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Lee: OLD HABITS ARE
HARD TO BREAK, BUT IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT
WAY.
ANY HABIT CAN BE
CHANGED.
Lee: WE'LL SHOW YOU HO
TO BREAK OUR MAKE A HABIT
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING,
I'M GOING TO DO AS HARD AS I
CAN.
Lee: ON THE ICE WITH
COYOTE'S CAPTAIN, SHANE
DOAN.
GOD MADE ME
COMPASSIONATE, AND I LOVE
THAT PART.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
MAYBE -- MAYBE THE PRESIDENT
IS WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
BECAUSE HE WON'T BE GIVING
THE KEY-NOTE ADDRESS AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AT THEIR
BIG FUNDRAISING EVENT
TONIGHT.
HE'LL STILL BE SPEAKING TO
THE GROUP TOMORROW, BUT IT
WON'T BE QUITE AS BIG A
DEAL.
Kristi: PAT, THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS THAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE WITH
THE FAMILIES OF THE
FERTILIZER FAMILY EXPLOSION
IN TEXAS TODAY.
CRITICS SAY OBAMA'S SUPPORT
FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS
MORE PROOF THAT HE IS ONE OF
THE MOST PRO-ABORTION
PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
WELL, JOHN WAGGI HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: SINGLE WOMEN
WERE A BIG COMPONENT OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
RE-ELECTION VICTORY IN
NOVEMBER, AND THE CAMPAIGN
TARGETED THEM SPECIFICALLY
WITH MESSAGES ABOUT
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED
CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION
RIGHTS.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT
CECILE RICHARDS SAYS THE
GROUP IS PROUD TO WELCOME
THE PRESIDENT, WHO THEY
BELIEVE HAS DONE MORE FOR
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND RIGHTS
THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.
SHE WROTE, "WE FOUGHT
ALONGSIDE HIM TO ENSURE THAT
WOMEN'S HEALTH A ACCESS WAS
EXPANDED.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO FIGHT
HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
FULL PROMISE OF HEALTH CARE
REFORM IS REALIZED BY
MILLIONS OF WOMEN."
IF BY WOMEN'S HEALTH,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MEANS
ABORTION ACCESS, MANY
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS WOULD
AGREE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
PRO-LIFE BILL HE LIKED.
Reporter: SUSAN
B.ANTHONY'S LIST HAS BEEN
RUNNING AN AD THAT CLAIMS
THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S
PROVISION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH
IS A SMOKE SCREEN FOR THEIR
ALMOST TOTAL FOCUS ON
ABORTION.
ABBEY JOHNSON WAS A
CLINICAL DIRECTOR FOR
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
WORKED THERE FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
I LEARNED THAT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS NOT ABOUT
WOMEN'S HEALTH AT ALL.
THEIR ENTIRE CORPORATE
CULTURE IS ABOUT ABORTIONS.
Reporter: BUT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SUPPORTERS SAY
THEY'RE TARGETED BY MANY
FEDERAL AND STATE
LEGISLATORS, INCLUDING IN
TEXAS, WHERE LAWMAKERS VOTED
TO CUT THEIR FUNDING.
THE ASSAULT ON PLANNED
PARENTHOOD MAKES NO SENSE.
IT MAKES NO SENSE FISCALLY,
IT MAKES NO SENSE FROM A
HUMAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN HAVE
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AND
IT CERTAINLY MAKES NO SENSE
IDEOLOGICALLY.
Reporter: FOR CRITICS,
THE PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC
THEY EXPECT TO BE DISPLAYED
AT THE WASHINGTON EVENT WILL
IGNORE THE HEALTH AND CARE
OF ONE GROUP THAT CAN'T
SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
HE IS CONSPICUOUSLY
LEAVING OUT AN ENTIRE CLASS
OF CHILDREN UNBORN.
IT IS DISCRIMINATORY.
AND THESE CHILDREN SUFFER
PAIN AND AGONY BY WAY OF THE
ABORTION METHODS, WHATEVER
ONE IS USED.
Reporter: JOHN WAGGI,
CBN NEWS.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO
GET SHOCKED, PLEASE GO TO --
I GUESS THEY'VE GOT IT ON
GOOGLE NOW.
LOOK UP MARGARET SANGER AND
READ A MONOGRAPH SHE WROTE
CALLED "BREEDING THE
THOROUGHBRED."
SHE WAS THE ONE WHO SET THE
STAGE FOR ADOLPH HITLER.
SHE DIDN'T COPY HIM.
HE COPIED HER.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE HOW EVIL THEY
WERE IN THE EARLY DAYS.
AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS -- IT
WAS INTERESTING.
THEY SAID WHAT WE'VE GOT TO
DO IN ORDER TO GET THE BLACK
PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO HAVE
ABORTIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE
SOME NOTED BLACK LEADER WHO
WILL COME OUT FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, AND WE'LL GIVE
HIM THE MARGARET SANGER
AWARD, AND THEREFORE HE WILL
BE OUR POSTER BOY, IN A
SENSE, SHOWING THE BLACK
PEOPLE THEY SHOULD HAVE
ABORTIONS.
IT WAS STRICTLY GENOCIDE.
IF YOU READ WHAT SHE HAD TO
SAY, AND TO THINK THAT WE'RE
NOT GIVING $500 MILLION OF
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS EVERY
YEAR TO THIS ORGANIZATION
THAT IS FRAUDULENT IN SO
MANY WAYS.
WELL, SPEAKING OF ABORTION,
THE TRIAL OF ABORTION
DR. KERMIT GOSNELL IS COMING
TO AN END, AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE DEFENSE DIDN'T PUT
UP ANY WITNESSES AT ALL.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: THE DEFENSE RESTED
IN DR. GOSNELL'S CASE
WITHOUT CALLING A SINGLE
WITNESS.
THE DOCTOR DIDN'T TESTIFY
EITHER.
THE JURY EXPECTED TO HEAR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS ON
MONDAY.
HE FACES CHARGES OF KILLING
FOUR BABIES BORN ALIVE IN A
CLINIC AUTHORITIES HAVE
DESCRIBED AS FILTHY.
AND HE IS CHARGED IN THE
OVERDOSE DEATH OF A
41-YEAR-OLD WOMAN PATIENT.
THREE WORKERS ALREADY
PLEADED GUILTY TO THIRD
DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
THEY ADMITTED TO HELPING
MEDICATE THAT WOMAN OR THEY
ADMITTED SNIPPING THE NEXT
OF BABIES BORN ALIVE TO MAKE
SURE THEY DIED.
GOSNELL COULD FACE THE DEATH
PENALTY.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
WORKING TO GET EXEMPTIONS
FROM A KEY PART OF OBAMACARE
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
STAFF MEMBERS.
POLÍTICO.COM REPORTS
LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
CONFIDENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS
FOR MONTHS.
OBAMACARE REQUIRES AMERICANS
TO JOIN INSURANCE EXCHANGES,
BUT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
ARE TRYING TO AVOID THAT.
IMAGINE THAT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WOULD
HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN NEW HEALTH CARE
COSTS.
THE MOVE COULD BE A HUGE
POLITICAL PROBLEM FOR
CONGRESS.
THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO
OBEY THE OBAMACARE LAW, EVEN
THOUGH THE PUBLIC WOULD.
IT WOULD BE ESPECIALLY BAD
FOR DEMOCRATS, SINCE THEY'RE
THE ONES WHO PUSHED IT
THROUGH CONGRESS.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE,
SURPRISE, PAT.
Pat: LEE, IT IS SO
SHOCKING.
THAT THING IS SUCH A MON
TROMON MONTROUS CRITERIA.
AND
Pat: THE CONGRESS IS
SAYING WHAT IS IN IT SO WE
WANT TO BE EXEMPTED FROM
IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SUFFER
WITH THIS?
IT IS A DISASTER TO THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY, AND IT IS
GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
EACH OF THOSE MANDATES IS
GOING TO BEGIN TO HIT YOU,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHERE
YOU LIVE, IN YOUR
POCKETBOOK.
LEE?
Lee: THE FUR
FURLOUGHING OF SOME 15,000
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HAS
LED TO FLIGHT DELAYS AND
SHORT TEMPERS AT AIRPORTS AT
THE COUNTRY.
AND IT HAS ALSO LED TO A
POLITICAL BLAME GAME IN
WASHINGTON.
HEATHER CELLS HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: BEGINNING
THIS WEEK, EVERY AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLER IS BEING
FURLOUGHED ONE DAY OUT OF
EVERY 10.
THE COST TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, SLIGHT DELAYS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, EXCEPT IN
WASHINGTON AREA AIRPORTS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN MIRACULOUSLY
SPARED.
IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS THIS
WEEK, TRAVELLERS EXPERIENCED
5800 FLIGHT DELAYS.
COMPARE THAT WITH THE SAME
TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR IN
WHICH WILL WERE 2500
DELAYS.
WE REFUSE TO SACRIFICE
SAFETY.
Reporter: THE F.A.A.
SAYS THE FURLOUGHS ARE THE
ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE THE
NEEDED CUTS.
BUT SOME LAWMAKERS, MANY WHO
VOTED FOR THE BUDGET CUTS
CAUSING THE DELAYS, SAY THEY
WERE MISLED.
THE FIRST QUESTION I WANT
ANSWERED IS: WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL US ABOUT IT
BEFOREHAND?
Reporter: REPUBLICANS
ARE QUESTIONING THE CUTS,
STARTING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER
JOHN BOEHNER, WHO TWEETED
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE COULD
MAKE CUTS ELSEWHERE AND
PREVENT THE DELAYS.
HASHTAG OBAMA FLIGHT
DELAYS.
BILL FRESNER SAYS THE DELAYS
REPRESENT A POLITICAL
CALCULATION.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS
ANY DOUBT RIGHT NOW THERE IS
INTENT BEING MADE TO
CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT WE WILL ALL BE BETTER
OFF IF WE PAY MORE TAXES,
AND DIRECTING THE
SEQUESTRATION CUTS WHERE IT
CAUSES THE MOST PAIN IS PART
OF A STRATEGY THAT WILL BE
PLAYING OUT OVER THE MONTHS
AHEAD.
Reporter: THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" NOTED,
"MAKING SMART CHOICES ABOUT
FEDERAL SPENDING WOULD SPOIL
THE FUN ABOUT FLIGHT DELAYS
AND BLAMING THE
REPUBLICANS."
WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS
HOW FED UP THE PUBLIC WILL
BECOME AND WHAT THEY WILL
DEMAND.
I THINK IF THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC SCREAMS OUT ENOUGH,
THEY PROBABLY WILL.
BUT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO
HAVE TO YELL LOUD AND HARD.
Reporter: THE F.A.A.
FURLOUGHS COULDN'T COME AT A
WORSE TIME AS THE HEIGHT OF
THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS
ABOUT TO BEGIN.
ALMOST 7,000 FLIGHTS COULD
BE DELAYED DAILY, ALL
BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER AIR
CONTROLLERS TO DIRECT
TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Lee: SO, PAT, THEY'RE
FURLOUGHING AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
HERE IS THE QUESTION,
THOUGH: HOW MANY PENCIL
PUSHERS IN WASHINGTON ARE
THEY FURLOUGHING?
Pat: ONE PENCIL PUSHER
SAYS HE WAS IN A TOP MEETING
WITH THE F.A.A., AND THEY
SAID WE WILL CUT THE AREAS
THAT WILL HURT THE COUNTRY
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SO THEY
WILL SCREAM AGAINST THE
BUDGET CUTS.
THE LIBERALS WANT A BIGGER,
BIGGER, BIGGER GOVERNMENT,
MORE AND MORE TAXES, AND
THEY'RE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL WAKE UP
TO WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE
IT IS A PLOY THAT IS JUST
TERRIBLY HURTFUL FOR THIS
NATION.
AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN
CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
NATION.
WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS
STAYING IN POWER AND
EXPANDING THEIR POWER.
WE'VE GOT TO STAND UP
AGAINST IT.
SO SCREAM.
LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD AND
DEMAND YOUR CONGRESS
CONTINUE TO PUT THESE F.A.A.
OFFICIALS ON THE GRIDDLE, TO
INSIST THAT THEY ALLOCATE
THE MONEY PROPERLY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FURLOUGH
WORKERSS, AND THEY KNOW IT.
LEE?
Lee: THE SURVIVING
SUSPECT IN IT'S BOSTON
MARATHON BOMBINGS STOPPED
TALKING TO THE F.B.I. AFTER
HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA
RIGHTS.
OFFICIALS SAY DZHOKHAR
TSARNAEV ACKNOWLEDGED HIS
ROLE IN THE ATTACKS BEFORE
HE WAS ADVISED OF HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND
SEEK AN ATTORNEY.
IT MAY NOT MATTER.
THE F.B.I. SAYS HE HAD
ALREADY CONFESSED TO A
WITNESS.
U.S. OFFICIALS ALSO SAY HIS
OLDER BROTHER'S NAME WAS
ADDED TO A GOVERNMENT
TERRORISM DATA BASE 18
MONTHS BEFORE THE ATTACKS.
THEY SAY RUSSIA CONTACTED
THE F.B.I. AND C.I.A. WITH
CONCERNS ABOUT TAMERLAN
TSARNAEV AND HIS POSSIBLE
TIES TO TERRORISM.
THE BOSTON ATTACK HAS
PROMPTED OHIO AUTHORITIES TO
INCREASE SECURITY FOR FOUR
MARATHONS SCHEDULED OVER THE
NEXT MONTH IN THAT STATE.
THEY PLAN TO USE NATIONAL
GUARD BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
MARK MARTIN SHOWS US HOW
THEY'RE TRAINED.
Mark: WHEN SEAL TEAM 6
TOOK OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN
BIN, THEY HAD THE HELP OF
CAIRO, NOT THE EGYPTIAN
GOVERNMENT, BUT A SPECIALLY
TRAINED DOG, LIKE THIS DOG,
KNOWN AS GIZMO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, GIZMO TAKES
HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY.
HE IS ONE OF DOZENS OF DOGS
TRAINED AT AMERICAN CANINE
INTERDICTION IN VIRGINIA.
AND OTHERS ARE GERMAN
SHEPHERD AND DUTCH
SHEPHERD.
THEY GO THROUGH RIGOROUS
TRAINING TO PROTECT OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR TROOPS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT
24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK BECAUSE THE BAD GUYS
ONLY HAVE TO GET IT WRONG
ONCE.
Reporter: PAUL MAKES
SURE THE DOGS ARE AT THE TOP
OF THEIR GAME.
HANDLERS TRAIN THE DOGS IN
DETECTING EXPLOSIVES AND
NARCOTICS ON AND OFF LEASH.
AND THE DOGS ARE TRAINED IN
BITE WORK AND CRIMINAL
APPREHENSION.
LENZO IS APPLYING 600 TO
800 POUNDS OF PRESSURE ON
MEYER ARM.
IT HAS GOT TO BE A VERY,
VERY SOUND DOG ALL THE WAY
AROUND BECAUSE THE TASK IT
IS PERFORMING IS CRITICAL TO
SAVING LIVES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFEGUARDING
AMERICAN ASSETS.
Reporter: HE SAYS METER
MEDIOCRITY IS NOT AN
OPTION.
HE TAKES TIME TO PRAY OVER
THE DOGS.
I AM ASKING FOR THE
LORD'S GUIDANCE, THAT THE
DOGS GET IT AND THEY
PERFORM.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
AREAS OF PERFORMANCE IS
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION.
HANDLERS ALLOWED CBN NEWS TO
WATCH AN OFF-LEASH TRAINING
SCENARIO.
COCOA, A CHOCOLATE LAB, MUST
SNIFF OUT A SIMULATED
I.E.D., OR EXPLOSIVE
ALONGSIDE A ROAD BEFORE
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR
EQUIPMENT TRAVEL DOWN IT.
THE HANDLER LOOKS FOR A
CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR IN THE
DOG.
IN THIS CASE, ONCE COCOA
SMELLS THE ODOR OF THE
EXPLOSIVE, SHE LIES DOWN
NEAR ITS LOCATION.
I'VE DEPLOYED A COUPLE
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF
MARINES.
THEY SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY
ADVICE FOR US?
AND I SAID, YES, TRUST YOUR
DOG.
Reporter: WHAT MAKES
THEM SPECIAL IS THEIR HIGHLY
DEVELOPED SENSE OF SMELL.
THEY CAN COVER A LOT OF
GROUND ON A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
TO DATE, NO MACHINE CAN
MATCH THEIR ORAL FACTORY
SENSES.
THEIR ABILITY TO SEND THEM
OUT 500 YARDS AHEAD OF THE
GROUPS -- THERE IS NO
MACHINE THAT CAN DO THAT.
Reporter: THE THEY SAY
THE BOND BETWEEN THE
HANDLERS AND THEIR DOGS IS
VERY STRONG.
ERIC VETTA SERVED AS A
CANINE TRAINER IN
AFGHANISTAN.
HIS DOG ALSO MADE IT BACK
ALIVE.
THERE IS NO DEFINITE
YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN
THE FOG DURING THE NIGHT,
BUT HAVING YOUR DOG NEXT TO
YOU MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
HOME.
Reporter: IN THE YEAR
2000, ADOPTING CERTAIN WAR
DOGS BECAME LEGAL.
MORE THAN 300 WAR DOGS ARE
PUT UP FOR ADOPTION EVERY
YEAR.
FITTING FOR DOGS WHO TRULY
EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE GIVE
ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO
GOD.
Reporter: MARK MARTIN,
CBN NEWS, VIRGINIA.
Lee: AMAZING.
THEY'RE AMERICAN HEROS,
AREN'T THEY?
Pat: THEY ARE HEROS.
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO REALIZE
THAT.
THEY GIVE THEM THE MEDALS
AND THEY HAVE MILITARY
HONORS WHEN THEY'RE KILLED
IN COMBAT.
THEY'RE A VALUABLE PART OF
OUR ARMED FORCES.
AND IF YOU THINK OF BUYING
ONE, LEE, THEY'RE SELLING
FOR ABOUT $50,000.
THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY CHEAP
BECAUSE THEIR TRAINING IS
INVALUABLE.
KRISTI?
Kristi: INCREDIBLE.
YOU'VE HEARD THE PHRASE
"DROP IT LIKE A BAD HABIT."
SOMETIMES THAT'S EASIER SAID
THAN DONE.
UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO FIND
OUT WHY SOME HABITS STICK
AND OTHERS DON'T.
DON'T GO AWAY.
*
Pat: HABITS -- WE HAVE
HABITS.
WE ARE HABITUAL PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE, THEY SAY
THEY'RE HABITUAL LIARS,
THEY'RE HABITUAL THIEVES,
THEY'RE HABITUALLY
OVEREATING.
THEY'RE HABITUALLY LYING
AROUND ON THE COUCH.
WHAT IS CAUSING OR CONDUCT?
56% OF IT IS HABIT.
YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
AND YOU GET DRESSED.
THAT'S A HABIT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
DRESSED, BUT YOU DO.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO TO
WORK.
THAT'S A HABIT.
THERE ARE GOOD HABITS AND
BAD HABITS.
BUT IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST
PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOT THE BAD
HABITS THAT YOU WANT TO GET
RID OF.
IN FACT, A DUKE UNIVERSITY
STUDY SHOWS NEARLY HALF OF
EVERYTHING WE DO, AS I SAID,
IS NOT A CONSCIOUS
DECISION.
WE JUST DO IT BY HABIT.
AS OUR HEALTH REPORTER, LORI
JOHNSON, TELLS US, THERE IS
A NEW TECHNIQUE THAT CAN
HELP YOU GET CONTROL OF THE
BAD HABITS.
Reporter: MOST OF US
KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, BAD
HABITS, SUCH AS SMOKING AND
EATING JUNK FOOD, ARE HARD
TO BREAK.
AND GOOD HABITS, LIKE THAT
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO
EXERCISE EVERY DAY, ARE HARD
TO KEEP.
BUT YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO
SUCCEED WITH A NEW
STRATEGY.
SCIENTISTS RECENTLY
UNCOVERED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
ABOUT HOW HABITS WORK IN OUR
BRAINS.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SCIENCE OF HABITS
INDICATES THAT ANY HABIT CAN
BE CHANGED.
Reporter: IN HIS BOOK
"THE POWER OF HABIT,"
CHARLES DUHIG POINTS OUT
EACH HABIT CONTAINS THREE
PARTS.
FIRST, A CUE WHICH
AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS US TO
START.
THEN COMES THE ROUTINE,
WHICH IS THE BEHAVIOR
ITSELF.
FOLLOWED BY THE REWARD,
WHICH IS WHAT WE CRAVE AND
IS THE KEY TO OUR BRAIN
REMEMBERING THAT ROUTINE IN
THE FUTURE.
AND EVERYONE FROM AR
ARISTOTLE FROM OPRAH FACES
HACTS.
WE HAVE LEARNED IT IS THE
CUE AND THE REWARDS THAT
SHAPE HOW HABITS FUNCTION.
THAT'S HOW YOU CAN CHANGE
HABITS, BY DIAGNOSING AND
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CUES
AND REWARDS.
Reporter: CHARLES USED
HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.
IN HIS JOB AT THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," HE WANTED TO BREAK
HIS BAD HABIT OF EATING A
COOKIE IN THE COMPANY
CAFETERIA EVERY AFTERNOON.
SO THAT'S THE ROUTINE.
FIRST HE IDENTIFIED THE CUE,
WHICH IS ALWAYS ONE OF FIVE
THINGS: TIME OF DAY, A
CERTAIN PLACE, PRESENCE OF
OTHER PEOPLE, A PARTICULAR
EMOTION, OR SOMETHING YOU
JUST DID.
EVERY DAY WHEN I HAD A
COOKIE URGE, I WOULD WRITE
DOWN THOSE FIVE THINGS.
WHERE AM I SITTING, WHAT AM
I DOING.
I LEARNED IT HIT BETWEEN
3:15 TO 3:45.
Reporter: HE
EXPERIMENTED TO DIAGNOSE THE
REWARD.
DID IT SATISFY HUNGER?
NO.
BECAUSE AFTER EATING A
FILLING APPLE, HE STILL
CRAZED A COOKIE.
WAS IT GETTING A BREAK FROM
WORK?
NO.
BECAUSE AFTER WALKING
OUTSIDE, HE STILL CRAZED A
COOKIE.
HOW ABOUT INTERACTING WITH
OTHER PEOPLE?
BINGO BECAUSE WHEN HE
SOCIALIZED, EVEN WITHOUT
FOOD, HE FELT CONTENT.
THE COOKIE ESSENTIALLY
BECAME AN EXCUSE FOR TALKING
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO ONCE I RECOGNIZED THAT,
ONCE I KNEW THAT THE CUE WAS
A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY AND
THE REWARD WAS THE SOCIAL
EXPERIENCE, I COULD RESHAPE
THE BEHAVIOR, THE ROUTINE.
SO NOW EVERY DAY I STAND UP
AT ABOUT 3:30, AND I LOOK
FOR SOMEONE TO GO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH.
AND I WALK OVER TO THEIR
DESK AND I GO BACK TO THEIR
MY DESK.
AND THE COOKIE HABIT IS
BROKEN.
Reporter: LET'S BREAK
THE HABIT OF SMOKING A
CIGARETTE EVERY NIGHT, AND
YOU FIGURED OUT YOUR CUE IS
FINISHING DINNER AND YOUR
REWARD IS FEELING RELAXED.
NOW YOU YOU NEED TO FIND A
BETTER ROUTINE THAT PRODUCES
THE SAME REWARD, SUCH AS
TAKING A BATH.
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF CHANGING
A HABIT, YOU WOULD LIKE TO
START A BRAND NEW ONE, LIKE
DAILY EXERCISE.
IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE TO
COME UP WITH YOUR OWN CUES
AND REWARDS, BUT MAKE SURE
THE REWARD IS SOMETHING YOU
GENUINELY ENJOY, LIKE
LISTENING TO YOUR FAVORITE
MUSIC.
IF YOU GO FOR A RUN EVERY
MORNING AND YOU TELL
YOURSELF I'M GOING TO REWARD
MYSELF BY EATING KALE CHIPS,
THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WAS
A STUDY DONE IN GERMANY,
WHERE THEY TOLD PEOPLE, GO
RUNNING IN THE MORNING, AND
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO YOUR
HOUSE, EAT A SMALL PIECE OF
CHOCOLATE.
THIS COUNTER-INTUITIVE
BECAUSE NOBODY EXERCISES TO
EAT MOU MORE CHOCOLATE, BUT
YET IT WORKED BECAUSE
CHOCOLATE IS SOMETHING
PEOPLE ENJOY.
Reporter: OUR HABITS
ARE CUES, FOLLOWED BY A
ROUTINE, THEN A REWARD, WE
CAN CONTROL OUR BEHAVIOR.
AND AS A BONUS, THE LONGER
WE STICK WITH A HABIT, THE
EASIER IT BECOMES.
Pat: IT SOUNDS LIKE WE
LIKE PAVLA'S DOG.
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, WE
HAD A PROFESSOR WHO WAS HUNG
UP ON BEHAVIORISM.
AND HE THOUGHT WE WERE THE
SUM RESULT OF ALL OF THE
CUES DRUMMED INTO US.
THAT'S WHAT THIS MAN FIRMLY
BELIEVED.
THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE,
THOUGH.
THEY DID THE STUDY AT
DUKE UNIVERSITY, AND THEY
FOUND OUT ABOUT HALF -- NOT
ALL, BUT ABOUT HALF OF
EVERYTHING WE DO DURING THE
DAY IS A HABIT.
AND THIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE
ARE SUCCESSFUL AND SOME
PEOPLE AREN'T SUCCESSFUL,
MOSTLY BECAUSE SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE JUST HAVE BETTER
HABITS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
GO HOME AND AFTER DINNER
THEY WATCH TV ALL NIGHT.
WHEREAS OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN
THE HABIT OF READING.
WELL, ONE MAKES YOU DUMBER,
AND ONE MAKES YOU SMARTER.
THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION, AND
THERE IS ONE TELEVISION
PROGRAM THAT MAKES YOU
SMARTER, "THE 700 CLUB."
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
IT LIFTS PEOPLE TO A WHOLE
NEW LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE.
Reporter: THAT'S THE
ONLY EXCUSE TO WATCH TV.
Pat: WHAT BAD HABIT
HAVE YOU BROKEN?
THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT
QUESTION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FALL OFF THE
WAGON, SO TO SPEAK.
LET'S SAY YOU EXERCISE FOR A
MONTH, EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND
YOU GO TWO WEEKS WITHOUT
EXERCISE, WHEN YOU GET BACK
INTO EXERCISING AGAIN,
YOU'LL GET BACK TO WHERE YOU
WERE MUCH SOONER THAN IF YOU
HAD JUST BEEN STARTING FROM
FRESH.
Pat: WHAT HABIT DID YOU
WANT TO GET RID OF?
Reporter: ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT ME?
Pat: YOU, DARLING.
Reporter: THE LIST IS
SO LONG.
BUT --
Pat: GIVE ME ONE.
Reporter: ONE OF MY
MAIN HABITS, WHAT I REALLY
WANTED TO START DOING WAS
HAVING A DAILY BIBLE READING
IN THE MORNING AND A PRAYER
TIME, AT LEAST ONE HOUR.
BECAUSE THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT GIVING OUR FIRST
FRUITS TO THE LORD.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR
FIRST TOP OFF OF OUR
PAYCHECK, BUT ALSO, I FEEL,
THE BEST PART OF OUR DAY,
WHICH IS THE MORNING.
AND THE CUE FOR ME STARTS
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
I HAVE TO GO TO BED AT A
REASONABLE TIME IN ORDER TO
GET UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND
ON.
Pat: YOU GOT IN THE
HABIT OF READING THE BIBLE
AND YOU MADE A CONSCIOUS
DECISION TO DO IT?
AND IT IS EASIER EVERY
DAY.
WILL POWER AND HABITS ARE
LIKE MUSCLES.
THE MORE YOU EXERCISE THEM,
THE STRONGER YOU, AND THE
MORE YOU CAN HANDLE.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
CALLED KEYSTONE HABITS.
THESE ARE HABITS THAT MATTER
MORE THAN OTHER HABITS.
WHAT THEY DO IS OUR KEYSTONE
HABITS CAUSE A CHAIN
REACTION OF OTHER GOOD
HABITS, WITHOUT YOU EVEN
TRYING OR THINKING ABOUT
IT.
THEY FOUND OUT THROUGH
STUDIES THAT A KEYSTONE
HABIT FOR MOST PEOPLE IS
DAILY EXERCISE.
AND PEOPLE WHO BEGAN THE
HABIT OF DAILY EXERCISE,
THEY FOUND OUT THESE PEOPLE,
AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT EVEN
TRYING, THEY ATE MORE
HEALTHY, THEY SPENT LESS ON
THEIR CREDIT CARDS, THEY
PROCRASTINATED 20 MINUTES
LESS PER DAY, AND THEY EVEN
DID THEIR DISHES SOONER.
Pat: WELL, NOW THAT --
GENTLEMEN GET YOUR WIVES
EXERCISING, OR MAYBE YOU
START CLEANING THE DISHES
YOURSELF.
Reporter: AND I THINK
IT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THE
NEUROLOGY OF CRAVINGS.
CRAVINGS ARE ACTUALLY ALL IN
OUR HEAD.
WHEN WE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING
PLEASURABLE, THE NEXT TIME
WE SEE THAT THING, OUR MIND
CAUSES US TO ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE
WITHOUT REALLY DOING IT.
SO IF WE UNDERSTAND, FIRST
OF ALL, HOW A CRAVING WORKS,
WE CAN TELL OURSELVES WHEN A
CRAVING HITS US, THIS IS
REALLY HAU ALL IN MY HEAD.
ALSO, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR
CRAVINGS ARE, YOU CAN BETTER
ANTICIPATE THEM.
YOU COME UP WITH AN IF/THEN
SCENARIO.
YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT
MYSELF?
I CRAVE FOOD WHEN I SEE IT
ADVERTISED ON TELEVISION.
YOU KNOW HOW THEY MAKE IT
LOOK SO GOOD.
SO IF I'M WATCHING TV, I
KNOW IF A PIZZA COMMERCIAL
COMES ON, WHERE THEY STRETCH
THE CHEESE OUT, I CHANGE THE
CHANNEL.
DON'T SIT THERE AND WATCH
IT.
Pat: YOU KNOW WHAT IT
DOES TO ME?
IT MAKES ME SICK IN MY
STOMACH.
I'LL SEE THOSE COMMERCIALS,
IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY
STOMACH.
Reporter: MOST OF OUR
TRIGGERS FOR CRAVINGS ARE
VISUAL, BUT SOMETIMES
THEY'RE SMELL.
LIKE WHEN I'M IN AN AIRPORT,
AND I KNOW THAT THE FOOD
COURT IS COMING UP AND I'M
GOING TO BE SMELLING THE
CINNABUN, I SAY, FOCUS ON
GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE.
DON'T LOOK TO THE LEFT OR
THE RIGHT.
Pat: SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO ME, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A
REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
JUST LIKE SMOKING.
I USED TO SMOKE A PACK AND A
HALF A DAY, AND I DESPISE
THE SMELL OF CIGARETTES.
AND I SEE THE FOOD
COMMERCIALS, AND INSTEAD OF
MAKING ME HUNGRY, THEY MAKE
ME WANT TO THROW UP.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
Reporter: I KNOW THAT'S
GOOD, BUT I'M NOT LIKE YOU.
I NEVER PLANNED ON -- I
HAVEN'T TOLD MANY PEOPLE OF
THIS, I ALSO USED TO SMOKE.
AND -- I'M SORRY.
BUT, ANYWAY -- MANY YEARS
AGO, BUT IF I'M WATCHING A
MOVIE AND THEY'RE HAVING A
CLOSEUP, I WANT IT.
AND IT'S BEEN OVER 25 YEARS
SINCE I STOPPED SMOKING.
Pat: I CAN'T STAND IT.
Reporter: NOT ALL
PEOPLE ARE THE SAME.
AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES
LONGER FOR SOME PEOPLE TO
DEVELOP HABITS THAN OTHER
PEOPLE.
Pat: ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE
HEARD IT ON TELEVISION, TRUE
CONFESSIONS FROM OUR HEALTH
REPORTER.
Reporter: YOU BROUGHT
IT OUT OF ME.
YOUR LIKE BARBARA WALTERS.
THERE IS A BOOK, THIS IS
WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD,
"THE POWER OF HABIT,"
CHARLES DUHIG, A SMART
COOKIE.
HE WENT TO YALE, JUST LIKE
YOU.
Pat: THAT DOES NO
GUARANTEE INTELLIGENCE AT
ALL.
LORI, YOU'RE TERRIFIC.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
AND IF YOU WANT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, YOU
CAN LOG ON TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
Kristi: I DON'T HAVE A
CONFIDENTIAL, BUT I WILL SAY
THIS, IF I SEE A CHOCOLATE
CAKE, THEN I'M GOING TO EAT
IT.
WELL, COMING UP, THE HOCKEY
STAR WHO WORKS JUST AS HARD
IN AS HE DOES OUT OF THE
RINK.
MY DAD HAD A GREAT
SAYING, "IF YOU ENJOY HARD
WORK, EVERY DAY IS A
HOLIDAY."
Kristi: WE'LL HAVE THAT
NEXT ON "THE 700 CLUB."
Pat: WE'RE HERE AT THE
"700 CLUB," AND WE'RE GLAD
YOU'RE WITH US.
LAST YEAR SHANE DOAN DID
SOMETHING RARE AND THE
SPORTS WORLD, HE TURNED DOWN
THE MONEY.
Kristi: H'MMM!
Pat: NO, HE DIDN'T --
YES, HE DID.
THE NHL, THE NATIONAL HOCKEY
LEAGUE, VETERAN TOOK A
SMALLER CONTRACT IN ORDER TO
REMAIN WITH HIS HOMETOWN
TEAM.
AND RECENTLY SPORTS REPORTER
TOM BURING SAT DOWN WITH THE
ALL-STAR FORWARD TO TALK
ABOUT BEING A LEADER ON AND
OFF THE ICE.
Reporter: THE PHOENIX
COYOTE'S SHANE DOAN PLAYS
HOCKEY LIKE HE LIVES LIFE,
WITH ENTHUSIASM AND
PURPOSE.
WITH STRIKING RESULTS.
NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING,
I'M GOING TO DO IT AS HARD
AS I CAN, WHETHER THAT'S
PLAYING HOCKEY, DRIVING THE
NET, BACK CHECKING,
FORECHECKING, GOD MADE ME
WITH FULL COMPASSION AND
INTENSITY.
I LOVE THAT.
Reporter: IN A GAME
FILLED WITH SPEED AND
TRANSITION, SHANE'S AN
ANCHOR OF STABILITY.
HE IS NOT ONLY THE FACE OF
THE COYOTE'S FRANCHISE, HE
IS THEIR PILLAR, BUT IT IS
HIS ABILITY TO LEAD WHERE HE
HAS MADE HIS NAME.
IF YOU'RE MY TEAMMATE, I
KNOW WHEN PUSH COMES TO
SHOV, YOU'RE GOIN SHOVE,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MY
BACK.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING I
TAKE PRIDE IN.
Reporter: SHANE IS
LISTED BY NHL WRITERS AS ONE
OF THE 10 BEST CAPTAINS IN
LEAGUE HISTORY.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT "C" ON A
JERSEY, WHAT DOES THAT
COMPEL YOU TO BE?
NO MATTER WHAT, YOU
BETTER HONOR IT, AND YOU
BETTER BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL
OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORN
IT BEFORE YOU.
THAT'S A BIG PART OF HOCKEY,
THE TRADITION OF OUR SPORT.
THE "C" HAS BEEN SUCH A
STAPLE.
FOR ME IT MEANS YOU BETTER
DO ALL OF THE LITTLE THINGS,
AND YOU BETTER BE THE GUY
THAT'S THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
Reporter: SHANE HAS
SPENT ALL 17 OF HIS NHL
SEASONS WITH THE SAME
ORGANIZATION, ONE IN
WINNIPEG BEFORE THE TEAM
RELOCATED HERE TO PHOENIX.
IT IS A VERY, VERY RARE
HOCKEY LOYALTY.
AND CURRENTLY THE SECOND
LONGEST IN THE LEAGUE.
ALONG THE WAY, THE ALL-STAR
CAPTAIN HAS DEVELOPED A
STELLER REPUTATION FOR HIS
PRODUCTIVITY, HIS
CONSISTENCY, AND HIS
LEADERSHIP.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT
I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I
VALUE, AND THE FACT THAT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE
GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND
I WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF
IT.
Reporter: HE HAS.
HIS WORK ETHIC IS RESPECTED
LEAGUE-WIDE.
A QUALITY SHANE LEARNED
WHILE GOING UP IN ALBERTA,
CANADA.
WATCHING HIS PARENTS RUN A
CHRISTIAN RANCH FOR YOUNG
CAMPERS.
MY DAD HAD A GREAT
SAYING, "IF YOU ENJOY HARD
WORK, EVERY DAY IS A
HOLIDAY."
SO I'M GOING TO ENJOY
EVERYTHING I DO.
IT IS ONE OF THE VERSES THAT
MY PARENTS DRILLED INTO ME.
"EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU DO
HEARTEDLY FOR THE LORD."
AND IT GAVE ME AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLExc
THAT I THINK IS GENUINE, AND
IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT TRUTH.
Reporter: SHANE IS
FREQUENTLY SEEN AT CHARITY
EVENTS IN THE PHOENIX
COMMUNITY.
HE WAS GIVEN HOCKEY'S
HIGHEST LEADERSHIP AWARD
LAST SEASON.
WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT
JESUS, AND THE JESUS YOU
KNOW, WHAT DO YOU MOST
RESPECT ABOUT THE WAY THAT
HE LED?
I MEAN, HE IS I AM.
HE IS EVERYTHING.
AND YET HE TOOK TIME TO WASH
THE DISCIPLES' FEET AT THE
LAST SUPPER, WHICH IS A
TOTAL CONTRADICTION TO
EVERYTHING ELSE WE ARE
TAUGHT.
WHICH IS, MAKE SURE YOU GET
YOURS.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER,
YOU HAVE TO BE FULL OF
BRAVADO, BUT HE CAME AS A
SERVANT, AND THAT, TO ME, IS
AN EXAMPLE OF HIS LOVE FOR
US AND THE THING THAT MAKES
PEOPLE WANT TO FOLLOW HIM.
THAT'S WHAT A LEADER IS.
Reporter: SHANE
DEMONSTRATES AN UNASSUMING
LEADER ON AND OFF THE ICE.
HE HAS FOREGONE MORE
LUCRATIVE OFFERS AND FREE
AGENCY TO STAY WITH THE ONLY
FRANCHISE HE HAS EVER
KNOWN.
ENTITLEMENT AND
EXPECTATIONS ARE THE TWO
THINGS THAT GET PEOPLE IN
MORE TROUBLE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE.
IF YOU BELIEVE I AM OWED THE
RESPECT YOU SHOULD SHOW ME,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO ANGRY
SO OFTEN.
SIMPLY LOWER YOUR
EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERSTAND,
HEY, I DON'T DESERVE
ANYTHING.
I'VE BEEN GIVEN EVERYTHING.
Reporter: THE CANADIAN
GOLD MEDALIST SKATES PAST
WHAT MOST WOULD FIND AS A
REWARD ITSELF.
INSTEAD, HE PURSUES WHAT
EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE
RINK.
GOD IS SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
AND CARES FOR US, AND TRULY
LOVES ME, AND TRULY IS MY
FATHER THAT CARES ABOUT ME,
IWHICH IS AMAZING TO ME,
AND HE HAS WHAT'S BEST IN
STORE FOR ME.
IF I CAN JUST SIMPLY RELAX
AND ACCEPT THAT, THAT IT'S A
GENUINE PEACE OF KNOWING
THAT GOD IS THERE.
Reporter: SHANE DOAN,
THE CAPTAIN KNOWN AS A
STRAIGHT SHOOTER, AIMS TO
REMIND US WHERE THE GOAL
LIES.
EVERY PERSON IN
GENERAL -- WHAT THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR IS TRUTH.
GOD SAID, YOU SHALL KNOW THE
TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL
SET YOU FREE.
SEEK TRUTH.
IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
IT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO
FOLLOW.
IT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN
YOUR LIFE TO FIND TRUTH.
Pat: WHAT AN AMAZING
GUY.
WHAT A MARVELOUS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
GOSPEL.
Kristi: YEAH.
Pat: A LEADER, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
SPORTS, AND A GENTLE SERVANT
OF THE LORD.
Kristi: ISN'T THAT
WONDERFUL, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, THE GREATEST
LEADER IS ALWAYS THE
GREATEST SERVANT.
STILL AHEAD, IT IS YOUR
CHANCE TO ASK PAT YOUR
PERSONAL QUESTIONS.
KATE SAYS, "I VOLUNTEER AT
THIS CHURCH WHERE A PERSON
IS DOING THINGS THAT ARE
IMMORAL AND QUESTIONABLE.
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HIM AT THE
CRACK HOUSE, AND I'VE
WITNESSED HIM STEALING.
HE HAS NOW STARTED A MEN'S
GROUP.
HOW DO I HANDLE A SITUATION
LIKE THIS?"
JUICY.
PAT IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION WHEN WE COME BACK.
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PAT AND TERRY WILL -- PAT
AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK WITH
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
SO YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE
EMMYS AND THE GRAMMYS, BUT
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT
THE WEBBYS?
IT IS FOR THE BEST IN WEB
CONTENT, AND GUESS WHAT?
OUR SUPER.TV WEBSITE HAS
BEEN NOMINATED FOR ONE.
WE'RE UP AGAINST CNN AND THE
HUFFINGTON POST.
BUT YOU CAN HELP PUT US OVER
THE TOP.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
cbn.com AND CAST YOUR VOTE
FOR "SUPERBOOK."
DO IT TODAY SO WE CAN WIN
THIS PUPPY.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
Pat: I'VE YEARNED ALL
MY LIFE TO GET A WEBBY?
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
WHO CARES?
Kristi: WE CARE, PAT.
Pat: OH, WE CARE.
STRIKE THAT, WE CARE.
Kristi: WE CARE.
Pat: YOU WANT A WEBBY
WORSE THAN ANYTHING.
DO YOU GET FOOD WITH IT?
Kristi: NO.
IT'S AN AWARD WIT, PAT.
Pat: MAYBE A COOKIE.
Kristi: I'LL GIVE YOU A
COOKIE.
IT IS TIME TO BRING IT OVER
TO YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUT
WITH CAY, "I VOLUNTEER AT
THIS CHURCH WHERE A PERSON
IS DOING THINGS THAT ARE
IMMORAL AND QUESTIONABLE.
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HIM AT THE
CRACK HOUSE, AND I'VE
WITNESSED HIM STEALING.
HE STARTED A MEN'S GROUP,
AND HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE.
IS THERE ANY BIBLICAL
GUIDANCE ON SITUATIONS LIKE
THIS?"
Pat: THERE ABSOLUTELY
IS.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE OVER
TAKEN IN A FAULT -- I'M
QUOTING THE BIBLE, GO TO
THEM WITH A SPIRIT OF
MEEKNESS UNLESS YOU,
YOURSELF, BE TEMPTED.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'VE
GOT THIS GUY GOING TO THIS
CRACK HOUSE -- THE CAMERAS.
TAKE PICTURES.
SAY LISTEN, YOU'RE OUT THERE
USING CRACK.
I SAW YOU STEALING, AND
YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR LIFE
RIGHT.
BUT TAKE PEOPLE WITH YOU.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE OVERTAKEN
IN A FAULT, GO TO SOMEONE.
SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS, LESS YOU
YOURSELF BE ATTEMPTED.
Kristi: ELIZABETH SAYS,
"MY HUSBAND WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN HAWAII.
MANY OF HIS FRIENDS ARE
BUDDHIST.
AND SOME WE'VE INVITED TO
OUR HOUSE.
BUT IT SAYS, "IF ANYONE
COMES TO YOU AND DOES NOT
BRING THIS DOCTRINE, DO NOT
RECEIVE HIM IN YOUR HOUSE
FOR HE WHO GREETS HIM SHARES
IN THEIR EVIL DEEDS.
DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN'T BE
FRIENDS WITH THEM ANYMORE?
AND HOW CAN WE MINISTER TO
PEOPLE IF WE CAN'T BE
FRIENDS WITH THEM?"
Pat: THAT'S A LITTLE
EXTREME WHAT YOU JUST READ
AND QUOTED.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, LOOK,
IF SOMEBODY IS CALLED A
BROTHER AND THEY'RE IMMORAL,
THEY'RE THIEVES, THEY'RE
DRUNKARDS, YOU'RE NOT EVEN
SUPPOSED TO EAT WITH THEM.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'VE
GOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD WHO DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS, LEST YOU GO
OUT OF THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL
SAID.
WE'VE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT
HAS GOT PEOPLE ENGAGED IN
EVIL CONDUCT.
SO OF COURSE YOU GET
TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
BUDDHISTS AND OTHERS, IN
ORDER TO LET YOUR LIGHT
SHINE INTO THEIR LIVES.
BUT IF SOMEBODY SAYS I AM A
BROTHER, I AM A CHRISTIAN,
BUT I AM IMMORAL, I'M
SLEEPING AROUND, I'M
STEALING STUFF, I'M DRUNK,
CUT THEM OFF.
Kristi: THE NEXT
QUESTION IS FROM ANDY WHO
SAYS, "I AM UNDER HORRENDOUS
STRESS IN A HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
I SPEND LONG HOURS TRYING TO
SATISFY MY SUPERIORS, I'M ON
CALL CONSTANTLY, LIVING WITH
MY COMPUTER AND CELL PHONE
ALMOST SURGICALLY ATTACHED.
I FEEL LIKE I'M CHEATING MY
FAMILY, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD
TO QUIT MY JOB, AND I'M GOOD
AT WHAT I DO.
HOW DO I JUGGLE BOTH?
I NEED MY JOB, BUT I NEED MY
FAMILY TO BE HAPPY."
Pat: IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU'RE A SLAVE.
WHAT ARE BUSINESSES FOR?
THEY'RE TO MAKE MONEY.
AND WHO DO THEY MAKE MONEY
FOR?
THEY MAKE MONEY FOR THE
STOCKHOLDERS OR OWNERS.
SO IF YOU'RE
NOT
A
STOCKHOLDER, YOU'RE A SLAVE
TO
SOMEBODY ELSE'S ECONOMIC
FUTURE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN DO A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU
CAN GO
TO
THE GUY THAT'S THE OWNER AND
SAY, LISTEN, I WANT TO BE A
SUPERVISOR.
I WANT TO GET A RAISE
BECAUSE I'M DOING ALL OF
THIS WONDERFUL WORK.
AND I'M GETTING $50,000.
I THINK I
OUGHT TO GET
$75,000, OR I'M GETTING
$75,000, I THINK I
OUGHT TO
GO 100,000.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
YOU GET A BIGGER PIECE OF
THE PIE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE TO SAY,
LISTEN, I HAVE A FAMILY.
I HAVE A WIFE AND I HAVE
CHILDREN, AND I OWE THEM
SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE
VERY IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE MORE TIME
WITH THEM.
I WANT A WORK SCHEDULE THAT
INVOLVES THIS.
AND
THE OTHER THING IS YOU
SAY I'VE
SMASHED
MY CELL
PHONE, AND
I'M NOT TAKING
ANYMORE CALLS.
OR PUT YOUR CELL PHONE ON
AUTO
DIAL AND DON'T TAKE
ANYMORE CALLS.
YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE.
IT IS
ALL
MONEY, FOLKS.
IT IS ABOUT MONEY.
YOU CANNOT
BE A SLAVE TO
MONEY.
SO IT IS
TIME YOU
BREAK IT
FREE AND YOU SAY, WELL, I
CAN'T LOSE MY JOB -- IF
YOU'RE AS GOOD AS YOU SAY
YOU ARE, YOU CAN GET ANOTHER
JOB.
MAYBE YOU CAN START YOUR OWN
BUSINESS.
Kristi: THAT'S GOOD.
A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE, SHE IS
A HIGH CORPORATE POSITION,
MAD MONEY, MAD
POWER-POSITION, AND SHE DOES
CONTRACT WORK AND A COMPANY
HAD CALLED HER AND THEY
CALLED HER ON THE WEEKEND.
SHE SAID, I TOLD YOU FROM
THE BEGINNING, I'LL GET MY
JOB DONE, BUT DON'T CALL ME
ON THE WEEKEND.
AND THEY CALLED HER ON THE
WEEKEND.
AND THEY CALLED HER, AND SHE
HUNG UP.
AND I SAID, WHY DID YOU DO
THAT?
AND SHE SAID NOW THEY DON'T
CALL ME ON THE WEEKEND.
Kristi: OUR CHURCH HAS
BEGUN A 45-MINUTE SERVICE
FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
I KNOW WORSHIP IS IMPORTANT,
BUT ISN'T TEACHING GOD'S
WORD MORE IMPORTANT.
THE CHURCH IS DOUBLED, AND
THIS CONCERNS ME.
DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
CONCERNED?"
Pat: OF COURSE YOU HAVE
A RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED.
THE OLD CHURCH HAD AN ALTER
IN THE CENTER.
THE CENTER OF THE WORSHIP
WAS THE COMMUNION AND WHERE
THE PRIEST WENT AND HE
OFFERED UP THE HOST, AND ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
THEN WITH THE PROTESTANT
REFORMATION, THEY TOOK
THE
ALTER
THEY HAD AND PUT THE
PULPIT IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THE AGRICULTURE FOCUSED
AROUND THE
PULPIT.
BECAUSE
THEY SAID PREACHING
OF THE WORD
IS ESSENTIAL IN
OUR CHURCHES.
THE CHURCH YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, THEY
NEITHER FOCUS IN
ON THE SACRAMENTS NOR DO
THEY FOCUS
IN ON PREACHING.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH
IT.
HIBEL, WHO HAD THE SECRET
CHURCHES, AND HE SAID IN ALL
OF THOSE YEARS I HAD HUGE
CROWDS, BUT I WAS WRONG.
I DID SOMETHING WRONG.
I WASN'T BRINGING THESE
PEOPLE TO FAITH IN JESUS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS.
SO THEY SING SOME SONGS.
AND THEY PLAY TAMBOURINES
AND DANCE AROUND AND THEY GO
HOME, AND THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO BE CHURCH?
NO WAY.
Kristi: GOOD JOB.
BECAUSE, LISTEN, THE BIBLE
SAYS, IN THE BEGINNING WAS
THE WORD, AND THE WORD IS
GOD, AND THE CHURCH NEEDS TO
BE FOCUSED ON GOD AND THE
WORD.
COMING UP, ON A SCALE OF ONE
THROUGH 10, ESTER'S PAIN
REGISTERED AS AN 11.
IT WAS SO BAD SHE COULDN'T
SIT DOWN STRAIGHT.
BUT FIND OUT HOW THAT PAIN
DISAPPEARED WITHOUT DRUGS OR
SURGERY, WHEN WE COME BACK.
Kristi: WHEN ESTER WAS
A YOUNG TEEN, SHE CONTRACTED
POLIO.
HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PRAYED FOR HER AND SHE WAS
HEALED.
SO ESTER KNOWS FIRSTHAND
ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAYER,
AND SHE RELIED ON IT AGAIN
YEARS LATER AFTER DEVELOPING
A PAIN THAT NEARLY CRIPPLED
HER.
MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
LIVES IN SEATTLE, AND SHE
WAS HAVING HER FIRST
BIRTHDAY, AND WE WERE SO
ANXIOUS TO GO, AND WANTED TO
GO AND BE WITH HER.
AND ABOUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE
TIME TO GO, I GOT HIS AWFUL
PAIN IN MY HIP, MY RIGHT
SIDE.
THE PAIN WAS LIKE
SOMETHING -- IT WAS A SHARP
POINT, AND IT WAS ABOUT THAT
LONG, AND IT HAD SPURS
COMING OUT ON IT.
IT WAS SO PAINFUL, I EVEN
WALKED WITH A LIMP.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN, I WOULD
HAVE TO EITHER SIT ON A
PILLOW OR SIT HALF WAY ON
ONE SIDE TO STAY OFF OF IT.
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10,
THIS PAIN WAS A 10, OR AN
11.
I WAS PRAYING, OF COURSE,
FOR A HEALING BECAUSE I KNEW
THAT I COULDN'T GO TO
SEATTLE SITTING ON THIS
PAIN.
AND I CLAIMED PSALMS 91:
"NONE OF THESE PLAGUES," AND
TO ME THAT WAS A PLAGUE.
AND ONE DAY I HAD "THE 700
CLUB" ON, AND MY HUSBAND AND
I WERE SITTING AND WATCHING
IT, AND I HAD TO GET UP AND
WALK OUT OF THE ROOM FOR A
MINUTE, AND I COME BACK IN,
AND HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT
OF THE TV, WATCHING GORDON
PRAYING.
Gordon: SOMEONE WITH A
RIGHT HIP CONDITION, AND
YOU'RE WALKING WITH A LIMP
NOW.
GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE AWAY ALL
OF THE SPURS.
I KNEW THAT THAT WAS FOR
ME, AND SO DID MY HUSBAND.
BOTH OF US KNEW IT WAS
MINE -- MINE.
AND AS I PUT MY HAND ON THAT
POINT OF CONTACT THERE OF
WHERE IT WAS HURTING, I
BELIEVE THAT GOD TOOK CARE
OF THAT PAIN AND IT LEFT
IMMEDIATELY.
LIKE IT JUST LEFT MY BODY.
THAT WHOLE BIG SPUR WAS
GONE.
AND I HAVEN'T ANY MORE PAIN
SINCE.
WE WENT UP AND ENJOYED OUR
VISIT WITH OUR FAMILY AND
THE BABY AND TOLD EVERYONE
WHAT GOD HAD DONE AND HOW HE
HEALED ME.
HEALING IS FOR EVERYONE THAT
WANTS IT.
GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF
PERSONS.
HE IS A VERY LOVING GOD, AND
HE CARES ABOUT YOU AS A
HUMAN BEING AND A PERSON.
ONE PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE A PAIN OR IF YOU
HAVE A SICKNESS OR AN
AFFLICTION OF ANY KIND, YOU
PRAY AND BELIEVE, AND HE'S
GOING TO HEAR YOU.
Kristi: JESUS SAID,
"WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS
FREE INDEED."
TODAY HE IS GOING TO FREE
YOU FROM YOUR PAIN, FROM
YOUR SICKNESS, FROM YOUR
DEPRESSION, FROM YOUR
OPPRESSION.
AND PAT AND I ARE GOING TO
STAND WITH YOU.
CAROL FROM INDIANA SAYS SHE
DEVELOPED PAIN AND STIFFNESS
IN HER NECK.
AND SHE WAS WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB," AND PAT, YOU HAD
A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU
SAID "SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A
NECK PROBLEM.
IT IS PAINFUL TO THE
TOUCH."
CAROL PUT HER HAND ON HER
NECK, AND THE PAIN LEFT
IMMEDIATELY AND SHE HAD NOT
HAD ANY PAIN SINCE.
Pat: ELLEN, IN
WISCONSIN, WAS GETTING OUT
OF HER CAR WHEN SHE LOST HER
FOOTING, AND SHE TRIED TO
CATCH HER FALL, AND SHE FELT
EXCRUCIATING PAIN RADIATE
THROUGH HER ARM AND
SHOULDER.
KRISTI, WHEN WE WERE
PRAYING, THE LORD GAVE YOU A
WORD, QUOTE,"THERE IS A
PERSON OUT THERE WHO DID
SOMETHING WITH YOUR
SHOULDER, AND IT'S IN SUCH
PAIN.
ALL PAIN LEFT IMMEDIATELY,
AND ELLEN REGAINED ALL
MOVEMENT IN HER ARM AND
SHOULDER," AND NEEDLESS TO
SAY, SHE IS PRAISING GOD.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HANDS
AND PRAY FOR YOU.
WE'VE GOT A SHORT TIME, BUT
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE
LORD TO REACH DOWN AND TOUCH
YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HANDS
AND WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE
GOD.
FATHER -- FATHER, WE CAN'T
UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF GOD,
WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE
MAGESTY OF GOD, BUT WE KNOW
IT'S REAL.
WE KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
AND WE KNOW YOUR POWER.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE PUT
IN OUR HANDS THE WORD OF
GOD.
AND WE SPEAK THE WORD FOR
THOSE IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO
ARE SUFFERING.
THAT SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY
THAT HAS COME UPON YOU.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE
REBUKE IT AND CAST IT
FORTH.
TOUCH!
AND MAY THE POWER OF GOD
TOUCH YOU.
KRISTI, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Kristi: THE LORD IS
HEALING A WOMAN.
YOU HAVE CYSTS IN AN AREA
DOWN HERE, AND THERE IS
ANOTHER WOMAN WITH FIBROID
TUMORS, AND THE LORD IS
HEALING THAT IN YOUR UTERUS
AREA.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Pat: THAT COUGH IS SO
TERRIBLE.
YOU JUST SAID, OH, GOD, CAN
YOU PLEASE HELP ME.
YOU'VE CRIED OUT TO THE
LORD.
RIGHT NOW HE HAS HEARD YOUR
VOICE.
THAT COUGHING IS GOING TO BE
HEALED.
YOUR LUNGS WILL BE HEALED.
YOU WILL NOT BE COUGHING
ANYMORE.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND FROM
THE NAME OF JESUS, HENCE
FORTH YOU'LL BE HEALED.
LORD, THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING PAIN IN VARIOUS
JOINTS IN THEIR BODY,
VARIOUS TYPES OF ARTHRITIS,
BE MADE WHOLE.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: FOLKS, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
PLEASE CALL.
WE'VE GOT COUNSELLORS ON THE
PHONES WHO ARE THERE FOR
YOU.
WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT GOD HAS
DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
1-800-759-0700.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, A SHOCKING ACCOUNT
OF A HOLOCAUST AS SEEN
THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG
GIRL.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM MATTHEW 18:
"IF TWO OF YOU AGREE ON
EARTH CONCERNING ANYTHING
THAT THEY ASK, IT WILL BE
DONE FOR THEM BY MY FATHER,
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN."
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
FOR KRISTI AND LEE AND ALL
OF US, THIS IS PAT
ROBERTSON, AND LORD WILLING,
"THE 700 CLUB" WILL BE WITH
YOU TOMORROW.
DON'T MISS IT.
BYE-BYE.