The 700 Club: November 6, 2009

UnderWing Transcripts PO Box 16282 Clearwater, Florida 33766 540 455-2333 / UnderWing@underwingtranscripts.com ________________________________________ The 700 Club Daily Broadcast Friday, November 6, 2009 GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, welcome to The 700 Club. We’re learning more today about the suspect behind the shooting rampage at Fort Hood. Nidal Malik Hasan is a lifelong Muslim, and his name appears on radical Internet postings. TERRY MEEUWSEN: And the government already had him under suspicion several months ago. Here is reporter Jennifer Wishon. HOOD JENNIFER WISHON: An Army psychiatrist, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was trained to help solders in distress, but he had been on the radar of law enforcement officials for months. In an Internet post at least six months ago, Hasan compared suicide bombers to GI's who save other troops by throwing themselves on a grenade. Hasan apparently carried out the attacks on his own, but the possibility that he was acting on behalf of some radical group has not been ruled out. Brad Garrett (Former FBI Agent): It's one of those things that he obviously went to kill a lot of people and commit suicide, maybe in his own mind that he's saving future lives. JENNIFER WISHON: The 39-year-old was scheduled to be deployed overseas later this month, but his family says he had hired a lawyer to get out of it. This surveillance video obtained by CNN from a 7-11 store near Fort Hood that Hasan reportedly frequented. Here, just hours before the shootings, he is seen wearing traditional Muslim garb. Hasan was reportedly going to work with Muslims in the Armed Forces. Major Khalid Shabazz (Chaplain): He was going to be kind of the caretaker for Muslim soldiers. And sometimes when Muslim soldiers have a rift between what they're doing and their faith, that person who is a leader needs to kind of quell some of those fears and kind of help them through that process. JENNIFER WISHON: Hasan reportedly hoped President Barack Obama would pull troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and argued with his military colleagues who supported the wars. Before arriving at Fort Hood, Hasan worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years as an intern, resident and fellow in disaster and preventative psychiatry. There, he reportedly received a poor performance evaluation and, as an intern, had some difficulties with patients that required extra counseling and supervision. His cousin told Fox News he believes Hasan was fed up with being teased about his heritage. GRAPHIC: FOX NEWS Voice of: Nader Hasan (Hasan’s Cousin): It was the harassment that I think was what got to him, was him being referenced from his Middle Eastern ethnicity, even though he was born and raised here and went to high school here in northern Virginia. JENNIFER WISHON: Law enforcement agents are searching Hasan's home and looking for clues as to what led the soldier to allegedly kill his comrades. A ceremony to honor the dead is being planned at the Fort Hood Air Base. Jennifer Wishon, CBN News. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, CBN News terrorism analyst Erick Stakelbeck is with us. Erick, it appears that his motivations were either religious or political. Does it seem that way to you? GRAPHIC: BEHIND THE SHOOTINGS ERICK STAKELBECK: Well, Gordon, let’s look at the evidence we have so far. We know that Mr. Hassan, according to the imam of his mosque in Maryland, was in the mosque every day seven days a week and was, quote, “a devout Muslim.” We know that he praised suicide bombers online. We know that he railed against the US aggressors in the Middle East, was fiercely opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We see him in surveillance video wearing traditional Islamic garb. And the US military has not ruled out that he was acting on behalf of some, quote, “radical group.” I’ve covered a lot of these cases for CBN News, Gordon, over the past few years. And I can tell you, in these kind of cases, where there is smoke, there is usually fire. In the case of Mr. Hasan, there’s a whole lot of smoke right now. GORDON ROBERTSON: It does start to beg with the question with this kind of evidence out there and then certainly the trail on the Internet, what in the world was this guy doing getting shipped out to be in active combat? ERICK STAKELBECK: It seems like someone in the higher echelons of the US military absolutely dropped the ball here. There were warning signs for months, actually years, Gordon, if you look back a few years ago when Mr. Hasan was in graduate school. He was actually reprimanded for proselytizing to patients and co-workers, trying to convert them to Islam. Of course, we had these postings about six months ago praising Islamic suicide bombers. Some of his colleagues at Fort Hood have gone on record as saying, “Hey, we took this to higher officials. Nothing was done about it.” Big mistake here, and as the investigation progresses, we might see some heads roll. GORDON ROBERTSON: Is our military a target now for jihadists? Are they trying to infiltrate the military in order to do this? ERICK STAKELBECK: Yes on both fronts. Number one, this is the dream of al Qaeda and jihadist groups to actually have a radical jihadist plant working from within, inside the military. We had a case a few years ago where a member of the National Guard, a guy by the name of Ryan Anderson, was convicted for passing along, or trying to pass along, information to al Qaeda. When it comes to the US military, they are the prime target for jihadists, especially in every home grown case that I investigate here, Gordon. There are two things, two common threads. Number one, they want to strike out against the US military. They see the US military as the symbol of crusader imperialist aggression. And number two, they want to strike out against Israel and the Jews. What we see here obviously is the US military, unfortunately, we’re the brunt of this man’s jihadist rage. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, Erick, thanks for the analysis. ERICK STAKELBECK: Thank you. GORDON ROBERTSON: Our prayers certainly go out to the families of those who lost loved ones in this horrible tragedy. And we need to pray that we’d wake up to the threat we face. Lee Webb has the rest of our top stories from the CBN Newsroom. Lee. ANTI-HEALTH BILL RALLY LEE WEBB: Gordon, the House of Representatives is set to vote on health care overhaul legislation tomorrow. Democrats are scrambling, though, to secure enough votes to pass the 1.2 trillion dollar measure. This comes despite big protests Thursday. Thousands of Americans showed up in Washington to speak out against the liberal plan. Heather Winn (Ohio Nurse): It's not going be between me and my patients anymore. There's going to be bureaucrats that we have to answer to. And instead of giving them the care that they need, they're going to get the care that the government wants them to have. Dora Capell (South Carolina): We are America. We are not Europe. If they want to live in Europe, move to Europe. We are America, and we are free. Margaret Lynott (Michigan Resident): And if we pass this health bill, we will be paying for more abortions, more children will die, and America will die. LEE WEBB: The rally comes at a critical time for health care legislation. Many prolife Democrats are still on the fence over whether to vote for legislation that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortions. ABORTIONIST LEE WEBB: A Texas woman is making national headlines after leaving her position at Planned Parenthood. Twenty-nine-year-old Abby Johnson was the director of the abortion clinic in College Station, Texas. But one day, something happened that caused her to have a radical change of heart. Wendy Griffith has her story. WENDY GRIFFITH: Abby Johnson never thought she’d be standing on this side of the fence outside the abortion clinic where she worked for eight years. But less than two months ago, she was called in to assist with an abortion. Although that was nothing new, she'd never seen one using an ultrasound before. Abby Johnson (Resigned from Planned Parenthood): It was then I was actually able to see a baby in the womb, and I saw that baby trying to get away from the probe that the doctor was using. I just wanted to make it stop. I saw the baby. I could see it twisting, and I just saw it crumble, and just thinking, “I will never do this again.” WENDY GRIFFITH: Abby says another reason she felt compelled to leave Planned Parenthood is that with the downturn in the economy, she was being pressured to bring in more and more women who wanted to get abortions, because abortions are the clinic’s money maker. Abby Johnson: Well, I felt like that’s not what Planned Parenthood’s message has always been. Their message had always been about prevention, and that’s what I thought it was about. And that’s why I got into it, was to prevent unintended pregnancies. And now all of a sudden, they’re saying, “Forget about that. We need money, so we need to up our abortion numbers.” WENDY GRIFFITH: Abby had planned to wait two weeks before leaving Planned Parenthood in hopes of finding another job, but felt God wanted her to leave immediately. And she knew just where to turn: the prolife group Coalition for Life just down the street. Abby Johnson: I came in, and I was just a mess. I was crying. And I think they had to pick their jaws up off the floor. They couldn’t believe what they were hearing. And I just said, “I can't do this anymore.” WENDY GRIFFITH (Interviewing): How did you feel? Abby Johnson: Oh, I felt for the first time in so many years, I really felt what true peace was, and I felt like this huge burden had been lifted off of me. WENDY GRIFFITH: Now, you’ve been a churchgoer most of your life, all of your life really. What took you so long? Some people might be thinking eight years is a long time. Abby Johnson: I think that my heart wasn't ready. And I think that I did a lot of rationalization. I just kept buying into it. I just kept going deeper and deeper justifying it. WENDY GRIFFITH: Abby, what would you say to women who have had abortions and are just feeling the weight of it, that just wish they could turn back time? Abby Johnson: God doesn’t want you to bear that guilt. Let God bear the guilt for you. WENDY GRIFFITH: Less than two months since walking out of the clinic, Abby says she's enjoying a peace she never knew was possible. And after years of rationalizing that abortion was okay, she now wants to tell everyone the truth. Abby Johnson: Abortion is taking a life. WENDY GRIFFITH: Wendy Griffith, CBN News, College Station, Texas. LEE WEBB: Gordon, that’s an amazing story. And you really can see the peace that she has right now. GORDON ROBERTSON: You can. But this story ought to underline for all of us how we’ve rationalized our way as a culture, as a society, and to thinking that somehow abortion is okay, that you’re protecting the body of the mother. And we’ve got a picture for you. And if we can show now. This is a 3D picture of a first trimester baby. We’ve rationalized this. And we’ve gotten it to the point where we call it a fetus, or we say it’s a blob of tissue. Well, this blob of tissue is sucking his thumb. You have all the fingers. You have the brain in control of the body, in control of the body movements. And all of this is happening in the first trimester. I think we need to come to grips as a culture, we can’t rationalize that away. Technology has given us the tools to actually take pictures, 3D pictures of what’s going on in the womb in that first trimester. And I look at that and say that’s a baby. Terry. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, coming up, a drive by in the desert. Man: Two years ago, my officers could do nothing but go from crime scene to crime scene. We were constantly stringing up tape. TERRY MEEUWSEN: See how one murder claimed a life, but rescued a community. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GRAPHIC: MATT REDMAN LEE WEBB: Still ahead, a live performance from worship leader Matt Redman. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 1: GOLDLINE Jay Johnson (Former Director US Mint): All you have to do is read a newspaper or watch TV to know that millions of us have seen our investments and our nest eggs lose value in these tough economic times. And no one knows how long this will last. Hi, I’m Jay Johnson, former director of the US Mint. I supervised our nation’s gold supply, including Fort Knox. Let’s look at three popular investment choices: stocks, real estate and gold. Stocks have declined. Housing has crashed. Yet, gold has tripled in value since 2001. Some experts, like me, believe gold may reach new record highs due to inflation and the falling dollar. Gold is a safe haven asset that has never dropped to zero. 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GORDON ROBERTSON: Next week on The 700 Club. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, just two years ago, police in Phoenix, Arizona were facing a major crime problem. So they decided to team up with some unusual allies: local churches. Today, homicides are down 40 percent. Heather Sells has that story. FOCUS: PHOENIX CHURCHES HEATHER SELLS: For those seeking the sun, Phoenix is a desert playground. But south of downtown, darkness often rules in the form of crime and poverty. Memorials to murder victims mark communities like South Mountain. It's familiar terrain for Lieutenant Mike Kurtenbach. Lt. Mike Kurtenbach (South Mountain Precinct): This cul-de-sac that we’re driving right there was claimed by an Hispanic gang. HEATHER SELLS: Gang warfare ended the life of 14-year-old Jimmy Torres at this spot in 2007. His death marked the 62nd homicide in South Mountain community in 11 months, and it became a turning point for an area that realized it had to come to grips with an enormous crime problem. Lt. Mike Kurtenbach: Two years ago my officers could do nothing but go from crime scene to crime scene. They were constantly stringing up tape. HEATHER SELLS: Police realized the business-as-usual approach of just rounding up the bad guys wasn’t working. So they reached out to local churches to rebuild the community from the ground up. Pastor Aubrey Barnwell at First New Life Missionary Baptist was ready. Pastor Aubrey Barnwell (First New Life Missionary Baptist Church): Once the police department said, “We need you to connect with other churches to help, to sustain and be the anchor,” we knew then what we could do. HEATHER SELLS: It’s 8:30 on a Tuesday morning, and this group is waiting for help outside the Bridge Church. What waits inside is what community leaders call the “Neighborhood Root System.” Neighborhood Roots help churches create a business plan for their community. Pastor Tim Lesher (The Bridge Church): We had been praying and really asking God, “How do we help people beyond just a food box, beyond that one time a month or one time a year that we see them for food?” HEATHER SELLS: The answer: step forward as the first pilot church in the Neighborhood Roots program. The Bridge identified the unemployed as one of its greatest needs. Mitzila Hogans (City of Phoenix Community Services): There are so many possibilities here, because the people trust the church. HEATHER SELLS: That led to the transformation of this modest sanctuary into a one stop relief center. Imagine this: being able to apply for food stamps and other government benefits at your neighborhood church. Linda Schroeder (Arizona Dept. of Economic Security): Then the person doesn't have to go back to DES, the local office, and wait in line possibly, see their neighbors possibly. HEATHER SELLS: Linda Schroeder says more than one-third of Arizonans who qualify for help don't apply. She’s hoping helping churches can change that. Linda Schroeder: They can expand what they do by using the assistance that we have. And they can provide more services, and they can help us also to kind of fill in where we’ve lost staff. HEATHER SELLS: The Bridge has also created a career center, filled with computers for job seekers. Pastor Tim Lesher: At the city’s centers, they’re waiting for a computer, sometimes even a couple of hours. And when they get on a computer they have a time limit. And here they’re able to come in. They get the help that they need. They can sit down and look for a job for an extended period of time. And beyond that, they have somebody that they can just talk to, that can encourage them. HEATHER SELLS: That personal encouragement makes the difference. And unlike a government agency or police officer, church volunteers have the desire and time to form relationships. Yemi Bosfield (Bridge Volunteer): Sometimes when I'm praying with them and they start talking with me in terms of some of the things they're going through, and they start just crying. You can tell that they're just going through so much. Oscar Arnold (Receives Help from the Bridge): They encourage you. They have a good attitude, and they really focus on you, what you need. HEATHER SELLS: Oscar Arnold is job hunting after being laid off from work as a butcher. Thanks to the Bridge, he’s now receiving food stamps for his family and one on one help as he scours the want ads . Lt. Mike Kurtenbach: When you see the work that The Bridge is doing, which is connecting people to much needed resources. You're connecting people to food stamps. You're getting people jobs. If you're doing that, you're making neighborhoods more stable. HEATHER SELLS: Twenty other churches have signed up with Neighborhood Roots. And the City of Phoenix will soon start tracking its return on investment with the program. In the meantime, measurements like a dramatic drop in crime and people like Oscar Arnold jumpstarting their lives will be the significant payoff. In Phoenix, Heather Sells, CBN News. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GORDON ROBERTSON: I absolutely love that story. That is the church in action. That’s what we the church are supposed to be doing. If you think we’re just Sunday morning, we all gather together, no. It’s our hands extended. Jesus wants to use us as His hands extended. And when we do that, we can see incredible change, not just in our neighborhoods, but in our cities and our nation and the world. So if you’re watching that and you’re getting stirred, I would encourage you to go do that. Go talk to your pastor, “How can we be a positive force in our community? How can we be helping people get jobs, get the food they need, get care? How can we be a help?” And if we’ll all do that together, we can really change the world. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Boy, it’s awesome. I love that. Book of Acts. Up next, he’s the man behind church anthems such as “Heart of Worship” and “Blessed Be Your Name.” GRAPHIC: MATT REDMAN LIVE Matt Redman joins us live, right after this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 2: SYNVISC Announcer: If you have osteoarthritis knee pain, Synvisc One treats it right at the source and helps you get back to doing the things you love. Synvisc One is the only treatment that can give you up to six months of pain relief with just one injection. 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Matt Redman: Fantastic. GORDON ROBERTSON: I was listening to “Face Down” this morning. You have an incredible ability to literally bring people into the presence of God through these songs of yours. Where do you get them? Matt Redman: Yes, interesting. Obviously, the Bible is the first place to go. And so many songs, they have a little spark or a little seed of a song. It might be one Bible verse. And so for example, the song “Face Down,” it was just one word in the Bible. I kept seeing this word again and again, “face down.” Face down worship. It seemed like every time you saw a picture of an open Heaven in Ezekiel or in Daniel or in Revelation, you saw face down worship. And so, so many songs, they spring from just a tiny thought, and that grows and grows. So people say, “How long does a song take to write?” And usually it’s like a year, from when the thought starts germinating. GORDON ROBERTSON: Are you like in a prayer closet with a guitar and a Bible and, you know. Matt Redman: Yes, a soundproof prayer closet. Well, that’s kind of how it happens. The song flows out in a moment, often. But I like to think of it—I’m an English man, obviously. I think of it like brewing a cup of tea. You kind of have to let the flavor flood out. If you pour the water wrong and then pour the tea out of the teapot straight away, it’s very weak. And if you like it like that, you have serious problems. That is not how tea is meant to be drunk. You need to let the flavor flood out. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, I know some people in China that might say . . . . Matt Redman: Okay, I’ll let the people in China off. They outweigh us Brits. So you have to let the flavor flood out, and that’s what happens. The truth of God, whether you hear it in a sermon, whether you’re reading it in your Bible, whether it’s a conversation with a friend, it starts flooding out. And that’s where the song comes from. GORDON ROBERTSON: Do you allow the song to steep in public praise and worship? Do you take it into a congregation and say, “Okay, here is a new one, and we’re working on it,” and, I guess, test it? Matt Redman: Well, it’s a strange one, that, because I don’t want to kind of use the people to test my songs in one way. I think CS Lewis said, “We need to remind ourselves that Jesus’ charge to Peter was, ‘Feed My sheep,’ not, ‘Try experiments on my rats.’” So I don’t want to be messing about with them. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, I hope you’re feeding them, not experimenting. Matt Redman: Yes. But on the other hand, now and again you’ll bring a song, and you’ll realize there’s something wrong with the song. Maybe the chorus doesn’t lift. Maybe the tune is too complicated. And you have to go back and make some adjustments. GORDON ROBERTSON: For you, what’s the ultimate? What are you trying to achieve, either as a performer, and maybe performer is the wrong word, what are you trying to achieve with the songs. Do you view them as a tool to an end result? Matt Redman: Yes, I think for me the key word is glory. It’s all about bringing God the glory that He is due. But the interesting thing is in that place we get changed by glory, in ever increasing amounts, really. And we become different. We become like Him. And I’ve seen that dynamic so many times. It’s like a divine exchange that happens, when the people of God in the presence of God pour out the praises of God. You can’t out give the giver. And suddenly, you find yourself just in an amazing place with him, in wonder at who He is, a sense of His presence, maybe a sense of encouragement or peace or joy for your life. So there’s an amazing dynamic we’ve seen time and time again. GORDON ROBERTSON: Do you ever get into—the Bible has got these spontaneous songs that just seem to happen in the moment. The song of Miriam, the song of Moses. It just seems to happen in the moment. Does that ever happen with you? Matt Redman: Yes, I love that when that happens, because to me that’s a sign of life. I’m really up for preparing and thinking out how we should link songs together. But I love those moments where it’s like this spontaneous moment, and you’re flowing with wherever it goes, because it feels like life. It feels like that’s what happens in a conversation. Well, we have a conversation now. We haven’t scripted this. We’re flowing with where it goes. And I love that when that happens in worship. God is speaking to us, and then we’re responding. And that’s what worship is all about. It’s about revelation and response. It’s about the fact that we breathe in the wonders of who He is, and then we breathe out in response. GORDON ROBERTSON: Yes. We’re made for that. When you get into trouble writing a song, who comes in to help you to finish? Matt Redman: My wife. My wife Beth. She’s amazing. She just comes in, and she won’t come for very long. There’s a song on the new album, “This Is How We Know,” a song about the cross. GORDON ROBERTSON: What do you mean she doesn’t come in for very long? Matt Redman: Well, she’ll come in. I’ve been three months going around the house. I’ll try this bit. I’ll try that. I couldn’t find a chorus. She comes in, hears it. We finish the song in 45 minutes. But her attention span is no more than that anyway. She’s off to do something creative. So we’re a good little team. We’re very blessed to be together, and God has really blessed me to be living with a fantastic songwriter. “You Never Let Go,” “Face Down” that you mentioned, “Let My Words Be Few.” We’ve had a great time writing together. GORDON ROBERTSON: You’ve written a lot. You’re probably the most prolific songwriter of our current generation. And it’s incredible. Matt Redman: But there are some great songwriters. And I’ve seen a massive increase I think in the last ten years, meeting all these young people around the place. You can go around the globe. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, there’s just an explosion of worship, and people really hungry for that glory moment. Matt Redman: But the great thing is they’re taking the truth of God seriously in their songs, because in the old days, all these hymn writers, they came into songwriting through being theologically trained. Maybe they were an ordained minister of some kind. But these days, often people get into this worship songwriting through the musical route. And so we have to pay extra attention to theology, truth, being true to who God is. GORDON ROBERTSON: And that happened to you. You don’t read music. Matt Redman: Yes. No, I don’t. GORDON ROBERTSON: You were never trained. Matt Redman: I hardly read words, than music. I tried to learn it. I realized all the people around me, they know everything I need to know. We’re going to be okay. So I concentrate on the words. GORDON ROBERTSON: So for you, it’s a true inspiration going on. You’ve obviously learned, but you’re hearing things in your ear, and you’re just saying, “Okay, I like that,” and going for the expression. Matt Redman: Yes, hopefully. And like I say, I think the way I would like to learn is just gleaning from how other people do things. When you song write with someone, that’s a great way to learn. We just had a day a few days ago—we have this church in Atlanta. And Chris Tomlin is the worship pastor there. GORDON ROBERTSON: You moved from England to Atlanta. Matt Redman: Yes, a year ago. GORDON ROBERTSON: Are you have a cross cultural experience? Matt Redman: We are, very much so. We’re on a constant learning curve. You know that. GORDON ROBERTSON: They don’t steep their tea in Atlanta. Matt Redman: No, they don’t. I haven’t found any tea yet. It’s all coffee. GORDON ROBERTSON: You’ve found iced tea. Matt Redman: Yes. I have. You take it. But we’re on this constant learning curve. But we’ve got a lot of friends around us. And we’ve been song writing together, and it’s just a great way of gleaning and learning from each other. You see how someone else approaches something, and I have to translate the Texas accent, obviously. But apart of that, writing with him has been great. And we’ve got a great team there. GORDON ROBERTSON: You’re on tour right now. Where are you going? Matt Redman: Yes, with Casting Crowns. We’re going to about 40 different cities around the nation, until the whole world hears. It’s been great. They’ve been so kind to us. GRAPHIC: MATT REDMAN CONCERT 7 P.M. AT ROCK CHURCH, VIRGINIA BEACH DOORS OPEN 6 P.M. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR They’re the real deal, these people. We’re leaving a few days on the road and then a few days back home for local church and for family. And it’s been a great time, actually, just even linking some of our songs together. So “Praise You In This Storm” with my song “You Never Let Go.” It’s been wonderful. GORDON ROBERTSON: All right, you’re going to sing for us, so walk on over, and you’re going to take us into the glory. And if you’re in the Virginia Beach area, Matt’s going to be performing tonight. Matt, you can just walk. Matt Redman: Thanks. GORDON ROBERTSON: That’s all right. Don’t worry about the cameras or anything like that. You just walk over. He’s going to be at Rock Church at seven p.m. If you can’t make that, you can still pick up his latest CD called We Shall Not Be Shaken. It’s available nationwide. We also encourage you, if you want to find out the tour dates, just go into CBN.com and you can find out if Matt in these 40 cities is coming to a city near you. I would encourage you to go. Talk about a worship leader that can really bring you into the glory. That’s Matt Redman. Well, here is Matt with “You Alone Can Rescue.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SONG: “YOU ALONE CAN RESCUE” Matt Redman (Singing): “Who, O Lord, could save themselves . . . .” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 3: COOKIE (Singing): “Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” Woman #1: I stole the cookies from the cookie jar. (Singing): “Who, you?” Woman #1: Yes, me. And I lost 105 pounds. (Singing): “Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” Man: I stole the cookies from the cookie jar. (Singing): “Who, you?” Man: Yes, me. And I lost 115 pounds in six months. Announcer: If you want to lose up to 15 pounds a month, get Smart For Life Cookies. Doctors developed Smart For Life Cookies with extracts from natural ingredients, like fruits, vegetables, wheat and dairy. Smart Cookie meals replace breakfast and lunch, so you can save 1,200 dollars a year on food. Woman #2: Just pop a cookie. It’ll save you a fortune over other plans. Eat cookies, lose weight. It’s that simple! (Singing): “Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” Announcer: Order now and get a free week of cookies, plus free UPS delivery. Lose weight, save money, an average of 1,200 dollars a year, on food. Get smart. Call 1-800-209-0368. That’s 1-800-209-0368. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GRAHAM TURNING 91 LEE WEBB: Welcome back to The 700 Club. Billy Graham turns 91 years old tomorrow. He plans to celebrate his birthday at home with family in Montreat, North Carolina. The ministry says Graham's sight and hearing have declined, but he uses a walker and remains in good overall health with a strong heart and a clear mind. Graham says he does miss his wife, Ruth, who died in 2007, and he looks forward to being reunited with her in Heaven. But the evangelist says he's been blessed in his senior years to see his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren develop their own ministries. THIS WEEK IN OB The Philippines is still reeling from four major typhoons in the past 30 days. The needs of survivors there are great. CBN's Operation Blessing is in the region helping families pull their lives back together following the deadly storms. More than 900 were killed and tens of thousands left homeless. Filipino recording artist Gary V recently held a benefit concert in Florida to raise money for the aid agency. The concert raised more than 8,000 dollars. Gary V has been a longtime friend of Operation Blessing and has participated in humanitarian outreaches with the organization in the Philippines. You can find out more by going to Operation Blessing’s web site. It’s OB.org. GRAPHIC: FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO OB.ORG Gordon and Terry will be back with more of The 700 Club, after this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 4A: BIG SPOT Announcer: Everyone’s got an opinion. Why not get paid for yours? Visit BigSpot.com and become an online survey taker. As an online survey taker, you’ll earn cash and rewards for sharing your opinions on the products and services you use every day. And there are never any fees to pay. What’s the catch? There isn’t one. Market research companies value your input and pay out millions of dollars each year to survey takers. Why not get your share? Announcer #2: Visit BigSpot.com/tv41 and start earning cash and rewards for your opinions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 4B: AMMED DIRECT Nicole Johnson: Hi, I’m Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999. I’ve had diabetes since 1993, and I hate boring food. Don’t you? Well, I got these three free cookbooks with fantastic tasting recipes for people with diabetes. If you have diabetes and have Medicare or qualified insurance, you can get these cookbooks free. Announcer: Call now to qualify for not one, not two, but three free cookbooks. Call 1-800-746-6449. Nicole Johnson: You’ll love this rich, chocolate cake. It makes my mouth water. Plus, oven fried chicken and nachos. Yum! You’ll also get this free meal planning guide and this free diabetes magazine. So call now for your free Better Care kit with three free cookbooks. Announcer: To qualify, call 1-800-746-6449. That’s 1-800-746-6449. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TERRY MEEUWSEN: Becky Jasinski lied, stole, and manipulated to feed her addiction. She couldn’t stop, and with good reason. What Becky was addicted to, she also needed to live. BECKY JASINSKI Becky Jasinski: I was obsessed with being a size zero. That’s all I could think about. That’s all I wanted, but at the same time, this door was opened in my life to major food addiction. Pam Stewart (Becky’s Mom): It's like the shame disease. People know about alcohol, and they know about drugs. They know about pornography. But you have a problem with food? I mean, food? Food is what almost destroyed Becky and our family. REPORTER: When Becky Jasinski was 15 years old, she developed a love-hate relationship with food. She was trapped between anorexia and bulimia. She starved herself for days and then fell headlong into binging and purging. Becky Jasinski: Everything had to be dipped in butter or soaked in oil, and I just got to the point where I was like, “Okay, this immersed bread is not doing it for me anymore. I just want straight oil,” and so that's how I started just drinking oil. REPORTER: The models in fashion magazines taunted her to measure up. Yet there was a deeper root to her obsession. As a toddler and then again when she was eight, Becky was molested. She carried this secret shame for years. Becky Jasinski: I kept it very hidden, because not only was I ashamed of it, I felt very dirty. And I felt like I was a bad girl. I wanted to push all those feelings of dirtiness, and rejection, and the hurt, and the pain, and the rape that I felt. I wanted to stuff that out, because it hurt too bad to feel it. And then whenever I would purge it out, it felt like it was all coming up. And I would actually get a high off of it. REPORTER: Becky was raised in church. Her mom struggled to understand how her daughter could fall into this destructive behavior. Pam Stewart: They said the difference between this addiction and drugs and alcohol is that you have to live with food. So you have to take their drug, put it in front of them and teach them how to take small portions of it. REPORTER: At 18, Becky went to a Christian rehab center. Her treatment cost over a thousand dollars a day. When that program failed, her family sent her to another recovery center. Becky didn’t just binge and purge. She lied, manipulated and stole in order to satisfy her cravings. Becky Jasinski: I would carry a purse. But if you looked in my purse, I had nothing in it except for food. No wallet, no pictures, not even an ink pen. Complete food. And I got to the point where I was binging and purging anywhere from 15 to 20 times a day and taking around 60 laxative pills a day. And that was a very expensive addiction. REPORTER: In 12 years, Becky went through five rehab centers with no success. Pam Stewart: It wasn't just Becky’s addiction. It was ours, too. And I realized that Becky's problem became my problem. And it was at that moment that I had to say, “I let go.” And I said, “Becky, me and your daddy are done. We're done. We are no more going to financially support you. You cannot come home to me. You’re not welcome here. I love you, but it's destroying me, and it's destroying the family.” REPORTER: Becky thought she could live without her family, but she wouldn’t live without her addiction. She cut off all communication and moved to Tennessee. There she met Dan. After a few months together, Becky was faced with an impossible dilemma. She was pregnant. Becky Jasinski: So many years I've been sick between starvation and weight fluctuation. At my lowest, I believe I got to 76 pounds, and I'm about five-seven, five-eight. So I didn't have regular monthly cycles. Everything in my body was just completely messed up. REPORTER: Becky wasn’t just hurting herself now. Her baby relied on her for nourishment. A new life hung in the balance. Becky Jasinski: I thought, “You know what, I've tried everything,” or at least I thought I had. I'm pregnant. I'm so excited about this baby, but it's still not enough to help me be free. I've got this great guy who really seems supportive of me and doesn't want to give up on me, but it's not enough. Okay, maybe I should go back to my roots. Maybe I should try this God thing. REPORTER: Becky knew she couldn’t save herself or her baby from her destructive lifestyle. In desperation she turned to God. Becky Jasinski: A pastor once told me that the same drive that I had for my addiction, where I was stealing for it, lying for it, planning for it, plotting for it, I needed to channel that same drive to God, to going after God. I got on my knees. I was like, “Okay, God, I’m going to talk to you like my daddy. I am so messed up. I don't even know how to pray.” I was taught by people around me, “Start filling yourself up with the things of God.” I started sitting down and reading the Word of God and just reading about the renewing of the mind. When I stopped, and I really tried to stop binging, having to feel was so incredibly hard for me. It was so intense. I can remember literally shaking, too. I had numbed out for 12 years every day on food, massive amounts of food and grease. I wanted to give it all to God. I wanted to choose God. I wanted Jesus more than I wanted my food. REPORTER: The little life that inspired her change is now four. Jacob and his little brother, Benjamin, round out this family of four. Becky and Dan were married before Jacob’s birth. Dan saw firsthand the transformation of her life. Dan Jasinski (Becky’s Husband): She has become what I think is the best mother, the best wife, just the best all-around person. Dr. Peggy Karlosky (Becky’s Psychologist): What I was amazed as a psychologist is I knew that secular psychology couldn't explain this. After I saw some healing, I remember thinking, “Her personality is so different. She even looks different.” I realized this was spiritual. Pam Stewart: To see the way she is with her children, to watch the way that she loves so completely. It's like she oozes love. It's like there are not enough people for her to love, and that's God. Becky Jasinski: I wanted a microwave healing, but God does the crockpot healing where He does it over a time, so you can be more stable and firm in your salvation, in your walk with Him. It's not about religion. It's about relationship on a daily basis with Jesus Christ. Today I am free, and I am so incredibly thankful that He was there with me, that He healed me through His Word, and that He is more alive today than anything. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TERRY MINISTERS TERRY MEEUWSEN: I love this story, because Becky says it all. Becky says it all. She wanted a microwave healing. Boy, aren’t we all like that? I want a microwave answer to every dilemma that I face in my life. God wants something bigger and deeper than that. He wants a relationship with us. She said, “Maybe I’ll try this God thing.” And then she found out it’s not a thing. He’s a person. And she began to talk to Him like her earthly daddy, which is totally accurate, because He is our Daddy. He is our Abba. He’s our Father. He has created us with purpose. He says, “I know the plans I have for you, plans for hope and a future, to prosper you.” That’s what God intended for us as He has created each one of us. But we want microwave answers, and we don’t want to feel pain. I understand what Becky is talking about, and you probably do, too. There are things that happen in our lives that the enemy then fills us with shame about. And shame can keep us far away from anybody’s love, much less God’s. It also distorts the way we see ourselves: “I’m not lovable. I’m not worthy. I’m not valuable.” All the while, God is standing there waiting and saying, “You’re My child. I would leave the whole flock to come after just you. I love you that much.” That’s what God is saying to you today. I don’t know what it is that has you held down. Maybe it’s not an addiction. Maybe it’s just rebelliousness. Maybe it’s some sin that’s entangled you. Maybe it is an addiction, and you just haven’t called it that. But God wants to set you free today, not just to be free of whatever it is that holds you. He wants to set you free, so you can fly, so you can fly on the wings of His Spirit, free, ready to see Him, to have Him live in you, to live life to the fullest. That’s what Jesus said. He said He came so that we could have life and have it abundantly. If you’re having less than that, then you’re not with Him. He’s not with you. When He is in you, everything changes. Even that psychologist said, “I had to look at her and say this wasn’t any kind of psychology or psychological medicine that did this. It was a miracle.” What’s a miracle? When God touches something that we can’t do on our own and does something amazing. He did it for Becky, and here is the great thing that the Bible says. He’s no respecter of persons. What He did for her, He’ll do for you. He wants to do it for you. She came to the end of herself. And she said, “Okay, God.” So that’s the choice facing you today. Maybe you’ve come to the end of yourself. You know you’re destroying yourself, your relationships, your life. You have no hope. There is hope. The question is, will you take it? Will you reach out and grab hold of God? Pray with me right now. Just stop what you’re doing and let’s pray together. “Father, I need what I saw you do for you. I want it. I have come to the end of myself, and Jesus, I want you. Please forgive my sins. Change my heart. Teach me your ways. Be the Savior of my soul as well as the Lord of my life. Make my life count for you. Show me how to love you, how to let you love me. Reveal truth to me. I want to live life the way you intended it to be lived: abundantly. I want to fly on the wings of your Spirit and know that not only am I walking with you here, but I have all of eternity with you. So, God, change me. Come in. I give you all that I am and all that I have, and I ask you to use my life for your Kingdom purposes and to bring glory to the name of Jesus. And it’s in His name I pray. Amen.” If you’ve prayed that, then the relationship has begun. So what now? Well, if you’ll call that toll-free number on your screen, we’ve put a packet together to help you grow in your faith. GRAPHIC: 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM It’s called “A New Day,” and it’s filled with information from the Word of God that will help you grow and move forward in your life. GRAPHIC: OUR GIFT TO YOU 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM And if an eating disorder is what you’re struggling with, we’ve got another pamphlet called “Overcoming Eating Disorders.” Find out what God has to say about who you are. This is all free, if you’ll call 1-800-759-0700. You can also log on to CBN.com. We’re going to be back with more of The 700 Club, right after this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 5A: PRAYER COUNSELING Son: Daddy? Father: Yeah, buddy? Son: How many nickels are in a dollar? Father: There are 20 nickels in a dollar. Son: How do birds fly? Does milk really make my bones stronger? Father: Yeah, yep. Son: Daddy, when we die, will we go to Heaven? Announcer: Do you have the answer to life’s biggest question? Call The 700 Club. We’ll help you find answers to the important questions life brings your way. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 5B: DIRECT BUY Announcer: This is the information retailers don’t want you to know, especially now. They don’t want you to learn just how much money you’ve been giving away to retail markups on items you purchase for your home, all because you don’t know how to buy like the insiders do at Direct Buy Club, the home improvement and furnishings club with direct insider prices. Woman: The best thing about Direct Buy is you’re getting the best price that you can, and it’s very easy to go shopping at Direct Buy. Woman: I have purchased a coffee pot, toaster, blender, food processor, all of those things. The savings are significant. It truly is. Announcer: And now for the first time ever, Direct Buy is offering you a certificate for a free 30-day membership. Members buy top quality name brand merchandise from hundreds and hundreds of trusted manufacturers. So call the number on your screen now, and we’ll rush you your free visitor’s pass to your local Direct Buy Club and your certificate for a free 30-day membership. This is a limited offer, so call now. No dealers, please. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, we’d like you to meet a boy named Christopher. Christopher was forced to work as a servant in his uncle’s home. But he had just one wish: he wanted to go to school. CHRISTOPHER FINDS A SPONSOR TERRY MEEUWSEN: It’s a cold morning here in Mancha, Zambia, but these children don’t mind. They have come to school today running, skipping and riding their bikes with enthusiasm, because in this place they will receive love, food and an opportunity to learn. But their stories outside this compound are very different. Christopher’s mother abandoned him when he was a baby. After his father died of AIDS, Christopher went to live with an uncle. Christopher: Then I started staying there and looking after the donkeys. TERRY MEEUWSEN: His uncle has children of his own, so Christopher is the family servant. Christopher: I give food to the pigs, and after that just working the garden. We have also a garden. TERRY MEEUWSEN: This is the local government school. They have few supplies and don’t even have real desks. But Christopher always wanted to go there to get an education. Christopher: There they refused. I was too big. That’s why they brought me here. TERRY MEEUWSEN: When he was 12 years old, Christopher started first grade at this Christian school, built and supported by Orphan’s Promise. Christopher: They asked me, “Do you want to go to school?” And I was very excited. And I said, “Yes, I want to go to school.” TERRY MEEUWSEN: The school has plenty of supplies, as well as computers and new boarding rooms for orphans. Seeing the dorm rooms has given Christopher a dream. Christopher: To come here. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Boarding one student costs about 500 dollars per year, and Christopher hasn’t yet found a sponsor. So every day after school, while the other kids play outside, Christopher continues to work for his uncle. Christopher: But something there they can treat me somehow that I don’t like. When I’m in the house, they can say, “Come out. This is not your house,” in the morning. TERRY MEEUWSEN: But at the school, Christopher feels like he has a family. Christopher: Because they’re kind to me. They take care of me like they’re my mum and dad. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Christopher is an intelligent and kind boy, with a strong, yet gentle spirit. We know he would excel if he were living at the school, so we’re giving him a special surprise. (To Christopher): What did you tell me yesterday was the thing you wanted more than anything? Christopher: To be in boarding. TERRY MEEUWSEN: To be in boarding. Well, you know what, Orphan’s Promise is going to sponsor you. So as of today, this is your new home. You get to come and stay here, okay? Christopher: Okay. Thank you. TERRY MEEUWSEN: You are so welcome. I want you to know that God heard your prayer. And last night I woke up and I was thinking about you. And you know what I thought? Do you know who David was in the Bible? Christopher: Mm-hm. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yes, he was a great man of God. And you know what he was first? A shepherd boy. And that’s what you’ve been, a shepherd boy. And you’ve been faithful to that. And God wants to do something powerful for you. (Reporting): So instead of herding donkeys as his uncle’s servant, Christopher is surrounded by people who love and appreciate him. He’s getting an education and playing with his friends after school. Because of people like you, Christopher has hope for the future. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TERRY MEEUWSEN: In two years time, this little boy has skipped through four grades of learning. He speaks English well enough to do an interview in English with me. He has hope and a future, and his life is forever changed, because you’ve made a difference in his life. GRAPHIC: 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM We want to thank you for being a part of what’s going on through CBN’s Orphan’s Promise. Will you join The 700 Club and help us make a difference in the lives of kids like Christopher? All around the world, it’s happening every day. But it only happens because people like you care. Our number is toll free or you can call it right now: 1-800-759-0700. Sixty-five cents a day, 20 dollars a month, makes you a 700 Club member. So please call now. When you do, our way of saying thank you for caring about others is to send you Pat’s latest. This is a CD called Right on the Money, special excerpts from his book of the same name. GRAPHIC: YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM And, boy, in these economic times, I know you’ll find lots of good guidance in this. So please call now. You can also log on to CBN.com. Gordon. GORDON ROBERTSON: Well, thanks for being with us on The 700 Club. We leave you with Matt Redman singing again, “You Never Let Go.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SONG: “YOU NEVER LET GO” Matt Redman (Singing): “Even when I walk through the valley . . . .” GRAPHIC: COPYRIGHT 2009 CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * END SPOT: YOU WERE THERE TERRY MEEUWSEN: Hi, this is Terry Meeuwsen. I have the privilege of traveling around the world, seeing the life-changing things CBN partners make possible. On a recent trip to South Africa, I saw firsthand the incredible difference you’re making in orphans’ lives. Here at home and across the nations, you are bringing the help people so desperately need, just like you did for Halima. Every day she had to walk more than a mile getting stuck by swarms of wasps in order to get water from a polluted swamp. You brought a clean water well to her village, ending her pain, sickness and fear. Your monthly gift makes it possible to heal the sick, feed the hungry, preach the Gospel and so much more. Please watch for this mailing and send in your pledge. Imagine lifting a life out of despair and filling it with hope. That’s what you do every day as CBN partners, and it only happens because you were there.