Announcer: NEXT -- ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ,

DAUGHTER OF BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM, CHALLENGES US

TO LOOK UP BECAUSE MANY OF THE EVENTS OF TODAY

ARE SIGNS FROM THE LORD.

AND ALARMS ARE MEANT TO WAKE US UP.

AND I THINK THERE ARE ALARMS GOING OFF IN OUR WORLD,

I THINK 9/11/2001 WAS AN ALARM,

HURRICANE KATRINA WAS AN ALARM,

THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WAS AN ALARM

AND WE'RE SLEEPING THROUGH THE ALARMS.

AND I BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO WAKE US UP

IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

Announcer: A WAKE-UP CALL FOR GOD'S PEOPLE -- NEXT!

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James: SO GLAD

TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED

TO HAVE RUTH AND

BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER.

EVERY ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS

ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, YOU SAY

WE'RE BILLY GRAHAM'S CHILD.

WE'RE RUTH GRAHAM'S CHILD TOO!"

AND IT WAS BILLY AND RUTH,

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY COUPLE THAT

HAVE ANY GREATER ADMIRATION,

RIGHTLY SO,

FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

AND THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH

ACROSS ALL DENOMINATIONAL LINES.

WELL, ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ IS HERE.

SHE IS A GREAT COMMUNICATOR.

SHE HAS, IN MY OPINION,

THE GIFT TO COMMUNICATE

LIKE HER FATHER

AND THERE'S A DYNAMIC END OF IT,

IT'S VERY REAL.

YOU TALK ABOUT A ZEAL FOR GOD,

IT IS THERE.

NOW SHE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK,

<I>EXPECTING TO SEE JESUS.</I>

AND SHE CALLS IT A WAKE-UP CALL

FOR GOD'S PEOPLE.

SHE IS TALKING ABOUT

SEEING JESUS

AND I HAVE AN IDEA IT IS MORE

THAN JUST THE COMING OF THE LORD

BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,

AND I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR

WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.

WOULD YOU WELCOME

ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ TO LIFE TODAY?

-- BACK TO LIFE TODAY.

Anne: THANK YOU.

James: I'M EXCITED ABOUT

WHAT GOD'S PUT IN YOUR HEART.

I WANT, IF YOU WOULD,

TO SHARE WITH US

BASICALLY WHAT YOU --

THE MESSAGE YOU WANT

TO COMMUNICATE

AND THAT YOU PUT IN THIS BOOK.

Anne: IF I CAN FRAME IT

THIS WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE

EVER SLEPT THROUGH YOUR ALARM;

HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT?

[Laughter]

AND IF YOU SET YOUR ALARM

YOU MEAN TO GET UP BECAUSE

YOU'VE GOT A PLACE TO GO,

SOMETHING TO DO, SOMEBODY TO SEE

AND I REMEMBER I WAS DOING

A SERIES OF MESSAGES THAT WENT

FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND I SET

MY ALARM FOR THE LAST MORNING

AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING SO I'D

GET UP AND HAVE PLENTY OF TIME

FOR MY LAST SESSIONS.

WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING

THE SUN WAS WARMING MY FACE,

AND I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T KNOW

THE SUN WAS UP AT 4:30.

THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME IT'S NOT.

I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK AND

IT SAID 8:00 AND I HAD SLEPT

THROUGH THAT ALARM.

I HAD TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE

TO TAKE MY FIRST SESSION.

I MADE A MESS.

ALARMS ARE MEANT TO WAKE US UP.

AND I THINK THERE ARE ALARMS

GOING OFF IN OUR WORLD.

I THINK 9/11/2001 WAS AN ALARM,

HURRICANE KATRINA WAS AN ALARM,

THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN

IS AN ALARM,

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN,

THE LONGEST WAR EVER

IN AMERICAN HISTORY

IS AN ALARM,

AND THEY'RE GOING OFF

BUT THE CHURCH IS SLEEPING,

AND WE'RE SLEEPING

THROUGH THE ALARMS.

I BELIEVE

GOD WANTS TO WAKE US UP

IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

SO AT THE FRONT END OF THIS BOOK

I HAVE A SECTION ON MATTHEW 24

AND THE FACT THAT JESUS TOLD HIS

DISCIPLES HOW THEY COULD KNOW

THE LAST GENERATION

OF HUMAN HISTORY.

JESUS SAID WE CANNOT KNOW

THE DAY OR THE HOUR,

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD MENTION

HIS NAME BUT THE GUY THAT SAID

IT WAS COMING ON MY BIRTHDAY,

MAY 21ST --

[Laughter]

AND I KNEW JESUS -- YOU CAN'T

KNOW THE DAY OR THE HOUR,

JESUS SAID THAT.

IT WAS SUCH A CONTRADICTION

OF WHAT JESUS SAID.

BUT JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES

IN MATTHEW 24,

YOU CAN KNOW THE GENERATION.

I'VE TAKEN

WHAT JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES

ABOUT HOW TO TELL TIME

AND I'VE MATCHED THEM WITH

WHAT I SEE GOING ON

IN THE WORLD TODAY

AND I BELIEVE IF I LIVE OUT

MY NATURAL LIFETIME I WILL LIVE

TO SEE THE RETURN OF CHRIST.

AND IT IS NOT BASED ON

WHAT I FEEL, OR WHAT I THINK

OR WHAT I HOPE,

IT IS BASED ON WHAT JESUS SAID

AND WHAT I READ IN MY NEWSPAPER.

THE TWO VERY DISTINCTIVE SIGNS

OF THE LAST GENERATION,

ONE IS THE REBIRTH

OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL,

WHICH HAPPENED IN MAY 1948

AFTER 2,000 YEARS

OF NON-EXISTENCE, AND THEN

THE GOSPEL BEING PREACHED

TO THE WHOLE WORLD.

JESUS SAID

THE ONE GENERATION THAT SEES

BOTH OF THOSE SIGNS TAKE PLACE,

PLUS ALL THE SIGNS

THAT HE CALLED BIRTH PAINS

THAT INCREASE IN FREQUENCY

AND INTENSITY,

THAT'S THE GENERATION

THAT WILL BE THE LAST.

I WAS BORN IN MAY 1948

AND SO I BELIEVE

THAT GENERATION IS --

AS MY DADDY ASKED ME,

"ANNE IS A GENERATION 40 YEARS

OR 70 YEARS?"

I SAID, "DADDY,

I DON'T KNOW BUT IT IS MINE."

[Laughter]

SO THE FRONT END OF THE BOOK

IS THAT, JUST LAYING OUT

WHAT JESUS SAID

AND HOW WE CAN TELL --

HOW WE CAN LEARN TO TELL TIME

AND WAKE UP

WHEN THE ALARMS GO OFF

AND KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING

AND CONNECT THE DOTS.

BUT THEN THE REST OF THE BOOK

IS FROM ISAIAH'S TESTIMONY,

IN THE YEAR

THAT KING UZZIAH DIED,

WHEN HE WAS SHAKEN

AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER

AT DINNER ABOUT THE WAY THAT

OUR WORLD IS BEING SHAKEN,

ECONOMICALLY, MATERIALLY,

POLITICALLY, NATIONALLY,

ENVIRONMENTALLY, IT'S JUST --

OUR WHOLE WORLD IS SHAKING.

WHEN ISAIAH'S WORLD WAS SHAKEN

HE LOOKED UP

AND HE SAW THE LORD.

JESUS SAID IN JOHN CHAPTER 12

THAT ISAIAH SAW MY GLORY.

SO THAT'S A VISION

OF A PRE-INCARNATE SON OF GOD.

SO JESUS WAS SEATED

ON THE THRONE.

AND IT WAS WHEN ISAIAH'S WORLD

WAS SHAKEN THAT HE SAW JESUS

IN A FRESH WAY.

AND THEN IN THE END,

HE SAW HIS HOLINESS,

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

IN THE LIGHT OF WHO JESUS IS,

ISAIAH SAW HIMSELF.

BACK IN CHAPTER FIVE

HE WAS PREACHING A SERMON

THAT I POINTED OUT TO YOU

AND IT HAS SIX POINTS,

THEY ALL BEGIN WITH WOE.

WOE TO YOU... WOE TO YOU...

WOE TO YOU... WOE TO YOU...

IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN I WATCH

THE EVENING NEWS

I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING.

WOE TO YOU... WOE TO YOU...

HOW DARE YOU DO THESE THINGS?

HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?

THAT'S NOT RIGHT!

SO WE POINT OUR FINGER AT THEM

BUT WHEN ISAIAH SAW THE LORD

AND IN THE LIGHT

OF HIS HOLINESS, HE SAID

IN CHAPTER SIX, VERSE FIVE,

"WOE TO ME."

AND I FEEL LIKE

IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

BECAUSE WE KNOW THE TRUTH

AND WE HAVE THE PLUMB LINE

WE TEND TO BE JUDGMENTAL

AND CRITICAL

AND WE'RE POINTING OUR FINGER

AT POLITICAL LEADERS

OR SOCIAL SINS OR OUR NEIGHBOR

OR OUR HUSBAND OR OUR PASTOR --

IT IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.

JESUS, ALL THE WHILE

IS LOOKING AT US

SAYING FIRST OF ALL,

WE NEED TO GET THE LOG

OUT OF OUR OWN EYE.

WE NEED TO REPENT OF OUR SIN.

ISAIAH WENT THROUGH

THIS TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE

OF REPENTANCE.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING,

IF I COULD JUST SHARE

A LITTLE PERSONALLY.

IT WAS AFTER 9/11

AND I WAS IN THE PROCESS --

ANYWAY I WAS TAKING

SOME OTHER SEMINARS

BUT I HAD SET ASIDE 10 DAYS

TO PREPARE.

SO THE FIRST DAY I PULLED OUT

MY PAD AND MY BIBLE AND I WAS

GOING TO WORK ON A MESSAGE

AND IT WAS JUST COLD.

I COULDN'T GET THE PASSAGE

TO BREAK OPEN.

SO I THOUGHT, WELL,

I NEED A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

SO I WENT TO BED AND GOT UP THE

NEXT DAY AND I TRIED TO BREAK

OPEN THE PASSAGE AND I COULDN'T.

SO I PRAYED AND PRAYED.

I FELT LIKE GOD WAS SAYING,

"ANNE, I DON'T WANT

TO TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGE,

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU."

I SAID, "WELL, GOD, I'M HERE

TO TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGE.

I'VE SET ASIDE THIS TIME,

I'VE GOT MY AGENDA."

[Laughter]

SO HE JUST DIDN'T BUDGE.

SO I HAD TO GET ON MY FACE.

AND SAY, "ALL RIGHT,

LET'S TALK ABOUT ME."

HE BEGAN FOR SEVEN DAYS --

HE REVEALED SIN AFTER SIN

IN MY LIFE.

THIS IS MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO,

SIX YEARS AGO,

AND IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL

SPIRITUAL THING

I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY,

I TELL OTHER PEOPLE

WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND HERE I WAS

BEING PEELED BACK LIKE AN ONION.

AND HE DIDN'T DO IT

IN A MEAN WAY, JAMES,

HE DIDN'T HIT ME OVER THE HEAD.

HE WASN'T BEING UGLY

OR LIKE BLAMING ME.

IT WAS LIKE A FATHER SAYING,

"ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN'T

GET BY WITH THIS ANYMORE.

I WANT TO SET THIS RIGHT

BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING

OUR RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S DAMPENING

WHAT I WANT TO DO THROUGH YOU.

IT'S DEADENING YOU

ON THE INSIDE."

AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

WAS WRONG WITH ME AT ALL!

SO FOR SEVEN DAYS

I WENT THROUGH THAT.

AT THE END

OF THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD

HE SPOKE TO ME

THROUGH HIS WORD

AND LET ME KNOW HE WAS FINISHED.

THAT HE HAD, AT LEAST

FOR THAT PERIOD IN MY LIFE,

AND I WAS WEAK AND WOBBLY BUT --

I HAD THREE DAYS NOW TO PREPARE

TEN DAYS WORTH OF MESSAGES

BUT I DID IT.

WHEN I WENT DOWN

THE AUDIENCE HAD NO IDEA

WHAT I'D BEEN THROUGH

BUT I THINK THERE WAS

A FRESHNESS IN MY OUTLOOK,

MY SPIRITUAL LIFE,

SHARPNESS IN WHAT I WAS DOING

AND MORE POWER IN MY MINISTRY.

AND THEN GOD JUST OPENED MY EYES

TO ISAIAH'S EXPERIENCE

AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

ISAIAH WAS A PROPHET,

HE WAS IN MINISTRY

WHEN HE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE

IN ISAIAH CHAPTER SIX.

WHEN UZZIAH DIED,

UZZIAH WAS THE KING

AND ISAIAH LIVED WITH HIM

SO I EXPECT ISAIAH,

UZZIAH TOOK CARE OF

ISAIAH'S NEEDS IN EVERYTHING

BUT WHEN UZZIAH DIED THE BIBLE

SAYS HE WASN'T RIGHT WITH GOD

SO HE WENT INTO ETERNITY

SHAKING HIS FIST IN GOD'S FACE,

AND ISAIAH WAS HIS PASTOR.

HE WAS HIS SPIRITUAL LEADER.

SO I THINK

ISAIAH WAS VERY SHAKEN

BUT HE SAW THE LORD

BEING IN CONTROL,

JESUS WAS SEATED ON THE THRONE

AND IN LIGHT OF THAT

HE SAW HIMSELF THAT HE HAD

BEEN POINTING HIS FINGER

AT EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND HE NOT ONLY SAID,

"WOE TO ME! I'M RUINED.

BUT I'M A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS

AND I LIVE AMONGST A PEOPLE

OF UNCLEAN LIPS."

IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS NO BETTER

THAN THE PEOPLE WHOM HE HAD BEEN

POINTING HIS FINGER.

THAT'S JUST LOSING HIS SENSE

THAT I GOT IT ALL TOGETHER.

GOD IS LUCKY TO HAVE ME

IN MINISTRY, I'M PRETTY GOOD.

AND JUST ALL OF THAT CRUMBLED

IN LIGHT OF WHO JESUS IS.

SO GOD INITIATED IT,

HE SENT AN ANGEL FROM THE ALTAR

TO TAKE A COAL,

PUT IT ON ISAIAH'S LIPS

WHERE HE HAD CONFESSED HIS SIN.

AND IT WAS A LIVE COAL,

MEANING IT WAS BURNING

SO YOU KNOW HIS LIPS BLISTERED.

YOU KNOW HE PROBABLY NEVER

TALKED THE SAME AFTER THAT.

IT WAS PAINFUL.

AND GOD SAID,

"YOUR SIN HAS BEEN ATONED FOR

AND YOUR GUILT IS TAKEN AWAY."

I FELT THAT SAME --

THE APPLICATION

OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

WHEN YOU'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY

AND YOU'RE A BELIEVER

AND HE CONVICTS YOU OF SIN

AND YOU REALIZE

THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

IS NECESSARY FOR THINGS

THAT I'VE BEEN DOING

THAT I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF

AND IT IS PAINFUL.

IT IS LIKE SEARING,

SCORCHING PAIN

BUT IT BRINGS CLEANSING

AND IT BRINGS HEALING

AND IT BRINGS RESTORATION,

IT BRINGS FREEDOM.

I FELT LIKE I'D HAD A BATH

ON THE INSIDE.

THE JOY WAS BACK,

THE EXUBERANCE, THE LIFE,

THE SENSE OF INTIMACY

IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

THEN ISAIAH, AT THAT POINT,

HE OVERHEARD GOD SAYING,

"WHOM SHALL I SEND

AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?"

I DON'T THINK ISAIAH FELT WORTHY

TO BE IN MINISTRY AT ALL.

HE WAS A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS,

MEANING HE WAS A PROPHET;

HE SERVED GOD WITH HIS LIPS

WHICH MEANT HE WAS SAYING,

"HOW CAN I BE IN MINISTRY

IF I'M NO BETTER

THAN THE PEOPLE IN THE PEW?"

IF THE PERSON IN THE PULPIT

IS NO BETTER THAN

THE PERSON IN THE PEW

THEN WHAT BUSINESS DO I HAVE

BEING IN THE MINISTRY?

SOMEHOW I THINK WE THINK

PEOPLE IN MINISTRY

ARE A LITTLE STEP ABOVE PEOPLE

WHO ARE NOT.

NO, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CHURCH

ARE BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE

OUTSIDE THE CHURCH

WHEN ACTUALLY WE ARE ALL SINNERS

-- IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE BEEN

TO THE CROSS

AND WE'VE BEEN FORGIVEN.

AND THEN FOR SOME OF US,

MAYBE GOD HAS EQUIPPED US

AND ENABLED US TO BUILD UP

THE BODY IN UNIQUE WAYS

WITH OUR GIFTING

BUT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF US,

IT IS BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE

AND HIS SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES.

SO WHEN GOD SAID,

"WHOM SHALL I SEND

AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?"

ISAIAH, IF HE WAS LIKE ME,

I THINK IN FEAR AND TREMBLING

HE JUST BARELY RAISED HIS HAND

AND SAID, "GOD, HERE I AM.

YOU REMEMBER ME.

I'M A SINNER

AND I'M A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS

AND I LIVE AMONGST A PEOPLE

OF UNCLEAN LIPS

BUT I'VE BEEN TO THE CROSS."

I KNOW IT WAS AT THE CROSS

BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SIN ATONED FOR

AND YOUR GUILT TAKEN AWAY.

BUT HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN CLEANSED

AND MY SIN HAS BEEN ATONED FOR.

IF YOU CAN USE ME,

I'M AVAILABLE."

GOD SENT HIM OUT

AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE --

HE SAID, "ISAIAH,

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GO TO

ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU,

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND."

ISAIAH SAYS, "WHOA! I DON'T KNOW

IF I WANT TO DO THIS OR NOT.

THIS IS PRETTY HARD.

HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO DO THAT?"

AND GOD SAID BASICALLY,

UNTIL JUDGMENT COMES.

AND ISAIAH OBEYED GOD.

IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK

AT CHAPTER SEVEN,

FIRST CHAPTER EIGHT,

NO LONGER DID ISAIAH SAY,

"THUS SAYS THE LORD,"

"THUS SAYS THE LORD,"

"THUS SAYS THE LORD."

FROM THEN ON HE SAYS,

"GOD SPOKE TO ME"

AND THEN HE GAVE OUT GOD'S WORD.

"AND GOD SPOKE TO ME..."

SO IT WAS

A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

AND HIS MINISTRY

CAME OUT OF THE OVERFLOW

OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

AND HE BECAME THE GREATEST

OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS.

I BELIEVE GOD TODAY,

IN THIS LAST GENERATION,

IS LOOKING FOR ISAIAHS BECAUSE

ISAIAH WAS NEVER USED OF GOD

TO BRING A REVIVAL.

HIS NATION DID COME

UNDER JUDGMENT.

TRADITION SAYS

HE WAS SAWN IN TWO

SO HE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE

FOR HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

AND FOR HIS MINISTRY.

BUT HE GOES DOWN IN HISTORY

AS THE GREATEST

OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS

AND SOMEBODY

MIGHTILY USED OF GOD.

I DON'T KNOW

IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE,

BEFORE THE RETURN OF JESUS,

THE REVIVAL FOR WHICH WE LONG,

THE GREAT AWAKENING

THAT WE ALL LONG FOR

BUT THAT'S UP TO GOD.

BUT I WANT TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIM

IN MY GENERATION.

I WANT TO BE USED OF HIM

IN SUCH A WAY THAT I MAKE IMPACT

ON MY GENERATION.

I WANT MY LIFE

TO HAVE ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE

FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN

I WANT TO HAVE

AN ABUNDANT ENTRANCE,

I DON'T WANT

TO JUST SQUEAK IN THE DOOR.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME

THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN

THIS LAST GENERATION

TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HIM

THAT THEY CAN KNOW GOD

IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

THROUGH HIS SON, FIRST OF ALL

PUTTING THEIR FAITH IN JESUS

AT THE CROSS AND THEN

GETTING INTO GOD'S WORD

THAT THEY CAN KNOW HIM.

I WAS JUST TELLING OUR PERSON

THAT DROVE ME HERE

AND HE IS OF ANOTHER FAITH

AND ANOTHER RELIGION.

I WAS JUST TELLING HIM,

GOD HASN'T CALLED US

TO A RELIGION,

TO A DENOMINATION, TO A CHURCH,

TO AN ORGANIZATION,

IT IS TO A RELATIONSHIP

WITH HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS.

AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE!

James: ANNE,

I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME

AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES,

A LOT ON YOUR HEART.

LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU IN A WAY

OF PERSONAL OBSERVATION.

AND YOU KNOW ISAIAH TALKED ABOUT

THE COUNTENANCE OF THE PEOPLE

TESTIFYING AGAINST THEM.

YOUR COUNTENANCE

REALLY TESTIFIES

TO A GREAT WORK OF GOD HE'S

DONE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.

I SEE THE GLORY

AND GRACE OF GOD.

DO YOU NOT SEE THIS ON ANNE

RIGHT NOW?

IT IS THE ABSOLUTE GLORY OF GOD.

IT IS A FRESH ANOINTING.

A DIVINE ENABLING

THAT IS EVEN GREATER

THAN YOU HAVE KNOWN

FOR HIS PURPOSE.

AND IT IS BECAUSE OF

THE GREAT WORK

THAT HE NOT ONLY BEGAN

AND IS DOING BUT IS CONTINUING,

BUT I SEE IT.

I SEE AND I PRAY THAT

WHAT I SEE IN YOU

CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN ME BECAUSE

I WANT HIM TO BE REVEALED.

I WANT HIM TO SPEAK FIRST TO ME

BEFORE HE SPEAKS THROUGH ME.

I REALLY DO WANT TO DELIVER WHAT

I'VE HEARD AND APPLIED TO ME

BEFORE I EVER TRY

TO APPLY SOMETHING TO OTHERS.

I KNOW OUR MUTUAL RESPECT

AND LOVE FOR OUR FAMILIES

THAT WE BOTH HAVE

PRAYERFUL ATTENTION TOWARD

OUR FAMILIES AND CONCERNS,

THAT WE HAVE THIS LOVE

AND APPRECIATION.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

I SEE THE WORK OF GOD IN YOU.

I THINK WHAT YOU SHARED --

LOOK, GET THE BOOK.

IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GO

TO YOUR WEB SITE AND SAY,

"I WANT TO KNOW

WHERE ANNE'S GOING TO BE.

I WANT TO KNOW

WHERE SHE IS SPEAKING.

COULD I GET THE BOOK THERE?"

WHERE WOULD THEY GO?

Anne: JUST MY NAME,

ANNEGRAHAMLOTZ.COM.

James: AND IT WILL TELL

EVERYTHING, YOUR SCHEDULE,

ITINERARY, WHATEVER?

Anne: IT GIVES ALL THAT,

IT GIVES OUR RESOURCES.

THE MINISTRY IS SUPPORTED

THROUGH DONATIONS

AND ALSO THROUGH THE SALE

OF OUR RESOURCES.

SO YOU CAN SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP.

[Laughter]

James: AND I RECOMMEND

THAT YOU DO IT.

IT'S SO WONDERFUL WHEN --

YOU'VE KIND OF GOT A HISTORY

OF WATCHING GOD WORK

THROUGH THE FAMILY.

WE PRAYED FOR ONE ANOTHER.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LIFT

EACH OTHER UP IN MINISTRY.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT WASN'T LIKE WE GOT LIFTED UP

SO WE COULD, WOE IS YOU!

BUT THE LORD IS WORKING ON US --

ALL OF US CONTINUALLY.

WE BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE

MANY OF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR US.

DON'T STOP!

WOULD YOU SAY THANKS TO ANNE

FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING

IN HER LIFE?

[Applause]

BLESSINGS ON YOUR DAD

AND ALL THE FAMILY.

APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU!

I KNOW HER BROTHER

TOOK BETTY AND ME TO THE SUDAN

AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE

OUR WORKERS IN THERE

BECAUSE THEY RISK THEIR LIVES

AND IT IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.

THERE IS A MOVIE COMING OUT

ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL

WHO WENT INTO THE SUDAN

AND HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED.

IT'S ABOUT

A MACHINE GUN PREACHER,

AND WENT INTO THE SUDAN

AND WHAT HE DID

TO FIGHT FOR THE LIVES.

THERE IS A LOT

OF INTERESTING THINGS.

WHAT HER BROTHER SAID TO ME,

"THE CHRISTIANS IN THE SUDAN

THAT I'VE MET, THEY LOOK LIKE

THE BOOK OF ACTS CHRISTIANS."

AND WHEN I WENT THERE

WITH FRANKLIN, BETTY AND I WENT,

WE SAW THESE CHRISTIANS

SO FULL OF JESUS,

THEY WERE BEING KILLED, MURDERED

AND THEY TALKED

ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES.

SOME OF THE MISSIONARIES

HAD BEEN DEAD FOR A DECADE,

SOME OF THEM 20 YEARS

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THEM LIKE

THEY WERE THEIR PRESENT FATHER.

THAT'S THE IMPACT THAT

THOSE WITNESSES HAD HAD ON THEM

AND THEY WERE WITNESSES.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

THE MISSION FIELD

IS ONE OF THE MOST

EXCITING PLACES ON THE PLANET

TO BE SHARING THE LOVE OF GOD

WITH PEOPLE WHO FEEL

SO OVERLOOKED AND FORGOTTEN,

MANY OF THEM IN THE SUDAN,

MANY OF THEM IN THE AREAS

LIKE SOMALIA, ANGOLA,

STILL AREAS OF MOZAMBIQUE

AND OTHER PARTS

OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

WE'RE ASKING YOU, WOULD YOU...

WOULD YOU HELP US REACH OUT

TO THESE BEAUTIFUL

BUT DESPERATELY NEEDY PEOPLE

AND DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE OF GOD?

I WANT YOU

TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR

FROM A YOUNG MAN THAT GREW UP

FROM THE TIME HE WAS BORN

WITH OUR MINISTERING

RELATIONSHIP,

LISTEN TO HIS HEART

ON THE MISSION FIELD.

HE IS THE FATHER

OF FIVE CHILDREN HIMSELF.

YOU WILL HEAR THE HEART OF GOD.

LISTEN CLOSELY.

Kyle: OUR MINDS SEEM COUNTLESS MEMORIES FULL

FROM OUR JOURNEYS HERE IN AFRICA,

BUT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT FACE SEIZES YOUR HEART.

JACOB, 18 MONTHS;

A LIFE HANGING IN THE BALANCE BEFORE US.

OR WAS IT TWO LIVES?

JACOB'S GRANDMOTHER MARIE

WAS GIVING ALL THAT SHE HAD TO CARE FOR JACOB,

THE ONLY REMAINING MEMORY OF HER DAUGHTER.

YOU SEE, THREE WEEKS AFTER JACOB'S BIRTH

HIS MOM WAS LOST TO AN ILLNESS THE DOCTORS NEVER IDENTIFIED.

HOW MUCH CAN THE HUMAN SPIRIT ENDURE?

STILL REELING FROM THE PAIN OF LOSS

IS MARIE LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF MORE LOSS?

THE FACE OF A CHILD TOO WEAK TO SMILE

ALL BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE LACK OF FOOD.

WE CAN TALK STATISTICS;

HOW MANY MARIES AND JACOBS THERE ARE HERE IN AFRICA

BUT MARIE AND JACOB, THEY'RE NOT A STATISTIC.

THEY'RE TWO VERY REAL PEOPLE

COURAGEOUSLY FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL

UNDER UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIP.

PRAYER WAS OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE

FOR IN NO WAY DO WE UNDERESTIMATE ITS POWER.

BUT GOD CALLS US TO MORE THAN THAT.

WE ARE CALLED TO ACTION

BUT EVEN OUR ACTION IS NOT ENOUGH HERE.

FOR THE CLINIC THAT COULD RESCUE JACOB

IS FACING SUCH DEPLETED SUPPLY THAT IT CANNOT CARE FOR HIM

AS HE SO DESPERATELY NEEDS.

WE ARE ONLY ONE PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR JACOB.

YOUR ACTION IS THE OTHER.

YOU CAN BE THE ANSWER.

James: WILL YOU BE? PLEASE!

WE WATCHED KYLE ROGERS GROW UP

FROM THE TIME HE WAS BORN.

WE WERE WITH HIM, AND THE FAMILY

WHEN HE WAS BORN,

FATHER OF FIVE

BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

WONDERFUL HUSBAND!

GREAT CHURCH LEADER.

NOW GOES ALL OVER THE WORLD

AS A MISSIONARY TOO,

TO ASSIST THE MISSIONARIES.

YOU HEARD THE HEART OF GOD.

WOULD YOU HELP SAVE

THOSE CHILDREN'S LIVES?

THERE IS A GRANDMOTHER

RAISING THE LITTLE CHILD

THAT IS HUNGRY;

THE MOTHER DIED OF MALNUTRITION,

DISEASE EFFECT.

BETTY, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Betty: WOW!

I CAN RELATE TO THAT GRANDMOTHER

IN THAT I KNOW HOW MUCH

I LOVE MY GRANDCHILDREN.

AS THAT GRANDMOTHER SAT THERE

HOLDING THAT PRECIOUS CHILD,

ALL SHE COULD DO IS HOLD HIM

BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE

THE RESOURCES TO HELP HIM.

IF SHE DID,

SHE WOULD GIVE HIM THE FOOD.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES,

WE HAVE THE HELP THEY NEED

TO SAVE THE LIVES

OF THESE CHILDREN.

WHEN THE SOLUTION IS SO SIMPLE,

THEY NEED SOME FOOD

TO NOURISH THEIR LITTLE BODIES.

WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

WILL YOU HELP US REACH OUT

TO THESE CHILDREN?

THEY NEED HELP SO MUCH!

PLEASE HELP US!

James: FROM THE TIME

BETTY AND I SAW THE NEED

WE'VE BEEN MEETING THE NEED.

WHEN WE CAME BACK HOME

FROM THE MISSION FIELD,

WE SAID, "WHATEVER IT TAKES."

WE ACTUALLY SOLD A LOT OF STUFF

TO START BECAUSE

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

WE DID NOT KNOW IF

CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND VIEWERS

OF CHRISTIAN TELEVISION

WOULD HELP.

WE KNEW TWO THINGS:

IF YOU DIDN'T WANT MANY PEOPLE

TO SHOW UP AT CHURCH,

HAVE A PRAYER MEETING

OR A MISSION CONFERENCE.

NOT MANY SHOWED UP.

WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW

IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT

SO WE JUST FOUND WAYS TO DO IT

AND THEN WE STARTED.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'VE BEEN A MIRACLE.

YOU HAVE BEEN A MIRACLE ANSWER

TO PRAYER FOR SO MANY MOTHERS

AND SO MANY MISSIONARIES

WHO HAVE PLANTED THEIR LIVES

IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING.

SO WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO CONTINUE THAT RIGHT NOW.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF CHILDREN

REPRESENTED BY THE FEW YOU SAW,

THE MISSIONARIES HAVE LOCATED,

YOU JUST SAW EXAMPLES,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US FEED

AS MANY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

NOW HERE'S THE TRUTH,

THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES,

$30, $50, OR $100

WE CAN FEED THREE,

FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

I THINK THERE IS A LEVEL

AND A WAY YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.

I WILL ALWAYS ASK,

ASK YOU DIRECTLY

"HELP AS MANY AS YOU CAN."

IF YOU CAN HELP US

PUT ARMS OF LOVE

AROUND TEN CHILDREN

WITH A $100 GIFT, DO IT.

WE'VE GOT VIEWERS

WHO GLADLY AND JOYFULLY

WILL WRITE A $1,000 CHECK;

SOME EVEN MORE BECAUSE GOD HAS

BLESSED THEM AND ENABLED THEM

TO AND IT IS IN THEIR HEART.

DON'T ACCUSE PEOPLE

WHO HAVE MADE SOME MONEY

OF ALWAYS NOT CARING.

SOME OF THEM CARE VERY DEEPLY

AND THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY

AND JOBS AND POSSIBILITIES

FOR MANY PEOPLE.

DON'T PUT A BRAND

ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

PLEASE DON'T! IT IS A MISTAKE.

IF YOU CAN HELP HUNDREDS

OR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

I BELIEVE YOU WILL.

BUT BE REALISTIC

FOR WHERE YOU ARE.

IF YOU CAN GIVE $100 OR $50

AND HELP US FEED TEN

OR FIVE, DO IT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE THREE?

YOU MAY SAY, "JAMES,

I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH."

AND SOME OF THE MOST PRECIOUS

PEOPLE WHO HELP US FAITHFULLY

CAN SAY, "$30 IS ALL I CAN DO"

AND IT IS THE BIGGEST GIFT

ANYONE CAN GIVE

BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,

WOULD YOU DO IT?

DIAL THE NUMBER,

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK, PLEASE.

OR YOU WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO LIFE

BUT PUT IT IN THE MAIL,

ADDRESSED TO LIFE,

YOU'RE GIVING LIFE.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG

AND MAKE THE GIFT THERE

AND WE WILL HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY.

FATHER, PLEASE,

TOUCH EVERYONE'S HEART TO GIVE

RIGHT NOW, WHATEVER THEY CAN.

IN JESUS' NAME.

NOW IT'S ONE THING

TO SAY, "I HOPE IT HAPPENS,"

IT IS ANOTHER THING

FOR YOU TO BE THE HOPE.

IT'S ONE THING TO PRAY,

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BE

AN ANSWER TO SOMEONE'S PRAYER.

YOU'LL HAVE

YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED

MUCH MORE READILY

WHEN YOU BECOME AN ANSWER

TO PRAYER.

THAT IS A FACT!

READ ISAIAH 58 -- THAT'S A FACT!

WILL YOU MAKE THAT CALL?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT!

WE HAVE SOME GIFTS FOR YOU

THAT WILL BE BLESSINGS

IN YOUR LIFE.

Announcer: AT THIS VERY MOMENT

A CHILD IS DRAWING HER LAST BREATH

STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD.

SADLY, THIS IMPOVERISHED CHILD IS NOT ALONE

AND WITHOUT OUR HELP, MANY LIKE HER THROUGHOUT AFRICA

FACE DEATH AS WELL.

TODAY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU CAN HELP SAVE A LIFE!

LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING TEAMS ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW

READY TO ANSWER THE HUNGER CRIES

OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SUFFERING CHILDREN

IN REMOTE AREAS OF AFRICA.

WITH PREVIOUS FOOD RESERVES GONE

AND PARTS OF AFRICA FACING ITS WORST FAMINE

AND FOOD SHORTAGE IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES,

WE DESPERATELY NEED TO REPLENISH OUR SUPPLIES

FOR THE FEEDING PROGRAMS IMMEDIATELY!

YOUR LIFESAVING GIFT OF $30, $50, OR $100

WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.

WITH YOUR GIFT WE'LL SEND YOU BETH MOORE'S BOOK,

<I>THE LIFE THAT OVERCOMES.</I>

THIS LIFE OUTREACH EXCLUSIVE

FEATURING A COLLECTION OF MESSAGES FROM BETH'S HEART

WILL INSPIRE YOU TO LIVE AN OVERCOMING LIFE EACH DAY!

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE TO HELP FEED TEN CHILDREN

YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST OUR NEW 90-DAY BIBLE

DESIGNED TO HELP YOU READ THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES

IN JUST 90 DAYS.

FINALLY, AS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP FEED AND SAVE THE LIVES OF 100 CHILDREN.

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THE BEAUTIFUL

"HEART OF THE FATHER" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY

AT LIFETODAY.ORG.

James: I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.

I DO WANT TO MENTION

THAT ARTISTS GIVE

THEIR GREAT GIFT

TO PRESENT COLLECTIBLES,

A GREAT PIECE THAT REPRESENTS

GOD'S EXPRESSION OF LOVE,

"THE HEART OF THE FATHER."

WE'RE SENDING

THIS BEAUTIFUL BRONZE

AS WE DO SO OFTEN

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL MAKE

A GIFT TO HELP US CARE

FOR 100 CHILDREN OR MORE,

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT,

BETH MOORE'S BOOK,

<I>THE LIFE THAT OVERCOMES,</I>

<I>THE 90-DAY BIBLE.</I>

IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO HELP US TODAY,

I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

MISSION-MINDED FAMILIES;

THEY CAME FROM MISSIONARIES,

WITNESSES WHERE

THE WHOLE GRAHAM FAMILY

WAS IMPACTED, LITERALLY.

ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ BOOK,

<I>EXPECTING TO SEE JESUS;</I>

WE'LL GLADLY SEND THAT TO YOU

FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO JUST

HELP US FEED AS MANY CHILDREN

AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

JOIN BETTY AND ME AGAIN

SAYING THANKS TO ANNE.

ANNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!

THANK ALL OF YOU.

ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS

TO WATCH LIFE TODAY.

YOU GET THE WORD OUT

AND WE'LL HELP GET THE WORD

INTO THE LIVES OF YOUR FRIENDS.

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James: EVERYONE IS RIGHTLY CONCERNED

ABOUT WHO WILL LEAD OUR NATION?

WHO WILL FILL THE VARIOUS OFFICES?

I'VE WRITTEN A COMMENTARY THAT I BELIEVE GOD PUT ON MY HEART.

IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS TITLED, "WHAT, NOT WHO."

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE "WHAT" TO FIND THE RIGHT "WHO"

AND INSIST THE RIGHT "WHAT" IS DONE.

GO TO THE WEB SITE. GET A COPY AND PASS IT ON.

Beth: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE GOT A FRESH WORD FROM GOD?

WELL, HE WAS TALKING OVER THERE!

AND WE'RE STILL OVER HERE GOING, "WHAT? WHAT?"

Announcer: WRECKED BUT NOT RUINED - TOMORROW!