Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY, BETH MOORE!

Beth: YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN EMPTY VESSEL?

IF WE DO NOT GO TO GOD TO GET THAT CUP FILLED,

LET ME TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GET OURSELVES

INTO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY REAL INSIDE OF EACH ONE OF US

THAT NOT ONLY NEEDS TO BE FULL,

I'VE GOT TO KNOW SOMEBODY TOTALLY LOVES ME.

STAY TUNED AS BETH TEACHES US TO BE FILLED TO THE MEASURE -- NEXT!

James: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY,

AND ESPECIALLY

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

THIS IS A REALLY

SPECIAL PROGRAM.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR

THE MESSAGE, THE STORY,

THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PRESENCE

AND POWER OF GOD THAT

HAS BASICALLY GONE VIRAL WITH

BETH MOORE, THE ENTIRE CLIP.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HER TELL

A STORY THAT THE WHOLE WORLD

OUGHT TO HEAR THAT SHOULD

AS CHRISTIANS.

SHE IS TEACHING ON THE RESOURCES

OF GOD AND HOW GOD BLESSES YOU

BEYOND MEASURE, TO OVERFLOWING.

AND PART OF THAT OVERFLOWING

PRESENCE IS HIS DIRECTION

AND THE COMMUNICATION

HE HAS WITH US SO THAT

HE DIRECTS WHAT WE DO,

HE BASICALLY ORDERS OUR STEPS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HEED

THAT VOICE.

ALSO, AT THE CONCLUSION

OF THE PROGRAM, WE WANT YOU

TO GET MORE THAN ENOUGH

BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU

TO HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

HE DOESN'T WANT YOU

TO BE TROUBLED BY BAD NEWS.

YOU READ PSALM 112,

THOSE WHO ARE GENEROUS

AND COMPASSIONATE

AND WHERE THEY HONOR GOD

AND PUT HIM FIRST,

THEY DON'T FEAR BAD NEWS.

YOU DON'T NEED TO FEAR BAD NEWS.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN

GET THE TEACHING SERIES,

MORE THAN ENOUGH BECAUSE

IT'S GOING TO BLESS YOU.

BUT HERE'S BETH MOORE

AND I'M TELLING YOU, YOU CAN

GET READY TO GET BLESSED.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT

TO PASS THIS ON.

YOU'LL EVEN WANT

TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO YOU TUBE

TO HER HEAR TELL THE STORY

YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR.

HERE'S BETH.

Beth: EVERYTHING WE SWITCH OUT

FOR WHAT CHRIST CAME TO MINISTER

TO OUR SOULS,

EVERY BIT OF THAT IS AN IDOL.

SO, WE HAVE STRUGGLES

THINKING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

CONCEPTS, OF THEIR CULTURE,

WHEN REALLY

WE UNDERSTAND THIS ONE.

WE ARE A CULTURE THAT CERTAINLY

UNDERSTANDS IDOLATRY.

WE'LL TURN TO SUBSTITUTION.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR

SOME WORDS OUT OF ISAIAH 44:20,

I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.

ISAIAH 44, VERSE 20.

ANOTHER NAME, AS WE'RE THINKING

IN THE TERMS OF IDOLATRY,

"A DELUDED HEART MISLEADS HIM."

THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US THAT,

ABOVE ALL,

THE HEART IS DECEITFUL.

THAT YOUR HEART --

IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT

ON EMOTION, ON HOW YOU FEEL,

ESPECIALLY BEFORE THAT HEART

BEGINS TO GET SANCTIFIED

AND GETS SOME FULLNESS

FROM CHRIST,

WHEN WE'RE STILL JUST

AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN --

THAT HEART WILL LIE LIKE A DOG

TO US.

HOW MANY BAD RELATIONAL

DECISIONS HAVE WE MADE

BECAUSE OF A DELUDED HEART?

IT SAYS THAT WITH THIS

DELUDED HEART WE CAN'T LOOK DOWN

AT OUR RIGHT HAND AND GO,

"WHAT I'M DOING

TO TRY TO FILL MY EMPTINESS

IS ONE BIG FAT LIE!"

IT IS A LIE --

IT IS A LIE.

IT'S WHAT'S AT THE BASE

AND AT THE ROOT

OF EVERY ADDICTION.

BECAUSE IT LIED.

AND NOW WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE.

AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE

A LITTLE MORE THAN WE DID

LAST TIME, BECAUSE THEN,

OF COURSE, WE KIND OF ADJUST

TO THAT LEVEL, AND

AND MORE AND MORE...

SUBSISTENCE

OR SUBSTITUTION?

YOU SIT TIGHT

RIGHT THERE IN LUKE 4,

BUT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU

SOME STUNNING WORDS

OUT OF JEREMIAH 2,

THAT SPEAK TO THIS

PERFECTLY.

WHEN WE DIG OUR OWN CISTERNS

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

IT HAS CRACKS IN IT

EVERY TIME

AND EVERYTHING WE POUR INTO IT

JUST POURS OUT OF IT.

WHEN I COME BEFORE CHRIST

AND I SAY TO HIM,

"ALL RIGHT LORD, I MEAN

I AM A NEED

WAITING TO BE FILLED."

SEE, THAT'S FAIR --

THAT'S FAIR.

I KNOW I'VE GOT CAVERNOUS PLACES

IN MY SOUL.

PSALM 90 SAYS,

"SATISFY ME IN THE MORNING

WITH YOUR UNFAILING LOVE."

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE

IN EPHESIANS 3.

LET'S TURN BACK THERE RIGHT NOW.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS

BECAUSE I WANT YOU

TO NOTE SOMETHING.

IN BEING FILLED TO THE MEASURE

THAT IS SPECIFIED

IN EPHESIANS 3,

NOTICE WITH ME THAT IT SAYS,

OH, PLEASE GO THERE WITH ME.

BECAUSE YOU AND I

DON'T JUST NEED TO BE FULL,

WE NEED TO BE FULL

OF SOMEBODY'S LOVE.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

HAS AN INNATE

OVERWHELMING,

NOT JUST DESIRE TO BE LOVED,

BUT A NEED TO BE LOVED.

YOU ARE NEVER AT GREATER RISK,

NOR AM I,

THAN WHEN WE ARE NOT FEELING

PROPERLY LOVED.

WE WILL LOOK FOR THAT.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT

AN EMPTY VESSEL?

IF WE DO NOT GO TO GOD

TO GET THAT CUP FILLED,

LET ME TELL YOU

WE ARE GOING TO GET OURSELVES

INTO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

OF TROUBLE,

BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING

VERY REAL

INSIDE OF EACH ONE OF US

THAT NOT ONLY NEEDS TO BE FULL,

I'VE GOT TO KNOW SOMEBODY

TOTALLY LOVES ME.

I CANNOT CHANGE THAT,

NO MATTER WHAT I DO.

WHAT THE WORD OF GOD

IS TEACHING US

IS HOW TO COME TO HIM

BEFORE HE FILLS ME UP,

I'VE GOT TO EMPTY MYSELF OUT.

THAT'S WHEN I'LL COME AND

BRING HIM MY CONFESSIONS OF SIN.

I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING

TO CONFESS.

I'M GOING TO BRING HIM

MY CONCERNS.

I'M GOING TO TELL ON PEOPLE

THAT HAVE HURT MY FEELINGS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M GONNA DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

AFTER I EMPTY MYSELF BEFORE HIM,

I WANT TO ASK HIM,

"LORD YOU COME,

YOU JUST OVERTAKE ME."

SEE, THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT

IS NOT ABOUT A SPIRITUAL GIFT!

IT'S ABOUT A STATE

OF BEING... FULL!

BUT WITH THAT FULLNESS

COMES POWER.

AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO DO

WITH THAT KIND OF POWER.

SOMETHING BEYOND YOU.

I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY

THAT I TOLD MANY YEARS AGO,

THAT REMAINS DEAR TO ME.

PARTICULARLY BECAUSE PEOPLE

BRING IT BACK UP TO ME

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT'S PROBABLY THE THING

I'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT

AS MUCH AS ANYTHING REGARDING

STORIES AND BIBLE STUDIES

ALONG THE YEARS.

IT'S SUCH A STATEMENT

IN MY OWN LIFE,

AND SUCH A MEMORY

OF GOD OVERTAKING ME

AND ENABLING ME TO DO SOMETHING

I COULDN'T DO.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DANGEROUS

YOU'D BE IF YOU WOULD LIVE

FILLED TO THE MEASURE

WITH THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.

I WAS HEADED OFF

TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY,

TO ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TO SPEAK,

I'D BEEN MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE

AND I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY

I WAS MEMORIZING JOHN,

CHAPTER ONE AT THE TIME.

I WAS ON THE AIRPLANE,

THE WAY I DO MY MEMORY WORK

IS I HAVE TO SAY IT.

I READ IT THEN SAY IT OUT LOUD,

THEN I READ IT

AND THEN I LOOK AWAY FROM IT

AND SEE IF I CAN SAY IT.

I DID THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

UNTIL I GOT STUMPED ON A PASSAGE

AND THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO ME

COMPLETED MY SENTENCE.

HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.

[Laughter]

HE HAD NO DESIRE TO MEMORIZE

JOHN, CHAPTER ONE.

NONE! NONE!

I GOT TO MY LAYOVER

AND I WAS ABOUT TO GO --

I WAS GOING INTO A SMALL TOWN,

ASHVILLE, SO I WAS ABOUT

TO MOVE TO A PROP.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH A PART

OF THE AIRPORT

THAT WAS JUST ONE LARGE ROOM

WHERE YOU WENT OFF INTO

SEVERAL DIFFERENT HALLS,

DOWN TO THE SMALLER PLANES.

FOR A SMALL AIRPORT,

IN THE SMALL PART

OF THE TERMINAL IT WAS PACKED,

ABSOLUTELY PACKED.

OUR CHAIRS WERE ALL

FACING ONE ANOTHER

THERE WERE A SET OF CHAIRS

THAT WERE AGAINST THE WALL

AND I WAS IN THE ONE

STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM THEM.

I WAS TOTALLY IMMERSED

IN MY MEMORY WORK.

THE ONLY REASON

I AM TELLING YOU THIS

IS I WAS FILLED TO THE MEASURE.

I HAD A WONDERFUL MORNING

WITH HIM AND I WAS FILLED

TO THE MEASURE.

SO I WAS SITTING INDIAN STYLE

IN MY JEANS AND SWEATER AND

I HAD MY BIBLE OPEN IN MY LAP,

AND I WAS GOING BACK OVER IT

AND BACK OVER IT.

BOY, I WAS GETTING IT.

I WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN

TO ABOUT VERSE 18,

AND BOY, IT WAS COMING TO ME.

I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME.

SUDDENLY I SEE THAT

THE EYES OF ALL THE PEOPLE

AGAINST THE WALL ARE WATCHING

SOMETHING BEHIND ME.

IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE

BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR EYES

SHIFTED THIS WAY,

THIS BIG AROUND,

AND THEY BEGAN TO COME THIS WAY.

WHATEVER IT WAS,

IT WAS GOING RIGHT BEHIND ME.

I'M THINKING, "OH,

I WISH I WERE LOOKING."

OR ARE YOU LIKE THAT?

I'M A PEOPLE WATCHER.

I SO DESPERATELY THOUGHT,

"WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT?"

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO LOOK

FOR MYSELF UNTIL IT COMES

ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE.

IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION,

I BEGAN TO SEE A LITTLE OF IT.

IT IS A FLIGHT HOSTESS

THAT IS PUSHING A MAN

IN A WHEEL CHAIR

RIGHT TO THE END OF MY ROW,

AND THERE IS NOBODY BETWEEN US.

AND THIS PLACE IS PACKED.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS

WENT TO A SIGNIFICANT

AMOUNT OF TROUBLE TO MAKE SURE

THAT I SAW THIS MAN.

I WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE

GETS MORE POLITE,

AND THEN I GO --

AND WHEN I LOOK OVER AT HIM,

HE WAS THE ODDEST SIGHT.

HE LOOKED LIKE

HE WAS NOT ONE IOTA LESS THAN

ABOUT 129 AND I'M NOT KIDDING.

THIS WAS THE OLDEST

LOOKING PERSON I HAD EVER SEEN.

NOT ONLY THAT,

BUT HE HAD GRAY HAIR

THAT WAS DOWN TO HERE.

HIS FINGER NAILS WERE EVERY BIT

AS LONG AS MINE.

HE WAS CLEAN,

BUT HE WAS JUST AN ODD SIGHT!

HIS PANTS LOOKED LIKE

HE HAD OBVIOUSLY LOST

A LOT OF WEIGHT BECAUSE

THEY WERE JUST BUNCHED UP.

I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW HE LOOKED.

HIS HEAD WAS JUST HANGING DOWN

LIKE THIS AND HIS HAIR

WAS IN STRINGS THIS LONG.

WHOA!

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES

WHEN YOU THINK,

THAT IS HOWARD HUGHES!

THAT HAS GOT TO BE HOWARD HUGHES

YOU THINK ANY MOMENT,

"I'M GOING TO HAVE

AN ELVIS SIGHTING."

IT WAS THAT KIND OF THING.

THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING

IN THE AIRPORT TODAY

SO I CAN HARDLY

TAKE MY GAZE OFF OF HIM.

I TRY TO GET MY FACE BACK DOWN

AND GO BACK TO MY MEMORY WORK.

THIS IS HOW MUCH GOD THINKS

OF US JUST MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE

BUT NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT

BECAUSE THE LORD

BEGINS TO COMPEL MY HEART.

OVERWHELMS ME!

WELL, I HAVE LEARNED,

I'VE WALKED WITH HIM

A LONG TIME.

I KNEW BY NOW THAT IS SCARY.

GOD IS UP TO SOMETHING

WHEN HE IS OVERWHELMING

YOUR HEART LIKE THAT.

I JUST THOUGHT, "OH PLEASE,

GOD, NO!

OH, PLEASE!

PLEASE, GOD, NO!

BECAUSE I'M ALREADY KNOWING

HE WANTS ME TO WITNESS

TO THIS MAN.

SO I SAY TO MYSELF

IN MY SPIRIT --

AND I'M NOT TALKING OUT LOUD,

BUT IN MY SPIRIT

I'M TALKING TO GOD,

I'M SURE MY MOUTH IS GOING --

BECAUSE I SAY TO HIM,

"DO NOT MAKE ME WITNESS

TO THAT MAN!

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, AS CLEAR

AS I'M TALKING TO YOU NOW,

THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART.

THERE'S BEEN VERY FEW TIMES

I'VE EVER HEARD GOD

BE THIS ARTICULATE WITH ME.

I'M TELLING YOU WORD FOR WORD

THESE WORDS CAME INTO MY HEART:

"I'M NOT ASKING YOU

TO WITNESS TO HIM;

I'M ASKING YOU

TO BRUSH HIS HAIR."

"LORD, THAT MAN

NEEDS WITNESSING TO!"

[Laughter]

"WHAT GOOD IS COMBED HAIR

IF A MAN IS LOST?

AND I CAN TELL, LORD,

THAT MAN -- I AM YOUR WITNESS,

I AM YOUR WITNESS,

I AM YOUR GIRL!

ME! ME!"

I'VE GOT THE ROMAN ROAD!

AMEN?

STILL, IN MY HEART,

WE'RE JUST HAVING A FIGHT.

"I DIDN'T TELL YOU

TO WITNESS TO HIM.

I TOLD YOU TO BRUSH HIS HAIR!"

I DON'T HAVE A HAIR BRUSH!

I FIX MY HAIR

AND THEN IT'S DONE FOR THE DAY

UNTIL I UNFIX IT.

AND THE BRUSH IS IN THE LUGGAGE.

SO I SAY, "I DON'T EVEN HAVE

A HAIR BRUSH!"

THE LORD'S STILL COMPELLING ME.

SO I GET UP, WALK OVER,

AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF,

I DON'T EVEN HAVE A HAIR BRUSH.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THOROUGHLY

EQUIPPED UNDER ALL GOOD WORKS.

I DO NOT HAVE MY HAIR BRUSH.

[Laughter]

I WALK OVER;

I GET RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MAN.

HIS HEAD IS HANGING DOWN

LIKE THIS.

I LEAN DOWN LIKE THIS

AND I SAID, "SIR,

MAY I HAVE THE HONOR

OF BRUSHING YOUR HAIR?"

AND HE SAYS, "WHAT?"

A LITTLE LOUDER,

"SIR, MAY I HAVE THE HONOR

OF BRUSHING YOUR HAIR?"

HE GOES, "WELL, LADY,

IF YOU WANT ME TO HEAR YOU,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO SPEAK UP."

[Shouting] "SIR,

MAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE

OF BRUSHING YOUR HAIR?"

TO WHICH EVERY ONE

IN THE AIRPORT GOES [whooh]

[Laughter]

I CAN FEEL EVERY EYE

PIERCING ME LIKE THIS,

AND I WAS HUMILIATED --

HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

"IF YOU WANT TO."

AND I'M GOING, "I DON'T!"

[Laughter]

I DON'T WANT TO!

I WENT, "YES, SIR.

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO,

BUT MY PROBLEM IS

I DON'T HAVE A HAIR BRUSH."

[Laughter]

HE SAYS, "I HAVE A HAIR BRUSH.

IT'S BACK IN MY BAG."

SO I GO ALL THE WAY AROUND

THE WHEELCHAIR,

HIS BAG IS ON THE BACK OF IT.

I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES.

I UNZIP THIS LITTLE DUFFLE BAG

AND I STARTED PULLING OUT

HIS CLEAN UNDERSHIRTS,

HIS PAIR OF PAJAMAS...

ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

AND AS I DO I CANNOT TELL YOU

THE FEELING THAT OVERWHELMS ME.

I'M JUST FLOODED

WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

I FOUND THE HAIRBRUSH;

IT'S ONE OF THOSE

REAL OLD BRISTLE ONES.

IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING

LIKE OUR BRUSHES DO NOW.

WHEN I STOOD UP I BEGAN --

I WENT OVER TO HIM AND

I THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW,

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

THIS IS WHAT I'M GOOD AT."

I HAD TWO GIRLS.

I'M GOOD AT THIS.

I JUST CAME AND I BEGAN

TO BRUSH HIS HAIR,

AND IT WAS SO MATTED THAT

I COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT.

SO I HAD TO GET DOWN

TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF IT.

I JUST BRUSHED

THE VERY ENDS OF IT,

AND THEN JUST A LITTLE BIT;

IT TOOK US FOREVER!

I WANT TO TELL YOU,

I WAS OBLIVIOUS

TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THAT ROOM.

AT THAT POINT,

NOBODY ELSE WAS ALIVE TO ME.

I JUST KEPT BRUSHING

AND BRUSHING UNTIL THAT HAIR

WAS AS SMOOTH AS SILK.

I WENT BACK AROUND TO HIM

AND SQUATTED DOWN

IN FRONT OF HIM AND PUT MY HANDS

ON HIS HANDS --

THEY WERE ON HIS KNEES AND

HIS HEAD WAS JUST LIKE THAT --

I ASKED, "SIR,

DO YOU KNOW JESUS?"

AND HE SAID, "YES, I DO."

I SAID,"WELL, OF COURSE YOU DO."

[Laughter]

THAT FIGURES!

I WANTED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

WITH YOU -- BUT NO!

YOU NEED YOUR HAIR BRUSHED!

HE TOLD ME THAT HIS LITTLE BRIDE

OF SO MANY YEARS

WOULD NOT MARRY HIM

UNTIL HE CAME TO KNOW CHRIST.

AND HE SAID,

"I WAS JUST SITTING HERE

THINKING TO MYSELF ..."

AND HE WEPT,

I'M ABOUT TO CRY TELLING YOU.

HE SAID, "I WAS SITTING HERE

THINKING WHAT A MESS I MUST BE

FOR MY BRIDE."

HE'D BEEN IN THAT HOSPITAL

FOR MONTHS AND HE WAS

ABOUT TO RETURN BACK HOME.

NOBODY HAD CUT HIS HAIR

OR ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG

IT HAD BEEN

SINCE IT HAD BEEN BRUSHED.

THAT HOSTESS CAME

AND PUT HIM ON THE PLANE.

SHE CAME BACK OUT

AND SHE WAS CRYING,

I MEAN HARD.

SHE SAID,

"WHAT MADE YOU DO THAT?"

I SAID, "JESUS!

HE'S THE BOSSIEST THING!"

[Laughter]

SHE DID NEED CHRIST,

SO I DID GET TO TALK TO HER.

HE KNOWS WHAT OUR NEED IS.

THE MAN DIDN'T NEED

WITNESSING TO,

HE NEEDED HIS HAIR BRUSHED!

WHEN WE ARE FILLED

TO THE MEASURE

WITH THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST,

[Whispers]

YOU SWEET THING,

YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE NEEDS

WE CAN MEET.

WE CAN DO WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T.

AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT,

YOU'RE JUST THINKING,

"THAT AIN'T ME!

THAT REALLY AIN'T ME!"

NO --

IT'S GOD!

James: WOW! THAT'S GOD.

BETH, I SURE LOVE YOU!

LORD, I SURE LOVE YOU

MAKING BETH THAT SENSITIVE.

I COULD TELL YOU STORY

AFTER STORY VERY, VERY SIMILAR -

SOME THAT ARE SO AMAZING

YOU'D SAY, "JAMES,

THAT KNOCKS MY SHOES OFF!"

WELL, GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE

WITH THAT KIND OF BLESSING.

I WANT TO ASK YOU, IF YOU WOULD,

AND YOU'LL HEAR BETH TALKING

ABOUT SOMETHING THAT

MISSIONARIES HAVE BROUGHT

TO OUR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW

AS WE CLOSE THE YEAR

AND BEGIN A NEW YEAR.

MISSIONARIES OFTENTIMES SAY,

"HERE'S SOMETHING WE REALLY

NEED SOME HELP IN.

WE NEED SOME EMERGENCY FEEDING

IN MALNUTRITION CLINICS.

WE NEED THOUSANDS

AND THOUSANDS OF THESE

EMERGENCY FEEDINGS TO SAVE

CHILDREN UNDER FIVE."

THE SITUATION'S ALMOST

UNBEARABLE TO BEHOLD

AND LOOK AT.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH.

Isak: THIS CHILD IS THREE YEARS OLD

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE TRADITIONAL SIGNS

OF JUST A BAD CASE OF MALNUTRITION.

THEIR HAIR CHANGES COLOR AND REALLY THINS OUT.

WHAT YOU SEE, THIS IS THE REAL MUMBAI --

AND CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING,

WHATEVER FOOD THAT THIS CHILD IS HOLDING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SEE,

WHATEVER THEY GET IS WHATEVER THEY PICK UP OVER HERE

OR SOMETHING THAT IS LYING DOWN, WHATEVER THEY FIND

OR SOMEBODY JUST THROW SOMETHING FROM THE RICKSHAWS.

Beth: IT'S AN INCONCEIVABLE SIGHT!

THERE IS NOTHING THAT PREPARES YOU TO SEE A CHILD

IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION.

IT IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE!

I THINK HOW IN THE WORLD DOES THIS HAPPEN?

Announcer: IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD,

SEVERE DROUGHT, FAMINE AND SHRINKING FOOD SUPPLIES

HAVE LEFT THE YOUNGEST OF THE YOUNG

FEELING THE HARSHEST EFFECTS.

MORTALITY RATES ARE ON THE RISE

AND IT IS THE INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE

THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASE AND SICKNESS.

James: THIS IS A TYPICAL LITTLE --

POOR LITTLE CHILD'S DOLL.

THIS LITTLE BABY CLOSES ITS EYES AND OPENS ITS EYES.

THIS IS SOME LITTLE CHILD'S TOY.

ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS OF ALL, BETTY,

IS THAT MANY OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT PLAY WITH THIS

BEFORE THEY'RE FIVE, THEY DIE

AND THEIR LITTLE EYES CLOSE LIKE THIS LITTLE DOLL.

THEY CLOSE AND NEVER OPEN AGAIN.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A FUTURE HOPE.

James: TOO MANY TIMES

A LITTLE BABY'S GOT HIS EYES

CLOSED WHEN THEY SIT THEM UP,

TRY TO WAKE THEM UP,

THEY CAN'T EVER OPEN THEIR EYES,

THEY'RE GONE.

EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY...

I DON'T CARE IF IT IS THE U.N.

REPORTS OR WORLD FEEDING

AND FOOD PROGRAM REPORTS

OR MISSIONARY REPORTS,

MOST OF THE DEATHS WITH THESE

ARE CHILDREN UNDER FIVE,

MANY OF THEM ARE JUST BABIES

AND INFANTS --

MALNUTRITION.

THE MALNUTRITION CLINICS,

IT'S A PART OF OUR MISSION

FEEDING OUTREACH BUT IT IS

A VERY SPECIAL HIGHLY FOCUSED

PART, VERY EXPENSIVE EVEN BY

OUR STANDARDS, WE MIGHT NOT

THINK SO BUT IT TAKES 50 CENTS

FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE MEALS

AND THE MISSIONARIES TELL US

THEY NEED 400,000 EMERGENCY

NUTRITIOUS FEEDINGS MADE

AVAILABLE TO THEM RIGHT NOW.

SO I WANT TO ASK YOU

TO DIAL THE NUMBER AND MAKE

THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO BEGIN

YOUR NEW YEAR AND SAY,

"I WANT TO DO SOMETHING

REALLY SPECIAL,

HELP THESE MISSIONARIES SAVE

THESE LITTLE CHILDREN'S LIVES."

AS BETH SAID, YOU HEARD BETH

MOORE SAY, IT IS UNBEARABLE.

YOU CAN'T HARDLY STAND TO LOOK

AT THIS, IT IS UNIMAGINABLE!

BUT IT IS CORRECTIBLE.

IT IS NOT LIKE SOME DISEASE

FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE --

YOU AND I HAVE THE CURE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU TO MAKE

THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN.

DIAL THE NUMBER,

USE YOUR BANKCARD AND HELP US

PROVIDE AS MANY MEALS

AS YOU CAN.

IF YOU CAN GIVE SEVERAL

THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROVIDE

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF

THESE MEALS, THEN DO IT!

IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU COULD

GIVE $100 AND ENABLE US TO

PROVIDE A COUPLE HUNDRED MEALS

DO IT!

WELL, WE WANT TO SEND YOU

A TEACHING SERIES ON

MORE THAN ENOUGH BECAUSE

GOD LITERALLY SAYS THAT HE WILL

GIVE YOU MORE THAN ENOUGH.

LISTEN TO WHAT HIS WORD SAYS

AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT GIVING,

HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN

YOU SHARE, WHEN YOU GIVE

CHEERFULLY, WHEN YOU GIVE

TO MEET A NEED,

GOD WILL GENEROUSLY PROVIDE

ALL YOU NEED.

THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE

EVERYTHING YOU NEED

AND PLENTY LEFT OVER

TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.

IN THIS TEACHING SERIES,

WE SHOW YOU HOW PUTTING

GOD FIRST, ROBERT MORRIS

TEACHING ON THE BLESSED LIFE

AND I HEARD HIM TEACH THIS

AT OUR CHURCH AGAIN RECENTLY

AND I SAID, ROBERT, THAT MESSAGE

NEEDS TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

WELL, IT IS.

IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING.

YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.

IT WAS ALL I COULD DO

TO CONTAIN MYSELF.

HE SAID, IT'S SO GREAT

NOT WHEN PEOPLE GET IT

ABOUT GETTING, BUT WHEN

THEY GET IT ABOUT GIVING BECAUSE

WHEN YOU GET IT ABOUT GIVING

AND RELEASING LIFE

YOU GET IT ABOUT LIVING.

BECAUSE REAL LIFE IS REALLY

A RELEASE OF THAT WHICH GOD

NOT ONLY HAS ENTRUSTED

TO OUR WATCH CARE BUT

WHAT HE'S PUT WITHIN US.

THAT'S HIS LOVE

AND HIS COMPASSION.

AND WE RELEASE THIS

TOWARD OTHERS.

THE WORLD IS NOT ONLY WAITING

TO SEE IT, THEY'RE LONGING

TO SEE IT.

WHEN THEY SEE THAT RELEASE

OF LOVE AND COMPASSION

AND THEY SEE PEOPLE GET IT,

CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT

OF THEIR RESOURCES

AND THE RELEASE OF IT

GOD POURS OUT HIS BLESSINGS.

YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT UP

IN MEASURING YOURSELVES

AMONG YOURSELVES ABOUT

WHO HAS HOW BIG A HOUSE

OR HOW BIG A CAR

OR WHAT KIND OF --

YOU DON'T DO THAT!

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT

WHATEVER YOU HAVE

IT NEVER SO POSSESSES YOU

OR YOUR POSSESSIONS

SO CONTROL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T

SEE NEEDS AND MEET THOSE NEEDS

IN OTHERS.

LET US SEND YOU THE TEACHING.

JIMMY EVANS TALKS VERY DIRECTLY

TO COUPLES.

WHAT AN ANOINTING HE HAS!

RABBI LAPIN TEACHES IN A BOOK

AS A JEWISH RABBI

THE OLD TESTAMENT TRUTHS

THAT HAVE ENABLED THE JEWISH

PEOPLE TO HAVE UNDERSTANDINGS

THAT HAVE ENABLED THEM

TO PROSPER IN SOME OF

THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES.

THESE ARE BIBLICAL TRUTHS.

GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY

TO SHARE THESE RESOURCES

WITH YOU.

WE'LL SEND YOU THE CD TEACHINGS.

WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOK

THAT I'VE WRITTEN ON

TRUE PROSPERITY,

IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN MONEY!

IT'S ABOUT LIFE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE

THE RESOURCE MATERIAL

AND THE BOOKS THAT I HAVE FOUND

TO BE SO INSPIRING

AND SO CHALLENGING, MAKE A GIFT

OF $100 TO HELP US PROVIDE

A COUPLE HUNDRED OF

THESE EMERGENCY FEEDINGS

AND WE'LL SEND YOU

THOSE BOOKS ALSO.

THEY WILL BECOME A PART OF

A TREASURED LIBRARY TO HELP YOU

MANAGE THE TREASURES GOD HAS

ENTRUSTED TO YOUR WATCH CARE.

DIAL THE NUMBER.

USE YOUR BANKCARD LIKE A CHECK.

WRITE A CHECK AND MAKE IT

TO LIFE OR YOU CAN GO TO

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AND HELP US TOUCH OTHERS

AND ASK FOR

THESE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES.

GOD HAS FOR YOU

MORE THAN ENOUGH!

Announcer: IN RECENT WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE

YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE

COMING TO OUR LIFE CENTERS, CLINICS, AND FEEDING STATIONS --

MOST ARE SEVERELY MALNOURISHED,

REQUIRING SPECIAL CARE TO PROPERLY FEED THEM.

MORTALITY RATES ARE QUICKLY ON THE RISE

AND IT IS A NEED THAT CERTAINLY CANNOT BE IGNORED.

WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN PROVIDE

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THAT ARE SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE,

INCLUDING POWDERED MILK AND INTRAVENOUS FEEDINGS.

AT A COST OF 50 CENTS PER MEAL

YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT OF $25, $50, OR $100 WILL HELP PROVIDE

50, 100, OR 200 EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDINGS.

WITH YOUR GIFT, WE'LL SEND YOU MORE THAN ENOUGH,

A NEW DYNAMIC EIGHT-PART AUDIO TEACHING SERIES

THAT WILL SHOW YOU GOD'S PLAN

FOR YOUR FINANCIAL PEACE AND PROVISION.

ALSO INCLUDED IS JAMES ROBISON'S INSIGHTFUL BOOK,

"TRUE PROSPERITY."

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE 200 EMERGENCY FEEDINGS,

YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THESE DYNAMIC BOOKS,

THOU SHALT PROSPER BY RABBI DANIEL LAPIN,

MONEY, GREED, AND GOD BY AUTHOR JAY RICHARDS,

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FINALLY, AS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE,

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

TO HELP PROVIDE 2,000 EMERGENCY FEEDINGS

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND,

"AS THE DEER" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY

AT LIFETODAY.ORG.

James: MANY OF OUR VIEWERS

HAVE ASKED IF THEY COULD GET

THE BRONZE, "AS THE DEER

PANTETH FOR THE WATER

SO MY SOUL PANTETH FOR YOU."

YOU MAKE A GIFT TO HELP US

PROVIDE 2000 OF THOSE MEALS

OR MORE, MAKE A GIFT OF $1,000

OR MORE, SOME OF YOU MAY SAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I CAN DO EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

BUT WE'LL SEND YOU

MORE THAN ENOUGH,

SEND YOU THE TEACHING SERIES

AND MATERIAL AND THE BOOKS

THAT WILL BLESS YOU

AND THIS BEAUTIFUL BRONZE.

WE NEED THAT KIND OF GIFT

FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN HELP.

THANK YOU FOR DOING IT!

HE DOES HAVE FOR ALL OF US,

MORE THAN ENOUGH BECAUSE

HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!

GOD BLESS YOU!

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART,

JOINING US BLESSING OTHERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Robert: WELL, IT REALLY IS THE BLESSED LIFE.

IT IS NOT THE BLESSED CHECKBOOK -- IT IS THE BLESSED LIFE.

Announcer: MORE THAN ENOUGH WITH ROBERT MORRIS TOMORROW!