Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY.

EVER BEEN IN A PIT? ARE YOU IN ONE NOW?

DON'T THINK THAT GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU FOR ONE SECOND.

Beth: I WANT TO MAKE THE ENEMY SORRY HE MESSED WITH ME.

I WANT TO MAKE IT TURN BACK ON HIM SO THAT HE THINKS

THAT WAS THE WRONG ONE TO DO THAT WITH! DON'T YOU?

DON'T YOU WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF HIM!

DON'T YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT?

Announcer: BETH MOORE JOINS JAMES AND BETTY TO PROVIDE HELP

TO GET YOU OUT OF THAT PIT -- NEXT!

James: OH, MY GOODNESS!

WE'VE GOT A ROOM FULL

OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

AND A FEW BRAVE MEN.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

MY WIFE BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM

THIS WEEK WITH BETH MOORE

AND "GET OUT OF THAT PIT."

"STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT

GOD'S DELIVERANCE."

AND SHE TAUGHT THIS HERE.

IT IS PART OF A SERIES

THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING

TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU,

ALONG WITH THE BOOK.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND

THESE DAYS THIS WEEK

TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT

OF GETTING OUT OF THE PIT

OF DEFEAT AND DESPAIR.

I THINK BETTY, THIS COULD PROVE

TO BE THE MOST HIGH-IMPACT,

MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING

WE'VE EVER DONE BECAUSE

ALL OF US, THE GUY SITTING HERE,

HOST ALONG WITH HIS CO-HOST,

WE LIVED IN PITS.

BY THE WAY, SHE PUTS DOWN HERE

OVER HER TITLE OF HER NAME,

"FROM A FORMER PIT-DWELLER."

"GET OUT OF THE PIT,

FROM A FORMER PIT-DWELLER."

WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE

IN THAT PIT OF DESPAIR

AND DEPRESSION AND HOPELESSNESS

AND DEFEAT.

WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GET OUT.

BY THE WAY, NO EXPERTS

UP HERE EITHER.

WE'RE STILL LEARNING BECAUSE

WE CAN FALL IN

AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN

AND WE CAN EVEN FOOLISHLY,

DELIBERATELY JUMP IN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

ALL THESE THINGS.

THERE IS NOBODY UP HERE

GOING TO BE CONDEMNING.

I ALMOST FEEL GUILTY

POINTING MY FINGER.

I DON'T WANT TO POINT MY FINGER

AT ANYBODY BUT RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE NOT PREACHING AT YOU,

WE'RE TALKING WITH YOU

BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU.

Betty: WELL, WE'RE NOT COMPARING

SIZES OF PITS EITHER BECAUSE

A PIT IS A PIT. YOU KNOW?

REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIZE IT IS.

James: JESUS SAID,

WHEN THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND

THEY ALL FALL IN THE DITCH.

AND WE GET TO DISCUSSING THAT

WE'VE GOT A BIGGER DITCH

AND WE'VE GOT STAINED GLASS

WINDOWS IN OUR DITCH AND WE'VE

GOT A PIPE ORGAN IN OUR DITCH.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU

DECORATE IT, IF IT'S A DITCH

IT IS A DITCH.

YOU CAN CALL IT CHURCH.

YOU CAN CALL IT A CLUB.

YOU CAN CALL IT A MEMBERSHIP.

YOU CAN CALL IT A LODGE,

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT IS A PIT AND IT IS THE PITS.

WOULD YOU WELCOME THE AUTHOR

OF THIS BOOK AND OUR GOOD FRIEND

AND THE ONE WHO TEACHES

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH,"

WOULD YOU WELCOME BETH MOORE

TO LIFE TODAY?

BETH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

Beth: I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK

AS YOU GUYS WERE TALKING

THAT THIS IS THE VERY REASON

THAT GOD HAS MADE US

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.

I THOUGHT, THEY COULD HAVE

WRITTEN THIS BOOK

ALL BY THEMSELVES

FROM TWO FORMER PIT-DWELLERS.

Betty: WE COULD DEFINITELY

GIVE YOU SOME MATERIAL FOR IT!

[laughing]

WE COULD ADD TO IT!

James: WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BOOK

ABOUT US!

[laughter]

Beth: I'M SO, SO HAPPY

TO BE PART OF THIS TODAY!

James: WE CAN SMILE AND LAUGH

BECAUSE WE HAVE COME

TO UNDERSTAND THAT

THERE IS SOMEONE LOOKING DOWN

IN THE PIT INCLINING HIS EAR

AND LITERALLY BEFORE WE EVEN ASK

FOR IT, EXTENDING HIS HAND

WITH A BROKEN HEART OF LOVE

AND NO CONDEMNATION

WHO WANTS TO LIFT US

OUT OF THE PIT AND PUT OUR FEET

ON A SOLID ROCK.

WE KNOW THAT TRUTH.

AND BECAUSE WE'VE EXPERIENCED --

WE HAVE AT LEAST TASTED IT

AND WE HAVE SO OFTEN WALKED

IN IT, WE WANT IT FOR OTHERS.

I'M CONVINCED THAT'S THE REASON

YOU WROTE THE BOOK.

Beth: WELL, IT ABSOLUTELY IS.

IT JUST BURNS LIKE A FIRE IN ME.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE

IN THE FULLNESS THAT

GOD HAS FOR THEM.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING,

I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID

A MOMENT AGO THAT WE'RE NOT

SAYING WE'LL NEVER BE BACK

IN ONE BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER

BE CERTAIN OF THAT

AS LONG AS WE'RE DRAWING BREATH

ON PLANET EARTH.

BUT THIS I'LL TELL YOU,

THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

GOD USED TO KEEP ME OUT

OF THE PIT AT THE TIME

I WROTE IT, IT WOULD HAVE

JUST BEEN A PIT OF DESPAIR.

I REALLY CAME TO A PLACE

OF FEELING LIKE I COULDN'T TAKE

A CERTAIN THING HAPPENING AGAIN.

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT

I'M TALKING ABOUT?

WHEN YOU SEEM TO DEAL WITH

A LONG TERM RELATIONAL ISSUE

THAT KEEPS GIVING YOU

SOME SERIOUS, SERIOUS PAIN.

I THOUGHT, I WAS DEALING

WITH SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS.

I WAS HAVING TO GIVE UP

SOMETHING DEAR TO ME

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS

ARE BEHIND ME NOW BUT

AT THAT MOMENT I THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW YOU COULD STEP BACK

INTO THAT HOLE RIGHT NOW.

YOU COULD GO BACK IN A HOLE

OF DESPAIR AND JUST FEEL

COMPLETE DARKNESS IN YOUR SOUL

IF YOU WANT TO.

I KNEW I DID NOT.

SO PART OF THE WAY THAT

I WAS ABLE TO REALLY KEY

INTO GOD'S WORD

AND STAY OUT OF THAT HOLE

WAS TO WRITE THAT BOOK.

I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE

TO THE LORD BECAUSE HE LET ME

FEEL IT AGAIN,

WHAT THE TEMPTATION

AND THE PULL IS TO JUST GO,

FOR A WHILE I'M JUST TOO TIRED

TO FIGHT IT!

AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT --

WE HAVE THE POWER

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

BUT FOR THAT MOMENT, I THINK

EVERYBODY CAN RELATE TO THAT,

YOU JUST THINK, I'M GOING

TO LAY DOWN FOR A WHILE ON THIS.

James: AND WHEN YOU DO

OR IF YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN,

WHICH WOULD BE A WAY OF BEING

THROWN IN THE PIT,

IF ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR ANY BAD

CHOICE PUTS US BACK TEMPORARILY,

THERE SEEMS TO BE A CHORUS

RESOUNDING IN OUR SOUL

AND IN OUR SPIRIT SAYING,

SEE THERE, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.

YOU CAN'T DO IT!

THERE IS CONSTANT --

THE ACCUSATION,

THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN

I MEAN FOCUSING ON US,

CONDEMNING US UNTIL YOU ALMOST

FIND YOURSELF AGREEING WITH HIM

AND IT IS SO EASY TO SETTLE IN,

TO SINK IN, AND THEN THE PIT

BECOMES LIKE A PIT OF MIRY CLAY.

Betty: THE WONDERFUL THING

FOR ME WAS I HAD LIVED

IN THE PIT FOR SO LONG,

NOT REALIZING I WAS IN A PIT

BUT TO REALIZE ONE DAY

THROUGH GOD AND HIS LOVE

AND THROUGH HIS WORD AND FRIENDS

THAT CARED ABOUT ME

THAT I COULD GET OUT --

THERE IS A WAY OUT.

BECAUSE I LIVED THINKING,

I'M JUST GOING TO HANG IN THERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO ENDURE.

Beth: THAT'S RIGHT!

TO HEAR THE ECHO OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE

LIKE THIS!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE

LIKE THIS!

THAT FEELING OF BEING STUCK.

AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME,

"HOW WOULD I KNOW

I WAS IN A PIT?"

DO YOU FEEL LIKE:

I'M IN A SITUATION I'M NEVER

GOING TO GET ANY RELIEF FROM.

THIS IS IT. I JUST FEEL STUCK.

AND THEN THAT SENSE OF --

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE METAPHOR

OF A MIRY PIT, THAT FEELING

THAT I CAN'T STAND UP IN HERE.

I KEEP SINKING DOWN

AND SINKING DOWN AS THE WORD

SAID ABOUT JEREMIAH WHEN HE WAS

LOWERED INTO THE CISTERN.

I JUST KEEP SINKING.

THAT FEELING THAT YOU NEVER

CAN GET UP ON YOUR FEET

AND TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST

THE ENEMY LIKE EPHESIANS 6 SAYS.

THEN THERE IS ALSO THAT SENSE

OF LOSING OUR VISION.

AGAIN, WITH THAT METAPHOR

OF JUST BEING SURROUNDED

BY THE WALLS OF A HOLE;

THAT I'M NOT UP WHERE I CAN SEE,

I'VE LOST MY CREATIVITY,

I'VE LOST MY SENSE OF VISION

OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME.

ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS

INDICATES TO US

I'M IN A HOLE HERE.

NONE OF US HAS TO STAY THERE --

NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US.

IT IS GOD'S WILL

FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

TO BE DELIVERED FROM THE PIT.

James: I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT

THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND

THAT TO EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS

IS NORMAL.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THE STRUGGLE, THE BATTLE,

THE INTENT OF THE ENEMY

OR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNKIND,

THEY INTEND TO PUT US DOWN,

PULL US DOWN AND THERE ARE

IN THE REALM OF DARKNESS

A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM,

FORCES FOCUSING THEIR ENERGY AND

THEIR FURY ON PULLING US DOWN,

SHOVING US DOWN,

KEEPING US DOWN.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

I HAVE FOUND, BETH, THAT I SEE

A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND SOME RELIEF

OR MAYBE A TRUE EXPERIENCE

OF DELIVERANCE FROM SOME PIT

OF DESPAIR OR SOME

REOCCURRING DEFEAT AND THEN

ALL OF THE SUDDEN

THEY FIND THEMSELVES FACING

THE FURY OF THIS ENEMY AGAIN.

I THINK MANY PEOPLE

INTERPRET FREEDOM TO BE

FREE FROM ANY MORE BATTLES,

ANY MORE TEMPTATION,

ANY MORE STRUGGLES.

I THINK THAT BECOMES A POINT

OF DISCOURAGEMENT BECAUSE

THEY HAVE BEEN ILL-INFORMED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY FREE TO FIGHT

EFFECTIVELY IN THE FULLNESS

AND POWER OF THE ARMOR OF GOD

AND HIS STRENGTH.

AND REALLY, I HONESTLY BELIEVE

AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO TALK

ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT

EXTENSIVELY, I THINK WITH

CONNECTIVENESS WITH

OTHER BELIEVERS, I THINK

WE NEED EACH OTHER MORE

THAN WE EVER IMAGINED

AND I THINK THE ENEMY KNOWS THAT

AND HE KEEPS US APART.

Beth: OH, I THINK THAT IS

ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND SCRIPTURAL.

HEBREWS 10:24 AND 25 TELLS US,

LET US ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

AND ALL THE MORE AS WE SEE

THE DAY IS DRAWING NEAR.

IN A LOT OF TRANSLATIONS IT IS

THAT BIG "D" MEANING THE RETURN

OF CHRIST.

THAT THERE WILL BE GREATER

AND GREATER ASSAULT AGAINST

THE BODY OF CHRIST

THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE RETURN

OF HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH.

James: IT'S INTENSIFYING.

Beth: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT!

James: I THINK YOU SEE

IN THE PHYSICAL REALM,

EVEN IN THE FORMS OF TERRORISM

AND EVIL ACTS THAT SEEM

TO BE ALMOST UNEXPLAINABLE,

UNIMAGINABLE, THE THINGS

THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.

HOW CAN ANYBODY THINK THAT WAY?

HOW COULD CHILDREN

BLOW THEMSELVES UP?

WHAT KIND OF A MIND IS THIS?

THIS IS THE FURY OF THE ENEMY

MANIFESTING CLEARLY.

I BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO DEAL WITH IT IS TO HAVE

THE POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD

MANIFESTED MORE CLEARLY

THAN EVER AND I THINK

THAT'S WHY WE'RE SITTING HERE.

Beth: WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE

VALIANT, VICTORIOUS WARRIORS.

JUST RECENTLY I WAS TEACHING

MY BIBLE STUDY BACK HOME

OF THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN

AND I DISCOVERED WHEN I DID

A LITTLE BIT OF HEBREW STUDY

ON THE WORD "THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN"

"A VIRTUOUS WOMAN WHO CAN FIND?"

THAT IT IS THE SAME WORD

THAT IS USED BACK IN JUDGES

FOR GIDEON WHEN IT CALLS HIM

A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR.

I THOUGHT, WHY DIDN'T

THEY TRANSLATE IT THAT WAY?

WHY IS IT A WOMAN HAS JUST

TO BE VIRTUOUS BUT A MAN GETS

TO BE A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR!

[laughter]

ANYBODY HEAR WHAT

I'M SAYING TO THEM?

NO, IT IS CALLING

THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN TO BE

A WOMAN OF VALOR.

IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME

HEBREW WORD.

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED

TO BE WARRIORS --

PRINCESS WARRIORS.

James: I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE

WERE SEATED OUT HERE

THIS MORNING THREE AND FOUR

HOURS BEFORE THIS STUDIO OPENED;

OUT THERE ON THE CURB,

ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE

THEY SAID, I THINK WE HAVE MET

A WOMAN OF VIRTUE THAT IS

IN VALOR IN THE BATTLE.

I THINK THEY'VE SEEN THAT!

THEY WANT TO GET IN HERE

AND GET IN IT!

Betty: TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE

A RIGHT TO FIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LAY DOWN.

James: AREN'T YOU TOO SWEET

TO FIGHT?

Betty: NOT ANYMORE!

[laughter]

Betty: IT IS LIKE OUR LITTLE

GRANDSON WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

HE USED TO COME UP TO JAMES

EVERY TIME WE'D GO UP

TO SEE HIM.

HE WOULD SAY, "PAPAW!

YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?"

HE WOULD JUST GET RIGHT UP.

I THOUGHT THAT'S THE SAME WAY

WE NEED TO APPROACH THE ENEMY.

PLANT OUR FEET AND SAY,

"DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF GOD?"

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO GET!

Beth: I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE

AND I'VE SAID IT ON THIS PROGRAM

BUT IT IS JUST A PART

OF MY TESTIMONY.

THERE IS JUST A PART

OF OUR STORY THAT WE NEVER

GET TIRED OF RETELLING

AND ONE OF MINE IS I WANT

TO MAKE THE ENEMY SORRY

HE MESSED WITH ME!

I WANT TO MAKE IT TURN BACK

ON HIM SO THAT HE THINKS,

THAT WAS THE WRONG ONE

TO DO THAT WITH! DON'T YOU?

DON'T YOU WANT A LITTLE PIECE

OF HIM?

DON'T YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT

OF THAT?

James: I JUST RE-UNDERLINED

THAT THIS MORNING.

REALLY, I DID!

I'D ALREADY UNDERLINED IT ONCE

BUT I WENT BACK IN HERE

AND I DOG-EARED IT AGAIN.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

I'VE GOT SO MANY DOG-EARS.

HERE IS SOMETHING YOU SAID

RIGHT HERE.

WHEN YOU SLIPPED INTO THAT PIT

YOU WENT TO A PLACE

YOU NEVER INTENDED.

NOW YOU'RE GOING TO A PLACE

SATAN NEVER INTENDED.

DON'T STOP UNTIL THE ENEMY

IS SORRY HE EVER MESSED

WITH YOU!

I JUST RE-UNDERLINED THAT

AND PUT IT IN YELLOW!

Beth: I'VE GOT CHILL BUMPS

ALL OVER ME.

James: HERE IS WHAT

YOUR DAUGHTER SAID RIGHT HERE

IN THE PAGE BEFORE.

BY THE WAY, WE CAN PUT OUT

A LOT.

WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE

TO WHAT OPRAH CAN AFFORD.

NOW OPRAH, IF YOU'D LIKE

TO EXTEND YOUR INFLUENCE

AND PAY FOR OUR PROGRAM

TO BE ON OUR HOUR,

WELL, BETH AND BETTY AND I WILL

SIT HERE AND WE'LL TEACH

FOR AN HOUR!

WE DON'T HAVE THE LENGTH

OF TIME.

THAT'S THE REASON

I'M HOLDING UP THE BOOK.

WE WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE

TO GET THE TRUTH OF GOD IN HERE

SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF THERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE DOWN.

YOU CAN LIVE IN A HIGHER PLAIN.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

GOD HAS REALLY PUT IN MY HEART

AS I KNEW WE WERE GOING

TO DO THIS.

BETH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA

WHERE WE CAN GO.

AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

HEAVEN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

PLAINS OF GLORY FROM SHADES

OF NIGHT TO PLAINS OF LIGHT.

WE CAN WALK ON A PLAIN

THAT IS HIGHER THAN ANYTHING --

YOU KNOW WHAT W.A. CRISWELL SAID

TO ME, THE GREAT PASTOR

OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,

HE SAID, "I'VE TALKED

TO MISSIONARIES THAT HAVE

EXPERIENCED A LEVEL OF LIFE

I DON'T THINK WE REALLY

ADEQUATELY EXPLAIN."

I BELIEVE IT!

LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR DAUGHTER

SAID ON THE PAGE BEFORE.

I WANT YOU TO GET THIS BOOK.

I WANT YOU TO GET IT.

I WANT YOU TO READ IT.

Beth: I'M GOING TO GET IT!

James: BETH IS GOING

TO READ IT AGAIN.

LET ME READ IT TO YOU.

HERE IS WHAT YOUR SWEET DAUGHTER

SAID TO YOU.

SHE IS SO EXCITED.

YOU SAID, "HIT ME

WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT."

"MOTHER, DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD

PREPARES A TABLE BEFORE ME

IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMY?"

HER NEWFOUND PASSION

HAD OBVIOUSLY LED HER

TO STUMBLE ON THE 23rd PSALM.

"AND GET THIS," SHE BUBBLED,

"HE FORCES MY ENEMY TO WATCH

AS HE ANOINTS MY HEAD WITH OIL!

HE FORCES THE ENEMY TO WATCH!"

AND THEN YOU ADDED, "BELOVED,

GOD PREPARES A TABLE

BEFORE YOU IN THE PRESENCE

OF YOUR ENEMIES!"

BETH, I WANT GOD'S PEOPLE,

I WANT JAMES ROBISON,

I WANT JAMES ROBISON TO GO

TO A LEVEL BEYOND ANYTHING

I EVER DREAMED POSSIBLE

AND IN THAT LEVEL, IN THAT PLACE

I WANT TO HELP LIFT PEOPLE UP

OUT OF THE PIT OF DEFEAT

AND DESPAIR.

I'M SO TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE

SICK, BEAT DOWN, TRAMPLED DOWN,

YOU KNOW WHEN JESUS LOOKED OUT

AND HE SAW THE SHEEP --

I DON'T THINK THIS WAS

NECESSARILY LOST SHEEP,

IT WAS JUST SHEEP WANDERING,

FLOUNDERING, STUMBLING,

HELD CAPTIVE,

THE BEAST OF THE FIELD AFTER

THEM, AND IT BROKE HIS HEART.

I BELIEVE HIS HEART IS BROKEN

TODAY AND HE WANTS TO SEE

HIS FAMILY GET WELL.

BETH, AS LONG AS I'M BREATHING

AND I KNOW YOU FEEL THIS WAY

AND I KNOW MY WIFE DOES,

I FRANKLY BELIEVE

OUR WHOLE STAFF FEELS THAT WAY,

I WANT TO SEE THE FAMILY OF GOD

GET HEALTHY.

I WANT TO SEE THEM

GET OUT OF THE PIT.

I WANT TO SEE US BE SO STRONG

AND SUCH AN INSPIRATION,

SUCH A LIGHT SET UP

ON A LAMPSTAND THAT PEOPLE

ARE DRAWN TO THE LIGHT

OF HIS GLORY AND THEY TOO

GET OUT OF THE PIT.

THAT'S THE LONGING OF MY HEART.

Beth: ME TOO!

WHEN YOU WERE SAYING

A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT

WE LONG FOR A PLACE WHERE

WE NEVER DREAMED WE COULD LIVE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING,

I THINK ALL THREE OF US CAN SAY

THIS RIGHT NOW,

THAT IS EVEN ALREADY,

TO SOME DEGREE, I DON'T THINK

ANY OF THE THREE OF US IMAGINED

THAT WE WOULD EVER HAVE

EXPERIENCED GOD THE WAY WE HAVE

AND SEEN HIM TAKE ACTION

ON PLANET EARTH IN REAL LIFE

FLESH AND BLOOD THAT WAS A FRAIL

AND BROKEN AND I'M NOT GOING

TO SPEAK FOR THEM BUT

YOU'LL NEVER MEET ANYBODY

THAT IS MORE MESSED UP THAN

I'VE BEEN AND YET, I HAVE

NO IDEA WHAT COULD BE AHEAD.

THIS I KNOW, IT IS NOT GOOD

ENOUGH FOR ME, FOR US

TO BE HERE, FOR ME TO BE HERE

AND FOR MY HUSBAND AND I TO

BE LIVING OUT IN THE LIGHT

AND SEEING SOME GLORY

COME TO GOD THROUGH VICTORY

OVER TERRIBLE DEFEAT IN OUR PAST

AND SEEING SOME DAMAGE

COME TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS.

I WANT IT FOR EVERYBODY!

I WANT IT FOR EVERY BELIEVER.

IT IS UNNECESSARY FOR US

TO BE LIVING IN THE KIND

OF BONDAGE WE ARE.

A MOMENT AGO HAD I COULD HAVE

ABSOLUTELY JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN

WAS WHEN YOU SAID,

I WANT THIS WEEK OF PROGRAMMING

TO BE SO POWERFUL

THAT PEOPLE COULD LITERALLY --

AND I'M PARAPHRASING IT

IN MY OWN WORDS, BE DELIVERED

FROM JUST WATCHING

AND PARTICIPATING.

THAT IS WHAT I WANT AS WELL.

THAT CAN HAPPEN

WHERE WE CAN GET TO A PLACE

WHERE WE ARE DISSATISFIED

FROM THAT POINT ON WITH EVER

STAYING THERE ANOTHER MOMENT.

BETTY, YOU SAID IT SO WELL,

IF WE WENT IN EARLY ENOUGH,

IT COULD BE THAT WE WERE BORN

TO PARENTS THAT WERE LIVING

IN A PIT, IT COULD --

AND IT IS NOT TO PUT ANY KIND

OF SHAME ON ANYONE ELSE

AND CERTAINLY NOT TO PUT

ANY BLAME ON ANYONE ELSE,

IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU CAN

TAKE UP RESIDENCY SO EARLY.

I WAS ABUSED -- SEXUALLY ABUSED

VERY EARLY IN MY LIFE.

I HAVE NO MEMORY OF THE FIRST

TIME IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE I GREW UP

IN THE PIT.

YOU DO THAT LONG ENOUGH,

YOU START EARLY ENOUGH

AND STAY LONG ENOUGH

AND IT STARTS TO FEEL LIKE HOME

AND YOU DON'T KNOW

THERE IS ANYTHING DIFFERENT

UNTIL SOMEBODY WEARING A CLOAK

OF FLESH AND BLOOD SAYS,

I WAS ONCE THIS

AND NOW I'M THIS

AND THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED

WAS JESUS CHRIST COMING AND

TAKING AUTHORITY OVER MY LIFE

AND BIDDING ME TO FREEDOM.

I TELL YOU, IT JUST DOESN'T

GET BETTER THAN THAT.

James: I LOOK OUT

AT ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LADIES

AND I THINK SOME OF THEM

WOULD SAY AND THOSE OF YOU

WATCHING AT HOME MIGHT SAY,

WELL, I NEVER WAS ABUSED

LIKE THAT AND I DIDN'T, JAMES,

HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL HOME

LIKE YOU DID, AND I'M NOT

THE PRODUCT OF RAPE WHICH I AM,

I AM THE PRODUCT

OF A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

BEING RAPED BY THE SON

OF THE MAN SHE WAS CARING FOR

AS A PRACTICAL NURSE

AND THIS UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY.

SO YOU MAY SAY, I DIDN'T HAVE

ANY OF THAT.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

FROM WHATEVER AVENUE,

PLACE, LOCATION, PERSON,

OCCASION, YOUR HURT CAME,

YOUR PAIN CAME,

YOUR DESPAIR CAME,

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT CAME

FROM, IT IS HUGE TO YOU.

IT'S STILL GOT THAT GRIP,

THAT TENTACLE GRIP,

IT'S GOT THAT VICE GRIP

AND IT IS VERY, VERY REAL

AND GOD IS GREATER THAN THAT.

AND HE WANTS TO DELIVER YOU

AND HE CAN, HE IS ABLE TO.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

DELIVERING YOU TO SOME RELIGION

WHERE YOU CAN GROW UP

IN THAT RELIGION TO THINK

THAT YOU'RE BETTER THAN

EVERYBODY ELSE AND ULTIMATELY

HATE EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT

AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE,

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE LIVING GOD.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING

OUT OF A PIT AND BEING

FULL OF LOVE AND JOY.

HE CAME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE,

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE,

NOT AN EXISTENCE.

BETH, I'M EXPERIENCING AS

YOU SAID A MOMENT AGO,

A LEVEL OF LIFE THAT COMING

OUT OF POVERTY AND PAIN

AND A LOT OF HURT

AND BOY, I HAD A LOT OF HURT.

HURT THAT I TRIED TO FORGET

AND IT HURT ME, IT DAMAGED ME.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I'M LIVING A LIFE THAT

IS AWESOME, SO WONDERFUL

THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I TALK

ABOUT IT AND I TELL YOU

HOW GREAT IT IS,

I FEEL BAD BECAUSE

SO MANY OTHERS CAN'T SAY THAT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THIS,

THE GREATNESS OF THE LIFE

THAT I'M EXPERIENCING,

THIS "OUT OF THE PIT" LIFE

THAT BETH TALKS ABOUT

IS SO GREAT I CAN'T STAND

TO LIVE IT WITHOUT YOU.

Beth: YES!

James: I CAN'T!

PAUL SAID, "I SAY THE TRUTH

IN CHRIST.

I'M NOT LYING.

MY CONSCIENCE BEARS WITNESS

THAT I SAY THE TRUTH IN CHRIST.

I COULD WISH MYSELF ACCURSED

FROM CHRIST, I'D BE SEPARATED

FROM THIS LIFE IF YOU COULD

JUST KNOW IT!"

HE WAS SAYING THAT OF THE JEWS

AND OF HIS OWN HERITAGE,

HIS OWN KINSMEN, HIS OWN FAMILY

AND I SAY THAT TO YOU.

AND BETH, THAT'S THE REASON

I ASKED YOU TO COME

AND LET'S SPEND THESE DAYS

TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT

AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE

TO HELP PEOPLE LITERALLY

LOCK INTO THAT HOPE

AND THAT THEY COULD KNOW

THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ME

AND I NEED TO SAY THIS TO YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF GIVE YOU

WHAT I'VE CALLED SOMETIMES

A SPIRITUAL LIFE LIBRARY.

YOU CAN GO TO THE BOOKSTORES,

YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK,

I'D LIKE TO SEND IT TO YOU.

THEN BETTY, SHE DIDN'T HAVE

THE ABUSE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE

SOME OF THE EXTREMES

THAT YOU AND I HAD AND YET

THIS BEAUTIFUL SWEET GIRL

THAT OVER HERE, I'M TELLING YOU,

THIS IS A FEISTY LITTLE GAL.

THIS LITTLE GAL,

BOY, SHE IS TOUGH!

AND YET, SHE DIDN'T HAVE

SOME OF THE KIND OF THINGS

BETH AND I HAD AND YET SHE WAS

SCARED AND SHE WAS FEARFUL

AND SHE DIDN'T FEEL

GOOD ABOUT HERSELF,

NO MATTER HOW SHE LOOKED,

SHE NEVER BELIEVED

SHE WAS PRETTY OR SMART.

SHE WROTE THE BOOK

"FREE TO BE ME."

AND THIS IS HER STORY.

A LOT OF YOU WOULD IDENTIFY

MORE REALLY WITH BETTY

THAN THEY WOULD WITH ME AND YOU,

WHO SEEM TO HAVE

HAD SUCH EXTREMES.

AND THEN I WROTE A BOOK,

A BIBLE STUDY THAT'S CALLED,

"THE LIFE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR"

AND IT IS A FIGHT.

THESE BOOKS HAVE BEEN

A BLESSING.

I WANT TO SEND THEM ALL TO YOU.

I WANT TO LOAD YOU UP.

I WANT TO SEND YOU,

"WHO WILL YOU TRUST?"

THAT BETH DID, THE TEACHING

SERIES OF WHICH "GET OUT

OF THAT PIT" IS PART OF.

WE'D LOVE TO SEND YOU

THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHINGS TOO

ON THE AUDIO AND VIDEO SERIES,

DVD OR CD.

WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING YOU

TO PRAY ABOUT MAKING A GIFT

OF $89 OR MORE.

PRAY ABOUT THAT.

YOU SAY, WHY ARE YOU

OFFERING US THAT?

I WANT TO HELP YOU

RENEW YOUR MIND.

I WANT TO HELP YOU BE WHOLE

AND HEALED AND FREE.

THAT TELEPHONE NUMBER THERE

IS A PRAYER LINE.

YOU SAY, SOMEBODY AGREE WITH ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE

THE REST OF MY LIFE IN THIS PIT.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE

ANOTHER MOMENT IN IT.

SOMEONE WILL PRAY WITH YOU

AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE

TO HAVE THAT MATERIAL.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU

TO INVEST IN HELPING OTHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO

HELP US CONTINUE TO SHARE

LIFE WITH OTHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU

TO HELP US DO THAT

DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS

WHEN IT IS TOUGH ON MINISTRIES

LIKE OURS DURING THE SUMMER.

PEOPLE ARE VACATIONING,

TRAVELING AND WE DEPEND

ON THEIR FAITHFULNESS

BUT I'M GOING TO ASK OUR VIEWERS

TO HELP IN THE OVERALL MINISTRY.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BETH, I'M TELLING YOU,

THE REASON I WANT PEOPLE

TO GET THIS MATERIAL IS NOT

TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU WROTE,

OR BETTY'S STORY OR SOME

BIBLE STUDIES THAT I WROTE,

I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT

GETTING SOMETHING I HAD

ANYTHING TO DO WITH TO SOMEBODY,

I WANT THEM TO HAVE WHAT GOD

HAS GOT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH

AND HE HAS EVERYTHING TO DO

WITH EVERYTHING POSITIVE IN ME,

EVERYTHING POSITIVE IN YOU,

AND EVERYTHING POSITIVE IN BETTY

AND I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND KEITH

AND EVERYTHING POSITIVE IN HIM!

HE IS WATCHING US

BACK HERE RIGHT NOW

AND HE IS PRAYING FOR US.

BUT EVERY GOOD THING IN HIM

IS THE LORD AND IT IS WORKING

IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS

INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

I WANT IT FOR EVERYBODY!

Beth: I WANT IT TOO.

THAT IS JUST MY LIFE BLOOD.

HE SAID SOMETHING I WAS THINKING

ABOUT THIS MORNING THAT

I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES

IN OUR FAMILIES

AND WE WERE THROWING

AROUND WORDS THAT MAY

BE FAMILIAR TO THOSE

THAT HAVE READ BOOKS ON IT,

USING THE WORDS SANGUINE

AND PHLEGMATIC AND MELANCHOLY

AND CHOLERIC AND THOSE KINDS

OF TERMS FOR PERSONALITIES

AND HE SUDDENLY GOT

A DOWNCAST LOOK ON HIS FACE,

YOU KNOW KEITH AND I HAVE

SO MUCH, NOT ONLY HAVE

WE BEEN THROWN INTO PITS

AS SMALL CHILDREN WE ALSO

JUST SLIPPED AND JUMPED

INTO PITS OF OUR OWN

THROUGH JUST HEINOUS SIN,

STRONGHOLDS OF TERRIBLE SIN

AND BONDAGE.

ALL OF THE SUDDEN

HE GOT THIS DOWNCAST LOOK

ON HIS FACE AND HE LOOKED

OVER AT ME AND SAID, "I WONDER

WHAT MY PERSONALITY IS?"

AND HE'S RIGHT,

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE,

I'VE TRIED TO DO PROFILES

FOR HIM AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS.

GOD HAS MADE HIM SUCH A MIX

OF THINGS. BUT BECAUSE --

James: NO WAY TO TRACK YOU,

KEITH!

Beth: IT IS THE TRUTH,

ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE HEALING

-- I KNOW HE IS BACK THERE

GOING, AMEN! AMEN!

BUT GOD CALLS SOMETHING

TO SPRING TO MY LIPS

THAT I KNOW CAME FROM

THE FATHER HIMSELF BECAUSE

I WASN'T SMART ENOUGH

NOR QUICK ENOUGH TO SAY IT

AND IT CAME IMMEDIATELY

BECAUSE HE AND I BOTH HAVE

SO MANY REGRETS.

I LEANED OVER TO HIM AND I SAID,

HONEY, LET ME

TELL YOU SOMETHING.

YOU ARE SO MUCH NEATER A PERSON

HEALED THAN YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN

JUST PLAIN WELL.

I NEED SOMEONE TO HEAR THAT.

WE COULD HAVE SOME

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING

A GOD THAT I NO LONGER

JUST BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART

IS REAL, I KNOW HE IS!

I KNOW BETTY DOES TOO

AND I KNOW JAMES DOES

AND KEITH DOES.

I DON'T SIT AROUND AND WONDER

IF JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOR

OF THE WORLD, I KNOW HE IS!

I HAVE EXPERIENCED HIS MIRACLES.

I AM A MIRACLE.

I GET ASKED ALL OF THE TIME

AS AN EVANGELICAL,

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT

GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES?

ARE YOU STINKING KIDDING ME?

YES! YES! I AM A MIRACLE!

AND YOU GUYS ARE MIRACLES!

WE KEEP LAMENTING EVERYTHING

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH

AND WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT.

Betty: IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT THE NAME OF YOUR PIT IS,

YOU SAY, OH, I BET I'VE GOT ONE

THAT GOD CAN'T HANDLE.

HE CAN HANDLE ANY NAME

YOU GIVE HIM, YOU SHOW HIM.

HE KNOWS ALREADY.

HE CREATED YOU

AND HE IS REACHING DOWN SAYING,

GRAB HOLD! I'VE GOT YOU!

SO GRAB HOLD

AND ALLOW GOD TO CARRY YOU OUT.

James: HE IS THE NAME

ABOVE EVERY NAME.

EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS,

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW,

ALL PRINCIPALITIES,

ALL POWERS SUBJECT TO HIS POWER,

HE IS THE POWER

AND HE LOVES YOU.

HE WROTE YOU A WHOLE BOOK

OF LETTERS.

HE SENT SOME PEOPLE ALONG

LIKE BETH AND BETTY AND JAMES

TO BE AN ILLUSTRATION

OF THE POWER AND TRUTH

OF THOSE WONDERFUL LETTERS

IN THE WORD AND TO SAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT? HE NOTICES.

WE NOTICE.

VIEWERS WHO WATCH THIS PROGRAM

AND WE'RE SO GLAD YOU DO,

YOU NOTICE OTHERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS

YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN LIVING

A LIFE OF MEANING IS

YOU LOOK BEYOND YOUR WORLD

AND YOU TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE'S.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SAY IT

ANY MORE EFFECTIVELY,

IT IS ONE THING TO PRAY

AND HAVE PRAYERS ANSWERED

BUT THERE IS INCREDIBLE JOY

IN BEING THE ANSWER TO PRAYER

IN SOMEBODY'S BEHALF.

YOU CAN BE THAT.

I WANT YOU TO CALL RIGHT NOW

AND ASK FOR THESE MATERIALS

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER

PRAYERFULLY MAKING A GIFT

TO HELP US KEEP SHARING

THE PROGRAM LIKE WE DO,

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH,"

LIFE TODAY EVERY DAY,

HELPING PEOPLE WITH

OUR FEEDING PROGRAMS

AND DRILLING WATER WELLS,

GIVING HOMES, GIVING HELP

TO PEOPLE WHO JUST NEED TO SEE

THAT THERE IS A GOD IN ACTION

NOT JUST IN DISCUSSION.

WOULD YOU PRAY ABOUT MAKING

A GIFT OF $49 AND ASK

FOR THE PRINTED MATERIAL?

OR IF YOU WANT THE BOOKS

ALONG WITH THE DVD AND THE CD'S,

PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER

A GIFT OF $89

THAT WILL HELP US SHARE THE LOVE

OF GOD IN AREAS

ALL OVER THE WORLD AS WELL

AS THIS OUTREACH TO YOU

AND YOUR FRIENDS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WITH ALL OUR HEART,

WE WANT TO SEE YOU

OUT OF THE PIT.

THAT'S GOD'S WILL FOR YOU.

THANKS FOR MAKING THE CALL.

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS

AND YOUR HELP.

Announcer: DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND GOD WANTS YOU THERE!

IN HER BOOK, "GET OUT OF THAT PIT,"

BETH MOORE SHARES HER EXPERIENCE

AS A FORMER PIT-DWELLER WHO HAD TO BE DELIVERED

FROM A LIFE OF BONE-CHILLING DARKNESS.

FILLED WITH HOPE AND REAL ANSWERS,

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT" PROVIDES THE PATH

TO GET YOUR LIFE BACK ON TRACK.

JAMES AND BETH'S PASSION IS TO SEE YOU BREAK THROUGH THE CHAINS

AND ENJOY THE LIFE GOD INTENDED FOR YOU.

SO WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY OF $49 OR MORE

TO MAKE THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE POSSIBLE AROUND THE WORLD

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU BETH'S BOOK,

ALONG WITH JAMES' BOOK, "THE LIFE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR,"

AND BETTY ROBISON'S "FREE TO BE ME."

FOR A GIFT OF $89 OR MORE

IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THESE LIFE-CHANGING BOOKS

YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE BETH'S POWERFUL AUDIO AND VIDEO SERIES, "WHO WILL YOU TRUST?"

IN THIS FIVE-PART SERIES, INCLUDING HER TEACHING ON "GET OUT OF THAT PIT,"

BETH TEACHES YOU HOW TO MOVE FAITH

FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR HEART.

Beth: YOUR GOD LOVES YOU!

IT'S NOT BEEN TOO LONG; IT'S NOT BEEN TOO DEEP.

YOUR GOD HAS MADE SURE THAT YOU'VE HEARD THIS MESSAGE TODAY

BECAUSE YOUR DELIVERER HAS COME -- TODAY!

Announcer: THIS DYNAMIC COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK ONLY

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

James: I DO ENCOURAGE

EVERY ONE OF YOU,

WHEREVER YOU ARE

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,

IT DOESN'T MATTER,

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT

OF THAT PIT AND GET THE BOOK,

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT"

AND THE OTHER MATERIALS THERE

TO HELP YOU RENEW THE MIND.

YOU WANT TO SAY THANKS TO BETH

MOORE FOR BEING WITH US?

SHE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW!

SEE YOU TOMORROW!

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Beth: THAT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH FOR THE ENEMY,

HE WANTS TO TAKE US ON TO FULL-FLEDGED DESTRUCTION.

Announcer: BETH MOORE REVEALS WHAT YOU NEED TO "GET OUT OF THAT PIT" TOMORROW!

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