THERE IS A LONG BLACK
TRAIN *
Lee: COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
JOSH TURNER, HOW HE FOUND
HIS VOICE.
SINGING IS WHAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO.
Lee: HOW HE LOST IT.
IT JUST PHYSICALLY HURT
TO UTTER ANY KIND OF SOUND.
Lee: AND HOW HE CAME
BACK STRONGER ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS
DEFEAT ME.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, IT WAS THE
STATE OF THE UNION, AND WAS
THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL?
NOT REALLY.
BUT THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT
AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR
AMERICA.
AND HE LAID IT IN THE STATE
OF THE UNION.
HE HAD WHAT HE WANTED TO SEE
DONE FOR AMERICA.
AND THE REACTION WAS
PREDICTABLE.
Chris: PAT, THE
PRESIDENTS PLAN COVERS THE
ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT
SPENDING, GUN CONTROL AND A
LOT MORE.
JOHN JESSOP HAS THIS LOOK AT
THE SPEECH AND WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING ABOUT IT.
Reporter: EMBOLDENED BY
A SECOND TERM IN THE OVAL
OFFICE, PRESIDENT OBAMA
DECLARED A STRONGER AMERICA
THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.
President Obama:
TOGETHER, WE HAVE CLEARED
AWAY THE RUBBLE OF CRISIS.
AND WE CAN SAY WITH RENEWED
CONFIDENCE THAT THE STATE OF
OUR UNION IS STRONGER.
Reporter: AND TO KEEP
IT ON THAT PATH, HE ARGUED
FOR A BALANCED APPROACH TO
FEND OFF THE SEQUESTER,
AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS TO
THE MILITARY AND DOMESTIC
PROGRAMS SET TO KICK IN NEXT
MONTH.
BOTH PARTIES ARE TALKING
ABOUT THEM AS IF THEY'RE A
DONE DEAL.
I THINK WE HAVE TO
IMPLEMENT THEM TO SHOW THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WE MEAN
BUSINESS ABOUT SPENDING
CUTS.
YOU WILL SEE FURLOUGHS,
AND PEOPLE WILL BE HURT,
BOTH IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
THAT HAS CONTRACTS WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT.
Reporter: AND HE
PRESSED CONGRESS TO CREATE A
FAIR, MORE COMPETITIVE
AMERICA, THAT
WOULD INCLUDE
RAISING THE FEDERAL
MINIMUM
WAGE TO $9 AN HOUR,
INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
INVESTIGATION, AND CREATING
A JOBS
PROGRAM TO FIX THE
COUNTRY'S
COLLAPSING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IDEAS CRITICIZED BY FLORIDA
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IN HIS
OFFICIAL RESPONSE.
HIS SOLUTION FOR
VIRTUALLY EVERY PROBLEM WE
FACE IS FOR WASHINGTON TO
TAX MORE, BORROW MORE AND
SPEND MORE.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA CONTINUED HIS CALL FOR
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
RECALL, AN AREA WHERE
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THEY
ARE FINDING MORE WILLING
REPUBLICAN PARTIES.
THEY GET IT.
THERE ARE GROWING NUMBERS
ALL GOING TO THE POLLS TO
VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT.
Reporter: AND NATIONAL
SECURITY, THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED 34,000 U.S. TROOPS
WILL RETURN FROM AFGHANISTAN
BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
BY THE END OF 2013, HE SAYS
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WILL
BE OVER.
HE PLEDGED TO WORK CLOSER
WITH CONGRESS TO THWART
TERRORISTS, AND THE
PRESIDENT ALSO TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THE
FIGHT FOR GUN CONTROL,
NAMING VICTIMS FROM RECENT
SHOOTINGS WHO ARE IN THE
CHAMBER.
President Obama: THEY
DESERVE A VOTE.
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS DESERVES
A VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF NEWTOWN
DESERVE A VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF AURORA
DESERVE A VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF OAK CREEK
AND TUCSON AND BLACKBURG AND
THE COUNTLESS OTHER
COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE, THEY DESERVE A
VOTE.
Reporter: ONE SAID THE
PRESIDENT'S FOCUS TO PREVENT
VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN IS TOO
NARROW.
HE FAILED TO REMEMBER LIVES
LOST TO ABORTION.
AND YET HE FAILED TO TALK
ABOUT THE THOUSAND CHILDREN
WHO WILL NEVER HAVE
BIRTHDAYS IN THE LAST MONTH
OR SO, HE LEAVES OUT THE
4,000 CHILDREN THAT DIED
TODAY IN ABORTION CLINICS.
Reporter:
WHILE
REPUBLICANS WILL CREATE
ROADBLOCKS FOR THE SECOND
TERM AGENDA, THE PRESIDENT
FACES ANOTHER CHALLENGING,
TIME, WHICH IS NOT ON HIS
SIDE.
SECOND TERM PRESIDENTS
USUALLY HAVE BETWEEN A YEAR
OR YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE
ATTENTION SHIFTS TO
THE NEXT
WAVE OF ELECTIONS, WHICH
MEANS PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
LITTLE TIME TO PULL OFF ANY
MAJOR FEATS.
Pat: THANKS, JOHN.
CBN NEWS HAD A SPECIAL
INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN WHO
GAVE THE REPUBLICAN
RESPONSE, FLORIDA SENATOR
MARCO RUBIO.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: THERE WAS MUCH
ANTICIPATION SURROUNDING
MARCO RUBIO'S REBUTTAL TO
THE READY.
HE IS A RISING STAR IN THE
PARTY, AND SOME SAY HE COULD
BE THE GOVERNMENTAL NOMINEE
IN 2016.
HE BENT DOWN TO GRAB A SIP
OF WATER.
IT DID LOOK A BIT AWKWARD.
RUBIO IS HAVING FUN WITH IT,
THOUGH.
HE TALKED ABOUT HIS SPEECH
AND THE FUTURE WITH THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH CBN'S
DAVID BRODY ON CAPITOL
HILL.
WHAT IS ONE WAY YOU
BELIEVE YOUR ADDRESS
CONTRASTED THE PRESIDENT'S?
I BELIEVE THE FREE
ENTERPRISETOMY IS THE SOURCE
OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS
PROSPERITY, AND THE
PRESIDENT THINKS THE SOURCE
IS THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS A FAR DEPARTURE FROM
WHERE MOST PRESIDENTS HAVE
BEEN.
MOST HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT
OUR FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS
PROSPERITY.
THE PRESIDENT THINKS IT IS
THE SOURCE OF OUR PROBLEM.
MITT ROMNEY TALKED ABOUT
THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,
AT LEAST THE LAST YEAR OF
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
WHY WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT
HERE, SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS
OF THE FEATURE?
IT DOESN'T NECESSARY
TRANSLATE TO VICTORY IN
2012.
WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING
ABOUT IT UNTIL HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE MAKE THE CONNECTION.
YOU OUTLINE PEOPLE'S LIVES
AND TALK ABOUT HOW IT
IMPACTS THEM.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
DEFICIT REDUCTION, BECAUSE
WHEN THE PRESIDENT TAWKS
TALKED ABOUT DEFICIT
REDUCTION, A LOT OF PEOPLE
PROBABLY LAUGHED.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE IS BEING
DECEITFUL OR REAL HONEST
WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING
THE DEFICIT?
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE
DANGER OF THE DEFICIT.
WE HAVE A NATIONAL DEBT THAT
IS ALREADY $16.5 TRILLION.
THAT FIGURE NEEDS TO BE
BROUGHT DOWN OR STABILIZED
IN COMPARISON TO OUR OVERALL
BUDGET.
THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THAT
PROBLEM -- THERE IS NO OTHER
SOLUTION -- IS THE
COMBINATION OF RAPID
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
STABILIZING OUR SPENDING.
THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE
THAT WILL HELP US DO THAT.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE
FUTURE OF THE G.O.P.?
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY?
THE CHALLENGE IS TO
CONTINUE TO APPLY OUR
PRINCIPLES TO THE CHALLENGES
OF THE 21st CENTURY.
AND THE CHALLENGES ARE
DIFFERENT FROM THE 20th
CENTURY.
WE DO HAVE MORAL DECAY, AND
MANY OF THE ANSWERS DON'T
LIE IN OUR POLITICIANS.
THEY LIE IN OUR FAITH AND
THEY LIE IN OUR FAMILIES.
I THINK IT IS OKAY FOR THE
OFFICIALS TO SAY, ONE OF THE
LEADING CAUSES OF POVERTY
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
GOVERNMENT; IT HAS TO DO
WITH OUR FAMILIES.
DOES IT COME WITH THE
SUPER MAN CAPE?
GOD HAS A FUNNY WAY OF
REMINDING US WE'RE HUMAN,
WHEN I HAD TO TAKE A DRINK
OF WATER.
THERE IS NO SAVIOR IN
POLITICS.
THERE IS ONLY ONE SAVIOR, AS
EYI POINTED OUT, AND IT
ISN'T ME.
IT'S JESUS.
I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE PAST TALKED ABOUT THE
WAY I'M TALKED ABOUT NOW.
AND THERE WILL BE OTHER
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IN THE
FUTURE, MAYBE AS EARLY AS
TODAY.
MY JOB IS TO COME UP HERE
AND DO THE BEST I CAN ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE
REST TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.
Lee: FLORIDA SENATOR
MARCO RUBIO, PAT, HE IS
COMFORTABLE ON HIS FEET.
Pat: AMAZINGLY SO.
HE VERY POISED FOR A PERSON
OF HIS AGE, FOR ANY AGE.
HE IS EXTREMELY ART
ARTICULATE, AND HE HAS GOT
THE RIGHT STUFF.
THEY'RE ALREADY SETTING IT
UP, IT WILL PROBABLY BE
RUBIO VERSUS HILLARY
CLINTON.
HIS THING RIGHT NOW, LEE, IS
IMMIGRATION.
HE WANTS EVANGELICALS TO
SUPPORT HIS IMMIGRATION
PROGRAM.
I THINK IT IS VERY WISE.
THE SON OF CUBAN IMMIGRANTS,
TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO FIX
THIS IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO IT.
HE IS HISPANIC, AND HE IS
THE BEST SPOKESPERSON THE
REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS
SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
LEE?
Lee: KENTUCKY SENATOR
RAND PAUL DELIVERED A TEA
PARTY RESPONSE TO THE
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS LAST
NIGHT.
HE CALLED FOR A BALANCED
BUDGET WITH LIMITS ON TAXES
AND SPENDING.
AND HE TOOK A SWIPE AT THE
PRESIDENT OVER GUN CONTROL.
WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT
ALLOW ANY PRESIDENT TO ACT
AS IF HE WERE A KING.
WE WILL NOT LET ANY
PRESIDENT USE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS TO IMPINGE ON THE
SECOND AMENDMENT.
Lee: AND PAUL ALSO SAYS
REPUBLICANS NEED TO WELCOME
IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA.
CHUCCHUCK HAGEL SQUEAKED
THROUGH A SENATE COMMITTEE
VOTE AND IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO BECOMING THE NEXT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
BUT REPUBLICANS WILL TRY TO
POSTPONE A FINAL VOTE.
THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
VOTED 14-11, ALONG PARTY
LINES, TO SEND HIS
NOMINATION TO THE FLOOR.
REPUBLICANS CRITICIZE
HAGEL'S PAST STANDS ON
ISRAEL, IRAN, IRAQ, AND
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AND THEY QUESTIONED WHETHER
HE RECEIVED PAYMENTS FROM
RADICAL GROUPS.
JOHN MCCAIN DEFENDED HAGEL
AS AN HONORABLE MAN, BUT IN
THE END VOTED AGAINST HIS
NOMINATION.
DEMOCRATS SAY, HOWEVER, THEY
HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO CONFIRM
HAGEL IN THE SENATE.
Pat: THERE IS SOME
QUESTION IF FROM IS 60
VOTES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT NOW.
THEY DON'T HAVE 60 VOTES.
THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO
INVOKE CLOSURE.
THE THING THEY'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THIS
IS THE GUY WHO HAS TO
APPROVE MULTI, MULTI-DEFENSE
EQUIPMENT.
THE DEPLOYMENT OF HUGE
FLOTILLA OF SHIPS INTO
VARIOUS OCEANS.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX
JOB, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE FOR IT.
ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS WHAT
SPEECH DID HE MAKE ABOUT
ISRAEL?
BIG DEAL.
HOW CAN HE RUN THIS
MONSTEROUS AGENCY AND DO IT
EFFICIENTLY.
AND NOBODY -- I MEAN NOBODY
UP THERE IS TALKING ABOUT
THE MOST IMPORTANT
QUALIFICATION: HOW CAN HE,
WITH NO EXPERIENCE, RUN ONE
OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATIONS
IN THE WORLD?
AND THE ANSWER IS THEY DON'T
KNOW, AND HE PROBABLY CAN'T
DO IT.
YOU DON'T LEARN ON TH ON
THE JOB IN A TROUBLED WORLD
LIKE WE HAVE.
LEE?
Lee: THE FRENCH
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTED
OVERWHELMING TO LEGALIZE
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND
ADOPTION BY HOMOSEXUAL
COUPLES.
THE MEASURE NOW HEADS TO THE
FRENCH SENATE, WHERE IT IS
EXPECTED TO PASS.
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO PROTEST
THE BILL.
BUT POLLS INDICATE THAT MOST
FRENCH CITIZENS SUPPORT
LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE.
ABOUT A DOZEN EUROPEAN
NATIONS NOW
ALLOW SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
TAKING
FOLIC ACID BEFORE AND
DURING PREGNANCY IS LINKED
TO A LOWER RISK OF AUTISM.
A
NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
JOURNAL OF
THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUND
THAT MOTHERS
WHO TOOK FOLIC
ACID HAD A 40% REDUCED RISK
OF GIVING BIRTH TO
A CHILD
WITH
AUTISM.
IT IS ALREADY RECOMMENDED
FOR
MOTHERS TO BE TO PREVENT
ANOTHER BIRTH
DEFECTS, LIKE
SPINE BIF BIF.
ABOUT ONE IN 88 CHILDREN IN
THE U.S. IS DIAGNOSED WITH
AN AUTISM CONDITION.
Pat: AND IT IS ALSO
RECOMMENDED FOR STROKE AND
HEART ATTACKS.
IT IS PART OF THE VITAMIN
"B" COMPLEX, AND VERY
IMPORTANT.
IF YOU DON'T TAKE VITAMINS,
YOU'RE DEFICIENT.
THERE USED TO BE A TIME WHEN
WE HAD THIS RICH SOIL, AND
WE HAD ORGANIC FERTILIZERS,
AND SO WHAT GREW OUT OF THAT
SOIL HAD ALL OF THESE
NUTRIENTS.
NOW THE SOIL IS DEPLETED OF
NUTRIENTS, AND THEY'RE GROWN
IN HOTHOUSE CONDITIONS, AND
YOU DON'T GET THE SAME
NUTRITIONAL VALUE OUT OF THE
VEGETABLES AND THE FOOD YOU
EAT.
SO YOU NEED TO SUPPLEMENT.
AND FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN
"B" COMPLEX IS IMPORTANT.
DO YOU TAKE YOUR VITAMINS,
DEAR?
Kristi: I'M NOT THAT
CONSISTENT.
I HAVE THEM, BUT I DON'T
TAKE THEM CONSISTENTLY.
Pat: YOU HAVE TO TAKE
THEM.
WE NEED YOU AROUND FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.
Kristi: I KNOW YOU'RE A
COUNTRY MUSIC FAN.
Pat: I LIKE COUNTRY
MUSIC.
I GREW UP, AND WE HAD A
PLACE CALLED STEVE'S DINER,
WHERE WE WENT LATE AT NIGHT,
WHERE THEY HAD HAMBURGERS,
SUSPECTED OF BEING MADE OUT
OF CAT MEAT -- IN ANY EVENT,
ON THE JUKEBOX THERE WAS THE
CLASSIC "WHEN WHISKEY AND
BLOOD RAN TOGETHER --" I
GREW UP ON THAT KIND OF
MUSIC.
Kristi: DID YOU GET UP
AND TWO-STEP?
Pat: I CAN'T TWO-STEP.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Kristi: COMING UP,
COUNTRY MUSIC JOSH TURNER
TALKS ABOUT THE MOMENT HE
LOST HIS VOICE AND NEARLY
HIS CAREER.
FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
YOU TO ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH,
WHERE MURDERS AND BOMBINGS
ARE COMMON PLACE.
HEAR WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE
RISKING THEIR LIVES TO STAY
THERE.
GREAT STORY.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Pat: I THOUGHT 99 OUT
OF 100 PEOPLE OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES NEVER HEARD OF
DAGESTAN.
RADICAL MUSLIMS FIGHT
RUSSIAN FORCES ALMOST EVERY
DAY.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE
OVER THE PROVINCE FOR, GUESS
WHAT?
ISLAM.
THE RELIGION OF PEACE.
BUT A SMALL BAND OF
CHRISTIANS IS SECRETLY
SHARING THE GOSPEL AMONG
MUSLIMS.
OUR GEORGE THOMAS, BRAVE
SOUL THAT HE IS.
WENT ALL THE WAY TO DAGESTAN
TO BRING YOU THIS GRIPPING
STORY IN THIS EXCLUSIVE
REPORT.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Reporter: 1,000 MILES
FROM MOSCOW.
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE IN A
20-YEAR FIGHT AGAINST AN
ISLAMIC REBELLION.
THERE ARE MURDERS OF
NATIONS AND BOMBINGS
VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY.
Reporter: ULTRA
CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS WANT
ISLAM TO RULE THIS CORNER OF
THE COUNTRY, KNOWN AS THE
NORTHERN CAUCUSES.
DAGESTAN IS THE HEART OF THE
INSURGENTINSURGENCY.
BACK IN 1999, A GROUP OF
RADICAL MUSLIMS ATTEMPTED TO
TURN DAGESTAN INTO AN
EMULATE.
THE RUSSIAN ARMY STEPPED IN
AND QUICKL QUICK STAMPED
THAT OUT.
BUT SINCE THEN, THIS
PROVINCE IS HOME TO ABOUT
2.5 MILLION PEOPLE, AND
TODAY HAS SOME 3,000 MOSQUES
AND GROWING.
THERE IS A SEGMENT OF THE
SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY AMONG
YOUTH, THAT HAVE BECOME MORE
RADICALIZED.
THEY WANT TO FOLLOW A MORE
PURE FORM OF ISLAM.
ACCORDING TO POLLS, ONE
IN THREE BAC BACK
PAKISTANIS.
HOW OPEN ARE THE MUSLIM IN
DAGESTAN TO HEARING ABOUT
JESUS CHRIST?
THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE
OPEN AND WHO HAVE HEARD
ABOUT CHRIST, BUT WE HAVE TO
BE VERY CAREFUL.
Reporter: ON A RECENT
AFTERNOON, CBN NEWS MET UP
WITH A PASTOR OF AN
UNDERGROUND CHURCH.
THEY MEET IN SMALL, DISCRETE
HOME GROUPS.
BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE WHO
ATTEND ARE CONVERTS FROM
ISLAM.
CBN NEWS AGREED TO CONCEAL
THEIR IDENTITIES FOR
PROTECTION.
HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO BE A
CHRISTIAN IN PAKISTAN?
P FOR SOME IT COULD MEAN
DEATH.
FOR OTHERS, IT MEANS DAILY
PROSECUTION OR HARASSMENT.
Reporter: A GUNMAN
KILLED HIS CLOSE FRIEND,
SULAMANOFF.
HE LED THE BIGGEST
PROTESTANT CONGREGATION IN
PAKISTAN.
THEY ACCUSED HIM OF ACTIVELY
CONVERTING MUSLIMS.
I WONDERED IF I WAS NEXT
ON THE LIST.
TO BE HONEST, I WANTED TO
LEAVE THE CITY AND NOT COME
BACK.
Reporter: BUT HE
DIDN'T.
THREE YEARS AFTER HIS
FRIEND'S DEATH, HE SAYS HE
IS MORE DETERMINED THAN
OTHER TO SHARE THE LOVE OF
CHRIST.
I GET ROUTINE THREATS
FROM MUSLIMS.
THIS IS LIFE.
Reporter: DAGESTAN IS
MORE THAN 90% MUSLIMS.
NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE HOW
MANY SECRET EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS THERE ARE.
THE CHURCH IN DAGESTAN IS
FOCUSED IN TWO AREAS,
DISCIPLESHIP AND CHURCH
PLANTING.
50 PEOPLE ATTEND ROMAN'S
CONGREGATION.
42 ARE FULL-TIME CHURCH
PLANNERS.
SOMETIMES MY WIFE JOKES
WE WON'T HAVE A CHURCH LEFT
BECAUSE THEY GET SENT OUT.
ONCE SOMEONE HAS ACCEPTED
THE LORD, WE DISCIPLE THEM
AND SEND THEM OUT.
Reporter: HE IS ONE OF
THE CHURCH PLANTERS.
WE HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT HIS
IDENTITY AND THOSE IN HIS
CONGREGATION.
HE SERVES IN A REMOTE
VILLAGE, CLOSE TO THE
CHECHNYAN BORDER.
THE VILLAGES HAVE BECOME
BREEDING GROUNDS FOR
MILITANTS.
WE TRIED TO REACH THEM
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
Reporter: ANOTHER
BELIEVER WAS SEVERELY BEATEN
WHEN HE TRIED SHARING THE
GOSPEL WITH A MUSLIM GIRL.
NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP
THE WORK OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
JUST AS GOD LOVES AMERICANS,
GERMANS, HE HAS GREAT LOVE
FOR DAGESTAN AND THE WHOLE
CAUCUS.
Reporter: SHE TEACHES
AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL, AND SHE
CAN'T OPENLY TALK ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY, BUT WHEN
STUDENTS ASK HER ABOUT HER
FAITH, SHE HAS AN ANSWER.
WHEN I CAME TO THE
SCHOOL, I WAS TOLD BY THE
STUDENTS THEY HAVE HATED
CHRISTIANS.
BUT THEIR HEARTS HAVE
CHANGED.
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS
TELL ABOUT MY CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND HUMILITY AND LOVE, AND
LEAVE THE REST TO
GOD.
Reporter: DAGESTAN AND
THE NORTHERN CAUCUSES IS ONE
OF THE LEAST EVANGELIZED
PLACES ON EARTH.
THE RISING ISLAMIC FERVOR
HAS PREVENTED MANY RUSSIANS
FROM EVEN VISITING THE
AREA.
BUT FOR ROMAN, VALENTINE,
AND OTHER BELIEVERS WHO WORK
QUIETLY IN THE SHADOWS, IT
IS A RISK WORTH TAKING TO
MAKE THE NAME OF CHRIST
KNOWN.
WE MINISTER TO DRUG
ADDICTS, WE HAVE AN OUTREACH
TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WE'RE
TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF CHURCH LEADERS.
THIS IS OUR STRATEGY.
WE MAY NOT SEE THE FRUITS OF
OUR LABOR IMMEDIATELY, BUT
WE'RE CALLED TO LAY THE
FOUNDATION, TO TILL THE SOIL
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS, IN
DAGESTAN, SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
Pat: FOLKS, THERE IS NO
PLACE WHERE THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST ISN'T GOING.
THAT IS ONE AREA.
BUT GEORGE IS BRAVE TO GO
THERE.
HIS LIFE WILL BE IN DANGER
EVERY TIME HE DOES A STORY
LIKE THAT.
BUT HE WANTED TO BRING YOU
UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING SO YOU CAN KNOW
THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T SEE
IN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.
BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A
PRESIDENT A FEW TERMS AGO
WHO SAID ISLAM IS A RELIGION
OF PEACE.
THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A
MORE SERIOUS MISSTATEMENT OF
TRUTH.
LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
DAGESTAN, FIGHTING AND
KILLING.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
CHECHNYA, FIGHTING AND
KILLING.
WHAT HAPPENS ALL AROUND THE
WORLD WHERE THE ISLAMIC
FORCES GO, FIGHTING AND
KILLING, MAIMING, BEATING,
ALL THE REST OF IT.
EXECUTIONS, STONING -- IT IS
BARBARIC.
THAT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE MUSLIMS WANT
SOMETHING BETTER.
THEY WANT A RELIGION OF
LOVE.
THEY WANT A RELIGION OF
PEACE.
AND JESUS CHRIST SAID MY
PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU, NOT
AS THE WORLD GIVES.
MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU.
IT IS THE PEACE OF GOD THAT
COMES FROM KNOWING JESUS.
WELL, ANYHOW, YOU'VE SEEN IT
HERE.
WE KEEP YOU UP TO DATE.
KRISTI.
Kristi: WHAT IS SO COOL
IS GOD IS MOVING THROUGH
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES THROUGH
DREAMS AND VISIONS AND
CONVERSIONS THAT ARE JUST
TREMENDOUS.
SO THERE IS HOPE THERE.
UP NEXT, THE MAN BEHIND THE
HIT SONG "PUNCHING BAG,"
TALKS ABOUT THE INSPIRATION
FOR HIS LYRICS.
NOTHING WAS GOING RIGHT.
I FELT LIKE A PUNCHING BAG.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEAT UP
FOR LIFE.
WE ALL HAVE THOSE DAYS.
Kristi: WE'LL TALK WITH
COUNTRY STAR JOSH TURNER
AFTER THIS.
Pat: WITH SONGS SUCH AS
"YOUR MAN," AND "LONG, BLACK
TRAIN," COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
JOSH TURNER HAS REACHED THE
TOP OF THE CHARTS.
THANKS TO HIS DEEP AND
EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL
VOICE.
AND YET, AS HE TOLD REPORTER
TIM BRANSON, IT WAS A STILL
AND SMALL VOICE THAT HELPED
LAUNCH HIS REMARKABLE
CAREER.
WATCH THIS.
* BABY, LOCK THE DOOR
Reporter: JOSH TURNER
IS ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S
BIGGEST STARS.
SINCE HIS DEBUT ALBUM IN
2003, JOSH HAS TOLD MORE
THAN FIVE MILLION RECORDS
AND HAS HAD FOUR NUMBER ONE
HITS.
I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM BACK
STAGE AT THE RYMAN
AUDITORIUM.
JOSH TOLD ME HE BELIEVES HIS
WORK IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
MAKING HITS.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY REFERRED TO
IT AS A CALLING?
OH, YEAH.
I'VE KNOWN FROM A VERY EARLY
AGE THAT SINGING IS WHAT I
WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THERE WAS THIS UNMISTAKEN,
UNDENIABLE PASSION WITHIN ME
TO SING COUNTRY MUSIC.
Reporter: HE GREW UP IN
THE SMALL TOWN OF HANNA,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE SAYS WHILE HE GOT HIS
START SINGING IN CHURCH, HIS
CALLING CAME WHEN HE WAS A
TEENAGER, OUT RIDING HIS
FOUR-WHEELER.
I WAS ASKING GOD, CAN I
DO IT?
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET
THERE?
AFTER I GOT THROUGH PRAYING,
I TOOK TIME TO BE QUIET.
THAT'S WHEN THAT STILL,
SMALL VOICE CAME TO ME AND
SPOKE TO ME AND BASICALLY
SAID, IF YOU WANT THIS, I'LL
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT I ASK ONE THING OF YOU.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST ME,
NO MATTER WHAT.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING HE
SAID IS I'M CREATING YOUR
OWN PATH FOR YOU.
Reporter: JOSH BELIEVED
THAT PATH WOULD LEAD TO
NASHVILLE.
SO HE PLANNED ON GOING TO
BEAUMONT UNIVERSITY TO STUDY
VOCAL PERFORMANCE.
BUT SOON AFTER HE GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL, HE LOST HIS
VOICE.
IT JUST PHYSICALLY HURT
TO UTTER ANY KIND OF SOUND,
TALKING, SINGING, WHATEVER.
I DEVELOPED A LESION ON MY
RIGHT VOCAL CHORD THAT SENT
ME SPIRALLING DOWNWARD.
IT WAS A SHOCK.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE DAY
THAT HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO I WAS, LIKE, WELL, THE
ONLY THING HE ASKED OF ME
WAS TO TRUST HIM, SO I
TRUSTED HIM.
Reporter: AFTER A YEAR
OF VOCAL TRAINING AND
THERAPY, HIS VOICE CAME
BACK.
MEANWHILE, HE HAD ENROLLED
AT BELMONT, WHERE HE WROTE
HIS FIRST SONG.
IT CAME FROM A VISION HE HAD
ABOUT A LONG, BLACK TRAIN.
*
THERE'S A LONG, BLACK TRAIN
COMING DOWN THE LINE *
THE TRAIN WAS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL.
I COULD SEE THE PEOPLE
STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE
TRACK, WATCHING THIS TRAIN
GO BY.
THEY WERE MESMERIZED BY IT.
THEY WERE CAUGHT UP IN THIS
DECISION, DO I GET ON IT OR
NOT.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW DEEP DOWN
THIS TRAIN WAS GOING TO TAKE
THEM NOWHERE.
IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THIS
TRAIN WAS A PHYSICAL
MEDAPHOR FOR TEMPTATION.
* BECAUSE THERE IS VICTORY
IN THE LORD *
Reporter: HE TALKED HIS
WAY INTO PERFORMING "LONG,
BLACK TRAIN" AT THE RYMAN
AUDITORIUM, THE ORIGINAL
SITE OF THE GRAN GRAND OLE
OPRY, WHERE HE RECEIVED TWO
NOMINATIONS.
THE THING THAT MADE IT SO
SPECIAL IS THAT NOBODY KNEW
ME.
IT WAS STRICTLY THE MUSIC,
THE SONG.
IT WASN'T NAME POWER.
Reporter: WHAT WAS IT
IF IT WASN'T NAME POWER?
YOU SAY IT WAS THE SONG, BUT
WHERE DID THE POWER OF THAT
SONG COME FROM?
I HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE
THAT SONG WAS A GIFT FROM
GOD.
IT CONTINUES TO RESONATE
WITH PEOPLE.
I'VE GOTTEN STORY AFTER
STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE
BEING MOVED BY THIS SONG.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
IT'S A -- I FEEL LIKE IT IS
A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ME, YOU KNOW, TO SING THIS
SONG, KNOWING HOW POWERFUL
IT IS, BECAUSE BACK THEN I
DIDN'T REALIZE IT.
Reporter: "LONG, BLACK
TRAIN," THE TITLE TRACK OF
JOSH'S DEBUT ALBUM, WENT
GOLD.
BUT ALL WAS NOT PERFECT.
NOW JOSH HAD TO LEARN THE
ROPES OF THE MUSIC
BUSINESS.
SOMETIMES THAT MEANT HAVING
TO TAKE A STRONG STANCE ON
HIS CONVICTIONS, EVEN WHEN
IT WASN'T POPULAR.
I'VE BEEN MOCKED A LOT.
I'VE BEEN MADE FUN OF THE
STANDARDS THAT I KEEP, THAT
I HOLD UP ON THE ROAD.
AND THE WAY I CONDUCT MY
BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW,
MYSELF, AND THE WAY I BEHAVE
IN HIS BUSINESS.
Reporter: ARE THESE
THINGS BASED ON YOUR STRONG
STANCE AND YOUR FAITH?
ABSOLUTELY.
JUST STUFF LIKE NO DRINKING
ON THE BUS, OR ON THE ROAD
PERIOD.
NO BRINGING WOMEN ON THE
BUS.
I CARE ABOUT MY REPUTATION.
I CARE ABOUT MY LEGACY THAT
I'M LEAVING NOT ONLY FOR MY
FANS, BUT FOR MY WIFE AND MY
CHILDREN AND MY
GRANDCHILDREN.
I WANT THEM TO LOOK BACK AND
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HE DID
IT RIGHT.
HE STOOD UP FOR WHAT WAS
RIGHT.
*
Reporter: JOSH STUCK TO
HIS GUNS AND NOW HIS LEGACY
INCLUDES TWO GRAMMY AWARD
NOMINATIONS, MULTI-PLATINUM
ALBUMS, AND A COVETED
MEMBERSHIP IN THE GRAND OLD
OPRY.
AND HE IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.
HE
RELEASED TWO ALBUMS.
AND HE RELEASED AN ALBUM AND
SINGLE CALLED "PUNCHING
BAG," WHICH IS A REFLECT OF
LIFE'S HARD KNOCKS.
* I'M A PUNCHING BAG, HIT ME
ALL YOU WANT TO *
THE PUNCHING BAG, THE
ALBUM TITLE, ALL OF THAT,
CAME FROM THIS ONE DAY THAT
NOTHING WAS GOING RIGHT.
I FELT LIKE A PUNCHING BAG.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING BEAT
UP BY LIFE.
AND WE ALL HAVE THOSE DAYS.
A LADY COME THROUGH A MEET
AND GREET HERE JUST
RECENTLY, AND SHE SAID SHE
HAD JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER.
SHE SAID THANK YOU FOR
INSPIRING ME, BECAUSE I'M
NOT GOING TO LET THIS DEFEAT
ME.
Reporter: WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN TO YOU, WHEN
SOMEBODY COMES UP AND SAYS
THAT SONG TOUCHED MY HEART
AND MAYBE CHANGED MY LIFE?
IT MEANS THAT WHAT I
WROTE AND THE TIME THAT I
SPENT, OR THAT IT TOOK
WRITING IT AND RECORDING IT
WAS WORTH IT.
Reporter: JOSH SAYS AS
THE END OF THE DAYS THINGS
THAT MATTER ARE HIS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS WIFE
AND THREE CHILDREN, HIS
FRIENDS, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY WITH GOD.
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TELL
PEOPLE ONE THING ABOUT JOSH
TURNER THAT YOU WANTED THEM
TO KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT,
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I LOVE JESUS CHRIST WITH
ALL OF MY HEART AND
EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR.
I THINK THAT SUMS UP
EVERYTHING THAT I WANT FOR
MY LIFE.
EVERYTHING I WANT FOR MY
FAMILY.
EVERYTHING I WANT FOR MY
CAREER.
I WANT IT TO BE INTERVIEWING
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO SMILE
AND TAP THEIR TOES, BUT I
WANT IT TO BE MEANINGFUL
WHEN THE DAY IS DONE.
Pat: WHAT A VOICE.
THAT GUY HAS GOT A SET OF
PIPES THAT JUST WON'T QUIT.
I REMEMBER, I THINK WE WERE
ONE OF THE FIRST THAT AIRED
THAT "LONG, BLACK TRAIN."
IT WAS KIND OF AN
EERIE-SOUNDING THING WITH
THAT VOICE OF HIS.
Kristi: YEAH.
I TELL YOU WHAT, AND I
HAVEN'T ADMITTED THAT
BEFORE.
I LIKE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC.
COUNTRY MUSIC IS NOT MY
FAVORITE, FAVORITE, BUT I'M
A FAN OF JOSH.
Pat: HE IS A SUPER
GUY.
Kristi: AND THAT
VOICE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WAKING UP TO
THAT, GOOD MORNING.
Pat: ASK HIS WIFE.
Kristi: I DIDN'T MEAN
IT THAT WAY, PAT.
Pat: HELLO, DEAR.
Kristi: ANYWAY, WE HAVE
JOSH'S C.D.s, AND ONE IS
CALLED "JOSH TURNER, LIVE
ACROSS AMERICA," AND ANOTHER
CALLED "JOSH TURNER,
PUNCHING BAG."
JUST LOOK ON TO cbn.com
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO
GET THOSE.
JAMES SAYS, "I KNOW I
RECEIVED ETERNAL LIFE WHEN I
ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY
SAVIOR, BUT WHAT ELSE COMES
ALONG WITH THAT FOR MY LIFE
ON EARTH?"
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER
THAT AND MUCH MORE WITH
"BRING IT ON," SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
RICK WARREN SAYS RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM IS UND ATTACK IN
AMERICA.
THE PASTOR OF CALIFORNIA'S
SADDLEBACK CHURCH SPOKE ON A
FORUM AT RELIGIOUS
UNIVERSITY AT GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY.
HE CALLED THE BIRTH CONTROL
MANDATE IN OBAMACARE A
DIRECT ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
HE PREDICTED THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT WILL STRIKE IT
DOWN.
AND HE SAID IF PASTORS ARE
BARRED FROM PRAYING AT
PUBLIC FUNCTIONS BECAUSE OF
THEIR OPPOSITION TO
HOMOSEXUALITY, THEN 99% OF
AMERICAN PASTORS WILL BE
EXCLUDED.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS STRUCK
DOWN A ARIZONA LAW THAT
BLOCKED FUNDING TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINICS.
THE LAW BANNED THE USE OF
MEDICARE DOLLARS FOR GENERAL
SERVICES, HE SAID.
HE RULED THAT IT VIOLATES A
PATIENT'S RIGHT TO USE THE
FUNDING WHEREVER THEY
CHOOSE.
BUT MARJORIE DANINFELD SAYS
THAT JUDGE WEIGHT'S RULING
STOPS THE FUNDING OF BIG
ABORTION CLINICS, SUCH AS
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
AS A RESULT, FUNDS WILL BE
REDUCED FOR AGENCIES THAT
PROVIDE WHOLE WOMEN'S HEALTH
CARE.
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT
RECENTLY STRUCK DOWN A
SIMILAR LAW IN INDIANA.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST
NEWS AT CBN, BY GOING
TO OUR
WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
AFTER THIS.
*
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS TIME TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
JAMES SAYS, "I KNOW THAT
RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE IN
HEAVEN WHEN I ACCEPT CHRIST
AS MY SAVIOR, BUT WHAT ELSE
COMES ALONG WITH THAT FOR MY
LIFE NOW.
I KNOW IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT
ME AND MY LIFE TO AIM TO
GLORIFY GOD, BUT DO I
RECEIVE GIFTS OF SOME KIND
AS A RESULT OF BELIEVING IN
JESUS?"
Pat: OF COURSE YOU DO.
IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL
THING IN THE WORLD.
YOU HAVE THE PRESENCE OF
CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE THE CLOSENESS OF
TALKING TO HIM ABOUT YOUR
PROBLEMS.
YOU HAVE HIS WATCHFUL CARE.
HE HAS ANGELS LOOKING AFTER
YOU.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE GOOD
THINGS HE GIVES YOU.
ALONG WITH IT MAY COME SOME
SUFFERING AND TRIALS, BUT
THAT IS PART OF THE GAME.
THE BIG THING IS YOU'RE
WALKING WITH THE LORD AND
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE
GOING.
THERE IS A SENSE OF PEACE.
JESUS SAID, I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU MY PEACE.
HE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU
JOY.
HE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU HIS
PRESENCE.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.
YOU ARE ALL THINGS, PAUL
SAID, EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE GOT IT ALL.
YOU'RE THE HEIRS OF
SALVATION, AND YOU HAVE THE
CONSCIENCE OF KNOWING YOU'RE
A CHILD OF GOD.
HOW MUCH MORE WOULD YOU ASK
FOR?
ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE GOING
TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM
FOREVER.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
Kristi: "MY HUSBAND AND
I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, AND
WE BOTH BELIEVE WE SHOULD
TITHE, BUT MY CUSTOMER
BELIEVES WE SHOULD TITHE OFF
ALL MONEY, EVEN WHEN A
CUSTOMER GIVES US MONEY TO
BUY SUPPLIES.
I DISAGREE, BECAUSE THAT
MONEY IS NOT A PROFIT.
WE ARE SIMPLY THE MIDDLE
MAN.
WHAT IS RIGHT IN GOD'S
EYES?"
Pat: I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU OVER AND OVER, THERE
ISN'T SOME FORMULA, AND GOD
INTO A COMPUTER, THAT YOU
PUNCH IN A CERTAIN CODE AND
OUT COMES AN ANSWER.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS IN
YOUR HEART.
WHAT DOES HE SHOW YOU.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BELONGS
TO THE LORD.
IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT DO
YOU RENDER TO HIM.
I BELIEVE IN A BUSINESS,
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
YOU BANKRUPTING THE BUSINESS
IF YOU GIVE 10% OF MONEY
THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU.
OF THINGS THAT COME IN FROM
YOUR COSTUMERS, AND YOU'RE
HOLDING IT IN TRUST FOR
THEM.
THAT'S NOT YOUR MONEY.
AND IF YOU TITHE OFF YOUR
GROSS AND YOU'RE LOSING
MONEY, IT IS NOT SMART.
SO I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE
FROM YOUR PROFITS IN YOUR
BUSINESS.
AND THAT WOULD PLEASE THE
LORD. BUT I'LL TELL YOU,
WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART.
WHATEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS
SIN, THE BIBLE SAYS.
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Kristi: JAMIE WRITES
AND SAYS, "DAY IS THE FIRST
DAY OF LENT, ASH WEDNESDAY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MEANING
BEHIND ASH WEDNESDAY AND HOW
IT STARTED?"
Pat: OKAY.
I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON
THIS SO I CAN ANSWER THIS
QUESTION.
LENT MEANS LONG, SO THIS IS
THE BEGINNING OF THE LONGER
DAYS.
Kristi: I NEVER KNEW
THAT.
Pat: I DIDN'T, EITHER.
SO YOUR LETHTHENING THE TIME
AND SPRING IS BEGINNING.
IT GOES BACK TO THE SECOND
CENTURY, WHERE CHRISTIANS
SAID, WE WANT TO SHOW OUR
LOVE AND FAITH TO OUR LORD,
WHO DIED AND SUFFERED FOR
US.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A 40
DAY PERIOD WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO LIMIT, MAYBE OUR FOOD.
WE MIGHT HAVE PARTIAL
FASTS.
WE MIGHT HAVE A TIME OF
HUMILIATION, OF DEDICATION.
SO THEY START AND THOSE
ASHES THEY PUT ON ARE A SIGN
OF HUMILITY, AND THAT'S IN
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
PRIMARILY.
BUT THAT IS THE IDEA.
AND SO MARDI GRAS IS FAT
TUESDAY.
AND WE'VE TAKEN IT TO
EXCESS.
THESE DRUNKEN REBELS -- THEY
HAVE, LIKE, I'M GOING TO GET
IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM BEFORE I
HAVE TO CLOSE IT DOWN AND
START LIVING HOLY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD WANTS.
NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS A
40-DAY PERIOD WHERE WE'RE
GOING TO HONOR GOD AND LIVE
A MORE RESTRAINED LIFE IN
APPRECIATION OF THE
SACRIFICE OF JESUS.
THAT'S WHAT LENT IS.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS, AND,
YES, ASH WEDNESDAY IS THE
BEGINNING OF LENT.
40 DAYS.
IT WILL STOP ON WHAT IS
CALLED MONDAY THURSDAY.
"OUR DAUGHTER HAS LIVED
WITH HER BOYFRIEND FOR TWO
YEARS, AND THEY ARE COMING
AND ASKED IF THEY CAN STAY
IN THE SAME ROOM.
WE DON'T WANT TO OFFEND THE
LORD.
ARE THERE ANY SCRIPTURES
THAT WOULD GIVE US GUIDANCE
ON THIS?"
Pat: HE HAD COMMITS
FORNICATION IS COMMITTING
SIN ON HIS OWN BODY.
WHY DON'T THESE KIDS GET
MARRIED.
MARRIAGE IS FOR THE
PROCREATION OF CHILDREN, BUT
THEY'RE HAVING SEX, AND
THEY'RE HAVING COMPAN
COMPANIONSHIP, BUT THEY'RE
NOT TAKING ON THE
RESPONSIBILITIES.
WHEN THEY COME TO STAY WITH
YOU, YOU SAY, I THINK WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF YOU
WANT TO GET MARRIED.
BUT YOU'RE UNDER MY ROOF,
AND I'M NOT GOING TO CONDONE
FORNICATION.
I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU AIN'T
GOING TO DO THAT WHILE
YOU'RE SLEEPING IN MY
BEDROOM.
Kristi: COME ON,
BROTHER.
Pat: AND MAYBE YOUR
STAND WOULD DO SOMETHING TO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONSIDER
MARRYING.
YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN AND
SAY, LISTEN, YOU KIDS, WHY
DON'T YOU GET MARRIED?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK.
Kristi: TERRY SAYS, "I
HEARD A PREACHER SAY WHEN
YOU ARE SAVED, YOU ARE SAVED
OF ALL SINS, PAST, FUTURE,
ARE FORGIVEN, AND WE ARE NOT
TO WORRY ABOUT WRONGS WE
HAVE COMMITTED.
IS THAT SCRIPTUREAL?"
Pat: WELL, IT IS AND IT
ISN'T.
THE SALVATION FOR
EVERYTHING, PAST AND
PRESENT.
BUT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID
THERE ARE SOME THAT SAID
LET'S SIN BOLDLY.
WE DON'T PRESUME ON THE LORD
AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, I'M
SAVED.
I MADE A DECISION.
I WENT FORWARD IN CHURCH AND
ACCEPTED JESUS, SO I'M FREE
TO HAVE SEX, GET DRUNK, TO
DO WHATEVER, AND ALL WILL BE
FORGIVEN.
THAT ISN'T THE WAY THE GAME
IS PLAYED.
IT'S LIKE YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOU SAY TO YOUR WIFE,
OKAY, WE'RE MARRIED, AND I
JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH
FOOLING AROUND I CAN DO
BEFORE YOU LEAVE ME.
THAT ISN'T THE ATTITUDE.
THE ATTITUDE IS, I LOVE YOU
AND HOW CAN I SERVE YOU AND
WHAT CAN I DO?
SO THIS WHOLE IDEA OF OKAY,
EVERYTHING I DO IS
FORGIVEN.
THAT ISN'T THE WAY YOU PLAY
IT.
YOU PLAY IT, LIKE, HOW DO I
SHOW MY LOVE TO JESUS.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN,
YOU WILL LIVE FOR HIM AND
YOU WILL KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS.
IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL
KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
AND MY COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT
BURDENSOME.
TO SAY, WELL, I'M SAVED SO
EVERYTHING I DO IS
FORGIVEN -- WELL, I MEAN, HE
IS NOT LEGAL -- HE IS NOT A
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER.
Kristi: CLAUDIA SAYS --
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO END
US OFF -- "IS IT ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL TO BE SAVED.
THE REASON I ASK IS MY
MOTHER HAD NOT BEEN BAPTIZED
WHEN SHE DIED, BUT I BELIEVE
SHE IS SAVED AND I KNOW IN
MY HEART I WILL SEE HER IN
HEAVEN."
Pat: THERE ARE SOME WHO
THINK UNLESS YOU'RE
BAPTIZED, YOU'RE NOT
REGENERATEED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT
THEY MEANT.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID GOD
DIDN'T SEND ME TO BAPTIZE
WITH THE PRIEST OF THE
GOSPEL.
IF BAPTISM WAS ALL THAT
IMPORTANT, APOSTLE PAUL
WOULD HAVE SAID THAT GOD
SENT ME TO BA BAPTIZE.
IT IS A SALVATION OF FAITH,
AND THIS IS A SIGN THAT THE
OLD LIFE HAS BEEN WASHED
AWAY, AND YOU'VE BEEN BURIED
WITH CHRIST AND RAISED IN
CHRIST.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
BAPTIZED.
ACCORDING TO WHAT I SEE THAT
THE BIBLE SAYS.
IN ORDER TO GO TO HEAVEN --
IF SOMEBODY IS LYING IN A
HOSPITAL BED AND HE ACCEPTS,
I ACCEPT JESUS AS MY SAVIOR,
AND HE DIES, BUT HE DIDN'T
HAVE A CHANCE TO GET
BAPTIZED.
CERTAIN UNIONS SAY YOU HAVE
TO BE BAPTIZED, BUT I DON'T
AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU ASKED MY OPINION, AND I
HAVTHINK I HAVE THE BIBLE
TO BACK ME UP.
IN AMERICA, WATER, ISN'T IT
NICE?
YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM OR
THE SINK IN THE KITCHEN, AND
YOU TURN ON A FAUCET, AND
WATER COMES OUT, CLEAR, PURE
WAS THE.
IN ONE HONDURAN VISIT,
GETTING A DRINK OF CLEAN
WATER MEANS A FOUR-HOUR
WALK.
Reporter:
EVERY COUPLE
OF DAYS, MICHEL AND HIS WIFE
AND CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK
FOUR HOURS IN THE BLAZING
SUN TO COLLECT A FEW
CONTAINERS OF WATER.
I REMEMBER A FEW TIMES WE
ASKED A FARMER IF WE CAN GET
WATER FROM HIS POND, BUT HE
SAID NO.
IT WAS RESERVED FOR HIS
ANIMALS.
Reporter: DURING THE
RAINY SEASON, THE RIVERS
SWELL, AND IT CAN BE
DANGEROUS.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE RISKS JUST
TO GET A FEW GALLONS.
ONE DAY I FELL DOWN INTO
THE POND, AND I HAVE TO GRAB
BRANCHES TO SAVE MYSELF.
Reporter:
MICHEL
REMEMBERS
ONE
DAY HAVING TO
SAVE A BOY IN THE STREAM.
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER
AND HE WOULD HAVE DIED.
Reporter: THE
GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO DIG A
WELL, BUT IT NEVER
HAPPENED.
THEN "OPERATION BLESSING"
DISCOVERED THE COMMUNITY IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND
IMMEDIATELY DUG A WELL FOR
THEM.
WE ALSO PUT PIPES TO BRING
WATER TO EVERY HOME.
SINCE "OPERATION
BLESSING" CAME TO HELP US,
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED FOR
US IN OUR VILLAGE.
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FEEL
SAFE, AND EVERYONE IS TOE
GRATEFUL FOR THE WATER.
THE WATER YOU BROUGHT TO
US IS A GREAT BLESSING.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
MARVELOUS?
CLEAR, PURE WATER.
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU
CALLED, "LIFE BEYOND THE
GRAVE."
I WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.
IT IS D.V.D.s OF ACTUAL
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED AND
COME BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
WE WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM
ASKING YOU TO HELP US TO
HELP PEOPLE LIKE THOSE IN
HOHONDURAS.
ONE SICK PERSON AT A TIME,
ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME.
WE CAN DO A LOT OF GOOD.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
IT TAKES 65 CENTS A DAY,
LESS THAN A PRICE OF
COFFEE.
I HEARD SOMEBODY THE OTHER
DAY THAT WAS GOING BY A
STORE AND SPENDING $5 FOR A
COTTON-PICKING CUP OF
COFFEE.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
$5, $6 JUST FOR COFFEE.
Pat: A MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER, TIMES $30 A
WEEK -- FOR 65 CENTS, YOU
CAN BRING CLEAN WATER TO
SOMEBODY'S LIFE AND CHANGE A
VILLAGE.
CALL IN RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
KRISTI?
Kristi: COMING UP,
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRAYING
FOR YOU AND YOUR NEEDS, BUT
FIRST NEED A HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT WHO WAS HEALED FROM
YEARS OF BACK PAIN AFTER
TURNING ON THE TV.
Kristi: WELL, THE MOST
COMMON TYPE OF CHRONIC PAIN
IN AMERICA IS BACK PAIN.
AND IT EFFECTS, OH, MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF ADULTS, BUT
IT ALSO IS AN ISSUE THAT
CEDERICK CORNER STARTED
DEALING WITH WHEN HE WAS
JUST IN SIXTH GRADE.
HIS BACK FLARED UP FOR
YEARS, UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN HE
WAS WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
Reporter: CEDERICK
CONNOR LOVES TO RUN, BUT
BACK PAIN STARTED TO CRIPPLE
HIS BODY.
OUT OF NOWHERE, I WOULD
GET THIS EXCRUCIATING PAIN
IN MY BACK.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I
WOULD STAY OUT OF SPORTS AND
SIT AROUND ALL DAY.
IT GOT SO BAD ONE DAY WHERE
I LAID ON THE SOV FA --
SOFA FOR THREE HOURS
STRAIGHT.
IN SCHOOL, MY TEACHER WOULD
HAVE TO TELL ME TO SIT UP.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
Reporter: HIS CONDITION
CHANGED ONE DAY WHEN HE
WATCHED "THE 700 CLUB."
I GET HOME FROM SCHOOL,
AND MY MAMA WAS WATCHING
IT.
SO I SAT DOWN AND I WAS
WATCHING IT WITH HER.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE TV,
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
HEALING.
THEY PRAYED FOR PEOPLE WHO,
LIKE, PAIN.
Kristi: THERE IS ALSO
ANOTHER PERSON, AND YOU'VE
ACTUALLY VERBALLY SAID THIS,
THERE IS A WRENCH IN YOUR
BACK.
THE LORD IS HEALING THAT
RIGHT NOW.
STAND UP, BECAUSE IT IS
BETTER TO STAND THAN TO SIT,
AND YOU DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T
DO.
BY FAITH YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR
PERFECT HEALING.
WHEN THEY TOLD US TO GET
UP AND DO THINGS WE COULDN'T
DO, IT WAS GONE.
MY WHOLE BACK, IT FELT
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
I FELT THIS SOOTHING FEELING
THROUGH MY BACK.
THE BIGGEST LESSON HE HAS
TAUGHT ME IS HE CAN DO
ANYTHING.
I FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS,
REALLY.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
Kristi: I LOVE THAT.
YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE
SHOW JOSH TURNER WAS TALKING
ABOUT TRUST.
AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT
ALL BOILS DOWN TO.
OUR WHOLE FAITH WALK IS
ABOUT TRUST.
DO YOU TRUST THAT GOD CAN
HEAL YOU?
IF YOU DO, WE'RE GOING TO
STAND IN AGREEMENT, AND PAT
AND I ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR
YOUR NEEDS.
Pat: HERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE I WANT TO TELL YOU.
WANDA OF GEORGIA IS A
CASHIER, AND SHE HAS TO
STAND ON HER FEET FOUR
EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS.
LAST YEAR SHE STARTED HAVING
A BURNING SENSATION IN HER
RIGHT FOOT, AND THEN AFTER A
FEW WEEKS, IT STARTED IN HER
LEFT FOOT.
AFTER COMING HOME FROM WORK,
IT WOULD TAKE HOURS FOR THE
PAIN TO GO AWAY.
ONE DAY WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM, SHE HEARD KRISTI
SAYS THERE IS SOMEONE WITH
SOMETHING ON THE BOTTOM OF
YOUR FOOT AND THE LORD IS
HEALING YOU.
AND SHE SAID THAT'S ME AND
THE BURNING STOP.
Kristi: KATHRYN HAD A
PERSISTENT COUGH, WHICH WAS
CONSTANT AND EMBARRASS FOR
YOU.
SHE WENT TO DOCTORS, BUT
RECEIVED TO CLEAR
DIAGNOSIS.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND YOU SAID, PAT, YOU'VE
BEEN COUGHING AND COUGHING
AND COUGHING, AND THE LORD
JUST HEALED YOU.
IT IS LIKE COOL AIR IS
COMING INTO YOUR LUNGS.
KATHRYN CLAIMED THE HEALING,
AND A FEW DAYS LATER,
SITTING AT HER DESK, SHE
FELT HER LUNGS OPEN AND SHE
HAS BEEN CLEAR EVER SINCE.
Pat: FOLKS, GOD
ALMIGHTY MADE YOU AND HE CAN
FIX YOU.
THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD
FOR HIM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK
THE AUTHOR OF LIFE TO COME
INTO YOUR HEART AND HEAL
YOU.
FATHER, WE JOIN HANDS
TOGETHER AND WE SPEAK THE
WORD IN THE MAI NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,
MAY THE HEALING POWER OF
CHRIST COME INTO YOUR LIFE.
MAY YOU KNOW THE TOUCH FROM
THE LORD.
A KNEE IS BEING HEALED, THE
PAIN AND INFLAMMATION IS
GOING.
ARTHRITIS IS BEING HEALED.
PEOPLE WHO'S SKELETONS THAT
HAVE BEEN CRIPPLED BY
ARTHRITIS, THEY'RE POPPING
AND OPENING UP.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
TOUCH!
Kristi: THE LORD IS
HEALING SOMEONE WITH A
URINARY TRACT.
AND THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH MERSA, AND THE
LORD IS HEALING THAT.
Pat: LORD, FOR THOSE
WHO ARE SUFFERING FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS, THOSE WITH MARITAL
PROBLEMS, WHATEVER THE
PROBLEM, LORD, LISTEN TO THE
CRY OF YOUR PEOPLE AND REACH
DOWN AND TOUCH THEM WE PRAY,
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AMEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
PRAYER REQUESTS, WE HAVE
PEOPLE ON THE TELEPHONES WHO
ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A
DAY.
THEY'RE HERE.
AND IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY
SPECIFICALLY TO LISTEN TO
YOUR NEED AND PRAY WITH YOU,
CALL.
IT'S 1-800-759-0700.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM THE BOOK OF
MALACHI: "TO YOU WHO FEAR MY
NAME, THE SON OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL ARRIVE
WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS."
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE'VE
GOT. WE APPRECIATE THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US
TODAY.
AND KRISTI, IT IS GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU, AND GOD BLESS
YOU.
AND DON'T FORGET YOUR FOLIC
ACID.
Kristi: I WON'T FORGET
MY FOLIC ACID, AND TOMORROW
IS VALENTINE'S DAY.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
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Pat: A TIME OF LOVE AND
JOY.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
UNTIL THEN, BYE-BYE.
