Pat: A HOUSE DIVIDED
AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT
STAND.
Lee: ALL FOR ONE, AND
ONE FOR ALL.
Pat: IF YOU CAN GET
TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING
YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH.
Lee: IT'S THE
GUARANTEED WAY TO SUCCEED,
STRAIGHT FROM THE SECRET
KINGDOM.
Pat: NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
Lee: LEARN ABOUT THE
LAW OF UNITY, TODAY ON "THE
700 CLUB."
Pat: IF YOU HAVE
DISHARMONY, YOU ACCOMPLISH
NOTHING.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
MAN, IT'S COLD OUT THERE IN
TEXAS AND KANSAS.
AND A BIG SNOWSTORM.
AND AMARILLO, I UNDERSTAND,
HAS RECORD SNOWFALL, A FOOT
AND A HALF OUR SO.
IT IS REALLY SLICK.
IT KEEPS ON SNOWING.
Kristi: AND IT RAINED
LIKE A BANCHI HERE.
Pat: IT KEPT RAINING
AND RAINING AND RAINING.
GUESS WHICH AGE GROUP HAS AN
EPIDEMIC OF S.T.D.s.
Kristi: I WOULD
INSTANTLY SAY THE YOUNGER
GROUP, BUT I'M THINKING IT
IS THE WRONG ANSWER.
Pat: THAT'S THE WRONG
ANSWER.
SENIORS, OLD LADIES, THEY'RE
OUT THERE DOING IT.
Kristi: WELL, THEY'RE
NOT OUT THERE DOING IT BY
THEMSELVES.
Pat: I KNOW.
AND THEY'RE CATCHING THINGS,
TOO.
YOUNG AND OLD.
Kristi: WHAT A WAY TO
START THE SHOW, PAT.
Pat: I THINK WE SHOULD
BRING SOME OF THESE THINGS
OUT.
AND WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS ON
THE HOUSING FRONT.
WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS ON
THIS PROGRAM AND INTERESTING
QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE
ASKED.
FIRST OF ALL, IT SEEMS LIKE
WE'RE IN PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN
MODE.
THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO
CAMPAIGN.
AND HE WAS IN -- GUESS WHAT
HE WAS GOING AFTER IN
NEWPORT NEWS YESTERDAY?
Kristi: WHAT, PAT,
WHAT?
Pat: CORPORATE JETS.
IF WE JUST STOP THOSE
CORPORATE JETS.
Kristi: NO!
Pat: I SAW ONE
COMMENTATOR SAY IF YOU TAKE
AWAY THE EXEMPTION FOR THE
DEDUCTION FOR ALL OF THE
CORPORATE JETS FOR 100
YEARS, YOU WOULD PAY HIS
DEFICIT FOR A MONTH.
SO, IN ANY EVENT, THEY'RE
NOT FOCUSING ON THE
PROBLEM.
BUT WE'LL TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT IT.
Kristi: WE WILL.
AND WHO WILL TELL YOU?
EPHRAIM GRAHAM.
HE HAS A LOOK AT WHAT THE
LOCALS ARE SAYING ABOUT
THESE BUDGET CUTS, AND HOW
THEY PLAN TO DEAL WITH
THEM.
Reporter: WHITE HOUSE
NUMBERS PROJECT, VIRGINIA
WOULD BE AMONG THE HARDEST
HIT BY A DROP IN PENTAGON
SPENDING.
AS PART OF THE $85 BILLION
IN AUTOMATIC BUDGET CUTS
THAT ARE PART OF THE
SEQUESTRATION.
AROUND 90,000 CIVILIAN@ú
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WORKERS
COULD BE FURLOUGHED, SO THE
PRESIDENT TOOK HIS CASE TO
THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION OF
VIRGINIA.
HOME TO AMERICA'S LARGEST
MILITARY INSULATION.
HE PAID A VISIT TO THE
SHIPYARD IN NEWPORT NEWS,
WHERE ALL OF THE NAVY'S
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE
BUILT.
IT EMPLOYEES THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN
SHIPS FOR THE NAVY AND THE
COAST GUARD.
President Obama: THIS
SEQUESTER USES A MEAT
CLEAVER.
Reporter: BUT SOME CALL
THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN FOR
THE AUTOMATIC CUTS A PUSH TO
SPREAD FEAR AMONG THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AT THIS HAMPTON ROADS
TOWNHALL THREE CONGRESSMEN
HEARD MORE FRUSTRATION AND
FEAR.
ZUES IS A BIKER.
HE OWNS THIS CUSTOM BIKE
SHOP, AND 90% OF HIS
COSTUMERS ARE MILITARY
MEMBERS.
GUYS THAT ARE BEING READY
TO BE DEPLOYED, THEIR
DEPLOYMENTS ARE GETTING CUT,
OR THEY'RE NOT SURE, SO
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND
THEIR RECREATION MONEY
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEIR HOME FIRST.
Reporter: SO HE IS
TAKING CARE OF HOME, TOO.
HE HAS DELAYED EXPANDING HIS
BUSINESS, PUT OFF HIRING
PEOPLE, AND EVEN CUT HIS OWN
PAY.
HE WOULD LIKE WASHINGTON TO
FOLLOW HIS BUSINESS MODEL.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
IT IS JUST TIME THAT WE
MAKE THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
OTHERWISE, THEY'RE GOING TO
GET LET GO.
I'VE HAD EMPLOYEES -- IT'S
LIKE, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING
THE JOB THAT YOU'RE HIRED TO
DO, I CAN'T KEEP PAYING
YOU.
Reporter: THAT
FRUSTRATION DOESN'T FALL ON
DEAF EARS.
IT IS WHY REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT MITCHELL,
ROBERT WIBETTMAN, AND RANDY
FORBES, CALLED THE TOWN
MEETING.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS
HAPPENING IS VERY, VERY
HIGH.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
TALK TO OTHERS AND SAY, WHAT
THIS MEANS TO THE NATION AS
A WHOLE.
WHAT THIS DOES TO OUR
MILITARY READINESS.
DEFENSE IS NOT A FAUCET.
YOU DON'T JUST TURN IT OFF
FOR THREE MONTHS AND TURN IT
BACK ON.
SOME OF THESE
AVAILABILITIES, IF THEY GET
DELAYED, IT WILL NEVER
HAPPEN.
Reporter: THE THREAT OF
CUTS TO MILITARY TRAINING IS
WHAT WORRIES AMANDA.
HER HUSBAND HAS DEPLOYED
THREE TIMES.
WE DISCUSSED WHAT IT IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE, LIKE, IT IS GOING TO
BE UGLY.
WE'RE HOPING THEY COME TO AN
AGREEMENT AND SOMETHING
PASSES, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN
CLEARLY FIX.
AND WE JUST NEED TO GET TO
WORK AND DO IT.
Reporter: CONGRESSMAN
BOBBY SCOTT IS ALSO HEARING
FROM FRUSTRATED HAMPTON
ROADS VOTERS.
THE DEMOCRAT MADE THE
UNPOPULAR VOTE AGAINST
EXTENDING THE TAX CUTS BACK
IN JANUARY.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE
EXTENDED THE TAX CUTS UNTIL
THE SE SEQUESTER WAS TAKEN
CARE OF.
Reporter: FOR NOW, THE
SEQUESTER APPEARS LIKELY, IF
NOT CERTAIN.
BUT MANY OF THOSE AFFECTED
BY IT SAY THEY'LL GET BY AND
MAKE DO AS THEY HAVE TO.
THEY WIS WISH WASHINGTON
WOULD FIND A WAY TO DO THE
SAME.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: IT WOULD BE SO
SIMPLE IF THEY WOULD LOOK
AND SAY THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS WE'RE DOING THAT JUST
ARE NOT NECESSARY.
AND WE COULD STOP THEM IF WE
JUST HAD AN INTELLIGENT LOOK
AT IT.
BUT THE PRESIDENT IS
COMMITED TO ONE THING:
BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER
GOVERNMENT WITH HIGHER AND
HIGHER TAXES.
THAT'S HIS GOAL, TO EXPAND
THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT.
AND HE ISN'T GOING TO HEAR
ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES
CUTTING IT BACK.
HE JUST IS GOING TO SAY,
I'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE MONEY,
MORE MONEY, MORE MONEY.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT
THESE CUTS IN ON THE BACKS
OF THE POOR.
AND YOU'RE EXEMPTING THESE
RICH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CORPORATE JETS AND SO
FORTH.
HE SAID CORPORATE JETS IN
NEWPORT NEWS.
AND ONCE AGAIN HE IS PLAYING
THAT CARD.
I'LL TELL YOU, THESE GUYS
HAVE GOT TO GET TOGETHER,
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO CARES ABOUT
AMERICA.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
CONGRESSMEN WHO CARE ABOUT
AMERICA.
THEY NEED TO GET TOGETHER.
THERE ARE EASY SOLUTIONS TO
THIS ONE.
I MEAN, 2%, 3% OUT OF A
GIGANTIC BUDGET, OUT OF A
HUGE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
IS NOTHING.
BY THE WAY, I HAVE A M MIA
COPA.
I SAID THAT CHUCK HAGEL
DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE.
I WAS WRONG.
SOMEBODY E-MAILED ME AND
SAID YOU ARE WRONG.
HE WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF
VANGUARD CELLULAR, AND HE
WAS THE PRESIDENT OF A
BANKING FIRM IN NEBRASKA.
AND HE HAD OTHER BUSINESS
INTERESTS.
SO HE WASN'T JUST A GRUNT ON
THE FRONT LINES WHO GOT
WOUNDED.
HE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE HE'LL
TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
Kristi: WE HOPE.
Pat: WE EARNESTLY HOPE
SO.
OUR NEW SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE
SPENDING CUTS.
LEE WEBB HAS THE STORY ON
THE VOTE, THE BATTLE OVER
THE NEW SECRETARY.
LEE?
Lee: FORMER REPUBLICAN
SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL IS
FINALLY TAKING CHARGE AT THE
PENTAGON.
THE SENATE VOTED TO CONFIRM
HIM, DESPITE STRONG
OPPOSITION FROM HER FORMER
G.O.P. COLLEAGUES.
THE VOTE WAS 58-41.
REPUBLICANS, THOUGH, STILL
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT
HAGEL IS UP TO THE JOB.
THERE IS SIMPLY NO WAY TO
SUGAR COAT IT.
SENATOR HAGEL'S PERFORMANCE
BEFORE THE SENATE ARMS
SERVICE COMMITTEE WAS
REMARKABLY INEPT.
WE SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLING
A DEFENSE SECRETARY WHO IS
OBVIOUSLY NOT QUALIFIED FOR
THE JOB, AND WHO HOLDS
DANGEROUSLY MISGUIDED VIEWS
ON SOME OF THE IMPORTANT
ISSUES FACING NATIONAL
SECURITY POLICY FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
Lee: THE VOTE ENDED ONE
OF THE TOUGHEST FIGHTS OVER
A CABINET CHOICE IN 20
YEARS.
THE HOUSING MARKET IS
SHOWING MORE SIGNS THAT THE
HOUSING RECOVERY IS REAL.
THE HOME PRICES HAVE ROSE
THE MOST SINCE 2008.
THEY INDICATE THAT THE
HOUSING RECOVERY IS
SUSTAINABLE.
RECORD-LOW MORTGAGE RATES IS
A MAJOR REASON.
BUT HOUSING ANALYSTS CAUTION
THAT THE HOME MARKET STILL
HAS A WAY TO GO BEFORE IT IS
CONSIDERED TRULY HEALTHY
AGAIN.
RESIDENTS OF A SMALL EAST
TEXAS TOWN ARE ONCE AGAIN
TAKING UP THE DEBATE OVER
BIBLE VERSES ON BANNERS AS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES.
THE COOTS SCHOOL OPENED ITS
DOORS TO A PUBLIC MEETING.
THEY WANTED TO INSPIRE
THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM.
THEY ARE TRUE LEADERS.
WHAT IF NEXT YEAR A HINDU
STUDENT OR BUDDHIST STUDENT
MAKES THE TEAM.
IS SHE GOING TO GET KICKED
OFF FOR NOT AGREEING WITH
IT.
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE.
I HAVE LEARNED TO SHARE
MY FAITH.
BEING TOLD YOU CAN'T DO THAT
IS NOT EASY.
Lee: CBN NEWS BROUGHT
YOU THIS STORY OF THE BIBLE
VERSE BANNERS LAST FALL.
THE SCHOOL BOARD BANNED THEM
AT FOOTBALL GAMES AFTER THE
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE SCHOOL.
BUT THE JUDGE HAS BLOCKED
THE BAN AS THE TOWN AWAITS A
TRIAL THIS SUMMER.
A LACK OF SLEEP CAN HAVE AN
IMPACT ON MORE THAN JUST
YOUR MOOD.
JUST ONE WEEK OF POOR SLEEP
COULD AFFECT UP TO 700
DIFFERENT GENES.
THOSE GENES ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM,
METABOLISM, AND STRESS
RESPONSES.
RESEARCHERS SAY DISRUPTING
THOSE GENES INCREASES THE
RISK OF HEART DISEASE,
DIABETES, OBESITY, AND
STRESS.
Pat: THANK YOU.
KRISTI, I DO HOPE YOU GET
ENOUGH SLEEP.
Kristi: THAT IS THE ONE
THING YOU CAN NEVER WORRY
ABOUT.
I LOVE SLEEP.
I REALLY DO.
NOT JUST EIGHT HOURS.
NINE, TEN, AND I AM LOVELY.
Pat: THERE ARE TWO
HORMONES, ONE IS CALLED
GERLIN AND ONE IS CALL
LEPTIN.
IF YOU LOSE SLEEP, YOU GET
HUNGRY.
YOU WANT MORE FOOD.
THE STUDY SHOWS IT HAS
DEVASTATING IMPACT.
SO YOU NEED SEVEN OR EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT, AND
MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET IT.
Kristi: HOW MANY HOURS
OF SLEEP DO YOU GET?
Pat: I DON'T KNOW.
MIDNIGHT TO SIX -- HOW LONG
IS THAT?
Kristi: SIX HOURS.
Pat: 11 TO SIX --
Kristi: SEVEN HOURS.
I WILL GO TO BED AT 9:00 AND
STILL TRY TO WAKE UP AT
9:00.
DON'T GET ME STARTED.
Pat: GOOD FOR FU.
THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SO
VIVACIOUS.
Kristi: COMING UP, THEY
ARE THE FEW AND THE PROUD.
LEARN ABOUT AMERICA'S FIRST
BLACK MARINES, UP NEXT.
Pat: WELL, I'M PROUD TO
SAY THAT THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS AN EX-MARINE.
I AM A MARINE.
I SAID ONCE I'M AN
EX-MARINE, AND SOMEBODY
SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
I WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
AND GOT A COMMISSION AND
GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND
WENT TO FIRST BASIC SCHOOL
AND THEN SHIPPED OVERSEAS.
DID A FEW THINGS.
IT'S A GREAT OUTFIT.
THE MARINES ARE TREMENDOUS.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
Pat: IF YOU WANT TO
BECOME A MARINE, YOU HAVE TO
MAKE IT THROUGH TRAINING
THAT CAN BE GRUELING AND
TOUGH.
BUT ONCE YOU'VE MADE IT,
YOU'RE PART OF THAT
DISTINGUISHED CORPS FOR
LIFE.
IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE
BEEN LIKE FOR SOME OF THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO
JOIN THE FRU AN FEW AND THE
PROUD.
JOHN JESSOP BRINGS US THE
STORY OF THE MONFORD POINT
MARINES.
WE WAS CALLED THE CHOSEN
FEW.
AND THE GROUP OF COLORED
MARINES WHO FOUGHT FOR THE
RIGHT TO FIGHT.
Reporter: JUNE 1st,
1942, AT ONE MINUTE AFTER
MIDNIGHT, HUNDREDS LINE UP
AS THE MARINES RECRUIT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
THEY CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE, DOCTORS, TEACHERS,
MUSICIANS, AND ATHLETES.
SOME WERE EVEN ARMY OFFICERS
WHO TOOK DISCHARGES TO JOIN
THE MARINE CORPS AND PAVE A
NEW PATH.
THEIR JOURNEY BEGAN WITH
BOOTCAMP AT MONFORD POINT, A
SEGREGATED TRAINING FACILITY
AT CAMP LEJEUNE.
BY THE TIME I ARRIVED,
THEY SWITCHED FROM WHITE
INSTRUCTORS TO BLACK
INSTRUCTORS.
THEY FELT THAT THE ROUGHER
THEY WERE ON YOU, THE MORE
YOU LEARNED TO TAKE CARE OF
YOUR LIFE.
Reporter: RUBIN MCNAIR,
THEN A YOUNG KID FROM
MISSISSIPPI, ENLISTED IN
1944.
THE MARINES WERE, THEY
SAID, WERE FIGHTING ON LAND,
AIR, SEA, WATER, AND I
WANTED TO BE ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE.
PLUS, I LOVED THE UNIFORM.
THOSE DRESS BLUES -- I
CONTINUED WAIT TO PUT A
DRESS BLUE ON.
Reporter: HE KNEW IT
WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.
WE HAD A GENTLEMEN CALLED
JUDO JONES.
AND YOU LEARNED TO FLIP
PEOPLE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE
OTHER.
Reporter: BUT HE HAD
ANOTHER GOAL IN MIND.
BY THE TIME I WAS 10 OR
12 YEARS OLD, I COULD TAKE A
22 RIFLE AND STRIKE A MATCH
25 YARDS AWAY.
I WAS VERY SKILLFUL AT
SHOOTING.
I MADE ONE MISTAKE.
I KEPT ASKING THE DRILL
INSTRUCTOR, WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO FIRE THE GUN?
AND THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR
WOULD LOOK AT ME AND SAY,
LAD, IT'S NOT A GUN.
THIS IS A RIFLE.
Reporter: AFTER RUNNING
A FEW LAPS AROUND THE
PLATOON, HOLDING THE RIFLE
OVER HIS HEAD, HE GOT IT
RIGHT, AND SIX WEEKS LATER,
MCNAIR FINALLY GOT TO SHOW
WHAT HE COULD DO.
WE GO TO THE RIFLE RANGE,
AND MY DRILL INSTRUCTOR
COMES OVER AND PATS ME ON
THE SHOULDER, AND HE SAYS,
YOUNG LAD, YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU
CAN FIRE THIS GUN.
TODAY YOU CAN CALL IT GUN,
YOU CAN CALL IT BABY,
SWEETHEART -- SHOW ME YOUR
STUFF.
CAN YOU REALLY DO IT?
YES, SIR.
I START OUT AT THE 200-YARD
LINE, AND I CHOSE THE BULL
EYE'S OUT, AND I'M KNOCKING
THE EYE OUT.
GO BACK TO THE 300-YARD LINE
AND I'M KNOCKING THIS THING
OUT.
WHEN I FINISHED BOOTCAMP, I
WAS AN EXPERT MARKSMAN
SHOOTER.
Reporter: THE RIGGERS
OF TRAINING BEHIND HIM,Mñ
MCNAIR SET OFF FOR THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, READY FOR ACTION.
BUT...
THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT MY JOB, OR ALL
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, MARINES,
WERE TO GET THE AMMUNITION
OUT AND BRING THE WOUNDED
BACK.
Reporter:
DISCOURAGEMENT SET IN.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR WE
WASN'T WANTED IN THE MARINE
CORPS.
Reporter: BUT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE AND
ARE AN INTRICAL PART OF THE
MARINE CORPS.
AS TIME WOULD TELL, THEY
WERE SERVE IN SOME OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES OF
KOREA, THE PACIFIC AND
VIETNAM.
MCNAIR LED WHITE AND BLACK
TROOPS, BUT THE EXCITEMENT
DIDN'T LAST LONG.
AFTER HIS UNIT SURVIVED A
BLISTERING ATTACK, ONLY THE
WHITE STAFF SERGEANT IN THE
GROUP RECEIVED A SILVER
STAR.
MCNAIR GOT NOTHING.
THERE WAS NOTHING
OFFICIALLY PUT IN THE
RECORD, SO THERE WAS NOTHING
WE DO COULD DO ABOUT IT.
I SAID, LOOK, JUST KNOWING
YOU WERE PART OF 43 PEOPLE,
AND YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE LEFT
LIVING, IT WAS WORTH
SOMETHING.
Reporter: MCNAIR SAYS
FAITH HELPED TO KEEP AWAY
THE BITTERNESS.
I GREW UP IN THE CHURCH,
AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF
A CLOSE PERSON TO GOD.
AND I JUST FELT THAT HE MADE
ME, AND HE MADE ME STRONG.
Reporter: AND AS THE
BIBLE SAYS, ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM
THAT LOVE GOD.
LAST YEAR THE MONFORD POINT
MARINES WERE AWARDED THE
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL,
THANKFUL FOR THE HONOR, BUT
ADMITTING IT WAS A LONG TIME
COMING.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME,
SON, BETTER LATE THAN EVER.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD
EVER COME.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET OLDER,
YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THESE
THINGS THAT WILL NEVER
HAPPEN.
I'M ONE OF THE ONES WHO
STARTED THE MONFORD POINT
MARINES' ASSOCIATION.
WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD
SEE A BLACK GENERAL, MUCH
LESS THE ONES THAT WE SEE
TODAY.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE
LORD.
LOOK TO THE LORD AND TRUST
IN HIM.
Reporter: AS FOR
MCNAIR, HE SERVED 20 YEARS
IN THE MARINES.
IT WAS SO NICE TO GET OUT
AND COME HOME AND BE WITH
THESE LITTLE GUYS.
I HAD THREE SONS AND A
LOVELY WIFE.
AND JUST COME HOME AND
ENJOY.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT LIFE.
Reporter: PAVING THE
WAY FOR GENERATIONS TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOLLOW
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WHAT A
DISTINGUISHED THING.
AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING
AS WE'RE DOING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH.
I THINK THAT IS SO GREAT.
I WASN'T AWARE OF THE
MONFORD POINT MARINES, BUT
WE WELCOME THEM TO THE
CORPS.
SEMPRA PHI, GUYS.
Kristi: I LOVE STORIES
LIKE THAT.
JOHN JESSUP, YOU DID A GREAT
JOB.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU
HAVE THE GUARANTEE FOR
SUCCESS.
AND PAT IS GOING TO GIVE IT
TO YOU STRAIGHT FROM THE
SECRET KINGDOM.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: IF YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING CONFLICT IN
YOUR FAMILY, IN YOUR
WORKPLACE, ON EVEN IN YOUR
CHURCH, CHANCES ARE YOU'RE
BREAKING THE LAW.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
IT IS CALLED THE LAW OF
UNITY, THAT IS.
AND HERE IS PAT TO EXPLAIN
MORE FROM THE SECRET
KINGDOM.
*
Pat: I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU NOW ABOUT THE GUARANTEED
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
GUARANTEED SECRET OF
SUCCESS.
YOU CAN LOOK BACK IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, AND YOU FIND THE
PEOPLE WERE REBELLING
AGAINST GOD, ALL THE PEOPLE,
THE WHOLE POPULOUS OF THE
EARTH.
AND THEY SAID, LET'S GET
TOGETHER AND LET'S BUILD A
TOWER THAT WILL REACH UP
INTO HEAVEN AND BASICALLY
WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE
GOD.
WE'RE GOING TO REACH UP INTO
HEAVEN AND CHALLENGE GOD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
UNIFIED WORLD.
THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE
WAS A SO-CALLED NEW WORLD
ORDER.
THE PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE A
ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT IN
REBELLION AGAINST GOD.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
DO THAT EVER SINCE.
BUT, IN ANY EVENT, THE BIBLE
SAYS GOD CAME DOWN, TOOK A
LOOK AT WHAT THEY WERE
DOING, AND HERE IS WHAT HE
SAID.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
MARK DOWN IN YOUR
CONSCIOUSNESS.
"THIS PEOPLE HAS ONE MIND,
AND THEY SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE."
NOW NOTHING THAT THEY
PROPOSE TO DO WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT.
GOT THAT?
"NOTHING THEY PROPOSE TO DO
WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THEM."
IF YOU HAVE ONE MIND AND YOU
SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE, NOTHING
IS IMPOSSIBLE.
NOW, THAT WAS GOD'S
APPRAISAL AT REBELLIOUS
MANKIND.
IF THAT WAS WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT REBELLION, THINK OF
WHAT HE WOULD SAY ABOUT
THOSE WHO ARE UNITED TO
SERVE HIM.
THEY HAVE ONE MIND.
NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.
NOW, I HAVE FOUND HERE AT
CBN WHEN -- AND WE DON'T
HAVE THIS TOO OFTEN, BUT IN
DAYS GONE BY, WE HAD GROUPS
THAT THOUGHT WE WERE DOING
THINGS WRONG AND WE OUGHT TO
DO IT ANOTHER WAY.
WHENEVER WE HAD DISSENTION,
MONEY STOPPED COMING IN.
MONEY STOPPED COMING IN.
IT JUST CUT OFF OUR FLOW OF
FUNDS.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
UNITY.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU A STORY,
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY.
REGENT UNIVERSITY WAS
BIRTHED BY CBN.
AND WHEN WE HAD GAINED ABOUT
350 STUDENTS, IT WAS
PAINFULLY OBVIOUS THAT THE
QUARTERS WE HAD FOR THE
UNIVERSITY WERE TOO SMALL.
WE HAD TO HAVE A LIBRARY,
AND WE HAD TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS OR WE
WERE GOING TO BE CHOKED.
SO I GOT THE ARCHITECT
TOGETHER AND GOT SOME PEOPLE
TOGETHER, AND WE LAID OUT
THE PLAN OF A BEAUTIFUL
LIBRARY CLASSROOM BUILDING.
AT THAT TIME, CBN WAS
HURTING FINANCIALLY.
WE HAD BILLS WE HADN'T
PAID.
WE HAD -- THE FUTURE DIDN'T
LOOK TOO BRIGHT.
AND WE HAD HIRED A CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER FROM A
BANK IN NEW YORK.
THAT'S DANGEROUS IN ITSELF.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: AND HE HAD GROWN
UP IN VERY PRACTICAL TERMS,
WITH BANKING MENTALITY, THAT
YOU HAD TO HAVE SO MUCH
MONEY BEFORE YOU DID THIS,
THAT, AND THE OTHER.
I HAD COME ALONG NOT HAVING
ANYTHING AND BELIEVED GOD,
AND THOUGHT YOU HAD TO MOVE
ON FAITH AND THE LORD WOULD
SUPPLY.
SO IN ANY EVENT, THIS
GENTLEMAN WENT AROUND TO THE
MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF THAT
PAT IS CRAZY.
HE SAID IT IN A NICE WAY,
I'M SURE.
HE SAID, IF WE KEEP THIS UP,
WE'RE GOING BANKRUPT.
I KNEW ABOUT THIS.
SO I CALLED ALL OF THE STAFF
TOGETHER AND WE HAD A BIG
MEETING.
I SAID, HERE IS THE DEAL:
WE'VE GOT THIS UNIVERSITY,
AND THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS
LIBRARY AND CLASSROOM
BUILDING, OR THE UNIVERSITY
IS GOING TO DIE.
IT CAN'T GROW.
AND I THINK IT'S GOD'S WILL
TO HAVE THIS UNIVERSITY.
WE BUILT IT FOR HIS GLORY.
AND I SAID, HERE IS WHAT I
WANT YOU TO DO: I WANT YOU
TO LE REFRAME FROM GOING
BEHIND MY BACK AND BAD
MOUTHING ME IN THE
CORRIDORS.
I SAID I DON'T ASK YOU FOR
ANY MONEY.
I DON'T ASK YOU FOR ANY
WORK.
ALL I ASK YOU TO DO IS KEEP
YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
BECAUSE IF WE AGREE, EVEN
THOUGH IT IS NOT OF GOD, WE
WILL SUCCEED.
BUT EVEN IF IT IS OF GOD AND
WE DISAGREE, THE VENTURE
WILL FAIL.
I SAID, THAT'S ALL I'M
ASKING YOU TO DO, JUST
REFRAIN FROM NEG TIST.
NENEGATIVE.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
UNIVERSITY HAD ALREADY BEEN
IN AGREEMENT.
WE HAD JOINED OUR HANDS
TOGETHER AND PRAYED AND
AGREED TOGETHER.
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED.
IT WAS A $12 MILLION
PROJECT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY
GOING IN, BUT WE STARTED
BUILDING.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY OF
YOU DO THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: LIKE THEY SAY,
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.
BUT, ANYHOW, THE FIRST MONTH
WE NEEDED A MILLION
DOLLARS.
A MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA CAME
IN.
THE SECOND MONTH WE NEEDED A
MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA, AND A
MILLION DOLLARS CAME.
IN THE THIRD MONTH, WE
NEEDED A MILLION DOLLARS
EXTRA, AND A MILLION DOLLARS
EXTRA CAME IN.
THE FOURTH MONTH, SAME
THING.
FIFTH MONTH, SIXTH MONTH,
SEVENTH MONTH -- EVERY MONTH
AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS.
A BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY.
IT WAS FINISHED ON SCHEDULE
AND DEBT-FREE BECAUSE GOD
LOOKED AT THE UNITY.
THAT'S THE KEY TO SUCCESS.
IF YOU CAN GET TOGETHER,
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN'T
ACCOMPLISH.
NOW NOTHING WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO THEM.
THAT'S WHAT GOD ALMIGHTY
SAID, OF UNITY.
IF YOU HAVE NO UNITY --
THAT'S WHY THE DEVIL IS
ALWAYS TRYING TO CAUSE
CHURCH RIST RIFTS AND
CHURCH SPLITS, BECAUSE WHEN
HE CAN TAKE AWAY OUR UNITY,
HE CAN DESTROY OUR
EFFECTIVENESS.
THIS IS TRUE WHETHER IT IS
IN A BIG ORGANIZATION OR
WHETHER IT IS IN A
HOUSEHOLD.
JESUS SAID, A HOUSE DIVIDED
AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT
STAND.
THAT'S THE FLIP SIDE OF
GETTING IT DONE.
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST
ITSELF CAN'T STAND.
HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE
FIGHTING, IT CAN'T STAND.
PEOPLE HAVING A DIVORCE,
THEY GET TO DIVORCE COURT,
IT CAN'T STAND.
THEY GO BROKE.
THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF THE
POOR ARE SINGLE WOMEN WITH
CHILDREN.
THOSE HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS
OF DIVORCE.
INSTEAD OF COMING TOGETHER
IN A FAMILY WHERE THEY CAN
COMBINE THEIR SKILLS AND
RESOURCES, THEY FIGHT, TEAR
EACH OTHER APART, TEAR THE
FAMILY APART, AND THEN BOTH
OF THEM SUFFER.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
THAT'S WHY GOD SAYS I HATE
DIVORCE.
A HOUSE DIVIDED CAN'T
STAND.
AND A COUNTRY DIVIDED CAN'T
STAND.
THAT'S WHY WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN AMERICA IS TEARING THIS
NATION APART.
THIS EXTREME PARTISANSHIP,
WHERE THE ULTRA LEFT AND THE
ULTRA RIGHT WILL NOT TALK TO
EACH OTHER, AND THEY FIGHT
EACH OTHER, AND ALL THEY TRY
TO DO IS GET ADVANTAGE OVER
ONE ANOTHER, AND WE'RE NOT
TOGETHER AS A NATION.
IT USED TO BE AT LEAST WE
AGREED AT THE WATER'S EDGE,
BUT NOW WE DON'T AGREE WITH
ANYTHING.
BUT THIS CONSTANT FIGHTING,
AND THESE SO-CALLED
BLOGGERS, ALWAYS TEARING UP
THE FABRIC OF HARMONY IN OUR
LAND.
UNLESS WE HAVE THAT, THIS
NATION WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
STAND.
BUT GOD SAYS THEY HAVE ONE
MIND, AND THEY SPEAK ONE
VOICE.
NOW NOTHING WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO THEM.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SUCCESS,
REAL SUCCESS, GET TOGETHER
WITH PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH
AND LET THE LORD SHOW YOU
WHAT TO DO.
DON'T TRY TO PULL TOGETHER A
DESPERATE GROUP OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING
AND THINK YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH
ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY SO MUCH OF THIS
SO-CALLED DIVERSITY THAT IS
GOING ON, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
THIS GROUP AND THAT GROUP
AND EVERYBODY IN THERE, AND
THEY'RE ALL IN THERE
FIGHTING.
YOU NEED COHESION IF YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
IF YOU HAVE HARMONY, ALL
KINDS OF GOOD THINGS
HAPPEN.
IF YOU HAVE DISHARMONY, YOU
ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.
THAT'S THE LAW OF UNITY
ACCORDING TO THE SECRET
KINGDOM.
[APPLAUSE]
Kristi: FANTASTIC.
I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING,
MAN, I SHOULD BE TAKING
NOTES ON THAT, RIGHT?
HOW GOOD WAS THAT.
LISTEN, WE'RE TEACHING AND
FEATURING ALL OF THE
TEACHINGS FROM THE SECRET
KINGDOM ALL THROUGHOUT THIS
WEEK.
IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF IT,
OR YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY OR
FRIENDS OR WHOEVER TO CHECK
IT OUT, GO TO OUR WEBSITE
AT cbn.com, AND JUST CLICK
ON "I SAW IT ON "THE 700
CLUB" LINK," AND THEN YOU
CAN WATCH IT.
PAT, ONE OF YOUR BEST
BOOKS -- YOU'VE WRITTEN
DOZENS OF BOOKS, BUT ONE OF
YOUR BEST BOOKS IS "THE
SECRET KINGDOM."
Pat: IT IS THE NUMBER
ONE BOOK.
IT WAS A REVELATION FROM THE
LORD.
IT IS IN THE BIBLE, BUT I
DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL ALL OF A
SUDDEN HE OPENED MY EYES TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THERE.
Kristi: THE THING THAT
IS SO COOL, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD, IT IS
NOT AS COMPLICATED THAT WE
MAKE IT OUT.
LIKE THE LAW OF UNITY, JUST
ALL BE ON ONE ACCORD AND IT
IS REAL SIMPLE.
Pat: THESE LAWS ARE
THERE, JUST LIKE THE LAW OF
GRAVITY, AND THEY WORK FOR
US.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTION.
Kristi: KEN SAYS, "I
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
LAW OF UNITY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO
BE TOGETHER, BUT IN MY
OFFICE THERE IS SOMEONE WHO
IS POISONING THE CLIMATE.
SHE IS CONSTANTLY NEGATIVE,
MANIPULATIVE, AND SPREADS
MALICIOUS RUMORS ABOUT
PEOPLE.
SHE HAS CURRIED FAVOR WITH
HER MANAGERS BECAUSE SHE
DOES BRING IN SOME MONEY FOR
THE COMPANY.
AND I WANT TO ADHERE TO THE
LAW OF UNITY.
HOW DO I APPROACH THIS
SITUATION?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
DRIVE OUT A SCOFFER AND
STRIFE WILL CEASE.
YOU ARE NOT IN THE POSITION
TO DRIVE OUT ANYBODY, BUT I
DO BELIEVE YOU OWE IT TO
YOUR COMPANY TO GO TO THE
BOSSES, OR THE BOSS, AND SAY
I'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
I WANT THIS COMPANY TO
SUCCEED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
UNITY IN THE RANKS.
AND BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS
VERY DI DIVISIVE, I WANT TO
BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
CAN YOU HELP ME BECAUSE I
WANT US ALL TO SUCCEED
TOGETHER.
IF THAT PERSON REJECTS YOU,
THE COMPANY IS GOING TO
SUFFER FOR IT.
SOONER OR LATER IT WILL
SUFFER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE UNITY, IT
WON'T SUCCEED.
THE TIME MAY COME FOR YOU TO
SAY, WELL, IT IS TIME FOR ME
TO JUMP SHIP.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE
AT THAT POINT YET.
BUT I DO THINK A FRANK
DISCUSSION -- MAYBE -- MAYBE
THIS WOMAN DOESN'T REALIZE
WHAT SHE IS DOING.
MAYBE THIS WOMAN BY NATURE
IS NEGATIVE.
I HATE TO BE AROUND PEOPLE
WHO ARE NEGATIVE.
IT IS CORROSIVE, LIKE ACID.
Kristi: I'M WITH YOU.
NUMBER TWO, DEAN SAYS, "IN
THE LAW OF UNITY, YOU QUOTE
JESUS AS SAYING IF TWO OF
YOU AGREE ON ANYTHING, THEY
SHALL ASK AND IT SHALL BE
DONE.
RECENTLY THERE WAS A MAN IN
OUR CHURCH WHO WAS SICK AND
WE ALL PRAYED FOR HIM, BUT
HE DIDN'T GET BETTER.
HOW CAN THIS BE?
WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT?"
Pat: IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BIBLE, AND YOU LOOK AT
PETER, AND THE CHURCH PRAYED
FOR HIM, AND, GUESS WHAT,
GOD SENT AN ANGEL, AND PETER
CAME OUT OF JAIL AND WAS
KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
THEY PRAYED.
YOU SAY YOUR CHURCH PRAYED.
BUT DID THEY SAY OH, GOD
HEAL OLD CHARLIE, AND GO ON
THEIR BUSINESS.
OR WERE THEY REALLY INTO IT
AND WERE THEIR HEARTS REALLY
COMMIKNIT TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW THE INTENSITY
TOGETHER.
BUT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN
UNITY, IF THEY PRAY
STRETCHED OUTEDLY, THEY WILL
HEAL.
Kristi: "I WORRY MY
HUSBAND IS VIOLATING THAT
BECAUSE HE IS WATCHING A LOT
OF 24-HOUR CABLE.
I TELL HIM HE SHOULD NOT BE
CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD AND
HE SHOULD WATCH SOMETHING
MORE UPLIFTING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THIS IS CAUSING A RIFT IN
OUR MARRIAGE."
Pat: I THINK YOU
MISREAD THAT.
CONFORMITY -- IT'S DON'T BE
CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD.
THE WORLD THAT IS OUT THERE,
WHICH MEANS IT IS SEXUAL AND
MATERIALISTIC.
MERELY BEING INFORMED IS
DIFFERENT.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN GET
OBSESSED ON THOSE THINGS.
AFTER A WHILE, IT DRIVES YOU
CRAZY.
THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH OF
O'REILLY AND HANATY AND
THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU
CAN TAKE BEFORE YOU SAY, I
HAVE TO HAVE A BREAK.
IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT
NICE PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS
JUST SO MUCH.
I THINK AFTER A WHILE, HE
NEEDS A BREAK IN HIS MIND.
BUT HE ISN'T GOING TO HELL
ON ACCOUNT OF WATCHING FOX
NEWS OR MSNBC OR ANY OF
THESE OTHER THINGS.
THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING
AS BEING CONFORMED TO THE
WORLD.
BEING CONFORMED IS YOU'RE
OUT WITH A BUNCH OF
DRINKERS, AND YOU DRINK WITH
THEM.
THAT IS NOT WHAT HE IS
DOING.
HE JUST WANTS TO BE
INFORMED.
THAT IS DIFFERENT.
Kristi: ETHEL SAYS, "IS
THERE A SCRIPTURE THAT TELLS
US EACH OF US HAVE AN ANGEL
ASSIGNED TO US?"
Pat: NO, IT IS NOT.
WE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.
IT SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN SENT
TO TAKE CARE OF THE HEIRS OF
SALVATION.
IT DOESN'T SAY EACH ONE OF
US HAS A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
THAT IS A LATER ACCRETION OR
WHATEVER.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO THINK WE
HAVE ONE, BUT THE BIBLE
DOESN'T TELL US THAT.
Kristi: I BELIEVE I
HAVE A WHOLE BAND OF ANGELS
AROUND ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRUE.
Pat: PEOPLE HERE HAVE
SEEN THEM.
WE ASKED GOD TO SEND THE
ANGELS, AND I BELIEVE THAT
ANGELIC MESSENGERS ARE THERE
TO LOOK AFTER THE HEIRS OF
SALVATION.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY EACH ONE
OF US HAS OUR OWN ANGEL.
Kristi: I THINK THERE
IS TIME FOR ONE LAST
QUESTION.
SHE SAYS, "THE BOOK OF
MATTHEW TELLS US TO SEEK THE
KINGDOM OF GOD FIRST.
I DESIRE TO DO THAT, BUT HOW
DO I SPECIFICALLY DO THAT IN
ALL OF THE AREAS OF MY
LIFE?"
Pat: JESUS SAID THAT IN
THE CONTEXT OF WHAT DON'T BE
CONCERNED WHAT YOU SHOULD
EAT, WHAT YOU SHOULD WEAR,
OR WHERE YOU SHOULD LIVE.
THIS IS THE THING THAT THE
GENTILES SEEK, BUT FOR YOU,
YOU SEEK THE KINGDOM.
WHICH MEANS PUT THE EMPHASIS
OF YOUR LIFE IN SEEKING THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, AND ALL OF
THIS MATERIAL STUFF WILL BE
ADDED TO YOU.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY IN
EVERYTHING ASPECT OF YOUR
LIFE BE SEEKING.
JESUS SAID LOVE THE LORD
YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR
HEART, YOUR SOUL, AND YOUR
MIND.
THAT IS LOVING GOD.
BUT SEEKING THE LORD HAS TO
DO WITH THE FOCUS OF YOUR
ATTENTION.
WHAT HE SAYS IS DON'T FOCUS
ON MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND
WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP LIFE
GOING.
BUT FOCUS ON GOD.
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU THESE
OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
Kristi: BEAUTIFUL.
GOOD DEAL.
FANTASTIC.
Pat: THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU.
Kristi: IF YOU HAVE
MORE QUESTIONS FOR PAT ABOUT
THE LAW OF UNITY, REMEMBER
YOU CAN ALWAYS LOG ON TO
cbn.com, AND PLACE YOUR
QUESTIONS THERE, AND PAT
WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THEM.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD PEOPLE
GET UP IN ARMS ABOUT
DRILLING FOR OIL.
STILL AHEAD, WE'RE GOING TO
GO TO A PLACE WHERE DRILLING
FOR WATER IS AGAINST THE
LAW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU
WHY, AND HOW THE PEOPLE
THERE FINALLY GOT SOMETHING
CLEAN TO DRINK.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
A GROUP OF MORE THAN 80
REPUBLICANS WILL FILE A
BRIEF WITH THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
THE GROUP INCLUDES MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, FOUR FORMER
GOVERNORS, AND THE DAUGHTER
OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
DICK CHENEY.
THE HIGH COURT WILL HEAR
CASES INVOLVING SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE NEXT MONTH.
YOU HEARD PAT AND KRISTI
TALKING ABOUT THE LAW OF
UNITY, HERE IS A STORY
RELATED TO THAT.
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE HAS
PASSED A LAW GIVING COLLEGES
THE RIGHT WHO SHARE A
MISSION.
IVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
CREATED AN UPROAR WITH AN
ALL COMER'S POLICY.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATORS SAY
THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT FROM
HAPPENING HERE IN VIRGINIA.
THE BILL AWAITS GOVERNOR BOB
McDONALD'S SIGNATURE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
Kristi: IN PARTS OF
INDIA, WATER POLLUTION IS
RAMPID, AND WATER PURIFYERS
ARE EXPENSIVE.
FOR ONE FAMILY, THAT MEANT
CHOOSING BETWEEN CLEAN WATER
OR FOOD FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
Reporter: RAMNAGAR,
INDIA, IS THE SECOND LARGEST
INDUSTRIAL SLUM IN ALL OF
ASIA.
THE DRINKING WATER IS
CONTAMINATED WITH TOXIC
WASTE AND SEWAGE.
8-YEAR-OLD SHAVANI AND HER
FAMILY OFTEN GOT SICK FROM
THE DIRTY WATER.
WHEN I DRANK THE WATER, I
WOULD GET HEADACHES AND I
HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM
MANY TIMES.
WE HAD TO WALK FOR MANY
HOURS TO FIND GOOD WATER TO
DRINK.
OUR CHILDREN OFTEN WENT
HUNGRY FOR DAYS WHEN WE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLEAN
WATER TO COOK OUR FOOD.
Reporter: SHAVANI
DREAMS OF BECOMING A DOCTOR,
BUT SHE AND MANY OTHER
CHILDREN HERE OFTEN MISS
SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WERE
ALWAYS SICK.
CBN WANTED TO DRILL THEM A
WELL, BUT THAT WAS ILLEGAL
BECAUSE OF THE LOW WATER
LEVELS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO
PURIFY OUR WATER.
WE HARDLY MAKE ENOUGH MONEY
TO SURVIVE.
SHOULD WE BUY FOOD FOR OUR
CHILDREN OR A WATER
PURIFYER?
Reporter: BUT SHAVANI
AND HALF THE FAMILIES HERE
WON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
FOOD AND CLEAN WATER BECAUSE
CBN GAVE THEM WATER
PURIFYERS.
AND WITH YOUR HELP,
PURIFYERS FOR THE REST OF
THE FAMILIES WILL BE ON
THEIR WAY SOON.
THE FILTERS IN EACH UNIT
WILL CLEAN 800 GALLONS OF
WATER.
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY
OF FOUR TO LIVE ON FOR A
YEAR.
AND WHEN THE FILTERS NEED TO
BE REPLACED, IT ONLY COSTS
$5.
NOW, SHAVANI AND MANY OTHER
KIDS WON'T GET SICK FROM THE
WATER AND CAN GO BACK TO
SCHOOL.
NOW I CAN DRINK CLEAN
WATER.
I CAN STAY IN SCHOOL AND
MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE.
THANK YOU, CBN.
Kristi: IT IS SO
AMAZING HOW SOMETHING SO
LITTLE CAN BE SO BIG AND
SOMEONE'S LIFE AND MAKE SUCH
A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A
FAMILY, IN A NATION, IN
FACT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN WHEN
YOU PARTNER WITH US HERE AT
CBN.
YOU SEE, CBN IS SO MUCH MORE
THAN JUST "THE 700 CLUB."
WITH "OPERATION BLESSING,"
WE'RE INTERNATIONAL.
WE GO AROUND THE WORLD TO
MEET THE NEEDS ON YOUR
BEHALF, ON GOD'S BEHALF.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
WE NEED YOU.
AND WE NEED YOU TO BE GOD'S
HANDS AND FEET.
AND YOU ARE.
YOU HELP US WHEN YOU JOIN IN
AND YOU SAY I'M GOING TO BE
A PARTNER WITH "THE 700
CLUB."
FOR 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH -- THAT'S IT -- YOU
CAN CHANGE A LITTLE GIRL'S
LIFE.
YOU WERE SITTING HERE ARE --
SHE WAS SITTING HERE SAYING
HOW SHE WANTED TO BE A
DOCTOR, AND YOU CAN MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
cbn.com AS WELL.
AND WHEN YOU ARE BLESSING,
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU, TOO.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS,
"LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
THIS C.D. IS LIFE CHANGING.
IT WILL BUILD YOU UPP TELL
YOU ABOUT THE POWER OF JESUS
CHRIST.
CALL IT IN RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
Pat: GOOD.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING WHAT
WE'RE DOING IN INDIA.
THE SUFFERING AROUND THE
WORLD -- THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE SUFFERING.
IF WE CAN HELP A FEW OF
THEM, AS MANY AS WE CAN,
WE'LL DO IT.
A FEW YEARS AGO LEGENDARY
GOSPEL ARTIST TIMOTHY WRIGHT
WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK
DRIVER.
SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED, HE
MADE ONE LAST REQUEST OF HIS
SON.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HIS
LAST WISHES COMING UP NEXT.
Pat: DERRICK WRIGHT, HE
WANTED TO BE JUST LIKE HIS
DAD.
BUT AS HIS DAD LAID DYING IN
HIS BED, HE ASKED DERRICK
FOR SOMETHING THAT DERRICK
JUST COULDN'T DO.
Reporter: DERRICK
WRIGHT DOESN'T JUST PLAY THE
DRUMS FOR A LIVING.
IT'S IN HIS D.N.A.
AS THE SON OF THE LATE
REVEREND TIMOTHY WRIGHT, WHO
IS KNOWN TO MANY AS THE
GODFATHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC,
DERRICK WAS DESTINED TO BE A
MUSICIAN.
*
Reporter: HE WAS ONLY
12 WHEN HE MADE HIS DRUMMING
DEBUT PLAYING IN HIS
FATHER'S BAND.
THEY WASN'T EXPECTING
THAT FROM A 12-YEAR-OLD
KID.
Reporter: OVER THE
YEARS, HE HONED HIS CRAFT
AND BECAME AN A-LIST DRUMMER
FOR ARTISTS LIKE TONI
BRAXTON, ALICIA KEYS AND
OTHERS.
AND HE LANDED A JOB FOR THE
FAMOUS ARTIST ADELE.
STILL, DERRICK DOESN'T ALLOW
HIMSELF TO GET CAUGHT UP IN
THE TRAPPINGS OF SHOW
BUSINESS.
INSTEAD, HE SAYS DRUMMING IS
A WAY TO CONNECT WITH GOD.
I CAN SIT ON THE DRUMS
AND ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU GO
IN YOUR PRAYER CLOSET AND
YOU KNOW THAT'S YOUR PLACE
OF COMFORT.
AND YOU CAN JUST, LIKE, GO
TO GOD IN PRAYER.
SOMETIMES I SIT THERE ON THE
DRUMS AND PUT MY HEAD DOWN
AND JUST PRAY BEFORE I EVEN
PLAY.
IT'S JUST A GOOD FEELING
THAT YOU GET.
YOU FEEL LIKE GOD HAS GOT
YOUR BACK.
Reporter: HIS FAMILY
LIFE IS CENTERED ON GOD,
TOO.
HE MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART, MICHELLE.
THEY HAVE TWO KIDS WITH ONE
ON THE WAY.
SHE IS NOT WITH ME
BECAUSE OF THE GLITZ AND
GLAMOUR.
SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
THAT.
SOMETIMES SHE LET'S ME KNOW
SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
THAT.
SHE REALLY HAS MY BACK.
AND SOMETIMES SHE PRAYS WITH
ME, JUST COVERING ME, TOO.
I LOVE HER FOR THAT.
Reporter: DERRICK SAYS
MOST OF HIS LIFE WENT PRETTY
SMOOTHLY UNTIL JULY 4th,
2008.
HIS BROTHER CALLED HIM AND
TOLD HIM THEIR FATHER,
MOTHER, AND 14-YEAR-OLD
NEPHEW HAD BEEN HIT BY A
DRUNK DRIVER.
HE ALSO TOLD HIM THERE
MOTHER HAD DIED AT THE
SCENE.
THE NEXT THING I KNOW
I'M, LIKE, SPEEDING DOWN THE
HIGHWAY, TRYING TO GET THERE
AND SEE IF THIS IS TRUE
BECAUSE I'M NOT BELIEVING
IT.
MY WIFE JUST GRABBED MY HAND
AND STARTS PRAYING WITH ME.
Reporter: HIS NEPHEW
DIED A DAY LATER, AND HIS
FATHER WAS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
DERRICK STARTED TO BURN WITH
ANGER.
I WAS, LIKE, HOW CAN GOD
DO THIS TO US.
MY LITTLE NEPHEW WAS 14
YEARS OLD.
HOW COULD IT HAPPEN?
Reporter: HE SAT AT HIS
FATHER'S BEDSIDE FOR MONTHS,
AND LISTENED TO HIM SING.
AND HIS DAD ALSO TALKED
ABOUT FORGIVING THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE.
BUT DERRICK COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY HIS FATHER
COULD FORGIVE SOMEONE WHO
KILLED HIS FAMILY.
THE FORGIVENESS -- I WAS
LIKE, YOU'RE SITTING ON YOUR
DEATH BED RIGHT NOW AND YOU
FORGAVE THE PERSON THAT DID
THIS.
Reporter: DERRICK
STARTED HAVING LONG TALKS
WITH GOD.
HE OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT HIS
FATHER'S EXAMPLE OF
FORGIVENESS.
JUST SEEING HOW HE COULD
BE IN THIS SITUATION AND HE
STILL FORGAVE.
I WAS, LIKE, WOW, THAT'S THE
MAN I WANT TO BE LIKE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOVE
AND FORGIVE JUST LIKE THIS
MAN RIGHT HERE, LIKE MY
FATHER.
Reporter: IN TIME,
DERRICK WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW
HIS FATHER'S EXAMPLE.
I HONESTLY CAN SAY THAT I
FORGIVE THE GUY, THE YOUNG
MAN THAT WAS DRIVING DRUNK
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE
ROAD.
I FORGIVE HIM.
Reporter: SEVEN MONTHS
LATER, HIS FATHER PASSED
AWAY.
BY THEN DERRICK HAD MADE
THIS PEACE WITH GOD.
GOD WAS DOING IT FOR ME,
I FELT LIKE, SO HE COULD
TURN CERTAIN THINGS AROUND
IN MY LIFE.
*
* HE HAS OVERCOME
Reporter: NOW DERRICK
WAS MORE FOCUSED ON SHARING
GOD'S LOVE WITH OTHERS AND
DECIDED TO PRODUCE A GOSPEL
ALBUM THAT WOULD DO JUST
THAT.
THE ALBUM IS CALLED
"DRIVEN."
IT SEEMED LIKE I HAD TO
PUSH TO DO IT, AND I CALLED
IT "DRIVEN," BECAUSE IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS DRIVING
ME TO DO IT.
Reporter: DERRICK ALSO
CONTINUES HIS FATHER'S MUSIC
LEGACY IN NEW YORK.
HE WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
AT A CHURCH IN BROOKLYN,
WHERE HE ENCOURAGES THEM
THROUGH MUSIC.
AND ACROSS TOWN, HE DIRECTS
A 300-BOYS CHOIR AT HIS
FATHER'S FORMER CHURCH.
MY GOAL IS NOT TO BE A
HOUSEHOLD NAME FOR ME, BUT
THAT EVERYBODY CAN KNOW GOD,
AND JUST SHOW THEM THAT GOD
IS GOOD, AND GOD CAN, LIKE,
SAVE.
AND HE CAN FORGIVE.
AND HE CAN MAKE YOU FORGIVE
ANYTHING THAT YOU WENT
THROUGH.
JESUS IS THE ANSWER, AND HE
ALWAYS WAS, AND HE ALWAYS
WILL BE.
Pat: TREMENDOUS
TESTIMONY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO
FORGIVE.
AND HERE IS WHAT JESUS SAID,
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
HE WAS ASKED BY HIS
DISCIPLES TO TELL THEM ABOUT
THE SECRET OF HAVING
MIRACLES, HOW DO YOU GET
THEM.
AND SO HE WENT THROUGH
SOMETHING, THAT YOU FIND IN
THE 13th CHAPTER OF MARK'S
GOSPEL, AND WHEN HE FINISHED
TELLING THEM THE PRINCIPLES,
HE THEN CLOSED WITH THIS
WORD: "AND WHEN YOU STAND
PRAYING, IF YOU HAVE OUGHT
AGAINST ANY, FORGIVE THAT
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER MIGHT
FORGIVE YOU."
YOU SEE, IN ORDER TO HAVE
MIRACLES, YOU NEED TO BE IN
A CONDITION OF BEING BORN
AGAIN, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE
GOT TO BE HAVING YOUR SINS
FORGIVEN.
IF NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
HAVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT
CONDITION AND YOU COME
BEFORE THE FATHER, YOU CAN
ASK, AND WHATEVER YOU ASK IN
HIS NAME, HE'LL GIVE YOU.
BUT IF YOU HAVE IN YOUR
HEART BITTERNESS,
RESENTMENT, JEALOUSY,
HATRED, BITTERNESS, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING
FROM GOD.
IT WILL CUT YOU OFF FROM THE
BLESSING.
YOU DON'T HURT SOMEBODY ELSE
WHEN YOU'RE MAD AT THEM.
YOU HURT YOURSELF.
YOU SAY, WELL, THEY'LL
JUST -- THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
I HATE THEM.
THEY'VE DONE A TERRIBLE
THING.
WELL, THEY PROBABLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING AND
THEY WOULDN'T CARE IF THEY
DID.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT WHAT IT DOES IS HURT
YOU.
WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, IF
YOU HAVE OUGHT AGAINST
ANYTHING, FORGIVE THAT YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER MIGHT
FORGIVE YOU.
BEFORE WE FINISH THIS
PROGRAM TODAY -- WE'VE JUST
GOT A MINUTE OR SO -- I WANT
YOU TO THINK OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HURT YOU THAT YOU STILL
HAVE RESENTMENT AGAINST, AND
I WANT YOU TO GIVE IT UP.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD
AND PRAY.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
LORD JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,
PRAY WITH ME.
LORD JESUS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S
BEEN DONE TO ME.
AND YOU KNOW THE BITTERNESS
THAT HAS BEEN IN MY HEART.
AND RIGHT NOW, LORD, I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT I FORGIVE.
I FORGIVE -- PUT IN A NAME
THERE, WHATEVER IT IS.
I FORGIVE WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
I FORGIVE WHAT'S BEEN
WRITTEN.
I FORGIVE WHAT'S BEEN
WHISPERED.
I FORGIVE THE HURT THAT HAS
BEEN INFLICTED ON ME AND MY
FAMILY.
I FORGIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
FORGIVEN ME.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY
PRAYER.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
NOW, I HAVE A LITTLE BOOKLET
I WANT TO GIVE YOU.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME AND
YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH
FORGIVENESS.
THIS IS CALLED FORGIVENESS,
KEYS TO -- LET'S SEE.
SIN PARTICULARLY BLOCKS THE
FLOW OF MIRACLE POWER.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
HERE IT IS FOR YOU.
I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE.
JUST CALL IN.
IT'S YOURS.
IT'S ALL HERE, AND YOU CAN
WRITE DOWN SOME OF THE NOTES
AS TO WHAT IS ON YOUR
HEART.
1-800-759-0700.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE'VE
GOT FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM.
TOMORROW WE'VE GOT AN
ALLIGATOR.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING A
COTTON-PICKING ALLIGATOR
INTO THIS THING.
I WAS TOLD NOT TO BRING A
SMALL DOG BECAUSE THE
ALLIGATORS LIKE TO EAT
DOGS.
BUT GATOR BOYS' STAR, PAUL
DARD, IS GOING TO BE HERE,
ALONG WITH HIS LIFE
ALLIGATOR.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM PSALM 33:
"THE PLANS OF THE LORD STAND
FIRM FOREVER.
THE PURPOSES OF HIS HEART
THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS."
I APPRECIATE LEE AND KRISTI
BEING HERE.
AND THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE