Announcer: COMING UP, BETH TELLS THE STORY OF A DREAM

SHE HAD ABOUT MARY BETH CHAPMAN.

Beth: THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT FOR A MOTHER

AND YOU TOOK ANOTHER MOM BECAUSE

IT KIND OF TOOK TWO WOMEN TOGETHER TO DO THE THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IT WOULD HAVE MEANT ALL THAT MUCH TO

BUT THE TWO OF US TOGETHER,

THAT YOU LET TWO MOMS HAVE A MOMENT LIKE THAT --

THAT GIRLFRIEND, IS LOVINGKINDNESS.

Announcer: THE LAW OF KINDNESS -- NEXT ON LIFE TODAY !

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James: THANK ALL OF YOU!

IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE

WITH YOU AND TO BE WITH YOU!

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH" --

WHAT AN HONOR,

WHAT A PRIVILEGE.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

MY WIFE BETTY AND I ARE

THRILLED TO LITERALLY

OFFER YOU FRESH WATER.

YOU KNOW IF YOU WATCH

LIFE TODAY YOU'RE GOING

TO FIND YOU'LL HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US

DRILL FRESHWATER WELLS

ALL OVER THE WORLD

AND IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL GIFT.

IT IS A GIFT THAT LITERALLY

NOT ONLY LASTS A LIFETIME

BUT IT SAVES LIVES

AND IT IMPROVES THE QUALITY

OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THEN YOU SEE US FEEDING PEOPLE,

WHICH WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW,

WE'RE FEEDING STARVING PEOPLE

AND GIVING THEM

A CHANCE AT LIFE.

WELL, BETH MOORE IS A PART OF

OUR MISSION FEEDING PROGRAM.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

NOT ONLY HAS SHE GONE

TO THE MISSION FIELD

AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND KEITH

HAVE BEEN A PART OF

OUR MISSION OUTREACH

AND MISSION SUPPORT BUT

WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT

SHE GIVES YOU FRESH WATER

AND GIVES YOU BREAD,

THE WORD OF GOD.

WOULD YOU WELCOME BETH MOORE?

Beth: I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU

SOMETHING I THINK

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE.

TURN WITH ME TO TITUS

CHAPTER THREE;

GOING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

IF YOU CAN'T GRAB A BIBLE,

I'M GOING TO READ IT

TO YOU ANYWAY.

BUT IF YOU'RE HEADING

TOWARD IT, YOU'RE GOING TO GO

ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE

OF YOUR NEW TESTAMENT

BEFORE YOU GET TO HEBREWS,

YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TITUS.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR TITUS 3-8.

WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCOVER WHERE

JAMES AND BETTY'S HEARTS

COME FROM RIGHT HERE.

TITUS 3:3.

THAT WORD "APPEARED"

IS EPIPHINO IN THE GREEK.

GUESS WHAT WORD COMES FROM IT?

YOU'VE HEARD IT A 1,000 TIMES!

-- EPIPHANY.

WHEN THE KINDNESS

AND LOVE OF GOD

WAS MADE AN EPIPHANY BEFORE US,

IN OTHER WORDS

A DIVINE MANIFESTATION --

THAT'S WHAT AN EPIPHANY IS,

A DIVINE MANIFESTATION,

IT IS SAYING,

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE LOVE

AND KINDNESS OF GOD APPEARED

AS AN EPIPHANY?

WHEN JESUS CHRIST WALKED

WITH HIS FEET ON PLANET EARTH

AND TOOK HIS WALK OF PASSION

TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY.

THAT'S WHEN! THAT'S WHEN!

THAT WORD KINDNESS IS THE WORD

WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO

IN OUR CURRENT SERIES.

BUT THAT WORD LOVE RIGHT THERE

IS NOT AGAPE WHICH IS OFTEN

AGAPAO, OFTEN FOUND IN

THE GREEK AND TRANSLATED LOVE

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

THAT WORD RIGHT THERE

IS PHILANTHROPIA;

THAT'S OUR WORD PHILANTHROPY.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT --

I WANT TO SAY THIS

NICE AND LOUD TO SOMEBODY:

PHILANTHROPY IS BIBLICAL!

THE WORLDLY CULTURE

IS TRYING TO DENY GOD

BUT CONFESS PHILANTHROPY.

I WANT YOU

TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING,

IT COMES FROM GOD --

IT COMES FROM GOD!

ANY DESIRE MAN HAS TO DO THAT,

TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF LOVE

FOR HUMANITY IS COMING

FROM THE IMAGE OF GOD,

WHETHER OR NOT

HE IS EVER ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN

HE IS REJECTED FORTHRIGHTLY

IN HUMANITARIANISM,

IT IS NOTHING BUT HUMANISM!

HE IS THE PHILANTHROPIST.

HE IS THE LOVER OF MANKIND.

HE IS THE ONE --

HE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED IT.

I WANT YOU

TO SEE SOMETHING HERE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN WE

ARE OF KINDNESS TO PEOPLE,

AND WE SHOW

THE KINDNESS OF GOD TO THEM,

KINDNESS ALREADY HAS A SAVIOR,

IT IS JESUS CHRIST.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD

IS CALLING YOU TO DO

IN KINDNESS TO SOMEBODY ELSE

BUT IT IS NOT

TO BECOME THEIR SAVIOR.

IT IS NOT TO BECOME

THEIR LITTLE FALSE CHRIST.

THAT'S NOT KINDNESS.

THAT WILL NEVER DO ANYBODY

ANY FAVORS;

BECOMING A CHRIST TO THEM

WILL NEVER HELP THEM.

BUT POINTING THEM CONTINUALLY

TO THE ONE AND ONLY

WHO HOLDS THAT AUTHORITY,

KINDNESS ALREADY

WELL HAS A SAVIOR.

I WANT YOU TO SEE

THE FOURTH ONE.

WHAT WAS THAT THIRD ONE?

JOT DOWN BESIDE IT,

PSALM 106, VERSE 7

AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT TO YOU.

KINDNESS HAS GOOD MEMORY AND

OUR SCRIPTURE IS GOING TO BE:

MOST REBELLION

IS CAUGHT UP IN FORGETFULNESS.

WHEN WE GO OFF

IN A REBELLIOUS TANGENT

WE HAVE FORGOTTEN

THAT GOD HAS BEEN KIND TO US!

GOD HAS BEEN --

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT.

DON'T SAY HE HASN'T IF

HE HASN'T BUT I'M TELLING YOU,

YOUR GOD HAS BEEN KIND TO YOU.

MY GOD HAS BEEN KIND TO ME

EVEN WHEN WE WERE UNGRATEFUL,

EVEN WHEN WE WERE REBELLIOUS,

EVEN WHEN WE WERE

WIGGED OUT IN SIN,

OUR GOD HAS BEEN KIND TO US.

AND I LOVE HOW IT SAYS IT

IN SO MANY PLURALS,

MANY KINDNESSES.

HE HASN'T JUST BEEN KIND,

HE HAS SHOWN ME

MANY KINDNESSES.

I LOVE HOSEA 11:4.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU A STORY

BECAUSE I THINK

IT WILL BLESS YOU.

I KNOW THAT BETTY AND JAMES

LOVE STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

AND MARY BETH CHAPMAN,

HIS WIFE OF MANY, MANY YEARS

AND HAVE HAD THEM

ON THE PROGRAM.

I TELL YOU,

THEY ARE JUST SOME OF

THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE OF GOD

YOU WILL EVER MEET.

PERHAPS YOU'RE FAMILIAR

WITH THEIR BOOK, THE ONE

THAT MARY BETH ACTUALLY WROTE,

"CHOOSE TO SEE"

ABOUT THE STORY

OF THEIR LOSS OF MARIA,

THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER

IN THE ACCIDENT

INVOLVING THEIR SON IN THE CAR,

AND THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY

THAT TOOK PLACE AS THE ENEMY

TRIED TO TAKE DOWN

THAT ENTIRE FAMILY --

BUT EVERY BIT OF THAT

IS TURNING BACK ON HIM.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENED

BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWED TO ME

WHAT I'M ABOUT

TO EXPLAIN TO YOU,

IS ONE REASON AMID 1,000

THAT I LOVE JESUS CHRIST

SO MUCH FOR.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING

THAT BLOWS MY MIND ABOUT HIM.

A NUMBER OF MONTHS BACK

I WAS SLEEPING REGULAR

ALL NIGHT -- AND I NEED YOU

TO KNOW SOMETHING.

IN ALL OF THESE 53 YEARS

OF LIVING,

I'VE JUST NEVER HAVE HAD

A MEANINGFUL DREAM.

IT'S NOT BEEN BECAUSE

I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR THEM.

IF THERE IS A MANIFESTATION

OF GOD OR THE SPIRIT,

I SOMEWHERE ASKED FOR IT.

I MEAN I'M JUST GOING, I WILL!

AND MOST OF THE TIME HE GOES,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?

SOME PEOPLE ARE SAFER

WITH THE WORD ON THE PAGE."

[Laughter]

"I TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE

GOING TO DO WITH YOU, WE'RE NOT

GOING TO LOSE A DREAM ON YOU."

SO I GO ALL THESE YEARS

AND I'LL ASK HIM, "OH, LORD,

TEACH ME IN MY DREAMS.

LET ME HAVE

A DREAM OF YOU TONIGHT."

I WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING

AND HE GOES,

"IN THE SCRIPTURES."

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE DO THINGS.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT

LIKE EVERY OTHER NIGHT

IT HAPPENED

JUST BEFORE THE MORNING.

A FRIEND OF MINE WAS TELLING ME

JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO

ABOUT A DREAM SHE HAD

AND SHE SAID IT ALSO HAPPENED

JUST BEFORE SHE AWAKENED

AND WE THINK

THAT'S SO WE'LL REMEMBER IT.

I HAD A DREAM

AND I SAW MARY BETH CHAPMAN

IN MY DREAM.

IT WAS THE ODDEST THING

BECAUSE I WAS IN AN ARENA,

THE LIKES OF WHICH

I'VE SPOKEN IN MANY, MANY TIMES

THROUGH LIVING PROOF LIVE.

IT WAS A LARGE ARENA

AND THE BACK OF THE STAGE

WAS LIKE EVERY ONE

I'VE SO OFTEN SEEN,

ALL THESE HEAVY CORDS,

ALL THE GAFF TAPE DOWN ON IT,

ALL THE SOUND TABLES,

ALL THE MACHINERY IT TAKES,

ALL THE LIGHTING.

THE MEN BACK BEHIND IT,

I CAN SEE IN MY DREAM,

ALL THEIR HEADSETS ON SO

THEY CAN TALK TO ONE ANOTHER;

A SCENE THAT I HAVE SEEN

MORE TIMES

THAN I CAN POSSIBLY COUNT.

BUT I WAS BACK THERE WITH IT

AND I WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE

OF ONE OF THE TABLES

WATCHING EVERYTHING.

AND I WAS FEELING MY OWN HEART

AND IT WAS INTERESTING,

I WAS NOT NERVOUS.

AND I GET VERY NERVOUS

BEFORE I SPEAK.

I'VE NEVER SOMEHOW

CONQUERED THAT.

I JUST -- IT'S JUST SCARY.

I TEND TO THINK LIKE

YOU SHOULD BE A LITTLE SCARED.

WHEN IT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE

IT IS LIKE WHOA! WHOA!

THAT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

SO I KNEW IN MY DREAM

I WAS NOT THE ONE SPEAKING

BECAUSE I WAS NOT AFRAID.

I WASN'T THINKING OVER NOTES

AND I HAVE RECURRING DREAMS

OF SPEAKING ALL THE TIME

AND I'M ALL UP IN IT.

I CAN FEEL ALL MY EMOTIONS,

I CAN WAKE UP AND MY NECK

COULD BE SPLOTCHED.

SO I KNEW, I THOUGHT

I'M NOT THE ONE SPEAKING.

SO I'M THINKING THIS

IN MY DREAM.

I SEE MARY BETH AND MARIA

WALK UP IN THE DREAM

AS CLEAR AS COULD BE.

I COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY

WHAT MARIA HAD ON IN THE DREAM,

COMES UP WITH MARY BETH.

MARIA IS RIGHT TO HER SIDE,

RIGHT ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD,

HAS ON A BIG WHITE COLOR,

THOSE CHUNKY BANGS

ARE DOWN IN HER FACE.

AND SHE IS JUST KICKING AROUND

AND LAUGHING.

THEY COME TO TALK TO MARY BETH

AND EVEN A GUY THAT I WORK WITH

ALL OF THE TIME

WAS TALKING TO HER.

I COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS

THE ONE ABOUT TO SPEAK.

AND MARIA WAS JUST LIKE

TWISTING HER ALMOST INTO

A PRETZEL RIGHT THERE.

I WAS BEHOLDING THIS

WHOLE THING AND THINKING

HOW I COULD NOT WAIT TO HEAR IT

AND BOOM! I AWAKENED.

I MEAN IN THAT MOMENT

MY EYES POPPED OPEN LIKE THIS.

I'M HOLDING THE COVERS UP

LIKE THIS AND I THOUGHT, WHOA!

I KNEW IT MEANT SOMETHING.

I KNEW THAT IT DID.

I THOUGHT THAT I EVEN MAY BE

KNEW WHAT IT WAS.

I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS GOD

SHOWING ME IN A DREAM THAT

PART OF THE CHAPMAN'S HEALING

AND SPECIFICALLY

MARY BETH CHAPMAN'S HEALING

WOULD BE THAT SHE WOULD

MINISTER HOPE THROUGH

WHAT SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH,

AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD

BE ABLE TO SEE HOW IT HAD

TURNED BACK ON THE ENEMY

AND GLORY HAD COME TO GOD

AND GOOD HAD COME TO MANKIND.

I FELT LIKE SOMEHOW

HER HEALING IS GOING TO COME

IN PART THROUGH

HER POURING IT OUT.

NOW YOU NEED TO SOMETHING,

MARY BETH WAS NOT SPEAKING

AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS NOT HER THING.

IT'S NOT -- HER HUSBAND

WAS THE ONE OUT FRONT.

IT WAS NOT HER.

THIS WAS VERY OUT OF THE BOX.

BUT I JUST WAS CERTAIN OF IT.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT SOMEHOW

MARIA WAS SOME KIND OF GHOST

NEXT TO MARY BETH.

I KNEW MARIA WAS IN HEAVEN.

I KNEW THAT THE SYMBOL OF HER

IN THE DREAM WAS

THAT IN TELLING THAT STORY

AND IN TELLING THE REDEMPTION

AND HEALING GOD BROUGHT

THAT THERE WOULD BE HEALING

TO HER SOUL, AND THAT

THEIR JOYOUS MEMORIES

ABOUT MARIA WOULD BE RESTORED

AND IT WOULD OVERTAKE

THE ONES OF SUCH TRAGEDY AND

SUCH VIOLENT KIND OF INJURY.

SO I WAS LIKE WHOA!

WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO

WITH THAT?

AND SO I JUST WAS LIKE BAFFLED

BEFORE GOD.

I THOUGHT, WELL, OKAY,

YOU GAVE IT TO ME.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

TELL ME WHAT TO DO; I DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

A COUPLE DAYS LATER IT WAS

MARY BETH CHAPMAN'S BIRTHDAY

AND SO I THOUGHT,

I'M GOING TO TEXT HER.

I WAS AT AN EVENT

AND I KNEW SHE HAD A BIG THING

THAT WEEKEND TOO

BUT I TEXTED HER AND I SAID,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY FRIEND."

I SAID, "LISTEN --"

I WAS REALLY NERVOUS,

EVEN WHEN I TEXTED.

I SAID, "I HAD A DREAM

AND I DON'T HAVE DREAMS.

I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU IF IT

HAS ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU?

IF IT IS NOT A CONFIRMATION --"

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

GOD WORKS THAT WAY.

I DON'T THINK HE JUST TELLS IT

TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

I THINK IT COMES

AS A CONFIRMATION.

I SAID,

"IF IT'S CONFIRMATION GREAT,

IF IT'S NOT, DUMP IT.

DON'T TRUST IT."

SO SHE WRITES ME BACK AND SAID,

"THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CALL ME?"

I SAID, "WELL, I'LL CALL YOU

AFTER I GET HOME."

OKAY, I CALL HER

AND I'M NERVOUS -- I'M NERVOUS

BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE

HAS LOST A CHILD,

EVEN SAYING THEIR NAME,

YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON

BECAUSE THAT'S TENDER.

DON'T MESS

WITH A MOTHER'S HEART.

DON'T MESS

WITH THE FATHER'S HEART.

SOME OF YOU KNOW

JUST WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP

AND I'M GOING TO KNOCK

THIS SCAB OFF THIS WOUND

AND I JUST LIKE --

SO MY HEART WAS JUST POUNDING.

I SAID, "OKAY, MARY BETH,

LET ME TELL YOU THIS."

I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE DREAM,

EVERY DETAIL OF IT

AND THEN DEAD SILENCE.

I SAID, "WELL,

NOW I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE

WHAT IT MEANS BUT

I THOUGHT MAYBE IT MEANT..."

AND I BEGAN TO --

DEAD SILENCE. WHOA!

I MEAN THE PERSPIRATION

IS BREAKING OUT ON MY FACE

AND I'M THINKING, OKIE DOKE!

OKIE DOKE!

SUDDENLY, BOOM!

SHE BEGINS TO SOB... SOB!

AND WHEN SHE STARTS SOBBING

I START CRYING.

AND I'M GOING LIKE

WHOA! WHOA WHAT?

AND STEVEN IS SITTING

RIGHT NEXT TO HER

BECAUSE I TALKED TO HIM

BEFORE I TALKED TO HER.

SHE SAID, "BETH,

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE

WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU."

SHE SAID, "A FEW NIGHTS AGO --"

Y'ALL STAY WITH ME HERE --

A FEW NIGHTS AGO THEY WERE WITH

A PASTOR FRIEND OF THEIRS

AND SHE SAID

SHE WAS JUST HAVING A BAD DAY.

Y'ALL SEEING THE CHILLS

COMING UP ON MY ARM?

SHE SAID, SHE HAD TALKED

TO STEVEN CURTIS

AND SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND,

"I JUST WANT TO DREAM

ABOUT HER!

I JUST WANT TO SEE HER

IN A DREAM AND FEEL LIKE

I'M WITH HER AGAIN!"

AND SO STEVEN SAID TO

THEIR MINISTER FRIEND, IT WAS

THE THREE OF THEM TOGETHER,

HE SAID, "LISTEN,

COULD YOU JUST PRAY WITH US

ABOUT THIS?

BECAUSE GOD CAN SAY 'NO'

BUT COULD WE ASK GOD,

WOULD YOU JUST GIVE

MARY BETH A DREAM OF MARIA

SO SHE COULD JUST SEE HER

FOR A FEW SPLIT SECONDS?"

Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING,

GOD DID NOT GIVE IT TO HER,

HE GAVE IT TO ME FOR HER.

STAY WITH ME HERE --

STAY WITH ME HERE!

BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A MOTHER

THAT ONLY SAW HER CHILD

THAT HAD DIED IN A DREAM?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU

BUT I'D WANT TO GO TO SLEEP

AND I WOULD NOT WANT

TO WAKE UP; IT WAS TOO EARLY

IN THE PROCESS.

THERE MIGHT COME A TIME

FOR MARY BETH

WHEN IT COULD BE THE MOST

WONDERFUL THING ON EARTH

TO HAVE DREAMS LIKE THAT

AND SHE WOULD WAKE UP WITH JOY.

RIGHT NOW, IF I WERE HER,

I WOULD WANT TO GO TO BED

AND NOT GET UP!

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID?

Y'ALL, WE FIGURED IT OUT.

IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT...

THEY PRAYED THAT NIGHT.

THAT MORNING

JUST BEFORE I WOKE UP

I HAD THE DREAM.

HE GAVE IT TO SOMEBODY THAT

MARY BETH -- SHE TRUSTS ME.

WHETHER OR NOT SHE SHOULD,

SHE DOES!

[Laughter]

SHE KNEW I WASN'T MAKING IT UP.

AND SHE JUST BAWLED AND BAWLED.

I WAS SO FLABBERGASTED.

I SAID,

"DOES IT CONFIRM ANYTHING?"

SHE SAID, "BETH, STEVEN CURTIS

HAS BEEN TELLING ME,"

SHE SAID "MY DAUGHTER

HAS BEEN TELLING ME THAT

GOD IS CALLING ME TO SPEAK

AND I'VE JUST NOT BEEN

RECEIVING IT."

AND SHE DEALT WITH THAT PART

OF THE INFORMATION LATER

BUT ALL THAT MEANT ANYTHING

TO HER RIGHT THEN WAS

SHE HAD THE DREAM.

GOD DID HEAR MY PRAYER!

HE DID HEAR MY PRAYER!

HE DID GIVE THE DREAM

HE JUST GAVE IT TO MY FRIEND

INSTEAD OF ME.

I TELL YOU, WHEN WE HUNG UP,

I DROVE HOME.

I DID A POLE VAULT.

I SAID, "OH, GOD!

THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT

FOR A MOTHER

AND YOU TOOK ANOTHER MOM"

BECAUSE IT KIND OF TOOK

TWO WOMEN TOGETHER

TO DO THE THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE

IT WOULD HAVE MEANT

ALL THAT MUCH TO

BUT THE TWO OF US TOGETHER

THAT YOU LET TWO MOMS

HAVE A MOMENT LIKE THAT --

THAT, GIRLFRIEND,

IS LOVING KINDNESS.

THAT, GUYFRIEND

IS SOME LOVING KINDNESS.

KINDNESS HAS A GOOD MEMORY.

YOU CAN TRUST YOUR GOD.

WE'VE LET THE MEAN WORLD

GET TO US.

WE'VE LET MEAN PEOPLE

GET TO US!

THERE IS A KIND HEART IN YOU

BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST

PUT IT THERE.

LET'S OPEN OUR MOUTHS

WITH WISDOM

AND LET THE LAW OF KINDNESS

BE UPON OUR TONGUE.

James: WHOO!

YOU KNOW WE HAD MARY BETH HERE

AND STEVEN CURTIS

AND WE KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BEAR

ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS,

CONCERNS, FEELINGS.

AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT BETH

IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN

REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS HAPPENED

AROUND YOU, WHEN KINDNESS

PREVAILS BECAUSE THAT IS

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,

THE KINDNESS THAT CAN ONLY

COME FROM GOD THAT SPRINGS

FROM WITHIN, THAT'S WHAT

BETH IS TALKING ABOUT.

LET ME SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

THE KINDNESS AND

THE COMPASSION AND THE LOVE

OF GOD EXPRESSED THROUGH

ONE OF OUR STAFF

AND MISSION WORKERS.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE JESUS

REVEALED TODAY THROUGH

SOMEONE, WATCH CLOSELY.

Janice: WE'VE SPENT THE DAY IN THIS VILLAGE

AND THE NEED HERE IS AS GREAT AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT.

Jim: FOR ME IT IS A CAMP FULL OF MISERY;

A CAMP FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH A LIVING HELL

BECAUSE THEIR VILLAGES HAVE BEEN BURNED,

THEIR HUSBANDS KILLED, THEIR CHILDREN KILLED.

Janice: WE ASKED A LITTLE GIRL, "WHAT DID YOU EAT?"

SHE SAID, "NOTHING."

ANOTHER WOMAN TOLD US, "WE CAME HERE AND WE LOST TEN CHILDREN."

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH, THEY JUST WANT TO EAT.

LIKE ONE LADY SAID,

"THE CHILD I HAVE THAT SURVIVED THE WALK,

SHE IS NOW SHOWING THE SIGNS THAT MY CHILD THAT DIED."

AND THERE IS NOTHING SHE CAN DO TO PREVENT IT.

SHE JUST HAS TO HOPE AND PRAY

THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME AND HELP.

Jim: LET'S JOIN TOGETHER AS CHRISTIANS

WHO SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE POOR AND THE NEEDY AND THE SUFFERING.

LET'S HELP THEM GET BACK TO HEALTH, AND WE CAN DO THAT

BY SIMPLY PROVIDING A BOWL OF FOOD THAT BRINGS HOPE.

James: YOU KNOW JIM PEARCE

THAT YOU JUST LISTENED TO

HAS BEEN CARRYING CAMERAS

ALL OVER THE WORLD NOW

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS

WITH ALL OF OUR

MISSION OUTREACHES.

JANICE MEYER HAS BEEN

TO 50 COUNTRIES

ON THE MISSION FIELD WITH US.

BETTY, WHEN YOU HEAR

THEIR HEART EXPRESSION

ASKING US TO HELP, AND

YOU SEE THAT LITTLE CHILD,

THAT LITTLE CHILD

THAT HAS ALL THOSE FLIES,

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING

WE SHOW YOU

TO HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT.

WE REALIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE

JUST AUTOMATICALLY

WANT TO TURN AWAY

OR LEAVE THE CHANNEL.

THAT'S WHERE

THAT LITTLE CHILD LIVES.

THAT LITTLE CHILD IS JUST

LIKE A CORPSE, STILL MOVING,

THEY'RE THAT NEAR DEATH.

WHEN I SEE THOSE IMAGES

AND I THINK SOMETIMES,

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE

ENOUGH ABILITY OR THE WORDS

TO REALLY EXPRESS ADEQUATELY

WHAT I THINK

PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR

AND UNDERSTAND.

Betty: ALL I CAN SAY IS

WHAT YOU JUST SAW IS ALL TRUE

AND EVEN MORE,

AND EVEN MORE DEVASTATING.

SO MANY CHILDREN, IF THEY

JUST HAD A BOWL OF FOOD,

THEY COULD MAKE IT

TO ANOTHER DAY AND BE ABLE

TO CONTINUE, JAMES, TO GET

THAT NOURISHMENT TO THEM.

THEY'LL STAND IN LINES

ALL DAY LONG

IF YOU'LL LET THEM KNOW

THAT THERE IS SOMETHING

AT THE END OF THAT LINE,

AT THE FRONT OF THAT LINE

WHEN THEY GET THEIR TURN,

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING

IN THEIR CONTAINER FOR THEM

AND IT'S GOING

TO BE SOME FOOD.

PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US!

James: WE GOT A MESSAGE

FROM JANICE JUST BEFORE

SHE MADE THAT APPEAL.

SHE SENT US A MESSAGE,

"THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN

DYING EVERY DAY TRYING TO

GET TO THE LINES FOR FOOD."

AS I WATCHED THEM

PUTTING THE FOOD IN THE BOWLS,

I NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T

OUR TYPICAL PORRIDGE MIX.

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD

TO GET SOME OF OUR

PREPROCESSED MIXES EVEN INTO

THE AREA TO TRANSPORT THEM.

BUT AS I ASKED THE QUESTION

BECAUSE I SAID,

THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE GRAINS

AND EVERYTHING, THEY SAID,

THE MISSION WORKERS

DID RESEARCH TO FIND OUT

EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED

TO TURN IT AROUND FOR THEM.

THAT'S THE KIND

OF MISSION WORKERS

WE WORK WITH.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE

THAT GO AND PLANT THEIR LIVES

IN THE MIDST OF PAIN

AND SUFFERING

BY DIVINE ASSIGNMENT

AND WITH THE LOVE OF GOD

IN THEIR HEART.

BUT HERE'S THE THING

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND,

PLEASE, WE ARE AN EXPRESSION

OF THE HEART OF GOD AND

AN EXTENSION OF HIS HANDS.

WE AS BELIEVERS,

THOSE WHO LOVE GOD

AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR

BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,

THOSE MISSIONARIES

ARE LITERALLY IN PLACE

TO PERSONALLY DIRECTLY

EXTEND THE HANDS

BUT YOU ENABLE THEM TO DO IT.

YOU'RE THE ONES THAT PUT

THE FOOD IN THE BOWLS.

WE'VE GOT 20,000 CHILDREN

WHERE YOU WERE JUST LOOKING

WHO ARE DYING.

WE NEED TO ADD THAT 20,000

TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

THAT WE'RE ALREADY FEEDING

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS

FOR YEARS SAVING LIVES,

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS

OF LIVES SAVED

BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKE YOU

WOULD SIMPLY DIAL THE NUMBER.

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FEEDS THREE, FIVE,

OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THE NEXT MONTHS.

WOULD YOU MAKE

THAT LIFE-GIVING CALL?

PLEASE DO IT.

FATHER, I PRAY EVERY PERSON

WATCHING WILL MOVE RIGHT NOW

TOWARD THE PHONE

OR GO ONLINE

AND MAKE THE GIFT

YOU PUT ON THEIR HEARTS

SO WE CAN GIVE LIFE.

IN JESUS' NAME.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

PLEASE, I BELIEVE

YOU'RE DOING IT.

IF YOU EVER CALL

AND GET A BUSY,

BE DETERMINED,

I'M GOING TO RESCUE

AS MANY CHILDREN AS I CAN.

IF YOU COULD HELP US SAVE

TEN LIVES, PLEASE DO IT.

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO,

IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU

SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

TO BLESS YOU,

TO BLESS YOUR CHILDREN,

TO BLESS YOU IN YOUR LIFE

AND TO SAY THANK YOU

FOR SHARING LIFE.

Announcer: AT THIS VERY MOMENT, A CHILD IS DRAWING HIS LAST BREATH

STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD.

SADLY, THIS IMPOVERISHED CHILD IS NOT ALONE

AND WITHOUT OUR HELP MANY LIKE HIM FACE DEATH AS WELL.

TODAY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- AND HELP SAVE A LIFE.

IN ADDITION TO THE 400,000 CHILDREN

ALREADY IN LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING PROGRAM,

OUR TEAMS HAVE FOUND A REGION IN SOUTH SUDAN WITH ANOTHER

20,000 CHILDREN IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE.

OUR MISSION TEAMS ARE IN PLACE BUT

WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP TO REPLENISH

CRITICALLY NEEDED FOOD SUPPLIES IMMEDIATELY.

YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT OF $30, $50, OR $100

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

FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.

WITH YOUR GIFT, WE'LL RUSH YOU THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE .

THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK WILL HELP YOUR CHILDREN

DISCOVER FOR THEMSELVES THAT JESUS IS AT THE CENTER

OF GOD'S GREAT STORY OF SALVATION,

AND AT THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES TOO!

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

YOU MAY REQUEST OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

AND NEW KING JAMES SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE

WITH A TWO-COLUMN FORMAT FOR EASY COMPARISON.

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

TO HELP FEED AND SAVE THE LIVES OF 100 CHILDREN,

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST "THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE RIGHT NOW!

James: WHEN YOU GIVE

PEOPLE FOOD AND YOU SAVE

THEIR LIVES AND YOU HELP US,

AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL

REACH OUT TO AN ADDITIONAL

20,000 DESPERATE CHILDREN,

STARVING CHILDREN IN

SOUTH SUDAN, YOU ARE GOING

TO TRANSFORM EVERYTHING

ABOUT THEM WHEN

YOU GIVE THEM LIFE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU

THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WHERE

YOU NEED TO FOCUS YOUR PRAYERS

AND HOW YOU TAKE

APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SEE

FIRST TRANSFORMED PEOPLE

AND THEN THE TRANSFORMATION

AND CORRECTION OF A NATION

THAT NEEDS CORRECTION AND

RESTORATION OF A LOT

OF GREAT PRINCIPLES

THAT WE'VE FORSAKEN.

SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEND IT

TO YOU AND TO SAY THANK YOU,

ALONG WITH THE OTHER GIFTS

TO BLESS YOUR CHILDREN

AND TO BLESS YOU IN YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO

WATCH LIFE TODAY EVERY DAY!

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>> GOD BEGAN TO UNDO MY VIEW OF HIM AND BUST IT UP.

Announcer: NEXT WEEK, BIBLE TEACHER JENNIE ALLEN.