I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO BEGIN TO SPEAK VIRTUE

AND SPEAK TO THE PRINCES

AND SPEAK TO THE PRINCESSES IN THIS GENERATION.

Announcer: NEXT, BESTSELLING AUTHOR, LISA BEVERE

SPEAKS TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

WHY ARE WE TRYING TO BOW DOWN,

CONFORM TO THIS IMAGE THAT IS NOT SAFE,

NOT TRUSTWORTHY, NOT VIRTUOUS?

WHEN GIRLS PACKAGE THEMSELVES CHEAPLY

THEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR VALUE IN GOD.

Announcer: PURITY'S POWER -- NEXT!

§

James: THANK YOU!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

WE WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED

TO HAVE A FRIEND WHO TAUGHT

ON PURITY'S POWER RIGHT HERE

IN THIS STUDIO SOME YEARS AGO,

LISA BEVERE.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL

GIRLS AND WOMEN HERE WHO HAVE

A VERY LEGITIMATE INTEREST

IN THE POWER OF PURITY,

AND UNDERSTAND THAT LISA

COMMUNICATES THIS

VERY EFFECTIVELY.

I MARRIED A GIRL

THAT WAS SO PURE

AND SO INNOCENT WHEN I MET HER

AND WENT OUT WITH HER I THOUGHT,

SHE MUST BE THE DUMBEST GIRL

I EVER MET BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T

EVEN ACT LIKE SHE KNEW ANYTHING.

I BROUGHT UP SEX

BECAUSE I WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLY

GREAT CHRISTIAN TEENAGER.

IT WAS REALLY TRAGIC.

I GREW UP WITHOUT A FATHER,

I GREW UP WITHOUT

POSITIVE INFLUENCES IN MY LIFE,

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN

I MET A GIRL THAT WAS

SO INNOCENT AND SO PURE.

HERE WAS MY RESPONSE.

YOU MIGHT BE CURIOUS

AFTER I HAD TAKEN HER HOME

AND I WAS SO STUPID,

I DIDN'T EVEN WALK HER

TO THE DOOR.

I JUST PARKED

IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE

AND WAITED FOR HER TO GET OUT.

I MEAN I'M DUMB.

WE DIDN'T EVER HAVE A CAR.

I HAD BORROWED THIS CAR

FROM A PASTOR WHO WANTED ME TO

GO OUT WITH THIS WONDERFUL GIRL

IN HIS CHURCH.

AND I DRIVE OFF AND ALL OF

THE SUDDEN I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T

EVEN WALK HER TO THE DOOR!

BLESS HER HEART.

SHE JUST WALKS UP THERE AS THIS

STUPID GUY IS DRIVING OFF.

BUT I WENT TO THE HOUSE WHERE

I WAS STAYING WITH THAT PASTOR

AND I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES

AND I STARTED CRYING AND SAID,

"GOD, I MET A PURE GIRL."

I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HER

FOR 48 YEARS.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU'VE FAILED AND

YOU'VE MISSED THE MARK, GIRLS,

THE PURITY AND THE GREATNESS

AND THE GRACE OF GOD

IS GREATER THAN ANY FAILURE.

HE MAKES US WHITER AND PURER

THAN THE DRIVEN SNOW

AND WE ALL FAIL

AND MISS THE MARK.

GOD NEVER BEATS UP

WITH THE MARK LIKE A CLUB.

GOD DOESN'T WALK AROUND

LIKE SOME HOLY POLICEMAN.

HE JUST POINTS US

TO THE STANDARD AND THEN

WE LINE UP WITH THE STANDARD

FOR OUR OWN BENEFIT

AND BLESSING,

AND TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.

THE POWER OF PURITY

IS GREAT BEYOND WORDS.

LISA BEVERE UNDERSTANDS THAT

VERY, VERY WELL

BECAUSE SHE WALKED BOTH WAYS

BEFORE GOD CAME IN.

SHE UNDERSTOOD

THE INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE

PURITY MAKES.

WOULD YOU WELCOME LISA BEVERE

BACK TO LIFE TODAY?

LISA, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

Lisa: IT'S SO GOOD

TO BE WITH YOU GUYS!

James: THANKS FOR GOING

ALL OVER THE WORLD

TO THE MISSION FIELDS.

YOU AND JOHN LITERALLY

PLED WITH US AFTER SUPPORTING --

YOU PLED WITH US,

"WE WANT TO GO!"

Lisa: YEAH, WE BRIBED YOU

TO GET YOU TO LET US GO.

James: YOU REALLY

WANTED TO DO IT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT PURITY'S POWER.

JOHN ACTUALLY INFLUENCED YOU

TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST.

I THINK YOU WERE OUTSIDE

THE CIRCLE OF WHAT YOU NOW

UNDERSTAND TO BE SO IMPORTANT.

SO SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS

WHAT YOU SHARE IN THE BOOK

AND IN THIS LESSON,

THE IMPORTANCE OF PURITY.

Lisa: I WAS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE

OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING

ABOUT GOD, ABOUT VIRTUE,

ABOUT LOVE, ABOUT THE VALUE

OF THE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN,

THE INTIMACY. I KNEW NOTHING.

JAMES, ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS

HAVE BEEN SUCH A PART OF ME

REDEEMING THIS PART OF MY LIFE.

I GAVE BIRTH TO FOUR BOYS

AND SAID, "THANK GOD,

I WILL NEVER HAVE

THE EVIL DAUGHTER.

I AM ONLY GOING TO HAVE SONS

AND I WILL NEVER

REPRODUCE MYSELF."

AND JOHN HAD BEEN SO GOOD

AND I HAD BEEN SO BAD.

THERE WAS AREAS OF MY LIFE

WHERE I WAS A VICTIM

BUT THERE WAS AREAS OF MY LIFE

I WOULD ALMOST SAY

I WAS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

I WAS JUST HORRIBLE!

BUT WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN,

JESUS CAME IN

AND HE WASHED ME CLEAN

BUT I STILL FELT THE CHURCH

MADE ME FEEL ASHAMED.

I STILL REMEMBER BEING

AT SERVICES WHERE THEY SAID,

"IF YOU MARRY A WOMAN

WHO IS NOT PURE

YOU CAN NEVER BE

IN THE MINISTRY."

I FELT LIKE I HAD BROUGHT

REPROACH ON MY HUSBAND

AND I KNEW HE HAD LIVED

HIS LIFE WITH VIRTUE

AND HE HAD LIVED WITH PURITY

AND I FELT SO ASHAMED.

SO I WAS SO HAPPY TO HIDE THAT.

BUT GOD LOVES TO TAKE US

AND MAKE US FACE WHAT WE FEAR,

AND LET US REDEEM THOSE THINGS.

YOU GUYS GAVE ME A VOICE

TO SO MANY YOUNG GIRLS

TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IF.

WHAT IF YOU'VE LOST

YOUR VIRGINITY?

WHAT IF IT WAS STOLEN?

WHAT IF YOU SQUANDERED IT

LIKE I HAD?

CAN YOUR VIRTUE BE RESTORED?

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?

VIRGINITY IS PHYSICAL

BUT VIRTUE IS MORE

THAN PHYSICAL,

IT IS SPIRITUAL.

WE HAVE GIRLS

THAT ARE VIRGINS TECHNICALLY

THAT HAVE NO VIRTUE

AND WE HAVE GIRLS

THAT HAVE LOST THEIR VIRGINITY,

MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN

SEXUALLY ABUSED

THAT HAVE RECOVERED THEIR VIRTUE

AND WE NEED TO BE WOMEN

WHO BEGIN TO WASH AWAY THE SHAME

OF GENERATIONS OF DAUGHTERS,

YOUNG AND OLD

BECAUSE GETTING MARRIED

DOESN'T SOLVE IT.

BRINGING THIS TO THE CROSS

FOR A CONFRONTATION,

LETTING JESUS WASH AWAY

ALL THAT SHAME AND ALL THE GUILT

IS WHAT IS GOING TO RESTORE US.

I REMEMBER GATHERING HERE

WITH THESE GIRLS

AND HEARING THEIR QUESTIONS

AND FINDING OUT THAT

THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANY ANSWERS

IN THE CHURCH.

THEY WERE GETTING RULES.

THEY WERE GETTING THE LIST OF

"DO NOT DO THIS."

"DON'T DO THIS."

"DON'T DO THIS."

BUT THEY WANTED TO KNOW

HOW TO DO IT RIGHT,

HOW TO DO IT WELL.

I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES

OVER THE YEARS TO ACTUALLY SEE

THE FRUIT OF THESE CD'S

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THE MATERIALS HAVE COME FROM

THE WAY THEY STARTED TO DATE,

HOW THEY CHOSE THEIR HUSBANDS

AND NOW HOW THEY'RE

RAISING THEIR CHILDREN,

AND IT IS JUST BEEN BEAUTIFUL

TO SEE THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

James: YOU KNOW

WE WERE HAVING A MEAL TOGETHER

BEFORE WE CAME OUT HERE

AND YOU TOLD US ABOUT A GIRL.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU SAW

HER WHILE YOU WERE TRAVELING

OR ON A PLANE

BUT SHE BROUGHT UP

THIS SERIES OF TAPES

AND THIS TEACHING.

Lisa: SHE DID.

SHE HAS ACTUALLY

THIS AMAZING BOOTH;

IT WAS CALLED

"CREATE TO LIBERATE."

SHE WAS GETTING DONATED MATERIAL

AND SHE WAS PIECING TOGETHER

PEARL NECKLACES TO REALLY

RAISE FUNDS TO RESCUE GIRLS

OUT OF SEX TRAFFICKING.

I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER.

I SAID, "CAN I MEET YOU?"

SO I WENT AND MET HER

AND I HUGGED HER

AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF HER.

SHE SAID,

"OH, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WROTE

THE BOOK, YOU'RE THE ONE

THAT SPOKE INTO MY LIFE

WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER."

SHE SAID, "THIS IS MY WAY NOW

OF THANKING YOU AND RESCUING

THE GIRLS THAT NEVER HAD

A VOICE INTO THEIR LIFE,

WHO NEVER HAD ANYBODY

TO POSITION THEM WELL.

SO I WAS JUST AMAZED

HOW IT CAME FULL CIRCLE,

AND THAT WAS JUST LAST THURSDAY.

THEN, I ALSO GOT THIS LETTER,

I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO

FROM A MOTHER WHO HAD GOTTEN

THIS KIT FOR HER DAUGHTER

BECAUSE SHE FELT SO ILL EQUIPPED

TO REALLY POSITION

HER DAUGHTER WITH PURITY.

SO SHE GOT THE KIT

AND SHE LISTENED TO HERSELF

AND SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE

SUCH A HYPOCRITE TALKING

TO HER DAUGHTER ABOUT PURITY

WHEN SHE HERSELF

HAD NOT WALKED IN IT.

BUT SHE LISTENED TO THE KIT,

TALKED TO HER DAUGHTER.

HER DAUGHTER ACTUALLY ENDED UP

COMING AND WORKING WITH ME.

BUT ANYWAY, THE MOTHER

BEGAN TO GATHER GIRLS.

SHE CAME TO THE PLACE

WHERE SHE WAS GATHERING

200 COLLEGE-AGED GIRLS

USING THIS MATERIAL

AND SPEAKING FROM

HER OWN EXPERIENCES.

NOW DO YOU KNOW

WHAT SHE IS DOING?

SHE IS GATHERING THE YOUNG MEN.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO BEGIN TO SPEAK VIRTUE

AND SPEAK TO THE PRINCES

AND SPEAK TO THE PRINCESSES

IN THIS GENERATION AND BEGIN

TO SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE IS SOMETHING MORE.

YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE

IF YOU GIVE IN.

BUT IF YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN IN,

IF YOU'VE ALREADY LOST IT,

YOU CAN RECOVER

WHAT'S BEEN LOST."

I'VE RAISED MY BOYS,

REALLY POSITIONING THEM

THAT THEY WOULD INHERIT

GOD'S PROMISES

AND NOT MY PAIN.

WE NEED TO TELL THE TRUTH

TO A GENERATION

OF WOMEN AND BOYS,

YOUNG AND OLD THAT IT'S GOING

TO COST THEM WAY MORE

THAN THEY CAN EVER IMAGINE.

I LOVE THAT YOU CRIED

ABOUT BETTY BEING PURE.

BUT THE TRUTH IS,

BETTY'S PURENESS INSPIRED YOU

TO WANT TO RECOVER YOUR VIRTUE.

Betty: LISA, AS I SIT HERE

AND I LISTEN TO YOUR STORY

AND I KNOW JAMES' STORY

AND ALL THREE OF US

HAVE DIFFERENT STORIES

BUT WE ALL HAVE TO COME

TO THE SAME PLACE

IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR HEART

THAT WE RECEIVE JESUS

INTO OUR HEARTS.

I RECEIVED

THE SAME KIND OF FORGIVENESS

YOU HAD TO RECEIVE

AND JAMES HAD TO RECEIVE.

IT'S ALL THERE FOR US, NO MATTER

WHAT OUR STORIES HAVE BEEN,

JESUS WANTS TO FORGIVE ALL OF US

AND WASH US WHITE AS SNOW

IF WE'LL JUST ALLOW HIM TO.

YOU CAN BE MADE NEW

JUST AS WE WERE MADE NEW BECAUSE

OF JESUS COMING INTO OUR LIVES.

James: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO

WITH FOUR BOYS

IMPRESS UPON THEM,

YOU AND JOHN TOGETHER,

THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUING

MODESTY OR PURITY?

I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU,

DID THEY COMMENT VERY OFTEN

ON THE LACK OF DISCRETION?

BETTY JUST WROTE --

SHE'S JOURNALING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN

GET THE KINGDOM LIFE JOURNAL.

WE HAVE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE --

WE ACTUALLY GAVE AWAY ANOTHER

JOURNAL EARLIER IN THE YEAR

TO JUST TAKE NOTES

AND WRITE DOWN THOUGHTS.

BETTY HAD JUST WRITTEN

SOMETHING THIS WEEK

ABOUT HOW TYPICAL THE WORLD IS

IN THE WAY THEY GO AT THINGS

AND EVEN IN THE CHURCH WORLD.

GIRLS THINK IF I DRESS SCANTILY

IT IS JUST A NORMAL,

ACCEPTED WAY OF LIFE.

HOW DID YOUR BOYS RESPOND

TO WHAT THEY WERE SEEING?

TO DENY THAT A GIRL

IS ATTRACTIVE AND AN ATTRACTION

AND THAT THEY'RE GOING

TO GET SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION AND

THAT ATTENTION OR ATTRACTION IS

NOT NECESSARILY HEALTHY AT ALL

FOR EITHER SIDE,

HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT

RELATED TO THIS?

AND WHAT DID YOU HEAR

FROM YOUR BOYS

WHEN THEY WOULD LOOK AND SEE

WHAT ALL WAS THROWN AT THEM

OUT HERE IN TODAY'S WORLD?

Lisa: WE STARTED REALLY YOUNG.

I REMEMBER ALEXANDER

IN A CHECKOUT LINE ONE TIME

LOOKING OVER AT A MAGAZINE

AND THE WOMAN

WAS VERY SEDUCTIVE.

ALEXANDER STARTED BACKING

INTO ME AND HE SAID,

"MOM! THAT WOMAN!

SHE LOOKS LIKE

SHE WANTS TO EAT ME!"

AND I REMEMBER I SAID,

"SHE DOES!

SHE DOES WANT TO EAT YOU."

[Laughter]

BUT HE PICKED UP

THAT THE SEDUCING SPIRIT

WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THE STRENGTH;

THAT SEDUCTION IS AFTER

THE STRENGTH OF A MAN.

SO I WOULD ACTUALLY SEIZE

THOSE MOMENTS AT 10 YEARS OLD

AND THEN SEIZE THEM AGAIN

AT 12, 13, 14.

BUT WE WOULD ALSO TALK TO THEM

ABOUT WHY DO YOU THINK

A GIRL DRESSES LIKE THAT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK

SHE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE?

WHAT DOES SHE LOOK LIKE?

DOES SHE LOOK LIKE

SHE WAS JUST RAPED?

WHAT IS THAT COMMUNICATING

TO SOMEBODY?

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THIS?

WOULD YOU WANT

TO DATE A GIRL LIKE THAT?

NO. WHY NOT?

AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN GIRLS

PACKAGE THEMSELVES CHEAPLY

THEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

THEIR VALUE IN GOD,

THAT THEY NEED TO BE VALUED,

AND THAT MY BOYS HAVE THE RIGHT

AND ABILITY AS SONS OF GOD

AND PRINCES TO BEGIN

TO SPEAK VALUE TO GIRLS

AND TO SAY THINGS TO THEM

THAT WOULD RECOVER THAT VALUE.

I KNOW THAT MY OLDEST SON,

HE JUST DID SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB

WITH HIS WIFE

OF JUST NURTURING HER

AND TELLING HER

HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE WAS.

I KNOW JOHN DID THE SAME THING

BECAUSE SHE HADN'T COME FROM

A FAMILY THAT DID THAT FOR HER,

AND I HADN'T COME FROM

A FAMILY THAT DID THAT.

WHEN A GIRL DOESN'T FEEL

VALUED BY HER FEMININITY,

THAT SHE DOESN'T FEEL BEAUTIFUL,

THEN SHE'LL TURN TO THE LESSER,

WHICH WILL BE SEDUCTION

AND MANIPULATION

AND SHE WILL TRY TO TAKE

THE MAN'S POWER AND SHE WILL

TRY TO TAKE IT AS HER OWN

AND THEN HE WILL TRY

TO CONQUER HER TO GET IT.

AND IT BECOMES THIS BATTLE

WHERE GOD SAYS,

"HUH-UH! TOGETHER... TOGETHER!"

THE VIRTUE OF THE WOMAN,

THE VIRTUE OF THE MAN TOGETHER,

IT CREATES AN INTIMACY FOR THEM.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT

AND SOMETIMES,

MY BOYS WOULD SEE THINGS

AND THEY WOULD SAY, "MOM,

I'M CLOSING MY EYES

AND ALL I KEEP SEEING

IS THAT GIRL IN THE MOVIE."

AND WE WOULD TALK TO THEM

AND WE WOULD PRAY WITH THEM

AND WE NAVIGATED OUR

CHILDREN'S SEXUALITY WITH THEM.

IT IS THAT POWERFUL

THAT YOU NEED TO NAVIGATE

THEIR SEXUALITY WITH THEM.

YOU DON'T LET THE WORLD DO IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE

THE ONE TIME TALK.

IT IS A DAILY ONSLAUGHT,

IT IS A DAILY DISCUSSION.

YOU BRING IT TO THE DINNER

TABLE AND TALK ABOUT IT OPENLY.

YOU DON'T MAKE THEM

FEEL ASHAMED ABOUT IT.

YOU LET THEM HAVE AN OPEN DOOR

INTO YOUR LIFE.

THERE ARE THINGS MY BOYS HAVE

BROUGHT TO ME THAT TERRIFIED ME

AND I THOUGHT,

WHY IS JOHN NOT HOME?

AND THEN I THOUGHT,

THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD

AND I'M THEIR MOTHER,

I CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS

AND I CAN DEMYSTIFY THIS

AND NOT SCARE THEM.

James: ONE OF THE THINGS,

I ACTUALLY CAME AND SAT THROUGH

SOME OF THE TEACHING

WITH THE GIRLS BECAUSE

I SPENT MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE

SPEAKING IN HIGH SCHOOLS

AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

AND SPEAKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE

IN CHURCHES, AND TALKING

TO THEM ABOUT MODESTY AND ABOUT

PURITY AND TELLING GIRLS --

AND ONE OF THE REASONS, LISA,

BY THE WAY, THAT THEY,

I THINK, DRESS TO GET ATTENTION

IS BECAUSE EVERY GIRL

WANTS TO FEEL PRETTY.

A LOT OF TIMES DAD DOESN'T

MAKE THE GIRL FEEL PRETTY.

EVERY GIRL WANTS TO BE PRETTY.

BUT GET THIS,

THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN MAKE

A GIRL OR A WOMAN

FEEL AS BEAUTIFUL

AS YOU WANT TO FEEL

IS FATHER GOD.

HE IS THE ONLY ONE

THAT CAN GIVE YOU THAT.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE REASON

GIRLS DRESS FOR ATTENTION

IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE

THAT AFFIRMATION OF BEAUTY.

YOU'RE REALLY DRAWING ATTENTION

IN THE WRONG WAY TO WHERE

YOU MAY GET ATTENTION BUT YOU

WON'T GET THE KIND OF AFFECTION

AND LOVE THAT YOU WANT.

I CAME UP

AND LISTENED TO LISA TEACH

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID

AND YOU DO IT IN THE SERIES

VERY, VERY WELL.

YOU EXPLAIN TO GIRLS WHAT

DRESSING MODESTLY LOOKS LIKE.

BETTY, WHEN I FIRST SAW HER,

BETTY HAD ON

A FIGURE-FITTING DRESS

THAT NIGHT,

IT WASN'T SEDUCTIVE,

BUT IT SHOWED THAT SHE

WAS QUITE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

GOD DID NOT MAKE

THE DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCES

SO THAT WE WOULD BE

ASHAMED OF THEM.

IT IS FINE TO LOOK LIKE A GIRL.

YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO LOOK

LIKE A STREETWALKER, A HOOKER,

OR A SEDUCTRESS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK THAT WAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRESS LIKE

THOSE YOU SEE ON TELEVISION

WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY DRESSING

THAT WAY.

YOU CAN STILL BE VERY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CAN STILL LET IT BE KNOWN

I'M STILL VERY MUCH A GIRL,

A WOMAN, AND NOT BE SEDUCTIVE.

AND YOU ACTUALLY

SHOWED GIRLS IMAGES

AND YOU ASKED THE GIRLS,

"WHAT DOES THIS SAY?"

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID

OF CERTAIN DRESS, YOU SAID,

"HOW MANY OF YOU

WOULD WANT YOUR BOYFRIEND

HANGING AROUND THIS GIRL?"

Lisa: OR YOUR BROTHER,

OR YOUR FATHER?

AND THEY ALL SAID, "NO! NO!"

I SAID, "WHY ARE WE

TRYING TO BE HER?

WHY ARE WE TRYING BOW DOWN

CONFORM TO THIS IMAGE

THAT IS NOT SAFE,

NOT TRUSTWORTHY, NOT VIRTUOUS?"

AND THE GIRLS WERE ALL LIKE

"YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT."

I DO THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THERE IS A REAL ONSLAUGHT

GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS.

THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF;

THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE.

MY SON ARDEN CAME HOME

AND HE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED A BOOK.

HE WAS SO TIRED

FROM BASKETBALL TRYOUTS.

HE SAID, "MOM, EVERY TIME

I GO TO READ I FALL ASLEEP."

I SAID, "OKAY,

I'LL READ TO YOU."

I'M SO EXCITED.

I'VE GOT MY SON

IN MY BED WITH ME,

MY BIG LANKY 15 YEAR OLD,

AND I'M READING TO HIM.

I HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN YEARS!

SO I'M READING TO HIM

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, JAMES,

I COULDN'T BELIEVE

WHAT I WAS READING ON THE PAGES.

IT WAS TAKING THE COMBINATION

OF PORNOGRAPHY AND MASTURBATION

AND IT WAS MERGING THIS

AS NORMAL ACTIVITIES

FOR A 14 YEAR OLD BOY.

MY SON SAID, "MOM,

I HATE THIS BOOK.

I DON'T WANT TO READ

ANY MORE OF THIS BOOK."

I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GOING TO CALL THE SCHOOL

TOMORROW AND YOU DON'T HAVE

TO READ IT ANYMORE."

I CALLED THE SCHOOL AND SAID,

"HEY, THIS IS VIOLATING

MY SON'S CONSCIENCE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO READ

THIS BOOK ANYMORE."

THEY SAID, "WELL,

IT IS ENGAGING THE BOYS."

AND I SAID, "IT IS ENGAGING THEM

ON THE LOWEST LEVEL

AND I DON'T WANT MY SON ENGAGED

ON HIS BASEST LEVEL AT 14.

I WANT HIM ENGAGED ON VIRTUE

AND ON THE CORE VALUES

OF THE SCHOOL."

I SAID, "PLEASE DON'T OUT HIM.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE HIM

FEEL ASHAMED

BUT LET HIM JUST READ

LAST YEAR'S REQUIREMENT."

THEY SAID, "OKAY."

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED --

I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEACHER

WAS PREMENSTRUAL, I DON'T KNOW

IF SHE HAD A BAD DAY BUT

SHE MUST HAVE HAD A MELTDOWN.

SHE CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM

AND SHE SAID, "SOMEBODY'S MOM

DOESN'T LIKE THIS BOOK

AND EVERYBODY THAT WANTS

TO STAY WITH THE BOOK I CHOSE

COME OUT WITH ME AND ANYBODY

THAT DOESN'T WANT TO STAY."

AND ARDEN WAS BY HIMSELF

SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM.

HE DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

TWO LITTLE BOYS LOOKED BACK

AND SAW HIM.

I SAY, "TWO LITTLE BOYS,"

ARDEN IS OVER SIX FOOT.

HE IS LIKE SIX FOOT TWO.

TWO BOYS WENT BACK WITH HIM

AND STAYED.

THE TEACHER CALLED ME AND SAID,

"WELL, THEY'VE GOT

THEIR OWN READING GROUP."

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

SOMETHING IN ME ROSE UP

AND I HAD FORGOTTEN,

ABOUT THE 30 OTHER BOYS IN

THAT CLASSROOM READING THAT BOOK

WHOSE MOTHER HAD NO IDEA

WHAT WAS IN THAT BOOK.

I CALLED THE SCHOOL AND SAID,

"LISTEN, THIS BOOK VIOLATES

EVERYTHING WITH ME AS A PARENT.

IT WOULD BE R RATED

IF IT WAS A MOVIE

AND IT SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED

A PERMISSION SLIP,

AND I WANT IT PULLED

FROM THE CLASSROOM."

AT FIRST THEY GOT A LITTLE,

"WELL, WE'RE NOT SURE."

BUT IT HAD A LITTLE

NATIVE HISTORY MOVED INTO IT

AND SO I BEADED UP,

PUT MY HAIR LIKE IN A BRAID,

SHOWED UP AND SAID,

"THIS IS AGAINST MY PEOPLE,

AND I DO NOT WANT THIS

FOR MY CHILDREN."

[Laughter]

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I ALSO RESEARCHED

THE SCHOOL POLICIES AND

FOUND OUT IT WAS IN VIOLATION

OF THEIR OWN DISTRICT POLICIES.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

THE PRINCIPAL HAD NO IDEA

THAT THAT KIND OF MATERIAL

WAS BEING INTRODUCED

TO THE SCHOOL.

WHEN SHE WAS REALIZED IT WAS

INTRODUCED SHE WAS HORRIFIED.

WHEN THE OTHER TEACHERS

REALIZED THAT IT WAS

SO SUBJECTIVE

THEY WERE HORRIFIED

AND THEY ACTUALLY HELD A SEMINAR

HOW TO PICK CURRICULUM

THAT ACTUALLY

BEGINS TO APPEAL --

I TOLD THEM, "HEY, I'VE BEEN

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS

AND WHEN YOU INTRODUCE

PORNOGRAPHY AND MASTURBATION

TO YOUNG MEN

THE OTHER END OF THAT

IS SEX TRAFFICKING BECAUSE

YOU DEAL WITH SEXUAL DETACHMENT,

MISOGYNY, ADDICTION,

AND YOU GO INTO THE PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE THINK

THAT OTHER PEOPLE

ARE JUST TO BE USED."

AND THE SCHOOL WAS HORRIFIED.

SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

AS WOMEN WE HAVE A CHANCE

TO RECOVER VIRTUE AND WE NEED

TO PROTECT THE MEN'S VIRTUE

BY WHAT WE SHOW THEM.

AND THEN WE NEED TO PROTECT,

AS PARENTS, WE NEED TO PROTECT

OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS VIRTUE.

James: DO YOU APPRECIATE

WHAT LISA DID?

AND WHAT SHE STANDS FOR?

WITH ALL MY HEART

I JUST SAY THANK GOD

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING

WHAT A MOTHER SHOULD BE,

RECOGNIZING YOUR OWN

MISDIRECTION AND GOING

IN A NEW DIRECTION.

<I>PURITY'S POWER,</I>

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT,

IT IS HERE ON CD.

YOU CAN GET IT.

THERE IS LISA'S WEB SITE

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHERE SHE IS SPEAKING.

SHE AND JOHN HER HUSBAND SPEAK

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE

PURITY'S POWER HERE IS WHAT

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO

AND THAT IS SIMPLY HELP US

MEET A NEED YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, LISA,

I THINK THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOOK

AT WHAT I FOUND TO BE AS MOVING

AS ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN

IN MY LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH.

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James: I --

THAT MOTHER SAID IT ALL.

GOD THE FATHER SAYS,

"WATER IS LIFE."

NOW LISTEN TO ME,

BETTY AND I WILL GUARANTEE

THERE WILL BE A WELL DRILLED

WHERE SHE IS.

SHE REPRESENTS

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

ON THAT ISLAND COUNTRY,

MADAGASCAR.

THERE ARE 15 COUNTRIES

THAT OUR MISSIONARIES HAVE

POINTED TO LIKE THAT, BETTY,

AND THAT MOM SAID IT SO WELL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON

WHEN YOU LOOKED AT

THOSE LITTLE KIDS,

THOSE LITTLE BOYS WALKING.

I WALKED EVERYWHERE

WITH MY MOTHER,

WITHOUT A FATHER.

I SAW A LITTLE KID WAVING

TO GET THE FLIES AWAY.

LISTEN TO ME PLEASE.

WE CAN DRILL SOME WELLS.

GOD, I WANT TO INSPIRE

FRESH WATER DRILLING EVERYWHERE.

THAT'S REAL POVERTY,

THAT'S REAL HOPELESSNESS,

BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM HOPE!

THEY'RE PRECIOUS IN GOD'S SIGHT.

$4800 WILL DRILL A WELL.

HELP US DRILL SOME WELLS.

WE'VE TARGETED AND DRILLED 400.

GOD, I WISH

WE COULD DRILL 4,000!

THEY'RE $4800 EACH,

THAT'S THE AVERAGE.

YOU GIVE $2400

AND PRAY SOMEBODY JOINS YOU.

YOU GIVE $1200 AND PRAY

THREE MORE PEOPLE JOIN YOU.

JUST DO WHATEVER

YOU CAN DO, PLEASE.

DIAL THE NUMBER;

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD

AND SAY, "HERE IT IS,

HERE IS WHAT I CAN DO."

LISTEN, $48 TEN PEOPLE WATER

THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

$144, 30 PEOPLE WATER.

BETTY, I'M JUST PRAYING

THAT SOME DAY I'M GOING

TO ASK PEOPLE TO HELP

AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HELP.

Betty: THAT MOTHER,

LIKE JAMES SAID,

"THE MOTHER SAID IT ALL."

"IT HURTS!"

IT HURTS HER TO SEE

THAT HER OTHER THREE

ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO DIE

BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THEM.

THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE

BUT THE NEED IS GREAT.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN DO

TO GIVE THIS MOTHER

A CHOICE BETWEEN THE GOOD WATER

AND THE BAD WATER --

THE PURE WATER

AND THE DISEASED WATER.

PLEASE JOIN WITH US.

James: THIS IS A CURE

THAT WORKS.

THIS IS NOT LOOKING

AT A LITTLE CHILD THAT IS SICK

AND SAYING I WISH

WE COULD FIND A CURE.

WE FOUND THE CURE,

IT IS WATER -- CLEAN WATER!

I PRAY WITH ALL MY HEART

THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE

ONE PERSON WATCHING

THAT WOULDN'T SAY,

"LOOK I'LL DO SOMETHING.

I'VE GOT $24 FOR FIVE CHILDREN,

FIVE PEOPLE."

BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,

IT IS HUGE BECAUSE

IT IS LIFE TO THOSE PEOPLE.

SO PLEASE MAKE THE CALL.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE,

LIFETODAY.ORG.

WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

FOR YOU TO BLESS YOU.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO GIVES

TO HELP US SHARE LIFE

TO GET SOMETHING.

WE GIVE TO YOU

BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU

AND WE WANT TO ALSO BLESS YOU,

BUT THERE IS NO GREATER BLESSING

THAN GIVING LIFE TO OTHERS.

WOULD YOU MAKE THAT CALL?

IF YOU GET A BUSY

JUST BE DETERMINED TO CALL

UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH.

PLEASE SAY,

"I'M GOING TO DO MY PART."

Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

ARE FORCED TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE,

DRINK FILTHY, POLLUTED WATER FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE

OR DIE FROM THIRST.

NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FACED WITH THIS DECISION.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION --

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING

AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

THE SUFFERING CAN END BECAUSE

CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING IN LIFE.

WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE WILL DRILL 415 NEW WATER WELLS

IN REMOTE VILLAGES IN 15 DIFFERENT NATIONS.

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

A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR 10 PEOPLE!

$72 WILL REACH 15 PEOPLE.

AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH CLEAN DISEASE-FREE WATER

FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!

IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GIFT TO HELP DRILL THESE NEW WELLS

BE SURE TO REQUEST THE KINGDOM LIFE JOURNAL.

THIS BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BOUND PRAYER DEVOTIONAL INCLUDES

BOTH PSALMS AND PROVERBS, AS WELL AS A PLACE TO WRITE

YOUR OWN REFLECTIONS AS GOD SPEAKS TO YOU THROUGH HIS WORD.

ALSO PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200

TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE

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

AND YOU MAY REQUEST THE JOURNAL AS WELL AS OUR BEAUTIFUL

COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE, "HEART OF THE FATHER."

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

James: I THANK YOU, LISA.

WASN'T THAT ONE OF THE MOST

MOVING THINGS YOU'VE EVER SEEN?

Lisa: IT WAS!

AND I'VE SEEN THE MOMS

WHEN THEY GOT THE WELL

AND HOW THEY DANCED

AND THANKED GOD FOR IT.

I WISH EVERYBODY THAT'S

PARTNERED WITH LIFE OUTREACH

COULD SEE THAT.

James: I DO!

YOU'VE JUST COME BACK

FROM AUSTRALIA.

LET ME JUST SAY

TO OUR AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS,

GOD KNOWS YOU HAVEN'T HAD

WATER PROBLEM; IN SOME AREAS

YOU'VE HAD SO MUCH FLOODING.

WE'VE REALLY BEEN

PRAYING FOR YOU --

YOU'RE SUCH PRECIOUS PEOPLE!

WE REALLY DO THANK YOU

FOR HELPING US.

AND ALL OVER, UP IN CANADA

AND HERE IN THE U.S.,

OVER IN THE U.K., THANK YOU!

WE WOULD GLADLY SEND YOU

<I>PURITY'S POWER,</I>

THE CD TEACHING ON THIS

IF YOU SEND YOUR GIFT

TO HELP US SHARE WATER, ALONG

WITH THE KINGDOM LIFE JOURNAL.

WE'LL SEND YOU <I>PURITY'S POWER</I>

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT.

JUST ASK FOR IT.

JOIN BETTY AND ME AGAIN

SAYING THANKS TO LISA

FOR BEING WITH US.

LISA, WE LOVE YOU AND JOHN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

IF YOU'RE CALLING,

CALL UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH.

LET'S GIVE PEOPLE

LIKE THAT WATER!

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Announcer: THE ROAD TO FORGIVENESS -- NEXT WEEK.

I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD THE AMOUNT OF ANGER AND RAGE.

ALL THESE YEARS I WANTED NOTHING MORE

THAN TO SEE YOU DEAD.