PAIN SHOT FROM THE TOP OF
MY HEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN.
Lee: A WICKED CASE OF
WHIPLASH, YEARS OF
PROBLEMS.
LITERALLY, I COULD
PROBABLY MOVE IT ABOUT THAT
FAR.
Lee: ANN INSTANT
MIRACLE.
I HAD NOT HAD THAT KIND
OF RELIEF IN YEARS.
Lee: PLUS, THEPRAYER
THAT MADE AN NFL STAR.
I'M GOING TO COMMIT MY
LIFE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
AROUND ME FOR THE BETTER.
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
OUR PRESIDENT IS IN ISRAEL
TODAY, AND HE SAYS AMERICA
IS ITS STRONGEST ALLY AND
GREATEST FRIEND.
Kristi: THE PRESIDENT
PROMISED THAT THE UNITED
STATES IS COMMITTED TO
ISRAEL.
CHRIS MITCHELL WAS THERE AND
HE TELLS US WHAT ELSE TO
EXPECT.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA STEPPED OFF AIR FORCE
1 IN TEL AVIV, AND EXPRESSED
HIS GREETINGS TO THE ISRAELI
PEOPLE.
President Obama: THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
Reporter: SOME HAVE
CALLED IT A CHARM
OFFENSIVE.
OBAMA SAYS THIS IS HIS
CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE
ISRAELI PEOPLE.
President Obama: I SEE
THIS VISIT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REAFFIRM THE UNBREAKABLE
BOND BETWEEN OUR NATIONS, TO
RESTATE AMERICA'S UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL'S
SECURITY, AND TO SPEAK
DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL AND TO YOUR
NEIGHBORS.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER,
FOR HIM TO COME TO ISRAEL
AND FEEL HOW IT REALLY IS,
AND TO BE FRIENDS WITH US.
IF HE THINKS HE IS GOING
TO COME HERE AND DICTATE TO
US HOW WE SHOULD GO ABOUT
SECURITY ISSUES AND PEACE
WITH THE PALESTINIANS, STAY
AT HOME.
HOME.
I'M EXCITED.
Reporter: BUT FOR MANY
ANALYSTS, THE PRESIDENT'S
TIMING SEEMS A BIT ODD.
THERE IS CERTAINLY NO
PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP
REPRESENTING THE
PALESTINIANS.
Reporter: AND WITH
OBAMA ARRIVING LESS THAN A
WEEK BEFORE PASSOVER, SOME
ISRAELIS LIKEN TO NETANYAHU
VISITING THE U.S. ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
BECAUSE HE HAS ANNOUNCED
HE IS COMING, AND BECAUSE
ISRAEL AND THE U.S. ARE THE
BEST OF FRIENDS, AND SO
HE'LL BE VERY WELCOME.
Reporter: FROM THE
START, BOTH ISRAEL AND THE
U.S. DOWNPLAYED ANY IDEA OF
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT
COMING AS PREVIOUS
PRESIDENTS HAVE, EITHER TO
LOBBY FOR A SPECIFIC POLICY
IN THE WAY THAT ONLY U.S.
PRESIDENTS CAN DO, OR TO
TAKE A VICTORY LAP UPON THE
SUCCESS OF A POLICY.
Reporter: STILL, THERE
IS NEED FOR SERIOUS
DISCUSSION.
I THINK IRAN IS PROBABLY
THE BIGGEST ISSUE, AND
PRESUME OBAMA WILLSAY THE
SAME THINGS HE HAS BEEN
SAYING.
Reporter: AND THEN
THERE IS THE STALLED
ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE
PROCESS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SCHEDULED
TO VISIT RAMALLAH ON
THURSDAY.
AND THE PALESTINIANS SHOW
THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TERM
BY TRASHING A GIANT OBAMA
POSTER.
HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE JUST TALKS AND DOESN'T DO
ANYTHING.
I THINK THERE IS NO HELP
FROM OBAMA FOR OUR
SITUATION.
WE'VE GOT HOPE, YOU
KNOW?
ALWAYS, WE'VE GOT HOPE.
IN THIS TRIP.
Reporter: ONE ANALYST
SAYS IT MAY TURN OUT THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE
VISIT IS THAT IT HAPPENED.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
TEL AVIV.
Pat: WELL, I THINK THE
ISRAELIS WILL BE ON GOOD
BEHAVIOR, AND PROBABLY THE
PALESTINIANS WILL AS WELL.
THE QUESTION, THOUGH, IS NOT
THE RHETORIC.
HE IS GREAT AT RHETORIC.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CAN
REALLY MAKE SPEECHES.
THE QUESTION IS THE POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO
WATCH.
AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THE
ISRAELIS ARE WATCHING.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS
TALKING ABOUT PEACE IN
ISRAEL, THE AMERICAN
MILITARY MAY GET INVOLVED IN
WAR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
LEE WEBB HASTHAT STORY.
Lee: PAT, THE AMERICAN
MILITARY COMMANDER IN EUROPE
SAYS NATO IS PLANNING FOR
POSSIBLE FOR MILITARY ACTION
IN SYRIA.
LINDSAY GRAHAM SAYS THE U.S.
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND
IN TROOPS TO SECURE SYRIA'S
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
THEY SAY THERE IS A HIGH
PROBABILITY THAT THE SYRIAN
GOVERNMENT USED CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ON TUESDAY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SAID
USING OR TRANSFERRING THOSE
WEAPONS WOULD BE HIS RED
LINE FOR MILITARY
INTERVENTION IN SYRIA.
HERE AT HOME, HOUSING STARTS
ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN.
THEY JUMPED LAST MONTH TO
THEIR HIGHEST RATES SINCE
2008.
ANALYSTS ARE SAYING THAT A
HOUSING RECOVERY WOULD BE A
BOOST FOR THE OVERALL
ECONOMY AND INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF JOBS.
BUT THE HOUSING MARKET STILL
HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET
BACK TO WHERE ITBEFORE
THE RECESSION.
HOUSING STARTS AREN'T EVEN
HALF OF WHAT THEY WERE
BEFORE THE RECESSION.
CYPRUS LAWMAKERS REJECTED A
PLAN TO SEIZE UP TO 10% OF
BANK DEPOSITS.
THE MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
USED TO PARTLY FUND AN
EMERGENCY BAILOUT.
MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTED THE
VOTE AND ARE CAUTIOUSLY
CELEBRATING THAT DECISION
TODAY.
OTHERS, HOWEVER, WORRY THAT
REJECTING THE TAX COULD MAIN
THAT THE BAILOUT COULD FAIL
AND LEAD TO A FINANCIAL
DISASTER IN CYPRUS.
CYPRUS NEEDS NEARLY
16 BILLION EUROS TO BAIL OUT
ITS BANKS AND SHORE OF
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
PLEDGED TO PROVIDE
$10 BILLION IN RESCUE LOANS,
BUT CYPRUS HAS TO COME UP
WITH THE REST.
PAT, WHERE IS THIS HEADED,
DO YOU THINK?
Pat: I THINK THAUR
GOING TO MAKE AN INITIATIVE
TOWARDS RUSSIA, TO ASK FOR A
LOAN.
IN EXCHANGE, THEY HAVE SOME
VERY, VERY VALUABLE OIL AND
GAS PROPERTIES OFF THEIR
COAST.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY,
WE'LL TRADE THOSE PROPERTIES
IN EXCHANGE FOR FIVE BILLION
EUROS, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR.
I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY THEY NEED, SEED
MONEY, IN ORDER TO GET THE
BIG LOAN FROM THE BANKS IN
EUROPE.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THAT MOVE THEY MADE WAS
DREADFULLY UNPOPULAR, AND I
THINK IT SENT SHOCKWAVES
THROUGHOUT THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE THAT MEANT EVERY
BANK WAS SUSPECT, AND THE
BANKS IN PORTUGAL, AND THE
BANKS IN IRELAND AND SO
FORTH, WERE SUSPECT, AND
THAT WAS NOT THE KIND OF
MESSAGE THAT THE CYPRIOT
BANKS NEED TO SEND.
LEE?
Lee: THE SENATE'S GUN
CONTROL BILL WILL NOT
INCLUDE A BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS.
DEMOCRATS HAVE PRESSED FOR
THE BAN SINCE THE DECEMBER
MURDERS AT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN NEWTON,
CONNECTICUT.
BUT HARRY REID SAYS THE
MEASURE DOES NOT HAVE THE
VOTES TO MAKE THE OUT OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OR EVEN
PASS A FULL SENATE VOTE.
I AM NOT DRYING TO PUT
SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR THAT
WON'T SUCCEED.
I WANT SOMETHING THAT WILL
SUCCEED.
I THINK THE WORST OF ALL
WORLDS IS TO BRING SOMETHING
TO THE FLOOR AND IT DIES
THERE.
Lee: REID SAYS HE IS
STILL PUSHING FON THE GUN
CONTROL BILL TO INCLUDE
EXTENDED BACKGROUND CHECKS
AND A LIMIT ON MAGAZINE
SIZES.
BUT IT HAS LED TO AN UP
SURGE IN SALES.
IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO LEARN
THAT THE FASTEST GROWING
SEGMENT OF U.S. GUN BUYERS
IS WOMEN.
AS ANDREA GARRETT REPORTS,
THAT FACT IS NOT LOST ON THE
PEOPLE WHO OWN GUN STORES
AND SHOOTING RANGES.
Reporter: IN
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO,
THIS STORE HAS EVEN A 40%
SURGE IN FEMALE COSTUMERS IN
TWO YEARS.
IT IS SOMEWHAT EMPOWERING
FOR A WOMAN TO BE ABLE TO
PROTECT HERSELF WIT THIS
TOOL.
Reporter: LINDSAY
TEACHES A LADIES-ONLY
CLASS.
WE DON'T GO INTO
SHOTGUNS.
WE STICK WITH JUST
HANDGUNS.
Reporter: IT IS A TREND
REFLECTED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IN 2005, JUST 13% OF GUN
OWNERS WERE WOMEN.
TODAY THAT NUMBER IS 23%, A
77% INCREASE IN THE LAST
SEVEN YEARS.
WHILE WOMEN ARE SHOWING MORE
INTEREST IN SHOOTING SPORTS
THESE DAYS, MOST WOMEN WILL
TELL YOU THEY'RE BUYING A
GUN FOR ANOTHER REASON:
SELF-DEFENSE.
SHE SAYS MANY OF HER
STUDENTS ARE SINGLE WOMEN,
AS WELL AS SINGLE MOMS, WHO
DON'T THINK PEPPERSPRAYS OR
WHISTLES OFFER ENOUGH
PROTECTION.
ESPECIALLY THOSE SINGLE
WOMEN WHO ARE BY
THEMSELVES.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
CAN HANDLE WHAT THEY NEED TO
HANDLE.
IF I NEEDED IT, IT WOULD
BE THERE AS A LAST RESORT.
Reporter: ANDREA
GARRETT, CBN NEWS.
Lee: I TAUGHT ALL OF
THREE OF MY SONS TO SHOOT,
AND MY DAUGHTER IS WAITING
FOR ME TO TAKE HER OUT TO
THE RANGE.
Pat: THAT'S
SURPRISING.
KRISTI, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE A GUN?
Kristi: VERY WELL.
EVEN WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE,
I TOOK SOME R.O.T.C. CLASSES
AND WAS THE BEST FEMALE
SHOT.
Pat: WERE YOU REALLY?
Kristi: YES.
MANY, MANY TIMES I HAVE GONE
TO THE RANGE AND LOVE IT.
Pat: SO YOU'RE A TOUGH
LADY?
Kristi: BROTHER, DON'T
MESS WITH ME, I'M JUST
SAYING.
Pat: TALK ABOUT THE
GREAT EQUALIZER, THIS IS
IT.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, TODAY MAY BE
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING, BUT
WINTER ISN'T GOING OUT
QUIETLY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE IN
THE PATH OF A NEW STORM, AND
IT IS BRINGING MORE SNOW,
ICE, AND EVEN TORNADOES.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: NEW
ENGLANDERS WELCOMED SPRING
WITH AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES OF
SNOW.
I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE
WITH THIS, BUT I GUESS NOT.
WE'RE SICK OF IT.
Reporter: IN THE
NORTHEAST, IT IS BRINGING
DANGEROUS, ICY CONDITIONS,
SENDING CARS SLIDING ACROSS
ROADS.
THIS IS BAD.
I GO ABOUT 10 MILES AN OUR
WITH FLASHERS ON.
Reporter: IN THE
NORTHEAST, CARS WEREN'T
SLIDING OFF THE ROAD, BUT
BEING BLOWN OFF.
IT LEFT THOUSANDS WITHOUT
POWER IN ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA.
WE HAVE DOWNED POWER
LINES AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
Reporter: SCHOOLS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST REMAINS
CLOSED TODAY.
MANY DISTRICTS ADDING DAYS
TO THEIR CALENDAR TO MAKE UP
FOR THOSE MISSED FROM SNOW.
NEW ENGLAND HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED 100 INCHES THIS
SEASON.
SO MUCH FOR THE GROUND
HOG.
I THINK HE GOT THAT ONE
WRONG.
Lee: AND THAT STORM
SYSTEM ALSO HIT OTHER PARTS
OF THE NORTHERN U.S.
AS MUCH AS TWO FEET OF SNOW
HAD BEEN PREDICTED FOR THE
UPPER AREA OF MICHIGAN.
SUGARY DRINKS HAVE BEEN
LINKED TO 80,000 DEATHS
AROUND THE WORLD, AND 25,000
DEATHS HERE IN THE U.S.
IT ECHOES OTHER STUDIES THAT
SUGGEST THAT SUGAR-SWEETENED
DRINKS ARE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR
HEALTH.
BUT SOME CRITICIZED THE
STUDY, CALLING IT MORE
SENSATIONALISM THAN
SCIENCE.
THEY SAY IT DOES NOT PROVE
THAT IT CAUSES DIABETES,
HEART DISEASE, OR CANCER.
WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THERE
ARE PROBABLY OTHER LINKS TO
THIS SORT OF THING.
FOLKS WHO ARE DRINKING THESE
LARGE, SUGARY DRINKS, PAT,
PROBABLY HAVE OTHER FACTORS
AS WELL THAT LEAD TO BAD
HEALTH.
Pat: THEY DO.
BUT THIS CERTAINLY ADDS TO
IT.
IF YOU GULP DOWN A BIG GULP
EVERY DAY, IT WON'T BE LONG
BEFORE YOU'VE TAKEN INTO
YOUR SYSTEM SO MUCH SUGAR.
IT IS THE SUGAR THAT DOES
IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS
EQUAL AND NUTRISWEET, THAT'S
DEATH.
THOSE DIET DRINKS ARE
REALLY, IN MY OPINION, WORSE
THAN THE ONES THAT HAVE THE
SUGAR IN THEM.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER
ON.
WE HAVE A HEALTH SEGMENT,
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A STUDY FROM YALE
UNIVERSITY.
I JUST READ IN THE ALUMNI
MAGAZINE TODAY, A STUDY
TALKING ABOUT SUCROSE AND
FRUCTOSE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY
FOUND.
Kristi: WE CAN LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT.
NO PESTICIDES ON THE
PRODUCE, NO TRANS-FAT, AND
NOTA TRACE OF HIGH FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP IN THE ENTIRE
GROCERY STORE.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU
WHERE IT IS, AND WE'LL ALLOW
YOU TO MEET THE MAN BEHIND
THIS BOOMING BUSINESS WHEN
WE COME BACK.
*
Pat: YOU HEAR ABOUT IT
ALL OF THE TIME, ARTIFICIAL
FATS, TRANS-FATS,
SWEETENERS, COLORS.
MUCH OF AMERICA'S FOOD
SUPPLY, THEY SAY, IS FAKE.
AND IT CAN BE VERY HARD TO
WEED OUT THOSE UNHEALTHY
FOODS.
BUT HEALTH REPORTER LORI
JOHNSON TAKES US TO A STORE
THAT MAKES IT SIMPLE.
HERE IS LORI.
AMERICANS ARE BECOMING
SICK AND TIRED OF EATING
FOOD THAT MAKES US SICK AND
TIRED.
THAT'S WHY BUSINESSES IS
BOOMING AT WHOLE FOODS
MARKET.
ONE NATIONWIDE GROCER TRYING
TO SET ITSELF APART FROM THE
REST.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
SELECTION HERE IS HUGE, BUT
THE REASON SO MANY PEOPLE
SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS IS
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS NOT
HERE.
FIRST, NO PESTICIDES ON THE
PRODUCE.
IT'S ORGANIC.
NO TRANS-FATS, NOT EVEN IN
THE PACKAGED FOODS OR IN THE
BAKERY.
NOTHE SOUP OR
ANYTHING ELSE, FOR THAT
MATTER.
AND HERE IS A BIGGIE, NOT A
TRACE OF HIG HIGH FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP ANYWHERE IN THE
STORE.
WHY THE BOLD DEPARTURE FROM
TYPICAL GROCERY STORE FAIR?
ACCORDING TO THE FOUNDER,
JOHN MACKIE, IT IS SIMPLE.
WE WANT TO HELP HEAL
AMERICA.
Reporter: AND AMERICA
WANTS TO BE HEALED.
WE'RE OVERFED AND
UNDERNOURISHED, AND
PROCESSED FOOD IS JUST NOT
GOOD FOR US.
ALMOST EVERYTHING IN HERE
HAS UNDER 10 DIFFERENT
INGREDIENTS IN IT, AS
OPPOSED TO A REGULAR STORE,
WHICH HAS 20 OR 30
INGREDIENTS IN IT.
MACKIE STARTED WHOLE
FOODS BACK IN 1980 IN HIS
HOME TOWN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.
FROM THAT ONE TINY STORE
GREW HUNDREDS ALL ACROSS
AMERICA.
RAKING IN ANNUAL SALES OF
$12 BILLION.
IN THAT AREA, MACKIE ALSO
TOOK AN UNUSUAL STEP.
HE STOPPED TAKING A SALARY
AND STOCK OPTIONS YEARS
AGO.
I'VE MADE ENOUGH MONEY.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO WORK
FOR SERVICE.
AND I DIDN'T WANT THERE TO
BE THE ACCUSATION THAT IT
WAS ABOUT SOME TYPE OF
PERSONAL GAIN.
Reporter: WHOLE FOODS
MARKET HAS MADE THE LIST OF
FORTUNE'S BEST COMPANIES TO
WORK FOR FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE
YEARS.
AMONG OTHER THINGS,
EMPLOYEES GET A 20%
DISCOUNT, 30% IF THEY'RE
HEALTHY.
BUT CONSIDER THIS, WHAT IF
INSTEAD OF 30 YEARS AGO,
JOHN MACKIE STARTED WHOLE
FOODS TODAY?
WOULD IT STILL BE THE SAME
SUCCESS STORY?
NO, ACCORDING TO MACKIE,
BECAUSE THE NEW ATTITUDE IN
WASHINGTON DEMONIZES
BUSINESSES, MAKING IT NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR START-UP
COMPANIES TO GET ON THEIR
FEET.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE RED
TAPE.
CORPORATE INCOME TAX IN THE
UNITED STATES IS THE HIGHEST
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Reporter: IN HIS NEW
BOOK, "CONSCIOUS
CAPITALISM," HE CALLS A FREE
MARKET THE KEY TO
PROSPERITY, BUT THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS IMPOSING
THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
IT.
IN THE YEAR 2000, WE STILL
RANKED NUMBER THREE.
IN 2012, WE FELL DOWN TO
NUMBER 18.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 7.9%, AND
PER CAPITA INCOME HAS
DECLINED OVER THE LAST
DECADE, YOU DON'T NEED TO
LOOK FURTHER THAN THAT
STATISTIC.
Reporter: HE SAYS FREE
MARKET HEALTH CARE WOULD
MAKE HEALTH CARE BETTER, BUT
OBAMACARE MAKES IT WORSE.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT
COSTS WHEN YOU GO TO THE
DOCTOR.
THAT'S NOT COMPETITION.
I OFTEN JOKE I WISH I COULD
RUN WHOLE FOODS THAT WAY.
DON'T PUT ANY PRICES ON
ANYTHING THEY SELL.
PEOPLE GET TO THE REGISTERS,
AND PEOPLE SAY HOW MUCH IS
THAT GOING TO COST, AND WE
SAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WE'LL BILL YOUR INSURANCE
COMPANY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN
AMERICA, PRETTY MUCH.
Reporter: WHILE JOHN
MACKIE WORKS TO PROVIDE GOOD
JOBS FOR THOUSANDS, HE IS
CONCERNED HE MAY BE A DYING
BREED.
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND
THE DEMONIZATION OF BUSINESS
ARE STIFLING THE
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT,
WHICH HURTS EVERYONE.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Pat: BOY, THAT'S A LONG
COMMERCIAL FOR WHOLE FOODS.
DO YOU SHOP THERE?
Kristi: I DO SHOP AT
WHOLE FOODS, AND I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
I HAVE ONE COMPLAINT, YOU
USED TO HAVE THESE WONDERFUL
PECAN ROLLS THAT MY MOM AND
DAD HAD IN NEW JERSEY --
Pat: THEY'RE NOT
HEALTHY.
Kristi: IT IS REAL
BUTTER AND REAL SUGAR --
Pat: AND ALL
FATTENING.
Kristi: MY GRANDMOTHER
WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD AT
95 YEARS OLD, AND THAT WOMAN
ATE, AND SHE ATE WELL.
SHE ATE THE REAL FAT AND THE
REAL BUTTER, AND SHE WAS
HEALTHY.
Pat: AMEN.
I SAID AT THE OUTSET OF
THIS, I WAS READING THE YALE
AL LUMALUMNI, WHICH I
HAPPEN TO BE ONE --
Kelley: I
Kristi: I DIDN'T GET
ONE -- THAT'S A JOKE.
Pat: AND IT SAID SOME
YALE RESEARCHERS HAD TAKEN A
SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE
AND THEY FED ONE GROUP
SUCROSE.
AND THEY FED ANOTHER
FRUCTOSE, WHICH IS HIGH
FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH.
THE ONE WITH THE SUCROSE ATE
THAT AND THEY WERE
SATISFIED.
SACIATED.
THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYMORE.
THE ONES WITH THE FRUCTOSE,
THE HORMONES KICKED IN AND
MADE THEM HUNGIER.
CONSEQUENTLY, THAT IS ONE OF
THE FACTORS WHEN YOU PUT
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IN
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE EAT.
Kristi: EVERYTHING.
Pat: IT IS LIKE A
DRUG.
IT MAKES YOU -- I'VE SEEN
CORN -- THEY HAVE
COMMERCIALS SAYING CORN IS
CORN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE, BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH, AND IT'S JUST NOT THE
CASE.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH.
THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH, THE
UNPOPULAR TRUTH.
DON'T TAKE AND INGEST HIGH
FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.
BETTER JUST PLAIN OLD
SUGAR.
Kristi: I AGREE.
OR HONEY.
Pat: LIKE HER
GRANDMOTHER.
Kristi: NEXT, WE GO
FROM THE FOUNDER OF WHOLE
FOODS GROCERY STORE TO A MAN
IN SUCH AGONY, HE COULDN'T
EVEN LIFT HIS GROCERIES.
I COULDN'T EVEN CARRY TWO
SMALL BAGS OF GROCERIES INTO
THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE
PAIN, A HOT, SHOOTING,
BURNING PAIN.
Kristi: SEE HOW HE WAS
HEALED THROUGH THE POWER OF
PRAYER.
PLUS WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR NEEDS.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: WELL, WENDY
LAWRENCE WAS IN A REAR-END
COLLISION, AND HE WAS STILL
SUFFERING PAIN 10 YEARS
LATER.
THEN ONE NIGHT, HE CAME HOME
FROM WORK, SAT DOWN IN FRONT
OF THE TV, AND WHEN HE STOOD
UP, HE WAS PAIN-FREE.
HERE IS EXACTLY HOW IT
HAPPENED.
MY WHOLE NECK SNAPPED
DOWN AND BACK UP AND JUST
PAIN SHOT FROM THE TOP OF MY
HEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN
THROUGH MY SPINE, DOWN MY
RIGHT LEG.
A HOT, SHOOTING, BURNING
PAIN.
Reporter: RANDY
LAWRENCE HAD JUST BEEN
REAR-ENDED BY AN S.U.V.
HE SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES
TO HIS BACK, NECK, AND
SCIATIC NERVE.
THERE WAS JUST THIS
CONTINUED PAIN SHOOTING DOWN
MY LEG FROM THE PRESSURE ON
THE SCIATIC NERVE.
MY NECK WAS SO TIGHT THAT IT
WAS, LIKE, LITERALLY, I
COULD PROBABLY MOVE IT ABOUT
THAT FAR AND THAT WAS IT.
AT ONE POINT, I COULDN'T
EVEN CARRY TWO SMALL BAGS OF
GROCERIES INTO THE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF THE PAIN.
Reporter: 10 MONTHS OF
THERAPY BROUGHT ONLY
TEMPORARY RELIEF.
IT WAS REALLY AT ABOUT 10
MONTHS OF GOING THROUGH
THOSE THERAPIES, THAT AT A
PRAYER MEETING THAT WAS FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY
THAT I LED THAT GOD SUPER
NATURALLY HEALED ME OF THE
SCIATIC NERVE PAIN.
BUT YET THE NECK PAIN
CONTINUED TO BE THERE WITH
DIFFICULTIES IN THE NECK.
Reporter: RANDY MOVED
HIS FAMILY AND HIS REAL
ESTATE BUSINESS TO WESLEY
CHAPEL FLORIDA, TO START
TRUE LIFE CHURCH.
HOWEVER, THE LINGERING NECK
PAIN WAS COMPOUNDED BY A NEW
PROBLEM.
I REALLY WAS HAVING JUST
DAILY HEADACHES, WITH MY
NECK AND THE STIFFNESS THAT
WAS TAKING PLACE FROM THE
INJURY.
I'M WORKING SOMETIMES EIGHT
TO 12-HOUR DAYS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PAIN NON
STOP, IT AFFECTS YOU.
IT WAS TOUGH.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
RANDY CAME HOME FROM WORK
AND TURNED ON "THE 700
CLUB."
THERE WAS A TESTIMONY ON
ABOUT A PERSON'S KNEE BEING
HEALED.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, LORD,
I NEED TO BE HEALED.
AND AS SOON AS I SAID THAT,
PAT CAME ON, AND HE SAID, I
WANT TO PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR
HEALING.
AND I STOOD UP, AND HE BEGAN
TO PRAY.
Pat: YOU TWISTED YOUR
NECK, AND YOU COULD ALMOST
FEEL SOMETHING POP OUT ON
THE SIDE OF YOUR NECK.
PUT YOUR HAND OVER THERE ON
IT.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU'LL
FEEL HEAT AND YOU'LL BE
COMPLETELY HEALED.
YOU COULD JUST SENSE THIS
HEAT AND TINGLING.
AND I STOOD THERE, AND AS I
TURNED MY NECK, I TURNED IT
AND IT WENT PSSST!.
IT WAS LIKE THIS INTERNAL
POPPING OF EVERY LOCKED UP
VE VERTEBRAE, AND
EVERYTHING THAT WAS OUT OF
ALIGNMENT, GOD SUPER
NATURALLY BROUGHT IT
PERFECTLY INTO ALIGNMENT.
INSTANTANEOUSLY, THE
HEADACHE WAS GONE.
I HAD NOT HAD THAT KIND OF
RELIEF IN YEARS.
Reporter: RANDY HAS
BEEN FREE OF THE PAIN FOR
MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
GOING THROUGH THAT
PROCESS AND HAVING THAT
SUPER NATURAL HEALING AND
THE RELEASE OF THE PAIN,
REBOLSTERED MY FAITH.
THE REALITY IS, GOD HAS
HEALED ME.
HE IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS.
GOD HAS HEALING FOR YOU AS
WELL.
Kristi: HE DOES.
I LOVE THAT.
GOD IS NOT JUST A HEALER.
HE IS A GOD OF COMPASSION.
HE IS A GOD OF LOVE.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE RANDY
IN PAIN, AND HE DOESN'T WANT
TO SEE YOU IN PAIN.
PAT AND I ARE GOING TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY AND PRAY
FOR YOU.
HERE IS OUR FIRST BIT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT.
SARAH PECK, FROM MICHIGAN.
SHE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH HER
VISION, ESPECIALLY WHEN
FOCUSING ON ANY SINGLE
OBJECT.
HER DOCTOR DIAGNOSED HER
RIGHT EYE AS A LAZY EYE AND
SAID THE CONDITION COULDN'T
BE CORRECTED.
ONE DAY SARAH WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB," AND SHE
HEARD PAT GIVE A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
PAT SAID, "THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A LAZY EYE.
RIGHT NOW PUT YOUR HAND OVER
THAT AREA, AND IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, BE HEALED."
IN RESPONSE, SARAH PLACED
HER HAND OVER HER RIGHT EYE,
AND CLAIMED THE HEALING FOR
HERSELF.
TWO DAYS LATER, SHE WAS
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
COMBING HER HAIR, AND SHE
REALIZED BOTH HER EYES WERE
FOCUSED.
SHE KNEW THE LORD HAD HEALED
HER.
Pat: GOD IS WONDERFUL.
THIS IS ONE BY VIOLA, WHO
LIVES IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW
MEXICO.
SHE HAD SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE THE NEMESIS OF ANY
WOMAN.
SHE HAD A BALD SPOT ON HER
HEAD IN 2007.
AND FOR YEARS SHE HAD TO
HAVE HER HAIR STYLED TO
COVER IT UP.
THEN ONE DAY SHE SAW KRISTI
GIVING THIS WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE, QUOTE," THERE IS
A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH ALOPECIA,
SOMETHING WITH YOUR HAIR
LOSS AND SKIN CONDITION WITH
YOUR SCALP, AND THE LORD IS
HEALING THAT."
VIOLA SAID THAT IS ME, AND
THE NEXT MORNING, THE BALD
SPOT WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
Kristi: THAT IS
AMAZING.
ISN'T GOD AMAZING.
Pat: YOU DIDN'T KNOW
VIOLA IN ALBUQUERQUE.
NOPE.
BUT GOD DID.
Pat: GOD KNOWS YOU.
HE KNOWS YOUR ADDRESS.
HE KNOWS YOUR NAME.
HE KNOWS WHAT YOUR CONDITION
IS.
HE KNOWS YOUR PRAYERS.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT
YOU.
Kristi: COME ON,
BROTHER.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO
PRAY.
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, OUR
HEARTS ARE STRANGELY WARMED
WHEN WE HEAR THE TESTIMONIES
OF YOUR POWER AND YOUR
GRACE.
Kristi: THANK YOU,
LORD.
Pat: THANK YOU, LORD.
THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS A
PERSON WHO HAS GOT A LING
FUNGUS.
YOU'VE BEEN TRAVELLING AND
YOU'VE GONE INTO SOME JUNGLE
AREAS, AND YOU HAVE ACQUIRED
THIS FUNGUS, AND YOU'VE BEEN
COUGHING AND COUGHING, AND
RIGHT NOW THAT FUNGUS IS
BEING BURNED OUT OF YOUR
LUNGS.
YOU'RE COMPLETELY HEALED.
BREATHE ONCE AND COUGH AND
YOU ARE HEALED IN JESUS'
NAME.
KRISTI?
Kristi: THERE IS A
PERSON OUT THERE WHO DID
SOMETHING WITH YOUR
SHOULDER.
IT IS AS THOUGH YOU MOVED
THE WRONG WAY AND YOU
DISLOCATED IT.
AND YOU TRIED TO PUT IT BACK
IN PAIN, BUT THERE IS SUCH
PAIN.
WHEN YOU GO LIKE THIS YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR A CLICK, AND
GOD WILL MIRACULOUSLY PUT IT
BACK IN PLACEAND THE PAIN
WILL BE GONE IN JESUS'
NAME.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Pat: SOMEBODY, YOU WERE
IN A KNIFE FIGHT.
AND YOU HAD A KNIFE STUCK
RIGHT IN YOUR STOMACH.
AND YOU HAD THE THING
PATCHED UP, AND YOU'RE IN
PAIN, AND YOU'RE SAYING,
GOD, HOW ABOUT ME?
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE FO GOING
TO FEEL ELECTRICITY COME
INTO YOUR ABDOMEN, AND THE
LORD IS HEALING IT IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
Kristi: THE LORD IS
HEALING SOMETHING CALLED A
NODULE, AND THE LORD IS
HEALING THAT.
Pat: MAY THE ANOINTING
OF THE LORD TOUCH YOU.
MAY THE BLESSING OF THE LORD
TOUCH YOU.
MAY YOU BE LIFTED UP, AND
GIVEN THE GARMENT OF PRAISE
FOR THE SPIRIT OF
HEAVINESS.
MAY WE PRAISE THE LORD.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: AS THE LORD HAS
TOUCHED YOU, GIVE HIM
PRAISE.
DON'T SAY YOU'RE NOT
WORTHY.
NONE OF US ARE WORTHY.
JUST SAY, IN JESUS' NAME, IT
IS THE GRACE OF GOD.
WE HAVE A NUMBER,
1-800-759-0700.
IF YOU WANT FURTHER PRAYER,
IF YOU WANT COUNSELLING, OR
YOU WANT TO GIVE US A
TESTIMONY.
WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Kristi: STILL AHEAD, A
JAZZ DRUMMER SO DOWN ON HIS
LUCK, HE HAD TO DO THE
UNTHINKABLE.
I HAD TO START DONATING
PLASMA.
FOR PLASMA, YOU CAN ONLY
GET $30 A SESSION.
Kristi: FIND OUT WHAT
HE DID WITH THE $30, AND HOW
IT PUT HIM ON THE ROAD FOR
FINANCIAL RECOVERY.
FIRST, WE'VE GOT YOUR
E-MAIL.
CHRISTINE SAYS, "I HEARD
WE'RE CREATED IN GOD'S
IMAGE, BUT I ALSO KEEP
HEARING THAT GOD IS A
SPIRIT.
YOU'VE GOT TO EXPLAIN THIS
ONE TO ME."
WELL, IF YOU STAY TUNED,
WE'RE GO NA.
GONNA.
SO STAY TUNED.
DON'T GO AWAY.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
BLACK PASTORS IN CHICAGO ARE
VOICING THEIR OPPOSITION TO
A MEASURE THAT WOULD
LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
LAST MONTH THE STATE SENATE
APPROVED LEGISLATION
ALLOWING GAY COUPLES TO
MARRY.
A GROUP CALLED THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLERGY
COALITION IS TARGETING THE
BLACK COMMUNITY, THOUGH,
WITH RADIO SPOTS AND ROBO
CALLS.
THEY ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO
URGE STATE HOUSE MEMBERS TO
VOTE NO ON THE BILL.
THE GROUP IS ALSO PLANNING A
STREET CAMPAIGN.
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS WHO WERE
RECENTLY RELEASED BY LIBYAN
MALITIAS SAY THEY WERE
TORTURED.
THEY WERE MARKETED UP BY
GUNMEN WHO CHECKED THEIR
RIGHT WRISTS FOR TATTOOS OF
CROSSES.
LIBYAN MA MALITIAS HAVE
CONTAINED MANY.
ONE DIED AND ONE SAID HE WAS
TORTURED.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
Kristi: MARCH MADNESS
HAS JUST BEGUN, AND FOR YOU
DIE-HARD BASKETBALL FANS, IT
IS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME
OF THE YEAR, MARCH MADNESS.
EVEN IF YOUR BRACKET GETS
BUSTED OR YOUR FAVORITE TEAM
GETS BLOWN OUT IN ROUND ONE,
YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
WIN.
HOW, YOU SAY?
THIS IS HOW.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO OUR WEBSITE FOR A SPECIAL
FINAL FOUR GIVE-AWAY.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
FOR ALL -- THERE ARE MANY
COMPANIES OUT THERE WHO HAVE
THEIR LITTLE SHEETS AND SAY
WHO IS GOING TO WIN, YOU
COULD ACTUALLY WIN PRIZES.
Pat: I HAD WON A
NATIONAL CONTEST ON PICKING
THE SCORE OF THE SUPER
BOWL.
ONCE.
I LOST EVERY OTHER TIME.
Kristi: BUT THE ONE
TIME YOU WON.
IT IS TIME TO BRING IT ON,
SO THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE
GOING TO ASK PAT QUESTIONS.
CHRISTINE BEGINS US OUT.
"DEAR PAT, I HEARD WE ARE
CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE, BUT
I ALSO KEEP HEARING THAT GOD
IS A SPIRIT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?"
Pat: THERE WAS A
PHILOSOPHER IN THE MIDDLE
AGES WHO CAME OUT WITH THAT
FAMOUS STATEMENT, "I THINK,
THEREFORE I AM."
WHAT ARE WE?
WE ARE RATIONAL BEINGS.
WE CAN SAY I AM.
WE ARE MORAL BEINGS, WE CAN
SAY I OUGHT.
WE HAVE A SENSE OF RIGHT AND
WRONG.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT US
THAT IS DIFFERENT, BUT MORE
THAN ANYTHING, WE ARE
CREATORS.
EVERY HUMAN BEING IS A
CREATOR.
WE WANT TO CREATE A NICE
HOME.
WE WANT TO CREATE A CHAIR.
WE WANT TO CREATE A
BUSINESS.
WE WANT TO CREATE A LITTLE
SHOP.
WE WANT TO CREATE.
GOD HAS MADE US CREATORS.
AND WE ARE MADE IN HIS
IMAGE.
WITHIN US IS A SPIRIT.
WE HAPPEN TO BE CLOTHED IN A
PARTICULAR BODY, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE IMPORTANT THING.
THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE.
WHO WE ARE IS THE SPIRIT,
AND THE SPIRIT IS LIKE GOD.
Kristi: WILLIAM
SAYS, "CHRISTIANS PRAY FOR
THE FAVOR OF GOD OR THEY SAY
SOMEONE IS HIGHLY FAVORED.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RECEIVE
FAVOR FROM THE LORD?"
Pat: THERE WAS A PRAYER
THAT WAS GIVEN, AND IT WAS
SAID THE BLESSING.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP
YOU, THE LORD CAUSE HIS FACE
TO SHINE UPON YOU AND BE
GRACIOUS UNTO YOU.
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS
COUNTNESS AND GIVE YOU HIS
PEACE.
THE IDEA OF GRACE AND FAVOR
ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE.
AND, ALSO, THERE IS ANOTHER
WORD, "CHARIS," FROM WHICH
WE GET CHARISMATIC.
AND GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU.
IF GOT WANTS TO BLESS YOU,
NOTHING WILL STAND IN YOUR
WAY.
IF YOU WANT TO PRAY, PRAY
FOR HIS FAVOR.
I WANT THE FAVOR OF THE
LORD, THE GRACE OF THE LORD,
THE EXTRA SPECIAL BLESSING
OF THE LORD.
I WANT THAT FAVOR.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
Kristi: BEAUTIFUL.
CASSIE WRITES IN, "IF WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT GOD'S
WILL, THEN WHY ARE WE
SUPPOSED TO PRAY AND ASK FOR
THE DESIRES OF OUR HEART.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE A
BABY FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I PRAYER EVERY MONTH,
AND HAVE FOR A LONG TIME,
AND PRAY THAT MY PRAYERS
WILL BE ANSWERED.
IF I AM TO ACCEPT HIS WILL,
SHOULD I NOT PRAY FOR A
BABY?"
Pat: THE REASON WE'RE
ABLE TO CHANGE OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES IS BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING
BETTER.
AND I JUST THINK THE WHOLE
QUESTION OF SUBMISSION -- OF
COURSE WE'RE SUBMITTED TO
HIS WILL.
BUT HE SAYS DELIGHT YOURSELF
ON THE LORD, AND HE WILL
GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR
HEART.
THAT DESIRE IN YOUR HEART TO
HAVE A BABY, THAT COMES FROM
GOD.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING WHAT IS
IN GOD'S WILL, AND YOU'RE
ASKING FOR WHAT HE WANTS,
YOU DON'T WANT TO FIGHT HIS
WILL, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
CLOSE EVERY PRAYER OUT WITH
THAT FAITH KILLER, IF IT BE
THY WILL.
OH, GOD, MAY THAT MOUNTAIN
MOVE IN JESUS' NAME, IF IT
BE THY NAME.
DON'T DO THAT.
COMMAND THE MOUNTAIN TO
MOVE, AND COMMAND IT IN
JESUS' NAME.
BUT HEAR FROM THE LORD
FIRST.
Kristi: YOU ARE 100%
RIGHT ON THAT.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS
SO CHALLENGED BY THAT
VERSE.
I WAS LIKE THAT WOMAN, LORD,
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYWAYS,
WHY SHOULD I PRAY.
THEN THE LORD SEEK, IF YOU
SEEK MY HEART, THEN MY HEART
WILL BE YOUR HEART, AND MY
WILL, WILL BE YOUR WILL.
ALBERT SAYS, "I PASTOR SAYS
WE SHOULD ATTEND CHURCH
THREE TIMES A WEEK.
WHAT IF I ATTEND JUST ONCE A
WEEK.
HOW DOES THIS SQUARE WITH DO
NOT FORSAKE GATHERING
TOGETHER?"
Pat: THE SCRIPTURE
ABOUT DO NOT FORSAKE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOING TO
YOUR CHURCH THREE TIMES A
WEEK.
PASTORS LOVE IT.
YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE TO GIVE
THEIR MONEY TO YOU, AND YOU
CAN TELL THEM TO SHOW UP
EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR
DOORS BECAUSE YOU'RE
PREACHING AND YOU WANT AN
AUDIENCE.
COME OFF IT.
DON'T FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING
OF YOURSELVES TOGETHER.
MAYBE YOU HAVE A BIBLE STUDY
AT YOUR HOME.
Kristi: THIS NEXT
QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW,
MELISSA SAYS, "I HAVE TO
KNOW WHAT WAS YOUR WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PEANUT
BUTTER?"
I GUESS YOU HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PEANUT
BUTTER ON MONDAY?
Pat: WHEN WE WERE FIRST
STARTING OUT, I WAS JUST A
BABY IN THE GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
I WAS ON THIS DINKY
TELEVISION SET, AND WE'RE ON
"THE 700 CLUB," AND WE'RE
PRAYING, AND I'M SAYING,
GOD, SPEAK TO ME.
AT THAT POINT I WAS
OVERWHELMED WITH PEANUT
BUTTER.
I COULD TASTE IT, I COULD
SMELL IT.
IT WAS LIKE ALL AROUND ME.
I BELIEVI'M THINKING, THIS
IS CRAZY.
THERE WAS AN AUDIENCE.
I HADN'T DONE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
I SAID, IS SOMEBODY INVOLVED
IN PEANUT BUTTER.
AND YOU'VE GOT ARTHRITIS --
I THINK IT WAS ARTHRITIS,
CANCER -- WHATEVER IT WAS --
AND GOD IS HEALING YOU.
IT TURNED OUT THERE WAS A
WOMAN IN OUR AUDIENCE WHO
WAS WATCHING OUR PROGRAM,
AND SHE WAS IN HER KITCHEN,
AND SHE HAD DROPPED A JAR OF
PEANUT BUTTER ON THE FLOOR,
AND SHE WAS CLEANING IT UP,
AND SHE ALSO HAD ARTHRITIS,
AND GOD WAS HEALING HER.
IT IS A WONDERFUL STORY, BUT
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THE LORD WAS KIND OF LETTING
ME ENTER INTO THESE GIFTS OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Kristi: I THINK THAT'S
COOL.
BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW, AND PEOPLE ASK US THIS
ALL OF THE TIME, WHAT IS THE
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE AND HOW DO
YOU SEE OR FEEL?
IT IS TRUE, SOMETIMES GOD
WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE
THINGS, SMELL THINGS -- IT'S
AMAZING.
AND YOU SMELLED PEANUT
BUTTER.
GERALD SAYS, "IS IT OKAY TO
GIVE A PORTION OF MY LOTTERY
WINNINGS TO THE CHURCH TO DO
GOOD WORKS?"
Pat: OF COURSE IT IS.
I HAD A MIRACLE TAKE PLACE,
AND I HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO
TALK ABOUT IT, ABOUT
SOMEBODY WHO SENT A LOTTERY
TICKET TO US, AND HE THOUGHT
IT WAS A WINNER OF A MILLION
DOLLARS.
AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING
AWAY A MILLION.
AND WE WERE PRAYING FOR A
MILLION AND A HALF, AND WE
HAD JUST GOTTEN IN A MILLION
SUPER NATURALLY.
IT WAS A LOTTERY TICKET ON
THE NEW YORK STATE AND
LOTTERY.
ACCEPTING A CONTRIBUTION
FROM A LOTTERY WINNING
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU
ENDORSE LOTTERIES.
IT JUST MEANS YOU HAVE
BENEFITED FOR THE WORK OF
THE LORD.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE
THEIR WINNINGS, GOD BLESS
THEM.
Kristi: THIS LAST
QUESTION COMES FROM LEE,
"ONCE AN AFFAIR HAPPENS AND
THE VOW IS BROKEN, AND THE
COUPLE STAYS MARRIED, DOES
GOD VIEW THIS MARRIAGE AS
INTACT?
DOES THE COUPLE HAVE TO
RENEW THEIR WEDDING VOWS?"
Pat: I DON'T THINK YOU
HAVE TO RENEW YOUR WEDDING
VOWS.
IT'S A NICE LITTLE
CEREMONY.
LOOK AT DAVID, HE COMMITTED
ADULTERY, AND THEN HE
MURDERED THE HUSBAND.
HE WASALL CONFLICTED, AND
HE SAID, GOD, RESTORE UNTO
ME THE JOY OF MY SALVATION,
AND TAKE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT
FROM ME.
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT STAYED
WITH HIM.
AS FAR AS YOUR MARRIAGE,
YOUR MARRIAGE IS INTACT.
YOU HAVE SEVERED IT, AND YOU
CAN REUNITE, BUT YOU DON'T
NEED ANY CEREMONY TO DO IT.
IF YOU FEEL GOOD, BY ALL
MEANS.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS
NECESSARY.
WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR WIFE,
YOUR HUSBAND, WHOEVER, YOU
RECOMMIT OUR MARRIAGE.
I FORGIVE YOU OF WHAT'S BEEN
DONE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO
ON TOGETHER AND WE'RE UNITED
AS ONE IN CHRIST.
THAT'S IT.
Kristi: GOOD DEAL.
THOSE ARE OUR QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE
QUESTIONS FOR PAT, YOU CAN
ALWAYS LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
FIND A RISK-FREE INVESTMENT
FOR YOUR MONEY, BUT ERIC
THOMAS DID.
IN FACT, HE TURNED $3 INTO
$3,000 IN JUST A FEW SHORT
DAYS.
Reporter: JAZZ DRUMMER
ERIC THOMAS WORKS A DAY JOB
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS
MUSIC AND ABOUT GIVING TO
CBN.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE
CLUB FOR A WHILE, SEEING
WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING" RELIEF
FOR HURRICANE SANDY.
SEE HOW THEY TRULY ARE
CARING FOR PEOPLE.
I WANTED TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
Reporter: ERIC HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A TITHER, GIVING
AWAY 10% OF HIR INCOME.
I STARTED TO SEE SOME
REWARDS COMING BACK WITH
TITHING, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, GIVING TO "THE
700 CLUB."
Reporter: THEN HE WAS
LAID OFF FROM HIS SALES JOB
AND STRUGGLED JUST TO GET
BY.
I HAD TO START DONATING
PLASMA.
I WAS AT A VERY LOW POINT IN
MY LIFE.
FOR PLASMA, YOU CAN ONLY
GET, LIKE, $30 A SESSION.
Reporter: STILL, HE
WANTED TO KEEP ON TITHING.
I WOULD TAKE $3 FOR A
TITHE, AND USED THE REST FOR
PUTTING GAS IN MEYE MY CAR
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Reporter: A FEW DAYS
AFTER HE DECIDED TO KEEP
TITHING, A FRIEND OFFERED
HIM A FULL-TIME GIG, PLAYING
DRUMS FOR A MUSICAL
SESSION.
HE TOLD ME IT WAS GOING
TO BE PAYING THREE GRAND A
MONTH.
I REALIZED THAT GOD
MULTIPLIED THOSE THREE
DOLLARS INTO $3,000 JUST
BECAUSE I OPENED MY HEART TO
WHAT HE HAD FOR ME.
Reporter: WHEN THE
MUSICAL PRODUCTION ENDED,
ERIC WAS OUT OF P A JOB
AGAIN.
I HAD TO MAKE IT UP IN MY
MIND I NEEDED TO PRESS ON,
DESPITE MY CIRCUMSTANCES,
DESPITE MY SURROUNDINGS.
Reporter: A FEW WEEKS
LATER, HE HEARD OF A JOB
OPENING AT XEROX.
I APPLIED FOR THE POSITION,
AND THE DIRECTOR LIKED ME
AND HIRED ME RIGHT THERE ON
THE SPOT.
IT ELEVATED MY FAITH EVEN
MORE.
GOD IS MY SOURCE.
WHETHER IT IS THROUGH
PRAYER, WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH GIVING YOUR TITHE,
EXPECT.
EXPECT FOR GOD TO MOVE.
Kristi: I LOVE THAT.
EXPECT FOR GOD TO MOVE.
HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
HE DOESN'T NEED YOUR MONEY,
BUT IT IS THE ACT OF OBESE.
OBEDIENCE.
HE IS, LIKE, COOL, YOU TRUST
ME, YOU OBEY ME, AND NOW LET
ME BLESS YOU.
WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A
"700 CLUB" PARTNER, FOR $20
A MONTH, 65 A DAY, YOU CAN
FEED THE HUNGRY, AND PROVIDE
CLOTHES FOR THE NEEDY.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, AND ONE DAY
THEY'LL COME TO YOU AND SAY
THANK YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO CHOOSE TO
HELP OUT "THE 700 CLUB" AND
CBN, PLEASE CALL US RIGHT
NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
ONCE AGAIN, 65 CENTS A DAY,
$20 A MONTH.
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO
BLESS YOU WITH THIS, "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE, PART
TWO."
THIS IS A POPULAR D.V.D.,
TREMENDOUS STORIES OF PEOPLE
WHO DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN
OR HELL, AND THEY KNOW THIS
STUFF IS REAL.
IT BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO
JESUS.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR YOU.
IF YOU SAY PLEDGE EXPRESS,
WHERE THE BANK DOES ALL OF
THE WORK, EVERY MONTH WE'RE
GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS,
POWER FOR LIFE.
BOTH GORDON AND PAT ARE
PHENOMENAL TEACHERS.
WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
HEARING THEM PRETTY MUCH
ONCE A WEEK, AND YOU'LL HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING
THEIR C.D. COME TO YOU TO
BUILD YOUR FAITH.
IF YOU'RE NOT A PARTNER, DO
IT NOW.
1-800-759-0700 OR LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
Pat: COMING UP, HAVE
YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT NFL
PLAYERS DUE IN THE
OFF-SEASON?
YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT
FROM A CHICAGO BEARS
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, WHEN WE
COME BACK.
*
Pat: HE IS ONE BIG
GUY.
HE IS A TOUGH GUY.
I LOOK AT HIM -- I USED TO
PLAY FOOTBALL IN HIGH
SCHOOL, AND YOU THINK COMING
UP AGAINST SOMEBODY LIKE
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
MOST SCARY EXPERIENCES.
ISRAEL ADONAJA, BUT AS BIG
AS HE IS, HE HAD A ROUGH
RIDE ON HIS WAY TO THE NFL.
NONE OF IT CAME EASY FOR
HIM.
AT ONE POINT HE THOUGHT HIS
DREAM OF PLAYING PRO
FOOTBALL HAD DIED.
HE TOLD REPORTER SEAN BROWN
THAT ALL HE HAD TO CLING TO
WAS A PRAYER AND A PROMISE.
Reporter: THE CHICAGO
BEARS' DEFENSE HAS BEEN
RANKED AMONG THE TOP IN THE
NFL.
DEFENSIVELINEMAN, ISRAEL,
HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE.
HEA BEAST ON THE FIELD,
AND A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN
OFF OF IT.
WE MET WITH ISRAEL AT HIS
FACILITY WHICH PRODUCES AND
DISTRIBUTES PRE-COMMUNION
CUPS.
AND HIS PROMISE TO GOD EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY.
I PRAYED TO GOD, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS COMING, WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT IF YOU
COULD JUST PROVIDE A WAY FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
OUT, I'M GOING TO COMMIT MY
LIFE AND CONTINUE TO DO
EVERYTHING AND USE ALL OF MY
RESOURCES TO CHANGE THE
WORLD AROUND ME FOR THE
BETTER.
Reporter: BUT HIS
JOURNEY TO THE NFL WASN'T
EASY.
HE CAME FROM MANITOBA,
CANADA, NOT EXACTLY AN NFL
HOTBED.
WHEN HE FINALLY HAD A
TRYOUT, MOST OF THE NFL
TEAMS DIDN'T SHOW UP DUE TO
A SARS EPIDEMIC.
THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SIGNED
HIM, BUT HE HURT HIS ANKLE
AND WAS RELEASED.
IT SEEMED AT THE TIME THAT
HIS DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE
NFL WAS OVER.
YOUR DISAPPOINTED, AND IT
IS EASY TO GO INTO HIDING.
WHICH IS WHAT I DID.
Reporter: ISRAEL WAS
EMBARRASSED, AND THOUGHT HIS
CAREER WAS OVER BEFORE IT
BEGAN.
HE STARTED FEELING SORRY FOR
HIMSELF, BUT ADVICE FROM HIS
MOTHER SET HIM ON THE RIGHT
PATH.
MY MOTHER CAME TO ME AND
WAS, LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST
SIT IN THIS ROOM.
AN OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO
COME.
IF YOU JUST SIT THERE, WHEN
IT COMES, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BE READY.
YOU NEED TO WORK OUT AND GET
YOURSELF READY, SO WHEN THAT
DOOR OPENS, YOU'RE READY TO
WALK THROUGH IT.
Reporter: ISRAEL
LISTENED TO HIS MOTHER AND
GOT BACK INTO THE GYM TO
TRAIN.
SHORTLY AFTER, HE WAS
OFFERED A ONE-WEEK CONTRACT
FROM THE CHICAGO BEARS TO
TRY OUT FOR THE TEAM.
I'VE BEEN IN CHICAGO,
I'VE BEEN ON ONE OF THE
GREATEST NFL TEAMS,
YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS.
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
FROM THIS EXPERIENCE HERE IN
CHICAGO, BEING A PART OF
THIS FAMILY, THE CHICAGO
BEARS, THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
EXPERIENCE AND ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO ACHIEVE, UNPARALLELLED.
SO IT HAS BEEN A PART OF HIS
PLAN.
Reporter: HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT BACK ON THAT PRAYER,
BEFORE ALL OF THIS STUFF
HAPPENED, YOU PROMISED GOD,
LORD, IF YOU HELP ME GET
INTO THE NFL, I WILL DO "Y,"
"X," "Y" AND "Z."
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO TO THE
FULFILLMENT OF THAT PRAYER
THAT DAY.
I'VE STILL GOT TO -- REALLY,
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE
COMPLETED MY END OF THE
BARGAIN, AND HE HAS.
Reporter: ISRAEL HAS
ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE
OF THE GAME'S BEST DEFENSIVE
LINEMANS.
OFF THE FIELDS, IN ADDITION
TO BLESSED COMMU COMMUNION,
, HE HAS A FOUNDATION TO
HONOR CHILDREN.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR
VICTORY, NOT FOR FAILURES.
WHEN YOU ALLOW HIM TO LEAD
YOUR LIFE AND DIRECT YOUR
LIFE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO
A VICTORY.
Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL
GUY.
AGAIN, I'M THINKING OF THESE
MAMAS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAMAS, 5' 2," AND HERE IS
THIS 6' 4" BRUTE, AND SHE'S
SAYING, SON, COME ON.
BUT IT'S THESE MOTHERS, AND
OUT COME THESE WONDERFUL
SONS.
AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE
WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHERS.
WHAT A HERITAGE ISRAEL HAS
THERE.
HE IS GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR
SOMETHING NOT ONLY WITH THE
CHICAGO BEARS, BUT IN THE
WORLD.
TOMORROW, BOBBY DEAN.
HE HAS GOT A MAMA, TOO.
PAULA DEAN.
AND BOBBY IS GOING TO COOK
HIS MOTHER'S FAMOUS COMFORT
FOOD, MINUS ALL OF THE
CALORIES.
WE LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH
THESE WORDS FROM ISAIAH 40:
"THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD
SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH
WINGS LIKE EAGLES.
THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE
WEARY, AND THEY SHALL WALK
AND NOT FAINT."
FOLKS, THAT'S ALL OF THE
TIME WE'VE GOT FOR TODAY.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU TOMORROW.
IN THE MEANTIME, REMEMBER,
TELEPHONES ARE AVAILABLE ALL
OF THE TIME.
24 HOURS.
SOMEBODY IS HERE TO LOVES
YOU AND CARES ABOUT YOU AND
WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT GOD
IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE CALL US, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN
TOMORROW.
SO FOR LEE AND THIS YOUNG
LADY WHO IS BESIDE ME HERE,
KRISTI, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
Pat: WE'LL SEE YOU
TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
