Lee: AMERICAN IDOL

HEARTTHROB, HE TALKS ABOUT

LIFE AFTER ELIMINATION AND

BRINGS HIS MESSAGE TO "THE

700 CLUB."

Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO

THIS EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB."

IMAGINE WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN

DO AND THE THREAT ALWAYS

EXISTS.

AND IT REALLY DOES EXIST.

AND ONE DAY THE FEDS WILL

MOVE IN AND TAKE AWAY YOUR

MONEY.

THEY HAVE DONE THAT IN

LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ARGENTINA,

AND THEY LITERALLY TOOK ALL

OF THE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FROM

ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND SAID

WE'LL GIVE YOU BONDS IN

EXCHANGE FOR THEM, AND TOOK

THEM.

TOOK THEM.

CYPRUS IS IN A BIND.

THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE A 10%

CLIP ON ALL OF THE BANK

ACCOUNTS.

NOW THEY'RE CUTTING IT DOWN

TO ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT,

LIKE SOMETHING IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD OF $30,000.

I'M NOT SURE.

WE MENTIONED BEFORE, HUGE

AMOUNTS OF RUSSIAN MONEY

HAVE GONE TO CYPRUS BECAUSE

CYPRUS IS A TAX HAVEN.

I HAD A CYPRUS COMPANY

CALLED MEDIA VESDA --

Terry: WHO KNEW.

Pat: WHO KNEW.

BUT THEY WEREN'T

CONFISCATING ANYTHING, AND

EVERYTHING IS PEACE.

BUT MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO

HIT THESE RUSSIAN ALA

ALAGARDS WHO HAVE A LOT OF

MONEY, AND A LOT OF IT IS

ILL-GOTTEN.

AND IF THEY HIT THAT, THAT

WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY OF

CYPRUS.

IT IS MORE THAN MEETS THE

EYE.

AND THEY SAID IT IS A LITTLE

BIT OF MONEY, AND WE'LL LOAN

YOU THE MONEY, JUST LET US

HAVE ALL OF THE GAS ON YOUR

ISLAND.

Terry: PEOPLE ARE

FURIOUS, AND CAN YOU BLAME

THEM.

OUR EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE

STORY.

Reporter: THE TINY

EUROPEAN COUNTRY OF CYPRUS

IS IN NEED OF A BAILOUT.

OVER THE WEEKEND, THE

EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPED A

PLAN TO RESCUE THE COUNTRY,

A $10 BILLION BAILOUT

PACKAGE.

IN RETURN FOR THE RESCUE

LOANS, THE NATION WILL BE

REQUIRED TO CONFISCATE UP TO

10% OF EVERYONE'S SAVINGS

ACCOUNT.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSED AN

IMMEDIATE UPROAR.

WHY SHOULD THEY TAKE OUR

MONEY?

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.

WE WORK AND WE DEPOSIT MONEY

FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES, AND

THEY COME TO TAKE OUR

MONEY.

THIS IS UNFAIR, UNFAIR.

Reporter: CYPRUS BUILT

UP ITS ECONOMY IN RECENT

YEARS BY BECOMING AN

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL

CENTER.

BUT ITS BANKS INVESTED

HEAVILY IN GREECE.

AND WHEN GREECE'S FINANCES

FELL APART, IT HURT THE

BANKS IN CYPRUS BADLY.

WHEN GREECE DEFAULTED, IT

WAS THE CASE OF ONE BAD

MUSHROOM REALLY DAMAGING A

VERY, VERY GOOD MUSHROOM.

Reporter: THE SITUATION

IN CYPRUS HAS RAISED

CONCERNS THAT OTHER

STRUGGLING NATIONS MAY

EVENTUALLY TRY THEONX 

BANK DEPOSITS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

WILL HAPPEN FOR EVERY OTHER

EUROPEAN COUNTRY.

ALL OTHER COUNTRIES RIGHT

NOW, ALL OF THEIR MONEY IN

EVERY BANK IS IS NOT SAFE.

Reporter: IT IS ALSO

SPARKING FEARS OF POSSIBLE

RUNS ON THE BANKS IN THE

FUTURE AS INVESTORS TRY TO

KEEP THEIR MONEY.

I HAVE SEEN THAT THE

SPANISH AND ITALIAN BANKS

HAVE LOST THIS MORNING,

VIRTUALLY UP TO 4%, WHICH

MEANS THERE IS A HUGE DANGER

THAT MONEY HAS BEEN

WITHDRAWN.

Reporter: EUROPEAN

ANALYSTS DON'T EXPECT BANK

RUNS FOR NOW.

BUT THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT IS

STILL WORKING FOR A WAY TO

PAY ITS BAILOUT THAT ID

NEEDS TO KEEP IT'S BANK

RUNNING.

Pat: I THINK THAT THE

G.D.P. OF KANSAS IS BIGGER

THAN CYPRUS.

IT IS NOT EXACTLY A MAJOR

PLAYER, BUT NEVERTHELESS,

WHAT THIS SHOWS IS WHAT

GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLING TO

DO, AND THAT SPOOKS

INVESTORS.

IF YOU READ SOME OF THIS

LITERATURE, THEY'RE ALWAYS

WARNING YOU THAT THE TIME

WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL

CONFISCATE YOUR GOLD.

AND YOU WOULD SAY, THEY WILL

NEVER DO THAT IN AMERICA.

YES, THEY DID.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DID JUST

THAT.

HE DECLARED THE OWNERSHIP OF

GOLD ILLEGAL, AND TOOK AWAY

AMERICA'S GOLD BACK IN THE

1930s.

IT WAS DONE BEFORE, AND IT

CAN BE DONE AGAIN.

AND GOVERNMENTS CAN GET

VERY, VERY GREEDY.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT

SAY MAYBE TO LOCATE

OFFSHORE, BUT OFFSHORE

WHERE?

YOU GO TO CYPRUS, AND THAT

ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST SAFE

HAVEN.

WHILE EUROPE FACES ANOTHER

FINANCIAL CRISIS, PRESIDENT

OBAMA WILL SOON BE IN ISRAEL

TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER GLOBAL

THREAT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR

PROGRAM.

LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM

THE CBN NEWSROOM.

Lee: THE PRESIDENT

LEAVES FOR ISRAEL TODAY,

PAT.

HIS FIRST TRIP THERE AS

PRESIDENT.

HE WILL ALSO VISIT THE WEST

BANK AND JORDAN.

HIS TRIP COMES AT A CRITICAL

TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE

STORY.

Reporter: IT HAS TAKEN

PRESIDENT OBAMA MORE THAN

FOUR YEARS TO VISIT

AMERICA'S CLOSEST ALLEY IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

ACCORDING TO ONE ISRAELI

NEWSPAPER POLL, NEARLY 70%

OF THEM HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE

OR HOSTILE OPINION AGAINST

THE PRESIDENT.

AND AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR

ISRAEL IS AT ITS HIGHEST

LEVEL IN MORE THAN TWO

DECADES.

IF YOU'RE BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU, WHAT DO YOU WANT

TO TALK TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

ABOUT?

RIGHT NOW ABOUT IRAN.

THAT IS HIS MAIN CONCERN.

IT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO

THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

NETANYAHU SAID IN HIS FAMOUS

SPEECH AT THE U.N. LAST

FALL, THAT THE RED LINE, THE

POINT BY WHICH IF IRAN

CROSSES IT, ISRAEL WILL NO

LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO

STOP IRAN'S NUCLEAR

PROGRAM -- THAT RED LINE IS

APPROACHING SOMETIME BETWEEN

SPRING AND SUMMER.

HERE WE ARE.

Reporter: AMERICAN

INTELLIGENCE INDICATES THERE

IS MORE TIME, BUT IRAN

CONTINUES TO PRESS AHEAD,

EVEN COZYING UP TO NORTH

KOREA.

IRAN HAS SEEN NORTH KOREA

TESTING NUCLEAR WAR HEAD,

AND ITS SCIENTISTS WERE

THERE AT THE LAUNCH.

WHICHMEANS THIS RELATION

BETWEEN IRAN AND NORTH KOREA

ARE VERY CLOSE.

Reporter: THE FIRST

THING THE PRESIDENT WILL

VISIT WHEN HE TOUCHES DOWN

ON ISRAELI SOIL IS THE

MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM

CALLED THE IRON DOME, A

SIGNAL, THE WHITE HOUSE

SAYS, TO THE PRESIDENT'S

COMMITMENT TO THE SECURITY

OF ISRAEL.

THE PRESIDENT DECIDED

AGAINST ADDRESSING ISRAEL'S

CONESIT.

HE WILL TALK TO THE AMERICAN

CENTER.

MEANWHILE, POLICY EXPERTS

WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO

SEE IF THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP

IS HEAVIER ON OPTICS OR

SUBSTANCE.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO VISIT

THE WESTERN WALL AND PRAY

AND VISIT THE SHRINE OF THE

BOOK AND GO TO BETHLEHEM AND

DO THE TOURIST SITES, EAT A

FA FALALFAL AND MAKE

EVERYONE FEEL HAPPY.

Reporter: HOW BIG IS IT

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES TO VISIT A

FOREIGN COUNTRY?

IT IS A SIGNAL TO THE

COUNTRY HE VISITS AND THE

COUNTRIES AROUND IT.

Reporter: THE LAST

THING THE PRESIDENT WILL DO

BEFORE LEAVING ISRAEL AND

THE WEST BANK IS TO VISIT

THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY

IN BETHLEHEM.

THE PRESIDENT HOPES HIS

VISIT BRINGS ATTENTION TO

THE PERSECUTION OF

CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE

EAST, AND THE NEED TO

PROTECT RELIGIOUS

MINORITIES.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

THE WHITE HOUSE.

Lee: PAT, ARE YOU

EXPECTING ANYTHING TO COME

FROM THIS TRIP?

Pat: NO, I REALLY

DON'T.

BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE A

LOT OF HOOPLA, AND

CELEBRATIONS.

THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF

POLICE TO SECURE AGAINST ANY

TERRORIST ACTIVITY.

AND THEY WILL ROLE OUT THE

RED CARPET FOR HIM, AND HE

WILL BE TREATED LIKE A

HERO.

BUT THE MAJORITY, OVER 90%

OF THE ISRAELI POPULOUS, DO

NOT APPROVE OF PRESIDENT

OBAMA.

THEY DON'T BELIEVE HE IS A

FRIEND OF ISRAEL.

AND HIS ACTIONS HAVE PRETTY

MUCH PROVED THAT.

HHIS RHETORIC MAY BE

SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF

RHETORIC ABOUT HOW WE

SUPPORT YOU, WE'VE GOT YOUR

BACK, AND THIS, THAT, AND

THE OTHER, BUT ACTUALLY

WHETHER IT WILL ACTUALLY

COME TO PASS REMAINS TO BE

SEEN.

I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF

YOU'LL SEE ANY ASSENTUAL

MOVEMENT.

I THINK HIS MAIN THRUST WILL

BE TO STRONG-ARM NETANYAHU

AND SAY DON'T ATTACK IRAN

NOW.

THAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE --

MAYBE I'M WRONG.

WE'LL SEE.

Lee: TOMORROW WE WILL

HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT FROM

JERUSALEM ON THE PRESIDENT'S

ARRIVAL AND THE ISSUES HE

WILL BE FACING.

BACK IN WASHINGTON, HOUSE

DEMOCRATS WHO PUT TOGETHER A

BUDGET FOR TH THE

GOVERNMENT, FINALLY.

IT RAISES $1.2 TRILLION

TAXES OVER THE NEXT TWO

YEARS.

IT WILL GET RID OF TAX

BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES AS

WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.

DEMOCRATS SAY THEIR BUDGET

FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING THE

ECONOMY AND GROWING JOBS.

THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY

THE PLAN ISN'T SERIOUS.

THE G.O.P. SAYS ITS PLENTY

WILL GET RID OF THE DEFICIT

WITHIN A DECADE.

EITHER SIDE TELLING THE

TRUTH HERE, PAT?

Pat: NO.

CERTAINLY THE DEMOCRATS

ARE.

LEE, YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR

HISTORY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

HAD A TOP AIDE WHO'S NAME

WAS HARRY HOPKINS.

AND HE WAS HIS POLITICAL

GURU, HE WAS LIKE THE KARL

ROVE OF THAT DAY.

HE SAID HERE IS THE SECRET:

TAX AND TAX AND SPEND AND

SPEND, AND ELECT AND ELECT.

THAT WAS THEIR MANTRA, TAX

AND TAX, SPEND AND SPEND,

ELECT AND ELECT.

AND SO AS LONG AT THE

FOUNTAIN IS OPEN AND THE

SLUSH FUNDS ARE ROLLING OUT

TO THE PEOPLE, THEN THEY

WILL VOTE FOR THOSE GIVING

THEM THE FLUSH FUNDS, WHO

WILL BE PERCEIVED AS THE

DEMOCRATS.

SO THAT'S THEIR GAME.

IT HAS BEEN THEIR GAME SINCE

HARRY HOPKINS IN THE

MID-1930s, AND IT

CONTINUES TO BE THEIR GAME.

BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE

SAYING, NO, A GREAT NATION

CANNOT BANKRUPT ITSELF IN

ORDER TO BUY VOTES.

THAT'S THE DANGER:

BANKRUPTCY.

WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO WIND

UP LIKE GREECE.

LEE?

Lee: PAT, REPUBLICAN

SENATOR RAND PAUL IS

ENDORSING A PATHWAY TO

CITIZENSHIP FOR THE NATION'S

11 MILLION ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS.

PAUL'S MESSAGE IS: "IF YOU

WISH TO LIVE AND WORK IN

AMERICA, WE WILL FIND A

PLACE FOR YOU."

PAUL'S PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

WOULD NOT BE EASY.

IT INCLUDES SEVERAL

CONDITIONS.

BUT HE JOINS A GROWING

NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS WHO

SUPPORT IMMIGRATION REFORM

TO BROADEN THE PARTY'S

APPEAL AMONG HISPANICS.

AND IT COMES AS THE

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL

COMMITTEE SAYS IT WILL SPEND

$10 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE

TO REACH OUT TO MINORITIES.

THEY WILL USE PART OF THAT

MONEY TO SEND HUNDREDS OF

PARTY WORKERS INTO HISPANIC,

BLACK, AND ASIAN

COMMUNITIES.

THE U.S. SUPERIOR COURT IS

READY TO DECIDE IF STATES

CAN CAN FORCE PEOPLE TO

PROVE THEY'RE U.S. CITIZENS

BEFORE REGISTERING TO VOTE.

PAUL STRAND HAS THAT STORY

FROM WASHINGTON.

Reporter: OPPONENTS

OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT

SAID THEY'RE HOPEFUL THE

JUSTICES WILL STRIKE DOWN

ARIZONA'S VOTING LAW THAT IT

REQUIRES MORE PROOF THAT

WOULD-BE VOTERS HAVE TO

SUPPLY UNDER THE FEDERAL

VOTER REGISTRATION LAW.

THIS IS IS ABOUT THE

BASIC RIGHT TO VOTE.

ARIZONA IS TRYING TO SAY NO,

THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE

FEDERAL MAIL VOTER

REGISTRATION FORM UNLESS IT

IS ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL

DOCUMENTATION.

WE JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST

HITLER AND NAZ NAZI-ISM.

AND WHEN WE CAME BACK TO THE

STATE OF ARIZONA, WE WERE

NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE UNTIL

1948.

AND TO THIS DAY, WHAT GOES

ON TODAY TO TRY TO SUPPRESS

VOTING, THAT REALLY AMAZES

ME THIS TYPE OF THING IS

GOING TO ON TO THIS DAY.

Reporter: BUT THE MAN

WHO DEFENDED ARIZONA'S HIGH

COURT AND THE MAN WHO WROTE

IT, SAYS THE STATE HAS A

RIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THEY

HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE VOTING

FRAUD.

WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY

INDICTMENTS IN MANY STATES

OF IRREGULARITIES IN VOTER

FRAUD.

IT IS ABOUT TIME WE STEP UP

TO THE PLATE AND ENSURE THAT

THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS

RESERVED FOR CITIZENS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Reporter: IF THE COURT

UP HOLDS ARIZONA LAW, 12

OTHER STATES ARE READY TO EN

INVOKE THE SAME MEASURES.

Lee: IS IT LEGAL FOR AN

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TO VOTE?

Pat: I THINK THAT'S THE

RIGHT QUESTION.

IF THEY'LL ASK THAT QUESTION

AND PHRASE IT THAT WAY, THE

ANSWER IS PRETTY CLEAR.

THERE IS NO QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT ARIZONA

HAS GOT A UNIQUE SITUATION.

THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR

STATE WHO ARE THERE

ILLEGALLY.

THESE PEOPLE -- THE FEDERAL

VOTER FORM SAYS ARE YOU A

CITIZEN.

AND YOU CHECK YES.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

ARE YOU A CITIZEN?

YES.

SO WHAT'S THE PROOF?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE

ANYTHING.

ARE YOU A CITIZEN?

WELL, WHERE IS YOUR BIRTH

CERTIFICATE?

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CHECK A FORM.

ARIZONA SAID NO, THERE ARE

TOO MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN

THIS STATE WHO ARE NOT

CITIZENS, AND THEY HAVE COME

ACROSS THIS BORDER

ILLEGALLY, AND THEY

SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO

VOTE.

WHO IS GOING TO WIN?

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I THINK, FOLKS, WE'VE GOT TO

RECOGNIZE THAT THESE

HISPANICS I

WETBACKS," AND ALL OF THESE

THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN

HURDLED AT THEM.

THEY'RE FAMILY PEOPLE AND

ALL OF THE THINGS YOU LIKE.

NEVERTHELESS, THEY HAVE COME

ACROSS OUR BORDER

ILLEGALLY.

HOW DO YOU RECTIFY THE

SITUATION?

I THINK INTELLIGENT PEOPLE,

LIKE SENATOR RUBIO AND

SENATOR RAND PAUL SAY WE'VE

GOT TO STOP THIS KNEE-JERK

REACTION AGAINST IMMIGRANTS,

AND BEGIN TO OPEN THE

BORDERS AND OPEN OUR ARMS.

WE ARE A NATION OF

IMMIGRANTS.

EVERYBODY CAME HERE FROM

SOME PLACE ELSE ACCEPT THE

INDIANS, THE IN AN NATIVE

AMERICANS.

AND THERE ARE HISPANIC

PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE

SINCE THE 1500s OR

1600s.

THEY PRE-DATE THE

ANGLO-SAXONS THAT CAME IN,

OR THE ANGLOS THAT CAME IN

FROM ENGLAND.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE A LONG,

LONG TIME, AND THEY DON'T

WANT TO BE LUMPED IN WITH

ALL OF THESE LAW BREAKERS.

WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND

RECOGNIZE THESE ARE

WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND WE

CANNOT PENALIZE THEM.

BUT IT NEEDS TO BE TOUGH.

YOU CANNOT OPEN YOUR DOORS

AND SAY ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO

COME IN CAN GET FREE MEDICAL

AND FREE HEALTH AND FREE

EDUCATION, AND THIS, THAT,

AND THE OTHER.

IT WON'T WORK.

I THINK WISE HEADS ARE

BEGINNING TO PREVAIL IN THIS

DEBATE, AND I JUST HOPE THEY

ARE SUCCESSFUL.

LEE?

Lee: KEEPING YOUR HEART

HEALTHY COULD ALSO HELP YOU

WARD OFF CANCER.

RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MORE

THAN 13,000 PATIENTS OVER 20

YEARS AND DISCOVERED THAT

FOLLOWING THE SEVEN STEPS

FOR HEART HEALTH CAN CUT

YOUR CANCER RISK IN HALF.

HERE ARE THE SEVEN STEPS:

GET ACTIVE, CONTROL

CHOLESTEROL, EAT BETTER,

MANAGE BLOOD PRESSURE, LOSE

WEIGHT, REDUCE BLOOD SUGAR,

AND STOP SMOKING.

THE AMERICAN HEART

ASSOCIATION DEVELOPED THOSE

SEVEN STEPS THREE YEARS AGO

WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING

DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK AND

STROKE BY 20% BY THE YEAR

2020.

PAT?

Pat: WELL, LEE, I THINK

WE'VE BEEN PREACHING -- I

THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT

STEP YOU SHOULD TAKE IN

FIXING YOUR HEART IS TO

WATCH "THE 700 CLUB," AND

YOU'LL GET ALL OF THE TIPS

YOU NEED AS TO HOW TO BE

HEART HEALTHY.

IT'S FREE!

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP, THE

SINGER WHO ROCKED AMERICAN

IDAHO, AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO

AUDITION.

COLTON DIXON JOINS US LIVE

LATER ON THE SHOW.

FIRST, A VILLAGE LIVES UNDER

THE SHADOWS OF WAR ANDññññ WHAT

IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS

BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE

PEOPLE LIVING THERE.

*

Pat: HERE IN AMERICA,

MOST OF US ENJOY PEACEFUL

LIVES.

BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY

IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS

A WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC

TERRORISM, LIKE THE NATION

OF MALI IN NORTH AFRICA.

MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF

MALI.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT.

BUT WE DO BECAUSE GARY LANE

WENT THERE AND HE TOOK A

LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION FROM

THE FIGHTING CAUSED BY

AL-QAEDA REBELS.

AND WHAT "OPERATION

BLESSING" IS NOW DOING IN

MALI TO HELP THOSE WHO

SUFFER.

Reporter: FOR MORE THAN

A YEAR, GOVERNMENT TROOPS

HAVE BATTLED ISLAMIST REBELS

IN NORTHERN MALI.

WHILE SOME LIBERATED AREAS

BEGIN TO RECOVER, THE WAR'S

EFFECTS STILL LINGER.

ADAM DIALLO DESCRIBES HOW

GUNFIRE FRIGHTENED HIM.

THE REBELS TOLD VILLAGERS

THEY CAME TO IMPOSE ISLAMIC

LAW.

THAT WAS A LIE.

THAT WAS A BIG LIE.

ALL THEY DID WAS START

SELLING DRUGS.

THEY CAME TO TEACH THEM

TO BE GOOD DRUG DEALERS.

Reporter: AND FRAME

THEM TO BE GOOD DRUG

DEALERS.

DO YOU LIKE SHARI'A LAW?

WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO CUT

OFF YOUR HAND IF THEY TAKE

SOMETHING?

CUT OFF THEIR HANDS?

NO.

Reporter: THE PEOPLE

HERE DID NOT WELCOME THE

ISLAMISTS AT ALL.

THEY WANTED THEM OUT OF

HERE.

SO WHEN THE FRENCH ARRIVED

IN LATE JANUARY AND

LIBERATED THEM, THEY WERE

THANKFUL.

THIS MAN SAYS THE ISLAMIST

REBELS KIDNAPPED HIM AND

BOUND HIS HANDS AND FEET,

AND CARRIED HIM AWAY ON

STICKS, LIKE THEY WERE GOING

TO BARBECUE SOME MEAT.

FORTUNATELY ARMIES RESCUED

HIM.

HE SAYS INTENSE FIGHTING

PREVENTED HIM FROM CARRYING

HIS BROTHER'S BODY TO THE

CEMETERY.

AND HE SHOWED US THE STORAGE

ROOM WHERE HE BURIED HIM.

HIS FAMILY STILL MOURNS AND

THE CHILDREN, INCLUDING

YOUNG LOGI AND HOGI, WILL

NOW GROW UP WITHOUT A

FATHER.

THESE TWO GIRLS REMEMBER

THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER,

AMADU.

FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD US WHAT

HAPPENED TO THE BOY.

AT 6:30 A.M., AFTER

BREAKFAST, WE HEARD

GUNFIRE.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE

ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES

SMASHED THROUGH OUR FENCE.

IT SHATTERED THE BEDROOM

DOOR.

AMADU WAS SLEEPING.

HIS BACK WAS AGAINST THE

WALL.

Reporter: THIS IS WHAT

WAS LEFT OF THE ROCKET.

IT CAME HERE AND SHATTERED

HERE AND THE SHRAPNEL KILLED

THE BOY.

FATMA SAYS NEITHER GOLD FOR

DIAMONDS CAN CAN REPLACE HER

NEPHEW'S LIFE.

HE WAS A LOVELY BOY.

VERY QUIET AND RESPECTFUL.

I MISS HIM GREETING ME EVERY

MORNING.

HE WOULD COME TO ME AND SAY,

"GOOD MORNING, AUNTIE."

IN MY MIND, I STILL SEE HIM

OUT PLAYING SOCCER WITH HIS

FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL.

I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.

Reporter: HELP HAS COME

TO AMADU'S FAMILY AND OTHERS

AS THEY STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME

THE EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR.

CBN NEWS "OPERATION

BLESSING" BROUGHT RICE AND

MOSQUITO NETS TO THOSE WITH

DAMAGED HOMES.

ALL OF THEM EXPRESS THEIR

GRATITUDE.

WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU

CAME TO HELP US, I CRIED.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO

HEAR ABOUT OUR LOSS, BUT YOU

ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO

BRING FOOD TO HELP.

Reporter: NOT ONLY HAVE

CHRISTIANS REACHED OUT TO

HELP, GOD HAS ALSO ANSWERED

CRIES OF DESPERATION.

PASTOR JOHN SAYS MEMBERS OF

HIS GOSPEL MISSIONARY INLAND

CHURCH STARTED PRAYING

NON-STOP WHEN THE REBELS

FIRST ARRIVED.

THEY KNEW THE ISLAMISTS HAD

TARGETED CHRISTIANS AND

CHURCHES IN OTHER NORTHERN

CITIES.

WE STARTED PRAYING, AND

GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS.

ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS

CHURCH WERE SPARED AND

NOTHING HAPPENED TO THEM.

GOD CARES FOR HIS CHILDREN,

AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,

WE WILL TRUST IN HIM.

Reporter: MALIANS ARE

BEGINNING TO TRUST WHILE

THEY BEGIN REBUILDING THEIR

LIVES.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS, MALI.

Pat: ONE MORE TIME, THE

RELIGION OF PEACE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING

FOR PEOPLE, CUTTING OFF

HANDS, MASSACRING PEOPLE,

KILLING THEM, SLAUGHTERING

THEM -- THAT'S AL-QAEDA.

WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?

THEY DON'T KNOW.

THEY'RE FANATICS.

I DON'T THINK IF YOU ASK

THEM WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE --

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD

ISLAM.

ARE YOU REALLY?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

WHY?

THEY CAN'T TELL YOU.

BUT PEOPLE SUFFER UNDER THE

HIDEOUS WHIP, THE LASH, OF

THIS ORGANIZATION.

WELL, WE CAN HELP.

WE CAN HELP THE SUFFERING

PEOPLE.

AND HERE IS THE DEAL: IF YOU

WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION

FOR MALI, YOU CAN CALL

1-800-759-0700.

OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO

CBN.COM.

SEND DONATIONS TO "OPERATION

BLESSING" INTERNATIONAL,

DISASTER RELIEF FUND, CBN

CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY

SPECIFICALLY I WANT THIS

USED IN NORTH AFRICA, IN

MALI, AND WE WILL DO IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, MALI IS

DESERT.

IT IS DIFFICULT COUNTRY.

BUT, NEVERTHELESS, I'M TOLD

IN MALI THERE ARE SOME -- HE

SAID GOLD WON'T BRING BACK

THE CHILDREN.

WELL, THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL

RESOURCE OF GOLD.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE

ANY OIL IN THERE.

BUT UNDER THAT DESERT, THERE

ARE SOME TREASURES THAT IF

THEY WERE BROUGHT OUT

PROPERLY, IT COULD HELP

ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF

THOSE PEOPLE.

Terry: UP NEXT, COLTON

DICKINSON BRINGS HIS VOICE

AND HIS TRADEMARK TO "THE

700 CLUB."

STAY TUNED FOR A LIVE

PERFORMANCE FROM THE

AMERICAN IDOL ALUM.

Terry: EVERY YEAR,

THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE TRY OUT TO BE THE

NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."

ONLY A FEW MAKE THE CUT.

LAST SEASON, ONE COLORFUL

SINGER DID JUST THAT, EVEN

THOUGH HE NEVER REALLY

INTENDED TO AUDITION.

Reporter: COLTON

DICKINSON IS AN ARTIST WITH

A MISSION, TO ENCOURAGE

PEOPLE THROUGH HIS MUSIC AND

TO SHARE HIS PASSION FOR

CHRIST.

IF YOU WATCHED THE PAST TWO

SEASONS OF "AMERICAN IDOL,"

YOU FOLLOWED HIS AMAZING

MUSICAL JOURNEY AND HIS

UNCOMPROMISING FAITH IN

GOD.

DURING "AMERICAN IDOL"'S

11th SEASON, COLTON

FINISHED IN SEVENTH PLACE.

AFTER THAT, HE WASTED NO

TIME AND GOT RIGHT TO WORK

FOR SONGS ON HIS HIGHLY

ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM "A

MESSENGER."

AND HE SHARES MUSIC THAT

WILL BRING HOPE AND

INSPIRATION.

Terry: WELL, IT IS OUT,

AND HE IS HERE.

NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US

TODAY.

THANK YOU.

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

Terry: SO MANY PEOPLE

LOVED WATCHING YOUR JOURNEY

IN ALL OF THIS.

YOU ACTUALLY AUDITIONED

TWICE.

THE SECOND TIME YOU REALLY

DIDN'T INTEND -- YOU WENT

WITH YOUR SISTER TO

ACCOMPANY HERE AND WHAT

HAPPENED?

CORRECT.

IT WAS CRAZY.

I WAS RIDING THE

ROLLERCOASTER FROM THE

PREVIOUS SEASON, AND WENT TO

SUPPORT MY SISTER, TYLER,

AND THE JUDGES HAD

REMEMBERED ME FROM THE

PREVIOUS SEASON AND LOOPED

ME BACK INTO THE MACHINE.

Terry: AND THANKFUL

THEY DID.

YES.

Terry: AND EXIL SKYLER

IS SINGING WITH THE GROUP

TODAY?

YES, SHE IS.

Terry: YOU REALLY

STARTED IN MUSIC WHEN YOU

WERE YOUNG?

I DID.

I STARTED TAKING PIANO

LESSONS WHEN I WAS ABOUT

EIGHT YEARS OLD, BUT FELT

THE CALLING OF MUSIC WHEN I

WAS 13.

I WAS PERFORMING "I CAN ONLY

IMAGINE" ON THE PIANO,

SINGING FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND

IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT I

KNEW THEN GOD GAVE ME A

VOICE FOR A REASON, AND LED

ME TO MUSIC MINISTRY, AND I

HAVEN'T BACKED DOWN SINCE.

Terry: SPEAKING OF NOT

BACKING DOWN, YOU REALLY

STUCK TO YOUR INTENTION IN

PARTICIPATING IN THE

COMPETITION THAT YOU DID.

WAS THAT TOUGH FOR YOU AS A

BELIEVER?

STANDING BY YOUR VALUES

AND --

SOME TIMES ARE HARDER

THAN OTHERS.

I WILL SAY THAT THE

PRODUCERS WERE PRETTY

SUPPORTIVE, WHICH HELPED A

LOT.

AND THERE ARE OTHER

BELIEVERS, AND PHILLIP FIP

LIP PHILLIPS IS A BELIEVER

AND OTHERS.

IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE THESE

CORE PEOPLE.

AND JUST KNEW I WAS THERE

FOR A REASON.

Terry: WHAT DID GOD

TEACH YOU THROUGH ALL OF

THAT?

SO MANY THINGS.

WE WOULD BE HERE ALL DAY.

ULTIMATELY TO TRUST IN HIM.

GOD IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE

NOT.

AND JUST KNOWING THAT IS SO

ENCOURAGING.

BUT JUST KNOWING TO

COMPLETELY RELY ON HIM AND

KNOW WE'RE BOTH GOING TO

MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END

OF THE DAY AND WE'RE GOING

TO BE OKAY.

Terry: THAT COMPETITION

ALWAYS LOOKS SO UNNERVING

WHEN WE'RE WATCHING FROM

HOME.

YOUR HEART IS IN YOUR

THROAT.

WHAT WAS THE TOUGHEST PART

OF IT FOR YOU?

GROUP ROUNDS.

HOLLYWOOD WEEK.

IT IS JUST AS BAD AS IT

LOOKS.

I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON MY

WORST ENEMY.

IT IS TERRIBLE.

Terry: ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT

EVERYBODY THINKS AS THEY'RE

WATCHING THAT, ESPECIALLY IF

THEY HAVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC,

I'D LIKE TO TRY THAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE

WHO WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING

LIKE THAT?

I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF

PEOPLE ASK ME THAT.

THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I

COULD GIVE THEM, KNOW WHO

YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO

DO BEFORE YOU TRY OUT.

BECAUSE IF THERE IS EVER ANY

ROOM FOR QUESTION, THE

PRODUCERS ARE GOING TO TAKE

YOU, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING

IN YOU, AND THEY'RE GOING TO

MOLD YOU INTO WHAT THEY

WANT.

IT COULD BE A SCARY THING.

IT COULD BE A GOOD THING,

BUT IT COULD ALSO BE A BAD

THING.

KNOWING WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT

YOU WANT TO DO, AND

ESPECIALLY WHAT KIND OF

MUSIC YOU WANT TO DO.

THERE ARE SO MANY

CONTESTANTS WHO SORT OF LOSE

IT AFTER THE SHOW.

Terry: DID THEY TELL

YOU WHAT TO DO?

THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A

SONG LIST FOR THE WEEK, AND

YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY

OPTIONS, BUT YOU@COULD SAY

NO IF YOU WANTED TO.

IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS DIFFICULT AT TIMES

WITH THAT.

Terry: YOU'RE NOT JUST

A SINGER.

YOU'RE A WRITER.

CORRECT.

Terry: TELL ME ABOUT

WHAT YOU WRITE AND WHAT THE

MESSAGE GOD PLACED IN YOUR

HEART IS?

I STARTED WRITING WHEN I

WAS AROUND 15 WITH A FRIEND

OF MINE.

THE MESSAGE HAS STAYED THE

SAME SINCE I WAS 15.

I JUST WANT TO BE A LIGHT IN

A DARK PLACE.

THE TERM MESSENGER COMES

FROM JOHN 13: 16: "NO

SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS

MASTER, NOR HIS SERVANT

GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO

SENT HIM."

WE WERE CALLED TO BE

DISCIPLES AND SPREAD THE

WORD, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M

TRYING TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL IS.

Terry: SO THE MESSENGER

IS OUT?

IT IS.

Terry: WHAT IS NEXT FOR

YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT NOW I'M ON TOUR --

Terry: THAT'S THE RIGHT

ANSWER FOR A BELIEVER.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I'M ON TOUR WITH A BAND --

THE NAME IS THIRD DAY.

Terry: THOSE PEOPLE.

THEY'RE DOING PRETTY

WELL.

THEY'RE A BLAST.

AFTER THAT, I GUESS I'LL

START WRITING AGAIN AND PUT

OUT ANOTHER RECORD.

I DON'T KNOW.

Terry: I'M GOING TO ASK

YOU TO GO GET READY TO

SING.

WE'RE ALL WAITING TO HEAR.

THANK YOU, COLTON.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

COLTON DIXON SHARES MORE OF

HIS STORY IN A SPECIAL

"BEHIND THE SCENES," AND ALL

YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO

cbn.com AND CLICK "IN THE

GREEN ROOM LINK," AND YOU'LL

FIND IT THERE.

"THE MESSAGE" C.D. IS

AVAILABLE WHEREVER C.D.s

ARE SOLD.

RIGHT NOW HERE IS COLTON

DIXON SINGING "YOU ARE."

* WHEN I CAN'T FIND THE

WORDS *

* YOU ARE THE HEALING IN MY

HEART *

* WHEN ALL I CAN SEE IS

BROKEN MEMORIES *

* YOU ARE THE LIGHTNESS IN

THE DARK *

* YOU ARE THE SONG

* YOU ARE THE SONG I'M

SINGING *

* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE

THE AIR I BREATHE IN *

* YOU ARE THE WORLD, YOU ARE

THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *

* YOU ARE

* AN I PUT ALL MY FAITH IN

YOU *

* YOU ARE

* YOU ARE THE STORM

* YOU ARE THE SONG I'M

SINGING *

* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE

THE AIR I BREATHE IN *

* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE

THE HOPE I NEED *

* OH,

* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE

THE SONG I'M SINGING *

* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE

THE AIR I'M BREATHING *

* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE

THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *

* OH!

*

I WILL WAIT FOR YOU *

*

* IF I HAD NO VOICE

* IF I HAD NO SONG

* I WOULD DANCE FOR YOU,

LIKE A RISING SUN *

* WHEN I WAKE UP AND I SEE

YOUR FACE *

* I WILL SHOUT YOUR GLORIOUS

GRACE *

* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE

THE SONG I'M SINGING *

* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE

THE AIR I'M BREATHING *

* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE

THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *

* OH

* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE

THE SONG I'M SINGING *

* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE

THE AIR I'M BREATHING *

* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE

THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *

* OH

*

[APPLAUSE]

Lee: COMING UP...

WELL, THEY HAD EXTRA

MONEY.

Lee: MONEY SHE USED FOR

DRUGS.

HER SCAM.

I CAN MAKE UP THIS.

I CAN CAN MAKE UP THIS.

Lee: AND WHY SHE GOT

CAUGHT, NEXT.

TELL HIM, DON'T YOU TAKE

THAT MONEY.

Reporter: WELCOME BACK

TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN

NEWS BREAK.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS

PUSHING TO DEFEAT AN

ABORTION BILL BEING

CONSIDERED IN NORTH

CAROLINA.

LAWMAKERS THERE INTRODUCED

THE MEASURE LAST WEEK.

IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO HAVE

ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AT A

NEARBY HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE

ABORTIONS.

IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO STAY

ON SITE UNTIL A WOMAN IS ARE

THERE TO GO HOME AFTER AN

ABORTION.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS ABOUT

KEEPING WOMEN SAFE, WHILE

CRITICS BELIEVE IT WILL

LIMIT ACCESS TO ABORTIONS.

SUPPORTERS SAY SOME VERSION

OF THE BILL COULD PAS THE

STATE SENATE AND HOUSE AND

HEAD TO THE GOVERNOR'S

OFFICE.

ANOTHER CHRISTIAN GROUP HAS

BEEN BOOTED FROM A COLLEGE

CAMPUS.

THIS TIME IT IS INTERVARSITY

FELLOWSHIP IN FLORIDA.

THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE

ANY STUDENT TO BE A LEADER

IN THE GROUP, EVEN IF THEY

DON'T SHARE THE BELIEFS.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT

VANDERBILT.

LEADERS SAY THEY WILL

CONTINUE TO SERVE STUDENTS

AS AN OFF-CAMPUS GROUP.

WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST NEWS FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

CBNNEWS.COM.

PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Pat: 40 COUNTS OF

FRAUD.

THAT'S WHAT THE F.B.I.

CHARGED HELEN BURTON WITH

AFTER THEY BUSTED HERAOR

CHECK-CASHING SCHEME.

IT MEANT GOING TO PRISON AND

LOSING CUSTODY OF HER KIDS.

BUT THAT WAS JUST THE

BEGINNING OF A REVOLVING

DOOR OF DOING MORE DRUGS,

MORE CRIME, AND MORE TIME.

HE HAD A GREAT BIG BELT

WITH A BIG BELT BUCKLE, HE

WAS HITTING ME WITH IT.

Reporter: HELEN BURTON

WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE

HAD HER FIRST SERIOUS

BOYFRIEND.

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE

RELATIONSHIP TURNED

VIOLENT.

I WAS THINKING, MAYBE IT

WAS SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

MAYBE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE

A COUPLE OF BEERS IN THE

REFRIGERATOR, MAYBE THAT IS

WHAT MADE HIM JUMP ON ME.

Reporter: HELEN'S

BOYFRIEND WAS AN ALCOHOLIC

AND DRUG USER.

SHE STARTED USING DRUGS TO

ESCAPE THE EMOTIONAL AND

PHYSICAL ABUSE HE INFLICTED

ON HER.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE

AWAY MY PROBLEMS OR MAKE ME

CLOSER TO HIM AT THE TIME OR

MORE ACCEPTABLE AS HIS

GIRLFRIEND.

Reporter: BY THE TIME

SHE TURNED 23, SHE HAD THREE

CHILDREN AND WAS A COKE

ADDICT.

AFTER HER MOTHER DIED, HELEN

FELT EVEN MORE ALONE.

I WAS BY MYSELF, AND THE

RELATIONSHIP THAT I WAS IN

WASN'T GOOD.

AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR

ME.

AND IT HURT WHEN SHE LEFT

ME.

Reporter: HELEN FINALLY

TOOK HER KIDS AND ESCAPED

FROM HER ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.

BUT WITH A DRUG HABIT TO

SUPPORT, SHE NEEDED MONEY.

SO SHE CASHED IN HER DEAD

MOTHER'S DISABILITY CHECKS.

I WAS KIND OF SCARED, BUT

I SAID, WELL, WHAT THE HECK,

THAT'S EXTRA MONEY.

SO I DID FORGE HER NAME.

THAT WENT ON FOR TWO TO

THREE YEARS.

Reporter: THREE YEARS

LATER, HELEN WAS ARRESTED

FOR CHECK FRAUD.

SHE HAD STOLEN $13,000 FROM

SOCIAL SECURITY AND WENT TO

PRISON FOR A YEAR.

SHE ALSO LOST CUSTODY OF HER

THREE CHILDREN.

ASHLEY AND CORY RECALL A

TIME WHEN THEIR MOTHER WENT

TO PRISON.

THAT WAS THE LOW FOR ME,

WHICH WAS WHEN ME AND MY

BROTHER WAS SPLIT UP.

AND WE ALREADY DIDN'T HAVE

OUR OLDER BROTHER.

BUT I DIDN'T BLAME MY MOTHER

BECAUSE WE NEVER WOULD HAVE

HAD TO GO STAY WITH ANYONE

ELSE IF SHE DIDN'T MAKE THE

MISTAKES SHE DID AT THE

TIME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY

THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE

IN OUR LIVES, OR SHE DIDN'T

LOVE US.

Reporter: AFTER PRISON,

HELEN GOT TWO FAST FOOD

RESTAURANT JOBS TO SUPPORT

HERSELF, BUT SHE STILL HAD A

DRUG HABIT THAT SHE COULDN'T

SEEM TO KICK.

WITHIN A YEAR, SHE HAD

STOLEN $10,000 FROM HER

EMPLOYER'S CASH DRAWERS AND

WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO

PRISON AGAIN.

I SAID, I'VE GOT TO GET

MYSELF TOGETHER.

BUT IT IS JUST LIKE A

REVOLVING DOOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO REACH

OUT TO FOR HELP OR

ANYTHING.

Reporter: WHEN HELEN

GOT OUT OF PRISON, SHE WAS

ABLE TO GET ANOTHER FAST

FOOD JOB AS A MANAGER, BUT

SHE CONTINUED DOING DRUGS.

ONE NIGHT AFTER CLOSING THE

RESTAURANT, HELEN COUNTED

OUT ALL OF THE CASH

REGISTERS, WHICH TOTALLED

$2500.

SHE WAS TEMPTED BY ALL OF

THE CASH IN HER HANDS.

THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID HE

HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD.

I HEARD HIM SAY, HELEN,

DON'T YOU TAKE THAT MONEY.

OH, IT'S OKAY, I CAN MAKE UP

THIS.

I CAN MAKE UP THIS.

HELEN, DON'T YOU TAKE THAT

MONEY.

Reporter: INSTEAD OF

DEPOSITING THE MONEY INTO

THE BANK, SHE WENT ON AN

ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGE.

THE NEXT MORNING THE POLICE

CAME TO HER HOME TO ARREST

HER.

THAT LED TO HELEN'S FINAL

TRIP TO PRISON.

THERE SHE WENT TO A BIBLE

STUDY.

WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER

CELL, SHE PRAYED TO GOD TO

HELP CHANGE HER.

AND I ACKNOWLEDGED HIM.

AND I SURRENDERED

EVERYTHING.

I HAD BEEN FIGHTING HIM TOO

LONG.

BUT I HEARD HIM.

I HAD HEARD HIM AS PLAIN AS

DAY I'M TALKING NOW.

HE SAID, IF YOU DON'T GET

YOURSELF TOGETHER, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE IN PRISON THE

REST OF YOUR LIFE.

AND FROM THAT MOMENT, THAT'S

WHEN I KNEW THAT WAS IT.

I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS

THREW.

THROUGH.

I TOLD HIM I WAS TIRED.

I TOLD HIM I SURRENDERED.

I SAID, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO

DO, WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO,

I'LL DO IT.

AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

Reporter: HELEN BEGAN

TO READ THE BIBLE AND LEARN

MORE ABOUT HERSELF.

IT WAS BECOMING ALIVE TO

ME, THAT I AM UNIQUE.

I AM SPECIAL.

I'M SOMEBODY.

I'M CREATED IN YOUR LIKENESS

AND IN YOUR IMAGE, LORD.

AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED ME

ON THAT JOURNEY.

IT JUST GAVE ME A SENSE OF

PEACE.

EVEN IN THEY PRISON.

I WAS ABLE TO SMILE AGAIN.

I WAS ABLE TO BEGIN TO

FORGIVE MYSELF OF A LOT OF

STUFF THAT I HAD DONE.

Reporter: HELEN LEFT

PRISON 11 YEARS AGO, AND

NEVER DID DRUGS AGAIN.

SHE'S BEEN REUNITED WITH HER

CHILDREN.

TODAY I WOULD TELL MY

MOM, YOU ARE A VERY STRONG

WOMAN.

YOU CAME FROM THE LOWEST OF

THE LOW TO A GOOD PLACE.

SHE HAS CONG QERD CONG

CONQUERED A LOT.

I'M GLAD HE HAD MERCY ON

HER AND GAVE HER ANOTHER

CHANCE.

Reporter: HELEN ALSO

MADE RESTITUTION TO ALL OF

THE FORMER EMPLOYERS SHE

STOLE FROM.

AND SHE FREQUENTS OTHER

PRISONS AND TELLS THEM ABOUT

THE ONE WHO CHANGED HER

LIFE.

I GIVE GOD ALL OF THE

GLORY.

I THANK HIM HE NEVER GAVE UP

ON ME.

EVEN WHEN HE SEEN ME AT MY

DARKEST TIMES, HE WAS WITH

ME.

EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T THINK HE

WAS WITH ME AT ALL.

HE IS MY EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHY I CHOOSE TO LIVE

FOR HIM.

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

Pat: THERE IS NO OTHER

WAY.

NO OTHER WAY.

GOD WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS,

HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR

BACK-SLIDING.

IT AMAZING THAT HELEN

CONTINUED TO GET JOBS,

RESPONSIBLE JOBS WHERE SHE

WOULD HANDLE MONEY, AND YET

SHE STOLE THAT MONEY.

AND SHE PAID THE PRICE.

AND SHE SUFFERED.

BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO

QUIT.

BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THERE

WAS ONLY ONE WAY, AND THAT

WAY IS THROUGH GOD

ALMIGHTY.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T

KICK?

WHAT IS THE HABIT THAT IS ON

YOU?

IS IT DRUGS?

IS IT KEP KLEPTOMANIA, YOU

WANT TO STEAL THINGS FROM

PEOPLE?

IS IT SOME DESIRE TO BE

HURT, DAMAGED?

DO YOU SEEK OUT

RELATIONSHIPS WHERE SOMEBODY

WILL ABUSE YOU BECAUSE YOU

DON'T FEEL WORTHY?

DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE

PROBLEMS?

RIGHT NOW WHY DON'T YOU TAKE

THEM TO THE ONE WHO LOVES

YOU?

GOD IS NOT GOING TO CONDEMN

YOU.

JESUS DID NOT COME INTO THE

WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD,

BUT THAT THE WORLD, THROUGH

HIM, MIGHT BE SAVED.

JESUS DOES NOT CONDEMN YOU.

NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.

THAT'S THE MESSAGE OF THE

CROSS.

GOD DOESN'T CONDEMN US.

AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT

FORGIVENESS, AND YOU WANT A

NEW START AND A NEW LIFE AND

YOU WANT THOSE THINGS TAKEN

AWAY FROM YOU THAT ARE

GIVING YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE,

PRAY WITH ME NOW.

THESE WORDS, AND MEAN THEM.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY

WITH ME WHAT I'M PRAYING,

BUT MEAN THEM IN YOUR

HEART.

LORD JESUS, YOU KNOW THE

SINS THAT ARE BESETTING ME.

YOU KNOW THE SUFFERING THAT

I HAVE CAUSED MYSELF.

YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT

I'VE DONE THAT ARE WRONG,

THAT HURT OTHERS.

AND, LORD JESUS, RIGHT NOW

I'M SORRY, AND I ASK YOU TO

HELP ME.

I NEED HELP, LORD.

RIGHT NOW, PLEASE COME INTO

MY HEART, CLEANSE ME FROM

EVIL, FORGIVE MY SINS, AND

LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME.

AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON,

LORD, I WILL LIVE FOR YOU,

AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE

DAYS OF MY LIFE.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NOW, LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED

JUST THEN, LET THE ANOINTING

POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

COME UPON THEM.

WE BREAK THE YOLK OF BONDAGE

AND DECLARE LIBERTY IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

HEY, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

I'VE GOT SOMETHING I WANT TO

GIVE YOU.

IT'S A SIMPLE LITTLE THING.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE A COUPLE

OF YEARS AGO, GOING INTO OUR

AUDIO ROOM, AND WE'VE GOT A

REAL NICE AUDIO ROOM.

IT MAKES NICE, COMPACT

DISCS, AND I MADE THIS.

IT IS ABOUT 73 MINUTES OF

INTENSE TEACHING ABOUT WHAT

IT MEANS TO BE BORN AGAIN,

WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN

EXCHANGED LIFE.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SINS?

WHAT ABOUT FORGIVENESS?

WHAT IF YOU FALL, AND SO

FORTH?

IT'S ALL HERE, AND I'LL GIVE

IT TO YOU FREE IF YOU'LL

JUST CALL AND SAY, I PRAYED

WITH PAT.

I GAVE MY HEART TO THE

LORD.

IT'S REAL SIMPLE.

1-800-759-0700.

THERE IS SOMEBODY AT THE

OTHER END OF THE PHONE WHO

LOVES YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE GO TO YOUR PHONE NOW

AND DON'T DELAY.

1-800-759-0700.

IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.

1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, COMING UP,

PAT IS GOING TO TACKLE YOUR

E-MAIL QUESTIONS.

DEBRA WANTS TO KNOW, "DOES

GOD APPOINT THE DAY AND TIME

A PERSON WILL DIE?"

PATS GOING TO SHARE HIS

ANSWER TO DEBRA'S QUESTION

AND MORE WHEN WE "BRING IT

ON."

THAT'S NEXT.

*

Terry: WE'RE GOING TO

TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER THE

E-MAIL QUESTIONS YOU

SUBMITTED.

PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM

DEBRA WHO SAYS, "DOES GOD

APPOINT THE DAY AND TIME A

PERSON WILL DIE?"

Pat: DOES HE KNOW IT?

I THINK YES.

DO HE APPOINT IT?

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A

DETERMINE-ISM THAT WE DON'T

NEED.

LOOK AT HESIKIAH.

HE SAID I'VE BEEN A NICE

PERSON.

DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

AND HE SAID, OKAY, I'LL GIVE

YOU 15 MORE YEARS --

Terry: HE DIDN'T GIVE

THE EXACT TIME --

Pat: NO, BUT HE SAID

I'M GOING TO EXTEND YOUR

LIFE.

YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS,

YOU KNOW, IF YOU SERVE THE

LORD AND DO HIS

COMMANDMENTS, IN PROVERBS,

IF YOU FOLLOW MY

COMMANDMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE

A LONG LIFE.

OUR LIVES CAN BE EXTENDED BY

THE WAY WE LIVE AND WE OBEY

GOD.

Terry: EVEN JUST WISE

CHOICES.

Pat: OF COURSE.

THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF.

DOES GOD HAVE A DETERMINED

DATE?

NOT REALLY.

DOES HE KNOW?

OF COURSE HE KNOWS

EVERYTHING.

Terry: VICTORIA

SAYS, "I'M A NEW CHRISTIAN,

AND I'M CONFUSED WITH ALL OF

THE NEGATIVE STORIES IN THE

BIBLE.

MY BELIEF IS MY GOD IS A

GOOD GOD, AND I'M STRUGGLING

WITH ALL OF THIS NEGTIVITY."

Pat: YOU'VE BEEN

BROUGHT UP IN THIS CULTURE

THAT DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING

BAD.

THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE EVIL

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THERE

IS WAR, THERE IS A SATAN IN

THE WORLD, WHO IS THE ENEMY

OF GOD, WHO IS TRYING TO

DESTROY PEOPLE.

AND THERE ARE ALSO BAD

SPIRITS CALLED DEMONS IN THE

WORLD.

AND THE BIBLE TELLS US ALL

ABOUT THAT.

YOU SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT

NEGATIVITY, BUT TOUGH.

Terry: I HEAR PEOPLE

SAY THIS, THAT THE BIBLE IN

THE OLD TESTAMENT IS HARD TO

RECONCILE.

EVEN AS WE'RE WATCHING "THE

BIBLE" SERIES ON SUNDAY

NIGHTS, THERE IS A LOT OF

VIOLENCE AND LOOTING AND

TAKING.

GOD WAS ESTABLISHING

HIMSELF --

Pat: YOU WEREN'T THERE

THEN?

Terry: NO, I WASN'T.

Pat: BUT, NEVERTHELESS,

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THERE

ARE SOME BAD THINGS, TOO.

YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S ALL IN

HISTORY.

GOD DOESN'T CUT HISTORY OUT,

AND HE DOESN'T CHANGE

HISTORY JUST TO ACCOMMODATE

YOUR 21st CENTURY

PREFERENCES.

ALL RIGHT.

Terry: THIS IS MICHELLE

WHO SAYS, "I COMMITTED

ADULTERY AND LOST MY

MARRIAGE.

I REGRET MY ACTION.

I KEEP ASKING FOR

FORGIVENESS FROM GOD AND MY

EX-HUSBAND, AND I KEEP

PRAYING TO RESTORE OUR

MARRIAGE.

MY QUESTION IS: DOES GOD

FORGIVE ME?"

Pat: OF COURSE HE

FORGIVES YOU.

LOOK AT DAVID.

NOT ONLY DID HE COMMIT

ADULTERY, HE HAD THE HUSBAND

OF THE WOMAN KILLED.

HE HAD TO PAY THE PRICE FOR

IT.

GOD DIDN'T LIFT THE BURDEN.

BUT HE CRIED OUT, AND NOT

ONLY HAVE I SINNED, RESTORE

UNTO ME THE JOY OF MY

SALVATION.

GOD -- OF COURSE HE'LL

FORGIVE YOU.

YOU NEED TO FORGIVE

YOURSELF.

I HOPE YOU CAN BE RECONCILED

WITH YOUR HUSBAND, BUT, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE HUMAN.

PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN, ARE

HUMAN.

SO WE'RE ALSO SEXUAL

BEINGS.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A

WEAK MOMENT AND THEY HAVE AN

AFFAIR OR SOMETHING HAPPENS,

WHO IS THE HUSBAND OR THE

WIFE THAT SAYS I'LL NEVER

FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT AWFUL

THING THEY DID TO ME.

NO WAY.

GOD WILL FORGIVE.

IF GOD FORGIVES, YOU SHOULD

FORGIVE.

OKAY.

Terry: LUKE SAYS, "PAT,

HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED A

HEALING?

IF SO, WHAT WAS IT?"

Pat: HOW ABOUT M.S.,

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AND

SOMEBODY COMING INTO A

MEETING IN A WHEELCHAIR AND

GOING OUT PUSHING THE

WHEELCHAIR.

AND HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY DEAF

IN ONE EAR, HEARING.

AND IN MAJOR MEETINGS, I

MEAN, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN HEALED OF ALL

KINDS OF MALADIES.

Terry: WE SHARE ALL A

LOT OF STORIES ON THE AIR.

AND THIS IS TAYLOR WHO SAYS,

"I'M 19 YEARS OLD, AND MY

MOM HAS BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN

REMEMBER.

I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR MANY

YEARS.

I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE

PATIENT, AND GOD HAS THIS

PLAN, BUT WHAT CAN I DO NOW

TO HELP HER?"

Pat: TAYLOR, GET HER

INTO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.

THE THING ABOUT ALCOHOLICS

ANONYMOUS IS SO UNIQUE, THEY

ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO HELP.

ALCOHOLISM, OF COURSE IT IS

A MORAL FAILING, BUT IT IS

ALSO A DISEASE.

IT CAN BE OVERCOME BY

SOMEBODY WHO RESOLUTELY

SAYS, I WILL NOT DRINK FOR

TODAY, TODAY, TODAY, TODAY,

AND BEFORE LONG, THE DESIRE

HAS GONE.

BUT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

PAIRS THEM UP WITH

SOMEBODY.

AND YOUR MOTHER NEEDS

SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE

BEFORE.

NOT SOME CHILD WHO IS VERY

EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED.

SEE IF YOU CAN'T FIND

SOMEBODY, A WOMAN,

HOPEFULLY, WHO HAS HAD THE

EXPERIENCE OF ALCOHOLISM AND

HAS BEEN FREE FROM IT, AND

PAIR HER UP WITH YOUR

MOTHER.

TOMORROW, THE MAN WHO WANTS

AMERICA TO EAT HEALTHY.

WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT

STANDING IN THIS GOOD MAN'S

WAY?

WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS FROM ROMANS: "GOD

DEMONSTRATES HIS LOVE FOR

US, AND WHILE WE WERE

SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR

US."

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BYE-BYE.