Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY, BIBLE TEACHER BETH MOORE.

Beth: SEE HOW MUCH OF LIFE CAN BE SPENT IN A PIT?

DO YOU SEE WHY WE END UP DECORATING THE THING?

LISTEN TO ME, WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES DOWN!

IT IS TIME TO CALL THE MOVERS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A NEW PLACE

TO LIVE AND IT IS NOT IN THE NEXT PIT!

Announcer: GETTING OUT OF THAT PIT -- NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

§

James: THANK YOU VERY,

VERY MUCH.

WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I ARE WELCOMING YOU

TO "WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HER BOOK,

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT"

AND SHE IS GOING TO BE TEACHING

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT"

RIGHT HERE FROM ONE

OF THE SEMINAR TEACHINGS

THAT SHE DOES FOR

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

BUT BETH IS HERE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WELCOME

BETH MOORE?

SHE IS SITTING RIGHT HERE

WITH ME AND WITH BETTY NOW.

THEN LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR --

BY THE WAY, WE REALLY ARE GLAD

TO HAVE YOU. YOU KNOW THAT?

Beth: I'M SO DELIGHTED.

James: ARE YOU ENJOYING

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"?

YOU DO THEM, IT IS A LOT OF WORK

BUT DO YOU ENJOY

THE WHOLE JOURNEY?

Beth: I DO ENJOY IT.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING

ON THE EARTH, JAMES,

I'M SO HUMBLED BY IT

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

WE SET OUR TV WHERE IT TIVO'S,

AND SO I CAN'T TELL YOU

HOW MANY TIMES

KEITH AND I HAVE WALKED

IN THE HOUSE FROM A MORNING WALK

WITH OUR DOGS AND THERE

WE ARE WITH YOU GUYS

ON THE TV SCREEN

AND EVERY SINGLE TIME

WE JUST STAND BACK

AND OUR JAWS DROP TO THE GROUND

AND WE THINK, GOD, WHAT KIND

OF WONDERFUL GOD DO WE HAVE?

HONESTLY, HE MUST EITHER HAVE

A LOT OF GRACE

OR VERY POOR TASTE.

[laughter]

ISN'T IT THE TRUTH?

James: YOU NEVER THOUGHT

YOU'D BE ON TELEVISION.

YOU NEVER ASKED --

Beth: NEVER WANTED TO BE!

James: YOU TOLD GOD

YOU WOULDN'T BE,

DIDN'T WANT TO BE

BUT HE TOLD YOU, DON'T TELL HIM

WHAT YOU WILL OR WON'T DO.

Beth: DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

James: BUT HERE IS THE THING,

BETH, WE ASKED YOU

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,

EVEN MY OWN STAFF, LEADERSHIP

WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT AIR TIME

IS EXPENSIVE AND WE'VE GOT

PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD

AND WHY WOULD YOU GIVE A DAY

TO BETH TO TEACH?

LET ME TELL YOU WHY.

WE FELL IN LOVE WITH BETH

BECAUSE OUR DAUGHTERS TOLD US

HOW MUCH BETH MOORE HAD

AFFECTED THEIR LIVES

AND WE LOVE OUR DAUGHTERS;

WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN.

THEN WE SAW WHAT BETH WAS DOING

IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE

WE LOVE EVERYWHERE.

AND THEN WE LOVE PEOPLE WHO HAD

NEVER HEARD THE HEART OF GOD

THROUGH HER.

AND BECAUSE WE'VE TOLD YOU

AND WE MEAN IT, WE LOVE YOU

AS MUCH AS WE LOVE

HUNGRY CHILDREN BECAUSE

YOU HAVE A HUNGRY HEART

AND A NEED PERHAPS,

WE WANT TO MEET IT.

WE BELIEVE BETH ADDS SOMETHING,

A DIMENSION THAT BETTY

AND I DON'T HAVE,

SOMETHING THAT THE FAMILY OF GOD

HAS AND THAT TOGETHER

WE CAN OFFER SO THAT WE ARE

ALL HEALTHIER AND WE ARE

THRILLED THAT BETH IS WITH US.

SHE IS TEACHING TODAY.

NOW SHE IS WITH US ALL WEEK.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT."

WE'LL GLADLY SEND YOU THE BOOK.

WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER BOOKS

WE'RE GOING TO SEND.

WE WANT YOU TO HEAR

THE ENTIRE SERIES, FIVE DVD's,

FIVE CD's IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE

THEM, "WHO WILL YOU TRUST?".

BETH TEACHES "WEDNESDAYS

WITH BETH."

SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT,"

HERE IS BETH TEACHING THAT

AND WE'LL BE BACK

IN A FEW MOMENTS.

BUT LISTEN TO HER TEACHING

"GET OUT OF THAT PIT"

IN THE SERIES,

"WHO WILL YOU TRUST?".

HERE IS BETH.

Beth: TELL ME "A" AND "B".

THERE ARE THREE WAYS WE CAN FIND

OURSELVES IN A PIT AND I WANT

YOU TO TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE.

"A" WAS WHAT?

Audience: THROWN IN.

Beth: WE CAN BE THROWN IN.

"B"?

Audience: SLIP IN.

Beth: WE CAN SLIP IN.

SO WE'VE BEEN THROWN IN;

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SLIPPING IN.

THAT BRINGS US TO POINT "C."

YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING --

YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING!

YOU SEE,

THIS IS A BRILLIANT GROUP!

YOU ARE BRILLIANT PARTICIPANTS!

WE CAN JUMP IN.

AND HOW EXACTLY DID YOU KNOW --

[Laughing]

WE COULD JUMP IN?

WE CAN PLAN SIN.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING

THAT CONVEYS

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

I WANT YOU TO TURN WITH ME

TO PSALM 19.

PSALM 19; I WANT YOU TO HEAR

VERSES 12 AND 13.

THIS IS THE PSALMIST DAVID

WHO I SO DEARLY LOVE

AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING.

THIS IS A POWERFUL VERSE

BECAUSE IT IS TELLING US

WHAT IS POSSIBLE BY TELLING US

WHAT'S HAPPENED SO OFTEN IN LIFE

TO GET US IN BONDAGE TO SIN.

NOW LET ME TALK ABOUT

WHAT IS POSSIBLE FIRST OF ALL.

IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE,

IT IS A VERY FAIR QUESTION

TO ASK, I MEAN HOW TOGETHER

CAN WE REALLY GET THIS THING?

I MEAN THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION

TO ASK.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE

THAT HAVE JUST REALLY --

THEY SO ABUSE THE WHOLE CONCEPT

OF GRACE THAT THEY --

YOU JUST LIVE LIKE THE DEVIL

BECAUSE THANK GOODNESS

WE'RE SAVED.

WE'RE JUST IN THIS TEMPLE

OF HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD

AND WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

I MEAN IT IS JUST

A WAR TILL DEATH AND CERTAINLY

IT IS A WAR TILL DEATH BUT

THEY'VE GIVEN UP ON THE FIGHT

AND THEY'VE JUST DECIDED THAT

THERE IS GRACE AND WE'RE JUST

GOING TO LIVE LIKE WE DO,

LIVE IN COMPLETE DEFEAT,

TOTALLY BLOW OUR WITNESS.

BUT THIS IS HOW WE ARE.

THERE'S GOT TO BE

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT

LIFE THAT IS CONVEYED TO US OF

ABUNDANT, EFFECTUAL TESTIMONY.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THE WORD OF GOD

IS TELLING US.

BUT CAN WE EVER

COMPLETELY PULL IT TOGETHER?

LISTEN, ANYBODY THAT APPEARS TO

HAVE ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER --

[Laughing]

THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

BECAUSE THIS IS JUST

WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH;

THERE IS NO WAY WE'RE GOING

TO PULL THIS THING

COMPLETELY TOGETHER.

THERE WILL BE NO PERFECTION

FOR US ON THIS EARTH.

WE PURSUE THAT UPWARD CALLING.

WE PURSUE

FULL THROTTLE GODLINESS

BUT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET

THIS THING PERFECTLY TOGETHER.

WHAT IS POSSIBLE?

THIS VERSE TELLS US.

IT'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

CALLED "BLAMELESSNESS."

WE COULD CALL BLAMELESS --

WALKING BLAMELESSLY.

AND WHAT IT SAYS IS THIS,

THAT THERE WOULD BE FREEDOM

FROM WILLFUL SINS

AND THAT IS PREMEDITATED,

ARROGANT, FULL OF OURSELVES SIN

AND THAT THERE WILL NOT BE

AN AREA OF SIN RULING OVER US.

THAT IS POSSIBLE.

THE PSALMIST SAYS,

"THEN WE WILL BE FREE

OF GREAT TRANSGRESSION."

YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT "WALKING BLAMELESSLY" IS?

THAT THERE IS NO AREA OF SIN

THAT HAS DOMINION OVER YOU.

I PROMISE YOU THAT IS POSSIBLE.

I USED TO WALK

IN COMPLETE BONDAGE

TO THIS OR THAT AREA OF SIN.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE

TO WALK WITH A SIN

IN AN AREA OF BONDAGE

THAT HAS RULED OVER ME.

WE HONESTLY CAN AND THERE ARE

PEOPLE LISTENING RIGHT NOW

THAT DO NOT BELIEVE THAT

BECAUSE THEY'RE BASING IT

ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.

LISTEN, THE WORD OF GOD

IS NOT BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.

OUR EXPERIENCE IS NOT

THE PLUMB LINE OF GOD'S TRUTH.

GOD'S WORD IS TRUTH.

WHERE OUR EXPERIENCE

DOES NOT MATCH UP TO IT,

OUR EXPERIENCE IS AWRY

AND IT IS TELLING US A LIE.

BECAUSE WE DO NOT

HAVE TO WALK --

WE ARE NOT FORCED

AS HUMAN BEINGS TO JUST ACCEPT

THE FACT THAT WE WILL ALWAYS

HAVE THIS ADDICTION OR THAT.

THAT IS A LIE -- AND

IT IS A COP OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T

WANT TO DO THE HARD WORK

THAT IT WOULD TAKE --

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE HARD

WORK THAT IT WOULD TAKE.

DON'T WANT IT BAD ENOUGH

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US.

AND WHAT IT'S SAYING

IS THAT WE CAN GET

TO A PLACE WHERE OUR WALK,

THE SIN THAT WE COMMIT

IS MORE REACTIVE THAN PROACTIVE;

THAT IT IS NOT WILLFUL

IN ITS NATURE,

IT IS MORE REACTIVE.

FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE GET MORE

TO THE PLACE WHERE WE REALIZE

THAT WE REACTED BADLY

TO SOMETHING AND TO SOMEBODY

AND WE NEED TO MAKE

A TELEPHONE CALL

AND WE NEED TO ASK

THEIR FORGIVENESS.

BUT WE DIDN'T GO INTO WORK

THAT MORNING READY

TO CHEW THEM UP

AND SPIT THEM OUT.

DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

WE JUST INADVERTENTLY ENDED UP

CHEWING THEM UP

AND SPITTING THEM OUT.

IT WAS NOT WHAT WE REALLY MEANT

TO DO THAT DAY AT WORK.

ARE YOU RELATING WITH ME?

THAT'S REACTIVE

INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE.

WILLFUL SIN IS:

I'M GOING TO GO IN TODAY

AND I'M GOING TO TURN HER

EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.

SHE AIN'T GOING TO HAVE

A HAIR ON HER HEAD

WHEN I GET FINISHED WITH HER;

PROACTIVE SIN.

PROACTIVE WILLFUL SIN

IS WHAT GETTING IN A PIT

THAT WE JUMP INTO IS ALL ABOUT.

NOW WE MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN

IT WAS GOING TO BE A PIT

BUT WE WILLFULLY, SOME OF US --

NO, ALL OF US

AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER

AND IN ONE DIMENSION OR ANOTHER,

WE TEND TO THINK IN TERMS

OF THE REALLY BIG SINS

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE

TO COMMIT ADULTERY

AND PLAN IT IN ORDER

TO FIND YOURSELF IN A PIT.

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAYS

THAT WE PLAN SIN AND THEN

WE REALIZE WHEN WE LOOK AROUND,

WHAT KIND OF MESS AM I IN?

DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH OF LIFE

CAN BE SPENT IN A PIT?

DO YOU SEE WHY WE END UP

DECORATING THE THING?

[Laughing]

LISTEN TO ME --

WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE

SOME PICTURES DOWN.

IT IS TIME TO CALL THE MOVERS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING?

BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNATED

THAT ONE THING

IN OUR BROAD CONTEXT

OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BE IN A PIT,

WE HAVE ALREADY SUBSTANTIATED

THAT BIBLICALLY SPEAKING,

IT IS ANYTHING THAT GETS US

IN A SITUATION,

A NEGATIVE SITUATION THAT

WE CANNOT GET OURSELVES OUT OF.

THAT IS WHAT CONSTITUTES A PIT.

SO NO MATTER HOW WE GOT

INTO THE PIT,

EVERY PIT HAS TWO THINGS

IN COMMON;

BUT WE CAN GET OUT --

WE CAN GET OUT.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PIT

SO DEEP YOU CANNOT

GET OUT OF IT.

ABSOLUTELY NO PIT --

YOU ARE NOT IN THE ONE PIT

YOU CANNOT BE DELIVERED FROM.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU,

THERE ARE TWO WAYS WE CAN GET

OUT OF THE PIT

BIBLICALLY SPEAKING.

I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME

IN ONE WAY, JUST ALLEGORICALLY,

JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING

AN EXAMPLE TODAY,

I WANT YOU TO THINK

ABOUT WHETHER A HUMAN BEING --

WHEN A HUMAN BEING IS THE PERSON

THAT PULLS US OUT OF A PIT.

WHAT WOULD OUR

BIBLICAL EXAMPLE BE?

WELL, JOSEPH'S BROTHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT

FOR JUST A MOMENT.

NOW WHAT I REALIZE HERE

AND THIS IS WHERE THE PARALLEL

DOES NOT MATCH UP PERFECTLY,

GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY WAS AT WORK

WHEN THEY PULLED JOSEPH OUT

OF THE PIT AND THEY SOLD HIM OFF

INTO SLAVERY; THAT WAS GOD'S

ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY.

BUT I WANT TO JUST GET YOU TO GO

TO A PLACE THAT I BELIEVE

IS BIBLICALLY SOUND,

WHEN WE ARE IN A PIT AND IT IS

A HUMAN BEING THAT IN OUR MINDS

HAS PULLED US OUT AND NOT GOD,

THEY'LL SELL US OFF INTO SLAVERY

EVERY SINGLE TIME --

EVERY SINGLE TIME

IT IS A HUMAN BEING THAT WE SEE

AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

WE'RE NOT CALLING THEM JESUS,

WE'RE JUST ACTING LIKE THEY ARE.

IS THAT MAKING

ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY?

ANY TIME IT IS A PERSON

THAT WE ARE CONVINCED

PULLED US OUT OF A PIT,

THEY WILL SELL US OFF

INTO BONDAGE.

WE WILL BE IN SLAVERY.

THE ONLY DELIVERER

THAT WE HAVE

THAT WILL NOT SELL US OFF

INTO SLAVERY IS JESUS CHRIST --

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

NOW ONE TIME I TAUGHT

ON A DIMENSION OF THIS

AND A WOMAN LIFTED HER HAND UP

IN A VERY LARGE AUDIENCE

AND SOMEHOW I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

I NEEDED TO ANSWER HER QUESTION

AND THAT JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN

IN A REALLY LARGE GROUP.

I KNEW THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT

HAD ORDAINED IT.

I KNEW SHE HAD A QUESTION

EVERY ONE OF THEM WANTED TO ASK.

SHE SAID, DOES THAT MEAN

WE SHOULDN'T SEE A COUNSELOR?

WHOO!

I WAS SO GLAD THAT

SHE BROUGHT THAT UP.

I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY NOT!"

I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF SOUND,

GODLY COUNSELING.

BUT A GOOD COUNSELOR

WILL MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE

YOU KNOW WHO YOUR DELIVERER IS.

SOMEONE CAN HELP YOU SEE

WHO YOUR DELIVERER IS.

BUT IF THEY THEMSELVES,

IF THAT PERSON IN YOUR MIND,

IF IT TRANSLATES

INTO YOUR PSYCHE THAT

THAT PERSON IS YOUR DELIVERER,

YOU'RE IN BONDAGE --

YOU'RE IN BONDAGE.

JESUS ALONE --

JESUS ALONE;

SO OFTEN USES HUMAN VESSELS

TO POINT THE WAY

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE DELIVERER

AND THAT IS CHRIST JESUS.

LOOKING BACK AT PSALM 40,

SEE, WE GET INTO SO MUCH BONDAGE

BECAUSE THE ISSUE REALLY IS,

AND THIS IS ANOTHER LESSON

ENTIRELY, WE DON'T TRUST HIM.

WE JUST FLAT DON'T TRUST HIM.

SO, WE END UP TRUSTING

SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE

AND FIND OURSELVES

IN THE BONDAGE OF OUR LIVES.

I WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH YOU

IN VERSE EIGHT.

LISTEN CAREFULLY, GIRLS

BECAUSE HERE IS THE THING,

I DON'T JUST WANT TO BE FREE,

I WANT YOU TO BE FREE.

IT IS JUST PART OF THE WAY

THE LORD MADE ME.

BECAUSE JESUS HAS BROUGHT ME

SO MUCH PERSONAL HAPPINESS

AND JOY, PURE GLADNESS OF SOUL

IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME

BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THAT THING

IN ME THAT SAYS, I DON'T WANT

TO JUST HAVE IT FOR MYSELF

I WANT THEM TO HAVE IT --

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW FREEDOM.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.

I WANT YOUR LIVES TO BE

PROFOUNDLY EFFECTIVE

IN FRUIT BEARING

AND THIS WAS KEY TO ME --

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY KEY TO ME.

AS LONG AS WE JUST

WALK THE THING OUT,

WITHOUT IT FINALLY

GETTING TO OUR HEARTS,

WE WILL ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES

BACK IN A PIT --

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

YOU WILL NEVER STAY

OUT OF THAT PIT FOR LONG

IF YOU JUST DO

WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD.

"SHOULD" WILL NEVER CARRY YOU

FOR LONG --

IT NEVER WILL UNTIL GOD MAKES IT

WITH THAT TRUTH

ALL THE WAY FROM YOUR HEAD

DOWN INTO YOUR HEART

UNTIL YOU HAVE TOTALLY ACCEPTED

YOUR GOD IS FOR YOU.

HE IS NOT TRYING

TO TAKE YOUR FUN AWAY!

HE IS NOT JUST BOUND UP.

HE SAYS, "MY COMMANDS,"

DEUTERONOMY 10, VERSE 13,

"ARE FOR YOU."

I MEAN HE'S SAID TO ME BEFORE,

IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE

IN MY OWN HEART,

"I'M TRYING TO SAVE

YOUR SCRAWNY NECK HERE!

WHY DON'T YOU WORK WITH ME?"

ANYBODY?

"I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH YOU,

BETH.

YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS MESS.

IF YOU'D LISTEN TO ME

AND WOULD TRUST

THAT I HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST

IN MIND AND I'M NOT JUST OUT

TO TAKE AWAY YOUR GOOD TIME,

MAYBE WE WOULD GET SOMEPLACE."

UNTIL FINALLY, YOU'RE NOT DRIVEN

BY WHAT YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT TO DO

BUT IT HAS BECOME YOUR DESIRE

TO DO IT.

NOW LISTEN,

DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME,

IT STARTS WITH

WHAT I OUGHT TO DO

BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN

VERY OFTEN FROM THE BEGINNING.

IF WE HAVE BEEN IN HABITUAL SIN,

WE BEGIN TAKING

THOSE FIRST STEPS

OUT OF THAT PIT BY GOING,

OKAY, I KNOW NO MATTER

HOW MUCH I WANT TO DO THIS,

THIS IS WHERE I'VE GOT TO BE.

BUT IT CANNOT REMAIN THERE.

IF IT REMAINS THERE,

YOU'LL HEAD BACK INTO THAT PIT

BECAUSE WHEN IT ALL

COMES DOWN TO IT --

ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? --

WE'RE GOING TO DO

WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

WHEN IT ALL ENDS UP

IN THE LONG TERM

THIS I PROMISE YOU,

YOU'RE GOING TO DO

IN THE LONG TERM

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S TRUE?

THAT'S WHY GOD HAD TO COME TO ME

AND CHANGE MY "WANT TO."

I HAD A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE

"WANT TO."

I HAD A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE

"WANT TO."

ANYBODY BUT ME?

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

NOW I AM A SPOILED BRAT

FOR JESUS.

I AM!

YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE I GET SO MUCH

OF WHAT I WANT!

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH

OF WHAT I WANT I GET.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE GOD PERFORMED A MIRACLE

ON MY MIND AND ON MY HEART

AND HE CHANGED MY DESIRES

TO HIS DESIRES.

I NO LONGER HAVE THAT TASTE,

THAT TASTE I USED TO HAVE

FOR THOSE OBSESSIONS I HAD,

THOSE ADDICTIONS I HAD.

NOW I WANT TO BE FREE.

I WANT JESUS --

I WANT TO OBEY HIM!

I WANT HIS FREEDOM.

I WANT HIM!

I WANT HIM!

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

AND YOU HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN

IN MORE BONDAGE THAN ME

SO DON'T YOU GIVE ME THAT!

DON'T YOU TRY TO TELL ME THAT

THAT MAY HAVE WORKED FOR ME

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU --

I HAVE BEEN THERE!

I KNOW THIS ONE,

I KNOW THIS ONE BY HEART.

AND I KNOW THAT HE

CAN DRAMATICALLY CHANGE

YOUR "WANT TO" --

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO WANT HIM TO.

UNTIL YOUR "WANT TO"

NEARLY DESTROYS YOU,

WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

WHAT WILL IT TAKE

UNTIL OUR PERSONAL DESIRES

THAT ARE SO ASKEWED

FROM BEING THROWN IN,

FROM SLIPPING IN,

AND JUMPING IN, HOW LONG

UNTIL WE ARE TOTALLY DESTROYED?

LISTEN TO ME!

WE ARE NOT

TOTALLY DESTROYED TODAY.

IF YOU BELONG TO CHRIST

THE ENEMY CANNOT DESTROY YOU.

HE CAN MAKE YOU THINK YOU

ARE DESTROYED BUT CHILD,

YOU ARE NOT DESTROYED.

YOU HAVE NOT GONE TOO FAR AND

YOU HAVE NOT STAYED TOO LONG.

IT IS TIME FOR

THE MOVING VAN TO COME.

YOU TAKE DOWN YOUR PICTURES

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT

A NEW PLACE TO LIVE

AND IT IS NOT IN THE NEXT PIT!

( Applause )

IT IS IN THE SPACIOUS PLACE --

IN THE SPACIOUS PLACE!

WHERE THERE IS SOME FRESH AIR.

WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN.

WHERE THE WIND IS BLOWING.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.

I SEE SO MANY OF YOUR TEARS

AND YOU'VE GOT ME

ABOUT TO CRY MYSELF.

I'M SO TENDER TO IT

AND I DO NOT MISS IT.

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH YOU

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

BUT I KNOW THIS,

YOUR GOD LOVES YOU.

IT'S NOT BEEN TOO LONG.

IT'S NOT BEEN TOO DEEP.

AND YOUR GOD HAS MADE SURE THAT

YOU'VE HEARD THIS MESSAGE TODAY

BECAUSE YOUR DELIVERER HAS COME

-- TODAY!

James: AND THAT MESSAGE

IS DIRECTED TO YOU.

"HE LIFTED ME

OUT OF A HORRIBLE PIT,"

THE PSALMIST SAID THAT.

BETTY KNOWS THAT.

BETH KNOWS SHE WAS LIFTED

AFTER ABUSE --

HORRIBLE CHALLENGES THAT DAMAGED

AND SHE SAYS, IF GOD CAN

FREE HER AND I'M TELLING YOU,

YOU OUGHT TO READ IT,

YOU HEARD HER, YOU CAN GET IN

THE PIT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS

BUT YOU CAN'T GET OUT

BY YOURSELF, YOU NEED SOME HELP.

I'M TELLING YOU NOW,

WHAT SHE PUT IN THE BOOK,

FOR ME AND BETTY TO BE SITTING

AND READING THE BOOK

TO ONE ANOTHER, SHE'S GOT

HER COPY, I'VE GOT MINE,

WE'RE READING IT TO EACH OTHER,

SHE SAYS, LISTEN TO THIS.

I SAY, WELL, YOU LISTEN TO THIS

AND I HAVE TO CALL BETH AND SAY,

BETH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT

YOU SHARED BECAUSE THIS IS HOW

IT'S HELPED ME.

ONE THING I NOTICE IS

NOT ALL DELIVERANCE IS INSTANT,

SOMETIMES IT IS A PROCESS.

WELL, BETH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ALL WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERY VIEWER

AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET

BETTY'S TESTIMONY,

"FREE TO BE ME."

AND I THINK HER TESTIMONY,

UNLIKE OURS, SHE DIDN'T SEEM

TO HAVE ALL THE BAGGAGE

YOU AND I CLAIM TO HAVE,

SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS

A SWEET LITTLE CHURCH GIRL

AND YET SHE WAS TOTALLY

LOADED UP AND IN FEAR.

Beth: THAT'S THE SCARIEST KIND

BECAUSE OURS WAS OUTRIGHT.

WE KNEW. THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY

TO THINK OF IT.

Betty: I WAS TRYING

TO HIDE MINE.

Beth: THIS IS REALLY SCARY

BECAUSE YOU CAN LIVE

IN A STRONGHOLD AND A PIT

OF INSECURITY AND FEAR

AND DESPAIR FOR THE REST OF

YOUR LIFE AND NOT CALL IT THAT.

James: SHE WAS VERY RELIGIOUS

AND YET SHE WAS DEFEATED.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE,

MEMBERS OF CHURCHES, EVEN PEOPLE

WHO REALLY HAVE MET THE LORD

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

IN CHURCHES WHO HAVEN'T MET

THE LORD AND THEY'RE JUST

HELD CAPTIVE,

THEY'RE TRULY PRISONERS.

BETTY WAS LIKE THAT,

"FREE TO BE ME."

IT IS A REAL MIRACLE.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE BOOK.

THEN I WROTE AN ENTIRE SERIES ON

"THE LIFE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR."

AND BETH, THE SERIES THAT

YOU DID ON "WHO WILL YOU TRUST?"

WHICH "GET OUT OF THAT PIT"

IS A PART -- IT IS DYNAMITE.

IT IS SPIRITUAL DYNAMITE AND

IT IS AVAILABLE ON CD OR DVD.

WE'D LOVE TO SEND YOU

THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHINGS

ON THE AUDIO AND VIDEO SERIES,

DVD OR CD.

WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING YOU TO PRAY

ABOUT MAKING A GIFT OF $89

OR MORE.

WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE

WE WANTED VIEWERS ALL OVER

THE WORLD TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE

OF RENEWING THE MIND,

NOT ONLY BEING FREED UP

BUT RENEWING THE MIND.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A PSYCHOLOGIST

HERE RECENTLY THAT SAID

IT IS CONFIRMABLE --

IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ACTUALLY

SEE WHERE THE DAMAGE

TO THE BRAIN AND THE DAMAGE

TO THE HEART FROM HEARTACHE

OR FROM BITTERNESS

OR UNFORGIVENESS WHERE

A STRONGHOLD IN YOUR BRAIN,

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE

THE IMPRINT.

IT IS LIKE LITTLE TENTACLES

ALMOST ON A PLANT.

IT IS LIKE SOMETHING

CHOKING IT OUT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BRAIN.

I'VE WATCHED WEEDS CHOKE FLOWERS

TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE

ANY MORE BLOSSOM OR BEAUTY.

THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE BRAIN.

IT IS AMAZING THAT

THE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS OF

THE WORD OF GOD AND THAT

YOU SHARE, IT REALLY

IS HAPPENING EVEN PHYSICALLY.

Beth: IT IS THE MOST FASCINATING

THING WHEN YOU WERE TELLING ME

ABOUT THAT EARLIER.

WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED

ABOUT THAT.

WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

TO BE HERE ON THIS SET AND

BE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT COME,

OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE,

FOR OUR TIME OF "GETTING OUT

OF THE PIT," THAT WAS BEFORE

I WROTE THE BOOK.

THAT WAS WHEN I DECIDED

THAT THAT WAS GOING TO GO DOWN

ON PAPER BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH

AN ENCOUNTER IN THIS ROOM.

EVEN IF WE CAN'T TALK ONE-ON-ONE

AND CAN'T REALLY OPEN IT UP

FOR DISCUSSION ON THE TV,

I CAN STILL TELL BY LOOKING

AT THEIR FACES I KNEW,

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE THIRD

TIME I'VE GIVEN THIS MESSAGE

OVER THE LAST YEAR

AND THREE DIFFERENT SETS

OF PEOPLE AND I'M TELLING YOU,

THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT IS RESONATING.

I KNEW IT BECAUSE THEY WERE

SUCH TOGETHER-LOOKING PEOPLE

JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM

TODAY, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

AND YET IN SUCH DESPAIR

AND IN SUCH DEEP DARKNESS

FEELING STUCK

IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.

James: THAT IS TRUTH.

JESUS SAID HE CAME

TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.

THEN HE SAID, "AS MY FATHER

SENT ME SO I SEND YOU,"

THE FOLLOWERS.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP OTHERS

GET FREE BUT IT TAKES

FREE PEOPLE TO FREE PEOPLE.

ALL OF US ARE ACKNOWLEDGING

THAT EVEN AS BELIEVERS,

EVEN KNOWING THE LORD,

YOU CAN BE A PRISONER,

YOU CAN BE IN A PIT

EITHER BY FALLING IN IT, BEING

THROWN IN IT, OR JUMPING IN IT.

HOWEVER WE GET IN,

IT IS STILL A PIT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW

YOU GET IN, IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT YOU CALL IT

AND WE NEED HELP TO GET OUT.

WHEN WE GET OUT, WE NEED

A RENEWING PROCESS.

BETH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK

IN THE NEXT PROGRAM WE DO

ABOUT THE CONFESSIONS.

YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH

A DAY-BY-DAY PRAYER, CONFESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH

CRYING OUT, WE'RE GOING TO AGREE

AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS

WHAT IT MEANS TO CONFESS AND

TO CONSENT: TO AGREE WITH GOD.

YOU NEED TO GET THE BOOK.

I HOPE YOU'LL CALL RIGHT NOW

AND ASK FOR IT.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE GIFTS

TO SIMPLY HELP US KEEP SHARING,

TO HELP US MAINTAIN

THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE

AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM

ALL OF OUR FRIENDS.

IF YOU APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE,

THE PURPOSE,

THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE,

THEN YOU STAND WITH US.

ALL RIGHT?

WOULD YOU PRAY ABOUT MAKING

A GIFT OF $49 AND ASK FOR

THE PRINTED MATERIAL?

IF YOU WANT THE BOOKS,

ALONG WITH THE DVD's AND 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: BETTY, I'VE REALLY

ENJOYED THE WEEK.

I'VE ENJOYED LISTENING TO BETH

AND WE'RE GOING

TO BE SHARING AGAIN TOMORROW.

I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT!

Betty: IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL!

OF COURSE, I ALWAYS ENJOY

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"

ESPECIALLY.

BUT TO HAVE HER THE WHOLE WEEK

HAS BEEN FABULOUS!

James: YOU WANT TO SAY THANKS

TO BETH MOORE FOR BEING HERE?

WE'LL SEE HER AGAIN TOMORROW!

BETH, THANK YOU.

LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW!

ALWAYS --

TELL YOUR FRIENDS

EVERY WEDNESDAY BETH MOORE

IS TEACHING ON LIFE TODAY --

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

WE HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU EVERY DAY!

Beth: IT IS A HOLE THE ENEMY HOPES

TO BURY US ALIVE IN.

Announcer: TOMORROW, BETH MOORE PROVIDES HOPE

FOR THOSE STUCK IN A PIT.