Announcer: NEXT, BETH MOORE ENCOURAGES US

TO HAVE FAITH EVEN WITH ALL THE DRAMA.

Beth: IT'S GOING TO BE A STORY WITH CONSIDERABLE DRAMA.

NOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YOU SOME DRAMA.

NOBODY NEEDS TO THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS IS WHY I'M SCARED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS GOD THING.

I'M AFRAID ALL SORTS OF WILD THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

YOU ALREADY GOT WILD THINGS HAPPENING

IF YOU'RE GETTING OUT AT ALL.

Announcer: A STORY FIT FOR A SONG, NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

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James: I COULD NOT WELCOME

BETH MOORE AND WELCOME YOU

IF I DIDN'T HAVE A BIG SMILE

ON MY FACE.

BETH PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE.

HER ENERGY, HER LOVE FOR GOD.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING

AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME

IN THE NEXT WEEKS AND MONTHS

TALKING ABOUT

GOD'S KINGDOM AGENDA...

REALLY "THE BASICS OF LIFE."

BETH JUST HELPS US ON

THAT JOURNEY AND SHE'S GOING

TO TALK ABOUT A STORY

THAT IS FIT FOR A SONG

AND THAT STORY COULD BE

YOUR LIFE; I HOPE NOT

A COUNTRY AND WESTERN SONG

WHERE YOU GET ALL THESE

CRUMMY LYRICS TALKING ABOUT

CRUMMY THINGS IN LIFE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE CRUMMY THINGS IN OUR LIFE

GOD CAN TURN INTO A SONG

AND I THINK BETH IS GOING

TO MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR.

HERE'S BETH MOORE.

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"...

ENJOY!

Beth: IF YOU'VE GOT A BIBLE

HANDY, I WANT YOU TO GRAB IT.

THOSE OF YOU THAT I CAN SEE,

MANY OF YOU DO HAVE

YOUR BIBLES WITH YOU

SO TURN WITH ME TO JUDGES,

THE BOOK OF JUDGES,

CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE.

LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THINGS AS

YOU'RE TURNING THAT DIRECTION.

LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME

TO GRAB YOUR BIBLE

I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

I PRAY THAT YOU'RE STILL

GOING TO HEAR IT.

BUT IF YOU DO HAVE A CHANCE

TO GRAB IT WHERE YOU CAN

MAKE SOME NOTES AROUND IT,

THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW

THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE

OF VERY UNIQUE CHAPTERS

THAT WE'RE TURNING TO;

THERE PROBABLY IS ONLY ONE,

MAYBE TWO IN A STRETCH,

OTHER TIMES IN SCRIPTURE,

WHERE WE WOULD FIND

A PAIRING LIKE THIS.

YOU WOULD FIND ONE IN EXODUS,

YOU WOULD FIND ONE

IN DEUTERONOMY THAT IS SIMILAR

BUT THIS ONE IS SO FORTHRIGHT

THAT I WANT US TO CAMP ON IT.

LET ME TELL YOU

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT

BEFORE WE START TAKING IT APART.

CHAPTER FOUR IS THE STORY --

CHAPTER FIVE IS THE SONG

BASED ON THE STORY.

IF YOU'VE GOT CAPTIONS OVER

THE TOPS OF YOUR CHAPTERS

OR YOUR SEGMENTS IN SCRIPTURE,

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

THAT WE ARE GOING TO STUDY

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIFE

OF A WOMAN NAMED DEBORAH.

SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT

WILL COME INTO PLAY AROUND HER

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

UNTIL VERY, VERY RECENTLY

AS I WAS PREPARING THIS MATERIAL

THAT AFTER 25 YEARS OF TEACHING

AND SPEAKING

I HAVE NOT TOUCHED THIS WOMAN

WITH A 100-FOOT POLE

AND I'LL GET TO WHY

AS WE GO THROUGH THE LESSON.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I WANT YOU TO STICK AROUND.

I WANT YOU GUYS

TO ALSO STICK AROUND

BECAUSE YOU MAY THINK

AT THE VERY BEGINNING,

WELL, IF IT IS GOING TO BE

SOMETHING ABOUT A WOMAN,

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN IT.

LISTEN, THIS ONE

IS SO INTRIGUING AND INVOLVES

SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE;

THIS ISN'T A GENDER THING AT ALL

AND HAS A LOT OF TURNS TO IT

THAT YOU MAY NOT BE EXPECTING.

SO SHE WAS REALLY NEW TO ME.

I HAD TAUGHT ABOUT IT

IN SUNDAY SCHOOL LIGHTLY

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO

BUT I HAVE NEVER CAMPED ON IT

FOR ANYTHING LIKE THIS

UNTIL JUST VERY RECENTLY AND

I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU WHY.

SO I WANT YOU TO JUST LOOK AT IT

FOR JUST A MOMENT.

TAKE A GLANCE THROUGH IT

IF YOU CAN GRAB YOUR BIBLES,

I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE IT TO YOU

IF YOU CAN'T.

YOU'LL SEE, TAKE A LOOK

AT WHAT FIVE LOOKS LIKE,

CHAPTER FIVE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS WRITTEN

IN A POETIC FORM.

YOU'RE GOING

TO GLANCE BACK AT FOUR

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

THAT IT IS THE ACTUAL ACCOUNT

OF THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED.

SO HERE'S WHAT

I'M PITCHING OUT TO YOU.

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE

FOR A LIFE TO BE SOMETHING

WORTH SINGING ABOUT?

THAT'S THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE

FOR OUR PRESENT SERIES.

A STORY THAT IS FIT FOR A SONG.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING

TO BE DISCUSSING.

LIVING THE KIND OF LIFE

WITH YOUR GOD

WHO IS MIGHTY BEYOND ANYTHING

WE COULD IMAGINE,

COULD DO MORE THAN

WE COULD EVER ASK OR THINK,

TO LIVE SUCH A LIFE WITH HIM

THAT THERE COULD BE A SONG

WRITTEN ABOUT IT

SOMEBODY COULD SING.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US,

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT

IN THE WEEKS TO COME,

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

COULD LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFE

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN ANY AREA

OF VOCATION OR YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY KIND

OF IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION.

YOU MAY THINK WHEREVER YOU ARE

IT'S ONLY FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE,

THEY GET TO LIVE

THAT KIND OF LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

WHO ARE WILLING TO JUMP

ON THIS ADVENTURE TRAIN

WITH OUR GOD CAN LIVE A LIFE

THAT COULD BE FIT FOR A SONG

AND THAT'S EXACTLY

WHERE THIS IS GOING.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AHEAD.

WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CAMP

FIRST OF ALL

ON JUDGES CHAPTER FOUR.

BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AHEAD

JUST ENOUGH AT JUDGES 5:3 TO GET

A LITTLE BIT OF THE FLAVOR OF IT

BECAUSE SHE SAYS,

IT'S THE SONG

OF DEBORAH AND BARAK:

AND THEN SHE GOES ABOUT

SINGING THE SONG OF THE VICTORY

AGAINST EVERY SINGLE ODD.

BEFORE WE BEGIN TO LOOK BACK

AT CHAPTER FOUR,

I WANT TO BEGIN TO GIVE YOU --

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD

AND GIVE YOU ONE

AS WE'RE THINKING,

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LIVE A LIFE

THAT BECOMES A STORY

SOMEBODY COULD SING ABOUT?

-- A STORY FIT FOR A SONG

THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

COULD LIVE.

THAT'S THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

A NUMBER OF THINGS

THROUGH THE COURSE

OF THIS SERIES TOGETHER,

EIGHT IN TOTAL

OVER THE TWO-PART SERIES.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS THIS

AND I WANT TO DO IT

EVEN BEFORE WE BEGIN READING

BECAUSE I WANT YOU

TO GET THIS INTO PLACE,

THIS IS PART OF OUR FOUNDATION.

NUMBER ONE: IF WE'RE GOING

TO HAVE A PERSONAL LIVE STORY

BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE

OF OUR LIVES IS A STORY.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STORY

THAT IS FIT FOR A SONG,

NUMBER ONE WE'VE GOT TO GO AHEAD

AND ACCEPT FROM THE VERY TOP:

NOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

IS YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YOU

SOME DRAMA.

NOBODY NEEDS TO THINK,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS IS WHY I'M SCARED

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS GOD THING.

I'M AFRAID

ALL SORTS OF WILD THINGS

ARE HAPPENING.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

YOU ALREADY GOT

WILD THINGS HAPPENING.

IF YOU'RE GETTING OUT AT ALL,

IF YOU GET IN YOUR CAR

AND GO TO WORK...

IF YOU'RE FROM

A CITY LIKE I'M FROM,

IN A CITY

WHERE LIFE OUTREACH LIVES,

LET ME TELL YOU,

YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LIFE

IN YOUR ADVENTUROUS HANDS

EVERY SINGLE TIME

YOU GET IN YOUR VEHICLE.

WOULD SOMEBODY SAY AMEN TO THAT?

YOU CAN GO TO THE POSTBOX

AND YOU CAN GET INTO SOME DRAMA.

IF YOU HAVE A TEENAGER,

YOU ALREADY HAVE

ALL THE DRAMA YOU CAN STAND.

IF YOU GO TO A CHURCH,

IF YOU HAVE A MARRIAGE,

IF YOU EVEN HAVE A BOYFRIEND,

IF YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND,

YOU'VE GOT YOU SOME DRAMA.

LIFE HAS A WHOLE LOT OF DRAMA.

IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THAT DRAMA

IS GOING TO TURN INTO

A GOD ADVENTURE --

SOMETHING DIVINE --

SOME KIND OF STORY

THAT COULD TURN INTO A SONG --

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.

THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE,

A STORY WITH CONSIDERABLE DRAMA,

WITH NAIL BITING,

WITH CRISES OF FAITH,

WITH JOYS AND SORROWS,

OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL

COME TO SAY, "WILL GOD

COME THROUGH FOR ME

THIS TIME OR NOT?"

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I WANT TO GIVE YOU

A LITTLE PERSONAL BACKGROUND.

I ALWAYS WANT TO COME TO YOU

WITH MY OWN PRESENT SEASON,

THAT'S WHAT

I TRY TO TEACH OUT OF.

THAT'S THE MOST AUTHENTIC THING

THAT I HAVE TO OFFER YOU.

AT THE MOORE HOME

WE ARE STILL LIVING REAL LIFE.

KEITH AND I ARE CRAZY

ABOUT ONE ANOTHER

AND WE STILL FIGHT

SOMETIMES LIKE CATS AND DOGS

AND I STILL CRY

AND GET MY FEELINGS HURT

AND GET MAD ABOUT THINGS

AND WONDER ABOUT THINGS

AND HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THINGS.

I'M STILL JUST OUT THERE

LIVING REAL LIFE,

WONDERING WHAT'S GOING

TO HAPPEN NEXT

JUST LIKE YOU ARE.

SO DON'T THINK

OF ANY OF YOUR TEACHERS AND

ANYBODY IN LEADERSHIP AROUND YOU

AS HAVING SOMEHOW DISCONNECTED

FROM THE REALITY OF LIVING

BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT SO.

THEY MAY NOT BE TELLING YOU

BUT LISTEN, WE'VE GOT

REAL LIVES GOING HERE

AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT

AND THEY VERY OFTEN GIVE US

A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR FEAR.

GOD HAS HAD ME BACK RECENTLY

THROUGH SOME

PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

TO THAT WONDERFUL SCRIPTURE,

I'M NOT GOING TO TURN YOU TO IT

BECAUSE I'M GOING

TO TELL IT TO YOU

OUT OF HEBREWS 11, VERSE SIX

THAT SAYS THIS AND I WANT THIS

TO JUST PENETRATE.

I'M HOPING SOMEBODY IS ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

THAT'S NEVER EVEN HEARD

THIS VERSE BEFORE.

THIS IS WHERE I WOULD LOVE

FOR IT TO START WITH SOMEBODY:

NOW LISTEN BECAUSE THIS IS GOING

TO BE A REVELATION TO SOMEBODY.

YOUR FAITH IS MORE

IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN EVEN

YOUR ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

I PROMISE YOU THAT, YOU CAN LOOK

ALL OVER THE SCRIPTURES

AND IT WILL TELL YOU

THAT IT IS OUR FAITH

THAT IS CREDITED

AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

YOU MAY SAY TO ME,

"ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW I LIVE?"

I WOULD NEVER TELL YOU THAT

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

IF YOU WANT TO GO FROM THE PIT

TO SOME STEADY LIVING,

TO SOME VICTORIOUS LIVING

OUTSIDE THE DITCH,

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE

JUST GETTING IN YOUR HEAD

THAT YOU'RE GOING

TO DO CERTAIN ACTIONS.

IT WILL BE THAT YOU HAVE

BELIEVED GOD ABOUT YOU'RE BEING

A DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON

THAN YOU USED TO THINK YOU ARE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU?

IT WILL BE

IF WE EVER BECOME PEOPLE

WHO USED TO LIVE IN DEFEAT

AND NOW WE LIVE IN VICTORY,

IT WILL NOT BE BECAUSE

WE JUST STARTED ACTING

A CERTAIN WAY.

YOUR ACTIONS CANNOT MAINTAIN

THAT KIND OF VICTORY.

YOU'LL FALL BACK

INTO THE OLD HABIT.

IT WILL BE BECAUSE

OUR BELIEF SYSTEM CHANGED.

IT WILL BE AS A DIRECT RESULT

OF OUR FAITH.

IT WILL HAPPEN

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

SO TO BELIEVE GOD --

WHEN I BELIEVE GOD

ABOUT WHO HE SAYS HE IS

AND I BELIEVE GOD

ABOUT WHO HE SAYS I AM,

THAT'S WHEN I BEGIN

LIVING DIFFERENTLY.

THAT'S WHEN MY DECISIONS CHANGE

BECAUSE MY WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS

HAS CHANGED.

AND GOD'S WORD SAYS

THAT WITHOUT FAITH

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

I'VE SEEN THAT VERSE

A THOUSAND TIMES,

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO

I MEMORIZED THAT VERSE AND YET

GOD HAS PULLED IT OUT OF THAT

MENTAL ROLODEX AND PUT IT

RIGHT ON THE FRONT AGAIN?

YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE I FOUND MYSELF

IN A PLACE ONCE MORE

WHERE I WAS GOING

TO HAVE TO BELIEVE HIM

PAST WHAT I COULD PRESENTLY SEE.

THAT IN MY MIND

I HAD AN IMPOSSIBILITY

IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS GOING

TO HAVE TO BELIEVE GOD

MORE THAN I BELIEVED

WHAT I WAS LAYING MY EYES ON.

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

BACK THERE AGAIN.

THIS IS WHERE IT TELLS YOU,

AND I WAS TELLING THIS

TO MY STAFF HERE RECENTLY,

THAT IN CASE WE THINK

IT IS EVER GOING

TO JUST SMOOTH OUT.

ANYBODY JUST HOPE

THAT YOU'RE GETTING THERE?

THAT YOU THOUGHT, OKAY,

WHEN WE FINALLY GET ENGAGED,

I'M TELLING YOU, WE ARE JUST

GOING TO BE ON WITH IT.

WELL, WHEN I GET MARRIED.

WHAT I NEED IS I NEED A NEW JOB.

I NEED THE RIGHT CHURCH.

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING

THAT WE'RE ADDING TO IT,

WONDERFUL THINGS

BUT WHEN WE GET THAT,

THIS IS JUST GOING

TO SMOOTH IT RIGHT ON OUT.

I REMEMBER HOW SURPRISED I WAS

WHEN MY OLDEST DAUGHTER

AND HER HUSBAND

HAD REGULAR PROBLEMS

LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE

IN THEIR VERY GOOD

AND SOLID MARRIAGE.

BUT I THOUGHT, KEITH AND I COME

FROM SUCH A TERRIBLE BACKGROUND

THAT I THOUGHT HONESTLY,

PEOPLE ONLY HAD PROBLEMS

BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT OF SIN.

I WAS JUST SURE OF IT.

I WAS SURE OF IT!

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU

THAT NO MATTER WHAT,

EVEN IF YOU'RE

LIVING VICTORIOUSLY,

YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE

A LIFE FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS,

IT'S GOING TO HAVE

SOME VALLEYS IN IT,

IT'S GOING TO HAVE

SOME VERY ROCKY PLACES IN IT

BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF US

REMAINING HERE AFTER HE SAVES US

THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

IS TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE HIM

EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES

UNTIL HE FULFILLS

HIS GOOD PURPOSE IN US

AND BRINGS GLORY TO HIMSELF.

IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT FAITH.

IT IS WHAT IT'S GOING

TO COME BACK TO.

IF ANYBODY IS THINKING

THAT'S LISTENING TODAY,

THIS IS EXACTLY

WHERE HE'S HAD ME AGAIN.

I WENT THROUGH THAT

LIKE YEARS AGO.

I REALLY WENT ON A FRESH

FAITH WALK AND I FIND MYSELF

IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN,

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME

THAT I'M BACK

TO THE ELEMENTARY THINGS

OF THE FAITH?

LET ME TELL YOU, WE WILL

ALWAYS COME BACK TO FAITH.

HE'LL DO MANY OTHER THINGS

IN OUR LIVES

BUT HE WILL ALWAYS

BRING US BACK TO

DO YOU BELIEVE ME

MORE THAN YOU BELIEVE

WHAT YOU SEE?

MORE THAN YOU BELIEVE

WHAT YOU HEAR OUT THERE

AMID ALL OF THOSE VOICES?

SO GOD HAD ME BACK

MEMORIZING THESE SCRIPTURES.

THERE WERE A COUPLE

OUT OF ROMANS 4:20-21.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THEM.

YOU CAN EITHER TURN WITH ME

BUT STAY RIGHT HERE,

HOLD SOMETHING IN JUDGES

CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE.

BUT LISTEN TO THESE WORDS

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

THE WAY I LOVE TO MEMORIZE.

HE BELIEVED GOD.

NOW LISTEN,

WHEN I MEMORIZE A SCRIPTURE,

I'M NOT JUST MEMORIZING

IN ORDER TO HAVE A LOT OF VERSES

STACKED IN MY HEAD,

I'M WANTING THEM

TO CHANGE MY LIFE.

I WANT THEM TO CHANGE

THE WAY I THINK TODAY.

I WANT THEM TO CHANGE

MY DEFEAT INTO VICTORY.

I WANT THEM TO MAKE ME

RESPOND DIFFERENTLY

IN A CHALLENGE

AND EVEN MORE SO IN A CRISIS.

I WANT TO BE DIFFERENT

BECAUSE OF THEM.

BECAUSE THE LORD

REALLY LAID IT ON MY HEART TO

MEMORIZE THOSE TWO SCRIPTURES,

I MEMORIZED THEM WITH A "SHE"

INSTEAD OF A "HE."

YET SHE DID NOT WAVER

THROUGH UNBELIEF

REGARDING THE PROMISES OF GOD

BUT WAS STRENGTHENED

IN HER FAITH,

GIVING GLORY TO GOD,

BEING FULLY PERSUADED

THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED,

HE HAD THE POWER TO DO.

SO KEITH AND I WERE AT

SOME LAND THAT WE HAVE OUT ON

THE EDGE OF THE HILL COUNTRY

AND IT'S REALLY ROCKY LAND

WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE HAND

ON A SHOTGUN

AND THE OTHER HAND

YOU CAN PUT IN THE AIR.

BUT I HAD MY -- JUST IN CASE

YOU RUN UP ON A RATTLESNAKE

OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO I WAS WALKING ALONG.

I HAD MY SPIRALS

WITH MY SCRIPTURES ON IT

IN MY LEFT HAND

AND I WAS SAYING

MY VERSES TO GOD.

WHEN I KEPT SAYING --

THIS ONE WAS A NEW ONE TO ME --

SO WHEN I KEPT SAYING

OVER AND OVER, "YET"

AND I KEPT EMPHASIZING THAT WORD

"YET SHE DID NOT WAVER.

YET... YET..."

AND I REALIZED THAT EVEN

THE WORD "YET" BEING THERE

IN THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

THAT THERE ARE ODDS

STACKED AGAINST IT.

YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A FAITH WALK

THAT YOU DON'T HAVE

AN INVITATION

TO DISBELIEVE GOD.

IT CAN'T HAPPEN.

WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY

TO BELIEVE GOD,

YOU'VE GOT AN INVITATION

TO DISBELIEVE HIM.

IS THAT MAKING SENSE TO ANYONE?

SO IF WE'RE THINKING

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FAITH WALK

WITHOUT HAVING

A WONDERFUL INVITATION

TO DOUBT AND FEAR AND DISBELIEF,

WE'VE MISUNDERSTOOD

OUR SCRIPTURES

BECAUSE THAT MEANS IF

WITHOUT FAITH

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD,

THAT I AM GOING TO LIVE

A LIFETIME OF "YETS."

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS WAS

THE CURRENT STATUS

"YET, SHE DID NOT WAVER

THROUGH UNBELIEF

REGARDING THE PROMISES OF GOD."

THERE WILL BE A "YET"

EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT SAYS

SOMETHING HAS GOT TO HAPPEN

AGAINST EVERY ODD.

IT'S GOT TO APPEAR

AS IF THIS ONE

IS NOT GOING TO COME THROUGH.

THAT'S EXACTLY

WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO HAVE A STORY

THAT TURNS ITSELF

RIGHT INTO A SONG.

James: WELL, I THINK

SHE GETS THROUGH.

YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT

YOUR OWN SITUATION,

IT IS PRETTY EASY SOMETIMES

TO THINK WELL, HOPELESS? NO.

I REALLY DO WANT YOU

TO UNDERSTAND THE BLESSED HOPE

IS NOT JUST THE RETURN

OF CHRIST.

I KNOW THINGS CAN GET

SO DESPERATE FOR ANY OF US

THAT WE JUST PRAY DEAR JESUS

COME AND GET US

OUT OF THIS MESS.

BUT I REALLY WANT YOU

TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD CAN

TURN YOUR MESS INTO

A BEAUTIFUL SONG, A MELODY.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THAT WHEN JESUS TAUGHT US

TO PRAY THY KINGDOM COME,

THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH...

RIGHT NOW ON EARTH.

NOT THY WILL BE DONE IN HEAVEN,

THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH

BECAUSE HIS KINGDOM IS HERE.

THE VERY FACT IS THAT GOD'S RULE

AND GOD'S REIGN

AND US REIGNING WITH HIM

ON EARTH DOESN'T MEAN

THE ELIMINATION OF CHALLENGES

AND PROBLEMS, IT JUST MEANS

HE CAN LIFT US ABOVE,

OUT OF THE VALLEY

OR GIVE US PEACE IN THE VALLEY

OR WE'RE ABLE TO CLIMB

EVERY MOUNTAIN BECAUSE

HE IS BIGGER THAN

EVERY MOUNTAIN.

YOU REALLY CAN FIND THAT OUT.

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS,

IF YOU'LL SAY, "I WANT

TO KNOW THAT SO I CAN BE

A BEARER OF GOOD NEWS

TO OTHERS," THAT'S KINGDOM LIFE.

LET ME JUST SHOW YOU

HOW YOU CAN EXPRESS

IN THE MOST DIRECT, EFFECTIVE

WAY POSSIBLE KINGDOM LIFE,

THE LOVE OF GOD.

AND YOU CAN TURN SOMEONE ELSE'S

MISERY, THEIR HORROR STORY

INTO A BEAUTIFUL SONG.

YOU CAN DO THAT FOR SOMEONE.

LIKE YOU WISH SOMEONE MIGHT

DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR YOU,

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

WATCH CLOSELY.

Announcer: HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TARGET INNOCENT CHILDREN

WHO THEN BECOME ENSLAVED

IN A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR A YEAR INDUSTRY

CALLED THE SEX SLAVE TRADE.

>> IMAGINE THIS, ONE GIRL TAKEN FROM HER FAMILY,

WHETHER SHE IS KIDNAPPED OR TRICKED.

SHE IS SEXUALLY ABUSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

MAYBE EIGHT TO TEN CUSTOMERS

THAT SHE MAY HAVE TO SERVICE IN ONE DAY.

>> WE'RE FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN THAT CAN'T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES,

CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE USED IN THE SEX TRADE

OR BE BOUGHT AND SOLD LIKE ANIMALS

FOR MONETARY GAIN.

IT IS NOT RIGHT!

>> IT IS KIDS JUST LIKE THESE

THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE BEGGING

BUT THEY ARE ALSO BAIT FOR PREDATORS.

IF WE DON'T GET THEM OFF THE STREET

THEY WILL BE THE NEXT TRAFFICKED VICTIMS.

Announcer: AND WHEN THESE CHILDREN BECOME ENSLAVED AND DON'T COMPLY,

HORRIBLE THINGS ARE DONE TO THEM BY THE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.

>> IT IS TRAGIC WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CHILDREN,

INNOCENT CHILDREN AND IT IS NOT RIGHT.

OUR HEARTS ARE BURDENED

BY ALL THE CHILDREN THAT ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP TODAY,

THIS MOMENT, THAT NEED INTERVENTION, THAT NEED HELP,

THAT ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO HEAR THEIR CRIES

AND WE CAN ONLY DO IT WITH YOUR HELP.

James: BOY, I THANK GOD

FOR HIS HEART EXPRESSED

THROUGH CAROL HART

AND HER HUSBAND MICHAEL

AND THE OTHER MISSIONARIES,

THE MISSIONARY YOU SAW RIDING

AND TELLING WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THOSE PRECIOUS PEOPLE

ARE IN PLACE BECAUSE

GOD PUT IT ON THEIR HEART

TO REACH OUT

AND PUT ARMS OF LOVE AROUND

THOSE WHO ARE HELD CAPTIVE

IN THIS HORRIBLE SEX TRADE

AND YOU ENABLED THEM

TO BE EFFECTIVE.

YOU ENABLED THEM TO BE ABLE

TO RESCUE THE CHILDREN

THAT THEY WENT OVER TO FIND.

TWO OF THE CHILDREN

YOU SAW THERE,

THE LITTLE BOY AND GIRL

WITH CAROL,

THOSE TWO CHILDREN WERE ORPHANED

AND THEY NOW LIVE

IN THE HOUSE OF DESTINY,

IN THE LIFE CENTER.

AND BY THE WAY,

THIS IS WHAT KINGDOM LIFE DOES.

WE ARE NO LONGER ORPHANED.

GOD ADOPTS US

AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS

OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER

AND WE CAN GIVE THOSE CHILDREN

THAT RELATIONSHIP

WITH A FAMILY THAT LOVES THEM.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU

POINTEDLY -- BY THE WAY,

YOU ARE THE ONES, YOU VIEWERS.

I DON'T CARE

WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD,

WHETHER IT IS IN AUSTRALIA,

THE UNITED KINGDOM,

OR CANADA OR THE U.S.,

IT DOESN'T MATTER --

YOU TOLD US THAT YOU WANTED

TO RESCUE THOSE CHILDREN

AND YOU LET US KNOW

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU DO IT.

IT TAKES $128

TO RESCUE ONE OF THE CHILDREN;

THAT'S THE COST

FOR TAKING CARE OF THEM.

TO GET THEM BEFORE

THEY GET THEM INTO THE TRADE

OR GET THEM OUT OR FIND THEM

WHEN THEY ARE WANDERING

THE STREETS AND LITERALLY

ADOPT THEM INTO THE ARMS OF GOD.

AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT,

IT IS $128 TO RESCUE A CHILD,

$1280.

I DON'T JUST THROW THAT OUT

AT RANDOM,

I THINK ABOUT TEN CHILDREN

AND SOME OF YOU COULD DO THAT.

YOU COULD SAY,

"I'LL TAKE TEN CHILDREN."

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE

BEEN BLESSED WHERE YOU SAY,

"JAMES, GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD

TO ME, I COULD GIVE

SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS

TO HELP THEM."

PLEASE DO THAT!

BUT PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND,

FOR EVERY ONE

OF THOSE PRECIOUS CHILDREN,

JUST LIKE THE TWO WITH CAROL,

SOMEONE SAID, "I'VE GOT $128."

ANOTHER, "I'VE GOT $128."

WHATEVER IT TAKES

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE --

WE CAN PUT GIFTS TOGETHER

AND RESCUE A CHILD.

BUT I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW

AND I CAN'T HELP

BUT BELIEVE YOU CARE

SO SEE, THE REAL CARE,

THE REAL LOVE OF GOD,

THE REAL CENTER OF OUR LIFE,

JESUS, THAT CARE

INSPIRES A DESIRE TO SHARE,

TO RELEASE THE LOVE,

NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT,

NOT JUST DEFEND THE FACT

GOD LOVES US,

DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE OF GOD.

WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER?

WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK OR YOU

CAN GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG --

MANY OF YOU CAN DO THAT.

MAKE THAT GIFT

GOD HAS PUT ON YOUR HEART.

IF YOU CAN GIVE $128 OR $1280,

PLEASE DO THAT.

GIVE THE VERY BEST GIFT YOU CAN

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE

THOSE CHILDREN A CHANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY

RESCUE LIVES TOGETHER

AND IT TAKES ALL OF US

WORKING TOGETHER.

IF YOU SHOULD GET A BUSY,

BE PERSISTENT,

DIAL UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH

JUST AS THOUGH I'M THE ONE

GETTING THE LIFE PRESERVER,

GETTING THE LIFE TO THAT CHILD.

I'M GOING TO BE DETERMINED

TO DO IT, AS DETERMINED

AS YOU WOULD WANT

SOMEONE TO BE TO RESCUE YOU

OR ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES.

WOULD YOU DO IT RIGHT NOW?

MAKE THAT CALL.

IF YOU MAKE A CHECK, MAKE IT

TO LIFE, PUT IT IN THE MAIL

AND PLEASE DO THAT TODAY.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

FOR YOU TO BLESS YOU

TO SAY THANK YOU

FOR SHARING AN OPPORTUNITY

WITH THOSE PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES.

Announcer: HUMAN TRAFFICKING...

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING!

BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT INNOCENT CHILDREN, MANY VERY YOUNG

ARE BEING SOLD AND FORCED INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY

AND EXPLOITED IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE

AND SOMEONE MUST SAVE THEM!

WITH YOUR SUPPORT OF MISSION RESCUE LIFE

YOU CAN HELP RESCUE MORE THAN 5,000 CHILDREN

FROM THE HORRORS OF THE SEX TRADE

IN PARTS OF THAILAND, INDIA, CAMBODIA

AND OTHER TARGETED NATIONS.

TOGETHER WE CAN REACH VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

BY PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED FOOD AND RELIEF.

WE CAN RESCUE THOSE ALREADY ENSNARED

BY OFFERING THEM A WAY OUT

AND WE CAN RESTORE THEIR HEARTS, MINDS AND BODIES

TO ENABLE THEM TO ENJOY LIFE AS GOD INTENDED.

YOUR GIFT TODAY OF ONLY $128 WILL HELP RESCUE A CHILD

AND CHANGE THEIR LIFE FOREVER.

AND WITH GIFTS OF $64 OR $32

WE WILL COMBINE YOUR GIFTS WITH OTHERS

TO HELP RESCUE ONE MORE CHILD

FROM THE SHAME AND PAIN OF THIS LIFESTYLE.

AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU,

PLEASE REQUEST "THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT," HOW YOUR LIFE MATTERS.

THE STORY OF THIS BOOK

REVEALS HOW YOU WERE SPECIALLY CREATED BY GOD

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

AS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE,

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1280

TO HELP RESCUE TEN CHILDREN.

WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST "HEART OF THE FATHER,"

OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW BRONZE SCULPTURE

THAT DEMONSTRATES GOD'S FATHERLY LOVE FOR US AS HIS CHILDREN.

CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!

Beth: KEITH AND I HAVE LOVED

EVERY SINGLE MINUTE

THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO PARTNER

WITH JAMES AND BETTY

AND THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.

WE'VE BEEN PART OF

THE MISSION FEEDING PROGRAM,

THE SHELTER AND THE WATER WELLS.

WE'VE LOVED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT

PUT FORTH BY THIS OUTREACH

MINISTRY BUT WE ARE

PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT

THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE

CALLED RESCUE LIFE.

THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY

FOR CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN

TAKEN INTO SEX TRAFFICKING.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING

THAT CRIES OUT FOR OUR HELP

MORE THAN THIS.

WOULD YOU PARTNER WITH US

AS WE REACH OUT TO THEM

AND LITERALLY RESCUE LIVES

THROUGH RESCUE LIFE?

THIS ONE IS SOMETHING THAT CALLS

TO THE INNERMOST PART

OF OUR HEARTS AND CRIES OUT

TO SUCH VICTIMIZATION

THAT WE'VE GOT TO HELP.

PARTNERING TOGETHER THERE IS

NO TELLING WHAT GOD COULD DO.

LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN

TO RESCUE LIVES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

James: I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU

THAT WE'RE SENDING

"THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT."

I THINK YOU ARE FAMILIAR

WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ONE;

WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE THAT

VERY, VERY CLEAR.

A BUTTERFLY, THE MOTION

OF THE WINGS CAN -- SCIENTIFIC

FACT -- START A HURRICANE.

THINK WHAT GOD'S LOVE

THROUGH YOU COULD DO.

YOU AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO SHOW PEOPLE THE FATHER'S

HEART, THE "HEART OF

THE FATHER," THE LOVE OF GOD.

WE'RE SENDING THIS BEAUTIFUL

BRONZE TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO HELP US RESCUE THE LIVES

OF TEN CHILDREN.

IF YOU CAN DO IT, PLEASE DO

BUT REMEMBER, WHATEVER THE GIFT

GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART,

IT'S HELPING US SHARE

THE GREATEST GIFT,

THE LOVE AND LIFE OF GOD.

THANK YOU!

TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT

BETH ON WEDNESDAYS

AND ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS

TO WATCH LIFE TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING

ABOUT "THE BASICS OF LIFE"

AND HOW WE FULFILL

GOD'S KINGDOM AGENDA

RIGHT NOW ON EARTH.

§

Announcer: TOMORROW ON LIFE TODAY,

FULFILLING GOD'S KINGDOM AGENDA ON EARTH.

James: THE FACT IS AN UPSIDE DOWN WORLD

HAD SUDDENLY BEEN TURNED RIGHT SIDE UP.