Lee: COMING UP, WHY ONE
TOP DOC SAYS STOPPING
AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE KILLER
TAKES MORE THAN JUST DIET
AND EXERCISE.
PLUS...
A CHILD THAT WAS BORN
THAT NOBODY CARED ABOUT,
NOBODY WANTED.
Lee: HOMELESS.
I WOULD BE COLD, VERY
COLD.
Lee: DRUNK.
I WAS TRYING TO FIT IN.
Lee: AND DRUGGED UP.
I WAS TRYING TO OVERDOSE
ON PILLS.
Lee: ONE ADDICT COMES
FACE TO FACE WITH REALITY ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE
LIKE THIS.
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
BANK STOCKS, HOUSING STOCKS,
AND THE STOCK MARKET TAKING
RECORD HIGHS.
IT IS NOT ADJUSTED FOR
INFLATION, BUT,
NEVERTHELESS, EVERYBODY IS
CHEERING.
THE DOW JONES CROSSED THE
MYTHICAL THRESHOLD.
ARE WE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
BULL MARKET, OR IS IT GOING
TO STOP SHORT?
WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT, BUT
SO FAR THE ANSWER IS IT IS
GOING TO KEEP GOING HIGHER.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY,
PAT.
IN FACT, THAT IS GOOD NEWS
FOR WALL STREET AND FOR MAIN
STREET, BUT SOME ARE ASKING
HOW LONG WILL THIS GO ON.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: FROM THE
OPENING BELL, STOCKS SOARED
TUESDAY.
AND ONCE THEY STARTED GOING,
THEY DIDN'T STOP UNTIL ALL
PREVIOUS RECORDS WERE
BROKEN.
IN THAT SENSE, IT IS A
MILESTONE.
Reporter: THE DOW
PASSED ITS PREVIOUS HIGH OF
JUST UNDER 14,200.
SET IN OCTOBER OF 2007.
IT ALSO DOUBLED ITS RECORD
LOW, SET ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR
YEARS AGO, GAINING 118%
SINCE THEN.
I LOVE THE BUZZ THAT THIS
HAS CREATED.
THIS IS TELLING THE MAIN
STREET INVESTORS SOMETHING I
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN
FOR OVER A YEAR, THAT THE
STOCK MARKET IS A PLACE YOU
NEED TO HAVE YOUR MONEY.
Reporter: ANALYSTS SAY
THE SURGE WAS BROUGHT ON BY
A NUMBER OF FACTORS, FROM
SPENDING ABROAD AND CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE HERE AT HOME, TO
LOW INTEREST RATES AND THE
RECOVERING HOUSING MARKET.
WHILE THE REBOUNDING STOCKS
ARE A POSITIVE SIGN FOR THE
ECONOMY, MANY WONDER IF IT
CAN LAST.
FINANCIAL EXPERTS POINT TO
SEVERAL SIGNS THAT IT CAN:
THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY GROW, BUSINESSES ARE
MAKING MONEY, INTEREST RATES
AND INFLATION ARE STILL VERY
LOW, AND THERE IS STILL A
GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ON THE
SIDELINES THAT HAVE NOT GONE
BACK INTO THE STOCK MARKET
YET.
BUT SOME ANALYSTS SAY THE
STOCK MARKET ISN'T
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WOODS
YET.
YOU DON'T SEE THE
CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES AND THE
CONFETTI BECAUSE THERE IS
STILL A VERY, VERY BIG
DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE
ECONOMY IS TELLING US AND
THE MARKET IS TELLING US.
Reporter: BUT THEY HOPE
THIS IS THE START OF FURTHER
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, FOR NOW,
THEY BELIEVE THE MARKET WILL
CONTINUE TO SOAR.
Pat: IT IS IRRATIONAL,
BUT WHOEVER SAID THE STOCK
MARKET WAS RACIAL.
NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF FACTORS CHARLENE
MENTIONED.
THERE IS ABOUT $1.8 TRILLION
TO $2 TRILLION DOMESTICALLY
ON THE SIDELINES, AND
CORPORATIONS HAVE A GREAT
DEAL MORE THAN THAT
OVERSEAS.
THAT HAS GOT TO HAVE SOME
PLACE TO GO.
THE INTEREST RATES THE FED
HAS PUSHED DOWN TO SUCH A
LOW EXTENT, YOU CAN'T MAKE
ANY MONEY WHATSOEVER PUTTING
YOUR MONEY IN BONDS.
YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE MONEY
FROM TAXES.
WHERE DO YOU GO?
YOU GO TO STOCKS.
THAT'S WHY SO MUCH MONEY HAS
COME INTO STOCKS.
IT IS AMAZING, THE RUN-UP IN
HOUSING.
IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSING IS ON
THE RISE, AND THE
CAR-MAKERS, FORD, IS UP.
THE CAR-MAKERS ARE DOING
VERY WELL.
EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL.
WHO KNOWS?
SO WE HAVE A RESIDENT GURU
THAT TELLS ME THAT 20,000 ON
THE DOW IS NOT TOO MUCH TO
THINK ABOUT.
BUT WE'LL SEE.
I HAVE NO CLUE.
WELL, STOCKS ARE GOING UP ON
WALL STREET, AND THE SNOW IS
COMING DOWN IN WASHINGTON.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
HERE IS LEE.
Lee: PAT, THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IN THREE YEARS IS
OVERTAKING THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THE STORM
SWEPT IN, IT WAS CAUSING BIGñ
PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL ANDñ
WORK SCHEDULES, ALONG WITH
TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF THATñ
BUSY TOWN.
JOHN JESSUP REPORTS FROM
WASHINGTON.
Reporter: AS IT MADE
ITS WAY ACROSS THE NATION'S
MID SECTION, THE STORM
DUMPED NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW
IN CHICAGO, CANCELLING 900
FLIGHTS AT O'HARE ALONE.
HUNDREDS MORE CANCELLATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN
AIRPORTS ALONG THE WEATHER
SYSTEM'S PATH.
HOURS BEFORE THE STORM HIT
WASHINGTON, CREWS PREPARED
THE ROADWAYS FOR POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK AS
HARD AS WE CAN.
Reporter: THEY WANT TO
AVOID SCENES LIKE THIS IN
WISCONSIN, WHERE A TRUCK
PLUNGED OFF AN ICY BRIDGE,
KILLING THE DRIVER.
THE STORM HAS BEEN DUBBED
"THE SNOWQUESTER" AND PEOPLE
IN THE STORM'S PATH WEREN'T
TAKING ANY CHANCES, STOCKING
UP ON EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED
BEFORE THE STORM HIT.
WHAT WE HAD HERE THIS
MORNING, ALL SOLD IN THE
FIRST FEW HOURS, AND WE WENT
BACK TO GET MORE.
BREAD.
CHECK.
TOILET PAPER?
CHECK.
WATER?
CHECK.
Reporter: FORECASTERS
PREDICT BETWEEN SIX TO
10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL COVER
THE CAPITAL AREA BY THE TIME
THE SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY
THROUGH.
AND AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES IN
THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN MARYLAND.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CLOSED ITS OFFICES ON
TUESDAY, EXCUSING ALL
NON-EMERGENCY EMPLOYEES FOR
THE DAY.
WHILE THE WEATHER WAS CAUSE
FOR CHEERING FOR THESE FOLKS
IN INDIANA, OTHERS, ALREADY
WEARY OF WINTER, AREN'T IN
THE CELEBRATING MOOD.
THE SNOW?
I'M TIRED OF IT.
IT HAS BEEN ENOUGH.
Reporter: JOHN JESSUP,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Lee: PAT, WE'RE GLAD TO
SEE THAT JOHN JESSUP AND THE
REST OF OUR CREW IN
WASHINGTON MADE IT TO WORK
TODAY.
Pat: AND THE SEQUESTER,
GET THE WORD TO AL GORE.
IT IS THE WARMING THAT IS
DOING ALL OF THIS.
GLOBAL WARMING IS BRINGING
ON ALL OF THE SNOWS AND
FREEZING WEATHER.
LEE?
Lee: THERE IS LITTLE
OPTIMISM THAT THE DEATH OF
HUGO CHAVEZ WILL BRING ABOUT
REAL CHANGE IN THAT
COUNTRY.
THE CONTROVERSIAL
58-YEAR-OLD LEADER DIED ON
TUESDAY, FOLLOWING A LONG
BATTLE WITH CANCER.
WHILE SOME VENEZUALANS ARE
MOURNING, OTHERR OTHERS ARE
CELEBRATING.
Reporter: HUGO CHAVEZ
SAW HIMSELF AS A CHAMPION
FOR VENEZUALA'S POOR.
HE IMAGINED THAT THE UNITED
STATES AND GEORGE W. BUSH
WERE THE CENTER OF ALL
EVIL.
YESTERDAY, THE DEVIL CAME
HERE.
RIGHT HERE.
AND IT SMELLS OF SULFUR
STILL TODAY.
Reporter: HE ALSO SAID
THAT CAPITALISM MAY HAVE
ENDED LIFE ON MARS, THAT THE
U.S. HAD A SECRET EARTHQUAKE
WEAPON, AND TWITTER WAS
TERRORISM.
BUT HUGO CHAVEZ'S LEGACY CAN
BE VIEWED AS A WASTED
OPPORTUNITY IN A NATION THAT
DESPERATELY NEEDED MORE FROM
ITS LEADER.
ONE OF THE MOST OIL-RICH
NATIONS IN THE WORLD, YOU
WOULD HARDLY KNOW IT BY
VISITING PARTS OF
VENEZUALA.
IT HAS 22% INFLATION.
AND WHILE A LOT OF THE OIL
MONEY WAS USED TO ALLEVIATE
POVERTY, A LOT OF IT WAS
USED TO FURTHER CHAVEZ'S
ANTI-AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
BUT VENEZUALA'S POOR
BELIEVED HER CARED ABOUT
IT.
HE CARED ABOUT US.
HE DID NOT GIVE ANYTHING TO
ME, BUT HE GAVE IT TO MY
PEOPLE.
Reporter: THEY ARE
HOPING THAT CHAVEZ'S DEATH
COULD MEAN FULL DEMOCRACY TO
VENEZUALA.
IT IS HARD NOT TO BE
HAPPY, EVEN WITH SOMEBODY
DEAD.
I THINK I'M HAPPY BECAUSE
THIS IS THE WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY.
Reporter: CHAVEZ ALSO
MADE THE HEMISPHERE MUCH
MORE DANGEROUS, BUT MAKING
IRAN AN ALLY.
HE TOLD THE NATION ON STATE
TELEVISION, THAT THE UNITED
NATIONS HAD A HAND IN
CHAVEZ'S DEATH.
VENEZUALA'S CONSTITUTION
SAYS NEW ELECTIONS FOR
PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD IN 30
DAYS.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS.
Lee: CHAVEZ CERTAINLY
HATED THE U.S., BUT HE
DIDN'T MIND TAKING OUR
MONEY.
DIDN'T HE SELL US A BUNCH OF
OIL OUT OF THAT COUNTRY?
Pat: WELL, CITCO WAS A
VENEZUALAN SUBSIDIARY, AND
YES, HE WAS SELLING US QUITE
A BIT OF IT.
SOUR CRUDE IS WHAT THEY
PRODUCED.
DALE GOT ME IN A LOT OF
TROUBLE A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE DID A PIECE ON CHAVEZ
THAT SHOWED THE THUGGERY AND
THE MURDERS AND THE TERRIBLE
ABUSE OF POWER.
AND HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH
SOMEBODY FROM CHAVEZ, AND HE
SAID THEY'RE TRYING TO
ASSASSINATE ME.
AND SOMEBODY JUMPED IN AND
SAID, MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO GO
AHEAD AND DO IT.
AND AT WHICH TIME THOSE WHO
MONITOR EVERYTHING I SAY TO
MAKE ME LOOK SILLY, RAN IT
ACROSS THE WORLD.
ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS --
I THINK MEDIA MATTERS HADN'T
GOTTEN IN THE GAME THEN.
AND THEY FED IT TO THE A.P.,
AND THEY BLASTED IT ALL OVER
THE WORLD, THAT ROBERTSON
CALLED FOR THE ASSASSINATION
OF CHAVEZ.
NOBODY ASSASSINATED HIM, BUT
CANCER BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
AND NOBODY IN THIS PART OF
THE WORLD IS MOURNING HIS
DEPARTURE.
HE TRIED TO FORM THE
REVOLUTION.
HE TRIED IN ECUADOR,
SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL.
HE TRIED IN BOLIVIA,
SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL.
HE TRIED TO GET
LATIN-AMERICA AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES.
HE COSIED UP TO AHMADINEJAD.
HE KEPT THE CUBANS
REVOLUTION GOING.
AND HE SUPPORTED THE FARAH
GUERRILLAS IN COLUMBIA.
AND HE IS GONE.
THE MAN WHO IS TAKING HIS
PLACE IS AS MUCH A HARDLINER
AS HE IS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO
WAIT AND SEE.
I DO NOT MOURN.
Lee: AMERICANS BLAME
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE
DEMOCRATS NEARLY AS MUCH AS
REPUBLICANS FOR THE RECENT
BUDGET CUTS IN WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT OBAMA REPEATEDLY
BLAMED HOUSE REPUBLICANS FOR
THE FAILURE TO REACH A
DEAL.
BUT A NEW POLL FROM REUTERS
INDICATES 38% OF AMERICANS
SAY REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS IN THE CONGRESS
AND THE PRESIDENT DESERVE
THE BLAME.
27% BLAME THE REPUBLICANS,
17% BLAME THE PRESIDENT.
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
APPROVAL RATING HAS FALLEN
TO 43%, DOWN FROM 50% LESS
THAN A MONTH AGO.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
ARE QUIETLY WORKING
TOGETHER, WE'RE TOLD, TO
FIND WAYS TO LESSEN THE
IMPACT OF THE RECENT BUDGET
CUTS.
DESPITE THOSE CUTS, MANY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE
ACTUALLY HIRING.
400 JOB ADS WERE POSTED ON
THE FIRST DAY AFTER THE
CUTS.
MANY IN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
CONSIDERING FURLOUGHS.
NEARLY A QUARTER WERE IN
MEDICAL OR PUBLIC HEALTH
FIELDS.
67 WERE IN MANAGEMENT OR
CLERICAL SERVICES, AND
ANOTHER 21 WERE IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
A NEW GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS
THE U.S. SPENT TOO MUCH
MONEY FOR TOO FEW RESULTS IN
IRAQ.
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SPENT
$60 BILLION ON
RECONSTRUCTION ALONE.
THAT'S ABOUT $15 MILLION A
DAY.
OVERALL, THE U.S. HAS SPENT
AT LEAST $767 BILLION IN
IRAQ.
THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR
GENERAL FOR IRAQ
RECONSTRUCTION SAYS A GREAT
DEAL OF THAT MONEY WAS
SIMPLY WASTED.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
HIGHLIGHTS A KEY POINT OF
THE REPORT: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO
NEGOTIATE A MILITARY
AGREEMENT WITH THE IRAQI
GOVERNMENT BEFORE PULLING
OUT.
BECAUSE OF THAT, PAT, THE
U.S. HAS LIMITED INFLUENCE,
DESPITE ENORMOUS SACRIFICES
THAT AMERICANS MADE TO
LIBERATE THAT COUNTRY.
Pat: LEE, IT IS A
SHAME.
PEOPLE GET MAD AT ME IF I
EVER CRITICIZE SOMEBODY WHO
IS A REPUBLICAN, BUT I'VE
GOT TO SAY THAT WAR WAS A
DISASTER.
AND IT WAS ILL-ADVISED.
GEORGE BUSH GOT US INTO IT,
AND WE ALL CHEERED, AND THE
SOLDIERS WENT OUT THERE AND
FOUGHT.
MANY WERE WOUNDED.
MANY WERE TERRIBLY
DISFIGURED BY I.U.D.s, AND
SO FAR.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK
IT WAS A WASTE OF MONEY.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT OUT OF IT?
WE'VE SPENT A TRILLION
DOLLARS OR MORE, RUN UP THIS
HUGE DEBT, AND WHAT DO WE
HAVE?
WE'VE GOT AN INSURGENT
INSURGENCY IN AF
AFGHANISTAN.
WE'VE GOT SHIITE AND SUNNIS
AT EACH OTHER'S BACK.
YET IN KIRKUT, THEY'RE FAT
AND HAPPY AND PRODUCING
OIL.
IRAQ HAS OIL, AND IF ANYBODY
WOULD GET IT OUT -- BUT IT
IS STILL SUBJECT TO
VANDALISM BY INSURGENT
GROUPS AND MILITANT
JIHADIS.
NEVERTHELESS, I SHAKE MY
HEAD.
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE
IT.
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE
IT.
AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY --
IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND A GUY NAMED TONY LAKE,
ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT,
SAID NO, WE CAN'T DO IT.
BUT A GROUP OF IRAQIS HAD
OFFERED TO SURROUND SADDAM
HUSSEIN IN A PLACE WHERE
THEY KNEW HE WAS GOING, AND
ELIMINATE HIM.
AND HAD THEY DONE THAT, WE
WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO FIGHT
THAT AWFUL WAR.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAID,
NO, DON'T DO IT.
SO WE LOST AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND WE HAD TO GO TO WAR AT
AN ENORMOUS COST OF
MANPOWER, COST OF TREASURE,
COST OF THE HEALTH OF OUR
NATION.
FOR WHAT?
WELL, THE JURY IS STILL OUT,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
LEE?
Lee: HEALTH OFFICIALS
REPORT AN ALARMING INCREASE
IN DANGEROUS SUPER BUGS IN
U.S. HOSPITALS.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL REPORT NEARLY 200
U.S. HOSPITALS SAW ONE CASE
IN THE FIRST HALF OF LAST
YEAR.
SUPER BUGS ARE EXTREMELY
RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS CALL THEM
NIGHTMARE BACTERIA.
THEY'VE BEEN SEEN IN 42
STATES, AND THREATEN TO
SPREAD THEIR RESISTANCE TO
OTHER BACTERIA.
THE C.D.C. DIRECTOR SAYS
THERE IS ONLY A LIMITED
AMOUNT OF TIME TO STOP THE
BACTERIA FROM SPREADING.
PAT?
Pat: IT IS A
FRIGHTENING REPORT.
IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY AVOID
IT, STAY OUT OF HOSPITALS.
IT USED TO BE HOSPITAL STAFF
WAS THE THING WE WORRIED
ABOUT, BUT IT IS FAR, FAR
WORSE THAN THAT.
AND THESE INFECTIONS ARE
THERE, AND HOSPITALS NEED TO
USE SUPER HUMAN MEANS TO
CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THESE
BACTERIA.
BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SUPER BACTERIA THAT IS
TOTALLY RESISTANT TO
ANTIBIOTICS.
SO STAY OUT OF HOSPITALS, IF
POSSIBLE.
Kristi: WELL, PAT,
COMING UP -- ARE YOU A BIRD
PERSON?
DO YOU ENJOY WATCHING
BIRDS?
Pat: WE HAVE BIRDS
HERE.
MY WIFE IS INTO BIRD FEED,
AND SO WE HAVE BIRDS IN THE
BACK OF OUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE YELLOW FINCHES AND
BLUE BIRDS AND ROBINS.
I LIKE BIRDS.
Kristi: THERE IS A
PLACE I WANT TO SHOW YOU
ABOUT AND TELL YOU ABOUT
THAT IS A BIRD-WATCHERS
PARADISE, AND TOURISTS ARE
FLOCKING TO IT IN DROVES.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
WHERE THIS PLACE IS AND WHY
IT HAS BECOME A PHENOMENON.
AND LATER ON "THE 700 CLUB,"
THE HEALTHY HEART SECRETS
YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
UNTIL NOW.
DON'T GO AWAY.
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Pat: THE BIBLE IS
INTERESTING WHEN IT TALKS
ABOUT WAR AND GOD SUMMONING
THE BIRDS TO EAT THE FLESH
OF CAPTAINS.
YOU READ IT IN THE BIBLE,
AND IT IS ALL THERE, THESE
BLOODY WARS.
THERE WAS A LITTLE TRACK
THAT I GOT IN MY POSSESSION
THAT SAID THAT THE BUS
BUZZARDS ARE COMING BACK TO
ARMAGEDDON, THE VALLEY OF
GETO, AND THEY ARE ALL READY
FOR THIS EPIC BATTLE.
AND SO I'M DRIVING DOWN
THROUGH THE JEZRIAL VALLEY,
AND I LOOK DOWN, AND I
THOUGHT, WHERE ARE THE
BUZZARDS.
IT HAD TO BE TRUE BECAUSE IT
CAME OUT OF TEXAS.
HERE IS THIS TRACT, AND I'M
LOOKING FOR BUZZARDS.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY
BUZZARDS.
FINALLY, I WAS GOING UP ONTO
THE GOLLIAN HEIGHTS, AND I
SAID TO MY DRIVER, IS THAT A
BUZZARD?
AND HE SAID, NO, THAT'S A
STORK.
BUT THIS PERSON CONFIDENTLY
WROTE A TRACK THAT SAID,
BIBLE PROPHECY IS BEING
FULFILLED, AND THE BUZZARDS
ARE COMING BACK TO THE
VALLEY OF GETO.
PURE BOLOGNA.
BUT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING
IN ISRAEL THAT DOESN'T HAVE
TO DO WITH BUS SARDS ARE
BUZZARDS.
IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
NATURAL WONDERS.
ABOUT A HALF BILLION
BIRDS -- NOT BUZZARDS --
JUST GOOD OLD BIRDS, MIGRATE
THROUGH THE NATION OF ISRAEL
TWICE A YEAR.
BECAUSE IT LIES THROUGH ONE
OF THE WORLDS MAJOR
MIGRATION ROUNDS, AND CHRIS
MITCHELL HAS THIS REMARKABLE
STORY, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE TO
DO WITH PROPHECY AND BIRDS
EATING CAPTAIN'S FLESH.
Reporter: THE HULA
VALLEY HOSTS MILLIONS OF
BIRDS AND THOUSANDS OF
VISITORS EACH YEAR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
RICHEST SITES IN THE WORLD
FOR BIRD-WATCHING.
ISRAEL SORT OF IS A
JUNCTION BETWEEN THREE
CONTINENTS, AND BIRDS THAT
ARE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO
AVOID HIGH MOUNTAINS, THEY
GO THROUGH VERY SPECIFIC
HIGHWAYS.
SOME OF THE BIRDS FLY
2,000 TO 5,000 MILES FOR
THREE DAYS WITHOUT A MEAL.
FOR MANY, ISRAEL IS THE
HALFWAY POINT.
THIS IS THE HULA VALLEY, A
STRETCH FROM SYRIA TO
MOZAMBIQUE.
THE BIBLE MENTIONS THE BIRD
MIGRATION AS PART OF A
METAPHOR.
EVEN THE STORK IN THE SKY
KNOWS THE SEASONS, AND THE
TURTLE DOVE AND THE SWIFT
AND THE THRUSH OBSERVE THE
TIME OF THEIR MIGRATION.
SOME 400 SPECIES OF BIRDS
STOP PHO FOR REFUELING, AND
A FRACTION EVEN WINTERS
HERE, INCLUDING 30,000 TO
50,000 CRANES.
IN FACT, IT IS NOT JUST
NOISE.
EXPERTS SAY CRANE PARENTS
AND CHICKS CAN ACTUALLY
RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER'S
VOICES.
20 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE
HARDLY ANY CRANES HERE
BECAUSE THE NATURAL SWAMPS
WOULD DRAIN FOR FARMLAND.
THE GROUND DIDN'T WORK FOR
AGRICULTURE, HOWEVER, SO
EXPERTS RESTORED PART OF THE
LAKE.
THE ANSWER WAS,
ESSENTIALLY, TO GIVE IT BACK
TO NATURE.
SO THE PROJECT HAS GONE SORT
OF IN A CIRCLE.
AND WE'RE BACK TO TRYING TO
RENOVATE, TRYING TO SORT OF
REPRODUCE WHAT EXISTED HERE
IN THE PAST.
Reporter: THAT AND A
SPECIAL FEEDING PROJECT
BROUGHT THE CRANES BACK,
ALONG WITH THE VISITORS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT BIRDS,
ABOUT NATURE.
I THINK THAT YOU DON'T NEED
TO BE A BIRD-LOVER WHEN UR
ARYOU ARE COMING HERE, BUT
YOU ARE DEFINITELY A
BIRD-LOVER WHEN YOU ARE
GOING OUT OF THIS SITE.
Reporter: VISITORS TO
THE RESERVE CAN RIDE THE
SAFARI WAGON INTO THE MIDST
OF THE CRANES.
GUIDES SAY THERE IS NO PLACE
ELSE IN THE WORLD TO SEE SO
MANY CRANES IN SUCH A SMALL
AREA.
AND BIRD-WATCHERS COME FROM
ALL OVER TO SEE THE
PHENOMENON.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE
BIRDS.
YOU HAVE TO COME HERE AND
EXPERIENCE THIS TO SEE
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF CRANES.
IF YOU'RE A BIRDER, I
DON'T THINK YOU COULD FIND A
BETTER PLACE TO COME TO SEE
THE VARIETY OF SPECIES, AS
WELL AS THE ATMOSPHERE AND
THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE,
WHICH IS UNRIVALLED FROM ANY
PLACE IN THE WORLD.
Reporter: FOR NOW,
THESE CRANES ARE GETTING
READY FOR THE LONG FLIGHT TO
RUSSIA OR FINLAND FOR THE
SUMMER.
BUT THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT
YEAR, ALONE WITH THE
BIRD-LOVERS.
CHRIS MITCHELL, AGAMAN,
HULA.
Pat: WHAT A LOVELY
THING.
TO THINK THAT GOD HAS PLACED
INTO THOSE BIRDS A COMPASS,
WHERE THEY CAN WORK OFF THE
MAGNETIC FIELDS OF THE
EARTH, AND KNOW WHEN IT IS
TIME TO MIGRATE.
IT IS AMAZING.
Kristi: IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
I LOVE WATCHING THE BIRDS
AND HOW THEY ALL FLY
TOGETHER.
Pat: DO YOU LIKE
BIRDS?
OF COURSE I LIKE BIRDS.
Pat: DO YOU HAVE A BIRD
FEEDER?
I DON'T.
Pat: WHY DON'T YOU GET
ONE --
Kristi: I WILL.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST
THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE
WORLD, TO HEAR THE BIRDS.
Pat: ANYWAY, WE'RE ALL
FANS OF BIRDS.
Kristi: WE ARE.
COMING UP NEXT, WE HAVE AN
AMAZING STORY.
A MAN, A HOMELESS CRACK
ADDICT, WHO SOUGHT SHELTER
WHEREVER HE COULD FIND IT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT
SOMEBODY COULD USE TO WARM
UP.
AND IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY STUFF
ON IT, LIKE FECES OR URINE.
YOU COULD PROBABLY WRAP
SOMETHING UP IF YOU FIND
SOMETHING.
IN THE SUMMERTIME, IT WAS
INFESTED BY MOSQUITOS.
Kristi: THE MIRACLE
THAT FREED THIS MAN FROM
YEARS OF ADDICTION IN AN
INSTANT, AFTER THIS.
Pat: CRACK COCAINE,
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT.
DEADLY.
IT STRIPPED RONNIE WILLIAMS
OF EVERYTHING.
THIS FATHER OF THREE WANTED
TO COME CLEAN.
INSTEAD, HE WOUND UP ON THE
STREETS.
FILTHY, HOMELESS, AND
LOOKING FOR HIS NEXT FIX.
A LOT OF TIMES I WAS
SCARED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS SCARED OF
SOMEBODY COMING IN, CATCHING
ME.
OR SCARED OF SNAKES.
SOMETIMES IN THE WINTERTIME,
I WOULD BE COLD, VERY COLD.
WHATEVER WAS IN THE HOUSE
THAT SOMEBODY COULD USE TO
WARM UP WITH, IF IT DEPUTY
DIDN'T HAVE ANY STUFF ON IT,
LIKE FECES OR URINE.
YOU PROBABLY COULD WRAP UP
IN SOMETHING, IF YOU FOUND
SOMETHING.
IN THE SUMMERTIME,
MOSQUITOS -- IT WAS INFESTED
BY MOSQUITOS, ATE UP BY
MOSQUITOS.
Reporter: RONNIE
WILLIAMS NEVER THOUGHT HE
WOULD END UP HOMELESS AND
ALL ALONG.
BUT THAT'S WHERE DECADES OF
DEPRESSION, HARD DRUGS, AND
ALCOHOL LED HIM.
RONNIE'S STRUGGLES STARTED
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
HE GREW UP IN A BIG FAMILY,
BUT NEVER GOT THE ATTENTION
HE LONGED FOR.
I BELIEVE THAT I WAS JUST
A CHILD WAS BORN THAT NOBODY
CARED ABOUT.
NOBODY WANTED.
NOBODY WANTED TO BE AROUND.
I MEAN, THERE WAS NO
FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP.
HE DIDN'T SAY TOO MUCH
UNLESS YOU GOT INTO
TROUBLE.
MY MAMA ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE
SHE WAS MORE FAVORED TOWARDS
THE OTHER KIDS THAN ME.
Reporter: RONNIE MOVED
IN WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS,
BUT STILL WOUND UP WITH THE
WRONG CROWD.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE STARTED
SMOKING MARIJUANA AND
DRINKING ALCOHOL, EVEN
THOUGH HE DIDN'T LIKE THE
TASTE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIT IN
WITH THE CROWD, WITH THE
GUYS.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS THE ONLY
WAY OF BEING ACCEPTED.
Reporter: HE GOT HOOKED
ON CRACK IN COLLEGE.
THEN HE JOINED THE MILITARY,
WHERE HE TOOK HIS DRUG HABIT
A STEP FURTHER WITH CRACK
COCAINE.
HE WORKED ODD JOBS AND ENDED
UP HAVING THREE CHILDREN.
AS MUCH AS RONNIE WANTED TO
COME CLEAN AND BE A
RESPONSIBLE FATHER, HE
ADDICTIONS DOMINATED HIS
LIFE.
IT GOT SO BAD THAT HE TRIED
TO KILL HIMSELF SEVERAL
TIMES.
ONE SUICIDE ATTEMPT STANDS
OUT.
I WAS ON A BINGE FOR
PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK OF
DRINKING AND USING DRUGS
STRAIGHT.
I HADN'T EATEN ANY FOOD.
I'M A FATHER OF THREE KIDS,
AND I GUESS I WAS DEPRESSED
BECAUSE I WASN'T BEING THE
FATHER FOR THEM AS I LOOKED
FORWARD TO MY FATHER BEING
THE FATHER TO ME.
IT SEEMED LIKE I WASN'T EVER
GOING TO COME OUT OF IT.
AND I TRIED TO OVERDOSE ON
PILLS.
Reporter: HE DOUBTED HE
WOULD EVER BE ANYTHING BUT
HOMELESS, DRUNK, AND DRUGGED
UP.
BUT HE OFTEN REMEMBERED WHAT
HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD TAUGHT
HIM.
A LOT OF TIMES, MY MIND
WOULD GO BACK ON TO WHAT
WOULD SHE SAY TO ME IF SHE
HAD KNOWN I WAS IN THIS
STATE AT THIS TIME.
SHE WOULD PROBABLY SAY,
RONNIE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
I DIDN'T RAISE YOU TO BE
LIKE THIS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT I TOLD YOU
FROM A CHILD GROWING UP.
GET UP, DUST YOURSELF OFF.
FIND GOD.
Reporter: HE HAD ASKED
GOD FOR HELP THROUGH THE
YEARS, AND HAD EVEN GONE TO
REHAB, BUT HE HAD NEVER BEEN
WILLING TO REALLY GIVE UP
HIS LIFESTYLE, BUT THEN HIS
FATHER DIED.
I DIDN'T WANT MY FATHER
TO DIE BEFORE HE SAW ME.
IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS
LAYING IN THE HOSPITAL,
RIGHT BEFORE HE PASSED, AND
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO
UP THERE AND TALK TO HIM
BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY.
Reporter: RONNIE SAYS
HE FELT LIKE A FAILURE AND
HE BEAT HIMSELF UP ABOUT HIS
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BUT FINALLY GOT TO A PLACE
OF SURRENDER.
I GOT TIRED OF LIVING ON
THE STREETS.
I GOT TIRED OF LIVING IN
ABANDONED HOUSES.
I WANTED SOMETHING BETTER IN
LIFE.
Reporter: HE SWALLOWED
HIS PRIDE AND RETURNED HIM
TO HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE.
SHE SUGGESTED HE GO BACK TO
REHAB, BUT RONNIE THAT
ANOTHER PLAN.
I SAID, NO, I'M GOING TO
GIVE IT ALL TO GOD THIS
TIME.
I RECALL WALKING TO THE
BACKYARD OF MY MOM'S HOUSE,
AND I SAID, LORD, PLEASE
HELP ME.
I'M TIRED.
AND I BEGAN TO CRY.
PROFUSELY.
IT WAS LIKE A FLOOD GATE HAD
OPENED UP.
I NOT ONLY CRIED OUT FOR HIM
JUST TO HELP ME, BUT I
WANTED HIM TO BE MY LORD AND
SAVIOR BECAUSE I KNEW HE
WOULD BE MY LORD AND SAVIOR
IF I ASKED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WIND
STARTED TO BLOW.
A BIG GUST OF WIND BLEW, AS
IF GOD WAS ANSWERING ME AND
TELLING ME HE HEARS ME.
Reporter: RONNIE READ
THE BIBLE FOR TWO WEEKS
STRAIGHT, AND DESPITE
TEMPTATION, HE NEVER DRANK
OR TOOK DRUGS
AGAIN.
HE FOUND A CHURCH, LATER
MARRIED, AND WAS RECONCILED
WITH HIS CHILDREN.
TODAY RONNIE HAS PEACE.
HE HAS LET GO OF THE
OFFENSES FROM THE PAST, AS
WELL AS HIS OWN FAILURES,
AND HE HAS CHOSEN TO TRUST
GOD INSTEAD.
HE SHOWED ME THAT I WAS
LOVED.
AND HE SHOWED ME THAT HE WAS
THE ONE THAT LOVED ME.
HE WAS MORE CLOSER TO ME
THAN A BROTHER OR A MOTHER
OR A FATHER, THAT HE WOULD
BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT.
HE NEVER STOPPED PUTTING
EXPECTATIONS ON MYSELF.
BECAUSE HE TOLD ME IF I KEPT
PUTTING EXPECTATIONS ON
MYSELF, AND IF I DIDN'T MEET
THOSE EXPECTATIONS, THAT'S
WHERE I FAILED.
BY HIS GRACE AND HIS MERCY
IS THE REASON I'M STILL
HERE.
I OWE NOTHING TO NOBODY BUT
THE LORD.
HE TOOK ME FROM FEELING
HOPELESS TO FEELING HOPE.
TO FEELING PROUD.
TO BEING SOMEBODY.
Pat: JESUS TOLD A STORY
ABOUT THE SON OF A WELS SON
SON OF A WELL-TO-DO MAN.
WHO SAID TO HIS FATHER, GIVE
ME THE MONEY DUE IN MY
INHERITANCE.
SO THE FATHER GAVE HIM HIS
PORTION, AND THE YOUNG MAN
WENT OUT, AND JESUS SAID IT
SO SIMPLY, HE WASTED HIS
SUBSTANCE IN RIOTOUS
LIVING.
ALCOHOL, PROSTITUTES, LAVISH
PARTIES, DRUNKEN O ORGIES,
ALL OF THE REST OF IT.
AND THEN WHEN HIS MONEY WENT
OUT, NOBODY CAME TO HIM, AND
HE WAS ALONE.
AND HE HIRED HIMSELF OUT TO
ONE OF THE LOCAL LAND OWNERS
TO FEED HIS HOGS.
AND HE WAS OUT IN THE PIG
PEN WITH THOSE MUDDY
CREATURES.
AND HE WAS GIVING THEM CAROB
PODS, AND IT SAID HE WOULD
FILL HIS BELLY WITH THE
HUSKS THAT THE SWINE WOULD
EAT.
AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS HE
CAME TO HIMSELF.
AND HE SAID, LISTEN, MY
FATHER'S HOUSE -- THINK OF
THIS, AND HERE I AM.
I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY
FATHER.
AND RONNIE DID THE SAME
THING.
HE WAS FAR AWAY, BUT HE IS
LIVING LIKE A HOBO.
HE IS LIVING IN TRASH AND
UNBELIEVABLE SQUALOR,
FEARFUL AND DECEIVED AND
EATEN UP BY INSECTS.
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE.
ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.
HORRIBLE!
NOW, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
GOTTEN THAT FAR.
BUT EVERY ONE OF US WHO IS
APART FROM OUR FATHER'S
HOUSE, WE'RE SOMEWHERE OR
ANOTHER IN A PIGSTY.
SOME PLACE OR ANOTHER THERE
IS A PIGSTY.
RONNIE HAD ONE.
YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF IT
BUT SOME WAY OR ANOTHER,
WHEN WE LEAVE THE FATHER'S
HOUSE, WE WIND UP IN A
PIGSTY.
NOW, DO YOU WANT TO BE
RESTORED TO YOUR FATHER?
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR
RIGHTFUL PLACE AS AN HEIR OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
DO YOU WANT TO INHERIT WITH
JESUS CHRIST AN HEIR OF GOD,
A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST?
THAT'S YOUR HERITAGE.
WHY DO YOU SETTLE FOR A.
PIGSTY.
THINK ON IT.
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO OFFER
YOU YOUR HERITAGE: YOUR
PLACE IN YOUR FATHER'S
HOUSE.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.
AND IF YOU'LL ASK HIM, THE
FATHER WILL OPEN HIS ARMS
AND DRAW YOU TO HIMSELF AND
PUT A ROBE ON YOUR SHOULDER
AND A RING ON YOUR FINGER
AND SHOES ON YOUR FEET AND
SAY, YOU'RE MY SON.
YOU'RE MY DAUGHTER.
I LOVE YOU.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, I WANT YOU
TO BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW
AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY THESE
WORDS.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, YOU KNOW HOW FAR I'VE
COME AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S
HOUSE.
YOU KNOW THE STAIN OF SIN.
YOU KNOW HOW ASHAMED I AM OF
WHAT I'VE DONE.
YOU KNOW THE HURTS THAT HAVE
BEEN HEAPED UPON ME.
AND NOW, LORD, I TURN TO YOU
AND I CRY OUT AND I SAY,
FATHER, FORGIVE ME.
I'M SORRY.
I WANT TO LEAVE THE PIG
PEN.
AND I WANT TO BE RESTORED TO
MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
TAKE ME, LORD, FOR I KNOW
YOU DIED FOR MY SINS AND I
KNOW THAT YOU ROSE THAT I
MIGHT HAVE EVERLASTING
LIFE.
AND SO, LORD JESUS, RIGHT
NOW I OPEN MY HEART TO YOU
AND I SAY, COME IN.
LIVE IN ME.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON I
WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND SERVE
YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD, IN JESUS'
NAME.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME.
ME, I WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
YES, YOUR FATHER LOVES YOU
AND HE HAS PUT HIS ARMS
AROUND YOU.
YOU'RE PART OF HIS FAMILY.
BUT YOU NEED TO BE
ESTABLISHED IN THE FAMILY.
I HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
I WENT INTO OUR AUDIO ROOM
SOME TIME AGO, AND I DID A
C.D. THAT TELLS YOU WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO YOU.
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN
EXCHANGED LIFE.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF
THE FAMILY.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
YOU CAN SLIP THAT ON TO YOUR
C.D. PLAYER AND LISTEN TO
IT.
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.
THERE IS A LITTLE BOOKLET
THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
YOU HAVE JUST LEFT THE PIG
PEN AND COME BACK TO THE
FATHER.
THE FATHER WANTS YOU TO GROW
IN HIM AND TO UNDERSTAND THE
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF A
CHILD OF GOD.
THAT'S WHAT THIS THING TELLS
YOU, A NEW DAY.
SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU
FREE.
I ASK YOU TO CALL,
1-800-759-0700.
NO MONEY INVOLVED.
NO MONEY WHATSOEVER.
JUST CALL.
IT'S TOLL-FREE.
EVERYTHING IS FREE.
BUT YOUR SALVATION WAS PAID
FOR BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF
JESUS.
CALL NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
SAY I PRAYED WITH PAT, AND
I'M NOW IN THE FATHER'S
HOUSE.
CHRISTIE?
Kristi: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, PAT.
STILL AHEAD, WE'RE GOING TO
BRING IT ON.
DAVID WANTS TO KNOW "IF
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO
SALVATION, THEN WHAT
HAPPENED TO EVERYONE WHO
DIED BEFORE HIS DEATH?"
INTERESTING QUESTION.
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE HEART
HAPPY BENEFITS OF
HAPPINESS.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "700 CLUB."
THE ARKANSAS STATE SENATE
HAS VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE
GOVERNOR'S DECISION ON WHAT
COULD BE THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BAN IN
THE NATION.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR MIKE
BEEBE VETOED ABORTION ONCE A
HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED.
THE GOVERNOR TOLD LAWMAKERS
THE BILL IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
BEEBE USED THE SAME
REASONING LAST WEEK WHEN HE
VETOED A 20-WEEK ABORTION
BAN.
EACH CHAMBER NEEDS ONLY A
SIMPLE MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE
A VETO IN ARKANSAS.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
CAVESPRINGS, GEORGIA, HAS
VOTED TO STOP SAYING THE
LORD'S PRAYER BEFORE THE
MEETINGS.
THE ATTORNEY SAID, QUOTE,"IT
JUST HAS TO BE A MORE
GENERIC-TYPE THING."
THE PASTOR WILL HAVE PASTORS
FROM THE SIX CHURCHES IN THE
TOWN TAKE TURNS SAYING A
PRAYER AT MEETINGS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST AT CBN NEWS BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS TIME FOR "BRING IT
ON," WHERE PAT IS GOING TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
YOU READY?
Pat: GO FOR IT.
Kristi: DAVID SAYS, "IF
YEESES IS THJESUS IS THE
ONLY WAY TO SALVATION, THEN
WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERYONE
WHO DIED BEFORE HIS DEATH?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT DURING THE TIME HE WAS
IN THE GRAVE, AFTER HIS
CRUCIFIXION, BEFORE HE ROSE
FROM THE DEAD, THAT HE WENT
AND PREACHED TO THE CAPTIVES.
AND THAT'S IN PETER.
AND THAT'S ALL WE KNOW.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THOSE
PEOPLE WERE GIVEN A CHANCE
TO HEAR THE GOSPEL.
ALL RIGHT.
Kristi: OKAY.
CONTISHU -- GOD BLESS YOUR
NAME.
"I JUST GAVE MY LIFE TO
CHRIST SPIRITUALLY, AND I
STARTED TO HAVE DREAMS.
IN THESE DREAMS, GOD REVEALS
TO ME A LOT ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE.
AM I ALLOWED TO SHARE THESE
DREAMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE?
I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK
I'M MAKING THIS UP OR I'M A
FREAK.
IF I'M ALLOWED, HOW DO I
START?"
Pat: IF I WERE YOU, I
WOULD HOLD IT TO YOURSELF
UNTIL YOU VERIFY THOSE
THINGS.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SCARE THE
DAY LIGHTS OUT OF PEOPLE.
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN
GOING TO PEOPLE AND TELLING
THEM GOD TOLD ME YOU'RE
GOING TO DIE IN THREE
DAYS -- OH, DID HE?
Kristi: I KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN.
Pat: GO AHEAD.
Kristi: JOHN SAYS,
"DEAR PAT, WHAT IS YOUR
CHRISTIAN VIEW ON THE
MENORAH?
IS IT THE TRUE TRADITION OF
ISRAEL?"
Pat: IT IS.
IT IS THE FLAME IN THE
TABERNACLE.
IT IS A GOOD THING.
WHAT IS MY VIEW?
I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL
SYMBOL OF ISRAEL AND THE
FLAME AND THE BRANCHES AND
THE CANDLESTICKS AND ALL OF
THAT.
READ THE OLD TESTAMENT.
IT IS THERE.
Kristi: JAMES SAYS,
"WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON A
THREE-DAY FAST?
I UNDERSTAND IT IS SUPPOSED
TO BRING YOU CLOSER TO
CHRIST.
I'M GOING BACK AND FORTHWITH
THIS, BECAUSE I'M PRAYING
FOR FULL BODY HEALTH BECAUSE
I HAVE NUMEROUS ISSUES.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING YOU
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO, YOU
KNOW, PROVE MY FAITH?"
Pat: I'VE SAID ON THIS
PROGRAM FROM TIME TO TIME, I
DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERTS ON HEALTH AND NEW
TRITIONS AN NUTRITION, BUT
I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
I DO NOT THINK THAT AN
EXTREME FAST MAY BE GOOD FOR
YOUR HEALTH.
MY FRIEND, WHO IS A
CARDIOLOGIST, CHELSEA, IS
REAL HIGH ON FASTING.
FASTING IS GOOD FOR YOUR
BODY.
IT CLEANSES IT OUT, BUT,
NEVERTHELESS, YOU'VE GOT
HEALTH ISSUES.
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
I'M NOT THE ONE TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION.
Kristi: DEBBIE SAYS, "I
HELPED FRIENDS AND FAMILY BY
QUICKLY LOANING THEM $4500
WHEN THEY WERE DESPERATE TO
MOVE INTO A RENTAL HOME.
THAT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO,
AND THEY NEVER EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEBT.
THEY'RE STILL HAVING HARD
TIMES.
AM I WRONG TO REMIND MY
FRIENDS OF THIS DEBT?
I KNOW WE SHOULD HELP EACH
OTHER, BUT I FEEL TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF."
Pat: I HAVE SAID
REPEATEDLY ON THIS PROGRAM,
YOU ARE NOT A BANK.
A BANK IS SET UP TO PROCESS
LOANS, TO COLLECT LOANS, AND
LEVY ON SECURITY OF LOANS.
YOU'RE NOT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF
SOMEBODY COMES AND THEY'VE
GOT A NEED, HELP THEM.
IT IS A GIFT AND FORGET IT.
THAT MONEY IS GONE.
LET IT GO.
ASK GOD FOR MORE.
TURN YOUR MIND ON TO
SOMETHING ELSE, OTHERWISE IT
WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
I HAD BELONGED TO A TINY
MINISTRY IN NEW YORK THAT
HAD BEEN CHEATED OUT OF A
FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
EVERY TIME WE HAD A BOARD
MEETING, THEY BROUGHT UP
THIS LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
IT WAS A STUMBLING BLOCK
THAT PROHIBITED THIS
ORGANIZATION FROM MOVING
FORWARD.
IF I WERE YOU, LET IT GO.
AND IF YOU GET PAID,
HALLELUJAH.
IF YOU DON'T GET PAID,
HALLELUJAH.
GOD HAS GOT PLENTY MORE.
Kristi: AMEN.
JUNE SAYS, "HI, PAT.
SOMETIMES WHEN I PRAY, MY
MIND GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS
GOING ON IN MY LIFE.
HERE IS THE DEAL: IS THE
DEVIL TRYING TO DISTRACT
ME?
I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON
GOD.
HELP ME.
HIHELP ME."
Pat: NO, IT IS NOT THE
DEVIL.
OUR MIND FLIPS AROUND.
WE SEE A BUG ON THE WALL OR
THE LIGHT IS OUT, OR
SOMETHING, SOMETHING,
SOMETHING.
YOU JUST -- I RECOMMEND
READING THE WORD.
I RECOMMEND PRAISE.
TALK TO GOD.
I PRAISE YOU, LORD.
I LOVE YOU, LORD.
VOCAL LIEIZE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, AND LET YOUR WHOLE
BODY GIVE YOURSELF IN
PRAISE.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST THERE
SAYING, OH, GOD -- YOUR MIND
IS GOING TO GO IN OTHER
DIRECTIONS.
THAT'S THE WAY OUR MINDS
ARE.
IT IS NOT THE DEVIL.
Kristi: I THINK WE HAVE
TIME FOR ONE MORE.
EARL SAYS, "I LOVE MUSIC AND
I'M PLANNING TO GET A RECORD
DEAL TO HELP MY FAMILY WITH
FINANCIAL DEBT.
MY PARENTS DON'T WANT ME
DOING MUSIC BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE SINGING JAZZ AND
BLUES ARE NOT
CHURCH-RELATED.
I STILL GO TO CHURCH EVERY
DAY.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
SHOULD I QUIT MUSIC OR
NOT?"
Pat: ABSOLUTELY DON'T
QUIT MUSIC.
SING TO THE LORD A NEW
SONG.
THEY REJOICED IN DANCE AND
WITH MUSIC BEFORE THE LORD.
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE.
PRAISE THE LORD WITH SINGING
AND DANCE.
THAT'S THE EXPRESSION OF
PEOPLE.
LET THOSE EXPRESSIONS COME
FORWARD.
NOW SOME OF THIS STUFF IS
NASTY.
I THINK IN INDIA, THE PEOPLE
WERE SAYING WHY ARE THEY
CALLING ON THE DEMONS.
THEY WERE PLAYING HEAVY
METAL, ROCK MUSIC, AND THE
INDIANS SAID THIS IS THE
KIND OF MUSIC WE DO TO
SUMMON DEMONS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO
THAT.
PRAISE THE LORD AND DO NOT
GIVE UP YOUR TALENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ORGAN
MUSIC IN CHURCH.
Kristi: AMEN!
IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS FOR PAT, LOG ON
TO CBN.COM.
UP NEXT, YEAR GOING TO
EXAMINE THE SPIRITUAL
SECRETS OF A HEALTHY HEART
FROM A MEDICAL POINT OF
VIEW.
DR. KERRY IS IN THE
AUDIENCE -- HI, DOCTOR --
AND THAT'S HER DAUGHTER
GRACE, BY THE WAY.
Kristi: IF YOU'RE
SWEATING OVER YOUR
CHOLESTEROL COUNT OR
SWEATING OVER HOW MUCH FAT
IS IN YOUR DIET, YOU MAY BE
MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE.
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
ASSOCIATING WITH HAPPY
PEOPLE CAN HAVE TREMENDOUS
BENEFITS FOR YOUR HEALTH AND
YOUR HEART.
TAKE A LOOK.
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
HEARTS AND OVERALL
WELL-BEING, WE TEND TO THINK
OF OURSELVES IN PIECES, BUT
THESE PIECES MAKE UP A
WHOLE, JUST LIKE A JIGSAW
PUZZLE.
WE MAY GO TO A DOCTOR IF WE
HAVE CHEST PAINS, BUT WE
RARELY CONSIDER THAT ANGER
OR STRESS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO
HEART DISEASE.
KARA DAVIS MEANS KEEPING
YOUR HEART HEALTHY MEANS
TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF,
BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT, AND
SHARES HOW ALL OF THEM ARE
CONNECTED.
Kristi: SO PLEASE
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB,"
THE AUTHOR OF "SPIRITUAL
SECRETS TO A HEALTHY HEART,"
DURING KERRY DAVIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT THEIR HEART,
THEY THINK ABOUT MINIMIZING
SALT, BUT YOU SAY IT GOES
DEEPER THAN THAT.
IT ABSOLUTELY GOES DEEPER
THAN THAT.
OF COURSE, WE'RE PHYSICAL
CREATURES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
A SPIRITUAL, AN EMOTIONAL,
AND A MENTAL SIDE.
AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE A
GREAT IMPACT ON THE HEALTH
OF OUR HEART.
Kristi: LET'S TALK
ABOUT HAPPINESS.
PEOPLE THINK THAT PERSON IS
HAPPY, AND THAT'S GOOD, BUT
HAPPINESS IS BENEFICIAL TO
THE HEART.
PROVERBS SAYS A HAPPY
HEART IS LIKE MEDICATION.
I OFTEN TELL MY PATIENTS, IF
YOU DON'T WANT ONE MORE
MEDICINE, TRY BEING HAPPY.
THERE IS SUCH A CONNECTION
BETWEEN A JOYFUL SPIRIT AND
A HAPPY DISPOSITION NOT ONLY
WITH HEART DISEASE, BUT ALL
CHRONIC ILLNESS LIKE CANCER
AND HEART DISEASE.
Kristi: PAT AND I HAVE
HAD A LOT OF HEALTH
OFFICIALS ON, AND THEY ALL
SAID IS THE FACTOR OF STRESS
AND STRESS-RELATED ISSUES.
AND HOW A LOT OF HEALTH
ISSUES TODAY ARE BECAUSE OF
STRESS.
AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, CAST
CAST YOUR CARES UPON THE
LORD.
AND NEGATIVE ISSUES AFFECT
OUR HEART.
OUR EMOTIONAL HEALTH NOT
ONLY CAUSES A BAD DAY, BUT
IT RELEASES CHEMICALS AND
HORMONES AND ALL SORTS OF
MEDIATORS INTO OUR
BLOODSTREAM THAT HAVE A
DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR ORGANS,
ESPECIALLY THE HEART.
SO WHEN WE ALLOW THE STRESS
OF LIFE, AND WE SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT THINGS ABOVE,
NOT THINGS ON THE EARTH, BUT
WHEN WE GET SO ENTANGLED
WITH THE EVERY DAY STRESSES
OF LIFE, IT DOES HAVE AN
IMPACT, BOTH IN THE
SHORT-TERM AND THE
LONG-TERM.
ANG TBEANGER IS ANOTHER
PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GET IT
GO.
IT IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
WHEN WE ALLOW ANGER TO
GOVERN OUR SPIRITS, THAT
WILL IMPACT OUR PHYSICAL
HEALTH.
JESUS TOLD US TO FORGIVE FOR
A REASON.
YES, IT KEEPS US IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, THE
FATHER, BUT IT ALSO
PRESERVES OUR PHYSICAL
HEALTH.
Kristi: AND PEOPLE WHO
ARE PESSIMISTIC.
THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS SEES
THE GLASS AS NOT ONLY HALF
EMPTY, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING
TO DIE BECAUSE THE GLASS IS
HALF EMPTY.
NOTHING IS EVER RIGHT.
CRITICISM, COMPLAINTS ALL OF
THE TIME.
THEY'RE NOT JUST HARD TO
LIVE WITH.
THEY'RE ALSO IMPACTING
DISEASE UPON THEIR PHYSICAL
BODIES.
WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH THAT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
PESSIMISTIC DISPOSITION --
YOU KNOW, ATTITUDE IS
EVERYTHING -- PEOPLE WHO ARE
PLAGUED BY PESSIMISM,
CYNICISM, THEY DON'T LIVE AS
LONG AS OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO
LIVE THEIR LAST DAYS IN A
NURSING HOME RATHER THAN
FAMILY.
IT MAY JUST BE THEIR FAMILY
DOESN'T WANT TO BE WITH
THEM, BUT IT IS ALSO BECAUSE
THEY LOSE SOME OF THEIR
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AND
THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO
LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
HOW WE THINK, HOW WE FEEL,
OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, HAS A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING,
PARTICULARLY OUR HEART.
Kristi: LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE ANSWER.
HOW THAT PESSIMISTIC PERSON
CAN FIND JOY AND HOW THAT
WORRIED PERSON CAN FIND
PEACE, THE SLUTION.
> SOLUTION.
I BELIEVE THE KEY TO
PESSIMISM IS GRATITUDE.
A PESSIMISTIC PERSON SEES
WHAT IS NOT THERE, BUT A
GRATEFUL PERSON SEES WHAT IS
THERE, AND THEY'RE THANKFUL
AND REJOICE AND WHAT IS
THERE.
WHEN WE HAVE A GRATEFUL
DISPOSITION, IT KIND OF
DRIVES OUT PESSIMISM AND
NEGATIVITY.
WE SEE THAT IN THE BOOK OF
EXODUS.
THEY WERE IN THE DESERT AND
DIDN'T HAVE WATER, AND
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR GOD,
THEY COMPLAINED AND
COMPLAINED AND COMPLAINED.
NONE OF THEM SAW THE
PROMISED LAND.
GOD SAYS TO BE THANKFUL IN
ALL THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS
THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU.
SO REALLY BEING UNGRATEFUL
IS GRIEVOUS TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
AND IF WE EMBRACE GRATITUDE
AND THANKSGIVING, IT DOES SO
MUCH, NOT JUST FOR OUR
SPIRITUAL HEALTH, BUT FOR
OUR PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AS
WELL.
Kristi: MY SISTER IS A
DOCTOR, A FAMILY
PRACTITIONER, AND WHENEVER
ANY ONE OF US WOULD CALL AND
SAY THIS HURTS OR THAT
HURTS, SHE IS, LIKE, DID YOU
PRAY?
PRAY AND CALL ME BACK.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
POWER OF PRAY AND HOW IT CAN
ALLEVIATE MANY OF THE ISSUES
WE HAVE.
PRAYER IS THE MAIN STAY
TO PHYSICAL HEALTH.
SOMETIMES WE CAN GET SO TIED
UP WITH WHAT THE DOCTOR
TELLS US.
IF WE BRING IT TO THE LORD
IN PRAYER, AND HE IS THE
HEALER, BUT IF THAT IS NOT
WHAT IS TO BE, HE IS A
SUSTAINER, AND HE'LL GIVE
YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO WEATHER
WHATEVER TRIAL OR
TRIBULATION THAT HAS COME
UPON YOU.
Kristi: DOCTOR, YOU ARE
A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Kristi: DR. DAVIS' MANY
TIPS TO MAINTAINING A HEALTH
HEART.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
AND, PAT, OVER TO YOU.
Pat: THAT'S WHY I'M
LIVING SO LONG BECAUSE I'M
HAPPY.
AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOU,
KRISTI, AND I'M HAPPY YOU'RE
WITH US.
AND GOD BLESS YOU, AND ALL
OF THE REST OF IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE
TOMORROW, AREN'T YOU?
Kristi: I'M GOING TO BE
HERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
Pat: IT'S GOING TO BE A
WONDERFUL WEEK.
TOMORROW, AN UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH THE
TAMPA RAY'S BEN SEACREST.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM PROVERBS:
"FEAR THE LORD AND DEPART
FROM EVIL.
IT WILL BE HEALTH TO YOUR
FLESH AND STRENGTH TO YOUR
BONES."
THAT'S GOD'S PRESCRIPTION OF
HEALTH.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU NEED
PRAYER, THE TELEPHONES ARE
AVAILABLE.
PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL.
TOMORROW, I BELIEVE JOEL
ROSENBURG IS WITH US, TOO.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
