Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY, THE ANATOMY OF A VICTORY.

Beth: BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED WITH THIS ANATOMY

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT THE ONE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING IS NOT GOD!

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIGHT A BATTLE WITH GOD AND WIN,

I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT UP FRONT.

IT IS REALLY RIGGED. IT REALLY IS!

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN! WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN.

Announcer: STAY TUNED AS BETH MOORE CHALLENGES US

TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD'S WORD

TO OVERCOME THE STRONGHOLDS IN OUR LIFE.

§

James: I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

THIS IS "WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"

AND I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED

ABOUT THAT.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU LOVE BETH.

I DO HOPE -- AND RIGHT NOW

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

DRILLING WATER WELLS

ALL OVER THE WORLD --

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT SHARING BETH WITH YOU

IS LIKE SHARING FRESH WATER,

SPIRITUAL WATER.

AND ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE BETH

AND APPRECIATE HER,

PLEASE UNDERSTAND

THAT WE DO NEED YOUR HELP

WITH NOT ONLY

TO KEEP PRESENTING BETH

BUT ALSO TO SHARE WATER AND LIFE

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HELP US DRILL WATER WELLS.

BETH'S BEEN TO THE ENDS

OF THE EARTH WITH US,

AND IN BEHALF OF LIFE OUTREACH

TO HELP US DO JUST THAT

AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT.

WE'RE GIVING BETH'S BOOK,

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD"

BECAUSE WE BELIEVE

IT WILL BE A SOURCE

OF CONTINUAL INSPIRATION.

ALSO, AT THIS TIME,

IF YOU'LL JUST HELP US WITH

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE

LITERALLY GIVING A CUP OF WATER,

"LIVING IN LOVE," A BOOK

THAT BETTY AND I HAVE WRITTEN

ON MARRIAGE.

WE'VE HAD A 50-YEAR JOURNEY

AND IT GETS BETTER EVERY DAY.

WE WANT TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT

TO YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY.

HERE IS BETH TEACHING

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

THIS IS A PART

OF THAT GREAT SERIES THAT LED TO

THE BOOK "PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

HERE'S BETH.

Beth: I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING

TO YOU BEFORE WE GET INTO

THIS ANATOMY OF A VICTORY.

I WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU:

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BATTLE

IS WITH THE ENEMY

AND IT'S NOT WITH GOD.

THAT'S A VERY,

VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE

AND I WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU:

AND WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT

FOR YOU AND I TO UNDERSTAND

IS ALTHOUGH HE IS ALWAYS FOR US,

WHEN WE ARE IN PRIDE,

WHEN WE'RE ALL PUFFED UP

IN OUR OWN FLESH,

OR WE'RE ARROGANT IN A SITUATION

THEN HE SAYS, "YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO?

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY

YOURSELF WITH THAT PRIDE

AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU

TO HAVE A MAJOR FALL.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO

IS I'M GOING TO START WORKING

AGAINST YOU TO BE FOR YOU."

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHY I'M SAYING THAT?

IN OTHER WORDS,

THE WAY I CAN BEST BE FOR YOU

IN THIS SITUATION,

BE, F--O--R, FOR YOU IS THAT

I'M GOING TO WORK IN OPPOSITION

TO YOU IN THIS SITUATION

SO THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND

THAT IS NOT THE WAY

I'M LEADING YOU.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS

WITH ME: YOU AND I CANNOT

DISCERN FOR CERTAIN

THAT THE FORCE WE HAVE COMING

IN OPPOSITION TO US,

THE FORCE THAT SEEMS

TO BE COMING OVER US,

THAT WE FEEL THE NEED TO FIGHT,

WE CAN'T BE SURE IT'S SATAN

INSTEAD OF GOD

UNTIL WE HUMBLE OURSELVES.

IT'S ONLY IN HUMILITY

WHEN WE GO FACE DOWN,

WHEN WE GO KNEES TO THE FLOOR,

IT'S ONLY IN HUMILITY

THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE

IS THIS THE ENEMY

OR IS THIS GOD

GETTING ON MY CASE

BECAUSE I'M ALL PUFFED UP

IN PRIDE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

SO BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED

WITH THIS ANATOMY

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE

ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT THE ONE WE'RE FIGHTING

IS NOT GOD.

BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FIGHT

A BATTLE WITH GOD AND WIN.

I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT

UP FRONT.

IT'S REALLY RIGGED!

IT REALLY IS!

[Laughter]

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN!

BUT WHEN HE'S OPERATING IN US:

SO WE'RE GOING TO WIN

EVERY SINGLE TIME

WHEN IT'S HIM.

SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED,

BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND

MY OLD NOTES, IT WAS LIKE

WELL, WHAT DID IT TAKE?

BETH, LOOK BACK OVER THE COURSE

OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE I'M GOING

TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I AM NOT

THE SAME WOMAN I USED TO BE.

I'M TELLING YOU, I AM

A DRAMATICALLY ALTERED PERSON

BECAUSE OF THE POWER

OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

THROUGH HIS WORD.

I MEAN I HAD AREAS

OF STRONG BONDAGE AND ADDICTION

THAT HAD FOLLOWED ME AND

DOGGED MY HEELS ALL OF MY LIFE!

SO I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING

ALONG THE WAY I HAVE SEEN

THESE PRINCIPLES WORK

BUT IT WAS LIKE GOD PUT IT BACK

ON THE TABLE BEFORE ME,

WHAT WAS IT THAT WORKED.

GO TELL THEM WHAT IT WAS

THAT ACTUALLY WORKED.

SO GOD GAVE ME FOUR WORDS

AND THIS WILL BE OUR OUTLINE

BUT I WANT YOU TAKE DOWN

ALL FOUR RIGHT NOW

SO THAT YOU KNOW THEM

FROM THE TOP.

I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO

SAY THEM FORWARD AND BACKWARD.

THESE FOUR WORDS:

START JOTTING THOSE DOWN.

SAY THOSE FOUR WORDS BACK TO ME.

Audience: FAITH, FOCUS,

FIRE, FINISH.

Beth: AGAIN.

Audience: FAITH, FOCUS,

FIRE, FINISH.

Beth: FASTER.

Audience: FAITH, FOCUS,

FIRE, FINISH.

Beth: AGAIN.

Audience: FAITH, FOCUS,

FIRE, FINISH.

Beth: NOW SAY THEM ALL FOUR

WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED.

FAITH, FOCUS, FIRE, AGAIN...

Audience: FAITH, FOCUS,

FIRE, FINISH.

Beth: OVER AND OVER AGAIN

I'M CHALLENGING YOU

TO SAY THOSE FOUR WORDS

TO YOURSELF

AND TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE

IN THAT PROCESS.

IT WILL HELP YOU BE ABLE

TO GO BACK AND SORT OF DO

A CHECKLIST OVER YOUR LIFE

AS I DO IT OVER MY LIFE

TO SEE WHERE IS THE BATTLE

AND WHERE AM I IN THE PROCESS

OF SEEING VICTORY

IN THIS BATTLE.

IT'S GOT TO BEGIN

WITH NUMBER ONE,

WHAT WAS THAT FIRST WORD?

Audience: FAITH.

Beth: IT'S GOT TO BEGIN

WITH FAITH AND YOU KNOW THAT.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU

THAT ARE SEASONED BIBLE STUDENTS

AND SEASONED IN WARFARE.

I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD MAKE

THIS MESSAGE TO YOU

LIKE HE MADE IT TO ME.

IN OTHER WORDS,

I KNOW YOU'VE STUDIED IT

HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE

BUT MAYBE THIS COULD COME

AS A FRESH WORD.

BECAUSE THAT'S

WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

WHEN I HAD TO GO BACK AFTER IT

AND COME UP WITH

A WHOLE NEW OUTLINE FOR IT.

IT BECAME SUCH A JOY TO ME

AND IT BECAME STEAL

TO MY SOUL AGAIN.

IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL PROCESS

TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER

THAT IT'S GOT TO START

WITH FAITH.

YOU WILL NEVER EVER

BE MORE VICTORIOUS --

YOUR VICTORY WILL NEVER

EXCEED YOUR FAITH.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!

BECAUSE FAITH IS THE VICTORY,

THE FIRST BOOK OF JOHN TELLS US

-- FAITH IS THE VICTORY.

SO IT'S GOT TO BEGIN WITH FAITH.

I WAS SINGING A SONG

THIS MORNING

WHILE I WAS GETTING READY

FOR THE TAPING TODAY

THAT SAYS THESE WORDS:

"WHO IS LIKE THE LORD?

NOBODY! NOBODY!

WHO IS LIKE THE LORD? NOBODY!"

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, LISTEN,

IF ANYBODY IS LIKE YOUR LORD,

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG ONE.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY

FROM EXPERIENCE.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH DEFEAT

IN MY LIFE FOR ALL OF US!

SO PLEASE, LEARN THIS ONE

OFF THE PAGE

AND NOT NECESSARILY

ON THE PAVEMENT.

LET SOMEBODY TELL YOU

WHO HAS BEEN THERE.

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE THE LORD.

IF YOUR GOD HAS

SOMEONE ELSE LIKE HIM SOMEWHERE

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG LORD

BECAUSE NO ONE IS LIKE THE LORD,

NO ONE CAN COMPETE,

NO WORLD PHILOSOPHY,

NO WORLD RELIGION --

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE JEHOVAH.

I CAN REMEMBER LIKE YESTERDAY

THAT I CAME TO A PLACE

OF SUCH DEFEAT.

(THIS IS WHEN I GREW UP ENOUGH

FOR MY DEFEAT TO ALTER

MY ENTIRE FUTURE

IF I WAS GOING TO LET IT.)

THIS IS WHEN IT GOT SO HOT

IN THAT FIRE THAT I WAS

GOING TO SELF-DESTRUCT

OR SOMETHING

WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE.

I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF,

HAVING BEEN RAISED IN CHURCH,

AND I DON'T...

I DON'T REGRET ANY OF THAT.

I LOVE WHERE I GREW UP

IN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS

ABOUT MISSIONS.

AND WE HAD A HUGE

EVANGELISM EMPHASIS.

AND I KNEW EVEN IN MY CHILDHOOD,

ONCE I RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST

I KNEW I WAS SAVED

AND I HAD CONFIDENCE

IN MY SALVATION.

SO MY UPBRINGING

BROUGHT ME SO MANY THINGS BUT

IT DID NOT GIVE ME A HUGE GOD

IN TIMES OF WARFARE.

I DID NOT UNDERSTAND

THE SUPERNATURAL POWER

OF THE SPIRIT.

I WAS RAISED IN SUCH A WAY

THAT WE WERE SCARED

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT

IS CHANGING NOW EVEN THROUGHOUT

THE DENOMINATIONS.

IN THOSE DAYS,

CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS

TALKED ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND

THE OTHER DENOMINATIONS DID NOT

IN CASE THEY TURNED OUT

LIKE THAT DENOMINATION.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING?

[Laughter]

I WAS IN ONE OF THOSE

AND WE KNEW NOTHING

ABOUT HOW CHRIST COULD BE IN YOU

EMPOWERING YOU TO BE DIFFERENT

THAN YOU ARE.

TO CAUSE YOU TO KNOW

WHAT YOU DID NOT KNOW

TO BECOME WHO YOU

COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE.

I KNEW NOTHING OF THAT.

I JUST KNEW HOW

TO WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.

IT WAS JUST THAT

I COULD NOT POSSIBLY DO IT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING?

I UNDERSTOOD THAT TEACHING

BUT I WAS TERRIBLE AT IT.

SO THIS WAS THE TRAP

THAT I FELL INTO.

I CAN REMEMBER VIVIDLY

WHEN I HAD BEEN BEATEN

HALF TO DEATH BY THE ENEMY,

WHEN I JUST LET HIM

BEAT ME IN THE HEAD,

TRYING TO WAIT

UNTIL HE GOT TIRED

AND IT DIDN'T WORK.

I CAN REMEMBER THINKING,

YOU KNOW WHAT? IF MY GOD

IS ONLY WHO I THINK HE IS,

I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT.

IN FACT, I WANT TO GO FAR --

I'M NOT JUST BEING

OVER DRAMATIC WITH YOU --

I FELT LIKE

I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE.

I CAN'T --

I WON'T LIVE THROUGH THIS

IF GOD IS ONLY WHO I HAVE

COME TO BELIEVE HE IS,

TO THIS POINT,

THERE AIN'T NO FUTURE FOR ME.

I JUST STARTED GOING TO THE WORD

FOR MYSELF GOING,

YOU'VE GOT TO BE BIGGER

THAN WHO I BELIEVED YOU WERE

OR THERE IS NO WAY OUT

FOR ME HERE.

AND OH, GOD WAS BIGGER!

OH, GOD WAS BIGGER!

OH, GOD WAS SO MUCH BIGGER!

I WANT YOU TO HEAR

A WORD OUT OF PSALM 18,

17 AND 18.

YOU CAN WRITE DOWN THAT ADDRESS

AND I'LL READ IT TO YOU

IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO

AND YOU CAN TURN TO IT

IF YOU WANT.

BUT PSALM 18,

I WANT TO READ VERSES 17 AND 18.

WELL, I HAVE TO START AT 16

AND I ALWAYS DO THAT.

I HATE THAT I DO THAT

BUT I HAVE TO.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

HE WANTS TO RESCUE YOU

BECAUSE HE DELIGHTS IN YOU.

THE PART I MOST WANT YOU TO HEAR

IS THAT HE RESCUED ME

FROM MY POWERFUL --.

HE -- ONLY HE --

RESCUED ME

FROM MY POWERFUL ENEMY,

FROM MY FOES

WHO WERE TOO STRONG FOR ME.

LISTEN, THERE IS A FOE OUT THERE

THAT IS TOO STRONG FOR YOU.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS,

YOU FIND OUT REALLY QUICKLY

WHETHER OR NOT YOUR STRONGHOLD

IS BIGGER THAN YOUR GOD.

BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE'RE JUST

LIKE STUCK IN THE STRONGHOLD,

OUR GOD IS NOT AS BIG

AS OUR STRONGHOLD.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU?

THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO HAVE GOD

BLOW THE BLINDERS

OFF OF OUR EYES

AND SEE HIM RISE UP

AS THE TRUE GOD

THAT HE REALLY IS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH

IN A GOD THAT IS SO MUCH BIGGER

THAN OUR STRONGHOLD,

SO MUCH BIGGER

THAN THE WORLD'S GODS,

SO MUCH BIGGER THAN

THE WORLD'S PHILOSOPHIES

THAT NOTHING COMPARES TO HIM.

WHO IS LIKE THE LORD? NOBODY!

NOT ONLY FAITH THAT GOD IS

BEYOND ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE,

THAT THE LORD GOD OMNIPOTENT

REIGNETH,

(AS THE KING JAMES VERSION

SO BEAUTIFULLY SAYS,)

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH

IN GOD'S WORD --

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH

IN GOD'S WORD.

I ASK YOU AS WE READ

SECOND CORINTHIANS 10,

THREE THROUGH FIVE TOGETHER,

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

I MEAN ALL OF IT

JUST STAYS ON THE PAGE.

I HOPE TO ILLUSTRATE THIS TO YOU

IN A PRACTICE

IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE.

ALL OF IT STAYS ON THE PAGE

AND DOES NOT DO YOUR LIFE

ONE IOTA OF GOOD

UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT --

UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!

SO HERE'S THIS WHOLE BOOK

FULL OF POWERFUL WORDS,

LIFE-GIVING WORDS.

HIS WORDS ARE LIFE

AND SPIRIT TO US,

JESUS TOLD US AND YET

THEY JUST STAY ON THAT PAGE

AND AWAY FROM THE REALITY

OF MY OWN SOUL

UNTIL I BELIEVE THEM.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT GETS IN

AND EMPOWERS ME

FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

DO WE BELIEVE GOD'S WORD?

DO WE REALLY BELIEVE

WE HAVE DIVINE POWER

TO DEMOLISH ANY

AND EVERY STRONGHOLD?

THAT NOTHING

THAT GETS ITS GRIP ON US,

NO AMOUNT OF ADDICTION,

NO AMOUNT OF DEFEAT,

NO AMOUNT OF BITTERNESS,

NO AMOUNT OF UNFORGIVENESS,

THAT NOTHING IS SO BIG

THAT IT CANNOT BE DEMOLISHED

BY THE DIVINE POWER

OF WEAPONRY WE PUT IN OUR HANDS

IN CHRIST JESUS.

NOT ONLY THE FAITH IN GOD

AND FAITH IN HIS WORD,

BUT I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU THIS,

DO YOU BELIEVE

HE CAN DO IT THROUGH YOU?

BECAUSE I JUST WANT --

I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS

A NUMBER OF TIMES ON WEDNESDAYS

BUT I THINK IT IS

SUCH AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE

AND I CAN REMEMBER VIVIDLY

BEING ABLE TO FIRST GET THIS

THROUGH MY HEAD.

DO YOU REALIZE

WHEN ALL OF THOSE ISRAELITES,

THE CHILDREN OF GOD,

WHO HAD THE PROMISE OF VICTORY

IF THEY WOULD BELIEVE GOD

AND WALK WITH HIM,

THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOD

FELL WITH THEIR CARCASSES

IN THE WILDERNESS

AND NEVER MADE IT

TO THE PROMISED LAND?

NOT BECAUSE

THEY DID NOT BELIEVE

GOD COULD DO ANYTHING --

THEY KNEW HE COULD DO ANYTHING!

THEY HAD BEEN EATING MANNA

ON THE GROUND

EVERY SINGLE MORNING;

QUAIL IN THE EVENING.

THEY HAD WATER GUSH FROM ROCKS.

THEY HAD SEEN A FIERY PILLAR

EVERY DAY.

THEY SAW MANIFESTATIONS

OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

THEY SAW SHEKINAH GLORY

EVERY DAY.

THEY KNEW GOD WAS POWERFUL.

THEY KNEW

THERE WAS NO ONE LIKE HIM.

THEY KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING

HE COULD NOT DO.

WHAT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE

WAS THAT HE COULD DO IT

THROUGH THEM.

THEIR CARCASSES FELL

IN THAT WILDERNESS

AND MOST OF THEM DID NOT

MAKE IT OUT OF THE DESERT

BECAUSE WHEN THEY GOT WORD BACK

HOW POWERFUL THAT ENEMY WAS

IN THE LAND OF CANAAN,

THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD NOT

POSSIBLY STAND UP TO IT

AND THEIR FAITHLESSNESS

LEFT THEM RIGHT THERE.

I MEAN JUST LIKE

THEIR DEAD BODIES

STRUNG ALL OVER THE WILDERNESS.

SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE FAITH

IN WHO GOD SAYS HE IS,

FAITH IN HIS WORD,

BUT DO YOU BELIEVE

THAT HE COULD EMPOWER YOU

THROUGH HIS SPIRIT

TO FACE ANY FOE

AND SEE IT TO ITS DEMISE?

YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE

HE CAN DO IT THROUGH YOU;

NOT THE PERSON

SITTING NEXT TO YOU,

NOT YOUR SPOUSE,

NOT YOUR PASTOR,

NOT YOUR TEACHER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU... YOU!

YOU REMEMBER IN

EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX,

IF YOU KNOW ABOUT

THE ARMOR OF GOD

IT SAYS, "FOR OUR STRUGGLES

ARE NOT AGAINST

FLESH AND BLOOD."

DO YOU KNOW THAT

THAT WORD "STRUGGLES"

IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE

DOES NOT MEAN ARMY-TO-ARMY?

IT MEANS PERSON-TO-PERSON.

IT IS FACE-TO-FACE CONFLICT.

IT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING AT IT

WITH YOUR HANDS

AGAINST AN ENEMY

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS,

MANY PEOPLE CAN HELP YOU

IN YOUR BATTLE

BUT NOBODY --

NOBODY CAN FIGHT IT FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE FREE

FROM YOUR STRONGHOLDS,

IT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE

YOU ALLOWED GOD TO EMPOWER YOU;

NOT JUST THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

THEY CAN HELP...

(I'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU LATER

IN THE SCRIPTURES,)

THEY CAN HELP IN THE PROCESS

BUT THEY CANNOT DO IT FOR YOU.

IT'S GOT TO BE YOU

AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU WHY

BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE

IT IS NOT FAIR AND I'M WEAK

AND MY FOES

ARE TOO POWERFUL FOR ME.

BUT SEE, GOD IS ALWAYS

ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.

HE'S NOT LOOKING

JUST TO MAKE YOU A VICTOR;

HE IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO SEE

THAT HE IS GOD

AND THAT YOU WANT SO MUCH

FOR HIM TO IMMERSE YOUR LIFE

IN HIS SPIRIT.

THAT'S WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR.

SO HE WANTS IT TO BE

THAT YOU HAVE TO DEPEND ON HIM

ONE-ON-ONE,

SO THAT YOU BEGIN TO DEVELOP

THE INTIMACY THAT IT TAKES

TO HAVE A LIFE OF ADVENTURE

BEYOND ANYTHING

THIS WORLD COULD EVER GIVE US.

James: THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT HE WANTS.

I WISH WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND

HOW IMPORTANT IT MUST BE TO GOD

THAT WE LEAN ON HIM...

LEAN ON HIM.

OUR LITTLE DACHSHUND,

LITTLE PRINCESS CRAWLS UP

IN MY LAP EVERY MORNING;

PUTS HER LITTLE FACE

RIGHT HERE ON MY CHEST.

SOMETIMES SHE'LL SNUGGLE UP

AND PUT HER HEAD OVER HERE

AND I SAY, "BOY,

THIS IS AWESOME...

AWESOME!"

JUST CLOSE. I FEEL LIKE,

JUST A DOG FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

A PET!

SHE LIKES TO BE CLOSE TO ME.

HEY, I LIKE HER

TO BE CLOSE TO ME.

GOD REALLY LIKES THAT;

CLOSE TO HIS HEART.

I WANT TO BE SO CLOSE TO HIM

I FEEL HIS HEART BEAT,

I KNOW WHAT'S IN HIS HEART.

BETH MOORE'S BOOK

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD,"

WE'RE SENDING IT TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT,

WHO WILL SIMPLY HELP US

LITERALLY CHANGE EVERYTHING

FOR THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU

FOR JUST A MOMENT

AROUND THE WORLD.

AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THE ENDS

WHICH MOMS WILL GO

TO TRY TO GET WATER.

AND TO HEAR THE HEART CRY,

"JUST GIVE US SOME CLEAN WATER!"

-- SO SIMPLE.

WE JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

BUT THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE,

THE ONLY WAY

THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT

IS FOR US TO DO WHAT JESUS SAID,

A CUP OF WATER IN HIS NAME.

WATCH.

§

Announcer: WOMEN WALK UP TO FOUR MILES OR MORE A DAY

IN SEARCH OF WATER TO SUSTAIN LIFE.

THE TRAGEDY IS WHAT THEY BRING BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES

FROM THESE CONTAMINATED SOURCES CONTAINS DISEASE AND DEATH.

PATIMA HAS COLLECTED WATER FROM HERE SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL

AND NOW SHE IS RAISING ANOTHER GENERATION

WHO IS DESTINED TO DO THE SAME.

Announcer: WHEN A MOTHER HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO COLLECT WATER

FROM AN UNSAFE SOURCE THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE DEVASTATING FOR HER CHILDREN

LEAVING MANY MOTHERS EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT.

§

[Cheers & Applause]

James: I'M STANDING BY THE ANSWER,

I'M STANDING BY THE SOLUTION

-- A WELL I CAN OPERATE VERY EASILY WITH ONE HAND,

ANY CHILD CAN DO IT.

YOU'VE GOT CLEAN WATER COMING HERE AND THIS IS LIFE!

AND SO ENTIRE FAMILIES AND VILLAGE COMMUNITIES

COME HERE TO GET THEIR WATER.

THIS IS WHAT LOVE DOES... LOVE GIVES LIFE.

James: BOY, IT BLESSES ME

TO BE ABLE TO SEE

HOW SIMPLE IT IS.

NOT ONLY SIMPLE FOR A CHILD

OR A MOTHER TO PUMP THOSE WELLS,

ALL OF THEM MECHANICAL.

WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT SOME

THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE

A CHILDREN'S MERRY-GO-ROUND

THAT WE PUT CLOSE TO A SCHOOL

AND THEY PUSH THE WHEEL

AND THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT IT

BUT THEY'RE PUMPING A LOT

OF WATER WHEN THEY DO IT.

THEY DON'T LET THEM

USE THOSE FOR PLAYING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE GO

INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY'VE JUST

HAD THE WATER WELL MAYBE FOR

SIX MONTHS OR MAYBE A YEAR

AND THEY HEAR WE'RE COMING

AND ON THOSE HOT DAYS

THE MISSIONARIES LET

THE CHILDREN PLAY IN THE WATER

BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING

THEY DO ON A REGULAR BASIS

BECAUSE IT IS THEIR LIFE.

BUT THEY GET EXCITED

AND THEY HEAR THE PEOPLE ARE

COMING THAT GAVE THEM THE WELL;

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S YOU,

WE'RE GOING ON YOUR BEHALF.

THE MISSIONARIES GO IN HARMONY

WITH THE HEART OF GOD

AND THEY FIND THE NEED,

AND THEN IN HARMONY WITH

THE HEART OF GOD TOGETHER

AND IT TAKES ALL OF US TOGETHER

WE MEET THE NEED.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRILL A WELL

BUT IT IS NOT LIKELY --

IF YOU CAN CALL US --

415 WELLS. WOW!

CAN YOU DO THAT?

PLEASE, LET US KNOW.

YOU SAY, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO

IF I DID?"

WE'D FIND 400 MORE PLACES

TO DRILL.

AND THEN WE WOULD ASK

EVERYBODY ELSE TO JOIN.

BUT RIGHT NOW IN LIGHT OF

YOUR SUPPORT WE'VE TARGETED

400 AREAS... 415 TO BE EXACT.

COULD YOU DRILL

ONE OF THOSE WELLS, $4800?

COULD YOU DRILL PART OF A WELL,

$1200 OR $2400

AND PRAY THE OTHERS JOIN YOU?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE BUT

I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP

BECAUSE THOSE MOTHERS

AND DESPERATE PEOPLE ARE

LOOKING FOR CLEAN WATER.

MANY TIMES YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW

TO DEAL WITH IT;

WE CAN ONLY PRAY, GOD GIVE US

AN ANSWER.

WELL, WE'VE GOT THE ANSWER,

WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE

THE RESOURCES TO GO DRILL

AND GIVE THEM THE WATER.

SO WOULD YOU DIAL

THAT NUMBER PLEASE?

WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

JUST MAKE THE BEST GIFT

YOU CAN OR IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

CALL US AND TELL US

WHAT YOU'RE SENDING IN.

I DON'T KNOW A BETTER PLACE

TO PUT A GIFT THAN ONE

THAT JUST GIVES FROM NOW ON --

IT JUST KEEPS GIVING!

WOULD YOU MAKE THAT GIFT?

FATHER, I PRAY EVERYONE WATCHING

WILL SIMPLY DO THEIR PART

IN YOUR HEART.

WHATEVER IT IS, IN JESUS' NAME.

KEEP IN MIND, $48.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY,

"WELL, JAMES, YOU ASK

FOR THE BIG GIFTS, I CAN'T."

BUT WHEN YOU'RE SAVING LIVES

AND YOU SAVE THREE PEOPLE'S

LIVES OR TEN PEOPLE'S LIVES,

THAT'S BIG!

AND $48 WILL GIVE TEN PEOPLE

WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

SO COULD YOU MAKE A $48 GIFT?

PLEASE DO!

DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT

VERY MUCH.

IT'S THOSE GIFTS ADDED TOGETHER

-- THOSE GIFTS THAT

MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT.

THANK GOD FOR EVERYBODY

WHO CAN DRILL A WELL BUT THE $48

AND THE $144 THAT GIVES

30 PEOPLE WATER FOR LIFE,

ALL THOSE ARE EQUAL

IN IMPORTANCE.

EVERYBODY'S PART IS

CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'RE SENDING OUR BOOK THAT

WE WROTE ON MARRIAGE,

"LIVING IN LOVE" FOR ANY GIFT

ALONG WITH BETH MOORE'S BOOK,

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD."

WE'VE GOT THE BEAUTIFUL

LEATHER JOURNAL,

LIKE OUR DAUGHTER ROBIN GAVE ME

WHEN I WAS FIGHTING DISEASE

MYSELF, STAPH INFECTION.

IT IS JUST A TREASURE.

WE LITERALLY THOUGHT YOU'D BE

BLESSED TO HAVE ONE,

JUST TO JOURNAL, JUST TO WRITE

THE IMPRESSIONS GOD PUTS

ON YOUR HEART, PERHAPS WHEN

YOU'RE PRAYING HIS WORD.

PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL

OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE

LIFETODAY.ORG BUT

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO YOUR BEST

AND WE THANK YOU FOR 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: JUST TO LET YOU KNOW

WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEND

"PRAYING GOD'S WORD"

AND REALLY ANXIOUS

FOR YOU TO ALSO HAVE OUR BOOK

"LIVING IN LOVE" BECAUSE

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LIVE.

GOD WANTS THAT FOR ALL OF US.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU'VE BEEN,

WE'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE THE BOOK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR HELPING US PROVIDE WATER

AND WE'LL BLESS YOU

WITH THESE GIFTS

TO INSPIRE AND STRENGTHEN YOU

IN YOUR OWN LIFE.

ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS

TO JOIN US FOR LIFE TODAY.

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JIMMY AND KAREN EVANS.

>> GOOD MARRIAGES ARE NOT MARRIAGES WHERE YOU DON'T FIGHT.

GOOD MARRIAGES ARE MARRIAGES

WHERE YOU CAN RESOLVE YOUR CONFLICTS.