Announcer: COMING UP ;DO YOU FEEL STUCK?

SO MANY OF US LIVE STUCK LIVES.

STUCK IN WORRY, BROKENNESS ;OR DISCONTENT.

JOIN US AS AUTHOR AND BIBLE TEACHER,

JENNIE ALLEN HELPS US TO GET UNSTUCK.

SEE I THINK WE LIVE SO GUARDED

THAT WE MISS THE BEST PARTS OF GOD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO POINT PEOPLE TO.

I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER HOPE.

Announcer: THE PLACES WE GET STUCK

AND THE GOD WHO SETS US FREE - NEXT!

Betty: THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US ON LIFE TODAY.

I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.

James: AND SHE SAYS,

"DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?"

I SAID,

"DO YOU THINK YOU CAN?"

THE SMILE JUST KILLS ME!

I'M TELLING YOU!

YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT

MANY TIMES AND STILL,

IF I WASN'T MARRIED

AND SHE WASN'T AND I'D SEE

THAT SMILE I'D ASK HER OUT.

[Laugher]

SHE'S GOT ME.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED

ABOUT OUR GUEST TODAY,

JENNIE ALLEN.

I REMEMBER WHEN OUR DAUGHTERS,

RHONDA AND ROBIN

TOLD US ABOUT BETH MOORE.

THEY SAID, "MOM AND DAD,

YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR BETH!"

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

AND THEY WERE RIGHT

AND SO YOU'VE BEEN

HEARING BETH

AND YOU LIKE HER

ON LIFE TODAY.

WE HEARD THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

JENNIE ALLEN

WHO HAS JUST RELEASED A BOOK

CALLED, ANYTHING:

THE PRAYER THAT UNLOCKED

MY GOD AND MY SOUL.

THAT'S JUST IN THE BOOKSTORES.

BUT WHAT WE HEARD

WAS JENNIE TEACHING...

TEACHING BIBLE STUDIES

AND IT ACTUALLY REMINDED US

IN MANY WAYS OF BETH.

THEY'RE BOTH BLONDE

AND THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY

BUT IT WASN'T THAT;

IT WASN'T LIKE

BLONDE AND PRETTY

AND IT WASN'T JUST DYNAMIC,

ALL THAT'S TRUE

BUT IT WAS THE PRESENCE

AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD;

NOT ONLY AN ABILITY

TO COMMUNICATE IT

BUT TO COMMUNICATE TRUTH

IN THE SPIRIT.

SHE HAS A DVD TEACHING SERIES

CALLED, STUCK.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK HER

TO TELL US ABOUT IT.

I WANT YOU TO WELCOME

JENNIE ALLEN TO LIFE TODAY.

WILL YOU DO THAT?

JENNIE, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU.

Jennie: SO GOOD TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

James: I WANT YOU TO TELL US

ABOUT HOW YOU GOT STARTED

TEACHING THE BIBLE

AND HOW IN THE WORLD STUCK

COMES INTO PLAY AND BECAME...

ACTUALLY A PART

OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

Jennie: WELL, I MET GOD

ON A HOT NIGHT

AT A SUMMER CAMP

AND I SAW MY SIN

AND I SAW MY NEED FOR GOD

AND BELIEVED WHAT HE HAD DONE

FOR ME ON THAT CROSS.

SO AFTER THAT POINT,

I WAS 17 YEARS OLD,

I WENT HOME,

I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL,

AND I WENT HOME

AND INSTINCTIVELY

GATHERED FRESHMAN GIRLS

TO TELL THEM ABOUT THIS GOD

THAT I WAS IN LOVE WITH.

SO WE STARTED MEETING

IN A LITTLE ROOM

UP FROM THE SCHOOL.

I STARTED

TEACHING THEM REVELATIONS

WHICH WAS VERY UNWISE.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND

STARTING THERE

WHEN YOU FIRST MEET GOD.

[Laugher]

BUT I WILL SAY

IT WAS JUST INSTINCTIVE FOR ME

TO GO AND TALK ABOUT HIM

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST

THE WAY HE'S WIRED ME,

AND I KNOW EVERYBODY

IS WIRED DIFFERENTLY

TO BRING HIM GLORY

AND SO I'VE BEEN

TEACHING WOMEN EVER SINCE.

NEVER REALLY HAVING

ASPIRATIONS TO PUBLISH

OR ANYTHING ELSE

NECESSARILY AND THEN GOD'S

JUST LED ME ON THIS JOURNEY.

SO WHAT WE SAW HAPPENING

WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT

I WAS LEADING RECENTLY IS

WE WERE WATCHING GOD MOVE TO

BRING PEOPLE TO SAVING FAITH.

WE WERE WATCHING PEOPLE THAT

HAD FELT STUCK FOR SO LONG

FIND THAT THERE WERE

REASONS FOR THAT,

THERE WERE THINGS THEY

WEREN'T BELIEVING ABOUT GOD.

SO AS WE STARTED TO SEE THAT

MY HUSBAND JUST SAID,

"JENNIE, WHY DON'T YOU GO

TO A WRITERS CONFERENCE

AND JUST SEE

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS."

SO SOMETHING HAPPENED

AND I'M HERE.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING

ABOUT STUCK WAS

IT REALLY WAS BIRTHED

OUT OF A LOT PERSONAL HURT.

I WAS STRUGGLING.

EVERY NIGHT

I WAS WAKING UP AT 3 A.M.

AND JUST WORRIED.

I KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT

WHAT GOD WANTED FOR ME

AND YET I DID NOT KNOW

HOW TO BREAK THAT CYCLE

OF FEAR AND ANXIETY.

SO I REALLY JUST GATHERED

A LIVING ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE

THAT I THOUGHT

HAD IT ALL TOGETHER,

THEY THOUGHT

I HAD IT ALL TOGETHER,

I WAS A PASTOR'S WIFE

AND WE STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY

OF JUST DISCUSSING

DIFFERENT THINGS

THAT NOBODY SEES BUT THAT

WE ALL FEEL, EVERY ONE OF US.

SO I WOULD LAY THE FEELING

OUT OF DISCONTENTMENT

AND EVERY WOMAN THERE

WOULD ALL THE SUDDEN

START TO RELATE

AND EXPRESS TIMES

WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS

THEY HAD FELT DISCONTENT

OR ENVIOUS.

I JUST STARTED TO SEE

THAT THIS IS HUMAN.

WE ALL STRUGGLE AND FIGHT SIN

AND SOME OF US COVER IT UP

BETTER THAN OTHERS,

SOME OF US KNOW HOW TO PERFORM

AND KNOW HOW TO LOOK LIKE

WE HAVE IT TOGETHER

AND LOOK LIKE WE LOVE GOD MOST

AND YET I THINK THERE IS

ALL OF THIS STUFF GOING ON

INSIDE OF US.

WHAT I SAW IN THAT ROOM

WAS JUST THIS CONFESSION

AND THIS BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT

OF THE SPIRIT TO COME IN AND

TO BEGIN TO SHOW US THE PLACES

WE WERE NOT BELIEVING GOD,

THAT WE WERE DOUBTING WHO HE

WAS AND WHAT HE HAD FOR US.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT

THIS STUDY IS I'M WATCHING

ALL THESE PEOPLE,

SOME OF THEM,

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW GOD.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW

THAT THEY NEED GOD

BUT THEY START TO REALIZE,

I STRUGGLE WITH ANGER,

I STRUGGLE WITH FEAR,

I STRUGGLE

WITH DISCONTENTMENT,

I STRUGGLE WITH

ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND

THEY LOOK ACROSS THE TABLE

AT SOMEBODY THAT IS 65

THAT HAS KNOWN GOD SINCE

THEY WERE 12 YEARS OLD AND

THEY'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.

I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING

ALMOST COMFORTING TO GO,

"OKAY, THERE IS SOMETHING

ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE WIRED

WHERE WE WERE MADE

FOR SOMETHING.

WE WERE MADE FOR GOD AND WE

ARE TRYING TO FIX OURSELVES

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIX

THAT FEELING WITH EVERYTHING

AROUND US WHETHER

WE'RE CHRISTIANS OR NOT.

I THINK EVEN THE CHRISTIANS

WERE DOING THAT.

SO I THINK IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL

TO GET TO SOME

OF THE QUESTIONS IN THIS

AND WE LAY OUT CARDS

AND IT FEELS LIKE A GAME

UNTIL YOU PICK UP THE CARD

AND IT SAYS, "WHEN WAS

THE LAST TIME YOU GOT ANGRY?"

ALL OF THE SUDDEN,

EVERYBODY IS CRYING AND MAD

BECAUSE THEY HAVE

TO ANSWER THIS.

AND SO IT MESSES WITH YOU

BUT WHAT HAPPENS

IS WHEN YOU SHARE THAT,

YOU REALIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE

FEEL THE SAME WAY

AND THERE IS SOMETHING HEALING

ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN I BELIEVE

IT IS THE ACT OF CONFESSION.

ONCE YOU HAVE SAID THAT THING

AND YOU TURN

AND YOU SAY IT TO GOD

AND YOU REPENT OF THE PLACES

YOU HAVE NOT BELIEVED IN HIM

HE STARTS TO MOVE

AND GET BIGGER.

James: YOU'RE BRINGING,

IN MY OPINION,

INTO THE CHURCH SETTING

AND THE SPIRITUAL SETTING

THE CIRCLE OF SHARING

AND OPENNESS THAT EVEN

THE WORLD'S PSYCHOLOGISTS

AND COUNSELLING SETTINGS

HAVE LEARNED IS ONE OF

THE GREATEST STRENGTHS IN WHAT

THEY DO IS THEY'LL PUT PEOPLE

IN A CIRCLE AND THEY ALL KNOW

IN THAT PARTICULAR CIRCLE,

WE'RE ALL WRECKS

OR WE WOULDN'T BE

IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCLE.

[Laugher]

IT WASN'T LIKE WE HAD TO

SUDDENLY ADMIT WE'VE GOT

A PROBLEM, WE'RE IN THE CIRCLE

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

THEY COULD BE IN PRISON

WITH THEIR PROBLEMS

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET

IN A CIRCLE AND WE'RE

GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU

TO OPEN UP AND GET HONEST.

AND WHEN THEY BEGIN TO

OPEN UP AND GET HONEST,

THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW

IT OPENS THEM UP FOR HEALING

AND THEY BEGIN TO FIND HEALING

BY SHARING AND FINDING COMFORT

IN IDENTIFYING BUT ALSO

IN THE FACT PEOPLE CARE.

THE UNIQUE AND POWERFUL THING,

IN MY OPINION,

WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING

AND WHAT THE CHURCH BRINGS

AND WHAT CHRIST OFFERS

THROUGH HIS FAMILY

IS THAT YOU'RE BRINGIN IN

NOT ONLY THESE CARDS

AND SO FORTH

AND THE DVD TEACHING,

(LET ME JUST OPEN THIS UP

RIGHT HERE.)

BY THE WAY, YOU CAN GET IT.

THERE IS THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU

CAN GO AND FIND THE MATERIAL;

IT IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.

BUT YOU ARE ALSO PREPARING

THE STUDY GUIDE

AND THE MATERIAL WHERE YOU

THEN NOT ONLY TAKE THEM

FROM THE PROBLEM

THEY'RE DEALING WITH,

BUT YOU TAKE THEM

NOT TO SOMEONE'S

RECOMMENDED POSSIBILITY

AS A SOLUTION TO CONSIDER

BUT YOU'RE TAKING THEM

TO THE WORD OF GOD WHERE

THEY'RE THEN RECOGNIZING OKAY,

I'VE GOT AN ISSUE.

NOW HOW DOES GOD ADDRESS IT?

YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THEM

INTO THE WORD OF GOD

AND IT SEEMS TO ME

THAT IN THE SETTING AND I'VE

WATCHED YOU BECAUSE I'VE

WATCHED SOME OF THE DVD AND

WATCHED HOW YOU COMMUNICATE

AND WATCHED THE RESPONSE,

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PLACE

IS JUST SATURATED

WITH THE PRESENCE OF GOD

BUT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE

APPLYING THE WORD OF GOD

TO THEIR WOUND

AND THEY'RE BEING HEALED.

THE WORD OF GOD THEN IS

GETTING THEM UNSTUCK.

Jennie: I DON'T KNOW WHAT

ELSE TO POINT PEOPLE TO.

I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER HOPE.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS AS

PEOPLE ACTUALLY TRUST GOD...

SEE I THINK WE LIVE SO GUARDED

THAT WE MISS

THE BEST PARTS OF GOD.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

TO TAKE OUR DISCONTENTMENT

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADMITTING

TO OURSELVES

THAT WE'RE DISCONTENT.

SO TO START TO ADMIT THAT AND

TAKE THAT TO GOD, HE GOES,

"YOU ARE DISCONTENT BECAUSE

YOU'VE BEEN MISSING ME."

IT JUST PLACES HIM BACK

IN THIS PLACE OF AUTHORITY.

FRIENDSHIP AND DEPENDENCE,

I THINK THAT'S

THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT

ADMITTING THAT EVERY ONE OF US

FEELS IN SOME WAY THIS WORD,

AND IT SHOWS THAT WE NEED GOD.

James: JESUS SAID,

"YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH

AND THE TRUTH

WILL MAKE YOU FREE."

I SOMETIMES WONDER

IF GETTING TO KNOW THE TRUTH

THAT SETS YOU FREE MAY

BEGIN BY ADMITTING THE TRUTH

ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE... STUCK!

I'VE GOT AN ISSUE.

Jennie: EVERY TIME

JESUS WALKED UP TO SOMEONE

THERE WAS SOMETHING

THAT HE ASKED THEM

THAT MADE THEM EXPRESS A NEED.

HE WANTED THEM TO NEED HIM.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T

NEED HIM, HE JUST

CONTINUED TO GO, "OKAY,

THEN I'M NOT HERE FOR YOU."

I THINK AS THE CHURCH ACTING

LIKE WE HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER,

WE'RE MISSING GOD.

WE'RE MISSING NEEDING HIM

BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER ADMIT

THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLES.

SOME OF US,

I'M A PASTOR'S WIFE AND SO...

AND I'M A MOM AND I FELT

A LOT IF EXTRA PRESSURE

TO HIDE THE FACT

THAT I WAS UP EVERY NIGHT

FOR TWO HOURS.

THAT IS NOT OKAY.

BUT I DIDN'T TELL

ANYBODY THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO EVEN

PROCESS THAT FOR MYSELF

THAT I WAS THAT WORRIED,

THAT IT WAS PHYSICALLY

TAKING A TOLL ON ME.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TO START

TO CONFESS THE THINGS

THAT ARE GOING ON INSIDE OF US

BECAUSE...

James: WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS

SO HARD FOR YOU TO DO THAT

BECAUSE IT'S HARD

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO IT.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN

THAT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DO.

Jennie: I THINK

THE FIRST THING IS

I HAD A HARD TIME

ADMITTING IT TO MYSELF.

IT WAS NOT JUST THAT

I WASN'T BEING TRANSPARENT

WITH PEOPLE, I JUST THINK

I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING

HEAVY AND HARD.

I WANT EASY.

Betty: WELL, AND WE PUT

EXPECTATIONS ON OURSELF.

I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING

THAT YOU'RE DOING

IS WHEN YOU LET...

WHEN YOU TEACH PEOPLE THAT

THEY NEED GOD IN THEIR LIVES

IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE TIME

OF HIM COMING INTO OUR HEARTS

AND FORGIVING US OF OUR SINS,

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

THE BEGINNING OF

A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

I THINK AS YOUNG CHRISTIANS

SO MANY TIMES,

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I DIDN'T FOR A LONG TIME.

YES, I WAS A CHRISTIAN

BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

GROWING AS A CHRISTIAN.

Jennie: I THINK

THESE SPACES... ONE THING

I REALIZED THROUGH THIS

IS THEY WERE SPACES

THAT WERE MADE FOR HIM.

THEY WERE MADE FOR ME TO GET

UP IN THE MORNING AND TO FEEL

A LITTLE TWINGE IN MY SPIRIT

THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG

AND IT IS BECAUSE WE'RE ON

A PLANET THAT A LOT IS WRONG.

AND A LOT IS WRONG IN ME

AND AROUND ME.

AND I HAVE FRIENDS

WALKING THROUGH DIVORCES

AND I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

SUFFERED WITH DEPRESSION

AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE.

THERE IS BROKENNESS

EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I FEEL SOMETHING'S WRONG

I WANT TO GO TO MY MY GOD.

I THINK THAT WE PUSH IT AWAY

AND WE PRETEND WE DON'T

FEEL IT AND WE'RE JUST

MISSING THE BEST PARTS.

James: YOU GET UP, I THINK,

WITH A FEELING,

IF YOU'D BE HONEST,

YOU GET UP FEELING INADEQUATE.

AND REALLY, THE FACT IS

IF WE'LL ADMIT

I FEEL INADEQUATE,

ADEQUACY IS HERE

AND WE CAN FIND THAT ADEQUACY

IF WE'D ADMIT WE NEED IT.

WHEN YOU SEE THE AFFECT

THAT THE STUDIES ARE HAVING

BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING

FEEDBACK AND YOU SEE

WHAT HAPPENS IN CHURCHES.

BY THE WAY,

THIS IS FOR STUDY GROUPS

IN YOUR CHURCHES TO GET -

GET IT!

GET SOMETHING STARTED.

THIS REALLY IS...

IT'S A GROUP

THAT'S REALLY NOT...

IT'S NOT FOR GROUPS

AND FOR TEACHING SETTING

THAT SAY IS STUCK

IN SOME SECTARIAN FORMAT

OR DENOMINATIONAL HIERARCHY

OR FORTRESS.

THIS IS LIKE KINGDOM TRUTH

FOR EVERYBODY

THAT'S SEEKING TRUTH

FROM THE LORD AND HEALING.

WHEN YOU SEE THE WAY

WOMEN ARE RESPONDING,

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT?

YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE AND

IT'S POSITIVE, WHY DO YOU

THINK IT'S TAKEN OFF

AND THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING

EXCITED ABOUT IT?

Jennie: I THINK

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

I THINK WE ARE LONGING

TO BE KNOWN,

AND WE'RE LONGING FOR GOD.

I THINK WHAT STUCK DOES

IS IT HELPS ADMIT

THAT WE NEED GOD

AND I THINK THERE IS SAFETY.

WHEN I WATCH... SOMETIMES

I'VE WATCHED FROM UP FRONT

THE TABLES MEETING

AND I'LL JUST STAND THERE

AND YOU'LL WATCH SOMEBODY

POSSIBLY CRYING,

POSSIBLY LAUGHING,

AND EVERY OTHER PERSON

AT THE TABLE IS JUST NODDING

BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND.

I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING

SO POWERFUL IN THAT NOD

BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING,

"I RELATE. THAT IS HUMAN.

WE ALL FEEL THAT."

THEN YOU GO TO GOD

AND HE SAYS,

"I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT

AND I WANT TO EXPAND

YOUR VIEW OF ME BECAUSE

JENNIE, YOU MADE ME SO SMALL

AND YOU PUT ME OVER HERE

ON A SHELF AND YOU THOUGHT

THAT YOU COULD CONTAIN ME

OVER HERE, YOU ARE MISSING

ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU."

I THINK AS HE GREW FOR ME...

THAT'S ALL THIS IS.

THERE IS NOT A MAGIC FORMULA

IN THERE.

I'M SORRY,

IT WOULD PROBABLY SELL MORE

IF THERE WERE

BUT IT IS THAT GOD...

THE MORE THAT I SEE HIM

UP HERE AND THE MORE

I SEE MYSELF DOWN HERE,

EVERYTHING STARTS

TO CLICK FOR ME.

AND I LIVE FOR SOMETHING

BIGGER THAN MYSELF

AND I WANT TO BE

ABOUT THE THING UP HERE,

NOT THE THING DOWN HERE.

IT'S TRANSFORMING

AS GOD GETS BIGGER

AND THAT'S ALL THIS IS,

IS JUST EXPANDING

OUR VIEW OF GOD.

Betty: AND IT'S IMPORTANT

I THINK, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN,

TO REALIZE BECAUSE

THE PLOY OF THE ENEMY

IS TO MAKE YOU THINK

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE --

YOU ARE ALONE.

IF HE CAN KEEP YOU SEPARATED

FROM COMMUNICATING

AND HAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH

EVEN OTHER PEOPLE AROUND YOU

TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS,

HE'S ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

Jennie: I'VE NEVER HEARD

OF A GROUP YET,

AND I'M SURE I WILL.

I'M SURE IT WILL HAPPEN,

BUT THAT PUTS THE CARDS ON

THE TABLE AND NOBODY SHARES.

I THINK WE'RE LONGING FOR IT.

I THINK THEY SEE THE QUESTION

AND THEY GO, "OKAY,

I'M GOING TO BRAVE."

SOMEBODY USUALLY

HAS TO GO FIRST.

James: SO IF YOU DESIGNED

THE PARTICULAR STUDY

FOR SMALL GROUP SETTINGS, OR

WHERE YOU TAKE LIKE LETS SAY

A WHOLE CHURCH WANTS TO DO IT,

THEN DO THEY STILL DIVIDE

INTO LITTLE SMALLER SETTINGS

RATHER THAT THE WHOLE?

Jennie: YES.

James: THEN WHEN YOU GO OUT

NOW AND YOU SPEAK BECAUSE

YOU DO SEMINAR SETTINGS

SO YOU MIGHT SPEAK

TO THE WHOLE CHURCH GROUP...

AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S

JENNIE'S COMMUNICATION,

THERE IS HER WEBSITE

WHERE YOU CAN GO AND FIND OUT

HOW YOU CAN GET HER

TO COME TO YOUR CHURCH.

SO YOU MIGHT SPEAK

TO THE WHOLE GROUP BUT THEN

WHEN THEY TAKE THE MATERIAL,

DO YOU THEN TRY

TO GET THEM TO BREAK UP

INTO THE SMALLER GROUPS SO

THAT THEY CAN REALLY OPEN UP

AND BEGIN TO PUT IN PLACE

AND PRACTICE WHAT YOU'RE

ASKING THEM TO SEEK OUT

IN THE WORD OF GOD?

Jennie: WE FOUND ABOUT EIGHT,

ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO TEN

IS A GOOD SIZE GROUP.

James: THERE IS THE MATERIAL.

IT'S IN THE BOOKSTORES.

I REALLY RECOMMEND IT.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU

IN ANOTHER PROGRAM,

BETTY AND I THIS WEEK

ABOUT THIS, ANYTHING:

THE PRAYER THAT UNLOCKED

MY GOD AND MY SOUL.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

YOU REALLY NEED

TO HEAR HER STORY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

SOMETHING THAT YOU DID

THAT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL

FOR SOMEONE THAT ALREADY HAD

THREE CHILDREN, I BELIEVE,

AND THEN YOU ADOPTED A CHILD

FROM RWANDA, FROM AFRICA,

FROM RWANDA WHERE WE BUILT

THE LARGEST ORPHANAGE

YEARS AGO AFTER THE GENOCIDE.

IT'S VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

YOU KNOW, JENNIE,

WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT

TO THESE BEAUTIFUL

AND PRECIOUS OVERLOOKED,

FORGOTTEN TOO OFTEN,

PEOPLE ON THE CONTINENT

OF AFRICA.

OUR VIEWERS, AND YOU

REALLY ARE IN MY OPINION,

YOU ARE THE MOST

SPECIAL PEOPLE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK,

WELL IF YOU KNEW ME,

YOU'D KNOW ALL THE WAYS

I'M NOT SPECIAL.

WELL, I WOULD STILL LOVE YOU

THE WAY I WOULD WANT YOU

TO LOVE ME WHEN YOU FIND OUT

I MIGHT NOT BE AS SPECIAL

AS YOU MIGHT HOPE I AM.

BUT I WOULD BELIEVE

YOU'D LOVE ME.

WHAT I DO KNOW

IS YOU'VE HELPED US SHARE

GOD'S LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE

WHO FEEL THE MOST UNLOVED

AND OVERLOOKED ON EARTH.

WE'RE ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW

TO HELP US RESCUE CHILDREN.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR

MISSION TEAM JUST CAME BACK

FROM THE SUDAN WHERE THEY SAW,

AND THIS IS AFTER 20 YEARS

OF BEING ON THE MISSION FIELDS

IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS

OF THE WORLD, SOME OF

THE MOST HEART-TOUCHING,

GUT-WRENCHING IMAGES

OF SUFFERING WHERE LOVE

IS THE ONLY HOPE AND THE FIELD

IS WHITE UNTO HARVEST

IF YOU WILL SIMPLY GO IN LOVE.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN

AND I WANT YOU TO MOVE;

PLEASE, DEAR GOD,

DON'T TURN AWAY. REACH OUT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.

YOU ARE THE ANSWER.

Janice: MY NAME IS JANICE.

I'VE BEEN A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE LIFE Outreach MISSION TEAM

FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD

TRYING TO HELP CHILDREN IN NEED.

EVEN THOUGH MY HEART IS BROKEN EACH TRIP

BY THE AMOUNT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING I'VE WITNESSED,

I WASN'T PREPARED FOR WHAT I SAW

ON OUR LATEST TRIP TO SOUTH SUDAN.

THIS BOY'S NAME IS LAZARUS.

HIS CHRISTIAN MOTHER GAVE HIM THIS NAME

AND IT IS VERY FITTING

BECAUSE LAZARUS NEEDS A MIRACLE.

HE WANTED TO SEE HIS PICTURE A MINUTE AGO.

I WAS SCARED TO EVEN SHOW IT TO HIM

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.

AND I SHOWED HIM AND THE MAN SAID

HE IS SAYING ;"WHO IS THAT? WHO IS THAT?"

HE CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIMSELF.

[Weeping]

Janice: THERE ARE THOUSANDS LIKE THIS ALL OVER SUDAN.

WE NEED TO HELP THEM GET A BRAND-NEW START.

WE NEED TO HELP THEM GROW AND BE CHILDREN AND HAVE FUN.

ALL IT TAKES IS FOOD... FOOD!

IT'S SO SIMPLE.

JESUS ;GIVE HIM A MIRACLE.

James: I WAS THINKING

TEARS LAST FOR A DAY

BUT JOY COMES

IN THE MORNING.

I THOUGHT

I WANT JOY TO COME

TO THE MOTHER AND TO LAZARUS.

I WANT A MODERN DAY

RESURRECTION.

OF LAZARUS, I WANT TO SEE HIM

RAISED UP BY LOVE.

IT IS ALWAYS LOVE...

LOVE LIFTED ME,

THAT'S THE ONLY THING

THAT CAN LIFT HIM.

YOU SAW THE LOVE OF GOD

IN JANICE.

JANICE HAS BEEN WITH US

SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER.

WE LOVE HER BECAUSE

THE LOVE OF GOD IS IN HER.

SHE'S A WITNESS

EVERYWHERE SHE GOES,

EVERYWHERE SHE MOVES.

Betty: I THINK WE SHOULD

BE WEEPING IN OUR HEARTS

WHEN WE SEE SCENES LIKE THAT.

OUR COMPASSION...

WE SHOULD BE COMPELLED

TO WANT TO REACH OUT AND

HELP THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN

THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHY THEY DON'T FEEL GOOD.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

THEY CAN'T HAVE

SOMETHING TO EAT.

IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE

UNLESS WE GIVE IT.

I HOPE YOUR HEART

HAS BEEN TOUCHED

JUST AS JANICE'S HEART

HAS BEEN TOUCHED,

AND OUR HEARTS,

TO WANT TO REACH OUT

AND TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.

James: THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK

OF THE SPRING MISSION FEEDING

IN THE MISSION

FEEDING EMPHASIS

THAT WE HAVE TWICE A YEAR.

THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK

AND WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

THAT ARE DESPERATE.

WE'VE GOT THEM

IN FEEDING CENTERS

AND WE'VE ASSURED THEM

WE'LL BE FEEDING THEM

FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS THERE

AND IT TAKES MONTHS

TO TURN IT AROUND,

GET THEM STABILIZED.

AND WE FOUND 20,000 MORE

IN SUDAN, AND MOST OF THEM

ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE

THEIR FAMILIES ARE CHRISTIANS.

IN SOUTH SUDAN

THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED OUT.

THEY HAVE NOW BECOME

A COUNTRY TERRIBLY PERSECUTED

AND ABUSED AND PLUNDERED

BY RUTHLESS CORPORATIONS

AND THEY CAN BE RUTHLESS --

NOT FROM AMERICA, THANK GOD!

OTHER COUNTRIES

AND HAVE PUSHED THEM

OUT OF THEIR VILLAGES.

AND THEY'VE BEEN MAIMED

AND ATTACKED

AND HAD BODY PARTS CUT OFF

BY CRUEL RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS

IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SUDAN.

AND SO THEY SUFFER.

AND THEY PRAY.

THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE

BIBLE NAMES.

WOULD YOU IN THIS LAST WEEK,

WOULD YOU MAKE THE MOST

SPECIAL GIFT YOU CAN?

$100 WILL ENABLE US

TO FEED TEN CHILDREN

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

$50 WILL FEED FIVE.

$30 WILL FEED THREE.

SO I DON'T NEED ANYONE

TO SIT HERE AND SAY, "WELL,

I DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH."

IT'S HUGE THAT $30 TO THREE

LIKE LAZARUS PERHAPS.

MAYBE YOU COULD HELP

SOMEBODY LIKE HIM.

COULD YOU HELP TEN LIKE HIM?

COULD YOU GIVE $1,000

AND HELP 100?

BETTY AND I FIND OUR HEARTS

LEAP AT THE THOUGHT THAT

WE CAN FEED THOSE CHILDREN

AND STABILIZE THEM.

AND THEY'RE SO GRATEFUL;

THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE,

WELL, YOU OWE ME.

THEY DON'T RESENT PEOPLE

WHO HAVE SOMETHING.

THEY SAY,

"I'M GLAD YOU NOTICED!"

HOW REFRESHING IS THAT?

I APPRECIATE THE FACT

SOMEBODY MADE SOMETHING,

HAD SOMETHING AND GAVE IT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE DIAL

THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW PLEASE?

BE AN ANSWER

TO JANICE'S PRAYER,

THE MOTHER'S PRAYER,

LAZARUS' NEED AND MANY OTHERS?

HELP AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

USE YOUR BANKCARD.

PLEASE DO IT. DO IT NOW.

USE YOUR BANKCARD

LIKE A CHECK.

YOU WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO LIFE --

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GIVING.

GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG AND

SAY, "HERE'S MY GIFT TODAY."

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL

TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.

TELL THE MISSIONARIES,

"YOU CAN GET THOSE

ADDITIONAL 20,000

WHERE LAZARUS IS."

WOULD YOU DO IT?

THANK YOU FOR MAKING

THAT GIFT.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

FOR YOU TO HELP YOU GROW

AND FOR THE CHILDREN

YOU LOVE IN YOUR FAMILY.

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.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK! PLEASE CALL, WRITE ;OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!

James: YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF

THE GIFTS THAT WE MAKE LIKE

THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE

IS TO BLESS

THE CHILDREN YOU LOVE;

MAYBE IN YOUR FAMILY

OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE STUDY BIBLE

THAT WILL BLESS YOU SO MUCH.

WE JUST WANT TO BLESS YOU.

WE KNOW NONE OF YOU GIVE

TO GET SOMETHING.

WE GIVE TO YOU

BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU;

THE SAME WAY WE GIVE

TO THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY,

BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM.

JENNIE ALLEN, WONDERFUL,

WONDERFUL TEACHER, STUCK.

SHE'S REALLY A GIFT,

A TREASURE.

SHE'S GOT A BOOK

CALLED, ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST GONE INTO

THE BOOKSTORES. GREAT!

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO HER

AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK.

BUT WOULD YOU SAY THANK YOU

TO JENNIE ALLEN

FOR BEING WITH US?

JENNIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY

WITH HIM AND FOR HIM.

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING

THIS TIME AND AGAIN,

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE

YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR HELP.

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

Announcer: TOMORROW ;BIBLE TEACHER, JENNIE ALLEN.