Announcer: COMING UP, BETH MOORE REVEALS

HOW TO OVERCOME THE ENEMY.

Beth: YOU KNOW OUR VIEWERS REALLY WANT TO HEAR

ABOUT AN ANATOMY OF A VICTORY.

HOW CAN WE LIVE IN REAL LIVE PRACTICAL VICTORY

WHERE IT IS NOT JUST IN OUR THEOLOGY BUT IN OUR REALITY?

ON THE HOT PAVEMENT OF LIFE,

HOW CAN WE LIVE IN TRUE SPIRITUAL VICTORY?

Announcer: "PRAYING GOD'S WORD" NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

§

James: ALWAYS A THRILL

TO WELCOME YOU

TO "WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

IT'S AN EXCITING TEACHING SERIES

THAT BETH IS DOING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

SO EFFECTIVE THAT IT BECAME

A BOOK, "PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

WE'RE ACTUALLY OFFERING THIS

TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING

THE PROGRAM WHO WILL SIMPLY

HELP US DRILL WATER WELLS

AT ANY LEVEL THAT YOU CAN HELP.

JUST LET'S GET CLEAN WATER.

JUST LIKE BETH IS GETTING

SPIRITUAL WATER TO YOU

WEEK AFTER WEEK, I'VE SAID

MANY TIMES WE'RE AS CONCERNED

ABOUT SPIRITUAL HUNGER

AND THIRST AS WE ARE PEOPLE

WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR FOOD

AND FOR WATER.

OUR BOOK ALSO THAT HAS BEEN

IN THE BOOKSTORES NOW

AND MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY

TOLD US HOW MUCH YOU WERE

BLESSED BY IT.

THANK YOU, WE WILL GLADLY

SEND IT TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO WILL SIMPLY HELP US

LITERALLY GIVE SOMEONE

A CUP OF WATER.

WELL, BETH IS TEACHING

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

HERE IS BETH MOORE.

Beth: MY PASTOR SAYS SOMETHING

SO OFTEN.

THE WAY HE APPROACHES HIS LESSON

IS THAT HE DOES

ALL THE PREPARATION JUST AS

THE WAY THE LORD WOULD LEAD HIM

AND USES HIS COMMENTARIES

BUT THEN HE JUST SETS IT

ALL BEFORE THE LORD AND GOES,

"IT'S WATER

UNTIL YOU TURN IT TO WINE."

I LOVE THAT THOUGHT.

SO I ASK THE LORD, THAT'S WHAT

WE'RE GOING TO ASK IN PRAYER

IS THAT HE WILL TAKE

THIS PREPARATION,

WE COME BEFORE HIM,

POURING OUT THE WATER

OF THIS SACRIFICE BEFORE HIM

AND NOW MAKE IT INTO WINE.

ONLY HE CAN POUR OUT

THE ANOINTING

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON IT

AND THAT'S WHAT

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE.

WHEN SOMETHING REALLY

JUST SEALS INTO YOUR HEART

AND MAKES YOUR SPIRIT JUMP,

THAT'S THE ANOINTING.

MAN CANNOT DO THAT,

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN

SO PRAY WITH ME THAT

THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS VERY DAY.

FATHER, WE BLESS YOUR NAME!

WE WANT SO MUCH TO SEEK YOU

AND WE KNOW, FATHER,

THAT IF WE SEEK YOU

WE WILL FIND YOU.

YOU DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF

HARD TO FIND.

WE WANT SO MUCH

FOR YOU TO BE GLORIFIED

THAT NO MAN WOULD BOAST

IN HIS OWN FLESH BUT THAT,

GOD, YOU WOULD BE POURED OUT

UPON US IN SUCH A WAY, GOD,

THAT IT DRAMATICALLY EFFECTS

THE WAY WE DO LIFE.

YOU MEAN

FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

TO LIVE THE VICTORIOUS LIFE

AND, GOD, WE CAN ONLY DO THAT

THROUGH THE POWER

OF YOUR SPIRIT.

SO SPEAK TO US, LORD,

SPEAK TO US.

I THANK YOU, FATHER,

FOR PULLING MY LIFE

FROM THE DEEPEST PIT OF DARKNESS

AND DEFEAT, GOD,

AND FOR SETTING MY FEET

UPON A ROCK

AND PUTTING A NEW SONG OF PRAISE

ON MY MOUTH!

LORD, I BLESS YOU TODAY!

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE OF THESE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT SHE'S DOING

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

TO TUNE IN,

WHAT HE'S DOING

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

TO TUNE IN.

THANK YOU FOR THESE FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SINGLE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WOMAN

GOING THROUGH SUCH DIFFICULTY

THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW

HOW SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT

TO THE OTHER SIDE.

WOULD YOU TODAY REMIND HER,

REMIND HIM,

HOW LOVED THEY ARE IN YOU.

HOW IT'S UNCONDITIONAL,

THEY COULD DO NOTHING, FATHER,

TO EARN IT,

THAT THIS IS A GRACE GIFT

THROUGH THE POWER OF YOUR SON.

DO IT, LORD,

IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE KNOW

THAT IT HAS TO BE YOU.

IN THE MIGHTY AND SAVING NAME

OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

TURN WITH ME IF YOU WOULD,

PLEASE, TO THE SECOND BOOK

OF CORINTHIANS,

SECOND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10.

I'M GOING TO START READING

AT VERSE 3 IN JUST A MOMENT.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE.

THIS WAS A TIME

WHEN THE LIFE TODAY TEAM

ACTUALLY REQUESTED

A PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER.

I WAS SO THRILLED TO DO IT

BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU KNOW

OUR VIEWERS REALLY WANT TO HEAR

ABOUT AN ANATOMY OF A VICTORY.

HOW CAN WE LIVE

IN REAL LIVE PRACTICAL VICTORY

WHERE IT'S NOT JUST

IN OUR THEOLOGY

BUT IN OUR REALITY.

ON THE HOT PAVEMENT OF LIFE

HOW CAN WE LIVE

IN TRUE SPIRITUAL VICTORY?

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING

TO TALK ABOUT.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU

THEY KNEW THIS

WHEN THEY CALLED ME ABOUT IT.

I LOVE THIS SUBJECT!

I KNOW THIS SUBJECT!

I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA

HOW MANY TIMES I'VE ADDRESSED

THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE IT'S PART

OF MY OWN LIFE MESSAGE.

BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME

I COULD NOT FIND ANY OLD NOTES

ON THIS MESSAGE.

I LOVE HOW GOD DOES THAT!

I HAVE FILES AND FILES

AND FILES AND FILES OF MESSAGES

FROM 28 YEARS OF SPEAKING,

IF THAT JUST GIVES YOU ANY IDEA

HOW MANY OLD MESSAGES

I HAVE BACK IN THOSE FILES

AND I THOUGHT

I'M GOING TO JUST CHECK

AND SEE WHAT I'VE GOT

BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE

TO WRITE THIS ONE FROM SCRATCH.

THE LORD NEVER LETS ME

GET AWAY WITH THAT!

I COULDN'T FIND --

I MEAN HE HID THEM!

HE MIGHT HAVE

PUT THEM BACK BY NOW

BUT HE WAS JUST GOING --.

[Laughter]

BECAUSE I THOUGHT HOW MANY TIMES

HAVE I SPOKEN ON THIS?

AND I CAN'T FIND

ONE SET OF NOTES! NOT ONE!

SO HE SAID YOU GO BACK AFTER IT

AND YOU SEE IT

WITH A FRESH HEART

AND A FRESH ANOINTING

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID

AND IT WORKED!

I MEAN IT JUST GOT THE FIRE

BURNING INSIDE MY SOUL

AND I WANT SO MUCH

TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

I LEARNED THESE LESSONS

FROM ABSOLUTE DEFEAT!

NOW, I KNEW,

BEING RAISED IN CHURCH,

THAT THERE WAS SUCH A THING

AS A REAL LIVE DEVIL

AND THAT THERE WERE

POWERFUL FORCES BUT SOMEHOW

I THINK I HAD IT IN MY HEAD

THAT IF YOU WOULD BE

A GOOD PERSON

HE WOULD LEAVE YOU ALONE.

NOW, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I STRUGGLED WITH BEING

A GOOD PERSON

AND I KNEW THAT PART OF WHY

I LIVED THE WAY THAT I LIVED

WAS MY OWN FAULT

BUT I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT

HOW TO MAKE IT WORK

FOR THE LIFE OF ME.

SOME OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

I JUST KEPT CYCLING

IN AND OUT OF THE PIT

AND YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD

SAYS THAT WE CAN'T JUST STAY

IN OUR SIN WITHOUT PAUSE

BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT

WILL CONVICT,

HE'LL DO HIS JOB.

SO, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME

YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD LONG,

LONG BOUTS IN THE PIT

BUT YOU WOULD ALWAYS,

BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT BEAR

THAT CONVICTION TO GO ON AND ON

AND YOU DID NOT WANT

YOUR CONSCIENCE TO GET SEARED.

YOU KNOW,

WE WOULD START REPENTING

AND CRAWLING OUT OF THAT HOLE.

BUT I COULDN'T STAY OUT OF IT.

I ALWAYS FOUND MY WAY BACK IN IT

AND I WOULD TRY SO HARD

JUST TO BE GOOD ENOUGH

NOT TO FALL BACK IN

BUT SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

I MEAN THE MORE I TOLD MYSELF

NOT TO DO SOMETHING,

THE MORE I WAS DRAWN TO IT.

WHAT THE KING JAMES VERSION

CALLS THAT LAW IN OUR MEMBERS

THAT JUST DRAWS US,

THAT YOU DRAW A LINE

AND SAY DON'T CROSS IT

AND THEN EVERYTHING IN YOUR FOOT

JUST LIKE IT'S A MAGNET

TO THAT LINE,

THAT LAW WITHIN US.

AND I JUST LIVED

IN A CONSTANT STATE OF DEFEAT.

THE WORST PART OF IT WAS

IT GOT DEEPER AND DEEPER

AND DEEPER AND DEEPER.

I KEPT CYCLING

FURTHER AND FURTHER

AND BECAUSE I WAS GROWING OLDER,

GETTING INTO

MY YOUNG ADOLESCENCE,

THEN OLDER ADOLESCENCE,

THEN YOUNG WOMANHOOD.

THEN THE SITUATIONS GOT

MORE AND MORE PERILOUS BECAUSE

AS YOU'RE GETTING OLDER NOW

YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS

THAT ARE GOING TO EFFECT

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

AND I WAS A HUGE

RELATIONAL DISASTER.

NOW, I DON'T SAY THIS TO YOU

AS MY EXCUSE,

I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY STORY.

WE HAVE THE JOY OF HAVING MANY

IN OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE TODAY

THAT HAVE NOT BEEN

TO TAPINGS BEFORE.

WE WERE SO THRILLED

TO HAVE THEM HERE

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME

YOU ALWAYS KNOW MY BACKGROUND.

I WANT TO TELL IT TO YOU.

FROM MY EARLIEST MEMORY

I FELL VICTIM TO SEXUAL ABUSE.

IT HAPPENED ON AND OFF FROM

THE TIME I WAS ABOUT THIS BIG

TO THE TIME

I WAS ABOUT THIS BIG.

YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT WILL TRIP YOU UP!

IT'S NEVER THE BEST SCENARIO

IN AN ABUSE SITUATION.

NEVER EVER!

IT'S ALWAYS DEVASTATING IN ITS

AFFECTS AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOUR PROTECTOR

BECOMES YOUR PERPETRATOR

YOU REALLY HAVE GOT YOURSELF

AN ISSUE THAT YOU WILL BATTLE

FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

AND LOSE TO

IF NOT FOR THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.

ONLY JESUS IS BIG ENOUGH

TO BATTLE THAT ONE.

ONLY JESUS CAN OVERCOME THAT

BECAUSE IT TURNS EVERYTHING

UPSIDE DOWN AND

YOUR BOUNDARIES ARE MOWN DOWN

SO EARLY IN YOUR LIFE

I LITERALLY COULD NOT GET

THE WORD "NO" OUT OF MY MOUTH.

ANYTIME I WAS IN A SITUATION

WHERE I COULD BE ABUSED

OR MISUSED IN A RELATIONSHIP

IT WOULD BE LIKE MY TONGUE

WOULD CLEAVE

TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH.

I FELT POWERLESS TO SAY "NO" AND

THERE WERE TIMES I WOULD THINK

I HATE WHAT I'M DOING

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP

AND I PRAY THAT

THAT'S NOT YOUR STORY.

I PRAY MAYBE YOU CANNOT RELATE

TO WHAT I'M SAYING BUT I BET YOU

THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF YOU

OUT THERE THAT KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,

WHERE WE JUST SEEM THAT

WE'RE JUST SET UP FOR DEFEAT

AND THAT'S WHAT

I LIVED IN CONTINUALLY

AND COULD NOT IMAGINE

THERE WOULD EVER BE A WAY OUT.

HERE'S THE THING:

I HAD A HEART FOR GOD!

SO YOU COULD IMAGINE THE GUILT

BECAUSE I REALLY DID,

AS MUCH AS MY INJURED,

BATTERED, WOUNDED HEART WAS ABLE

I REALLY DID HAVE

AN AFFECTION FOR HIM.

I CERTAINLY KNEW THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG

BUT I COULD NOT GET OUT

FROM UNDER THAT DEFEAT

AND THAT PERILOUS OPPRESSION

FOR YEARS AND YEARS

AND YEARS AND YEARS.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU

HAVE SEEN AT LEAST

TWO OR THREE IF NOT FIVE OR SIX

OF THE ROCKY SEQUELS BUT --.

AND THEY'RE REPLAYED OVER

AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND KEITH AND I SAY

THE SAME THING

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

MANY, MANY YEARS AGO

WHEN WE WERE A YOUNG COUPLE

AND WATCHING THOSE MOVIES

ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER

WE BEGAN TO WATCH A PHENOMENON

WHERE, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

ROCKY WOULD JUST SIT THERE

WHILE HIS ENEMY JUST --

HIS OPPONENT BEAT

THE SMITHEREENS OUT OF HIM!

LIKE, HE WOULD BE GETTING HIT

OVER AND OVER AND OVER

AND THE BLOOD

WOULD JUST BE SPLATTERING.

ONE TIME WE WERE JUST AMAZED

JUST SITTING AND STARING AT IT.

THAT PART --

IT'S ALWAYS THAT PART.

I DON'T CARE

WHICH OF THE MOVIES,

WHICH SEQUEL IT IS,

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT PART

WHERE HE SITS BACK

AND GETS BEATEN HALF TO DEATH.

AND KEITH SAID TO ME,

HE SAID YOU KNOW THAT'S THE OLD

"LET 'EM HIT YOU IN THE FACE

'TIL HE'S TIRED" TRICK

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING

TO HIT HIM BACK.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT

SO MANY TIMES

BECAUSE WE THINK THAT

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

WITH THE ENEMY.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET HIM

JUST PUMMEL US AND PUMMEL US

AND PUMMEL US AND PUMMEL US

AND THEN HE'S GOING TO GET TIRED

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE

TO HIT BACK

AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.

HE'S NOT GETTING TIRED!

HE IS ENERGIZED BY YOUR DEFEAT!

I NEED SOMEBODY

TO GET THAT WITH ME TODAY.

YOUR ENEMY,

THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIS DAY.

WHAT FIRES YOU UP

IN THE HOLY REALM,

YOU PUT THE EXACT OPPOSITE,

THE PERVERSITY

AND COUNTERFEIT OF IT,

THAT WHAT JAZZES HIM UP,

WHAT FILLS HIM UP

IN HIS UNHOLY SOUL

IS TO SEE US IN DEFEAT.

SO HE'S JUST GETTING ENERGIZED.

WHEN HE GETS WEARY

IS WHEN WE GET VICTORIOUS!

BUT WHEN WE'RE IN DEFEAT --

LIKE HE'S FIRED UP!

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK

TO JUST SIT BACK AND THINK

IN A MOMENT OR IN A YEAR

HE'S GOING TO MOVE ON

TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

NO, HE'S GOT MINIONS,

HE'S GOT FORCES

IN THE UN-HEAVENLY PLACES

WHERE THEY'RE ALL OVER.

WE'VE GOT ASSIGNMENTS --.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE CERTAIN ONES

THAT ARE PROBABLY

ASSIGNED TO US!

SO THEY'RE NOT JUST MOVING ON

TO THE NEXT PERSON,

YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT YOUR OWN.

WHY DO I THINK THAT?

BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US

THAT WE HAVE ANGELS

ASSIGNED TO US.

WELL, ANYTHING GOD DOES

THE ENEMY TRIES TO COUNTERFEIT.

SO, YOU CAN KNOW

THAT IF WE'VE GOT HOLY ANGELS

THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO US

WE PROBABLY ALSO HAVE SOME

UNHOLY ANGELS ASSIGNED TO US

AND IT IS THEIR JOB

TO KEEP US IN DEFEAT.

SEE, ONCE WE'RE BORN AGAIN,

ONCE WE'RE SAVED

THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO

TO TAKE THAT FROM US

SO THEIR JOB THEN

BECOMES BREAKING DOWN

AND SOMEHOW DISABLING

THE POWER OF OUR TESTIMONY.

SEEING WHAT THEY CAN DO

TO HANDICAP THE POWER

OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES.

WE'VE GOT TO GET OVER THAT.

LET HIM HIT YOU IN THE FACE

'TIL HE'S TIRED TRICK.

WE'VE GOT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND

THAT WE WERE MEANT

TO BE WARRIORS, NOT WIMPS.

I WANT TO READ TO YOU OUT OF

SECOND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER TEN,

VERSES 3 THROUGH 5.

I WANT TO STOP LONG ENOUGH

TO SAY THERE

THAT WE CAN NEVER WIN

A BATTLE WITH THE WORLD

ON THE WORLD'S OWN TERMS.

IT'S TOO MUCH FOR US.

HE SAID YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND

YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING THE WORLD

ON THE WORLD'S TERMS.

AND THIS IS THE WORLD AS --

NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

BUT THE EXALTED PHILOSOPHIES

OF A GODLESS WORLD.

HE SAID YOU CANNOT WAGE WAR

AS THE WORLD DOES.

I WANT EVERYONE TO SAY THAT.

Audience: DIVINE POWER.

Beth: SAY THEY HAVE

DIVINE POWER.

Audience: THEY HAVE

DIVINE POWER.

Beth: TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND

A MORE RADICAL WORD

THAN DEMOLISH.

TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS.

I WANT YOU TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR

THESE WORDS OUT OF

EUGENE PETERSON'S TRANSLATION,

OUT OF THE MESSAGE.

I'VE JUST READ IT TO YOU

IN THE NIV.

NOW LISTEN UP ON THIS ONE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I'LL NEVER FORGET

WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED TO ME

THAT I COULD HAVE SUPERNATURAL

AND TRULY SPIRITUAL...

I MEAN HOLY IMPULSES.

IF YOU'RE LIKE ME,

I'M AN IMPULSIVE PERSON.

I MEAN I COULD BE TELLING YOU

IN FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW WHAT,

YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND!

I'VE LOOKED FOR YOU FOREVER!

AND A MONTH LATER MAYBE

I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME.

BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,

I'M JUST LIKE IMPULSIVE.

I COULD JUST LIKE --

IF SOMEBODY SAYS,

"WOULD YOU COME?"

IT'S SOMETHING THAT DRIVES

MY STAFF CRAZY.

IF YOU EVER ASK ME IF I'LL COME

AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP

I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY YES!

MY GROUP GOES,

BACK IN THE OFFICE,

"YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TIME

ON YOUR SCHEDULE."

BECAUSE I'M IMPULSIVE.

IF YOU TELL ME A NEED

I'M GOING TO TRY TO FILL IT

RIGHT THAT MOMENT.

IF I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING

I'M GOING TO TRY TO ACT ON IT

IN THAT MOMENT.

I'M IMPULSIVE!

BUT WHAT I REALIZED FROM PETER,

THE APOSTLE PETER

IS THE MOST IMPULSIVE OF

THOSE EARLY FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

WHEN YOU SEE IT

OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

WHERE HIS IMPULSES,

WE ALL RECOGNIZE

WHEN HE IMPULSIVELY

DENIED CHRIST THREE TIMES

AFTER HE WAS TAKEN FOR TRIAL.

THEN WE SEE THE IMPULSIVENESS

THOUGH, IN MATTHEW 16,

FOR INSTANCE.

WHERE CHRIST HAS JUST SAID,

"I'M GOING TO BE TAKEN.

I'M GOING TO BE TRIED.

I'M GOING TO BE BEATEN.

I'M GOING TO BE CRUCIFIED."

AND HE CAME AND IT SAYS

IN THE SCRIPTURES

THAT HE REBUKED CHRIST.

AND IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK,

THAT WORD "REBUKE" MEANS

"TO REBUKE."

[Laughter]

HE LITERALLY TOOK HIM

TO THE SIDE

AND HE REBUKED CHRIST!

I MEAN, JUST IMPULSIVE!

IMPULSIVE!

BUT THERE'S

THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE

AT THE VERY END

OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,

WHERE CHRIST HAS BEEN RAISED

FROM THE DEAD.

THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN HIM

SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY'RE

JUST CHOMPING AT THE BIT

TO SEE HIM AGAIN.

THEY DECIDE TO GO ON FISHING

TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR TIME.

AND THEY GET A GLIMPSE OF

CHRIST JESUS ON THE SHORE.

AND IT SAYS IN THAT MOMENT,

WHERE JOHN SAID,

"I THINK IT'S THE LORD!"

THAT PETER JUMPS OUT OF THE BOAT

AND SWIMS.

I THOUGHT, IN THAT MOMENT

HIS IMPULSES HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN

BY THE SPIRIT.

I WANT THAT TO BE ME!

I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT

TO LOSE MY IMPULSIVENESS.

I JUST WANT IT TO BE TAKEN UP

IN THE SPIRIT.

I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT

TO LOSE MY EMOTIONS.

I'M A FEELER.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO BE!

IF I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING

I KIND OF FEEL DEAD.

I WANT TO BE A FEELER.

I CERTAINLY WANT

TO BE A THINKER.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE

SOME KIND OF SPIRITUAL ROBOT.

I WANT TO HAVE THOUGHT,

TO HAVE EMOTION,

TO HAVE IMPULSE.

BUT I WANT IT OVERTAKEN

BY THE SPIRIT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.

CAN YOU IMAGINE

THAT WE COULD BE IMPULSIVE

AND NOT DESTROY OUR OWN LIVES

WITH IT?

THAT EVEN IN OUR IMPULSIVENESS

THAT WHAT WOULD JUMP OUT OF US

THE MOST QUICKLY

WOULD BE OF THE SPIRIT

AND NOT OF THE FLESH?

WHAT KIND OF THOUGHT IS THAT?

James: WELL, LET ME JUST SAY

BETH, NO QUESTION THAT

I'M IMPULSIVE AND SOMETIMES

HAVE TO BATTLE COMPULSION

AND BE UNDER THE CONTROL

OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS

AN ENERGY SOURCE WHICH

I KNOW YOU RECOGNIZE

AND THAT'S WHAT

YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT

WHEN WE CAN BE UNDER CONTROL

AND NOT OUT OF CONTROL,

WE ALLOW THE POWER OF GOD

AND HIS WORD TO CARRY US.

I'VE SAID MANY TIMES

GET THE WORD OF GOD

OUT OF THAT LEATHER BINDER

AND BIND IT UP IN YOUR HEART

AND THEN WRITE A LETTER,

LIKE PAUL SAID,

HE SAID WRITE AN EPISTLE,

A LETTER, IN THE TABLES

OF MEN'S HEARTS -- TESTIFY.

WELL, THAT'S HOW GOD

WANTS US TO LIVE.

ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS

THAT WE CAN WRITE THE LETTER

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES

IS LOVE LETTERS.

AND THOSE LOVE LETTERS

DON'T SIMPLY SAY I CARE,

HE CARES BUT WE SHARE BECAUSE

HE CARES AND BECAUSE WE CARE.

I THINK WHEN YOU SEE

THE FOLLOWING SCENES

YOU'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE

THAT JUST A CUP OF WATER

CHANGES EVERYTHING.

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

VERY BRIEF.

HIGH IMPACT. WATCH.

Lisa: UNBELIEVABLE! UNBELIEVABLE!

Bruce: OH MY GOSH! LOOK, THERE IS A DEAD ANIMAL

JUST FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! TO THINK THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF WATER

PEOPLE COME TO GET FOR THEIR DRINKING WATER!

Jeanne: LOOK AT THAT LITTLE GIRL! OH, MY GOSH!

THAT LITTLE GIRL IS DRINKING THAT WATER.

Kathy: THIS IS FILTHY, DIRTY WATER

AND THEY'RE DRINKING THIS STUFF.

§

James: MAY I JUST TELL YOU

IN THE NEXT FEW SECONDS,

MATTER OF MINUTES YOU CAN

CHANGE EVERYTHING

FOR THOSE CHILDREN.

THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGING

PROBLEMS, GREAT DISTRESSFUL

SITUATIONS, DISEASE,

FOR WHICH WE CAN'T FIND

A SOURCE, A LEGITIMATE

REALISTIC EFFECTIVE SOURCE

OF DEALING WITH IT BUT WATER?

CLEAN WATER?

AND THE 415 AREAS THAT

WE HAVE TARGETED TO DRILL,

WATER IS THERE AND SOME OF

THOSE AREAS IT IS MUCH DEEPER.

YOU HAVE TO DRILL MAYBE

1,000 FEET SOMETIMES BUT

IN MANY OF THE AREAS THE WATER

IS LESS THAN 200 TO 300 FEET,

SOMETIMES EVEN SHALLOWER.

SHALLOW ENOUGH THAT A BORE HOLE

REACHES THE TOP PART

OF THAT WATER TABLE BUT

IT GETS CONTAMINATED AND FILTHY.

SO WE KNOW THE WATER IS THERE

WHERE WE'RE DRILLING BUT WE HAVE

TO HAVE THE HELP TO DO IT.

I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU WOULD

PLEASE REACH OUT AND SHARE

THE LOVE OF GOD.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS THERE,

IF YOU WOULD JUST DIAL IT TODAY

AND I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU,

IF YOUR HEART BREAKS,

IF YOU'VE GOT A NEED

AND THE THING I POINTED OUT

AND YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE

JUST HOW REAL WHAT I'M SAYING IS

THAT IN THE MOST

CHALLENGING MOMENTS,

GREATEST CRISIS,

80% OF THE CALLS ARE STILL

PEOPLE CALLING IN

FOR PRAYER FOR HELP.

EVEN TODAY, WHILE I'M TALKING

ABOUT GIVING SOMEBODY WATER,

PEOPLE WILL BE CALLING,

I NEED HELP. PRAY FOR ME!

BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN,

I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW,

I'M ASKING TO YOU REACH OUT

AND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD

AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK,

OR WRITE A CHECK BUT I WANT

TO HELP YOU DRILL THOSE WELLS.

IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU COULD

DRILL A WELL, THE AVERAGE COST

IS $4800.

THANK GOD WE'VE GOT FRIENDS,

WE'VE GOT COUPLES,

INDIVIDUALS, SOMETIMES CHURCH

GROUPS, OFTENTIMES CHILDREN...

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

WILL GET THE FUNDS.

THEY GET IT ON THEIR HEART

SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,

I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW

TO MAKE THAT SPECIAL GIFT.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND

$48 WILL GIVE TEN PEOPLE WATER

THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

$144 WILL GIVE 30 PEOPLE

WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

THAT IS A SINGLE GIFT

THAT WILL JUST KEEP GIVING.

BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE $1200

OR $2400 OR YOU COULD MAKE

A $4800 GIFT, AND ENABLE US,

PLEASE, TO DRILL A WELL,

WHATEVER LEVEL YOU CAN HELP,

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE

A DIFFERENCE.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU,

WE'RE GIVING THE "HEART OF

THE FATHER" BRONZE WHICH

IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T HAVE

WHEN I WAS A CHILD,

I DIDN'T HAVE A FATHER

TO REACH DOWN AND GET DOWN

ON HIS KNEE WITH ME.

WE NEED -- LISTEN TO ME --

IF WE DON'T HAVE FATHERS,

WE CAN ALL HAVE THE FATHER.

OUR CHILDREN LOOKED BEYOND

THIS FATHER AND SAW THE FATHER.

THEY'VE NEVER GOTTEN OVER THAT.

BUT WE'RE SENDING THIS BEAUTIFUL

BRONZE TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO WILL GIVE A GIFT OF $1200

OR $2400 OR $4800

TO SAY THANK YOU.

BUT TO ALL OF YOU WHO GIVE,

WE'RE SENDING OUR BOOK

"LIVING IN LOVE" THAT BETTY

AND I WROTE TO BE A BLESSING

TO YOU AND TO YOUR MARRIAGE.

IF YOU HAVE READ IT,

MANY OF YOU HAVE, YOU GOT IT

IN THE BOOKSTORES,

YOU WANT TO PASS IT ON.

HERE'S BETH MOORE'S BOOK,

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD".

THEN THE BEAUTIFUL LEATHER

JOURNAL TO ENABLE YOU

TO JUST WRITE DOWN

THE IMPRESSIONS GOD MAKES

ON YOUR HEART.

WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL?

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE

LIFETODAY.ORG

YOU CAN DO THAT

BUT I'M ASKING EVERY ONE OF YOU

PLEASE, TODAY,

MAKE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN.

HELP US DRILL THESE

OVER 400 WATER WELLS.

YOU DO YOUR PART AND

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING IT!

>> WATER... WITHOUT IT, LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT CANNOT EXIST.

BUT FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

THEIR ONLY AVAILABLE WATER IS FILLED WITH DISEASE

AND ONCE INGESTED CAN LEAD TO DEATH.

BUT ONE NEW WATER WELL CAN TURN THE MOST BARREN DESERT

INTO AN OASIS OF LIFE!

WITH YOUR DONATION TODAY MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE

CAN DRILL 415 WATER WELLS THIS YEAR IN 15 NATIONS!

YOUR GIFT OF $24 WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE.

A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR TEN PEOPLE.

$72 WILL PROVIDE FOR 15 PEOPLE.

AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH CLEAN UNCONTAMINATED WATER

FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF ANY SIZE WE'LL SEND YOU "LIVING IN LOVE,"

JAMES AND BETTY'S NEW BOOK THAT SHARES KEYS

TO AN EXCITING AND FULFILLING MARRIAGE.

YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE BETH MOORE'S BESTSELLING BOOK, "PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,

YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THIS BEAUTIFUL LEATHER JOURNAL

TO RECORD AND REFLECT ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL TIMES WITH GOD.

AND FINALLY, WITH YOUR GIFT OF $1200

TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE

OR A GIFT OF $4800 TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL,

BE SURE TO REQUEST "HEART OF THE FATHER,"

OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW BRONZE SCULPTURE

REPRESENTING GOD'S FATHERLY LOVE FOR US AS HIS CHILDREN.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!

James: YEAH, WE'RE ANXIOUS

TO SEND YOU BETH MOORE'S BOOK.

ANY GIFT YOU MAKE

WE'LL GLADLY SEND YOU

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD"

AND THEN "LIVING IN LOVE."

I REALLY BELIEVE IT WILL BE

A BLESSING TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR WATCHING AND TELL

YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT LIFE TODAY.

TELL THEM ABOUT BETH MOORE

AND "WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

I KNOW IT WILL BE A BLESSING

TO THEM.

THANKS AGAIN FOR GIVING US

THIS OPPORTUNITY.

§

James: WE'VE LEARNED TO LIVE TOGETHER.

WE'VE LEARNED TO LOVE LIVING TOGETHER

AND TO REALLY TAKE JOY IN WHAT MAKES THE OTHER PERSON HAPPY.

Announcer: THE SECRETS TO LIVING IN LOVE TOMORROW!