When Shavon had to quit her high-paying job due to health reasons, she and her husband Mike soon found themselves $30,000 in debt. They learned a valuable strategy, and the unexpected starting happening. This financial strategy can help you too.
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Gordon: WELL, WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
TOMORROW DONALD TRUMP WILL
BE SWORN IN AS THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AND THE NEW REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS IS ALREADY TAKEN
OFFICE, AND THEY'RE READY
TO WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT
ON HIS TOP PRIORITIES.
Terry: THOSE ISSUES
INCLUDE REPEALING AND
REPLACING OBAMACARE,
STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY,
AND REBUILDING THE
MILITARY.
ABIGAIL ROBERTSON BRINGS
US THAT STORY FROM
WASHINGTON.
Reporter: THE 115th
CONGRESS IS OFFICIALLY IN
SESSION.
WHILE ONE SIDE PICKS UP
THE PIECES FROM A BRUTAL
DEFEAT.
I BELIEVE THE DEMOCRATS
MUST TAKE A HARD LOOK AT
WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS
HAVE HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING, PREPARING TO TAKE
FULL ADVANTAGE OF THEIR
THREE-BRIDGE LEAD.
THE TOP OF THE
CONSERVATIVE PRIORITY LIST
IS REPEALING OBAMACARE,
BUDGET RESOLUTIONS THAT
DISMANTEL THE ACT HAVE
ALREADY PASSED BOTH THE
HOUSE AND SENATE, BUT NOT
ALL REPUBLICANS SUPPORTED
THEM.
SENATOR RAND PAUL, ONE OF
THE FEW WHO VOTED AGAINST
PARTY LINES, SAYS HE IS IN
FAVOR OF REPEALING THE LAW
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT
NOT IF IT ADDS $9 TRILLION
TO THE DEBT.
MY POINT TO THEM WAS
WHY DON'T WE INTRODUCE A
BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY
BALANCES.
MY HOPE IS AT THE SAME
TIME WE REPEAL OBAMACARE
IS TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE
ON REPLACING OBAMACARE.
Reporter: ANOTHER
PRESSING MATTER: BOOSTING
THE MILITARY.
WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR
MILITARY.
IT IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE.
IT HAS BEEN CUT BY 21%,
WHILE OTHER ADVERSARIES
HAVE INCREASED THEIR
CAPABILITIES TO THE POINT
WHERE THEY'RE CLOSING THE
GAP BETWEEN OURSELVES AND
THEM.
Reporter: BOTH
PARTIES IN THE HOUSE AND
SENATE SHOW DISCONTENT
WITH THE UNITED NATIONS'
LATEST RESOLUTION AGAINST
ISRAEL.
WE NEED TO STAND BEHIND
OUR FRIENDS IN ISRAEL WHO
PRACTICE DEMOCRACY, NOT
TERRORISM.
Reporter: AS A
RESPONSE, SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM, WHO OVERSEES
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, WANTS
TO CUT FUNDING TO THE U.N.
U.S. TAXPAYERS COVER MORE
THAN A FIFTH OF THAT
ANNUAL BUDGET.
IT WENT UP TWO MONTHS
AGO.
AND I SAID, IF IN THE LAST
DAYS OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION YOU PASS A
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
ISRAEL FOR THEIR
SETTLEMENT POLICIES, THEN
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN AFOWL
OF SENATOR GRAHAM.
Reporter: SENATOR
GRAHAM CAN BE A HARSH
CRITIC OF THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT, BUT IS
SUPPORTIVE OF TRUMP'S
PROMPTPROMISES FOR REFORM.
IF HE WANTS TO REFORM
THE TAX CODE, COUNT ME IN.
IF HE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR
PRO-LIFE JUDGES TO PUT ON
THE SUPREME COURT, COUNT
ME IN.
Reporter: REPORTING
FROM CAPITOL HILL, ABIGAIL
ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.
Gordon: TOMORROW
WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL
INAUGURATION EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB," AND WE'LL
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT'S TOP
CABINET PICKS AND THE
AGENDA FOR HIS FIRST 100
DAYS.
THAT'S ON TOMORROW'S "700
CLUB."
> IN OTHER NEWS, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT IS GOING
TO GET RIGHT TO WORK
DURING HIS FIRST DAY IN
OFFICE.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM.
Efrem: GORDON, DONALD
TRUMP IS SET TO HAND DOWN
AS MANY AS FIVE NEW
EXECUTIVE ORDERS TOMORROW,
THE SAME DAY HE TAKES THE
OATH OF OFFICE.
THAT IS THE WORD FROM
TRUMP'S TRANSITION TEAM.
TRUMP HAS SAID HE WANTS TO
OVERTURN A WIDE VARIETY OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER, INCLUDING
THOSE ON ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION, GUN CONTROL,
AND RELOIP RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
> DONALD TRUMP'S NOMINEE
TO BE THE AMBASSADOR TO
THE UNITED NATIONS
SUPPORTS MOVING THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN ISRAEL FROM TEL
AVIV TO JERUSALEM.
TRUMP PROMISED TO MAKE
THAT MOVE DURING THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
NIKKI HALEY TOLD SENATE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHE,
QUOTE, "ABSOLUTELY BACKS
THE MOVE."
AND SHE BLASTED THE U.N.
FOR ITS ATTACKS ON THE
JEWISH STATE.
NOWHERE HAS THE U.N.'S
FAILURE BEEN MORE
CONSISTENT AND MORE
OUTRAGEOUS THAN IT IS --
THAN ITS BIAS AGAINST OUR
CLOSE ALLY, ISRAEL.
Efrem: A SPOKESPERSON
FOR JORDAN RECENTLY TOLD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE
MOVE WOULD, QUOTE, "IN
FLAME THE ISLAMIC AND ARAB
STREETS."
HALEY ALSO SAID SHE WOULD
NEVER LET THE U.N. SUPPORT
AN INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT THAT
ENCOURAGES THE BOYCOTTING
OF ISRAEL.
GORDON?
Gordon: IT HAS BEEN
AN INTERESTING TIME WITH
THESE VARIOUS CANDIDATES
FOR CABINET POSITIONS, BUT
I REALLY APPLAUD WHAT
GOVERNOR HALEY IS SAYING.
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
THE STREETS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST ARE ALREADY INFLAMED.
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH ISRAEL.
IT HAS TO DO WITH CIVIL
WAR IN SYRIA, CONTINUING
UNREST IN IRAQ, THE RISE
OF RADICAL ISLAM IN THE
FORM OF ISIS, AND ALL OF
THIS, AND ALL OF THE
DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE
PAST EIGHT YEARS, ALL IT
HAS DONE IS EMBOLDEN THE
BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT
SANCTION MOVEMENT.
AND IT IS ABOUT TIME WE
SUPPORT ISRAEL AND SAY,
WE'RE NOT BACKING OFF OF
THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO
RECOGNIZE ISRAEL'S RIGHT
TO EXIST, WELL, YOU HAVE
NO PLACE IN THE
NEGOTIATION TABLE.
> WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
AFTER THIS.
Gordon: SHANTO RAY
Gordon: SHANTO RAY
STARTED OUT WITH AN
ENTRY-LEVEL JOB, MAKING
JUST $9 AN HOUR.
TODAY SHE OWNS A
MULTI-MILLION REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS, SHE IS LIVING
HER DREAM, AND WELL ON HER
WAY TO HER ULTIMATE GOAL,
WHICH IS GIVING AWAY 90%
OF HER INCOME.
Reporter: MEET
SHANTELLE RAY.
SHE IS THE SKILL BEHIND A
MULTI-MILLION REAL ESTATE
COMPANY, A COMPANY THAT
HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF
THE FASTEST GROWING IN
AMERICA.
TO DATE, SHE HAS 130
EMPLOYEES AND FIVE
LOCATIONS.
WE ARE GROWING AT ABOUT
35% TO 40% EVERY SINGLE
YEAR WE'VE BEEN IN
BUSINESS.
SO IT HAS REALLY BEEN
EXCITING.
Reporter: YEARS AGO,
SHANTTELLE WAS STRUGGLING.
I WAS A YOUTH PASTOR
AND I MATE $9 AN HOUR FOR
ONLY 20 HOURS A WEEK, BUT
I WORKED LIKE 60 HOURS A
WEEK.
I WAS PUTTING LITERALLY
GROCERIES ON MY CREDIT
CARD AT THAT TIME.
Reporter: AFTER
SEVERAL YEARS OF CHARGING
HER LIVING EXPENSES AND
ONLY PAYING MINIMUM
PAYMENTS, SHE WAS $10,000
IN DEBT AND MAXED OUT ON
CREDIT.
THAT'S WHEN I REALLY
STARTED TO PANIC BECAUSE I
COULDN'T USE MY CREDIT
CARD FOR GAS AND GROCERIES
AND THINGS THAT I NEEDED.
Reporter: DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME, SHE HEARD
A MESSAGE AT CHURCH ON THE
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF
TITHING.
MY IMMEDIATE ACTION
WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT
TITHING, WAS, LIKE, I JUST
CANT DO IT RIGHCAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE WHEN I MAKE MORE
MONEY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
Reporter: BUT SHE WAS
DESPERATE ENOUGH TO TRY
TITHING.
I FINALLY GOT TO THE
PLACE WHERE I WAS, LIKE,
OKAY, GOD, I'M GOING TO GO
ALL OUT AND TEST YOU TO
SEE IF YOU ARE REALLY TRUE
IN THIS AREA.
Reporter: THE NEXT
SUNDAY, AS SHE WAS GETTING
READY FOR CHURCH, SHE
WROTE A $30 CHECK FOR THE
OFFERING.
I WAS, LIKE, PLEASE,
GOD, LET THIS GO THROUGH
BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE BALANCE WAS AT
THAT TIME.
BUT YOU SAID TEST ME IN
THIS, SO I'M GOING TO TRY
IT.
Reporter: THE VERY
NEXT TODAY, SHE RECEIVED A
$300 REFUND CHECK FROM HER
UTILITY COMPANY.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, GOD
REALLY DID PROVIDE.
Reporter: IT WASN'T
LONG BEFORE SHE RECEIVED
ANOTHER FINANCIAL
BREAKTHROUGH.
I WAS TALKING THE MY
AUNT A FEW DAYS LATER, AND
SHE SAID, I JUST DECIDED I
WANT TO PAY OFF THAT
$10,000 CREDIT CARD.
Reporter: WHILE
LISTENING TO A PODCAST
ABOUT TITHING 90%, SHE
FELT GOD WAS TELLING HER
TO DO THE SAME.
I WAS THINKING, I JUST
MADE THE COMMITMENT TO
START TITHING, AND NOW YOU
WANT ME TO GIVE 90% AWAY?
I SAID, GOD, IF THIS IS
WHAT YOU'RE LAYING ON MY
HEART, I'M GOING TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO INCREASE MY
TITHE BY 3% EVERY YEAR.
Reporter: SIX MONTHS
LATER, SHANTELLE RECEIVED
A JOB OFFER THAT DOUBLED
HER INCOME.
AND THEN IN 2005, HER
INCOME HAD ANOTHER
DRAMATIC INCREASE WHEN HE
LAUNCHED A CAREER IN REAL
ESTATE.
I SOLD MORE HOUSES IN
HAMPTON RHODES THAN ANYONE
ELSE.
AND EVERYONE JUST REFERRED
ME BUSINESS.
IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING.
Reporter: THE REST OF
HER SUCCESS STORY CAN BE
READ IN THE BOTTOM LINE OF
HER OWN REAL ESTATE
COMPANY, LAUNCHED IN 2012.
THERE IS A FIRST IN 1
SAMUEL 3: 20, THAT SAYS,
"THOSE WHO HONOR ME, I
WILL HONOR."
IT IS REALLY A MATTER OF
REAPING AND SOWING.
AND WE KEEP GIVING AND HE
KEEPS GIVING BACK.
Gordon: HERE IS THE
PROMISE FOR YOU FROM
MATTHEW 25, AND THESE ARE
THE WORDS OF JESUS: "TO
THOSE WHO USE WELL, WOULD
THEY ARE GIVEN, EVEN MORE
WILL BE GIVEN.
AND THEY WILL HAVE AN
ABUNDANCE.
BUT FROM THOSE WHO DO
NOTHING, EVEN WHAT LITTLE
THEY HAVE WILL BE TAKEN
AWAY."
AND SHANTELLE STARTED
SAYING, I'M GOING TO DO
THAT.
I'M GOING TO START USING
WELL WHAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN.
AND WHEN SHE DID THAT,
THEN THE BLESSINGS
HAPPENED.
THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN
TO YOU.
THIS ISN'T SOME GET-RICH
QUICK SCHEME, BUT IT IS A
LAW.
WE CALL IT THE LAW OF
RESIPROCITY.
THE LAW IN THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.
IT SEEMS
COUNTER-INTUITIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE, WHEN I HAVE
EVERYTHING TOGETHER, THEN
I CAN START GIVING.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE LAW
WORKS.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
UNTO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN
MOTION.
AND WHEN SHANTELLE PUT IT
IN MOTION, THAT'S WHEN THE
BLESSINGS CAME.
> WELL, WHEN MIKE'S
SMALL BUSINESS SLOWED
DOWN, HIS SALARY
PLUMMETTED.
HE LOST THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
BUT MIKE AND HIS WIFE HAD
AN UNUSUAL WAY TO DEAL
WITH THE SHORTFALL.
AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS,
THEY GOT THEIR MONEY BACK
AND MUCH MORE.
Reporter: SINCE 1971,
MIKE AND LADEL BRIERY HAVE
SUPPORTED CBN.
MIKE HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS
SELLING INSURANCE, AND
SUDDENLY PEOPLE STARTED
CANCELLING THEIR POLICIES.
IT DROPPED OUR INCOME
ABOUT $2,000 A MONTH,
WHICH IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL.
BECAUSE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE,
WE STILL HAVE HOUSE
PAYMENTS, WE HAD CAR
PAYMENTS, WE HAD OUR
MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS OF
INSURANCE AND THE LIGHT
BILL.
WE HAD ALL OF THAT.
IT WAS SCARY.
I REALLY HAD TO FIGHT THE
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IN MY
MIND.
YOU AREN'T GOING TO MAKE
IT.
YOU WON'T MAKE THE PLEDGE.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE
EVERYTHING.
IT'S LIKE THIS: YOU'VE
GOT DOUBT AND YOU'VE GOT
THE ANSWER.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO
CHOOSE?
I CHOOSE THE ANSWER.
Reporter: MIKE AND
LADEL HONORED THEIR PLEDGE
TO CBN, AND A SHORT TIME
LATER, MIKE GOT A SURPRISE
PHONE CALM.
CALL.
HE INHERITED A SMALL TRACT
OF LAND A FEW YEARS EARLY,
AND NOW AN OIL COMPANY
WANTED TO BUY THE RIGHTS
TO IT.
AND THEN THEY GOT AN OFFER
ON A PROPERTY THEY WERE
TRYING TO SELL FOR YEARS.
IN A FOUR MONTH PERIOD,
GOD SUPPLIED OVER A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS.
OUR MOUTHS WERE JUST
OPENED.
WE WERE JUST STUNNED.
WE WERE SO EXCITED.
BUT WE CAN JUST AMAZED AT
WHAT GOD WAS DOING IN OUR
LIVES.
Reporter: NOT ONLY
DID THE MONEY COVER THEIR
PLEDGE, IT ALSO RESTORED
THEIR FINANCES.
AND THE MATERIAL WORLD,
YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
BUT IF YOU'RE A CHILD OF
GOD AND YOU HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE THAT HE IS
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU,
YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW.
HE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
THERE FOR YOU.
HE IS ALWAYS GOING TO HELP
YOU.
HE'S GOING TO ALWAYS
GIVE BACK MORE TO YOU THAN
WHAT YOU GIVE TO HIM.
Reporter: SINCE THEN,
THEY'VE GIVEN ABOVE AND
BEYOND THEIR PLEDGE.
THEY SAY GIVING IS MORE
THAN A RESPONSIBILITY:
IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
I HAVE TO DO FOR HIM, I
HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO HIM.
MY OBLIGATION TO GOD IS
TO SHARE FROM OTHER PEOPLE
WHAT GOD CAN DO.
Gordon: "IT IS
POSSIBLE TO GIVE AWAY AND
BECOME RICHER.
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO
HOLD ON TOO TIGHTLY AND
LOSE EVERYTHING.
YES, THE LIBERAL MAN SHALL
BE RICH.
BY WATERING OTHERS, HE
WATERS HIMSELF."
HERE IS MIKE AND LADEL,
AND THINGS ARE LOOKING
BAD, AND THEY SAY NO.
GOD HAS OUR FUTURE.
HE WILL PROVIDE WHAT WE
NEED IF WE LIVE FOR HIM
AND MAKE THE KINGDOM OF
GOD OUR FIRST CONCERN.
IF YOU DO THAT, THE SAME
THING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
AND IT'S NOT A ONE-TIME
THING.
IT IS NOT AN ON AND OFF
THING.
WHEN YOU DO IT
CONSISTENTLY, THAT'S WHEN
THE BLESSINGS HAPPEN.
> I'VE GOT SOME GREAT
NEWS.
SOME PARTNERS IN TEXAS AND
SOUTH CAROLINA ARE JOINING
TOGETHER AND THEY WANT TO
CHALLENGE OTHERS TO GIVE.
THEY LOVE GIVING AND THEY
WANT OTHERS TO ENJOY IT.
THEY'RE CHALLENGING YOU BY
MATCHING YOUR DONATIONS,
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, TO
$125,000.
LET'S PRAY.
LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR
BLESSING FOR THE PARTNERS
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND
TEXAS, WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE TO ISSUE THIS
CHALLENGE.
YOUR WORD OVER THEM WILL
BE TRUE.
YOU WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS
OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT
BLESSINGS OVER THEM.
AND FOR THOSE WATCHING,
MAKING DECISIONS, JUST BE
WITH THEM AND ENCOURAGE
THEM.
BLESS THEM, LORD GOD, FOR
WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT, $125,000 ON
THE CHALLENGE.
42 MINUTES AND 35 SECOND
IS THE CLOCK.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING YOU TO
DO?
WELL, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS
A DAY.
SOME OF YOU CAN JOIN AT A
HIGHER LEVEL.
WE'VE GOT "THE 700 CLUB"
GOLD A $40 A MONTH.
AND WE HAVE THE THOUSAND
CLUB, WHICH IS A THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR.
BREAK THAT OUT BY 12 AND
IT TURNS OUT TO BE $84 A
MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL, GIVE US
A CALL: 1-800-700-7000.
Terry: WHEN YOU JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," WE WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU WITH
SOMETHING WE THINK WILL
HELP YOUR FINANCES AND
LITERALLY EVERY OTHER PART
OF YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON'S
TEACHING "THE SECRET
KINGDOM" AND GORDON'S
TEACHINGS "THE LAW OF
EXPECTATION."
TAKE A LOOK.
Gordon: YEARS AGO, MY
FATHER HAD A GREAT
REVELATION: IF JESUS WAS
GOD, THEN EVERYTHING HE
SAID WAS THE LAW OF THE
UNIVERSE.
Pat: AND IT APPLIES
TO EVERYBODY.
IT APPLIES TO CHRISTIANS.
IT APPLIES TO NONE
CHRISTIANS.
Gordon: THESE
SPIRITUAL LAWS WERE THE
FOUNDATION OF HIS
BEST-SELLING BOOK, "THE
SECRET KINGDOM."
Gordon: WE HAVE
COMPILED THOSE TEACHINGS
ON THIS D.V.D. FOR YOU, AS
WELL AS MY TEACHING CALLED
"THE LAW OF EXPECTATION",
WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY THE
LAWS OF "THE SECRET
KINGDOM."
WHAT YOU EXPECT THE FUTURE
TO BE, YOU CAN CAUSE IT TO
BE, JUST MERELY BY THE
FACT THAT YOU BELIEVE IT.
Announcer: NOW FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN ONE
D.V.D., "THE SECRET
KINGDOM" AND "THE LAW OF
EXPECTATION."
Terry: THERE ARE
PRINCIPLES AT WORK IN OUR
WORLD, AND PAT OUTLINES
ALL OF THAT IN "THE SECRET
KINGDOM."
IT WAS HIS "NEW YORK
TIMES"' BEST-SELLING BOOK.
IT IS ALL HERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME COMPILED
TOGETHER, ALONG WITH
GORDON'S TEACHING ON THE
"THE LAW OF EXPECTATION."
IT IS OUR WAY OF SAYING
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT
OTHER PEOPLE.
CALL AND JOIN RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS THE GREAT THING:
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE.
THAT MEANS THAT EVERY
DOLLAR THAT YOU PLEDGE
WILL BE MATCHED DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR, SO THAT YOUR
GIVING RIGHT NOW GOES
TWICE AS FAR.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:
1-800-700-7000.
YOU CALL NOW.
AND SAY, I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND WHEN YOU DO, WE'RE
GOING TO SEND YOU "THE
SECRET KINGDOM" AND "THE
LAW OF EXPECTATION."
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
Gordon: A YEAR AGO,
SHAVON MARTIN WAS OUT OF
WORK AND $30,000 IN DEBT.
SO SHE AND HER HUSBAND
MADE AN INVESTMENT, AND
JUST THREE MONTHS LATER
THEY WERE COMPLETELY
DEBT-FREE.
HERE IS WHAT THEY DID AND
HOW THEIR FINANCIAL PLAN
CAN WORK FOR YOU.
Reporter: SHAVON
MARTIN NEW SHE HAD TO QUIT
HER JOB.
26 YEARS OF WORK-RELATED
STRESS THAT TAKEN A TOLL
ON HER HEALTH.
I WAS GOING THROUGH A
TURBULENT TIME OF MY JOB.
I WAS A VICE PRESIDENT ON
PARK AVENUE AT A MAJOR
BANK.
I WAS GOING THROUGH SORT
OF A MID-LIFE CRISIS, AND
I WAS VERY DEPRESSED.
Reporter: AFTER A FEW
MONTHS OFTEN AND SOME
MUCH-NEEDED REST, SHAVON
WAS READY TO WORK AGAIN.
BUT FINDING A NEW JOB
WASN'T EASY.
AND THE CREDIT CARD BILLS
BEGAN TO PILE UP.
WE WERE SORT OF IN A
BAD SPOT, ACTUALLY.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
SCARY FOR MY HUSBAND.
THERE WAS A DAY OR TWO
WHERE SHE SAID, YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH DEBT WE HAVE?
AND THAT WAS A SHOCKER FOR
ME.
Reporter: THEY WERE
SOON $30 O ,000 IN TH30,000 IN DEBT.
ERIC WAS WORKING, BUT HE
DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH TO
COVER THEIR HUGE DEBT.
I WAS GETTING MORE AND
MORE PANICKED, NO ONE IS
GOING TO HIRE ME.
Reporter: STILL OUT
OF WORK, SHE WOULD WATCH
TV.
WHILE I WAS UNEMPLOYED,
I WOULD WATCH "THE 700
CLUB."
THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS
TO WATCH, AS MOST PEOPLE
KNOW, DURING THE DAY THAT
ARE UPLIFTING AND
POSITIVE.
IT WAS SORT OF A BRIGHT
SPOT IN MY DAY.
I WOULD LISTEN TO THE
PEOPLE'S TESTIMONY, AND
THEY WERE SO POSITIVE, I
THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S SO
INTERESTING.
Reporter: SHAVON
LEARNED ABOUT TITHING AND
HOW GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO
GIVE TO OTHERS.
IT TAUGHT ME FAITH, NOT
TO TRUST IN MONEY, BUT TO
TRUST INE IN GOD, THAT HE WILL
TAKE CARE OF YOU.
AND IN JANUARY OF 2016, MY
HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO
START GIVING.
Reporter: THEY
DISARLTEDESTARTED TO GIVE TO THEIR
CHURCH AND TO CBN.
MY HUSBAND'S CONTRACT
WAS INCREASED
UNEXPECTANTLY, AND I GOT A
JOB IN AN AREA OF BANKING
I HADN'T KNOWN PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEN WE GOT A TAX
REFUND WE DID NOT EXPECT
TO RECEIVE.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET
A GOOD-SIZED RETURN, BUT
IT WAS BIGGER THAN I
THOUGHT.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENED
WITHIN THREE MONTHS, AND
THAT SET US UP FOR BEING
ABLE TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT
AND MY GETTING MYSELF
ORGANIZED WITH MY LIFE,
TOO.
GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY,
ENJOYING LIFE, EXERCISING,
ADULT, ALL OF THOSE
THINGS.
Reporter: TODAY
SHAVON AND ERIC LIVE ON
THE UPPER EAST SIDE OF
MANHATTAN, AND THEY'RE
PROUD TO BE CBN PARTNERS.
THE BEST MESSAGE I GOT
FROM TITHING IS THAT GOD
CARES FOR US AND HE IS
FAITHFUL IN THIS WORD.
WHEN YOU GIVE 10% BACK TO
GOD, YOU'RE TELLING HIM
THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
Gordon: HE WILL TAKE
CARE OF YOU.
AND HERE IS HIS PROMISE.
HE ACTUALLY SAYS TO US,
TEST ME IN THIS.
IT IS FROM MALACHI: "BRING
ALL OF THE TITHES INTO THE
STOREHOUSE THAT THERE MAY
BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE, AND
PROVE ME NOW IN THIS."
SOME TRANSLATIONS SAY
"TEST ME IN THIS."
"IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR
YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
AND POUR OUT A BLESSING
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE
ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE
IT."
THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROMISE
AND IT IS FROM GOD ALL
MIGHT SE.
YOU CAN BANK ON IT.
HE SAYS, TEST ME, PROVE
ME.
IF YOU WANT TO START THAT,
GIVE US A CALL:
1-800-700-7000.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE
GOSPEL PREACHED AROUND THE
WORLD, JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT
GOES INTO THE WORK OF CBN
INTERNATIONAL TO TRAIN
CHRISTIANS HOW TO DO
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION IN
THEIR OWN COUNTRY, IN
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, IN
THEIR OWN CULTURE.
WE NOW HAVE 15 PRODUCTION
CENTERS LOCATED
STRATEGICALLY AROUND THE
WORLD.
ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO
"OPERATION BLESSING" TO
HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD, AND YOU'RE A PART
OF THAT WHEN YOU JOIN.
SO CALL US NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE
PHONES.
Wendy: HI, GORDON.
WELL, DO YOU WANT MORE
LOVE IN YOUR LIFE?
WHO DOESN'T?
I KNOW I DO.
OR MAYBE JUST BETTER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR
FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND
CO-WORKERS.
THERE IS ONE WAY YOU CAN
HAVE IT ALL, AND WE'LL
SHARE IT WITH YOU IN OUR
LATEST D.V.D., "THE SECRET
KINGDOM" AND "THE LAW OF
EXPECTATION."
Wendy: YOU KNOW, IT'S
TRUE.
GOD HAS SECRETS THAT HE
WANTS TO REVEAL TO US.
HE IS A GOOD FATHER.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS,
CALLED "THE SECRET
KINGDOM" AND "THE LAW OF
EXPECTATION."
THIS WILL BLESS YOU.
AND YOU'LL DISCOVER THE
SECRETS THAT UNBLOCK
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
IT IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU GO TO OUR PHONES AND
SAY, YES, I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS ONLY 65 CENTS A DAY.
YOU'RE KIDDING?
NO, I'M NOT KIDDING.
65 CENTS A DAY IS ALL IT
TAKES TO BECOME A CBN
PARTNER.
MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY
THERE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
YOU ARE MAKING SUCH A BIG
DIFFERENCE AROUND THE
WORLD.
BUT IF YOU CAN DO MORE,
I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GO UP TO OUR GOLD
LEVEL, JUST $40 A MONTH,
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE
D.V.D.s.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE
THOUSAND CLUB, $84 A
MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
YOU FIVE D.V.D.s.
THIS IS YOURS WHEN YOU
CALL RIGHT NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, WHEN WE
FIRST MET BRIAN, HE WAS
INJURED, HE WAS HOMELESS,
AND TRYING TO SUPPORT HIS
TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
BUT THIS SINGLE DAD'S LIFE
HAS TURNED AROUND
COMPLETELY BECAUSE OF HELP
FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
Reporter: BRIAN AND
HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, PEARL
AND DACEY DAYS DAISY, HAVE
EXPERIENCED HARD TIMES.
THEIR MOTHER LEFT US
WHEN THEY WERE THREE AND
FIVE.
Reporter: SOON AFTER,
BRIAN WAS INJURED ON THE
JOB AND COULD NO LONGER
WORK.
HE COULDN'T MAKE HIS RENT
PAYMENT, AND HIS YOUNG
FAMILY WAS EVICTED FROM
THEIR APARTMENT.
THE CONSENSUS WAS, HEY,
BRIAN, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO
LEAVE MY GIRLS BECAUSE
NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND.
DADDY IS NOT GOING
ANYWHERE, AM I?
UH-UH.
Reporter: WHILE HIS
DAUGHTERS STAYED WITH
RELATIVES, BRIAN SLEPT
BEHIND GAS STATIONS AND
RODE HIS BIKE AROUND TOWN
LOOKING FOR WORK.
THERE WERE WEEKS WHEN I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE
GOING TO DO.
I WAS GETTING PRETTY
DESPERATE.
Reporter: AFTER
MONTHS OF SEARCHING, BRIAN
LANDED A JOB, BUT HE AND
THE GIRLS STILL NEEDED A
PLACE TO LIVE.
WE GOT A CALL FROM A
REFUGE.
IT WAS A BIG LOAD OFF MY
SHOULDERS.
MANY OF THESE FAMILIES,
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.
Reporter: STEPHANIE
KEK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
"RIVER OF REFUGE" IN
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, MET
BRIAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS.
THEY NEED LOVE AND
SUPPORT AND THEY JUST NEED
SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
THEM.
Reporter: THEY
PROVIDED BRIAN
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO
KEEP HIS FAMILY TOGETHER.
AND PEARL AND DAISY GOT
NEW CLOTHES AND SCHOOL
SUPPLIES.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
STAY.
THE REST JUST FALLS IN
PLACE.
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT
THE HOUSE WOULD PROBABLY
BE THAT MOST OF THE STUFF
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY.
Reporter: CBN HAS
COME ON BOARD WITH "RIVER
OF REFUGE," AND PROVIDED
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
CONTINUE TO HELP FAMILIES
LIKE BRIAN'S.
CBN HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
GORDON HAS BEEN A GREAT
SUPPORT.
WE'RE TRYING SO HARD TO
CREATE THIS SAFE HAVEN FOR
THE FAMILIES, TRULY A
REFUGE FOR THEM TO BE
SAFE, FOR THEM TO FEEL
LOVED.
BECAUSE WE'RE GIVEN
THIS LITTLE LEEWAY, AND I
JUST GOT A PROMOTION.
I'M GETTING A RAISE.
SO OUR BLESSINGS ARE
STARTING TO COME IN.
Terry: HOPE, YOU
CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG ON
THE GIFT OF HOPE.
AND IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, THAT'S WHAT YOU
ARE PUTTING OUT TO THE
WHOLE WORLD.
EVERY PLACE THAT WE TOUCH,
EVERY PERSON WHO'S LIFE IS
IMPACTED, IT IS THE GIFT
OF HOPE AND A VERY
PRACTICAL HAND-UP.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
THERE IS SO MUCH NEED IN
THE WORLD TODAY, AND WE
ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE MIDST OF IT.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW YOU
CAN DO THAT.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH MAKES YOU A "700
CLUB" MEMBER.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF
LEVELS.
YOU CAN GO UP TO "700
CLUB" GOLD AT $40 A MONTH.
IF YOU'RE AT $40 MONTH,
CONSIDER THE THOUSAND
CLUB, WHICH IS $84 A
MONTH.
OUR FOUNDER'S JOIN US AT
$217 A MONTH.
AND WE HAVE A GROUP CALLED
THE CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE
WHICH GIFT US WITH $10,000
OR MORE A YEAR.
ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE
YOU DO.
THEN WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR
PHONE NOT WITH JUST THE
JOY, BUT WITH EXPECTANCY.
BECAUSE THE BIBLE PROMISES
WHEN YOU REACH OUT AND
TOUCH THE NEEDS OF OTHERS,
GOD WILL RESPOND TO MEET
YOUR NEEDS.
CALL OUR NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000.
Gordon: WE HAVE THE
125,000 DOLLAR CHALLENGE.
AND WE'VE GOT $49,000 TO
GO.
IT IS HAPPENING BY CORA IN
PENNSYLVANIA SAYS YOU CAN
COUNT ON ME.
FOUNDER, $5,000.
THAT TAKES THE COUNT TO
$44,000.
CALL US RIGHT NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
> 10-YEAR-OLD LANEY
KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE
BIBLE.
YET UNTIL RECENTLY, SHE
HAD NEVER BEEN TO CHURCH.
FOR THE PAST YEAR LANEY
HAS BEEN LEARNING ABOUT
GOD ALL BY HERSELF, WITH
HELP FROM CBN'S
"SUPERBOOK."
Reporter: MEET LANEY,
SHE IS A 10-YEAR-OLD
ASPIRING ARTIST.
I LOVE TO DRAW HORSES.
I LOVE TO USE PEOPLE.
Reporter: ONE OF
LANEY'S FAVORITE PEOPLE IS
HER 80-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR,
SKIP, WHO IS NEARLY BLIND.
THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
FRIENDSHIP THAT BEGAN WITH
THEIR MUTUAL LOVE FOR
ANIMALS.
THERE IS NOTHING I
WOULD EVEWOULDN'T DO FOR THAT
LITTLE GIRL.
Reporter: AND HE
WANTED LANEY TO KNOW ABOUT
THE MAN WHO DID DIE FOR
HER.
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
THAT DAY, LANEY AND THE
OTHER CHILDREN WATCHED AN
EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK."
THE PASTOR NOTICED THAT
LANEY THAT A LOT OF
ANSWERS FOR A GIRL WHO HAD
RARELY BEEN TO CHURCH.
I SAID, LANEY, HOW MANY
TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO
CHURCH?
AND SHE SAID, WELL, THIS
IS MY SECOND TIME.
AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND, HOW DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT THIS?
AND SHE SAID, I LEARNED IT
ALL ON THE "SUPERBOOK"
APP.
I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND
OUT HOW MUCH SHE KNEW
ABOUT THE BIBLE.
Reporter: LANEY
EXPLAINED A YEAR BEFORE A
CLASSMATE SHOWED HER THE
FREE "SUPERBOOK" APP.
AND SHE DOWNLOADED IT ON
TO HER TABLET AND STARTED
PLAYING "SUPERBOOK" GAMES.
THEN SHE RESPONDED TO AN
INVITATION SHE SAW ON THE
APP.
IT SAYS, ARE YOU READY
TO ACCEPT GOD?
AND I SAID YES.
AND IT TOLD ME A PRAYER TO
SAY.
AND SINCE THEN, GOD HAS
ALWAYS BEEN IN MY HEART.
Reporter: LANEY LOOKS
FORWARD TO GOING TO CHURCH
EVERY WEEK WITH SKIP.
HER FAVORITE CHARACTERS
ARE GIZMO AND JOY.
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT A
LADY TO BE STRONG, BUT SHE
IS REALLY STRONG.
Reporter: SHE SAYS
THE MESSAGES AND STORIES
IN "SUPERBOOK" WILL MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN LANEY'S
LIFE, AND IN THE LIVES OF
OTHER CHILDREN.
WE'RE ASKING GOD, GOD,
PLEASE BRING YOUR LOVE AND
YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR HOPE
TO THESE LITTLE KIDS, AND
GOD DID THAT FOR LANEY.
Reporter: LANEY WAS
RECENTLY BAPTIZED, AND NOW
SHE TELLS EVERYONE,
INCLUDING HER PARENTS,
ABOUT "SUPERBOOK" AND
JESUS.
I TELL MY MOM AND DAD
THAT IT IS REALLY FUN.
AND IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR
ME TO LEARN ABOUT GOD.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR
THE "SUPERBOOK" APP.
SHE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN
THE LORD WITHOUT
"SUPERBOOK."
I THINK IT IS THE BEST
THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO
HER.
Gordon: YOU CAN TAKE
THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE
TO THE CHILDREN OF THE
WORLD.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
BY JOINING "THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU'RE A PART OF IT,
YOU'RE A PART OF
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
AND WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 50
LANGUAGES FOR "SUPERBOOK."
WE WANT TO REACH THE WORLD
WITH THE STORIES OF THE
BIBLE.
AND YOU LOOK AT LAST
YEAR'S SURVEY, 180 MILLION
VIEWERS OF "SUPERBOOK"
AROUND THE WORLD.
ONCE WE HIT THAT 50
LANGUAGE TOTAL, WE WANT TO
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO 500
LANGUAGES.
YOU SEE THE RESULTS.
YOU SEE THE IMPACT ON THAT
CHILD'S LIFE.
IMAGINE THAT BEING
MULTIPLIED INTO THE
MILLIONS.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB"
BECAUSE YOU'RE JOINING
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE, TO SAY, YES, WE
WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
IF THAT'S YOU, GIVE US A
CALL: 1-800-700-7000.
> I'VE GOT SOME GREAT
NEWS.
SOME PARTNERS FROM
VIRGINIA, FROM THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND
FROM TEXAS, ARE ALL
JOINING TOGETHER.
THEY'RE SAYING $125,000 IS
NOT ENOUGH.
THEY WANT TO ADD $10,000100,000.
LORD, WE ASK FOR BLESSING
OVER THE PARTNERS WHO
ISSUED THIS CHALLENGE, TO
INCREASE IT, AND WE ASK
THAT YOU WOULD OPEN THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR
OUT A BLESSING THEY CANNOT
CONTAIN.
AND FOR THOSE WATCHING,
MAKING DECISION, SPEAK TO
THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM, AND
LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE THEIR FUTURE, AND YOU
HAVE A HOPE AND A FUTURE
FOR THEM, LORD GOD.
DO IT ALL, FOR WE ASK IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
$225,000 IS THE CHALLENGE
AMOUNT, AND 24 MINUTES AND
324 SECONDS IS THE CLOCK.
CALL US RIGHT NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE
PHONES.
Wendy: ARE YOU HAPPY,
HEALTHY, AND SUCCESSFUL,
OR JUST STRUGGLING TO GET
BY?
FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE THE
LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE WORK
FOR YOU ON OUR LATEST
D.V.D.
IT'S BASED ON PAT
ROBERTSON'S NATIONAL
BEST-SELLER CALLED "THE
SECRET KINGDOM."
Wendy: YOU ARE GOING
TO LOVE THIS TEACHING.
AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE
IT.
HOW DO YOU GET IT?
JUST GO TO YOUR PHONES
RIGHT NOW AND SAY, YES, I
WANT TO JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
1-800-700-7000.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
cbn.com.
AND YOU WILL DISCOVER THE
SECRETS THAT UNLOCK
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS,
FINANCIAL BLESSING, AND SO
MUCH MORE.
AND THIS IS OUR GIFT TO
YOU.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY A "700
CLUB" MEMBER, AT $20 A
MONTH, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH
OF A BLESSING YOU ARE.
WHEN WE ALL JOIN TOGETHER,
IT DOES, IT MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
BUT I'VE BEEN CHALLENGING
MANY OF YOU TO GO UP TO
OUR NEXT LEVEL.
IT IS A BRAND NEW YEAR.
LET'S GO UP TO GOLD.
AND MANY OF YOU ARE
SAYING, ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO.
HERE IS PATRICIA FROM
TEXAS, AND SHE IS GOING UP
TO GOLD.
I LIKE THAT.
IRMINE FROM NEW YORK, ALSO
GOING UP TO GOLD.
THANK YOU.
AND JOHNNY AND BRENDA
GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL.
THAT'S $84 A MONTH.
BOY, WE'VE GOT SOME
FRIENDS IN KENTUCKY.
THANK YOU, KENTUCKY.
AND JOHANNA, FROM ORLANDO,
FLORIDA, GOING UP TO OUR
THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL.
ORLANDO, I USED TO LIVE IN
ORLANDO WHEN I WAS A
LITTLE GIRL.
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW.
THANK YOU, JOHANNA.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO JOIN
THIS GROUP OF WONDERFUL
PEOPLE GOING UP AND
STEPPING OUT IN FAITH, SO
GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.
GORDON?
Gordon: NOT LONG AGO,
BRIAN WAS SO DEEP IN DEBT,
HE HAD TO CHOOSE WHICH OF
HIS BILLS HE WAS GOING TO
PAY EACH MONTH.
HE WAS DOWN TO HIS LAST
$5.
INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT, HE
USED IT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO
WERE EVEN WORSE OFF THAN
HE WAS.
Reporter: BRIAN BRYCE
WAS MAKING A GOOD LIVING
AS A CHEF IN TEXAS.
BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY
HOURS HE WORKED, THE BILLS
DIDN'T GET PAID BECAUSE
BRIAN'S TOP PRIORITIES
WERE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.
I WAS A SLAVE TO MY
ADDICTIONS.
THEY WERE IN CONTROL, NOT
ME.
Reporter: SO HE
STARTED BORROWING FROM HIS
BOSS AGAINST HIS PAYCHECK.
ONCE I BORROWED A
LITTLE MONEY FROM THAT
CHECK, I ENDED UP WITH
LESS MONEY ON THE NEXT
ONE.
IT KEPT KIND OF
SNOWBALLING.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
I WAS DECIDING WHICH OF
THE UTILITIES WERE GOING
TO GET CUT OFF.
THE WATER WAS GETTING SHUT
OFF ON A REGULAR BASIS.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
WHEN HE FELT LIKE HE
COULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE,
BRIAN BROKE DOWN AND
PRAYED.
I CRIED OUT TO GOD TO
KILL ME.
I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME
HOME BECAUSE IF THIS WAS
MY LIFE, I DIDN'T WANT TO
BE HERE.
AS I WAS CRYING OUT TO
HIM, THAT'S WHEN I FELT
HIS ARMS WRAP ME UP AND
LIFT ME UP, SAYING, YOU'RE
MY SON.
I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO.
HE HAD BEEN RIGHT THERE
WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME.
I JUST HAD FAILED TO SEE
HIM.
Reporter: SUDDENLY
ALL OF BRIAN'S ADDICTIONS
WERE GONE.
HE HEALED ME IN A
SECOND.
IT WAS LIKE BEING ALIVE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Reporter: WITHOUT HIS
EXPENSIVE HABITS, HE WAS
PAYING DOWN HIS DEBTS.
HE EVEN STARTED GIVING
MONEY AWAY.
I WAS DOWN TO MY LAST
FIVE BUCKS, AND I SAID,
LORD, THIS IS FOR YOU.
I ACTUALLY MAILED THAT ONE
INTO CBN.
Gordon: HE SEES YOUR
HEART.
HE SEES YOUR PAIN.
HE SEES YOUR TEARS.
MY ONLY SOURCE OF
SPIRITUAL FOOD WAS
BASICALLY WATCHING PASTORS
ON TELEVISION AND WATCHING
CBN.
Reporter: WHILE BRIAN
WAS PAYING OFF ALL OF HIS
DEBT, HE STARTED GOING TO
CHURCH AND TITHING, AND
CONTINUED TO GIVE TO "THE
700 CLUB."
I JUST LOVED A LOT OF
THE MINISTRIES.
I THOUGHT ABOUT WELLS
BEING DUG FOR PEOPLE IN
THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAD NOTHING.
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I
COULD BE A PART OF THAT.
Reporter: BRIAN SAYS
AS HE GAVE, HE RECEIVED.
AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS
OF MY CONGREGATION DECIDED
SHE WAS GOING TO MOVE, AND
OUT OF NOWHERE SHE GAVE ME
NEW FURNITURE.
SHE SAW ME IN NEED.
I WAS PAYING FOR A TAXI TO
GO TO AND FROM WORK, OVER
$300 A MONTH.
INSTEAD OF SELLING HER
CAR, SHE DECIDED JUST TO
GIVE IT TO ME.
Reporter: BRIAN STILL
WORKS AS A CHEF, AND HE IS
PURSUING A LATC BACHELOR'S
DEGREE IN MINISTRY.
I WOULD LOVE TO
SPECIALIZE IN ADDICTION
MINISTRY.
Reporter: HE SAYS HE
HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND WHY
TRUSTING GOD CAN DO FOR
YOUR LIFE.
WHEN HE SAYS TITHE TO
ME, IT MEANS GIVE ME YOUR
FIRST FRUITS.
HE DESERVES THE BEST.
HE GAVE ME HIS BEST.
HE DIDN'T SEND ONE OF HIS
SERVANTS TO US, HE SENT
HIS SON.
HE SENT US HIS FIRST BORN.
WHY SHOULDN'T WE GIVE IT
TO HIM.
Gordon: THE
PRINCIPLES WORK FOR
EVERYONE.
YOU PUT THE PRINCIPLE INTO
PRACTICE, AND THEN GOT
RESPONDS.
HE IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS.
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR
OTHERS, HE WILL DO FOR
YOU.
WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR IS
FAITH.
THE EYES OF THE LORD GO TO
AND FRO OVER THE WHOLE
WORLD TO SHOW HIMSELF
STRONG TO THOSE WHO'S
HEARTS ARE LOYAL TO HIM.
SO HE IS LOOKING FOR THAT
FAITH.
AND HOW CAN YOU SHOW IT?
VERY TANGIBLY WITH YOUR
FINANCES.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GOD
TO BLESS YOUR FINANCES,
PUT THE PRINCIPLE OF
RECIPROCITY INTO PRACTICE.
GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
UNTO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO START THAT,
GIVE US A CALL:
1-800-700-7000.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU CALL, MAKE SURE
YOU ASK FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS.
THE BANK DOES ALL OF THE
WORK AND THERE ARE NO
CHECKS TO WRITE.
AND WE CAN SEND AS OUR
GIFT TO YOU "POWER FOR
LIFE," MONTHLY TEACHING
C.D.s.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE,
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS
WHEN YOU CALL.
OR LOG ON TO cbn.com.
IF YOU GIVE MONTHLY ON THE
GIVING PAGE, YOU'LL
AUTOMATICALLY SIGN UP FOR
IT.
WE ARE UP TO A $225,000
CHALLENGE, AND THERE ARE
17 MINUTES, 21 SECONDS ON
THE CLOCK.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU,
SO CALL US:
1-800-700-7000.
Terry: I'D LIKE TO
TAKE YOU TO CAMBODIA,
WHERE ONE SINGLE MOM WAS
SO POOR THAT SHE HAD TO
FEED HER CHILDREN WEEDS
JUST TO SURVIVE.
SO WHEN WE MET THIS
DESPERATE FAMILY, WE GAVE
THEM MORE THAN JUST FOOD.
WE ALSO GAVE THEM A WAY TO
REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
EVERY MORNING AT 4 a.m.
CHANU WENT WITH HIS MOM TO
WORK AT THIS MEAT
PROCESSING FACILITY IN
CAMBODIA.
HE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL
TO HELP, EVEN THOUGH HIS
MOM WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO
GOT PAID.
BECAUSE OF CHANU'S
HELP, I EARNED A LITTLE
MORE MONEY.
WITHOUT HIS HELP, WE WOULD
ALL STARVE AND DIE.
Terry: SHE STILL ONLY
EARNED $3 FOR A 15-HOUR
SHIFT.
I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH FOR
THREE MEALS.
WE NEVER HAVE BREAKFAST.
Terry: SOMETIMES THEY
RESORTED TO EATING WEEDS
FROM A SWAMP JUST TO
SURVIVE.
ONE DAY CHANU WAS SO
HUNGRY, HE STOLE A BONE TO
MAKE SOUP FOR HIS FAMILY.
WHEN HE CAUGHT ME, I
FELT SO ASHAMED.
MATERIALITYF.
TerryASHAMED.
Terry: AND THEN SHE
GOT FIRED.
AND FOOD WAS EVEN MORE
SCARCE.
SHE TRIED TO GET A JOB AT
A SOWING FACTORY WHERE SHE
ONCE WORKED, BUT IT HAD
SHUT DOWN.
THEN SHE MET A SUPPORTER.
WITH A MACHINE, I'M
MAKING CLOTHES AND I MAKE
LOTS OF KIDS' UNIFORMS,
LIKE I DID IN THE
FACTORYMENT ANFACTORY.AND NOW MY BOYS WILL
NEVER
STARVE BEGAN.
Terry: CHANU HAS NOW
GONE BACK TO SCHOOL WITH A
UNIFORM MADE BY HIS MOM.
AND THEY PRAYED TO BECOME
CHRISTIANS.
CBN GAVE US A SEWING
MACHINE AND UNIFORMS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING.
Terry: CHANU SAYS
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
OF HIS HEART.
DID YOU SEE THE LOOK ON
THE FACE OF HIS MOM?
DIGNITY HAS BEEN RESTORED.
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE ALIVE
IN THEIR HEARTS NOW, AND
IT ALL CAME FROM PEOPLE
LIKE YOU, WHO ARE MEMBERS
OF "THE 700 CLUB."
THAT'S WHAT WE DO AROUND
THE WORLD.
AND WE SAY THANK YOU TO
THOSE OF WHO HAVE GONE TO
THE PHONE AND CALLED.
TO THE REST OF YOU, THIS
IS A GREAT MOMENT TO DO
IT.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND
THE WORLD IN THE AREA OF
NEED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
DON'T SIT BACK AND WATCH
OR ADMIRE WHAT SOMEONE
ELSE IS DOING.
GET UP AND GO TO THE PHONE
AND CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF
IT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN WITH
US.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:
1-800-700-7000.
JOIN AT WHATEVER CLUB
LEVEL YOU WISH.
A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, 65
CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF
LEVELS YOU CAN JOIN AT.
GO UP TO THE GOLD LEVEL OR
THE THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL,
$84 A MONTH.
OR JOIN US AS A FOUNDER,
$417 A MONTH.
LISTEN, DO SOMETHING RIGHT
NOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT IS GOING TO MAKE YOU
FEEL SO GOOD, AND YOU'LL
KNOW THAT YOU ARE CHANGING
PEOPLE'S LIVES AROUND THE
WORLD.
LET US HEAR FROM YOU:
1-800-700-7000.
GORDON?
Gordon: AS A MARINE
IN COMBAT, NED IS TRAINED
TO HANDLE TOUCH
SITUATIONS.
WHILE HE IS OVERSEAS, HIS
WIFE FACES A DIFFERENT
KIND OF CHALLENGE HERE AT
HOME: FIGURING OUT HOW TO
PAY THE BILLS.
Reporter: IN THE
MIDST OF WAR, MARINE
COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST
NED'S JOB IS TO CAPTURE
FOOTAGE OF PHOTOS OF
COMBAT WHERE CIVILIAN
REPORTERS ARE NOT
ALLOWEDED TO GO.
AS A CHRISTIAN, HE
BELIEVES GOD HAS SAVED HIM
IN BATTLE.
I HAVE STEPPED ON A
BOMB THAT DID NOT GO OFF.
THE ONLY REASON I MUST BE
HERE IS BECAUSE GOD HAS
PLANS.
Reporter: DURING
DEPLOYMENTS, NED RELIES ON
HIS WIFE, MELISSA, TO
HANDLE THE HOUSEHOLD IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
WITH TWO KIDS AND ONE ON
THE WAY, HE FEELS HER JOB
IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
IT IS ALMOST
UNBELIEVABLE WHAT SHE IS
CAPABLE OF DOING.
I FEEL LIKE SHE GENUINELY
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING.
THERE IS A SENSE OF
NATIONAL PRIDE THAT COMES
WITH BEING MARRIED TO
SOMEBODY WHO CHOOSES TO
MAKE THAT SACRIFICE.
Reporter: NOT LONG
AGO, MELISSA STARTED
TAKING ONLINE COURSES TO
FINISH MEDICAL TRAINING
FOR HER MID-WIFE CAREER.
SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
FAMILY'S INCOME, BUT UNTIL
THEN, PAYING BILLS WITH
NED'S INCOME WAS TOUGH.
WE REALIZED WE WERE
USING CREDIT CARDS TO PAY
FOR THINGS LIKE GROCERIES
BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T
GETTING BY.
PANIC REALLY KIND OF
SETS IN.
THE HUGE PICTURE OF
EVERYTHING THAT SEEMS TO
BE FALLING APART ALL AT
ONCE.
Reporter: EVEN AFTER
NED TOOK ON A SECOND JOB
DELIVERING PIZZA, THE
COUPLE COULDN'T GET AHEAD.
THEY PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD
GET THEM THROUGH THE
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
WAY, SOMETHING IS COMING
THAT IS GOING TO GET US
OUT OF THIS, THAT GOD
ISN'T FINISHED AND ISN'T
JUST STANDING AROUND,
WAITING FOR US TO WALLOW
INTO SELF-PITY.
Reporter: THEIR
CHURCH CONTACTED CBN AND
ASKED FOR HELP.
I WAS JUST SO THANKFUL
THAT "HELPING THE
HOMEFRONT" IS WILLING TO
BE AN AGENT FOR GOD IN
EXPRESSING HIS KINDNESS
AND HIS GENEROSITY.
Reporter: CALGARY
CHAPEL'S PASTOR GREG
SCHMIDT TOLD THEM CBN WAS
HELPING THEM PAY FOR THE
MOVE AND PAYING OFF A
PORTION OF HER TUITION.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
TO SAY THANK YOU.
I GUESS JUST TO START
THERE.
Reporter: PASTOR GREG
HAD ONE MORE SURPRISE.
WE HAVE A FINANCIAL
MENTOR TO HELP YOU.
OH, MY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT?
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY,
GOD IS GOOD.
YES, REALLY, REALLY
GOOD.
Reporter: NED AND
MELISSA MET WITH A
FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND
MAPPED OUT A PLAN TO GET
THEM THROUGH UNTIL MELISSA
GETS HER DEGREE.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF HER NEW SON.
I FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST
BURDEN HAS BEEN LIFTED.
Gordon: YOU CAN BE A
PART OF IT.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF
"HELPING THE HOMEFRONT,"
"ORPHANS' PROMISE,"
"SUPERBOOK," "OPERATION
BLESSING," CBN
INTERNATIONAL -- THE WHOLE
FAMILY OF MINISTRIES HERE
AT CBN, YOU CAN BE A PART
OF IT BY JOINING "THE 700
CLUB."
IT IS JUST $20 A MONTH, 65
CENTS A DAY.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE
JOINING WER WITH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
CALL US NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
WHEN YOU CALL, MAKE SURE
YOU'RE ASKING FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS, WHERE THE BANK
DOES ALL OF THE WORK, AND
THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO
WRITE.
AND WE CAN SEND TO YOU
"POWER FOR LIFE," MONTHLY
TEACHING C.D.s.
LET'S GO TO WENDY AT THE
PHONES.
Wendy: THANKS,
GORDON.
MIRACLES AREN'T JUST
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A
LONG TIME AGO IN THE
BIBLE.
MIRACLES ARE FOR YOU
TODAY.
ON OUR LATEST D.V.D., PAT
ROBERTSON REVEALS THE
SECRET TO SEEING THEM IN
YOUR LIFE.
TAKE A LOOK.
Wendy: I LOVE HEARING
THAT, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD
FOR IN 2017?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME.
WHATEVER IT IS, GOD KNOWS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE
WANTS YOU TO GET YOUR
HOPES UP.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
YOU HAVEN'T MISSED IT, AND
IT IS STILL ON THE WAY.
GOD SAYS IN PALMS 37: 4:
"I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
DESIRES OF YOUR HEART."
THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD WE
SERVE.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUR
HOPES UP BY EXPECTING.
IT IS CALLED "THE LAW OF
EXPECTATION."
THE KEY TO RECEIVING IS
BELIEVING.
IT SOUNDS TOO SIMPLE, BUT
IT IS THE LAW.
JUST LIKE THE LAW OF
GRAVITY WORKS EVERY TIME.
BOOM.
I LOVE DOING THAT.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THOSE,
"THE SECRET KINGDOM" AND
"THE LAW OF EXPECTATION."
ALL RIGHT, DISCOVER THE
PATH TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU
WHEN YOU CALL RIGHT NOW:
1-800-700-7000.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
cbn.com.
IT IS ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO
GIVE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE ALREADY A
CBN PARTNER, WHICH, BY THE
WAY, IS $20 A MONTH, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO
MORE, I WOULD LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO MORE.
GO UP TO OUR GOLD LEVEL,
JUST $40 A MONTH.
THEN YOU'LL RECEIVE THREE
D.V.D.s.
IF YOU CAN GO UP TO OUR
THOUSAND CLUB LEVEL, $84 A
MONTH OR HIGHER, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET FIVE
D.V.D.s.
WE HAVE SEVEN MINUTES AND
33 SECONDS LEFT ON THE
CLOCK, AND I'M GOING TO
THROW IT OVER TO GORDON.
Gordon: PARTNERS FROM
OREGON SAYING $225,000 IS
NOT ENOUGH.
THEY WANT TO TAKE IT TO
$260,000.
LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR
BLESSING OVER THE PARTNERS
FROM OREGON WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO
INCREASE THIS CHALLENGE.
OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
AND POUR OUT A BLESSING,
LORD GOD.
WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
$265,000 IS THE CHALLENGE
AMOUNT.
IF WE GET THE RED NUMBER
UP, $41,000 TO GO WITH
LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES.
SO CALL US:
1-800-700-7000.
Terry: YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CAN BE SO CRUEL AND
ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.
BLENDER MOUTH AND UGLY
MONSTER, THESE ARE JUST A
COUPLE OF THE NAMES A
YOUNG GIRL IN CHINA WAS
CALLED ALL BECAUSE OF HER
CLEFCLEFT PALATE.
AND YET TODAY SHE LOVES TO
LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND
SMILE AND IT IS THANKS TO
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
NO ONE IN XIA'S VILLAGE
WOULD TALK TO HER.
THEY JUST LAUGHED AT ME
AND CALLED ME BLENDER
MOUTH.
Terry: SHE BELIEVED
THAT WAS ALL SHE WOULD
EVER BE.
I KNOW I'M UGLY.
EVERY TIME I LOOK IN THE
MIRROR, I SEE SOMEONE
UGLY.
I'M HEARTBROKEN.
THERE WERE TIMES I WANTED
TO JUMP OFF A BUILDING AND
END MY LIFE.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME SHE
TRIED TO DRINK POISON.
I RAN AND TRIED TO STOP
HER.
Terry: ULTIMATELY HER
MOM ABANDONED THE FAMILY,
LEAVING MR. WANG TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER
HIMSELF.
I JUST WANTED TO BE
PRETTY LIKE OTHER GIRLS,
BUT I WASN'T.
SO I HID UNDER A BLANKET
ON MY BED AND CRIED EVERY
DAY AFTER SCHOOL.
SHE DID VERY BAD IN
SCHOOL.
SHE HAD BREATHING
PROBLEMS, AND SHE GOT NOSE
BLEEDS ALL OF THE TIME.
I FELT SO SORRY FOR HER.
ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE ASKED
ME WHEN SHE COULD GET
SURGERY.
Terry: AS A FARMER,
MR. WANG ONLY MAKES A FEW
DOLLARS A DAY.
I HAVE TO PAY FOR
LIVING EXPENSES, SCHOOL
FEES AND MEDICINES FOR
HER, SO I COULDN'T SAVE
FOR SURGERY.
BUT I SAID, DON'T WORRY,
WE'LL FIND A WAY TO FIX
YOUR LIP.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
I DID NOT WANT MY DAUGHTER
TO HAVE TO STAY IN THE
COUNTRY HER WHOLE LIFE,
WITH NO FRIENDS AND NO
FUTURE.
Terry: BUT THAT WAS
THE DIRECTION SHE WAS
HEADED UNTIL CBN SET UP
AND PAID FOR THE CLEFT LIP
SURGERY SHE AND HER FATHER
HAD DREAMED OF.
NOW THAT MY LIP HAS
BEEN REPAIRED, I LOOK IN
THE MIRROR AND THINK I'M
BEAUTIFUL, LIKE A BOUQUET
OF FLOWERS.
I EVEN HAVE DIMPLES, THAT
I NEVER HAD BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING MY
DAUGHTER SURGERY AND
COMPLETELY CHANGING HER
LIFE.
Terry: TODAY SHE HAS
FRIENDS, AND SHE HOPES TO
BE A CLEFT LIP SURGEON ONE
DAY, AND AFTER MEETING
PEOPLE FROM CBN, SHE HAS
PRAYED TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN.
I HAVE A GOD WHO LOVES
ME.
I KNOW HE SENT CBN TO HELP
ME.
AND NOW I WILL LIVE TO
HELP OTHERS.
Terry: WOW, THERE YOU
HAVE A FULL CIRCLE
INVESTMENT.
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T
SHE?
SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE
FUTURE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN
HER WITHOUT YOUR LOVING,
HELPING HAND.
WE SAY THANK YOU, "THE 700
CLUB" MEMBERS.
IT IS SO SIMPLE FOR US TO
GO TO OUR PHONES AND MAKE
AN INVESTMENT, LIKE WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO MAKE TODAY,
BUT IN THIS LITTLE GIRL'S
LIFE, YOU MADE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT
OTHERS WHO SIMPLY ARE
UNFORTUNATE AND IN
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T
ALLOW THEM TO GET THE HELP
THEY NEED.
WHETHER IT IS FINDING
CLEAN DRINKING WATER, OR
HAVING SURGERY, FOOD TO
PUT ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR
CHILDREN -- YOU ARE IT'S
ANSWER THAT GOD ITHEANSWER THAT GOD IS SEN
DING
TO ALL OF THAT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CHALLENGE.
EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE WILL
BE MATCHED DOING FOR
DOLLAR.
DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR.
CALL NOW.
Gordon: LIKE MOST
CHILDREN, CAROL HAS A FEAR
OF SNAKES, ESPECIALLY
SINCE HER GRANDFATHER DIED
FROM A SNAKE BITE.
STILL, EVERY DAY SHE HAD
TO WALK DOWN A
SNAKE-INFESTED PATH TO GET
CLEAN WATER, FOUR TIMES A
DAY.
Reporter: JASINTA AND
HER TWO DAUGHTERS LIVE IN
THIS JUNGLE COMMUNITY IN
HONDURAS.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TWICE A
DAY, THEY MADE THEIR WAY
DOWN THIS STEEP SLOPE TO
COLLECT WATER FROM A
STAGNANT POND.
ONE DAY JASINTA FELL.
I RAN AND TRIED TO HELP
HER, BUT SHE COULDN'T
STAND UP FOR A LONG TIME.
Reporter: WHILE HER
BACK HEALED, SHE SENT HER
DAUGHTER TO COLLECT WATER.
CAROL NOW MADE FOUR TRIPS
A DAY INSTEAD OF TWO.
SHE DIDN'T MIND THE EXTRA
WORK.
SHE WAS AFRAID OF SNAKES.
I AM ALWAYS AFRAID A
SNAKE WILL COME OUT AND
BITE ME.
I AM ALWAYS WATCHING.
MAMA TOLD ME THAT GRANDPA
DIED WHEN A SNAKE BIT HIM.
Reporter: JASINTA IS
A SINGLE PARENT, RAISING
TWO DOGS.
SHE WORKS ON A COFFEE
PLANTATION, PLANTING AND
HARVESTING.
THEIR GREATEST CHALLENGE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN COLLECTING
CLEAN WATER.
TIMES WHEN I DRANK THE
WATER I GOT SICK AND THREW
UP.
I DIDN'T LIKE TO DRINK IT.
ONE DAY MY LITTLE SISTER
GOT REALLY SICK.
EVERY TIME MY GIRLS GOT
SICK, I HAD TO BORROW
MONEY TO TAKE THEM DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN TO THE
DOCTOR.
Reporter: SO
"OPERATION BLESSING"
OFFERED TO HELP.
WE UNCOVERED AN
UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF
WATER.
WE THEN PURIFIED IT AND
PUMPED IT INTO A 10,000
GALLON TANK.
NOW THERE IS FRESH WATER
AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE IN
THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
CAROL AND HER FAMILY.
WHEN I SAW THE WATER, I
THOUGHT WE WILL NEVER GO
BACK AND CARRY WATER FROM
THE POND AGAIN.
THANKS, "OPERATION
BLESSING," FOR BRINGING US
CLEAN WATER.
Gordon: AND THANK
YOU.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF "THE
700 CLUB," THANK YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF
THAT CLEAN WATER.
YOU'RE PART OF PROVIDING
FOR THAT WONDERFUL FAMILY.
IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE ALL GET
TOGETHER AND SAY, YES,
LET'S DO SOMETHING.
LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE WORLD TODAY.
IF THAT'S YOU, GIVE US A
CALL: 1-800-700-7000.
WE'VE GOT $8,000 LEFT, AND
33 SECONDS LEFT ON THAT
CLOCK.
I'M TAKING THE RED NUMBER
DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING
FROM PEOPLE.
SOUTH CAROLINA, THIS IS A
2500 CLUB MEMBER SAYING I
WANT TO DOUBLE AND GO TO
FOUNDER.
$5,000.
AND THEN FROM CLAIREMONT,
FLORIDA, ANOTHER 2500 CLUB
MEMBER SAYING I'M GOING TO
FOUNDER, $5,000.
THAT TAKES US OVER INTO
THE GREEN WITH SIX SECONDS
ON THAT CLOCK.
YOU CAN STILL BE A PART OF
IT.
WE WANT TO GO OVER THE
TOP.
IT HAS BEEN GLORIOUS.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL
CHALLENGE, AND AGAINST
THAT YOU GAVE $272,000.
> WE LEAVE YOU TODAY
WITH THESE WORDS FROM 1
CORINTHIANS: "THANKS BE TO
GOD WHO GIVES US THE
VICTORY THROUGH OR LORD
JESUS CHRIST."
LET THAT BE YOUR WATCH
WORD TODAY, "THANKS BE TO
GOD WHO GIVES US THE
VICTORY."
FOR TERRY, WENDY, FOR ME,
FOR ALL OF US HERE, GOD
BLESS YOU AND WE'LL SEE
YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.