Announcer: NEXT, BETH MOORE SHOWS US WHERE TO TURN

WHEN THINGS SEEM TO GO SO WRONG.

Beth: SO I FOUND WHERE THE LITTLE HALL WAS

THAT LED DOWN TO THE PUBLIC RESTROOM

AND I HAD GONE IN THERE.

AND FINALLY I THOUGHT, OH, PRAISE GOD, SOME PRIVACY!

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, BLACKOUT.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE LORD THINKS HE IS FUNNY.

[Laughter]

Announcer: STAY TUNED AS BETH MOORE REVEALS

THE GOD OF ALL COMFORTS -- NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

§

Betty: THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US ON LIFE TODAY.

IT IS THAT SPECIAL DAY

THAT I KNOW MANY OF YOU

LOOK FORWARD TO,

WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH.

I'M BETTY ROBISON

AND THIS IS JAMES.

James: WELL, WE'RE EXCITED

TO HAVE BETH TALK ABOUT

THE GOD OF ALL COMFORTS.

YOU AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING,

BEFORE WE KNEW WE WERE GOING

TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU,

BETH IS GOING TO TELL A STORY

THAT -- A TRUE STORY --

IT'S NOT LIKE

I'M TELLING A STORY.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED

AND IT IS SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENED ON ONE OF THESE

MISSION TRIPS WHERE

AS BETH PUT IT, GOD TOOK HER

BEYOND HER COMFORT ZONE

AND WE TOOK HER BEYOND

THE COMFORT ZONE,

WHEN WE BEGAN TO GO TO

THE MISSION FIELD THERE WAS

LITTLE COMFORT ON THE PART

OF THE MISSIONARIES,

ON OUR PART, AND NO COMFORT

ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE

WHO SO DESPERATELY NEED TO SEE

THE LOVE OF GOD IN ACTION.

YOU'RE REALLY GOING

TO BE BLESSED BY THE STORY

THAT BETH TELLS OF WHAT HAPPENED

BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING

TO RELATE TO IT IN SOME WAY AND

PERHAPS MANY MEANINGFUL WAYS.

HERE IS BETH MOORE.

Beth: LISTEN,

IF YOU AREN'T AGLIOPHOBIC

AND IF YOU'RE JUST NOW

TUNING IN WITH US,

THAT IS A WORD THAT MEANS

PHOBIA OF PAIN OR DISCOMFORT,

YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY

FROM RURAL AFRICA.

YOU PROBABLY WANT TO STAY AWAY

FROM ANY MISSION TRIP.

TALK ABOUT DISCOMFORT --

WHERE WE WENT

OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

STOP AFTER STOP,

AND DAY AFTER DAY,

ALL YOUR SENSES

ARE COMPLETELY ASSAULTED.

YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT

YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU THINK,

I'M NEVER GOING

TO GET OVER THAT!

WHEN YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,

I'D SWAP THE FLIES

FROM THAT CHILD'S FACE

BUT THEY'D COME RIGHT BACK.

WE SAW A LITTLE BITTY GUY

WHO HAD FALLEN

IN THEIR VILLAGE FIRE

HAND DOWN.

IT ASSAULTS MY SENSE OF SIGHT,

MY SENSE OF SMELL.

THE HEARING --

TO HEAR THE BABIES CRY,

AND NOT JUST LIKE

BABIES CRY HERE,

UNLESS THEY ARE SICK

AND VERY HUNGRY.

IN ORDER TO DO

WHAT GOD HAD CALLED US TO DO

WE HAD TO BE WILLING

TO LOOK STRAIGHT IN THE FACE

OF HUMAN SUFFERING

WITHOUT GLANCING TO OUR RIGHT

OR GLANCING TO OUR LEFT,

LOOKING STRAIGHT

IN THE FACE OF IT

WITH SOME THOUGHT.

LISTEN, IF YOU EVER

LET IT GET TO YOU

TO WHERE YOU THINK,

THERE IS JUST NOTHING

THAT CAN BE DONE,

YOU HAVE HAD IT.

BECAUSE IF I'VE LEARNED

ANYTHING AT ALL,

THERE IS SOMETHING

THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND YOU THINK,

BUT JUST ONE LIFE AT A TIME?

LISTEN, TO THAT ONE LIFE

IT IS EVERYTHING.

I GUARANTEE YOU,

TO THAT ONE LIFE,

TO THOSE HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS

THAT ARE NOW GETTING FED,

I PROMISE YOU

IT IS EVERYTHING.

TO SEE CHILDREN LINED UP

FOR A COUNTRY MILE,

TINY AS CAN BE,

OUR KIDS WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW

HOW TO STAND IN LINE THAT LONG,

HOLDING THEIR LITTLE BOWL

BECAUSE THEY KNOW

YOU'RE GOING TO PUT FOOD IN IT

AND TO WATCH

THE ADULTS STAND THERE

BECAUSE IT IS

A CHILDREN'S FEEDING PROGRAM.

THERE IS NOT THE MONEY

TO GO AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE

PERSON OF ADULT AGES

EXCEPT THE NURSING MOTHERS

IN THAT VILLAGE.

STUNNING -- STUNNING!

TO WHERE YOU THINK,

I DON'T KNOW

IF I CAN RECOVER FROM THIS.

GLORY TO GOD, YOU DON'T.

AND THEN YOU COME HOME

AND YOU'RE TOTALLY EXHAUSTED

BEYOND ANY KIND OF EXHAUSTION

I CAN DESCRIBE TO YOU;

YOU HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING

YOU HAVE GOT.

YOU SIT BACK

AND YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES

AND THE TEARS

ROLL DOWN YOUR CHEEKS

AND YOU SAY TO THE FATHER,

"I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED THAT

FOR THE WORLD."

I'VE GOT CHILLS ALL OVER ME.

I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED THAT

FOR THE WORLD.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

TO YOU TODAY.

WHAT ARE WE MISSING

FOR THE WORLD?

FOR THE WORLD?

I PROMISE YOU BASED ON

THE AUTHORITY OF GOD,

IT IS NOT WORTH IT.

I MEAN WE'VE GOT JUST

A LITTLE WHILE ON THIS PLANET;

JUST A LITTLE WHILE

IN THIS GARDEN,

AND TO LIVE COMPELLED

BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST

INSTEAD OF THE COMFORTS

OF THIS EARTH,

TO HAVE KNOWN

WHEN WE LAY IT DOWN,

I LIVED THE ADVENTURE WITH HIM.

IT DOESN'T TAKE

GOING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY --

TAKE GOING

TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN,

BEING ABLE TO BE WILLING

TO GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES

AND LOOK IN THE FACE OF SOMEONE

YOU KNOW IS HURTING SO BADLY

BECAUSE WHEN WE FEEL LIKE

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

WE JUST WANT

TO TURN OUR FACE FROM IT.

BUT TO RISK FEELING THE PAIN

AND KNOWING THAT IF I HAVE

TO LOOK IN YOUR SUFFERING,

I'M REMINDED HOW FRAGILE I AM.

I'M REMINDED HOW EASILY

I CAN CRY

AND HOW QUICKLY

SOMETHING LIKE THAT

COULD HAPPEN TO ME.

AND THE VULNERABILITY OF THAT

FACE-TO-FACE,

MAN-TO-MAN,

WOMAN-TO-WOMAN ENCOUNTER

IS JUST ABOUT MORE

THAN WE CAN HANDLE

UNLESS WE ARE DRIVEN

BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

AND THEN IT IS WORTH

ANYTHING WE'VE GOT TO DO,

ANYWHERE WE'VE GOT TO GO

TO FULFILL THAT CALLING.

LASTLY,

AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY,

WE'VE SEEN ALL THAT IS AT STAKE

IF WE'RE GOING TO LIVE A LIFE

MOTIVATED BY THE COMFORTS

OF THIS WORLD;

WE'RE GOING TO LIVE

IN ONE RELATIONAL RUT

AFTER ANOTHER,

WE'RE GOING TO LIVE A LIFE

OF ADDICTION.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS

THE ADVENTURES OF OUR CALLING,

IF NOT OUR CALLING ALTOGETHER

BECAUSE WE HAVE

ALREADY SUBSTANTIATED

AND THE WORD OF GOD

IS WAY OUTSIDE

WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

BUT ALSO, WE WILL MISS

THE COMFORT OF CHRIST,

THE VERY COMFORT OF CHRIST.

IF I CAN GET IT SOMEWHERE ELSE,

I'M GOING TO GET IT.

WOULDN'T YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

IF YOU COULD HAVE FOUND --

I JUST ASK YOU,

HOW MANY OF YOU FOUND CHRIST

AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR

THAT HAD FOUND A HUMAN SAVIOR,

THAT HAD REALLY

WORKED WELL FOR YOU?

I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO YOU

THAT ONE REASON

YOU FINALLY CAME TO CHRIST

IS BECAUSE

YOU FOUND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY

THERE IS NO OTHER SAVIOR.

THE ONLY REASON

YOU WILL EVER TRULY GO TO HIM

FOR THE COMFORT

THAT HE CAN BRING

IS TO FIND OUT THAT REALLY,

PEOPLE CANNOT MANAGE

THE LENGTH AND DEPTH

OF THE COMFORT

THAT I'VE GOT TO HAVE

AND I'VE GOT TO HAVE IT --

I'VE GOT TO HAVE IT --

THE COMFORT OF CHRIST,

TO KNOW HIS PRESENCE,

TO KNOW HIS VERY PRESENT HELP

IN A TIME OF TROUBLE.

NOT JUST HIS COMFORT

BUT HE HIMSELF,

THE COMFORTER,

THE COMFORTER.

I WANT TO TELL YOU

ONE LAST STORY

ABOUT OUR TRIP TO RURAL AFRICA

BECAUSE IT MAKES ME THINK

OF THE KIND OF PRESENCE

THAT IS THE EMBODIMENT

OF COMFORT

BEFORE WE CONCLUDE

THIS SERIES TOGETHER.

WE WERE STAYING IN A MOTEL

NOT A HOTEL,

I'M USING EXACTLY

THE WORD I MEAN TO,

WHICH IS A MOTEL

IN A TOWN IN ANGOLA.

REALLY,

IT WAS WONDERFUL

BECAUSE IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAN.

IT WAS A SPOTLESS ROOM

BUT IT WAS THE VERY BASICS;

AND THE KIND OF THING

THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE

OF TRYING TO GET READY

AND THERE WOULD JUST BE

A BLACKOUT ALL OVER TOWN.

YOU HAD NO IDEA

HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO LAST,

YOU JUST HAD TO WAIT IT OUT.

IT'S THE KIND OF THINGS

YOU DEAL WITH,

AND YOU DON'T SIT THERE

AND POUT AND WHINE ABOUT IT,

IT IS JUST REALITY.

WE WERE NOT AT THE HILTON.

ANYBODY GET

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

THIS WAS NOT THE HILTON.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS

I FOUND VERY CHALLENGING

WAS THAT OUR ROOM --

WE HAD A LITTLE ROOM HERE,

HERE WAS OUR BED

AND HERE WAS THE DOOR

TO THE BATHROOM.

AND THEN THERE WAS, OF COURSE,

THE TOILET AND THERE WAS

THE LITTLE BATHTUB RIGHT THERE.

BUT IT WAS A SWINGING DOOR

AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT

ALL OF THE WAY.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED

ALMOST 30 YEARS

BUT I'M STILL MODEST!

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

I WOULD STILL --

I DON'T KNOW

IF YOU CAN GO WITH ME HERE,

BUT I WOULD STILL RATHER

MY HUSBAND THINK THAT ALL

I GO INTO THE BATHROOM TO DO

IS TO PUT ON MY MASCARA

AND MY LIPSTICK.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE MUCH

FOR BATHROOM TALK.

YOU'RE GOING

YOU COULD NOT TELL THAT

BY US TODAY!

I'M REALLY NOT COMFORTABLE

WITH ALL THAT.

AND THE DOOR,

THE WAY IT WAS ON ITS HINGES,

IT OPENED LIKE THIS.

KEITH, IF HE HAS SOMETHING

TO TALK TO ME ABOUT

AND THE DOOR IS NOT LOCKED

HE IS JUST GOING TO

KIND OF LIKE COME ON IN.

I COULDN'T EVEN CONCENTRATE!

I WAS LIKE,

THERE HAS GOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY.

SO I HAD SPIED A PUBLIC RESTROOM

DOWN ON THE FIRST FLOOR

WHERE THE LOBBY WAS.

I THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT

I'M GOING TO DO FROM NOW ON.

I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO HAVE

TO THINK OF A MYRIAD OF EXCUSES

STARTING TONIGHT.

SO I TOLD KEITH

AND HE KNEW IT WAS TRUE

BECAUSE WE'D HAD A PROBLEM

THE MORNING BEFORE.

I SAID, "HONEY,

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE LOBBY

AND TALK TO THEM

ABOUT OUR WAKE-UP CALL."

BECAUSE THEY SPEAK PORTUGUESE

AND I TRIED TO CALL THE DAY

BEFORE TO GET A WAKE-UP CALL.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ONE.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE

YOUR LITTLE PHONE THAT WILL WORK

WITH YOUR LITTLE

ALARM CLOCK ON IT.

YOUR CELL PHONE --

YOU FORGOT THAT

WAY BACK IN NEW YORK CITY

WHEN YOU CONNECTED.

SO WE'RE WAY OUTSIDE OF ANY

OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS

THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON.

SO YOU'RE DEPENDENT

UPON A WAKE-UP CALL AND

YOU'RE IN A MAJOR TIME CHANGE.

YOU KNOW IF YOU EVER GO TO SLEEP

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WAKE UP.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE A CLOCK

THAT'S GOING TO TELL YOU

WHAT TIME IT IS TO GET UP.

WE WERE GETTING UP

AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

I SAID, "HONEY,

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE LOBBY

SO THAT I CAN

ACT IT OUT TO THEM."

I WAS GOING TO DO ALL THIS --

I WAS GOING TO DO

ALL MY SIGN LANGUAGE.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT UP

AS I WENT.

TELL THEM, I NEED TO WAKE UP

AND I WAS GOING TO HAND THEM

THE NUMBERS 5 AND 30

AND THEN I WAS GOING

TO TRY TO DO MORNING.

SO I SAID, "I'M GOING TO GO DOWN

AND MAKE SURE,

I'M GOING TO SAY IT FACE-TO-FACE

SO WE UNDERSTAND

WHAT WE'RE DOING."

AND HE BELIEVED ME.

AND I REALLY WAS GOING TO DO IT

BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I WAS

GOING DOWN THERE RIGHT THEN.

SO I WENT DOWN TO THE LOBBY

AND I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY --

OUR ROOM WAS QUITE FAR

FROM WHERE THE LOBBY WAS

AND WE HAD TO WALK OUTSIDE

LIKE A MOTEL WOULD,

WE WERE A COUPLE FLOORS UP.

AND SO I WAS WALKING BACK DOWN

AND THERE WAS LIKE THIS

SPIRAL KIND OF STAIRCASE HERE.

I KNOW WHEN I SAY

"SPIRAL STAIRCASE"

YOU'RE THINKING MANSION --

PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT!

PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT!

SO IT KIND OF WOUND AROUND

LIKE THIS.

SO I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS

AND I WENT AND IT WAS

ABOUT 8:00, 8:30 AT NIGHT.

SO I FOUND WHERE

THE LITTLE HALL WAS

THAT LED DOWN

TO THE PUBLIC RESTROOM

AND I HAD GONE IN THERE

AND FINALLY, I THOUGHT,

OH, PRAISE GOD SOME PRIVACY!

AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN

BLACKOUT!

OF COURSE,

BECAUSE THE LORD THINKS

HE IS FUNNY!

[Laughter]

I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES THIS --

I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS BORED.

I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.

HE IS NEVER BORED WITH HIMSELF.

MAYBE HE GETS BORED WITH US,

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHEN HE IS IN

JUST THIS KIND OF MOOD,

THINGS LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN

AND THEY USUALLY HAPPEN TO ME.

SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE THAT TOO.

SO THERE I WAS --

I TOLD YOU I'M A SCAREDY CAT

SO I CAN JUST FEEL THE FEAR

OVERTAKING ME --

JUST FEEL IT OVERWHELMING ME.

SO I GO THROUGH AND I'M WALKING

AGAINST THE WALL THINKING,

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DOOR IS.

I FINALLY FEEL

ALL THE WAY AROUND.

I FINALLY BUMP INTO THE SINK

AND SO I STARTED GOING

FOR WHERE I THINK THE DOOR IS,

FEEL ALL THE WAY DOWN,

JUST FLIP THE SWITCH

JUST IN CASE THAT ONE LIGHT

IN THAT ENTIRE PART

OF THE NATION

WILL COME ON

AND GOD WOULD SAY ONE TIME HERE.

THIS IS NO BIG DEAL TO YOU,

LET THERE BE LIGHT

AND THERE IS.

YOU CAN DO THIS!

I'M YOUR SERVANT HERE!

OF COURSE NOT!

THEN I WALKED OUT INTO THE HALL,

IT IS JUST AS BLACK.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET

SOME RELIEF WHEN I WALK OUT

BECAUSE IN THE LOBBY

THERE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE

JUST A LITTLE SHRED OF LIGHT.

NOTHING! I CANNOT SEE

ONE THING BEFORE ME.

I BEGIN WALKING DOWN THE WALL

LIKE THIS AND I FINALLY GET OUT

INTO THE OPEN SPACE WHERE

I CAN TELL I'M NOW IN THE LOBBY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

ABOUT DARKNESS

THAT MAKES PEOPLE WHISPER

BUT AT THE DESK

THEY STARTED WHISPERING

AND IT JUST TOTALLY

FREAKED ME OUT!

BECAUSE I THOUGHT,

NOT ONLY CAN I NOT UNDERSTAND

WHAT THEY WERE SAYING,

THEY WERE WHISPERING IT.

SO I FELT LIKE SOMETHING

WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT

THEY WOULD HAVE WANTED WITH ME

BUT I JUST STARTED HAVING

ALL MANNER OF VAIN IMAGINATIONS

-- I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY WITS!

BUT THEN SUDDENLY

I BEGAN TO HEAR FOOTSTEPS.

AND I MEAN HEAVY,

WHERE YOU KNOW A MAN

IS COMING TOWARD YOU.

I'M TELLING YOU,

I AM NOW SHAKING ALL OVER.

I'M SHAKING ALL OVER

AND I CAN HEAR THOSE FOOTFALLS,

ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER.

SO I STARTED THINKING TO MYSELF,

OKAY, WHAT DO I SAY?

I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING

BECAUSE THERE HAS GOT TO BE

SOMETHING TO DO --

THERE HAS GOT TO BE

SOMETHING TO DO!

WHERE I COME FROM

IF YOU DON'T KNOW

ANYTHING ELSE TO DO,

BE POLITE;

IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT TO SAY, JUST BE POLITE.

SO IN MY MOST POLITE VOICE,

I BEGAN TO SAY,

"HERE I AM! HERE I AM.

I AM RIGHT HERE, HERE I AM.

I AM STANDING RIGHT HERE."

NOW I ALREADY KNOW

WHOEVER IS LISTENING TO ME

CANNOT UNDERSTAND

ONE SINGLE WORD I'M SAYING!

I'M BESIDE MYSELF I'M SO SCARED.

I JUST --

I COULD JUST FEEL HIM

COME CLOSER AND CLOSER.

AND THIS VOICE SAYS,

"BABY, IT IS ME.

I'M COMING FOR YOU."

[Laughter]

HE SAID, "YOU JUST STAND THERE

AND I'M GOING TO COME GET YOU,

I'M GOING TO COME GET YOU."

SO I'M GOING TELL YOU,

I REACHED OUT MY ARMS

LIKE THIS AND I JUST --.

I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING

IN FRONT OF ME.

I JUST KEPT GOING,

"RIGHT HERE, HONEY."

HE GOES, "YOU JUST STAND THERE,

I'M COMING TO YOU, BABY.

I'M COMING."

I GO, "RIGHT HERE, BABY.

I'M RIGHT HERE."

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

I JUST STOOD THERE AND WENT,

"HERE I AM! HERE I AM!"

[Laughter]

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO GLAD

TO GET MY HANDS ON MY MAN

IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I HAD A CHOKE HOLD ON HIM.

HE HAD TO WALK ME

UP THE SPIRAL STAIRS

JUST LIKE THAT.

ONE HAND,

I'D NEVER EVER HEARD

A VOICE SO SWEET AS THAT ONE

SAYING, "BABY, I'M RIGHT HERE.

YOU JUST STAND THERE

AND I'M GOING TO COME GET YOU."

THAT --

THAT IS WHAT

THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT DOES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE

TO FIND IT,

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT

YOUR SWEET LITTLE HANDS AND GO,

"I'M RIGHT HERE.

HERE I AM.

COME GET ME!

COME GET ME!

I'M RIGHT HERE.

IT IS SO BLACK OUTSIDE, LORD!

I CANNOT SEE MY HAND BEFORE ME

BUT I'M ASKING YOU,

COME GET ME."

YOUR GOD

WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU.

YOU WILL NEVER ASK HIM

FOR HIS PRESENCE

THAT HE REFUSES YOU HIMSELF!

YOU GO FOR THE COMFORTS

OF THIS WORLD,

YOU WILL MISS

THE COMFORTS OF CHRIST

AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE

A DIVINE ENCOUNTER

WHEN YOU KNOW

THAT THE VOICE OF GOD

HAS SAID OVER YOU,

"I'M COMING!

I'M COMING.

YOU JUST STAND RIGHT THERE

AND YOU REACH OUT YOUR HANDS

WITH DESIRE.

AND I WILL COME FOR YOU."

James: BOY, THAT'S POWERFUL!

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU

HAVE READ MY COMMENTARY;

I WROTE ON DAVID WILKERSON,

BETTY, WHEN DAVID DIED

IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION,

WHILE I WAS ACTUALLY FLYING BACK

FROM LOUISIANA SOUTH OF ALL

THE TORNADIC DAMAGE THAT

DESTROYED SO MUCH OF ALABAMA

AND MISSISSIPPI AND ALL

THE WAY ON UP INTO THE NORTH.

WE WERE TRYING TO STAY OUT

OF THAT, OF COURSE, THANK GOD,

MY FRIEND WAS GOING

TO BE WITH THE LORD.

BUT THAT DAY, AND I ACTUALLY

READ THIS --

GO TO JAMESROBISON.NET.

GO TO IT AND GO TO COLUMNS

AND THEN SCROLL BACK

TO "DAVID WILKERSON,

A FRIEND IN HEAVEN."

BETTY, I TALKED ABOUT

THE HARMONY OF SPIRIT.

I TALKED ABOUT A REAL COMFORT,

ABOUT GOD GOING TO BE THERE.

HERE'S THE NEAT THING.

I READ TO DAVID'S SON,

THAT NIGHT, WHILE HE STOOD

AT THE HOSPITAL THERE WITH

HIS MOTHER AND HIS DAD'S GONE,

WHAT DAD WROTE THAT DAY.

IT WOULD BE WELL WORTHWHILE

FOR YOU TO READ IT.

WHEN THE PROGRAM IS OVER,

I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST

YOU READ THAT.

IT'S WHAT DAVID WROTE ABOUT

THESE CHALLENGING MOMENTS

AND IT IS WHAT BETH

IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU WAIT,

GOD, HE'S COMING.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, HE IS COMING.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN, PLEASE

AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR

A DESPERATE CRY, BETTY,

OF A WOMAN WHO IS TALKING

ABOUT LITTLE TWINS.

SHE IS TALKING ABOUT

HER CHILDREN AND YOU'RE THE

ANSWER TO THE CRY OF HER HEART.

I'M TELLING YOU, YOU ARE.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU WISH YOUR

HEART CRY WOULD BE ANSWERED?

WELL, THIS IS HOW THIS HEART CRY

CAN BE ANSWERED,

AND YOU'RE REALLY A PART OF IT.

WATCH IT.

Translator: LIFE IS HARD FOR US HERE

IN THE VILLAGES OF MADAGASCAR.

WE ARE VERY POOR AND WE HAVE TO GET OUR WATER

FROM WHEREVER WE CAN FIND IT.

MY NAME IS AVIZIO

AND EVERYONE HERE IN MY VILLAGE IS SICK

BECAUSE OF THIS WATER.

I AM SICK.

MY CHILDREN ARE SICK WITH DIARRHEA.

I HATE GIVING THEM THIS DIRTY WATER

BUT IT IS ALL WE HAVE.

IT IS SO BAD THAT SOME OF THE CHILDREN IN THE VILLAGE HAVE DIED.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT I HAVE A DYING CHILD

IN MY LAP.

BUT WHAT CAN I DO?

WHO CAN HELP US?

WHO CAN HELP ME?

James: I FIND MYSELF

WANTING TO PUT MY HAND UP.

I CAN!

YOU KNOW, BETTY,

THE MISSIONARIES

AND OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF

THAT PUT TOGETHER THAT PIECE

AND TRANSLATED IT FOR US

TO HEAR THAT MOTHER,

EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS SAYING,

THEY KNEW THAT THEY WOULD

NOT JUST BRING IT BACK

TO BETTY AND TO JAMES

BUT I CAN TELL YOU

WHAT THE MISSIONARIES SAY

BECAUSE I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER,

"IF WE COULD JUST TELL

THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH LIFE TODAY,

IF WE COULD JUST TELL THEM."

AND WHEN THE MISSIONARIES

COME TO US, LITERALLY,

THEY'RE COMING TO YOU,

I THINK THEY'RE COMING TO GOD

BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED

TO REPRESENT HIS LOVE

AND WE COULDN'T DO IT

WITHOUT HIS LOVE THROUGH YOU.

I REALLY BELIEVE THE

MISSIONARIES HAVE CONFIDENCE,

AND THAT MOTHER

HAS BEEN OFFERED HOPE NOW

THAT SHE WILL HAVE A WELL

FOR HER CHILDREN,

THAT HER HEART CRY

AND HER DESIRE WILL BE MET.

BETTY, I'M BELIEVING

THAT VIEWERS ALL OVER THE WORLD

WILL GO TO THE PHONE

OR GO ONLINE

AND MAKE THE BEST GIFTS YOU CAN

TO GIVE THE GREAT GIFT

OF FRESH CLEAN WATER.

I'M BELIEVING

THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND.

Betty: I DO TOO, JAMES.

I THINK YOU JUST HEARD

THE HEART OF A MOTHER

THAT SO LOVES HER CHILDREN

THAT SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING

AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM

TO HELP THEM LIVE HEALTHY.

BUT SHE SAYS --

SHE ASKS THE QUESTION,

"WHAT CAN I DO?

THIS IS ALL THE WATER WE HAVE."

THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS

THAT ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION,

"WHAT CAN I DO?"

THEY HAVE TO HAVE WATER.

WILL YOU HELP US?

JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S BUILD THE WATER WELL

SO THEY CAN HAVE A CHOICE.

THEY CAN TAKE

AND CHOOSE THE CLEAN WATER,

THE PURE WATER THAT WILL HELP

THEIR CHILDREN BE HEALTHY.

James: WE CAN DO IT.

WE CAN HELP.

WOULD YOU BE THE ANSWER TO

"WILL YOU HELP US?"

"I WILL."

COULD YOU DRILL PART OF A WELL?

SO OFTEN WE HAVE PEOPLE

WHO WILL GIVE $1200 OR $2400

AND PRAY ONE PERSON

OR THREE PEOPLE WILL JOIN THEM

AND THEN WE HAVE GOT

THE $4800 NECESSARY.

BUT WE REJOICE THAT WE'VE GOT

INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES AND

SMALL BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES,

"I WILL DRILL A WELL."

BUT WHAT WILL YOU DO?

IT TAKES ALL OF US

COMING TOGETHER.

BY THE WAY, THE $48 GIFT

OR THE $144 GIFT,

IT'S JUST AS GREAT

IN THE EYES OF GOD

AND TO THE PEOPLE

THAT YOU GIVE WATER TO

AS IT IS WHO CAN GIVE THE $4800.

THE WIDOW'S MITE

WAS THE LARGEST GIFT,

JESUS SAID THE GREATEST GIFT.

YOU SIMPLY GIVE YOUR BEST.

WOULD YOU DO THAT?

WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER?

WOULD YOU MAKE THE GIFT

GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART?

PUT IT ON A BANKCARD

OR IF YOU WRITE A CHECK

MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US

AND TELL US YOU'RE

PUTTING IT IN THE MAIL

OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE

LIFETODAY.ORG.

WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

FOR YOU TO BLESS YOU

TO SAY THANK YOU

FOR GIVING LIFE.

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 IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING

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

SUFFERING CAN END 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

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 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!

Lisa: I HAVE SPENT MY DAY TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THIS RIVER.

WE HAVE SEEN THE GRAVES OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE DIED

BECAUSE THEY DRANK FROM THIS RIVER.

WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE CAN DRILL WELLS

BUT WE NEED YOU TO RESPOND.

THIS IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.

THIS ISN'T JUST ISOLATED TO THIS RIVER.

THIS RIVER IS A SMALL PICTURE OF RIVERS WORLDWIDE.

THE NEED IS DESPERATE AND URGENT.

OPEN YOUR HEART AND GIVE FREELY SO THESE CHILDREN WON'T DIE.

James: WELL, YOU HAVE

THE ANSWER.

IT IS NOT ONE WE HAVE TO LOOK

FOR BUT IT IS ONE WE PROVIDE.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE

THE CURE TO ANY DISEASE A CHILD

HAD IF YOU KNEW WHAT IT WAS.

I MEAN YOU WOULD WANT THAT;

NOT ONLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN

BUT ANYONE'S CHILD.

WE DO WANT TO SEND YOU

THE GIFTS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED.

HELP US DRILL A WELL.

IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY GIVE

THE $4800 FOR A WELL

OR $1200 OR $2400 AND PRAY

OTHERS JOIN YOU, DO THAT

BECAUSE YOU'LL MAKE IT POSSIBLE

TO TURN THINGS AROUND

FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY.

BUT YOUR GIFT OF $48 WILL GIVE

10 PEOPLE HOPE,

IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU!

AND REMEMBER, HE IS THE GOD

OF ALL COMFORT.

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Announcer: FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM ARE UNDER ATTACK.

AS AMERICA FACES BATTLES WITHIN, MANY WONDER WHERE TO TURN.

IN THEIR NEW BOOK, JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS

CALL US TO STAND TOGETHER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

AS ONE NATION TRULY UNDER GOD.

INDIVISIBLE -- COMING SOON TO ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

>> AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS,

IT IS AN EFFORT TO BE SPIRITUAL WITHOUT GOD.

Announcer: TOMORROW, RAVI ZACHARIAS

HELPS US REDISCOVER GOD'S TRUTH.