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Well, welcome to The 700 Club. The United States and Israel may be heading for a showdown,
and it could begin as soon as today at the White House.
That’s when President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will talk about the
president’s latest demands on Israel. Jennifer Wishon has the story from Washington.
The president’s latest statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was an endorsement
of a key Palestinian goal.
We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines, with mutually
agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.
That would require Israel to give up East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza, territory
gained by Israel during the Six Day War in 1967. And it would leave major Israeli settlements
outside of Israel’s borders. Israelis fear it would make them more vulnerable to attack.
One senior member of Netanyahu’s government says the prime minister’s only option is
to tell Obama to forget about it. Former Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger says President Obama
isn’t considering the reality of the Middle East.
Once again, the president is detached, because calling for Israel’s withdrawal to the 1967
lines on one hand and calling for secure boundaries for Israel on the other hand constitutes an
oxymoron.
Another major roadblock for Israel is a recent partnership by the Palestinians’ Fatah movement
with Hamas, a terrorist organization that seeks to destroy Israel. Even the president
admitted that’s a difficulty.
How can one negotiate with a party that has show itself unwilling to recognize your right
to exist?
But the president says the Palestinians have to work that problem out for themselves. Meanwhile,
Hamas accuses the president of siding with Israel and says the people of the Middle East
don’t need his lectures. Jennifer Wishon, CBN News, Washington.
Now the president is getting it from both sides on this one. He’s getting from the
Arabs, “We don’t need your lectures.” But from the Israelis he’s getting a lot
of scratching of heads, like, “You’ve got to be kidding. You clearly don’t understand
our situation.” On the main road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a road by the way that
didn’t exist in ’67, because it couldn’t have; it crosses that border. You wouldn’t
be able to drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if the border is established on those ’67
lines. But there is a fort. It’s called “Letreune.” And when the British pulled
out in 1948, Letreune became a place where the Arabs started shelling anyone going to
Jerusalem. And they have created a monument there of the wrecked vehicles as a reminder
of what it would be if we went back to the ’67 border, that Jerusalem could be held
hostage, that you wouldn’t be able to pass there. You wouldn’t be able to get free
traffic in and out of Jerusalem. And the Israeli defense force on a regular basis holds as
an exercise that their soldiers have to carry a backpack from Letruene all the way to Jerusalem
to reinforce with them just how hard it would be to get supplies to the Jews living there
if they ever went back to the ’67 borders. That’s why Israel is now saying the United
States just doesn’t understand. If you go back to ’67, then Jerusalem becomes, “We
cannot defend it. We can’t maintain Jerusalem.” And if that happens, then we’ve fallen right
into what the Muslim Brotherhood is calling for, that Jerusalem be returned to the Palestinians.
Lee Webb has the rest of our top stories from the CBN Newsroom. Lee.
Gordon, with the help of groundbreaking new research, one man is proving his doctors wrong,
just by standing. Rob Summers was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident five
years ago, and his doctors told him he would never stand again. But he heard about new
research on the treatment of spinal cord injuries. Doctors implant an electrical stimulator on
the lining of the spinal cord to wake up the damaged nerve system. Rob decided to give
it a shot, and within days he could stand without help. When the stimulator is turned
on, Rob can wiggle his toes, move his knees, ankles and hips, and take some steps, as you
can see here, on a treadmill, all of this done only when the stimulator is turned on.
But researchers are optimistic that in the future, they can help paralyzed people regain
their mobility.
One of the world’s most famous scientists calls Heaven a fairy story. As you might imagine,
Stephen Hawking’s opinion has sparked worldwide reaction. Mark Martin has that story.
Stephen Hawking is known as a brilliant intellectual. However, his comments about faith are raising
questions about his wisdom. The 69-year-old scientist suffers from a form of muscular
dystrophy. In response to a question on whether he is afraid to die, Hawking said, quote,
“There is no Heaven. That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
): When it comes to this latest statement, I have far better grounds for believing in
life after death, as it were, that my life goes on beyond the grave, than I do for believing
in “M” theory, Stephen Hawking’s latest candidate theory of everything, physical theory
of everything, for which in fact there is no evidence, but there is very strong evidence
for the resurrection.
Science measures things that are visible, that are measurable. And because it does,
it starts to assume that that’s all that exists.
Roughly three-quarters of Americans believe Heaven is real. Twelve-year-old Colton Burpo
of Nebraska has also been making headlines recently after saying that he went there.
I got to see Jesus, and two of the apostles, Peter and John.
At age four, when nearing death, Colton underwent emergency surgery. His father says when his
son came to; he knew things that he’d never been told, including describing his sister,
whom his mother had miscarried. In response to Hawking’s theory:
I’ll say that I can believe what I can believe, and if you don’t believe it, okay.
The man is a genius in his right, but how he can actually say that there is no Heaven
or no higher power as such, well, then he’s a fool, really, isn’t he?
Reverend Dr. Rodney Holder is calling on Christians to pray for Hawking.
A colleague of mine just now, John Lennox, said, “Well, the response to Stephen Hawking
is that atheism is invented for those who are afraid of the light. It’s a fairy story
for those are afraid of the light.” And I think there’s a lot of truth in that.
And yet, Jesus is the light of the world. And I think that’s what Stephen Hawking
needs to recognize.
Gordon, back to you.
Well, we’ve put together a DVD story. Eyewitness testimony of people who have died, and the
doctor said that they died. They died in a hospital environment, and they report about
going to Heaven. They also report about going somewhere else, to Hell. And their stories
we’ve put together in a DVD. Now, when you look at Colton Burpo’s story, here is a
four-year-old boy, and he says, “I went to Heaven. I died. I went to Heaven. I saw
Jesus.” But more importantly than even that, if it can be more important, he says, “I
saw my great-grandfather. There was a man. He came to me and he said, ‘You’re my
great-grandson,’ and he introduced himself.” And he also met his older sister. Now, these
are unusual things, because the older sister was a miscarriage, and he had never been told
about her. He had never been told about his great-grandfather, because his great-grandfather
died before he was born. But here he was in Heaven, and he came back as an eyewitness,
and he was able to name them and tell his parents all about them. Well, if you want
that, we’ve got it for you today. We’ll be back with more of The 700 Club, right after
this.
Is there life after death?
And I began to rise out of my body up into that room.
Are Heaven and Hell real places?
I can see fields, crystal clear river, trees along both sides.
What determines where I go when I die?
I knew that the first person I saw was Jesus.
Discover the answers to life’s most important questions in The 700 Club’s Life Beyond
the Grave, real stories from The 700 Club. Available now.
It’s part of the American dream; be your own boss. Gary Parks got the chance to do
just that when he developed a business idea, simply by driving down the street.
Gary Parks is a hard worker. But he never could quite make ends meet. He worked at several
part-time jobs, including working at a gas station and building welders. Even with the
long hours he worked, he struggled to pay the bills. Sharon remembers when they had
to buy food past its expiration date for their family at the discount grocery store.
My son would get out his cereal and he’d get ready to put it in and there would be
some bugs in there crawling around and he would freak out.
We had an electric bill of 25 dollars and we are trying to figure out where to get the
money for that.
Sharon started cleaning houses on the side to bring in some extra income.
You’d do whatever you had to do to pay your bills, so you work.
Sharon also began to pray. She asked God to fix their finances. One day she turned on
The 700 Club.
And he started teaching about the law of reciprocity. And it really opened my eyes about tithing
and giving and reaping and sowing and how God wants to bless us.
She joined the 700 Club from her small income cleaning houses. Three months later, she got
a contract making 8,000 dollars a month cleaning commercial businesses. And Gary got a full
time job with benefits with the Florida department of forestry. He started watching The 700 Club
with his wife and tithing from his paychecks, too.
I just thought I would give this a try and see what it would do for me.
That’s when Gary says God gave him the idea for his new company cleaning up construction
sites.
I saw a brand new house being built and construction debris was all over the yard. And the Lord
said, “You need to go and make a containment area and you need to haul that away.” I
started hauling January the 1st and January the 30th in 30 days I made more money than
I did working all year long with the state of Florida forestry service.
Gary went from making 30,000 dollars a year to six figures in just 12 months. There was
such a demand for their work that Sharon quit her cleaning business and went to work for
the hauling company.
It meant the more we make the more we could give and I was so excited for what He was
doing in our lives.
Gary sold his business just two months before the recession hit the housing industry.
We started out with five dumpsters. When I sold the business I had 18 trucks and 300
dumpsters. It wasn’t me. The Lord was the one that told me to sell the business and
it was in His timing.
The Parks also taught their sons about giving, and today Kelly is a partner with his dad
in a new demolition business.
Our profits have tripled and our business is going up, and every year it seems we have
more and more work and we have never stopped. All it took was that one chance of giving
and look where we are at now.
And what He has done for me and my family He can also do for any other family out there.
I guarantee you God will bless you. Just step out and He will meet you right there wherever
you’re at, if it’s even a penny or a dollar. He will bless you.
If it’s even a penny or a dollar, God will bless you. Here it is from Isaiah 58. It’s
one of the great promises of the Bible. “Is this not the fast that I have chosen? Is it
not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who
are cast out? When you see the naked, that you cover him.” All right, that’s what
is required. When you do that, when you do that, when you feed the hungry, when you clothe
the naked, when you do these things, when you provide housing for people, well, then
your light shall break forth like the morning. Your healing shall spring forth speedily.
And your righteousness shall go before you. The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer. You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I
am.’” Now, that’s what happened to Sharon. Here she is. She’s struggling. And can you
imagine pouring out cereal for your child and there being bugs in it, because they had
to shop where things were way past their date. They had to buy the dented cans. It was a
struggle just to put food on the table. And she got an idea. “I’m going to give. I’m
going to start helping other people.” And you would think in that circumstance, “Well,
I need to help myself.” But she decided, “I’m going to help others. I’m going
to listen to what God is telling me. I’m going to help others.” Then she said, “Okay,
now we need money. I’m going to go start cleaning houses.” And that was a good idea,
because from that, God blessed her, and she turned that business, and she started thinking
about it as a business, into 8,000 dollars a month. Well, her husband sees that, Gary.
He says, “Well, if she can do it, I can do it, too.” And he started giving. And
then he got a great idea. He said, “God spoke to me, and said, ‘You need to start
clearing trash off of building sites and setting up areas where the builder can put the trash
and you take it away.’” Well, that business took off. And soon Sharon has got to quit
her job in order to go help out Gary, because there is so much business. And then on top
of all of that, God says, “Well, it’s time to sell.” And so they sell. And they
start yet another business. All of that is because they made a decision to give. That
can be you, too, because when you do that, when you start giving, when you call, God
answers speedily, and He starts giving you ideas, creative ideas on how to make money.
It’s God that gives us the power to get wealth. It’s not from any get rich quick
scheme. It’s because God gives you an idea. You develop that idea. You work hard at that
idea. And then it comes to pass. But it starts with you giving. That’s the promise from
Isaiah 58. When you give, when you call, He will answer and say, “Here am I.” Well,
here’s another couple that started this, and God gave them a great idea, one that was
unexpected. At the beginning, they were just one paycheck away from losing everything.
And Bill and Tina Wilson were just on a paycheck to paycheck budget, until they gave and then
got back a very unusual gift that helped them increase their income.
A couple of years ago, Bill Wilson was the county deputy and Tina was a stay at home
mom with their three boys. The couple was excited about their growing family, but discouraged
about their tight budget.
We were living from paycheck to paycheck, pretty much. When you look at your budget,
and then you look at your expenses that you have going out versus the money coming in,
you kind of like, “How is this going to happen?”
Not knowing if we’ll have food for groceries, mortgage, it was hard.
In 2009, Tina started watching The 700 Club and heard about the principle of tithing.
Off and on we were tithing. When we could afford to tithe, we would tithe. The Lord
just kept working on us to keep tithing, whether it was easy or not. I was convinced from watching
the testimonies and reading the Bible. It started as a prayer to convince Bill, to show
him how the principle worked.
Eventually, Bill and Tina started watching The 700 Club together regularly and decided
to give $20 a month to CBN on top of their tithe. Just months later, they received a
gift that dramatically changed their income.
Tina actually was looking for our family a milk cow.
Tina began looking for a Jersey cow that could provide her family with fresh dairy.
And Jersey cows are just so cute, with their little long eyelashes and their big brown
eyes.
She went online and she found a website for Jersey Acres. Tina emailed this lady. The
lady emailed Tina back and asked Tina for some reason, said, “Are you a Christian?”
And I was like, “Well, that’s a strange question to ask. And why do you ask?” And
she says, “Because I’ve been praying about this cow I don’t need, and I feel like the
Lord wants me to give you the cow.” And I was crying, because it was an answer to
my prayer to show Bill that the principle of giving and tithing works.
After starting their farm with their one cow, Bobby Joe, Bill and Tina increased their CBN
pledge to $40 a month. In a single year, their one milk cow turned into a growing business,
JTB Jersey Farms. Today, they sell milk, butter and cheese.
Because it was the Lord’s idea and He made it come about, I thought it only appropriate
to give Him the glory. So, we put J in front of T and B. It was Jesus’ idea, and then
Tina and Bill.
We’ve seen our business grow from only having one cow, and now we have five cows and a bull.
The Lord knew we would enjoy the dairy farming. The prayer started as being financially independent,
not owing anyone, and we know we’re on that road. It amazes me how many prayers are answered
just in one business.
You have to take a step of faith. I know for a fact that the Lord will prevail and He will
always step up.
To anyone who isn’t convinced, I would say to just trust Him. He is the God of the universe.
And we’re His children, and He wants to prosper us and not to harm us. As a personal
testimony, it works.
As a personal testimony, it works. Now, listen to what Tina said. It was God’s idea, and
He’s the one that caused it to come to pass. Now, what good ideas does God have for you?
All you have to do to get access to them is ask Him. Ask Him. And then say, “I’m going
to live according to what you say. And if you say if I give, then when I call to you,
you’ll answer.” Now, Bill and Tina’s prayer was pretty simple. “We don’t want
to be in debt.” But God had something even more for him. “I want to give you a business
that’s going to satisfy you. You’re going to be happy doing this. This isn’t just
going to lead to prosperity. You’re going to be happy doing it.” Here’s the promise.
It’s from Luke chapter 6. These are the words of Jesus, “Give, and it will be given
to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured
into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Bill and Tina
learned that. They did that. And God gave them not just an idea. He gave them a cow
to go along with that idea. And then they developed it. And now it’s a business that’s
beyond their dreams and satisfying their heart. That can happen to you if you just obey and
give. Now, if I can get a drum roll, we’ve got some good news. Some existing CBN partners,
those who give to the ministry of CBN, say, “We like giving so much, we want to challenge
others to give. And for the next 30 minutes, they’re challenging you 100,000 dollars.”
We’ve got 30 minutes to make it, so we need to hear from you.
What we’re asking you to do is take an adventure in giving and say, “I’ll start. If God
says if I give, when I call to Him, He’ll answer speedily, okay. If God has got ideas
to give me for creative businesses that will make me happy and make me self-sufficient,
then that’s what I want.” Then just call us: 1-800-759-0700. What we’re asking you
to do is join the 700 Club. How much is that? Well, it’s just 20 dollars a month. That’s
only 65 cents a day. Some of you say, “Well, I want to tithe. I want to give more.” And
so you can give at 700 Club Gold. There’s 40 dollars or more a month. Then 1000 Club,
that’s 1,000 dollars a year. That equals 84 dollars a month. The 2500 Club is 2,500
a year. Founder is 5,000 dollars a year. And if you want to make a significant gift, we’ve
got Chairman’s Circle, 10,000 or more a year. At whatever level God is speaking to
you to give, now is the time to call us: 1-800-759-0700. Let’s pray. “Lord, we just ask for blessing
for the partners who made it possible to issue this challenge. And for those watching right
now, I just ask that you would speak to them and encourage them. Lord, you want to prosper
your people. You want us to be happy. You want us to be free. You want us to enjoy your
life, the life that you give. And so, Lord, we just ask that you would speak to them,
encourage them. And we ask all of it in Jesus’ name. Amen.” All right, 100,000 dollars,
29 minutes to go. Please go to the phone and call us: 1-800-759-0700. Let’s go to Kristi
at the phones.
Hey, Gordon. I have a seven-year-old son who loves to ask questions like, “Where did
this come from?” or “How was that made?” Most of the time, I don’t have a clue. But
when he asked me the ultimate question, I knew the answer. So what’s the ultimate
question? It’s where do we go when we die? Well, in the new DVD Life Beyond the Grave,
you’re going to hear the answers from people who actually know the answer from experience.
Take a look.
And I remember them hauling him away and him just yelling at me, “Daddy, don’t let
them take me!”
They got me to the hospital, and I could feel myself coming out of my body. I could hear
them talking.
I knew my body was dying. I began falling and falling.
And then I see this tunnel of light.
I was in a place of total torment.
Some angels came and flew me up to Heaven. The first person I saw was Jesus.
As I looked towards the face of the Lord, you knew if He spoke, constellations, galaxies
would come into existence.
God came down from Heaven, and now I had entered into a place of love and light.
I learned that Heaven is for real, and you’re going to like it.
I’ve got to tell you about this. I am so excited. A couple of months ago, we did a
series called “Life Beyond the Grave.” It was so popular, so many people called us,
e-mailed us about it, that for you we put it all together, all these amazing life changing
stories of people who have gone to Heaven and Hell in this DVD. Now, check this out.
This is where it gets really exciting. If you call right now and become a 700 Club partner,
we’re going to give this to you. But check it out. Maybe you’re already a partner,
and you’re thinking about 700 Club Gold. We’re not just going to give you one; we’re
actually going to give you two more DVDs. So that’s a total of three. What does that
mean? It means you take one, you watch one for yourself. You take the other two, and
you bless other people, whether it’s your neighbors, your friends, your family. Maybe
you’re sitting here thinking, “Okay, I’ve got a couple of people I want to give this
to, but I want more than three.” Got it covered. If you become a 1000 Club member,
that’s 84 dollars a month, check this out. Listen. We have never done this before. We
are going to give you, okay, I’m holding this up in my hand, five. Five DVDs. One for
yourself, four more for your friends, for your neighbors, for your cousin, for that
brother who always debates you about Jesus Christ. Listen, this is what it’s all about,
sharing the Gospel, the love of Jesus Christ to the nations. So you start with where do
you go when you die? Heaven or Hell? Listen, these people know the answer, so you’ve
got to call in right now and become a 700 Club partner. We are in the middle of a challenge,
so not only will you be blessed, you will bless the nations. But not only will you bless
them, you will save them. So call: 1-800-759-0700. Or you can always log on to CBN.com. Right
now, we are in the middle of a challenge. We’ve got 26 minutes left on this challenge,
so call in right now. Terry.
Well, in America, most parents warn their kids about picking up trash on the street.
But for one little girl in Guatemala, picking up trash was a way of life, and the city dump
was her home.
Her name is Maribel. But everyone here knows her as Kitty. She’s had to endure living
and working on this garbage dump for as long as she can remember. Each night after the
trash is dumped here, the little girls scurry to pick up as many plastic bottles as she
can for her grandma to recycle. Sometimes she also finds a scrap of food or a discarded
toy to play with.
I don’t like to live here. When my tummy hurts, I pick up food at the dump and eat
it.
This is Kitty’s grandmother. She told us how Kitty came to live with her.
Kitty’s dad is in prison, and her mother abandoned her. That’s why she lives with
me. It is pretty hopeless for us.
Then we saw where Kitty and her grandmother live, right here in the middle of the dumpsite.
Grandma is especially concerned about the rats.
I am afraid that the rats bite Kitty or run off the other kids who live here.
So CBN decided to help Kitty and her grandmother. First, we built them a new house far from
the sights and smells and the rats on the dump. It was an exciting day when Kitty and
her grandma got to move in.
It’s so good to have this new house.
Next, because CBN moved them far from the dump, we knew that Grandma now had no way
to make money to support them. So we set up a small clothing business for her right in
the marketplace near the new home. Already, Grandma’s income is better than she ever
made working at the dump.
I’m making good money with my new business.
Then we were able to help Kitty to attend this school run by Christians. Here she receives
a good education and hot, nutritious meals during the day, thanks in part to a new kitchen
provided by CBN.
I like to study here. I want to be a doctor when I grow up, so I can help others.
Finally, during a summer Bible outreach for all the kids at the dump, which was sponsored
by CBN, Kitty prayed and asked Jesus to come and live in her heart.
I’m so thankful for Kitty’s school, for the house, and the new business. But mostly,
I am grateful we don’t live at the garbage dump anymore. Thank you, Operation Blessing.
Are you making a difference, 700 Club members? This story just says it all, taking people
from the garbage heap of life to giving them hope, a future, opportunity, and understanding
of who they are, who God is, and how much He loves them. What does it cost to do that?
If you’re not a 700 Club member and you join today, its 65 cents a day, 20 dollars
a month. If you’re already a 700 Club member, watch that story and say, “I can do more.”
Go up to 700 Club Gold. That’s a gift of 40 dollars or more a month. We have so many
club levels for you to join. Can I ask you when you call today and when you do join to
say, “I want to do it using Pledge Express.” That’s electronic monthly giving. It means
your bank does all the work. You don’t have to remember mailings or stamps or envelopes,
none of it. And it saves us a lot of administrative costs, so we can put even more of your gift
into lives like Kitty’s and her grandmother’s. So please, will you call now? And our way
of saying thank you for using Pledge Express is to send you “Power for Life” teachings.
You’ll get one of these each month. It will bless your own life. And you’ll have the
privilege and the satisfaction. And there is a satisfaction in knowing that God is using
you to make a difference in the life of someone who is in desperate need. So please call right
now. It’s 1-800-759-0700. Gordon.
Well, the couple in our next story would do anything for their little boy. So when he
was diagnosed with a serious heart condition, they did everything they could to raise money.
All Mr. and Mrs. Qi ever wanted was a healthy child. Their first baby died of a bad cold
at five months. They had a miscarriage with their second child. Then eight years into
their marriage, Mrs. Qi gave birth to Yong Ming.
He looked perfectly normal at first, but then his lips started to turn purple.
Mr. Qi rushed Yong Ming to the hospital, where the couple’s worst fears were realized.
Their son had two holes in his heart. Without open heart surgery, he, too, would die.
I couldn’t handle losing another child. Every day I asked myself, “Why do all these
bad things keep happening to me?”
So Mr. Qi set out to save Yong Ming’s life. He took a second job in a coal mine, working
extra shifts to raise money for his son’s surgery. He even borrowed from friends and
family. Still, there was never enough, and Yong Ming’s health got progressively worse.
Has was in so much pain that he cried for seven days and seven nights straight. I burned
incense to my idols to see if that would help, but it didn’t.
One doctor said Baby Ming’s time was running out and suggested the couple contact CBN immediately
for help. Mr. Qi wrote CBN a letter.
I really didn’t think the letter would get us anywhere. I had started to believe nothing
good would ever happen.
But CBN changed that.
CBN called us and said they had arranged free surgery for my son. I was so happy.
Yong Ming came through his surgery and recovery time with flying colors. And today, he’s
a healthy baby boy. He eats well, and he sleeps well, and he’s
so full of energy. Your help and compassion for the poor means a lot to my family.
Now I believe there are good-hearted people out there, because you have given my son new
life.
You’ve given my son new life. Now I believe. What does God want us to do? He wants us to
love other people and do good for them. He wants us to feed the hungry. He wants us to
clothe the naked. He wants us to provide housing for people, and in that case, to provide heart
surgery. Now, it’s all made possible because people like you care enough to give, to say,
“Yes, I want to help people. I want to make a difference in today’s world.” If that’s
you, call us right now: 1-800-759-0700. And just say, “Yes, I want to join the 700 Club.”
How much is that? Well, it’s only 20 dollars a month, 65 cents a day. And you join with
tens of thousands of people that want to make a difference in the world today. We’re in
the middle of a 100,000 dollar challenge. That clock ticking down means we’ve got
19 minutes and 42 seconds left in a 100,000 dollar challenge. A challenge means existing
CBN partners like giving so much, they like enjoying what God does for them after they
give, they want to challenge others to give. And so they’ll match you dollar for dollar
up to 100,000 dollars in the next 19 minutes. So call us: 1-800-759-0700. Let’s go over
to Wendy at the phones.
Thanks, Gordon. When you join the 700 Club, we’ll send you a free copy of the new DVD
Life Beyond the Grave. You’ll hear stories from people who say they’ve been to the
afterlife, like Geoffrey Thompson, who died on an operating table.
Is there life beyond the grave?
My senses became enhanced. I could see everything in that room with perfect clarity. There was
an entire dimension that we just simply don’t see on earth. I’ve never been more alive
than I was in that moment. It was incredible. I suddenly had an overwhelming sense of God’s
presence, of His love, of His peace, of His joy.
The Bible says we can’t even imagine how incredible Heaven is going to be. No eye has
seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceive what God has in store for those who love Him. Life
Beyond the Grave is yours when you call right now and join the 700 Club. And when you call,
ask to join at the 700 Club Gold level. It’s just 40 dollars a month, and you will get
not only one, we will give you three, one for you and two Life Beyond the Graves for
friends or loved ones. And then if you join at the 1000 Club level, which is 84 dollars
a month, we will send you five Life Beyond the Graves. You can evangelize your whole
entire neighborhood. This is a powerful witnessing tool. Maybe you know somebody who has got
a lot of questions about the afterlife or has really been hard to reach. Life Beyond
the Grave. I was watching this last night and just crying. These stories are incredible
and powerful and will reach the hardest heart. We want you to have this, and we want you
to be able to have something that you can use to get to those loved ones that you’ve
been praying for for so long. We believe Life Beyond the Grave is your answer. Call us right
now: 1-800-759-0700. And we will rush you Life Beyond the Grave. Or you can log on to
CBN.com. It’s another great way to give. We’re in the middle of a challenge right
now, which means every dollar that you pledge right now against this 100,000 dollar challenge
will be matched dollar for dollar. Right, Gordon?
That’s right. We’re in a 100,000 dollar challenge, 17 minutes to go. We need to hear
from you. I want you to have this, Life Beyond the Grave. It’s an incredible DVD of the
stories of eyewitnesses who have been there, where a doctor said you were dead. And we’ve
got one, Ian McCormick. He was stung by box jellyfish, and he had an incredible visitation.
He saw his mother praying for him. God woke his mother up and said, “You need to pray
for your son.” On the way to the hospital, he asked God to forgive him. And then he died.
You know where he woke up? He woke up finally in the morgue. He had been dead for not just
a few seconds, but he was in the morgue with a doctor getting ready to drain the blood
out of his body. These are the stories that we have for you in this. This will be an incredible
tool where you can give it to people around you to say, “Here, here are eyewitnesses
who have been there.” We’ve also got stories of not just people that went to Heaven, but
also went the other way. When you hear tomorrow’s story about how she was broken after her marriage
dissolved and she decided to end her life, a gun went off, and she found herself in a
horrible place. You want to hear her story as well. And we’ll give you this when you
join the 700 Club. When you join at 700 Club Gold we’ll give you three of them, so you
can share them with friends and family. When you join at 1000 Club, we’ll give you five,
so you can share them with all your neighbors. We want to give you the tools necessary to
help people, to say, okay, if you’ve got questions about is there life after death,
is there a Heaven, is there a Hell, this will answer it. We’ll have the eyewitness testimony
of people who were medically dead and then came back to life. And they tell incredible
stories. If you want it, call us: 1-800-759-0700. Or you can log on to CBN.com. When you join
through the Internet, you automatically sign up for Pledge Express; that’s electronic
monthly giving. There are no checks to write, nothing to mail in. The bank does all the
work. We save so much on the processing we can send as our gift back to you “Power
for Life” monthly teaching CDs. So if you want that, ask for Pledge Express when you
call or just log on to CBN.com. Well, Jennifer Dickenson was living her dream: a great job,
a beautiful home, and a company car. But when the recession hit, Jennifer watched it all
disappear overnight.
Jennifer Dickenson always wanted to live in a big house in the country. So she worked
hard as a national account manager to achieve her goal. She never thought her livelihood
was in jeopardy.
I never dreamed that I would find myself unemployed.
But that’s exactly what happened when the business she worked for went bankrupt overnight.
They said that we may not get our last paychecks. We most likely would not be reimbursed for
any outstanding expenses, that the following Monday our insurance benefits would cease
to exist.
Those things combined cost Jennifer close to 5,000 dollars. In addition, she lost her
company car and her gas card, which meant large bills she had never had before.
I’m single, so there was no one to share the expenses with. The mortgage and the expense
of having a home was all on me.
So when her savings ran out, Jennifer put her house on the market. Month after month,
she looked for work and for ways to cut costs. She had been a faithful CBN partner since
1998 and wasn’t sure if she could continue giving.
I was tempted to decrease my giving or maybe stop giving altogether for a while. But I
just settled it early that it was not a choice for me, that God had been faithful to me.
There was no way that I was going to give to Him and give to the needs of other people
through Operation Blessing and Orphan’s Promise and CBN and that the Lord would not
make a way for me.
Jennifer was at church one Sunday when someone gave her an idea.
One of the elders suggested that I be very specific in my petition to God about the type
of job that I wanted, the position that I wanted, and all of the details.
Jennifer made her list and didn’t hold back. She contacted the 700 Club and asked CBN to
agree with her in prayer. Then while she was watching a special 700 Club web cast dedicated
to overcoming financial difficulty, she got a call.
And it was the company that I had written down on the paper. That was only a week later.
They said they had my resume, that I was one of the candidates that they wanted to interview.
Two months later, Jennifer got the job.
I got everything that I wrote on that list, the position, the salary, the company car.
Jennifer didn’t have to sell her house after all.
One of the most exciting parts of getting my job was to pick up the phone and call the
realtor and say, “No, I’m taking my house off the market.”
And what about all the savings that she lost?
I just recently got my tax returns, and I was able to put that into savings. So I’m
saving again. And I am getting back on track. And God is restoring me. I think it’s a
miracle.
Now Jennifer encourages others who are going through tough economic times.
When we are in times of need, that could possibly be the best time to give to others and to
just release and let God have everything and give the principle of reciprocity an opportunity
to work. He did it for me. And I know that He will do it for you.
He did it for me, and I know He will do it for you. Now, Jennifer learned how to do it,
which is keep on giving. Times are tough. That’s the time to give and say, “Okay,
God, I trust in you.” Here it is, the promise from Psalm 37, “Trust in the Lord and do
good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and
He will give you your heart’s desires.” (Psalm 37:3-4 NLT) Now, Jennifer wrote out
her heart’s desires, and that’s a good thing to do. When you write out what you’re
praying for and saying, “God, here’s what I want. Here’s what I want to do.” And
she was very specific. She wrote it out. She prayed over it, and then she did what God
told her, which was, “Trust Me, and trust Me with your finances.” And God came through,
and every one of her requests He fulfilled and said, “Jennifer, I love you. I want
to help you. I want to be there for you in your time of need.” Now, if that’s you,
if you want to trust God today and say, “Okay, I’ll trust Him with my money,” call us:
1-800-759-0700.
Just say, “I want to join in everything CBN is doing around the world.” We’re
reaching out with hands of love and compassion through Operation Blessing, through Orphan’s
Promise, through the Living Waters program. We’re doing it in over 50 nations in the
world with Orphan’s Promise. We’re doing it with dozens of nations with Living Water.
Operation Blessing reaching the world with disaster relief. When disasters strike, they
want to strike back. CBN WorldReach preaching the Gospel through television, training local
Christians in how to do Christian programming and being effective in changing cultures and
changing lives. You can be a part of all of it by just joining the 700 Club. How much
is it? Twenty dollars a month, 65 cents a day. We’re in the middle of a 100,000 dollar
challenge, with nine minutes to go. We need to stop that clock, because some partners
are saying that’s not near enough to do everything that’s needed to be done. They
want to add 200,000 dollars to it, take it all the way up to 300,000, and we get to the
end of the hour. Let’s pray. “Lord, we just ask for blessing for the partners who
made it possible to issue this challenge, that your word over them will be true. You
will give them the desires of their heart. And for those watching right now, just speak
to them, encourage them, bless them, for we ask it all in Jesus’ name. Amen.” A 300,000
dollar challenge, 13 minutes, 49 seconds to go. We need to hear from you, so call us:
1-800-759-0700. Terry.
Well, today, nearly one out of every seven Americans are living in poverty. Many of them
are just a paycheck away from losing everything. And that’s exactly what happened to the
couple you’re about to meet.
2010 started out well enough for Guy and Michelle Peoples. She was a licensed vocational nurse,
while he worked part time and took care of their two daughters. But by June, both had
lost their jobs, and no one, it seemed, was hiring.
It went from bad to worse to worse. The last check I got from my part time job and bought
groceries. Five days later our electricity got cut off.
After that came the eviction notice. And their family was homeless.
I just kept saying, “How did I get here?” That’s a hard pill to swallow.
Did you ever imagine that you would be without a home and have to depend on others to help
you?
No. I’ve always been able to take care of myself.
Their family needed help, and they found it at Path of Life Ministries Family Shelter
in Riverside, California. CBN is proud to partner with Path of Life, because they give
families a second chance. Damian O’Farrell is assistant director of the family shelter.
The purpose of this place is really to restore and rebuild lives. We do that by helping people
in a moment of crisis when they’re homeless, families with children, and giving them a
stable place to live, and then working with them to find housing, to find employment.
They believe in empowering people by teaching them the life and work skills they need. Guy
found a new career through the accelerated work program.
As of September 18th of this year, I got my license as a certified nurse assistant. And
so because I realized just having work experience is not good enough. You need to actually have
a career. And so now I do.
The family is now in transitional housing, also run by Path of Life. They can stay up
to two years. And while Guy starts his new career, Michelle is back in school pursuing
her dream of becoming a registered nurse.
Are you excited?
I’m very excited. I try not to.
Guy and Michelle speak for many of the families that you are helping through your gifts to
CBN.
I would just like to say thank you. I think without Path of Life I wouldn’t even want
to imagine what my daughters would go through.
As for Ariana and Niana, they’re doing just fine.
I would say thank you to all the people who helped and appreciate us, very much.
Helping people in a moment of crisis, being there for them, but then empowering them to
become all that they can be. That’s what you do when you’re a 700 Club member. That’s
why we ask you today in the midst of this challenge to please stand with us in this.
Help families like Guy and Michelle and their children to move forward in their lives. God
has promises for them, principles for them to follow. You’re helping them to learn
that, and in very practical ways. You’re meeting their day to day needs. That’s right
here in the United States. And then when you become a 700 Club member, you’re also reaching
out to the world with us. So go to your phone and call today. Can I tell you the different
opportunities for giving that you have? The first is a general 700 Club membership. That’s
65 cents a day, 20 dollars a month. And by the way, when you join us at that level, we
want to send you Life Beyond the Grave. This is going to bless you. It will bless your
family. This is going to answer a lot of questions that people that you know and love might have
about where do you go when you die? And then you might want to join the 700 Club Gold level.
That’s 40 dollars or more a month. And for that level, we’re going to send you Life
Beyond the Grave and two extras to share with family, friends, neighbors, whoever you want
to share it with. And for the next club level, it’s the 1000 Club level. That’s a gift
of 84 dollars a month or 1,000 dollars a year. For that level on up, we’re going to send
you the Life Beyond the Grave DVD for you, but four more copies for family, friends,
and loved ones. Let me tell you the other levels. There’s the 1000 Club. We have a
2500 Club level. We’ve got our Founders level. That’s gifts of 417 or more a month.
That’s 5,000 dollars a year. And then something we call the Chairman’s Circle. It’s 10,000
dollars or more a year. Ask God what He’d have you to do. Ask Him what He’d have you
to do and then move forward with expectancy to know you’re changing lives and your life
is going to be changed as well. Gordon.
All right, we’ve got good news from Kissimmee, Florida, someone becoming a Founder, 5,760
dollars. That gets doubled to over 10,000 dollars, because we’re in a challenge of
300,000 dollars. Eight minutes and 46 seconds to go. We need to hear from you. If we can
get the red number up, we’ve got 60,000 to go on a 300,000. It’s going down, 55,
53. We’re watching it go down. We need to hear from you. Call us: 1-800-759-0700. Well,
CBN programs are broadcast in more than 100 countries in more than 60 languages. Here’s
what happened when one of those programs aired in a Hindu village in Nepal.
Most people in this village in Nepal offer sacrifices to Hindu gods to ward off evil.
But a handful of villagers have given their lives to Jesus Christ, a step of faith that
has mainly been kept secret, that is, until a 17-year-old boy named Manoj brought home
a television he borrowed. He and his family were Christians, so they were excited when
they came across a CBN program called New Life.
I was so impressed with the program that I asked my friends and neighbors to watch it
with me.
Manoj wrote several letters to CBN, asking about how to live a Christian life. He also
asked for 30 Bibles that he could share with his Hindu friends.
I was very happy when I received answers to my questions. I also got a Bible. The personal
letters from the host and study materials made me feel so loved.
When I was given the Bible from CBN, it was the very first gift I ever received in my
life. I enjoyed it in my very own Bible, and I am really blessed by this wonderful gift.
After watching New Life and reading the Bible and other CBN booklets, 19 of Manoj’s friends
gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
I have seen many wealthy people who have everything: money, education, and fame, but no peace.
Then I watched New Life and learned that only Jesus can give us this inner peace that I
was looking for. So I gave my life to Him. My friends and I couldn’t stop watching
the programs.
This show has encouraged us to go out and tell others about Jesus.
We are really thankful to you for helping us know God and grow in His Word.
If you’re a member of the 700 Club, thank you. You’re helping preach the Gospel around
the world. Not in English. What we do is we go in and train local Christians how to do
it in their own language. We supply the equipment. We have wonderful studio facilities. We have
15 production centers set up around the world, all made possible because people like you
care enough to give. If you want to be involved in letting people know the good news of how
God loves them, wants them to spend eternity with Him, just call us: 1-800-759-0700 and
say, “Yes, I want to join the 700 Club.” It’s just 20 dollars a month, 65 cents a
day. We also encourage you to join via the Internet; CBN.com is available if the phones
are busy. When you join on the Internet, you automatically sign up for Pledge Express.
There are no checks to write, nothing to mail in. We save so much on the processing, we
can send monthly teaching CDs to you. So if you want that, you can either ask for it on
the phone, 1-800-759-0700, or log on to CBN.com. Let’s go to Kristi.
Thanks, Gordon. Many of us kind of have an idea of what Heaven and Hell are like, kind
of, sort of. But the reality is that none of us know really what happens on the other
side. Well, check this out. We have a phenomenal DVD of people who have actually been there.
I am serious. They’ve had glimpses of Heaven. They’ve been able to escape all the way
from Hell. But the bottom line is, you are about to find out what happens beyond the
grave. Take a look.
What happens after we die?
And I began to rise out of my body up into that room. I suddenly had an overwhelming
sense of God’s presence.
An incredible journey.
I saw every aspect of our life together.
Who will we see?
And I found myself falling through the air, and I landed in this actual prison cell.
What will we see?
Demons were tormenting people. They had absolutely no mercy.
Hear from those who died.
I was begging Him, “Don’t let me go to Hell.”
And returned to tell their story.
It started in the center of the room toward the ceiling, and I was immediately drawn to
it.
It was beautiful, just pure.
I wanted to know this One who, when I knew without a doubt that I was going to Hell,
came for me. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever
seen.
A powerful tool to share your faith with others. The 700 Club’s Life Beyond the Grave. Available
now.
This DVD is literally the coolest DVD we have ever given out. It’s yours when you become
a 700 Club partner, so call the number or log on to CBN.com. We’re in the middle of
a challenge, so call now. Terry.
Well, a few years ago, the two children in this next story lost everything: their parents,
their home, their friends. They weren’t even welcome on the streets of their own city,
until they found a home with CBN’s Orphan’s Promise. Take a look.
Shintoo and his sister Rekha lived on the outskirts of Delhi, India. Even though they
were healthy, most people didn’t go anywhere near them, because their parents are lepers.
People outside would say, “Don’t go to their house, or you’ll become like them.”
Our father would work in the field and drive a rickshaw. But after he lost some of his
fingers and toes, it was hard for him to walk.
I used to think, “My father puts himself through so much pain in order to take care
of us.”
When there was barely enough food to eat, their parents had no other choice but to take
them to a children’s home sponsored by Orphan’s Promise. It was the last time the children
would ever see them. But it was the first time Shintoo and Rekha felt accepted by others.
When we came here, we were given everything. We got beds and a nice house with electricity.
I liked having something to eat. I like pizza and fish.
And they were finally able to get a good education.
I like riding on the school bus. Now, nobody teases us.
And they soon learned about Jesus Christ.
They told me Jesus is the one true God who died and rose on the third day. I started
believing in God, and He showed me how to be a good boy.
One day, as I was walking towards the church altar, I heard Jesus say to me, “My child,
don’t cry.” That’s when I started to believe in Jesus.
Now Shintoo and Rekha want to use what they’ve learned to help others.
When I grow up, I want to become a preacher and teach others to share, because when someone
doesn’t have anything, people need to help.
I love Jesus very much. I’m not hungry anymore. I get everything I need and everybody shows
me love. I want to thank Orphan’s Promise. They took good care of us and helped us when
we didn’t have anything.
This is a wonderful children’s home where these kids are getting food for their bodies,
food for their souls, where they’re accepted and loved and know that they are valued by
their Heavenly Father. You make that possible. Join the 700 Club today. Help us love people,
especially children like these around the world with the love of Jesus. Call right now:
1-800-759-0700. That’s the number on your screen. By the way, you can also give by logging
on to CBN.com. Gordon.
And when you call with your gift, we want to get this to you, Life Beyond the Grave,
the real testimonies. These are eyewitnesses who have been there, who died on operating
tables, who died in emergency rooms. And they say, “This is what God did for me.” They
came back, and we’ve got their eyewitness testimonies for you. It’s a great tool for
evangelism. If you have people around you that have doubts, is there a Heaven, is there
a Hell, is there life after death, this DVD will answer that question for you. We had
a 300,000 dollar challenge. Against that, you gave 347. We leave you today with these
words from Acts 20 . . . .
Acts 20:35 “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
(NKJV)
. . . . “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed
to give than to receive.’” God bless you.
Our world moves at an incredible pace, people everywhere rushing to their destinations.
But there is a destiny that awaits each one of us, and all of us will face life’s ultimate
question: where will I spend eternity?
In his new DVD, Life Beyond the Grave, Pat Robertson introduces you to real people with
remarkable stories of Heaven and riveting accounts of Hell. You’ll learn what the
Bible has to say about life after death.
The Bible tells us that eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived what God
has prepared for those who love Him.
Life Beyond the Grave will build your faith as God’s promises come alive, prepare you
to face your eternity, and provide you with a powerful witnessing tool to share with your
loved ones.
I want you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your destiny is sealed forever in Heaven.