>> wendy: coming up...the newly elected big man who has got big plans for his state. >> we don't think big enough in west virginia. >> wendy: how west virginia's governor is working to bring back more
than just coal. >> there is so much potential in this state. >> wendy: and then...flattened underneath 25 tons. >> i was spitting up a bunch ofed blood. >> wendy: a group of
prayer warriors and a trauma teamwork to save a life. >> we were completely powerless. >> wendy: on today's "700 club." * >> pat: well, welcome,
folks, to this happy day before thanksgiving. wendy is here, and you've got an interesting interview with the new governor of west virginia. >> wendy: wild and wonderful. you're going to love it.
people are going to love this interview. he is a very interesting character, a very interesting person. i was telling you before the show, too, and he really loves the lord. he is west virginia's only
billionaire. he has big plans for the mountain state. >> pat: i can't wait to see it. i hear it is great. >> i amazo i i am amazed at the deftness of donald trump. nikki haley comes from a
hindu background, born-again christian, and she would be sitting at the united nations with the indians and the chinese and the africans and the muslims and all of those people, and she would be perfect in that
role. so he is picking her. and then in order to get a balance in his administration, he is picking a dear friend of ours, ben carson, asking him to run hudd. and what does hudd do?
it primarily guarantees loans. ben carson grew up in the early days in the project area, i believe, of detroit. so he'll know how to get involved in urban renewal. and that's what hudd does,
housing and urban renewal. it will be a perfect fit for him, and it doesn't involve a whole lot of bureaucracy. and he'll be able to help people. another guy they're talking about is a very
charming democrat, and his name is harold ford, former congressman. they're talking about him as transportation secretary. now, this is the agency that has transportation safety administration, and
they also set the mileage standards for cars. they have a whole panoply of things they do. but it will fit right in from somebody who knows and as trump has been saying, this guy is good for central casting.
he looks so good. he's so photogenic, and also extremely intelligent, but he is a democrat. we're looking at a minority, a couple of african-americans, we're looking at a democrat, and
we're looking at a woman, by the way, the former governor of oklahoma -- he is getting the mix without trying. it is simply amazing. the remarkable thing is that the so-called depth of bench that the
republicans have is unbelievable. they have so many talented governors and so many talented people in the private sector who he can call on. so far, i take my hat off. the deftness of his
selection has been >> wendy: fascinating picks. is it unusual to put a democrat in your cabinet? >> pat: no, you put them in. they always have a token they had lahood, who is
secretary of transportation -- you have that kind of thing. it is a good thing to do. the thing of it is he is so deft in picking people who are so qualified for these positions. the only thing we're
looking at now is secretary of state. i think rudy giulani would be the best pick, but i think he is tending towards former governor mitt romney. >> wendy: that is so interesting.
that is the most interesting choice that is out there right now. even newt gingrich this morning was saying he wasn't quite sure about that, with the way mitt acted. >> pat: he trashed him
unbelievably. he went after him in the most scathing terms. i know you have to kind of submerge some of your feelings -- mitt is a good friend. he was here on several occasions.
he is a very fine man. boy, you talk about central casting. he is one handsome guy. he is a tremendous businessman. i just think giuliani will be better. they'll put giuliani in
charge of home land security, and if he had any sense, he'll tear that thing apart. they have the secret service, and they're in trouble because the morale isn't good. the fema is a mess.
you see some of the things -- they jammed all of those agencies together and it should be broken apart. giuliani is not going to do that, i don't imagine, but it needs to get done. they're having fun.
trump is going to mar-a-lago and having a beautiful weekend at his es state. >> wendy: and something else trump has been talking about is why he isn't interested in pursuing charges against
hillary clinton. and he is getting support from a key political ally. mark martin has the story. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump has formally offered ben carson the job of heading up the department
of housing. carson said on monday's "700 club," despite his desire to stay out of government, the trump team was still talking to him. >> i don't want to work within the government. i've made that pretty
clear. they're still working on me. >> reporter: the washington postal and the charleston post and courier noted that u.s. ambassador to the united nations, trump selected
south carolina governor nikki haley. and he also spoke out about hillary clinton, telling the "new york times" that continuing investigations into her activities would be very, very devisive for the
country, although he did not rule it out. possible cabinet pick former new york mayor rudy giulani said he understood trump's position. >> there is a tradition in american politics that after you win an election,
you have to put things behind you. if that's the decision he reached, that is perfectly consistent with the historical pattern of things come up, you say a lot of things, even some bad things might happen,
and then you put it behind you in order to unite the nation. if he made that decision, i would be supportive of it. i also would be supportive of continuing the investigation.
>> reporter: trump has entered the thanksgiving with a head start on selecting his cabinet. the president-elect intends to keep on telling washington and the american public what he plans to do once he takes
office in january. mark martin, cbn news. >> pat: it is amazing. you know, he was trashed so much. he couldn't do it. he wasn't up to the job. his hand would be on the nuclear trigger.
he is showing a balance and a magnimity that is extraordinary. i'll tell you, he'll make a great president, and we're fortunate to have him. >>> you know, if you bake a cake and you don't agree
with homosexuality, and you won't bake a homosexual cake, you get fined and a huge penalty is placed against you. but if you happen to be a fashion designer and you don't agree with the first lady, then nothing happens
to you when you say i'm not going to dress the first lady. and one of the fashion designers who helped michelle obama with her clothes for years has refused to do the same for melania trump.
efrem graham has this amazing story. >> efrem: pat, the designer says that she is so opposed to melania's husband, president-elect donald trump, she, in good conscience, could not work with melania.
thousands have tweeted their support of the designers, but critics say that opened them up to charges of hypocrisy. >> reporter: no one is likely to try to force the fashion designer to work with the incoming first
lady. but religious liberties defender ryan anderson wonders why florists and cake makers don't get the same handsoff treatment. >> the double standard is amazing. liberals who have
conscientious concerns don't have to lend their artistiartistic talents that go against their beliefs. but others are going to be fined to use their artistic service to celebrate things they don't believe in.
>> reporter: just like lunch counters refusing to serve african-americans in the jim crowe case. >> in every case we know of, these were professionals who had no problems serving gay and lesbian costumers.
their only concern was they couldn't do a same-sex wedding. they couldn't be the wedding photographer. they couldn't bake the wedding cake or do the wedding flowers. >> reporter: so
thousands applaud a fashion designer for refusing to work with maybe it is time in that same spirit to give a break to those vendors with biblical objections to gay marriage. cbn news.
>> efrem: this seems worse than a double standard. pat? >> pat: of course it is. but any designer would be out of his mind not to be adorning the first lady. she is absolutely
gorgeous. their creations will be seen all over the world. these guys are going to be jumping over each other to get the commission to do her clothing. but, you know, you must say that for mrs. obama,
she has had dresses that were just stunning. i don't know how much money they were spending or whether they got them for free, but it is one outfit after another. you see the photographs, and for every event she
has a new dress. it is unbelievable. that guy, if he was doing it for free, he is out of a lot of money. >> efrem: pat, americans will be doing more than just digging into turkey for thanksgiving tomorrow.
they'll be praying as well. that's according to the 2016 survey. when asked about saying grace before the feast, 56% of americans say they always pray before the meal.
27% say they sometimes say a prayer. and 17% say praying just is not a part of their thanksgiving tradition. >>> most of us know pilgrims held the first thanksgiving to celebrate surviving their first
harsh winter. another part of history, though, is fairly unknown. as paul strand reports from plymouth, massachusetts, an even more impressive miracle saved the pilgrims and nearby indian tribes just
two years later. >> reporter: plymouth, massachusetts, pulls out all of the stops for thanksgiving, a parade filled with historical reenacters, lots of floats, and lots of cheer and fun.
but it was a much more somber tone on the first holiday. that's because pilgrims in 1621 had survived a first tragic winter that killed 51 of their 102 people. and then their first crop after thrived.
>> they thought they ought to thank god for that so they had a thanksgiving. >> reporter: martin and his wife run the faith-based jenny program. he related how the friendly chief brought 99 braves to the first
thanksgiving, which turned into a three-day celebration. >> they played games. they shot off guns. they had competitions. and they really bonded, which is very important because you have to
understand that because hunters came here before the pilgrims and captured indians as slaves, there was a little bit of animosity there. >> reporter: and 1623 brought a drought that threatened to wipe out all
of the crops. >> everything wilted. on a wednesday morning governor bradford turned to his people and said, we need to get on our knees and ask god what we've done wrong. settlers realized their
colony, even their lives, were on the line. >> they began to pray. 90, not a cloud in the sky. 9:00 in the morning they started. noontime, nothing. 2:00 in the afternoon.
4:00, a little cloud right above the plantation. by 6:00, it began to rain. >> reporter: the miracle had begun over the plantation, but now god had to grant a special kind of rain. >> i don't mean the kind
of rain we're used to in plymouth, where everything gets knocked down. but a soft, gentle rain fell on plymouth plantation for two weeks and the crops were saved. >> reporter: not only that, a nearby indian
chief watched this miracle, this saving rain, and it initiated a huge leap forward with the relations with the pilgrims. >> when he saw that happen, he went up to william bradley and he
said, billy, i like your god. he saved your crops. and then he became a christian. that's when he built his village right across the river from the pilgrims, three years after the
pilgrims arrived, so he could be closer to his christian friends and his christian god. >> reporter: some criticize the pilgrims for not being as lively or actively witnessing as today's evangelicals, but
martin has great respect for these early settle settlers' christianity. >> the people lived their faith. and when you live your faith, it makes an effect. it had an effect. >> reporter: paul strand
for cbn news, reporting massachusetts. >> efrem: that is >> pat: there are so many miracles at the start of this nation. you go back to the revolutionary war and the miracles that took place,
clouds over manhattan island and so forth, and you just are amazed at what god -- god has put his hand on his nation. it has been a nation that has been blessed by god. it's danger is we're turning away from that as
a people. we have allowed the so-called elites to take away everything that pur pertains to jesus christ, to the bible, to our faith in god. christians have allowed themselves to be stripped
of their heritage. it is time that we say no more. we've got to get back to the roots that made this country great. and thanksgiving would be a good time to do it. where we not only say
grace, but we acknowledge that god almighty rules in the affairs of men, and he is our god. wendy? >> wendy: amen. >>> well, coming up, he is a newly elected billiar billionaire businessman.
meet the governor of my home state, jim justice, right after this. >> wendy: west virginia is a small state that played a big role in this year's presidential race. the reason: coal. it was the democrats'
unpopular war on coal that propelled west virginia's only billionaire to win the governor's seat. i sat down with governor-elect jim justice, who has some big plans for the coal state. the 65-year-old democrat
sailed to victory in west virginia's race for governor by campaigning hard against hillary clinton's war on coal. * west virginia >> wendy: his edge, as a mine owner ne in five states, including several in west
virginia, coal is literally his business. >> they don't want a handout. they just want to get their dinner bucket and go to work. it is such a small ask. i'm going to do everything
in my power to make it happen. >> wendy: several coal mines have recently come back to life. did you have anything to do with that? >> surely. we're hiring back 375
miners right now. and it's high-quality steel producing. if president-elect trumpeter gets us building roads and bridges and what he says he wants to do, that will only expand the demand for steel even
greater. >> wendy: justice owns more than 100 companies, ranging from coal to cotton to timber. he is best known, however, for saving the greenbier, one of the most historic luxury resorts from
bankruptcy. he hired back 650 employees, and expanded the resort to include a casino. today the gree greenbier boasts more than 2,000 employees. >> all i really did was give these great people
new life. i mean, they made me better every day. they really do. they would fight a grizzly bear for me because they know i would fight it for them. the whole strategy was
trying to induce energy back into this great, historic, wonderful place. so that's what we did. >> wendy: the similarities between trump and governor-elect jim justice are hard to denies.
thee are billionaire businessmen, they both ran as outsiders, and they both have a record of creating jobs. >> a lot of people make the comparison, and i don't know. the know the trump family
really well. his son was here and i blew a tire out, and he is underneath the car changing the tire. what a wonderful young man and what a great family. >> wendy: like trump, the 6' 7" justice didn't
believe in doing anything small. when he opened the casino, he brought in jennifer garner, ben affleck, brooks shields, and more. he is currently working on a mountaintop golf course designed by the late
arnold palmer. plus a new ski resort. we don't think about having the next dollywood or the next disney or whatever here. but we need to think bigger. and i've got the ability,
you know, the contacts, and that's what i do. i dream big. >> wendy: in june, disaster struck when flash-floods claimed more than 20 lives in west virginia, including 15 in greenbier county, where
the resort is located. >> i've never seen anything like this. and, you know, we found body after body down on the golf course. >> wendy: although the resort and golf course closed temporarily,
justice opened the doors to the area's many flood victims. >> we didn't have hot water, but we had cold water and we had a bed and some food. many, many people walked in here that didn't even
have shoes. it just -- their house, everything is gone. and lots of people say, boy, that was a really great thing to do, jim. but it was only the right thing to do. >> wendy: how does your
christian faith help guide your life, your businesses, and now politics? >> well, wendy, it guides everything i do, all the time. i pray many times a day. and read the bible every
single night before i go to bed. i've done it forever more. when god is in your life, you know, it just empowers you and you're not afraid. and you just -- you feel him there. >> wendy: jim, you are
west virginia's only does that come with a lot of responsibility? >> i've made a lot of money, and i turned around and invested that money right back in west virginia. i'm not interested in
having a great big pile of gold and stirring the pile of gold. i think i have a real responsibility, and as long as the good lord gives me breath, i'm going to keep trying to create jobs and keep trying to do
the things i should do. >> wendy: when justice is not working, he is in the woods bow hunting grouse or deer, and has coached the local high school girls and boys' basketball teams. how do you do all that?
>> i love kids. and they give me an energy and an insight a lot of times. they just rejuvenate you in many ways. >> wendy: jim, do you think god has a plan for this small state that
perhaps hasn't been realized yet? >> well, i absolutely do. i am bubbling with the excitement of the potential. we have so much potential in this state. we have to have more than
coal. there is no question we've got to have more than but coal is the 800-pound gorilla in the room in west virginia. it has always been that. it can be so good for us. and the people are our
treasure. they're craftsmen and they're faith-based and they're good people. we're in the market. everything is waiting on >> wendy: wow, i love that, pat, "everything is waiting on west virginia."
i always felt that god had bigger plans for that small state, and i believe he does. >> pat: i go to greenbier, and it is like i'm coming home. all of those people watch "the 700 club" and they're
all friends. it is beautiful to see. >> wendy: if you haven't been to the greenbier, you have to put it on your bucket list. this winter they said they're going to have one of the ski slopes open
this winter. >> pat: he lobbied the legislature. he wanted a casino. and they didn't want casino gambling in west virginia, but they said for you, jim, and this hotel, we want to give you
a break. so they wrote the law and said we will allow casino gambling in any hotel that has 850 rooms, that has three golf courses, and they named all of the things. so if anybody else wafnts
wantscasino, they've got to have that. >> wendy: and he said it's not a money-maker. it is beautiful. about the coal miners -- already he there are almost 400 miners coming back to work.
one of my high school friends -- hi, gary -- he says he is happy to be going back underground. >> pat: this guy is so cool. he sold hit his business for a billion dollars to the russians.
the coal industry went under the tank under the obama administration. and he pockets the billion. he talks like an old country boy, but he is sharp as a tack. >> wendy: he really,
really is. that's why people love because they can relate to that's why he is getting all of the comparisons with donald trump, because even though he is a billionaire, he understands the working
man. >> pat: i know you had a thrill going over there. you're from west virginia -- >> wendy: my last job before i came to cbn was the press secretary to the governor of the great
state of west virginia. don't worry, i love it here. >> pat: that's beautiful. god bless you. ladies and gentlemen, it is nice to show you the people of faith who are
making something happen in this world. and this is one example. all right, wendy, what have we got next? >> wendy: up next, a young construction worker is crushed on the job. and doctors tell his
parents to get ready for the worst. >> he shook his head and he says, i'll be honest with you. it doesn't look good. i don't think he is going to make it. >> wendy: watch a
record-breaking miracle unfold, when we come back. >> pat: one day away from the national day of thanksgiving, and we're glad you're with us on "the 700 club." we've got a special thanksgiving edition of
the club coming up tomorrow. you don't want to miss it. but i want to introduce you to a gentleman who shouldn't be alive. he certainly shouldn't be able to walk. according to his doctor,
cases of people with his injuries are fatal 99% of the time. but chris beat all those odds. and one thanksgiving day, watch what happened. >> all of a sudden it started coming.
it trapped my left foot under the wheel. it started coming up my leg and it dropped me to the ground, and it mate it all the way up to my chest. i started spitting up a bunch of blood.
i couldn't bleed. >> reporter: chris miller was laying at an asphalt construction site. he was fighting for his life when he wer was run over by a 25-ton tire. his father drove to the scene as soon as he got
the call. >> when i arrived, christopher was on the ground and he was surrounded by firefighters. i approached the firefighters and started calling out christopher's
name. >> reporter: he was rushed to the e.r. in amarillo, texas. his mother was already there when they arrived. >> we hugged and prayed, and we were waiting. and at that point family
>> reporter: after a few minutes, the trauma doctor came out to speak to jason and nicole. >> he shook his head, and he says, i will be honest with you, it doesn't look good. he said we can't handle
this at this hospital. he'll have to go to dallas or lovett. and there was a crushing weight that settles over you. >> there was a moment of panic when you hear the news, and then prayer
immediately. it was christ through us. it wasn't anything i did, but allowed the holy spirit to work through us. >> reporter: chris was flown to university medical center in lubbick. >> we prayed together as a
family on the ride to lubbick. >> reporter: orthopedic surgeon mark jenkins and his team were ready when chris arrived. >> he was in very critical condition. >> on one side his pelvis
was almost completely torn loose and caught and kind of pivoted up. the amount of energy required to cause that energy usually leads to internal bleeding. we just don't see those injuries because most
people literally bleed to death before they ever get to the hospital. >> reporter: during surgery, doctors discovered chris had six broken ribs, several severed arteries and ligaments and serious
damage to his liver. and he went through 30 units of blood. >> we placed all of the blood in his body times two to keep him alive. >> it was a lot easier to give it over to god than i thought it would be.
we don't imagine ourselves being in this situation, and when we do, we think how bad it must be. it was very easy to say, god, this is yours, because we were completely >> reporter: in the meantime, chris' family
set up a "pray for chris" facebook page. >> we used that as a tool to get information out to so many people and have it shared and shared again. thousands and thousands and thousands of people were praying for a man
they didn't even know. >> reporter: after six hours in surgery, dr. jenkins spoke with the family. >> he came out and he said, it couldn't have gone better. >> and from what
understand what was told me, dr. jenkins went in there and performed that surgery of stabilizing those pelvis bones in record time. it was almost perfect. but as we reflect on that, it was god's hand the
whole way. >> to see the x-rays of before and after is it is an amazing feeling. and just a sigh of relief. now is the rehab part, but he lived. he is alive. he is put together.
>> reporter: the doctors expected chris to be in rehab for three months. >> he cooperated. he worked. he did the exercises he was told to do and fought through a lot of pain. the pain was pretty
intense. and constant. but, nevertheless, it was -- we started seeing results from his physical therapy within just a few days. >> reporter: in two months he was ready to go
home. everyone that knows chris says that his recovery was a miracle. >> i absolutely believe it was a modern-day miracle. i know they happen every day. just in my life, en my, in my
scope, i felt it. the presence of god was all around it. it was amazing. >> god put all of the things in place almost perfectly for chris to have a 100% chance of survival.
>> hey, keep your shoulder up. >> that's how coaches cheer. >> there is no other way to explain it. you know, i thought about and what i've heard from doctors, they thought i
was going to be in the hospital for months. i got out in two and started walking. i can't explain it. it's a miracle. thanksgiving of 2014, less than three months after the accident, chris was
walking with a cane. now the cane is long gone and he is thankful for all of those who prayed for >> thank you so much. there are no words. i love you all. you helped saved my life. >> for me the miracle of
seeing these patients come back to the clinic walking, when we see a patient they say is not going to survive, the miracle of that patient going on and further impacting other people around them, and the
miracle is that patient gets to continue to interact with his family and friends and go on and have an impact on other people's lives. to me, that's the bigger miracle. not living or dying, but
the impact on other >> the things i'm most grateful for is the time i get to spend here with my the more time we spend together, the more i realize how lucky i am to have them in my life. >> pat: what an amazing
story. he should have been dead. imagine the pain he went through. but god was there. and we've got some reports i think are interesting. and we're going to share them with you and we want
to pray for you. eileen, who lives in texas, had been suffering with neck issues for nearly four months, causing her to wake up. her doctor suggested warm towels. one day she was watching
this program and heard terry give a word: "your lymph nodes are swollen to the point where it is really painful." irene said, this is for the pain vanished instantly and she hasn't had any trouble since.
>> wendy: here is one, pat, joyce of missouri developed trouble with her eyesight. she would see strange dots and lights. "700 club interactive" when she heard you give a word of knowledge: you're
seeing all kinds of colors and things, and god just healed you. joyce yelled out, that's for me, and molestly she was healed. amen. >> pat: i was reading deuteronomy today, and god
said, look, i am the lord your god. have no other gods before i am the creator of all of the world. i am the only god. there is no other god. the god we serve is able, folks, to do anything.
it's nothing for him to create the world. just think about it. we've got a billion, trillion stars the size of the sun. and wer are par we're a part of a solar system, so we're a tiny little planet in a
tiny little galaxy in the middle of a spiral nebuli, which is tinier than that. you and i are living on that tiny planet, and we're nothing. the world is so big. and yet god can do anything.
so we say, can he fix a headache? can he heal a broken pelvis? can he take away spots before your eyes? of course he can. he created it all. now, wendy and i are going
to join together, and we're going to believe god for you. so let's ask thee the god of all of the universe to bring his power. it is nothing for him to do that. one word and you're
healed. that's what the centurions said to jesus, just speak the word and we'll be father, in jesus, we peek speak the word. god, there is somebody with shingles. the virus is leaving your
body. and you're going to be whole in the name of jesus. touch! >> wendy: there is someone who is crippled in your fingers, and god is touching you right now.
the doctors have said you're going to have to live like that, but god is saying, no, you're not. be healed in jesus' name. >> pat: there are several people with these skin things, like sor psoriasis.
and god is touching you and you'll have skin like a baby's. someone who has crippling pain in your left foot, and god is touching you. be healed. and there is someone who thinks you don't deserve
healing, but the bible says he forgives all of your sins and he heals all of your diseases. god is touching you, receive your healing. you are healed in jesus' >> pat: young man, you've got mononucleosis
and you've got night sweats. right now god is going to reach down and heal your the night sweats will leave and the mononucleosis will be healed in jesus' name. lord, for those in this
audience who are crying out to you, hear their prayer. bless them, lord, and bless our land. and we give you thanks on this thanksgiving season. in jesus' name. and amen.
wherever you are, if you need further prayer, call. we would love to hear from the telephone number is real easy to remember now: 1-800-700-7000. you can dial our number and we'd love to hear from so, what else?
>> wendy: still ahead, the most mouth-watering segment you'll see today. get the taste of the winning entry in our recipe contest. you don't want to miss this. plus, one more round of
"bring it on" before the holidays. anthony says, "i'm going through my second divorce. does god still love me?" we'll answer your questions and more, later on today's show. >> efrem: and welcome
back to "the 700 club." another police officer has been shot. this time in detroit, michigan. 29-year-old wayne state university officer colin rhodes radioed he was investigating possible
thefts of navigation systems from cars tuesday evening. he said he was going to speak to someone on a bike, and that's when he was shot in the head. officer rhodes is now recovering, and police are
questioning a man about the attack. the attack came after four officers were shot within 24 hours over the weekend. >>> the palace of westminister in the united kingdom will be lit red tonight to remember those
persecuted for their it is part of the "red wednesday" campaign created by the catholic charity "aid to the churches in need." the campaign aims to highlight the idea of religions persecution,
which is at an all time high. the two houses will join witwith westminister abbey and westminister cathedral. >> remember, you can always get the latest news by going to our website
at cbnnews.com. pat and wendy are back with more of "the 700 club." it is coming up right after this. >> wendy: well, over the last few days, we've been running a recipe contest
on our "700 club" many people wrote en with somin withsome of their family classics, including chocolate pumpkin pie spice brownie -- i've got to try that. and a turkey and cranberry barbecue sauce pizza.
we have picked a winner, and it is cathy duke. it is her sweet potato pie, which we just hap to happen to have right here. and cathy is going to win this beautiful gift basket. and if you'd like to try a
sample, go to our facebook page for the recipe. make sure to like the page because we'll have a christmas contest right around the corner. pat is here -- thank you, sir.
>> pat: sweet potatoes are really good. >> wendy: i'm not tasting it without you. >> pat: all right. tell me what you think. delicious? yes? no?
>> wendy: perfect. perfection. it is like thanksgiving. >> pat: that is really >> wendy: you know what, i like this better than pumpkin pie. can i have another bite? >> pat: you can.
you know, you either have got it or you haven't. and she has got it. the right blend of spices. this is a gorgeous thing. >> wendy: there we go. look at this leaf design. have you every been able -- i'm not that
creative. i'll leave that to the artists. >> pat: beautiful. and the founder's inn is having a cake baking contest, carrot cake, german chocolate cake and one fruit pie.
the first prize is $10,000. >> wendy: i make a really good ger german chocolate cake. can i enter? >> pat: absolutely. the only people who can't are the judges.
i will be judging that. what is her name again? >> wendy: her name is cathy duke from kingston, north carolina. you outdid yourself. this is amazing. >> pat: your husband is blessed, if you are
married. and your children are blessed if you're a mother. what else? >> wendy: for many, the period between thanksgiving and christmas is all about shopping and
setting up decorations. for christians, though, it is also the time known as advent. recently lisa robertson shared with terry about why we celebrate this season. >> terry: christmas is
almost upon us, and if you're home is like mine, i'm always thinking of ways to make the season really meaningful. my friend, lisa robertson, is joining me right now. because we want to talk about advent.
share a little bit, lisa, about what advent is. >> advent is the season in the church calendar that begins four weeks before christmas. it is a time of preparation, and it is the time of talking about the
coming of christ as an infant in the manger and when he comes again. >> terry: this is a very significant event in your i know your family celebrates this each day of the four weeks before there is a sense of
anticipation that comes with this in a family. >> one of the things i love about advent is i feel like it is god's gift to us. it is a time where we can pause, we can reflect and really begin to think
about what christmas it is a lot more than the chaos that we've come to expect. and we put the wreath on our kitchen table, where we go through the devotional. we light one candle the
first week, two candles the second week -- >> terry: before we go to the candles, let's talk a little bit about what this means. this isn't just a pretty wreath that you set on your table.
there is symbols to all of >> yes. the wreath is round because it symbolizes eternal life. we reflect on that. and it is green because that is also eternal life. and we have holly berries
because the red berries reminds us of the drops of blood that christ shed for us. and the wreath is almost in the shape of a crown, like the crown of thorns. >> terry: some of this is alive, and you got it
out of your yard. and some of it you've added on to. you can add anything. some years i have hidranges, and some years i don't, depending on what is growing in my garden. >> terry: the
significance of this isn't the size or the beauty of the wreath. it's the message behind that really begins to come our way through the lighting of the candles each week. talk about the color of
the candles and what that means. >> well, the color purple is the main advent color. the first thing it is important about it is it represents the royalty of christ. and purple is also the
color of repentance. in the advent season one of the things that is important is not only to celebrate christmas and prepare our hearts, but to really think about the things in our lives. to reflect and really ask
the lord to just help us become more who he wants us to be. the third reason purple is important is because one of the symbols of advent is light. and right before the sun comes up, you'll have a
purple sky. it is a proclamation of the sun that is just about to rise. i think that is very significant. the purple would be proclaiming christ coming. >> terry: that's
>> some people call this the merry candle. it can be called juvenile. therjoy.there is a passage that talks about jesus being the rose of sharing. and the last one represents the purity of >> terry: each of
these -- you begin where? four weeks out? >> four weeks before christmas, you begin with a purple candle. i would put a wreath on the table and we would sit down at dinner time and we would light one purple
candle for the entire week. we talk about the prophecies. there are over 400 prophecies in the old testament proclaiming the coming of christ. we would prepare our
hearts for the coming of the second week we would light two purple candless. and then we would read about the hope that is in the third week with light the pink candle, the joy candle. and we talk about the joy
of the lord and the joy that christ brings us. the fourth week we light the last candle and talk about worship and learn about -- one of the things that is important about worship is we think about worship as something you
do in church. worship is a way we should live. we learn about just worshipping the lord in just very simple and ind matintimate ways. >> terry: and so on christmas morning you
light all of these and the christ candle. >> and by then you have a wreath that is filled with light. and i think that that is representative of the light of christ that comes into the world.
>> terry: this actually becomes a pause in your day, a moment of family spent together, focused on what the season is all about. you've put together a great little advent book that has daily devotions
that people can follow each day. >> right. >> terry: so you don't even have to think of this stuff. lisa has done the work for >> 50 seconds or less. >> terry: and it has
some advice on how you can put a simpler wreath together. what's really important is the family time spent together focusing on christmas -- the christmas message and anticipating celebrating the coming of
lisa, thank you. i love the message this brings, the message of hope and celebration. >> thank you. merry christmas. >> terry: and to you, too. and to you.
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>> pat: okay. >> wendy: anthony writes in, "i am going through my second divorce. >> pat: god loves you. i don't know if your former wives love you. you've got some problem. either you're picking the
wrong women or else you're hard to get along with. of course god loves you. and the fact that you've had a divorce doesn't stop god from loving you. he loves you. but i would counsel you -- maybe you need some
counselling. how come my marriages broke up? is there anything with me? what is it i do to make these women want to leave me, or make me want to leave them? what am i doing?
is the selection process wrong or the way i live wrong? but as far as god's love, yes, he loves you. >> wendy: amy writes in, "hi, pat, would you please explain matthew 30: 13 to at the time of the
harvest, i will say to the reapers, gather together the tears and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn." >> pat: what god is saying is fakes are going to come up, along with
christians. you'll have watered-down religion and cuts and all of this stuff. rather than get in there and judge them all, god says, i'm going to let them grow up together. because if i ripped them
up, i would hurt the wheat. so i'm going to let everybody grow. but at the final harvest, he is going to send the angels out, and the angels are going to take out those tears and burn them
in other words, they will be subject to hell. they'll be subject to torment. whereas the righteous will continue. a lot of people are thinking, okay, god is going to lift the
righteous out and leave the heathen. there are a number of scriptures that indicate maybe the heathen will be taken out and god will leave the righteous. >>> we leave you with today's power minute from
james: "and the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the lord will raise him up." for wendy and all of us, this is pat robertson. thank you so much for being with us. and, by the way, tomorrow
have a wonderful thanksgiving with you and your family. bye-bye.