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i was holding the book in my hand about astralprojection. a teenage space cadet. i blinked my eyes, and the next thing youknow, i began to go through the roof and was literally leaving the earth. what he saw . . . . i was just fascinated at first, and then fearovercame me. . . . . and how he returned. it seemed as if something was pulling me intoa pit of darkness. plus, former host sheila walsh returns home,on today’s 700 club.

welcome to this edition of the 700 club. itlooks like somebody is trying to destroy this country. for some reason, there are peoplein washington who don’t understand we’re broke. they don’t understand that for everydollar you spend, and you have to borrow 40 cents of it. there’s something the matter.they somehow don’t understand that we have 60-some trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities,plus another 14.5 trillion. somehow they don’t understand it, and so they argue back andforth. and the latest proposal from senator reid is that, “well, we’ll count the endof the war as our budget discussion. that’s the money we’re going to save.” and therating agency says, “no way. it ain’t going to happen.” and the president justsays, “well, we’ve got to raise more taxes

to support my wasteful spending.” and housespeaker boehner says, “no way.” so what’s going to happen? well, there’s a gridlock.it doesn’t look good for the greatest nation on earth. but the two sides have taken theircases to the public, and the public doesn’t seem to understand what’s going on, and,well, we’ll see. well, it is very confusing. the presidentbelieves some taxes should go up. and at the same time, the speaker says washington hasto focus on cutting spending. jennifer wishon has the story from washington. in a national primetime showdown, presidentbarack obama and speaker john boehner stuck to their guns. just one week before the governmentis scheduled to hit its debt limit, the president

announced the stalemate, or battle, over deepspending cuts versus tax increases, continues. we can't allow the american people to becomecollateral damage to washington's political warfare. speaker boehner accused the president of creatinga crisis atmosphere. the sad truth is that the president wanteda blank check six months ago, and he wants a blank check today. this is just not goingto happen. both men took their cases directly to theamerican people, mr. obama repeatedly calling his plan to cut spending and raise taxes balanced,which some analysts called an attempt to win over independents. the president criticizedrepublicans for holding the line against new

taxes. again, they will refuse to ask the wealthiestamericans to give up their tax cuts, or deductions. again, they will demand harsh cuts to programslike medicare. and once again, the economy will be held captive unless they get theirway. and he painted a dismal future if americadefaults on its debts. interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards,on mortgages, and on car loans, which amounts to a huge tax hike on the american people. the president’s address and speaker’srebuttal comes a day after the house and senate appeared to reach some common ground. bothhouses introduced new plans to raise the debt

ceiling, with similar spending cuts and notax increases. republicans say washington is simply spending too much. the solution to this crisis is not complicated.if you’re spending more money than you’re taking in, you need to spend less of it. there’sno symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip, and we beginto liberate our economy and our future. a key difference is democrats want to raisethe debt ceiling enough to get through the presidential election. republicans want toraise it for just six months. (washington): so what happens if congress and the whitehouse can’t reach an agreement by august 2nd? the treasury department is working oncontingency plans. some options: selling off

federal assets and deciding which bills topay and which ones to delay. some analysts believe the treasury can come up with enoughcash to pay america’s bills through at least september. jennifer wishon, cbn news, washington. the task of setting a debt limit rests withcongress, not the president. and if congress passes an extension, which they’re goingto pass, the president vetoes that at his peril. the congress is going to say, “okay,here’s the deal. we’re going to extend the debt limit, but we’re only going todo it for six or seven months. we’re not going to push it all the way through the nextelection. that’s politics. obama doesn’t want this to come up and hit him in the face,because he’s got to make some difficult

decisions, and he doesn’t want to do itprior to an election. that’s the deal. so they’re holding their feet in, and thenhe’s arguing. and so the people in washington are playing politics. the president is playingpolitics by trying to push this debt limit extension all the way past the next election.folks, we’ve got about a year and a half before our entire credit standing is goingto be in peril. and i think it’s going to be in peril, because these guys cannot cometogether. it’s just amazing. they’re putting partisan politics ahead of the needs of thenation. and each one is catering to its own constituency. but you’d better do some seriouspraying. lee webb has the rest of our top stories from the cbn newsroom. lee.

well, pat, it’s not just washington that’sworried about debt. so are many americans. a new associated press poll shows that onein five adults worries about debt most or all of the time. debt-related stress is saidto be up 17 percent from last november. more than 40 million americans are seriously concernedabout their debt, and the stress levels are the highest among households that have lostjobs, people with family incomes below 20,000 dollars, single parents, and adults withouthigh school diplomas. even people in higher income brackets, though, are feeling the pain.households earning more than 75,000 dollars had the largest increase in debt-related stresssince november. pat. the reason we’re not having a recovery fromthis recession we’ve been in is because

of bad management in washington. so grin andbear it. maybe something can be done before it’s too late. lee. pat, opponents of new york's gay marriagelaw sued to have the measure overturned. the lawsuit was filed in state court monday. itclaims the new york senate violated the state’s open meetings law when it approved the billand that lawmakers who opposed the measure were prevented from speaking out against it.sunday was the first day the law went into effect, and thousands took to the streetsto protest the measure. i spoke to maggie gallagher of the national organization formarriage. she believes gay marriage can be stopped.

we reversed gay marriage in california. wereversed it in maine. new hampshire is going to vote to reverse gay marriage in january,i would predict. we have won amazing victories. the trouble is that the press doesn’t reportthem, so people get the wrong message about how possible it is to reverse same sex marriage. opponents of the bill say governor andrewcuomo redefined marriage and didn’t give the voters a say. congressman allen west of florida is examiningthe muslim brotherhood’s influence in the u.s. many analysts consider the brotherhoodthe granddaddy of islamic extremist groups. it’s linked to numerous terrorist organizations.representative west says it’s important

to learn just how much influence the brotherhoodhas here in the u.s. this is about the protection of each and everyamerican citizen, whoever resides within our borders. it is the initial work product ofa 14-month research by the non-profit citizens for national security, an all volunteer groupthat traced the infiltration of the muslim brotherhood into america since it came herein 1962. representative west says the u.s. must stayon the offensive in order to defeat radical islam. archaeologists in jerusalem have discovereda rare gold bell believed to be part of a priestly garment during the time of jesus.julie stahl has that story now from jerusalem.

that’s the sound of a 2,000-year-old tinygold bell. and the man was walking with that bell onhis coat, everyone would hear when he was coming. it’s a small noise. it's not a bignoise, just to give some respect to this man. archaeologists uncovered the bell while excavatingan ancient drainage channel. it begins at the pool of siloam and continues undergroundto an area near the western wall called “robinson's arch.” that's where jewish worshippers wouldhave entered the temple mount in the time of jesus. and this bell we found under the main streetof jerusalem from the second temple period. the bell has a tiny loop at the top. it wouldhave been attached to the garment of a wealthy

person. the bible describes the robe of aaron,the high priest, saying, “upon its hem, you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple,and scarlet, all around its hem; and bells of gold between them all around.” head archaeologisteli shukron says there is no way to know for sure if the bell came from a priestly garment. it could be anyone, but i think, with a highposition in jerusalem from the second temple period. he believes the bell fell off the man's garmentand into the drainage channel. after 2,000 years, we are working very hardin the tunnels of jerusalem. and after 2,000 years we found that bell in the tunnel.

archaeologists hope to open the channel tunnelto the public later this summer. shukron says discoveries like the little golden bell shedlight on the nature of jerusalem in second temple times. julie stahl, cbn news, jerusalem. fascinating. in the last six months, americans have sentone trillion, that’s trillion, text messages. that's why some schools across the countrysay cursive writing is obsolete, but some schools argue there is no substitute for agood old-fashioned john hancock. here is mark martin. fifty-six delegates to the continental congresssigned the united states declaration of independence

in 1776. the most recognizable signature:john hancock. to this day, he is remembered for his large and stylish signature. fastforward some 230 years later to the days of e-mails, texts, and tweets. that’s why someschools like stober elementary school near denver, colorado, have stopped teaching cursive.a school administrator in augusta, georgia, also tried to remove cursive from her curriculum,but the school board refused. they're texting, and they are playing games.they are using the technology that we have. now 41 states have adopted new standards thatreplace cursive with keyboarding, and that certainly seems to be okay with some kids. texting is my life.

texting is more fun. i just like watching my fingers press on allthe keys. but some schools, like this private christianschool in virginia, say there's no substitute for teaching cursive. nowadays, if you want to fill out really anylegal document, you have to know how to sign your name in cursive. plus, like i said, thosefine motor skills really need to be developed. even these second graders can tell you whythey think writing in cursive is still important. it teaches you how to get more muscles inyour hand. i think it increases your writing skills,but really hard.

because it's fun. because you get to do differentsymbols than normal. so is teaching cursive still relevant? that'sa question every parent needs to think about. otherwise, america could be raising up a generationof no signatures. mark martin, cbn news. nicely done, mark. all right, pat, i thinki know how you feel about it, so make the case. why should we teach cursive in school? can you imagine what would happen if suddenlywe had a power blackout, and all those tweets and twitters and e-mails didn’t work? howwould we communicate? with grunts or with tom-toms? writing is an extraordinary abilitythat goes way back to the papyrus days in early egypt and babylon. and for heaven’ssakes, to say we don’t need that is insane.

the educators do some stupid things, and thisis one more of them. if they try to cut out handwriting, they call it cursive, but you’vegot to write with your hand. and it’s just insane to even think about stopping that. well, there actually have been some studiesthat have been done to help children who have been remedial on things. and it’s involvedusing your hand and the activity between the brain and the hand to kind of bring all ofthat together. i’m a very poor amateur handwriting analyst.i can tell a few things from looking at people’s handwriting. you can tell what goes on ina person’s psyche by looking at the way they write. and once you take that away, andthey start texting, all that personality has

gone out of it. people, actually, they canhave their hands cut off, and they can write with their toes, and they still have thosesame characteristics. isn’t that fascinating? it’s fascinating. someday i’ll go in andtell you what’s in your handwriting. oh, that’s scary. okay. maybe. maybe not.well, up next, meet a young man on a wilderness trail who came face to face with a grizzlybear. i’m six-foot-six, and the bear was so muchtaller than me when it stood up. but i think they are fascinating animals, and i don’tregret anything about that experience. learn what to do if a grizzly approaches you,after this. and then later on, former 700

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the bible talks about what happens to a bearwho is robbed of her cubs. it talks about the fierceness. david was said to be as fierceas a bear robbed of her cubs. last weekend a mother grizzly bear charged into a groupof seven teenagers in the alaskan wilderness, seriously injuring two teens and woundingtwo others. that attack came after a grizzly killed a hiker in yellowstone national parkthis summer. paul strand reports such incidents have reignited the debate about these hugebeasts. what happened after a mama grizzly mauleda yellowstone tourist this summer highlights an evolving attitude. authorities do not automaticallykill the bear and her cubs as was past practice. it seems americans more and more see thesemassive mammals as a wonder to treasure, not

a danger to exiled to the wilderness. they've got to be the most fascinating creaturegod ever made. this attitude adjustment is personified inrolin cheek. in his younger years the montana outdoorsman wanted nothing more than to shoota grizzly and turn it into a rug. but over the years, he observed the bears. saw theirintelligence and watched them play. they rocket down snow fields on their belliesfor the sheer exuberance of it. it's so changed him that when he finally hada grizzly in his gun sights: i found out that the animal itself had seizedmy heart so much that i found i'd just rather watch the bear than to shoot it.

you'd think steve german might have nothingbut fear after a grizzly encounter on a wilderness trail. i'm 6-foot-6 and the bear was so much tallerthan me when it stood up to encounter me. you really are understanding for the firsttime how massive they are, just how muscular, how beefy. but instead of fear and loathing . . . . i think they are fascinating animals, andi don't regret anything about that experience. that's a much more positive attitude thana crowd displayed way back in 1966 in this glacier parking lot. (glacier national park):a ranger showed up to see a female employee

trying to shoo a crowd away that had completelysurrounded a grizzly bear. they had this bear cornered, and it woundup the bear was growing angry. the bear was starting to act agitated, puttingit ears back, stamping his foot. finally the ranger had only one choice that he could make.he took out a rifle. he shot the bear. he went off to make a call to get the carcassremoved. when he came back, people were swarming all over the dead bear's body, cutting offclaws, taking its teeth. another crowd back then in the many glacierregion actually chased and stoned a bear for nearly half-a-mile. they started near thishorse corral, pummeled him all through a nearby parking lot, ran after him down a couple ofnearby slopes, past a caretaker’s cabin,

and across a road up nearby altyn peak, stoninghim all the way. it was a time when bears were seen almost as vermin, killed and buriedwithout thought. the common practice was shoot, shovel andshut up. now, they are a major attraction used to luretourists. with grizzly sculptures and signs going up all over this montana region. theyshow up on t-shirts. bear spray could be a major reason for this warming up. this powerfulspray, sort of like mace on steroids, has turned out to be so fool-proof in turningback charging bears, it's killed much of the fear factor. and glacier ranger and authormichael ober, says there's also a respect factor.

you're in their backyard, and you're justa temporary guest and visitor going through their living room; and that's the attitudeto have. ober's impressed by how much grizzlies don'twant to attack humans. they just want to not have much to do withyou. they don't like you; they don't like your smell, and avoidance is a part of theireveryday lifestyle. retired ranger jack potter says bear sprayand a few safety tips, like not traveling alone in bear country, and making noises likeclapping or shouting can help keep you alive. the smaller tinkling bear bells aren't veryeffective. the joke is that they're dinner bells.

cheeks’ written 13 books, and his photo-filledlearning to talk bear, explores the social etiquette grizzlies practice. like they show respect by not looking directlyat each other. one day cheek and his wife noticed a bear deliberately ignoring them. what he was trying to do is he was practicingsocial etiquette among bears, “i don't see you.” authorities like bear biologist charles jonkeltalk about: common courtesies that the bears show eachother that they transfer to us readily; because to them, as far as jonkel is concerned, tothe bears we are a kind of super-bear.

developing these courtesies between man andgrizzly could keep both off the endangered species list. cheek believes humans need tocourteously reconsider how much they're bulldozing their way deeper and deeper into the wildland grizzlies once ruled. if we keep changing their primary feedinggrounds to shopping malls and parking lots, there's no way they're going to make it intothe next century. and since authorities might still sometimesbe forced to kill an angered animal, humans who might rile up these mighty beasts beara serious responsibility. your actions could determine what happensto these individual bears. and when you're talking about 300 bears say, in the greaterglacier area, every bear's important.

paul strand, cbn news, reporting from bearcountry in montana. well, i think if i were you i'd stay awayfrom them regardless of their etiquette. all right. be a wise word today. warning, stay away! well, up next, a teen gets more than he bargainedfor playing with the occult. i was holding the book in my hand about astralprojection, and the next thing you know, i began to go through the roof and over thetop of the house and was literally leaving the earth into outer blackness, darkness.and i screamed out for help.

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plus . . . . . . . . lose weight and look great. learnhow you can get a full meal at just 400 calories a pop, on the 700 club. well, on the 700 club, we love to bring youstories of modern-day miracles. today we take you back to 1987 when a man named josh calhounwas 16 years old. john was a troubled teenager with a severe case of athlete's foot. he wentto sleep one night, and by the time he woke up, john had received a double miracle. i would lay in bed at night and look at myhand and asked the question “where did i come from?” i would question it so deeply.but i didn't have the answer. no one was there

to tell me. i desperately was searching. john calhoun came from a broken home. evenat 16, he wanted more out of life. he tried drugs and alcohol, even the occult. i was holding the book in my hand about astralprojection, wasn’t really believing in it. suddenly, i blinked my eyes, and the nextthing you know, i began to go through the roof and over the top of the house, and wasliterally leaving the earth. and i remember going into outer blackness, darkness, likei was being catapulted backwards at a great rate of speed. i went numb and i was justfascinated at first, and then fear overcame me. it was fear you could taste, fear youcould touch. and i screamed out for help.

it seemed as if something was pulling me intoa pit of darkness. then i heard a voice say, “jesus,” and my mother had seen this takingplace. she said my eyes were rolled back in my head, and she didn't know what to do. shegrabbed a hold of me. she slapped me on the face. his encounter with the supernatural frightenedhim. it made john want to understand was there more to this life? were heaven and hell real?john had a paper route. while folding papers early one morning, he came across the 700club. pat began to talk about you can be saved byjust accepting what jesus did on the cross, not by good works or being religious. i wasamazed to know that you didn't have to earn

god's love. that just blew my mind that youcould just ask jesus to come into your heart, and that's all he needed from me. and so theni asked him into my heart that day. god's holy spirit came into the room and filledthat void up that was on the inside of me; and a peace that passes all understandingcame into my heart, and i knew that i was saved. later in the program, pat robertson prayedfor healing and had a word of knowledge that got john's attention. and pat said, “someone has an ongoing problemwith your feet. it is very painful.” and i remember he said, “it’s like there arescabs on your feet, and they're bleeding,

and they're very painful. and god is healingyou right now.” for years the teen had been battling a problemwith his feet. no medicine seemed to help. i had a chronic foot problem that you couldsay was athlete's feet, and it wasn't just in one spot or two, it covered my feet. itgot to where the last couple of days i couldn't even wear a shoe. i was desperate. it waspainful. the next morning i woke up, and then i looked down at my feet, and they were likea newborn baby’s skin, just perfect, absolutely, instantaneously, totally healed. i think godwanted to reassure me that he heard my prayer of salvation. by showing what he did on theoutside, god was saying, “if i can do this on the outside, this is what i can do on theinside.”

wow! god knows you, he knows you inside out. hecreated you. he knows what you need, what it takes to make you tick. he knows how toforgive the things that are poor choices you've made in your life. he can cover it all. that's an extraordinary man. i mean, he'sastral projection. he finds the lord early in the morning. he gets healed of an ongoingfoot infection. i mean, what a tremendous thing! god is speaking to him. i don't knowwhat's happening in his life, but i think it's good, whatever the lord has. we havesome prayer answers to prayer. do you want to share?

this is gloria. she lives in wilmington, northcarolina. she had a cyst in her shoulder. it had been there for years. and then a coupleof weeks ago, pat, you gave a word of knowledge. so she received that word for herself. shelaid her hand on that spot and was healed. the cyst is gone. and linda lives in mckinney,texas. she was having seizures and was actually diagnosed with diabetes. she was watchingthis program, and she heard you, pat, give this word of knowledge. you said, “someoneis being healed from diabetes.” on june 16th, she went to the doctor, and he saidher diabetes is gone. i tell you, that is a super miracle. that'sreally the anointing of god. john, who lived in a place called medford, oregon, had terriblepain from his heel to the middle of his left

foot and was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis.for the next three months, he was in pain. last may he was watching and the hosts werepraying, and terry said, “there’s somebody who has a foot problem. something with thebones in your feet. god is healing you, and immediately john’s foot was healed. praise the lord. that's painful. these other ones, i think you shared that,didn't you? all right. well folks . . . . we have a prayer request. can i just mentionthis? yes, please. go ahead. this is a young man named braden. he's just11 years old. he just came into the chat room

and asked pleased to pray for his father who’slonely. braden's stepmother, his father's wife died in a car crash. he wants his dadto feel that god is with him and asked for prayer that he would find a good church home. well folks, with god all things are possible.there's nothing impossible. the god of the universe is here. where two of you gatheredtogether in his name, there he is in the midst of them. he said, “now if you agree on earthas touching anything you ask, it'll be done for them by my father in heaven.” now we'regoing to agree for you. lord, reach out and touch people today. in the name of jesus,touch them. thank you lord. father, we pray especially for braden today.lord, this young man whose heart is touched

by his father's loss, and god we just praythat you would be the great comforter to both of them. we pray that you would knit theirhearts together as father and son. father, be there in the midst of them. take them upinto your arms and carry them as you do as the good shepherd with all of us when we arebroken. and, god, i pray for a good church home that you would lead them and guide themto christian friends and fellowship into a church where they will grow and be nurturedin you, father. we ask that in jesus’ name. somebody has a cut near the clavicle. i don'tknow whether it was a surgical cut or whether you've got hit by some implement or a knifeor a machete or whatever it was. but god, right now, is healing you in the name of jesus.put your hand on it in the new flesh will

come up, and you're going to find yourselfamazingly healed. someone else, you have chronic migraines.we just ask you father now, to touch them and heal them. god is healing that situationfor you. just put your hand on your head and receive that healing for you. you're justgoing to feel a warmth come over your head as all of that muscle relaxes. there’s a woman with a cyst in her breastright now. god at this moment is taking, that cyst is breaking, and it's going to be vanishedcompletely, in the name of jesus. and, father, for others in this audience who are prayingfor money, praying for their families, whatever their praying for, hear lord, hear, and answerthe prayer of your people. in jesus’ name.

amen. wherever you are, give us a call. let us know what god has done in your life.we'd love to hear from you. and other good things are happening on this edition of the700 club. boy, they sure are, because still ahead, ourgood friend sheila walsh is in the house today. find out what this woman of faith, wife, andmother is up to now. there she is, she's coming out in a moment. come on and cross over to the all new crosscountry radio from cbn.com. cross country, where country meets the cross. you'll hearreal christian country from great country artists. the all-new cross country radio wherecountry meets the cross. cross country. it's

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off the table. mohammed will not be eligiblefor parole. he tried to plead guilty before, but arkansas law does not allow it in deathpenalty cases. the u.s. postal service is looking to closemore than 3000 offices in an effort to save money. the agency lost $8 billion last year.the locations selected to close are those that do the least business, mostly in smalltowns. postal officials say they're looking into alternate services for those places,like putting post offices in local businesses or in town halls. well, you can always getthe latest from cbn news by going to our website at cbnnews.com. pat and terry will be back with more of the700 club right after this.

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you know who needs to see that? frank! the 700 club stories to go. how cool a clubis that? everything you work for, it's gone. on saturday, october 1st, we have a specialcelebration coming up for cbn's 50th broadcast anniversary. and we want to invite you to join us. patwilliams of the orlando magic is going to be with us along with evangelist reinhardbonnke. and we've got musical guests including mercyme, diamond rio, and the annie moses band.

it's an all-day event topped off by a hugefireworks display. just go to cbn.com/50 to find out more. that's saturday, october 1st,right here at cbn. pat. oh, it's going to be a time of celebration,big 50! cbn, our broadcasts, began on october the 1st 50 years ago, 1961. well if you'rea longtime fan of the 700 club you're also a fan of our dear sister in christ, sheilawalsh. for five years sheila sat beside me and gave me grief all the time as co-hostof the 700 club. and we miss her. since then she has continued to distinguish herself asa dynamic woman of faith, writing books, holding concerts, doing stuff all over the country.watch this. “. . . . how great thou art . . . .”

sheila walsh is a grammy nominated vocalist,bestselling author, and a featured speaker for, women of faith. she's also a devotedwife and a mother to 13-year-old son christian. from 1987 to 1992, sheila was a host of the700 club. sheila's latest work, the shelter of god’s promises, and its companion book,god’s shelter for your storm, take a look at 10 of god's promises that will help youthrough whatever challenges life brings. well, please welcome back to the 700 clubour dear friend, sheila walsh. god bless you, daughter. dad, i'm home! you’ve been gone so long.

i know, i wandered. have you been a good girl? no! what did you do bad? oh, i've just been busy. but it's so lovelyto see you again. and i can't believe 50 years coming up. isn’t it amazing? yeah. i looked at those pictures. i was young once.they prove it. well, i looked at some of those pictures.i look at my hair, and i want to shoot the

hairstylist. oh, there we go. thank you forillustrating my point. look at that, oh boy! i mean gosh, i look like phyllis diller ona bad day. yeah, but oh were you so perky! hey, you’rewriting books? the shelter, and what is it, one is a study book and the other is a regular? yeah, one is more of a kind of in-depth biblestudy, and the other is more of a gift book. but basically they're both on what do we absolutelyknow for sure in god's word. no matter what else is going on in the world, what can westake our lives on. give me two or three things, we can stakeour lives on.

remember when christ said to his friends,just before he's about to be betrayed, “peace, i leave with you.” that’s right. “my peace i give, not as the world gives,”because for the world's peace to work circumstances have to change. for christ peace to work,nothing has to change. we just have his presence. yeah. i thought that even as i was watching thenews last night, and there's such discord in washington. but at the feet of christ,there is no discord. there's peace to be found. amen.

and he said, “in this world you will havetrouble.” and that greek word, “trouble,” interacts and is like, “perfect storm.”it's as if jesus is saying, “in this world you're going to face the perfect storm; buttake heart, because i've overcome the world.” i like it. i love it. i was saying to the girl who wasdoing my hair, that there's nothing in this earth that will make a woman more beautifulthan the word of god. because that transforms you from inside out. that’s beautiful. did the lord give youthis, you're sort of meditating? how did these things come to you?

i got a lot from a woman who said, “my husbandjust died of cancer, and i just got breast cancer. i don't know if i'll be able to keepmy house.” but she said something at the end that just captured me. she said, “iwouldn't have made it this far without the promises of god.” and she didn't say itlike she was trying to say the right thing. you know, we show up for church, and you'vehad this horrible argument in the car with your husband, and they’re like, how areyou? and i'm like, “oh, i’m so glorious. any closer to the lord, i'd be flying.”it was not like that. it was someone who had walked through the darkest night in life andin that place, found god's promises to be faithful. so i made a commitment, until thelord takes me home, or he returns, i'm studying

his word and passing it on to as many peopleas i can. well, here they are, ladies and gentlemen,the shelter and god's promises. sheila walsh. and this is a study book. either one availablefrom nelson. now, you have become a facebook fan of my gorgeous dog. i love your new dog, blue. blue. blue is beautiful. yes, i'm a fan of blue’s. well, he's coming in on thursday. i wish he'dbe here for you. i wish. when did you get him? he looks likehe's still quite a puppy.

he is a big puppy. but i got him just beforechristmas. well, that's the perfect dog for you. he is,because he's like a big noble beast, not like the wee fluffy thing. no, i don't want a wee fluffy. i'm a big noble.he is a dear dog. i've got him, he jumps when i tell him to. he rolls over. he sits down.he lies down. wow. most of us jump when you tell us to.let's just be honest here. you say jump, we say how high? well, let’s not tell any secrets. all right.blue’s got about 2200 people on facebook right now. here's a question from one of ourfacebook fans. her name is leah, and she says

quote, “i was always impressed with yourgift of evangelism and sweet songs. what are you doing now and how old is your child?” ahh, how sweet, leah. well, christian willturn 15 in december. he's about to get to high school, pat. can you believe that? atthe moment i'm traveling a lot with women of faith. we have conferences all around thecountry. i love that. and when i'm not doing that, i'm home with my family and studyinggod's word. is christian a good kid? or is he a troubledteen? he is an amazing kid. is he?

yeah. and i think one of—when i was pregnanti prayed, “lord, i pray that christian will come to know you when he's young,” becausei can't imagine living in this world and not knowing the lord. so i got to lead christianinto a relationship with christ when he was five. praise god! and he's just got back from his first missiontrip. no kidding? god's really got his hand on that boy. oh, that’s beautiful.

and he looks just like his dad. he does? stunning. stunning child. like his mother, gorgeous. oh, thanks. can he sing? yes! he sings?

he sings. yeah, he's just amazing. how marvelous. i think so. well, i'll tell you what. the next time you'rehere, you bring christian and i'll bring blue. it’s a deal! okay. why do you think it's so hard; peoplehave a hard time believing god's promises in a troubled world. why is it so hard forthem? because we don't keep our own word. we havelearned that the word promise means very little in our culture.

okay. you know, we have promises. we have prenuptialagreements. we break them all the time. but scripture says there's two words in the hebrew,in the old testament, that we translate as “promise” for god. they’re dabar andomer. and what they mean is “to say” and “to speak.” so, what it’s saying isif god says something, if god speaks that's as good as it gets. we don't need to comeout with a fancy word for god. if god has said it, you can stake your life on it. i believe that. god is not man that he should lie.

i said that when i came down here that i'mstaking my entire life on the promises of god. fifty years later . . . . look what god has done. do you know that everywherei travel whether it's sydney australia, london, everywhere i go, people will say to me, “iwant to tell you that god used the 700 club to impact my life.” hallelujah! everywhere around the world. isn't that marvelous? it’s wonderful.

a little tv station, $70. i know. ben kenchlow falling off his chair.it’s all good. yeah. hey, we miss you. oh, i miss you, too. but i watch you and prayfor you. well, don't stop. well, i love you. you'resweet, god bless you. sheila walsh. sheila’s books are called the shelter of god’s promisesand god’s shelter for your storm. both are available nationwide. and we have a web exclusiveinterview with this dear lady online. you can go to cbn.com and click, “in thegreen room.” oh man, we’re getting so fancy. all right. terry, what's next?

lots of questions in our chat room today,like this one from dave who says, “my daughter has been dating a guy for two years. thishas caused conflict in our family, because she's a christian, and he's a catholic. whatdo you think?” well, were going to bring it online with dave'squestion and lots more for you right after this, so stay with us. look, like i to read and all, but who hasthe time? it was killing me that i didn’t have timeto read the new book everyone was talking about. so, about a year ago a friend told me aboutaudible.com.

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the doctor. i was very scared for my sister. that very week, cbn happened to be visitingthe remote village with a free medical clinic. when the doctor learned of little mot’spain, she quickly diagnosed the problem. mot had contracted a liver fluke, a tiny but potentiallydeadly parasite. i was surprised to learn that it was so seriousand thankful that cbn was offering to help us. cbn gave the little girl the pills she neededto kill that parasite; and a couple of days later, mot was back to normal. cbn also helpedmot’s mom increase the family's income by giving them ducks and grain to start a smallpoultry business. we also gave mot’s older

sister some thread for weaving. now she canhelp her mom bring in some extra money while working from home. thank you to cbn. you are good people. thank you, cbn. you know, it's an amazing thing to me wheni see how much need there is in the world and how simple it is to bring an answer. what this little girl suffered from wasn'tsimple. but those pills would be available to anybody in america at any time. it's justthat in other parts of the world, they need someone who will help, who will step intothe middle of the gap and say, “here, let

me provide what you need.” this little girl'slife was in danger, and you made it possible for us to be there for her, so we want tosay thank you. we also want to say we have opportunities like this every hour, everyday, every week, every month, every year. and we can only step in and make a difference,because you care enough to stand up and say, “i want to join the 700 club. that's what700 club members do all around the world. so we want to invite those of you who haven'tyet made that commitment to go to your phone and call today. it's a simple thing. it's65 cents a day, $20 a month. and while that may not seem like much to you, when we allpartner together, we really can make a difference in the world. isn't that good to know in aday where there is so much chaos going on

around you that you can be part of the solutionfor not just one person, but many people. so go to your phone call right now. the numberis toll free. it's 1-800-759-0700. just say, “i want to join the 700 club.” when youdo our way of saying thank you is to send you, life beyond the grave. this is a dvd of real-life accounts of peoplewho've had death experiences. some have gone to heaven. some have gone to hell. they sharewhat happened to them, and then pat teaches from the word. sheila was talking a few momentsago about the inerrancy of god's word. the promises he's made to us. hear what pat hasto say that the bible shares about eternity, about life and death and heaven and hell.you’ll want to know that and share it with

the people that you love. so you go to yourphone and call right now. make a difference in someone else's life, and we’ll get thatdvd out to you right away. want to answer some questions? well, i’ll let you know after you tell mewhat the questions are. that’s too late. you gotta do it now. too late! alright i'm on. this is dave who's bringing it online todaywith this question. he says, “my daughter my daughter is a christian, and he's a catholic.we've prayed about this, and we just don't want our daughter to be unequally yoked. whatdo you think?”

well, i’d hate to say “you're christian,and he's catholic,” because catholics consider themselves christians. there is some difference.what do i say? it's difficult to be unequally yoked. don't be unequally yoked with an unbeliever,but what does this boy believe? i mean, does he believe in jesus? does he believe in thepower of the cross? has he been born again? all these things. and if not, they're settingthemselves up for conflict. on this one, if i were you i would love this young man andsee what he believes and see if you couldn't lead into a little bit more perfect understandingof god's love and grace. this is jesse who says, “i suffer from lymedisease. i believe that i'm going to be healed, but it's only getting worse. why hasn't godhealed me yet? is this a test of my faith?”

i have no idea why god hasn't healed you.there are many reasons, the first of which is you may not be praying right. there couldbe something in your life. or it might be that god wants you to use medicine. i justdon't know if there is medicine for lyme disease, but you certainly don't want to let it goon very long, because you can have very severe consequences. i don't know if he's not being treated. ifhe's been diagnosed, you'd think he'd be getting something. it's caused by a tick bite, and it's one ofthose things. i wouldn't hesitate to take medicine. i believe that god uses medicine. . . .

excellent. . . . . and he uses doctors. we're very blessedto have wonderful medical facilities. i think there's nothing that would denigrate faithon account of the fact that you go to doctors and get treated. all right. this is karen who says, “i am deeply disturbedby the norway shootings, especially because they were perpetrated by a christian. obviously,i think he is a sick and troubled man and did not represent christianity as a whole.but can't we say the same thing about the muslim jihadists? can't we say that they,like the norway shooter, only represent a lunatic fringe of their religion?”

no, i don't think we can say that, becauseif you read in the koran, it tells you to “smite the infidels.” it tells you to“wage war against the infidels.” it says that there's two sides of the world, one iseither the dar al-islam, which is the world of islam; the other is dar al-harb, whichis the world of war. and everybody who's not under islam is at war. the koran teaches warand teaches jihad. the bible teaches peace, teaches love, teaches the forgiveness of god.that's a totally different thing. i don't think that guy in norway was a christian.the christian churches in norway have all disavowed him. actually this morning on the news, they'resaying that he was deranged and that he actually

believes he's in some war and that he's actingout of that place. yes, but he had all kinds of strange writingsthat don't reflect in any way in christianity. what else? this is brenda who says, “the wealthy inamerica can afford to have their taxes raised a little so the poor can keep their basicbenefits like food and shelter. why can't this be an open matter?” the tragic fact is 50 percent of the peoplein america pay no taxes at all. so if you burden the productive sector with higher andhigher taxes, they will be less able to provide the jobs which are what the poor need. thepoor don't need handouts; they don't need

welfare programs; they need employment. ifyou're going to penalize the productive sector, you're going to take away their opportunityto provide jobs. it's the surpluses of profit that business has that enables it to hiremore people and to expand. if we don't have a dynamic economy, then everybody suffers.so this business about we're going to cut spending on the backs of the poor, it's ashame but, we've given away benefits to everybody. when they had welfare reform a few years agowhen tommy thompson of wisconsin and others put in reform, it was dramatic. they said,“look, if you don't work, you're not going to get free food.” so all of a sudden thesewelfare guys started getting jobs. it was meant to help people over a slump,not to be an ongoing constant support.

not ongoing. it is devastating to take charityall the time. well, that's all the time we've got. tomorrow, how can you get healthy withthe 400 calories fix. you're going to get hungry, but we’ll tell you about it. seeyou tomorrow, bye-bye. here at cbn, we see amazing things happenwhen we stand together. that’s why we want to say thank you to thethousands of you . . . . . . . . who recently pledged to join the 700club. your monthly gift makes it possible to bringcrucial help to those who need it most. you help heal the sick, feed the hungry . . . . . . . . and preach the gospel across americaand throughout the world.

you’ve brought health and hope to peoplein desperate need. and changed their lives forever. this widow was so poor she had to search forfood for her children. many times all she could find was ant larvae. when her daughterbecame ill with a deadly parasite, you sent a free medical clinic that saved her life.you also gave this family a small poultry business so that they can support themselves.your love ended their despair. so please watch for this mailing and sendin your pledge. this year millions will know . . . . the love and saving power of jesus christ.

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