO CLOSE MY EYES.
Terry: HEAR HOW THIS
MAN CHEATED DEATH.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: WELCOME BACK, AS
WE CONTINUE THIS SPECIAL
FRIDAY EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
KIM IVORY FELT HIS LIFE
SLIPPING AWAY FROM HIM.
KIM HAD BEEN SHOT AND HE WAS
BLEEDING TO DEATH.
HE KNEW HE NEEDED TO GET TO
A HOSPITAL OR ELSE HE WAS
GOING TO HELL.
I KEPT LOOKING OVER MY
SHOULDER INTO THE BACK SEAT
BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE
WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME.
AND I JUST BELIEVED THAT WAS
DEATH.
HE WAS RIDING WITH ME, AND
HE WAS JUST WAITING FOR ME
TO CLOSE MY EYES.
AND I KEPT TRYING TO HOLD MY
EYES OPEN.
BECAUSE I KNEW THE MOMENT
THAT I CLOSED MY EYES, THAT
I WAS GOING TO LIFT THEM UP
IN HELL.
Reporter: IN DECEMBER
OF 1993, KIM IVORY WAS SHOT
THROUGH THE CHEST AS HE SPED
AWAY FROM A DRUG DEAL THAT
HAD GONE WRONG.
I NEVER FELT FEAR LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
I HAD BEEN FREE-BASING
COCAINE SINCE '82.
MY LIFE HAD TAKEN A DRASTIC
SPIRAL DOWN.
I BEGAN TO DO THINGS THAT
WOULDN'T BOTHER MY
CONSCIENCE, THAT NORMALLY
WOULD HAVE.
Reporter: SELLING DRUGS
AND STEALING HAD BECOME A
WAY OF LIFE.
WHEN HE WAS 30, KIM WAS
SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR
STRONG-ARMED ROBBERY.
WHILE INSIDE, HE SOUGHT TO
CLEAN UP HIS LIFE.
I DIDN'T WANT DRUGS BACK
IN MY LIFE.
IN MY MIND AND MY HEART, I
DIDN'T WANT THEM.
Reporter: RELEASED A
YEAR AND A HALF LATER, HE
WENT HOME WITH HOPES OF
STAYING CLEAN.
BUT AS HARD AS HE TRIED, THE
OLD HABIT CAME BACK.
IT TOOK ME HOSTAGE, AND I
SEEN ME HANDCUFFED TO THIS
ADDICTION.
I COULDN'T FIND A WAY OUT.
I TRIED EVERYTHING, DETOX
CENTERS.
I TRIED REHABILITATION,
12-STEP PROGRAMS, A NUMBER
OF TIMES, BUT I JUST NEVER
COULD GET MYSELF OUT.
IT GOT WORSE.
Reporter: HE CONTINUED
RUNNING STREET HUSTLES.
ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER, A
DISPUTE FLARED UP AT A DRUG
DEALERS.
A GUY WENT INTO HIS COAT
AND PULLED OUT A .38
CALIBER.
BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF MY
EARS AND THEN MY NOSE.
AND MY CHEST WAS FULL OF
BLOOD.
DEATH WAS IN THE CAR WITH
ME.
HE WAS RIDING WITH ME.
HE WAS JUST WAITING FOR ME
TO CLOSE MY EYES.
I BEGAN TO CALL ON GOD TO
SAVE MY LIFE.
I TOLD HIM I WAS SORRY, AND
THAT I WAS SORRY FOR DOING
THE THINGS I DID, SHAMING MY
FAMILY NAME.
AND I ASKED HIM TO COME INTO
MY LIFE AND JUST SAVE ME.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
Reporter: JIM PULLED
INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE HE
PASSED OUT.
A SECURITY GUARD FOUND HIM
AND CALLED 9-1-1.
WHEN I WOKE UP, I WAS IN
THE AMBULANCE, AND THE
PARAMEDICS -- ONE PARAMEDIC
WAS TAKING THE OXYGEN MASK
OFF MY FACE.
HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AT ME.
AND HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE
OTHER PARAMEDIC, AND HE SAID
HE IS NOT BREATHING.
THE OTHER PARAMEDIC SHOOK
HIS HEAD AND PUT HIS EYES
DOWN.
MY EYES GOT SO HEAVY.
SO HEAVY THAT NO MATTER HOW
HARD I TRIED TO OPEN THEM,
IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEBODY HAD
A HOLD OF THEM PULLING THEM
DOWN, AND THE DARKNESS BEGAN
TO COME AGAIN.
Reporter: AT THE
HOSPITAL, DOCTORS FOUGHT TO
SAVE HIS LIFE.
THEY MANAGED TO STABILIZE
HIM, BUT COULDN'T REMOVE THE
BULLET BECAUSE IT WAS TOO
CLOSE TO HIS SPINE.
I WAS JUST SO GLAD THAT
JESUS GAVE ME OTHER CHANCE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT AROUND
NOW.
Reporter: AS HE
RECOVERED, HE WENT TO A
REVIVAL AT HIS SISTER'S
CHURCH.
AFTER THE SERVICE, KIM WENT
FORWARD FOR PRAYER FROM THE
MINISTER.
HE LAID HIS HAND ON MY
CHEST, AND HE BEGAN TO
PRAY.
HE SAID, GO ON HOME NOW.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
Reporter: BACK AT THE
HOUSE, KIM GREW RESTLESS.
I FELT A WARMTH COME OVER
MY BODY.
I NEVER FELT A FEELING LIKE
THIS IN MY LIFE.
WHEN I GOT INTO MY BEDROOM,
I SAT DOWN AT THE EDGE OF MY
BED, AND I GRABBED MY SOCKS
AND I BENT OVER TO PUT MY
SOCK ON, AND I FELT
SOMETHING HIT ME IN THE
FRONT OF MY MOUTH.
AND I JUST HELD MY HAND,
COVERING MY MOUTH.
AND I WAS LIKE UH-OH.
I EASED MY HAND OFF TO JUST
PEEK AT IT, AND I SAW THE
BULLET SITTING IN MY HAND.
AND I JUST BEGAN TO SCREAM
AND HOLLER.
I COULDN'T SAY WORDS.
I WAS JUST SCREAMING AND
HOLLERING.
Reporter: THAT NIGHT
KIM SHARED HIS MIRACULOUS
STORY BACK AT THE CHURCH.
AS WORD OF HIS TESTIMONY
SPREAD, HE WAS ASKED TO
SPEAK AT CHURCHES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, A NEW PROBLEM
AROSE.
THE PRESSURE OF HAVING TO
LIVE RIGHT BECAUSE EVERYBODY
IS WATCHING ME.
I HAVE TO WALK AS THOUGH I'M
WALKING ON EGG SHELLS.
AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THE
RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME.
I'VE GOT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT BEGAN TO BE A
PRESSURE ON ME.
AND SO EVENTUALLY I ENDED UP
BACK WHERE I STARTED.
SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT
PEOPLE GIVE THEIR LIFE TO
THE LORD, THAT THINGS SHOULD
CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
Reporter: FOR SEVEN
MORE YEARS, KIM STRUGGLED
WITH HIS ADDICTIONS.
I FOUND MYSELF GETTING
ANGRY WITH GOD.
WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO
COME BACK HERE.
I BEGAN TO GIVE UP.
WOW, WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?
COULD I EVER BE DELIVERED?
COULD HE DELIVER ME?
Reporter: AT AN
ARRAIGNMENT FOR FAILURE TO
APPEAR IN COURT, KIM HEARD
ABOUT TEEN CHALLENGE.
HE DECIDED TO ENROLL IN
THEIR YEAR-LONG DRUG
RECOVERY PROGRAM.
HOPING IT WOULD BE THE
CHANGE HE NEEDED.
I READ THE BIBLE
CONSTANTLY.
IT WAS THERE THAT I LEARNED
HOW TO HAVE AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
HE BEGAN TO SHOW ME HOW TO
BE DISCIPLINED AND HOW TO
ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO
OVERTAKE MY LIFE.
AND TO LET HIM HAVE THE
GREATER INFLUENCE IN MY
LIFE.
IT WAS JUST SO REAL FOR ME.
I WAS FREE.
AND THE ENEMY DIDN'T HAVE NO
POWER OVER ME.
SATAN DIDN'T HAVE NO POWER
OVER ME.
DRUGS DIDN'T HAVE NO POWER
OVER ME.
Reporter: KIM HAS BEEN
LIVING DRUG-FREE SINCE
2001.
I KNOW THE STRUGGLE I
WENT THROUGH, GOD IS GOING
TO USE THAT TO SHOW LOVE.
THAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
THAT HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT,
AND THAT HE IS A DELIVERER.
WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS
GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT
NOW, GOD IS ABLE.
AND I'M A LIVING WITNESS.
I'M A LIVING EXAMPLE THAT
GOD IS ABLE TO TURN IT
AROUND, AND GOD IS ABLE TO
DEFEAT THAT THING BECAUSE
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU
THAN ANYTHING THAT IS IN
THIS WORLD.
Pat: YOU KNOW
SOMETHING?
HELL -- HELL IS REAL.
WHEN YOU DIE, YOU'RE GOING
TO ONE OF TWO PLACES.
YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GO TO
HEAVEN AND BE WITH THE LORD
FOREVER, OR YOU'RE GOING TO
HELL FOREVER.
YOU SEE, YOU HAVE A SPIRIT,
AND YOUR SPIRIT LIVES ON.
IT DOESN'T DIE WITH YOUR
BODY.
AND KIM KNEW THAT IN THAT
DRUG DEAL THAT WENT BAD,
WHEN HE GOT SHOT AND HE WAS
BLEEDING, HE KNEW HE WAS
GOING TO DIE, AND HE KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS GOING.
HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO
HELL.
HE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD,
AND GOD HEARD HIS PRAYER.
YOU SEE, GOD WILL HEAR YOUR
PRAYER.
HE'LL LISTEN TO YOU AND HEAR
YOUR PRAYER.
IF YOU CRY OUT TO THE LORD.
KIM DIDN'T COME AND SAY I'M
NOT WORTHY AND ALL OF THIS
STUFF.
HE JUST SAID, GOD, SAVE ME.
DON'T LET ME GO TO HELL.
AND THE LORD HEARD HIS
PRAYER.
IT TOOK A WHILE BECAUSE THAT
DRUG WAS VERY POWERFUL AND
HAD ITS HOLD ON HIM, BUT HE
FINALLY CAME FREE OF IT
BECAUSE HE TRUSTED IN THE
LORD.
NOW, LET ME ASK YOU, IF YOUR
LIFE WERE GOING TO BE
TERMINATED IN THE NEXT 10
MINUTES, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU
OUGHT TO DO.
WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO RIGHT
N NOW IS TO MAKE A DECISION
THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF
ETERNITY.
AND YOU SAY TO GOD, LORD, I
WANT TO BE WITH YOU IN
HEAVEN FOREVER.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
I DON'T WANT TO BE I IN
ETERNAL TORMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND
ETERNITY IN EVERLASTING
TORMENT.
BUT I WANT TO BE WITH YOU.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED
TO TAKE THE PRICE FOR MY SIN
AND TO OPEN THE WAY TO
HEAVEN.
AND I RECEIVE YOU AS
SAVIOR.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, GOD
WILL HEAR YOU.
AND THE PEOPLE SAYS, WHOEVER
WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH
ME RIGHT NOW.
MANY, MANY THOUSANDS HAVE,
AND I WANT YOU TO JOIN THAT
GREAT COMPANY.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD
WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND PRAY
THESE WORDS.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY
WITH ME.
JESUS, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO
HELL.
I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
LORD, I KNOW YOU DIED SO
THAT I COULD SPEND ETERNITY
IN HEAVEN WITH YOU.
SO, LORD, RIGHT NOW I TURN
AWAY FROM SIN.
I TURN AWAY FROM THE LIFE
I'VE BEEN LIVING.
AND I OPEN MY HEART TO YOU.
AND I ASK YOU TO COME IN.
TAKE OVER MY LIFE, LORD
JESUS.
LIVE IN ME.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
I'LL LIVE FOR YOU AND I'LL
SERVE YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU'VE
HEARD MY PRAYER.
AND THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
YOU'VE COME INTO MY HEART.
NOW, I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW, FOR THOSE WHO
PRAYED WITH ME.
FATHER, MAY YOUR ANOINTING
POWER TOUCH EVERYONE WHO
PRAYED WITH ME JUST THEN.
FILL THEM WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT FROM THIS MOMENT ON
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
NOW, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I
WANT TO GIVE YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU DO
NEXT?
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED?
SO I SPENT SOME TIME IN OUR
RECORDING STUDIO SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, AND I MADE A
COMPACT DISC, AND IT IS
CALLED "A NEW DAY" IT HAS
ABOUT 70 SOMETHING MINUTES
OF VERY COMPREHENSIVE
TEACHING OF WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT.
I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE,
IF YOU JUST GIVE ME A CALL.
JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH PAT,
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I AM BORN AGAIN.
I HAVE GIVEN MY HEART TO
JESUS.
QUICKLY, GO TO YOUR
TELEPHONE.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO LOVES
YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
1-800-759-0700.
DON'T DELAY.
CALL NOW.
IF THE LINE IS BUSY FOR ANY
REASON -- I DON'T THINK IT
WILL BE, BUT IF IT IS BUSY,
I WANT YOU TO BE PATIENT AND
CALL BACK.
WE'LL BE HERE ALL DAY LONG.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, WE'LL
TAKE YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
HARRY SAYS, "THE BIBLE SAYS
THERE ISN'T SADNESS IN
HEAVEN.
DOES THAT MEAN OUR DECEASED
LOVED ONES CAN SEE OUR
SUCCESSES BUT NOT OUR
FAILURES?"
WE'LL ANSWER THAT AND MORE
AFTER THIS.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
AN APPARENT SUICIDE BOMBING
AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
TURKEY TODAY.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTES
A POLICE OFFICIAL SAYING THE
BOMBER SET OFF AN EXPLOSIVE
AT THE EMBASSY ENTRANCE
INSIDE A SECURITY CHECK
PINT.
POINT.
A SECURITY GUARD AND THE
BOMBER WERE KILLED.
THERE IS NO CLAIM OF
RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT KURDISH REBELS AND
ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS ARE ACTIVE
IN THAT AREA.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING MICROSOFT LOANS TO
HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
A FAMILY OF NOMADIC HERDS
MAN IN NIGERIA WANTED TO
MOVE CLOSER TO THE CAPITAL
SO THE FATHER COULD WORK.
HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY
KEEPING FOOD ON THE TABLE
AND COULDN'T SEND HIS
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
PROVIDED A GOAT, AND IT
PROVIDES ENOUGH MILK FOR THE
FAMILY TO STAY HEALTHY.
AND HE CAN SELL THEOFF
SPRING TO PAY BACK THE LOAN
AND TO SEND HIS CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND TERRY
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, YOU'VE
BEEN KIND TO SEND IN YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS, AND WE
WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS
TO ADDRESS THOSE.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
HARRY, WHO SAYS, "THE BIBLE
SAYS THERE IS NO SADNESS IN
HEAVEN, NO TEARS, NO PAIN,
ETC.
CONSIDERING THIS, CAN WE
ASSUME THAT OUR LOVED ONES
IN HEAVEN CAN SEE OUR HAPPY
TIMES AND SUCCESSES, BUT
THEIR SHIELDED FROM SEEING
OUR SORROWS AND FAILURES?"
Pat: WE CAN'T ASSUME
ANY SUCH THING.
I THINK WE CAN ASSUME THEY
CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WE'RE
DOING.
THEY KNOW WE'RE THERE.
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS --
THE RICH MAN SAYS, I'VE GOT
BROTHERS, CAN I GO TALK TO
THEM?
THE DEAD PEOPLE AREN'T
LOOKING IN ON YOU AND ME,
AND LOOKING IN OUR BEDROOMS
AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING OR
LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE
EATING FOR DINNER.
YOU CANNOT ASSUME THEY KNOW
OUR HAPPINESS OR SORROW.
THERE WILL BE NO SORROW,
PAIN, TEARS FOR US BECAUSE
WE'LL BE HAPPY, PERIOD.
Terry: WE JUST DID THIS
WHOLE D.V.D. ON LIFE AFTER
DEATH.
THE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT
GOING TO HEAVEN ARE SO
OVERWHELMED WITH THE MAG
MAGNIFICENCE AND THE GLORY
AND THE BEAUTY, I THINK
THEY'RE ALL THERE.
Pat: I THINK THAT'S
IT.
YOU'RE LIVING IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND
YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
ANY OTHER THING.
BUT, NO, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING
INTO THE SUFFERING OF
PEOPLE.
THAT WAS A WRONG
ASSUMPTION.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER
WHO SAYS, "I'M FEELING A
DEEP CONVICTION THAT MY WALK
WITH THE LORD ISN'T AS SOLID
AS I SENSE IT SHOULD BE.
HOWEVER, I FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO STAY AND THE WORLD
REGULARLY, TO TAKE TIME
DAILEY TO GET AWAY AND PRAY,
AND TO BE STILL AND BE WITH
THE LORD.
I SINCERELY WANT TO GET ON
THE RIGHT PATH SO I GET MORE
IN TUNE WITH THE LORD.
WHERE DO I START?
HOW DO I DISCONNECT WITH THE
WORLD LONG ENOUGH TO GET MY
LIFE RIGHT?"
Pat: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
CHRISTIAN, JUST STARTING
OUT, I LEFT BUSINESS AND WAS
IN SEMINARY.
WE HAD FAMILY AT THE TIME.
WE HAD THREE SMALL
CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW WHAT SMALL KIDS
DO -- WHEN THEY WAKE UP IN
THE MORNING, THERE IS AN
AWFUL LOT OF CONFUSION.
THEY CRY AND THEY WANT YOU
TO CHANGE THEIR DIAPERS AND
ALL OF THAT STUFF.
ALL RIGHT.
I THEN WAS STUDYING IN
SEMINARY TO TRY TO GET READY
FOR WHATEVER GOD HAD FOR
ME.
I WAS WORKING AT A CHURCH.
I HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
I HAD TO COMMUTE BACK AND
FORTH TO NEW YORK CITY.
AND WHAT DID I DO?
I HAD TO GET UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
I HAD TO GET UP AHEAD OF
THOSE CHILDREN.
WHICH MEANT I HAD TO GET UP
ABOUT 5:30 IN THE MORNING,
OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND
SPEND TIME IN THE BIBLE,
SEEKING THE LORD, PRAYING
AND STUDYING.
AND THEN THE DAY WOULD
START, AND I WAS OKAY.
I'M SORRY YOU SAY THE
WORLD -- THE DAY GETS AHEAD
OF YOU.
YES, IT DOES.
IT WILL GET AHEAD OF OF ALL
OF US.
WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO BEAT
THE DAY.
YOU HAVE TO GET UP EARLY.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, EARLY
WILL I SEEK YOU.
AND THAT'S THE ANSWER.
SO SET A TIME.
SET YOUR ALARM.
AND YOU'LL FEEL SLEEPY AND
TIRED AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
DO IT.
IF YOU DRINK TEA OR COFFEE,
HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA,
WHATEVER, AND GET UP AND
SEEK THE LORD.
READ THE BIBLE.
LET THE BIBLE SPEAK TO YOU.
AND PRAY AND TALK TO THE
LORD.
TELL HIM YOUR PROBLEMS.
AND ROLL THESE BUENAS TARDES
OTHESE BURDENS ON TO YOU.
SOME PEOPLE THINK AT NIGHT
IS BETTER, BUT I THINK EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
Terry: IT BECAME A
LIFE-LONG HABIT FOR YOU?
Pat: IT SURE DID.
MY DAY WOULD BE HORRIBLE --
IF THE DAY STARTS OUT
WITHOUT HAVING SOME TIME
WITH THE LORD, IT IS REALLY
A MESS.
Terry: DIANA SAYS, "I'M
A BELIEVER, AND MY BOYFRIEND
IS A NON-BELIEVER.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR FIVE
MONTHS.
IN THE BIBLE, IT SAYS WE
SHALL NOT BE UNEQUALLY
YOLKED.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WILL BE
THE CONSEQUENCES IF I
CONTINUE MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY NON-BELIEVER
BOYFRIEND?"
Pat: YOU WILL HAVE
FIGHTS.
YOUR BOYFRIEND WILL ASK YOU
TO DO THINGS YOU DON'T THINK
ARE RIGHT.
HE WON'T UNDERSTAND THE
BUSINESS OF BEING LED BY THE
SPIRIT.
HE WON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
THINK YOU OUT TO TITHE AS A
FAMILY, THAT YOU WANT TO GO
TO CHURCH.
AND YOU'LL BE CONSTANTLY
STRUGGLING.
BILLY GRAHAM SAID IT VERY
WISELY.
HE SAID, SOMEBODY WHO
MARRIES THE UNBELIEVER TAKES
THE DEVIL AS HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT SUBJECT
TO THE LAW OF GOD, AND YOU
ARE.
SO YOU'VE GOT A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT SET OF PRINCIPLES
AND STANDARDS TO LIVE BY.
AND YOU WANT FELLOWSHIP.
YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH YOUR
HUSBAND, WITH YOUR WIFE, THE
DEEP THINGS IN YOUR HEART.
I WAS TALKING TO THE LORD,
AND HE SAID -- AND IF THE
OTHER SPOUSE IS SITTING
THERE LAUGHING AT YOU
SAYING, DON'T BELIEVE IN ALL
OF THAT GARBAGE.
BEFORE LONG, IT WILL DEADEN
YOUR SPIRIT AND YOU'LL BE
MISERABLE INSIDE.
THE SOONER YOU BREAK THAT
RELATIONSHIP OFF AND FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE, THE BETTER
YOU'LL BE.
DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOLKED
TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
AND THE BIBLE IS RIGHT.
Terry: ANN SAYS, "CAN
YOU TELL ME THE SCRIPTURE
BASIS FOR WORSHIPPING ON
SUNDAY INSTEAD SATURDAY?"
Pat: NO, I CAN'T.
THE JEWISH SABBATH STARTS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND GOES
THROUGH SATURDAY.
SATURDAY WAS THE DAY OF REST
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THE REASON -- THE BIBLE SAYS
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
THEY WENT TO THE TOMB AND
THE TOMB WAS EMPTY.
AND HE HAD RISEN AND THERE
WERE ANGELS.
SO THE EARLY CHURCHES BEGAN
MEETING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
THE WEEK, WHICH IS SUNDAY.
THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
IT IS SCRIPTURE BASES.
THE BIBLE CLEARLY TELLS US
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
SUBJECT TODAY'S AND WEEKS
AND MONTHS AND YEARS AND
SEASONS.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FREE
FROM THAT.
GOD IS A SPIRIT.
WORSHIP HIM, AND WORSHIP IN
SPIRIT AND TRUTH.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DAY
YOU'RE WORSHIPPING HIM.
YOU WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND
TRUTH.
Terry: RUSS SAYS, "I
HAVE HEARD THAT ONE OF THE
REASONS FOR THE FLOOD IS TO
RID THE WORLD OF THE NEFELIN
-- WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: NONSENSE.
WTHIS RACE OF EVIL BEINGS
AND THE LORD HAD TO FLOOD
THE EARTH -- I'VE HEARD SOME
OF THE BIBLE TEACHERS SAY
THAT.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE EARTH WAS
FILLED WITH EVIL, AND THE
MEN'S HEART WAS ON EVIL
CONTINUOUSLY.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE
EARTH WERE GIVEN OVER TO
MURDER AND ROBBERY AND RAPE
AND LUST AND ALL THESE KIND
OF THINGS.
THE PEOPLE WERE, AND GOD
SAYS, I WILL DESTROY THEM.
I REGRET THAT I'VE MADE
THEM.
AND I WILL TAKE NOAH AND HIS
FAMILY AND START NOTHING
NEW.
BUT NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT
NEFALIN.
BUT IT MAKES AN INTRIGUING
STORY.
YOU'VE GOT A GUY TEACHING ON
TELEVISION, MAN, IT MUST BE
THE FALLEN ANGELS.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE
BIBLE THAT SUPPORTS IT.
IT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
BIBLE.
Terry: REBECCA
SAYS, "PAT, I WAS JUST
STUDYING IN THE BOC O BOOK
OF JOB, 1 AND 2, WHEN I HAD
THIS THOUGHT, KNOWING THAT
GOD IS HOLY AND SEPARATES US
FROM HIM, WHY DID GOD ALLOW
SATAN COME INTO THE LORD'S
PRESENCE, MUCH LESS TALK TO
HIM.
I WOULD THINK HE WOULDN'T
WASTE HIS TIME NOT TO
CONVERT WITH SATAN."
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS THE
SONS OF GOD.
WE USE THE TERM SATAN, BUT
HIS NAME WAS LUCIFER, WHICH
MEANT THE LIGHT ONE.
REMEMBER, JESUS WASN'T
CREATED.
HE IS GOD.
BUT SATAN WAS THE MOST
CREATED BEING, AND HE WAS
AMONG THE SONS OF GOD.
THE BIBLE IN REVELATION
TALKS ABOUT THE DEVIL BEING
THROWN DOWN TO EARTH BECAUSE
HIS DAYS WERE SHORT.
BUT IN THE TIME OF JOB, HE
HAD ACCESS INTO THE COUNCILS
OF GOD.
YOU WOULD THINK GOD WOULD BE
DISGUSTED WITH HIM BECAUSE
HE ALREADY HAD REBELLION
AGAINST GOD, BUT HE DIDN'T.
SO HE HAD ACCESS, AND GOD
SAID TO HIM, WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN?
AND HE SAID, WELL, I'VE BEEN
WALKING UP AND DOWN THE
EARTH.
HE WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO
TEST MAN, AND GOD ALLOWED
HIM, AND HAS ALLOWED HIM
OVER THE YEARS, TO WALK
FREELY SO THAT THERE WOULD
BE A TESTING OF THE FAITH
AND THE ALLEGIANCE OF
MANKIND TO GOD.
AND IF THERE WERE NO TESTER
OR TEMPTER, THEN WHERE WOULD
BE THE VICTORY?
IN ORDER TO HAVE A VICTORY,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BATTLE.
GOD HAS ALLOWED SATAN TO
HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
FREEDOM.
BUT HE SEVERELY
CIRCUMSCRIBED IT.
AND GOD SAYS THE DAY WILL
COME WHEN THE ANGELS WILL
CAST HIM INTO THE PIT, AND
HE WILL BE TORMENTED FOREVER
AND EVER.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
Terry: THAT'S NOT THE
PLAN FOR US.
Pat: NOT THE PLAN FOR
US.
BUT, YES, SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE WAY, IN THE COUNCILS OF
GOD, THE SONS OF GOD CAME
TOGETHER, AND HE WAS ONE OF
THEM.
AND THE TIME CAME THAT HE
WAS THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN.
BUT MAYBE JOB WAS -- MAYBE
THE SCENE SET THERE WAS
PRIOR TO THAT.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN.
Terry: WE APPRECIATE
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE COME IN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN KIM SAVAGE DISCOVERED A
GOLFBALL-SIZED LUMP IN HER
THROAT, SHE DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO GET IT
CHECKED OUT.
SO KIM DID THE ONLY THING
SHE FLEW T KNEW TO DO, SHE
PRAYED.
I HAD A LUMP IN MY
THROAT.
ATIMANY TIME I ATE
SOMETHING, IT WAS AN
OBSTRUCTION IN MY THROAT.
IN MY MIND, THINKING OF ALL
OF THE HORRIBLE THINGS IT
COULD BE.
AND I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE
JANUARY MY DEDUCTIBLE
STARTED OVER IN MY
INSURANCE.
$2500.
I WAS THINKING, IT WILL BE A
HUGE EXPENSE IF I GO TO THE
DOCTOR.
I HAD NOWHERE TO GO BUT TO
TRUST GOD.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.
I WAS GOING, GOD, I NEED
YOUR HELP WITH THIS.
EVERY SINGLE DAY I WATCH
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT WAS A TYPICAL DAY, I WAS
WATCHING IT, AND I WAS
PRAYING ALONE, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN WITH TERRY MEEUWSEN'S
WORD CAME FORTH.
Terry: WHEN YOU
SWALLOW, IT IS ALMOST LIKE
YOU HAVE TO SWALLOW OVER
SOMETHING IN YOUR THROAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION.
I WAS LIKE -- IT TOOK MY
BREATH.
I WAS, LIKE, THANK YOU,
LORD.
THANK YOU.
I WAS SO IN AWE.
I KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT
WHEN IT REALLY HAPPENS T TO
YOU -- HE SAW ME IN MY
DISTRESS AND MY TIME OF
NEED.
I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
THAT WAS IT, HIM AND I.
I WAS TELLING EVERYBODY.
I WAS, LIKE, LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED.
AND I'M NOBODY SPECIAL.
I'M NOT SOME SUPER SPIRITUAL
BEING.
I'M JUST A GIRL THAT WAS IN
A POSITION THAT I HAD
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
I HAD TO TRUST HIM.
AND HE MET ME IN MY GREATEST
TIME OF FEAR.
IN A NANO SECOND THAT
DISSIPATED.
AND IF HE'LL DO IT FOR ME,
HE'LL DO IT FOR ANYBODY.
Terry: HE REALLY WILL,
AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO
PRPRAY FOR YOU TODAY.
WE KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
YOUR OWN SITUATIONS, YOUR
OWN NEEDS, THE THINGS THAT
ARE HEAVEN ON YOUR HEART.
GOD HEARS AND SEES ALL OF
THAT, AND HE WANTS TO STEP
RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THAT FOR YOU, LIKE HE DID
FOR KIM.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
THIS IS BEV, AND SHE BEGAN
TO ITCH ALL OVER HER BODY.
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT
CONTINUED DAILY FOR YEARS.
SHE CONSULTED WITH SEVERAL
DOCTORS, AND TRIED REMEDIES,
SOAPS, DETERGENTS.
NOTHING WORKED.
THEN ONE DAY SHE WAS
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
PAT, SHE HEARD YOU SAY THIS:
"THERE ARE THOSE WITH
ITCHING RIGHT NOW, GOD IS
SETTING YOU FREE.
YOUR SKIN IS GOING TO BE
BETTER THAN EVER.
SHE CLAIMED THAT AND WITHIN
24 HOURS, THE ITCHING
STOPPED AND HAS NOT
RETURNED."
Pat: FOLKS, GOD IS
ALMIGHTY.
HE CREATED YOU, HE MADE YOU,
HE UNDERSTANDS YOU, AND HE
CAN HEAL YOU.
HE SAID, EVERYONE WHO CAME
TO THE APOSTLES WERE
HEALED.
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS IN
THE EARLY CHURCH, SO WHY NOT
NOW.
SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS TOGETHER.
FATHER, I JOIN WITH MY DEAR
SISTER IN CHRIST, AND WE
JOIN WITH THOSE IN THIS
AUDIENCE, AND WE PRAY RIGHT
NOW, LORD, FOR THE POWER OF
GOD TO COME INTO THEIR BEING
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME
CROOKED LIMBS THAT ARE BEING
STRAIGHTENED.
GOD IS REACHING DOWN AND
STRAIGHTENING OUT LIMBS.
BONES ARE LITERALLY BEING
REFORMED RIGHT NOW AS WE
SPEAK, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Terry: AND EVEN BONES
IN THE JAW LINE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
SUFFERING WITH T.M.J., AND
GOD IS REALIGNING YOUR JAW
AS WE'RE PRAYING RIGHT NOW.
Pat: THERE IS A LOT OF
MUCOUS AND PHLEGM IN YOUR
THROAT, AND COUGH THAT UP
AND YOU'LL BE FREE AND ABLE
TO BREATHE NORMALLY.
LORD, BLESS PEOPLE.
TAKE AWAY THEIR FEAR AND
THEIR DISTRESS AND TORMENT
IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
YOU ARE FREE.
AMEN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND, LORD WILLING, WE'LL BE
BACK ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JAMES 4: 8: "DRAW
NEAR TO GOD, AND HE WILL
DRAW NEAR TO YOU."
WE'VE GOT TELEPHONES
AVAILABLE, EVEN THOUGH THIS
PROGRAM ISN'T ON THE AIR IN
YOUR AREA, THE PHONES ARE
STILL THERE SO YOU CAN CALL
IF YOU HAVE A NEED.
HAVE YOU A GREAT WEEKEND,
AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON
MONDAY.
BYE-BYE.
[APPLAUSE]