>> wendy: coming up...the crisis in the heartland. >> this might kill me. i may die. >> wendy: opioid addictions are skyrocketing, and it is killing middle america.
>> i knew i was never, ever going back. >> wendy: then, the two-time gold medal winning skeet shooter, vincent hancock tells us what he is really aiming for. >> this is what you're
meant to do. >> wendy: on today's "700 club." * >> pat: well, welcome, folks, to this edition of "the 700 club." you know, the law is on the books having to do
with illegal immigrants, but i, for one, wish the president had just cooled it on this one and got ahead with tax cuts because this is setting up a firestorm. they're now rounding up illegal aliens all over
the country. no, they're not supposed to be here, and if they're criminals, they should be locked up. but, boy, oh, boy, everybody is after him. and it will be one more brouhaha i wish we didn't
have to go through. wendy is here. >> wendy: i am. it is wednesday. >> pat: a wendy wednesday. >> wendy: i don't know if the folks at home can see your tie, but you have
little horses galloping on there. >> pat: you are so observant. little horses jumping. that is a lavad that horse is doing. >> wendy: a lavant? >>> the president is
working with congress on some key issues like repealing and replacing obamacare, but some members of congress are facing protests when they go home for local townhall meetings. caitlin burke brings us
that story. >> caitlin: from traffic violations to murder, any immigrant in the u.s. illegally and is even considered under a fraction, are under the new rule. >> those who pose a threat
to public safety or who have committed a crime will be the first to go. >> caitlin: supporters are applauding the new rule, but the immigrant community and its advocates are denouncing it.
>> breaking up families and deporting immigrants is not going to solve any of those robs. >> reporter: when trump won the election in november, many joined the sanctuary movement, offering asylum to
undocumented immigrants. but a recent poll shows a majority of the americans stand behind trump's position to crack down on certain countries. 80% say local authorities should have to apply with the law by reporting to
federal agents the illegal immigrants they come into contact with. and president trump is talking about the jewish communities in the recent months. >> president trump: the anti-semitic threats to
our jewish community centers are horrible and painful, and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: trump's comments made at the newly
opened national museum of african-american history and culture marks the first time he has directly addressed the threats against american jews. meanwhile, congress is also facing criticism, and it is coming from both
sides of the aisle. one major problem: agreeing on a way to repeal and replace obamacare. the "new york times" recently reported, quote, "efforts to com come up with a replacement for the health
care law have been stymied by disagreements by republicans." and democrats are taking their protests against the plans on obamacare, immigration, and other issues to republican lawmakers in their local
townhall meetings. >> no wall, america has room for all. >> reporter: president trump tweeted that the numerous protests were planned out by liberal activists. many say they are simply
grassroots opponents of the president's agenda. they have posteded plans on line on how to stage protests. still, in washington, president trump is making it clear he is planning to move ahead on issues like
obamacare, the economy, immigration, and more, and he'll have to be working with congress to make it happen. caitlin burke, cbn news. >> pat: thanks, caitlin. >>> david brody is with us now from washington.
david, how does the trump administration look at these last few weeks? are they optmistic or are they frustrateded? >> david: they're frustrated with the media coverage, but beyond that, they think things are
going pretty well. you mentioned at the top of the broadcast, he has taken on some controversial issues, as relates to the travel ban, and now this immigration order. the white house believes
they have got to get things done quickly, and the best way to do that on the immigration front and the travel ban front, is to go through with executive orders, and so that's why they have rolled this out first.
as it relates to health care and tax reform, and all of the heavy lift, that has to go through congress, that's where the rubber meets the road. and they've got to get moving on some of that stuff or they may lose
control of some of the narrative, pat. >> pat: the "new york times" is doing everything they can to make him look bad. but are the republicans fighting over these issues.
is there consensus, from what you found on the hill? >> david: there is not consensus. there is not consensus on actually the plan to replace obamacare. and there is not
necessarily consensus on tax reform right now. now, having said there, there is a meeting later this afternoon at the white house. the legislative team meeting inside the white house about these three
specific things: obamacare, tax reform, and the budget. those will all be rolled out. remember, the president is going to speak to a joint session of congress tuesday of next week,
where we expect to hear more details on this. we're told obamacare, or at least the plan to replace obamacare, will come in mid-march. donald trump saying he wants tax reform, a bill signed, by the end of the
year. pat, we've talked on this program before, how they were hoping tax reform would be a bill he could sign into law sometime in the late springment i don'spring.i don't think that is happening right now.
i think it will be much later than that. >> pat: what is the sticking point on obamacare? it seems like there is a universal feeling among republicans that that thing needs to go, but
what is the hold-up? >> david: i think the hold-up is how much do you replace? you have the ted cruz crowd and the rand paul who says get rid of the whole thing. and then you've got those
who say let's peace-meal piece-meal this thing. and if you want to get rid of the whole enchilada, you may have a bigger mess later on down the road. so think there is some political calculation here, pat.
>> pat: the democrats have done everything to frustrate the appointment of the cabinet -- it is shocking what they have done. is mitch mcconnell ready to jam the next appointments through and
stop this back and forth? >> david: the sense is that the frustration is wearing thin. mcconnell is a student of the senate and a guy who likes to play by the procedural rules, at least for the time being, he
would be reluctant to do that right away. there are seven or eight, i believe, still cabinet members not confirmed, perry for agriculture and quite a few others. so there is a growing sense of frustration that
the president is not getting these cabinet members through. but, once again, democrats, as you know, changed those rules back in 2013 to get those cabinet members through on a majority vote.
so eventually they'll get but, really, if you think about the crown jewel of all of this for the trump administration in the first 100 days has been the neil gorsuch pick for the supreme court. it has gone over very
well. it looks like smooth sailing on that front. >> pat: he is bringing out a new executive order -- i talked to jay sekulow about what is going to be in that. jay thinks he can pass mus
muster. but to go back to that circuit in california, the ninth circuit, is a terrible danger because they'll probably go against it. and then you've got a split court.
so it is a very risky thing he is doing right now. >> david: well, what the white house wants to do is go dual track. they're not going to rescind the original executive order that was
stopped by the ninth circuit. that will go forward. but they believe they can argue that executive order on the merits. it will go back to washington state and they'll deal with that on
one track. and the other track will be this new executive order that is supposed to be tailored a little more specifically. and it will include those seven terror-prone countries.
and i sea "terror-prone countries." and you hear in the media, muslim-prone countries. obviously the green card holders and those travelling into the united states at the time will be exempt.
>> pat: the biggest muslim country in the world is indonesia. there is no discussion of indonesia having any ban. i don't believe pakistan is in there, either. david, one last thing: these protests, usually it
looks like they're paid demonstrators. any of them legit, do you think? >> david: i think some of it is legit for sure. but a lot is being put together by liberal activists, no doubt.
there is a trump war room in the democratic national committee that is active, very much so, in circles here in washington and then beyond. there is actual proof. we know that liberal activists are behind a lot
of this, but the question is what is the percentage? 70%? 60%? who knows. this is the problem for republicans: until they get a tax reform and a health care plan in place,
and legislation moving on capitol hill, what are they left with, pat, at townhall? they don't have anything yet. that's the bigger issue for the trump administration.
for republicans, they can blame liberal activists, but the truth of the matter is they need more proof in the pudding. when they get that, they will have some sort of legislative leg to stand on.
>> pat: david, i agree totally. david brody, ladies and gentlemen. >> wendy: but it has only been a month. so much is expected. to get all of his cabinet in place.
but trump has put a lot of people back to work. >> pat: i think he has done a tremendous job. he keeps on going like the energizer bunny. what a wonderful president. >>> you are a native of
west virginia. >> wendy: yes, sir. >> pat: west virginia and the heartland of america now has a problem. were you aware of this so-called opioid problem? >> wendy: no. i never had even actually
heard of that drug. my league, lorie johnson, went down there, and we're going to talk about that. that's coming up. an alarming increase in deaths among middle-aged white women living in america's heartland.
so what is the culprit? find out after this. >> pat: several years ago, i, your friend, had a partial knee replacement. the knee had eroded and i had been jogging, and the knee was shot. it had all kinds of
arthritis in it. and it was very, very painful. so i went to see an outstanding doctor in chicago, dr. burger, and i said, what can i do? and he said he could do a what that amounted to was
he would take a saw -- we had a camera crew in there, and they had a band saw and you could see the bone shooting up. they cut this arthritis >> wendy: wow! >> pat: and then they took a whole bunch of glue
and put a titanium cap in >> wendy: you're like the bionic man. >> pat: i've got a little bit of everything in me. i've got a bionic knee, a titanium knee. okay, he gave me
something. he gave me oxycontin, and he said for breakthrough pain, here is something called oxycodone. i didn't take it. i wasn't about to go through that breakthrough stuff because i knew it
had a potential to hook you. well, what we're learning in this story, wendy, is that this stuff, oxycontin and oxycodone and other painkillers, opioids, are taking hold in the heartland of america.
your state of west virginia. >> wendy: i did not know this. >> pat: yeah. it is shocking. and the life span of people here in the united states is increasing for
years, getting close to 79. last year that number dropped. and that can be traced to what is happening in the countryside. lorie johnson brin brings us this shocking story about
opioid addiction in the >> lorie: instead of falling, death rates are actually rising, especially for middle-aged white women. doctors point to obesity, smoking, and other causes. here in small-town
america, folks are dealing with an alarming increase in deaths from accidental opioid overdoses from things like painkillers and heroin, and also alcohol-related deaths and suicide. in recent years, death
rates rose a reported 30% among middle-aged white females living in rural areas. allane vance grew up in a small coal-mining town. she almost became one of those statistics. >> i remember the first
time i had ever done heroin. i remember thinking, this might kill me. and then the longer i was in active addiction, i remember mixing it up in the spoon and just saying, i hope this kills me.
i'm ready to die. >> lorie: hers is an unfortunate story line. it begins with taking prescription pain medication and developing an addiction that ultimately leads to what made you do the
switch-over. >> the heroin was cheaper. >> lorie: at first getting high helped her escape painful emotions, in allane's case, from divorce and poverty. then she couldn't stop. >> it consumed my every
thought. >> lorie: here in america, many opioid addictions begin rather innocently, starting with an injury, where painkillers are prescribed. and lynne eldridge has
treated patients for more than 20 years, she says opioid abuse has exploded like nothing she has ever seen. >> they may get hurt. they're put on a pain pill, and it's o oxycontin or whatever it might be,
and as they go through the prescribed usage of the drug, sometimes they'll say, i felt a little better when i was taking and then my neighbor had some left over, and i decided to take hers. and then when that got
difficult to get, i was introduced to somebody who had heroin. >> lorie: compared to the city, buying, selling, and even taking drugs in the country, well, that's easy. >> you don't have to go on
a street corner. you don't have to go into the shopping mall. you just go on to a back road because there is nobody around to see you. >> lorie: despite the growing death toll, people can break free.
>> detox. you need to be detoxed professionally in the medical setting so it can be handled in a safe way. >> one of the newest and best -- it's a game changing medication is vivitrol.
it is an injection received in a doctor's office, and it will take away the craving and they get their life back. >> lorie: while alane credits her recovery to detox, and a 12-step program, she gives most of
the credit to god. >> i got to know jesus. and i realized the same power that rose him from the grave is what fights addiction. not me. i can't beat it. once i realized that was
the power fighting for me, i knew i was never, ever going back. >> lorie: alane went to "one voice," a christian outreach that offers addicts treatment referrals, food, clothing, friendship, and most
importantly the gospel. >> god gives you the opportunity to choose life or choose death. and that's what we want to tell them. we get to brag on god and tell them if they want to see a difference in their
life, that's really the only true way to do this. >> lorie: that means a lot of prayer. >> yes, light our path, god. you are the light in a dark world. father, help us to be that
light. help us to be strong in >> i needed their help. i needed their mentorship. i needed their prayers and their suggestions and their advice. and most of all, i needed their love.
and i received all of that from them. and now i just try to give that back. i try to be that person for the next me. >> lorie: you don't have to be a former addict or even a trained
professional to fight the war on drugs. >> you can pray. you can also open up your church classrooms to do 12-steps. you can offer a day of testimony that the voices of recovery, those that
have chosen to recover and do well, come and talk. share their stories, give hope to the others. >> lorie: while substance abuse cuts short of lives of far too many, particularly in america's heartland, it is not a
lost cause. awareness and treatment, powered by the spirit of god, are making a positive difference. lorie johnson, cbn news. >> pat: boy, i bet many of you didn't know that. it is something that is
kind of underground, but here in america. who would have thought rural iowa? what's going on? in ohio, i was talking to our producer, who was saying it is rampant in ohio.
>> wendy: and that precious lady discovered with jesus she had the power to overcome. no matter where you live, because this problem is widespread, i mean, if you're in addiction, there is hope.
that lady, she wanted to die until she realized she could get out of it. >> pat: well, so many of these things are being prescribed by doctors. that's what is so terrible. you've got a pain?
let's get you high and you'll feel better. they're happy pills or whatever they are. my goodness, it breaks your heart. >> wendy: not everybody -- like when you decided, you made that
smart decision just to deal with the pain instead of taking oxycontin for your knee, that's a personal decision. that's when i would do, too, because i'm anti-medicine anyway. but it is easy to get
hooked on that stuff. >> pat: you can really hurt. they take your knee out and -- they saw the bone and you've got some pain. i did take a little oxycontin, but not the ox oxycodone, that was the
heavy stuff. i said no way am i going to touch that. but the doctor writes the prescription, and he has a white coat on and he looks official, and he gives us this little piece of paper.
you go to the drugstore, and here are your pills and away you go. >> wendy: we've got to get smarter. >> pat: man, wendy, we really do. >>> what's next? >> wendy: a two-time
olympic gold medalist and three time world champion. >> i competed in hurricanes and blizzards, and you have to perform perfectly every time. so there is no greater challenge than trying to beat yourself every time.
>> wendy: vincent hancock talks about the pressure behind his per suihispursuit of perfection, >> wendy: welcome back to "the 700 club." we've got an interesting story coming up about a skeet shooter.
i just learned that pat knows a little something about skeet shooting. >> pat: i know i've got a story. a lady was up at hot springs, where they have a skeet range, and i was up and she said, you know, my
husband is a national champion. and i said, yes. and she said, he just got a gun. and she said, i watched you, and it was one of the most amazing examples of shooting i've ever seen.
and i'm thinking, me? and she said, you didn't hit one skeet. [laughter] >> pat: i'm so proud. what it is, it is a little teeny round thing, and it is a clay pigeon. and they shoot them up in
the air and you've got to track it and bang. and shoot another one going another way -- it is a fun sport. you're not hurting anybody. >> wendy: who knew it is an olympic sport as well.
>> pat: it is very skillful. >> wendy: which brings us to our story. performing perfectly every time, that's what skeet shooter vincent hancock says is required to compete in that sport.
he is the first to win the gold in two consecutive olympic games, and vincent gives god all of the credit. >> i do feel like god is there saying, this is what you're meant to do. this is your passion.
i put it in you for a reason. that's why i say, i won the only gold medal that counts. i'm vincent hancock, and god made me faithful. >> reporter: two-time olympic gold medallist and
three time world champion vincent hancock knew at 10 years old that the sport of skeet fueled a passion inside him. >> it is much like golf, with the mentality you have to have. you have to execute
perfectly every single time. i competed in hurricanes. i've competed in blizzards. and you have to be able to perform perfectly every there is no greater >> reporter: he won his
first world championship at 16. and he recognized that self-reliance and determination were key to his success. >> if i had my best day, i know i'm never going to lose.
because my best day is perfection. >> pull! >> i've worked hard for years and years and years to get to that point. >> reporter: in 2008, while in training for the beijing olympics, he
married rebecca. she quietly tried to keep him grounded in christ. >> i was trying to always encourage him to know that god is in control. and in any times of worry or any times of need, god is with us.
and god has our back. >> i had always thought of myself as being a christian. but looking back now, i was anything but. i was focused on the gold, and that was my only thought process.
i basically drug her along with me. >> reporter: vincent was a world champion and favored to win the gold. he did. and rode the high for a while. >> i rode that high and
won the world championships in 2009 for ni second time. my second time. >> reporter: but in 2010, vincent only medalled once, and began growing irritable and demanding at home.
>> it kind of all culminated in my worst year and one of the worst years of our relationship, in 2011, where i was competing the worst i had ever competed. i wasn't having fun anymore.
and i didn't know what to do. >> and i was trying to encourage him and tell him, just pray. just ask god. and be at that place with god so he can lead you to where he wants you to go.
>> reporter: finally his wife's words sank in and he took her advice. >> i was frustrated at her, i was frustrated at myself, i was frustrated at god. and i prayed for hours that night and cried for
hours. that night god started opening up my eyes and showing me the things that i had done, the things i had done wrong. so it allowed me to kind of fix things and say, god, you're right.
i'm so sorry that i have gotten to this point where i know i want to be successful in my sport, but i have to focus and you and i have to focus on my family first. >> our relationship has blossomed into something
that it has never been before. and it is so, so much better now. >> reporter: a later in london, vincent became the first skeet shooter to ever repeat as an olympic he credits god for it all,
the wins and the change of heart. >> he showed me the person that i wanted to be. and he showed me i can continue doing what i'm doing and still be the person he needs me to be. >> he truly cares about
the platform god has given him, only to give it back to god. for vincent, it is not about accomplishments. it is about what god has done through him, for god. >> reporter: in 2016, to the surprise of many,
vincent failed to reach the olympic finals in rio, but his faith in god wasn't shaken. >> faithful to me means trusting. for me, at the beginning of my career, i trusted only in myself.
i trusted that i want to go and win a gold medal. but to me, god has made me faithful because now i know what faith truly is. it is having a trust in what god has put in my life. i trust in him.
i believe in him. i love him, and i'm faithful to the aspect of he is myed god. my god. >> wendy: what a great story. i think you and vincent need to go out and shoot
some together. >> pat: if he would give me a lesson. vincent, i had you on the air, buddy. i don't know what it is. i can shoot marksman with a rifle, but with a shotgun, those skeet --
>> wendy: it's a moving target, right? >> pat: yeah, but it is an easy thing. it is not just one bullet. it is a whole bunch of little bullets that go you just need to lead the thing, and you go bang,
and it blows up. it is a great feeling. >> wendy: i'm going to try it. it sounds like fun. >> pat: what's fun is you have two stands up there, and one shoots one that way, and you shoot
that, and the other one comes at you from the other side and he is up higher. that's a lot of fun. and they have something called sporting class, and one mimics a rabbit and you have to hit that one.
there is a lot of stuff you can do with sporting clays. >> wendy: two olympic golds. well-done. >>> we've got some e-mails. let's see.
for rona, "my life has been and continues to be very hard. i try to smile through the pain, even though my heart is crying. sometimes i get scared that i will lose my salvation because of all
that i have had to endure. can you lose your salvation once you've prayed to accept the lord?" >> pat: well, your question is -- i was reading today in colossians and paul said,
if you continue in the faith, you know, the lord will look after you. you just can't ap poosathise and turn against the lord. look, in this life, we will have pressures. that's what the bible says.
the word pressure in greek is filipsis, and we will have trials and pressures. you know that song, "i never promised you a rose garden," and the lord never promised us we'd have this bed of goodies. we have this crazy
teaching out there that we're going to live in america and we're going to have it easy and have all of these material things. and then when everything starts going bad, we're going to get raptured. no, it doesn't work that
way. so prepare for something. the bible talks about gird up the loins of your mind. get yourself ready and get ready for the fight. but the fact that you have trial, doesn't mean you're going to lose your
salvation. it is probably a way of testing it. >> wendy: this viewer says, "i've noticed over the years all manners of difficulties seem to come up on christians, more so than non-believers.
i know who the enemy is, but it can be tiring in this spiritual battle. and one can get discouraged in fight, especially when the answers to prayer are very slow coming ordone or don't seem to come at all.
we hang on. please give us some encouragement, pat." >> pat: in christ, we have overcoming victory. the apostle paul says, "i can do all things through christ, who strengthens me."
the enemy hates christians, and he is going to send things after he has a host of demon power. and the bible says he is like a roaring lion, walking around seeing whom he can devour.
he won't devour you if you do this simple thing: you speak the word. i bind you, satan, and the forces of evil. i bind you and the forces of evil in the name of jesus, and i command you to leave me alone.
the name of jesus is more powerful than the devil. so just use it. >> wendy: that's a good word. hugh says, "my dad had a very profane vocabulary. whenever something went wrong, he would usually
cuss, and i inherited this tendency. it is an automatic i hate it. i pray against it, and ask forgiveness when it occurs. but i fear in light of 1 john 3: 9, that this will
affect my salvation." a lot of people worried about their salvation today. >> pat: i think, look, if you start the day in prayer and reading the bible, soak yourself in the word of god.
how can a young man cleanse his heart? by taking heed to thy meditate on the word of so you start today, this is the day the lord has made and i will rejoice and be glad. you do that, and all of a
sudden the desire to curse leaves. i used to use horrible language as a little kid. just awful. the minute i found the lord, all of that stuff just left. jesus will clean up your
speech and your thought pattern. turn it over to him. i can't understand why if you really have come to the lord, you've got this problem. did you ever cuss? >> wendy: only when i'm
driving. i won't go there. >> pat: and you say, god bless him, he almost hit me on the road? >> wendy: exactly. like you said, once jesus comes in, that stuff needs to go.
>> pat: if you focus on the word -- >> wendy: if you really want to stop cussing, i think you can stop. >> pat: somebody said if you hit your thumb with a hammer, what do you say? i say praise the lord.
i don't say blankety blank. >> go ahead and give us the next thing. >> wendy: still ahead, a woman loses her job and her peace of mind. >> i walked this house, not knowing -- do i pay
the electric bill or do i pay the gas bill? >> wendy: see how she finds a new job and doubles her salary. >> efrem: welcome back to washington for this cbn newsbreak. australia's prime minister
is taking a stand for israel. prime minister turnbull met with benjamin netanyahu today and reiterated his support for a two-state solution, calling on israelis and palestinians to pursue
peace. he also criticized recent efforts by the united nations to under mine >> my government will not support one-sided resolutions, criticizing israel of the kind recently adopted by the
security council. we deplore the boycott compaigns which are designed to delegitimize the jewish state. >> efrem: he said australia is a committed and consistent all-weather friend of israel.
>>> well, doug coe, a spiritual mentor to many, died on tuesday after suffering a heart attack and a stroke. he was a an associate director of. he focused on building relationships and helping
those in need, including inner city youth, congressional and military leaders, and business executives. he also attended house and senate prayer groups for more than 50 years. he once said, "i am called
simply to be an inclusive ambassador of jesus christ's love." well, you can always get the latest from cbn news by going to our website at cbnnews.com. pat and wendy will be back with more of "the 700
club" right after this. >> pat: patty has a high-paying job as a contract manager for the department of defense. to quote her, quote, "you just don't walk into those positions." but patty did after she
took a risk that turned her life around. watch this. >> reporter: in 2004, patty was working for a software firm when one day she learned they were relocating. she quit her job and cut
her expenses. >> i walked this house at night, not knowing do i pay the electric bill or do i pay the gas bill? >> reporter: while she lived on unemployment checks and savings, she had to depend on credit
cards for emergencies. before long, she had $8,000 of credit card debt. >> the furnace went. the hot waterheater went, and i was just bearing getting everything covered.
the only thing that kept me going was my belief in god, christian television, and cbn. >> reporter: patty often contacted cbn's prayer center. >> i was just on my last leg, trying to figure out
how to get through, how to take that next step. when you start to feel down, you know, you call the prayer line. >> reporter: at the time, patty tithed to her church on occasion and also gave to cbn.
she says one day god challenged her to tithe faithfully and increase her pledge to cbn. >> the voice was so clear. and, of course, i'm white-knuckling, saying, are you looking at my account?
how am i going to do this? it was this, this needs to come first. this has always been on the tail end. this needs to be the first thing. >> reporter: patty did what god told her.
>> everything turned around for me. and i got very, very blef. blessed. god doesn't need our money. it is his anyway. it is about obedience. >> reporter: within a
matter of months, she landed a new job. one year later, in 2007, a huge door opened up for her to become a contract manager for the department of defense. >> you just don't walk into these positions like
that. you just don't. and i did. >> reporter: and with overseas travel pay and promotions, she doubled her salary. >> i was able to pay off credit cards.
i was able to start financially building again, you know, to get myself squared away. and to start putting things back in the bank. >> reporter: now patty loved that she could give even more, especially to
cbn. >> the overseas evangelism, the orphanages, feeding people, the food banks, i couldn't do all of that. but if i give to cbn, i'm able to do that all over the world.
>> reporter: pat see patty says giving consistently changed her finances. >> i know i'm giving something of greater good, and i know i'm giving something for the kingdom, which i am so grateful to be a part of.
>> pat: what an amazinged lady. it's the truth. patty has got it right. if you want to help people who are hurting, if you want to help the suffering, those who don't have clean drinking water,
little orphans who don't have families, mothers with children that need help -- if you want to help somebody who is hurting, and we help them all over the world, then you can be a partner, be a part of what is happening
here. it's so simple. it is just 65 cents a day. if you drink soft drinks -- i don't want to show my ir ignorance, but it is probably about $1.50 a can, maybe as much as two bucks a can for some fizzy
water and some caffeine and some cola. that's what you pay for if you smoke cigarettes -- and i hope you don't -- but you're looking at as much as $7 a pack. that's a lot of money. we're talking about 65
cents a day, but with that, we can change the world. the $20 a month commitment, and you become a "700 club" member. some people say i can do a lot more than that. you can join the thousand
club, with a thousand dollar pledge or more. and there is the founder's circle. whatever. you can be part of a worldwide ministry that is reaching out to the needy around the world.
now, when you join, i want to give you this, too. i wrote a book a few years ago called "the secret kingdom." it has touched many lives. and it has been -- we put it into a d.v.d., and gordon added something.
and gordon added "the law of expectation." he teaches about that. it is on a d.v.d. and you can play it. you'vand we'll give this to you as our gift. please call. the number is right on
your screen: 1-800-700-7000. >> wendy: it is a fantastic teaching, pat. and guess what, colin from indiana loves it. she wrote us and said, "thank you for the "the secret kingdom" and the
"the law of expectation", it was so inspiring and gave me so much hope." thank you for writing in. >>> up next, an active senior gets shut don by down by pain. >> the pain was getting more intense.
i was feeling so bad, i couldn't lay down or sit up without just being in misery. >> wendy: watch this woman get healed on her sofa and then get back to the gym. yes.
>> pat: wanda has been a faithful viewer of "the 700 club" for 35 years. so when wanda needed a miracle, she knew where to turn to get somebody to pray for them. >> i noticed the pain was getting more intense.
it was all down the left side of my head and face. >> reporter: wanda ferguson soon discovered she had shingles. >> it was so painful, and i began to have red spots on my neck and on my hair. couldn't lay down, i
couldn't sit up, without just being in misery. >> reporter: within just three days, her active life came to a complete stand still. >> i couldn't do much of anything. i come in here, just
trying to get some kind of relief somewhere. and i sat down on my couch. when i did, i flipped the television on because i've been watching "the 700 club" for 35 years. and gordon robertson and
terry meeuwsen were on. and just immediately after i turned it on, he said, somebody out there has got shingles. >> gordon: you've got shingles on the left side of your face, and it is very painful and god is
healing you now. >> i never heard him say that before. as soon as he said that, i knew it was for me. i sat up and listened. and he said, those blisters are going away. >> gordon: they're going
to fade and your skin is going to be normal. and what the doctors say about nerve damage, it doesn't apply to you. god is restoring your nerves. no more pain, no more suffering in jesus' name.
>> when he said that, the pain left immediately. it was instant. the pain left, and i jumped up off the couch and i started praising god and thanking jesus and praising the the lord with all of my heart.
i knew i had been healed instantly. >> reporter: a few days later, wanda was back at the local rec center, her old stomping ground. >> i would go to the rec center monday through friday.
i go and i walk thirs. first. i walk 30 minutes. and then they have stationary bikes. and then i lift weights. >> reporter: wanda loves jesus and she loves to share her story with
others. >> i would tell anybody anywhere any time, if you are really trusting, he will do exactly what he isaiah 53: 5: "by his stripes we are healed." i just praise god for his power to heal.
>> pat: wanda, god bless here is one that came in on the internet recently. i want to spend a special thank you to wendy and your ministry. last thursday, i was preparing my clothes for work and the lord told me
to go downstairs and watch your program. i suffered from a recurring ear infection for months. nothing would help. on thursday, wendy spoke directly to this condition.
i began to cry heavily when she prayed because god saw the miracle i needed and answered my prayer. and since then, i've been able to hear perfectly." >> wendy: wow, that makes me tear up.
thank you, jesus. >>> this is someone who wrote into you, pat. "dear pat, over a year ago, you prayed for the spirit of depression to leave and spoke about the symptoms. as i was sitting on my
sofa, i prayed with you and felt something lift. prior to that prayer, all i wanted to do was sleep and didn't want to do anything else. after you prayed, i got up and wanted to clean and do things around the house.
praise the lord, i am a better person now because of jesus. thank you for what you and "the 700 club" do for the lord." that's from angela. >> pat: isn't that great.
we're going to pray for you right now, folks. there is nothing impossible with god. we're going to join hands and we're going to believe god with you. father, we thank you for these answers to prayer.
and we know that in jesus we have everything. in him is the fullness of the god head. and, lord, in him we are in you, in the father and in the son. and, lord, in that condition, as a part of
jesus, we reach out to this audience. lord, right now, there is a man who has a bowel blockage. you are really suffering. and it has been there for some time. they're even talking about
some kind of surgical procedure to get you right. know that god is going to step in and at this moment that blockage is cleared up. >> wendy: many people, you saw the story we ran
earlier about addictions, and you're crying out to the lord you want to be free. the lord is hearing you, and jesus is the answer. just receive it. god is going to help you, and just receive your
healing in your freedom that he is bringing to you in jesus' name. >> pat: you have something and it's almost like diphtheria. your throat is closing up and you're having an awful time swallowing.
you cried out to god, and god who's heard your in the name of jesus, be healed. and may be anointing of the spirit touch everyone in this audience. amen. >> wendy: there are many
people suffering from migraine headaches right and the lord is touching some of it is demonic, and i demand that spirit of infirmity to leave right we command it to leave in jesus' name. you are healed.
>> pat: we leave you with today's power minute from psalm 145: "you open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing." tomorrow, "duck dynasty's" sadie robertson joins us live.
so for wendy and all of us, this is pat robertson. thank you so much for being with us. we look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. from all of us here at cbn, good-bye and god bless you.