Announcer: COMING UP, BETH MOORE PROVIDES THE TOOLS

TO HELP US THROUGH DIFFICULT CHOICES.

Beth: EVERY FEELING IS HUGE. I'M KIND OF LIKE THAT.

WHERE WHEN I FEEL IT -- I FEEL IT</I>!

WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE GOT OUR EMOTIONAL ENTANGLEMENT

IN A SITUATION, IT CAN BEGIN CLOUDING WHAT'S TRUE.

IT CAN OVERTAKE THE SENSE OF WHAT GOD IS TELLING US.

Announcer: THE FOUR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER "NO"

TO GET A "YES" -- NEXT!

§

James: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY.</I>

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

THIS IS "WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

AND BETTY IS NOT WITH US TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD

EARLIER IN THE WEEK,

BUT BETTY GOT UP THIS WEEK

AND HAD A BLOOD VESSEL THAT

HAD BURST IN HER LEFT EYE.

SHE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE

AND HAS NEVER MISSED A TAPING;

IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO GET BETTER

BEFORE WE TAPED --

BUT IT HASN'T.

IT'S ACTUALLY SWOLLEN

QUITE A BIT AND SHE FELT LIKE

IT WOULD BE UNFAIR.

SHE SAID IT WOULD BE UNFAIR

TO THE VIEWERS THAT THEY SEE --

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THEM

CRINGE LIKE IT DOES ME.

I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND.

BETH IS TEACHING ON

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT.

AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING

I SEE QUITE OBVIOUS MISSING

IN THE LIVES OF MANY CHRISTIANS

AND IN MANY CHURCH SETTINGS

IT IS THE SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT,

BEING ABLE TO DISCERN

THE SPIRIT, THE SPIRITS,

AND WHAT'S GOING ON

AND EVEN EXERCISE WISE JUDGMENT.

I THINK BETH IS EXCELLENT

IN THE WAY SHE APPROACHES

ALL BIBLICAL TRUTH

AND ALL CONCERNS,

AND THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN

AND IT IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE.

SO WELCOME BETH

AND "SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT."

HERE'S BETH.

Beth: HOW CAN I KNOW

IF I AM THINKING IN THE SPIRIT,

IF I'M THINKING WITH

THE ACTIVATED MIND OF CHRIST

OR IF I'M JUST RATIONALIZING

IN A WAY THAT IS NOT GOD AT ALL.

HOW CAN WE DETERMINE

IS THIS OF THE FLESH

OR IS THIS OF THE SPIRIT?

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH

A FOUR-POINT SELF CHECKLIST --

A FOUR POINT SELF CHECKLIST.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE --

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

FOUR QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU

FOUR DIFFERENT QUESTIONS

AND HERE'S GOING TO BE

THE WAY IT WILL WORK.

FOUR NO'S

IS GOING TO BRING YOU ONE YES.

IF YOU CAN ANSWER NO

TO ALL FOUR OF THESE QUESTIONS

IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION...

SO IF YOU'RE UP AGAINST THIS

IN A WEEK,

IF YOU'RE UP AGAINST IT

IN SIX MONTHS,

IF YOU'RE UP AGAINST IT

IN SIX YEARS

WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE

AM I THINKING IN THE SPIRIT HERE

OR IS THIS JUST MY FLESH?

HOW CAN I DETERMINE

IS THIS DISCERNMENT

OR IS THIS JUST

MY OWN CARNAL THINKING HERE?

IS THIS GOD OR IS IT JUST ME?

THEN ASK YOURSELF,

I'M GOING TO ASK MYSELF

THESE FOUR QUESTIONS.

AND IF I CAN ANSWER

ALL FOUR WITH A NO,

I'VE GOT MYSELF A YES.

IN OTHER WORDS,

I'M ONTO SOMETHING

AND IT IS PROBABLY GOD SPEAKING

AND NOT JUST ME MAKING IT UP.

IS THAT FAIR? SO HERE WE GO.

FOUR QUESTIONS

AND IT IS GOING TO BE FOUR NO'S

TO MAKE A YES.

SO THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS:

TAKE THE TIME TO JOT THAT DOWN.

I HOPE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE ABLE

TO SIT DOWN WITH US

FOR A LITTLE WHILE

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN

BECAUSE I THINK

THIS MAY OPEN OUR EYES,

THE EYES OF OUR HEART,

ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS

CHAPTER ONE,

TO SEE HOW HE CAN OPERATE IN US.

THE FIRST ONE IS THIS:

IN OTHER WORDS,

IF YOU HAVE SIZABLE

TRUST ISSUES,

THEN YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST

WHAT YOUR GUT IS TELLING YOU

BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY

GOING TO ASSUME

THAT NO ONE CAN BE TRUSTED.

IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?

BECAUSE WE JUST WANT

TO BE OBVIOUS HERE,

THAT IF WE GOT

SUCH A BIG TRUST ISSUE

THAT WE NEVER TRUST ANYONE AND

WE'RE SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYONE,

IF WE ARE SUSPICIOUS OF PEOPLE

ALL THE TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE

RIGHT SOME OF THE TIME.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

WE'RE JUST GOING TO JUST ASSUME,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT SO-AND-SO.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU SAID IT ABOUT ALL OF THEM!

[Laughter]

IS THAT FAIR?

SO IF I GOT TRUST ISSUES

AND I CAN REALLY SPEAK

TO THIS ONE BECAUSE, BOY,

HAVE I HAD SOME TRUST ISSUES.

VERY EARLY ON IN LIFE

HAD KEY PEOPLE

THAT WERE PERPETRATORS OF HARM

TOWARD ME INSTEAD OF PROTECTION.

SO THOSE BOUNDARIES

WERE DOWN VERY EARLY ON.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER

THE VERY FIRST TIME

THAT I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED,

IT BEGAN SO EARLY.

SO ANYBODY THAT HAS A GOT

A BACKGROUND LIKE MINE

OR SO MANY OTHER KIND

OF BETRAYALS,

WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP

OUR BELIEF SYSTEM

BASED ON THOSE EXPERIENCES

AND WE GROW INTO PEOPLE

WHO DON'T TRUST ANYONE!

WE'VE GOT TO GROW OUT OF THAT.

WE CAN'T TRUST PEOPLE TO BE GOD

BUT WE CAN TRUST SOME PEOPLE

TO BE REALLY GOOD FINE PEOPLE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T

COME UPON SOME PEOPLE

THAT ARE REALLY GOOD FINE PEOPLE

YOU ARE NOT GETTING OUT ENOUGH

BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN YOUR LIFE

IS NOT TO BE DISTRUSTED.

IS THAT OKAY TO SAY?

AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO TRUST

THAT THEY WON'T BE GOD FOR US

BUT THERE IS SOME FINE PEOPLE

OUT THERE.

AND IF WE HAVE JUST

A SUSPICIOUS NATURE,

THEN WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE

TO QUESTION OURSELVES.

IT DOESN'T MEAN

WE'RE NECESSARILY WRONG,

IT MEANS WE BETTER GO

TO THE NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE

WE BETTER SETTLE THAT ISSUE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE

DISTRUSTING PEOPLE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE

SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYBODY

WE COME IN CONTACT WITH.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET A NEW

WORSHIP LEADER AT OUR CHURCH AND

IMMEDIATELY GO, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I CAN ALREADY TELL

THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO WELL!"

[Laughter]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW

ANYBODY LIKE THAT BESIDES ME?

THEY ASSUME

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

SOMEBODY WILL BE IN THE PULPIT.

I MEAN THE FIRST MOMENT,

"THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG THERE.

I JUST FEEL IT IN MY SPIRIT.

SOMETHING IS WRONG."

IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE CRITICAL

AND SUSPICIOUS BY NATURE --

JUST BY NATURE.

HERE'S THE OBVIOUS HERE,

IF WE DISTRUST EVERYBODY

WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE RIGHT

ABOUT SOMEBODY.

THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY

TO COME ALONG THAT IS GOING

TO GIVE US CREDENCE TO THINK,

I KNOW I'M RIGHT ABOUT THIS.

REMEMBER SO-AND-SO.

HOW MANY SO-AND-SO'S

WERE WE WRONG ABOUT?

IF I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING

INSIDE OF ME

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL

IN OUR TERMINOLOGY HERE,

IF SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME

IS FLAGGING;

SOMETHING IN MY SPIRIT

IS JUMPING OVER A SITUATION

OR AN ENCOUNTER

OR OVER A RELATIONSHIP

OR OVER A PERSON,

OKAY, I'VE HAD TO ASK MYSELF

THE QUESTION,

AM I JUST DISTRUSTING THEM

BY NATURE?

AM I JUST CRITICAL BY NATURE?

I NEED A "NO" TO THAT.

I NEED A "NO."

I'VE GOT TO SETTLE THAT

WITH GOD.

IS THAT JUST ME?

IS THAT JUST MY OWN FLESH?

BUT THEN I COME

TO THAT SECOND QUESTION:

AM I JEALOUS

OR DO I FEEL THREATENED BY THEM?

BECAUSE LISTEN,

ANY PERSON WE'RE JEALOUS OF,

WE WILL BE VERY QUICK

TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH

IF SOMEHOW

WE'RE THREATENED BY THEM.

IF THEY'RE SOMEHOW

THREATENING OUR POSITION

OR OUR PLACE,

SOMEHOW DISLODGING US FROM

SOMETHING WE FEEL LIKE WE OWN,

WE ARE IMMEDIATELY

GOING TO GO ON THE DEFENSIVE

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET

A FEELING IN OUR STOMACH

BUT IT MAY NOT BE GOD.

IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?

DO I FEEL JEALOUS OR THREATENED?

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING,

YOU'RE RIGHT HERE

IN FIRST CORINTHIANS TWO.

LOOK DOWN AT FIRST CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER THREE AND VERSE THREE.

I LOVE THIS!

I LOVE THIS WORDING HERE.

THIS IS STILL THE APOSTLE PAUL

TALKING IN OUR SAME CONTEXT

WITH SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH.

HE SAYS THIS:

OKAY, STAY WITH ME HERE

BECAUSE TO ME,

THIS SHOWS US THE DIFFERENCE

IN BEING MERE PEOPLE

OR SPIRIT-FILLED,

SPIRIT-DISCERNING PEOPLE.

BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD SAYS

WE CAN JUST WALK AROUND

LIKE MERE PEOPLE,

I CAN GO AROUND

IN MY NATURAL MAN,

OPERATE IN MY NATURAL IMPULSES,

GET IRRITATED

AND ANNOYED EASILY,

BE SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYBODY.

I CAN WALK AROUND

AS A MERE PERSON

OR I CAN WALK AROUND

EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

OF THE LIVING GOD

AND GET SOMEWHERE

WITH SOME SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT.

WHAT HE IS SAYING HERE IS THIS,

ANY TIME YOU AND I --

REMEMBER WE'RE TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT WITH OUR CHECKLIST,

IS THIS ME OR IS THIS GOD?

IS THIS THE FLESH

OR IS THIS THE SPIRIT?

IF JEALOUSY IS INVOLVED,

IT IS ALWAYS THE FLESH.

BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT

WHEN JEALOUSY IS INVOLVED

WE'RE NOT IN THE SPIRIT,

WE'RE ACTING AS THOSE

WHO ARE WORLDLY,

WE'RE ACTING LIKE MERE WOMEN

OR MERE MEN.

SO WE CAN ALREADY --

AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY CLEARLY,

IT DOESN'T MEAN

YOU'RE ALWAYS WRONG.

IT DOESN'T MEAN

I'M ALWAYS WRONG.

IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE

I'VE GOT A FEELING OF JEALOUSY,

I GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ABOUT

FEELING LIKE KEITH MIGHT HAVE

A SITUATION AT WORK

WHERE A WOMAN HAD

STRONG FEELINGS TOWARD HIM

OR THOSE THAT WERE INAPPROPRIATE

FOR A MARRIED MAN.

YES, I ALSO COULD HAVE FELT

SOME JEALOUSY WITH THAT

HAD TIME GONE ON

AND HAD SEEN MORE THAN I SAW.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS,

I MIGHT HAVE STILL BEEN RIGHT

BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN

IF I WAS OR NOT

BECAUSE ANY TIME I'M WORKING

OUT OF THE REALM OF JEALOUSY

OR JUST BECAUSE

I FEEL THREATENED

THEN I'M STILL OPERATING

IN THE FLESH.

SO I CAN'T TRUST MY FEELING

BECAUSE IT COULD JUST BE

MY OWN HUMAN INSTINCT

HAVING A REACTION TO IT.

AM I JEALOUS

OR DO I FEEL THREATENED?

BECAUSE PEOPLE WE FEEL

THREATENED BY, WE ALWAYS

WANT TO BE QUICK TO JUDGE.

WE'RE WANTING TO TEAR THEM DOWN.

WE'RE WANTING TO PULL THEM OFF

OF THE PEDESTAL IN FRONT OF US

BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE SOMEHOW

THEY'VE THREATENED OUR POSITION.

SO THAT'S SUSPECT EVERY TIME.

FROM THIS I MEAN

FROM BEING RIGHT.

NOW IT MIGHT BE

SOMETHING LITERAL.

IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE YES,

I HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN.

I HAVE THAT PROMOTION TO GAIN

IF THEY DON'T GET IT.

YES, I HAVE THAT POSITION

AT CHURCH IF THEY DON'T GET IT.

YES, I WOULD HAVE

THAT OPPORTUNITY

IF THEY DON'T GET IT.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THAT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC

THAT WE HAVE SELFISHLY TO GAIN

FROM BEING RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING

ABOUT SOMEONE WE THINK

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH.

SO SOMETHING SELFISH TO GAIN.

BUT IT CAN EVEN BE

PSYCHOLOGICAL SATISFACTION.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S LIKE

IT REALLY, REALLY THRILLS US

TO BE RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING

BEING WRONG WITH SOMEONE.

THERE IS SOMETHING PSYCHOLOGICAL

THAT WE'RE GAINING FROM IT,

SOMETHING THAT GIVES US

A SENSE OF SUPERIORITY.

IF WE CAN HONESTLY SAY, "NO,

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

SELFISH TO GAIN FROM THIS;

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT

TO BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS."

THEN WE'RE USUALLY

GETTING ON TO SOMETHING.

WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS

TO ASK OURSELVES

WHERE WE MIGHT COME UP

WITH ENOUGH NO'S TO MAKE A YES

BECAUSE IF WE CAN DETERMINE

I'M NOT CRITICAL

OR SUSPICIOUS BY NATURE

TOWARD THIS PERSON.

NO, I DON'T FEEL JEALOUS

OR THREATENED BY THEM.

NO, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING

THAT I HAVE TO GAIN

BY BEING RIGHT

ABOUT THEM BEING WRONG.

SO WE CONTINUE ON

FROM THAT POINT ASKING OURSELVES

A FOURTH QUESTION.

I WANT TO STOP

ON THIS THIRD ONE THOUGH

AND TALK ABOUT IT A SECOND.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE

SPIRITUAL GIFTS GOD GIVES US

HAS A FLESHLY COUNTERFEIT TO IT.

I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS.

YOU NAME

A PARTICULAR SPIRITUAL GIFT

AND YOU CAN COME UP

WITH SOME WAY THAT

THAT COULD BE TWISTED OFF

OR PERVERTED OR COUNTERFEITED

IN THE FLESHLY REALM.

PROPHESY COULD BE JUST

MAKING UP STUFF.

TEACHING COULD BE USED

AS A FORMAT TO JUST

GIVE A PERSONAL OPINION

AND DRAW ATTENTION TO SELF.

THE GIFT, WHAT WE WOULD CALL

"THE GIFT OF FAITH"

IN ITS COUNTERFEIT

COULD BE GULLIBILITY

AND UNSTUDIED.

ALL OF THEM HAVE SOME KIND

OF COUNTERFEIT IN THE FLESH.

THERE IS DISCERNMENT

THAT IS FOR EVERYONE.

GOD WANTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

TO HAVE DISCERNMENT.

BUT THE WORD OF GOD

ALSO SPEAKS OF A GIFTING;

THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE

A GIFT OF DISCERNMENT.

THEY ARE IMPORTANT

IN A BODY OF BELIEVERS.

THEY'RE IMPORTANT IN A CHURCH.

I CAN'T TELL YOU,

THERE IS NO ESTIMATING THE COST

WHERE WE DON'T HAVE

SOMEBODY OPERATING

IN THAT BODY OF BELIEVERS THAT

HAS THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT.

BUT, THE WAY

THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT,

IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE YOU,

WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF THE ONE,

YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONES

THAT GETS A FEEL FOR STUFF,

AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONES

THAT HAS SOME INFLUENCE

IN YOUR BODY OF BELIEVERS

OR IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD

WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE GIFT

OF DISCERNMENT,

ONE OF THE WAYS IT TWISTS

AND COUNTERFEITS

IS IN A CRITICAL SPIRIT.

IN OTHER WORDS, JUST BECAUSE

IT'S BEEN RIGHT ENOUGH

AND I SAY "IT" BY JUST TALKING

ABOUT THE GIFTING ITSELF

BUT THEN THERE IS A SUPERIORITY

THAT GOES WITH IT;

THAT THERE'S SOMETHING

PSYCHOLOGICAL THAT WE GET

FROM BEING RIGHT.

AND THOSE ARE QUESTIONS

WE HAVE TO ANSWER CONSTANTLY.

IS IT DISCERNMENT

OR DO I JUST HAVE

A CRITICAL SPIRIT?

AM I WANTING SOMEHOW TO GAIN

A SUPERIOR POSITION

BY BEING RIGHT

OVER THIS PERSON BEING WRONG?

SO WE HAVE THREE QUESTIONS:

THE FOURTH ONE IS THIS

AND THIS IS A BIG ONE AND

WE'RE GOING TO SIT ON THIS ONE

FOR A LITTLE WHILE:

ARE MY EMOTIONS

CLOUDING MY DISCERNMENT?

HUGE!

JOT THAT ONE DOWN.

IN OTHER WORDS, AM I GETTING

ALL EMOTIONALLY ENTANGLED

IN THIS THING

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING

TO MAKE MY SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

VERY SUSPECT;

WHAT I'M CALLING THAT.

WHAT MAY NOT BE THAT,

MAY BE THAT I HAVE

SUCH STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT

THAT I CANNOT TELL

WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO ME

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I WANT

BECAUSE I WANT THIS SO BADLY

OR I DO NOT WANT IT SO BADLY;

IT MIGHT BE ONE OR THE OTHER

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT

AND WE'RE SO EMOTIONALLY CHARGED

WHERE IT IS CONCERNED.

MELISSA WAS TELLING ME SOMETHING

THE OTHER DAY

AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, MOM."

I WAS ASKING HER HOW A FRIEND

OF HERS WAS.

SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, MOM,

SHE HAS A REAL HIGH E.Q."

IT JUST KILLED ME BECAUSE

I KNEW SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SHE'S LIKE "NOT I.Q.

BUT EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT."

SHE IS JUST LIKE VERY

EMOTIONALLY CHARGED.

EVERYTHING IS BIG.

EVERY FEELING IS HUGE.

I'M KIND OF LIKE THAT.

WHEN I FEEL IT, I FEEL IT!

WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE GOT

OUR EMOTIONAL ENTANGLEMENT

IN A SITUATION, IT CAN

BEGIN CLOUDING WHAT'S TRUE.

IT CAN OVERTAKE THE SENSE OF

WHAT GOD IS TELLING US DEEP DOWN

IN THE UNDERSIDE OF OUR HEARTS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES

AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU

TO SOME SCRIPTURES TO SEE IT,

BUT I WANT

TO THROW THIS OUT TO YOU

WHEN I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE

WHAT IS GOD AND WHAT IS ME,

ESPECIALLY IF I'M TRYING

TO DETERMINE IF I'M SUPPOSED

TO TAKE ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA

OF MINISTRY

OR THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF WORK.

WHEN I BEGIN TO HEAR

ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY,

I THINK EVERYTHING SOUNDS GREAT.

IF IT IS A GOD THING,

THEN I LOVE IT!

I LOVE IT!

THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL

THINGS WE COULD BE DOING,

SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS

TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO.

BUT YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE LIFE

GOD'S GIVEN YOU

AND A CALLING IN A SPECIFIC WAY

HE WANTS YOU TO SERVE HIM

IN THIS SEASON.

AND WHAT HE'S TAUGHT ME TO DO

THROUGH THE YEARS IS WAIT

UNTIL THAT EMOTIONAL CHARGE

BEGINS TO WANE

AND SEE IF I STILL FEEL LIKE

IT IS WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.

AFTER I SLEEP ON IT

FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS

OR MAYBE SLEEP ON IT

FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,

GET SOME OF THE EMOTION

OUT OF IT.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE

THE FUNNEST THING

I'VE EVER DONE IN ALL MY LIFE.

WAIT 'TIL THAT GOES AWAY

AND SEE THEN

IF UNDER THE EMOTIONS

IS IT STILL RIGHT?

DOES IT STILL FEEL LIKE

IT IS THE WILL OF GOD?

THEN THAT'S SOMETHING

TO TAKE NOTICE OF.

James: YOU CAN HEAR CLEARLY

IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO

NOT ONLY CALM OUR EMOTIONS

OR MOVE BEYOND WHATEVER IT IS

THAT'S TROUBLING,

AND IN THE STILLNESS OF

THE MOMENT WE'LL BE ABLE

TO HEAR GOD MORE CLEARLY.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A BOOK

THAT WE ARE OFFERING:

BELIEVE THIS NOT THAT.</I>

WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING

THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT,

"CAN I EVER DO RIGHT?"

"CAN I LIVE WITH THIS?"

"CAN I EVER OVERCOME?"

"HOW CAN THIS BE?"

"AND HOW DO I HANDLE THAT"

OR "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE."

YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE

DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

AND CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE

OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE

AND THE ENEMY IN THE SPIRITUAL

REALM WILL THROW ALL KINDS

OF ACCUSATIONS

AND ALL KIND OF ANSWERS

THAT ARE TOTALLY INCORRECT.

WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING HERE,

THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK,

IS WHAT GOD SAYS IN LIGHT

OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OR WHAT

YOU HEAR BEING THROWN AT YOU.

IT IS A TREMENDOUS BLESSING.

I WANT YOU TO GET IT.

YOU SIMPLY ASK FOR IT.

HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO IMPRESS

UPON YOUR MIND.

THE MOST EXCITING THING

OUR VIEWERS EVER PARTICIPATE IN

-- AND THIS IS ACCORDING TO

THE VIEWERS -- THEY LOVE

WHAT HAPPENS ON LIFE TODAY</I>,

THEY LOVE THE MESSAGES AND

TESTIMONY AND BETH'S TEACHING,

THEY LOVE EVERYTHING WE DO,

THEY LOVE OUR GUESTS,

AND SEEING THE GLORY OF GOD

AND FINDING ANSWERS TO

THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE

IN LIFE, BUT PARTICIPATING

IN SOMETHING THAT TOTALLY

CHANGES EVERYTHING IS EXCITING.

AND OUR VIEWERS TELL US

INDIVIDUALLY, AS COUPLES,

AS GROUPS IN PRAYER SETTINGS

OR EVEN CHURCHES,

THE MOST EXCITING THING WE DO

IS HELP PROVIDE FRESH,

CLEAN WATER TO PEOPLE

WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR IT,

TO DRILL A WATER WELL,

TO MAKE A GIFT

AND PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT

JUST KEEPS GIVING LIFE --

TREMENDOUS NEED RIGHT NOW.

AND THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE

AND WE CAN PROVIDE IT --

IT'S FRESH, CLEAN WATER.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT

THE SITUATION THAT LOVE

CAN ENABLE US

TO DEAL WITH EFFECTIVELY.

WATCH CLOSELY.

§

§

Isak: ALL OVER THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA,

CHILDREN HAVE A DAILY ARDUOUS JOURNEY

TO COME AND LOOK FOR WATER;

COLLECT WATER FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE CHILDREN WILL CARRY A BUCKET,

SOME CONTAINER FOR WATER DOWN TO A WATER SOURCE

AND COLLECT WATER FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH DROUGHT RAVAGING THE CONTINENT

WE'RE FINDING CHILDREN MORE AND MORE COMING DOWN TO SOURCES LIKE THIS

WHERE THERE IS NOTHING BUT DRY PARCHED LAND,

NOTHING BUT HOPELESSNESS, LIFELESSNESS,

AND A TOTAL LACK OF THE VERY THING THEY NEED,

WATER -- FRESH, CLEAN WATER.

THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO DRILL WATER WELLS

THAT LITERALLY BRING LIFE EACH AND EVERY DAY,

NOT JUST FOR THESE CHILDREN, BUT FOR THEIR CHILDREN --

A WELL THAT BRINGS LIFE IN THE FORM OF WATER.

James: DON'T YOU FIND YOURSELF

JUST WANTING TO RUN OUT THERE

AND GRAB THAT LITTLE BOY

AND SAYING, "LET ME HELP YOU."

SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE

IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS

OF THE WORLD,

WHEN THE RIVERS GO DRY,

THEY WILL DIG DOWN TRYING TO

FIND SOME SUBSURFACE MOISTURE.

AND THEN INVARIABLY,

THEY'RE BRINGING UP WATER

THAT IS CONTAMINATED.

THEY'RE DESPERATE, THEY'RE

DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

THAT LITTLE BOY

IS CARRYING A BUCKET

JUST HOPING HE CAN FIND SOME.

I HAVE AN IDEA

MAYBE HIS PARENTS SAID,

"JUST GO LOOK AND MAYBE YOU CAN

FIND SOMETHING SOMEWHERE."

WELL, YOU'RE THE

SOMETHING SOMEWHERE --

YOU REALLY ARE.

WE CAN DRILL A FRESHWATER WELL

IN HIS VILLAGE, IN HIS AREA.

WE DRILL HUNDREDS OF WATER WELLS

AND YOU DETERMINE HOW MANY

IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

EVERY YEAR.

IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING

PROJECT THAT WE'VE EVER JOINED

HANDS AND HEARTS TO ACCOMPLISH.

I'M ASKING YOU, IF YOU WOULD,

HELP US DRILL A WATER WELL

FOR THAT BOY.

YOU SAY, "JAMES,

WHAT DOES IT COST?"

IT COSTS AN AVERAGE OF $4800.

THERE WILL BE SOME PLACES

WHERE WE CAN DRILL A WELL

THAT'S VERY SHALLOW

AND IT MAY COST HALF THAT

BUT THERE WILL BE SOME

WHERE IT WILL COST TWICE THAT.

BUT THE AVERAGE,

WHEN WE DRILL SEVERAL HUNDRED

IS STILL $4800,

WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU

CAN HELP US DRILL A WELL, AND

MAKE A GIFT LIKE THAT, YOU WILL

BE PROVIDING A WELL AND WATER

THAT BASICALLY LASTS A LIFETIME;

A SINGLE GIFT

THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING.

MANY OF OUR FRIENDS,

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,

WE NEED THE HELP OF PEOPLE

WHO CAN KIND OF STEP UP

WHERE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY,

YOU KNOW I CAN ONLY GIVE WHAT

I WOULD CONSIDER A MODEST GIFT

BUT IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO,

SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN STRESSED

AND THEY'RE SAYING, "JAMES,

WE'RE EVEN HAVING TROUBLE

DOING ANYTHING."

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO WILL STEP UP

AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I CAN GIVE $1200 AND PRAY

THREE OTHER PEOPLE WILL JOIN

AND WE'LL HAVE THE $4800."

OR "I CAN GIVE $2400

AND PRAY SOMEONE JOINS ME,"

AND YOU'LL HAVE THE $4800.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IT.

BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND,

AND THIS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY

OF OUR SUPPORT COMES,

$48, TEN PEOPLE WATER

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

THAT'S BASICALLY

WHAT THE COST IS.

A $48 GIFT TOWARD THE WELL

GIVES TEN PEOPLE WATER

THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

A GIFT OF $144, 30 PEOPLE

WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER?

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD

AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE,

GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG.

IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO <U>LIFE</I></U>, CALL US

AND TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT

OR USE THAT BANKCARD

LIKE A CHECK.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU A BOOK

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU

ANSWERS TO MANY

OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE

AND THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE:

BELIEVE THIS NOT THAT</I>.

EVERY TIME YOU BELIEVE A LIE

OR YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT IS

NOT SO, OR YOU THINK SOMETHING

CAN'T BE DONE, GOD'S GOT

AN ANSWER AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED

TO BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL

COFFEE MUGS TO SEND TO YOU

TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.

WE'LL SEND YOU TWO MUGS.

INTERESTINGLY,

THE INSIDE OF ONE IS BEIGE

AND THE OTHER ONE IS BLUE.

AND IT REALLY REPRESENTS

IN A WAY WHAT WATER

CAN LOOK LIKE BEFORE

AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

AFTERWARDS.

AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE!

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO TREASURE

THE WATER FOR LIFE </I>MUGS

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE

HELPING GIVE PEOPLE WATER

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE MUG

TO SAY THANK YOU.

THEN THE BEAUTIFUL

"LAMB AND LION" BRONZE,

IT IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL ART PIECES

I HAVE EVER SEEN,

TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU

WHO WILL MAKE A GIFT OF $1200

OR MORE TOWARD THE WELL.

ALSO, THE MUGS AND THE BOOK,

BELIEVE THIS NOT THAT</I>.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

YOU CALL UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE

GIVING SOMEONE LIFE AND

WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM ABOUT

THE SOURCE OF LOVE AND LIFE

THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM IN CHRIST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT.

Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE FORCED

TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE: DRINK FILTHY, POLLUTED WATER

FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE OR DIE FROM THIRST.

NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FACED WITH THIS DECISION.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION --

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE </I> IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING

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

SUFFERING CAN END </I>BECAUSE CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING!

WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY WE WILL BEGIN DRILLING

350 NEW WATER WELLS FOR REMOTE VILLAGES IN 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.

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

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

$72 WILL IMPACT 15 PEOPLE.

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

FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!

WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST, BELIEVE THIS NOT THAT</I>

A BRAND-NEW TOPICAL BIBLE PROMISE BOOK

THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE

YOU MAY REQUEST OUR NEWLY RELEASED WATER FOR LIFE </I>MUG SET,

A DAILY REMINDER OF THE CLEAN WATER

YOU MAKE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO THIRST.

ALSO PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200

TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE

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

AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE 2012 COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE,

"THE LAMB AND THE LION."

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

James: I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO GET "THE LAMB AND THE LION."

THIS REALLY IS THE KIND OF PEACE

AND PRESENCE THAT WE NEED TODAY

ALL OVER THE WORLD:

THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

AND YET A SHEPHERD'S HEART,

AND THE LAMB, THE PEACE

THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.

WE DESPERATELY NEED IT.

WE'RE SENDING THIS BEAUTIFUL

ART PIECE, THIS BEAUTIFUL BRONZE

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL HELP US

DRILL THESE WELLS BY MAKING

A GIFT OF $1200 OR MORE.

IF YOU COULD GIVE A WELL,

$4800, PLEASE DO!

WE'RE GOING TO NEED

EVERY $48 GIFT, EVERY $144 GIFT,

AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DO

WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP

AND I THANK YOU!

BETH GIVES SPIRITUAL WATER.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE

PHYSICAL WATER

AND SPIRITUAL LIFE TO PEOPLE

ALL OVER THE WORLD

BECAUSE YOU HAD A PART IN IT.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE LIFE.

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>> TOO OFTENTIMES OUR CHURCHES HAVE BECOME

STADIUMS FULL OF FANS.

Announcer: BECOMING A COMPLETELY COMMITTED FOLLOWER OF JESUS

AND NOT JUST A FAN -- TOMORROW!