A life-threatening nervous system disorder puts Barbara in a coma for four months where she had dreams of sin, hell and salvation. Plus, learn about the principle one young family calls “the great lesson that we can all learn.â€
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A BODY
UNDER ATTACK.
FIRST THING I WAS ASKING IS:
AM I GOING TO WALK AGAIN?
GRAVE. ND GOING TO THE
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS BEFORE
YOU DIE, LORD TAKE ME.
AND A FAMILY HOPING FOR A
MIRACLE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A TRIP I
COULD SENSE IT.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB." *
PAT: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "700 CLUB." WE
ARE THRILLED TO SEE TERRY
MEEUWSEN IS BACK FROM UKRAINE
SAFE AND SOUND.
TERRY: OUR OWN GEORGE THOMAS
WAS DOWN THERE.
ONE OF THE PRETTIEST AREAS OF
DOWNTOWN KIEV IN SHAMBLES.
THEY WERE PULLING UP THE STONES
OUT OF THE COBBLED STREETS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE WEAPONRY
THEY HAD AND WOODEN SHIELDS.
A MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL SET ON
FIRE.
PAT: WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY
TERRY: THE MEDIA IS A
POWERFUL THING.
SO MUCH UNTRUTH COMING FROM
RUSSIA, AS NATANATALIA WORKS WITH ME
FROM ORPHAN'S PROMISE.
THEY SAID ARE YOU ONE OF THE
BANDEROS?
THERE ARE NONE, THERE ARE JUST
FARMERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE
LOSING.
WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACE
TERRY: THE ORPHANS YOU TAKE
CARE OF, THEY ARE DOING OKAY?
TERRY: WE GO INTO PLACES
WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF POVERTY.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR TRAINING
CENTERS, SPEAKING IN ENGLISH
BEAUTIFULLY, STUDYING COMPUTERS
AND THEIR PARENTS COMING.
PAT: IN ARMENIA?
TERRY: YES, LOVE ARMENIAN
BREAD
PAT: EVERYTHING YOUR EARNINGS
HAVE GONE TO OBAMA TO PAY FOR
TAXES.
TERRY: MOST AMERICANS DON'T
LIKE THE IDEA WORKING FOUR AND A
HALF MONTHS JUST TO PAY FOR ALL
OF THEIR TAXES, PAUL STRAND HAS
THE STORY FROM WASHINGTON.
REPORTER: IF YOU PUT OFF
TAXES UNTIL APRIL 15TH
NIGHTMARE, FOR YOUR POCKETBOOK
IT HAS STILL BEEN GOING ON UNTIL
THIS WEEK.
TAXFOUNDATION.ORG.
THIS YEAR IT WILL TAKE
AMERICA 111 DAYS.
REPORTER: ALL YOUR LABOR
THROUGHOUT 2014 HAS GONE TO PAY
TRACKSES.
CONTRAST THAT TO AMERICAN
TODYRS 1900 WHO
22ND, THREE NUARY
MONTHSLESS.
PAYROLL AND CORPORATE TAXES,
1 PPT 5 TRILLION TO STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THEIR STATE.
REPORTER: THIS YEAR, JUST
OVER 30% GOES TO PAYING THE
GOVERNMENT COSTS OF SOCIAL
PROGRAMS.
AMERICANS SAW UNDER 6% EATEN UP
BY TAXES.
MOST CITIZENS PAY MORE FOR
GOVERNMENT THAN THEY DO THEIR
FOOD, HOMES AND CLOTHES.
THIS YEAR TOTAL TAX BILL OF
4.5 TRILLION DOLLARS.
MORE THAN WE PAY ON FOOD,
CLOTHING AND HOUSING COMBINED.
52% FEEL TAXES ARE TOO HIGH,
42% FEEL THEY ARE WILL THE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT 3% FEEL THEIR
TAXES ARE TOO LOW.
YOU ARE NOT IMAGINING IF YOU
THINK THEY HAVE GONE UP, THE
TAXES HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR
THREE-FOURTHS OF TAXES.
DON'T BE LOOKING FOR ANY TAX
RELIEF IN THE NEAR FUTURE AT
LEAST WITH THE POLITICIANS NOW
IN CHARGE, PAUL STRAND, CBN
NEWS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
PAT: THAT 42% QUESTIONABLE.
A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE PEOPLE
DON'T PAY ANY.
THAT IS JUST ABOUT RIGHT.
YOU DON'T MIND PAYING FOR
DEFENSE OF THE NATION, YOU DON'T
MIND PAYING FOR EFFICIENT COURT
SYSTEMS AND ROADS AND HIGHWAYS,
YOU DON'T MIND IT.
WHAT YOU DO MIND IS THE MINDLESS
WASTE THAT GOES ON IN
WASHINGTON.
THE SHOCKING WASTE OF MONEY ON
DUPLICATE PROGRAMS, TWO AND
THREE HUNDRED DUPLICATING
PROGRAMS, 40-50 JOB TRAINING,
60-70 JOB TRAINING, ON AND ON.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SCANDAL OF
MASSIVE PROPORTIONS.
EVERYBODY IS ON THE TAKE BECAUSE
EVERYBODY HAS A LITTLE PIECE OF
THE ACTION.
THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE AGAINST
THESE THINGS.
STATESMAN HAVE GOT TO ARISE
SAYING WE CARE ABOUT THE NEXT
GENERATION AND WE ARE NOT GOING
TO CATER TO SPECIAL INTERESTS.
WE ARE GOING TO SAY LET'S VOTE
FOR WHAT IS GOOD FOR AMERICA.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A
MAJORITY WHO WANTS TO DO THAT.
IN OTHER NEWS, DOES VLADIMIR
PUTIN WANT TO BRING BACK THE
SOVIET UNION?
THAT IS THE WARNING FROM THE
UKRAINE.NISTER OF THE
STORY RIFFITH HAS THAT
FROM THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
WENDY: PAT, VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN WENT TO UKRAINE AS
AMERICAN SENATORS ARE CALLING
FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CLAMP
DOWN HARDER ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF
PUTIN'S MILITARY ACTIONS IN
UKRAINE.
DALE HURD HAS OUR STORY.
REPORTER: VLADIMIR PUTIN IS
ON THE MARCH HAVING TAKEN SOUTH
OSEDIA AND NOW CRIMEA.
A LEADING RUSSIAN THINK TANK
SAYS RUSSIA IS NOT ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
IT IS ADVANCING.
UKRAINE'S PRIME MINISTER IS
CLEARLY WORRIED.
PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS A DREAM
TO RESTORE THE SOVIET UNION.
AND EVERYDAY HE GOES FURTHER AND
FURTHER.
REPORTER: IT CARRIES A STEEP
COST FOR RUSSIA.
NATION'S ECONOMY HAS BEEN
HAMMERED BAY CREDIT CRUNCH.
50 PERCENT DOLLARS HAS SAID TO
LEFT SO FAR.
RUSSIAN COMPANIES WILL NEED
STATE MONEY TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
AMERICAN STATE LAWMAKERS SAY
RUSSIA NEEDS TO FEEL MORE PAIN
WHETHER IT IS ON CHEMICAL
COMPANIES OR RUSSIAN BANKS.
IF RUSSIA GETS AWAY WITH
THIS, I THINK A POTENTIAL OF A
NATO ALLY.
IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO LEAD.
REPORTER: MANY AT RISK
INCLUDING IT WOULD SEEM JEWS,
ANTI-SEMITIC LEAFLETS IN THE
CITY FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
JEWS FOR AUTHORITIES.
REMINISCENT OF NAZI ARAB
PROSECUTION.
JEWS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET.
THIS RABBI SAID WE ARE SHOCKED
BY THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ALLOWED
THEMSELVES TO PRINT AND
DISTRIBUTE SUCH LEAFLETS.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SAID THE
GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE 20TH
CENTURY WAS THE DEATH OF THE
SOVIET UNION.
MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS FEEL THE
PUTINTRAGEDY WOULD BE IF
IT.VIVING N
CBN NEWS.
WENDY: PAT, CAN THE U.S. MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN UKRAINE?
PAT: IF WE TAKE FORCEABLE
ACTION BUT OUR PRESIDENT DOESN'T
WANT TO.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
THAT COULD BE DONE, CO-VERT
THINGS WE COULD DO TO
DESTABILIZE THEIR ECONOMY.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY PLAYING
COMPUTER GAMES.
THEY DO IT.
IF ANYBODY CAN HACK INTO THE
UNITED STATES PENTAGON, WE CAN
HACK INTO THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF
SOVIET LEADERS.
WE CAN DO GREAT DAMAGE AND ALSO
AN AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM TO EXPORT
UNITED STATES HYDROCARBONS, OIL
AND GAS.
WE COULD ALSO ALLOW MORE OF THE
FREEZING OF THE NATURAL GAS THAT
IS BEING DONE BUT ONE COMPANY
SHANIR IN THE GULF.
SOME OF THIS GAS, OUR GAS IS
SELLING $4.50 AND IN EUROPE AS
MUCH AS $70 SOMETIMES.
CERTAINLY A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN
WHAT WE ARE SPENDING ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
THERE IS A HUGE MARKET FOR OUR
SUPPLIERS, WE UNDERCUT GAS
PROBLEMS, MONOPOLY IN THE GAS
DISTRIBUTION TO EUROPE.
THE EUROPEANS ARE TERRIFIED
THEY'LL CUT THE TAPS OFF AND LET
THEM HAVE A NICE COLD WINTER.
IF THE UNITED STATES IS A
RELIABLE SUPPLIER, WE TAKE THE
WEAPON AWAY FROM THEM.
WORST THING TO DO IS SPEAK
LOUDLY AND CARRY A SMALL STICK.
CARRY A BIG STICK AND SPEAK
SOFTLY.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT TO THE
PEOPLE AND HAD THE FIGURES FOR
SOME YEARS, TREMENDOUS GOOD NEWS
HASNA, WENDY
STORY.
THE WAY TO
BEING THE BIGGEST CHRISTIAN
NATION IN 15 YEARS, CHINA COULD
HAVE NEAR WHETHER I 250 MILLION
CHRISTIANS BY THE YEAR 2030.
THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN UNITED
STATES OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
OFFICIALLY CHINA IS AN ATHEIST
COUNTRY, THEY ACTUALLY FAILED
COMPLETELY, PAT.
PAT: WENDY, I HAVE BEEN THERE
SO MANY TIMES AND MET WITH THE
VERY LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY.
THEY RECOGNIZE THEY HAVE A
PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
MATERIALISM.
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
HOLLYWOOD AND THEIR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
I HAVE EXPLAINED, CHRISTIANITY
IS YOUR ANSWER.
THEY THINK OF GOING BACK TO
BUDDHISM, BUDDHISM HAS
PRINCIPLES WE FIND CONFUCIOS WAS
THE GREAT LOVE.
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT CBN HAS
BEEN ASKED BY THE CHINESE TO
TEACH HOUSE CHURCH PASTORS.
WE ARE HAVING AN INFLUENCE.
I HAVE PREACHED AT THOSE
CHURCHES ON SUNDAY MORNING.
THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR THE WORLD
AND LOVES JESUS.
THE CHURCH WAS JAM PACKED.
HAPPENING ALL OVER CHINA.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE 60-70
MILLION, FROM THE FIGURES I WELL
MILLION CHINESE THAT
ARE CHRISTIANS.
WENDY?
WENDY: MIKE HUCKABEE SAYS IF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IGNORES
ISSUES, EVANGELICAL VOTERS WILL
HOME.AT
DAVID BRODY HAS MORE.
DAVID: NO SECRET THAT THE
KEY ELICAL VOTE IS A
INGREDIENT.
POLLING BEARS THAT OUT.
YET THE SOCIAL ISSUES ARE UNDER
ATTACK WITHIN REPUBLICAN
CIRCLES.
MITCH DANIELLES WANTED TO
DECLARE A TRUCE.
ALL I WAS SAYING WAS WE ARE
GOING TO NEED TO UNIFY ALL KINDS
OF PEOPLE.
REEDOM IS GOING TO NEED EVERY
FRIEND IT CAN GET.
DAVID: THE ONLY WAY THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN GET MORE
VOTES IS BY STAYING AWAY FROM
CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL ISSUES.
MIGHT BEI
CBN NEWS ABEE TELLS
WITH EVANGELICALS IF THE PARTY
DITCHES THOSE ISSUES.
IT LEAVES THEM AT HOME AND
DON'T VOTE.
THERE WERE FEWER EVANGELICAL
VOTERS, IF 10% MORE HAD VOTED
FOR ROMNEY, ROMNEY WOULD BE
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
DAVID: MANY SEEM TENSE ON
PHASING OUT SOCIAL ISSUES,
NEVADA REPUBLICAN PARTY STRIPPED
OUT ALL LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO
ABORTION AND MARRIAGE.
A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
DOCUMENT CONCLUDED THE
FOLLOWING: WHEN IT COMES TO
SOCIAL ISSUES, THE PARTY MUST BE
INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING.
THIS NOTION, DON'T MENTION
THOSE ISSUES, YOU MIGHT OFFEND
THE VOTERS LEANING LEFT.
YOU BETTER WORRY ABOUT
COMPLETELY CHILLING OUT THE
VOTERS.
DAVID: HUCKABEE INSISTS
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE VALUES WILL
HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT
MARRIAGE AND ABORTION ARE THE
TOTAL PART OF THE ISSUE.
IF A CANDIDATE CAN ARTICULATE
THE REASON HE IS FOR TRADITIONAL
BIBLICAL MARRIAGE, THEN WILL
THEY HOLD IT AGAINST THEM LIKE
THAT WON'T EATM
PORK OR DRINK LIQUOR?
DAVID: ALL OF IT IS GOING TO
WORK ITSELF OUT IN FRONT OF THE
WHOLE COUNTRY, DAVID BRODY, CBN
NEWS, WASHINGTON.
WENDY: PAT, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE
ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION?
PAT: I HAVE BEEN THERE, DONE
THAT.
MY PEOPLE HAD CONTROL OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEVADA.
YOU GET OUT, THINGS FLIP BACK SO
QUICK.
YOU GET OUT, THE NEXT ELECTION
IT IS ALL GONE.
WORKING FOR HEAVEN IS A WHOLE
LOT BETTER THAN CONTROL OF
WASHINGTON.
NEVERTHELESS, WASHINGTON
INFLUENCES THE DECISIONS OF SO
MANY OF US.
WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP.
MIKE HUCKABEE HAS GOTTEN A GREAT
DEAL OF POLISH AND THE FRENCH
WOULD CALL IT SAVON AFFAIR.
HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ON
FOX.
HE HAS HAD A SUCCESSFUL RUN.
I SUSPECT HE WOULD LEAD THE
POLLS IN IOWA, WHICH IS OF
COURSE A LOT OF EVANGELICALS.
NEVERTHELESS GIVE HIM A HEAD
START.
HE MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE EVEN UP
IN NEW ENGLAND WHICH IS A HARD
CASE.
HE HAS A GOOD SHOT IF HE WANTS
TO RUN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE A
CANDIDATE OR NOT.
WENDY?
WENDY: PAT, THE MOVIE "HEAVEN
IS FOR REAL" HAD A STRONG
OPENING AT THE BOX OFFICE, THE
FILM ABOUT A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY
FINISHED AT NO. 3 BRINGING IN
ESTIMATED 21 AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
ITS MADE 28 AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY AND
"GODS NOT DEAD" STILL IN THE TOP
MILLION INOTAL OF 48
FIVE WEEKS.
IT'S JUST BLIND LUCK THE
EARTH HASN'T EXPERIENCED A
IMPACT FROM
ASTEROIDS BIG ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT
A CITY.
UNIVERSE TODAY REPORTS NEW
EVIDENCE THAT EARTH HAS HAD FAR
MORE ASTEROID IMPACTS, THREE TO
TEN TIMES AS MANY.
EVIDENCE COMES FROM NUCLEAR
WARNINGS NETWORK, FOUND THAT 26
HUGE EXPLOSIONS SINCE 2001 ALL
WHICH CAME FROM ASTEROID
IMPACTS.
GROUP SUPPORTS THE MISSION TO
FROM HITTING THE
EARTH WHICH WE ALL HOPE THEY
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL, PAT?
PAT: I WROTE A BOOK!
IT IS CALLED "END OF THE AGE."
IT DEALS WITH AN ASTEROID
HITTING THE EARTH.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT
FULFILLS THE PROPHETIC WORDS
OTHER THAN ASTEROID.
CAUSING THE SEAS TO ROYAL, SKIES
TO DARKEN, MOON, AND SUN NOT TO
GIVE THEIR LIGHT, NATIONS
TERRIFIED ON EARTH.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT IS
GOING TO DO THAT EXCEPT MY
ASTEROID WAS ONE KILOMETER, IT
WAS ENOUGH TO BRING WORLDWIDE
COLLAPSE.
IF WE HAD ONE A MILE IN
DIAMETER.
IT IS JUST A GREAT BIG HUNK OF
ROCK AND MILLIONS OF THEM OUT IN
SPACE SURROUNDING OUR
SURROUNDING.
MERCIFULLY WE HAVE A PLANET
NAMED JUPITER THAT PULLS A LOT
OF THAT STUFF IN.
IT HAS A GRAVITATIONAL PULL.
WE ARE BIG ENOUGH TO DRAW THEM
IN.
SOMEBODY SAID IT IS BLIND LUCK.
IT IS THE MERCY OF THE LORD.
IF THAT MERCY EVER GOT LIFTED.
READ WHAT JESUS SAID.
GET YOUR BIBLE.
HE SAID EXCEPT THOSE DAYS WILL
BE SHORTENED, NOBODY LIVING ON
THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS.
THAT IS WHAT JESUS, HIMSELF
SIDE.
SO, HEY, JUST GET READY, AND
STAY RIGHT WITH THE LORD.
[LAUGHTER].
COULD BE NEXT WEEK OR A THOUSAND
YEARS FROM NOW.
NEVERTHELESS, WE WANT TO BE
READY AT WHATEVER TIME THE LORD
SAYS I AM WRAPPING IT UP AND
TIME TO COME HOME, TERRY?
TERRY: UP NEXT, HELP FOR
PEOPLE EXTREMELY OVERWEIGHT, AND
DON'T WANT TO GO UNDER THE
KNIFE.
LOST 162 T A MAN THAT
POUNDS IN EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
THIS.
PAT: HEY, YOU ARE WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB" THIS DAY AFTER
EASTER.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A WONDERFUL
EASTER.
TERRY: I DID.
I COOKED FOR MY FAMILY.
PAT: HOW DO YOU STAY SO
FRESH?
DO YOU HAVE JET LAG?
TERRY: I DID FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS.
PAT: YOU LOOK SO FRESH AND
ALIVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME,
YOU NEVER NO.
[LAUGHTER].
GREAT EASTER, WONDERFUL THING,
PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE A FOUNDERS INN HERE,
REGENT UNIVERSITY, ALL KINDS OF
WONDERFUL CHILDREN.
TERRY: SUCH A PRETTY CAMPUS.
TERRY: THEY HAD CLOSE TO
1300 PEOPLE FOR LUNCH.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JOHN
BLARE.
JOHN LOST 162 POUNDS!
GET THAT, IN JUST EIGHT MONTHS.
HOW DID JOHN DO IT?
HE DIDN'T GO ON A FAD DIET OR
UNDER THE KNIFE.
HEALTH REPORTER LORIE JOHNSON
EXPLAINS, HE DID IT ON A
MEDICALLY SUPERVISED WEIGHT LOSS
PLAN.
AMAZING.
> LORI: JOHN BLARE USED TO BE
TOO HEAVY TO COMFORTABLY WALK
AROUND THE BLOCK, NOW HE HAS
LOST 162 POUNDS IT IS EASY.
I FEEL GREAT.
IT DOES HAVE RESULTS.
THAT IS WHAT IS MAKING ME SO
GREAT.
LORI: HE IS TALKING ABOUT A
MEDICALLY SUPERVISED WEIGHT LOSS
PROGRAM.
HE WEIGHED 526 POUNDS, BARELY
ABLE TO SQUEEZE INTO THESE SIZE
66 SIZE JEANS.
OH, WOW, JUST TWO OF US.
LORI: JOHN IS THRILLED TO
STEPS, ONE FOOT PER STAIR
AND HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO RAKE
THE YARD.
HE WANTS TO LOSE ANOTHER 100
POUNDS IN ORDER TO LOSE 250.
YOU HAVE MEAL REPLACEMENTS.
THEY ARE POWDERS AND SHAKES
AND BARS, YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE ONE
A DAY.
IT IS SATISFYING.
LORI: THE SUIT HE WORE FOR
OUR INTERVIEW APPEARED TIGHT
EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
CHECK OUT HOW MUCH UNHEALTHY
BELLY FAT.
JOHN HASN'T CHEATED ONE BIT WITH
THIS ONE, NOT EVEN DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
NEW
MY FOOD WAS COMING.
NEW
LORI: THE KEY IS IT IS UNDER
THE WATCHFUL EYE OF A DOCTOR.
WE CHECK A PATIENT'S LAB LIST
AND MEDICATIONS THAT ARE
PROMOTING WEIGHT GAIN.
WE LOOK AT HOW THEIR MEDICATION
NEEDS CHANGE DURING THEIR WEIGHT
LOSS, SOMEONE ON INSULIN IS
GOING TO NEED A LOWER DOSE,
BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES MAY
DECREASE.
LORI: REDUCING YOUR WEIGHT BY
5% IS CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT
WEIGHT LOSS.
MEDICALLY SUPERVISED PROGRAM CAN
LEAD TO A 30% DROP.
COMPARE THAT DO BARIATRIC
SURGERY, WE ARE GETTING CHANGES,
SIMILAR TO BARIATRIC SURGERY AND
PEOPLE AREN'T HAVING TO GO
THROUGH THE SURGERY.
ANYONE THAT HAS EVER DIETED,
HALF THE BATTLE IS LOSING IT AND
OTHER HALF IS KEEPING IT OFF.
REGULAR MEETINGS WITH A
DIETITIAN SO FOLKS LEARN HOW TO
MAKE GOOD CHOICES ONCE THEY ARE
BACK ON REAL FOOD.
WHEN PEOPLE START REALIZING
THE ROLE OF PROTEIN, FATS AND
CARB IN THE DIET, THEY GET A
BETTER SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT.
LORI: BARBARA TELLS PEOPLE TO
AVOID SUGARS, ESPECIALLY HIGH
FRUCTOSE.
STAY AWAY FROM HYDROGENATED OILS
ALSO CALLED TRANS FATS AND
REFINED OILS LIKE VEGETABLES.
SOME COCONUT OILS ARE HEALTHY AS
ARE NATURAL OILS LIKE OLIVE.
I TELL PEOPLE TO GO TO THE
COLD PRESSED FATS.
MORE FATS THAT ARE STRAIGHT FROM
THE ORIGIN.
LORI: YOU CAN STILL GAIN
WEIGHT BY EATING TOO MUCH.
THAT IS WHERE THIS PORTION PLATE
COMES IN HANDY.
IT TRAINS YOU TO EAT THE RIGHT
AMOUNT.
IT IS NOT JUST FOOD.
WE TALK SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT
SLEEP.
YOU ARE PRODUCING GRILLEN IN
YOUR SLEEP.
IF YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH, IT
TAKES OVER AND YOU ARE HUNGRY.
THIS FITNESS TRACKER IS AWARE
TO STAY ACTIVE.
A LOT WILL TELL YOU TO TELL
YOU TO GET UP AND MOVE.
FINALLY THERE IS THE
EMOTIONAL COMPONENT, WHAT WAS
BEHIND THE WEIGHT GAIN?
A LOT OF THE OF PEOPLE HAVE
FOOD ADDICTION AND TURN TO FOOD
FOR STRESS AND ANGER AND BOREDOM
BOREDOM.
LORI: WHETHER YOU HAVE 20
POUNDS OR OVER 200 LIKE JOHN, A
MEDICALLY SUPERVISED WEIGHT LOSS
PROGRAM MAYBE WHAT YOU NEED FOR
A LONGER HEALTHIER LIFE, LORIE
JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
PAT: LORI, YOU ARE AMAZING.
TERRY: HATS OFF TO THAT
GENTLEMAN.
YOU ALMOST HAVE TO SET YOUR MIND
YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
PAT: ALL THE SUDDEN THE
SWITCH TURNS AND YOU ARE NOT
HUNGRY ANYMORE.
I GAINED BECAUSE I HAD A HEART
PROCEDURE.
JUST ALL THE SUDDEN, I DIDN'T
HAVE AN APPETITE.
TERRY: I THINK ALSO THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE ACTIVE.
WE ARE ALL SITTING AT DESKS AND
COMPUTERS.
PAT: IF THEY JUST HAD A HORSE
TO RIDE.
[LAUGHTER].
GET A PENCIL AND WRITE THIS
DOWN, ACETYL CARNITINE,
WONDERFUL FOR YOUR HEART.
I TAKE ABOUT 2,000 MILLIGRAMS.
TERRY: IS THAT WHAT THE
BOTTLE SAYS YOU SHOULD TAKE?
PAT: THAT IS WHAT I SAY I
SHOULD TAKE.
[LAUGHTER].
ALPHA LAPOIC ACID, 500 MILLION
GRAM, ONE LITTLE PILL.
IF YOU WANT TO BE CLEVER,
NON-CAFFEINE GREEN TEA.
IF YOU HAVE A LIVER PROBLEM,
GREEN TEA COULD UPSET YOU OTHER
THEN THAT, I TAKE ANOTHER FOUR
OF THEM, 2,000.
THEY ARE FAT BURNERS.
THEY JUST GRAB YOUR FAT.
THEY JUST BURN IT.
ACETYL CARNITINE IS GOOD FOR
YOUR BRAIN AND HEART.
TERRY: WE SHOULD ALL BE
TAKING THAT.
PAT: THOSE TWO THINGS CAN
HAVE AN AMAZING EFFECT.
JUST AMAZING.
PAT: HOPE YOU WROTE THEM
DOWN.
I AM NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOU,
TOO PAT.
TERRY: STILL AHEAD, A WOMAN
IN UNBEARABLE PAIN HAS A LITTLE
TALK WITH JESUS.
I SAID TAKE CARE OF MY
HUSBAND, GIVE HIM A GOOD WIFE
WHEN I AM GONE SO HE IS NOT
ALONE.
TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN.
TERRY: WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN JESUS ANSWERS AFTER THIS.
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TERRY: BARBARA HERNANDEZ WAS
PARL PARLIZED AND ON LIFE
SUPPORT.
SHE WAS READY TO DIE.
THE PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE.
THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 6TH,
2008, BARBARA COLLAPSED AFTER
TAKING A SHOWER.
I COULDN'T MOVE.
I LOOKED AT MY LEGS, I WAS
TRYING TO WAKE THEM UP.
I WAS HITTING THEM.
NOTHING.
I COULDN'T EVEN FEEL THAT.
AT THE HOSPITAL, TESTS SHOWED
SHE HAD GBS.
IT IS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDER WHERE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
ATTACKS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
KENNELLINGTON, NEUROLOGIST
EXPLAINS.
A NERVE IS A COPPER WIRE WITH
RUBBER INSULATION.
THE BODY ATTACKS THE INSULATION
AND STRIPS IT OFF SO THE SIGNAL
DOESN'T GET THROUGH TO THE
MUSCLES WELL AND IT MAKES YOU
APPEAR WEAK.
THEY TOLD BARBARA IT COULD
RESULT IN PARALYSIS.
YOU THINK PARALYZED YOU WON'T
WALK.
AS WITH MOST CASES OF GBSS
DOCTORS EXPECTED THE SYMPTOMS TO
PASS.
THE FAMILY BEGAN TO PRAY.
I HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH
GOD, HELP ME HOW TO APPROACH
THIS, HOW TO TAKE THINGS IN
STRIDE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG STRIP.
I COULD SENSE IT.
HE WAS RIGHT.
BARBARA'S CONDITION DECLINED
RAPIDLY.
WITHIN TWO WEEKS, PARALYZED,
UNCONSCIOUS AND ON LIFE SUPPORT.
SHE WAS MUF MOVED TO SETON
MEDICAL CENTER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
CARLOS STAYED AT HER BEDSIDE.
THE LORD GAVE ME SO MUCH
STRENGTH I WAS SO FOCUSSED ON
WHAT I NEEDED TO BE DOING.
DOCTORS WERE CONCERNED.
THEY HAD SEEN CASES OF GBS
BEFORE, NOTHING LIKE THIS.
SHE HAD A VERY, VERY SEVERE
FORM OF IT.
ONLY BEEN DESCRIBED IN THE
MEDICAL LITERATURE SIX OR SEVEN
TIMES.
SHE HAD A FOUR LUNG COLLAPSE,
OTHER WAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
SHE DEVELOPED BLOOD CLOTS.
HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS SO
ERRATIC, THEY TRIED TO LEVEL IT
OFF.
IT WOULD BOTTOM OUT.
IT WOULD GO SKY HIGH.
MEANWHILE BARBARA WAS LIVING
HER OWN NIGHTMARE.
ACCORDING TO DR. ELLINGTON, SHE
WAS IN A DREAM LIKE STATE WHICH
MEANS SHE COULD FEEL PAIN.
SEVERITY, I FELT LIKE I HAD
STABS AND MY SKIN WAS ON FIRE.
STILL CARLOS BELIEVED GOD
WOULD ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS.
IT WAS SO MUCH AGAINST HER
THAT STARTED DEVELOPING.
WE AS A FAMILY STARTED PRAYING
TO GOD TO HELP US.
FOUR MONTHS PASSED, BARBARA
SAYS SHE COULDN'T BEAR THE PAIN
ANY LONGER.
I WAS TIRED NOW.
I SAID IF THIS IS THE WAY IT IS
BEFORE YOU DIE, THEN LORD, TAKE
ME.
I HAD MY CONVERSATION WITH THE
LORD AT THAT TIME.
I SAID TAKE CARE OF MY HUSBAND.
GIVE HIM A GOOD WIFE WHEN I AM
GONE SO HE IS NOT ALONE.
TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN.
AND AS I TOLD HIM THAT AND I
FELT SUCH A PEACE, SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PEACE.
I HEARD A VOICE, VERY CLEAR.
IT WAS LIKE A SONG.
LIKE SOMEBODY SANG IT SO
BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS A MAN'S VOICE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LORD.
HE TOLD ME IT IS NOT YOUR TIME.
THERE WAS A CLICK IN MY EARS AND
MY HEARING WENT ON.
MY SIGHT, I BELIEVE DIDN'T
RETURN UNTIL A WEEK OR TWO
LATER.
AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME,
BARBARA COULDN'T WAIT TO TALK TO
HER FAMILY AND THE HOSPITAL
STAFF.
OH YES, A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
ALL THE NURSES I HAD CAME IN THE
ROOM.
EVERYONE SURROUNDING ME.
SHE JUST GOT WARMED UP AND
TOOK OFF AND BARBARA ALL BACK
AGAIN.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT, GREAT GIFT
WE GOT BACK.
BARBARA STARTED THE LONG
PROCESS OF RECOVERY.
CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF HER
CASE.
DOCTORS WEREN'T SURE HOW WELL
SHE WOULD DO.
THAT LED TO ME TRUSTING THE
LORD, PUTTING ALL MY FAITH IN
HIM.
I LOOKED BACK AT THE WHOLE
MEMORY, IF YOU GOT ME THROUGH
ALL OF THAT, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE WITH YOU, LORD,
NOTHING, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU'LL GET ME OUT OF THIS, TOO.
BARBARA RETURNED HOME
DETERMINED TO WALK AFTER MONTHS
OF THERAPY AND PRAYER, SHE DID.
GOD IS THERE TO HAND YOU THE
MINUTE YOU ASK.
YOU RELY ON HIM, HE IS THERE.
EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP,
OF COURSE, I AM THANKFUL TO BE
ALIVE AND HERE.
THERE ISN'T A DAY I AM NOT
THANKFUL TO THE LORD.
I MEAN, I AM TRULY THANKFUL I
CAN GET A FORK IN MY HAND AND
BRING FOOD TO MY MOUTH.
THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT I
COULDN'T DO THAT WE TAKE SO MUCH
FOR GRANTED.
I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.
TERRY: WE ARE BLESSED WITH
SO MANY THINGS, SOMETIMES YOU
DON'T TRULY APPRECIATE IT TO
THAT DEPTH UNTIL YOU HAVE LOST
IT FOR A WHILE.
PAT: AMAZING, WHAT A
WONDERFUL WOMAN, SELFLESS
THINKING ABOUT HER HUSBAND.
WONDERFUL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT GBS
SYNDROME, IT IS KIND OF
MYSTERIOUS.
IT COMES ON PEOPLE, NEXT THING
YOU KNOW SHE IS ALMOST DEAD THEN
GOD GAVE HER HEALING.
HE SPOKE TO HER.
OKAY.
WE HAVE TESTIMONY.
TERRY: I DO.
JOYCE FROM TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA,
SHE HAD BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR
ABOUT HER LEFT EYE FOR TWO
YEARS.
SHE BEGAN TO WEAR SUNGLASSES SO
THE PEOPLE WOULDN'T SEE THE
DISCHARGE.
SHE WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
AND GIVE A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE,
PAT.
SHE SAID YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
YOUR EYES, PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR
EYES, GOD IS HEALING YOU.
JOYCE PUT HER HANDS OVER HER
EYES AND FELT IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
NO PROBLEM.
PAT: THIS WOMAN HAD
SCOLIOSIS, SHE LIVED IN WATUMKA,
ALABAMA.
SHE HAD AN INJURY TO HER SPINE.
THEY SAID IT WAS SCOLIOSIS.
OCTOBER 2013, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A BULGING DISK.
OF COURSE THEY SAID GO TO AN
ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
TERRY, YOU HAD A WORD,
"SCOLIOSIS," GOD IS
STRENGTHENING YOUR SPINE.
GUESS WHAT?
THE SPINE STRAIGHTENED OUT.
TERRY: WOW.
THAT IS A CREATIVE MIRACLE.
I DON'T KNOW HER NOW, SCOLIOSIS
CAN BE INCREDIBLE.
PAT: FOLKS, THE GOD WE SERVE
IS THE ONE THAT CREATED
EVERYTHING.
THAT IS HIS NAME.
HIS NAME IS HE WHO CAUSES
EVERYTHING TO BE.
THAT IS WHAT HIS NAME IS.
HE WHO CAUSES EVERYTHING TO BE,
YAHWEH.
HE IS THE ONE WHO CREATED IT
ALL.
HE CAN FIX YOUR SPINE.
HE CAN FIX YOUR DIABETES, HE CAN
FIX YOUR ARTHRITIS, YOUR
MARRIAGE AND YOUR FINANCES AND
ANYTHING ELSE WRONG.
HE SAID IF YOU, TWO OF YOU WILL
AGREE ON EARTH AS TOUCHING
ANYTHING THEY ASK, IT WILL BE
DONE FOR THEM.
TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO JOIN
HANDS TOGETHER.
WE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD FOR
YOU.
ALL WE ASK YOU TO DO IS RECEIVE
WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR YOU.
RECEIVE IT.
LET THE LORD DO THE REST.
WE JOIN TOGETHER.
FATHER, I JOIN WITH MY DEAR
SISTER IN CHRIST.
WE BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER IN THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH
BE MADE WHOLE.
YOU HAVE BURNED THE INSIDE OF
YOUR THROAT, ALMOST LIKE AN AS
SIT THAT BURNED IT.
THE SKIN IS SO RAW AND HURTFUL.
PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR THROAT, IN
THE NAME OF JESUS TOUCH!
THAT SKIN IS GOING TO BE WHOLE.
TERRY?
TERRY: SOMEONE ELSE, YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LENSES
IN YOUR EYES.
GOD IS HEALING THAT CREATIVELY
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT
VISION PROBLEM, THAT DISCOMFORT
ANYMORE.
PAT: SWOLLEN ARTHRITIC
KNUCKLE, MOVE YOUR HAND, IN
JESUS' NAME, I RECEIVE IT.
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, THEY
SAY YOU ARE IN TROUBLE, RIGHT
NOW, GOD IS TAKING AWAY THE
PROBLEM, YOUR HEART IS GOING TO
BEAT NORMALLY IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
TERRY: SOMEONE ELSE, IT IS
LIKE YOUR HIPS ARE LOCKED INTO
PLACE, YOU CAN'T TURN THEM.
WITHIN THE SOCKET, GOD IS
LOOSING THAT.
PAT: SOMEONE HAS FEAR OF
GOING OUT AND PEOPLE AND FEAR IN
THE NIGHT.
GRIPPED BY FEAR CONSTANTLY,
PERFECT LOVE SET YOU FREE.
FEAR HAS TORMENT.
WE GIVE YOU THE LOVE OF JESUS
RIGHT NOW.
I BIND A SPIRIT OF FEAR THAT HAS
COME UPON YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, LOOSE
THAT, LORD.
ALSO THE NAME, EMILY, YOU ARE
FREE IN JESUS' NAME.
GOD HAS DONE SOMETHING.
GIVE US A CALL.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SOMEBODY ON THE
PHONE.
SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WE LIKE TO VERIFY THEM AFTER WE
HEAR THEM.
WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE AIR.
TERRY: HERE IS SOMETHING
WONDERFUL WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
ABOUT.
EVERY SPRING THE STAFF SETS
ASIDES A WEEK TO PRAY FOR YOU,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MEET AT NOON
EACH DAY.
PRAY FOR THIS INFORMAL IN THE
MAIL AND TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND
IN YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS.
THERE IS AN ENCLOSED CARD.
SEND YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS TO
CBN'S WEEK OF PRAYER, CBN
CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA, 24363.
YOU CAN LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
LET US HEAR BACK FROM YOU BY
MAIL OR CBN.COM.
COMING UP LATER, WE ARE GOING TO
BRING IT ON KAREN WANTS TO KNOW
DID MARY AND JOSEPH HAVE ANYMORE
CHILDREN?
DID JESUS HAVE BROTHERS OR
SISTERS?
ANSWER NEXT AHEAD ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
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"THE 700 CLUB."
THE WORLD'S MORE THAN ONE
BILLION CHRISTIANS CELEBRATED
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
SUNDAY.
PILL -- PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER
CELEBRATED.
RICO DELIVERED THE MESSAGE AND
CHALLENGED BELIEVERS WITH A
CENTRAL QUESTION FOLLOWING THE
FIRST EASTER.
MY QUESTION THEREFORE IS
THIS: IS YOUR LIFE ON THIS
FOUNDATION THE RESURRECTION OF
JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT MEANS I PUT MY ARMS AROUND
LOVED ONES AGAIN AND I SEE JESUS
CHRIST.
THAT IS WHAT MEANS I AM
FORGIVEN.
THAT IS WHAT MEANS I GET A NEW
RESURRECTION BODY, THAT IS WHAT
MEANS JESUS IS ALIVE.
IS YOUR FAITH HERE BECAUSE THIS
IS THE ONLY SURE FOUNDATION IN
THE WORLD?
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THEATRES IN KIEV, UKRAINE.
CHILDREN ENJOYED GAMES, SNACKS,
CONTESTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS WITH
THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTERS.
THEY ARE NOW WAITING FOR MORE
EPISODES AND THANKFUL TO CBN FOR
ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOAL SAYING
THE PROGRAM TOUCHED THE KID'S
HEARTS AND SPOKE TO THEM.
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PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
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TERRY: WE STILL LOVE HEARING
FROM YOU, MANY OF YOU HAVE
SUBMITTED E-MAIL QUESTIONS FOR
OUR BRING IT ON.
PAT: LET'S GO.
TERRY: MY CHRISTIAN FAMILY
SAYS YOU CAN ACCEPT JESUS AS
YOUR SAVIOR AND KEEP ON SINNING
SUCH AS COMMITTING ADULTERY AND
STILL GO TO HEAVEN SINCE JESUS
IS YOUR SAVIOR.
ISN'T CONTINUING TO KNOWINGLY
SIN WRONG?
WILL IT KEEP US OUT OF HEAVEN.
JESUS SAID GO AND SIN NO MORE
WHICH I TAKE TO DO YOUR BEST AND
REPENT IF YOU FALL, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
PAT: I AGREE WITH YOU ON
THAT.
IF WE HAVE BEEN BORN OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, HOW CAN WE
CONTINUE TO SIN?
HE HAS BORN OF THE SPIRIT OF
GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS DOES NOT
KEEP ON SINNING.
THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
YOU CANNOT KEEP ON DOING THE
STUFF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND
SAY OKAY, I MADE A DECISION 20
YEARS AGO BUT I AM GOING TO LIVE
WITH THE DEVIL THE REST OF MY
LIFE, ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED.
LISTEN.
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO
HEAVEN?
BY THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN YOUR HEART.
AND THE SPIRIT WILL BEAR WITNESS
WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.
IF WE ARE DELIBERATELY BREAKING
THE LAW OF GOD ON A CONTINUOUS
BASIS AND KNOWING WHAT WE ARE
DOING, HOW CAN WE THINK WE ARE
SAVED?
IT IS CONDUCT THAT THE LORD'S
CONCERNED, NOT SOME DOCTRINE.
WE GET SAVED BY THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, ALL RIGHT.
WHAT IS NEXT?
THIS IS KAREN, DID MARY AND
JOSEPH HAVE MORE CHILDREN?
PAT: YES.
GOSPEL MENTIONED IT A COUPLE
MORE TIMES, JAMES AND JOSEPH AND
WHATEVER OTHERS, YES.
AFTER JESUS WAS BORN, MARY AND
JOSEPH HAD A NORMAL MARITAL
RELATIONSHIP FROM ALL WE CAN
GATHER.
MARY HAD OTHER CHILDREN.
JAMES WAS CALLED A BROTHER OF
THE LORD.
YOU KNOW.
HE WAS HEAD OF THE CHURCH.
THAT MEANT COUSIN.
NO IT MEANT BROTHER.
TERRY: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS' FAMILY,
LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO WATCH IT
"FAMILY OF JESUS."
IT WILL BE ENLIGHTENING TO YOU.
PAT, THIS IS RUTH, MY SON JUST
WENT THROUGH DIFFICULT DIVORCE
AND CUSTODY.
HE SAID MOM, WHY DOES GOD ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN WHEN A CHILD IS
INVOLVED?
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER HIM.
PAT: GOD CREATED US WITH FREE
WILL.
WE HAVE FREE WILL.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO LOVE HIM OR WE
CAN CHOOSE TO DISOBEY HIM.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE IN PEACE
OR GO TO WAR.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE GENEROUS OR
GREEDY.
THAT IS THE WAY WE ARE.
THAT IS THE THING THAT MAKES US
HUMAN IS THAT WE HAVE FREE WILL.
YOU SAY GOD KNEW IN ADVANCE.
HE WOULD PREVENT YOU AND YOUR
SPOUSE FROM HAVING SEX BECAUSE
HE KNEW YOU WOULD ABUSE THE
CHILD BEFORE IT WAS BORN.
NO WAY.
GOD IS GIVING YOU FREEDOM AND
YOU WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE
CONSEQUENCES.
WHY DIDN'T GOD INTERFERE?
GOD DOESN'T INTERFERE IN THE
LIVES OF PEOPLE.
WHY SHOULD HE?
TERRY: HE'LL NEVER LEAVE US
OR FORSAKE US, HE IS THERE WHEN
WE CALL ON HIM.
PAT: HE DOESN'T LIFT THE
PENALTY FOR FOOLISH ACTS.
YOU GET DRUNK AND DRIVE 100
MILES AN HOUR IN A CROWDED
HIGHWAY AND WOUND UP IN A
STRIKER FRAME AND SAY WHY DIDN'T
GOD STOP ME, [LAUGHTER], NO WAY.
TERRY: DEAR PAT, COULD YOU
EXPLAIN WHY THE TRANSFIGURATION
OF JESUS TOOK PLACE?
WHY DID HE APPEAR SO BRIGHT
WHITE AND WHY DID JESUS TAKE
THOSE DISCIPLES WITH HIM TO SEE
IT?
PAT: AT THE RISK OF BEING
TRITE, JESUS DIDN'T TELL ME WHY
HE DID ALL THOSE THINGS.
I HAVE TO GUESS.
MOSES AND ELIJAH.
MOSES REPRESENTED THE LAW,
ELIJAH REPRESENTED THE LAW.
THEY CAME TO BEAR TESTIMONY OF
JESUS CHRIST.
HE ROSE TO THE MOUND OF
TRANSFIGURATION AND BECAME
WHITER THAN ANY DRY CLEANER
COULD GET HIM.
HE DID THAT SO THEY WOULD SEE
THE GLORY OF GOD THAT WAS IN HIM
AND THE VOICE CAME AND SAID THIS
IS MY BELOVED SUN OBEY HIM.
THE LORD WANTED TESTIMONY OF HIS
POWER AND TO THOSE.
WHY DID HE TAKE THEM?
CERTAIN ONES AMONG THE 12 WHO
WERE VERY SPECIAL WHICH WERE
CALLED OUT FOR FURTHER SERVICE.
PETER WAS ONE, JOHN WAS ANOTHER.
THESE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, IN
ANY GROUP, USUALLY TWO OR THREE
THAT STAND OUT.
THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS, I HOPE
I COULD ANSWER THEM.
YOU ARE ASKING TOUGH STUFF.
[LAUGHTER].
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S POWER
MINUTE FROM PROVERBS, WHOEVER
LISTENS TO ME WILL DWELL SAFELY
AND WILL BE SECURE WITHOUT FEAR
OF EVIL.
AND THE LISTEN IS TO WISDOM, SEE
YOU TOMORROW, BYE-BYE.
TOMORROW, TAKING THE GOSPEL TO
THE CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN NORTH
AFRICA IS UNPRECEDENTED.
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