Announcer: NEXT, AVOIDING THE NETS THAT CAN TRAP YOUR HEART.

Beth: I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I READ THE VERSE.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING UPFRONT

AND I WANT YOU TO STAY THERE BECAUSE

WE'RE GOING TO TALK THIS THING THROUGH TOGETHER.

I'M IN NET RECOVERY. TRULY!

I'VE HAD A NETTY HEART MY OWN SELF. ANYBODY?

YOU'VE HEARD OF A NETI POT?

WE'RE TALKING NETTY HEART HERE.

Announcer: GETTING OUT OF THE NET NEXT!

James: THANK ALL OF YOU!

HEY, I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S A JOY TO COME

INTO YOUR HOME.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU

NOT ONLY TO LIFE TODAY

BUT WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH.

BEFORE WE LISTEN TO THIS

GIFTED TEACHER CAN I JUST

EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT

I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU

AND I CARE ABOUT YOU,

AND I LOVE AND CARE ABOUT

ALL THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

AND CARE ABOUT,

AND GOD LOVES AND CARES ABOUT

ALL OF YOU.

WELL, I THINK THAT GOD MADE IT

VERY CLEAR THAT WE OFTEN

ARE DESTROYED OR PERISH

FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

THAT WOULD BE KNOWLEDGE

OF THE TRUTH, NOT ONLY JESUS,

THE TRUTH, BUT JUST

KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING TRUTH

AND HOW IT'S APPLIED

IN EVERYDAY LIFE, AND HOW

DECEPTION CAN DESTROY LIFE,

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF IT,

THE MEANING AND EFFECTIVENESS

OF IT AND THE PRINCIPLES

UPON WHICH WE BUILD OUR LIVES

ON THAT SOLID ROCK.

NOT JUST HEARING ABOUT TRUTH

BUT LIVING ACCORDING TO IT.

WELL, I THINK WE'RE BEING

MISDIRECTED BY DECEPTION

IN SO MANY AREAS

OF AMERICAN LIFE.

I SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

OF TIME IN PRAYER,

50 YEARS OF MINISTRY

OBSERVATION, STUDY ANALYSIS

OF THE TRUTH, ASKED SOMEONE

TO JOIN WITH ME TO HELP

WRITE THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE:

RESTORING FAITH, FAMILY,

AND FREEDOM

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

PLEASE READ PRAYERFULLY

INDIVISIBLE.

IT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE

OF OUR NATION, THE VERY THING

YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR.

WELL, LET'S LISTEN

TO BETH MOORE.

WOULD YOU WELCOME BETH?

HERE SHE IS.

Beth: SO NUMBER ONE WAS WHAT?

SOMEBODY MAY BE JOINING US

JUST IN THE LAST MINUTE OR TWO

AND THEY NEED TO KNOW

POINT ONE, WHAT WAS IT?

Audience: A NET IS SOMETHING

YOU DON'T SEE COMING.

Beth: A NET IS SOMETHING

YOU DON'T SEE COMING.

WE'RE STUDYING NETS TOGETHER

IN THE WORD OF GOD

AND OUR THEME VERSE IS,

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AS WE WORK TOWARD NUMBER TWO

I WANT YOU TO GO SOMEWHERE

WITH ME.

GO WITH ME, IF I CAN FIND IT,

I'VE GOT A NEW BIBLE

SO I'LL BE THERE IN A MONTH

BUT THE REST OF YOU,

PLEASE TURN TO ECCLESIASTES.

PSALMS, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES.

LEAVE SOMETHING IN PSALM 25

BECAUSE WE'RE COMING BACK.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU GUYS

SOMETHING SO FASCINATING.

IT'S ECCLESIASTES 7:26.

I LOVE IT IN THE ESV,

I WANT YOU TO HEAR

THE WORDING HERE.

I MEAN THIS IS STRONG.

I WANT YOU TO WRITE DOWN

NUMBER TWO AND WE'RE

ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

NOW LET THAT JUST SINK IN

A MOMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT

FOR A FEW MINUTES

SO LET'S EXPLORE IT.

BUT I WANT YOU

TO THINK THIS THROUGH.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT IN

THE HOLMAN CHRISTIAN STANDARD

BECAUSE IT SAYS IT

WITH LESS WORDS AND YOU'LL

STILL HEAR THE WORD, NET.

EVERYBODY SAY, "THE WOMAN

WHO IS A TRAP."

EVERYBODY SAY THE WORDS.

Audience: THE WOMAN

WHO IS A TRAP.

Beth: AND THEN IT SAYS:

Beth: WOW! WOW!

ONE OF MY COMMENTATORS

POINTED OUT THAT IT'S REALLY

NOT TALKING ABOUT A PROSTITUTE.

IT CERTAINLY GOES THERE WITH

HIS WARNINGS TOWARD HIS SON

BUT IT'S NOT TALKING

IN THIS CONTEXT HERE.

IT'S NOT TALKING NECESSARILY

ABOUT WOMAN FOLLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS

THE COMMENTATOR POINTED OUT

WAS ANYONE CAN HAVE A HEART

THAT IS TURNED INTO A NET.

IT JUST LIKE TROUBLED ME.

AND IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME

BECAUSE I THOUGHT

HOW IN THE WORLD

DOES A HEART TURN INTO A NET?

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME

THAT IF YOUR FEET

HAVE BEEN IN A NET LONG ENOUGH,

IF YOUR FEET HAVE MADE

THEIR HOME IN A NET...

IN OTHER WORDS

WE DON'T ESCAPE IT.

MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW

HOW TO GET OUT IT.

MAYBE WE DON'T WANT OUT OF IT.

WE'RE JUST STANDING

WITH OUR FEET IN A NET.

IF OUR FEET BECOME AT HOME

IN A NET,

A NET CAN BECOME AT HOME

IN OUR HEARTS.

ANYBODY GET THAT WITH ME?

ONCE OUR FEET GET LIKE,

"WE'RE HOME HERE!

THIS IS HOW MY FEET

USUALLY FEEL, REALLY

COMFORTABLE IN THIS NET."

YOU STAY THERE LONG ENOUGH

AND THAT NET WILL FIND

ITS HOME IN YOUR HEART

AND THAT IS A DANGEROUS,

DANGEROUS THING.

PICTURE IT WITH ME

BECAUSE I'M A VISUAL LEARNER.

ARE MANY OF YOU?

I LOVE IMAGES IN MY HEAD

AND I JUST SAW IT.

ONCE YOU STAND HERE LONG ENOUGH

IT'S LIKE THAT NET

JUST LIKE CRAWLS UP YOUR LEG

LIKE POISON IVY,

UNTIL IT JUST GROWS AROUND

AND OVERTAKES THE HEART

AND THAT NET THAT HAS BEEN

UNDER OUR FEET JUST BEGINS

TO OVERTAKE THE HEART.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT

WHAT SHE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I'M GOING TO SAY

TO THE GENTLEMEN TOO,

"IS THIS YOU? IS THIS YOU?"

LET'S HAVE BOTH GENDERS HERE

BECAUSE ANYBODY'S HEART

CAN TURN INTO A NET

AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.

WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF IT

IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND

WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF IT MOST

WHEN WE LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND

WHEN WE LOOK IN OUR OWN LIVES

AND THE WAY WE DO

OUR RELATIONSHIPS.

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN A WOMAN

THAT YOU CANNOT

JUST BE FRIENDS WITH?

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

YOU HAVE TO GET

ALL TANGLED UP WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, JUST HERE RECENTLY

I'VE HAD TO PUT

A LITTLE DISTANCE

BETWEEN MYSELF AND SOMEONE

I REALLY LOVE.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE

UNTIL I READ THE VERSE...

NOW, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

SOMETHING UP FRONT

AND I WANT YOU TO STAY THERE

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK

THIS THING THROUGH TOGETHER.

I'M IN NET RECOVERY.

[Laughter]

TRULY!

I'VE HAD A NETTY HEART

MY OWN SELF. ANYBODY?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF A NETI POT?

WE'RE TALKING NETTY HEART HERE

AND IT'S NOT ANY PRETTIER

THAN A NETI POT.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

[Laughter]

SO, LISTEN, I'M RECOVERING

SO I GET THAT BUT I WAS

JUST THINKING TO MYSELF

AFTER I SAW THE VERSE.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING

TO GET A BREATHER FROM.

IT'S JUST LIKE WHOA, WHOA!

WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH DRAMA

THAT YOU JUST CAN'T BREATHE.

AND I THINK IF WE'RE TRYING

TO PICTURE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

I THINK THAT WITH A WOMAN

WHO HAS A HEART

THAT HAS TURNED INTO A NET

BEFRIENDING TURNS

INTO BELONGING.

IS ANYBODY

STEPPING IN THAT WITH ME?

WHERE YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE ---

WHY CAN'T WE JUST LIKE

BE FRIENDS?

DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING

LIKE, SUDDENLY I DON'T KNOW HOW

I SUDDENLY BELONG TO HER?

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

REALLY, REALLY POSSESSIVE.

IF IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ANYWHERE

WITHOUT YOUR FRIEND

SHE'S PROBABLY A TAD NETTY.

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

LIKE, IF YOU NO LONGER KNOW

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ALONE.

CAN WE JUST BE SO BRAVE

AS TO SAY IF THAT'S US,

IF WE HAVE A FRIEND

THAT WE'RE SCARED TO DEATH

THAT IF WE LEAVE THEM ALONE

FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME

THEY'RE GOING TO GET

A NEW BEST FRIEND...

AND SO LIKE THEN IT MAY BE US

AND WE'RE IN NET RECOVERY

IN THIS SERIES.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF LIKE

STICKY, JUST STICKY!

A WOMAN WHOSE HEART IS A NET

CAN BE A WOMAN

THAT WON'T LET GO!

THIS CAN BE TRUE

IN A FRIENDSHIP

OR A ROMANTIC CONTEXT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING,

I WAS THINKING TODAY THAT WE

HAVE A NAME FOR IT, STRANGELY.

WE HAVE A NAME FOR IT

WHEN IT'S MEN.

WE JUST DON'T CALL IT

THE SAME THING WHEN IT'S WOMEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL THEM?

STALKERS.

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR

SOMETHING INTERESTING?

MY MINISTRY WOULD

BE ABLE TO AFFIRM

WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU.

I'VE HAD ABOUT FOUR OF WHAT

I WOULD CALL... THAT FINALLY,

ULTIMATELY QUALIFIED

AS STALKERS AND I WANT YOU

TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING,

ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS A MAN.

ONE WAS A MAN AND HE WAS NOT

THE BIG DANGEROUS ONE.

WOMEN CAN BE NETTY.

WOMEN CAN REFUSE TO LET GO.

WOMEN CAN DECIDE

THAT THEY OWN YOU.

AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING

HOW WE DO, BECAUSE ONCE

WE REALIZE WE'RE CAUGHT,

THEN WE WANT OUT.

IT'S JUST NATURE,

IT'S JUST NATURE

BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIPS

YOU AND I ENJOY THE MOST

ARE THE ONES WE KNOW

WE COULD STEP BACK FROM

IF WE NEEDED TO.

BUT THE MORE CAUGHT I FEEL

THE MORE I WANT TO RUN.

IS IT JUST ME?

A WOMAN WITH A NETTY HEART

REALLY WANTS TO BE LOVED

BUT IF LOVE WEARS OUT

SHE WILL SETTLE FOR OBLIGATION.

A WOMAN WITH A NETTY HEART

CAN BE --- THIS IS A WORD

I FELT GOD GAVE ME

AND THEN HE CONFIRMED IT

IN HIS WORD, INGRATIATING.

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

BY THAT I LOOKED IT UP

IN THE DICTIONARY TO BE SURE

THAT I HAD THE RIGHT CONCEPT

IN MY MIND WHEN SOMEBODY

INGRATIATES THEMSELF

INTO YOUR LIFE.

I FOUND THIS DEFINITION

IN A DICTIONARY.

YOU'RE IN ECCLESIASTES,

I'M WONDERING IF I WANT TO

LET YOU LET IT GO YET.

GO WITH ME TO PROVERBS 29:5.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

NOW, NEIGHBOR JUST IS FRIEND.

VERY OFTEN IT'S THE SAME WORD

THAT IS IN HEBREW FOR FRIEND.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THERE

OR NOT BUT FOR THEM,

ONLY THEIR NEIGHBORS

WERE THEIR FRIENDS.

DO YOU GET THAT WITH ME?

THEY HAD NO WAY TO TRAVEL

LIKE WE DO ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE EMAIL.

THEIR BEST FRIENDS

WERE THEIR NEIGHBORS.

SO LET'S GIVE IT

A NICE BROAD RANGE.

BUT IT SAYS THAT FLATTERY

GETS PEOPLES' FEET CAUGHT

IN A NET.

HOW WOULD THAT BE TRUE?

LET ME TELL YOU.

THIS IS PART OF WHAT

INGRATIATING DOES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD

SOMEONE COME INTO YOUR LIFE

THAT JUST CANNOT SAY

ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT YOU.

WELL, THEY LIKE YOUR HAIR

AND LIKE, "HOW DO YOU DO

YOUR EYELINER?"

AND LIKE, GENTLEMEN, I'M SORRY.

OKAY, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT YOU?

THEY LIKE YOUR TEAM.

THEY LIKE ... UH HUH,

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE REALLY,

REALLY WORKING OUT.

YOU'RE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO.

I MEAN IT'S A LOT

OF BUILDING UP.

A LOT OF BUILDING UP.

LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT I'M NOT

TALKING ABOUT ENCOURAGEMENT.

THE WORD OF GOD CALLS US

TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE,

TO AFFIRM PEOPLE

IN THEIR FAITH.

IT EVEN TELLS US TO HONOR

OUR LEADERS.

WE'RE TOLD TO HONOR

ONE ANOTHER.

BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT

THAN FLATTERY.

FLATTERY HAS AN ELEMENT

OF DECEIT TO IT.

FLATTERY IS A COMPLIMENT

WEARING A CLOAK.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL COME IN

AND JUST BE ALL LIKE THAT.

AND BOY, YOU WANT THAT

BECAUSE IT'S ADDICTIVE.

FLATTERY IS VERY ADDICTIVE.

AFFIRMATION CAN BE ADDICTIVE.

SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS,

IF THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT,

IF THEY'VE REALLY BEEN IN A NET

LONG ENOUGH WHERE THEIR HEART

HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY A NET,

THEY'RE REALLY,

REALLY NETTY OF HEART,

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT,

I'M NOT SAYING

IT'S THIS CONSCIOUS, BUT I MEAN

IT HAPPENS LIKE CLOCKWORK,

THEN THEY BEGIN TO WITHHOLD IT.

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN INTO

THE CAR WITH SOMEBODY,

YOU'RE USED TO THEM PUMPING YOU

UP ALL THE TIME, AND THIS TIME

THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING

AND YOU KNEW YOU LOOKED CUTE

WHEN YOU GOT IN!

[Laughter]

SO, YOU DON'T KNOW

WHAT WENT WRONG HERE.

MAYBE YOU'RE A SINGER; YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

YOU HAVE THAT PERSON

THAT SAYS... I MEAN

THEY JUST TELL YOU EVERY TIME,

"NO ONE SINGS LIKE YOU!"

I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE --

BUT THAT TIME, RIGHT AFTERWARDS

THEY DON'T SAY IT.

AND WHEN YOU MISS IT

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ADDICT.

FLATTERY!

IT'S A LOT OF INGRATIATING,

GOING ON WITH A WOMAN

WHO HAS A NETTY HEART.

AND NOTICE THAT YOU SAY,

"WHAT'S WRONG?"

AND THEY ALWAYS GO,

"NOTHING! NOTHING!"

AND YOU'RE WOUND IN,

BECAUSE NOW

YOU'RE NETTY WITH THEM.

[Laughter]

I WROTE THIS DOWN TOO.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET OUT

OF OUR MISERY IN JUST A MINUTE.

ARE Y'ALL STILL

HANGING IN THERE?

ARE YOU STILL OUT THERE?

I NEED TO KNOW

IF YOU'RE STILL WATCHING.

YOU MAY HAVE TURNED IT OFF

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO LIKE

UNTANGLE YOURSELF AND GO

TO WORK BUT STAY IN THERE

FOR JUST A MOMENT.

SOMETHING ELSE DAWNED ON ME

THAT I WROTE DOWN IN MY NOTES

IS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET

YOU IN A NET BY GETTING YOU

TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT ARE

SO PRIVATE THAT LATER

YOU WON'T LET GO OF THEM

BECAUSE THEY KNOW TOO MUCH.

WHO IS IT THAT YOU REALLY KNOW

IS EXTREMELY UNHEALTHY FOR YOU

BUT THE TRUTH OF IT IS

THEY KNOW TOO MUCH?

THAT'S NETTY!

IF YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM OUTSIDE

YOUR INTIMATE BOUNDARIES,

YOU'RE IN A NET.

AND WE'VE GOT THE GOD

WHO IS GOING TO PULL OUR FEET

OUT OF A NET.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, WE'VE GOT TO

HAVE A LITTLE MERCY ON THEM

BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY

THEY THINK THEY CAN STAY

IN A RELATIONSHIP,

IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BELONG,

YOU HAVE TO BELONG TO THEM

AND THEY HAVE TO BELONG TO YOU.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW,

ONE WAY WE KNOW

WE'VE BEEN IN A NET IS

IF LONG AFTER THAT RELATIONSHIP

HAS SOURED

WE STILL HAVE ALL MANNER

OF DEBRIS IN OUR HEART.

I WONDER WHO I'M SERVING TODAY

THAT HAS A HEART

JUST LIKE FULL OF DEBRIS.

I'VE STARTED PICTURING

AN OLD SCREEN DOOR.

CAN YOU PICTURE IT WITH ME?

KIND OF TORN UP ON THE EDGES,

INSECTS IN IT,

DUST IN IT,

LEAVES STUCK IN IT.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE LONG

AFTER A RELATIONSHIP WAS OVER

YOU STILL GOT ALL THIS DEBRIS

IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE SOMEHOW

THAT NET JUST WAS INFECTIOUS.

CRAWLED RIGHT DOWN

THAT PERSON'S LEG

AND RIGHT UP YOURS

AND INTO YOUR HEART.

I THOUGHT,

IT TAKES A BRAVE HEART

TO ADMIT IT'S A NET HEART.

AND I LOVE 1 PETER 1:22.

IT'S ONE OF MY MEMORY VERSES.

FROM HERE, RECENTLY IT SAYS:

WE WERE MEANT

TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER DEEPLY

BUT NOT WITH A NETTY HEART.

YOU'LL GET TO WHERE NOW,

SINCE YOU'VE HEARD THE VERSE,

IT WILL START BEING

SO OBVIOUS TO YOU.

LORD, WE WANT TO SEE IT

IN OUR OWN HEARTS.

James: BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT.

I KNOW EVERY TIME

BETH SHARES...

BY THE WAY, BETTY AND I TRAVEL.

WE ACTUALLY TRAVELED

QUITE A BIT WITH THE BOOK,

INDIVISIBLE

AND MEETING PEOPLE AROUND

THE COUNTRY AND THEY SAID,

"THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR

LIFE TODAY EVERY DAY AND

ALL THE MISSION OUTREACHES,

BUT THANK YOU FOR BETH MOORE."

WE SAY, "WELL, BETH IS

A MISSION OUTREACH;

SHE'S FRESH WATER, SHE'S BREAD,

SHE'S LIFE-GIVING,

SHE'S A MISSION PROJECT TO YOU

BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU."

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO,

BETTY IS TO EXPRESS LOVE

OUT OF A PURE HEART LIKE

BETH TALKS ABOUT FOR YOU

AND ENCOURAGE YOU

TO CARE FOR OTHERS, AND YES,

TO CARE FOR OUR NATION.

LET'S PRAY FOR AN AWAKENING.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU

ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING,

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T

THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING

THAT MOVED ME ANY MORE

THAN THIS AND I'VE BEEN

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR,

I THINK, THE HEART CRY OF GOD

IN BEHALF OF THE SUFFERING,

THE SAME WAY GOD WOULD CARE

ABOUT YOU AND YOUR NEED

AND HE DOES CARE ABOUT YOU.

HERE WE'VE GOT A SITUATION,

WE'VE GOT A NEED,

WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM THAT

WE CAN CORRECT.

YOU CAN BE A PART

OF THE CORRECTION TODAY

IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU'RE

GOING TO WANT TO BE.

WATCH!

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'RE GOING

TO BLESS CHILDREN WITH

THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE

AND THE SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE

WHEN YOU TAKE

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

THAT BETH USES,

THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION

OUR PASTOR, ROBERT MORRIS USES,

AND MANY DO.

YOU'VE GOT THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE.

GREAT STUDY!

WE WANT TO BLESS YOU.

REMEMBER THIS, THIS IS

THE LAST WEEK FOR

OUR MISSION FEEDING AND

WE NEED A MIRACLE RESPONSE.

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

BETTY AND I HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL

GIFTS TO MISSION FEEDING.

WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE

20,000 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN

THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED

IN SUDAN,

WITH HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS

OF OTHERS WE'VE ALREADY FOUND

AND BEGUN THEM

IN FEEDING PROGRAMS.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE.

LAST WEEK... WE REALLY NEED

TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU CAN

POSSIBLY MAKE ANOTHER GIFT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

Announcer: JOIN US NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS

TO HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH AS WE EXPLORE GOD'S PLAN

FOR YOUR FINANCIAL PEACE AND PROVISION.