AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY IS NOT DEAD.
I THINK IT IS ABOUT TO BE REVITALIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS
THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY.
Announcer: COMING UP, SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ
SHARES HIS PASSION TO SEE UNITY IN THE CHURCH.
IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT A BLACK CHURCH
OR A WHITE CHURCH OR A BROWN CHURCH.
IT IS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
IT IS ABOUT THE CHURCH;
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BUILD A MULTIETHNIC,
KINGDOM CULTURE, FIRE WALL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
Announcer: REAL SOLUTIONS FOR IMMIGRATION -- NEXT!
§
James: HEY! I'M SO EXCITED.
WELCOME ALL OF YOU
AND WELCOME TO <I>LIFE TODAY</I>.
JAMES ROBISON AND BETTY
WELCOME SAMMY RODRIGUEZ BACK.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ANOINTING
JUST COMES ON HISPANICS.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE --
I REALLY THINK WHITE PEOPLE
GOT LEFT OUT.
[Laughter]
I THINK BLACK PEOPLE,
HISPANIC PEOPLE,
I THINK THEY GOT SOME KIND
OF DOUBLE PORTION ANOINTING --
I REALLY DO.
THEY'VE GOT GREATER EXPRESSIONS
THAN WE DO.
WE MAY BE THE MORE
NEEDY PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ,
NOT ONLY IS HE REALLY,
IN SO MANY WAYS, AN OVERSEER
OF 34,000 HISPANIC CONGREGATIONS
TO INSPIRE THEM,
BUT HE IS A TREMENDOUS SOURCE
OF INSPIRATION TO ME, TO BETTY,
TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS HIM.
I'M THRILLED HE'S HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES
THAT CONCERN YOU.
AND YES, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO AVOID IMMIGRATION.
IT IS A BIG PROBLEM --
BIG PROBLEM!
WE'VE GOT A MIGHTY BIG GOD
WHO HAS THE RIGHT ANSWERS
TO REAL BIG PROBLEMS
IF WE LEAN ON HIM AND NOT
ON OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING,
AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAN
ON CONGRESS OR POLITICIANS
TO SOLVE THE DILEMMA.
WOULD YOU WELCOME
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ
BACK TO<I> LIFE TODAY</I>?
SAMMY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR SAMMY
EARLIER IN THE WEEK,
GO ONLINE, <I>LifeToday.org</I>,
JUST SCROLL BACK
AND GET THE EARLIER PROGRAM
WHEN YOU SEE HIM
AND JUST LISTEN TO HIM
BECAUSE IT'S GOOD.
IT'S A WORD FROM GOD TO THE WISE
AND THOSE WHO WANT TO HEAR.
AND YOU CAN HEAR IT AND YOU
WILL KNOW THIS IS WISDOM.
SAMMY, I'M THRILLED YOU'RE HERE.
WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT IMMIGRATION,
IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE HISPANIC PEOPLE,
50 MILLION OF THEM.
AND YOU SAID TO ME --
YOU AND I HAVE HAD
PRAYER MEETINGS HERE,
WE'VE MET WITH OTHER LEADERS.
WE HAD THE AUTHOR OF BONHOEFFER,
THE AUTHOR OF AMAZING GRACE,
THE WILBERFORCE STORY,
THE GREAT AWAKENING
THAT MOVED WILBERFORCE,
THAT ULTIMATELY LED
TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
AND TO THE BIRTH OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING WHICH
HAD SUCH A PROFOUND IMPACT.
WE NEED ANOTHER GREAT AWAKENING.
YOU SAT HERE, ERIC METAXAS
WHO WROTE BONHOEFFER
SAT OVER THERE AND SAID,
"I THINK WE MAY BE ABOUT TO
EXPERIENCE A BONHOEFFER MOMENT."
HE WAS EXCITED, AND HE SAID,
"BUT THIS COULD PRECEDE
THE CRISIS THAT TOOK
GERMANY DOWN AND USHERED IN
WORLD WAR II AND THE HORRIFIC
THINGS THAT HAPPENED
AS A RESULT OF FASCISM."
NOW HE SAID WE COULD HAVE IT.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE
WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY PRAYING
AND THEN YOU AND I HAVE BEEN
PART OF OTHER PRAYER MEETINGS
FOR THE NATION,
FOR US TO RECEIVE
THE GREAT AWAKENING,
THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF GOD.
YOU AND I HAD
A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION
WHERE YOU SAID SOME THINGS
I THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE 50 MILLION HISPANIC PEOPLE
AND YOU SAID THAT YOU BELIEVED,
AND YOU EMPHASIZED THIS
EARLIER IN THE WEEK
WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER, THAT
THE HISPANIC PEOPLE FOR REASONS
MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND
COULD HELP USHER IN,
BRING ABOUT,
INITIATE IN SOME WAY
THE NEXT GREAT AWAKENING,
FOR SEVERAL REASONS,
RELATED TO THINGS THEY BELIEVE.
GO OVER SOME OF THOSE.
Samuel: FIFTY MILLION HISPANICS,
WHEN SPAIN COLONIZED
LATIN AMERICA,
THEY HAD THIS RULE
OUT OF QUEEN ISABELLA'S CHARTER
FROM 1492.
THE VERY FIRST BUILDING
YOU MUST BUILD
MUST BE THE CHURCH.
THE TOWN MUST BE BUILT
AROUND THE CHURCH.
THE CHURCH MUST ALWAYS BE,
ACCORDING TO
ISABELLA'S WORLDVIEW,
THE CHURCH MUST ALWAYS BE
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL INSTITUTION
IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE CHURCH WAS BUILT FIRST
BEFORE THE FORT,
THE CHURCH WAS BUILT FIRST.
YOU GO TO LATIN AMERICA TODAY,
FROM MEXICO DOWN TO ARGENTINA,
YOU ASK FOR EL PUEBLO,
WHICH IS A TOWN,
THEY'LL TELL YOU,
FIND THE CHURCH, THE TOWN
WILL BE AROUND THE CHURCH.
I BELIEVE THAT
THE COMMUNITY HERE IN AMERICA
CAN ONCE AGAIN HELP
MAKE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
THE CHURCH, THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
INSTITUTION IN AMERICA.
I BELIEVE THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT MAY VERY WELL
BE OUR PURPOSE HERE,
MEANING THE GOSPEL OF TRUTH.
I DON'T MEAN AN INSTITUTION
FORGED BY MAN BUT THE CHURCH
THAT JESUS REPRESENTS,
"UPON THIS ROCK
I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH
AND THE GATES OF HELL
SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT,"
-- AGAINST THAT TRUTH.
I BELIEVE THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST, BIBLICAL TRUTH,
<I>BARATOS</I>, BIBLICAL ORTHODOXY
WILL REEMERGE.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK.
RIGHT NOW IT'S IN THE PERIPHERY.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK
TO THE CENTER.
IT IS THE MOST PRO-LIFE
COMMUNITY IN AMERICA,
THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
IT IS THE MOST PRO-LIFE,
ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH
THE MOST PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY
IN AMERICA.
WE ARE THE MOST
"CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY"
IN AMERICA --
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN AMERICA
-- THE MOST CHRISTIAN,
THE MOST PRO-LIFE,
THE MOST PRO-FAMILY.
WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS.
EVERY CHECK BOX:
MARK, MARK, MARK, MARK.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEPORTING,
WE'RE DEPORTING CHRISTIANITY
IN AMERICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
NOW WHY HAS GOD PERMITTED
THESE HISPANICS TO ARRIVE
IN AMERICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
I THINK IT WAS
A PROPHETIC PURPOSE AND THAT
IS TO REDEEM CHRISTIANITY
OR WE WILL END UP EVEN WORSE
THAN POSTMODERN EUROPE.
I DO BELIEVE, BY THE WAY,
THAT BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE
THIS ISSUE WITH REMOTE CONTROLS
AND WE HAVE BIG FAMILIES,
AND WE REPRODUCE,
I DO BELIEVE
THAT AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
IS NOT DEAD.
I THINK IT IS ABOUT
TO BE REVITALIZED
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY.
James: I WANTED TO POINT OUT
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE CHURCH BEING THE CENTER,
THE SAD THING IS A LOT OF TIMES
A CHURCH BECOMES A BUILDING
AND IT BECOMES RELIGION
AND YOU ACTUALLY LOSE THE IMPACT
OF CHRIST'S CHURCH
AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY
AND ALL YOU HAVE IS A BUILDING.
BUT THE HISPANIC PEOPLE,
THEY DON'T JUST THINK
OF THE BUILDING;
DOWN IN THEIR HEART,
THEY STILL GO BACK TO BELIEVING
GOD, CHRIST, THE IMPORTANCE
OF CHURCH BEING A FAMILY.
THEY REALLY, IN THEIR MINDS,
DON'T SEE IT AS AN INSTITUTION.
IT'S AS THOUGH
THEY'RE STILL WAITING,
WHERE IS THIS MANIFESTATION
OF THE FATHER'S GLORY
AND THE CHRIST OF THE CHURCH?
Samuel: I ALLUDED TO IT
IN THE RESEARCH THAT'S DONE
REGARDING THE NUMBER OF THOSE
THAT HAVE AN AFFINITY TO SEEING
GOD'S GLORY ONCE AGAIN.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT SPIRITS
UPON THE FACE OF OUR LAND.
NOW FORGET ABOUT HOGWARTS
AND HARRY POTTER.
THERE REALLY ARE SPIRITS
UPON THE FACE OF THE LAND;
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO APPLY IT.
THE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH
IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL;
HE IS TAKING PEOPLE
IN COMMUNITIES HOSTAGE, HOLDING
THEM HOSTAGE OF ADDICTION
WITH SO MANY IDEAS AND CONCEPTS
THAT ARE SKEWED
FROM BIBLICAL TRUTH.
THE SPIRIT OF GOLIATH
IS STILL HARASSING --
HARASSING EVEN
THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL
IS STILL PROMPTING MEN AND
WOMEN OF GOD TO HIDE IN CAVES
VIA SEXUAL PERVERSION
AND MANIPULATION.
THE SPIRIT OF HEROD
IS STILL KILLING IN THE WOMB
AND OUT OF THE WOMB.
BUT I STILL BELIEVE
THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY,
THERE IS STILL A GREATER SPIRIT.
THE GREATEST SPIRIT
UPON THE FACE OF AMERICA
AND THE WORLD
IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH,
IT IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL,
IT IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF ABSALOM,
IT IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF HEROD;
THE GREATEST MOST
POWERFUL SPIRIT IS STILL
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF ALMIGHTY GOD
-- THE SPIRIT OF GOD
IS STILL MOVING!
[Applause]
James: THE SPIRIT OF GOD
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
HE LIFTS US ABOVE
THE FOOLISH BARRIERS
THAT WE HAVE BUILT.
I'M WATCHING
THIS GREAT COMING TOGETHER
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
THE SPIRIT OF GOD
IS A SPIRIT OF UNITY.
IT BRINGS THE LOVE
AND THE JOY AND THE PEACE
AND THE HARMONY OF HEART.
IT BECOMES AN ANSWER
TO THE PRAYER OF JESUS
THAT WE BE ONE WITH THE FATHER
AND PERFECTED IN UNITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
YOU AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
KNOWING WE'RE BROTHERS.
WE'RE FAMILY MY FRIEND.
WE DON'T REALLY CARE
WHERE YOU CAME FROM,
WE DON'T CARE
WHERE YOU WERE BORN,
WE DON'T CARE
WHAT YOUR RELIGION WAS,
WE KNOW YOU'RE RELATIONSHIP,
WE'RE FAMILY.
THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO.
THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING
TO SEE AN AWAKENING IN AMERICA.
[Applause]
Samuel: JAMES, BETTY,
IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT
A BLACK CHURCH OR A WHITE CHURCH
OR A BROWN CHURCH;
IT IS ABOUT THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST.
IT IS ABOUT THE CHURCH.
I BELIEVE WE NEED
TO BUILD A MULTIETHNIC
KINGDOM CULTURE FIRE WALL
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
IF WE ARE TO DEFEND --
IF WE ARE TO STAND UP
FOR BIBLICAL TRUTH,
IF WE ARE TO LIFT UP
THE WORD OF GOD AGAIN,
IF WE ARE TO STAND UP
IN THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD
NEAR AND DEAR THAT HAVE MADE
THIS NATION GREAT,
IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYONE
COMING TOGETHER.
WHITE EVANGELICALS CAN'T DO IT
BY THEMSELVES.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE WHITE,
BLACK, BROWN COMING TOGETHER
UNDER THE POWERFUL CANOPY
OF JESUS CHRIST, COMMITTED
TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
I BELIEVE WE WILL BUILD
THAT FIRE WALL
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
BUT IT WILL TAKE A SPIRIT
OF RECONCILIATION
BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER,
BUT I DO BELIEVE
IT WILL COME TO PASS.
GOD GAVE ME A WORD, IT'S GOING
TO TAKE THIS GENERATION;
WE MUST RISE UP
IN OUR GENERATION.
IN MARK CHAPTER 5, WE KNOW
THAT JESUS WAS ON HIS WAY
TO HEAL A LITTLE GIRL
WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD,
BUT SHE WAS DYING.
THIS WOMAN INTERRUPTS THE PATH
WHO WAS SICK FOR 12 YEARS
WITH AN ISSUE OF BLOOD.
IT'S NOT COINCIDENTAL.
HER GENERATION --
THAT WOMAN'S GENERATION
NEEDED TO HAVE TOUCHED GOD
BEFORE GOD TOUCHED
THE NEXT GENERATION.
OUR GENERATION MUST STAND UP
AND TOUCH GOD SO GOD CAN TOUCH
THE NEXT GENERATION.
WE MUST BE HEALED
FROM OUR ISSUES
IN ORDER FOR GOD TO REACH OUT
AND TOUCH THE NEXT GENERATION.
MANY HAVE WRITTEN THE OBITUARY
OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
AND THEY HAVE STATED
THAT THE NEXT GENERATION
WILL NEVER SERVE GOD.
IT IS THE MOST
UNCHURCHED GENERATION
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND WE CRY OUT, "LORD, WHEN WILL
YOU TOUCH THAT GENERATION?"
GOD CRIES OUT THROUGH HIS WORD,
"WHEN YOUR GENERATION STANDS UP
AND TOUCHES ME."
WE HAVE TO BREAK
THROUGH THE CROWD.
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH!
Betty: WE'RE NOT TO LEAVE IT UP
TO SOMEONE ELSE.
GOD HAS SOMETHING FOR US TO DO.
HE HAS A CHARGE FOR US.
Samuel: YES!
BECAUSE JESUS DIDN'T TOUCH HER,
SHE TOUCHED HIM.
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH
MORAL RELATIVISM,
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH
CULTURAL DECADENCE,
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH
SPIRITUAL APATHY,
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH
ECCLESIASTICAL LUKEWARMNESS.
THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM
IN AMERICA
IS NOT THE DECADENT CULTURE,
IT IS A LUKEWARM CHURCH.
WE HAVE TO STAND UP,
BREAK THROUGH,
OUR OWN INFERIORITY, OUR SIN,
OUR OWN TRESPASSES
AND TRANSGRESSIONS,
OUR OWN MYOPIA,
OUR OWN LIMITATIONS,
WE HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH
OUR OWN FEAR --
OUR OWN LIMITATIONS.
TOUCH HIM AND HE WILL TOUCH
THE NEXT GENERATION.
IT IS UP TO OUR GENERATION NOW,
THAT'S TO PREVENT A CALL
FOR OUR PEOPLE.
James: DO YOU APPRECIATE
WHAT SAMMY IS SAYING?
WHAT GOD IS SAYING THROUGH HIM?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT WE'RE HEARING --
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
YOU ARE HEARING FROM GOD.
SAMMY, I'VE BEEN PREACHING
FOR 50 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE
GOD IS GOING TO DO.
I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE DEEPLY
IN MY SPIRIT THE ABSOLUTE
NECESSITY OF THE CHURCH,
AND I'VE WRITTEN THIS
AND I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER,
FIRST FALLING ON OUR FACE
BEFORE GOD AND THEN STANDING
ON OUR FEET FOR GOD
TO BECOME THE CITY,
THE SHINING CITY ON A HILL
THAT CANNOT
AND WILL NOT BE HIDDEN.
JESUS SAID,
"YOU ARE SALT AND LIGHT"
IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
SALT PRESERVES THE PRECIOUS;
ADDS FLAVOR TO EVERY ASPECT
OF LIFE, IMPACTS THE CULTURE.
JESUS SAID,
"IF THE SALT LOSES ITS EFFECT
TO PRESERVE THE PRECIOUS,
TO IMPACT EVERYTHING
AND ADD TO IT,
IT'S GOOD FOR WHAT?
-- NOTHING BUT TO BE TRAMPLED
UNDER THE FEET OF MEN."
EVERYTHING SACRED IS BEING
TRAMPLED UNDER THE FEET OF MEN.
THE SUBHEADING IN THE BOOK,
<I>INDIVISIBLE</I>, AND WE HAVE SPENT
YEARS PRAYING AND TO THINK
THAT AN EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT
WOULD WRITE
WITH A CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHER,
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU,
I HAVE BEEN TREATED
BY THE CATHOLICS
WITH THE GRACE AND HONOR THAT
YOU COULD ONLY WISH AND WITH
THE EVANGELICAN PROTESTANTS,
AND JAY, AS A CATHOLIC
HAS BEEN TREATED THAT WAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
"WE WANT TO RECEIVE THE TRUTH
THAT SETS US FREE."
ALL OF US NEED IT.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THE WALLS DOWN
THAT WE HAVE BUILT
FOR WHATEVER REASON AND
GET BACK ON ROCK-SOLID TRUTH.
THE SUBHEADING OF THIS BOOK IS:
RESTORING FAITH,
FAMILY, AND FREEDOM
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE --
LATER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK --
BUT IT IS NO TOO LATE
TO CORRECT OUR NATION'S COURSE,
OUR PERSONAL COURSE,
OUR FAMILY'S COURSE.
WE CAN CORRECT IT.
HERE'S THE DEAL,
WHEN THE SALT LOSES ITS EFFECT,
THE PRECIOUS IS TRAMPLED.
FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM
IS BEING TRAMPLED
UNDER THE FEET OF MEN.
EVERYTHING SACRED IN AMERICA
RIGHT NOW IS BEING TRAMPLED
BY GOD-DENYING, GOD-CURSING,
GOD-FORSAKING INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE SAYING HE DOESN'T MATTER,
NEVER MATTERED, HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE COUNTRY.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TOTAL MOCKERY.
LISTEN, AS CHRISTIANS, SAMMY,
WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE ENEMY
AND THE FATHER OF LIES
ONE INCH OF OUR LIFE
OR OUR LAND.
WE DON'T HAVE
TO GIVE IT TO THEM.
YOU SIT HERE AND SAY,
"WELL, IT'S THE LAST DAYS"
AND YOU DON'T STAND,
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR BEING THE SALT
THAT LOST ITS EFFECT
AND CONTRIBUTED TO EVERYTHING
SACRED BEING TRAMPLED.
JESUS SAYS YOU'RE A LIGHT.
MANY PEOPLE HIDE THE LIGHT
UNDER A RELIGIOUS COVERING.
A LOT OF CATHOLICS HIDE IT UNDER
THE COVERING OF CATHOLICISM,
A LOT OF PROTESTANTS,
A LOT OF EVANGELICALS.
GET THE COVERING OFF,
GET THE LIGHT ON A HILL,
AND LET'S STAND TOGETHER.
I AGREE WITH YOU, GOD IS GOING
TO USE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY,
HE IS GOING TO USE EVERYBODY
WHO WILL COME BACK
AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS GOD
TO REVEAL HIS MANIFEST GLORY
AND POWER.
AND WHAT DOES HE SAY HE WILL DO?
HE SAYS HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND.
DO YOU AGREE
OUR LAND NEEDS HEALING?
HE'S THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN HEAL THE LAND.
I BELIEVE HE IS GOING TO DO IT.
Samuel: WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE
THE VALLEYS OF PLYMOUTH ROCK
AND JAMESTOWN RECONCILED
ONCE AGAIN.
FAITH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND FREEDOM, WHAT MAKES --
AMERICA IS EXCEPTIONAL.
PEOPLE HATE TO HEAR THAT.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
THIS IDEA THAT WE HAVE
GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS.
THESE RIGHTS COME NOT FROM MAN,
OR A BUREAUCRACY, A JUDICIARY;
IT COMES FROM ALMIGHTY GOD.
AND IF GOD GIVES IT,
ONLY GOD CAN TAKE IT AWAY.
I DO BELIEVE,
THROUGH A MULTIETHNIC,
KINGDOM CULTURE,
MULTIGENERATIONAL MOVEMENT,
WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE
THE GLORY OF CHRIST
UPON AMERICA ONCE AGAIN.
James: I AGREE! DO YOU AGREE?
THANK YOU, GOD!
I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT.
FATHER, I PRAY
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
FOR YOU TO HEAL OUR LAND.
GOD, I ASK YOU TO HELP US
BECOME THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYER
OF YOUR SON JESUS THAT WE BECOME
ONE WITH YOU THE FATHER, AND
PERFECTED IN SUPERNATURAL UNITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER THAT WE MAY SEE
FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM
RESTORED IN OUR NATION;
THAT WE MAY BE BLESSED
IN ORDER TO BLESS OTHERS.
IN JESUS' NAME.
WE PRAY AMISS
IF WE FOCUS ONLY ON OURSELVES;
WHAT WE CAN RECEIVE.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT WE RECEIVE FROM GOD,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING THAT WHICH
IS TO BE RELEASED FREELY.
FREELY WE RECEIVE,
FREELY WE RELEASE.
OUT OF OUR INNERMOST BEING
FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER.
THE BIBLE DESCRIBES
WHAT THE FRUIT AND FULLNESS
OF THAT FLOW IS.
LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE
AND GENTLENESS AND KINDNESS
AND MEEKNESS AND SELF-CONTROL,
WHEN OUR APPETITES
ARE OUT OF CONTROL,
OUR PASSIONS BUILD OUR FETTERS
AND OUR BONDAGE.
YOU CAN'T BUILD ENOUGH PRISONS
TO HOLD PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD.
AS CHUCK COLSON SAID,
"THE MORE COPS ON THE INSIDE,
THE FEWER COPS NEEDED
ON THE OUTSIDE."
WE NEED THE CONTROLLING POWER
OF GOD.
WE MUST RETURN TO GOD.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK GOD TO
LIFT YOU ABOVE THOSE BARRIERS,
TO WALK IN LOVE, TO RELEASE
THAT LOVE TOWARD OTHERS.
THANK YOU, SAMMY RODRIGUEZ.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR FAVOR.
Samuel: LOVE YOU! THANK YOU!
James: I PRAY THAT GOD
WILL GIVE US THE WISDOM
AND THE COUNSEL TO ADDRESS
EVERY CHALLENGE WE FACE.
WE'RE CO-CREATORS WITH GOD,
CREATED AND MADE IN HIS IMAGE.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE CHALLENGE,
PROBLEM WE HAVE
THAT WITH GOD'S GRACE
AND GOD'S WISDOM
AND DIVINE GUIDANCE
WE CAN'T SOLVE
IF WE'LL TRUST HIM.
BETTY, WE TAKE JOY
BECAUSE OF OUR VIEWERS
MEETING NEEDS
THAT ONLY LOVE CAN MEET.
MY HEART'S TENDER;
I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BETTY AND I SEE A NEED
AND WE WANT IT MET.
IF WE CAN'T MEET IT,
WE WANT TO INSPIRE OTHERS
TO MEET IT,
TO DO WHAT THEY CAN.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
RIGHT NOW THAT WE TOGETHER
CAN DO FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND
TO RELEASE THE RIVER OF LOVE TO
AN INDESCRIBABLE NEED AND PAIN.
WATCH THIS.
THE TRAFFICKERS ARE AROUND HERE
AND GO THROUGH THESE KINDS OF PRECIOUS GIRLS' HOUSES.
THEY ARE BEING TRAFFICKED EVERY DAY FOR A LITTLE AMOUNT.
THEY ARE TRICKED OUT OF THE VILLAGES
AND SOLD INTO THE BROTHELS OVERNIGHT.
Giselle: THESE ARE THREE SISTERS
AND THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS
UP HERE IN THESE MOUNTAIN REGIONS.
THEIR MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY.
THEY WERE ALONE AND AN UNCLE TOOK THEM
AND SO A TRAFFICKER CAME THROUGH,
OFFERED SOME MONEY POSING AS A BUSINESSMAN
TO TAKE THESE LITTLE GIRLS INTO INDIA
AND TO GIVE THEM A JOB AS MAIDS OVER THERE.
THE UNCLE NEEDED THIS MONEY
SO HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO SELL THESE LITTLE GIRLS
AND RIGHT IN TIME THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER
FROM THE PREVENTION PROGRAM
THAT APPROACHED THE UNCLE
AND THEY CAME TO WATCH THIS MOVIE.
WE GO AROUND THE SCHOOLS HERE.
WE TAKE OUR MOVIE THERE ALSO
AND MANY CHILDREN THAT ARE AT RISK
COME TO OUR PREVENTION MOVIE AND SEE IT,
AND BE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON,
AND KIDS LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN PREVENTED THROUGH THE MOVIE.
THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THE GIRL
AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD;
HOW SHE GETS TRICKED BY THE TRAFFICKER,
PROMISED A BETTER FUTURE
AND TAKES HER ACROSS THE BORDER
AND SELLS IN FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE BROTHEL
AND THE GUY WALKS AWAY.
Giselle: THIS HAS HELPED TO SAVE THESE LITTLE GIRLS,
BUT NOW WE'VE TAKEN THESE BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRLS
BUT WE HAVE NO SPACE TO KEEP THEM.
AND WE'RE IN TREMENDOUS NEED
OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A LIFE CENTER
SO THAT WE CAN HELP THESE LITTLE GIRLS TO THRIVE
AND TO BE SAFE.
James: BOY, YOU'RE JUST SEEING
CLEAR IMAGES THERE
OF JUST EVIL PERSONIFIED;
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE
THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS,
PRECIOUS LITTLE INNOCENT ONES
AND USE THEM TO GRATIFY
THE MOST SELFISH
DESPICABLE APPETITES
IMPOSED ON VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
AND THEN TO SEE THE WISDOM
OF THE MISSION WORKERS,
AND GISELLE AND THE OTHERS,
THAT THEY WOULD SHOW
THE CHILDREN HOW VULNERABLE
THEY ARE WITH THIS FILM, TO SHOW
WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED,
AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND THEN TO REALIZE
THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM
A FUTURE AND A HOPE.
THAT'S WHY
WE'RE CALLING IT RESCUE LIFE
AND GIVE THEM HOPE AND A FUTURE.
LISTEN, I KNOW, BETTY,
THERE IS NOT A VIEWER WATCHING
DURING THIS LAST WEEK
OF RESCUE LIFE WHERE WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO HELP US RESCUE
AS MANY CHILDREN AS WE CAN
IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS;
WE WORK IN THAILAND,
WE WORK IN CAMBODIA,
WE WORK IN SOME AREAS WHERE
WE DON'T SAY THE NAME WHERE
WE'RE WORKING BECAUSE IT WOULD
JEOPARDIZE THE MISSION WORKERS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKING YOU
TO HELP US THERE IN INDIA BUT
WITH THE LIFE CENTER IN NEPAL,
AND WE CAN BUILD THAT
BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN
OUT OF THE POVERTY THERE
AND THEN TAKEN INTO INDIA
AND USED AS SEX SLAVES.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO,
AND BETTY, I'M BELIEVING
EVERYONE WATCHING
IS GOING TO HELP TODAY.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND,
$128 WILL RESCUE SOMEONE
FROM THE TRAFFICKING
AND IT'S GOING TO BE DOUBLED
BECAUSE SOMEONE WITH
A BROKEN HEART AND COMPASSION
AND THE ABILITY SAYS,
"I'LL MATCH YOUR GIFT."
THEN WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO HELP BUILD THIS CENTER,
THE LIFE CENTER THERE IN NEPAL.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE DO THIS.
THEY NEED A PLACE,
THEY NEED A HOME,
THEY NEED A LIFE CENTER;
AND NOT ONLY THE ONES
THAT STAY THERE BUT SO MANY
THAT WILL COME THROUGH THERE;
SO MANY THAT WILL BE EXPOSED,
FOR INSTANCE,
TO THE MESSAGE OF THE FILM.
WE'RE ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW
PLEASE, I DON'T REALLY THINK
THAT I NEED TO PLEAD WITH YOU
TO DO IT; I THINK YOUR HEART
LEAPS AT THE OPPORTUNITY
KNOWING THAT WHATEVER YOU DO
WILL BE DOUBLED.
WOULD YOU GO TO THE PHONE
RIGHT NOW?
WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK?
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK
MAKE IT TO LIFE
BUT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT
YOU CALL US AND TELL US
WHAT'S COMING SO WE CAN --
I WOULD LOVE
TO BE ABLE TO REPORT
TO THE MISSION WORKERS THERE,
"LOOK, ADD ANOTHER WING.
WE GOT THAT KIND OF RESPONSE."
AND YES, WE WILL DO THAT.
WE GET MONEY
TO DRILL MORE WELLS,
WE'LL DRILL MORE THAN THE GOAL,
BUT YOU'RE THE ONES
THAT DETERMINE THAT.
SO EACH CHILD
YOU CAN HELP US RESCUE,
EACH GIFT YOU MAKE,
WE'RE ASKING FOR $1,000 GIFTS
OR MORE TO HELP BUILD
THAT LIFE CENTER,
AND FOR AS MANY $128 GIFTS
AS WE CAN GET.
BETTY, I'M BELIEVING
EVERYONE IS GOING TO HELP.
Betty: I NOTICE
AS WE WERE WATCHING,
I HEARD A LITTLE GIGGLE
FROM ONE OF THE GIRLS
AND I THOUGHT, HOW SWEET,
HOW PRECIOUS.
THAT'S WHAT
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE:
JOY, SAFETY, AND SECURITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED
THE LIFE CENTER FOR.
A PLACE WHERE
THEY CAN LAY THEIR HEADS
AND NOT BE AFRAID AT NIGHT
OR IN THE MORNING
WHEN THEY WAKE UP THAT SOMEONE
IS GOING TO TAKE THEM AWAY.
PLEASE HELP US DO THIS.
James: ONE OF THE MANIFESTATIONS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS JOY.
AND PAUL SAID, "JOY UNSPEAKABLE
AND FULL OF GLORY."
AND JESUS SAID, "OF SUCH
IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN...
LITTLE CHILDREN."
WOULD YOU ENABLE THEM
TO BE LITTLE CHILDREN
AND LIKE BETTY SAID, TO SMILE?
FATHER, I PRAY EVERYONE WATCHING
WILL GO TO THE PHONE
OR GO ONLINE AND SAY,
"HERE'S MY GIFT
TO RESCUE A PRECIOUS LIFE."
WE HAVE GIFTS TO BLESS YOU,
TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR GIVING LIFE...
RESCUING LIVES.
Announcer: HUMAN TRAFFICKING... IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT INNOCENT CHILDREN, MANY VERY YOUNG
ARE BEING SOLD AND FORCED INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY
AND EXPLOITED IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE,
AND SOMEONE MUST SAVE THEM!
WITH YOUR HELP TODAY WE CAN REACH, RESCUE,
AND RESTORE THEIR HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE
AND WE CAN ALSO BUILD THE <I>NEW HOPE LIFE CENTER </I> IN NEPAL,
WHICH WILL BE A SAFE HOUSE FOR CHILDREN FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND NOW A MIRACLE OPPORTUNITY OF $384,000 MATCHING GIFT
WITH A COST OF $128 TO RESCUE A CHILD,
THAT MEANS YOUR GIFT OF $128 WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE TWO CHILDREN.
AND $64 WILL BE MATCHED TO HELP RESCUE ONE MORE CHILD.
WITH YOUR GIFT PLEASE REQUEST
<I>INDIVISIBLE</I> BY JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS,
A SOUL-STIRRING READ FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN
WHO DESIRES TO RESTORE AMERICA TO THE VALUES
THAT FORMED OUR STRONG FOUNDATION
BUILT ON FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $128, WHICH TODAY WILL HELP
RESCUE TWO CHILDREN, YOU WILL RECEIVE A UNIQUE
AND BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE HANDCRAFTED BY WOMEN
WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY.
FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000
WHICH WILL BE MATCHED TO $2,000 FOR <I>THE NEW HOPE LIFE CENTER</I>
AND YOU MAY REQUEST THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SCULPTURE,
"THE LION AND THE LAMB."
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK! PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!
James: BETTY AND I JUST
WANT TO SAY DURING
THIS LAST WEEK OF RESCUE LIFE
THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT
WE HEAR FROM YOU.
I PRAY -- AND BY THE WAY,
IF YOU HAPPEN TO CALL
AND GET A BUSY, YOU NEED
SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU?
YOU CALL, YOU GET THROUGH.
LOVE PAYS FOR THE CALL.
BUT CALL TO GET THROUGH
TO LOVE SOMEONE TODAY
AND HELP US RESCUE A LIFE.
OR GO ONLINE, <I>LifeToday.org</I>
AND HELP.
I'M ANXIOUS TO SEND YOU
THE BOOK, <I>INDIVISIBLE</I>.
HERE'S WHAT I PRAY.
YOU READ IT, YOU BEGIN
TO FOCUS YOUR PRAYERS
AND THEN YOU ENCOURAGE
YOUR FRIENDS TO GET A COPY:
PASTORS, PRIESTS, LEADERS,
BUSINESS LEADERS.
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
IF EVERY BUSINESS OWNER WOULD
GET THE EMPLOYEES TO READ IT.
I'M TELLING YOU,
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MESSAGE THAT I'VE EVER DELIVERED
IN MY 50-YEAR MINISTRY,
AND IT'S WHERE YOU CAN READ IT,
SEE IT, FOCUS AND PRAY
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE MIRACLES.
I WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN
TO SAMMY RODRIGUEZ.
SAMMY, I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU!
YOU AND I ARE REALLY ONE
IN THE SPIRIT FOR THE GLORY
AND PURPOSE OF GOD.
I LOVE YOU MY BROTHER.
SAY THANKS TO SAMMY!
GOD BLESS YOU!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
TO ALL OF YOU
WATCHING <I>LIFE TODAY</I> --
FOR YOU WHO HELP US
SHARE<I> LIFE TODAY</I>,
NOT ONLY THE PROGRAM
BUT IN SO MANY WAYS
AROUND THE WORLD.
LET'S PUT GOD'S LOVING ARMS
AROUND A HURTING WORLD.
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Beth: SOMEBODY NEEDS TO KNOW TODAY
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL YOU SISTER!
Announcer: HAVING HONOR RESTORED IN YOUR FAMILY -- TOMORROW!